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GROWING TEA. (PROSPECTS FOR AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE. <Citn Itbc Done Here?—Experimental Ten Gardens of the Department . or Agriculture—Culture of the riant in South Carolina. \\fHE Deportment of Agriculture is piiBuing experiments with tea culture in South Carolina, d nnd tho forthcoming annual -report will give a glowing account of tho prospects of thin industry in tho United States. Last summer the first pickings were taken from plants that .sprouted in 1889. The product, sub mitted to expert tea tasters and mer chants, has been pronounced exoellent and readily marketable at a high price It'is declared to have a charactor dis- tiuct from the teas of any other coun try There is reason to believe that it can be (frown with profit on a com mercial scale. Not requiring speoial curing for export, like Chinese and Japanese teas, the leaves can be dried for domestic trade and sold in bricks like other herbs. Ten years ogo the Department of Agriculture attempted to grow teas in •South Carolina. The effort was aban doned without a f air trial, as is now believed, and it is being resumed. At the request of Uncle Jerry Rusk the Department of State issued requests to consuls at the tea ports for seeds of the best teas. Experimental gardens have been established near Summerville, S. C, where plants of Japanese, Chinese, Formosa and Assam hybrid varieties are under cultivation. The first season's crop was thirty-eight putiuds of the cured article per acre. It takes four pounds of fresh leaves to make one pound of cured tea. It is expected that from 400 t o 500 pounds per acre of fresh tea can be raised' yearly In \China the cost of picking | is one cent per pound of cured tea. ! The cost in South Carolina is six cents ' a pound. j On account of this difference in the . price of labor American teas can only I compete with high-priced imported | grades. It is estimated that the cost I of raising a pound of tea IU South Car- ' ohna is twenty cents, in addition to j the rental of tho land. If successful this new field for agricultural enter- | prise will furnish an easy outdoor oc- i enputmu for many who are unequal to 1 rougher employment in the fields. ; Taking an average every man, woman • and ehild in the United States con sumes twenty-one ouuees of tea per annum Just half of it comes from China, forty-two per cent from Japan and the balance from India and other British possessions. The first plant of this speeieB grown , in South Carolina was set out by i Miehaux, tin. French botanist in 1804, fifteen miles from Charleston. During the latter half of this century people IU thnt section have cultivated littlo patches and larger gardens of tea, which have produced crops of a fine flavor, though usually not strong •enough to satisfy many drinkers. It ' is believed, however, that the failure I •of pungency has been due to defective curing Many families in thut part of • the country to-day grow what tea they require forhouBeholdu.se A Fayette- villc (N C.) man writes that half a| dozen bushes furnish his family of six | persons with more tea than they can t •consume. His wife prepares it by heating the leaves in an oven until they are wilted, squeezing them by haud until the juice is expressed from them and finally drying them again in | the oven The tea is then frugrant i tvid ready for use. | The tea plant is ever green If left j to follow the intention of nature it as- 1 sumeo the form of a slender tree from , fifteen *.u twenty feet in height. When grown tor its leaves it has the appear iiucc of a low spreading bush, being kept cut dowu It bears a beautiful ; white flower with little scent Bees 1 are very fond of the blossoms. The . seeds resemble hazel nuts. They huve a hard shell and a bitter kernel. The capsules of these tea nuts make very pleasant bitters. In some parts of the South they are held to be as good for malarial fevers as quinine. Tea is usually and 1879 the number disseminated, • rose to 50,000 per annum. ; •' >\ The cultivation of/the iei\ plant,is as simple as that of the\ currant or gbose- berry. The seeds should be sdwn iu nursery rows and the plants set out at the end of a year, five feet apsjrt. No loaves should be gathered until the fourth year, and the plants should be robust and healthy before picking be gins, for that process weakens them. A fair picker will collect twenty-five pounds of leaves in a day's work. Tho early spring pickings make the best teas. These yield the famous Young Hyson At; this period the leaf is very thin, having a large proportion of juices as compared with the solid matter, and is dried usHally of green color, retainiug a most delicious flavor. This grade of tea seldom reaches dis tant markets, as it speedily ferments if put in, masses for shipment, and can only be conveyed in small quantities by land routes. It is unknown in this country and is one of the luxuries in store when tea culture becomes au American industry —Washington Star. . •»* * ••~ ^ s « HO-wVrUK 31 AiniS TRANSPORTED IX CHINA. Individuals and Klriuv Mairaje tup I \Postotllci: and Perform KIU- | • r-leiitScrvtee—Guarding I Against Robbery. I K a St' Ui Oh The Dumb Singer. Many years ago Silvauus Cobb wrote a story entitled \The Dumb Singer,\ in which the heroine could sing but could not talk This story has just re ceived a confirmation in this city. Doctor Harrison-Griffen, of New York City, tho noted expert in throot diseases, told me of a parallel case. \The patient, a girl aged eighteen,\ he said, \of German parentage, came to me complaining of lo's of voice. She was able to converse fn a low whisper, but was not able to raise her voice so that it could be heard any dis tance. She spoke iu a low, hoarse whisper; she was unable to elevate her speaking voice above this key She surprised me at this visit by telling me that she could sing \I had her run over the scale and found the high, middle and low regis ter perfect and not a sign of hoarse ness when she vocalized. She saug a few lines of a song with which she was familiar, and during the singing the wordB were pronounced freely, clearly and loudly The volume of her voice would fill a large room. I tried her on \do re, mi,\ etc , in a singing voice, and then the syllables were ren dered free from any hoarseness and were given without any effort or diffi culty When she attempted to speak these sounds her voice again sank to a low whisper Her speaking voice had remained constantly bad without any improvement for over eleven months. \An examination of the larynx showed tho cords to be perfectly nor mal as to color and that they approxi mated closely, an unusual condition in this form of aphonia. When she sounded A short and sharp in a speak ing voice the false cords seemed to crowd over the true cords, but when she sounded A in u singing voice the larynx presented a normal appearance. I prescribed a mixture of iron and strychnine and applied-a' current of electricity to her neck \One day when I was noting some facts in regard to her history her voice was so indistinct that 1 told her to strike a note and sine; her replies to me. The minute her voice took a musical key the answers to my ques tions were given clear and loud. \I made her now repeat some sen tences after me, telling her that I should alter the tone of my voice, but she was to follow in exactly the same key that my voice assumed. I first impressed upon her that I should sing the sentences. After I had run over several sentences, arranging jMie words to the scale iu music, I changed ray voice to a speaking voice and told her to follow me in the same tone She repeated about five sentences, one af ter another, in a speaking voice free and clear The minute she heard the word 'speak' her voice again assumed the huskiuess and she told me, 'I can't speak.' \I prescribed for h<*r for some time and to-day her voice is good and her aphonia has not returned.\—New York Telegram. Iiilai-1 WooiMVorli Two cabinet-makers at Hoodsport have, during the past year, been'at considered to require I work on a cabinet which is but little a hot and damp climate. It cannot be too warm if sufficiently moist. It is said that ii pleasant climate to live in cannot be good for tea. A good tea climate cannot be a healthy one. Fever and tea go together Such are the opinions generally accepted on more than half done and already has 80,000 pieces in it. It is made iu small parts, which will hereafter be put together. One part one inch I square, another seven-eighths by one- I oighth of an inch, a section one by two ' and oue-eighth inches, another two by this subject. Nevertheless, tea that is j three and three-eighths inches and a grown in temperate climates is liked ; fifth two and five-eighths inches much better by many people. It cer- I tainly has a more delicate flavor, though much weaker. Teas that are grown at moderate elevations in the Himalayas fetch good prices m the London market. The point is that tea will grow anywhere, but uot in many •climates will it pay An ideal climate for producing it is that of Eastern Bengal, where tho thermometer never goes down below fifty-five degrees, and there is sometimes twenty-five feet of rainfall in a year In 1858 the United States Govern ment obtained 10,000 fea plants from China, transported iu boxes filled with noil, iu which the seods were sown just previous to shipments The plants averaged eighteen inches in height on arriving in Washington. They wero at once x >laced under propagation and in ft short timo tho stock was increased' t o 30,000 plants, which were distributed through the Southern States. The propagation and dissemination of the plants formed an important feature in tho operation of the agricultural bur- •oou, thon a division of the Patent Of fice, until 1861, when the war put a <3top to the business for the timo being After the war fresh supplies of seeds were imported from Japan. But in 1867 it was found that an abundance o f tea seed could bo procured in some of the Southern States from plants given away in 1858. For several years the Department of Agriculture distributed^ annually from 5000 t o 10,000 plants, reaching 20,000 in 1876.' By this means it was expected to popularize the culture of tea as a domestic pro- •duct, with'the hope that publio inter est would'in timo be directed to its •cultivation as an article of commercial value. Encouraged by reports of suc cessful culture, supplemented by sam ples of manufactured tea\ of excellent •quality, the department devoted in- orcasod attention to the propagation *nd distribution of plants. , In 1878 square, contain 4.90, 1030, 1770, 4750 and 5120 pieces respectively.' When complete the cabinet will have about 150,000 different pieces of wood, every piece being of 0 a different natural color from the out* next to it, and it will rej resent seven months' work Each small piece, generally as thin as a shaving, is placed on its edge, and thus a veneering is formed a little over a sixteenth of an inch thick, which is fastened to a thin board. They are also at work on an inter locked picture frame. The main frame will be about 22x26 inches, with an interlocked frame in the center nnd one in each corner, thus holding five cabinet-size pictures, the rest of the space being tilled in with other work. The central frame is now finished, and part of the rest. When complete it will contain 160,000 or 170,000 pieces of wood. Barberry, willow and cedar woods alone are usid, and from these they obtain twenty distinct shades of natural color Six shades are easily obtained from the barberry, though fourteen shades have been found in it. — Spokane (Washington) Review. A Dantam Hen Hatches- (Juail. while Charles Several days since Hinton 'B son was out hunting black berries ho ran across a nest containing nine quail eggs. The eggs were care fully transferred from the nest to Mr. Hinton's home and there placed under a white banty hen. As a. result the littlo birds wero hatched and are now nearly a week old. The hen appears to ho very proud of her little family and takes the best of core of them. The happy family will be placed in a neat and comfortable little house,made especially for them, ond it will be left for the hen t o raise the birds as she would a brood of chickens.—Marshall (Mo. I Democrat -News, N a report just published by the State Depnrtment, Samuel Gracey, United States Consul nt Foochoo, I <f China, tells how the mail is car ried in the \flowery kingdom.\ China has not yet established Government postoilices or a postal .system for the masses of the people, with all her j adoption of modern ways, but private enterprise is depended upon to render communication easy between various parts of the Empire. This private : transmission of mail is conducted through what is called \letter shops.\ No stamps are used, but the \chop\ or siarn of the keeper of the \letter shop\ is always placed upon the en- j velope. In this country when the Govern ment wishes to send a communication jt incloses it in an envelope marked • \official\ or \public—free'' . and it ! goes through the mail as other letters ] except that no pos-ta^e is paid In China imperial eihi Is nnd other offi cial communications are carried from I city to city and province t<> province bv courier.-.. Generally thev make the j trip afoot, but in case of great haste they are provided with horses at con venient relay stations. Official letters or dispatches are thus conveyed in cases of emergency 200 or 250 miles a day. In districts where transmission of official communications is fivqneut lach station master is required to keep i on haud from t -'n to twenty horses or I donkeys, and the local representative ' of the Government is held responsible ! for all delays thut ovur These ojlieial | couriers, who correspond to our star I route mail carrier--, are not allowed to i carrv private dispatches or letters, 1 their operations being restricted to the • transmission of Government eommuui ! cations. I The public is served bv the ' iettei shops,\ a carrier s\ -<tem organized by l private enterprise transmitting the ! mail from one stit.on to another I Consul Grocev siiys at the treaty ports ! th\ letter shops are used bv natives I only, but in til- interior, or at places not reach\d by the for^igu postal or- ' raiigeuient, they are employed by ! foreigners us well, though chi-tly by ' missionaries. \These speak well of th\ svstein for its security,\ he says, i \ out thev do not consider it all that ' could be ilesir.'d in respect t> quick uess of delivery It somewhat re- semoles our express business as it transmits parcels of moderate size and Weight. It is said to possess two de cided advantages over our west TU sys tem— insurance against loss aud ' monthly settlement of accounts All letters and parcels to be sent muy be registered and insured, j 15efore a letter is mailed or delivered to the carrier its contents 'are dis ' played, and the keeper of the lettet ' shop then seals it aud affixes hie '—hop,' or sign, so that its point ol I origin may lie determined. Parcels may be transmitted in the same man- uer, the charge for carrying being a i percentage of their declared value. The shopkeeper g)\.-?s a receipt for the letter or package, and he thus becomes responsible for its safe delivery or its return to the sender, with seol un- brokeu In some parts of the empire, the Consul Bays, about two-thirds ol the expense of transmission is paid bj the sender, the remainder being col lected from the receiver „ 'Thus the 1 shop is secured against entire lo9s from I transient customers and the semle: • has some guarantee that his letter will J be conveyed with dispatch. Native merchant.-; who are regular customera ; keep an open account with the shop ' and make their settlements monthly I In some of the larger cities and 1 towns the letter shops arc numerous, I but in many r.'inote villages there are I none. In Shanghai there are nearly two hundred. Some of the'shops em ploy solicitors who uro from hmise to house working up trade competition in many cities being strong. Iu the northern provinces the shopkeepers imitate the Government and employ a system of mounted carriers. Hor-iea or donkeys are used, the relays being about ten miles apart Each carrier or messenger is intrusted with seventy or eighty pounds of mail matter, and travels about rive miles an hour—much slower than the Government carriers. For short distances aud in central and southern China the messenger travels on foot at a rapid gait. When the messenger arrives at a station he hands over the mail to a fresh carrier. \He starts at once,\ says Consul Gracey, \no matter what may bo the hour of tire day or night, and regardless of winds, ram, heal or cold, he continues the journey until he, too, has com pleted his service and handed the parcel over to a third messenger, and thus if reaches its destination.\ This \pony express,\ like that which was in use across the Western plains of the United States forty yeara ago, is sometimes subject to inter ruption by highwaymen, but the Chinese have a way of compounding such villainy 'ami thus protecting their postal service. The robber hands of each district collect blackmail from the shopkeepers, and for regular sums paid they not only do not molest the messengers themselves, but they ngree t o keep other marauders from doing so. Largo firms engaged in the carrying business and in transporting travelers by carts between given points are in tho habit of contracting with the brigands for tho safe passage of their goods and customers. \Thus comments the consul, \the evil ol mail or express \robbery common enough in more civjized countries, is recognized as probable and duly provided for. Although, of course, not legal, this practico is quite com mon and is not far removed from the custom of some other Nations in licensing social ovil that cannot bo en tirely suppressed.\—Chicago Herald. The Union Pacific Road crosses nine mountain ranges, the highest being the Black Hills,. 8242 feet ahovo sea. level. The authentio /period of Greek art begins with tho arrival rf Polygnotea of Thaos in Athens aboui 463 11. 0. P»?ULAR. SCIEXCE. >\ 3 >- * : y-,- ' • • i A leech has three jaws, which form t t\-iaugler' .. v * The solid nutriment in au egg equals one-third of its weight. Nearly 300,000 rounds of aluminum were ptoduced in this country last fear India ink ia madein Japan from the toot,obtained by burning the shells of in oily nut. A hive of 5000 bees sho'uld produce dfty pounds of honey every year and multiply tenfold i n five years. ' Dewhas a preference for some colors, ft is said that while a yellow board at tracts dew, a red or black one beside it will be perfectly dry. A new glass for thermometers is un affected by a heat of 1000 degrees, the ordinory glass bein g unreliable above 750 degrees on account of its tendency to soften. Tho carbon of the food, mixed with tho oxygon of the air, furnishes fuel for the body, which evolves the hen^ in exactly the same way that a fire or* candle does'. Experiments have been made by MM. Goutes and Sibillot with the view of adopting aluminum as a material for the gas-holders of dirigible balloons instead of silk or other stuffs, and tho results of their experiments have been satisfactory. A trolley wire snapped and fell on the South Boulevard', near Third ave nue, iu New York City, and one end, from which a white flame shot, struck William J. Jones in the right eye, destroying the sight. He is suing for $100/000 damages. In producing the metal of the future, aluminum, America is in it, as usual. Bauxito, the aluminum ore, was first found in Pike County, Ala bama, in 1889. The Warwkoop bank, in the latter place, has been quite ex tensively operated since 1892, and considerable quantities of the metal taken out. The Northwestern Lancet is author ity for the statoment that the drowning of expert swimmers is not to be ex plained as is commonly supposed by cramps, but by the perforation of the ear drum. The vertigo and uncon sciousness which precedes death is caused by the water entering the body through the perforations in the drum. With the introduction of the arc- light a new insect was found—a huge bug with mandibles whose bite was to be dreaded. With the coming of the electric cars a small insect of the shape, size and color of the Ilea has made its appearance. No one as yet can explain its presence. It possesses wings aud its principal habit is to fly into the mouth, nose or eyes of the persou when the car ta going at a very lively rote of speed. Motormen are at times, bothered with them, more es pecially in the afternoon and early iu the evening Contrary to the opinion of very em ineut geologists. Professor Bonney contends that glaciers exert no e\ca vating action, and this conclusion he bases on facts observed by him in the Swiss Alps. He had followed up many of tho volleys in Switzerland, and the work of the glaciers in every instance should, he believos, be classed rathei as abrasive than erosive. Iu the ab sence, however, of the erosive theory, it will be difficult to acccount for the present,character of many of the lochf on tho west coast and in the interior of Scotland. A Famous Pianist's Sprightly Heinnrk. Stupid as a pianist, is a simile at once apt and exact. A man like Pod erowski, who divides his time between practicing in private and performing in public, has little leisure for the study of differential calculus, cunei form inscriptions or any one of the other thousand subjects of which a proper understanding is the manifest characteristic of a cultivated and sprightly mind. Nevertheless, before Bailing for other shores, Paderewski managed to get off a little jest. It was a poor thing, and not his own. Yet, utterod by an artist ns surprising as he, it is not undeserving of record. Whether by bribe, by flattery or by both, history does not aver, but by some means a mother and daughter managed to gain access to his sanctum. Tho mother was proud of her daughter, as mothers will be, and as for the daughter, she hnd aspirations. She had been taught to play, she thought sho played well, and, to make a long story short, she ardently deBired Pad- erowski's opinion of her prowess. She came, then, saw tho piano and at tempted its conquest. Paderewski listened, or appeared to, while tho mo ther beat timo approvingly. At last, with a final crash, the girl rose from the stool, nnd the mother flushed with pleasure. \Tell me,\ she whispered to the artist. \Tell me i n confidence. What do you think of her?\ Amiably the artist rubbed hiB hands. \I think she must be very chari table.\ . \Charitable? Charitable!\ \Yes Paderewski sweetly repeat ed. \Charitable. She lets not her loft hand know what her right hand doth.\—Onco A \Week. THE QUEEN OF DENilABE . The Queen of Denmark is, after Queen Viotoria, the most -remarkable of European queens. Three of her children are either occupying thrones or will do so in the near future. Though nearly eighty, she retains much of her youthful appearance and vigor She was married at the age of twenty-three. All of her six children are living, and every one of them has proved a credit to her. The Princess of Wales and the Empress of Russia inherit their personal beauty from her. —New York World. A WOMA N JAILER. Kent County Jail, Rhode Island, boasts a woman jailer. She is Miss Evelyn Smith, and the position was given her because it had been held in direct line in her family since before the Revolution. When her predeces sor died she was the only one left in succession, and after slight opposition, she was appointed to her post. She is of commanding figure and well-de veloped muscle, and is well-fitted to cope with a refractory prisoner. She is also said to exercise an admirable moral influence over her chorgeB. A N EAST INDIA N ESTHER. A remarkable woman has recently passed away in South India, the Dow ager Malmrance of Mysore. The daughter of a petty official of good family, she was, of course, neglected, while her brother received the best home education under tutors. While scarcely ten years of age she insisted on sharing all his studies, that she might holp tho hoy. So«n she got a tutor for herself, and in five years she mastered Sanskrit, Cauoj-ese and Mnrat'ui, while not neglecting music, drawing and needlework. She was six teen when tho lato Maharajah's friends were scouring the country for a fourth bride, after the manner of Queen Esther. She was chosen, but before she could be sent for her father was summoned to Court to answer for the short revenue of his village. Only when ordered to bo whipped it was discovered who he was. Ho was for- givon, the marriage was celebrated on the first lucky day, and from that timo tho young Queen, thon seventeon, was a gracious aud enlightened influence in the native State of Mysore, the most progressive in India.—New York Com mercial Advertiser put to shame the critics who were hos tile to them, but they have astonished their most enthusiastio advocates. They have worked with as little fric tion as the men, and it must he said in all fairness that they have accomplished more, in proportion to the means with in their reach. Those who had charge proposed to show not the female handiwork which ! the public is' accustomed to see a+ ag ricultural fairs ond the like, and which, by the way, is.worthy of allproiBe, but the utmost limit of endeavor to which women can attain under her present restrictions. There has been no flip- pancy'or flightineBS in the aims of those who have had the interest of tho women in charge. They have been animated by>a single purpose and have pursued it as systematically as men and with, perhaps, more enthusiasm and loftiness of spirit, because in a sense their undertaking was novel ond aroused a more profound interest in their bosons. Naturally there is no tone of flippancy or flightiness in the splendid exhibition they hove ar ranged for the public. It is entirely worthy of them in all respects. Its influence will be two-fold. It will be a revelation to both women ond men. It will show tho former what their sex has accomplished un der discouraging conditions, and it will surprise the latter into an admis sion of injustice toward what thoy are pleased to call the weaker sex. Women will be inspired by tho accumulated evidence of what their sex can accom plish aud will continue with greatly in creased energy the strugglo for tho right to strive equally with men for wealth, fame ond happiness, while to the men will be brought home more keenly the ignoble distinctions in their own favor which they allow to stand as barriers to the advancement of women. The earnest efforts of tho women who have been joined with the men in the management of the Colum bian Exhibition aud their perfected work will constitute the dawn of a new era in the emancipation of the female sex, and it is scarcely too much to say that it<will bo the most important and far-reaching in results of any depart ment of this great enterprise. —Balti more American. WARM WEATHER GOWNS. Muslin gowns, being exclusively warm weather gowns, are usually cut down a little at the throat, sometimes morely in point, sometimes rounded or a la Pompadour. The opening is generally framed with a frill of the fabric or of lace. Sundry of these muslin bodices are folded in the popu lar \serpentine\ style, showing diag onal pleats sweeping from the right shoulder to the extreme left side of the. waist. Naturally white or cream laces appear most often on muslin dresses, still there are many instances where fine black laces are used, which are skilfully employed to tone down the flowerod textile and make a oharni- ing dressy toilet for a lady of moturo age ; but it is by no means confined to such uses, and appears with equally good effect on olaborrtte gowns for youthful women. The Ince is gathered very lightly to loso none of its trans parency against the delicate back ground. But lace is used so, lavishly on other fabrics that it is an agreeable variety to see it omitted on muslin or organdie dresses. Hence we see fine ^Indiaanuslins ond tamboured and em broidered organdies made in elegant simplicity, with only self-trimmings nnd no laces, velvet ribbon bows often being uBed upon the bodice.—Now York Post. Hard Luck. \Yes said the retired showman, \it is cur,ious how hard luok will fol- lo\lr\ man when once things got to going against him.\ \For instone'e,\ said a friend. \Well when I was younger thon I am now I was in the museum freak business. I had a lot of freaks that I Bent around the country, and thoy wero making money fdr mo by the peek. The best ono I had was a bearded lady. It was in tho early days of bearded ladies, and thoy wero good attractions. My lady hod whiskers a foot long and a mustocho that would have mode a pard green with envy. \The beard was no fake eithor, and she was featured in every town that she visited. I though that I had a card that would be good for a couple of-seasons at least. Juat OB things wero getting rosy she took Bick and died.\ \That was hard luckl\ said tho friend,, >'- \Hard luck!\ replied the rotired.. showman, \hard lucjc ain't no name for it. Besides losing my freak, she left a wife and tw o children that I,had \FLOA T DAX \ A T WELIIESLEY. The festivals about which I have told you take place on dry land, but there is a fete celebrated on the water, which is one of tho loveliest o.f all. It is tho \Float Doy\ of Wellesloy Col- lego. Eneh class has a boat crow dis tinguished by a picturesque uniform. At about 7 o'clock in the evening the crews march down tho college -steps and across the lawn to the lake. They then take.tkoir places one by one in the boats, nnd as thoy pull off from the shore each crew gives its yell. A star and oircle ore formed by the boats upon the lake, and then comes tho college cheer, which, os ono girl Boys, \is echoed to the heart of every Wellesley student, and is rivaled only by tho frogs.\ With sweet music on the water tho orews enchant all their hearers. A song, called \I Doubt It,\ has a popular college version, of which the following is a stanza: If you worn a freshman, and piled a greater oar •\Vhloh hnd nothing spoony about It, Do you think you would row ltke a practiced senior? Woll, mnyboyou would, but I doubt ft. As it grows dork lanterns are lighted round the lake, and calcium lights il lumine tho courses of the boats. Soon two boats shoot out from tho oirole, and tho cry is hoard: ' 'A race! '91! '9a ! '93! '911\ Then again there is quiet, and over the water comes the sweet aong: \Good Night!\ — St.^ Nicholas. WOMAN' S WORK AT THE FAIT. - Woman'a influence npon tho Colum bian Exhibition is one of its moat in teresting and instructive features. For the first time in the history of such affairs the women were' given the. most ample opportunities to show both their gonitis for organization and their- ability to produce adequate results, and thoy have more than justiflod tho faith of the Government and tho man- agors of the Exhibition. Their labors •began almost with the incoption of the ««Gterpri80, anil .they have worked methodically and with a single pur- (KtftYever since. Not only hare thay WORDS OF WISDOM. 1'- 1^. *.?§Jj A mercy counted is n trouble rubbed I jsi^t out. \ A lazy man's clock always runs too l&yfy FASHION NOTES. Colored veils have No. 1 satin rib bon run in the meshes as a border Patont leather shoes are revived in full force to wear with 1830 costumes. A beetle three inches long has a diamond body, emerald eyes and gold claws. -Plaid and broche ribbons are used for trimming plain-colored house gowns. The only furs suitable for mourn ing oro Persian lamb, black lynx oi black 1 fox.' As was 1 to have been expected In- fanta'hots and bonnets now abound on every side. The latest craze in jeweled orna ments for bonnets and the hair is a diamond bat. Candle shades of perforated gilt and enamel are beautiful, and among the fascinating novelties. Silk or» feathered boas are also con sidered out of keeping until second mourning is assumed. A very loose sleeveless jacket belted and with a cape almost as long as the jacket is a new model. Salvers of polished wood set in sil ver are preferred for pitchers to sal vers entiroly of silver Do not wear anything but the latest shapes, OB they can be modified and made to suit yo.ur style. Exquisite Roman sashes, of the kina that wero thought extinct, have been revived at prices that will make thorn exclusive. A hat not unlike the ordinary sailor hat in shape, is elaborately trimmed with birds' wings and loops of velvet and passementerie. The capo continues in favor, but many jookets are worn, tho sleeves be ing enlarged to accommodate tho dress sleeves underneath. * Do not purchase a hat simply be cause it is pretty, but ascertain if it ia becoming and appropriate and then secure it for its \eternal fitness.\ Rough straw hats known as \nut meg\ straw, in palo violot shades, with low crowns and projecting brims, are trimmed with ecru guipure loco, Em pire loops of bobe ribbon in mauve shades, ond o high cluster of Parma Vfiolets. For Bummer teas are shown beauti ful tobleoloths and napkins embroid ered with Bilk and gold. These give a very rich and dainty look to the sup per-room, and the linen retains its color remarkably well if the laundress understands her business. Satin ribbons ore this season pre ferred t o velvet for gowns of zephyr, gingham ond chambray. The opal- esoont ribbons are also seen on im ported cotton dresses, serving as deeply pointed girdles, dotted with tiny Em pire hows, and for cuff trimmings ond folded stock collars. Dainty girlB not only line their bureau drawers with silk delicately scented, but they also keep a large sachet to cover tho entire drawer after it is filled with its miscellaneous con tents. A pretty ono is of pole laven-' der embroidered.with violets, and an other of white brocade and rosebuds. Instead of the long feather boas of last summer tho present fancy i s for short) fringed silk ruohes around tho neck,' or thoso made of countless loops of bebe ribbon in black satin and vel vet, or, if preferred, of pale colors in ciol-blue, green, mauve and pink, with loops of the light-colored ribbon set imto full caaoadea oi- oream-colored- lace. fast. Small fish'will nibble at any kind of l\ bait. No vice has any more ugly face thorn self conceit. Many peojile think nothing can be i' wrong that pays well. The man who lives a lie, does it with a sword over his head. Only those can sing in the dark, '• who have light in the heart. The favorite employment of a con ceited man is t o brag himself A wise man can see more with ono eye than a fool can with two. The fish that get away ore the onen that always look the biggest. Some people are always resolving to do good who never go and do it. Don't go security for the man who /. lets his gate swing on one hinge. Look your troubles squarely in tho ' face, nnd they will soon scatter and run. Wherever you find a doubt you may be sure there is some kind of a sin sticking to it. • Some men are always asleep when a , golden opportunity knocks at the door of their house. People are not made rich by any-* thing the world can give, nor poor by anything it can take away —Ram'a Horn. A Long-Lived Toad. ' : Among all the stories that are told of toads, none is more remarkable, perhaps, than that related of a toad • which lived for more than thirty-six years in a hole beneath the doorstep of a French farm-house. How old it was when first noticed no one could say, but it had probably lived a long timo before familiarity with the sight • of man emboldened it to rest traa- , quilly on the doorstep over which per sons wore constantly passing. The step became the batrachion's \hunting ground,'' where, with little trouble, it might capture the ants which persisted in crossing and ro- crossing the step. The toad \'hunting for the supper\ came to be regarded as one of the sights ot the neighbor hood, and certainly the skilful manner iu which it used its wonderfully formed tongue entitled it to be ranked as on expert. For one thing, it showod wonderful skill in judging distances ; -the tongue was never darted out until the insect came within a certain range The ac curacy of the creature's aim was an- ^ other matter of surprise. The insects wero geuerally in motion when the tongue was darted out against them, and the arrow never failed to hit. , The toad was so tame that it might justly be called \domesticated.\ „It would remain quietly iu one hand and take its food from the other, provided n leaf were placed on the hand which held it. Without this precaution the warmth of the human hand Was evi dently anuoying Few things seomod to pleaae it more than to be placed on a table in the evening when the lamp was lighted. It would look around with the greatest confidence in. ita gleaming eyes, and when insects were placed on the table it snapped them up even with greater rapidity thon in its daily huntings. In this way the toad lived for thirty-six years, the pet of the neighborhood. It might havo lived many yeara more had not a tame but spiteful raven pecked out one of its eyes. The bird brought upon himself universal hatred for this assault, but sympathy was no profit to the poor tood. He could no longer measure distances accurately nor aim with certainty, and he died in about a year after his injury, appar ently from starvation.—New York, Journal Riding In the Ferris Wheel. The statement that there is nothing new under the sun appears to be dis countenanced by the Ferris wheel at the World's Fair, which, apparently, produces a sensation entirely new. It has a motion that has been felt, as a reporter graphically says, neither on land nor sea. And the added sensa tion of being lifted 250 feet into the' . oir, in safety and cbnifort, certainly is not old. The Ferris wheel appears to be a tremendous triumph of engineer ing ingenuity, as much so, according to the Omaha World-Herald as the Eiffel tower. It is by such arrange ments that engineering ability must exploit itself at the Exposition. But it has not been engineering alone which this has called attention to. There has been demonstrated every day since that astonishing structure has been in process of construction the courage of men who work for wages—the per sonal, physical courage o f them. Look ing up any time in the air, among the- delicate, intricate, countless bars and shafts,' irons and braces of that famous construction,onocouldsee thefiguresof men, small in the height, walking * oarofully to and fro along those beams. -r No tight rope walkers ever risked his /' life so. N o vaulter in the circus re- \v# quires more precision, more clearness of head or more determination and •'• self-control. This magnificent control ..'i of nerve and exhibition of courage has been a daily entertainment at the Fair since ita opening. And one may well be glod that it is over with and that if there is further risk of lifo on the Fer ris wheel that it will bo incurred by those who do it voluntarily,, and not by those who must doit in the earning of their -doily bread. Probably tho » il Ferris _wheel is not dangerous any ,<£ more than anything is that tokos a V man 250 feet above ground. It will be, t perfectly ,safe as long as nothing . ; i breaks, and it goes without saying ^ that great precaution hos been exer- ' cised ond thot the builders hove felt %' thoir responsibility. And the experi- \\ ence will be a new ono—no gainsaying .-\ that. V .\J1 The Water Clock. -JC The principle of tho water clock was ''^i diBCo ve'red, according to ancient records of the Chinese Empire, by a Chinese.^]!,- nearly 5000 years ago. The inventor's\' niime was Hwang Ti. His apparatus consisted of two copper vessels, one,...\.*.^| above the other. The upper vessel had -;A|j a hole in the bottom through which^'M' the water percolated into \the loVer','^'.^| vessel, in which there was a float, the fS -0, gradual rise of which indicated periods
