The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 30, 1887, Image 2
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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
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How I ur rilCJ .rr I'tolltulllU ttl I armers--A
<io?ul A l l I. I? on an I m pin l ani Slllijct't.
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lt is quito common to hoar complaints
Ol tho worthlessness o? a large propor
tion of Hie comm. /cial fertilizers sol.I to
farmers. That Boroo ot' theso complaints
arc well founded thoro is little doubt.
That many more are unreasonable ami
unjust ia quito probable. .Many farmers
insist that the fertilizers of late years are
not SO gOOtl 08 those ol' ten or twelve
years tn-more hack. I,el us look into
the matter a little.
The average farmer judges of tho
morita or quality ot n fertilizer hy th.
effects of tin', ?ame on the ciop to which
it was applied. Indeed, this is tho ou ly
way he can safely doter Uli Ui win (her u
fertilizer has returned a lair poi'COUtage
on the investment. Hut how often is "il
true that the crop grows oil niel ly anti
everything appears lo promise a good
yield, and at last some ca nally ol
drought, er wet or frost, cuts ott Ibo
crop. During the i.oly, ami probably
tho middle stngei ol growth, thu farmer
is pleased with tho fertilizer; hui when
he gathers his crop amt lise guano man
wants his pay, aud tho bacon and Hour
ami dry goods bills, the doctor's bill,
etc., must be nu t the cotton won't go
round. The thy weat ht r, or Ibo worms,
or tho "storm in September," or some
one or more of the many ca unities to
which cotton is liable, lins out oil tho
crop. .May he tho teri il i/.er was to
blame. But tho fertilizer did not cause
the storm, nor tile drought, nor tho
worms; neither could it previ nt these
casualties.
On tho other hand, it the plant shirts
off Well aud tho seasons ami oilier con
ditions continue auspicious to the end ol
the harvest, anti the larmer gathers n
large crop, he is apt to be pleased with
tho fertilizer bo used, ns wall i- every
thing that was connected with tho crop.
One very importaut pit caution is over
looked by a l ng.- majority ol farmers
wile use oom tue roiu fertilizers, vi/.-, tia
test of the scales, ll is .e.r. nsonablo to
insist that a fertilizer has "duitu thc crop ,
uogood" when no nst or experiment
tows have been sot apart, thc fertilizer
carefully weighed and distributed, ?iud
thc yiold ol the crop gathered amt
weighed under tho very oyo ol tho pro
prietor. With such a lest plat, or s. \
oral of them, accurately cundill t d,-it ?fi
possible to easily aud certainly tit term
ine what has Im n thc economic i suit.
On difforoul soils ami with dil?'t reul -ca
sons and othor conditions, ; .. rt suits
will b-> discordant or dill? rent, \ u
whon tho identical fertilize! bas boon
used. One of tho most im] i rtnnt con
ditions-or ratler circumstances iii it j
affects tho question of pruitt > hen thc
money lias bcoti paid, 01 is to bc paid
for the fertilizer, ?a tho pi icc i .' cotton.
But if to be pant for ni cottou i docs liol
.affect Hie ipa Stioil at all.
Now, what is a fair probt on the In
vestment tn a feitilizct V A farmer ought
to bo well c intent to realizo H . .:. lo per
cent, per annum profit on al: thc llxod
and working capital employed in bis
business after allowing a red ho tl iblc sum
for his services mid tor wear nut b ar,
insurance, tte. lb would gladly reid
out his land, or a portion of > . on neb
terms, mid d' \ otc In . personal dteittioii
to something ele. i lien why should
ho expect auy greater pur eout. probt.
"one year w?th another, ' tm bis invest
ment ni a ii rtilizer?
One ton of Btoudiu 1 f oil iii/, i rs, hauled
and distributed in thc soil, costs, say
thirty fjj?'0) dollars cash. Thc money ts
paid-sa) April Isl und the orop is
barvosied amt ready for market .say
October 1st six mouths, Suppose thu
iucreasetl yield of cotton, lifter deducting
thu extra expenses of packing amt
ginning, amt lidding the value td tin
extra seed, is thirty-live dollars, or live
dollars clear profit, five dollars not in
crease in the value ol the crop due to
uso of a ton of fertilizer would not be
considered unusual; it is probably much
below the average ri ult.-. Dui nv. dol
lars on thirty dollars, for six mouths, is
If. per cent., or ?ii per cunt, per
annum I or suppose H >U pounds of but
cotton is tho price agreed upon for tho
fertilizer, payable November 1st, ami
that tho increased yiold is 125 pounds.
Wo now havo 75 pounds of lint cotton
more than enough to pay for the fer
tilizer.
No reasonable man will be lila ly to
deny the fairness of the above ligures.
The per cent, in?rense credited io the
fertilizer is probably loss than UlO aver
age results ol the iee of commercial for
tUiZOrfl in geln nd good, bad amt in
different -for a series >>t y< ara together.
say for tho last ten years, lt i true timi
they arc not so groat as for thu pit ced
lpg period of ten years, or, m othor
wonts, that commercial fertilizers do iud
yield aa good results on the same Holds
ns they ititi ton or lift' cn >< ara ago. This
may bo accounted for without assuming
that the quality td' commercial fertilizers
has been lowered. Chemical analysis
shows that they bave not. Field tests
on similar lands that have not bach "mn
to death" in cotton willi concentrated
fertilizers prove that tin same results
can now bo sooured as boforc, with av< r
ago fertilizers of thc present time. .More
over, the price of standard i? 11 il ./.cr . has
steadily declined tho cost .d' material
and naanipulatioo being less and compe
tition reducing the profits ol' thc manu
facturers and deniers.
What, then, ifl the difficulty / Do
those farmers wbo refrain from tho UM
of commercial fertilizers succeed any
I botter? If they do, is their prosperity
duo to their policy In thia respect, 6r is
it not in spite of it, and because of ex
ceptional skill, industry, economy
especially in tho utilizing homo manon
al resources? Win n tho latter policy is
supplemented by tho judicious (and
?bend) USO of thu best grades cf com
mercial fertilizing materials, composted
or mizod-os far iva possible at home,
wo almost invariably soe the best resal?s.
Nearly all of tho most prosperous farm
ors in tho country arc those who do not
depend on bought fertiliziis a. ne, but
who bring intelligence, skill, industry
ami sound judgment to bear in all Hu
details of farming.
Tho feet is, bm much i - expected ol
fertiliser'!, (dunno cannot oompensah
for the absence of tho qualities S?d
habib?, oto., that characieiize tho sue
oossfni fariuor. If a farmer, without
using guano, falls behind ut the late ol
thirty dollars to tho mulo, it is not rea
sonable to expect that bu will "come ont
ovoii," tuuoh loss "ahead," by using a
' ton of fertilizer to the mule, without
! compiling with tho other conditions of
successful farming. Ho might us well
expect to muko ?1 musician ol his son by
simply buying him a liddle.
'lilt' Coll un Mm ?milli.
! Tho New York Financial Chronicle,
! reviewing tho cotton movement, Bays
that for tho week ending friday. March
18, tho total receipts have reached .">7.7ir.
i indes, against 72,008 last wich. 711,051
tho previous week, ami U5,0Ul three
weeks since; making tho total receipts
si nco 1st September, 1880, 1,059,071
huh s. ngain8t 4,727,174 for tho samo pe
riod of 1885 8(1, showing un increase
since September 1, 188(1, of 282,11)0
hales.
Tho exports for tho week ending Fri
day evening reach a total ol' 187,7815
bides, oi winch 77,:i'.H'> were to Cn at
li'?tain, 1,17?? t<> F rance, und 50 ,870 to
(lu- resl ol' tlie continent. The t iti!
al, s tor forward doUvcry for tin-week
are 582,700 hales, for im mediato delis
cry the total sales foot up this week
1,218 hale.-, including 1,218 for consump
tion. The imports into continental ports
this week have been 011,000 bales.
There was S decrease in the cotton ill
sight Friday night of (il'>,7ll bahs as
compared with thu samo date of 188(5,
au increase of 110,081 huh s ns compared
with tin.rrespondiug date of 1885,
and a decrease of 108,708 hales as com
pared with Issi. The old interior stocks
have decreased during tho wcok 80,812
hales, and are to night 100,882 hales less
t lian ut the same period last year. Thc
rece i phi at tho same towns have been
?. I'd bales more than the same week last
year, und since September l tin- receipts
at all the towns are 00,185 bales moro
than hu- the same time in 1885 80.
Tin- total receipts from the plantations
sim e September 1, 188(5, were 5,112,128
h iles-, in 1885 si; were 5,101,010; in
Issi SO were 1,070,800. Although tho
receipts nt tho out ports tho past week
Were -. T,V11? hales, tho actual movement
from plantations wan only 21,008, thc
balance hoing taken from tho stocks ut
Ibo interior towns. fittSt year receipts
from tho plantations for the same week
wei.- 'js,7.?'.i huhs, und for 1885 they were
21,008. Tho increase in tho amount ill
sight Friday night, as compared willi
last year, was 00,181 bales, tho in?rense
ns compared with 1881 80 was 628,578,
and tho incrouso over 1888 st was <.?>!,
870.
Tho Chronicle thinks that tin se ligures
may bu n little inaccurate, because, be
twocil tho 1st September, 1880, and thc
1st March, 1887, cotton which passed
through Havannah i consigned to Charles
ton, was included in tho receipts of each
port were twico eouuted. These twice
counted shipments aggregated 27,280
hiles.
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\ Type ut' Withlilngtoii.
( Ino of thc most conspicuous, and cou
sci piont ly, as things are estimated lure,
loo: l SUCCCSSful ni all the host of tllC8C
aspirants for sooinl laurels is Ibo widow
of a ll icky Mountain mining camp bar
keeper, bbc herself was a washer
woman, und in spite of several years'
n i ! nco in "Yurrup," retains much of
(hu brogue mid many of the characteris
tic^ ol her formerly highly honorable
und u etui avocation, lint what mattem
it thal she cannot utter a sentence of ru
Hpccbibiu KnglishV What, though in
resplendent I'arisiau creations of satin,
velvet nud feathers, she looks like thc
(jileen of a biddle's mnsquonulo? She if
rich ns n sho-CTresits, and "entertains'
like a SIIO-IJUCIIIIUS "t n tort alu mont" in
this city ol execrable taverns referring
larg! ly to punch and Babul howls, ero
ipiotte platters and wine hot? les. Sin
gorges tho not-too-fastidious leadors ol
the Washington .'Vanity Fair" with tin
highest priced vituals, and swills then
with tho choicest vintages of IhirgumVj
and champagne. Ono of her rcccni
"blowouts," us sin- would call it, brough!
together many ol tho most noted people
in the capital ami guests of distillctlOl
from distant parts ol' the country.
That mirado of municipal modesty
chicago, contributed n pair of thosi
gilded olbowors and pushors, whosi
grotesque, gold-plated antics have fo
two or three years nllbrdcd amusomoii
to on-gn/.ing gods und men. Nothing i
too oxtravngnnt for their Cliicagoncsi
nervo Ol' cheek. They wont into oilloio
mourning i? year or so ugo for a porSOl
they had never met, and there scorn
little reason to doubtfire, if her Majesty
Victoria, by tho grace of God Queen o
langland ami Empress ol india, shouli
happen to pass in her royal checks tlici
brown-stono castle would fly a liiiu-k lim
lor thirty days ami discount the lintis
.Minister's r?sidence in profuseness c
omblomntio woe.- Washington la tter t
St. Louis Clobo-Deiuoerat.
.??.. 9- -
A Hem nf .Vinci I? an IfOI'OOKi
"lt was once my fortune," he sayi
- to sut u young mun toko in ax in li
hand and walk alone across 200 yards (
open ground under the lire of 100 iii
mounted troopers, and deliberately ci
down a telegraph pole. While ho WI
chopping away ut tho tough cedar won
I could plainly HU- the splinters w billin
away from tho pole from top to botton
us tho whizzing Indicts aimed at hil
crashed through i. or Beamed its sid
with rugged sears. Near by stood
brick chimney, where a house had bo<
bumed down; ii twelve pound sin
struck tho pile, and it went tumbling
earth, scattering its bricks about, fcon
of them striking tho young soldioj
legs. Ile did not waver. AM regular
tho beat of a pendulum was tho swing
that nx, and when tho polo fell frioin
and foes vied together iu yelling tin
admiration o! tho young mnn OH ho d
liberatoly shouldered hisa\ and return
te his piuco in his command,"-Mauri
rhompson in tho Independent.
ii Was an OW Story.
A boy about nino years old sut on
door step on Clinton street yesterdii
?nd a putrolman who heard a ?rent no:
nj* stairs in tho houso inquirodof him:
"Isn't that a row going on up stair*
"Yes."
"Who is it?"
"Pud and ma'am."
"Why didn't you toll mo they wi
lighting?"
"Weil, they begun early yostortl
morning, und tho thing has got KO <
that 1 thought you would yell 'choaonl
at mo if I ?aid anything." Detroit V
, Pros?.
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HOUSE l'I.A.M? VMI blMIIMJ
lllHlrUt'llOIIM tor lt??|>ottltlf( nilli latin,.- I.it
I'lniilM nt Mil? Meomni.
(Krollt Uni Loudon QUOOII )
Wkoro plants hovo boon wiutorotl in
tko dwelling house tboy will need care
ful attention dining tin; month of
Mareil. WhoU tho weather is BU Moil nt
ly mihi iiu> plants should bo bilton from
Mu ir winter qttartors and any dust that
may have UCOttmulutod on the foliage
should be washed oil' willi sponge and
water, and every dead ur decaying leal
should he removed. Those subjects
stiflleiontly bardy lo bear exposure may,
with great advantage, be placet) <>n Hu
outer window-sill, but they should iud
bo SO placed while there is n cold wind
blowing, nor must they remain out all
night. Tho very best timo to pul tho
plants Otlt for tile lir.st time is when u
warm, goiltlc rain is falling, aptly termed
"grow inp,'- weather.
Now is HU? lime to make pr?parations
for spring potting, ii very necessary
opi iation. The plants to be shifted, or
ropottcd, should be watered thoroughly
two days previous to the day the opera
tion is to bc performed, so that tho soil
may ho in ii proper stale, neither wet
nor dry, and the fresh compos! used
should be in a similar condition, lt'
new pots are to lu> used, lot them bc
soaked in water an hour or so before tho
plants are put into thom; il' Hie pots
employed be old ones, they should he
well washed inside and out and allowed
to become perfectly dry. Thc drainage
should bo perfect, ami Clich plant should
have a pot .suitable to its size. Over Hie
hole in the centre of tho luise of tho pol
a largo piece <*f broken ilowor pot, or n
--mall oyster shell, should bc placed, tho
concave side downwards; then smaller
pieces of Ilowor pol should be added
or small, clean bits of broken brick will
do to the depth of at Iciisl an inch; Hie
plant that i-- to be repotted should be
taken upside down in Hie left bund, the
stein of thc plant between the middle
lingers, Hu: rim of tin; pot gently tapped
Upon the edge of the tallie or olin l" con
venient solid substance, when tho pol
may be lilted witli the right band us i
easily as thu extinguisher from a caudle. ,
Tho ball of soil about the roots sb.?nhl'
bo examined; if healthy tbo plants may
be put into ii pot a size larger than tho
ono 'rom which it luis just been taken;
if tiny decayed roots prese nt themselves
these should bo nearly cut oil'. The re
potting should bo done thinly, tho soil '
Fleing brought up to within half an inch
of tho top >f tho ?'im of tho pol ; this will !
leave splice SUfttoiout foi wahring pur-!
poses.
In Hie matter:i of situation, soil and:
potting, plants require a considerable j ?
diversity of treatment, yet alt lu.ugh
these points arc very essential In propa- .
gatton, they are not vital in respect to .
niants purchased during their . ' .ison of 1
bloom; the cultivation, or rather, 1 i
should say, tho aller treatment, lies in a i
nutshell. They must receive water and
air in plenty, but tho .supplies must bo
regulated according t?> tho season and
naturi! of tho plant. With tho exception
of such subject.') thirsty subjects I may
say-ns musk, India-rubber plant and
Arum cthiopicum, no plants ordinarily
grown in rooms, should .stand in saucers
full of water, and thoso plants I ?nive
mentioned should only bc allowed to do i
so during their season of active growth. ;
Willi otficr plants the proper plan ?sj
never to give water until the soil is dry, ?
then give plenty, BUllloioilt, indeed, to
saturate ovory particle of soil, root and
libre, and when the surplus water has ?
passed through into tho saucer, the i
latter, alter tho expiration of a quarter
of au hour or so, should he emptied, i
willed dry and replaced. i
When tho WOtttllor is favorable, that is
to say, when neither torrents of rain, 1
frost or cutting winds prevail tho plants
should bc taken from the room into thc .
open air, bringing them back as 1 have
idrcadysi.i l towards evening. i
\\ dun n tn ?luiimni -.m.
The woman who would become a ?
journalist must fit into tho organization
wherever she ia needed. She may bo
Asked to read articles and prepare them .
for thi! printer, to condense a paper of
r>,000 words into I,uni) without omitting
A point or Weakening an argument, read
proof, hold copy for tho prout reader, 1
write advertising paragraphs, attend to ?
editorial correspondence, look utter tho
make-up ot" tin: "forms." pr?paie adver
tising circulars, review books, write
obituaries, roport events, write head
lines, answer questions, had; inter the
exchanges, make clippings, compile arti
cles, write editorials, or do a hun
dred otkor things, lishe earns n per
manent place she must do some of Hu o
things better tlinn any other available
person, and before she ri es to au edito
rial position she ought to know bow to
do them all, and what is more know
when others uro doing them right.
Journalism ?shy no means purely litera
ry work, nor is it without its disadvant
ages. Tho halo which surrounds it is
largely fictitious. Every department of
tho work has more or less drudgery con
nected with it; the editor-in-chief knows
what ho wants and does not want, and
all work must he dono in accordance
With bis views, often in direct opposi
tion to personal tastes; the hurry ol' the
work, particularly on daily and weekly
papers, is a heavy strain; the associa
tions 111 reportorial positions are not
always pleasant ; advancement ia often
slow, OS even a person well titted for the
work is a long tune obtaining thorough
command of bis resources. Tho disad
vantages peculiar to women are not
ninny. A greater liberality of ideas as a
rulo characterizes journalists than other
professional men, and the question of
ability is usually thc only one raised.
'Ibero aro certain kinds of reporting, 08
police and morgue news, Impossible to
a woman; but it ia a kind of news which
advancing civilization makes more and
moro unpopular.-ida M. Tarbell in the
Cbaubuupian.
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ajeopleM People.
HlooplcRS people, says Health and
Home, should court tho sun. Tho very
worst soporific is laudanum, and tho \ cry
beet ia sunshine, Thoroforo it is plain
that tho poor sleepers should pass as
many hours of the day iu tho sunshine
and aa few in thc shade aa possible. Thc
Injurious effect of the shade la verj
noticeable in plaids growing in Secluded
places and ladies who are accustomed to
carry sunshades. Tho invigorating pown
of sunlight is infinito, and he whose skin
is tawny seldom requires a pill.
STA l-KS IN VA Kls.
I?< I m illn;; lu Sllll|>loi' I orni^--l. i ?1.% lin
i iivurtta Color-Ot hov lill?.
A cabio dispatch to tho Now iTork
il? ralii says: "Tho fashions for thol
pros< a; np vi og pi omino to rotuiii togrcal
simplicity of lorin. For ladies' dresses
tho elaborate loopings ami draperies of
bygone Bensons have niven placo to Hat,
straight feltis, to trimmings o? cmbroid
eric? ami braiding, and to blight drupory
at tia back ol'tho skirt. Thoro is also
a return of thu 'priuccas' stylo lor tho
hi oks of dresses, tho shirt fronts and
coi igo trouts being composed ot laco.
"laico milles are worn in valions lau- ;
last ie styles, either obliquely or forming
point' with au ornaineui in bead pasao
mouturie, placed at tho apex of each ;
point ami mulching in color the material
ol tho ?1res.;. Very wide alni ologaut
sashes lu soft materials, such as crape!
or Moah, will bo worn later in tho sea- j
son, caught ?ll larg?' loops and with long
wide i mia railing over tito shirt. Thoy
can !??. Morn at tho buck or at ono side,
according to laney, and are shown oilhor
plain or embroidered and trimmed with
large silk fringes. 1
"Tho favorite color for this spring <
will bo gray in all shades, from tho ! I
darkest steel gray to n delicate silvery
tone, black silk dresses uro becoming A
popular, owiug to tho introduction of a I
m w Uk lalnic known as penn do sole,
and which is at once thick lind soft and 1
promises to wear well, 'llu ro is a dc- *
[ermined effort ou fool for tho supprcs- '
sion of fringes of hair over tho forehead, <
or .it ! iud lo diminish tho volume and I
width ol' the frizzled OUl'lsOVOr tho brow. 1
Wo are threatened watha Chinese style 0
0? CoilfiU'0, bill very low hua s can stand t
tho straining o? tho hair at thu back of 11
tho head. The very high pull's, loops li'
and aigrettes that at one time threatened 11
to make a lady's coiffure in tho owning
rival Hie very highest of her stn ct huts
have now almost wholly disappeared,
"livening dress slippers ure now worn
with scarcely any trimming. A small
huckle o? Ultim alones, confining a tiny ! <;
bow of ribbon i itlouo admissible, lilacs 11
or bronze ki?! slippers aro worn with I
dark drosses for domi-toilottc. Tho slip* I ^
per is now out very low over tho instep, |
tho .locking being embroidered with
silk or < nen worked in a Quo ?ace like
pattern.
sriuxo soxNiSTS IN LONDON.
Cousin Mudgo writes in London
Truth: "Thora wits such a vory pretty
wedding at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on
Saturday afternoon, thal wodid wish for
von I > 00 there to KOO it. The hiide was
Lady / lula Kons, and sho looked charm
ing in her man iago g. .wu ot whiro
moire, with n small wreath 6? orange
blossoi IS fastened on wild multitudinous
diamond .t.uv, lind II inngniilcenl bou
ipe i ol lilies ami olla r white Howers,
i he bouquet, I am glad tu say, was not
uumhrotisly largo, aa some hr.Ties bou*lt
quot? have boen ot late, and tin-arrunge-j j
UH nt ot the lovely blooms Was perfect.
Tho train o? thu wcdilillg dress was car*
ri^il by two of tho very tiniest pi res l
havo over aeon, They were du x I in
white satin. The bi idesmaids wore really
hlStcflll dresses ol' sollie pule lillie or
muisdo-Xil material, relieved with brown
velvet. Thuir hats had high crowns ot
Dither .straw or brown velvet, but the
brims Mere Line. Their bouquets were
azaleas, ?ll lovely tones of pink and coral
intermingled, 'lilia attire look. I warm
uni comfortable. I always think thal j
white or cream-colored dresses iori"
bridesmaids look Cold and chilling ut'1'
illly tillie, save slimmer and early au-j h
tiimn.
. J have never soon suoh bonnets as
those worn by tho sm ut people in the
congregation. One lady appeared in a
very spring-like bound of white straw,
trimmed with a high bunch of Naples
violets. A largo cluster of similar bow
11 ? was tucked in tho bosom of her dark
lieliotropo-velvet h.-.lice. A necklet o?
mil amber lay upon folds o? white lace,
which came down in points upon thc
sombre velvet. Thc cir rings were
un. Iliyuts, just a little too hine in tone
to assort comfortably with (hu palo]
milllVO of tho violets. Tin .lady carried ?
II delicious little wrap made of ligor skin '
just the sort of thing that only rt very
wealthy woman ?larc buy, for it COllld
not possibly bo worn more than hali a
dozen (?mos in tho year, being too con
spicuous.
"A handsome brunette had a ruby
velvet jacket, quite light-lltting, odged
with beaver, flor bonnet was red, ami
BO was her gown, bul tho former was
velvet, th?- latter silk. A tall and
splendid blonde, with glorious coils o?
pale brown glossy bair, voie a bodiCO
and overdress o? putty colored ottoman
over a skirl and plastron ol' brightly
striped silk. Tho collar and eulin were
of tho stripes, Tho small bonnet was
embroidered und odged with ft Huff o?
silk chenille, just a shade darker und u
tom- richer than the putty tint of the
silk, lt WOS trimmed with a group of
red rot-OS or poppios. Tho oar rings were
very long and very oUMasllionod, but
they WOW O? diamouds und pearls ol the
rarest. A short ruby volVot mantle,
trimmed w ?th sable tails, just matched
tho dowers in tho bonnet.
" Two .-isters in half mourning woro
beautifully dressed, one in bia? k velvet,
trimmed with chinchilla, und bonnet to
lUatcli; tho other, also in black velvet,
with trimmings of rich, lindy cut steel.
A handsome hut morose looking woman
had no less than three diamond stars in
her bonnet strings. A blondo who was
present IIIKI something black in her hair.
Wo could not make out what it was, so
decided that she had trutlled ber hair aa
a refreshing novelty."
Giris Timi ure Lovnhlo.
(?iris without an undesirable love of
liberty and craze for individualism; girls
who will let themselves he guided; girls
who have tho filial sentiment well de
veloped mid who feed tho love of a
daughter for tho woman who acts as
their mother; girls who know that overy
day and all day long cannot bo devoted
to holiday-making without tho interven
tion of duties moro or loss irksome; girls
who, when they can gather thom, accept
their roses with frank and girlish sin
cerity of pleasure, and when thoy are
denied, submit without repining to tho
inevitable hardship of ohcumstanoca
H.. e uro tho girls whose companionship
gladdens and does not oppress or dis
tract tho old, whose sweetness and ready
. ubini .ion to tho reasonable control ol'
authority make life so pleasant and their
obarge HO light to those whoso caro they
are.
ICAISKlt WI I.II ia.H.
I low tilt- (IVI'IIIUII r?'i>i>i?' Cclcbi'iil?s?l ui
Kliiullulli lllrlluluy-lli'llllunl 1'iigoiiiili'y
?uni llll|tWKlll{| Ol I'limnics.
JjiaiMN, Mardi 22. Thc ninetieth an
niversary of Emperor William'? )>?rlli
was ushered iu hy thc pealing of joy
'oells in all the churohos ami thotowor ol
the town hall, nial tho sounding ol'
choral chimes. Thc city is decorated as
il never was before. Uarlauds, ii i .
laurels, festoons of evergreen, banners,
bright drapery and brilliant carpets are
hung on overy COUSpiCUOUS pot w here
ornament can he made to add to the joy
nm; appearance of the tow n. Conspicu
ous hy the extreme elegance of their
decorations aro tho lloyal Academy and
University buildings, and the city resi
dence ?d' the Crow n i'rince L'rcdorick
William. Tho monument of Frederick
tho Oreat is covered with wreaths and
Howers. Wherever there is a bust or
statu? of tia IJniperor in a shop wiudow
jr other expo cd pkice it i-, buried in
Howers. People aro all out in holiday
iltiro. and the streets ar? thronged.
Early in tho day special memorial ro
igioiis service; were helli in all tho
ihurches and synagogues, and the edi
iccs wore orowdod in every caso. ChiI
IrOU (rom all the schools in tho city
vent in processions, accompanied by
ianda of music, to tho church sorvices.
Tho students' procession past thc
inlaco was a grand adair. Tiley WCUl ni
.alliages, ol' which tllOt'O WOro SOVOllli
Kindred in lino, carried brigid banners
d' the valions school and COllcgO SOCio
ies ami associations, and wore accom
lailicd hy many bands playing music
.ml arranged in gorgeous medioval cos
nines. The lon-: lin?- ol carriages was
?receded and followed by studonts on
lorsoback. Passing tho palace bands
?laved national anthem, "Preussoniiod"
nd "Wacht am ithiuu," the students all
luging lo tim music. The limperor ap
?eared at a window as tue procession
ras moving past, and bowed, remaining
lien-a considerable time. Tho gretil
row?l in the stru t gave him an ovation,
he multitude cheering itsoll hoarse and
iring itself out waving hats (Hld hand
torchiefs.
All tho members oi the imperial family
ml all their princely gu? st? drove iii
irocessiou to the palaco and personally
L'iidered their congratulations to thu
Emperor. The procession was cheered
?y the crowds in tho street'.
A rain storm willoh set in ut '> o'clock
nd lasted until IS had scarcely any clleot
ipon the crowds ol enthusiastic < lennans
dio thronged tho streets. Tile illumi
iittiolis to-night throughout th" eily are
uperb. An especially striking feature
i a picture, ono hundred yards lon;1; and
wents yards wide, m froid Ol the
ii'iulemy ?d' Arts, depicting events in the
imperdr's life,
Jiismuick ami Voil Moltke say thai
hoy have received a wonderful reward
ur their serviccSj tia: character of which
4 as yet unknown, Al! the sccrctaricti
f depart men I were decoraleil by the
Emperor. lu recciviug a household
lepiitatiou Hie Emperor said: "I have
cached this age by the grace ol (hui,
nd if th?' Lord helps me, and wants mu
ii, 1 may live to seo another yoilr."
-?a ? ?
li, in un < Senti un ii I H ?m s pi i H ^.
..Ib u!!"?'! Dost thou scent the gentle
pring?"
"Mc nostril.! do attest the sumo in
ou?, for ?hist that's to mu neighbor's
arpe' weil, already fields to his athletic
I robes."
"Nay, do not carp at cleaning indus
ry, nor thus ingrain tine with such
.orsteil thoughts, Hie spring! tile g? ..
10 spring is at tho door!
"hi t him not in, Andromeda, I pray,
ill he hath purified his breath ;.. bit, ami
urged his raiment of its rubbish tang.'
"Dost thou not like tho spring, thou
.sty one?"
"Aye, if th?' same w? rc not loo long
.springing. This spring halt malu m'
nurse with tierce protests, and studs rn?
11 rough with lllly-ments ol v rath."
"1 wonder, sith thy Stable wit I hear
liai thou dost favor not this tcciuiuf
dui'."
"This steaming limo is goo.I thou cnn
ing conjurer, for thro' thc seams an?
rivers of soil d?dh ?>osc obnoxious odor
hat proclaim the steaming process o
Iiis vernal chango. And man, the imita
i>r that lu; is, contents hin. not wit!
Hitching nature's whims, but linds ins]
ucl for this gaseous glow in luapinj
ligli tho gnrbago funeral pyre. I won
1er md, when lust th?- liverwort uprear
lu- dainty cres! above the globo, an.
cents the garden truck s etlluvilini, li
ties bi silent sanctum of tho soil am
aith: 'My dainty redolence will sooi
ibscuro in atmosphere so m ight wit
unies.' "
"Ami to thy SOUSC is't only -cents thu
uakes thee sentient of spring's sent
neut ?"
"Nay, be mc troth; (talia's wandorin
;oilius of th?' crank, the booming bus
less ?d' Esculapians, th?' school bo
aking furlough from his books to inte
?ow the spiral angleworm, the homo]
ion that hums lier humble bunn ?
Caster emblems, ami Um housowifo
lowl as with th?' moth sh?- holds bi
.mimd joust, these be some sympton
bat assert t?> me the year's COlljlinctii
vit li Hie wanton spring."
U oill.l Mllkt] a 0?IO?l ?lil? .
Th?) n-jiort that Oovomor Fitzhuf
lico matlo his recent visit to Minnoso
LS part of a plan to give him tho sccoi
dace on tho next national ticket ont
lated, of ?'ourso, ia a Chicago pnpi
Lhere is not thc slightest basis for tl
mpntation, Qonoral Loo is not tl
mm to go around hunting for ofllOO,al
t is difltOUlt to BOO how a Using tup,
my other trip, to Ht. Paul or any win
ilse, could promote nindi an obj??
lovomor Leo carno lu re to dine wi
he President and Mrs. Cleveland, a
it tho last moment decided to ueoomi
iy some friends to tho northwest- a lit
?est from the worry of ollice. At tho sal
.imo wo again insist that ho would ina
i model Vioo-Prosident, Washingt
L'ost.
A ruy ol itrauillul Womeai
Detroit, Mich., is noted for ita hcalt
ind liaudhonio lath?*, which tho loath
physicians and druggists there attribi
lo tho gem i il usc ?nd iMipularity of 1
Harter 's Iron T\>nic.
'"Wisely Improve the present is m
wlvlco," said the newly inarilcd man, a'
mid a duplicate wedtlhig gift.
THU NOKIiOWS Ol (UtAVI-MMIiUKltS.
'lin j All Din I'.x.i .- I lu li Wins Told bj
Olli ul Ul?) ? rall.
(KlOlll I hu Now Voi'll >lar.
J bu ying i ho dead in Calvary cemetery
has como to bo o disagreeable job t<> tho
union of grave-diggers, but us no walk
ing delegate appeared in the comotery
yentl 'lay, tho grave-diggers were kept
bu y all da v witil pick and shovel, digging
HOW grave.;. The announcement that
tin' yorick association had struck was
premature, lt hos presented its ultima
tum to thu authorities of Calvary como
tery, and it awaits their answer. One
o? tho grave-diggers, II very intelligent
man, leauod on his spade in thc cemete
ry yesterday and said to a reporter of
the Star:
"O; ave digging is about us hard and
unhealthful au occupation as tin ro is. 1
suppose that the average term of lifo ol'
a grave-digger is much loss than that of
most other workmen. Wc don't go off
as quickly as they do ni a powder mill,
bul wo go fast enough. Every day wo
work we are digging our own graves. !
( i rave-diggers do not last more than live I
<>r six years. They (jet crippled by!
working in t he damp ground, and ba vol
to go to thu poorhouse, ami sometimes
their families have lo go along with
them. 1'neumonia gels its grip on them i
in these cold, wet graves, and m a fow
days tin; grave digger's fellow-workmen !
aro digging bis grave, aud rattling tho
clods down him. 'l here are only two
old grave-digger- in the cemetery, and.
after they have worked so many yean at '
the trade their wages have 'neon .educed;
from Si ,75 to Si ,50 a day, beean: o they
ave so old. One id' tin lat n bas bc?ll
digging graves for about thirty years.
Ile may be said to have lived in thc
cemetery.
"A grave is 0 feet deep, 7 foi ? long
und 2 loot wide al the bottom. Sonic-j
times wo have to make it tin or twelve
?et t wide at thc top to prevent Ibo sides
from hdliug in. lu thu winter thc frost
ii som limos two foot deep, and digging
thc grave is liko cutting through grunite. i
!t take., front hall to Hirco-quarters of al
lay to dig il grav. , and, as our follow
workman KIN a in Hamlet, 'it lasts for
liver.1 ll take.1 a skilled man to make a
grave. An unskilled hand would bo t
eery likely ti, bury himself. Nearly ab i
tin: pi.opie wc ever si o here arc in tears,
iud, considering tho hard, disagreeable 11
md nubia thy character of the work wo! '.
lo, we think we ought to bc dcccuUy i
paid tor it. At '.present wc get ?i? 1.75 ul
lay, and lose tho rainy afternoons, lull
winter we are laid oil*about one week in j ?
four, und lose rainy days besides:. My l
pay las t immth \Vtis only s'M, which is h
?nit a fraction over si u day for every j i
lay i't the mouth. ; M
"We lue alway, in debt to tilt bake |l
lunl tho butcher, und it is impossible for I
is it. put by any money tor tho time j i
nilen we shall be loo old to dig graves. ! t
I'he : uperinU udold of t h-. cemetery gets 11
-' 1,500 a year, or about s70 a week. Of i
?o?ase he is loth to advance our wages,
lu summer wi make about .Sb? a week. \
lt has been said that WO own our houses, i
Iben isn't a gmV0-digger in Calvary
.emeterywln owns his house or will j .
..ver g t money i Hough to own one. : .<
?Thc cemetery gels S7 for every full j i
?/.cd grave that s dug, and it gets Si,OOO j t
mni tho s ide hill lhere for a plot ol' ground j t
Kxh cu feet by t ightcoli, il can certain-1
ly alford to pay s:J a day to the grave- i
Biiggt rs, and tin y carn that muco. Most j
di the people buried here are poor peo-i 1
?le. t hey aro thc longshoremen, hod
.arrie-rs, cur pewters, masons and brick
ayers ol Ni w York. They do not want j
0 lie in eiu ap labor graves. j ]
''Tin good Bishop McLtOUghiiu, <>i'!i
llrooktyn, pay.:.-.! \\ day to tho grave li
liggers in I'latbush cemetery, and he h
mys it e very day -rain Or shine. 11
i :i<- \\ rinnt \\ ...nun.
Ah amusing incid? nt occurred liol I ,
ung since at the close ol' an evening!,
Hnccling ai one ol' our churches. A well I ,
viiown citi/.eii ililli his wife attended the j j
?ervice, going thither us was their cits- ,
Una in til r <>?:i vehicle. When the ,
mee ling was over the luisbaud told Hie j
a i fe to be out ut tho door so as to be .
ready to go homo when ho cune ulong I |
kvith the horse and sleigh. ?She was L
promptly on time and a team came up, >
1 man held out his blind and helped her j
in and drove oil' with her. They had
not gone great way when she said: "lt .
eeius t. nu: you got Hu horse quick." (
I'lic man looked at her a moment ill j
itirpri.se on hearing ii strange voice, und j .
.xcl,limed: "ti ott gracious! 1 have got
:he wrong woman." Ho turned the ,
liorsc around and drove back to thc
?ilact: ol meeting, where an exchange
ikiis made, and he started home once
moro with the right woman. Concord
Monitor.
Life's Hardens.
A largo pari of life's bulliens aro soif
imposed and wholly needless. Fears of
calamities which never happen, a doleful
habit of looking at the worst, a sus- !
picious disposition, a jealous turn >f
tu.lid these are the tyrants that load us
with burdons heavy to bear und m etllcss
lo carry. If wo should honestly examine
the various burdens of our lives, we
would bc surprised to lind how ninny of
them arc of ibis character. Not. only
may we drop them if we will, but justice
to others demands that wo should. A
man or woman habitually unhappy is
essentially sottish, and is alway- a thorn
in tim community. There are enough
crosses and trials in life whioll must be
borne, without manufacturing artificial
and needless ones; and the more thor
oughly WO rid ourselves of the. latter, thc
mole energy and spirit we can bring to
bear upon the former.
"Sa I'liy-lf. Mr. ni ?line! 1
A good story conies from a boys bonni
lng hot?! in "Jersey." The diet was ino
llOtonoUS unit Constipating, ami the learned
Principal decided to Introduce some old
?lylo physic in tho applesauce, and await
tho happy results. One bright lad, the
smartest In school, discovered Hu: secret
mine in his sauce, and pushing back his
piale, shouted to the pedagogue, "No
physic, sir, in mine.. My dun told mo te
use; mithin' but Dr. Pierce's 'Pleasant Pur
galivo Pellets,' and they arc a doing their
duty like a charm' They are anti bilious,
and purely Vegetable.
Thc Persian proverb, "Woe UUt? that
nation whore thc young have already thc
viCCS Of SM, und thc r.ged retain tho follies
of youth,!; might, he romcmherod profitably
hy I hts pnrlleuhu nation.
THE INTKK-STATK COMMISSION.
'rtic Hon A |i|iwiiitotl l*y tlio 1'rosldeut to
Uvgultito the ItnUroaUs.
'lin1 following is ?t Bkotoh of tko public
CUR i rs of tho mou composing tho oom*
mission, oxcopting Morrison, whoso pub
lic M I S ici s ure sn gener-'.ly known us to
need no description:
THOMAS M. COOLEY
wns bom ut Attica, N. Y., in 182-1,
simlieil law in that Stub: and removed to
Michigan in 1818, whore he hus since
resided. In 1*07 bo wits elected com
piler of tho State laws und in 1858 re
porter for tho Supremo Court. In 185'J
bo was ohoson by tho regente ns com
missioner to organizo tho law depart
ment of tho University ol Michigan, and
iic lias ever .since been connected with
it. In 18?J ho was elected Just ico of tho
Supremo CoiU't and was re-elected in
1801)and 1877. Ile was nominated by
the Republican for re-election in 1885
and was defeated. .Judge Cooley is tho
author of numerous standard legal
works. Ho was recently appointed by
United States Judgo Gresham receiver
of tho Wabash Railroad Company,
AtiUACU r. wAi.Kr.n
is a Vermont lawyor, about 11 years old,
a Republican in politics, who studied
law with Senator Edmunds, served as
colonel in tho I ' 11 i t m anny and has since
then practiced law at Rutland. In tho
Vermont Senate ho lias taken a leading
part in framing legislation lu solve tho
railway problem, and has given much
study to tho question.
AUOUST SCU00NMAKEH,
pf Kingston, N. V., was born in Ulster
county, March :\ 1828, and is a lawyer
m active practice. Helias tdways been
a Democrat in politics. Ile liiis been
county judge o? his county, and candi
date, of hi party for Supremo Court
Judge, lb vas State Senator during
Governor Tildeu's tenn as Govornor,
and was one ot the lenders in the Legis
lature on whom Tilden rolied to carry
out Iiis ref? nia measures, lie was al
ways a close personal and political friend
of Tilden'.-. Schoonmakor was attorney
general of New Voil, state in 1878 and
?870. ID 187(1 he was presented by tho
Anti-Tammany dolcgation from New
York, in tho Democratic state Conven
tion, us their candidate for Govornor,
md lie was a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention hi 1870 and 1880,
iud also to tho Chicago Convention in
1881. Ile is now a mei dior ol' tho civil
service commission of New York State,
laving been appointed by Governor
[ loveland and retained in ollice by (Jov
iruor Hill.
WA Wi KI; !.. UllAOU
AUS born in Alabama in 18?38, but resided
u Arkansas from l*i;> to 18bT, Ho was
-ducatcd at Harvard University and
Cambridge baw School, and practiced
.aw iii Arkansas for some years. At the
sloso of tho war ho settled in Alabama,
md for some years w us the law partner
ol Senator Morgan. Ho has been a
lending Democrat in thut State for some
years, and has served as national dole
rite, Presidential elector and a member
d' the D?mocratie national committee.
In Issi ho was made president of thc
Alabama State railroad commission and
served ia that position four years, dtir
Ug which tune many important quos
ions arising botwocil railroads and their
aistoinors were satisfactorily adjusted.
THU I'll KS1 DKNTI AI. I ?OOM,
m.One am! sharman CotitiiiidliiK loc the
Kcpn lil ii an I tun e.
( Lot tor to Mu? ( i nd mini i Knuuiror.)
Tho play for the Presidential position
ms begun carly. Sherman will soon be
n tho South making speeches, more with
t view to make an impression in his ow n
political interest than to advance views
.nlciilutcd to aid tho development of the
section he visits.
I think I can anticipate M r. Sherman's
.uleiilntions. If i Haine wants a rononii
ilitioil Sherman behoves ho can have it
Altland reaching out ids hand. Ultimo
iViints it, ho think-, only in the event
hat he feels nssiucd of his election. He
.viii nguiu take no chances. Sherman
s ill come in as a commanding quantity
I blaine should decide not to seek the
loininatiou. If thaine attempts to con
roi tho convention in tho interest of a
.andidate of his own choice rather than
iinisclf, Mr. Shorman will then au
tagoni/e him. Ile will md give way for
Mr. Allison or anybody else. In snort,
Siiennan will endeavor to place his can
bilney in such position as to make it
impossible to repeat snell a deal as re
sulted in thc nomination of Garfield.
Mr. Blaine is now more apprehensive
td the prohibition than of the mug
wump vote. In his own State, ill Now
York, in Ohio, and in tho northwestern
States prohibition is growing. The voto,
too, is in political conti sts becoming
moro gregarious, lt largely draws its
strength from thc Republican party, as
does tho labor vote from the Democratic
party, in his own mind tho problem
now being revolved by Mr. Ultimo is
"Will there bo enough votes cast out
side of tho Republican i ..rty for a pro
hibition candidate to jeopardize Now
Yorker any otho Republican State?"
li ho comes to tho conclusion there will
aol bc, Mr. blaine will bon Richmond
in the Held.
Mr. Sherman s candidacy this timo
means more and looks more portentous
than it ever did before. Tho Camerons,
of Pennsylvania, Simon and Don, are
allied with it. They arc afraid Klnine in
power would cut that wing. They aro
for Shorman because of martial alliances
which binds thc house of Sherman with
their own, and because, while they
might not get all they asked from him,
tlicy would never get the cold shoulder.
However, it doubtless is true thnt in
I'cnnsj K ania Blaine is si ronger than tho
Camerons, tn Ohio he has iieretoforo
shown more strength than Sherman.
Uuit? of VlcA-l*re*ldentN.
in accordance with tho law enacted hy
congress providing for tho purchase of
white marble bust's ol thc Vice-Presidents,
to bo placed in thc aicllCf <>f thc Senate
Chamber, tho library committee luis solic
ited proposlUons from sculptors for thc
work, commencing with tho late Vicc
l'resJdonl Hendricks. Not moro than f?oo
is to be paid for n singh, bust, mid prefer
ence is to l?e given in cadi case lo an artist
from tin; Stale from which Mle Vice Pres!
dont cams. Thc first responso from the
< .tmiiiiltce's Invitation assures tho orna
mentation of ilie Chamber with tho bust of
.lohn C. CalhOUO, hy Theodore .Mills, ol'
this city, son of Clark Mills, who produced
the equestrian statua of Jackson in Liv?
fayotte square. Cur. Vin Eivpiirtr,