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& - F - A hr. r aid. trail I TRI WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORO. S~C.., OCTOJ3ER 25, 1900. ESTA LISHED 1844. IN THE WOODLANDS. In the forest lawns I see Little ring-plots fenced around, So that shrub and sapling tree Thrive in safe and happy ground; And I wonder. cannot I K-eep somue little plots apart, Open to the wind and sky, For the growth of mind and heart? -Atlanta Constitution. BY RUBY MAYNE. Af"You will have $250,000 apiece, g.rls, when I die. My diamonds will go to Winthrop Mayne's wife." So saying my grandmother deposited upon the table a good-sized ebony box, inlaid with silver; and fitting in its lock the little key she always wore at her watch-guard, flashcd wide the lid. My grandmother's diamonds! There they were-great wells of Lght, ptri fled sunbeams. As we beheld them ly ing upon their white, velvet cushions, -~. one blaze of splendor, we girls uttered simultaneously screams of wonder and delight. Thus was kindled the first spark of rivalry that ever glowed between my sister Drusy and m,. We had each a set of pearls. Drusy had a handsome set of sapphires, beside, and I of ru bies. Mine were for my name, which was Ruby. But these were as nothing beside grandmother's diamonds. Winthrop Mayne was the prince of the family, grandmother said. lie was the son of a dearly loved half-brother, and immensely wealthy. We had not seen him for years-not since we were children-till the evening of the day on which grandmother made the an 'nouncement that we were to have $250,000 each at her death, I d that her diamonds were to go to I .Winthrop Mayne's wife. Mrs. Throgmorton, as we were I taught to call grandmother on all cere monious occasions, was in a state of 2 the liveliest glee at the thought of see- I ing -her nephew; and Drusy and I nev er made stich careful toilets before. Drusy was two years older than I, taR and graceful, and fair-faced. like a ,Wy. She wore a white silk dinner ti her sapphires. d da -' r'm rtou scofded w n s e me; but Winthrop Mayne, who a with her, declared, as I had de- t elded, that even a flower would have sPolled the effect, and said some pretty things about my looks, that I instine- tt tively perceived displeased grandmoth- e er. Drusy was her favorite. st At the first opportunity grandmother reproved me sharply for bursting into I the room as I had, without waiting to I be sent for. "But, grandma," I pleaded, "I se thought Mr-. Mayne was making his toltin his owa rooms, and I wanted gr you to see how I looked:'" At this moment my sister entered hi the drawing-r-oom,' and Mrs. Throg morton's eyes sparkled as she led c-h ,Drusy toward her nephew. jan My hear-t was a chaos of gratified toc 'vanity, of childish :nger at the reproof aust administer-ed-- of bitter envy of be1 my sister's queenly loveliness. I retreated, unobserved into a cor- jus ner, where a high-backed sofa hid my to brilliant plumage, and through the wit fretwork of the carving watched the noi three. -by Winthrop Mayne, with his tawny I beard, his magnificent stature, was mor my ideal of the kingly creature long Fcess since chosen as my hero. had How he was impressed with my sis- the ter's appearance I could not gather Ithe from his manner-, but I saw his deep 'I blue eyes send now and then a search- injg ing glance to the farthest corner of the mays room, and I shrank every time lest "-V that azure lightning should fall en me dem in my hiding- him He must have caught some flame- and, like glimpse of my dress, for he rose str-ar presently as Drusy was about to ring upon .for a servant to send for me, and me came str-aight to my lurking-place,. gliml "Winty, my dlear," said Mrs. Throg- and morton, abr-uptly,. as dinner was an- ence nounced, "you may take out Dr-usilla. Mrs I have a fancy to see how you two terril Will look together. Ruby, you must groui give mec your arm." all rc I sat upon her left, and my sister come and the prince upon her iright. There I de was a Inarge v'a'e of bot-house flowers hood precisely between Winty Mayne's and I. dark blue eyes and mine, and gi-and- mne.-l mother fr-own-ied at mue e'ery ti melI spoke. She was fonid el me, too: but I discovered very soon that she had set A her hear-t on making ai match between wealtl my sister and tihe prince.Fqit "Drusilla w;1l look well in diamonds" h ine she would vwsper to me, significantly; stoppe or. "I wouldn't go into the library~ just stireet now, Ruby; y: ur sister and W'inty are "Do there."eainm They wvere always together. and I papers did not hinder- them; on the contrary, them?' 1 rejected and avoided every possible "W Opportunity of joining either in their "' morning rambles or their evening ling- "Wel ering in the music-room or library. newsb( Sometimes the prince's dark blue think eyes reproached my avoidance. I irn- hand, 1I agined. and now and then his lips put ;ve'rself the reproach in words; hut 1 only keeps t laughed at him. vls My sister remotnstrated with mn-, to": "-Ne and I told her- crossly, that sh.e need dress a not mind-she had all th. better eia r2e "Then of seeing Winty Mayne herself-and paper t my part, I wcmuld never marry any |osopher. sake of twice as f'ne dia- I to 'pren Druisilla sighed. "I know something better than dia. inonds, if only I mignt have it," she said, wearily, and she went out of thE room. One warm, moonlit evening, in mid summer, I was walkirg in the garden. and as I passed the pavilion I heard voices, one of which I was sure was Drusy's. As I had left her half an hour before in the music-room with Winthrop Mayne, I wondered some. While I hesitated al inStant, her voice reached ine in accents stifled with sobs. I did not distinguish what she said, but it was a maii's tones which soothed her. Angrily stopping my ears with my fingers, I ran away to the house. The piano tinkled as I entered, and, tiptoeing along the hall. I saw Winty Mayne before it. Without turning his head, he called to me. I went in doubtfully. "How did you know I was there?" I asked. "Didn't you know I had eyes in the back of my head?" lie responded, gravely. "Come. Sit here and play this duet with me." '1 haven't time," I replied. "Where is Drusilla?" Mrs. Throg morton's voice said, at this moment. "She has retired, I believe," an swcred Winty Mayne, carelessly. "She said she had a headache." "Have you been here long?" I asked. "Half an hour or so." "I am very sorry," said grandmother, "but you will have to excuse Ruby. I couldn't go to sleep at all, if she did not read to me awhile." As we quitted the room the prince's hands came down upon the piano keys with an angry clash, and at the sound I felt Mrs. Throgmorton's eyes search my face, shaiply. 1 did not mind, hjw ever. I was wondering whom my sis ter was talking to in the pavilion. It was a week after this that grand mother sent for me to her private ipartments. She was sitting in rapt exultation, )efore the open casket in which she iept her diamonds. Their prismatic lash, as I entered the room, almost >linded me. "Take your farewell look, Ruby," ;he cried gleefully. "Drusilla has won hem." I stood as if petrified. "Where Is she?" I asked. "They are both in thedrawing-room." b 'Oh, grandma! grandma!" I cried, - fo ' ' them to0 Nrq. Thrognorton smiled. "Well, well,' she said, and she p 1e precious casket In my hands. I darted away to the drawing-room. 0r I had a glimpse of myself in the a1 tI pier-glass as I crossed the thick trpet noiselessly. My eyes shone like ars; my chteks were fevered. Not till I was nearly beside him did perceive, in my excitement, that CO 'inty Mayne was alone. "Where is Drusilla?" I exclaimed, rig tting down the'box. gel 'Drusilla has gone," said Winty m avely. gan 'Gone! Where?" I asked, scared by t tone. t To be married to the man of her a ~ Jie, which I never was. Ruby, you '1 I must not let grandmother bebs unforgiving." be~ I don't believe you," I burst for-th, peo ~inning to tremble,.h It is true; Tnevertheless. She was the t here to tell me she was going,'andth beg me to intercede in her favor h Mrs. Thrognmrton. She has not e than got beyond the garden-wall F4 o"kill guessed how it was. Mrs. Throg- the ton, ever on the watch for the sue- i of her hopes regarding these two, A ove-heardl somethingas sheerossed onl f hall, which she interpreted to mean "Sam fulfillnment of her dlesires. he sI hat was the man Drusy was talk- wvhej to in the pavilion, too," I said to but I elf. my I 'hat have you got there?" Winty "" tnded: and then he made me tell r othi why I had brought the diamonds, I ben in spite of my. frightened remon- As Lees, he proceeded to clasp them the my ne('k and arms. Then he led with o the pier-glass, gave me a with we of myself in its still depths, anfthy vhir'led me away to the very pres. ed to of grandmother, room .Throgmnorton's hist anger was peerir Ie. But the prince stood his heard id, and she enided by forgiving us pheas und, and telling me I was wel- to tali to the diamionds. saw served neither them nor the wife. nothin they implied; but both are mine, covey rusy is too happy herself to envy over'lo ~aturday -Night. tense< coiled Hie Woubin't Do. cious r vell-dre(ssed lad, the son of with fi: y parents, thought it would be not fir nanly to earn a few coppers for would f by selling ne'wsp~apers. He wer r il a tattered newsboy in the But and said to him: even tI you think I should be able to tile, an oney as you do if I bought some colonel, and came to this corner to sell dow'n< jump, I do you want to sell papers?', head o :ired of being idle." deadly I," salid the philosophic little into th< y, with a serious air, "d'ver .Still 1 ou can hold 20 papers in one the tail (k three of four buys bigger'n himself with the other hand, while yer and drc svo mor'e off with yer feet, and sno 'ar 'dition!' all the time?" . I don't." replied the 'vell- T boy. Mr. R y/re n good in the news- that mor iz." replhed the tattered phil- tiful da~ "You'd better get yer people give my tire yer to something light."- Oriole cx [ementa- weeks hildreaS umn Jymn, Tymn, Symn and Mymn. rymn Pymn, Jymn Pymn, [iad no learning and couldn't swx "hymn"; Liut he had a hat with a wide, wir brynin, Ead a pair of glasses, for his eyes we: dymn, lad an awful accident and broke h lymn: lad a very thin son-called him Tymn, fad a very thick son-called him Sym fad a daughter Miriam, and called h4 Mynin: Iad a little dairy where the milk she' skynin. Tilling up the pans to the rymn, rymi rynn. Vhen she'd done her dairying her dre, she'd trymn, ['he better to bedeck her form so slymi Vhat a happy family, full of vymn, rymn, Tyin, Symn, and slymn Mym Pymn! -Grace Fraser, in St. Nicholas. Jenny and Her Goat. Little Jenny is five years old. Sh ias a little goat five months old. I ollows Jenny like a playful little dog t nibbles bread and green lettuces ou f her hand. Sometimes, in play, I mtts its little head against Jenny Lnd then Jenny pretends to tumbl lown. But it Is all fun. The litt ,oat would not hurt her little mis ress. And Jenny would not hurt he Ittle goat. "Kiddy, Kiddy," says Jenny. "Mi .-a!" says the little goat. Then Kiddi retends to be cross, and to butt Jenny Lnd Jenny pretends to tumble down nd to be very angry. So then there is a great-fuss. But V ; all only play, you know.-Cassell'i ,ittle Folks. Playtime in Italy. In Italy they have very few games ut the little Italian boys and girls ex el you in one pastime-that-is model ig. A little Italian boy will pick up a lump -of clay in the street and mole] ou a horse, or dog, or cow in no time, ad a more experienced boy will at >ur request, speedily produce the little Imba (baby) stretching out her hands, : the herd boy g his horn-in to ask mseveop tee at the same instant each throwe it his right hand, with so many finP rs open, or so many shut or bent up the palm, and each of the players, ;o at the same instant, cries out the mber made by adding the number of ) adversary's open fingers to his own.. both cry right, of course the throw ants for nothing. Ls a boy gains a point by hitting the ht number, he marks It with a fin - of his left hand, which hand Is kept 'tionless. Five points make ~the ne, and when the thumb and foir ers of the left hand are extended, n the lucky owner of that hangl euts aper, and cries, "Done-I hav - con red!" he Italian people say that the very t actors of Italy come from Naples, the reason they give is that the ple all speak in pantomime, even children being too lazy to talk, so make signs to each other instead. How a Horse Hllis a Snake. ~w of us have ever seen a horse a snake, but Mrs. Custer describes performance In her story of "The ' in St. Nicholas: they were pushing out of a jungle aot one day, the colonel said: Santhy is a little too attentive, Alf; Iores himself alongside of me, and 1 I remonstrate he backs a little, teeps so close he almost treads on ieels." elI, father, I suppose he thinks ng can go on without him. He's in everything I ever did yet." :hey came to a narrow defile, with C )ranches of the trees festooned moss and the ground tangled ~ 'ines and thick underbrush, Sam forgot his manners and crowd- C the front. There was hardly for two abreast. The colonel, g into the thicket for birds, what he took to be the whirr of ant's wings, and he lifted his gunC e aim. The Kid, pressing on, rilh his keen eyes that It wasm g so harmless as the rising of a of birds. A huge rattlesnake, l )ked by the colonel In his in- t soncentration on the thicket, lay ton directly in front of him, the vi- tic iouth hissing. the eyes gleaming tii re. Alf was in agony. He couid e, for his father or the pony h have received the shot, as they , laced. fr more vigilant pair of eyes than tfo e Kid's had discovered the repJ-ti d with a spring in front of the is and with the nicest exactitude r ame the pony with a buckj thd Wt uis hoofs close togefher on t'he b f the snake, crushing in the fangs, and flattening the skull Iren soft soil! 11s, here was an ominous rattle of jusi and tihe lIttle nag gathered a s. again, bowed his supple back, cu i-e his hoofs into the mottledbe the deadly foe of mankind. he IE"bin'a Lnnch Party,* Mr. ohin Redbreast was up early beat ning. "It's g aing to be a b au- H( ,he thought. "I believe ll high lunch party. Ever since the Miss Line, I've meant to; and here so a tnd weeks have led ,e I o-ki summer il be gone before I know It." So he hopped about and flew about to invite his '+ s. First, he must so cure the on hose honor the lunch was to be. * "Mr. Balti Oriole," he began, and the oriole, 'o prided himself on wearing the co - of nobility, twisted his neck and pi d his yellow feath ers.-"it would g ve me pleasure to have you lunch with me this afternoon at two. I will invite a couple of select friends to meet you,-Miss Humming bird and Mr. Sparrow,-just a cosey party of four." 'e The oriole rather demurred at the sparrow. "I didn't suppose that fam ily was very select," he said. "Why, they're English," the robin re , plied anxiously. "Yes: they're English, but decidedly d middle-class. However, we can't keep up all the distinctions in this country," Slie sighed. "May I ask who is your caterer?" 9 Robin Redbreast was much in a flut . ter by this time with all these high bred airs, and he only caught at the first letters of this strange word. "There won't be any cat there: at least, I hope not!" His voice was shrill with fear. "I said 'ca-ter-er.' " the oriole cor t rected in his lofty manner. "Perhaps you don't have such persons here; but t they are the ones who provide swell t lunches, set the tables, take all the trouble off you." "Oh!" Mr. Robin exclaimed, over joyed to find himsein the fashion. "Indeed, I have -er,' as you call it. She's the d 1ttle girl in the world; and in herhome they call her Bessie, though sometimes I've heard another name that*sonded like Dar ing." The oriole was mollified by this, and accepted the invitation with a really winning grace. "I've forgotten to tMl you where the lunch will be served," said Robin. "Do you see the house on the hill? Our table will be that broad window-ledge where the window Is.opened and lace curtain is swinging> behind." Then he flew off to find the hum ming-bird. She said: "I'll be only too pleased to come; but you won't mind if I'm a little restless, and flutter about between the courses?. As a family, we're rather nervous, you know." Mr. Robin politely protested that her nervousness wouldn't upset them in the least if they might only have her beautiful pre e The sparro was simply delighted ked ch fine compIy. H bbed.- Reall 's a hm window-ledge, W aftet Bes .bad fel scatterthe evi g, had good al Wr. , was Iromptly at hand to r~eIue eSts, and very proud of the lun Indeed, he had good reason . T.here was bread but teed, a bf meat. cake,-two kinds, a ,-a rais' .IMlf-dozeu fresh raspber ries, and ie :sweet liquid that had beeni-ice-cr . 0 "Quite oeigli dishes," the guest of 9 honor con ecenited to say, "and a pleasingebgefkom our own cuisine," E' He bowed ,tl iss Humming-bud. h "Your health,, madam." And together P2 they put their bills into the cream. The spardw had hard work not to q be greedy arog so many good things,1) but by gr'ea elf-control he did no dis credit to his ost. When scarte a crumb was left for of politeness, fhere was a movement at la window curtain. Miss' Humming-bird on whizzed to a tree near' by, and the thi oriole was visibly disturbed, an "Don't be ailarmed," said the robin, sk joyously. "It is only my ca-ter-er, and b she wouldn't hurt a fly." in< Sure enough, the curtain partedl, and ms a. dear little girl smiled through the th< >pening. Then she gently laid four thc umps of white sugar on the birds' mo able. . - dec Miss Humming-bird was back to her.gi 'lace in a flash; and they all said, "She wh a darling, indeed!" "Your lunch has been a decided suc- wh ess," Mr. Baltimore Oriole declared, |of s they took leave, which made Mr. par obin Redbreast very happy. din: But nobody was happier than the per 1-ter-er.-Helen A. Hawley, in New his ork Evangelist. that Poet and Butcher. drus James Russell Lowell was dreamily sean rolling along towards his home in deat tmbr'idge one unusually beautiful nese ght. Slowly, with serene, queenly "cut ijesty, a full moon was ascending and r "azure throne," pouring hier lavish tihe ht over all things and softening in- of tL: semblances of beauty even the ugly were d.ines of the c'onventional domes- of th architecture round about. Duly 11- joint uinated by the' loveliness of the is su K-tacle, the poet, as he passed by the lous ise of the estimable brother-man perat o supp~lied meat to him regularly est 0 a slight consideration of profit, no- and <~ d that valuable citizen leaning on and s fence and gazing up in a kind of Tfreas t way. It pleased Lowell to0 think h4old t the butcher's immortal sul was tor's, bing itself in the flood of semi- Perali 'itual moonlight, and, pausing, he for tla arked: "What a beautiful night it born teighbor." "Yes, Mr. Lowell, I was this, 1 a-thinkin' what a bully night for ing to aughterin' this would be:" "Of not n 'se, of course," gasped the poet, flag, I ing a hasty retreat.-Argonaut bones most I Fatulty. Celest: e-At least you will credit me, Acco Sixcap, with having an eye for works (desTraM of saying something southe y complimentary)-Indeed, I do, are foi Claire; I doha't .wonder you spend CZelesti: uch of your timne In tropt of the gives e og glass.-Chicago une. practit. 0DD CRINESE REMEDIES. HIDEOUS COMPOUNDS AND SOME OF THEIR REMARKABLE EFFECTS. What the Celestial Physlcian Does for Bis Patients-A Treatise k our Centuries Old till Accepted as Unimpeachable Authority-The Profession Is Hereditary In medicine, as in most other matters, the Chinaman clings to his C:nfucian maxim that new and stiange ways must be wrong. The Galen of the Celestial Empire was a certain Huang Ti, and a medical treatise of his, cur renty belifeved to be more than four centuries old, is still accepted as an unimpeachable authority. Oid science is almost Invariably bad science; yet it might have been thought, "a priori," that the Healing Art in its primitive form would at least have shown some disposition to rely upon certain of the elementary rules of sound medical treatment. We might at any rate have expected to find a prescription of sim ple herbs, with some attempt at appro priate dieting. But, as a matter of fact the remedi-s of all primitive peoples are found to be not only facti tious, but generally also horrid and shocking; and certainly those of the Chinese are no exception to this rule. Human blood, and a broth made of human flesh cut from a living person, are among the delectable remedies con.. 'sider-e efficacious for certain diseases. and many of the medicines prescribed. In the Chinese manua!s are compound.. ed of the eyes and the vitals of the human body. One cause of the terrible Tientsin massacre in 1870 is said to have been a rumor that the doctors of the "foreign devils" had obtained their medicines of this nature by kid. napping and murdering Chinese chi dren and tearing out their hearts and eyes for the purpose. And the rumor would never have obtained such wide credence but for the knowledge that their own doctors were guilty cf analogous malpractices. The orthodox medicine and surgery of China has each its own deity. There is also a god of drugs, and there are goddesses of midwifery, of small pox, of measles, and of 'a number of other recognized and prevalent di3 eases. The profession of medicine is to a great eitent hereditary, and r.o degree of licence is necessary for the Chinese practitioner. His notions of physiology are, to say the least of them, decidedly peculiar and his sur Pery is of the most primitive descrip owing in great measure to the na Wl antyathy to 7frything inthe na of scientific dissection. He by no means believes in "simples," but, on the contrary, In rarities and monstros [ties; an les of to be e stly and dIdi ult pr uce, or else extremely pain ul and disgpsting for the patient to wallow. Of course. it Is only the realthy to whom are prescribed such tre drugs As powdered precious stones, r- pearls dissolved in drin~k, but the oorest patient may be made to swal- ' ew a dose of mere filth, and his Chi ~se medico sees that he gets it There u ,however, another highly curious inciple in Chinese thierapeutics, the 0 ea, namely, that certain desirable talities exhibited by many wild asts may be Imparted to human a ings by means of decoctions pre- | a .red from certain parts of the bodies these animals. General Warren re :es that when he was ce showing some trophies of t chase In India, and ong them an unusually fine tiger s n, some Chinese who were present :ame Intensely excited and eagerly. uired where the carcass of the ani- ho I was buried. On being questioned |g y informed the general that from str bones of a tiger, dug up three Ac nths after burial, a most powerful prc oction might be made, capable of ler ing immense muscular strength to get ymsoever would drink of it stes n analogous belief prlevails in India, tins tre from the bright, prominent eyes the night-jar an ointment Is pre- O ad which is said to confer extraor- pr-o ry power of vision on the lucky bull on who may make it, and anoint prol eyes therewith. Mrs. Bishop says of in China she heard a great deal that he miraculous virtues of similar wiel ~s; and she describes an amusing seer e which she witnessed after the info h1 of a tiger. "A number of Chi- Ido n flew upon the body," she declares, all out the liver, eyes and spleen, how carefully drained every drop of Inot )lood, fighting for the possession ings so precious; while those who Wt not so fortunate as to secure any thing ese, cut out the car-tilage from the towe s. The centre of a tiger's eyeball |Taco pposed to possess nearly miracu- Iof so rirtues; the blood, dried at a tera- an E ure of 110 degrees, is the strong-i tree f all tonics, and gives strength a bel: ourage; while the powdered liver to ha pleenuare good for many diseases '' time ures such as these can be uniqu t high prices to the Chinese doe- years and Mrs. Bishop states that in ,she saw rhinoceros horns sold Wilj e Chinese drug market, a single Ihas o letching as much as $30. After acts a 'erhaps. it is not so very suirpris- horho find that the Chinese dragon Is Iis dee erely an heraldic emblem on a weath at his well-develope-d teeth ard It is are sold by weight as one of the storm iighly-prized constituents of the en Mr al "materia medica." to twv rding to the esteemed medical During of the learned Dr. Li She Ch'au, was ti ns'" bones come from the a. eve -n parts of Shansi, where they rain w mad in the mountains. Another corn at 11 physician, Dr-. To Wang King, r-ain d test whereby the scepticail larger, oner may assupe, himself of drough their genuineness, for the real dragons' teeth, he tells us, will always adhere to the tongue. And a Dr. Koon gives his patients the highly gratifying in formation that a dose or two of dragon bone mixture will not only cure stom ach ache, but heart-ache also, and in addition to correcting irregularities of the digestive organs, will infallibty drive away obnoxious ghosts! Yet an other Chinese medical authority, of as recent date as Canton, 1832, states that dragons' bones are found on banks of rivers, and in caves of the earth, places where the said dragons laid themselves down to die. But, accord ing to his account of the matter, if the bones are taken from damp places, or by the hand of a woman, they are to tally worthless from a medical point of view.-London Globe. THE RECEPTION. A Satirist Writes In Pock About Social Observances. Receptions are of the noon, after noon, wedding and evening variety, but the common or idiotic form takes effect in the afternoon. It is generally held by a married woman without the con _sent of her husband, and for the pur pose of getting even with every one she knows. The first reception known was held in the Tower of Bab2l, but that was only the embryonic form of the func tion of today. Any married woman can hold a re ception provided she has a husband living who is unwilling, money enough, and enemies enough to snub. A hus band who is entirely willing to allow his wife to hold a reception wouldn't be able to earn money enough to pay for it. The idea of the reception originated in the barbaric feasts of our progeni tors, where when captives were killed, oth-r tribos --re 'ed in during the afternoon and evening. to pick them t pAeCeS. n e uaAZ e auvianceu since then. Now the picking to pieces is purely mental, although it still takes place on the spot. A reception sometimes occupies two or three different days so that the guests who do not care to meet may avoid each other. The hostess invites her enemies first, her friends next, and her poor relations last; after which she revises her list, crosses out the t poor relations and adds more enemies. i Society reporters and waiters are sometimes seen at receptions, but no t man was ever known to appear at one except the' unwilling _ husband. He e usua.ly turns up about five minutes befdre the close of the tuirdact, and feels guilty' for a week afterward to think that he allowed his watch :en minutes ahead. The ide ion s w hot so rich and powerful t people he invites hate her so the not are stay away.-Puck. QUAINT AND CURIOUS, P h< There is a breed of dog in China 113 hieh is virtually unknown in all oc- wj dental lands. The sleeve puppy, as ni ec tiny creature Is styled, Is so dimin- fya tive that it can with ease be carried fu the baggy sleeve of the Chinese po rer-garment. A Vermont farmer told an Iowa re rmer that he had a row of corn one h Ld one-half miles long on his Vermont rm. The Hawkeye man disputed e truth of this statement and a bet is made. The Vermont man won Smoney for -on a little mount on his mn he had planted a row of corn rally from the bottom to the top. h 'he unique experiment was recently ing de in Wellsville, Ohio, of moving a S*f 1se by trolley cars. The house in wl ~stion was to be moved along thegic ~et on wnich the street car Line ran.pa ~ordingly, after the gse was the perly bloceel up and p1!aced on rol- goti 3, several carg were coupled to cor lier and hit to it, when it was hug Ldily altd qui -ly pulled to its des- rent Ltton. - ga .-. .feet 'the many shields suggested for Fe ecting our soldiers from shell and wati et fire. says the London Express, low. >ably the most curious is one made ther4 )ack sheets of wool. The idea is its fi of Mr. Robert Milligan, a Hiar- ceive engineer, who submitted it to the '9ppe ?tar-y for war, Hie has now been surfta -me(1 that the military authorities ing ot think his invention would fulfil wate the requirements Mr. Milligan, Eve bver, still contends that a shell will bergs enetrate a sheet of wool. sible A ber shington is a state of unusual for ins s. Among them is the old church It wa r at "Old Town," in the city of deep. mia, which was the happy thought mneais me of the old settiers, who built andt piscopal church beside a large fir Magas Lnd used the trunk of the tree for -tower. The ings show the tree Gert re been over 500 years old at the Ini ti when it was utilized in this are ut e manner, and that was over 30 despit< ago. The ci -- berga: lam Creiger of Northville, M'n. ally e: 'i his right cheek a wart which textile s barometer for the entire neigh- ways >d, and in the matter of accuracy -are tr ared to be far ahead of the smalle: er bureau. During dry weathe; taken ;mall and rather dry. When a :there a is coming 20 hours' notice is glv- !ternoor Creiger by this wart swelling ilator ci or three times its normal size. ~from g the late drought Mr. Creiger with ie object of much prominence, Jplants rybody wanted to know when ffor sevi >uld come in order to save their d potatoes. The day before the IProfe and Creiger was sure the 430 tre would be broken, and it was, from Ei SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The sun has three motions-first, oi its axis; second, a motion about the centre of gravity of the whole solar system (which centre is always within in the sun's -volume); third, a motion toward the planet Hercules. A successful operation was recently performed in St. Luke's hospital, New York City. A tumor was removed from the inside of the sheath of the spinal cord. It was necessary to cut into six vertebrae, and the patient was kept under anesthetics for more than three hours. He was operated upon after a number of German specialists had pronounced that his ailment was rheumatism. - A manufacturing firm In Hamburg has recently brought out nails of vl-' canite or ebonite for use in electrical work and in places where ironnaaare not available. The vulcanite nails are not attacked by oxidation or chemical agents, and can be used in the forms of hooks for hanging electrical con ductors. They are also Intended to be used in laboratories and in connection with the manufacture of explosives. The much-discussed question of merits of petroleum and coal for ship-boilers will againW vesti gated in a new tank-shlp iecently con tructed in England for carrying oil. rhe vessel is known as the Cardium, md has three boilers, two of which ire aranged to burn coal, while the Jiird will use crude petroleum. In this way the coal and oil can be given a :horough competitive test, and their L.uauve ememnecy and ecouomy Obe served. The invention of Bessemer steel v.rought a tremendous industrial revo ution by leading to a substitution of teel for iron and vastly increasing the Lses of the latter on account of its heapness. But the American Machin 5t sees signs that the Bessemer process s growing less popular than it was, nd that steel which is made by the pen hearth process Is effecting marked rogress in two ways-the facilities for ts production and appreciation of -.t alue by consumers. } At last an effective way to di he western pest, the prairie dogha een devised. A bulletin Issue Zebraska agricultural. Lon tells about it. and rescription. Pirilt unces ofV s ndd'of uart f o molasses and 3l of oil of anise. Stir. ie solution over a 2d while mixing it four pounds of finely gro eal, which enables the heat to carry a larger amounts son. . It is a tempting dish for airiedog, but one teaspoonful a de ends the career of the wholelanr and the 'roportion given aboye 11 destroy a town of 500 acres - mber of families to the acre ranging >m 90 to 150. The bulletin adds th# ether information that this year the ' Isoning is being done over a large ige of territory, and with gratifying ults, so that It Is not Improbable In;. hort time the last priz e dog. wIll. re disappeared. The Wonders of Icebergs. 'A1l the architecture of the world epresented in na ' gberg de. s. Sometimes ajlr'berg will e the appearance'of an A.rab te tent as It rides op a desert-look,. sea; another, Its sharp outh'~nes ened in the vaporous .atmospbere, appear like 'a domed ms n marble. A cluster ofe idas comes driftingsiwjln current, followed by a stately tIC cathedral, early style. Then es a colosseum, and beyond a man-of-war floats down the ,-ur its stem submerged, with foam dly breaking over It, the ster-n 70) aloft. r every cubic foot of Ice above r, there are seven cubic feet be When alarge berg is seen, 14.t.s ftore, quiet impossible to realize ill size; the mind can hardly con that an object that has all the mrance of actually. riding on the ce should in reality only be rais ~ne-eghth of its bulk above the *n those who have studied Ice- - at close quarters find It impos to conceive their colossal bulk. *g that stranded in Melville bay, tance, weighed 2.000,000,000 tonsg s aground In water half a ,mile Another berg was found to re two and a half miles in length wo miles in breath.-Pearson's ;mne. man FrgIght Cars Carry Freight. tree German cities the street cars ed for the delivery of freight, the grumblings of the peop ties of Ger-a, Frost and 8prem. e not large places, but Industri tceedingly active, especially In ;. The power used on $he tru s electric .or steam; thegod ansferred at the statoni ~into -trucks, or the railway cars are over the town lines. At-.Fros~ re three morning and -three at- . deliveries. At Gnjemu~' Lrs, with figIs -ide wheels, hv- tried ndifferent sucees.Jn mave been works~i~~~' ral years. ,-~' isor Kellermb ~ent florao of Immi