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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.
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¡’IIY-M ClA X AN !) SU RG EO N ,
Dallas, Oregon.
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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 .
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DALY, SIBUY & E M ,
A tto i* n e y N -ftl-i
Wnd a t the name
time
New Styles!
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[ 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 *»
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jio com mission chargeil on loans. Rooms - |
L »ml J * ilson'e block. Dull**.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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Palate? Dryl (goods
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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
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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
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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
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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 .