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1 P R O FESSIO N A L CARDS. DALLAS LUMBER YARD. J. M. KEENE, D. D. S. •F* H . N ’u n n , !P r o o r ie to x * . I l e i 'a l office in Hivym m !lr ■ lii-r’« ||>ii |ilin);, p o m rr ■ ( O m it H.“t "lil- ! m er ini 1 r els. Full stock of best quality seasoned lumber and all kinds of dimension timbers. Doors, windows, brackets, mouldings, laths, shingles, cedar posts, ornamental fencing and stair material. Prices of doors, 2^.\(iL\l $1.75; 2|x- 6jx 1 1 }, $2; 2ixOI,xli, $2; 2fx(JjjxH, $2.25; shingles, $2.50; common windows, $1.25 to $2.50. Door and window frames carried in stocK. Terms cash, or bankable note in 30 days. J iu .0 ; » tli.-,. V . o , ¡’IIY-M ClA X AN !) SU RG EO N , Dallas, Oregon. B DYSPEPSIA Is that misery experienced when suddenly made aware that you possess a diabolical arrangement called stomach. No two dyspep tics have the same predominant symptoms, but whatever form dyspepsia takes The u n d e rly in g cause is i n the L I V E R , and one thing is certain no one will remain a dyspeptic who will H. M «CA'..LON. M. D . I t w i ll correct Physician and Surgeon, ¡D A L L A S , A c id ity o f the Stom ach, F IO . E x p e l fo a l gasen. A lla y Irrita tio n , i y t H H f over Brown A Son's sto re, go. J . D aly . J . E. S ibley , A M U t D igestio n n. C, E akiis . j DALY, SIBUY & E M , A tto i* n e y N -ftl-i Wnd a t the name time New Styles! ]\JgW GoOtls! w* j [ We have th e only set of a b s tra c t J hio W b lit P«IK c o u n ty . Reliable A bstracts lu rn ish ed . and uioi.ey *» J jio com mission chargeil on loans. Rooms - | L »ml J * ilson'e block. Dull**. j S ta rt the L iv e r w o rk in g a n d a ll b od ily a ilm en ts w ill disappear* " F o r m ore th a n three years I suffered with D yspepsia in its worst form. I tried several doctors, but they afforded no relief. At last I tried Simmons Liver R egulator, w hich cured me in a short tim e. I t is a good m edicine. I would not be w ithout it." —J a m es A. R o a n e , P h ila d 'a , Pa. J . L. COLLINS, See th a t you get the C e n u in e , w ith red 2 Attorney and Counselor at Law, on front o f w rapper. PREPARED ONLY BY j . H . Z E I L I N a CO.. P h ila d e lp h ia . Pa- •ia llrlto r in C h sa e e ry . «- b.«" "> p«'“« iii'iRrtrri.T..!" iniyJiS S5L- ^ ts , Dallas, Polk Co, Or N .L . B utler , , 'o rn w M . i an., C o ,.« J . H . T o w n se s », B U T L E R A T O W N SE N D , A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . Office upstairs in 0<I«1 Fellow s’ new block. 2 D - A . I . I . A J 3 . - - O E B O O IT . P r i c e « P a i d i>y L i v e r p o o l ¿ .m p i o y c r a F o r S k ille d a n d U n s k ille d lA b o r. Some very interesting labor statistics are given in the latest consular report issued by the state departm ent. Consul Thomas H. Sherm an of Liverpool m ade an investigation of the am ount paid for labor in the great seaport, and in a com prehensive table gives tho v-.igesfixed during the past year by 1 ts unions. Sue the variety of nobby, new styles in their show window. Shipbuilding, of com e, is one of the great industries, and Consul Sherm an gives the following r:ib*.i of \ nv: “ Platers and angle ironsmitlin, per day; platers* helpers. $1.09 per da}*: riveters (when engaged by the da>), $l.(k per day; blacksm iths. $1.5b per day. strikers. 97 cunts p^r d a y : ship carpen ters (shipw right), $1.70 per day; ship joiners, $1.58 per day; ship painters, $1.37 per day; bo it (surd!)builders, $1.70 per day: hlookmakers. $1.46 per day: laborers, $4.38 to $3. 10 per week; engi neers (fitter* and turners), $8..‘i0 per week. The hours of labor in each branch are 54 per week.” The report continues: “ The rates of â U'f A ABÜ l : ; r. 'j . * a -** .T.-] ss » ^ • \ T .T.--, 1-. .J pay given below are fixed by the N a tional Am algam ated Society of Dock Laborers. The society is a strong one, ■ ‘ - r: and the rules are laid down with, respect to wages, hours, etc. The hours are from 7 a. in. to 5 p. in.; Saturday. 7 a. m. to 4 p. ra. “ The wages paid per day are as fol lows: Stevedores, $1.70; laborers (break ing cargo in ship’s hold), $1.46; m an over hatch. $1.38; m an over rail. $1.33; rig Ewer offered in footwear. $10,000 worth of ladies, miss gers, $1.83;' ordinary work, $1.21; quay $1.09; landing clerks, $1.46: es and childrens’ shoos " ill 5»t sol-1 at ac’uul cost. We have lal>orers, w eight takers, $1.33; receivers, $1.38: decided to close out «ur slioe d: partment and therefore we! moanurers. $1.33: checkers, $1.38. offer the«c prices Save youi money See our goods and j “ P lin n V in receive 17 cents per hour. Apjirenti (»i to the trad e receive 78 cents save yourself 2 ' por cent. per week for Inc fir, I year. 73 cents for the second, $1.21 for the laird , $1.48 for the forirlh, $1.34 for the fifth, $2.48 for the sixth ar.d $2.92 for the seventh. In sum m er tim e the hours are 55 per week 307 COMMERCIAL STREET. SALEM. OREGON. and in the w inter 47,. “ P ainters are paid 10 cents an hour. A pprentices ere paid 97 cents per week for the first year, increasing yearly nntil the seventh year, w hen they receive$8.40. The honrs are 55 per week in sum m er and 474 in w inter, (irsin ers and w riters — Instead of sending east for things you can buy of— «re paid 2 cents per hour over tiie altove rates. regon grown seed, “ Joiners are paid 10 cents per hour and »re required to w ork 55 hours per week. ur own raising, D uring fonr m onths in w inter, whew there is no artificial light snpplied, tliej nion seed a specialty. are paid 17 cents ]>er hour for 50 hours. Apprentices to this trade are paid the same as p lu n d ers' apprentices. Foremen are reliable and can be in the plum 'ling, painting and joinery trades are paid from $9.78 to $12.16 per week, according to arrangf ment. depended upon. upon, "S laters and plasterers receive 17 cent, per hour. Apprentices’ wages range the end us a trial order. same as plum bers' apprentices. Brick layers are p a i4 1 8 cents per hour and are of all kinds, garden, grass, timber, required to work 55 hours per week. F irst class bakers are paid from $7.78 to end for catalogue. $8.75 per week: second class, $5.88 to $6.80, and the th ird class. $4.38 to $5.84. C O N I P A N Y I _ ! ! 0 2 t o m m e r c lM l ut «HDCOMrlNT, r e e l, S a le m , O rg e . Forem en's wages vary from $9.75 to $14.59 per week. Stonemasons' wage, and honrs are the same as bricklayers. Carvers In im ilding stone earn $4.25 pet day of nine hours. “ As to warehousemen, the following fignres cover all the branches of th u — DEALERS IN — class of labor: W arehousemen, $8.51 to $9,73 per week; warehouse porters, $1.09 per day: cotton porters. $1.09 per day: laborers, $1.0# per day: weighers. $1.21 per day; m arkers, $1.21 per day. The honrs are from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. “ Barbers' wages vary from $6.80 to $8.51 per week. A few first class shop, Quassia, whale oil soap, hop twine, sulphur, burlap. pay up to $10.94. lm t the large m ajority paid a t the form er rate. The hourt Sole agents for Robert's improved hydraulic pump horse are are from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m .: Saturdays. power sprater. 8 a. m. to 11 p. in. “ One lot of laborers employed in the Wi ol, mohair, hides, pelts, furs and hops bought at mar- m anufacture of steel wire are paid from $7.29 to $6.51 per week, according to abil et price. ity and the class of work npon which they «reengaged. Common laborers are Office, 231 Commercial street, Salem, Oregon. paid $4.86 per week. Mechanics' wage, are $11.55 per week of 55 hours. The wages of joiners are $8.51 per week ol 55 hoars. Blacksm iths are paid a t the rate of $8.51 per week. Bricklayers in these works receive $10.21 per week, but this am«mnt is generally increased 'r $14.5# w ith overtim e. When required to work on Sundays, it is counted twe days, and when employed a t night work five days to the week. "T he wages in the mines in the St. Hel en's consular d istrict are as follows. Miners, per day. $1 46 to $1.94: firemen, per day, $1.46 to $1.58: liraberers, pet day. $1.13 to $1.27: packers, per day, 9t cents to $1.28; contractors, per day, $1.8$; P ortland, O r. brov men, per day, 85 cents.” HATS! PLASTERINS! — ALL SORTS OF SLOTS TO 2HTS3 Oil TOE ISSiOE.— Ti!E ■ SettinB r^nlon St Toner, — O F A L L K IN D S .— All work g uaranteed tirr’cliiss. J . A . B A R K E R , Kailas. Prom pt. Popular Progressive. M w Sil fifi ill 141.113 I N 8 U R A N C - H e a d C O O ffic e -: . S3 W A M llN O fu N M K K L T , PO K FLA .' 1», • K. i ’he L eading Home Company. WC MAKt A 3 EGIA ai Y or IN«OAANCV OW Ohntbes ano PAisC’r?.gfc8, Dwelling* and HctuehuM G ods, Schools and other Public Buildings, Farm Buildings aud Farm Property. — D IR E C R O R S :- J . McCRAKEN, F. K. ARNOLD, D. D. O L IPH A N T H. L. 1ITTOCK, J . K. («ILL, J . LOKWKNBERO F . ROOEKT, F. M. W ARREN, J . *5 COOPER, 8. E. YOUNG, E. P. McCORNACK. H. M. GRANT. Secretai y and M anager J . LOWENBERG, Presid en t. D. B. MCDONALD, TRUCKMAN, D a lla s : O r e g o n A fair .h a re of patro n ag e solicited a n d all orders pro m p tly tilled. JL . .J . M A R T IN , P A I N T E R , H o u se, sign and o rn a m e n ta l, g ra in in g . kalsom ing and p ap er han g in g . D allas . * - O m oton W IL S O N & C O ., mriss. D . a l r r in d r a g » , c h e tn ic 1« « i d p e r f u m e r y s t a t i o n e r y , to il* * A rticle« , m ee rc liA iiiii p ip e» , e ig » r» , to b » c c o , e tc , e t c . P u r e liq u o r « fu r a ie d ic in a l p n rp o n e » o n l y P h v » ic i» u » |>re- • c r i p ti u n s c o m p o u n d e d d a y o r n i g h t . M » in I t r e e t , o p p o s ite c o u r t b o u * e , l i a l U i , O r. FOR M E D IC IN E S ! —GO TO T H E — McCoy Drug Store, McCOY, OREO ^ N, X > r. T . J C . O a t r t n l . I * r o p r l * t c r . f t . % f % T f v T R & p ft A i -'‘-aHcARhl cflhtA! Palate? Dryl (goods WHY mi $hoe $ior?. PATRONIZE HOME O niCKINSQN s EED W m . B row n & Co Hop Grower’s Supplies. Bes and Poultry S U P P L IE S D m I it in drug», nil«, p»ini«, gla»«, paper, fancy good», «te. PORTLAND SEED CO., Fertilizers TR E E S . rtR M R IP TItN S CAREFULLY FILLE». a r U NO FO R C A T A L O C U t . -O R shoddy has been followed by a decline of the price cf American wools. | W hile prices of bogus wools have been TH E Y ARE MADE OF OLD WOOLEN , well maintained, prices of real wools A Sick B u r Bluff. RAGS GROUND UP. ! have gone down rapidly and unceasingly The boys and girls will be sorry to . ________ until the election of 1893, when the low- hear th a t Alphonso, the little boy king I eat prices on record were reached. Since of Spain, has been very sick w ith scarla B I Ch T a r if f s t p o n R a w W o o l , a n d M a n a . j t h e n re H l w o o U „ „ i n d„ nand, tina. They will be sorry. not because f k e t u r e d W o o le n s C o m p e l t h e W o r k in g ;- 1 aod 1 prices have recovered several cents the little fellow happens to be a king, but m a n t o W e a r S h o d d y C l o t h e s — H o w t h e j per pound. W ith free wool our shoddy because he is a good little boy. He will A rtic le Is M a d e. m anufacturers may be expected to take be 7 years old on the 17th of May next. PROTECTION COATS. During the whole period of U * B IdM-1 t f lS o S T U “ rassion no point received so m uch a tte n -lyears our farmerB 1U1<1 laborers will lie bon from public speakers and w riters : indulging in as com fortable clothing and and aroused so m uch interest among the blankets as are now common in nearly people as the effect which onr outrageous «very other cold and civilised country. duties npon raw wool und m anufactured woolens lias npon the wool raising in SCANDINAVIAN FREE SHIPS. dustry of the country on the one hand A d v a n ta g e » o f F r e e T r a d e I llu s tr a te d . and the quality of the clothing worn by P e r tin e n t ttu e .tio n . A sked. tho masses on the other. N early every country produces raw The sheepless shepherds who defended protection declared th at the d uty upon m aterials which cannot be worked up in raw wool alone stood between the wool th a t country, but m ust be exported to growers and destruction, and th a t the other countries, either because the latter duties upon m anufactured woolens have better facilities for production, or served to stiffen competition among our they possess or are more accessible to m anufacturers and thus give the people other raw m aterial necessary for com cheaper aud better clothing than they pleting the finished products. Consider conld possibly get in any other way. the shipbuilding industry, for instance. The friends of tariff reform demonstrated G reat B ritain possesses coal and iron, tim e and again that the result of these which are very bnlky articles, and there duties was most grievous; th at they de fore very expensive in transportation as stroyed the demand for domestic wool, well as handling. Scandinavia possesses which would otherwise be used in large timtier, copper and other ra w m aterials qnantities in adm ixtures w ith foreign which are used in building vessels of every wools, and a t the same tim e encouraged description. Scandinavia uRes m any ships for its conqiarativoly large commerce, tho m anufacture of “ shoddy." One of the most interesting contribu yet undoubtedly m ost of its vessels are tions m ade in support of the claim th at m ade in G reat B ritain. For th a t p u r shoddy has taken tbe place of onr do pose m uch of the copper and tim ber is m estic grow n wool in the m anufacture exported to G reat B ritain. The Scandinavian governm ents see the cloth, carjiets, etc., is an article w ritten by Mr. W . B. Estcll and printed in the wisdom and the advantage of allowing November supplement of the New York m aterials needed for the building of ves W orld. Mr. Estell is an agent of the sels to be exported to a neighboring New York Reform club and under its country, of perm itting its shipowners to direction m ade an exhaustive exam ina buy th eir vessels there, and of perm itting tion of the shoddy business. He visited its shippers to m ake use of ships partly several states and some of tbe largest bnilt from raw m aterials which it pro m anufacturing establishm ents in the duces itself, b u t built as well as owned country, if not in the world, principle in a foreign country. The Scandinavian among theso being the great shoddy governm ents know th a t it is choaper and m anufacturing establishm ent of Muhl- more advantageous for their people to hausser & Sons, located a t Cleveland. sell tlieir raw m aterials used in ship Mr. Estell goes into the question thor building and to have the Bhips they need oughly, beginning w ith the gathering of built, and even owned, by a nation where every description of rags, from the new the principal ingredients abound, where tailor clippings to tile filthy rem nants of the facilities for building vessels are old clothing gathered from every con greatest, and where consequently ships ceivable source; tells how they are sorted can be bu ilt cheapest. B ut if the law givers of the Scandins- according to quality and color, packed in large bales by tiie local dealers, then sold vian peninsula should resolve th a t it is to the m anufacturers of shoddy. Tho better for their countries to themselves processes employed in converting the bnild the ships they need, and conse- rags into shoddy are described in an in ter qn. ntly should lay a high duty npon esting m anner, accompanied by illustra foreign built c raft in order to encourage and stim ulate tho building of vessels in tions of the m achinery used. Shoddy of the la s t quulity is made their own country, w hat would be the from new all wool rags. The rags are consequence? Scandinavia would have to im port to m into shrtsls by means of a revolving cylinder called “ the tievil," covered with most of the m aterials, and among them thousands of short, sharp teeth. So very bulky ones, used for building ves close do these shreds resemble real wool sels, and a t a high cost of transporta th a t detection is almost impossible. Tho tion. The facilities for shipbuilding shoddy is mixed with a little “ live” wool, there are not so great as where the com spun into yarn and made into tho “ all m ercial fleets of all the nations of the wool” suits we hear so m uch about. w orld congregate, and the tim e neces M anufacturers tlm s foist npon the Amer sary to build such vessels will be great ican people clothing which has been er. The thousand and one little tilings worn out before by four or five different noeded in equipping a vessel m ust also people. The last appearance of shoddy be imported from the country w.here as clothing is in tho form of satinets, the they abound, or else m ust be m anufac adm ixture of cotton and shoddy ont of tured a t a higher cost of production. Tho consequence of the protective law which our $5 suits of clothing are made. Even then we are not rid of it, for it is will thon be th a t Scandinavia does in put through another process by which it deed build its own commercial vessels, is ground line us dust, after which it bnt a t w hat great expense I The greater is called “ flocks” and used for filling the cost of the ships w ill put them entirely cheap m attresses and pillows which tho out of competition for the carrying trade of other nations w ith the cheaper built poorer people buy. * Mr. Esfell also tells how tbe rags in vessels of their competitors. Scandina which wool und cotton are mixed are vian m erchants, being perhaps by law subjected to vail: us processes which obliged to ship their goods in tho high have for their object the destruction of priced vessels of th e ir country's make, the cotton, thns leaving the wool, though will have to pay higher prices for ship in an im paired condition, yet fit to lie ping their goods, aud so cannot compete to m into shoddy. The “ union" goods, w ith like products from other countries. as such rags nre called, are bathed in Or, if the law of tho land does not oblige acids in some instances and exposed to them to ship th eir m erchandise in the gas in others. The acids and gas eat the high priced vessels of their own conn- cotton or other vegetable fibers, leaving try 's moke, they w ill pass them by und ship in the cheaper vessels of other na “wool extracts." Shoddy and "wool extracts” are made tions, because freight rates w ith them into yam and woven into cloth. Bnt are cheaper, thus letting the shiiis of since duties have made foreign fine wools their own country lay idle or forcing to high th a t none but tho rich can afford them to take as low rates as their foreign a genuine all wool suit m ade of soft competitors, in which case the Scandina wools m any devices have been intro vian shipowners w ould conduct a losing duced to supply the demands for low business, and the governm ent would be obli; ed to assist them w ith bounties or priced im itation fine wool suits. One way of making “ cheap coats” is subsidies. Now. the protectionists there m ight to m n the cloth—perhaps already half shoddy—through a “ flock liquor” con point to tbe one g re at industry—perhups taining wool dost. The dust adheres to to tho m any industries—they bnilt up, the surface and is pressed firmly into the bnt they would have to overlook the ruin cloth by being passed between large tlieir nnwise policy had caused to others. rolls. Another way of giving a soft, vel They would have, moreover, to answer vety texture and of adding to the weigh tho very m om entous question, “ W ho pays of cloth consists of “ flattening" the yam . for the industries o u r country formerly This is accomplished by blowing “ flocks” could not m aintain?” For, as has been shown, w herever the and fine shoddy against the threads while they are being twisted into yam . Of luxury of protection is indulged in, the course cloth made of such stuff has its I artificial industries alw ays exiat, may faults. These, however, are hidden from even thrive, a t tho expense of the whole the unw ary purchaser in various ways. | nation, whilo tiie unprotected industries The “ Hocked” or “ fulled” sides of the m ust foot the MIL—Dingman Versteeg cloth are pasted together, and the eloth in Tariff Reform. is then worked up into ready m ade cloth ing, w ith openings left in the lower cor- For Free W ool ners of the coats to prevent accumula- The im ports of raw wool into the tions of "flocks" and "shoddy.” U nited States lust year am ounted to Mr. Estell shows how the grow th of 167,784,090 pounds, against 139,817,571 the shoddy industry lias kept pace with pounds in 1891. an increase of 28,466.519 the decline of the wool raising industry, j pounds. This increase was made up of and by quotations from the manaf«c- 14,459.883 pounds clothing wools, 164,246 tnrers of shoddy themselves proved that \ pounds combing wools and 13,842.440 “ shoddy” and not “ free wool" is the pounds carpet wools. These fignres enemy of tbe wiol raisers of America, strongly support the position held by ad- Bnch men as Mr. Mnblhaaaaar of Cleve- i v oca tea of free wool. They show the im- land, the largest m anufacturer of shod- | potency of the present tariff to check the dy in America, if not in the world, i im portation of the foreign staple. Tiie frankly said th at the admission of for- ' gain has been m ade in spite of the ln- eign wool into this country would mean [ creased duties aud has been the outcome the destruction of ths shoddy m anufac of the absolute requirem ents of onr m an turing bnsineas and better prices to ths ufacturers for. in ch wools as are not American sheep growers for their wool. grown a t home. It is tbe high price, because of tariff The duties imposed cannot therefore duties, which onr Am erican clothing be regarded aa protective. They are sun- m anufacturers m ust pay for the foreign i ply an addition to the coat of production wool, w hich is indispensable to the man- of certain woolen goods, which extra cost ufacturers of good cloths, th a t drives m ust be borne either by the m anufac them to tbe nae of aboddy instead of tu re r or consum er, or shared between them . The increased use of clothing native wool. An exam ination of the statistics relat wools from abroad is neceeaory w ith ing to the price of wool and the price of every advance m ade by onr m anufac shoddy as given by The American Wool tu rers in the production of the finer and Cotton Reporter shows th a t every woolen fa b ric « —N ew York Commercial upw ard strtd s of the m anufacturer at Bulletin. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. Every afternoon whon he is well Al phonso drives with his m other to the public gardens, where his little majeety unbends a jo t of his dignity and plays with the other children. But. once seated in his carriage again, he becomes the king of Spain and acknowledges the sa lutes of his subjects in the most Icingly manner. a Qtio iTqy ot little Alphonse tbr ; ts h in j his usual afternoon drive there passed the royal carriage a man who did not give the custom ary salute. “Carlo," called the baby king to his footman, “ go get th a t man and order th a t he be severely punished because he did not bow to me." In Spain the word of the king m ust al ways be obeyed, and so the footman had nothing to do bnt to overtake the neg lectful subject and bring him to justice. “ Did you order him to be punished, Carlo?" demanded the little king us the footman, all breathless with running, re turned to the royal carriage. “ 1 did, your m ajesty," replied the footman, “ hut the m an is blind, and he could not see the royal arm s to salute them .” “ Then give him th is purse of momey," commanded the king, “and tell him it is from Alphonso, who is sorry th a t he can not see the beautiful carriage in which his king drives." T w o T i n y R o m a n M u s ic i a n s . There are now in London giving m u sical recitals and exhibitions of their skill tw o little Italian girls named Rosina and Beatrice Ccrasoli. They are aged 18 and 11 respectively. Rosina. who is the oldest, is considered ns fine a pianist as any one in London, and Beatrice, who pronounces her nam e ns if it were spelled “ Bee-a-tree-chee," is inferior fo her sister only because her hands are so small that she cannot yet do as difficult pieces as she would if her hands were a little big ger. W hen Rosina was only 7 years old. she too': a medal a t the conservatory in Rome, and her playing was so pleasing to the queen of Italy th at she invited both sisters to the royal palace and pre sented them w ith a beautiful silver box w ith plush linings. For a year Rosina and Beatrice have been in England com pleting tlieir musical studies, and it it said th a t tbe little musicians are so bright in their other studies th a t they have already thoroughly m astered the English languago.—Kansas City Times. t tl w n J n in e , G. Itla ln e W aa a B o j. TH E VENUS DE CALIF' A U nique Contest Anaonff Women ol tbe Gold State. The Venna o f C alifornia is to be in m arble, and the sta tu e w ill be ited a t Chicago du rin g th e fa ir to the w orld th a t the ra re st and m ost feet type of beauty is n o t th a t of nor th a t of Mediei, n o r th a t of new model of the loveliest be given, and it is to be from the can w e st Nobody yet knows w ho the Venus is, and the question term ined by popular vote. ! to be a contest for the , to all native California women who’ side in the state. Candidates w ill be qnired to have their physical charm s con sidered by a com m ittee of the looal a rt ists and then to stand in sim ilar review before all who wish to jndge. The statue of the new Venus is to be the oentral ornam ent in the C alifornia room of the W omen’s building, and beauty contest w ill be under the super vision of the lady who has charge of th a t room, Mrs. F io n a E unice W ait of this city. The scheme devised by Mrs. W ait w ill be can-ied o u t b y her for the simple purpose of setting California beauty in its ju st and shining lig h t b e fore the world. Says Mrs. W ait: “O nr standard of beauty is the Venus of Milo, and the successful candidate in the contest will be the woman coming nearest to th at statue in form and measurements. The contest, which begins imm ediately and will continue long enough to give ail the state a fair chance in getting ready for ♦Tin I? by mnoua a # rtTtAfiy. graphs. Of course the photographs need not be entirely from the nude. The I candidate, when posing for photograph«, may woar a drapery of cheesecloth or cratie, which will conceal while yet re- vealiug. The figure m ost be shown. The photographs m ust be in the Paris panel form, one a full faced view and | the other a profile. “ W hen the tim e for selection arrives, we shall appoint a com m ittee of three | leading artists to pass on the photo graphs. These jndges, having no infor m ation abont the originals, w ill select the three th a t are the best modeled. The woman who is chosen w ill then be asked to pose for the sculptor. Rupert Schmid has promised his services, and he will do his best work in m aking a a life size statue of our California beanty. An exact likeness of the face will be made, and the form w ill be in the exact proportions." Mr. Schinid, the sculptor, says the sub ject th a t ho w ants for the statue is the typical California beanty. “ I f the model insists on having the work done from m easurem ent,'' said he yesterday, “w hy I w ill do it th a t way, b n t the statue w ill be of less sulm tantial m aterial than I would otherwise use. ▲ good Venus cannot be made from a tapeline. There are rules to go by in modeling from the m easurements, bnt neither can yon get a satisfactory and lifelike figure from a set of rales. A wom an should n ot ob ject to posing if her statue is to b e nude. Jnstice to herself requires it, and i t is perfectly proper. The G reek goddesses had the highest principles of m orality, but thoy wore little drapery. A nd so. when we como to model our California Venus, she m ay lie draped like a Greek goddess."—San Francisco Chronicle. T ru s t to t b . D e a r W o m an . Those legislators who a re m aking fools of themselves by introducing bills to pro hibit the wearing of crinoline know noth ing of the force of fashion and the na tu re of women. Am erican ladies are as sensible as they are b eautiful and can he safely trusted to regulate their costum ee to suit themselves, being assured in ad vance th a t they w ill alw ays su it Ameri can men. It is their providential pecul iarity th a t they look lovely in anything —clinging skirts, wide skirts, poke boat- nets, flat bonnets, soft laces, m en’s shirt fronts, no m atter w hat, so long as the tw eet face smiles above and the tiny boot peeps out beneath. If w e have to enlarge onr doors, stage«, core end aide- walks so as to accom m odate the ladies who w ant to w alk abont in crinoline cages, th a t w ill be a sm all price to pay for the privilege of pleasing the fa il women who are the sunshine of onr liv es and give us an angelic foretaste o f heaven here below.—Texas Sifting« Young Jim Blaine used to look on and langh while the other bovs battered each other, and ho often raised a row among the other boys aud watched it. Ono day as a school friend was coming along the road he found to his surprise th a t Jim had actually gone into a light himself. One Tom McBride was his antagonist. Tom had Jim down and wan sitting across bis breast pounding away at hitn. “Tom ,” said the newcomer, “w hat are you doing?" "I am going to lick Jim Blaine nntil he c rie s'E n o u g h .'" “ Say ‘Enough,’ Jim . say 'E nough,'" said the m utual friend of the com batants. “ Don't be lying there and taking a beating for nothing.” "By jingo,” said Blaine. “ 1 will never say it if I lie here forever." At th a t the third boy pulled off McBride, Though m any people in W ashington, and th a t ended the fight.—Cor. New as elsewhere, continue to denounce a ft York W orld. ernoon teas as intolerable rraehee la which one has tittle if any opportunity M rs. C laralan d'E N » m « t a k « . L ittle Frances Cleveland Lamont is to see and converse w ith the hostess, they the daughter of Secretary of W ar La do not. a fte r all, m aterially differ from m ont and is 4 years old. She was born evening receptions in this particular, in W ashington. She has two sisters, and undoubtedly instead of being on tbe wane of popular favor they are steadily on the increase. As evidence indisputa ble it will be noted th a t all of the pres ent season’s debutante), there have been introduced a t afternoon teas. An occa sional evening entertainm ent is enjoy able. but society has grown to prefer the m ajority of evenings to be left free for the enjoym ent of dinners, theater par ties or such am usem ent, which general ly wind np in the form er case w ith a little dance, and in the U tter w ith a supper a t one of the fashionable hotel cafe«.—W ashington Latter. W o m e n W ith P u r p o s e a n d “You may take my word for it, women are going to give trouble yet." T hat is w hat l editor said after the Union ot W omen's Liberal Associations of the Bessie, II y e a n old. and Ju lia. 9 y e a n tie« And besides this old. L ittle Frances is the only child m ajority of women who take np a Mrs. Cleveland lias ever nam ed after lie career are excellent men of herself, and the little girl is said to be pardon the boll. If very proud of the distinction. of male busy bodies were a sim ilar am ount of A Natural Qne«tl«m. country of ours would be an Florence was visiting her grandm other the meeting referred to Lady In the country, where butterm ilk wee a who ts seldom great treat. One day a t lunch sweet talked of the tim e wl milk was given to her, whereupon she woman In the asked for her favorite butterm ilk, and tng s pure, wl was told there was none th at day "Then with fair why don't yon m ilk the to u r cowl” she her end 1 eaked.—New York T ribuna Inga to dw ell O .