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4" TRil WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORO. S.C.. JUNE 12. 19004%TBIHE 84 HOW TO HELP, to have willing feet, A smile that is sweet, A kind, pleasant word For all that you meet That's what it'is to be helpful. In a mild, gentle way, To help through the day To make some one happy In work or in play That's what it is to be helpful. -Humane News. -THE BELLS of HULL.1 Old Peter Harvey was a strange al After living 50 years a bachelor stonished the .little world in which he lived by marrying a little old maid as strange as himself, and all the little world laughed. But he was a good husband and a kind father to his only child, Annie. After 12 years of married life he and his wife, Elizabeth, were calil away almost in an hour, leaving little Annie to sob out the first great grief of her life. After the funeral, when Peter Har Iey and his wife had been laid side by ide in the old graveyard, and tire stern - nanter minister had said his few so words of regret for the dead and C - rt for the living,litt'e Annie Harvey t to live with her uncle, Andrew a -y until she should be come of age. At 12 yearS 0 ni Harvey was like'a roWsd- nieHavy a b uid ex o Ld into a s to see the bud theadicte magnificent fower, st the delicate - ts of the Jxquige* proportions may' ' -t. Sri were the feelings of good hrs. Ra Ory when she said to her has "I wish the lassie would us the pretty bairn she is now." "Tut. tut, mither; I mind when ye were a wee bairn yoursel'; and who shys ye're not a comely body noo?" said the sturdy old Scotchman. .I t Annie Harvey should have other views than her aunt concerning herself is not strange. She was im patient .for the time to come when shme could assume the long dresses and the accompanying airs of riper years, and already she had faint dreams of the delights of beaus, parties, dancing and that crowning delight, flirting. From 12 to 17! How slow the years move! It seems an age in youth, and but a moment in age. tie Annie Harvey had become ey. She was exceedingly new that she was heiress to the lan and money of her prudent though o father, and she had been told that t money had been doubled and qua rupled in the careful hands of Un< Mallory. But another thing she bad not be told, thst would have been pleasant in her ears than all this. She certai ly had lovers; but they were su milk-and-water fellows that she cou not for the life of her help thinki: of them as she did her uncle's ote great, harmless, good-natured animi --good enough, but so dull. tAmong the friends of. Peter Harv< Robert Wallace, au honest, har working man, but singularly unf< tunate. If a cow became choked et ing turnips, it was his cow; if a b went to sleep in meeting and w inarched out in disgrace, or warn from the pulpit, it was sure to be I boy. WVhen the minister's be swarmed ou Sunday and refused to: into the nice new hive, out of a hu - dred heads present they selected I * head and fought sharply for a resti place there. His wife nailed a horseshoe ov the door and he drove his oxen al horses with a witch hazel rod, but st the troubles came. Finally old Kizi Brock threw salt in his well, and fr< *that day forward his troubles cease Within an hour after old Kizzie h settled the witches in the well, Pet 'Harvey came riding down the Ian Ssinging his favorite song, "Comi Through the Rye, "a sign that he w as an excellent good humnor. After sto ping to have a chat and taking a drit from the well, he proposed to Robe -Wallace to sell the few animals a1 other things he could not take wi him and emigrate to Illinois; ar drawing out his well-.tlled p)ock T book, he counted him $P00 for t] journey. Great wa~s the joy of the WVallae, at this unexpected act of friendshil "But," said Peter Harvey, when had written out a note for the mone made payable when convenient, "y< K ~must give me security, and I'll ju - take a mortgage on this colt" A he clapped his hand on the head one of the half-dozen lads who call Robert Wallace father. With true Scotch humor the moa gage was executed and recorded a: S Robert Wallace, with his househo. started for distant Illinois. Like, all e-uigrants to a ne country, he had his troubles, but the end prospered. He owned bro acres, and cattle and- horses in abu dance, and after eight years on t prairies, he said to his wife: "Whea the crops are secured ~.'-will go back to old Ryegate and ta a look once more at the green hilloc of Vermont" I "And mind you cancel that moi gage and make me a free man," st i John WValtace, now a young lawyer tPeoria. "I'm thinking the lad intends marry and wants to make ael record," said his mother, langhing. But Robert Wallace and his wv never saw their Scotch friends in< nor the green hillsof V John Wallace, the son, with vhom this story has to do, with that rest lessness common to western life, had gone still further wc./, and finally located in Denver, and there he pros pered slowly, as young lawyers in new places generally do. Annie Harvey was ailing. "A breath of sea air might do her good," said old Dr. Goodwillie; and to the seashore she went. The little steamer Rose Standish carried its load of passengers safely through all the windings of that crooked channel which leads to the dock of ancient Hingham. Mrs. Helen Sackie and her invalid charge, Annie Harvey, were glad to accept the offered aid of a gentleman feilow-passenger, who pla ed them in a carriage, which conveyed them over to the beach at Nantasket. The sea wrought wonders in Annie Harvey. Before three days she was flirting outrageously with young Per kins of Boston, whose mother had learned from Mrs. Sackie by slfarp cross-questions the undoubted respect ability (id est, dollars and cents) of her charge. Miss Harvey had also condescended to smile graciously upon her fellow passenger on the Rose Standish, 'Mr. Wallace of Denver. But when that gentleman invited her to ride she was engaged for the same pleasure with young Perkins and his mother. Let him make what advances he would, Perkins was continually in the way; yet Perkins was, to use the plain but expressive language of John Wallace, "an infernal fool," still, none the less troublesome for that. But John Wallace was in love for the first time in his life, and he was not a man to let t:iafes or simpletons stand long in his way if he could help it. So he perseve-ed in hi< wooing, and, at last thought he might venture to """ liat most fickle lady, Annie Moreover, his business~ his speedy return, for he was yet too poor to afford any long vacation. He& found Miss Harvey on the veranda busy with crochet or some other femi nine employment. He invited her to ride; but Mrs. Perkins reminded her of a prior engagement. Mr. Wallace expressed his regret, for it was his last day at the beach. That it.forma tion seemed to startle Miss Harvey, for she at.once laid aside her work, and, saying she would be happy to ride with Mr. Wallace, went to her room to dress. Ancient Hall has, or had, 19 lawful voters. Rotation in o.ice would per nit each voter t -r incru-ie( aon- LM* IL 4n nege MTou onf-v'ealth oT Maw L; chsetts at least once in his lifetih The wise politicians of Hull weig ,d carefully the probabilities andl I sibilities of politics; and so ski] did they become that Boston, the c centrated centre of all wisdom, loo: nt anxiously for the returns from er elections of Hull, saying, resignet "as Hull goes, so goes the state." John Wallace and Annie Har rode over the long stretch of fi sandv beach from Nantasket to H i. They talked of the sea of old wre sof Minot's lighthouse and the wi waves forever dashing against Ssides; and John Wallace described house in far-away Denver, the li Scity surrounded by its giant pe~ which, in the clear mountain semdso near, yet they were ma emiles away. The lady was sile athoughtful, reserved, almost demu sSo is a certain domestic animal wl ~apprcaching cream. John Wallace told his story as others have told it, and it fell on v But,"rs said he, "tomorrow ati etime I must be on my way to Verm to pay a debt of my father. I imortgaged and have been since -childhood. When that is canceles can with honesty offer you my h dand heart." adA little laugh followed. Ring out sweet and clear across the be ecamne the bells of Hull, telling elittle world around it was 12 o'cioc "They sound like wedding bel -said Miss Harvey, quietly. "They do, indeed," was the rep 1 The old preacher was sitting in fi door, his coat oif, thinking dreau d, of his unwritten sermon. A veh et drove past, but he was still in 1i, clouds. ''Will you please step over to e. church, sir?" startled the preac .from his reverie, ani he hustled a~ his coat and hat, wondering what , gentleman could want at the little a church. .st When he entered the church, l found the sexton talkiing with a gen f man and lady. el "We want you to perform the n riage ceremony," said the gentlet: i- to the astonished preacher; and u b anded him a (ard with the name: , John WVallace and Annie Harvey i ten on it. v' The old preacher laid aside his i.s and, brushing down his white 1o< 1 walked to the desk, followed by .- o.thers. The school children, see e strangers in, the church with minister and sexton, gathered roi seo the door, and whispered to each ot e their curiosity at this unusual sig s In a few solemn words the minister pronounced John Wall -and Annie Harvey imau and wife, t tid gave them'his blessing and kissed in bride. John Wallace kissed her a and as he did so was told in a w to per: an"That cancels the mortgage." The old sexton, forgetting that e had rung his midday peal, set the b d again in motion,and the wives of I -.looked out in wonder. - E "This time they are wedding be ,4Jieed!" said John Wallace, as bi ieinto the carriage. own wedding bel: CHILDRENS COLUMN, The Dollies' Mamma. Such a busy little woman! Such a burden on her shoulders This big family whose numbers ' Must bewilder all beholders! You can count them by the dozen. I declare, and they're all girls, too; All with pink and white complexions, All with lovely golden curls,too! Though the brood she har about her's Never fed, none cries, ' 'Tis pity:" And small wonder. when they always Look so smiling. plump and pretty. And, besides, just to remember All their names must keep her busy Then try to tell who's who; now How your head whirls and grows dizzy! Still with pretty forehead puckered She tries hard to do her duty, And to make each little figure An o'er chang!ng thing of beauty They are dressed and they are undressed, Thus she apes her elders' follies Till you surely think somebody Should stand up for these poor dollies. A Long Voyage. How would you like to remain five mouths on a ship as a passeuger? IL these days of fast travel that seems to be a waste of time, but some peop!e like it. A sailing vessel that recently came into Portland, Ore., brought two passengers from Boton, Mass. The ship sailed all the way down the Atlantic coast, around Cape Horn and then up the Pacific coast, all along South America and our coast states, the voyage lasting 151 days. The passengers exprtssed themselves as delighted with their experience. They went ashore at every port the vessel touched, fished at every opportunity, read many books, played games aud enjoyed themselves in many other wavs. As they remarkc d,when inter viewed, it was a healthful and inter esting trip, such as would pay any onejo take, at least once in a life- i To Regulate Your Watch by the S'ars. Few persons know, perhaps, that a watch may be moro easily and more accurately regulated by a star than by the sun. The reason is that the mo tion of the earth with reference to the fixed star is perfectly uniforn, while with reference to the sun it is not. Select a window on the south and giving a view of a chimney or of the side of a house. To the side of the window attach a piece of cardboard with a litt!e hole bored in it The card must be so placed that you can Isa- !'or the side of the - ne. exact time of its disappearance behi el it. - Watch the sage star the followi led night, for the motion of the earth w on- cause it to disappear behind the chii ked ney exactly three minutes and 56 s( the onds earlier than it did on the fli ly, night, and that is what your wat will show, if it be keeping accura ey time. Let us suppose that you si rm, the star disappear at 8 o'clock on t ail. first night; then on the second nig ks, it ill disappear at three minutes a ite 56 seconds before 8. its If you find, therefore, that the si his disappears at three minutes before tle on the second ntight, according toyo ks, watch, you will know that your wat, ir, has gained 56 seconds in the 24 houm ny if it disap~pears at fouir minutes and at, seconds before 8 your watch wil ha r.lost one minute. e Ifte-sky be cloudy for, say, thr nights after your first observation, all that you cannot see the star, you ha ill- only to multiply three minutes and seconds by three and deduct the pro is net from the timne of your first obsi oot vation to find the time that your wat an abould give. It is hardly necessa my to say that you should use one of t II fixed stars, and not a planet, as yo nd 'guide. -Chicago Record. ng A Euffalo Duel. ch In his concluding paper on " he National Zoo at Washington," in t ,, Centary. Ernest Seton-Thompson c Sscribes a duel between two buffa bulls. -y The Buffalo herd had1 so far revert, to the native state that the old bi is ruled for several yeats, much as: ily would have done on the Plains.I efe wvas what the keeper called "not a h he boss;" that is, he was not malicious his tyranny. One of the young he bulls made an attemp~t to resist hi er once, and had to be punished. T: on youngster never forgot or forgave tli he and a year or so later, feeling himst ld growing in strength, he decided risk it again. He advanced towa. he the leader, ".John L." and shook lI te- head up and down twvo or three time in the style recognized among bi ar- falo as a challenge. The big fellc an was surprised, no doubt. He gave hi warning shake, but the other won of not take warning. Bpth charged. Bi it- to the old bull's amazement, t] young one did not go down. Wh at, he lacked in weight he more thi ks, made up in agility. B3oth wvent at he again, now desperately. After two ng three of these terrilic shocks the o te -one realized that he had not now l1 nd old-time strength and wind. As thi er pushed and pafried, the young hb mt. mnanaged to get under the other, at ld with a tremenduous heave actual ace pitched his huge body up into the a en and dashed him down the hillsid he Three times the old bull was th: so, thrown before he would yield, at is- then he sought to save his lifel flight. But they were not now on ti open Plains; the pen was limited, at he the victor was of a most ferociot e11i temper. The keepers did what the all could, but stout ropes and fencesi terposed wvere no better than straw Ils, The old bull's hody was at last left< he the ground with 63 gashes, and I son reigned in his stead. This is o1 .s, ofn the melancholy sidles of animal li downed by the young. It has hap pened millions of times on the Plains, but perhaps was never before so ex actly rendered for human eyes to see. A Dog With a Conscience. Laddie was a Scotch collie. He lived on a large, beautiful green milk farm, and his business was to take the cows to and fro through the shady lanes, from- the bar:a to the pasture, and from the pastute home again at suna.et. Laddie likedthis work, and be .d it as well as a nian could. He see-ied to know every cow by name. If he were told to ke Buttercup to her stall,he would go among the cows and single out Buttercnp, and drive her to her own place in the. barn. It was because Laddie was so bright and capable about everything he tried to do that one day the idea came into his mistress's head. thAt he could learn to do the churning. So she had a large wheel made,with a broad tire, and this wheel was at tached to the churn. At the end of a week Laddie had learne I his part. When the churning was to be (lone he was called, and was expected to jump up on the wheel, after which a strap was fastened to his collar to keep him there, and his duty then was to tread the broad tire as if walking. His steps caused the wheel to turn the crank of the churn. At this task he had to labor uantil the cr(,A sdhiinged in to butter. Laddie learned -to do this duty very well, but he never leArned to like to do it. It was dull busin'ess to walk on one spot and never get anywhere! His head and tail always went down when he was called to "Come and churn!" Once in a while he would hide away on churning mornirng. One day Laddie cioreinto the house looking very downcast and guilty. It was not churning morning, but he went into the milk room where the churning was always ' d mounted the wheel, and began to his might. His mistress wondered finally disicovered that killed a hen. It seem that he thought he ought ished in some way, and himself, of his own i agreeable kind of panis think of. Laddie was indeed right. His mistress tressed if he came in floors and carpets *i and at last she set to im to wipe his feet Laddie learned to doi ever neglected it, a rept would send him back i t 2d Yes; ad Rose Thorne, in Dtlte tg The Leopard Wit Once there was a 1i Jimmy. - And he had c- the city, and the only -st ever seen were horses, gs and c ch But he had heard of opards, beca te one of his boy frie ds had told ] ' all about them an how they he spots on them and Wey could cl ht trees and eat people.? 2(1 Well, one (lay he Went to the co try, and in course of time his coun ar who was older than he, helped him Sto an apple tree and then wenti uthe h~ouse to get something-miaybj ehwas an apple. s'Jimnmy was rath'er alarmed at be Sleft alone in the tre~e, brt he mnana; vto stay there. Suddenly he sa, beast come prowling up the road. eewas about the size of a leopard, as simagined, and it was covered w ve spots even larger than a leopard wo have, so it must be (thought Jimr d-a very awful kind of leopard. And r-make things worse, this leopard ha, epair of horns and large, ferocio ry looking ears, and every now and tI: bit roared like tli.': "Moo-oo, mn ur o." Jimmy was frightened half death. But he had the slim hope t1 the beast would jo away without a ing~ him. be Oh,horrible! lie animal came rig dto the tree, and gut its head right .among the braniches, and began .lo sniff. Then it ae an apple. Jimi was sure that hi a moment it woi ad climb the tree ufter him, so he ill up to the top ofthe~tree, though hi Lie he did it he &muldn't tell next d: IHe was weak and white with f, dwhen he rea-bed the top brani in The dreadful least now came close r the trunk ani began to rub up a .mlown. Now he would spring up ii Lie the tree, beyard a doubt! But just is Jimmy thouglt he was crouching lf a spring he say his uncle come out to the house, and he screamed to hi rd "Oh, Uncle Ld, save me! saven is This leopard a going to eat me!" sNow, sone uncles wvould hi if- thought tne nratter a huge joke, w Uncle Ed nas not that kind. a knew that tolittle Jimmy the horr d beast was as bad as the most terri Lt, leopard that ever roamed the jung 2and so he went ove:- to the treea at I said, "My lloy, you ate safe whil an i am here, be ause, in the first ph it this kind of leopard can't climb a tr or and, in the second p~lace, it isn Id leopard at ail, but a cow, and, in is third place, it is Daisy, our pet c eand if you will take my word for .11 you can dide on her back as if id were a horse." lv There was something in Uncle E tir jvoice thathad a very calming effect e. Jimmy, and inside of two minutes as dreadful leopard that had come to ahim was turned into a good-Latu yold cow, and he rode her all arot 2 the place, holding on to Uncle F dhand. tNow Jimmy is grown up and ha sJimmy of his own, but he will ne n- forget the horror of that five min s. itahorned htopard.-Outloo'k. isThe income tar in Indilt is levied 2e all incomues of $1l 5 and upwards, ethen only one man in if00 comes wit w iits scepet *NEWS AND NOTES ! FOR WOMEN. A Pretty Neck. A woman's neck needs as much a, tention as her face if she wants to keep it in good condition. Rub a little cold stream well in every night after washing, then wipe the skin with a soft rag to remove all unabsoroed grease. Lemon juice and rosewater, mixed in equal proportions, rubbed on and left to dry in will help to whiten the neck. Queen Victoria's Gracious Act. A member of the British Parliament tells a charming story of the Queen and Lady Roberts. When Lady Rob erts visit-ed Windsor Castle, a few days before she sailed for the Cape, the Queen handed her a small parcel, say ing: "Here is something I have tied up with my own hands, and that I beg you will not open till you get home." Lady Roberts found that the parcel contained the Victoria Cross, won by her dead son by his gallantry at Co lenso. Women in Germany. Woman's progress in Germany has been so considerable in the last few years as to be worthy of record. ! As recently as'January the federated Gov ernment decided to admit women to the study of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. The University of Gies sen voted by a large majority to admit women to the philosophical and law faculties, and at Berlin the doctor's degree was conferred for the first time upon a woman. The Society for the Reform of Education for Women has already founded gymnasiums for girls at Leipsic and Berlin, and last year another was opened at Hanover. Ef making to establish sach Bremen, Breslau, tuttgart. Sev tates have women e y s. e of hon rrie pale blue silk, Vpplique with but i 4thes and lined wit& pale pink. had " The Left Sidt Slit. mb I Almost invisible if made by a sn: tailor is the tiny strap of cloth, CS n- Ifully lined and stitched, known i, the left side slit. It is so called in- cause it is put on the left side o uto tailor bodice,~quite high up, to hI it your pink or white carnation or y< -sweet violet in place. It ru'as a gc 'g waist to have it used as a piicushi< ed and also the strain of forcingthe v iv ailets under a tight pin is apt thIepr< 1t the garment here. Have one e ithe left side slits int:->due ith into the jacket of that new go, lda which your favorito tailor i 7) "building." "Building" is a etrio ,to phrase to apply to a gown; stil it I a customary to say that such and en s-a toilet was built by Doucet or Paqui ten 'as the ease may be. Architectua >o- I feTmiseem -- -r.::g te to t to 'bowering structures of millinery'w iat Ihome women carry upon the he: ee- Ar elevator and fire shl'tters about the only modern improvemel ht which some of these sky-scrapers 1 P p~ear to lack.__ 11' A New Silk For Pctticoats. il Silk moirette is the latest nove ot in Paris for the making of the em opetticoat. There has been an immer r un on taffeta silk petticoats. It v a best to use goods with body in it h. Ithe making of petticoats and the het to ing of the iuffles, and the edgings d the ruffles had spirals and frequen ito heavy cordings to hold the skirts o as But all that is changed this seas< for The clinging petticoats are the thi: of to be worn beneath the tight fit , skirts. Skirts are now made of e! moirette, with plaits laid about hips. The bottom is finished with tve accordion-plaited frill, above one ,ut one-half inches in depth, edged w e a fluffy ruche. The skirt seems ted flow out amply about the feet. M1 >e of the newest petticoats are made w le, a drop skirt. Those petticoats cc d in shades of green, in blues, red I in light colors. A very new idet Ce, betticoats is to have them made ee, reasonable qualities of foulard. ' t a ifoulard petticoats are fully as he the some as dresses. An Odd Cape and Nut-Trimmed Ba hMany three-quarter cloaks are e ng made to accompany cloth go~ dlt is new again, though an old dev s ouse a cape of this sort with he India sitk and a lining of stitcher at arried up on the under side of e1ape for quite six inches befor adneets the soft silk. dGrapes have enjoyed such a vo sthus early in the season, and cher aare already so common in millin< s. that it is not likely the woman e llkes to be a bit exclusive and orig tes w1 adopt these fruits for her he gear. The wearing of grapes is a fasi athat one canrst afford to exagger: vFew women woid care to hare facetious man accuse them of wea1 "only leaves in the hair," A~ bu of grapes and their foliage will not suggest such an unkind remark, but where a toque is composed entirely of h this trimming it displays a little too i much of a good thing. Nuts and their i foliage are even prettier than grapes , and grape leaves. They were used in r a toque which was a study in browns. The crown was of nut brown panue, with a little gold embroidery upon it: the brim was a mass of cream-white tulle and in the front at the sides were the fruit and the ruddy-brown foliage. Gossip. 0 The course of study in a good train- f ing school for nurses is not less than ti two years. Mlle. Jeanne Chanvan, of Paris, has at last obtained her right to practise law in France. b Dallas (Tex.) has a woman deputy , sheriff, the only one in this country. a Her name is Mrs. Emma Van Dusen. a Queen Victoria is collecting a li brary of first editions of books which i have made her reign famous in Eng lish literature. The Dowager'Duchess of Aber zorn, h Scotland, who is in her eighty-nintti t< year, is busy knitting tam-o'-shanters r for the soldiers at the front. o About 30,000 women are employed c by the British postoffice, and out of a this number there are 160 head-post- 0 mistresses and over 5000 sub-postmis- e tresses. The cats which occupy the Chateau S des Betes, 4 near Bourg-la-Reine, A France, are the legatees of a countess, t who left a olause in her will bequeath- t ing $120 a year for them, besides the 1 castle. - San Francisco has taken an ad vanced itep in appointiig Dr. Beairice Hinkle as assistant city physician. Her dtties will be the care of sick women md children in the public in-c stitutiolts. The American Mouse Club is a re' a cent addition ta clubdom. The pur pose of the organization is not, as y might readily be supposed, to exter- f minate the little rodents, but to de- i velop fine species. k Miss Kitty Wilkins, of Idaho, who a has gained much fame as the owneroe v thiousands of horses, is to be married. ii She is the most extensive breeder oe a horses in the State and sells them in w lots of 3000 or more. la Miss Frank Gray Shafer, of Pitts burg, Penn., who has formed a part nership with Attorney W. H. Phillips t< ' Menominee, is said to be the only ii oman practising law in the upper si ninsula of Michigan. p A resolution to submit a woman- tj . ge constitutional .:endmee - i twenty. Li two negative. Two m re votes would a have given it a constitutional majorit Miss Annie C. Em ' has ed Dean of ci e College, tix annex of Brown University er- She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr an(d has more recently been assistaat pro. fessor of classical philology at the University of Wisconsin. art Miss Alice Rollins Crane,'t-ho hold re- the place of prison inspectoin thi as employment of the-Governm e~k be- cently returned from Alaslyf ere a she was sent by the burea~ ethinol DId ogy of the Smithsoniau t ution to r study and reoton Io lifa nFashion's ,,~ blond lace, 0- The old-a red ove srvv ssa pattern ei5 vr1,i eie f again ice boic fronts with long a af ends and fichus, boleros, and w- countless guises of the fancy waist, LS are among the attractions for the sum ts mer season. h Elephants, the good luck esiblems 'n of 1900, are made in gilt or siiver iato almany different artieley, such as cuil - eaf pins, or jAtle charms to at dt chains,' -r There arsg uttons on most or the its sutoor two small fancy buttons use~ to give touch of- color to the g~Wns, but in some there are small buttons the color of the suit. tyHeliotrope and pale blue are colors that have been seen in combination art for some time, and in the latest hats se pink in a pale shade is seen, com for bined with the two other colors. d-Many of the newer stocks are made of entirely of satin. Some of them are in asolid color stock and tie, and others have the stock of one color, thi .tie of white, the edges bound witla ig the colors bed The latest variation in the fashion ilk able corset dispenses entirely with the part of the bust gusset, which change an the lines materially, while it preserve ud the natural curves of the figure. Thi th style of corset is especially recomn to mended to wear with decollete gowns y Buttons are brilliant and are mad< ith in jewel effects. They are small, wit. e jewel settings-rubies, sapphires, em~ id eralds, turquois, any stone one cai in name surrounded with diamnonds in Those are the stones copied, and th Lhe brittons are beautiful and two or thre ud- brighten up a suit wond~rfully. Boleros are in evidence, never a . much so. They are built with rever be- and sailor collars; also without an; tns revers or collars and cut down a litti ice in the back. They are cut straight soft or rather round at the bottom an yis with an upward point in the back the They are fashioned of every, know eit fabric from lace and muil to clotli velvet and satin. ue The noteworthy feature of th ries change in hair dressing is the less as sry, gressive pompadour, the e-art-whe4 rao variety having been discarded en tirel inal by those who profess to be in th ad- fashion at all. The hair is puffed 0a at the sides in the softest manner an mion arranged much flatter on top. Some ate. tirmes there is a suggestion of a par the Iat one side, and the hair is carrie ing carelessly ag;oss the forehead in nch curve. SCIENTIFIC; AI'U INUUb IMI Natural gas found at Heathfield, nussex, England, is being used to ight the railroad station there. This i said to be the first practical use to rhich natural gas has been put in Eu. ope. American shops turned out 2473 >comotives in 1899-the largest numa er they ever manufactured in one ear, and 598 more than were mrade i 1898. More than twenty per ent. of the number, or 534 were madG yr railway companies in other coun. ries. Professor Dewar has made experi4 Lents before the Royal Institution in .ondou showing how hydrogen may e solidified. He surrounded a tube ntaining liquid hydrogen with liquid ir, to prevent the ingress of heat, ad then by means of a powerful air ump transformed the liquid bydrogen ito a white, opaque solid. The air 'of furnaee-heated - rooms as been shown by Mr. B. DeC.Wardl > be drier than that of many desert gions. The mean relative humidityj f the room tested was thirty per ent. for three weeks in November, ad the mean relative humidity in the pen air for the same time was se uty-one per cent. The lowest open ir annual mean known in the United tates is 42.9 per cent, for Yuma, zizona, that for Santa Fe, New [exico, being -48. A mean of wenty-three per cent. was found fo ve summer months in Death Valley. alifornia. The phenomenon called "frost owers" was discussed before W iological Society in Washington re ently by Dr. L. H. Dewey. The so. lled flowers are composed of ice, hich forms on frosty mornings in atmn and early winter on certain lants. The peculiar thing to be em, lained is that frost flowers do not >rm on all plants, but only on about renty-six , species, as far as yet nown. Among these are froetweed, ittany, 'marsh fleabanes and culti ated heliotrope. ,The phenomenog i apparently due to capillary move Lent of water in the plant, but a holly satisfactory explanation is cking. Considerable importancois attaohe& > the distance-measuring fleldglass ivented by Mir. Zeiss, of ~ It mply an ,extension of ower of e eyes to mee of ear-by obj nds athe ne in ~u serveu the lines aa selected the en of the base.- in the - telemeter the efective dibtance b tween the eyes is increased by mean of prismn, and double irpa objects looked at are formed. The distance between the es varieg with the remotene Of the objects, and the scale showha 4 M tince is. Up to t real dis 'ezsults are said to b, fairly accute equ tion asto* cure. af im I -8 e at high ~titn balloon a **eod meteor showers is serve the egtes that aba height ribed- .large -blue fly was notie fee* oisily about the bit-. loon, an ' estion whether the: insect was ca- up in the car or was flying in th at that altitude. A member of the 4Pine Club, Mr. 1. T. Wethered, stat ih~ he has seen a butterfly scuddin ss the sum. r mit at the Grand rase at a height of 13,799 feet, ~dsees no reason why the fly in ques a should not have been on the winga . c. Flammarion tells of white b ,de flying about his balloon whi at a height of 3280 feet. Mr. Baco a perience has been, however, tha a winged creatures are left behind ld. before the first thousand ieeis reached. _ ___ A New Type oc"omi Dr. Conan Doyle contributes to the Friend of the Free State, published by war correspondents in Bloemfon tein, a picturesque description of the British infantry. He says: "Who could have conceived that had seen this prime soldier in time of peace that he could so quickly trans form himself into this grim, virile bar barian? Bulldog faces, hawk faces, hungry wolf faces, every sort of face i except a weak one. Most of themhave a swarthy faces and lean a little for - ward, with eyes steadfast and featues . mpassive, but resolute. a "Here is a clump of mounted infan itry, with a grizzled fellow, like a fiere old eagle, at the head of them. Some iare maned like lions; some have young, keen faces, but all leave an impression of familiarity upon me. Yet I have not seen irregular British cavalry be fore. Why should it be so famniliar to me-this loose-limbed, .head erect, swaggering type? Of course, I have een it in the American cowboy over and over again. Strange that a few mionths on the veldt should have pro j uced exactly the same man, as springs ~rom the Western prauiries. All Violin Slakes. TLhe only place in the world where iolin making may be said to consti u. te the steple industry is Marknen irchen, in Saxony, with its numnerous ,rrounding villages. There are alto-. gether about 15,000 people in this dis irict engaged exclusively in the mauu Sfacture of violins. The inhabitants, fromn the small boy and girl to the .rinkledl, gray-headed veteran anij aged grandmotlier, are ail constantly employed making some part or other of this musical instrumient&