Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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{THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA j L. C. BLAYNE, Pres't F. G.?OKD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Undivided l'ro?lt? } ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent New Vault containing 410 fc-afety-Loek Boxes. Differ ent Sizes aro offered to our patrons and the public at 93.00 to 910.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hu yup, President. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGE FIELD. S. C.. WEDNESDAY..,! ANUARY 15. 190-2. VOL. LX VII. NO. 3. _? Yon Will Wa m I Nice Christa We have the most nias Goods of e Goods, Fine Wal ware. No mattel it. Everything tl Fine Engraving a Call early or writ WM. SCH WE 702 BROAD STRE: HM New York City.-Carefully shaped, well fitted petticoats are as important as the gowns worn over them if the latter are to appear at their best. The / SEVEN- G OBED PETTICOAT. very satisfactory model illustrated was designed by May Manton with nil the requirements in view and is suited to silk, moreen, brilliantine, gloria and all similar skirting mate rials, but in the original is of taffeta In old rose with bands and frill of twine colored lace. The skirt is cut in seven gores that are shaped to be snug about the hips and to flare at the feet. At the lower _edge is a straight frill of plisse silk ="*^%05ed with a ruche, and above it)the graduated circular flounce that is shaped in points at the lower edge. The back gores are laid in flat pleats at the centre, but are perforated, to be made without fulness in habit style, a fact which renders the petticoat pe culiarly desirable for wear beneath the fashionable skirt, and the top can - be cut in dip style and finished with or Avithout thc belt. To cut this petticoat for a woman of medium size twelve and a half yards of material twenty-one inches wide, eight and three-eighth yards twenty seven inches wide, five and five-eighth yards forty-four inches wide, with FANCY BLOUSE IN Y ten and a half yardt- s,even and a half inches wide for plisse frill, elevQp. yards of lace two inches wide, and five and a half yards of insertion to trim as illustrated. Woman's Fancy Blouse. Youthful styles are much in vogue, not alone for young girls, but also for their elder sisters and mammas, and the waist that closes at the back makes a feature of the season's styles. The attractive May Manton model shown in the large engraving is made of white Louisiue silk with yoke and cuffs of Irish crochet over liberty satin and bands of black velvet ribbon, but is equally well suited to qll soft silk and wool materials and to the fashionable chiffon and liberty gauze. The lining is carefully fitted and ex tends to the waist line only. The yoke portions arc simply faced onto it, to the required depth, and at their lower edge the waist portions are attached. The front is tucked for a few inches only, and in graduated lengths to form points, but the backs are without ful ness at the waist line and tucked for their entire length. The sleeves are novel and becoming. The lower por tions fit snugly and are shaped to fall over the hands, but the upper portions are tucked from the shoulders and laid in pleats at the inner seams and so form soft full puffs at the elbows. The neck is finished with a regulation stock collar, which in the case of the original is unlined and held in position by uprights of wire. yTo cut this blouse for a woman of medium size three and one-eighth ?lt 3 w . is Present. S complete stock of Christ- @ very description; Fancy J tches, Jewelry? Silver-? . what you want we have ? lie best and guaranteed. J nd Repairing, e us your wants. ? j yards of material twenty-one inches ?wide or one and five-eighth yards for ty-four inches wide, with one yard of all-over lace will be required. Skirt Binding. It goes without saying that the hand some dress has no skirt binding. It simply hangs over the elaborately edged drop ?kirt. For ordinary cloth dresses a binding is found to be more durable. In the case of broadcloth it is the best scheme to make this little facing of the same, and beiug sure to have enough left over to replace it. This is the best thing to do with vel veteen, also. Velveteen bindings on other materials are frequently not pleasing, however. There's brush edge, too; on a very shaggy - dress goods it is all right, but there's no easier way to ruin the effect of a fine dress. It looks brushy and cheap, and some handsome dresses would ac tually look about as well with a taggy, worn edge. A Millinery Korelty. A millinery novelty is a wreath of magnolia blossoms In alternate black and white, with slightly decayed leaves. Realism could hardly be ex pected to go further than the decayed leaves, but a rose spray, with unmis takable thoms, ?ha;-p enough to bring the blood, is just a step beyond. A Favorite Flower For lia .tn > The camelia is thc favorite flower for hats in Paris, not only in white but in colors as well. Pink and white camelias, with a knot of black velvet decorate ono hat, and again you see a bunch of bright rod ones with glossy green leaves on a sable hat. Doy's Shirt Waist. Plain shirt waists, with comfortable turn-over collars are necessary to every boy's wardrobe. This satisfac tory model is shown in percale, white ' OUTHFUL STYLE. with stripes of blue, but is suited to all washable shirtings and to both flannel and flannelette. The waist fits smoothly aero?* the shoulders, and is arranged in gathers at the waist line, where lhere is an applied belt to which huttons are sewed by means of which thc trousers are held in place. The sleeves are in regulation shirt style with straight cuffs and openings finished with over laps. At thc neck is a turn over col lar which can. however, he omitted and the neck finished with thc neck band, to which separate collars can be attached, when preferred. To cut this waist for a hoy of eight years of age one and seven-eighth SHIRT WAIST FOP. A BOY. yards ol' material twenty-seven inches wide or one and three-quarter yards thirty-two inches wide will be re quired. ! Woman vi She gave a little gasp and sat down. The hotel porter discreetly looked thc other way; he was enjoying the little scene greatly; the Mt Seymour Hotel provided many of them. The girl was young and pretty; the hand which toyed with the letter before her was studded with valuable- ring?, amoug them a narrow one of gold, lt was evident that she was a Wife. There was no husband to greet her, though the car with her luggage from the mall boat was standing at the door. Al phonse had had the pleasure of hand ing her the letter; it had been given to him by a handsome, dark-eyed man only a few hours before. 'Monsieur le Capitaine he say, 'Give to de lady direct she come.' Hein, I do give." The girl arose, her blue eyes dim with tears; the susceptible Alphonse was overwhelmed. "Marie," she said to her maid, "Capt. Molyneux has been ordered up to Pre toria; he only left today. Please see to the boxes." She crossed the hall toward the ele vator and disappeared. Many eyes had watched the little drama;*the lounging chairs in the hall were all occupied; officers on sick leave, men convalescent and men on their way up to thc front or back to old England. Women, too, some grass widows, a few real widows, many more with no special concern in the war at all. But it was the war which had drawn them to Cape Town-the war, or, rather, the soldiers who were fight ing. Where else but to the Mt. Sey mour Hotel should they go? Rank and fashion, joy and misery, virtue and vice rubbed shoulders in that fashion able and exorbitant hostelry. "Ah, a pretty woman," drawled young Dennis of the -th Lancers. "Who is she?" queried his compan ion. John Beresford rose languidly from his chair and satisfied his curiosity at the porter's office. "It's Bob Molyneux's wife," he said to his friend. "Fancy. One of my old est pals. I v/as so sick at having missed him this morning. He left just before I got here. Ah! there is Mrs. de la Fane; she's a pretty woman, if you like. I was introduced to her this morning by old Vigors." He sprang to his feet and offered his chair to a tall, graceful woman who had entered the hall as he spoke. She accepted it with a smile, and in a moment thc little group attracted all eyes. Mrs. de la Fane was one of the leading spirits of the hotel; the ac knowledged beauty, whose wonderful eyes drew every man into her toils. Her husband was rolling in money; he was reported to be a Johannesburg millionaire; but the reports were ra ther vague. It was sufficient for her admirers that' he spent hliTmoney like water, gave the best dinners a man could wish to sit down to, and did not scowl when other men smiled at his wife. "What brings you down to Cape Town, Capt. Beresford?" asked Mrs. de la Fane. "Major Vigors tells me your regiment is in the thick of it just now." Sh.e raised her great vio let eyes to the young man's face as she spoke. The implication underlying the word stung him. He flushed, and tapped a side pocket in his coat. 'I have got a little bag here," he said with meaning-which contains well, a few papers of importance." "Oh!" laughed Mrs. de la Fane. "I see. You are one of Kitchener's mes senger boys. Rather a satisfactory berth, Isn't it, Captain? No risk, no worry, no exertion." John Beresford caught those violet eyes again full in his own. His heart beat faster. He did not care to appear as one of no importance in this wom an's eyes. His mission demanded se crecy", yet for the moment his tongue ran away with him. "You are wrong, Mrs. de la Fane,'' he smiled in reply. "The papers would be worth-well, a lot to Kruger or Bo tha." A sudden gleam came into the wom an's eyes. John Beresford saw it, but thought nothing of it. The silken toils were already about him. "Come and lunch with me, Capt. Beresford, and you, too, Mr. Dennis," said Mrs. de la Fane. * * ? * Two days passed away. Mu/iel Mo lyneux felt inexpressibly lonely. This bustling, frivolous atmosphere of hotel jarred on her. Tortured with anxiety for her husband, she hated the laugh ter, the music, above all, the society. She kept aloof from it all. Her hus band was an intelligence officer; she knew that he was never sure from dc.v to day where he would sleep the fol lowing night. To attempt to follow him to the front was impossible. Now Muriel, for all her great love for her husband, was an enthusiastic, little patriot. This dreary, useless idle ness to which she was condemned taxed her nerves to the uttermost. The quiet of the gardens overlooking the sea appealed to her. After dinner on the third evening after her arrival Muriel slipped out alone and paced the gravel paths in angry impatience with her fate. The gardens were empty. Her white dress looked ghost-like in the shadows. In a little summer house at the fur thest limits of the garden, bitter tears rose into her eyes as she thought of her own Incapacity, her own enforced idleness. Suddenly a voice at her el bow startled her. Some one thrust a note into her hand, with the words: Will yo i give me your answer to morrow, ir shall I wait for it now?" Taken uniwares. and anxious to hide the trace of her recent tears, Muriel stammered hastily, "Tomorrow? Mo; tho day after," and the next moment she was alone again. Bewildered, r he turned the note over In her hand. There v.as no address upon it. She rose hurriedly and hastened to the door of the summer house. A man's figure, evidently that of a gentleman, was disappearing out of the garden gate -on to the high road. It was too late to recall him. She opened his note mechanically. In the dim light it was difficult to j. Woman. M trace the writing, but a second glaflcji left no room for doubt. \ "The Societies Office, Stellenbosch. ) "To Mrs. de la F.: .' ) "Have you procured the dispatch, case carried by the officer,'J. B., yet?1 If so, tho bearer of this is to be trust-i ed; give lt to him. If you have, not yet secured it, tell him when to see; you again. "J. X. de W." ; Muriel drew her breath sharply. She sat motionless, her brain busy. Shi realized at once that she had beeri mistaken for somebody in the pay of the Boers; a plot was hatching, and she At that moment she heard foot steps hurrying down the pathway. Sh?i thrust the note in the bosom of he* dress. Suppose .the messenger hart discovered his mistake, and was re turning? Her heart beat wildly. With sudden resolve Muriel had made up her mind. The summer house had aa inner room, to which a small doorway gave admittance. Opening the door sha plunged into the darkness. Holding her breath, she peered through th-i half-open door, not daring to close it for fear of making a noise. A man entered the summer house. A quick sigh of relief escaped Muriel's lips, pfc was not the messenger. She glanced at the man's face; then started back in horror. She recognized him as a man she had frequently seen in the hotel; but his eyes were now blood shot, his expression wilu, his manner distraught. v John Beresford (for it was he) drew a revolver from his coat and raised it against himself. ' Muriel waited no longer. With a little cry she flung open the door and threw herself upon the man. The re volver fell from his hand. "Oh! stop, stop!" she cried. "You can't know what you are doing." John Beresford stared at her as though she were a ghost. He stood motionless, his arms hanging limply by his side, his wild eyes searching her own. "Can't I help you?" whispered Mu riel, gently, all the sympathy of her nature going out toward him. "Please let me try." "Help! I am beyond help!" echoed the man, struggling with the words. "Leave me, for pity's sake, Mrs. Moly neux." There is only one way out of this." "How do you know my name?" asked Muriel, in surprise. "Molyneux was an old pal of mine," answered the other. "He would not speak to me now." A sudden inspiration flashed across Muriel"s brain. "Wnat is your name?" she asked. "John Beresford. For pity's sake leave me." , J?I ! "Tour initials are j" B.~"then^'Ka^e ' you-are ihe dispatches-" "Hov/ do you know about that?" said John Beresford, raising his head with a gleam of hope in his eyes. "Not a soul but myself and the thief knows that it was stolen from me within the last 24 hours." * . . * Mrs. de la Fane glided down the footpath leading toward the summer bouse. She was dressed in white. As she drew near she caught the sound of voices, and walked slowly past the doorway. She gave a little dry cough when she rerognized John Beresford and Mu riel Molyneux. She seemed annoyed to find the sum mer house occupied at that moment. She paced the footpath for a few mo ments and then returned to the hotel. She went to the pigeonhole where she generally found her letters and tele grams. It was empty. Soon after midnight she went to the pigeonhole again. There was a sealed packet waiting for her. With a sigh of relief she carried it hastily to her room and read: "Thc Societies Office, Stellenbach. "To Mrs. de la F. : "Have you procured the J. B. docu ments yet? If so, the bearer of this is to be trusted. Give them to him. If you have not yet secured them, tell him when to see you again. "J. X. de W." A second note in another handwrit ing was inclosed: "Madam-Not finding you this even ing at the appointed place, I am leav ing this note for you at the hotel. I shall be there tomorrow evening at S.30 to receive your answer. "J. X. deW.'s Messenger." Mre. de la Fane slept the sleep of the just that night On the following evening she kept the appointment. Sfte was again dressed in white. Punctual to the mo ment she heard a man's footstep on the path outside, and a tall, bearded man stood in the doorway. "Mrs. de la Fane, I presume?" He spoke in a deep, gruff voice. She handed him a carefully sealed packet, saw him place it inside his breast pocket and waited till he dis appeared. The next morning she re ceived an invitation from Capt, Beres ford to dine with him that evening. ?Sie handed the note to Mr. de la Fane and remarked, callously: "What nerve the man has. Surely, he knows there is nothing for him to do but shoot himself. * * * He's ruir.pd * * * silly creature." Mr. de la Fane laughed harshly. ' Sa that evening a cheerful party as sembled in the private dining room. Mrs. Molyneux and Mrs. de la Fane were the only ladies present, but some half-dozen men made up the party. With the dessert, John Beresford looked' around at his guests, and placed a. leather case on the table. "I've had ti;c queerest adventure; tinco I've been in the hotel." he said, laughing. It's too rich to keep to my r^'f; it mighl amuse you." / "l ire away," said some one. Mrs. de la Fane turned very white, but Muriel, watching her every iriove ment, felt no pity. j "Von know, of course," Beresford continued, "thal I was sent down^-cn special service to deliver some dis patches to Gen. G-, who arrives here this evening. Like an ass, 1 made no secret of rr y errand. I shall be J 1 wiser another time. Well, two days ago the case with the dispatches dis appeared. You can imagine what felt like. After wild searchings for 2 4 hours there was only one thing to be done." " He then described his meeting with Muriel in the summer house, and her adventure with J. X. dc W.'s messen ger. "I wrote a note," he continued, "and inclosed it with the original letter, addressing it to a certain lady, whose name does not matter, asking her 13 meet J. X. de W. s messenger last night. In disguise I myself represented the messenger and received my dis patch back into my own hands." The men laughed loud and long. "The sequel, too, may bc interest ing," said John Beresford, coolly. "A couple of detectives are at this minute collaring J. X. de W.'s man." "What about the lr dy?" he was asked. "Well, I fancy you'll hear that she and her husband have been presented with tickets to Europe by the next boat." A little choking cry ^ame from Mrs. de Fane's lips. She had fainted.-Tho Onlooker. BRITISH SAILORS' FOOD. Neither as Good Nor as Abundant an is . Sowed in Our Navy. "The food served up to the British jacktar is neither as good in quality nor quantity as the American sailor gets," said William Allison, an official of the Washington navy yard. Mr. Allison has recently returned from a visit to Portsmouth, Eng., where he personally inspected several of the British warships stationed there. "At present the British sailor get; three meals a day, which consist chief ly of canned corned beef, potatoes, hard biscuits and soup, the monotony of which diet is supplemented every Sun day by a sort of imitation bean soup. There is no meal between supper, v/hich is served at 4.113 p. m., and breakfast next day at 5 a. m. Our sailors would not put up with these feeding conditions. It is the bill of fare of a century ago. Theil men, of course, have the privilege of sending ashore for anything extra in grub they may want, but they must do so at their own expense. "I was informed by a naval officer while on board one of thc British war vessels that a committee had been ap pointed by the war department to in quire into the question of naval ra tions and other kindred matters. This is the result of long standing discon tent among the sailors and the great deficiency in the number of recruits, who are becoming more difficult to get every year. The officer also in formed me that the committee had al ready drawn up a report which, he said, recommends among other things that there be five recognized meals in future instead of three, and that the rations include tea, sugar, a jelly, con densed milk, and that mutton be is sued as well as fresh beef. Thc te port, he also added, does not recom mend bread as a substitute xor bis cuits. On our warships there is always fresh bread, and it is considered in dispensable. The cost of these extra victuals, it is estimated, will amount to close on $900,000 per annum."-New York Post. QUAINT ANO CURIOUS. A costly marble monument stands in a fashionable cemetery at Seattle, Wash., sacred to the memory of a faithful horse. The animal's owner was himself buried beside the horse recently. Thc other day James Pelter, who lives near Winchester. Ya., killed a bala eagle, whose spread of wings was seven feet. Mr. Pelter had lost several lambs and thought it remarkable that tue thief left no tracks nor other sign of his visits to the farm, hut when the eagle tried to carry eli a dog which followed him, he concluded that the.bird was the robber. During the recent session of the Brit ish parliament no fewer than C44S questions were asked in the houce of commons. Thin number has only once been exceeded in recent years-namely, in the session of 1S93-4. when the num ber of questions asked was 0534.. But the house sat on 220 days during that session, while there were only HS sit tings during the late session. There are three nut cracking plants in St. Louis, Mo., giving employment to considerable numbers of people. The nut crackers are driven by electri city, each nut being fed individually into the crusher. After the shells are cracked the nuts arc winnowed by an air blast, and the meat is picked from the crushed shells by hand, women and girls being employed for this part of the work. A curious case came up the other day before the court in Caroline county, Md., when an ancient resident was charged with thc larceny of nine eggs. Extra jurors had to he summoned, and it cost the county $250 to try the case. The accused was 73 years old. His counsel said he had known che de fendant for 40 years, and it was in credible that he would steal eggs. He argued that anyhow the state had not shown that thc eggs were Kound and nine rotten eggs would have no value at all. The jury staid out 15 minutes a,nd returned a verdict of not guilty. A Famburg schoolteacher recently undertook tn find o:.l wT:at his pupils knew about com'ron thing:-. Ont of I 120 children between 10 and 10 years of age, 53 had never reen a flock of sheep. 70 had never reen a violet growing, no had never heard a night- J ingale. F9 Ind never reen the sun rise, j and 33 had not f-cen it .--rt. 49 had never j seen a man plow, ile asserts that I while city children may know about ! theatres and concert exhibitions, muse- j urns and stores, hundreds of the sim- ? plest thinqs in life are mere words to them that convey no coherent idea. j Travelers on Prussian railways j whose baggage, through un fault of their own, fri's to arrive with them : can now have it cent, on request, free to their houses. A Cartoonist's CQGQCuGGGGGGQOCCGOGGGGGGCO Q O I. Wonderful Brain Work. | Q Mail ClcrliB' Memories Heavily Taxed Q O O 0OOOGOGQGOGGGOOGOO00COQ3GQ ?ILLIONS of people are com plaining nowadays of being taxed financially, but an army of men in the employ of Uncle Sam arc burdened wirh a raenral practice unheard of. as re gards extent, lu any other country of the world. Things that a railway postal clerk must remember have Increased in such volume that one would think every cell of his brain would be filled with the name of a postofilce or railway connec tion, and the wonder is that thc clerk's mind does not falter under the press ure. Despite these facts cases of in sanity among this class of public serv ants are rare. One Chicago postal clerk maintained for several years a record of 21.0011 cards (which lake the place of letters In examinations) with an average per cont, of correct distribution of a frac tion over nincty-niac per cent. Ho knew how to roach that many offices in several States by ibo shortest, Quickest route, and he know the cor rect location of oath office in its State. A clerk on the Now York and Chi cago Railway postofflce must know the correct location of every post?nico iu a group of States made up of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Indiana. M ?miosota. South Dakota and Nebraska. In theso seven States there aro 12,317 post offices. Not only is tho dork required to bc ' i p" on the general scheme, which moans thc correct location of the postoffices in each State, bur ho must know how to roach the whole 12,000 postofflces from ono or mure stations. A clerk running between Chicago nnd Minneapolis underwent no fewer than seventy-eighth examinations in fifteen years, learning 1S,30G offices in fifteen different sections of the United States. In some of those examina tions he was required to make a Chi cago city distribution, which moans that while running over thc country at the rate of a mile a minuto he must distribute letters to tho carriers of tho Chicago delivery. He must koop not only where every public building and leading mercantile house is located, but also how to divide the numbers on a particular street, so that he can "tic out" his letters to tho correct carrier, according to the route of the latter. This same clerk made thirteen examin ations in ton months, with an average correct distribution of !)f).SS per cont. In twenty examinations ho carno out of nine of them with a clear 100 pel een t. each. Think of such a task, taking into consideration thc puzzling similarity RAILWAY POSTAL f'LBI? OL' names thal aro used to <r o postofflces. Theo, inc, mus! he oossid ered the facl thai than; aro haadroda of casos where ic each Simo :; pjst ofilec of the samo nam?. i\y: instance, in lin' Slates nm led above tiiere nra Ove postoflices named Hamilton, six Grouts, lour Gnv?ields, ?'tur Genevas, Idea of Life oi \A*V ff. ^^^^^^^^ JD*R op ** W% ^> 1 Ti ME YOU fo^^m 'ANT ?T, ^Si^S ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT. four Smithville*, four Spartas and five Jeffersons and so on. In some in stances there is a post?nico of the same name in each of the seven States. As one may imagine, this only tends lo confuse the average mind. ? Periodically the clerks are examined at railway mail headquarters. Packs of cards, each card hearing the name of a postoffice, are furnished a candi date for examination. He takes a po sh iou in front of a case of pigeon holes labeled with the names of differ ent railway postoffices throughout the country. He "throws" the cards, dis tributing them to proper routes, just as ho would packages in a postal car. After ho finishes the examiner goes over the cards and charges up the errors the dork has made and gives him his percentage of correct distribu tion. The clerk is also examined on general and "standpoint" or station schemes at different times. . It is asserted at railway mail serv ice headquarters that there are clerks who have reached rho capacity of their miuds in the matter of remembering names. They now remember so many thar it would lie absolutely impossible to learn another State or part of a State. Ii would seem thal of (he mill ions of celia in their brain machinery none are left to lill, all having been taken up in {lie prosecution ol* the ex acting duties in io*ed by their occu pation.-Chicago Itoeord-IIci aid. Principle of]Magic Squares Made Flat). Magic sonar s of odd numbers in which t)ie figures added in perpendicu lar, horizontal or diagonal rows make ibo same sum are found in books of puzzles. Inn the principle on which tliey are bayed is never given. There is :i principle, and it is appli cable without limit, from one square *7 24 S *5 14 i6 6 *3 2? 22 I? 12 19 21 II i3 25 to any odd number of squares indefi nitely. For illustration twenty-five squares are given, and the sum of each of its rows of figures perpendicularly, horizontally or diagonally is sixty-five. Now for thc rule. Always write your numbers consecutively, diagon ally, upward, to the right. If that direction carries you outside of the squares, thou go 1 ?> i lie opposite end of the row ai which you stand. If you reach a square that is occupied, or the upper right hand corner, then drop to the square below the last one used, and proceed as before. Begin with 1 in the upper centre square. Now try u.-New York Herald. a the Isthmus -From the New York Tribune. Circulates Wann Air. Most people put away their electric fans in the fall, thinking they will have no further use for them until the warm weather arrives in the spring, but we show here a simple arrange ment which makes it possible to util ize the electric fan for blowing hot as well as cold air. It is the invention of Edwin F. Portor, and can be used to heat rooms and offices wherever there is a gas jet handy. It also keeps the air in circulation about the room instead of allowing it to remain still and dead all day. In tin's apparatus the frame or guard which surrounds the blades of the fan is of hollow tub ing, and is connected with a gas jet by a rubber tube. The frame being perforated at intervals the gas is ig nited as It flows from the openings, the resultant heat being driven about the room by the action of the ian blades. The inventor designs -this heater especially for attachment to a GAS HEATER ON THE FAX. Ihermo-olceiric fan, which runs solely with the aid of the gas, generating its own current for rotating the fan. but the frame can be readily attachea^to any electric fan with but little ex*, pense. Historic Place of Worship. It has beeu ascertained that the first Protestant church erected west of the Mississippi River is still standing, near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., being used now as a hay barn. It was built of logs, in ISM, by a Baptist congregation, and was long known ONCE A CHURCH, NOW A BARK. as Bethel Church, having for some .years tho distinction of being the only house of Protestant worship west of the river. Rev. David Green, a native of Virginia, was its pastor until his death, in 1S09. Tho Louisiana (Mo.) Times suggests that the building be moved to St. Louis and made a part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Street Aid in Accidents. The municipal authorities of Paris are experimenting with a unique street equipment for rendering prompt aid io the injured. It is described as being like a letter box pillar, and contains a folding stretcher, a few medicines, bandages, etc. In order to got at these objects it is necessary to break the glass, as when "calling" a fire onginer In this way the key of the ease f ' access to a telephone inside commun tating tho ambulance service are tained. This would obviate nt lea the necessity of hunting up a tele phono and :\ policeman, in order to give aid to a case of accident, as is now necessary. A Power in Town ilulldinc. A newspaper whoso columns over flow with ads. of business men, has moro influence in attracting attention to, and building up. a city or town, than any other agency that eau be em ployed. People go whore there is busi ness. Capital ami labor will locate where there is au enterprising com?iu n'ty. No power on earth is so strong to build up a town as a newspaper well patronized, and ?s power should be ap preciated.-Rev. T. De AV. Talmage.