Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Darlington News. H. T. Thompson, Ed. A Prop i A (wimmiog dress, to enable s swim mer to blow up mines and hostile boats, has been tried in the German nary. It is a sort of modified Paul Borton affair. A syndicate is being formed in Lon don at present for the purpose of ex perimenting in beet growing in Ireland, with a view to the eventual establish ment there of an extensive sugar indus try. Experts in the manufacture of beet sugar are very sanguine of the success of the scheme. The Cincinnati E^Mirer says: “Mr. Bancroft’s report shows that there are 14 w ,713 miles of railroad mail service in this country, and VJVS miles of steam boat mail service. Altogether it amounts to a distance which is six times the cir cumference of the globe that we live on. The I nited States of America ia a pretty big country.” FOREST FIRE. Fumraer bean] a hkMsn l<xm*t whlrrin*; Stooped she to the (towers with e sigh. 'Darling*, come," she said: “we most b stirring. Rear the heraldt Autumndraweth nigh? So. her lifted skirt with flowers heap ng. Pseud cbe through the fields and wood lend ways, • Tiny creatures, 'tween the bi*b"* peeping Saw her go, with eorrow in their fare. Laughing, turned she, ere she went, uphold ing O’er the land her mn-glaes high In air; Soon was wen a thin smoke veil enfolding Di-tent hills and valleys everywhere Then she slipped away with silent laughter Ere the spark had qui -kened Into flame. “Ruddy Autumn swiftly foilows after." Whispered she, ‘ 'and be shall bear th< blame.” Soon a steilthr yellow flame was creeping Here and there along a maple bough. Swift from tree to tree the Are went leaping to’ bow all the w<«ds are blazing nowT —CAaWcs /’ Sherman In Harper** Weeklg A BRIDE FROM THE SEA. Over f 9 ,0W\000 is annually appropri ated in France for thy promotion of agriculture, of which ft,■’>00,990 is de- voted to rduratiouai work. Hussis ap propriates over 914,000,000 to promote her agricultural interests, and Brazil over $20,000,000. These are official figures quoted by United States Com- I missioner Colman. The Ameriean Bunker notes the dis covery lately of a deceptive $’d) counter feit. The ]>aper of the tounterfeit is said to be fully as good as that of the gilt-edged $20 bills, but the counterfeit can bo easily discovered by reason of the fact that it is one-eighth of an inch shorter and narrower than the gold bills. The engraving is also coar e. The room where the Court of Appeals ■its in the Capitol at Albany, N. Y., is described as the most gorgeous in its appointments of all the court-roomi in the country.£The woodwork is beauti fully carved and panels are of mahogany and onyx. 'Ihe car[>et was woven to order a ross the water. I ortraits of all the judges that have ever sat in the court are placed in panels about the room. Cheese from New Zealand, according to the American Cultivator, is supplant planting considerable quantities of American and Canadian cheese in Brit ish markets. This is an important factor in regulating prices, and partly accounts for lower prices in England this season. Much of our American product is too soft, mushy and open. Too much moist- nre is left in it to command high keep ing qualities or the best market prit e. The latest suggestion concerning the origin of yellow fever comes from Dr Galbier, a French physician. He believes that the disease is analogous to cholera; that it flourishes only under peculiar con dition of race, climate aud temperature, and that its first causn is the develop ment of microbes in the intestines. He has received a commiaaon from the French Government to go to Florida and study the disease. “The first statue erected to Genera Grant in the United States was, with its foundation and pedestal, placed in the center of Twelfth street, between Locust and Olive streets, the other day, in this city,” says the St. Louis ll r dd. “In due time St Louts will have a gala day, when the time comes to unveil tbista au tiful work of art to the admiring thou sands of our old hero citi/.en, beloved and renowned patriot and General.” The American Cultivator says: “Those immigrants from Europe who return to their old homes are rarely satisfied. Life in this country, with its larger opportu nities for improvement and enjoyment, is so much superior that it over-balances the possible cheapness with which the bare uecesaarics of existence can be pur chased in foreign lands. The immigiaut accustomed to our modes of life cannot restrict himse f to the close penurious- ness in which his early years were s|>ent. If he tries to live gs well as he lived in this country, he usually fiuds that it costs as much and sometimes more.” - Borne more young robbers in theL twelves have been discovered aod cap tured in a cave in New Jersey. It u singular, muses the New York Sun, what a desire to be a robber bold and live in a dreary cave in a dreary wood sometimes possesses the imagination of very young boys. In fact many old boys can remember when they had « secret longing to dwell in a cave. Yet caves are, we believe, usually damp and un healthy places of residence. Marble halls or beauteous bowers, or any sort of habitable houses, are much preferable to caves, yet juvenile imagination dotes upon the cave. As age claws the young dreamer in its clutch, he comes to prefer a habitation with a cellar—if the cellar is well stocked—to the best cave in the world. A hideous narrative was given me in regard to the conduct of those in charge of the Stanley relief party in the African Congo (says the Euro{)ean correspondent of the New York Timas) by a man who is in close communication with the Brus sels authorities. One of its features was the hiring of a body of cannibals to at tack, massacre, and feast upon another body of Africans, the purpose being that Jamieson, who is the savant of the ex pedition, might secure photographs of this unique and interesting scene. There is no vouching for this story, but some thing of the same sort was proved last year in Burmah, and my informant be lieved it entirely. At least it helps us to understand why the English exjtcdi- tion* for the purpose of promoting civil- ization ia savage lands are not invariably BT FBAXCIS H. MVnCOSTOlV. Urm' trios Green was a traveling sales man. He had the reputation of being the best-informed man and of selling more goods in his line of business than any man in New York. The causes for this were few, but imply sufficient The first of these was natural ability; he had a keen eye to business, and when he had anything to do he permitted nothing to interfere with it until his end was ac- 1 romplishtd. He was a man of good ap pearance and address: and. lastly, was ■ man of good habits. He was in no sense a ladies’man, for he had never cultivated the society o f the gentler sex, perhap- from lack of time, perhaps from want of indication. f He had been with his house four years when he took his first vacation. He had never asked for one, and he did not ask for this one. His employers freely offered it to him and insisted on his taking three weeks. So, in the month of July he ran down to Patchogue, Long Island, intending to pass a part of his vocation witli a married sister who was spending the summer there. His sister was an at tractive young woman, fond of society. Bhe introduce’! h : m to several nice girls, and what with boating, bathing and strolling on the beach, Demetrius found that there were other things in life which he enjoyed as much as selling canned goods. By far the most attractive girl among his sister’s friends, Demetrius thought, was Lydia Hartley. She was not par ticularly beautiful, exeept that she had the beauty of youth, health and inno cence; but she was modest, sweet tem pered, and a thoronghly nice girl. She was from Brooklyn, and had come to Patchogue with her aunt for the summer. More than this Demetrius’s sister did not know, as t-hc had never met the Hartleys l>efore their seashore acquaintance. As for Demetrius himself he did not ask to know any more. At the end of a week he had settled in his own mind that he would be a happier man if he were mar ried. He had also determined that I yd ia Hartley was the woman to make himhnpny, if he could gain her consent Though his mind was thoroughly made up on this point, he resolved to wait another week before speaking to her. Caution was a characteristic of the man, and as he was to be in Patchogue two weeks longer ffor he had resolved to spend his whole vacation here), there was no need to act on the spur of the moment, and Demetrius said to himself: “I shall wait until next Saturday.” On Monday there was a boating party. When the ladies were seated in the boat Demetrius notxcd that Lydia rose and gave her seat in the stern to her aunt. “She is thoughtful and unselfish.” he said Mhen they were coming in a squall sprang up, the boat pitched a great deal and there was more difficulty in making a landing. Mcst of the ladies were greatly frightened, many were in tears and some in hysterica Lydia alone, although a little pale, was per fectly calm. “She is sensible and cour ageous," said Demetrius. They landed without an accident and Demetrius held an umbrella over Lvdia as they ran to the hotel. Miss Hartley followed wrapped up in his mackintosh. The ladies were none the worse for their wetting, and they had a merry party at night in the parlor of the hotel. Demetrius sat smoking his pipe for a long time before he went to bed. He reviewed the events of the day, trying to recall all that Lydia said and how she looked when >he said it. He thought he had never seen eyes of such a beauti ful .blue as hers, or hair of so pretty a brown. He remembered how her hands looked as they dipped in and out of the baskets in preparing their luncheon,such deft and competent hands as they were, as well as pretty hands. He thought of how she had a bright smile and a pleas ant word for everybody in the party, favoring none and forgetting none. •All this and more he recalled, then he laid down his pipe, slapped his knee and said: “She is a splendid girl—I love her and I’m going to marry her!” which was a very enthusiastic outburst for Deme trius. Nevertheless he added: “HI wait until Saturday.” Saturday morning dawned bright and beautiful. Nothing had occurred to change Demetrius's mind in the slightest degree, except that he was more in love £>an ever. There.was nothing “on" foj that day, and Demetrius and Lydia found themselves strolling quite natur ally on the beach together. They had walked almost a mile neither having spoken for some minutes when Deme trius proposed that they sit down on the sand. “I have aomething to sey to yon, Miss Lydia,” ho began. A faint blush rose to Lydia's cheek, but site made no reply. “During the two weeks which I here regard for you,” he went on; “yon nre the first women I have ever loved, and if you can care for roe in return 1 want to nuke you my wife. I am, as you know, n tiaveling salesman. My salary is (30 m) a year, with perquisites amounting to $10u0 more. My sister, Mrs. Jackson. is the only relative I have. If you marry me you will find that I will do every thing a man in my position can do to make you happy. I have not arrived at this decision suddenly, and I will not press you for an answer if you wish to take time to consider. I shall be here until next Faturday.” This was a very long speech for Demetrius, but he felt that the circumstances required some thing different from soliciting an order for canned goods The blush on Lydia's cheek had deep ened as he went on. When he paused •he sax silent a moment, and then, with downcast eyes, she said : “This is sudden, Mr. Green; I did not think—thst is, I was not sure that you ” “Ah, you did suspect, thenl” said Demetrius, smiling. “A little-yes.” “And perhaps you have already con sidered uhat you would say when I should speak to you. I hope you haven’t made up your mind to send me to the right about.” Lydia raised her eyes. “No, Mr. Green, I have not,’’ she said. “I respect youi offer, I have the highest esnem for you, and I am sure that I shall grew to —to care for ycu very much." Demetrius took her hand, and bending over it kissed it. They sat theie long talking together; but ail they said does not concern ns. Demetrius had told Lydia she was the only woman he had cv£r loved. She, in her turn, confessed what every girl would cot, that he was the very first rweet heart she had ever had. But Demetrius loved his tender flower all the more that he had been its discoverer. As they walked back to the hotel he said: “And now I must speak to your sunt; do you think she will object?” “My aunt? Oh, no, my auut will not abject, I am sure, 'said Lydia. In the evening when Demetrius ap proached Miss Hartley on the subject ihe seemed considerably surprised. “Lydia is so young—I never thought that so soon ” the old lady stam mered. ‘Mf cotme, Mr. Green, you tiave my consent, so far as I am con cerned, but I am not Lydia's natural guardian.’ ’ “I thought she made her home with you?" said Demetrius in some surprise. “So she does,” said Miss Hartley. “Who U her guardian then?” “Her father.” “Doe* her father live with you?” “No. He comes to the house about every week, when we are at home.” “Where can I find him?” “I cannot tell you—I do not know,” mid the old lady in some confusion. “Is it ne est-ary that I get his consent to my marrying Lydia?” “I think so. oh yes, indeed.” “Miss Hartley,” said Demetrius, “if there is anything of a painful nature sbout your brother, I do not ask you to tell it to me. I am going to marry your niece, but I should perfer to have her father’s consent.” “There is nothing painful Mr. Green. It is only that I can tell you absolutely nothing. My brother ia a very peculiar man. Borne year ago he was a sea-cap tain of some prominence. He lost the command of his vessel, or resigned it, I do not know which, and since then I nave never learned what business he went into. Generally he comes to see us every week, but sometimes he doesn’t come for a month.” “Does he never write to you or your niece?” “No—yes, he did once. He sent Lydia a message about a year ago, and I remember that ‘Brooklyn Navy Yard’ was on the letter-paper, but that may not have meant anything.” “I am much obliged to you for the information; it probably means a great deal to any one who wants to find him. Is this all you can tell met” ^‘That is all I know.” Another week passed, a week of grrat happiness for Demetnus, and apparently for Lydia, too. Demetrius had told her that be was to go on the road again the following Monday. He would be in New York often before the fall, and, of course, would always come over to Brooklyn to see her. “In October I shall be in the city for three weeks,” he added, “and then, if it suits you, is when I should like our marriage to take place.” Lydia blushed, then smiled and con sented. On Monday Demetrius bade adieu to 1 his l>etrothed, took the eaily train for New York and reporting to his house made up his route. Then he started for Brooklyn, and reached the Navy Yard shortly after noon. Going to headquar ters he inquired for Mr. Hartley. “David Hartley?” was the response. “Yes, is he here?” “No, he’s out,” pointing to the water. “Can I communicate with him? It is on a matter of great importance,” said Demetrius, looking at his watch “and will probably take but a short time.” The official hesitated a moment then rang a bell. “John, this gentleman wants to talk to Hartley. Take him over.” The man led the way to the dock when the two got into a small boat, the man taking the oars and pulling toward a tug I which lay about two hundred feet from the dock. There were several men oa the tug. “Which of these gentlemen is Mr. Hartley?” asked Demetrius. ‘•None,” replied oue of the men, laconically. “I was told that I should find Mr. “If you can wait a while, wa’ll have him up,” aud the first speaker. “UpP repeated Demetrius. “Yes, out of the water; he’s ia the wreck.” “Wreck—what wreck?” “The Mary Stevens, right under you, sir.” Demetrius was appalled. Was Lydia's fsther drowned, and had he come here only to carry back this dreadful news to her? Three deep, reverberating strokes came from far beneath him, which sounded like a death knell. Demetrius -huddered. Then catching sight of the amused faces of the men, he thought it some hideous joke. “Gentlemen.’’ he said, “I must see Mr. Hartley or communicate with him at once on a matter of the utmost import ance You say that he is under the water, yet I am perfectly sure that he is not dead. I have to transact my business and catch a train at 2 o'clock,so 1 should be obliged to you if you will explain this mystery at once." “C ertainly, sir,” said tne man who had answered him, “Mr. Hartley is down in the wreck, in the diving-bell; if you wnnot wait until be comes up, we’U send iowa a message for you. ” Demetrius breathed more freely, tore a eaf from his memorandum book and aastily wrote; “Demetrius Green, with tfanniag, Moore & Manning, asks the land of your daughter Lydia in mar- -iage. He has her consent, and hopes o have yonn.” This he enclosed in an envelope and tddresvd, gave it to the man and aatched him curiously as he placed it in i small metal receptacle attached to a :ord, then jerked a rope and lowered the -eceiver into the water. After what cemed a long time, several of the same itrokes which Demetrius had heard sreviously resounded sgain, aod the :ord was drawn up, the receptacle opened ind Demetrius rece ved his own note, on lie back of which was scrawled: “I ion’t object D. Hartley.” “Can you send me another me wage?” isked Demetrius. “Yes, sir.” Rewrote: “The wedding day is fixed or October 8; I sincerely hope you will represent” This was sent as before, and after an- >ther interval of waiting cam'? ba< k the inswer: “All right; 111 be there.” “What’s the charge, gentlemen?” said Demetrius, briskly, as he folded up his rerrespondence and put it in his pocket “No charge, •ir.” “No charge? Then take this, and irink to the health and happiness of my wide and myself on the Hh of October," ind pressing a five-dollar note into the land of the astonished workman, he .prang into the boat and was rapidly lulled ashore.—TVs Epoch. BIRD ARCHITECTS, DWELLING HOUSER BUILT BT FEATHERED ARTISTS. Aaeemhljr Room* Constructed by Public Spirited Bird*—The Crow Family Are Famod* Hon*e Dec orator*—The Gardener Bird. Electric Sagar. A queer atory of an alleged wonder ful discovery by an American inventoi and the practical application of it in Ureat Britain comes from a Scotch news paper, which vouches for its truthful oess. The discovery is of a process for refining sugar by electricity, and the in ventor was the late Professor Henry Friend, of New York. Ha was so secre tive, it is said, that he repelled all at tempts to facilitate the working of his process by keeping the management of ’he machinery in his own hands, and he was so fearful that his secret would be discovered that he sent the machinery to Scotland piecemeal from different parts *t this country. He gave years of labor ind investigation to the process u laid, and only his wife was initiated into Wis secret At his private working room he posted a notice that it was death for any one to cross the threshold, and when he died his secret would have been lost had not those interested in his scheme insisted that he should make a written record of his experiments for use in such a contingency. No details of the new process are given, but it is declared that it renders ‘.he boiling of sugar no longer necessary, ind thus saves much that ia now wasted. The raw sugar is put into his machine, sod the first batch is converted into re fined product in four hours. After that the process is continuous, the machine working as long as raw sugar is supplied, and turning it into refined sugar in an hour and three-quarters from the time it is put in. Ninety-nine per cent, of the uccharine matter in the raw sugar is se cured, it is asserted, and the total cost ia only about eighty cents a ton. The right to use the process has, it ii Alleged, passed into the hands of a firm of Liverpool merchants, aod startling changes in the sugar business in the ceai future are promised. —AVi* Tori Sun. A Uniqaa Preach Advertisement. The latest device for attracting the at tention of possible purchasers which has been adopted by several Paris shopkeep ers is an “immovable boy.” Outside a clothier'*, for instance, the “boy” stands without moving a muscle, and bears on his carcase the newest fashion in blouses or corduroys. Paasers-by are easily at tracted by the remat k able figure, which they take to be an effiry in waxwork or a tableau rivant. The boy has been well drilled anl lives up to his work. He smiles not, neither does he wink, nor does he betray the alightest sign, token or movement that he ha* anything in common with the ordinary palpitating and effervescing specimen of humanity, the “Boulevard boy." The device draws, for spectator* are usually lost in amazement at the impaaaive features of the breathing impersonation of a dummy figure. The discovery has been made that ram h of the tea brought to this country is colored with poisonous chemicals. The Custom Home officers in New York have Lorn d'rec c l lo text all suspicious cases, but it ia feared that some of the tea has already bean distributed over the In looking for the artists among the bird*, says John R. Coryell, in the Men. title American, one would hardly think of going to the crows lo fin 1 them, and yet it i* among the crows that the feath ered artists are most common. The most famous artists of the crow family are the bower birds of Australia. And among the bower birds the spotted col lar bird is the most artistic. It builds but an ordinary nest for laying of its eggs and the rearing of its family in, but to compensate for the lack of taste dis played there.it exerts itself like the ideal Socialist to apply its talent for the gen eral good. Ordinarily in the bird world the fe male is the architect, but with thebower bird this is not the ca*e. The male birds at certain seasons of the year come to gether with as much system as the beavers when building their dams, and unite for the ere< tion of what have been aptly called assembly rooms. In shape there structures are bower like; hence the name given the bi r d. In pnrpose they are literally for the assembling of the two sexes at pairing time, when every male bird in bis best plumage at tends and disports himself In the way which to him seems best calculated to win him the object of his affection*. The male birds having <nven their time and talent* to the building think per haps that they have the best right to the privi’eges of the place. However that may be, they certainly do most of the promenading and dancing. They actually do dance, seeming, moreover to enjoy the exercise. They are not so selfish, however, a* to exclude the fe males from the delights of this pastime, but permit them to dance as much as they choose, only observing the decorous rule of dancing singly instead of in pairs of opposite sexes. A remarkable degree of ingenuity and skill are dis played in the building of the bower. A flooring of about two feet by three feet is first woven of twigs. Other twigs of a curved shape are disposed along the length of the platform in such a way that the tops meet in an arch over it. These are held firmly in place by being inserted in the ground and by having stones laid all along their ba<ex. If these twigs forming the aide of the bower are found to have pro ecting twigs on them they are removed and other* put in their places, for nothing is permitted in the bo war that ia at all lilcoly to in in re the plumage of the festive bird*. Other twigs are woven laterally into these twigs to give the structure greater strength, snd the inside of it is lined with tall, soft grass so disposed that the tnfted head* meet near the roof The grass is kept in place by a row of stones arranged along the inner base of the bower. The structure being completed, the bird* go out upon a search for ob jects with which to ornament not only the bower it-elf, but the approaches to it as well, for the entrances to the structure are marked hv well defined edifice is erected. The apex of the tent is about twenty inches from the ground and the base is nearly a yard in diameter. The sides are formed of stems tightly interwoven until a waterproof material is made. An arched doorway ia made in the most convenient side and agallery is constructed all around the interior of the building. An embankment of moss holds the central pillar firmly in ita place. But it is on the grounds that the artistic feeling of the bird showa itself, and there are thus described; “Tha grounds cover about the same space aa the house, snd are made green and lawn- hkc by being covered with patches of moss brought thither for that purpose. < iver the lawn are placed in artistic man ner bright flowers, fruit and fungi In sects, too, which are attractive by reason of brilliant coloring, are captured and disposed about the gaounda. Nor ia ibis all—tha Inner gallery ia alao decor ated with these bright objects. And when the ornamental fruita, flowers and insects begin to fad* they are removed and replaced. Moreover, with evidedl 'saiga, the material of which tha house Is built is a species of orchid which re tains its freshness for a very leng time.” LAMES’ COLUMN. Married Caban* Retain the Malden Name. ^ In Cuba a married woman never loia her maiden name. After marriage she adds her husband’s name to her own. In being spoken of abe ia always called by her Christian and maiden names. To t stranger it ie often quite a task to find out whose wife a woman is. Never hearing the wife called by the hnsbaod’i name, one naturally associates them to- gether. The children take the name of both parents, but place the mother’s name after the father’!.— Wornan't Jour nal. Dr. Taanar’a Navel Notions. Dr. H. 8. Tanner, who became famous about eight years ago by fasting forty days in Clarendon Hall, New York city, has arrived in Chicago from New Mex ico. He ia apparently in perfect health, and his girth ia auch as to suggest any thing except abstinence from food. He eats two meala a day in summer and one meal a day in winter. He said that he had been in Mexico for four years, pur suing investigations into tha subject of suspended animation, or counterfeit death. He is convinced that large num bers of people are annually buried alive all over the world, and from hia study of various cases, and the recoda of socie ties in Holland and elsewhere, he is con vinced that so subtle is the principle of life that no one can undertake to say that it is extinct until decomposition, the only sure sign, has aet in. He declares that the dead in this country are buried with criminal haste, and that burials of persons who are not absolutely deed nre murders. The Doctor ia also investigating an other branch of semi-suspended anima tion, viz., hibernation. He declares that bears snd other hibernating animals do not use their lungs during the hiberna ting season, and he is convinced that man can hibernate. He refers to the long trance* of the Hindoo adepts, accom plished through long seasons of fasting, snd believes that these trances are merely seasons of hibernation. Tha Doc tor says he ia studying with a view to making some experiment* in this line, and that the time may come when he may permit himself to be sealed up in an air tight colHn and laid away until such time as he (hall des gnate for it to be opened.—Jfae Fort Tribune. The Dicta*rose of Fashion. Hundreds of orders given to Paris houses for street, dinner and ball dresses hare been countermanded from the United States. The reason is this; American ladies agree to let Mrs. Cleve land hold the sceptre of fashion, and she in her last tour in New England showed herself on all public occasions without a bustle. That sceptre has long passed from the imperial and royal class. \\ ho now thinks of dressing like any Queen ur Empress you can muiot Th« last crowned dictntrcaa of the modas was the Empress Eugenie, and she was an upstart.—London Truth. Laxariou* Toilets. Popp*a, Nero’s Queen, bathed In asses’ milk, and kept 300 of the load voiced animals to insure a supply. Jose phine improved on her plan by pouring the milk, boiling hot over violets, and bathing in it when just blood warm. But modern luxury goes beyond even that, and grand dames now powder their faces with the concentrated soul of Rns- sian violets, and supply their lack of blushes with all the old recipes of Ninon and with the red of Provence roses, or tint their lips carmine with the blood of the pomegranate. Euclos, and that later fair, the Pompadour, are revived and brought into use. Bo the woman of to day. if she he but artist enough to use without abusing these good gifts, may hold up to her mirror a long improve ment on nature, while decrepitude, gray hair and wrinkles are sent at least twenty years to the nu.—Commercial Adver tiser. A Century Plant in Boston. A freak of nature, called the century plant, was recently placed on exhibition in Horticultural Hall, Boston. The stem is abont twenty-five feet high, and is crowned with a strange looking flower uf a yellowish tint. It ia undoubtedly the most remarkable plant in this conn- try. It is the tallest flower stem, says pathwavs lined by (raalTwhite pebbles ,he Traveler, ever seen of this speceie* in the manner of some of our country ! This P !ant was ^©duced to European walks. The ornamental objects sought «*rdens about 15«8 and flowered in are required to be either pure white in * rance f° r the fret time in MO * and at color or brilliant or glittering. Bleached Hampton Court about 1714; these plant# Irenes, bright seeds, gxv shells, feather*. > utre ^ rcm *^ ,ccn to twenty feet in and the like substances are most ; hei B ht - 8iDCe that time the plant has agate commonly employed. In front of each entrance a little mound c-vered with or namental objects is placed. In Afriea there is a bird, which, like the bower b : rd, combines the qualities of architect and decorative artist, with | *<em reachii g forty feet in height. This the difference that this bird divides the I *peciesi# not only an ornamental plant, talents between the sexes, the female ( ^ ut * 8 i ID P or l* n l M an agricultural being the architect and the male the P? an h From its fresh leaves and foots decorator. The house, for such it really “ furnished a strong fibre which is used Female Chivalry in New York. It is much the fashion with the cheap wits of the day, observes the New York Common iaf, to sneer at chivalry as some thing compounded of whim and scare crow. And thereby they demonstrate both their own den-re ignorance and tbe great need there is in the world for the thing they so decry. For chivalry in es - sence is, not sa they would make it out a fantastical garllantry, but consideration of the strong for the weak, the youthful, the happy, the prosperous for tbe aged, I tko ill Ik* poor. A pretty tle- ' monsiration of it came off on a Bixth avenue elevated car the other afternoon. The car was wofully crowded, as usual, when it steamed up to Park place, and among the passengers who squee ed on waa a thin elderly woman, with a hard, sour, grumpy face, yet a pitiful tremor of hands that belied her defiant countenance. She straggled np the aisle, quite hopele-s of anything more than a strap to which she might cling, but just a* the car was fairly in motion a girl with the face of an angel, the gown of a Faria’an, and a package of bon-bons, worth their weight in nickel stood up, Ull and straight and fair, and with a kindly touch put the poor battered creature into her vacant seat, while a dozen men young, strong, healthy and unburdened, lolled and stared at her in unabashed ease. flowered in cultivation in all the princi pal parts of the world where horticul ture is promoted. Tbe largest plant recorded is that which bluomed at the King of P ussia garden, the flower is, is a notable affair and covering an area of fifty square feet in some instance*. One observer ha* described this extra ordinary structure in these words: “Tho doorway to this dwelling is placed on in making twine, paper and various articles, bags of coarse cloth. Hum boldt describe* a bridge of 130 feet spans aver the Bhimbo in Quito. The main rope*, four inches in diameter, were the lower part of the slope, in order that ] made of this plant. The juice of thi# plant yields the pulque of the Spaniards, and by fermentation nvery intoxicating brandy called mexital, and the fresh leaves sliced are often used ns food for cattle, making aa a whole one of the moat u*eful of Mexican plants, and all who are interested in the history of plants should not miss the opportunity of seeing this fine specimen. rsin may not cause an inundation of the habitation. A level platform of wood is then built at the higher end of the structure snd a carpet of some soft vege table material is laid on it. A partition wall with a doorway is then raised to cut this portion off from the main room, for this is the mother's chamber and tho nursery. Another portion of the dwelling is then partitioned off for use a* a store room, and it is the male bird’s duty to stock it with provisions against a bad season. The rtmaining space in the house is retained by the male bird as a sort of guard house and resting place com bined.” No sort of decoration is allowed by the mother to encumber the intcriot of the house, but apparently she does not care what the father docs w ith tho outside, provided he first procures food before giving himself up to his artistic instincts. The things which he collects show his catholic taste in art Anything glittering or odd in shape will please him, and, if the truth be told, his house in the end comes to look like a refuse heap or a modified city dumping ground. The passion of the hammerhead for ob' jets de vertu is such, and so well under stood among the natives, that when one t nem loses any s|>ectally glittering or ^audy article, he at once: ets out for the nearest hammerhead house and there searches for it In a certain sense the gardener bird of New Guinea is more remarkable than either of tha foregoing birds. It ia on the public assembly room that it ex ercises nil its strange powers. When the time for building haj come, a leves An Island's New Dress #f Flora. The luxuriant vegetation of Krskntoa was totally destroyed by the eruption in 1883, not a living germ being left. Three years later the Uland was visited by Dr. M. Treub, who now reports having found six spec es of microscopic nig«, which coated the rock and seemed to have formed the soil on which eleven species of ferns bad taken root. A com mon grass of Java was growing, and there were quite a number of flowering plants as first appear on coral islands. Becd* or fruit of several coral island tries were found on the shore. Krskatoa is ten miles from the island of Sibesie, containing the nearest terrestrial vegeta tion, twenty miles from Sumatra, and Iwentv one from Java. People who are always looking for tha treasure buried by pirate* never stop to wonder, remarks tbe Detroit Free />>•«*, where they had n chance to rake in big hauls. Iu the days of pirates a dozen captured pirate ships wouldn't pan out enough cash to set up a good corner grocery. The young Emperor ot China is to bo spot, upon which a stout upright ahrub J untried on tire twenty-fouth day of the ia growing, ia selected, and all around I First Moon in 1889, and tha event will at iknhii Fashion Notes. Cashmere colors are a new feature in millinery. A combination belt buckle and chate laine is among the novelties. Steel bead passmenteries are still fa vored to trim blaok aud gray gowns. Soft finished antique brocade* are used in combination, and also for entire dresses. Drap d’AIma Is an old favorite which is revived among the nutumn weaves in all the fashionable shades. Various shades of gray-green and gray blue are conspicuous in the recent im portations of dress fabrics. Boas and muffs to match will b* furnished by the fa-h onable milliners with nil the “confections” they produce. Alpenstocks, suggedingthe past sum mer season, are now made into tripodi for the decoration of the hall, which is becomings sort of museum. Stylish woman no longer wear white petticoats upon the street, save indeed one too short to show, which is elaborate ly trimmed at bottom and styled the petticoat, while skirts of silk, satin, cam bric, or soft w ool go next to the gown and match it in color. Straight, undraped skirts, with a hand of tb* richest metal embroidery *t f 0 * 1 for their only trimming, nre quite tb* feature of new impotted gowns. They have tiny pads at the back and ju*t the suspicion of steels, which goes to pro*® 1 that the bustle diet hard. Nurses’ aprons of white lawn h*»® two brood widths that almost mcc*. 1 *• hind, and arc trimmed with row? of in sertion and tucks above n hem. The cap of white muslin has an Alsacisn bow o embrodcry, or else loops of colored rib bon are around the crown. Any book of poems which has the word “tyrant” in it cannot pass the frontier. The Czar thinks it • dir ®** hit nt him. An English book wo* InW tabooed because it had the sentence. “God’a free air.” All the air in Hu** 1 * belongs to royalty. There are but fourteen Cathollci '■ the United States House of L Uvea. A crust ol stats' brand will rontfrf