Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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li ads. iifis 'win th fret- (.:I -i fruit. To oite who has alway- !i :h North, the colored ity, would be the mn : l ft are of this CIut0hen - n (X corner were groups 'f ::-n aml b'o' . Lands in their pociew. -: in th sunshine, women varring i s' of laundryxi work oni 1r m14- *!::1. and piekaninnies rollin- ail uilbling everywhere. I reached the sTea'nIr well satisfied with my si;ht of Charies ton and at 2 P. I. we left the Harb'or. The remainder of the day was bright and although cool, we stayed on deck until dark. We passed close to Fort Sumter, so quiet and deserted, that it was difficult to realize that the first note of war was sounded from that spot nearly half a century ago. - The St. John's in Florida. The next. day was bright, warm and beautiful, and at 7 A. l. we enterti the St. John's i lile in Florida, wi its low banks. rnt ir''y d' %,il of inter est. Reachinr Jack Iso:i e in the morning we drove all o r the city, saw the large new liotels, and somie handsome dwelliags and ih. built-up district over which the b i' fire had swept. We took the train fur St. Aug ustine-one of the dreams of my life was to be realized-and role for more than an hour through woods of the long leaf pine, and the scrub palmetto, then behold! the bay and the quaint old city. State Senator S.-who was in my husband's company during the war, met us with his carriage, and his hospitality was so impera: ive, that we could but accept. ie owr's a pre;iy place a little out of the city on San Marco Avenue, where we spent a pleas ant evening with him and his wife, and the next morning he drove us all over the old town, past the :uperb hotels, the old Spanish houses-the oldest is 300 years-through the narrow streets, the narrowest fi,:e feet wile, to the barracks. and along the heattiful bay, while beyond Anastasia Island lay the ocean. Palms and Tropical Fruit. "The Plaza" overlooking the bay, teems with tropical growths, palms. bananas, oranges, tree ferns, agaves and many things I did not know. At the end stands the old slave market. * COURT OF HOTEL SLAVE MA12KET, ST. AUGUSTINE fL.OR2DA 'Then we drove to the Ponce De Leon, where Senator and Mrs. S.-lunched with us. This hotel is a vast Moorish Palace covering acres of ground. One enters through a massive iron gate; a flight of steps leads to a veranda on either side, with a large open court in front, filled with tropical growth bordered with verbenas, mignonette, geraniums and roses in full bloom. In the centre of this paved cour-t, a large fountain is fed by bronze fr-ogs and turtles, while the basin flashes with splendid gold fish. A few steps5 lead to the main verandas, the floor-s of which, and all the corridors, are flawless mar ble. The rotunda, rising to the roof, is superbly carved in antique designs of oak, while marble fire places contain huge lighted logs resting on the mass ive brass andirons. Very large pinlt ings, which are masterpieces, hang on the second floor of the rotundla. The immense dining hall in the centre'of the building must be seen to gather any conception of its splendor. The frescoing on the walls and ceilings beggars description. Each side of the~ room is enclosed in glass, and the guests gaze out upon the open grounds, green as in summer time. The pillars in this room are wonders of architect ural beauty Fairy Land Scenes. The furnishings are magnificent. in old gold, pale rose tints and pale blue.. One of the mantels is veritably a thing of beauty; it is of white carved wood. and rich pieces of 31exican onyx. with a clock set in the onyx and with huge brass andirons. The cost must have been thousands. We came here in the evenings to listen to the fine music in the rotunda, and the court looked like fairy land, lighted with many colored incandescent globes hidden among the plants. It was a charming scene. The Alcazar opposite the Ponce, on the other side of the beautiful square, filled with all green plants, is a charming hotel, built of c-oncrete; the Pon'-e is ee-'' crete with trimmings and coverings in terra cotta. The Alcazar surrounds a very large court filled with flowers, in the centre of which is a large foun tain always playing: windows open on it, and a walk extends all around the court. The first floor is used for stores where tempting goods are displayed. Across the street from the Aleazar is the Cordova, with a small lighted court in the office, filled with plants and palms, and beyond, a small open court where I saw my first banana plant with ripening fruit. The parlors are furnished in oriental designs and (lark rich colorings. Massive carved pieces. wonderful man iels. hrass tables bronzes of rarest workmanship -and a thous and thinus I haiven't thn -zprc' to no tion everywthere mecet th~ .-ye. Te three hotels with their wealth of beauty. are a rare sight. In my next letter I will take you to Anastasia Island and futrther' south in this land of Aners 1TiIR UOF RAIN DROPS. AS TRACED FR(IJ TIIE STORM TO THEIR FINAL ENCGULEENT I lI1E OCEAN. Uncle Sam's Lxtensive Work in In vestigating the Water Supply - Great Subterranean Rivers-P'o.lu tion of Domestic Water. The history of the rain drops ani theC S110W tiakeS frin)ill the0 tilmIe of th1: furmation till iit merges with t he ocan, to be again evaporated and re p-at the process, is ofttines a long and devious one. Some of the rain of course falls back into the ocean; but muich tils a tem.drary abit!.n' il' on the tops of hi.h. inland mountains. aln enjoys a yeart or uloro of t : us~i1Efness before ito flaally reahcs il nio01 bl o-'enn The Govcr'nmet. i- deVoc rng :I n' siamenerg4y to the ar.-uiI11.1ion :nLd dissemti'on 't fa*s coilern ing the behavior of water frn: theilme it reaches the earth as rain or snow until it. joins the ocean or great navi gable rivers. Public apprei-iat ion of tie valuc. of this work has steadily in creased, and urgent demands for its extension have come from all sections of the country. The work includes the collection of data relating to the flow of surface streams, researches on the localou and inoveelnits Vf under ground4 waters.-great subterranean rivers which move with delibheration and the investigation of the physical character of these waters, such as hardress, color, turbidity, etc. The soure -s and effects of the poiltit )r munii-1pal water supplies have also received much study. Measuring the Stream's Flow. As a neans of oh~inin relaible re cords of st ram discharge in the im portant river basins of the country. approxiinately Ij gausing or iasur ing stations are maintained by the Government. The records furnished by these stations are used by mani facturers and investors in planning the development of water power, by muni eialitics in stu:lyingjproblemsof water sipply, and by itrrigators in determin ing the aila e whi h ea,. le re laimed from desert ec:?litia..o andi 11. crops which can safely be pl2!:teI. They are also of great importance t) engineers, who obtain from them data for the study of many problems, such as the relat'ion between rainfall and run-off, the effects of forests upon stream flow, the oe~urence and control of floods. etc. Throughout the eastern part of the nited States the surface waters have great value as a source of cheap power, and the dema~nd for steam-gau;:ing iata is constantly growing as manu facturing enterprises are develoiped. In densely populated sections, prol emsI of water sup~ply and sewerage dis posal have also beccme urgent and are ften complicated by the fact that cities nt only draw their supply of water; from convenient st:reams, but int many eases5 einpty t heir sewerai e into, them as well. Ini stuch thiky settledI reions1 evenl smallI anid inistit nineant strennhs ruust he utilized to theIr ftullst catpar ity. In the t'entral States undet grountd as well its surfatee waters are used for both industrial andl inui elpal ptt~rposes. RELIC OF BULL RUN.. A Small Monument Erected on the Spot at the Time of the Battle. This rude little monument stands ol the bloodiest section of the Bull Run battlefields about one thousand yards northwest of the crossroads at Groveton. The site of the maonu ment is by the bantkside of the "old railroad cut." Be-fore the civil war a railroad was projected to run from the Manassas Gap Railroad at Gains ville, Va., northeast to Leesb urg, crossIng Bull Run at Sudley Springs The railroad was graded with a suc cession of "curs" and "fills." from Gainsville to Sudley. a distance of about three miles. .No ties or rails bad been laid when at the outbreak of the war work stopped. In the second battle of Bull Run, Jackson took up his position along the line of railroad. Back of Groveton the line ran through a long low hill and this "cut" was in the center of the ('on federate line. Here the effort to dis lodge JIackson was most stubbornI ind thousands of Union soldiers fell in the iin'sucssfutl attcemntt. A fier A ppotator. when the Union army was on the ma reb ba-k to Waishing tn. many of the troopts returned by war of the old Warrentown turnpike. wIch runs through these bloody fields. The bones of the Union sol-: ders who fell there had tnot at that thre been exhume-d atd taken to Ar l'nta. The re-turningt veterans p-usd long enough to erect and dedi cate this monutmenr. It stands in the woods in ati isolated place -and ver few pnamna ever visilt it. Hershe! a G reat Musician. It wa no t be' generally known tiat Her.eln- who in: spite of all oh - --eane tiie greatest of as t n.i io-rs. vas i i it brilliant mu siLIn s wei_ , and in his earlier life taught aiusic ana was tLe proprietor 4'4 HERSCHEL. and manager of the famous Bath Or :hestra. During the last half of the seven tleenth century whilh- Herscliel was wirminig undying farne, there flour shed more great ien than in any ut her vinual number of years during the two centuries. A partial list includes the names of LBenjamain Franklin. iox. Pitt and Burke, the great English barristers; HIume and Gibbon, the great histo rians; Watts, the inventor of the steam engine: Sheridan and Garriek. the play actors and writers; Gains borough, West and Reynolds, the painters: Voltaire, the French author and critic: Paine. the French atheist; Blackstone. the greatest of legal au thorities: Goldsmith. t he poet: the Duke of Wellington: George the Third of England. and our own im mortal Washington. HOTELS FOR WOMEN NEEDED. Crying Need in New York City, De clares President of Little Mother's Association. "There are only three ways open to thv New York working girl whose wage earning capacity is $- a week and who is dependent on herself for sup port-she may starve, go to destruc ion, or commit suicide." Mrs. Ciarehce Burns, president of the Little Mother's Association flung this ;ombshell into the convention of the New York Federation of Women's Clubs. "The crying need of New York City," continued Mrs. Burns, "is Mills hotel3 for working wonyn. "There are 255,732 wage earning women in New York. These figures do not include the women in various professions. Of thcse wage earners 22,708 are saleswomen. Their earnings verage $5 a week. A woman can bare ly live on that and keep herself respect able. The women and girl boxmakert; aumber 3,094. This is the poorest paid rade in the city-. Three dollars a week: s the average wage paid. No woman an support herself on such a sum un es she lives in her parent's home and ays no boar-1. "New York must give these girls and vomen respectaLie. comfortable living laces within their means. It remains or the Federation of Women's Clubs o. make some strong organized effort 'a start this thing. It will he no trou de to e5eblish these cheap, comfort .ble hciels or.re we can convince peo >liC of the need." Tihe Dead Scu of .America. The Creat Salt Lake. Utah, has a ength of seventy-five miles, a width f thirry-five miles, and a circumfer ne of 291I miles. it includes six is ands, the largest having a length of ixten miles and a width of five iles. with a peak rising to the height f ;2,oui feet above the level of the ake. The' water is of such density that ersons can float in it easily; its eaxi Sea. The wate~rs of the Great Salt Lake are gradually receding from the shore line. THE FAMOUS CAl Deception in the preparation of our foods not only is the stock-in-trade of the manufacturer, hut large hotel keepe's are guilty also. Wise, indeed, s the man who can tell when he is eating canvasback duck. There is ap arenly but one way to distinguish the canvasback. and that is by the eel. ery flavor imparted to its flesh. The celebrated ducks of the Chesapeake re gion and those of Wisconsin are noted for this flavor, the former living al most entirely on an aquatic weed known as wild celery, and the latter upon the extensive celery fields of the Wolverine State. And yet the owner of the hotel saves money when he has the common duck fed and fattened on elery; served on the table its flavor s the same a the wild bird. A GL4T SUGAR BEET. O'Shannasy Raziies a larvel I hrough iccidert. "Thot shtory av Cindarella guIn' th' tha ball in a puinkin," said O'Shan nasy. -aint wan car'umstance t' pawat hapipen'd out ne way in Colorado wid shnugar batts. Now ye moind, shugar oates sometimes grows big, an' th' Jigger ye grows thim th' more money ye are shure t' get from th' facthry. iBut, me farm down by th' Gunneson ..ad all th' ither farms in th' Sthate nate t' dith s' far as size av shugar bates was consarned. Why, don't ye knaw thot th' wather av thot river is richer'n sthrong likid manyure, an' whin I uses ut for arygatin' me farm, somehow'r ither I do be afther strap pin' down me plants, they grows so quick. 0 But, 'twas lasht year thot somethin' remarkable happen'd on me farm 'way off in wan corner. Why, don't ye knaw som-how'r ither a shugar bate sade got mixed wid th' soil an' growd so quick wid th' rich arygatin' Gun nison wather thot I didn't get th' chance t' sthrap it down. Yis, sir, an' whin it got so big I says t' meself, says I, I'll let er go clane throo t' Chinay; I'm goin' t' see jist how big th' bloomin' bate kin grow. An' would ye belave it, whin th' toime came t' gather in th' crap, 'tho I hatel t' do it, it took nearly me lasht eint buyin' foire hundred pounds av linimite t' blow thot bloomin' thing out'er th' groun'. An' thin 'twas a sight t' see. 'Twas sphlit into big paces. an naybur Smith was so good as t' bring over his saw mill an' we rigged up his gaserline injin an' by next mornin' had cut up that bate into thirty-foot slabs. Now, I only OWned five t:ines and naybur Siih had three, so we had t' go t' me ither naburs until we had thirty-three double team wagons filled up t' tops wid good shugar bate planks. I can tell ye we was th' gran' sight whin we drew up t' th' factry at Rocky Ford. "Well, whin th' factry people wint ahead an' made th' shugar from thot bate they found it phwat ye cali a "Shugar Countent" as high as forty. foive per cint. Ye knaw oranary bates are good whin thay give twenty per cint shugar and the Argricultural De partment calls the coeffycient of pur ity in thot shugar was somethin' grInt'. Faith, didn't th' facthry people com plain aftberwards thot their customers found fault wid th' shugar made from th' bate (they made two car loads from it ,I belave) because 'twas so swate 'twas so swate thot half a tayspoon would swaten a quart av coffee. "Yis, sir, an' th' factry people didn't want th' poolp, afther thay had taken th' shugar out av it, rottinin' in th' buildin' an' bein' as thay didn't have th' room t' sthore it outside. thay paid me foire dollars th' load t' haul it away, which same I did. Now, phwat did I do but tal:e th' stuff back t' me farm an put it .n me tilve silos. Thin I scoors th' counthry an' buys up 2013 had av catItle, wid th' money I gets from th' facthry people, an' fat tens thim up on th' poolp. Thin I ships thim back t' Chicago, afther I'd fatten'd thim, an' I gets two toims as much as I pays for thim. "Not countin' th' money I gets for th' bate an' th' cattle, I tell ye I made money th' next spring furnish in' ar'.-ratin' wather t' me nayburs from th' i-ize'voor I made out av th' hold th' bate made in th' groun'. I tell ye arygatin' is a success in Col orado. This year I be goin' to plant more bates. Come aroun' some time an' I'll tell ye how I onct lived in a wather melon growed on me farm, 'Tis n folne sthcry." To Rouse by Phonogiaph. Clocks are now being made which in stead of striking them, speak the hours through an ingenious application of the talking machine. The Inven tor has made clocks with speaking discs of various kinds to serve as alarms. You can be awakened by the vigorous crowing of a cock or the sound of a well-known voice. They are arranged to call out In various re gree of modulation, some loud enough to rouse the soundest sleeper. As alarm clocks, they should in time su persede all others, for the discs can be changed as often as the fancy dictates, so that the sleeper will not become so familiar with the call as to continue his slumber, as often happens In the use of the ordinary clocks with bells. VASBACK DUCK. The shores of Chesapeake Bay abou~nd p)lent ifully in wild celery the chief article of diet of the canvas back duck. The plant grows entirely under water, and the duck, in order to obtain the buds and shoots of the plant, must, at times, remain under water as long as two minutes, Then, too, they often lose the choice morsel, for the baldpate lies in wait ready to snatch it from the diver. The poor, misguided canvasback is easily be guiled to its death by the waiting gun ner throu.:h the use of decoys moldeI of wood or other light material. But if wounded by the shot of the rifleman all its energy is aroused. Hit, It drops into the water, and, diving, swims un der water for immense distances in nrder t ecapne the retriever. THE ANGLE LAMP is not an improvement on the old style lamp, but an entirely NEW METHOD) of burning oil which hai made common kerosne (or coal oil) the most satisfactory of all illumiinants. And when we say satisfactory we mean satisfactory-not an illuminant that merely gives a brillant light, but one that combines brilliancv'with soft. restful. pleasing qual ity; that is c.nvenient as gas, safe as a tallow candle; and yet so economical to burn that in a few months' use IT ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ITSELF The ordinary lamp with the round wick, generally considered the cheapest of all lighting methods, burns but about 5 hours on a quart of oil, while The Angle Lamp burns a fulll6 hours on the same quantity. This, even where oil is cheap.soon. malounts to more than its entire original cost. But in another way it saves as much-perhaps more. Ordinary lamps must always be turned at full height, although on an average of two hours a night all that is really needed is a dim light ready to be turned up f'lCl when wanted. A gallon of oil a week absolutely wasted, simply because your lamps cannot be t urned low without unbearable odor. Allthis issavedinThe AngleLamp,forwhether burned at full height or turned low. it gives not tho slightest trace of odor or smoke. You should know more about the lamp, which or its convenience and soft, restful lght. might be considered a luxury were it not for the wonderful economy which makes it an actual necessity. Write for our catalogue '15" fully explaining this newprinciple of oil lighting, and for our proposition to prove these statementa by 30 DAYS' TRIAL When onch people an ex-Prr..ldent Cleveland, the lloekefeller.. Carneaie. and tbonmigads ofthrrx. after tr- Ing The Angle Lump, find It profitable to rip out gao and electrie light i turepa to throw away ga,.oline nd acetylene outfitm or ordinary laump., it I surely worth your ~hil.' to mnd a pen.ny poit.. to fiina out about It. Writo for Catalogue 'T%' fistan :,. %'' ~cties fromr $1.90 up anti our booklet. "L ghtlnir and Common I Sens," wheih givm you the benvilt of our ten years* of experience wih a , inso lighting method&. THE ANGLE MANUFACTURING CO., 78-80 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK BOys. FR is 2% ieet long, weighs 2 TH M AIR RIFLE lbs.: elegantly finished, steel barre, all working parts nickeled; walnut stock, pistol grip peep sights; used indoors or for killing small game; shoots B shot and darts; most accurate rifle made. Send us your name and address for only 20 pieces of Jewelry to sell at zoc. cacb, return $a.oo when sold and we will send this rifle at once and a supply of shoC. COLUMBIA NOVELTY CO., DepL12 , East Boston, Mass. Boys! The Best and most Ce BASEBALL OUTFIT given SHIRT is American League pattern. Hand some gray flannel, extra good quality materi al, perfectly made, very full and long, sleeves loose at shoulders, butten at wrists, extra button on collar; double neckband and shoulders. All sewing double seamed. Pants very strone, padded or unpadded just as you prefer, lar e hip pocket, legs and seat full and shapely, silk elastic garter at knee, fly front. Will give satisfactory wear for years. CAP, Pittsburg National shape. long double visor. made of best flannel, full lined and first-class in every way. Belt is made of strong webbing with patent clasp. ~ ~We Also Cive a Catcher's Mitt .-C' ABSOLUTELY FREE * .-',With the four-piece Outfit For Selling Only ~2 Dozen Pieces */' of New Swell Art Jewelry, consisting of Gold VV'I ~ ' ~ Plated Articles (regular 25c goods), which you Send can sell at 10 cents each. Everyone will be glad to buy one or more. Send us your name and address; All we will send you the jewelry and trust you with it Pre- until sold. When sold return our $2.40 and we will send the complete outfit without the slightest riliuus ,~ delay. Remember we give you the complete outfit 7:~~ including the glove. Write today. Address out FRIEND SUPPLY CO. P~iay'~ -1 Washington Street, Dept.741, Boston, Mass. P HOT OG RA P HERS. BE WISE! Throw Away Your Bottles and Scales and use the M. P.C.C. photographic* preparations only. a we do the weIghing and you add the water. ~ N. P. C. C. SEPIA TONER * * * O' Black and white prints on developing DEVELOPER paper may be re-developed at any time Nonpoisonous and will not stain the to a perfect sepia. 25 cents for six tubes. fingers. 25 cents for six tubes, sufficient FR EE SAMPLE for 24~ ounces developer for Velox, Cyko, of N. P. C. C. Developer and Sepia Rotoxc and oth-er dev eloping papers, or Toner sent on receipt of ten cents in 6o ounces plate or film dev eloper. stamps to cover postage and packing. NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHI6 CHEMICAL COMPANY 11Ith Street and Pa. Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C. TH-E NATION'S BRIDE. Latest Copyrighted Imperial Size Portraits of the President's Daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth (nee Alice Roosevelt)., A Magnificent Souvenir of the Greatest of White House Weddingse Published by authority of Miss ROOSEvELT. These exclusive photographs have been reproduced in copper engravingsand printed in sepia on special tinted paper, suitable for framing. Arranged in large panels as shown in accompanying illustrations, 5 poses in Ball Dress, size 12 x 36 inches, 5 poses in Street Dress, size 12 x34 inches. Now selling in New York City for $1.00 each. Our special offer (edition inedJ Either panel 25c., or both panels 40c., postage prepaid. Address NATIONAL PHOTO-SOUVENIR CO., Lock~ Box 6z, WASHINSTON, n. C.