The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 30, 1887, Image 1
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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
big job of Clothing
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HOM I ai Titi \ ure l'toltlul)!,. to rill'llivi'ii-- \
tJotiil Arti, lt ?,n ?in I m pm laut Slll>.|t'tt.
(KIMMI IllO KolllllONl < llttlvatul' )
lt i.s quito common to hear complaints
Of tlio worthlessness of n largo proper?
tion of tho ooinmoroiul fertilizers sold to
fanners. That sonio of thesocomplaint
aro well fouuiloil Ihoro is little clouhl.
That many moro aro unreasonable nud
unjust ia (puti- probable. Many l'armera
insist that the fertilizers o? late years are
not so good aa those >>i ten or twelve
year? or moro hack, la l us look into
the matter a little.
The average farmer j ml goa of tho
merita or quality of u fertilizer hy tho
oliects of the same on the crop to which
it was applied, indeed, this is tho on ly
way he can safely determine whether a
fertilizer lias returned a fair percontage
on thc invostuiont. Hut how 'dieu is it
true thal tho ?Mop grows oil' uiecl\ and
everything appears to promit1 a good
yield, and at last some casually ol
drought, or wet or frost, outs .'t?' the
crop. Duriug tho early, a:;.i probably
the middle Binges of growth, the farmer
is pleased with the fertilizer; but when
ho gathci'8 his Orop lind tin- guano man
wants his pay, and the bacon and Hour
ami dry goods bills, the doctor's hill,
Otc., must bo met tin cotton won't go
round. The dry weat in r, or I he worms,
or tho "storm in t?optombor," or some
ono or more of tho many o.iMialtiea h.
which cotton is liable, lias out oil thc
crop. .May he the fertilizer was to
blame. Ihlt tho fertilizer did nOt cause
tlie storm, nor thu drought, nor the
worms; neither could it prevent the e
casualties.
On tho other hand, ii the plant starts
oil" well and the seasons and other con
ditions continue IlllSpioioil to lue end ol
tho harvest, ami the farmor gathers a
largo crop, he is apt to be pleased with
tho forttlizor lu; used, as well as ? v. ry
thing that was connected w ith tho crop.
Ono very importnut preeaittioii is over
looked by a large majority of farmers
who Uso commercial fertilizers, viz! :i i
test of the scales, lt is unreasonable to
insist that a fertilizer has "doue the crop ?
no good" when no test or experiment
rows have been std apart, ile fertilizer
carefully weighed ami distributed, and
the yield ol the crop gathered ami
weighed umhr the very eye ot thc pro
prietor. With such a test plat, or sev
eral of them, accurately .: :. ? i :. t tl, . it is
possible to easily and certainly determ
ine what has been the ?conomie result.
On diflbrent soils ami with il ill) nie sea
sons and other conditions, tho results
will ho discordant or dillbreutj even
whoo the identical fertilize! ins been
used. One of tho most important con
ditions-or rather circumstance* that
offcots tho question of pr III ivhen the
money has been paid, 01 is to ho paid
for tin; fertilizer, is the price of cotton.
Bllt if to he paid lor in cotton .' doe , .HU
ulled the question at all.
Now, what is a lair pretil ou the in
vestment in a fertilizer? A farmer ought
to bo well content to realizo H or lo per
cent, per annum profit oil ai. tlie li a il
anti winking capital employed in his
business -alter allow iug a n .;. oil iblo sum
for his services and lor wear iud U ar.
insuranco, otc. Ile would gladly rent
out bis laud, or a portion of it, on nell ,
terms, ami devote his personal atti m.ou ?
to something else. J In n why should
ho expect any greater pol' cent, protlt,
"tine year with another," on his invest
ment ni a fertilizer?
Ono ton of standard fertilizers, lauded
and distributed io Ibo soil, costs, say
thirty ($30) dollars cash. '1 he money is
paid--say April bl und Ile- crop is
harvested and nady for mai kel I-a\
October 1st six mouths. Suppose thc
increased yield of cotton, aftor deducting
tho extra oxponses of packing amt
ginning, and adding' the value ol the
oxtra seed, is thirty-ti ve dollars, or live
dollars clear profit, i iv. dollars net in
crease in thc valm , ; tin- crop dm- to
uso td a ton of fertilizer would not bo
considered unusual; it is prol ably much
below tho average results, hut llvo dol
lars on thirty dollars, for six months, is
1(1 per cent., or '.'.'< pei i nt. nor
annum! Or suppose B;iU pounds ol lint
cotton is the price agreed upon tor the
fertilizer, payable November 1st, and
that tho increased yiold is i-"> pounds.
We now havo 7f> pounds ol Hut cotton
more than enough to pay for the ter
tilizer.
No reasonable man will he liki ly to
deny tho fairness o? the above ligures,
The per cout. inorease credited to tho
fertilizer is probably loss than tin- aver
age results (d' tin- usc "i commercial fer
tili/.crs ill gian ral good, had and in
difToront for a sories ot y< ara togotlior,
say for tho last ten years, lt i tim-that
they aro not so groat is for tlc pr.ii
ing period of ton years, or, .n other
words, that commercial fertilizers do !">t
yield as good results on the same Holds
as they did ton or fifi? en years ago. This
may bo accounted for without assuming
that the quality oi' commercial fortillzora
has been lowered. Chemical analysis
shows that they have not. L u id t< st
OU similar lands that h.ive not bjOU "inn
to death" in cotton with concentrated
fertilizers provo that tin same results
can now be scoured as before, with nw r
ago fertilizers of the present tum . More
over, the price of standard fortiliZ< I - bo?
steadily declined tho cost ol' material
and manipulation bung lest amt Compe
tition reducing the profits O? the manu
facturers amt dealers.
What, then, is tho diflloulty? Do
those farmers who refrain from tho USO
of commercial fertilize ! succeed any
I better? If the/ do, is their prosperity
doe to their polioy in this respect, or m
it not in spite of it, ami because of ex
ceptional skill, industry, CCOllOUiy
especially in tho utilizing homo luanuri
al resources? Winn the lat*., r policy is
supplemented by thc judicious (and
liberal) uso of the best grades of com
mercial fertilizing mat rials, composted
or mixed-as far aa possible at home,
wo almost invariably seo tho l>cst results.
Nearly all of the most prosperous farm
cl's in tho country are those who do not
depend on bought fertilizers aime, hut
who bring intelligence, skill, industry
and sound judgment to bear in all Itu
details of farming.
Tho foot is, too much is expected oi
fertilizers. Uuuno cannot oompenMh
for the ahsonoo of tho qualities abd
habits, otc., that oharaclciizc tho suo
OOflSfni farmer. if a farmer, without
using guano, falls behind ut the rate ol
thirty dollars to tho mule, it is not rea
sonable to oxptjot that ho will "como out
oven," much loss "ahead," by using ?
tou of fertilizer to tko mulo, without
comph ing with tho othor conditions of
successful farming. Ho might, as woll
oxpccl to imtlica musician ol his son by
simply buying lum a (hullo.
Thu Cotton Rlovumuiit.
Tho New York financial Chronicle,
reviewing tito cotton movomont, says
thill for tho week cmling Pritluy, March
18, tho total receipts have reached 57,7Ui
huies, against 72,953 last weeli. 79,051
the previous week, and 05,018 thrco
wicks since; making the total receipts
since l.-,t Hoptembor, 1880, 1,050,07-1
bnloa, against 4,727,174 tor the same pe
riod of 1885 \MI showing an inorenst
since Beptcmbor i, 1880, of 282,-100
hales.
Tho exports for tho week ending Fri
day evening reach a total of 187,730
hales, ol* which 77,800 were tn (beat
Urihun, 1,170 to France, and 55,870 to
tho tesl of tho continent. The total
.ales fol" forward delivery for tho week
art 502,700 bales. For immediate deliv
ery the totlll sales fool Up this week
1,2IN bales, including 1,218 for consump
tion. The imports into continental ports
this week have been 50,000 bales.
There wa ; a decrease in tho cotton in
si-;M Friday night of 00,7-11 bahs as
compared with the same date of ISM!,
an increase ol' 1 (0,081 lades as compared
with tho corresponding dale ol' 1885,
ami a decrease ol' P.'S,7OS hales as com
pared with 1881. Tho old interior stocks
lane decreased during tho weak 05,312
bales, and aro to night 100,382 bales less
than at the same peri nl last year. The
receipts ut He- sumo towns have been
... 101 bales nun c than the l anie week last
year, and since September 1 the receipts
at all the towns are 00,-185 bales more
thai! tor thc same time in INS.", M",.
Tho tidal receipts Irani the plantations
since September 1, ISSI'., were 5,112,428
bales; in 1885 si; were 5,101,010; in
1881 85 were 1,075,300. Although tho
receipts ?it the Olltports the past week
were ?7,7li'> hales, tho actual movement
from plantations waa only 21,008, tho
balance being taken from thc stocks ut
tlc; interior towns. I,asl year roooipts
from tho plantations for tim saint! week
were 28,720 bales, and lor 1885 they wen
21,008. Tho increase in the amount in
sight Friday night, ns compared willi
last year, was 50,-181 bales, tho increase
ns compared with issi s5 was 028,573,
and tin-increase over )ss:{ si was 094,
07'.).
The Chronicle thinks thal, these ligures
may be a little inaccurate, because, bo
ho eu the 1st September, issn, and tho
1st March, |SS7, cotton which passed
through Havannah, consigned to Charles
ton, was inch, lcd bi thc receipts of euch
pori wei o t w icc eouuti d. Tin s,- twice
counted shipments aggregated 27,280
biles.
\ T\ m- ut \\ IIHIIIIIKIOII.
Ono td' tin most conspicuous, aud con
K< ipu idly, ?is thing:, aro estimated herc,
mo;,I successful ol all the host of these
aspiran ta for social laurels is tho widow
nf a Kooky Mountain milling camp bar
keeper. She herself was a washer
woman, ?md in spite ol' several veins'
i, i ! ie ,, in "Yurriip," ret lins much nf
lin- hroglK lind many ol' Un- characteris
tics i-i lo r formerly highly honorable
ami useful avocation, lint what matters
ii thal she cailUOt niter :l RCUtOllCO nf re
sp, ct .bio F.nglihhV What, though in
resplendent Parisian creations bf satin,
velvet and feathers, sh?- looks like tho
ip leen ol .i Biddle's masquerade? She is
rich na a Bho-Crrosus, ami "entertains''
like a Bho-Jjiictilhis ''entertainment" in
this city ot cxeerablc taverns referring
largi ly to punch ami salad bowls, cro
quette philters and wilie bottles. ?She
gorges the not-too-fastidious leaders of
tin Washington "Vanity Fair" with tho
highest priced vitlinls, and swills them
with tho du doest vintogos nf Burgundy
?uni champagne. (Mu- of her recent
"blowouts," 0S slid would call it, brought
together many of the must noted people
in the capital and guests nf distinction
from distant parts nf thc country.
That miracle of municipal modesty,
Chicago, contributed a pair of those
gilded olbowers and pushers, whose
grotesque, gold-plated antics have for
two or three years allbrded amusement
to oii-f lifting gods and men. Nothing is
too extravagant for their CllicagollOSC
nerve ur check. They went into oflloial
mourning o year or so ago for a person
they bad never met, and there seems
little reason to doubt that if her Majesty,
Yictot iu, by tho grace of God (?ticen of
England and Empress of India, should
happen tu pass in her royal checks their
brOWn-StOIlO castle would lly a buick tlag
for thirty days and discount Hie British
Minister's residence in profuseness of
emblematic woe.- Washington la tter tu
St. Loi.is (.iiobo-Dcnioeriit.
A lloro ol American llei'OOM.
"lt wus once my fortuno," lie says,
"to see a young mini take an ax in his
hand ami walk alone across 2(H) yards of
open ground nuder the lire of loi) dis
monnted troopers, and deliberately cut
down a telegraph pole. While he was
chopping away at the tough cedar wood
1 could plainly set- tho spun tors whirling
,.u-.iy from Hit! pule fruin tup tu bottom,
ns the whizzing bullets aimed at him
orashi ii through it, or seamed its aides
with ragged scars. Near by stootl a
brick chimney, where a house had bi eu
Inn md down; a twelve pound shut
struck tho pile, and it went tumbling b>
i ai th, scattering its bricks about, BOmo
of them ?triking tho young soldier's
legs. Ile did not waver. As regularas
tho beat nf a pendulum was the swing of
that ax, and when tho pule fell friends
ami foes vied together in yelling their
admiration Of the young man as Ito de
liberately shouldered his ax ami returned
to his place in his command." -Maurice
Thompson in thc Independent.
lt Wan .ni Old Story.
A boy about niuo years old aat on a
door ntt-p on Clinton street yesterday,
and a -patrolman w ho ht ard a great noise
up stairs in tho house inquired of him:
"Isn't that a row going on up stairs?"
"Yea."
"Who is it?"
"Dad and ma'am."
"Why didn't you toll mo they wore
' ^"Wofl, they liegun corly yesterday
moi mug, audtho thing has got so old
that I thought you would yell 'choanutal'
ai mo if I said anything."- Detroit Freo
i l'/OBS.
I I I PH? I lilli ?Ml? IIH?HIIII MW ll-HIX
IHM -i: in.AM? \M> hlMIIKU.
liiHlriu'lloim (<>r lt<!|Kiiliii|i mill Caring I'ui
I'lftlltM IK Hilt Kennon.
(Keilli Ul?) London ijuoou.)
Whore "lunts have boon wintered in
tho dwelling house they will need care
ful attention dining tho month ol
Marchi When tho weather is BiilUciont
ly mild li io plants should bo taken from
their wintor quarters and any ?lust that
may havo accumulated on tho foliage
should be washed oil' with sponge ami
water, a .?1 every dead or decaying leaf
should he removed. Those subjects
siifHoiontly hardy to bear exposure may,
wiih great advantage, bo placed <>n th?
outor window-sill, hut they should not
bo so placed while there ia a cold win?l
blowing, nor must they remain out ail
night. The very best time to pul tho
plants out for thu llrsl timo is w hen a
w arm, gentle rain is falling, aptly termed
"grow in?'," weather.
Now is tho tim?' to make preparations
for spring potting, n very uecossary
operation. The plants to bc shifted, or
repotted, should l>0 watereil thoroughly
two ?lays previous to thc ?lay the opera
tion is to la- performed, an that the soil
may ho in a proper state, neither wet
nor dry, and the frosh conquis) used
should h?' in a similar condition. If
new pots are to be used, let them be
Soaked in wate r an hour or SO before tin
plants ar?- pul into them; if tho pots
employed bo old ones, they should la
Well washed inside und out and allowed
to becomo perfectly dry. Tho drainage
should be perfect, and each plant should
haVO a pot Suitable to its si/.e. Over tho
hob- in tho eoutro of tho hase of tho pol
i largo piece of broken llower pot, or a
small oyster shell, should ho placed, tho
concave shle downwards; tin n smaller
pieces of ilowor pot should bo add? ?I
or small, olean Inls of broken brick w ill
lo to the depth of at ll ast ali inch; the
plant that is to b<- repotted should bo
taken upside down in tho loft hand, the
dem ol' tho plant between thc middle
(lngors, the rim of tho pot gently tapped
upon tho edgo of th?- table or other con
venient solid substance, when tho pot
may bo lifted willi tile righi hand as
easily as tho extinguisher from a candi?.
The ball of soil about iii?- roots should
ho examined; if healthy lin- plants may
be put into a pot a size larger than tim
ono from which it lias just been taken;
if any decayed roots present thomsolvca
these should bo nearly out oil'. Tho re
potting should bo done (irmly, tin. sod
being brought up to within half au inch
of tho t?>p of thu i ?rn of the pot ; tili - will
lonve spaco suflleionl for wat? ring pur
poses.
lu the matters of situation, S?ll and
potting, plants require a cousidi rabh
diversity of treatment, yet although
I beso point:-, are very essential in propa
gatton, they are. not vital in respect ?
plants purchased during their season ol
bloom; tho cultivation, or lather. I
should say, th?- after treat mont, lies tn :
nutshell. They must receive water am
air in plenty, but tin- supplies mus; lu
regulated according to the season an?
naturi' of the plant. With thc e.xcoptioi
of such subj? els thirsty subjects I ma;
say us musk, India-rubber plant am
Arum cthiopieum, no plants ordinarily
grown in rooms, should stand in saucer
full of water, and those plants I havi
luontioncd should only bo allowed lo th
so during their season of activo growth
With otho! plaids the proper plan i
never to give water until the soil is dry
Iben give plenty, sulllcioiit, indeed, l<
saturate every particle of soil, root ;
libre, und when tho surplus waler ha
passed through into tho saucer, th
latter, ftftor tho expiration of ll quarto
nf un hour or so, should bo emptied
wined dry und roplnccd,
When the weutiier is favorable, that i
to say, when neither torrents of rain
frost or cutting winds prevail tho plant
should he taken from thc room into th
open air, bringing them back as I lmv
dreaily saul towards cv? tiing.
\\ nilli'll lu .lour lil? I illl.
Tin- woman who would become
journalist must Ht into the organ! ?t?o
w in rever she is needed. Sh?' may I
Asked to rend articles and preparo thei
for tho printer, to condense a paper <
[>,000 words into I,uno without omittin
il point or Weakening an argument, rea
proof, hold copy for tho proof-read?
w rite advertising paragraphs, attend i
editorial correspondence, look utter ti
make-up o? tho "forms.' prepare adv?
Using circulars, review bo? ks, wri
obituaries, roport events, write Ina
lines, answer questions, look aller tl
exchanges, naiko clippings, compile ari
?des, write editorials, or ?lo a hu
tired other things. If she cari.: a pi
maUOUt pince sh? must do some o? th?
things better than any other uvada!
porson, and before she rises to au edit
rial position she ought to know how
?lo them all, and what is moro km
when others are doing them rigl
.Journalism is by no nu ans purely litoi
ry work, nor is it without its disadvai
ages. Tho halo which surrounds it
largely fictitious. Every department
thc work has moro or loss drudgery c?
ncete.l with it; the editor-in-chief kno
what ho wants and docs not want, a
all work must be done in accordai
W*th his views, often in direct opp?.
i m t?; personal tastes; tho hurry ol t
work, particularly OU daily and wool
papers, is a heavy strain; tho assoc
tions in reportorial positions sro >
always pleasant? advancement ia oft
slow, a . oven a person woll titted for I
work is u long timo obtaining thoron
command of his resources. Tho dis;
vantages peculiar to women are i
many. A greater liberality of ideas n
rulo characterizes journalists thuu ot?
professional men, and tin- question
ability is usually thc only one rois
There aro certain kinds of reporting,
police and morguo nows, impossible
a woman; but it is a kimi ol news wh
advancing civilization makes more .
moro unpopular.- ida M. Tarbell iu
Chau tauquau.
- ??. -
S]?Sfl]>l0KH People?
Sleepless people, ;.;iys Health
li?me, should court tho HUH. Tho ^
worst . op, ollie is laudanum, mid the \
best is sunshine. Therefore it is p
tba he poor sleepers should pan
many hours of tho ?lay in tho suns]
und as few in tho shade as possible,
injurious effect of the aliado is i
noticeable in plants growing in sec h
places und ladies w ho aro acciistome
carry sunshades. Tho invigorating pi
of sunlight is Infinite, and lie who e
is tawny seldom requires a pill.
STY I.KS I N l'A ms.
lil I ll i'll i ll |?l Still |>|UI' l-'OPIMM-lil-?IJ ll??*
l-'uvoi-ltu Color-Ol hoi" lllf.-*.
A cabio dispatch to thc- Now York
Herald say.-: "Tho fashions for thc
present spring promise to roturo to grout
bimplioity ol Form- For ladies' drosses
tho elaborate loopings and draperies of
bygone seasons havu given place to Hat,
straight folds, to trhnmiugsof ouibroid
orii and bmiding, and to slight drapery
at tim back of tho skirt. Thurn is also
n return of tho 'princess1 style for the
i>; < ;. . ?.1 dresses, thu shirt fronts alni
cor ige fronts being composed of hua*.
"Liuco rulllos aro worn in val ions fan
tastic styles, either oblhpioly or fol ioing
points with an ornament in bea.I passe
menterie, placed at the apex <>t' each
point an.I matching il) color tho material
of tho dress, Very wide and ologaui
sashes lu soft materials, i nch as crape
or surah, will be worn later in tho Boa
son, euugl t in large loops and with long
wido cuds failing over the shirt. They
can bo worn at the hack or ut ono side,
according to fancy, and uro shown oilhor
plain or embroidered and trimmed with
large silk fringes.
"i'h? favorite color for this spring
will bo gray in all shades, from the
darke il stci I gray to ll delicate silvery
tone. I Hack silk dresses are becoming
popular, owing to tho introduction of a
now* silk fabric known ns peau do solo,
and which is nt once thick and soft and
promises to wear well. 'Lia re is a de
termined i Hort on fool for the suppres
sion ol fringes of hair over tho forehead,
or at ' asl lo diminish the volume amt
width of the frizzled eui Is over tue bl'OW.
Wo are thr< doned'with a OhinesC stylo
?>l e. inure, bill very few ftlCCS can stand
tho straining of tho hair at thu huck of
tho lo ad. The very high pull's, loops
and aigrettes that at ono time threatened
to make a lady's ooilTo.ro in tho ovoning
rival tho very highest of her street huts
have now almost wholly disappeared,
"livening dress dippers are now worn
with scarcely any trimming. A .small
buckle of binn.-stones, coolbung n tiny
bow of ribbon i alono admissible, Black
or bronze kid slippers aro worn with
dark dresses for domi-toilotto, Tho slip
per is now cut very low over tho instep,
tho . tocking laing embroidered with
silk or i pen worked in a lino lace like
pattern.
Sl'lUN'O BONSETH IN [.ONDON,
Cousin Madge write; in London
Truth: "There was such a very pretty
wedding al St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on
Saturday afternoon, thal wo did w ish foi
you to bo thereto see it. Tho luido wat
L ly Alicia Lions, and she looked charm
lng iii her marriage gown of whin
moire, with a small wreath Of oran gt
blossoi is fastened on witd m nit it ml i note
diamond .tars, and ti inagnilleeiit boa
?mot of lilies and other w hite flowers
I ho bouquet, 1 nm glad to say, was not
oumbroilsly largo, as some br.des bon
queti have beeil of late, and the arrunge
ment ol the lovely blooms was perfect
Tlu train of tim wedding dress was car
i ii d by two of the very tiniest pages
have over seen, They were dressed ii
w hit.- satin. The bi ulesmnids wore reall;
lash l id dresses of some pule I duo o
eausdo-Xil material, relieved with browi
velvet, Their hats had high Crowns o
either straw or brown velvet, but th
brims were blue. Their bouquets wer
azah ii -, ni lovely loues of pink and eora
intermingled. This attire look. I warn
ami comfortable. ? always think thu
white or ci 'clint-colored drosses io
bridesmaids look cold and chilling a
any time, save summer and carly au
tamil.
.I have never seen such lion nets a
those worn by thu smart people in th
congregation. One lady sppoarcd iii
very spring-like bonnet of white straw
trimmed with a high linnell of Naph
violets. A large l inster of similar how
II . was tucked in tito bosom of her dur
heliotrope-velvet bodice. A necklet <
cut umbel' lay upon folds of white lac?
which came doun in points upon tl
sombro velvet. The ear rings wei
amethysts, just a little too blue ?a lou
to assort comfortably with tho pa
mauve o? tho violets, Tin -lady earrie
a delicious little wrap made of tiger ski
just the sort ol' thing that only a M I
wealthy woman dare buy, for it cou
not possibly bc worn more than bub
do/.en limes in thc year, being too co
spicuous.
"A handsome brunette had a rill
\ ol vet jacket, quito tight-titting, cdg<
with beaver, lier boil liol was led, ai
BO was hoi' gown, but the former w
velvet, the latter silk. A tall ni
splendid blonde, with glorious coils
pale brown glossy hait, von: a bodi
and overdress ol' putty colored ottoin
over n Bkirt und plastron of bright
striped silk. Tho collar and cull's wt
of the stripe.-. T hc small bonnet w
embroidered and odged with a Huff
silk chenille, just a shade darker and
tone richer than tho putty tint ol' t
silk, it was trimmed with a group
red roses or poppies. The eur rings wi
very long and very old-fashioned, 1
they were of diamonds and pearls of I
rarest. A short ruby velvet mani
trimmed with sable tails, just motel
tho Mowers in the bonnet.
"Two sisters in haif mourning w
beautifully dressed, om" in block vel\
trimmed with chinchilla, und bonnet
match; thc other, also in black veb
with trimmings of rieh, finely cut st<
A handsome hut moroso looking won
hud no less than tlll'CO diamond stars
her bonnet strings. A blondo who 1
present had something black in her li
Wo could not make out what it was,
decided that she had trulHed ber hair
a refreshing novelty."
Girts Thal aro Lovable.
(?iris without an undesirable love
liberty and craze for Individualisms {
win- will h t themselves he guided; (.
who havo the lilial sentiment well
veloped and who feed tho love c
daughter for the woman who neb
their mother; girls who know that m
day and all day long cannot be devi
to holiday-making without the inter
tion of duties moro or loss irksome; j
wlio, when they can gather them, ac
tin ir roses ti .tn fnmk and girlish
cority of pleasure, and when they
dollied, submit without repining to
inevitable hardship of eiiciimstanc
these are tho girls whoso companion
gladdens and does not oppress or
, tract tho old, whose sweetness and r
submission to tho rensonnblo contre
I aut hority make lifo so ploasant and
charge so light to those whoao care
I aro.
KA i s i : i ; w i i.i i iti.u.
I How th? (Ivriiiuii I'ooplu C'elchruled Ills I
Ninetieth llirtluluy-Itrllllmii Pageantry
, alni Imposing Ceremonies!
Bum.IN, Mureil 22.-Tho ninetieth an- ?
nivcrsnry ol* Emperor William's birth
was ushered in by tho pealing ol' joy ?
bells in all lin- churches and Hu- lou or ol <
tho town bail, ami tho sounding ol'j
choral chimes. The city i.--. decorated as
it never was before. Uurlttuds, H i; ,
laurels, festoons nf ovorgroou, banners, ]
bright drapery and brilliant carpets aro
hunt; on ovcry conspicuous pot where
ornament eau be made to add tn the joy
ouu appoaruueoof tin town. Conspicu
ous by the extreme elegance o? their
decorations arc the Kuy;.I Academy ?uni 1
University buildings, aud the city resi
dence of tho Crown Prince Frederick I
William, l ho monument <M Frederich
tho Croat is covered with wreaths und
Mowers. Wherever there is ;>. bust or
statue of Ute Kmporor in it shop window
or other expo.1 ed place it is buried m
Howers. People ure all out in holiday
attire and thu streets an th rouged.
Farly in tlie day special memorial re
ligious services were held in nil Un
churches ?ind synagogue.., tun]
(Ices wore crowded in every case. Chil
dren from all the schools in tho city '
went in processions, accompanied by
bands ol'music, lo tlie chu rc fi service .
Thc students' procession past ;:.
palace wasa grund affair. They wont m
carriages, nf which tllOl'0 were SOVOl'lll
hutulred in line, oarricd bright banners
nf the Various sciiool and CoilcgO socie
ties and associations, ami were accom
panied by muuy bauds playing music i
ami arranged in gorgeous medieval cos- !
tunics, 'lin; long line ol carriages was 1
preceded and followed by students nu !
horseback. Passing tin palace hands
played national anthem, "Froussonlicd"
aud "Wucht nm Pdiioli," tho students nil ,
singing tn Hie music. The Emperor ap
pealed at a window as the procession
was moving past, and bowed, remaining !
there u considerable time. Tho great
crowd in Hie street gave him mi ovation,
the multitude cheeriu?, itsoll In ursc mn I
tiring itself out waving huts and hand-j
kerchiefs.
All the members ol thc imperial ian.;.;,
and all Hu ir princely guests drove in I
procession to the palace ;llj,| j,, rsonally
tendered their congratulation to thu
I?mporor. The procession was cheered !
by the crowds in tin streets,
A rain storm which sci in at ! o'clock
and lasted until 15 had scarcely any elli l
upon the crowd'- ol utithusi elie ( lennans
who throng? d the strci ts. The illumi
nations to-night throughout the ?jjy uro
superb. An especially striking feature
is a piel ure, oho hundred y ardi !";. \ anti
twenty yards wide, ni hom Of thc
Academy ?d' Arts, depicting events in tiie
Emperor's life.
Bismarck ?uni Von Moltko say that
they have received a Wonderful reward
for their services, the character ol which
is as yet unknown. Al! tho secretario*
of departments were decorated by Ibo
I.inptTor. lu receiving a household
deputation tlie Emperor said: "I have
reached this ago by lin- grnco of (ind,
ind if tho Lord helps me, ?md wants un
to, I may live lo Seo another year."
Hein ii n- St dil i it* nita ' iVSpvhigi
??Iienrico! Dost thou scent Hie gentle
spring?"
"Mo nostrils du attest thc sumo in
.Iced, lor dust thal'.-; to me neighbor's
.arpe! weil, already yields io his athletic
strokes."
"Nay, ilo not cuni at cleaning indus
try, nor thus ingrain Hue with such
worsted thoughts, Tho spring! the gen
tle spring is ?it tho door!
"Let bim not in, Andromeda, I pray,
[ill he hath purified his breath il bit, and
purged bis raiment ol' its rubbish tan ,'."
"Dost thou not liku thc spriug, thou
testy niic?"
"Aye, if thc same wor? bot loo long
i springing. This spriug liait makes mo
hoarse with berco protest ., ?uni studs nie
through willi lllly-ments ol wrath."
..I wonder, ?- i t i i thy stable wi I I hear,
that thou ilo.-.l favor not this leeming
lime."
"This steaming time i-. <-d thou cun
ning conjurer, for thro' the seams and
sewers of snil dntli 0OS0 obnoxious ot In rs
that proclaim tilt! steaming prOCi si ol
this vernal change. And man. thc imita
tor that ho is, contents him nol with
watching nature's whims, hilt linds frcsli
fuel for this gaseous glow in heaping
high tho garbage funeral pyro. I won
der nut, when ?rst tho liverwort uprear*
the dainty crest above thc globo, ami
scents the garden truck's (diluvium, III
hies to silent saucttini of the soil ami
saith: 'My dainty redolence will seen
obscure in atmosphere so froight witl
fumes.' "
"Anti to thy sense is'l only scoots thu
makes thee sentient of spring's senti
nient?"
"Nay, bc mo troth; [talia's wandorint
genius of tim crank, tho booming husi
ness of Esculapinns, thu school boj
biking furlough from his book tn inter
view tho .spiral angleworm, tho homel;
hen that hums her humble hymn O
Baster emblems, and tho housowifo'
howl as with thc molli she holds he
annual joust, these be some sympl.
that assert to me the year's conjunct io
witli thu wanton spring,"
\\ until Malo a 4.mid tine.
Tho report that Hoverhof FitzliUg
Lee made his recent visit t<' Minnosot
aa part of a plan to give bim tin: sccon
place on the next national Hckct orig
neted, of course, in a Chicago pape
There is not Hit! slightest basis for th
imputation. Gonoral Leo is not tl
man to go around hunting for oflloo,at!
it is di ll Unlit to see how n Hying trip, <
any other trip, to St. Paul or attywhoi
else, could promote such au objoo
(fOVCmor LiCO Came here lt) dine wit
the President anti Mrs. Cleveland, at
at tho last moment decided to accomp
ny some friends to Hie northwest--a lilt
rest from tho worry of ollice. At the - an
timi! WO again Insist that ho would mal
a model vice-President. W'ashingtt
Port,
A City ol Unautlful Women,
Detroit, Mich., is noted for its hcaltl
and handsomo ladios, which tho leadii
physicians and druggists there uttribu
to tho gonoral uso ami popularity of 1.
Hurter's Iron Tonic.
"'Wisely improve the present' is go
advice," said the newly married man, rta
sold Bj duplicate wedding gift.
grvwwrWAIKOI IWMIH?IIIII III -iavMnHBMH
THU KOItUOW.S or i. i; A \ i i> i <,<.mes. j
l in \ All Div Pour-Their Woos Tohl bj
Oin ul till- ( I.(lt.
(I lom ilir Now Vorlc star.*
Duryingtho (load in Calvary c< uiotory
has corno to lie a disagreeable job bi Ibo
union o? grave-diggers, but us no walk
big delegate- nppeurcd in the cemetery
yesterday, tho grave-diggors were kopi
busy ail liny with pick ami BIIOVOI, digging
ISAS graves, 'lin' annouuconiont that
the Vorick association lnul struck was
promut ure. lt has presented ita ultima
tum to thc authorities ot' Calvary cemo
ii ry. and it awaits their answer. Olio
nt tl.e grave-diggers, a very intelligent
l ian, li Hin d mi his spade in tho cemete
ry yesterday and said to u reporter ol'
Ibu Star:
"( o ivi.-digging is about us hurd und
uuhcalthful un occuptition us tin re is. J j
- ipposo Unit thu average torin <?i life of i
x grave-digger is much loss than that of i
in? ist other workmen. Wc don't go off
is rpiickly as they do iu a powder mill,
lint we go l ist enough, livery day wo
nuil, we are digging our own graves,
prave-diggors do not lust more than live
ll" sears. They get crippled by
working in tho damp ground, and liavo
to go to tho poorhouse, und sometimes
their families liavo to go ?dong with
in m. Pneumonia gets its gripou thom
in these cold, wet graves, and ie a few
lays the grave digger's fellow-workmen
aro diggiug his gravo, iiud rattliug tho
ilods down him. There ure ?nly two
?kl grave-diggers iu tin- oometory, und
titer they have worked so ninny years nt
be trude their wages ?nive beeil .educed
'nan ?1,75 to $1.50 u day, b< eau e they
ire so old. (hie ot' the men hus been
tigging graves tor about thirty years.
Ho may be said to have lived in the
lemotory.
".\ graVO is 0 foot deep, 7 let t long
ind 2 toot wido at the bottom. Sonic
?mes WO bave to make it tin or twelve
t>< t wido ut 11 io top to prevent Ibo sides
rom billing in. In the winter Ibo frost
. mietimcs two foot deep, and digging
In grave is Uko cutting through granite.
I take., iron: hull to ihrccipiurlc; H ol' u
lay to dig u grave, and, as our follow
vorkmui SUNS, i: Hamlet, 'it lasts for
?vcr.' U takes a skilled man to inakoo
'ray-'. .Vu unskilled baud would bo
.erv likely lo bury himsoll. Nearly ab
he peoi ... We uvi . . 0 ItOlO are ill tears,
ind, considering the bard, disugreeablo
ml uuhiu tbs character of the work we
li-, we think we obglit to bo recently
?nd tor il. At prosont wo got ;'1.7? n
lay, and lose tho rainy afternoons, In
linter w e are laid oil'about one WOOk ill
our, ?md lose nduy days h.wide-. My
.ay last mouth iva? only .<? !, which is
mt ?i i rael ion over 'r i u day lor every
la\ i i lin- monti).
I "Wo aro ttl wilya in debt to th? bake)
Had the bulcher, und it is impossible for
His to pul by any money tor the lime
i hen we .shall be loo obi to dig graves.
I'he superinU udout ol' Ibo cemetery gets
? ?, ."ii ll J a '.ear, or about 870 a WOok. Ol'
louise be is loth to ftdVilUCil mir wages.
ii summer wi make about $10 ?i week,
t has laen said that wi; own our bouses.
L'bere isn't a grave digger in Calvary
elm ti ry w ho oWUS his house or will
ver git ;none\ enough to own one.
i'he c? nietery g< ls $7 fdr every full
?i/.ed grave that's dug, und it g< t ?$1,000
lu Hie siilc bill there lora plot ol ground
Hi \ lee ii feet by i ighteou. ii can certain
H.' alford to pay s.! a day to the gruve
Higgers, and they earn tba' much. .Most
!l i. e pi 1 mied ls re are poor poo
>le. l in v ure tho longshoremen, bod
arri : . carpenters, masons and brick
lyei s ol New Vork. 'J'hey do UOt want
0 lie ia cheap labor graves.
I "The good llisbop MoTionghliii, ol
Irooklyn, pay . $2 a day lo the gravi
iiggers in L'iatbush cemetery, and lu
mys it every day-rain or shine.
i lie \\ foiin w um nu,
An amusing incident occurred no
eng since at the close . ! an ovoiUUj
neeting ut one of our churches. A wei
mown citi/.eii ?md Iiis wile attended Un
ervic, going thither us was their cns
Hom in their own vehicle. When th?
netting wns over, tito husband told Un
1 il'e to be out at thc door so as to bi
cady to go home when he came olbnj
villi the horto und sleigh. She wa
.rom pt ly on time urn! a lenin came up
i mae held ont bis hand und helped he
n und drove off with her. They hm
lot gone a gn at way when she said: "I
il lus to me you got the horse quick,
lin man looked ?it her n moment i
urprisc ci In aiing n strange voice, nu
.xcluimcd: "Good gracious! I httvC gi
Hbo wrong womuii." Ile turned th
.o?.i around and droVO bach to th
? I i s' oi meeting, while un rxohuug
vus mude, and he shirted homo om
nore with tho right woman. Concor
Monitor.
l.ifa'M Mardon*.
I A largo part of life's burdens uro sol
inposed ami wholly needless. Fears i
?alunnties which never huppen, u dolofl
nibil of looking at the worst, a SU
ricinus disposition, u jealous turn *
iiind these are the tyrants that loud i
villi burdens heuvy to boar und m edic
o curry. If we should honestly exumii
iie various burdens of ?mr lives, \
ivould be surprised to lind how ninny
hem ?ne ol this character. Not on
nay we drop them if we will, but i US ti
io others demands Unit we should,
man <>r wotnun habitually unhappy
.sseiitiully Hellish, and is alway a tho
ill the community. There ure OllOUj
jrosses and trials in life which must
?.orne, without manufacturing artillo
ind needless ones; and the more tin
.Highly wo rid ourselves of the lat b r, t
moro energy and spirit we eau bring
bear upon tho former.
. V. IMiynle, Mr. in Mlnel1
A good -tory C?111CH Iron; a boys' bon
lug-school In "Jeraey." The (liol was n
notonous and constipating, and the lean
Principal decided to Introduce some o
?lylo physic in thu apple sanco, und nw
Hie happy results. One bright hid,
siuiirtc.it in school, discovered the sci
mine in his sauce, und pushing hack
plato, shouted to thc p?dagogue, "
physic, sir, in mina. .My duo told nu
usc nuihin' bul Dr. Pierce's 'Pleasant 1
native Pellets,' nnd they aro n doing tl
duty like ii charm! ' They ure anti Ililli
und purely vegetable.
Thc Persian proverb, "Woe auto
nation where thc. young have already
vi? ? s ol foW, and the aged retain Hie fo
of youth, might, heroincmliercd profit!
by lids part?cula) nation,
TH? INTEK-STATK <OVI.MIS.SION.
Th? Hen Appointed hy tho 1'rcsUleul l<?
Kc(rulate (lu- Kaili nails.
Thc following is a Bkotoh of tho public
caroora of tho tuon composing 11 io coin
mission, oxcopting .Morrison, whoso pub
lic services aro BO generally known us to
nocil no description:
THOMAS M. COOIiBV
was horn at Attica, N. V., in 1821,
studied law in that Stale and removed to
Michigan iu 1813, whore he has since
resided. In |s.?7 he was elected com
piler of the State laws and in 18?8 re
porter fur the Supreme Court. In 18"/.)
he was chosen hy the regents as com
missioner to organize tho law depart
ment of tho University of Michigan, and
he has ever since la en connected with
it. In 18dl he woe elected Justice of tho
Supremo Court and was re-elected in
1801) and 1877. He was nominated hy
tho Republican for re-election in 1885
and was defeated. .Judge Cooley is tho
author of numerous standard legal
works. Ile was recently appointed hy
United States Judge Gresham receiver
o? thc Wabash Railroad Company.
ATJOACH r. w.u.KI'.K
isa Vormoni lawyer, about 11 years old,
a Republican in politics, who studied
law with Senator Edmunds, served as
colonel in Hie Uni:.n army and has siuce
then practiced law at Rutland. In tho
Vermont Senate he has taken a leading
part in training legislation lo solve the
railway problem, and has given much
study to the question.
Ai OUST SCIIOOKMAKBK,
ol Kingston, N. V., was horn in Ulster
county, March 2, 1828, and is a lawyer
?ll activo practico. Helias always been
a Democrat in polities. He has been
county judge of his county, and candi
date of bis ??aity for Supremo Court
illidge, lb vas Siab- Senator during
Governor Tildeu's term as Governor,
and was OHO of the leaders in the Legis
lature on whom Tilden relied to carry
out his reform measures. Ile was al
ways a close personal and political friend
of Tildi n's. Schooumakor was attorney
g?n?ral ot New York State in 1878 and
bsv.t. in I s70 ho was presented by the
A nt i-Tammany delegation from New
York, in the Democratic State Conven
tion, as their candidate for Governor,
md he was a dologato to the Democratic
National Convention in 187(J and 1880,
md also to the Chicago Convention in
188-1. He is now a member ol' tho civil
?ervico commission of New York Stale,
laving been appointed by Governor
Uloveland and retained in ellice by Gov
ernor Hill.
W Xiii Kit !.. lilt.Un.
AUS boru in A labama in ivis, but resided
n Arkansas from 1843 to 1801. lie waa
decided at Harvard University and
Jambridgc Law School, and practiced
aw in Arkansas for Borne years. At tho
?lose of tho war ho Bottled in Alabama,
md lor some years was the law partner
jf Senator Morgan. He has been a
leading .Democrat in that State for some
years, and lins served as national dele
gate, Presidential elector and a member
ifthe Democratic national committee.
In Issi lie was made president of the
vlnbnma State railroad commission and
served in that position bair yeats, dur
ng which time many important CIUOS
ioiis arising between railroads and their
atstoiucrs were satisfactorily adjusted,
rni: i i; i ;s 11 ) i ?N i i A I. limul.
111.line mill -?loo mau Contending lill' thc
ltC|ltlltllcail Ilene.
(Keilor to tho i luelnnail Kaqulrcr.)
The play tor the Presidential position
ms begun early. Sherman will soon be
it the South making speeches, more with
i view to make au imprt ?ion in his ow n
political interest than to advance views
calculated to aid the development of tho
icction he visits.
I think I call anticipate Mr. Sherman's,
?alciilations. ll I ".laine wants a renoiui
udion Sherman believes he can have it
,\ it bout reaching out ids hand. blaine
vants ii, he thinks, only ni the event
hat he feels usstlicd of his election. Ile
sill nguiu take no chancos, Sherman
viii come in ns a commanding quantity
t Blaine should decide not to seek tho
loniinntiou. li R?ame attempts to con
roi Hie convention in the interest of a
.andidate of bis own choice rather than
liimsclf, Mr. Sherman will then an
tagonize him. Ile will not give way for
Mr. Allison or anybody else. In snort,
Sherman will endeavor to place his can
bilney in such position as to make it
impossible to repeat such a deal as re
sulted in the nomination of Gnrllold,
Mr. Blaine is now more apprehensive
ul the prohibition than of thc mug
wump vote. In his own State, iu New
York, in Ohio, and iu tho northwestern
Stales prohibition is growing. The roto,
too, is in political contests becoming
more gregarious, lt largely dniws its
strength from thc Republican party, OH
does the labor vote from thc Ihniocratio
party. In his own mind the problem
now ticing revolved by Mr. Blaine is
"Will there be enough votes cast out
side of tho Republican party for a pro
hibition candidate to jeopardize Now
York or any other Republican State?"
If he comos to tho conclusion there will
not be, Mr. Blaine will bea Richmond
in the Hold.
Mr. Sherman's candidacy this time
means more and looks more portentous
than it ever did before. Tho Camerons,
of Pennsylvania, Simon and Don, ave
allied with it. Thoy arc afraid Blaine in
power would out that wing. They aro
for Sherman because of martial alliances
which binds the house ol Sherman with
their own, and. because, while they
might not get all they asked from bim,
they would never get the cold shoulder.
However, it doubtless is true that iu
Pennsylvania Blaine is stronger than tho
Camerons. In Ohio he has heretofore
shown more strength than Sherman.
tumi" of Vlec.Pretiilenl*.
In accordance with tho law enacted by
congress providing for die purchase of
white marble busts of the Vice Presidents,
Lo be placed in thc niches of the Senate
Chamber, the library committee has solic
ited propositions from sculptors for thc
work, commencing with thc hue Vice
Presidont Hendricks. Not more than $800
is to DO paid for a singh bust, ami pr?t .
dice is to be given in each ease to an artist
from thc Stale from which Hie Vlce-Prcsl
dent ( ame. The Hist reSpOTJAB from tho
committees invitation assures tho orna
mentation i f thc Chamber with tho bust of
John C. Calhoun, hy Theodore Mills, of
this city, son ol c ok Mills, who product <!
thc equestrian statue of .hickson tn Lo?
I Fayette si piare.-Our. Vin. Kn>/nirer%