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About The Toccoa news. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1893-1896 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1895)
Ji ^ • THE EGGS THA T XE VEJl HA TCH. There’s a young man on the corner. Filled with life and strength and hope looking far beyond the present, 'Aith the whole world in his scope. Tie is grasping at to-morrow, That phantom none can catch; To-day is lost. ile’e waiting For the eggs that never hatch. There’s an old rmm over yonder, With a worn and weary face With searching, anxious features, And weak, uncertain paca- He is living in the future, With no desire to catch The golden now. He’s waiting For the eggs that never hatch. There's a world of men pud women, AVith their life's work j et undone, Who are -it ting, standing, moving, Beneath she same grea sun; Ever eager for the future, But not content to snatch Tbe present. They are waiting For the eggs that never hatch. Leisure Hours (IT fllNETEEii Hi TWENTY- SEVEN. BY EMMA M. WISE. Esther Lindsay was nineteen when her first story was published, It was not the first one ahe had written by any means. Kver since she hud been able to form the alphabetical characters and join them legi- bly her fertile brain had been weaving all sorts of possible and impossible romances, many of which she had forwarded to pub- fishers in various parts of the country, be- lieving with all the fervor of her youthful egotism that her crude sentiments still more crudely wrought would inspire in some editor’s soul the same faith in her greatness which she herself already eessed. l)ut somehow her cootrUmtion, always fell short of the mark of excellence ueces- sary to insure them a favorable considera- tion, and manuscript after manuscript was returned to her aud was securely locked away in the old drawer of her old fashioned | bureau, which h ul been dedicated, with a good many tears of disappointment, as a repository for all rejected offerings at the shrine of literature. By the time she was ujneteeu there were probably a hundred or more of those hapless productions laid away either to be ignominlously forgotten or to be resurrected and revise ! when lier mind should become sufficiently matured to sift out whatever meritorious material there might be in them and use it to good . advantage. ! Shc worked steadily for more than three months on her “Story of the Steamer Kendrick.” One night she finished re- • „f IroDton Inlnml Weekly, will, a live line note, asking him to read it carefully, and even if lie could not use it to let her know what he thought of it. Of all the editors in the land she seemed to have chosen him as her most favored , target, why she could not have told, for ihe bad no personal acquaintance with him aml liis letters accompanying returned manuscript had been even more curt and forbidding than those of his brother pub - fishers. But for all that each unhappily ending venture only added fresh fuel to her r.eal to secure a foothold among the ranks of the Inland Weekly’s contributors and compel Its chief by sheer force of her im- portuuity to acknowledge her developed or potential ability. Her “Story of the Steamer Kendrick” was not a work of genius, but there were phases of the plot that were strong and passages that were unusually well con- ccived aud executed, and after reading it three times Jesse .Arnold, who was a con scieutious editor, decided to keep it. He accepted it with that feeling of uncertainty with which an insurance man issues a policy on an extra hazardous risk, and congratulated himself on his shrewdness with equal dilisrht "The when it turned out to be preferred. public liked the story, and several critics who condescended to review the Inland Weekly praised it. Bor- h*po Editor Arnold himself was more fully .ware of 11,0 glariog al«,r,liUo. k. the piece he had brought out than were any of its readers, and each favorable comment that came to his notice only made them all the more apparent. At ‘last he con cluded to write to hi unknown literary protege and warn liei against certain error: which might be pardoned in a y oung author’s first story, but which, if oitu rc- peated, would be serious drawback to her advaucement in her art. Before he did eo, however, she scut him* another ha-uly written story, and a letter which was a straugc jumble of gratitude to him for bringing her before the public, thankful- ness .,n“intc‘i ami hkiy ou'a launched era ot *««♦. "KVI» and .ikasier, n-fro an linposc-ibilitv. Iu coudusuni blit? hinted that be oti^hl to he eternally grate- ful to her for allowing him to print a Rory wMcb would. Iu all probability, shed lustre round his own reputation « well as her own. f hat eveuiu- he wrote the contemplated ' l ettl , r “You Me in dauger of being spoiled.” he said in part. “You need advice and l feel that I have the right to address you in the capacity of censor. Remember that you are iu au up-to-date world an l the literature that will live will be the very essence, the embodiment of that world. Visionary, idealistic sketches such as your.- may make very good reading, but tu-'j au- mu*t"turu “ndVomeo. it to u'l the X iioriiaval of living imu i«»,; r>MWU that vou in bavc ’ manipulated l..r Hie must ritt vour Tftbr'vcnr Storv of the Summer lvcn- l , t r »* f-.rmdar.vt " It PI IV be Quite comfort'u tbroughAhc v for tim«* to come in contact, mo hum of printer sink and paper, mill, an mental Hercules, a spiritual ~ - »u l a financial Croesus, all oanibinvd m * . American mau, and a New Yorkvi at t.:. but Idoubtif «uy of U’ would refi-h H t h, r acquaintance with him he uom-l - to prove unpalatable. Be ui* he w ul i c* an excrescence od ....... after your second or third -torv the puhbc would have none of him. ir iug Make v«*ur her** ft r< a imperfections if need be—and !ft the gods take care of themselves.'’ Esther Lindsay tea l an 1 reread the edi¬ tor's letter. Me had not intende i to make it unnecessarily pointed or critical, but cl all the characters she had ever conjured uj her last hero had been the object of her most sincere admiration ami the admoff- tion to shun him and his ilk touched her in the mosl vulnerable spot. “I want that ma to m site said to her mother, after av ii:earned over the contents of the letter f a couple Of nights, “and in order to bring that about I am going down to Irontou to see him. for it would be utterly u-elcs- for me to attempt to explain in writing just what stand 1 have taken on this subject.' Her family knew her too well to remon strate against the proposed visit and the next morning she took the early train for Ironton. It was late in the afternoon when she reaebad the office of the Ironton Inlan 1 Weekly. "aud Jesse Arnold was closing Isis office she met him just outside the door. She tnquired for him aud he stepped back into his paper bestrewn den and mo- tioned her to follow. “1 am Jesse Arnold lie said, in that stiff way which he habitually adopted when addressing strangers. -‘What is it you wish to see me about ?'’ At h s best the editor was not a good lookiug man, aud that day. when he stood between her aud the window, where the full beams of the evening sun poured in and seemed to exaggerate every defect of his person from tlic most upright end of his short, straight black hair to hisdispro- portionately large feet, he was painfully conscious that his loosely knit body an 1 swarthy complexion never appeared to worse advantage. She took in the details of the room and the general make-up of its occupant with oue comprehensive sweep of her clear, blue eyes, and then said, simply: “l am Esther Lindsay. If it does not inconvenience you I should like to talk to you a little while about this last letter you wrote me.” There was but a trace of his former re- serve left aud he took her baud impul- “‘'“lam s la«l to sec you.- ho »M. with a smile—the best part of Jesse Arnold v.us his smile— 1 -are you willing to let me be your doctor and to take my prescriptions faithfully ?” “No,” she said, Hushing slightly umjcr his dose scrutiny, “l don’t think I am. 1 don’t think 1 can. Non don’t understand, she went on earnestly, encouraged by his look of friendly interest. “1 don t suppose there are any men that are absolutely per- feet, but I have my’ideal of what a man should be and 1 put him body and soul into my “Story of tlic Steamer Kendrick, l don’t think that I am over optimistic when 1 say that. I believe with all my heart that such men live and that you and 1 have met them and can point them out.” lie shook his head in quiet controver- sion of her theory. She waited a moment for him to speak, then cxc.aimed unp.a- touse,” he meoveirf, le ; .„i,, S f ,r back in his creaking chair and clasping his hands behind his head, “I see quite plainly that whatever argument I may pre- sent it will only antagonize you. You may know such men us you depict ; l do not, and my experience lias been infinitely more varied than yours. I know you will not lieed me, but 1 repeat that it will not pay to live in a world peopled only by ideals. Ymu must associate with the real. Take some man of your acquaintance; study him; take human nature for your model, aud you will be on the right track.^ --You have only one view, and, thougn it may be right, 1 feel as though l should be giving np the best part of inysed h> sacrifice my opinion to yours,” sm- su l, with that touch of wisdom she Ii uI mUm assume 1 . “t ut I suppose.” she continued, “that if my stories are up to the staudard^ you wiil not decline them on account ot that one technicality, 11c smiled again. “No,” he said, “not on that account.” To have oiic article printed, even though it be in the Ironton Inland \\ eekly. Joes not give unquestioned entree into the columns of every other periodical m the countrv, and for many months after tlic appearance of her first story Esther Lind- v plodded wearily over iicr liteiaiy w.i\, which was an up-hill, sinuous pain. A score of unfortunate tales were added to ,i.e uapuNtohol lil-ra.y i„ ll,o Iwo;,,, .Rawer before she found an omlet fm ma ideas a second time. Thou followed five vears of ups and downs. No literary m p,rant ever had a more jealous guard.an than s'nc had in Jesse Arnold. He e\ul; ■ . iu every victory she achieved and deplored every defeat she met as keenly as tbougii it had been liis own, ami tncu one dy when some unexpected Hi luck ramie me despair of trying to push on further in toe course she had mapped out toi hermit im capoed the climax of his sympatuv anti imerest by asking her to mairy him. It was a surprise to he: an >,<■ m m "'T ‘ mwexp'cclc.l Upor U.W dbn.uh,! Com you. S; , W ,o hi, wl.u a \ou « may „u call n»e a urca.ncr, ^ au ^ .an , u V ou like,* but I have my ideal sill!, an i im- jess 1 find him m real Lie i snail no o marry.' ; *«l m afraid vou will always stay shv.M , tlita iudgieg ” he rejoined, riiarpiy. ri th u. bv'your latter writing, that-you had commenced to hold common sense views on some things, but I suppose 1 am mistaken. You may change your mind yet.” shall it if I do , “You never know " sue flared out, angrily, ami that ended the first chapter of their own romance. The outcome of ms premiammonuti venture had oecu a outer u. to • c>-e -Mm-a.. l u ‘ 'k”^ \ ‘ ; . t res^usibUiUes Lfcf devolving up -a the •• - ■ to *T . 1 reali-t ag stnnetbing of lio-.v ikerv' e;. l wounded him. tried to for C ct her t,M ijm him lt v i to work out her stdvati - a. and a s well, bv writiag with reaewed «-n- j erry. Gnt luaily Iter -t-rip t •» • ..... „f renin y and hr.... ’ n human ly, .r.-. l.. 1 - u> rufav ycneia* rco^mi,.u ; ■ ; -cm any . ' urr a- u-, l ;_" ; ; ' ; v [ or r ub.;-ati.*n t«;at. . ■ iuuJenl ua-wu efttue i o :■ ■ , s „-ri between her am !, f ,. r . ■ . through the magazine?, t“ v. t<! at last become a frequent < ! wntehed wilh particular t m TOCCOA. GA.. TllCRSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895. ev jn ! 1 character of her heroes, The .lu 1 : of a well known mouthy lory that ma le his pulses throb and. c piivor with hope and joy. He left the Ini: nid Weekly in charge of a sub- ■v a few days, and went down to s< £<t er Lmdsuy. J )I 1 v rote your ‘Story of the C " cm <-r Kendrick’ your hero was the ideal Sc? v it ' • was he not?" he asked as soon 1 -peak to her alone, “Ac*,’ ■die said, softly. “And yt .mi were determined that if you failed to find leh a creation iu real life you would never marry.-’ “Yes. again. “When you wrote this last story you hnl evidently experienced a change o, heart and unud. Ag.nu °uld tuc umao^hable rep 'de got your idea of the t u man therein t m c u de¬ scribed." “No,” she said, defiantly, “not in the least. I painted my imaginary character as I remembered you that day when I first saw you in your office at Ironton. You ought to recognize him; there’s the same crooked nose, the same unruly hair, the same smile, the same sunlit window at your back. You told me then to make a friend —some one full of imperfections, it might be—and study him and make him a model for mv hero 1 have done so. ’ He leaned forward and looked into her prelty .... mue etc- ‘ ^ , ft 11 ’ A ‘ les * she said once m c. A FLOATING THEATER. Russia Has One, and the Unitec; States May Fcliow Suit. The Washington Post is authority f 0l . t ] ie statement that a number of theatrical ladies and gentlemen in th-^ COU utry contemplate chartering a 3 t e amboat and establishing a liout- - n(T “ t |, e;itel . which shall bo at the sa nQ fc i rtl e the hotel and the means o{ transnorlation of the actors, on oner-it i ve principle, j g no ^ original. A St. PeUrabartt h« 1 n ) 1 s0 ‘ ni . , ,i in-t | <- icet , 1 in wic.t . , i. ti i n cionm^r ‘ «<« A,’ about to start out on »i oo \ olga, and as many o to u .‘Y l cities and the towns of its uauga e tributaries are without theaters, i j is believed the venture will prove a gold mine to its projectors, The Russian boating playhouse is so constructed that an audience of j und can be comfortably seated. A j ;ir g e mass of scenery is carried for production of an extensive rep- er { 0 .j. e 0 f Russian comedies and ( } r ., mus anf j French oporeltas qq ie quarters of the actors, actres- ^ supernumeraries, l stage hands, orchest ra antl ;l u the crew are in the exll>emo bow oi -the vessel. The ex- U u«, ' btow -ie ,vu ,] 10 fuel is earned under the body of f the theater, which occupies four-.if rise the entire length of the boa atu t of its width. Troin the lowest point ot the or- chestra to the roof is fifty reet. 1 *e stage is a trifle less than thirt y feet i n width, and all the scenery is let from the flies. Hie wings are jq g (, wide enough to admit of tho en- trance and exit of the players. Of course the scenic effects are limited | )y ^ 1Q ] ac i- 0 f room, but a much ootlier performance can be given { ] uin ; n the meager!y equipped thea- ter of tho small town. The players are not fagged out by n tiresome journey or made unfit for first-class Work by the fare of indifferently con ducted hotels. If such a boat were built by a syndi¬ cate in this country its construction would necesoaiiy , Knoo ., ^ ‘ requirements of the lar 0 e unau. t sing the a.ern paddle wheel it would be possible to construct a boat ot great beam and length, yet one which would ctiaw comparatively jq e water. It is suggested that, starting from v e -,v York, such a vessel could make a u .- along the north snore of Long £ s } ant j sound, stopping at tho towns on t j 10 Connecticut and Rhode Is- ; nc] coast: thence back fco New York, ami after doing stopping New Jersey 7 towns,up ,ho Hudson, at the various \iq . J( , eg u Albany and Troy. From ^ an ‘^ y to Buffalo the Erie Canal ^ a u<Jed and onco in the lakes ri „ " rackin , T business would lie open tc - adveriturous —_______ thespians. ' ’ farri^ Pioeons -- TU, hornet and the carrier are both hriillanr Were, but tho honoer .a ihe jj*, f j utatea, Thf homerhas the widest spread wings of all ^ and through can sail midair. for an It enormous also consider- drafmee is ably lighter than the carrier and is possessed of more phenomenal powers of endurance, having been j ;nown to fly SOD miles without alighting. On a clear day, with a s {-y an( j favorable wind. 4riu miles is* an admirable record, al- t hough 50U miles a day is the goal every pigeon-flier’s ambition. A bird t hat can perform this remarka- : f eat i 3 worth at leas $100, and , iiav va l U ed at $500 if it is capable G f a better record. The bird’s game- highest point ot esc. s enw a,. «... ,u:.i .om-years o age 'vbicbth liatura. *’ * they have passed tue.r prime they , deteriorate m a scarcely noticeable degree, and at fcen or twelve years of »« »re rtill good for the shorter distances. yorXGAMERiu. Irate Father—I can’t understand ~ - y] g your mother so much im- - i never dared talk back to yoa m atlier. neither v—Puck. WOMAN’S WORLD, PLEASANT I,I t EBATl'RK FOR FElll.MNK READERS. MME. FAURE’s AMBITION'. is to become the iea ler o fashions ,or the Republic, as the Empress Eugenie wasfor the Empire, according to pop- ular report. Consequently, sue not only dresses exquisitely, but keeps the names of her modest and milliner secret.—San Francisco Chronicle. trunks dres'-ehs. Anew trunk that is finding favor with many women who dislike the lilt- iug of heavy trays or the turning the contents of a carefully packed trunk topsy-turvy in order to reach something placed in the middle or bot¬ tom of it is constructed like a dresser, with the trays like so many drawers that can be drawn out as easily as the drawers of a well made buieau. It has not the appearance of a piece of bed- room furniture, however, when closed, as the lid forms part of tho side of the trunk, locking near the bottom, These trunks arc very strong aud light, being clamped with iron aud made of cellulose fiber, with the wood- work a three-ply veneer. The drawers run ou metal slides.—St. Louis Star- Sayings. FLAT BRAIDS FOR LONG HEADS. Flat braids are used in new styles of coiffures. This is a revival of the peasant mode of arranging the hair which Avas in vogue fifteen or twenty years ago. It. is especially effective in warm weather, because it always car¬ ries with it such an air of neatness. Fluffy hair, when loosely coiled, will become ruffled and make its wearer look warm and uncomfortable, Avhile if it is done up in flat braids, which are laid smoothly around the back of tho head, it will stay in place and make one appear cool and comfort- ft pj e The fashion also permits variations enough to make it becoming to all faces. For a perfectly round head should be made to look as much like a mat as possible, while a long coiffure is suited to an oval or long face. J f the hair is not sufficiently heavy to make a good showing, quite young women may eke out nature’s niggard- liness by wearing a bow of ribbon at tliGjback of the head. THE THIMBLE. A thimble was originally a thumb- bell, because it Avas worn on the thumb, as sailors still wear their thim¬ bles. It is a Dutch invention, and m 1884, in Amsterdam, the bicentennial of the thimble Avas celebrated with a great deal of formality. This very valuable addition to my lady’s work basket Avas first made by a goldsmith named Nicholas van Benschoten, the ancestor of the American family of Van Benschotens. And it may further interest Colonial Dames to Iidoav that the first thimble made was presented jin 1684 to Anna van Wedy, the second wife of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the purchaser of Bensselaerwyck, aud the first Patroon. Madam van Rensselaer’s memory was duly honored in Holland ou the occasion of tho thimble bicen- tennia!. In presenting his useful gift Van Benschoten begged Madam van Rens- eelaer “to accept this now covering for the protection of her diligent fin¬ gers as a token of his esteem.” It was not until 1695, just two hun¬ dred years ago, that the thimble was introduced into England by a Hol¬ lander named John Lofting, who opened a thimble manufactory at Is¬ lington.—Harper’s Bazar. INGENUITY OF WOMEN. , i oAtl®' t i rivpiitlv mWi-lial “ st of OI P" n»tonte M “ M k<“ufd " etl tf^Sen lo by the 1 Government. , p oe pamphlet is sup- plementary to those heretofore pur- ashed and brings the list of sut h issues up to March 1 last. The office was established in _ 1790, and tuo first patent issued to a woman wa 3 iu 1809 to Marv Kies for a method of weaving straw with siib or thread. N ea r= Iater oue T ' as issued to Mary Brush for a corset. It was not until 1828 that more than one patent per year was issued to women. In 1SG2 only fourteen patents were issued to women, Ihatbeiu* ttaj the larsest in any olwo.uen year »p o and the ” 7 ^^- annual number of V *tontai , , issued ■* to^them . ,1 ^ • rease ? ^ idL.. Many ot them weie for lnvcn- t ions for either lighting or devices, ihe annual issue increased steadily year by year. In 18<0 it was sixty, in 1880 over ninety-two, in 1890 over 200 and in 1893 over 300. From 1809 to 1888 women’s inven- tiens averaged thirty a year ; 1888 to 1892,230 a year, and since 1892, 280 a year. The pamphlet gives it oiassilication of women’s inventions This shows that wearing apparel lea Is the list with 160 different patents in thirtv months. Then coma cooking utensils with 100 inventions, furniture wiil he.«to g «a or cleaning apparatus with foity o each sewmg and •?»»»« deroe. and batlaing apparatus with a . thirty each, edneational medreal paratus, toys and trunss about twenty each. Other lines in which women htn tried their incentive f^nUiM are baby carnages, barrel andbwycle attachments, printing and mottling apparatus boxes and baskets, clocks, flowers, horseshoes, motors, mubicai instruments, plumbing and preserving devices, screens, stationery, theatrical apparatus, toilet articles and type- Hons. Excluding those especially concerning wo men's work, nearly all the other patents were for attach¬ ments to some previously existing de* vice, SECRETS OF inn VEIL. The strongest defense a woman ha?, bo she distinctly pretty or fascinat- j ^ taleen Ever i some fcort 0 { tissue f ace covering,thick thi j or BmaU ; in this day 1 eration reflnoa down to a j mere gauze face mask, yet likely to re¬ main the dearest and most important possession iu her wardrobe till the ! millennium arrives, so says a writer • in the Boston Globe. d j 3 a barrier between herself and ; prying eyes, through which very lit tlo j ca n be read by the uninitiated gaze; but nothing "can escape her keeu glance. Of course, veils are not hygienic— any woman will admit that—but they are necessary, and if you want to know how youthful a womau believes she looks, notice what sort of ft net j y fi c uses. i Q the language of veils, only fresh- i f aco i girls can afford to wear the j plain, filmy, "the undotted tulle that for comfort is ono to be preferred; "young Y et, on any It but a tender, peachy ; face, seems to curiously fetch shadows that look terribly like i wrinkles; consequently, when" a wo- man sees in her handglass that her ephemeral girlishness of complexion is slipping from her she begins to buy dotted nets. At first the tulle is very fine and the dots far apart. That’s the sort of a veil a woman affects on the days when, she looks her best, discreetly resort¬ ing to a very closely speckled affair on other days, when her cheeks lacks their accustomed color ; or there are plain¬ tive bine shadows under her eyes. To and from the dentist’s she is 1 ike - ^ f ' 0 ft( I°pI , a vel , with a deep , lace . ed^e , that hides the poor, suffering mouth, and makes the eyes all the brighter, for tho lower face is thrown in soft eclipse. Besides these ... is the sunburn , and , freckle veil of silk tissue, Avhite and brown or dark blue, liberally peppered Avith wee dots, behind which the most ! doubtfully pretty face takes on a soi of mysterious charm. , But outside this ..... list there given are ; veils that particularly become certain ; I aceP * as the milliners have discoA erei, w ^° t ro P a ^Ine, check-woven gauze \ j over the face of a blue-eyed, retrousse- ! nosed little person, Avho is trembling | on the verge of indulgence iD her third i or fourth spring hat. | That veil clinches the bargain, and a ; sallow, brown-eyed girl buys a wide, black straAV because the artful sales- woman flung over the front a breadth of the neAA’, very smart, gray tuxedo net, bearing at short intervals big gray red vet spots. The oread of the milliner runs that almost more on the veii thau on the hat depends the becomingness of one’s headgear. It is a little New York maker of ir¬ resistible bonnets that has taught Fifth avenue women the true coque¬ tries of the veil. That the ch irm of it lies in its exceeding freshness; no veil should be worn more than six or eight j 1 times; that it should be adjusted with mos t exquisite neatness and care, tucked iu a bit of a knot just under (h 0 bonnet’s back, without any pin- ning, and drawn smooth and close over the features, and Avken not in use rolled ar^' oinued in a satin envelope esse, per ._ied ever so faintly Avith orris. She has not failed in liuding apt pupils. FASHION NOTES. Very little jewelry is Avorn this sea¬ son except in lull dress. The fur shoulder cape is by no means obsolete as a wrap. Robin’s egg blue continues iu favor for fashionable stationery. The narrow, double ruffle is used to i a l.t?e % extent iu Ihe decoration ot | fllln rn o.. a Tweeds in varied qualities au 1 new j stilish color schemes occupy a promi- uent place among autumn dress goods. Old-fashioned pique has come back again for dress material, and, of ; course, can be made into a | waist. | a few yards of new lace and crisp dbbon transform an evening toilet iuto a fresh looking gown suitable for j anv occasion. v ‘ PWP cf hackhair combs are of {,,r- , toi f:hell have the #eot of 8e e a j coronet. b "“ h They ^ are not only worn, j French 7 “!** alpaca beantuul . ... . . is very in texture, and is so glossy and silky aud Xht h beantiful folds that it is ; ad u « ell - lu to ro artistic arufe c eyes, ^ ; Grass linen embroidery will cou- j txnue its popularity throughout the fall. It will oe used as a trimming on many of the cloth dresses, A gown of white alpaca has Turkish embroidery of copper and gold ou ; either side of the blouse bodice, which j opens over a front of white chiffon, | Black silk blouses with enormous ! sleeves and sailor collar, brier-stitched w hi te or pale lilac, are worn with ; aft€rnoou costumes of half e»o«i,woL mourning. LMg .„ lTe , h . tart n b i this fall and early f winter. They re- , w eather6 „ a trim . m j c g » that they are ft death blow to j Lace ^ made sort i bounces m a oi es- : ^axrangement dro.sce are etyhsh lor th “ n P ji °u>t, - nt dodu! ,-opular trimmmg • 1 a a ar tr Pale green is a popular ernor season. Gowns and hats, cloaks and toques evening frocks and street suits share the craze. The tint never ap- that enjoy favor equailo its own. WORLDS 1 UK S CHAMPION Career of tlie Young American Heat the World’s Best Players. Henry Nelson Pillsbury, of Brook- lyn, N. Y., who won the international chess masters’ tournament at Hast- iugs, England, lias up to the present # yx’ Bl ws *y,\ It I J <1 i 7 w / i> w H. N. IMILLSBURT, CHESS CHAMPION. enjoyed only a local reputation, His career as a chess player baa not been of the brilliant order, but rather one of constant advancement, Pillsbury is twenty-two years old, and his chess playing dates from liis sixteenth birthday, when he first learned the moves of tho game at which ho has noAv proved himself to bo the inter- national champion. Addison Smith, a leading member of tho Boston Chess Club, became in- ierested iu the young man shortly after ho began to play, and Pillsbury was not slow to take advantage of Smith’s valuable experience. He be- came au active member of the Boston Chess Club, aud enjoyed a reputation among Boston enthusiasts as a coming player. Pillebury’s first important success was 'gained over Champion Steiuitz, who unsuccessfully tried to concede him the odds of pawn aud move. He Avas entered in 1890 in tho American Chess Congress, receiving odds from Burrille and other leading players. Young Pillsbury defeated Stone nt evens with a score of 5 to 2 . He also played a match with Barry, n sirong Ncay England player, winning by a score bf 5 to 4. All of the leading devotees of the game played at Hastings. The cham¬ pion Lasker, Tschigorin, Blacltburue, Burn, Bird, Gtiusberg, Tarrasch, Ver- gaui, Tinsley, Von Bardelcben, Toicb- maun, Albiu, Mason, Jauowski, Pollock and several others, among them Waibrodt, also a vt ry young man, like Pillsbury, played. I ju sl;er avhs looked upon as a probable win¬ ner, Avith Tschigorin, Ste.nitz, Black- bumc and Tarrasch as dangerous rivals, while Pillsbury and the others were in the darlt-horse category. Pilisbury’s v'etory against such an array of talent is therefore the more remarkable, as lie was pitted against men whose experience in tournaments and matches was calculated to a’c least overcome the younger and loss ex¬ perienced players. Pillsbury Brooklyn is an active member of the Chess Club, and on his departure for the scone of his great victory was the recipient of a cordial demonstration at the hands of that organization. A New Illuminant. Some day we shall, perhaps, settle on a universal domestic illuminant. \Yill it bo acetylene? If so, we shall want a shorter name for it, but that can be shelved for the present. Ace- tyhne is said to give a flame ten or twelve times brighter than an ordi¬ nary gas jet, or four and a half times brighter than the very best gas burner can vieid. Moreover, acetylene gives out much less heat than gas, and verv ia v.eh less vapor. Add to these advan- tho fact that acetylene can be jupafied with ease, and kept in liquid j orn3> an d you have the claims of ace- f. !,-• ne in the rough. It is curious ib, t acetylene has become commer- ( . :a ]]y possible as an illuminant bv de- v ,] 0 pments in electricity with which r ‘ ill now have to compete,—New York Journal A HORNLULV* CARRIAGE IN NEW YORK. 3 r '1 ■i Li' 33, P>i » m t ! ,«2 \ Siai / -- —- mmm \ \Y of F y 7 v, m x\V ------- >j/ // \t sS/iz. n came from Paris, aaya the Detroit Free Press, and is used by a Sew ^er r*-**k firm for delivering goods. A petroleum air engine provides motive and its maximum speed is sixteen kilometers an hour. The inventor t h at t h e wagon’s f running expense daily is less than half that required k * “ o( ft Uo 8e * does not differ materially from that of those B aprearaDce now The engine is concealed in a square wooden box in the rear and wagon is ligat, stanch and trim. NO. 50. How ft (beat Steel Bln? TVas Made. The steel ring for generator No. ? the Niagara Power Company’s new plant is now at the shop cf the Wesv j U gbousc Company, and is attracting • ., ^ rcft t deal of attention from steel mcn . :IS well as from electricians, it is rege rded ns ono of the very finest pieces Oi work ever turned out. d* was forge ! at Bethlehem. Penn. The ring is < usiderably the largest of the kind ev, r cast. It is eleven feet seven and one eighth iuch.-s in diameter, about five feet high and weighs 21 . 0.0 poum s. It cost over S3000. The making* of the ring was au is- ceedingly difficult task. A nickel steel ingot four and a half feet in di- ametrr at the bottom and six aud R half feet long was cast. A hole was then bored through it lengthwise. A block of the proper weight was then cut from tho ingot, and the cylinder thus obtained was heated, and, under a hydraulic pressure of 14,000 tons was expanded to the present size. It would be just like cuttiug from a lead pencil a section half ar> inch long, bor¬ ing ing the lead out of it aud then expand¬ the wood to a ring an inch in di- ameter. The ring had to be forged to a per¬ fect circle, and iu such a way as to prevent the possibility of weakness iu any part, for, when tho tremendous pressure of Niagara is brought to bear on the turbine, which will turn the riur", it will revolve around the arma¬ ture at the rate of 2 NO revolutions per minute. The electrical enerary thus obtained will bo 5000 horsepower.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Richest American Woman. An interesting sight for the peonle of Bellows Falls, Vt w the past summer was to watch Hetty Green, the woman whose fortuue is way up in millions. returning from ft shopping tour with a small package of tea, a pound of crackers and a bag of Hour in her arms. They considered Mrs. Green a good citizen, and said that she paid her taxes with commendable prompt* ness, but she would not submit, to the slightest extortion. She had the water cut ofi from her house at tho cost ot iigp^ mSBr V, mrn 4 m 1 -M \V4' li 1 1 , \ ^Vo \> ArVl If: m wJ\f> i urn/. * i HETTT GREEK. great personal inconvenience because she thought she was charged too much for it. A 1 «irge Tooth. While workmen were excavating a ditch in a swamp ou the farm of C. E. Percival, in the southeastern part of Champaign County, a few days ago, they dug a huge tooth which has nl- traded considerable curiosity and the attention of scientific people. Tho tooth measured ten inches in length, four inches across the face of th<« crown and weighed seven and one-half pounds. When it was brought to this city it was compared with a plaster cast of a masto Ion h tooth in the Uni- versity of Illinois, and it Avas found to correspond almost exactly with it.— Burlington (Iowa) Hawkcye. Andrew Fields, a Kentucky day laborer, w ho can remember Jackson’s* victory in New Orleans aud ivho worked for Henry Clay, and Uncle Charley Basco of Pond Creek, W. Va., claim the age of 105 and 103 respec¬ tively.
