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fill I i. W14AlEEKL Y EDITIOTi W ,NSBURO, S.C., JUNE 3, 1899. SALSE 84 A WOMAN'S WORD. Strarze. ain't t, how a woman's word, Her ans-.er, ses or no. Can p'unge a L~cart by passion stirred in ecstasy or woe? An' that's jus' what's a-botherin' me I'd :iva a worid to know Jes' what her a: swer's goin' to be 11'1-bet she saN's it Slow. I'd rather hear the doom o' death, 'Toald Le no hardor blow, Than ies' the simplet whispered breath r little answer, "No.' B:t then upon the other side. Aitho' I dare no guess. Yet there's a hint she cioesn't hide I b'iieve rhe'li answer "Yes." litiWS 07 ?r l0-l 0 Flo' w $ i Bin.MO U , Pi 4 L C !A:.t s ? r rzL Loo msn. 4S Linlero.S Phillips had jeeni love with Mildred ra ringt for two years, over since he il,st mot her at" the foll well's card nartv. H e had no go.:d rea::on to do_btinat his love was rem_eae ', y so fea;ial was he that heh..il mi.aa her feelings, so much did he ('r:al her refusal of his snit, that had never hinted that she was :io:a to iia, tan any o: the girls he niet at the:,chiarch sociable-, and card artis in cewinzto'. Inanmnaerable chauce for a declara ion of love haid o 'ere:l themiseives, for be was a regular callei at ti.e Farriagton :an siou, but this y-outh was as devoid of spu:k as . hire, and was no nearer the c al ot nis desires today than he halo1en wt, a Cupid first aimed his dart at iiL. So nii tters stood when a snowfall that b,ought sleighing in its wake visited Newiugton, and Littlewood becamie contcioas of the fact that ho had a stualy ask.e Miss Farrington to take a r="idi with him. Of course he must perforc bring matters to a crisis now. He was afraid that Judge Far gton would be asking his inte:i t.on,, and it would be humiliating to have -such a question come before he coul, refer him to tho gil for an ausw:vr. No, beyond a doubt he must p, u u' courage to ask her to be his wife or else cease calling upon her an :'ternative that was hidecus enough to chili his hear.t. The evezing was soon at hand. A crescent Mc on shone in the east and ae stars were coic1 and scintillating. --walked to--the livev stable and sked for the cutter, and a few min Ps later he was driving a-handsome ut t th3 honse where. his vhonga ? spl most of the time. Miss Farringtokept him waiting a good haiiihzur, 43at he reflected that it was ,tonly made him love her the more. -I-she had come out and plaad her dainty foot upon his neok hi would have beesi overcome with rapture. In fact. in his present state, which had a's. been his state for twenty-four months, Littlewood was not many re moses from a calf. If was cold waiting, so he got out and hitched his horse and paced in froat of her house, her faithful sen tinl uItntil death-if need be. Not that there was any reason to think that his services 'woid'be required; but it pleased his self-love to iniagine himself dying for this lovely being of whom his tongue stood in such awe that it coald scarce loose itself in her m1esence. At last she appears. The restive hors~e siazits his ears at her and paws the grou id iaadmiration.of her beauty. For Mildred was as pretty as regular features, a fair skin and m~elting eyes coulid make her. Littlew.:od handed her into tbe Ssleigh, stepped in himnseli, tucked in the robes and chiri-upeato the horse That intelligent auimal did not move. A flush of' mortification' o'erspread the face of the would-be amorous swain. A balky horse, and at the start! What chance would he2 have to deliver his p,re:io,us message 'hat was to make two hearts happy? He clicked again to the h use, bat again the horse 'con tinued to: stand stid. ".Yon might unhitch him, Mr. Phillips. That.would help," said Mildred in her sweet voice. "Oh, ves-t-to be sure. I must have tied him. I mean I-er-I-di -I think I did hitch-er-" "There seems to have been a hitch somewhere," she answered. He stepped out of the sleigh and oked ovrir his shou.lder at her in a sta-rtlet way. Could she mean any thing? Was this encouragement? Oh, no. It wus too soon. (Too soon,and he had been in love two years.!) He unhitched the horse an 1 once more placed himself beside his.. loved one.. The frosty night seemed to have set a seal upon her lips, for as they spel. over the erainching snow and left the town behind them she was silent. "I must have offended 'her. I've' robably made a break'of some kind,"' aid Littlewood to himself. "How ntortunate. But I must tell her to night. It is now or never. This at tention is too marked to pass as a mere courtesy of the winter season. * She knows I never took anybody but my mother sleigh riding before." Then began the process ot nerving himselfl'o the avowal. He groud his knees together until the bones ached. His breathing was fe'verish. "Mum- Milde wed -- I mean Mil dred." And then he stopped. He lad' gover calJed her Mildred before. ..He tuad never called her Mildewed, either, hat that was accidental, and he hoped Sthat she had not noticed the slip. "I have soniething of the greatest importance to say to you." Did he imuagin'e it, or did she nestle choser to him. He must have be"en m'staken, and to show that be was quite sure he edged away from her as much as the somewhat narrow con fee of the sleigh would allow. "Mister" Phiu i-s. A, then she I was olfended. 'L ,e sure she had al ways called him that, i :t ae itiiJi last remark it must have an added signi icauce. "-e-:--do you like sleigh riding?" "Why,. of course,or e's I wculdn't hwve come." Did sbc mean that as a sian at hi'? Was it only for the ride and not io_ his conp:any that she had come? Oh, he could never make an avowal o lo: e after that. He knew his place. This beautiful girl was not for a faiat hear"ted caliif li!.e k.inaelf. "\un nunu-co, to be sure not. I -er--thought that was why you canie. Mildred turned her gazelle-like eyes u-:on him. 'Tm afraid I dc;n't under stand yon.." That setiles it. If she didr.'t under stand ham whea he ta:ked of nothing in particular, he must Lo vey blind to his utterance, and ha corld never trust his l.o::ge to carry such. a heavy freight:s a decl;t:ation of love. No, there was rotihng to do but to post pone it. - Aftezr alher house was the i:est plJ,r.. Theioorse s:Je, o 1, rat , e m.a 0 los .c *i of fit :e .:J i . .t, a: t _' "aii."r a drank in the 'e a. : i ths s.:eues anA wished that it w;re decorous _or womea to prao: o . The night was n::shing, the sleigh bells jingled irmonionsiy, the horse swept on with te dyrhyihmic stride, and under the iafiuence of sweet su; roundings iiidrad at last said, point ediv "is It so that more people get engaged in vinter than in sum:mer';" She blushed as she spoke. It was un maidenly, but he was such a dear gamp. Now he would declare hia. slf Bu' she (iid not know the cara bilities fo: self-repre.sion of her two year: admirer. He said to himself: "What a slip, what a delightftil slip! If I were un priucipled 1 would take advantage of !t a:d prop.se, but I would bitterly reproach myelf forever, whatever her answer wa ," 'o he saia, in as of-fact tn :s , cold master when his heart Was i;eating his rib:; like a frightenue. cageling: "I rej:iy can' answer oft, but I'll look it up for vo,u.", "Do. Write a letter to the news paper." Her tones were as musical as ever, but Littl-wood thought he detecte1! a sarcastic ring in them,and he thatked his stars that he had not yielded to his natural c?csire to propose at such an in1aurl)iCii>S time. "What was that inipo:ta.t thing you wanted to say?" asked Miss Far rington, after several minn+ s of e os a the runners and the bells. "Oh, it wasn't of any importance. I mean it will kee-i-er I was thinking of so::ething else." "I think you have gon. far enough," said she, innocently, looking over her shoulder in the directioa of home. ..Maybe the retuin would loosenhis ob durate tongue. His heart stopped beating and lay, a leaden thing, in his breast. Had he, then, gone too far? What had he said? Oh, why hadl he come Out with this lovely being, the mere sight of whomi was enough to make any one ast all restraint to the winds and de clare in thunder ous tones that he loved her? "I thick that we'd better go back," he said, and turnue:l so quickly that he nearly upset the sleigh. "your mother wiil be anxious." . Yes, when one is ac:ountable to one's mother one has to remember imie.- I sup):o-e it is different when one is accountabule to a -" "Fa' her?" said Littlewood, asin inely. "Nio.that wasn't the wcrd I wanted. "A-a-aunt?" Conld MIildred love him if he gave many more such proofs of being an abject idiot? "so, frusband is what I want.'' Littlewood's braiu swam. He had been tempted once too often. This naive girl had innocently played into his Lands, and now the Rubicon must be crossed, e':en if its angry waters engulfed hio. "Pardon ime, '\iiss-er--3ildred" he did not say }Mildewed this timie "if I twist your words in:.o another meaning, but if you -er-did-er wnt a husband---do you thiok that I would do?"~ A head nestled on his shoulder, a little hand was in his, and when he passed the Farrington miansion neither he nor she knew it. -Chaicago Reccrd. The Rdiroid andI the Faer The railroad is of the greatest ser Yie to the farmner, and he:a tie pat3t system is most intimaately (:ainecte. with its institution and developmeat. The railroad ships live ca:ti. aid per ishable fruits and ;egeahble's inomr dis tances that would be irapossible with the old methods of transptort mtion, be cause such prodacts wou!2d perish on the way, and, besides carrIing more stable produ:ts, it brings th e farmei his implemeats anl fertilzers. In fact, if he had to hahli all his products by wagon,- many harge are: s in this c'anntry could n-t be workeK. because they, are-so far from the ma::kets that the cost of shipme~nt in the ol.d :ay would be prohibitive. The railroad puts the farmer. in toneh -with the consumer, no matte: whtat distance may separate them. Indeed. the rail road and steel stea-nsip eni to the American farmer the whole world as a market. The steel steamer is much more economical than the wooden sail ing vessel which it has supolanted, because'it is several times la: ger much safer and faster than the saimag ship, ad yet it requires a smaller crewan a hr.rter period of time to make a ti, re.uiting in a great savin.g of was. Th. farmer gets the benefit ofthese differences in lower transporta I. W AIIAN FOL-LQF.E NCE THE NAT:VES C^.''E HAS NrVER BEEN LEARNED. :-".cts to Tise of ti3 A:e:r:-T'3 _...u ;i,":tem Lod to Str.11 Eb _;o~ that tL3 Hkwaiian Islands are rr of ci- own e:ntry, said 1oes ': C. T. Toy of Ha:vard college in a ree 't lecture, it has bec:e an 1:n i:,rinC duty to stady this group, w:1L .tads, and evidently always as isolated as it now is in the water and "twio thcusandl miles ?ro.n ar :here." There is a similarity of c'u iions on most of the islands of t g p and some of the chief char a,as:Mis a:-e that there are few ani :t ad pra.tically no fora, but a g. e ariety and brilliance in :gard z tencv nad uncertain climate. ':ence the natives originally came h.s never beca learned and probably a' :vs will be unknown.The tracii t: ow ,:isting point to an immi .:a fro:n Samoa, but these tr. di a: too vazlue to be depended a. The isolation of the people of :.valii ha: caused an indi:idluality of and custom , and in many re:pects they a a unlike any other peole. OneL ri1ing instance of this wai the rcognition of the "Tabu," aad thiS practice was a distinct fea ture of the people of the Poiynesian is:ands. The syste:n of restriction grewv out of the religions Conditions and pervadcd the lives of all inhabi tants. Often this strange practice ie: to serions results. Certain food was set aside for men, other food for wonaeu. and vet a third for children. Ac an exmple of this rule, women wte: forbidden to eat bananas, and it is known that one young woman was put to death early in the present can tary fo: violating t is edict. The regulations p. taining to the "Tabu," or t-.boo practica, were enforced by tho kings and chiefs. The custom alco oftea in'eoraeed with the trade of Swhich is the chief employ mnt of the people. The natives were forbidden to look at their chiefs or at theirpriests, or to allow theii animals to do so. This c_iused great inconvenience at times when the chief or priests walked up on the streets, and particularly so in a thickly inhabited section. The in habitants at these times must bind cloths over the eyes of their ani,nals as well as their vown eyes. Another pecnliar feature of the strange taboo custom when a regulation by which a ohief was entitled to lay personal claim to any obiect or piece of propei ty upon which he might happen to set his feet. As a result of this there wre often great embarrassment and hard ship, for a citizen was in danger at any time of losing his boat, his house or his field. In speaking of the striot way in which the "Tabu" system was car ried out and enforced in every par ticnlar, the lecturer said that many persons who violated some edict, in adre tently or otherwise, had been k -c-:n t; l ie from fear of the in pending penalty. Sosso: Vuy said that the "Tabu" practice originated in the idea that it was not lawful to totach certain things. The idea may have started, ha said, with the story that a question was raised regarding the Book of Ecclesi as tes. The rabbis asked if it was de filed by a touch of the hands and the answer was receive:l that it was. This resulted in the book being consid erea sacred. From this time the idea that there was danger in touching~ many things. Where the system is found elaborated, as it is in Hawaii, it argues a great antiquity of the peo ple, said the speaker. The morals of the Hawaiians at the time of their discovery by the Euro peans in the eighteenth century were not good, according to Professor Toy, and there has been no improvemnt as a result of the contact with civili zation that has followed. This, he remarked, was a strong reflection on the condition of our own moral sys tem. In Hawaii four days in the lunar month have been tabooed, the pe;ple during these times being forbidden to make any fire or do any work whatever, and the king spent these days in meditation. This same prac tice, he pointed out, prevailed in old Babylon. It was unlawful there for king even to take medicine on tabood days. Professor Toy said that Hawaii had an elaborate system of. worship, with diferent gcndes of priests and a ritual many evi'U nces poimiing to the mect that a long time had bern taken to des:eop tIme system. The folk-io:-e of tre country, he said, had the '"Tabut" sstema as its central Plea, while the folk-tales evidently had really gro"-n out of the r.ligions ce:emlony,and the meaning of them had been forgotten. They had been observed at one timre as a matter of absolute necessity, later as a matter of conscience, buat fiall they all had bee, swept away and the spirit under which they had been fol Iowed ha 1 vanished. The pezple give their gods an elaborate genealogy, leading back to a::cient timnes. The mecst imo:ta'it of their gods was the creat .r god, who made heav-en and earth. Thlen, with him, were lcal creators, who made the monn tains a-nd rivers. The principal goddess around whom their t ?le4 centre was Pele, who ruled over the voicauoes. She was brilliant uat 1: owerinu and capable of wreak ing great anncion. The people twink the eruptions occur because Pele is a'g:y ajnd they seek to pro pitiate he-i in many ways. In folh lore tales she is called a woman. S' is won by a suitor andI married, bcomes a ady bounstiful, and god and culture hero, somewhat re. :embling in cha"acter Hercules of the Gree :s. He was accredited with hav ing dived dow. into the ocean and b ought up the industry of agricul tare. The religious system of the Ea waiia's gave rise to an organic church more elaborate than that of any other in.nor :peeple. The theocratic idea i3 very strong. All, this, however, S1av came about through the ge. eral myii ting of civilization and the over throwal of "Tabu," which was acoom 1lishid about 1817. It came as a re sal probably of observances among Euro.eans, and at a time when the people were rife for a change. When it was found that there were no evil retults the change was greeted with great joy, and the idols which were formerly worshipped were destroyed. IRON MADE RE) HOT WiTH WATER. Electricity Used t Ap:ar ently Contra t. One of the things developed through \s treduc ti_n of electricity So every day affairs is a forge, made for bench use, for the heating of soldering irons or light pieces of metal for working on the anvil, where the heating is acccmplished by plung ing tho article to be heated into a tray of water. Nothing could be imagined more contradictory of one's preconceived ideas than this pro cedure, and yet to the electrician it is perfectly simple. He makes the proper connections, p1 anges his iron into the water, and p:etty soon the iron will begin to glw uder the water and then to t:rn red or white hot, jtst as he de .siei for working. When he gets through working the iron he may lung it into the water again and cool i; with a "siss" as expeditiously as he could in any other tank of water. This curious forge is ma.e as follows: The tank is of wood or any other substance which will hold waer and not form an electrical condu:tor. One wire of the electric circuit passes to the bottom of the tank, where it is connectel to a plate of metal wbich lies there. Over this plate water, preferably saturated with salt, fills the tank nearly to the top and serves to conduct the current to whatever object is to be heated. Noth ing could be better for this purpose, for the water naturally cio'ses all abont. the object and fits it an every side. The other end of t ut conduct ing wire is faste e'.tongs or led to a metal fr atthe edge of the tank on w eor tne shank of-a sol is ir 7i when it is to be heated. e ma4ent the ob ject to be heated plungzd into the water a current p fro-n the water through the objecs and it the came moment some of the water is decom posed by electrolytic action. The nitrogen of the water becomes electri ied and adheres to the object to be heated and forms a film of gas, which separates the object completely from tle water, while at the same time this gas forms such an obstruction to the passage of the electric enrrent that the energy of the current is irned into heat. Ele-.tric forges of various designs are comning into use in place of fires for many of the blacksmith's opera tions. One of the ne w ones off'ered to the trade is arranged with one of its electrodes mounted at the end of an ordinary anvil, while thp other elec tro:le is swung above, where it can be drawn down by the pressure of a foot upon the pedal. The arm above has a wheel-like revolving head, and at the end of the spokes of this wheel are blooks of metal of varions forms aapted to fit the objects to be heated. The blacksmith turns down the form that suits his work, presses his foot on the pedal and watches- until he has a proper heat, and then, releasing the arm, forges and finishes his work on the very anvil where it was heated. iuch clever tools cannot, of course, take.the place of the old bellows and fire for is.dlated shops, but in factories they are rapidly being introduced. Climb Goo,00o Steps a Year. You know how tiring ft is to climb up a flight of steps, even wh:n they are well made and nicely upholstered, but the chances are that you ha' e never given the 'bus conductor a thought, al though he probably climbs more stairs than any other individual in the world. An obliging London 'bus condactor has goine into the matter, and, being an adept at figures, as the majority of "o :s conductors are, he quickly evolved the following interesting facts: "There are," he said, "nine steps fromn the platform to the top of the 'bas. and it is rather underrating it to av that I climb that iight of steps 12~times an hour during the 15 hours Ia-n on duty every day; 20 would be nearer the mark, but to be on the sate side we will put it down as 12. "Nine steps at 12 times an hour, 15 hours a day, seven days a week,makes the nice little total of 11,.340 a week, :,3 a month, or -53i9,680 a year. The numbei- of times I ste, off the '*m an en again and the ineidlental nu;ubr of steps I climblike any other individ.aal in the ordinary course of lfe bi::gs the annual total up, I re3Lkos, to 000, 000 steps a year. "Boen at this job long? Well, I've been working this route just 21 years, so that I've climbed quite 12,600,00)0 steps during that time. I don't no tice it now, but I did at first go o0'." -London Tit Bits. Mr Sir- g day that theres a Poatoe. TO CURE CONSUMPTION. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OPENS A SANITARIUM. Now Mozico Has Been feleted as the Best Place for the Esparlntents, Which the Natlonal Authorities Will Under take-Novel Treatment in Dry Climate. Consumption, or pulmonary tuber. culosis, may be cured in a high, dry and mild climate if the patient is given gentle exercise in the open air. Upon this theory a government sanitarium, under the management of the surgeon general of the marine hospital servica, is to be opened in New Mexico. Only marine hospital patients will be treated at first, bnt if the establishment is a success the scone of the resort will be broadened to take in other patients at a small expense, sutlicient to pay the actual cost of subsistence. An old abandoned military reserva tion, known as Fort Stanton, in Lin coln county, New Mexico, is the site turned over to the marine hospital service for this purpose by an order of the president. The official trans fer of the property from the secretary of war to the secretary of the treasury has been made in accordance with the statutes, and the work of rehabilitat ing the thirty odd stone buildings on the reservation will be commenced at once, with the expectation of having the sanitarium ready soon to receive patients. Surgeon-General Walter Wyman I has had this snbject under considera. tion for a number of years, and he is now about to realize one of the ambi tions of his life ia the establishment of an institution where consumption can be cured through the agency of climatic in uences. Secretary Gage has become greatly interested in the subject,and he has given the surgeon general his l:ersonal and official sup port in securing the desired executive order necessary to the creation of the new establishment. "I have seen the good effects of cli matic treatment of patients suffering from consumption," said Surgeon General Wyman, "and I have always been anxious to give the open air treatment a .fsir test. More than twenty years ago I .endeavored to enlist the interest of Mr. Romero, then a delegate in Congress from New Mexico, but very little progress was made in that direction until I became surgeon-general. "My experience has taught me, and I amsustained'by many of the ablest suthorities op pulmonary troubles, that the most desiihbte-region for an establishment of the kind propose~ should be high and dry and the cli mate mild. Just such conditions as are' desired .are to be found in the midcontinental region in New Mexi co, Arizona, Western Texas and south I western Ransas. I General Wyman is a believer in the theory that consumptives can be cured by living in a mild, dry climate and occupying themselves at some gentle exercise or labor. He contends that it is beneficial to the patient to have his mind and also his body employed while undergoing treatment. His idea is to -conduct the Fort Stanton establishment sa he would a ranch. There are about thirty or more old stone buildings, formerly used as military garrison. There are several thousand acres of splendid land on the reservation, on the eastern slope of the White mountains. Having secured the anthority to es tablish the institution1 General Wy man proposes to run it as economi caly and on lines similar to those employed in conducting a ma;rine hos pital, and it may eventually become selfsupporting if the patients are benefited according to his anticipa tions and the products of the reserva tion are profitable. This is a novel method of treating consumption, but General Wyman is confident that it wvill be pronductive of good results. Passed Assisaut-Sur geon 3. O. Cobb was detailed to go to Fort Stanton and make a thorough in spection of the site, and he has sub mitted a comprehensive report on the subject. After a detailed statement as to the condition of the building,the sanitary arrangements and the rail road and other facilities, he recom mends that steps be taken to have "Fort Stanton reservation and build ings turned over to the marine hos pital service for immne:liate use as being the most desirable for the purpose of establishing a sanitarium for con sumptive sailors." Surgeon Cobb also inspected a numa ber of other sites in that region, and at the same time he submitted a long report on the scientific treatment of consumption, which is in accord with the ideas of Surgeon-General Wy man. Referring to the climatic effects on consumptives, Surg~eon Cobb says the very worst of all climates is the hot, humid, saturated, devitalizing atmuo sphere at the sea level, which saps the strength and life of these patients in so short a time. There arc few climates at the s.ea level that are not subject to rapid changes in tempera Iture and humnidity. It is probably true that the best climate for the consumptive is that of a moderately cool and dry atmosphere at high latitudes, without wind and great temperature changes. At pres et there is no station where there is a hospital that will in any way answer the necessary climatic requirements for the consumptive sailor. -New York Herald. I His Interest. 'I want to see the airship an es tablished factor in our every-day life," arked the skeptic. nk it will be ag'rticularly -e-to live that long, - tnStar. ART IN AMERICA. Growth That Promises to Make This Country the "Louvre of Nations." It does not seem to be commonly realize.l that America-that is, the United Sta es -is on the way to be come the Louvre of the nations, re marks a writer In the Nineteenth Cen tury. From year to year the public galleries have been enriched with ziiasterpieces of all the modern schools; and by purchase, bequest, or gift, many valuable and some great pic tures by the older Italian, Fl'mish, and Snanish masters have been added to the already imposing store of na tional art wealth. In New York preeminently, but also in Boston, Washington, Phila delphia, and in other large cities from New Orleans in the south to Chicago in the north, and from Baltimore in the east to San Francisco in the west, there is now so numerous, and, in-the main, so distinguished a congregation of pictures, of all schools and periods, that the clay is not only at hand, but has arrived, w;hen the native student of art no longer needs to go abroad in order to learn the tidal reach and high-water mark in this or that na tion's a:bievement, in this or that school's accompiishment, in this or that individual painter's work. In time, and probably before long, the great desideratum will be attained the atmosphere wherein the creative imagination is sustained and nour ishei At present the most brilliant American painters must follow the trade flag of art, and that banner flaunts nowhere steadily but in Paris and London. There are now in America more training schools, more opportunities for iustruction, more chances for the individual young paiuter to arrive at self-knowledge than were enjoyed of old by the eager youth of Flanders, of France, of Spain. even of Italy. But the es-:ontial is still wanting, without w%hica all these advantages are merely as stars anong the branches. 'There is no atmosphere of art in America at large. EIn the great majority of towns throughout the States there is no at mosphere at all. But every few years the radical influences at work are transmut ng these conditions, and though neither Boston, nor Washing ton, nor even New . York are yet art centres ' comparable to Lon don, nich, the time is the inevitable edMoq aa. .aou: joa art treasures ;ue.e$ip ul eaan;Ba:ae States are al= heja gA 1lr 'AO Jprovincial cities tndt oue saVwhich only Liver pool and Glasgow stand out pre eminent. 'New York; -naturally, has become I the art metropolis of. the States. Al ready the art wealth of this great city is almost incalculable. Boston comes next, then Washington. Bat notwith standing the general idea to the con trary, the finest private collections are not in New York. There is no pri vate collection in New York or Boston or Washington to compare for a ao ment with that of Mr. W. T. Walters at Baltimore. Of all the "homes of art" to be seen in America, 3Mr. Wal ters' is pre-emiinently "the House Beautiful" Within the last ten years the Metro pohitan Museum of (Art in New York has become the most interesting of all national art collections. Europe fluylna Ogr M1usical Intutets. Till a few years ago more than half of the musical instruments used in this country were imported. Now we are exporting more musical instru ments by fifty per cent. than we im port. Our exports of musical instrumenti last year amounted to $1,383 887, against $920,034 for the imports. .Cr gans were the chief item, represent ing a total invoice value of $742,963 New York contributed most of these -9058--valued at $511,931. The United King lomn bought 7782 of them at a cost of $448,989. The pianos shipped abroad numbered 987, va u3d at $232,144. New York sent away 429 of them for $38,568. Cha.n plain, N. Y., was the nearest compet itor, but a long way behind at that, with 67 pianos, worth $22,756. Can ada was the larges custonier, taking 365 pianos, or one a day for the entire year, the value being $83,831. Eng land took 124 at $31,469, and Ger many 47 at $9515. The fact that Bel gium paid onlyS1665 for twelve-piancs, while France paid $4850 for ten, does not necessarily mean that theBelgians are closer buyers, but the Frenchman wants the best in the market..n which to pound out his musical tempe:. New York Press. Quite a Famnily. The young Siamese princes nre hav ing a good tiene in Nice, Italy. It has become the fashion to invite them to all the receptions, and to jn:ge by their faces they enjoy being lionized. A distinctly funny episode took place the other day. A certain ady, after a great deal of pains, succeeded in getting an introduction to one -f the dusky you ngsters. The introdu;ction took place in a well-known drawing room. With perfect correctness, but rather to the surprise of those present, especially his highness, the lady sa luted him with a 'deep court courtesy. The little princeling, who had been wearing a g.;od-natured smile, looked almost terri8edl, and it was thought he was either going to cry or run away. With the benevolent idea of putting Ihim at his ease, the lady promptly asked him how many brothers and sisters he had, to which he replied, quite innocently, that Le did Not ex atly know, but that the las't time .he had the curiosity to inquire .the nu:n ber was in the neighborhood of eighily. It was then the good dame's burn to look frightened.-Ohicago News. INTS FOR HOUSEWIVES, Ice in the sick Roozn. The k#ovledge of how to keep ice in the sick room.may be of service in saving life. 'A deep tin pan or peil should be taken, and a piece of flan'. nel so fastened over the top that it will sag in the middle, but not enough to touch the bot om of the pail. A good-sized piece of ice can be placed in the flannel and completely wrapped in its folds so that no air can reach it. Small pieces of ice can be breken off, using a hatpin. 3liOtrope sachet -Powder. An excellent formula for heliotrope powder is as follows: - One-quarter of a pound of pulverized orris root, one quarter of a. pound of. dried rose leaves, two ounces of tonquin (ground fine), one ounce*of vanilla, one-eighth of an ounce of grain musk and two drops of attar of. almonds. By sift ing through a -sieve the ingredients will become thoroughly mixed. The most practical sachet bags are made of thin china silk and absorbent cotton. Caring for the Teeth. Many faces that are otherwise beau tiful are spoiled by decayed and dark colored teeth. Brush them thorough ly after every meal, using lukewarm water in which a little powdered borax bas been dissolved. The borax hard ens the gums, -cleanses the mouth and arrests decay of the teeth; in fact, itd merits as a dentifrice have long been. known. Get a piece of sheet rubber such as dentists use, slip one edge be tween the teeth and draw it back and forth. It will. remove any foireign substance much better than a tooth pick, thread, or other device. Tooth-powders innumerable are manufactured, and doubtless some of them are very good, but many are in jurious, and it is" always better to know the ingredieifts of those we use. It is also better on' the score ~of econ omy, for an excellent tooth-powder ay be prepa1ed at 'home at very smali expense. Mix ten teaspoonfuls of precipitated nlalI, three teaspoon fuls of powdered borax three tea spoonfuls of powdered' o and one-half teaspoonful of powde myrrh. The odor- is- delightful, and it ihitens the tee li beantifully.--The New Voice. The New Sofa PItow. A brand new idea in sofa pillow cov ers is the old. fashioned worsted worked danvas cover. The design. varies. The swellest is considered to be one's'family coat of arms ,or crest, if foi'tunate enough to possess one. This may be sketched by an artist in the proper colors and done over with - worteds in thi" pe tchs with whiclour grandmothers'used to work their .samplers, oombii'ad with newer and more elaborate 'ombina tion8 to obtain the desired shadings or accentuate the lin'es of the design. Those who have no right. to use a coat of arms or crest, and very few there ;re who cannot scare up some-, thing to which be may p.auage to lay claim in a forty-second cousin-sort :of way, may use his monogram. Cr :if the pillow is'for the college boy, is cllee colors, pennant or yell m-ty.be portrayed in dashing design and ap propriate 'oolors in the same manner. Of course, the colleg e yell has rather been lost sight of nowadays .for :the warwhoops of the recent a2d present unpleasantness with the nation which claims to have discovered ~us -'and wishes it hadn't. The flags of all countries, or the flags of our navy, or a combination of the stars and stripes with the Cuban fag, or any and all of themo, are worked out in the same cross stitcnes on canvas an~d aiorned abont 'the edges with immense heavy ropes or cords made to order and containing threads of every color in the body pf the design. The easiest pillow cover, however, and the most popiular of the present moment, is the simple flag-each side a complete flag, and instead of the' shape being square, the pillow is made the shape of the flag, so that Old Glory need not be changed or mutil-. ated by the new use.-N~ew York Herald. Splitte'rs-Four cups oiflocur, two cups of cold water, three-fourths cup of sho6rtening-butt~er and lard-two heaped teaspoonui.ils baking powder, - saltspoonfali salt. Roll into a sheet less than one-half inch thick; cut into rounds size of a bowl, bake on a well greased griddle to a light brown. Split and butter while hot, and serve& at once. Cranberry Dumpliags-Make a good rich dough as for apple dumplings er baking powder biscuits. Cut in squares and put in the,centre of each a half-cnn of cleaned cranben-ics and two heaped teaspoonfuls of g:anniated sugar. -'Pinch the edges of the dcughi together, and steam one hour.. Serve with a good boiled saue. They can be baked, if so preferreid Parsnip Balls-Mash fine one pint of boiled parsnips,add two tablespoon fuls of melted butter, a high season Iing of 'salt and pepper and two table spoonfuls of cream.- Stir over the fire until very hot, take off and add one well beaten egg. When cold make up into .small balls, dip into beaten egg, roll in breadcrumbs and fry golden brown in smoking hot fat. Plain Cake-Cream together in awn earthen bowl two cupfuls, of sugar, and one-half cupful of butter. MAA the yolks of three eggs beaten light; Ithree cupfuls of flour which has -bee; Isifted twice with.two .teaspoonfuls 9 cream of tartar, -one cupful of sweet milk iu which one teaspoonful of sod has been dissolved, and-a teaspoon:'ul of lemon or vanilla. Bea' thoroughl, then fold, in lightly the whipped. whites of the eggs, .and bake iD moderate oven.