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4.1 TRI WEEKL WINNSBORO. S.C., MARCH 24. 900.S TRIWEEKY EDITIO3L WHAT'S THE USE? tc tife's a grand delusion, d An' a snare. Trouble and confusion Everywhere! Luck with your contrivia' Plays the deuce; Wrecks your fonde't strivin' What's the use? C it Daylight brings you sorrow, tZ It's knee deep. Toil an' pay an' borrow. Then you sleep. Work ain't showin' any r Flag o' truce. Cares are far too many What's the use? But thAre's no escaping What we get, Fate we an-t se shaping, Tbough we fret, What's the use o' cryin', An' abuse? What's the use 0' sighin', "What s the use?" is t -THE Mistake of a Gossip. d BY MARY EDGWORTH. VVVV-'V-'VVVVV "Engaged to young Hazel, is she?" said Miss Felicia Addertongue, harply. "&oing to be a fnna lady, eh? And I can remember the time when she was a barefooted girl, pi,:K ing raspberries in her father's field." "She has grown up very pretty," said gentle Widow Markham, in her mild way. 'Engaged to young Hazel, Ls she?" repeated Miss Addertongue, with a vicious look in her. coal-blaak eyes. "1 can put a spoke in her wheel, I think. Tall, young chap, ain't he, with blak hair enrling close to his head, and mestache as black as iak?" "Yes," said the woudering mrs. Markham. "I didn't know you knew him." "Oh, I know him," said Mis3 Ad dertongue, with a toss of the head; "and I know one or two things about a him that Millville society don't seem to be up in." "You don't say so?'" said the widow, curiously. "I do say so, I mean it. You see, Mrs. Markham, I have ways and means of getfing behind-4]e scenes that no one else has. My sistL-ev Pliebe Ann, that married Slatterlv, 2 andwas left a widow six years ago come next March, she's housekeeper aut the H-- Hotel. And Iwas visit ing her there last month,. and that's how I ciine to see Mi. Hazel." ~ theitse: until there was s,>me. anger - thlieir r retining altogiaLer- into er head. "Ha-ok ze , ta' dark, and -.always full of fun?" he "Exactly," cried Mrs. Markham. "He was there," remarked Miss Felicla, "with his wite." "His wife!" erhoed Mrs. Mirkham. %It ein't be possi le!" us "But it is, though," asserted Miss v Felicia, with gloomy relisih. "I saw us 'em nmysef. I heard him introduce her as ''!rs. Hazel,' and tell some body as how she was a great heiress. .A Older than him, but st.lI not what; vou'd call an old maid, though or course he married her for her money. ro: No kind of doubt abo:it that. Such the diamonds as she woro-nnd such silk shi gowns and overshirts of 1:oint lae as sei you might cover up with bank notes, lin *and still not come up to its value." th< * But," crie 1 out bewildered Mrs. Lo Markham, "he's engaged to .Juliet ter Reed. for I've seen the engaged ring a -he wears." Cc "And he's married to the black- vai eyodl lady," said Miss Addertongue, tei *ith egnal emphasis, "because I saw ,th< - the wedding ring." if' K 'Then what does he mean by mak- te: ak love to Farmer Reel's dau;'hter?" ly: indignantly cried Mrs. Markham. Co: "Humphi!" said Miss Felicia, purs- les ing up her lips viciously. "That's a in: question I can't pretend to answe-. ott * What do men mean generally by their loa oranks? Just to have a little fun, I. nyppose, and amuse themselves for: The t'me being." - .It'i a cruel, wicked thing," said ~I&Mar kham, "and Juilet is such a Tastes differ," said Miss Adder ongue. "For my part, I never he ?angcied them big blue eyes, and hair mn si looks as if it had been bleached. de .Juliet Reed always did feel above the b rest of tIle Millville folk.. ' ou "Some one ought to tell her," said co Mrs. Markham. fel "Of course they ought,:' said Miss tel Addertongne. m I1 couldn't do it," said the gentle- o hearted widow. i "I could," said Miss Adderiongue. tr1 "I can mostly do anything when I feel fa< it to b;e my Christian duty." Fretty Juliet Reed was sewing in th Sthe coo1 porch, where the shadow of a< h the great elm trees made a green oasis th quaint, one-storied farmhouse. She tr gr'en pale as death as Miss Adder- in tongue unfolded her tale, mn "Harold married 1" she cried. sh "Harold wihanother wife? Ido not la belie' e it. It is false." - "I seen her' .with my own eyes," th 'said Miss Felicia, secretly enjoying bc = Juliet's agonized terror. "A great cr heiress-and of course a man will strike for money." hi *"Eut it must be a mistake," per- to sisted Juliet, the color coming and st; going on her face like a rosy Aurora b, Borealis. el *"Alas!" groaned Miss Addertone, N "it is but too true. Of course it is a -great disappointment to you, Juliet Reed, but maybe it's meant by an all wise -Pro'.idence as a lesson to lower tr - your pride and teach you, that we're d< all pcar worms, and -" "Mis:, .Gertougue,'" said Juliet, pl drawing herself up, and fixing her at blu eys n h maliiou old gossip. ai pray be silent. - It is not your place ireach a discourse to me nor to etate iu matters which pertain to e alone. Will yon excse me if I ik you to leave me?" "Oh, certainly, certainly," said [iss Addertongue, rather discon rted, but venomous as ever. "But ain't no use trying to conceal the uth. He's played you a mean trick, 2d jilted youjust for his own amuse ent, when he had a wife living al ,ady, and-" t But to Miss Addertongue's amaze- j ent she was left standing alone on t ie porch. Juliet Reed had quietly alked into the house and shut the oor in her face. "What does it mean?" Juliet ked herself, 4n a sort of dizzy be- ) ilderment. "de was going away e had not written for a week. Oh, arely, si'ely. it cannot be possible )at there is the faintest shadow of -uth in the monstro'-s story!" And ith her flushed face baried in her ands, Juliet Reed tried to fancy -hat the world would be with Harold [azel's love and constancy out of it. "I told you so," croaked Miss Ad ertougne, dragging the Widow Mark am to the wint'ow an hour or so ter. "That'a hiim. a-setting back in ae carriage, as proud a Lucifer. And 2at's the lady with the yellow silk arasol, covered with lace. Now will on say I was mistaken?" 1Dear, dear," said Mrs. Markham, justing her spectacles on the bridge f her nose. "I couldn't have be eed it, if I hadn't seen it with my wn eves." "And they're driving straight to 'armer Reed's," added Miss Adder :ngae, diiigently flattening her nose gainst the window-panes. "Well, -ell, it's clear she's cha:god him with ith it, and he's determined to brazen : out. Get you- hat, Mrs. Markham. 'et's walk that way. I need a skein f darning cotton, and the way to 'erkins' store lays right past Mr. teed's door. But to Miss Addertongue's infinite stonishmet-perhaps we may say isappointment -there was no sound I violeut hysterics, no sign of family isseusion or tragical debate as they auntered by the farmhouse gate. "My!' ejaculated Miss Felicia, "if hey ain't all a-setting togetber in the orch, as' loving as so many turtle oveM. Well, now I shall believe that liet Re < is going over to Mor ionism, an es in a man's hav 2g as many w he pleases" Juliet Ree; ever, had seen, iiem as they by, aal-isin_ g rom her seat, oned them o dvance. d she, "an ti ss Addertongue, ail o preF d it to you Mr. Haze' da L'he widow dropped a little cour iss Felicia stiiTv inclined her I - "Also Mrs. Hazel," added Juliet. w "0!" said Miss Addertongue. o My stepmother," said Mr. Haze!, f( schievously, "just te urued from a it to P'aris. My father will be with h next week.' a AT THE COST OF A SHILLINC, iz Threat ened1 Inte:'nation-d Incident Cl. se:i With Economty and Desp-t~ tet here is a story now going the ns in London which.if true,show~s t with tactful handling the friend p of nations may sometimes be pre ed at the trirling cost of one shit-c . An Amnerican congressnan froin fa' west, who was sightseeing in ndon during J aaes Russell Lowell's in as annister to dreat Britain, onea e visited the museum of the Royal o lIege of Surgeous. He viewed thet :ions spccimens with admiring in- i est, and would doubtless have left building inost favorably imnpressed 1h ~uriosity had not attracted his at-n ition to a certain dust-covered skull k ug uneared for in a long-forgotten 1' ener. He adljusted his glasseA and ' ( ned forward to decipher the faded" ~criptioni upon the label. His piatri-i c indignation upon reading the fol ving can best be imagined: I 1 'This is the head of1 JOHN PAUL .JONES, American P'irate. Upon his return to the United Staten spoke of this "outrage" to other t mbers of Congress,and at the statea partueut insisted that "reparationa deanded for this aw-ful insult to rtag" In short, he raised such a motion that the state department c t itself comnpeled to wr-ite to) Minis- r Lowell calling his attention to tiie itter. Mr. Lowell tnruedl the lettere er to an attache asking him to look to the charges therein. and if found e to see that the matter wvas satis- C :toriy settled.j The attache visited the museum on 1 e following day, and with the aid of r ande and the janitor finidly fond I e skull still innocently reposing in I corner. But now, hec thought, his mbles were just beg'nuing; the find g of the skulI was a simple enough itter, but how was h:: to see that it1 oild be satisfactorily settled? At I st an idea struck- hi in. t " say, may good mau,"' he said to e janitor with somue hesitation, ''just sw much would you take to-er-hose -this head of Mr-.-er-Jones?" He produced a bright shilling from s pocket and thrust it into the jani s hand. The latter smiled under ndingy, and thus what might have1 en an international incident was :sed with economy and despat-ch. - ew York sun. "A man sometimes thinks he's hay-1 g his own way when he is r-eally ying vhath's wife planned for him.Y "Yes," answered the mild eye~d iilosopher; "many a ona thinks hei's autocrat when he in mnerae an FOR FAR4 AND GARDEN. When Lime Is Needed. Lime may prove to be a wonderfully ocd thing for some soils. If the land t s'acid,lime-is always beneficial. Buy t when it is ebeapest. The amount o apply will depenl altogether upon he character of the soil. I have used 11 the way fron 150J to G000 pounds o the acre. Stone liue may be used y placing it in piles ':ontainilg alabont ne-half Lashewl each and covering this ith soil and allowing thi lime to lake.--G. A. Siith. in New Engiand loiestead. A- to Ralsin; Viroileri. 4ny of the large breeds of fowls' uch as Cochins. Plymouth Rocks, 3rahmas, Wyandottes, Langshans, )orkings or Indian Games will pro lice tiue broilers-that is as far as )reed goes; but in raising broilers it 1honld not be forgotten that it is a winter business, as the birds are sup >osed to reach the market in April or Iay, which makes their hatching time tart from about October or Novem )er. When birds are hatched and narketed at the dates mentioned they rill com:m:and aboit the highest prices bat are o.fered during the year for my kind of poultry. Vertilizer for Oats. Oats, like corn, require a highly ni trogenous manure, and must be sup plied either in the natural fertlity of virgin soil, well preserved barnyard anuares or commercial fertilizers. Evcrv farmer is, of course, the best judge as to the natural fertility of his different fields,as proven in the grow ing of past erops, and also best knows his ability to apply manures which cost money. If lie has an abundance f cotton seed, either composted or rushed, or barnyard manures, he can apply them as liberally as he desires, as he can hardly put down too muchi of eithe:-, h broadcasted. If home anures are used, about 150 pounds of acid phosphate per aere sh-)uld be used in addition to the barnyard man ure or compost heap. if the fertil izers are to be purchased, then a nr mula cousitinig of 100 pound good acid phosphate, 750 pcund cotton seed meal and 2-0 pon kanit, mixed well, and applied of 500 pounds per acre, would f a good amount of the necessary ments of plant fod to secure satist tory e~t he frtt-z ne of sowing, or put in with seed -ill, if a ma -hine is used. As a top essing to wheat or oats now 'grow g, but which need additional fertil er, an application of the above for- h nla at rate of 300 pounds per acre ould be exceedinqiy helpful.~ Eear eil in mind that the crop of spring its to turn out well, must be forced, r they have only half the time in hi.-h to mature that the fall sowing ve. The forcing process must be " >ne by sowing in gool ground which s been properly prepared, by fertil- t ing with quickly available plant ds, and then leaving the balance to e handiwork of nature.r Feedingr Ho-rs. We did not think pumpkins as vaiu >le for feeding to hogs as we did to tt:e, but when they were plenty the s ogs ad some every dlay, for we could c ot keep them late in tue winter. We ever cooke.l them unless to throw in ew when boiling small potatoes or her roots for the hogs, as we thought ~ em too watery when boiled, and s evy seemne to be relished better L 'ea givenl rawv. We notire in a bul1 tini sent out by the Oregon exper en a station. t Sat they t ested pulp ins for hogs wei ghing 110 to 200 ounns each, for four periods of 14 as each. The pumt~plans were cook el 'iah shorts. For the first two weeks took 15. 45 pou raas c f pumyikins and .12 pouds of shorts to make a poundI gain. The next two weeks it took . t, pounds of pumpnkins and I. v ounds of shorts. In the third period 4,pounds of the punmpkius aid J.~9 ounds shorts, and for the last two eeks 14.46 pounds of pumpkins anal 5 ponads of short's. The average aim for eacii hog (during the whole he was about 1 1-2 plounds per day, ud conuting ummpkins: at S2.~>0 a toni, ud shorts at .812, the cost per~ poundl f f gain was 2.9 ents. This may have eeni cheap enough, lut we think its ould have leena made cheaper uponu aw pumplkinis, and by using a little wre shorts, er perhiaps a mixture of qual parts of cornmea~ll n.h'l shorts. Lfter a hog weighis 200 p~o.nds alivea ,e are not afraid to give iio as mc ornmal as he will e'& until we get 1 .imi fat enouglkto kill. They tried to e aerease the amount of pumpkin and ed~uce the amount of shorts, but thei aigs objected, and, as will be seen bove, they had to increaise the pro-f ortiou of shorts. We never tested mmpkins for sheep feeding, but have to doubt ther would wvork excellently] rel. We never removed the seedis rhen feeding them, and never saw hat they were doing any injury to ither eattle or hogs. Tran a~int ina-r amtII' ikui:.a I note with pleasure increased at ention to transpantinig and pruning rees. That nien should think to sac :essfuly remove a tree without ex ree care in preserving the roots ha Lawys5 been a mystery to me, and that ll fruit-bearing trees should be traineL. with a central upright stemn is too nanifest to require education. Sti here are many trees trained more ike an inverted umbrella than other vise, and every heavy sleet or snow ;torm xakes app)ailing destr!uction in1 n:h orcha; ds. That. the Ozark region >f Missouri should produce fair winteri pples accords with w'hat old citizess ftat re,.io;u tel of ta rinening ofi he panaw ant the falling of forest I tuts being two weeks later than with Lt, near Cairo. Wkhen we have a cool summer and all we have apples hang on till frost, mat if the season is exceptionally warm ellow bellflowers and baldwins fall rom the tree and rot in Angust, and viuesaps and Rome beauties in Sep ember. A diference s always noted in favor if young trees, but more especially in he first orcharding experiments in a icighbothood, the absence of insect ,uemies and fungous diseases being mportant factors in the ripening and ieeping qualities of fruits. In this connection your previous tatement respecting Missouri lands ubject to homesteading is of interest o our people who may be influenced o immigrate. I hope to see in future lumbers of your paper more letters fter the order of the one in your last )y Professor T. f. Jones,giving more u1ll information respecting the leading ailroads now in existence having the acilities for marketing, etc., with tatement in relation to nursery stocks ind many matters of interest to those seeking nev homes. Here it has been just cold enough .o retard the rapid growth of wheat, which bid fair early in the season to ecome too rank-a thing wheat has :eldom done in all the forty-five years we have been here.-Jas. H. Grain in Farm, Field and Fireside. The Strawberry Bed. There are few things that are often more poorly managed than the st:aw berry bed. Again and again has the wiiter seen beds that had been started out well, but that had become entire failures through mismanagement. Of ten it is due to the grounad ibeing in a condition that makes success impos sible, and at other times it has been on account of au easily-explaiued de sire to have the plants rwake a great growth of foliage. This growth of foliage is all right on individual paiits provided the plants are each given suffleent room to develop, bat when the growth is on a multitude of plants, as it is eften, and then' plants are ro-wding one against' another, the blossoms are few and the ripe berries are fewer and smaller. The unprepared ground is no place trawbitry bed, bui-the tempta se such ground for straw s often very greAt. A case of came to the attention of the ont two years ' Quite e spring aided ould h iprep It hier things un o nsin te wly turned sod. He ped that by e following the lants would ive secured a good growth and-would tve so permeated the sod and under >il with their roots that the ground ould be loose. He recognized the t that the ground was utterly de id of manure, sa'e what had come a natural way through the decay grass reds. In the fall after set ug he triert to work between the' )w and to fork in a little manure. ut the ground was very hard and an ~sponsive, and, though he had four the best varieties of strawberries, e did not get a pint of berries from en all the second.year. 'Ihis failure as due entirely to poorly-prepared >il, and witout doubt this is the 1se with a ma~jority of the faiinres. The Wilson is a hard berry to grow, t the writer remnembers one bed of4 isois that proved a great success. was made on well-worked gar den 1, andl was enriched with a heavy rssing of hog mauure. This was oroughly incor:po ated with the soil efore the plants were put on, and the -eds were 1ept down. The second ear the crop of great red, glossy. ber es was enormous. It u as an illas .atin of what a properly-prepare3 i will do. Never allow fowls to drink stagnant The layinig hen is always the wvork ig hen. Tfable scraps should be fed the fowls -hite 'fresh. For fatteuing fowls cooked food is cter than raw. 3Milk in all its forms is valuable Softsheled eggs are often the re uIt of overfeeding. jUks and geese should be well athered 1before killing.. A cross of a large hen with a Hou a usually produces good broilers. The favoritc food ini fcotland, where orses are at only mtoderate work, is at sheaf oaits. Granes can be pruned any time dur g winter. If the wood is wanted for tropagation, it should be cut lust be ore the severe frosts arrive. By keeping oak trees of a uniform emnpera~ture throughout the 'year, a french experimenter succeeded in in rca-sing the prodtuctioni of new leaves iefore the old ones were shed. Very often it will not pay to doctor owls sufring with contagious dis ase. Indeed it is probable that it -ery rarely pays. One would better till at once all that contract such dis -ase and burn the carcassds. The English want a cheese with a nild flavor, slightly salty and rich in >utter fat. Foreigners as a :ule do tot like strong cheese. It must not :e dried hard. Curing rooms in seotland are kept at 60 to 61 degrees. While oats make a good feed foi powing stock and for the laying hens, :hey do not ha e the elements that >omote animal heat. Some corn is' eeeded for this purpose, and it should ee fed to- the flock late in the even Y~ nII~ UiSE DINN ER. THE PRESIDENT'S STEWARD IS THE AUTOCRAT OF THE TABLE. A. New Kitchen in Use (or.Extensive En tertaining - Way Marketing I4 Done - Succeesrn1i Shoppinx for the Govern ment China Closet.- Offi,ial i'rocedure. In the season of state dinne:-s there are two autocrats at the, White House. One is the presilent, the other his steward. The one proposes, the other disposes. Though the presideut chooses his guests, the steward may cut down the list. Itdeed, it may also be said that at this seasou the president surreuders his place as head of the first ho.seho!d of the land. Before the great lewey -dinner, days were spent pruning the list of guests to the3 limit prescribed by the auto crat of the kitchen. Many a man of rank owes his rejection on that occa sion, not to the president, but to the steward, who declared that juggling i with the board for an eternity wonld not make space for one man beyond the 74 nrovided for. The White H.ouse now has two kit3hens. a private din ing room, a state dining room and the great corridor for emergencies. In this new kitehen all the preparations are made for the great state dinners. The old kitchen still answers the de ands made upon it by the modest entertainments of the pre.ident's family. Tha new kitchen, thongh complete and convenient, is not elab orate. The room is about 25 feet square and well lighted. Along one side runs the great range, fully 15 feet long, with its warming racks cov eled Iv an enormous iron hood. Along the walls are the sinks, shelves and tables. lunning down the centre of the room is a long table for the convenieuce of the eooks. In place of wainscoting, the wNalls are tiled- an arraugemaent by which the kitchen cnu be kept spotless with least expendi ture of time and labor. As in all the basement ro ins of.the White House, the iuuiescent arches whi '. support the ceiling and the structure ove:-head may mar the effect of somie. Near the the kitchen are the china closets and supply stores. Contrary to all traditions, the sup plies for the White House dinners are obtained in open market. Such is the excellence of the Washingtoa i markets that it would scarcely be necessary to arrange for these sup plies before ordering the. dinner. In frme:' days the White House fowls, -meats and fish were obtained direct or. sho'*,- This is no longer the practice. TIlfe White House steward me-elv advises his trades oTieo h he dinner and its probable imenu, p udi the choicest products ob!ainable p re gathered for his inspee'ion. o If the number of guests exceeds 50, it he tab!e is spreal in the central corn- i .or. If less. the state dining room is tl sed. It is interesting to note the o ttemits which have been succes- a ivelv made to ine:ease the seat ag capacity of the state dining-room. n 'e orig;ual table was a rectangular 11 ,air seating 36 guests. When this b icae inadeiuate a shell - was con-- ij truced similar .in outline to the fig ire , which placed atop the table in- f reased the seating capacity to 50. The number of guests, then, con-i rols tihe choice of a dining room. t uring the afternoon the table is pre- p ared and its setting arranged. For his purpose the steward chooses onet f the maux sets of china belonging o the White House. Each mistress f the White House has exercised her j nelination in the choice of a service ndhanded it down to s ucceeding t dbninistrations as avaluable soueni VCU f the maker's art during that period. 1 All the White House services aret lecorated in the best of taste. Iher ~oat-of-arms of the. United States is neluded in the decoration. The sil-t er' and glass service is extremelyv nodest. There is none of the wealth f silver and cut glass so frequently lisplayed on the tables of many' of -ur multi-millionaires. The glasses tre eut simply withl the prlesident's 0at-of-armis. The spoons and knives tud forks are marked, democratically,i "Presidet's House." Tle decoration of a state dining table s always marked by extreme modesty 1'here is no attempt at elaborate dis plav. Numerous bouquets of choice ros~es or orchlids are scattered along thle entie, and banuquets and bout tonnieres of similar flowers placed by to0 plates of the ladies and gentle menc. All is so arranged that, though the table presents a vision of unusual beauty, there is no sense of the over powering in decora~tion1. A rcore of waiters are employed to serve the dinners These are readily secured in Washington, where the waiter is at his best. The waiters are usually colored men, though un der the Harrison administration Steward McKinm chose white waiters in preference.' This unique departure has not been followed by his succes-I It is impossible to furnish in detail any estimate of the materials and foods used in the -prep~arationl of a state dinner. When it is considered that only the choicest bits are served, the sup~plies purchased for a dinner of' ~0 must be something extraordinary. A roust of lamb or a fillet of beef, for instance, is served but to four or five persons and the choicest niorsels only are eaten. Of a fowl the breast alone is carved. The same fastidiousness is observed throughout every course. There are never more than 12 ourses to a White House dinnier. As a usual thing the courses range in number froma eight to 12.. They arel served without haste, but still in such succession that the dinner may not seem to drag. An entire dinner in this manner is served within two hours, and some of the most noted dinnes of the last two years have een searved in ev en less time. As :Le dinners always begIn at 8 o'clockp he White House guests are not given L :o late hours. Official procedure at a state dinner .s one of the most delicate questions U ith which its managers have to deal. o1 'here is no one more sensitive than na :he average diplomat. At a diplo- fr natic dinner procedure is determined a: .y the official rank of the guest and a: his seniority, in point of service in ec Washington. So well are these grad- o iations established that an error a ould be inexcusable. All confusion, I owever, is avoided by a custom tl which conveys unwistakably to each ti guet the exact position he is expect- b :d to occupy at the table. Before. en- s tering the dining-room each gnest is i riven an envelope inclosing a card on fl Ihich is printed a complete diagram a f the tai!e, with the various seats cambered. The name of the lady he n is expected to take into dinner is also written on the card. A cross is also e :Irawn through the number of the b eat the guest is to occupy. The pos- il ibility of mistake is further obviated e by placiug at each plate anoher card t with the guest's name written across i its face. 0 The seats of least honor are at the b ends of the table. The president sits b in the centre of one of the long sides. t The seat next in hoiior is directly op- 9 posite. At the diplomatic dinners it a as heretofore been the custom for s this seat to be occupied by the presi- . dent's wife, who is taken into dinner a by the British ambassador, the next in rank to the president among the V diolomatic corps. During this ad .inistration, however, the invalidism r of Mrs. McKinley has occasioned a i change. The president keeps her I always by his side, and Mrs. McKin- c lev sits between the president' and the Bitish ambassador. The seat oppo site is now occupied by Secretary Hay. There are no toasts or speeches. I When the dinner is flu ished the president and his wife rise as a signal that the service is at an end. The I ladies pass to the reception-rooms and a the men to the smoking room. wh-e L coffee and cigars are served. Custo i prescribes that none of the other N uests shall leave _until those ol the c highest rank have taken leave of the evening's host and hostess. Out of i consideration to the other guests these officials leave immediately after tea has been served. The other guests follow closely, so that the entire com pany has left the White House by 11 o'clock. -Frank Cauldwell, in Chicago Record. TREES MADE 4N:TO'NEWSPVERS Whole Process Consum as Thai i Twentx m rs. snes of minnfacturing pa- to er has increased entirely out ot pro ortion to all other ma-nfact-uring," a, bs-ved a well-known paper maker, th i speaking of the happeuings of the he st year, "and it can almost be said he at it is out of limit. The question en transportation has been reduced to va minimum, and though the forests g not be moved to the masticating ki chines which grind the trees up it ito pulp, the next best thing has een done. by taking the masticatorsj io the forests so that the nmanufac-' ared paper tan be and is shipped om there direct. Not only the pa- c er on which newspapers are printel I Shandled in this way, but many of ie hi;her grades of wood papers and 5 aper stock. fa "In one of my own mills recently here was something done whieh ex-it ibited how things could be done i hurry wvhen there was necessity.I ad an~ order from a New York news-I >apcr for a lot of paper which I knew t o be 'immediate or quick if possiuley ,d we determuined to sho w what could >e done. When the order w'as received he trees from which the paper was aade were growing in the forest. The rees were cut and the wood sawn into c he lengths most convenient for han "Jhey were then railroaded to the d nasticator and the pro~ess of chewing r1 hem up commenced. Inside of four u iours- the wool was reduaced to a mass it f pulp, which hadI to be b!eached d Ld prepared for the rollers. In fonc. iours more the wood was transfor.ned c nto paper and in two hxours afterw'arde t was on the ears near Niagara Falls, yound foriNew York City. In 20) hours 1 ftitr the time the order was given to it mew the trees, I read 100 miles distant; 'rom where the paper was p'rinted thea ewspaper which had been printed on t mper made for this special order. t -Now, what I refer to is not an t solated case and done for a demon mtation alone, but is liable to occur mny day, though,of course, not likely, or paper makers usually keel) stock mough on hand to suppiy their cus- ( :oers and special orders A forest 1 >f trees is enit (down every working lay of the year in this country anda ransformed into paper for newspaper i >rinting, and almost every kind of vood is nownused. Wonderful progressC aas been made also in the other I branches of the paper trade, especial-. ly in the line and rag-made grades." 1 The Amecricana's Invita'ion. Already Harvard is exeited over the next inter-collegiate chess tourna m~ent, and the hopes of the crimson are based upon their expert player, Elmer . Southard. He has repce sented the college for many years past, but there seems to be no other player who is eligible for the honor. Alt'hough he was ineligible for the cable match with Oxford and Cam bridge because of his skill, this fact makes his nomination almost certain. Once Mr. Southard was confronted with a critical English opponent. "On the other side," he said, "they call Harvard the kindergarten of American chess." "Inde.d," replied Mr. Southard, "That may be good news bjr yes, Come and join our in ant dass.".s Philadelphia Saturday Evering Post, FLOWERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. illea and Immortelles Gathered by Boer Women for Export. Two flowers much used in the nited States, and, strangely enoug, a widely diferent occasions-Ok onrning and rejoicing-come to us om South Africa: the "everlasting," a immortelle, and the lily variously ad popularly known as the Richards, illa lily, and lily of the Nile, the last .which is a misnomer in view of the ative habitat being South Africa. 'he stock is harvested and cured by e Boer woman,and ordinarily at this me of year she should be doing it, it the season is not conducive to ach peaceful pirsuits, even though might be suitable to gather the owers which are emblems of hope nd of sorrow. Cape flowers, as the class of im iortelles coming from there is calle row wild in South Africa. They are ollected when half expanded,and the est quality is given special treatment i drying and sun-bleaching by pack rs. The collectors send their stock the country m'rchants, who trade of to Cape Town commission-men r consign it themselves to foreign .uyers. The crop is mostly engaged v European merchants, from-whom e supply for the United States is enerally bought. This year the war nd a scant crop have conspired to end up the prices, and the coming ear this class of immortelles will be little further from the reach of the ast-side family visited by death than was a year ago. The South African immortelle is eadily distinguishable from the rech variety. It is a rich,- satiny ,-hite, nearfy always left in its natural olor, and is not so soft to the touch s the French. The latter are-dyed a many colors, the choicest blossoms, owever, being left as they grow. In Aroeari countries the immortelle rreaths and crosses are used, only at anerals, but in this country the owers, particularly the crimson ones, re ned on festive occasions. There 3 a steady demand in this city for the mmortelle wreath among the foreign minent, particularly among the Jews e east side. The money invested n ct'owers is looked upon as wasted, nt the buquet of immortelles stand storm and svushine. The lily bubs importe 4... 'ape produce a 'ore b2-0K n iom even than any in ry, and recently a i gy. :halice has- been develedshie -are and valuable In 1e in the ew. gard was nd that - they war ;e in-blosso s been foun with the this counr who-are a a have the plants bloom in seaso Another flowering plant -gely imported from South Africa is e pink-belled erica or African ather, which is frequently bought e as Scotch heather. The difer ce between the African ana Scotch rieties is hardly perceptible. The:.. uth African stock has takenpmost udly to the Long Island soil, where is now grown with success.-NeW - )rk Post. To Exterminate Consumption. A committee of the state board o arities proposes that the state of New ark shall take easily effective mes es to extermainate the greatest of all ourges, tubercolosis. Here are some ts:Fourteen thousand people die of is aisease every year in New York cer one hundred . thousand sin the nited States. 2. It kills more people each year ian cholera, yellow fever and smal n combined ever killed in any year. :4. It is propagated only by conta ion and is therefore an absolutely reventable disease. 4. It is curable by fresh air in nine ises out of ten if taken in time. . Proper conditions would prevent ssspread in every case and cure the isease itself in most cases. But as a 2e the patient surrounds himself -ith the niost improper conditions naginable. He spreads infection and ies miserably. The proposal of the state board's ommittee is that hospitals shall be stablished in various parts of the latc for the care of consumptives, rcisely as the state now cares for lie insane-hospitals where contagion inv be arrested and where the fresh i eure may save thousands among bose already afficeted. This means be doing of a work far moreimportant ban that of quarantine. -New York This Blnck Cat a Hoodoo. f ever the tug Lorne picks up an tthe- derelict, and there happens to _ se a black cat on the abandoned yes- * e, the chances arc the feline &ill be Ilowed to remain, for the cat taken rom the wreck of the Jane A. Fal enburg seems to have been a hoodoo i the most pronounced type. Storms olowed the tug all the while the cat was on board, and many other things, inve transpired on the tug that were :ertainly not to the increased benefit >f these on the vessel. That was be :ause of the hoodoo brought from the vrecked barkentine, said s'ome, and rhen Captain Locke shipped (he fe in to her little mistress at San, Fran ico by the Walla Waila on...her last rip down from here it was". thought hat all the trouble wast;~6nt no ~ -two of the officers drece 4pnger onhected with the vesse1gna- -other hings happeel. The steamer catry ng the cat to San Francisco broke lown when off .the .:entraus to, the 3rolden Gate, and hadst .,# owed into port. As will be rema~imbered, the rnt was'taken from the wreck by the Walla Walla when the vessdl rescued the shipwrecked men, -but 'jfmped into the sea and swam back to the . wreck and remained on board until the tug found the derelict,.-Victoria