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A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS.
VOL. VII. NO. 46
MAXTON, N. C TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1893.
S3. GO A YEAR,
One-third of the people who gofmaJJ
are said to recover their senses. 1
The Counsel of Agriculture in Sax
ony controls the trade, in feeding
stuffs so that the farmers vmay be stirs
to get them pure and unadulterated.
Our foreign nsivore, now so numes
ous among us, are pleased to say we j
have better and cheaper restaurants j
j 1 r rv t I
liiuu even x ana aiiorus.
In Great Britain it has been reck
oned that there are about 100,000 ab
solutely "homeless wanderers," and
that 60,000 of these belong to London., j
More factories for , the making of
handles for implements have been
established in the South during the
past year than in any five previous!
years.
The Governor of California has th
unique distinction, notes the New Yorl
World, of being the only Governor im
this Union who has vetoed a bill gjjjrasjijj
school suffrage to women. 1
With no drunkenness, no crime, no
fires and no disturbances of any sort,
during the past year the Boston Her
ald admits that "Brattleboro, Vt.,may
fairly lay claim to being the Utopia of
America. "
The Constitution boasts that "a
glance at the map will show that At
lanta is practically the center of ten
Southern States containing over 15,-
000,000 people in their 450,000 square
miles. Reaching out into this magnifi
cent territory we have eleven great rail
way lines, with their feeders and their
steamship connections with Northern
and European ports. From this point
the air-line distance to the Atlantie
ports is 260 miles, to the gulf ports 270
miles, to the Mississippi River 37Qt
miles and to the northern line of I the
cotton belt 200 miles. "
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Germany, with a population of 49,
426,384, has an annual budget of $889,
800,000. The appropriation for the
army and navy is $144,000,000, and
with this money Germany keeps' up a
force of 20,440 officers, 486,983 men
and 93,900 horses in time of peace.'
This army could be increased to about
4, 500, 000 soldiers in time of war. In
Austria-Hungary, the second power of
the triple alliance, we find an army
which in time of peace includes only
337,419 rank and file and about 1,872,
000 men in case of war. The total
annual budget of Italy is $356,200,
000, and in time of peace she has an
army 276,000 soldiers, which force can
be raised to 2,814,310 men when
trouble comes.
The late Doctor Agnew, o Phila
delphia, said that catarrhal affections
were almost unknown among the
Quakeresses whom he attended, and he
ascribed it to the fact that the Quaker
bonnet protects the back of the head
and the nape of the neck from cold atr.;
He might have gone further and added
that the Quaker women have come
nearer than any others of their sex to
discovering the perpetual bloom of
youth. One meets in and about Phila
delphia scores of Quakeresses who re
tain in old age fresh, tmwrinkled faces,
clear eyes, and erect figures. Th
peace and health of their spirits seem
to conform face and figure.
The harvesting of tho annual crop
of young physicians, which comes to
maturity about this time of year, has
aroused the curious statistician to do
Borne figuring on their prospects. He
says, notes the New Orleans Picayune,
that there are educated in this country
about twice as many clergymen as
lawyers, and about twice as many
physicians as clergymen, which makes
about four physicians to every lawyer.
The United States has more physicians
t he population than any other coun
try. In 1880 there was a physician to
every 600 inhabitants, whereas in
England there was one physician to
every 1000, in France one to every
2600 and in Germany one to 2800. In
certain parts of the United States the
doctors were even more plentiful than
the ratio for the whole country indi
cated. Ten years ago, according to a
report of the Illinois Board of Health,
there was one doctor to 548- persons,
and in smaller places in the State one
to 260. In 1887-8 the entire number
of medical studen ts in this country was
18,513 (including dental, pharmaceuti
cal and veterinary), and the total is
now supposed to be about 20,000. On
the basis of this rapid increase, it in
safe to say that the circle of the aver
age physician's patients is closing in on
him every year, and if he is improving
their health steadily, the outlook for
him is anvthioer but cheerful
A GREAT INDUSTRY.
The Advantages Carolina Cotton Mills
Enjoy Over Those of New England.
A correspondant of the Richmond, Va.,
Times, at Graham.N. C , says: Until re
cent jears the Southern people thought
cotton could be converted into fabrics,
on an extensive scale, only along the
rivers of New England. Could our
fathers come back from the land of
spirits and hear the hum of the 50,000
spindles and the rattle of the 5 000 busy
looms of Alamance county, N. C, they
would be filled with wonder.
The first cotton factory n this .part of
the South was eatablished on Alamance
Creek, abDut four miles south of Graham,
and is still one of the smallest factories
in the county. It was owned by Mr. Ed
win M. Holt, father of the Holt brothers,
who are at present the leading manu
facturers in Central North Carolina.
He afterwards built another factory
at Haw River depot, two miles east ot
Graham, and associated with him his sod,
Thomas M., afterwards Gove, nor of the
State. Since tha war seventeen other cot
ton factories have been built in Ala
mance, all of which are in successful
operation. The largest of these, the
Granite Mills, at Haw River, owned by
Governor Thomas Holt, has about 9,000
spindles, 450 looms, and gives employ
ment to about 500 hands. The next larg
est is the Oneida, at Graham, L. Banks
Holt, Esq.
Burlington has five cotton factories,
Graham three, and Haw River one.
Theie are nine at other points in the
county off the railroad, but on the river,
giving them the advantage of water
power.
The factories along th3 railroad except
the Granite Mill?, use steun altogether,
and consume great quin:itiesof wood and
coal. The surrounding country affords
wood in almost unlimited quantity, and
the revenues derived from i s sale is of
great help to the farmers.
For a long time these mill3 produced
only plaids, but recently Vhitc cloth and
demins have been added to th?ir products.
The plaids weigh about f oiir - ounces to
the yard ; the demins nine. The profit in
well managed factories" is one-sixteenth
if a cent per yard, though, of course, a
great deal depends on the care with which
the raw materials are selected. Th3 pro
ducts of the Alamance cotton mills for
a. single year will amount to millions of
dollars, and the wealth of the manu
facturers seem to be steadily growing.
Failures among them are exceedingly
rare, and when they occur are attributa
ble te bad management.
At present the business is suffering
from the financial depression that is felt
all over the world. Governor Holt re
marked to the writer a few days ago that
he had on hand $100,000 worth of the pro
ducts of his mills, for which there is no
market. Another manufacturer has on
hand $80,000. Still they keep their looms
and spindles running in order to give em
ployment to their operatives. There have
been no strikes here at any time, and the
owners of the mills say they will reward
the faithfulness of the employs.
Beside proximity to the cotton markets
the South affords another advantage to
the manufacturer of much consequence.
To prevent the threads from breaking it
is necessary in cold weather to have the
factories well warmed In the North the
change from the high temperature of the
mills to the severe cold outside, so sudden
Dn going out at noon and at night, is so
disastrous to the health of the operatives
as to cause death in a great number of
cases. In the South this is not the case,
and consequently the longevity of this
class is greater; From the humanitarian's
point of view it can be said, let all the
cotton mills come South.
Cotton factories are springing up all
over the State, and are to be found in
Guilford, Rockingham, Davidson and
Randolph counties; also in the cities of
Durham, Raleigh, Winston and Charlotte,
fc is rapidly becoming one of tho chief
industries of this part of the United
States.
The Jews to be Permitted to Buy
Land in Palestine.
From the American Israelite.
A correspondent in Jerusalem informs
j3 that the Sultan's Government has
igain licensed Jewish real estate br okers
and purchassrs to acquire landed property
in Pakstine without being Mussulmans,
and secures to all settlers the protection
oi the High Porte and equal rights with
the natives of the land. This opens that
ountry again to foreign immigration,
and will attract thousands from Rou
mania, Russia and Morocco. Dr. Senner
is not there, thanks to the Sultan,
Since Baron Rcthschild founded col
onies on land bought by him for the pur
pose, the tithe? due the Turkish Govern
meat from these properties have been
almost quintupled. This circumstance
having been brought to the knowledge of
Baron Edmond, he proposes to buy more
land, and to advance to the Government
the tithes for a cartain number of years.
M. Elie Bchied of Paris, the capable
Administrator of the colonies and Biron
Edmond , de Rothschild's confidential
igent, has been for. some time in Con
ita'ntineple, and the object of his visit is
Mid to be tor submit the Barons offer to
the Government
Failure of Cassell Co.
New York. The Cassel Publishing
Company, of Nos. 100 and 104 Fourth
avenue, has gone into liquidation. Be
fore Judge Lawrence in the Supreme
Cuurt, on a motion for the appointment
of a receiver, it wa3 charged that the
president of the company, Oicar M. Dur
ham, was a defaulter to the amount of
about165,000,and has absconded. Judge
Lawrence appointed Henry P. Broker
receiver and directed that he give a bond
of 160,000. The corporation was organ
ized to purchase the American business
and plant of Cassell & Co., limited, an
English corporation engaged in selling and
publishing boaks in England, the United
States and other countries. It bought a
plant and business for about $330,000
and paid in cash one yeir after organi
sation. Durham was for many years
manager in the United States of Cassell
& Co., limited. He subscribed for about
100 shares and to pay for the stock he
borrowed money on short time, As the
loans matured he met them fradulently,it
is alleged, making and signing ia the
name of the defendant corporation its
promissory notes which he discounted,
ind applied the proceeds to the payment
of his individual note3.
Facts About Cotton Raising.
Some Southern cotton growers are
beginning to realize the necessity for en
gaging in the culture of other crops.
This necessity is still further emphasized
by the extension of cotton culture into
new territory. Odessa advices state that
cotton growing i3 making such progress
in Rirsia Trans-Caspia that the Russian
spinners in Moscow, Lodz and the other
centres will very soon be in a position to
discard the American product altogether;
as it is only 8 years since experiments
were inaugurated in this quarter, the
strides made are nothing short of marvel
ous. At the last meeting of the Man
chester Chamber of Commerce, Simples
of cotton were shown which bad been
ijrown, the oae at Witu, in British East
&.frica and the oth'r at a place near
Belize in British Honduras. The latter
resembles rough Peruvian, and has been
ealued in Liverpool at 4Jd. ptr lb.
lhould it, however, as seems likely, prove
4 useful substitute for Peruvian in the
idulteration of woolen goods, it will
;aaily command Id. more per lb It can
aever enter into competit'on with the
American article. -East African cotton,
in the other hand, will probably prove
;n time to be a formidable rival to the
;atter. The yield on the 200' acre plan
ration at Witu was at the rate of '400 lbs.
per acre, and the best average in Ameri
;a is that of Louisiana, which is 223 lbs.,
while the average for all of the cotton
states is no more than 162 lbs. per acre,
n quality, moreover, the Witu cotton
anks as Sea Inland substitute. Rural
New Yorker.
A Batch of Home Appointments.
Washington; D. C. The President
appointed Milton A. Smith, postmaster at
Anniston, Ala., vice S. B. Randolph, re
moved ; William S. Norwood, Titusville,
Fli. , vice R. C. Scrimagown, removed ;
R. H. Moses at Carrollton, Ga., vice C.
H. Morrell, removed; Thomaa A. Bailey
at Darien, Ga., vice C. R. Jackson, of
fice became presidential; Joseph Door, at
Georgetown, S. C, vice F. J. N. Sperry,
removed.
John T. Essary, of Tennessee, collector
of internal revenue for the second dis
trict of Tennessee ; Kope Elias, of North
Carolina, for the fifth district of North
Carolina; Charles M. Wallace, of Vir
ginia, collector of customs for the district
of Richmond, Virginia; Robt. B. Glenn,
of North Carolina, United States attor -ney
for the western district of North
Carolina, William Perry Murphy of
South Carolina, for the district of South
Carolina.
His Chances for Heaven.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Dr. Charles
fluhrer, a Universolist, preached Sunday
in Edwin Booth, and created consider
.ble sensat on when he declared he would
ooner stand his chances for heaven with
Jooth, who paid his debts in full, than
rith that other actor, Talmage, who
oined in the Doxology after announcing
hat the debt of his church ha i been com
remised at 23 cents on the dollar.
The Largest Shad,
What is believed to be the largest
ehad ever taken in the waters near the
head of Delaware Bay was caught op
posite Delaware City, Del., a few days)
ago. It measured twenty-seven inches)
in length, four inches in thickness and
nineteen inches at its greatest circum
ference. Its weight was ten pounds.
The fish was bought for $2 and. sent as
a present to President Cleveland.-
Detroit Free Pre a
The building of the proposed free
library in Philadelphia will cost nearly
a million dollars. All citizens will be
entitled to the use of it without charge,
and they will be allowed to take books
in their homes.
Lynched the Wrong- Man.
MiLAjf, Tenn. The mob which was
supposed to have lynchod Lee Bennett
it Gleason, hanged Jim Harris, an in
nocent man instead. Bennett is in jail
it Dresden, heavily guarded,
A RAIN DANCE.
AN ANNTJAIi CEREMONY OP THE
PUEBLO INDIANS.
The Procession of the Mudheads and
Other Quaint Customs of New
Mexico Aborigines A Wild,
Weird Spectacle.
JN front of each of the Indian vil
lages of New Mexico an ob
serving traveler will notice a
small post, about two feet
high, usually petrified, standing
always to the eastward of the
entrance of the pueblo. This
is called the "gnomon," and it is
both a clock and an almanac. Such a
stone stands in the accustomed place
before the ancient city of Isleta, which
is situated on the banks of the Rio
Grande, and is supposed to be built on
the site of one of the "Seven Cities of
Cibola," whose fabled richness brought
the Spaniards to this country.
Each morning the "Cacigne of the
Bun" takes his stand at this post and
watches the sun rise from behind the
' 'Thunder Mountain. " The priest notes
the divergence of the sun as the time
of the summer solstice approaches, and
then counts the days before the coming
of the "rain dance," which is held od
the eve of the 22 d of June.
The solstice days of both winter and
Bummer are marked on the Zuni cal
endar as sacred, and on each there is
a solemn dance. For four days pre
ceding the rain dance in the summer
season the Pueblo Indian will not trade
in any manner, and he abstains for
seven days before the coming of the
winter. On the day before the sum
mer rain dance is held the priests of
each village plant "prayer plumes'
here and there, in what they deem to
be the most effective spots. A prayer
plume is a small stick ten or twelve
inches long, prettily shaped, and
tipped with bright feathers of all
colors but never black. An Indian
with black feathers in his possession
would be considered a witch, and
would be punished terribly by being
hung up by the arms and beaten with
clubs, sometimes to it death. .
The Cacigne, or sun priest, fasts for
two or three days in advance, and on
the evening before the dance he takes
a position in the middle of the dry,
sandy bed of the Colorado River and
prays for rain. In the mean time the
official town crier has announced
throughout the village in a deep bass
voice that the rain dance will begin the
next evening. On this day of prepara
tion three medicine men are detailed
as official bearers of offerings to the
sacred lake to the southwest of the vil
lage, from which direction the rain
comes. The delegates proceed with
prayer plumes, which they cast into
the lake. Each then fills an earthen
jar with the eacred water, and the
solemn procession moves back to the
village, and the jars of precious fluid
are carefully deposited in the estufa,
or Indian church.
The great dance is preceded at 4
o'clock in the afternoon by a curtain
raiser known as the procession of the
"Mudheads." This is an old organi
zation a sort of Ancient and Honora
ble Order of Buffoons and is sup
posed to antedate the merrymaking
clowns of the Italian carnival and the
French Mardi-Gras. There are ten of
them, the leader being called the
Father. Each is painted mud-colored,
and wears on the head a cloth mask, on
which are plastered figures lu a To')?, i
huge nose, great circular eyes an
month like that of the end man of t'i
minstrel shows. A short blanks,
covers the loins, and a shell neeklac:
is worn around the neck. A smui
sprig of cedar is attached to each
mask.
These ten clowns form in procession,
with their bodies bent forward. The
first one stoops over with his hands
on his knees, and each of the others
places his hands on the hips of the one
in front. Then, in a half trot, half
walk, they make the circuit of the vil
lage, under the eaves of the houses.
The people of the village crowd upon
the flat roofs, and, as the "Mudheads"
pass beneath, drench them with water
from great jars. As the clowns feel
the water they dance the harder, and
each vies with the others in agility
and in the eccentricity of step and
grimace. They accompany their move
ments with a monotonous song or
chant appropriate to the occasion,
sprinkle'd with local hits and gaga,
and here the "Mudheads" have a
chance to fling back at their drenchers
on the roofs.
The rain dance proper, which follows
immediately after this buffoonery, is a
weird spectacle. All of the dancers of
the Pueblo Indians are semi-religious.
He never smiles or laughs during his
song or dance.
As in the case of King. Bex, who
roles at carnival season, the partici
pants in the dance in the Pueblo are
supposed to come from a distance, and
so during the afternoon the perform
ers, who have been selected by the
Cacigne of the Sun, leave the village
With their toggery simple, but effec
tive and assemble on the foot-hills to
the southwest of the Pueblo. The
costume consists of a fox skin hung
from the rear, a turtle shell rattle worn
on the insid9 of the knee, a belt of
Bhells for the neck and loins, a narrow
Toth, about the width of a Danei
dancer's skirt, about the loins. The
dancers gather about a sacred fire that
has been previously kindled by priestly
hands at the rendezvous, and there i$
jhanted the 6ong of the rain dance.
At sundown the dancers march chant
ing toward the village in single file. As
they ascend the little hill overlooking
the village on the west they form in
line and begin to dance, facing the sun,
their strange dark figures outlined
against the bright sky, and presenting
most weird andunennny appearance.
From the west the line moves to the
north of the pueblo, and dances on that
side and thence to the plaza, making a
circuit of the village. Then they file
into the estufa, where only a few priv
ilesred spectators are admitted. The
people now climb down from the house
tops, for the public ceremonials are at
an end.
The dancing soon becomes monoto
nous, for Indian dances have no va
riety. There is but one form, and that
is a mixture of a soldier marking time
and a Delsartean pupil taking position
and chaneriner to the "free lest." The
Indian stands straight as a statue,
throws his weight upon one foot, and
with the other thumps the ground un
til the turtle-Bhell castanets on the
knee rattle. Then he marches with a
hippety-hop, scarcely lifting the feet
from the ground. The priests sprinkle
corn meal on the ground beneath the
feet of the dancers, forming rings. The
hoppers then turn half around and re
verse the promenade. At intervals, as
they pass the priests, they receive
pinches of the SRcred meal, sprinkled
upon their perspiring bodies.
After the dancers enter the estufa,
the headquarters of the Cacigne, a pre
cession of women, wearing "manias'
black dresses reaching to the knee
with buckskin leggings and shoes,
marches to the church, carrying bowls
of food for the famished dancers, who
have fasted for many hours. The
women climb to the roof by means ot
a ladder, and hand the bowls to a man
at the skylight, or door, who passes
them inside. When the dancers have
refreshed themselves they perform
ceremonies known only to the order,
put on their ordinary costumes, and
the dance and prayer for rain are
enrid. .
If rain should come and the crops
are bountiful the prayer has been heard ;
but if not, the Great Spirit is angry
with the red man, and has not been
propitiated.
Though that portion of the dance
performed in the plaza ia public, the
Indians will not permit the Mexicans
to witness it, or, in fact, any of their
ceremonies. When the Spaniards con
quered the Southwest nearly 350 years
ago, one of the first steps they took
was to prohibit several of the Indian
damces, which, however, were always
performed in secret, in the estufa.
The dances of a semi-religious nature
are always performed by men belong
ing to special orders, and even their
own women are not allowed to witness
Borne of them, the strictest secrecy be
ing enjoined. It was these secret cere
monials that the Spaniards prohibited,
under severe penalties, and this restric
tion led to the Indian rebellion of 1580,
which lasted fourteen years. Many of
the Spanish priests were killed and
their churches and their altars were
destroyed and desecrated, as the Spani
ards had destroyed those of the In
dians who objected to the "new re
ligion." After a cruel war the various tribes
were conquered, village after village
being reduced, Isleta holding out to the
last. While the Indians confessed the
nerr religion, they never abandoned
their dances, and have preserved them
to the present, but they will never per
mit a Spaniard or a Mexican to witness
them. The Pueblo Indians also pre
serve their barbarous custom of pun
ishing supposed witches by swinging
them up until nearly suffocated, or by
crucifying them tying them on the
walls of the estufa by the hands and
feet to projecting timbers. Recently
a witch was killed in this manner. An
officer with a detail of Government
troops visited the pueblo, and the
Cacigne promised that there should be
no more crucifixion. New York Re
corder. Edison is quoted as saying that, "m
his experience, whatever has been
proved to be impossible by mathmatical
authorities has been the easiest inven-
tiojx to produce,"
LADIES' COLUMN.
QUAINT HAIR PRESSING.
All sorts of quaint hair dressing is
coming in style and the more combs
you can decorate with tho better off
you are. A few evenings ago a fair
young bud was the recipient of a brand
new Worth gown from her mamma in
Paris. She was to attend the thcatrV
that evening and she rushed up stairn
directly after dinner to costume her
self. Inside of an hour she was in tho
drawing room displaying herself to h?r
grandmother, who said in answer to
inquiry as to her granddaughter's ap
pearance, "Why, my dear, you look
just as I did forty years ago." Anti
quity, picturesqueness and simplicity
iseem the keynotes of Damo Grundy'
tricks this summer season. New York
Advertiser.
ACCORDION-PLAITING AGAIN FASHIONABLE.
With the expansion of skirts there
is a revival of the graceful accordion
plaiting, A lovely black grenadine
gown is thus plaited ; the nelvedge
runs round the skirt, and is lengthened
by a wide flounce of sheer, black,
French lace, also plaited, and falling
over a flounce of the grenadine on the
underskirt, which is of heliotrope
and green surah. The corsage and
sleeve puffs are plaited, there are
wide bretelles of the French lace, and
a black satin girdle. Charming fancy
waists are of accordion-plaited black
monsseline de soie made over fitted
linings of bright silk, and worn under
beaded jackets. A light blue pmrah
tea-gown is entirely accordion-plaited.
It has two overlapping skirts the
width of the surah, the selvedge run
ning around, and long jacket-fronts
with full trimming of wide white lace
over the shoulders and down the
fronts. Demorest.
THE ATHLETIC YOUNG WOMAN.
The modern young woman is as
proud of her athletic tastes and accom
plishments as her grandmother uf,ed to
be of her extreme delicacy and weak
ness. The modern young women clocs
not faint easily, she can row a boat up
stream, wield a tennis racket with sus
tained grace for hou p, climb moun
tains, catch the breakei or swim in the
surf, ride a bicycle, perLaps, and in
the privacy of the women's class in the
gymnasium, she can run, leap, fence
and perform numerous feats in her
pretty and comfortable gymnastic-suit,
which an outsider, seeing her in a snug
tailor-made dress or flowing evening
draperies, would not suppose could be
among the possibilities. And with this
addition of muscular force she haw
gained intellectually and does not
shrink from the same college curricu
lum which her brother attacks. The
girl of the closing years of the Nine
teenth Century, who has been able to
avail herself of the privileges open to
her, is a thoroughly well equipped
young lady, and the country has a
right to expect much of her whether
her chosen field of usefulness be do
mestic or professional. New York
Ledger.
PBOPEB FOOD FOB BUSINESS WOMEN.
A woman physician, eminent in her
profession, who has made this subject
a study, declares that at least half of
the breaking-down and nervousness of
women with occupations is due to im
proper food, or, to state it more
clearly, to the lack of a sufficient
amount of nutritious food.
Many of these women either board
themselves or live in third or fourth
rate boarding houses, where food that
is really appetizing rarely comes to the
table. They take some weak coffee,
bakers' bread, whatever of the hastily
prepared breakfast they think they can
manage, which, as a rule, is little
enough, goodness knows, then rush oil
to their work. At noon they either
club together and make a cup of tea.
With more "rJreaa'g&d" butter , or' else
they eat cakes, tarts, cookies, erackers
and the like, and then are at work
again. At night it is no better. There
is really nothing at the boarding house
that tempts them, and if they prepare
their own food they are too tired and
spiritless to fix anything nourishing
and simply aggravate worn-out nature
by more tea and bakers' bread.
It would be a good idea if some
benevolent person would take the
matter in hand and furnish business
women with suitable meals at reason
able prices. St. Louis Star Sfyia
FASHION KOTE3.
Soon the loving cup will be so "com
mon" the sentiment of the article will
be lost.
In these days of so much fancy sta
tionery, plain white is tho most dis-
tinguished.
French dotted Swiss, with tinted de
signs, is one of the dainty fabrics for
summer gowns.
Mahogany, ox-bkod, and the medium
and dark browns head tho list of fctylinh
shades of street gloves.
Hkirts and bodices aro outlined with
narrow passementerie, velvet pipings,
and pearl and crystal beads.
Millinery ornaments aro used to ft
limited extent. To bo highly npprovad
they must bo handsome and unique
Brides this season have received or
namental lamps a.s presents to an ex
tent heretofore imagined impossible.
Tho poko bonnet is coming into
popularity. Some cf the hilc-t jmpor
tations have very Ion;.', heavy ostrich
plumes set in at one side of tho bon.
net imd curled over the front of tho
brim, the cud falling on the opposite
side.
Ileel-and-too tips of pireel and
chased gold are now worn on hoiuo
satin house slippera. The m t il orna.
meats cost from 50 to $100 per net mid
tho shoes from $10 in per pair. o
that shoes and ornaments may cost fis
much as 120.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
A Swedish naturalist is hunting ia
Florida for new kinds of mice.
In domestic architecture tho pro
portions of a room are as one to one
and a half.
The first record taken by American
astronomers of an eclipse was on LcDfJ
Island on October 27, 1780.
A belt recently made for the TUonk
lyn City Electric ltailway Company is
110 feet long, Hoventy-two inches wide
and weighs 1800 pounds. One hun
dred and twenty hides were used in
its manufacture.
Tho meteor which f-trnck John
Brown's statue at Osawatomie, Kan.,
recently, is said to contain the metal
helium, one of the element in the
sun. This is the iirst known specimen
of the metal on earth.
Where the telephoni wires are over
land the speed of 1 r.i.i .iiiission is at
tho rate of loKM miles a second;
where the wires are through eablen
under the sea the (-pi e 1 is not :corQ
than 0000 miles a pecond.
Electricity, when im retarded by
atmospheric influences, traveh; at the
rate of 288,000 miles a second. Along
a wire it is, of course, vastly flower,
and a perceptible period of time is
occupied by the electric current in
sending telegrams over long dis
tances. Mr. Stejneper describes in the "Pro
ceedings" of tlie United States NatjoiiP.l
Museum, a blind salamander which
forms a new genus and species. It oc
curred both adult and larvid in thi
Kock House Cave, Missouri. Whether
the larva had eyes or wars blind is not
stated iu the preliminary account pub
lished. James Olaisher, the well-known
Scotch meteorologist, asserts, after Ion
investigation, that the ninth dny of th
moon is the most rainy of the whola
twenty-eight, and that in the f'jrt and
last weeks of the moon's nc, the. rain
fall is less than the average. The re
cords kept by Mr. Glaisher also indi'
catc 4 o'clock in the afternoon as ths
rainiest .hour in the day.
It has lately been calculated that at
least sixty per cent, of the earthquakes
recorded all the world over have
occurred during the six colder months
of the year. In tho Mediterranean
and many other districts the propor
tion during the cold weather is even
greater. January and February seem
to be the two months in which Mother
Earth especially delights iu bLakin.g
up her children.
The diameter of Mars is nearly 420'J
miles. Its volume is about one-seventh
and its density four-fifths that of tin
earth. A etone let fall on the snrfacs
of Mars would fail six feet tho first
second. The light and heat of the sua
at Mars are lesrs than one-half that
which we enjoy. Its days are of near
ly the same lengtfi. Since, however,
its year is equal to nearly two of errs,
the seasons are lengthened in pri or
tion. Recent experiments by an expert p.rfi
said to show that with different deco
rations a room would be equally light
ed by the following candle-power:
Black cloth, 100; dark-brown paper,
87 ; blue paper, 72 ; clean yellow paint,
60; clean wood, 60; dirty wood, 80;
cartridge paper, 20; whitewash, ID.
Only about unc-sb.th illumination is
necessary for the whitewashed room as
for the earns room papered ii'arli
brown.
Every year the demand for common
horses is becoming less, the Farm,
Field and Fireside notes. The demand
for finely bred horses, especially car
riage horses, is not likely to be affected
in the least by the introduction of
cable and electric ears for city tran
sportation. The "motor" can never
displace the "carriage" for the pleasure,
drive or family ride.