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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Shot HIS Young S,oeetheart,

KANSAS CITY. No., Nov. 2S.-Charles
Schwartz. an employe OF the stockvards,
shot and fatally wounded Bessie Hosier,
the 16.year- old daughter of James Hosier,
and then attempted suicide by shooting
himself in the head. His wound is not
serious. The cause of the shooting was the
objection of the girls parents to her mar
rage with him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Racing staotes burned.

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., Nov. 2S.-A fire
last night at the Rancocas stock farm at
Jobstown, the property of Pierre Lorillard,
destroyed the large racing stables and
caused loss OF about $4,000. None OF
the horses were burned. The fire is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Senator Yoorhees Improping.

TERRE HAUTE. IND. Nov. 2S.-Sena-
tor ID. w. Voorhees, and Miss Hattie
voorhees, will return TO Washington on
Monday. He is steadily i'm approving and
MS physician says there is no reason why
he may not be restored to health.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Earntno. Of m, Burrinoton.

CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 2S.-Net earnings
OF the Burlington Railroad system for
the month of October were 81, 800 492, for
the same month last year $500, 757, in
crease $2U7, 735. Net earnings for the period
between January / and October 81. ST. 749,-
2O9, an increase of $425 $40 compared
with the same period last year. The in
crease In last months earnings was in the
freight department, being SIP, 608.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Gets Fife Imprisonment.

CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 2S.-After being
convicted by jury and his punishment
fixed at death Daniel Carroll. murderer,
was to-day allowed to withdraw his plea
of not guilty and substitute one of guilty.
Judge Burke then sentenced him to life
imprisonment. The change was permit
ted on account of CarrolIs youth, he be-
ing but 19 years old.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Green Mounfain Gnme

MADEIRA, CAL, Nov. zs.-D. b. Harris,
Judge j. W. Bearrup and George Teaford
OF this place returned this morning from
a hunting trip to Green Mountain. They
brought with them a large black bear and
a California lion. They report hunting
for large game good in the foothills, the
unusually heavy snow driving the game
down from the mountains.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Dnmages for Libel.

OMAHA. NEBR., Nov. 2s.-The Daily
World Herald to-day secured verdict of
$1,000 in its libe suit against the Bee. The
action was brought year ago because OF
an article then published in the Bee, al
leging that the World Herald was insol-
vent and did not pay its employees.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Louisritlr,s sqmabble.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 2s.-Judge
Tony this morning was petitioned to grant
q new trial IN the case OF the Republican
City Council and the Mayor, whom he en-
joined from removing the Democratic
Board OF Public Safety. The Mayor will
now institute new impeachment proceed.
ings.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Peculiar Acctdent Near La Grnuo,

MODESTO, CAL, Nov. 2S-Coroner
Mcneil and Deputy Bowker last night
reached Modesto with the BODY of
French-Canadian named Henry Geno-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Rnoe. Close at Lerinnton.

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 2s.-It was the
intention OF the management to continue
racing over Monday, but in consequences
of the bad weather they decided to close
to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Grossly Mtsrepresented.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 2s.-The
following special cablegram was received
from Rome tonight by the Catholic Stand
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
In Jaff at ToDeka

TOPEKA. KANs, Nov. 2s.-Joseph Pear
son, who claims to be son of wealthy
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

politician of San Francisco, is now. in ths
county Jail awaiting trial for assault. The =
complaining witness Is Maggie. Watson, a
domestic, who claims tnat he attempted j..
to assault her. He denies the charge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Hosiery, I21c.


them We've
all trimmed Felt
Some novelties them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
Whers su!cldc is LegaIized.

Among the Chinese the privilege of
committing suicide is accorded to Of
tenders of very high rank, and is con-
ferred upon them by sending "the
silken cord" When this is received,
the doomed man takes some of his
nearest relatives and most valued
friends to his house, fastens the silken
cord, places himself on stool, passes
the moose around his neck and then
leaps of the stool and dies. =
Among the Japanese che upper
classes are privileged to perform the
hari-kari, or '.happy despatch" If o
Japanese official has failed in some
duty he applies for this privilege. at
the appointed time he assemblies his
friends, dresses himself in white,
gives ap entertainment and makes q
speech npon the position in which he
Is place..
lie then takes the fatal knife and
begins his hari-ksri, but as soon as he
has made slight cut across cne of
his veins his head Is swept off, He is
then supposed to have died an honor.
able death, and to have earned for
himself reputatio, IS brsve man ;
his Family are proud Of him lnl his
memory is reyeyenced. ~ York
Msrcury.
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JACKET OF GRAY BOX CLOTH.

In the second large illustration light
gray cloth is simply decorated with
SILK soutache braid in darker shade,
handsome fancy smoked pearl buttons
closing the loose fronts in double
breasted style. The jacket is of fash
ionsbie length, the back being closely
adjusted by. side back cores and o
curved centre seam that are sprung
below the waist line to give the fash
ionable rippled effect. The stole sailor
collar is included in the seam with the
rolling collar and closes comfortably
at The neck in centre front. Full puffs
are gathered and stylishly arranged
over coat shaped sleeves that have deep
cuff facings of cloth trimmed at the
wrists with double row of braid.
Jackets in this style are serviceable
and comfortable after heavy coats are
laid by, and can be made from plain
or fancy cloths in any becoming color
or of material to match the dress.
The quantity of material A inches
wide required to make this REFER for
child six years of age is 8 yards.
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native tribes. By boiling it is con-
verted into tolerable sugar, or jag
gerry, the only sweet known to him.
Eight gallons of toddy yield the Gin
galese two gallons of a delicious liquid
which they call "pervin," sort of
thin maple syrup, SO to speak.
The she'll of the cocoanut takes q
high polish, and when cut in two forms
convenient and durable cup or other
needfu1 vessel. The husk OF coir sur
rounding the nut yields the best fiber
possible for braiding into ropes or
cables, especially as such cables float
and are practically indestructible by
water. One of these cables, four inches
thick aud $50 feet long, together with
numerous other coir articles, can bs
seen in the galleries of the Field Col
umbian Museum. The. Polynesians
twist and braid this fiber into small
cords that serve in house construction
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ssThe finest collection of temperance
texts and precepts I ever saw is in
esloon in my town." said Henry T.
Thompson, OF Iowa City, Iowa, to the
Washington Star. ''The proprietor
Of the saloon is the son Of very
wealthy man in the East, who former
Iy travelled for his father. Whisky was
his bane and finally, at the close of
one of his sprees, the father discharged
him, sent him $40, 900 in cash and told
him thas it was the last cent he would
ever get. The SON sobered up and
made up his mind to two things, that
he would geJ back the money he had
spent and he would discourage drunk
enness. he fitted up an elegant bar,
over which was inscribed, Swine is
mocker," and elsewhere are notices,
"At last it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder" At one end
of the room is o handsome painting
portraying with wonderful vividness
the drunkard's fate. Along the bar
are inlaid the words, "A drunkard
cannot enter the kingdom Of heaven. !"
II man is intoxicated he cannot buy
o drink in the saloon at any price, and
the saloon keeper claims to be doing
a temperance work. incidentally hS
hes stopped drinking and is getting
y;oh
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HOT AIR HEATING.
Practical Suggestions for This Method
of Warming Houses. g

Practical Sugges tions for This Method
of Warming Houses. g
copyrighted 1850
When o man starts out to build Q
house, after having settled the ques-
ton of location, size, price and gener-
al style, the most important matter
that remains to be decided is the
method of heating. The larger pro-
portion of dwellings make use of the
air system, and, all things considered,
there is none that is more satisfactory.
Hot air furnaces offer very convenient
means of communicating warmth to a
dwelling of almost any dimensions
its special advantage being that if it
is properly managed it constantly
brings into the house large body of
fresh mir, and so contributes most ma
terially to the ventilation of the build
ing.
This is effected by n furnace placed
in the lower portion of the house,
which being duly provided with fues
and registers, heats and distributes
through all parts of the establish
ment quantity Of fresh air in pro-
portion to the dimensions and capac-
ity Of the air chamber in which it is
placed. A fundamental point OF this
system is the supply of pure air to
this air chamber, which should be
provided by o duct or air passage
from that side of the house on which
the air is likely to be the most pure.
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Second FLoor

Tie first impression OF this house is,
ifbuilt in the northern part OF the
United States, some people might say
that the chimney being on the out
side ,of the house instead of being run
up through the centre, that the open
fireplace IN the parlor would not give
heat; it is not so. If the house faces
the forth the furnace should be about
under the centre of the parlor, draw
ing through the chimney nearest it;
if the house faces the south it should
be about under the kitchen where the
word s'down" is shown In the floor
plan, drawing principally through the
chimney shown IN the floor plan run
ming through the kitchen and the bed
room in second floor, and if the cold
air duct is as large in the aggregate as
in the hot Dir pipes every room should
be Sufficiently warm enough to heat
the house seventy degrees in zero
weather.
This house would cost about $4,000
-including the heating apparatus,
range and mantel-built within 100
miles Of New York City, although in
many sections of the country the cost
should be much less where labor or
materials are cheaper.
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A PRICELESS PALM.
or ALL TREES THE CoCoANUT
rs THE MOST VALUABLE.
The Sea Vehicle for IT'S Wide
Distribution and Propagation
Many Uses to Which
1t Is Put.

~ F the $50 or more known
palms, the ,ocosnut palm is
at once the most graceful, the
most picturesque and the
most useful, 1t is to this tree that
Pu1chas quantity refers in his Pilgrim
age, when he says. 'But OF greater
admiration is the coque tree, being the
most profitable tree, in the world, of
which in the Island of Maldina they
make and furnish whole ships" A
further IDEA of its numerous uses is
limited at in the oriental saying that /:
,'The attributes of the cocoa would fill
a volume" The Ceylonese claim that
it has as many uses as there are days in
the year, in substantiation of which
they exhibited at the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition just 365 uses of this
wonderful palm.
With many other plants that have
been cultivated by man since prehis-
toric times the exsst origin Of the CO.
Goa is not known, though 1t doubtless
came originally from some group Of
islan6s either in the Pacific or the In.
dian Ocean. The greatest difficulty
in locating its first home is due to the
wonderful provision nature has made
in its fruits for the distribution OF the
species. The preponderance of fact
and ancient historical data would seem
to point, however, to an East Indian
rather than Pacific source. It's pres.
ence on the east coast ofSouth Amer
lea, on the coast and islands of the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
and on the west coast of Africa is
known to be due to recent introduc-
tion by civilized men.
The cocoanut palm varies in height
from flfty to 100 feet. It's slender
trunk is never rigidly erect, like that
of the royal palm, but leans in grace
fal curve, ascending in its growth.
Its foliaged summit is o crown of
dropping and ever waving feathery
leaves, always grandly picturesque.
Although the tree is now cultivated in
all tropical countries, often at quite q
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where we would use nails, while the
whole husk needs but to be cut in two
lengthwise to form an excellent pair
of scrubbing brushes. The utility of
the nut does not cease here, for the
ripe meat yields, on pressure or heat
ing in the sun, 6, fine oil for cooking
or Illuminating purposes, as we'll as for
the toilet. Nothing obtainable is
more refreshing under the blazing
tropic sun than anointing the body
with clean, sweet cocoanut oil. Large
quantities of this oil are shipped to
various countries, where it is used in
making pharmaceutic preparations and
in the manufacture of candles and
soaps.
Not only does the fruit furnish the
native with fire, water and food, bnt
the tree his house and all its comforts.
The wood is soft internally but hard
externally. Small trees are thus reaa-
lily converted into system of water
pipes or other useful tubes. When
old and past fruiting the whole trunk
becomes hard, forming the well-known
porcupine wood of commerce, and
much used where the trees grow for
corner posts and rafters of dwellings.
The leaves, usually from twelve to
fifteen in number, of which from five
to six are produced each year as the
old ones drop off, are from eighteen
to twenty feet long, and make an ex-
cellent thatching for both the roof and
sides of buildings. Before unfolding
these leaves are Enclosed 10 o fibrous
sheath, which is used as o sieve or
strsiner, and again for clothing and
bedding, while the young unfolded
leaf is cooked end eaten like cab
bage. The base OF the old leavesis ex-
panded until it half clasps the trunk,
and the midrib stripped OF its lighter
leaf tissue forms hard and durable
shovel or paddle, as need may require.
By splitting up this expanded part an
excellent broom results, or by remov-
ing it and sharpening the midrib a
spear or arrow is readily formed. The
leaves are also made into fans, para
soils and beds, and the sheathes into
fish nets and hammocks, while the
leaflets serVe as paper when written
upon with q sharpened piece of the
midrib. The smaller ribs are con.
verted by splitting into neat hair
combs, while the whole leaf makes nm
excellent torch, whose resulting ashes
yield potash that in turn converts
the oil OF the nut into ono of the finest
of soaps.
In the collections in the botanical
department. of the Field Museum may
be found twines, ropes. mats, cloth,
rugs, brushes and various other utili-
cations of the cocoa fiber, as well
as many of the nuts in section,
showing the various useful portions OF
the fruit, together with other kindred
palm nuts that yield oils and products
of somewhat less extended use. Among
these the most curious are the
quadrangular cocoanuts OF the South
Sea Islands and the great coco de mer,
or sea cocoanut, of the Indian Ocean,
the latter being the largest tree fruit
known, often weighing over fifty
pounds. In shape this sea cocoanut
much resembles twin growth, and
its peculiar form, as we'll as its great
size, give rise to many varied anil SUI
persiitious legends among the peoples
OF the East African and West Indie
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-06-03
The Chinaman and the Piano.

There was Cinnamon who has a
laundry on Market street, who went
to musical q few days ago. The
press agent for the show struck up
quite an acquaintance with John and
gave him ticket. 80 John went.
I happened to be in the laundry
when John returned from the enter
tainment. He and his partner have
not been In this country very long,
and it was the first time John had
heard o piano. won't attempt to
give the dialect, but this is the way he
described the instrument to his fol-
low.countryman:
"They had a four-legged beast
which the people could make sing at
will. A man, or woman, or even a
feeble girl sits down in front of the
animal and step on its tail, while ut
the same time hitting its white teeth
with his or her ingers, and then the
creatures begin to sing. The singing,
though much louder than bird, is
pleasant to listen to. The beasts does
not bite, nor does it move, although 1t
was not tied up during the whole even
ing."- louisville (Ky.) Commercial.
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SAILOR SUIT For BOYS.

Navy blue cloth made this attrac.
tive suit, the broad sailor collar, cuffs
and shield being of white serge, deco
rated with rows of narrow blue braid.
The blouse is fitted with shoulder and
under.arm seams, an elastic being In
serted in the hem that finishes the
lower edge to adjust it in true sailor
style. The fronts are closed invisibly,
but buttons and buttonholes can be
used if SO preferred. The broad sailor
collar ends in pointed lapels that are
joined to the cut-away neck in front,
the shield portion being simulated by
facing on the underwaist, which is
disclosed between the lapels. A pocket
is inserted on the left front. The
sleeves are gathered top and bottom
and finished with round cuffs at the
wrists, neatly trimmed with rows Of
braid. The knee trousers are shaped
by inside and outside leg seams, small
hip darts fitting them closely at the
top. The closing is at the sides, where
pockets are made, and hip pocket
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But the objections cited against stove!
when made with thin plates of metal
without any lining to protect them
from becoming red hot apply with
equal force to q vast majority of hot
air furnaces now in use. Air deliy
cred from furnace should never ex'
ceed the temperature indicated by 12C
degrees Fahrenheit; where the heat
reaches $50 degrees to $50 degrees OF
the point of delivery, the effects are
undoubtedly pernicious.
The principle to be attended to IL
construction of all hot mir furnaces Il
to generate and communicate the
greatest amount of heat with o giyer
quantity of fuel, without producing
any change in the breathing property
of the air. a common fault is that
the water pan is allowed to become
5emptys SO that the heated air has that
dry and stuffy quality ofwhich many
people Justly complain. But with
water constantly evaporating in the
furnace, with cold air drawn from out
doors, and with such an arrangement
of pipes that every room will receive
its due proportion of heat, there is no
system more satisfactory for ordinary
houses, nor is any more economical
An important consideration.
Many house-holders urge objection
to the hot air system that at first
glance seem to be we'll founded. They,
themselves, have these furnaces and
they never tire of recounting their
tribulations with them. They say
that there are certain rooms in their
houses that never get particle OF
heat, although they force the furnace
SO that it eats up coal by the ton and
makes the rest of the house unbear.
able; and often an impression exists
that certain pipes and registers will
always be favored, and that one or
more generally the one to the north)
is bound to go without heat. Such
people will at once dispute the asser-
tion that each pipe can be male to
draw as we'll as its fellows, and that
every register, properly managed, will
throw out its quota of heat.
The one prime fault with most hot
air heaters is that the cold dir box j:
very much too small. The size of this
is generally left to the judgment Of
the carpenter and builder, and ii
made small so as not to be in the way.
1t is simply a physical fact that nc
more hot air can be sent out of the
furnace than cold air goes in. If the
cold box has an. aperture of five
square feet, and the hot ali
pipes aggregate ten square feet.
it stands to reason that half o.
the hot air pipes will be starved. Al
easy test of the matter is this: Wait
until you have ahot fire in your fur
mace, and then open all the registers
and hold o lighted candle before each
one in turn. If there is o dowr
draught through one or more of the
registers, the furnace, starved for colo
air, is drawing through one o
those with the least upward draught
in order to discharge it when heated
through the others. If your hot ali
furnace fails to give satisfaction, ant
is of reliable make and in good con
dition, investigate your cold air sup
ply first of all; then see that each o.
the hot mir pipes is taken only from
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the drier tropic countries. In course
of time, as the fruit ripens, this water
becomes in most part of tho consis-
tence Of cream, and finally deposits
within the great embryo sack thick
layer OF "meat" IN which the relatively
tiny embryo lies. This coating con-
stitutea almost theSentire food of the
natives of many countries, and that OF
their domesticated animals. Even the
skinny, fearsome dog shat detects in
his every approach to man an oppor-
tunity to receive a cuf or kick will
rush frantically 20 your side should
you pick up coconut and break it.
sure of his poor meal within the shell
you later cast away.
the spathe that contains the flowers
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wrists with pointed, faring cuffs. a
standing collar completes the neck.
The full, round skirt is gathered at
the top and sewed with cord to the
lower edge of waist, Q placket being
fnished At. the back where it islapped
deeply with The closing in centre.
Dresden, taffeta and wash silks, cash
mere, crepon and mixed wooden novel
ties, percale, grass linen, batiste,
dimity, gingham, cambria, or other
wash fabrics will make extremely be-
coming and sweetly simple summer
dresses by the mode.
The quantity of material "A inches
wide required to make this dress for
girl eight years of age is p yards.
Design and hints are by May Manton.
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the new gowns becoming. A pretty
idea is to have a ruff of chiffon, made
with two little clusters of flowers, one
at each side, and from the flowers %
jabot of chiffon falls over the gown.
The flower collarette is much III evi.
dence. 1t is very fetching, made of
silk-petaled blossoms. With dark
cloth gown colarette OF scarlet pop
pies is most charming. When small
flowers are used they are arranged in
little clusters and alternate with loops
of velvet or rosettes Of luce.
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CHILDREN'S DRESS.
sEAsoNABLE GARMENTS WORN
BY THE LITTLE ONES.
a Girl's Dress Of French Wool Challie
Little Girls Jacket Of Gray.
Box Cloth-Boy's Sailor
Blouse Suit.

TN the first double-column illustra-
tion French wool challie having
leaf green dots on pale pink
ground is dainty trimmed with
bucrre-colored, narrow lace edging and
insertion, over green satin ribbon.
The dress is exceedingly simple in its
construction and stylish in effect, so
prettily pointed on its edges. The
PLAN waist has q box plait in centre
front that is decorated on each edge
with lace edging. The leg.o'-mutton
sleeves are fashionably full; they are
gathered at the top and finished at the
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IL is not generally known that the
United States Government is building
q ship railway. It has under construc-
ton around The Dalles Of the Colum-
bia, in Oregon, ship railway to ac-
commodate boats weighing, with
cargo, 600 tons The canal will be
between eight and nine miles in
length, and the rise at the lower end
viii be from fifty to eighty feet, ac-
cording to the state of the tide, and it
will require about an hour and half
to transport boat from the river to
the river again.