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I Till-WEEK~~~~~~~y ETON *. .WINNSBORO, S.C., DE CEMBE R 16, 180VO.I-N.I. A BOULER'8 BNG. T hy the rlyer, And E y *',A nk yoke trees The dragon-flies flash and t ey quiver To somnolenthnaming of beeu I, But here Is a spot of the past-time I'm many a mile from the Weir I'll rest and think over the lost time I ventured to meditate here. 0, chestnu's are shady, and golden are sheaves, And sweet Is the exquisite music of leaves I I pause 1thins qealut little harbor, Quito 6\ f the'swirl of the pream With Je 'oi 'erihead like an arbor, I amoke, and I ponder, and dream, The baik, with Its rough brolien edges, Extets as in days now remote; Theroi'a still the faint savor of sed.es And lilies freely erushed by the boat - 0. breeges are aft, nd the dreamer recelves The rarest refrain from the 'muslo of leaves I A brown-4yed and Itustful young maiden Then steered this Identical skiff, Her lap with forget-me-nots laden. I now am forgotten ; but. If ? No matter I I see the'swebt gloiy Of love in thoie fathomless eyes; I tell h4x ab often-told 'tory They sparkle with light and surprise I 0. riverd are rapid, And Byrens were thieves Their muslec was naught to the music of leaves. Ah, Sweet, do you ever remember The stream and Its musical flow ? The story I told in Septembcr,, The song.of the leaves long ago ? Our love was a beautiful brief song, As sweet as your voice and your eyes; But frail as a lyrical leaf-song, Inspired by the short summer sighs I 0, summer is short, and the souller t.11 grieves, His sorrow Is-echoed in music of leaves I An Old-Fashioned Girl. "Still a bachelor, Claud i I'm ashamed of you, and, I declare, half regretful that 1 did not capture you myself." So spoke pretty little Mrs, Sheldon, as she sat one afternoon on~ the piazza of the -Oceau House. looking smilingly up Into the face of, the lhandsome man who bent nver wtlh such rare, debonair grace. He laughed aloud at her mock-petulant speech. "You should not blame me, then," he retorted, "for what you must hold your self accountable. You see, ever since Dick cut. me out with you, I have been wandering around disconsolate, trying to find a second edition to yourself." "No, not That won't do. All the' ad miration was on my side. Still, I must confess'-that dear old 'Dick answere my purpose very well-so well that only one thing is wanting to insure my .happiness, and tha6 la t. Im vo Juu IMaU jueeueeatu, next winter, of a charming house next ours In town, and let me claim your wife as my dearest trlend-" "As you have been to me all these long years, Ella, the dearest woman friend I ever had; but Dick has no cause for jealousy, for all that. t3hall 1, then, tell you why I have ,never married, though my thirty-fiftl) birthday is looming up startlingly near? I am in a confidential mood this afternoon, and you shall hear. It is not because I do not viant. to marry. aometinies the picture of my own' home and hearthstone shapes itseli before me until life seems hardly worthhe living without.ft; but it is an.ideal pi urp .:my fancy paints. UIt Is :not a 11oux but a home. . It as -!ot tie rustle ofl'illken trains through its halls. It is Mt the sunshine of a womau's smile. It not the threshold of society, but .sociov is left urson its threshold. It bosatno richer, sweeter music than the happy voices and laughter of l hitle'-ehildren which God vmr.y send to fm ii You know now why 1, have .never married, although the world calls tne a rieh nn, and I am free; but, Ella, girls nowg4lays are -not fitted for 'such homes. 'lley tueseciety dolls. I want an old fashhlmed gIrl, and, as thiey are out of fashion'-unless I go regularly in search of OT? e '5os10 curiosi ty shop, where she isi lbet~ and laid away on a shelf-I sha' d't fi htr;'an evedi if I made the rash attemp\ I shouldn't like to have had to order' m vie like a bale of goods:". "You're all wrong, Olaud answered his friend. "Girl's hearts ntadays are just as warm and true as they crc a cen tury ago; but-" 6 "Oh, Ella-" interruptediesh, g ri, ish voice, as a young lady step~ through one of th. song .(ressing~ro~omf 'dows on to the piazza, a faint rose' fl tinging her cheek as she saw too late tshe had .conme upon a tete-a tete. very height and1ekti fO fasi jrd1 the tip of the little boot to the or~ of the flower-wreathecd hat, "My friend, Mr. AIndd, Mal Mi~a Kingland, Mr. Arnold." i. * So this was Claude. Ao d) a ihd. had heard of nll her life. She~ not sorry for the Interruption after a till, stealing on)y aglance ~tthe dark nd.. some f~e O~P'~b~hailomfon d, and delivring the message whtce d Vrought her, she disappeared as she~ "Who Is she ?" queried theg man. "IRalph' Kihgland's daughter,' atid hehess. I am chaperoning her to~ few weeks, as her mother is an inval Not at all the sort of girl you' are search of. So see to it that you' do' trespass upon my manor in sadatch amuisemen~it' Notwithstanding which kindly warni - it was straight to Miss Kcingsland's that Cla~ud& endedalsij way,' whlen, ab nine o'clock the sarpQoYevening, she ent~ the ball ropm<t . ,. ;~ a. .11 - f.'. ie h sA1wteheil lwoy.ae. she .orossed hall on Mr. Shmel4Qn's arm, aind: was fal . acknowledge her; th9 I~ostabeaudtfiil' whom Newport ever basted. She -was ,egquisitely dreesd .ooi some soft, flimjy.ftihilo'loff white, gr fully draped over snowy satin, her i and arms bare, and void of ornament cept two glistening jgg in ,theo shell-like ears. "Not ~pJ th wm4r Wit0e for a d.1 '661Otlh i tn i 'pf allp U6tfelfb*h0 "My hie waltz,Miss Kingland?" he said,bowing low before her. 'Thanks," she answered, in low musi tal tones, "but I have not an empty- space to-night. I am passionately fond of dancing, and my friends a.ro kind enough to see that I have no lack of partners." "Of course, an entirely unselfish action on their part," was his reply, with just a suspicion of pique In his tone. Heretofore, with Claud Arnold, the de. sire was simply father to its attainment, and now he must wait twentt-four hours ere he could clasp this girl s waist, and feel her hand in his, as they floated through lhe room to some of Strauss's dreamy imusic. "Well, ihen," he continued, "shall it be to-morrow- night, aind will you put me down twice?" 'iWith pleasure," she said simply, as her partner anoroached to claima her. bomehow it - was staie and unprofit able to Claud that night, and when lie retired, rather earler than his usual cus. tom, the thoughts which mingled with the smoke from his fragrant Havana, as he sat by his window, listening to the ocean's roar, were if anything a trifle more cynical than his usual wont-nor did he sleep as soundly as usual. ' -' "I need a walk," he said to himself, next morning, and started off about nine o'clock for a solitary stroll. In this, however, he was doomed to dis appointment, for, turning a sudden angle on the beach, le came face to face with Miss Kingland.. "What unexpected good fortunel" he exclaimed, doffing his hat. "I did not dream you were such an early riser," look. ing as he spoke, at the bright color the morning breeze had brought into her cheek. and the dark eyes so frankly uplift ed to his own. "Frightfully unconventional, is it not?" she queried with a little low, rippling laugh. "But one must be alone some times, so I am driven tb do it in self-de fense." "Rather, an unfeeling hint that my morning's trespass must nof be repeated," said he, ruefully. "Oh, no indeedi We wculd not be likely to meet again in any case. - Besides the beach is public property." Again that dncomfortable sense of pl-joe pervaded her listener's frame. Really it appeared a matter of most sincere indiffer ence whether or hot he appeared upon the scene of action. "Rather a pretty costunie you have, to be donned solely for the admiration of the sea-gIls," he continued, looking down at the dainty dress, so perfect In all its belongings,with the eye of a man who considered himself a cotinoisseur in feminine apparel-albeit inclined to use his taste for its condemnation. "I dress for myself, Mr. Arnold. I am passionately fond of pretty: things, and fortunately am able to gratify myself. I have often wondered how men who are --%# . 9%0-AS&jA W, Waa-luvve v, the beautiful, would like to have th~r wives appear in IIl-fitting garments,"'o"s slatterns. By-the-way, did you ever see a man who did not return straightway to his tailor a coat which had in it a crooked seam or an ugly wrinklet" "I can't say that I ever did," he re plied, laughingly, while he suddenly re membered that, in all his imaginings the old-fashioned girl who was his ideal, had never presented herself in old-lash toned garments. The hop that evening 74r. Arniold voted a success, thoughjbe usuallyregaided them as necessary bores.' Miss Kingland had ,-made dancing an art. Ite couli hate w)shpd the m'hsic to last foever, as -she floated through the ball-room on his arm. She was like some beautiful fairy. Of course he deeded inntally. Carry her into the'walking realitits of life, and you. would destroy the charm. Still, there was a freshness,-aspiquancy, In her con versation, which not only attracted, but held him. To come into her presence was seek .ing a more bracing atmosphere, and ere many days had fled, Claud Arnold found himself counting the hours not spent with her as wasted hours. Yet, that there was any danger to himself or her, he never dreamed. lHe had 'malle for himself' an ideal to which she was in every way the opposite. Fashion and luxuries were to her neces sities. The woman he married must have a mind above-such frivolties. Meantime the ideal for the present was set aside, and the glittering, alluring real ity enjoyed. -. "Three weelks hadl ppspiede-simce he had met Miiss Kingland, when standing one morning on the piazza, waiting for her to join him' for a promised drive, and idly scanning'the morning papers, just delivered at the hotel, his eye fell <n the startling announcement of the tempo *rr, but. it was feared permanent. sus pension of Kimgland & Co., New York's great bankers. These .were troublous times when the weaks and strong tottered togethdr. Their f r Wopld eaus lose ~tb hbimself of de rar- thouisftds, but' thiis' Claud Arnold never gave but a passing memory. His whole thought was filled with the girl. on whom the ergshing blibw must fall. / - "How pale you booki" said a sweet voice beside him. . "Are- you not well? Shall we not go?'. He turned toward the speaker. Hlow levely *lle 'looked-iovely not only with nature's loveliness, but all the accessories of public taste added to make a perfect whole. Her. dress seemed moulded to the ex l1isite form, hemd glovq to~the tiny hand; ecr hat rested gracefully oii the small well olsed head. Rob this girl of all externals, and she tuld still be beautiful; but It wou d he, rd robbing the rose -of its dark gi'een r e , which seem 'to belohg' to I, by' th W' would she bear poverty and fal. heshould not, -if he cotdld -sive' ~m them.- In that moment lie kow fp ae wpre 1}1s sophlistrics, and -:t I'h udAi~tsoosly tie had learned co thon Love only teaches. At first* ock th -oth silent on their drive; then ex- she d toward him with a sort of silent Ilk, gi in.hdr'voice. '.. ''' / ,a e what troubles you t " she said. he angpwerec , "tha6 -I 'am' ak. ner in epm, an itals for. you tem her my waJnshall beo o( neM ri. Mhde i ve'foul Trhe you my wife. Darling have I been too abrupt?" A bright blush mantled her cheeks, as she raised her dark eyes to his. "I will be frank with you, Mr. Arnold," she answered. "Had you spoken yes terday, your words would have given me only pleasure-now they bring a min gled pain; for I cannot give the answer my heart prompts, I am no longer rich, Mr Arnold. My father is threatened with failure. While he is In trouble, I cannot think of my happiness. My place is near his side. I intend returning home to-night. I meant to have told you in any case, but I hated to spoil our drive by dragging in my troubles." in utter amaze, Claud listened to her words. She had known of her father's threatened ruin, and yet had smiled so cheerily, and had found time to sympa thize with any misfortune she fancied might come to him: and now she could so quietly lay aside all thought of self, in thinking of her father and his dis aster. A great wave of tenderness swept over the nan's nature, and with a respect almost holy for the girl whom he had judged with so narrow a judkment. "My love," he said, "I will wait for you, will serve for you, as Jacob served for Rachel, but I will never give you up!" And, drawing her to him, he sealed the words with a lover's kiss upon the young lips, which made no resistance to his touch. The suspension of Kingland & Co. was but temporary, after all. The pretty house next to Mrs. Sheldon found tenants in the early winter, such as she had so ar dently wished. But Claud declares, in spite of the fact that his wife's trousseau came direct from Paris, and Is the envy of all feminine Gotham, that he realized his two ideals he has found a home, and he has married an old-fashioned girl. near6 Disease. W lien an individual is reported to have died.of disease of the heart, we are in the habit of regarding it as an inevitable event, as something which could not have been foreseen or prevented, and it is too much the habit, when persons suddenly fall down dead, to report the heart as the cause; this silences all inquiry and investigation, and saves the trouble and inconvenience of a repulsive pqat-mortem. A truer , report would have a tendenoy to save many lives. It is tirbugl, a report of disease of 'the heart that m0nat ogiu1i-eater ik let off into the grave, hich covers at once his folly and his' crime;, the brandy-drinker, too, quietly elides arfund the corner thus, and is hoard bf no more, in short, this re port of disease'of the heart is the Mantle of charity which the politic coroner and the symnathetic physician throw around the graves of genteel people. At a scientific congress at Strasbourg it was reported that aieaiiNfnea eanIiiu- post-inori , tem showed that only twod"rsons had any heart affection whatever - one sudden death only in thirty-three, from disease of the heart. Nine out of the sixty-six died of apoplexy-one out of every seven; while forty-six-more than two out of three-died of lung affections, half of them of congestion of the lungs, that is, the Lungs were so full of blood they could not work; there was not room for air enough to get in to support life. It is then of con siderable practical interest to know some of the common, every-day causes of this congestian of, the lungs, a disease wich, the figures ibovo'' being true, kills three times as many persons at short warning as apablexy and heart disease together. Cold feet, tight shoes, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting still until chilled through after having been warmed up by labor or a long, haisty walk ; going too suddenly from a close, heated room, as a lounger, or listener, or speaker, while the 'body is weakeaed by continued apphication,-or ab stimence, or heated by the effort of a long address; these are the fruittul causes of Budden death in the form of congestion of thxe lungs,- but which, being falsely reported as die- se ct the heart, and regarded as an inevitable event, throws people off their guard, instead of pointing them plainly to the true dauses, all of which are avoidable, and very easily so, as a general rule, when the mind has been once intelligently drawn to the subject. What Think you of These Thing., Preachers in the interior settlements, have had often ludicrous experi. moats. They must hold the attention ot a congregation in spite of. crying babies, and keep their own gravity in circum stances both awkward and ridiculous. Oc casionally the strain is too great, aind they surrender to the situation. An~ eloquent Episcopal clergyman was ignommniously driven from the pulpit by a donkey. I~e was a favorite preacher with the frontier famiilies,l'r'he depended little on a manu script, and used many familiar phrases and illustrations, which interested them in his sermons. In enforcing the leksou of a scr: men, he was earnest and practIcal, and made dlirect alipeals to his hearers. Op one occasIon.during the summer, he wae p reaching *ii i crowded school-house. The indows were open, and cattle were browsing on the slhady side. Among them was-a donkey, which having drawn one of the families to the meeting, had been turned loose to browse. Theim preacher was ending his sermon with, "Anid now, beloved, what think ye of these things?"j At this junctnre the donkey put his heai through the open windpw and gave a ,nost unearthly .bray. 'Tlie preacher's self-po. session wavered, and the h'ands and hand kerchiefs went up to the faces of the con gregation... . TIhe ailence grew oppressive, but the preacher managed to add "I say, my brethren what think you of these thingis?" to which th'e dohkey resp6ndc'd by a scd oend serious bray. It was too much for preacher and hearer. .In a minute the ser monwas ended, the congregation was die. missed, aiid the 'people gaithered mn ghoupe outside, convulsed with laughter. SThe moral of that sermon was doubtless lost in this case.. We lot theureader judge of the alttgation and.'answor for hhu)solf, "What think you of ;these thin'gefl -TIh4 ~ a, h the World2 oy 26 - 00U mniles'~ ~aiiroad, nza4y q of which,' dr 88,000 m r United States. Europe-a dii -.~ i, OOand the zemainder of the world A~ybouit 25,000.' . L J. Subwatua os his Expe Ition. In a late lecture on the sci ntitle results of the Arctic journey, Lieuten ut Sehwatka emphasizes the fact that n a drop of ardent spirit of any kind w used in his sled journey of 8,251 mi . In short journeys and hunting expe tions where there was ample room for b gage it was considered that alcohol migh be carried, and if used in moderation, w uld raise the temperature of the body sligh ly, and tend, as elsewhere, to increased ifort. But on long journeys ardent spirlIs could not be carried in bulk without di lacing other Indispensable articles. Alcohol was not regarded a necessary and waS not consid ered as a good heating agent. The injuri ous effects of intense cold, however, h! sometimes been wrongly I ibed to t) use of liquor. On shipboard the gener, use of alcoholic stimulants w4s consideren bad, and only allowable when, every posei ble chance of scurvy was rem'oved by the character of the food. In regard to temperature, Lieutenant Bchwatka said that his men had eneqntered the most intense heat ever record~d by white men-sevcnty-eiglit dog. Fahi,' or 103 dog. below the freezing point. On that day the camp was moved ten miles, and no an usual inconvenience was felt. ' It was not the intensity of the cold that was unpleas ant. All suffering was caused by the di rection and violence of the wind. With the thermometer at-sixty deg. Fahr., no especial trouble was met with, but at a temperature fifteen degrees higher, with a wind blowing straight in the faces of the men, frost bites and great suffering were common. The while men Would freeze their noses or the exposed portion of their cheeks. The coldest days were perfectly calm; on warmer days, with the excep tion of a few days in midEuinnier, the wind blow constantly. But it was contidered that to men clad -in warm clothing temper ature was not material, and ' the longest journeys couid be undertaken without fear. When the thermometer sank to-seventy one deg. Fahr., the sky was df a leaden blue, varied with brownish red near the sun. Clouds of vapor rolled from every thing animal. Whon the expedition stop ped it was enveloped in steam. Musk oxen and deer could be detected at a dis tauce of five or six miles by the vapor abput them, and the Esquimaux claimed to be able to distinguish the kind of animals by peculiarities in this vapor. Water poured on ice caused a cracking like min lature fire crackers, and the surface sheets of Ice was gray and opaque ftom the un dqual expansion. The sound of the run ners was like that caused by a rosiud bow or tuning-fork, and, heard at a distance, resembled an Aollan harp. In the. most extreme eQld the acclimatization of the whi'to men proved as perfect as that of the natives. At a very low temperature the beard became a block of ice, and the lips and nostrils were -nearly glued together. Exercise though important, was not so es sential -as has been stated, there never. be In a necessity for exercisitig to th9 point 0& -- a,-- .*--#I, arrnl drant circulation and atenic MT Me er profusely are desirable. The common theories regarding the danger in using snow were at a variance with Lieutenant Schwat ka'a experience. At-thirty deg. -Fahr., the snow freezes temporarily the mucus membrance-of the mouth, causing a burn ing sensation. If this be often and rapidly repeated it is highly injurious, but snow and ice taken in moderation at long inter vals are of great service in quenclifng thirst. Drowsiness was not experienced in connec tion with great cold, and it was considered @ - resulting usually from a sudden change from shipboard to out of-door life, Dr from an insuficient acclimatization. Near-sightedness, though attended with some discomforts, gave certain important advantages. The glasses became readily covered with congealed moisture from the hest, but with the squinting common to near sighted persons were an oedicient pro. koction against the glare of the sun upon l'be snow. 'No one who was near-sighted suffered from .snow blindness, whale the Esquimaux were troubled with this more than the white men. They also suffered from chronic opthmalmia amnd the deposits caused by cataracts. In very cold weather the huts were buried two or three feet deep in snow. It was advisable to change these huts as oftlea as possible, because the con stant freezing and thawing niake them a mass of translucent ice, and exhalations from the breath, bodies and fires became congealed on the walls, continually fallhng off and causing a little snow-storm in the interior. The eflect produced by the dark ness of the long Arctic night upon human beings was considered to be much miore real . than the 'discomforta occasioned by loneliness and homesickness. According to physicians, it has been found that dark ness decreases the respiratory movements in proportion to its intensity. It was there fore held that In the long dark Arctic win ter the respiratory movements would be come miuch retarded, and a consequent in jiurious effect would be exerted, the circu lation b~einig slow and the blood imperfectly oxidized. .To prevent thils, crews should be exposed as much as possible to the light. ______________ A sainor a a wane. "Now, see : F'ust you itch on ter yer pardner, take her in tow, an' drop down to yer place in the ;hine. Then pooty soon the kiddie squeaks, and you dowse yer flag to yer own pardner, and then fall off a bit h~ndi lower away to thme gal en ycr port side. Then, boys, stand byl Now comes the dancing in afraest. F~ust,-you heave ahead a bit; then drap astern; then heave ahead again, yard 'arm and yard-arm; pass the-draft opposite; wear ship $nd stand back; then go about; cast the grapphn's to yer pardner; .up helm, and, leyr~ whirl till you've got'almost dizzy; then yi ulhead on yer true course again; port your helm and standl off down the line; ta;k1 ship, and stand across; grapple your p ner once. more aed tow her hoime;open yr batteries and salute; then square away, 11l hands, and make one grand manesuver ~r review; starboard your helm and stand back% tor place;and.'-I guess it's about, i o to heave. to. and take .,breath. Oh, it' fun, I tell you; but of you happen to falla ul o'them full ragged r'yal yachts; hit stand y~aad look ou~ for squalls. I1 happened miss stays oai'ce-foll off in goin' about-a run slap into one o' themi spankita' oraff~, 1' skg's and star-ucraperrs sot, and I' - n r come nearer oapsizin':and save - dyse a 11 di then I Whew i-but shie was0 beaut~y, e .y'4 second crop oru timotht haag has bdun est and *tetoked, 'in leafeld OOUnlty, 4tbis:yea,ta thin unusuali in that region. Ileova of Hair from tne Face. The operation of removing hair from the face is tedious, and Is thus performed by Dr. Butler, of New York. The patient being seated in a chair In a semi-reclining position, the head well supported, and the face opposite a strong light, the operator selects the hair for the first attack, takes hold of it in a pair of forceps, making it tense by gentle traction. A moistened sponge electrode from the positive pole of the battery having previously been placed on the back of the neck, or fixed at sonic other convenient adjacent spot, a three cornered needle with sharp cutting edges set in a suitable handle and attached to the negative pole of the battery, is made enter the hair follicle, alongside the enre being taken to make the needle ate to the entire depth of the follicle. action of the current soon causes a 'few bubbles of the viscid froth alluded to, to be observed. As soon as this evidence of electrolytid decomposition manifests it self, the needle should be rotated a few times, so as to cause the sharp corners. of the needle to scrape away the debris, and allow electrical contact with a fresh sur face. The operation is continued until the hair becomes quite loose, and conies away with the very slightest traction, the whole operation lasting a very much shorter thne than it takes to describe it. The operator then proceeds with the next hair in like manner, and so on with the whole series, as niany as there are to be removed, or as long as the patient can bear it. It is by no means a painful procedure (except in trichlasis), but is usually com plained of as a disagreeable sensation. There is a great difference in patients, however, in this regard; sonic will toler ate a seance of half an hour or even more; indeed, I had one patient who stood it, or rather sat it out, untlinchingly and uncom plainingly, for over an hour, and would willingly have allowed the seance to be continued much longer, but that the opera tor's eyes became so tired that it was im possible to proceed. ' I should not omit to montion that I use a modification of a jeweler's magnifying glass, which I had niade for me by Meyrowitz Brothers, the well-known opticians. It consists of a lens with a four inch focus set in a cork cap, for the sake of lightness, and made of such a shape as to fit the eye, and is read ily held there as a single eyeglass is made .to do. Even with the lens the operation Is fatiguing to the eyes; but without it it is almost Impossible to continue the seance uninterrupted for over ten or twelve niin utes, and then it must necessarily be done in an unsatisfactory manner, as it is im possible to see how the details are being carried out. With the lens, a skillful operatir ought to be able to destroy about three or four hairs to the minute, and con tinue the seance half an hour. it will be noticed that I have laid great stress upon the non-removal of the hair previous to the destruction of the papilla ; this is one of the principal points In the operation for as long na thu nlr IWUIIUM in, We .. ntet a n~y i it.Lv ri nato t.h pip tlrlnetitn nf the o icie, and when it becomes loosened, from the action of the current, it may be .taken as almost proof that the papilla has been entirely electrolyzed. I used the word "almost" advisedly, as about ten or twenty per cent. of the hairs acted upon return, and have to be electrolyzed the second time. Tne origin ofOur OlothIng. How did we come to possess our pres ent form of dress I Clothing at first was almost entirely ornamental. 'I he excep tions were such articles as belts from which instruments of various kinds could be suspended so as to be ready for use while the hands were left free. A savage does not enjoy the luxury of a pocket. Even at the present day a J 'p aneso has to sling his tobacco pipe and pouch from his belt, and the only pockets lie has are in his sleeves. Thle simple cincture was the germ, so to sp~eak, of the clothing we wear. After somne time a bunch of pandanus slips were added in front, and this was gradually extendied un til it made a complete fringe around the body. When the arts becamre so f ar advan ced that man could make paper cloth or some woven material these latter were sub stituted for tho primitive fringe, andi the kilt was thus developed. Curiously enough, the dress of the Scottish Ilighlanders em bodies those two stages of progress in the kilt angl the sporran. As man advanced there were inconeviences attending the use of the kilt,which were abated by fastening that garment at one point betwcen the legs, and tihe human mind was then fairly set 'upon the path to arrive at the attainment of a pair of trousers. When the back and shoul ders needed protection the savage used the skin of some animal, and it is from~ this sort of covering for the upper part of the body that we have derived our coats, vests, shirts, etc. But, the ancient cloak form is even yet retained, not only by such peo ple as Zulu chiefs, but In all rot.es of cere mony by dignitaries of court and college of the niost highly civilized nations on the face of the earth. TIhe elaborate and var led head coverings of the present day all sprang from a vtay simple originsi type. How Serews are Made. Trhe process of making a screw is very interesting. The rough large wire in big coils is, by drawing through a hole smaller thaa itself, made the size needed. Then it goes into a maclinae that at one moment cuts it a proper length and makes a head on it. Then it Is put into sawdtust and "rattled' and thus brightened. Trhen the head is shaped down smoothly to tihe pro per soeand the nick put in at the samne time. '4fter "rattling" again In sawdust, the thrngd is cut by another machine, and after another rattling, and thorough dry ing, tho screws are assorted by hand (the fingers of those who do tbis maoyow almost literally like lightning), grossed by weight and packed for shipping. That which ren ders it possible for machines to do all this is a little thing that looks like and opens and shuts lko a goose's bill, which picks up a singio screw at a time, carrica it where needed, holds it till grasped by something else, and returns for another. .Thss is about the moot wonderful p ieee of automa tic skIll and usefulness I have ever seen, and it has cdone itj distinctive work at the rate of thirty-one screws astninutc, although fthitar~e' Is only experimental qs yet, nine tylthree gros, letr day, howeover, baa boon the reguhil work of one mahiiie. ~-Th ' 10igest alteep ranch in the IUnie States is iri J)mm~it ad Webb* eouuntui, T1exis, It Mi 8Q0,000 acres, and? naaifres 200.000-sheep. HNeat by Whol esale, The following are the details for supply ing heat for warming houses and for cook ing, which is about to be tried in the dis trict bounded by Fourth and Madison aven ucs and Fourteenth and Thirty-fourth streets, New York. From the Central Station, the "plant," or reservoir, the nialus will run through every street. One line of iron pipes from three to six inches in diam eter, placed about three feet below the pave ment, packed around with some non-con ducLing material and inclosed in a wooden box, will be the conducting mains from which the water will be carried by means of sinallcr iron pipes, one-half an inch to an inch in diameter, into the houses. Aux ilary or return pipes of about the same size as the conducting mains, will be laid alongside, through which the water, after it has passed through the houses will run back to the reservoir. The water heated in the reservoir to from 850 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, will be forced out through the conducting mains, and through the pipes which connect with the houses, and to each connecting p1pe will be attached a water ieter. 'Ilie return pipe will also be pro vided with a water meter. Each house is to be provided with a steam converter, Mhich In general terms is simply a small inetal chamber inclosed in a large metal ,hamber. The water leaves the reservoir it about 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and as ioon as it enters the inner chamber it will Forni steam, for water will form steam, if iot contined, at 212 degrees Fahrenheit he boiling point. The chaniber is so con itructed that a pressure of ten pounds will lose a valve and shut oft the supply of wa ,er. The steam will force its way ihrough i valve Into the chamber, whence it can be ,onducted through steam pipes to any part )f the house and used for heating, cooking )r power, and returned througla the auxil lary pipe back to the reservoir. The steam lookiug ovens are coils of pipe through which the steam passes imside of the ovens. 3oine of the steam will be condensed in the ottomn of the converter, and can be drawn >ff and used as ht water. The steam nade in the converter Is of the same tem )erature as the water from which it caie, Lud hence cooking which requires a heat of roin 350 degrees to 400 degrees can be lone. There are about 12,000 houses in he district to be covered first by this sys em, many of the - owners of which, it is aid, have consented to have the pipes nought into their houses. It is r:emarked hat by using heated water less heat is lost )y condensation and radiation than in the Ase of steam, and that the cleanliness and implicity of the system will commend heinselves. It is asserted that any heat >f steam can be secured, from the fact that cubic foot of water will make 1,700 cubic eet of steam. It Is estimated that the vater which returns to the reservoir wjll >e only three or four degrees cooler than vhon it started out on its journey. It will )c used again and thus fuel is saved. i. in generally supposed that the bones f Christopher Columbus, the great explo rer, ire at Havana, in the island of Cuba. But recent investigations have brought to Ight the fact that It was Columbus' son who wias removed there. Let us go back o the first resting place of Columbus, for leath did not end his voyages, He died in L506 in Valladolid, north-central part of Spaiii, where lie was buried. Then he was removed farther south to Seville, and a bandsome monument erected by Ferdinand md Isabella. Columbus had made a re luebt in his will that lie should be buried i his beloved Hispaniola; and now this dea was brought forward and his remains leposited in the cathedral of Santo Do iiingo, Hayti. Here also his son Diego, kud grandson Luis- were Interred. At the ,lope of the war bet ween France and Spain, n 1705 it was stlpulated that Spain should 3ede to the French "all the Spanish p~art >f the island of Santo Domingo,'' or IHayti. accordingly, Columbus was once more-as lien thought--exhumed and conveyed to ELavana wiih great pomp and ceremony. [a 1877 whit~e men were working in the :athedral of San Domingo, they found a netalhic casket which held human remains; m the cover undcer thme dust of three hun. Jred years, wecre found thme words, Dis soverer of America, First Admiral, most Ilustrious and renowned personage, Don )ristoval Colon. .Every one who was iresent accepted this proof that the body >I the great discoverer had net been taken Iway to Havana, but was before their mycs, and Diego's had been removed by a nistake. 8o, now, the matter rests in this nay. Learned scholars are tinuking of recting a monument wvhiichi should belong o tihe world, and net lhnitedi to the gratifi artlon of local or national pride. But ueh things mxove slowvly, and perhaps it' lii never be accomplished. Aciresses- ans. A great many tricks of stage costume pring from personal defects. In whatever mit of waist Modjeska appears, there is mlways a bunch of flowers or a bow p laced it the left of her open corsage. When thais device is net resorted to, a little strap Df silk will be trailed across diagonally, or s little fan of lace will suddenly spring from the left corner, in order to hide a scar Dn the breast that looks as if it might be the result of a wound from a poniard, a "souvenir, of a romance. Poor Lucille Western was ailcted by a birthm-mnark. She was a regular female LIsau. About her waist there was a growth af silky brown hair, which rant o a point na front. When It caine above the. ops of ier dresses it was carefully shaved'. but hle skin always remained blue. So Lucillie wore a huge cross dangling just over that portion of her anatomy. Parepa Rosa had adeep vaccination scar rar dlown her robust arm, and when her ileeves were very short a knot of uibbon or u trail of flowers used to cover it. Before ihe grew so extremely stout site wore a golden band above the elbow to hIde It, but when her armlet had to be as big as a waistcoat she abandoned t he oddity. One aight, speaking of this scar to an American girl who eat in her dressing room, the Yanti keo offered Parepa aq immediate and effeC tual cancealment of the offeundhii s'pot. She took one of the candles off the'toilet table, and - holding it above the atnllt ane drop of the mnelted war fallijor the place, and there Was rt frtrheVr ai~~ df soncealing devie. A dash otftesi- $44 powder evipleted thyp'. tare, andP4p' slake-up box forevel4 ftiontaing~ pit. af wax candle. -The total population of the District' of Columbia is 174,88 oftwtiom 88,594 arpnaalen, and 94,4fareofemalesl NEWS IN BRIEF. -Five hundred tons of American newspapers are annually sent to Eu rope. -Mr. Mll1ls, the English painter, ' returned his income last year at $86, 000. -The military-reserve of the United States reaches 6,500,000 able-bodied men. -California vintage this year is es timated at from 11,000,000 to 14,000,000 gallons. --The famous copper mine of Fah lun, in Sweden, has been worked for a thousand years. -The Baptist now have 18,928 mem. bers in Sweeden, of whom 8,884 were baptixed the pas6 year. -Brazil owns, it is said 20,000,090 horned cattle and expo'ts hides of the annual value of ?1,400,000 -it is believed that the number lof Ohristains in India, Ceylon and Bur mnah increased 200,000 last year. -The best sugar works at Portland Me., made $110,000 worth of sugar and molasses last year, at some profit. -Air. Albert Spencer, on his recent tt ip to Europe brought twenty-six paintings which cost him $110,000. -There are fifty thousand acres cul tivated in rice in Louisiana, and the 3rop is estimated at 253,000 bushels. -The colporteurs of the American Bible Society distributed 10,258 Bibles In Texas during the past four months. -James W. Hale, of Springfield, Niass., has left $32,448 for furnishing stoves, flour and fuel for the worthy toor. -The Russtan Society of Architects ntend establishing a permanent hIuseum of Arohiteoture at St. Peters )urg. -The trade between Japan and the Julted States ea San Prancisco this ?ear is the largest of any year in our listory. -A German physician asserts that -aliway employes are more liable to ffections of the spinal cord than other nan. -It is estimated about 500,000,000 - )00 tonk of sediment, are yearly carrieA ;o the Gulf of Mexico by the Missis ippi river. -The irarriage of the Crown Prince )f Austria and the Princess StephaUie, >f Belgium, is fixed for the 15th oft February, 1881. -A new American Episcopal Church n Paris, to cost $150,000, is projected, tnd it is said muon of the money has mready been subscribed. -The forty-one cotton seed mills of ;he South turin out 90,000,000 gallons of )1l annually, 1,800,000 tons of oil cake, tnd about 1,500,000.tons of .hulls. lore are compelled to pay a license of 12.50 for a week or a portion of a week. -Georgia has the largest pegcih 3rchard In ,the world, - s i-an Troup 3ounty, covers 250 aqres of lan'i, and. Fielded '$75,000 worth of fruit this sea. ion. -There'is in the State of Texas 522 'ounties. Of these, at this time 108 are )rganilzed and sixty-two unorganized. At the last election, in 1878 154 coun -ies voted for governor. The United States railroads have ieein largely benefited by the return )f commerical Prosperity. Tnelr gross iarnings for 1879 amounted to $529, 100,000 an Incrase of $30,000,000 over he preceding year. -J uvenile crimes Is on the increase n .Parls. During the past twelve ionthis no fewer than 2,056 children nuder 10 years of age were arrested in hec capital for vagrancy and mendicity. -T'he number of cattle driven from ['exias to Kansas this season, crossing Rled river at Doan's Score, Is 231,812. about 0,000O heand passed up into the Lan llandle couantry. --Three i~t.nluma men Iwere re ~ently huntIng on PLute Creek, Lake ~ouinty, Cal., aind killed thirty.two leer. They took 100 pounds of honey romi a crevice Ian a clliff. -Tne man ufacture of bottle corks is conderable source of wceqLth in Uiranice. Tihe anr'uai produaction imountrs to 1,288,000,000, valued at Ltbout $3,l00,000. Thue yalue of the raw nnaterial as a bout $600,000. -in the United States there are L,747 Republicans newspapers, 1,835 Demnocratic andi 122 Greenback. There tre only 29itepubican paper. pubish 3d in the southnern states, to 547 Demo ratlo papers. -Tne son of General Ilawlins has plced a monument over the grave of rils father, whno is buried in thne Con-. gressionan Cemetery at Washinnton. ,or over ten rears the grave has been anmarked. -A private letter received in Quebec lenles canat the Duke of Argyli Is com.. ng to Canada for the purpose of ascer ~aaning whetner there is a feeling in he ?Domin ion In favor of annexation. -Mir. Ed ward Whymper has return id to Loindoin from his- expedition in south America, In course or which he iscendied many of the loftiest moun ains in Evuadior, andi Is now engaged n preparing at s900unc of hIs exper. -The oldestilloigblin the Uuuited states is supposed C bW at Pembroke, biass. In 1022 Mir: t'eieg Barker's an. lestors built a fort of stone and mortal' is a defence against the Indlians, and c has been used as a dining room for rears. -Ole Bull by his l.ast will b id to theMuseum of.Mrgs4~~qqt number of. leis. jeWels, hnetals . ' lecoratnons, given fim in the course 4f als long profelsional career, by kings, mperor.,and other .titledo personages. 'e4he Manufactugiudd eiidha of 11i4 al iuvested. -n tle: inidubcujoa 04of a ilty Is $18,080,720,. fid' amount pko luced annually, '84,880,770 fmh tta utmber.of naunds employed, 19,6'0; tite o~nal aoteit o wagespaidi ainnually" U~nitod ~tatof a A~ ) datsi so ,00F b~ 860 0 06