EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895.
VOL LX. NO. 9.
The farmlands of this country are
?stimatedto be worth $13,279,252,
519._
Pennsylvania is going to appropri
ate $5,000,000 for the improvement
of the pnblio roads cf the State.
A prominent Guatemalan official
said that il^ugh war between Guate
mala and Mexico might be delayed
for a year, it was sure to come.
As an indication of how the slave
trade survives in Africa, it is stated
in tho New York Advertiser that last
summer a caravan of 10,000 camels
and 4009 slaves left Timbuctoo for
Morocco.
Twenty-seven war vessels were added
1 to the British Navy last year, exclus
ive of five torpedo boats, at a cost of
about $12,000,000. The record for
1895 will go even beyond this. Eng
land is enlarging her navy with even
more zeal than ever before.
Massachusetts has been fighting that
dangerous insect, the gypsy moth, with
'annual appropriations, and finds that
they grow larger every year. "It is a
question now,*' avers the Chicago
Herald "whether the bug will not
prove more costly to the State than the
Hoosac tunnel, which represents an
outlay, on the installment plan, of
S20,000,000."
The proposition to build a memor
ial bridge across the Potomac Biver,
connecting Washington City proper
with the great Arlington estato and
National Cemetery, is again before
Congress. It is hoped by the Invent
ive Age this matter will be given thc
serious consideration its importance
merita. Such a structure is needed,
and that it should be a magnificent
piece of engineering-a monument to
the genius of the present day-goes
without argument.
The cigarette youth merits almost
any treatment that will squelch hi3
fatal habit, believed The Pathfinder.
The latest .method, that of denying
him admission to the public schools
unless he gives up smoking has been
employed in a Missouri town. This
sort of ostracism may bring pretty
effective influence to bear through the
parents. But may it not cause some
stubborn youngsters to goth? other
way into deperate paths?
We have in this country many
^Fm?'che&^^?.TPlX l?rgf; ?hniwbcg?.
ship, some of them numbering over
2000. But in Europe the churches
boast of many more members than this
-2000 being ss a rule but a fair-sized
congregation. There is one church in
St. Petersburg, Russia, numbering
nearly six thousand souls. The larg
est membership, perhaps, in the world
is that of a chnroh in Elterfield, in
Bhenish Prussia, which has over six
thousand. The congregation has six
pastors and two churches, while a
third church is in course of erection.
Several members of the famous Krum
macher family of preachers have been
pastors at that church.
-i remarkable trial has just ended at
Bucharest, Hungary. Two bovs, one
six years and the other fourteen, were
charged upon their own confession
with attempting to drown a child two
years old. Their defense was that the
long drought had to be terminated,
and that the crime for which they
were on trial was the only successful
method known to accomplish the end.
An explanation of this curious defense
is that the children of the villages in
times of great drought are made to
throw the .eley figure of a child into
the water. The boys threw in the
child merely beoause they had no clay
figure. The elder was sentenced to
two years' imprisonment and the
younger returned to his mother for
chastisement.
In his speeoh in the United States
Senate, at the acceptance of the Web
ster statue, Senator Morrill, of Ver
mont, spoke of the fashionable garb
worn by "Blaqk Dan" when he dinod
with him in Washington in 1852.
"Mr. Webster," said the Senator,
"appeared in his blue coat with gilt
butions, light buff vest, low shoes and
white silk half-hose, and led the con
versation most happily, whether
grove or gay. " This was the custom
of the great American statesman a lit
tle more than forty years ago, a
period which can be recalled by hun
dreds of thousands of our living citi
zens. What would be thought of any
man, even a Webster, who should ap
pear thus dressed in our time? Would
he not be an object of ridicule? asks
tho San Francisco Argonaut. The
clothes of the American people have
been getting plainer and duller right
straight along for over a hundred
years. Look at the costumes of
Washington, Adams and the other
great men after peace had been won
through the Bevolution. Look at tue
rich and gay dress which was worn by
men who could afford it when our
own immediate sires trod the land.
Then look at the black and white
dress of fashion in the banquet hall
in this unpicturesque and blustering
?ge. It is lovely woman alone who
dares to make a display of colors,
frills, flowers, fringes, spangles,
jewelry and ornaments at this diemal
time.
MEXICO'S RULER
PRESIDENT DIAZ IS A POPULAR
IDOL AMONG HIS PEOPLE:
His om<?ial Life and' Residences
Mrs. Diaz-Martial Spirit of
tlie Mexicans-The Coun
. try's Standing Army.
?~y PEAKING of the recent dis
pnte between Mexico and
JL^jO Guatemala, a Mexico corre
spondent of the "Washington
Star says :
Mexico bas a population of 12,
000,000, a standing army ol 85,000
men on a peace footing, and 165,000
men that can be called into service in
case of war: Guatemala baa just one
tenth of tho population of Mexico,
?with a standing army of 3000 men,
which might bo increased, of course,
in time of war.
General Diaz is considered the best
soldier in thc republic, capable of
active service. Ho is sixty-four years
I old, but he looks twenty years young
er. He has an erectr and athletio fig
ure, and appears, physically, perfect
ly capable of undergoing the hard
ships of a campaign. Diaz is the
popular idol here. The present indi
cations are that ho can continue in
tho Presidency cs long as he chooses.
Thcro is practically only one party
here, and that is the Diaz party. Ever
since he drove Lerdo from rower and
became President, in 1877, Diaz has
had the people with him, and he has
PRESIDENT DIAZ.
been President ever since that day,
with the exception of the term from
1880 to 1884, when General Gonzales
was President. His present term will
expiro in 1897, but it is 6aid he will
succeed himself, there -being now no
law or precedent limiting the number
?i?^?^SB^il^Bsa??TO-. -
General Diaz derives great strength
from the fact that the business men
of the republic and the foreign capi
talists interested in Mexico, as well as
the people at large, demand his con
tinuance in office. There is an im
pression that it would be dangerous
to the republic to have Dia? retire.
It might mean revolution, or a series
of small wars inaugurated by men am
bitious to rule. Confidence in popu
lar government is not yet thoroughly
established in Mexico. In fact, it is
doubtful whether one can say popu
lar government is yet firmly estab
lished, for the elections seem to be
largely matters of form only. So
Mexico is fortunate in having at the
head of her affairs a man with a record
brilliant enough and a spirit and
bearing dashing enough to make him
a popular hero, and at the same time
prudence enough to win to his sup
port the men who appreciate the value
of a stable government. His adminis
tration has been one of progress in
Mexico. The discouragements once
met by Americans and others desiring
to engage in business in the republic
have largely disappeared.
In fact, the principal duty of one of
the Government departments is to en
courage immigration and promote the
development of the country. Every
inducement is offered to foreign capi
talists. There ure many Americans in
Mexico, Eoine of them representing
large investments, and they all praise
Diaz and hope for his continuance in
office. President Diaz has a compara
tively modest home of his own in the
city, but his residence as President,
which he occupies nearly all the year,
is at the Castle of Chapul tepee, aplace
known in school histories, because it
was here one of the fiercest fights of
the war of 1847 took place. Chapul
tepeo is a rocky and precipitous hill
rising out of the plain, at the edge of
the city, just at the end of tho famous
Paseo de la Reforma, the broad and
splendid avenue laid out by Maxi
milian and inherited from the empire
by thee rpublic. The hill is crowned
by the palace and castle, together
with the building and inclosure in
which is located the National mili
tary school, or Mexican West Point.
Spreading around the hill is a
spacious park, adorned with many
giant cypress tree3, beneath which
winds a beautiful driveway, one of the
favorite resorts of the fashionable and
wealthy people of the capital. At the
foot of the hill on the city side is a
fine marble memorial, on which is en
graved the names of the cadets who
fell in battle at the storming of
Chapultepec. The palace, which
stands where once 6tood an Aztec
temple, overlooking the city, is a low
CASTLE OF (
building, Pompe lian in style, with
courts, terraces and arcades. The
grounds are closed to the public at 8
o'clook, and a military guard, sta
tioned at the gate, proieots the palace
from intrusi?n. This is a long es
tablished custom, and, of course,
gives no offense. At the President's
city house, however, he is obliged to
admit callers at night or offend them.
The President does not have regu
lar hours for public receptions, and
people who have to see him on busi
ness must cultivate the virtue of pa
tience. Appointments are made days
in advance. The explanation for this
made to me by a prominent Govern
ment official is somewhat singular. It
is not because the President is exclu
sive. It is because the customs of the
country are such the.t he cannot stop
a man from talking or cut short an [
NATIONAL PALA
interview. When a man gets admis
sion to theJPresident the president is
obliged to listen to all h&has to say
or else give morl al offense. As a
consequence the President is nuable
to see more than three or four per
sons during the hours he can give to
interviews. I know of one young
Mexican Congressman who was
waiting in the city for over a week
merely to have an interview with the
President.
Mrs. Diaz is quite famous for her
beauty and much liked for her viva
cious and cordial manners. She is
much younger than the President, be
ing only about thirty years old. She
has a neat figure, a Spanish face, with
well cut features, and dresses in sim
ple but excellent taste. She is the
daughter of Bomero Bubio, the Sec
retary of the Interior, and one of the
richest men in Mexico. I saw the
President and Mrs. Diaz and
Mrs. Diaz's unmarried sister, a
young woman also remarkable for
beauty, at a private reception a
few evenings ago. Of course tho
President and his wife were the central
figures of the gathering, but they bore
themselves in a most unassuming
manner, chatting easily and pleasant
ly with the guests.
Mrs. Diaz speaks English quite flu
ently. When they took their leave
the President shook hands all around,
and Mrs. Diaz following a pretty
Mexican fashion, kissed each of her
lady friends twice, first on one cheek
and then on the other. The only evi
dence of the presence of a person of
unusual prominence was a file of
mounted guards drawn up in front of
j T^?-frj?n^V?l?-,t-' ?--^--i^.'iirafrrg-^Ta ;
; The Mexioans have a martial spirit,
but the ordinary Mexican soldier, as
seen even about the National palace,
is not an inspiring object. He is all
or half Indian, as a rule. He is some
what undersized, and is ragged and
dirty. Often he is barefooted or wears
only sandals made of rawhide and
bound to the soles of his feet by
leathern thongs. Thoss on guard at
the palaco and around other public
offices usually wear shoes, and look as
though they had been partially cleaned
for this duty. There is a big barrack
in the rear of and attached to the
National palace, which, by the way, is
a long, rambling building, occupying
all one side of the Plaza de Armas,
and accommodating the principal de
partments and offices of the Federal
Government.
A visit to the barracks at most any
time will show a crowd of very un
tidy-looking soldiers. Their garments
need patching as well as cleaning. At
meal times there will be a throng of
j women at the big gateway, bringing
baskets of provisions. The Mexican
army has no commissariat. The com
mon soldier ie paid twenty-five cents
a day, and he gets his pay every day.
When ho gets his silver quarter, such
is his suspicious nature, he bites it to
see if it is good. That is all the Gov
vernment give him to bite. He has
to "find" himself. In recent years
the Government has suppled tho
means of cooking provisions, but the
soldiers hare to supply the raw
materials.
This is the regular standing army
of Mexico. There is another body,
which is virtually a military body,
but is under the direction of the In
terior Department. This is the corps
known as "the Burales"-a sort of
mounted polico that patrol the coun
try outside of the cities. Lieutenant
Dwyer, tho military attache of the
American Legation, told me that these
Burales formed probably the finest
body of cavalry in the world. They
are picked men, every one being un
usually skillful as a horseman, even
in this country, wh?re half the people
live on horseback. The, Burales wear
tawny leather suits, big Mexican
sombreros, heavily ornamented with
silver, and besides their sabers and
pistols, carry carbines. They have a
rakish, devil-may-care appearance.
It is considered quito 'an honor to bo
a member of this troop. When annan
joins it ho has to furnish his own
horse, and give a bond for the proper
care of the arms and equipments /sup
plied him by the Government.
On great public parades tho Burales
are given the post of honor. In re
ality, though not now under tho War
Department, they form a very effec
3HAPTJLTEPEC.
tive aud imposing part of tho mili- \
tary forsa that Mexico could pnj jn, j
the field. In addition to tho Federal
army every State has a sort of militia j
organization.
The Mexican Indians or half-breeds,
who compose about nine-tenths of the
population, and from whom the army
is recruited, are a patient and hardy
people. Many of them own nothing
in the world but their zarape and big
sombreo. The zarape is their cloak
by day and their blanket by night.
Et is said that they can and will go
three or four days without food and
?ot complain. They are inured to
hardships. They are lithe and active,
though of small size, and are said to
be courageous, because they have lit
tle or no fear of death. It is supposed
for these reasons that they make good
soldiers. Santa Anna's troops Were
CE OP MEXICO.
etarved for two or three days before
the battle of Buena Vista. Maybe if
they had had something to eat they
might have won tho battle.
An observant American, who has
spent many year3 in Mexico, gave it
to me aa his opinion that the Mexi
cans, if called into the field by any
large military operations, would prove
themselves to be as good solliers as
there are in the world. The Mexican
navy amounts to very little. It is
composed of four small gunboats and
two unarmored wooden ships. Mex
ico has no good harbors on the gnlf,
and few on the Pacific side. Though
it has many hundreds of miles of sea
coast, the Mexicans have not yet be
come a maritime people. Perhaps
when the mountains are conquered
and there is easy railroad communi
cation with the Pacific they will be
gin to build or buy ships.
Father ot the House ot Commons.
C. P. VILLIERS.
This is the picture of C. P. Villiers,
tho "father of the British House of
Commons." Mr. Villiers is ninety
three years old and HAS sat for the
same constituency sixty years.
Arrangements for the Paris Inter
national Exaibition of 1900 are being
made. Tho area designed for exhib
its will be about 4,500,000 square
feet, of which 180,000 square feet will
be reserved for electrical exhibits,
A THREE-DECK IR?KCU
A well-known English export on
naval matters, Mr. Laird Clowesc
urges the building of three-decked
ironclads. Tho old wooden three
decker was one of the most magnifi
cent ships afloat. The new one would
bo the most tremendous.
It has been pointed out that the
three-decker has V-. ^n the highest
form of fighting ship in the many
periods of naval history. The trireme,
the most complicated fighting ma
chine of classical times, had three
banks of rowers. "When guns were
introduced on ships a one-decked ship
THKEE-DEC
was at first necessary, but in course oi
limo the line-of-battlo ship with her
three tiers of guns was evolved. Then
came steam and one deck again.
An Italian ironclad, the Sardegna,
launched recently, is almost a three
decker, but Mr. Clowes wants a more
complete one for the British Navy.
He proposes a ship to carry 101 guns.
These are the other general details of
his plan :
"Sneed, twenty-three knots; ton
nage, 12,000; guns, sixteen six-inoh
quick-firing, twenty 4.7-inoh quick -
firiug, twenty twelve-pounders quick
firing, twenty six and three-pounder
quick-tiring, twenty-live improved
Maxim gillis."
The ship would be completaly
covered with six juchen of steel armor,
Cotton Bal?n?.
The ruinous low prices which pro
vail for cotton only emphasize mora
strongly the need for greater econ
AJIEBIOAN BALE,
' 500 POUNDS.
INDIAN BALK)
400 POUNDS.
omy ,in raising and marketing this
crop/sayst.the New Yo?k World. In
no direction is reform so urgently re
quired BS in the-manner of baling the
cotton stro ngly, so that it may be
shipped abr oad in good condition. m
The packing of American cotton ie
a source of fruitful complaint by man
ufacturers. Thework is so carelessly
done that when the bales reach theil
destination several of the iron bands
are missing and the jute covering ia
so torn that the cotton is exposed to
mud.lfire, water and theft These
losses, it is needless to add, do not
fall upon the manufacturer, but on
the producer ; and, as if these were
not enough, he must ale? pay .extra
freight, as his imperfectly pressed
balea occupy more than double the
space needed by the compact Indian
and Egyptian bales. The illustration
shows plainly the great difference in
the method of baling and the insuffi
ciency of seven hoops to the bale-the
average used by the Southern planter.
It is plain that a more secure packing,
a much closer pressing and greater
care in covering or wrapping up would
be of inestimable and permanent bene
fit to the cotton trade of the United
States.. .
A BemakabJe Herring.
In many respects the herring is one
of. the most remarkable of living
things. It was calculated three years
ago that no less than 11,000 miles of
herring netting were cast yearly in
the North Sea alone.
Two of the species of whales feed
exclusively upon herrings, while the
cod is a most voracious foe. I .*.
Neil, the naturalist, calculated that
the one colony of gannets at St. Kilda
consumed annually 214,000,000 of
herrings. Yet it is not, as fishes go,
giftetjt with very large fertility in re
production. While the mackerel ha?
been iestimaled to produce 500,000
eggn, the sole 1,000,000 and the cod
3,400,000, the herring is said to spawn
only 93,000 at a time. -Mail and Ex
press.";
Kehtuf lryJttntlon Prlzel by Epicures^'
I ? A' Shy i?aionfc?sin this' town'~make-a-?
specialty of Kentucky mutton. It is
killed on the farm, kept there a suita
ble time, shipped with great care, and
"when it reaches New York it is hung
for several weeks by the butchers. It
is then sold to special customers that
demand particularly fine mutton. It
fetches a high price, but the epicures
think it worth the money.-New York
Sun.
Beauregard Wilson, who lives neal
Yazoo City, Miss., raised 300 bales ol
cotton last year, and though he has
sold it at five cents a pound he has
cleared $3950 from it.
The German Kaiser has sent to the
Bussian Czar as a wedding present a
magnificent porcelain table service
made at the royal factory.
LB FOB NATAL WARFARE.
aud Mr. Clowes says : "No ship in ex
istence could stand up against her and
from her no ship in existence could
escape."
At a moderate computation she
could from one broadside fire 400
aimed shell every minute. In the
midst of a hostile fleet she could dis
charge a dozen shells in a second, and
at the same time ninety bullets from
her Maxim guns. Steaming only five
minutes between two hostile vessels,
she could aim at each of them in that
time between ten and twelve thousand
shots of all kinds.
!K IBONCLAD.
No swift cruiser could live within
range of her guns. Only the heaviest
of existing ironclads could hope to es
cape immediate destruction, and they
would be far inferior in speed and in
armament. Ten minutes is reckoned
as sufficient time to settle one of these.
There would, of course, be great
difficulties in the building of such a
ship. More than a thousand men
would be required for her. Three
decks would be absolutely necessary
to accommodate her guns. Naval ex
perts have long urged the importance
of maintaining a strong end-on lire of
placing many of the guns at a good
height from the water lovel. It is
also believed that a three-decker
would have better sea-going abiptfpa
tb&n the present large ironclads,
DAINTY HEAT) WEAR.
LATEST FANCIES IN FEMININE
HATS AND DRESS.
Delicate Hoods to Protect the Hoad
dress-A Popular New York Frock
-Gown Ornamented With
the Bavette.
ONE of the daintiest- of old
time fashions is being re
vived for concert and party
wear. Delicate hoods are
made so loosely of unlined chiffon
that they slip over the most elaborate
headdress, falling about the face in
becoming curves of cloudy softness.
Nothing oould be more becoming.
Xhe fashion is revived from the time
of powdered hair and white wigs, bnt
it is as becoming now as it was then.
Three other models of he ad wear are
shown in the accompanying piotnre,
each of which is suitable for the con
?
A POPUL
cert, and, besides, is generally service
able. The upper of the trio is of
black spangled tulle, loosely draped
over the crown, with a brim of mor
dor? velvet ribbon faced with violet
Batin. ' Tho latter is also employed
for the large side loops. Five . small
also trim the toque. The crown of
the left-hand coque is formed of black
ostrich tips and wide violet taffeta
ribbon. The tips of the plumes
frame the brim prettily in front, and
the ribbon forms large, soft puffs that
are fastened with rhinestone buckles.
The tie strings are of black velvet
ribbon. Last, and best of all, per
haps, comes a hat of black felt trel
lised with chenille, having a rose
glace velvet crown. Tli9 felt brim is
waved daintily and the garniture con
sists of black plumes placed on either
side and a small velvet rosette put in
back.
THREE STYLISH HATS.
Spring hats are made of rough
Btraw, or a mixture of straw and felt
braid. Velvet bonnets and hats will
be worn until late in the season, and
there are some extremely pretty
shirred bonnets and hats of thick,
gauzy stuff in spring colors, with
spring blossoms and twigs for trim
ming. Turban shapes are popular,
and some of the new models have
brims in coronet effect. This a style
that is always liked, as it is becoming
to very many persons. The Marv
Stuart sb ape and the close-fitting bon
net that has not been out of fashion
for the last quarter of a century, are
among tho standard imports in thif
line.
A great deal of ribbon will be user"
as trimming and velvet in profusion.
Rosettes are still worn, but are less
fashionable than loops of soft, puffy
effects. A new model has a scarf ol
bias velvet tied in a large single knot.
This is attached to one side of tho bon
not, which is a small poke, and under
neath this knot are the stems of three
long plumes. These curl up over the
top of the bonnet, and the scarf ii
twisted in a soft roll and passes ovei
the edges in front of the crown.
Theie is a pronounced line betweei
crown and brim on some of the neu
bonnets, and this is thought to be th<
forerunner of the old-time style witl
flaring front, prominent crown ano
ruffled curtain.
For children, the sailor hat is th?
accepted style for ordinary wear, ano
may also be worn for best, but for th(
finest hats it is often the case that thc
brime are rolled aud pinched in vari
ous ways, with trimming of bows,
loops, rosettes, plumes and aigrettes,
For host, there are little bonnets o:
soft silk with box-plaited fronts anc
soft crowns.
Side combs are very stylish anc
grow moro and more elaborate. Thej
are now made so that the top stanch
out from the head, instead of lyius
close ; they are filigreed and jeweled,
and in some instances have fringes ol
jeweled white hanging from them.
These fringes shine among the side
tresses, and don't they tangle "with
them! They shonld be worn low
enough to show either side of the lit
tle theatre bonnet, and may be jeweled
very richly, just as if they were not
liable to tumble out without the wear
er's knowing it till she arrives home.
BUCKLES AS ORNAMENTS.
Buckles remain the favorite orna
ments. For every conceivable paTt of
feminine apparel are they constructed.
A round dozen is not considered su
perfluous worn by a well-frocked
woman. They nestle in the hat, dot
the collar, confine the cuffs, outline
the belt, until verily, no knight of old
possessed more when in full armor.
They come for dinner gowns in the
form of miniatures surrounded by
jewels and half-moono of rhinestones.
For simpler use some new ones of con
ventional shape are inlaid with large
block amethysts, some with Mtxican
onyx, others with moonstones. The
stones are not expensive ones, but
their use in the dead gold produces a
luxurious effect. These will be placed
especially on the broad moire belts
which are used as girdles for house
bodices.
DAINTY AS A POET'S^DB^StT^TTCv ?
:- A love "of *a~ bonnet has a' brim^of
rhinestones arranged in fanciful de
sign on colored velvet of any desired
shade, and formed into three poufs in
front. At the left side are an aigrette '.
and each side of the back, plaited ends
of creamy lace, mingled with crystal
pendants, conceal the upper ends of
the bridle of velvet. It is intended
for%evening weor. ,
FLOWERS FOB SPRING.
Cr?pons of wool and silk, sprinkled
with self-colored embroidered flower
ets, are among the spring novelties in
dress materials. They will be trimmed
with ribbons, velvet and lace.
NAMED AFTER THE BIB.
Tbe concentrated ornamentation of
every gown made with any elegance
is confined to the bavette. That is
French for "bib." Literally, "slob
bering bib." It may be that the
bavette and that ridiculous ornament
the jeweled safety pin follow in se
quence ; at any rate we have both.
The bavette is formed of the richest
of material, lace, velvet, silk, or all
three combined. At a reception re
cently a young lady wore a bavette of
pink silk, lace trimmed, and with big
puffed sleeves attached, over a wool
street gown. It looked very'pretty,
too. The gorgette, or collar of the
bavette, usually fits closely about the
throat, but may fall to the shoulders.
One that is very pretty has a gorgette
of yellow satin folded softly and
caught at the sides with rosettes of
fine lace. Falling from this, nearly
to the bottom of the bodice, is wide
lace over wide yellow satin, and over
that yet along fringe of Koman pearls
in loose strands. It is remarkably
pretty, and would be quite gorgeous
in red and black with cut jet.
Another dainty adaptation of the
bavette is formed entirely of ribbon.
The adjustment of the bowd on the
THE BAVETTE.
j gorgette is a little new, and the jet
pendants on the ends of the ribbon
are entirely so. Pearl or cut steel
would be a pretty ornamentation for
this.
RIBBONS AND ROSETTES.
Ribbon, bows, rosettes and stream
ers are employed as decorations on
bodice and entire costumes. These
are of velvet and satin. A velvet rib
bon arranged around tho base of a fall
collar (usually twisted) is very pretty.
Foreigner.} cannot walk the streets
of Constantinople after dark without
danger of insult and abuse from Turk
ish soldiers,
Between the years 3849 and 1394
the silver mines of this country have
? yielded $1,151.817,675 of silver. ?
LOOK OUT!!!
for these imitations and substi
tutes, they are poor stuff at the
best and increase your misery.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator
only. You will know it by the
. large red Z on the face of every
package and by the Relief it gives
when taken for Dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, Constipation, Biliousness
and Sick Headache.
ME REGULATOR U ll LI
J. H. ZEILIN & Co., Philad'a, Pa
THE LATEST PANACEA.
Cold Saleras a Cureal! For Society
Dames. . '
Cold water as a cure has at length
been formally inaugurated as a fad
hy the gentle ladies of New York's
smartest society. One of the gay
ety loving matrons, who went abroad
last year a hollow eyed, romantically
palo wreck of her lovely self, the vi<?
tim of suppers over dainty for a
delicate digestion, and of too much
frivolity for so fragile an 'American
frame, has come J)a?k a rosy, living
exponent of tho virtues of cold water, .
and an earnest prophetess
preaching to her afflicted sisters.
So effective has been her work that
every second woman one meets is,
not absent from home and society
and plunged into a rest cure, but, by
the magic of cold water, up and do
ing daily, with a heart for any fate.
They all take cold baths three .times *
a day. In the.morning, on hopping "
out of bed, they lean over .the bath
tub,, and after sponging off arms,
shoulders and neck with cold water
have'a maid pour a pitcher, of the
cold .liquid over back, shoulders and
arms; -then, with a-Turkish towel,
the upper half of the body is polished
to a clear, bright, coral color. At
noon a sponge and spray bath ia
giyon-tie ..extremities, "with, similar
a quarter" of an hour in the late af
ternoon these ardent water sprites,
scantily clad, march solemnly up
and down the length of their bath
tubs in about a foot of cold water;
this done, they hop out, and clearing
away the rugs from a hardwood floor
run for half an hour up and down
the length of the room, and then
get into shoes and stockings. When
troublod at night by insomnia they
get up and take a cold water bath,
orspongo off with cold water, and
before the moisture has dried on the
skin skip back under the covers,
damp, Indeed, but soon soothed to
sleep. The walking in water is, they
hold, a sovereign cure for nervous
prostration; the baths correct ner
vous dyspepsia; andas they are rigid
dieters, and tho cold water stirs up
lively appetites, they satisfy its
cravings and resist temptations at
teas, etc., by calmly producing from -
their pockets little square silver
cases, shaped like cigarette boxes;
within are squares of toasted bread,
hard, brown and crisp, of which a
nibbled bit or two every hour satis
fies nature's yearnings.
FLOWERS FOR AN ASTOR.
The Order Which Will Keep a Florist
Busy fora Year.
That order which William Waldorf
Astor gave a Broadway florist for a
cover of lilies of the valley and violets
to be put over his wife's grave, fresh
every day for a year, was the largest
single order for flowers ever given in
New York. It means over $100 worth
of flowers for the grave every day.
It means the especial and laborious
forcing of lilies of tho valley during
the eight months that they do not
grow in nature. It means a trip of
the florist himself to the cemetery
every day, and a man, especially hired
by Mr. Astor, to see that the cover,
costly enough each day to make a
robe for the bed of a queen, is prop
erly placed,
There was something very Monte
Cristo like about the way Mr. Astor
dealt with the florist. The day before
the funeral' he walked into the shop
and said: "Howmany orchids can
you get on twenty-four hours' no
tice?" The florist, not knowing to
whom he was talking, and wishing
to impress his caller with the vast
resources of a Broadway florist, said
indifferently :|"Oh, about five thou
sand."
"Very well," said the caller, giving
his name. "Get all you can and
have thom at Trinity in time for the
funeral. I want all you can get,
twice five, thousand, if it is pos
sible." -
The florist bestirred himself,
bought every orchid he could hear
of, but was only able to get 8,800.
This meant a bill for $8,800 for or
chids alone. Mr. Astor was so
pleased that ho gave the $88,000 or
der for tho daily cover. His in
structions were that this cover
should be removed every day, no
matter what its condition was, and
that all the flowers in it should be
destroyed. It takes about 4,000
lilies to make the cover and about
the same number of violets. On the
upper end of the cover, into the
warp of tho lilies, is woven across of
violets and from the foot of the cover
hangs a cross of violets. On each,
side are four points from which hang
tassels of violets suspended by bows
of satin ribbon.
THE last associate a bad man wants
is an honest Christian.