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lewis m. grist, proprietor. J An (Independent Tamils Newspaper: <J;oi[ the fromotion of the folitiqal, Social, Agricultural and (Commercial Interests of the j?outh. | terms?$2.00 a year in advance. vol.4q. yorkville, s. c? "wednesday, april 11, 1894. 3sto. 15. P01S Mi BY CAPT. CHAS Author of Dunraven Rancl Portia, The Deserter, Copyrighted, 1893 by Chas King. I CHAPTER IX. Peaceful as was his rest, Drummond slept only an hour or so. For months | * he had lived in the open air, "on the ! warpath," said his captain, a veteran who had won his spurs twice over in the war of the rebellion and declared himself ouite readv to take his ease now and let the youngsters see for themselves the hollowness of military glory. Weariness and physical exhaustion had lent their claims, and despite bruises and many u pang, despite the realization of the presence of the fair girls whom his dash and energy had rescued from robber hands, the young I fellow had dozed away into dreamland. Why not ? The object of his mission was accomplished. Fanny and Ruth Harvey were safe. All that was left for the party to do now was rest in quiet until another morn, then it would be quite possible to start on the return without waiting for the coming of their friends. Before sunset his men would be reassembled. They could have a long night's sleep, and with the rising 1 of the morrow's sun, convoying their three wagons and their captured treasures, the little detachment would take the back track for the Tucson road, confident of meeting "old Harvey" and probably a doctor on the* way. He himself, though most in need of surgical attention when they reached the caves, had such confidence in the skill of Sergeant Wing as to feel that his. arm was set' us perfectly as could be done by almost any other practition- j er, and before'-dropping off to sleep had quite determined that be would make the morning march in saddle. Still, he could not sleep for any great length of time. The instinct of vigilance and the sense of responsibility would not leave him. In bis half i dreaming, half waking state, he once thought he heard a light footfall, and presently as he dozed with eyelids shut there came a soft touch upon his temple. Lifting his hand he seized that of his visitor?Fanny Harvey. " Why are you not resting ?" he asked. "And where is Ruth?" "Ruth is sleeping, as we hoped you might be 'Tired nature's sweet restorer' is all you need, Mr. Drummond, yet yon do not seem to have had more than a cat nap. Twice I have stolen in here to see yon, ana inen. mougu i was fearful of waking you. you slept peacefully through it all." "Well, I must have slept a couple of hours anyway, and I slept e-jundly until within the last few minutes. Has none of the men got back yet. Miss Harvey? Do you know what time it is? I suppose Wing is sleeping." "Mr. Wing ought to be sleeping, but he isn't. The sentry?Patterson 1 think they call him?summoned him up to tho lookout there in the rocks, oh. about an hour ago, and when the sergeant ?T?i hn--1-?1m ??nmn?riil 1 * 1 ?t rode away down the canyon. He said there was something requiring his attention. But you are to drink this I chocolate and lie still.' Drummond Blowly strove to rise. He was too anxious. too nervous, to re- , main where he was. "And none of them has returned J yet?" he asked. "1 cannot understand j that. No. please do not strive to detain : mo here. I'm perfectly able to be up i and about, and if Wing is gone it's my | business to look after things." Over among the rocks across the I narrow canyon the first object to meet his gaze as he arose was Moreno, reclin- | ing there bound and helpless, while at J hand a soldier had thrown himself on his saddle blanket and was sound asleep. The plash of the waters in the brook, dancing and tumbling down thechastp. made sweet, drowsing music for his ears, a lulling, soothing sound that explained perhaps the deep slumber of his trooper f- iend. "I heard Mr. Wing tell that man to lie dowu and sleep." said Miss Harvey as the young officer's eyes seemed to darken with menace at the sight of a | sentry sleeping on guard. "Moreno is i securely tied, and both Patterson up there and I here are now his keepers. The senora and her daughter are in the other cave, forbidden to go near him." ! Glancing up at the stunted cedar ; where Patterson stood faithful to his trust, Drummond saw that he was j peering steadily southward through t!?e j black fieldglasses. "What do you see, Patterson:' he ' hailed. "Where is Wing? Any of the men coming back?" "Wing has gone on down the valley, j sir. Some of our fellows, two or three only, were coming back, but they didn't come fast enough to suit him. The ambulance will be here in a minute or two?it's just below us down the canyon now." Indeed almost at the moment the click of iron shod hoofs wa3 heard, and the dejected mule team came into view i around a jutting point, the dingy yellow ambulance jolting after them, one soldier in the driver's seat handling the reins, the other riding behind and leading his comrade's horse. "Come up here to the mouth of the cave. Merrill," called the lieutenant. " You can unhitch and unharness just b.'yond, but I want that safe unloaded and put in here." "The safe's gone, sir." "What?" "The safe's gone, sir. We never got it. That's what took Sergeant Wing off down the valley. 1 reckon. I supposed you knew it. sir, and him. too. but he didn't. Those Morales fellows got away with it on burro back while wo were chasing the white wagon." For a moment Drummond stood astounded. "Man alive!" he at last exclaimed, "why was I not told of this? Get ine a horse at once, Walsh." he ordered. i u take raiterson s. iou two remain here ami see that that old scoundrel don't get loose?Moreno there?and that no harm befalls the ladies. I'll ride down after Wing." "Oh, Mr. Druramond, you must not think of going," exclaimed Miss Harvey. "You're far too seriously hurt, far too weak, to attempt such a thing. Please lie down again. Surely Mr. Wing will do all that any man could do to recover the safe. All the others are in pursuit. They must have overtaken them by this time. Come; I am doctor now tnat he is away. Ubey uie and lie still." Drummond'8 one available hand found itself clasped by warm, slender fingers. He would have drawn it away and striven to carry out his design, but a glance at his two troopers told him that they plainly and earnestly advocated Miss Harvey's view of the case. He was in no condition to make the attempt. And at the moment, too, even as ho 6trove to release his hand, another voice was heard, almost imploring: "Oh, don't let him go. Fan. Don't let him try to ride!" And turning suddenly at the sound Mr. Drummond found Ruth Harvey standing close behind her sister, her eyes suffused, her cheeks blushing red. It was the first time he had seen her to speak to since they landed at the old wharf at San Francisco a year gone by, and for the moment ho forgot the safe, i the funds, the crippled arm, the band- 1 ^ I I I 1. KING,' II S. A. !:' 7 j i 1 ti, Two Soldiers, An Army ; n it' o .A 1 , doiaier s octrci, I 1 aged head and every other item that j , should have occupied his thoughts. "Why, Ruthie, is this you? How you have grown!" ! , And then the imprisoned hand was j ( released only to be transferred to the clasp and keeping of another. In her ; fear that her knight, her 6oldier, would leave them, and wounded though he was insist on attempting to follow his ; men in their pursuit, the shyness of 1 maidenhood was forgotten. Ruth ha<j I seized and clasped the long, brown fingers. and Drummond forgot for the moment all thought of quitting her presence for the field. And then having?as she supposed? won her point, and having caught the \ new light in his admiring eyes, it be came necessary to struggle for the re- j lease of the hand she had so unhesitat- j ingly nsed to detain him. This might i have proved a difficult matter, judging ' from the expression in Drummond's | face, but for a sudden hail from Patter- , son: "Can the lieutenant come up here a i < moment? There's something going ou < down there 1 can't understand." ! i Old Moreno, whose bonds could not J < restrain his shifting, glittering eyes, <| : glanced quickly upward. Then, as he j < caught a menacing look in the sunburn- < ed face of tho Irish trooper Walsh, he became as suddenly oblivious to all I , earthly matters beyond the pale of his : own physical woes. And now it was ( Ruth'8 hand that would retain its j clasp and Drummond's that was again ( struggling for release. In a moment j < the lieutenant stood under Patterson's j perch. < "What did you see? What was it \ like? How far away?" . "Six or seven miles, sir. The valley ( is broad and open, and three of our fel- i , lows were riding slowly back on the j ] west side, while Wing was galloping , as though to meet them, and when they | \ weren't more thau a mile apart Wing's ( horse went down?looks no bigger than | , a black speck?and the other three i j sheered off away from the rocks on this side and seemed to be scattering | , apart." j j The words were low spoken so as to t reach ouly his car. Now it was no j ( easy scramble for a man in Drummond's , condition to make, but it took him only j ? a little time to clamber to Patterson's f side. ] "There's something back of all this, ] .and you know it, Patterson. What j \ Apache 6ign have you seen?" j "fimnlro sir on Vinth sides. But W6 I . agreed, the sergeant and I, that the j < young ladies mustn't be alarmed nor | you aroused. Then ho rode away to j ( hurry in any of our fellows who were i in sight and warn them to keep out \ from the rocks. What I'm afraid of is j that they've been ambushed, or at least j that the Indians have ambushed him. \ PTin in urwl tb^SO mil , see are away out on the plain now. j They're working around toward the ! \ horse as tho.ugh he were lying behind j ( it, and they appear to be firing mount- ( 'ed." ( What was Drummond to do? To } leave his charges here, unprotected, was out of tho question. Fail to go or ! ^ send to Wing's relief ho could not. , g Decide he must and decide quickly. | 6 "Patterson, that party of Apaches t can't be over a dozen strong, or they ' <; would have rushed out of their cover c by this time, yet they are too strong and s too securely posted to be driven by t that little squad, especially if Wing is ; c "Wounded. 1 can't shoot now, but 1 i g can ride and direct. Every man who c can shoot may be needed here. You . 6 have four now and can stand off 40 1 \ Apaches?Tonto or Chiricahua?in j c such a position as this, so I leave you a in charge. You have everything to : t help you stand a siege. Now see to it v that the ladies are kept well under v cover, and I'll hurry back with Walsh | q and what men I can find." t Then down he scrambled, giving one 1 e look at Moreno and his sleeping guard- j i iau as he passed, then gave a low toned 0 order to Walsh: t "Saddle your horse again and ride f just to the other side of that rock yon- B der and wait for me." t Well he understood that it would bo ; i impossible for him to ride away without s Fanny Harvey's knowing that some- f thing of a serious nature was impending, and that lie could not get away at a all without their knowing it. What j he desired was to conceal from them f that there was any danger from t Apaches. h Just as he expected, both girls were r eagerly awaiting him at the entrance to t the cave. His revolvers were in there c beside the rude couch on which he had t slept so peacefully. v "Now arc you ready to return to hospital and proper subjection?" asked u Miss Harvey laughingly. "It is high e time. What could have tempted you e to climb to that high point?" 1 "Why, it's the first chance I've had t: of a look around,"was the answer. a "This is an awfully strong spot for a 4 place of retuge. You are safe here, ]j safer than anywhere between Yuma ti and Tucson, now that the former pos- n sessors are scattered. But did you hear r what took Wing off?" t "No, he didn't stop to explain mat- 1 ters. He simply dashed away without j: even a saddle. 'Something 1 must q look after.' was all he vouchsafed to c say." * a "Well, the men just in tell me the r paymaster's safe was spirited off. Con- o found that little green box of green- r backs 1 Somo shrewd packer among v Morales' people whisked it out of the s wagon and onto a burro, and now we ii are all keen to get it back. Of course r 1 can't sleep again until we know. 51 Some of our people are coming slowly a up the valley, and Wing went on down 0 to meet them." v But all the time he talked so airily li m-C + U eietnr Rnflt ctnrul t Willi till? t'JUCl OIOIC1, AkUWi* wvvwm. .. M.v*. ing him with suspicious eyes. s "Mr. Drummond, please do not go," I; she broke forth. "You have no right f to?now." And James, the dissembler, v found himself trapped. r "Go I must, Ruthie," he said, with f sudden change of manner. "I know f] you will not blame mo or detain when ii 1 tell you, as i feel forced to tell you h now, that Sergeant Wing is hurt. His a horse has fallen with him far out on 6 the desert. I'll be back very soon." r Then with sudden impulsive move- s raent ho bent, kissed her forehead and t turned ns suddenly away. s When the sisters looked into each e other's eyes a moment later, one face I was blushing like the dawn, the other t was pallid with a new and deep anx- a iety. v And now we, too, must follow Wing. v Ho was a total stranger, it is to be re- t membered, to the regiment when, after k its years of battling in the Army of the d Potomac, it was sent into exile on tbn | far Pacific coast and speedily lost to d sight in the deserts of Arizona. The 1 1 type of noncommissioned officer most ' f familiar to the rank and file as well as to 1 their superiors was the old fashioned i: "plains raised," "disciplin furst and I e rayson afterward" class of which Feeny a was so prominent an exponent. Bravo v to rashness and faithful to the very , t death, they had reason to look for re- I s Bpecc and appreciation. Tlicy were i men whose only education was that i picked up in tho camps and campaigns of the famous old regiments to which, when mere recruits, they had been assigned. They were invaluable in the ; army and would have been utterly misjudged and out of their element anywhere else. That "book learning" and soldiering could ever go hand in hand no man in tho old dragoons would ever have believed for an instant. Such | scholars as had drifted into the ranks were, as a rule, irreclaimable drunk- i ards, lost to any chance of redemption at home, and only tolerated 111 tne service in the rough old days because of their meek and uncomplaining perform- ; ance of long hours of extra duty in the troop or regimental offices when, their whisky and their money alike exhaust- j ed, they humbly went back to their de^8, ttskin^ only to liw ^ the ho^ He bent mid kissed her forehead. af another drunk. Hundreds of the aid dragoons could barely sign their names, many could only touch the pen when called upon to make "his (X) j mark." "Another busted clerk"' was i?nv>nru 1 /irnrf.ucimi wlinn tllf* VrtTlTlCT Oaliforni&n came fonvaid to enlist. Yet he was the picture of clear eyed, athletic manhood, was accepted with much hesitancy by the officers and undoubted suspicion by the men, yet speedily proved a splendid horseman, scout, shot and. <is was the final admission, 'all round trooper," despite the fact that he was well educated and spoke Spanish like a native. Still, such was j the prevailing faith, as it ever is among reteran soldiers, that the old style was the best, it was long before he won promotion. No one who has not known j both can begin to imagine the differ- | mce between the army of a quarter cen- ! tury ago and the army of today. Just j !8 Feeny was a resolute specimen of the jld, so was Wing a pioneer of his class in the new. At the moment when the latter struck spurs to the wearied flanks of poor Dick and called on him for one more effort, the stalwart and handsome sergeant sped away on the path of duty, . onfident of the fact that by this time svery man in his own troop and every soldier who knew him at all would stake his last dollar on Bob Wing's taciling the problem before him as fearlessly and intelligently as any veteran n the regiment. Having ordered the ambulance up the jorge, he himself spurred away to gather in all stragglers within reach, so as ;o re-enforce the little garrison at the ;aves in the event of attack from the \paches. To his practiced eye no vestige of doubt remained as to the character and purpose of the signal smokes. Slot a moment was to be lost. Within :hat very hour perhaps unseen Indians ?.!?.?11.i-er, ng" upon tleir refuge, would be able nfallibly to determine the number and :haracter of ;ts*occupants, and if their >wn forco were considerable and that )f the garrison weak God alone could lelp those innocent women. When last noted, the westward signal vas puffing slowly up into the cloudless ; iky from a point in the range perhaps j ix miles below Patterson's station in he rocks. The three wearied troopers. Iragging slowly back from the chase, :ould be seen coming up the valley prob- | tbly four miles away, some distance. j herefore, ahead of the supposed position i if the foe. Wing well knew with what roatlike agility the mountain Indians :ould speed along from rock to rock and till keep under cover, and every man vho had served a month in Arizona :ould have predicted that if Indians in j my force were within a day's march of | hose three stragglers ambush and death J vould be their fate, perhaps even when vithin view of their longed for goal. That they had not seen the sign, that hey wero ignorant of the possible presncc of Apaches in the range, was manfest simply because they rode close long under the foot lulls, often over he bowlder strewn outskirts* of the alda, and, though still far from them, uch was Wing's anxiety for their safe- j y that he rode furiously along, signal- j ng with his left hand as though to ay: "Keep out! Keep to your right! I )on't go so close to the rocks!" In this way, urging Dick to his speed ,nd never thinking of his own: safety, ntent only on saving his comrades rom possible death, believing, too, hat no Apache could yet have worked lis way so far up the range, Wing was iding, straight as the crow flies, from ho little oasis at the mouth of the anyon toward the ambling laggards to he south. His course led him along rithin 100 yards of many a bowlder or suwarrow," though his path itself was inobstructed. The sun had gone westring, and he was in the shadow. Presntly, however, as Dick panted painful>*, heavily, up a very gentle slope, and he sergeant came upon the low crest of moundlike upheaval, he saw some 00 yards ahead a broad bay of sunight stretching in from the glaring sea o the east, and glancing to his right oted that there was a depression in the ange?something like a broad cleft in he mountains, possibly a pass through o the broader desert on the other side, le gave it little thought, however, 'here, only a mile or so away now, ame his fellow troopers, two in front, nother lagging somo distance behind, iding sleepily toward him and dattgerusly close to a number of sheltering ocks. Intent only on them and still rishing to attract their attention, ho ivnmr bis broad brimmed hat. wavimr t off to the left, but with 110 apparent esult. Co J found them! Were they jand asleep? Could they never he iiade to see? Poor Dick was able now nly to strike a feeble canter, so utterly fas he used up. and just when Wing, joking only to the front, was thinking hat he might as well discontinue the pur and let his poor horse rest, they tibored forth from the sheltering shade ull upon the tawny, sunlit sand. Then, fhile the eergeant's eyes were tempoarily blinded by tho glare, there came rom the rocks to his right a sudden lash and report. He felt at the same nstant a stinging pang in the leg. Ho ad just time to grasp his own carbine nd to attempt to swing off when tho econd shot echoed loudly from tho ocks. Ho felt poor Dick start and werve; ho felt him going headlong, and lie next thing lie knew he was vainly triving to peer into the faco of tho veiling sun from over the quivering iody of his faithful friend, unable for he moment to see the faintest sign of 11 enemy, and then tho blood came ! relling through tho little hole in his forn cavalry trousers, midway between I he hip bone and tho knee, and ho :new he had received a serious perhaps esperate wound. For the moment, therefore, hq could ,o nothing more but look for succor. L glance down the desert told him his j el lows were at last rudely awakened, 'rue to the practice of the craft, tho ustant fire was opened from the rocks ach man had put spurs to his horse nd dashed away to a safer distance rith such speed as was possiblo with | heir jaded mounts, each trooper warily canning tho dark lino of the foot hills I in search oi the foe and striving as ho rode to unfasten tho flap that held his carbine, in the fashion of the day, athwart tho pommel of his Baddle, and now, circling farther out upon the frlain, in wide sweep, with carbines advanced, they were hastening to the succor or tneir comraue. jrresenuy one of their number suddenly drew rein, halted his startled "broncho," aimed to the left of the horse's head and fired, then, cramming a cartridge into the chamber, came riding farther. The others, too, followed suit, shooting rt some object apparently among the rocks in front of the sergeant's position. One of the men threw himself from his saddle, and kneeling on the sands drove two or threo shots at long range. Eager to add his own fire to theirs, Wing pulled his liatbrim over his eyes, threw forward the barrel over the now stilled carcass of poor Dick, and peered eagerly up the ravine in search of some foe at whom to aim. Blindly he searched for dusky Apache skulking from rock to rock. There was no moving thing in sight." But what was this?this object that suddenly shot out from behind a little ledge, and turning sharply to the left went clattering into the depths of a dark and frowning gorge? Could he believe his eyes? Did the Chiricahuas, then, have horses and wear trooper hats? Bonding low over liis steed and spurring him to the uttermost exertion, a tall, even soldierly, form had darted one instant into view and then gone thundering out of sight. Up to this moment Wing never had lost full control of his faculties. Now his brain reeled. Before his eyes rose a dense -?1A fnvfli frnm fVin U1UUU U1 lllioi iUOUHlg AVS4.VA* W.v mountain side. Bowlders, near at hand, took to waltzing solemnly with their neighbors, and when at last the foremost trooper flung himself from his horso and crept to the sergeant's Wing threw forward the barrel over the now stilled carcass of poor Dlch. side, "while Vis comrades rede oil", keeping vigilant watch against tho appearance of other foes, Sergeant Wing was found lying beside his dead horse. He had swooned utterly a%vay. By and by, with anxious face and bandaged head and arm, Lieutenant Drummond came galloping down. Wing was then submitting to the rude bandaging of his leg and lying limp and weak, his head resting on Dick's stiffening shoulder. But Wing's eyes were covered by his gauntleted hand and he never looked up at his young commander, though he heard his anxious queries. "Is he much hurt? Were there many of them?" "Shot through the leg here, sir," answered the sturdy corporal, "and was in a dead faint when we got to him. | I don't know how many there was of them, lieutenant; they skipped off the moment we opened fire." "They couldn't have seen us coming, Iieutemnit,** eagerly spoke a young re- I dull. '' 1 llt?^ must Lqvo fV?o sergeant was alone, for when we charged they just lit out for all they were j worth, didn't they, Mike?" he eagerly asked his comrade, an older trooper. | "Oh, shut up, Billy! There's nothing an Apache doesn't see, but we were too far off to tell rfi.w many there was. I j only saw on-> as ho lept away. Shur'e i 4.l*sv Vl V* O VTA ! Lilt? ou^taiib ?uo ucaici uo vvuiu uu * w j 6een." "Sergeant Wing, it is I, Lieutenant Drummond. Look up a moment if you ! can. You wero closo to them; how many did you see?" "How many Indians, sir?" asked Wing faintly. "Yes, how many?" A pause. Then at last: "I didn't seo one, sir." TO UK CONTINUED NEXT WKKK. fashion Hints. BUTTONS OF ALL SORTS. IT?e Popular Ones Arc Mario of Dresden ' Cliinn, Cut Jet and Pearl. The button maker's craft is susceptible of quite as surprising a development as any other branch of industry. Iluttons, originally a strictly utilitarian article, now of- j ten form the sole trimming of gowns or coats and are amply sufficient for that pur- \ pose. We have long been able to have our cloth and silk buttons made to order of the same material ns the costume for which they are Intended. More recently we have been supplied with composition buttons, which are an astonishing imitation of the j silk and serge covered nrticle and wear in- { definitely, which the latter do not. This being a season of buttons, a great variety is shown in more expensive styles, , as carved mother of pearl and cut jet, while with the fashion of Dresden china umbrella and parasol handles have come Dresden buttons of various sizes, decorated in the same manner and used on rich costumes, especially on court coats. Where buttons are adopted as a garniture, it they ure ia DOUBLE SKIKTEO COSTUME, tended to give the effect of fastening anything together, it is much the best way to have the corresponding buttonholes made and really button the thing instead of merely securing it by the threa-l with which the buttons are sewed on. It is more trouble, but well made buttonholes are a dec oration in themselves, and there is something anomalous in the position of a button without a buttonhole. Although the double skirt or overskirt is steadily advancing in popularity, the plain skirt refuses to retire, from public favor, and it is to be hoped that it will continue to hold its place, for it is lighter and more convenient in every respect than thedraped skirt. The latter appears to advantage in muslin, gauze and thin evening materials, but in wooleu goods for street wear it is un- ! deniably weighty. It is being used for all I sorts of gowns, however, and probably by I next winter it will be firmly established as 1 the ruling mode, and we shall see heuvy cloths and even velvets made up in that style. A sketoh is given of n double skirted toilet in silver gray vignone. The plain underskirt is of checked silk to match, while the second skirt is draped in box plaits over the hips, confined by a strap, which is buttoned in place. The vest, tight sleeves and revers are also of checked silk, while i the upper half of the sleeve consists of a j balloon pull of vignone surmounted by a wide epaulet of the same material but- ! toned down the top of the shoulder. J L'DIC ClIOI.LF.T. i TRIM TOQUES AND CAPOTES. j Nearly All Spring Headwear IIai Jet, Metal and Lace Ornamentation. The display of millinery this spring is as I gay and varied as any one could desire. ! The manufacture of artificial flowers has j risen from a handicraft almost to an art, i and blossoms that are really wonderful imi itations of nature crowd the counters of the shops and adorn the fanciful hats that this season has produced. Violets and red roses J are the reigning favorites, repeating the ; purple and carmine tints so fashionable in ' fabrics. We are evidently entering on a | period of frank coloring, for the half tints and subdued shades which have been considered "the thing" heretofore are giving ! place to brilliant reds, clear blues, vivid * ? ~ J vmln^nlroKlo T*d1 1 r\*tt o j grceua uuu uuuiiawaa?"?w jv..w?0l j Some very beautiful mixed straws are seen, mainly in combinations of green, pink, black and ecru, and plain neapolitan braids are also shown almost as flexible GUIPURE CAPOTE. and soft as muslin. Many of the wide hats have the brim shaped in starlike points, while in others it is bent and twisted in ev. ery conceivable fashion. Spangles always appear in the trimming and are used immoderately. A black neapolitan flat trimmed with black had the bent brim covered with black spangles of all Bbapes and sizes, while in lace hats the pattern is followed out on the net by them. The lace is gath ered very little, or course. Besides the large bats, a number of toques and capotes are shown. The trimming is often allowed to fall on the hair at the back. Sometimes it is ribbon bow, sometimes two i or three jet ornaments with pendants, sornei times only a bunch of violets. There is scarcely a hat or bonnet to be seen into the construction of which lace of some sort does not enter, while everything glitters with metallic or jet decoration. A stringless capote is shown with a crown of spangled guipure. A scant ruffle of lace takes the place of a brim and is arranged to i droop upon the hair behind. A black rosette is placed in the middle and on each side, and in front are two black ostrich ! plumes. _ Judic Chollet. PRETTY PRINCESS ROBES. Very Elegant, Hard to Fit and Not Enthuiilaiitically Popular. The princess robe, declared by the arbitrary law of fashion to be the mode, has not : been adopted with whole souled enthuI siasm, although it has a certain elegance that two piece gowns never attain, no matS ter how rich or in how good taste they may be. Perhaps the small nam Iter of princess costumes seen is due to the fact that they are extremely difficult tc fit properly, and princess evening gown, that there is no convenient way of fastening them, except in the back, unless the front be draped in such a way as to conceal the closing. It is certain that the style will never become vulgnrizcd, at any rate, and it is now rather exclusive, so much so that it can be said to never go really out of fashion any more than fine lace or low cut evening bodices become obsolete. The two piece costume has the advantage of allowing more variety in the wardrobe, since the skirt may be used with different corsages, especially if it be black, and it is thus more economical. Moreover, an ordinary dressmaker will make a success of it where she would make a failure of a princess gown. When the latter fits well, however, it is an ideal garment, us it leaves the long lines of the figure unbroken, and the bodice is kept in perfect position by the weight of the skirt. Two or three models of street gowns are shown in this style, with a draped front lapping over and fastening at one side. In one case the front of the corsage is plain and closes in the middle by an Invisible fastening of hooks and eyes, but this plan could be followed successfully only by an experienced and first class modiste. A sketch is given of a full dress toilet cut in the princess fashion. It is made of violet satin, with brocaded figures in green. It has a round train and closes in front under a full tablier of lace, which falls to the bottom of the skirt, where it is caught up on each side by a flower-de-luce made of lavender velvet. A lace flounce continues from these points toward the back, becoming narrower as it approaches the train. Jl.'PIC ClIOLLRT. FASHIONABLE SILK FABRICS. They Are the Kage Thin Season umt Are Used For Nearly Eve^-thlng. It seems scarcely possible that satin and moire can long enjoy the tremendous popularity now accorded them. It is too great to last. They are both shown in a wide range of quality and the latter in every variety of wave and combination of stripe that can be devised. The silk weavers ought certainly to be exempt from the pressure of present hard times, since they must have been steadily employed in order o produce the quantity of silk stuffs now demanded by fashion and shown by the shops. Silk fabrics are the particular rage this season and are utilized for everything? street costumes, wraps, evening gowns, wrappers, every article of the feminine toilet except underclothing. Fashion has turned in a sensible direction, so far ns the latter is concerned, and decrees the linen and muslin gowns that personally dainty women have never discarded, even in the lieieht of the silk underwear fever. The MOIRE AND SATIN EVENING GOWN, silk petticoat is seen, to be sure, but as it serves the purpose of a second dress skirt it can hardly be called an article of underwear. Besides satin and moire there are many fancy weaves shown in stiff silks, with self and other colored figures and stripes, and the usual assortment of light summer goods, sucli as china silks and brocaded J taffetas. The latter come in both flowered , stripes und scattered sprays, which are usually self colored. Glace and shot silks seem to be used more especially for petticoats this season, and the separate bodices in which they appeared so prominently i last year are generally made of striped or j plain moire or satin. It is said that boutonniere silks?black, sprinkled with small flowers or bouquets in the natural colorswill be much used, and they are certainly I very pretty, particularly when made up in i coat shape, with a bright vest and luce ruffles. A recent English evening gown, reviving the pannier effect, is shown in the accompanying cut. It figures in a trousseau and is made of cream satin and moire antique. ! The plain satin skirt is bell sb.aned and j has no train. The panniers and revere are j of moire antique, while the full chimisette or vest is of silk needle run lace. The puffed satin sleeves reach only half way to the elI bow, but are supplemented by wide lace ruffles. The gown is of course only suitable j for a tall, slender person. A woman of robust figure must always avoid panniers, however fashionable they may be. JUDIC CnOLLET. HOW TO CARE FOR THE HAIR. A Few Simple Measure* For Beautifying It, and a New Coiffure. How to care for the hair is a never settled question. The market is full of nostrums for beautifying, restoring and preserving j it, while there is an unceasing supply of contradictory recipes for its treatment. One writer mentions sage tea as a dressing, but does not add that it should be used only by brunettes, as it is inclined to dark en the hair. Other authorities state that borax should always be dissolved in the water in which the hair is washed. But ( borax, although it keeps the hair soft and clean, makes it fall out as fast as it grows in. Somebody else advises the use of vaseline and glycerin. These articles may be beneficial, but they make the hair datnp and oily and effectually prevent anything in the NEW COIFFURE, way of curls or waves, besides collecting all the dust and cinders that are afloat in the air. Brushing has time out of mind been considered the best sort of treatment, but i not long ago an innovator came out with I the assertion that it is most injurious, destroying the new hairs before they have a chance to grow. This may be taken with a grain of wholesome doubt. It is much easier to say what should not i than what should be done. Oil or grease of ! any kind makes the hair straight, stringy i and unpleasant to the touch and is an enemy to neatness. Soda dulls and dries it. Sulphur stimulates its growth, but is too | odoriferous to be pleasant. Simple measures in this matter, as in most others, are best. The hair may be washed as frequentj ly as necessary, for if it is quickly dried a bath does it no harm and greatly improves I its appearance. A little common salt, fine ! toilet soap, ammonia or alcohol may be added to the water and the hair afterward be dried in the sun or by artificial heat. It Bhould not be touched with brush or comb until it is thoroughly dry. This treatment will keep it clean and soft, and no hair is beautiful without these attributes, no matter what its color or thickness. A sketch is nriven of an eveninz coiffure in which the front hair is curled and the waved back hair arranged in n twist ending in five puffs on the crown of the head. The left side is ornamented with four erect wings or ears. judic chollet. SEVEN PLAIN WHITE SLIPS. One a Day Is Better Than a Satin Oue Monthly For a Little Girl. All wool French challies are selling at very low prices, and they are shown this | season in extremely pretty patterns. There are small detached flower sprays on a light ; ground?tiny moss rosebuds or violets?and ! also more connected floral designs, close ; Persian patterns in medium shades and vai rious stripes and flecks, mainly in red. ; These goods not only make cool and pretlittle girl's ciiai.lie gown, ty dresses and tea gowns for "grownup ladies," as children say, but are especially suitable for little girls and misses' attire, j being simple, dainty and inexpensive. Nari row ribbon bands, so much used as trim{ ming of late, are a particularly appropriate decoration, the color of the ribbon being ! chosen to match that of the figure on the goods. This garniture is even prettier than lace for children's frocks, being less quickly defaced. i Cashmere, flannel, thin French serge, [ challie and for exceptional occasions china silk are the richest materials that should i be used for a little girl's gowns. There is no danger that she will not look daintily well dressed if her wan!robe is carefully selected and well made. Let money be put into the fitting and finishing rather than into the stuff itself. Plained and figured white nainsook dresses trimmed with a modest amount of fine valencieiu.es lace or delicate embroidery are infinitely preferable to silk frocks for little people, for nainsook is new every time it is washed, while silk is old at the second time of an active j child's wearing. The main thing to be desired is immaculateness. Seven plain white ! slips a week are better and show a more re| fined taste than one satin one a month. Keep the little girl a child as long as possiI ble. Do not smother her youth in mature materials and make her a mere doll. She can be a little girl only a little while at most. The time will come soon enough i when her pe^onal attractions will have to J be supplanted by fine clothing. While they f are sufficient in themselves do not eclipse them with rich stuffs and elaborate styles. A sketch is given of a dress for a girl from 8 to 12 years old. It is made of challie and trimmed with bands of No. 1 ribbon. These bands are arranged on the skirt in the form of large Vandykes, the upper points of which are ornamented with ribbon rosettes. The plain round bodice has j a full vest trimmed with horizontal bands nt unit a wide rihlinn li*?lt deflnps the waist. The close sleeves have a puff from shoulder to elbow, and bands of ribbon simulate cuffs at the wrists. Jodic Chollet. When Wilder Didn't Smile. Does it pay to smile? Well, I should ; smile! So does Marshall P. Wilder, whose smiles have brought him the snug fortune of $50,000 in six years, and which is all put away in good investments for a rainy day. He had his pile in the Sixth Nationalc Bank, New York, when the bank wreckers were monkeying with that institution, and it was the only time, in years that he couldn't muster up a | smile. He has it salted now where he | can smile like an alligator. For the first ! six months of 1889 Wilder received not' less than $7,500, and earned every cent of it.?New York Correspondence Troy Times. pterrltancousi grading. IT WILL BE IN AUGUST. I THE XOMtXATJXG COXVEXTIOX OF THE REFORMERS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE. X'lmiH are Perfected for the Holding of the Convention, and Augunt 15 is Fixed an the Day. Columbia Register, Thursday. The members of the State Reform Executive Committee met in the hall | of the house of representatives yester- j | : day at noon. The meeting was called to order by Delegate L. E. Parler, of ! Colleton, who nominated Captain J. | A. Sligh for temporary chairman. W. | i TJT TNi*m aam am/) T /' AMo tt'O rn n r\ I 111. J/UlltUIJ U11U ?/ V, Vila MV.IV uj;- I pointed secretaries. Mr. McCalla, of Abbeville, moved | ! that all except delegates be excluded ! ' from the hall on the ground that it i j was a Reform caucus and here to dis- j i cuss the Reform side, and thought it j ; would be best to work with closed j doors. The motion was carried by a vote I ? of 21 to 13. j The chair then appointed Mr. J. B. Elkins doorkeeper. On motion of Mr. McCalla, the tem- j j porary organization was then made ! . ' permanent. Colonel J. T. Gaston, of Aiken, ! 1 : moved to have a convention of Re- ! ' j formers to nominate a Reform candi- j J date for governor and lieutenant gov- | ernor. The motion was carried almost , unanimously. A committee was then appointed by the chair, consisting of C. M. Efird, M. L. Mauldin, J. W. Stokes, D. K. Norris and T. L. Gantt on rules and regula| tions and manner of holding said con| vention. The convention then took a recess until 5 p. m. j At 5 o'clock the convention reassemj bled, and shortly thereafter the committee on plans entered the ball and j submitted the following report: We, the undersigned committee, beg leave to submit the following report: j 1. That a convention for the nomination of State officers be held in the city of Columbia on the 14th day of August, j 1894. 2. That said convention be composed | of delegates to be elected by conventions to be held in each county on the 9th day of August, 1894, each county ; being entitled to double as many delegates as it is entitled to representatives in both branches of the general assem| bly. 3. That the county conventions afore; said be composed of delegates elected i by the various Reform clubs in the i county, each club to send one delegate j for each twenty-five Reformers or ma1 jority fraction thereof. In those coun lies where there are no distinct Reform clubs, the Reform member of each club : sliall be called by ihe Executive Reform committeemen to meet at the | usual place of meeting and elect dele- J gates as aforesaid, to the county con- 1 vention. For the purposes of said i { election, the clubs aforesaid shall be j called to meet on the 4th day of Au- ! gust, 1894, At such meeting no member shall participate except such as voted for the Reform delegates in the August primary of 1892, and all others who will pledge themselves to abide by and support the Reform ticket of the State Reform convention of 1894. 4. That each Reform candidate for ; j governor and lieutenant governor shall I j lile with the chairman of the commiti tee, thirty days previous to the meeting i of said convention, a written pledge to j abide by the action of the convention ! herein called and support its nominees. Respectfully submitted. C. M. Efird, Chairman, For the Committee, j The report was adopted. I On motion of Mr. Pickett, the chair appointed Dr. Stokes, J. A. Sligh, J. C. Otts, C. M. Efird, and J. T. Austin as a ! committee to prepare an address to the Reformers of South Carolina. The chair appointed as a press comI mittee, H. A. Deal, J. C. Otts and W. H. Duncan. The following resolution, offered by | C. M. Efird, was adopted : Resolved, That the Reformers attending , j the various club meetings called by this i committee on the 4th day of August, 1894, j be requested to express their choice for ; governorship of this State, and that the ; I chairman ot the delegation of each club to i I the county convention he required to make I j return of said choice to the county con- j vention held on the 9th day of August, i i 1894. I Mr. J. T. Austin offered the following i resolution and it was unanimously ! adopted by a rising vote: Resolved, That we, the representatives ' i of the Reform Party of South C'orolina, in j j convention assembled, do most heartily i approve of the action of his Excellency ' Governor B. R. Tillman for the prompt | manner in which lie acted during the past i week in suppressing violence and disorder i and in maintaining the supremacy of the . law. ; On motion, the convention adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. The following were present: I. H. McCalla, Abbeville ; J. T. Gas- j ton, Aiken ; D. K. Norris, Andersou ; ' ! W. H. Duncan, Barnwell; J. B. MorI rison, Berkeley ; , Beaufort; j W. J. Whnley, Charleston ; T. J. Cunj ningham, Chester; W. D. Craig, Ches terfield : L. E. Parler, Colleton ; Louis i Appelt, Clarendon; E. L. Gray, I)ar- j lington ; J. M. Gains, Edgefield ; J. S. i [ MeCall, Florence ; J. T. Austin, Green- ! j ville; J. C. Larrimore, Georgetown ; W. \ H. Mauldin, Hampton ; J. M. Stalvery, j j Horry ; T. J. Kirkland, Kershaw ; E. I ' P. Liugle, Lancaster; J. A. Jones, : Laurens ; C. M. Kfird, Lexington ; J. M. Stackhouse, Marion ; J. L. Napier, j Marlboro; J. A. Sligh, Newberry ; J. j B. Picket, Oconee; J. W. Stokes, Orangeburg; T.C. liobinson, Pickens; H. A. Deal, Richland ; T. L. Gantt, i Spartanburg; H. R. Thomas, Sumter; j J. C. Otts, Union ; Wm. Cooper, Wil- j liamsburg; R. T. Riggins, York; J. W. Lyles, Fairfield. The above report was furnished by the press committee. Late last night, the committee gave to the press the following address to . the Reformers of the State : Four years ago, after years of struggle in the arena of reason, with the j forces of wealth and culture and train' ed leadership combined against us?a c< mbination confident, exultant in the ; pride and prestige of power long en- j joyed?the Reformers of the State : joined issue squarely before the people, : and ut the ballot-box won their fight by j ! an overwhelming majority. But the ! I struggle did not end there. An active, j intelligent and aggressive minority has . kept up the light with a tenacity that, . i in a better cause, would command the admiration of all men. Every I resource known to legislative and judicial obstructionist has been laid under tribute to retard-the performance of the pledges of the Reformers of the ' State to the people of the State, and ! to defeat the operation of these pledges even after enacted into law. Notwithstanding this active and skillful opposition, under the most | adroit and astute leadership, we have performed every pledge made to the 1 people in 1890, in so far as such pledges ; / m lw> iw-i-fnrmni] under the Grannie ! law of the State. We have worked , out the reforms we promised for the people and more than we promised. J With a clear record behind us, we now stand face to face with the future, ready and eager to grapple I , with new questions and new issues I that shall make for the upbuilding of | the material prosperity of the entire : people in larger degree and upon i : broader lines than ever before. I Moreover, with ftdl control of every I department of the machinery of gov- i eminent, with a constituency unified i and solified by successful struggle, we are in position not only to project larger things for the people, but we are in position to perform what we project. Let us not forget, however, that although we have rectified many of the . wrongs of the past and accomplished the reforms demanded in 1890, there are still important issues to be settled. In carrying out the pledges of the past, questions of the most vital and farreaching import have been raised? questions that go to the very founda- i tions of government by the people. < The issue has been squarely raised between organized capital and the organ- I ized people, by whose suffrage aggre- < gation of capital became possible. 1 The creature has grown so powerful 1 and arrogant that it has dared to meas- ] ure arms with its creator?the State, j So hot have the Reformers made this i fight that corporate monopoly has been driven from their. cover and forced to i fight in the open field. Its subtile grip i upon the peoples' throat has been loos- I ened and complete emancipation for i the people is only a question of time. It is a proper subject for congratula- I tion that in this mighty struggle, worldwide in its scope, South Carolina Reformers stand well out in the front. It only needs now that we be true to our principles, to our country and to our people, and the victory is sure. To insure continued success, a ccr- . tain amount of organization is necessary. In 1890 the necessary organize- j tion was accomplished by a March convention. For various and sufficient reasons, such a convention was deemed inexpedient this year, but after full discussion in the press, the plan of holding mass meetings to elect j . a State Reform campaign committee \ was adopted. Meetings were held, i , committeemen were appointed, and t that committee in its assembled wisdom formulated a plan of suggesting Reform I , candidates for governor, and lieutenant governor. This plan, as will be seen in the published proceedings, t meets all the requirements of a primary for governor and lieuteuant-govcrnor. It meets the reasonable demands of the people to see ami hear and question every man who aspires to their suffrage, and looks to the selection of lUnt nil n /I Ll n t A III llA rrot O thn mat 1VCIU1 U1 UUIUIUUIV >??IU gvio VIIV most Reform votes. It provides for an I open lield for all who aspire to public preferment and it is u safe plan. We commmend this plan to the fuv- i orable consideration of the Reformers of the State. Study it well ; carry out its provisions faithfully, and our movement will enter upon an era of ; broader and higher usefulness than in the past. Let every Reformer in the State do his duty and we will pile up a bigger majority for rule by the people than ever before in our history. (Signed) J. A Sligh, J. C. Otts, J. Thomas Austin, C. M. Efird, J. William Stokes, Committee. ; REPORT OF THE ORAM) JURY. Some Nee<le<l Improvement* at the Jail? Koad Overaeeru are Given a Fair Warning'. , ' Following is the report of the grand ! jury of York county as submitted to j \ the court before the final discharge of | that body on last Thursday : To His Honor R. C. Watts, Presiding Judge: We, the grand jury of j ' York county, through our foreman, | 1 beg to submit the following as our final presentment: < We have carefully examined all the ' ' bills given out to us by the solicitor, and reported on the same in accord- < ance with your honor's complete and comprehensive instructions: A committee of our number has made t a hurried examination of the books and 1 records of the various county officers, j ' So far as the committee saw, these | i books and records are all in proper 1 shape, but we are unable, at this time, ' to report on the matter definitely. We j < are satisfied that all the county officers are honestly and intelligently discharg- | _ ?~ * L a! h MAn*.AAt ! IIA n ! AH Kilt if to Allf 1U? tIJUIl icspctuvc UUUCO J L/ut it to VUI intention, before our final discharge at , the last term of court during our incumbency, to give all the public books j and records the complete and thorough examination that devolves upon j us as members of the grand jury. To do this work, we have arranged to secure the services of an expert for uot more than four days, at a compensation not to exceed 13 per day. We have carefully examined the county jail, and find that while the sanitary conditions there have been very greatly improved during the past two years, opportunity exists for still further improvement, at a compara- j tively small cost. The improvement, we think, can be brought about by instructing the county commissioners to, as soon as possible, provide for such a supply of water from the town waterworks as may be necessary. If the commissioners undertake this work, and we recommend that they do, we i suggest that they be careful to have it done as economically as possible?that is, to see that the work is done and the water supplied at the same rates us the same amount of work and the same quantity of water, would be sup- I plied to private individuals. We have no sympathy with a prevalent idea that because the county is large, and I supposed to be wealthy, it should be required to pay more for the same service than individuals are required to | I pay. r We have also noticed that the jail is 1 not as secure as it should be, and we s recommend that the couuty com mis- , L sioners carry out, as nearly as they c can, economically, such suggestions f as may be made by the sherifl", as are \ likely to contribute to still further I security. This we think especially a necessary for the reason that more t than once, of late, the county has had e " !.!! I very narrow escapes irom general juu deliveries. We also find the roof and j i walls of the jail in very bad condition, s and think these should be fixed with t: out delay. c A committee of our number has vis- n ited the county home. In thatinstitu- r tion we found twenty-three paupers, of j which fifteen are white and eight are colored. All of the inmates appear j a to be deserving objects of charity, and i e they are all taken care of as well as s their condition seems to require. The 0 farming operations at the county home p are conducted intelligently, and so far s as we are aware, the entire manage- j i rnent is worthy of especial commenda- ; a tion. The county commissioners have p recently exchanged thirteen-and-a- j, quarter acres on one side of the farm, s for thirteen-and-a-quarter acres on the j, the other side. The exchange was 0 made with a private individual, acre (] for acre. We do not consider that the ^ exchange affects the value of the county property one way or the other. At the county home we found one : y colored pauper who is suffering from ti paralysis. Up to a few week ago, the a man was able-bodied and made his g living as a laborer. He seems to be s slowly dying. His condition is pitia- > n ble in the extreme, and Christian tl charity requires that he be nursed y with especial care and attention, and S] in his last days given such nourish- a meut as his exhausted condition re- 2 quires. The carrying out of this re- a commendation may require the es- 3 pecial expenditure of a few extra dol- 0 lars, but, in our opinion, public duty requires the expenditure. It is a matter of personal knowledge 1 h of several of the grand jurors, that there I si ire a number of road overseers in various parts of the county who do not make proper ellbrts to discharge the luties that are incumbent upon them. We think tho roads^j^jiecounty should be worked? worked right now. We, ' jury, and cs individual members, iniend to give this matter especial attenLion, and all those road overseers who fail to do their duty in putting the loads in proper condition, will hear from us at the June term of the court in a special presentment. This matter may also be taken to apply to the county commissioners with equal force. We find in the office of the county treasurer a very inadequate supply of iHice furniture. We recommend that the county commissioners confer with the county treasurer, and at once supply him with such furniture as in the iudormpnt. nf the Irpnsnrer mnv be necessary. We thank your honor and all of the lourt officials for the courteous treatment that has been accorded to us in the discharge of our duty as grund jurors. All of which is respectfully submitted. A. A. Barron, Foreman. HOW PHRASES ORIGINATED. The origin of the phrase, "Hauling over the coals," dates six or seven centuries back, when feudal barons often used harsh methods of extracting gold from the rich Jews by suspending their victims above slow fires until they paid ransoms or died. There was a scene of this sort in "Ivanhoe," in which the Front de Boeuf endeavors to extort money from Isaac of York, father of Rebecca. The term "blue stocking" was originally used in Venice, about the year 1400, to designate the literary classes by colors. In Mill's History of Chivalry'" we are told that members of the various academies were distinguished by the color of their stockings, blue being the prevailing color. The application of the term to women originated with Miss Hannah Moore's admirable description of a "Blue Stocking Club" in her "Bass Bleu." "Corporations have no souls" is a much older expression than most people imagine. It originated with Sir Edward Coke, who, in the sixteenth century, was considered one of the best legal writers of the age. He says, in one of his treatises: "Coporations cannot commit trespass, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls." The phrase, "I acknowledge the corn," originated with a slave in Virginia. He was charged with stealling corn found in his possession. Having a sack with him, he was also charged with stealing that. His reply was "No sar: I 'knowledge de corn, but I ain't gwine to 'knowledge de sack." "Any color, so it's red," originated among the members of the old New York Volunteer Fire Department. One of them being on a committee appointed to procure a new tire-engine, was asked what color the company desired the apparatus painted. He replied : "Why any color, so it's red." "Drowning the miller," originated from the following fact: If the millstream below the mill is dammed or stopped, the water is pounded back, and the mill becomes what the millers call "tailed." There is too much water, the mill will not work, and the miller is said to be "drowned out." Hence, when too much of any one article is put into a mixture, it is called "drowning the miller." "Better late than never" was used aver three hundred years ago by Thomas Tucker, in his "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry." Later an, Bunyan used it in his "Pilgram's Progress." "Not a few of the phrases in use at this day originated with Lyly, and are found in his "Euphues," a popular aook published in 1850. Among them night be mentioned "caught napping," "a crooked stick or none," "brown study," "catching birds by putting salt an their tails," etc. BLUSHING. Blushing is caused by the circulatory, respiratory and digestive system af the human body. Though their functions are involuntary, they are it ill to a very great degree affected by he action of a nervous system. Now the nervous system is suceptible to two iinds of stimuli?physical and mental. Physical stimuli includes external ;xcitants of various nature?such as ight, heat, sound, odor, also chemical, uid galvanic irritants. Mental stimuli ire the results of exercise of the will md thought, and also of the powerful ind sudden emotions, the various emoions, acting through the nerves, affectng the circulatory system differently, royful emotions accelerate the action >f the heart and cause the dilation of he anterioles and capillaries to receive he added current. Sudden terror or fear, on the conrary, causes a spasmodic contraction >f the heart, and a simultaneous conraction of the small arteries, so that he face becomes bleached and the lands icy cold. The capillaries, or the small bloodessels which connect the arteries and eins, are affected by anything which iffects the circulatory system through he nerves. These small vessels form I Iiei WUl'K uvt'l nit; 1:11111c uuu^ iiuw hat the point of the finest needle canlot he inserted between them. Thus, in blushing, a mental emotion las accelerated the circulation and lilated the capillaries 011 the surface. The blood then rushes into them in uch quantities that they become visi>le, not as a network?they lie too lose together for that ?but as a uniorm Hush upon the skin. The reason vhy some persons seldom or never ilush is because, through constitutionil or acquired power, their nervous sysems are more or less independent of motional stimulus. Shame, joy, fear, or horror, excites n them but little emotion ; and beides, such degree of emotion as may ie excited is so far under the power if the will that it is permitted to send 10 electric currents to disturb the even novements of the circulation. - ? B&F A leading chemists says : "There re five ingredients in every cigartte, each of which is enough to detroy human life. First, there is the 11 of tobacco; next, the oil in the imorted paper, which is nearly as detractive ; third, the arsenic introduced o make the paper burn white and add peculiar llavor; fourth, the saltpetre ut in the tobacco to prevent its mouldig; and finally, the opium which is prayed 011 the tobacco to give it the isidious influence which it possesses ver the brain. Can you wonder that lie animal life of a young man is illed with such airlisense?" ? tSr Statistics are said to show that oung men do nut, 011 the average, atain full physical maturity until they rrive at the age of 28 years. I'rof. cheiller of Harvard asserts, as the reult of his observation, that young ten do not attain the full measure of heir mental faculties until they are 25 ears of age. A shrewd observer has aid that most men are boys until they re 80, and little hoys until they are 5; and this accords with the standrd of manhood, which was fixed at 0 among the ancient Hebrews and ther races. fifegTIt is much easier to tell people ow good they should be than it is to how them.