Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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,CH 21 1899 ABLISHED 1844 Shall all come back to ig , u erswith bloom. The weary wastes of desert sand shal blossom aq the rose, .* And every brook shall breathe a song t every breeze that blows: . Our hungry souls, that now exist on'us1 Love's meagre crumbs, Shall then sit down to priieely feasts 0 bliss, when "Sometime" comes. When "Sometime" comes. the rare, reu1 year shalL be a glad, sweet June. And every note our tosgv;ls shall trs* be In perfect tune; ir, Our -patls shall lead tv gar'. thtough blossom-scented ? chimes Imparadised by songs of birds of fairy bells. leang. With The thornless ro.ses, al- i dewdroos will be w Aed in th And joy shall not coA- a the wild meshes of legre . ay But time shalt glide.. tee softly hun hon.ered flower to & drowaY eroon -Sometik" comes. - -ower, w1 . d' comes, then all of life When "Sometream of truth, will bfathe our bro*s again beside And we s1hings of youth, g ththe same sweet songS wo sung In And siEse glad summers 1hen W ye,i in careless joy,-.nor knew the Woe 'weary ways o?. -neu,.. Pd alt the friends we held so dear-the ones who loved us so Will all come bae to greet us from ibe Land of Long Ago; The girls with dolls and dishes tie boys with fags and drums We'll all be glad together, when that golden "sometime" come4. --'ixon Waterman. 01E PRESERYED PR0ESS I ALlArnu.sinlg Anecgor:r. 1 01 zr xTP.A nAxtroN. &=0V0000000002-00I LICIA,NhsTi cess, was stayin akthe palace of h( un'ele, the King i Inany, but she h not been there vei long before - si - made herself 'ge: -erallIy..di slikeic Her behavior V so rae aiin m ould manage her when she was a noyed. She ordered all the court< ficials about in such a dictatorial ma ner that occasionally they resented exceedingly and refused to do her bi Cling, and then she indulged in su -pi.-oxysms of rage becauia she h -been thwarted that the most seric *consequen1ces would be feared. One afternoonl. about a month a! the commencement of her visit, king was sitting mood.' 'RPon throne, when the lord chamberlain vanced and craved permission to dress him. '"What is is?" asked the king, tilly. He did not wish to be disturb for~he felt convincedl that he was hear a fresh grievanct coneerning niece, and his suxmise. prged to correct. "Your majesty," replied the *man, bowing humbly, "it is abouti Princess Alicia that I have come "Well?" said the king, nervou "What has happened now ". SI.ienly loaddscreams ralg thrc the I oLwn. The doors were fIupg c an-1I the Araged princess rashed ward. Inhe hand she bre~ a l1 handful of hik which she hadi from the head-ofs an unfortanate tendant, and'in ~ ther she br: ished the broken lf a chair. "Oh, inost royal - le," she ci as she hurried forwar~~' have c to insist that the Latd trud, speedily dispatchea, for ha swered me mockingly three Ne very day. See, I have tried her~myself by clinging to her" dant tresses, but I grow weary battle, so now I come to you an * mand to be avenged. I detes * woman. She shall die!" "Gently! gently!" saiad he soothingly. "Sit down by m3 and we will talik this matter ovi But the princess would iiot-hi reason. She immediately 'grh self up into another fury, -an( - her arms madly into the air, anJ a lated so witdly that the ki quite terrSed at her ext.raordul * havior. He realized that it v * impossible to interrupt her or the torrent of angry word"' * pouring iT ? 0 dt L2 to herl . ' 0% 4nois ~er head, and with an O~\ ,i sona in her throat she fel~-( face and did not move agaim. ' "I regret to say, your ma2es, her royal highness the Princess has not revived," said the lord< berlain, when lie returned to the a few minutes later. He had .s -tended the removal of the prjne her own apartment, and then n~ manded the court physician to her, but he had reported that n could be done. She had diettd last fit of passionate rage she L dulged in, and in spite ,of the -cansed by her unexpectea demi~ was. never4heless, a feeling of " relie f prevalent in the palace. " Will your majesty give era2 the orinu-ess to be embalmend she "is removed to her, own i asked the lord chamiberThi. eQcnsulted with the hing abo The - gestedue p prinmother wi to-:'rves from the ki this plan seemed to be so sensi at everyone esprqssed himself will in- to try it, and accordingly the body ofthe princess was conveyed ont o the palace and placed where the rays of the sun would shine upon it. While this was being done the chancellor ba an oblong-shaped box made for him, and when it was ready they laid the poor priucess gently inside it, then they thickly sprinkled her with the finest sugar they could obtain and carefully closed the li. When the sweets were placed in the still-room of Alicia's mother's palaco by its keeper the latter's boy hnugered for them. At midnight he stolo into the apartment and began to eat. But , noise in one of the boxes alarmed him and he screamed in terror. His father coming to his resene found the princess sitting bolt upright in the colin. "Your royal highness," he gasped in astonishment. "What are you doing here?" Then he recollected what a terrible temper the priticess possessed, and he feared that shc would naturally be vemed at findinf herself packed among the .Aried -fruits, so, in order to prevent a scene, ]i humbly threw hiiself at her feet. "Pardon, princess," he entreted "It is through no fault o miue hba you were sent home in-this coUii(.. I cannot understand how it.occnrred But, to his amazement, fe princes smiled upon him before-.she spq1 and when she did so there was not on itiace of annoydnce in her yece. "There is uothing to fogive," s1 r said, kindly. "I can't remeiier wn. brought me to this p*ight; but I a sre vou are not responsible for i y Perhaps a note has been sent to -m e Let us seek it." 1 So the keeper of the still room rT% - waged-among the sugar, and preien ly-he camo upon the letter lying -in er. gu. !npd eQuiion., at the b: 1 om or .6 a_ t box. The princess-rei - the paper quietly through, and th she looked heartily ashamed of hc a - sell. t "You bad better see it, I th d she said, shyly. "Or stay, I wi re c it alond. Listen. d "'To her most gracions majesty t USQueen of Oden. Madam-On beh of the members of the council of sta rI beg to forwax d herewith the p :eserved remains of your daughter, t P5 rincess Alicia, an~d- also to ifo -d you that she met her death in and -d-expected manner on Monday i Owing to the many unnecessary qu es-rels that took place in the palace al ed,g the,.period of her royal highne: to visit, his majesty; the King of Ina hSconsiders that he is entitled to ref be to be put to any expense concern the young lady, therefore we, ldmembers of the state concil, have thedeavored to please you. by emnbalm to the princess in a suitable waly, - trast that von will forgive any sI: sl.stickess'the sugar may. -cans hhWhen the princess came to the noi tilis e.xtraordinary document r-r-siged. "I am afraid I have 1 ergevery tiresome," she -said, regretfa nrn ut at last I am changed. I do at- hink I could be cross now, how d-mdeh I might wish to. What have caused this alteration, I d, d,er?" me "Perhaps it is the sugar," sugge bebethe keeper of the still room, and an- princess clapped her hands. ii "Yes; that must be it," she L l ared. "'Ehe sweetness of the s has so entered into my sy&tem wI i~n that i-ox that it has comnpl stomedmy atae.It must .a fit of rage that so nearly i me%Ut how glad I am to be kin, still,ongh [ am very hungr; side, wl n lose my teioper again. * :An t rncess kept her wo: edh- even saw herhown, and,her r getcc city'. Her ewe een~ 69O i as o's that it b,ue ion to -arybe- a littl'e-ini' o g rond thy id beas a..g ge ae, and ver. :ek toJ coatry or (Ne the pni .. "reiued gaine" a utation -rf teeeud containif n i n:'epee mz - m-~idal; for, witl - sp'eudi easd . 1a'pl~e of Ahr.el . erore i e fom her snb',eets -quicld to tohr n:gu~t x- the prVO'C in- hi m: ."ye ock re: . ' .1 b a an costiare a eo t gaipre woven to form the garment nitoat cutting. The long, grace- ' ally shaped relingote is worn over a Satin model of its exact shape and either white or of some light, delicate tone. The underdress may be lace, uslin or silk, and the approved trim inZs are bo6Ws, plaitiugs and scarf ends of black tulle or velvet. Have You a Pretty Arin? It is quite the rage iii New York if one has pretty arms and hands, to leave one arm ungloved. The artlessness of arraugement is captivating. Men inar ve et the beauty and women less blessed at the "boldness" of the fad. To carry out the simplicity of the idea bat on ring must be woru, ant that on the little flger, and the beauty of ithe baud is enhanced to distraction by a tiluy lce backgronta formed by are.lessjy held lace handkerchief. Lage arms are no longer admired. A R;nt For Girt Writers. If young girls with literary aspira -tions would devote their energies to I writing for children, they might sUc eed beyond their wi,lest imaginings. [They are not snficiently removed froul the period of childhood to have for gotten all their youthful fancies,while they have -not yet learnt the bitterness ad sadness of lost illnAions. Clever children's stories, too, are difficult to obtain, so the editors say, and, there foe, commaad 's.fair price. NO onE et stped into, the shoes of the e g- tMed aut'abis of Alice in Wonder. It land," or "A Flat Tron for a Farthing' and many other delightful tales, an( . the post is open to any youthful aspir ant. Miss Farieon, a danghter of th well-known writer, who is only seven - teen, has already- started on a pros t- Verons career of story telling, and tw :1 YoAIng Mesbers of the aristocracy ..Mirquis of Tweedaale, and Lady Mai . jory. Gordon, daughter of Lord Abei - deen, the 'late Governor of Canad *:dited children's magazines in thei I schooirdom days. It should be a d, , lightful caieer, that of ielling storio to children, with their appreciatii L and unerringly ri:ht enthusiasm at eoyent.--eLouion Graphic. Correct Slat riae. I is mnodish now to show more the hat pin than its inere head, so tl .pii themselves are ~made ornaments 'he finds of inventive geniuses a s,.taring toward-a pin that will stay the hat without any danger of fallia Sout. RecentIy there was a patent mu,split that was provided with a lit a *sring which woi-ked by pressure. A very nice hat pin, with a head - nouber, hiad an amber fastening acco cPpanyig it, made secure by a g i chain.- The "fastener" was stuck teb0, so that to lose the hat pin 3 Smust lose the hat also. _A. very speciallittle piece of jewe s bld of pearls connected with. e~piu by a.gold chain.; -The pearl bf she ued as-a broochr or as a pin u] euThe gold chain danzles from the ntpin, nd makes a pretty bit of fin veiforLhe woman 'who lhkes fripper canTh band may~ match the hat pin, o- e of any jewers or plain gold. Hat chalus are seen on some of s'l:reuh toques. They are only I thn another guise. -One of fine nd pearls pretended to claspah osg-y o lets upon acher toque. Of conrse, it only preten< but.wt a its deception worth'w i 1 t looked so nife?-Londonl Mail. Nae ew Baby Coachtes. iCThere are fashions even in 1 ~ arrage. This statement is prom: X eb&t a ithe street Psi.tadelhia'Th b .e wof th teeTe.lLSloned baby carri tewith its pillows, lace and satin, efouned parasol and its ribbon d er oomed. The rich baby will ar longer be trundl e in o"eoft F or this baby scarraewa sk s the English baby coach is. s2O substitted.. Plain leather,,s' woodwor, a tho roughly British ccptioi, -rEplace the daintiness elaberateess of tbe Frenchmo~ SThe ne-iv baby coac~ 1it a ra a Irdically differen3t inaa a s eat little mog .a to actually make aire wagon. It has hi - -~e and is in itself .higher naarower than the baby carriag< am.irto Philadelphia; d iv. differ. There is not a sign of w. dedicate colors, no "baby tints, .e. whwite wheels, yellow wheels enanweld body. Nor is t.here a m bebated, bernfiled and-beflonnced sh ,shd.. parasol or canopy. The babbcoach is entirely of black. li n.d'iainly with black leathe& its "to" is built on the linlk a od orinar uggY. top. movc dow I Xwini.' sam-auue: i . he management of helpless p aking of beds, changing cloi iving baths, prevention and tre nent of bedsores, best methods, n. Iri;tion to the body and e%tremiti scri )audaging and the making of bn -iu xes and linen splints, care of P tients' room, airing and warmil.' rooms, a limited number of emergenjb cies and how to treat them, and the preparation and serving of food foi the sick. This would seem enough to fill p every minute of the time, yet there are other thincs to do. There are ob serations and reports t:> the plysi ician in charge-very, very accurat they must be-not in the case of one, patient only, but of two or thr ana perhaps more. k.nd there found time to attend the lectnr take notes upon them--V, . sorb the result into a well -a Pr brain that will stow it awp" Ipi uce it when a er a cieetf obedience in every a inbLite sto face and manner dad all t of patience mn b e mai part ot and t eyoll bavedelphia Time I nurse' ilade Gossip. - The .,Mo richest prima donnas %re Adeli Patti and Sibyl Sanderson. A b i making women eligible to t.h' office f .notary publie Las been re jected y the Tennessee Senate. Wo en preachers are more poplaI, in th Jniversalist and Unitarian Chure than in otber denominations. Mrs Leonard Wood, with othe I ladies Santiago de Cuba, is organiz ing ia u nch of the Society for the Preve tion of Crueltyto Animals. SThe qife of the Rev. Dr. Loveji an app icant for a pulpit in Mount Verno N. Y., took his place the Sf3r unday and preache. tr.1 W11161 e suddenry became ill. - Mrsl Margaret Black, of Glasgow, Scotlad, is a member .of the City Boar; of Education. She is also an officer of the school of cookery, and i. active in other lines of valuable work' , An insurance company in Warsawt. I Rassia, recently discharged all it male soicitors and agents and ail pointed women in their places on th ground that they were better qualified offor the positions. iThe Countess of Meath, well known .in this country through her interest is and practical help to various charita' inble and philanthropic movements, has given the sum of $50,000 toward es tablishing in Dublin a home for work ehouse girls, where they are to be iu strcted in the arts of dom~ fvie. not SThe three prizes of $250j at' nwell-kno'wn magazine comp onthe best story, poem and et nto - students wh~o receivedi ryof B. A. in 1897, have beg 7three yon women, altho. men than women entered t take a o Tassar furnishes two of' own winners and Smith one. at GleaninfgR From the S. eSafety veil pins. es. Cott<,n goods for shirt waists. d THats made entirely of grebe. he Yak lace for flannel pelticoats. asfl Taffeta cross-striped with chenille l Ratpins of jewels, pearls and silvei ieMaslin nightgownis with rever ef a ed fects. -iv~ hen Chiion embroidered with sl beads. Ostrich tips white with a cl center. o1 ay Plain baud bracelets wto Remnants of black and colore4 s dress goods very cheap. s,is Embroidered hiandkerchiefs witi no scalloped edges finished with lace. see.J'Dry Goods Economist. A J 'panese Peenhiarity. mgTyre is a peculiarity about th( reMay d aoes not attach to an~ co other people, and it is this: Th1 javerage Japan esaG.e very suspicion, of small wares iffat are not backed ut ~with fancy -rade marks. They bu all godinmcebmOre readily tbat carry z it a device or p1 emblemn, or that bear n tcr I seal, and .any a good article woujld and be in dar-er of, rejection becaue not so ut up .,nci?ua?y. They also attacb import.4ce to small neat packages, t not te many of a kind together; tail .ale Iis noe in keeping with Japanese no tass In Amer*ica, sm all articles are or r upadsodb th he dozen; the r anese want thmseperate, and s is not only true because things u*re generally on a smaller scale, but }there are financial reasons why it is so. There means are limited, and they use everything sparingkv. It is 1d probably true that the (crma ex porter understands the.L native taste better than auy other. The markets re fall of small wares froma Gemu p:pin attractive style and in sm_ I SCIENTINIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The heaviest metal is osmium, which has, bulk for bulk, very nearly twice the weight of lead. The specif ic gravity of gold is about 193, while that of osmiam is almost 221. Os mium is. also the most infusible of metals, remaining unaffected by a de. gree of heat capable of causing plati num to ran like water. It even re sists the inconceivable temperature of the electIic are. The idea of making starch from sweet potatoes is being discussed in the. South. Professor F. S. Shiver, of Clemson College, South Carolina, as sumes that 300 bushels of sweet pota-i toes can be raised to the acre ordin-' arily. and sometimes 500. Taking the former figure as his basis, h. esti mates that the amount of starch per acre is 684 poundsif made from wheat, 1-283 from corn and 2610 from sweet tato.S. . Petersburg Academy of nky. de pg-s se aiP which fell 'ssian Poland. The grains were bapea and contained black ales. Chemical analysis showed Ithey consisted of irAi, nickel and it. aid this satisfied Profes.or iusky that th/ were of cosmic k in. The as magnetic. The ain, proba the debris of *teors atai, p urned in the upper air, at ha escaped detection had they ould b nclosed in the transparent ot be ets, where the contrast of $ uickly called attention to them. ne dnst of coal or of flour mixed itliairforins an explosive agent which bas-been the cause of many a mijt3 and flour-mill disaster. Advantage is taken of this property of combustible dast in a new process of boiler-firing The fiel reduced to d ast is fed by ma chinery into the farnace in which a fire mast constantly bo maiu'ainel. 1The instant the dast falls io .he inac Iurn~siitha flash. Imost explosively, and tha ro.ne tion of smoke is absolutely prpvihted and the firing becomes econonical -as regards consamption of finel. It would aeem that it might lead to theiutiliza ion of the enormous mountains of al slack which cover so many square 'les of land in the mining districts. Max Boucheein, Consul at Barmen, Germany, reports a new method for the manufacture of artificial silk in vented by Dr. Fremery and Civil En gineer Urpan, in i hich the use C 'he injurious nitro-cellulose is omitted. These inventors, dissolve cotton waste in copper oxide of ammonia, and pump this solution through. line tubes. The Aathteatsarel passed through acid, which separates the cop v ammonia, the result being an i ely fine, lustrous fibre, which i4oyed as an imitation silk. This V e patented in Germany and in ali er civilized States, is said to N4the following advantages over thoseof Chardonnet and Lehner: (1) TIh he manufacture as well as the y' . t is in no way dangeroNs; (2) thikt se production is much simpler; () a a consequence, that imitation silk cn be manufactured by this pro ess considerably less cost. A ry curious industry, at lea,st to the initiated, is that perthhing to whal one, from its originallo?- de form that of its many kppi tns, and artistic- Mostof 1;y ar lauded at San Franeisc >and d eastward to be distributed at xous centres. Before leaving ific coast the bone is spli+, according to color, and tied up 'les; after splitting, the piezes med "stalks" or "slabs," are .ee to twelve feet in length dy for shipment, and weigh ve to twenty-five pounds each. received by the manufacturer bhis fringed with strong, glossy nc *; this has a separate value its Mt~and is used for certain far nre aLMfactures, and is also mix rd Ih rse.lXair in brushes. On the h ing. removed the slabs -are . a d igoronsly and then put to .4soa i water for about a week; when 7 su tly softened they are sub jec the action of steam in strong rece acles of special design, being thu endy to be split into "shell" or "gra "-~ bone, and finally cut into stays ivhipstocks, etc. - Veights or Vermont Deer. I nqticed some time ago in your paper tomments on the-weight of deer, an toccurred to me that you might like soke items on this subject from ermont. 'I have an impression that deerin many instances have ex eded tk&e,mrage in weight. In ob ning statistics, most of the reports ve the estimated weight of the ani als, but 'in many cases the actual eight was given. A great many of deer weighed over 200 pounds. In e instanes I have written personal ers to theXmen who captured the r and ascertained the truth of the nal repoits,. and have received in ly four )etters gmvig the actual ht of the deer killed as 231 ds, 261 pounds, 316 pounds and pouStra.-W.Titcomib, in Forest Football and the Seed Market. uagricultural seed market report ~rely th3 last place in which one ~ld expect to find a discussion on influence of football. in the last 'rt of the London Agricultural d Market, however, the conLnection ~clearly pointed out. There has ~a a steady decrease in the sale of i ry and other seeds, and this has 1itraced to the fact that huge num o of people, especially in the Northj | cngiand, who usedformerly to keep j birds, or devote their leisure to I ti,j1 gardens,.ngw give alt teir spare and intpre'st to football-West PUBLIf SCHOOLS FOR CUBA.1: 'nough Teachers to Be Sent to Infuse the American Spirit. At the request of the President Pro. fesscr William T. Harris, Superin. ai tendent of the Bureau of Education, el has prepared a plan for a public school s system in Cuba, the result of carefil e investigation of the conditiqs onAhe f, island, which was put in the hsds of d the President recently. It .kill re- a ceive the attention of the Cibinet at P the next meeting and pieliminaTy e steps will be. taken in thf immediate I future. The Presidenis greatly in- a 5a: terested in the ma& r. He desires a that the schools 9hall begin with the revival of indus!,tfy and trade, and re- A lies upon theXchool system to be an I early object lesson to the Cubans in t the blessings of good government, r which the United States proposes to f give them. . This is not the first time the Bureau 1 Of Education as been called upon to frame a public schcol system for a d Spanish-American country. On several t occasions the United States has been 2 asked to assist other Governments on N this hemisphere in the inauguration " of new educational methods. The s late Horace Mann organized the I school system of the Argentine Re- I public. Professor Harris advises that experts be selected in this country I and sent to Cuba io put the system in working order; that the island be dis tricted and the supervisors be named r to take charge of the districts, who t shall be the medium between the ex- 9 perts and the teachers. For teachers Professor Harris advises the use of all of the material which can be found I in Cuba, but he expresses the opinion I that it will be necessary to employ J some from the United States. The; children are to be taught in both Spanish and English. The idea is that enough Americans shall be sent to infuse the American spirit into a free school supported. by taxation, which is something that Cuba has nerer known. 1*:-u-t:7m 1n __ _.4M_ ow in LI Ine tj Porto Rico perfecting plans for the introduction of the America school system there, similar to that hich Professor Harris has recommen for Cuba. WISE WORDS. ce iI True love is always liberal. ti The eovetous man sows his owr thistles. - - Self-denial means -"INo" to yourself- a Learn when young-give advice. is when old. Envy drops poison into pleasures. Our businecs is seed-so sheaf counting. . I Love for the world cures the lov%of P the world. - Strength is exhibited in the ste4- , pull more than in the jerk. 9r 'g An interrogation point makes a'po& s pillow for a troubled heart. n No man can ever be right till he ac- e knowledges that he has been wrong. e Jealousy is the dynamite that is " blasting too many wedlocks now-a daos.pay want tco have the victor's crowxoifhout the soldier's on -Pam's Horn. Andrew Jackson to the iRescue. r A certain landlady of Washington il had a boarder, a young man working -.i in one of the departments, who had t; run up a large account, wrhich he final- y ly refused to pay. s Some friends having advised her to T go and see the President about it, she i took this jocular advice seriously and I went to him with her tale of woe. He received her kindly and listened at- r tentively to what she narrated, and f then said: "Go home and get that young man e to give you a note for the full amount; a then bring that note to me." ti The debtor was quite willing .to give a her a note, having no intention what- e ever of paying it, and she took it to f' the President as directed, who seized ] his famous old steel pen and scrawled , across its back, "Indorsed by Andrew j Jackson." "Now, take that to the bank and 'n get your money. lIfthe young rascal a ref uses to pay it, why, we'll see!" The note was taken to the bank, and somie time before it became due the customary notification was sent to the recalitrant debtor; but he paid no i attention to it. Then word was sent .1. thatc he had better come and'see, who -1 his indorser was. He went; he .saw; a what his feelings were has not been ~ recorded, but he paid the note. Christian Advocate-. a New Paperhang~ing Machin. A German inventor with .othe in- e genity of a Yankee has invented o 5 papeharging machine. It consists-o f< a rod, upon which the roll of paper is I placed, and a paste receptacle with a brshing convenience is attached in n uch a manner that the paste is applied a autoatically on the back of the j3sper. The end of the wall paper is fixed at ~ the boiAom of the wail, and the imple- s mnt rises on the wall in such a man- t1 nr as only to requnire that it be set by *w one wori:uman. The' per as it usrolls, is held flat. a agiuthe wall and anU el.stic roller 3 'o!ows on th outs~de. which presses e ii. ir:nly and with e:st smaoo'eness to. r, the an. he !::a opration is ila11 c te wall. pap~rer reachles tetp h es:-man:io .nin cord, whereby the sp is est o:? ?rom the rolL e Xaris L1:erarV Factories. . Paris has, if M. Emile Bergerat i spa the truth,' nearly as. many y ]iterry factories a) sausage ad mag-; 1 caroi shop'1s. Writers are enga ae from ten to twenty cents an houi' te' iI elaborate stories of murder and 6thei- a rime' which are sold to ise ne'P.a noners WST OF LIVING IN PORTO RICUS rices nave Uisens Because the A"* fcans Are Extravaat. Everything in Porto Rico is moder :ely high-priced, even with the ex iauge of silver in America's favor, tys William Dinwiddie in his spe -is :rrespondenc~ tb Earper's Weekly om that island. The American army emands more a d bays more than id the Spanish army, and, as a result, rices have risen, controlled to some xtent also by the fact that the Porto icans -have discovered that Americans re more prodigal with their means, ad are willing to pay higher prices. At the Inglaterra Hotelin San Juan, nd also at the Hotel Francais in once-which are the leading .hQs-. elries of these two cities-the daily ate, including twelve-o'clock break vt, siU-o'clock dinner, and sleeping oom, is $3.73. Co,lee, eggs, and. read in the cafe in the early morning re called an extra, which brings the aily bill up to $4.25 Spanish, or, at he prevailing rate of etchange, about 2.75 American, per diem. The ser -ice one receives in return for this ould, in the United States, be can idered high-priced at $1.50. It will >e found difficult to live under $5O :er month anywhe-e on the island, rhether hotels er private boarding Louses are patronized. - General outtitt:ng goods are some hat lower than in the Uuited States. Lin clothes are very cheap; snits of rood, serviceable linen and colo ed tffs may be made up at the tailor's it price ranging from $5.50 to $10 5panish money. Fine dress goods :ommand more than American prices. hirts, under-clothes, collars and endis tre as high as in the Unitel States, md not nearly so well made, though abricated from quite as good ma :erials.- Good shoes-Porto Rican ad cobbled-may be obtained at irices~ran A g from $3 to $5 Spat.isb, wd fine French goods are to be had it fifty rer cent. more, in the same noney, which gives one an advantage here over America, so far as footgear is concerned. Foods are both dearer and cheaper than in America, depending upon whether they are imported or home roducts. Butter is a luxury for ich on I ay 10 censa a tiny pat; uts pie:6 La le the lants, i at it co Ameri a drea awo as said to be fifteen years. robably was assumed as a basis isurance purposes, yet a large. p'er tage of wooden ships flourished inch longer than fifteen.-years. I uld quote mgi tances-of wooden ips which * at an incredible amber of ears, and eighty out of very hundred were coasters. Two traodina'y instances of longevity ships may be warth-'noting here. a Februar,f27, the Betsy Caius E$hield-sailed from that port with cargo to Hamburg. She met with a eavy gale from east-southeast and ore up from Shields harbor. The es was raging on Tynemouth bar; cse sid stuk, was driien .npon the ca~dlost, What ship was this iat was lost in the year 1827? Will be believed that she was the yacht iat in 1688 brought over to England Vilham Prince of Orange, and that Le was then called the Princess Mary? his, at all evente, was claimed for her low old was she when she carried the rine? For a number of years after 'ar she was one of Queen Anne's Sya' yac.hts and was reckoned a very a sailing vessel. The other is that of a sailing vessel aled the Cognac Packet, which as he was aficat in 1886, may still he ading. and in good health. I took e ote of her in that year, when she ailed from Seaham harbor coal laden >r Harwich in command of Captain tuton, and she was then ninety-four ears old, having been built at Bur ~ston, Hants., in 1792. Ehe use:l to a.ry brandy to France, and so they amed her as above. She was almost box in shape.-Clark Russell,in the all Mall Gazette. Old R,aman Baths Revived. A stiange and interesting sight to ie visitor in the town of Bath, Eng mud, is -the old Roman baths,built by be Roman invaders of England AiD. 9, which. have recently-been restored v the Duke of Cambridge.. and now- - - Lirive ini ll their a'icestrai giprg..They re situated on either side of.the main treet, which.owes.its.origin to the in asion of COzsar and are massive stone ractures, one 40 by 40 and thre6thzer 0 feet squnared- Until tIle last.tader or nrydars they have been utterly neg seidd unfiil the- Duke 'o Qampijlge roposed then- revival; when tYwtork as taken np with considerabl nthu The.~istory of the town telHs of the opuiity of the baths until the -in.a ion ~of- the Saxons' in the isixth cen ry,wheii-theentire towE was burried . n -neke -For centut%s the liaths - rer,s use,d as .quarries by.the -Saxons fkti by4he Normans Ufail, they ree.rnlggte:ly. lost sight pf.4hen rhen the dbbeynas' built they ver. edeovr'inJ.teyear 1764 in the orse of eidavations-nea'i.the spot;buA\ o e~ i'w as Wa224p restore them .nti 15.4- Then itkey were uncow red, u't it was not muisthe Duke of -- -- - a mrid 4nlly .ns ed theix - .. oiplete renta u talat jp rty was ~. ie~ eally iade Tod-estabLi-l thga(ow t. 4 he twoar use~ d9E. aih tsate-. isth'aid~the otG .or aeoeld Mda- e iifording an -. interesting;relihofoth t&k.e6k loman idligatiog-they areT.a.Z - aense aid to th&'sanita- piovmiqt@F"