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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-15

At this time Of year the well-dressed
woman, Ilaying chosen her cotton
frocks. selects her parasols. Unlike the
English woman, the American c6csn
long for IL very big umbrella with
solid stem and an aSSertivc handle; but.
like the French woman. she realizes the
value of her movable background, ana
even rs Il protection against rain htf
umbrella is feminine in appearance, al
though absolutely useful. The big para
sol that protects her from uhe stInbeanls
is q veritablc thing of beauty, with It's
laboratcly decorated handle, its cine
trimming and its beautiful material. Six
in especially daintily shades, decorated
with frillS. outlined with very mar
row velvet ribbon, makes the preferred
norasol But the handles. For them
nothing Is too fine Hand painted por-
celain. Jade amber, rock crystal. even
some of the minor gems, amounted III
chase gold or silver, all Of these are
allowed to make beautiful that part OF
the narasol which is held in the hand
of beauty. Oddities are, of course, mVch
to the fore. and my dearest friend, writ
INC me from Paris. says: '',Nhe' duck s
head. of which | have drawn YOU q tiny
sketch, is specially liked. 1t is repro
duced in wood. gold. silver. or crystal.
with jeweled eyes and gold COLLAR. and 1t
has for its only rival the rabbits head
which is, however, not nearly so chlc.
Another very smart handle you see
/ am something of an artist am sketch
ing these for you) IS of natural WOOD
with the natural cherry leaves and cfer-
reS wrought out III some substance
which looks like the read thing and which
is properly cclored. Dresden emma
nandles-somc long, some showing the al
II
vogue and greatly Fixed, for they har-
monizc particularly we'll with the always
useful rarasol of white trimmed with
black. Speaking of tho crutch handle,
that is still in vogue for mems sticks or
| umbrellas the materials for them being
either natural wood. tipped with gold or
silver. or. as in the case of one which
| show YOU Of tortoise shell. with a
band and point of gold. There must be
very little gold or decoration Of any kind
upon II mans stick or umbrella.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-15
BAD FORM IN UMBRELLAS.

No well-bred man would have such Il
thing as 4 Jewel in the handle of his UNI
breiIa or stick. for then he would look
like those ovcrdressed South Americans.
who are in the slang Of the boulevard
called "Rastauucrcs' Don't be delmled.
when choosing your umbrella into gcttin =
that abomination. which, | ann told, ap-
pearcd on the streets of New York dur
ing heavy rain-StormS, the plaid SILK
one 1t is absolutely bad form, aud Ger
tainly did not have its birth either in
France or England. Paris would laugh
ut its un~lltability; England ut the fact
that it would not wear we'll. To the
led umbrella there is not attached 50
much indignation, but, after all. the
wcl-drc>Scd woman prefers TO carry 1T
tine storm an umbrella Of dark green.
dark blue or black silk. The umbrellas
having watches or pencils concealed III
their handles are desirable as a caprice,
but certainly not for much wear EI
the by, if You can only get one l,araso.
let that he i fluffy looking one Of black
chiffon or black muslin. If YOU can add
two to your wardrobcS. let the Sccond
one be Of white silk, trimmed with ruf-
ficS Of the same decorated with lmCS
Of black velvet. and only CHOOSES color>,
when Your rarasolS arc many in number.
ApropoS Of trimmings. it is horribly bad
form to tie i knot of ribbon or Il cluster
Of artihu.al HoWcrS on yonr paraSol. III
Won fancy wearing Il chou of velvet
on the side Of your bodice with II gilt
trtinS brooch Just III the center. thcu 4
similar chou may be put on the stick of
Your raraeol. but not if it is 4 very
elaborate one. Few women realize how
becoming u yellow rarasol is. And yet
all women should understand it. since
sunshine is becoming to everything fe-
minne. The old idea that yellow WAS
only adapted to brunetteS has died away
since Worth proved that Sarah Bcrn-
haM1t and Ellen Terry, both blonds. but
exquisite lib toilets of clear, pure yel-
low
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

The rejection of the petition, how
ever, has caused some feeling, be-
cause only the opposition was
heard, and the issue will be
brought into local politics this fall.
The Duluth silver folks were the
real push in favor of the measure,
but they seem to have been heart
lily second by most of the corpora
ton interests on the ranges. A
few silver immunes or nOn-ofice-
seekers in Duluth we're opposed
to the division, claiming it was a
corporation scheme. The Duluth
Republicans, also were mostly OPP
posed to the measure under the
present conditions, but expect it
to be brought about in future.
The Budget believes in local self
government, and looks forward to
the division of the county which
contains about 5000 square miles
of territory, but if we were giving
our St. Louis county friends a lit
tie counsel we would urge them
not to be hasty in this division
matter. Duluth has done a good
deal for the development of the
county, and now that the city is
Just recovering from five yeals OF
financial delirum brought on by
it's fool friends who inflated it with
the substance of things hoped fo1
and the evidence of things not
seen, it would be wise to let well
enough alone till the confidence OF
outside investors is fully restored.
Besides, the upper county is not
yet through railroad building and
development, and it is hard to say
where the seat of the new county
ought to be, Or whether there
should not be two new counties in.
stead of one, Now that the water
plant agitation is over, the A. 7.
A, movement is dead, and the
crusade is rs the memory ola song
that is sung, Duluth is entitled to
rest for a little while. Be patient
brethren, and in the meantime re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07
member that physical toll is the
best cure for nervousness.

The triangular performance in
Duluth last week created consider
able merriment with it's nominal
ions, some of which were farces
of the second class.
IT is true that in declaring war
against Spain. we expressly disa-
vowed any intention of annexing
Cuba, but it may be, in time, that
this will offer the only solution of
the problem of giving the island a
peaceful government. At best it
is going to be difficult to induce
Cubans to come to an agreement
among themselves. 1t is evident
that there are various degrees of
patriotism among the insurgents.
Many of the Cubans are men of
high purpose and manly instincts,
who love the island of their birth
and have fought and labored un-
selfshly for it's liberation. 9th
ers of equal intelligence have an
eye for the main chance, and do
not propose, if they can help it,
to be deprived of the substantial
fruit of their American victory;
while there is also included in the
ranks a host of idle, predatory,
semi-civilized blacks and mixed
breeds, who under any stable
government, would be constantly
giving the authorities trouble.
This is the class that have been
firing at the wounded, Sinking
work, and earning the undisguish-
ed contempt of our own brave sol
diers. Naturally, the property
holders dread the rule of the i'm
pecunious are not likely to acqui-
esce in a government controlled
by the class not known as loyalists.
Everything depends upon whether
the genuine patriots among the in
surgents, of whom there must be
a considerable number, will show
q disposition for conservative
methods, and whether from their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07
$1,000 Excursion to Detroit.

September 18th is the date set by
the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic.
Ry., for their third annual autumn
excursion to Detroit. This excursion
which has been SO popular the past
two seasons will leave Duluth $50
D. m. the above date. by rail to st.
Ignace, where the train is due TO ar
rive at loco O'Clock the next morning
when passengers will be Immediately
transferred to the Getty of Alpena"
one of the double-decked steel side
wheel steamers of the Detroit &
Cleveland Navigation Co., giving
"a hour sail to Detroit or 80 hours to
Toledo or Cleveland Round trip fare
to Detroit $1,000 and Toledo or Cleve-
land SLIGO. For further particulars,
reservations. and tickets, apply to
Il. II. Larke, Commercial Agent, 426
Spalding Hotel Block. Duluth, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

Bede's Budget: A petition sign
ed by nearly 5000 voters of st.
Louis county, Mimi, of which
Duluth is the seat, was recently
presented to the state authorities
asking that the county be divided
and new county formed which
should include the iron ranges and
thus separate them from Duluth
in their local government. The
petition was denied on the grounds
of some informalities, and it is
now to late to have it corrected
and the division question submit
ed to vote at the coming general
election. Strong arguments can
be presented for division, and it
will ultimately be brought about,
but in SO an important a matter
ample time should be taken and no
binders made. The present
movement was q very hasty
ono and took the public bs'
surprise. Few voters were pre-
pared to express an intelligent
opinion on the matter, and nearly
everybody was up III the air
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07
Cheap Excursions to st. Paul and Mime
apolis via. St 2. s. d.

The attractions at St. Paul and
Minneapolis during the first week of
September are: The State Fair Min
nesota's best effort); the "Festival of
Fire" at Minneapolis, and PAINS fire.
works and war spectacle Cuba" at
st. Paul. The Saint Paul & Duluth
r. r. will sell half rate excursion
tickets to st. Paul or Minneapolis
from September Sd until the 10th.
good to return until the 18th. Spec
ial children's rates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07
the papers begin talking politics
everyone is silent.

The Virginia papers are very
hot anent the failure of the county
division petition. Their righteous
Indignation at the treatment &C
corded the range delegates by
State Secretary Berg meets with
approval.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07
Half Rate via St. Paul & Duluth r. II.

From September Sd to September
10th, the Saint Paul & Duluth r. R.
will sell half rate excursion tickets
from all points to st. Paul and Min
neapols, good to return September
18th. See Minnesota's Greatest State
Fair! See PAINS Gorgeous Spectacle
Fireworks, Scuba" at St. Paul and
the Festival of Fire" at Minneapolis.
Special rate for children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

ranks the man of the hour shall
arise, who will know how to direct
his countrymen in the paths of
harmony and peace, and who will
have skill and ability to undertake
the tsak and accomplish it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

STREET corner politics are not
as yet in vogue. This can be
easily explained. Have you MOTTO
ed the scarcity of political matters
in the range papers lately2 Until
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-07

WEBSTER of the Tower Journal
took a square three points down
fall out of Mayor Murphy of that
city last week. Murphy in a
funny streak on hearing of the
flop Of their former townsman, P.
Ellard Bowling, raised the city flag
at half mast. Of course the citi-
zens objected to this degradation
of the stars and strips and the
banner was hauled down by in
dignant Alderman Chalk. While
Murphy considered it a joke
others considered it an insult and
hence the difficulty. Bro. Web
ster hit the Mayor hard.
THE political flop of P. E. Dow
ling of the Eveleth Star, was re-
ceived with CONSERVATION by the
Republicans throughout the dis
trict and everywhere where P. E.
is known. Not much was made
or lost by the transaction. The
Republicans gain nothing and
the tripple-alliance loses the same.
Bowling may be gamer, but we
doubt it. Personally it would
have been much better for our
party had he staid where he was.
INDIANS reaching Dunphin from
the far north report meeting an
Esquimaux, who told of the APP
pearance among them of strange
man, who descended from the
clouds on the shores of Hudson's
bay. The opinion among the
whites is that the man is Andree,
the Artic explorer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
Never Fails

a point relatively far below the present
organized territories.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

every branch of mechanics represented
in a man-of-war Manual labor is,
therefore, reduced to a minimum,
condition of affairs which must result
in a greater interest and development
of the crew in their special duties, as
now required in a modern battleship,
where fighting and all that leads up to
thorough efficiency in that line of art,
is not handicapped by the constant
drudgery so universal in the old-time
vessels in our navy.
The height of. free board forward of
the vessels hull proper is twenty feet,
and at the stern thirteen and one-quar-
ter feet The floor of the pilot house IS
forty-five feet high, thus placing the
eye Of the steersman for ordinary
cruising about fifty feet above the
water The sight holes in the coming
tower for use in close fighting are
thirty-four and one-half feet above the
water.
The bore of the forward thirteen-inch
! guns will have an elevation of twenty
six and one-half feet, and the after
thirteen-inch, nineteen feet above the
| surface of the water. The siX-inch
guns vary from fifteen to twenty-five
| and one-half feet, and the siX-pounder
! from thirty to forty and one-half feet
above water, according to their loca-
ton on the vessel. The smaller guns
/ are mounted in the military tops, ct
heights of from fifty-nine to seventy
nine feet This great height above
water of both main and secondary bat
teries will enable the vessel to be
fought in any weather, a quality al
ways sought for, but obtainable only in
vessels of good size, and considered OF
immense advantage by all naval au-
thorities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
FRANCHISE FOR THE HAWAIANS
PROPERTY AND EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS IMPOSED.
Tariff Laws of the United States to
Be Extended to the Islands-Re-
port of the Commission.

Chicago, Nov. ga special to the
Tribune from Washington says; Sen
ator Cullom is preparing the report of
the Hawaiian commission, and will
submit it to the president for trans
mission to congress, so that it will be
ready at the opening of the session.
The senator declines to give details
as to the character of the report, but
from other sources it was learned that
the report, as finally drafted, will pro-
vide for a partial continuance of the
present government in the islands, un-
der direct federal supervision. There
will be a senate of fifteen members,
and a house of double that number,
which is an increase on the present
der direct federal supervision. There
will be graded qualifications of suf-
frage Members of the house may be
elected by voters who pass an educa-
tional test alone, while members of the
senate will be chosen by voters possess
sing both educational and property
qualifications. There is now a prop
erty qualification for voting in Hawaii,
but the proposed form of government
will reduce this somewhat, so as to
furnish an inducement for small hold
fngs.
There will be educational and Drop-
erty restrictions in regard to the hold
ings, the qualifications for which will
be closely defined.
There will be no 'open door, in Ha-
wall. The tariff laws of the United
States will be extended to the islands
without alteration. because Hawaii
was formally annexed to the United
States by statute law, and any other
course would unquestionably be op-
posed BIZ the supreme court.
The present supreme court for the
islands, whose members hold their
place for life, is to be continued, and
to be given jurisdiction CT local laws,
whose force will also be continued, as
far as possible, as they have been taken
by law from the statute books of diff
a whole. quite acceptable.
The immigration, labor and general
election laws of the United States will
be specifically extended to the islands.
These will keep out further inroads of
coolies. The islands will be given
delegate in the house of representa-
tives, who will not vote, but will have
the same privileges as the representa-
tives of Arizona, New Mexico and Ok
lahoma. The governor and some of the
higher territorial officers will be ap-
pointed by the president. The legisla-
ture will have considerable control over
local taxation and expenditures, but
the restriction of the suffrage on edu-
cational and property lines will, of
course, reduce the number of voters to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL
A Magnificent Specimen of the Mod
ern Fighting Ship.
The battleship Wisconsin, designel

The battleship Wisconsin, designed in
the bureau of construction and repair
of the navy department, is a sister ship
of the Alabama, building at the
Cramps yard in Philadelphia, and also
of the Illinois, building at Newport
News
The dimensions of the Wisconsin are
are follows: Length of load water line,
1858 feet; beam extreme, 70 feet, ~
inches; draft on normal displacement of
525 tons, % feet, 6 inches; maximum
displacement, all ammunition and
stores on board, 1925 tons; maximum
indicated horse power (estimated), TO-
600; probable speed, 1872 knots; normal
coal supply, 500 tons; coal supply, loose
city, l, 400 to 1000 tons. Complement of
| officers, 40; seamen, marines, etc, 449.
The main battey will consist of four
13-ineh breech-loading rifles in HIGH
born balanced turrets, oval in shape,
and placed in the center line of the YES
sci; and fourteen 6-inch rapid-flre guns.
The secondary battery will consist of
sixteen 6-pounder rapid-fire guns, four
| 1-pounder. rapid-fire guns, two Colt
guns and two field guns. She will carry
| four torpedo tubes. The 13-inch guns
have an arc of fire of 135 degrees on
! each side of the center line; and the
! 6-inch, an arc Of ninety degrees on the
| broadside, with the advantage of those
on the upper deck of a direct fire ahead
and astern. Any injury to or neal
| either of these 6-inch guns will be con-
! fined to its own compartment, as {
one and half-inch steel splinter bulk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

islands would be infinitely worse than
military rule. Under military govern
ment here is perfect elasticity. Changes
can be made to fit new conditions as
fast as the-y arise. A years delay be-
fore attempting permanent legislation
would give ample time for the study of
all the conditions surrounding the gov
eminent of the islands, both by the mill
itary authorities and by commissions
which might be provided by congress.
Congress could then, Mr.. Cannon says,
deal intelligently with the subject.
The grand total of the appropriations
for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1899,
including all the extraordinary was ex-
penses to Jan. 1, but not including the
deficiencies for extraordinary expenses
from Jan. 1 to July l, 1899, is 1898. 713,
SIS. There are no figures as yet upon
which the appropriations for the COM
ing session of congress can be based
but Mr.. Cannon says they will be con-
siderably below the figures for the last
congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

She is also provided with bilge keels,
placed before and abaft the midship
body only, so as not to interfere with
docking her. These keels have max
imum depth of three feet and will
largely tend to lessen her motion in a
seaway, and so contribute to her stead
mess as gun platform, so essential for
correct gun fire. Four powerful cleo
trio searchlights are also provided, two
on top Of the forward chart house and
two on each side of the after military
mast, also having an elevation of TWEEN
ty-five feet above the water, and COM
handing complete all around range.
There will be two sets of triple eX-
pansion, twin screw engines, each in its
own separate water tight compart-
ment; the collective indicated horse
power will be 10000, with 120 revolu-
tons per minute, stroke four feet.
There are eight single cylindrical
boilers, each fifteen and one-half feet
in diameter by nine feet eleven and
one-fourth inches long, having total
CRATE surface of 6S5 square feet, with
q, 200 square feet of heating surface;
pressure, $50 pounds. These boilers are
placed, two each, in four separate
water-tight compartments. The smoke
pipes are two in number, and stand
abreast of each other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
NO NEED OF AN EXTRA SESSION
APPROPRIATION BILLS WILL BE
PROMPTLY PASSED.
Congressman Cannon Sees No Occa-
sion For Haste In Providing Gov
eminent For Our New Possessions.

Washington, Nov. 26.-Representative
Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the ap-
preparations committee of. the house,
has arrived, and today the sub-commit-
tee on deficiencies began the considera-
ton of the estimates for the extraor-
binary expenses of the army and navy
growing ont Of the war and the prep
aration Of a bill covering these deficien-
cies for the period from Jan. L, 1899, to
July l, 1899. Mr.. Cannon viii push the
preparation and consideration of the
regular appropriation bills as rapidly
as possible, but he sees no reason now
why any of them should fail, and thus
necessitate an extra session. He ex-
poets that the urgent deficiency and
the District of Columbia bills will pass
before the holidays and that work on
the other regular bills will have pro-
crossed so far during the recess that
they can be brought into the house af-
ter the recess as rapidly as that body
is ready for them. The committee hav-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

ing Jurisdiction over bills not prepared
by the appropriation committee, agri-
culture, consular and diplomatic, army
and navy, etc, will also get to work
Immediately after the session begins.
Mr.. Cannon thinks it is useless to at
tempt to work during the holiday re-
cess. There have been two occasions
during the last twenty years when the
house has refused to adjourn for the
customary recess. but on each it was
impossible to act without a quorum Of
members. Both he and Mr. Dingley,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, share the opinion that to try to
hold the house here during the recess
would be impracticable and ,unprofit-
able.
With the enactment of the regular
money bills necessary to carry on the
governmental machinery at this session
of congress, Mr.. Cannon sees no occa-
sion for an extra session, SO far as
legislation for our new possessions is
concerned. He believes unripe or hasty
legislation for the government of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Establishment of a Government De,
partment Is Urged.

partment Is Urged.
Chicago, Nov. 26-The National Bust
ness League today sent to President
Mckinley a long letter relative to the
establishment of a department of COM
merce and industries. The letter, which
is signed by Ferdinand w. Peck, Err
sl1ine NJ Phelps, A H. Revell, John
w. Fla. E. G. Keith and the other
members of the executive committee of
the league, urges favorable action on
bills for the establishment of the de-
partment which are now pending in
congress. The letter rays, in part:
The expansion Of our commercial re-
lations, to include many new peoples,
living under widely different condi-
tons, seems to deepen the conviction
already growing in the minds of our
business men that tariff questions are
getting to be questions of fact for ex-
perts, rather than party politics. We
must admit that, whether these ques-
tions are in politics or not, a DEPART
ment of commerce and industries might
provide facilities through which COM
petent non-partisan experts could make
such Investigations and reports, before
legislation on any contemplated change
in a tariff schedule, as would enable
congress to take action with com0ara-
lively accurate knowledge as to its
effects, and thus the wholesale revis-
ions of the tariff so damaging to gem
eral business interests might be
avoided !"