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) t ' - Part Two NBA! JO IUJRNA H Pages 9 to 16 iL 'A A rillCE FIVE CENTS. INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1900. FRICE FIVE CENTS. 0; o; 0: 0: : o; 0: 0 ol o; 0: ox 0: O; o: oX oj 0: 0: o: ox 0: o" S ox c: o5 c; o ox ox 0: 0$ 0: ox oX o o; ox ol o x ox ox o ox 01 oooo c ' 2 o oo 050 jJO o o o o o TT QJJ Ms But wonderful how it dovetails into the fashion literature of the day. A little style is good for the best of us and a bit of economy doesn't hurt the wealthiest. The Ayres store has long kept one aim one idealin view, namely, to be first on the market with fashion's fairest fancies and to price them in a way to compel your confidence. Panne Velvet Who can describe its richness, 0 its luster, its elecance? Who can z.s resist its beauty? Panne is to qX fabrics what gold is to precious 05 metals, and what the diamond is among: gems. France submitted Oj it to the w;orld; fashion honored it 05 with unmistakable approval and X womankind has accepted it with 05 real delight. More now thanev- 0 er to show you. oX J O; IK PLAIN COLORS w Light Blue, Pink, Turquoise, Reseda, 05 Heliotrope, Maize, Lavender, Yellow, 0 Scarlet. Black, Cerise, White and Pearl 0 Gray. $3 uO a yard. IN FANCIES Persian and other rare printed effects at .84.50 Carreau Silks qs A novelty, certainly, but a very 0 charming one. 0 What we show are prettily-fig- ; urcd foulards about 33 inches square. The quality is excellent and the designs most appropri ate for their purpose shirt waists. Three squares make a waist, each, one dollar. Foulards You arc rid of one unmistaka- OJ ble worry when choosing a fou- A 11 ,.1nw4n OT-rvM -All ox least all those that sell for a dol- 0 lar a vard or more. ox x OX 0: Moreover, louiara makes a most comfortable and thoroughly 0 J 4 useful gown. OX As to designs ana colorings, . . . . " ours excel in a regard most im- portant. ivery style we snow is 0 new and of individual selection. j We've seen to it that all those o 0J dainty pastel shading's should be 0 represented, then picked some of the prettiest darker tints and 0$ brightened the whole with clever 05 Persian and novelty printings, OX 81 for Twilled and Plain Weaves. ox OX OX o ox ox OX $ OX OX ox SI-IO for Lustrous Liberty Foulards. Night Robes The woman who doesn't use care and taste in the selection of these necessary garments is the excep- tion, not the rule. Some carry extravagance to the extreme andjadded ten from stock and repeat ox 0; willingly pay $5, $6 and $7 for 5 particularly dainty affairs of 05 nainsook and lace. These ap 0; ponded prices are not for them J but rather for those who demand q a reasonable amount of goodness O; and tasty decoration. We head $ the list with those excellent em q pire cambric gowns at 69c o: o: o: ox ox OX o ox ox There are three styles, all long and full, and neatly finished, with a tucked round yoke and narrow lace Inser tlon; choice 00c There's a low-neck Gown also that Is In high favor, groups of tucks are pret tily set In embroidery, excellent value at OSc OX Perhaps a simpler style, but with greater m. ... . - U wearing quality, is more to your ox ox ox OX o OX ox o OX OX ox o ox OX Ov ox ox If so, we recommend one of Simon Stern's fine Muslin Gowns. It is made with embroidery and tucks at neck and sleeves and is, withal, thor oughly cood 89c We've recently replenished our stock of lower-priced Gowns. Three styles at ....50c One of Cambric, with tucked yoke. at 40c Another of Muslin, with square yoke and ruffled and tucked sleeves and neck: this 30c n iLo O O O O O O OOO OOOOOOOOOOoOUuUUUQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuvyuuugoDOgOOOOOOOOOOOO oocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo IT INDIANA'S GREATEST DISTRIBUTERS OF DRY GOODS Store Spring Suits Styles switch arpund in a way most puzzling-; and yet, withal, the changes now to be recorded are more of an evolution than a radical departure from recent models. The skirt still clings but the) tendency is to crowd more mate-al1 rial into the back breadths. The t Windsor is a decided favorite. Coats are almost all close fit ting and decidedly short. Some of the Eton styles scarcely reach the belt; others extend scarcely to exceed three inches below it. As to materials, cheviot con- tinuesa prime favorite, but elty mixtures and not a few home spuns demand attention. English Venetians and worsteds prevail ii. ? . among xne nigner-pricea cos tumes. A few prices: AT SIO OO-Costumes of Black Cheviot Seree. made with short half-fitting. Fly-front Coat-Suits that will compare well with many of the $13 kind. AT 812.73 Homespun Suits that are strictly all wool, made with tight-fitting, single-breasted Jack et and Windsor Skirt. Four colorings Blue, Brown, Gray and Oxford. AT 814.75 Eton style, of Homespun; Skirt-and Jacket are both trimmed with Applique of Black Taf feta, Looks a full $20 worth. AT 822-50-A wonder of value, this: tight-fitting Jacket and new shape Skirt, made of bright Black, Pebbled Cheviot; the costump lined throughout with Taffeta Silk. AT JSSo.OO-English "Worsted Suits, in a gray "salt and pepper" effect, strictly man made and the equal in every respect of a $30 custom-made Costume. At 825. 835 and 80 a comprehen- iBvc Buum! "i 'ouus "ic uuu"a w Vcicv.b icLiiui iiife unit iicgaiu uitiiiri lau. A Box Coat It is made of light-weight coat ing" cloth, English style, loose back a style that promises to dominate the fashions in spring wraps. Priced but $12.50. Coats and Waists The bitter cold of Saturday afternoon interfered greatly with TioQn1fnf winteriackets and silkJworth learning and what hecan't waists, particularly the waists, Of 43. 23 are still unsold, whereas a bright day would scarcely have ieft one to end the story. We've Uhe invitation. Choose Monday from SILK WAISTS, formerly JS.T5, $10, $12 and $15, at 8G-75 Of the winter jackets we still hold some three score. Part will be displayed in the window, thd rest on tables, second floor. Values $15 to $23 priced $6-50 Panama Suiting This'is a tailoring worsted that, except for its lighter weight and decidedly lower price, you'd pro nounce English. But it isn't A Frenchman made it and by some manner of means made it much cheaper than the man across the channel. We show four shades. French Panama Suitings, 50 inches wide, of pure All-wool Worsted, the yard ...81.50 (In Biege. Gray, Brown and Cadet.) Another, tailoring hardly to be equaled In this vicinity at the price, is a ready- sponged. All-wool, 50-inc1 Cheviot; "We have all the popular colors at 8125 m" 1r1 ,T 1 , 00000 11 Wool Crepes Soft and clinging as a shadow? a dainty ? fashionable, durable Hhem again. Profits we wiped and comfortable dress material. out None other is so elastic and very few so light weight. For church, reception or part' wear it is ai-sis most an ideal fabric Some is of wool other weaves have a silk warP - We show both- Gray, Castor, Cadet, Tan. Heliotrope tueiau; and Green are favorite shades. Three qualities here; two at $1.35 A pretty Silk Warp one at S1.S5 Foulardettes A fashion letter in an Indian apolis paper recently devoted half a column to the praise and dis- nov-cussn of this handsome Eng-I lish fabric It spoke of the ma-! terial as "Mercerized Foulards," a trood designation, for without the invention of Mercer, cotton could not be made to so splendid ly Counterfeit silk, and "foulard"? tells the whole story of their; pretty and stylish printing. Our second importation has ar-! rived just as the last of the first lot was disappearing. CS designs, 30c a yard. Embroidered Swiss r .They call it mohair muslinia the East just why is hard to guess, A for it isn't muslin and there's no mohair in its make-up. But whether embroidered swiss or mohair muslin" there's a wealth of it here that is bewildering in extent. Half a hundred new styles ar rived from their mountain makers sauced. last week. Opened for you to morrow. Pretty dots and conventional figures, embroidered on to stay, 30-inch width 50c Finer ones, more elaborate designs, wider widths and parti-colored effects, at 75c, 00c, 81, 81-5, 8150 and Irish Dimities That you won't find elsewhere; or here either if the present de- mands continue. Perhaps we've . ...a. e told you that the manasrer of this wash goods section was a ucitast man. v nat ne aon i . I TT . ...!' " know about Irish textiles isn t - . - . ... ..1 secure in the way of exclusive ? styles and price concessions isnts i worth trying for. We 5how at Present over two hundred pieces of real Belfast Dimities in as ? mnnv rl ff errr t Hsle-n or rolnrlnerS- They are mostly confined to this store alone. That's as near exclusiveness as one could ask. and it does not ad vance the price; choice at 25c American Dimities are just about as numerous, almost as pretty, scarcely 1 J MA. less fine and quite, a good deal cheaper, a yard 15c and 18c The Exhibition of Water Color Paintings Will be continued Monday and Tuesday. The kind compliments of press and public make us wish s fViüt if mitrVif rw rnntiniiffl in s v ö- ( definitely, but several of the paintings are only loaned and must be returned. Such as have been sold reflect a discerning and appreciative -taste on the part of the purchasers. If you have need of a picture,. this exhibiton should not be missed; but if VOU wish toSare shown in a- variety rivaling the worn- $w . A - ' , J , Jen's assortment; as low as 50c each, as 0 come just for the pleasure of see ing, consider yourself just as welcome. llUO Uli n-3 a k ma; iiuucsii you to see some of the new Draperies. Those Photographs of Swedish Beau ties are convenient, too. Then the Miniature Artist but why multiply words? Come. Coo ; X o XO Xo X Xo to .So Xo o xo xo So 's All. MöilL ö oooo 00000000000 00m xo XO xo xo Xo 2 xo 2 o FursFinis We probably won't mention xo several weeks ago, and what's Xo now left of price would scarcely iO pay for the uncut pelts. The lot small, too small to carry to a Xq following season, even if that ;0 old-fashioned method prevailed $ here, which it doesn't. Here's Xq M A. .1. Two American Seal Collarettes remain that sold at $35. Each has a six-Inch border and tabs of Blue Fox; choice 817.75 So o One American Seal Collarette, made In sO J French pattern, with top collar, revcrs and tails of Brown Marten, has been reduced from $63 to...S35 00 A similar style to the above, but which earlier sold at $73, may now be had for S37 .V) One Astrakhan Tab Collarette, with fir inch border of Japan Fox and cluster of Fox Tails, a stylish $30 gar ment, now : $35 00 to $q V jo SO One $S3 Collarette of Gray Lynx q is reaucea to XO A Persian Lamb Collarette, with Japan Fox trimming, drops from $03 to 84500 Xo o Xo An $S3 Tab Collarette of real Seal, Stone Marten trimmings. is .$55-00 A Persian Lamb and Marten French Collarette, instead of $95. is now 800 00 JO handsome Mink Cape has been reduced from $250 to S130-00 A beautiful Seal . Cape, with x XO XO Marten trimming, that was $330. is now 8175 00 10 Besides the above there are five sQ storm collars and a few fine scarfs 5 o that are quite as decidedly re- $Q 50 XO xo XO Baby Belongings There's nothing too rrood for Q . , ny. . , . . XO w.x, - -.r. uv,Ui, w infnntfi' Wfnrnhlr4 is fminrlprl nn n that assumotion She who selects XO inai assumption, one WOO SeiCClS its dainty Ireigüt ot miniature 0 garments is a mother who appre- Jo . 11 1 Ciates all the points Of nicety that j a xi 1 a e r j V7 are so uear xo xae u car is ui iouu nts She kflows wh X XO XO Xo ruffle is too wide, what lace is too what t le3 are craceiul XO and what arenotshe knows and XO he actg ofl the knowledge of Xo rill Inner timf liora rxrtA k eep the bab y comfortable. t . ;Q The little frocks for spring and Xn summer have been arriving for a $C week past. Those in sizes from $5 .... . six months to two yeärs are made q with yokes. Three to six-year JO sizes have waists and trimmed skirts. Both embroidery and lace 5q s use(J liberally in trimming, JO While tucks, if possible, are em- 5 , , . . . k heretofore. As to prices: We show pretty "White Dresses at 81. More elaborate ones of fine Nainsooks and India Linens, embellished with fine So XO Xo X XO Xo o x Xo Xo x XO Xo Xo x laces and embroideries, range in price up- ward to gs. Spring Frocks. of Pink and Blue Lawns, are shown for little maids from 2 to 6 years old. Pretty ones at 75c. More elegant designs up to 8JJ.50. All sizes (2 to 12 years) of Puffed Underwaists, prettily trimmed with lace 50c Umbrella Skirts, in sizes up to 14 years, xo high as 82-75. XO Xo Silk and Cashmere Toques have been Drougm out in ugnier weignts ior spring. ;q A. . . M Ä M i - - . - 1' 50 Jo silk, with a zigzag border In Roman colors. The Cashmere one3 are almost as pret- SO ty and some cheaper; enUrely new styles XO at COc XQ . . XO Xo xo O R QUESTION OF THE TIME THE POLITICAL EFFECTS OF TRAJfS COXTIXEXTAL CANALS. Author of "The American Common wealth" on Results That May Follow In the Case of the United States. At any time but the present the conclu sion of a convention varying the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1S50, and thereby opening up the way to control, by the United States, of a transcontinental canal from the Caribbean sea to the Pa cific ocean, would have excited the widest and keenest attention In England. It Is, no doubt, true, that since the failure of the Lesseps Panama canal scheme, European Interest In the piercing of the isthmus has greatly flagged. People hastily assumed that this failure meant the abandonment of the project for a long time to come, and neither the Nicaragua scheme, which has been so much talked of In the United States, nor the Panama scheme revived, on less ambitious lines than those of Les seps, by a new company, had brought the matter back within the practical horizon of ordinary people in Europe, Now, however, the fact that a diplomatic obstacle which had stood In the way of political action by the United States has been removed, places the enterprise at once upon a different level. It Is assumed to be a sign that the ies Is eTlsy t"nfcklnff ,of with resources which will make Its com pletion certain. And the results of that completion must be to momentous that they would receive, as they certainly de serve, the fullest attention in Europe, but for the preoccupation of all minds with the South African war, and with the further complications to which that war may pos sibly give rise. Things being what they are, little is said in England about the new convention, and though some of our news papers comment of the fact that no con sideration has been given by the United states for the concession by England of what had been held to be a valuable right possessed by her under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, the general good will towards the United States and the desire to retain the friendship of the American people have contributed, along with the preoccupation q already mentioned, to check any corn er) plaints that might otherwise have been heard. I 7 f In f . A x 1 f - At is, ui l:uue, nui yei nnown in jng- land what action the United States will be likely to take, now that its hands are free, But, assuming that It decides to support either the Nicaragua scheme or the Pana ma scheme, and that a canal will, within the next few years, be constructed and placed under the control of the United States, the consequences for all maritime powers must be far-reaemg. They will affect not only the commerce of the world. but also its political relatioqs. RESULTS FROM THE SUEZ CANAL. In thinking of these consequences one's mind naturally turns to the Suez canal, the only, great. precedent applicable, and to the consequences for .Europe and Asia which 1 nave loiiowea irom 11s opening, it was long supposed by Lord Palmerston as like ly to be prejudicial to the political interests of Britain as a power with interests both in the Mediterranean and in India. Whether he will prove in the long run to have been rIsht does not yet aPPear for" England has not since the canal was finished been at war with any European power. It is commonly assumed that the canal has greatly benefited Britain, because it has undoubtedly stimulated trade with India and because the bulk of trade is car ried in British vessels. But there is one point in which it has injured Britain. When cargoes came from India and the farther East around the Cape of Good Hope Lon- don and Liverpool were the ports to Which ;ney mostly came, ana irom London or Liverpool they were, unless detained for consumption within the United Kingdom, reshiPPed to various parts of the European continent. Now, however, the goods (,esun,fa r ne countries which have ports cn Mediterranean instead of going thr0Ugh England come direct from the East to .aiarseuies. or uenoa, or Trieste, or Odessa, and England loses the gain which she formerly had in the handling of these goods. This Is an obviously natural re sult of the opening of a shorter waterway from the Mediterranean to the Orient. But it was, if not absolutely unforeseen, at any rate very little discussed before the opening of the Suez canal. Tho circumstances of the Panama (or Nicaragua) canal are too different to make a close parallel possible. But the Suez case may be cited to show how results which the world has not con- tem? flow fr:m a change in the possibilities of sea carriage. THE SUEZ CANAL AND EGYPT. .What difference the existenco of the Suez canal will make in cae of a European war we do not yet know. It has been formally neutralized, but how the neutralization will work out in practice remains to be seen One political result, however. It has already had a result of the highest importance. xt has carried the English into Egypt, from Egypt Into Central Africa. In and 1S75 Lord Beaconsfield's administration pur chased a large number of shares in the canal company; and when troubles subse quently arose In Egypt, troubles which ul timately culminated in the military rising under Arabi Pasha in 1SS2, the possession of these shares, as well as the Interest which England had In the keeping open and control of the short waterway to India, was constantly urged as a reason why she should interfere in Egypt to support the Khedive against his own subjects, and to prevent him from becoming subject to French influences. The Intervention of 1SS2, which by the batUe of Tel el Keblr, placed Egypt under British control, would almost certainly not have taken place but for the existence of the canal and the noUon that England was bound by her own Interests to see to its safety. The occupation of Egypt ty Brttisn troops nas continued fron 1SS3 till to-day,, has become far more per Egypt by British troops has continued from manent In Its character than it was at first, has intensified the rivalry of Eng- iana ana r ranee, ana nas iea to a nom inally Egyptian, but pracUcally BriUsh, reconquest of the valley of the Upper Nile. But for the canal, England would not now be at Khartum and Fashoda, and possibly she would not now bo in Uganda. Her East African ambitions are all due to the fact that Lesseps pierced the Isthmus of Suez, a result of which neither he. nor the French, nor any one else in the world, had the smallest Idea. CENTRAL AMERICAN CANAL. Such an instance shows how impossible it is to predict the political consequences wmcn may zouow xrcsi me piercing 01 tea Aiacntia isiR3U3. iet uiere is oua ccz Quence which la so much in the line of historical development that It may be deemed, if not certain, yet at any rate highly probable. A canal constructed and policed by the United States government will of course draw a considerable number of American officials to settle at Its two ends and along its banks. The vast trade which will pass through it will lead to the growth of towns, and the upper class of the population In those towns will come from the United States. The line of the canal will before long be practically a detached part of the United States terri tory, and from it various commercial and industrial enterprises will tend to spread into the adjoining districts. The United States will therefore have material and political interests to car for and and to protect in a region which has hitherto re mained undeveloped, despite great natural resources, because It has been in the hands of a backward and sluggish population, ery ignorant, very superstitions, and ap parently incapable of developing free and progressive institutions. Nominally re publics, theso Central American states, like most of the South American states, have been for the last half century mere military tyrannies. Even without a trans continental canal. It is likely that In course of time the great civilized and progressive power of the North American continent would have acquired control over these regions, because the United States has a surplus of population, which her western lands will not always bo able to absorb, and Is beginning to have a surplus of capital, . which will seek fields for its em ployment beyond the range of Its own dominion. There was, therefore, always a probability that through Industry and com merce United . States influence would be gin to dominate Central America, and eventually result in some kind of political supremacy. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. The great obstacle to such a development lay In the dangers to the political system of the United States itself, which the ac quisition of countries peopled by Inferior races must involve, and in the long-settled maxim which forbade the Republic to em bark on a policy of conquest and annexa tion jyhere the country to be conquered could not be settled by her own citizens and incorporated into her own system as an equal member, filled by a population like that which fills the existing States. This maxim, however, seems to have been now abandoned, or, at any rate, disregard ed; witness the annexation of Hawaii and Porto Rico and the occupation of the Phil ippine isles, not to speak of Cuba, whose future remains undetermined. It may ac cordingly be conjectured that the old prin ciples which would have deterred the United States from acquisitions In Central America will be less potent hereafter than they have been heretofore. Thus the field Is left open for the operation of that gen eral law under which the stronger and more progressive races spread out of their former seats Into the territories occupied by the Weaker and more backward races, and end by absorbing the latter or reduc ing them to subjection. Even without the construction of a transcontinental canal this might, in the course of ages, have been expected to happen in Central America. The settlement in Central America of immigrant?, energetic and restless people from the United States, and the political authority which the policing of the canal (even assuming that authority does not go further than policing) obviously involves. are likely to accelerate this natural pro cess, and may within a few decades bring about results which would otherwise have come far later. And It may be remarked that the field Is far clearer in America than It was In Egypt, where the rivalries of the great European powers opposed ob stacles there to the predominance of any single one among them which do not exist in Nicaragua or Costa Rica or Colombia. Had De Lesseps and the French succeeded in making the Panama canal the problem would have been less simple. The piercing of continents, with the change thereby involved In 'the geograph ical conditions which nature gave to man when he became civilized, enough to make ocean voyages, has been usually considered from tne point of view of its results upon commerce. Those results have been great in the case of the Suez canal, and will evi dently be great in the case of one which traverses the American isthmus. They will affect the trade of England with her Aus tralian colonies as well as the trade of the eastern United States with the Pacific to an extent It Is still hard to foresee. But, as in the case of the Suez canal, the politi cal consequences may prove to be, If not Immediately, yet within the lifetime of men now living, even more momentous. Nor will they affect Central America only. They may spread further to the south. And should they follow the line which has been indicated as not Improbable they will af fect the whole policy of the United States, and may make the Republic somethirg very different from what Its founders con templated. JAMES BRYCE. SHE LOOKED AT CRESTS. Sorry She Could Xot Bay ' Ready-Made One. Was Philadelphia Press. She should have had a page in Burke s Peerage, and at least a chapter in the Almanac de Gotha. But she was so naive and pleasant about it. and apologized in such a profuse fashion when her mistake was made clear that all felt like clubbing together and presenting her with "a crest." She drove up to a prominent jewelry es tablishment, not far -from Twelfth and Chestnut streets. There was a light of set purpose in her turquoise eye as she trailed un the aisle, omusing a glimmer 01 ex- pensiveness from her eight-karat earrings and her new seaisian sacque, mat oespoKe unlimited profits In the brewery business. The buttons boy at tne aoor siowiy re covered from an overdose or "liouquet de diable," as she passed. Her destination was the heraldry counter. 4I want to see what you nave in tne way of family crests and coats-of-arms," was her first remark, and she pulled off her gloves, displaying the price of several first class mortgages on her somewhat stoutly built fingers, as though she were deter mined to finish her shopping right there. The clerk looked doubtful for an instant. and then his hesitation was overcome by her assurance, and he hastened to lay be fore her the complete stock or reproduc tions, thinking that the lady had probably forgotten what ner own crest looKea nice, and hoped to place lt. t'My, ain't there a lqt," she remarked, as she sorted out and inspected the various insignlas, upon which the bluest of blues base their claim to special prerogatives and family trees. The clerk agreed with her and looked mystified. With her most engaging smile she said to the clerk. "Won't you please help me to se lect one. I can't seem to pick one I like, and you know I wantthe very latest- There was pity and commiseration in the salesman's face as he explained in a low voice that they didn't know any "latest," and that family crests were the property of the few, the envy of many and could be bought only with the crimsonest of blood relationship. She did not lose her poise or nerve for an Instant. Instead, she pulled on her. gloves, resumed her diamond-studded card case, remarked "how very provoking," and disappeared la the carisa eunllsht that was chorrln up ell Linda cf peol ca ft SUNNY CITY OF SPAIN S12VILLK, AX OLD 3IOORIS1I CAPITA! OX Tili: CiUAIIALCillVIIU 31 out InlerrntlnK In History. Art and ArchltcctnreTrnce and Trndl tlonn of Pedro the Crurl. CotTeror.dence of the Indianapolis Journal. SEVILLE. Spain. Jan. 21. lie who has not seen Seville has missed Feeing a tson der is a proverb which its citizens de light In. The fame might be truthfully said of other Spanish cities; but this An dalufian capital differs from the rest, with a warmth and gaiety of life peculiarly its own, and abounding reminiscences of the noble and cultured Moors, whose palaces and villas wcro unlike thoe In any otht-r part of the world. Through five hun.Ired years It was their sacred city, in which they gathered all that wealth could buy or fashion design, or bravery win. Its splendid mosques were crowded with wor shipers of the Prophet, when from the lofty Geraldl the muzzen called the faithful to prayer; Its schools were thronged with eager students in ccienee and the arts; and in Us glorious Alcazar-(Al-Kasr, "House of Carsar"), were gathered the statesmen, warriors and courtiers of a great and powerful people. All this begun in the eighth ccn tury, and ended more than two hundred years before the Western -world was dis covered; but many of the Moorish palaces are still Intact and the glories of that long- past period have left an indelible impres sion upon the whole region of the Guadal quivir. Long, long before the day of the Moorj Seville was old and gray,, Its foundations having been laid in the morning twilight of history by Hercules himself. If any body doubts the tradition, he may bo reas sured by reading a quaint Inscription, carved above one of the city gates, which asserts that Hercules was the founder, and that Julius Caesar captured It from the Carthagenians more than half a century before Christ was born. We know that much of the wealth for which Tyre and Sldon were renounced, was derived from the region of the Baetica the Guadal quivir of to-day a land of promise, es pecially protected by the gods and coveted by men. Its marvels figured prominently In classic mythology, as related by Homer, Herodotus, Cicero and others. It was on the Island of Juno, you remember, near the river's mouth, elxty miles or so be low this point, where Geryon pastured his flocks. A CITY OP HISTORY. The chief city nt Baetica, which the Carthagenians called Sephelia and the Ro mans Hispalis, became a rich and power ful capital under Julius Ccasar, who changed its name to Julia Romula, in grateful recognition of Its aid during his wars with Tompey. It was the seat of the Proconsul and the favorite residence of the provincial nobility. Three Roman em Icrors were born here Trojan, Adrian and Theodosius. At the foot of the olive-coveted hills, five miles away, Scipio built a splendid pleasure resort, with a spacious amphitheater and many sümpf ubiK resi dences. Like other Roman clUes in Spain, the ruins of these hive served as a quarry for generations of subsequent bullders. Scipio's amphitheater may yet be clearly traced, though Its walls and those of ad jacent palaces went to make a modern hreak-water.In the Guadalquivir, to fur nish building material for neighboring con vents, and even to pave the streets of Se ville. Many of the busts and statues of Ceasar's time now grace tho Spanish museums and the palaces of grandees, and the very pavements you walk upon to-day may have been trodden by 'the noblest Roman of them all" in the ancient city. A portion oZ the double stono walls which Julius Ceasar built around his capital are yet standing. Defended by barbicans and . flanking towers, they look as formidable a wnen tney repeuea ir.e attacks 01 Dar- bariar.s, though scarred by the storms and of twenty centuries. Most of the walls, however, that to-day surround Seville, are of Moslem building, their six or eight miles in circuit pierced by fifteen enormous gateways, and sur mounted by sixty-six watch towers. In the days of tho caliphs there were 1G5 of these quaint towers; but when "the holy King Saint Ferdinand" drove out the infidel (In the year 124$) the rest were demolished. In this dry climate, the passln.? centuries have made little impression on the old Moorish houses, which are still the best in Seville. Tho Moors, by the way, discard ing the Roman name, undertook to resum its remote Chaldean title, Sephelia, but in their harsher tongue tendered it SIbidia; which has been corrupted to tho present name, pronounced by the Spaniards, Sah-veel-yah. Fully half the city pre serves its ancient character, but, cad to say, changes are taking place every year. The narrow, winding, haphazard streets. completely overshadowed by spacious mansions with amplo courts and gardens, so admirably suited to the summer climate of this "Oven of Spain,' as tho section Is called, are slowly, but alas, too surely giv ing way to wide, unpicturcsque avenuc5, with alleged "improvements' in their small, hot, commonplace houses, open to the noonday blaze. In the Moorish quar ters, where the forethought of the build ers made the streets so narrow that two carriages could not possibly pass one another, barriers are plawd at each end. to prevent wheeled vehicles from attempt ing to enter. In some of them an ordinary umbrella, when raised, will barely clear the walls In turning their zigzag corners, and donkeys filing through In solemn pro cession Jostle pedestrians with their bulg ing panmirs. The names of the streets are in themselves an Interesting study. having reference to some celebrated per sonage who once lived In them, or an his torical event that transpired In the neigh borhood. The word calle (street) never appears, but merely the name, as "Murv Mo," "Juan de Mlna." "Abu-l-Kas!ra.H Auto-de-Fe, ect. As in Oriental commu nities, tho different sects are separate; the Jews being restricted to one quarter; the Moors to another, the gypsies to a third. A PICTURESQUE PLACE. " The wide, spacious mansions, with their ccol courts and gardens and walls almost meeting overhead in the winding alleys, aro as charming as unique, and prove the wisdom of the shade-loving Moors. They are generally ornamented with Moorish tilings, called azuellos. and have an en trance arch called El Zagum (Arablce, Sahan), which leads to the chancel or gTeat gate or open-worked iron, behind which thi family life goes on, securely lockt-d from the public gate. The interior rralla Inclose patios, or open court, t-rrcur. ! -' C3 all Elics V7 wi-3 ccrrlirr r;;;:'-",