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PAKT TWO.
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
gQCI.%I, BSCAOBMEKTS OF THE
English minster cancelled.
A Sentimental Custom Again in
Fashion— The Letter* of a Daugh
ter of Secretary Wilson Written
from Well-Known
people Who Are in Europe—A Ref
erence to Miss Annie Wheeler.
The So at ta worth Family-Death of
a Son of the Famous Novelist.
Other Matters of General Interest.
Washington. Aug. 3.—The British em
bassy ie again in official mourning, owing
to the death of a member of the royal
family— this time for Queen Victoria's
ee-ond son, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. According to etiquette, all social
engagements are cancelled for the next
thirty days, which will bring them to the
end of the summer. The legation family
is established at Newport, its youngest
members being the center of the social
whirl of that always gay resort. Lord
Pauncefote— big, bald and beefy, but gal
lant and musical, goes about everywhere
with his daughters—playing his own cred
itable compositions on the piano, and oc
casionally singing, in a deep bass voice
\ihat seems to rumble to the very bowels
the earth. Lady Pauncefote, whose
’.health has not been the best of recent
I years, pays less attention to society, but
prefers to spend her quiet days out of
doors.
• * * • •
Fpeak in# of singers—troubadourin'g is
again the fashion in this unsentimental
country, as it used to be long ago, and
l,s always been in the sunnier land ot the
Latins, especially as a love-making me
dium. During the spring and early sum
mer, before the tribes went up to the
watering places and all the swell houses
were closed, it became a comn\on thing
for the midnight air to be made musical
by stringed orchestras, or choirs of sere
naders, or solitary wandering minstrels.
It 1? aid that the pioneer troubadours of
the spring-time had a rather hardtime of
it. Time and again they barely escaped
errest, as disturbers of the peace, while
ail along their route windows banged up
with cries of murder! fire! police! and in
more than one instance the “nether gar-
I n • ts” of the s'lingers suffered from over
tealous watch dogs. Had these murderers
of sleep come from the lower walks of
life, they would have been promptly sup
pressed as public nuisances; but as they
vere always from the very cream de la
of society—generally from the cops
diplomatique, Washington took it good
naturedly as a genteel Joke. So the
fashion spread and spread, and our gay
young diplomats carried it away with
them to the various place# where they are
ipending the summer, and the whole coun
try is liable to be given over to it by
autumn. One of the most zealous of the
pioneer ot the capital was
Count Tarnowski. of the Austrian lega
tion. He carried the fashion to Bar Har
bor. during the early summer, and is just
now giving a fillip to the ordinary hum
drum of Newpoit by inaugurating the
troubadour business. His initial appear
ed in the role of the minstrel stirred
that dignified resort from center to cir
cumference. Accompanied by two friends
and a band, the rounds were begun an
hour past midnight, and a dozen houses
visited in turn. Whatever may have been
the unspoken comments of the fair vic
tims who needed their “beauty sleep" for
r p xt day’s conquests,' the up-to-date
troubadours were in every case eniertaln
ei in fine style, servants were roused and
•upper (or rather breakfasts) spread—for
the revelers saw the sun rise, many of
them for almost the first time in their
lives.
The widow of Supreme Court Justice
Field has so far remained in the heated
capital, in order to be near her sister.
Mrs. Condit-Smith, whose step-daughter is
with the Congers in China. Mrs. Field
was president of the Washington Statue
Association, and is much- gratified at the
succeasful termination of her labors. The
unveiling ceremonies, of which glowing
a-counts have been received, occurred in
Paris on the Fourth of July. Mrs. Field
fully expected to be present, until the
dreadful uncertainly of affairs in Pekin
and the grief of her sister made her pres
ence necessary here.
Miss Wilson, daughter of the Secretary
Agriculture, who sailed late in May for
Europe, is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh of Paris. The party
returned last week from a short tour in
Eeleium. Miss Wilson* who has always
a social favorite In Washington,
writes delightfully chatty letters from
abroad to her friends here. In a recent
biter she describes their visit at Ostend,
a dinner. Mr. Walsh, sat next to
the King of Belgium. It Is an open se
cret that the wealthy American, who is
commissioner of the World's Fair from
Colorado, derives most of J|is more than
“princely" income from copper-mines, and
the King had no doubt heard of it. His
Majesty questioned Mr. Walsh about all
’he details of copper-mining management,
and requested an audience next day at
the palace to continue the conversation.
impressed was the monarch with the
Information gained that he has instructed
his agents to at once investigate some
copper deposits known to exist in the
f'ongo district, owned by the Belgians.
Mr. and Mrs. Walsh came back to their
Paris home, the Ely&ee Palace Hotel, to
attend some social function, but will soon
Return to Ostend to escape the heat. They
have entertained most liberally while
abroad; but, as always at home, their en
tertainments are characterized by excel
lent taste. At a recent dinner given by
them, covers were laid for 120 guests.
A ner the repast Mme. Nevada sang, a
tinted violinist played and two dancers
* ave a *i exhibition of their peculiar skill.
Mi ' Cockrell, one of the daughters of the
Senator from Missouri, who is a guest of
" nlsh's for the summer in Europe, is
everywhere very greatly admired. The
youngest daughter. Mis* Anna Ewing
Cockrell, will sail Aug. 4 on the Waesland,
Lom Philadelphia to Liverpool. She will
accompanied by Senator Cockrell's
widowed daughter-in-law and two or three
ladies, Including Miss Willie Sayers
Kentucky. After a visit In London,
tr win go to Paris for a lengthy stay.
M,ss Anna Cockrell and Miss Sayers will
rcm.. ;ti ;ibroad at least two years to finish
then duration. With Miss Walsh, they
w.ii hr pupils for a time at the Convent of
the Abruption, in Paris.
Senator Wetmore and family, who
IM f °r Europe last week, can remain
, r ° a<i f, nly long enough to get a glimpso
or the great fair; for the Senator says he
* back in New York attending to
ria fences" early in September. Ex-Sec-
LT.ry Herbert and his son, who came to
a few days ago to attend
the formal reorganization of the now in
corporated Red Cross Society, have re
turned to the White Sulphur Springs of
''irginla for the remainder of the sum
mer
The golf clique of Washington is laugh
*h at the unexpected defeat of the at
torney general ns the capital champion
in that lint of athletics. H was at a
Satan mil) Morning
The Summer Heat Distracts
Bat people mast live and people mast bay, no matter how the thermometer cavorts. And a
great deal of cool satisfaction can be obtained by consulting this digest below, for LOW
PRICES make an easy parse, and a cool atmosphere.
Really Great Streamers
Are These
Ribbon Inducements.
No. 1 Baby Ribbon, lcyard; 47cspool
No. 2, in. wide, 2c yd; 20c piece
No. 4, 3 4 in. wide, 4c yd; 35c piece
No. 5, 1 in. wide, 5c yard, 39c piece
No. 7,1 % in. wide, 5c yd; 48cpiece
No. 9, iy in. wide, 7c yd; 63c piece
No. 12, 2 in. wide, 9c yd; 84c piece
No. 16, 1% in. wide, tie yd; $1.04
piece.
No. 22, over iy in. wide, 13c yd;
$1.24 piece.
No. 40, over 3 inches wide, 15c yd;
$1.40 piece.
Fall 10 yards to a piece.
No. I>4 Velvet Ribbons, Linen Back, 18<s
piece,
No. Velvet Ribbons, Satin Back, 23c
piece,
3c yard.
No. 3 Velvet Ribbons, Satin Back, 50c
piece,
6c yard.
Nos. 5,7, 9, 12 and 16, Linen Back, one
'ot. it ,-ii-i i~i t*a-i
5c yard.
Full 10 yard* to piece.
All Silk Metallic and Plain Taffeta, sec
ond shipment this week, new colors arriv
ed, NOs. 40, 50 and 60, sold everywhere at
25c and 30c, only
Jsc yard.
Val. Laces dainty designs, wide and
narrow quality, sold regular at good val
ues for 75c and 85c dozen, only
48c dozen.
Fine Allovers, Puffings, Tuckings of all
styles and all qualities, prices 31.50 up to
$2.00, in two lots,
69c and 98c.
Great Silk Special.
24=lnch Printed Foulard, all colors, all
patterns, Good value 85c,
price 39c
match played last Saturday at Winstead,
Conn., In which he succeeded in losing the
beautifully engraved silver cup, which
was presented by the Norfolk Downs
Golf Club. Nobody was more surprised
at the defeat than the attorney general
himself—especially as the vicor was a
seventeen-years old boy.
The much-talked-of Mr. Joseph Letter
does not appear to care for Europe any
more than his father, and the younger
man has the advantage of not being nec
essarily tied to the feminine apron
strings of the family’. He is now at Nar
ragansett having a rousing good time
with his Intimate masculine circle, if ac
counts are true. Socially, he Is as ven
turesome a “plunger" as commercially In
wheat and other things on which he
gains a corner. Mr, and Mrs. Leiter and
their daughters have gone to France,
now that the London season Is over, hav
ing joined a fashionable colony Just out
side of Paris. It Is announced that the
family will return to Washington In Oc
tober and reopen their great gray-stone
palace on Dupont Circle, whose shutters
have been closed for more than a year.
The elder daughter, Lady Curzon, is now
back at Simla, In India, with the vice
roy*l court.
The Prince of Burigea, who came all
the way from Siam to visit the Paris Ex
position, has been entertaining In that
city with true Oriental lavishness. His
latest dinner, marked hy gorgeous golden
plate and souvenir gifts of rare jewels,
was given In honor of several American
women, among whom were Misses Annie
and Carrie Wheeler, daughters of General
“Joe.” Miss Annie—the quiet little her
oine of the Santiago hospitals, and later
of the Philippines, has suddenly blos
somed out into a belle of the first water.
A few days ago she was a guest of the
Queen at a garden party in Buckingham
Palace, and is frequently heard of os a
prominent figure at the most en
attainments of the French and English
canitals If anybody deserves all the
good times going. It Is the dear little girl
who.ln nurses' cap and gown, braved
death and toiled so heroically In camp
and hospital throughout the Spanish war.
*••••**
The picturesque cottage perched on a
high bank of the Potomac In Georgetown
wherein the late Mrs. Emma D. E. N.
Southworth, the celebrated novelist, wrote
her seventy-three books. Is again sadden-
Lbv death. The authores*' only son,
Dr Richmond J. Soutnworth. died sudden-
U. on Sunday morning-just a year after
his mother's demise. Though In falling
health fie had not ben really 111, until a
few hours before the end. when the exces
sive heat brought on n series of fainting
snells from which he failed to rally. The
southworth cottage, once an ideal place. Is
now almost unbearable as a residence
■luce the new power house of the electric
railway fit* been bullt Immedaltely In
front of it. and close under Its windows is
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUSTS, 1900.
Great Domestic Values.
White India L*wn t value
Fast Color Shirting Prints V at
Pointed Chailies ) 3^C.
Solid Color Crepons 'j 12j4c and 15c values,
Fancy Crepons to close out,
Solid Color Nuns Veiling..
Black Satin Stripe Lawn..
Solid Color Lawns J *
Yardwide Soft Finished Bleached Shirting... ► 5c
Yardwide Fruit of Loom Shirting, worth 10c. .. 8c
10-4 Unbleached Sheeting’, 15c value .... \2Ac
10-4 Bleaehed Sheeting, 20c value Isc
White, Blue and Red 7-4 Mosquito Nets, 50c value 39c
Ladies Specially Considered.
White Pique Skirts, Crash Skirts. White Duck fift*
Skirts, were $2.00 yOll
Wrappers of best quality Lawn and Percale, finished
with fancy braid and embroidery at yoke and QQn
sleeves, fitted lining, were $1.75 UUll
One lot Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, yoke of tucks, finished
at neck and sleeves with cambric ruffle; ‘two QCa
to customer Zulf
2 styles Ladies’ Muslin Drawers, cambric ruffle QCm
or ruffle and embroidery, two to customer Zull
Lot slightly soiled Corset Covers, were 35c and QCft
39c, immense bargain Zvw
Ladies’ Crash Skirts, deep hem, well made....26c
Shirt Waists, tucked fronts, laundered collars QC a
and cuffs, small sizes Zvll
Dress Goods That Are “Dressy.”
54-inch Gray Homespuns for 76c
58-inch Navy Blue Pebble Cheviot, steam shrunk and
sponged, for tailor suits and rainy-day skirts, fl* I QQ
can be made without lining Oil uO
HANDSOME LINE OF BLACK SILK CREPONS. new designs blistered. i AO
striped and waved effects, 13.00 to SI.OO, all at wIsOO
A SPLENDID LINE OF GRENADINES, SILK MADRAS, GRASS LINENS.
Plaid Zephyrs, worth up to 50c a yard. Your choice IOC
the junction of several car lines running
between Washington and popular resorts,
with their hilarious picnicking crowds
waiting to "change cars,” at all hours of
day and night. Three or four years ago,
before the power house was built, Us pro
moters offered Mrs, Southworth a much
larger sum for her cottage than Its actual
value; but the home of more than half a
century was very dear to her, and, being
wrongly advised she refused the proffered
amount, putting the price away up beyond
reason. The result was the building of
the power house almost under her door
step and the utter ruin of her house as a
place of residence, and now nobody will
buy it on any terms. In the weather
beaten, brown-painted frame house, with
shingled roof sloping on one side almost
down to the noisy street, and on the other
overhanging a wilderness of weeds and
bushes that cover the steep bank to the
river's edge—one can hardly recognize the
Mecca of the literati who visited Wash
ington in years gone by. Nearly all the
prominent American writers of a quarter
of a century ago, most of whom have
passed Into the Great Beyond, have stood
upon that vine-covered porch and stooped
to enter the low doSr-way. Among the
mest frequent visitors was Robert Bonner,
one of Mrs. South worth’s publishers; N.
P. Willis, John S. Saxe, Grace Greenwood,
Mary Clemmer Ames, Charles Warren
Stoddard and Harriette Beecher Slowe,
John G. Whittier, the Quaker poet, was
an Intimate friend of the novelist, and
from 1647 n frequent correspondent. In
deed, It was Mrs. Southworth who suggest
ed to him the famous poem of Barbara
Krltchle, as the following letter, lately
found among her effects will show.
“Amesbury, Aug. 8, 1863 —My Dear Mrs.
Southworth: I heartilv thank tbee for
thy very kind letter and Its Inclosed mee
sage.’ It ought to have fallen Into better
hands, but I have Just written off a lit
tle ballad of 'Barbara Freltchie,' which
will appear in the next Atlantic. If it la
good for anything, thee deserve all the
credit of It. I wish I could accept thy kind
Invitation to thy p easant cotiage home,
but am too much of an Invalid to under
take the Journey. I thank thee none the
less, however, for asking me. X shall go
there In Imagination, if I cannot other
wise. With best wi-hes for thy health and
happiness, I am most truly thy fd,
"John G. Whittier."
Though eighty at the time of her death.
Mrs. Southworth was still writing her In
terminable novels, having Just begun the
74th, entitled "An Angel Unawares." For
more than half a century she strictly ad
hered 'O certain habils of work, broken
onlv during her several visits to Eng
lard, where she was ‘.he guost and friend
of Lady Byron. At home, she Invariably
labored five daya each week, from noon
to midnight, hardly taking time for the
evening dinner. She used to sey It was a
real Joy to look forward to her "holidays"
—Saturday and Sunday, and felt them
&BULL 5I&
all the sweeter for being honestly earn
ed. The excessive heat of a Washington
summer,which Is bo hard on people a> eith
er extreme of life—the aged and infants
—ls believed to have been the immediate
cause of her death, as that of her eon,
the other day. In her usual health and
hard at work, she was suddenly seized
with fainting spells, from which she did
not revive. Dr. Southworth was 59 years
of age. He leaves a'wife, but no children.
His only sl3ler, MTs. James V. Lawren e,
of Yonkers, N. Y. t Is the last living mem
ber of ihe once piumerous Southworth
family. They are Swedenhorglan In relig
ious belief. The little burial-plot of the
Southworths In Oak Hill Cemetery la now
lull, including the bodies of several of
the authoress' children who died In In
fancy. The mother's grave of a year, was
opened yesterday to receive the coffin of
her son.
A LINKS WAGON.
Tandem Team of White nr Monee
Colored Donkeys Drawing m. Dark
Green Carl.
New Y'ork, Aug. 3.—A couple of hand
some Syrian donkeys, harnessed tandem
to a pony cart, is the newest of smart
country rigs. It Is a species of turnout s-
peclelly patronized by young people In ru
ral settlements, who drive every afternoon
to the golf course, for a round of putting
matchee, or a good, stiff game. This
equipage, more picturesque and useful
than stately or rapid, is most commonly
known as a links wagon. The email cart
hold* conveniently the clubs, coals, capes,
etc., of the golfers, though a stout young
man and a plump summer girl 1* no Im
possible weight for a pair of well-fed don
keys to pull, and some of the links' wagon
owners are at Infinite pains to give their
tandem a modish and striking appearance.
In hot weather the heads of the faithful
gray beasts are adorned with cork hel
met* to ward oft suoauokt, and their
DONKF.YS AND CART IN FULL REGALIA.
Linen and White Goods.
54-inch Fancy Colored Damask, real value 35c 29c
58-inch half-bleached Linen Damask, 40c value.. 36c
60-inch grass bleached Linen Damask, 50c value. • 39c
72-inch Satin Damask, SI.OO value 79c
13-inch bleached Damask
5-8 all-linen Table Napkins, real value $1.25 doz. 95c
3-4 all-linen Table Napkins, real value $1.50 d0z.51.15
Turkish Bath Towels, size 20x40, real value 12 9c
Turkish Bath Towels, size 22x45, real valve 25c.. I9c
WHITE GOODS.
30-inch White India Lawns, real value
Checked Nainsooks real value
40-ince White Victoria Lawn, real value 10c .... 7Ac
White Pin-checked Sheer Dimity ) Real value 12^c,
White India Linon I at
White, lan, Pink and Navy Blue Duck ( 9 C .
Sheer White India Lawns, satin stripas, checks and ) Real value 18c,
Pin cords f at |2Kc.
QENTLEnEN’S FURNISHINGS.
25 dozen Men’s Fine Bilbriggan Shirts and Drawers, lull regular on.
made, all sizes, worth 50c. Special for this week ZJG
50 dozen Men’s Bleached Pepperell Jean? Drawers, made with reinforced
seats and string bottoms (B. V. D. pittern), formerly sold at QQn
50c pair. For this week j j(j
Men’s Genuine Madras Negligee Shirts, with collars anl cuffs attached.
or without collars and separate pair link cuffs, worth SI.OO, at 49c
A large lot of odds aud ends in Men’s Leather Bells, formerly sold
at 35c, 50c and 75c, to close out at Z3G
Men’s Cool Madras Pajamas at 98c Suit
Men’s Cool Cambric Night Shirts, made with fancy trimmed fronts, Ofln
full lengths and large bedies, worth 50c, at Jut
Attractions in the Basement.
Always something new. Come in and see It. Now new goods by every
steamer.
Don't buy the oomman Mason's Fruit
Jars when you can buy the Gilchrist,
best made wide mouth Jar for the same
price. Pints at 7c; quarts, 9c each.
Extra heavy Japanned Dust pans,
worth 10c. at sc.
Extra heavy new Willow Clothes Bas
kets, worth 49c, at 26c.
white wash leather harness is made glo
rious with pipings of color and large head
stall tassels composed of leathers of divers
tints shredded in long;, fine strips.
Most frequently the white hernens Is
r ?et off with gilt knobe and red leather
tassels and the yellow or dark Kreen want
on is tufted inside with corduroy of golf
in* pink. The result, when a pair of snow
white or sleek mouse-gray donkeys are in
the shafts, is far more impressive than
the orthodox pony rl* that up to tho
present time has been the approved play
thing for rich children. This is the reason
why the donkey cart has suddenly passed
into the patronage of very out-of-doorsy
girls, who, in white pique short skirts and
stiff white sunbonnets drive their tandem
teams about the summer resorts, render
ing an agreeable tableau for the benefit
of the occasional visitor and learning all
the tricks of the reins with these sturdy
and reliable little animals.
MR. AM) MRS. PARADISE AT HOME.
They Are .OIIIk*I, Owing to Their
Flfrhtlnv Instincts, to Live* Alone.
Any boy Interested in nature studies—
and what normal boy Is not?—ought to
be the possessor, at least for a season,
of a pair of Paradise fish, as they aro
not only the most beautiful little crea
tures that ever darted through the water,
but are most interesting to watch on ac
count of their peculiar domestic habits.
The Paradise fish la a native of India,
and has been Introduced in the United
States comparatively recently. It is ad
mirably suited for life in a globe or aqua
rium, as the finest specimens are rarely
more than three or four Inches long, and
being, beilde*, surface breathers, they
require very IWtle water. These dainty
things ere very exclusive, however, and
must he kept by themselves, as they
will fight to the finish any other kind of
fish that is put with them. Humored la
I.arge size Japanese I.ace Folding
Fire Screens, worth 25c, at 10c.
Silexo, per cake, for Monday only, 2c.
1 Lot Fancy Decorated German
China Dinner. Breakfast and Tea
Plates, worth 15c, 19c, 25c, go at 10c.
Fiber Water Palls, no hoop* to drop
off, worth and sold at 40c, go at 25c
Disperse the Heat
and preserve your health by using
Jap PorchJAwnings at
$1.50 Each - .
this respect and properly taken care of,
they will live for many years.
They are of the most brilliant and beau
tiful coloring, the predominating shade
being a bluish green marked by perfect
rainbow f irlpes of j-ed, orange, grey and
black. When the sun Is shining on them,
lhey are a glowing bit of Iridescence,
iheir colors seeming to constantly change
with their movements through the water.
The male fish Is much the more bril
liant of the two, and It would seem In
intellect as wedl as color, at least, he de
cidedly takes an Initiative In all matters
pertaining to housekeeping. Mrs. Para
dise's chief elm In life being apparently
to keep out of her lord and master's way.
She has evidently heard nothing of the
emancipation of her sex.
With the advent of the first warm
spring weather, .Mr, Paradise a-sumes the
meat splendid garb, and begin* at the
same time, to lake on a very business
like air. Very so n the Interested watcher
may see him set about his task of nest
building. He selects for this purpose some
sccludtd portion of the aquarium, and go
ing about tin Inch below the surface of
the wattr, he opens his mouth and forci
bly ejoc s a lot of bubbles cover t! with a ;
glutinous substance obta'ned from a sac
In the rcof of his mouth. These bubff.es
arc about the size of a small p-a, end It
takes several hundred of thtsn to make a
nest of the right proportions. Quite fre
qucntly Mr. Paradise has to come to the
surface of the water for more air, as It
constitutes a very essential part of his
“brick and mortor.” At Interval* during
the progrtss of-the building, he swims off
some little distance and from this new
vantage {mint carefully scrutinizes the
work already done; and If he notices a
bubble out of place, or anything unsym
metrtcal In the arrangemrnt, back he
goes and toils away until he has a regu
larly constructed nest about alx Inches In
circumference and a quarter of an Inch
thick. This bring completed to h a sat
1-fact on. Mr. Paradise conduct* hit lady
to the spot, where sho deposits her eggt
to the number of four or five hundr and
Those that fall to lodge In the. nest. Fa
ther Paradise seizes In his mouth and
carefully deposit* In the bubbles.
Gaarilinic the Best.
His duties have, hotv#ver, only Just be
gun. He Immediately proceeds to go on
guard, and If by any casualty some of
the eggs fall, he stands ready to dive
after them and replace them In the nest.
Nor Is this all; sad It Is to be obliged to
sey that he has to keep a very close
watch upon Mrs. Paradise, for, If ailowt
ed the slightest opportunity, she will not
only devour the egs, but does not scruple
to eat the little ones as soon as they are
hatched out. The faithful father Is there
fore kept very huey chaelng the mother
away and eupplylng his numerous ploge
uy wltb food. As ibe eggs begin to batcb
PAGES 11 TO 20.
Toilet Articles.
Bab* Skin Soap, genuln* 10c caka
I Willi.ma' Jersey Cream Soap 12c oak*
Cosmo Buttermilk Soap 8c cake
Roger A Gallet Fine Soap 12c cake
Cradock’a Blue Medicated Soap... To cake
4711 White Rose Glycerine 50ap..,12c cake
Packers’ Tar Soap 16c cake
Pine Tar Soap lc cake
Cutlcura Soap 19c cake
Fine Extracts.
Violet, Heliotrope. White Rose, Crab
Apple, Tlang Ylang,
15c
Fine Perfumed Face Powder, white and
flesh, for the complexion,
3c only
Baby Talcum Powder, borated, In tin
box, , .
4c only
Notion Items.
Frilled Garter Webbing, good elastic,
5c a strip
Feather Stylish Braids, whlto and col
ored, warranted 5 yards,
4c piece
Safety Pins, good quality, 2 dozen for
5c
Spool Silk, all numbers, warranted good
quality, . _
3c spool
Hooks and Eyes,
lc card
Skirt Braid, all wool, all colors,
lc roll
Needles, all styles and brands,
lc up to 5c paper
out. In obout thlrty-elx hours, one can
watch a good part of the process. By the
use of a strong reacting glass or small
microscope, one can see a tiny pair of
eyes and a bit of fin as they emerge from
the egg in each bubble. For two weeks,
Father Paradise takes the entire respon
sibility of the care of his family. By
the end of this time, he evidently thinks
that they are old enough to shift for
themselves; diving deep down Into tho
waler, he first take* good aim and then
makes a grand rush for the center of
tho bubbles, distributing them to the four
quarters of the globes. Soon after this
the young Paradises should be scooped
up mid put into a dish of their own, as
th< re is no proof postlve that after this
period, even the devoted father may not
so far forget himself as to eat aome of
his children In lieu of a piece of beef
steak—for such seems to be the way of
tlshdom the world over.
Paradise fish rear several such families
during the summer and their peculiar me
thod of managing household alTatra never
palls upon one’s Interest. One may count
upon s thlhd of such a batch living out
their allotted time. Paradise fish should
always be kept In pairs, and breeding
them may become a very profitable busi
ness, as they are really In great demand.
The water In which they arc kept should
rarely be changed, and should he kept at
the temperature of the ordinary living
room. The require a somewhat warmer
temperature than gold fish. These partic
ular fancy fish should be fed once a day
on prepared fish food and small bits of raw
beef alternately. Karlh worma. If they
can be obtained without difficulty, are
really better than the beef. Feeding them
never ceases to be an Interesting per
formance; the moet convenient method Is
to serve a bit of beef or worm on the end
of a straw; the tiny creatures will make
a rush for it, grasp a bite and hustle
away, taking In this manner about a half
teaspoonful a day.
Before the little ones are old enough
to make a square meal upon fish food
or beef, a llltie stagnant water from some
nearby pool of water should be put 'nto
their tank each day, as they will taka
very kindly to the anlmalculae.
Della T. Davis.
a ■ —i.i.i.i.i- i
\ “Hew 11 Wife.
From the leindon Globe.
A poor fellow, a married man, com
plained to a magistrate yesterday about
his domestic troubles. It appears that hit
wife la frequently Intoxicated, that she
loses all sense of order, and finally, that
she Is In the habit of btilng and slabbing
her husband. Such a woman, one would
say, was a savage, a relic of barbarism.
But tho husband held a contrary opinion.
W'Un a sigh he remarked that hit wife
was a woman of ihe "new pattern." Per
haps Socrates regarded Xautlppe aa a
"new woman. ’♦