h $fK Cljntljnm Record. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPB-$TOR. Or ADVERTfS j'C iERUS OF SUBSCRIPTS, $1.50 PER YEAR SHctly in Advance. ' One square, one iuttrtiou. . "0 it) : Ou Bfjunre, two Ilxi i 'One etpiare, cue rnor.:b ,' I'd luf r Urr....'i!!.: . 1 curdre.f t wi-i 'n; .f.U'':- VOL. xxi. IMTTS1U)H0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY. MAY r,18.)!. no. Cfattam THE Swamp Secret . ', A STORY OF THE FRONTIER. llv KJ1EN E. WUXI'OKIl, ri'v.;-. -v..v.s wt t y , f.'.m:li ! Ui'bi-rt 1!. iincr f 8-m . CIlAFTFK XXVI. COM INI I.l'. Mrs. Uimitf I'Hil Sam.-iutby and the 'wo girls remained at homo duringithe Homing iM'i'i'i'v. They wcro in too tii vnii- ii condition to f"el like nt - ending tin" m-eling until the insult I tin- heeling which hud probably taken phi -n m tin' Big Swamp wu tilHIWII. Mr. Wnvii" s-iiiii-il thoughtful; and !'' i'i'it ii-' I ii tin made his moi-.iiiiig tuilot, 'ii pai jitoi v tn fultilliu his iluty a" h a ler nf tin- siuging. "Ff In' "ii'y knew what I know-." 1'iiiiiiiilliv I. .'1,1 v:,, II,,. 1:1 Ili'l-Sldf- 11 . , she watched him i;s furtively as a nit j. Wllti'LlS H llli Ultif. "F.f hi' iliil, I'll I'd I) In- wouldn't fed liki- piitti'iiii" " i-i.ii ii . 1 ' I . . . i i i - .1 M I.:..-.. W illi in, ii ut'rix -iiiiinx i-iii'i ii ( m- n. H-'d In' a thiukin' ' the ncck tVo thu('s w nitiu' fcr him. " l tlavii. tthi'ii she ri'iilii'il that it v. it rudy possible. 1'Ut altogether j ..' i; that this niiiii would In-hung-ing ; MiJ neck, dead, before the day wn- none. ili" li lt a great thrill ofhor I'M' going olcl InT. Mllll Mil lit I tn run ir.v.iy si'iin w li' i i' ami hide. ' lira In- h.i'l yini' t.i i':i'iii iiici.'tilif; f!i put on Ini vihl'.uiiii't ami raiHivir t,i Mih lliMim 's. t.i wait, "ith tin- v,i iik'Ii tin , i'. ii.r I ri'tui n i'f tho men i I inn tli" inn ' l -. I'tll.'.l It , il til" fl'l .'11111)11 Wlllllll iii , r rii'! I'l'-! iii" ami thru another v inil'1 run In tli" .1 t" f.'i if thoy , i ir (llllliv It w.ii ;ii 'Ut tvrli' ii'tlmk ivht n a 1'iiitv i'f ! i in mi l 'li tfi loini 'l l''kiiiK nu n hiilii 'l ii' ar th" i 'lue of tin- (jvnw 111 wiii.ll til" r:lli:'-mi'i'tUli; 11" hi'1'1 'J'ln ir i'l"t In - " ! ' torn ami i-1 niin-'t with tin' l'l.n l "il "f tin- -".mil' '1'lu'ir fiiTiha l ii li'ii-i', !iaijH'il oiiiov-i"ii in tlii'in, al"ii'j itli a look th i' 1 1 I t'n y ha I a.i "nu'li-!n''l a im pom- hii h lia.i lutlii it " 1 I'atHiNl. 'I'lio Miiiii'lof -luring rnino to thrm, Mnun a -ins- th" f.iii -t l.y tho Mifi. south I i-tini'tJy aliove all othor voii i's a tilil ho ht'iinl VVavne'c, in the ilithyiuij : 'I li"i" i- a (.iiiiilain llll' 't .villi l-lri.-iil. I'l.mii fr nil I in in :i ! ! I - M'in-. Ai"l iiiin i-'l'iii",l l"'ii-:il!i tliat tl.io.t I.-,-" all lli -lr K'Uliy -l.'iui-. '1 h" ! ihu- I hi l ri'j.'i''i'l !"-'' I li.ii i"iinlaiii in hi- 'I i.V. A it, I tlo may I. tloui-'li vih a li, ii-. h nil ni -in- ii w ii y " ' Tlo i i-'- - nt h l ii ' iiiito a).iroirinti n'l.'iit th" 'Iviti' thiol'.'' oiu' ot tho moil .ai l. ' II,' (ii'iil'lu't foil liko Hiii(-'in' liMiui-i i' In- know what our iiniui'l a-. " "S j "-''ii yon i-.'il! liini out. Hill (i! i." -ai'l .-p. n - "lm i' klmler ili'k. '' n it to make any fuss, of v. ini hi'lp it. Wo ilou't Han't to 'sturii till' IIK'i t'li ." lijll C.i i nia'lt' his way across tho r.iM'.ls to tho lamp ntoolini.': Kioumls. Tin' liviiniHiis just ooni'luili'il. ami Wiiviio 'a- sittini-' aiiioiii' hisrhohirs, riiiii ami ipii-'t, ami sooiniiiKly murli at ra-o a- I'M-r in his lift". 'Have you to I out aiiythinpV" the men ami women kept linking Hill, lis he i'iisse.1 them. I?llt he ilnl Hot itop to answer them. Ho went llji to Wnyi.e ami tu'ieht'l him on thu thouliler. "Von'rc wanted," he said. Wayne looked at him with percep tihly puliiig face. "Who wants me?" he asked. "What nm 1 wanted for?" "( 'nine out where we won't lie pes tered l.y folks a-kin' iiie-tioiiH. an' I'll ".;plain to ye." sanl liill. Waymi looked keenly at liill, but he roiilil make out mithinn from his pcru tiny. Mr. (ireru's fuee was n iiin ead ulile ns that of the Sphinx. They joined the men ho werewait iiiH at the edne ol the (love. liooil tin nil iur, gentlemen," t-nid Wavne. "II i ou foiiinl any traeeo i'f the horse-tlili'M'S yet V" "Vv's. we have," was the reply, and the speaker l"oked him straight in the eye. "Air" Wayne's faee lost its rolor, H'i'l hi ! voire Hounded hard and tense. "Where are they?" 'Four of 'em are under (,'romnl," was tin' reply "An' the fifth has hieii it'll. ly t" put under ever senee las' uii-'ht. Two of 'em A with luillet holes thru' 'em. an' three with roper loilli'l their necks . " Wayne as (,ha-tly white now. He k'lew that they weietollinp him the truth. He pave one swift plance to left nnd light. In an iii.-tant his plan of es cape ns formed. He r-pianp toward tho woods. Once in it he might sue reed in getting away. Jt whs his only chiimc. I tut liny hn 1 heeii on the lookout for ti'iiiii'lhiiig of this kind, mid he felt hil l'-elf 111 the ('l ;l -. of Mrong hallds li.'l'oro he ha I taken a dozen steps. "" can't eoiiie that on us," said J'.ill (ireeii. "V 've stole nil the hossos an' kc' a)l thii singin'-HchooU v' ever will. There's a tree li'en "a waitin'-fer ye years, down in the Hig Hwainp." Wayne made one more wihl ami desperate effort to lueak away from his captors, hut in vaiu. He was iu a Kra-p of iron. Ten minutes later he was being liur ieil toward the Big Swamp. Th pcllor of bis fact was frightful, but hi laid act word iftir bliss satisfied that it was usolov f,. him to try to escape. At the junction of the vwanip mi l high land they met t he men v ho had remained ln-hind to hi in;; out tho hoises. JMcli was on,. (. tin pally. Ho started v hi ;i lit' .-.iu W iyne in tho saluo situiitioli h- had In-eli ill I 'I t a few hours In lore, and t. li ne I an iv, sick at heart. He 1 1 : i I si en three I'len .l'lnplini.' I'loin the liieli of mi .'I. I cypress, thu' moruiii'j, and In ni l Hot ji-t I id ol III ' h" n, I- : i lit. 'We're ii in' to t.il." hii'i I ' tha! place i. e 'it, when we w,i- ,i:i,,iu 1"W n, w hele l" ol' ll. i' I vo!i tin- linili sliel in' mil a- . f I n- j waiim' for siitliin' tn I..- hiiii'-,, ii ii W ill you come had; wnli us m wail liercV" We'll wai hole." the lio n in cliari'f of 111" horse, decided. Hill (occii iiii-nappc. ii small chain fr-Mll Sell's In-idle. It w.!-lici,' si feet lout and had I. cell u-" l in pla.". of a hnlt. l "We II 11 e this." he -ai l. ' a'i' -.'.e ll leave it a- w e u-e it. " Then they went oii.!.,".u the ereok with tin- i. .olio 'd man Ii l .v. a il tin 'ii. and not a w ..i d w as -pol.cM until tin v reaclie.l the i-hm I where t! Id liar grew, glim and "ray. an I (iiiiu lod nit" falitii-tic shapes. i'li loti" ! wreaths t ni"-- haic.'iiiL; t i's ! hrauelies. and swaviti',' slowly ill III" ; diinili wind which I, lew al'.mt the j lonesonie spot. j "Slllllliol dll"." -lid loll (!.-.;i. , like 11 judg ' p i - -llic at, in , i.l' di ath j on a iiiur.h'i-.'i . a tic y pa--.- 1 In ni it h ' the iinistretehed in m ol l! 1,1 lur. "it's purty niph all ovei with ye in ;th:-w.nld. Il'-vy' a lylhim- t" miv' j Ft yc hcv. -:iv i' iioh . !'" . ll.it y iii'ie ,;.,i,... t.. ,1... i ha e d.'iie i i'li it.' ;..a ".. c I Uhv.o . throimh a-!i.-:i ho-. And that w :t- i all. I The chain was fa-leo" I ahniil In i nek. and .-..me ol th" He n lilt".( ;ii'.i up while on.- cliinln d mi il,.- ..I I li'tii. and secured the fatal link- ahout it. "l;cielv?"a-!,.d liill tire.--.. Icai-e l.v "Ay. . all rci ly ' ' v. ,o th,. reply. And then - ' They tunic I ai.iv a- i!.iit!- i, they had c-nuo. an I I -t lh" leader of the leagn of :i- iwiUi-i'ig from tile old eed.l: , llo.-e i'.'tc It I" I'C. 11 that hor-io! !nn I, o. a ji'i.i : y. I '-i fill reel'! ol l'." !i'., -,- ".!. .am- . h, ni'itlo r. i In-; i last !" cried Nannie "He iliev a1' h -. ' ' Mr'. Hoone. faiullv "Ves, lln v'. e .'.' tl . i i ." aiis-v ere I Nannie. "Father ami I ncle K.ra mi I Nell ami Doll ami Mo k'" "Hooray' Three cii.cis I' Ihayton.'" shouted lie- nien. c.'iught sight of tin- w.c'i' i' The Salilnit.i n i t w,,- hr, three heaity, nii!."ii::' cheer.: echoed far and wide, and wei at the on in ' - lui-.'l l li : r ground, cvervliodv there that the hol'.-e i Di.-k a- tiny k.o, l,y n hid, e I'cal.l t. I ni; tl ic, .- had I el' Il found at hi t "Oh, Dick," cried Nannie, thr.iv. ing herself into his arms, and e.iring nothing if all the world saw and heard her, "I used you shamefully. I'm sorry fur it I If you can foruive inr- " "I can forgive anything and every body." he said, and made the ;-.sirr tion emphatic w it h a ki-- That night the camp -lueetinu' was a wolidelful success. The ecl-uiflit of the last few hours had prepared the way lor a state of Icf-Iiiig calculated lo make, any cauip-mceliiig siicees-ful, and those who had hunted lnii.-c-thieves went into i eliioits w oi 1; v illi heart ami soul Deacon Snyder exhorted with pe culiar pow er. In inline iu li c iieiit ul Ill-iiillS to III- sloh'll hnrsi , which I'rovidence lul l seen lit to restore to him. and the result of tl xlo.rtation was that liilMireeii, who- m ieiii.ns had been ill a still.' of suspense : ince last night, took up the nuittur where he had left it when lie tin m .1 cut to look for Mr. Ilooiie's hor-es. and wa. converted. "An' he was coir-'rled t I a'i' strong, loo." lliaoou .Snyiler u cl I say. in after years. '.111111 relating ;he events of thi- 1111 11101 able c.iiop meet lllg lie never cei.-ed lo lonk Upon liill a- a star ill hi- cum 11 :i brand he had plucked trom the Ihii'ii 1 in.'. Siiiiiinitliy linally ineic.ini" hei "baptis' " scruples, ami g.'t up in meeting and "told her pei it m c, ' I 1 which she al'lcd 11 supple'iient. 11:0 lilting the trouble she could not i.et I id of because of what ihe Ini I done on Saturday night. The elder got up when she sat do". 11. ill .1 said that he It-It , lor one, u- if she had done nothing to be -ivfu-. ;u his opinion, she had di ne ,01-t right. The Ford would surely rmii-h the transgressor, and soiiietnncs be made men ami woiiun 'lis iigi ti: '. She had neen merely an agent in tin; bands of tho Lord iu the piiuis'iinc nt of this sinner. That was nil. .ni l she ha 1 no right tofell like grieving over it. in his opinion, she had nii'ie 1 ight lo be proud of having been selected as "it agent in the matter And he bclitwd that every person in tho bearing of his voice ngieu.1 w ith him. In risDouM to thii public vindica tion of her act. such a chorus of "Ves, Lord!" and "Amen'" went np from the crow d that Siiiniuithy's heart was eased of it -t Imrd'.'ii. And so grateful was she to the mini-ier that she married liini, six months hiicr, nnd was ever nl'terw aid known in Brownsville as thu pie-i-Ini' elder's v. lfe." I was iu Hi iij mm ille hi t r iituniei'. Stopping o.cr ni 'Jit wis! .(' its residents. J took the oppoi t unit v .: ! make some in. pic ies. ' "liii 1 know Ihe Uraytoii- ' ex ! el, limed the old la ly of w limn I asked j my ipie-tion. -'Sh'd say 1 did ' Why. j Mi-' l'o nylon she that 11-ed to be j Saucy Hoone she lived not laori 11 a j niil'lfiom where 1 did. when I wa-a ' gal, an' we've alius kuow 'd t a. h other 1 - l.ro't riedit up together, so to speak. : lii'.'ht Rumiil fam'ly. them lJiavl'Ui--. , Nancy's oldest son. he' a preacher, j nn' he's marri-d to a da'tcr IHiodv I lloldivibre's, shu that list to be Jihody I Steven" The oilier boy-, tbt y'lv sin iiit a - ste d traps, i.n' -hi 's .bl I or tha's th" pe:i"!i-t il i'i ell th.-s pant-. Know the Ihavi'U-.' lb-, ha! Jiu'hor reckon I d'l." ; 1111: t vf I I tliii'.-r I liiio; ia I !" I i- i.-:. I Tli'-ie an- .pi. ' i!,i a .11 ih-- i 0 ill I'll I, S'O e, ,l V .11 - 11 '. I il'-'l .1 II I '. I- '! 1 . "I I'e.i" '; . 011 1 .1.. Cii .it: ci'i of ihe i ' !!1. ,-.-ty I ?!' .11: . ihe iiie.i.l , c . 1 i ' : I'i" 1 a rill'. roi l 0 0 ' ly "I . I t'- ti;e c . 1 am : ,l"ty 1, 1' tin, ly -r . , V up- n allcik nie 'sh'.n! I b ''i'e-: 1 . I I,, lilty p." c 'II' . Til" ''l !.! v. a .il-ci 1 .. ft.- an hour oeoc, wh 11 s"i 1" in. iu-I,..,- ,,f ,. .i:,,,it. ,.. I, , I, 1 I t. .!.. : nopal' in the contiio el ,.y. . .-laim"! "What i'i lliuii-ler i all, ai.an 1 an vw ay V .lu-l.'j-- K-ll.-v a M"' t"d th i i! wa - .1 km 1 ol a"id 's.un-b'idy el.-e sai l 0 v.ie: 11 drin.'. A third im-mber si i-1 t'liit he knew it was a clieini -al of some sort, but wasn't iiitle sine what it as H-ed for. '1'h.' item wa 1 pa '-e.l over for tin' moment I" allow t In- ch 1 1; of th" t" ni 111 i ' t e to 11 1 lain v hat, alkiikauge was. He e, nise lied all t ho s.-ieiilitic bureau- i f t'c 1 iavi 1 mi nil and all the books ,,l' 1 cl ci-.-u 'e v ithoiit e,"tlill' .l''V ll;.'h! " I 1,1" Mllije. I. . 1'imill" sonic one : ' I ; ; -1 1 I tha' I i. inighl be a liil-t,''.eof lie printer. a:id. sure t-ii-iiiuli, 1111 i:ive.!i",.i'i ni led to the li -clo-urc t Ii 1 1 -eveial y. ar- I" -lore, x.heii th - .".'lit w.c . . 11 ! . . cms-. I clali 'll. a hue of the PiH, whl.-h , ,,. i.i:l" ! only "I!"' w ,,: I. "pi, .i ;. 1 1 : 1 - 1 . 1 i ' : 1 1 v' ".:''-e. Tn- piinte:- p-il ill- li'ttcs O'-clIn r the i.e t he ,-on.. '. li'i th eApT-.'talt oi 1 iia' t ii- cb ! I: "I 111- c mult!! ' I ' pi ."ill , a-lef "i.'ll l e..'.-reet t II ll l p."), -I I" 1- ..' ,'i lo'ikc 1. ali i llli w "i d liia' in ii'i- ii 'thing mi.''it hav" rem lined on the lari'l' li-l f..r all etc! inly ha I Ii.,t a .11 1 ""I ( 'otigr, .' man a-I.el w'n.it it mean! A siii'ilai c.i-e oCi'ill 1 cd s.iiae y.ais lat 'i' lliroii'.'h the bad peiiiun i-liip of Horace Maynaid. of Tennessee e alien pted lo write "sty ra " an I th pi inter ma le it "sturrax." l'ln.- P .-.'i iciii iiiied oil th" tin ill bill for scveia1 yeats, until somebody discovered t'l" mi-take. Styiax i- a drug 1.01 le fio 11 .- pliiut grown in .111 vii. Suin.'i' ra. It irii-o and other parts ..f the . t In lies -.(',iea..,i H.-eord. Clin r.ir sliM'i'le nr.-. The fact ha- been noted anion inel i 'al men, whose w..rk ha- been largely among t hose wh" t il wit h their In alii-, that there Inis been in., re than tic usual prevalence .f -1. 1 pbs-,i"-s, ni. ire e-pcchilly aiiioii.' lien. Tli" pa tient c iinphiius that Ii i ."- to bed a' Ihe u ilal h"Ui. tails o'l I,, -!."p . y '.inch a- usual, but in-l. :id of .-1.-. pne; through the w h"e night until -ix or even in the morning, he wakes about thiee, 'l' eve. 11 .11 1 ler, mi l, do what he will, he can g 1 "no sound ski p ali. r that time." A writer in Ho-pit.d en deavors to account for this, and to offer a remedy for it. Thtro are three things, he says, to be faid rn this point. He attributes the cause to the absence of cluar, blight, frosty weather and the prevalent e of a damp, lelaving ni Unisphere of relatively Inch temperature for the season, and he 1 hums proof that this is the true cause, iu that most persons improve iu sleep during the frosty nights of thu winter. "One thing must 1 i-rtaiuly m.t be done," he says, to obtain re lief -"soporifics must not be rt-oite l to." The right thing to do 1.:. il pos-i-ble, lo diminish, or altogether stop, excessive brain ii"tivity, and lm p- hits out as "the most effectual step towai I this end, to ill Ii away to I he sea lie for a few days or a week and I "Id, blueing place " "A few day- "I h.aiu lest," the wilier 11 I I --. "nnd In. ,111 bracing at tin -ea-lde w ill. v 1! h o; r laility. elieel a -iialui al em . 1:1 !,( e.i-cs, and lie- .11 . ! upon lb.- w hole : ystcm will ben- hi-llic: 11- 11 ill h. belleticlill " 'i'lll I- 1 11 v ,01, if, 1 1 111;; to the small cla-s in tin- m a ei'.v v. ho can nil. 'id the liu.e and In . x pcll -e to li I 11" ,I V In the sea-id", but how ul out III" great army "I br.iiii w oi k. r w ho arc bound dint 11 by their daily iliilic. '' 1'h" only sal 1. f a"t i.m they have is ill the f.l 'I ,hal their i.i-i is not a peculiar one that "thi ic aril others." Vit Inrht's Ol.lf-I xiil.in . The oldest of th" tMle 'li s Fn disll subjects is sai l to b.-Mrs M.iig.irct Neve, a vivii 'ioiia lady cf I11.1 she lives at ( illei ilsey, lint f ir out "l .S. Fetor's Fort, and can remember I'i .inc.. before Napoleon's time. She hat traveled all over Ktirope and recounts with interest the story of g:t at pel soil ages she'hiis seen ami bullous place slm has visited. She i strong ph.v--ically, as well as luintally, iiinlwall.s to church regularly evti vwcek. And yet she has lived thro,it;li the reigns ol four rulers of the Ihilish Umpire, not to mention famous litciiiiy men liku Colurnlhe, Soiitl.i-y, W.irdswuiih, I f:b"uleT.uib n 1 Humi'hvv Davy, 999-93-99999 Wttt TW0VIEWS, Vlr-troot: Ch. thrt hii'int of the iilnt is the tesfy wooO. I a .1 1 liii le rem "te ini'l tn Jl" t line- hi- 1 hr, ait (., 11 lover's mAn J-'.-r hi- unit" ii. Ihe I'lossouilm; tree ( h- ra-: sin.; I .vet' sing sweet" I lie l.lr.l In the tree Aiel the Lii I with wIiik's for I he sky; YV" li-t"ii l"ic' t" his liaipy s .Ui A - tli" Ii "i 1- i.-" ! I!i"0c.; hy. s. 11 I I " : : Oh, th" haunt ..f th" l ir.l i.. the I r ci,l I -riii. -! 1 . t hat . Wliere ,i" ; . r"h"- with airv ann, Willi hi- tea'li"!'. .lye I. I hi- winy spica I w i l Ami tlank'- ! with ribljoiis :iu, lace. rliorns: Sln ln-ii;h! hin !j-' for t!ia blr-I ou th Vet 1 Willi, ler. Will- ii s-'lisil ive Ol l!l"e..rp-" ill lini"-. it t 11 11 il, mai l i.- "ever alr.ii.l a te-r -11 U'lnv huiiu'-r t.if KADS OF WEALTH'f WOMEN I I h-iii Unit :t I'ltysl.m l-'iit- lla laiits 101. 1 l-loweis tint ol Spupitii 1111: I live, cannot gaiii-i'. inc. ins -.- r., I ,,f tl iti,,- be condemned as an exlruvn but often of 1 ircitlat la llv hailed ns a t li-ird e t-li 1111.1 giviu-' occii.itio,i to many working folks. The luxuries, to specify, c chiefly Ib'Weis .mil !': ait., and vege tables out "f -en on. While the .Ian nary su.iw - iay d. ep on the ground ami t ur 11 ips fi 1 in t heir cellars, Mi. Samuel Thorn. Mr-, (ioddard and ! scores ol oil- -r women weie strawberries In- a- plover serving 'K-'s loi des.-ert and aiiichokes for 8. da 1 an I tiny had not 1 : e-a i!.-I 1he fily mar J;cl . for these ilainlie.e llovvev. i . !',n iiitu:; is the fil-lnoii. and evei v one v, ho ... ,cs into it is c pealed lo study :i spocialty. Mr.-. William Aslor's spceialty is the pml; violet. A iiinrvcloiis tlower: Hit- re I 1 1 ,,i- ,iu ,,, , l,,,.ii,,,. I. ,,,, only lo the gar. b lieroii her Hhiiiebeclc place, and 11 verv few of them ut ten cents apiece ever itu-l their way int" tl,,. i,i.ii'l...t Ah- l:,,l 1 -I 1 11 1 ,.n. 1 stands unrivaled v. ith her peiiches, that she oilers I'm eating in I. cut, and that arc I'lod'ieod under g-lass ul the late fmiepcucht Kiiree.iustasinMrs. I 'oust utile's huge g! ecu houses oil ly 0111; lose is ever asked of a bush. M'v. Flliot Shepherd.; at Scar borough, jniys in salaries something near . -i ot I a year to her head gar lienors ami laborers under tlicui. Iu 1 etui 11 1 1n y produce f"i her bigger goo.-ebcri ies than yo'icaufiutl in ling li-h gardens and remarkable little gold"" ti-mittoes. absolute spheres in shape, and that aie served nl her table as relishes with meat. Mrs. II: nest Crosby cultivates w ith lu r own bauds and an expel t Freli-.'hnmn's aid a green -rapt the bunches 01 Which iu, 1st weigh twelve pounds eucii. The miniature painters h ive a rival in lie ova' port. lit painted oil glass. Alin.i Tiidem a demonstrate.! the beauty and cite t iv 1 nes- of the glass poitail by painting one lm- the I'rinccss of Wales, another tor the beautiful Lady Nnylor Fiiyhiml. and now all the rich Alilelie.in W'oliieu who (jo to wolldon pay la leiiia -fiii:l! to catch llu-ir like lie-si s mi poli-hcilerystal ovals. I.udy Tcltlic-.- Idackwooil and Miss l',iiiilv Hotlmau vveic the first of the New Yorkers lo sit lor gluss iorlraits. and (o set the fashion on this sid.i of the 1 water of every woman's wearing her own picture. 1 )ut of these novelty likenesses is ', done on 1111 oval of faultless crystal i nb , nl a fourth of an inch thick, about lour or live inches louguud three inches to three and 11 half wide. The crystal is slightly convex and the painting is done 0:1 tho ci ncave side so artfully that tho face looks at you through thu (lawless gluss. The cry-tut has a hack of gold ami a framework of gold beads, pearls or brilliants. By a ring in the top of the picture an inch wide ribbonor a beau tiful chain is run, and the work of art is allowed to hang free nearly to the knees, or can lit into a litfhi satin bag at the wai-l However you elect to it ear one of these portraits, swinging hum lib!- 11 or chain, or pinned asa pendant 011 the front of your gown, y. ni always make a point of carrying none but v.iiu own likeness -Chicairo Kecord. " I . l.loin; Ni'i ltlle. (if course everybody wears neckties nowadays nud the variety of them is something remarkable. Some of the necktn s worn am exceedingly pretty 11 ml some of tho most fetching ones are made by the wearers themselves, nud their greatest chaiin to beauty lies iu the fact that they are not skimpy, but have a generous lot of l ice or muslin or gau.e forming them. It does not icpiire any gnat amount ol cleverness to make one nf these neckties, only u little skill with the needle ami 11 knowledge "' plain r'"l"l- 1 1 he necktie .should be long enough . . ; , to pu-s about tho throat twice and . , , f . llieil tie 111 11 large bow 111 flout. pi ,i ,. j ...tie " " ' 1 ' "' 1 ideas tor new neckties. tine of tin simples! is for dotted guue. The dots me lucie speckles ami me some times while, but as often libiek, which is n novelty . The necktie is matin about hall a yard wide and long enough t pass twice about the neck and tin iu a soft, (hilly bow in front, with ends the sunn! length as the bows. About the bottom is a full tloiim-e knife plaited and triiimed with lace. Win 11 this lloiinci! is set ou a heading of luce p. u-cd. When th- necktie is tied the knot should be diuw 11 tight, "0 thai tin centre is - nail and close. This makes thu bows h,ik iniii'ii smarter when they art" pu was loose .111 d out than if the knot ' uncertain. I Auotlim ciiaiuiiuu idea fort ne.-Uti I whicu any one fan carry out is that of npinitd. In.- taiic ihuseu baoul.l bo V verv soft nud Iiluij aud should be iu verv so'f ni,.- iiiiio anil sLiounl he lu i a,u colcr vt er"j- T1,1i 3 is bwmc'! I nil Rrounct aud has the ends cut j rouii'led with u plissod frill surround- ing it. Above this frill iu the centre of the rounded end are applied tin,. (lowers of lace cut out from anyprotty hi"" pattern or purehu-ed distinct, but in this ease they me much iinue ; expensive. The best way to obtain j satisfactory rlowcrs for application is to l"jk thr,m;;h the l.ico in th" simp.-, choo-itig thus" pieces th.i! have large, ; distinct (lowers, leave d.imc. A iUiir''i or half yar 1 will be -ullicieiit to obi iin the llovvei.-. which are care fully cut out tin-, applied with line embroidery cotton at the e lgvs. The civ decorat i f. IJustou tilobe. 1 , it, it 11 limit ci us niitcii The 1:1: is tilwavs I. I or otii.-tt. eri I'oats ai- to b--is t v cr f, 'i ordinary ',-rial of th.;.-e eov.-rt about the same, but .I'll' used wear, coats the shad-1 this year m a trille duiker tlnin ho t. ipnte dis.incl fr.un the ma terial and s'ua I" ute I in the box. oals. I lo-se littb- cat- do n,,t lit ' int" tl t'mnre so much as (hey did a' llie buck, but are almost tiiit lining ! 111 " 1 "".v H'"l very ! cai etull v, an I have absolutely no at- tempt al trimming. I lo y fa-ten with a tly-fi"iit, 11ml are siiigb-breu-ted. Some of them have pockets, others have not, they are smarter without them. 'I'lie sleeves are small, not iibsoliiteiy tight-titling, but 1-rge enough to allow of a dress sleeve "'-' I ' .....'..". 1 11111 inn" ""' "'e very smart long emits that are 1.. 1...... 1. in 1....... in 1st attractive, but a little warm for 1 he s.'ii-oii s wear. They are. how ever, so graceful in their lines, that it 'u!l be hard to iesi-t getting one. Ti.ey me mad" of Ihe light weight eljlli-:. tan nud gray, and evi 11 111 Mack and .lurk blue. In-leii over to I llie left shn'ilder. and ar" liiiishel ; nith a iu Diii- '":! unless well litl-.-d, and . v.-n then , ,,r" "", '" '"' ,;,1':.v ntteiupt,- ! by v l"' '" "I'""' "! -'"'" l'"' -boil and stout wnmcn th,"e are 11 number of coats this year that are un usually In coiiini". There is the th:"c-iiunrler-eii-tli coat with the lly- , "'""' "''" -""ig 'if '"'" '"' 1:11 as inn naris 111 110111, nui won iin; straight French front, that hi 1 al;s the width around the hips very sutit'titc-j (only. This same style of jacket made on milch ahurper lines is out) of ! the new molds for tho spring cos- ! tunics. Harper's liaar. True Slorj- of .Xlnif. Allittnrfi Name. One of the piniidesi boasts of musical Albuny is that Mine. Albani be.;ali her carcei there. A picture of the iIivh from the early brush ol Will 11. bow hangs in tin) Albany Club a lino (nil-length portrait of Mine. Alh.mi at ti:e hei.'ht of her faun- and chui 111- - a"d niany memories of her life are clierish. d by those who remember the lilt1" four, teen v-ar-old soprano at St. .lo-eph's Church, astonish cult of 1 voice. Fmiiia l.uieiiiie.-e, who I and delighted tin' musical 10 city w ith he! w oii'lei tiil "lint people who ciaini that her stage name was a-sii i:i.'d 111 honor of her native town are nil unoi -." was the Verdict of a lilj.ll "llil '.ill 111 the bullish Museum Library on books of reference. t seems n pity to put to . leiith a pretty story, but the truth must prevail. The name "Album" was not a-siini l by Miss I,:ieii liesse as n memento "I the appreciation and kindness she h i I experience! in Albany. It happened thu. When Ihe young diva wa- 11b nit to sign lit r lir.-t opera contra, 1, her Italian muster at Milan said thai she could not pos tihly appear on t he Italian stag,) under the liamo nf Fujeuuessc, He, therefore, selected for her tha name of AlbHtii, that being the patronymic of au old Italian family then defunct. "But did you know that I live I at Albany?" she asked. "No, I never heard of it," the sigii'.r replied. An unusual ly curious coinci lci.' e, but it is absolutely true. Foil. I011 Musical Times. l-'llHlllull X.llril. Fine the collar of your fawn -colored coat with shine 1 cbiiTou of (he same l ame cohirs if il 1. a. high "lie. A black lull which is el). -dive is of chip and has a big white tulle rosette at the fruit, blink t u I le over while go ing around the right side, and from the rosette t tvo big white pi nines w it 1 1 black edges ut the left . I lni ti tinted organdies will be very much worn, am! something ipnte novel is a i' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 of plain white and v inlet 111 mie gow n The skirt, and sleeves are of white, and tint pbiitiugs at the butt. m and the bodice covered with crosswise lucks are of the tbiep violet organdie. .lust at present the most atltuctive irovvns uiiioiig new models ate those of 1,,, 1,1. ,....,),! ..loll. lit,., .I..I I.-.I.. t..., , .1 , ,1 pop in, rather heavy wi aves ,.f I, enga 1 ' , . , -, . , iin- iinu satin t 11 1 11 1 I 111 novel put- 11, 1. . terns nn, I colorings. 1 toy 111 1 1 11 1 1 u .r, ;,,i,L .w 11..,- .. ol, . ,1 . se Ina le pn-tilll, I iivvav iack on Is, notched levers A little girl's hut has a 1 n llti of fig ured silk of a delicate sh 1 le, with small dowers upon It, lying iirmin.l the hum, and a narrovvt r 111 stand ing around the crown. 'Ii,, i, is a tiny cluster of blue forget m. nuts ami a stand. 114 bow of blue and riecii ribbons of a peculiar shade, to match the colors 111 tlie hat. Fight silks mi l thin French iiiat-n-nls of silk rrepe or sotno other lie-cy material ure found in but trimming Vnother big leghorn hut has a bug., how of one of these lleecy silk liiatel 1 al. w ill- deep liink tlowers. upon it and 11 goln buckle at the front, the ends passing loosely around the hat and loiiinuu atnuus al tlie hack. j KTH'S Oil K Vf EST FORCE -rur crnom ri r.Tnipiy 11,1 iilh.- THE STORED ELECTRICIT IN NtV'v' YOPK ESUALS 1 70,000 HOPSE5. it ( oul.l Tow Tw niij -rive of tli-Laism i;itttiriiii ureatr 1'iiyi.l t I 1 01 1 f Tvi-i 1.1 iifi-,-itf.t niel 'outiollfJ 1 11 11 XI ..leu llif Mrpel t'nrii. The g rente -i physical foi .-e ever pen-rated ' controlled by man is 11 ow bin ics-til lii New Yoikt'ity. It wi!l be 1 ,-eu er.atei witum tin. ueit It w tiioinhs. No on.-can pi edict what it w ill In 111 a 1 ar or tw . liou.ee. blloU.-'ll elcel. icity I- -1"l ed in the po.ier It'Ci-e-: I'; the city t i eplul the -t,...,,....:, r 1 70,0 11 ho.-..-.. h is '',;'. 1 ti'.iti ti:c eotubind powi.- el 11', tiie lo.'ouiot 1 v o engines wiii h an i ,i an I depart d '..i v. It is slroti" ellollgll t 'brtUl I .ojo. "OO jtecipl" 1:1 or. liter, y -mi Inc.- em - ,ll at ouce It 1 .111 move -J'iO.i '' t "is or tow twenty-live bit; bat 1 Ic-nip-. The force Unit is able to do all these things is absolutely invisible. No one l.tiows what it i . Scieiice run only tell hou- 1 tan do. Thetc are 11 will be. generate an am to 1 7'i.nnn hoi -plant i- that Avenue I ; 1 1 1 1 , Harlem biver ma le aii'i what it or shortly cw V, rk, stali'.uis which euti j in' of electricity t ipial j power. 'Tiie biggest .vviied by the Thirl, 1 Company ou the ; Ninth avenuo aud I 2 H'.lh a melit ill Fntei Will see of coal Vn 1 drivin.' throb ,. Only t ' volvc IlllllUte int 2 I st li streets Its etjuip-; ill cost .:..lii0,lilti. j when it is running, aud you j f!-at furtiaees leiruiiig tons very hour. , will see engiii-s with great : wild Is whirled by the tireless i lb" piston mils for what?) i 1 ike "li" bundle i f wires 11: 1 1:. my thousand limes pr I thin another bundle of wnes I and 1 1 . la.- ii'ithim: thi' yoti can h. earned over tiny I see, e i' wine wii- .1- ii.a-iy llistl li . 1 1 o lo ii lies as volt choose, pari of the city a in re-em-1 Wi li'.-l e j'la! to tl. of the great t'lelll -. Iv--. iiielh'.d- ,10 similar iu al' the o-r plant -at bust in re card to general principb s the Third a.-i.'i.' Ini" is the ino-t recent, the I ic . st and 1 1 j "r.eet. 'I''," bin! iitig is li'j'i f-et lmig and 2 Vl let wide. The main walls are I ml f-et high. There ale ,,nr clnm m y-, tiifli t jweriug 'Jim (..-ci. Tlierg are two seeti i!is to this great 1 building -one vvhi.'i e coul is burned ; to in t!;..- sletm, and one where the ! tteatu is utili.eil lo make electricity. 1 .( its! outside of the building, on the J boiler-house side, a slip runs in from ; the Harlem Kiver, wherf coal boats run alongside the dock an I their ; cargoes arc emptied by e 11! haudling apparatus which conveys the coal into ! the I , ilei lion-,', elevi4'e.s and ill- ' tiibui f ii mi" a In.;,' Inn hoi bug ii'i-cit lo. 0 11 ton-. I'i .1,11 winch it glide 'low u to I I th- tiles, pa-sing IhioU'.li a'ltoai-itii .! v.eiaiiiiig iim ciiinc-, thu,. having it- weight en record. When tin- -oid he- pn -.-1 1 the auto malic ueighiiii: iine-liiiies il runs into ; the hopper. li.iehil ile.il stokers, i w in di not only gradually the tires XV 1 1 ! 1 ' o 1 1 th doors, but so gtade th, meet the le i-ni-ciif :it -The a -he- uu.l e!n,!,. 1 ,-, .low 11 an lie 111. e t 1 .1 I, . t hoy lire d umpe i mi . i , ash pans, from which th. tm"! it into e; 11111,.' of feed li- to f"- si t;m pi'";.. lied c by w Inch .p i -bii't ,:n arc led bv vertical chutes to the ba-cineiit. Then 1 tin y are taken up by t be ash haudling . iiiachiiiei v mid conveyed to an ash-bin j , Hn the dock, whence tbey slide into ! the empty coal boats t 1 be carried away. Iluuiau labor nevei enters into the work at any stage. I All the boilers, if plueed end to j ' end, would extent! IO11 J feet. Tlmy gent-rr.to steam to operate the sixteen engine'?, which have a nominal horso- ' power of 61,000 and a maximum of i 100,000. j Tlie electric generators Lave each a j . capacity of 3000 kilowatts, which can be iucio.iscd to 4 jot when re pin ed. ; I I'leelrieal in ?usureiiieiits cannot be readily compared t 1 other standards. : . There are. 111 lit, no fpuvalents. j The terms 111 isl lniuili.ii to newspaper 1 readers are volt, umpire mid wait. Tlie fit leprceuls pie-sine, the ! second volume and the thu 1 power. ! I Suppose a river to be a II ov ot dec ' lii.'ity, the pressure of th" ciiiiciit ! 1 would represent voltage, the volume ; I ol water amperes and the total power, j I v.iili-. I The nearest c.pi 1 v iil-nt nf a horse- ' I power in cl.vti -icily i- TP', watts. A I generator capable of producing J.V111I kilowatts, therefor.! ( 1,'iilil.ltH'l watts,, is e.plul t" about I '.mill horse mover. ! The I bird avenue's sixteen generators, I at highest tension can pro luce alum t ' tfi.iion li 'i se pt.wei , or 11 loss of only li v e per nt in the t runs in ih' 1011 of 1 power. I Along one side will run a switch I board 111 a galieiy. the level of which , is above I he inai-hiiui y.and theleiiglh j cl which is more than (wo hundred ! feet Here will Cel. lie all of the ! numerous i'i,iidueiii-s bv which the 1 I'liiei.t 1 1 city and conveyed tliimighoiit the far up into Westchest ei i 1 'mnilv. I.leelricul Aue j follow one, but found it was too ae- live, jumping out of the wutei w ith 11 An I ni;iiii linn. 1 1 n.li'i Water. I peculiar tiint mil and only taking to it A curious land subsidence took place 1 when closely pressed. lie soon 01s al Nm th vv ich, lliigbiiid, November l o, j covered that the objects of his pin ..int Is. is. l ii ' iiihabitiiiils w ci e it'arnieil j were (i 'lie-, nnd, liiitling ('nil he cmil l by ihe nu bleu .-nbsidciice of 11 pm t i,,n ; not catch them, he employed a siuuli ol' t hn Fun ilmi main 10:1 I The load I bore shot gun w hidi lie curried to bring: was built mi timber, and whin the j them down. Iu this way he succeeded subsidence begun it shortly - within in cnllecling a number. The lishe an hour, 111 lad I., eame iuipii-sable. went singular little creatures with I. millings wiie tin oh 11 nearly loin feet oil' the pel pi inlieulai , and the supply of wutei, gas ami clc'tricity was interrupted. The tiicu of the de le e--i,ill extend,' 1 to a'i,. uf -I l yards ii'i 1 was nine tu t ilm-p in the c-titer. The cavity thus formed win tilled with Wiiler. (beat fissures appeared ill two , buildings, which had to ha steadied j with bolts ami timber. j BRAVE SPANISH SMARSI :00TC"S. ! On of Jl'-u. ll jmif .l lie Hal I Srveuioen AiueiK!s. The uc urage of the SpauisU sharp tliooteis, who perched tLemFehce :i the trees before Sautiaco ami di' 1 tiyual dauiage to the Americaus, wai j n er uroperiv aprn eciated bv th men vt the Atnerieaii Aimy, declat'ef Ihe Sun Here were a lot of men dis , patched wit h insti netions to g"l "Ut j of sigh! some 1 hei e- Bud do all ) nilile hinin to ndvanciug Ann 11 '.111 troi ps " And we d'.u'l ii.'ver eoiue back,'' was th '!' the parting lot -siigc I e if you llb.-t.ilii--. IcJ inlii their fin.- as thev ft 10.1 tiin mis-ion of utmost cei tain death. Ibc-y took their wat-r iars. a week's t.itioriSj soioHCiguietle papci nud t"b.,ec" and all the MuilM'l cartlldges th y colli 1 pick in the pocke's nt th-ir paui'iiti suit-. Then, clt'til'ing into the 1 1 1 1 i if bnneljes '.'I vegeiation that stuck "'i' tlo. II the top 3 "f tllM J'llllU III eS Sell! ttTed around, they uwui'el the 11 d vanioug American Army t. l.-giu operations. Whenever they -aw an American torso tb-y tired. 'I h-y ha I fiir-reuehing liiles and sinokile-M ; povtler. Their Mauser rirlis made tm mere noise thu'.i so many ii..pguus aud threw out no mule smoke thin the cigarettes they pulK-l between w hiles. Th'; Americans wen- c mfus.-d by this tire. Tbesu uliijo-t silent b ill-t-, couiiug from nowhere in particihn , w it h only a .puck pmg' to announce, their messages of death, were c,JM. fusing and bewildeiin.' J'iie bravest perceptibly wilted under the sharp nlMiutcrB' tire, a uiueh harder thing to staud up under, though lighter in attack, than trench tiring. To locate these fellow, was u-ti:i!lv a diftieilli matter; but once locate I 11 was all up with the per Spaniard The general mode of il;sp,i.--iiii of a Spanish sharpshooter cdiigiit 111 action was simple but divisive. The A:D"ii caus usually circulate 1 the tree n'iJ volleyed till their man came tumbling down. 'The member of the Twelfth Infantry who aoeoiinte 1 for the death of one of these poor fellows by the grave declaration to the surgeon tha' "the lull killed him. 1 t-'uess," must hav.j been a bit ol a humorist, fm w hen the surgeon out of protc-i.unl curiosity looked ovi;r the botiv he counted seven lira:; bullet wounds Very few of the-o shaipshooten who were sent nut to harass th ' Americiins ill this way ever saw their Spanish homes iiiiaiii They wero inking long ehances. And they knew this when they went. Two of them were seen in the Siboiiey Hospital, They bad been dislodged from their trees near San Juan Hill, a few days before. One had live King bullets m him and the other six. both hud shut tered legs from their falls, and both were ilvniu. Int- of them could speak i Fujitsu a little. "Me shot sevwit. eu of you Americans." he boastu I feebly befiiie he died No doubt be f pok the truth. They Lad gieat oi'por tuuiiies to ib tlama .;e an I they l"ok lull advantage of tln-iu . I Ire Thai Huriit'l I'm li'trt. It was ijttite a common thing among the ancients to keep a sacred lire burn ing for many years. In order to keep It going, liotvevei, they found it ni-ces-siuyloadd fiesh luel fiom time to time, which s ipilte. difj'i.1 elit km, I f tire fi'itu the one that bili imd ever 11 hundred years and wouldn't be put out, no matter how hur l the pe 'pi" . fought it. The great lire was in F.ug laud It was ail underground li r the collieries near liotherhaui. When il first broke out gi eat (billies shot uu above the top of the shaft. These. upon being attacked by the miners, gi ulitally subsided, but the fire wa not extinguished. It continued to smolder iu tin) exceedingly iullammii' bio material iu which it had begun, and occasionally tba (lames broke out again, which increased its hold upon the great coal beds So through gen- eiations this elow, dull fire continued to cat its way through the masses of coal. By aud by the owners of tho estate w here the collieries weio loea ted began to fear the fire would work on through to other mines, and they tiled to devise some way of stopping Us progress. Accordingly tiny I, mil 11 stone wall around it down through the mines. This li 1 e wall, w hen completed, was more than lHO't yards in length and from nine inches to live feet thick. During all these years the vegetation 011 the ground above was much affected, the earth being rendered so warm (hat two and sometimes three crops could be raised in a year Chicago liecord. -- I'lulies W Inrli freti .111 lain. I. The stroller along the shores nf the inlands which nnikn up the 1'hilippiuo iroiiii met is iiiiinv siirpnscs in the Strang" foi ms of annual life which thele make their I10111B This is pin tieiilarly true of the fishes, hoi in; of which have Ihe untishliko habit of leaving the water and wandering about mi dry land. This was first observed by a naturalist wlmiu collecting along one of the islands saw some singular frog like creatures hopping along tlm mini, I v shore before him. Ho tried to large heads and prominent eyes. Tim side lius weio enormously developed and served us arms upon which the ti-h raised itself and hoppe 1 along. It was found that these sin uhir lishc w. re not left -Iran led bv the title, but came ashore to feed, finding their l.,od ill a certain shelless hmlliisk that froipiente. I the slioru at low '.lu. Chicago liecord. I- f1 PswWiWis-iij i