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The morning call., 1891-07-19
VANILLA,
Something About the Aromatic Mexican
Orchid

Vanilla is Mexican orchid. with long.
The earliest European travellers in Mexico
found the vanilla used as a continent with
chocolate. The Spaniards introduced it
into Europe, and the first account of it ap-
peared as long ago as 1905. and was pub
lished by Clusius in his Exoticorum
Libri." who received specimen from Nor
gan, the apothecary of Queen Elizabeth.
Plumies called the plant vanilla, adopting
the name used in Mexico by the Spaniards
(he diminutive of the Spanish "vaina," a
pod. Toward the end of the seventeenth
century the vanilla reached France by the
way OF Spain, and was used TO flavor choc0-
late and to perfume tobacco. IL England
it was first valued as drug, and it was not
until after the idea of its medical value was
exploded that 1t came into general use in
cooking. The supply of vanilla, which is
obtained from the fruit or seed-pod, was
originally derived from Mexico. but of late
wears much attention has been given to Gull
tivating this plant in other parts of the
tropics, and it Is now produced ia B0r-
neo, Java. Mauritius and Central America
In large quantities.
Shoots, about three feet long, having. been
fastened to trees. and scarcely touching the
ground, soon strike root in the bark and
form plants, which commence to produce
fruit in three years: and remain productive
Luitly OF lofty. ne leftilZaIl0n OIL the
flower is naturally brought about by insect
agency. Morren, the Director of the Botani-
cal Garden of Liege, showed in 1887 that it
might be efficiently performed by man,
since which the production of the pods has
been successfully carried ON in all tropical
countries without the aid of insects. Even
in European forcing-houses the plant pro-
duces fruits OF full size, which, for aroma,
bear comparison with those of Mexico In
vanilla plantations the pods are not allowed
to arrive AT complete maturity, and are
gathered when their green color begins to
change. According to the statements Of
DE Vriese they are dried by rather cicuit-
GUS process, namely, by exposing them to
heat alternately uncovered and wrapped in
WOODEN cloths, whereby they are artificially
ripened, and acquire their ultimate aroma
and dark hue.-Garden and Forest
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Lambs Nature,

Charles Lamb possessed that high
est of heart qualities, universal human ten
derness. He always saw the best in men
and awakened 1t, sometimes from a long
sleep. "How could | hate him ?" he said Of
some one. Don't | know him? I never
could hate any one knew" 1t was this
ready comprehension Of every mans nature
that made him say, in his whimsical way.
Il love fool as naturally as If were kith
and kin to him."
Nor was 1t fondness which made him
blind to his friends foibles. or queer Mar
tin Burney he wrote: why does not his
guardian angel look after him? Maybe he
has tired him out" OF Wordsworth who
had declared he could have written Ham
LETT If he'd had the mind he said: at is
clear nothing is wanting but the mind" OF
his landlord he wrote: ''He has e45 a wear
and one anecdote." OF everybody he made
characterizations, but always with Kindness.
The morning call., 1891-07-19
THE BERNHARDT GOWN,
Many Like Il Because Il Makes Stout Women
Look Slim.

A New York correspondent of the Chicago
Herald declares that in the Empire City the
Bernhardt gown is all the rage and declares
that it has the merit of making stout women
look slim. The writer sends the following:
ION, Fannie" said n bright, blOnde-haired
woman grasping her friend stylish silken-
gowned brunette by the arm, "look quick
or you will miss it, there; that dark woman
in the green mOusselne de sole. Isn't it ex-
quisite? How lovely that Bernhardt gown
fits. Those clinging bouffant draperies are
just what stout woman wants to make her
slim and girish, and the chiffon around her
neck, too, adds so much to the effect A
yard or two of chiffon wound round and
round the neck gives soft outline, and of
a dainty shade of pink it casts a fleshy blush
on the cheeks that beats all the rouge man
ufactured."
1T is a blessing to be sure" replied her
companion, "but tell me, have you seen the
Valenciennes ruchings? OIL that is Just
charming. 1t comes in all widths. | saw
French model dress Yesterday made in one
yoluminous ruffie. 1t quite captured my
heart The foundation was straight prin-
cess wrapper, with plain gnre1 fronts, fitting
tightly over the hips. rather scanter than
last season, with narrow darts to make the
bust higher and the neck shorter. A simple.
neat Tuffle of the Tuching started at the
neck and from this point to the hem of the
gown were rufflas each growing wider and
fuller tn fit the broadening of the dress"
Didn't it give u frightfully full effect?"
said the listener, rather impatiently. II
think woman in such gown would look
like pumpkin"
No, indeed. You mustn't jump at con-
illusions. The ruching was laid in plaits
over the bust and partially plated at the
waist in pointed effect. The French mo-
diSte in charge said it took just nine yards
of the goods, forty inches wide. twenty yards
of ruching and ten yards of ribbon
| overheard the above conversati N at the
entrance of noted costumer's apartments
on Fifth avenue, and the description was u
good one of the new Bernhard gown. 1t is
supremacy and suprrfiuOusly negligee. 1t
hangs in countless loose draperieS about the
form. 1t has become the craze because IL is
startling, daring and unique,
Two seasons ago the fashionable shifted
with their noses high in the air at the drap-
cry dress; but since Cleopatra has won the
nineteenth century knights in the drama by
her clinging robes, all other women have
found cut the secret Of her arts and must
need initiate her as near as possible.
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,e Ask the woman who keeps that saloon

be Ask the woman who keeps that saloon
yonder. She used to think nothing of
taking In $40 day clear profit You
can 90 down now to Pacific and
don't take SIS day. The reason is that the
whalers get robbed of everything before
they come ashore, and lots of them haven't
much left when they sign articles. I've
known plenty of them to sign off after
years cruise for 81, or So at most. BY the
time they've paid for their outfit and paid
the boarding. master and the saloon-keeper
there isn't much left for us. We have to
live how we can about nine months in the
year; do you UNDERESTIMATE
The CALL reporter was just then forced
to notice a number of middle-aged and
elderly women tolling up the hill with sacks
filled with the flotsam and jetsam OF the
bay. Whatever of warmth and cheer could
to be gotten in daily in this way. That
these women were or had been virtuous in
their brighter days of life was manifest
from their present condition. Poverty is
the seyerest test of virtue, assuredly
1t became evident to the reporter as he
painted up the hllsides that a major pro-
portion of the children of the citf-dwellers
receive their education, as Sam Weller did,
ION the Streets" Unfortunately few of
them are lucky enough to find friendly
Pickwick. Mostly the boys amuse them
selves by firing rocks" at each other or at
unauthorized intruders. The CALL re-
porter became unwittingly a target for a
rock or TWO, and feeling that he had no par
tlcular business there at the time sought
the privacy of an adjoining store.
While there he noticed a number of men,
seemingly OF no special occupation, drifting
into the portal of what purported to be a
wine-store. AT all events there was an out
ward and visible sign of wine retailed at
fabulOusly low price for the benefit of the
elect. 1t was further specified that this wine
was of divine (diUine) character. A glance
through the door revealed a long narrow
room, about 40 feet by u. with cores pond-
Ing tables, at each end of which were seated
from dozen 10 score of men. They were
not merely looking on the wine when it was
red, but from all appearances painting their
noses with it. Most of them were, beyond
cavll, the husbands or the brothers or the
Friends" of the hard-toiling women whom
the reporter had beheld on the steps of the
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where in fact, 1 noticed a peculiar plant
growing. The leaf resembled that of fig
in texture and color, being not so large. At
the end of each stalk was lily-like flower,
white, edged with lavender, very pretty,
but possessing a sickly smell and whiting
when once plucked. From the flower comes
green. round, gOurd-like fruit, as it were,
which finally falls and turns a cream color.
l noticed several OF these lying in the sand
and remarked their striking resemblance to
an ostrich egg.
| always thought sponges came from the
depths OF the sea. but in Kern County they
grow them on vines. The seed came from
Japan, and it bears a long gumbo-like
gourd, which, when dry, is soaked in a
solution of I've, this eats off ali the bark-like
outside. Nothing then remains but a net
work of fihers. which answers every pur-
pose of sponge.
From what is called 1.-THE Heights" a
correct idea of Bakersfield may be gained.
Those who have left this section without
taking view from this elevation have lost
great deal. To reach these high bluffs,
which rise on one side of the river, we fol-
lowed winding trail, which could hardly
be termed road. 1t Is not over two miles
from town, and one feels amply repaid
when once there. Below is a panorama
The winding river, which seems ike a sheet
Of silver, green fields, clustering trees
thriving homes, Mount Tehachipi in the
distance and the Sierras, sn0w-capped, far
IN front. OftentimeS one can see storms in
the mountains when all is serene below.
An amateur with a camera would find mu ch
to interest him here.
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be perforce no lazy women, and In which
goats should he the models of an active and
well-spent life.
1t is not, perhaps. pleasant subject to
refer to in an age which eXults in the dig
nifty of labor, but it is nevertheless fact
that anywhere and any time, on the east
ward slopes of Telegraph Hill. in the vicin-
the contractors blast, there may be seen
men, women and children who recall the
worst traditions of Old World poverty
Women toIling up the steep stairs and
slopes, bent nearly double beneath the
weight OF loads Of irewood, coal aud scrap-
Iron gathered promiscuOusly along the
water front, most manifest declaration Of
The morning call., 1891-07-19
He wopldn,, v,o,.,.

In Germany the police regulations ara
very strict. and any violation of them is
promptly punished; The people have holy
t terror OF the law. Two gentlemen happened
sation took place:
about Miller?" nov
mo; what is lt?"
He was in boat on the river. He fell
overheard and was drowned. The water
was too deep" ""''A
Didn't he know how to swimP"
Swim! Don't you know that all nersons
are forbidden by the police to swim In the
The morning call., 1891-07-19

civilization. But whereas the cliff-dwellers
OF the American prehistoric period have
passed away as utterly as those of Petra
and the Syrian desert, the traditions of an
uphill and downhill life are freshly pre-
served on the Montgomery, Sansome and
Battery side of Telegraph Hill to-day.
Violet. in his plan of San Francisco, did not
reckon without the clf-dwelers; on the
contrary he took too much account of them.
His idea of the future metropolis of the
Pacific Coast seems to have been city in
which men should be always "i n tralnng,"
contest or no contest; in which til ere should
The morning call., 1891-07-19

or on whaling cruises. Enthusiastic local
geograpaers claim that the whalers Of this
part OF the Pacific have made the slopes of
Telegraph Hill their home since Dana wrote
his Two Years Before the Mast" They
have this much in support of their conten-
ton that the modern whaler seldom gets
more than three or four blocks away from
Broadway and Kearny or Greenwich and
Montgomery streets,
My husband Is a whaler," said woman i,
VINO core on her back q heavy load of wood
and coal, enough to have made strong
man wilt If he had carried 1t three blocks
on warm day. She dumped down the
sack (Which was Sacramento boodler's
Ideal In weight on convenient mound and
continuous "Whaling amt what 1t used TO
The morning call., 1891-07-19

He Was Stayer-He mad stayed and
stayed the night before until the girl was
mad enough TO say anything, and she did
the next Gay when she met him. II had a
perfectly delightful time at your house last
night" he murmured when he met her.
"fimeW she said curtly. 1T was more
like eternity. Washington Star.
The morning call., 1891-07-19

their need of any sum ranging from 10 cents
Or quarter to keep the wolf from the
door for that day at least. Among the
squalid children on the steep flights of steps
or on the clff-sides, fraternizing with the
denizen goats and pigs. it is easy TO note the
offspring of miscegenation as various as
that of the kanaka. the Ango-Saxon, the
Mexican and the Indian. Exactly how the
local census enumerator compromised facts
and figures with his conscience is not SO
easy to discover as to account for. He
probably gave the thing up and resorted to
general principles.
A great many of these cliff dwellings are
tenanted by whalers or the families left
behind by men now far away on the Pacific
The morning call., 1891-07-19
A yassar Girls Neat Retort.

a young Graduate from Vassar had read
the following paragraph:
1T must be disinterested benevolence
which leads the sweet young things who 90
to Vassar College to plant trees on com
mencement day. They can't ever expect to
climb them"
She didn't like it, and in reply wrote:
1t is surely better to plant trees at col
lege, even if debarred the questionable privi-
lege of climbing them, than to sow wild
oats, from which no one ever yet failed to
reap harvest."-Ex.
The morning call., 1891-07-19

"Clara, dear, want to show yop my new
engagement ring before CO." Its very
pretty, but remember the stone is loose"
why. how did you know it?" "Didn't
Mr: Rigsby Tell you that wore it month
or two2'-Scribner' Magazine.
The morning call., 1891-07-19

Herreshoff. who designed the Gloriana,
has blind brother who can model boats as
well as he and who sails around the harbor
at Bristol alone aud as fearlessly as any one
The morning call., 1891-07-19
He Always Returns.

"a Yes. try something else now aud then.
confess
Some powder. or tooth-wash or paste,
But sooner or later give them all up,
And back TO my first love haste.
" For there's something so Clearly so fragrant,
so pure,
In the working Of SOZOD0NT sweet
That never can like anything have tried
So we'll as that tooth-wash complete"
Thus spoke wise man from the depths Of his
heart,
His experience Is watched far and Wide,
For nothing can ever compare In lie world
With sweet SOZODONT, stable and tried.
The morning call., 1891-07-19

This part OF the State is yet in its infancy.
Fruit culture is as yet an experiment, and,
so far. has met with wonderful success. If
the Atlantic aud Pacific Railroad cuts
through, the DEVELOPMENT of this part of
the STATE VIII De rapid. L. II. B.
The morning call., 1891-07-19
Sunny Side

And the ELECTRIC ROAD
will be RUNNING through
THIS TRACT WITHIN 6
MONTHS. The streets are
all graded and trees (that
are warranted to IiYe)
planted every 25 feet
around each block i'm The
tract. Every lot is ready
for building and fine
houses are now i'm course
of erection.
The morning call., 1891-07-19

IN n Y
SIDE !!
HAVE YOU SEEN
This BEAUTIFUL TRACT
If NOT,
WHY NOT?
We will take you to see
it free, and guarantee to
show you the finest prop
erty for the money i'm this
city. Lots that will double
i'm Is months are CHEAP
at any price, and lots in
SUNNY SIDE at the pres
ent prices are a bargain.
WHY

Because SAND LOTS the
same distance from the
City Hall are selling to-day
for DOUBLE THE PRICE
we ask you for lots i'm
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-29

crate Veteran Association. The COM
mittee have issued q stirring appeal
to the people of the South urging
them to respond to the dictates OF
their own hearts and gracefully dis
charge duty that the world expects
of them. "Among all the noble
dead" they say, "there is none
whose name appeals with greater
power to the affectionate remem-
brance of the Southern people, than
that of Jefferson Davis" Is not TINS
the sentiment of every southern
heart? He was the master spirit OF
our cause, the companion of our mis-
fortunes, and when defeat had bent
his wasted form WITH cruel shackeis
his noble spirit rose above the desoia-
ton of his country lamp to our feet
and a guide to our pathway. Let US
not bring reproach upon ourselves in
falling to honor his memory. Let
not his fate be lamented of having
fallen among people insensibie to
his sacrifices and nation unworthy
of his service.
The 18th of June next has been ap-
pointed as a day upon which the
people of every town and county IL
the Southern Stateashould meet and
| take the proper steps to forward the
enterprise of voluntary contributions
or other methods which they may
deem best" Let those Whose hearts
still beat with patriotic emotions ant
who derire to see the memory o
their ilIustrious dead fifty commend
rated, begin at once to organize 10
; this appointed day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-29
Southern Trade Palace.

beautlluI flCs Ao"hSI OAAS -
yard at
Ladies. Ladies'. Ladies.
Go to the Southern Trade Palace and
get a cake of their Toilet Soap free OF
charge.
Hats, Flowers, Ribbons at hall
price now at the Southern Trade
Palace.
Go to the Southern Trade Palace
for men and boys Straw Hats. Prices
cut i'll two.
Gauze Ribbons in all the new
shades, at greatly reduced prices al
the Southern Trade Palace.
100 dozen Ladies Vests worth Zoe
only Zoe each at
The SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
100 different styles of Challies-all
this seasons purchase. We are no"
closing them out at &c per yard, at the
SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
Children Suits, for Boys from 4 tc
IA years reduced to-$1 25, $l.15, 81 81
and SO at
THE SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE
The handsOmest line OF White
Goods at very low figures at the
SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
Our $500, 81. so and $1.00 Shapes re-
duced to 81 90, rs and so cents at the
SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
ONLY so pieces of those beautiful
ApronGGinghams left, at sc per yard
SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
100 pair hand-turned Ladies Shoes
sizes 81 to 6, only 81 so per pair, a
the SOUTHERN TRADE PALACE.
Mayo If
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-29
OVER THE STATE.

The west side of the public square
at Shelbyville was burned last Friday.
Loss about $25 900.
The Hill Shoe Company of Mem
phis assigned last Friday and VIM.
Villas Hill, manager of the Company,
suicided in consequence. lie was
prominent in business aud social cir
cles, having married reigniDg belle,
Miss Maggie Rambaut.
Five thousand Sunday excur-
siOnists from Chicago to the suburban
Calumet Heights had to return for
their lives. Boys threw burning
matches into the dead prairie grass
and fire started. The wind was
high, and for time there WAS great
danger.
Secretary BIaine's govt il about
| gone, ard he is convalescing rapidly,
ii led by an uuimpaired appetite.
! Over 8 900 immigrants were landed
/ at New York OF these l ,24S were
/ Italians, who arrived by single YES
/ sci, ten of them being detained as ex-
-conVicts.
! Monday afternoon bold desperate
! at Knoxville he'd up Number oil
/ people for their money, deliberate ~
! shot two negroes and escaped from
the city. Tie next heard from lac
held up Mr. Fred l.. Carpenter, " nc
was driving to his suburban home
Refusing to deliver, the man sho
him, it is thought fatally.
Mr.. John G.. Houston, enc of the
most prominent merchants in Nash
vile, died at his home ON Snuti
Spruce street Monday morning.
Jno. Collins, n well known markete
| hnatanz m Haath law two
William Graves ana his son, Foste
Graves Saturday night, at his hom
In the 9th Civil District of Davidson
From reading the Nashville ant
Franklin papers il looks like there j
an effort on foot to make the latter
suburb of Nashville.
1t is reported that the Virgins
Construction Company, the actua
owners of the Midland Road, hav
sold fOrty-five day option to Mari
Christian, of Richmond. Mr.. Chris
tian is a prominent banker and is act
, ing for n syndicate of Eastern Capi
talist. The syndicate. do not iuten'
to stop at Bristol, but will eithe
purchase connecting lines or bull
through to the East.
. A negro was arrested in Nashvil!
= Monday for murder committed nv
! years age.
Clark ST. phenson Is the first e1
; Confederate soldier in Upton Count
to apply for pension. He lost lie
in battle and will get from the Stat
, 500 year,
Memphis merchants are subscrit
: ing to the stock of the River an
l Ocean Steamship Company for III
= establishment of a line of steamer
between Memphis and South Amer
can ports.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-29
A MIGHT school Needed.

There is a strong demand for
night schoolIin Columbia. There are
numbers Of people whose edncations
are defective in even the primary
principles of the three Rs. There are
Others who have passed through the
ordinaFy course of study in English,
but who need to review it in order
that they may get a more precise
knowledge OF its essential features
There are still ,others who wish to
study particular branches OF higher
learning; and, finally, there are still
greater NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of getting
technical knowledge of bread-winlng
pursuits, such as bookkeeping, short
hand, type writing &c. Most Of these
seekers after knowledge are young
men and boys whose circumstances
have kept them so constantly al
every day business that they have
never had the time to acquire the
literary education they should have
Nearly all who would attend, are per-
sons whose business consumes the
daylight hours. They can never
learn what they wish unless they
can have the benefit of a.night school,
such as has been suggested. Many OF
the greatest men of the world have
receIvedItheir only scholastic training
an such institutions. These schools
ore in existence In nearly every city
Of the u. s., and in so ne countries
there is hardly u village without
tban, Scotland has m0re of them,
Dsrhaps. than any other nation. The
consequence is that her people are
TIA most intelligent AMI successful
az the world. 1t is no uncommon
thing there, to fad young working
nan and women with a thorough
knowIedge of higher mathematics
Greek and Latin acquired entirely a
these schools. Perhaps no one mere
will care to pursue such EXTENSIVE
courses at a night school, but beyond
donbt there are many who desire In
struction, of the character alread!
nointed out, which they will never b
abIe to acquire without these nlgh
.ohooIs a school of this kind which
teaches telegraphy, shorthand an'
tvpe-wrIting has been in operation 10
savaraI months past and has beel
largely atten led. Would it not o
we'll to extend sthe scope g
that all who desire may receive IN
struction in any branch they Wish