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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
AMONG - EINEsI EnosE.

Rusidn'a Glowing Description % theC am-
panilo Of Ciotto nt FLORENCE.
This passage from Ruskin Is oneof
the two instances cited by Rev.
Charles Kingsley, himself a writer Of
much power and beauty, az the finest
examples known to him OF modern
prose. Il is the ending Of The
Lamp Of Beauty" in The Seven
Lamps Of Architecture" Thus it
reads:
Il remember well how, when a
boy. / used to despise the Campanile
Giotto at Florence and think itmean-
ly smooth and finished. But I have
since lived beside it many a day and
looked out upon it from my windows
by sunlight and moonlight, and 1
shall not soon forget how profound
and gloomy appeared to me the saw
ageness Of the northern Gothic,
when l afterward stood for the first
time beneath the front Of Salisbury.
'The contrast is indeed strange, if
II could DO quickly felt, between the
rising of those gray walls out OF their
quiet, swarded space, like dark and
barren rocks out Of a green lake,
with their rude, %moldering, rough
grained shafts and triple lights, with
out tracery or other ornament than
the martins nests in the height Of
them, and that bright, smooth, sunny
surface Of glowing jasper, those spi-
raj shafts and fairy t~raceries, 50
white, so faint, so crystalline that
their slight shapes arc hardly traced
in darkness ON the pallor of the east
ern sky, that serene height of noun
tain alHbaster, colored like a morning
cloud and chased like a seashell.
And if this be, as I believe it, the
model and mirror Of perfect architec-
ture, is there not something to be
learned by looking back to the early
life of him who raised it2 l said that
the power of the human mind had its
growth in the wilderness. Much
more must the love and the concep-
ton of that beauty, whose every line
and hue we have seen to be, at the
best, a faded image Of Gods daily
work and an arrested ray Of some
star of creation, be given chiefly in
the places which he has gladdened
by planting there the fir tree and the
Pine. Not within the walls of Flor
ence, but among the farawey fields
of her lilies, was the child trained
who was to raise that ~headstone Of
beauty above the towers Of watch
aid war.
Remember all that he became,
count the sacred thoughts with which
he filled the heart of Italy, ask those
who followed him what they learned
at his feet, and when you have mum
pered his labors and received their
testimony, if it seems to you that Goa
has verify poured out upon his serv.
ant no common nor restrained por-
ton Of his spirit and that he was in
deed a king among the children Of
men, remember also that the legend
upon his crown was that of David's,
L took thee from the sheepcote and
from following the sheep"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
New Terror For tho sso.te.s.

A new terror is in store for the host
ess. She Will be obliged to indulge in
Egyptian teas this season, for London
society, through the lady who has gained
much ~notoriety as tho original Of
''Dodo," Mrs. Asquith, has set tho seal
of her approval upon them. The ncces-
sary accompaniment Of an Egyptian tea
are walls covered with gray canvas ia
produce a stone effect, palm leaves,
grasses, Egyptian pottery, oriental lamps
and a hostess gowned a la Cleopatra.
The china Of the tea table must be deco
rated with lotus flowers, the table stand
ing in a secluded corner, fitted with q
low, wide sent. Cleopatra house gowns
may be very decided, or they may be
modornized according TO the ideas Of the
modern charner. The characteristic fea-
lures are hanging sleeves, clinging dra'
peries, gold embroidered grapes and jew
eled girdles, with s%carabGus corsage or.
nameuts.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
Telegraph d

The compiler Of q really reliable
and comprehensive code is net at the
outset of his undertaking by a diff
Guilty that so far has defed all at
tempts at solution beyond q certain
point. Despite the fact that the rules
of the cable companies permit him to
lay under contribution eight Ian
guages, the total number of words
that can be used with safety for cod.
ing purposes is only about $50, 600.
The reasons for this are twofold.
First, the companies decline to per-
nit the use of any code word Of moro
than 10 letters, and it is dangerous to
employ those having less than seven,
owing to the difficulty Of detecting
an error in short words. Further,
thousands, nay, hundreds of thou
sands of words, are rejected because
of the similarity of the Geographic
symbols that make up the letters.
Figures are rarely telegraphed.
The possibility of noting an error in
a group Of arbitrary figures is very
remote. Should q letter or two be
''jumbled" in a code word there are
various ways of correcting the mis-
take-the sense, the context and the
reference to the code. But these
guides do not apply to the cases of
figures. The only remedy for a sus.
pected error is a repetition of the
message at an enhanced cost of 50
per cent. Numbers therefore are ex
pressed by a code word. Errors in
the transmission of amounts of mon
ely are very rare. A bankers code
contains words for every possible
sum of money, from a halfpenny up
to hundreds of thousands of pounds,
and the authors have exhibited great
ingenuity in making a limited supply
Of words do very extensive service.
-Chambers' Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The death is announced ut Bourne
mouth, England, of the Rev. Solomon
Cesar Malan, II Of tho greatest lin
gusts Of the age. In addition to French,
German, Latin, Spanish, Italian and
Greek, he was master Of Hebrew, San
skirt. Chinese, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac,
Ethiopic, Sahidic, Nemphitic, Gothic,
Georgian, Slavonic, Arabic, Persian,
Tibetan, japanese, Anglo-Saxon. Welsh
and many other languages. Ills last
work, completed just before his death,
"Original Notes ON tho Book of Prov
cribs, " contains nearly 16, 600 illustrated
quotations culled from tho eastern IA
theirs. in the Bodloian library at Oxford
is a volume containing a psalm written
by him ia more than SO languages. He
was the son Of DR.. Caesar Malan of Go
nova and was born in 1912. New York
Post.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

This IS the preserving season. when
~forehanded housewives put M all sorts
Of fruits in sweotmqats which make the
ten table attractive OH wiutor. IN some
seasons and with many fruits there is
little trouble In making these preserves
keep, but ne other times IL seems as II
the greatest care were bound to be de-
fcated and al skill were naught The
sweetmeata viii ferment and spoil.
A chemist Of tbis city, who has been
making o special study Of the life and
growth Of Torment plants, says the rem
edy for this IS double boiling. This
must DO done with a certain reason and
system. If proper precautions are not
observed, he says, yon might keep right
on boiling the things timo and again
all the year round, ard still they would
spoil. Boiling will kill all the Torment
plants that arc developed from the
spores, but It will not kill tho spores.
Spores Of Torment plants require only
from eight to twelve hours to develop.
II they are left longer than this, the
spores will have become new plants and
in turn have deposited new spores. To
get rid Of plants and spores, therefore,
the preserves should have first a good
boiling and be set away ia sealed YES
sells, and then aoout eight hours later
be brought again just to a boiling heat.
Treated in this way, tho chemist says,
no further trouble can occur unless new
ferments get in from outside sources. -
New York San.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The latest addition to the fashionable
wardrobe is an odd garment made with
out sleeves. It's a chic affair, however,
and bids fair to be very popular. The
first bodice Of this description was born
in France. 1t was made Of black chiffon
over black lace. Flimsy bows Of the
chiffon graced each shoulder. These
bows were the only semblance of sleeves
which the bodice possessed. But. odd as
the idea may seem, sets of sleeves were
sold with it. They were all Of soIno
sheer material like chiffon or crepe do
chine, but made according to q variety
of designs.
One pair Of sleeves were of white
chiffon ruiiles and had q soft, billowy
appearance very effective. Another pair
were very bouffant scarlet puffs. The
bodice is to DO worn with different
skirts, and the idea is to have tho sleeves
match the shirt in color. The Partisan
modista is certainly unique. - New
York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
THEY LOVE PEACE.

But They WI Fight Co Protect She Queen
and Their Wives From the French.
Although no great power has boon
able to End IN excuse, good in diplomacy.
for interference in behalf Of the Mala.
gasy, it is not an exaggoration to say
that the public opinion Of Europe is
unanimously opposed to tho French
plans for tho subjugation Of the island.
Much sympathy for the islanders is ex-
cited by the description Of tho annual
ceremony Of the bath received in Lon
don this week Madagascar is not with
out her old man eloquent. Tho prime
minister, addressing the queen, said:
"Wo will defend You and cur father
land to the last breath. We have guns,
cannon, powder, shot and all the neces-
Earies Of war ready and prepared. Ihave
heard what women say. They say tho
French arc bad AID wicked, and they
know a good deal about il. But rest as
sured We will never again allow our
wives and daughters to be taken by thu
French. You. our queen and mistress,
love peace. SO do we, but not at the
price tho French ask for it. We will
therefore resist. We will fight till We
die rather than submit"
Strangers in Antananarivo at the an
nunl feast were surprised to see tho pop
ulation given up entirely to tho merry
making which accompanies tho bath
which the queen and all her subjects
take oncoayear. Nobody was disturbed
apparently by the knowledge Of an in
vading army being gathered to deprive
them Of their independence London
Inffnr
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The English woman suffrage statis-
tics arc in. The total number Of sigma
lures received to the women's suffrage
appeal is 24s, GA. OF these, 80, 913 are
from Scotland, g. $50 from Ireland, 51,-
1853 from London, tho remainder being
distributed throughout England and
Wales. The signatures include the
heads Of nearly all the colleges for wom-
en-, and a large proportion Of the head
mistresses Of high and other public
schools for girls, and women serving on
the boards Of guardians and school
boards. The leading women in tho
medical profession have signed, and q
number Of the most eminent in litera-
ture and art, besides many of wide So
cial influence and leading workers in
the many movements for tho general
well eing.-London Correspondent.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

Our sister republic TO the south has
been invaded by tho movement for the
Acknowledgement Of woman, and Just
now the movement is being discussed
by the Mexican press with TO little an.
imation. Tho Immediate cause Of the
present interest was tho refusal Of one
Of the city courts to license young lady
law student to practice before it. The
writors Of Mexico have long been urg-
ing the broadening Of woman's sphere
and advising ladies to enter positions
which had hitherto been m~onopolized
by the mon. They were advised to be-
come saleswomon, stenographers, book
keepers, ~telegraphers. etc, and some
two years ago, when a young lady gradu-
ated at a medical school and was adj
mitted to practice medicine, tho papers
Of the country had a good deal to say
about the great advance in wonan's
work.
The great majority Of them, however,
indorse the opinion Of the court, which
does not want to SEQ a female lawyer.
They think that the legal profession is
too near the ballot box, aud that whom
women are allowed to practice law they
cannot well be hindered from voting,
which Mexico is q good ways from be-
ing prepared for yot.-New Orleans Pic.
ayune.
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some Of the Fancy Figures Paid For This
Much Covsted Ware.
A set Of three even tail iardinicres
Of the largest model. green ground,
painted with birds and flowers by
Alonde, which sold in Lord Dudley's
sale in 1850 for Ices guineas-they
cost him 81, 005-dropped to 1870
guiueas when they appeared in Lord
Revelstoke's sale in 1898. At the last
named collectors sale also a Rose
du Barn. jardinicre Of the largest
model. with white and gold scroll
handles, sold for 1880 guineas; q
pair Of green even tail i~ardinieres,
each painted with tropical birds and
flowers on white ground, went for
$50 guineas, and a pair of Rose du
Barri square igrdinieres, 81 inches
high, fetched 210 guineasl
Among the Glastonbury Park treas
ures, collected in France soon after
the great French revolution by tho
fifth Earl of Essex and sold in 1893,
an oviform vase and cover on gros
bleu ground, and painted with a sea.
port and marine trophy in colors in
medallions by Norm. 10 inches high,
realized the extraordinary sum of
1900 guineas, or close on 60, geo. A
garniture Of five sea green vases, with
birds and plants in dark blue and
colors, each about 14b inches high,
realized 400 guineas, and many 9th
er items sold for equally extravagant
amounts. At the Hodgson sale at
Christie's in 1893. among the old Sc
vres porcelain we're rs white plates,
with blue lines and gilt edges. These
plates realized over 3 guineas apiece,
but much more artistic articles may
be had from any dealer in modern
china at less than rs many shillings
each. Even as far back as 1855 GER
tain examples of old Sevres ran well
into three figures, for at the dispersal
Of the Bernal collection in that year
a pair Of vases Of the Rose du BARR
pattern, 14I inches high, with plinths,
sold for 81, 492 los, and a pair of
vases, turquoise, for e1,417 los, the
purchaser in each case being Lord
Hartford.
But probably neither before nor
since did Sevres porcelain realize
such absurd prices as at the Hamil.
ton palace sale in 1882. Collectors
were simply carried away by the
great fame of this extraordinary col
lection, and their enthusiasm outran
their discretion, as doubtless many
have realized to their sorrow since.
So far as regards examples of old
Sevres in this collection, we have
only room to mention two illustra'
tive examples-a vase and cover, tur'
quoise ground, with white and gold
bands and festoons of foliage 13i
inches high, FL, 5S5, and an oval pla'
teau, gros bleu festoons and medal.
lions, initiating moss agate, III inches
by 81 inches, 943O. An interesting
item in Sevres occurred in the collec.
ton of DIR. Patrick Sinclair Laing,
sold at Sotheby's in February, 1898, a
pair of vases and covers in rich bleu
ground, painted with portraits OF
the Empress Catherine of Russia and
interlaced letters forming mono.
grams Of the king of France and the
empress, with crowns of gold above.
This lot sold for sos. -Fortnightly
Review.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

Mrs. George Gould has a new neck
lace that is positively dazzling and is
said to contain some of the finest stones
seen in England for a long time. 1t
seems when the Goulds sailed to con-
quer English society Mrs. Gould, Of
course. had jewels, diamonds and neck
laces, for that matter. These were quite
we'll enough for America aud Lakewood,
but would not do at all for anything so
grand as England. So the order was
given for something that was n shade
finer than any necklace Mrs. Gould was
likely to meet, and tho result is another
feather in Americas cap.
1t also seems that we arc going to
lose the Goulds; that English society
has fallen so deeply in love with pretty
Edith Kingdom that was, or she has
found them SO captivating, that the
Goulds will rot let their society laurels
cool, and it may be a long timo before
New York society has the chance to
take the Goulds by tho hand and well
come them into the -Four Hundred.
In October they may shine or the
United States, but in a few weeks will
pack up the family wardrobe, its jewel
cases and silver cases, cut some more
coupons and hurry back to England
New York Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

Every woman enjoys the q
daintincss which q spotless clean white
pettiooat gives But not every woman
can afford this luxury. The laundry bill
which surely stares her In the face is
appalling. Less expensive and almost os
dainty are the new undergarments OF
linen dimity. They are ccru in color
and made with a deep rufio tastefully
embroidered in dark shades Of silk.
Skirts Of black mohair or MORGAN
G much better than the petticoats Of
silk. They have much the saino effect
whom made with silk rufles. Don't
make the rufles Of old silk which you
may have in tho house, left over from a
gown which has seen better days. There
is no economy in il. The RULES will be-
como worn before you have had the skirt
a week. II pays to buy good silk for
this purpose.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The early Greeks depended upon
natural springs and cisterns hewn in
the rock, but the insuficiency Of the
supply led to daring engineering
works. AS early as 625 b. G. a tun-
mel 1920 feet long, 8 broad and 8 feet
high was cut through a hill which
stood between Samos and a coveted
supply Of water. Fifty or sixty years
later extensive works of a similar
nature were constructed to bringw wa
ter to Athens from the hills of Hy-
mettus, Pentelicus and Parnes. Two
conduits from Hymettus passed un.
der the head Of the nissus and were
cut in the rock for most Of the dis
lance. This conduit and one from
Pentelicus met in a large reservoir
iust outside Athens, and from this
the water was distributed through
outthe city by underground channels.
Some of the ancient ~aqueducts con-
tinue to supply Athens at the present
time.-Detroit Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The Musical World Of Paris has the
following complimentary reference to
Miss Fannie Edatr Thomas, who went
abroad last October in the interests Of
music:
1--WE have several times quoted from
the articles which Miss Fannie Edgar
Thomas sends to The Musical Courier
Of New York, and this correspondence
has assumed such Importance that we
feel obliged to reproduce it in each issue
hereafter. Not only has Miss Thomas
thoroughly explored the realm Of music
al genius in Paris, but this eminent
correspondent has done it in a fashion
so graceful and charming hat she has
become the intimate friend of our most
celebrated artists and has been appoint
cd a fixed position here as musical en-
bassadress.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The friends-and sho has scores Of
them-of Catharine Cole (Margaret
Field viii be pleased to lsErn that late
letters from Bavaria, where she is now
under treatment for q nervous malady,
bring encouraging news. The change,
rest and treatment are all proving bene-
fetal, and Mrs. Field, in letters written
by herself, gives evidence Of seeming
hopeful Of the results of the experiment
with Father Kniepp's remedies The roll
atives of this gifted and greatly beloved
writer arc INDUCING in the hope chat
she win come home at least on a fair
way TO recovery.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
Woman In the eastern War.

frances Willard says: I'm the great
war now %convulsins the east, which ma
tion is it that is at it's last gasp? The
one that binds its women's feet in or
der that they may DO keepers at home,
the nation where you SEQ notices posted
up beside the beautiful sheets Of water
in the pleasure grounds Of its manda-
rims, NO girl babies allowed to be
drowned here That nation is now on
the keen jump to get away from it's enc
my, and the wife VI tho victorious gen.
eral is graduate Of Wellesley college. .
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
AIiil Girls Attire.

A now effort at woman's dress reform
is being made by the managers Of cot.
ton mills at Saco. Ne. Because Of the
accidents that have occurred through
the hair OF dress of operatives being
caught in the machinery it has been or
dered that the girls shall not wear their
hair hanging down, but must coil it
close to tho head, and the waists and
sleeves of heir dresses must be close
fitting, tho after, Of course. being op-
posed to a. thing and everything at
present styl h.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

Mrs. Charles Henrotin, the wife Of
a Chicago banker and herself q leader
Of society, recently addressed a s~ocialis-
tic meeting Of over !, 900 men and WON
on at Kimball hall, Chicago, upon the
wrongs Of women wage Gamers and the
advantages Of the eight hour law, re-
counting the results OF her investiga-
tions in printing offices, sweating shops
and other places where the working day
Is practically without a limit.
Women voted in Union township, N.
j., last month for the first time for
school trustees There arc two villages
ia the district, aud when tho Roseue
voters arrived they Were accompanied
by their wives Objection was raised,
but the chairman ruled that tho women
could vote under the state law, and
then the opposing farmers started homo
in haste for their wives, daughters and
sweethearts and soon returned with a
force Of the fair sex equal to the Roselle
contingent All the women voted, and
ono Of their nuinoer vas elected trustee
boston WCman's Journal
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
Progress In the South.

Tho south has made wonderful indus
trial progress in the last ii years, and
in N year has it gone forward with AZ
much rapidity as in that which has just
ciosed-a year Of depression. Since 1880.
the railroad mileage OF the south has
been more than doubled. The yield Of
cotton for 1894 is noarly twice the yield
Of cotton ia 1880. The yield Of grain
has been 400, 600 more bushels than In
1880. Five timos the amount Of coal
was mined in 1894 than in 1880, and
the amount Of capital invested in cotton
mills between tho years mentioned
shows a like increase. So through tho
entire d t-Chioago Times
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

The fall in tho production and price
Of wheat and other grain ia England is
shown Ia o manner which startlos Brit
lsh agrioultnrists by tho returns Of tho
board Of agriculture for tho year just
closed. Five years ago the sales Of Brit
ish wheat reached 8. 500. 600 quarters,
the average price being $3.50. Last
year less than g, 900. 600 quarters woro
produced at 50. So. Barley and oats have
also declined
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23

"Iwas talking to Appointment ply
stefan in Chicago the other day, said
Mark Ellsmith, a Boston drummer,
land he told me Of a way to deter.
mine whether a person supposed to
be dead is so in reality that l never
heard Of before, but which he claimed
to be an infallible test. He said to
ole a tight ligature around one of the
fingers Of the supposed corpse. II
life be not extinct, the extremity OF
the finger soon becomes red, the
depth Of the color gradually increas.
ing to a dark crimson, while the skin
above the ligature remains white. He
said that he has tried the test on a
number of occasions, and that in one
instance it had been the means OF
saving a young lady whom every.
body supposed was dead from being
buried alive."-S Louis Globe Dem.
ocrat.