Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 15, 1902, Image 2
{THE NAT?ONSL BANK OF AUGUSTA
J L. C. HAYNS, Pres't. F. G. FORD, Cashier.
Capital, $250,000.
Undivided FroilH } ?110,000.
Facilities of our magnificent New Vault
containing 410 tafoty-Lock Boxes. Differ
ent Sizos ar? cflorcd to our patrons and
tue public at $3.00 to 310.0? per auuum^
THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
EDGEFIELD, S. C.* WEDNESDAY.. J A N U AR Y 15, 1902.
THE
PLANTERS
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
AUGUSTA, GA,
Pays Interest
on Deposits.
Accounts
Solicited.
L. C. Wayne,
President.
Chas, C. Howard,
Cashier.
VOL. LXVII. NO. 3.
?You Will Wa
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?Nice Christin;
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Call early or writ
5 WM. sen WE
702 BROAD STREJ
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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'-GOBED 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
^^dge is a straight frill of plisse silk
-"*"^%trged with a ruche, and above it ?the J
graduated circular flounce that is
shaped in points at the lower edge.
The back gores are laid in flat pleats
at the contre, 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 without the 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 yards seven and a
half inches wide for plisse frill,
eleven 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 lu vogue,
not alone for young girls, but also for
tlicir elder sisters and mammas, aw*
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
qt 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 are 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
arc 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 ease 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
is Present. 5
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complete stock of Christ- @
rery description; Fancy J
;ches, Jewelry, Silver-?
' what yon want wo hare'J
lie best and guaranteed. ?
nd Repairing,
e us your wants.
Si
IGE-RT & CO.,g
ET, AUGUSTA, GA. g
I jarda 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 bc more
durable. In the case of broadcloth it is
the best scheme to make this little
facing of the same, and being 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 Novelty.
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 tuan thc decayed
leaves, but a rose spray, with unmis
takable thorns, sha:'p enough to bring
the blood, is just a step beyond.
A Favorite Flower For Ii a.ts?
The camelia is the favorite flower
for hats in Paris, not only in white
but in colors as well. Tink and white
camelias, with a knot of black velvet
decorate one hat, and again you seo
?' bunch of bright red ones with glossy
green leaves on a sable hat.
Boy'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.
J with stripes of blue, but is suited to
all washable shirtings and to both
flannel and flannelette.
The waist fits smoothly across the
shoulders, and is arranged in gathers
at lim waist line, where lhere is an
applied belt, to which huttons are
sewed by means of which the trousers
are held in place. Thc sleeves are in
regulation shirt style with straight
cuffs and openings finished with over
laps. At the neck is a tiun-over col
lar which can, however, be omitted
and the neck finished witli thc neck
band, to which separate collars can bc
attached, when preferred.
To cut this waist for a boy of eight
years of age one and seven-eighth
SHIRT WAIST FOR A BOY.
yards of material twenty-seven inches
wide or one and three-quarter yards
thirty-two inches wide will be re
quired.
Woman v
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 valuablo ring?, among
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 givon
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.
Molyncux 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 the 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 right
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 was 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 hllTm??ey 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 mc
your regiment is in the thick of it
just now." Sb.e raised her great vio
let eyes to the young man's face as
she spoke.
The implication underlying thc 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, avirs. 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. Miiriel 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 day
to day where he would sl^ep the fol
lowing night. To attenv' to follow
him to the front was impo le.
Now Muriel, for all her ^at love
for her husband, was an e. ilastic
little patriot. This dreary, ufc ; idle
ness to which she was cc mned
taxed her nerves to the utterm The
quiet of the gardens overlooking tho
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 pwn 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 you give me your answer to
morrow, or shall I wait for it now?"
Taken unawares, and anxious to hide
the trace of her recent tears. Muriel
stammered hastily. "Tomorrow? No;
the day after," and the next moment
she was alone again. Bew?drrci!. r.ho
turned the note over tn 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
s. Woman. % j
trace the writing, but a second glanc*! j
left no room for doubt. \ 2
"The Societies Office, Stellenbosch. j
"To Mrs. de la F.:
"Have you procured the dispatch* i
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; j
yet secured it, tell him when to see; r
you again. "J. X. de W." I
Muriel drew her breath sharply. Sh*- 1
sat motionless, her brain busy. She
realized at once that she had been
mistaken for somebody in the pay of 1
the Boers; a plot was hatching, and }
she- (
At that moment she heard footf
stcps hurrying down the pathway. She
thrust the note In the bosom of her
dress. Suppose .the messenger had '
discovered his mistake, and was re?
turning? Her heart beat wildly. With
sudden resolve Muriel had made up
her mind. The summer house had an ^
inner room, to which a small doorway
gave admittance. Opening the door sha
plunged into the darkness. Holding
her breath, she peered through thi ,
half-open door, not daring to close ti
for fear of making a noise. A man
entered the summer house. A quick j
sigh of relief escaped Muriel's lips. v|t r
was not the messenger. She glanced g
at the man's face; then started back c
in horror. Sho recognized him as a j
man she had frequently seen in the -y
hotel; but his eyes were now blood- j
shot, his expression wilu, his manner j
distraught. v
John Beresford (for it was he) drew t
a revolver from his coat and raised i?
it against himself. >. t
Muriel waited no longer. With a \
little cry she flung open the door and d
threw herself upon the man. The re- ^
volver fell from his hand. \
"Oh! stop, stop!" she cried. "You i
can't know what you are doing." s
John Beresford stared at her as f
though she were a ghost. He stood f
motionless, his arms hanging limply by c
his side, his wild eyes searching her a
own. B
"Can't I help you?'' whispered Mu- t
riel, gently, all the sympathy of her
nature going out toward him. "Please v
let me try." . -v
"Help! I am beyond help!" echoed p
the man, struggling with the words, q
"Leave me, for pity's sake, Mrs. Moly- t
neux." There is only one way out of i?
this." t
"How do you know my name?" d
asked Muriel, in surprise. s
"Molyneux was an old pal of mine," g
answered the other. "He would not f
speak to me now." r
A sudden inspiration flashed across s
Muriel's brain. "What is your name?" t
she asked. ; f
"John Beresford. For pity's sake r
leave me" , ?jr"' d
/ "Your inili?ls are 3. E.] then?' ?BRe] s
you-are the dispatches-" - j,
"How do you know about that?" r
said John Beresford, raising his head c
with a gleam of hope in his eyes. "Not f
a soul lut myself and the thief knows ?
that it was stolen from me within rhe
last 24 hours." j;
Mrs. de la Fane glided down the I
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. a
She gave a little dry cough when )
she recognized John Beresford and Mu- f
riel Molyneux. t
She seemed annoyed to find the sum- r
mer house occupied at that moment.
She paced the footpath for a few mo
ments and then returned to the hotel. 1
She went to the pigeonhole where she t
generally found her letters and tele- 6
grams. It was empty. Soon after 1
midnight she went to thc pigeonhole i
again. There was a sealed packet c
waiting for her. With a sigh of relief t
she carried it hastily to her room and \
read : t
"The Societies Office, Stellenbach.
"To Mrs. de la F. :
"Have you procured the J. B. docu- I
ments yet? If so, the bearer of this is ?
to be trusted. Give them to him. If c
you have not yet secured them, tell t
him when to see you again. i
"J. X. de W." 1
A second note in another handwrit- *
ing was inclosed: E
"Madam-Not finding you this even
ing at thc appointed place, I am leav
ing this note for you at the hotel. I .
shall be there tomorrow evening at
8.30 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. Sae was again t
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 j
spoke in a deep, gruff voice. ,
She handed him a carefully sealed
packet, saw him place it inside his j
breast pocket and waited till he dis- .
appeared. The next morning she re- r
ceived an invitation from Capt. Beres
ford to dine with him that evening.
She 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 ]
ruined * * * silly creature."
Mr. de la Fane laughed harshly.
?-8? that evening a cheerful party as
sembled to the private dining room.
Mrs. Molyneux and Mrs. de la Fane
were the only ladies prercnt. but some
half-dozen mm made up thc party.
With the dessert. John Beresford looked' J
around at his guests, and placed a !
leather case on the table.
"I've had thc queerest adventure; '
since I've been in the hotel." he said ''
laughing. It's too rich to keep to my- ?
rolf; it might amuse you." /
""'ire away," said some one. /
Mrs. de la Fane turned very wljrte,
but Muriel, watching her every mSove
ment, felt no pity. j
"You know, of course," Beresford
continued, "that I was sent down\m
special service to deliver somo dis
patches lo Gen. G-, who arrives
here this evening. Like an ass, 1 made ,
no secret of my errand. I shall be
ariser another time. Well, two days
igo the case with the dispatches dis
ippeared. You can imagine what
:elt like. After wild searchings for 24
lours there was only one thing to be
lone."
He then described his meeting with
Muriel in the summer house, and her
ldventure with J. X. de W.'s messen
ger.
"I wrote a note," he continued, "and
ncloscd it with the original letter,
iddressiug it to a certain lady, whoso
lame does not matter, asking her 1.3
neet J. X. de W. s messenger last
fight. In disguise J myself represented
:he messenger and received my dis
patch back into my own hands."
The men laughed loud and long.
"The sequel, too, may bc interest
ng," said John Beresford, coolly. "A
?ouple of detectives are at this minute
:ollaring J. X. de W's man."
"What about the lady?" he was
isked.
''Well, I fancy you'll hear that she
ind her husband have been presented
with tickets to Europe by the next
wat."
A little choking cry came from Mrs.
Ie Fane's lips. She had fainted-Tho
Dn looker.
BRITISH SAILORS' FOOD.
'"either as Good ?s'or an Abundant na is
. Served in Our >"avy.
"The food served up to the British
acktar is neither as good in quality
lor quantity as the American sailor
;ets," said William Allison, an official
>f the Washington navy yard. Mr.
Ulison has recently returned from a
isit to Portsmouth, Eng., where he
lersonally inspected several of the
Jri?sh warships stationed there.
"At present the British sailor gets
hree meals a day, which consist chief
y of canned corned beef, potatoes, hard
liscuits and soup, the monotony of
zhich diet is supplemented every Sun
lay by a sort of imitation bean soup,
["here is no meal between supper,
?rhich is served at 4.15 p. m., and
jreakfast next day at 5 a. m. Our
ailors would not put up with these
ecding conditions. It is the bill of
are of a century ago. Then men, of
ourse, have the privilege of sending
shore for anything extra in grub they
nay want, but they must do so at
heir own expense.
"I was informed by a naval officer
/hile on board one of thc British war
essels that a committee had been ap
ointed by the war department to in
uire into the question of naval ra
ions and other kindred matters. This
s the result of long standing discern
ent among the sailors and the great
eficiency in the number of recruits,
/ho are becoming more difficult to
;et every year. The officer also in
ormed me that thc committee had al
eady drawn up a report which, he
aid, recommends among other things
hat there be five recognized meals ia
uture instead of three, and chat the
ations include tea, sugar, a jelly, con
densed .milk, and that mutton be is
ued as well as fresh beef. The ie
tort, he also added, does not recom
nend bread as a substitute for bis
uits. On our warships lhere is always
resh bread, and it is considered in
dispensable.
The cost of these extra victuals, it
s estimated, will amount to close on
?900,000 per annum."-New York
>ost.
QUAINT ANO CUR10J3.
A costly marble monument stands in
. fashionable cemetery at Seattle,
Vash., sacred to the memory of a
aithful horse. The animal's owner
vas himself buried beside the horse
ecently.
Thc other day James Pelter, who
ives near Winchester, Ya., killed a
laid eagle, whose spread of wings was
even feet. Mr. Pelter had lost several
ambs and thought it remarkable that j
ne thief left no tracks nor other sign
if his visits to the farm, but when
he eagle tried to carry off a dog |
vhich followed him, he concluded that 1
he.bird was the robber.
During the recent session of the Brit- j
sh parliament no fewer than C44S j
[uestions were asked in the Louee of j
:ommons. This number has only once
leen exceeded in recent years-namely, j
n the session of 1S93-L when the nuni
jer of questions asko.1 was C534.. But ?
he house sat on 22G days during that
ession, while there were only 118 sit
ings during the late session.
There are three nut cracking plants
n St. Louis. Mo., giving employment
o considerable numbers of people.
The nut crackers are driven by electri
fy, each nut being fed individually
nto the crusher. After the shells are
Tacked the nuts are winnowed by an
dr blast, and the meat is picked from
he crushed shells by hand, women
md girls being employed for this part
)f the work.
A curious case came up the other day
)efore the court in Caroline county,
Hd., when an ancient resident was
'harged with thc larceny of nine eggs.
Sxtra jurors had to be summoned, and
t cost the comity $2?0 to try the case.
The accused was 73 years old. His
.ounsel said he had known the d?
tendant for 40 years, and it was in
credible that he would steal eggs. He
irgued that anyhow thc state had not
shown that the eggs were sound and
line rotten eggs would have no value
it all. The jury staid out 15 minutes
ind returned a verdict of not guilty.
A Famburg schoolteacher recently
mdcrtook in fiad c::? w!:at his pupils
cnew about comnrcn thing:-. Out of
120 children between 10 and IG years I
if age, 55 had never reen a flock of
sheep. 70 had never reen a violet
growing, 00 had never heard a night- ,
ingale. ?0 had never reen che sun rise, '
md 33 had not seen it set, 49 had never ?
seen a man plow. Ho asserts that I
while city children may know about j
theatres and concert exhibitions, muse- |
urns and stores, hundreds of the sim- j
plest thinqs in life are mere words to
them that convey no coherent idea, j
Travelers on Prussian railways
whose bags.".ire. through no fault of
their own, Lu's to arrive with them,
can now have it <:ent, on request, free
to their houses.
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? Mail Clerks' Memories Heavily Taxed Q
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?ILLIONS of people are com
plaining nowadays of being
taxed financially; but an
army of men in the employ
of Uncle Sam are hurd.ned with a
mental practice unheard of. as re
gards extent, in 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 post?nico 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 vt public serv
ants arc rare.
One Chicago postal clerk maintained
for several years a record of 21,001?
cards (which take the place of letters
in examinations) with an average per
cent, of correct distribution of a frac
tion over ninety-nine per cent. He
knew how to reach that many offices
in several States hy tho shortest,
quickest route, and ho knew the cor
rect location of each office in its Stare.
A clerk on tho New York and Chi
cago Railway postoffice must know tiio
correct location of every postofficc in
a group of States made up of Illinois.
Iowa, Wisconsin. Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska. In these
seven States there are 12.317 post
offices. Not only is the clerk required
to be "up" on the general scheine,
which means thc correct location of
the postoffices in each State, hut he
must know how to reach the whole
12,000 postoffices from one or more
stations.
A clerk running between Chicago
nnd Minneapolis underwent no fewer
than seventy-eighth examinations in
fifteen years, learning 13,300 offices in
fifteen different sections of the United
States. In some of these examina
tions he was required to make a Chi
cago city distribution, which means
that while running over the country at
the rate of a mile a minute he must
distribute letters to the carriers of the
Chicago delivery. He must keep 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 the correct carrier,
according to the route of the latter.
This same clerk made thirteen examin
ations in ten months, with an average
correct distribution of !)!>.SS per cent.
In twenty examinations he came out
of nine of them with a clear 100 per
cent. each.
Think of such a task, taking into
consideration thc puzzling similarity
RAILWAY POSTAL GLEI?!
of names that are used to dc.-!..nP.tc i
! postoffices. Then, too. must heconsid
i ered ibo fae4 thal there ara hundreds
j of cases where ic each Slate i -- post
I office of the same name. For instance,
in the S:atcs ii::; :ed above there are
five postoffices named Hamilton, six
Grants, four Garfield:?, four Geneva.?,
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four Smithvilhs, four Spartas and five
Jeffersons and so on. In some in
stances there is a postoffice of the
same name in each of tho seven States.
As one may imagine, this only tends
to confuse the average mind.
? Periodically the clerks are examined
at railway mail headquarters. Packs
of cards, each card hearing the name
of a postotfice. are furnished a candi
date f?r examination. Ho takes a po
sition in front of a case of pigeon
holes labeled with tho names of differ
ent railway postofiiees throughout the
country. Ile '.throws'' the cards, dis
tributing them to proper routes, just
as he would packages in a postal
car. After ho finishes the examiner
goes over the cards and charges up the
errors the clerk has made and gives
him his percentage of correct distribu
tion. Thc clerk is also examiued 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 the capacity of their
miuds in matter of remembering
names. Tu?.y now remember so many
that it would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or part of a
State. It would seem that of (he mill
ions of cells in their brain machinery
none are left, lo fill, all having been
taken up in thc prosecution of the ex
acting duties imposed by their occu
pation.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Fr?nc?nlc of Muffle Squares .Harte Flan.
Magic squares of odd numbers in
which the figurer; added in perpeudicu
lar. horizontal or diagonal rows make
the same sum an.? found in boohs of
puzzles, bm the principle on which
they are based is never given.
There i* a principle, and it is appli
cable without limit, from one square
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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 numb??' zs consecutively, diagon
ally, upward, to the right. If that
direction carries you outside of the
squares, then go to the opposite end of
the row at which you stand. If you
reach a square that is occupied, or the
upper right baud 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.
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-From the New York TrlbuLe.
Circulate); "Wann Air.
Most people put away their electric
fans in thc 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
izo the electric fan for blowing hot as
well as cold air. It is the invention
of Edwin P. Tortor, and can be used
to heat rooms anJ offices wherever
there is a gas jet handy. It also keeps
the air in circulation about thc room
instead of allowing it to remain still
and dead all daj\ In this apparatus
the frame or guard which surrounds
the blades of the fan is of hollow tub
ing, and is connected with n gas jet
by a rubber tube. The trame being
perforated at Intervals the gas is ig
aitcd as it flows from the openings,
thc resultant heat being driven about
the room by the action of the *an
blades. The inventor designs -this
heater especially for attachment to a
GAS HEATER OX THE FAN".
thermo-electric fan, which runs solely
with the aid of the gas, generating its
own current for rotating the fan. but
the frame can bc readily attachecl^to
any electric fan with but little ex*
pense.
Historic Flacc of Worship.
It has been 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 1SUU, by a Baptist
congregation, and was long known
ONCE A CHURCH, NOW A BARN.
as Bethel Church, having for some
years the 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. The 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 vmdering 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 get at these
objects it is necessary to break the
glass, as when "calling" a fire engine?
In this way the key of the case r*-1
access to a telephone inside commun
eating Ibo ambulance service are
rained. This would obviate nt least
the necessity of hunting up a tele
phone and a policeman, in order to
give aid to a case of accident, as is
now necessary
A Power in Town Hullding.
A newspaper whose columns over
flow with ads. of business men. has
more influence in attracting attention
io. and building up, a city or town,
than any other agency that eau be em
ployed. People go where there Is busi
ness. Capital and labor will locate
where there is an enterprising coinmu
n'ty. No power ou earth is so strong
to build up a town as a newspaper well
patronized, and its power should be ap-,
predated.-Rev. T. De Yv*. Talmage.