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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. I In bankruptcy he'll never sink Who puts his trust In printers' ink I Native whites boro of native parents form fifty-two per cent of our Na tional voting strength. Tho city of Chicago is erecting an electric light plant of ita own? and proposes io light itself. Up to the end of laci year Philadel phia s now city hall had cost $15,699, 964.67, and ii is not qnite finished yet. "'v.-* "?/<F>1' Tho trolley reigns in Philadelphia, bnt with not such murderous sway, apparently, os in Brooklyn. The last horse car in Philadelphia has been re tired. In Europe v. hero electric lights aro used, the poles have to be ornamental. Such hideous things as many streets in the United States have are not per? nutted. _?_ In the Chicago parks no ono is obliged io keep off the grass until the grass is worn off the ground. Then people are kepi off till ii grows book again. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Tho New Tork Mail aud Express ex* claims: "Having harnessed Niagara, Yankee ingenuity may some day use the Bocky Mountains to fill in the Yo semite Valley, preparatory to cutting ii np into building lots." A writer ia the Popular Science Monthly thinks thai some children lie habitually because 'hoy are suffer ing from disorders of mind or body, or both, "which radically interfere with the transmission of conceptions and perceptions." An unusual nun: ber of agents from Western and Southern States are sta tioned in New York City this year for the purpose of inducing immigrants to settle in ibo States which they rep resent. Even Wisconsin and Califor nia aro desirous of attracting new comers._. ~ GrWA-B?itam shows an annual de crease in orimeT aiul^oB* ttre t^g closed accordingly, but ii^-^rance crimes of all kinds have increased" during the last fifty years . at a ratio of 130 per cent. The number oi from sixteen to iwenty-onr. cent. _ Singularly enough, mase? the Chi cago Times-Herald, the editor of the men's department of tho women's edition of the Sh Paul (aiinn.) Dis patch heads her column "The Lords of Creation," and ibero is nothing in her text to show a trace of irony. The name of this droll now woman ii Smith-Mrs. F. T. Smith. Last year was famous for the quan tity of precious stone deposits found in the United States. Thc official re port just issued tells of a 10$ carat diamond found at Dowagais, Mich. ; o new ruby mine near Franklin, N. 0. ; the finding of emeralds' near Earle's Station, N. C., and at Mitchell Peak ; sapphire deposits west of Phillips burg, Montana, 1400 acres in extent, and a new ornamental stone, Utahite. . Out of ninety-five candidates, who had secured appointments to West Point Military Academy for the com ing year, but forty-nine succeeded in passing the menial examination, scarcely moro than half; and yet, marvels the New Orleans Picayune, they are talking of raising the stand ard of the examinations for admis sion. Tho present examinations are only in the rudiments of education, but require a very perfect mastery of these. _; The last session of the Illinois Leg islature so amended the act concerning dependent children thai .every train ing school for boys is io get $10 a month from the county for =>very boy committed to its charge, whether the County Board has agreed to ii or not. As there is a profit for the schools of $5 on every boy, the training schools have agents out gathering in depend ent bsys, and as the definition in the act ae to what constitutes a "depend ent boy" is very vague, they are gath ing in a good crop. The county au* thoriiies have resolved io toke the matter to the couria The Supreme Court ox Louisiana baa decided thai a child of tendez ! years cannot be guilty of contributory j negligence so as io be in part respon* j Bible for any accident or injury that it might suffer. A three-year-old child : had been injured by a street oar, and j a verdict hod been given against the railway company in the lower court. The company appealed and pressed the point, raised in the lowei court, that the child was in the way of the car by its own negligenoo and there fore responsible for its own injury. Tie Supreme Court ruled thai such 8 child could not be negligent and the railway company could not be excused for any lack of core or watchfulness on the part of its employee on that ground. Such employes are bound io uso extraordinary oare and watchful ness whenever thoro aro inoapnblo i persons in the vicinity of the railway, ' and if they do not the company most suffer. This decision is good sense as well as good law. RED CROSS DOGS, CANINES Tit VINED TO SEEK OUT WOUNDED SOLDIERS. i When They Find a Wounded Soldier I They Kneel So That Ile Can Help Hin ->olf to Medicine Dogs Draw Stretchers. T EOEIEN?CII, near Cologne, in I (* the Rhineland, is the home of V Joan Buucrartz, tho animal 1 painter and animal lover, who ? is at present engaged upon an inter ing experiment in dog training. After eticceps in training dogs for active army duty, reconnoitering, sen- I try and messenger eorvice-success I certified to by the German Govern- j meut-Mr. Bungnrtz turned his at- j tention to "a new brunch of tho work, j and is the first 1 o train dogs for hos- ' pital and ambulance service. First of all, when scarce six months ' old, tho puppy m ist learn to obey, to answer to thu ordinary commands, I "Como here," "Down," "Speak," : 'Forward, march," and tho liko. i Then he is taught to wear his har ness. This last consists of col- l lar, sailcloth rug tightly rolled, | and two saddle bags, each with two : compartments, to carry dog biscuit, ] bandages, ammunition, otc. The whole i -rv - - KED CROSS DOG AND RED CROSS KNI< is arranged to fit comfortably over ; back and shoulder, and when the : pookcts are filled should not weigh '. over ten pounds. . When accustomed to his harness and obedient to his master's look and I word-it takes several mon tbs to reach : this perfection-tho collie is ready for 1 h?g-pcofesaional training. m ! Beconno?teri'jg is the first iii cafes*!: but "foi this it is quito necesary that A the dog has learned to "halt" ai the understood, then comes the sentry's training. Hero the dog has to learn to take up his position at a given dis tance in front of his master, and to stand up and return at on co when the enemy-again the inevitable assistant SEEKING THE WOUNDED. -approaches in tho darkness. The dog, onco in position, is allowed at first several minutes, and then more and more time before tho enemy ap proaches, that he way learn not to re- , lax his attention during tho whole timo of his watch. At first, of course, the trainer encourager} him with "Look vut ! Keep watch !" One san easily seo what an invalu able aid the dog's sharper senses would render him, when thus trained. Sen try and scout thus aided and protected could not possibly be surprised. Then conies the "messenger" train ing. Tho dog is taught to run short distances between trainer and assis tant, back and forth, over all kinds of ground, until, when once tho letter is inclosed in the little water-proof pock et on his collar, the four-footed "dis patch" knows he is to run tho direc tion indicated, and not to allow any obstacle, natural or human, to inter rupt or stop him until tho goal is I reached. The Bungartz dogs are ?o 1 i perfectly trained, and when reported 1 I "finished," by their master, they aro . I not dependent upon him, but will take and carry out orders from any man of % tho regiment into which they aro en- i rolled. The rending of the words of command to the men, that they may j not confuse tho dogs with nnnecessary talk, is all that is required. t "Seeking tho wounded" was at first t also a port of the army dog's duty, I but recognizing the immense import- A ance of this work, and not wishing to i overburden his pupils' brains, Bun- t gartz has trained dogs for this purpose 1 alone, andthesc aro the socallod "Hos- i pital or Ked Cross Dogs." . i For this duty collies aro used, as for t the other, this race having no equal in t hird i hood, intelligence aud fidelity. t The Red Cross dog wears the same t harness as his fellow of tho regulars, t with the addition of a large red cross e on the saddle-bags, a lantern to bc i strapped on his back at night, and a I small flag with red croBH on white o DOG AMBULANCE FOR TRANSPORT!: ground, which he carries when on a i message between tho ranks of tho hos- e. pital columns. In tho saddlebags he t carries, besides his biscuit, everything s necessary ipr the first bandaging, and i even c. well-proteoted flask of brandy, r Tho dog munt bo trained with all Iiis ? harucB8 ou that he may become ac customed to its weight and pressure, aud may know it for a part of his E duty. * .]l Tho professional training begins in tho room in which the dog has had his preliminary lessons in obedience. His master holds him in leash, while the assistant takes tho dog's rag, and lies down on it in another corner of the room. Tho master leads the dog a little way In the opposite direction, then turns suddenly, and with the command, "Forward, march ISeek the wounded 1" leads the pupil directly np to tho prostrate mau. The latter then gives the dog some favorite mor-. Bel, but first tho pupil must have ?boyed the command to give tongue. Then the process is repeated again ?nd again until on command, "Seek tho wonnded," tho dog, without leash, 3003 directly to thc assistant and gives tongue at once. Then the lessons iro continued out-of-doors, at first In open couutry, whero tho distance is lengthened, and finally tho assistant bides himself in a bush or ditch, un til the dog learns to sock indepen dently. Tho last lessons and tho tests of the finished pupils aro held at night, and Bungartz tells of remarkable work lone by his dogs on nights so dark that the seeking party passed within ave feet of tho prostrate man on open ground, and but for the collie would not have found him. Bungartz's prize pupil, a female collie, not quite a year aid, learned in two weeks to find the Gr HT ON THE FIELD AFTER BATTLE most carefully hidden man with per fect ease, and independent of any belp but the command, "Sock the wounded I" Any war historian, or soldier who bas seen battle, can tell how tho death roll is swelled by thoso of tho wounded tvho have crept away into ditch or bedge to escape the bursting shell and rush of hoofs and wheels, and thon, 9^0fe||Ug^hooverworkcd hospital column/tEro^^^^i^^^fia "missing." Or found too late lo reCBTTJr Seam a i hurt "Which, but for the delay, might not have been fatal. This is the noble duty for which Bungartz trains his dogs. There is no thicket too close, no ditch too deop bnt that they can find the wounded man, and, - once found, they do not leave him until help comes. The dogs aro also taught to crouch besido tho wounded man, if he show signs of life, that he may open the bag and find tho reviving flask. The little. lantern, securely fastened to the back strap, enables tho seekers to follow tho dog on dark nights, and brings hopo to tho wounded when the friendly light appears. Tho Jted Cross dog is taught to oarry messages as does the army dog, and has his little white flag placed in a pocket on the saddlebag that all may know whut errand he is on and load him aright or not delay him unneces sarily. Bungartz has also constructed a modol dog ambulance for carrying tho wounded from tho field, which will considerably lighten che work of the carriers, and thu society is to collect A RED CROSS DOG. ands sufficient to supply tho field ?ospital with those wagons. Tho dogs o draw these ambulances need no pecial breeding or training, any itrong, suro-footod, docilo animal viii do. Animal Humbugs. In military stables horses aro known o have pretended to be lame in order o avoid going to a military exercise. L chimpanzee had been fed on cako vhen sick ; after his recovery he often eigned coughing in order to procure huntley. Tho suckoo, as is well mown, lays its eggs in another bird's lest, and to mako the deception surer t takes away one of tho other bird's )ggs. Animals aro conscious of their leceit, as shown by the fact that they ry to act secretly and noiselessly ; hey show a sonso of guilt if detected ; hey tako precautions in advanco tc ivoid discovery; in some cases they nanifest regret und repentance. Thus, >ecs whioh steal hesitate of ton before md after their exploits, as if they V? HG WOUNDED FROM THE FIELD, cared punishment. A naturalst de rribes how his monkey committed heft; whilo he pretended to sloop tho mimal regarded him with hesitation, md stopped evory timo his master ?loved or seemed on tho point ?J Mftko1ii??.-London Exchange. A deep oil well at Los Angeles, Cal., luddenly has begun gushing ut tho ?40 of 801) barrels a day. THE UNITED STATES / THE BEAUTIFUL PENNANT FL An official Government flag is seen . in this country nowhere Ifht in tho . Port of New York, and on the high seas only between that port and the < cities of La Guayra, Venezuela, Ha- ! vana, Cuba and Tuxpan, Mexico. It ( is tho pennant of the ocean mail ser- j vico, and flies upon tho mizzenmasts . of twelve subsidized American vessels carrying tho United States mails by contract. It consists of a red field with a blue . border, having the American eagle In blue and tho words "United States Mails" in white letters. . It meas ures fifteen feet long and has been in use a little over two y?ars. Last year . it was 6een also in San Francisco and j BICYCLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN. Tho Wheel Covers Much Moro Ground Than tho Walker. Tho great distance covered by bicy clists with ease shows conclusively that tho human walking apparatus, al though it may be the best possible contrivance for all tho uses for which it waa designod, is not to bo compared with wheels, for tho ono purpose of getting over tho ground. A single coservation of a wheelman going at moderate speed shows that, with an effort which in walking would result in two steps of say two feet each, or a total advance movement of four feet, with the wheel the advance movement would be two bioycle steps, or downward pressures of tho feet, each resulting in a forward movement of seven and one-half feet, or fifteen feet for one ontire revolution of the pedal shaft, and this with less exertion than is required to take two steps. In fact, it would be ea?ier for tho bicy "A STEP" IS WALKING ANO ON THE WHEEL. diet to make the fifteen feet on a level with one pressure of ono foot than to take two steps. Now, in view of these magnified 6teps ruado by tho bicyclist, it would ho interesting to know what tho na turo of a mun must be, to make in walking the same distance made by the bicyclist, with tho samo number of movements of the feet. Clearly tho stony in this caso must be seven and one-half feet each, which, at the lowest estimate, represents three steps of an ordinary man. It would, perhaps, bc nearer tho mark to say four steps, but to bo on tho safe side we call it three, and have made an illustration showing tho comparativo sizo ol a wheelman and a pedestrian built to keep step with him. The pedestrian must at least be eighteen foot high. The man with tho great stature would, after all, fall far short of making the speed of the bicycle. There is noth ing liko rotary motion; the whoel would bo tho winner m any race. While tho bicyclo has the advantage over tho oxtremely tall pedestrian, it is obvious that the tall wheelman has no advantage over tho short one. Scientific American. - Souudlng thc Warniusr. An amusing story is told of the mooting of the Epworth League at Chattanooga, Tenu. Ono of tho visit ing membeis was entertained hy a hospitable family, and at dinner was asked to carve the chicken. For his l own convenience ITO transforrod tho bird from tho platter to his own plate, whereupon the young hopeful of tho , family, who had heard of the Meth- , oclist fondness for chicken, and had , been anxiously watchiug the proceed- j ings, cried out to his mother, with j tears in his voice, "He's going to take , itali." Explanations were made and , tranquility reigned again. Tho poor '. boy had been left with a scant portion ] of chicken upon some other occasion. -New Orleans Picayune. Ho Hit Through a Hoard. When Richard Johnson, colored, forty years old, of Frankford, bit a pieco off an inch board Monday, his friends concluded that ho had hydro phobia. The police were called in 1 and they, too, were deceived. John son was hurriod to tho Episcopal Hospital. On the way it taxed the , strength of live policemen to hold him down, und he bit through piles of rope and straps, which he got between his teeth. At thc hospital the doctors said Johnson was suffering from de lirium tremens.-Philadelphia Prosa. Circulation ut thc Hlood. In about twenty-two seconds a drop of blood goes tho round of the body. In about every two minutes the ontire blood in tho body makes tho round through tho right sido of tho heart, the lun^R tu the left dido of tho heart, through the arteries, tho veins, agaiu to tho heart.- Popular Health Maga zine. I I OCEAN MAIL FLAU. -? OWN Bf AMERICAN VESSELS, along tho Pacific route to Panania anil Hong tong, but tho contract with tho steamship lines that bore it was dis continued. Shortly another vessel, tho St. Louis,' will bo tested preparatory to adding it to the list of subsidized con tract sieamera flying tho ocean mail pennant, and in October following this shjjp, together with the New York a y J tho Paris, also of tho American Line, and already carrying the mails, hut nob under contract, will begin ser vice under contract to Southampton, Englajd. Later tho St. Paul, o? the same pine, will be added to the con tract Hst, making in ull sixteen vessels flyingJUnclo Sam's postal flag. Thd Birch Tree That Split a Kock. Amjbng thc hills of old Berkshire is a nobje birch tree, gigantic in trunk and limb and abundant in foliage, which'towers above his neighboring companions, bnt grpws, apparently, out of an immense granite boulder. Here*one might thins, it would have paus?, submitting to tho adamantino pressure, either ernshed utterly to the earthror dwarfed and deformed by its unyiading environment. But it hal the inresistible evolutionary forces of natuip behind it. The suulight above wooed it from its prison houso ; it pushed upwnrd toward the light. Gradually tho little crevice in the rock was widened, tho great boulder was split asunder as by tho hammer of -the noble tree was scarcely dis hy the struggle, protected [destructivo storms by its con fd enemy.-Boston Transcript. Recovered Aller Thirty Years. [on. A. S. Twitchell, of Gor ham^" N. H., who was in town recently attending the reunion of the Fourth Maine Battery, toldan interesting war experience. During his journey South, he and his comrades were obliged to travel in box cars, and ho lost a Masonic pin, haviug the square and compass inclosed in a circle of gol- and his name engraved on tbe baclj??**?7?-riii? the r?union, yer^niuch to Iis surprise, the piu was returned Hds-uy ono of his comrados, who said that he received it a short timo ago from a Grand Army man from a dis tant State, who happoned to see Mr. Twitchell's"name ina papor connected with the reunion, and, not knowing Mr. T wie hell's address, sent it to tho comrade to return to him.-Portland (Me.) Press. A Little Ueroiuc, To the heroism of Gertie Andeibon, tho eight-yoar-old daughter of Mr. _nd Mrs. Herman Anderson, of Grand Rai :ds, Minn., moro than twenty poo pW' we their lives. Tho child was picking berries along tho Duluth, Mississippi and Northern Road, near Mahoning, whon a special carrying Assistant Superintendent Ketchum, of the South Shore Road, and some qf the Duluth, Mississippi ami Northern officials passed. Tho traiu had not gone thirty yards when 200 feet of tho track over which it had passod sank out of sight, nearly half of it beiug g li s n a g Ti i a a C I I i c Jim anOIB ANDEB30N, SEVEN' YEAHS OLD. subsequently found' in thirty-eight feet of water. Tho rogular passenger WOB duo in asboit time, and the child, dropping her berries, darted down the track to a bend, around which tho traiu would come. By standing ou the track and swinging her sunbonnet nbc oaused tho engineer to bring the train to a halt. Had he gone thirty rods farther the train would have gone into tho underground lako aud not a person would have escaped. Spider Venom ..ot Deri ly. A recent article byan entomologi cal authority contains tho following: "Thotarantula of tho West aud South, the rod-bellied spider of New Zealand, the hepatn of Italy and several other Bpecios of the spider fa-nil y havo tho reputation of hoing deadly venom ous. "The fact is all spiders aro more or leBS poisonous, but nono of thom aro deadly. I doubt if there is an authen tic case on record of a healthy human being dying from a spider's bite." New York Journal. Light house mid Ancient Mariner. Lighthouses for the guidaucc of mariners aro very ancient. Tho earli est in Englaud ot a permanent char acter woro the North and Sou tb Fore land Lights. Tlmy wero merely lath and plaster buildings, with a light ou top of them in a gla-w lantern. Tho first Eddystouo was oreo._._.out lise middlo ot tho last century.-Detroit Journal. )AIiNTY NECKWEAR, ?PORTANT ACCESSORIES TO WOMEN'S COSTUMES. iront Variety in Chillon?. Laces, Ribbons und Ruffles-Fancy Collars and Bufia-Fash ions In Velis. r I THE various accessories cf tho I , costume of the fin do si?cle woman aro vastly more im G portant, says the ITew York elqgram's fashion writer,' than the orla at largo imagine?. A wsli cut, mart gown is a very necessary thing j have, but there aro many other liinga besides the gown which involvo TWO GRASS CL' ?ste, thought and occasionally money s well. The arrangement of the hair, a bo oming neck adornment, a stylish eil-theso tbree points of a toilet are srious matters . to bo well pondered vor. This season Darno Fashion has seen t to provide her followers with a Teat variety of neckwear, so that ?hg throated and short throated, mall necked and large necked women lay each and all lind something suit ble. While the skirts of tho smartest owns aro severely plain, trimming faloro is usad, upoa- 4he waist and aost wondorfnl effects and colors are ccounted fashionable. Embroidery >hd lace, silk and satin and all sorts if contrasting colors, as well as fa iries, aro combined with a curiously ?owiidoring result, which if becom ng, calls forth only favorable criti cism. Capes and collars of every matorial indor tho sun form a most important ?art in this season's out lit. It is said hat there would have beeu a great ailing off in the receipts of the rail oads for extra baggage woro it not or tho immeuso size of the sleeves, ^or positively ouo gown, with half a lozen different collars and trimmings, rou kl suffico in place of tho same lumber of gowns generally considered bsolutely necessary. Fancy oni roiderod collars and fichus transform lala gowns into most drossy affairs nd cover defects if cut and fit in a elightful m ab ULT. In all the shops are now sold those moy collars, tho prices varying ac ording to tho materials. It is posai le to make thom at home if onca a 0 od pattern is secured, and, of ourse, by so doing much finer em roidery can bo had for lesa money, 'he plain ones, which have only a band f insertion, are very effective, and as bey aro sold for less than SI, aro well 'orth that amount, for the monoy (ived would bo very trifling, and they re fussy things and tako considerable Imo and patience to make. Thc more lab?rate ones have tho yoke of sil ver embroidery and one or more full mbroidered rutiles. Some are of fino ucked muslin, with lace rutiles. Au xtremely pretty stylo of collar, which an be bought for $2.50, has tho yoke f narrow tucked organdie trimmed dth heavy laco two inches wide. This 1 finished around tho neck with a col ir of folded moiro ribbon, deep pur le, and as this year purple is worn rith every other color, will do duty n a pale blue, a yellow or even a ight pink gown. The beauty of tho batiste aud muslin owns lies in the collars, which form lie principal trimmings on the waist, 'our or fivo narrow bias r?tilos, odgod rith narrow Valenciennes lace, aro owed on square or V-shaped yokes, nd fall ot themselves into graceful nd becoming folds. Jiroad, square, ull collars of colored silk muslin are Iso trimmed with theso laen edged uflloB, and f<ivo a snmrt look to tho owdiest gown. They must lit well round tho neck, but apart from that ne point can bc left to lie or hang as bey will. The sailor collars of white nd colored pique or duck, and also the striped galatea, aro now worn by women as well as children, and quite irrespective o? sailor dresses. They aro invariably becoming, and look fresh aud neat. The inner vest piece, with high I and about the throat, gives a pretty finish to the front of any gown. . The linen chemisettes, with turned down collars, edged with narrow lace and worn with cu?a to match, trim wash gowns hotter than anything else and are inexpensive. Like linen col lars .and cuffs, they are quite beyond amateurs, and should be bought, not made at home. Individual taste can be exercised as to how elaborate these accessories may be. Yards* and yards of insertion and lace can bo utilized and again very lit tler will look well. When chiffon and OTH COLLARS mousseliuo dc soie are thc foundation for any sort of collar of fichu, it is best to use considerable, as the mate rial in itself is so soft that a quantity is needed to look anything nt all. Tho ribbon collars are * still a part and parcel of every high necked go wa They are still made with rosettes and bows at thc side and back of the neck, but lately it has been moro the stylo to tie the ribbon in a bow every time it is put on, rather than to have a made collar. The tied ribbon does not lust so. long, and is consequently moro ex pensive, but it is softer and moro be coming. There are so many varieties aiid patterns of-ribbon to choose from this year that if a woman does not wear becoming collars it is her own fault. . The fashions in veils vary~w?wyfo?w \ months, and as tho really handsome ones cost considerable money they are by no means a small item in a woman's expenses. The dotted veils arc ai ways becoming and almost al ways injurious to the eyed, but tho last is of small consequence compared to the first. A white mesh veil, with black chenille dots, makes even a thick, muddy complexion look well, while in a white chillon veil, dotted with black, a womau of fifty looks Uko a young girl. Veils of white chillon were fashion? able last year, but this style, with tho (.'OLLAnSTTE OP r.HPFON*, GRASS CLOTH AND SATIN. small blnck chenille dot, is even more attractive. The great disadvantage with it is that it is not so transparent as it looks and is apt to bo vory daz zling. Tho Newport womcu started a fad Inst year, which ia ns popular aa ever this seasou-of wearing two veils at once. Tho inner ouo is of dotted net or chifTou, worn close to thc face and tied tight at the back of the head. Over this from the brim of the hat hangs a dark chitfou veil, quite loose, brown being the favored color. The effect at a distance is to m ike a wo man look as though she had some eruptive disease, but it is supposed to preserve tho complexion. How long a veil should be is a sub ject of discussion. Tho mask length for fine veils is undoubtedly the most comfortable, but although some wo men have tried to bring back the fashion this year, it has not met with universal approval, and the veils aro still worn to the chin and under. Tho real lace veils, black and white, while very handsome in themselves, have a mesh that is not so becoming as voiliug itself ; consequently they are not popular. Black and white aro tho most worn veils, but those with dots of the same are occasionally seeu when blue gowns and blue hats aro worn. There ia more art in puttiug on a veil than is generally supposed. All fulness over the face should be avoid ed, for when voiliug lies in folds it makes tho skin look livid and wrinkled. A box pleat in front, or the veil blurred, will prevout the ugly folds which uro BO unbecoming, and tho veil should he short enough to tie or pin at tho back of the head, without leav ing ragged and untidy ends. When a veil is put on just riglit ie '% winer not to disturb it. Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REO ULATOR, the "KINO OF LIVER MEDI CINES?" That is what our readers want, and nothing but that It is the same old Mend 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 Bed Z is on the wrapper.. J. H. Zeilin & Go., Philadelphia. THE MARE WAS RETURNED. Many Brave Feathers Tukes a Long Ride. " Kahmeescbetookeehewnp, will you ride a fine horse once ? " The Cree chief looked at thc handsome black mare the chief factor was lcadiog to ward him; then he called one of his braves. -" Bring my painted buffalo-robe and my bow and feathered arrows," he said. He mounted and rode back some way along thc trail which stretched over un dulating prairie and on far to the south, where the btiffalo fattened numberless on the rich grass. He would " run " the mare as though he was running b?llalo; bc would show these white men how Many Brave Feathers hunted 1 He turned and gave her her head. On be came like thc hawk, shooting his ar rows at thc little poplars in the bluffs along the trail as he rode. A crowd had assem bled to see the run; part were his own peo ple, the others the staff of thc Company at old Fort Ellice. He was riding very fast. As he neared thc stockade bc tried to pull thc marc in. But she declined to be pulled in; she was just getting nicely going. "Ay-ay-yahl" yelled the spectators, giving the war-whoop as he shot past, and he kept on and circled the fort. Now a bad thought came into his head; he would" run away with the mare ! The chief factor's face did not entirely dissemble the feeling of chargrih with ?JMWIL liP^;}'^^! l?i^ftvnritp hnnat vanish over a slope in the south under' the sailing buffalo-skin. Then he went to his quarters. The features of thc other on-lookcrs wore a big general smile as he disappeared. The genial sun smiled broadly too, in the sum mer sky; in fact,, everything seemed smil ing-except the chief factor. "Well If that ain't a good un!" re marked the clerk to the rest of the staff as they sauntered back. . Many Brave Feathers passed thc night at Moose Mountain. Moose Mountain is only seventy-five miles from Fort Ellice, but then it was afternoon when he started. Next day he arrived at a camp of his own tribe aud Assinibolns on Broken Shell Creek lu the buffalo country. All that fall and wiuter he staid rut on the plains, running buffalo with thc stolen, horse, though he never lent her to any one except his sweetheart, who used to ride her when they moved camp. In thc spring, when thc grass was creen, the camp, with its store of robes and cured neat, journeyed toward Fort Ellice. Many Brave Feathers ordered one of his men to catch him three horses out of the band. He came to the fort riding the mare and leading the three other horses, and asked for che chief factor. Ile had hud tue marc seven moons, but she had been well cured for and was fat. "Ah-hu, 'Mistahuse,' you speak true. The mare is very fast," he said, as he put the lines of the four horses into thc chief factor's hand. "Blamedif I wouldn't like some ab original Augustus to borrow my pinto cayuse for six months on the same terms !" exclaimed thc clerk. He thought the old man had the best of it after all. - Harper's Weekly. Nursery Electricity. "Electricity is coming Into such familiar usc that il will soon timi its way into the nursery," said an electrician to a reporter recently. "It has already got as faros the playroom. Your boy can buy a motor, with which he can run thc machinery of a toy factory or any other sort of miniature mechanism. For u little more money he eau get a motor and battery combined, but Hie ingenious youngster prefers to make his own battery. All he has to do is to get a jar, two'or three little plates of car bon and zinc and a small quantity of so called 'electropoiu' solution. The solution is composed of bichromate of potash, sul phuric acid, bisulphate of mercury and water." "Thc ingenious youngster aforesaid pours thc solution into the jar, and in it he immerses his zinc and carbon plates, connecting these by a couple of wires with his little motor. Thc chemical action set tip in the jar engenders enough electricity to run the motor. I don't know of any more instructive toy for a boy, and it has tiie advantage of cheapness. The youth of thc end of the centuary is much interested in the rudiments of electricity, and what is learned in the nursery is ap; to lead to im portant inventions iu this linc when the young American of to-day is grown to ai i uti uge. "Many householders nov, purchase the simple apparatus for eleclric bells and burglar alarms, putting them lu themselves. Of lute the high school tu den ts have been doing a good deal of this sort of thiug, the idea being suggested to them by thc stud* ?cs in electrics which they are pursuing. At thc colored high school, as I dare say you know, lessons in electrical science are being given to the boys and girls, who are taught thc rudiments in a well-equipped laboratory."--Philadelphia Times. The Reason. Wester-Why is it that these Dutch gardeners always save up money around hero and the Americans never do ? ilobokener-Ven you don't gif der snap avay I tole you. Dot fool American neffer sell onyding he can eat, und dot schmart Du teller he neffer eat vot he-can sell. You got dot idee, aindt it ?.