FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

are used chi i illinery an r Holland are the chief centers of produc- | tion; chief materials used are taffetas, | 18 muslins, satins; cotton wool, wire, and | 1” paper; thin metal sheets and blown gla ; | If occasionally stone and china ware. "jon FLOWER BENJAMIN ORANGE] (1858-1918), an American journalist | and author, founded the Arena and re-| mained its editor until 1896. Later he edited the Coming Age, which was amalgamated to the Arena. This position he kept till the paper died in 1910. From that date he edited the Twentieth Century Magazine. (1835-1899), an American banker and Philanthropist, b. in Jefferson County, He began busine in Water town N-Y-, where he also became influential ™ local politics, as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1886 he was elected to Congre , and again in 1888 |@2d 1890. In 1891 he was elected sums y to philanthropy, one of the largest;; capa in New York being named 1863), Secretary of War under President |studied law, was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives and during 1850-3 Governor of the State, being appointed Secretary of War b Rrenblat Geka nan in 1857, Goneidien: able notoriety was attached to him at a jater period when it became evident that during his term in office he used his authority to have the arms and munitions in the U.S. arsenals in the northern states transferred to those in the South, and authorized the sale of a great number rifles to private citizens in Southern states, all apparently done in anticipation of the impending struggle and to favor the Confederacy. Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities he fled into the Confederate lines, where he was com-.