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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

Senator Teller, of Colorado, says the
silver Senators will insist on having the
place on the finance committee, made
vacant by the retirement of Senator
Mcpherson, and will demand that as a
condition of supporting the Republicans
in organizing the Senate. He also ex-
presses the opinion that the President
viii in his me, sage recommend the re-
firing of the greenbacks and says that
will reopen the financial question.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

It appears from Labor Commissioner
Carroll D. Wright's figures respecting
women's wages that the disparity be
tween them and those Of men employed
in the same occupations is chiefly due
to the fact that a great many of the
women Use their occupations as make
shifts, intending to abandon them as
soon as they can be married. This is
not altogether dlscreditable to them, as
every woman ought to marry. Some Of
them fail to find mate in life and have
to struggle on indefinitely, but the great
majority Of them are more fortunate,
and their experience in earning their
own living generally makes them the
very best sort of wives. They are real
helLmet Is to their husbands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

The Tradesman reports thata 800, 600
cotton mill will be built at Fayetteville.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-10-31
ADVERTISING RATES.

hi be made as low as is consistent with
Ind business principles. Apply al the Of
for terms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-10-31
MYSTERY OF A MAINE ISLAND.
A Hermit EngIIshman Who Ended His
Misery by Cutting His Throat.

A Hermit EnglIshman Who Ended His
Misery by Cutting His Throat.
"Some years ago, up at North Haven
island, on the Maine coast" said a New
Yorker, according to the Sun of that
city, II came across a mystery that
haunts me still. A bare rocky point
juts out into the sea on one side of the
island, and the first year that I visited
the place there was rude cabin on the
rock. Having gone out there from GU
riosity one day, found a man in
shameful rags trying out the oil from
the refuse from a fish-canning factory.
When 1 came to examine the man his
appearance astonished me. He was an
extremely handsome, well-made Eng
lishman of forty or thereabouts. His
hands, soiled with the material he
worked in, were small and we'll shaped.
When l tried to draw him into CONVEX
sation he at first answered in monosylla-
bles. and was almost sulky in his reserve.
He gradually thawed, however, and I
found that he spoke rare and beautiful
English, that of a well-read and we'll
bred man. Glancing into the door of
his cabin, could see perhaps score of
well-thumbed volumes in library bind
ing. His reserve was such that could
not ask him about himself, but 1 left
the island deeply interested in him.
Il turned up at North Haven the
next year, land one of the earliest things
did was to go out to the point in
search of my acquaintance. The rock
was bare again, and there was no trace
of him and his cottage. L asked about
him of some persons met on the island,
and here is what 1 learned: He had
come to the place mysteriously some
years before, having been dropped by
schooner. He found work at the fish
cannery, but later quit the place, built
his cabin on the rock, supplied himself
with food chiefly by fishing, and OBJ
tanned from the factory the privilege of
trying oil from the refuse. From the
product he obtained little ready money
for tobacco and other luxuries. At
some time between my two visits his
cabin was discovered to be on fire late
one night, and, hurrying down, his
neighbors saw him amid the flames
dead, with his throat cut. The fire had
so seized upon the hut that his body
could not be removed until IL was nearly
consumed. He was buried, and no So
luton of the mystery was discovered.
Life had evidently become insupport-
able to him, and he had taken the way
of suicide as the easiest one out of mis-
cry"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-10-31
WEEKLY INDEPENDEHT.

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Aasmission through the malls as second
eSs mail matter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-10-31
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-03-02
Whv Hoods Wins.

President Lincoln said. You cannot
fool the people second time" They
are too quick to recognise real merit or
lack of it. aud cling only to those things
which they ind to be what is claimed
for them.
IL is especially gratifying that the
sale of Hoods Sarsaparilla increase most
rapidly in those sections where it Is best
known.
The inference is plain. Hoods Satsa-
parilla has proven that it possesses gen.
uine merit. 1t maintaiDs high STAN
ard, which others cannot eyen approach
1t Is the peoples favorite blood'purify-
ing and building up medicine. and is
more popular this year than ever before
All this because Hoods Cures.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-03-02
FEATlMoNlAlS published in
] behalf of Hoods SarsaparillA are
as reliable and worthy Of confidence -
# from your most trusted neighbor.
How A Great Story Was
Written.

The history of any great and success
full undertaking Is always interesting.
therefore at the risk Of being accused OF
violating personal conndence, We tell
our readers of the origin Of . famous
story of the late war. The publishers OF
the Chicago LEDGER wanted . story
which. besides being love story OF great
merit, should vividly describe the thrill
ing events Of the battle Of Gettysburg
and the siege of Richmond. One au-
thor after another failed In the work.
and at last the famous st. George Rath.
burne was approached on the subject.
He demanded fabulous price for the
work, but it was paid. and the story va
actually written to order. II 10 howeysr
printed under the pen name Of Hugh
Allen" 1t is declared BY critics. wht
have been shown the advance sheets. x
be the best story Of the war ever written
The first instalment Of II appeared Il
No 3, Vol. xiii Of the LspGER, and q
once attracted the greatest attention
A private letter from thSeditor inform
us that in order TO reach all class Of pa
pie, the publishers Of the LEDGER wil
mail the opening chapters Of tho stor
free Of charge to all who send in thei
names at once. The LEDGER Is Q gvea
paper. and each week gives story matte
to make dollar book. Address
THE CHICAGO LEDGER.
/ Chicago, Illinois.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

that sort of thing are such shrewd
business people. Be this as it may,
there is probably no such motive back
of the project to build a monument to
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer. the lady
who became a saint, or at any
rate an angel, in Heaven, after
years spent in popularizing the
quaint garb which will forever bear her
name. The women bicyclists Of the
country have taken hold of the matter
very earnestly, as every one knows,
and the woman suffragists have in
dorsed the project in the bargain.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has even
gone to the length of asserting that no
more practical work was ever achieved
by mortal woman than Mrs. Boomer.
unaided, performed. The monument,
when it is complete and dedicated, will
show to an admiring wort exactly
how Mrs. Bloomer looked hen she
donned the first pair of thoA immortal
things.
The bloomer has conquered. There is
no doubt whatever about that. At the
same time the lady who led it to vic
tory has received but small share Of
the glory that by right is hers. There
is something particularly interesting
in the story of how the bloomer
was first worn A glance at the picture
accompanying, which is taken from a
photograph of Mrs. Bloomer, made in
1851 and now very rare, will show ex-
Rctly how the primitive garb-for it
was then primitive, whatever it may be
to-day-looked. 1t was at ball given
on the 23d ofuJuly in the year named
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

important to give in Mrs. Boomers
own wordsa description of the garment
as she intended it to be. Quoting her
language from those invaluable files Of
the Lily, we see:
1--WE would have skirt reaching
down to nearly half way between the
knee and the ankle, and not made quite
! SO full as is the present fashion. Under
meath this skirt trousers moderately
full, in fair, mild weather, coming down
to the ankle mot instep), and there
gathered in with an elastic band. The
shoes or slippers to suit the occasion.
For winter or wet weather the trousers
also full, but coming down into boot,
which should rise some three or four
inches at least above the ankle. This
boot should be gracefully sloped at the
upper edge and trimmed with fur, or
fancifully embroidered, according to
the taste Of the wearer. The material
might be cloth, morocco, mooseskin,
and so forth, and made waterproof if
desirable"
Mrs. Bloomer argued that If the cos
tune advocated by her were adopted
there would be less soiling from muddy
streets; that it would be cheaper than
an ordinary dress, as having less ma
terial in it; that it would be more dur
able, because the lower edge of tho
skirt would not be exposed to rubbing
and chafng on the pavements; that it
would be more convenient, as necessi-
tating fewer changes Of costume to suit
the exigencies Of the weather; that it
would require less bulky wardrobe;
that it could more easily be rendered
cooling in summer and warming in
winter than the ordinary attire Of fem
ininity, and, finally, that it would be
conducive TO health by the avoidance
of damp skirts clinging about the feet
and ankles in wet weather.
The files Of the Washington Tele-
graph, the Lycoming Gazette, the Hart
ford Times, the Rochester Daily Times,
the Syracuse Journal and newspapers
Of the year 1851, record the public adop-
ton of the boomers in their respective
localities. The general opinion ex
pressed in the columns Of those years
of progress was favorable to the garb.
1t was pronounced elegant, convenient,
and in no way open to the charge OF in
delicacy. According to Robert Cham
bers, an American lady lectured on the
subject In London In the autumn Of 1851,
and created something of a sensation.
She wore, it seems, a "black satin
jacket, skirt and trousers, and urged
upon English ladies the adoption Of the
new costume" But this reformer and
her followers succeeded only in raising
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

a laugh. Even in America" declares
Mr.. Chambers, 1.-The boomer costume,
as it was called, speedily became q
thing of the past. AS by sort of re-
action, the monstrosity Of cumbrous
skirts has since, In all countries. be-
come more monstrous, until men are
beginning to ask what proportion OF
the geographical area the ladies mean
to occupy"
These lines, it should be remembered,
were penned over a generation ago.
Neither Mr. Chambers, nor, for that
matter, Mrs. Bloomer herself, even re-
motely dreamed that q steel steed
would shortly be created. and that 1t
would revolutionize the situation. Mrs.
Bloomer herself clung TO her idea more
firmly as time passed by. She always
lived very quietly, and to the day of her
death many people were unaware t. &
boomers were named after an actual
woman.
The picture hers shown of Mrs.
Bloomer is from photograph taken in
1851 by Mr.. 7. w. Brown, of Auburn,
n Y Mrs. Bloomer never prescribed
any particular form for the upper gar
ment to be worn with the boomers AS
will be seen, she wore with it decol-
lete affair, which was her view of 9
ball dress. The effect created by Mrs
Bloomer when she danced must have
been thrilling. She was quite young at
the time. and the personal courage O.
sential for such an experiment must
have been considerable
The women who have charge Of the
project for q monument to her memory
are among the best known in the coun.
try. Mrs. Ellen Battelle Dietrich is
deeply interested. So, too, is Mrs
Potter Palmer.
The feminine bicyclists have gone in
for the plan enthusiastically. Mrs
Russell Sage favors il also. There has
as vet been no very definite plan for
INFLATED. but call has been issued for
an assemb.age of ladies at Sorosis late
il July or early in August
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

that the heroic lady first displayed to
an admiring world her idea of the new
woman. 1t is little singular that not
until the bicycle came into vogue did
the bloomer conquer. Few women.
perhaps, who now tool along in the
habit think of what their dead and
gone sister endured for the sake of the
progress Mrs. Boomer was editor OF
a temperance paper published at Sen
eca Falls in New York state. She had
advocated in her little publication the
desira bility of the change in woman S
attire; but experience convinced her
that if she wished to make any impress
sion in the matter at all she must her
self lead the way Mrs. Bloomer had
undoubted social position, a fact which
aided her materially in her efforts; and
when, in July, the great ball of the
wear came off at the house of a leader
OF society in her town she profted by
the occasion To don her new garb.
Those who have access to the columns
of the Lily, publication now reposing
in bound form on the shelves of quaint
old libraries. viii be edited by pc
rusal of Mrs. Boomers own ideas on
the subject.
IF delicacy," asserts the lady, ''re-
ouires that the skirt should be long,
why do our ladies dozen times day
commit the indelicscy of raising their
dresses, which have already been
sweeping the sidewalks, TO prevent
their dragging in the mud of the
streets? Surely a few spots OF mud
added TO the refuse of the sidewalk on
the hem of their garment are not to be
compared to the charge Of indelicacy
to which the display they make might
subject them"
Thus the progressive Mrs. Boomer.
And she carried her theories into prac-
tice bravely enough. That ball was
one OF the best attended functions OF
its wear. and the courageous female
achieved distinction in 4 night She
attracted more attention than any
other woman in the rooms. An Eng
iish historian who has undertaken To
make the matter one of official record
see The Book of Days" by L. Cham
bers, Edinburgh's great publisher
and authOr-nahSS the 4OAAONA-iS SOAAA'
ulent:
at was an attempt to substitute
for the cumbrous. announcement, inele-
gant, in many other respects objection
able dress which then and has since
prevailed. one of light, graceful anc
convenient character.
Mr.. Chambers continues TO rernars
that in no part of the world, perhaps
would such a reform have been at
tempted but in one where, for some
,i1ne. women had been endeavoring TO
assert an independence and an individ-
,ality hitherto unknown. But, Ike
nanv other reformers, Mrs. Bioomer,
We are assured. lived before her proper
lay. In the pleading she made for the
proposed change in her magazine she
defended it from the charge OF being
sither immodest or inelegant. She told
If the picturesque dress of the Polish
ladies'. with high fur-trimmed boots
md short tuuie skirt. It is particularly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27
BL0OMERS IN STONE
Picture Of the First Pair on the
First w Cman Who Wore Them.
How She Went to q BAH In 1s51-A Re-
former Who Lived Before Her
Time, But Who Is Now to
Receive Duo Honor.

.lCoPYRIGET, 1881
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

once re-
marked that 1t
was possible to
get a monu-
nent built to
anything, not
because people
are disposed to
honor things or
persons in par
ticular, but be-
cause the men
who deal in
granite and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27

ATTORNEYS ATLAw.
iSs !. Main S
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
LECTURES.

FOR UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA..
. SCHOOL OF ATHENS.
THE
LECTURE BY
PROFESSOR NOAH X. DAVIS,
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOClA-
TON HALL,
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3. $50 p. NJ.
Tickets 90 cents: on sale at Schoen's.
Morr!s's, West & Johnston's. Park-P.ace
Pharmacy. c.. w. Taylors. sol east
Broad street. and Carters drugstore.
Manchester no 1881
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
OF Washington Young Man ana
LOutioun NOung Lady.

BALTIMORE, MD. November H.-
Cs;pecial)-A marriage OF interest to many
persons in Washington and Virginia
society took place in Towson to-day.
The contracting parties were Frank X.
Needham, OF Washington. -. G.. and
Miss Daisy q. Fadeley. OF Loudoun
county. Va. The groom is son Of
Charles W. Needham a lawyer. who
Is well known in Washington and Chicago
society: and the young lady is the daugh
ter OF Charles W. Fadeley. gentle
man of wealth. who has q fine country
seat, known as "Rosemont," in loudoun
county He and his daughter have been
frequent visitors 10 Washington during
the fashionable season. and 1t was there
that the young couple met and became at
tached To each other.
The couple came to town early this
morning over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad accompanied by friend. The
young lady is a striking brunette. and
was attired in travelling costume. The
young man il handsome though boyish-
looking The best man stood feet :
inches high. ana lowered above the
youthful pair. The party drove rapidly
10 the Common Pleas Court. whore the
best man went In and applied for IL
cense In reply to the usual questions
as to age and residence. put by Clerk
Sylvanus Grey. he said Mr.. Needham was
q years Old. and his prospective bride u.
Mr. Grey insisted upon seeing the couple
before issuing the license. and when
they came before him. refused the appli-
cation because OF their youthful APP
pearance.
NOTHING DAUNTED.
Nothing daunted. the candidates for
matrimonial honors. re-entered the cab
and drove 10 Towson. whore they had
no difficulty in procuring the necessary
document. and with 1t they drove TO the
residence OF the Rev. Mr. Robertson,
where they were married.
Then the whole story of the affair
came out. The family Of neither one Of
the young people objected 10 their en-
gagcment as they moved I'm the same So
clal circle. and were well off. hut their
parents urged them 10 wait a few years
on account Of their youth.
The young people protested. and as
result Miss Daisy was taken from Wash
ington back to her Virginia home. which
IS six miles from any railroad station.
DETERMINED To MARRY.
Early yesterday morning Mr.. Needham
determined 10 marry the girl Of his choice.
Accompanied by "A friend. he fastened
TO the little way-station in Loudoun
county. near "Rosomont." and the two
men drove across country az fast as
their horses could travel. They met
the young lady and she readily consent
"a TO the project. and the three were
driven back 20 the little station. The
couple thought IT best not TO stop in
Washington. and came directly to Bal
timore. whence they went 10 TowsOn.
As soon as the ceremony was performed
the newly-wedded couple drove back 10
this city and registered at the Hotel
Rennert. \ telegram was sent 10 the
parents Of both, informing them Of the
marriage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
Mr.. Bruce's Lecture Last Night.

Hon Wallace Bruce. lecturer. orator
and poet appeared before large and
cultured audience at the Young Mems
Christian Association last night, and en-
tertained them for nearly two hours with
his historic lecture. Landmarks Of
Scott" It was. indeed. literary treat.
and the gifted speaker held his audience
spellbound with his beautiful descriptions
Of some of the works Of Scott The
works Of scott. the speaker said COW
cred the history of Europe from the
eleventh century down almost TO the pres
ent time. "Sotts mind was pure" he
said" and he taught purity; he was hos
ptabie. and he taught hospitality: he
was patriotic. and he taught patriotism"
Scott. the speaker declared. was one Of
the few great writers who died with the
consciousness that he had written no.
thing that he would have blotted out
This, the second OF the series OF star
course entertainments. may be recorded
as success in every way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
VIrginia's Title to Alexander Island
brought Into Question.

4 Washington special to the Balti-
mere sun says: No further action has
been taken at the District Attorneys
Office looking to the institution OF a
suit in the Supreme Court Of the United
States to assert against the Common
wealth OF Virginia the title OF the Dis
trlct Of Columbia TO Alexander Island.
Later suggestions have been to test.
instead, the consttutlonality OF the act
OF 1917 retroceding 10 Virginia the por-
ton OF the District Of Columbia on the
south side Of the Potomac. That dues-
ton was raised before the Supreme
Court of the United States during 1874
I'm the suit Of Il. A. Phillips against
Charles W. Payne. Payne was the Shcr-
III Of Alexandria county. and Phillips
was a landowner. who paid, under pro-
test. the taxes demanded by the Sheriff.
and then sued to recover "a sum OF
money which, the plaintiff claimed, had
been illegally exacted from him by
the defendant who. under color OF law.
appears 70 be collector OF taxes for
the State OF Virginia in the county OF
Alexandria" The allegation Of Phillips
vas that his land was not in Virginia,
but in the District Of Columbia. because
the act Of Congress which had purport-
ed 10 retrOcede IL 70 Virginia was I'M
constitutional and OF no legal effect The
Supreme Court he'd that the question
involved could not be tried in private
suit. and that the issue could not be
heard except In suit between the
United States and the State Of Virginia.
No such suit has ever been brought.