Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1906 — Page 7

!| COMING liTUCKER.M.D m, s Leading Specsalist ■"in Chronic and I Diseases of Men and H Women. I PRESIDENT j ■Fort Wayne I Sanitorium I 221 W. Wayne St. ■ or l 1 Will Be At The lurrav Hotel ■ Monday/ April 16 l ; Fi’iir Weeks Thereafter. ■ten Years I ofjSuccess. ■[ore Genuine Mecica'l Diplo Kis ThiajAny Other ■ Specialist in the States. ' ■bsolute® Cures. ■Never Disappoint My Patients. 1 ■ Fulfill Every Promis and Never I Hold. 1 Hit False Reports. " I TREAT SUCCESSFTLY Burrh. Brohehitis, Lung Trouble, ■fe (Diseases, Headaehs, Deafness, Huralgia. Rheumatism. Paralysis, Hart Disiase. Cancer. Tutnors, Goill] Ruptur- Epilepsy, Appandictis. Mpriiity, Constipation, Piles, Fistula, lit disease, Eceema. Hydrocele, tricocL'le. Lest Vitality, Weak erves. Blood Poison, L quor Habit, piuoi Habit. Bladder Trouble, KidijlTroub’e, Ssomach and Liver louble. WOMEN troubled with irregular, ippnessed or painful menstruation, easness. ie; ’orrhoe, displacement 'uieeratioa of the womb, that bear-g-dotvn feeiing, inflammation of louarie*. backach. bloating, [flatuDce.; genera! debility, indigestion I nervout .prostraiion, or are beset lie such symptoms as dizziness, iotpess. lassitude, excitability, irri mlity- nerv tusness, sleeplessness, tlancholy. 'hot flashes and tir<d, m out feeling, should call and 1 31 explain my home treatment to Guarantee to Cure in the Shortest Possible Time. [ ; blood poison. Mt treatment for this :errible die too best known to the Medical Sci- ** I have yet to find the tare that 31 not yield to my treatment. The 1688,1 rap: 1 .y- disapyears and a cure certain in every case. NERVOUS DEBILITY. Arc you suffering from that peculf * ea kaes3 that makes life a bore? TOt and cure thousands of cases (t .r year. The nerves are strength livery portion of the body made and perfect health and *ngth result faom my treatment. VARICOCELE, tojsueffrer from this disease knows '»mble effects upon the mind and 2' Ipless cured it results in 118 special weakness. I cure vari speedily and without opera STRICTURE accompanied by some oth°uble such as inflammation of nw i? " lanc *- kieney or bladder Ij v treatment is a true spe,„f jVTnokly removes every ves L“‘J!" ‘rouble, leaving the por * s with normal strength. BLADDER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES. C u . re all irritation, frequent de°.PP a " p ' pain in the back, brick sediments, scanty flow and cae°ndition3. If you are trouJ/° Uah ? uld consult me at once, lon Bright's Disease may de- • mess you reoetve the atten--0 * skilled specialist, j PIL£ S AND FISTULA. sratin sV x* Plout . tple knife, cautery or « Dl u P ain or detention from u treatment is guaran Rr ure most severe cases. DR. TUCKER J CUte you at y° ur home in the 11, . *' tUe Possible. His treatment d in"! 8 WC * t y° ur old t‘ me vigor U yourself again- H y° u ering from aay chronic or j, r j_ to c °me and consult him titer 0 1°^ I<3Ut 3 ust w ßat is the || ’ your case is curable, he | yo^ eyou - If not he will honestlv lit hew’; has cured hundred’ iQ Adams county.

THE ISLE OF WIGHT. IT GLEAMS LIKE A DIAMOND ON THE 3REAST OF THE SEA. The Me.utlr* fowe., .he Fa.hlon. •ble Un K liHh He.up,, Where Nolli , •a* tv.r de,. l)l r , y _ What one M See on the Hi.torlc i. ll4lld< Uhe Isle of Wight is shaped like a diamond, and like a diamond it gleams sad dashes on the breast of the sea Like a diamond, too, it is the luxury ol the rich.

As your steamer approaches the road stead of Cowes you might well suppose the little town to he a fashionable ham let far inland on the bank of a river The esplanade looks as near to the water as a towpath, and the green Woods that rise behind the white houses are as thickly bunched and a, brightly verdant «vs the unsalted tteei of I’angbourne. The coarse beamed, dark sailed smack of the sea fisherman Is a rare sight on those social water* Everywhere you behold among hover lug gulls and rocking buoys the crafl of pleasure and the shipping of d» light. White yachts, with sails a* white as summer clouds, ride there with the grace of swans, and whit* •warn yachts, with brasswork dash Ing blindly in the sun, rest royally at anchor off that little shore. Nothing ever gets dirty at Cowes The tamarisk which lifts its fine feath ers above walls at the sea’s edge is as clean as the sails of the yachts. Th* roads of red gravel make neither mud nor dust and He as smoothly as garden paths. The Virgluia creeper* which swarm up the pillars of whithouses, overspread the tiers of ha conies and almost cover the dark reftiles of the roofs, are every whit agreen and every tittle ns radiant at the shaven lawns beside the esplanade Flowers there are at every point ol view—red geraniums, golden cal<“>olarf as, blue lobelias, crimson hyssoi-. died dar pinks, roses of every hue and fern* of every form—growing in neat flower beds, lifting their bright colors above garden walls and swaying gently lr baskets hung from balcony and sill. The windows of the shops are as polished as it lady’s mirror and shine ‘n the sun. Prosperity waits behind those counters of plenty and puts itself completely and genially at the com mand of the wealthy. The butcher and the greengrocer announce to the pass erby that French and German ar« spoken in their establishments. Th* yacht of the most necessitous millleusire can obtain in those narrow, clean streets all that she desires. Royal warrants, as big almost as the shops-them selves, gleam over shop fronts, and ar tistic signboards obtrude from th* smart little doorways. The shine of the sweet windows is a magic induce vaent to buy. On the esplanade, where is a tall white flagstaff at every few paces, and waiting at the little granite stairs, washed by green waters, you meet ne burly and rough clad flshvsnen, but only the white capped, blue jerseyed hands from the crews of yachts In th* roadstead. Fresh faced, well groomed girls walk there with indulgent papas*, and jolly schoolboys in flannels, carrying paper bags of green gooseberries and red cherries, stroll down to tb« dingey at the stairs, munching as they go. There is no haste and no exertion at Cowes. At half past 12 on a lovely morning I heard In my hotel the voice of the manageress giving an order fa one of the maids. “Her ladyship says.” •he cried, ‘‘that she must half a hip batb in her room immediately, or else *he won’t be down for luncheon.” Foolish and lazy little ladyship « he abed on such a good morning In so fair a place as this diamond of th* teal For it Is not only the esplanade, the bright shops and the pleasure of a •aunter to Egypt point which are within the reach of the visitor to Cowes. The whole Wight is within a drive of the Medina. You must go to Newport, and, paying the tax which was demanded of me, not requested, for entering the church, you may see the lovely iseniorial which Queen \ hr toi.-fa set there to the poor little Prln cess Elizabeth, who died of a broken heart beside an open Bible for love of Charles I. You may also go to Carlsbrooke and enter the splendid castle where that poor little princess died and where her unhappy father was Imprisoned. You may see the donkey Jacob summoned by a word from grass nibbling under fig trees to enter tb« big wheel of the well and draw up nine gallons of water from the invisible •pring at which those royal prisoner* quenched their thirst. But you, if wise, will quench your thirst with tea under the spreading trees of the Eight Bells pleasure gardens in the village below, listening there tp the comments of en thusiastic Americans and watching the elderly gentlemen piaytng bowls on a smooth lawn, as King Charles played that ancient game in the castle •n the bill—London Mail.

A Crosier In • FightFormerly the archbishops of Yor* bad the privilege of claiming two casks of wine from every vessel of twenty tons burden entering the river Hull. The merchants of the port came to ▼iew this claim as an oppressive lax, and by unioading their ships in the Humber evaded the officers employed to collect these obnoxious dues. Find Ing bis revenue diminishing. Archbishop Neville, iu 1378, determined to assert his rights aud proceeded to Hull with his attendants to enforce them. The mayor of Hull, Sir ihomas de Waltham, with his two bailiffs and a large number of citizens, met ..te ec clesiastics, and from hot words the twe parties came to blows, wlieu the mayor snatched from the archbishop his erozier and used it so rigorously -a the free fight which followed that F s*»* broken late aaren' piece*

SYSTEMS OF WRITING. Tke i'ainou** Method Known ai tlae Bou ft t replied on. About the year 430 B. C. the lonlans first Introduced the system of writing from left to right. Previous to that time all scribes and penmen in general had been in the lmblt of beginning the line on the right hand side of the page and running it toward the left. The introduction of the left to right mode of writiug caused considerable contusion for a time, and from the mixed systems whitjh prevailed during the following century sprang the famed method known as the bouscrophedon. Those who used the system last mentioned would begin a line at the left margin of their parchments and run it through to the opposite margin and then drop a space below and run back to the opposite edge of the sheet again. In other words, the houstrophedon mode of writing was a system in which the lines ran alternately from left to right and from right to left. This system did not entirely disappear until about "the time of Christ. The ancient Hebrew and Greek languages were written from right to left, hut at about the time the lonians were reforming writing methods the Greek letters were changed in form from the uncial to the cursive, and the system of writing was changed in both cases so as to run from left to right. The following quotation from Franklin illustrates the mixed, or boustrophedon, system of writing: ‘‘When I see a merchant overpolite to a ekat ot mcht gniggeb .sremotsuc sih little brandy and throwing his goods on Da sah nam tabt I skniht .retnuoc eht ax to grind.” -St. Louis Republic.

SHOE NAILS. f • a-v t - - The TVnj- They Are Made and Why’ They Are So Cheap. Three million separate shoe nails are often cast from one ton of metal. Os the smaller sizes 2,000 nails are molded In a single mold, and an expert workman will make eighty molds in an ordinary working day, thus turning out 100,000 separate nails. When the metal in a liquid state is poured into the mold it runs through the sand in passages provided in the molding process; the whole of the nails are cast together and are, when removed from the sand, connected by a network of iron one with another. In this condition the iron is as brittle as glass, and very little force is required to separate the nails from the network which holds them together. They then have to undergo the process known as annealing. They are mixed up with hematite iron ore, which Is in a powdered state, put into iron pots, and placed in an annealing furnace, a sort of kiln. Here they remain for some days, care being taken to so regulate the heat to which they are subjected that the iron will not be remelted, but brought very nearly to that condition. The action of the raw Iron ore upon the brittle casting is marvelous. After cooling, it can be bent without risk of breaking, and it becomes a useful and serviceable arti-cle.-London Express. Buttons. It is only in comparatively modern times that buttons have been utilized as fasteners. The Greeks and Romans Knew nothing of them, and though they presented themselves as ornaments in the fourteenth century buttonholes were still an undreamed of possibility. It was not until nearly the middle of the eighteenth century that the manufacture of steel buttons was entered upon at tiie Soho works in Birmingham. England. Then, on the accession of George 111. the gilt buttons appeared and became quite the vogue. But it was reserved for the artisaus of our day to make these useful fasteners in the greatest variety at marvelously lowprices and out of ail sorts of material, even to the seemingly impossible potato. 1 Black Snakes. I have never seen black snakes over seven feet long and much doubt if they grow to a greater length. They are not hard to catch, though in an open field they can run about as fast as a man can. When caught, they struggle desperately until they find there is no opportunity to escape, when they will give up fighting and may be handled w-ith impunity. I have never found these snakes to be vicious. They can be handled easily, and their bite is harmless. They can squeeze pretty hard if they get a turn around your waist, but not hard enough to break a bone.—Forest and Stream. The Calm Spirit. The people in all lines of duty who do the most work are the calmest, most unhurried people in the community. Duties never wildly chase each other in their lives. One task never turns another out nor ever compels hurried, and therefore imperfect, doing. The calm spirit w-orks methodically, doing one thing at a time and doing it well, and it therefore works swiftly, though never appearing to be in haste. —Home Notes. Hardly That. Miss Plane—The very day I first met him something told he would eventually fall in love with me. Miss Speitz— Indeed? The “something” wasn’t your mirror, dear, was it? —Philadelphia Ledger. Obeying Orders. Kind Lady—Ah, if you had only done what vour mother told you. you might not be in this situation. Convict—l don’t know. She told me to go out into the world and make money. He is the happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.—Jefferson. _

MEXICO’S LOST MINES ANCIENT BEDS OF TREASURE THAT CANNOT NOW BE LOCATED. The Romance Which Hover* Around the Famous Iliddeu Mine of Taiopa, Superstition and Cuunlng of the Native Indian*. Os the many mines which were worked by the Spaniards and which gave them such fabulous returns for their labor scarcely one can be located today. Many romantic stories as to their whereabouts have been followed up, only to be met with defeat. One of the richest of those mines was probabiy Tarasea, about which Humboldt has written. It was worked long before the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, and the gold and silver were made Into ornaments by the aborigines. A family in Guaymas has a necklace of flying fish purchased from a Pima chief, who said that the metal was dug from Tarasea. I.ater the -nine was acquired by the crown of Spain and was worked, with the exception of a period during the Apache war, till the French intervention, when the shafts were said to have been conce&lgd. by the administrator, Don Juan MU.»rc»ao, who was forced to seek safety in Sight. After the restoration of peace the location of Tarasea was looked for in vain, though the mine now known as Übarbo is supposed to be the same. When rediscovered years ago Übarbo was found to have been extensively w-orked and the shafts concealed under earth and brugb, Rich pillar? of ore were found In the and the mine corresponds in many respects with the descriptions of Tarasea found in the archives of the American consulate at Guaymas. The fame of Tarasea is eclipsed by the romance which hovers around the lost c ine of Talopa. A Mexican of great wealth who was much interested in the subject made a trip to Madrid to search for data on the subject. He found absolutely nothing to prove that such a mine Lad ever been worked by the crown of Spain, and there is nothing in Mexican archives to establish the facts. Quite as trustworthy as the written documents are the traditions among the Pima Indians. They maintain that Taiopa exists and a few claim to know its whereabouts. Small quantities of very rich ore are occasionally sold at the mountain mining camps, but all attempts to follow the Indians to the spot where it is found or to bribe them to reveal it have been unavailing. Their wants are few, and they believe that should they reveal the secret they would drop dead. About six years ago an old Pima chief fell ill in one of the valley pueblos and was cured by a Mexican lady so well known and universally respected that her stuteiltent is taken without question. The old Indian returned to his tribe and from time to time sent his benefactress rich bits of ore which assayed thousands of dollars to the ton. All her efforts to get him to lead her to the mine were fruitless, for the great spirit would strike him dead for the offense. The following summer the senora went to the mountains and lived among the Indians for three months, doctoring the sick and giving presents of ribbons and gay calico to the women. She became convinced that the spot whence the rich ore came was Taiopa. Finally the old chief admitted that the mine was worked when he was a boy and gave permission to two women of the tribe to lead tie senora within a few yards of the mine so that she might discover it for herself and save him from the penalty of sudden death for revealing it. The three women traveled mostly at night, passing through deep canyons and over lofty mountains. The fourth night some hours after dark the Indian women led her into a deep canyon and paused before a large rock. In the dim moonlight an old arrastra was seen and across the canyon a large ore dump. The woman gathered hits of ore from the dump, hut was hurried away by the squaws, who said they would be killed if they delayed beyond the time mentioned by their chief. They traveled till the moon went down, rested a few hours and went ou before daylight, completely biding the Mexican woman as to the route they had taken. They arrived at the pueblo at nightfall, having taken four days to reach the mine and hut one to return, the obvious conclusion being that she had been led in a circle. Despairing of gaining more, the woman returned to her home, but she hopes at some future time to con tinue the search. Two other mines which are supposed to have been the property of the crown during the Spanish occupation and of which there are many romantic tales are the Reina Mercedes and the Casa Blanca. Both have been probably rediscovered and worked under other names. The Reina Mercedes is sup posed to be one of the rich Concheua group and the Casa Blanca the Casitas mine. Near the latter is an ancient mine, now worked by a Mexican company, which has open cuts on the surface for more than a mile and several miles of underground workings. Near this mine, where once a large church stood, which has long since fallen into rains, two copper bells have been found. They bear the name of Guada.upe de Taiopa, thus leading many to the belief that the Tajos mine is the long lost Taiopa.—New York Heraid. Sever Original. “Blank Is a bright talker, but be iblnes by reflected light.” “How’s that?” “He never tells any but other men’s •tories.”—Detroit Free I’ress. To accept good advice is -but to Increase one’e own ability.—Goethe.

A PUZZLING FEAT. The Wonderful Corn Growing: Magrie of the Zuni Indian*. The medicine men among the Zuni Indians perform a feat at the annual “corn festival” which surpasses the f mous mango growing trick of the Hindoo. Many scientists have been present to witness this strange ceremony, but have never been able to fathom the mystery of it. In front of the southern opening of the medicine lodge a large square of clean yellow sand, carefully smoothed and packed, is spread. With a ceremonial arrow figures representing the Great Spirit, the earth, sun, sky and rain are drawn. There are also the symbols of the corn and a bountiful harvest. The indentations made by the arrow are then tilled in with pigments, blue for the sky and clouds, black for the earth and chrome yellow’ for the harvest. The middle of the square is left vacant. This picture in sand painting is a most pleasing specimen of barbaric art. The hour for the ceremony arrives, and at the right moment the medicine man comes forth from his lodge and takes a seat in the opening of the lodge, facing the sand square. The warriors and chiefs arrange themselves around the square according to rank. The ceremonial pipe is then filled and lighted, and the medicine man blows one puff in each direction of the compass and twm to the heavens. He then makes an address, going over the past history ot the tribe and the kindness ot the" Great Spirit ajd his care, He concludes with a prayer tor the continuance of this favor. The great moment has arrived. With impressive solemnity the medicine man thrusts the sacred arrow into the sand, withdraws it and places a grain of corn Into the hole thus made. Carefully smoothing the sand over it, he resumes his seat, while the assembled chiefs smoke their pipes in stolid silence. If the Great Spirit condescends to answer the prayer of the medicine man—and he generally does—the corn will sprout and send up a shoot. After an interval of fifteen or twenty minutes the sand seems disturbed at the spot where the grain of corn was planted, and soon the slender green blades of the sprouting corn are seen above the surface. The plant continues to grow rapidly and naturally during the day, and by the next sunrise the silk aud tassels appear. By noon the stalk aud ear have reached full maturity and the ripening begins. Finally the blades and husks turn yellow and rattle when the wind shakes them. All this, w-e must bear in mind, has been done in thirty-six hours. On the morning of the second day the corn growing is complete. The medicine man now addresses the watchers who in company with him have watched the plant grow, for it is never left alone. With appropriate ceremonies he symbolizes the harvest by stripping the ear from the husks and placing the corn in his bag for future use. The stalk is palled up by the roots and hung over the door of the lodge.—New York Herald.

No Holiday. People have different ideas as to what constitutes a holiday—or a vacation. Mrs. Pettis had her own firmly fixed opinions ou the subject. “I don’t count Thanksgiving or Christmas or Washington’s birthday or any of those holidays,” she said frankly to ah old friend one day. “What I count a holiday is when Ezra and Jim and Boh and Liphlet go off up to the wood lot with their dinner and I know they won’t be back till night. “I’m not one to deny that men folks have their good points, but how a woman can call it a holiday when they’re in the house calling for food by looks when they aren't by words is beyond me!”—Youth’s Companion. — Food For Sijulrrel*. Most people who feed the gray squirrels in the big parks fail to realize that it is no kindness to give these pretty little animals such soft shell uuts as almonds, peanuts and chestnuts. Human beings who do not have to actually forage for food naturally enough feel that it is thoughtfulness itself to save the squirrels work. The fact is, however, that a squirrel’s teeth grow so rapidly that, deprived of their normal use, they might even through their very uselessness become long enough to put this charming rodent of the trees in danger of starvation. Hickory, pecan and hazel nuts are the proper food to throw to the squirrels.—Brooklyn Life. Where Was the Joke? Mabel—Such a joke with Mr. Gayboy. We were out on the balcony between the dances, and he got the sleeve of his dress coat all over red paint from one of the posts that were just painted. Maud—And did you go near the post? Mabel—No. Why? Maud— Oh, nothing; only you have red paint all over the back of your waist. Tearful. The conversation turned on the effect produced on the emotions by pictorial art, when a man remarked, “I remember one picture that brought tears to my eyes.” “A pathetic subject, I presume.” “No, sir; it was a fruit painting. I was sitting close under it when it dropped on my head.” By Installment*. Youth—What do I have to pay for a marriage license? Clerk—Well, you get it on the installment plan. Youth —How’s that? Clerk—One dollar down and your entire salary each month for the rest of your life. —Cleveland Leader. Work is Dot a man’s punishment; it is his reward and his strength.— George Sand.

RUGS OF THE ORIENT WHERE THEY COME FROM AND HOW TO JUDGE THEM. A Few Facts That Will Be of Value to T?> jhc Who Anticipate Baying: or Who Are Interested In These Products of the Looms of the Fast. The question of antiques in oriental rugs should be dismissed from tbe mind in purchasing rugs for ordinary uses. Among recent importations, in carpet sizes, there are hardly any antiques in the true sense of the word. Real antiques that have found their way to this country have been secured by private collectors who were alive to the worth of such pieces long before the general public showed any sign of appreciating the beauty and the charm of the products of the oriental looms. Os such lucky collectors there are mauy in this country who could today realize a handsome profit on their modest investment of several years ago. Even today, provided one knows something of comparative values in rugs or is advised by an expert, there is no safer thing to purchase than a good oriental rug. Auy other article iu the household will depreciate in value in time. It is only a good oriental rug that not only keeps its beauty but actually grows more beautiful by use, always provided, however, that one bought with discretion and that the rugs do not receive too hard usage, in which case the nap will wear out before light aud air have done their work iu tuning down jts colors and giving the rug a silky effect. It must be underatppd iu the countries where oriental rugs are made they are treated with more gousideration and care than we accord to them in the existing conditions of our modern life. First of all, the number of rugs used on walls, sofas, etc., far exceed those used on the floor, and the latter do not get any harder wear than those used on couches, from the fact that in the oriental countries people invariably walk over the rugs with soft slippers or bare feet. The native method of cleaning the rug. which is very simple, also has much to do with proving the truth of the statement that “oriental rugs do not wear out.” Oriental rugs are classified according to the country where they ate made, the names Turkish, Persian, Caucasian, Indian, etc., denoting the nationality of the rug, so to speak. Then again they are reclassified with respect to the district or town where they are actually woven. It is this designation which gives oriental rugs the names by which they are known in the market, and this designation alone couveys the idea of value and character. For instance, to say a rug is Persian is to say very little. One Persian rug may be ten times the value of another Persian rug of the same size. But when \v« say Mosoul, or Kerman, then at once we know very nearly the:? comparative value and distinction. The best rugs are imported from Persia. Persians are the oldest and most skillful rug weavers in the world. In fact, we might safely say that all other countries who send us the product of their looms are simply imitators. Some of the best known Persian rugs in this country are Kerman, Goeravan, Tabriz, Sultanabad and Khorassan. *■ Kermans.—The principal features of these rugs, whicii distinguish them from others, are their soft, neutral, dainty colors, the prevalence of floral designs in their pattern, a glossy sheen and a short cut pile. These rugs represent the highest standard of the art of rug weaving ever achieved. They are the favorite rugs on the market today and are generally used for parlors and other rooms where the scheme of decoration calls for light and soft effects in the floor covering. Goera van.—Next in popularity in Persian rugs come Goeravan, or Serapi. It is easy to recognize this type. A bold medallion, bright colors and lack of detail work iu the pattern are their characteristic marks. For a medium priced, good wearing rug for library or dining room I cannot recommend anything better than a good Goeravan. They, however, vary a good deal in texture; heuce care ought to be exercised in selecting them. Tabriz.—ln point of texture and durability Tabriz are probably the best rugs made, but from a decorative point of viev. they lack all the desired features of Kermans. Colors are crude, designs too exact aafl outlines too ■.bury XTie very fruitless of the weave and formation of the pile preclude the wool from taking on gloss. The city of Tabriz, by its proximity to Turkish aud Russian frontiers, has lent its rug industry to outside influence more readily, and this is plainly seen in its too formal design and the quality of the dyes. Nevertheless some of the Tabriz reproductions of old masterpieces, both la silk and wool, are among the best works of art imported to this country. Both for their indestructibility and their colorings Tabriz rugs ure more suited for libraries, dining rooms and balls. Sultanabad.—This rug is called after the city of that name, one of the principal rug centers of Persia. Rugs woven here are known in our country under the names of Sultanabad, Mushkabad and Savalan. There is no appreciable difference between them. Os these rugs might be said more than of any other oriental rug that they lack the true oriental sentiment. Commercial consideration has overruled the aesthetic inclination of the weaver, and the result is that Sultnnabads and others of the same family do not commend themselves to the cultivated taste of lovers of oriental rugs. As to the practical merits of the rugs. I would not recommend them for places where their wear ing qualities are liable to 1 ■ heavily taxed. Unlike the rv;; •; Uetf rg v. le,