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Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
THE NEWS
 OF JEROME

Jerome. Ariz., Aug. 16.-(Special cor respondence of the Republican.)-The council met yesterday and set the time for the sitting If the board as a board of equalization, which will be from the goth to the 26th, inclusive. of this month, from the hours of 3 to 3 D. m. Any person dissatisfied with their as Sessment should not fail to go before the board during that time and state their case. Messrs. A. J. Knoblock Doane Merrill and W. C. Miller were appointed on the commission to ar range for the grading fl Main street as Grcided upon by the council the previ- aus night.
 Mrs. Robert Mitchell is very sick and Tas been for several days.
 A team engaged in hauling stone ran away yesterday afternoon. No dam age was done except to the wagon, which suffered several complicated fractures
 Chas. Jolly, cousin of J. B. Jolly. who has been employed at the T. F. Miller company store, arrived from Kentucky Saturday to take the place of J. B.. who has resigned. Charles is sad to hail from the mountainous district Of the state of Kentucky, where feudal wars wage the major part of thc year. Coming from the section of the country that he did he must have been q Howard or a Philpot: but he is 2 very nice and courteous young fe- low. Wm. Munds. father of che sheriff of this county, also halls from the shot, gun hills of Kentucky.
 A. St. Peter sold property to the amount of Sl.000 this week. in Ca!ispae, Montana. where he still owns several valuable town lots. He purchased the property long ago when it could h., purchased for trifle, and is now reap ing the reward of his far-sightedness.
 Jesus Gonzales, a Mexican with the touch of a Paderwisky. attempted ;o steal d silk shirt from Lubin's store yesterday while examining goods. and was caught in the very act by MT. Lu- bin, proprietor If the store. Tha Mex jean asked to look at the shirts and a- te looked at them asked to be shown some other goods. When MT. Lubin turned to get them the fellow shru-: one of the shirts in his bosom. LUbin saw the performance and held nm un- til Marshal Roberts could arrive. who took the thief to jail. Judge McKinaou gave him fifty days to think over the situation. He will be taken to Prescor tomorrow.
 MT. and Mrs. Vim. Turnbaugh left yesterday for San Francisco to spend a month visiting with enc of their daugh- ters and seeing the great sights. They are respected residents of the Verde valley.
 Pay day passed off very smoothly ysterday. The checks began to find their way to town before noon, and kept coming till late at night. The bus mess men and the bank had enough money on hand to cash every piece of paper presented, so businl ss was pret- ty good. The saloons received good pat
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

Harris, to whom he was indebted. an order on the proprietor of the place, Joe DeMars, for SIP. The order was given at a. m.. Monday morning. when Smith and DeMars were in the bar room of Noel & Harris. DeMars ac- cepted the order and said he would ray it that day. When the ordlr was given Smith had SIP coming to him for six days work at $2 per day. Later in the day when Mrs. DeMars came down stairs the order was shown her and she agreed to pay it at no5n. DeMars left il the morning for Williams and the bill was not paid by the woman. In the evening M. W. Winchester garni- sheed Smiths wages for a debt owing to the Club saloon, and attached Smith and all his possessions. Attorney Gib- bes went to Mrs. DLMars and she took oath that she had accepted the or der given by smith, agreeing to ray Noel & Harris. That left one days wagls of $2 due Smith and he had giv- en an order to a laundryman for $1.30. leaving him 70 cents in the clear. The order given by Smith seems to have precedence OV5r the garnishment, but now Mrs. DeMars canOt be found and Noel X Harris want her brough, back. Winchester called Parkinson in to rep resent his suit anu Smith has secured the services of J. M. Ross to help him prove that he is exempt from garnish
 ment on account of being a married man. The family is not in Jerome, but Smitl ca ms 10 te abe to prove that he is supporting them with the proceeds If his labor. Smiths attorney will ask to have the case dismissed on the ground that Winchester is not the proprietor of the club saloon. as the records show that he sold it some time ago. The case is causing considerable interest from the very complicated state of the whole affair. n. D. MCDONALD.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
PHOENIX RETAIL PRICES.

EGGS-Ranch, per dozen, 2Oc. BUTTER-Ranch, per fb, 15d2Cc- Maricopa creamery, 25c; Tempe-Mesg Produce Co.,, 25c; Valley Pride U cam cry, 25c.
 CHEESE-Eastern, full cream, ger ID, 25 c; home. 2sc.
 FRESH FRUITS AND BERRIES. STRAWBERRIES box, 15c. LEMONS-Per dozen, 20q25c. ORANGES-Navel, per dozen, 25460s FIGS-1Oc per r
 APPLES-12lac per 10. GRAPES-4c per pound. DRIED FRUITS-Apples. evaporate% fancy, per 1b, 2Oc; peaches, fancy, 121zG 15c; choice, 1Oc; plums, pitted. 12hT 15c; prunes, choice, Sc; fancy, 16e; apriects, fancy, 15c; choice 11413c-
 VEGETABLES. ONIONS-Green, per buncb, He. STRING BEANS-Per fb, 121zc- CARROTS-Per bunch, 21zc. CABBAGE-Per head, 5c. POTATOES-New potatoes, 215c- ONIONS-Dry, per ID, 3d5c. BEANS-White, per ID, 5c; pink, psV 10, sc; Lima, per 10, 1Oc. BEETS-Per bu., 25zc. CHILIS-Evaporated, per ID, 2ss; grren, per ib, 25c.
 FRESH FISH. Southern California varieties, 15c pei ID; Columbia river salmon, 25c per ID; Northern California, 20c.
 POULTRY AND GAME. HENS-Per ID. PC.
 SPRING CHICKENS-DreSsed 4ot 60c.
 PEKIN DUCKS-65075c.
 FRESH MEATS. BEEF-Per fb. to 2Oc; veal, per ID. 8 to 2Oc; mutton, per ID. to 20c- RESH PORK-10Q15c HAMS-Medium, 15c. BACON-Breakfast. per ID, 13G14c- SALT PORK-:9G
 LARD-In tins, 3s. 35c; 5s, 65c; 1eS S1-25.
 FLOUR. FLOUR-LocaI. roller process, per cwt., $2.Go; graham. Der cwt.. s2.sl CORNAIEAL-Per cwt., S2.5O.
 COFFEES AND SUGARS. COFFEES-Centra1 American, green, 15Q25c; Peaberry, roasted. S0G35c; Mocha and Java, 25d soc; ArbuckIe's per lb, 15c; Lion coffee, per 10. 15c- SUGARS-Granulated cane, per Tn, 7c: cube. 71sci powdered. g.; C.. eEa
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
NOT CONCERNED.

Aren't you afraid people will laugh at your mode of dress?"
 Nc answered the srtrt-waist man. Any body who is wiling to make him. self warm laughing this kind of wea- ther hasn't judgment enough u make his opirion worth considering" As easy as lying" the Chinaman said. 'Is a phrase whose significance long
 since has fled. For in faIsehood for years We have had
 such a test That telling the truth seems like abso-
 lute rest"
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
SPECIAL TRAINS.

Beginning Sunday, July %, the Santa Fe will run a daily train to be known as the Camp Coronado Flyer" to Cor onado Beach. from San Bernardino via Highlands It will stop for passen- gers when signaled at Patton, High lands M5ntone, Redlands, Cotton Highgrove, Riverside. Casa Blanca, Arlington and Corona. This train will leave San Bernardino at an hour early enough t. connect at Orange with a similar daily leaving Los Angeles al 7:05 a. Tn. and arriving at Coronado about 10:45 a. m., stopping at Los Nietos, Fullerton. Anaheim, Orange. Santa Ana, Capistrano and Ocsanside on signal. Returning, this train will leave San Di5go at 5:1O ?. m, arrive at Los Angeles at $50, and making fast time, will get everybody hone early the same night, if desired. Tick5 ts are good to return on or before September 90. on any rgular train. The Santa Fe agent will give you full information about the train and special rate for round trip. Thss7 trains will go and come in the cool of the day, giving pas sengers a T0-mile ride on the ocean front and delightful stay at Coro nado Beach.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
MARKET REPORTS.
PHoENIx WHOLESALE PRICES.

copa creamery, 22c; TemI e-Mesa Pro- duce, Co.,, 22c; Valley Pride creamery, 22c.
 EGGS-Ranch, $6G6.5O per case.
 CHEESE-Eastern, fun cream, per ib, 1601Sc; home, 1O@12c.
 FRESH FRUITS AND BERRIES.
 APPLES-Per box, s215Q2.4O.
 LEMONS-Fancy, per case, @S.75R 425.
 FIGS-Fresh black. s1.4o per crate.
 WATERMELONs-s1q2 per dog.
 CURRANTS- 171zc per fb.
 BLACKBERRIES- 15c per box.
 LOGAN BERRIES-171kc per box
 APRICOTS-Per 2O-1b crate, : .75QL
 STRAWBERRIES Arizona Ever bearing, 15c per basket.
 ORANGES Late Valencias, $4 per case.
 SEEDLESS GRAPES-75c per crate.
 ARIZONA KHAKI CANTELOPES - $1.25q1.50 per crate.
 DRIED FRUITS.
 RAISINS-London layer, SS.20G2-5o; loose, per ib, 61ac; Thompson seedless, rose; SultantJ, 6hc.
 APPLES rzncy. 1z1ze.
 PEACHES-Fancy, 10c.
 PEACHES-Choice, s1zc.
 PLUMS-Pitted, choice, Toe.
 NUTS-Walnuts, fancy soft shells, 14c; almonds, paper shell, 15c; soft shell, He; hard shells, 9c per fo; oceans. 1O1ac; California, 12c; hlberts. 15; Bra zils, 14c; phones, 10c; peanuts, eastern, roasted, 11@12c; raw sQ1Oc; home raw, rose: roasted, 121zc; chestnuts. 1749 20c per Ib.
 FLOUR-Per cwt., local extra roller process, S2.35; graham. g per cwt-; whole wheat flour, s2.20 per cwt.
 CORN MEAL-White, s2 per cwt.; yellow, $2 per cwt.
 BRAN-Per ton, $15.
 POTATOES Early Rose, $1.75Q2 per cwt. ONIONS-s. S., s1.25 per cwt.
 CABBAGE-s1.40@165 per cwt.; in sacks. Crates, extra VEGETABLES-Be per cwt., S1.50; evaporated chilis per ID, 15c; green onions, per dozen punches, 25c; radishes per dozen punches, 25c; tomatoes, per box. $1.25; carrots, S1.50 per cwt.; green chilli, 17c per ib; summer squash, per box, 75c; cucumbers, 75c per box.
 BEANS-Sman white. &4.5O per cwt.; pinks, per cwt., s4; Lima. s5.5O95.75. COFFEEs AND SUGARS. COFFEES-Central American, 1S9 2Oc; Peaberry, 2O@22c; Mocha and Java, 3O@31c; Arbuckle's s14 per case; Lion coffee, $13.50. UGARS-Granulated cane, per cwt-, S625; cub, s6.75; powdered, 7c; c, s0 per fb. POULTRY AND CAME
 POULTRY-Hens. good heavy, per dozen, $5.5OQ6; Pekin ducks, live, per dozen, s5.5OG6; spring chickens. live pc ! dozen, $494,5O.
 MEATS. HADIS-Medium, 15c. BACON-Breakfast, per ID, 15c.
 LARD-Kettle rendered leaf, Ss. $s.4o; ] 5s, $6.3O; los, S62O. | DRY SALT PORK-Per ID, SC. HIDES, WOOL AND TALLOW.
 HIDES-Dry, 16d17c per 10; kip, 159 16c; calf, 16017c; bull, He; green, 51zq 6c per ib. | WOOL-Firm, from 15 to 1Sc. i TALLOW-Per ID, No. 1, 2G3c. | Wool peits from 9c per ID up; goat skins, from 121Ac up. HONEY AND BEESWAX.
 HONEY-Strained, per case, T.ss. BEESWAX-Per 10, 22@24c. alfalfa, per ton, $S. | GRAIN AND HAY. | WHEAT-Per cental, shipping, d.15. l HAY-Per ton, loose alfalfa, $7; bale BARI,EY-S1.05 per cwt. | Barley, rolled. s1.20 per cwt. | LIVE STOCK. | CATTLE-Fat, $3.50; feeders, S2-25g | 2.90. | CALVES-$4.0e. BOGS-$475. r | SHEEP-$4.ee
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

Experience is the Best Teacher. Use Acker's English Remedy in any case of coughs, colds or croup. Should it fail to give immediate relief money re- funded. 25 cents and 50 cents. Ben l.. Bes,r wholesale and retail druggist, Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

Dyspepsia Can be Cured by Using Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets. One little Tablet will give immediate relief or money refunded. Sold in handsome tin boxes at 9 cents. Ben L. Bear, whole sale and retail druggist, Phoenix, Ari- Zona.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

''Nictory belongs to the most perse- vering;" but the exile of St. Helena who said this forgot to notice that even perseverance can work in the wrong irection.-Indianapo Journal.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

At every picnic there is always one woman whose chief enjoyment of the day is to tell how she got up at 3 O clock that morning to bake a cake
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

Acker's English Remedy Will Stop a Cough at any time, and will cure the worst cold in twelve hours, or money refunded. 25 cents and 50 cents. Ben L. Bear, wholesale and retail druggist, Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

public to know that J.. Ernest Walker has the largest list of real estate to select from. either to sell or rent, in the valley. If you want tu pTlid he can put you in a building and loan association where monthly payments about equal to rent will secure you home. It will pay you to see him before buy ing, building or renting.
 FIRE INSURANCE a speciality. Some exceptional bargains and plenty of water in Buckeye valley. Money always on hand to LOAN or good security.
 J. ERNEST WALKER,
 The Real Estate Man. Remember the ofIice-26 South Sec ond Avenue. Tel. Main sol.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
HER REASON.

Husband-I don't sec why you have accounts in so many dry goods stores.
 Wife-Because. my dear. it makes the bills so much smaller.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

Every buaness man in Maricopa county to know that The Republicans job printing plant is the best equipped in all Arizona and that the prices and stock and styles are right. If you want bill heads or let ter heads or printing of any kind call at The Republican office or send word for OUT man to call on you.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FOR SALE-The Valley Meat Market, next to the postoffice; first class, with all up-to-date appurtenances; cold air storage, and everything neces- sary to make it one of the best mar kets in the west; can be bought for 75 per cent of it's actual cost.
 s. J. TRIBOLET.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FOR SALE Tent. 12x14. good condi-
 tion, $I; Salso good horse. buggy and
 harness. $40: must sell today. 303 West Washington Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

THE DOMESTIC, New Home and Climax Sewing Machines. rents 75c per week. J. s. Elstner, 4O7 East Washington Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

BELGIAN HARES- Lord Kitchener and King Bambury stock for sale or trade for chickens. Apply No. 5O1 North Fifth Avenue.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FOR SALE-Cheap transportation for lady and child to Chicago. Answer quick. H., Republican.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FOR RENT Horse pasture near town. Apply to F. H. Hutchins, at D. H. Rurtis'.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

loo MEN WANTED-Must have good appetites. Apply at the Pacific Grotto restaurant.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18
TUCSON TIPS.

Political Boomlets Launched in Pima
 County
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

WANTED-Cheap. for cash, single wagon, harness. good horse, 1-inch pipe and barrels. State particulars quick. H., Republican.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

ness. with the very best stock and up-to-date rigs This business is paying a good income. Good reasons for selling For further information address c. r. Tinsler, Prescott, Ari- ZOna.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

HORSE AUCTION August 21, at ? D. m.. on Mcclure ranch, 134 miles south of Capitol grounds, horses and ? colts. for pasture. w. L. Morris. Hammond. auctiOnEer.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FOUND A blue roan colt with bald face, about nine months old. Call at No. 40 South Center street for in formation.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

THE NEW DOMESTIC rents 75c per week. Supplies for all machines; repairing done. J. g. Elst91, 407 E. Washington St
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

FIRST-CLASS Chinese cook wants po stion hotel or boarding house. Ad dress Delmonico restaurant, No. 13O East Washington Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

It is said tha- District Attorney Coop
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

@SSssSSSSSs 3S ( ( ,!s POPULAT
 S$$$SS&SS
 Advertisements under this head oI
 No advertisementtakenfo for 100 MEN WANTED-Must have good
 appetftes. Apply at the Pacific Grotto restaurant.
 FOR SALE Tent. 12x14 good condi- tion, $I: salsO good horse buggy and
 harness. $40: must sell today. SO3 | West Washington Street.
 WANTED-Ch5ap. for cash single
 wagon, harness. good horse, Linen | pipe and barrels. State particulars
 quick. H.. Republican.
 lady and child to Chicago. Answer
 quick. H., Republican.
 FOR RENT-Nice front room, fur
 nished, with bath. Call 321 West Jefferson,
 FIRST CLASS. paying restaurant for
 sale in Jerome. Good reasons for sell
 ing. Address communications in care of D. D. Mcdonald. FINE improved farm for sale on Oak creek. fourteen miles from Jerome. i Alfalfa hay sells for $10 per ton loose. on the ground. Owns interest in ditch; plenty of water al all times.
 Growing crops, good house. great bargain. Address D. D. Mcdonald. A SNAP if taken this week; four roomed brick house and lot 10OX132 feet. $625. Only takes $125 to handle this; balance $S per month. If not
 sold this week will be advanced to
 S1, GOO. Apply 6O2 South Fourth Av- enue.
 WANTED-A young Japanese wishes
 situation at housework or care of grounds. Address K. this office. HORSE AUCTION August 21. at 1 ? p. m. on Mcclure ranch, 1% miles
 south of Capitol grounds, horses | and ? colts. for pasture. W. l.. Morris. Hammond, auctionseT-
 FIRST CLASS Chinese cook wants po stion hotel or boarding house. Ad- dress DelmOnico restaurant, No. l"O I East Washington Street.
 FOUND A blue roan colt with bald | face, about nine months old. Call at No. 40 South Center street for in l formation.
 THE NEW DOMESTIC rents 75c per | week. Supplies for all machines; repairing done. J. s. Elstoa, 407 E. | Washington St
 FOR SALE-First-cIas livery busi-
 ness. with the very best stock and
 up-to-data rigs This business is paying a good income. Good reasons
 for selling. For further information l address c. F. Tinsler, Prescott, Ari- ZOna.
 FOR RENT Horse pasture near town. | Apply to F. H. Hutchins, at D. H. | Rurtis'.
 BELGIAN HARES- Lord Kitchener 1 and King Bambury stock for sale or trade for chickens. Apply No. 501
 North Fifth Avenue.
 THE DOMESTIC, New Home and Climax Sewing Machines. rents
 75c per week. J. s. Elstner, 407 East Washington Street.
 FOR SALE-The Valley Meat Market,
 next to the postoffice; first class, with all up-to-date appurtenances; cold air storage, and everything neces-
 sary to make it one of the best mar
 kets in the west; can be bought for
 75 per cent of it's actual cost. s. J. TRIBOLET. 1 WANTED-The public to know that J. Ernest Walker has the largest list of real estate to select from. either 1 to sell or rent in the valley. ] If you want tu DTlid he can put you | in a building and loan association where monthly payments about
 equal to rent will secure you home. It will pay you to see him before buy ing, building or renting. FIRE INSURANCE a speciality. | Some exceptional bargains and plenty in,
Arizona republican., 1900-08-18

WANTED-Horses for pasture. Inquire 4 East Washington.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30
Necessity OF Early Training.

Begin early with your children. You
stand on the banks of river and you
try to change it's course. 1t has been
rolling now for 100 miles. You cannot
change IL. But just go to the source OF
that river, go to where the water Just
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30
HOME FOR HORSES.
Permanent Asylum for Equines That
Have OutIived Their Usefulness.

Have Outlived Their Usefulness.
Horses were the sole guests at a re-
cent dinner given by a company OF
English men and women who jour
neyed from London into the country
for the sole purpose of entertaining
their four-footed dependents. The
scene of the banquet was the Home of
Rest for Horses, Friar's place farm, Ac-
ton. 1t is an institution presided over
by the Duke of Portland, and patron
lied by many Of the best-known horse
lovers in the United Kingdom. Pri-
marily its object is to enable poor peo-
pie to obtain a few weeks rest and
recuperation for their overworked AMI
underfed beasts of burden, but it also
affords a permanent asylum for old ia
vorites that have outlived their use
fulness. The menu included chopped
apples and carrots, and slices of white
and brown bread. mixed with a few
handfuls of loaf sugar. Nothing could
have been more to the taste of the
guests, judging from the eagerness
with which they plunged their noses
into the delicate pot-pourri. There are
forty-three horses at the home-twen-
ty-three of them in the "old favorite'
or "pensoner' class-and two DON
keys. The most famous Inmate is
Boxes, an old charger of the Horse
guards, who survived the battle OF
Tel-el-Kebir. and was afterwards
bought by Dorothy Hardy, the artist
who used him as a model. He has beer
in the home six years. Then there Is
a superannuated brown gelding, whose
owner, a woman, provides him with
pillows and blankets. and has estab.
lished her home at Acton in order tC
be in constant attendance upon him.
| st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30
The traction companies of Chicago

The traction companies Of Chicago
run a great daily newspaper as a side
issue. 1t is reasonably to be supposed
that the paper is not being operated
for the purpose of direct revenue. Then
what can be the purpose Of its own
ers? Franchise grabbing is greatly
aided nowadays by newspaper support.
No wonder that the numbers of those
who claim that Satan is going into
the newspaper business are being aug
mented.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30

The best news which has come from
Cuba in many day is a statement by
Professor Frye, who went there to es-
tablish a system of education for the
island. In six months eighteen hun
dred and seventy-eight free primary
schools on the American plan have
been opened. The daily attendance is
now one hundred thousand. By May
Professor Frye thinks it will be one
hundred and fifty thousand. Cuba libre
may still be a long way off, but this
is certainly the road which leads to it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30

Undaunted by the verdict of other
communities as to the immortality of
Alphonse Daudet's "Sapho" in it's
dramatic form, the citizens of one
western town evidently adhere to the
theory that seeing is believing. The
chief of police and his captains, the
police judge, the mayor and divers
members of the w. c. T. u. occupied
front seats at "Sapho" performance
in the strict line of duty, of course.
This method of censorizing alleged i'm
moral plays may be destined to become
extremely popular. 1t smacks a good
deal of the Parkhurst method of pay
ting midnight visits to the Bowery
hootchy-kootchy establishments in
the interest of purity. In other words,
it gives pious people a chance to sam
pie forbidden fruit under the pretext
of caring for public morals, and that is
q temptation difficult to resist.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30

The curious grammatical error-al-
most incOherency-of the famous Mon
roe Doctrine has often been comment
ed upon. Something near a parallel to
it appears in the recently negotiated
treaty between this country and Great
Britain for the construction and con-
of that treaty provides that ratifica-
tions Of it shall be exchanged within
six months of the date hereof,or earlier
If possible!" And the treaty was writ
ten and carefully revised and re-re-
vised by one of the most accomplished
literary men of the age. 1t is perhaps
because the slip is so obvious that it
passed notice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-30

While the Emperor of Russia has
been seeking with noble ambition to
reform the warlike habits of European
nations through the reduction of mill
tary and naval outlay, the empress
has also been at work in another field
of operations. She has been setting
the example of simplicity and economy
in dress at luxurious court. The en-
peror as a man of peace found himself
surrounded with soldiers who were
guarding the approaches to the palace.
He disliked military reviews, and re-
duced the number of battalions en-
ployed for the purpose of protecting
him. 1t was a practical method of
letting his subjects know how that he
took little pleasure in the pomp and
glory of military power. The empress
as the daughter of the late Grand
Duke of Hesse, had been brought UP
in a quiet German court, where there
were few great functions and where
princesses were accustomed to dress
plainly. She became the central figure
of the court of st. Petersburg, where
there were magnificent ceremonials
and the great ladies were arrayed in
the costliest Partisan costumes. She
has astonished them by the quietness
and plainness of her own gowns or
stately occasions, and by her lack OF
interest in the luxurious pleasures oil
a rich and powerful court.