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on both sides. Bows are generally made
of two or three shades, sometimes of foar
the pieces Of ribbon being tied up together
and the lpons afterward drawn out one
from under the other. not spread cut t.
their entire width. but plcated with the
fingers and with the edges turned over or
under. Even SO, very v",u!linous bow is
obtained, often making one with a coil Of
the same ribbons encrcling the crown; the
bow is generally placed at the side of the
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that preceded them. Scarlcts. criIns0ns and
pinklsh mauve cloth gowns brighten the
dull winter days. Trimmed with fur these
garments are very chic and becoming to
most faces. as pastel is more subIued ;han
the original shade. AstrakEan. Persian
lamb and brOadtail trim these pastel gar
ments-that *, the more expensive ones
while stitchInss and cordiags serve to
beauty the simpler ones.
Paillettes are now 50 dom seen: indeed
one Of the authorities told me the other
day that their vogue was altogether done
The ret robes covered with Daillettes are
now being RELOCATED to the followers not
TO. the leaders. Of fashion. However. steel
embroidery * still seen on blnuses in the
leading shops The b'ruses have slightly
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hat, more or less forward. according as the
rest of the trimming is ARA rged. and the
loops are always InnIe 80 less at an anglia
from the sh2-la. Thy are, # course bet
Ter adapted Il ma tVrl Irques. being too
large for the later. = = hats trimmed with
ribbons in this NAY. ia" H.; al portion Of
the decoration is arranged low. whereas
when there are 40 bows "a nay assume the
aigrette form.
Simplicity ia Costumes
The fashion Of wearing a coat made of
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different material from he skirt that first
originated during .h,. summer months has
Lad the desired effect oil bringing about an
"l.iire change in the style of This season
outdoor attire, which Is particularly favor
able to the home dressmaker. i, enables
Eer TO make up any sCrt Of promenade COS
tune without any Difficulty whatever, for
everything in the construction Of this sea-
sons dresses is as simple rs possible and
easy TO understand.
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Fashion Claims Allegiance to the
Pastel Shades.
PASSING OF The PALETTE
Lace Sleeves and Jeweied Bands
for Short Ones.
TIE BON Plated SKIRT

Special Correspondence Of Tho Evening Star.
PARIS. January - 1870.
January is not good time iy- TIL fash
ion writer. There is so little nov that is
authoritative that il makes the task Of pre-
senting something tAat IS at once novel ard
reliable almost an impossible task in o0k-
ing over the field in search Of an :lsFi:;t-
ton one cannot but he impressed by the
allegiance Of society to pastel cc'2r=: thy
are still with us. ard show TO signs If
abatement in popularity. The soft. neutral
shades are "a relief after The glariEc CO ors
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p"';@h'G fronts. and are trimmed with little
lin" cnibroiti.ri-s Of the steel
PRINCES ANA fur trimmings are seen
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Tidal Wave in a River.

Ga one of many visits to China, Eliza
Ruhaimah Scidmore, author of Java, the
Garden of the East, etc, made visit to
the mouth of the Tsien-tang River to OBJ
serve the great bore of Hang -chau-the
tidal wave that sweeps into that stream
three times year. In the April Century
she thus describes the impressive pheno-
menon as it appeared at night
The moon was riding at the very zenith,
and it dizzied us to look up to it. Each
one stood evenly within the circle of his
own clear cut shadow on the ground, at that
moment of the moon transit, and the bore
was due; but it was calm night, and it
was three-quarters of an hour after our
unaccustomed ears had caught the first far
distant, muttering undcrtone before the
White Thing was seen, ghastly line ad-
yancing as eveHly over the water, and as
quickly, as the dark shadow of an eclipse
sweeps over a landscape. Nearer and
nearer it ruared, growing greater and
whittier, until we could see the whole cas-
eading, bubbling, frothing front, with
spray drops showering from the crest higher
up in moonlight With the roar of awful
waters the dread thing came on, raising its
white crest higher and higher as it licked
the edges of the piles beyond which the
juuks lay There were shouts and yells,
and the usual boatmen' 5 pandemonium let
loose on the junks as the roaring wave ap-
preached. 4 rocket sized, some fire.
crackers sputtered and gongs resounded,
but all small sounds of earth's creatures
were drowned as the fearful White Thing
crashed past, and frightful kissing,
seething, lashing, and swirling of still
higher billows succeeded-the most sinister
sound of water ever heard-all speeding
rushing, whirling madly, irresistibly on.
As the ten-lOot wall of foam reached the
edge of the piiing and the junk platform,
it foated the junks loose at the instant.
Each junk rode to the food fury bow on,
and continued to rise, TO lift itself bodily
up, up, along the sea-wall before ones
fascinated gaze In the fierce after rush
the water went swifter and more swiftly
by, until one had dizzying sense of dan
ger to come, but past fleeing from. Some
thing held one fascinated to the spot, al
though in the fewest minutes, barely
quarter of an hour, two thirds of the whole
body and mass of the flood tide had flung
itself against the wall and, it seemed
might continue TO rise with the same force
for hours \ salt, fresh smell of the sea,
the breath Of the oceans coolest, deepest
under world, came in with the awful tide
\ ghastly mist succeeded. Shreds of
vapor scudded over the triumphant moon,
and the sea curtain fell on one of the
most sensational, spectacular performances
the Pacific Ocean and the moon ever make
together.
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Hand and Machine Labor.


AANt-- -AiN NtAtSAA-N' s''--'-'N-
\ thousand paper bags could formerly
be made in SIX hours and thirty minutes by
hand: they are now made in forty minutes
with the aid Of machine To rule 100
reaus of paper on both sides by hand re
guired 1900 hours; with ruling machine
the work Is done in two hours and thirty
minutes of one man time. In shelling
curn by hand sixty-six hours aud forty
minutes would be required TO shell quan
tity which can be handled by machine in
thirty six minutes \ moving machine
cuts seven times As much grass per hour
As one man can cut with 4 scythe These
examples might be extended indefinitely,
but more forecful Illustration Is found by
considering the total horse power applied
to machines in this country and calculating
how many men it would require TO do the
same work Fer such calculations the
census figures Of $50 must be used.
One horse power is equivalent to the
power of six men Thus, if the work of
63, iSl men in the -four mills of the United
States Is supplemented with the use of
1872, 365 horse power, the power Is equlva
lent 10 the work Of 4, ,5l4, 1870 additional
men. In other words, the power does
seventy -oue times as much work as the
employees. The ratio differs radically in
different industries. MIR Wright finds that
the total horse power used IN the United
States in 1890 was about 5000, 900,
IL 3 RE nnn
men, while only 4,t76, SS4 persons were
emp!oyed, the two kinds OF power having
a ratio Of tc l. \ force of 30, 600, 600
men represents population of $50, 900,
geo so that, if the products Of the manutac-
turing establishments were all made 10y
hand, it would require population Of that
size to 10 il, with none left for agriculture,
trade, transportation mining, forestry, the
professions or any other occupations.
\ still more striking Illustration is found
in our transportation system. In 1890
there were over 30. 900 locomotives in this
country. 1t would take 81, $40, 320 horses
to do their work, or 347, 425, 920 men.
In countries ike China nearly all the work
OI ilalSIlpEtdlloH u hohN
power, aud no further explanation of the
difference between America and Asia is re
quired By the use of steam We are evok
iag aid from the stored up heat in our coal
beds equivalent to the population of the
whole earth, while the Chinaman lets his
coal lie underground, packs his loads on his
back, and does his manufacturing largely
by hand.
Mr. Mulhall, the British statisticiau, cal
culated in 1895 that the use of steam power
had increased fyefold in the United States
in thirty five years thus more than treb
ling the collective working power of the
population He also remarks that the
working energy of one American is more
than double that of one European. Thus
the civilized world, with the United States
leading, is yearly doing greater amount
of useful work, while Asia does no more
than it did a thousand years ago. This
fact alone will explain the demand for the
.'open door and the increasing world
domination of the machine using nations.
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L q. GRIMES.
H. Successor %
T. q, GRIMES a co. AT
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT.
WESTMINSTER. MD.

Hzvsag sgS~vvied To The business Ut the
l4te irgn ei r = Grines a Co., lhe under
egnst sallots ,hy patronage ui lh. firm =
former customers aud the public generally
hss ~ ronpirie . stock ~
CH oiCE GRoC ERIES
a. ran D., inaud "a our rt,y.
CHOICE TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS.
SEW ORLEANS NuLASSES. CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS. CIGARS. To.
KACCO. sc
The hest grade, Of PATENT PROCESS
and FAMILY FLOUR constantly 90 hand AZ
bottom 6gur-s- Wili pay the Highest Prices
tar WHEAT. CORN, RYE, OATS. and all
kinds oi Country Produce
Aseui Tor Iat.u 4 Rauds Blasting Pow
der. ami JalsDu' Dynamit. tor stomp blast
iaE g.. Farmers can b, supplied with the
bs-i quality uf COTTON aud FiANSEED
MEAL. HEAVY NIDDLINGS, BRAN. 1c.
a. lowest prices.
mar - =. .. GRIMES
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Ships Chronometers.

There is popular belief, says the New
York Evening Post, that chronometers,
those delicate pieces of mechanism which
enable the mariner to tell to nicety where
he is upon the ocean, are made only in
England. One will be told even in Maiden
lane that England is chronometer- maker to
the world This was true at one time,
but now, according to shipmasters, Amer
lea turns out excellent chronometers
There are, however, only three American
makers as against numerous British firms
Many of the instruments in use in the
United States Navy are of American make.
These chronometers are purchased on trial
The delicate instrument is subjected to ex-
tremes of temperature, by means of which
Its variations are ascertained. No instru-
ment leaves the maker hands until it has
been thoroughly tested, or before it is three
years old. In this period there is ample
opportunity for developing its peculiarities
When 1t is understood that an error of four
seconds on the part of the chronometer will
put skipper a mile out of his course the
necessity of the most careful and thorough
test is apparent.
Even when an instrument has been test
ed tc the satisfaction of the experts, and
has been finally adjusted, only skilled
man can be allowed to carry it from the
workshop to the ship. One firm alone has
dozen of these carriers constantly en-
ployed. They are not, of course, dealing
all the time with new chronometers; there
are from 400 to 500 always in stock from
ships arriving in this port from all parts of
the world. As soon as a ship comes into
port its chronometer is usually sent ashore
for rating, that is to say, it is carefully OBJ
served until the ship is ready to sail, when
the variation is reported to the captain,
who can then make his calculations ac-
cordingly. The chronometers of the Trans
atlantic liners are sent ashore for rating
every time they come into port. The
greatest care is taken of chronometers on
board ship, and on all first class ships there
are usually three, one being for deck OBJ
servations. The most perfect one of the
lot is usually placed in dry but well ven
tilated apartment amidships, where it is
firmly screwed down, and should there be
fear of dampness, wrapped in heavy
woolen blanket On the Government yes
scls the ohronometer is placed in a case
lined and padded with curled hair, which
keeps it from being Jared. The smallest
speck of rust on the balance spring might
cause a ehronometer to lose its accuracy.
\ frst-class chronometer costs $3.50, and
one of the same grade, capable of tele-
graphing its own time, sells at $3.50.
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Successful Treatment for Potato
Scab.
From American Agriculturist.


In experiments at the Kentucky expert
mental station, corrosive sublimate treat
ment for potato scab was most effectively
tried Four to ounces of the subli-
mate was dissolved in 80 gallons water.
The seed tubers were allowed to remain in
the solution hours. Seed so treated
produced potatoes almost free from scab.
If they were affected in the least the
scabby potatoes were very few and the
scabs quite superficial. Untreated plats
while they produced almost as heavy a
yield of potatoes, contained great many
scabby ones which had to be thrown out
entirely, while the remainder of the rows
were inferior in quality. Remember that
care must be used in handling corrosive
sublimate, which is poison.
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Highest Bridge in the World.

The Buffalo branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which will run through Brad
ford, from Wilcox, Pa, across the
ridges, by way of Lafayette, Mexican
county, will cross deep and mountainous
gorge in the latter vicinity with steel
viaduet nearly 500 feet high. The bridge
will be over 5000 feet in length, and its
construction will be one of the greatest en-
gineering feats on record. 1t will be the
highest bridge in the world.
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Notice is hereby given TO the Stockholders
of The Land. Improvement, Loan and Man
ufacturing Company of Westminster that an
election for Nine Directors, to serve the ensn-
ing year, viii be held at the office of the
Westminster Water Company, in The West
minister Hotel Building, on MONDAY, APRn2,
1900, between the hours Of and O'Clock,
.. m. CHAS. II. VANDERF0RD,
marl7-3t Secretary.
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gnetrp.
= -
BALLAD OF CONJUNCTIONS.


From Tit-Bits,
hmtSa Serson her name,
4 where she lived, the Str&;
4 many were the hSsome bcaux
Who sought her heart and h&.
The youthful &y sSers was
one Of the hopeful b&;
His love was like the Chhaman-
so childlike * 50 bl&.
quite otherwise was RlS"Iph's hame,
For twas to fury fS;
He scorned to sue & said the girl
should yield to his comm&
She was tirt. Alas. that such
\ word her name should br&l
To sport with one K t'other was
The daily JOY she pix.
When ySy came x sighed and wept
& wrung his piteous has,
The wicked thing praised R&olph's name,
His income & his l&S.
4 then in turn when R&olph came
y QTEeNl iBS not leinsNN.
His ire, she said. should b. put out
BY one his hose from sh&&
Am,Ia Serson, you goose.
You Tilted Sy. {
one day lie wooed an awf ful death
He ate fruit that was cSS
i when he died you could not squeeze
one tear from out its gl&.
You only tsSught Now is my time
To accept R&olphs hS 20
Bnt woe & grief were your fate when
You came To- undeJstG
That RSolph welded WAS 10 that
Rich widow from the Rs
Young Sy SSers life for ynu
Ran on; is dlnll ~,
And whcu you sighed for RGolphs arm
AuotheT7ratst it spa
oh hySs5ue Is a. hlSsome tssss.
Au1Ss now IS strSsd
she AngIei too long for her 6sh.
4 she herself va lJSe'i
81, gigls Soy not with love. but hug
Tbs chains os that young fettcret.
ur like AmSA you'u hrCeJnc
4 saus a.l nAii &c
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Hail storms are caused through a col
umn of heated air rising from the earth
with great velocity to a greater height than
usual in the case of an ordinary thunder
storm, reaching an intensely cold body of
air; the moisture not only suddenly be
comes condensed and frozen, but sets free
the energy that has been carried up in the
heated globules and causes thunder and
lightning.
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When clover aud timothy are grown the
object Is hay to sell, since no farmer in
these DAYS ct enlightenment would grow
timothy for feeding. knowing he can get
arcaler food values at less cost in other
crop, aud spot cash for timothy hay. The
buyer calls for timothy, and, being willing
to pay for it, timothy it Is
The extent and value of the hay crop
can ony be gathered from statistics, and
the best figures recorded give hardly more
than the moving product, and are thus far
below the actual The wheat and corn
product can be more nearly estimated, and
vet. in the summing up, hay Is second only
to corn and exceeds the wheat, cotton and
many other of the products we build upon
At the meeting of the National Hay
Association last August the Central Traffic
Association report showed that to move
the hay of year required q, $40, ,6lo cars;
corn using 3,23S, 992; wheat, 1872, 253;
oats, barley, potatoes and rye, l,O6l $50.
Or. AIS. 6T5 more cars than for all other
crops combined. Another report showed
the railroads to be aware of the proportions
of the business and were building hundreds
Of cars especially designed for it. This Is
the baled product only. The loose, as
is seen in the almost unending procession
from the high priced farm land of the sub
urbs to the city buyers, is enough more to
make up for the difference in bulk.
Or, taking the figures of the Year Book
for 1898, when the product was &C, 376,
92O tons, from 42,7SG, S27 acres, value
s39S, 600, ,647. The value of the corn
crop was s552, 023, 42S; OF the wheat
crop, 1892, 770, 800; the cat crop, SlS6,
405, 364.
And this was only the cured product.
That same year there was exported about
1900, 600 pounds timothy seed and over
81, 900, 600 pounds of clover seed. The
leading purchasers of this were
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ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1900, on
the premises of the undersigned, lately the
premises Of Levi d. Maus, Myers district,
Carroll county, Md, adjoining the premises
Of Jacob Study and Others AT the Stone Road,
will be sold AT public sale, 10000 feet No.
full edge Chestnut Boards, 35, 900 feet Oak
Boards and Scantling 70 Cords Oak Slab
Wood, 10 Cords Oak aud Hickory Wood,
Chips, Chucks, Saw Dust, &c. Acres Uncut
Wood. Tree Tops, &c, in lots to suit pur-
chasers, aud a l.umberman's House aud
Shedding Also at the same time and place,
will be sold the tract of land, from which the
timber has just been cut, Acres, more or less.
A credit of three months will be given.
Sale to commence at o clock p. ~, when
terms aud conditions will be made known by
mar2i-2t A. NJ. kALBACH
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TRUSTEES' SALE
L OF VALUABLE
RE AL E T A T E,
In Freedom and Mount Airy Districts, Car
roll County, Md

BY virtue of the decree passed in cause No.
37S4 Equity, on the Equity Docket of the
Circuit Court for Carroll county, on March
-, 1900, in cause wherein William b.
Thomas is plaintiff aud Mary L. Davis and
others are defendants; and by virtue of the
decree passed in cause in No. 37S5 Equity on
the Equity Docket of tue said Circuit Court
for Carroll county, on March u, 1900, in a
cause wherein Mary L. Davis and others are
plaintiffs and Ira r. Davis and others are
defendants, the undersigned, Francis Neal
Parke and Ira Il. Davis, trustees appointed by
said decree in cause No. 1874 Equity, aud
Ira r. Davis, trustee appointed by decree
aforesaid in No. 37S5 Equity, will offer at
public sale. the late residence of Peter Davis.
deceased,
ON TUESDAY, 10th day of APRIL, 1900,
at l O'Clock, p. m, all the following three
parcels of real estate formerly owned by Peter
Davis aud Zachariah Davis IN their lietimeS
as tenants in common:
First--Al that lot or parcel of land situate
in Freedom district. Carroll county, Md. con
tanning
III ACRES OF LAND. MORE OR LESS,
improved by a Log Weather
boarded Dwelling House two =
aud oue-halt stories high, bank t..ss,A
barn and other necessary out Ee4cr@e7a@
buildings, and located on the GlIlis road, u
miles from Woodblnc. This property IS well
waicred has sufficient lumber ami about ~
Acres are under good state oi cultivation
Thus property was the late residence OF Peter
DAVIS. deceased, and adJOlns the lands oi
Michael Glenuan. George AIdriige aud Others
Secoud-AH that lot or parcel Of land stu
ate in Freedom district, Carroll county, Nd.
near the Glllls road, and iying within a short
distance ot the hTst mentioned lot ot taud
Tins property contains
5ll ACRES OF LAND. MORE OR LESS.
-, -.,...4 A., ,.,,,f...r. and ,l
-, -. i.a.ls,SJ o1;,.- VIII, rbsri.s
H., III - m. -, l..,sii
r..l @ al -,..,..l l.r.3 ..,,,.,..
iu Mount Airy district, tarroN oo"fiy. NJ.
near the Harr'suIi' road a''"ui ihrre- -s"arihs
msle from hr,i mentioned Jos ui tan1r aud !
miles from N"odhine, sni contains
O. ACRES. l ROOD AND - PERCHES
.ry..l ,,,.,-.. mr. d.. .rl,s ,.r,.,,..rt, F.-.
,,,-.. ~. ~. ~ ,,Ii;t., IL.
~ ..if u.,.-..I ~. srFs......
En1fArAm Tn,h.- ,,j ,..i,.;.. ~. t,a.i.
msnE&skAA n W.If..., kF....- E.ls.-.-s
- - ,.,t.-. Tf. t..,. -. n.
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Not for years, our -ee.i,mrn tell uS, has
there been such demand as now Tor grass
and clover seeds. For three SEASONS, at
least, weather conditions have been con
trary, and. except in favored localities, the
returns, all counted, have been less than
the outlay Thus far the indications for
the year are hay ward, aud with summer
fallow in prime condition and the ground
Just right, hope has again revived, aud
with 1t a firm market for the seeds
\ large crop, of course, means lower
price. "Who makes two blades of grass
grow where but one grew before cuts
prices in half, unless the quality Is dou-
BLEED with the quantity, when the niultiph
cation still goes on
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LUMBER, COAL,
SLATE.

SASH SANDAL of CEMENT
for plaer AGRICULTURAL EMENTS Vulcan Chilled PLOWS
the soou every
The only Pow
in hard Sole Carroll the &
bratd SCHUTTLER WAGONS in
Harvest BINDERS MOWERS, RAKFS BINDER
rWINE OIL DEERING IDEAL. BINDER running
market today The only machine with ball
and bearings andr
and balance double butt jus all Of which make the perfect
and world Come and before buying. Superior
land dFume oos CORN PLANTERS HAY FORKS
put up complete Walking
TIVATORS Single andT Triple PL0WS
ENGINES THRAsHERS WIND STACKERs SAW MILLS
uaranted Ion article Telephone Call No So