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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO S. (. OCTOBER 4, 1883L TUE VERDICT THE P.EOPL E. BUY THE BEST! Ma. J. 0. IoAl]-Dear Sir: I bougit tite first Davis Machine sold by you over ive years ago for my wife who hangiven it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased witi it. It never gives any rouble, and Is as good as whent lirst bought. .1. W. HsOU.. Winnsboro, 4. C., Aprh i8J:. Mr. 1OA1 : Yon wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of on three ears ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. made about $80,00 within live mouths, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel conildent I could not have done the seane work with as malch case and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine I have ever treadled. BrotherJanies and Williams' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines bought ot you. I want no better machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can he said for the Davis Machine. Respectfully, EL.LEN *T~vENoN, Wairfl-ldt County, Aprl, 1883. Mn. BoAO: My tactitne gives me perfect satis faction. I ind no fault with it. The attachments are so aimple. I wish for no better than the Diavis Vertical Feed. Respectfully. Mis. 11. Mii.Ni. Fairfield county, Apri', 1883. MR. DoAO: I boughtt a ilavis 'vertical Feed ewing Machine from you four years ago. I am elighted with It. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend it. Itespectfully, AIRS. M. J. KinIg.AND. Mont icello, April 30, 1883. This is to certify that I have ieen using a Davis VerticaL Feed Sewing Machine for over tw >yers, purchased of Mr. J. 0. 1Hoag. I haven't found L pnssessed of any fault-all the attachtments are so aim le. It never refusei to WorK, and is certainly tho lightest running in the market. I consider it a first class machine. Very respectfully MINNIE 1,l. WiI.INOUAM. Oaklanl1, Fairfield county. S. C. Ma DOAO: i am wen pietant iii every i nrtjci - with the Davis Machine nought of you. Itiink a lirat-clasi macoine in every respect. You know you sold several machines of the same make to different members of our fainilles, all of whom, as far as I know, are wvli pleased with them. Rtespectfully, Mls. M. iT. MOin.EY. Fairfleld county, April, 1iSt. 'i is iato certity we nave naI in constant use the Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take in work, and have made the price of it several times over, we don't want any better machine. It ia always ready to(do any kind of work we have to to. No puckerIngor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well picasea unt wish no better machine. April 2,13 t'ATunrilNE WYLiE AND SISTERt. I have no fault to And with my imachmne, and don't want any better. I have mule the price of it severa times by taking In sewing. It Is always ready to do its woi k. I think It a drat-class ma chine. I feet I can 1; Bay too much for lthe Davis Vertical Feed Machine. Mus R. T11( sHAR 'SITH. Fairficid county, April, 1883. MR. J. 0. BoAO-Dear Sir: it gives me m'ich pleasure to testify to the merits of the i)avis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. The mad line I got of you about five years ago. has been almost in con. satant use ever since that time. I cannot see that it Is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs since wve have bad it. Alm wvell pleaseii anti doni't, wish for any helter. Yours trmly, honT. UawvIOnt Oranite (Q.arry, near Winnsboro 8. C. We have used tihe Davis Verical Feed SewIng! MachIne for the last five years. WVe would not have amiy othier make at any price. 'The mlachine has given us unbounded satisfaction. Very respectfully, udis. W. K. TlUitNEi AND D~tAUoTiRs Falrfllet coun ty,8. C., Jail. 21, 1888. tiaving bought a Davis V'ertical Feed Sewving Machine from Mr. J. 0. Boag sonie three years ago, and It havinig given me perfect satisfaction in every resptect, as a family machine. both for liea. y 3 and light sewing, and never needed the least re pair in any way, I can cheerfully recommuend it to any one as a Cirst-class machInm- in every particu lar, and tinlk it second to none. It, Is one of the simplest machines made; my chiliren use it with ali ease. kTe attachments are inore easily ad justed andI It does a greater range of work by -means of its Vertical 'eed thani any othier msa chine I have ever seen or used. MRs. TitHoMAs OwiNuis. Wilnnsbo~r ), Fairfield county, 8. C. We have had oiie of the D)avis Macnines abioiit four years and have always found it reiady to (do ali kinds of worK we have hadl occasion to do. Can't see that the maclinlai worn any, .nd works as well as when new. MRs. W. J. CitAwvontiD Jackson's Creek. Fairfield cotunty, 8.'. My wife Is highly pleased with the D~avls Ma chine bought of you. She would not take double what she gave for it. The machine has not been out of ordeor since she had It, and she can dto any kInd of work on it. Very ltespectfuilly, Monileello, Fairfeld county, It. C. Th'ie Davis Sewing Machine is simplr a trea Youretru, J.A. Q.oo)wYN. tidgeway, S. C., Jan. 10, i88sa. hat. 110en sI avalysudy Davis Swn Macnecsan - ly fsaor toeo paI caour ee atha theve mahnedid woyreair arnc and works s as wel as when nrew, bogt hesy twild reeteruragy, o Jus.t. C. Dloois. Winnsboro, S. ('., JApril, 1888. aMo. B~ I have eryregrett d yin itas it - chwane ready for any ind of toawork seingv ehero eav or ligh. It canee tht th mahorne is Vey espectfully, Au.II . .ooDI . Winrbel, 8. C., MArb, 188. MI>oosM iehs encntnl sn th al aciebuh o o but v er A MODEL GAt DENEi. Bill Hedger was a gardener Who earned his daily meat By tolling zealously all day His zeal was hard to beat. He was a inan of tender parts, And thoughtful for his years E'enl when he cut his onions dowi 1I1s eyes would till with tears. ie was so pitiful and kind He'd dread to cut his lawn; But though he'd niever shock his friends He'd otten shock his corn. A score of carrots oft. he'd gi ve To feedi a widow's kiite; Suc gems of clharity. are ra re Full twenty carat~s fie. Ills wretched horse couild hardly creep, Bill propped him while he grazeid; IHe said he'd have a better steed When his celery was raised. Ile'd somettines cauliflower to him When lhe had done his work ite loved it stewed in buttermilk, Or boiled witlh greens and pork. But Death at last mowed William down, And they planted him in loam, And gave hity for his epitaph "IlN foumd sweet ( pense at hiine !" STUANGIELY MET. Well 11 am really very sorry 1", sighed Mrs, E-vans looking ruefully at the small pile of bank-notes in her lap, and then at her fair daughters, Bell and Augusta, who were standing near her, examining a wreath of flowers. "I'm sorry, too mamna," says Miss Boll. "To be sure Elsie ought to be pro vided for her visit, but you know she is the youngest, and we-" "Why, we can't go out without do cent dressesl'' chimed in Miss Augusta. "I won't, for one, 1 know."' "Never mind my London visit,''said little Elsie, the plain sister of these petted girls, as she quietly entered the I room and overheard the conversation. 41 would as soon go and spent a week with aunt Laura, and that won't take nuch preparation." "Would you really?'' asked Mrs. Evans, hesitating between a sellish wish to please her beauties, and what was oiily justice to the young girl be- I tide her. "I really would, ma. I dare say I should not be at home among those city people. Just let me go to aunt Lau ra's, and give Gus and Bell all the inery."' "Well, 1 hat relieves lmy mind won derfully I" said Mrs. Evans, with a very long sigh. I didn't know how to ar range for you all. Three girls are so expensive. "You can have my last winter's cloak, Elsie, for one thing." "1o, she can have mine, m am," eagerly cried Bell. "It's a littly out ol' atyle for me, but, I will do vos) Well for Elsie, aid I'll get a new one." "'Well, yours, then," agreed Mrs. Evans; "and I'll try to save enough I out of the girls' shopping, Elsie, to get you a new black c. slinere." "Then I shall be grand II" said easily contented Elsie. "May I go next week?" "Yes. "Go to work and get ready. Come girls. If we want to do any shopping Lo-day, we must go immediately." "And I'll get dinner while you are I golie,"' Elsie consoled thei by adding. I So while the mother, Gus, and liell tossed over the glittering silks on snowy couliters, patient Elsie heated herself I in the. kitclen--where her beautiful sisters would never go if they could hell) it-to have dinner all ready for tLhem. It was waiting When they retur-Il ed, tired, and with good appetites, from their shopping. After it was eaten, Elsie followed thleml all into tihe sitting room, to see tile neCw purchases coin mented On anld nicely disphayed. "Well, where's my black cashmere'?" she asked, after the last bundle w~as unrolled, and1( not as much as a neck ribbon given to her. "OhI I am so sorry, but really there wasn't a shdlling left after the girls' sLhopping waIs done, and so-'" "And so I got 1non1, like Mother Hubbard's dlog,'' suggested Elsie, trying to laugh but feling iinclined to cry. She had very much wished to go to London, aind now she'*had given that upi, she (lid think that she had ai right to one0 new dress. "Well, it does seem too badli" coin fessed Agugusta, "but you can be pretty wvell dressed out of our thiings. Let's see, ma. "She might travel in hier black luster, and have my gray poplinl lor best '' " No, J 'll t ravel ill t he gray poplin, anid spoIl it as quickly as I can!Iflashed Elsie, roused for,onice. "W' by, Elsie?" mliily repiroved Mr's. E vans. "W'ell, Immmial you know I look horrid in gmray. My waterproof ili cover it up whlen1I travel, and my black luster wvil doefer best, but I wish--" she eonly finished her sentence with a sigh. She would not say, "I wish you fhad got tihe cashmere,"' it w. uld seemi too niuch like blammnig her mother. Mrs. .Evans thought it best not to noti ice the abruptly-ended sentence, but, proposed to the girls that they let her dress their hair at once. Th'iere was a party con the cards for the evening, and their mother, hlavimg a gift in that line, ofteni acted as hair dresser to her lovely maidens. They were feadly, in their dainty robes anid snowvy gloves (four buttons, too), when their cavaliers arrived, amid away they went, so gaily, while Elsie, at home, mended her ole gloves, and made her sinmple preparations for her journey. She was asleep long before they camne home. But at, break fast thme next morn lng, they went into rap~tures over "such a uelighted party I" And esp'eciailly over Mr. Loveil, the brother of their hostess, "such a1 splendidl fello)w So very handsome, and worth thousands, thiik of thatl" "Of course lie would look hndsomie, then if lie wei e really hideous," ob served Elsie coolly. "lie's gomng away for a few days, but he promnised to call whien lie comes back. You just ought to see hlim, Elsie," declared Miss Bell, without noticing Elsie's caustic remark. "lie's so hiand.. some I" "It mnken veryv lttle diffrnnceto me whether he's handsome or homely. "I'm going to be an old maid," re. turned Elsie, buttering a roll. "Well, I'm not if I can catch Archie Lovell," averred tiiss Bell, sipping her locolate. Mr. Lovell was dropped, just tho; but Elsie, two or three times that day, wondered if he were really so very handsome, or so rich, or if she would 3ver see him. Elsie, herself, was a pleasant thing to see, if sie was not a beauty, as she stood upon the platforni at the station, ready for her journey. 1Her face was so [)rght and sweet, and her manner so wisome that 110 one would fail to turn For a second look. The can iages wore well filled, and tie only vacant seat was very near the Iot stove. H[ere Elsie bestowed her ielf and her belongings and began to ,lance about at herneigbbors. A flne looking fellow, and a poorly-dresed little girl just in front of her, attracted ier most. The gift of a golden orange from hier lnucl-basket won the little one's favor imd Elsie was soon chatting merrily wit her, and had learned that she was mi her way to live with her grandpa, because her imamna was too poor to (eep them all in the city. After a wiile the heat grow overpowering, and Elsie tried to raise her window; but it vas fast. She tugged hard with her ;oft lingers-soft and white in spite of ier kitchen work-all in vain, until a Aack-sleeved arm was reached over el's, and a pleasant voice said, '-Allow ne, please. My hands are stronger han yours." Elsie looked up, and met the gaze of a inc pair of dark eyes, belonging to her icighbor. The vindow was quickly raised, aid 3lsie thanked him, as the welcome air -lashed inl. They chatted a little now, >olitely, as traveliers may do, aid Elsie iecided that lie was very pleasant for L passing acquaintance. Before long the girl inl the next seat eli asleep, her little curly head bump ng about uneisily. In a twinkling 1'sie had unstrapped her shawl, and, ising, slipped it undei the small brown iead. "Is she traveling under your care?" sked the stranger. "Oh, no I never saw her before. "But she is so little to be all alone, nd her head did bump sol "She can rest easier now.' The stranger said no mnore, and as Msie was busy folding ill) her shawl traps, she did not see the glance of arnest admiration which lie gave her, ior know that the outspoken thought f his heart would have been. "You good, kind-hcarted little girl." When they stopned for refresh ot, ;lie suatuger 1eipd I.1ise oat and es ,orted her to the room. As they were eaving their seats, lie said to her 'Suppose we take your little friend iere, too?" "Oh, ye.!l" assented Elsie, flashing im a b. 1-t glance of approval. So they tcok the little thiing, and )rought her back warmed and. fed, to esume her journey. And it was a pity tome good angel could not have whisp red to the anxious mother, who, in he distant city, feared for her child's onely journey, what knd of hands the ittle one had fallen into. On rattled the train, until, about the niddle of the afternoon, there was a ieavy jar, a hissing, crashing noise, mid the train, a perfect wreck, lay over tit embankment, with its living freight. &t first Elsie was so stunied and start ed sle was consclous of nothing, heard iothing except moans and cries mingled vith the jinigle of shattered glass and ,he sound of escaping steam. Then her menses seemedl to return, and shte was ~rying to raise herself to her feet, when strong arms lifted hier, an't tihe voice >f her stranger friernd said: "Steady, inowi [ think J can get you >ut safely. Are you hurt?" ".No; I think not. 1 dlon't feel any injury.'' "Are?-ohl you areh" as, looking up, she saw that hi. forehead was bleed mng. "Oh, that is nothingi A miere scratch with a bit of broken glass,'' he said, inmiling at her horrihied tone. "I hope it will prove so,'' answered little Elsie. ''Oh I-our poor little girl! Where is "I don't kno1w. '"Thank you f'or remnemnberimng lier. We will find1 hier.'' "Putt 1me dlown, please. I can walk now, "Let mne help~ you," pleaded Elsie. lie obeyed lhe, and they found the little creature lying upon a brokein seat, moaning with pain. Tihe stranger car ried her out, and~ laid her upon a spot of dry grass, and after a slight exami nation-, told Elsie that her arm was broken, and one side bruised. There chanced to be two or three phlysicianls in the ill-fated train, and they gave their best skil11 to the wvounded, our little girl'among the rest. Eisie held her in her lap while the little arm was set and bandaged, and then laid her on the hastily-prepared bed in the station, near whlich the accidenit had happened and wvatcheod over her, assisted by the strange gentleman, wvho seemed now like aii old acqjuaimit'nce. When the traini wvihi wvas to carry thmem on ar rivedl, Elsie saidl: "I. shall not leave thus little thing un til she is with her granidfathecr. She has told inc where she was going. It is a little off my route, but I am going with ther." "So am I," added the stranger, with his pleasant smile. Ilum ianity allows mnc to do as much as you can, in spite of conventionmal rutles. "'I appol int myself to take care of both of you, and you neced not fear to trust ime," "I do not; and1 I thank you,'' res ponded Elsie, with simple dignity, So they both walted1 for the train on the other lute, andi cared tenderly for the little one, until, late at night, they left her in the care of lher gr'andfather, who gave them his warmest thanl& and blessings. "Would you prefer to stop here for the night (there's a hotel, I suppose) or go on?" asked Elsie's friend. will be much alarmed because I did not come to-day. Is there a t ran"' "Yes. "I am told one passe.i in abou twenty abt minutes. a U "It shall be just as you wish., an< "Let us go on, thou.', the "Very well. And now I am going bo to let you know whom you are travel- 90 ing with. bu "No name'' is incon venient, and I am sty willing you should know mine. vill "1 hope you will be as franK wjth mie., chi lie gave Elsie a card, bearing the wh name "Archie Lovell." bee For ai iistant Elsie was puzzled, then un a light broke over her face. She pro- ma duced her own card, saying, smilingly- slh< "I have heard that name quite often oD' before. And I think you know mine. a 1( At least, you know WY Sister." ros Mr. Lovell glanced at her card. "Is ma it possible? Are you a sister of the 019 Mimses Evans who visit my sister." "Yes. I am the youngest sister." ed "cThen I declare myself well acquaint ed with you. And I consider this a 001 most lucky meeting, $IT]sie." "And I am sure I !on't know what em I should have done but for vour kind. He] ness, Mr. Lovell. Isn't that the trainy" hay "It is. Now we go. and Ishall see you Jus safe in your aunt's hands before I leave 1o you, Miss Elsie." you Elsie's one week at aunt Laura's wr< proved to be three months. And when Tal she came home, Gus and Bell were still ca talking about Mr. Lovell. "HLe's been you away on bnsiness,'' explained Bell, the "but he returned oil Monday, and he dor is going to-night." thru 'Yes, he told me he would," con- it ft fessed Elsie demurely. eno "Iol you! Why, you neversaw him her in your lifel" cried the girls. 1001 And then the whole story came out, Wii and Elsie had to explain that already' cab on three month's acquaintance, she had Patl premised Mr. Lovell to marry him, if han her inother consented, and he was coin- of 0 ing to ask for her that very night. and "Well! the: "I never!" panted ]iell. I never hou did!" A "I'm sorry, Bell," said Elsle d- of a murely still. "But you know you was would make me go to aunt Laura's in- lilie stead of the city, and so I met him, but and-I can't help it now." in f "Well, we shall have him in the fa- tist mihy, anyhow, and that's some com- the fort," was Bell's sole consolation, raw lac< Nature's Ornaments. 46 If you have a corner that is too far holi away from the centre of the room to are form a socialue position for a seat, get a old large trumpet-shaped vase (they may beo had to the height of six feet, and almost gee of any price), and flt it with branches goa of horse chestnut. With a few o the go ucge mn uwoo a, -uur woo land qui' ierns arranged so as to hang over the qui sides of the vase, and. some bulrushes T stretching their long brown heads high ma< above the chestnut foliage, your bare vOr; corner will become a thing of beauty ed instead of an eye-sore. These vases so loP' filled may also be placed with advan- hol tage to show above the pretty Japanese bro screens that abou:kd In modern drawing- be z raome. At this season ill water plants- too, such as yellow irises (commonly called nee flags), ruehes, reeds, etc.-.are in their wor prime, and nothing looks better in a an large vase, or more especially a Japan'- goo ese jar, than any of these, or a variety But prettily grouped. Taking care to arrange Wo your flowers as much after the fashion of ret nature as possiblo, is the go)den rule of all sidc successtul 11hral decorations. Thus, sup- bor posing the above-nimed aquatic plants feri are used, and, in audition, water lilies, bar forge-me-nots and ragged robins, which ten are aill low growing flowers, and you are mal olng to arrange them in a shallow wooden bro tub filled with damp sand--place the dal water lilies around 'the edge, and again, tak the ragged robIns, mixing with them any siti of the leaves of about the same height the which may be fodnd in abundance in eat marshy placea; behiami these, again, group soi yo'ir irises, with their sword-hke leaves,an and, as a centre, have a mass of builrushes a anid reedls. with common rushes to give pia lightness to the whole, avoiding any stiff- per ness In the arrangement by placing a good enlc many flowering grasses here and there over the whole, allowing them to top the to I forget-me-note and water-lilies by as much goc as they would do when growing naturally. ear For high decorations use tall-growing tim flowers, for low ones such as are stunted we' In their growth. Growing ivy trained har over a cane screen has often been recoin- .i'h mended as a decoration; but owing to the anc necessary damp earth and the likelihood mil of creeping things (such as earwigs) hat accompanying it, I cannot say that it Is a' goad thing. Long gathered sprays of ivy the look just as well, and can be kept clean a* long tI'ne by sponging them every day. anc In gathering ferns ( r~aidenhair especially), WI cere must be taken to select the old fronde, 1ik4 andl they will last twi.de as long If part of Trn the frond as well as the stalk is in the a q water; It is also a good thing to Immerse fas them every day (ever head) in water. ' Such is often used instead of mere water brl to arrange flowers in; and when this Is the hem case it must no looked at every dauy, as it the is apt to dry very quickly. tSmall baskets ble gilded with Judson's gold paint (which Is red clear and effective), and with tlr.. madle to wa fit themi, are very pretty, either In the bit drawing-room or on a dinner table. The for small round baskets, formed like gypsy ble kettles, and which can generally be sup plied with a broken cup or claret glass as is a flower-hiold-3r instead of a shaped tin, are wa very effective, when arranged as we so often used to see them-pendant Irom three sticks, kettledashiion, the wholena being covered with silver paper, or, better still, glt. The small baskets in which we the buy strawberries are useful for holdingne flowees, either painted or gilt, and a 01m garden saucer (doe8 very well to hold the bu water. Bottle baskets divided Into com partments about six imiches Eq'iare look oi well with a small flower pot In each com- in partment and an ivy trail round the dee handle. Creepiug plants are not half an enough used for house decoration." ha -St. 1Louis wants a U. S. Mint es tablished with'n her conflnes. There are four government Mints lit present vel -Philadelphia, New Orleans, San col Francisco and Carson City, Nevada. on The assay offices are flye ini number New York, Helena, Montanta; Boise th~ City, Idatto; Charlotte, N. C.. and an toi assay office called the United .States foi Branch Mint aut Denver. da Our Handkorenlete. 'Lace handerchiefe," said a fashion e storekeeper, "We don't sell one in ionth. There is no call for them, I most of the goods are locked up in camphor cases. Occasionally somo ly will come in for a duches cr rose nt for a bridal or birthday present, i for general use they are out of le, and as rarely seen in society as a aigretto. You see, a lace handker of wants to be worn on a holder, ioh is out of the question nowadays, 'ause of the glove craze. You can't lerstand those thuigs, but a pretty bron is never quite so angehc as when comes down to the dining room in of those long, white wrappers, with we cap trimmed with a blue bow or ebuds. It serves a double purpose kes her look prettT and hides the un itly curl papers.' 'What do the ladies wear now?" ask. the reporter. 'Here you are, if you want to see kething nice," replied the clerk. lese goods come from Parts, and are roidered by the French nuns. e's a beauty, Just look at it. Per. a you won't believe it, but it's eo, the same; it took a nuu eight aths to embroider those flowers, and see the work is just as nice on the ng side as it is on the right side. :e it in your hand-it's not too deli to bear examination, The goods see are what we call sheer linen, of fluest loom, and the hand-work is e with a fine needle and a cotton ad, They don't use linen, because 1le up in the wash, just a trifle, but ugh to spoil the flowers. Now, see 3, did you ever see such a natural Ling -rose in your life, off a stem? ,, I tell you the thing is worth a met. And see the filling of the ern, All of that 'frosting' is d work, anI must have cost a deal ptic nerve. This is an heir-loom, no mistake about it. I doubt if .* is a piece of point lace in the so with finer work on it." ad the handkerchief was deserving 11 the praise bestowed. The border some six inches deep and made of a, roses and small field flowers, with s and fern leaves for filling, all done ligree work, and so skilfully and ar o that it was hard to believe that r were not applu~iued. The edge was and intended to be trimmed with It's worth $50," said the salesman. s, we sell quite a number at the days or wedding season. But they always bought by the gentlemen or aunis for brides. There is a class or is similar in design, but a little -ser, that we sell at $10 each. They lie hot cakes. Everybody buys )k toadmuirne needlework. he goods in question were imported, le on fine Irish linen lawn, with r deep embroidered borders of color Lhread. The edge was cut in seal i of three petals each, and button ,-stitched with three colors, rod, wn and blue, all iand-work it must emembered, and a piece of work, by the way, that the most skillful llewoman could not do in a week king ten hours c day. It would be utter impossibility to make these d in America and sell them for $10. , coming as they do from the Old eld, where labor meets with paltry uneration, the case is different. In > of the petal-lined edge was a fence ler, the lines consisting of a delicate L pattern made in colors, with the 3 overrun with climbing vines and irils, as true .to nature as paint culd to them. At times the pattern was ken for the insertion of a dice or mo on, in which a unit of design was in, making a symmetrical compo yn of the most artistic accuracy. In corner the work became more iti s, and formed a lovely relief for me little blue birds with red wings yellow crests, In this, as in the n white, the work was of the most feet kind, and not a knot or a stra.y of thread was to be found. Yes,'' said the salesman in response ~n inquiry, "the colors arc fast, the ds the best made, and, with such 3 as a lady will give it will last a life o. These are the goods that ladies ~r in the bosom of their dr'sses and ging over the edge of r. reticul, y are not intcnde.d for r.etual use, ~you may be sure nobody ever sub them to the vulgar duties of a 250, dkerchief." 'Haven't you something new?" ask'3d exasperated intervie wer. Here's the latest novelty in stock, the 'takyost,' as we say in the trade. en they are once floated they'll go tongue sandwiches at the Beard of de on a rainy day. One dollar and uarter each-, all linen, and warranted colors." he novelty was a deep cardinal cam o with a checker border made by astitching little blocks of white on red border with white cotton. A ok handkerchief had the applique in , blue or orange, a delicate pink one blocked with maroon, another wIth e, and one of the solid -true blue lawn ned a most effective background for oks of crimson red. 'The reason why we'll sell so many >ccause they are the very thing to em uip a toilet. TIako a little lady of Ito but trim figure, rig her up in a ex or tailor made suit, put this cardi handkt~rchief in her cordage and pull the border in a shell, so as to show blue checker, and if the effect is stunning the girl has no style about ',that's all. Tho craze in jewelry for ~s, spiders, scorpions, beetles and Ler blood-curdlIng, fleshi-creeping ar ilates has been an Incentive to print igne, and here we have choice lawn I cambric handkerchiefs, and youe re only to name your bug and here B.", 'I choose butterflies," 'Here you are, In every stage of de opment, 'cat,' 'chris,' and 'but,' high or. on a white ground, $18 a dor. Lt was not a bad collection to begin study of insectology with. The but fly napkins had the corner reserved gorgeous speimens donein embrol 7, the fanciful borders were pickedA out with field daisies, and tiny, golden winged insects. some of which were posed on clover heads, presumably sip ping boney, The grat-shoppers, legs, wings, intennso, and the proverbial 'spit tobacco' were selected from the healthy, hardy, well-fed Kansas class, and ar ranged diagonally across the corners, were large as life and most effective in skeleton needlework. It would be an endless task to write up the box, which included the whole class of insects, from the tiny fly to the- dovil's darning need le. The writer remarked that some chicken-hearted females might have se rious objections about touching their pretty faces to these horrors, any one of which would produce hysteria, "I guess not, Woman will tolerate more from art than she will from nature, and though I never saw a girl in my life on intimato terms with a centipede, I should not like to risk a refusal of this box of miscellaneous insect kerchiefs. The regular goods are made of various qualities of goods and run front 25 cents i to $5 eroh. You can get a pretty nice i napkin for a quarter, with a fancy bor- i der stamped in fast colors, good enough I for common wear. But nearly overy lady has a couple or more of nice ones 1 that cost, say, 82 or $3. They are pot ted, though, and worn mostly in the 1 front of the dress. A fino cambric can not be bought under $2 or $2. 50; that i is, if it's handmade." "Don't some of the dosigns fail to please the ladies?" "Oh, yes. Here is a nobby thing. These goods come in all colors. They were intended to be worn on the wrist, I run through the bracelet. Bue the style I didn't take. No girl is going to pay i $1.50 or $2 for a fluted handkerchief to I hide a $40 bangled bracelet. No sireo. Girls don't get bangles to hide under cambric. Not while there is such a j handy place round as a good-fitting j basque. I dov't like to see a handker- < chief in a girl's bosom. It makes me envious of the rag, But a pretty hand- i kerchief gives a touch of the picturesquo to a lady's toilet. It is cheaper than j ribbon or a bouqnot, and while it answers I the same purpose I guess they will con tinue to wear it there. You must know, of course, that a corsage handkerchief is used decoratively onlv. They have i a business napkin in their pocket. Be sides, it takes three or four buttons to I get the thing in proper shape, and to I pull it out for a snoeze or a piece of soot i would be a regular exposition. Here's a nice yellow mull. 830 the beetleal llecognize them, don't you? Now yel low's the go; Ao are beetles. Take a I box for your girl. Givo them to you, seeig you are in the profession, for 18. t "Have no girl; much obliget for t your factf A Refractory Audlione. A very sad thing oeurreJ at a late C performance given at Laramie City. At a the close of the last act one of the prin olpal performers is instantly killed, It t is then the duty of the audience to rise, a pick up its umbrella and walk home. c sometimes, however, the audience is not familiar with the play and does not go home. It waits for more death and oarnage before its awful thirst for blood is glutted. That was the case at Laramie two weeks ago. The stage hired man, who hauls the dead off into the dressing room, waited patiently, but the people would not go. In order to get the full value of their dollar they desired to,soo the post mortem examination. They could not go home until it had been set tied that the villain was fully and thor oughly (dead. There he lay, with his ear against a kerosene footlhght, suffering, at $9 per wepk, and the audience absolutely re fusing to go home and allow the man to revive or to reguicuoue in paco. The curtain, though loaded at the bottom with a telegraph pole, failed to come down, and theolegs of the avenger and other members of the troupe flitted past the space left by the unruly curtain, and the (lead villain lay on his back, having yielded up his life four times that same week, in the same manner, beside carrying the heavy trunks of the beautiful actress up two flights of stairs for her in three different towns. As there were no programmes people looked at each other and wondered. They knew that the man was undoubt edly (lead, but whether the company had a fresh one or not was the os tion. Finally two adult member o f the troupe came forward and pul' d down the refractory curtain. Then the mana ger advanced to the front of the stage and In a voice choked with emotion, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we would be glad to massacre some more of our troupe if we could, but we cannot afiord it. In a one-stind town one man Is about all that we can yield up to the cold embrace of death. Our printing is high, and we have to pay $15 for the hail. Therefore, we regret to announce that the play is now over. You can go home with safety and we will attend to the remains. We have every hope that the young man will be able to draw lis salary next week, and that w'- may wia him back to joy and health again. He has a good constitu tion, a fair appetite, and we fool like trusting ie all to the future. We regret to see you go, but as the janitor is now blowing out the lights, and it is getting pretty well along Into the shank of the evening, we must say good-bye to you, hoping that during our absence the Laramie Opera House Company will decide to assess its stockholders, pur chase some wicks for the footlights, put .the old piano out of Its misery and stick another pair of overalls Into the broken windlow of the ladles' dressing-room, so that the actresses who vlait your town will feel more segregated, as It were, and separated from the groat, vulgar world." -The present form of the Corinthian column first ap~pearedl about 150 BI. (I., in the temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, It was bmi1t under the di rection of Cossutlus, a Roman, and soon after its completion Sylea carried the columns away and used them to res tore the temn~ln on the Roman Capitol.1 Loeomotves and Sand. At the office of the master mechanic of the Boo line, Oleveland, Ohio, the lollowing interesting facts regarding locomotives in general were obtained. lhe master mechanic doesn't look at an ngine with the eyes of an artist, but ivith the critical gaze of a mechanio and itatistician. To him the boiler of a lo 3omotive is not a glittering body of Russia iron with brass bands around it. In tact, the public never sees a locomo Liye boiler It is a rough, unpolished nass of steel. Over this is a complete aeating of wood, matched like flooring and over all an ornamental sheath of thin Russia iron with brass bands, onlled a jicket. The casting is to pro "0tfe boiler from the cold blasts of w t, which, blowing on the surfaco >f the mass of iron, would tend to chill t and condense the steam. Indeed, it a much more diffioult, even with the sing of wood and iron, to keep up iteam in an engine on a cold day than a warm weather. The boiler of a itandard locomotive, like those built by ;he Lake Shore road, for instance, is 'ravorsed itsi entire length by 178 tubesi ;wo inches In diameter loading from the urnace. These tubes are traversed by ,he heat and smoke, and around them n the boiler is the water. At least it ihould be around them, and if it isn't, he engineer had better climb out for all timber and safety. In the engines )n the Beo line these tubes terminate n the extension fronts. The steam ushing up through the smoko stack ucks the smoke and cinders through ho tubes with terrific force. The moko sails out over the city to the in ense disgust of the smoke inspector who, by-tlie-way has served a notice )u all the railroals in the city that they nust try and abate tho nuisance in a neasure), but the greater portion of the inuders are caught under a slanting icreen in the extension fronts aforomen ioned. At the end of the trip tu) ciin fors are drawn off through an opening u the chamber, and not infrequently en bushels or more are taken out. vVith ton bushels of cinders flying 6round a train drawn by an engine that loosn't catch its own slobborings, what vondor that a passenger sometimes ;ots an eye full! Some idea of the im )ortanee of this matter of cinders can )o obtained when it is known that in a -ear about nine car-loads of them are aken from each locomotive at an ex >onso of from $3 to $5 a car. They are uainly used as Iallast for the track, al hiough the Bee line is making experi onts to ascertain if they contain any irtue as fuel. In the oLdinarv loCiUo ives used on the Lake shore line road he screen is placed in the dono at the The small boy who drawig his picture If a locomotive knows that the dome n the boiler midiay between the moke stack and the cab is a sand-box. L tubo lea:Is from it down in front of he drive wheels. Vhen the rapid and pasmodic puilling of an engine indi ates that she is slipping, the engineer mills a small lover and a fine stream of and is deposited on the track. The mall boy aforesaid and the publio loesn't probably realize how much sandt his dome holds and how much trouble 6nd expense is occasioned in keeping it Illed. Great care must be exercised in electing the sand. It must be fine bud contain no clay. The Lake Shore 'o- gets its sand from along the luke hose, the best coming from Lake idichigan near Chicago, and the Bee ino from Lake Erie or from a sand _ank the line of the I. and St. L. end. It costs the latter line from 50) o 60 cents a cubic yard loaded on the are, or about $8 a ear. It is estimated hat at least 400 ear loads of sand are equired to run the Bee line engines a roar, Thus the simple item of sand dione occasions that read an expense of vr$3,200. The sand box on the boiler >f a locomotive holds about 10 bushels, mud is replenished at every trip. It is i sad fact that while ample provision is or sandiing the tracit ahead of the drive T'hels of a locomotive, no sand can be leposited behind them. This neglect in the construction of a ocomotive once caused the absolute ailure of a Republican convention mn New Jersey. it was to be 1h01d at a small oewn on a line of railroad. There was io turn-table there, and the engine that L)ulled the train ran backwards in order to bring the train back from the conven bion pilot ahead in fine shape, Alas! i0omo Democratic wags had soaped the track a few miles out from the conven bion town and the sand from the sand box did lie good for it fell ,eind the drivers of the reversed en tine. Th'le determined Republicans left ho cars, caught the sand in their hats is it ran from the tube and sprinkled it ilong the rails. It was three hours before the engine was coaxed over the ioaped stretch of track, and when the aonvention was reached it was learned that the impatient delelegates from the o1pposite direction had gone home, The sonvention was abandoned. Another important item is oil, of which an engine uses a pint to each 17 nibos of distance traveled, The base of bhis oil is crude petroleum. The Lake shore road gives each month a first p~rize of $10 and a second prize of $7 to Ghie engineers making the best time with the most economical use of oil as Euol. T wo prizes are also Oistributed to bhie firomen. A poundi of cotton waste is allowed each engine on each trip for the use of the fireman In wiping the jacket and shining steel and brass work in1 the cab. The machinery proper is kept .clean by men employed at the round houses and known as hostlers, The height of a fireman's ambition is to obtain an engine to run and to the die grace of the employcs be it said) soe :lespleible tricks are resorted to to get an engmne away from a man. A man got in engine to run on the Nickel plate shiortly after it was opened. He started out on his first trip with plenty of ol Lu the cups and bearings. When he stoppoedsno found to his dismay that the brasses were cut out. He ran his en gine on a side track took the cups in his hands and went to the master me ohanio's office where it wa found some wretch had put emery ini the oil.