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â€"““‘O “v; .l scum, she wduld not be so extravagant as tohave the iaces cut up in an effort to fit them to the prevailing mode. Mrs. A. T. Ste-Wart was, 1n her life- time. the ml“ of the finest laces in the land. As the Wife of the great merchant prince she had unusual op- portunities for picking 11%) odd but valu- s o able blts in all w the world, as her husband’s part of (the “pool” purchase at this sale, and .were subsequently sold by Mrs. \Villiam H. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Corning, the present owner. There are many pretty "legends of the origin of lace-making, and one of the prettiest is the story of the Vene- tian sailor who, on the eve of a sea voyage, gave to the woman he loved a piece of beautiful sea-weed, to keep while he was absent, in memory of him. He sailed away, and the girl cared for his gift with constant devotion, sup- erstitiously fancying that upon its pres- ervation depended the safety of her lover or the endurance of his love for her. Therefore .when she discovered that the seaweed was slowly drying up and falling to pieces, she caught' the fine leaves and branches with thread against a piece of linen, and placed in this pretty legend, however, for some fine examples of the lace- makers’ art have been traced back to the period of about 1000 years before Christa, \Vhile the art is an ancient. one, thefiner qualities did not ap- are those of the South Kensington Museum, in London, and the Bruges Mmseum, although the Cluny Mus- sum, in Paris, contains inestimable specimens of antique lace. French women are notably fond of laces, and a valuable piece is handed with almost religious care. The fam- ous Honiton set of Queen Victoria is of such incalcuable value that her Ma- jesty has worn it only four tunesâ€"at her own and. other royal weddings. flounces, veil and bodice trimmings to be placed on the wedding ghwn of this . Princess. The Queen of taly is par- ticularly well endowed with this deli- s cate fabric, and the cream of her collec- tion consists of super-b pieces of Mal- tese lace, some of it said to be 2500 years old. 1 Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt; (Mm ] William Astor and Mrs. Hicks-Lord are ‘ perhaps the owners of the finest laces in New York. Mrs. Astor is credited somewhere between $25,000 and $30,000. She has never been seen to wear it, but if she did there w ‘d probably be some broad but polite smiles in the fashionable assemblage. In the first place, the gown would b sadly out of l l l 1 t d 4 1 c 4 ] l E I. J t date, and. notwithstanding her riches. :5 ous tioqiton se of such Incalcua jest}: has worn. he: OIW‘D and N0 reater evic' 0‘ t 6 Qpeen At the time the laces of. Empress Eu- gene were solid at auction the Astors were heavy buyers. They pooled with the Vanderbilts and the Rothschilds so as to avoid bidding against one an- other. These three great families se- lected an agent to do the buying, and at the terminaticm of the sale the pur- AIL---V ‘ millionaire and multi-millionaires. The women members of families Who have been rich for many generations will have an advantage over others, as in the days of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers the ownership of. fine lace was a social necessity. The Astor collection of laces, for in- stance, is very fine and ranks with any at the private collections abroad. At the time the laces Of Frmnrpeq mnâ€" An effomt is making now to rehabi- litate the lace-wearing fashicm, and if it be successful it will draw a very sharp distinguishing line ‘b-etween than a. march poorer woman, for the simple reason that it wduld consume her husband’s entire fortune in a. very short time. It has been a. fad of r037- azlty for ‘numberless years, but the kings and queens spend orther peo- ple’s money, so they can afford to be luxurious. The Habit of Wearing Rich and Costly Lace llas of Late Been Dying Ontâ€"“'hat the luxury has ('ost Some or the Favored Ones. Once in a while a bit of informa- tion leaks out in unusual channels which call attention to a fact that is generally forgotten or ignored. The other day burglars blew open the safe of an uptown modiste in New York, 9 and stole something. There was no- 5 thing remarkable about that, for it is f a habit burglars have. But it happen- 1' that they got into the safe fer the;’ part1cular purpose of stealing 6 yards f of lace Now, why burglars should go to f 9.11 that trouble and run all that risk I for the sake of 6 yards of lace seems on i the surface a deep mystery. ! When the theft was reported at ,3. police headquarters the reason was .11 Plain. The little bit of lace was worth 1’ mare than fifty times its weight in gold. Tivemty years ago it cost ex- i1 with $1000 a yard, or $6000 for the ll piece. Today its value is between '5 $8000 and $9000. I“ For some years the fashion of wear- ,5 ing costly laces has been allowed to 'c die out, perhaps because so few wo- ’1 men could afford to indulge in it, no {C matter how great the riches of their f: husbands car fathers. The wife of the l 1: ordinary oneâ€"time millionaire can no l“ more afford to accumulate costly laces l 9 RIUH AND RARE LAGES. BLEW A SAFE OPEN FOR SIX YARDS OF LACE. On this the executioner turned him, and yet he triumphed over the tyrant by telling nim, with great serenity, that he was roasted enough, and only wanted serving up. The next moment he died. .. . - Anagoras, the philosopher, who main- tained himself by keeping a school, being aslked if he Wished for anything, replled: “lee the boys 3. holiday,” and ~ food. ’- . . Far 3.11}th Wish it to be done and the eiepha nt icnstanced Wit h the tortoise, far behmd, .and among fig] ,_ wwu HUN/LL. U11. LrLl'U ULUBI' 5hand, it would not be difficult to find a oentenarian Who attributed his Long lifeflto total abstinence froim all iptoxiâ€" -â€"v-â€"v\.-. VVMW‘ There is also a story, truth by a. reputable p Irish-man who lived se‘ yond the century mark, his longevity to the fa glom‘ijemt to_ bed sober! (an 11:3 body Expiaiu the 101cc» of‘milue “Mir; 1: P1020113: Lift" . 1 3b The death of Hanna Chard, said to 1b ethe oidest woman in Southern New IJersey, at 3Ii£lville on Wednesday, at ithe age. of 103 years, was an event ca. 1- :ing forth mole than usual attention. It {is given to few of us to survive the ‘ravages of time for so long a period, Ior to retain, as this patriarch did, pos- lsession of all our faculties long after ithe a loted age of humankind. It is re- iated that Mrs. Chard We 3 not only in good health, but that she looked for- gward With lively anticipation to the .ce.1_brat on bf her 100th birthday, these occasions having been observed 111 1th great Spirit in re cent years by her $300 or mo1e giandchilldren and great- Egrandchiidren. AS. is usual in such casts, this instance of extreme lenge-’ vity has awakened great curiosity as to of centenarianism actually occurred, but that point has been settled beyond dis- pute. The mode of life best adapted to produce such: longevity, however, reâ€" mains to be determined, as it usually happens that the centenariians differ widely in their habits. .Mrs. Chard, it is said, has been a habitual smoker since her 16th year, and the p1pe was her favorite diversion. (But it has not been long since, in asilmilar case, the cen- tenarianâ€"a manâ€"was reported as nev- er havmg touched tobacco. g â€" v-‘Lâ€"--U“' .1. L‘UL', out: {1.531511 1.: ULLL-H’Jl U.) ‘an artist and then engraved on a cop- per plate, from which it is printed on long strips of parchment. Pieces of linen are attached to the parchment, and the pattern is traced with thread. The ground netting of the lace is then worked out. More than twenty ex- Perienced hands are required to do their several kinds of work before the tiniest bit of point d’AJlencon can be Produced. Some of this lace has brought as much as $1600 a yard, but this is an exceptionally high price. It can :be seen by this that the fad of lace collecting is a most costly one, and possible only to those who have a , limitless income. ‘ GREAT lVIEN’S LAST \VORDS Mrs. John Jacob Astor has a Vene- ~ tian rose point lace fan purchased last 3 fall at the sale of a famous collection ’for $1300. It may not be the most ex- pensive tan in the world, but there are 9 j a few which cost; more. The .stlcks are i of mother of pearl, w1th a delicate trac- e : erv in gold. It is‘ needless to say that 'l .' this ’fan is seldom used, for in the forushes which characterize the aver- - iage society function it would probably . ’be smashed to filinders and the guazy ’ ilace totrn into shreds. ’ i The eccentric. Queen of Belgium has ’ j a lace gown whlch cost a fabulous sum. ; {It is said to contam 60 yards of lace gof various widths. Some wildly im- g‘aginative people, }n writing of this gown, have placed its cost. at $1,000,000. 3\Vhen the vaufle of lace .18 being con- i side-red there is a wide field for error fat hand. {At the utmost the lace gown iof Belgium’s Queen could hardly have fcost more than $75,000, and one-half“ ’of that sum might cover the total. f I The collection of Mrs. Hicks-Lord is gsaid to contain the famous point de} l { Brussels shawl once owned by Eugenie. Mrs. Hicks-Lord keeps all of her treasâ€" iures locked up in the vaults of a safe } deposit company, and as she never goes jinto society nowadays it is difficult to ,name her possessions with any degree gof. accuracy. This shawl has been valued at $30,000. Eighty experts 3‘ worked on it for a year, and the Em- press Eugenie wore it three times. Since then it has never been worn. Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt owns som efine bits of point CPAJIGHCOD, one _ of the costliest laces in the world. The ll reason of the great cost is due, of J caurse, to the amount of intricate labor 1 required. First, the design is drawn by l a n“ n..L:..L M“ l a I at $600,000, but since then they have been scattered far and Wide. SCIEHCE’ 0F LONGEVITY. 9’ reputab L- 3 1:8- physipian, OI ELLGIJA'G pflySlClaIl, OI an ilV'Ed several years be~ mark, and éttributés the. fact _that he sel- stqry, ‘related as the Whale Ii§-e, ranking not fww, the carp THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, Ami; 29,1897. 911 the bther I have seen mendicant better days, began the haggflhav? I, said the Approached 'Buty I don’t think this rain will last 1“!- (13' W aUace as private secretary. Moreover, he was always good temper- ed, even when Sir Riuhard and Lady W'allace were most irritable 3.sz blue, and the entnre VVaflace .estabhshment cagne the inseparable oompanibn 0f hér W'ldUWhOOd.‘ ' \ It is admitted that Mr. Murray was invaluable to both Siir _ Richard and Lgdy \Vallace as private secretarv- than. 3113 Mamie; eaafiisfiigefl not to her grandchildren, but to the, stalwart and gbqq-looking yoqéng Eng- lscrkmnm --.¢L.- mum scout Murray Falls Heir to the Estate of Bally Wallace. It is seldom that a private secretary reaps such a magnificent Windfall as John Scott Murray, Who is constituted by the will of the late Lady \V‘allaoe the chief legatee of her fortune, roughâ€" ly computed at about forty millions. \Vhen Sir Richard “rail-lace succeeded to the property of his brother, the fourth Marquis of Hertford, probate duty was paid upon personality in Eng-o , land to the extent of eighteen millions, ‘ i This did not imdlmde the extensive esâ€" tates of the marquis of England, Scot- land, and Ireland, nor his possessions on the continent, Where he spent the major portion of his life, rarely visit- ing England. Indeed, it was stated at the time of his death that by far the larger moiety of his fortlume was lo- cated abroad. At the death of Sir Richard \Vallace in 1890, he left everything ’00 his widow, and it is known that he vastly inereas- ed has for-tune during the twenty years that he enjoyed it by means of exten- sive sales of real estate. Lady . NVal- lace. died, leaving all flhle magnificent amd Priceless art collections formed by Sir Richard \Vallaoe and by the late Mesquite 0f_Hertford to the Brltls‘h na- , John Scozlt Murr; LEFT HER SECRETARY MILLIONS “vuuuu .LJJJLW .1“;- marks, in giving these already spoken of, there are re-distributions of forces from time to time and reliefs of some vessels by others. But the Mediterran- ean, especially along ‘the Levantine coasts, certainly presents a remarkable naval spectacle at this tlmxe. l Austria’s force was the cruiser Maria I Theresa, the small battle-ship Stefanie, ' the gunboats Satellit and Sibonico, and the destroyers Sperber, ‘bitz, besides the cruise L, at Part Said. Germany’s chief vesse Elster and Ki- r Franz Josef erin Augusta, the others being old cor- vettes used as a training squadron. smoall’ battle-ships Hydr , Spetsai and Psara, ahd the older ones, Georg'ios and 5 3 Italy at the same date had actually 'gin Ore-tan waters the big battle-ships ‘Siicilia, Re Umberto, Francesco Moro- sini, Andrea, Dora and Ruggiero di lLaurie, and the cruisers Vesuvio and Emisdioe, while the cruisers Marco Po- l-o,‘ Ligurio and Dogali were also then already there or under orders to pro- ceed thither. Of course, all Italy’s home vessels are within easy reach. France, however, seems to rely on her inaval strength at Toulon for most of her readiness for action. At the time {spoken of she had actually Withdrawn i a few vessels from the Levant. The crui- 3 sers Charmer. Suchet, Troude, \‘Taittl'l _ gnies and Fosbin, however, represent- , 1 ed her in the Levant, and several ves- i i sels seemed to he mamnig ready to join * ithem. Between Sebastopol and Vigo, : France had, it is said, eight battle-ships and seven cruisers. } Russia, between the same two points, i had eleven battleâ€"ships and five cruis- i ers. :A't Crete Where the Navarin, C'izloi, Veliky, Nicholas 1., and Alexan~ der 1L, all battle-ships, and the Ad- miral Seniavine and Grosiostchy, also armored. while a gun vessel and two torpedo boats were at Messina, under orders to join them. In the Black Sea fleet at Sebastopol were six battle- ships. J The British Mediterranean fleet is ”(set down by the London “Times” of J a recent date as thirty~two strong, ex- ielusive of torpedo craft. Five battle- ; ships, the Revenge, Trafalgar, Barfleur, iCampeI‘td-mvn and Rodney; tWO CTUJS- ers, the Scout and Fearless; the sloop J Nymphs, the gunboats Dryad and Ear- rier, and the torpedo boat destroyers were recently in Cretan harbors, with the battleship Nile and destroyer Dragon, Ardent, Bruiser and Boxer Banshee at the Pi-reeus. The battle-‘ ships Ramillies, Hood and Anson were J at Malta, the Prince George to go to J the Mediterranean, and so on. TheJ ohanmel squadron was at that time at J Viga, on its way to Gibraltar. J The importance attached by the lead- ing powers of Europe to the Cretan crisis may be judged by the naval forces they-have at Can-ea, at the Piraeus, at Smyrna, and at various points of ob- servation in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. The Ships Availabie fur Blmzkading or Other Naval Operations. THE FLEET IN THE LEVANT. A CRUEL CUT. THE IE8? SPHERE MEBEGINE Cures all Blood Diseases, Pimple to the worst Scrofulous Sore. the Chest and all Throat, Bronchial and Lung Diseases Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Q Sore Throat, Group, Whoop~ ing Cough, Quinsy, Pain in Price 256. and 50c, Pleasant and Perfect Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Sweet Girl (mystified)â€"\Vhyâ€"Why, \Vhflt 'did he say? Papaâ€"He requested the pleasure of a series of games of chess with me. The first ones we Will play this evening, and after that every third evening dur- ing the Winter. I hope, my dear, you will keep out of the library, as chess is a very absorbing occupation. THE MOST_PROMPT, Papaâ€"Yes, and to oblige him I con- sented. I suppose time hangs heavy on his hands. Sweet Girl (a.nxiously)â€"â€"Did Fredâ€"I mean Mir. Nicezfellow call to 5-33 you to- day, papa? in its fire brigade. The water supply of the village consists simply of four great tubs, and it is the: duty of the women “firemen” to 'keep these full in case of fire. They stand in two contin- uous lines from t‘hoe tubs to the lake, about three streets away, one line passing the full buckets and the “other sending them back. FEMALE FIRE FIGHTERS. The little town of Nwsso, in Sweden has a feminine department, 150 strong The n. odern stand- ard Family Medi- cine : Cures the m common e"ery- day ills of humanity. FRED HAD W'EAKEN ED. The “Chronicle” ”*9“ Local N4 N. B.--To ensurea first-class hides must be Salted as soon a UPPER TOWN, SATISFACTION All kinds of Buggies Road Darts, Waggnns, Stoves, am Musical astr‘amem FROST (z; WOOD, WILKINSON, MAXWELL, new process, which fair and Sofbness can’t be beat. SKINS, SKINS, Etc., Tanned Suitable o rROBES and COATS by the .ew process, which for Finish n1: QA““" . . - Robe Tann 1ng. IMPLEMENT AGENT. BYt-he aid nfThe “D. 65 L." E. 22239171, 0 rid ofa hacking cough which I‘m-:1 mum nvvr a. year. and have gnnnad crush a weight. Illkeq this Ezmxksiun so “v.1 ; when the time came around :0 tab: it. o '1‘. H. WINGILL‘J, (5.". ‘.._f 0 DAVIS mwmcs ca, m, a: a a a w 6; «255 62 ea In CONSUMPTION am? :2” KING v 0 mamas, SPITI‘IXQ}: «923109;; 9 COUGH, LOSS OF AE’PE'Z‘I'I‘SZ, 0 DEBILITY. the benefits 01‘ this 0 Q article are most manifest. BE SURE AND CALL. Big Warerooms in Upper Town, all kinds of Farm Implements. luv eluding the makes of s. Wny so many deal with us. m: m' buy for cash and sell at a modest profit. “76 keep in stock in 00.:- :Relief f0; .Lung sTroubZeS Do Without Implements. l‘zecmsas they can’t sow or reap profitably Without them. But. when the; buy, they naturally want to do as: as cheaply as possible. This is @0609@ and other well-know manufacturers. GUARANTEED kept- on hand DURHAM Oil the horse $02118 at L059 pounds. It is said in N?“ Me., has mm? W town oi simllzxr M In Kansas C 313' ~ it s bila 3-Way_ in)? “mi; 1 s). 'â€" TWO w biteâ€"W m g. (1' visits to Robert. Mu ChBStGI, Md., but 3;» uded efforts '10 cup! ' ~ W drummem Harryz Llfllhh 1‘!“ 1 11121 11511., Shot and 1 1111111111 1 it any serious injun :1 9131' measures 3 Tea {111111 119:1‘1; 7 feet 3 inches :11: r055 11111 La grippe 11:15 11.11. 1119.91 White C1ty, 113., 3111 the unpropltmus to 11111 511 i 1115 them who sough1:1 1112101111 3 11 IS I left the place, 311:. a. doctor. 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