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Ri-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 10, 8195. ESTABLISHED 1844 DECREASED EARNINGS. For the Railroads for March. Bettei Than February. The State railroad commissioners have issued their table of earnings of the railroads in the State for the month of March, 1895. It has beer ready for six weeks, but because of the delay of the Hampton and Branchville road, which did not send in its report, -Secretary Duncan could not issue 'his report until now The report, of the Hampton and Branch ,ville road has not been received and therefore does not appear in the re port. The following is the report: Asheville & Spartanburg, 1894, $4, 340.-77; 1895, $4,559.25; increase, $218.48, per cent., 5.03. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, 1894, $58,517.13; 1895, $63,828.80; in crease, $5,311.67; per cent., 9.07. Blue Ridge, 1895, $2,100.95; in. crease, $2,100.95. Branchville and Bowman, 1894, $468.76; 1895, $365.99;decrease, $102. 77; per cent., 21.92. Carolina Midland, 1894, $4,557.11; .1895, $4,199.09; decrease, $358.02; per cent., 8.03. Carolina, Knoxvillo and Western, .1894, $1,029.82; 1895, $569.02; de crease, $460.80; per cent., 45.74. Central of South Carolina, 1894, $11,214.31; 1895, $11,370.00;increase, $155.69; per cent., 1.38. Charleston and Savannah, 1894, ,65,233.73; 1895, $51.285.62; decrease, ,13,948.11; per cent., 21.38. Cheraw and Chester, 1894, $2,025.87; 1895, $2,166.05; increase, $140.18; per cent,, 6.47. Charleston, Sumter and Northern, :1894, $18,046.80; decreasc,$18,046.80, Cheraw and Darlington, 1894, $9, 1179.15; 1895, 816,605.00; increase, 17,425.85; per cent., 80.90. Chester and Lenoir, 1894, $1,706. 19; 1895, 2,874.35; increase, $1,168.16; 1)er cent., 68.46. - Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, 1894, $8,020.62; 1895, $7,363.40; de crease, $657.22; per cent., 8.09. , Florence, 18:4, $19,622.38; 1895, $16,655.19; decrease, $2,967.19; per ceat., 15.11. Georgia, Carolina and Northern, 894, $56,725.62; 1894, $68,132.06; increase, $11,406.44; per cent., 20.10. : Georgetown and Western, 1894, $4, 139.90; - 1895, $4,355.24; increase, $215.34; per cent., 5.20. Glenn Springs, 1895, 665.10; in crease, $665. 1u Green Pond,Walterboro and Branch ville, 1894, $2,152.85; 1895, $2,254.01; -icrease, $101.16; per cent., 4.69. Hartsville, 1894, $812.53; dezrease, $812.53. - Laurens, 1894, $1,406.73; ,1895, $2.175.38; increase,S768.65; per cent., 54.64. Manchester and Augusta, 1894, $1,116.09; 1895, $16,108.21; increase, p 14,992.12; per cent., 1,343.2'); per cent., 1,343.20. Northeastern, 1894,S76,267.37;1895, $55,663.22; increase, $20,614. 5. Ohio River and Charleston, 1894, Q-16,903.08, 1895, $18,503.13; increase, 1,609.05: percent., 9.46. Palmetto. 1894, S1,329.96; 1895, 81,126.68; increase, 20,328; per cent., Port Royal and Augusta, 1894, $.30, 215.11; 1895, $27,936.88; decrease $2,. 278.3; per cent.,7.54. Port Royal and Western Carolina, 1894, S36,815.82; 1895, S48,696.35; in ~crease, 811,870.53; per cent., 32.24. South Bound, 1894, 832,284.55; 1895, $28,243.88; decrease, $4,040.G67; per cent., 12.51. South Carolina and Georgia, 1894, 8120,102.28; 1895, $114,058.31; de crease, $6,345.97; per cent., 5.18. South and North Carolina, 1894, $1,429.94; 1893, $1,500.34; increase, P '70.40. per cent., 4.92. Southern Railway Co. in South Carolina, 1894, $110,905.49; 1895, $113,580.85; increase, $2,675.36; per cnt., 2.41. ISpartanburg, Union and Columbia, 1894, $12,297.13; 1895, $14,457.09; in crease, $2,159,.96; per cent., 17.56. Wilmingtou, Columbia and Augusta, 1891, SG2,499.27; 1895, $56,279.83; de crease, $6,219.44; per cent., 9.99. Wilmington and Conway, 1894, $2, p75.49; 1893. 81,834.36; decrease, 62,41.13; per cent., 11.61. SWilson and Summerton, 1894, $1, '423.75; 1895, $727.64; decrease, $694, ,11; per cent., 48.81. Totals, 1894, $775,163.60; 1895, p700,219.27; increase, $63,046.09; de crease, $77,990.42. Net decrease, $14,944.33. Net per cent. dec rease, 19.27. Total passenger earnings for the inonthb, 1894, $166,759.38; 1895, $181, ?-70.82. Totsl freinhit earnings for the month, 1894, $551,899.95; 1895, $327,269.81. Total tonnage for the month (tons), 1894, 515,775; 1895, 471,91 '. An electrical journal has publisded a most suggestive picture of mining life in South America, which illus (rates not only how electricity is rev olutionizing the mining industry, by making it possible .to work valuable lodes in almost inaccessible places, would bave been pronounced prohibi tive, but also the extraordinary mild. ness of the mountain regions in some countries near the'equator. The work is going on briskly, although the gen crator which supplies the mo tiro power is many miles away. - But the singular point in the scene is that the motors, ma chinery, and transformers are all out in the open air, entirely unprotected from tbe elements, as rain is almost nknown in the region.-New York ~imes. England now gets eighty-six per cent, of her tea from India and Cey SILER DOLLAR BLAND BOSSI THE CONVENTION BELONGED TO 11131. The State Committee Swelled With Sllverites from 15 to 34. The Resolutions Adopted. The Missouri Democratic State convention met at Pertle Springs, Mo. The committee on resolutions sprang a surprise by electing as their chairman Con gressman De Armonl. of Bates county, and they immediately began their labors. The committee on pernaient organization decided upon Hon. R. P. Vland for perrna nent chairman and the temporary or;gania.a tion was made permanent. It was recommendled that the present State committee he enlarged Iy the addition of one committeeman from each congressional district and by the eloetion by the rcnven tion of four com mitteemen at la rge-making 'the total 31 instead of 1> as at lresent ieon !stituted. The proposition was carried. The resolutions committee's report was read and adopted. The preamnble and resolutions are as follows: "The Federal Censtitution names silver and gold together as the money ntals of the .United States. The first coinage bill passed by Congress until the constitution made the silver dollar a unit of value. admtitted gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by the silver dollar unit. "From the beginning of the government. following the policy formnulatcd ly Thomas Jefferson and firmly esta.,lished Iby Jackson. the Democratie party Las been the party of bi-metallism. favorin;g the free coinage of both silver and gold at the national mints, and opposed to farming out to banking cor porations the government s sovereign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. "The act of 1873. demonetizing silver. was surreptitiously passed. without the approval or knowledge of the American people. and from the time when the effeet of this aet, in fastening upon the country the single gold standard was, understood, the Democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrong be righted. Failure to accomplish this object has resulted in tho steady appreciation of gold, a correspond ing fall in the prices of commodities pro4 duced by the people. a heavy increase in the burden of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the money-lending class; RICEARD P. BLAND. paralysis of industry and impoverishment of the people, and unexampled distress it all gold standard countries. "Experience has shown that while under the single gold standard there may be an oc casional revival of busness activity. accoma panied by enhaned'. prices of a limited num ber of commodities, such revival is duom to artifieial and temporary causes and "annot permanently alleviate the sufferings dlue to falling prices, brought about by the apepre ciation of gold and an inadequate supply of primary or redemption money. "Duty to the people reflures that the party of the people continue the battle f':r bi-metallism until its efforts are crowned with success. Therefore be it: "Resolved. That we, Democrats of Mis souri, in convention assembled, demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money, at the ratio of 16 to 1. without waiting for the action or approval of any other najtion; and second, "Resolved. That we are irrevocably op posed to the substitution for metallic money of a panic-breeding, corporation-credit ceur rency based on a single metal, the supply of which is so limited that it can be cornered at at any time by a few ban king institutions in Aurope and America; third, S"Resolve'-L That we are opposed to the bpolicy and practiceo of surrendering to the p olders of the ob~ligations of the United States jhe opt ion reserved by the law to thme govern ment of reducing such obligations in either silver coin oi'gold coin ;fourth, ."Reaolved. That we are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace,and especially are we opposed to placing the Treasury of the government under the control of any syndicate of bankers and the issuance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit for the purpose of supplying the Federal Treasury with gold to mnaintainu the policy of gold mono-met allism." Additional resolutions' were adopted in structing the State committee to catll a con vention inot later than August 15th to) elect delegates to the national convention; also sendingecongratulations to Senator Black burn, of Kentucky. The deh-gates from thc, diffrient c'ongrcssional districts then named their candidates for additional memnbers of the State committee and they were unani mously elected. At the r ight the only feature of interest was the speeoh of Senator Cockrell. At its conclusion the convention adjourned sine die., The election of the committee at large is regarded as a victory for "Silver Dollar" Bland, and a severe blow to the Francis and Maffltt faction of the party. Allen and Farris are straight Bland men, Beaton is a free lace, while Fyke is pledged to Governor Stone. Electrical Wee.! Eijiler. In the American Engiacer alul IAL-1 way Journal a descriptioni is givenm of an electrical device for the destruction of weeds, as Used on railroad lines. Very high-pressure current is taken from a generator on a tramcar travel ing on the railroad. One side of the circn'it is connected to the ground, and the other is conducted through a series of tine wires to the top~s of the weeds and vegetation along the road. In this way the electric currenit trav erses the roots and body of a planlt, rupturing its cells and destroying it. The device is thoroughly practical, and reduces the cost of maintenance of way $40 to S80 per year per mile. .Tapan is diligently strengthening a ei armuy WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN. Of the South Carolina Weather and Crop Service. Mr. J. W. Bauer, Director of the State Weather and Crop Service,issued on Tuesday the following interesting report for the past week: The condi tion of cotton while not greatly changed, is nevertheless less satisfactory than heretofore, there being many com plaints of shedding both leaves and "shapes", and the plant has seemingly stopped growing even where the weather was most favorable. Early peas are ripening; tobacco curing continues and the condition of this crop is highly satisfactory; one correspondent reports damage by un skillful curing. Sorghum beginning to ripen and some syrup already made from it; forage crops generally abun dant; turnips growing p( ' the whole; rice making e .ent showing. The following report corn crop by counties shows- ...-argest acreage ever planted, and its condi tion promising except in the western and northern counties where it has already been seriously injured by drought, or will be, unless rain comes within a few days: Abbeville County-Old corn fairly good; late cern cannot "make" unless rains come soon; suffering terribly. Aiken County-Acreage one-fourth more than an average; condition and prospective yield at least an average; droughty conditions in portions of county. Anderson County - About one fourth more planted than last year; condition up to few weeks ago above average; lately it has fallen off owing to drought. Barnwell County-Corn crop larger than usual, condition excellent ex cept on light lands that were not fer tilized or well worked; yield will be larger than last year. Early crop made, late promising. Beaufort County-Corn crop very fine, is made and is above the aver age. Berkeley County-Corn crop con sidered above the average. Much helped by frequent rains,,noy inde pendent of seasons for result. Charleston County-The finest for many years. Chesterfield County-Severe drought has ruined upland corn 50 to. 60 per cent., lowland corn seriously but to less extent as yet, but every day with out rains lessens the crop; some fields ivill not produce one bushel to the acre. .Rains badly needed. Clarandon County-Never a better average crop; some badly cultivated; very poor. Crop safe now and above the average. Colleton County-Condition ranges from 90 to 110. County made corn enough for local use last year. Will have 10 per cent. more planted this year. Darlington County-Early planting very fine and safe; late also good; en tire crop estimated at double an aver age one, exceeding that of any former year. Small tenant farmers have fine croo -being exceptional. Edgefield County -Fully 30 per cent. increase in ac. ge; condition above average; more rain needed; corn firing in plaices. Fairfielti County - Largest crop planted in history of county. Condi tion variable, being about ruined in places; in o)thers standing the drought fairly well; must have rain in next few anyvs or crop will be irreparably in jurd. Florence County-Corn damaged some b~y dry weather, but with rain le planting may yet make a good crop. Early corn safe, and a few more showers will insure the rest. Greenville County - Upland corn needing rain badly; bottom land corn as fine as can grow, but all corn must have rain soon or be much damaged. Hampton County-Increase in acre age from 25 to 35 per cent., and pros peetivec yield double the average. The crop safe; fodder stripping has begun. Horry County -The corn crop is good throughout the county, and if seasons continue good there will be a large yield. Kershaw County-Old corn safe,not afull crop everywhere; late planting needing rain in places, but looks very promising; big crop) prospects fine. Lancaster County-Crop badly damaged by drought-fodder dead up to the ears; ears not filling well; late corn tasselling, but will soon be ruined unless it rains. Laurens County-Old corn bholding~ up) very well, but a few more dry day~ will cut it very short; with timely rains1 will have big crop). Legington County-Early corn safe -a line crop; late planting in a critical state, needing more rain badly; fodder pulling begun. Marlboro County-Early corn on light land cut short by dry weather is beyond help; late planting may do bet ter; its condition variable; may mako as big a crop as ]astyear. Newberry County--Acreage never ~o great as the present year; condition up to an average: early corn safe; late needs rain badly, or it will be serious ly damaged. Orangeburg County-Indications point to a heavy crop of corn; acreage 10 per cent. larger, and prospective yield 20 per cent. greater than last year; early made; late very promising; some bottom land too wet. Union County-~Drought still on; some early corn burnt dead; with rain now will make half a crop; without rain none. Late planting looks bet ter., Williamsburg County-Corn not up to last year, being late, although a good crop is assured. York County-Unless it rains soon corn will be cut short; is suffering very much. .in TVenice, Italy, one of time sighi of the Zoological Garden is a horse. 'PRIETTO PENCILLINGS. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Constables Lafar and Wright Released Pro Tem. A dispatch from Columbia, says: Constable Lafar has been released irom the Richiand county jail, where he was sent by Judge Simonton in th6 .contempt proceedings that were rought about by the general seizures y the constables. Constable Wright, who was also jailed on the same charge, was released on Wednesday. Con stable Lafar had to give bond for $400 and the sentence is still pending. The release of the constables does not by any manner of means indicate that Judge Simonton has receded from his ,pgaition, but the action was brought about by an agreement between coun Bel. On Wednesday night of last w!e Assistant Attorney General Townsind and Mr. J. P. K. Bryan had a confer ence in Charleston about the Donald case, in which the inter-State case was discussed, and it was decided to trim 'the case of all its frills and consent to such a case as could be considered by the United States Supreme Court in October. It has been agreed that tb case is to be docketed at once and its advancement in tso docket is undei stood. Tudge Simonton in his order releas ing Lafar on bond says that "under lagreement between counsel a final Idecrec will be rendered in the above case and an appeal will be taken from said decree, and it is considered as now pending." THE FERTILIZER ANALYSIS. Only Two Brands Fall Short on This Season's Tests. The South Carolina Agricultural Ex perimental Station has issued its bul letin giving the analysis of commercial fertilizers for the season 1894-95. Pre liminary to giving the tables, the bul letin says: "In the following tables are given the analysis, the calculated commercial values and the manufacturers' guaran tees of the official samples of fertilizers 'collected this season. Two hundred and six brands of goods have been sampled and analyzed. Of these eighty seven are ammoniated fertilizers, sixty .one are acid phosphates, thirty-three are cotton seed- rfeals. .nineteen. are. kainits, and six are miscellaneous sam ,ples. "The act of 1893, 'To further regu late the manufacture and sale of com mercial fertilizers,' provides: "That if any fertilizer or commercial manure offered for sale in this State,shallupon analysis, prove deficient in any of its ingredients, and if by reason of such deficiency the commercial value shall fall three per cent. below the guaran teed commercial value of said fertil izer, such fertilizer shall be deemed fraudulent,' etc. "It will be seen from the tables that the commercial values of two samples are three per cent. below the commer cial values calculated from the guaran tees. "While some other brands aro short in one or two ingredients, the shortage is compensated for by an excess of other ingredients, and the commercial values are up to the commercial values based on the guarantees, or within the limits of the law." LOCATED AT LAST. Revenue Officers Find a Still They Have Long Looked for. For several years p~ast the revenue offi cials have been aware that a moonshine still was in operation not far from Co lumbia, but their best efforts had failed to uncover it. In the meantime many thousands of gallons of liquor have been made and distributed in the country round about, not a little of it finding Its way to Columbia. At last the still has been found and the owners arrested. Deputy Collector Richardson, Major Hollins of the revenue service, and Deputy Marshall Thornton set out the first of this week with the determina tion to go over every foot of ground in the section in which the still was sus picioned -to be. Their efforts after three days' search resulted in the find ing, near Seneca, in the middle of a dense swamp, the illicit still. At the still was found several thousand gallons ~of mash but no whiskey. The still was ~destroyed, the mash poured into a creek and four white men, J. I. and E. 0. Harsey, N. J1. Neece and Fred Bach man, and one negro, Henry Glover, were arrested. The only path leading to the still was down the bed of a small creek, the waters of which washed out all tracks as soon as they were made. The work of constructing a branch road from the Ohio River and Charles ~tn Railroad depot to the Camden Cotton Mills, a distance of about half a mile, has b~een commenced. Mr. F. Hammond is in charge of the work. The machinery for this mill will be de livered right at the factory. As roon as this branch road is completed the achinery will begin to arrive, about ~te 20th of August. Big Production of Ginseng. Traveling men from up the Big Sandy valley report that there will be a larger production of ginseng up that way this season than ever before. All the natives have learned that the sang digging business is a paying one, if it can be worked to advantage, andI they are giving it greater attention thani ever before. -Louisville (Ky.) Courierr Journal. ~ For midsammer bargains e. wt E.P. LileT.1 DEATH OF MRS. TALMAGE. Wife of the Celebrated Divine Died on Monday Morning. At Dansville, N. Y.. the wife of Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage. the celebrated minister of Brooklyn, died at 5:30 Monday morning. She had been ill some time. Her husband and son were at her bedside. Her death was the result of nervous pros tration, brought on by the burning of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. The fire broke out while the Doctor was holding his usual Sunday reception, and a large number of parishioners and visitors were in the church when the fire broke out. They all made good their escape but Dr. Talmage went back into the burning edifice for something he had left behind. During his absence Mrs. Talmage, who, with other members of the family, was outside awaiting his re-appearance became greatly excited and alarmed for the Doctor's safety. As soon as she was informed that he was all right she broke down completely, her over wrought nerves being unequal for such a strain. While Dr. Talmage was absent on a lectur ing tour in the West last week he received a telegram summoning him to his wife's bed side. He at once cancelled all his engage ments and hastened back to find that there was very little hope for the patient's recov ery, and he remained with her until the end came this morning. The deceased was the second wife of Dr. Talmage, his first wife was drowned while boating in 1862. leaving a daughter, Miss Jessie and a son, who has since died. With in two years afterwards the Doctor married Miss Susie Whittomore, of Brooklyn. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Rome and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. The Athens, Ga., knitting mill has started up. The capacity is 2,500 pairs of hose per day. At Eustis, Pla., Joseph Wremicle was bit ten by a moccasin snake. He died in eight hours. The Georgia negro Baptist Sunday school convention advised negroes to stay away from Africa. Miss M. G. McClelland, the well-known writer, died at her home. Elm Cottage, near Norwood, Nelson county Va., Friday. The collector -of Internal revenue for the district of Florida reports the values of cigar and cigarette and tobacco stamps during the month of July to be $44,569.55. At Houston, Fla., while Mr. Joe Hogan's son, a boy about 12 years old, was riding by a pond, the horse shied and threw the boy into the pond, where he was drowned. All the business portion of Berlin. Md., Worcester county, together with many resi dences, were completely destroyed by fire. Total loss is about $200,000, with only $25, 000 imsurance. At Nashville, Tenn., Alfred Thomas shot and killed Thomas Davis Monday afternoon. The parties were cousins and about the same age-19 years. They quarreled about the ownership of a bone collar button. The Southern Pine Company, of Georgia with a capital of $1,250,000 was organized at Savannah, Ga. It is composed of manu facturing plants, lands, timber and pro perties. Henry P. Talmage is president. To show the great development of milling interests in North Carolina it may be stated that between Durham and Charlotte there is not a railway station at which some new factory is not being built or an old one en larged. *Kentucky stands first in tobacco, having' 274,587 acres, producing 221.880.303 pnounas; Virginia is second, with 110,579 acres aind 48,522,655 pounds, and North Carolina is third, with 97,077 acres, producing 36,375,258 :pounds. *A desperate and tragic duel occurred in ;Woodford Hotel at Versailles. Ky., on Mon day. In a dispute while drinking, Win. Newton Lane. of Versailles, Ky., shot and in stantly killed James Rodenbaugh and mor tally wounded the young man's father, H. C. Rodenbaugh, proprietor of the hotel. Martha Gray, colored, living on the Kenaai p lace, near Portland, Ala., locked her two h'ar-old child in her cabin and went to n frolic. She returned in the evening to find the cabin in ashes and the charred remains of her child in the middle of them. This is the flifth negro child which has lost its life in that county since Christmas. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. John Hartmnan, Joseph Whitkey and Alexander Whitkey, the infant son of the latter, was drowned in Little Hell Gate. N. Y., by the capsizing of his yacht. Mrs. Hart man andl son were saved. Sprague, Wash., the county seat- of Lin coIn county. aud the division point and loca tion of the Northern Pacille car shops, and having a population of 3.000. was almost destroyed by fire Sunday. A high wind, amounting almost to a hurricane, was blow ing at the time and the llre swept over the town with resistless fury, destroying over $1,000.000 worth of property in two hours' time. ~No lives were lost. The Exposition. Exhibtits for the Cotton States and interna tional Exposition are rapidly coming in. and the chiefs of departments are busy in assign ing the allotted space to the diff-'>cnt exhibi oi-s. Work in the United Staies Giovern menti Building is particularly active. Sever. al carloads of the exhibit have been recived, andl are now being placed in the Government Building. The Naval exhibit, including the torpedo boat, models of famous vessels of tile Navy, past and present, rapid-fire guns, and heavy guns. is being installed in the space allotted to this department. Free Silver Scintillants. The three principal silver organizations iL Colorado have agreed upon consolidation upon a non partisan basis. Democratic county conventions in Kansas have generally selected delegates to the State silver convention at Pertles Springs next Tuesday. favoring a 16 to i ratio. Crime. SAt Carrolton, Mo.. the case of the Tayloi brothers, charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of the Meeks family, brought je a verdict of guilty. *Miscellaneous. There was an earthquake at Gloversvilles N. Y., Monday night, followed by a thunder storm. The number of American vessels officially reported as lost during the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1895. c!omprised 85 steam vesseis and 276 sailing vessels, barges. etc. Sam Small's PaperConltin~ues. The Pilot newspaper, organ of the Prohi 1ition party, Norfolk. V'a.. which recently made an assignment. has been sold by the trustees to Frank Dusch and others and wvill be continued, but will be reduced in size and othei- means adopted for reducing the ex penses. In Spain more hands are employed in the cotton industry than any other save agri A DESIGN IN SWISS STYLE. Adapted Only-to Raral Surroundings and Best Suited to a Mountainous Landscape. [Copyright, 1895.] It is t he intention of this series of articles to treat of the various styles of architecture in a perfectly honest mianner. There are some styles that are pa ticublirly fitted to American climate and !ocial conditions. There are others that can seldom be used with good elect, but inasmuch as there are occasional calls for the construe tion of houses in these styles it is fitting that they should be consid e:ed. **.e ** CO8? L6/Nf PL4A54 A RCITECT N.. The design illustrated herewith is tOat of'a Swiss cottage, a style that is not fitted for this country in gen eral. Swiss architecture is the out growth of the needs and con-litions of the inhabitants of Swizerland, and like all national institutions is most appropriate to its natural surr->und ings. The life of the Swiss peasant is divided by his occupations into two seasons: the summer, when lie is watching and tending his cattle on the high Alps, and the winter, when he is forced to find shelter from the rigorous climate with it's fierce storms, in the low lying secluded valleys. Swiss architecture, as built in this country, has been, shall we say, somewhat Americanized, and the accompanying sketch shows a struc ture that would be effective and pleasing if erected in a suitable ho cation. The latter point is one upon which an architect, versed as well in the technical points of landscape, should be consulted, as many a man spending his ' money freely. but not discreetly in the erection of a house, has found too late thatAe has made a serious mistake-im trusting too confidently to his own .taste. It may be found necessary Jorshim to sell a house that has. cost' him. thousands fdolro -nd ie'tis, fi ing too s rongly s own i ividual ity finds he will not be able to realize a third of his investment. It is the proper duty of the architect not only to draw plans but to advise with his client upon the general style, ac irst. F=oo comumodation and arrangement o the house to be chosen, as well as. and perhaps above all, to see that it harmnonizes with its surroundings and suits the artistic d emaunds of the neighborhood. Exterior materials: Foundation, brick; first story, clapboards; sec ond story, gables and roofs, shingles, outside blinds. Interior finish: Hard white plaster ; laster cornices in hall, parlor. din ing room and three chamnbers; soft wood flooring and trim; ash staiir way; panels under window in parlor, hail and dining room ; bathroom an:l kitchen wainscoted; interior wood work finished in hard oil. Suggestion~s for colors: Clapboards. andl sashes, olive; trim, dark green; outside doors, dark green with olive panels; blinds, rain cornductors G5C~orsd Ioor and brick work Pompeian red ; veranda, floor and ceiling, drab; underside of rodi overhang, medium drab; panels o:1 side of brackets and over bay windows. Pompeian red: wall shingles dipped and brush c-oated with Indian red stain. The principal rooms and their sizes, closets, etc., are shown by the floor plans. The design illustrating this article tYul b much out of place by the seashore, but for a country residence or the suburbs of a city, where the land is not flat but rather mountain ous-er hilly, its tasteful and striking appearance would be most appropri ate. A brief description is given as follows: General dimensions: Width (over odl), 36 feet, including veranda, 48 feet, 2 inches. Heights of stories- Cellar, 7 feet; first story, 10 feet; second story, 9 feet.. Cellar under kitchen and pantry. Fireplaces with hardwood mantels in hall, parlor, diningroom and one bed. room and kitchen range included -in estimate. Hall designed to be used as a sitting room. The attic is floored for storage. The cost of this design is $3,516 as described, not including heater, the estimate being based on New York prices for materials and labor, but in many sections of the country the cost should be less. Japanese Hats. The nobles and swells of Japan now nearly all wear stovepi;e hats on solemn and dressy occasions. The same hat is handed down from gen eration to generation, like the Mi kado's crown. Many of those on the street during the festivities celebra ting the return of the Emperor were evidently brought over soon after Commodore Perry came. and the rest must have come in installments-eince 1853, for they represented every fashion of heaigear since that date. It is worth noting also, that in the whole throng there was no drunken ness, no disorder, no quarreling. The Japanese of the ordinary sort do not-wear a hat at all, nor does any Jap consider a hat necessary as a head coverin'g, but merely for the dignity of it. And the dignity of the dude is enhanced by wearing his stovepipe tile at least two sizes too large. In the army and by the-1Z licemen neat blue cloth caps are worn, li.ke a New York Police Cap tain's. Women wear no head cover ing at all, or in very cold weather bring their shawls over their heads. Peddlers and rickshaw men knot a white kerchief over their locks, and the bonzes or beggar priests wear curious hats like inverted bread bowls, still carrying out the idea that a hat is a badge 3f office rather than clothing. One of the queerest. official head dresses is no longei seen in Japan. The downfall of the Shoganate with drew from view forever those queer bats that looked-like a Belgian pa Ing DUsui tole 1 with a string. A'Remarkable Snake Story. Here is a snake story with a psy chological aspect. The Clay City, (Ky.) Chronicle says: Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Martin, who live on Cat Creek, in this county, had a thrilling experience one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have a bright little boy, 2 years old, who, while undressed for a bath, desired his mother to allow him to run and play. He was sent .into a carpeted room where the curtains were drawn, and after a few minutes, with an ex clamation of surprise and delight. the little fellow came in to the hall holding in his hands a hunge copper head snake, He had grasped it near the tali, and the reptile was writhing and twisting, its head nearly reach ing the floor and moving about the feet and lower llmbs of the child. Mr. Mart in. who had just entered the house, was horror-struck for a mo ment. Hecalled loudly to the child to drop it. The little ellow obeyed and ran frightened to his father's arms. The reptile immediately pursued thme child and endeavored to strike him, coiling and darting its poisonous tongue in the most threat ening manner. Mr. Martin dis pat ched the snake in less time than it takes to tell it, to the great dis tress of the little boy. who seemed to think he had found a beautiful plaything and was being deprived of it. and was inconsolable when it was removed from his sight. A MIGHTY DESERT WIND. More Deadly Than a Cyclone or a Blizzard. The samiel is a hot, noxious, elec-. trical wind, which passes over the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa. It moves with the quickness of light ning, and passes in narrow currents for a few minutes at a time. It deals instant death to every man or beast ha~ppening to face it-, and it is said that it so decomnposes them that their limbs fall asunder. The ap proach of it is indicated by a thick haze in the horizon, and travelers, if they have time. t I row themselves on . their, faces, with their feet toward it, till it has passed. The sirocco is an other blighting inid, which prevails in Italy and adjoining districts about Aril. The West Indian hurricanes. are of a totally different description, being simp~le vortex( s of great force, and they have been known to blow heavy cannon out of a battery and carry a man over a ten foot wall. Different Types of Beauty. The Sandwich Islanders estimate women by their . -weight. The Chinese require them to have de formed feet and black teeth.. A girL must be tatooed sky blue and wear a nose ring to-satisfy a South Sea. Islander. Afribean princes re quire their brides to have their teeth filed like those of a saw. Bodices made of rijboa and inser tion are a: great deal::wora withi col o,-aA oton slkirts and sieve.