Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. TliitiLLINC DEEDS INCIDENTS AND ON LAND AND DARING SEA. An African Hunter** Narrow Kaenpe Prom licutli In an Kneonutrr With an Klc- phuut—A Hot richt With a «ray Kau'.c—Till her Itrave* Heath For Son. H. rt. H. CavemlUh, in a paper that appeara in the new volume of the Geo graphical Journal, describes a narrow eiicape he had from death in an en- countor with uu elephant near Lake Htefanie, in Homaliland. The animal had already been wounded in two places, when, says Mr. Cavendish, “We saw that he was very angry, swaying hit trunk above his head, and throwing up sand every now and then. I aaw that he was certain to charge if I did not kill him with the first shot, and thought that we had better leave him alone; but 1 followed up to the bush, and took as good a shot as I could get below bis ear at a distance of about forty yards. The bullet aeeiued to have no effect, for the ele phant just turned round facing us, and walked straight for the bush by which wo were concealed. Ho then stopped a sscohd, with his trunk scenting the wind along the ground, and we could boo that he knew exactly were w r e were. Unfortunately, my left barrel had only an empty cartridge-ease in it, which had jammed, and which I was unable to remove. “My gun-bearer then said we had Irttter make a run for it, ami at that moment the elephant charged. The only way back to the bushes was over u plain about 1011 yards wide, so giv ing my gun to the bearer, we started olT iu different directions; but the ele phant hud caught sight of us, and made for mo as straight as a dart. I was unable to run very fast on ac count of the terribly rough ground, which had been broken up by the elephants, the holes being concealed by the grass. I tried to dodge him, but he was too ipiick for me, and as 1 neared the thin mimosa hi)sh I saw him just o\er me with his trunk in the air, so 1 threw 1115self to the left on my face and kept still, thinking that the elephant might goon; he, however, stopped immediately, and, spinning round, knelt down behind me, with his head right over me, and took u drive at me witn his tusks, which I luckily avoided by rolling iu closer under bis chest. Hu then pushed me under him with his trunk, and t ried to pound me with his kuees, but, a< luck would have it, I was just out of iiis reach; I kept dodging his legs as they cnine down. At one mo- niint ho lay on me, and I expected every moment to hear the bones crack; but suddenly his weight was lifted off me,, ami I pretended I was dead, and, not wishing to see the coup de grace coming, closed uiy eyes and remained quite still. “Xho boys told me afterwa: he .got up and backed off in his leg against jse behind. he had had enough, and continued to calmly watch the fight from a dis» tanee. Filially a lucky blow stnnned tbc gallant bird, his wings drooped and he came to the ground, and the hunt ers sprang on him and pat an end to him.—Portland Oregonian. Futher’* Heroic Act. An exhibition of heroism was given at the Spring street railroad station, Elizabeth, N. J., recently by Frede rick Dnsterdick, who in order to save the life of his sou probably sacrificed his own. There were a number of people on the station platform at the time, and the heroism of the father made a deep iihpression on them. Dnsterdick is a young man and lives on Meadow street. He started for a visit to friends in Brooklyn, tak ing his child with him. They reached the station some time before the train was due and the child was permitted to walk about, tbe platform near bis father. Just as the train slowed into the station and before the father realized the boy’s intention, the lad started to run across tbe tracks. Dnsterdick dashed after the boy and caught him just as the child was in front of the locomotive, the pilot being only a dozen feet away. The father seized the boy with a powerful grip, and, realizing that it was too late to save both the child and himself, turned slightly and threw the boy off the track. The instant the child left his hands, Dasterdick was struck by the locomotive and knocked down. He did not rise and several men on the platform ran to his assis tance. They found that the father was un conscious, and that he had been badly injured on the head. Blood was ooz ing from a wound in the scalp, and it seemed as thodgh he was dead. A hurry call was sent for the General Hospital ambulance, and the injured man was taken to that institution. An examination indicated that Duster- dick’s skull had been fractured. He remained unconscious until morning, when ho partly revived. md kun. 'J lying ft; fie must frave been badly woff5Hed. After n be moved away, and on my to camp I went to bed, and ao.it out twenty boys to finish off the wounded elephant. This they suc- e eded in doing after putting thirty beliefs into him; he charged iu every du'ttiliou a id died hard.” Kxlnionllnitry Ghost Story. In the whole record of so-called “supernatural appearances’* there is not one which is more thoroughly au thenticated than the following: John Cope Sherbroke and George Waynyard were two officers in the Thirty-third regiment, and at the time of the extraordinary occurrence here related the regiment was on service in Canada. One evening, as usual, they went into a little room adjoining Wayuyord’s bedroom and commenced reading. After a few minutes Captain Sher broke looked up from bis book and saw standing in a doorway of the room a man who was a perfect stranger to him. At a loss to account for the in trusion. Captain Sherbroke turned to his companion to ask if the stranger was an acquaintance of his. Wayu yard wa* . ■ .j •* this, Captain Sherbroke made fort to stop the figure, which crossed the apartment and no ef- slowly passed I SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Tbe average amount of sicknes btimuu life is uiuj days out year. It is a noteworthy fact that thrive best in a pasture infes moles. This is because of t drainage of the land. The discovery has been m Gill university that metal any kiud can he compressed which will stand as severe tes original bars which supplied t iugs. A case of disease of the jaw due to inhaling phosphorus vapor matches has been reported by a Fi physician. The patient frequ used more than 100 matches a lighting and relighting the ciga^ smoked. Electric transmission of water is n >w in operation iu over 200 in the Unite ! States, according William Baxter, Jr. The horse transmitted ranges from less t to 12,000, the distance, from o to thirty-five. To determine the effect of pors of melted asphalt on plu experiments have been made lessor Soruuer with various shrubs, etc., by subjecting the few hours to the action of the No immediate injury was not but after a few days chan place which varied with d plants. The use of graphite as a In is now recommended even by th of the Prussian steam boiler tion society. An important coi however, is that the gruphit not only bo free from all hard bodies, such as quartz, but al the shape of Hakes, which cling rough surface of the metal and all irregularities left iu the m turiug. A new viper has been discov the sandy portions of the des tween Mushki and Persia, w'he almost impossible to detect its once, owing to its habit of buried iu the sand with only it 1 visible. This is auother insta’ burrowing habits iu snakes, which probably originally .led atrophy by disuse of the lim footed ancestors of snakes. iNotliii'K Known of th« F1«H After It 1 leaves Our Hirer*. The movements of the shad are of much interest and more mystery to ichythyologists and fish culturists. Beyond the period when the fish is in the river almost absolutely nothing is known of its habits. It belongs to a class known as anadromous fishes, that is, those whose home is in the sea, bnt who come into fresh water to spawn. From the time the egg is de posited to the time the fish reaches maturity and becomes a spawner, there is a period of three years, and the first five or six months of this only j are spent in fresh water. When the water of the Delaware in the spring reaches » temperature of 60 degrees or over, the shad enters from the sea in great shoals,the males first and the females about two weeks later. It was supposed for some years that the males entered first in order to find suitable nesting places, but this assumption is now known to be false from the discovery that the shad does not make a nest, as many other species of fish do, ami the real reason for their appearing first must remain, for the present at least, as one of the mysteries which surround the movements of this fine food fish. The spawning grounds of the shad are the largo pools in the Delaware Bicycle Hat. The very latest bicycle hat is made of straw in all the new shades, and has a saucy, rolling brim. The crown is rather high, with an ontword curve, while the trimmings are severe ly plain, usually a twist of chiffon with a bunch of curled twills. Brownie Overalls. “Brownie” overalls still grow in favor with the small boy, who wants “to have fun” undeterred by constant admonitions to “be careful of your clothes,” aud by his sensible mother as well on whom falls the onus of keep ing bis clothes in repair. The bine jeans have been adopted by most of kindergartens iu the noorer dis- . the kindergartens in the poorer above Trenton to the headwaters, and j incts, while they are equally popular it is for this re&son that tlie erection ' 11 ' 1 "’ wl | j n «- is s- K ,d of «it he ith asked luce lites ici- a en- ■md inch Mst- thi iti le,*' rhile sly iiat “A Fli:ht XVith 1111 EaRlc. A very handsome specimen of the giay engletamily, which has been in the possession of B. L. E. Simmons ami Dr. Holcomb, of Albina, Oregon, since Sunday, has attracted much at tention, ami has ul^o aroused the curiosity of their friends, as they de clined to state how they became pos sessed of the bird, and both declared that they were at church on Sunday, ami so could not have had anything to do with the killing of it. A gentleman who resides out on Columbia slough came to town, aud told a story which has let the cat out of the bag. Ho said that on Sunday two men, whom he knew to he resi dents of Albina, but whose names he did not know, were out hunting along tho slough, and had a desperate en counter with a big gray eagle, which he witnessed with much interest un til a charge of shot came pattering around him. When he first observed the hiyitcrs they were making a sneak under cover of a fence, trying to get a shot at some geese. Just as they were within shooting dis ance a large gray eagle swooped d,owu and fastened his talons in one of the geese. Without offering to shoot at tho other geese ns they fiew away, the two hunters ami their dog rushed forward to attack the eagle, which was endea voring to carry off the goose, but was not able to rise into the air with it on account of its weight. The dog reached tho eagle first, and, not having had any experience witn this sort of “game,” boldly attacked it. The eagle at once abandoned the goose and turned its attention to the dog, fixing its talons in the sides of his head and beating him furiously with its strong wings. The hunters arriving at this juncture, the eagle released the dog, which ran off yelping, and faced its more dangerous antagonists. In their excitement they dischargeil their guns without taking aim, and one of them came near shooting the inter •sited spectator. They then clubbed their guns, and did their best to beat oft the eagle, who was desperately en deavoring to fasten his talons in one or both of them, with the amiable in teutiou of plucking their eyes out There was a hot time on the slough for a while. The eagle, having apparent ly lost all fear, flounced around and seemed to have more beaks and talons than any douhled-hended, double breasted Prussian eagle ever seen hunters made livfely play with gnus, but the eagle’s solar plexns Id not be reached. The hunt- called aud called far their dog, but through a door iqadiiif^to Waynyard’s bedroom. As 'soon as tho man wad oat of sight Waynyard recovered his faculties and cried out, “My brother!’* “Your brother?” repeated Sher broke, “What can yon mean, Wayn yard? There must be some decep tion. Follow me.” They then went into the bedroom, room from which the only pos sible menus of exit was the one door already referred to. They found the room empty. This incident produced a profound impression among the officers of the regiment who knew that both Sher broke aud Waynyard were sober, cool- headed men of unblemished integrity. Waynyard declared that the appari tion was the spirit of his brother, and expressed the conviction that his brother was dead. When time had elapsed sufficient to allow inquiries to bo made it was dis covered that he had died on the very night on which his spirit had appeared to the astonished officers in Canada. Of the two witnesses of this strange episode one became General Sir John Cope Sherbroke, G. C. B., and the other Lieutenant-Colonel Waynyard, of the Twenty-fourth Light Dragoons. New York World. Sperdlna For Life Over a Burning Bridge. Engineer William Narr&gong had a thrilling experience a few nights ago. He runs No. 9 passenger train, dne at Tamaqua, Penn., from Philadelphia at 9.38. As his train rounded Springer’s Curve, several miles sonth of this city, he was horrified to boo that the oh covered wooden bridge was envelopes in tlames. To stop was impossible, as the distance was too short, so he threw the throttle wide open and dashed on tho bnrning bridge, reach ing the other side with his human cargo in safety. The heat was very strong, and in the short space of time required to cover the 100 feet 00m posing the bridge the ears were blis tered and the roofs covered with burn ing debris. Had the train been ten minutes later it would have landed in the Schuylkill aud caused a great loss of life, as the bridge burned very rapidly. Flrc-\Vor*hlper* anil Keros,-no, A knowledge of the existence petroleum at Baku, Russia, is ancient that we find there the rams of a temple to Zoroaster. The wor ship of tire—so easy to obtain that it was only necessary to prod the soil with a stick and set tire to the vapor that issued out of it—was continued until so recent a time as twenty years ago, when several Parsee priests were in Baku far the purpose of worship ing that which we of this iconoclastic time buy in the corner groceries to til our lamps. —Harper’s Magazine. Violet* Chemically Perfum As violets are much in 0 along the London thoroughfares, a correspondent, the followin dent may he of interest. I wai chemist's shop when a coster g: tered with a large basket of viol set it on the floor. I bought a aud then noticed the chemist’s ant pass a small glass phial girl, the contents of which she into the basket. “Tricks of said tbe chemist with a smile, the merchant gavahim a look humor from under her hat. was that she boughtP’ I nuell. They rest on moist the basket, and the moist moss ab sorbs the perfume. That penn’orth will sell the basket.” Then he told me that a “penn’orth” of musk per fume was used to improve the selling quality of pots of musk, and that he had had a hawker similarly ask: “A penn’orth of white rose, Guv’nor.” As went away I figured to my mini an old lady bending ever that basket in response to the merchant’s observa tion: “Fresh, ma’am? Jnstsmell for yourself.”—Loudon News. A Two-Ha ml 1<*<I Hmnmrr. People who stood around lookitg at men clearing up debris of a torn-down building were interested in the uau- ner of wielding a two-handled ham mer which they saw iu use there, and in the hammer itself, which was bigger than any one man could have handled. Its two handles were inserted iu it like the sookes of a wheel in a hub, and they spread out like them. The handles were held each by a man, the two men standing side by side. The big hammer was used here in breaking up stouo so that it could be handled. When the hammer had breh let fall two men standing by the stone lifted it and bore it back by the handles ns two men might raise a lad der by bearing back against tho side stiipes while two men held the foot of the ladder on the other side. Htre the two men were each holding handle of the hammer. When by tho united labor of t^ll tbe big hammer had again been poised in the air, the men in front stood aside and it was again let fall upon the stone.—New York Sun. of dams in the river would destroy the fisheries in a very few years. It is true that there are also spawning grounds at the head of Timber Creek and a few other streams below Tren ton tributary to the Delaware, but they are of very small extent and could not begin to accommodate the number of fish which come in from the sea every year. The average fe male shad deposits about 30,000 eggs, although a very large one may deposit anywhere from 60,000 to 90,000 eggs. Of these it is estimated that not more than 10 per cent, are hatched, the re mainder either not being fertilized or else are destroyed by the many other fish in the river. Of those left it is estimated that 90 per cent, are de voured. Thus out of 30,000 eggs laid only abont 25 or 30 young fish reach the sea in safety. It is in the hatch ing of shad that man outdoes nature, for out of every 30,000 eggs man, by artificial methods, can cause 90 per cent, to be hatched against the 10 per cent, of nature. The young artificially hatched must be placed almost im mediately iu the natural breeding grounds, aud assuming that 90 per cent, of these little creatures will be devoured by larger fish, there will still remain 2700 to reach the sea against 25 or 30 by natural hatching. It may be stated here that in conse quence of the greatly increased de mand within the last few years, if it were not far the artificial hatching the shad would by this time have almost disappeared from the Delaware, and from all other streams for that matter. After hatching the yonng shad "flies and wateI*anTmitciteer~ TJy Sep tember they are from three to four inches long, and then, as the water iu the sand and garden work of the kindergartens where the children of tho “400” are taught. “Blow, Sister, Blow!” The bugler feminine is a new role for that versatile sex, bnt her strains will doubtless be as successful in in spiring patriotism as though blown by bearded lips. Mrs. Marguerite Ray mond, thirty-five years old, a teacher of voice culture, a “good shot” and a native of Chicago, is tho aspirant for the position of bugler. She has been assigned to Company H, Second Regi ment, Nebraska National Guard, and has been ordered to report for duty at Omaha.—New York Tribune. The First Woman Doctor. 1 Agnodice, a yonng Athenian, was (the first woman doctor on record. In Jthe year B. C. 300 she studied medi- |oine, disguised as a man, and after (graduating built up a successful prac tice. When her secret became known she was proseented for studying and prac tising medicine illegally, but tbe women of Athens raised such an agi tation that the law was repealed, and the plucky “lady doctor” was allowed to coutinue in her chosen profession. Elastic-Topped Stocking;*. The smartest stockings for low shoes are ribbed in perpendicular and horizontal lines together, giving the stocking a plaid effect, but in one color. The newest ones in silk or lisle are woven with especial elastic tops. That is, the threads are so combined that the stocking grips the knee, and in case the elastic supporter strap gives*Wiiy.'tW^ff^S^ft^ Artllicial Stone. A firm in Scotland is engaged in the manufacture of artificial stone, which is, it is claimed, quite the equal of the natural product iu durability, hard ness and in its ability to stand weather tests. The ingredients are principally lime and sand, with water at a very high temperature. After being thoroughly incorporated the mass is placed iu molds and subjected to a temperature of about 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Superheated steam is the heat employed for this purpose, is a fact well understood by those who have made the subject u study that artificial stone may be made sue cessfully from the materials men tioned. Mortar and stucco are in ex isteuce in some parts of the world that were made ceutnvies ago. grows colder, they begin making their way in vast shoals to the sea. As eoon as they reach deep water all trace of them is lost.—Philadelphia edger. Huerr Trade*. In a great'eity like Paris there is a arge number of persons who gain their iving honorably enough, but in exer cising professions the most extraordin ary. One seeing them at work would not think they conld do well, and won der why they do it. A little attention will explain the mystery. There is the searcher for gold or jewels; he lives by sewers. You will see him waiting near their openings, net in hand, snapping up and select ing from all that comes out of them. Sometimes he finds objeots of gold or silver, which, after many turns of fortune, come to be lost, or rather, found there. Then there is the crow chaser. This is a little girl or boy, who aids his parents by gaining three or four cents a day. They set off early in the morn ing and give their services to the kitchen gardeners in the suburbs. Sometimes they go several miles be fore arriving at their employer's place. Their work is to stand among the vege table beds and chase away the spar rows, crows and other pilfering birds by waving a black cloth. It is a fatigu ing task, and we have said above how they are paid. Bnt the children per form their work with zeal, and at night fall return on foot to their homes. Sometimes their employers give them the scraps from their tables.—London Echo. certain extent maintain itself neatly in position. A few elastic topped hose are prettily woven with what appears to be a scarlet, sky bine or orange yellow garter, bow and buckle, clasp ing just below tho knee.—San Fran cisco Chronicle. BlcycUna Costume*. Bloomers, knickerbockers, and di vided skirts are not fashionable. The divided skirts are oftener used than either of the two before mentioned; but even enthusiastic bicyclists find it possible to ride a wheel and weai^ a skirt that is becoming both on the wheel and off it, and that a divided skirt rarely is. In the beginning of bicycling, tailors did not understand how to make the skirts; they were too wide or too narrow, and the fulness was in the wrong place; bnt now a degree of perfection has been reached, so that, like riding-habits, they are as. trim and neat as possible, with not one inch too much of material, and yet enough to be entirely becoming. S? Serge, cheviot, and covert-cloth are { all excellent materials, and there are ; many golf cloths with double face that make very smart skirts; these last are largely used by one of the leading makers in New York. Skirts made of double-faced material are finished so they can be worn either side out, thus virtually giving two skirts—a dark blue or black will have the other side of black and white of a medium size check, etc. It is not well to go in for any startling effects in a bicycle suit; the quieter a woman dresses the bet ter she looks. The prize awarded at the recent doll show for the best bi cycle costume was given to a plaid skirt and plain jacket, but the same effect in an all plain material would have been better. There is consider able dispute as to the best style of jacket to wear. Some people like the long coat of three-quarter length, while others prefer the Eton jacket. The great advantage of the Eton jacket is that it is small enough to take off and roll into a little parcel, which can be strapped on the handle-bar; but it should not be on the double-breasted plan, with any large revers. The smartest ones are more on the mess- jacket order, fastened at the throat only, then op-m, and- the fronts left loose. Bicycling boots, either ta^or blaek, are worn until very hot w-eather sets in, when the low shoes aud plaid stockings will again be fashionable. It looks particularly well to wear leg gings of the same color as the cos- ptnme, if the costume is one of the light tan cheviots or linens; bat in hot weather leggings, like the boots, are very hot indeed. The plaid stockings ^■.pot look well if ana has large feet omTck 'BhKres, and ofTiuiH'Se urn shoes with stockings to match, or black shoes with black stockings, are always in good taste.—Harper’s Bazar. The Fay of Trained Nurses. “The average sum paid to pupil nurses is ten dollars a month for the first year, and fourteen dollars month during the second year, writes Elizabeth Robinson Scovil on “The Life of a Trained Nurse,” in the Ladies’ Home Journal. “The re muneration varies in different institu tions. In a few training schools the nurses are paid nothing. After gradu ation head nurses in hospital wards receive from twenty to thirty dollars per mouth; superintendents from five hundred to twelve hundred dollars « year. District nurses, who are em ployed by various churches, societies, and sometimes by private benevolence, to work among the sick poor, receive abont tbe same salary as a bead nurse iu a hospital, exclusive of board. “Private nurses receive from fifteen to twenty-five dollars a week. They have to pay the rent of a room to use as a headquarters, and their earnings are more or less precarious. It is rare for «a nurse to be employed all the time, and her work is so arduous that it would be impossible for her to stand tho strain of continuous work.” Naming the Triplet*. Mrs. Paul Hetrick of Burlingame Is the mother of triplets. She calls them Cora Dell, Dora Bell and Nora Nell. To distinguish one from the other she has tied a blue ribbon on the wrist of Cora Dell, a red ribbon on the wrist of Dora Bell and a white ribbon on the wrist of Nora Nell.—Kansas City Journal. The Bulldog a* a Fisherman. One day Clyde Scott and his dog Styx were playing on the banks of Stillwater Creek, when suddenly Styx stood at attention and then made a mad dash into the water and grabbed a large fish in his teeth. The fish and the dog fought for fully five minutes, the fish getting away from his captor twice. Scott encouraged Styx by shooting at him to hold on, and finally the dog crawled oat of the water with the fish in his month, proud conqueror. The finuy denizen was a carp weighing ten pounds, and its captor a bulldog which has been taught many carrying tricks.—Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune. A Bad Bargain. The unprofitableness of some of the rush and worry of business life is Iieatly suggested in the following dia logue, found in one of the papers: “Where is Jones?” “Gone to California.” “What far?” “To regain his health.” “How did he lose his health?” “Earning the money to go to Cali formal” Hair Net* Are in Again. After nearly half a century of disuse aud though thought to be permanently oat of fashion, the hair net is coming in again. In merely masculine eyes this may not seem important, and many men have probably never noticed the nets that are now being worn. But to womenkind it is a matter ef great interest, for the new fashion has arisen suddenly and it is quite radical. It comes over from Paris, and is really a part and portion of the feminine athletic tendency of these times Perhaps it may even mean the death of the present elaborate back hair pins. In any event it will follow that fewer of these hair pins are to be used, for the coming of the net signifies that the hair pin of to-day as applied to the back hair of the modern girl has been a good deal of a failure and can no longer bo depended npon. It was all very well when girls walked and moved quietly. Then hair pins could do their work. But now the athletic girl moves her head as she does the rest of her body, ener getically, and at times violently. The fashionable hair dressing is for a rather low psyche knot, and an hoar or so of exercise will shake her hair loose and pat the psyche in peril. The new hair net that is at the same time so very old is made to slip over this psyche and hold it in place against •11 emergencies.—New York Herald. Shown in the Dry Goo4* Stores. Silk collars with a •orded bow. Foulards in Oriental colorings. Babies’ caps and bonnets of chiffon. Black dress goods with braid effects. Silk waists with yoke of cord effects. Patent-leather belts studded with steel. Fancy white gauze for bridesmaids' gowns. / Enameled bedsets for country Louses. Fibre carpet to replace matting, if possible. Empire or rococo designs in carpet borders. Muslin curtains having chintz figures. Drapery nets having all-over crackle patterns. Tiny handkerchiefs having a narrow ace border. Sailor and walking hat brims with a Tam crown. Belts of coral nailheads set in an tique silver. Parasols of chiffon petals represent ing a flower. Brilliantly colored grenadines in broche effects. Ganze hats trimmed with a velvel knot and wings. Golf ho’se in many green aud yellow- brown colorings. Silk petticoats with a deep flounce, accordion plaited. Cloaks of white silk with tnckeo effects for babies. Silk waists for misses in sizes from fourteen years up. French underwear of nainsook, hand embroidered. Mercury wings colored to match th« most startling •flowers. Sets of a collar, Y and belt of velvet ornamented with steel. Infants’ long cloaks of dotted Swiss and pique with lace trimming. Table centres entirely of openwork with silk embroidery then on this. Stocks of satin with long ends edged with a puffing of monsseline. Applique garnitures of lace leaves or flowers and bead and spangle ef fects. , Dust cloaks of taffeta finished with a deep accordion plaiting headed by • pinked raffle. Exquisite opera bags of colored bro cade, especially pink, violet or yellow, with jeweled gate top. Oriental cotton draperies for from ten to sixty cents per yard in crepe, striped, plain, Bagdad and bourette effects.