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rf w TRI WEEKLY EDITIO] WINNSBOR4, S.C., NOVEMBER 7, 18994 OLD TIMES AND NEW. Talk about the "old times--never times like this! Every sweetheart's leanin' to a lover's ten der kiss. Talk about the "old tirnes!" nothin' like the new: ~ i'wt Every b!e:ssed violet Jest bendin' with the - Ta. Wout the "old time.-:"-sweet their songs an'-words: But listen to the singin' of the present mockin' birds? Talk about the -old times"-they was sweet to see. But this new world an' these new times are good enough for mb! MY ESGAPE, A Case of Mild, Mild Eccentricity. "I suppose I am eccentric," said DiCk Clavering "at least they tell me so; at any rate there is a story anent that, if you care to hear." "Go on, " was the unani lvus vote. Dick settled himself comfortably that is to say, threw himself back in his chair, with one leg over the back of another. "It was a queer thing to do," he began. What was?" "Trhe will he made," said Dick; "but suppose he was eccentrie, too." "You forget that you haven't yet in troduced the gentleman," one of us remiinded. "Vell, I can't say I know him my self," returned Dick. "though I was a distant relation; he had none but dis tant relations, in fact, of whom I was the incst distant. It was for that reason, rerhaps, or maybe because never having seen me he disliked me less than the other.4, that he left me all his wealth. "The cut-off relations, you may be sure," he continue3, "looked upon my good fortune wiih anything but equan imity. They conside-dme a supplant er, a 5 e rt of -3tianentary usl er, in silo t, who bad robbed em of their rig is The nearest of blood tried to urset the will. The testator, they said, wasn't in his right mind when he made it, and proofs were brought ip of many queer things he had said and done. "But the jury thought a man could 'be queer without being crazy, and so found a verdict establishing the dis lyuted do 'ut. Se, I was hated worse thanu eby t_ disappeinted c!aimants, 1 ut their spite gav e smiTiicern. With a light heart and plenty of money a man is pt to be on good terms with himself, and not to mind much what other people think. "I to spend a summer - r f 'f1 6% -o - t able quarters and eassant 8panions -among the later a couple of half fledged doctors, in whom the pranks and vagaries into which exuberauce of spiriis often led me, seemed to excite a alvely interest. They were constant ly seeking to draw me out. They * seemed to think me amusing. to find entertainmnent in their freaks, and to g-a tify them I was ever ready- with some new extravagance. "One evening they invited me to K"tre a ride with them to visit a friend in the neigwhborhood, 'a br-otber- chip,' they said with whom they assured me Iwudbe delighted. ".it was a long ridle, but we chatted the time away, aid at length, as the night began to fall. dr-ew up before a lar.:e buildin.. "'This is Dr. Crotchett's,' said one of my compani~ons. "As we alighted and ascended the steis tihe doctor came to the door. He received us cordially and,the cere mnouv of introduction over, led the way in. He was a tall, lank man, with one of those perpetual siiuiles which it would be a relief to see broken now and then by a frown. "'Show Mr. C!aver ing up, Leech,' said he to one of his friends; 'you know the way, and I have a word or two to say to torother Peliett here.' "Leeelh took my arm and, at the end of a long corridor on the third fdoor,let me into a dimly-lighted room. I thought it a str-ange place to conduct a guest to, but made no remark. "'.e seated,' said Leech; 'I shall return in a moment." "So saying he stepped but and closed the door. "Though is was summer the night air was keen, and morning and even ing fires were dunstcmary. "Feeling a little chilly after our long ride I attempted to draw a chair which stood near the wall towards a fireplace at the end of the room. "Judge of my surprise to find the chair immovable. "My cariosity was excited-I took a survey of the apartment. The lamp by which it was lighted hung from the ceiling out of r-each. The only articles of furuitare were the stationar-y chair, a small .ir-o:1 bedstead and bedding, the former fastened to the wall and a washstand simi'arly secured. I ex amined the window; it was narrow and guarded by thick iron bars. "What could be the 'meaning of all this? I brgau to feel a tremor coming over me. Beads of perspiration stood on my forehcad. I went to the door. essayed to open it, but found it locked from outside: I shook it violently, cuted loudly fo:- Leecb, and then made desperate egorts to kiAk down the door; but it was too stro-'g and heavy arnd inspection irevealedl the fact that it was thickly platedI with iron. ''A vag::e feeling of horror had drven me almost frantie-, when a slight grnft'g noise atitrauted my atten tio:t. A 1or-ion of the door turned oultw:rd :.- if ;upon an hinge, disclos .iga s-xal! app~erture, throagh which I. disc-eruad the fare of Dr. Crotchett, with i s righia sidening smile "'What is t he meaning of this?' I demanded fier ely. "'Come, co e, Mr. Clavering, be calm,' said the doctor, in his smooth, hypocritical to e; 'excitement will do you great harm you see. We trust you will soon b better.' " 'Better!' I xclaimed; 'why there's nothing on eart i the matter with me. "'You are se reely the best judge of that,' was th quiet response. " 'But I tell y u I was never ill in my life,' I replie 1 driven to frenzy by such insolent mo kery. 'Not exactly ill,perhaps,'returned the imperturbabl e deotor; 'but you have not been qu te yoursol lately, you see-not qui te,' and -,s tapped his forehead signi cantly. "rhen Yon take me to be crazy?' I said, bursting into a laugh at the ab surdity of the thin O. " 'ell, well, f. you only keep quiet and avoid ex citement, we hope to bring you round in a month or so.' "I strove to dash my fist in the fel low's face, but th e aperture closed suddenly and I uly skinned my knuckles. "Next morning breakfast was brought by a ser ant and passed through the opening The man was coaree and brutal lo king, apparently of the class not usual y money-proof. There could be no h rm in making the trial at any rate. "I had a consider ble sum about me and began with an offer sufficient, as I thought, to tempt the mau's cupi dity. He rejected it, owever, but in such a way as to rende it evident he was only out for more. "I was to impa'ient o haggle. 'Only help me out of this, and I will give you all I have ' I ?aid, nau ing the amount. I Tl put von in the way of work ing your own way out, he replied. 'that's the best I can do but it must be a cash-up job.' " 'Put the means of .eape in my. hands,' I answered, 'and that moment the money goies into youi s. "With my next meal m new friend brought a small file and a oil Cf rope. 'All you have to do,' he said, is to raise the sash ard file couile of the iron bars. Then. wai till night and by means of this rop you may safely reach the ground It's the longest I could get, but when you reach the end you'll only Li. ve to drop a few feet. Once you're s fe of I'lI come in and remove the Ope, and twist up your sheet lettingi hang out of your window, so that .hey may think you've done all thi without help.' , !'With one hand I receive. my 1iir other. "The little tool worke, li e magic. [n a couple of houes: I h d .awn early through two of the ba N- leav- 1 ing barely enough to hold hem in 2kae till ni ht set in. I coul hardly wan - -f ,,ness, but when it came it took but i-r.,.aent to com plete the work, remove the bars, ad just th_ rope and begin my descent. "Soon my feet had passed the end. I was about to let go my hold, confid ing in the rervatt's word as tothe dis tanco remaining. But that man may have played me false,' something whispered; 'he may think my death the t est security against the discovery of his bribery.' "I'had been unable while a prisoner to look out from my window upon the ground and now all beneath was dark nxess. I had one way of determing the truth. I pushed my hat from my head and listened closely. Then came a sond as of some object far below b~ounding from cliff to clip' It was evident that I had hung suspended over a rocky preciice aund if I re leased myi grasp I shiouLld be drhshed to pieces. "WVith what speed I[ could I clam bered back in my old quarters. Sooni I heard a step outside. Doubtless it was the perfidious wret ch comning to remove the rope and ar:-ange the sheet. I crouched so as to be hidden by the opening of the door. F~oon it opened inwards. Spri nging from my concealment I eeized the villain by the throat. "'.Make the least noise and i'll strangle you,' I said through my clenched teeth. 'Now give mec back my money.' " 'Do-don't choke me, and I will,' he gasped. "I relaxed my hold and the money was returned. "'Now the key"' ? demanded. "It was handed over.. "Springing out of the door I closed and locked it on my late accomplice. I rushed down the stairs and along the passage t'o the front door. For tunately I was able to open it, and a few moments saw me free." "But what was the motive of your1 imprisonment?" we asked. "Oh ! it was all a made up job b tween the doctors and the disinherited relations to enable the- latter to get control of my estate. The certificate of two doctors, as the law then stood, was enough to get aman locked up as lanatic and my good friends Leech and Pellett had done me that service. But I made things disagreeable for the w.hole set by an action for false im prisonment afterwarde." An Important Detail. "f want to see so-te blankets," said Slady, as she walked into a dry goads store on Woodward avenue. She was1 directed to the department where they wvere kept. Then she took fr-om her purse a small visp of hair tied vwith a liue silk ribbon. "I want to get a pair of blankets to ihatcha that," she said, holding up1 the little lock of hair. The clerk took her over all the blankets in stock, but, unfortunately, 1one won'. exact'y match tLe hair. Se the lady said she wonld have top somewhere else. "To.1 see, it's :or 1iy little dog. Fi~io." she rsai, 'ai ti imust have it exact." and she s-xapi BLIf DiESS IS A BLESSINC. So Says the Famous Hymn-Writer,Fanny Crosby. "Did you think you would fiud no grieving because I am blind?" Mr?. Fanny Crosby, the sightless hymu writer, asked when I expressed 'sur prise at finding her so different from any picture my ifiagiuation had painted. "Ah. my dear, loss of sight is one of my greatest blessings. But for my blindness I should uever have realized so perfectly God's mercies; I should not have received so good an education, nor should I have cultivated my memory to such an extent. "I write my hymns, as a ruie, six or seven at a sitting. I mean by that I compose and hold thew in my mind until I have six or seven. "My memory is the storehouse of all my knowledge; as you who retain your sight go to the library and real a book or consult a d:ctionary to as ecitain facts, I tura a leaf in my me mory, and if ever it has ben pl:-ed there I find it. Before I was nine vears old I had committed to menorv the first four gospels, as well as the first four books of the Old Testament. It was my habit in my childhood and early you.th to mnemuorize five chapters a week, so now, you see, I sit here with my hands folded and turu the pages of my memory bible as I con pose my hymns. "Hymn writing in my opinion, re cluires another talent besides that of poesy, for all great poets are Mot great ymn-writers, and of course the re re:-se is also true. My ymnus are tvritten oftener from inner sugges tions than they are inspired by actual incidents. Though sme, and many >f them the pnblic consider my best, ave been inspired directly by strik ing incidents. Now, you may remem ber having heard 'Rescue the Perish ng. Well. the words came to me ike a flash. You know I teach in a Netihodist mission in Water street, and ne night at a meeting, whila I was ending, a poor boy under 17 years of t-e came forward and asked our pray rs. He had come from the o :o New York in search for . I ma. been led astray. A s-I l 0 3:s story the wordls of that y nu e :o me almost if not exactly a ;tand today. "Then again I had been ved- uch n need of money, aud quite unex yectedly received just the sum I vished. At once there welled up iu ny mind, or my heart, I cannot say hich. the words, 6f 'All the Way My avior Leads Me.' Aga'n 'Safe in the ~ W~che'very dy heart, bu out which I should >refer not to speak just now. Another t ime I will tell you, but not now. "Oftenest,,perhaps, my hymns have 1 >een written to order, Don't be sur >rised; hymn-writing comes as ns. urally to me as prose writing does to ron. -A. he Prodigal's Return' was writ en in jt that manner. Mr. Brad )ury came to me one day, saying, 1 Fannie, can't you write me a hymn 2 or this tune?' and be hammed the i une-'Joy!.-joy! joy! there is joy in < eaven with the augels; joy! joy! joy! i or Ihe prodigal's return,' sprang toa ny lips as he tinished, and in a fewi inutes he had the hymn as it stan-is 1 odav. "Now, besides hymin wriiing my: rork consists in going down severali james each week to the b usiness pinace I >f the large firm who publishes all my < tymus these days and c-riticising~ the vo'rk of other hymn writers. We have 1 tnany in this country who has e done, I L1ud are still doing. tine work. The 1 nanuscript s as thycone in are read o me and I criticise anm'loften suggesti lterations for those which my pub ishers purchase. ''There is needed sonmething morie han a mere jingle of words in order 4 o give a hymn an abiling life. There nust be some biing which appeals< iirectly to the Christian conscious-1 ess and coming forth from the ex >erieuce of the writer. So few pe: onis, even though they have a t alent for1 >oetry, can be suessful hymn vriters, I think chie'?y because they ave never learned to feel. That is mue of the blessings prodneed by my oss of sight. I feel. Rhiyming comes] S natural to me as breathing-indeed, t is often an effort to prevent myself rom speakjing in rhymes. But I can tot write prose; every one laughs at I. It resembles, more than anything 'ise to me, a man wearing tight shoes. never write a line of it when it can e avoided. "--Lafayette McLaws, in hicago Record.I The Improvement in Freight Cars. Within the last ten years there has >een as much improvement in freight ars as there has been in passenger ars. They are built larger and with asier facilities for loading and un oading. This does not take into ac ount the refrigerator cars, mail cars, tipress cars and other cars made to neet the requirements of a special aer The common, ordinary freight c-ar s a much finer piece of workmanship :han it used to be in the days of rapid ailway development. In the first uace the cars are twice as large. Fif :een tons used to be the limit. Now mrs are constructed to carry thirty :ons and bigger locomotives are built o draw them. The heaviest rolling toek seems to be the most economa cal.____ ~till Connected With Public Conveyances The controversy in London over >uses and c-oache shas bronghit to ight the fact that four decendants of Shilibcer, who introduced the 'mini yus to Londou '70 years ago, are now iving in San Francisco. Curiously mough, they are all connected with ubtic- c:onveyances --One as a driver i a mo'or cab, another of a street~ ~ar rand the third and foxu-th as loc, FEOR FAR! AND tiARD~e Have Thins up to the Handle. A well know writer on agricultural subjects says tat especially in seed iug should the never be any hap hazard ways. -ven in giving milk to the calves shord the process be the rule. The calfihould have its ration statedly, shouk have it sweet, and should have it arm. Over feeding is injurious, bat !eling cold milk is worse. Weedg 4 the I:oadv'ide. Not many triers bother them selves about te weeds that grow longside their fms on the roads, and, as a rule, not tany road overseers care whether th weeds grow on the roads or not' bt these same weeds produce seel'anl keep the farm well si.pplied with weds every year,which cost the farmers arge sums to destroy. The wise farmnerwill keep the weeds down at his ownexpense if they grow on the road. Di-po.al of Potitoem Inclined to ]Rot. Potatoes froa fields affected by blight should bakept by themselyf, so they can be d;sposed of first and in ways that might not be open to the :lisposal of the %hole crop. Where blight has appeated in a field, except it be the early blight, the'tubersfromi that field will rot to some exteit at least, when.pl - in an ordinary cel ar and expose ti about all kinds of temperatures above freezing. The irst care is that none of them b saved for seed, :they carry the. :elium of the diseases over from o year. In disposing of them ays are opeu. One is to sell t or use at once, even if they have to e sold at a small sacrifice. If they o to hotels or other places that use arge quantities of potatoes they will robably be used before the rot be ias to make itself manifest. I the potatoes must be kept, it can nliy be in cold storage of some kind. f dug late in the fall and the weather -emains cool this may sometimes be Lecom;lislied by pntting the potatoes nto the cellar and keepin - cell :ool by opening the windo' at Lnd keeping the-n shu laytime. This will kce Iture down to a poitnt. :ealed fungus will n . he tubers may be P Too 3 P0116 It Las been ' d apiarists hat have tested t' atter to some xtent, that bees -inter better if :A aUowed to parta of pollen, but onfined on co nbs of oney alone. I hink some attention . ould be given o this matter in arr$ ging hives for vinter. I am satis fed that in some ases where a large amount of pollen lied the combs which the cluster of ees occupied during the winter, did ut winter well. Dysentery showed tself,to some extent in almost every ase in such instances, but we m'ght .ttribute this to the fact that they rere contined to the combs contain ng pollen, and were obliged to par ake of it or starve. I believe they should not be con Sed to such combs, but I do not be eve it necessary to entirely remove 13mf fr om the hive. The frames of onb that generally contain pure oney pae found on the oaide of the rood nest, and those that contain ole-a a're always found next to the >od, and as this is the case the l'ees Lre likely to occuply the combs con aiig p~ollen for their winter quar ers. This can be controlled to quite ui extent, and all I think really nec sa v is to remove the eenfre combs, ,r those comnbs co)ntaining p~ollen, and lace them at the- outside. and the obs that contain honey next to the >ecs. If this is done and the bee3s co ned on combs of pure honey, wye hink no ianmage will ibe done by them ~artaking of the polien at their pleas re. It is very necessary that bees ays a good supply of pollen 3n early prinr, and if possible we prefer to ae it in the hi'.e where they have ceess to it uhen needed. It is true hat we can furnish a substitute in he shape of meal, etc., but can only oso u days that they can fly and ork o.1 it. It of~Cn occurs that a arge amnut of pollen is stored on e c'ombhs, and as it is exclusively sed for food for the young bees, it itrally is storea near thce brood ]est. 'Zhe amount of pollen stored eeuds on the supply. Bees seem to >e as cager to gather polle2 as to ~ather honey, andi 'ten alarge re erve is on hand.--A. H.Duff in Farm, Eield and Fireside. - 5age as a Market Cr p. Almost all farmers grow so:ne sage or home use in making dressing for roated turkey and chickens. In the lden time, when cheese making for 2me use was commnon, sage was isually put in one or more of the heeses to improve the flavor and ake variety. There is no more ~vholesone s'easoning than sage. Most >thers, especially the boughten spices, epper, allspi--e and the like, brought oma the tropics, are too constipating or health. Sage is not so, or at most ,nly in very slight degree, and as it is dways used as condiment with fresh ieat, which is larxative, it does gozd :ater than harm. ~Those farmers who grow sage have generally an ctive demiand about htoliday time from their neighbori who have been less provident, and they have enough 1emaid in their owd neighborhood to tak~e all their surplius. Sometimes, hweve--. the wel-t4 do neighbors are ishamed to take sol little a thing as this for a gift, .cid hat pennies they give for saze much more than pays The market gardeners grow celer as an annual, and by taking the seed, they have teVemiPL.theta to varieties of large-leaved sage, which it is always better to use as seed when setting out new plantatious. Sage, may, however, be spread from the root. This requires no asnual plaut ing of the seed, and of course keeps the large leaved variety pure, though after being grown in a clump the plant will be less vigorous and have smaller leaves. The layered sage stem. with its lower leaves stripped of and c.-vered, roots very quicklf, and this can be done any time in midsuni imer and secure a weli- octe-l plant next year. Most of the old sage beds in the country are grown from layers. This is why they grow in chimps, a the laver has some dormant buds which send up shoots the following season. The sage plant is best grown from seed which may be sown now, and get growth enough to live through the winter if the top is cut down in the fall, prett close to the ground. and co - ul of manure. This -aant to keep te g out in winfer by and thawing. -New Wayor Planting Strawberries. It has been found that it costs more to cultiva'e -a spring-set strawberry bed during its' first six weeks than for any other,.period of its life. Atteu tion musitbe given-at the very tMOO that othibriteins of farm work need. looking after. %-If this care is withheld the bed *l'omea mass of weeds eck bhat it may 'ng me' d tions e writer ; wil be it is -tsre removed fr.ut th usual nanner, but tak a previously al anged 1el o good soil where they are plated,after being tri'nmed of old leaviesAnd in juied and superfluous rodts. The shortening of the remaining roots :is rapidly done as foUows: The pla~nt . held in the left hand, leaves up,the collar grasped by the thumb and first finger, the bid is closed around thle roots, which are snipped off by means air of s':ears. -In the bed the - :4set in rows about a foot an inch apart in the rows. saded until they have be lished ans a mnlc vl stable mn5 h ten days or z if necessary. The ground i just before they are to be re the field. They are then lift close!y upon trays and carried to the field. They are remarkably well pro ided with roots and suffer no ,cbeck when set in the permanent rows; While the plants are in the beds the field is being prepared. It is plowed, harrowed and thoroughly finel by means of a weeder run over it once a week or ten days, and after each rain. It not only pulverizes the surface but kills weeds and turns up any grubs and worms for the birds to remove. The plants have, by this method, a warmi bed to start in, which is very differentfromx the usual cold comfort forced upon them in early spring. when, in order to be ready, the ground frequentiy has to be plowed before it should be touched. The re maining treatment is tbe sine as for other bedls. This method permits of easier sp~ ay ing of the plauts for disease, which operation occupies less time and re-,. quires less fungicide by far than isa used in the open field. A double saving is thus effected. No spraying i usually needed in the field after- the plants are seuls the germs of disease are already present in great quantity in it. Much more time is allowed for transplanting since it may be done when the greatest rush of spring work is over. Shipments -of plants that arrive late can sometinies: e saved fr-om utter loss by this lian. Lastly, plants grown in this way are in every respect elual to pot grown p~lants.--M. G. Kains in the Epito I'outtry Notes. It is possible to improve the egg laying qualities of any flock by careful selection. The farmer wvho tries t wo c-olonies of birds this winter will want four next winter. It is a good plau to give laying hens an occasional fee.1 of corn that has been burned until it is charcoal. The color of an eg; has nothing to co with its nutritiv-e value. A white egg is just as good as a browin one. A I-arty gave a dollar for- a horse, kiled it, sold the hide for $1.23 and had the meat for his chickensfr -- trouble. If you ha:m mi i feed chipped mneat scraps or sausage to the fowls-meat is just abouit as good as bone, anyho~w. The hen is the most profitable of all birds kept on the farm, but it is well where one can to have ducks, turkeys and geese. If the hens are too fat to lay or moult well, fee 1 then but ones a day if arded, or not at all if free, until r~duced in weight. The to st three dlays that a hen sits on her eggs she should attend faith fully to business in order to start the "Jeck" to growing. One brcod at a time is 1-est for the farm unless the :armaer has money an time to build the yards and houses to keep the birds apart. Ground oats, when made fromn a good sauality of grain, is one of the best parts of th: moruing mash. 1i produces mnurcle, bone an'd feathers not iat. QUM.I AE{FiT.j Girls Urigiter Than Eoys. Profe3sor W. E. Ashforth of Chat tanooga university, after a careful study of 4600 school children, colored and white, declares that the number of bright girls in general greatly ex cee-Is the number of bright boys, taken by grades. Professor Ashforth be Lieves that, this is no exception to what may be discovered in most schools throughout the country and he attrib utes the condition to the unguided freedom which many parents grant to bovs. These influences tend to draw attention away from things which strengthen mentality, while the more severe requirements which are de manded by girls of society are giving girls the greater mental strengtli. Silk Poplin House D:enes. ' -Silk poplins -in beautiful bri h colors are worn ly the smartly gowined woman this season. A gown of gray blue and poplin is made with folds of the material coming over f-he shoul ders and meeting in a pointjust above the waist. These folds onUiire a chem isette of ruched irousseline de soie. A bolero of lace fasteus with three crystal and coral buttons, and a wide &d of _ace finishes the bottom of .1 sleeves are 'erfeotiy plai. poplinLwith a bolero t and a ceinture of blac[ ok would be extre rown, with a Ch . si lkor mouss ., is also charm Co'f has 6 sorbing ;n inerest to wo as well as men tifat no seaside place Aeem3 to have mnch cbance of success without really gbod links. Money spent on making and Reping up a coarse is about as Well invete.1 as it can he. Woxmeu O e - sionaily.mite very fine golfer.s. Even ii the.ir driving powers are not so stroag as mea-aud they somietires prove to be so-their putting is oft-en better; and the judgment-testowed on lofting sh'os beyond all praise. An old golfing instractor says that women seldom play a bold and showy game, b it that they work clear of buukers,. ha ards and long grass -in a way that tells wonderfully in the scoring. He fl -'es with great gasto that, 51. R i Opwi'd'y Y ea-.0 ne woman who mak ~ this fatal mi. -. -London Teleg: ph. -Bosto' as a lone 6she woman. She en'oys the distiuetion of being the only woman among the many fisher men who fringe the edges of Bostonas wharves from sunrise to sunset She comes to the wha-:almnost daily at an ea ly hour, with a-small basket. She does not go home to dinner, but eats a light luncheon which she brings with her. Fishing is by no means simply a plesnre with her. To a reporter she said her fishing.partly \supported her self and her two little children. "am not ashamed of- my occupa tion," she went on to saA "All kinds of weather find moc on th~ wharf. In the iro:-ning I take care if the house and send the children to~ school, and then come down on e wharf and fish. I never suffer any asnoyances. The men who east their lines from the wharf treat me with the greatest respect. "How munch do I get for my fish? Well. that depends. Souietimes I get as high at three cents apie -e for good szed fiounders. My neighbor-s are my best custome:-s." Th~e conversation was interrupted by a slight shiverinug of the line. A quick jerk, a set ies of hand over hand motions, and presently a big flounder was thrown fiuttering upon the wharf. Wit-h much skill the fisherwoman pulle1 the hook from the g'ls of the founder and threw the fish into the partly filled baske&. "Business is pretty good boday," she said with a smile. "Everything, you know, diepends upon luck in this business. I have sat here some days for hours without getting as much as a 2ibble. while those sitting beside me pulled in ienly of fish."---Boston Herald. A New Openiing for Wome~n. AmoL tlie new aveunes of liveli hood w:.ieh are cpe'iag up to wo:nen, that wh'ch is pre-einently fitted .for the gentlewo ran is that of private secretary t.) so- oman active in a caree-, either litiy, social or I '. anthropie, who fi-ids her < 'i single er than she c: guire.uents of the haded. re freiuently in the actual aossesion of a wve'l-educated, intelli gent woau Ina Washington they arc perhaps more exacting tiian else where, especially when a soriety wox an is the employer. With the change of every administration women o there stcaigers ;o the pecaliar re quireents of their position, which, being o'.lcial, places them in the very front ranks of the social life of the city. Hence, the demand has been for ecretaries of superior qualifica tions. The secret-iry of one woman conspicuousiv identified with the pres eu dm'aistrationl is herse'.f a daugh ter of an en-cabinet olicer. Foremnost among the attainments of a woman who wo,.ld fill such a p lace should be a g:od, clear chirography. Further more, to be able to till the oalice with that inteiligence which demands a pro tortionatey high salary she shoald know how to write any foirm of note that the requnire:nieis of good society egut call for: should know how to a-cept or decline every form of invi tato1 n should possess a knowl edgae n additional laugnage. pre ferably reach. A co one lived P to the Jtte ,catio g t form, sho Id. be answered in th guage in cl it -i. deliver e an tations in decoer There is also an extensive'system ot bookkeeping pertaining to the duties of private secretary. The'-e is a visit ing list to be kept, with the dates of calls made and those returled; a record of dinners, luncheons -and evening functions given, and a similar record of those to which invitations have been received, with an additional nota to be made of acceptances and regret*. -Woman's Home Companion. Care of the Feet. A good deal of needless pain and often of positive ill-health is eaused by neglecting to take proper care of the feet. are allowed to become unco exercise is a' once dif . ger ral healih suffe Ait. troublesome wing tee nail may be itself, but i . eno a genekl lowerlnu the att . d to par severe illness.. Even if there were no possibility ofsuch serious result. it would be worth while to take such care of our feet as to enable them to carry as through life with as little trouble as possible. The great point to be observed in the care of the feet is absolute cleanh ness. The hands, being exposed to the air *fnd sight are freiuently washed,for we see that they are dit ty, bat it is often considered that a veek ly or bi-weekly washing of the fest is sufficient. Now, the result of shut tiug up the feet in close fitting boots, which are necessarily deficient in ven ti'ation, is that they bec.me tende , and corns are formed-very ;eadily. v - The feat perspire us much as any part of the.body, and unless this pe:-spira tion is removed, it accumalates, es pecially between the. beig poisonous waste S ritation, sorenessa Tender feet will if salt, (either comm added to tleeafl when tired with wa ng monia will be foand avonder freshing, as well as cleawsing good plan to powder the feet well wit boracic aci: a'ter Washkig and d rving them, and if there is any- little sore ness between the toes to place be tween them a tuft7of cottoa-'wool dipped in the p - tor oil isn Excellen soak the feet-in war thescase of bard ce as possible ciusing pain or bleeding, saen take a piece of linen or cotwn wool,- saturated in -the ' i1 and sprinkled over with. boracio powder and apply it to the corn. Cover it with a piece of gat!a percha tissre or oil silk, or it will soil the stocking and shoe when- these are put on. Persevere with this remedy for a few days, audthough it may not ef fect a care it will often prevent all in convenience from the corns for months together. -- Fashionu Notes. .s More real lace will be worn, during the wint4r season than ever before. The small, chic toque in vogue is al most a replica of one worn two years IAfter the craze for gray has subsid ed what shall we look for? Brown is about due. All over jackets are very smart over white or light colored frocks, with taf feta girdles and lawn, mull or taffeta hats. -There is no end of fancy . hirt waists this season to wear with tailor made coats gud skirts of cloth, tweed and cheviot. Whi-te, which has been so vcry popular Ill through the summer. still seems likely to remain in high favor, een duin g the winter months. The new fringcs are very att.,active. They vary in wiith fromone to twelve incers, and are made of ilk, beads or chenille, septrately or combined. The fgalards shown in the stores - - are figured, many of them, in con trasting colors. Taffe'as in stripes and cheeks, in black and wvhite and i brghter shades a -e very pretty and make very trim lookin3 waists. As to lining, heavy bat soft silk is used this season, rather than ta'fe'a for the skirts, and the best tailors use stout satin to line the waists with, a it has the adv-antage of e '. easily over any ki ., ight overskirt A n . ov-e the knees. This ii cub the same lengthi front and baick and with a straight edge. It is not particularly graceful, bat has a s-nart appearance on a certain kind of cloth gown. One of the new fads is the wearing of coral. This pretty but old-fashio-ied stone, cnce a favorite for children, aricularly for ne:-klais and brace ets, now bids fair-to bec~nme popular with the smartest of toilete. Any pos sible chance of economy in this lioe is dispelled by the fashion of set ting them round with diamonds. A 5oapbiess Cornry. In spite of British rule, India is still virtually a soapless c~untry. Through out the villages of Hindostan soap is [indeed regarded as a natural curnos ity, and it is rarely, if ever, kept in stock by the native shopkeeper. In the towns it is sold to a certajn ex tent, but how small this is may be gathered from the fact that the total yes ly consumption of soap in India is aoat 100,000 hundredweight-that - i; to say, every 2.500 persons use on. an average only 112 po inds of sop among them, or, in other words, o si~erab-y less thana an once ia the . verage consumptionl a'persdig