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THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
WHY THE BRITISH COULD NEVER
LAY NEW YORK IN ASHES.
New York Society Hot for
Wonderful Subsidence of the An
glomania of Former Years.
Copyright 1896.
New York, Jan. 4.—lt might be sup
posed that New York society belles, with
their proverbial love of British lords,
would weep at the prospect of war with
. England. Not so. Our plutocratic girls
are loud in supporting the Monroe doc
trine. The best evidence of this was had
when Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt gave her
tea last week, her mother being one of the
matrons who received. The flower of the
city’s beauty was there. The talk was
all for war. Miss Bend, Miss Duer, Miss
Edith Morton and Miss Shepard were
enthusiastic in supporting the Monroe
doctrine. The reason for this enthusiasm
is easily ascertained. The appendage of
war appeals to the feminine heart. A
military uniform is its pride. Few girls
can resist a soldier. Hence the society
men in New York have uniformly favored
war, believing it a good opportunity to
dethrone the British lord. Before the
Vanderbilts left for the south, society
had come together at various dances and
dinners, and the unanimity displayed in
support of our bellicose attitude was
simply amazing. The chrysanthemum, as
the war flower, Is seen everywhere.
A serious division has been occasioned
in the Vanderbilt family owing to this
Venezuelan business. Cornelius Van
derbilt is heart and soul with the peace
party, William K. Vanderbilt wants war.
The latter gave out quite a sensational
interview on the subject. His position
is surprising, seeing that he" Is father-in
law of a member of the British aristoc
racy. In case war comes, George W.
Vanderbilt will go to the front. He Is
well versed In military affairs, and would
probably raise his own regiment. Cor
nelius Is greatly afraid of hostilities,
seeming to think that It would ruin the
family.
The women of the Vanderbilt family,
as already made known, are disposed
to think war called for by events. They
have set the tone of society opinion, and
hence the universal choking process in
. flicted upon John Bull in the person of his
representatives here. The British con
sul general, Percy Sanderson, has b'en
dropped from the invitation lists of the
great New York families. This is high
ly significant. But Mr. Sanderson is a
blustering Britisher, and he has perhaps
made this snubbing of himself Inevitable.
One thing has been made apparent by
the war scare. Anglomania has wonder
fully diminished In New York society.
Such a wild and spontaneous outburst
against Great Britain has not been heard
of in years as was made evident during
the past ten days In aristocratic circles.
The Union Club, the Manhattan, In fact
all the exclusive clubs agree that the Mon
roe doctrine must be upheld. There is
hardly a representative society man in
New York who has not talked war. Our
heaviest swells have manifested a readi
ness to go to the front and stand up on
the field of battle to defy the bombs of
the enemy. This feeling is attributed by
many to the airs of British snobs over
here, who for years have sneered their
way through American society, and looked
down upon men of leisure and social posi
tion. Hence the formation of a fierce anti-
British sentiment. This is certainly rath
er unexpected. Our society men have gen
erally been thought so utterly Anglicised
as to worship the British lion. In one
sense, therefore, this war scare has done
good by reviving the patriotism of our
young men of gilded life.
Much comment has been occasioned of
Cs Increase of the colored popula
lew York. That increase has
to the, importation into the me
s negroes from the south by
s upon great public works. But,
* It may seem, the experiment
, because the colored men re
cept wages as low as those paid
white men, and they have in
m forming a labor union. Se
ble was caused by an attempt
to ffiaKe them share the quarters of the
whites in the camps. The colored men
refused to do this. They declared that
they would, under no circumstances, sleep
where the white men slept. In fact, the
colored wage earners have proved far
more difficult to handle than the white
ones, being more independent and ap
parently quite Indifferent as to whether
they retain their jobs or not. The con
tractors decided lately that colored labor
is not even as cheap as white labor, and
the Importations have stopped.
The Venezuelan imbroglio has resulted
tn the most absurd misstatements on the
subject of New York. Nothing can ex
ceed the anger of the naval officers sta
tioned along the Atlantic coast at the
way in which It is taken for granted that
the British in the event of war, could
,lay New York in ashes. Os course, our
naval men are not allowed to say a word
on the subject, but they keenly feel the
apparent lack of confidence felt in them
by the nation. It is a well known fact
that our navy is one of the very best and
most severely trained In the world. The
bravery of its personnel has never been
impeached. In addition the question of
New York's defense In case of war has
• been most carefully considered. Every pos
sible emergency has been provided for.
The navy never betrays Its secrets. No
one outside of the officers in the secret
- and they are few-—knows the entent to
which the harbor of the metropolis has
been secretly defended. The utmost care
has been taken to render these defenses
effective. Not only that, but the war col
lege has for over five years made a spec
ial study of New York topography, and
solved the problems of Its defense. The
very thing upon which the entire navy
has prided Itself, in fact, has been its
ability to Protect our metropolis against
fearful odds. It is a great blow to these
men to find that the country takes no
stock in them.
Anyhow, New York above Forty-second
street would be safe. Nor could the
British effect a landing at this point.
They could not bring the men here. They
could not seize a vantage point in the
face of our resistance.
The women at any rate believe in the
army and navy. A corps of female nurses
has been organized, and a regiment of
women was formed last week, not with
reference to any war, but simply to af
ford the fair sex a taste of war. Their
costume Is a bloomer one, and» they pro
pose to teach even the regulars a les
son.
New York Is not sorry to see the old
year departed. All things considered, it
was a better year than had been expect
ed. but there were many features in it
which made it a melancholy period to
look back upon. The year to come Is like
ly to be memorable for many reasons
not a few of which are connected with
the presidential campaign. The war
scare gave the old year its financial black
eye. But no matter what may come now
as a result of war talk, the scenes of
a fortnight ago cannot be repeated. The
money market is prepared for bellicose
alarms. It is well known that we are
in excellent condition to stand a heavy
war outlay. The wild talk about the
laying of New York in ashes by the Brit
ish has subsided. The government has
conveyed a quiet intimation to promi
nent financiers here that New York's de
fenses are not so rotten as has been
conjectured. Great cities like this metrop
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THE LEGEND OF THE GARDENER
BY BEATRICE HARRADEN.
Copyright, 1896, by Beatrice Harraden.
There was once, in the ages gone by, a
gardener of rare patience and discern
ment. He would go out Into wild places,
and, stooping down, would detect some
tiny plant of no moment to careless eyes,
and would bring it home to his garden,
and tend it with such loving care that it
would gain strength and beauty, surpris
ing him and gratifying him with its gen
erous response to his tender fostering.
People heard of his beautiful plants and
came to his garden.
“Ah, you Indeed have a rare plant
hero!” they would say, pointing to one of
his treasures. “That must be priceless
in its worth.”
“No, indeed,” he answered; “it is just
a wild flower, nothing more. There are
thousands like it.”
“But if we bring the wild flowers home
they will die,” they answered. “How is
that?”
“I canot tell,” he said, “unless it is
that I care so much, and that I have put
my very heart’s desire into the tending
which I give them day after day, and week
after week.”
Now, one day the gardener was in trou
ble; great sorrows had encompassed him,
and the bright light had faded from his
life. It was nothing to him that his gar
den was beautiful, and that the fame of
another, and that many strangers sought
It had traveled first to one land and then
to learn the secret of his subtle skill. All
this was nothing to him. Heavy-hearted
he went about his work, finding neither
peace nor comfort, until one early morn
ing, when he was wandering listlessly
In the desert, weaving round his soul a
network of sad thoughts, his eye chanced
upon a tiny white flower. There was
something in the whiteness of it which
held him for a moment spellbound—it was
as white as the surf of the fairy Pacific;
as white as an untouched field of Alpine
snow; as white as one’s ideal of a pure
mind.
He stooped down and deftly raised its
roots, and, forgetful of all his sorrows,
hastened home with his fragile burden.
But, alas, it was so fragile that at first
he did not dare to hope that it would
live. It drooped and drooped, and the
gardener knew that he would lose his
treasure.
“If I could only have< saved it,” he
thought. “I have never cared for any
flower so much as for this one.”
“Well, he saved it. And when at last
he raised its head and smiled to his care,
he felt a gladness unspeakable.
"Little friend,” he whispered, “I found
thee In an hour of sadness, and together
with thee I found courage and consola
tion, and, therefore, I name thee Friend
ship.”
It grew up strong and beautiful, white
as the surf of the fairy Pacific, white as
an untouched field of Alpine snow, white
as one’s Ideal of a pure mind.
Os all the plants which the gardener
cherished this one called Friendship far
outshone them all. Strangers could never
pass it by without a tender word of praise,
and without asking the name of this
plant, which looked so chaste and calm
ly beautiful, and when they had learned
its name, they all wanted it. The rich
were willing to pay any price for it, and
those who had not money would fain have
offered the best service of their minds,
their brains, their hands.
But the gardener smiled always and
shook his head.
“Nay," he said, “I cannot sell it, neith
er for money nor fame, nor anything
which the world may hold. It is my very
own-«part of my own self. But go ye
out into the wild places and ye will see
many such plants. There they are Tor
every one to take or leave. Only have a
little care in the lifting of them and in
the nursing of them. They are very frail.
Still, if you use every care you know,
your little white flower, Friendship, will
grow up strong, revealing to you all the
time new beauties and fresh delights. At
least, thus it has been with me.
Then, so runs the legend of the gar
dener. those who were eager enough to
take the trouble, wandered into wild and
lonely places, and found the tiny white
flower, as they thought. But they often
gathered the wrong plant, and took it
triumphantly to the gardener.
"See here,” they said, “we have had
no trouble with this flower. From the
verv first it flourished and grew apace.
The gardener looked at it and smiled
sadly.
“So manv have made that mistake.”
he said. “This is not the plant Friend
ship, but merely its counterfeit, which
after a time loses its whiteness and then
It could not deceive anyone.”
But others who came to the gardener
had indeed found the real plant Friend
ship, only they could not rear it. They
brought their faded plants to him und
pointed to them sorrowfully.
“Mine did so well at first,” said one of
the strangers. “I felt so confident of suc
i cess.”
“Perhaps thou wert too confident, and
I so neglected it,” said the gardener kindly.
• "It thou triest once more, remember that
thou must never relax thy watchful
■ care."
”Ah, how can I ever hope for success
now?" said the stranger sadly. "My heart
is sore with disappointment."
"One never knows," said the gardener,
"and If thou shouldst ever tend another
plant, hasten to tell me how It has fared
with thee and it.”
The gardener lived to know that many
taught by him. had learned to find the
i fragile flower. Friendship, and to reaY it
| with success; some had failed once and
' twice and thrice, and then succeeded,
‘ and others had failed altogether. But
; there were many who had divined his se
cret. and he was glad. For he knew how
much the world would gain of whiteness.
Then he died, and It is not known to
whom he bequeathed his own beautiful
plant.
Maybe you have it; perchance I have
It. It is surely among us somewhere.
—Of Barney Bamato Harper’s Weekly
declares: “Aladdin was a duffer compared
with him. and Monte Cristo seems beside
him like an unostentatious gentleman of
comfortable means.”
—Froudv passed seven years in collect
ing materials for and in writing his "His
tory of England.” He was very careful tn
the selection of data, and spent whole days
In the effort to verify a single fact or cita
tion
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMESA-WEEK) MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1896.
BAB ON RINGS AND HANDS.
“The Loveliest of Rings”—A Few Points on
the Wearing of Rings.
Prominent Women, Their Jewels and Superstitions—A Pretty Hand De
cribed—Woman and Her Financial Wants—Bab’s Enthusiasm
for the American Man—’’Grandmamma Appreciated.
New York, Jan. 4.—The woman who is
best pleased with her Christmas gifts is
the one who got what she called “the
loveliest of rings.” There is something
particularly fascinating about a ring to
a woman. Sometimes I think it is be
cause she can look at it; sometimes’ be
cause she believes it makes her hand
look more beautiful. The girl with a
short, plump, dimpled hand ought to
make up her mind to give up every ring
except that one which is put upon her
finger during the marriage service, for
she whose hand is of the style described
does not add to its beauty by wearing
rings, but makes it look thick and coarse
when the jeweled bands are upon it. It
is the lady with the long, slender, taper
fingers who can wear rings advantage
ously, and just now fashion permits her
to jewel the third and little fingers of
each hand up to the first knuckle. But
she must be careful in arranging these
rings. If she chooses pointed marquise
with a sapphire or ruby set about with
diamonds, that must be the one ring on
the third finger, while the little finger
may have upon it three bands, two formed
of diamonds and one of rubies. Not to
mix one’s gems is a law not only of order,
but of fashion.
Bands of sapphires and diamonds are
greatly liked, not only for the real beauty
of the stones, but also because dark sap
phire tends to make the hand look whiter
and more dainty. The round turquoise
framed in a band of dull gold, Is counted
, rather better form than a turquoise
framed in diamonds, because one wants
to be able to consider the perfect blue
ness of the stone, and not to have this
lessened by the glitter of the other gems.
The smartest men are wearing the en
graved gold ring—that is, a square or
round surface of dull gold, which has en
graved upon it either a crest or a mono
gram, as if might be a seal;'and it is
used very often for that purpose. Won
derful rings of aqua marine have the crest
or initials cut Into the stone; but are quite
-1* swung on watch chains as worn
on the finger. American men, unlike the
Prince of Wales, have not a great affec
“°n, ; or r | n S s ; and I confess myself to
thinking that, unless a ring is an heir
loom, and essentially a manly ring, it is
best off a man's finger. As for jewels,
they should be left to women.
A marvelous turquoise, oval in shape,
w ll deep, is set in gold, and worn
by Mrs. Langtry, who confesses to the
pretty superstition that the wearing of
turquoise keeps friendc true. A square
emerald makes whiter, by contrast, the
beautiful shaped hand of Olga Nether
sole, who hopes that It is true that emer
alds brings good health. Fanny Davcnv
port is seldom seen without a ruby ring,
fl as h eß with greater brilliancy than
any diamond, and is so deep in color that
it suggests only the oldest and most crlm
of ®y r gundy wines. This is a jewel
with a history. For hundreds of years
‘.V h fJ orehead of an idol ln India,
but unlike the moonstone, it has brought
good luck to its nineteenth century
wearer.
aSked me ’ “ What is a beauti
♦XV'kV*. 8 ; 11, a fat hand - A beau
tiful hand is slender at the wrist, broad
ens proportionately, has long fingers, that
shape out like tapers; and when the hand
‘ * at ’ the thumb should
to ’'i < r h tbevery beginning of the
t k « uck e °L the for eflnger. A short
wl^V S ) J“i. evi T dence of a lack °f brain.
?Xu Sn 4 Sir Isaac Newton who said:
Show me the imprint of a man’s thumb,
n . j,, wi J.‘ tell you the strength of his
m P d -. . nails should be thin, oval
ana Pink. To give them an extremely high
polish is in very bad taste; and to make
them extremely pointed, is to suggest that
they are on incapable hands. American
women, as a rule, have small hands; but
they do not have beautiful hands. English
women have large hands, but usually they
are* well shaped, white and soft, though
firm in grasp. French women have small
hands, well-formed hands, but dark hands
but it is among the Spanish and Italian
women that the most beautiful hands are
found. In India, the hands of the women
are beautifully formed, exquisitely dim
pled: indeed, have everv attribute of
beauty; but they correspond in color with
the slightly dark faces that belong to the
owners.
American men seldom care enough for
their hands to make them anything more
than cleanly. Undoubtedly the climate
here> first hot and then cold, has much
to do with making the skin of the hand
dry and the nails brittle, but if only a lit
tle care is given to the hands they respond
quickly, and certainly a beautiful hand is
a joy not only to its possessor, but to all
those who either look at it or touch it
Haven’t you shivered with horror as you
shook hands with him of the clammy
hand? Haven’t you distrusted her whose
hands were as soft and fat as a pin
cushion? And haven’t you felt almost
fearful as you touched the hand that was
dry, hot and a bit leathery in its feeling?
When the ideal hand Is touched it is cool,
not cold; it is delicate, not rough, and if
one is conscious of the nails at all, it is
as if one felt the inside of a shell.
Some time ago there was a fad, a very
silly one, for wearing a ring on the
thumb. The women who prefer to be con
spicuous in their get-up adopted this
fashion, and a few actors were also
adorned, doubtfully adorned, by the
thumb ring. A little search has proven
that the thumb ring at one time was dedi
cated to the slaves alone, consequently, in
wearing it now, one is simply marking
oneself as a slave to somebody or some
thing. First of all, as a slave to folly.
The wedding ring is always the same,
whether it is worn by the Queen of
England or she who yesterday stood be
hind the shop counter, and it is very bad
taste to have any other for the wedding
but the plain gold circle. In this country
a plain gold ring is occasionally worn bv
women who are not married, and this is
questionable taste. In every other coun
try a glance at the left hand of a woman
tells whether she has a right to be ad
dressed as “Madame” or whether she is
merely "Mademoiselle.” A jeweler here
says that in New York alone there are
enough plain gold rings made in one vear
to encircle tne entire Island of Man
hattan. And somebody else had started
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the question of the pins in connection
with them, i. e., What becomes of all the
plain gold rings? Among the Germans,
the husband wears a wedding ring, and I
believe the custom also obtains among
some of the Hebrews, hut generally it is
the wife only who wears the gold symbol
of marriage.
Speaking of marriage, I see that some
woman has been giving as a reason for
the existence of the new woman the fact
that, by being a new woman and earning
money, she does not have to ask a man for
it. And then she went on to say: “The
horror of asking one’s husband or father
for money is evident to all feminine minds,
even though all men are not like him who
exclaimed: ‘What can a woman possibly
Want with ss!’ ” Bother! The average
mother and daughter must »be getting
dreadfully below her average if she finds
it difficult to ask her mankind for money.
There are no women in the world who
handle as much money as the
American women—l mean those wo
men who have to ask their mankind
for it. And this is a constant surprise
to the English or the French women, who
get what they wish and have it charged,
but really handle very little money in ab
solute cash. I never go to the theater
on Saturday afternoon that I don’t feel
like geting up and cheering for the
American man, since through his gener
osity the American woman is having a
good time. He makes it possible for
her to invite her dearest woman friend to
go out with her, to present her with a box
of candy, to give her a treat after the
performance, and he is satisfied if his spe
cial womankind has had a good time. En
glish and French husbands are not so
generous. They take the women out
themselves, and they get all the credit
for spending the money. I tell you, our
men are fine, but we don’t half appre
ciate them.
Frenchmen make better sons, but Amer
icans make better husbands. The French
man’s first thought is of his mother. He
expects his wife to be subservient to her,
while the wife finds her greatest hap
piness in her sons. But once an Ameri
can is married, all his family are sec
ondary to his wife, and his mother is
not of very much account until she be
comes “grandmamma,” and then she is
appreciated because she never forgets
the children. A. standing newspaper joke
is told about the woman who has to
beg and worry her husband for money,
or who has to steal it from him while
he is asleep. I don’t believe in that wo
man. I know a good many women and
a good many men, and I don’t know a
single man mean enough to ask a wro
man what she is going to do with the
money he gladly gives her; and I don’t
know a single woman who objects to ask
ing her husband for money, for she knows
if he has it, she is welcome to it as
the flowers of May. And as for women
stealing money—well, I think the aver
age American woman is sufficient
ly strong, intellectually, to get
the better of a mean man and
to enjoy herself by forcing him to give her
the money against his will. But there are
not very many mean men. Os course,
there is the exception that proves the
rule, but he is seldom a happy man, for
the greatest pleasure in life after all is
the giving of whatever we hold best and
most beautiful.
It is a pleasure to have somebody re
member you, but that isn’t half as pleas
ant as tying up a package that is to go to
somebody else.
, Thete is a new idea afloat in regard to
the survival of the .fittest. It is said by
those learned people who know every
thing that, in. both England and America,
blondes are disappearing. This learned
person says that where you found ten
blonde women five years ago, you find one
now, and in fifteen minutes’ walk on a
crowded street where two hundred women
were counted, of these thirteen only were
blondes, the rest having hair that ranged
from light brown tb jet black, and skins
and eyes in harmony. Some famous Eng
lishmen who examined the hair of a thou
sand young women came tb this conclu
sion:
That the brunette was preferred to the
blonde in matrimony in the ratio of three
to two. Then* he explains the growth of
the brunette in this way: "It is a prin
ciple in the law of natural selection that
nature adorns its pets, the men and wo
men whom it wishes to survive and con
tinue the race with such allurements as
will prove attractive to the other sex.”
Now, according to this, nature has found
that men prefer brunettes, chooses them
for wives, .and then through the heredi
tary transmission of traits, the blonde
becomes extinct. This learned gentleman
really says “is becoming extinct,” and
doesn’t say they are extinct, otherwise
I couldn’t be alive, but I do agree with
him that there are fewer natural blondes.
Poets, however, explain it in another
way; they claim that men love brunettes
because they are more affectionate, that
blondes may make intellectual and not
loving wives, consequently the blondes are
out of fashion. I am sorry, but that is of
no use, for feminine grief against science
is as nothing against the British army,
so all I can say to the blondes is to be
as perky as possible about their w’its,
and correspondingly contemptous of the
affectionate brunette. The finest com
bination, mentally and physically, so says
a French doctor, is the blonde hair, the
brunette eyes, brows and lashes, and the
semi-blonde skin. This woman will never
make herself unhappy by her affection,
but she will love discreetly and be suf
ficiently wise to be an agreeable com
panion. Learned doctors are great for
citing just what types of women men
ought to marry, and then if they commit
the act themselves, they are just as likely
to make mistakes as mere ordinary men,
for after all doctors are no more infalli
ble than ordinary people w:ho don’t know
the names of the bones i, jd the reason
why the nerves act as if controlled by
satan.
Personall, I prefer a blonde baby, a dark
man and a semi-brunette woman. Ba
bies with black hair always look like
monkeys, while those with either fair, or
perfectly bald heads do suggest angels.
A dark man may be no braver than a
blonde one, but he looks it, and the girl
with black hair, blue eyes and a fair skin
is a thing of beauty and a joy forever,
but you have not got to go to the West of
Ireland to find her.
Whenever 1 sit in front of the looking
glass and brush out my golden locks, and
realize that the scientists say that the
blondes are dying out, I chuckle at my re
flection, and console myself with this
verse:
“If bards of old the truth have told
The sirens have raven hair.
But o’er the earth since art had birth
They paint the angels fair.”
Like Mr. Silas Wegg, of honored mem
ory, drooping into poetry has been a
weakness of all great people, so added to
the list of Disraeli. Lord Salisbury, Mr.
Gambetta. Count Bismarck (I did not say
Mr. Cleveland? comes the name of
Bab.
An Ice Bicycle.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The bicycle does not go into complete
retirement even upon the arrival of win
ter, ice and snow. In fact, the bicycle
will be one of the big things on ice during
the coming season. From the suggestion
thrown out by a boy who lashed an ordi
nary skate to the front wheel of his
safety, and was enabled to make good
time over the surface of a frozen lake,
two enterprising young men in Chicago
have invented and patented an ice bicy
cle. and formed a company for its manu
facture.
With the first perfected model one of
the inventors made a mile in 1 minute
and 20 seconds, and this can be improved
upon, the skill of the rider being the only
limit to the possibilities in the' line of
records. The change from the normal
bicycle to the ice machine can be made in
five minutes. The rear tire is deflated
and the toothed band of steel tire Is slip
ped over it. The tire is then inflated un
til the tension is sufficient to hold the
band firmly in place.
The blade is hollow ground, rendering
lateral slipping impossible. The weight
of the machine remains unaltered. The
device is quite cheap, costing less thaq
130. and for that reason cycling on ice is
sure tb become popular, if not the reign
ing fad of the winter.
QUEER STORY OF REAL LIFE.
A Young Girl Arose From the Grave
to Live Many Happy- Years.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
One night in 1801 a little girl about 1
year old was deposited in the drawer of
the Foundling Hospital at Brest. She
w-as dressed with much finery, and a
■note attached to her skirts told that her
name was Solange, and that she would
be reclaimed by her father.
The claim was never made, however,
and in due • time the child was trans
ferred to the Orphan Asylum to be edu
cated there. As she grew up she de
veloped a most extraordinary beauty; but
her intellect appeared to be very weak,
and she suffered from frequent nervous
fits.
When she was 12 years old, she was
sent out into the streets to sell flowers,
and her beauty and her modesty' attract
ed many people’s good will; but she grew
weaker and weaker, and at last she died,
or at least it was thought so.
According to French custom, she was
buried in an open basket, ana, as it was
winter and the soil was frozen, she was
laid into the grave covered only with a
thin layer of sand. During the night she
awoke, and, pushing the sand away, crept
out from the grave.
Not exactly understanding what had
taken place, she was not so very mucin
frightened; but, in crossing the glacis be
tween the cemetery and the fortifications,
she w-as suddenly stopped by the cry: “Qui
vive?” and, as she did not answer, the
sentinel fired, and she fell to the ground.
Brought into the guard house, her
wound was found to be very slight, and
she soon recovered. But her singular his
tory and also her great beauty had made
so deep an impression on a young lieuten
ant of the garrison—Kramer—that he de
termined to be her protector, and sent
her to one of the most fashionable edu
cational establishments in Paris.
During the next few years Kramer was
much tossed about by the war; but when,
in 1818, he returned to Paris, he found So
lange a full-grown woman, not only beau
tiful, but accomplished and spirited, with
no more trace of intellectual weakness or
nervous fits. He married her, and for
several years the couple lived happily in
Paris.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR.
Cures Indigestion, Constipation, Bilious
ness, Sick and Nervous Headaches, Sleep
lessness and Heart Failure. 50c. per bottle
at druggists.
MOZLEY’S LEMON HOT DROPS.
Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hemorrhage and
all Throat and Lung diseases. 25c. at drug
gists.
MOTHER’S RELIEF.
Woman’s Comfort.
Makes Childbirth Easy. SI.OO per bottle at
druggists.
WOMAN’S ORGANIC RESTORER.
Restores all cases of Suppressed Menstru
ation. SI.OO at druggists.
BROOKS’ EARLY BIRD WORM SYRUP
Pleasant as Honey. ,
Never falls to get all t#e worms from
children. 25c. at druggists.
PLAYED CARDS FOR A WIFE.
An Italian Woninn Put Up as Stakes
in a Game.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Four Italians played at the favorite
game of fingers in Garibaldi hall, Des
plaines and Ewing streets, eight days ago.
They had been drinking freely and one
of them, who had been a heavy loser,
finally staked his wife on the last game
and lost her. He promised to deliver the
goods one week from date, and last even
ing the four Italians and the comely-look
irfg wife met in Ewing street in front
of the Garibaldi.
The policemen who figured in the case
later on are authority for the statement
that the meeting was for the purpose of
delivering the goods, and that the woman
did not know the nature of the meeting
until after the parties came together.
It is of record, however, that she en
tered a vigorous protest—with a hatchet
secured in the hall—and that a free fight
followed, in which three of the card play
ers were severely cut about the face and
hands. The fight looked like a riot to
Policeman Birmingham Kirby, who wad
ed into it and rescued James Soroto, the
husband who had gambled away his wife.
Three of the fighters are locked up un
der the names of Louis Tonno, Angelo
Falbo and Antonio Carro. Mr. and Mrs.
Soroto now declare the game off and say
the stake will not be paid.
—Robinson Crusoe’s musket is offered
for sale in a collection of curiosities in
Edinburgh that includes 120 instruments
of torture, chiefly Spanish, and relics of
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
The Knife Not Needed.
A MASSACHUSETTS TOWN
- HEARS AND WONDERS.
Wnit a Miracle wa« There! Twisted
Limbs and a Crooked Neck
Straightened.
(From the Taunton, Mass., Gazette.)
Over in the town of Wrentham, Mass.,
•veryone is agog with excitement. A child
who had been physically deformed for four
years, and who was the object of the pity ot
the entire town, has had her limbs straight
ened out, her head again made erect by the
straightening of her neck, and is running
about town now with the freedom and
abandon of any child.
Mary S. Fuller is the name of the little
cripple. Many of our readers will remem
ber her. She is but a child of 8 years, and
has spent the past four years in bed, hope
lessly crippled. Rheumatic fever four years
ago attacked the nerves and cords of her
lower limbs and neck, so that the former
were drawn all out of shape and twisted and
bent backwards in a pitiable manner; and
the cords of the latter were so tightened on
one side as to draw her head down on her
shoulder. Her arms, too, were helpless,
and neighbors’ hearts bled at the little one’s
Buffering. The progress of the disease re
auced her to a skeleton, and the poor mother
has almost given her own life for that of the
ohild, in her untiring watching at the little
one a bedside. Four years of watching! four
years of waiting! and at last the child be
?an to *nend, her cords relaxed, her nervous
system gathered strength and power, and
to-day, as stated above, she is running about
the town a vigorous and happy child. Wren
tham rejoices, physicians applaud, and new
methods in nerve treatments have been suc
ee3S > j c vin< licated. Formerly the surgeon
would have been called on in' this case to
straighten the limbs. Now the idea is to
work m harmony with nature so far as pos
■ibie, and to this end remedies are employed
which assist nature, supplyingto the weak
ened parts the chemical properties thev
need. For instance, in the above case.Dr.Wil
liams’Pink Pills for Pale People were used,
and effected the cure easily and naturally
The mother of the child said: “ She had
been given up by four doctors, who were
certain that they could not cure her. Why
•he eouldn t open her mouth, and I actually
had to force the food into it. Her mouth !
was all sores, and, oh dear, what a looking
child she was, and such a care! Nobody I
but mvself knows what a trial we both have
teen through, for she was too young to rea
*•* it If my statement will do anybody
Rood I shall be glad to have it pub
lished, and if those who read it will only
come to me, if they are skeptical, I can con
vince them in very little time that I know
what I am talkingabout. People around here
•ay >t was a miracle, and I believe it was ”
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists
or may be hud by mail from Dr. Williams’’
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N V fry
Wc. per box, or *ix boxes for #2-50 * ’
tfF i Your sink,
with grease, if the washing that’s done
■ * n th 6lll i s done with Pearline.
A small matter, perhaps—but
— 1 remember that Pearline saves
/ trouble and annoyance in a
/ great many just such small matters.
Iz \ i / And the truth is that these little
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lead an y q U i c k- w itted person to
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Baking; Powder Company Wins Its
Case in United States Court.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The decision of Judge Showalter in a
recent case that came up before him sus
tains the claims of the Royal company
to the exclusive use of the name “Royal”
as a trademark for its baking powder.
The special importance of this decision
consists in the protection which it as
sures to the millions of consumers of
Royal baking powder against inferior and
unwholesome compounds. The excellence
of this article has caused it to be highly
esteemed and largely used almost the
world over. Its high standard of quality
having been always maintained, consum
ers have come to rely implicitly upori the
“Royal” brand as 'the most wholesome
and efficient of any in the market. The
cupidity of other manufacturers is excited
by this high reputation and large demand.
Very few of the hundreds of baking pow
ders on the market <are safe to use. If
their makers could sell them under the
name of a well known, reputable brand in
calculable damage would be done to the
public health by the deception. The de
termination of the Royal Baking Powder
Company to protect the users of the Royal
baking powder against imitators by a
rigid prosecution of them makes such im
itations of its brand extremely rare.
A great many men throughout the coun
try, including plenty of really swell fel
lows, have got it into their heads, rightly
or wrongly—and we are by no means sure
that it isn’t rightly—that there is no
reason why any man should pay more than
$3.00 to $5.00 for a pair of shoes, and, to
say the least, the idea has this foundation
in reason, that excellent shoes are now
made for $3. To pay $3 to sl2 for a pair
of shoes is simply throwing away money,
' and in many cases this is done to gratify
; a mistaken notion that none but your
I favorite shoemaker is worthy to adorn
' your feet. The recent improvements in
I shoe machinery' make it possible, as shown
by the well known W. L. Douglass $3
shoe, to produce a shoe to-day that will
| compare favorably in style, wearing qual-
I ities and comfort with those offered at
: $6, $8 and $lO per pair.—ad.
Further Information Wonted.
A very devout gentleman of Boston
has recently undertaken to teach a Sun- !
day school class of bootblacks and news- ;
boys the beauties of the gospel, savs
the Boston Home Journal. He recently '
undertook to tell a story of Jacob’s lad
der. After he had graphically pictured the
wanderings of the sad old patriarch, his
dream in the eastern pasture, and the
ladder on which the angels were ascet./l
ing and descending, he paused and said:
"Now. boys, if there is anything in this
; stqry that I have not yet explained, you
■ may ask me any question you like and
I will answer it.” Thereupon a little
chap cried out:
“Say, Mister Minister, did you say dem
• angels hed wings?”
“Yes. my boy,” replied the doctor, "an-
. gels always have wings.”
“Well, den, es dey hed wings, what
for did dey need ladders?”
SI NCt. the WAR
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TALK
C> Actual Achievements often seen to beat a dis- i" >
< count, but after all Actual Achievements are i•,
Q the only things that count. i l ,
<> It Is easy to talk in General Terms about the i )
Q merits of PIANOS, but—be more specific— i
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A Established 80 years. 30,000 now tn use. i" ,
? I Sold by us for 25 years. Note these Valuable ( ",
q Patented Improvements— ( 11 1
q Patent Repeating Action* !;!
Q Patent Rounding Board. V
Patent Tuning Pin Bushing. ;<
o Patent Improved Agraffes. 6
Patent Soft Stop.
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>< (everv part) in Its own Factory. One of the X
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other High Grade Piano. One profit only from .'<
S maker to purchaser. WRITE US.
■i LUDDEN &. BATESJ
SAVANNAH, GA.
The Standard Poultry Grit of America.
MICA CRYSTAL.
OPEN LETTERS.
Gentlemen: It affords us great pleasure
to note you, stating the facts that since
we have represented you in New- York City
as your agents for Mica Crystal Grit, we
have sold, as you are aware, a great many
tons of it; and from general reports re
ceived by us from our customers as to its
grand features as Poultry Grit, there is no
question but that it is something that has
never been equaled by any other grit that
we have handled up to the present date,
and in our own estimation we can posi
tively state that it is unequaled in every
detail, especially for Breeding Poultry.
All those having fowls of any standard
should not be without It. We remain,
yours respectfully,
Excelsior Wire and Poultry Supply Co.
For sale by THOMAS J. DAVIS, SA
VANNAH, GA.
J. ABBOTT’S J
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SPEEDILY and WITHOUT PAIN.
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X LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Prop'rs,
& Lippman’s Block, SAVANNAH, BA. V
RECEIVER S SALE
OF ABBEVILLE AND WAYCROSS
RAILROAD COMPANY.
By virtue of a decree of foreclosure
entered in the superior court of Wilcox
county. Georgia, at the September ad
journed term, 1895, I will offer for sale,
before the court house door in Abbeville,
in said county and state, on the 7th day
of January, 1896, commencing at 11 o’clock
a. m., the Abbeville and Waycross Rail
road Company, extending in said county
from Abbeville to Lulavllle, a distance of
miles, including the roadbed, right
of-way, tracks, rails, ties, side tracks,
turn-outs, switches, bridges, stations, de
pots, warehouses, water tanks, machine
shops, tools, locomotives, cars, equipments
of all kinds, rights, franchises, and all
other property, real or personal, whatso
ever, of said company.
No bid of less than $60,0)0 will be re
ceived, and the highest bidder will be re
quired to deposit with me $15,000 on the
l day and at the time of sale, and pay
the balance when the sale is confirmed,
i or as may be ordered by said court.
The sale will have to be confirmed by
said court before it is binding on me.
R. V. BOWEN,
Commissioner.
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©nOSS’T I’® ver«nad*<! to
WUtw I bby something
else in place of Old Reliable
PIKE’S MAGNOLIA,
form you low to get it. Ack
now ledgcd to be Tl»e Best.
W.W. .’OSIXSOS A CO.
IlnelnnaU.O.
Eucease ers to 8. It. PIXS,
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WANTED, 400 ACRES OF LAND IN
Southern Georgia, near railroad station,
in exchange for five lots within one hour’s
ride of center of Chicago. Market value,
$2,100. G. L, Horton, Austin, HI.
salesmehSS
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