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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-30

IN the Bunker Hill mine. Wallace. 4 large
coneentrator Is constructing.
camp this winter Awagon road to the Sky
S' sht be to
Several other mines there will work full forces
right along During the past summer the
CLAYTON has been much larger than for any
previous year
c1 shsl G9mpsny run haEe
the placer mines at Murray, in North Idaho
,aa,s tw q vein Of solid gaiena has been
i Ihis good body Of ore vas found only sixty
sS3$ s af eG Ii, H pss mss sd I ss e s
t bs Lamar MAJ mine IL 0rvyhee county for oe-
The Blaine Mil in danbrinus district COM
pmenced crushing on last Monday. The mine
mas mas been well opened up for working by tive
through the waisr The ' ere WI vi aver w
sSoHt slO per ton. and the vein Is from ten to
CAPT j. l. Edie passed through here to-day
on his way to Gimes's Pass g examine the
,nhiihe discovered two and half miles west of
Ba ar sm.s 0SMa s.s X 1s
cssSEipss in This COUNTY S and the report Il
Undoubtedly be such as to induce his company
t IN purchase it The VEIN which Is from ten TO
thai a the Ssea W III |s;
TN Yield 81 the Elmlra silver mill a, Banner
innr the .past week was 1. 100 ounces. Although
,ne mill T. only capable OF reducing from
yWSye to thirteen tons per day the average
William Sweet has the l.5OO-foot tunnel
tIunnIlns iron, the Payette river side 10 tap and
ntNelop AT the depth Of 500 feet the muddy
sr2np OF mines in nearly 100 feet.
- ~ Mineral the Mutual -mritsr is running
i,sn,, along. the Silver Belle. Egup. and Black
h"mH llihrs suTpltiI .s tie urr. large coke
,.se 4. under e,in 4 r,i'tiOr. ana II Is the i'll
'nntlpn 70 Keep the suipltrr rann.n. all winter.
- W t''c:' snuw, ~ III. na 4 week hAys put a.
s,sp 10 outside pro- r.'''iRg until string oIens.
'"e'a1iy SirasiG-s, l.;g rt,Ie.sUrs have teen
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some of the goods seen by us recently they
would be happy, for one or two of the i'm
pOrters have brought over several excellent
things artistic and cheap-imitation Bagdad
stripes at 70 cents dead copies of the IS
goods, cotton hangngs, resembling the
brOcades as closely as cotton pOngees re-
semble the light silk goods, at IS cents, fifty
inches wide-things that man sees IN a
hasty review of the market and remembers.
The cOloTs are good and the designs are
pure, being copies Of expensive fabrics
juteS, in the daintieSt tlnts and harmonious
on the brOcade order, 90 cents yard, fifteen
inches wide, and MORE antiques at IS cents.
The general adoption OF brass and iron
bedsteads has brought about many curious
whims and theories. Not long ago woman
called at a New York retailers for IAN cleo
trio non-cOnductor." The salesman assured
her he did not know Of any such thing She
described the idea as cup like soup bowl,
which STANDS in one OF the corners of the
bedslead.
I'VE have" said the dealer, when the lady,
with a sense of superiority and contempt for
a man so slow in his business, had departed
we have" said he, ''all sorts of cranks
come In here since brass bedSteads have
prevailed. One woman IS afraid that brass
brdsteads will make her nervous: that they
will rob her of all her electricity; while an
other will insist upon having them, because
she understands that they charge the bed
with just that vital force. and then they
kick il Our charge Is too gh-ha-a-joke
Most women seem to agree that brass
bedsteads attract lightning, and it is diff
cult for ME to explain that they don't. Some
few think that they tarnish easily; others
rather miStiIy fear that they need the same
polishing that you put on the handle OF the
big front door.
Then there is the glass-cup scheme A
woman called here lately and instead of
wishing the cup at the top of the bed she
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CHAT ABOUT LACE.
Some Things Not Generally Known About Pretty
and Odd Patterns.

Heirlooms in old laees are being brought
dress, and also for curtains. Point de to lie
coupe is the parent OF our degenerate cut
work embroidery. 1t travelled from Italy
to Spain in the old days, and so to our En-
glish ancestors.
Among cOarser laces designed for house
decoration are those made by Calabrian
women on strong nets, which they weave
and draw in soft red and cream cotton, with
q feStOOned edge. Point de MargherIta, the
favOTite for curtains for the Queen of Italy,
decorated with needle, is crewel and chain
stitches, and Russian lace, which has been
brought so prominently forward in Paris
this season.
This lace is happy fusion between
TOrchon ana gupure, ana Is made by the
peasant women in the lOug winter nights
for bridals and burials, christening and
church offers. Nothing but the purest linen
thread is used for it, and the patterns,
which have preserved their simple tradi-
ton by being handed down from mother to
daughter, are picked out IN blue, pale or
royal, strong red. orange and golden brown.
The designs are barDaric aud frequently
include birds and ducks, but these Russian
novelties, hitherto unknown outside the en-
pire OF the Car, lend themselves very grace
fully to the embroidered and coored cloths
for breakfast and luncheon now so much
used.
A precious lace cloth, owned by New
York lady, Mrs. Thompson, is known as
The Last Supper Table Cloth" because it
Is the same pattern in old point de Raphael
seen III one OF the famous Italian paintings
OF the Last Supper.
American ladies are said TO be particularly
fond of sO-called "D bedroom laces," and one
English writer, with the intelligence OK his
kind concerning American customs, SAYS
lit is because an American hostess asks her
lady guests after dinner to sit, not in the
parlOr, but in her bedroom"
The morning call., 1891-05-31
ARTISTIC WALLS.
How to Select all-PaDeT That Is Cheerful and
Effective.

A careful authority on wallpaper says !:
The highest art is now displayed in the de-
signs for wall papers, and there is no dis
counting the magnificent appearances Of
some Of these latest patterns when properly
placed on the sides of the room. Large fig
ures in old gold, especially seroll-work in
borders, are used. In selecting wallpaper
it should be chosen in accordance with good
taste, and the most important question to
decide is whether it is to form a decoration
for itself or whether 1t is TO become mere
backgroundlfor pictures. In either case the
colors should be subjued in tone, and two
shades of light drab or silver-gray will
be found the most appropriate for
this purpose. Where water-color draw
ings are hung in drawing-r0om,
paper of embossed white or cream
color, with very small spots Of gold, will not
be amiss. The patterns should also be Sc
lected with reference TO the place. Where
a large part Of the wall is to be presented to
the eye a greater play of line in the pat
terms may be attractive, but in all other sit
nations tie patterns should be comparative
ly simple. 1t is a mistake to make the WALL
paper decorations of the same color as the
furniture. Instead of repeating the color of
the furniture and hangings it should oppose
1t. Contrast Is as essential as simplicity to
good taste in household decoration.
In selecting papers for the walls one
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ten years hence IL will be a source of su-
preme amazement that the time ever was
when all sorts and conditions of humanity
adopted any one character of decoration
simply because it prevailed" or was the
rage"
The yacht which Pierpont Morgan
launched last month had, among its other
furnishings, remarkable tapestry, which
was examined with great interest by men,
bers of the Masonic fraternity. 1t is an an
lique about twelve feet square and covered
with Masonic emblems-the terrestrial orb,
fanked by trowel, dagger and delta sur
mounted by square and compass, and above
them. in the center, a blazing star. All
Of these emblems are embroidered by hand.
The piece is said to be more than 300 years
old and to have been one of the decorations
OF the Mosque of Mehemet Ali.
We show here something new in the way
Of a screen. IL is medieval in character and
should be decorated with ones eOat-of-arms.
BTOcatelleS will be as much used next sea-
son as heretofore From the sample colOrS
that have been called for 1t is evident that
that the sales run to light tints, for in a col
lection OF eighteen colOTs recently inspected
by US sixteen of them were of the soft and
Nashed-out order.
If there is any one class of people more
miserable than another it is that extensive
constituency having the pate de fois gras
taste and the pTetZel income. These people
invariably want styles that they cannot get
in cheap goods. They reiterate that they
do not care for quality as long as they get
effect All, if they could only look over
The morning call., 1891-05-31
HOW THEY LIVE.

Notes From the Leper Settlement of
MoIokaf-The Chinese.
At the leper settlement of MOlokai, writes
Sister Rose Gertrude to the Ladies' Home
journal, the time hangs very heavily on the
hands OF even those eaSe-loving children Of
the tropics. Some few, in The first stage of
the disease, build cottages, sumo cultivate
tarO, tobacco, sugar-cane, or other plants in
small inclUsed patches. In the olden times
they distilled strong and harmful liquors,
but this is now, happily. forbidden by law
The sea around abOunds with all kinds of
fish, and the stronger ones pass hours in
this fayOrite pursuit. There are a number
OF horses at the settlement, too, and some
times there are horSe-races, the train
ing for which is an amusement to
them for weeks beforehand. The women
fish or ride, too. As a rule they
are not much given to domestic pursuits.
though some still make hats, and gorgeous
quilts with birds and flowers cut out of
co!Ored rags, stitched on to the white calico.
But those who can work are almost disn-
chned to do so, by the utter uselessness of
their industry. I'VE ale dying" say they ::
why should we waste our time In working
to leave good things behind for those who
do not care for us?" The Chinese plant
taro and rice, and establish bread and cake
stores, and even make candy for those who
have the good fortune to receive money
from their friends on the other islands. OF
course there are many who from loss of
hands or feet are unable to work, and theirs
IS the saddeSt lot. The have literally moth
ing TO do but sleep and smoke, and their
lives are unutterably dreaTy.
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asked for cups in which to rest the casters.
L told her that we had sometimes sold such
things, but the people that bought them
filled them with vinegar to keep the reaches
from climbing up. l will never forget the
look she gave me-"
A screen which is distinctly feminine.
Just lovely" in every particular. is done
upon bamboo or enameed frame and of
daintiest silk The illustration tells the
rest. 1t combines the screen with catch
all.
We can all remember with what OPEN
mouthed awe We as children used to listen
to the tales OF the Cloth Of Gold" The
oriental splend0rs amazed us by their very
vastness, and yet to-day we know of rug
worth 100000, inlaid with precious stones
and OF a maSSed grandeur which even Alad-
ms lamp never revealed. and the cloth of
gold business is being profitaby conducted
by a New York firm, who put into some of
their furnishings of a few years back, in the
Vanderbilt house, a cloth of gold--lterally,
n OF iguratively-wort $50 yard.
A beautiful curtain for the dining-room
OF cottage, at one of the fashionable water
ing places. is composed Of sea-green ma
terial known as harness cloth. Over this is
thrown a net of ivOry-colOred cord, the
meshes perhaps an inch square, or, rather,
OF diamond shape. The effect is Of Tippllng
sea water, and is indescribably beautiful.
This unique curtain will be loOped back
with cable cord, and the catch may be a
roWlock or some other appropriate design.
The morning call., 1891-05-31
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.
Hints That May Be OF Service to Thos
Who Travel ON tho Cars.

Hints That May Be of Service to Those
Who Travel on the Cars.
Nausea, from the motion of the cars, may
be prevented, says The Ladies' Home
Journal, in the following way: Take a
sheet of writing paper large enough to cover
both the chest and stomach, and put it on
under the clothing, next to the person. Ii
one sheet Is not large enough paste the
edges of two or three together, for the chest
and stomach must be well-covered. Wear
the paper thus as long as you are travelling,
and change it every day if your journey is
long one. Those who have tried it say that
it is pefect defense.
Those to whom the term sleeper Is
hollow mockery may profit by the expert
ence OF statesmen and others who travel fire.
quenty, and have the bed made up with the
pillow toward the locomotive. Just why
this should make sleep easier is not eX-
planned, but the plan is highly recon-
mended.
II you are ever in straits for a clean hand
kerchief or two when no washer woman is
within easy call, try this plan: Upon reach
ing your hotel take all your soiled handker-
chiefs, wash and rinse them, and spread
them out smoothly on the window panes
BE sure that there are no creaSes and that
the corners form right angles. When dry
and carefully folded no one could tell that
they had not been irOned. Heavily embroid-
cred handkerchiefs will not look as smooth
as plain ones, but will certainly defy detec-
u0n across a car aisle.
The morning call., 1891-05-31
MOUNT RORAIMA,
An Ascent Which II Was Generally Believed
Could Not Be Made.

For years after Robert Sch0mberg dis
covered Mount Roraima on the boundary
line between British Guinea and Venezuela,
it was believed TO be impossible TO reach its
top except by balloon. says a writer for
GOldthwaite's Geographical Magazine. Ae-
cOrdiDg to Brown. Whetham and Whitley,
who were eager to solve the mystery of
Mount ROraima, the upper 1000 feet of the
great sandstone mountain was perpendic-
ular wall. They believed it impossible to
surmount this precipice and gain the sDm-
nit of the great flat-tOpped mountain. 1t
was left for Mr.. Eyerard i'm Thurn to con-
quer ROraima. He gained its summit in
December, 1884. More fortunate than his
predecessors, he found on one face of the
mountain, narrow ledge rather peril
Gus Of ascent, but which afforded path
way to the summit. IL begins above the
forest line from which the perpendicular
mass rises. He had to clear the vegetation
from the ledge in order 10 get along. About
half way to the top, fall pouring over the
mountain edge strikes the ledge in its de-
scent 1t was the dry season and not much
water was coming over In this fall III
large volume of water had poured over
the edge, as is the case in the rainy sea-
son, the explorer probably would not have
been able to continue the upward journey.
This drop Of 1000 feet makes the Roraima
rams pIOUdUiJ lu6 Hibtob III lH6 WDTIu
On his way to the ledge the explorer, in
his report to the Royal GeOgra ahcal So
cety, says his party seldom stepped on
the ground, but instead they clambered
over masses of vegetation dense enough
to bear their weight. They Travelled over
high piled rocks and tree stumps, and
now and then crawled under bouders of
vast size. In the upper part of the slope
they found the ledge comparatively easy of
ascent; and at last the little party reached
the top edge of the mountain face and W ere
able 10 see what every man, white and red,
whose eyes had rested on the mountain, had
declared would never be seen while the
world lastei-what was on top Of Rorama.
There they were about 5000 feet above the
sea, on top Of a mountain which spread
twelve miles away like a shallow dish. 1t
was fantastic landscape, for all around
were rocks Of the weirdest forms standing
iD apparently impos sible positions, some
placed on or next 10 others in ways that
seemed to defy every law of gravity There
were rocks in groups, rocks standing singly,
rocks as pyramids, rocks that were carica-
lures of the faces and forms of men and ami
mails, semblances of umbrellas, cannon and
almost every object one could imagine. Be-
tween the rocks were small level spaces of
pure yellow sand, with little streams and
shallow lakelets Of pure water.
The morning call., 1891-05-31
THE FINE ART OF
DECORATING HOMES.
The Latest ideas and Suggestions Offered
in That Line.
Decorations and Furniture Should Harmonic
With the Complexion of the Occupant of
q Roundabout Brass Bedsteads.
From the Philadelphia Upholsterer.

Naturally at this season of the year, when
the thoughts of people are turning toward
their summer homes, the furnishings for
seaside and country houses come to be a mat
ter of absorbing interest.
We cannot too often or too emphatically
urge a thoughtful consideration of color in
the furnishing of a room. Poor Marie An
tOinette left world of disappointment
and sorrow behind her, for many woman
doesn't realize until late that the fair
French beauty adopted the white-and-gold
style simply because it was in harmony
with her fresh complexion and reddish hair.
In oriental countries the styles that have
lived are the deep tones and robust color
ings, which are well suited to the heavy
frames and swarthy skins of the natives.
The yellows and blacks look well in Spain
for the same reason-because they fit the
people. Now, we of to-day. in this country,
have many types of personality and for that
reason should select in our house furnish
ings that which is most becoming This
idea is, day after day, finding firm place in
the active thoughts Of hOme-makerS, and in
The morning call., 1891-05-31
"A BOYS CURIOSITY.
1t Results Disastrously and Creates

1t Results DisastrOusly and Creates
Panic In Street-Car.
A woman boarded a Crawford street car
the other day with basket which had an
old check apron tied over the top. She
sat down near boy with bundle, says
the Detroit Free Press, and he no sooner
saw the bask et than he concluded there was
mystery conceded therein. For the first
FIVE minutes the woman watched so closely
that he could do nothing, but the car finally
came s:ong to where street band was
playing, and she half rose up to see. As
she did so the boy united the string and
raised the cloth.
IL and O. massy, but what's that?" shouted
man next TO him. as he jumped up.
"IOok outl'
"LSt her go, Gallagherp
"StOp this carl"
1t was a humping big cat The cloth was
no sooner Vai5ed than out he popped, ran
over the mans knees, and during the next
half minute he jumped all over everybody
id that car. He finally came TO the rear
door, uttered "spish!' at the conductor,
and made a long jump into the street and
rsu up telegraph pole. Everybody looked
at the woman and her basket, and she ran
ont and got off without stopping the car.
Then everyb body looked at the boy, and feel
ing that speech of some sort was de-
manded by the occasion, he said:
Who'd a thought of cats? s'posed it
was new maple sugar or popcorn"
The morning call., 1891-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Nebraska Judge opens court at 100
o'clock in the morning sharp.
A rich strike Of silver ore has been found
on farm near Union, w. Va,
A colored woman 105 years old is working
daily in the cotton fields near Marshallvllle,
Ga, for 80 cents day.
New York suicide left letter giving al
a reason for the act his inability to support
his family on SO week.
The ravages of a malignant cancer re-
duced the weight of a 225-pOund Brooklyn
man to seventy-fve pounds.
A plow that was lost in the ChebOyau
River, Michigan, by the upsettiug of a canoe
more than forty years ago, was hsned up the
other DAY.
At Big Flats, Ind, recently an infant,
supposed TO be dead, revived in its coffin
while the funeral was IN progress. 1t is
now doing we'll
a recent disastrous dynamite explosion
near Belfast, Ireland, is said to have been
the work OF an American, for whom the pc
lice are hunting.
The late Rev. Mr. Huffman of Peru.
Ind. performed 1900 marriages and OFF,
ciated at 1900 funerals during his ministry
of ffty-fOur years
A meteor recently fell near Victoria. Tex,
the explosion OF which was beard tor 120
miles. The cOncusSiUn was so violent that
train was stopped.
A red fox guards the barnyard of Butler
County farmer and does the work we'll.
Chickens and geese are perfectly safe from
thieves when he IS around.
a Decatur County (Kans) man planted
$4,000 h0rSeradlsh roofs this spring. lie in
tends to bottle and ship the product, for
which he says there IS good demand.
Miss Jay of Fort Recovery, Ohio, while
returning from school, attacked and killed
a large snake measuring feet in length.
The reptile was of the blue-racer species.
Snowman j. NJ. Bailey of Barnum &
Bailey started in life as McGinnis, but ran
away from home atan early age and changed
his name. He started in business as hotel
bell-boy.
John NJ. Crews, aged II, of Pecksburg,
Pa, while blowing in his field, suddenly
realized that he was going blind. and he
barely reached the house before his sight en-
tire left him.
A Kentucky man who accidentally stepped
on and killed a squirrel while hunting was
surrounded by hundreds of the angry
rodents and nearly bitten to death before
assistance arrived.
A Kansas woman who received a decree
OF divorce went direct from the courtroom
to the Office of the Probate Judge aud was
married 10 another man. She was twice a
wife within 10 minutes.
The Princess Ghika, sister of Queen Nata-
lie, has one chld-a boy. So diSplcased is
the Princess with the sex of the child, who
is now about 9 years old, that she calls him
by girls name, dresses him exactly like a
little girl, in frills and lace, and is bringing
him up much after the fashion of girls
A Buffalo On. Y boy has broken two
black cats to harness Any one VINO has
tried to break cats and teach them to stay
between shafts knows what a hard job it is,
and the boy must have been extremely pa
tent. BE drives his pets in single as we'll
as double harness Hp and down the street
every day.
The morning call., 1891-05-31

should not trust simply to the pattern
books. In order TO avoid disappolntmenS
1t Is advisable to take several lengths OF the
paper and suspend them side by side on the
wall. and notice carefully the general e4ecs
1t has upon the eye and the room. me
leaves OF certain plants conventionally
Treated are very effective decorative forms.
The ivy, maple, oak and fig leaves are beaQa
tIIully adapted TO this purpose, and they
come in large and small designs on WALL
paper.
The most dreary method of decorating the
walls of sitting-Toom is to cover it all over
with an unrelieyed pattern of monOtonous
design Paper-hanging should in no cass
be allowed to cover the whole space of 8
wall from skirting to ceiling A pliuth
space of plain color, either in paper OF dis.
temper. should be left to a height Of two or
three feet from the floor. light wood
mOlding, stained or gilded, should separate
this from the paper above A second space
of freze, left just below the ceiling and
filed with arabesQue ornament, is always
effective, but of course always involves
more expense. Gold, when judiciOusly in
trOduced. is always a valuable adjunct in
the design of paper hangings, but it fire.
quently doubles and sometimes trebles the
price of a piace.--FrOm the American Car
pet and Upholstery Trade, Philadelphia.