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__________Jr____ T1I0S. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1895. VOL. LX. NO. 19. ~ MT, SHOE AND FAN. 5 VMM RR SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT WOMEN SHOULD WEAK. , Dainty Devices In Millinery and Footwear-Prevailing Styles in Fans-A Duck Suit From Paris. THE hats and bonnets now be ing worn are models of smart ness and so charming in stylo as to bo almost universally becoming. There arc many pretty de signs amoug tho toques, tho most pop ular headgear of this scasou, and the flowers employed for their garniture are startlingly frosh looking. The blendiug of two shales of tulle is a fashion which obtains largely just now in thc millinery of the hour, and a chic toque of cafe au lait straw, with a full trimming of tullo in tho same tone, looked quito ethereal with two clusters of cendra and white roses at the back to completo it. Anew style of toque has a round, ir A DUCK SUIT 1 Here is the Parisian idea of a duck c World. Tho duck is wood brown ia col sailor collar of white piquo. The jaokel vogue, and tho vest and collar arc both used to adorn tho vest and to fasten tho chemisette is made of duck, but piquo m embroidery. regular crown of white lace, Arith a large jet cabochon ia the centra aad woudroas beads edgiag it. At thc back are four enormous jet pendants hanging over the hair, while in the front are wings of black sequined aet and at the side clusters of orange aad pale yellow poppies. Leghora hats with a bordor of lace straw that gives stiffuess to the edge are prettily trimmed with a rutile of lace set to cover the top of brim. The edge of the lace is wired so tho laco stands out crisply. Ribbon startiug low on ono side is drawn diagonally to the upper edge of the crown ou the other sido, aad there staudi up ia a butterfly bow, well wired. Hats com posed eatirely of fancy braids are twisted and bent into fantastic shapes and thus readered very showy. Ono of this sort is shown in the accom HAT MADE OF FANCY BRAIDS. panying illustration, its brim deeply indontcd and its low crown trimmed with plumes, velvet bows aud ro settes. For hat trimmings tulips and other large petaled flowers are made of lace, flowers being cut ia many cases from rich lace patterns that aro wired and bent into shape. Tho oflcct is charm ingly dainty on rich hats, but the lover of lace shudders at the despoli ation of the lace just as many women shrink from whole birds forjtrimraing. Another new use for laco finds it stif fened by loops of wire, gathered into upstanding bunches and placed on hats as in aigrette fashion. The ideal summer hat, of course, is of snowy white and comes in thin, transparent straw, fancifully plaited and sewn into shapo by thc milliner. When complete, though full}' trimmed, it is a featherweight, delightful to wear ns well as refreshing to look at. The shapes arc rather set, a low crown with straight brim, even all around, or else slightly lifted on the left sido or in the back. The very full trimming surrounding the crown huts tho eileet ot" a rucho or of a full wreath with cither ono or two aigrettes to give it height, with a choux of white chiffon, flowers and much foliage to mako up the garni tar*. The retnrns from an acre of beets ta Germany arc $40 while that from wheat and other cereals only $20. Sir William Yernon Harcourt an nounces tho intention of the British Government to stand firmly on thc joi'l basi.?. The share of land falling to each iu habitant of the globe in the event ol ? partition might be set down at twen ty-three and a half acres. A correspondent of tho New York World says that there is now a man in the United States Senate who has taken a prominent part in fifty-four lynchings. Tho 6team railways arc suffering from tho competition of tho trolley roads, and now the cry is raised that the trolleys arc being paiufully de pleted of their traffic by tho bicycles. A plan is being discussed in Now York City to establish bachelor apart ment houses in the suburbs, where n half dozen men may enjoy tho com forts of a rnral homo at small cost. An economist has figured out that four men may live in fair style in this way for Soo each per month, and that tfiey may even live comfortably for S33 a month. Tho only trouble lies in securing a good servant, but servants are said to prefer a company of men to a family, because there is less com plaint and greater leisure. Marion Crawford, the American novelist, recently delivered at Sor rento, Italy, an address on Tasso at thc celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the great poet's death. This address, which was in Italian, was noteworthy, observes the San Francisco Chronicle, becanse Craw ford declared that the influence of Tasso's works could be traced in the writings of three famous English poets -Milton, Byron and Wordsworth. Per haps Crawford's best point w?is his claim that we should never have had "Paradise Lost" had not Milton loved and studied Tasso's "Jerusalem De livered." Chicago is after the trade of the Sonth, notos the New Orleans Pica yune, the importance of which it is jnst beginning to realize, and means to grab for it with both hands. A largely attended meeting_of raijrojid and busi ness men was held in that cJfcj days ago io discuss ways and means of Boorning the Southern trade, an 1 ono of them said that if the people inter ested in the different sections of the Sonth-and by tho South is meant thc conutry lying sonth of the Ohio and east of tho Mississippi-could have an understanding with tho various trans portation lines, and some efforts in the direction of unity and a common interest could be reached, large results would necessarily follow. Mr. Stone is enthusiastic on the subjeci, and a vigorous pusher. J. S. Buckley ex pressed himself in similar language. In his opinion the tide of immigration was sooc to move southward, and tha southern section of this country would, in a very near future, occupy rela tively tho samo position as that held by tho great Northwest in the past. New Orleans is the proper and natural distributing point for tho larger part of this grand territory, but she will have to bestir herself and improve her methods if sho wants to hold her own. The system of kindergartens re cently established on some of the Indian reservations has proved so suc cessful that it is soon to be widely ex tended, especially in the Southwest. The Indian children there aro un usually shy. Under the influence of tho kindergarten games they have been found to rapidly loso this shy ness and reticence, and to bocomo friendly with each other and with their teachers. A number of now day sohools will also soon be opened in that part of the country. It has been found best to educate the children as far as possible in kindergartens, rather than in boarding schools. After a time those whose case3 seem advis able can be transferred with little op position from their parents,who prob ably would have objeoted strongly ii the children had been taken away to a boarding Behool at the outset. Tho principal work of the schools at pres ent is in the line of industrial educa tion. The girls are being taught cook ing, sewing, washing clothes and the like, and the boys plowing, tilling, tending cattle and using tools, rather than even reading and writing. They learn English with considerable ease, but have no inherited aptitude foi mathematics. Indians have very little appreciation of numbers, being fa miliar only with addition and sub traction. Some of the Indians have reached a high degree of proficiency, and the Indian Office is daily receiving applications from Indian girls, whe Imve been graduated from high schools for positions as teachers. Places are found for some, but not many, and the remainder usually return to their tribes and relapse into their former ways of life. Superintendent W. H. Hailmau, of the Indian schools, in very anxious to find positions for more of these girls in nearly any class of work. He Bays they make excellent servants, and he would like to hear from anj ?ae willing to employ them, J Americfiu Beaury roses with long stems are a favorito garniture for white hats to which may be added wbito doves' wings, two wings point ing outward ou either side and two pointing further backward. Tho rose clusters are directly in front and either side of the back, and a pretty fancy is to insert in the brim shirr id white chiffon drawn ou the smallest wire, and edged with tho glistening white strnw braid, making an exceed ingly light brim. The Tam o' Shanter crown is becom ing very popular for women cyolists, und a flexible briai is cleft directly in frout and covered with row after row of stitching; a half circle of pleated ribbon near tho front holds two quills of tho sams color placed at precisely the proper angle. Steamer hats and hats for railroad travel como in soft felt of au Alpino shape, bandod aroan 1 with three rows of narro v ribbon. If you preicr a straw hat for steam er use or for traveling in general, bo sure and get thu sennit straw,' with a tapering crown, cut oil rather flat and broad, and a wide, rolling brim. These come in brown and black straw, ?ROiI PARIS. .ostume, designoi for tho Now York or, and is ma lo with vost aa I deep b has tho ripplo basque, so maca ia adjustable. Tiny brass battons aro tab3 to tho skirt. Ia tho pictaro tho ay bo used in its plas?, or open-work trimmed with a cockade of ribbon oe the left side of thc baud. Favorite flower trimmings for hat? are three clusters of whito violets, bunches of bluettes, palma violets, long-stemmed, in aigrette fashion, or bridesmaid's rosebuds, ia thc fav orite rose color. creusa cosTrirEs. There aro devotees of tho wheel who number a half dozen dresses among their cycling outfit; generally one heavy gown, one of lighter weight, and several in linou and duck. A most appropriate ouc eau bo made of mohair, and is extremely light, silky, and cool for a warm day. To prevent such a light-weight cloth from flying up, a small elastic strap caa be fast ened to tho loggia and from that to the edge of tho skirt, which success fully holds it iu place. Brown is a very popular color for a wheeling gown. LATEST IN SHOES AXD FAN'S. The illustration shows the walkiag shoe, with exceedingly pointoil toe, which thc most fashionable womeu like. Your shoemaker, says tho New York Jourual, will try to couvinco you that a tip which is aot straight aer?se, but pointed at the broad part, ia as desirable as that of the picture. Do not be deceived. As if following tho lead of faas, which are now made ia Empire style covered all over with spaagles, look ing quite as picturesque as ever a grandmother fan could, cveoing head dresses followed the picturesque Em pire Btyles. On top of tho head at tho end of the part stauds a big bow, with a regular wheel of wido spread ing ends and loops. From under this bow falls a jabot of lace down each side of tho head over the ears aud to the shoulders, and laco ccvers tho back of tho hair, too. Tho whole ef fect is quaint and generally becomiog. Ostrich feather faus aro ia high dis FASJIIONAI?LR SHOP, AM) FAX. favor. My Lady Bm iles aud co 3 nd toa nowadays behind such as have cupid decorated surfaces, ?ad short pearl sticks, THE CORACLE. Most Ancient Form or Boat ls Com lug Into Fashion Again. It is rather carions that the most ancient form of boat known to ns is now coming again into fashionable uso. Most people will remember a EASY TO CAimr. vision of their school clays when in. some history book they learned with interest of the wood-clad Briton em barked in his rude boat of wickerwork, covered with the skin of somo wild ; animal. This coracle, which our re mote ancestors used of necessity, Eng-; liBuroen of to-day are beginning to use of choice, and many a wealthy fisherman may be seen on our streams seated in one of these funny little boats, diligently whipping the water for trout or salmon. It is a tributo to tho merits of the j coracle that it has never been allowed to disappear from our rivers ; notably on the Dee, tho "Wye and tho Severn : it always has been and still is the fa- : vorite companion of tho men who look to tho river for a living. On the Dee, not only is it used for rod-fish ing, but also for a special form of not- ! ting for salmon. Curious, also, that in shape it still resembles tho half of a walnut shell, [ skin, which thero are now no wild ani- , mais to supply, is only replaced by ? rough sacking, thickly coated with tar. The reason why the coracle has lived through so many hundred years \ is undoubtedly its portability. A ^ fisherman lifts it out of his cottage ? corner and sliDgs it, by a strap at tached to the seat, across his shoul ders, then he places his paddle across his back, so that the tail of the boat will not jog his legs, and he is ready -BO light is the weight-for a good long walk to the stream he has select ed to heh. Should fish not he plenti ful there, it is not much trouble to carry his coracle to a more likely spot and embark again. To a man who understands B coracle there is no safer boa\, but- to ono who has not mastered its little ways it is a terrible "bucker" and will almost cer tainly part company with its occupant. The boat is so light and so flat-bot tomed and taks such lirtle water that it requires very careful getting in and out. The manner of propulsion is one entirely peculiar to the coracle, and is best described as Bea sculling re versed--the paddler sits facing his work and moves tho paddle in semi circles through the water in front of him, at tho same time pulling the blade toward him. But it takes some little time to learn this peculiar stroke ; a very Blight esera pressure to right or loft will act tho little boat spinning round and round like a top. Nowadays many amateur fishermen aro adopting tho coracle, and a auper BEST TYPE aI<k?S LMXH OIFFIN, MX EC TED AS T) . J??UES IS THE QAUR - ipr build of boat Las been bronght into existence, in wh&i tho willow frame is replaced by one of light laths, and painted canvas takes the place of the tarred canvas. Even such a lux urious boat costs very little to build. .?^Westminster Budget. The Popular Peridot. ?A precious stone which at tho pres ent time is very valuable, but it is the tH?ne of tho hour, is the peridot, or ^'vening emerald." It ia a lovely stone, with its exquisite shades of transparent green, the best suggestion ot: which ijUG jg fbe effect produced b*. looking at thc light through deli cate leaf ; jewelers say that thc peridot js'ja species of olivine, of the same class as the beryl aqua-marine, aud the t?paz, and that it is, in fact, the an cient "topazion," otherwise known as ahysolite. It is found in Egpt, Cey lon and Brazil, good crystals being exceedingly rare. Of tho various shades of green olive, leaf, pistachio, 'of, leek, tho clear leaf green is the ?ijiost admired. ; 'Of all these precious stones the peridot is the most difficult to polish. The final touch is given ou a copper wheel moistened with sulphuric acid, a process which requires the greatest ^re, for, if dipped into the acid tho ^pne has the peculiarity of becoming ?wuble. Sometimes it is cut in rose fprm, or like a carbunclo, but it is bettor and more valuablo when worked in; email stops, as tho brilliance is thus ?icreased. V-Owing to the quality of softness the peridot has been considered of little ySlne, but now that it is the fashion tbulous prices aro charged for the me.-Montreal Star. "As Scnrcc as (?old Dollar s." Chicago poper tells about a gen 3man of that city who a short timo jo wanted fifty gold dollars for some Juxpose. Ho applied to his bank for .them, and was offered tho amount in Jarger coins, but tho dollars thoy did not havo. Ho looked further, and |oon found that there were .no gold flpllars to be had in Chicago, not even at the sub-treasury. He wrototo Now ?ork and Washington, but tho dollars bjbuld not bo found. Finally he learned ?hat they could be had in San Frnn j??sco, but only on tho payment of fifty jper cent, premium. It is said -that $bere has not been a gold dollar coined |ifi forty years, and that altogether but B00-1,OOO have been minted. A Jlenlthttilcit of Drinks. & Tho Journal of Hygiene says that lemonade is the healthiest of all drinks and should be used instead of alcohlic jjrinks, coffee or tea. Hero is recipo for making hygienic lemonade : For a |uart, take tho juice of three lemons, ttsing tho rind of one of them. Care lally peel the rind very thin, getting feist tho j ell ow outside. This cut into pieces and put with tho juice and pow dered sugar, of which use two ounces ra the quart, in a jug or jar with a point, pour it over"ltfie*"?e'mo'n,'1?fltt jugar; cover at onco and allow to 300I. ^^^^^ A Bicycle Prodiiry. Alton E. Porter, sou of J. W. Por ter, of Bostou, Mass., is probably tho vouugest bicycle rider who races against time and "goes after" tho LITTLE ALTON E. TOUTER. records. Although less than fivo years old he has ridden one-third of a mile in one minute and five seconds and mado twonty-live miles in three hours and five minutes. He is in great demand at athletic entertain ments in Boston and vicinity and is a favorite with thc bicycle public. On all his trips ho is accompanied by his father, who Buporintends his training and takes proper care of him. The little follow rides a bicyolo said to weigh nino and one-half pounds. OF BEAUTY, RI?E WISSFAl DY THE COMMITTEE fltNIA JJEAUfY CONTEST. FERTILE FORMOSA. QUEER ISLAND JUST ACQUIRED BY JAPAN. Oxeu Used In Place of Horses '.Skull Chambers" in the Houses -Habits of tho People-Chief Source of Camphor Supply. N AVAL officers and diplomats are especially interested in ^ > the effort which Japan is (T making to get possession of tho Island of Formosa as a part of the result of her victory over China. They confider it a very shrewd move and as Hhowing how far seeing the statesmen and diplomats of that Nation of "East ern Yankees" are. Formosa is the most southerly of a long rango of isl ands stretching southward from Japan parallel with the coast of China. Gradually and very quietly Japan has NATIVE FO: I for years been extending her influence and ownership along this range of isl ands, which command tho seacoast of her nncient cuerny, China, and now hhe proposes to seize as a prize of war the most important of thom all, For mosa. Controlling most of the north ern part of this range of islands al ready, it will be easy for hor, if she obtains this one, to gather in the re mainder and thus commund to a largo degree the ocean front of China. Formosa, although spoken of as an island, is a? large as Massachusetts, Connecticut and Ehode Island, and has about as large a population as they have. But it must be admitted that as a whole the people of Formosa are a little behind the latest developments in cultured Now England. For in stance, when ft Formosan wants to mako a trip to the neighboring village or to see his best girl or otherwise, be does not travel by railway or trolley or carriage, but quietly eaddles and bridles his ox and makes the trip in a stylo that would be at least novel in this country. Horses are an almost UnJi^oiYJi.Juiuxy...inI.F.ormo8a, espe where the natives Btill hold sway. It is about ?OO years since Eu FOKIEN FO ropeans became aware of the existence of Formosa, and those intrepid navi gators, the Portuguese, gave it the name "Una Formosa," which is trans lated to mean "Beautiful Island." Since that time it has been called by the Chinese "Taiwan," which means "Terraced Harbor," by the natives "Kaboska" and "Gadiva," by Eu ropeans "Formosa," and also is often spoken of as "the granary of China," because of its fertility aud largo pro duction of wheat, corn, rice and many other articles of food, which it sup plies to the mainland in enormous quantities, taking in exchange the manufactures of the people of China. Formosa may become, if Japan gets possession of it, an interesting spot to American tourists. Visits to Japan have hecouie quite popular of late, and with Japanese steamers plying be tween Tokio, Japan, and Tamsui,For mosa, those Americans who want to enjoy the luxury of riding upon oxen, listening to singing fishes, making the acquaintance of monkeys in their na tivo forests, sleeping in "skull cham bers," to tone up their fighting quali ties, or making their own supply of camphor gum, will find tho visit to Formosa pleasant. As already indi cated, ox riding ia thc popular method A SWATOW F9RSI03AX. ot traveling there, sining fishes nre loi?|nl iu the river."; as aro also Hying JishiiF, the making of camphor is an importaut iadnstry, and the liative? J of tho eastern part of the island all have their "skull chamber" attached to their houses, where they display the skulls of all the Chinese that they and their ancestors have killed, and in which their young men sleep in order to tone up their nerve and make them valiant in battle. There has been for generations a constant hostility between the natives, who are of the Malay type, and the Chinese, who have for 230 years lorded it over them as best they could. The warfare has been very bitter, and it is said that the Chinese even went so far as to transport tigers from the mainland and turn them loose in the woods of the island in order to reduce the number of natives. As they grew more thoughtful and expert in the ways of "civilization, " however, these cunning Chinese substituted a cheap er and moro deadly destroyer, and one much moro easily introduced brandy. Tho natives nro gradually succumbing to it in combination with RMOSANd. opium, and although they still retain control of tho eastern portion of the island are not very troublesome, es pecially as the section which thoy oc cupy is of little value. A long range of mountains runs tho entiro distance of 400 miles which tho island stretches from north to south. The eastern slopes are rugged, steep, picturesque in their tropical products, *nd a good retroat for the natives, ?vhoni tho Chin?se havo thus been un ible to dislodge. The western slope, from which the mainland of China is )nly ninety miles distant, is fertile and produces wonderful crops of rice, ?-heat, corn, barley, millet, tea, sugar, indigo, peanuts, jute, hemp, and many ?ther articles. So it has been peopled .>y Chinese who havo como over from ;ho quiet agricultural provinces of Pekin and Swatow, just across the ihannel on the mainland, and they lave brought their customs and dress ind style of houses and ways of living vith them. They are Chinese in ap earan ce,*though some of them inter ningle and intermarry with the na ives, adopt some of their customs, ains cling to? f?eir~jnaiay^mtmw- T?TO-J Iress, in part, at least, wearing a RMOSAXS. scanty costume of blue cloth, staining their teeth red with the betel nut, burying their dead on the very spot where they expire, ornamenting their chambers with tho skulls of their slaughtered enemies, but gradually giving way to the inroads of the Chinese, either by being killed off in war or with brandy and opium or by intermarrying with them and adopt ing in part their dress and methods. The illustrations show the various classes of peoplo now inhabiting For mosa. One is a group of the natives who have made little progress toward accepting Chinese ways; they dwell in bamboo cottages, raised on ter races, have no written language and live under a sort of tribal or patri archal system, using lances, bows and arrows and a few guns in their wars. Another shows a group of Fokien peo ple who have so largely populated the western part of the island. A third is a type of the Swatow peoplo who have also added largely in making up the Chineso population in the island. Formosa has been for years the chief source of camphor supply, though of late a good deal has been made in Japan. Outside of these the only supply of camphor in the world is that of Borneo and Sumatra, where it is obtained by splitting tho trees and ex tracting tho gum from cracks and fis sures in the trunks and branches. In Japan and Formosa, howovor, it is produced by boiling the wood of tho camphor tree and obtaining the gum by distillation. No Stores in Mexico, ?Tn old Mexico wo have no stores," said Antonio Estrado at tho Broadway Central the other day. "Most of tho houses aro built of adobo bricks, with out floors, and the fires are built on the ground where all cooking in done. In the more aristocratic famines the American pattern of cooking stoves has been introduced, but only a few of them are in use."-New York Jour nal. _ Big Find ot Ambergris. There is a whaler in Proviucetown, Mass., nicknamed "Ambergris John son," because his vessel on thc voyage is almost sure to pick up some ol that straugo and valuable commodity. He now writes homo from thc west Afri can coast that his vessel has taken 350 pounds of sperm oil and forty pounds of ambergris. As ambergris is worth $300 a pound this is about as good as a gold mine. ...Atlanta Constitution! 'Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG ULATOR, the "KING OF LIVER MEDI CINES ?" That is what our readers want, and nothing but that It is the same old friend to which the old folks pinned their faith and were never dis appointed. But another good recom mendation for it is, that it is BETTER THAN PILLS, never gripes, never weak ens, but works in such an easy and natural way, just like nature itself, that relief comes quick and sure, and one feels new all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator. Be sure you get it. The Red Z is on the wrapper. J. H. Zeilin & Go., Philadelphia. Origin of the Parasol. The origin of the parasol is scarcely known, so great is its antiquity. A Chi nese legend attributes its inven tion to the wife of Lou-pan, a cele brated carpenter in China, more than 2,000 years before Christ. Traces of it are found along the Nile, in tho frescoes of the tombs at Thebes and bas-reliefs of palaces of Memphis and Ninevah sculptures. It played an important part In an cient Greece, having been carried in sacred and funeral processions as a religious ceremonial as well as a pro tection from the sun's rays, and at festivals of Bacchus, who, ib seems, of all the gods alone enjoyed the privilege of the sunshade. Toward the close of the eighteenth century great progress was obtained in the manufacture of small sun shades and parasols, they being quite light in weight and beautiful in dec oration. In the public gardens of Paris were seen parasols of dolicato blue trimmed with silver, light green relieved with gold, flesh tints and scarlet Indian cashmeres with ban gles rough or delicately carved. Onr grandmother's sunshades, from 1815 to 1830, were covered with colored crape or damasked satin, with checkered silk, streaked, striped or figured. Others had their beauty enhanced by the addition of blonde or lace, embroidered with glass trinkets or garnished with feathers, with gold Til e fa~s Wornroie-cunna-wo?-sT re ry light or very deep, without in termediate tones-white, straw yel low, pink or myrtle green, chestnut and black, red or indigo. In 1834 a full-dress parasol is de scribed as being of "unbleached silk casing mounted on a stick of Ameri can bind-weed, with a top of gold and carved coral.' Another one is "striped wood, similar top. with fluted knob and covered with myrtle zreen paduaioy, with satin border.'' A dozen years later the fashion was to have them entirely of one color, white, or pink.or green, some times edged with laco. This soon changed ti borders of flgar.v.1 gar lands, satin stripes, blue or green, on unbleached silk, or violet on white or sulphur. Carriage parasols carno in fashion about 18")") and were called " Pom padour." These were made with folding sticks, covering of satin or moire antique and bordered with trimmings and streamers. They were embroidered with gold and silk, and beautified by an edging of Chan tilly, point d'lencon and other laces. These folding-sticks were carved pearl, shell and horn. A "GREAT deal of interest :s being manifested in the preparations being made for the Cotton States and In ternational Exposition which opens at Atlanta, Ga , in September next. Thc project is receiving tho practical indorsement of the leading indus trial interests throughout tho coun try. New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, the three great commonwealths which head the lists of manufacturing States, have al ready made provisions for exhibits, and will show the latest achieve ments in industrial arts. Several departments of the National Govern ment aro making arrangements for Very interesting exhibits. The United States Geological Survey will 'make its entire economic oxhibit at tho Cotton States and International [Exposition in the mining building. This exhibit has boen planned to in clude a statistical column showing tho total product of each mineral In tho South for a limited period of time. Another feature of tho Government's exhibit will be instruments for testing struc tural materials, and it is hoped that this machinery will bo in daily opera tion. The South's resources in road material will be similarly shown, and another feature will be a collection of typical ores from the regions, which can furnish the most char acteristic specimens. The exhibit to be made by the Department of State will be practically the same as at Chicago. This exhibit will be quite interesting, and will illustrate the principal period in our country's history. The exhibit to be made by the War Department will include many rare relics of Revolutionary times and of the early cl? ? of the Republic. All forms of army wagons, pack mules, ambulances, etc., many of them used on historic fields, will be shown. There will also bo models of harbors and river work, and a complete field signal outfit, includ ing field telegraphic and telephonic instruments. The Art Department of the exposition promises to he the most notable on? that has been shown in America. It will not be too large to be properly seen, and the variety of exhibits will possibly ex cel any exhibition that has yat been attempted.