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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-08

Spanish. says that nine vessels retired
seriously crippled: that the Reina Mer-
cedes was only slightly damaged and
that the American losses were heavy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-08
TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Brcmo ouinins Tablets.
All druggists refund the money y II fan
20 cure. g. The genuine has l. D. Q. "a
each tablet.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
WOMEN OF PORTO RICO.
Ride to Church on Mules and
Smoke Cigars.

No one ever walks in Porto Rico.
The mules the thing here The Wo-
men ride a great deal The better
classes use the English side saddle,
although a few prefer the more pictur-
esque and safer, but less graceful,
Spanish saddle In the country dis
tricts the pillion is occasionally en-
ployed, while among the lower classes
many women ride astride without eX-
citing comment. When the natives
are both pretty and good riders they
display considerable. coquetry in the
saddle
1 noticed one rider near Juana DiaZ
who took my mind back to the old days
of chivalry She was a lovely girl of
about 10 or 16, with a face like a Ma
donna and a figure like an artists
model. One little foot crept out be-
meath her silk riding skirt, and to my
surprise it was devoid of hosiery The
skin was like polished velvet, and was
of a pinkish gold of an exquisite tint
It was shod with a slipper of satin OF
silk, embroidered in color, and had an
arched instep which made the foot all
the more charming by its setting. 8
The time to see the women at their
best is on Sunday morning, when they
ride from their~homes to mass in the
nearest church or cathedral. On one
Sunday morning, while riding leisureiy
into a small village on my way to this
town, / met a crowd of worshippers
on their way to mass. Nearly all the
women were on muleback and sat OF
lolled as if they were in an easy chair
in their own homes A few, probably
Wealthier than the others or else deli
cate in health, were accompanied by
The record-union., 1898-11-14
THE REASON FOR TT.
Mother Doesn't Handle the Boy
Gently When She Cleans Him.

while I was in the BARRIERS chair" !"
| said the man who had just been there,
| sit made me think of my mother"
| The listener said that se' did not see
any connection between the two sub
! jects.
well, the recollection came as the
| barber was washing my face. You
know that no man washes his face like
a barber does it for him. There is some
thing artistic, soothing, and, above all,
/ so gentle about the way the barber
fools around your face, and you cannot
help thinking that he has a tender con-
sideration for your feelings. 1t made
me think "of my mother, because she
washed my face SO differently.
II saw my sister washing her boy S
| face the other day, and she did it just
| like mother, so 1 think it is a trait
transmitted in the female line from
countless generations. First, she got
a rag and wet it and then applied a per-
| fectly superfiuous amount of soap.
| Having caught the boy, she pinned him
| firmly between her knees, took a half
| Nelson around his neck with her left
| arm, and then laid on the rag. The
process was something like scrubbing a
| floor. The rag was pushed crosswise,
| up and down, Zigzag and in circles. She
seemed to think that his face was a
plain surface, and all protuberances
| were ignored.
when the soap had been sufficiently
rubbed in, the rag was rinsed and his
| face was dried, the motion being ex-
actly the same as the cleansing. Dur
| ing the entire operation the boy fought
and howled and when released ran
away in rage My sister did not ex-
press any surprise or remorse, and
| answered my inquiring fook with the
| remark that boys always hate to be
| washed
'Then I recollected how 1 used to
| howl and fight over face washing.
Memory being dim had imagined that
| it arose from boyish obstinacy, but
| know now that it was a dislike to be-
! ing skinned alive. No boy would kick
at having a barber wash his face, and
it will be happy day for boydom when
the mothers take lessons from the ton
serial tist.''-Chicago Times-Herald.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
EDDIE WAS HYPNOTIZED.
Awakened When She Didn't Order
Angel Cake.

They were on their wedding tour.
Rosy bushes mantle the cheek and
brow Of the beautiful young bride.
She has taken a seat at one Of the
tables in the main dining-room of the
magnificent hotel.
BY her side sits the proud and happy
young man to whose keeping only a
few hours ago, at the altar, she COM
mitted her earthly happiness, lovingly
and trustfully, and she turns to hlm
now with answering smile as he leans
toward her and asks her If she is con-
scious yet of SO earthly and unhalloWed
a sensation as hunger.
o, ever old, yet ever new, romance OF
young welded love! In thy presence let
the cold sneer of the cynical, the world
hardened, the blase, die on the mock
ing lip that would give it shape Or ut
terance.
Though compassed about externally
by sordid, commonplace mortality, thou
dwellest in a sphere all thine own, in
definitely removed from the contami-
mating touch of that which is earthly
and groveling.
Hasten not to leave thy charmed
abode. If illusion it be it will vanish
all too soon, and if real why shouldst
thou sell thy souls birthright for a
morsel Of pottage?
The waiter digniied, yet obsequious,
| places before her the bill of fare and
stands erect at her elbow, awaiting her
order
Conscious that she betrays in every
glance and movement the inevitable
| newness, so to speak, of her relation
to the young man at her side, and that
it needs not the air of proprietorshir
that sits so freshly upon him to pro-
claim the bridegroom and the bride
she yet strives to appear wholly at her
ease.
She studies the printed sheet before
her as if deeply absorbed in its con-
| tents.
| What will she choose?
There is hush of expectancy at the
| tables nearest to her
| She pushes aside the bill of fare.
Her lips open, and in a voice heard
| distinctly at the fartherest end of the
| brilliantly lighted dining-room she says.
! Il guess I'll take some frogs legs
| what are you going to eat, Eddie? ?"-
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
The record-union., 1898-11-14
The Chinese Chopstick.

With the evidences of Asiatic contact
supposed to be so strong in Central
America. one might have imagined that
SO useful a device as the simple chop
sticks would have secured a footing.
These two sticks, held in one hand and
known in China as "haSteners or nin-
bic lads" are certainly the most useful
the most economical, and the most eff
cient device for their purposes ever in
vented by man. Throughout that vast
Asian region, embracing a population
of 500. GOO, 600, the chopstick is used as
a. substitute for fork, tongs and certain
forms of tweezers. Even fish, omelet
and cake are separated with the chop
sticks. and the cook, the street scaven-
ger and the watch repaiTer use this de-
vice in the form of iron, long bamboo
and delicate ivory. The bamboo chop
stick was known in China 1000 B. c.,
and shortly after this date the ivory
form was devised. Their use is one Of
great antiquity in Japan. as attested by
references to it in the ancient records
of that country. One may search III
vain for the trace of any object in the
nature of a chopstick in Central or
South America Knitting needles of
wood are found in the work baskets as
scciated with ancient Peruvian mum
mics, but the chopstick has not been
found Curious pottery rests for
the chopsticks are exhumed in Ja-
Uan. but even this enduring testimony
of it's early use is yet to be revealed
in this country-Professor E. S. Morse
in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
And now the season is at hand when
papa's pocketbook should go into train
| ing fnI. fall nraningS.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

little darkey boys, who held over tnein
a parasol or an umbrella.
On Sunday each woman wears a
huge rosary, sometimes SO large as to
be uncomfortable l saw several that
were sor unwieldly that they went over
the shoulders and formed a huge line,
larger indeed than a; string OF slelgn
bells. These are ornamental rosarleS
and arc NOT need for prayer. The
praying rosary is as small and dainty
as those used by fashionable women
in our own Roman Catholic churcnes.
Besides the fan and the rosary every
woman was provided with neat anu
often handsomely bound prayer DOCK
and a huge lighted cigar or cigarette.
This is indeed the land for women
who love the weed. few smoke
cigarettes and pipes, but the majority
like partajas, perfectos, Napoleons anu
other rolls of the weed larger imam
those usually seen in our own lahd.
The smoke them at home and IN the
streets, at the table or on the Dalcony'
lying in hammocks, or lolling on tnelr
steedS. and only -deSiSt when Wlthn
the sacred precincts of the church Inc
moment mass is over and they emerge
into the sunlight the first thing the
women do is to light a fresh cigar and
then climb into the saddle
They make beautiful picture upon
the roads Imagine an intensely blue
sky above, with below rich green veg
etables and startling dashes OF scarlet,
crimson, vermilion, orange and Whlte
from the flowers which seem to bloom
the year through, setting off the bright
hues of the costumes. It combines
the picturesque side of New Orleans
life of Florida scenery, of the Maine
lake country and of the New Hamp-
shire hills.-New York Herald.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
soyAl BAKING powoea CO., NEW Yoa,

is a fact, a calm cold fact, that /
wouldn't think of telling you If it was
anything else. 1t happened out in one
of the deep mines of Colorado, where
there was a straight shaft $50 feet
deep. Some said it was S75, but, gents
I'm a truthful man, and know it was
twenty-five feet one inch short of that,
for I measured it myself Well, to make
a long story short, one day there was a
man out to see the mine from New
York to buy it, He had a pot of money
and he looked like he carried it around
under his vest, for he was as big
through as bass drum and built on
them proportions. / guess he weighed
800 pounds, though it might have been
only 29S Anyhow, he was standing
around the mouth of the shaft one
morning, and by some chance or other
he toppled over and down he went. 1
was looking right at him when he top
pied, and l never want to see another
mans face look like his did then, gents.
indeed 1 don't. Not much. Well. to
make a long story short, we looked az
each other for a minute as he went
down the hole, and then we broke for
the cage, which was fastened up yet
dlIu lWO Ol us SldI Ilcu doWA lLlCl iiiJiis
expecting to find him a mangled mass
at the bottom But we didn't, and as
we began to near the bottom we heard
him yelling like a coyote to hold up or
we'd mash the life out of him. That
scared us worse than the other, and
we wanted to go back, but we couldn't
do that so we went slow and got down
to him all right. Well, to make a long
story short, by gum, do you know that
we found that he had gone down that
hole so fast and he filled it up so full
that he had compressed the air in it
to such an extent that by the time he
got pretty near to the bottom he wasn't
| moving faster than he would nave
moved through that much water. ana
he had really stopped ten or fifteen
feet from the bottom and couldn't get
either way, which was what scared
him SO as we come down on him in the
cage. Very peculiar occurrence, gents,
and if I hadn't seen it with my own
| eyes / never would have believed it in
| the world. Observation-Disclosures Star.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
New Dress
Goods Arrivals.

There are three new
lines which are on display
in our show window.
They're in all wool and
silk and wool mixtures,
new style patterns every
one, plaided and striped
with a corded poplin ef-
feet, also small checks and
bayadere stripes. They'll
make very handsome
suits, being in all the new
colorings-greens, blues,
browns, dahlia, magenta,
etc, contrasted with
black. Priced 75c, ST and
SIPS per yard.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
W0fnen's Tan
Top Coats.

Tan seems to have the
preference this season, and
there's certainly nothing
more attractive in plain
and severely tailored sim
plicity than one of our
stylish tan coats made
from fine heavy kersey
coating, with the new mil
itary or gored sleeve, self
strapped, stitched and lin
ed with taffeta silk. Some
plain stitched collars,
some velvet inlaid. Priced
$3.50 and SIS.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Sample Capes
and Jackets.

We've quite an interest
ing variety of new sam
pie garments sent us by
our New York represen-
tative, capes in cloth and
plush, plain or handsome
ly trimmed; jackets in tan,
navy and black of various
values, and a goodly
showing of the new style
cutaWay cloth coats. 1t
will certainly be to your
advantage to see these
garments if you've a need.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
WOmen's Warm
Winter Waists.

The separate waist
proves its popularity in
the cold season as we'll as
III the warm, and we've
made ample provision to
supply all demands in
warm Winter waists,
made from wool tricot in
red, navy, green and
black, variously braided in
clusters or plaid effects
with black soutache braid.
Priced from $1.25 to
$3.50.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
The Favored
Black Crepons.

Black is and will ever be
a favorite, and the same
can figuratively be said of
the crepon weaves in
black; they're in greater
variety Of patterns than
ever this season, giving a
wide range to choose
from; there are floral,
scroll, bayadere and trans
verse striped effects, ETC.,
III all the richness that
mohair luster can impart,
and a most popular seller.
Is priced $I.25 yard.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Infants
Long Coats.

Made from cashmere, al
batross and Bedford cords.
Made full long, warm
lined, have large fancy
cape collars, very prettily
trimmed with fancy silk
ribbons and cords. The
prices range according to
quality and trimmings.
SI.5o, $2.25, $3.50, $3.75
and up.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

There was some talk of his leaving
the victorious Bostons and associating
with one of the Western League clubs.
While there was some foundation for
this rumor the admirers and support
ers of the game in Boston could not
afford to part with the man who has
planned for the success of the club
this year. He WILL therefore, manage
the affairs of the Boston club next
season. Selee is a baseball man of
shrewdness and ability and will next
year place his strategy against that of
Hanlon of the Baltimores, Ewing of
Cincinnati and other managers.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Infants Warm
EiderdOWn Coats.

Made from wool elder
down and from fancy
heavy eiderdown flannel
cites in pretty colorings.
Some plain and some with
attractive and fancy fig
ures, all are full lined and
trimmed around large col
lar with long, wayy an
CORA fur. Priced as to
quality at $I.25, SI.o8,
So. so and up.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Ranie.

One of the most interesting problems
of the day in the utilization of the new
fiber material, and one that is attract
ing the attention of all civilized coun-
tries. is the industrial production Of
that wonderful substance known in the
Orient as China grass, in India as
rhea and in Europe and America as
ranie. The money spent by govern
ments and by private enterprise
throughout the world, in experiments
and inventions, in the effort to estaD-
Ish the ramie industry, would make
up the total of a princely fortune. Ob-
stacle after obstacle has been over
come in the years Of persistent effort
and now we stand before the last bar
rier, bafIied for the time, but stiH hope
full, and with efforts unrelaxed The
difficulty may be stated in few words:
ramie culture will only become pay
ing industry when an economically
successful machine for stripping the
fiber has been placed on the market.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have
been spent in efforts to perfect ma
chine. but no government fiber expert
in the world recognizes that we have
such a machine at the present time,
though great progress has been made in
machine construction.
The worlds interest in this fiber be-
gan in 1869, when reward of $1,000
was offered by the Government of In
dia for the best machine with which
to deeorticate the green stalks. The
first exhibition and trial of machines
took place in 1872, resulting in utter
failure. The reward was again offered,
and in 1879 a second official trial was
held, at which ten machines competed,
though none filed the requirements,
and subsequently the offer was with
drawn.-C. r.. Dodge, in Appleton's S
Popular Science Monthly.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
a LONG FALL.
Never Would Have Believed it If
He Had Not Seer, Il

The man with a bunch of twine for
whiskers was shaking his chin at the
company of listeners, one of whom had
shortly before read from a newspaper
a story of man falling down a well
and sustaining no very serious injury.
Which remands me, gents" he said,
that what am about to relate to you
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Trimmed Black
Velvet Hats.

We will show for this
weeks selling an irresisti-
bic line of handsome black
velvet trimmed hats for
women. Made on various
wanted and popular dress
shapes. They're trimmed
artistically with tips,
feathers, wings, birds, rib
bon and ornaments as
you like. Ii your ideal is
not at hand we will make
it for you, and the price
for choice will be S..
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Many Things
for Baby's Wear.

There is a corner in our
store that mothers enjoy
visiting. So many pretty
things for baby's wear,
bonnets, caps, coats, un-
dergarments, etc. All the
dainty and wanted apparel
for the little pets to make
them comfortable and
protect from Winter chill.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Reliable Black
Storm Serges.

Just now you require a
dependable street or shop
ping suit. There is no ia
brio SO we'll and favorably
known, and justly SO, as
storm serge. For Winter
wear the name is aptly ap-
piled, guaranteeing de-
pendability. Where can
you find the fabric that
will render you the service
for a general knock-about
suit that this serge gives?
One favorite in this line is
an excellent quality, full
81 'ches wide, at 75c
Y"
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Some Few
Actual Facts.

We have just received
several new lines OF
dress goods. We are al
ways of the first to show
novelties, many OF which
are only shown here. Our
stock is always bright
and new. The taste and
purse of all may be suited
here, more women buy
their dress goods here
than go to any other one
store. Dress goods SUI
premacy in Sacramento is
ours and intelligent COM
parlson will justify the
statement that no other
house sells really depend
able goods SO cheap.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
FRANK SELEE.
The Manager OF the Champion Bos-
ton Baseball Club.

The winners of the baseball pennant
in the National League race of this
year We're the Bostons, and they ars
managed by Frank Selee, to whose
ability in choosing and placing mey
is due much of the credit Of the sue
cess of the club.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Art and Fancy
NeedleWOrk
Supplies.

Time now that every
lady were engrossed with
and in the midst of her
holiday needlework if she
has a gift thought in that
line. We have seen to it
that all supplies needed
are here, and of the new
est. A we'll assorted line
OF cushion covers, forms
and linens, all shapes and
sizes. stamped ready for
working are displayed and
the following materials for
their working we quote:
Flo silk, per skein, &c.
Roman floss, per skein, 4c.
Persian floss, per skein, &c.
Rope silk, per skein, 4c.
Etching silk, per skein, 4c.
Orion twist, per skein, 4c.
Crochet cotton, per ball. 4c.
Helios embroidery cotton.
per skein, 1c.
Coronation cord, per bunch.
&c.
Gable cords. silk, per yard,
10c.
Colored silk fringe, per
yard, 25c.
Colored cotton fringe, per
yard, &c.
sac.
For those who wish to
knit a skirt, fascinator.
shawl, slippers, scarf, leg
gings, socks, hosiery or.
1nittens, the following
meets their demand:
German yarn, per skein, 25c.
Germantown yarn, per
skefn, 10c.
Saxony yarn, per skein, Sc.
Shetland floss, per skein,
10c.
Fairy floss, Zoe.
zephyrs in all shades, split,
single and double, per skein,
21ac.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Handsome
BrOadClOthS.

AS such an adherence
to tailored suits is shown
this season, broadcloths
are IN high favor, as none
of the wanted cloths are SO
well adapted to making
coat and skirt suit after
the man tailor's severe
style as is this. We show
a great variety of shades
III this So inch weave. All
the new colorings and
black. If you've a thought
i'll this line we can inter
est you with Our ST grade.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Our Attractive
Toy Department

The little folks have al
ready begun to dream OF
that ever longed for and
fruitful season to them: the
holiday season and Christ
mas tide. Our spacious
Toy Department on the
first floor basement is rap
idly assuming the glitter
ing aspect attributed to
Santa Claus realm, and
we invite you to bring the
children and spend a
pleasant half hour or so
there. You'll then ascer-
tain their wants from a full
stock.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

A gossip may be ambitious, but she
never scars above a lie.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Special Priced
Plush Capes.

Your Winters cape,
and a handsome one, can
be selected from this lot
at a very much less price
than you'd dared think.
They're dependable show
er proof plush, full sweep
and ripple, with Thibet
fur around collar and
down front. The sweep
attractively embroidered
with braid and jet. Special
price, IS.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

It is of a half-truth that a whole lie
is born
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Crystal Glass
TufnblerS at
35c per set.

If you want a fine thin French glass
tumbler or goblet we have them at
prices that win surprise you. We also
have a new invoice of these tumblers
with your initial cut on each, encircled
with an etched scroll work at 15c each.
Here is something every family wants.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
information
We Have 100000 Worth Of Goods


depending
The record-union., 1898-11-14

And now the season is at hand when
papa's pocketbook should go into train
ing for fall openings.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

At S12 we have now on sale some
very pretty dinner sets in the very lat
est decorations at the above price
These sets consist of 100 pieces We
also have on sale a lovely 5T-piece rich
ly decorated dinner set at $5.25. This
set is for a family of six persons and
IS a. rare bargain.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-07-19
LA CROSSES TERRIBLE FIRE,
VISITED by the Worst Blaze in Tor

VISITED by the Worst Blaze in Ton
Years.
La Crosse, Wis, July 10 - In the
midst of the hottest afternoon of tha
year the city has suffered the hottest
Ire since the historic lumber blaze ten
years ago, although not rivaling if in
deStructiveneSs. 1t broke ont inst he-
lore O'Clock in the sash and door
factory OF the Segelke- Kohlaus COM
pany, stone and brick building. most
VI II OF three stories and covering half
Dlock. This was entirely DESTROYED
win all machinery and considerable
lu1npef, including q stock of quarter
sawed oak was burned North of this
was the John Paul Lumber company's
plant. Most of one block. 300 feet
square, of piled lumber was burned
over, destroying between a million and
a half and two million feet all high
grade stuff. The firemen succeeded in
stopping the flames in this block which
was a remarkable piece of work.
Across the street east was the Paul
company's barn with fifty to sixty
horses. They were all taken out with
harness, but the building, although
iron sheeted, burned to the ground
South of the factory was the G. L.
Coleman plant and it was saved with.
out loss by reason of the south wind
FLAMES burst out several times inside
the iron sheeting of the planning mill,
but men were watching and did not
let them get a start James Vincent
had small lumber shed burned and
Dan Kelly's small house was partly
destroyed The Segelke-Kohlaus loss
is estimated ut $4,000 which is a con-
servative figure; insurance $50, 0OO
The John Paul company's loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, though the condition
of the lumber saved cannot now be de
termined. He is well insured