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/ 1): Union ?imc0. UNION, S. C. Pauperism is on the wane in Ireland, l)nt ih increasing alarmingly in England. rii^ro were lOOOpatentR issned V>y tho United States Patent Office for electrical inventions during the year I 1804. The detailed report of the Health I Department shows that Brooklyn is healthier than any otherof the world's great cities. Tiic trolleyizing process goes on, notes tho New York Recorder. New York Central is to rnn its excursion business between Buffalo and Niagara Pulls bv trolley. John Scliultz, of Ijuutcnbnrg, T7ost Prussia, lias invented a new kind of paper, but the authorities will not allow its manufacture because what ever is written on it tnay be washed off easily. The French idea that France is n Rood country to live in is illustrated .by the tact that the French immigrants to this country in the last fiscal year 'numbered only 3?iti2 persons?2112 men and lf?nO women. "The advantages of kissing," says Dr. A. E. Fridges in the Hritish Medical Journal, "outweigh its infinitesimal risk ; for it provides us with microbes useful for digestion." Even the strongest advocate of kissing will admit, opines the New York Tribune, .that this is a somewhat grewsome and unpleasant view of osculation. _???? There is still money in real estate in New York City, as is shown by a transaction of two young brokers. Flake anil Cowling. Last December they bought the old building on the southwest corner o' Nassau and Liberty streets for S(.)34,00?\ They sold out the property recently to a syndicate for JfV,150,000; a profit of $30<jU^<U* thi^<mouth>. is not so bad. , W ? A -^|Pt*ashington correspondent of the' Boston Transcript writes as follows about Lord Rayleigh, formerly J. \V. Street, tho discoverer of argon, the new constituent in the air: "It is the iTnrtnrnl nnininn lioro tKo* ?V. ... uv * v I uai mi Y IL'I^Ii will get the $10,000 prize offered by the Smithsonian from the funil given in 1801 to that institution given by Thomas G. Hodgkius, of New York State, to be devoted 'to the iucreaso and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air, in connection with the welfare of man.' In an interview with one of the committee who havo the award under consideration, the writer was told that Lord Itayleigh is in every wav eligible to competition. Since the period for receiving treatises on the subject expired on December 81 last, it appears tbat the English nobleman must have sent a written uecount of his discovery more than a month before his eventful announcement to the Royal Academy. The day ot paper collars passed away some years ago. and though paper is used to-day in many more forms than were ever dreamed of a few decades buck that cheap articles of Labi.r/loctw.-. i...? ..i?i; 1 Vi'mnuvi^ Hi*.- UWUWCl I 1MIJ from the market. 15ut there is promiee, chronicles the Washington Star, that it will have a worthy successor in the paper sock, which is the latest novelty to he proun?l out of the pulp mill. The mechanism has been porfc. ted to produce a paper yarn of such consistency that it is capable of hemp woven into fabrics soft enough for wear. A special merit is the cheapness of this lit u 1 V lll'V KPil til II i*T t II 1 - ^ ? nn ?<. i produced nt a retail price of about three cents a pair At this rate there is no reason why the whole world may not be supplied with foot covering. At throe cents a pair the bachelor's life will become gladsome and happy. Jt i.- said that substances can tie used in the preparation of this material to make the socks so imprevious to water that they can stand several washings before falling apart. This, too, is a great boon. May the three-cent paper sock have a ready market! May it be followed by a ten-cent paper shoe 1 FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. finori.n nonsr.s nr. shod? This depends on the uso they are put to. If it is to work in the lielil on soft ground, shoes nrc worse than useless and an nnnree-ssrv expense. But for work on hard, gravelly roads or on stony ground, where the hoofs are subjected to much wear, it is better to put shoes on the nuitcil. A shoe should be flat, and fitted to the foot without cutting down the heels, and wholly without enlks, which too often cause lameness by throwing the foot out of the natural level, and thus cause strain on the joints. ? New York Times. how to benew ol'r lawns. Row the lawns with compost of ashes, salt and phosphates, or for that matter use any rotted compost you cnn get. Make use of old plaster, lime, decayed chips, muck. Then in the spring, just as the grass is starting, put on a drag and severely drag back nud forth both ways. Sow in clover and grass, or whatever seed you choose and drag again. It looks as though you were doing destructive work; but yon will find that you have torn out weeds, loosened matted roots, broken up moss spot--, and left the soil loose for aeration. It is best to manure our lawns that cannot be plowed occasionally with only old, well rotted manure, with ashes and cotton-seed meal. Some weeds cannot lie eradicated l>y dragging. Wild carrots cuu l?e kept out by pulling twice a year. Coal ashes help immensely to keep the soil loose and moist, an 1 enable manures to work betiedcmily.?New York Independent. sti: vwDEiinins. Spring is the best time to set out strawberry plants, and the work should be done us soon as the ground i? in good condition for working, which will be when it is free from frost. The sets should be runners from last year's grpwth. The best time for planting is late in the afternoon. This allows them time to recover before being exposed to the rays of the sun. In setting out the plants care should be taken to prevent their getting dry. The roots should be spread out much Jike a Jau, if possible, and the hole f?|p| too nioii. RionT. should be dug sufficiently deep to receive them. The accompanying illustration shows the defective nud proper methods of hotting. After planting, the soil should be pressed firmly against the roots. While strwberTies will grow almost anywhere, yet to obtain the highest development proper care and fertilizers must be given. Among the lntter, potash is particularly acceptable and the muriate is about the cheapest kind. If given as much attention as is required lor successful dairying or stock-raising, thtre is 110 secret in the cultivation. One of the main things to remember is that even more 1 V - 1? :? .1 -i- ? I ii<in uiOM m nrr i in* himw uerry is chiefly water in a highly attractive an.i palutable form, and there is much more profit in it than iu those crops which reduce the fertility of the iund. --New York World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. "it is slid that woo I ashes, when brought in direct contact with potatoes, will cause scab. For a lew rows in a pardon the planting of onions sets may be done carefully, but where thev are grown extensively the rows are made shallow ami the sets scattered along the row without regard to their position in the row s. tiivc moro air to tho hot-bed. Plants that have made rapid growth may be transplanted to cold frames, to allow them more rootu, and make them hardy and stocky. Water hotbed plants carefully, so as not to HiJOW lOO 11)11011. Look out for drouth. It often docs * great deal of harm and retards strawberries and earlv crops at tho time when they need water the most. A pump operated by wind or steam will supply water enough to more than I pay for itself in increase of g-rowth at ; this critical period. Greater iu number than anv other class, yet the farmer is subject to lawmakers who iguore his existence. Ho labors hard from one year to another, trusting to a power that controls the price of his "labor and the product of hie toil." (trnw uaflr. ?1.;. ? '? ? ij tiui/ik kuis venr. ii will be ft long time before the spring market is os well supplied as the fall. A great many farmers grow crops for ; the late market, which makes competition keen and prices low. Asparagus i and strawberries, that can be sold in spring and early summer, pay much i better than what is raised for the fall and winter market. To destroy bugs in seed peas put the peas in water and the bugs and injured peas will rise to the surface. Skim them off and destroy them, l'our off' the water and spread the peas to dry. Peas that have been attacked by weevil should not l>e used for sead, not only because sunk seed will no4 germinate, but also because more weevil will be produced to attack the crop. recites. Scalloped Apples?Butter a pudding dish ami put h layer of peeled slice I apples in the bottom. Sprinkle will sugar, a verv little tlour aud einuamor ami some bits of butter. Fill the dish iu this manner and bake one hour, covering the dish to prevent burning on the top. Serve cold or hot. Corn Cake?One cup of yellow corn meal, one cup of wheat Hour, one cup of sugar, one cup of sour cream or one cup of milk, and three tablespooufuls j of melted butter, one teaspoouful of cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful i of soda, a teaspoonful of salt, two unbeaten eggs. Bake twenty minutes. (Hazed Sweet Potatoes?Bake the j | potatoes for one hour. Pare them, cut I in halves, or, if large, in quarters, , dredge with llour and lay them in w | pan, fiat sides down. Spiead over 1 them some melted butter and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Set the pan in a hot oven for twenty minuses, to i brown slightly. xoiufttocs (iDct luce? wasli n cnptul of rice. Have -two tablesi^ln fills' of ! butter over the Ore in a frying-pan, and when very hot 6tir the rice in it. j Stir it continuously until it is a golden brown, when add to it a cupful of tomatoes. Stir it well, cover and let it I cook gently until the rice is tenaer. Add suit and a little pepper. Port" and "Starboard." Why do sailors call the right hand ide of a ship "starboard" and theleft hand "port?" For the answer it is necessary to go back to the d-tys of the Norsemen and Saxons. Ir: the rilling Rhips the warriors hung the "hords" or shields, on the side of the j ship, above the places for their oars. | The Viking himself held the steer oar, i which was fastened to the right hand j side of the stern. Thus the right hand j side of the ship became known us the steer side, and as the hords of the warriors were hung there, it was called the "steerhord," or starboard, side; while the lower, or lurking, side became the larboard. Bord eventually became corrupted into port.?New York Advertiser. Salaries and Incomes cl Ruler* There is certainly one very nice fenture about being a potentate, and that is the income that comes to the occupant of a lofty place. Besides having all his wants attended to, aud a large number of palaces always at his disposal, the Emperor of Russia iu said to receive $20,000 a day ; the Sultan of Turkey receives ?18,b to a day, I the Emperor of Austria reioieea in <li?,000ii tiny; Krnporor William h.ui to get along on SSO X) from breakfast 1o bedtime; (,bioeri Victoria has ' 00 > to spend every week, aud too President of the I'uito 1 States receives a trifle under a thousand dollars r_ I week, but a great deal of free advertising goes with the ollice. ? Harper's i Young People. Distinguished by Their Colors. Tn one of the schools in the city two | of the teachers are twin sisters, and their resemblance is so great that pupils, teachers aud principals are unable to distinguish them apart, so that they have been obliged to adopt us distinctions, scarlet and purple colors. ?New Yo^ . I LADIES' COLUMN MMT. rAr.NOT's KORROWTVa. Mme. Carnot 1ms in her apa ments lit Paris u salon consecrated the memory of her late husband, Pre dout Carnot of France. Mine. CarL has collected all the ribbons beari iusoriptious which were attached the wreaths received for the fuueri and has also preserved in' act all the wreaths and escn' heous which hn an intrinsic artistic value. This sal is used by Mme. Carnot as an orator and only very intimate friends are a mitted to it.?New York Herald. GALLANTRY or A PARIS JUDGE. In a case before a Paris court, which a popular actress has had to * pear as a witness, the Judge seems have shown considerable diflidon about asking the lady, as he was duty bound to do, what was her ag Evidently he considered that sucl question, put to a witness, would a direct incitement to perjury, so asked her her age before she had bei sworn. "How old are you, madam he said. After a little hesitation, t l? l.. 1 A- l-~ ' iihii u? uim iu ue iweuty-ume years ago. "Ami now that you hive 11? the court your age," contiuued t gallnut Tu'.lge, "you swear to tell t trutl), the whole truth," anil uothi hut the truth."?Westiniustor Gazett T!!!". ASM! IN IN i tllNA. There are uo professional hai dressers in the far ISist, and uo ladit parlors surb a> we h ive iu Atueri i'el iu lCuro >e ; neither do the styl change from year to year and so gi free rein to f?- nitiitie fauey. The la of Canton in this year lS'do dresses h hair as ?ii I her distaut ancestors wl 'irst looked in surprise upon t nn?il Mnr/to I^nIa variety allowed ber is within liarrc limits. Where the hair is worn it coil she must always make a coil, bi she has the liberty of putting it up < the top of the head or at the nape the neck. To make up for this, however, eve: province and nearly every great cil in China has its own style of wearii the hair. The girl of Sze-Cliuen wea a hang, Madonna curls from the e to the shoulder and a sort of medieval German filet on the top the head, while the Canton womt usually carries her ebony loci straight back from the face ai gatheri them into an ornate coil ov the hump of piiiloprogeuitiveness. Chinese women, although they e< doui travel, make a careful study these details and can tell at sight n only where another Chinese womt comes from, hut also if her hair hi been dressed by a maid of her own < some other province.?San Fruncisi Examiner. FASHION NOTES. Many of the new duck suitings r semble fancy woolen goods, the pa tern being woven, not printed. An extremely novel silk has t plaid background with a laee patte; in black thrown to the surface. Chatelaine, or draped sleeves are highest vogue, and the newest elbo sleeves are like draped balloons. A novelty among ribbons is t stilettoed or perforated sort. The Come tu pale delicate tints alone. Backs and white are likely to be Itverj this year, the ground white, tl stripes narrower an 1 closer togethi than usuul. However wide skirts may be, the are not exempt from trimming of sou kind, generally bands of velvet or ft bows and rosettes. The "complexion brush" is tl latest addition to the toilet. It is sa to give "a healthy glow to the fai and remove wrinkles." Short enpes of light tan cloth a made very dressy by applique It*iri inings oi velvet or cloth, delicuiel embroidered w ith fine beads. Seem bottles shaped like animal beads and rnndc of opaque (onyx) gin with gold stoppers are one of tl novel imnortntions of the m-nunn Hacks cut without n seam should L affected only l?y the women with Jon< slender waists, us the style tern greatly in appearance to shorten an broaden the figure. A waist of soft black silk seen r cently was made in a blouse effec with violet velvet ehoux or roaetb sot in irregular fashion about in i I fulness. The color was of silk, with violet rosettes. 'I ho Suus Cijuo bow is the name . of :i new neck ornament ; it cousisUof to a large fur bow knot with louden Is, the coutor of tin bow beiug fastened with a clasp of iiuitation gems, ug 1 ? Black and white striped tallXn-, [i)( organdies aud swivel silks will bo ,se much worn this season, and thev iu iko >ve extremely stylish gowns, combin ' on with a trimming of bright satia or T? velvet to give the dress a touch of id- , ?olor. There are ninny double bow-knots and other designs set solidly with dia* mauds or pearls for brooches aud hair I ornaments, but the fleur-de-lys, witlin ; single stone introduced in the centre ' jr fled with turquoises, loads all ce ! riw. . in A new boa, entirely made of sable 4 ! tails, is arranged in a very novel de^ sign by means of the tails being placed he i loosely together, -o as to spread out en broad on th" shoulders and graduate ?" to a point downward. The collar is he formed of a plain atrip of fur. of French miiliuers send home with their black l.tec bonnets sets of v.iri'ie colored rosettes in satin and velvet, by uc which it is possible to alter the elfe ' II ? o' tiie bonnet with dillVivnt toib'ts c- These rose ft os are provided with a i..? ... . i.: .1 l . :.. - i . a ..a. ?i?i mucin imij. nun out* sei is pill in to show liow they are adjusted. Par! cu!ar as to the VVrtior Siio Dran't. lVrhnits the frieuds of that noble es nuimal. tin- horse, will l?e interested VC , iu the following bits from the liistorv IV of Xitn, :i line <>!<1 mare, wliich until er recently mi cut have been seen iu the JO , stables of ?1. L. Hester, a resilient of he I Haughton, Iowa. When Hester wan a lail Nita was presented to him by hia iw 1 ^ grandfather, the late Henry Thompson, of Oaklawu plantation, but, lit strange to relate, the mare, theu only JU ..i ^ a young filly, couul not be induced to remain away from her nutive heath. After Hester became possessed of ry 1 her she refused to drink a drop of water. In fact, it is believed she would ig . . have starved herself to death had sho re not been taken back to her old home. ar I When turned loose in Oaklawn pasft ture, however, shj^rau ?^s fast as she ^ could caper to a clear, cool stream ^ which crossed the meadow, slaking her j(l thirst eagerly. After this singular beL>r havior no further effort was made to. remove her permanently from her first ^ home, and whenever she was taken away for a day she would drink no ( ^ water until her return, when sho would go to the little pasture stream. [th In the course oi time Hester inherited his grandfather's estate and moved to Oaklawn, Nita thus for the second time becoming his property. Fifteen yettrn uuvt* jmtsr?t'u hiui'U lUHi CVt'Dl, unil Hester asserts that he has uever ft. .luring that time known Nita to drink t- anywhere but at the little meadow branch. I Some three mouths ago Ilester moved to his Red River plantation, rn 1 about twenty miles distant, of course carrying Nita with hini, though she )U had passed beyond her days of usefulw uess and was almost decrepit. After ; her removal the old mare began to pine and droop, and at the cud of tho !S* third day, when she had not drunk a ( drop of water, her kind master led her back to her old home. So soon hb she felt herself in the neighborhood of )r , Oaklawu she pricked up her ears and * began to canter almost spryly, and v when the pasture was reached she be, took herself at once to the branch. ha ' drinking long and deep of its waters. Hester says that the poor dumb crouture's evident delight was pitiful L1G . j to behold, and he determined never more to take her away. lie slipped the bridle, thinking it would please her to ; be left in the meadow all night, and rt? the last he saw of her as he closed the ll* ! gate behind him the mare was stand, ing knee deep in the stream, letting the water trickle between her lips. s' ! The next morning, when he went to i feed her, the poor thing wuh lyiug on ' the bank cold and stiff in death, her j head overhanging the water that slio 10 ! loved so much.?Philadelphia Times. ^ i A twenty-two ton Armstrong lille ^ in the Pritish Navy throws a solid shot twelve miles, much further than ?* its report can be heard. At its highest point, for this extreme range, the 08 shot wouid be over three miles above tlie earth's surface.