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US to; 4 m III III .'in ; on no r, i ;!h-.t Mill Ul i'TirtH,jiiror' pa.v,oon.itiibl"s' 'J 2 J'turn to sessions n "ta In ronimonwcnlth cases Vltond and brldtfe Mews and i I road rtamipi ii ,,' fcommtssloners ortlce and t court l'niise 'ounty Jail 'rl nt I nif, stationery and post, noulalitons tirldgcs, bu.ldlnir and rcpnlrs gfl'enlteniliry and asylum.. w er.ors' pay Hdilps KlooMon expenses Wank book Taxes refunded burial of deceased soldiers.. -I mott 83 RKCA FITI'LA 770 .V OF KMOI.l'M K.VT.1 UN I'KIVKU HI' THE OF FIV litis OF TIIK vviwty. J. (1. Swank, rlnvs at ortlofl. l?o m .'i.rn. . . ui.'i ' o J. (. Sn aiin for do ll veil n(f rlwtlnn tickets, ropalrs of iildjcs and load, and brldiiH vlows, 75 days J8.50. ... 5'.2 .1,) W7 50 J O. Swank, travel Ing pxponscD ac crued durlUK year 187 0 HOtltO W. tl. I'tt, days at OlhVP, 1V4 (0 f'l.MI.. OT!). W. It. l it, rordfllv. erlng books, elec tion tickets, re pairs ot bi Hires, road nnd brldo views, W days (o; riM. Ml. ll'3 W. IT. rtt. travel lnif expenses ar. crued during year O. M. Ikeler davs at oltlce, 1HI (n fH.vu (ill O. M. Ikeler, for div. llverl nff books, election tickets. repairs of bridges, road and bridge views, E4 days ( $-'1.50 1S(I, ,G. M. Ikeler, travel Intr expenses ac crued during year IS H! tlOtMUS 17i 70 . t l'TO70 O. M. TerwIUlKor, Clerk win 1 0 C. H. Ent, Kegister and ltecorder (17 en . M. (jtilck, I'roihonot ary 4.'.R !i J. H. Fowler. Treasurer 2.VI1 7it .T. H. McHenry, t-lierlfT 6H Newton Walker, Menofi apher. Niiil WI w. II. Hliawn, Atty Mkmo 1) H (.'olTinun, Janitor nnd court oiler.. rssi 0 OM lloldren, Janlror nr, Ml lor .'linos.. (WOO II II Kline, Janitor at J ill rurliuios. .. tsi.100 W M Monroe, county audlt.ir BI 74 W A Drelsbacli, counly audllor (HlSil W F Stohner, counly audliur ttl Ho j conn fix a. whs. 1 UlilLlTlBS. mount of outstanding b uids$15.son rn Floating debt cstlmaud 1H50 00 157850 CO $11.7250 00 A9SSTS. Amt. tax outstand'g.i7-."-s 74 Less est. coin.ex ,etc MM 00 1 1(1478 74 Amt. state personal tax duo from coinmonweallh tor 'ill 4'!N8K7 Hal. In Uanus County Tieas.. 1.kj7j aa Amt. of county sharo license commission allowed subject to appeal. 84 50 8119 44 $ia:J5.i0t(l Amount of county bonds duo J TOO. f 4500 00 Imount, of Interest on bonds tor mao 0S40O) f 10740 00 We certify that the. foregoing is a full and ac curate statement of all receipts and expendi tures for Columbia county for the year 1S9.1. J. . NWAXK,) Horn's O. V. IKEI.KK.S- Of W. II. I'TT, J COl. CO. Attest : C. M. Terwilliueh. Clerk. We, the undersigned audrors of Columbia county, Ulng elected to adjust and setile the accounts of I lie Treasurer and Commissioners of Columbia county, do hereby certify that we met ut the commissioners' nnd Treasurer's ofllees In Bloeiiisbuig, .Monday, .Inouary (Kb, lHMi, at H o'clock, and proceeded to oudlt the accounts ot the ubove named ofllees, and afier carefully examining the same from Jan. 1, IM115, to .lun. 1, lHMi, we Unci a balance In t he hands of J. It. Fowler, Treasurer, of (ll81(il.K.)i tlilrUen thousand one bundled sixty-one and 83-luo dol lurs. W. M. MOXHOE, 1 c w. A. HHHsHACII.VAudltors. W. V. STOIIXElt, J Attest: O. M. Tmiwii.i.iuKii clerk I Keathrri Popular TrlmmlliKii. Tcathers nre everywhere.. Combined with iiuit'h.tion jewels nnd jet they make most elaborate trimming's. Vandyke points made of black ostrich plumes kare strikingly effective on light col ored evening1 gowns. Small curly tips lire used foroutlininirdecollete bodices. In the stores narrow feather trimming Is sold by the yard for expensive cloth costumes. It is nppliqueil to the bodice to simulate a vest or to outline senms. Spangles are frequently combined with ft feuther fringe. Trimmings formed of feather pendants tire another novelty. The pendants swing from a jeweled band, nnd outline a corsage beautifully. The. newest satins for evening gowns have raised velvet flowers for the de signs and aro wonderfully soft and beautiful. jK A Word? About Ulrthduyt. A lonely woman, one who was bear Jng patiently a great sorrow, surprised D friend one day by saying: "Comewith me next Tuesday, it is my birthday, nnd I want you to help me celebrate it." "Why should sho care to celebrate her Wrthday?" thought the friend, but the next week she learned, for the sor rowful one went loaded with gifts to an Institution in which she took a keen Interest. "I want some one to be glnd that I was born," said she, and that is the noblest, best and happiest thought that can come to us on our blrthduys. It is pleasant to be remembered nnd to receive presents, but whethersurround ed with love or suffering from neglect, which is more often thoughtlessness than intention, we can makeome one happier because we were born. W lUXKH'B Bl'HJ!.aiE. i ' . - . v , - .-- ' ' . COURTSHIP OF THE CELESTIALS. ruUlchi-r Was Ulnd to U11 lUck to the Old Contract. Writing for the ievs "on space," that Is, by the pae, column or line, ha given rise to many expedients to All space with as little effort as possible. A) any followers of this occupation have shown great Ingenuity in getting as large an account of white paper as pos-nlbk- to their credit by making fre qmnt paragraphs In their "coy," soys tne Washington I'ost. A French author who wns oncn employed to contribute to a continued story to a newspaper, and who was paid for his work by the line, was in the habit of Introducing very frequently such passages as this Into his story: "Have you seen him?" "I have." , . - . "No!" . "Yes." v - - 1 "Where?" - -' "Here." - 1 "When?" - - 1 - "To-day." , " . "Then he lives?" " "ilo does." . "Ah!" The publisher at length rebelled at what he regarded as an attempt to make money out of him by sharp prac tices. He Hi nt for the writer and said: "I must have a new contract. We will pay you hereafter by the letter and not by the line." "Hut my contract says that I'm to be paid by the line." "Yes, but your contract dots not say that I shall not end the story when I please. It you do not consent I shall put the words 'The End' at the close of your next Installment of your story, and print no more of it." The author pondered a minute. "Very well," said he, "I will take my pay hereafter by the letter, provided you let the story run on until I have quite flnltilud It." "It is agreed," said the publisher. When the publisher came to read the next installment of the story he found that the author had Introduced two new charocttrs, who stammered dread fully, a-id whose talk ran after this manner: "C-c-c-c-c-cnn you not b-b-b-break the d-d-d-dreadful news g-g-g-gently to our ni-m-m-m-m-m-m-master?" "X-n-n-n-n-n-ne-e-e-e-e-e-ever, Q-g-rr-Raston," murmured the grief-stricken Valentine, "I should r-r-r-r-rather b-b-b-b-b-burst upon him s-s-s-s-s-sudden-1 wit 1 the an-n-n-n-n-n-nou-ou-junce-men. and not prolong his s-s-s-s-suffer-lngs with sus-p-p-p-pe-e-e-nse!" The horrified publisher saw before lilm In this sort of a dialogue the. pos sibility of the Indefinite continuance cf a story puld for by the letter, which was little ltts than a dreadful and ter ribly cost'.y alphabetical procession. He sent for the author and restored the old 11 rangem?nt. As Roon as the author again began to collect his pay by the line poor stut tering Gaston and Valentine were over taken by an untimely fate, and the uhort paragraphs were resumed. All Men of Hunk. Thcr? were eight of us smoking our nfter-supper cigars on the hotel veran da, when a small man, with a great deal of bustle and energy in his move ments, came out of the hotel olllce and called out In a general way:. "CiiUkmcn, Is there a General out ther?" "I am a General, sir," replied one of the group us he half rose and bowed. "Yen ah! glad to see you. General," cont'.nu-d the little man as he advanc ed and shook hands. "Now, then, have we any Colonels prei.ent?" "I am a Colonel," replied three men In chorus, as they followed the Gener al's example. "Ha! Glad to stc you, Colonels," eald the little man us he extended a hand to each In succession. "Let's see! Have we a Judge among us here this evening?" "We have," replied two of the four others. "So glad to see you. Judges so glad! Shake hands. Beautiful even lir, this! I presume you other two gen. tleni-n bear the respective titles of Ma jor and professor?" "We do," said the pair of us. "Ah glad to know It awfully glad. I.'ajir and professor, shake hands thake hnnda. Might have a little more rain, but we can't find much fault with the weather." "And who are you, If you please?" asked the General "I? Oh! I'm only an ex-Governor, an tx-Cabinet ofticr, and ex-Congrcssmnn, and at present raising $6,000,000 to put another railroad bridge across the Mis souri river. Keep your seats, gentle men I wouldn't thing of Intruding my company on such a dlsfjngushed as sembly." Next day, when we found out that ho was only a drummer for a Cnclnnatl choe factory, he hal departed, and we cou'dn't give ..him the licking he do ccrved. Detroit Free Press. t Jora' Ignnraura. This la Mr. Gorman, Mr. Jones," said the gentleman In chargs of the new lii.nbcr. "I didn't catch the name," said Mr. Jones. "Gorman," replied the distinguished Ilarylander. "Member of the House?" inquired the nc" member. "No sir; Senat" ' "Oh, yes; Senator Gorman, I see, re plied the new member. "Let me see, i.oiu wuat State, uorniu,..' "Maryland," said Mr. Gorman, who by this time was somewhat Irritated by his newly made acquaintance's Imor. K ance. "Oh, yes," replied Mr. New Member, "Democrat or Republican?" The last question was more than the Democratic leader of the Senate could otand, and", with a look of disgust on his face, he turned .on his heel and waiked hurriedly away. Atlanta Con stitution. Th New Tramp. "" "Well, what Is It now?" "Jes' a bite o' suthln" to eat, please, mum. Ye see, It's dls way: I " "Oh, I know. Out of work. Sick child " "No, mum; I'm de s'clety editor on a hs New York pape V I bet five t'ousand bones wld me frlen' Wander b'.lk dat I'd beat ml way fum San Francisco to Gowanus wldout " "You're the third loafer that's told that yarn, Now get out!" "Yes'm. Anyflng V 'bilge. Needn't call da dog. You'll get a lnwlte V de nex' Wandetbllk weddln', I don't t'lnk." -New York Recorder. . HUW SLAVES AKB KILLED. FORTIFIED BY NATURE. TOILET HINTS. Tortures Indicted on tlio Condemned In C. ngo Regions. While In the lands of civilisation philanthropists are busying their bralni to devise methods of capital punish ment which will prove the least pain ful to the condemned and the least re volting to humanity, the aboriginal tribes of Africa have not yet been com pelled to abandon their blood-curdling executions. The spectacle of an rxecu tlon In the Congo territory beggars de scription. Words cannot dvplct the dt mimical evolutions and dances for Hours around tne poorconaemneu snive, who sits, bound and helpless. In tho midst of a circle of blood-thirsty abo rigines. The victim, who has perhaps never in his life done anything to deserve this wretched fate, Is tied hands and armr v 1th strong hemp to a roughly Impro 'vised chair, while his fret are hound to a stake In the ground a few feet be fore him. A stout bough bus been Btrlpped of leaves and Is held bent by a strong rope from a notch In the mid dle to a stage a few feet behind tho condemned man's chair. Another rop suspended from the end of the bough Is so adjusted around the victim's neck that when the bough Is allowed to spring back to Its natural position tho head Is frn off und hurled far away Into the Jungle thickets. Thci occurs the most ghastly scene of all tho Eci:..:'ble for thv finding of the head. The Under keeps his trophy for sev eral days and then cooks It. The brain 1.1 considered the greatest delicacy and Is generally glveu to the cMef of the tribe. 1 If the victim were brought to the place of execution quickly and decapi tated at onve, his sufferings would be hss than those of (he criminals who die on the scaffolds of America, as his Is a swift death. It Is the hours of ngony which precede his execution which make the execution bo Inhuman. New York Journal. I toiling Things His Trade. There are fully a thousand ways of making a living In New York whloh In any other city In America would seem utterly Impossible, and the man who makes his livelihood In New York In the strangest manner claims to live better than them all. His place of business Is situated between Fourteenth and Twenty-third streets, In Sixth ave nue. His "profession," as ho terms It, Is a "finder." Hetween the streets named In Sixth avenue Is a shopping district where more women rass In a day than In a like number of blocks In any other por ilon of the city In fact, this portion of Sixth avenue is concedsd to be the bus Irnt place for women In the United States. This "Under, ' a shabbily-dressed young man, walks up and down the avenue, keenly watching the throngs of women as they pass him. Whenever any one drops anything he runs and plcko It up and restores It to Its owner, making a charge for Its return. For handkerchiefs he gets from two to ten cents, and for other articles ac cording to their value. "Within those few blocks," he said to rife, "women lose, on an avernga, seventy-five handkerchiefs a day, and of ten valuable articles of Jewelcry and weaving apparel. Rome days I have made as high as $10, while on others I have failed to make a cent." New York Herald. Queer Stroke of Lightning. While a company of soldiers were drilling at Rendsburg. Germany, lately, a bolt of lightning threw forty-fight men to the ground. The lightning ran from bayonet point to bayonet point, shattering the iguns completely. Only one man was killed one who carried no gun; through him the lightning was conducted to the ground. His body was covered with blue and green spots and stripes. The eyeglasses of one man were melted and burned Into the flesh, and he received other painful Injuries, but he will live.. Another had both legs etlffened. The cries of the suffering men are said to have been heart-rending. The "Honey Uulde" The "honey guide" is a small bird In South Africa which by Its flight and peculiar cry, "Chlken, chlken, chlk churr churr," conducts the white or black man to the honey of wild bees. The object of the bird In thus warning and leading persons to the hive of the bee Is to obtain the young larvae, of which It is very fond. There are three or four varieties of the honey guide, but the Indicator major and Indicator minor are the best known. They are brown-yellow birds about the size of a starling, and belong to the cuckoo family. ( An Kleetrio Organ. One of the novelties on board the new American steamship St. Louis Is an electric organ, with a switch attached, by means of which the current can be cut off when the player falls to please his audience, or when, for any reason, one wishes the music discontinued. It is asserted that the switch was put in to save the passengers from the annoy ance of incompetent players. The Hottest Mines In the World. The hottest mines 'in the world are the ConiBtock. On the lower levels the heat is bo great that the men cannot work over ten or fifteen minutes at a time. Every known means to mitigate the heat has been tried In vain. Ice melts before it reaches the bottom of the shafts. Fare and l' Value. "I honestly believe that Smythe mar ried his wife on account of her good lopks." "Took her at her face value, as It were." "And I've no doubt that Tlrowne married his wife because her father was wealthy." "Took her at her pa value, as it were." Drunkest Family on Earth. John Ogden. of Chester, England, has been arrested 130 times for drunkenness und disorderly conduct; his father shared this fate thirty-five times, one sister slxty'seven times, and a second sister twenty-nine times. The turbu lent family has cost the State not less than 110,000 so far. He Was Itald. "I presume you carry a memento o.t some sort In that locket of yours?" "Precisely; it Is a lock of my husband's hair." "But your husband Is still alive I" "Yes, sir; but his tu&r Is all one." - Xtut l.lttln Artltlee Needed to Make Con stantinople Stronghold. At a time like the present, when dif ficulties surround the Turkish Kmplre on all sides, It Is Interesting to' note what protection Is provided for the Turkish capital. Constantinople f very much favored by nature, and the strategist's art had but little to add tc the natural resources at his disposal. Coming from the Aegean Sea, a ship passes up the rapid current of the Dar danelles Strait. The strongest of the fortifications along this strait are erect. d where the strait nnrrows down to a little less than 4,000 feet In width; on the one side Is Fort Sultane-Kaleh (Sultan's Castle), and on the othei Kllld-ltahr (Lock of the Sea). The Dar. drtnelles proper are protected by three lines of defense, an outer, a centre and an Inner line. The batteries of these forts are provided with Krupp guns of large calibre, there being 814 of these guns distributed along the lines of for tification. The points of defense have been so well schrcted that passing Ves sels, who have to pay full attention to the rapid current and the frequent turns In the chnnnel, may be taken Into cross-fire at almost any point within a stretch of more than three miles. The gr atest weakness of the fortifications along the Dardanelles consists in that ,they are almost defenseless from the land side, and. during the Russo-Turk-Ish war, of 1S77-TS, they were In danger of being taken by the Russians. Since the Dnrdanellps were fortified they were forced but once, In 1807, by the English Admiral, Dalkworth, and then only on account of the miserable ar mament In use. At the present time these forts are positively Impassable for no matter what man-of-war, ac cording to the Judgment of experienced German artillery officers, who are now In the Turkish military service. After the Dardanelles are passed, the Sea of Marmora may be passed without Inter ruption; at the entrance Into the Hos phorus, strong forts on rdoky cliffs guard the gateway. Altogether, this narrow strait, which winds In seven sharp serpentines. Is but fifteen miles long. Eleven forts and nineteen bat teries, with 633 guns and fifty-one mor tars, protect this northern gate of Con stantinople. Upon the land side, this city Is enclosed by a wall, varying from twenty to forty-two feet In height. In the southwestern part of the city tho Citadel of the "Seven Towers" is erect ed, and near the point of the peninsula, which forms the city proper, the Serag lio Is also protected by batteries, and the so-called Lennder Tower, which is about seventy-five feet high. This tower stands at the furthest seaward point of the peninsula, and Just across the Golden Horn Is the Marine Ar senal Tophnne. From the land side Constantinople Is amply protected by Its walls, and an attack upon the city could not possibly be successful without a simultaneous attack from the sea. The most serious defect in the defense of the Turkish capital is the absolute absence of outlying forts and works, and the fact that there Is no source of frffsh water within the city walls. In former years, when difficulty of com munication on the land side arose, Con stantinople has always been supplied with water from Scutari, on the Asiatic side of the Rosphorus. The current In the Rosphorus Is very rapid and Jreacherous; there are many well-pools and eddies, so that the Turks them selves have named It the "Devil's Cur rent." All things considered, it must be admitted that it would be a difficult mfittor to take Constantinople by force, and even the combined navies of sev eral European powers could not force an entrance through the Dardanelles, nor Is It likely that RusBlan men-of-war could enter the Rosphorus from the North with success. He Hail an Eye to lluaiueos. It Is related of a well-known mer chant In a neighboring city, says Sitt ings, that, after making his will and leaving a large property to a trustee for his son, he called the your.K man in, and, after reading the will to him asked him if there was any improve ment or alteration he could suggest. "Well, father." tald the young gentle man, lighting a cigarette, "I think as things go nowadays, It would be better for ine If you left the property to the other fellow and made me trustee." The old gentleman made up his mind then and there that the young man was quite competent to take charge of his own Inheritance, and scratched the trustee clause out. t: ' The Shark and tho Porpoise. Fights between sharks and porpoises are said to be common in the waters around the Florida Keys, and the fish ermen thereabouts declare that the por poise always wins, and sends the shark, which usually begins the fight, scurry ing away. The shark has to turn on Its side to bite, aid the nimble porpoise easily keeps out of reach of Its snap ping Jaws, and then jumps In and deals the shark tremendous slaps with Its tall. Ex-City Treasurer McCreary of Philadelphia avers that he witnessed an encounter of this sort recently In which the porpoise killed the shark. The Run Do Move. The Rev. John Jasper Is as firmly con vinced as ever that the sun moves round the earth, and that the earth doesn't move at all. He preached his famous "sun-do-move" sermon to an audience of two hundred white folk In Mount Zlon Church. Richmond, Va., recently, and was more than ever scorn, ful toward the scientists, and cmphatiu in his arguments for the literal accept ance of Hlblical texts bearing on the point. "When you rises and when you sots down, don't you move? Den how could the Bun rise and go down 'thout movln'?" he argues. The Home of Konianoff. The house of Romanoff-Holnteln-Gottoip has ruled In Russia for 135 years, and during that period it has never before happened that the first born of a reigning Czar was a girl. An-tl-Government parties are making much out of this unprecedented event. The superstitious Russians are begin ning to look on the uncertainty of the succession and the consumptive ten dency of the Romanoffs as a judgment if God. t'liHuglng HI Mind. "What la that loud, Jarring noise In the next room?" asked young Fergu son, with some uneasiness. "It's papa," answered the young woman. "I I think he's changing his mind about your coming here so often." Strange doings on Wltned at the Cbl nce 1M Union In 'Frisco. ', Ah I.en Is a good little girl who llvr1, In the Prcsbyterlaff mission, away froiJi the pomps and vanities of .ill thl wicked world. Every Sunday, how ever, she goes religiously to church along with the other girls who have been rescued by the klncKhearted ladlep of the Occidental Hoard. The passing of this procession Is an opportunity cagrly seized by the eligible bachelors of Chinatown, who turn out en .mass and line the sidewalks along the route, each good one cherishing the Inte-ntlon of seeing Miss Culbertson for the hand of the girl who strikes his fancy most. Now, one gay and sprightly bach.eleur wns particularly struck a coupbs of months ago by the beauty of Ah Leon. He watched the procession pass with eyes only for her, and when she had entered the sacred edifice. Instead of resigning himself to go home, he made a mighty effort to overcome the preju dices of early education and follow'ed her Into the churc'i. From that date, a change has come over the bachelor. He no longer burns punk at the shrines of his countryn en, nor does he dissipate money In having his fortune told; In fact, he has become In very way wor thy of Ah L'-en, to whom he Is soon to be united. During the present strained condition of things In Chinatown, how ever, he shrinks from the notoriety of! having his changed conditions com mented on by his friends and foes. Courtship, as It Is understood In Chi nese circles, Is a somewhat tame and practical, affair. There Is a regular routine at the mission. In which a com promise Is made between American and Chinese customs. Th brldcgroom elect may see his future bride, he may even converse with her from opposite sides of the room, but the proprieties would be completely outraged If the be trothed couple were to shake hands. Two or three times a week the fiance makes a call from five to ten minutes In duration, and If ho Is desperately enamored he never goes empty handed. Kausages are a gift that Is highly appreciated, and Chinese vegetables nre also much esteemed. Fruit Is fre quently brought to the engaged ladies, both In the Presbyterian and Methodist missions, but It would outrage Mongo lian etiquette to bestow candy. Tl love making Is generally monosyllabic n the part of the young lady, and ven the mun finds his gift of conver sation languish. At the Presbyterian mission a charming young Chinese girl named Ah Cheng, a .professional Inter preter, satisfies etiquette by being pres ent during all the Interviews. Many Chtncne merchants have offered to lay their hands and hearts at Ah Chong's feet, but she has seen so much love making as an onlooker that she refuses to go through the ordeal of entertain ing a fiance on her own account. Even the touching romance of Ah Leen has not Inclined the little Interpreter to follow her example. San Francisco Call. Royalty and the Weed. The following are the favorite vari eties of the weed consumed by royal smokers: The German Emperor con sumes an extraordinary number of cig arettes dally. The Czar of Russia has abandoned cigarettes In favor of a pipe. Old King Albert of Saxony smokes a heavy German pipe, with a porcelain bowl. King Humbert of Italy Is a "chain" smoker, and keeps one strong cigar going after another all day long. Archduke Joseph of Austria smokes n cherry-wood pipe. King Leopold of Ilelglum flings tenaciously to his brier pipe. The Emperor of Austria smokes so-called "Virginia cigars," which, be ing manufactured of the rankest to bacco at Trieste, have straws running through them to make them draw. They are so green that they have to be held In the flame several minutes before they will light. The Most Wonderful City. The most wonderful city within the lJmlts of the United States, and whloh has no existence whatever during the summer months, is Fish City, Mich. This municipal oddity Is built on the ice of Saginaw Bay regularly every winter, and Is occupied by men und their families, who are engaged in catching, cleaning and packing lake trout and white fish for the market. Fish City Is situated In the same cove every winter, and is built of rough pine boards. In the winter of 1S93-94 It had a population of nearly 3,000, and In 1894 85 almost twice that number. j Lighter Than Aluminum. The metal glucinium, hitherto a chemical rarity, Is likely to como for ward as a useful material, especially In electrical work. It Is only twice as heavy as water, and 1b, therefore, even lighter than aluminum. It is a good deal less extensible than Iron, and has an electric conductivity greater than that of copper. It Is more durable than iron. At its present price, $17.fc3 per pound, it Is one-tenth the price of plat inum, weight for weight, and 1-100th' the price, volume for volume. What Is Fame? "Mr. Speaker," exclaimed a member of the New South Wales Parliament, "my colleague taunts me with a desire for fame. I scorn the Imputation, sir. Fame, sir! What Is fame? It Is a shaved pig with a greased tall, which slips through the hands of Uiousands and then Is accidentally caught by some lucky fellow who happens to hold on to It. I let the greasy-tailed quad ruped go by me without an effort to clutch it, sir." Binart Hoy, This. A thirteen-year-old boy of Shaftes bury, Vt., caught In a trap, a few days ago, an eagle that measured seven feet from tip to tip of Its wings, and weigh ed thirty pounds. He had a hard fight with the bird, lmpprlsoned as it was, before he could subdue it. The largest Iron Smokeitark. The largest Iron smokestack ever con. structed In New England was erected In Roekville, Conn. It was 100 feet high, 54 Inches In diameter and weighed 10 tons. The stick of timber from wt lch the pulleys were suspendcdt cost $350 and was brought from Boston on three freight cars. Hebrew! In London. It is estimated that the number of Hebrews In London Is about 100,000 or 120,000. There are 15,964 Hebrew child ren attending the London beard and Hebrew voluntary schools of the lower grades. Btiggesllons for the Woman Who Hal an Ambition to He Charming. To sleep In a poorly-ventilated room Is to Invite headache and depression. Warmth during sleep should be ob tained from blankets, not from closed windows. The window should be open about three Inches at the top nnd an inch or two at the bottom. If a dally tub bath is enervating, try 1 a dally sponge bath and a trl-weekly 1 tub. The "tubbings" should be taken at night In water warm or hot, ac cording to the tastes of the bather, CThe sponge both, which should be taken In the morning, should be cither cold or lukewarm, and should be fol lowed by a brisk rubbing down with a Turkish towel. If the hair Is thin or lacking in lus trrj, brush It twice a day for five mln utLs at a time. If the eyebrows and eyelashes are scanty, rub them at night wlri vaseline. If the hands chap easily waph at night In warm water, rub well win cold cream and wear a pair of loose, fingcrless white gloves to bed. If the face lacks color, exercise. If , one's complexion hi "muddy." sal low v or covered with blackheads the lotion bottle Is not the remedy which should bo sought first. Instead, the candidate for a complexion of roses and cream should begin the diet. Hot wa ter taken half an hour before breakfast with a little lemon Juice In It Is better than Icreams to restore the skin to e:learnr'S8. Graham and whole wheat bread, fruit, clear tea ond coffee, If tea and) coffee are used, plenty of green vegetables, lean meat and broiled fish form an admirable complexion diet. Pastry and candies should his avoided. After idiot and exercise have paved the way for other treatment a weekly 1 face steaming may be tried. Tho ,woman ivhose purse docs not permit her to go to the professional beautl 'jflers should fill a bowl with boiling Water. Over this she should hold her f ace, Into which a cold cream has been tUbbed for ten minutes or so, covering hjer head and shoulders and the bowl with a heavy Turkish towel. After dry. Ir.ig the face she should rub more coid ci'feam on It, and Bhe should not ven ture out Into the air for at least three hciurs. I (Heaves for l'retty Arm. The sleeve that starts several Inches bell iw the shoulder Is preferred by thoW who have prettily rounded shoul ilei'V, such art our grandmothers und gredit aunts In those old daguerreotypes seenVicd to be so fond of displaying. They ure used with ooth evening nnd day Igov. ns. With evening dresses they need no more than the glimpse of the arm 'where It Is prettl?st nnd a tiny shoufder strap of flowers of Jeweled trtmnilng to complete their loveliness. These sleeves have been with us a long time longer than would have been possible half a decade ago, and all be cause gymnastics are Increasing In popularity and collar bones have ac quired cushions, t A pretty evening waist with a sleeve that comes very near being what Is prophenleei for It, slaves Itself by swell ing at the elbow, jwherei ; lis draped with violrt silk that YB""pretTily Rnoftctf with a bit of vclvt. The upptr part of the bodice Is male of a Jeweled ma terial that merges ' Into the upper sleeves without any visible seam. A plain sleeve with two pleated flounces .reaching to the elbow Is an other style that Is suggested for the arm of '9'1 which, by the way, is not the mascfullne, pugilistic one, but the prettily rounded, well developed, allur ing arm or femininity, which the most obdurate cf the male sex will find It hard to renlst In the campaign that Is to be the last opportunity of the cen tury for unbidden spinsters. Look well to your arms, girls! Gird them up and prepare for the fray, and If there Is anything In sleeves we shall know it by the styles that prevail at the end of the year; for a sleeve that Is successful In such a contest Is worthy of popularity, and will surely get It. Her Greatrat Need. The kind women of the church had helped their poor sister through a long illness. They had hired a physician for her, had seen that I his prescriptions were filled, haJ brought her broth and jellies, had cleaned her tenement und, finally, when the was on the road to health again, h yd made up a purse for her. A couple of weeks later one of them happened to call to see how their protege was getting along. She dis covered the erst-whlle invalid very "low in her mind" and also In her larder. "Why, Mrs. Hendricks!" she exclaim ed. "We surely left you enough money to keep you comfortably for a while. Have you spent the whole fifteen dol lars?" "Yes," sighed the beneficiary. "How?" demanded the inquisitor. "Well, beln' sick so long that time taught he a lesson about not havin' a decent negligee, they call them, I think to my name. When I was Just able to sit up I thought how fine 'twould be to have somethln' more tasty-like than an ole shawl to put over my shoulders. So the first day I was out I bought me a pink cashmere wrapper Just in case I should be sick again, you know." 1 ' llrl.lal Stationery. For the bride on her honeymoon there has recently been designed a special stationery put up in a white satin circular box. Within are fifty sheets of rather rough cream white paper show ing a deep border in satin finish and prepared for stamping with one's newly ucqulred Initial and the address of the house where the honeymoon Is to be spent. Both envelopes and paper are to be tied up with a profusion of whlta ribbons through the bows of which are thrust an ivory pen handle with gold point, a tiny ivory paper knife and tw sticks of perfumed white wax conji' plcte the outfit, , i The Origin of the Thimble. A thimble was originally a thurrO' bell, because it was worn on the thumb, as sailors still wear their thim bles. It Is a Dutch Invention, and in ISM, In Amsterdam, the bl-centennlal of the thimble was celebrated with s f 1 eat deal of formality. The first thim bla made was presented, In 1684, to Anna van Wedy, the second wife of Ktllien van Rensselaer, the purchase' of Kensselaerwyck. In presenting hl useful gift, Van Benscheten bettered Mme. Rensselaer "to accept this ne covering for the protection of her H"' gent fingers as a token ot his esteB' f h.
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