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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-24
"ENOUGH SAID"
Seek No Further.

What word need be said regarding a
remedy which has been before the
public for nearly half century, and
has been not only recommended but
used by great physicians, famous
sovereigns and worldwide celebri-
ties? Such remedy is the GENU-
INE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

nature. but the Americans themselves admit
that they have not been able to reach the point
of perfection attained by their European COM
petitors. The importing OF linen for table SER
vice. handkerchefs and women's fine undergar-
ments Is conducted on big scale and the COM
mission houses and manufacturers agents IN
New-York can be enumerated by the hundreds
These handle the biggest part OF the trade, and
the buying for the interior cities Is done In this
city.
The American, II he cannot compete Tor the
linen patronage. has devoted his attention 10
making cotton limitations Of linen OF such rare
skill and genuine merit that a large industry mas
been built up i'm this department. Most OF tnese
plants located in New-England ana thelr
speciality IL cotton handkerchiefs. which arc
turned out by the tens Of thousands.
According to the report of the Bureau or Sta-
tistics at Washington, the quantity OF linen IN
the piece exported to the United States from the
United Kingdom alone for the nine months o END
ing in September. 1898. was 81. 13S. 400 yards.
having value Of f1,112,615. For the same
period In 1897 the exports were over S5.VuVU
yards. at a value of Il. 100000. Besides this.
linen yarn has been brought from the United
Kingdom to the amount Of 1901 200 in 1873
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
WOOL AND WOOL STOCK.

In wool and wool supplies New-York Is amply
prepared to take care OF the interests which find
their market here. While the wool business has
years, It is believed by those in touch with The
trade that the depression is only temporary, and
all signs point to a speedy return to healthy anr
prosperous conditions. The general course Of
American commerce to-day Is undenably up
ward and onward, and in consideration OF the
fact that trade expansion and territorial ex-
nansion go hand In hand, the successful term-
nation of the war with Spain may be taken as
An indication Of renewed activity in all lines.
In the general prosperity the wool trade will
undoubtedly share
The wool business I'm this city is largely done
on the commission basis, and large quantities Of
wool are annually consigned to NeW-York from
Texas California, Wyoming, Colorado and the
TERRITORIES The importation OF wool into New
York lies largely in the line of coarse or carpet
wool.
net woods, and nearly all Of the Russian and so-
called Mediterranean wool used in this country
comes into this port. Several New York firms
are also large importers OF Cape wool, which
comes from South Africa The largest proper
facturers and their business Is transacted
through the New-YOrk merchants. There are
also q number Of merchants In this city who
are large buyers and handlers, whose goods
never reach the local market but are sold in
Boston and other wool centres. This city IL also
the home for a large number Of brokers who sell
wool for Philadelphia and Boston concerns.
These men do not handle any stock. but conflne
their operations entirely to brokerage. They do
a large share OF business and add materially to
the general volume Of the wool trade OF News
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
COTTON GOODS.
REMARKABLE STRIDES MADE IN TIE INDUSTRY
NEw-YoRK THE CENTRE OF DISTRIBUTION

REMARKABLE STRIDES MADE IN TIE INDUSTRY
NEw-YoRK THE CENTRE OF DISTRIBUTION
About fifty years ago the drygoods commission
houses were mostly centred In Boston, for the
sale of domestic cottons principally, including
such goods brown and bleached shlrtings
sheetngs. ticking and prints Philadelphia was
headquarters for checks, denims stripes and the
line generally known as blue goods" The mer-
chants from all over the country who wished to
purchase cotton goods found 1t necessary to visit
both markets. They were obliged to go to Bos-
ton TO buy their brown and beached sheetings
and shirts. as well most Of their calicoes
After completing their purchases they usually
came to New-York, where they bought their i'm
ported goods, stopping in Philadelphia on their
way home to complete their stocks with the
stripes. ticks. denims and check cottons OF that
market visit to three markets necessarily
entailed considerable extra expense and loss Of
time and it was then proposed that the inter-
ests of the country houses would be best served
II the commission houses Of Boston and Phila-
delphia would establish agencies here. This
naturally was opposed at first by the merchants
in those cities. and only few Of the Boston
men opened small offices in NewYork But be-
fore long it became apparent that in the small
offices q larger business was transacted in the
same given time than was done by the home
Offices they represented, and one by one the
concerns fell into line and opened agencies in
this city for the sale Of the goods they repre-
scented or manufactured. until NcwYork
sumed the first rank as a market for cotton
goods.
It Is estimated that the world uses about If
teen million bales of cotton annually. The yearly
of cotton goods in the United
States is stated to be about fifteen pounds per
head and of the entire world between three and
four pounds per head,
In the development Of the cotton goods indus
try there have been remarkable strides made In
this country and the firms at Fall River and
the Southern mills produce goods which have
no superior in the markets Of the world.
The common fabrics of England, Bel
GUM and Germany no longer find many buyers
i'm the United States, whereas. on the other
hand our exports in cotton goods show the same
healthy conditions which are apparent in our
other export trade The calicOes produced In
the United States for the masses ore better. Of
finer color and offer broader rnnge of pat
terms and st5iY than those made In Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
LINEN GOODS,

While the quantity Of linen goods sold in the
United States represents q business OF large
proportions. only small part Of 1t is manu-
featured in this country. There has been great
deal Of capital invested in enterprises of this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
VAST ASSIGNMENTS OF GOODS.

The time when paper Of pins and bolt of
cloth made up drygoods stock has gone with
the age Of miracles. 1t is generally conceded
that this Is an age OF specialism, but to the
drygoOds trade this does not apply. The dry
goods stock OF to-day IL heterogeneous. the dry
goods merchant In order to succeed must add
to his knowledge OF finance and of business a
knowledge Of many things. themselves Of suf
1cient Importance to form individual stocks
for merchants who do not deal in general lines
TO Illustrate what Is meant, 1t may be cited, for
example, that the important retail drygoods
stores of NewYork O-day DO not by any means
conine themselves to articles Of dress. Under
the same roofs where are to be found all varie-
ties of wearing apparel. one may buy pictures
and pottery, art furniture and brc-a-brac not
meretrcious but artistic goods, the knowledge
Of which alone demands specialism Of high
order.
1t Is true that such departments are ordinarily
under the supervision Of individuals who make
that particular line study. but the proprietors
themselves must be in a measure familiar with
all departments % estimate their advantages to
the general volume of his business. When one
enters an up-to-date drygoods store in New
York he cannot but be impressed with the mag
nitude Of the business and the rows Of counters
and shelves TEEN with an endless variety OF
every conceivable class OF goods The list would
comprise the richest products OF every cline,
and anything that cannot be found must be
OF such an antique description as to be worth
less. The looms of Lyons, Crefed. Vienna and
many other cities send their newest silks to be
offered In competition with those Of American
industry
The tendency which Is apparent on the part
Of the American buyer to take the best goods
that can be made has melted manufacturers to
renewed efforts to meet the growing demands
The demand for fancy silks is met by the New
York merchants with stocks of indescribable
beauty and variety. and in all grades of goods
including ch lines as taneta, rave and ombre.
satin rave on barre grounds damas ombre
plain barres and pekin molre. In taffetas. for
evening and street effects, there in the
shops a bewildering assortment in such colOrs
as military blue, National blue, bluet, violet,
perruche lavender, lilac Nile. silver gray and
cardinal In plain silks. also, one may find all
of the classical weaves. such as satin duchesse,
peau de sOie Luxor and rhadames
VELVETS AND RIBBONS.
In velvets and velveteens the local firms are
as usual fully prepared to meet all demands.
and 70 II is In ell departments. There are rib
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The recent gift of IS, 900 made to the Young
Women's Christian Association of this city,
with the condition attached that the money
should be applied toward the purchase of
a permanent home has led to negotiations
by the society for the purchase of suitable
property Naturally, difficulties present
themselves at the beginning of this under
taking. The associations headquarters must
be centrally located in order that the pur-
pose of the organization be fulfilled, and
downtown residences sufficiently commodi-
Gus to meet present requirements are high
priced The $1,000 is the first and only gift
of money ever received, and there is no di-
rect assurance that more will be forthcom-
ing, yet the managers feel reasonably
enough, that they cannot afford to lose the
benefit of this first offering, and are, there
FORE preparing to take the risk of a pur-
chase with this sum as a basis, trusting to
the liberality of the community TO provide
the remainder of the money, whatever it
may be- The need of such an institution in
this community is great, as experience has
already proved and the managers hope that
when its Importance is fully understood by
the people contributions will be freely made.
Hitherto they have made few public appeals
for aid, but have contented themselves with
carrying on the work by private solicitation
and enterprise, with the result that the
brunt has been borne by limited number
of persons. Great credit is due TO the la
dies who have, for years, given time and
labor to this enterprise. They have accom-
plished wonders, but have reached point
where the demands upon them are becom-
ing so heavy that they must have generous
support If the work is to be properly con-
tinued They have provided reading room
where young girls and women may come in
their leisure hours, gymnasium, classes of
various kinds. an employment bureau and
a noon lunch at low prices. patronized
daily by nearly two hundred women and
girls. They are greatly in need among 9TH
er things. of lodging accommodations for
girls who come to the city in search OF en-
ployment and need a temporary refuge and
women otherwise stranded. In the protec-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

head which is to be~a Characteristic Type
If the women of the far west, 70 Whicn
end composite picture Will oe naus ~ ~
the forty-eignt most beautiIul women a.
the transmississippi region
Queen Victoria is outlasting all her house,
hold. Lord Bridport, who has become very
infirm. will soon resign his office as lord
in-waiting and it is probable that he VIII
be succeeded by his son-in-law, Lord Hert-
ford Lord Rridport, who has been m lts
her of the royal household for more thah
fifty years. has been successlVeiy SlVoiii-
in-wasting clerk-Tna TShal to the prince con,
sort. equelry-in-ordinary TO the queen, ana
lord-in-waitng.
The alarming reports as to Munkacsy
health that have recently been circulated
are denied by a German paper the Hun
garian artists condition has remained prac-
tically unchanged since he entered the IN
sane asylum at Endenich. near Bonn
(where Robert Schumann passed the last
sad years of his life) He takes walks IN
good weather and talks nationally IN Ger
man TO the people about him. That MS
condition is hopeless is declared untrue.
Descendants of Robert Morris. the finan-
cier of the revolutionary war, the majority
of whom reside in Monmouth county. New
Jersey and on Long island, have engaged
lawyers 10 prosecute their claims against
The national government for the money lent
10 the government by Mr. Morris, which,
L,
amount to over $5,OO00O0. A petition in be-
half of the heirs was presented to Congress
in 1892, but the matter was laid aside be-
cause of the alleged lack of evidence to es-
tablish the claim.
1t is an amusing thing in connection with
the much-discussed story of the hanging
in Mrs. Judah's book, Down Our Way"
that Mr.. Hamin Garland, the apostle of
realism, thinks it too painful to be printed.
On the other hand. Octave Thanet, the sun
niest and most cheerful of idealists, likes
the story very much. She says OF it.: The
ptiful little woman with the murderer nus
band always cheated. represents the I'M
memorial, unmitigated tragedy OF weak
est in the book, and the title-"The End of
Society'-is a flash of vision.
When all our hopes are gone,
'Tis we'll our hands keep toiling on
For others sake:
For strength to bear is found in duty done;
For he is blest. indeed, who learns to make
The joy of others cure
His own heartache.
Anonymous.
oh, f1eeting, fleeing snow!
How quick you go;
But none too slow
For us
Who cusS
When on the flag
Superfuous you lag.
And snow, if you
The winter through,
So lightly fall,
Or not at all;
Why then all men, I trow,
Will know
You OH
AS really, truly, beautiful snow.
Philadelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
COMMON SENSE ABOUT COMMON
SCHOOLS.

It is refreshing to see a teacher get up in
teachers gathering and talk common
sense about the common schools. Two of
them did this at the recent meeting of the
State Teachers Association. The most of
the speeches and papers at such assem-
biages are too technical and professional
to interest the public, but these two were
of a sort to meet the understanding of lay
man as well as educator One was the adj
dress CT Mr.. William Hawley Smith, of
Peoria, in which he pointed out that the
school system which bases its entire course
upon the idea of preparation for college
work is all wrong and does not supply the
wants and necessities of the vast majority
of pupils. The other speech was that of
Professor Naylor, of Greencastle, who ridi-
culed the present fad for 'child study
without the child. Both men were right in
their structures, though they said nothing
new; the noteworthy thing was that they
had the courage to speak the truth to the
representatives and advocates of our top
heavy school system. This system is a sa-
cred thing to many of these people, and
whoever dares question its merit is frowned
upon as a barbarian. Over and over has
the Journal pointed out the folly of teach
ing a smatterng of everything under the
sun to children Of whom statistics show
that a majority leave school at eleven. Even
with our compulsory school law only twelve
weeks attendance a year is required un-
til the child is fourteen and that hardly
affords time for many sciences and orna-
mental branches in addition to the essen
tials The Journal, too, has questioned the
wisdom of the study of psychology, so much
of which is now required of teachers. The
science of mind may, perhaps, be learned
from books, but it is extremely doubtful if
any man or woman was ever made the bet
ter teacher by what Professor Naylor hap
PLY calls Laboratory study. Acquaint-
ance with the workings of the child-mind
is but acquired from observation of the
child, and the best teachers are those who
most easily adapt themselves to the lido
syncrasies of the Individual pupil.
But these daring truth-tellers must have
a care. Because the Journal has from time
to time ventured to call attention to flaws
in the elaborate educational structure ar
dent supporters thereof have charged it
with being an enemy" to the public
schools, regardless of the fact that no pa
per in Indiana has said more in behalf of
the schools or has more frequently pointed
out their merits. The Journal is Indifferent
to such unjust criticism, but Messrs. Smith
and Naylor may be brought to discipline.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

To live is not to live for ones self alone;
let us help one another.-Menander.
The hen is a good example of persever-
ance but an example you can't always set.
Chicago News
A wife is stiil fond of her husband so long
as she nags him to wear porous plaster.
Chicago Record.
You have not fulfilled every duty unless
you have fulfilled that of being cheerful and
pleaSant.-C. Buxton.
No soul is desolate as long as there is a
human being for whom it can feel trust ana
reverence.-George Eliot.
Degenerates are persons who go around
picking out signs of degeneracy IN other
people.-Emma Carleton.
The longer a man lives the more incidents
of his boyhood he remembers that never
happened.-New York Press.
Make but few explanations. The charac-
ter that cannot defend itself is not worth
vindicating.-F. W. Robertson.
Let us be of good cheer, remembering
that the misfortunes hardest to bear are
those which never come.-LoWeli.
If a man cannot be a Christian in the
place where he is he cannot be CHRISTIAN
anywhere.--Henry Ward Beecher'
Every man is occasionally filled with
fear that his friends will some day find out
what a great fool he is.-Atchison Globe.
He-It makes me better man every time
/ III.
good you must be now!--Boston traveller.
After forty, men have married their hab-
it's, and wives are only an item in the list,
and not the most important.-George Mere
dith.
cas- soon as a man shows signs of getting
away. a girl begins to write him letters in
which she calls him my own. The Bach
elor.
The individual is furious who spent two
dollars for an article last week that can
this week be purchased for one.-Phlia-
delphfa Times.
When we discover the faults of our
friends we are happy: when we discover
the faults of our friends without being
happy we are great-Puck.
Imagination is the faculty which makes
woman smell burned feathers when she
reads about a chicken coop being destroyed
by fire-Chicago Record.
There is one thing you can always de-
pend upon when man says good thing,
and that is if you hang around him you will
hear him say it again.-Atchison Globe.
Before a girl is married she says girl
ought to marry young. but after she is
married she says it is a Shame for girl
to marry before she is thirty.-Atchison
Globe.
We live in a new and exceptional age.
America is another name for opportunity
Our whole history appears like a last eff
fort of Divine Providence in behalf of the
human race.-Emerson.
An Atchison woman has been fighting a
certain doctor for seven years, because,
when she called him in seven years ago, he
said there was nothing serious the matter
with her.-AtchiSon Globe.
When an old bachelor writes a poem
about girl that is dead, the women say
it is a pretty little thing; when a man
writes one who has lost his wife it is called
"heart-throb. The Bachelor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
A FLORAL ABUSE.

One would think that flowers would be the
last thing to be made the subject of polit-
ical contention. Their real function, as we
all know, is to be things of beauty and joys
forever-that is until they wither and fade,
when new ones take their places and be-
come new joys. Left to themselves. they
would never make any trouble, and if they
ever become a controversial factor it is a
plain perversion of their mission and nature.
They are so just now in Washington The
Florists Association of that city has joined
issue with the secretary of war in regard
to the free distribution of cut flowers pro-
duced at government expense Few persons
know the extent to which this practice pre-
walls in Washington. The botanical gardens
and various government Conservatives pro-
duce great quantities of fine flowers which,
by the courtesy of senators, Representatives
and heads of departments. are generously
distributed among those deemed worthy TO
receive such favors. Many social func-
ton in Washington receives additional bril-
liancy from floral decorations which are due
to personal favorttiszn, and the desks of
members of Congress are often decorated
with bouquets of beautiful flowers raised
with public funds. OF course, these flowers
cost money-somebody's money-and their
free distribution interferes with the business
of the florists, who have no pull at Uncle
Sans purse. Hence their protest against
the floral abuse A short time ago they held
a meeting and addressed a letter to the Sec
rotary of war, protesting against the free
distribution OF flowers and other products
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
JAPAN's TROUBLES.

Since Japan resolved to join the progress
sive and potential nations it has become
one of the most interesting topics for the
in worldwide politics. 1t took it's victory
over China to apprise the world that a new
nation had been born in the Orient. But
just now the Japanese government, which
has been so aggressive in diplomacy. is hav-
ing troubles of its own. The japanese are
people who are making progress toward
representative government They yet have
an Emperor, but they also have Diet or
legislature, composed of two branches,
chosen by the people The legislature and
the Ministry selected by the Emperor are
having a protracted controversy over the
right of taxation The duty OF levying taxes
for certain purposes devolves upon the Diet,
but the constitution provides that, for GER
tain purposes, the Ministry can raise and
expend money. AS these certain purposes
are construed to mean three-fourths of the
expenditures, the Diet has refused it's sane
ton. Thereat the Emperor has dismissed
the Diet and ordered the election of another
When chosen the new Diet holds the same
views as its predecessor To this date there
have been four dissolutions of the Diet. The
trouble is chiefly with the lower house. In
one appropriation bill the lower house
struck out the items for shipbuilding and
for investigating earthquakes. which have
unsettled things in Japan several times.
The chief cause of the opposition of the
Diet is the great increase of expenditure
which has grown from $4,000 900 in 1891 to
100000 last year. If the expenditure
were for war the people of japan would APP
prove the tax but the large expenditure for
war ships and to conform the institutions
Of Japan to modern civilization seems to
meet the objection of the Diet. Probably
the real cause Of the hostility is the desire
Of the people for representative government
To divert popular attention from the strug-
gle the japanese government has assumed
an aggressive attitude toward the United
States. and is now pushing itself into the
complications growing out of the seizure
of Chinese ports by one nation and another.
In the end the people will secure the right
of representative government.