Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, THE VEEKLThHIUHIOH TIMES W to Afritmtooro, SutitmUm*, iVNMat <M* tiU CVwkwI AW? # tAo D*y. " " '' ; " - ' ' ' **' '""?*' ^T",r^^'^' "'* ^ J VOL. XXIII.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLIiy FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1892. """ Tt It announced officially that 40,000 person* were converted to Cbriatianitj during the first six months of 1883. v ? i .,L sea The Odessa correspondent of the Londpa News says that during 1891109,519 ' persons emigrated from Russia to A.merica. In 1890 85,548 Russians emigrated thither. ^ "I hare just carefully compared notes with a prominent Philadelphia^ of for. tune," says Ward McAllister, the famous society leader, "aod from his ftatements am satisfied thai for #20,000 a year one lives as well in^ Philadelphia ' is one does ih Nesr York fin $40,000. of ifiohigao, chronicles the New York Independent, have adopted a suggestion nade by President Augeil that the salaries of professors be raised to prevent other colleges from constantly robbing him of his best assistants. The rise is from $300 to $500 annually in each case , C in accordance with the length of the term of service. TDe recent statistical Quarterly Statement of the German E npire reports the latest religious data of the couutry. According to these, Germany has 31,026,810 Protestant subjects; 17.674.921 Roman Catholics, 145,510 other Christians; 567,884 Hebrews, 562 adherents of other religions, and 12,753 without any religious profession. The total population is 49,428,470. It begins to look to the 2Tew Orleans A Picayune as though a large aud lncroasv Ing market had been opened in Qdrrn iny 'or the great staple of the Mississippi Valley, corn. Reports say that it is very rapidly becoming a favorite article of food. A sale of 45,000 bushels was made in Berlin the other day, and mills for the exclusive grinding of corn are in rnjurse of erection at Dresden, Leipzig, Hanover and Hamburg. (JonltrrantMu Has oeou received in Berlin of ths rumor that the German Minister in China uas become engaged to Miss Hart, the daughter of his Auerican colleague, and it is eg tally true that the E nperor Willian his mile bold to jfqc.tiid the banus, on the ground that a German diplomatist, when in active service, canuot wed an alien woman without incurring the risk of prejudicing tho true and undivided service ol his Government. But love in this case, states the Boston Transcript, has also proved stronger thau imperial laws, ?nd _ Herr von Brandt has aunounced his in? tention of leading his bride to the altar next spring. As a pieliminary to this, of course, he will havo to resign bis . post. Experiments with cyclists and carrier pigeons for transmitting messagos are being made by the gymnastic society of Rome in the interest of the Italian army. The rider carries a small cage attached to his machine, in which are several welltrained pigeons. When important observations have been taken and jotted down they arc placed in envelopes and affixed to the birds, which are liberated. In every instance thus far the birds have flown promptly and in a straight line back to headquarters over distances ot' from ten to twenty kilometres. It it thought that this combination of bicycle and pigeon service can be very profitably / used xu military obsei vations,and the Italian army office proposes to continue the experimenl. According to the lntormation and belief of a wido awake member of the Real Estate Exchange, nearly all the foreign potentates are investors in New York real estate. ETe declares to a representative of the Times that the purchase of valuable piece of property in nassau steec, maaeaoout ayear ago oy a foreign banking house. an investment of Queen Victoria's. "The Queen owns other real estate in this city," said the well posted man," and she has bought thousands of acres of land out West. The royal family of Germany has extensive investments in this city and elsewhere, nn1 so has the King of ^ Sweden. The ex-Einpre3s Isabella of Spain owns several pieces of property in this and in other parts of the United 6tates. She is a woman of great foresight. The land on which the Western Union Building stands was once the property of tho Empress Eugenie, and I presume that she still has some invest meats nere. King tiumoert, ot naiy, is t reported to be u judicious buyer of property in this country, and persona auspectc i ot being agents of the Czar of H'issia have been looking about en this side of the water for first-class investments. I tell yon those people who ?i? in tho King business over in Kurope are shrewd. They cannot tell how soon they may be shaken off their thrones by political rev ilutions, and they mean to hive something to fall back on in this laid of the free, flow much better off l)jm Pedro would nave been it he had invested a few millions of Hraftilliao none? here several years ago!" DIXIEJKEW8. The 81111117 South Sleaasd and Epitomize^ AU th? Maws and Occurences Printed Here ie Condensed From. Vioo Col. Anthony, resigned, Copt. Armfield, of 8tatesvillc, was Thursday, at charlotte, elected colonel of the 4th regiment of North Carolina. H. A. Bolton, of Mullins, 8. C., was in Wilmingtou, N. G\, Inst week searching for his wife and two children who ran sway from home. AiDeit Uouia Glover has b^en arrested in Philadelphia charged with obtaining 2 500 on fraudulent nrcten es fruiu the Ashevillc, N. C., Kaolin Company. * At Faycttevillo, N. C ; Wcd?ead$y morning a Arc entirely destroyed eight atoiea, the loss being $10,000, about one half coveted by insurance Bob Muynard, a well-known horse jockey, committed suicide at Columbus, Ga , br shooti-ighimself. Citizens hanged two men to a ttlegriphpolcat Benton, Bossier parish, La. Mugce and Curmiclmel were their names. Magce shot and killed Mrs. Elbe Liugle, aud Caruiichacl was accessory. The new College Hotel at Florence, Ala , wa6 burned to the ground. Nothing saved but the trunks of a few gue>ts The rcreut rise in cotton has, it is said, pui fortunes into the pockets of several Char cston, 8. C., men. Onebujcr is rc))ortcd as having made $100,000, another 140,000, while several are $10,000 better off than they were at the begiuing of the season. At Charleston, 8. C., Napoleon Laville was sentenced for the third time lo be hanged for the murder of his wife in this city, Feb. 15, 1890. The following are new enterprises foi the past week: The people's Slaughter-IIousc ?fe Refrigerating Co , will build an $8 >,00ti plaut at New Orhaus, La. The Osceola Sugar L'c., of Kissiiumee City, Fla., to erect sugar mills, etc., capital stock $ 1,000,000. The Sumter (8 C.) Water Co., capital stock $05,000. The Palmetto Fur Co , of Columbia, 8. C. A ft50 OHO mill pr.mnnnrr I ? T>r-, vvui|muj ab V/wn cord, N. C. A $160,000 cottou mill company at Aiken, 8. C. The Missionaiy Ridge Farm Co., oi Jacksou, Teun , capital stock $25,000. The Great Southern Fibre Co., to mnn ufacture fibrous goods nt Clr rleston, S. C., capital stock 150,0'!0. The Fulton Brick Co., of Richmond, Vn., to make brick and tile, capital stock $100,000. The Ashland Coat ?fc Coke Co., of McDowell, W. Vo. capital stock $200,0 0. The J icksou (To in ,) Woden Mills, capital stock $55,000. Another cotton mill is being organized nt Concord, N. C. A negro boy who wns subject to fit* fell into a well while drawing water near Princeton, Johnston county, N. C., was! drowned. It swelled up, no doubt. A Petersburg, Va., dispatch says William Tucker died iu Sussex county from overfeeding. The evening before he ate one gallon ol venis<n hash, half a gallon of coffee and crackers mixed together, and half a gal lou of water and crackers, a pound of dry sugar aud a lot of pork and bread. Gov. Holt of North Carolina made requisition on the Governor of Sou'h Carolina for Hoke oecrest, the notorious wife murderer. Gov. Tillman informs him that B. E. Gray, alias Hoke Sccrest, is in jail st Spartnnbug, his offence being a very aggravated assault, and that his two-years term of imprisonment will expire in November, 1894, at which time North Carolina can have him. There arc rumors at Coal Creek, T? nn' that the outside miners arc again organizing and will give serious trouble if ihc convicts are not sent away before judge Tnrnnir tlio nftw! v.- m? ?Atforr>.i J enters into office The minets tliink that if tho convict8 arc not there, when the governor assumes control of State affairs they will not be sent back again. The labor contract f. r convicts has four years to run yet, and Captain Anderson, in charge of State troops now at Coal Creek, is determined to%upprcss auy attempted ontbrenk. POLITICAL ITEMS. The count of the electoral vote in North Dakota is now neatly complete, and it will depend, (inn ly, upon the votes of 120 Indians, whose rights to the ballot is contested Senator M. W. Hansom says that he is not much impressed with the idea < 1 an extra session of Congre.-s, as he cau see no necessity for it. Senator Vo rhces, of Indiana, i. in favor of a calhd session of t ougress immediately after the 4th of March, and is oonfident that he reflects the wishes of the Democratic party in his State. Chairman Murphy says: "The right* ful plurality of Pierce, the Weaver elector in Oregon, is at least 2,000; for the first time in over thirty-five yean the Republicans have failed to obtain Oregon's electoral vote." The official count of Wisconsin, reported, is as follows: Peck, Democrat, Governor, 178, 108; -pooner, Keimblican. 170.864. The N. C. State canvassing board met at Raleigh nnd a > aided to Thomas Settle, Republican, the certificate of election for Congressman. A. II. A. Williams was the Democraticjcontvstant. Seven Tears for Kidnapping ? Child. Atlanta, On.?Maud Dunham, th in-grn woman charged with kiuunppiiiL little Marie Manning several weeks m.o. has been sentenced to seven years' iin prise ment in the penitentiary. Tin i hi Id grandfather is worth half a mil lion, and it was to extort money from hin that ih- chil i was stolen 8old for a Bong. ('hkraw. 8. C. ? The Cberaw ?fe Salis buiv Radroad was sold at public sale here and whs bought by the Cheraw ?fc Darlington Railroa I Compa -y for f?>0,000. MUST PAT BACK FREIGHTS. Interstate Commerce Comrnisaior Sustained on a Florida Decision. Jacksonville, FIs.?la the United States District Court Judge Swajne mad* an order sustaining the decision of the Inter-State Commerce Commission iu the famous orange rates suits This order enjoins the Savanuuh, Florida and West ern Railroad Company aud Ocean Bteain ship Company from charging highei freight rates on oranges to Eastern points than allowed by the Commission to be "just and reasonable." Prior to 1860 the rate hid been 30 Ceuts per box to New York, and proportionately to all Eastern points. In November of that year all the railway and steamship lines made a combine, raising the iate to 40 cent a. Au mission, which some dered a decision establishing tho rate of 85 cents to New York, and proportion atcly to other Eastern points. The com mission, however, is not clothed with powers to euforee its decisions. By to day's or Icr a rebate of five cent? per box is ordered to be paid to all Eastern shippirs of fruit since November, 189). This will abrogate $200,000 for the two years, and nearly $25,000 on fruit shipped s > far thh season. BRUTAL MURDER IN MOORE. Two Helpless Women Shot Down and a Man Robbed of His Money. Faykttkvillb, N. C.?Passengers on the Yadkin Valley traiu report a shocking tragedy aud wholesale murder in Moore count}', near Euphonia. In the evening about 7 o'clock n colored man en jaged at work on the railroad from Gulf to Keyser, knocked at the dooi of Rondole McDonald, and upon entering the hou?e walked across the room and picked up a gun, at the same time drawing a pistol from his pocket and demanding of McDonald that he give up his money. A t this juncture of the proceedings McDonald s two sisters, Mary and Christine, began to remonstrate with the intruder, while McDonald raised the alarm. Thereupon the negro opened fire upon the poor, helpless and defenceless women, killing one outright mot tally wounding the oth'.r At ' of a pistol McDonald was then it, *>forced to give up all his m iney, nN 4^ng to about thirty-five dollars. IudigiK- ion runs high throughout the community in which the awful crime was committed, and the guilty p ii tv v. ill oj summar'dyV.ea't wiih as torn a? found ut. IN iilti ruTTib AT LAST. Glover Wo ked Asheville Instead of the Minus. Asiikvii.i.u, N. C.?Ti e arrest in Philndi Uihiii nf .Vilmi t <l H?0-. *.?. light a sensational story of nis transactions in A'-hcville. Ufiver came here two years ago from Uos on, seeming to have an abundance of money. lie was a handsome fellow and had vtry appearance of a polished and refined gentleman. After be ng co dially received into the best society and winning the confidence of everyb dy. Glover succeeded in organizing the A-l? ville Kaolin Company to work a mine in Jackson county. He was made tie surer. Sev. ral prominent business men were induced to take stock and they put up money for the supposed raining scheme. In the meantime Glover managed to borrow large sums of money from various sources. Early this year he disappeared, leaving his Asheville friends nothing to show for their investments except numberless liabilities The kaolin property prjv d w nthless and the company found hsclf out of pocket upwards of $17,000. I)'. It II Reeves is said to have Ijs* fully $!t,0u0 through Glover. The arrest of the man in Philadelphia is on the charge of obtaining $2 ,500 from the kaolin company under false p etensesand Glove will be brought here for trial as soon . s the requisition can be hud Other rh igos are p tiding. State and Federal Authority nonfiict. Nokfolk,, Va.?The United States Circuit Court grand jury returned indict incuts against Robert Taylor and Joseph II. Hulchcr, judges of election for Jack soa ward, Richmond, and Messrs. Jauies Lyons, Jr., and Wm. J. Orange, citizens of Richmond, for violation of the Federal election laws. The offense charged against the two judges is that, having ordered several dc, uty marshals from the polls, and said cnutics refusing to obey their orders. they were committed to the city jail of Richmond under the 8tate law which confers that authority upon all judges of election. Me sis Lyons and Orang j took the marshals to 11 jail as directed by iiie indues; hence their indictment. The legality of the supervisors' and marshals' iiu hority will be tested in these cases. Inauguration of Gov. Tillman?Synopsis of His Speech. Coi.t.MBiA, S. (J. ? Gov. B. R. Till man and Lieut. Gov. Gary were inaugur te I at noon in the hall of the House of Represents iv<s, the General Assembly l> ing in joint >ess:on. The oath of of lice was administered by Chief Justice Mclvcr. Gov. Tillman made a brief speech, in which he said: "There have been troublous times in South Carolina ? li lies of deep agita ion and discussion: of aggressive thought ngaiust coneerva live thought I have been put forward :i< the exponent of that demand in the Mate which recks for better things, for importa t progress, and to the best of my abilityl have counselled the people in a w iv which I believe will lead to impoitant re ults." j?*or colored jreopie. Atkanta, Oa.?Chrismau Hall, a new building, erected at a cu.?l of $30,000, was dedicated at. Clark University (colored.) Governor Northen made a short address, congratulating the university upon its advancement.in the education of the negro race The budding is named in honor of Mrs. Eli/a Chrisman, a Northern womau, who gave $10,000 towards erec ting the building. The former building was burued several years ago. Ti e present I uilding was bui t by money received from the insurar ee companies and subscriptions received in Northern Mates. .TA?G<MJ) BEAD. The "Winrtflfwftll Street" No H? Left a luilKofjeo,000,000 to New Yoiik City.?Jay Gould,the great financier, died Friday morning at 9:15 o'clock, couscious to the eod, and surrouuded by his family. Mr. Gould's disease was probably consumption. The services were held ut the family mausiou and conduct- d by Dr. John R. Pax ton, assisted by Chancellor McCrakeu nnd Rev. Roderick Terry. The Interment was at Irviugton on the Hudson, where 'he body of Mrs. Gould reposes. To Build an Elevator at Charleston. Charleston, 8. (J.?Prominent business men aud railroad officials of Charleston are agitstiug the question of buildiug a gr.in elevator here. Efforts hereto! oie made to. attract Western graiu to this port for foreign shipr.it nt will be resumed and redoubled and the accomplishment of the scheme now scorns more probable than at any provious time. Ruiltoad authorities auuounco that lines opcratiug in Chariest >n will bo heartily in nytnp thy with an undertaking to build an elevator and would co-operate with the projectors, and say there is no ?)Ucstion of the fact that if the movement ( >r the building of ho cleva'or be assured, such traffic arrangements from Western points w ukl be established at ouci iis a ould command the coming of an abun dance of gr in to th s port. No Show for t.hn Cuaui.ksion. 8 U.-IU'V. E. II. Coint, pastor of the Wesley Methodist Episco pal church (colored), has resigned, and will join the African Methodist Episcopal church. In a/ published curd he rcnsolvfTIi ,,"?"u,l"u the facts that nre t1??ro has no show iu the Methodist' Episcopal Church, prin cipally on account of his color, and that because color stands as a barrier agaiust his promotion, it is probable that t'oiut will be followed by other members of the church. I litre nig several colored chu-chcs here b louging to the Methodist Conference, wlm h is distinct from the Methodist Episcopal Church South and from the African Methodist Episcopal Church I> is run by Northern Mcth odists, and mos' of its pastors are white men. A Peaceful Inauguration in Alabama. MontgombrY, Ai<a.?The in urination of Thos. J. Jones to his second term as Governor of this State took place at noon. The ceremonies were simple, as is usual, at the second installation of the same official.' After the Governor's address, Chief Justice Jones administered the oath of office. Iustantly thereafterthe Montgomery Field ArtilleryiKtationed on Capitol Hill, fired the customary salute. Neither Kolb nor uny of his supporters attempted in any way to disturb the proceedings. There is every indication that they have accepted the inevitable and have decided to make u?> efforts to declare Kolb Gnvcrno-, as has been mooted for some time. Patroling the Atlantic CoAat. Washington, D. C .?The order of the President detailing almost all the revenue vessels in the service to patrol ilie Aiiamic voasi nas gone into cncci, and from now until April 1st the following Government ships will be on duty to assist vessels in troub'e: Levi Woodbury, to cruise from Easrport, Me., to Eli/.abrth, Me. ; A'cxand^r J. Pains, from Mt. Desert, Me., to Gloucester, Mass.; Sam-uel Dexter, from Gloucester, Mass., to Newport, It I.; U. S. Grant, from Newport to Delaware Breakwater, including Long Island sound.; Lo M Morili. from Abes-om, N. J., to Bodies Island, N. C., William H. Crawford, the waters of Chesapeake Buy, and Schmler Colfax, from Bodies Island to Charleston, S. C. Ladies Had the Best of It. Abhrvillb, N. C.?Early Sunday morning a colored man named Fletcher and a colored woman, Cullic Murray, quarreled in "8cratch Ankle." The woman swore thnt if she had a pistol she would shoot Fletcher, whereupon he drew a pistol and gave it to her, daring her to shoot. She did shoot and the bullet lodged in Fletcher's hip. The wound is not considered dangerous. In the cveni'g Octavia Shipp and James Morris, colored, got iuto a fight, when the woman stobbifd Morris, in the left breast with a knife, making a serious wound. The Insurance Men Are Up in Arms. CriAni.krton, t* C.?The insurance men of Charleston h'e preparing to make a fight against tlie hill before the South Caioliua Leg siatm , by the terms of which every insurance company doing business in this State will have to deposit $25,000 worth of Htate bonds as a guar antee. The insurance men claim that the bill is noth rig but a roundabout method of disposing of bonds. They s iv if the bill bocjmics a law two thirds of the eompnniea doing business wl I Dr. R C. MiotV who recently went from Columbia, 8/C., to Macon, tia.. died in the latter place, from an oveidost of morphine to auay netvousness. A BOY OF FIFTEEN HANGED. tuat Before He Wu Taken to the Oallowa He Asked if It Would Hurt Much. Macon, Oa.?The execution of Willie Bell, the 15-ve r nlil nnirrrt " J ^ . --?.V WJ, CVUTICICU of too murder #?f a deputy sheriff of Bibb county, took place in the* jail yard. Bell appeared to be indifferent to his fute almost up to the last moment, lie said that ho was going to heaven. While be log uinioued hi asked repeatedly if it would hurt ruuch to be hanged. After leaving tLe jail the tears flowed freely down his checks and ho trembled continually. The hanging was private, only the sheriff, two assistants, thcclcigyman and the relatives of the condemned be ftjrdiy'fflfrnir Wilder on May 29, hist, on the charge of of petty larceny. O'u the way to the jail ho draw a pistol and shot the deputy through the head. Full of Hydrophobia Potienta. New York.?The parlor of Dr. Gibier's Pasteur Institute iu this city held more hydrophobia patients than the in- '' itituto has ever before sceu at ouc time ' for over a year. There were iu all ten J patieuts grouped in tho room. They came from North Dnnvilie, Va , under the care Dr. Auderson, of North Don- ? ville. They were all bitten by a skyo ' terrier puppy in that city. A seven -year- . old boy, who was also bitten by the dog, died last Friday of hydrophobia, and this caused the exodus of the hydrophobia patieuts from Danville to this city. Death of a Gallant Army Officer. Atlanta, Ga.? Brevet Brigadier Gen cral Hiohnid II. Jackson, lieutenant colouel of tho Fourth artillery, died Monday evening at McPherson Barrack* and will he internal at West Point. lie was born in lrc'niul July 14, 1830, and enlisted in the United States army December 12. 1851, as a private. He was successively promoted to every rank from private to captain before tho opening ot the war. Ilia cutiru war record was brilliant. Prior to the war Col. Jackson scrvtd in tho ludian troubles in Florida, the Indian Territory and Nebraska. Four Men to Hang at Same Time. Frankfort, Kv.--For tho first time in tho history of the Stato four men will i bang from the same gallows and at the same hour, December 9, iu tho Louisville jail yara. UOV. uiiwuii, unci n cureiui cousi ierut'eii of each case, dccliuud to interfere, and the dentil penalty must b<j puid. Two of the murderers, McCartj and llite, arc white men, and Thomas and Lewis are colored. Kartman, Ga?W. If. Hughes, ol Kmpire. and J. W. ColTee, of Chauccy, had a quurrcl at tlie station at Empire about the disposal of a cow which Coffee had purchased from Hughes und butchered. Hughes made an assault upon Coffee with a knife, cutting his throat and killiug him instantly. Hughes es cnucd. Slain from Ambush. Rome, Ga. ?News has been received that Col. Jes.-e Ayer, a wealthy farmei near Lavender Mountain, was found dead in the rond near his home Saturday night with his head split open. The murderci evidently attacked the dead uian from ambush and us d Col. Ayer's axe to do the work. Non-Union Men Leave Carnegie. Homestead, Pa. ? Ore hundred nonunion workuicu left the Carnegie Mil'f in a body It is presumed that they w ere discharged. The mill officials refused to make any statement concerning them. This removal will make an opening foi the employment of a corresponding number of men from the ranks of the strikers. Will Boon Take a Short Cut. Washington, I) (' ? January 1st, thi Atlantic Coast Lino will make a change in its route to expedite carrying the muils by runuiug through iraius over the Short Cut receutly constructed from Wilson, . N. C., to Florence, S. C. Congressman Crawford to Marry. i Asiievim.e, N. C.?Cougressnrin W. T. Crawford, Rrpresentative of the ninth i district, will on Wednesday marry M ss Inez Coman, a Haywood county lady. The marriage will occur near Waynesville and the groom and lnide leave for Washington on the afternoon train. Eighty ElopeT"with Fifteen. Rveiwrbkn, Ai,.v?K7.?*kiel Morrow, 60 years old, passed through here with a girl ol 1-") ne claims as his wife. They were eloping, they said, from her home near here, to Texas, because Mr. Mor row's grandchildren objected to the marriage. Proposed Law for Divorces. Columbia, 8. U.?In the House a bil was introduced providing for ihc grant ing of divorces upon the ground of adul tery and compelling the husband to pa the expense of the suit if he bo the guilt] party and his wife b unubl to pay. 1 is not probable tint the hill will pasft. The Fight Is Now On. Columbia, 8. (J.? In the House : rolumino s prohibition hill wnsintrodue ed, prepared by a committee of tin: lead ing prohibitionists <>| the State, lis pro visions ar? very strict. A strong ligh will be made against i?. The betrothal of Prince George of Wales to Pri cess May of Teck is to be officially announced after the year of mourning for the Duke of Clarence, her former fiance and Prince George's elder brother has expire.d New York dealers have bought about 00,000 barrels of whiskey in Louisville, Ky., within the past few days. The cause of the speculation is yet secret. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and hi wife, both of whom have been suffering from paralysis, aie convalescent. J. C. Jersey died in rnaileston ? a soi of Captain Tom Jersey,? ouimaoder of th? 'Sau- y Jack" in the war of 1812. 1 1'rarcc las imposed a tax on traveling i b'.Lj lists. THE REALM OF FASHION. " * WHAT TO WIAK AMD HOW THXY XAKB XT. m Mew Dtiltni For Ooetun ? Show i ? Pleaainir arlety A Data I y Bonnet ad a Ourl's School Hat. fY READERS TO THE number of half a dozen have written to ask why I did not give fashion sketches of backs as well as fronts. So I do every once in t Awhile anflrirht ham?x new house gown. It may be taken as a model by thoee who V make their ow-n dressce and who wrfnt to see bow sklrle are now be ing cut and draped. A pleading variety is dis ? ernablj in the newest designs for costumes; (n( ,nd while there arc several radical changes |(ri o be noted in the length of skirt and the ashioning of the bodice, it may be safely iduant ththVf?wh Tsma" wiU ,nd|- *1 '"I ?* able to infiai ? h*r b?'. ?ho In,] '? Im,u,?? "> ?h? plowing con- ??* " ,H~T?" *0' 1 'hii lii> litt Irn A new ,i use , 0W , vict;on (lint >-he in dressed in tlie most per feet taste. Thin rule applies to all seasons: for there is up more 8i#K .AiJAJi-J? mode when this particular style does not suit her figure or complexion. Here is n good winter hat for a school girl It is a dark blue felt. The hand, made a* deep as the crown, is dark blue grosgrain marked with bright red satin spots. In the bow at the front this same ribbon appears tied with a bright red satin ribbon. The how and short ends at the back are of the plain satins. The heavy wire that stiffens the edge of the hat. is twisted with blue and _ fi t. /< B /<\yx 1 d, 5; p' N 1 to tb A DAINTY SONNET. ac fy bright red cord. The hat is not a sailor, ^ being a little narrower at the back than it is in flout. Such a bat is pretty to start with. It w ill match your little girl's blue dress, as ^ a child always has a blue dress, and you can ^ make her new dress a combination of blue jj and red, a coinhina'ion always pretty and tl serviceable. a( The 'iltlc girls are delightfully pictures w que in the new cloaks Look at the one in g< . l> A OIRI.'s SCHOOL ft AT. ,? -? t the picture. In the original it is madeo * Cashmere. The wadded yoke is of the or ^ dinarv shape,and the pleated folds are sewer on straight leuYalh it all round. It is trim mid with fur. and ornamented by largi r<*e tc.? of ribbon. tlie long ends of which ^ fall down to the bottom of the cloak. Th? turned-down collar is trimmed either with s feathers or lur. The sleeves are large anc pulled,-either wadded <ir lined (fathered tr . ?t the wrist, and trimmed with fur. The c rosettes and ribbon are not al>so!utely (] aecessarj*. and their omission does not in- | |urc the general effect. ? The bonnet shown is a dainty one made t >f the silvery green that comes only in oa'a I he lieaf ifcniade wreath shape, and lies < ( dose to the hair. The metallic vet soft ( bread- of the "beard of the oats mingling ; , aith the hair, as it ua\ts Irom the face. J | through the crown the hair shows or. if ( foil pr. fer, the space can be qn1"* ' "ed by j lie perkey little bow 011 top and to one 1 1 dde. The bow is of rose colored satin. The u luuun off,' , 3|iu a litti.r oiri.'a cloak. rath of oats stop either aide of the pretty )t of hair, it Lit front here narrow velvet ngs are drawn to a knot under the ear. ? strings are on one aide, Just the shad* noss-grcen that looks puttiest in velvet I that best harmonizes with the silvery eu of the oats. Tito reverse side of the vet is rose satin. The how under the ear HJurre, shows both shades prettily. It is the better if the hair is thosort that will ghten against the silvery green or the s. A brilliant yellow will scom a little Id. Reddish chestnut is charming under i bonnet if you are careful to get Just the it rose color. For a brunette change the ? color for ecarlet, and make tho blondo I heres'f beaten on her own ground. rniNA'H strRKi) uly. mixes from a finokr bowl riLLicu arm rrnni.rs ami watzR. >nc of the most interesting of the newer lellcs of Mowers is tho Chinese *?crcd \ which need only ho laid on the top of a le bean of clean, beautiful lobbies in a nsparent glass dish or linger bowl, halt lied with wnter. It shoots up large, bright rccu le ives and fit rung stems which ore rowned with grenf bunches of lovely white owera. These make cs|>ecinlly good table ecoratlons, as the glass dish may nu easily [/ set in the silver jardiniere just before inner; and they aro particularly good drawig-room plants, as the bowl may bo pui on ic most delicately embroidered cloth with rfect safety. Tito CalIfornln*'iii*rct IJulIiTr Oo the Pacitic Coast there is a lider which builds its house, so h N teak, in a very peculiar manner, and is, icrefore, styled the California turret lilder. It mines into the ground more * less perpendicularly to the depth of got or ten inches, and (root a quarter i a half inch in diameter. Tho size oi :C house varies, according to the box id maturity. This burrow is liuod ith silk throughout, and tho nest of a ill crown female will have a turrot three ches in height above the surface of the round. Toe material of tlio turret it ado of whatever vegetation may ho it le vicinity, wovou together with silk. , has a wide range over (Jalilornia, the irrets presenting a pleasing variatiou 011 icount of the differeut material} with hich they are made, in the rainy sea>n they dig and enlarge these tubes; ut thev do not then carry utl or scatter le earth, but utilize i? by buildiug author eat then tunci, minimiiug one, hen finished, of a miniature vase in irra cotta, without a lid or covering of y kind. The sexes occupy different lists; hut the newly-hatched young are ways found with the mother at the 01 torn of her burrow, which is more >orny at the base than the opening. ; ia closely allied to the trap-door >idcr of oilier regions, hut is .smaller ad differs in other respects. It is some:ncs confused with tiie California irantula; but Professor iiiver<*, from hose miner the ahovo facts arc gath rc I, states that nil the larger spiders, id arious parts of tlie Uuioo, yo popularly tarantula*. The California turrot >u;1din ; "p.dor does not tuako n nest s itii a trap-door. -/.ew if oik iude? eudcut. A Curious Itlver. One of tho curiosities of Mexico is the ionora River. It rise) in the aortoastero art of the State of Sonora and flow/ outhvvest until it siuiis in about forty nilcs of the Gulf. Wnere it passes terui'Mnilo tue quantity oi water * it arries is immouse, but in the short listance of twenty miles there is not the east vestiye of water, and a burning vaste of sand extends from there to th? :oast. Whether this water merely sinks intc he sandv soil and is evaporated by tae ^reat h?at, or has some subterranean Millet by which it reaches the sea, has i* ver been determined; and, as far as J ? n able to find out, no one capable ol iiid/my such matters has ever visited the couutry.?St. Louis Republic. . I