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THE-NATIONAL B^NKOF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNS, Pres't. P. G. FORD, Cashier. ('..pita:. ?250,000. Undivided Pr -His [$110,000 facilities of oar rmiKntftcem New Vnnlt leontaUiitic 410 ? ?foiT f.oi-k Boxes. Dlffer !e?: Slaea ar? ofl>.-ed to our patrons and Ute public at S3.u) to 310.00 per annum. THE PLASTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. , Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. Wjg)NESDAY, JULY 9A. 1901. VOL. LXVI. NO. SQ. ?.?.?.?.??.?.I ?.RELI?B jjEWELI _ Diamonds, TV A ware, Libbey'e Bric-a-Brac, ? $ Wedding Invitations, Engraved V m Plate and 1U0 Gards $1.05. Watch] A mond Setting and Engraving done BS OLD GOLD : 4ft NEW GOODS ? WM. SCHWEIfiERT I 702 Broad St., .?.???.?.I? I HISSES' WAIST. May Manton waist illustrated is Shown in dotte^^wiss muslin with trimming dm jBeennies lace and a^^ffi?fl Wing, but ls equal ^Sa?B^fmilar materlnls ?8 well as to albatross, veiling and the like, and - simple girlish silks. The foundation ls a fitted lining that 'closes at the centre back. On it are arranged the round yoke, the full waist and the bertha; but. when pre ferred, the lining material beneath the yoke can be cot away, or such thin material as white batiste can be used. __i=_ - STYLISH ] - v The sleeves nre full and soft, with elbow pmTs that terminate in frills of lace, bot they can extend to the wrists if so desired. Pale pink Liberty rib bon is tied above the elbows and the same ribbon is used for belt and ro sette: To cut this waist for a miss four teen years of age, four and a ?half yards of material twenty-one inches .wide, two and a quarter yards thirty twp inches wide, or two yards forty four Inches wide, will be required, with half a yard of inserted tucking and four and a quarter yards of lace eflging to trim as illustrated. i- ;' . Woman'* Box Coat. The box coat makes a most desira ble, serviceable and stylbh jacket for all round general wear. The May Manton model shown in the large drawing includes the latest features and ia made from tan-colored broad cloth, but covert -cloth, cheviot, mel ton and both blue and black broad cloth are appropriate. The regulation box fronts extend well under the arms to meer- the seamless back In shapely curved seams that are left open a few inches from the lower edge. The sleeves are two-seamed, In regular coat style, and are stitched to give a cuff effect. At the neck !s a roll over collar of velvet that meets the fronts in pointed revers. To cuf this coat for a woman of me dium size, one and three quarter jurds of material fifty inches wide will be required, with one-quarter yard of velvet for collar. The Fairy Cobweb. Surely fairy lingers have been em ployed to spin the dainty tissues of finest drawn thread or sewing silk which composes the modern veil. It ia wei] to try a veli on some one else atckes, Jewelry, Sterling Silver I Fine Cnt Glass, Clocks, Vases, Ito. ?siting Cards. Repairing, Dia I by experts. TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR I SEND FOR CATALOGUE. & CO., Jewelers. Augusta, Ga. .?.?.?..?.?lt say, tho shop attendant-before invest ing iii lt Avoid, if you can, the in volved patterns, and large splashing designs, which disfigure some veils. Unless you are ambitious of rivaling the "tattooed lady from the South Seas" you will not assume such a fantastic mask on your face. Cobweb veils have delicate traeerj*, but be ware of too much pattern on a face veil. A French Fad. The plan of hooking dresses up the back seems to he one of the French fads this season, most of the French gowns being fastened in this way. It does away with many of the diffi culties which the dressmaker encoun ters jn trying to arrange the compli cated fronts, but in nine cases out of ten It ruins the effect of the back, which is perhaps the most noticeable line in the gown. A Variety of Boa?. Boas of every conc? rabie kind are worn this season. They are made of feathers, and flower petals, mousse line, net and lace, it hardly matters which, so long as they are full and fluffy enough to i ain quite the pretty let?. ^ ^jt^rrfOj shoulders. 1 lid's Apron. Dressy, pretty little aprons that coy. er and protect the frock of the playing child serve the double purpose of mak ing a most attractive effect and serv ing a practical end. ^he stylish May Manton model illustrated includes many desirable features and ls cut after the latest model. It completely covers the skirt, leaving only the BOX COAT. sleeves exposed, and can, when desira ble, be worn with the guimpe alone; or, for still greater coolness, over the petticoat, leaving the throat and arms bare. As shown, the material is fine white dimity, with sash of the same and trimming of needlework; but In dia linen, cross-barred muslin, lawn and other white materials can be sub stituted for the dressy sort, while ma dras, gingham and the like can be used for the aprons designed for hardsst usage. To cut this apron for a child eiglft years of age, three yards of material CHILD'S APBON. thirty-two inches wide will : be re quired, with five-eight yards of wide, and ' one and three-quarter yards of narrow .insertion to trim as illustrated' j MRS. GARV Young Chester, coming into-the El mira station, with an excited look on his face and a sprinkling of dust on his polished shoes and neat clothes, walked over to the seat where he had - left his valise. He had not the air cf complacency proper to a student whose vacation had just begun after ten successful months in college. Chester bad seated himself, drawn his handkerchief twice across his forehead, and looked at the clock be t?re tie observed the back of a young man seated reading a paper under ono o? the lights. This young man seemed deeply interested in his paper; but Chester addressed him without cere mony. "Hullo, there, Wainwright!" said he, "Thought you were home long ago. What are you doing hire?" Wainwright raised his eyes, tiirned his head, dropped his paper, and came across the floor to his friend. "Well, I'll be shot!" he exclaimed. "I didn't think I should meet any of you fellows here. I did leave-early this morning, but a wreck delayed us four hours. So I'm about as well off as If I had waited for you. Did you just get in?" "Oh, no," said Chester, glancing at the clock. "I got here at eight-ten, and Ifs almost nine now. Didn't see you around here then." "No, I took a walk up the street." VSo did I. And thereby hangs a tale. Haven't you noticed my wild ap pearance?" "Now that you mention it," said Wainwright, "you do look as if some thing was wrong." "I went out to take a stroll," said Chester, taking off his straw hat and running his hand through his hair. "And as I was going up one of those abounding side streets, I was attacked by footpads-" "What? Footpads in Elmira? How many?" "Three. Two were perhaps 18 years old, and the other 13 or 14." "Pshaw, boys! What did they want?" "Very determined boys,, I can tell you," said Chester. "They wanted money. Ii ? didn't happen to have any they wanted my 'ticker.' I happened to have use for both articles, and so I had to fight for them. The bigger fellows were easily knocked out, but the youngest clung to me, tearing and cursing and kicking. I wanted to bring the business to an end. I threw him back very forcibly. It wasn't un til he fell that I saw how really'small and young he was." "So you came out ahead?" said Wainwright. "But where were the police? Of course, though, you didn't want to be detained here a day or two as a witness. Could you identify "I know they ""were 'toughs,' . but that's all. I heard one of them call another Garvan." "Garvan!" explaimed Wainwright. "Hold on a minute. Did the smallest one have short trousers and curly hair and blue eyes?" "He certainly had short trousers," said Chester, "and I think his eyes were blue, and his hair might have curled, for all I know. But it was all jammed under a soft cap pulled over his eyes." "I think," said Wainwright, "that I know who he was-he was Mrs. Gar van's Baby." "Mrs. Garvan'8 baby!" ejaculated Chester. "Well, I must say he's a charming infant! But what do you call him Baby for? He's no baby, I can assure you." "He is to her," Wainwright said. "And I happen to know his whole his tory. Yes, he has a history, and I will just have time to give it to you. My train leaves at 9." "You have 10 minutes," said Ches ter. "Fire ahead. Is he one of your Corning friends?" "He belongs in Corning, though I've never spoken to him. I think. Some years ago I used to see in Corning a small, curly headed boy, very bright, and well liked by all who knew him. It was Ms. Garvan's Baby. She al ways called him Baby because he was her youngest. His father worked on the railroad, and they were so poor that when the boy had gone to school a few years they let him work one summer in the factory. He wanted to go, and they thought it would keep him oft the streets. "But soon the Baby began to grow 'tough,' and in a year he was a thor oughly bad boy. In the daytime he worked, and at night he was on the streets. He learned all the bad things that the streets of a town at night could teach him. "He smoked, chewed and even drank sometimes. He began to stay away from home for weeks at a time. But he always came back until the day, about a year ago, when his fa ther found him drunk on the streets, and horsewhipped him severely. The Baby has never been home since." Chester whistled softly. "That isn't the worst part of it," Wainwright went on. "The same week that the boy ran away the fa ther was killed on the railroad. The two shocks crazed Mrs. Garvan a lit tle, and she has never been the same since. The people around where she lives take care of her. But at night she roams the streets and goes into all the stores and saloons and asks the people if they have seen her Baby." "Poor woman!" said Chester. "Yes, and when they tell her they don't know, she only says, 'If you see him will you tell him, please, that his mother wants him?' That's all. And her precious Baby, meanwhile, is trying to rob young men in the streets of Elmira. I don't think his father whipped him half enough, do you? There's my train, I think. Well, good by, old man! See you later, I hope. Be good to yourself." Young Chester went outside to see his friend off, and then returned to the waiting roora and sat down thoughtfully. He sat in one of the gloomy corners, with the woman and the boy opposite to him. The place was draughty, and the June night air chilly. Chester wondered why the lady chose this room In which to wait. He decided that lt must be because she could see her train coming. AN S BABY. i The lady was middle aged and of re fined appearance. As she sat with one arm thrown over the shoulder of her I* boy, her attitude bespoke motherly tenderness and concern. It struck Chester how much like the Baby the boy was in size and general appear ance. The young man wondered vague ly if she knew how much she had to be thankful for in this innocent little son, even though he was delicate. He reflected that a delicate little boy, who was dutiful and good, was preferable to a hardy little boy who was undutiful and "tough." He felt sure that this mother would think so and be wondered how It would seem, to that other mother m Corning. A cold wave of air cut short his re flections, and ho shrugged his shoul ders slightly and was thinking to walk about, when the woman said?^ something to the boy, and then;rose and left the room. For a few moments the silence of th* station was broken only by the roar of a train that came and went in the darkness, leaving the stillness more perfect than before. Chester glancel at the clock; it indicated 10 minutes after 10. He had still some minutes to wait, and he was beginning to wonder how ho could occupy it when his attention was drawn to a boy doing a step dance on the platform outside. Chester, looking through the window, recog nized the youngest of the boys who had assaulted him, The boy danced as though he had nothing else in the world to think of. Chester, looking closely, could just distinguish the forms of his two old er companions. In another instant these two disappeared. The Baby shouted, and ran after them. Their movements suggested to Ches ter that they were trying to get rid of the Baby's company. He felt more sure of this a few minutes later when the door was pushed open wide, and the smaller boy came, in a surly fashion, into the room, dragging his large shoes across the floor with a great deal of noise, Chester, feeling safe from recogni tion in his dark corner, watched him closely, The boy's hand was evidently wrenched or twisted, for he shook it repeatedly with a very fierce frown. Chested saw that the boy answered perfectly Wainwright's description of Mrs. Garvan's Baby. The new-comer made straight for the cozy corner in which the delicate little boy was sitting, and looked- at him impatiently. "Git out o' the way!" he said, crowding the little boy from his seat' without ceremony, The delicate boy/j much frightened and wide awake, went: across the room and took another seat, The Baby sat'down and drew himself ! -together as if he were cold; and t'hen^ leaned back and blinked revengefully at the light with his cap pulled over his eyes. The door now opened, and the lady came back Into the waiting-room. She did not pause nor look about the room but went over to where the Baby was sitting with his head down and hisfeet drawn closely under him. The lady sank into the seat beside him, gently threw one arm over his small shoulder and bent her head above his. Chester felt sure that the Baby's eyes were watching her from under his cap, and he waited for the Baby to do something. But the Baby did noth ing. Whether it was that the lady's ac tion had taken him completely by surprise or that he had become too much embarrassed to move, it is im possible to say. Chester's eyes went to the delicate little boy wonderingly, but the little boy was sitting with his face turned away from the door and had not noticed his mother's entrance. When Chester looked at the lady again her hand gently strayed to the Baby's tangled hair, which she was softly ca ressing with her fingers. It seemed to Chester that her lips were touching the young outcast's head, and that she was faintly mur muring some lullaby. The Baby's head had dropped lower; but he still sat so motionless that Chester began to think that perhaps he had gone to sleep. Five minutes passed, and Chester be gan to wonder how the incident would close. He had quite made up his mind that the Baby had fallen asleep when the lady turned her head and her eyes fell on the other little figure in the dis tant corner of the room. She knew her boy immediately. A startled look came into her eyes. She drew back and looked amazingly at the boy beside her, and murmured hastily "Dear me! I had no idea-I beg your pardon, but I did not notice you, and I thought you were my boy." Then Cheater saw that the Baby had not been asleep, for h3 threw aside his head, after one quick glance into the lady's face, and murmured, in what was almost a tone of reverence "Yes, ma'am." A few minutes later the woman and the little boy went out to meet the southern bound train. Young Chester swung one foot across the other uneasily, and looked dreamily at a polished model of a lo comotive under a glass case. Then he stood up, walked over to where Mrs. Garvan's Baby was sitting, and took the seat beside him. "Do you know," Chester began slow ly and uncertainly, "a young fellow ?round here named Garvan? I was told I might find him somewhere about; and I thought perhaps yon might have seen him." The Baby gave a quick, keen glance and then said, with scronful impa tience "Naw! How'd I know'm? What d'ye want of him?" "Wei', you see," Chester said, "his mother lives in Corning, and she has a pretty hard time of it, and I wanted to see him about it. He ran away from home, you know, long ago. His friends-I mean his mother^?Tod^all the people who knew him and used to like him when he was a smaller fellow-^ they can't tell whether he's dead, br sick, and that's pretty bad for them. When you care very much ?Cor a per son, and the person goes away and you never see him nor bear of him even, l-l . j It hurts a good deal. And his mother ? pared very much for him, for he was fearer to her than anything in the ?world." j Chester paused. The silence in the jwaiting room was complete. The boy hat still and did not seem astonished by this strange story. J "Perhaps you know," Chester went oj), "that his mother lies all alon? /iow, and has no one belonging to her. i jShe:-people around where she lives ! $ake care of her in a sort of way. Sh? jieeds to be taken care of now, you ^now. She's not so very old, but she's feeble, and she always has a sort of fired appearance, and she's always ex acting and watching for this boy of hers." j "Nearly all the saloon keepers and tore keepers know Mrs. Gar van. Her ?by used to go around those places a rood deal, you see, and she keeps (kinking she'll find him in some of ^m. She" goes often at night and fasks those people if they've seen her by. . She" always tells them If ever flee him, to .tell him that his L tiiotrI?,i*- WatiTtT him' A-nd__sh?L ji?es" wan't him very badly. Why, she's nearly all the time crying alone by herself." The boy shifted uneasily.. Everybody wants to do something for her, but nobody can bring back her boy, and that's what would do her the most good. Oftentimes they find her sitting alone with something that .used to belong to her boy-something that reminds her of him-they find her like that crying silently. Queer, rdqh't you think it is, how mother* .will go on that way?" The Baby's head was In his hands, and he seemed to be critically observ ing the floor. But he answered a* once, and in the same tone in which, he had spok en to the lady "Yes, sir," he said, without looking up, "It seemed to me," Chester went on, quietly, "that if this young Garvan only knew how she feels about it, ha would go back to Corning and try tri make her as cheerful as she used to be. He doesn't know about her, I guess, and he wouldn't stay away, per haps, if he knew how much she cared." Chester paused a moment and then continued "And so "I wanted to tell him to go right on to Corning" as soon as he could. And perhaps If I gave you a ticket to Corning you might be able to see him and give it to him. Do you think you could?" The Baby did not raise his head, and Chester bent to catch what he said. "Yes, sir," the boy whispered, "That's good," said Chester, cheer fully, rising from his seat He stepped across the floor, bought a ticket for Corning and came back. The Baby was still sitting with hia head down, but Chester put the tic into his hand and told him that th .was a train leaving 10 minutes lr Then Chester went outside and w*> :. 1 ?^5^i?0-dp5rn the platform. "it's a risk, of course," he "spending my money on ti?** perhaps will not do any other fellows risk mo ways, and why should into this bit of humanity;'' ' That night, in one of the seats of the late train into Corning, a littbi boy sat alone with his face pressed close to the window pane. He did not notice the lights that flashed by in the darkness, nor the different sta tions, for he was crying quietly, not at all like a hardened and bad boy. Some months afterward Wainwright wrote the following paragraph in a letter to Chester "You may remember our friend, 'Mrs. Garvan's Baby,' whose acquain tance you made in the streets of El mira. Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that he is now one of our most respectable citizens. He is work ing In one of the stores down town. When I saw him the other day he was dressed very neatly, with his shoes polished and his hands clean, and his clothes eminently respectable. He was alwaj's bright, and now he bids fair to become a leading man. Mrs. Garvan doesn't go around the streets any more at night, and she thinks she has the best son in the country. I am at a loss to account for the sudden reformation of the Baby." "Now," said young Chester, leaning back easily in his chair. "I don't care how soon everybody knows about the whole business. Some might say I could have put the price of that rail road ticket where it would yield big ger returns, but I call it a very good investment."-Waverley Mngazine. Pablos Up-to-Dato. A party of young people returning from a picnic In great exuberance of spirits sat in a street car and sang coon songs. Two men sitting apart from the picnickers spoke to each oth er and laughed, whereupon a younft exuberant said to herself: "They aro pleased with my singing," and sh* whetted her voice still finer. In truth, one of the men had whis pered to the other: "That girl has a voice like a rusty hinge." Moral: Conceit is not infectious; that is. the other person will not catch the conceit you have of yourself. Two clerks named Thomas and Clarence were in the employ of a wealthy merchant. Thomas was al ways an industrious lad, but Clarence was much given to frivolity and was extravagant in his habits. In-after years Clarence married his employer's daughter and was made a partner in the business. Thomas continued to be an honest, Industrious clerk all his life and his services were much ap preciated by Clarence and his father in-law. Moral: There ls no royal road to success.-New York Commercial Ad vertiser. Kxconilvo Precaution. "What a splendid array of watet colors," remarked the caller. "Bul have you no oil paintings at all?" "Oh, no!" replied Mrs. Nurltch. "I don't consider them safe." "Not safe? How do you mean?" "In case of fire, you know."-Phil adelphia Press. One of the reckless ev^ravagances of the Maharajah of Bhutpore, who was recently deposed by the government of India, was the purchase of a silver coach costing $50,000. I RESISTANCE OF THE AIR. Testa Made of the Suction Caused by a Railroad Triiin. A profession in Washington univer sity of St. Louis was recently called upon to testify as nu expert in a suit against a r?ilroad company of a some what peculiar nature. It was claimed that a boy had been drawn under the cars by the suction of the air, the train moving at high speed, and the expert, in order to test the resistance that the air makes to a train, cond ucted a series of experiments on board one moving at the rate of 40 miles an hour. The appliance used was a very sim ple one, consisting cf a brass cylinder, open at one end, and having attached to the other end a tube connected with a water gauge in the car. The cyl inder was so adjusted that it could be extended out of the side of the car at any desired distance, not exceeding 3') inches, the object being to get the air pressure at various distances. The mode of operation was to adjust tfr5"cylinder norizonxaiiy, . .v/iliU-^ub ? open end toward the front of the train, which thus received the inrush of air as the train moved forward. The pres sure thus produced was carried' through the tube to the gauge, which gave the record. Upward of 900 tests were made dur ing a run of 300 miles. With the air collecting cylinder at a distance of 30 inches from the side "of the car the gauge showed a pressure df .95 of a pound to the square foot; and with the collector close against the side of the car the pressure was 2.65 to the square foot. The conclusion was, therefore, that a person standing close to the car when it was passing at a speed of 40 miles an hour would be subject to a pressure of 2.62 pounds to the square foot; but if he were 30 inches distant from the car he would feel a pressure of only .95 of a pound. The t\pert es timated that if the cylinder was ex tended far enough from the side of the car to reach the air that as not dis turbed by the passage of the train th-? pressure would be about 3.42 pounds to the square foot. At a higher rate of speed than 40 miles an hour the pressure would be, of course, greater In proportion. Clever Trick of Honey Hunte:a. In order to be followed the bee musi have a distinguishing mark that can be easily seen, and with such a badge the Australian provides it. He gums a small tuft of white cotton to the bee's back, and thus follows it with comparative ease. But the question now comes up, how is the cotton to b6 put upon the bee's back? The gum is quickly found; it is on almost any tree; then cotton grows right at hand. * The bee, too, is found .,' .. riYesi . - fetrrferj I b?ad first in cir? dusky pulir v. '1 rink?, j lng '.v. the Ht?cf'?r " ?' i 2iiiV .? ':*>.".. .' f j a? ? If-..:, ? .-. .. ii sr: if. hut iiK?rliap? ??< Qait&*.?a.G f?::-T'-:- the cc?lc? ;<.: its backi Do . try it. Xa the little boj toi? bis mein- j ?rj th? bc? b u t'cry "qn kicK^r. , very stupid fellow, too, in most ?i??.??. i He fills his mouth with water, has his i tuft of cotton ready gummed, finds ? his bee, gently drenches lt with water j spurted from his mouth, picks it up while it is still indignantly shaking itself free from the water which clogs its wings, and with a dexterous touch he affixes in an instant the telltale cotton. Very much out of patience no doubt, with the sudden and unexpect ed' rainstorm, the bee rubs off the tiny drops from its wings, tries them, rubs again, and soon, buzz! buzz! , I away it goes, unconsciously leading I -destruction aud pillage to its happy home.-Waverley Magazine. Curions Chinese Book. A very curious Chinese book is In the possession of Mr. Burnwell, libra- ; rian of the Philadelphia library, Lo- j cust and Juniper streets. The green j silk cover overlaps the edges of the leaves and is fastened by ivory pins in ivory cleats on the top cover. In- | side there are five volumes of Chinese i characters, all hand written on rice j paper. The volumes are commentaries on Confucius. A casual visitor trans lated one paragraph as reading: "When only four years old, Confu cius, seeing his grandfather weep, said to him, 'Oh, why most high and hon orable grandfather, do you weep? Do you fear that I, your grandchild, will ever do anything to bring dishonor upon your honorable and potent name?' " Though several hundred years old, the make-up of this Chinese book is so well adapted to the purpose de signed that it might serve as a model to modern bookbinders.-Philadelphia Record. How the Queen Punished Her Daughters. The queen's daughters were as sim ply and strictly reared as she herself had been. They had regular hours of work and play, dressed in neat, sim ple clothes, and ate of the plainest fare. "Quite poor living," an old ser vant of the queen's called it. If they were naughty they received the time honored punishment of being sent to bed. This was not always a deterrent to the Princess Royal, as the following story will show: She had several times been scolded for calling Dr. Brown ot Windsor, "Brown," and waa threatened with "bed" if she trans gressed again. Next day, when the doctor entered the room, the young princess said, in her most daring man ner: "Good morning, Brown," and catching the queen's threatening eye she composedly added: "And good night, Brown, for I am going to bed," and sho walked slowly away to her punishment.-St. James' Gazette. Electric Lights on New York Trains. Train lighting by electricity has been adopted on one of the new trains of a prominent New York railroad. The current is supplied from a dyna mo driven by an engine, the plant be ing carried in a compartment of the baggage car. In the sleeping cars each section is provided with a readi'n.; light, and in tho smoking and obser vation rooms side bracket reading lights are conveniently placed about the cars. In the dressing rooms electric curling iron heaters are provided for the accommodation o? femininity. ?i DELIGHTFUL SUMMER HI THE GRAPE A summer house is more than a del] not be a costly affair. Little folks get ev structlon, thickly overrun with vines an than clean earth. The baby can spray hottest summer days, or the toddlers with doors upon four sides and in elthe Grape arbors yield ns much profit ns ph jjrune the vines as not to waste all the ful wood. Fruit buds, it should not be that ls to say, wood of last year's grov, growths come out, the more richly fru shoot will often grow fifteen to twent; old vine need not mean spoiling the pn OOOOOOOOQOOOOGGOOQOCOOGOCO o o i ? The Life of a Mosquito. ? The Summer Pest and the Efforts to 8 O Exterminate Him. S 8000000000000000ooooocooo8 PIVE genera of mosquitoes are represented in this country, namely, Anopheles, Aedes, Megarhinus, Psorophora and Culex. Most of our species belong to the genus Culex. The mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are the ones which are responsible for the transfer of malaria. We have in the United StateB three species of mosquitoes of this malarial genus Anopheles, namely, A, claviger lnnculipennis-quadrimaculatus, A. nunctipennis nn? A rrnrlnns. Mauy localities can be pcaeiicaliy *u1 S m?iquito&s by ?\r " - ? iso thai ?h?y may pat u.r t?ryne-oi the ; mosquitoes T?: mosquito-ext* rm inailoa work Ww*v< r, rixnst remembered that they wm urvea suc cessfully In any transient pool of water or in any receptable where water ls left standing for a week, no matter how small this receptacle may be. The common and widespread mos quito, which occurs from the White Mountains in New Hampshire to Cuba, and from British Columbia to Mexico, lays Its eggs, numbering from 200 to 400, In a raft-like mass on thc surface of the water. The eggs are laid side by side, standing on end and stuck close together in longitudinal rows six to thirteen in number and with from three or four to forty eggs in a row. Th . egg mass is gray-brown from above and silvery white from below, the latter color being due to the water film. The eggs are laid ear ly in the morning before dawn and in warm weather will hatch by 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the same day. The larvae arc active little creatures known as wrigglers, which are so often to be seen in rain-water barrels and hoi*se troughs. The anal end of the body is provided with a long res piratory tube, Into which two large air vessels extend quite to its tip, where they have a double orifice which is guarded by four flaps. This tube is sues from thc eighth segment of the abdomen. Tho ninth segment is armed at the #3?with four flaps and six hairs. The flaps are gill-like lu appearance, though they are probably ?imply locomotory In function. Tbl 3USE FOR LITTLE FOLKS. ,-. - fr* VINE ARBOR. Ight if there is room for it. It need en more good out of a rough lath con d floored with nothing more costly . rt there upon his blanket through the play games. Build it low and broad, r square, round or octagon shape. ?asure, if one is at the pains so to ir strength in maintaining unfruit- ; forgotten, come out of new wood rth. The nearer the roots these nea*-^. itful they will prove. A vigorous y feet long. Thus cutting away the ecious shade. mouth parts are curiously modified and are provided with long cilia which: are kept constantly in vibration, at tracting and directing into the month minute particles of animal and vege table matter which are to be found in the water. The wriggler remains at the surface of the water when breathing through its respiratory rube, but descends when seeking for food. It undergoes three different molts,: reaches maturity and transforms to a pupa in a minimum of seven days, in hot summer weather, taking much longer In the early spring or when the weather grows cool in the fall. Thb pupa is well illustrated in the accom panying figure and differs radically from the hair-like or trumpet-like or gans Issuing from the thorax instead of from a respiratory tube at the oth er end of th? *<y>- "?*...". m th?: hr.rtwic of th'? water Ln an up~%.. - .., . ? Vit- ?~r-t.....*'?'*.; I "On ?iI Wi:? ?; \Zsi - R?fi?!-??>?-.- .... . . . . 'Ufr ?^.\t mosquito works i'SPltout, i-es^?.a,*?a I VJ"?1 I>\'\ pneu skin ur.tii lu wings ur> I ??M omi :htlr_r?i?K r.w.tjvdur-v ? tion of a single generation may be within ten days, say sixteen hours for the egg, seven days for the larva and two days for the pupa. This time, however, may be indefinitely enlarged if the weather ba cooL-Philadelphia Record._ ? Atm Wa? in Shark's Stomach. .:.--*? Doubt having been expressed as to the authenticity pf the finding of a man's arm in the stomach of a ten foot shark, Coroner Vaugh filed a cer tificate "of death" at the Health De partment of Charleston, S; C., and the arra has been burled at the Potter's Field. Before having the arm interred crowds of fishermen viewed lt, with the hope of identifying the owner, al though this was not possible. The Coroner got positive informa tion from the crew of the lightship that the shark had been captured and the arm cut from the stomach and a record of th? ouse has been filed for the courts-New York Sun. ^armless Insects Considered Poisonous. In Central America, and among the Mexicans in Texas, New Mexico, Ari zona and Southern California, many harmless insects are generally consid ered poisonous. This Is due to a spe. S RC ST SAM .*a? QW*.OCUMACUU?.rUS X FROfH - ?\DVUT ^ _r MALE "\ - EXLASGEO' FEMAIS ^_..<M0.6. ^ PUPA OT PUPA ctf 'CULEXPUNCENS. ^NOPWEUE?^_ . QUAD?IMACUL ATU - NO.? CULEX PUNGEN) >PU*?A ; FULL GROw/H - ?ARVA, dal cause. It arises from the fact that the blood of these people is so vitiated by unclean diseases that an iusignificant bite or scratch is apt to bring on blood poisoning followed by serious results. _