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* 2 ,. - A--* TRI WEEKLY EDITIOlN WINNSBORO, S.C., NOVEMBER 1, 18984ETBIHD14 S FOR THE FAIR SEX ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI NINE TOPICS. The Trimmed Skirt Preferred-A Queen's Corogation Medal-To Anchor the Shirt Waist-Etc., Etc. THE TRIMMED SKIRT PRE FERRED. Efforts to popularize overskirts do not seem to meet with any marked de gree of success. The trimmed skirt is grem,.iy preferred, and the general oph ion is that it will take a year or two at least to bring the overskirt into prominence. Some of the most artis tic models made up in this way have fallen completely fl-Q and can find no buyers at any price. 'hspecially is this the case with those that have any ed-peculiarities. CHILD'S YOKES AND SLEEVES. (Hints by Clara Lloyd. This pattern provides for three styles of yokes and sleeves and the shaping of the upper edge of the body. The first is a square yoke of all over nain sook embroidery trimmed about with a ruffle of needle work edge. The eeves are two-seamed and surmount by a juff. The second style has a round yoke developed In clusters of tucks and a bishop sleeve. The third style has a pointed yoke of fine tucks and a one-seamed gigot sleeve. Fine nainsook. lawn, linen or muslin with decorations of lace or needlewr.rk are _zppropriate for these dresses as are also cambries, batiste organdies, cham brays, giughams and percales. A QUEEN'S CORONATION MED AL. 'Queen Wilhelmina's coronation medal, which is of silver, is three r inches in diameter and beautifully ex ecuted. On the obverse It bears a bust of the handsome Queen, around which is f iscrion. "nWih=e'rin..Xa ge- u-e-r--. acerianden." Across the ameter is the legend: "The crown of Queen is the love of her people." On he reverse- is a graceful figure of -Peace, with the royal palace of Am sterdam in the background. O ~ANCHOR THE SHIRT WAIST. The average woman has no end or trouble . anyway in keeping her shirt waist down and her belt intact. One of the best ways to anchor the shirt waist so that it will not ride up over sthe shioulderblades is to strap it. down by means of a very narrow piece of I -belting and a small buckle. This can 1 be a-vn about the waist very tightly on: the outside of the shirt waist and &the .irt pinned to the belt with two 1 1catch pins. By adopting this method 1 the devotee of the shirt waist saves not only time and temper, but the shirt waist itself, and no end of unfavora ble comment on the lack of affilia tion - en her bodice and skirt. MME. MICHELETS RECORD. Mine. Michelet, the widow of the great French historian, is the first wo man who has been able to celebrate ':-her husband's centenary. Michelet married her late in life and he was thirty-eight years older. The cen tenerary celebration, by the way, is a product of the age which is being over produced. Every day there is a com memoration of the kind, and if the centenaries are not available. bi-cen tenaries, tri-centenaries, and all the rest, are brought into requisition. No one is too distinguished or too obscur~ to escape being centenaried.-London Lady. WOMAN'S RULING PASSION. The ruling passion of womankind crops out even amid war's alarms. Miss Hammn. an earnest, patriotic wo man, went to Porto Rico as chief of the staff of nurses and inspector of food and medicines for the soldiers. This is what she writes from Ponce 'a a private letter: "I have been wasting time in studying women's dress goods. They are many and varied, but in the main different from what we have at 1 home. Within doors. wrappers and gowns of calico, prints, chintz, and Eastern cottons are the common style. For house frocks, linens and lace gar ments. hatlf lined as a rule, are the fa t-orites. In the evening, spite of the climate, the old ladies and even the roung o'nes wear velvet at times. China siiks, erepes, chiffon. Manila rinas cloth and grass cloth are not uncommon. A prevalent mode is to wear a lace or net waist so as to dis close beneath the tissue the arms, neck and shioulders of the wearer. The wo mecn as a1 (lass have pretty figures. so that the mode is very att'-active.'' AN ID)EA IN VEILS. Something unique and passing strange is there in vcils. Nothing like. it was ever' seenl. 'he modern girl hpll summered on' '2asho9re. or in yountry village, devised it. and she madle herself a piquant being. The >lan is to wear two veils. one over the upper portion of the face. the other. wver the lower. The girls call it a la Turkish. The veils are gauzy in thd extreme. nnd -he nose. eyes, cheek and chin are as visible as usual. One veil extends from the top of the girl's forehead to the tip of her aose. This veil is quite conventioial. though very short. It is the seecnd reil that is surpri-sing. It goes frma ier under lip to below her chin. and. aturally. there is a trick in pinnin-: t together so that it will not fall off. rhus. only the mouth. and but a por ion of it at that, is left uncovered. In these two veils the summer girl )f 1898 cut a novel figure, especially he pretty ones. There is a theory, of yourse. about this new veil wearing. Che girls say that they prevented ;anburn better than any other plan ,ver devised. NEW FADS IN VANITY FAIR. The latest mode of wearing the orgnette is to have' it suspended by a ong jeweled chain that is no longer assed over'the head. but depends rom a tiny brooch. jeweled to match he chain, and fastened at the upper ight side of the bodice. Miniature ans of spangled gauze are also carried a this way. Among the novel accessories to ferm nine comfort now in vogue is a small ilk bag, designed to carry the hand erchief. It must match in tone the >revailing colors of the gown with xhich it is worn. Dog collars of pearls, turquoise or oral are considered most desirable or evening wear with semi-decollette owns. The strings are kept in solid 'anges by cross-bands of brilliants, or !ontrasting stones. A single strand, eeming to detach itself from the oth rs, is allowed to hang in a long loop. 'alling below the waist line. Cunning little jackets in all light hades are made for wear with-light Iresses. They are double-breasted, stening at one side, and are supplied vith buttons and small rolling collars hat stand up across the back only: he open space left by the reveres at :he throat is filled in with a full tie. r shows a happy glimpse of the dress )eneath. The jackets are made of ieau de soic and of taffeta in all col rs. They are tailor-made and almost nvariably terminate abruptly at the vaist. One of these jackets that are nisnamed boleros is in iron gray loth striped in white-a new and co luettish design. Two ranges of little old buttons, grouped three by three. asten and ornament in front. The everes are flat and sharp and finished vith several rows of white stitching. Ln open directoire collar is faced with nemone velvet. A fold of t W11L neanct )ine e( tes o the small sleeves hat button at the wrist with gold but :ons. The black straw hat. like the acket, recalls the style worn durin.; he French revolution. It has a traight rim and a crown plainly band Ad with a garter of anemone veivet, its wn width.-St. Louis Star. MISSES' BLOUSE WAIST. ElHants by Clara Lloyd.) A simple. stylish and dainty waist daptable to both wash and wool ~oods may be worn with or without e-Iaistron. part of the 'waist. The ininy also may be rejected for a warm eather waist to be worn over a shirt -aist. The outside of the body por ion is of four parts, the back, the wo fronts and the plastron. These ire arranged and adjusted over the ining, which closes in the centre ront. The plastron hooks in a grace ully careless manner held fast by the yloang -at the bottom of the waist. he sleeves are one-seamed and slight y full at the shoulder and under the trm. The blouse form falling together n a gracefully careless manner held fast by the closing at the bottom of he waist. The sleeves are one seam d and slightly full at the shoulder. vhile a neat cuff forins the finish at he wris'. At the neck is ai collar with oints wrned ovecr in the front and vith it may he worn a necktie of rib Jon with bow before or behind. A t he hottom of the waist a sash of tiack satin, tied in the back with long ~raeful lops and ends, is worn. To yards of 44 inch goods are re luired to make this waist for a miss ;f 14 years. No. 341 is cut in Sizes for 12 to 36 r-ears. MAKNG OVER A WOOLEN GOWN The average black woolen gown is a sinmie onae to remodel this season, as rue combination of two foundation materials is a settled fashion. Colored accessories re y also be used. If a black serge has been eleaned, or a col ored one dyed. the skirt is 1-ikely to be short, in wvhich ecase the lining should be or the nior length a~nd the out. side pieced down, covering The join with two rows of black braid. or if pieces are unobtainable lengthem with two bias folds of-bIek taffeta. silk. Use a five or seven gore skiirt not over four yards wide. If the old sleeves were large cut 4.hem <own to a moderate coat shape havingja small puff at the top, and trim tie wrists with taffeta folds or braid, If the quantity is too scant tzo ndmit of the puff make a plain roiand or pointed cap of silk. and edge with folds or braid if for a waist. The jacket will need a moderate coat sleeve and should fasten with a fly on under pieces on the edge conceling the but tonholes; the back should fit snugly, the side scams be deeply, curved and the fronts loose and short in effect. Have narrow turrover collar and small revers. Braid may be used to trim the edges to corr'spond with the skirt. Some of the handsomest cQat suits have but two rows of stitch ing on the edges. The coDiar and re verse may be of taffeta or satin. If an entire silk lining is beyond the purse, at least face the fronts to a width of eight inches with taffeta silk, For a person of sout build a very becoming jacket has a lenger skirt piece. six inches below the waist line, and single darts, with the front pointed on the edge and loose from the darts. showing a pointed vest of black satin, the jacket meeting over the bust or at the throat only. Small collar and revers lile those on a man's coat are much liiked. To some women it is very becoming to have the vest cut out in a V at the top so that a linen chemisette and colored silk tie may be worn. PENSION OFFICE WOMEN'S WORK. The women employes of the Pen sion Office at Washingtom have organ ized a relief committee td do work for the soldie.rs, and have instituted a practical and much appreciated mens ure. They have established a lunch eon house in Potomac Uall, in. Mary land avenue. from which are daily dis pensed quantities of bread, meat. cof fee and milk to the hundreds of sol diers who ase constantly arriving on trains from the south. tired of hard tack and hungry for just such things as the Pension Office women have ready for them. Mrs. M. B. Saunders, one of the best-known wornen in the Pension Office, is chairmn of the committee. The men cledks of the otlice are contributing largely to the fund which the women are collecting for this relief work.-New. York Tri bune. FASHION NOTES- F For a neat and stylish tailor/made gown the panel is universally liked. Neutral tints are adopted for/dresses, and sun shades. Now that bracelets are becoming more slender, two, three or more can be and are worn at on-e. A black velvet band with a buckleof brilliants is occasionally worn as an arnlet by women who appreciate how vastly it enhances the whiteness of a fair. smooth skin. Neck dressing is ultra-elaborate, Yards and yards of lace are put inte some of these dressy accessories, and ribbon, chiffon, silk muslin and othei manterials are in great demand for this purpose. Tucking, milliners' folds and rows of galloon or ribbon trim many, of the new light wool gowns for general wear. These are all simple mnodes of garnishing a dress; none the less are they really desirable from a decora tive point of view, and to all appear ances are likelyi to be as popujar thi autumn as they have been for several seasons past. Rtibbons as trimming materials are employed in the greatest profusion. They are gathered at one edge and usedl as ruffles, or, widers ire made into fiouncings. Gauze ribbons and those of the thickest, firmest texture are gatliered in the midelle and made into ruchings, and even the old-fash ioned, double)1 and triple box plait has returned to us. The use of yellow orange and the peculiar tint known as burnt orange seems to be increasing. Just how some of the combinatIons made well canf be justified is a matter of specula tion. Certain it is that it is used with cardinal, almost all shades of helio trope, a great variety of greens and blue, from the palest shade to the darkest. Luck in Catching Sea Elephants. News was recently received that the Bostou whaling bark Swallow. Cap tain D. B. Cleveland, which sailed froa Boston, August 26. of last year, on a cruise to the south Atlantic in quest of sea elephants. had heen sight ed off Block Island. bound into New Bedford with a full cargo of sea ele phant oil. The cruise of the Swallow has been unusually successful. On leaving home she was provisioned for a two yea rs' cruise, but the vessel returns in less than a year, laden to her itt most capacity. The Swallow pro ceeded from this port to the group of islands in the south Atlantic known as De&Ation Islands. and on reaching there the sea elephants were found to abound in great numbers. After 2.000 barrels of oil from the sea elephants had been stowed in the vessel, she proceeded to Cape Tow-n. where she arrived Maty I. 1Her ow-ner. Richard T. Green. of Roston. cabled Captain Cleveland to set sail for New Bedford, and he left the South Afri can port May 18, making a good home run.-Boston Evening Transcript. Marigolds e.nd camoiniles in North Mrec reh a height of four or five A CUBAN GOERNOR. GENERAL TACON WAS A BENEVOLENT SORT OF TYRANT. lie Administered the Island Well, Eut Down Oppression, Released the Unjustly impris oned, and Was Accessible to Ali. In the Century there is an article on "Life and Society in Old Cuba," made up of extracts from the journal of Jonathan S. Jenkins, an American painter of miniatures, written in 1859. Mr. Jenkins says: Prior to the administration of Gen eral Tacon in Cuba (who assumed office as Captain-General in 1834), par ticularly during the rule of Vivas. so. ciety had become so disorganized that neither life, property, nor social rights could be said to have any protection. Truly "might was right," and this was the only law. The robber, the pirate, and the assassin were recognized in stitutions, and none dared oppose them. To right such disjointed times required unflinching courage, stern justice, and a rule approaching oppres sion. All these virtues were found in General Tacon, hs the sequel will show. One of Tacon's first public cares, after his appointment, was to visit the state prisons. le interrogated every prisoner as to the cause of his confinement and the length of time he had been there. He found that some of them had been imprisoned over twenty years, their bodies wasted with wretchedness and their minds crushed with despair. Having no friends to be interested in their fate. they had been forgotten by the world. This was a favorite means with the wealthy to rid themselves of a debtor or a ral'a]. On cf the prisoners stated that ho, had . n majordomo on the estate of the Cbt of Philameno, who was then auditor of war under Tacon. The couit owned him six thousand dollars for services, and to avoid hmking the payment had him imprisonel in the castle. Tacon war mortified and sur prised, and cautioned the man to be sure and tell him the truth, fof he was determined to investigate the matter thoroughly. The prisoner insisted th::t what he said was true. Thereupon Tacon had the Count of Philanieno summoned to meet the prisoner before lihn the next day. As the captain general had before this refused per sistently to receive the visits or the presents of the nobility, the count was flattered by the summons, and came at the time appointed, vel-y much dressed up, as If on a visit of cere mony. The prisoner was there when lie arrived, ind he started. at meeting his victim face to-LmeA n, with edte. pointing to the pf'isoner -Yes; I think' he was once -my majordomo," be replied, with an anx ious look. "You tad him imprisoned, did you?" said - Tacon, not taking his eyes off him. "Yes.1Il did." "And::he cause?" was quickly asked. "Because he insulted me, and I am gentleman, and must be protected., replied the count, recovering his courage. owed this man six thousand dollars for honest services and had him mm priso ed to avoid payment. This debt. ust be paid instantly"; and with his jen Ta m.edeulated 'the amount of the debt tti compound Interest. "This debt mi t be paid forthwith." The count, eridently surprised and again fearful, replied: "Yout{ Excellency, I will return home and settle with him."1 "No. sir." firmly responded General Tacon. "Here, is a pen. Write to< your secretary to bring the money here; this matter must be disposed of before we sel~ariate." The count fid as he was ordered. and the secre ry brought thie money. The majordo o was paid and re leased, and t en the noble was per-. ntted to retu omne, humbled, but1 filled with the Iierest enmity to Ta- 1 con and his j tste. This affair was ] toised abroad, 3ad created a great i sensation amont - e nobility, who had1 heretofore enj v : perfect impunity< in their wrongs f*t~ e humble classes. Taicon was wartedi cf the danger he ineurredl in thus azlagonizing them. as they had of t~ procured the re moral of his predeessors for this verv rea'son. He they announced that i supreme power d been conferred1 on him as the 4iy condition upon wlhih he would iccept the office of captain-general of uba, and this an nucement broug' astonishment and consternlation to Ve upper (classes. The ('ount of 4hilameno was nor content to nequiese in the just sen- < tenice' of Tacn itt manifested his hatred on difi'erent occasions. This 1 cus-d T1acon to i. ue an order that "1ihe count must not~hereafter pass the threshold of his om house. but must exerise thue duties if his office its aut (itor o'f war in hji. residence." This was rigidly enforced. and he remain'..] a close prisoner under this order until. hIs death, about twq years later. T'acon sought in every way to (en ourauge the people. to make their wrongs known to him. and to this endi he removed all the restraints and cer-e monies with which rulers are usually surrounded, and imm'frn~elf acces sible to all. Fruit Consunip u ln Australia. There is no port n of the globe in t which fruit is mor abundant or more 1 extensively consu . d than in Aus- 1 tralia. Pineappled grapes, and ba- t1 anas are growi inl Queensland; grapes, oranges. a:ples, and peaches inl New South Wals aund South Aus- s tralia; grapes in "fes ern Australia, y ind apples, pears, strawberries, rasp ,ierries. and currants in Tasmania. rIe supply is o ample that during yertain seasons of the year pineapples inay be purchased for three cents lacb. grapes for eight cents a pound. nandarin oranges for one cent a doz ?n, and bananas for two cents a doz NIL The belief, once almost universal, imong ignorant people that fruit free [y eaten was conducive to intestinal lisorders. is now thotoughly explod d. In Atustralia, where its consump tion is universal and unrestricted, the leah rate is nofably low, not only imong.native born, but among foreigi residents as well. In all the towns of that continent are established special shops where for twelve cents may be lad a large plate of fruit with a cnp if tea or coffee or milk. Moreover, the consumer is allowed to have as much fruit, without extra charge, ibove the original portion, as he may lesire. A writer in an English tech Pieal journal, in speaking of Austra inn fruit lunches, says that those wiO patronize them are mostly employees in professional or mercantile estab lishients. In summer. fruit ices are largely consumed. For women, there are many tea rooms, in which the tables are decorated with ferns and alms. The attendants are women. who wear black dresses, white aprons ind caps. The charges are six cents for a cup of dea or coffee, bread and butter, and fruit. No tips are given, or tips are unknown in Australia, ex yept in the large hotels. The Austra ians are equally large consumers of neat. The mutton of the country is is fine as that of England. ,The lav Ish use of flesh and fruit has, proba )ly. much to do with the remarkable )hysical development of Australians, 3oth male and fermale. AluminUm Tags for Fish. Claude Rutter, assistant United tates fish commissioner, has arrived n San Francisco after several monris >f experimental work and scientific nvestigation on the Sacramento river. FHe has been studying the salmon. heir habits and their development. Rutter has made two rowboat irips ]oV:n the river. the first from Ied Bluff to Sacramento and the second rom Redding to the same destination. EIe says that the river has been tocked with 40.000,000 young salmon luring the past few months. But the :iovel part of his labors is yet to come. rhe adult salmon will be tagged with :hree-quarter inch plates, either of cop per of aluminum fastened to the is r gills. Their movemenrs up stream will then be noted and observatious nade accordingly. The public are re juested to return all tagged fish to the river In the event of a successful an ing. Ir order to determine the rate of sof young lish w-i nave T pose fins cut. The adipose fin is on the back in roDt of the tail fin and is of fatty ature. The cutting will leave a scar, which will be the means of identitiea :ion should any.of these abbreviated ish return to the scenes of their youth. i single specimen of one of thesi in ess fish found in the river will be he est evidence that he was launched Jin l88,. and his rate of growth may lbe tcordingly judged. The general be ief is that the salmon gets out to sea ;oon after hatching and. does not r~e. urn until it has reached the age which >aces it in the elass of adults. The agging andl cutting will be the meians >y which the habits of the salmon nay be ascertained by the fish ex ierts.-San Francisco Chronicle.. Canary Women. Now that Uncle Sam is in an an texing mood. wvho knows but that tihe abled Atlantis of Plato, the Gardlen f Hesperides and St. Brandon's Fairy sle. all known to modern geogr'n-a rs as the Canary Islands. may not oon become a part of the Umled ~rates? Certainly no spot on cars;h >fers a more curious illustration of irimitive women. WVhen the C'anatries wvere conq uered( >y .Tenn de Bethencourt, a Noiran~ ron. in 1402, in the name of ., uan I., of Castile, they were peopled by wo races wvhich had emigrated fr'omi he mainland. Each race had ditiXer nt laws. habits a'nd customs anad was ossessed of mutual hatred, whieni en endered constant warfare. The inhabitanfs of the western C, mry Islands were small, fair. .ener ~etic, brave and amiable; sonme of hem even had blue eyes and red hair. n Feurteventura and Lanzarote they ere taller, darker and more indolent, azily obeying their hereditary rulers, vhether the latter were men or we. nen. The dark skinned inhabitamtrs e supposed to be of Arabie or' of hoenician origin. They were con. ~nred easily because they were more ndolent thtan the Spaniarils, and the'n he fairer race wats sub.jugated: A Tablet for an Iavalid. There are some invalids who are 'opelled to occupy a rectumbent posi ion who find a taiblet fixed to a writ ng-oard at great convenience. Take h oard about eight inches wide andmi ighteen inehes long and cover it with ot cotton flannel, and attach the tab et to it. The hoard can be propped ip ait any desired angle, so that it enn i used by a p~erson lying on his left ide. The lower part of the board nill serve as a piartial rest for the end andl arm. It is a mistake for an nalid or any one to make much use f his eyes while in a recumbent posi ion. Iteadling or writing in a recumn ct position are always prohibited y ocnlists, even where there is only slight trouble with the eyes. About G5.00.000) pounds of beet. ugar~ were raised in Californi;. hj:t ear. NOTES AND COMMENTS. One out of every six inhabitants of France has an account in the State savings bank. This is a great country. Between her wheatfields and the battlefields she has glory and money to burn. Recent events suggest that a new leader may soon be needed to wield the baton over the concert of En rope. Russia's disarmament plan would leave the German emperor with an alarming pile of old junk on his hands. Events have spoken so loudly that there is no need of people who used to make sport of the United States navy to go to the trouble of making re tractions. Admiral Dewey's comfort when he returns to this country would be great ly enhanced if he could find some man who looks like him to do the hand shaking. It is said that many people in Maine are so offended at the advertisements painted on boards and fences alon.-t country roads that they refuse to deal with the firms which so advertise. Considerable trouble was recently caused in a Chicago court, when P. R. Barnes, a prominent lawyer of that city. brought suit against a butcher because his meat caused "schleros toma-pingue-colisteritis." It is a humorist who suggests the formation of a society for the protec tion of Admiral Ddwey from promiscu ous kissing. From recent happenings it would seem as if such a society would have plenty to do when the gal lant Admiral returns home. Medical examiners say that the high collars so much worn by both men and women are productive of dire physical results. The head is thus thrown forward to relieve the back of the neck. and this narrows the chest and decreases the lung space. America's conquest of a large slice of the tropics is a boon to the people in the light of science, and it would be folly to surrender one'inch. face tiously remarks the New York Herald. Professor Crookes declares that trop ical foodstuffs must be the reliance of the world in the future, wheat already showing signs of a failure to keep pace with the world's population. Writers in the press in France are making a strong protest against what they are pleased to term a new and dangerous attack of Anglonania suf fered by the graceful French women, who are arraying themselves in mod, the blame for this is laid to the bicycle and the bouleversement in feminine taste which it has wrought. The taxpayers of New York city will be asked to contribute $77.00.000 fot the maintenance of that municipality next year. This is more than the com bined budgets of Philadelphia. Chica go, Baltirnore, Washington. Buffalo and Cincinnati. The denizens of Gotham may reasonably inquire of each other if they are deriving bene ts that justify such a vast expendi ture. Not the least difficulty with which Gen. Kitchener had to contend was the liability of his troops to sickness from the trying climate of the Soudan. Yet he seems to have managed it ad mirably. At no time was there more than ive per cent. of the force in the ospital, and the fatal cases were comparatively few. Special attention was given to keeping the men busy nd cheerful, the latter by sports thoroughly enjoyed. Football, theatri cal performances and river excursions were lively variants on the stress of war, and did much to maintain the ealth of the command. A curious plan for elevating morals has been formulated by a wvell-known citizen of Atlanta. He proposes that each country shall decide by vote on anuary 1 of each year who the worst man in the country is, and that the man receiving the highest number of votes shall on the ensuing February 1 e hainged. It is claimed for the plan that it would induce bad men to enmi grate, and that the "complimentary vote' received by those who had just begun to be bad. but were not general y recognized as such, would tend to reate a desire within them to be en rolled among the well-behaved. A Chicago police justice holds that the word "lobster" applied to a hu man being is not one of reproach, in sut or abuse, and that the person to hom it is applied has no reason to omplain. As the lobster minds its own business and is one of the most im~ortant and cherished elements of civilization, a contumelious use of its name is not to be admitted. says the New York Sun, with quiet humor. To call a man a "lobster" ought to imply that lie is a public benefactor and a person o'f taste. Even slang should respect one of the chief characters of sea and land. The Treasury Department figures op the deposits of our people in saving banks at an aggregate of nearly two billion dollars. The exact figures are $1.939,37.035. This represents the savings of more that 5.000,000 people. t averages $372 for every depositor. This is a remarkable showing. It is an astounding testimony to the com fort and economy of our people, says the Boston Post. One in every fifteen of our population, counting infants nd children, as well as men and wvo nen, have something of their erarn ings put by for a rainy day. This can be said of no other people on the face f the earth. Nor In those other conn, tries in which the savings bank syo teni is well established is there any tling like the average of individual de posits. And in Prussia there are more depositors in savings banks than in the United States. but tire aggregate amount thus deposited is less than one-third as great. In fact, the Uni ted States stands fairly at the head in this great test of popular well be iug. As plum-Itrees have been taught. In an arid section of Texas. to bore for a subterranean water supply. so fruits, grains and the like have learned to ac conuodate themselves to the climate of Minnesota. A few years ago corn could not be raised in that state. Now it is matured all he way to the north ern I'oundary. 'The hardy varieties which were introduced have learned to do their growirg and ripening within the season's limits. In experiments in the same line made with fruit trees. it has been observed that the plum and apple trees brought from more north ern lat ides begin to make prepara tions for winter about the middle of August. while those from more south ern latitudes continue their fruitage until the cold weather injures or kills them. Success is hoped for from the northern stock. as. of course, that is not injured by going into .winter con ditions early. while in time it may learn to accommodate itself more closely to the changing seasons., Artificial irrigation inricecultivation is an innovatiqn in Louisiana. In rice growing the ground needs to be sub merged at ' certain stations of the growth. -Itherto natural means have been relied upon for the sub nersion. and thus the area of cultiva tion has been limited by the physical conditions of the rice-growing coun try. Water is abundant in Louisiana -and by the use of it in irrigation ditches the rice area may be definitely enlarged. Success has attended the first attempt at cultivation~with arti ficial submersion, and high hopes are entertained of the growth of the indus try. New Orleans papers are already looking forward to the time when the rice-growers of the Carolinas will be attracted to Louisiana, "the natural home of the rice plant," and when New Orleans will be the largest rice mar .t in the Aworld, with mills and all other facilities for handling the crop. Statistics as to the comparatively few deaths from lightning may not avail to lessen the nervousness of those who view every "thunder head" with alarm, but they may avail to quote to children old enough to be ap prehensive and who may have many summers ahead of them. -Investiga tions made a year or two ago showed that of 298 classes of objects.of which . iightnipg was dreaded by the greatest number. Yet in the record -of fatalities there -is a very small record against lightning, a-s compared with other causes of .aeci-. dental death. Statistics. prepared by the United States weh.ther bureau show - that for four years the average num ber of persons killed by lightning an, nually in the whole country was 196. More than that number are drowned annually, in the waters about New Yorlk city, and many more than that - number annually , lose their lives throughout the. country, in bicycling. It might even appear that o greater danger of being fatally by a horse, or of being killed by a2 ing chimney, than of being stru lightning., There Was aLaw tohPt 11s Case. A case. possessing peculiar 'fe was heard at Marlborough streetS ry Wilkinson, twenty-eight. de g as a "checker." having no fixed ao was charged before Mr. Hannay' begging in Piccadilly. Sergeant Brown (the jailer. man is in such a deplorable .cond he is not fit to be brought intot He is absolutely alive with ver Mr. Hannay-There is an acto liament which de 's with ven persons. Mr. Lyell (the chief clerkr to the act)-Pers!ons musta sonally under that act to .b; (Laughter.) Mr. Hannay-I have gone court on a previous occasion In lar ease. Bring me my hiat, ph The case was then tried in t the back of the court. The er was nlaced under the te yard. and a plentiful supply 3f lisinfectant sprinkled in'S round him. The magistrate stood prisoner, and the' officials> nesses formed a semi-circI the tree.. Mr. Lyall balan ial note book upon his wrote down the evidence raphic pen.-London C % A Trick of That there are tric is shown by a-peculisa surrounding tli irn ams, bacon andsa which by law is prohl strictions upon the f any country for By simply making tl ther countries hai1 ting aside of this r favor. But it is no that there is a me pensive one. of .,eva the regulation. If in a hermetically e passed as pre the label frankly contained an e has been suce! Herald. Bicycles ha the British Mitse having establshe te bast-ment, !'ted cycles a de toted against t~