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ABT LAMP SHADES SPRINGLIKE AFFAIRS ANO DESIGNS FOR VARIOUS ROOMS. "White Linen and Violet Shades. Dainty Creations of Chiffon and Lace In Pale Pink, Cream White ana Grass Green. The lamp shade is still a very impor tant decorative point in an effective room, and it remains as popular as ever in chiffon, linen, silk and water color paper. While th glass glohe of differ ent tints is fashionable and fills a need in furnishing, yet the homemade shade lias a large following. Of the variety CHIFFON SHADE. of designs which present themselves The Home Decorator gives this infor mation: For spring the linen shade is especially fine-in grouping -of flowers such as violets, pansies, poppies and chrysan themums. These shades are in extra size, on a cloth of good quality. Some are painted in borders, others in bunches. Many are embroidered in long and short stitch and are'made up hythe clever woman who knows full well how to handle decorative articles. Lamp shades made of linen and orna mented either by the brush or silks should be adorned according to purpose. Por a boudoir the violet and pansy are acceptable at ail times. For the best room in a suburban home the poppy or chrysanthemum is excellent. In studies or small libraries a more dignified de sign is made appropriate in the way of a clever etching outlined by different silks, which proves an artistic affair when finished. All these affairs can be edged either by a fnl) niching of picked cut silks or a plain, ribbon in a solid tint well quilled in plaits or a straw braid or deep scallops over which is a gold liquid wash. There is^but little variety in treatment, except in the Sower decoration, some being more ar tistic than others. Colors are often ap plied which do not insure success. Among the frailer shades peculiarly adapted to old and white drawing rooms the chiffon takes the lead. Many are as dainty in appearance as ball gowns, and, to be fin de si cle, they are ruffled the entire length. They are artistic creations in which chiffon, satin ribbon and narrow lace in tints of delicate pinks, cream whites and delicious grays, set off by grass greens in the way of ribbons, leaves and the like, add to the schema With all these tasteful shade orna mentations the silk shade should be dis cussed for the benefit of the amateur away from the big centers. Silk shades have a precedence not outrivalled even by goods of finer make. Many of these artistic schemes are treated like those in water color decoration. A pretty de sign is a group of charming painted blossoms or a bunch of roses embroid ered in natural tones. In these silk ap pointments garlands of seed pearls do excellent duty, while passementeries in gold and silver or deep fringes act as border edges. In principal devices -fig ures work splendidly, a garden scene or pastoral pictures making desirable rep resentations. The lighter the silk used for shades the better, from the fact that delicate tones insure just s much wear as do those of deeper hues. Toilet shades in silk, lace, water color paper and crape materials are made up as usual, only a variety in decoration ia given each season. Today the lace shade in one piece is strikingly beauti ful Lace as embroidery is designed in rosebuds, moss roses, tiny daisies, vio lets and pansies. Water color paper shades are very pretty and can be ornamented in flow ing designs of conventional forms or in flower sprays and running vines, the edge being treated exactly like that of a larger make. In newer variety the French shade of empire, renaissance and ultra fashion WATER COLOR PAPER SHADE. able makes is now offered. These shades are made of heavy cardboard, the whole first being tinted in a suggestion of a tone and afterward decorated. Three photographs of fashionable beauties, of a pretty child or the face of a young girl may be placed at equal distances apart Country Hou.se Furnishing. Light woods such as birch and maple and the white enameled furniture dec orated in floral designs to match the color schemes of the rooms are favorites for country homes. Flemish and English oak dining room furniture, all heavily carved, is very beautiful. Flemish oak, too, so treated in the finishing that it is almost black, is very effective for hall, dining room or library. - A new golden oak shade in furniture is one of the season's specialties This is made up in all the favorite styles of dining room and bedroom furniture in the prettiest kinds of designs. The new modern Chinese wool rug. in blue and white and green and white, and thc cotton washable rug in these colors are very desirable. PRETTY FANCY WORK. Pillowslip Decoration-Two Kind* of Cot work-Crochet Lace. Very effective and enitable for its purpose was the old fashioned way of decorating pillow shams and other arti cles of bed linen by braiding, because it laundered so beautifully and was at the same time so ornamental A beautiful set of pillowshams re cently seen was made of heavy linen scalloped at the edges, the scallops heavily buttonholed in linen thread. In the middle of each sham was a large arabesque in braiding. A handsome ar abesque border was carried around the four sides of the sham, and at each cor ner it developed into an upspringing, floriated figure. The strongest and handsomest finish for pillowslips in a pretty, handmade crocheted or knitted edging, made in cotton for cotton slips and in linen thread for linen slips. An acceptable gift is a bolt of such edging for a set of pillow slips. Beautiful applique work can be done with linen over linen. In this case the design appears, on the under piece, the over piece framing it, as it were. To work in the above fashion lay one piece of linen over the other, selecting the color in which you wish the design to appear- an&^laying that underneath. Work the design through and through both layers of linen in bold stem stitch outline, keeping well within the out lines of the design. When the outlines are all worked, cut away the top linen within the outlines, and the design will appear on the under piece. Now couch down a double strand of linen thread CROCHET LACE IN SILK. or floss along the outlines and then work in any veinage or shading lines needed to finish the design. Roman embroidery is both serviceable and handsome for the decoration of lin en pillowcases, sideboard scarfs, table covers and for other household pur poses. It may be used very effectively on colored linens, as well as on white linen. Roman embroidery is a form of outwork. It is done as follows: Trace the design on the article to be decorat ed, wojk the outlines by a close running stitch, then work them over in button hole stitch with cotton or. soft linen thread ; then, when the design is all worked, cut away the superfluous linen outside of all the outlines of the design and your work will be finished. The Ladies' World, which is the source of the foregoing suggestions, also illustrates a pretty cross stitch crochet lace with directions for working the same : Make a chain the desired length. Then 1 treble in every stitch of chain. 2. One treble in third stitch, then 1 treble back in first stitch ; this forms the cross stitch ; 1 treble in fifth stitch, 1 treble in third stitch again, 1 treble in seventh stitch, 1 treble back in fifth stitch. Continue thus the whole length. 3. Same as second row. 4. Six long trebles in first cross stitch, 1 treble in next cross stitch. 6 long trebles in the next, 1 treble in next, and so on. Finish the edge by making a chain of 3 and 1 single in each stitch. To -Make Silk Silky. Silk that has lost its luster can some times be restored to glossiness. Let a dozen large potatoes be grated into a gallon of soft water, stirred well and left to settle for 24 hours. The fabric must then be sponged with the clear liquid, which most be absolutely freed from any sediment Then place the material between moist cloths of fine texture and iron with considerable pressure in one direction. Your silk should then once more be silky A Sore Test. The schoolmaster put tc his class the question: "Two jars of gas, one con taining nitrogen and one carbon di oxide, are given. How may the gases be discriminated ?" One eager little pupil said: "Get a man, and let him take a deep breath of both. When he gets the carbon dioxide, he'll die. That's the way to telL " The Pressure Cure. Dr. Negro of Turin has succeeded in curing 100 out of 113 cases of sciatica by digital pressure over the painful part The pressure is applied with all possible force for 15 or' 20 seconds and is repeated for same length of time after an interval of a few minutes. In many cases six treatments are all that is necessary. Qnite a. Side Show. Missouri is said to be the best circus state in the Union. This may account for the pleasing tradition that a Mis sourian has to be shown.-St Louis Globe-Democrat Reekie** Ext ravaflrance. Senator Hoar is Dot a stingy man, but he looks out for the pennies. He was riding on a street car one day, re lates a Washington correspondent, and had just completed a transaction with the conductor involving the payment of a quarter cf a dollar for six car tickets -4 1-3 cents a ticket-when an ac quaintance got on board and took the seat next to him. The acquaintance banded the conductor a nickel and turned to open up a conversation with the Massachusetts senator. The senator fidgeted in his seat a minute and then broke in with the remark, "I am glad to see that yon are prosperous." "Prosp rons!" exclaimed the other man. "Why, I am poor as a church mouse!" "Excuse me; I thought you must he j rich. I am comfortably well off myself, but I have never felt that I could afford to pay 5 cents for a ride in a street car when I could get six rides for a quar BEAUTIES IN BUCKRAM. Including Original md Dellgrhtfnl Baster Gifts. A little skill with the brush and some ribbons as finishing touches, when, lo, plain, everyday buckram is transform ed into countless dainty articles suita ble for gifts for Easter and other occa sions. A writer in Modern Priscilla tells how to utilize this commonplace material, as follows : The buckram should look like a coarse canvas stiffened, and I have bought it in buff, gray and cream. In the stores it is called "collar carivas," so in buy ing it give more attention to the ma terial itself than to the name. It pre sents a smooth surface, which takes oils or water color equally welL Buy 27 inches of buff and then split it length wise. Bind the two narrow ends across with golden brown satin ribbon, fold in these ends about four inches and then bind all around the case, first bast ing, then stitching on the machine with brown silk. Feld again in the middle, and you have a letter case, or portfolio, all but the decoration. This can be of any preferred style. A small boat in sepia may occupy one corner cf the case and in the other comer the quaint saying, "If There Be Any likely News, Sende It Downe. " This coloring is quiet, but very refined. One case done in white Easter flow ers, with their rich yellow hearts, was bound with yellow ribbon. Another one was of cream buckram with s beauti fully painted spray of wild roses and "Blessed Be Letters" in odd, quaint let tering. This was bound with pink rib bon. A very handsome one was somewhat larger, with a lining of purple satin basted in before the ends were bound. This is easily done, and, of course, makes the case richer, if one does not consider expense. The whole case was bound with purple ribbon and a large graystone cross painted on it, with white lilies against the gray. Golden rays radiated from it, and "He Is Risen" appeared over the cross. One of the most beautiful was on cream buck ram and was bound with pale green, the decoration being a mass of pink and white clover in green and gold scrolls. Any one with a little ingenuity can make an assortment of gifts from this delightful material. By making the strip of buckram longer and making deeper pockets an ideal photograph holder is secured. A memorandum case for a man's desk can be evolved from these ideas, usiiig, of course, rich and suitable coloring-a telegram case, a note case ; the worker will know best her friends' requirements. Boxes for all purposes can be covered with buckram and decorated. Such boxes are useful and pretty for hand kerchiefs, gloves, photographs, cards, cigars, sewing utensils, etc. An Easter Tree. It is not long ago that the Easter fairy evolved the brand new idea of celebrating this day with a tree of its own. The idea has not yet spread very much among the boys and girls, but is FRUIT OF THE EASTER TREE. too splendid not to do so. The tree, by the way, need not be an evergreen; that would trespass upon Santa Claus' domain. Any kind of a bare shrub of the right size will do, because pink and white and green tissue paper will pro vide flowers and foliage. And here is what the New York Herald, to which the notion was originally confided, has told about the strange fruit of this tree, provided by the fairy : Then the good fairy, with beaming face, said: "Now we will hang strange fruit upon this tree. We will make from eggshells baskets and boxes and buckets and funny little brownies and clowns and i acial heads and spiders and rabbits and owls and chickens and ev ery oddity we can think of, and will trim and gild and paint and glue them until all are gorgeons and some gro tesque. Here and there we will scatter these productions over the tree, sus pending each by a streng thread and leaving space enough to add some of those big. beautiful silver and golden and hand painted porcelain eggs I saw in the Easter storage house the other day. They all hold candies and nuts and raisins, and so do the gay blanket ed elephants, fat pigs, plnmp hens, ma jestic roasters, long eared rabbits and pug nosed dogs that were also there. It was a queer menagerie, I assure you, my dear, but must be represented on our Easter tree- " Fashion Echoes. One of the most chic hats is a mush room shaped yellow Tuscan straw, with trimming of white tulle and yellow velvet. At the front the tulle is caught with a jeweled pin. The beautiful striped and flowered silks are made up into stunning para sols, with elaborate handles. Widespread silks covered with polka dots are made up in shirt waists, and so are large plaids. Tobacco brown is a prominent spring color in half a dozen gradations. Sig nificantly intermingled with beautiful brown cloths are others of nasturtium red and mandarin orange, lovely, lus cious shades. Fashion In WLi e. White cloth gowns have already been nsed for Lenten at homes and very fine cloths in the most delicate colors are ready to appear, a delicate gray verging on mauve, a grayish green and mastic being favored shadea Pastelle is a new cloth with a dull surface like ly to he worn. White cashmere, cloth and serge gowns, as well as those in pale biscuit or pale beaver tints, bid fair to be fash WHITE CLOTH COSTUMES. ionable at seaside and country resorts this summer. The cot shows two French models in white. One is in serge orna mented with several rows of stitching. The coat is scalloped and fastens with fancy pearl buttons The other is a simple, but stylish coat and skirt in white cloth. More elaborate examples are trimmed with fancy strappings, lace and inserted panels, and will be worn for afternoon functions. A Girl and Her Wheel. Every girl who possesses a bicycle should understand the mechanism of her machine and be able to keep it in order without the continual aid of her brother, father or masculine relation. If she attains this knowledge, she will feel quite independent when out riding and of course become a much more ex pert wheelwoman than if she has just learned the mere use of her iron steed Sentence Commuted. The governor today commuted th* sen te coe of Sarah Carson, of Orange borg, convicted of larceny She was sentenced to six months in the peniten tiary, three of which the bas served, and to pay a fine of fifteen dollars If sbe pays tbe fine she will be released, She bas a large family at home who were dependent upon her for sapport. D ring Summer we ere liable to Stomach aod Bowel troubles, such as Diarrhoe i, colic, Cramps, etc , for which Dr. M. A. Simmoos L.ver Medicine is highly recommended. Imitated Simom Cooper Marion Bristow, the big negro who did tbe Simon Cooper act in Car tersville the other night is now in the coonty jail awaiting trial at the coming term of court. Bristow, it is said, beat a negro into insensibility at Cartersviile, and otherwise terrorized the town by shooting pistols and talking load. He was arrested and taken lo Timmons ville, where the preliminary was held. A pistol, a doable barrelled shot gan and a heavy led ball with a string attached were taken from him. The desperado was certainly well armed He is likely to be heavily sentenced by the court.-Florence Times Jane 23. Santiago de Cuba, June 20 -A native diver, while getting metal from the wreck of the sunken Spanish cruiser Almirantine Oquendo yester day, found a bag containing $8,000, half in Spanish paper money of little Value Chio go, Jane 23.-Gen. Russell A Alger, secretary of war, announced here today that be is in the Michigan senatorial fight with "anti trust" and "eleo'ion of senators by direct vote of the people*' on his banners. Manila, Jone 23.-Aguinaldo does not eeem satisfied with the attempt of the insurgents to take San Fernando, and has uk en command of Gen. Luna's army and massed the largest force yet mobilized, bringing thousands from Atip lo region. He is exceedingly troublesome. Last night his men wounded two members of the Seven teenth infantry. MacArthur's men are constantly on the alert to repel aoy attacks of the rebels and are sleeping on their arms. MacArthur thinks Aguninaldo will make a desperate attempt to take Fernando. His force is now estimated at from six to eight thousand. The Standard Oil company is prepar ing to get out of Ohio. The head quarters will be removed from Cleve land to New York, and on the 1st of July its Ohio charter will bs given up. lr. is announced semi officially io Berlin that aoy increase in the tax on American bicycles ia impossible, be cause the commercial treaties with Austria, Russia and Italy exclude such a change. On thc arrivai cf the Sf , which is j bringing Capt.. Dreyfus fr; m French Guiana to Brest, Franco, for a new trial by ccuntermartial, a torpedo boat destroyer will meet the cruiser and transfer Dreyfus to shore. The Johnson Grass. Ooe hundred tores io Jobosoo grass A yield of fifty loos of fine hay every two weeks. The loose hay selle for $12 a too Saoh is the experience of Mr. Ed Napier, who io the early spring of this year began extensively to grow the grass that bas been such a nuisance to Georgia OJtton growers. The land is about a half mile back of Central City park and will grow 50 to 70 bnshels of corn to the acre. "I sell quanti ties of the loose hay to Macon cattle men and others haviog stock to feed, and readily get $12 a ton," said Mr. Napier. "Next year my land will yield a ton per acre at each cutting. It has not become well rooted yet, bat soon it will be as thick as hair on your head, and my bandied aeres will give two mowing machines steady employment duriog all those months between frosts. I have a meadow now ready for cattiog which was sown three weeks ago. "No, it is not a new business with me. I tried te o years to kill it out and get it off land, bat 1 finally became convinced that it was the most profit able thing a Georgia farmer could grow, no matter how rich or how poor his land might be, so I ordered 120 bnshels of seed and harrowed it in The season has bseo so dry that my Bermuda grass bas done nothing, bat I have bad one harvest of Johnson grass after another every two weeks since I planted. "All kiods of stock devour it eager ly, aod it is the most nutritions forage I ever saw. I am going to sow more of my land in it next year. It fattens eadie and makes cows so increase their milk flow that it would be the best thing I could grow even if I couldn't reit a pound of it. Bat there is no danger of overstocking the market. When oar people learn how mach stronger and better it is than any other grass they will bay it ia preference to sending so mach of their money out west for hay." "What will you do about cutting yoor bay in bad seasons ? How will you keep it from growing up aod be coming so rank that it is not good for feeding ?" be was asked. ' Of course such a thing is bound to bappeo sometimes. The grass grows so rapidly that I am obliged to lose a cu'ttog occasionally. If I do, I will jost take my disc plaw and turo the whole thing under to enrich the soil. It won't be long before another crop will be ready to cat, and I will gain for my laod what I lose io bay." Mr Napier is proud of the beautiful meadows, which resemble great corn fields sown broadcast, and he is glad to talk to all who visit his place -Macon Telegraph. NEW PROFESSOR ELECT ED. It was at a late boar last night wheo the board of trustees of the South Carolina college, haviog held its annaal meeting, adjourned. The board elected to the chair of biology, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. W. S. Leathers, Dr. L C. Glenn an A M of the college and Ph. D of Harv ard. The board also granted the petition of the students that the session be begun one week earlier aod closed one week earlier. So hereafter, beginning next fall, the oollege will opeo the third Wedoesday in September and close the second .Wednesday io Jane This change will be welcomed by all concerced. The trastees also at last night's meeting raised Prof. F. Horton Col cock to the position of fall professor of mathematics.-The State, Jone 21 Not Worrying About lt. Washington, June 23 -Dr. Chas. A. McQuesten, who was on the staff of Gen. E. S. Otis, and who was health officer at Manila, has returned home invalided by the climate. Capt. McQuesten made a close study of the condition of the Philippine situa tion. He is of the opinion that it j will take from 100,000 to 150,000' soldiers to properly subdue and hold the islands He also says that the peace commission was an absolute failure. Dr. Schumann, he says, knows that the coran : -sien is a fail ure, and is coming home in July. "Unless troops, thousands of them, ar^ sent to the aid of our men there they will be driven back into Manila in the course of the next few mouths, during the rainy season. Our men simply cannot stand the climate. Fifty per cent, of them will be incapacitated by sick ness and the territory overrun wili have to be abandoned and Manila will be in a state of siege again Relative to the statement of Dr. McQuesten about the number of troops needed in the Philippines, Adjt Gen. Corbin said that the war department would prefer to take the official statement of Gen. Otis, who is in command cf the Philippines rather than an unofficial statement of a surgeon, as to the number of men that were necessary. He also said that there would be nothing done in the matter of calling for additional troops while the presi dent and secretary were away frcm Washington. -I ll tt mm Pure blood is full of Life and Vitality, and carries vigor to the organs of the fcody. Dr M.A. Simmons Liver Medicine creates rieb, pure blood DEWEY ON EXPANSION. Minneapolis, Minn, Jane 23 - George H. Holden, who bas jost re- 1 turned from the Philippines, tells of a talk with Admiral Dewey io Manila J during which the letter expressed | expansionist convictions of the I strongest type. The admiral asked | Holden for his opinion on the future | course cf the government in the isl* ands and when bis caller declared j that the American people could not | afford to withdraw, that they were | bailding for the future and not for the present, and that they owed it to the world to remain, be heartily approved of the words. Impress your view upon your^ friends and every American citizen," ^ said Dewey. Holden was asked by the admiral to visit a certain member of the foreign relations committee of the senate and urge him to have a law \ passed extending citizenship to the \ 60 China boys who participated lo the battle of Mani a. "They were good enough to fight for us and they are good enough to be American citizens," said Dewey. The Peace Conferecce. The Hague, June 23.-The infor- ' mation from Germany is that Empe ror William will not separate himself from the other powers in the arbitra tion question ; and the German dele gatea anticipate a favorable decision on that point. The conference probably will take % a holiday after June 28, to allow the I delegates tc refer to their respective governments for final instructions. M. de Staai, president of the peace conference, at a meeting of the com mittee today introduced the Bussfao proposals looking to the arrest of armaments and read a declaration disclaiming all intention of proposing a reduction of the armaments at pres ent. He believed that if a standstill could be agreed upon, a redaction would soon come of itself. He now appealed to the powers to devote their energies towards the arrest of the continual increase of cost of - armed peace, which, he asserted, % costs mere than a tremendous war. Col. Gilisky of the Russian delega- J tion, moved that the powers should j enter into an understanding for a Jj term of, say five years, not io in- I crease the effective peace footing of ! their forces, except in colonial troops \ nor increase the amounts of their - military budgets. A naval standstill 1 resolution will be introduced later. A Road Builders' Institute. Two of the greatest factors in the good roads problems in this country are money to cover the expenses, and trained road builders who know how j to expend this money judiciously. \ Road builders will not multiply unless there is money with which to pay them, bot the existence in every county or township of supervisors ' who know how to expend every dollar 1 of road money to the best advantage, for permanent results, will greatly increase the willingness of the people to vote taxes for the road building. With a view to aiding in bringing about this result by awakening an in-^, terest in this subject a road builders' institute is to be held in Char lotte, the centre of that excel lent system of macadam roads in Mecklenburg county, for ten days or two weeks, beginuiog July 11th, next It will be conducted by Prof. * J A Holmes, the State geologist for North Carolina Gen. Roy Stone, director of the government office of road engineering, will be with the institute for several days and will give it the benefit of bis wide experi ence. D. P. Hutcheson, manager' of the Charolotte township road work, and C A Spratt, engineer for \ the city and county road work, will take part in the discussions of good roads problems and explain their sys tem of road building. The county, township and city road authorities will cooperate with the institute in evety way possible in \ making the instruction given of a J practical nature. Persons attending will be given instruction in how to locate, build and repair both earth roads and macadam roads ; the build- ? ing of road machinery and the man agement of convicts Road super- 3 visors from every part of the two | Carolinas, and all other persons who ! desire to learn something about the j methods of modern road building, and who may wish to see the metb- I ods followed io building the splendid i macadam roads of Mecklenburg conn- | ty, are cordially invited to atted this 1 institute. The only expenses necessary are the cost of traveling and board while j in Charlotte. Persons desiring further informa- | tion should write to either Mr. D P I Hutcheson, Charlotte, or J. A. | Holmes, Chapel Hill, N. C. THE WEAR AND TEAR. "I suppose you feel that you have a great deal of fighting on your hands,'" remarked the non-combatant Tagal. "No,:' answered the leader of the Filipino retreat "We don't notice it on our hands eo much But it's pretty hard on our feet/*