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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

PHASES OF LOLITA FARRoN's LIFE.
waves leap highest and the salt spray
spiashes, then she plunges in and gleefully
breasts the ocsnn's wave, while stronger
limbs and fainter hearts quail on shore.
stShe swinis like q fish, ? said the people
on the beach at Santa Cruz, watching Lo-
lita outdistance al other swimmers.
ssNo wonder she swims like a fish,"
lnysteriously replied one of Lolita 8 school
mates; ..ste is like a fish"
ssShe is like a fish, echoed along the
beach until it reached lolita herself and
played about her ears, robbing the sea of
its music and the waves of their charm.
Lolita ana her mother packed their trunks
and returned to their home in Oakland.
But the salt of the sea and the lap OF
| the waves torlnented her nights and made
miserable her days. A daily swim in the
| Piedmont baths did not drown the mem
ory of the ocean,s swell, and Lolita was
sent to Santa Barbara for the rest of the
vacation. Tkis child of II swan in a way
that ~astounded the Oldest surf bather.
One morning q young lady, q novice in
swimming, yentured out far beyond her
depth and was unable to return to tho
beach. As easily and lightly as q sea gull
skins over the waves little Lolita swami
out to the drowning girl and brought her
in to shore.
.sShe swims like a fish, z said an old
| gentleman.
Haven't you heard whyf" answered an
| old lady who was the confidential friend
| of Loiita's aunt.
aHayen't you heard whys Haven't
you heard why?'' echoed all OF Santa Bar
bara.
And Lolita heard too. She wrote a pitt
| full little letter home and with .heimweh
gnawing at her heart awaited a reply.
Her father came for her, and together they
went to Coronado.
OF all the swimmers who took a daily
| plunge there was none who could compete
with Lolita. She would swim far u
beyond the reach of the eye, beyond the
sound Of the voice. The other children
begged her to teach them and found her
ever ready to help.
ssWhy do you always wear stockings,
Lolltag" asked one of the little girls.
ssIt's much nicer to have your legs bare
when you 90 in the water.
Lolita did not reply, but ran sobbing
up the beach, and that night she and her
father left for Oakland.
All this a friend of the family told me
as we CROSSED the bay. She finished up
the story abruptly in front OF q tiny white
cottage. "sShi'' she said. THERE'S Lo-
lita drying her hair
I looked and saw tho figure of q child
completely enveloped in q mass of golaen
hair. A Lorelci never summed streaming
hair of d moro beautiful shade. She ran
slim white fingers through it and shook it
out in tho Sun, a glittering mass OF fluffy,
-o1<1o, tratro
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
ANTIQUITY OF THE BOSE.
All Accounts of This fragrant Flow
erss Origin Said to BE Lost.

So great is the antiquity of the rose
that all accounts of its rig have been
lost. There seems every reason to believe
that the national flower of England is
the oldest of which there is any record;
to Englishmen, at least. it seems a case
of survival of the fttest. It is not mem
toned in the Biblical writings earlier
than the reign OF Solomon, but the allu
son to it then made is such as to Indicate
that the flower had already long been
known.
In Egypt the rose is depicted on q
number Of very early monuments, be-
leved to date from 5000 to $500 B. Cs
and in the tomb of an Egyptian Princess,
| disinterred a year ago in Southern
Egypt, several Theoretically sealed Walls
we're found. which. when opened. con-
tanned genuine altar of roses so hat the
modern claims for the discovery of this
delicious perfume are vain. Rose water,
or the essence Of roses, is mentioned oy
Homer, in the 'Iliad."
Both the Greeks and Hebrews prob-
ably borrowed the idea of its manufacture
from the Egyptians. and these, for aught
ANYBODY can tell, may hav had Il
from the Chinese. The rose is one Of
those flowers which are supposed by the
people of every land to be so wen known
As to need no description and hardly
mention. for it is a singular fact that
every continent on the globe. with the
solitary exception of Australia, produces
wild roses.
Even the frozen regions Of the North.
where the summer LASTS but two or
three months. and is at best q season
which may be described as very late in
the autumn. produce their wild roses.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

LOLITA IS A MERMAID.
She Swan Before She Learn
ed to Walk.
SKIN ScALY LIKE 4 FISH
Says the Waves Call Her All
the Time, and She Loves
Them.--Saved a Drown
ing Woman.

Lolita Farron, who livos near Lake Mer-
rift, in California, has q skin with scales
like q fish. Twice every day, says the San
Francisco Call, her mother rubs her from
head to foot with sweet oil. After the
oiling the skin loses in q degree Its acaly
appearance. AT night Lolita Ia wrapped
in clothes saturated with oil. By constant
applications Of oil her skin IL preserved In
q fairly smooth condition, and 1t is only
when very close to her that the fshlike
scales are apparent. Otherwise she looks
Ike any other pretty, healthy child Of IA.
Save for her skin and web feet she lie a
perfectly normal child.
Lolita can swim and dive like the
nymphs and mermaids Of old. The sullen
boom of the waters, a heavy storm at sea,
these are as sweet music to her ears.
When the current is strongest, when the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK
Winter Wraps Are Queer
Variations of the Old
Pelisse.
NEW STYLES VERY UGLY
Made of Rich Stuffs, But
Have Neither Grace Nor
Elegance--Fur Lining.
rcopyright, 1898, by American Press Asso
ciation

copyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
c~iation.l
There always was and always will be
some women whose hearts would shiyer
into a million pieces if they had to wear
the same kinds Of garments that Others
wear and are happy in. These women OF
exclusive tastes are said to lie awake
nights to devise something new-some-
thing so daring or SO original from one
point of view or other that az other wom-
an could possibly have it. Then for a few
brief days these women enjoy, each after
her Kind, her own exclusive or original
lar1nent. And before any one else has had
time to copy or initiate it she has aban-
doned that for something else.
The Dewey founoe swept all before 1t
for a time, but now that SO many of the
seasons dresses are made with that kind
of a skirt extremists are looking for some
thing new. One of them appeared in q
gown at a very swell function the other
day and literally captured the confec-
tionery."
This gown was made of the richest silk
plush of a deep brown. 1t was almost seal
in some lights, while in others it showed a
warmer tint. Tho skirt was but slightly
BofeQ ana was iuil dt tno Walst, uSihS
gathered all around. 1t was about two
inches over the floor length. The waist
was quaint enough. The back was all in
one piece, rounded a trifle at the bottom.
The front was in one long point at least
four inches beyond the waist line. 1t was
simply stiff-the whole front of the waist
with gold and Jet embroidery and bead
ing. There was a fine piping of maize
satin on all edges to the waist. The neck
was cut out pompadour at the top and the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

college Of Chicago, where she took her
diploma with distinction as one Of the
class of 'S7, receiving the appointment OF
inferno at the Mary Thompson hospital,
which appointment she held for one year.
Since then she has continued the practice
of medicine with success, residing IN Pu-
eblo for the past seven years.. During
1867 she hsld the position Of county ply
stefan of Pueblo.
DIR. Barry denies emphatically that she
is o politician and claims to be only ply
sician, although she confesses that she
holds decided opinions upon political sub
jeots. She is a Silver Republican Q an
ardent advocate Of wosnan's suffrage.
With pleasant recellecticns of her native
city, she is first and foremost q C~oleraaean,
with q strong attachment to and firm faith
in the future OF her adopted state
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
A WOMAN LEGISLATOR.
mr.. Mary r. Barry VIII Help Mako
Laws For Colorado.

DR.. Mary r. Barry VIII Help Make
Laws Fer Colorado
Among the silver fusion candidates for
the Colorado legislature who were success
full in tho reoent election was DR.. Mary 7.
Barry Of Pueblo county. She will take
her seat in the next Legislature when it as
sembles and promises to attend strictly to
the duty of making laws for Colorado.
She will not be the first woman to occupy
such a position, for women have been elect
cd legislators in Colorado before, but she
is the only woman to be elected to such an
Office in the late contest.
DR.. Barry is a native of Chicago. She
was born in 1868 and received her educa-
ton in the public schools, finishing with a
course in the normal school of Oshkosh,
Wis, where she graduated with a teachers
certificate. Deciding to pursue the profess
sion Of medicine she entered the Womanss
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
High PRICED ~sttrrupa.

The highest price ever given at a sale
for a pair of stirrups was So, 100, which
was the price given at q sale on July II.
1896, at Christie's for a pair of stirrups Of
russell iron, inlaid with gold and silver,
the work of Ambrosio Caradosso Foppa,
of about the commencement Of the six
tenth century. The stirrups formed part
of the collection Of sixteenth century OBJ
jects of art of the late Earl Of Warwick,
which were sold by Messrs. Christie, Man.
son & Woods. The small collection, mum
bering only 38 lots, realized so, 497.
At the sams sale a pair Of candlesticks,
with eight bosscd ~mcdallions with tho
sight labors of Hercules. S11 inches high
by 5 inches diameter, was sold for 79l
Ruineas.-Io1don Wt-Bits.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

The use of soap containing a disinfec-
tant of some kind has become 50 general
that observations on the practical value
Of such combinations canno fail to be OF
interest, says the Medical Press DR..
Reithoffer has recently published the re-
suits Of some experiments carried out By
him with various kinds of soap. having
for object to determine their value as mi
cr~obirides, He used the ordinary mot
tied soap. white almond soap perfurned
with nit~robensine, and hard potash soap.
He found that these soaps we're very in-|
inlioal 10 the cholera mIcrobe. q one per
sent. solution killing them "a q short
space of tinae. while 1 ay@ psr cent s0aus
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
In Woman'S World.

ton of the potash soap killed them in five
minutes. We are, therefore, at liberty to
infer that. as in washing the hands the
strength Of the soap solution is never less
than five and may &C as high as forty-ave
per cent, this method of disinfectirg the
hands, as well as the clothes, etc, is fair
" trustworthy. Much stronger solutions
are required, however, to destroy the
bacilli Of typhoid, the colibaeillus. ETC..
not less than ten per cent. being sufh-
cient. None Of the coaps experimental
will appeared to have any effect m the
pyogenic microbe. The practical result of
these Investigations is that It is always
preferable to use soa and water first OF
all, rinsing the hands in the disinfectant
solution afterward. This is an important
point which merits to be generally made
known.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
FLOODS IN ARKANSAS.
Waterspouts and TornadOes Sweep
Houses Away and Cause Some
Loss of Life.

Little Rock, Ark, May IA special
from Van Buren,, Ark, says: Water
spouts and tornadoes have played havoc
here and done hundreds of thousands of
dollars damage. Three houses were
blown down at Rudy, eight miles east
of here, and it is reported that Winslow,
a summer resort on the top of the Bos-
ton mountain, is entirely gone. The
Arkansas river is 25 miles wide in
places and is now four inches higher
than it was in S92, which was the high
est on record. All Thursday night
boats were busy in the bottoms rescu-
ing the inhabitants. Thousands were
rescued and it is feared that many have
been drowned.
Mulberry, Ark, May THE Arkan-
sas river and the Mulberry continue to
rise, having reached the highwater
mark of 1892, the highest on record.
Crops in the bottoms are totally de-
stroyed and great damage is being done
to life and property. All who can are
leaving the bottoms, but many are I'M
able to get out at all. T. Ivey, young
farmer near this city, was drowned
while endeavoring to swim his stock
to higher land. An entire family whose
names are not given were drowned near
Alma. Their house was washed away.
The river is still rising and the water
is backing over fields never known to
overflow
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Pauncefote to Leave.

London, May 4. - According to a re-
port published Tuesday the British am
bassador at Washington, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, is to be succeeded by Sir
Thomas H. Sanderson, X. G. B. and K.
C. NJ. Co., the permanent under secretary
of state for foreign affairs, one of the
most experienced diplomatic officials in
the British service. Sir Thomas Henry
Sanderson, X. C. B., X. C. NJ. g., who has
been permanent under secretary of
state for foreign affairs since 1894, en-
tered the foreign office in 1859 and has
been connected with that department
ever since.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Dole Offers Hawaiian islands.

Honolulu, April 81 (via San Francisco,
May 5).-President Dole has sent a
long communication to President Nc
Kinley, offering to transfer the Hawai-
ian islands of the United States for the
purpose of war with Spain, and Ito
furnish the American ships Of war in
Spanish waters with large quantities of
ccal, supplies and ammunition. This ac-
ton was taken by the executive after
secret conference of the Hawaiian
cabinet, called to discuss the position to
be assumed by the government toward
the two belligerents.
The news of the declaration of war by
the United States against Spain was
received here Wednesday by the Mari
posa, which arrived from the Australian
colonies with advices from the United
States to the 10th instant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
CAPTURE OF FRENCH LINER.
vana IL Taken by American War
Vessels-Her Release Ordered.

Key West, Fla, May 7.-Commodore
Watson has received orders from Wash
ington instantly to release the French
mail steamer La Fayette and to send
her to Havana under escort. The cap
ture of the Frenchman by the gun
boat Annapolis turned out to have been
an unfortunate incident, resulting from
mistakes, but no protest has been made
to the representatives of the French
government in the Unietd States.
The United States authorities who ex-
amined tAe La Fayette Friday say that
so far as the ships manifest shows she
carried no contraband of war, but with
such an immense cargo it was impos-
sible to make a thorough inspection.
They saw nothing in the nature of arms
or ammunition aboard.
The Associated Press dispatch boat
Kate Spencer, has brought in the fol-
lowing account of the capture of the La
Fayette:
The La Fayette, Of the French General
Transatlantic company's line, a vessel of
$500 tons, gross register bound from Corun-
ma, Spain, on April 49, for Havana was
port by the United States gunboat Annap-
oils, commander ]. j. Hunker, while trying
to run the blockade after having previous
ly been warned off. She has on board a
large number Of passengers and valuable
general cargo, possibly containing contra
band OF war.
The La Fayette, which halls from ST.
Ignarico, France, is a fine vessel of the
old type. She is 3H feet long, has A feet
beam and is % feet deep. She was built in
1864 at Greenoch Of iron.
Her capture was effected shortly before
shutdown in the following manner:
The La Fayette was heading for Havana
and was boarded by an officer of the An
napolis and warned not to enter port. She
afterwards made an attempt to do so and
was captured after an exciting chase. The
Wilmington, Newport and Morrill, took part
in the capture of the Frenchman.
After an examination of the La Fayette's
papers had been made a prize crew from
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Death of william II. Prescott.

Charleston, S. c., May 5.-Hon. Will
liam Henry Prescott, for many years
connected with the state department at
Washington, died at Pendleton, S. c.,
Wednesday,. At the opening of the war
he was acting secretary of state of the
United States under President Buchan-
an. He resigned and came south during
the war, but since the war was charged
with numerous important missions for
the government, among them being
that of p,enipotentiary to China to re-
wise treaties in 1880; special envoy to
belligerents in Peru and Chill in 1881,
and Plenipotentiary with Gen. Grant
to Mexico in August, 1882.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
LEE IS A GENERAL.
His Name I'm a List with Ten Others
Sent to the Senate All
Are Confirmed.

Washington, May 5.-The president
Wednesday sent these nominations to
the senate:
To Be MAJOR Generals-Brig. Gen. Joseph
c. Breckenridge. inspector general United
States army.
Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis. United States
army.
Brig. Gen. John ]. Coppinger.
Brig. Gen. William r. Shafter.
Brig. Gen. William HI. Graham.
Brig. Gen. James F. Wade.
Brig. Gen. Henry c. Merriam.
James III. Wilson, of Delaware.
Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia.
United States Senator w. j. Sewail, OF
New Jersey.
Congressman Joseph Wheeler. of Ala
bama.
All the nominations for major gen.
eral were confirmed by the senate in
executive session. Twenty-six briga-
dier-generals were also named.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Ciepfueuo. Rombarded.

New York, May 5.--A special to the
Press from Key West says: Cienfpe-
gos has been bombarded Not only did
the Marblehead silence the batteries of
the town on the afternoon of April 20,
but shelled the town itself, playing
havoc with the buildings and driving
terror. The shooting at the forts was
at 1000 yards. AS soon as the forts
were disabled Capt. McCalla ordered
that the five-inch guns be given an ele-
walton to reach the 5000 yards. Firing
began with the starboard batteries, fol-
lowed by the ports.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
SPAIN'S INTERNAL TROUBLES.
Madrid Put Under Martial Law-Dis-
orders in Other TOwns-Queen
Regent May Resign.

London, May s. - The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Morning Post says:
"The government are aware that they
cannot rely upon the army. 1t is an
open secret that a society has been
formed within it's ranks to put to an end
the humiliations Spain has suffered at
the, hands of incompetent ministers.
Judging from what one hears, terrible
things may shortly happen"
Madrid, May 5.-The situation in the
provinces is unchanged and everywhere
the dissatisfaction is growing, especial
ly over the price of bread. Acts against
authority are becoming more and more
overt. At Caceres, capital of Estre Madu-
ia, the populace marched into the rail
way station to prevent the export of
provisions and overpowered the sol
diers ON guard, capturing IA car loads
of wheat -four. All Valencia is in state
of siege. AT Catalan the rioters captured
the mayor and town councillors and de-
manded a ransom. On the mayor pro-
testing he was shot through the leg,
after which the gendarmes dispersed
the mob. AT Talevara the rioters were
most determined, sacking many baker
les and setting on fire several govern
ment buildings. In the town of Aguilas,
in the province of Murcia, mob
mostly composed of women burned
the storehouse and offices. The fisher
women who broke out against the oc-
troll dues at Gijon receive the most de-
termined assistance from the tobacco
girls. Together they sacked several
bakeries and burned all the octroi Of
fees, with all the papers belonging to
the foreign ships loading in the harbor.
The civic guard was holly stoned at the
prison and the mob marched off with
the iron bars of the Jail. When the
troops appeared they were holly
stoned, replying with fire and wound
ing many. The mob then attacked the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
government buildings and smashed the

government buildings and smashed the
windows. The troops again fired, this
time from the balconies, and wounded
stones. The Jesuit house at Talevara
was attacked because it was supposed
that grain was stored there. The
troubles are expected to increase.
Madrid, May Further disorders
are reported from different parts of the
provinces, especially from Murcia, cap
ital of the province of that name, 30
miles from Carthagena, where mob,
composed mainly of striking miners,
has cut the telegraph lines, set fire to
the town hall and set fire to the law
courts, burning the archives. The riot
ers also made an attack upon the local
Jail, beat in the doors and re-
leased the prisoners. Finally the riot
ing strikers have interrupted railroad
communication with Murcia and have
destroyed a store by the use of dyna-
mite, distributing the provisions which
it contained. The situation is regarded
as being very serious. Quite recently
5000 striking miners of Murcia at
tempted to march upon Carthagena, and
were only prevented from so doing by
strong force Of troops.
London, May IA special dispatch
from Vienna says the queen regent has
again appealed to Emperor Francis Jo-
seph in favor of European intervention.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ter has addressed a note to the powers
on the subject. The belief exists in
some quarters in Vienna that but for
England's pro-American attitude, GER
tain European powers would have open
ly sided with Spain before the war broke
out.
London, May 6.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
apartments have been reserved at a
hotel here for the queen regent of Spain
in case she arrives before apartments
have been prepared for her in her
brothers palace. kilograms from the
Austrian ambassador at Madrid, Count
Dubslly, indicate that the queen regent
is only waiting for a suitable moment to
quit Spain without detriment to the in
| terests of her son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
VIII Make Seven Corps.

Washington, April Tt was an
nounced at the war department Friday
that the volunteer army will consist of
seven corps, each in command of a
major general, but that nothing had
yet been settled as to their organiza-
ton and places of rendezvous. 1t is
generally understood, however, that
Fort Myer, Va, Atlanta, Ga, Chicka-
manga, Tenn, Richmond, Va, and
Long Island, n. Y, have been virtually
selected as places for the mobilization
of the volunteer army.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Supplies for Insurgents.

New York, May 6.-Military supplies
for the Cuban insurgents from the New
York arsenal were piled on the wharf
at Governors island Thursday, ready
for immediate shipment. The cases
were marked "R. Rodrigous, Mobile,
Ala" The supplies consisted of 5000
Springfield rifles, 100000 cartridges,
100000 revolver cartridges and 100
dozen machetes. There were besides
several cases marked, containing sad
dies, brides and halters and other
cases labeled machinery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
A FriUhtfUI Fall.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 6.-The Hal
stead mine of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna &c Western company, at Duryen,
was the scene of an accident Thursday
evening which cost three men their
lives. The names of the victims are:
John Monohan, Stephen Jenkins and
John Titus. The three men were en-
gagged in repairing the lining of the
shaft, which had been damaged by the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
Want Early Ending OF War.

London, May 5.-The Standard says:
There is growing impression in Off
cial quarters that the queen regent and
the Spanish government favor some ar
rangement that will lead to the early
termination of the war. It is believed
that Austria is anxious to intervene,
while Germany has special reasons to
desire some arrangement which, will
not compromise the future of the Phil
ippines.