Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-17
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EVEN MCINTYRE < CO. SILKS. ..

Sirioulture, or the rearing of the silk | worm, and the art of weaving silk, was discovered about 700 B. 0. by Si-Line- Chi, the wife of the Emperor Hoangti. 1 The "Golden Tree, which name the Celes- tials gave the mulberry tree, has been al- ways held in great reverence by the Chi nese people. Each year, to commemorate the cultivation of the mulberry tree, the wife of the reigning emperor plants oer- tain number of trees in public. For years ! the secret of it's culture and manufacture was jealously guarded so closely that 1t was ! considered by foreigners, who imported 1t, l a production of the vegetable kingdom. There Is a 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 Vermilion throne. Be- ing sternly refused, he finally married the her to bring some eggs and mulberry seeds concealed in her hair. The princess, in right of her exalted rank, was exempted from being searehed, while her attendants were vigorously handled, and from this the secret of the silk culture became generally known in the east.
 Silk was first seen in Rome in the tri- umph and other spectacles produced by "Julius 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 extravagance that he wore robe made entirely of silk, and Au- relisn refused his empress silk dress be- cause of the expense.
 The weaving of silk was frat learned in Japan from the Coreans, who presented the product to the eleventh sovereign, Emper- or Luinin, in the year 170 A. D. During the feudal system the Daimios had silk woven for their household. The next dis coverY 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 @ change of color.
 No people in the world have the sensi- tive touch of the Japanese They can han dle silksn fabrics with 8 delicsoy of feeling unknown by other people. European de- mand for Japanese silk fabrics has become so great that It's young women are univer- sally engaged in the silk industry in some of its different branches, while majority of the older women are expert weavers.
 We offer this week the Japanese Water proof Silk-a fabric hitherto unknown. 1t 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 59c yard.
 No. 3, 27 inch, at 75o yard.
 No. 3, 27 inch, at $1 % yard.
 We also show 8 large assortment of lat est effects in figured China Silk at 5Oc.
 A wider width in lovely designs at 75o.
 All silk black Tsffeta at 65c and 75c.
 Black Surah Silks at soc, 75s and $1-all bargains.
 Black Satin Duchess Silks at 69c and $1-
 Black Gros Grain Silk at 75c, $1, $1.25, $1.5 and g.
 Black Faile Silk at $1, $1 25 and $1 50.
 Black Bengaline Silks at $1, $1 25, $1.5 50.
 Colored Surah Silks at 25c, 89c, 5Oc and 65e. Every piece bargain.
 Plain Colored Japanese Silks at 39o, soc and 75o.
 Changeable Surah Silks at 5so, 75e. $1.
 Colored Bengaline Silks at 48e, $1, $1 25 and $1. 50.
 Best quality changeable Taffeta Silks s9c.
 Fancy Silks, in lovely effects, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $2.
 Punjab Silks 37ac and 55o.
 All shades of Velvets $1, $1.25, $1.50.
 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 a contract with the pub lishers of 8 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.