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The morning call., 1893-02-19
OLD-FAsHIONs REVIVED.
Styles Now in Vogue Existed in Paris
Just q Century Ago.

London Telegraph.
1t would appear that the present tendency
of fashion, In relation to female dress. Is to
reproduce the costumes that were in vogue
a century ago, many of which have been
pictorially recorded in the admira BILE color
sketches OF Drouais, Vigier- LebruD, Mo-
reau. De Bar and other artists, who
flourshed under the first republic and
directory. Some of tie dresses worn in 1889
by fashionable young "citoyennes" of the
first flight were considered striking even at
that period of extravagant display, and
would probably create an 0verpowering
sensation if revived In these days of low
toned color harmonies.
A well-kn0wn group of three republican
"lionnes." executed by Duhamel. exhibits
the following costumes: First, a long
pointed, bright Dlua body, decolleGe en- c9ur,
and laced over white fichu; scarlet skirt,
caught up on the left side and disposed in
heavy folds. with one founce; a white. high
cap. oTnamented with large red and blue
cockade, and device composed of a pastoral
crook, dOuble-edged sword and spade.
This model wore her hair uppowdered in fiat
curls. and carried massive walsing-stlck.
Secondly, royal blue" jacket. with GRIM
son pastron and cuffs; a white waistcoat
and plain blue skirt of fine cloth; high
crowned hat trimmed with tri-col0r ribbons
and adorned by cOckade and two upright
scarlet feathers. Thirdly, cream-cOlOred
body blouse, red cloth coTslet, double
striped skirt and tight sleeves. plain
blue underSkirt gTenadler cap of As
trakhan wool and bright red ribbons.
These were republican eceentricities
of cut and color. but delightfully."-
picturesque. As Babeau points out in
his instructive work, Les Bourgeois d'Au-
trelois," hideous b0nnets, waistless cor
nd ri ion IONS mo in
with the restoration, and count among the
many breaches If coed taste with which
our century is justly reproached. 1t must
be admitted that women and men of fashion,
in England as we'll as in France, dressed
somewhat gaylv 100 years ago. Their
clothes, however, were elegantly designed,
we'll made, aud, as a rule, fitted them to
perfection A revival of the modes of 1898
should be popular in Paris, if not in Lon
don. under The regime OF the third re-
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THE LARGEST RETAIL DRY-GOODS FIRM
ON The PACIFIC COAST.

the opponents of the movement in
sisted that the evil had been greatly
exaggerated, manufacturer made a
curious and practical experiment by way
of settling the question so tar as his own
employees were concerned. He marked 700
hve-franc coins with a punch and distrib-
uted them in equal shares among his work.
men when he paid them their wages. at
the same time he requested the keepers Of
the saloons adjacent 90 his works to hand
over to him all the coins so marked that
came into their possession. Two days after
more than 800 Of his silver pieces were re-
turned to him by he 0OD-keeDers. Sub
seQuent calculation showed that in less than
two DAYS each workman had spent mora
than hall bis salary at the saloon.
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patton, and he played with Barrett years
ago Old age found him in San Francisco
with nothing laid by, and for long time he
earned a small living by letting boys and
girls study his thin. stray locks and his clus-
tering wrinkles. The old Scotchman yet
lives in many study" and in Tavernier's
Antiquarian" and 10 Joullin's "Taxider-
mist"
One of the models who now 60 to the
School of Design frequently is q sweet
faced old Irish lady, whose signature reads,
"Mrs Denahay, her Y mark" She has
been sketched good deal. as a nun. among
other things, and nobody could tell from
the pictures that the subject could not write
her name.
One PICTURES of old Billy" whether good
or bad, always catch ones interested atten-
ton because the wrinkled features are so
picturesque and the expression so strong.
Before Billy died. four or five years ago, he
had been painted and sketched hundreds of
times as all sorts of people; out he didn't
care WHO or what he was made out to be so
The morning call., 1893-02-19
Madam Had Her Way.

In a parlor car sat richly dressed young
woman tenderly holding very small poodle:
"Madam." said the conductor as he punched
her ticket, ''i'm very sorry. but you can't
have your dog in this car.
II shall hold him in my lap all the way."
she replied, "and he will disturb no one"
"rhat makes no difference" said the con-
ductor II couldn't allow my own dog here.
Dogs must ride in the baggage-car I'll
fasten him all right for you"
Don't you touch my dog" Sir" said the
young woman, excitedly. Il will trust him
to no one" And. with indignant tread, she
marched to the baggage-car, tied her dog
and returned. About fifty miles further on,
when the conductor came along again, she
asked him. "Wiil you tell me If my dog is
all right?" II am very sorry" said the
conductor, politely. "but you tied him to a
trunk. and he was thrown off with it at the
last station"
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edge. But 1t has been left to Professor
Pictet, who has been conducting some ex-
periments on this subject, TO discover that a I
a temperature of $50 deg. below the cent?
grade zero there is no chemical action be-
tween nitric or sulphuric acid and potash.
between oxygen and potassium, though
under ordinary circumstances the af-
fnity of theJlatter metal for oxygen Is so
great that it Will burn If thrown into water,
owing to its combination with the oxygen
In that fluid. But il the electric spark is
played on bodies which have thus lost the
power of chemical affinity some new and
curiOns combinations result. The latest
investigation, the conclusions Of which.
however have been theoretically presaged
for som years past, may require us to re-
consider the question of the temperature of
outer space and the possibility Of an at
mosphere composed Of gases in combination
existing there.
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have a strong and interesting face, more ex-
pressiYe in some way Of character and
human nature than the average lot of
people, They are mostly young or old.
Youth and age afford the most striking
types Of the beauty. picturesQueness, humOT
aud path of human life.
So artists who have classes and paint
pictures with people in them are often hunt
ing about for children. young men and
women or aged people who Will be satisfac-
tory models and vino are at the same time
anxious TO pick up dollar or so when they
can.
Portrait models must be interesting peo-
pie if they exhibit phases Of human life
that will catch one artists eye and be
deemed worthy Of his ambitious efforts TO
portray with his brush Il may be the rags
and the careless Joy Of b0yhOod in an urchin's
bright eve that wins the admiration of the
artist and it nay be the bloom Of youth, the
graceful features and the charm of express
sion in the maiden, or the air Of melan-
ehoy human wreck or pictuTeSquely with
cred features Of one who hangs 10 life Ike
a brown leaf resisting November winds.
s portrait model IN service might remind
some Of the Irish h0dcaTrieT. VINO found
that the fellow above did all the work, for
all the model has to do is TO sit still and rest
while every BODY else Is busy. But IN fact
it is not so easy a thing to be model. It
becomes very tiTesome 10 maintain one
position perfectly for a half hour or an hour
without movement. Much Of the time the
eyes even must bs directed at one point
Iheu 10 be satisfactory a model must be
BILE TO perfectly resume position after
rest. small platform about two feet high
is usually provided, especially for portrait
The morning call., 1893-02-19
CarroIPs Surviving Partner Sued.

Mary L. Carroll, widow of Richard T.
Carroll. who was killed In his cfice by John
NJ. CheDoweth, has filed a complaint against
George l.. Carroll, as surviving partner Of
the firm OF Carroll & Carroll, wholesale
lquor-dealers. and James L. Carroll, a son
Of the deceased. She asks that the assign
ments oil accounts OF the firm by the sur
vivlng partner, George L. Carroll, be
deemed fraudulent ana void as against the
estate OF Richard 7. Carroll, deceased that
1t be declared that he holds the assets of
the hrm in trust. one-haf for himself end
one-half for the estate; that James owes
the estate S62,500 and is entitled to but n
sixth interest of his fathers estate. and
that the transfer of the Interest of James
Carroll to George Carroll is void.
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Kept Him Busy.
Detroit Free Press.

The young man had opened his law Office
with plenty Of hope and nothing else. and
ebout year later relative of his visiting
In Detroit called on him at his Office.
well, my boy" said the kindly klusmap.
show are you making it?"
1.-THE best can"
"Ah. suppose you have all you can do, /"
ank the old man chuekled little.
Il do, indeed" was the confident re-
Spouse.
The old gentleman was rather taken
aback, and he looked at the young fellow
with surprise.
us that really SOP" he asked.
"Indeed 1t Is" aud the young man WASN'T
so cheerful; Il have all can do to keep
from starving"
The morning call., 1893-02-19
The Fire Commissioners

A communication from Mayor Ebert,
calling attention to the fact that there is
need Of $50 feet of fire hose at the County
Hospital, was read at meeting of the
Board of Fire Commissioners yesterday,
The acting Chief Engineer was requested
to lay the matter before the Board OF Super
Vls0Ts.
John O'Neill. a disabled fireman, was
pensiOned on half pay.
Daniel Mulcahy of engine company ten
dered his resignation. which was accepted
The morning call., 1893-02-19
Cleveland JoIification.

The members Of the Manhattan Club are
arranging for a grand jollification In the
clubhouse on Stockton street on the evening
of Saturday, the 4;h of March, to celebrate
the Inauguration Of Cleveland and Stayen.
son. l.. r. Stockwell has been appointed t.
take charge of the literary and musical pro.
gramme. There will be music, speech.
making and toasts. Many of the leading
Democrats Of the city will be invited to take
part in the festivities.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

memorize scientific facts, dates, etc. Is a
more difficult art and inDumerable treatses
have been written on the subject. 81 The
secret is to associate ideas together on the
principle Of the spiders web. so that when
any one thread is touched a general -vibra-
ton is set up. going right back by leading
lines to the SPIDERS lair. Take two dates,
for example, that Of the creation 40C4 b. c.,
and the deluge. 234S b. c. In the first case
there are two As, which, taken from each
other, leave an interval OF nothing. Also
there are four figures. In tie case OF the
Deuge there are three figures in order, be-
ginning with 2, and twice the last, which
could only happen with 234.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
PLENTY OF WATER.
A Three Years Supply on Hand-The
Rainfall.

n IHICS tcdIS supply Oh IlaDu-IDe
Rainfall.
From careful observations Of the Spring
Valley Water Works it appears that the
amount of rainfall up TO the 18th inst,
when the late storm was concluded, Is fully
double that to the same date in 1892. At
the PilaTcitos reservoir a % inches has
fallen, against 1898 for 1892. At San An
dreas 1913 inches fell this year, against
1894 last. At Crystal Springs 1914 has
fallen, against 1913 last year, and in San
Francisco the figures are 2 Is and u IS re-
spectiyely. The total amount of water
collected IN the different reservoirs during
the last storm, which extended from
January % until February II. was 2, III O0O,
600 gallons. or enough TO supply the city
for 80 days The total amount Of water In
the reservoirs On the 18th inst. aggregated
the vast quantity Of q. SOC, 100000 gallons,
OF enough to supply the city with 10000. 0OJ
gallons per day for over three years
The morning call., 1893-02-19
HIS WORST ENEMY.
He Denied the lmputation of Being the
Man
Detroit Tribune.
He was a picturesque personality.

Detroit IrlDuEe.
He was a picturesque personality.
There were large, irregular apertures In
the back of his coat and his whIskers were
Of the sort that betokened an Impotence of
all restraint. He had lived in the world
many years longer, apparently, than the
lady who had brought him three broken
doughnuts and a chicken-bone on a dirty
plate.
He tried to look grateful, and be IL said
was specifically successful.
THANK you, na'am," he murmured def
erentially.
She gazed upon him and her features soft
ened.
Poor fellow" she unused, you are IN
doubtedly your worst enemy"
he started, pondered moment aud shook
his head.
NO" he rejoined, deliberately, II am
"What-"
The lady was interested now.
then is your deadlest foe ?"
he turned into her face piteous glance.
"Ma'am-"
InvOluntarily he recoiled toward the door.
my worst enemy Is the cooking
school,"
Dropping one OF the pieces OF doughnut
npon the plate with sharp, metallic sound,
he fed.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
The Effect of Drink on Industries.

The industrial progress of many European
nations is materially retarded by the drink
Ing habits OF wage-earners. In England,
Scotland and Ireland alone Professor Leone
Levi has estimated that the wage-earnin ing
classes are spending S425, COO, 900 year in in
toxicating drink There has recently been
strong temperance movement in Belgium.
where the working population can hardly
DO regarded as models Of sobriety. AS
The morning call., 1893-02-19

CARRYING A GUN = Subscriber. City.
There is nothing to prevent a citizen from
carrying a gun, properly so called, for
peaceabIe purposes as for the killing of
game. etc. (2) A pistol is a concealed
deadly weapon, and in cities permit is re-
be allowed 10 keep ''the gun he fought for
the country with" When a man is mus
tered out he gives up the arms with which
his country provided him-that is to say,
the arms furnished him at the cOuntry's
expense and which belong TO the Nation al
Government.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
A Remedy.

DR.. Garcia-Your heart trouble Is caused
by excessive smoking. Hereafter only
smoke ST. cigars
Nick O'Tin-Sure. docther, Oh cud only
afford to shmoke wan week at tiiot proice.
DR.. Garcia-I know, but it will cure yous
The morning call., 1893-02-19

A CORDIAL invitation is extended to all to visit
my factory and see for themselves Just how the
famous Yucatan Gum Is made. w. J. WHITE,
Cleveland. Ohio, U. s. A.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
The Christian and the GentIeman.


Two Bittleford cergymen who had never
before CHANGED to meet were recently intro
duced by mutual friend. One IS much
more liberal in his religious views than the
other. aud IL is related that the latter. when
presented to the former, extended the fol-
lowing greeting:
''Gad to meet you. Mr.. -, as gentle
man, but not as a Christian.
To this the other responded: Il am sure
/ am glad TO meet you, Mr.. -, as Chris
tian, but not as gentleman"
The morning call., 1893-02-19
EMBRCIDERlES.

At Cents.
1000 yards HAMBURG EDGING, u to ~
inch, pretty patterns all, value 10c II
yard.
At ~ Gents.
1900 yards HAMBURG EDGING, ~ to 8
inch. excellent designs. value 12hc
yard
At 10 Cents.
1900 yards HAMBURG EDGING. TX to 4
inch. fine grade. value zoe yard
At 90 Cents.
800 yards FINE HAMBURG EDGING. to
inch, elegant patterns value SOC 10 35c
a yard.
At 25 Cents.
300 yards HAMBURG EDGING, high
grades. 6 TO inch, value Doc to 4Oc a
yard.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
An Atmosphere in Outer spac

LONDON DAILY Chronicle.
That extreme cold paralyzes vital func.
lion Is. OF course, a piece OF everyday knowl
The morning call., 1893-02-19
FL0UKCING.

ct IS Cents.
800 yards SWISS FLOUNCING, hem
stitched embroidery designs, value 50c
yard.
At So Cents.
$50 yards SWISS FLOUNCING, hem
stitched and embroidery edge, fancy
patterns, value Csc yard.
At so Cents.
FINE SWISS EMBROIDERY FLOUNC-
ING. new designs value SOC yard.
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at 90 Cents.

FANCY CHEVIOT, 52-inch. two-toned,
desirable color effects, value 81 Is yard.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
At S1.OO

FRENCH SERGE. 5O-lnch, new popular
shades. worth 81 % a yard.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

A murderer hanged lin Alabama paid to
bis lawyer his last nickel on the scaffold.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

at so Cents.
FRENCH HENRIETTA. 33-inch, popular
eolOrs. actual value 75c yard.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

EXECUTION OF SHEPHERD - Constant
Reader, City. Shepherd was hanged on the
hills outside the city in 1855.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
At 25 Cents.

NAVY BLUE STORM SERGE, 36-inch,
value Soc yard.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
NEW SILKS.

MEM OILhO,
Figured Indas, 24-Inch. floral, conven-
tional and fancy ombre effects, late
color combinations ..........9 CSC yard
The morning call., 1893-02-19

CHIEF OF PoLICE-L. B., City. % Chief
Crowley holds Office at the pleasure Of the
Police Commissioners. (2) The appointment
not supposed to be political matter.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

OUTSIDE FIGHTs-J. f. NJ, City. In
qure at the training quarters. The CALL
does not keep memorandum of scraps oc-
curing outside OF the boxing clubs.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

CABINET OFFICERs-J. A. D., City. Cab
met officers are accepted by majority vote
OF the Senate, n OF by a two-thirds or unani-
mons vote,
The morning call., 1893-02-19

CHICAGO EXCURsIoNs-Old Subscriber,
City. There have been no regular second
class excursions to Chicago so far an
nounced, certainly not on what are called
emigrant trains, but you can get to the
Worlds Fair and back second class at a
saving of about $50 by the cheap excursions
which leave here every Thursday morning
at o'clock.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
DRY GOODS.

To the city. Our New Dress Goods have
taken the trade by storm. Crowded daily.
That's the story here, and we'll it might be.
Never before have such beautiful creations
been presented. Prominent are the fancy
weaves and Illuminated effects in two-toned
silk and wool mixtures.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

ARTIFICIAL MEMoRY-J. r.. City. The
reason why stories, novels, ETC., are more
easily remembered than scientific matter is
because they produce more powerful
effect ON the mind at the time. (2) To
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-09-15
SMOKY ROW.
BY HELEN WHITNEY CLARK.

every pa,sable apartments very
pass ble said Mr.. Calthorn, con
dcscendinelv. II hardly think we
can do any better. Nora"
II don't soc how we could, I'm sure,
papa returned Nora, demurely.
And SO Mr.. Calthorn and his pretty
daughter became inmates Of Mrs. Cot
terilfs select boarding-houso" in
smoky Row.
How it got its name. nobody could
tan. "a the appellation Of "Smoky
was equally applicable to other build
ine.. in fhe city: hut there it was d
bong row of red-brick houses each
tenement exactly like its neiahbor.
euch with its double hall-door. two
front windows, and flight Of half a
dozen stone steps
From back view, the houses were
rounterports also, each having one
story kitchen attached with a small
ade.porch. bvdrnnt in the ward. and
a coel-bouse near tho cate onenine in
to the alley.
Mr.. CnIthorn was a fna-loeking a.
derly gentleman, with a cray mons
tache. choleric temper md . domi-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-09-15

IN Live Longer Than Men.
/ rty-ninth Registration Re
-[assachusetts, 1880, the
Aresents the statistics Of BOB
10 were reported as having
3 the ten years 1S81-9o at
100 and over. OF this num-
lr 75.4 per cent, were fc-
y the State census Of 1855,
ler of females living over
,rs Of age was nearly double
iites. The greater exposure
to weather agen-
: constant strain of business
! enxiety Of providing for
|, MI tend to shorten the life
The deaths by accident
ln arc more than threefold
IN among women. aud men
'licide in about a threefold
,ompared with women -
[edical and Surgical Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-09-15

- a
fire, and laid fsajiffper 70" 6is sayS5iss9
guests upon buffalo skin The In
dians began to eat in a manner which
made Carver notwithstanding his dan
ger, grieve for the biscuits which We're
50 rapidly disappearing
Realizing the fate which awaited him
as soon as the supper could be dispos-
ed Of, Carver was deyising some means
for reaching one Of his pistols, which
We're not many feet distant. Making
a pretense of stirring the fire, he drew
out the blazing stick Of wood, dealt
one Of the Indians stunning blow on
the face, gave the second vicious
kick and leaped over the third, who
wns dazed by the flying sparks and the
suddenness of the attack The next
instant Carver, pistol rang ont three
times as rapidly as skilled hand could
pull the trigger, and the three Indians
as speedily became good Indians.
for they We're dead Indians. - Louis
yillc Courier journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-09-15
Peneil Cedar Dome, Erom.

Tabor of the famous lead pen
afacturers family at Nurem
ermany, is visiting relatives I'M
uis. The Faber family have
the pencil-man,tfacturing bust
: several generations, the pres
employing 1000 men and turn
1,l52,o0o pcncilspcr vccIs.
Der saysthat all thecedar wood
the manufacture OF high-erale
IS now imported from tins
z, principally from Florida.
lar forests Of Europe, he says,
ng since been depleted, and he
that, unless the vastcful de-
IN by American manufacturers
ped, all tine good pencil wood
We been exhausted In few
Indianapolis journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-09-15

friend of mine who knows the ox-
pert shot iutimut,ly told mc the other
dny of q thrilling experience Of Doc
tor W +. Coryer in the unsettled part
Of Minnesota while trapping with
companion named Brewster They
Ind "lug-out" in little valley and
felt secure in this ngainst reasonable
number of the.foe Late one evening
Carver was alone in the Jlug-out max
ing biscuits. He had thrown all his
weapons aside, and with sleeves rolled
mp was working the dough- when
shadow was cast from the entrance
Of the little cuye Thinking it was
his eomrade he said Hello, yartner
you nrc back soon In gutturaltones
camo back the reply 'How Koola,
and turning he saw three Indians,
White Antelope, Whistler and Fat
Bear, all wcll-lnown chiefs. They had
noticed that he was unarmed, was in
terested in his occupation, and, instead
Of attacking him, Whistler, who ep-
peared to be in authority, signed 70
him TO continue his work and prepare
a supper for them.
Carver obeyed, making the biseut
ready for baking, and placing bei-
ver's tail on thesfre. Then he started
for some wood, indicating by signs
that wood was needed Whistler mo-
toned him to remain, and White An
telope went after the fuel, Hebreught
among Others one stick about the
length an5nsize Of base laaf