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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-27
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The trading at the
Stock Exchange during the first hour of bust
ness was active and excited. At the opening
speculation was decidedly strong. Sugar adj
vanced "a to la and then broke to III,
with q subsequent rally to 112. The fall in
distillers and sugar affected the general list
and there was q sympathetic decline of 44aas
per cent. At II o'clock the market was
steadier. Sales Of distillers in the first hour
aggregated 49, 500 shares.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-27
DRY GOODS.
81 a@sm1ks.u,, eqg 5s,,
NO. 316 KING STREET.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ENDING.

The closing hours of D. BENDHEIM 8:
SONS most successful Summer Trading This
week will see the end of our AUGUST CLoS-
ING OUT SALE and those famous pr1ces.
The finishing touches to the trade triumpns
which have marked every stage OF our won
derful retailing since January. Entire de-
D ,rtnents have been marked down to frac-
lion Of their value to insure their sure rid
dance this week.
COME EARLY.
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LOYAL iAiELLihi5NCE

loyDAY EVENING, AUG, ~, 1894.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
BOYS IND I GIRLS
TIT TIT HIT
UNCLE SANS LIFE GUARDS.
Our Brave Coast Guard and How
1t Operates

The story of Uncle Sans life-saving SER
vice is one of thrilling interest for every boy
and girl.
You may have read or heard of the loss of
the two great emigrant ships which, not
very many years ago, were driven upon the
Jersey coast by the fusy of a storm. In one
of the unfortunate vessels were 400 persons
who persisted, and in the other 500 went
down. We had no coast guard then. Be
tween Sandy Hook and Little Egg Harbor ran
a line of deadly reefs. 1t was a veritable
death ground to storm-struck vessels Con-
gress ct last realized this, and built eight
life-saving stations along the coast That
was in 1s47. Two years later Uncle Sam took
$4,000 from his pocket and put up stations
on Long Island, between Montauk Point and
Coney Island. Pleased with his work, he
tried again, and distributed lifeboats along
the coast of the Southern States, and by and
by the little houses of the life savers arose on
our lake shores.
This was good work SO far as it went, but
it was not enough. The stations had no reg
ular crews. The work of rescue was left to
the rough and uncouth people who dwet in
the neighborhood of the stations. Some of
these people meant well enough, but they
were tinctured with a certain lawlessness
which meant harm. 4 They permitted the sta
tons to fall into decay, SO that when wrecks
occurred no assistance could be rendered be-
cause the life lines, buoys and even the boats
had been stolen. This would never do. One
night the ship Powhattan went down Off the
Jersey coast and 800. lives were lost, because
of the failure of our life-saying system.
The long-wished-for change came at last,
and Uncle Sans coast guard as it exists to-
day was organized. = In 1860 the Hon. s. S.
Cox, the father of our ife-saving service,
came to the rescue. Once more Uncle Sam,
listening to Mr.. Cox and some others, opened
his purse and took out $780, 900 for the SER
vice. Sumner I. Kimball was placed at the
head of the service, and he went to work
with u will. He discovered a terrible state
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1876 pounds and is the timely invention of
Captain Lyle Of the army. This gun is used
in shooting line to the wrecked vessel, and
has been found to be the best of the many
inventions put forward for this purpose. The
breeches buoy is another apparatus indis-
pensable to the life-saving station. It is SIM
ply circular ring of cork from which hangs
pair Of canvas breeches. The whole is ar
ranged to hang by an iron ring to the haw-
ser, like the lfe-saving car. Sitting in the
buoy one passenger at a time is drawn along
the rope by means of hauling lines and is
brought in safety from the wreck.
When vessel is driven ashore by day the
sharp eye Of the station lookout speedily
discerns her and the alarm is sounded If
the wreck occurs at night the vigilant patrol
sees her struggling in the breakers, and
fash goes his red Coston light, which tells
the imperiled crew that they have been
sighted. In trice the wrecking crew ap-
pears on the scene with the ife-saving appa-
ratus. The lifeboat is always used when the
sea is within bounds, though this is the most
dangerous form Of rescue. If the sea is too
much for the boat and its crew, a line is at
tached to cylindrical shot, and the Lyle gun
sends it across the wreck. Those on board
the laundering ship seize the line and pull
aboard rope, which they make fast to the
mast. The hauling line also provides them
with hawser. The shore end of the haw-
ser passes over an upright crotch secured by
an anchor, and over this bridge the life car
moves back and forth until all have been
saved.
Such, in brief, is the life-saving service Of
our country. The men who occupy the sta
tons are entitled to the gratitude of the
whole land for their bravery and vigilance.
Though their lives are not to be envied, they
contain some bright spots. for there are ez-
cellent libraries at the stations, and in nice
weather the men have sports of various
Anus' xvs orr, cno,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
NOTED WOMEN At HOME.
Mrs. rIargaret Bottome the Four
der of the Kings Daughters.

Just seven years ago, a woman sat medt-
tating in the parlor of an uptown residence
in New York. She had strong, earnest
face, lighted up by kindly eyes, glowing with
expression. and sweet sadness that bespoke
sympathetic temperament. She had just
parted from several ladies with whom she
had been conversing as to the best method Of
organizing for Christian work among the
women of New York. The lonely thinker
was Mrs. Margaret Bottome. the wife of
Methodist clergyman of New York city. She
had read the Bible in the parlors Of the
wealthy as well as in the attic homes and
tenements of the poor, and the fashionable
made much of her; but she cared little for its
adulaton.
Mrs. Bottome possesses all the qualities of
a leader of women. To executive capacity
and frmness, she added the optimistic
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

antique, crepon sleeves with moire cuffs,
bodice entirely of MORE, with full basques
and draped with bow and paste buckle over
a vest of ecru guipure. Little guipure
cravat with paste buckle. =; -
Tweed gowns will be one of the new
features. One with small pink and green.
check, has large revers, and q square turned
down collar Of tige uest MORE, at the back
short basque, and the vest was fastened with
small bronze and steel buttons, larger ones
ornamenting the side of the bodice. The
plain skirt is box plated at the waist be-
hind. -Yz,,e r.75.-.,, e..tr,s;.-
A fawn cloth, with blush .tinge, has
gendarme blue vest, ruched just above the
bust, SO that below it falls in folds. The
revers are piped with blue cloth, and at the
bodice is small Of the same, large revers
falling in the front of the bodice. The loose
fronted coat is close fitting at the back, ter
inmates in front in reyers, resembling those
of mans coat.
Walking dresses are made ground length,
and only long or trained for evening and
dinner toilettesGThe skirts are Very simple,
but nearly all have slight loop or drape,
generally on the left sideor in 'front.' Some
times there is a tablier=of a different color or
material, whichis a mode that enhances the
effect Of a dressvery much. Round waists,
with bands and large revers, showing q lace
or surah chemisette are also much used.
Sleeves still continue large, falling in folds,
and tight to the wrist, or like large balloons,
studded with small bows.
j. FLORENCE WILSON.
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THE DOCTORS WATCH.
The Chronometer and Beautiful
Woman's Face.

Immediately after Doctor Roland Rockwell
graduated from the Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, in the fall of 1861, he received q
commission on the staff of General Holmes as
brigade surgeon. At Harvard and at the
medical school young Rockwell stood well in
his classes. He was not only student, but
also an athlete, and, unlike most handsome
men, he was remarkably strong and graceful.
Doctor Rockwell came out of the war with
the rank of colonel, which he much preferred
to his medical title; indeed, it was said by his
comrades, who had great respect for his sur
gical skill, that Colonel Rockwell, when bat
tie was on, preferred the front where the dead
lay in heaps, to the rear where the wounded
swarmed.
After the war the doctor settled down in
Pittsburg, the place of his birth, to build up
practice, and he succeeded in way that
delighted his many friends, and astonished
his older professional brethren, who regarded
such a sudden elevation as unfortunate for
the man himself, if not unsafe for the increas-
ing army Of patients who focked to the young
physicians Office.
But my real purpose is to tell you about
the doctors watch. This watch had come to
be quite as well known as the owner himself.
It was large, hunting-case, gold chronom-
eter, which must have cost originally nearer
a thousand dollars than it did five hundred.
On the inside Of the back cover there was
pasted the picture of a young and remarkably
beautiful woman. While the doctor frequently
exhibited the watch and told the story of how
lit came into his possession, but seldom
opened that back case; but the few who had
seen the beautiful face, whispered that there
was romance connected with it, which ac-
counted for the handsome doctors reaching
the age of five and thirty without getting
married. Briefly this is how Doctor Rock
well got the watch.
At the battle of Spottsylvania, the staff sur
geon was, as usual, close up to the front. He
was along with Hancock's corps when it
made the desperate charge that came SO near
to the ruin of Lees army, and which would
have anticipated Apomattox by year, if
Grant had known his great advantage and
availed himself Of 1t.
Among the dead and wounded Confed-
crates Of General Johnson's division,
DR.. Rockwell saw a young man with
the stars of Confederate colonel of
infantry on his collar, and the pallor of
death on his handsome face. In an instant
Rockwell had dismounted and was admins
tering stimulant to the wounded man. The
whiskey famed the Pickering life fame for an
instant, and the young colonel, whose limbs
were paralyzed, whispered his thanks, then
gasped:
''Take my watch, doctor, and send it" he
stopped, overcome by the effort, and the
doctor again held the canteen to his lips and
then, preparing to write, said, as he bent
nearer:
eyes, hear you, colonel. What is your
name? To whom shall send the watch?'
The gallant Confederate made desperate
attempt to give his own name, and that of
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"~->~~~s 1&1~-4As S4iAA<OAs3<INs
Queensland, in Australia accepted the in
vitation Of a sheep-squatter-the name given
to men who keep large herds of sheep on the
plains along the base of what are called the
Australian Alps. One of the inducements he
offered me was that should see the natives
in all their primitive simplicity of life.
To reach his place from the nearest town
required a ride of $50 miles on horseback,
but such distances are not considered very
great in that land. My friend owned
100000 sheep. which grazed over 100000
acres of land, and many of the herders were
.'blackfellows," as the natives arehere called.
know Of nothing in America so wild as the
life Of these squatters, and the most degraded
of our Indians are civilized compared with
the brightest of the Australian natives.
soon made the acquaintance Of Joobra,
the head man, or chief of number of large
villages, near my friends sheep station.
said villages" but it will surprise you to
know that although there were fully 1000
black people, they had neither house, hut,
nor shelter of any kind; their only protection
against wind and rain being the spreading
branches Of some low tree OF the shadow
cast by a vine. Where people have not the
intelligence to erect house or huts, you may
be sure they do not see the necessity for
clothing, and so the only garments worn by
these natives were the skins of kangaroos, or
wild dogs, fastened about their loins, and as
for the children, well, they wore nothing, and
looked to be quite as happy as if they were
dressed in the latest Partisan costumes!
The sports Of all savage children are in
Imitation Of the efforts of their parents. The
Australian men kill the kangaroo, the wild
dog and birds, by means Of Spear, the end
Of which has been hardened in the fire, or
with weapon which is peculiar to them
selves, and which is known as the boomerang,
picture Of which will show you. The
boomerang is remarkable weapon, and
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"ArY SISTERS

and in its turn Hancock's corps was swept
the person to whom he wished the watch
sent, but the effort was too much for him, and
he fell back dead.
At that instant the bugles sounded retreat"
back by a gray wave, and the doctor, who
was about to ask a wounded Confederate for
the name of the dead colonel, was forced to
mount his horse and fly.
After the war he tried, by having the press
circulate the story Of the gold chronometer,
to learn something about the dead Confed-
crates friends, but without success At one
time he seriously thought of having copies of
the beautiful face on the back case made and
distributed, but at length the idea of
making common a thing that had been so
precious to one gallant soul, deferred him
from this method of getting information.
About six years after the close of the war
DR.. Rockwell became very chummy with
young ex-Confederate engineer, Captain
Lewis Of Virginia, who had won in Pittsburg
an enviable reputation along the lines of his
profession. One evening the captain and the
doctor were smoking in the bachelor quarters
Of the latter, and discussing the Wilderness
campaign. Up to this time the doctor, per-
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each. At sunset they leave the station and
separate, going to right and left until they
meet the patrol Of other stations. The pa
trolmen exchange suitably inscribed checks,
which is proof that their work has been per-
formed. Having done this they go back to
their houses, from which their relefs set out
and perform the same service, and SO on
through the whole night. The stations on
the Atlantic coast areswell built houses, and
are about five miles apart. The telephone
connects them in many places. It costs 5000
to fully equip. a station with the necessary
apparatus. Each station must possess life
or surf boat and Lyle gun. which weighs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
J0OBRA and HIS FOLKS.
A Sketch of the Natives of North
Australia-How They Live.
The Most Degraded savases I'm the
world Their Children and Weap-
Ons = How the Famous Boomer.
anss are Made and Used.

All travellers assure us that the Austranans
the world. have noticed, as curious fact,
that savages are intelligent and Industrious
in proportion to the harshness of their eli
mate and the difficulties they have to over
come in getting food. Wherever the winters
are cold, natural forethought induces the
Esquimaux or the Siberian, or the savage
who lives in high ATTITUDES to lay by a supply
of food against the day when he cannot hunt
or fish, Now, Australia is a very warm
country. You know it is to the south of the
equator, SO that the northern parts are the
warmest, and the wind. blowing from the
north is always the hottest while the cold
and chilling blasts come from the south.
But in no part of that great island which is
nearly as large as the United States, is there
ever any frost or snow, except on the tops of
the highest mountains. The shores swarm
with fish; the hills are full Of kangaroos,
snakes, and dingoes, or wild dogs, all Of
which are food for the native Australian.
In climate where clothes are not needed,
people do not require warm or well-built
houses; and where food is so abundant, they
have to make no effort to secure it, the con-
sequence is, they grow up thriftless and lazy,
and not being required to think, any more
than the wild beasts, their intelligence is but
very little greater.
Tho Australians are a race peculiar to
themselves, although, because of their very
black skins, they are often classed with the
negroes. Their features are more like those
of the Malays, and their hair, instead of be-
ing crisp and kinky, is long and wavy, and
they take great deal of pride in it's decora-
ton.
In 1892, being in the northern part of
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will be one of the favorite colors for spring
and summer. For May and June, cloth suits
are in almost every part of this climate
necessity, and India silks are not generally
of much use before the latter part of June.
The coats for the cloth suits come in every
conceivable shape, short skirts and long
skirts long skirts with the sides followed
upike half moon and coming in long points
front and back and looking like great butter
fly wings. One of the latest and most
chic coats made is cut quite low and
double-breasted, buttoning with two large
buttons on one side, broad revers turning
back so broadly as to almost cross the
big pulled sleeves. The frilled skirt
is sewed on to the hip seam smoothly, but
only coming two-thirds of the way to the
front, thus forming a sort of long cutaway
coat-tail. The effect is very hobby and
stylish. No woman need be without a tailor
suit this year, for in all leading shops they
are selling ''tailor finish gowns" which are
capitally cut and have very good effect.
These, of course, are in the covert cloth,
serge or cheviot and have quite large but
tons. The MORE silks are now shown in all
colors, dark and light, and are ''the'' thing.
This material, while very harsh and hard to
handle for waist, lends itself beautifully to
the hang and fare necessary to give the
skirts a stylish appearance. The skirts of
MORE costumes are rarely trimmed, unless
some hanging ornaments of jet from the belt
may be considered trimming. They are
made full and have deep box plaits at the
back. Mirror MORE, like mirror satin and
mirror velvet, is the handsomest of this kind
of material.
Cloth and wool skirts are now being worn
. with silk bodfces of the same color, and it is
q practical idea, for ones heavy skirt does
nicely to wear long after the bodice has be-
come impossible If silk waist is put with
the winter skirt two or three such eee$RHei
will tide one well over between ca h EsESfae
and warm weather. and the effect, Y Sad
taste is displayed in the selection OF EskakA
is chic and stylish. Peplum drapin ssA4
sure go for the summer, and there is EnNM
in cutting up material. The idea has xe9
rise to some charming draperies of otzak
and lace Some of the light silk gowns &1e4
jabots of cream guipure set in all the sc xtSs
forming a sort of peplum in points. ESiz6
ribbons can also be used in the same Ne
Green and violet are still the favorite colceS
and will remain SO during the summer. =.
The bad weather this spring has kept many
from wearing their new gowns, and only
lately have straw hats and spring-like gar
mants made their appearances a tailor
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banks of all the rivers affected by the tide.
was amazed on reaching the tree under
which Joobra's family had their home, to find
his two wives and many children RECALLING
themselves on roasted snakes. The grub or
slug, found under the bark Of dead trees, is
regarded by them as tidbit, and the chill
dren eat them with as much avidity as the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

The teachers Of certain methods in gymna-
SUM practice. undertaken for both grace and
health, declare that beauty of face as well as
form is largely dependent upon them,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
THE WORLD OF FASHION,
Movements in the Realms of
Change.
FOUNDER OF The KINGS DAUGHTERS.
Things That are Material to Women
and Immaterial to Men-Hints Worth
NOting-Mrs. B0ttOme's Successful
-. WorN-EfOw the Order of the
kings Daughters Was Es. ~
tablished.

What is fashion but the temporary custom
OF rich and idle people? Change is the key
note of fashion, and almost as soon as we be-
come fully accustomed to one style, a new
one crops up. Dress is as certain to follow
its leader as spring is to follow winter.
Talent as well as royalty has sometimes set
our fashion, and the American women are the
most beautiful and well-dressed women in
, the world, and they usually contrive to have
the best of times as well. Spring is now so
far advanced that the cout,uis-e has begun to
devote her attention to the difficult problem
of what is being and shall be worn in the
spring and summer. The greatest change,
and that is but a small one lies in the more
and more complete fact that overskirts are
here for sure, and TO remain. The combina-
tions of color which have been selected for
the spring look as if they would hold their
pwn through the summer months. White
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not been changed on the back of the case,
then she fastened the guard to his vest, and
placed the chronometer in his pocket
II shall try to be as true as the colonel"
said Doctor Rockwell, and he drew the beau
tiful head to mis- breast, and kissed the sweet
upturned face and the closed eyes of his,
betrothed. 7
,sszs. ALFRED R. CALHOUN,
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Of affairs. Rats and thieves had rendered
some of the stations unfit for service and
shot lines and rockets were missing. No
wonder people were. drowned. Mr. Kimball
built new stations and repaired the old ones.
He put in new ife-cars and discharged the
inefficient crews. The new crews were regu-
larly drilled, well fed and regularly paid.
That you may know. that Mr.. Kimban was
the right man in the right place and knew
what he was doing, have but to tell you
that out Of twenty-five wrecks which oc-
CURED on the Jersey coast that year not
one life was lost. From time to time the
efficiency of our life-saying service has
been increased until it seems to have
reached perfection. The whole of the At
lantic coast is now. patrolled by crews of
experienced men, and our lake shores are
under the same surveillance. The coast SER
vice is divided into twelve districts, con-
trolled by a general superintendent with head
quarters at Washington.
Then the stations themselves have gen.
eral inspector, who is stationed at New York.
Each district has a. superintendent, who is
responsible to the general chief for the eff
cheney of his station. Next come the stations
which are in charge of keepers, each of whom
must be an expertin boat craft, besides know
ing all about surfing and how to take charge
of wrecking operations. Seven able s1rfmen
constitute the crew at each of the stations.
They are paid at the rate of $50 month
not great sum when they are compelled to
risk their lives perhaps dozen times during
the thirty days. They patrol the coast all
the time and on stormy nights their vigi-
lance must be doubled.
Without the night patrol the coast guard
would be of little use. The patrol stations
are divided into four watches Of two men