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[HE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA I*. C. HAYNB, Pree't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Undivided Profits } ?110,000. Fadttlles of our magnificent New Vault {eootitiulng 410 safety-Lock Boxes. Differ J??i: Slzea aro offered to our patrons and 'the public at $3.00 to 910.00 per annum. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. Gil WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 8. 1902. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest ou Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hoyne, President. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVK NO. 2. ^3 I You Will Wa 6 Vice Giri We Imve the most mas Goods of e Goods, Fine Wal ware. No matter it. Everything tl Fine Engraving a Call early or writ I WM. sew WE 702 BROAD STREJ DUTCH OYSTER C?LT?fiE INTERESTING INDUSTRY WHICH OCCU. FIES THE PEOPLE OF COES. Tile Oyster "Women Are a Queen Sicht "When Attired in Their Knickerbockers ?ud Sunbonnets - How the Beds Are Tended-Parks and Collectors. The old town of Goos is the centre of the oyster industry in Holland, and is as quaint and primitive a place as can be found in the Lowlands. Situ ated on the Island of South Beolland, in the Province of Zealand, Goes is en tirely off the beaten route of tourists. The whole population, with few ex ceptions-men, WOIUCJ and children are engaged in fishing, and more par ticularly iu tho oyster industry. En tire families are engaged in the culti vation of oysters during the whole year, for the oyster beds demand un ceasing work. The oyster women are a queer sight when attired in their costume-especially Mapted for the purpose-tight fitting red flannel knick erbockers, black stockings, a shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and a quaint sunbouuet which thor oughly protects the head and neck. Though the inhabitants of Goes are engaged all the year round in the oys ter industry, it is in April that the most important part of their work is done. It is then that the "collectors" are placed in the oyster "parks."' These "collectors" a"? curved tiles about a foot long, wr -'?liv washed aro mortar. Th tors" are ab known to f naissains, lajod-JXW -rT-flo~a?< water unt: . "collector into boxes in breadth and tn? ranged as to be constantly batneu . sea water. From 300 to 400 larvae are attached to a single "collector." Ia August the "collectors" are re moved from the "beds*' and taken on land to be put through a first process of cleansing. This operation, which is performed by women, is destined to cleanse the young oysters from all kinds of impurities and also from the small shelis which, becoming affixed to the young oysters, might hinder their growth. Once thoroughly cleansed the tiles are replaced in the boxes, where they remain until au tumn. The "collectors" are then once more removed, and the oysters, which are already the size of a twenty-five oent piece, are sufficiently strong to live alon??, without being affixed to anything. To remove the young oyster from the "collector" a special kind of scis sors is used. Fof this purpose the "collectors" are placed in the middle of a largo table, around which the oyster men and women are gathered. The women, who are far more dexter ous than the men in this matter, hold the "collector" ia one hand while with the pl her they carefully remove the mollusks and throw them into baskets. This operation requires considerable skill, for, if performed too hastily, the thin shell of the young oyster would be injured. But, notwithstanding all the care that is taken, there is always a loss of from twenty to twenty-five per cent. Thus removed from the "collectors" the oysters begin the second period af their existence-an intermediate period of youth, so to speak-for though suf ficiently developed to exist alone, they are not yet strong enough to resist the attacks of their numerous ene mies. They are, therefore, placed for a few months in an apparatus called an "ambulance." These "ambulances" are fiat boxes about ten inches high, the bottoms of which are of wire grating. Thus isolated the young oys ters are completely protected by a box identical with the one in which they are inclosed, but reversed, so a's to constitute a kind of cage in which the water can circulate freely without allowing fish or crabs to enter. The boxes, which contain no fewer than 3000 oysters each, are arranged side by side and firmly af5xed to the bottom of the "park," by means of stakes. In this manner the young oysters can thrive in peace and without fear of being attacked by any of their num erous enemies, who appreciate oysters fully as much as man appreciates them. The oysters remain three months In these boxes, during which time they are jealously cared for, being watered frequently to remove the impurities and sea weeds which have gathered among them. At the end of the three months they have reached a diameter of from two to two and one-half inches. They are now of sufficient size for sale, but not yet large enough to bring in much profit. They are, therefore, thrown along the bottom of the "park," where they continue to grow, their shell being of sufficient strength to withstand the attacks of fishes. The oysters continue to grow until the age of two or three years, when they reach thc size of four Inches in diameter. After the age of three they stop growing, and there Is no advantage in allowing them to remain any longer in the beds. The oyster-fisher people of Goes, as Present. ? m complete stock of Christ- ? very description; Fancy? belies, Jewelry, Silver-? ? what you want we have 89 lie best and guaranteed. ? nd Repairing. ^ e us your wants. IGE-RT & eO.,| RT, AUGUSTA, GA. who form a community by them selves, live in small wooden huts fac ing the oyster beds. Though the oys ter industry demands constant care, the life led by the good people of Goes is free from the hardships of most seafaring people. WHO'S WHO IN ENGLAND. Americans Wbo Dislike to Sit at a Side Table. The English easily grasp the inferior ity of their "proper station" in or out of the peerage. But the Americans do not. Their motto is tout ou rien. They must have a front seat or they leave the room. Mr. Jesse Grant, though not of the ornamental sex, declined to dine at "Windsor with the lords' gentlemen-in waiting. "If I do not dine with father (the ex-President of the United States) and mother at the Queen's table I go home." A court official with fear and trembling conveyed this intima tion to her late Majesty, who reluct antly yielded, for Big-Endian and Lit tle-Endian questions came within the compass of her brain, and she at tached great importance to them. Mr. Jesse Grant did no know th t the smallest of the court officials with whom he refused to dine took prece dence of the grand old Gladstone, and that without shocking any English man. The aristocratic nobody who waited on the Queen was supposed to absorb some of her sacred "rtue. So far as precedent went, the Prime Min gar, vrho was the representative of off on the suojeci u& ? he said, "it is a Franco-Engiish din ner, adopt French rules, since you are in France; if lt is an English one, adopt English, in which case I go behind the honorable. Any earl's son old enough to wear a swallow-tailed coat and a white cravat ?3 entitled to take the pas of me. I know that an American judge, accustomed to be looked up to, would not like to walk behind a young sprig of nobility. I re member Evarts, the great American lawyer, who pleaded on the side of the United States at the Geneva Ar bitral Court, being visibly annoyed at an earl's son who had just left Eton being placed above him at table." London Truth. WISE WORDS. The longer tho tunnel the greater .the cut-off. The doors to great things are often very small. He who thinks of sin lightly will feel its force heavily. It is better to let God hold us than to try to hold on to Him. Love is more than a characteristic of God; it is His character. The tortuous path to power is the secret of its appreciation. A figurehead does not necessarily have a good head for figures. * Faith palliates present pains with the pictures of future peace. Friendship is one of the fair flowers of Paradise blooming in our world of pain. Loveless lives must be Gf^^ss, no matter how religious they may seem to be. You had better contract your ex penditures than stretch your con science. Much noise about religion may in dicate the confusion consequent on the lack of it. He who speaks truth must expect to have the liar's watchdog bark at him for trespass. It takes as much grace to give as it does to receive a reproor in the right spirit-Ram's Horn. One Three Times. Another everyday direction-"One three times a day before meals." By main strength and awkwardnes we have learned that this means one be fore each meal. No man wants to take one pill three times. "Ten drops before going to bed." How long be fore? An hour? A week? "Ten drops at bedtime" would be better. "Ouo tablespoonful on goiug to sleep" was a direction that could not literally be followed. "Three pills each day be fore meals" was a hard one. Did it mean three before each meal, or simply three pills a day, one before ouch meal? "One to two teaspoonfuls a day before eating" was quite as much of a puzzle. We could multiply *.hese .riddles indefinitely. The Philosophy of Monninr ats. He who needs a monument to pre serve his memory deserves n*?nc. Then why build monuments? "fteeause the people need them. Th*y stand as memorials for those vrho built them rather than for those io whose mem ory they are reared,- Nixon Water maj", in National Magazine. i For the L f BY JUDITH "For the last time," Geoffrey said to himself, as with varying emotions he stepped into the phaeton and seat ed himself beside thc smiling girl who was to drive him into the station for the early morning train. And he was dmply echoing her words of toe night : before. "All ready, Alice," he said, lightly, So Alice flicked the pony with her i whip and they were on their way. i It was a glorious summer morniug | and Geoffrey and Alice apparently en- ] joyed thc drive-even though the con- 1 ditions now were irrevocably changed. Yesterday afternoon she had met him ; at the train and they had driven back < together an engaged pair. But since then their engagement had been ended j by mutual consent, and this morning 1 found them merely friends. j Geoffrey Maitland and Alice Wright I had known each other all their lives, > and had been engaged to one another -off and on-for years. 3 Their first engagement, while he was still in college and she just out of "\ school, was broken by Alice in a fit of childish jealousy because he had gone 1 on a picnic and had had a good time t with the other girls, though she had been unexpectedly kept at home. But t after a few weeks' interval and a due s show of penitence on his part, she had s forgiven him and taken him back into n favor. a The next break occurred soon after Geoffrey's graduation. His father had ti set him up in business and he wanted h to be married at once. But Alice had set her heart upon spending the sum- n mer abroad, and when Geoffrey unrea- - sonably declared that she must marry him now or never, Alice returned her c ring. si But the summer did not prove as pleasant as she had anticipa+cd, and i li she was honestly glad to see Gtiffrey waiting on the dock when the vessel reached its New York pier. He had a big bunch of roses for her-and when she discovered her engagement ring tied clumsily among the stems she laughed and blushed and slipped it on. again. That had occurred three years be fore the present time, and since then Geoffrey had had the grace to be pa tient, to say the least. Indeed, he could not well be other wise than patient, for his first busi ness venture had not been a success, and soon he found himself in no posi on to marrv. He was a born athlete, a lover of all outdoor sports, and just at present golf engrossed most of his leisure time. But Alice cared nothing for sports of any kind, and she was so entirely wrapped up in her Working Girls' Va cation clubs and College Settlements and all sorts of charitable schemes that Geoffrey was bored to death in hearing of them. Who possibly could have foreseen that such a pretty and attractive girl as Alice would all of a sudden have taken such a serious turn? Geoffrey had thought very often about all this lately, and sometimes had wondered if it would not be bet ter for them both to separate in time, rather than to marry and go on grow ing apart and be miserable for life. It bad been the subject uppermost in his mind when he had arrived the after noon before, and it had been a relief as well as a surprise lo him when Alice had frankly broached the subject. They talked it all over together then, reasonably discussing their varying tastes, their chances for future un happiness, and in conclusion had calmly agreed that ii would bc better -Infinitely better-to put an end to the engagement now. with no feeling but one of perfect friendliness and good Hill 0:1 cither side. "Bul we must lemember," Alice had added with a sudden anxious pucker ing of her brows, "that this decision is final. Our engagement has been off and on so many limes that even the possibility of another chango would te ?o introduce an element of humo;1, to which I seriously object. We have carefully considered everything now. and have arrived at this decision-for the last time." And Geoffrey had giv en his assent. The only thing he had felt really uncomfortable about was that Alice had insisted upon giving back her ring. He wanted her to keep it "for friendship's sake," but she had posi tively refused. "No, Geoffrey," she said, "it is my dearest wish that you should soon make another and a happier choice, and it will he a satisfaction to me to feel that your wife-though she may not know of my existence-will wear and prize this beautiful pure gem. As for myself," she added, "you know I am not fond of jewelry, and I should never wear it now that its significance is gone." "And you, too, will soon make an other and a happier choice, I hope, ' he had said to her afterwards. But Alice had smilingly replied. "That is possible, though hardly prob able. I intend to devote myself entire ly to trying to help and to improve the condition of these poor, ignorant working girls who interest me so deep ly. That is to be my life work, and I shall hardly find time or inclination to think of anything else." And now the moment for their part ing had come. Thc train was at the station, and Geoffrey, who had been standing by the phaeton chatting with Alice, extended bis hand and said "Goodby." And as his eyes met hers so fricr.diy. but unembarrassed-he suddenly added almost mechaniea-Ily, "For the last time." "No, don't say that," Alice said has iily. "My friends are always wel come. Ruu down any time-if you t SPENCER. ; can stand the chance of seeinslhalf a dozen working girls enjoying th/eir va cation, for I expect to keep the'?.house full of them all summer." \1 A word of thanks as he lifted his.'hat, then he jumped aboard the already moving train and soon settled jniin self for the hour's ride back to towa Geoffrey had been in his office Hess than an hour when the door burst 3pen and Dick Williams, who lived in the little town from which Geoffrey had just come, came hurrying in./ He svas evidently very much excited: "Say, old man, you haven't hbard inything yet, have you?" Williams luestioned breathlessly. [ "Anything-about what?" Geoffrey isked calmly. "Oh, you poor ?e?low, : see you haven't. How shall l'tell 'ou. Maitland, old man, you must u-ace up and prepare yourself for--the vorst." "Hang it all, what are you driping it?" asked Geoffrey. ; . "I have just come in from Elmcoirt," Villiams said significantly. "Have you?" said Geoffrey pleailant y. "So have I-only I took the fi.lO rain." "You did? I hadn't heard of tliat hough I remember now they did-, say he had driven some one over tc, the tation and was on her way home. It nust have happened almost directly fterwards-" "She?" cried Geoffrey, now beginning o feel a strange alarm. "What ,has appened? Tell me quick-" "The very worst; prepare yourself, ly dear fellow. It was over instantly -she was killed." "Who?" gasped Geoffroy in a strange hoked voice, grasping at the frail rraw of some possible mistake, "Your own Miss Wright," said Wil ams pityingly. "I knew you'd -be readfully cut up, you were so fond f one another and had been engaged 3 long." The little ring in Geoffrey's breast Dckct seemed suddenly to pierce him ke a knife. Oh, that it had never left er hand. "What happened?'' he asked again oarsely. "She was driving home, they told e. and on the road she was overtaken 7 one of those infernal locomobiles er horse took fright and bolted, she as thrown out-neck broken-picked [)-dead." Geoffrey sprang up and the expres on on his face made the other man me. Out into the crowded street rushed eoffrey, and never in old college days hen he vas in training did he run as e ran now. Broadway was at its orst-a confusion of rapidly moving irs, carts and carriages-but Geoffrey :opped for none of them. He dashed rider the heads of horses and ran he veen cable cars, escaping so narrow r that the gripman yelled at him ir. sudden chill, but he plunged on and ained the opposite side unscathed. Some one humorously raised the criy Stop thief!" but no one attempted to jllow and none could have caught or eld him had they tried. On and on e ran until the ferry house Was eached, but just the fraction of a sec nd late. The gates were already closed and he boat was just starting from the lip. Geoffrey dashed past the man /ho was closing the wagon entrance .nd rushed out to the end of the dock. Two working girls in the waiting oom, who-on their way to Miss Vright's-had just lost the boat, took lim for a would-be suicide and hrieked aloud. Geoffrey gathered himself for a pring and shot far out in a wild en leavor yet to catch the boat. But he vas breathless now, and the space was videning with every instant. He felt limself falling short, but with a des perate effort he clutched at the boat's leek and clung there until two men Iragged him up, swearing roundly at lim thc while. Panting and overwrought, Geoffrey ventured into neither cabin-who knew who might be there to recog nize and speak to him? So he stood in a narrow space between the vehi cles, breathing hard, and with his hat pulled low over his eyes to hide the slow tears which now and then coursed down his cheeks. On the train he sought the smoking car, where he pretended to fall asleep. He was sorry now that he had jumped so well. If only he had fallen short of the boat altogether and had been drowned before they could get him out of the water-that would have been the most fitting ending. But since he was still alive, if he could only get the ring back upon Alice's poor dead hand before it should be no ticed that it was gone, then no one need ever know that even before death came to separate them they had bid one another goodby-for the last time. The train stopped at Elmcourt and Geoffrey, more than ever dreading rec ognition, cast a swift glance about him for some vehicle to carry hinf to the house. , And there, right before his eyes and just as he had left her not yet four hours ago, he saw Alice in her phaeton. He thought it some mad delusion of his brain. He passed his hand across his eyes and looked again, but the vis ion still was there. She was bending forward, looking eagerly for those working girls who had failed to como and he saw a shade of uisappointment overspread her face. Then she spiec him, and her expression changed tc one of bewilderment and thenj anxi ety. He staggered forward to the. phae ton and grasped her arm. 'Alice! is i' really-and arc you-alive?" 1 "Geoffrey! what absurd questions! you certainly are crazy, or you are ill! Come, get right in-every one is star ing at you." He scrambled into ihe phaeton, still holding her fast, and Alice drove swiftly up the road. "What's the matter?" she asked anx iously. "What brings you rack this way? I'm sure you must be III!" "Williams came to my office and told me you were-dead,"' Geoffrey said slowly. "Some horrid accident-and I -I came back-" "Oh," said Alice, "1 begin to under stand. Well, what you heard was' partly right, only it wasn t I. It hap pened to Miss White; you didn't know uer, a middle-aged woman who lived above us on the hill. Evidently your friend mistook the names, White for Wright. Her horse bolted and-she wasn't much of a driver, poor thing she turned him against a stone wall and was instantly killed. But-please don't hold my arm so tight, Geoffry; it hurts, and really i cannot drive." Then only did he become conscious of the tightness of his grasp upon her. and he released her with a confused apology and a forced effort to laugh. But instead of laughter came a sud den sob, and burying his face in his hands Geoffrey broke down and wept like a child. With an exclamation of dismay Alice turned off from the road into a quiet woodland lane. But after a few moments Geoffrey recovered himself and begged her par don for the exhibition he had made of himself, adding with a really cheerful grin, "By jove, did you ever see such a fool as I've been making of myself; but I couldn" thelp it. Fancy finding you alive and well, after I'd been think ing of you as-ugh!" "And you cared for me-like that," Alice said, marveling. "I didn't know it-till I thought that you were-gone," he admitted rueful ly. "And then; well, I simply couldn't stand it, that's all. Alice, it's no use; you must consider things a hit. Can't you make up your mind to put up with me? I know you don't think much of me any more, and I don't pretend to care for all those things you're inter ested in. But then you are so aw fully good and patient with all those foolish and ignorant poor people, and after all I can't be any more uncongen ial to you than they must he-and so -oh, hang it, Alice, can't you be an angel and put up with me again-'un til death us do part'-in awful, bitter earnest?" "But, Geoffrey," raid Alice, "yoi! don't seem to remember that last night when we decided to end our engage ment we agreed that this was for the last time?" Yet there was a strange as I, but you bam j- . never marry any one else, and I am just absolutely certain that I can't live without you." "You poor, dear boy." Alice said ten derly, as she held out her hand for him to slip on thc sparkling ring. "What will you say. then, when I tell you that I love you-more than ever-and the mest difficult word I ever spoke was this morning when I hid you good by?" He stared at her incredulously. "But then-I don't understand; why did you -" he stammered. "Because-well. I really thought that you no longer rared for me," she con fessed blushing. "And I thought you would bc happier if you were perfect ly free-to choose again." "And I have chosen again!" cried Geoffrey, folding her in his arms. "I have chosen again-and it is for the last time, and. Alice, my choice is you."-Ladies' World. Tho Lifo ora COM' Minor. First, the hoy of 8 or 10 Is sent to the breaker to pick the slate and other Impurities from the coal which has been brought up from the mine; from there he is promoted and becomes a door boy, working in the mine; as he grows older and stronger he is ad vanced to the position and given the pay of a laborer; there he gains the experience which secures him a place as a miner's helper; and as he ac quires skill and strength he becomes, when in the height of his manhood and vigor, a full fledged miner. If he is fortunate enough to escape the falls of rock and coal he may retain his po sition as a miner for a number of years; but as age creeps on and he is attacked by some of the many diseases incident to work in the mines he makes way for those younger and more vig orous following him up thc ladder whose summit he has reached. He then starts on the descent, going back to become a miner's helper, then a mine laborer, now a door boy; and when old and decrepit he finally returns to the bleaker where he started as a child. earning the same wages as are received by the little urchins who work at his side. There is no incentive for ambi tion in the average miner's life. He cannot rise to places of eminence and wealth; only one in 500 can even be given place as a foreman or superin tendent, and these are positions which few iii?."!?rs care to hold.-John Mitch ell, in The Cj-mopolitan. Tho Snnton-Dumont Family. M. Santos-Dumont. the young Bra zilian aeronaut whose flying machi"? is creating such a sensation in Paris, was born at Rio de Janeiro in 1S7?. He is the youngest of a family of 10 pons, and his father is a coffee planter in San Paulo. He is now probably the largest coffee farmer in the world. He owns 4.000.000 coffee plants, employs G0OO laborers, and has 40 miles of light railway on his own estate. He is known as the Coffee Kine. The packing of sweet corn in Maine has grown rapidly in thc last few years, until now only New York and Illinois exceed Maine in tho number o' cans put up. Last year about 22.0C?, 000 cans were produced. HQNEY AND dEESWAX. Where They Are Produced Most Pim tl. folly, and Where Much Goes. Keeping bees is a pleasant and clas sic occupation, sanctioned by poets in ail ages; moreover, and to the prac tical modern this is far more impor tant, it is a paying business when sci entifically conducted. The number of beekeepers in this country is estimated at about 300,000, and they sell annu ally some 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 pounds of their sweet produce. In every state of the Union they may be found, but Florida, Texas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, Wis consin and central and northern New York are the great beekeeping sec tions. Wherever great quantities of basswood, buckwheat and, of course, clover, are found, there beekeeping means a pretty good income. Some l;cc farmers have 1500 to SOO colonies under their care, and have reduced the business to a pretty exact science. In Colorado. Arizona and states in the nt : ,-hborhood of thc great desert, the houey crop is as sure as anything can well be-even the proverbial "death and taxes." Elsewhere the clover crop may be ruined by rain or drouth, but there tte sun is sure to shine and the canals are sure to Irri gate, no that lack ol' clover is practi cally impccrib.c. Ard it is alfalfa ciover, too, of which four crops are coi tain every year. Under these con ditions it is not surprifinj; to find in Arleena and similar Ltatrs whole coun ties keeping bees as in ctner prtrts cf thc count:y people cultivate farms. It i?, in fact, the only certain thing in (hat ill-favored land, as the alfalfa clover is the cn: gre. n thing that can coax a livelihood out of inhospitable soil. .Maeterlinck uas written a book about the bee; perhaps some philosopher will one day arise to sing the praises of the clover, living where nothing else can grow, and, alone of all "weeds, ' enriching thc soil which gives it life. Arizona folk m y not be phil osophers, but they are properly grate ful to the kindly blcs:o.n. If the story of thc clover is some what romantic, U at of tne beeswax is hard ?y less co. Several hundred thousand pounds of beeswax are pro-, duced every year, and prices are steady and conservative. Much of it goes into commonplace uses. Shoemakers, den tists, thread manufacturers and the like usc much of it, and cannot use anything in its place; ghssworkers, too, require it for moulding purposes: but the interesting part of the bees wax business comes when it is expos ed to Russia. The Greek church ur^s nothing but pure beeswax for its can <u"'~ -vently, is an ecclesi told the following anecdote a few years ago: "I dined at Mr. So-and so's at Plighgate last night, and as a mark of honor his eldest daughter was assigned to me to take down to din ner. She's a bright girl, and I got along very nicely with her and Lady Blctherington on the other side, until thc ladies were on the eve of retiring to the drawing room. I was talking about thc beautiful scenery near the house, the views from the windows, thc fine air, when Miss-sud denly said, 'I think I get prettier every day-don't you?' What could she mean? I did not dare to answer her, so I said, 'I beg your pardon. What did you say?' 'I sa d I think I get prettier eveiy day.' There was no mistaking her words, so I answered, 'Yes, indeed, you get prettier; and nu wonder, in such fresh air, and'-just then she caught her mother's eye, and, with the other ladies, she left thr room. As she went out she looked I over her shoulder with such a wither ing scorn in her eyes that I knew I had put my foot in it somehow. Then it Hashed upon me that I had misunder stood her; she had dropped an "h." What she had said was not a silly fom pliraent to herself; the sentence real ly was, 'I think Highgate prettier every day.'" Mr. Whymper's hair is quite gray now.-Chamber's Journal. An Ingenious Soilndinc I'ovice. An ingenious sounding device now being constructed in Baltimore is de signed for the purpose of determining the depth of water along the coast and shore lines, and to delineate upon pa per the exact shape or contour of the bottom. The device is the invention jf C. A. Thompson, a former navai officer. There arc three parts. An arm rotat ing vertically upon an axle is pivoted to the side )f thc vessel clear of the water, the free end of the arm termin ating in a metal shoe which drags along the bottom. Connected with the arm hy a piano wire with several turns around its periphery is a small drum When thc line of soundings is to he started the arm is lowered until the shoe tout cs the bottf-m. The rotation of thc arm on its axis causes a strain on the piano wire which revolves th? drum and turns the gear wheel, the pointer being carried around the face of thc dial; the cam moves the rod which carries thc pencil transversely over the paper and records the varia i:c?ns in depth. She Sovcd tho Carfare. ? woman with a little girl in tow who was at least si:: yef.rs of age climbed into a Broadway car the othei day, and settled herself on a front scat "How old is the little girl?" askee the conductor, politely, when he cam? forward to collect the fares. "Thrco," snapped th" woman. ' O," remarked the conductor, apolo geticaliy. while the passengers smiled Tho woman saw the amused look oi her neighbor's face, and. leaning tow ard her she whispered, in a confidentla tune, which could bc heard all ove the ear: "I do: 't care for the nickel, but th conductor was too fresh.'"-New Yorl Mail and Expres?. CHINESE MAIDS Al MISS SO CHING WU A JUN. Wu aqlfisfjlHargBsl1 J Notliinc; Approaching the Kiot of jj ^ Color liver Before Seen In *| * City of Washington. ? J~T7 HE two pretty girls taken to j Washington by Mine. Wu, \ wife of the brilliant and pic "2" turesque Chinisc Minister, have stirred Washington society more than anything that the quaint Ori ental representative has done since he had been in the capital. The girls are exceedingly pretty, even to the American eye, and the gorgeous gowns which they brought with them add to the interest and curiosity they have awakened in Washington'social circles. The youngest and prettiest is the adopted daughter of the Chinese Min ister. Her name is Miss So Ching Wu, and as the debutante of the Chinese mansion will bc the recipient of a great deal of attention. But what has startled Washington to its very' foundations is the extrava gant gorgeousness of the costumes that came with *?r?n? w~ viutt U'IILUII: Ul inti' ?lu i cn i JU ington'8 exclusive diplomatic circles. Mis Wu is well versed in English, i MUE. wu. reads and writes the language well. She is a charming musician, not alone in the Chinese acceptance of the term, but has studied under foreign tutors. She will not have much trouble in captivating those at the functions to ?which she will be introduced by her foster father, himself a prime favorite. New Specie* of Caribou Discovered. The American Museum of Natural History has just placed on exhibition thc magnificent head and antlers of a new type o? caribou, hitherto un known to science. It is the result of an expedition recently sent out by the museum for the collection of large mammals, which, owing to their rapid extermination by white and native bunters, are rapidly passing away. The specimen obtained is considered an important contribution to our knowledge of the distribution of cari bou in Northern North America. It was found iu the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The technical name of this new specimen is Rcngifer Stouei. Un fortunately the entire body of the caribou could not be preserved. The measurements of ihe animal in flesh were as foliuws: Pull length, seven feet one Inch; height to withers, four feet four inches. The two distinctive features which mark this new number of tire caribou group are its colorations and the large and unusual form of antlers. The color description is as follows: "Front of nose back to middle of nostrils, chin and edges of lower lip grayish or silvery white: top of the nose, from the white muzzle back to a point opposite the eyes, black, pass ing into dark (blackish) brown poster iority and on the sides of the head to below the eyes; cheeks and throat still lighter brown, a narrow rpace sur rounding the eye and tear duct gray ish; top and sides of neck dark gray isl? brown, becoming lighter ano grayer at tho base of the neck, anc then abruptly darker in front of tin shoulders (skin of body not preserved) front of nock white, forming a lougi inclinai sharply defined band four t< live inches wide, of greatly leugthcne< ND HER COMPANION. white hair, in strong contrast with tile sides of the neck." This heavy fringe of white hair on the front of the neck with its striking contrast in color witli the adjoining portions of the neck forms an easily distinguishing mark from all other ex isting types. The antlers are much heavier, with better developed and more numerous tines than the refular species, while a special point of dif> .. ......._..,.,..1^ 1UIIU?UM3. One branch of the study has to do ?vith the peculiar serrations at the lead or beginning of the double edged jiade. As a mutter of facr, these ser .atious are of no use whatever, the jolo, or kris, being quite as effective .vithout them, and, what is more, it is worthy of remark that the weapons hus ornamented are worn, or carried. !)y the chiefs, persons of rank and no bility only, the weapons of tho coin ton herd bearing no such ornamcnta tiou. Furthermore, no two weapons are ornamented alike. Every family of standing in the Malayan urea-has a distinct design, differing from all otb;, ers in the ornamcutaiion of the bolo blades, so that a Malay. Moro or Tagal is able, on reviewing a collection of such arms, to tell at a glance the fam ily to whicli the weapons belong. Tc thc ordinary person these serra tions on tho blade of a Malay kris would appear as simple ornamentation, but to the anthropologist they at once suggest a moaning. The serrations are a sort of symbol language, and each distinct serration, in addition to being a family mark, conveys a sentence or two. jlerc Opinion. There is a marked difference betw-een opportunity and a vacant lot. The former seldom has a sign on it. "Faint heart never won fair lady," but it undoubtedly has often saved it self a lot of trouble. There arc only two classes of people in this world-the envied and-the en vious. When a man inherits a great nalyer in? seldom adds anything to it. The world is full of people who would do wonderful, things if they could ouly get started. Some people are so lucky that if they fell iu the sower they would come up with their hands full of pearls. Nothing succeeds like success, ex cept the smile of a pretty woman. Chicago Record-Herald. The United States narara] gas pro duction last year was eqiinl to the heat I from "?.no^OU!) tons ?. coal. Ten years ago it was equal to l^.JUO.OOu tons. In India nearly 2-1.000 persons per ished from snake bites alone in 1S99, during which years over 03,000 snakes were destroyed.