Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-15
4r1J Goods.
EVEN MCINTYRE < CO. SILKS.

Siriouturs. or the rearing of the silk worm, and the art of weaving silk, was discovered about 9 700 B. O. by Si- Ling Chi, the wife of the Emperor Hoangu. The "Golden Tree" which name the Celes- tials gave the mulberry tree, has been all ways held in great reverence by the Chi nese people. Each year, to oommsmorate the Empress St-Ling-C Chi, and to encourage the cultivation of the mulberry tree, the wife of the reigning emperor plants a oer- tain number of trees in public. For years the secret of its culture and manufacture was jealeusIy guarded so closely that 1t was considered by foreigners, who imported 1t, production of the vegetable kingdom. There is legend that an ambitious Barba- rian king in Central Asia, wishing to ob- tain the much coveted secret, made his re- quest known to the Vernilion throne. Be- ing sternly refused, he finally married the Emperor of China's daughter and induced her to bring some eggs and mulberry seeds concealed in her hair. The princess, in right of her exalted rank, was exempted from being searched, while her attendants were vigorously handled, and from this the secret of the silk culture became generally known in the east.
 Silk was first eeen in Rome in the tri- umph and other spectacles produced by "J1lius Cesar" The cost of silk at this time was enormous, and in the third cen tury 1t was worth it's weight in gold.
 It is recorded of "Heliogabulus" as an unheard-of piece of extravaganza that he wore a robe made entirely of silk, and Au- relian refused his empress silk dress be- cause of the expense.
 Ths weaving of silk was frst learned in Japan from the Coreans, who presented the product to the eleventh sovereign, Emper- or Luinin, in the year ITO A. D. During the feudal system the DAimios had silk woven for their household. The next dis covsrY made by the Japanese, appreciated and most generally adopted by the civilized world, is the art of dyeing partially boiled fancy silks, thereby producing fabric that is permanently fast and can be washed without a change of color.
 No people in the world have the sensi- tive touch of the Japanese. They can han dle silken fabrics with deliosoy of feeling unknown by other people. European de mand for Japanese silk fabrics has become 50 great that it's young women are univer- sally engaged in the silk industry in some of its different branches, while 8 majority of the older women are expert weavers.
 We offer this week the Japanese Water proof Silk-a fabric hitherto unknown. It comes in black and is thoroughly water proof. It is light in weight, soft in finish
  dresses or outside travelling garments. Can show three numbers:
 No. 1, 27 inch, at 59o yard.
 No. 3, 27 inch, at 75o yard.
 No. 8, 27 inch, at $1 % yard.
 We also show a large assortment of lat est effects in figured China Silk at 50c.
 A wider width in lovely designs at 75c
 All silk black Taffets at 85c and 75o.
 Black Surah Silks at 50c, 75, and $1-all bargains.
 Black Satin Duchess Silks at 69c and $l. |
 Black Gros Grain Silk at 75c, $1, s1.25, $l.50 and $2.
 Black Fsile Silk at s1, $1 25 and $1 50.
 Black Bengaline Silks at $1, $1 25, $1.50.
 Colored Surah Silks at 25c, 39c, 50c and e5c. Every piece bargain.
 Plain Colored Japanese Silks at 39c, 50c and 75c.
 Chapgeable Surah Silks at 5so, 75c, $1.
 Colored Bengaline Silks at 4So, $1, $1,25 and $1.50.~
 Best quality changeable Taffeta Silks s9o.
 Fancy Silks. in lovely effects, 75o, $1,
 Punjab Silks 37ac and 55c. All .h~ac.- es Tea-et- tt, 4t .as, q go
 Glad to see you, and anything in Silks bought from us will be found cheaper than you can buy in town.
 NOTICE.
 We have made contract with the pub fishers of @ very neat, newsy and useful monthly magazine, called "Modes and Fab rics," which we will give free of charge to our customers monthly. This magazine contains useful information, and the arts are the latest from Paris and London. EVEN MCINTYRE & CO.