Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^HE WEEKLYAsOHIOI TIMES Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Etunom^Kj^ Literature, Polities end the Current News oj the Day. ^_ " ' ' '* sv- ' ' j -rj*? t?*?VOL. XXIII.-NEW SERIES. UNION G. H., SOUTH CAROLINgff, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 'J, 1892. nttMrrr kn '-. 1? m Bunouacea omcially that 40,000 persons were conrerted to Christianity during the first six months of 1883. The Odessa correspondent of the LondpnNews says that during 1891109,515 persons emigrated from Russia to America. In 1890 85,848 Russians emigrated thither. "I hare just carefully compared notes with a prominent Philadelphia of fortone," says Ward McAllister, the tanous society leader, "and from hit statements am satisfied that forf20,000 i year one Uvea as well in.. Philadelphia y '' independent, hare adopted a suggestion nade by President Angell that the salVv<-, - arias of professors be raised to prevent ether colleges from constantly robbing him of his best assistants. The rise is from $800 to $500 annually in each case, In accordance with the length of the term WT of service. ? " me recent mattstlcal Quarterly Statement of the German Empire reports the latest religious data of the country. According to these, Qermany has 31,025,810 Protestant subjects; 17,674,921 Roman Catholics, 145,540 other Chris tlans; 567,884 Hebrows, 56*2 adherents of other religions, and 12,753 without ' any religious profession. The total population is 49,428,470. It begins to look to the New Orleans > Picayune as though a large aud lncroasIng market had been opened in Germ my I ^ for the great staple of the Mississippi Valley, corn. Reports say that it is eery 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 course of erection at Dresden, Leipzig, Hanover and Hamburg. UontlrrantMn nas oeeu receive! in [Berlin of ths rumor that the German Minister in Ohin-t has become engaged to Miss Hart, the daughter of his American coiieague, and it is eg tally true that , ithe E nperor William his m ile hold to h. |ff- . ~ /fqflfaul. tho banns, on th9 ground that '^^^^WRwWB^Mplomitist, when in active service, cannot wed an alien woman without incurring the risk of prejudioing the true and undivided service of his Government. But love in this case, states the Boston Transcript, has also proved stronger than imperial laws, and ^^Herr von Brandt has announced his in-* Mention of leading his bride to the altar next spring. As a pieliminary to this, of course, he will have to resign bis W V**1 \ Experiments with cyclists and carrierpigeons for transmitting messages are ' being made by the gymnastic sooiety of Rome in the interest of-the Italian army. The rider oarrlee a small cage attached to bis machine, in which are several welltrained pigeons. When impoitant observations hare been taken and jotted down they arc placed in envelopes and a/fixed 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 of from ten to twenty kilometres. It is thought that this combination of bicycle and pigeon service can be very profitably , used in military observations,and the Italian army office proposes to continue the experiment. | According to the information and belief of a wide awake member of the Real Estate Exchange, nearly all the foreign potentates are investors in New York real estate. He declares to a rep rasDwirg 01 me time* mat tne purchaw of valuable piece of property la [ Nassau steet, made about a year ago by a foreign banking house, was an investment of Queen Victoria's. "The Queen i owns other real estate in this city," said the well posted man," and she has bought thousands of acres of land out Wast. The royal family of Qermany has extensive Investments in this city and m elsewhere, ani so has the King of Sweden. The ex-Empress Isabella of Spain owns wreral pieces of property in this and in other parts of the United Btatas. She is a woman of great foresight. The land on whloh tbe Western Uoion Building stands was onoe the property of the Empress Eugenie, and I presume that she still has some investments here. King Humbert* of Italy, is 0reported to be a judicious buyer of property lu this country, and persons sus-. peoteJ of being agents of the Our of ??' imp uww mocu iwmu^ nuuui vii taw tide of the weter for flret-oleee invest menu. I tell you tkoee people who ere to tho King butineee over in Europe ere shrewd. They cenoot tell how soon - they mey be saeken off their thrown by ' polltioel rev jlutiont, end they meeo to here so.nethiag to fell beok ou in thie l?jd of the free. How muc ? better off Dam Pedro would here been ft he bed larreted e few millions of BreaiUino nonet here several jeers ego 111 DIXIEJfEWS. The Sunny South Gleaned and Epitomiael. AU the News and Occurences Printed Hera is Condensed From. Vico Col. Anthony, resigned, Capt. Armfiold, of 8tatcsvillc, was Thursday, at charlotte, elected colonel of the 4th regiment of North Carolina. H. A. Bolton, of Mullins, 8. C., was in Wilmington, N. C., last week searching for his wife and two children who ran sway from home. Albert Qould Glover has been arrested in Philadelphia charged with obtaining a ,800 on fraudulent prcten es froiu the I Ashevillc, N. C., Kaolin Company. * At Faycttoville, N. C, . Wednesday JAprning u Arc entirely destroyed eight tores, the loss being $10,000, about one half covered by insurance Bob Muynard, a well-known horse jockey, committed suicido at Columbus, Ga , by shooting himself. Citizens banged two men to a tclegrrph pole at Benton, Bossier parish, La Mugec and Curmiclmcl were their names. Mngee shot and killed Mrs. Kllie Liugle, aud Caruiichacl was accessory. The new Collego Hotel at Florence, Ala , was burned to the ground. Nothing saved but the trunks of a few gne>ts. The recant rise in cotton has, it is said, pui fortunes Into tho pockets of several Char 03ton, 8. C., men. Onebujcr is reported as having made $100,000, auothcr $40,000, while several are $10,000 better off than they were at the begining of tho season. - At Charleston, S. C., Napoleon La a ? ' * vino was Beuieucca ior itio tUird time lo be hanged for the murder of his wife in this city, Feb. 15, 1890. The following are new enterprises for the past week: The people's Slaughter-House & Refrigerating Co , will build ao $8>,00li pluut at New OrKaus, La. The Osceola Sugar 'Co., of Kissiiumee City, Fla., to erect sugar mills, etc., capital stock $1,000,000. The Sumter (8 C.) Water Co., capital stock $65,000. The Palmetto Fur Co , of Columbia, 8. C. A $50,000 cotton mill coinpnny at Con cord, N. C. A $160,000 cottou mill company at Aikcu, S. C. Tlic Missionaiy Rirlgc Farm Co., ol Jackson, Teun , capital.stock $25,000. The Great Southern Fibre Co., to man ufacturc fibrous goods nt Oh rlcstun, 8. 0., cftpfts! stock *50,0 )0. The Fulton Brick Co., of Richmond, Va., to make brick and tile, capital stock $100,000. The Ashland Coal ?fc Coke Co., of McDowell, W. Vo. capital "stock $200,0 0. The J tckson (To iu ,) Wojlen Mills, capital stock $55,000. Another cotton mill is being organized at Concord, N. C. A negro boy who was subject to fits 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 Ion of water and crackers, a pound of dry sugar and a lot of pork aud bread. Gov. Holt of North Carolina made reSuisition on the Governor of Sou'h Camna for Hoke Becrost, the notorious wife murderer. Gov. Tillman informs him that B. E. Gray, alias flokc Sec rest, is in jail at 8partanbu-g, his offenre bring a very aggravated assault, and that his two-years term of imprisonment will exSirc in November, 1804, nt which time [orth Carolina can have him. There are rumors at Coal Creek, T? nn' that the outside miners arc again organizing and will give serious trouble if the convicts are uot sent away before judge Turney, the newly-elected governor, enters into office. The mineis think that if the convicts arc not there, when the Sivornor assumes control of State affairs ey will not be sent back again. The labor contract for convicts has four years to run yet, and Captain Anderson, in charge of State troops now at Coal Creek, is determined to'suppress any attempted UUVUrCRHt POLITICAL ITEMS. The count of tbo electoral vote in North Dakdta is now neatly complete, end it will dcper.d, Ann )y, upon the vote* of ISO Indians, whose rights to the ballot Is contested Senator M. W. Ransom says that he is not much impressed with the idea of au extra session of Congress, as he can see no necessity for it. Senator Vo rhees, of Indiana, i< in faTor of a calUd session of (ougrc-88 immediately after the 4th of March, and is oonfldent that ho reflects the wishes of the Democratic party in his Btatc. Chairman Murphy says: "The rightful 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, reSirted, is as follows: Peck, Democrat, overnor, 178,198; .-pooner, Itcpublicau, 170.854. The N. C. State canvassing board met *1 RiiUlati And a t In ThnmAi tie, Republican, the certificate of election for Congressman. A. H. A. Williams was the Democr atic^onUstan t. area Tears for Kidnapping a Child. Atlawta, Oa.?Maud Dunham, tli negro woman charged with kidnappiui. little Marie Manning several weeks aio, has been sentenced to seven years' im prise ment in the penitentiary. Tin ?hi Id's grandfather is worth half a mil lion, and it was to extort money from hint that ih- cbil i waajOolen old for m Bong. C'BtRAW. H. O.?Tbe Chersw A Balis bury Railroad was sold at public sale hers and was bought by the Cheraw A Darlington Railroa I Compa ?y for $60, 000. MUST PAY BACK FREIGHTS. Interstate Commerce ComxniMiOD Sustained on a Florida Decision. Jacksonville, Fla.?In the United States District Court Judge 8 way no made an order sustaining tho decision of the Intcr-Stato Commerce Commission in the fumous orange rates suits This order enjoins the Savannah, Florida and West em Railroad Com pan p and Ocean Steam ship Company from charging higher freight rates on oranges to Eastern points than allowed by the Commission to be "just, and reasonable." Prior to 1890 the rate hid been 80 Cents per box to New York, and proportionately to all Eastern points. In November of that year all the railway and stenmship lines made a combine, raising the rate to 40 cents. An1 appeal was takou U the In'cr-State Commission, which-seine hfohths TttTrea dered a decision establishing tho rate of 85 cents to New York, and proportion atcly to other Eastern points. The commission, however, is not clothed with powers to euforce its decisions. By to day's or Icr a rebate of five cents per box bordered to be paid to ull Eastern shippers of fruit since November, 1800. This will abrogate $200,000 for j the two years, and nearly $25,000 on fruit shipped s > far thii season. BRUTAL MURDER IN MOORE. Two Helpless Women Shot Down and a Man Bobbed of His Money. Fayettevillb, N. C.?Passengers on the Yadkin Valley traiu report a shocking tragedy and wholesale murder in Moore county, near Euphonia. In the evening about 7 o'clock a colored man en .-aged at work on the railroad from Gulf to Keyser, knocked at the doot of Rondole McDonald, und upon entering the hou?e walked across the room and picked up u gun, at the same time drawing a pistol from his pocket and demanding of McDonald that he give up his money. At this juncture of the proceedings McDonald s two sisters, Marv and Christine, beunn 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 and moi tally wounding the othir At the poi t of a pistol McDonald was then and thero forced to give up all his m >ney, amounting to about thirty-five dollars. Iudignation runs high throughout the community in which th? crime was committed, and the guilty pirty will b?' suininarily\!eat with as sot n . n found . ut. 1N ItiL TU1LS AT LAST. Glover Wo ked Ashe villa Instead of the Mines. Asiievillb, rf. ('.?Ti e arrest in Philndi Libia of A Hunt (i dinner. light n sensational story of His transactions in A'-hovillc. Ulover came here two years ago from U<>s 011, seeming to have an abundance of money. He was a handsome fellow and had ? vtry appearance of a polished nnd refined gentleman. After beng co dially received into the best society nnd winning the confidence of evcryb 'dy. Glover succeeded in organizing tho A?-h ville Kaolin Company to work a mine in Jackson county. lie was made tie surer, t-'ev. ral prominent business men were induced to take stock and they put up money for the supposed mining scheme. In the meantime Glover managed to borrow large suras of money from various sources. lSaily this year he disappeared, leaving his Asheville friends nothing to show for their investments except numberless liabilities The kaolin property prov d w.nthless and the company found i?self out of pocket upwards of $17,000. Dr. R 11 Reeves is said to have losf fully $9,000 through Glover. The arrest of the man in Philadelphia is on the charge of obtniuiug $2,500 from the kaolin company under false p etenscs and Glove will be brought here for trial as soon us the requisition can be had Other ch rges are p nding. State and Federal Authority Conflict. Nohfolk,, Vs.?Tho United States Circuit Court grand jqry returned indict racnts against Robert Taylor and Joseph II. Hulcher, judges of election for Jack soa ward, Richmond, and Messrs. James I.yoes, Jr., and Wm. J. Orange, citizens of Richmond, for violation of the Federal filnrlinn I aw a The offense charged against the two judges is that, having ordered several dcj uty marshals from the polls, and said deputies refusing to obey their orders, they were committed to the city jail ol Richmond under the 8tate law which confers that authority upon all judges of election. Me srs. Lyons and Orangj took the marshals to the jail as directed by the judges; heucc their indictment. The legality of the supervisors' and marshals' fiu hority will be tested in these cases. Inauguration of Gov. Tillman?Synopsis of His Speech. Columbia, 8. C.? Gov. B. R. Till man and Lieut. Gov. Gary were inaugur te I at noon in the hall of the House of Rcpreseuta ivts, the General Assembly l>: ing In joint tess:on. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Mclver. Gov. Tillman made e brief speech, in which he said: "Thero have been troublous times in South Caroline ? times of deep agita ion and discussion: of aggressive thought ngainst conserve live thought I have been put forward as the exponent of that demand in tho 8tate which leeks for better things, for imports t progress, and to the best of my ability* have counselled the peoplo in a w.iy which I believe will lead to impoitant re ults." Jfor uoioreci reopio*. Atlanta, Oa.?Chiisman Hall, a new building, erected at a cost of $80,000, was dedicated at Clark University (cob ored.) Governor Northen made a short address, congratulating the university upon its advancement^in the education of the negro race The building is named in honor of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman, a Northern woman, who fjnve fio.o'jo toward* erecting the buildng. The former building was burned several year* ago. Ti e present I uilding was bui t by money received from the insuratcs companies nnd subscriptions receivvd in Northern fetatee. '' AwtSt. 7"'*i ; >9li A The "Wiz&rd y Wall Street" No Br He Zi?ft a ForfflETof $60,000,000 to New York City.?Jay Gould,the great i fioaucicr, died rriday morning at 9:15 I o'clock, conscious to the end, and sur- | rouuded by his family. < Mr. Gould's disease was probably con- 1 sumption. The services were held at the family ' mausiou and conduct- d by Dr. John R. < Paxton, assisted by Chancellor McCrakeu 1 nnd Rev. Roderick Terry. The inter- t mcnt was at Irvington on the Hudson, ] where the body of Mrs. Gould reposes. To Build an Elevator at Charleston. Charleston, 8. C.?Prominent business men and railroad officials of Charleston are agitating the question of buildi ing a grrin elevator here. Efforts heretofore made to attract Western grain to this port for foreign shipr.unt will be resumed and redoubled and the accomplishment of the scheme now scorns more probable than at anv nroviou* tim? ituilio&d authorities nnuouncc that lines operating in Chariest >n will be heartily iu nyinp thy with nu undertaking to build hd elevator and would co-operate with the projectors, and say there is no question of the fact that if the movement f >r the building of nncleva'or be assured, such traffle arrangements from Western points w uld be established at ouc j as \ oul<l coiuui and the coming of an abun dance of gr in to th s port. i No Show for the Negro. Cuaiu.esion. S. C. ?Ifev. K. H. Coint, pastor of the Weslcjy Methodist Episcopal church (colorcdu, lias resigned, and will join the African Methodist Episco- i pal church. In a/ published card he as ItrXXTto I the Methodist Epfacopnl Church, prin cipally on account if his color, and that because color stands as a barrier ngaiust his promotion, it ts probable that t'oiut will be followed by other members of tho church. 'I here arc several colored chu'chcs here b longing to the Methodist Conference, whi> h is distinct from the Methodist Kpisco|)al Church South and from the African Methodist Episcopal Church Ii is run by Northern Mcth odists, and moa' of its pastors are white men. A Peaceful Inauguration in Alabama. Montgomery, Aj.a.?The in ugutra tion of Thos. J. Jones to his second term as Governor of this J3tate took place at noon. Tho 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. Instantly thereafter the Montgomery Field ArtillcryJWtationed on Capitol Hill, ffred the customary salute. Neither Kolb nor any 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 no efforts to declare Kolb Gnvcrno-, as has beeu mooted for some time. Petroling the Atlantic Coast. Washington, d. C .?The order of the President detailing almost all the revenue vessels in the service to patrol the Atlantic Coast has gone into effect, nod from now until Apnl 1st the following Government ships will be on duty to nssist vessels in troub'e: Levi Woodbury, to cruise from Enstport, Me., to Elizabeth, Me.; A'exnnd-r J. Dalas, from Mt. Desert, Me., to Gloucester, Mass.; Sam-* uel Dexter, from Gloucester, Mass., to Newport, R I.; U. S. Grant, from NewEort to Delaware Breakwater, including ong Island Souutjj Lo M Morill. irom Abescom, N. J., to Bodies Island, N. G., William H. Crawford, the waters of Chesapeikc Bay, and Schuyler Colfax, from Bodies Islnn^ to Charleston, 8. 0. Ladies Had the Best of It. AbhbvIllh, N. C.?Early Sunday morning a colored man named Fletcher and a colored woman, Callie Murray, quarreled in "Scrateh Ankle." The woman swore that if ihe 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 tho bullet lodged in Fletcher's hip. The wound is not considered dangerous. In the eveni< g Octavia Sbipp and James Morris, colored, got into a fight, when the woman stobbfd Morris, in the left breast with a knife, making a serious wound. The Insurance Are Up in Arms. Charleston, C.?The insurance men of Charleston rj^ftfepariog to make a fight against the before the South Carolina Leg slatiuv? by the terms of which every insumuce company doing business in this State will have to deposit $95,000 worth of Lfate bonds as a guar antee. The insurthce men claim that the bill ie noth hi but a roundabout method of disposing of bonds. They siy If the bill beeffne* a law two-thirds of the ootYinnnina doinD business wi I a txl'-t.w fr<??ty Dr. R C. Miot,,?who recently went i from Oolumbla, 8?fc., to Macon, tin., died <a tha latter }|*oe, from an overdo* of morphine to alltj netvooaueaa. A BOY OF FIFTEEN HANGED. Tu?t Before Ha Was Takan to tha Gallows Ha Asked if It Would Hurt Much. Macon, Ga.?The execution of Willie Bell, the 15-year-old negro boy, convicted of the murder of n deputy sheriff of Bibb county, took place iu the jail yard. Bell nppcared to be indifferent to his fate almost up to the Inst moment. lie said that he was going to heaven. While be ing uiuioned hi asked repeatedly if it would hurt much to be hanged. After leaving the jail the tears flowed freely down his cheeks and ho trembled continually. The hanging was private, only the sheriff, two assistants, tnc clergyman and the relatives of the condemned be Bar thyHw.?mi Wilder on May 29, last, ou the charge of of petty larceny. Ob the way to the jail ho drow a pistol and shot the deputy through the head. Full of Hydrophobia Potients. New York.?The parlor of Dr. Gibier's Pasteur Institute in this city % held , mure uvuropnooia paucuis man itic institute has ever before seen at one time 1 for over a year. There were in all ten ' patients grouped in the room. They ' came from North Dnnvilic, Va., under 1 the care Dr. Auderson, of North Dan- > ville. They were all bitten by a skyo i terrier puppy inthntcity. A seven-yearold boy, who was also bitten by the dog, died last Friday of hydrophobia, and this caused the exodus of the hydrophobia patients from Dauville to this city. Death of a Gallant Army Officer. Atlanta, Ga.?Brevet Brigadier Gen cral Kichard H. Jackson, licutcuunt colonel of the Fourth artillery, died Monday evening at McPherson Barracks nnd will be intcricd at West Point. He was born in Ireland July 14, 18'JO, and enlisted in the United Slates army December 12, 1831, as a private. lie was successively promoted to every rank from private to captain before the opening ol the war. His entire war record was brilIiint. Prior to the war Col. Jackson scrv?d in the Indian troubles in Florida, the Indian Territory and Nebraska. Four Mod to Hang at Same Time. Frankfort, Kr.? For thctirst time io the historj of the Statu four men will hnug front I lie santu gallows aiul at the ( nine hour, December 0, iu the Louisville jail yard. Gov. Bowcu, after a careful cousideruten of each case, dccliued to interfere, aud the death penalty must bd paid. Two of the murderers, AlcCartj and Hite, are white men, aud Thoiun9 ? and Lewis are colored. f ^ ~ ?7 f Eastman. Ga?\V. If. Hughes, ol n Empire, and J. VV. Coffee, of Chaucey, j had a quarrel at the station at Empire about the disposal of a cow which Coffee i had purchased from Hughes and butch- ^ ered. Hughes made an assault upon r Coffee with a knife, cutting his throat aud killing him instantly. Hughes es ( caned. t Slain from Ambush. I Rome, Ga. ? News has beeu received ' that Col. Jc8;e Ayer, a wealthy farmet near Lavender Mouutain, was found dead iu the road near his home Saturday nighl with his head split open. Tho murderer evidently attacked the dead man from ambush and us.d Col. Aytr's axe to do .i._ -i. ii1c Non-Union Men Leave Carnegie. Homestead, Pa.?ODe hundred nonunion workmen left the Carnegie Mil'* in a bodj It is presumed that they were 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 Soon Take a Short Cut. Wasuinoton, D. C ? January 1st, the Atlantic Coast Line will make a change in its route to expedite carrying the mails by runniug through trains over the Short Cut receutly constructed from WilsoD, N. 0., to Florence, S. C. Congressman Crawford to Marry. Ashkville, N. C.?Congressman W. T. Crawford, Rrpresentative of the ninth district, will on Wednesday marry M ss Inez Coman, n Haywood county lady. The marriage will occur near Waynesville and the groom aud biidc leave for Washington on the afternoon train. Eighty Elopea'wlth Fifteen. Rvermrbrn, Ala.?Ez?kiel Morrow, 60 years old, passed through here with a girl of 15 he claims as his wife. They were elopiug, they said, from her homo near here, to Texas, because Mr. Morrow's grandchildren objected to the marriage w Proposed Law for Divorces. Columbia, S. C.?In the House a hi! was introduced providing for the grant ing of divorces ujmn the ground of adul tery and compelling the husband to pa; the expense of the suit if he be the guilt] !?arty und his wife b unabl to pay. 1 s not probable th it the bill will pasA. The Fight Is Now On. Columbia, 8. O.-In the House ; roluruino'.s prohibition bill wasintroduc ed, prepared by a committee of the lead Ing prohibitionists of the State. Its pro visions are very strict. A strong figh will be made against ii. The betrothal of Prince George of Wsle* to Pri' cess May of Teck is lo be officially announced after the year of mourning for the Duke of Clarence, her former fiance and Prince George's cider brother has expire.d New York dealers have bought ubout 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 bt wife, both of whom have been suiferinj from paralysis, are convalescent. J. C. Jersey died in v:barieston?a soi of Captain Torn Jersey,commander of th? "8au<y Jack" in the war of 1813. Franco has imposed a tax on traveling blcr lists. . THE REALM OF FASHION. WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY HAKE IT. New Designs For Ooetumes Show s Pleasing Variety A Dainty Bonnet and a Girl's School Hat. ^ Y READERS T0 THE number of half a dozen have written to ask wfewhy I did not give fashion sketches of \&?SlC/ backs as well as fronts. A \\ 60 1 do every once in I \ a while, and riiiht here I r)M I10W house Bown- ? I 7/m\\ may be taken as a //lV\_ model by those who ~ //| Wu?* niake their own dresses - v I] and who wiAU to see 't>ow sk>r'a ar? now ^e* ing cut and draped. A pleadug variety is diseniabl^ in the newest designs for costumes; md while there are several radical changes o be noted in the length of skirt and the ashioning of the bodice, it may be safely inserted that if each woman will wear indi'idually the stylo that suits her best, sho vill be able to indulge in the pleasing conJI i isjjJi a VPxr .1 rtcu- . aw 'ict'on that she is dressed in the most perect taste. This rule applies to all seasons: or there ia nomorc majestic node when this particular style docs not uit her figure or complexion. Here is a good winter hat for a school girl t is a dark blue felt. The band, made a? leep as the crown, is dark blue grosgrnin narked with bright red satin spots. In the >ow at the front this same ribbon app?ars ied with a bright red satin ribbon. The >ow and short ends at the back are of the ilain satins. The heavy wire that stiffens he edge of the hat is twisted with blue and A DAINTY BONNET. bright red cord. The hat iB not a sailor, being a little nurrower at the back than it is in f9ont. Such a hat is pretty to start with. It will match your little girl's blue dress, as a child always has a bluedress, and you can make her new dress a combination of blue and red, a combination always pretty and serviceable. The little girls are delightfully pictures que in the new cloaks. Look at the one in A OIRI.'s SCHOOL RAT. the picture. In the original it ia madeo Cashmere. The wadded yoke ia of the or dinarv shape,and the pleated folda are sewer on straight I euVath it all round. It ia trim med with fur. and ornamented by largs rote ter of ribbon, the long ends of which fall down to the bottom of the cloak. The turned-down collar is trimmed either with feathers or fur. The sleeves are large anc pufled.'either wadded or lined gathered tr it the wrist, and trimmed with fur. The rosettes and h^bom ore not absolutely necessary, and their omission does not injure the general effect. The bonnet shown is a dainty one made >f the silvery green (list comes only in oa>s I he sheaf ifeiuade wreath shape, and lies dose to the hsfr. The metallic vet soft ;hrc?d* of the "beard" of the oats mingling with the hair, as it wares lrom the face. Through the ciown the hair shows, or. if rou pn-fer, the space can be quite tilled by he perkey little bow on top and to on* tide. The bow is of rose colored satin. The ? - ??'v* I I Ijlp^ A LITTLE GIRL'S CLOAK. wreath of cats stop either side of the pretty tnot of hair, and from here narrow velvet U rings arc drawn to a knot under the ear. The strings are on one side, just the shade >f moss-green that looks prettiest in velvet ind that best harmonizes with the silvery jreen of the oats. The reverse side of the telvet is rose satin. The bow under the car >f course, shows both shades prettily. It is ill the better if the hair is the sort that will brighten against the silvery green or '.h? oata. A brilliant yellow will seem a little vivid. Reddish chestnut is charming under 'his bonnet if you are careful to get just the ight rose color. For a brunette change the rose color for scarlet, and make the blonde feel herself beaten on her owd ground. rniNA'S S VCREI) LILY. rTfrrtiscs from a finger bowl fillfo wtrn rERBI.ES ANI> WATER. One or the most interesting of the newer varieties of (lowers is the Chinese sacred lily, which need only be laid on the top of n little heao of clean, beautiful pebbles in a transparent glass dish or finger bowl, hall rC? %, ^ ~ filled with water. It shoots up large, bright green leaves and strong stems which are crowned with great bunches of lovely wh te flowers. These make es|>ecially good table decorations, as the glass dish may so easily bt set in the silver jardiniere just before dinner; and they are particularly good drawincr-room plants, as the bowl mav be nui on I threat heat, or has some subterranean ' outlet by which it reaches the sea, ha* H never been determined, and, as far as ! a n alxe to find out, no one capable of | nidjt nx such matters has ever visited l lbs couutry.? St. Louis Republic. Ss ^ . .. the most delicately embroidered' cloth with perfect safety. Tlie California Turret lliiild~r On the Pacitic Coast there is a apider which builds its house, so h apeak, in a very peculiar manner, and is, therefore, styled the California turret builder. It mines into the ground more or less perpendicularly to the depth of eight or ten inches, nud from a quarter to a half inch in diameter. The size of the house varies, according to the sex and maturity. This burrow is lined with silk throughout, and the nest of a full grown female will have a turret three inches in height above the surface ot the ground. Toe material of tlio turret is made of whatever vegetation may be is the vicinity, wovou together with silk. It has a wide range over California, tho turrets presenting a pleasing varintiou ou account of the ditfereut materials witb which they are made. In the rainy season they dig and enlarge these tubes; hut thev do not then cany otl or scatter the earth, hut utilize it by building another earthen tutret, reminding one, when finished, of a miniature vase in terra cotta, without a lid or c rvcring of any kind. Tho sexes occupy differeut nest6; but the newly-hatched young are always found with the mother at the bottom of her burrow, which is more roomy at the base than at the opnuiug. It is closedy allied to the trap door spider of other tcgious, but is smaller i anil dilTers in other respects. It is some* j times confused with the California uranium; um ituivkwi hitwih, num whose p.i|?er the nbovo facta are gathtrc I, stales tlmt all the larger spiders, in various parts of the Union, go popularly I'M tarantulas. Tbo California turrot buililin ; -p.dor does not mako a nest with a trap-door. ~>.*w 101k iad*> paudeut. A Cnrious River, One of the curiosities of Mexico Is the Sunora River. It rises in the nortoastern part of the State of Sonora and flow/ southwest until it sinks in about forty miles of the Gulf. Wnere it passes llmnoaillo the quantity of water it carries is immense, but in the short distance of twenty miles there is not the least vestige of wAtcr, and a buruiuy waste of sand extends from there to tUt coast. Whether this watei merely sinks into I the sandy soil and is efspor.itsd by the