Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BEWITCHED. While stretched upon fh3 sands one day Beside a lake, whose waters shone As bright as any mirror on My lady's chiffonier, in play I tossed therein a stone. It made A rippling circle, one that grew Yards wider as tho seconds ilew, Until it kissed the shore. A maid "Who sat near by gave me a glance, Awakening into life a wave, Whose impulse I could not deter. And so love conquered. Sweet romanos, Beginning then made me thy slave, Tea. rather Love's idolator. -James T. Sullivan, in Boston Globe. j Great-Grandmother's Mantle. ! * _ t A By Annie Hamilton Donnoll. \ In' spite of herself, Nancy had to laugh at the frowning face in her lit tle looking glass. "There goes the scowl!" she cried. "Well, you do look a deal better, ma 'am. The idea of scowling because it's a pleasant morning, when it's been a rainy one every blessed other day for 'most a week! I know what the trouble is. It's that washing, Nancy Crowe! What would your great grandmother say?" There was an authentic and valued entry in thc Crowe family records.to the effect that Great-Grandmother Nancy was won't to rise extremely early on wash-days, and get her washing for a household of fourteen ? out on the linc before breakfast. It was even recorded that she had ac complished this extraordinary feat at seventy years of age. Her achieve ment was the boast of the Crowe fam ily, and Nancy had heard it over and over again.. "You've got tiree in your family and you're soven-tecn!" Nancy scolded herself aloud. "The pity of having such a great grandchild as that!" Nancy was housekeeper for her father and Thomas while her mother was away, nursing a sick sister. It was great fun, too-all but the wash ings. How Nancy disliked those! Down-stairs there was breakfast to get and clear away, the chickens to feed and Thomas to "shine-up" for school. It was long after nine o'clock before the young housekeeper got to the washing. While the water was heating she ran across the yard to se how little MTS, Cilley's baby was. E "He ain't any better. I was up with him about all night!" sighed the young mother, wearily. "I'm nearly discour aged. I can't work to-day, and I don't know what he's going to do for clean things." "I do!" Nancy cried, cheerily. "I'm just going to take his little clothes home with me and wash 'cm with my things. They're so little I shall hard ly know they're there!" She held out her hands for the tiny wailing one. "You poor, tired little woman, you! Give me that baby while you go and get his things picked up." A few ' minutes later Nancy went home with a little soft roll under her arm. She was h'ioiming a tune as she went "I'll just put some more water on to heat, and get these little bits a-soak lng," she thought "I'm so thankful I went over there-that poor little thing looks all tired out! She's so very young!" Nancy added another gallon of water to the sizzling, foamy contents of the boiter on the stove. Then, singing at the top of her clear voice as she work ed, she bustled about among her tubs. The clock struck eleven. "Eleven o'clock! Of all things! Well, I'm glad I haven't got to stop and get dinner for anybody!" she cried. "It was lucky for daddy he took to-day to go to town on! And Tom would carry his dinner to school-'so 'f it did rain.' I must run out and put up my line3 there's Mr. Sophia putting out his now. Oh, my goodness, I hope Mrs. Sophia doesn't see where he's putting 'em!" Nancy gazed across the road at the pottering figure in the bed-ticking apron. The glimps.. of dun-colored trousers below the apron hem betrayed the sex of the washerwoman. Poor Mr. Sophia! How he would blunder, and how poor Mrs. Sophia would groan! How the water wouldn't bc hot enough and the starch wouldn't be cold enough and the bluing would be too blue! "My heart goes out to Mr. Sophia," laughed the girl acror : the road, un der her breath. It really was .a hard place to put an innocent, well-meaning man-person, to have to do the wash ing for a Mrs. Sophia! "Oh, he'll make a mess of it. fast enough," Nancy said, with positive ness and pity. "I know Mr. Sophia. And she'll lie there and groan at him. I know Mrs. Sophia, too." It was hard on Mrs. Sophia, too. Wasn't she known throughout Far Acres as the "most particular house keeper on the footstool?" And wasn't mild Mr. Sophia's capacity for blund ering known to be limitless? It was the Far Acres name for him-'Mr. So phia." "I declare, I pity that man!" ex claimed Nancy, suddenly. "I'm going right over there and do it out loud!" "Sh! ' Mr. Sophia held up a warn ing forefinger as she approached. His anxious glance wandered toward a certain window. "She's asleep. She's joist dropped off. I'm puttin' in to see if I can't make out to get the washin' done before she wakens up again. Look here^Nancy, I wisht you'd tell me some things about how to do it-do you blue the clothes before you rinse 'cm or after. An' how much do you starch the sheets? Seems as if I'm all muddled up In my mind. Sophia's so particular I'm all of a tremble!'* Nancy's laughing face tried to sober at sight of his genuine dismay. What a pity it hadn't been Mr. Sophia that sprained his back-no, that didn't sound kind. But there was a pity somewhere! "She had a tumble night with the pain in her back." whispered the plain tive voice. "I'm glad she eau get some of her sleep made up now. All I ask is to get the washing done while 6he has her nap." Nancy touched Mr. Sophia's arm gently. "I'm afraid you're not putting the lines out quite right." she said. "L know it! I know it!" he kept groaning, softly. "I don't hope to do any of it right, my dear." A sudden inspiration came to Nancy. She caught his sleeve hurriedly. "Quick, bring me ?he clothes!" she whispered. "I know what we'll do. You'll take 'em across to my house and I'll wash 'em. That's what! Then I'll iang 'em out over here on your line I know exactly how Mrs. Sophia does it Quick, we've got to hurry! Never mind if they are in soak. Pour some of; the water out and take the tub right across. Of course I can do lt as well as not I'm washing to-aay, too. A little more*or less won't count." Nancy hurried on ahead of slow Mr. Sophia to put on another kettie of wat er to heat She h.? lie way across the street, and the sort little drone broke into a song at her own threshold. "That's all right! I'm thankful I went over there. Poor Mr. Sophia, he need ed help!" she was thinking, as she ate her hasty wash-day luncheon from the pantry shelf. All the afcernoon how Nancy work ed! How she splashed and rubbed and rinsed and wrung! How clearly and contentedly her voice trilled out above the sound of the rubbing. It was near ly four o'clock when at last she hung her washings out. "What would great grand-mother say?" she laughed. "She got hers out before breakfast Well, I don't care, I shall get mine out before supper!" The clothes were daintily white an<? Bwe3t and Nancy hung them up with careful precision. She gave thc tiny baby things a cross line to themselves. Mrs. Sophia had a long, refreshing sleep. When she woke the wash was Happing gently out on the line. She lifted herseif painfully on her elbow and gave it sharp scrutiny, astonish ment and distinct apprcval'dawning in her pale face. "Well, I do declare!" she ejaculated, slowly. "Done!" cried tired Nancy. In tri umph. "Why! Why, I don't call wash ing very hard work, i've enjoyed it Nancy Crowe. I believe you've put on your great-grandmother's mantle!" Youth's Companion. THOUGHT C. O. D. MEANT COD. Mistake of a Finh ?eitler When Tlc Got Gttotl* "Collect on Delivery. " An amusing story is told of an en :erprising, though verdant, young man (vho lives in a small town up the state. He wished to embark on thc sea of matrimony, but untiing his income en tirely insufficient for the purpose, he ?ast about to see if he could not find some vocation which would yield him mough to support a wife on. After considerable reflection he decided that since there was no fish dealer ia the village, it would be a wise plan to en gage :n that line of business. He was totally ignorant of what tho lemands of the public required, and, as nany another young man had done )?fore him, consulted his fiancee on the subject She told her lover that once vhen she was on a visit to the city she lad eaten some haddock, and that it vas delicious, and advised him to lay n a sto(? of that kind of fish. The young man went to thc local ex press office, and told the agent, what he vanted to do. The latter said thal he vould order the fish from New York, md that thc young man could pay for t when it was delivered. The barrel )f fish came in due time, and, of course, t was marked "C. O. D." When . the ;oods were delivered to the prospective ish dealer he looked at thc barral "-ir i moment, and, turning to the express man, said in a tone of great disgust, 'I ordered haddock and they sent me :od." The story was too good for thc ex pressman to keep to himself, and the fish dealer, who made a success of his new business, is often, eventothisday, greeted by the housewives on his morning calls with thc sly question, "Have you got any cod?" To this he replies: "I pay for my fish when I or der it now, so I never get any cod."-. New York Tribune. FEARtS OF THOUGHT. Want of desire is the greatest riches. -Vi gee. Idleness is the sepulchre of virtue. Madam Roland. Ignorance is the mortal enemy of thrift-Marden. If thou wouldst be borne with, then bear with others.-Fuller. Purpose is what gives life a mean ing.-Charles H. Parkhurst. Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.-Antisthcucs. lt is good to make a jest, but not tc make a trade of jesting.-Fuller. . One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.-Lowell. The man who in this world can keep the whiteners of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.-Alexander Smith. If you wish your neigbors to see what God is like, let intm see what he can make you like. Nothing is so infectious as example.-Charbs Kings ley. Kind looks, kr?d words, kind acts ind warm handshakes, these are sec ondary means of grace when men are in trouble and arc fighting their un seen battles.-John Hall. Affections should not bind thc soul, but enfranchise it. Through them it should know larger, deeper, higher Hie. They should be to it as wings by which it mounts. . A friend comes as in ambassador from the heavens. Trinities and Sanctities. The pressure of a hand, a kiss, the caress of a child, will do more to save, sometimes than the wisest argument, even "rightly understood. Love alone is wisdom, love alone is power; and, where love seems to fail, it ls where self has stepped between, and dulled the potency of its rays.-George Mc Donald. No Chance Tor Him. "Now that we are engaged." said the fair young thing, "I will tell you that I do not feiir mice." "That is nice," said the prospective groom. "And," continued the fiancee, "I can drive nails without hitting my thumb; and I know how to use a paper culler without ruining a book; ard I can add a row of figures without making a separate sum for each consecutive fig ura; and I can build a fire; and I can tell when a picture is hung straight on the wall." Here the man drew himself up with much dignity and sorrow, and cried: "Thin I cannot marry you, alas!" "Why?" gasped the girl. "What prospect is there for my evei being able to demonstrate thc superior ity of man over woman if I marry a woman who possesses such traits of character as you!"-Baltimore Ameri can. "No Dos? ?t I.arce." The board of agriculture draws at tention to the fact that the landing in Great Britain of dogs brought from any country except Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man will be subject to Ariticle 2 of the Importa tion of Dogs Order of 1901, which ex pressly provides that every imported dog must be detained and isolated for six months upon premises in thc oc cupation or under the control of a veterinary surgeon, which shall have been previously approved in writing by the board for that purpose. This does not apply in the case of an im ported dog which is intended to be ex ported from Great Britain within forty-eight hours.-London Globe. Close friends are seldom the one* who spend their money on you. BLACK WALNUT. Wood That Has Become Too Valuable to be Used, as Once.ior Fence Rails. The best black walnut in the United States is found in Indiana. Forty years ago there could be found in this State a crop of black walnut unequal led in quantity and quality. Today it is not to be found in such Immense trees. Neither Is the number of trees by any means so numerous. Years ago the largest and best trees were used for fence rails and such common purposes. At that time it had no par ticular commercial value. Before wal nut came into general use, the most of domestic furniture was of cherry. Walnut has now entirely superseded this and all other woods. Fence rails can be found today trough Indiana that were split more than half a cen tury ago, and they are as sound now as then, save the wear and tear. Of all hard woods the walnut is most dur able, save red cedar, and possibly in the ground, black locust would equal it. Our walnut is'comparatively gone. In isolated parts of the country, where this timber grows, there Is yet some of inferior quality, but to a limited ex tent. But the general black walnut growing in the deep forest, in the rich lowlands, tn its primitive nature, is a thing of the past. Thc general sup ply must now be gathered from the four quarters of the earth to supply a demand that requires a century for its culmination witnesses the astounding spectacle of thc almost entire extinc tion of the valuable material. Kentucky has quite a good stock of hlack walnut, and much that ls very in ferior on account of its grey color anti tough, hard texture. Missouri ?iso has some of rather an inferior quality. Western Ohio and West Virginia ls poor in quality. ? The whole stock of the states is not equal to a full demand for ten years to come. Furniture manufacturers do not now usc it as lavishly as they did five years ago. Other woods aro substituted when possible, and 1,000 feet of walnut are made to go as ??r again as it did a few years ago. Chicago uses annually in her differ ent branches of manufacture, such as house, school and office furniture, also in finishing material, doors, mouldings, counters. &c. 14.500.000 feet. Prob ably about half of this is bought at the mills, and does nOt go into the ac count of the dealers at all. ]\!nny of the largest manufacturers direct, or have mills or an interest in, mills In the walnut district.-Terre Haute Gazette. THE OTHrjR WAY. Blim-What is Speeder doing nov,-? Blum-He is interested in a get-rich quick scheme. Blim-You don't say so? Blum-Yes, he is courting an heir ess.-Town Topics. MODERN DARWINISM. "Yes, your dress doer, fit beautifully, but I thought you were above sueli trifles." "No! I believe in thc survival cf the be-st fitted.-New York Sun. American Flag 1'ny. An effort l3 being m rule to establish Jana Htli of ench y?-nr nu Hus' day throng out Um country. It vas on this dato tant the thirteen stars nuil stripes beenmq Ibo Nail nil l in Mein. Persons who tufter, frvm loss of appe tite Insomnia. nervousness, Indigestion, dy?, pep-la constipai!-n or malar! fever a'.d ague, cnn dato th<* r recorory fro? t..o timo they r?.s ive to try lio tetter'* Mom neb lilt tera, th?world, fatuous remedy for th?se dis eases. Try it to-day. It will surely euro you. Time may be money, but you've got to spend thc one to make thc other. Art- You UH'.II;; Allen'/? Fnot-Kiine ? It is tho only eure for Swollen, ."-"marling. Tired,Aching.Hot.Swentlng Feet.Corns .-md Bunion?. Ask for Allen'* Foot-Euse,a powdar to be slink-n info tho shoes.Cures wini- you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sunt Fnttz. Accept no substitute. Address Alica S. Olmsted, Loltoy, N. Y. People who arc in "love with themselves have no fear of rivals. A Noted Teacher. Prof. Walter WT son, of the Savannah Ililli School, says: "1 feel it my fluty u> fsnifv to the wonderful eural ive p? opt ri b s of Tetttrlue. It cured lu a few rinys my son. whose f>-ei nvre nffectt d with stubborn s in trott Me.) lttr using a numb- r of other rem?-olen without soy bene, flt.' ftCc a box by mail from .1. T. Shuptrlne, .-avanuan, Ga., If your drugg st don't k< op it. The spendthrift can easily make a $10 bill look like thirty cents. FITS permanently cured. Nofitsornervous I ness after flrr,t day's usc of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve?teetorer.??trinl bottle ?iud treattsofroe Dr.IL:t.KLi.\-E,Ltd.,f31.UcliHt.,Phila.,l>u. People in thc smnrt set believe that ail's ; well that ends swell. i M rp.Winslow's SoothlDg Syrup for children teething, soften thc gums, reducesinflamma tlcn.allnys pnin.cures wind colic. 25c. abottle The one crop that never fails is the dead beat crop._ J. C. sinit Bo-. Maiquess, \V. Vu., jays: "Ilall's Catarrh Curo cured mo of a very had ease ot catarrh." Diu.'gistsse i lt.T.V. F. J. I I.IKXSY & CO., Toledo, O. What a pretty girl wants is a full com plement of compliments. PlSo'S Cu rc ts tho best medicine we ever used for all nlTeer.lon?of throat ?nd lu .CK-WM. O. ESDSt-EV, Vanburen, Ind., Fob. 10, 1!?00. The new woman is becinninir to realize how a man feels when nis collar button rolls under the bureau. Summer Tours By Land mid Sea-Ex cursion Tloketo nt Very LitiW ii atc-. Central of Georgia Hallway and connee ti ms aro now sc lins Summer Tourist Tickets from all coupon stations to New York, Boston, Philadelphia nnd Baltimore via Savannah ?ind Steamship lines. Tickets Include meals and stateroom i ertb aboard ship: much less limn all nil. For full par ticulars, berth reservations, etc.. apply to > our nearest railroad agent. F. J. Rollinson, A>st. Oen'l. Pas?. Agent, Savannah, Ga.: J. C. Halie, Gcu'J. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga. "I have used your Hair Vigor for five years and am greatly pleased with it. lt certainly re stores the original color to gray hair. 11 keeps my hair soft. ' '-Mrs. Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me. Ayer's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for fifty years, and it never fails to do this work, either. You can rely upon it for stopping your hair from falling, for keeping your scalp clean, and for making your hair grow. $1.00 a bettie. All dnirilst?. If your druggist cannot supply you, send us ono dollar and wo will express you a bottle. He sure and give the name of your nearest express ofllce. Address, J. U. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. CUI5ED 7-N 30 TO OO DAYS. Write for^iarticularsand 10 days' tre-utmoq-; freo. O. 15. Collum ?".w-oj/ned. Co,, Atlanta, Us. WINTER FARMING NEW. -? SCIENCE SETS AT DEFIANCE ALL LAWS OF SEASONS. Til? Demand for Karin Products In Win ter Itoaponslble for the Expansion of Tliia liai ut try - Hothouse Fruits and Yojrelables Multiply in Quantity. The idea prevalent in some quarters that agriculture has not kept abreast of modern industrial developments is so far from the actual truth that occa sionally tho public is surprised by re poi ts which indicate a change and rev olution in methods and result of a most phenomenal character. In noth ing has our agriculture changed more decidedly in recent years, however, than in the seasons of production. Science has deliberately set at defi ance all the laws which_govern the sea sons of growth, and in the conflict it has proved a great triumph for man. Winter farming has become ic the past decade an industry more profitable and successful than ordinary summer gar dening or farming. The demand for farm products in winter, when most of Diem are scarcp and difficult to secure, has been re sponsible for the growth and expansion of winter farming. To-day this indus try is of national importance, and adds millions of dollars to thc wealth of our countr3'. Lands thr.t were former ly considered almost worthless have at tained through this industry consider able value, and farmers who were dis appointed at the outlook of their pro fecsion have suddenly discovered new moans of reaping financial rewards for their labor and genius. Instead of fol lowing in the old ruts in vogue fifty years ago, they have branched out in entirely new lines to develop an indus try that is as fascinating as it ls pro fitable. Naturally one thinks first of truck gardening, either under glass in the North in winter or along the belt of Southern States, when this subject is broached; but winter farming is not by any means confined In even this field. Winter dairying has become in thc last five years ono of the most profitable sources of farming, and it is pursued by the most progressive dairymen of the country with great success. By means of the silo, succulent food is stored away for winter feeding that produces almost as fine milk and crearh as the June grass. The. milk and cream in winter time are worth so much more than in summer that the dairymen find it profitable to provide good winter quarters for the best cows and to feed thom with the best food. Thc poultry farmer has likewise changed his methods, and by means of the incubator and brooder winter and spring broilers are produced to-day in enormous quantities for our tables. Winter poultry is to-day about the on ly product of the chicken farm that actually pays a good profit. The high prices obtained for spring chickens and broilers out of season have caused complete changes in this industry. Those who depend upon the eggs for their profits are. endeavoring to induce the hens to change their season of lay ing, so that winter eggs will be had in abundance. Extensive experiments in winter feeding and winter breeding in glass-covered houses have produced re sults which encourage the poultrymen to believe that eventually breeds of hens will in time he reared which will lay their eggs in winter instead of sum mer. At present the results obtained arc not entirely satisfactory. Hothouse lambs have become -t?l* portant parts of our winterd diet of recent years, and breeders have estab lished enormous houses where these delicate animals can bo reared and fattened through the coldest of our v/iutcr weather. The ?work is profit able, and the breeders are increasing thc industry each year. Hothouse Jambs aro delicacies out of season at present, but in the future they may become an ordinary part of our regu lar winter diet. Hothouse fruits and vegetables mul tiply in quantity and quality every year. The industry is expanding so raphil that the annual winter supplies of th? delicacies aie running up into thou? s of tons. Around Boston thors ? 'everaJ hundred acres of land poveret th glass where fruits .and vegetal) ire raised for the winter markets. Tscy and Long Island arc also cen . ol" this industry, and hun dreds of ziures are now under cultiva tion right through, tho winter. These hothouse products bring high prices all through thc winter, and from two to four crops are raised annually on the same laud. In the spring when the weather grows warra, the glass sashes are removed, and the plants for tho summer markets arc raised as easily if the lard had not been producing all winter. When thc cold autumn frosts come, ihr- glass sashes protect the new crop that has been planted for the Christmas holiday seasons. Then when these winter products are har vested, seeds for an early spring crop are sown, and by the time Easter is here fresh vegetables ar e again ready for picking. The truck products raised under glass in winter receive the most modern in tensive culture. The soil is of the richest, well heated by steam pipes, moistened properly, and sometimes lit artificially at night time by arc lights. Thc electric light tends to stimulate the growth of certain vegetables, and the season of maturity is thus rapidly hastened. The profits from this busi ness often run from 50 to SO percent on <h?i investment, ard duri""" <VIP rough winter weather when : truck cannot reach the market for the vegetables raised une soar up to almost fabulous pri in spite of thc great number o; land covered with glass and d winter farming, the supply keepii pace with the increasing and there is ample opportunit; ther expansion in this linc. Winter gardening and fai tho southern belt of states v cl i mau- is v arm enough to pr? products out of doors have spi phenomenal rapidity in recei Whole sections of states have claimed by this industry, and was worth only a few dollar; ten years ago sells to-day fo three hundred dollars an ac whole system of living and bpcn transformed by this indu our winter season is suppl fruits and vegetables almost as the summer. The expansion of this forrr ter farming has been due to roads and steamship compan ating lines along the coast or the belt of slates with climate suitable to the business. The tion of refrigerator cars wht enable growers to ship the berries and tomatoes from Fh Louisiana to New York or 1 midwinter gave a great, stimu industry. It is now possibh tho most perishable fruits and vege tables in New York from the most dis tant gardens within seventy-two hours after picking and in perfect condition. Each year the source of the supply is extended. It was first the Carolinas, Norfolk and Georgia which monopoliz ed this industry. Then Florida enter ed the field, and finally the gardens spread along the Gulf and included those in the Mississippi Valley. Cali fornia made special efforts to ship her fruits and vegetables to eastern mar kets in cars made for the purpose, and now Texas and exen Mexico are enter ing the field with their peculiar farm products. There are some 60,000 refrig erator cars engaged in this traffic in tho winter season, distributing the fruits and vegetables of the tropical and semi-tropical gardens and farms to the large cities of the north, south, east and west. The best of these caro are scientific products of modern gen ius, and they cany their loads of fruits as carefully as a Pullman palace car transports Its millionaire occupant. Strawberries from the Carolinas alone amount to some 12,000,000 quarts a year, while California porns across its borders some 193,000,000 pounds of fresh fruits. New York city alone ab sorbs some i.OOO.OOO packages of south ern vegetables every winter. All told, the winter farming which supplies the cities with their fruits and vegetables in the cold season represents au indus try amounting up into many millions of dollars. All this is pure gain for the farmers and land owners, who former ly made little or nothing from the soil which is now brought under contribu tion to feed us with a winter diet of fruits and vegetables. The creation arid expansion of the industry iepres ents wealth added to the country just as surely as if n?w gold mines had been discovered which yielaed annually a dozen million dollars' worth of the precious metal.-George E. Walsh, in the Scientific American. AN ELECTRIC BATH. A tnxnry Tliar Membaro of Conj;rcc?? May Now Enjoy. To be literally sprayed with electri city from head to foot, rolled with an electric roller, the wrinkles ironed out of the face with an electric glass bulb as a flatiron, and to have thc spark of life imparted to any particular sec tion, of the anatomy through a wooden bitll is one of thc luxuries which a sen ator or representative in congress can enjoy by simply descending in the ele vator to tho inagnificient marble bath rooms at cither end of thc capitol, stepping onto a zinc plate and order ing Chief Electrical Engineer Gllem to "turn on his lightning." The electrical adjunct to the legis lative baths is a comparatively recent addition and as yet seemingly few members have learned of its wonderful invigorating effect on a tired legisla tor. Those who have, however, are constant patrons, and the static ma chine is creating for itself an enviable reputation as a "next morning" anti dote. And for putting a member into condition for a speech in the senate or house it has no equal. The static machine creates its own electricity right before your eyes. The machine in the house end stands in a small, marble-walled room. It is driv en by a quarter horse power motor, at tached, and stauds in a glass case, lt consists of ten circular glass plates thirty inches in diameter. Those plates, which aro placed a little dis tance apart, revolve on a single shaft through the center. Un a line with the shaft rows cf double metal combs, with the tips of their tooth close to the plates, gather thc electricity as it is generated byx the revolving glass. A ?f3sl!r'vo and a ncgiilivo pnlp extend out of the case. A platform, insulated by being placed on glass legs, stands nearby. On this platform is the zinc plate on which the statesman stands. Over his head is suspended a. round brass-crown which is connected to the positive polo by a slight brass rod. Thc different apparatus for administering thc electricity are at hand on a board suspended on tho wall. The "bath," generally proceeds in this order: birst, the "chain shower" -two round metal bars about 18 in ches long are connected to the respec tive polos of tho machine by a brass chain. The electrician holds a bar in each hand and holds uis hands about three feet apart. The chain connects the two by running loosely through a metal loop near tho far end of thc bars. When the current is turned on the ono operated on has a sensation as of a warm breeze blowing on him. The bath is taken with all the clothing on, but the breeze seems to penetrate it as though there were no obstruction. The breeze soon changes to a warm, prickly sensation. The hair begins to crackel like a bunch of Chinese fire crackers, and when the current is sud denly allowed to descend from the brass crown also there seems to be a general conflagration in progress. However, there is nothing violent or unpleasant experienced. After the shower and head sprays, If the statesman is in a bad way from the "night before," he takes a chair and a glass bulb, not unlike an electric light bulb, but with the big end flat, is car essingly brought in contact with his face and brow. The current for this ^ is obtained through a Tesla coil, and produces very little sensation. A polished metal resembling a small coupling pin is the throat ironer, and a wooded ball about as big as a base ball as the terminus to a metal pole, acts as a mild distributor to any given locality, while a brass roller irons pains out of the back or shoulders simply by rol ling it along tho clothing. . . - ~ row minutes to take America, and in England at tuc ent time especiall favor seems to bc shown to "convincing," "weird" and "strenuous."-Notes and Queries. An Addition to tho Kendi Sent. The latest addition to the bench seat so universally seen built around a bay window i3 to run each end out into the room about a foot or a foot and a half, and finish the back of the ex tension with a small Colonial balus trade. It is both comfortable and yretty, til Placo of Tiles. Cream colored calcimine, resembling enamel, is now much preferred to tiles for perfectly appointed kitchens. This does not discolor like tiles or drop out, nor havfi interstices to collect dirt as tiles do. One lucky chef, with a kit chen of calcimine, white enameled woodwork and fixtures in keeping, as serted that he could stand in thc mid dle of the kitchen and thoroughly cleanse lt with a strong stream from a hose without harming a single thing. An Odd .?"croon. One of those tall screens which may be put to so many uses about a house is a unique affair in Flemish oak. There are three panels to this screen, all rather wide and covered both sides with fine Japanese matting. This cov ering extends to within about two feet of tho top of tho screen, the open spaces being inclosed in a skeleton frame. Tho upper open part of each panel is then filled in with a realistic spider web of heavy brown twine. For a further touch of realism a huge spid er is caught in the meshes of each of the webs, the effect of the whole be ing odd and unusual. Those screens covered entirely with mattin,.: are pretty and serviceable, and for a little adornment the matting of each panel is sometimes bordered with narrow strips of leather closely stud ded with large brass nails. Lighting a Dark Hall. A mirror will lighten a dark hall if properly placed. Place the glass op posite a door and thc light from that apartment, falling on the mirror, is re flected back from it to the hall, to its much greater lighting, while the ap parent size ol' the little place is greatly increased. The mirror is unframed, and is fitted in between cornices and baseboard, and finished at the sides with a fiat moulding that seems a part of the woodwork. The value of this treatment is not realized until it i's tried. Often a blank stretch of wall that seems a hopeless shutting in of space may offer the transforming op portunity. Care must be taken not to overdo the treatment in such a tf?y as to create the effect of a hotel corridor or public hall; but judiciously used under the care of a good architect tho plan is to be commended.-New York Journal. Cl eau lui; a Floor. Genuine skill can be exercised in cleaning a floor as in anything else. Af ter the rugs and carpets have been taken up a door that is not finished in any other way should be thoroughly scrubbed and dried before it is cover ed again, lt is economy to lay down floors of matched boards of good sea soned wood, which will not warp and show thc cracks. After the carpet is up and the dust bas been thoroughly swept up and has settled, scrub the wood with warm water and sal seda, cleaning and scrubbing about a square yard of surface at a time. It pays to have two pails, one of soda and water to scrub the iloor with, and one of clear hot water to rinse it up with. Use two cloths, one to wipe up the floor and tho other to dry with. When the floor is scrubbed wash and dry these cloths before you use them for another cleaning. If the floor is hard wood it would better be dressed by a regular finish-u', as there arc few maids in this country who are willing or in telligent enough to do this work, though this is the regular part of the maid's work abroad, and thc tools fur nished in this country for thc purpose are much easier to handle than those used in Europe.-New York Tribune. \* 9 . O '9> Cake Fritters-Cut stale cake in slices one inch thick; dip each piece into cream; fry them in a little butter in the frying pan; lift them to a platter spread over the slices a little pre serve, and sprinkle over choppeu almonds and powdered sugar. Chese straws-Mix half a cupful of flour, three tablespoonfuls of grated American cheese, half a tablespoon of parmesan chees, a little salt and one beaten egg; work to a smooth paste; roll out on a floured board to a thin shell, cut in strips one-fourth of an inch wide and four inches long, place them in a buttered pan and bake in a rather ecol oven ten minutes. Crackers with cream cheese-Grate American cream cheese over snowflake crackers, sprinkle over each one a dash or two of cayenne pepper; put in the oven; when the cheese has melted remove them and serve. If any remain over by putting them in a baking dish nnd covering with milk, and a little cheese and bake in a will make a nice lunch am muffins-Cream three oonfuls of butter; add espoonfuls of sugar; beat f two eggs; add the un to the butter and sugar; of milk, half teaspoonful cupfuls of sifted flour and aspnonfuls of baking pow ell and add thc eggs; fill i fhn pans two-thirds full ) minutes in a quick oven, me cup of graham, #rye or for one cup of flour and ive the different muffins, .ce-Mix two ounces of ch with enough cold milk paste, then add gradually a lk; then three-fourths of a ir, and whisk until the sugar (1. Cook in a double boiler ckens; then remove from the dd half an ounce of butter, d add any flavoring desired illy freeze the mixture. Then whites of two eggs stiff; add .fully with a pint of whipped i freeze quite stiff. Meat up re serving with a fruite corn ie Moon'* Toinporatiire. mable that the temperature cf. n's surface at its mid?ay is ii,? ..v-0- ees Fahrenheit The di op at night is probably 1000 degrees, I "> BP? degrees below. CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK Says Pe-ru-na is a Splendid Ca tarrhal Tonic. Congressman T. Y. Fitzpatrick. j Hon. T. Y. Fitzpatrick, Congressman from Kentucky, writes from the National Hotel, Washington, D. C., as follows: "At the solicitation o/" a. friend J used y>ur Pcritua and can cheerful ly recommend your rcmidy to any one suffering with catarrli or who necdsagood tonic," -T. Y. FITZPATRICK. A Good Tonio. Pe-ru-na is a natural and efficient nerve tonic. It strengthens and restores the ac tivity of ?/ery nerve in thc body. Through the usc qf Pc-ru-nu the weak ened or overworked nerves resume their natural strength and the blood vessels be gin at once to regulate the flow of blood according to nature's laws. Congestions immediately disappear. Catarrh Cured. 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