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keeping the hair young.
reasons for the booming TR ADE
IN SO-CALLED "RENEAVEKS.”
Of Conrse Thpre In No Such Tiling a*
a R*al Hair Heiifner, and Never
Will Be—There Are Many Exeel
lent Tonics—Many Hum Itugs 1 seu
to Prevent Age Showing.
From the New York Sun.
In the autumn human hair has a way
of falling out, and folks generally, wo
men openly and men secretly, become
panic-stricken lest the temporary impov
irishment should become permanent. They
peek one of the nine hundred and ninty
nine thousand restorers "warranted to
prevent hair falling off and causing it to
grow on bald heads, thereby carrying hope
and Joy to thousands who supposed that
they must be hairless the remainder of
their days.” Miracles don’t come out of
bottles in this day and time and genera
tion, and so these hair-shedding humans
go from one restorer to another seeking
balm for embryonic baldness. But ’twas
ever thus since Eve used to rub burdock
juice of a pomatum, having overripe ap
ples as its foundation ingredient, on her
hair to Increase its dark lustre.
"It is difficult to assign a plausible use
for the hair.” said Dungiison a very long
while ago. The hair may not be very use
ful, but it has always been mighty inter
esting and has cut a great figure in
church, stale and society. And nearly
all of the peoples of the civilized world,
in ail ages, have done what they could
to keep it in a vigorous condition and to
restore it when decay sets In as well as
io beat nature at her own game in color
ing it. When a woman's hair is dropping
out by the handful and a man sees cp
pioaching signs of no hair on the top of
bis head they are ready to accuse Dungti
sun of sounding drivelling sentiment." In
deed. mankind at large is of one mind In
relation to the convenience of hair and its
value as a concomitant of personal beauty.
U is not to be denied lhat some barbar
ians, like the Chinese, remove large plots
of gardens or even tracts of their hair, but
even they regard the pigtail as their piece
de resistance, as a sacred thing.
In ancient times the Hebrew" women
were excessively proud of their long locks
and gave them so much attention that
Isaiaif-prophesied that an already overbur
dened Providence would “smile with a
scab the crown of the head of the daugh
ters of Zion,” and instead of well-set hair
there should be baldness among them.
Then, as now, a love of tine hair was
not confined to woman. The long-haired
Absolom wasn’t the only man in Judah
who petted- his tresses, for Josephus says
in his antiquities that Solomon's horse
guards daily strewed their heads with
gold dust, which glittered in the sun. The
ancient Greeks delighted in long hair as
much as the early Egyptians abominated
it, the latter, for sanitary reasons, being
required to keep their heads shaved. How
ever. those who could afford it were per
muted to wear ventilated wigs, and it was
a universal practice among the women of
all classes to blacken their eyebrows and
lashes. This they do to this day.
The Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans
also wore artificial hair and bought large
quantities of human hair, favoring the
discarded blonde shocks of the Germans.
They were also well acquainted with the
art of dyeing the hair and practiced it as
siduously. In fact, a fad of that period
was the increasing of the number of ef
lects producible with or upon the hair.
The Greek maidens used to sit on the
walls of their city hours at a time in the
sunlight, with their hair blowing to the
lour winds. They believed that the sun,
being yellow, would influence the color of
their hair, but the modern woman has
other and better reasons for giving her
head frequent sun baths. Both the Ro
mans and Greeks had many superstitious
hirsuiical customs. They frequency ded
icated the hair of their infants to some
god, and brides, successful warriors and
sailors saved from jierd at sea did the
same, and everybody enchanced the value
of his or her locks by all sorts of oily
end medicinal preparations, or, at least,
tried to do so.
The Persians, young and old alike, even
to-day dye their hair and beard every
week, using two powders for the purpose.
One, consisting of henna, gives the haif a
yellowish golden color, and the other, an
indigo-bearing plant, lends the fine shade
of crow’s wing black. The ancient Gauis
were also proud of their Jong hair, both
the men and women, and their conqueror,
Julius Caesar, could have inflicted no se
verer humiliation than compelling them to
cut it, a cropped head meaning to them
a badge of servitude. The Danes and
Anglo-Saxons and most of the Northern
nations likewise valued long hair, and
nearly all of the peoples mentioned spent
hours and hours rubbing in pomatum and
in dressing and adorning their hair.
In modern times the high estimation in
which a beautiful head of hair is held is
as great, perhaps greater,as at any time
in the world’s history. The estimation is
certainly more intelligent and artistic.
Hair is regarded as important in man’s
beauty, and is one of the essentials of
feminine loveliness and fascination-. Indeed,
all persons except the indolent and un
couth do al> they can to improve their
looks by improving their hair, and the in
terest taken in the hair at the present day
is shown by the enormous sums spent in
hair restorers, tonics, dyes and cosmetics.
Complex civilization and the curling iron
tire largely responsible for the tremendous
demand for hair restorers. Our great
l randmothers didn’t know anything about
them, and they considered It a sort of dis
gtai'e to buy anything out of a store, as
trey put it, with which to renew their
li.h r, unless it was a little sweet-scented
vegetable pomade; and they had beautiful
hair, too. but it was all due, so they said,
to constant, systematic and prolonged
blushing.
‘Fifty strokes on each side of the part
right and morning" was the invariable
rule followed by gent.ewomen in those
days. Those who had maids required them
i' do the brushing, but those who were
rot so fortunate brushed for themselves.
When grandmother's hair lagan lo come
out she shook up some sage tea, stimu
laud her scalp with that and considered
1 the best hair tonic in the world. When
' 'at personal devil to womankind, the first
ray hair, made its appearance she was
i' rror.-stncken at first, after the fashion
" ficr sex, hut she soon realized that the
'ime for renewed action had come, and so
'■be gave her hair a hundred strokes on
•nch side tvght and tunning, after thor
“ughlly welting tne scalp with a very
n long solution of sage tea. This
bad a lendency to darken it, and
"lien it, too. proved Ineffectual
i,,u * time began not only to make
u presence felt but to show Itself Ifi
l" pper-and-sall tresses, a lillle walnut
J' He was secretly applied, and this for a
"bile, at least, to.led time* In Its Immuta
ble law.
Ew-ryhody who knows anything aliout
bilr at all knows that In a way It is a
"i’te exponent of th< perturbations of the
iniii.i, i(i extreme Joy or sorrow or In
'tons of excitement one unconsciously
' '• the linger, through the lei's dr
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unavoidable influences cause the hair to
decay. For instance, uncleanliness, mis
management, ihe use of improper tonics,
too rich food, poor food, impaired health,
anxiety, watchfulness, irregular habits,
ill temper, intemperance, excessive indul
ence of the passions, exposure to sudden
changes and extremes of climate, keeping
the head too hot, undue pressure, lack of
exercise and many other things, injure the
hair and frequently cause it to fall out.
The thousands of hair renewers on the
market make promises to obviate all these
evil influences and all the others known
to man. But promise is not performance.
What these renewers do is one thing;
what they promise to do would fill many
books. Some of them are good, but very
few, and all the rest are horrid. What is
worse, they are frauds. The being doesn’t
live and never has lived who has invented
a tonic that will make hair grow on bald
heads, for he would be known the world
over as the richest man on the face of the
earth.
A careful student of hair renewers might
look every one in existence over and he
wouldn’t find one that didn't promise not
to dye, but to change the hair back to its
original color. All of them are made of
innocent materials, so their manufactur
ers assert, and not one contains any min
eral or acid, even though warranted to
change coal black hair to a beautiful
Broadway blonde in a few minutes with
one application. Perhaps the dead manu
facturers would turn over in their graves
and the hair of the living stand on end
did they know that the magnificent lus
trous locks of the Turkish women and the
beautiful black beards of the Turkish men
are due to the constant use of a hair dye
made of copper and iron metal powder
fused with finely pulverized galls into a
paste with a little oil. The important
thing about this dye is that the hair re
mains soft, plant and for a long time
black when once dyed with the substance.
The coloring properties are chiefly as
cribed to the pyrogailic acid.
When an expert was asked whether bus
iness in hair restorers was as good as
formerly he said to a Sun reporter:
“Strange to say, it Is better than ever
before. I ray strange, because I believe
people are more intelligent than ever be
fore, and why any one with an atom of
intelligence or common sense should buy
just any hair tonic whose promises happen
to read well puzzles me. Some people be
lieve that increasing baldness is one of
the penalties that we are paying for an
advanced civilization and that we shall
become in time a hairless nation. Judging
by the millions of bottles of hair tonics,
restorers, dyes and what not that are an
nually sold the wonder to me is that there
is a man, woman or child in this country
with a spear of hair left. There are ex
cellent tonics, of course, but many are
actually dangerous and might injure one
for life if persistently used.
“Piesse, the great French authority on
toilet articles, says as a general rule so
ciety does not use enough pomades and
hair oils; hence the number of rough-look
ing heads of hair that are to be seen
where men and women are assembled to
gether with their hats off. On the other
hand, there are people whose hair is so
naturally moist and greasy that no kind
of unguent is required. Such bair is very
liable to come off. to be thin, lank and
pliable, whereas good hair should always
have a certain amount of wooliness in it
to give that appearance of life and vigor
so becoming in curly locks. Thin and
naturaliy greasy hair requires a wash to
keep it in nice order; and, if the hair is
falling off from sickness or natural decay,
the wash should be astringent and stim
ulant. He is undoubtedly right. Both
women and men nowadays have an antip.
athy for any oily application for the hair
and rather use one they buy some prepar
ation about which they know nothing.
“The practice of artificially renewing or
changing the color of the hair has come
to us from remote antiquity. We do not
go about It as the ancients did. and some
times I doubt whether our methods are so
free from danger as theirs were. Long
ago it was discovered that colored hair
contains sulphur and traces of iron, black
hair having the largest proportion of this
metal. Healthy, light-colored hair con
tains sulphur, and little trace of iron,
while gray hair, even when otherwise vig
orous, contains only sulphur. In the
white hair of old age there Is not even a
trace of sulphur. Scientists have availed
themselves of these facts and have at
tempted, very successfully, to darken the
hair or to lighten it by conveying to the
hair bulbs, through the absorbent powers
of (he skin, one or both of the mineral
substances mentioned,
“Unfortunately for the heads of most
folks, every compounder of a hair restor
er is not scientific, and peroxide of hy
drogen and nitrate of silver are used with
a recklessness that makes black turn
blond in a day and white ones black in a
nighl. T’eroxide bleaches the most color
less hair from a rich mahogany brown
to that blond color which, even in Nero’s
time, was in bad order, and then, if a
strong enough solution is used, to a' pure
white. Sugar of lead, lac sulphur and
nitrate of silver are- rouili employed to
restore the hair (o dark shaeles. Walnut
juice is found to be effective on once
brown heads, while henna is reserved for
auburn tints.
‘A heallhy condition of the hair depends
upon a healthy physical condition gener
ally. If women would only let this sink
into their hearts, instead of going to Ig
norant hairdressers and quacks when their
hair drops out or fades, or instead of step
ping into the nearest drug slore and buy
ing the Itotiie of hair renewer which held
out the most hopes on ils face, they would
consult the family physician. When the
blood Is impoverished one’s hair will not
be vigorous; when food fails to as tmilate
-he crowning glory can’t be glossy and
silky. Every weakness affects the scalp,
just as it does every other part of th
body, and, naturally, crops out in the hair.
"We little dream how many women
have their hair restored or lie color en
tirely changed. Those who can afford it,
and are Intelligent, have this done by an
expert. They know of what the coloring
matter is compounded and have tt ex
quisitely applied, aimoet hair by hair. Tim
process Is tedious arid costs from SM to
*lOO pot the new color is warrant'd lo
V.ush and really does last a long time,
wi h or 1.-tonal retouching here and there,
l!ui most people cannot afford tins ind
tii.-y arc the tiles who help to swell the
bank amount of the fltK-talkmg nwnu
THE MOKNING NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, I^9B.
facturer of bottled herbs, chemicals and
acids.” ,■
When asked what the average hair re
storer will and will not do, the authority
replied:
“If guaranteed to turn locks a beau
tiful natural golden color the average re
r.ewer will In time, and very short time
at that, turn the hair a bilious green and
sometimes gives its possessor a frightful
scalp disease into the bargain; it often
turns gray hair a sickly, yellowish brown
that would shame a sorrel mule, and it
never does what it is warranted to do.
You may be sure of that. All the same,
business in hair restoratives is booming.
Thei)Et are ten on the market to one ten
years ago, and we never hear of any ol
their makers dying of starvation. How
ever, hirsuticnlly speaking, there is no
reason for Americans to feel discouraged,
just yet. American women arc taking
better care of their hair than they have
since their grandmothers and great-grand
mothers gave it so much attention and
applied elbow grease to their locks faith
fully and vigorously. Perhaps this is due
to the present fashion of dressing the nair
back and front, but I am inclined to think
that it is because we are becoming a more
artistic nation ,in every detail of dress
and appearance.”
THE SLOANES HAVE PARTED.
Lender of Exclusive New York So
ciety Separated From Her ilus-
Itnud.
, From the Philadelphia Press.
New York, Dec. 21.—The news of the
separation of Mr. and Mrs. Henry i.
Sloane is the most startling social reve
lation that this city's society has ever
been called upon to consider. No person
so narrowly acquainted in all this great
city, no person able to read, or even with
ears to hear who did not know of this
queen of society, whose leadership was
shared with only one other.
She was so potent, so brilliant, so beau
tiful, so rich, so keen a mistress of the
strategy of caste, that she had remodeled
the whole fabric and her word was every
thing in the highest of New York society.
Her jewels were the admiration of
Princes, her entertainments were renown
ed in two or three continents.
That was the establishment which camp
to an end. when in anger and all uphappi
ness, the merchant prince transferred to
his wife the palace which had been their
home. For days Mr. Sloane has been in
visible. He has remained a great part
of the time in the rich suite on the first
floor of the Hotel Buckingham, where he
sought residence when- having transfer
red the ownership’ of the Seventy-second
street house. Us doors closed upon him
for good and all.
This afternoon Mr. Sloane made this
statement for the press:
“Mr. Henry T. Sloane and his wife have
separated.
"Mr. Sloane has left his home, Ix T o. 9
East Seventy-second street, and is now liv
ing at the Buckingham Hotel.
"Mrs. Sloane is still at the Sioane man
sion.”
Mr. Sloane’s children are living with
their mother, pending a legal decision in
regard to them. Mrs. Sioane is confined
to he-r room with a severe attack of the
grip.
NOBILITY IX A I’OOIIHOVSE.
Fall of Marchioness of Donegal
from Her Hitch Station.
From the Philadelphia Press.
London, Dec. 21.—The Marchioness of
Donegal will eat her Christmas dinner in
a London workhouse. 111, miserably clad
and apparently in acute destitution, she
applied yesterday for admittance to the
Great Northern Hospital, from which place
she was removed to the Islington Work
house Infirmary. 'She explained that she
was homeless and not willing to communi
cate with her wealthy friends or with her
husband, who is suffering from pneumonia.
The story of the life of the Marchioness i
is painful. She left her husband In 1873
and in 1889 instituted separation proceed
ings, at which counter charges of mis
conduct were made. Unsavory details of
their conjugal life were also bandied about.
The Marchioness failed to obtain alimony
and has since received assistance from
her friends. She was last heard of in
May of the present year when she broke 1
her leg in a hotel elevator and was taken
to a hospital.
The Marquis has had a troubled finan
cial career. He was declared a bankrupt
in 1889. with liabilities estimated at £518.813.
He then said he considered he was justi
fied in raising half a million of money, in
view of the fact that he had prospects
of succeeding to an estate of £50,000 a
year. But, owing to the entail, he only I
succeeded to £lBO a year.
He was mixed up in financial flotation
this year, when he lent his name to a com
pany prospectus, which caused the Star
to criticise him as “a peer with a record
of disgracing the order to which he be
longed.”
TDK NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Frlxkal and Sensational Were the
Winning Favorite*.
New Orleans, Dec. 23.—T0-day was the
'twenty-sixth day of the Crescent City
Jockey Club’s winter meeting. Weather
cool and clear; track good. Frtskal and
Sensational were the winning favorites.
First Race— Soiling, six furlongs. Eight
Bolls. 6 to 1, won, with 4 to 1
and 6 to 5. second, and High Jinks, 4 to
1. third. Time 1:16.
Second Race—Seven fur.qngs—Friskal, 5
to 2. won, with Ben Waiker. 15 to 1 and 8
to 1. second, and loidy Fitzsimmons, 8 to 1,
third. Time 1:3114.
Third Race— Selling, one mile and sev
ty yards. Applejack, 6 t<j 1, won. with
Patroon. 11 to 5 and 4 to 5, second, and
Hampden. 9 to 2, third. Time 1:49.
Fourth Race— Selling, six furlongs. Miss
Ross, 30 to 1, won, with Disturbance, 10 to
1 and 3 to 1, second, and Sim W., 8 to 5,
third Time 1:16>4.
Fifth Race —Seven Sensational
2 to 1. wort, with Hanlon. 8 to 1 and 2
to 1. second and Travis, 100 to 1, third.
Time 1:31.
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A TRIPARTITE INTERVIEW.
Three Famous Men Talk Together
the Day Before One Loses Hl*
Throne.
From the London Standard.
Shanghai, Oct. 24.—The visit of the Jap
anese statesman, the Marquis Ito, to Pek
ing, in the latter part of September, arous
ed very general attention. Its precise mo
tive was unknown, but it was believed
to have a political bearing of some con
sequence.
The Marquis was received In audience by
the Emperor of China on Sept. 20, and on
the day following the coup d'etat of the
Empress Dowager was affected. At the
time, it was openly stated at Peking that
the Empress desired to prevent the suc
cess of the Japanese statesman's mission,
but it has never transpired whether the
two events—the audience and the virtual
deposition of the Emperor— had any ac
tual connection. The marquis Ito was ac
companied on his mission by the Japan
ese gentleman, Mr. Ooka Ikuzo, who was
present at the audience and at all im
portant functions which the marquis at
tended, and who has given to a Japan
newspaper a faithful transcript of the
conversation which took place at the im
perial audience, and also at a dinner party'
given by Li Hung Chang to the distin
guished visitors from the neighboring em
pire.
The North China Herald reproduces Mr.
Ooka Ikuzo's report in the following
terms:
“The Marquis Ito was conducted to a
seat on the dais where the sovereign sat.
Prince Citing's chair alone being placed
l>etween the two. The Japanese Charge
d'Affaires, Mr. Hayashi, together with Mr.
Ooka Ikuzo and others, had seats on a
somewhat lower level, but were not more
than three paces removed from the dais,
so that they were able to see the Emperor
distinctly and hear every word spoKen.
The conversation that passed is thus re
ported:
"The Marquis Ito—l deeply appreciate
the honor your majesty graciously dees
me in granting me this audience, though
1 am only traveling in a private capacity.
May I be permitted to say that the great
changes which your majesty has inaugu
rated in passing from the old to the new,
for the sake of the empire’s progress and
prosperity, fill me with respectful admira
tion? They have a vital bearing on the
conservation of Oriental conditions, and it
will give my imperial master profound
pleasure to learn about them fro>n me on
my return lo my country. May your
majesty be long preserved to achieve thesd
noble aims.
“The Emperor—Tou have been long
known to me by reputation, marquis, and
I can assure you that it affords me great
satisfaction to have this opportunity of
meeting you.
“iMarquis Ito—l thank your majesty
heartily f#r such gracious words.
•■The Emperor—When did you lejve Ja
pan, mSrquis?
"Marquis Ito—Aliout a month ago, your
majesty. 1 s|* nt some ten days in Korea.
"The Emperor—l hope that you did not
meet with any mishap on your travels?
"Marquis Ho—Thanks to your majesty’s
gracious protection, I have made a most
prosperous voyage.
“The Emperor—l trust that you left the
Emperor in good h<alth?
"Marquis Ito —When I had the honor of
bidding bis majesty farewell, before set
ting out, he was in ixcelbnt health.
"Tlie Emperor—The administration of
your country's affairs, marquis, since the
restoration, has evoked the admiration of
all nations, and that great part that you
have taken In it Is universally applauded.
"Marquis Ito—l do not deserve such gra
cious approval. All that I did was to be
come the repository of my imperial mas
ter’s plans, and to carry them out In ac
cordance with my official duty.”
“At this point the Emperor had a whin
nered conversation with one of the officials
in waiting.
“The Emperor—Your country, marquis,
and ours form part of the same continent,
and stand to each other in the closest re
lations of friendship and propinquity. The
necessity of reform presses urgently upon
this nation at the present Juncture, and I
am very desirous of hearing your views
on the subject. I trust that you will fur
ther my wlshe* by making to the Presi
dent of the Tsung-!l-Yamen-Wang a full
statement of your idea* about the proper
proeeduve and processes of reform
"'Marquis Ito—l shall have the honor of
complying with your majesty’* direction*,
if your majesty’* mirdi ten* addr'-s* to me
nny questions, I will venture to submit
to them my views in so far as they may
bf of any servic. to your majesty's em
pire.
“The Emperor—l desire nothing more
earnestly than that unanimity of senti
ment and community of effort may long
continue to mark Ute Intercourse in tween
our two eouiitrles.
"Marquis Uo—l venture with all humlli
ity to reciprocate your M*aj< sty's grsetou*
,p |re *and to express the convict ion that
D will certainly Is- widely shared by the
peopire of tin two empires *O4 r<HV ted
hi t is* dally ktc<eating friendship of tbeir
intercourse.
“The Emperor— Hew lons do you intend
to remain In China, Marquis?
“Marquis Ito—Two weeks was my orig
inal intention, your majesty. I expect lo
be in Peking for seven or eight days more.
“The Emperor—When were you last In
China?
“Marquis Ito—Fourteen years ago. your
majesty. I came for the tirst time to Pe
lting. Since then I have been to Shanghai
and other places in the South.
"The Emperor—And what route do you
intend to pursue?
“Marquis Ito—l hope To visit Shanghai,
your majesty, and then travel through
the Yantze Valley.
"The Emperor—l wish you a safe and
pleasant Journey.
"Marquis Ito—l thank your majesty
most sincerely.
“The dinner party given by IJ Hung
Chung took place four days after the au
dience, and the conversation turned upon
the events which had occurred since.
"Li Hung Chang, addressing (he mar
quis Ito, said: Probably Kang Yu-weihas
escaped to Japan, if so. 1 hope yon will
have him arrested at once, and sent over
here.
•Marquis Ito—That cannot be. If lie lias
committed ~ny crime of a non-political
character, it is not imtiossible that we may
do as you desire, but if the charge against
him has any oocinl hearing the principles
of international law forbid us to hand him
over, as you are doubtless aware.
“Li—That is most unfortunate. Even' in
London, when we apprehended one of out
own .people who had committed a crime,
and imprisoned him in the legation, the
minister for foreign affairs raised objec-
tions.
"Mr. Ooka—What is Kang's crime, may
I ask?
"Li—What is his crime? Why, he has
been behaving in a reckless manner and
disturbing the public mind. What otli.a
do you till in your own country?
“Mr. Ooka—l am a member of the House
of Representatives.
“Li—Are you one of the Marquis Ito's
party?
"Mr. Ooka—Not necessarily. If I do not
indorse his views I op|>ose him.
“Li—Why are you his traveling com
panion, then?
“Mr. Ooka—Well, we have the same na
tive place. Besides, in Japan we do not al
low our political differences to affect our
social intercourse. Marquis Ito especially
is broad-minded In such nVitters. ami made
no objection whatever to my coming with
him. May I ask whether It might not be
better if, instead of driving Kang out
and harrying him, you educated and en
couraged him so as to utilize his services
on behalf of the country? The history of
China in modern times shows that all the
progressive measures were planned by your
excellency. The results have been email,
however, and for what reason? Is tt not
because, although your excellency Is fully
disposed to effect reforms, there are few to
assist you in the work?
“Ll—Yes, that is quite true.
“Mr. Ooka—Then, as Kang Is certainly
disposed to take that line, would It not be
well to use him for furthering your plans':
“Ll—lt Is as you say. Kang may be used
by and by, but at present nothing of the
kind is possible.
“On the 25th there was a party at the
legation, and Sir Robert Hart was among
the guests. Mr. Ooka describes him as a
suave, self-possessed and capable old man,
giving the impression of being fully equal
to the important post he holds. During a
conversation with Marquis Ito,Sir Robert
said:
“China 19 indeed a difficult country. A
year or two ago I thought I knew some
thing about her affairs, and I ventured to
commit my views to writing. But to-day I
seem to have lost all knowledge. If yotf
asked me to write even three or four pages
about China I should bo puzzled to do so.
There Is only one thing that I have learn
ed. In my country the rule Is. 'break but
never bend.’ In China the rule is, 'bend
but never break.’ ”
WHY INMAN LEFT ATLANTA.
An Interesting ktory Told by n < la l—
eago Correspondent.
Mr. W. E. Curtis of the Chicago Record
staff accompanied the President's party
on its recent Southern trip. Mr. Curtis
seems to have gathered quite a lot of In
formation while in Atlanta. One of the
stories which he sent to his paper is the
following:
"S. M. Inman, the foremost citizen of
Atlanta, one of the richest and most pro
gressive men in the South and the largest
cotton factor in the world, who handles
about one-third of the entire exports of
that staple, has been taxed out of town.
His residence, which Is the finest in At
lanta, is closed. He did not appear during
the President’s Teception, and we were
told that he had gone to New York to live.
In explanation It was said that Mr. In
man objects to the taxes which have been
imposed upon his property and the In
gratitude which has been shown by the
citizens of the place for his efforts to pro
mote their welfare and prosperity. When
the recent exposition was on the verge of
collapse from financial difficulties Mr. In
man stepped forward and placed 150,000 in
cash in the hands of the treasurer with
the understanding that he would be reim
bursed to the extent of *15.000 by public
subscriptions, the remaining $5,000 being
his contribution to the relief fund. For
some reason or another the understanding
was not fulfilled, and the entire loss fell
upon his shoulders. It Is also said thal
when the street car service of Atlanta
was denounced as inadequate and a dis
grace to the community Mr. Inman step
ped forward, reorganized the company,
changed the motive power from mutes to
electricity, and with his great business
ability placed the company upon its feet
and extended the tracks into the suburbs,
where a line could not be self-sustaining
for years. As long as he lost money he
was eulogized as a public benefactor, but
the moment his investment began to pay
and he received some returns for his pub-
Hc-sjriritedness everybody pitched upon
him and he had to fight the common coun
cil, the county commissioners and even the
state legislature to prevent the confisca
tion of his property. This made him so
disgusted that he removed his residence
to New York, a though he still retains
his business office In Atlanta."
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Itleh Krwnril Offered for a Living
Specimen ol the Loat Orchid.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Some tittle time ego, as an Inducement
to orchid hunters, an advertisement ap
peared in the Indian papers offering, says,
a writer in a contemporary, 11,000 for a
living specimen of the “lost orchid,
known In the botanical world by the awe.
Inspiring title of Cypripedlum Fairrleun
um. The “lost orchid" twenty years ago
was cultivated by connoisseurs in some
profusion in Great Hrtlain. and could be
bought for a guinea a plant, but then It
vanished owing to lock of the proper Uf
lilizer, and It* value correspondingly ad
vanced with It* rarity. This l* not the
first occasion when a flower ha* vanished
mysteriously. For instance, the "Fleur de
Paradi*" was lost for seventy year*, and
a specimen owned by Howe was val
ued at over U*< guinea*.
The most notable English collection* of
orchid* delude those made by Laron
He pro. der and Kir Trevor Lawrence. The
former'* eolleefion la said to teve 'o*
i*V m. while the latter's outlay is calcu
lated to have te ‘it but fJO.fftb tests. Ofi otic
<* < anion Os baron sold so!l >ary speci
men for '■#>'<■ while tbr Trevor had tie fel
icity of refusing an offer of *Wi guinea*
for s piant of hi*.
Tlhmkli ted a plant, ii may he mention
ed hen tfcst the cabbages grown on *
pc cc of w*u- ground bought ley tire
French gosernoe-nl at the corner of (he
litre fotrwrt in Paris, have cost none thing
hke UM a hear! The peOt purchased for
oH,‘t*l hi f*x> tor building purpo*** ha*
never teei utilise 4 for any otter lenfeire
!>* she gruauh of isMSHtwie rigle-
bnges n year, which represent the interest
on ihe capital expended.
The palm that forms one of the chief
features of Interest in Miss Helen Goulds
conservatory at Tarrytown, In America,
must be mentioned as one of the most
valuable plant* in existence. The plant
Is described as not being so much remark
able for elegance a* for scarcity. In tha
worn of science It In known as the rave
rtaia Madagasearleushi, but It* best friends
j style It the "traveler’* tree," because
of Its property, when properly capped, of
; contributing a stream of clear water to as
j xuage the thirst of the weary wayfarer.
; Miss Gould's specimen cost her 17,800.
! Apparently to Invent a popular flower 1s
. alsiul an profitable as turning out a nov-
I i-lty that can is- sold for a penny, for w
j learn that a New York florist paid 12.053
j for the sole right to the Michigan carna
| Hon known as the “Murella." At this rat*
! every man posse odng a few square yarua
[ of garden and a passion for invention will
| stand a* good a chance of amaasing a for
| tune as he who rejoice* In a Klondike
claim.
Orchid*, however, have had rival* so far
j a* price Is concerned In tulips, notably
during ibe tulip craze In Holland in tha
I -evcriiecprti century. It is recorded (hat,
| in 1629. 131 tulips with their offsets solcl
| for a sum equal to over M 2 each, whig
, line re of the “Viceroy” sold al Arusler
! d-im for it.ttf). When mailers got to this
pilcii Dulcii wiseacres thought it time that
j .egtslatmn should intervene, and a law
as pii.sed against over ffsSi being paid
j for a root, ami even then a “He taper Au-
I gustos" feb hoi tWt with a carriage and
| u pair of horses.
—"You can't oil what ts going to turn
up in pollth*.' remarked its* sag*. "That
| tin i itie wop <of It,” is marked the New
York storemMil. "You can't teli who I#
: ✓- lo be Ur lied down." W ashil agLtil
m*r.
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