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COL XVII.
ON TO HISTORIC RICHMOND.
The Remains ol Jefferson Dayis Re
ffioyeh from New Orleans.
Eeverential Homage Paid the Dead
Chieftain of the Confederacy.
With the dignified simplicity that
was inseparable from his life, with
none of the fuss of military or civic
display, the remains of the - resi¬
dent of the southern eonfed j were
removed Saturday afternoo*. 'om the
vault in Metaire cemetery at j,. w Or¬
leans, where they have had a tempo
rararv resting place for three years
'nd a half, to the hall where they were
lie in state until their transfer to
funeral train which was to bear
em to the beautiful and quiet pre
Sts of Hollywood cemetery, stirring Rich
id, where so many of the
Bents of Air. Davis’s eventful life
■”4their being.
ho strangers in New Orleans may
/e felt that the city was lacking in
the respect due to the memory of him
who was the leader of the cause for
whieh it poured out so much of its
precious blood more than a quarter of
a century ago. The crowd who watch¬
ed the little cortege with its grey at¬
tendants moving slowly through the
streets of the city were made up only
of those who stopped in the walks or
gathered on the sidewalks to watch it
go by.
THERE WAS NO DEMONSTRATION.
There was no booming of cannons,
no glistening bayonets in tho parade,
no brass buttons, save those of the
handful of veterans that formed the
escort from the grave to the hall—no
dirgeful music—no display of any
kind. But the absence of an imposing
procession and moving multitude was
the mute respect of a patriotic people,
restrained from outward show by the
simple request of the old soldiers who
had the arrangements in charge.
FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW CASKET.
The transfer of the remains from the
old to the new casket was made Satur¬
fuily day morning before tho city was yet
astir. Only a small and select
gathering were present to witness the
solemn ceremony. Comrades Smith,
Thomas Higgins and L. A.
were present to represent the army
Northern Yirginia, to whose charge
remains were entrusted and
have guarded them ever
the afternoon upon which
were consigned to the grave.
Air. E. H. Farrar, who is relat ed
nr »»i a /•>,
i ; - sOKX..... Wiese
fherq were up otuers, save the Hexton
and the* under taker and his assistants.
Mr. Davis was interred in a cedar cas¬
ket, richly covered with black silk
plush. The body was laid in a metal¬
lic case inside the cedar covering.
Sexton Sholz took from the vault the
black marble plate ; the old casket was
removed and the metatlic casket lifted
’ ut into the handsome new casket.
fThe new receptaele is what is known
/as a state casket and is used on sjiecial
loocasions. It is made of an antique
foak richly polished and chastely and
J-iize. beautifully carved, and is massive in
Tho handles are made of heavy
T>rass and on the cover is simple brass
plSfe. Identical with the plate, on the
old casket hearing the unostentatious
inscription:
'‘ *********** *
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
At Rest, December 6, 1889.
IThe old casket was replaced in the
lit where it will remain as long as
J tomb of the Army of Northern
f ginia stands,marked with the black
let that contains on its face, in gilt
/essed letters, a fac simile of
' *. f e autograph of Air. Davis and
le dates of his birth and death.
The new casket stood in the cham¬
ber of the tomb nearly all day.
Shortly after 3 o’clock, a guard of
sixteen, in uniforms of confederate
gray, mounted, slowly rode down the
shaded avenue, leading to the tomb of
the Army of Northern Virginia. With
heads reverently uncovered, the casket
was borne up from the vault to the
waiting hearse, in which it was eare
fully placed. It was simply an ordi¬
nary hearse, severely plain in keeping
with the general order of the ceremony
and drawn by a twain of handsome
black horses.
When the door shad been closed,the
guards remounted, and, flanking the
hearse, the procession slowly started
toward the city. The guard was com¬
posed of sixteen men, all veterans of
the war. A delegation from the Davis
Monument Association, of Richmond,
reached the cemetery just before the
cortege took up its measured march to
city, and stood with uncovered
as the veterans guarding the
hearse passed out of the burial ground.
The journey to the city from the cem
was remarkable for the lack of
incidents. There was no demonstration
and it was a slow and uneventful march
to the hall. At Claiborne street the
of the Army of Northern A'ir
had gathered to meetthe cortege.
the hall a small curious crowd had
gathered and where there were more
veterans to receive the remains. The
had Jiot been draped. Even with¬
out mourning habit it was a fit
testing place for the remains of the
lead. Stored in its rows of cases
along the walls were many of the
thrilling records of the and strife hanging of a
•quarter of a century ago,
- from its walls were the pictures of deed
heroes looking down upon the casket
of the leader of them all. The tatter
t-d rags th&t were once beautifHl flags
of gallant commands formed a historic
proetiective from the platform from
the rear.
The veteran guards scattered about the
Inall but historic hall, removed their
gray s' .li liatsastlie casket was borne
in and „ eventlv placed upon the cata¬
falque of antique oak that matched
the receptaele of the remains. When
the coffin had been tenderly laid down
several beatiful floral pieces were rang¬
ed about it. The floral tributes came
from the veteran organizations and
the Ladies’ Confederate Association.
The army of Northern Virginia sent a
beautiful design and exquisite chair of
red and white immortelles. The La¬
dies’ Confederate Association and the
Army of Tennessee each sent a mound
surmounted by a star and crescent,
and the Washington Artillery forward¬
ed an exquisite tribute of crossed cau¬
tions within a circle, the contrasting
colors being purple and yellow.
HIS OLD FLAG.
A flag that came all the way from
Texas for the purpose, was presented placed upon
the casket. It had been to
the Mississppi regiment that Colonel
Davis commanded in the Mexican war
arA wp.tv the handiwork and gift, of the
Indies of Natchez. It is a silk flag of
the union; the red and white stripes
now faded in a common yellow, and it
was borne at the head of the gallant
regiment through all the fierce battles
that proved the fall of Mexico's Capi¬
tol and the end of the Mexican war.
A guard of honor, representing the
various camps of the city and state,
were placed around the casket and the
general public were permitted to pass
around the casket and pay their re¬
spects to the dead. The body was
naturally decomposed, but was in fair
preservation and the face recognizable.
The guards were relieved at intervals
during tho night and Sunday morn¬
ing.
Sunday’s ceremonies.
The ceremonies Sunday were just a
trifle more important than they were
Saturdaybut were marked by an absence
of enthusiasm and were as simple as
the funeral of an humble citizen. All
Saturday night a faithful guard of
honor restlessly paced the polished
floors of Memorial hall beside the bier
of the dead president of a departed
nation. Now and then (luring the
quiet of the night a belated pedestrian
timidly made his way into the hall and
gazed respectfully at the rich old oaken
casket, anil then quietly slipped out.
These visits were few and far between
and they only served to vary the mo¬
notony about the historical building.
When day broke, however, the scene
changed and a slender stream of hu¬
manity began to wind in and out of
the hall, made up of every character of
life, rich and poor, white ,foie and black,
statesman and citizens blue and
gray.
■■ tfryd-': wornsQ*"'
nd rtfffrubon grew apace the
human current increasejk again, run¬
ning in and out until the guards at
the stone steps forbade any more to
follow. During the day more floral
offerings were received to be placed
beside the bier, some of thorn from
distant states.
It was half-past 4 o’clock Sunday
afternoon when the stream of visitors
was checked. Only the gray-haired
and gray-clad veterans who formed the
guard and escort, public officials, dis¬
tinguished visitors, the Davis family
and those who had the right to be
present remained in the hall when the
ceremonies were about to begin, Tho
narrow limits of the little bnilding was
not capable for much of a crowd, and
many were denied the privilege of
partiepating in the services around the
bier. Governor Foster entered the
hall leaning on tho arm of
General Stephen D. Lee, and
behind came Lieutenant Governor
Parlangc and leading lights in the
ranks of the veterans. They gathered
on the platform, mingling with the
Richmond committee, who wore the
confederate uniform in honor of the
occasion. In a few minutes there was
a parting of the ranks of the throng
in the hall, and Miss Winnie Davis,
leaning on the arm of Air. Ambrose
McGinnis, and followed by her sister,
Mrs. Hayes, and the husband of the
latter, passed up to the platform.
Then the ceremonies began. Governor
Foster stepped forward beneath an
arch of shrubbery, and in a strong,
clear voice delivered a touching and
beautiful tribute for the dead hero of
the confederacy in behalf of Louis¬
iana.
When the governor had finished his
address, which was listened to with
profound attention, Vice President Gil¬
more, of the army of northern Vir¬
ginia, read the order of Airs. Davis for
the removal of the laxly and the letter
of Alayor Ellyson reqtiestiog the army
of northern Yirginia to deliver the
body to General Glynn. These letters
were here made public for the first
time.
Then Rev. A. Gordon Blakewell,
who had served all through the four
years of bitter war, and who wore a
confederate chaplain’s hat, came for¬
ward and led the audience in a fervid
prayer. AY hen the prayer was con
eluded sturdy veterans raised the cas¬
ket from its resting place and bore it
out of the hall and down the stairs to
the funeral car in waiting amid the
strains of dirgeful music.
THE FUNERAL CAR.
The funeral car was the same as
used on the day of the funeral of Air.
Davis in New Orleans. An immense
throng gathered about the funeral car
as the body was born up the steps of
an improvised platform covered with
black and carefully lifted through one
of the windows to a large catafalque
draped in heavy folds of black. The
car was built especiallly for this pur
pose and the superstructure is almost
entirely of glass m that the casket
will be visible as the train rushes
across the southland to the historic
Aorginia capital. The floral offerings
were placed at the head of the casket
and they too, will be visible through
the trip. A guard of honor was select
ed from the escort and was immediate-
Cl! A W FORD VILLE, GA •« IfDAY, JUNE 2, 1893.
put upon duty and the public was
to pay its respects and to
a last fond farewell of the remains.
The procession reached the train at 6
p. m. and it was nearly eight
the party got under way. The
was made up of a locomotive
and tender, baggage car, an ordinary
the funeral car, four sleepers
and a private car. of honor, compris¬
A large escort
ing civil and military officers aocom
remains to the depot.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
The News of the World Condensed Into
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Headers.
Another batch of Mexican revolu¬
tionists has been sentenced to terms of
imprisonment by the court at San An¬
tonio. So far fifty-three have been
convicted and sentenced.
The infanta of Spain and her suite,
accompanied by the cabinet ministers
of the United States, the diplomatic
corps and otherwise distinguished NVashiugten re¬
tinue, visited the tomb of
Wednesday.
The tobacco factory of IX Buchner
& Co., at New York, a six story build¬
ing, was burned Wednesday evening.
The total loss is estimated at $200,000
$150,000 on the stnch ' '150.000 on
the building. \ 'Cl’S
losses. Between 300 aim a v.—R,
women and children were emplfj ed in
tliefft ctory.
Richardson & Dennie, dealers in
hides, at Boston, Alass., failed Thurs
day. Tho firm was rated at $200,000.
It is not believed the liabilities will
exceed $300,000. The assignees Coolidge. are
the bookkeeper and Lawyer active in
It is said by those who are
the leather trade that the cause of tho
failure may be traced to the sole
leather combine.
A Chicago dispatch says: Fire broke
out Thursday morning in the stable
sheds in Garfield park. The noted re¬
sort is being used by a band of Arabs
in giving performances somewhat sim¬
ilar to those of the AVild West shows.
The men all escaped, but three cam¬
els, seven blonded Arabian horses and
fivo hundred feet of shed were con
Burned.
One hundred winter wheat millers
J^om Ohio, Kentucky. Michigan, lu
, « As. Ne
iMtshontU'and 'Illinois assem¬
bled at Toledo, O., Tuesday night for
the purpose of completing the organi¬
zation of tho AVinter Wheat Millers’
longue. Those present represented
mills turning out 50,000 barrels per
day, nearly the entire production.
A New York special of Thursday
says: The balance of H. T. DeBarde
leben’s holdings of Tennessee coal and
iron stock has been taken by John H.
Inman and associates. The stock sold
by DeBardeleben to this syndicate
amounted to 13,000 shares, and the
price paid was about 10. Previous to
this blocksof 22,500 and 12,000 shares
were bought by the syndicate at 25 1-2
and 19, respectively. DeBardeleben
will remain with the company as a sal¬
aried officer.
A Kansas City dispatch says: Tho
Kansas millers are buying wheat for
July and September delivery in Kan¬
sas. They are looking forward to the
possibility of having to ship wheat in¬
to Kansas to keep their mills going.
This fact emphasizes the seriousness
of the crop damage in Kansas. It is
possible that the crop of the state may
produce enough wheat to supply tho
home demands. That is by no means
certain. The estimates of the crop
now range from 15,000,000 to 25,000
000 bushels.
OPPOSE THE ARMY BILL.
Centrists Against Kaiser William’s
Military Policy.
Advices of Tuesday from Berlin,
Germany, are to the effect that a party
of the centrists, concerning whose po¬
sition so much doubt has been felt,
has issued an electoral address. In
this address the centrists taken deci¬
ded stand against the army bill. They
say the question at issue is not the ex¬
istence of tho Fatherland, but whether
the military states shall be established
and Germany transformed into army
camps, in a time of peace, thereby
stripping the country of those who
ought to maintain its industries. The
address goes on to state that the cen¬
tre party will oppose the army bill
and amendment supported by Freiherr
von Hoiningen-Huene, but will vote
in favor of everything necessary to
maintain a strong army and efficient
navy, at the same time taking into due
consideration the question of the peo¬
ple’s capacity to stand additional finan¬
cial bnrdens.
In addition to discussing the army
bill, the address announces that a mo¬
tion will be offered by the center in
favor of permitting the Jesuits to re¬
enter Germany, and the address also
states that the centre party is engaged
in an earnest struggle against the false
and unchristian doctrines of the .Soci¬
alists and their so-called liberal legis¬
lation. The center party also demands
reform in the financial administration
of the empire.
ji. Christie /hurray, toe j-ngiisr.
novelist, turns on his critics in a brief
note to a London paper to demonstrate
that truth is stranger than fiction. Of a
of -eviewer’s his novels charge was that “wholly an episode incredible,’ in one j
Mr. Murray says: I got that story on |
‘•pet and bad full proof of its ac
cura G ■ | ;i * oull the novel on
genuine bit of history which yout
Tcv,ewer thlnks ,ncrea,ble ’
WASHINGTON SIP.
Happenings from Day 1 in me
---jbH National Cap
Appointments in the \ , m ious Depart -
ments—Other Notes ; 0 f interest.
^ie war departmen t will furnish
ten os to sufferers from ,t.h < floods iu
Louisiana. f ■Klly
Secretary Gresham, ® re¬
ceived mail advices nothing fr |„g„a, jumiti
but there was
cated.
John L. Thomas, o - ifflBtri,___ fMtoruey lms
been appointed assi
general for tho pdH S&fl m fc de¬
partment, vice James t per, ro
signed.
pnrtment An order Thursd«^ was issued!*! fi*K^| I de
Com
pony I). Eighth cavalry f E. A.
Goodwin, from Fort AU 11., to
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Attorney General 01 if jj||M (of Friday,
appointed Andrew Hi Halt
Lake City, Utah; W. 'I Gunn, of
Oregon; and Josepl 4’ irds, of
Halt Lake City, assit t States
district attorneys ior t. 0 ry of
Secretary Carlisle had •• tended
conference with Preside))*’ ><evelund ’
Saturday evening, and, as (vsjtlt, ten
or twelve collectors of u ml reve¬
nue, a second comptroll/ nd either
appointments in the treat r y service
will be announced.
The news that Predifn /Cleveland
lmd not called upon the i nta in re
turn of the infanta’s visit / the white
house made an unpleasant /feeling iu
Havana, and the public jm fa-nals b com¬
plain of President Clevelaii a attitude
toward the royal guest.** 1
Reports received at the v^asury de¬
partment indicate a larger registration
of Chinese than at first Anticipated.
So far, reports from fort\ j n j na „ut of
the sixty-three internal avenue dis¬
tricts of the United Stat show that
11,278 Chinese have regist ff ed.
A telegram was received ,4 the war
department Friday stati that the
crevase in the banks of ti), Mississippi
near Lake Providence had ( > used grout
destitution among the v aoitants of
the country. Many o -liom have
been rendered home! and asking
for the loan of tents. (
Attorney Genere' i-,„
'
eidod that ^
business^!,’ ,s no. * '& ,/
is in Git, ont
to !urn HJiTrianTra r« rcfusYf visit ;d^iss4^ fm his re
on the
a merchant, and the case vks appealed
to tho attorney general. )
Surgeon General Wyman, of tho
hospital service, received a cable djs
patch Friday from Surgeon Ir'vm, »uo
is stationed at Marseilles, announcing
that cholera has appeared at Nunes
and Cette in southern France. These
placen are Bituateu within seventy-five
or one hundred miles of Marseilles.
Cette is directly on the sea const.
Secretary Herbert has given his ap
proval to the findings and reeomnien
dations made by Captain Matthews, us
the result of liis inspection of the Mare
Island, California, navy yard. The
secretary is gratified at the nature of
the report, as it enables him to carry
out a plan which he 1ms cherished as
in tho line of economy and as calcu¬
lated to build up the important naval
interests on tho Pacific coast.
Another democratic editor has been
given a position of honor by President
Cleveland. This time it is Hon. Win.
E. Quincy, editor of the Detroit I'reo
J'rcHs, and he has been appointed min¬
ister to the Netherlands. Mr. Quin by
is the editor-in-chief and principal
proprietor of the Free Premt, with
which paper lie has been connected
for thirty-three years. He is a native
of Alaine and fifty-five years of ago.
Some of tlioNewYork papers Thurs¬
day printed a statement to the effect
that Air. Cleveland intended to call an
extra session of congress «J.jy the first
of August. Air. Cleveland was asked
about the matter by several congress¬
men. He replied that it was news to
him, as he has stated several times be¬
fore he intended to call an extra ses¬
sion about the 10th of September. Ho
sees no reason why it should be called
previous to that time.
Secretary Herbert has directed that
one or two 1200-ton gunboats author¬
ized by congress be construct¬
ed of the composite type, This
means that the frames of the vessels
and part of the waterline will be made
of steel, but that the hull will be cov¬
ered with wood planking,which in turn,
wil be sheathed with copper, and thus
the vessel will he enabled to make long
cruises in tropical waters without go¬
ing; through the expensive process of
docking and scraping.
The treasury department is prepare
ing to pay the* Choctaw a 11 cl Chick ana w
claim of $2,291,450. Drafts will be¬
ll raw n on the subtreasury at St. Louis
in amounts to suit the convenience of
the commission of Indians having the
matter in charge and paid at St. Louis
in such money as the Indians may de¬
sire. They have expressed a wish that
a large portion of it be paid them in
silver half dollars, as the money is to
divided up per capita among the In¬
dians and they prefer something that
has a ring to it rather than paper.
United States Treasurer Nebecker,
on Friday, paid into the treasury
$1,055, that amount having been stolen
or lost from the treasury cash, Tho
money was lost in the redemption di
different vision of times, the treasurer’s and all office^at since the three 4th
0 f ] aH t Alareh. At the time of the
ocurrences the Jones were reported to
service of the treasury department,
but he has been unable to discover how
the money disappeared, whether by
theft or by gettinginto the waste paper.
Sam Dunlap, of Gainesville, was ap¬
pointed marshal of the northern dis¬
trict of Georgia Friday. Though the
tbwe Georgia congressmen in town—
Messrs. Tate, Livingston and Maddox
—had told the president that his ap¬
pointment would be satisfactory to tin 1
people of Georgia, and though the two
former had urged his appointment,the
announcement was perhaps more of a
surprise to them than to any one else
except Mr. Dunlap himself. The ap¬
pointment might almost be considered
a personal one of the president, lie
gave the oflice to Mr. Dunlap on his
merits.
President Cleveland lias approved
the deeds of tin 1 Olioctow and Chicka¬
saw nations for their right and titles
to leased lands in the Indian territory,
and formerly Arapahoe occupied Indians, by- the Cheyennes
but now con¬
stituting a portion of Oklahoma terri¬
tory, for which the sum of $2,001,450
was appropriated by the Indian ap¬
propriation act of March 3, 1891.
These uations were required to execute
releases and conveyances to extinguish
their claim in a manner and form sat¬
isfactory to the president. President
Harrison declined to approve the deeds
submitted for release of the lands.
The approval of President Cleveland
makes the appropriation immediately
available, and the money will he paid
to the accredited agents of the Choc¬
taw and Chickasaw nations.
Frltlny’s AppointmmilN.
Tho president made the following
appointments Friday: States To ho attor¬
neys for the United —Emmet
O’Neal, of Alabama, for the Northern
district of Alabama; John N. Miller,
of Alabama, for the Southern district
of Alabama; Henry D, Clayton, of
Alabama, for the Middle district of
Alabama; J. Montague, of Virginia,
for the Western district of Virginia.
To bo marshals of the United States—
J. C. Musgrove of Alabama, for the
Northern district of Alabama; E. 11.
Morrissett, of Alabama, for the South¬
ern district of Alabama; William If.
Tisdale, of Alabama, for the Middle
district of Alabama ; Samuel C. Dun¬
lap, of Georgia, for the Northern dis¬
trict of Georgia; E. I). Nix, of Okla¬
homa, for the territory of Oklahoma.
Frank Hale, of Oklahoma, associate
justice of the superior court of tho
territory of Oklahoma.
A I'pimion Ilrrifiion.
decision Probably the most important pension
ever made was filed Saturday,
It is believed l»y those high in author
reduce the payment hnvutUb* of it win
t flpt of -U, pensions under
«X5.000,000 u) ” 11,10 $20,000,000. .'1890, between
and It in
' y
A8sifjtant 8ecrGtll , , and
return to the language of
the Bta tute requiring the disahil
itv . not of service origin, to ho such
ftH p, prevent the applicant from earu
a BUp p (>r t by manual labor. The
secre tary lias been considering the
1)r i ncil) i eg i, lv<) i V e.l in this decision for
several weekw anil no important did lie
deem it that when it was called to his
attention from the pension hoard of
appeals, he submitted the questions
involved to Attorney General Olney
and Judge Locliron, the commissioner
of pensions, both of whom concurred
in the correctness of the decision,
A TRAIN HELD UP.
Seven Masked Robbers Secure About
$4,000 from the Safe.
The westbound Missouri Pacific pas¬
senger train, which left St. Louis at
8:20 o’clock Wednesday evening, was
held up near Pacific station, thirty
miles from St. Louis, at 9:80 o’clock.
Governor Stone and State Treasurer
Stephens were both passengers on the
train. State 'Treasurer Lon V. Ste¬
phens telegraphed the following from
Washington, Mo. :
“Train No. 3 on the Missouri Pa¬
cific, the westbound express, whh held
up by seven masked robbers a mile
and a half west of Pacific,this evening.
The express car was shattered with dy¬
namite and the express messenger was
compelled to open the safe and deliver
the contents thought to he about
$4,000. Governor Stone has already
offered a reward for the robbers. None
of the passengers were disturbed."
BROADWAY CABLE CARS
Six Have Been Started and (lie Horses
Will he Liven a Rest.
A New York dispatch says: Cab!
cars have at last come into the proces¬
sion on Broadway, and though they
are running slowly and cautiously,
they have come to disappear stay. Fair by pair
the horses will sh soon as
the cables run smoothly, and before
many months it will be possible to en¬
joy something like rapid transit, with
freedom from blockades. The first
regular cable cars of the Aletropolitan
Traction Company were started Mon¬
day afternoon and the event was hon¬
ored by the presence in the ears of
many prominent people. The start 1 j
was made from Central park about 3
o’clock, and six cars made the trip to
Bowling Green and return without a
hitch.
Some of the most capable men who
spend spring and summer on the Alaskan
islands looking after various commercial
interests earn very large laries and live
what some folks might call double lives.
They are able during the winter, in San be
Francisco, New York, or and Europe, to
lavish in expenditure life, and the to fact enjoy that all
the pleasures of
there is little to be done on the islands
but attend strictly business enables n
man to recuperate from the wearing joys
of civilization and thus to prolong thi
dual existence.
L ndon papers *<]vertise "lionms especially
idaptedto Americans."
THE KID GLOVE INDUSTRY 1
REMARKABLE FACT3 GLEANED
FROM CONSULAR REPORTS,
Colls, Calves, Dogs, Goats, Cats, Kals
and Rabbits, but, Rarely the Hid,
Supply tlie Material.
P O gloves, colt rat you skins skins, know so-called, and dog that, skins, goat are your skins cat made skins,
only rarely of real kid skin?
seems to be the fact if we are to
the combined assertion of a large
ber of consular officers who have
ported to the State Department
Washington on the subject in
to inquiries sent out shortly after Mr.
Blaine resigned from the head of
department. These reports come
Prague, Antwerp, Brussels, Rotten, St.
Ettienne, Berlin, Breslau, Kelil, Mann
bein', Milan, Cadiz, Seville, Gotten
berg and St, Petersburg, and
may be Hupposecl to furnish Homo vain
tile information about the glove indus¬
try of the Old World.
A statement is these reports
one particularly with the large
portion of skins of animals other than
kid used iu the manufacture of
are popularly known us “kid” gloves.
Sheep, lamb, goat and colt skins
to furnish the bulk of the material used,
but according to some reports tho
of dogs, cuts, rabbits and even rats
used. Kid skins are sometimes
to be sure, but the genuine kid
seems to form a very small
of the material used in the
turn of so-called kid gloves. At Prague,
Austria, sheep and lainli skins,
practically nothing else are used in
manufacture of tho 8,400,000 pairs
gloves turned out there annually.
Russia nearly all tho fine gloves
made of colt skins, and large
are turned out. The dog skin
are said to be especially an
production. At, Seville, mostly
of young sheep are used. Irt Franco,
generally, the materials chiefly em¬
ployed are sheep, gout, and kid skins,
lint Consul Williams, writing from
Rouen, adds: “Cat and rabbit skins,
admirably colored, are made to imitate
all kinds of furs. Rut skins are used
chiefly for making thumbs of ordinary
gloves." Tho very best material, the
reports state, is the youngest kids,
even those prematurely born, or whose skin
mothers are killed to obtain the
of their unborn offspring being
highest prized for the finest quality.
Tho preparations of the skin
the time they leave the unfortunate
auiflJals until they are sew' d into gloves
in detailed by the vario is gentlemen
Madim i u
port to the State Department. The
skins are usually obtained^lry from the
farmers who raise these animals
after being soaked in water and trod¬
den by men with naked feet until soft
and pliable lime is added to loosen
hair and after this work tho process
softening and tanning the skins begins.
The refuse from sheep and cattle yards
and dog pounds is used in tanning tho
skins, and the tread process with hare
feet goes on meantime. After the tun¬
ning process is completed, which usually
takes weeks, the skins are, treated to a
fulling bath of yolks of eggs, which
gives them not only a softness and
pliability, but the proper finish and
lustre. The quantity of eggs used in
this work seems to have a depressing
effect on tho omelet industry of the
glovo districts, for Consul Williams
humorously remarks, after calling at
tontion to tho quantity of the volks of
eggs used in this work, that this ex
plains why omelets generally look pule
at restaurants and hotels, for they are
made up of two wliiteH and one yolk
and paid for ns-if made with two com¬
plete eggs. The skins, after being
tanned, are dyed to give them the
proper color, and the dyes are usually
of the best made from dye woods, as
the aniline dyes are not suitable for
this purpose.
In the manufacture of tho gloves
great skill is required, and only the
most ingenious, intelligent and trained
men are permitted to operate in the
cutting of the gloves. Tho skins are
carefully erit up into small sections by
hand, barely large enough to make one
half of a glove, being cut in such a
way as to make its little waste as pos
sible in cutting the skins. These are
stretched to the proper shape before
the form of tho glove is cut with the
die, a dozen or more being cut with
one movement of the cutting press,
The sewing is mostly done by machines,
though in some instances the gloves are
sewn by women at their homes, where
they get about three cents a pair for
sewing four button gloves, and earn
about $2.50 per week.
The fact that the gloves coming from
Russia are made from foal skins is so
little known that a brief extract from
Consul-General Crawford’w report on
thin subject will he of interest. H*
Hay 8: . . The bulk of fiuo gloves made
in Russia are made from foal skins.
There is very little done in this coun¬
try in the manufacture of gloves from
sheep, goat and kid skins, lit the
preparation of foal skins, it should be
said that they are of very difficult fab
rieation and require much hard labor
to work them sufficiently soft and deli-'
cate. It is claimed that there is an art
j„ the preparation of foal skins for
gloves that the Russian workmen have
in very great perfection as compared
with foreigners, ft is doubtful whether
foal skins could lie prepared sufficient
ly cheap, where hand labor is dear, to
compete with other skins on the g* - u
oral market. The experiment has been
tried in France, Belgium and Germany,
but with very poor results, as the work
ingmen there appear not to possess the
perseverance and endurance necessary
to their 1 busines is. Foal skins, when
__
well dressed arc very durable, and at
the same time, very delicate and hav«
a great advantage in taking well all
sorts of dyes. The cost of the skin
proper ly prepared, is not far from fif-
NO. 40.
seventeen cents per pair for
gloves the ordinary size. Remnants
from the cutting shop are sold to the
manufacturers of musical instruments,
purses and tobacco pouches. Out of
500 foal skins from 1200 to 1500 gloves
of the best quality can be made.—St.
Louis Star-Sayings.
SELECT SITTINGS. '*%-1
A Nevada man carries a 600-year-old
watch.
New Zealand’s gold yield i.; $250,
000 , 000 .
Lace of nil kinds is now made by
machinery.
The world’s wheat crop is 2,125,
000,000 bushels.
The Pope owns a single pearl that ia
valued at $100,000.
The average time a derelict remains
j afloat is about thirty days,
j A new cIaim i(1 for olives that
t , to digo tiou.
It is said the United States has more
than 9,000,000 young men ill ior mili¬
tary duty.
, with diamonds, snpij*
valued al
A good >
Ail bur’s mj
by Ibe I’liil
A gray,V Fail
sold in
in hi/i liistoil
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The Engle I, , l,i lari
introduced into Nru EngLml
attempts to domesticate it have prm^H
futile, for the climate is too severe. M
The flesh of forest nits is cstoi mod u
culinary delicacy in parts of Cuba.
Their main article of diet is Brazil
nuts, which impart a good flavor b
them. \
A pair of young liisons have been
placed by an English nobleman on his
game prcsorvi’H and several similar or
ilers have been placed with American
dealers.
Eels, snakes and chicken legs arc
sold in the Russian markets, according
to a traveler, and find ready sale
among a class of people who arc not
epicures.
A New York editor the other day
I | wrote a headline, “Alleged Treason in
China,” and v as In a ifli*d to see it run
through the u»per "Alfred Tennyson
iu China.”
A put in the McMillan Alusee of
Omaha, Neb., is an ox weighing 3740
pounds, standing six feet four inches
liigh, and measuring ten feet eleven
inches in girth.
An Italian who recently committed
suicide in California loft a statement
declaring that, he had no cot. u.nud
that a man with no educui ioqhns noth¬
ing to live for.
The current year is llie centennial of
the cotton gin. Eli Whitney invented
it in 1793. It is said to have done
i more toward the making of the South
than any otliei one thing except tho
1 cotton.
The most noted Chinese doctor in
the country has just died in San Fran
J cisco. He was Li 1850 Bo Tui. and built lie ciiino
; from Canton about uj > a
large practice, having white people an
well us his own countrymen lor pu
lienls. The Emperor a few years ago
sent him the highest Chinese medical
diploma,
Washington Aided a Young Family.
In Virginia there lives a wealthy
family which owes its prosperity to
8l( . generosity of Georgi Washington,
When the present head of the family
was a little boy, his father was in
serious money difficulties and owed a
large amount ol money to the Wash
ington estate. Tho agent of the estate
pressed him closely for the money, and
the result would have been financial
ruin for tlie father of our Virginia boy
if an appeal had not been made to tho
Washington family. “General Wash
ington wuk always very generous to
those who owed him, said they, “and
we shall continue the same policy. The
General would have given every one
sufficient time in whieh to pay. And
it was his express command that his
estate should be settled up uitli
generosity toward all. And so Wash
ington, though dead, leftgenerous com
mauds behind him; ami the little
Virginia boy, now a very old man, was
enabled to get u good education and
to lay the foundation for one of tho
largest fortunes ever accumulated iu
the South. Him great-grandchildren, pride
HOW growing up, tell with much
this tttorv of General Washington a
generosity. New York Ledger.
Lion-Tiger Hybrids.
An attempt is now being made by
the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland
to obtain some hybrids or cross-breeds
between the two largest spe-cies of cat
namely, the lion and the tiger,
That such hybrids have been produced
before is an established fact, the most
authentic case iu question being the
birth of three half-bred cubs to a lion
and u tigress in Atkins’s Menagerie at
VY indsor in 1824. Ihe cubs were ex
hihited to George IV., who christened
them lion-tigers, but they died very
soon afterwards. In 1827 two other
cubs of e. like species were born in the
same menagerie, and survived rather
longer. The stuffed specimens of both
of these can now be seen, one iu the
British Museum, tin other in the
Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh,
In the present instance there is every
reason to anticipate success, as the
Dublin Gardens have already success
fully reared over 10v lion cubs.