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with spoiled -four, can be safely used Much
good preventive work can be done by catch
Ing the butterflies every day as they fly
about the cabbage patch.
story OF the Tiger Beetle.
Along the paths by the garden or by the
roadside In spring are oftsn seen cortain
active long.legged beetles. They fly up be-
fore one and alight again at short distance
and arc rather hard to catch. Some OF them
are gray with yellowish spots and others are
metallic greenish or purplish, also spotted
with dingy yellow. These beetles are known
as tiger beetles and belong to the family
Cicindelidm. They feed upon all the sorts
OF insects which they can overpower, and
are consequently ranked among the bene-
hcial insecta
The life history of the tiger beetle Is as
follows: The eggs are laid separately in
the ground; the larvn, which are odd look
ing creatures, station themselves in holes
the size Of q lead pencil or smaller, with
their broad fat heads just filing the top,
and there they wait tor ants and other small
insects to tumble In upon them. Their
jaws are long and sharp, and on the back
they have two hooks by which the hunch-
backed larva can attach itself itself to any
part Of its perpendicular burrow.
One more insect which can be found at
readers have doubtless all noted large tent
like silken webs on orchard and wild cherry
trees in late May and June. These are the
webs of the Larvae Of clisiocampa americana
or apple-tree tent caterpillar, as it is called
As soon as the buds expand the young
caterpillars begin to construct their tents,
having Matched from small masses of eggs
attached to some twig.
A Cocoon for tho Moth.
As the caterpillars live in company and
retire under their webs at night and in
cloudy weather, there will be no necessity
for removing them to the rearing box, un-
less 1t is desired to destroy the nest at once
on account Of damage to the tree. Carefully
watched, the caterpi1lars will be seen to
gradually enlarge their tents, and after
several molts to reach full growth in from
five to six weeks. They then crawl away.
Each proceeds to spin an oval yellowish
cocoon of two layers, the outer one some
what loose, the inner one tough and COM
pact. Within these cocoons they transform
to brown chrysalides From these, after two
or three weeks, the moths escape. The
moth is dull yellowish- brown and the front
wings are divided into three nearly equal
parts by two witish or pale yellow lines.
the middle space between the lines being
lighter in color than the rest of the wing.
The female moths soon lay the small rings
of eggs which remain on the twigs through
the winter.
1t is very important to destroy the nests
of the tent-caterpillar as soon as they ap-
pear in the spring This can best be done
by burning them with torch or with rags
or asbestos soaked in kerosene and wired to
the end of long pole. This should be done
at nightfaIl when the caterpillars are all in
the tent. In the winter time prune off and
burn the egg masses. CIV. RILEY.
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ASTRONOMY IN THE KoN9o.

Curious Time Calculations and Divisions
OF the Year Into Seasons.
According to an account of the geography
and meteorology of the natives Of the cata-
ract region Of the Kongo, given in the
Movement Geographique, the day is the solar
day, in the length of which no variation
(the range being about 40 minutes) is
recognized. 1t is divided into four parts of
three hours each, which are indicated by
stretching the arm or pointing to the east
for sunrise; 40 toward the east for 8
o'clock; toward the zenith for noon; 45o
toward the west for 8 O'Clock; and hori-
hour has its name, that for sunrise mean
ing "early," and that for sunset, "the sun
is dead" If a native is asked how long it
will take to go to a certain village, he will
answer by pointing to where the sun stands
at starting, and toward where it will be
when the point is reached. Thus he in
dicates the number of hours BY the astro-
nomical angle corresponding with them.
Four days form week, and each day has
its name. Public markets are distinguished
by the name of the day on which they are
held and of the chief, village, or group Of
villages that control them.
OeFeu IOuI-udy WceAs IOrm uoutu,
which corresponds with the lunar month
Long durations OF time are expressed in
moons; the black does not take account Of
years. Although he distinguishes the
seasons and recognizes their periodicity, he
has no fixed point by which to determine
the revolution of the sun The five seasons
of the Kongo are that of abundant and con-
tinuous rains (from the middle Of February
to the middle of May): that Of the end Of
the great rains and the beginning of the dry
season, when the grass grows high (middie
of May to middle of JULY; the dry season,
continuing to the middle of September
also the season of great hunts; the beginning
of the lesser rainy season, when the sapotas
begin to grow (middle of September till the
end of November), and the season Of de-
creasing rains, or lesser dry season, when
the sapotas are eatable December, January
and early February. The phases of the
moon are understood. The new moon is
called the child moon, and the moon as its
last quarter the dead moon.
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THE HYPHENATED NAME
In Francs It Is Not Affectation but Had It's
Origin in Necessity.

In Franc. It Is Not Affectation but Had It's
Origin in Necessity.
Double, or hyphenated names are rare in
this country and are almost always pure af-
fectations formed by uniting middle name,
given in baptism, to the patronymic. And
SO, when one is not intent upon being very
polite, Mr.. Mortimer-Smith Is properly
addressed as Mr. Smith. But in France
they are very common, and quite as COM
mon in the middle and lower Is IN the
upper classes On half the shop fronts
throughout Provincial France one reads
double names, sometimes with very gran
diloquent and sometimes with very comic
combinations. But they are not affecta-
tions OF the same sort as ours. They are al
ways formed as Bastien- -Lepage's was
formed, and the custom, think, arose in
small communities where only a few pat
ronymics existed and it was needful in some
way to distinguish the children of one
brother or cousin from those of another.
Scandinavian peasants, we know, do this
by saying 'John's John Smith," or more
exactly, "John Johns son Smith" But
French peasants do it as the Bastiens did,
which is almost the same way that is chosen
by the Spaniards, who would say "Bastien-
and-Lepage." And in informal speech, of
course, it is always the maternal name that
is dropped So when artists speak of
Bastien-Lepage, of Dagnan- -Bouveret, or of
Puvis de Chavannes simply as Bastien,
Dagnan or Puvls, they are using his proper
patronymic, not being unduly familiar with
the "given" name of . celebrity.
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ENGLISH STANDARDS OF MEASURE.

The ofaoIal Inspection Which Is Made
Every Twenty Years.
Illustrated News of the world.l
An official act regularly performed at the
interval of 20 years, and therefore Of some
historical, as we'll as practical and scientific
interest, took place at Westminster on Sat-
urday, April 2. 1t is generally known that
all British or Imperial weights and measures
are regulated by standard units, pound
and yard, which are in charge of the Board
of Trade. These are kept at the Standards
Department, Old Palace Yard, Westmin-
ster, and copies of them are supplied to the
Royal Mint, to the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, and to the Royal Society of Lon
don. They are always available for refer
ence. But the Board of Trade standards are
made in accordance with primary standards
which are sealed up and deposited, for
safety, in a walled-up recess in the interior
of the Houses of Parliament
The "Imperial Standard of Measure" is a
solid square bar of bronze, on which is
marked the length of the standard yard of
So inches between two lines of little gold
studs. The Imperial Standard of Weight"
is a platinum cylinder, nearly 1.35 inches
in height and LIB inches in diameter.
These imperial standards of measure and
weight were constructed in 1874, were legal
lied in 1856 and are now adopted in all
British colonies and dependencies. They
are very carefully preserved. The pound
weight, for instance, is inclosed in a case of
silver gilt, in another case of solid bronze,
then placed in a mahogany box; this is put
into leaden case, and the whole sealed up
in an oaken box. A periodical examina-
tion is necessary, for which two instru-
ments have been devised; microscope
comparator, which will detect an error of
the one hundred-thousandth part of an
inch, and a balance of precision, which will
show variation of the ten.thousandth part
of grain. The examination was made in
the presence of the Speaker, with the Clerk
of the House of Commons and others
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without a confning band, but this is an
aesthetic mistake. 1t is fashionably finished
round the top with bertha rufle. This
may fall over the sleeve or be caught up on
the shoulders with a bow. A plain binding
will be in good taste, as seen in the dancing
dress illustrated, but standing rufae is bad;
it is indefinite and characterlessL The
short sleeve is either a big
puff or rufle la russie of varying length
The first is the better model, making more
agreeable outline. The skirt of any dress
is simply hemmed, or it may be tucked, or
garnished with rows of velvet ribbon, or, If
of fine muslin, with rows of insertion.
Other skirt trimmings devised for novelty
mostly lack elegance. All skirts are straight
and gathered on.
The guimpe itself is properly of more
delicate material than the frock and of
different quality and color. The idea this
model should convey is that of a low-necked
frock over an under garment worn to pro-
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though both of these fabrics are suit
able for gimpe. The yoke dress is ap-
propriate when little extra warmth is to
be given or suggested. Thus an ecru
pongee may have a yoke and sash OF brown
velvet; or it may have. the yoke, of the
same ground, covered with Russian model
work in colors, and sash of one Of the
colors, or a belt of the needle-work. A yoke
frock or challi strewn with Dresden china
fgures-a fabric design prepared especially
for chIldren-is illustrated herewith. The
yoke and cuffs rre of velvet of harmonic
ing color. The yoke for child should be
straight on its lower edge and should be
deep enough to nearly or quite include the
armhole.
Another waist design has rufde bretelles
back and front. narrowing as they descend.
and meeting at the waist line. On the
shoulders these ruff1es should be sewed
nearer to the neck than the armholes, and
the part OF the waist outside and below
them should be gathered, as to suggest that
the rufle has been made by opening and
turning the waist over. The inner waist
thus displayed may be of velvet or Of lace.
It may be on the same lining, but if separate
the effect will be more artistic, as said
above. The dress illustrated il OF hello
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To Go With the Pudding.

Sauce Zebai is one of the daintiest possible
finishes for almost any kind of pudding and
especially for those varieties whose basis is
cake. 1t is very easy to make, if you will
be careful: Break the yolks of sir eggs into
a saucepan with half a cup of sugar, and
halt cup OF pale she rrv. Begin beating
when placed oyer the fire, this fire must be
very siow-and heat constantly until the
mixture 10 mass of foam. If 1t remain
over the fire half q minute longer than
necessary 1t eurdles and spoila
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in Paris To follow either extreme is not
essential
Among hats for girls over eight may be
found some happily lacking that element Of
eccentricy which milliners for the past
few seasons have imposed on unresisting
childhood. The eccentric hats, however,
form the bulk of the present market, look
ing as though made out of the leavings Of a
millinery junk shop .put together In q
lunatic asylum. A good and also fashion
able hat is one of fancy openwork yellow
straw, low fat crowned and wide brimmed,
narrowing or turned up at the back,
without undertaking, permitting the
wind to blow through and making it COM
mendably light in weight. These have
about the crown q wreath of flowers tied at
intervals with knots of ribbon. Sometimes
there is wreath near the edge also. A
beautiful combination with dark yellow
straw and white ribbon, and roses with vel
low centers. Another very elegant one
would be trimmed simply with nacri rib
bon, which is a changeable imitation of
mother of pearl, passed around the crown
and tied in front in an Alsatian bow.
The coat for play and common service
worn by girls of over is a scarlet, or blue,
or black REFER of serge or ladies' cloth,
with ecru collar and cuffs feather-stitched
with the color. More elegant ones are long,
with plain waist and the skirt gathered on.
The one seen in the illustration is of gray
wool, and has the fronts turned back and
faced with black velvet.
Charming hats and sunbonnets of muslin,
for tiny girls of from to years, are made
with shirrs aud trimmed with rosettes of the
same muslin, edged with valenciennes lace
or embroidered. They are in white, pink,
lilac and other colors, and are so made that
L L L r. Il. Il NJ
are also coats of ribbed pique, in colors, with
caps to match. The coats are double
breasted, with q cane covering the hand,
and are trimmed with white needle work.
A beautiful one is of cardinal red Other
coats for these small ones are made of
bengaline, with lace about the shoulders.
ADA BACHE- CONE
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CHAPTER vi
A DOUBLE ALARM.

1t was 9 o'clock in the evening, according
TO the ships chronometer, vet the sun shone
into the port window as unblusbingly as
If it were noon. Upon a transom or bunk
lay Royal Sterne. The natty young man
looked more like an Esquimau in his super
abundant fur clothes As yet he could not
persuade himself to wear the thick wooden
mittens which were designed to protect his
hands from the withering cold How, pray,
was he to hold his cigarette?
Both he and Jack Hardy were considera-
ably troubled. Their recent escape from
death as sudden as the evaporation of met
eorites when they impinge on our atmos-
phere, disconnected the enthusiastic couple.
The one had undertaken the trip because
st was great fun," the other in search of
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tect neck and arms. The guimpe IS there
fore usually white, and the frock should
contrast with it by having considera-
BILE color. A gay hued silk, or
a bright lowered one, over a
white guimpe is charmingly effect
tive. I have seen Japanese black silk
over violet guimpe on miss of II that
was an enchanting success. The guimpe
frock is the best model this year for
party dresses Simulated guimpes made on
the lining with the frock never look well.
The natural movement between the two
separate parts is missed, and an outrage is
done to the imagination.
The guimpe frock loses character in pro-
portion as the frock is pale in hue, and for
fabrics with little color another design
should be chosen. The yoke dress is good
supplementary model for fabrics with pale
grounds, like challi; which need contrast
with dark to give them character, for a
yoke should always be of heavier, or darker,
material, or at least give the appearance of
more strength, and for a colored ground
should never be of white embroidery or lace,
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spur9eon's Description of Gout,

Though gout is generally reckoned a dis
ease of rich men and free lvers, one of the
worst of sufferers from it was the eminent
English minister who died recently, Rev.
Charles H. Spurgeon. He had inherited it
from his father, "with other exceIlences," :"
as he said. A friend once said to him: "Mr.
Spurgeon, what is gout like?" The great
preacher smiled sadly. eff you put your
hand in a vise." he said, ''and let man
press as hard as he can, that is rheumatism;
and if he can be got to press little harder,
that is gout"
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Fennel as a Food.

The old fashined fennel whose plumy
leaves were so priced by our grandmothers,
not only because they were such pretty
addition to the roses and pinks and sweet
williams and bachelors buttons in a nose
CAV, but because they impaired a pungent
fragrance when placed within their linen
chests, is eaten with great relish in Italy,
either fresh with bread and cheese, or
cooked as a vegetable. In the latter event
the silvery, bulbous root is first boiled until
almost tender and then put in a saucepan
where it is stewed with butter or rich stock,
and salted and peppered to taste.
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of good lens. The plants to be examined
are cabbage, mignonette, caulifower, mus
tard, turnip, radish, sweet alyssum, gilly-
flower and nasturtium.
The caterpillar of this butterfly Gig. a.
is small pale green fellow, very finely
dotted with black, with a rather indistinct
yellowish stripe down its back and faint
row of yellow dots along each side. When
found it may be taken home and placed in a
rearing box or jar, and fresh leaves of its
food-plant be given to 1t every day. 1t
food should be kept fresh. 1t will grow
rapidly, will shed its skin three or four
times, and at the end of a very few weeks
will be ready to transform to a chrysalis
such as is shown IN Fig 8 b. In going
through this important transformation the
caterpillar will crawl away from its food
and fasten by its hind legs to some part of
its cage Out of doors it usually seeks
shelter on the Lodges of palings and the
sides Of houses.
1t Spins Girdle Of Silk.
In addition to fastening its hind legs into
a little button of silk, it spins a sllken
girdle round the middle of its body. and the
method in which this is accomplished is full
of interest 1t remains in tho chrysalis
state for about two week, when the white
butterfly will burst the she'll of the chrysalis
and crawl out with its wings at first
crumpled up; these will fully expand and
the insect be capable of flight within an
hour or so. This life-round takes place sew
eral times during the growing season. The
insect passes the winter in the chrys sails
state.
The making of notes should begin at the
time the first butterfly is captured. Every
collector should have notebook, and each
kind of insect studied should be given q
number and should haxe a page or more
allotted to it. Suppose Oh cabbage butter
fly to be the first insect observed; give it
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Masked Venom.

Does anybody imagine that he or she can
breathe air impregnated with malaria for
any length of time and yet go scatheless7
Ii any such there be let them incur the risk
and then doubt. The poison in disguise as
surely enters the system IS a dose OF prussic
acid swallowed with suicidal intent Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is the sole reliable
defense against the malarial virus. Rheu-
matism, dyspepsia and constipation are
remedied by it.
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First Requisite OF a Nurse.

Aprime requisite Of the nurse is Delsartean
ease and surety. Do all your work gently,
quickly, deftly. Do not stumble over
things or bang them against each other or
the bed in moving them. Cultivate the
browning manner OF light hand aud foot
Hold what you grasp, and learn how to let
go without violence. Spills, falls, tippings,
ovsrsettings are not pleasant anywhere
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When Railroads Are Busiest.


The day of the year when the English
railway companies carry most passengers
undoubtedly is the first Monday in August,
because Easter Monday and Whit Monday
occur at seasons when the weather is less
genial and more unsettled. On fine Whit
Mondays, however, the number of people
who travel by rail is almost as great as on
August Bank Holiday,
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The London Idea OF Chicago.

Illustrated News OF the W orldJ
Overheard at the Savoy Hotel:
Stranger (who is caressing little Ameri-
eau girl from Chieago)-Whose dear little
pet are you? The child replies, 'I'm papa's
little girl"
Stranger-And are you not mammals little
girl too? 'tNo," returned the child, ''the
decree gave me to papa"
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FASHIONS FOR GIRLS.

Pretty Costumes to Set on the Beauty OF
the Charming Little Creatures - The
= Guimpe Form Leads-Tho Styles In
Hats and Coats-Materials.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH1
Out of heterogeneous variety in the
gowns for little girls, some two or three
general forms may be selected as fairly
representing fashion and being at the same
time capable of producing beautiful and
artistic results.
The guimpe form still leads in popularity
for girls up to IA. The low waist. when 1t
is gathered, should always have belt or
sash. Many seamstresses make the gathers
of the waist meet the gathers of the skirt,
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BY HERBERT D. WARD.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

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IN
a
gold
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BueINE is non-poisonous to human life, but
ts the most deadly bane to insect life. Is
cents ct all dealers. Give IL trial.
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trope and white cotton, with an inner waist
of heliotrope.
There is choice this season between the
long waist and short skirt, and the short
waist and long skirt. Both extremes are in
vogue. The short skirt Just covers the
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CHILDREN AT FORTY.

How the Mother of Gustave Dore Re-
tanned Control of Her Famed Sons.
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with spoiled -four, can be safely used. Much
good preventive work can be done by catch
Ing the butterflies every day as they fly
about the cabbage patch.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-04-05
Church items.

Winchester Presbytcry will meet
in the Kent Street church, Winches-
ter, April 18th.
Subject of sermons of Rev. NJ. S.
Read at Baptist Church next Sun
day: IL A. NJ, "Why God Hides
HimseIf;" 1880 p. NJ, "a Kiss
That Pays"
Rev. H. S. Smell, of the U. B.
Church, will preach on the first and
third Sundays of each month at
Zoar at 10:30 A. NJ. and at Shenan-
doah Junction at z 80 p. NJ.
Services at Shenandoah Junction
by Rev. N. S. Read will be held every
End and 4th Sunday, instead of LIST
and 3rd as heretofore. Please bear
in mind the change is to the End and
4th Sundays.
Bishop Peterkin has announced
appointments for Shepherdstown
May 4, Harper's Ferry May 5,
Charles Town (Zion) May 6, and
est. Phillips) May z, st. Andrews
(Mountain) and Ripon May 8.
The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be administered in the Pres
byterian Church in this place on Sun
day, April 10. Preparatory services
beginning Friday night. Preaching
Saturday morning by Rev. Mr..
Woodwork, and annual congrega-
tionaI meeting after preaching.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-04-05

Thos. j. Manning and John Porter
field detained at the last meeting of
the c. NJ. A. Literary Society. A.
f. Kennedy and Clayton L. Haines
in the affirmative, and John Hopkins
and j. w. Latimer in the negative.
were the dehators on the question
SIS the farmer q greater benefit to a
community than the manufacturer?
Merits of the debate decided in the
negative. H. G. Shirley and White
Trapnel were appointed in the affirm
alive, and Charlie Stonesifer and
William TrapneIl in the negative, for
next debate-question: "Is lie ever
iustifiable?" II. w. and Augustine
Willis were appointed declaimers.-
Motion made by J. b. Richardson to
have public debate on the last Fri
day in each month. Motion to he
discussed at next meeting.