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The herald., 1894-01-07

cord. The collarette has ronnd yoke,
open in front and trimmed with initiated
buttonholes and buttons. and is finished
with circular frill scalloped with red
silk at the edge and lined with red. The
sleeves have deep cuff buttoning up
the inner seam, and big bell puffs, and
the cuffs open over watered silk
panel inserted in the upper arm.
A pair OF handsome walking dresses
are shown in the last cut. At the left
there is dress OF blus Scotch mixture.
The round boJice closes on the shoulder
and under the lett arm. 1t has pointed
revers OF red satin edged with fur. and
the short basques and standing collar
are made OF the same shade OF satinsand
also edged with fur. The bell skirt ia
garnished with scalloped band made OF
bias red satin, the scallops finished with
fur. The smaller scallops on the stand
ing collar and the top of the band
around the skirt are piped with black
velvet. Mode colored cloth comprises
the other dress. The bodice is
made of satin and hooks at
the shoulder and under the arm.
1t ia garnished with bolero
fronts Of mode cloth caught in the CEN
ter with full. ribbon rosette, forms
round decolete in the back and l6 edged
with iur that stops at the top OF the
b0lero in front, each fur end being fin
ished with long bow and streamers of
satin ribbon. The puffed sleeves have
deep plush cuff of the same shade as the
fur. The bottom OF the bell skirt is
garnished with deep plush band edged
with festoonH made of two bands OF rib
bon, held in place with full ribbon ro-
settes.
Not even the wearers themselves
know how much their dresses depend
on pad for fit. Most dressmakers pre-
tend they do not use pads, for it hurts q
customers vanity to know that she is
being made lovely by such means, and
it does not increase her good opinion OF
her dressmaker. The really wise dress-
maker makes her customer lovely no
matter how slab sided she is, and let's
The herald., 1894-01-07
STRANGE FLANTS.

Which Are Native to This Land of
Wonders.
.Hayseed" tells in the Banning Her
aid what he knows Of the strange plants
that grow in the San Gorg onio pass. He
says:
OF course Arizona surpasses this
state in the number and variety of it's
cacti, but we have ample share. In the
vicinity OF this pass are five kinds OF
Cholly cactus. The most dangerous is
the wooly variety which, at certain
times shed large round masses of thorns,
which roll on the ground and even blow
through the air, giving rise to the sup
position that the plant, like the porcu-
pine, caets its weapons at the dnwsry.
The thorns are barbed, and it is next to
impossible to pull them out of the
flesh, once punctured, and fostering
sore is the result.
Three varieties of the tuna, or
prickly-pear, are found, two of which
bear edible fruit. OF thorny shrubs
there is no lack, and while como are
useful, most of them are OF no account
whatever.
Ofqueer growth, know OF none more
peculiar than certain tree in the
mountains, which, in a majority OF
cases, has the grain running spirally
around the trunk.
A peculiar plant is the so-called loco
weed, q kind of legume, which has a
poisonous effect on animals, particularly
horses. An animal eating this plant
becomes crazy, will not eat, goes with :
out water sometimes, and generally dies
in few weeks. Three species are
found, all OF which seem to have the
same properties.
The wild parsnip has a peculiar effect
on sheep. After eating it they seem to
develop genuine case OF jim jams, and
are Jumping over imaginary fences and
taking up the whole sidewalk. Ii several
are affected the result is ludicrous. A
game OF follow-m Header is started, and
a regular stampede ensues. Frequently
the jag, if it may be so called, ends in
death.
The jimson or jamestown weed-it
has another name, but no matter
poisonous, and, at the same time, a
most healing plant. The seeds, if
eaten, first produce hilarious condi-
tion, which is followed by lethargy,
which ends in death, if too much is
taken. At the Indian feasts OF
old, boy IL or IA years old was
fed enough of the seeds to produce
wild, crazy condition, and he then
furnished amusement or instruction to
the rest. The healing properties lie in
the leaves. For wounds, burns, ETC., a
poutice of bruized leaves may be used,
or a salve made OF them.
The irritation produced by poison oak :
is by some attributed to an acid blood
poison. and strong alkalsi is used to
counteract and relieve the smRrting
pain. Another theory is that the effect
is produced by microscopic parasites
found on the plant.
The common bunch-grass sometimes
kills sheep. The seeds are 30 formed
as to work forward all the time, and
getting into the wool, keep working
in until sufficient number enter the
vitals of the animal and cause it's death.
There are many other interesting plants
in the paes and adjacent deserts and
mountains, but lack OF space, ETC., for
bids their mention.
The herald., 1894-01-07

conditions warrant me in propht
Climatic conditions do not differ gr<
from those which obtain above:
haps it is little more dry. little ia
humidity in the atmosphere, as on&
goes south. And il is becoming gener-
ally understood that atmospheric dry
ness ia one of the essentials for those
who GEEK q moderate winter climate
from considerations OF health. There
is much OF ecenic grandeur to at
tract. for the conformation OF the
peninsula is such that one is rarely
out of sight both OF the mountains
and the sea; almost never beyond
sight of the latter, unless hidden in
the deep cations, and the former are
in evidence always both from sea and
land. As in the country above, one
may here bask in almost uninterrupted
sunshine and enjoy it's warmth without
the languor of the tropics. And were
tha line OF political demarcation done
away, it would be but little time be-
fore enterprise and immigration would
work such change that to every sense
the two lands would seem as one.-
James Knapp Reeve in January Lip
pincOtt'H.
The herald., 1894-01-07
Forty Dollars For Insulting a s1nyoI-

During a recent election the mayor
of a suburban Paris township was enc.
gagged in looking after the voting tick
cts, when he was insulted in the gross
est manner by local publican, who,
without any previous alteration, cleo
trified the bystanders by suddenly cry
ing out that he was an unnitigated
thief, and By adding when they renon-
strated Your mayor indeed. l am
showing him up before every one. Ten
years here and 0 at Mazas make cor
An insinuatisaa that the head of the nlu-
nicipality richly deserved 20 years inn
prisonment
This was more than the mayor could
stand. and then and there he indited
formal complaint to the public prose-
cutor. AT tho trial the defendant said
that he had abused the mayor as q pri-
vate individual and not in his official
capacity. but this curious explanation
had no effect on the court, and he was
sentenced to fine of 200 francs. Lon
don Telegraph.
The herald., 1894-01-07

side OF boa in front. Another novelty is
cape formed OF two deep points Of
satin of bright hue and covered with
lace. These points fit down to the front
and back, to the waist line and out over
ahnnlderH. shoulder piece OF fur l5
arranged 80 full at each shoulder that it
hangs to either side over the arm, and
may or may not be secured by buttons
to the side OF the points. When left
free, the fur part can be thrown from
the arms without displscing the entire
garment.
Where does all the money come
from First, we must all dress blue
for the street. then fashion positively
says brown, then red is the only correct
thing. Whatever is decreed to be cor
rect, it does not last long enough to give
q woman with desire for economy a
chance to wear out her dress of one col
or by the time another is commanded.
Now, in the fourth illustration there ap-
pears a gown of dark green and greenieh
red changeable woollen suitng. Green
waa short time ago the current thing
for the street wear, hut brown pushed
it hard 10 popular favor and finally
passed it, and is now the accepted out
o. door color. This gown is planned as
a visiting dress, and is trimmed with
red moire antique, which ia taken TOR
panel and pIastron. The bell skirt has
no seam, as the panel divides the edgee,
and one side is left open for the
slit, which is closed with hooks
and ewes. The edges in front
are faced with watered silk and orna-
mented with buttonhoieH that hold
small red buttons spun with wide
meshes of green silk. The bodice fronts
are folded surplice fashion, and the cir
cular BASQUE is lined with red silk and
faced with narrow bias fold OF MORE.
The belt hooks in front, and is orna-
mented with two rows OF buttons and
i'm finn hl1 a. rai o.. n.
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the poor woman think it all "cleveT ft."
and the excellent emphasis the wonder
full modiste has given to all the good
points," Pads are inserted between
the dress and its lining and do
not appear on the inside OF the
gown. Hair is usually worn and in
case OF great deal being used the
modiste always tells the slab-eided de-
ceived one that the gown must be
brought back to be taken in little if
it stretches. This means that the pads
are to be renewed when they get hard.
But little Miss Slab sides does not know
this, and it is just as we'll she should
not. Sons dressmakers use excelsior,
which is beautifully light and changes
very little. 1t is a queer thing that
women nearly always believe they have
good figure, and that the gown that
makes them look the best is the gown
that best fits them, instead of the gown
that is the most carefully and artis-
tically padded. Just now pads are
much used on the outer round OF the
shoulder and little down the arm.
This gives sloping effect to the shoul-
ders which delights the woman,
and she finds it not at
all difficult to believe that
her anatomy has altered itself in that
way. Hips are almost always padded,
and under the arms, where almost ali
women are little hollow and where a
little fulness does 30 much towards max
ing the bust seem big and the waist
small which constitutes o good figure
according to the modern way of think
ing. The properly proportioned woman
is wider at the hips than
she is at the shoulders. but
now the fashion is making women seem
much wider at the shoulders than any
where else. We all like it, too. What
is proportion compared to fashionl
Copyright, 1894.
The herald., 1894-01-07
Prospects Of Tower Callfornia.

Although it has been called treeless
land, there are fine forests of large ex-
tent in the mountains, and timber of
good dimensions is obtained; but as yet
there are no transportation facilities to
make il available. Railroads have been
planned. but not built, the government
tavipg this work to it's concessionarieH,
who thus far have built them only upon
paper. But it cannot now be a matter
Of very long time until they become a
fact accomplished, and with them and
easier access to the territory more rapid
settlement must follow.
1t would not accord with the logic of
past events if a certain romance did not
still attach to the land and, wonderful
tales find ready credence. The old free
hooters who long ago brought their
hard-won treasures into San Gain tin,
and Colnett and Margarita bay would
appreciate the humor of a recent state
ment in New York paper to the effect
that an American Monte Carlo was
about to bs established upon the west
coast of the peninsula. How tame it
would seem to them that men should
submit to be plucked by the modern de.
vices of rouletta and rouge-et-noir where
they had been won't to make them yield
before the pistol and the cutlass
But the burrows that the farmers are
turning afford sufficient answer to this !;
such honest toll does not go hand ia
hand with such ventures, and better
future is in store for the land than that
it shall become gambsere' paradise
1t ia quite possible that winter health
and pleasure seekers will gradually mo-
nopolize the many inviting hooks along
this coast, and that another decade may
gee here such a resort az Coronado or
Del Monte. A drastic change, surely,
from the sluggish life that the land has
known SO long, but one that ell the
The herald., 1894-01-07
Doesn't Know His own mother.

George c. Hunter of Oakland has lost
his memory completely. He is alive
and we'll, but can recall nothing of his
past life. He does not remember his
wife or his mother. Though he has a
good education, he has forgotten how
to read or write. Young Hunter was
working on a locomotive in the railroad
roundhouse when an iron plug was
blown from steam pipe and struck
him on the head, fracturing the skull.
San Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1894-01-07
A Noted Woman uonored.

DR.. Ella F. Swinney, formerly of New
York, who has spent many years in
Shanghai in establishing woman s
hospital, was the guest of honor at re-
ception given recently by DR.. Phoebe
Waite, dean of the New York Medical
college and Hospital For Women. There
were at least so women physicians
among the guests. DR.. Swinney will
soon return to China.
The herald., 1894-01-07

tention il the wearer reaches the theater
by the cars. By many the streets are
much used for transportation to evening
engagements, and besides in these hard
times when cab bills are the first to
eeem extravagant many a woman may
wish to economic in them without
giving up altogether the custom OF
making q dressy appearance at the
playhouse. The cape slips on and off
easily. and the outside may be Of some
dark rich shade thst will be quiet
enough to suit the most fastidious, while
the lining may be of bright color and
rich material, that shows vividly
when the cape lies over the back OF
the seat, and makes part of the effect of
thecestume. In the initial picture there
is ehown dainty little cape, made of
woollen ottoman and worn over cos
The herald., 1894-01-07
wyoming EIk In ENGLAND.

An interesting attempt is being made
to acclimatiae the Wyoming elk in this
country. Sir Peter Walker acquired 20
head while on tour in the United
States, and the animals have arrived
safely, after journey of 1900 miles
across America and the voyage from
New York. They have now been de-
posted in Sir Peter park at osmaston.
London Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1894-01-07

tune made of changeable elk, and
trimmed with lace and gold passe men
terie. The yoke and bodice OF the wrap
are OF contracting shade OF velvet, and
the whole is lined with quilted satin
and garnished with two ribbon bands
around the bottom, with rosette bow
and long ends of the same in front.
The medici collar is edged with swans
down, which also trims the edges OF the
yoke.
For the richer trade, emine capes are
much in vogue. These are Invariably
put on a yoke-that is one with high
collar. OF late the skirts have been 60
arranged that the tails or points of
black form spiral lines about
the cape. Where the whole gar
I1ent is not of ermine, and we are not
sll milionaires, the yoke and collar
alone are, and the cape part is of zeal,
French seal, or even of velvet. Ermine
is even more economically employed as
revers or shoulder irills outlining the
yoke, yoke and cape in such case being
both OF the darker fur or velvet. When
velvet is the material of the gown the
dress is itself warm enough to make a
heavy or long wrap unnecessary; there
are stunning little collarettes scarcely
more than the yoke OF cape should be.
These are, to tell the truth, made OF
odds and ends OF fur, several different
kinds being blended in the construction
OF one of these butterfly things. This
eeems to make no difference in the cost,
however and one of these collarettes
costs almost as much as q long cloak.
They come in the usual combination of
seulskin and ermine, with astrak han set
into the seal in series of points. Lace
is added to these colarettes with curious
collar. From under the lower battle
ments a rich founce of yellow lace es-
capped.
The herald., 1894-01-07

The third picture in this column dis
plays rich and handsome theater wrap,
made OF white cashmere with designsin
different shades OF oriental colors. 1t is
lined with quilted white broche silk,
and trimmed about the bottom, at the
neck and down the front with banda OF
Mongolian goat. In the second illustra-
tlon there is black silk coat, the neck
The herald., 1894-01-07

APES are the fav-
orite wear for the
theater costumCs
and nothing is more
important than the
right sort OF a wrap
for these toilets. 1t
needs to be some
thing warm, it must
be loose that the
d draperies worn be-
meath it may not
be crushed, and it
should be prettily
a part of the Co.'S
tune and yet not
ornate enough to
attract undue at
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and fronts trimmed with bear and a
muff of that skin accompanying. The
garment is further ornamented by a
handsome Jet trimming. With its full,
looee sleeves, this coat has many of the
advantages Of a cape without the latter's
disadvantages. OF course, any hand
some fur could replace the besrskin.
A novelty is the theater boa, which is
very large and thick. OF feathers or fur,
and attached to it is neep fr II of fur
or velvet that forms cape over the
shoulders and back. and jabot to each
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-29
Governor stones ar"

In an article on 1.-THE Suppression OF
IawlessDess in the South" In the North
American Review for April, Governor
Stone. OF Mississippi, says that his State,
out OF its slender resources. is spending
over million and a half dollars annually
I'm public education. and educational facili-
ties are provided for all the children Of
the State. Negro illiteraoy is decreasing.
''and II the commor-school system Of I'ut lie
education is potent agency In the sup
preston OF crime, satisfactory results
from this source may be confidently an
ticipated. Education OF public thought
finds its way quickly into the jury-box,
and improves the quality OF verdicts IN
the Just and impartial enforcement of the
criminal laws
The Governor adds that In limited
way, and as incidental TO the main pur-
pose, the technicalities. OF criminal law.
"by which the guilty sometimes escape,
and the delays OF criminal procedure so
favorable to the law-breakers. might be
remedied. and better jury system might
be provided"
1t will be observed that the Governor
uses the word 'Ir'-'if' with the negroes
education is a potent agency In the sup
preston Of crime. ETC.
The Dispatch would not pass a hasty
Judgment upon so momentous n question,
but really 1t seems that in Virginia with
the growth OF education among the col
ored people has increased that crime Of
theirs against our women which is the
cause Of most of the lynchings. We have
not the statistics at hand 10 establish this
as a fact. but our impression is that the
crime has increased very decidedly In
late years. Soon after the war It was of
infrequert occurrence. In slavery times
II was almost unknown.
We Judge that Mississippi must have
had a somewhat similar experience. else
her Governor would not find il necessary
TO qualify his observations with an "if."
Governor Stone insists, and truly, that
the white men Of the South have dealt
with the formidable conditions which en-
vironed them substantially as any other
white men would have done. He thinks
1t may be fairly claimed for them that
they have accomplished as much "a any
others in their place would have accom-
plished. and 1T may be conceded that they
have probably committed as many errors"
They have done their best, he declares,
and the present condition of Improvement
"is not unsatisfactory in view of the mag
nitude of the undertaking" The most graf
flying feature in the situation, he sayS, is
that the trend OF public thought and
action SIS steadily In the direction of
justice and fair dealing, while there Is
nothing in view to indicate retrogression.
on the contrary. everything promises "A
continuance Of the improvement III the re-
lations between the races. and the con-
tinued moral and material advancement of
the people"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-29
a Plea for Funds for the Mary Washing
ton National Memorial.
1915 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE,

1916 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE,
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March 2S, 1894.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Some years ago a number Of ladies OF
the United States, feeling keenly the ma
tional reproach Of the lack of a suitable
testimonial to the memory Of the mother OF
the very foremost man in our history,
organized the Mary Washington National
Memorial Association for the purpose Of
repairing that neglect. Though they en-
countered many unexpected difficulties
and ADVERTISEMENTS. they have continued
to labor devotedly In the cause, and have
made most gratifying progress. They
have secured as site the plot of ground
near her home at Fredericksburg, Va,
containing peculiar-shaped ledge Of rock.
which was her favorite place during the
latter years OF her life for Bible reading
and meditation.
After much consideration OF number
OF designs offered, they selected one, col
lected a sufficient sum OF money to go
long distance toward carrying IL out.
and have had the monument erected.
Now they are in urgent need Of more
money to complete the payment on the
monument, suitably inclose the grounds.
put them In proper order, and maintain
them. At least $500 will be required for
this purpose
The monument is one entirely creditable
TO the distinguished woman whom II COM
memorates, and to the women OF America,
who thus honor themselves in honoring
her. 1t Is the first instance in history OF
q monument to woman erected by wo.
men.
We earnestly desire that you bring this
matter 10 the attention of your women
readers, and strongly appeal to them TO
aid In this praiseworthy work by such
contributions as they may feel able to
make.
Every woman who honors the name Of
Washington should deem IL a privilege 10
be represented in this matter by a con.
tribution.
We shall be glad OF any sum- no mat.
ter how small, as II is the motive. NOT
the amount. that makes the gift OF value
II every woman In the country bearing
the name Of Mary should contribute "a
or rs cents, II would make a larger sum
that We need to appropriately complete
this work.
Respectfully yours.
AMELIA C.. WAITE.
President Of the Mary Washington Ma
tional Memorial Association.
Contributions may be sent to z. FrancI.
Riggs. treasurer. Riggs Bank, Washing
ton, u. G.