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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.