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__________Jr____ T1I0S. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1895. VOL. LX. NO. 19. ~ ' A new law in Michigan forbids tho organization of military companies composed entirely of membors of one religious creed. In Franco if a structural defect in a bicyole causes an injury to the person using it, the manufacturer is legally accountable for damage?. Miss Mary Philbrook, of Jersey City, is tho first woman to be admit ted to tho bar of New Jersey. Sue is pretty and twenty-two years old. Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that if she was Street Cleaning Commissioner of New York City, she would organize a brigade of needy, deserving women to do the work, and it would be done. If some archaeologist in thc yenr 5000 A. D., happens to dig np a fash ionable woman's costume of tue present day, he will draw som o very queer conclusions from it concerning thc 6hape of its one-time wearer, predicts the Washington Pathfinder. Women wear big sleeves because they arc "pretty." If a thing is pretty, that settles it with the conventional woman. Next thing one shall soo society belles hanging themselves about with oil paintings ami water colors in gold frames to make themselves "pretty." New York City is to havo a great Botanic Garden. At a meeting of the incorporators it was announced that the fund of $230,000 has been sub scribed in full. This insures an ade quate Botanio Garden for the city, for those engaged in tho enterprise havo fulfilled tho condition exacted by tho Lcodslature on which $500,000 is to be furnished by the city for estab lishing such a garden, in addition to 250 acres in Bronx Park for its site. Tho land for tho site has been pro visionally selected; it lies on Doth sides of the Bronx Pwiver and is admir ably suited for tho purpose in view. Tho gentlemen who ara engaged in this work aro not satisfied with hav ing raised tho required $250,000, which will be used- as an endownmeut fnnd, but propose to go ahead and in crease the amount to $500,000. All the great cities of Europe have Botanic Gardens; in this country there is but one-the Shaw Gardens in St. Louis. Harper's Weekly observes: The "honor system" of conducting college examinations without other precau tion against cheating than an agree Tn^rrtrof~the~stadentg no!; to >heafc-fs generally known in tho North as tho Princeton system. It has been in suc cessful' operation at Princeton for a number of years, and its entire suc cess there has ad vcr tined it as a sys tem ol great merit. But it is not a now thing in this country, nor did it originate at Princeton. Tho Weekly is informed that it has been in uso at tho University of Virginia over sicco that university was ioundel by Thomas Jefferson, and has succeeded perfectly there. In thc rare cases where cheating has beeu practised in spite of it tho dishonest student was warned by his fellows to leave college, and has done so. It has also been in uso for ton years or moro at the Van derbilt University at Nashville, nud possibly in other Southern colleges. While inventors of high explosives are searching for elements from which to manufacture effective war materi als it will be just as well, suggests the Washington Star, for them to turn their attention to the merit3 of ordi nary home-made catsup, which now comes to the front with strong maims for recognition as a jiowerfui detona tor. Mrs. Baxter, of Newtown, Long Tsland, has just boen painfully and seriously wounded by the explosion of a bottle of this stuff, which she had withdrawn from its resting place for use on the table. lt will be a mercy if her sight is preserved, while her face will always bo sadly scarred in consequence of the splintered glass which flew about her. Tho sudden fermentation of the ingredients com posing this usually harmless mixture causod thc trouble. The accident points to tho necessity for tho great est caro in the preparation of this commodity by amateurs. Perhaps, too, it may give rise to the appearance of some new destructive compound in the market under tho name, say, oJ "Tomatoite." Startled thc Congregation. Tho new canon of Westminster, England, is credited with a ready wit. A story is told of his having once boen terribly interrupted by the incessant coughing of his congregation. Where upon ho suddenly paused in his ser mon, and interjected the remark : "Last night I was dining with the Prince of Wales." The effect was miraculous, and a deathly silence reigned as tho preacher continued : "As a matter of fact, I was not din ing wita tho Prince of Wales last night, but with ray own family. I atn glad, however, to find that I havo at last secured your attention."-Pear son's Weekly. Where It is Hottest. A comparison of thc maximum tem perature in differeut parts of the world shows that the Great Desert of Africa is by fur tho hottest. The vast plain, which extends 2000 miles from east to west, and 1000 miles from north to south, is j?aid to have a temperature o' 150 degrees Fahienheit in the hottesi days o? summer, SEAL HUNTING. HISTORY OF THIS GROWTH OF AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY. Dnma*?o Done by Reckless Ki?llns: 500,000 Seals Slaughtered In One Year - Present Restrictions -Our Fleet of Cutlers. LL of tho vessels of the United States patrol fleet for Bering Sea are now on the cruising ground, sajs thc Kew York Times. Tho headquarters of the fleet is at Unalasko. At this point tho Alaska Commercial Coni pauy has a large coal supply, upon which the fleet is permitted to draw. Unalaska is also the most western mail point belonging to the United States. Mail reaches there during the summer at leatt once a month. The most western limit of the cruis ing ground of tho fleet is Aftu Island. This island is in east longitude, and is distant from the Japan coast but a few hundred miles. Attu Island is the most western possession of tho Unitod States, lt is at a greater distance to tho west than is New York to tho cast of San Francisco. The islands of St. Paul and St, George, or, generally speaking, tho Pribilof or S?al Islands, aro distant some 200 miles from Unalaska. It is around these latter islands that the zone exists in which no sealing craft aro permitted to enter for the pur pose of catching seal. This prohibi tion zone extends around the Pribilof group, every porliou of which is dis tant sixty miles from land. Although there are four islands in thc Pribilof group-St, Paul, St. George, Otter and Walrus-the two islands St. Paul and St. George ere tho ones selected by the seals for their breeding pur pose?. On the other two islands tho seals occasionally haul up, but do not breed. So far os< is known, the Isl ands of St. Paul and St, George aro the only land points where the fur seal haul ont Tho Pacific and An tarctic Oceans have been scoured by -?*ft?ers--?rc-the-&ep#-.;of finding .the winter homes of the anim?l, but to no purpose. It is now the generally ac cepted opinion that the seals betake themselves on the approach of winter to some of thc high plateaus on the bottom of thc ocean, where it is possi ble for them to live on small tish, and there remain until the instinct of re production forces them to seek the breeding rookeries. Tho discovery of the Pribilof Is lands dates back to 17b"5, and is credited to Russian hunters. In tho succeeding year over 500,000 seals were killed by Russians. For twenty years after .hut awful slaughter in 178G, the fur seal almost entirely dis api)eared from the Pribilof Islands. lt is said that more than half of the skins taken in the year 17S6 were sub sequently thrown into the 6ea in an ndvnnced stnyo of decomposition, be cause of careless curing, and the waters were so poisoned as to drive away thc seals for tucco^sive seasons. The Russian-American Company ob tained control of the Pribilof Islands in the early part of tho present cen tury, and promrt measures were taken by the representatives of this company to stop further killing. For five years, A FUR SEAL. from 1807 to 1812, tho killing of seals was interdicted by tho Russian author ities, with the result that at the ex piration of that time the animals had returned, and showed signs of increas ing in considerable numbers. Before many years passod the revenue in seal skins once more became profitable. Tho skins of tho seal were fir?t shipped to London and to New York, in the early fifties, and these shipments continued a-; the rate of nearly 60,000 skins per annum until the transfer of the Russian possessions to the United States. During thc early sixties tho Russian Government received reports from its agents on the Pribilof Islands to tho effect that tho seals were increasing at an tnormons rate, that tho rockeries were crowded bej'oud their capacity, and permission was again and again asked to increase the number of seals allowed to be killed auuually, in order to make room for the apparout mill ions which were coming. From thc time ot, the purchase of the Pribilof Islands by the United States until twenty years subsequently, the limit of seals to bo killed annually was placed at 100,000, Even with this large number destroyed each year, the seals showed no si^us ot decrease, and it would seem that tho conditions which prevailed in 1780 must have again returned. There is no telling how long this annual killing of 100,000 seals might huvu been continued without complete decimation ul the herd had it not been for the operations ia lata year", par? ticularly of Canp.dian seal hunters, vfho make a practice ot striking tho seal herds when on their way to the Pribilof group, and killing ia the open sea female as well as male seal-young and old. Furthermore, as tho Cana dians hunted tho seals recourse was had to the shotgun, loaded with buck shot, and it is estimated that out ol every five seals shot in the open seo, not more, on an average, than one was secured. The remaining four usually sank to the bottom before their bodies were seized or, if wonudod, made away and died subsequently. This wholesale slaughter on the high seas has well-nigh exterminated the neal, and it bas been the direct cause of the restrictions imposed during late years on the sealing work of hunters. Under the present restriction the com pany which leases tho Pribilof Islands from tho United States is not permit ted to kill dmiug a single season more than 7500 seals. The restrictions im posed on hun'ers prohibit the capture of seals in Bering Sea and within cer tain limits of the North Pacific prior to July 1, and after July 1 seals can not be taken inside of the sixty-mile zone surrounding tho Pribilof group. In addition, sealers are not permitted to kill seals with shotguus, and the fact v.hat a sealing craft caught in Ber iug Sea has skins on board which give evidence of having been taken by shooting the animals is sufficient to ii.--.ire the seizure of the vessel by tho United States revenue cutter which comes up with her. Every craft in Bering Sea will be overhauled during the present sum mer by thc officers of thc revenue cut ter fleet, and a thorough examination will be mado of all vessels boarded. If the craft overhauled he an English vessel, and it is evident that the seal ing regulations have been violated, ST. PAUL'S ISLAND. the vessel making the seizure, if she be a United States revenue cutter, will turn tho oflender over to the senior British warship of the English fleet patroling Bering Sea. The British naval commander will send the offend ing sealer to Victoria, B. C.. to be dealt with there by the courts having jurisdiction. Up to the present time one Cana dian sealer has been seized, the Uni ted StateA?_e.vonu mak ing the capture. The Chinese appear to have taught the methods of curing sealskins. It was the Chinese who first impressed upon tho Eussian3 of Eastern Siberia the value of the skin, and it is said that years ago, when Chinese mer chants traded along tho Siberian coast, they nould take in exchange for their wares nothing except sealskins. The Eoglish apear to have learned the art of curing during the first half of the nineteenth century. The killing of the limited number of seals by the lessees of the seal isl ands is dono entirely on land, and only on damp and cloudy days. The young males are usually found grouped by themselves, while the older males generally surround them selves with a number of females, often fifty. There is always a general fight going on among tho older males aa to which shall have in its particular group certain of tbe female 6eal?. Tho latter aro actually whipped into a group by e male, if there is evidence of any sign of bolting to some more attractive set. The seal killers on a killing day crawl along the shore, and, getting between the young males, who arojlel't undisturbed, and the males and their respective groups, drive the latter in land, often to the number of 1000 to 3000. The objective point of tho drive is the killing ground and Mr. Seal is made to carry his own pelt to the vi cinity of the storehouse. The driving has to be conducted with great care, otherwise the seals will reach the killing ground in an overheated con dition, and with a consequent injuri ous effect upon the skins. Arrived in the vicinity of the storehouse, the seals are divided off into groups of twenty or thirty, and in these groups aro surrounded by their executioners. There is a sharp rap over the nose with a club, the seal is stunned, and a second lal or is dispatched with a knife. The killing is done entirely by Aleut Indians, the descendants of those Aleuts whom ihe Russians, many years ago, brought to tho Pribilofs from tho Aleutian Islands for this very work. Tho Aleut killers are very proud of their skill. They aro expert killers, and do their work in an astonishingly rapid man ner. While a number of them kill the seals others follow and remove the pelt. The pelt is tossed into a wagon, and is carted to the curing house, and tbero cured. For the timo being it is merely salted. Later on the brine is removed and pressed out of the skin, and two pelts with tho fur in are rolled up together, securely strapped, and are then ready for shipment. Before the Aleut killers begin thoir work they glance over tho seals in tho group, and if one is discovered which is cither under or over age he is given a tap on the nose, and is sent scurry ing toward the beach. Tho Aleut em ployes receive from the lessees of tho seal islands forty cents for each pelt removed. Lifelong practice has made these Indians expert in stripping skins, and they carry their prido to the ex tent of stoutly refusing to demean themselves with any other form of work. Whito inou, aside from Government officers, are not permitted to land on the seal islands. Occasionally, late in the fall, und during a tog, somn daring seal hunter will attempt a dash at one of the seal islands. In tho course of a couple of undisturbed hours he may be able to kill a couple of hundred seals. Usually, however, the natives of j tho Wando ar* able to take oma off-mob poachers, bat to malee matters doubly safe it has been the practice in late years for at least ono United States revenue cutter to romain oil St. George and St. Paul until as late as December 1. The revenue cutter Bear is the vessel generally assigned to this late patrol work. She is a Bturdy, able craft, and is able to weather the heavy blows which are prevalent in the Ber ing Sea .n the late fall. To see that the number of Beals permitted to be killed by the lessees is not exceeded, the United States Inspectors from the Treasury Department aro constantly on hand, and they romain on the isl ands throughout the year. Immunity Against Snake Tolson. Wo understand that Professor Fraser will probably ranko a further communication to tho Royal Society of Edinburgh at its next meeting with regard to tho production of immunity against snake poison. Since the pres entation of the paper, an abstract of which was published in tho British Medical Journal, Professor Fraser has obtained, wc aro informed, definite proof of tho nutidotal properties of the blood serum of venomous ser pents. This result was not unantici pated, as will havo been gathered from the statements already pub lished, but its establishment is a mat ter of great interest, and, perhaps, of some practical importance, since never before probably have the bane and the antidote been brought so near to gether.-British Medical Journal. An Arm Uss Artist. When a mao without arms becomes an artist there is considerable evi dence that he has a strong and natural inclination for the career. This is tho caso of Bartram Hiles, a young Englishman, whoso pictures have been on exhibition in London. Mr. Hiles is not tho only armless artist of merit now living. Charles Fein, of Antwerp, has long been known as an excellent painter. Mr. Felu wields the brush with his month. Tho Englishman lost his arms at the age of eight, in a street car accident; the Belgian was born armless. The former is only twenty-eight years old, and is principally distinguished as a landscape painter ; tho latter is sixty tour, and ?B a figure painter. Mr. Hiles combines a vast amonnt of perseverance and cheerfuluess with unmistakable artistic ability. Only two 3rear? after his accident, ho had so far mastered the control of his pencil held ia his mouth that he THE AR5IT./ESS AF.TTST AT WOnx. was placed in the first-class division of the second grade of free-hand drawing of the National School at Bristol, and he was only six teen when ho exhibited a work-a study of a sycamore leaf-at the local Academy of Pictures. For the 1 next few years he studied, both in Bristol and in Paris, so assiduously and successfully that in 1890 he car ried away a scholarship, opeu to the competition of tho United Kingdom, of a hundred guineas, and tenablo for two years, ollered by the National Art Department of South Kensington. Since then further honors have been won by him on equal terms with other competitors. Mr. Hiles is a cheery, good looking and intelligent young man. Ho seems to suffer but little inconvenience on aocount of his misfortune. His lips appear to serve him nearly as ef ficiently as do our hands. At tho re quest of a visitor he took up a pen in his mouth and wroje his signature. - ra A Famous Bit ol Carpet. The Empress Frederick once worked a bit of carpet on which all her chil dren knelt when confirmed ; the late Emperor's coffin rested upon it ; the present German Emperor and the Princesses Charlotte, Sophia and Vic toria were married standing upon it. This piece of work is religiously pre served in the palace of the Kaiser. Boston Transcript. ?TUE ?RAND OLD Mi WILLIAM R. QLAT>3T02fE-FBO Cable dispatohco doclaro that bj burden o? declining year.*, the public ended, "For the first time iu moro h??rd, his ifefrly ligure is unseen in $ Biggest Willman on Earl li. li. H. Bliss, "the biggest wheelman on earthy is one of Chicago's curiosi ties in the bicycle Hue. It is hard to believe,.says the Chicago Tiraos-Her ald, that ja man six feet 5^ inches tall and weighing 487 pounds can ride a twenty-five pound bicycle and not break lt to smithereens. Bliss does it, though? and enjoys it. In fact, he seemsto' be getting fat on it. He is not one;of the "fast brigade" among tho Chicago riders, bnt he can get over the boulevards with great ease and comfort to himself and at a pace that sometimes makes his riding com panions "puff hard. " Tho recent road race was too much for him, though. He started and finished, too, but ho didn't go over tho entire course. Cou'uVt Remember thc Suudajs. "Old .Leather Breeches" was at one time the best known guide and trap per io3?iko Couuty, Pennsylvania. He lived in; the woods not many miles from Milford, tho county seat. His propername no ono knew, but on ac count of tho leather trousers which he invariably wore ho was known by every one ai "Old Leather Breeches." Only occasional visits were made by thc old mau to town. Ono Sunday raorninig ho walked into town and upon arriving at his favorito trading place was surprised to seo it closed. "Hello," said he, "somebody dead, I guess." Proceeding leisurely down the main street he went to another store, only to lind'this closed also. Completely nonplussed tho trapper hailed the first passerby with, "?Say, who is dead? Mustjje some big gun, I guess, Where is t?Kuneral ?" "Why, this is Sunday, old man," replied the villager. . "Sunday! Sunday!" ejaculated "Old Leather jBrrieche?, " 'in surprise. "Well, I guess I'll have to heep an almanac to home after this. Had all my trouble for nothing. "---New York Herald. Just Candles. . A scientist of note, in discussing the eleotTJB light recently, observed that if it wpro in universal use at the pres .^^*?'^the.oandkv if suddenly intro duced,'would bo thought a wonderful invention, as it enables a person to ob tain light in its simplest and most portable form, and without tho use of cumbrous machinery or the necessity of attaching the lamp to any fixed point by means of wiro before it could be lighted.-New York Becordcr. An Unexpected Catch. 2. .N? OUT OF POLITICS. S r >I HI.S FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH. r reason of physical infirmities and the career of William E. Gladstoue i? than half a century bia voice is un. ie forefront ot tba fray," FUTURE FASHIONS. GLIMPSES OF COMING STYLES IN WOMEN'S GARMENTS. 'Oho Reisn of the Bl?; Sleeve Is Not Yet Over-New Bodices-Louis XVI. Hats Revived-Nov elty in Parasols. LTHOUGH it is asserted now and then that the reign of tho large sleeve will Boon bo over, all of the newest French dresse? have immense sleeves. Tho leg-o'-niutton, however, except on jackets, seems quite to have disap peared, the forearm part being quite distinct from the puff, and made very light. Four or five buttons, with loops, fasten tho sleeve at the wrist, and when unbuttoned allow the arm ingress and egress. In many cases the sleeves this summer are short to tho elbow, the arms being covered with long gloves. A charming toilet by Felix, of Paris, which has recently come over, certainly shows no diminution of the sleeves. It is of the pretty Dresden patterned taffetas so much in vogue this year-a white ground sprinkled with yellow buttercups. A broad corslet of pale green satin confines the waist, which baa a large bow of green ribbon to match at the side, with long ends. Tho blouse waist is full, and is fastoned under the arms and finished with a green satin collar, the most ornate part of the dress ho ing tho sleeves, which have two double ruffles of buttercup yellow chiffon superadded to the balloon puffs of the silk, which come only to the el bow. The upper part of the sieeve has the fullness held down by epau lettes of th?> green satin, from which puff out the ruffles of the chiffon ; on the top of each epaulette is a bow of green satin. It is altogether a very striking-looking costume. The majority of tho new bo "ices seem to have tho opening undor the arm with the fullness of tho material HAT3 AND BONNETS pleated into the waist in front most becoming fashion to a slendi figuro. Another popular way of or ting tho waist lately is to have a ve square pouck-liko effect in front, I folds turned up an even line, f showing a deep waistband. This st gives a still more slender look to hips; in fact, pverything is don-, make the bodice broad and fluffy as possible and the hips and waist small. Amateur dressmakers will do well to remember theso mles-shoulder slop ing, sleevos very wide and short, bodice full and a great deal trimmed, waist well defined and hips fitted per fectly smooth. Whatever tho design or cut of a fashionable gown of the season, these should be the character istics. Braiding and silk embroidery are coming into use, and aro seen on some of tho most stylish costumes. One dress of fine Euclova has an apron front, braided in elaborate arabesques. The cuffs, which extend to the elbows, are oovered with embroidery, and the ve6t is similarly finished. The collar and revers aro perfectly plain. FASHIONS IN* SHOES. No toilet is complete for the summer without plenty of pretty shoes. The summer belle should have her evening shoes to match all dresses, and in thom even an ugly foot can be made good looking. There is a fascinating glace kid just now, which comes in such delicate tints as eau do Nil, and these are ornamented with the smallest pos sible rosettes. There is much diversity in satin evening shoes. Some of them are em broidered with jewels and pailettes on tho instep and are laced up above this in an open fashion, which allows the stocking to be seen, while supporting the foot, doing away with all fear that in dancing they may slip off. Many have straps over the instep, and buckles are important ; nearly every shoo displays them, but for evening they are used very small. The brown shoos aro darker now and brown glaco kid has almost ban ished auy othor ; it keeps well in or der and does not need tiresome clean ing. This class of shoe is to be had in every variety-plain, laced and but toned ; it is singularly inoxponsivo. A Grecian slipper for indoors or dressing slippers in tan, scarlet or gray are charming, and of late a new baby shoo lias been brought out in Frouch kid and patent loather, with a strap across tho instep, which is a'vast improvement on the old model. LINK BUTTONS AND sn'RT STUDS. Studs for tho summer girl's waist are shown in groat variety. They aro sold in sets of three, attached to a fine gold chain. For the sentimental young woman there are heart-shaped irold studs, with a tiny seed-pearl in the centre. Others show a very small groen garnet, incased in gold, while still others are of white enamel, deco rated in gold to match the link cuff buttons. The most elaborate of theso are of gold studded with jewels. Tho white and gold cflects, with rococo decorations cost. 812. Silver link cuff buttons cater to all tastes. The young woman devoted to Yale may fasten her cuffs this summer with link buttons of silver showing a blue enameled flag ou whick a "Y" in white enamel is con ipicuoiis. REVIVAL OF fHR LOUIS XVI, BAX. More and more are Parisian women Adopting the fashion of Louis X VJ. in bats -which are loaded, or rather over loaded, with flowers, bows and ospreys, A LOUIS XVI. HAT. aud soft folds of lace or gauze. Some made for shade have a floating scorf of fine tulle or other delicate fabric, which renders a veil unnecessary. Wings for trimming are wider, and spread themselves ont toward tho sides, whero folded ribbons and clus ters of flowers are massed, and largo upstanding loops of broad taffeta rib bon rear themselves. For bonnets, toques and smaller forms of millinery a high aigrette is placed to one side, and a coronet passes across the brow. These coronets are formed of large Howers, pompons of straw, or choux of quilled gauze or baby ribbons, and with them bonnets and hats in simple good taste are made, which contrast pleasantly with the vulgarity of pres ent fashions in general. The hair to snit all these hats is wura iu a soft fringo or else waved, while tho knot behind is arrauged iu Honry IL or 1830 style. Some few fashionable women have adopted the waved ..: julie fen; ya. but tkv,. i si NTH iC>J.'. V*-. .??. I U :*. ' ? ? ? -i:u 'il?. to find hat3 or ! il . we?? with it. { OVBITI r:-' rXjt?soitS. ?T- au .. . . > .' t h? sceessctriss- o' i a position of importance Wu.. itherto it has hardly pos sessed, and is being improved upon to its yet great advancement with all our ultimate refinements of tasto. In fact, the parasol, now of immenso size, of graceful shape, in delicate-hued silks, and its soft drapings, is only to be SUNSHADE LIKE A DIG FLOWER. compared to some huge flower rising upon its stem, and is to be seen in all possible colors-red, violet, straw, peach, carnation pink and cornflower blue, or blue pain de sucre, as it used to be called, is the color thnt is now in favor, and despite its hard, crude aggressiveness and almost unbearable offense to the eyes, it is to be seen on all hands and is worn by ovorybody. COLLAR? OF LACE AND CHIFFON. Style can afford to bo simple. The best skirts are cut quito plain, and the sleeves show no tendency to increase in dimensions. Probably the limit was reached last wintor in this direc tion. Many of the season's dresses have immense falling collars of laco or chiffon, stray i ug out to either side over the shoulders, oven to the utter most limits thereof. These epaulettes accompauy quite frequently the high choker or stock collar, which has held its own BO long. FAVORITE COLORS. Among the favorite colors of the reason aro brown of all shales, yel low, gray-which, by the way, is for the moment simply a rage in some of the ultra fashionable circles of Lon don-heliotrope, blue and light shades of green. There is a green, with a suggestion of rose, that is exceedingly eliective when well handled. Bod is used to some extent, aud ia very pop ular for fancy waists, provided it is becoming to the. wearer. LACE OltRATL? USED. The whoiu world of fashion contin ues to be draped, interwoven and veiled with lace. Shawls and flounces that have been snugged away in laven der for years may bo brought forth with propriety and impunity now. Statistics have puoceeded in proving that laok of money ia the chief OH uso ot jWicidu in Fraaoe, REGULATOR Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG ULATOR, the "KING OP LTVER MEDI CINES ?" 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Cornelius Vanderbilt, John 1). Rockefeller or J. Pierpont Morgan, for instance, would be welcomed in the directory of any business corporation. Samuel 1). Babcock, ox-l'resident of the Chamber of Commerce, bas tho rep utation of being a director in more concerns in Now York than any other man, with perhaps tho possible ex ception of Russell Sage. Tho presi dent of one of tho largest banks in this city said the other day that, al though ho was a director in cornpar tivoly few corporations, his fees last year amounted to $2,000, "I know one man," said he, "v. oso income from directors' fees rangos from SS.000 to $10,000 a year. Nearly all of the great Iinancial concerns pay their directors $10 each for every meeting they attr-TJ-f*r---KS ~T~ -nwiallv-T?awl-?r^;. -': ', it Eld tothi- a'tfcctois n5 soon as ho enters tho board rnoin." _ The rroiti.-.g Cfoeer. Allx stands nxceen nanda hi^n a?o wdighB ?oO pounds. She bas an . x ceedthg?y bloodlike iock, and lier head, neck and sh?ttii? rt Af*. .-. '. i>i.<' is wide across 'he forehead, wiiu. ? beara?Xal, beaming, intsUigcafc sye. nor jTeat peculiarity is that she is not fe -?d of the opposite ses. She is exceedingly fond of the ladies, and a bonnet, with a good looking face un derneath it, has only got to appear at her stall, when she will imme diately go to meet the visitor. She will put her head down apparently to kiss the hand of thc stranger, but in reality it is only her fondness for bonbons and sugar, ?hieb her lady visitors, who know her weakness, are always ready to give her. In this respect she is much like her own sex, whether equine or human ; she is fond of tho sweetness and luxuries of life. She is a model traveler, and as soon as she gets into her car lays down and has no fear. As a cam paigner she is fearless, resolute and game, and is in every respect the beau ideal, tho dream and the reali zation of the perfect American trot? ter.. . FROM a statement that has Just been compiled by the geographical survey, giving the total amount and value of coal produced in the United States during the year 1894, it is Bhown that there has been a large decrease both in the output and value of this article. The total product from all mines during last year was 170,858,085 short tons with a value of $186,154,604, and in 1898 the total produce was 182,352,774, represent ing a value of $20S,43S,G96. These figures show a decrease in the min ing of coal of 11,499,6S9 tons, or a little more than G per cent., with a decrease in value of $22.281,002, or more than 10 per cent. There was a general decline in tho price of bitu minous coal from 9(3 cents per ton in 1898 to 91 cents last year, while an thracite dropped from $1.59 to $1.51 per ton. At present there aro indi cations of further troublo in Ohio, similar to that which started the great-strike of 1894, tho wage scale again being tho muse of disagree ment. In the Pocahontas Flat Top region a strike is also in progress. All these facts are interesting in view of the big deal that has just boen made by the Vanderbiltsin tho Read ing and coal transportation linos. IT is now almost certain tltata now and mighty federation will soon take its placo among nations. It will bo the United States of South Africa. Great Britain now controls a country stretching from tho Cape of Good Hope to Lake Tanganyika. It is a spaco ns large a* all Europe. Beside tho valuable gold mines thero, coal and iron have also been found in largo quantities. Civilization is ad vancing in that region as rapidly as it did in California after the gold dis coveries. If tho Hritish colonies form a federal ion, Kngland will have there n greater colonial pofs.'ssion than even Australia. This is carrying tho grogross war of Kngland into the heart, of Africa without a vengeance. Civilization in this country has falcon lands away from tho American In dia:), all tho way from Rhodo Island to Dakota, ll will he strange if il does not rob tho African in Africa of all Ire possesses._ ALL governing overmuch kills the self-help ?nd energy of those gov? erad,