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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. '. In Connecticut the cost of road building is divided among State, county and district. I ?5=5 Statistics show that the longost-lired people have generally been those who made breakfast the principal meal ol the day, _? ? f % - There is probably nothing about which all medical mon aro moro agreed than that the use of tea as a substitute for food is playing havoc with the general health. / Ten thousand employes under the War Department havo been classified in the civil service in acocordaoco with tho order of President Olevoland of May 6 lost, which extended the operations of the law to practically ail Government employes. ' One of the greatest works accom plished by tho late Gail Hamilton was tatt of beginning the present era ci child literature. Until she started the magazine called Our Yoong Folks, oh?dren had nothing to read that rep r asen ted their own day and genera tion. The magazines of that day con tained nothing interesting to tho small boy or girl, and their reading world was confined to books like Mother Goose and the Arabian Nights. St Nicholas and the Bound Table are later developments of the idea carried oot bj Gail Hamilton in Oar Young Folks. ______ I Says the Cleveland Plain Dealer: The extravagant offers of American managers are turning tho heads of thc vaudevilles Where they get $25 pez week in London they ask $300 per week to play in America. Dan Leno, a very clever low comedian, who gets tho highest salary on tho English vau deville stage, $G25 per week, and does his tarn in five different halls each uigbfc, is coming to America to do one torn each night, for whioh he will re ceive $1500 per week and his faro both ways. The same is truo in other fields of tho business. The craze hos spread into all the details of theatricals. Americans are regarded as an easy prey to foreign performers and man agers. . ( ? pirate publisher of Chicago re* oently collected the poems of Eugene .Field from the file of theuncopy righted Chicago Record, and pro? ceeded to compile a vol?me contain* ling many of the best verses, relates - rio Ne^ York Recorder. He bad blackmailed James Whitcomb Riley by a similar game. But when be called opon the editor of the Record bo struck a snag. Mr. Lawson is the staunch friend of Mrs. Field, and he itaid : "Publish the poems if yon think itw?se? Bot I give you fair warning voa will have t> leave Chicago. 1 will drive yon ont and kill your busi ness." And he could have done it? for Chicago idolizes Field's memory? Tho poem? were not published. Ella Wheeler Wilcox has been "worked" in the same manner by a volume con taining early work of her pen, much of whioh tho considers unworthy, cribbed from the columns of the Wis? xmsiu village paper in whioh it first ?appeared. Tho large apple crop this season is Riving employment to a great man** idle men in tho country, notes thc American Cultivator. It always make: good times in a fruit-growing regiou when tho apple crop is a good ono. As an old farmer who had made mosi of his money by growing grain one? said : "When 1 get a good apple crop and sell it tho money it brings always seems as if I had been made a present of it." This is hardly so now, for be sides the cost of gathering the fruit and marketing it, there are few places where fine apples can now bo grown without spraying to destroy insects and fungus diseases on leaf and fruit. Bat even with, this extra expense the apple crop costs loss to produce it than any other, and the profit cn it in a year when the crop is good is greater than on any other crop, There will be a good many farm mort gages reduced this yeair from apples, besides which the apple money will generally pay the store and black smith's bills and the hired help. If farmers more generally used thoir apple-made profits ;o grow more apples, they would make money faster than they usually do. It is a good rule to pot money in the business that makes most money for yon. j Lighting a Cigar with Ice. Recently a prominent lawyer arrived in Washington for a consultation re garding some patent oases. Daring the conversation a match to light a cigar was looking, aod the Washing tonian rec arked that a pieoo of ice wonld do just as well. The lawyer laughed and was incredulous and a wager was made. The Washingtonian took a piece of clear ice about an inch thick from the water cooler, whittled it into the shape of a disk, and with the palms of bis hands melted its two rides convex, thus giving the form of a doable convex lens or barning glass. With it he fooased tbs san's rays on the end of his cigar und lastly set it' Mrfire.-Science News. Pompeilan Soap. In the unearthed city of Pompeii, the ^reservation of whioh has boen the means of revealing many antique cus toms, there is to be seen a soap mann* factory, with all the kettles and para phernalia pertaining to the business. Also a quantity of soap, evidently the product of this ancient "soapery." ku Lonis Globe-Democrat. FORTUNE'S MEAIS. ROMANTIC STORIES OP BIEN IN THE COLORADO GOLD 31 INES. Many Former Owners of Parins Properties Are Now Poor Ups and Downs of a Miner's Life. THERE are 12,000 men in Crip ple Creek, and fully 10,000 of them are mourning over the fortunes they have lost-, writes Frank G. Carpenter in the Washington Star, Toa will meet every day miners who will tell yon bow near they carno to owning the Portland, the Independ* ence, the Victor, or other big mines which are now turning out tens of thousands of dollars a month. Some will whisper how they sold mines for a song which are now worth millions, rind others will curse theft luck as they describe the fortunes which have Blipped through their fingers. I saw a mab hauling logs at the town of Victor, near Cripple Creek, the other day, who sold a half-million dollar mine to pay a grooery bill of $40. He was earning $3 a day, and he was working for the men who bought his mine. His name is Jerry Winchell. Four years ago he owned a number of the best locations in the Cripple Creek district, but now he is is not worth a cent. Tho mino which went for grub is famous here. It is known as "The Last Dollar." Win chell located it in 1891, and not long after that, when he found himself in debt to the amount of $40 to H. IL Mills, a groceryman, he gave bim the mine to square the bills. Mills was not satisfied with the settlement He objected, bat Winchell had nb money and he had to take it Three years later, however, he sold the mine for $75,000, and the purchaser resold it a month or so after that to Senator Wol ' BRINGING OBE FBOM A MINE. eott and others for $100,000. Now it ia producing quantities of gold, and no one knows what it irill bring ia tho future. 1 sat at a dinner in Brown's Hotel? ia Denver, tho other day, beside ? florid-faced? long-beaded man from Colorado Springs. We soon began to talk o' the mines of Cripple Creek. The subject of the Isabella Company came up, and I asked him if he knew anything as to the Cripple Creek mines owned by it **Yes," said he, "I should say I do. Their best mine, your know, ls the Baena Vieta.. lt pr.ys almost all tho profits of the Isabella Company. Its veins has been traced for three thou sand feet, and it has already produced more than $400,000 worth of gold. I had a chance to buy half of that mine for $100, and did not' take it ? maa in my employ discovered it He was one of those fellows who are always hard up, and ose day he came to me and told me that his family were oat of provisions, and that he mast have money. He spoke of the Baena Vieta prospect and offered me a half interest ? In it for $100. I told him that I would , give him the provisions, but 1 did not want the mine. I said I did not be lieve there was any gold iu the Cripple Creek region. The resolt was that he went away and sold tho interest to other parties. Within two week those parties sold their half interest for $20,- i 000, and a month later my mau got $40,000 for his share. The Isabella ! mining stock at its preseat selling value is worth more than a million. It has paid $100,000 within a month it dividends, and. I could have gotten ; one-half of it for $100. Oh, Lord t it makes me sick when I think of it I" The Independence gold mino is said to be the richest in the world. It has, it is said, from five to seven million do. lars' worth of gold iu sight, and its owner, who was working at his trade as a carpenter five y < a~s ago, would noe now sell it for $10,000,000 cash. And still the Independence has sev eral times been offered for salo and the offer refused. This was in the first days of its history. Ono of Davo Moffat's experts told me the other night how near he came to buying it. Said he : "lt was several years ago, before the Cripple Creek region was much devel oped that I came there from Leadville to eco what I could find for Moffat ; Eben Smith was with me, and we bought tho Victor mino for $65,000, and have, as you know, made about a million out of it. Well, one day I ' was walking about St-rat ton's mine, when I saw a miner whom I knew shovolling out ore and rock. I asked ; him whether the mine was worth any- i thing. He said that he did not think : that it was worth much, and that Stratton would never get anything ont of it I wont into tho building, however, and chipped off a bit of the ore and put it in my pocket. Tb at night I had it assayed. It ran $200 tc th9 ton. I sounded Stratton and found I could get the mino for $10,000 cash i at an option of $75,000. I replied that I could noe make an offer nutil I i conld go through tho mino nad make n number of assays, aud that whilo the first ore might run good, that whioh I got later might not be worth mining. This was agreed to, and I. was just about to wire Eben Smith tb xt we had better buy the mine, when I got a letter from him, 6oying that the panic had struck Denver. He said that everything was fiat, and that Mof-1 fat had written to him to go slow, and not to buy anything for a time. He told me to break off any negotiations I might have and go off fishing until the trouble blew over. I thought the matter would keep for a month, so I went fishing. Thirty days latter I came back, only to find that Stratton had struck good ore, and that he would BOB WOMACK'S CABIN, POVERTY GULCH. not sell at any price. H? took but several thousand dollars that month, and now-well, how'every one knows that the Independence mine is worth millions." ?s I boro said, Stratton offered to sell out a number of times during the earlier days of the Independence, but at this time there were none who had enough faith to buy. Now it is said that be is making such improvements that he will in time be able to take a million dollars' worth of gold out of the mine in a single day, and that one of his boasts is that; he will soon ship a carload of ore which will be worth at least $100.000. He hos already shipped $50,000 worth of ore ill a day, and he is doing all he can td keep from allowing t Li? mine to pay more than $120,000 ? month. The Fortland mine was once Offered to New York parties for $200,000. But the experts Who were sent there re ported that there was bnly $37,000 worth bf ore in sight, and the New Yorkers refused the ofer. The next month the owners of the Portland tobi out $ 10,000, and sinoe then it has produced moro than $2,000,000. It now pays $00,000 a month in divi dends, and lam told that it-will, not withstanding Its enormous expenses, pay thirty-six per oent. this year. The Victor mine, which was sold to French parties for more than a million dol lars, brought, as I have told you, the original finders only $50,000, and was refused by Wall street brokers at $270,000. This mino pays two per cent, a month dividends on a capitali zation of a million.' Similar stories might be told as to other mines, and all about me I see tho funeral processions of those who are mourning tho "gold they did not got." D?ring my tido 'to Cripple Creek I traveled with a very intelligent doctor hamed McDonald, who is getting fat off tho "ono lung" brigade who aro marching through different parts of Utah iii search bf health. He told me how h<$ was odored only two years ago a one-eighth interest in tho Anchoria Leland mine for 3500, but had not the nerve to buy. This is tho mine ont of which Irving Howbart and others have made a fortune. Its stook is very val uable, and there is practically none of it on tho ma rket, lt was leased a little over a year ago to T. J. Maloney, bat the lease bai now expired. Maloney Btrnck "pay dirt" as soon as ho bogan working, flo found one body of ore of 1900 pounds which yielded him $30,000, and ho has taken out, I am told, more than $300,000 worth of gold. Had Dr. McDonald invested in the mine his $500 would bavo made him independent of drug stores and patients for the ro-t of his life. Nearly every man who gets a mine at Cripble Creek has to fight for it Stratton has had a number ot law suits. The Portland mine was for a long time in the courts, and nearly every good claim is contested. One of the queerest stories I hear is that of the Deer Horn mine, which now bo longs to Stratton and others. It wa3 located by. an old carpenter named Sterritt. Sterritt had heard of Stet son's succesp, and he knew that Strat ton was a carpenter, so he thought if the luck wa3 running with the carpen ter trade ho would drop his saw and plano and go to mining. Ho was about sixty years of age, and he knew nothing about ore or prospecting. Ho simply wandered abont tho hills in aa aimless manner, breaking up a piece of stone here and chipping off a bit of rock there. At last one day on Globe Hill, back of Cripple Creek, ha eaw lying on tho ground a deer's norn. He was a rather superstitious follow, and he thought that this was an omen that ho was to dig thero for gold. Ho at onoo named his claim "The Deer Horn," and set out the stakes which made it his own. He had no money, and he was compelled to do all the work himself. He dug a ten foot hole, and then making a rude ladder, he went down with n bucket and labor iously carried the xook to the top, After a time he rigged up a windlass and thus hauled it out. After Eome weeks ho sent some of tho rook to Pueblo to be assayed, a friend advanc ing him tho cash to pay for the assay. The report was that the best ore con tained eighty cents' worth of gold to tho ton. In reading it, however, old Sterritt mistook the figures for $8 in stead of eighty cents. "That isn't at all bad," said ho, and ho went on min ing. At last, however, ho carno to the end of his "grub," and he walked off to his home, thirty miles away, lo work ai his trade as carpenter for a week or so in order to save enough money to go on with his mine. While ho was away the owners of ono of the stamp mills examined the mine, and when be came back they offered him a dollor a ton for all the rock on the nur face of his claim for a distan?a of 100 feet in length, twenty-live feet in width and fix feet in depth. This Sterritt accepted, and he was soon making frora-310 to ?J15 a day. In the meontime a speculator jumped his mine, and he ha l to fight for it in the courts. The other minore, however, saw tho injustice of the jumper's claim and they barned him in effigy and seared him so that he did i ot dare to appear at the trial While the snit was pond ing Sterritt shipped more than 812,000 worth of precious rock, and when he was offered $40,000 for his mine ho took it and left for his old home in Indiana, Dering the same year that he sold it the Deer Horn shipped $126,000 worth of ore. Within the past few months it has been resold and it is now to be operated in con? nection with the Sammit mine, Which adjoins, it on the nor tb. Its new own* : er* intend to pdt in the finest of ma chinery and they olaim that the mine contains a fortuite iii its immense bodies of low grade ore. It is sad to ktiow that those who do the most for the world.often reap tbd least reward. Marshall, who discov ered gold in California, died a pau per. The mau who laid bare the riches of the oil fields of Pennsylvania was in his last days dependent on charity, and Bob Womack, the prospector who first showed up the riches of this Cripple Greek gold camp, is now liv ing in a little log cabin in sight of mines worth millions and struggling hard to got more than a living. His story is that of many miners. For twenty years he has been prospecting, ? BETOBT OP CETPPfiE CHEEK GOLD. Shd how; at forty-three; having found millions; hd is worth nothing. He came to this region ten years in ad I vance of any one else and staked ont a number of claims, among others what is now known as the El Paso mine, which is.aaid to be worth half a mill ion. Ho owned this prospeot for some time, but could not get oth ers to believe in its riches. He had no money to develop it and be finally eold it for $800. A few mouths after ho made the salo, one-third of the El Paso was sold for $35,000, and it is new considered A very valuable property. It was Womaok who first had faith in the Cripple Creek gold region. He hold tho El Paso for a long time before he sdld it add ho Worked on the cattle farm Of Bennett & Meyers upon which have since been located so ne of the best Cripple Creek mines, in order to get the money to continue his prospecting. He dag holes all over this farm in his search for gold. Tho owners of the farm laughed at him and told him that he mast cover np his holes, as their cat tle fell into them. He did this and went on. From time to time he took rook down to Denver to bo assayed and he found that it ran as high oe I $500 per ton. After the miners be gan to come to Cripple Creek he gave away a number of claims which he had on Gold Hill, and ?oms of these claims j-within a year afterward sold for $40, 000. By the time the camp was in i fall blast he found himself worth nothing, and now he says of himself that his old friends poss him by with a sneer and those who have the most Of tho wealth whioh he has discovered do not even say "flavo a oigar, Bob!'* TUE TURKISH PORTEB. T?? Hercules Whose Place of Busi ness Is on tho Street. The Turkish porter is ono of the most interesting objects seen in a tour of the Orient Of Herculean streEgth and power of endurance, he is usually prompt ami obliging, also honest so far as in him lies. Ho cannot spook tho truth, and would not respect him self if he could for that is a virtao of thc Fraak. His place of business is on the streets of his nativo town, whore ho can be found at all hoars of the day, clad in a loose soiled Jacket usually gray, with gray gaiters, Turkish shoes or sandals, the inevitable fez and a neckerchief that makes him look as if he were strangling. All tho burden of conveying largo or small articles falls upon him and he will for a gratuity carry a piano as easily os a trunk. Ho is the most con tented of the working fraternity ono A TUEK1SH PORTEE. meets abroad, whether he is found in ' the streets of Constantinople or io j those of Stamboul, and the tourists \ make much of him because he is inter esting, His occasional smoke under the shade of a mulberry tree, or his lazy sips of eherbort, being treats that renew his strength for the bard work by which ho must live-if he is not able to soil merchandise. Being sturdy and industrious, the traits of tho Turkish porter commend him to the public, hence a picturesque descrip tion of him by one traveler who named him the "Quaker of the On Build Op tho System. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell has just pub? lished a pamphlet, in whiph ho takes the ground that not only the use ot glasses, but the general building up of tho system is necessary in mosteases where the ocnlist is gilled in. A prominent dentist follow.) in the same linen, and says that the best way to cure constitutional and regular tooth ache is to strengthen the entire sys tem and increase the bodily strength. In all the treatment of su-jh cases a great advance has been mada of lata in tho skill of the ophthalmologist* and oculists.-Philadelphia Timos. - TO The Congressional Library at Wash ington has received a valuable addi tion to its collection iu tii? shape ol the letters of Washington collected by tho late Dr. Joseph Toaners, LFASHION OLIO. ME OP THE NEWEST FEAT URES OF WOMAN'S WEAR. ? A Handsome and Serviceable Cape Made of English Covert Cloth A Stylish and Fanciful Waist With Bodice Eflect. I^VENXJTNB English covert cloth Bl f in an exquisite shade of dove H\^J^ color? with velvet in a darker Shade, is effectively combined the deCidedlyJcorreet garment shown the first large picture and described y May Manton. It is suitable alike br Completing a visiting* Calling or hurch toilet. The cape of becoming ngth ie mounted over a short yoke hing of circular shape, thus insuring % perfect adjustment. The shaping is accomplished by eight gores, and may, therefore, be cut economically. No better design can be suggested in re CAPE OF ENGLISI modeling one of last season's modes. The upper portion of the cape its closely to the depth of tho shallow yoke. From this point the additional material is laid in deep underlying plaits, providing the fashionable flare afc the lower edge. The closing is ef fected -through the center front by the wrap, while a pretty lining of two toned silk is a pleasing addition. Far ther decoration is afforded by the or namental straps that extend from the collat to the shoulder, and are decor ated with bijou buttous. A distinc tive feature is the high flaring dollar, faced with velvet, that will prove both protective and becoming. All regula tion cloaking* are adapted to the mode* such ai Melton, covert, whipcord; bill iard cloth, broadcloth, etc, while ?pean de soie, rich brocade, satin or 'heavy cloaking silk will mako np pret tily in conjunction with velvet or fur. The quantity of material ii inches wide required to mako this cape for a lady having a 30-iuch bust measure is f.wo yards. A STYLISH WAIST. The newest feature is tho bodice ef fect introduced iu the stylish and fan ciful waist depictod in the eccoud large engraving, and also described by May Manton. In the present instance tho material chosen is plaid silk, tho ground of deep indigo blue being de lightfully blended in colors of dahlia, green and gold. The bodice, fanciful color and lowor portion of sleeves are of dahlia-colored velvet, outlined with galloon bands, studded with jewels pf iridescent hue. Tho full waist is ar ranged over glove-fitted linings that close in the center front The back ??ts smoothly across thc shoulders, the STYLISH WAIST WI' 'fullness being drawn to the center by ?gathers at tho lower odge. Tho point ed bodice closes at the left under arm 'sonni. A stylish accessory is the hand come collar, cut in deep pointed tabs, flaring at the lower edge, falling deep ly at front, back and well over the full .pulled sleeves. Tho neck is finished by a standing collar, beneath a tie and ?cravat bow of white tulle. The sleeves are close fitting to above the elbow, {being ono of the .newest models, with 'deep gauntlet cuff faoings of velvet. iThe design affords ample opportunity for stylish decorations nud corabina .tions of material. To tho observant :womnn its possibilities ore apparent. Pine French plaid, melanges, feather mixtures, Scotch plaids in rich tones, ?rilli velvet or silk trimming?, moy bo employed, or figured and striped ma terials combined with plain goods. GIRL'S DRESS 0? ALL-WOOL PLAID. j All-wool plaid m brilliant hnes mado this stylish and attractive dress, vel vet, lace and ribbon supplying tho decoration. The square yoko is com? posed of alternate bands of velvet and point de Paris insertion, which is ar ranged over a fitted body lining, and closes invisibly at the centro back. The full front portion of the waist is gathered at the upper edges to form tuck shirring, whioh are arranged on the lower edges of thc yoke. The baok has the fullness drawn close to the centre at the waist line, while the front falls in the pretty blouse effect so very becoming to youthful figures. A deep I girdle or sash that is stylishly bowed in the centre back encircles the waist. A standing collar, with stock of ribbon and lace edging, finishes the neck. Full short puffs of plaid are mounted over the Close titting sleeves of Velvet after the prevailing fashion, and ard completed at the wrists with decora tions of taco insertion and edging. The stylish shirt, smooth fitting at the top I COVERT CLOTH. across the front and sides, may be gathered at the back or laid in box plaits as preferred. Silk and wool novelties, mohairs, canvas cloths, camel's hair, fayette, serve and eta mine are among tho materials that may MISSES* At,L-'.VOOL PT.AID DRESS. bo employed in making, in conjunction with velvet, silk or plain material in a contrasting color. The quantity of material ii inohei wide required to make this waist for a miss in the medium size of 1} yards. To make the skirt it will require of the samo width material 3} yards. THE "NEW SLEEVE," There can no longer be any doubt that the balloon sleeve is quite passe, TH BODICE EFFECT. [ as the fashion scribes say. But how iii is passing we will let our readers gather from this dainty analysis of the Washington Stars New York fashion correspondent: "It is one thing ta tell of the new sleeve, its shape and. form, but quito another to seo bow tho transition is managed; by doubled shoulder capes of satin in self colors; by wreaths of tulle or veiling hanging about tho arm ; by little shoulder puffa which mark the vanishing mode as tho projections above tho horses' hoofs retain tho memory of his prehistoric toes." We should soy it is simply a emili sleave with a little bulge at thc chculder. Ia Brussels, Belgium, there is a clonk which ?9 wouud np by the wiud, auJ never bj human hands, OLDEST TWINS IN THE CUUKTBli They Beside In Maine, and Are El s li ty. Two Years Old. Probably the oldest twins ia the coantry reside in the State of Mai oe. They are Mrs. Mary Woods, of Bel fast, and Mrs. Almira Beiden, of Palermo, who were born on Maroh li oighty-f.wo years ago. French wne EiarrfY-TWO-YEAE'OLD TWIK8. the name of the two women before they were married, and they were the daughters of Nathan French, who went from New Hampshire to Maine, and was among the earliest settlers in tho town of Montville. - They were born in that town, and there they grew to womanhood. Daring their lives tho? have never boen outside of Waldo County, the thro towns in which they have lived being all within the limits of that coonty. Palermo, Mrs. Woods's home, is twenty miles from Belfast, whero Mrs. Beiden lives, and the twins frequently visit each other. Mrs. Beiden has been three times married, having outlived two of her husbands. She first married Timothy Jackson, of Montville. When he died she married Nehemiah Smith, whoso honso Was in Freedom, another small town in Waldo County. Her present husband is James Beiden, a prosp?r ons farmer of Palermo. She hos three Jiving children, and has always en? joyed good health. Her sister, Mrs. Woods, is a widow, and now lives in Belfast. Her hus band was Phineas Woods, of Freedom, who died thirty years ago, and she hos had five children. Of these only one is bvinf, Kimball Woods, a prominent citizen of Belfast. Eighteen years ago she went to live with her son and has been there ever since. The twins resembled each other greatly in their girlhood, and many amusing stories are told of mistakes in thoir identity made bj their friends. Owing to illness Mrs. Woods has grown slim and smaller than her sis ter, who is in robust health. BALLOONS FOR li A lt B?? DEFENCE. A Frenchman's Plan to Hitch Them to Submarino Boats. Much more has boen done in France than in anj other coantry to perfeot a balloon whioh can be propsting horizontally and can be steered. Ex? BALLOON AND STKilAF.IXE BOAT. periments in that line have long been conducted under the auspices of the French Army, and with such success that an airship of this class can be mode to travel nt a rate of fifteen or twenty miles an hour for a short time. A new use of the balloon is now sug gested ID tho coantry whore it had its origin and has reached its greatest development. M. Pesco thinks that it might be employed for harbor defence in co-operation with a submarine boat. Tho latter could tow the b .Hoon about easily, he thinks, if no attempts were made to secure speed, and, conse quently, there would be no necessity for equipping tho airship with pro pelling machinery or with a rudder. Moreover, tho occupants of the two vessels could bo placed in telephonic communication with each other. The Frenchman proposes to uso tho bal* loon as an observatory, whence tho position and strength of the enemy could be more readily perceived (he imagines) than from the conning tower of a submarino boat, acid he would have the operations of the other twin directed from his aerial post. Only enough mon to manage the boat and its torpedoes would be put inside of the submerged craft. If the balloon kept at a sufficient elevation to pre vent its being hit by any of the guns of the enemy's fleet, and did not como within range of the marines' rifles, it might provo a useful adjunct of its marine consort in offensive as well as defensive warfare. Cc al Deteriorates From Exposure. The result of recent analyses show that the loss of weight suffered bj coal from exposure to tho weather is con siderable. In somo cases it reaches 33.08 per cent., while the deteriora tion in quality for pnrposes of fael or gos making reached a still higher fig uro.-Boston Budget. Taken at lils Word, He-"How would you like to own a -er-a little pappy?" She-"Ob, Mr. Softly, this ?j so sudden I" MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dyien te ny, Basses, Cougha, Choi sra Io- ? factum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Draina from the Bowel?, Pains, Griping, Low of Appetite, tadigestlon and all Dis eases of tho Stomach, and Bowel?. PITTS CARMINATIVE . ? Is tbe standard. It carries children over? the critical period of teething;, and# ls recommended by physicians as 4 the friend of Mothers, Adults and? Children. It is pleasant to the taste, w and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its su perlative virtues. Price, 25 cts. per bottle. For sale by druggist*. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS* I Nj A CULINABT KENT. Ono question often asked tea ch era of cookery is : "What makes pies run over?" Probably tho most common cause ia that the plates are not deep enough to hold the juice and steam. With a deep agate plate there ia little trouble. One device recommended by a good authority recently is to insert a little funnel of stiff paper in an open* ing in the ernst, thus allowing the staam to escape. Better still, leave sufficient opening in upper ernst in the beginning. BOW TO WEIGH WITHOUT SCALES. Thom who would like to test some new recipe not infrequently find them selves perplexed to accurately do the measuring and weighing required. This schedule of equivalents will in snob cases be found very .helpful : Wheat floor, one pound is one quart ; Indian meal, one pound two ounces are one quart ; butter, when Soft, one pound is one quart ; loaf sugar, when broken, one pound ls one quart ; ten eggs ara one pound ; flour, four pecks are one bushel ; sixteeen large teaspoonfuls ore one pint; eight large teaspoonfuls are one gill ; four large teaspoonfuls are half a gill ; two gills are one pint ; two pints are one quart ; four quarts are one gallon ; one common-sized tumbler holds half a pint ; a common-sized wineglass holds hall a gill ; a teacup holds one gill ; a large wineglass holds one gill ; a tablespoonful is half an ounce ; ten drops are equal to one tea spoonful ; four teaspoonfuls ore equal to one tablespoonful.-Boston Tran script. THE TRIFLING EXPENSES. It is the trifling expense that mast be looked'after if a housekeeper in tends to conduct her domestic- affairs on lines of economy. The woman who knows how to handle a hammer, to mend and to contrive cnn stop manya J leek in tho family Hil HinVMMjlgjilll ?H in itself, but often amounting to a large sum in the course of a year. For instance ; Certain kitchen utensils aro usually thrown away as hopeless cases as soon as they are cracked. This- is especially true of articles made of paper or granite ware. A h gh wind, after rolling a light paper tub about promiscnou-ly, threw it against ? stone, and, to all appearances, wrecked it forever. But the tub was owned by a woman who had few pen nies bnt original ideas, and she straightway went to work to demon strate that, although mutilated, the tub was not beyond repair. First she took some putty and put this over the bole and smoothed it down carefully, until it was abont tho same thickness as the paper maco of which the tab was made. This was then allowed to dry. Pieces of stout muslin were then pasted over tho putty and a coat of paint was put over the cloth to hold ?ft, and lo make the mended part of the tub look like the rest of it. S oral coats of paint wero added ir om time to time, and the mende 1 place is probably the strongest part of the tub. The mending is a simple matter and the time required was small. Tho same woman mends small holes in granite ware with copper rivets, care fully fitted and hammored down. Detroit Free Press, BECTPES. Grapes-Grapes should be rinsed "in cold water, drained in a sieve, and then arranged in a pretty basket; fruit scissors should accompany the basket to divide the clarers. Celery Salad-Cut the white stalks of celery into pieces a halt inch long. To one pint of these piootsallow a half pint of mayonnaise dressing. Dust the celery lightly with satt and pepper; mix it with tho dressing; heap it on a cold plate,, garnish with white tips of the celery and serve at ooce. * Vo not mix the celery and dressing until you ore r aady to ase the salad. Breakfast Dish-Take a teacupful of freshened codfish, pioked np fiue. Fry a sliced onion in a tablespoonful of batter. When it has turned a light brown, pat ia the tisi, with water enough to cover it; add five ripe, medium sized tomatoes and cook near ly an hoar ; seasoning with a qunrter teaspoonful of pepper. Serve on slices of dipped toast, hot. This is a very nice dish. Meat Gems-Remove all pieces of fat, bone and gristle from cold roast beef or pork that ia very lean, and chop fine or put it through u meat cut ter. To one large cup of the chopped meat odd an equal quantity of bread crumbs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoonfal of popper aad a teaspoon ful of batter ; moistea with half a cup of milk and heat thoroughly. Then 611 gem pans nearly fall with tho mix ture ; break aa egg on the top of each and bake nntil the egg is cooked. Cheese Cream Toast- Stale bread may be used as follows: Toast the slices and cover them slightly with grated cheese ; make a cream for five slices oat of half a piat of milk and a tablespoonful of flour; the milk should be boiling and the Sour mixed in a little cold water before stirring in. When the cream is nicely cooked, season with a small half teaspoonful of salt and one of butter; set the toast and cheeee in tho oven for foar min?tes ; then pour tho cream over them. THE emperor of Germany stands twenty-first in the direct line pf suc cession ,o the British throng