Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f WISE WORDS. Thero is no religion in a whina. A coat of paint adds no warmth the honsc. Faith never goes homo with empty basket. A fool is sure to tell who ho is I the questions ho asks. No matter how good the gun in, it wasting powder to shoot at the moo Every man lives in a glass kou into which somebody Is always loo ing. If our faults wore written on 01 foreheads all men would hang the heads. It is folly to sit down and do not! ing because wo cauuot do cvorythin; at once. Tho great thing about influence i that it sets forces in motion that wl never stop. Yotl l?an c.. .1 - 1? ' uuu u imuurod peoplo wbi nro courageous whore you will Hud on who is patient. Tho selfishness of man is probably the ugliest thinj? upon which nngoli ever have to look. If Roruo people wore birds they would sit down in the dust and complain that their wings were a heavy load. How much bigger it always makes us feel to look at other people through the large end of a toloscope. Thero Is many a wife hungering for n occasional word of approval who will be buried in a rosewood casket. TVheu a particular man marrios a it takes a good ' If wo had us much charity for tho faults of others $u?, we have for our own, the desejt would soou become a flower gnrd^u.?Ram's Horn. Identification by the lltclli. Ths identification of bodies that have been mutilated beyond recognition by tho usual rules has until recently been so difUcult that every year hundreds of bodies of heroes have been consigned to nameless graves. Hut a new system of identification has been discovered that is as accurate und unfailing us is tho famous system of measurement employed by the Paris police in keeping track of the criminate of Franco. U is identification by pmans of tho teeth. It was first suggested and put in practice by a New York dentist. For years it lias been tho custom of all first-class dentists to j keep.a complete chart of the toutb ?? I ajfl their patients, together ' with t\ " -record of nil fillings, rcmovalsuf other f worji done to the masticators. These charts mul records ?u-e carefully tiled a way and are kept as long as the patient lives. A comparison of several hundred of these charts recently made in New York showed that 110 two of tbejn were identically alike. The first 'and most noted instance where identification by the teeth was made conclusive was in the case of Norcrose, tho dynamiter, who attempted the life of Russell Huge, and was blown to pieces. While a trousers' button furnished the first clow to his identity, it was not until his teeth were examined by his dentist that the identity was recognized by the young man's parents. One of the victims of the cold storage murder was identified Tuesday by his j teeth. Why is it not possible to identify all of the charred bodies now at the morgue by the same method?? Chicago Times. The United States produces thirtyfive per cunt, of all tho lead of the world. We Cure Kaeliirc. No matter of ltow lonu stmnliiiK. Writo or. free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. .1. jioiiensworth A- Co., Owego, Tioga '<>., N'. Y. I ric? $1; by niwll. SI.I5. Duffy, of Boston, lcuds the League in number of base hits. Mo 1 Aria cored and eradicated from tluisystem by Brown's Iron Bitters, which i nr rh s the blood, tones the nerves, aids tli :i?st on. Acts like a charm on persons in gem-nil ill health, giving new energy and strength. Beechant's Pills Instead of sloshy mineral waters. Beecbam's?no others. '?? els. a liox ?" Chioaoo has triod no loss than eleven pitchers. No Pen Can Describe l The auflVrlng 1 endured ' ' JBiw-h'n years from ?U*ttt'itnia. I tried almost Kj y every medicine and nlM most gave up hope of c?F s f!VOr hcliig any lielter. / ^ ' j \ But Hood's Bursa pnrilla A | ' v'yjf Wave mo relief very soon |?i)(l now famriifirr1 ? feA , Uw eared of dysis-psin, %> danil advise every one to ry Hood's Snrsnparilln. , ' .Mus. John Fkntun, t>7 , Mn.,1. Fen (on. |?rj,|0 st#, Pittsburg. Pn. Hood Va;> Cures Hand's Pills act easily, yet promptly. MM Treated free. B 1M1 B MmT* ! fo.im.if ri M IBHII Hw |l K B S B bB nsm.dif. iuv? Mt'.',|^^|BHBw ^E wV thou. rl- ttnd <.i?et pro NKfJ Hoprtoof. Prom first dote rymptom. r apii Ity 11 t? 11 * ' r. ' sod Is ten dariMlratt too third, of all tymptcin arereinnvetl. BOOK of tattlotonialt of mirarulout cutrt tent FREE. I?BAYt TREATMENT FURNISHED FREE by mail Mb CM. ?KEEN A SONS, Specialist* Atlanta, U?. "August Flower" " I am ready to testify under oath that if it had not been for August Flower I should have died before tins. mgnt years ago l was taken sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I employed three of our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. August Flower cured me. There is no medicine equal to it." I/drbnzo F. Slkkprr, Appleton, Maine. Q ? I wMfe Part**, Rnanote and Paint* which Main the I I MMla, Injur*! the Iron and burn red. I I Th? RMm Sun Stora Polish la Rr Milan t, Odor I !? *. Durable, and th* eonanm?r paya for no r4 j [)? those which had been pfoviduily ' jeoted. The experts of ten yours i Would V>o sadly puzzled to-day to ittt a Hcloction of llrst-olas8 diamonds tho American market. Indeed^ 1 trado in a mont difficult ouo to ca mo- to?full of annoyances and bazar ho requiring special training iliid tuifh giug vigilaneo. ,V--Npw York Times. iar Uneasy Koyal Heads, s" Qnoon Viotoria loads a quieter ai of less raffled lifo than tho sovereign any other country in Europe. Sho po not bothered with the businoas of ru h. ning her (fthverPmont; elio never ?e sC involved in the squabbles "6f parties y, she moves from ono of her royal res of donees tC auother' according to h? 'o | pleasure; she indulges in a foreig ?o tour wlionover sho is so disposer 10 Sho doos not need ovon to keop an ej 11 on the Prince of Wales nowadays* an '? her domestic cares must bo light. h All tho othor sovereigns havo a har '' timo of it. Hero is Oscar II, King <1 h Swodoii and Norway, tormented by th y Norwogioii malcontents, by tho ot struotivo Storthing and by, Ibseii 3 Hero is William II; of Germany, drivei 1 to his wit'c bud by hootoring adver Carlos. Hero is tho King of the Greeks , ! T ? THE TRADE IN D1AM0N1 to AN IMPORTER TALKS ABOUT 1 TRICKS AND ANNOYANCES. Whero the Precious Stones Coi yy 1-roni?('uttliig nnd Modvllng I Dlumouds?Their Colon 'S M 7V number of the d ^ A\ mouds found in the tlriult so /^v Bftid n member of one k- , (+ tbo leading diamond flri of this city, "come from the Ca lr mines nt the southorn end of Afric ir There uro scvon or eight of tho mines, tho largest being the Kbttbcrl i- which covers some twenty ftcrcn \ 3 land. In the last sixteen years thei mines have yielded largely, man v s stones having boon found. But tl 11 bdniherly stones- with tho cxccptio of tho celebrated Poter Rhodes atom n hich weighed 150 carats in tho roug are not always of tho Attest quality Though largo (they got them aa hig! as 300 carats) many of them are oul 7 worth cutting into smaller stottOsi a "India once did but nt> toiigor doe "'liter into trade Considerations as i | great diamond producing country, i The Brazilian diamond, though fciuail, is often of a liner qdality thau tho African or Iiidiau stone. * In Bruzil the diamond is usually found in tho sandy beds of rivers, wbilo tho Cn))o itouos arc dug out at a depth of front J00 to oOO feet below tho ailrfnoo. The Brazilian stones aio found in a kind of soft, soapy muck called bluo earth. Some Are almost round, whilo others eight eide&^-Tn weight tliey^vill tvowyw *.. ? parativoly few stones above fifteen 3arats being found. This is in tho rough. Cutting reduces them ueurly half their natural size. %'Tho carat that I speak of is ono peculiar to diamonds, rubies, sapphires and opals. A carat is a tritlo over seven, penny weight Troy weight. "Most of tho Cape stones arc sent to London, v hero they are reshipped to Amsterdam and Antwerp, the great cutting cities. Diamonds arc also cut as well in Maiden lane as iu Amsterdam. In cutting diamonds there is a general rule that onctliii'd ot tho stoue should he above the girdlo and twothirds below it. This proportion >s sometimes sacrificed in order to avoid imperfection in a stone, such as black spots uud feathers, and at least onehalf of the stoues are more or loss imperfect. "Again, the size and shape of a 1 stone in the rough will determine WnCTnUT IT Bnutl lirn " cut or a rose-out diamond. "You may have noticed tho many little places or sides to a cut diamond. These are technically called facets. A single-cut diamond has eighteen facets anda full-out stone has fifty-eight facets, distributed above aud below the girdle in the proportion I havo just'mentioned. A small stone will usually have only the single cut of eighteen sides. A full-cut diamond is called a brilliant, and this term is incorrectly applied sometimes to Parisian or paste diamonds. "Tho third, or roso-out, is given to stoues which are too small and thin for either of the other cuts. The shape of *i... 1 I'll** I "HL -I.IU *111*111* ' 11' I JO 1 " * >111111 | IUasmucfi us tho stono is flat. ou tho bottom uml faceted on top, and you will iindorstitiul how snnvll tho rose-cut stones nro when T toll you that it often takes several hundred of them to muka u earut weight. They are very useful, however, in tilling in corners, etc. "Apart from the consideration T have noted, the diamond cutter is guided by his own discretion and taste in modeling a stone. Tho operation is simple enough. It is the old saving about 'diamond cutting diamond' illustrated. The workman merely rubs one rough diamond against the other. Thct? comes the polishing, which is done by holding the cut stone down against a wheel which revolves at an extremely rapid rate. In applying tho stone to the wheel tho cutter must look out for tlaws, or tho diamond will be caught on some rough point and bo ruined in less than the traditional jiffy. As to the time taken to cut and polish a stone, one cutter will work fast enough to keep half a dozen polishers busy, and a good polisher will polish about twenty carats a week. "llogurding tho color of diamonds," continued the speaker, "there is every imaginable tint, but th> principal trade colors are tho standard white, the bluish tint, tho yellow and tho brown. The white, while the most valuable, is not always the most brilliant. Tho bluish tint is a favorite and much sought after. The yellow stone is tho most common, and there is a growing taste for dark brown, bright yellow or canary, as it is called, and other natural colors. "People not acquainted with tho diamond market abroad cannot comprehend tire Ui,/i perplexities that harass a diamond buyer. Ho has to bo constantly on the alert for' sharp practices, for the persons hold ing the stock of diamonds in Europe uro among tho shrewdest mercliants to l?o found any whore, aud tlioy not only work in collusion, but play one customer against auothor to obtain higher prices. They aro wonderfully given to romancing,and their statements liko their goods, aro only to be taken after investigation. "The diamond merchants abroad do not grade tiieir goods, but, when a purchaser conies along, a pared comprising good, bal and indifferent stones is shown to him, and ho usually has to bid for tho whole parcel. Tho grading, pairing and selecting is don ? for tho American market after tho stones have reached our shore. "I?y this meani a purchaser is compelled to buy many goods that ho would not woro ho allowed tho privilege of selection. Some diamonds thus purchased are actually sold here at loss than they cost abroad. "ft is u couuadod iact that the American consumers of precious stones aro tho most critical of any that merchants have to cater to, ami European holders of diamonds appreciate this | fact. In this county lyit three grades of diamonds are really marketable,tho first being rare and exceptional gems, second flrstwarcr goods, and tho third must bo above the average quality sold to Europeans. Fashion also has something to do in enhancing tho value of diamonds, by proclaiming one day in favor of one particulir style of i cutting or of color, and again changing a setting in tho post of honor to ? ?I CIIIIIW VI11H lUlllg CUI1HI UOl go on for any length of time, ami at the expiration of a week the asylum authorities hail gotten trace of him ami tracked him to New York. They came on ami took him in custody, lie was entertaining a party of newly-made acquaintances at the club. You never would have imagined that he was u crazy man until ho s?t eyes upon the inadhoitso keepers. "Then he broke into a wild laugh, a strange light broke into liis eyes, and everybody ruali/.od instantly that he was a maniac."?New York Horald. "Oiling the Voice." The voices of singers need atj occa! sional "oiling," and somo peculiar i remedies have been in vogue among singers, which it is interesting to know. When Gallmayer, the famous soubrette, visited this country, she confessed to the writer that she treated her throat before each performance to a good rubbing with rum and glycerine. This statement led to further investigations in this line, with the following result: li.ibatt, the great Swodish tenor, ato two salt pickles before going on to sing. Wachtol used the yolk of an egg with sugar. Other vocal stars drink soda water or punch. Walter, the tenor, drinks cold coffee without cream. Zelia Trebelli, the famous contralto, who died not long ago, always drank lemonade before sho went on the stage. Kindermann chewed dried prunes during the intermissions, and Bontheim swore by a pip"1* -f tncii aria. Borne singers who are passionate smokers, refrain . fruyi smoking on tho days on whioh they are to sing, while a number of ountatrices believe that their voices lire vastly improved by the smoking of a cigarette just before the curtain rises. ?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. -H-?-?What Chinese Fplcurcs Fat. A Chinese mandarin 1ms forwarded tho menu of a banquet given at Peking to the foreign diplomatists, tho menu of which follows: First caino four classic, dishes?nanioly, swallow nests with pigeon eggs, shark fins with crabs, dogfish with wild duck, duck and cauliflower; then sue ceed delicacies nerved in pupa placed beforo each guest; swallow nests, shark fins, plain morils, vegetables, ranshrooinH with duck feet, fried partridge, pigeon in slices; then there appeared four dishes?namely, ham in honey, a puree of peas, vegetables and dogfish; four side dishes: haricot cheese with bamboo buds (a kind of Asparagus), roots of bamboo, chicken, shellfish; four hors d'oeuvers in duplicate, ham and chicken, Hah and gizzard, pork tripe and vermicelli, duck and pork cutlets. Each guest had also placed before him plates of almonds, pistachio paste, pears and oranges. Finally, the following were the roast and boiled meats: Hucklir ( pug, roast duck, boiled chicken, pork. There was a profu*"^\ &> F,nropenn ami Chinese w; \' opium was smoked, for of is not yet reconciled to th it owes to ^le East India Asiatic Quarterly. A i, mwoys liarcl up, and at thii timo almost overwhelmed iu a sen oi troubles. Hero is the King of th<! Belgians, Leopold 11; whoso throne was nienaoea a few weoks ago by his rebellious subjects, nml saved for a I time ouly by his prudence. Hero is i the little King of Spain, Alfonso Xm, j who must bo frightened wkon ho heat's his subjocts shouting tot^i republic. J . I5*r.S. ojtettsslot the 1 and the Sultan of Turkey, lh<5" IMrtkr ' ships of whom are known to nil ths world. The young Quepn of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina, the middle1 aged King of Portugal, Ohorlcrt I* aud ! the old King of Denmark* Christian IX* leads U solitary, quiet lifo, but ' they don't amount to much and may .* meet with bad luck any day. I Among all the sovereigns of Europe i it is her Britannic majesty aloite whe i is always perfectly serene.?Cincinnati | Commercial. ^ I Strnngo Story oi an Insane Man. J heard a remarkable story in an ttp? town club a fow nights ago. It was told by a prominent No\V Yorker. Tho talk had reverted to lnuatics and to the possibility of sane persons being ! incarcerate 1 in insane asylums. | "You have all cited coses of sano persons being locked up," said this ] instance of an insane uerson who once escaped. "Ho had been confined iu uii asylum in an adjacent State for somo time. Tho keepers got negligent, and during one of their lapses of vigilenco the person in question escaped. "He came direct t.; New York, and having met me socially several years before looked me up. I knew nothing about his mental condition ut tho time and there was nothing unusual in his manner. "I introduced him in my club and vouched for him at tho hotel where he had engaged a suit of rooms. Ho lived like a prince for a week, running lip big bill*. h ? DOG?h ITCHED TO CARTS ike for WTfnra StAWB CANINE "PHI END! the * OF HORDES, ' lls' Their '5*.** HlWught Animals li k?' Bei^u *>esdrlbod by A Unite* 3ta s Con8Ul* / *T\ ???' ?W?p,J#Htee Unite* ad I Smith of J r%^ ^ .y^J^Krgo wealth am is ."^j^Krial activity, pos n- Boasin^p^-jJl^Rst manufactory o t$ niaoljfaAjFMmchincry in tho world, 9 and emptying as many horses jis ^ ii- other ioi/1 ?f its 8'Ko in Euro'- /('am >r yet for Tjry horse at least *ao dog n are to hi seen in harness on its streets, 1. They arj he met at till hours of th< 0 (layt bul-ih thd early morning th( d bouIevaSe are literally alivo witll thonl. jTraftlokefre (moslly women' d with giijk painted carts drawn by well ?f fed dngAre then soeh striving to b< 0 first in 2t? mvket place. A pretty; ). bore-heip?^ Walloon peasant girl, , moving ^riskly at tho Bide of a flowei a cart draW11 hy a stalwart xnastifT, is n . pleasing'^ision to tho early riser. Bui ( not only pho gardoner, but tho batch' 1 dr. fha lilkcn thfl (rfflROf. thn nnt'tur ] | ? w - */ v* ? ;,o ' * " | the bxprt^mnii?common carriers ol i all kinuaj ?engage his services, i His stei$8 80 much quicker than that of tho h^Ke0 Hint *n an hour cover tvM00 the distance and carry with him a cV"4<'or burden in pfopdrtioii id his Uisso. j iu m.. ^ ittddS^CSfiLj^u lnal draft of ? . tftxod willi^L^^BP ?s?-w^/*y.tchod indiCforentlyi iii front and are titbi Qr behind the cart or of, beneytbo Vehicle is ioadedj wagoib ?JJjj ^ks, directing its course tho d* ,lb?iyoncics laying his shoulder ?ud it I ln^ 1 j but when tho load Inn to the Jfcargod, he often mounts thd been disclQB]10^ Jchit through the box and rl-) streets. gurpnso those who know It will engine was familiar to that theifBjtpa ft toy t0 bo told that the Kom^ti revolving cylinder used ill the hollovlLgg boa been tarried to oeHquirrel D?j ju tbd movement Of lb ut count hefW by enlarging its scale and maohinolM^ ??FidoM for "Bunny." I 8Ub8titutij|coU bim ttcadiilg ail endless liavo also ? service of a wood-sawyer, bolt in Gf Liege, retaining hia A gontleug^ lounging upon the boule* fonduessyibrrgH; j vard rtTTer^t, ,v.?.iiTOf* sd constructed J had ft hound whiell had beeil his Cojrf3V? for years could bil liitchci"rtjjr*nTllo3t concealed betwecil the whe "oW appears as regularly in lnAr old haunts as any of his friends. TU^jhound is not only as happy os when nip loitered at his master's heels, bttfc|V manifestly proud of tlia service hrf^Tpnders him. Let itJflHu^frrgottcu that the Belgians most refined and cultivSV^H^Vlq oil earth. and that this uov^MBf the dog is ono of the latest anili R>st approved development* of thoir oiv -lizatiotf. Thirty years ugo, I have no 'loubt, a dog In harness would have exeitod as much remark in this city a' Jo would to-day in Louisville or lUfl aphis, though he is now aa well reoogn i<od an institution of the people as tl i? mnlo is in oither of those eities. Rigorous discipline and the long habit of we ;tiag muzzles soems to have subdued tl a boliigerout instincts ol tkeso doggdffcthey how meet as strangers at thJBBflbjng.s without those supcrcilioimaHfbtious and hostile donionstratioK'wliich characterize both meu and aara till they havo reoeiveil the lasttouiheBof civilization. Thera remains, however, a rudimentary lova of the c lias A of which the artful drivel often avail* himself to quiekon theift speed ; thoilcgh, as Lord Chesterfield in his excessive refinement is said to hav* laughed without oachiunation, they havo learned to hunt without harking. But a more interesting iucidont ol their labor is the oomplete oxtinctios of the sheeji-killing propensity. Gentlemen bred in the country assure m? that this offense against pastoral mortality is no longer known in Belgium? a reformation which would in itsuli justify the harnessing of all the dogs in America.; The expellee of feeding them where a number ate kept, or when placed, like horses,ytt a livery is from live to six eouts per day, horseflesh and black bread forming the staple of their food; though here, as elsewhere, tho maintenance of one or two in a family is practically without cost. Tho expense of shooing, uo small item to tho keeper of horses, is Also savod. All tho tfxporimcnts of brooding which havo from time to timo been tried for tlvf'improvement of horses aro now beiij/">uftdo to produce u dog of special haruoss. Newfoundlands ftu^rongh-coatecrsTr. ncra* ards aro rulqd out on account of their long hair. 'JPho mastiff has been found too long in | ho. back and legs, and it is thought a,.desideratum to graft tho splendid chest aud breathing capacity of tho bulldog upon this stalwart stock. Markets are established, where they aro bought and sold like their oquino co-laborers at Tattorsall's, and it is no unusual thing for a compactlybuilt and well-broken dog to sell for $20 or $25. Fluctuations in the Honey Crop. rpui- l 1 ? " x tun nun nut oeeu a good year 101 tlio hoc-keepers, us thoro has uot boon hull' ii crop of honey. There is a great difference in seasons, so far as honeymaking is concerned. Though flowcrn come in abont the samo profusion each year, they do not contain the sums amount of honey. Some years thoy seem tilled with the sweet nectar, and the bees make frequent excursions, and always return heavily laden, and other years the busy littbv Workers scour the , country far mul wide and gather littlo honey. It 1 ejgp>een two or threo years since *"os a largo orop of tho prodii'j '"^en thore is, bee-keepers ini.* jj, 'of money. In a good year i.V y / Reason's work for a stand <J, fd 26rt pounds of honoy, . thoiig'/j)f>articularW good stand will /^jynetjWej, gnthor B$0 pounds. Tho ^olls for $90v<> $140 a ton, so ^^gAuuyw^d year a person with a % boos would mako 0. If every season VoAP^^9^B^|crson could not And '1,111 w<>n'(' roward his better than keeping (Cal.) 1 . Two girls recently walked from Muskegon, Micli., to Chicago. ' Miss "Dick0 Irvln is callod the ? great high slmoner Of New York so* ciety. j Quean Victoria has about forty pet clogs. Her greatest favorites are ' collies. I Violet is one of tho fashionable , colors in Paris among women who set the styles. i Mrs. Jolui Jacob Aslor, of Now , l York; is tall, queenly and distinguished k ill appearance. ) I One of tho most original gifts for ; Princess May at her wodding was a ' solid gold mouse trap. 1 Lady Amherst, of Hnoknoy, Lon- i ; don, has just boon presented with tlio ' honorary froodom of tho Worshipful , [ Company of Turners. 8ho has some tino carving on view at Chicago. Tho "Honry Borgh Circle" of King's , I Daughtors, composed of eight mom- . hers, roports that last yoar it chloro- . formed 4039 cats, sovonty-ono dogs, | six wounded sparrowB, one rabbit and l ono 'possum. Miss kf: Meftti Mitchell, of Salem, I Ind., was admitted to tho bar tho day ' after tlid Indiana Snpreme Court do- I ; cided that womoii might practise law, j i1'1 .ik./ aham cutionist; is said to know as many . pieces as tlierd are days in tho year. 1 Slid imitates many voices of nature, | from tho trill of the canary to the I "awe-inspiring hdwlof the hurricane." Tho legeiid funs that tho ffuitiiig of the almond tree beside tho house whence a bi'idd-elect departs is a liapI py onieil. Princess May was probably glad to seo that tho almond tree at White Lodge was in full blooirt when she said good-by to hef old home, i Mrs. Sarail ii. Cdopar, who organized tho first kindergarten ill Sad PrancisdO ill 1830, has received more than S'i0;),000 to enable her to csrry . on tho work. Thoro arc now sixty-five ; kindergartens in the city, and more ' than 10,000 children "have been trained in them. I ? ttin Tietj," dyos seoni ' to bo in the majority hero this season; tln? paler shades seem td lead id pop- I ularity on the other side. Fnivii color, j dove gray and many of tho fade or half ! tints nto worn at receptions, torts and similar entertainments, both in Paris and Loudon. Miss Edith Caffmgton has writton a book called "Workers Without Wage," i dealing witli all kinds of animals, ineluding the earwig. Bho has beoii asked by the EnglisU Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to ' write another book, which the society will publish oflicially. At a recent wedding tho dross of tho bride was of rich brocade, fashioned I directly from an old Florentine por| trait of the time of tho Mediois. The wrap which slio wore in tho carriage j was of Canton crepe ombroiderod In the most exquisite manner with a do1 sign of the mystic bamboo tree. A prominent feature of tho lingerie counters in the leading shops at presi cut is the tulle frill. It is frequently wide and full in tho oxtrome, muffling tho throat up to the ears. It is made of several layers of black tullo pleated through tho center, and is odgod with pieot ribbon in back or palo colors. Miss Charlotte May Christopher, who is at Indian Harbor, enjoys the reputation of possessing tho longest hair of any belle at the numerous summer resorts along tho Bound. Her locks arc over fortv-two inches in length and trail far below hot knees, her height being above that of the avornge wo man. Mis:; Dudley, an English bicyclist, holds tho rocord for long distanco riding by women. Hhe made thedistrtUO< of 100 miles, lxitween Hitchin and Lin' coin, in little moro than seven hours* or at an average spood of nearly fourteen miles an hour. This, too, in regulation petticoats, now tho new stylo of bloomers. Plio Princess May seems to have beon not only a marvel of cheerfulness and philanthrophy during her wonderfully busy girlhood, but it now leaks out that she had some slight bluestocking tendencies. She took a "University Extension" course in English, attending a series of lectures on Elizabethan literature with great regular- ' ity. A nrefcfcv atnrv iu tnlil r?f fho n>nl?n> of tho groat. Bcbuinanu. Whenevor sho is going to play anv of hor husluitujo iii, nublio jihii r?ads over Homo of tno ola love letters Tost no wrote her during the days of thoir courtship, so that, as sho says, sho "may bo better ablo to do justice to her interpretation of the spirit of his work." Tho number of lady bioyclo riders is inercasing, and thero are more of them on tho roads and sido streets than ever before. So, too, the number of ladies driving in Central Park, New York, is increasing. A few years ago it was a rarity to see a lady driving. The London papers report, with wonder, that a lady drove a four-in-hand in Hydo Park. Mrs. W. J. Laird, of England, is famous as ono of tho most perfoct chess analysts in the world. Her cheas problems aro considered among tho best an<l most difficult published. Hiio has competed in many tournaments and lias won many prizes. Mrs. Baird lias a ten-year-old daughter who lias also shown groat taste for chess and hae composed several remarkable problems. American pioneera wero Ood fearing and Bible loving. They staked out town lots in twenty-two Ooshens, twenty-one Shilohs,- eleven Carmels, eighteen Tabors and Mount Tabors, twenty-two Ziotis and Mount Zion*, twenty-six Edens, thirty Ijebanons, twenty-six Hebrews and thirty-six Sharon*. Missionary work in Biam in now chiefly in the hands of the Presbyterian Board, which commenced its work there in 1840. Twenty years of labor wero .expended\J?etforo a single convert was Vf(.ij front] Buddhism to Christian* ity. f p? " Ill The United States G< ROYAL a pure c baking- powder, in leavening: I 11 The Royal Baking P the purest acid most rclial ! ' W i T n"? " "xmw iw ifn I (jovernmcnt Chemist. - &OYAL OAKINQ PO A'Dl fl C > , 10 |Ee*OZS?m>X?M?3S<C*3=:C<= Cc JS ?? c-fc-u A Dentist Tnlks. ' Til rather havo tlireo women patients than one man," said n well- P? known nrnetitioner in dentistry. a ' "They Blum without doubt a fnr *n greater amount Of courago nu?l patience under tho oftou excruciating tortures of the drill aud forceps than men." "Have they moro pluck?" "Indeed they have. Dozens of my ox women patients I could mention who W( undergo tlii) nlost acute agony almost without a wince, while I lltld tllat the on majority of moil are absolute cowards wf in the Operating chair, and tho very on sight Of the instruments i? often 8i( enough tti make some great, big, As strong fellow pale with nervousness. he "Men always demand gas when their th teeth aro to bo extracted ; 011 tho other hand I have seen fragile-looking women rofuso gas and sit down calmly in ml a chair ami submit to tho otherwise ttl1 unavoidable painful process of extrac- co tion without a murmur." hs "Which lias the best teeth?" hi "Well, I think women aro moro apt sto attend strictly to tlioir teoth.whoro- nt as tlie average man is too busy to stop for dentistry until tho stern necessity of pain causes tliem to do so. Tobacco is as great an evil with mon as candy nc ami sweets with women. wi "Whom do I connider tho best pay? r? Well, I can very truly state that I have novel1 lost tt penny of money jH, Owed md by a woman. Oftentimes 1 Ve llaVc been warned by my brother1 d.ortj lists not to have actresses as pationts, ? but thoy have nover failed to pay me. In some cases it was two years after1 t had done Work for* an netress that 1 reeeivod tho money all tho way from England, explaining that circumstances had rendered it impossible for her to pay boforo then."?St. Louia Republic, ^ Frog pies were invented by tho 1 Italians iu the Fourteenth Century. How's This I '?? Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Upward for anv cam of t'atarrh that can nut bo cured by Halt's Catarrh Cure. F. J.Ciiknky A Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wp, tho uiidersiRned, havo known F. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and ImjIIpvo him iwr- ? fectly honoruhla in all businosn transactions and tinane'.ally aiil.i to carry out any obliga- j| tion made by their firm. Wkst A ThuAX, Wholesalo DriiRgUts, Toledo, *" Ohio. S" Wamiimi, Kinvan A Mahvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. ? Ha'l's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act- w Ing ilirootly upon the blood and mucous sur? 0 faces of tho system. Price, 7Ac., per buttle, Mold l'i by all Druggists. Testimonials free. in l>a Workmkn nonr Laredo, Texas, exhumed an old Hint-lock musket, full-cocked, loaded K an 1 primed. The stock was partially petrl- if iiod. t or J)yspt'i>*ia, Indlirestlnn and Stomach <?fs- gj orders, tiro Brown's Iron Bitters-the Best W Tonic. It rebuilds tlio H'ood and strengthens the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak mid dehllltaUd itcrsons. Liohtnino recently struck the British ship " Oxford off Capo Hatteraa and ruined evory compass on board. * Brings comfort tnd improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly tinea, rue many, wno lire Dew ter than othera and enjoy life more, with lea* expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's beet products to . the needs of pbyeical being, will attest v the value to nealth of the pure liquid ' laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Fijp. Its excellence is due to its presenting In the form most acceptable and pleaa? ant to the teste, t'se refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax* \ ative; effectually cleansing the system, * dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It haa given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acta on the Kid* ? neys, Liver and Bowels without wealw c? ening them and it is perfectly free from J every objectionable substance.* Syrup of Figs ia for sale by all drag* gists in 00c ana $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrop Oo. only, whose name is printed on every eackage, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will mi nooeot anv substitute if oflerndi M ? iS . , 4--1 |J>J overnment reports I ream of tartar | highest of all | strength. I owcfbr is undoubtedly I^BHj )Ie baking, powder of- I mmmmMmmmrn 11 r?rr , .ptdL ' J f> WAII sr., NEW-YORK. * ti I Maatagsgai <" *=? ???awE/ I i . Pollution of tho Soil. a A curious accident, illustrating the llutod oouditiou of tho soil on which 1 largo and old oity stands, is reported V j connection with the construction oi ] , underground raiiwoy at Govan, j igland. Ono morning not long ago i o salesmen in a shop under which o tunnel was being driven, suddenly came seriously ill and dropped down hausted behind tho counter. They >ro dieeovered in this condition by 0 men who fortunatoly happened to tor the shop few minutes ofteiygm - ? ird. Tho cause of the illuess was f ico apparent, as a most offousivo J ;kening odor prevailed tho premises. 1 tho railway tunnel is being drirau^ month tho shop, it is believed that ' o compressed air with which it is irked forced an accumulation offoul ,s in tho soil up into tho shop. Tho lor spread to adjoining buildings, <4, ? id several wOmen and children bu- M mo ill. llio workmen of the tunnel ivo gxperiencod no inconvenience, it. pure air under prossuro is conaiitly supplied to thorn, which may icount for thoir immunity.?New . _ ork Telegram. Since tho State liuivcrsity of Ten- ' issee.oponud it* doors to women the mien's clnlm of thy Htnto lmvo buou ^ J ising money for n building ou the livorsity grounds. TJio Kuoxville jH iliuH ore also preparing gold und si Ir fionvonir mednls in cotninem oration w the admission of women*students. 9 END YOUR OWN HARNESS say with I] THOMSON'S? ! f|| SLOTTED /LINCH RIVETS^ <o tools rrquiinl. Only a hammer nmltd in drive I c incb th in rasby ami quickly, having the clinch k> iitfly snu><.th. K> qulilng no ho e to be ma<]? 10 lea'hvr no "nrr lor l'>? Klvets. They are strfinr. tic Is ami rlur?l?lo. Millions now In use. AJJ I. the. uniform >f ??? TtO'l, "lit lip III liOXM. t?b roiir deitleir lor ihrnlt or send We. la mpi for a box ol 100, assorto.1 ?Uc*. Hen'Mbjf t /'JDSON L. THOMSON MFQ. CO., I 1 tVALTIUH, MASS. I [ngleside JERtetreat. r IMfcam* of Women. Scientific treatment an* > ics t: nit runt cel. KIcKiint a|>*rtnief?tA f??r ladlra lie rv niitl Burins conflnenient. Atltliviw The K??r nt l'hy?lclnn, ?1-Ti Baxter Court, NaxhvUle, Teno* f. BEORSE'S HILL^* f J. C. Kiiici'r. A. M.. ITlti' lnnl. ('nllogo or Inn < ,*. A ? li Mil t t .inblbhcil rt'|>iilalliiu, unsur tared mlvr.iitiiKi*., comfort mi l rr;uuiiiul?lo cha< g?s. psfb?f?PAYINO lh,D? '*??'? is our PHOTO a*X I OKAPH FAMILY 118COBD3, other Pl? ?? Cures an-J frames. Ad Iresa, Dept. IL /w If. Cmrr ?fc Co., 41 to 43Jefferson St., IIMrsfkf oTtre cured ' 111 a yeaiH seeley's ard rubbers^bo^r pehj? trusses ^jt^ss^rxot of H. XttkLKY dc CO., li&N.ltthMl.,Phll??dau|t ((Jf HflHiHHHWMtkSI m/ ^ aj ?? en vurj ili? m tlt-Ckgf BIOAA M1SA a a -iio?ic <im in ro to wr *? A SPECIALTY. |g^w? * did* poUumtatn, unuvp irlllo or iotSprlng* fall, ? nrantM a can?anil our Ha lo t yphlloiio la III* only itnir that willeuro permanently, I' ulllvo proof MM 'M atod. frro. COOK Uikkut CO., <Aloi|*. 111. I?"H 'IDITA L'TSTMTLY MED I C I NE for I*<ll(nll?i Hllloutaesa. llcadachc, Constipation, Had DtaslMln, Ofmltnllrtalk Bdall disorder* Of IM btomaclt, rerand Bowel*. m, "" ?"> dlirnrtlon follows their oee, bold by dniKKlstaorenit by mail. hoi "mfilffl [f rlale),7So. Pscknarft (.oxc?>, 4*. For frr? aamplrf a.li'roi > .. _ . in pan* ciicmiVti^co., /n horse ownea m I onifht to thiult enough oP1^ # I tola animal to with lo he , m a able to can" for H properly A I InIp'altlianclntcknrra. Ufa mono' out of hla pocket if . "Mi F hodoeann'. Ton< romptlah rOeuU we offer our ,Pn? Hundred Page IIVi^Ear lustratM Horse Hook 'ill wMBSMJiI ft rUJrciit'. It U-acho*.yiMi H'Jr MLkfJkKi'a'PMw lo a K"od Horn; ' if Mfifl V;" ku^w iinpi rfcclion* and to .f/AK11ASr/' .' J'J guard a-yaliiat fraud: doitVJnry a//3ff/Tl l,'ct dfaoeoo anil t fieri a ' 1 JW1 euro win n miiiui iHwrniltLlt-% iff} \] Wto: (ell tho mgv \\j the ?**'% " !fi Iffr f (SA lit Mwth; whnl M call the .Ml B'_) > mj/Y 'JIM 'trf i -r parta of the atii&?3r m?1 I ? ,n*': 'M,w lo a Horae ? mHR 1 i f/til/i * A^l tliie nnil oilier val- C VarWr-r -Y IwP n*Wc Information can l? ( K * mfMMiUM I [? ohta'w-d hy nartfnir our -Jp x^&Kr ' <>m' '"'"'"'I l'"H" It Mia- # f trail il lloree Hook, which ?' j " Jj wa will iorw inl.|v??t paid, X f // on receipt of price in^.* 1 lamp*. Aaauri lily lh<-llorw la too food e frlenf M a man (o ha neglected for waul of knawloitge rhleh can be procured (or only tw<mt? -Ma could b willS toon frm.t?nin<> Horaw. HI Leonard Kt., H.Y.IMM.* ft N U ?S7 ? - ;*<?, tg Hao'a Himaay ft* Catarrh k tba M Beat *art?> tr> naa. and Cheapen. HaM bjr UriKitfteU or Mul Ivaiair^^r W? & 1'- VwdUtu, war ran, ra. JH