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You. XVI. Alliance Department. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., OCTOBER 6, 1892. HISTORY OP SHAVING WHAT MAftfcb IHb SWELL. Adopted as tbc County Organ by Uw Coun ty Alliance J uly 5th, iwm. M. 4. PATK, AaaoctaTK Kdito*, To whom all CoittmUntoaUotu* on AUlauce blatters should be addressed. . OSrers *f the Cmiaty Alllaaca. W. II. Duucan, President. # U B. Toolo, Vico PrestdonL W. 8. Hamberjt, Secretary. A. K. Free, Treasurer. \V.<i Britton, ChapUin. T. 8. Weeks, County lecturer. * XV. A. AH, Steward or Assistant Lecturer. \V. E. Sadler, Door Keeper. R. K. llartey, Assistant Door Keeper. D W. Bodiford, Sergeant-at Arms. F.lhCW^^WAjrent —— Exeeutlre Corainlttew - C. B. free, w. iw, Tatrlck, W. A. Faust. ^ .. w „ Trade Committee—G. tt. Hunter, K. n. Dowling, J. M. Ulmer, W. A. AH. Committee on Good of the Order—J. C. Mc Millan, C. M. KdenfleW, W. T. Care, 4. h Bnelling, E. B. Gooes. __ B AMKKKfl, 8. C., Oct. Tat. IBM. To the Secrettrlea of Bub-All.aneea The County Alliance will meet at Barnwell C. ft n Friday OcL Hth 18M nt II e'clocK A. M. „ » , Bub-cTeoretariea will send In their rep'Wts, not later than Monday prerlous to iha mertluw. W. A B»na«iw, Heoty. B* C. A. Bamberg, 8. C. ^ ONCE UPON A TIME ALL MEN EVERYWHERE WORE BEARDS. — | ■ ■ I Alazander of Gfoeee Is.Bald to Bare Been the First Barber—Beards Bare Been Common During the History of fSarlicit Races—Some Remarks. [ Some Interesting" Point* About Two Ap- 1 . - parcnlljr Well Dressed Men. , 1 was standing In the lobby of the | Adams House in Boston. A New York ; club man came in nnd stood talking with some one in the lobby for several minutes. .After he had gone ont the man he had been talking with came over to mo—he 1 was a friend of mine—and put this ques- To Ttt* Editor—Can you tell us when shav- . t i on; ‘‘How does Hicks Yardlv dress so Ingcatne Into fashion, also somethin;: of the .v, « . cr. nno Voor* nn.l hUtory of beards? Buown and Jones. I Wi W H ® has a ?/ ar ’ an ' 1 This question is apropos. At this pt he manages to dress himself so ns to period, when the Nineteenth century is “ Coming to the end of the division, the . ton man 1 know. tire has been pnt oub in the boj and. old ; - u ^«». ‘ father time lias reversed the wheels and F ^hc Boston man dressed on a cash ac- puton the brakes, it is particularly tit- count and an <*>'* to colof. The New ting tlnxt somebcsly, cither Brown (»r , fook much better garl>ed than any Bos- Btrange, isn't it/’ Dww’l Macwwrbfw tRf Btyc. (W J Xmtwsk In t^tbsm UMlWvui. ) the Uw» ■P*»- twral maUeru, mm Mm f Have yww •bepped to pgruCs wf rwwr mwiplalwu aw4 dh m Um bwy • mm i he fans E rscy - M bu mmXmt )«4wt tw agrirwL s*««aa aatUAud Day awd a*gki are ■f— fa marmaHag awd emaglalaU at •f»- Mai iTTl — lba< aaww I* Urm~» la awd ready to da barm re dll a^- Vf wRMA wa re* gala war awda aad rre wam awt af pdat mpAalre awd kftaaar- aaret lUMi i m*M a Raaw • ‘ M«raf«i wrere Rareal Um R n Mull re ret mmbtmg Hw «a#» dareaw^au MPwU Jones or both, shonld arise and pnt this question. It is a tin de siccle question. I The first instance of shaving originated from the necessities of war. In the late autumn uf the y»*ar 800 B. C., the Mace* I dunians got their crops in early, ami after the celebration of tbc harvest home things got pretty uninteresting in Mace donia. It waa too cold to fish and too warm to skate, and the prospect for the Macedonian on pleasure brat wtren he . fired up the be*eburner and reflected that skate* hadn’t been invented yet was not a happy one. Things con tinned to dreg on until Thanksgiving time. 800 B. C., when the Mnredoninne gut together, sailed down on the Greeks and did them bottle. The Greeks got the worst of It. and fur nn ether rreeno than that they sported lung, fie sing heonh. The anarandlaf Mace donians grabbed there Grecian eraa- reefita aasl ) snked the pmw Gffvwfc f<ny ways far Annular, leaving Man a H el tag ream an the grnoa I. It wna Ibis that pmiknbly gave rtre to the Yorker’s dress was not only an art, but a science—nn art because he had an eye to harmony; n science because he had a comprehensive knowledge of means to ends. ’ Any one knows enough not to wear a rod cravat and a bottle green coat; bat how many men know how to have their coats cut or their shoes shaped? They leave It to their tailors, and most tailors cut a coot the same for a stripling of twenty as they would for an alderman. Hicks Vanity would have Informed the Boston man that his hat was to broad brimmed, his collar was too high In front and too low Hi the bock: that Ms cravat was Idee and his vVdets pur ple—Oh, Horror of horror*!—that his cut away had one too many buttons o » it; that Ms waist coat hnsg down Hke an IneerWd V, whereas It sbonhl hind about Mm like a belt; that his trousers were tight to the kaee and loree frewn there down, whereas tbsv MfiMli have been the reweere; that Ms shore turned up at tha Iren—tbs sals af tbs Lagltsb mads tonrbes the grererel from Up to •hey I: that ki* gtoros sre r sfareel hare been sn agt t. perel la fibe lasrk. wtor*as it s fpreeae shoakl be the ream that Ms stir k wna a ba« kfawn. hi fire flhre af the wall hnsren fact Vhet M the wartd mM rerry res any sttov then an afl wawl n toe Vtrseb >«to »re by tha aaare af Aleg re the Wrek y»4a« «4 «be fair*. ■"Ufi wish at art toned* That retire* fi. The newt day a cwaareMfre relief m fire errep wtsb e rtprew and a hrefiwt af relre end aesynanin! every toeed la atgtrf This la an amanat af tire had sfiaen km»wa to hfianrp. The rer red af fika fires insliistag Isa fswlsi af sasbi aaabs fag a pvreeaas fis ire east M» IfWbs Yardty reovdd ttrere %jm yreea npn reset re the fisrerefi bare flhf a a%t -d Weaoih and tore the •nan ttsanse has tha fare refirevtoe re whits An fitoasadre deewqal be* fhi ■ ■ ret arese re the Mfifab saalary. Ik C hag and tatrend la ~llmae Th mfhSi Ma aaph vtresaaBa laafiag: AvresOveeire fisn*—Fbedaret Bdreaal •aaifi te has mesiSsaa e sssaen afips Ms Kag la fasSa PWATv W sareagtoa. Afbsv the saaa af Aa bearfa *f Iha Ckreataa aevay shasbag kanaree regsaler Ste Sanaa nearer treifi reaaa, baa aad aaifi a rere h late# fa the ywrfiwtaaara af ssy fdraaaBfi dfif-ared wren Itesaas href saaered dstra das re* ao rsfisaw 1 aas eattal apm la fika Sereggan Slaia af adveareiy, dal M great asssaWrn sf tha evaft frees etwvy kaetrew gsneeai fis fart H St a asfi sart «f fire eswtd a here eagtiaig fes Are i to h real as a sastlare An A*iiuii»ul's lwAt»«ricMi»a* “Isaw a balloon asoeuNion and para chute drop down in Texas not so long kgo,” said Ed Reeder, a well known ball player noW with one of the Southwest ern league clubs, "that was very inter esting. The balloonist Leroy inode an aerial trip from a small, town neof Aus tin one day and was to makeru parachute leap. When at an altitude of about 2,000 feet he suddenly recollected that his parachute was a braud new one uud had never been tested. Not caring to risk the thing he attached a fifty pound sack of sand (ballast) to the parachute „and cut it loose. As he feared, the thing failed to work right and did not • ■ Ilf"-***' ' " ' " ’*' 11 Hb “The sand and parachute dropped like a streak to the earth, gaining momentum with every foot of their descent until they struck the wooden roof of u house below, crashing through jt Hke through so much ]tsp*r. The balloon soared aloft, and in due time, a*the hot air gnuinalljr •scaped, sank slowly to earth in the midst of a form several miles from the town. The farm hands had observed its coining, and when It alighted aeired upon the airship, which was a valuable oiled silk affair, and claimed it to the property of the owner of the land be en are it had landed there. The rights of Profoaour Leroy, who happened Ae have landed right with Ms property, were entirely ignored. Dot the raptors were obdurate oud finally the prvfcaour departed. “lie obtained a writ of irplertn far Ms balloon from the mar vet squire, and • constable shortly after rvlievd the rap tured airship to its rightful owner The hole tn the roof af the building rnnemi kg the pfof res nr’s rend beg and the age rnaaeqaeut thereto bed tn hi C lsud and re tiled far at Ms aapr s! he taken the piece of Ms sending at the pnfnrbntr’s beadle (to fnareei espouses o«ml4 have far aaenedsd t to Ihe iuof. * —UTnrt LOVfc I He tvisou«».’ 1 loro the Roods. OH gtvo me but that er»c of rook On which to build my simple cot* And I'll uol ask fur palaces Nor murmur at tny Kuiciy lot. 1 do not need the s’lken cafb» The cushioned couch, or wrasont J food; t do not need the tongue uf turn To voloo the word that "Liie Is food." 1 do not need tbo amber scent Tits honeyed Smile and tutored song, Or crowd of glittering sycophants That la the halls bf Crcosus throb*. I h>ve tbc woods When o'er the distant line of hills The rosy morning peeps its head, watched, Mow quench their llsfct and go to bed, t rise from eonrh of perfumed pine And seek the purl Inc brook that flows Be tween Its fling*'of veiret mo**. * Where tiny turquoise blossuht blows t need no marble fountain rare Tw partly sad lovo'sad rices And when I say tr.y'frrulrfu! p-ayet, SUOltUUUl Oil kuU l.4vyv*Ci « ,**. ,«C could see how tiivd she was. Ills own face showed that, but ft* the indomit able fire iu his black eyes, he would have given out long ugo. But the day Of foreclosing the mortgage drew ou apace. Btlll to-day tvas a happy day— Henri had a surprise for Hoph.e. and ns be occasionally searched his palette for Colors, the Corners -of his mouth twitched with his nnpprenaed secret Mopbie Vvsa Just saying bow Jean Bertritfd kepi repeating his offer to bet father, and how, ns the doyn went by and the first of JatiuUry Approached, her father seemed morn and more In- ' “Very good for M. Ilertrnml,** h^ said “But t hast* aotneihing to tell you. Bomelldng splendid—huperb.*' and he kissed his hand with a theatrical gesture. “Ob! what la Itf* ekelaimed Sophie, Jumping np and spoiling IV folds of 'Tis la His ssigbiy *Wme of gram 1 lore the wcsjJs. , tly Silent friend, my faithful Aoy, The horse that Iwatens to my rafi The birds that stag stove lay They coaatftsw my all ta sd t beratto the forest's Slwrad sir, Tto beeos* that reals tto bmm Tts snow -rlsd summit s sicvophere And proto tto Lard I n Iteiog awUl THE LILAC WITCH. her carefully-arranged drapery. Henry forgave Iter that for sake of the tteww Then he told her 1 Low the agent of an oil magnate, juat i over from America, was looking all 1 I’ari* for pafMfofa of heeutlful 1 how he ha tYMeh/* now nearly he had. with ah A goner offered the tabula— I ly thouaaad fruneb. That ended the for that day, for Sophie luoAtod. .. . . Ilefirt at treeatoherltohM.I “•TjVZ tel Hag him tha hrwu» bud UtaWtag him | ^ , hrrak off all fkrttoe nagotlnikma with M l» H Hker she Henri’s fade Joet the 1 He torned eagerly back to looked at It a minute, away with a sigh. Sophie < and looking over hU i lovely reflection of herself, ■ Why be sighed, lie answered; “Ah, Sophie, yon cannot i yon cannot know the feeling of tion which an artist has for Into which he has poured his houl. This la thy masterpiece. 1 never do anything as good, ip expansive bgalnt—tkO| never! Strength* all the purity, all wf my Inmost sont cr* en one pointing* and r t with it—must sty good-by WkM what has be^rveot and me for months past. You what it has come to mean to like rygmalion, 1 have 1 created it. It to more ! It U an ideal la which 1 . months Oh, tiw find anything to take ite And Henri, kneeling before tarr. spread out kle tkm. Hofdtie knelt ,t . , . Fvntly paesing ofie bfan otor Me afiefifa the -Ulec | ^ whispered aefUy to hire, ns if Ure* 7 * nd how already knelt before fire bit art „\F*TtV,T ' “Obre. Uenrt, here t erel knee juA totting for tm tsiting It’s done, ere< • tovfi no toreu serereA fioaton weaeoee remfis uresar bf has - tog fito b* ere no* to* sre fiased far • eon- Awe toemeae m§ faefiag rere Ifiefl be vnnidbn obflpgrd tfi flto figbA Yennfi sfbrtie eso msssfi eMre ensfif brefioo tto* ttonr fitot bare • ■ as tore 4 tto ssarm far frees. Jest to free* tootm are redvwd lot AM bf reerbsakafi %to*t air ngifi sfir fires foer, ae yaong tot* nr* mods prerearereif eld bf pws* uag npan Harm Ifie bordre e< cares bfa yond tW4r ftnra Tto farmer ember a grfavens mUSate nbe dfa semes Me reree snd Me treoVa* In eearefdelafag SfdrH fa ilw premare —t Me bev*. end be aos* tbrir vonag ad a la mm mar rb far Mijbtrt too rsvr "ftrgr end mare plrtouel presparts- fader ell tbe remplelafa that 9bO W trerdre dm lead, okal must be Um grfavene ueeseqereee epnu tbr ranng In bringing s*«»«t e dvmarallsaikH* that a III bring failure to mr agricul ture. Make the future of yonr eklldrve bright end h'p.»y hy k*e|»lng the young In years as far from cares as p »ssiblr. TOMATO LEAVES. I — Ttotr Talas to Famare* as aa lareetletda. , Translation from LI Mercario, Val paraiso. Chili: J “1 planted a peach orchard,” writes 'Tl iM. Leroy, of tlw society of hortlenltnre, ..'‘•nd.the tree* grew well and strongly. They had Just commenced to bud, when the eureulio attacked them. These in ner ts were followed by intv. Having cut some tomatoes the idea occurred to me that, by placing some of the leaves •ml • •* ttwl ireto tbs lA ill n I vrefs.'l •* aU • blwnyq pa tto Amato renfflru to • «i ore •«. I s, "(•,#*'4 I llsdr sn ret tire > >a— ^fa 4 a i fa fal A. A «n4 gave tin 'V* a toms. Th* first sre* fare ad tor far* t» kf FAny. fitonnwfareu akreg olarefl ire lx t r« t|4a AJfFktona bnafi a pans I In Mrlfy tod t tots m a •asms t nr fats. They pfanmd Mm and ba brunghl |M Waab fa Ato|p tod bad bbs Ward taken off. falffa wna ngaad daal ad fi Ward Me- AAfator fa Ma day, ami faa Amnan awstla raffldly lalfavrel snfa Afire tbal A gal to to a renmmn sight In Arena fan n rev ad man tnstl nattl Iftftfark rat- nrdny ntgbl and Adan fag M Xmur lint tbts waa only sunung tha Fcmt Handtad. Tha lama and stnavr af tha Roman re pnkitic aware .by their braids. All thcaigh the urivnt short hair and iantd- leas ehftns hnve always nrrsat s condl- j Una uf monruing and servltnde A kmg beard was price Iras, and Iha M >bam > medona still swear by their beard*. TUa prophet Esckiel. as early as SKI B. U., was directed to take a bm bet s razor j npim bis head and cj*»n kb beard tn f .ri it of the ruin to come upon Israel. Tim men were set free, but were ashamed to go to David with any of ! their bennl goue. He found them, how- . ever, and sent them on a "vacation tn let 1 their boards grow out. An old Greek, i : known among his friembi as I HI In mas4 rmnpnrfaan fad* t flbt farm retail fifa Ad nn- p»4 who lived in BOO B. C., nnd was dr<qq)e<l off a precipice for criticising Homer, had a very long beard, and so solicitous was he that long hair on his head might detract from the strength of the beard that he kept his noddle clean shaven. After Thomas More had taken leave of ^ .w i at the foot of the scaffold, . •round the trunk and branches of the jjj 153,^ ],i 8 chief anxiety waa that the I peach trees, it might preserve them from 1 ihe powerful rays of the sun. My mr- iprito was great upon the following day to find the trees entirely free from insects, not one re- paslnlng except here and there .where a curled leaf prevented tbe infia- of the tomato. These leaves I fMftod h 1* • fa Hh tom ang, so-t mm 1 ton *, mr*4 by my I hssp faltml amt qvrefad wish iha r*m»b ami us>t*w,;4 amd re h ths hhad amd tnltivuasd amglrea ad tba bwAatodlka Imahh tod I hare fanast 1 toes smrb • ad aR. fa tv ^mamwd af valuahfa fafrevmtfan aa fa tha to wees fi Ml fas Mghuayaaf Ufa are reevav #Mh I bare tasrei tmagbl by tba efadbeypav af tba atimanm I bore gofaad fa*alv- •M* premto fvreu tba bmhvbarkfag hny vba stole bre ’em aad: tba rawfasy fidfar af tba gwlrb todre. Itm “vum*’ totters af tba Mtsre»at|q4 sluwuu. tba t aaodtoa half Hreds ,d tba Lsunratfan strmma amd tba malaria aalnnleddwtlar “away down to tba Ruwaana titer" tors all drupfwd a art mg parts akreg my way, ami laat/mit laard. have Fgathe^Sj remauUitto ami eathadasau from aa in- geamma remark made by an old tot H- lilerato angling rudstre frten.1 when ba waa first lul l of Ham Johnson’s slur. “Well," said ba, “tell old J,4in*,ei for ma that, rather than not go a-tizUiug at all. I’m willing to to the worm." C’onkl self atoegation go further in sac rifice or enihuiriasiu?—AjiHTican Angler. s —————— A Miser's llns^ltalltp. Sir Harvey Klu’es, of Stoke, in Rnffolk, next to hoar ling money, found his prin cipal plcnsnre in netting partridges. He uih! his household, consisting of one man Zoilins, ' and two maids, lived upon these. In cold or wot weather Sir Harvey Would walk np and down hia hall to rare fire. His clothes c<*t him nothing, for he ran sacked old clients and wardrobes and wore those of his ancestors. When lie died the only tear shed was by his serv ant. to whom he left tho farm—value, fifty pounds per annum. The whole of his property was left to headsman might injure his beard. | his nephew, John Ma^gott, who thus in- i The finest beard on record belonged to horited real and personal estate worth Gillamnetho priest, bishop of Clermont, 1 £2o0,000, on condition that he should as- | who fonnded the college for Jesuits at emne the name and arms of Elwcs. Ot j Paris late in the Eighteenth century. ! this man, who is bettor known as John j This fteard was, long, wavy and soft us ! Lhves, the miser, tho following -storyJs silk. Bnt his beard was his downfall, j told; His nephew, Colonel Timms, vis- ., lutf rimMn* cm iklfa ■ brother bishops became jealous of , *ted him at Marcham, and after retiring ifreah Imvm, with Um rwmlt of banish- ^ and decided that it must come off. ; to rest found himself wet through. Pind- ina the last kioeet and ennbHnir tto i Thi8 Wtt * decreed at a secret council, j i»g that the ruin was dripping through trace to^wrow luxwriantly. Wishlog to an d ^be next morning when the priest j tbe ceiling, ho moved the lied. He had | in the Blue Book, so’s yon could be in to*ry stHI farther my experiments, I entered the chapel three men met him not lain long before tho same inconven-j swell company an get circ’lorstellln you steeped in water some fresh leaves of ; with soap, hot water, a razor and shears ; ience again occurred. Again he rose and how you can get a middlinjfair dress to Ve*s» to L I •etfawttf Ihto 4es,t >4 (to lasrt tints uf C'litl has farfarel that tbe ealpktovree vaysv Mulvreil fiaffag the faMaarefav *1 **ml te aaare btoefitfal fa faa fababAfififarefi Lsrefaa. diaafiteaabfti aa A fa Aa aeeay aa AM lew af ealfibaF are faawwv tala tbe oA la eva wtatsvY day. aa4 tto eaeaMeae aaseaare af eaftpAareoa atol faareafad freea A 4s**fareaee aafi to vba are. ftoereyfag Aaagvre aslleetoMMttaa freaa f*fa were aw* ktfcJtoa tto dfaaai ahah tad tbrev way tafa tbe ffirvw Ttore atay be • ffaad Aasl of tvwlb la fats vfaw. kafl ttore A avfaabtodty oar •Awe rede la tbe qasefare. A A to akt tbal a darfaa aad kfa drape fafatfaafaflp fa tbe yafttol aad faa dVatoe kb* tbal af a eallrsaaM fa weed a btoeabakkre ettareal by a fire VMav. Tbe paAreeaaa lays stoat treth Me tyvvrbsere* eeearektoa to tore tto toewtokbv, aware Rare faa fiarretov. aad Ito fired a* 01 wbteb veea hefvaaa bis tatoefarewre wtS deptod spaa vbab aare* totoaaa la fiat Ito BMat aad tto towAret ekrera Tbfts daifli Is aA—trsMy aahsd fa sal- ybaseree add la Leadsw AtfiL far a*- fanagb A arey to kevefireal i*• tto Lav- 4to baarefaddars ky dealvuyfafi ad- cretoa it rertefaly fasqorally does three bena by attarkfafi ttotr leoge aad farlnffad ea Lroacktlte aad aetbasa, watra eaeaeUasee ptwe re pally felaL fa say autLiag ««l tto adaur d> uaafivta ef a* dbafiteraU* taefa. filthy MasU. staffed an—, basky thruat, eaurtiag eyas aad towdartoj—IsaMufitLaacrfi. A Biasr*use ef Optslse. The “old man" wee In his shirt elreree, smoking a short 44*1 trying to rend a paper. Tto “old woman” vs* looking at tor self in a broken mirror and giving every evidence of self satisfaction. , “Mike," she asked at last, “d’ya think 1 look like a leddyf* “Not a bit,” he replied shortly. “Well, there’s othersthinkedifferent,” she replied. “1 got h letter today from one o’ them habit makers." “You don’t need any. Yoa’ve got enough now." “Well. I’m tlisnkiu heaven they’re not as Itad ns yours, and there’s none o' them swell people would look the likes of you up an send yon a nice printed letter with pictures of yachting dresses an all like thaL How’d ye think I'd look, Mike, iu one o' them tailor made skirts?" “No worse than ye do uow. How’d ye get the letter?" - r “In the mail." “With your name in writin on the out side’/” “That’s how it was. How’d ye s’pose they got the name?'* . “I don’t p'pose,” he said, taking the pipe ont of his mouth and straightening np. “1 don't s’pose at all. I’ve been figurin what you did with the two dol lars I gave you ’way back, an noW; Mary Ann, I know you gave it to that fellie that waa ’round here to put your name ihe tomato, and sprinkled other plants, tvs— and oranges, la two dapa these were also fa— from the Innnm—btetv •eote which eovtred them, and I fait with my Aadaty I to ttore la patch I store Id have mat It 1 therefore daaoi fa the eoefaty of borth snd laid hold of him. He broke away, •kedaddled and took refuge in a castle, where he died of vexation. * The only exceptions where beards have not been considered os advanta geous appurtenances were among the Germans, tbe Egyptians and in the early again the rain camo down. After posh ing HuCtied quite around the room, he found a corner where the ceiling was bettor secured and slept until morning. When he met his nncle at breakfast he told him what had. happened. "Aye, aye," said Mr. Elwcs; “I don’t mind it wash windies iq for $100. The next time i give you twodollars it’ll be fifty cents.* —8t Paul Pioneer Press. meetol property of fient"—Mra A. P. Wi colonial days among the Puritans. The • mywlf, but to those who do, that's a nice fa Florida Y«a mm't ancient German youth was not allowed to shave until he had slain aa enemy in battle, and among the Nev England Puritans long beards were sometimes fereibiy reaped, because tba idea pre- that pride larked behind a vener- beard. It vie not until the begin- of tto preeeat centufy that tto beard Bent ertirely out of faahioe. h fan— have bam ua corner in tbe rain."—Cassell's Journal. Wmtm’s ld*a *f By tag, Warren, aged four years, had formtd his ideas of angels and thrir forms front the study of certain steel engravings, and told his mother if she serided him •grin he would “die and go right to Th* Prcveatloti of Smoke. The latest system of smoke prevention involves the use of the combined appo- ratus of twq inventors. One invention consists of fire clay arches through which the combined sir and gases are passed, and which, becoming incand—cent, cause tbe etnoke to be cooenmed. Tto other principle is the induction of • km pressure current of sk by means of steam Jets, and tbe two devices bined give fi very good result, dolly when oppiied to steam buileva^fa New York _ faafafi pesaAf at Mss swam! at tto w«l) af tto au *re*M He—4 w aaf ea—a fa bftm amd laptog tor MasboukA—. gufioi 6"d *1 kasv. tto—L I kaires m a— $» “I atU ffas— get Ire «>*—. to* t r «ra ire— aA fas ptop—ly. ami k—afire- " uto h— ares eyre grew faMf avup- A to LreOtreV* —pavfafi He—\ •uafa— ksgabp. “AufiL •« the Here—I. •• «4fi ffayu—sfi ef fa _ Mg a— fife 1 tto dey af ktm toieettol fa -Tb f re. bspble* you davY re- tSol ysrer fafitov—" RnpAie to<tod dwwq sfififa — • to Auto fa*A toaeL yea howv I that I bare pares!—d faithfully Fa— wtto; tret thfah of thlak ef afl I area Mas—wufibfaY I fa ba retop fa reeto oay Mm f— —far* Ttoa (toy hath laefafi sadly fitruy aitowre fanLtoaly llrert eqaaeaed I to vtatoatly “Walt. fl ifiblr!“ be eeelslmed “l>e gat a plou! Wa. you ato L that tweatp t “Yre yea; “Why, you to my model, ato HI faint yea." *TJA. will ytref Bat—bat you couldn't —11 a picture ef — far twenty fra are" la aaawer Henri drew her before • little oqoare mirror, hnng tot*v—a (to two windowu aad made her touk at her own reflection. “See there. Sophie! Just took at your eye*—are they not the deepest gray< with golden lights in them? and are j not your lipa — red os this carmine? end Just see that little pointed chin! how I con id paint that! sad tho— pink cheeks—freoh os a baby's!” b«>plile bepran to blnsh at fleorl’s cn- tbnsirsm, and, turning from the glass, looked Into his dork face, which waa lit up with the glow of an almobt poetic inhpirulion. , “And, you know,” he went on, “something tells me that I shall paint you better than I SPef painted any thing before—that you will be ray miiHe. my inspiration. You must wear a loosely-fitting lilac—very soft lilac- robe, ninl yon will have yonr hoir down, hanging over yonr loft shoulder, which will peep through your curls like a white dove in a golden cage. And you must hold a spray of lilacs in your hand nnd be reclining under a lilac bush, and I'll call you tho Lilac Witch. Didn’t you ever hear of the legend of the Lilac Witch? Grandma used to love to tell mo about her; she was a very beautiful fairy and men came around to catch a smile from her red lips, and the man she smiled on was made bold to do high deeds; but If his heart was drawn away to another woman, in a moment she spoiled all he had done, and made a beggarly wretch of him. Besides, yon know, the' lilac will go so well with your complexion and hair an<l And so it was planned. The sittings were daily. Sophie was s very patient r2 I are tore—fas a Predial faa resfafa ami a rasUa — tto do—. Mauri s^fftol fa aufaUy flrafa tba law— —are ato 1 to I toy wuukft always Are lagvtton a krifki sesUa IU ap bla fare Wot It w— a ito Ma look ofa tow Yrej to-morrow Hopble would to Ma and t toy would eou>e and pay Mm thirty Utoaaand francs and take away tto *'Lilac Witch." “Lilac Wllcb?" Why, of o. renie; to had only fa luted It for tto sake of marrying Sophia. llenn looked away from the picture, with a dull ache at kia heart. Some how, life with Sophie, whan tto “Lilac Witch’’ was gone, did not seem ao sweet os It used to la tho old days when they had the first sittings. Then the picture only meant to him tto por trait of his dear Sophie. Now, when he was gazing into that fair, arch face on tto canvas, so triumphant and yet ao pitying and tender, be never thought of its being Sophie's face at all Ua seemed to see ttore something that was all his own and had oome out of his own soul How coaid he bear to part With ft? lint he was Winning Sophie -by giving It up. A horrible doubt came to him. What if after all he should love the picture better than the model? He shook his head resolutely, and Went to bed. All that night in his dreams that awful doubt tormented him. " . On the morrow Sophie appeared be fore the hour of the business transac tion so as to tidy np the studio ami make it look more festive. She found Henri there before the picture aa usual. Ua had wheeled the easel up near the window and waa devouring tbe paint ing with his eyes, lie never so much as turned bis head to greet her. lie saw there, on a bank of moss, half sit ting, half reclining, abefifitifol woman, the image of his sweetheart, yet wear ing an Intangible something about tto eyes and mouth, someth ingjbat Henri, with feelings of misgiving, frit that model, and Henri was full of inspire* ha<1 Hf> L The wavy, light brown tion and worked with a certainty of ' halr * han * ln * ^ ringlets over tto bare success. Ha made studies of her face •boulder, and the frrmett (fat of tto in all possible Moods and expressions, i P* re riwek, were simply a till hy culling what was Ing in each, to began to . He threw tto whole rigor of Majmrti? m soul Into Ms work, striving to gut that kaftaff. luptrin, Irak la th. Uf*. I * U * kU 7 gray «yre which, minglad with aa re , wildly staggered toward tor father |y led tor to a chair, his hot dowa ov— bln hoarsely, half eload: •M mast go and And Jt —Chart— W. Shape, In Harvard AfivM STRANGE APPLICATIONS. Waal* ef rrepto nslsthfi The Salvation Army has In bureau of Idfonfiatkal where may obtain servants nod tho— In of employment find work. It has extraordinarily sueoesafal. During Urn first year thirteen hundred employers found servants, and fi thousand girls applied for work. Strange applications come to tto o#< floe. One lady recommended her fin* parting servant aa “dean, tidy, honest, sober, truthful and a good worker.** Wondering why maid and min tress shonld part under the— conditions, tbo bureau found that a terribly bad teta per was tbe can— of separation. “Dot, strangely enough,” sold tto chief, “it happened that n lady blkt just applied to fis for a servant with fi ' bad temper, believing that afieh giria make the cleanest handmaids. So ire fire able to meet every requirement.** - Some of the wants —fit to the bureafl •re of a peculiar nature and oddly fiiH pressed. " “Kindly send me n girl trbo te • veg* etarian,” writes one lady, “or who In trilling to become one.” “A red-hot Christian, bat not tod old.” trbo does not talk loud. Sto easy to “Get k>e a pluee with e, aujs owe. “1 Tfi ‘'M m