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17 Til WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORO, S.C., MARCH 16, 1899. ESTABLISHED 1844. THE CIFT When sorrow comes with waiting breath, And sinks beneath its wei-.ht of years, Nor dnds that bope caa save from death. God gives the blessed gift of tears. It gladness floods the heart and brain, And passion born of .ove appears Till pleasure almost kisses paia, God gives the blessed git of tears. AN ARIZON BY COSMOS I was sitting in my tent one after noon in Nove uber absorbed in some math -matica1 calculations connected with my work, when I heard a tre mendons splashing in the river a few handred yards below, followed by shots and yells and the sonod of gal loping horses. A moment later foar men rode into canp like a whirlwind. Loud cries of " here is he?" "Don't let him get away!" "Who's got the rope?" gave me an inkling of what they were after. They wanted me. The camp was a large one, and gen erally there were eight or ten wh:te men and forty or fifty Indians aboat; but this h.ippened to be a ho iday,and all the men had gone away except my tent mate, Barton, and Mysel(. We were bailding some large irrigating ditches, audI hail come out to take charge of the work only a short time before. I had foand it necessary to discharge a nn uber of the men an I replace theam by others. Only the ay before I had had trouble with one of the men, Leon-ird by .name. He went a little too far. and r kno ke I bi a down. As he ar.se he pi,:ked up a heavy club and came at me with it, bat throwing up my left hand to gaard my head I caLght the blow on it an knocked hit down again with my right. That set!led the matter,I sup posed, for the fellow went off to his tea, swearing ronudly and calling for a gan with which, to clean out the cam]. -But when I head the splashing at the'ford Lrematubered the incident of the d' before, and on the instaut it 6as4 . tintojny,mind. that I had no wea:on.orifiy kind and that I might need one. I slipped out quickly, and runni.-g down to a tent near the end of the line I seized a revolver and belt of eartridges -hek.I knew were there and -was back whenthe men rode UP. I remained in my tent while the men di4mountel and ,ied their horses together. Leonard.-appeared to be the leader of the gang, for I heard him -say: "Lqok here, boys, I'm the captain of this outfit.andyduve got to ao ust what I tell you. We'll do all that we came down here to do before we leave; you must leave it to me." "All right;". . responded another. "We're herefor_funii" "We'll have our fun all right," re plied Leonard. "Come into my tent and talk it over. You, Miller, stay be-e with the horses andi watch that tenttlNere so he can't get away." Leaving one of their number out sida with the horses under the big tree, the men went into the t ent next -to mine. They hadall heen drinking, and .as I was separa'el1 fcomn them only by twvo:thin canvas walls and twanty feet of spac 1, their con versa *tion- was easily andible. The couversation I heard was amus ing, even uder the circumstances. * -Leonard was laying out the progra 11 to be foll>wed and telling his comn -patious what a "worthless cuss",I1 was, the burden of his acenisitiots b.:ng that ,I -wore white sh-rts in camp an.was "a long.leggel cuss from the east.' - The..maa left on guard outsi'le I -knew; he was onte of our ow a men. While the talkiig was go:n; on in the .next tent 'he ca-ue in to s.-e me and to, ex lain that he had been feced to come down with the o hers agatust his will. He adds I that if I wishe I to get away he would make no effort to stop me. My plan was to run out just as the rifle was fired a id bringing cdown the man who had it, for I could hard;y miss hint at twenty feet dist.mee, get - in one more shot as the others crowded to the door a id we e well bnched to. gether and then b eak for the big tree, from behi id which as nsheltsr I would stand as good a ch.ince as two men in the open. Fil:i 'g my coat pocket with loos3 * cartridges and taaing my revolver i t my i;ht hand, I was on the point of step:in; outside and openinz the p o ceadiags when I heard one of the men say: * "That's no fun. Let's make him put up his fists be'ore we ha ig him; or, if he woa't do that, we'll make him wade the river." "That's great," replied another. "We might as well have some fan ont of him first. Come on." Remembering the old western maxim, "Never show a gun until you use it," I tucked my revolver in:o my vest so that it was out of sight, but -with the butt not more than two inches from my hand as I held mypipe to my - month. I turned to Barton, who was trembling, a-ad cautioning him to con trol himself I lighted my pipe and re samed my stool near the front of the tent. A mo neut later the canvas door was thrust aside and a man entered, . followed by two others. The first comner was a little fellow, slender and not much over five feet in height, but he had a wicked look in his eyes and the face of a professional . desperado. I learned atterward that he was considered the "bad man" of the neighborhood. Behind him was a big man in a flannel shirt and no coat, with a .A Colt tucked into the waistband of his trousers. He was a salnon keeper in a amall town near by OF- TEARS. Though tronble rises Grgon-wise, Or :>risties like a host of sp-ars, And Nactirestares with sphinx-like eyes, God gives the blcssed gift of te Where tigers roam, or sea birds 4 - Or where man wrestles with his years, In palace, waste or cottage small, God gives tne blessed git of tears. A EPISODE. MINDELEFF. and had provided the "courage" f< the expedition. Back of hi a caai Leonard, his face intlatned with drinI I remained seated,whi e Barton backe of' to the rear of the tent. The little follow looked at me, an I looked at him. Neither spoke for minute or more. Finally the susrew became too great; he shif:ed from ou foot to the other and preseated su -h picture of uueasine-s that I langbe, At thii he recovered his self-possessi. and said: "Good day! I ha- e i't been intri daced to you; my n vue is Cartei Leonard, introduce tue to this geutli man." Leonard yelled out my nami and Carter resumed: "We've con dowa with our friend Leonard here I see that he ge's satisfactin for tt way you've treated bi:u. We've d4 cided that you'll ei:her have to put n Iyo*r dnkes against all three of us < wade the river three time4." "Very well," I replied. "In th: case I will tight. I expect you to a< as my se:1ond and see that I have fa play. Draw a ring on side,and I wi join you in a moment." I knew tin I would have to re:nove my coat an vest, and I wished.to get rid of my ri volver without letting the n see it. As they went out I turned to Ba to-i an.I, to my cousterna.ion, foun him the picture of ab.ect fear. Pu tin- my revolver into the holster handed it to himaud told him to stan by the door with it when I wen ou to close'y watch the njen during tb fight and if either of the n rai;ed li gun, or if more than one at a time a tacked m-, to fiLe into ihe crowd, an in the confusion following the unu: pected shot I would ha'.e an opportz nity to break for the tent, sna-ch t1 revolver from his ha ids ani from bi hind the shelter of the big tree hol my own against them. Barton said he understood an promised to follow my instructiont Afterward I'learned that as soon as turned my back he dropped the pisti and ran 6ut into the bushes, where I hid himself. .But not knowing this j the~ti me I went. out with confident and stood up before Leonard in ti ring. Leonard was almost exactly n height and weight, and as he stood b< fore me stripped to a tight-fittin undershirt, trousers and moccasins, culA see the movement of lis muscl as he put up his guard and made pla with his hands. He seemed no mer antagonist, and I thor ght as I exan inmed~him critically that I would hai to do my best, disabled as I was, ii held my own in th~ enc ning struggl< But I noticed that his face was fnh Iwith drink and excite nent,and in the I felt that I had an ad:nmntage. The iing had b.en drawn near'ly i the centre of the open space; Ca ti and his c mruanion stood a little to or side with their pistols in their hand: "to see fair l1ay," and: they notifie me that if I ma le the sli;h-est inm which they considered unfai: the won d take a hand in 'the fight. Ca ter' came up and e anined mnyelethi-: to see that I h id no wveap.'n. Thel turning to Leonard, he said: "We'll see that yo, da him up, and a moment I.iter asked him, "A2 you ready?" By this time a number of Indiar and Mfexicans had a'pea-edt, attractE by the sound of tha fi in'g, and the stool in little gronps so.ne distan< oT, readly to brmeak away into ti b-ashes if p'istol play recozumme rced. "Play hall!" si.outed Carter, and advanced and put up my guard. ieo1 ard made a psass at me, hut failedi la'nd. I had been a good boxer in rr boyhood days, and the knowledge no stood me in good stead. While the sparring was going on kept one eye on Ca -ter and the b man. I was af aid' that a stra'gl be the signal for' twvo pistol shots at that Barton nmight not be quick enous to fire flt'st. I temporized, sparrii lightly, until Carter <ailed out: -"Kick him, Leonard; kick the stu fing out of him.". "Hold on," I cried, "kicking is ni allowed ;" for I had been notified th: "this was to be a faic fight, no rong and tumbie." I"Kicking is all right," re'oined Ca ter in a su ly tone. This anger-ed mn and as Leona-'d made another rush; me I met him half way, and strikit through his guard I landed my rigi full in his face. Leonard spun ar-out and ar'ound and finally measured h length on the ground,falily twelve re, from where I stood. As he fell whirled upon his two companions an cried out, "One for me." "u.es, that's one for yon," replie Carter'. "But it's my turn next." "KVait a moment,'' Ireplied. "'I': not through tith Leonard yet, n, will I be until he has said he has hf enough.'' "I've had enungh," rejoined Leo: ai-d, r'ising to his feet. ".it's Carter turn now. Give me that gun, and he hits you the way he hit me I'll lio his head o11'." "If Leonard has enough, so hai I," was my r'epiy. "I shall eertain] not fight with meu I never sw b< fore." I"Well, if you won't, you won't," I I oining the two men I moved with them toward the tent in-to which Leon ard was just diSdppearing. I noticed one of our Indians standing by the door, a maguif;cent specimen of a wan, over six feet ta'l and a notod warrior. Apparently he had just ar rived,and I nodded to him as we came up, for we were great friends. It did not occur to me that there was any thing pecnliar abont his stauding there at the door, but his experience was greater than mine-as the seque! will show. Just before -re reached the tent.,and when perhaps twelve feet away from it, one of the men stopped me a mo mea to emphasize s-me remark, and i as I turned again the canvas flap of r the tent was thri- t aside, and I fond t o myself looking straight into the muz zie of a Winchester-. I d As I looked the little black hole seemed to grow and expaud; all the d interest of my life seemed centred in a that spot. The perspiration started a out on me, and it may be that my e hair rose. I thought of a great many a things, but abo%e all I remembe- I 1. longed for something to happen-that n black hole was maddening. The tim. seemed very long, but it coul.I not - have been more than a second when i saw fla ne leap from the muzzle of the . gan. I heard the ball whiz over my , shoulder; my Indian friend had seiz.d 'e the muzzle of the rile at the very in o ment when the trigger was pnfle 1. e Had he beei but the f action of a see . ond later some one else would Uave p had to tell this story. I had seemed under a Ppell as ,J gazed down into that little bl.tek h,ie, but the sight of the flamue and the :t noise of te discha-ge resto ed me. I cleared the interveaing space with a spring. As I catne through the door t like a wild duck on the wing [ saw i my Indian frie d and the fourth man . of the gang struggling with Leonard. They had just ta.ien the ride away fro.a hi o, and a mome it later he broke down and became hyste ical. The men assared me ' that the gin I had been accidentally discharg d, and d although I knew better I ac epte.1 the e,platnati n. Leonard's state was pit e iable. He seized my hand an i press W ing it convulsively between his own y again and again aske I my pardou and d wailed, "Why did you hit me so hard?" For over an hour we worked to soothe and quiet hiLn,and finally I saw e them all out of camp, just as a wagon . filled with our own men return.d. d Barton also turned up as the wagon pulled in, and thn I learned for the a first time,how frail my dependence on -him had been.-New York Coiamer I cial Advertiser. e QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Football'was a erine in Englana e dmring the reign of Henry VIII. Calhoun county, Illinois, enjoys the peculiar- distinction of not having a y railroad, a telegraph, or a telephone " line. The Indians of Pa-aguay eradicate their eyebr,ws and eyelashes, saying i that they do not wish to look lixe y horses. . At Swedish weddings, amuong the e midlle, classes, tue b:idleg -oo a carries ya whip: This is an e.nblean of his an ,. taority in the' domestic cic1ela, 'd A Berliner has asked the per'mis t sion or the loca.l authorities to e .tabl lish a pub ic cemete y for pet anials.i n He believes it would meet a long-felti r want. te Kokomno, Ind., has an extreme cur 5, few crdiance, re 1niring all persons 3 nder eighteen years of age to be otTf e the streets at i p. mn., nader a pen y alty of: ten days ii jail. - Milan has a curiosity in a clock gwhich is ma le entirely of bread. The b' mtaker i<'au native of India and he has ,,bevo:ed three years of his tiane to the coOs rnctio i of this. cn io.sity. The e clue t is of respe2table si.e and goes we I. Thme inhabitants of the Andamian a .a is are said to he the swial.est race of p)eop)le ia the world1. The an eera re height of a fut I grown An'laman e is less than four feet, and the anthro SpologPical exi e't< who een:ly visited them fo ind but few that weighed over 0seve.nty-Iive pounds. 7 Cua-as the 0zn-'a Lire. w , The man who is the most imuportam in th.e whole domain of Rassia, froza I the point of view of its ruler, is the goutride:'. The czar never travels by it rail without the gendarme, who is 3 :-upposed to have the keenest scent for '3 uihili4t weapons of any one in his bi empire, goiag ahearl of the train onu .g his peenliar railway bicycle. Travel ing slowly, wi h eyes and ears alert f- for the presence of the enemies of his master and their terrible weapons,this I >t outrider ca"ries his own life in his it hauds and the life of him who is con h sidered of much more importance, the ruler of the Russian e:upire. r- Incid n ally, the outrider is on the B, lookout for defects in the railroad that it might play havoc with the royal tra n, - g but this is inot the pri.nary object of I t his preceding the imperial party. He *d is an inconspienous object on his curi is ous wheel, and it is not likely that his a swift progress along the road will be I observed until he is too near a wonid d3 be assassin for the latter to accom plish his purpose. d A long experienee with the nihilist 1 .gang of Russia has taught the police n: of that country that the bomb is the )I favorite weapon with the killer ofl ,d kings. Should one of these be left on the track in such a position that the3 1- wheels of the imperial train would ex. s plode it; it must surely be discovered ifby the outrider, or, if he were unfor ~tunate enough to overlook it,thie ezar' life at least would be saved. for theC e railway bicycle wiuld cause the b,omb to blowv np, the riders lihe atloue beinm ~jsacridced. Hence the imp-rtanmcp of the outrider. He is couiinay in the O e Jproud position of oliering his .lfeforj1 his master. -London Chrouiele, j TRANGE NEWS SERV.CE AYSTERIOUS WAY IN WH!CH TIDINGS SPREAD IN THE PACIFIC. nform-.tlon About Secret plans Diffused from Island to Island In a MIanner Uost Unaccountable-Soeu Remarkable Instances.-First News of Samoan btorm. A great surprise which awaits a new omer in any south Pacific archipelago s tbe way in which his a.ts and plans >ecome known, not only to those rhom they may concern, but even nore distinctly to those whom they to not. The first South -ea snrprise s that the islander of fact never stirs Sfin;er to put himself in line wita he islander of the books. It is practically impossible to trace he channel of the news. One may airround Wmself with servants who uow not a word of English and may )e as se.ret as a lodIe in d.scnssing aus, yet knowLedge of them spreads vith speed and witis an accuracy rhich becomes less and less in pro )ortion as the distance is g eatee. )ne is almost tempte.1 to believe that .he news is carriel by a bird in the Lir. And it is not only things done md words spoken that are thus p .b i lied, even unspoken plans become iuow u, to the great hiudrance of busi .ss combinations. :Sowe exp,anation may be imaginel ;o ac.ount for the rapid spread of iews from place to plae on a single slaud, or from island to island of a ingle archipelago. But the mind :tatiot comipreli.nd th3 diffasion f kuoxledg3 fro a archipelago to tchipelag,, where there is no u ercoum auuication except by the Rust ro.11dabout ways. Yet news ipreads fro a islander t:> islauder dlong .bannels whi h-tbey either can ot or will not explain, a id from the lander it cwes to tie white mai. inch news is sometimes acca--ate, ); e ier quite wrong; but the man wise ,u tue ways of the beach. knowys that o nething has happened and awaits levelopments. Here is an ins'-ance: Last year a listiaguished student of the Maoris )f ,ew Zealand, S. Percy smith, sur eyor-gene al of that colo:iy, made an ixtenddd tour of Polynesia. Be.ore oing to Apia, his last stop was at ?arotongt, 600 miles away. He went :o Apia by the only way of steamship ravel, from Rarotonga to Auckland, )> one line, and from Auckland to kpia on auothe , no vessel having r -ived at Apia direct.. from Rarotonga ithin a year.' On the.hour of his reival the Apia collector of customs :ommented on a greenstone; watch hbarm which he w'as,w 'and said dhat he had learned qf the interest vith which the native p ople of Ra:o ongo had liqtened to--the traveler's wconnt'of the veneration with which he Maoris regard the jada as an lwest sacred o nament. The collec or of custo as could not recall when ir here he learned that fact-he just mnew it, tha was all. This trivial tory had apparent.y in some mysteri ms way come faster than the traveler q steam. Yet another instance: The press as ocia ions of this country had accounts >ia strained relations of the Anmeri ~an and the derman squadrons in Apis xarbor as they existed in Febrnary, Ld9. This news was published in he first week in March. There was o po)ssible way of learning a single hing as to the outcome. For fonr eeas Samoa was out of the world. o steaners c-suld call there and no ~able existed. It is certain that no ne could get a line of news before he first of April. Yet in the latter art of the third week of March the ~Aericanl newvspapers pnblishe I a rief account of a naval engagement it point-blank range in Apia harbor. ierman ships were sunk, American hi,s were sank, many lives were ost, it was said. The story could be raed back no turther than Washing on. It (ame ourt d the navy depart neat in an uno lie al way, a:d if the jicals traced it still farthe*r back to Lny senree tha.t fact was ne'fer male nown. In the couese of a day or so II the pai ers pointed out the inac ~uray .f tihe news and showed how .u ossi le it would( be to have auy rt of information before the fixel late of the mnai.' Now this story was ase in esery poi it. There was no aval combat poin: blank in Apia bar or uor at any range in Samoan wa ~rs, yet all who were familiar with he sonth sea knew that something ail happened an I that the news had owe thr~ough the south sea news ser rice and waited for the facts. Note he date It was tbe endl of the thn-d eek ( March that this news was >nblished. The April mail up from a.abought the news of the mem Sable hneri<-ane, of the wreck of the die , the Boer and the Olga of the erman navy; of the wre k of the en ton and the Vanda:ia and of tbe >eaching of the Nipsic of Admiral imerIley's squadron. And this took lace at the beginn:ng of the third veek ia March.-New York Sun. Snme Wonderful Natural Forces. New forces in natsue are being con tatly disemered, and n,body but an xpert attempts to describe them with curae . Some of the experiments torder on the miraculous. There is hat one, for instance, with lieueied i in which quicksilver is frozen. he mercury is poured into a mould aing a bamamer shape, and is sub ected to the temperature of liquid air wo hundred and forty degrees below .eo, from which it comes out in so olid a form that it can be used to Irive nails. For an hour its solidity form is preserved. Then there is nother experiment, see:ninugly still o.e marvellons. Lignetied air is ought into contact with a lump of e, and the latent heat in the ice~ boils he liquelied air. Yet water fre.es t thirty-two.-Hariier's Bazar. AN INVINCIBLE HORSE-TAMER. Early Achievements of an Ohioan Who Became World-Fanonus. Lida Rose McCabe sketches in St. Nicholas the life-story of an obsenre country boy, whose love of horses "turned a leaf in civilization," and brought him, beyond any man of his time, into close soc al intimacy with the crowned sovereigns of the world. His name was John S. Rai ey. Early in the century, his father-a Pennsyl vania Dutch farmer-cleared a tract of forest land on the outskirts of Ohio's capital. On this virgin spot was bailt a log cabin, in which the future horse tamer was born. The cabin in time became the beginning of the village of Groveport, known half a century ago to lovers of horses throughout the civilized world. While a babe on his mother's arms, it was young Earey's de i,ht to watch the animal ite on the farm. To pet the horses and cows was ever to the boy a keen pleasure. When he could make his way alone to the farmyard, it was observed that the friskiest colts were docile under tze caressg strokes of the child's band. John was the youngest of seven children. At this period he was the only chil1 at home. The Rarey farm was isolat.d. Many mi!es lay between neighbors. Having no youthful playmates, his warm little heart made friends of the chickens, the cows, and the colts. At the age of three y,:ars it was his de light to iide a tridethe plowgh-horses One significantiacid:nt in the child hood of the "invincible horse-tamer" was frequently related by his mother. it ccLurretl in his fourth year. The family being at the dinner-table, one day, it was dicovered that the chair of the youngest was vacant. A ser vant was sent in quest of the truant. The fi.lds, the barns, the hay-mounds were searched in vain. A terrifo scramble was heard, at length, in a gravel roadway near by. To the hor ror of the distracted household,Johuny Rarey was decovered upon the back of the wi dest colt on the far.n. Exjecting to see the chiid fall tothe ground every moment, the fa -her sta: ted to his rescue; but to the rel of the household, colt and rider soon reined up in safety to the bara door. When re .roved for his conduct, the infant rep ied that 'he aad the colt were the best of friends. To convince his father of his mastery of the colt. he mounted and dismounted, bridled and unbridled the animal, who, to the astonoshment of the spectators, snb wit:ed to his young master's direc tio .s. His control of the colt was much talked of in the neighborhood. From that time the yonn- horEeman was in -great de--and to-carry. mesages ...e tween.the scattered farmhouses. Be fore his ninth yr ar his 'repitation for ho semanship in that part of the onntrry was unriviled. New Guinea's Aborigines. The aboriginal popalation of New Guinea is believed to exceed 1,000, 000. They are pure Papnans, and may be dese -ibed as a barbaric race. Many of them are still cannibals, must ofthem are warlike,,and all of them are honest. In appearance they are decidedly pictures1ue, being well formed and gracefnl, and y ossessed of by no means ill looking faeces-. Their color ranges from light to dark brown, some being as fair as tha- Samoans, others again almost as dac as ne gros. Their hair, which -is wavy and luxuriant, they wear mostly cmbed b)ack over their shoulders and often held off their foreheads by bands of fibre or bzads. In their hair they wear fancy co.nbs, ingAniously con structed of bamboo and fish bones, and a'-tist:cally decoratel with featu ers and b. ads. They are great believers in charms, and many of them wear a nmbler of strange ~ornaments about their per sos. The fighting charm of the north east coast natives is made of boar's tusks, standing out from an oval shaped disk of native twine, closely plaitea and worn around the face and over the crown of the,beal, under the chin and before the ears, and kept in positin by a sort of bit, which they Rod grmly between the teeth. It gives them a very f,.rocions appear ance, es eeially when they have their war paint on, and is supposed to af fordl them an immunity from wounds or dea h in battle. Their love charms are of various designs, and are gener ally believed to make the wearer ir resstible in the eyes of the faii sex. A 5wi'en Custom. The annual "zwviebel markt," or oniou mnaa ket has just been held in Eerne, Switzerland. Once a year the p asaats come from far and near to urcase a stuck of onions for the twelveont,and. in fact,it has grow~n to be a custom on zwiebel market day for everybody, rich and poor, to buy onios, if not for use then for the cus tom of the thing. On a Saturday night the o .io a arrive. Great boxes, Las k e a and barrels of onions line one side of the longest n.ain street .f t'he city and extend fro:n Bahnhof to Barengra ben, f ro:a the station directly through ,the long arcaded avenue as far as the arcades exte cl-about a mile. All day Sunday the onions remain in the street, covvered with cloths of every descrition, and early Monday morn ing the sale begins. For two days everyone you meet baa at least a string of onions, and one walks the entire ,length of the market and weeps. A A fow days later come the dances. Every plaece is decorated, and the young peasants, girls and lads, come to tow n and m.ake merry. Everyj "witscaft" is crowded with a push ing ostling throng of plump and ruddy-faced peasants. There are no Ib aws, only perhaps parties of merry bumkins walking through the streets at 1 'or o oclock in the morning and' yodeling, without melody, at the top p.....es.o. @@ees@e 1 FOR WOWlIS ENEFIT. White a Favorite Color. Among the leaders of vogne there is i a marked partiality for white. Decid- i ed colors are willingly renounced in i iavor of fine sweet tints and neutral sha!lings. Pure white, wherever it is I feasible, is givea the preference. I Ivory white, cream and those scarcely I definable tinges of mauve, gray, pink and green are lavishly admired. At all formal affai s, day and evening, white will be worn this season. For stret wear only is it barred, and even then it is approached as nearly as pos sible in no end of palish, dull, wan i shades. Crytal Ornamentation. Cl-ar crystal is the newest material for ornamentatiun. The velvet coats. so much a part of the reception toilet of the season,are furnished with huge disks of clear glass, and the silk waist has many rows of these tiny buttons, round, plain or facetted. Umbrella handles are also made of it, for breakablene<s seems to be a desirable quality in the umbrella han dle of today, viewed from the stand point of the manufactarer, necessi at ing, as it does, frequent renewals. O.her toilet arlicles-brush backs, clocks, combs and a dozen and one trifles-are made of the clcar sub stance, which has superseded the rhinestone in popularity, and pos sesses the merit of being itself and not an imitalio-i, which has always mii tated against the success of the rhine stone with the most fastidious. Bny Nevad , Women. Two of the best informed people in the state of Nevada are Miss Clapp and Miss Babcock, well-known school teachers. Miss Babcock recently re signed her place, owing to ill health, brit Miss Clapp still retains the posi tion in the State universty which she has held for the past nine years. Nothing has ever trans,pired of in t.rest or importance that these two cT0tei.9ung women have not taken part in. Atnong their friends are numbared those able writers and states:nen who, durinithe early min ing days, made Virginia CRy-famos. Their lives have been. given u-to, tducational interests, and,many of the younger gene ation of prosperous 4 western men have been educated by them. Severaf have also been brought up by theim in their own homes, the two grandsons of Senator.Stewart be ing among the number '-carefullv t ained and taught t - 1 though always lnsy, these t o women have continually maintaineT beanti ful and hospitable home, besides pur chasing and superintendiagtie plant ing of a large orange orchard near Los Angeles. Dainty Frock for a Niss. A dainty party frock for a semi- 1 growi.up youg lady is of nun's veil ing in a shade of deep cream. The three-quarter skirt, which is innocenti of gores, being df the round, old-fash ioned shape, is simply gathered into the band, and it is worthy of note that there is no prettier style than this for al young girl who is very slim and lacks hips. Round the hem goes a deep flounce of the veiling, bordered with a band of pale lime-green velvet ribbon. Above this flonee are seven bands of the ribbon velvet. The bod ice is of the round baby order, and is. simply gathered on to the waistband, its fulness aLt the bust being caught in at intervals by circular bands of the lime-green ribbon. The sleeves are very pretty, short and excee:lingly full puffs, finished by a deep, hang ing fi ill of the cream nun's veiling, edged with the ielvet ribbon. The routine of the small decolletage is softened by an old-fashioned lace tucker, run with a narrow-width rib bon. Round the waist goes a twist of the velvet ribbon, finished at the back -hy the way, the bodice fastens in visibly at the back-with a smart bow ad long, falling ends, the lining throughout being of soft white sateen. Mre George Gtauld's Lakcewood Home. Mr. George Gould's place at Lake wood promises to be one of the most copr:hensive private estates in the country. The present house, which Mrs. c+eorge Gould calls "Georgian Court," is really only a tempor ary af fair, completely overshadowed by the marble stables and lodges, and even by the keunels. Eventually MrGonld will l)2ild a residence which will be in keeing with the rest of the place,but he seems determined to have the set tig made perfect first. The newest accessory will be a great building, which, if the present plans are carried out, will be very much like the Madisonu Square Gar den in size, appearance and arrange met. It will be bnilt of wvhite brick, with marble pillars, and the fraine work will be of iron, thus insuring fireprof qualities. There will be an inmense elliptical arena, where the memi,ers of the family and their friends can ride andt play polo, no matter what the weather mzay be out side. There will be courts for tennis and arrangements for other athletic sportF. In one co ner will be a comn pete gymnasium; in another a mar ble swimming tank covered with a gass dome; the third corner will con tain a theatre, and the fourth will .be fitted uip with bachelor apartments for the overflow from large house parties. -Harper's Ba;zar. A Wentan a Harvard O)ftcee. Harvard has enrollea a woman among the oeicers of the university eatogne. Mrs. William Patton Flem ig. the woman so honorea, has been a.;ointed curator of astronomic-I photograhs a positeo wbh rv. n feels sne is eminently fitted g il. Her work is carried on in the stro-photographic building on Qbser atory hill in Old Cambridge, where he has about a dozen women assist ats. In this building the plates se. ured by the astronomers at Cambridge. nd at Arequira are preserved, ar anged and catalogued, as books are a a library. Mrs. Deming's original research as been noteworthy in three diree ions: In the detection of new stars,in he discovery of a law concerning -ariable stars and of many exam-, >les of this class of bodies, and in the nvestigation of stars of type V.-Mere y as curator or caretaker of the col ection of astronomical photographs, rithout reference to her investigW ions, Mrs. Fleming is in a situation f grave responsiliity. Her duties re similar to those of a librarian; )ut, instead of books, many copies of rhich have been priuted, she has in ier custody the original manuecrili, ione of which has been or can be luplicated. They are extremely delicate =na fragile manuscripts, too, written i glass with the pale light of the tars. If one is destroyed it can iever be replaced, and there is no elling what valuable record any one if them may bear upon its multitudi iously inscribed surface. Now to Line a Pkirt. The silk lining for a skirt is cut in he same shape and size as the outer uaterial, unless you wish a drop kirt, when the lining and outer skirt.. re finished separately, nskiig praw ically two skirts mounted on on. raistband. If you want to make it in he former manner, then the - gores Lre cut alike, both silk and material he same as you would any other lin ng, and sewed up. You can either ind each seam, after pressing it >pen, or strap it with a bias fold of ilk, taking care that the stitches do wot go through to the dress goods and hat only the lining is caught. Interline a skirt so that the hair ,loth is from six to eight inches wid ccording to the length of the ski :f the latter is 40 inches long the hair loth must be filly eight inches wide, >r it will break across the ankles .id ro walk. If the skirt is longer .ten he interlining must be ten-lche' ride. In putting haircloth in the-,,' kirt after seaming up the-liiing zu ressing open the'seausNajth&ksi ovor (the wrong- ide), -ttidgl6 -rosrse'jap each width oftbe hafr. loth and b edge wjtha)la )iece ofteliin , thP arts together and also stich er part of th haiel"A*e sU i ifter facing-it;!tat d ias sfsi aloih* dge is basted.t eining outside, and cntIikethe ontid erial, an inch longer. -*iiixi engti. This is turned s own to the linin h T pplied. Never cut the wId o short toturn upthe haireot1 vill not make a thick seam,asits )e pressed down after theatsttitch ng on of the binding. If you wish a.drop -skirt, thu, a he above tells you, have the hairceth j , n the silk lining and cover -orfae vith a thin lining. If you do not wish o have lining and skirt separate,then ew the haircloth, in the seams with he lining and dress goods, cutting -it rosswise, laying it between. the two iaterials, after binding the upper .ge with a bias piece of lining. and hen bind each seam with bias piecee f the linin-g after pressing each open. -St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Fad and !ashien. - Cloak clasps are of silver, gilt er -~ te, set with jewels, especially opals d turquoises. Girls' poke felt bats are edged with 'ur and trimmed with wide strins ,ows and soft quills.. - Belts made of double faced satin ibbon are fastened together in the ront with a small clasp. Trimming satin in whi*e emnbroid- ~ ied in jet spangles, white ribbon td black silk is in favor.. A day gown of light gray cloth em roidered with chenille ini an eidel 'eirs pattern shows one of the pretty iew models for early spring. Baadere effects will reappear this ;priu~g and there is enough diversity shown in these cross-stripes to render hem suitable for either tall or short igares. The latest neckwear is tempting md bewi.ching in the extreme. chit ,n and la: e, silk and velvet, ribbons, md ees soft, caressing fur are all ised in its makeup. Some of the new English walking jackets are turned back in gracefully haned revers to the waistline; others re'worn closed straight down from < e neck or fas'tened diagonally from he left shoulder. Tihs new cheviots for tailor costumes tre very attractive and stylish. The :olor are mixed, as usual, but most yf the very desirable patterns are quet i nnobtrusive. There are also very sm2art cheelked and striped effects, in iistinct plaids and finely woven bou le surfaces. sand is the newest shade of gray sh tan, and a smart costume of this int is of smooth surfaced cloth em broidered in tunic fashion with floss siks and the narrowest rouleaux of bea.ems The bodice has handkerchief revers of orange velvet and emibroid aries of bearer and silk. We are coming back to chignon. m nets in the spring, but yet not really the old-fashioned chignon, for the hair is to be coiled in some die-. binlet I hion, braided or twisted close - up i to the head, not the English "bun" tat hangs half way down the back. Tho net is to duty as an ordinary piece of head furniture to keep the str tcks in piace.