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COUNTY TRUSTEES* MEETING. AT WNVAL FLFCTl?>\ OF OFFI i'KKS Mit. J. M \. WII.HKH WAS HfcXFCTFH As Fltl.S DK39T, Meeting Was Well Attended and Proved Ver> Interesting and In atrctlve?Msn> Muttor-s of Interest to i oiint> s hooU Discussed. The Sumter County S< hool Trustees' Asso< ..;te>n no t W< . at noon In the /rund Jury room of the eourt fcouee, thin being the regular quar? terly meeting. Th president. ..lr. K F. Miller, being unable ? ? ??<? pres ent on account el Bgejffl duty. Mr. J. B. Hysn was elected temporary chair? man. The following members gsjswered to th*. roll rail: J. M. N. Wilder. J. W. BrutiM.n, T. E. Hodge. 8. Weinburg. M. L. Parier. K A. Hair. J. Frank William. II A. Itaffield w I'horn T Htuckey. K. M. Mcl-'.lwen. It. K Brown. J K Terr>. W. K McCoy. M. D .Weaver. H. T. Goodman, Hugh M*?'<aurin. J. B. liyan lilts being the regular nv-eting for ths election of ortl? er*, th?' following officer* were eleeted for the ensuing year: President. J. M. .V. Wibb r. Vi< ? geesaa>egd s. a ii ?rvin, Secretary. J. II. Huynsw -th. Mr. J. S. Kweurlngen, State Su? perintendent of MW at Ion. wan Invited to add re** the meeting, but he was unable to be present on aceount of a meeting of te trustee* of the ?oath Carolina Fnlversity. The secretary read the minutes of tbe but meeting, and then read the recent acta passed by .he 'es'slature in regard to the schools. H? also read a letter which had just beon sent to all the teacher* in the eo .nty In re? gard to certificate* being rceorded, and proper enrollment of pup is. He ex plaJaed 'hat it was dlttlei it to secure all certificates, and that unless a teacher made inquiry puoil* were often enrolled several times Curing one school session. Dr. M. Ii Parier made a motion, which was carried, thai the asso? ciation put it -?elf on record as thor? oughly endorsing the county super? intendent in his effort to se? nr.- cer? tificates to the extent of positively re? fusing to pay any claim of a teacher who had failed to have her certificate recorded. The matter of colsonldation of schools was discussed, and legislative acts encouraging the same were ex? plained. Dr. Parier, in a forceful talk, show? ed that little earnest attention was gdvea by the trustees to their schools. Inssmuch as they 4ebb.ni met together to discuss improvements or to visit the school* He also believed in hav Ing the count*, superintendent stay a week or nu.*.' st a time at a school in order to th >i..ughly acquaint himself with all conditions. I.i reply the county superintendent agreed with I >r Purler, but insofar as bis duties were con< erfjed stated thst there were over fifty white schooln 11 ih. uiiv and that it was Impossible to give that much time to any one school and get around. He also expressed his belief that the great dc ect in the rural school system was in not having the necessary super? vision, and that for one man. with a hnrao to travel with, to supervise properly fifty odd schools wns accord inj to up to d ite Idess of supervision aext to impossible. He said fur? ther, thst with an automobile trips could ?..? madv li-t.r ,irul offener and that improvement * < <>t||d then bi W" quired, now to vltdt the schools once a year as Is required by law. is more or less a farce, fur suggestions may or may not be curried out, and be none the wiser. The superintendent expressed him- | self also ms being In favor of the us Aislan.I .i i cU Rupert MoT. believ ? ing It to be against the interest of the Schools, to be opposed to any help which might bring about the mm b gssded Improvem* nts. Dr. M. U Partef made Hie motion Which w is curried, that the district boards of truste?M be reejnneted by the County Sebo.d TraeteW Association to visit their schools ejtd to hold at least thre,. sssstlags during the school yeur. the minutes taken by the clerk, to hg sent. as ? report, to fin Fountv Superintendent of IMu? atlon. of their actions iit these meeting* This is to be ilmn at the end of the school yeur. These several rports sre to b. r? i I b) Ike County Super? intendent before the County Tfueeee1 Association, pa Ifcel e.e h and e\ety set of distru t triMl. es mav be. OlltC gC? sjgggdMed with edJsnl good is belag doae, and so l?e spurred to t*renter thin^* for education. Mr. S. Weinberg moved that the mbnutes of ihm meeting be gerate*! ig the form el a biter, and a Copy be sent to every trustee is. ige count) This motion was carried. Adjournment was1 lo xt In Oftb r. ( Signed i .1 Hat bt 11 ILi n woi th, Beeret ?rs PAY VISIT TO MAYFSVILLF. Number ufl m. i>i?m i- of (.amc Cock Lodge Fiitcrtaiitcd by Brothers of gStattty Lodge. The following delegation from dame Cock Lodge No, 11 went from here over le Mayeevllle In can last nlghl to confer the rank of Knight on two aiqttlref In "long form: Prof, s 11. Edmunds, Dr. Walter Cheyne, l?r. (I.o. W, l>iek, II. L Scarborough, . W. C. Wise, 4 j Jas. C. Bryan, ft m. McLeod, c. m. Huret, j J. F. Tisdale, K. 1? Rnau, C. H. Wilson, J. W. Shaw, W. H. Strickland, 1>. U. McCullum, Jr., It S. Churc hill.1 They were most hospitably enter? tained with supper at the hotel. The work of the evening was car? ried out to the pleasure of all, and tho evening was also greatly enjoyed gg the members who went from here. So. ial Ia>dge was found to he in a flourishing condition and its mem? bers very much interested in its progress. NOTES BY THE WAV. Mere Mention of Some of the Workers Who I'repureil for the Sunday School Contention. A detachment of the Boy Scouts un? der the command of Scout Master Carl A. Wlthcrspoon made themselves particularly agreeable ami useful dur? ing the rush incidental t.# the recep? tion ami assignment to homes of the hand rode of visitors attending the South Carolina Sunday School Con? vention. The scouts met every train in com? pany with the reception and regis? tration committees and accompanied, in automobiles, the visitors to the dif? ferent homes provided for them, ant? otherwise made themselves useful. The young "Gamecocks" whose so gal? lantly looked after the welfare of the visitors are as follows: Graham Howman, Aubreth Bradham, K. I. Reardon, Jr., Marlon Hurst, John Itlanding, George Tribble, Alston Brown? Henry McKagen, Jr., Charles Met; lew, Herbert Tinsley, Raymond Th;?rn, Junious Nelson, La land Ed" munds and Marion Cothran. Secretaries A. G. Waterman and H. L. Hire hard, of the Chamber of Com? merce and Young Men's Christian As? sociation, and Mr. Bartow Walsh, WON certainly exceeding the speed limit, and working over time during the last five or six days preparing their mag? nificent card index system of registra? tion and assignment of visiting dele? gates, and in other work connected with the success of the hospitable en? tertainment of the visitors DINNER FOR VETERANS, Will lie Green by Dien Anderson Chapter. F. l> C, at Court House \\ edncsday. Ol Wednesday. April Ith, the tablet erected at tin- Dlngle'i Mill bridge by the Daughter! of Confeder? acy will be Unveiled With appropriate Ot t . monies. decoding this, the Daughters will ntrvt a dinner to tin- Veterans. Every Veteran In the county Ii invited to at U ad this dinner and is asked to ? \ tend this invitation to all of his old Comrade! in arms, The dinner will be served on the court house grounds at 1 P, M. The public is invited to attend the unveiling ceremonies at the bridge at \ :;u p, m TABLET WILL BE UNVEILED. Dingle*i Min Battle Site to Be Mark? ed?order of Eacreisee. The tablet on t he bridge whit h marki the site of ihe battle of Dlngle'i Mill Will be unveiled Ml) April I nt 1.30 o'clock. The follow? ing will be the order of cxercliei: Music. Sumter Band. Prayer, Rev, J, B, Wilson. Unveiling of tablet M u or, Sumter I bind. Address, Mr. s. ii Bdmunds, Music, Sumter Hand. News f rom Timlal. Tlndal, April :: Tin- farmers in thi ??? lion are now pushing forward with their nnoik Much corn has been planted .nice th',- land- h.ive tilled off. Tin- oats ere looking well and bid fair to make a good ? rop, Nathan Pierson, s colored tenant on Mr. W. L. Osteen'l place, had tin' misfortune t.. loose his dwelling and barns wllh their contents by lire on Wednesday, About Iwti and a ball Ion i o teiuilaer woe in* luded In the l< i b CONFEDERATE ROME MUDDLE ( apt. .1. Cut Caldwell, Former Com- ' jiiamlant, Charges Trouble is Duo to Course of Richardson* Capt. .1. Pat Caldwell, former com? mandant of tin- Confederate home, yesterday gave out the following statement! "i have been asked by a number of citizens?not merely my friends hut people generally?to make a statement ahotit the cause of all the trouble at the Confederate infirmary for the past year. It is perfectly plain tl ai it is all due to the c ourse of ad?j. II. \\\ Richardson. "1 was commandant, with the duties of superintending and being reeponalbh for everything, for three months, from December 6, 1911, to March 1, 1011, under Dr. F. S. Harle as chairman. 1 dispensed with the services of an adjutant and tints saved to the State Iiis salary, and myself performed tho duties without addi? tional compensation. Hut in March, lilt, Maj. Richardson came in as chairman and immediately assumed also the title of treasurer and a sal gry of $100 per month, although there were, no duties for the treasurer to perform, and I continued to do all the superintending, The matron con? tinued to keep the books, and the only change was that the pay checks at the end of the month which had always been signed by the "chairman" were now signed by the same man as "chairman and treasurer." For this, and for constantly camping on the grounds, Maj. Richardson drew $100 per month. "He began to meddle with every? thing and to say that he was the board. The old men got dissatisfied, and said that everything was going to salaries. if an old soldier dared to express himself he was in danger of being dlsmieeod. Severe rules were made to prevent the inmates front making any communications to the public without the O. K. of the com? mandant. Dissatisfaction increased. "In the Investigation by the legisla? ture and in his affidavit! in court proceedings, Maj. Richardson has told many things that tan not be verified, one Is his claim that he put a new '?over on the houfo. Another is that he put a substantial wire fence around the 18 acres of Jand owned by the home. Anybody can see that there is no fence there. Similarly he is wrong in his statements that he had the home screened, and had water? works put in the new rooms. "All this is about like Maj. Rich? ardson s sworn testimony of the ex? penses of keeping up the home? where he says the cost is about lt? cents per inmate per day. This would he about $'JJ each. My daily records show that the average number pres? ent was 57, which would make the maintenance cost $5,187. As the ap? propriation for maintenance was $17, 000, that leaves nearly $12,000 unac? counted for, besides the $:;,?Hi0 for re? pairs and building." Cleveland bicycles at Tisdale's.? Advt. flic Small Farmer can be a Good Farmer. It is not necessary for the farmer to imagine, however, that he must work out all of his problems for him? self. Jf he waits to do that, most of them will never be solved. The poor man who w ishes to get ahead should be a reading man. He should read about his work?in farm papers, in experiment station and national de? partment bulletins, in books on ag? riculture as he gets ablo to buy them. Such reading, if done with judgment, has a direct cash value. It will bring in the dollars. For I example, every man who ha? read The Progressive Farmer for a year knows that it is not a safe plan to depend on one crop alone; that it does not pay to plant crops in a poor? ly prepared seed-bed; that he can get nitrogen for his corn and cotton by the growing of clover and cow peas, much cheaper than he can by buying it In a fertilizer. The man with little capital has these facts at his command. He wants to apply them. A man does not have to have two horses, or im? proved implements to enable him to rotate his crops They make it ? asier for him, of course, just as It is easier for him to make a good seed-bed or tend his crops properly with two-horse Implements. Yet be can take his one-horse tools and do good work.?The Progressive Farm? er. The man who lives m ar a good slsed town can start a vegetable wagon on the streets and very soon work up a good fade with the best people m thai city, for when they find i hat his wagon comes regularly, that they can depend un it to till their orders, and thai the products are tu t class, they are only too glad to give that man I heir p ironage,?.f. <!. Huxdlson, In the Progressive I'a rmer. Anywa) Ihe wageworker always ha,; a |h>SS to blame il on. BROWN CASE CONTINUED. Fudge Gary C ontinues Case Until Ap? peal to Supreme Court Can Be Heard. A caae ??i much interest to people here and throughout Sumter and Lee Counts, that of s. w. Frierson againat the Atlantic Coast lam* railroad com? pany, better known as tin- Brown case, because ?.f tin- fact that the suit \a to recover damages alleged to lie due the plaintiff because of the killing of Brown by the railroad company at Lynchburg last winter, lias been con? tinued by Judge Qary until a later term of court. The case came up for a hearing to? day, the motion for a (.'hange of venue made by the defendant last week hav? ing been refused by Judge Gary. The defendant asked for a dismissal of the case on the ground that Frierson had no right to bring suit, as ho was not legally the administrator of the es? tate. It seems that a brother of L. V. Brown, the dead man, was first ap? pointed administrator of the estate, but later that Frierson was made ad? ministrator. An appeal was made from this change of appointment by the probate judge of Lee County to the state Supreme Court and x decis? ion in the matter has not yet been handed down and the question of who is the administrator of the estate ha^ not yet been settled. < In this show? ing Judge Gary continued the ease un? til BUCh time as the appeal to the Su? preme Court Is decided by that body. WONT SIGN SC HOOL NOTES. Paper Negotiable Without Govern? or's Signature? tin* Question. Columbia, April 2.?Under the pro? visions of the Act of the General As? sembly imposing a one-mill tax for the State Treasurer, the Comptroller General and the Governor were em? powered to borrow as much as $ 1 ?U. 000, and pledge the payment of the in come from this tax to the loan for the support of the schools if needed. Requests for aid have been pouring in on Superintendent of Education Bwearingen, and he asked the offi? cers to borrow $30,000 at once. The State Treasurer and Comptrol? ler General have fixed up the notes and signed them, and they were then turned over to the Governor, it was ?tated at his office today that he hail sent them to Cashier Matthews, of the Palmetto National Bank, who had made a bid for the loan, and told him that he (the Governor) had no objection to the bank loaning the money on the signature of the Treas? urer and Comptroller General, hut the Governor would not sign the notes. Attorneys for the bank are loking into the question as to whether the paper Is negotiable without the signature of the Governor, and on this decision rests the fate of the loan. Manning Wants New Railroad. Manning Times. We have a letter from some citi? zens of Turbevllle who express the opinion that now Is an opportune time to put forth an effort to negotiate With the Seaboard railroad, now building into Tlmmonsville and should go through the towns of Ohm tu. Turbevllle, New Zlon, Sardinia, Man? ning and Summerton from thence to Furgeson over the Santee bridge. We agree with these gentlemen that it is an opportune time for all of the towns over this contemplated route to in? terest themselves and arrange for committees from their respective com? munities to Confer With the railroad authorities and ascertain from them what would be necessary to Induce this road to come to us, It was sug? gested In this letter that a meeting be called alter the campaign meeting of yesterday to take this matter into consideration, but thinking that it would be be hard to get such a matter Its proper consideration alter a poli? tical meeting We wrote the gentlemen suggesting that another date be fixed for the purpose. We would suggest that the several municipal authorities agitate the subject in their respective towns by calling meetings of their cit? izens, and then a tpolnt committees with nuthority to go to the railroad people with certain pledges. There will be, iti our opinion, no need to present requests with nothing sub? stantial to urge the requests, and no committee can be of much Influence unless it has the authority to make pledges for the community they rep resent. We would also suggest to our town council to begin taking action in this matter at onae, and for the May? or to see the primer persons who are in a position to be of help, and get them Interested in the scheme. .Municipal House-Cleaning. Dirt Rpd disease are go closely link? ed thai it is impossible to separate them. The Ices dlrl and tilth these is In Sumter the less disease we Will have to combat. Knowing this the Civic League has appointed Thursday, April the 10th, as a day to clean-up the yards and streets of the city. Tin y would like to have everv bit of rubbish and dirt gathered up, ruin every yard, and carried awes, as well as femes repaired and white? washed, w In i possible. All householders and chlldn n are invited to help clean up Sumter and afterwards help to keep it clean. Let us all turn in and In lp make this a city any one would be proud to live in and, starting with this day, April Hlth, let us each resolve anew I,, urid tn the appearance of our yards w hat v\ ill I.i general i?? netll to our pretty little sout hern t??a n. ITnting Kngllsh Lord <to American millionaire, who has been giving him -111 account of his liebes? And all these HtOC'kS iind bonds will later he Inherited by vom daughter? Anc-ri? an Millionaire I am sorry to a\ I have ho daughter. Voting KJngllsh ls?rd Then what was the good of telling me about all this stuff? 1J.000.000.OUO HOltSK IfJWKlt.. Combined Electrleal Power output of 7,500 Central Station* in I . S.?Sta? tistics of Growth. Twelve billion hois.- power?that is the combined electrical power out? put of the 7,600 central setations In tin- United States. Can you conceive what these figures actually mean? One literal soul to whom the ques? tion was recently put objected that "there aren't that many horses in the world!" There aren't. The objection was perfectly sound. But the fact remains that the power output of this coun? try's central station is just about equal to the energy of thoee twelve billion hypothetical equinee. And that is not one half of the to? tal electrical power produced in the United states. The tewlve billion to? tal includes only public service com? panies and does not includes the great steam railroad and manufactur? ing companies Which produce and use their own power. The total pow? er thus produced is easily double the output of the central stations. It is a little difficult for the mind to grasp what such vast amounts of power really mean. Take it this way. The largest standard locomotives which pull the fastest passenger trains are rated at about 6,000 horse pow? er. It would take nearly 6,000,000 Of these big locomotives to equal the energy produced by American elec? trical power stations. Take the big? gest transatlantic liner, nearly a thousand feel long, with i'.: engines rated at 70,000 horse power. To equal the electrical power output of the United states would take 342,857 of these liners, with a combined hngth that would reach men- than twice around the globe. Tiie figures of the census of 1910 on tin- electrical industry are astound? ing, and yet these statistics are ad? mittedly Incomplete. "The growth of electrical indus? tries has been so rapid." recently de? clared, Dr. Bchuyler Skaats Wheeler, President of the Crocker-Wheeler <'o.. "that no method has yet been devised by the government census takers to classify its ramifications In the cen? sus of manufacturers. Xo matter to what extent the 'steam railroads elec? trify, they are still classified under steam railroads. The thousands of poles used to string wires are classi? fied under the lumber indutry. The great copper companies, producing practically exclusively for electrical industries, are classified under the copper industries." l>r. Wheeler estimates that the total business in electrical machinery in the I'nited States was in the neighbor? hood of $300,000,000 for 1912. This estimate seems conservative when we realise that the last census reported the total business for 1910 at $243, UUO.000. Pacts and figures like these make one realize how rapidly and com? pletely the practical application of electrical power is revolutionizing all modern life and industry. GRAVES OX MARSHALL. The Saving Grace of The Yice-Crcs Ident. (John Temple Gravee, in New York American.) I am setting no n tie store by Thomas H. Marshall, Cie Vice-Preel dent. lie grows upon the capital and upon the country in a personality that is set to especial usefulness and timeli? ness for this era. Vice-President Marshall is the sav? ing gra' e of a strenuous Administra? tion. He is the only thing that "rests ' the country. He is one of the few men I ev? r met high up in American poli? tics who do< sn t take himself too seri? ously. He is neither burdened with his mission nor oppressed by his tre? mendous responsibility. Following a long and ponderous list of Superfluous Kxeelleneies in the Senate ( hair, here- is a real human be? ing, sc? natural, so easy, so quaintly, softly humorous, and ?so homespun kind, that he is already kin to all the Senat?> and half the Capitol. Tom Marshal' of Indiana, thought he "sank into a four years' silence" when he said his salutatory on March 4. Hut he was mistaken. He has just begun to talk. The Lord be praised for his sense of humor. The Senate is going to be better and happier for that man. He will get un? der Wilson's jac ket, too. and Bryan's, and even the tense, stern Burteeon and the rest of them, and make them glad when the Mexics arc- fretful and offtceseekers rage. The Vice-President's humor is not so hard and sharp Q thing as wit. It is the real thing. It gets under the cockless of the heart and never stings. It does not make a noise, but it re? laxes and it warms. He wraps it ofteneet about himself and all about his station. The Vice Presidency is a soft human joke to Tom Marshall. It really tickles him to death, with a kind of shamefaced merriment at having nothing to do. He is a good presiding OfHcer al? ready and will be line. Hut it does not worry him. lie was a "corking" good Governor out in Indiana and did big things strongly and can do them again. Hut the humor of the Vice-Presi? dential chair has got into his boms, and he'll never get it out. It is tin most humorous place in all the civil? ized world, and 1 ant so glad Tom Marshall found it. There is one office in Washington around which there isn't going to be any friction for the text four years. And. mark nie. when the lime of tension comes anywhere else in this Administration, there is a reserve power of force, and kindness and tac t, and the saving grace of humor in this Indiana Second Kiddle that will do as much as the mightiest to reunite the chords and reestablish the harmonies. The country is just beginning to know its Vice-President. It has a pleasure in store. A woman stopped tin- car at one of tin- avenues and, upon reaching the platform, attempted to get off on the W l ong side. "The other side, madam." said the < onductor. "I want to get off on this side," ex? claimed the woman. "You can't do It, madam." was the reply, "Conductor," she said, angrily, "I want to get off tin this sab- ol the ? at" In a loud voice the condtn tor i rled "Gentlemen, please stand aside and lei tin lady climb the gate.1. ''Everything has ita drawbacks, as the man said when his mother in law diet!, and thej - iiuie In him for tile funeral exp? m es." <>i i i Ki i> s.mkhkkki rot; ( im: Diu? Concern, said 10 be After Fried matin's scrum. X? w Y<?rk American. ,\ drug concern with headquarters in thin city, it was learned last night, has made Dr. Frederich Frans Pried mann an offer ol I2.000.00S for the exclusive privilege of distributing: the German savant's turtle germ vaccine for the "cure' of consumption. I ?r. F*rledmann and his "cabinet** held a conference with a representa? tive of the drug tirm late yesterday afternoon, at tin- conclusion of which the bactertotherapist stated briefly: "1 shall announce plans within the next two or three days for a country? wide distribution of my vaccine. i*r. tii then there is nothing to he ^aid " Tin- drug firmrepresentative, it is said, told Dr. Friedmann that if the initial offer of $2,000,000 was not sat? isfactory to the savant his company would raise the bid "up into the mil? lions." The company will allow Or. Friedmann to set the retail price of the preparation bims? If. only speci? fying that it be allowed a reasonable profit.'' Plans were discussed for holding huge medical clinics either in KOW York or elsew here to instruct scores of American physicians in the methods of injecting the vaccine. Friedmann probably will discon? tinue the experimental clinics after this week. Today Dr. Friedmann visits the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Diseases in order to select patients to be treated at the "monster clinic" tomorrow. Referring to the death of Prof. Frank ostrander. after he had receiv? ed the Friedmann culture, the Merlin savant stated that it was not at all decisive as Ostrander was practically dying when he received the treatment. TO REMOVE STAINS. Various Ways of Rr snoring Pat ipofl ctl Defacement?. It is hard for even the housewife of large experience to remember exactly Ihe Simple agents for removing vari? ous stains, says an exchange. Knowl? edge of the average maid or laundress is still more limited, hence a device which serves in our house as a con stunt jog to the memory. It is a seit Of rules printed upon a yard of the blackboard cloth used on schoolroom walls. Instead of writing with chalk, print the rules neatly in the form of a ta? ble in while oil paint, thinned with turpentine. This medium, if properly dried, is permanent; it can not be dis? turbed either by steam or by rubbing. After allowing it to dry for four or five days it may be tacked on the kitchen wall, inclosed in a frame of plain pine picture molding. Here is a copy of the table for nny one who may care to make one: Ink Stains?Soak in our milk. If a dark stain remains, rinse in a weak solution of chloride of lime. Blood Stains--Soak in cold salt wa? ter, then wash in warm water with plenty of soap, afterward boil. Grass Stains?Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene, then put in the washtub. Iodine Stains?Wash with alcohol, then rinse in soapy water. Hot Tea and Coffee Stains?Soak the stained fabric in cold water, wring, spread out and pour a few drops of glycerine on each spot. Let it stand several hours, then wash with cold water and soap. Iron Rust?Soak the stain thorough? ly with lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and bleach for several hours in the sun. Grease Spots?Hot water and soap generally remove these. If fixed by long standing use either, chloroform or naphtha. All three of these must be used away from either fire or ar? tificial light. Pitch, Wheel Grease, Tar Stains? Soften the stains with lard, then sjak in turpentine. Scrape off carefully with a knife all the loose surface dirt; sponge cban with turpentine and rub gently till dry. Mildew?Soak in a weak solution of chloride of lime for .several hours. Rinse in cold water. Sewing Mac hine < >il Stains?Rub with lard. Let stand fur Several hours, then wash with cold wa^er and soap. Scorch Stains?Wet the scorched place, rub with soap, and bleach in the sun. Fruit Stains?Stretch the fabric con? taining the stain over the mouth of a basin and pour boiling water on the stain. In cold weather fruit spots eun frequently be removed by hanging the stained garments out of doors over night. If the stain has been fixed by time, soak the article in a weak so? lution of oxalic acid or hold the spot over the fumes of sulphur. Soot Stains?Hub these spots with dry cornmeal before sending the clothes to the wash. Vaseline Stains?Saturate the spot with ether and lay a cup over it to prevent evaporation until the main is removed, use the ether with very great care. Chocolate and Cocoa Stains?Wash with soap and tepid water. Varnish and Paint? If the stain is on a coarse fabric dissolve by saturat? ing with turpentine; use alcohol if on a line fabric. Sponge with chloro? form if a dark ring is left by the tur? pentine. Stockings at ?210 'Jake Parti Hebel. Paris Correspondence New York American. Luxury In woman's dregs has reached such a pitch in Paris that so? ciety women here are proposing to organise a simplicity campaign. It is not SO much the prices paid for the dresses themselves as the money aske d and paid for accessories, which arc exceeding the powers of all hut the deepest purses. The ex? travagance in Stockings has grown in inverse ratio to the thickness of the material. A shot* mar the opera sells stock? ings at 925 a pair at th.' c heapest. An Inquiry for the most expensive pro? duced sonn at $200 and $240 a pair, made of Chantllly lace, Mechlin lace or tissue of gold. Where Was He? < 'htcago He? ord I ferald. A widow, win. was a believer in spiritualism, wishing to communicate with her deceased husband, who had departed this mundane life some time ago, consulted a medium. Alter the connections wa re obtained tin- follow? ing conversation occurre d "Hello." "Yen." "Are voii happy, John?" Yes." Arc you as happy as you wa re on earth. John?" "Yes." "Are you as happy tts you were with me, John " "Yes" This time the answer came ttvmuhoisL ?\Y< II. \\ hat-' it like to f, in Heat - en lohn ?' Heaven! I'm no! in Heaven