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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.
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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.
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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."
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' 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.