Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^Kuesix the south. ||B BUSINESS OF RAISINC SV ALL EWMuiTS FOR NORTHERN MARKETS. Bw Strawberry Enterprise In Louisiana? W How the Early Berry Come* to Chi? cago at Colil-Storajje Temperatures? f Glimpses of Iierrv Pickers at Work Less than a dozen years ago. says a j Hammond (La.) letter to the Chicago Record, a little colony of Chicago and I Illinois people came dowu here to join . others from different sections of the ! country in founding a new town, j Among the number who were active in j giving the place a good start was ,T. F. Merry, of the Illinois Central Railroad, who offered every reasonable inducement to those who desired to take up their abode in a warmer climate than that of Chicago. Early in its upward growth Hsanmond began supplying Chicago tables t I A GANG OF BE with the most luscious fruit of the South. Since last Christmas it has been shipping strawberries to Chicago and is now supplying the Northern market with the pickings of the second crop. The great desideratum at the start : was to get the fruit to market quickly. In this matter the corporation which began fostering the town at the start came to the relief of the berry growers V>i.? innntrnrntinfr and finallv DerfectinST a refrigerator service that went far toward filling the requirements. OFF FOB MARKET. modern iceboxes on. wueeis rnaue up / into trains were sent northward on llast passenger train f -aedule. ChiW' cago to-day is really receiving its W strawberries by fast mail, for the train on which the Government transports its North and South mails carries berries by the thousand cases. In the busiest part of the shipping season the company runs a regular strawberry train from the South. Cars are picked up at all points where the fruit is grown, made up into one train and sent through to Chicago at the rate of fifty miles an hour. During the first months of the year a RECEIVING CASES OF B] new service was inaugurated by the Amovinan P.YnrPQQ Pnmnnur I " had not been attempted La other years. Heretofore regular trains for berries had not been put on until the crop was well along in the season, the output being handled by regular freight trains, which, however, made fast time. Recently George F. Nosier, formerly connected with the American company at New Orleans, was made general agent of the company at Chicago. He interested his people in the berry busi; ness of his former neighbors, with the result that a special line of refrigerator cars was put into the Southern berry trade. The cars are of the most mod ?rn type and fruit is packed in them 1 and delivered from them in Chicago at the same temperature. Cars are left at such towns as Hammond, Amite City, Tick Faw, Ponehatonla and Independence. A freight train gathers them up and runs them to McComh City, where the cars are refilled with ice and then hooked on the Government fast mail. Berries picked on Saturday morning may he on Chicago .breakfast tables on Monday morning. Six twenty-four pint boxes of berries weigh 100 pounds and it costs S2 to trausport the six cases ;by express to the ""hioago market. By freight the tariff is less. The time by express is twenty-four hours faster. Quite recently the express company has found lit net'CSSHl J ^uai ici ca^uic and crew by which a train of strawberri^s exclusively is rushed to Chicago at high speed. There are 250 people living in or near Hammond who ship from one to fifty cases of berries daily. Patches xun from one to five acres, though tenacre fields are not unknown. Ben and "Raz" Rogers were the pioneer straw berry growers anil shippers at this point. They began fifteen years ago uuu acquireu a ioriuuc i" They had formerly been engaged in breeding goats. They were led by chance to set out some strawberry plants which produced a return compared with which goatflesh dropped out of sight. The venture of the Rogers brothers was noted and followed until even poor Billy's back yard range was turned up aud set out 111 plants. Where once the combative William held sway among discarded tinware and hoopskirts a million "Mitchell early's" bloom and yield in the greatest abundance. A Ponchatenla woman who ran a large farm bought the goat herd aud she, in turn, finally disposed of them in favor of strawberry-growing at $4 a case. The acreage here probably exceeds 1500 and it is increasing yearly. A single day's shipment has reached as high as five carloads and nearly the entire output goes to (Jtneago. ^p3 RRY PICKERS. Some of the growers have realized big profits iu the berry business. James Gould is said to have made 3700 fx/m* or? ortvo in ft sincrlp season. v/rn uu uvi v/ j/mvv u ?* q> ? Mrs. E. F. Brown, whose place is within a ruile of Hammond, told the Record correspondent that she had cleared S150 from her single acre. This season has been too wet for strawberries. When shipped wet, in which condition they have frequently been sent away, the berries fail to stand the trip to Chicago, and are little more than an unsightly mass of pomace when the commission men receive them. It is said that there has not been four consecutive sunshiny days during the present season, and the growers have been forced to pick berries wet or let them rot. Whether or not people get wealthy raising berries alo.ne, it seems that they do acquire a competency. The city homes and the little adjoining farms are models. There are no unpainted houses in the community. Everything is as neat and trim as a new pin. The house grounds are veritable bowers, abounding in magnolia trees and in foliage and flowers of many varieties. The houses are mostly of the cottage order. These new Southerners display a commendable outlay in home improvements. A 82500 Splinter. A most remarkable judgment was rendered by a jury in our Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. It was the case of Semonis vs. the L. and N. Railroad Compauy, in which the plaintifl'asked for 315.000 damages for injuries received on the defendant's road while helping to carry a piece of tim j . I ERRIES FROM GROWERS. ber to place under the rails while the track was being surfaced near Benson last summer after the washout. Mr. Semonis accidently stuck a splinter in his right hand near the little finger, which he paid but little attention to for several days, and finally went to see a doctor in regard to extracting it. The doctor made several incisions and failing to find it began to poultice for the little stick. This was continued for seventy days, when finally the splinter came out of its own accord, leaving the hand in a bad rendition, i u* :-~A X.VS1. V? uc IHUU^UL OUlt a^aiusi IUC road for the injury received, and the jury gave him a verdict for $2500.? Franklin (Ky.) Argus. Birdx ax Ventriloquists. When you are out for a country walk, and hear the cuckoo's cry, just endeavor, if he is not already in sight, to place hiui by the sound. You simply can't do it! It's been tried dozens of times, and always unsuccessfully. And if the cuckoo is calling quite near you | in a thick wook, you will probably be ! unable to tell even which side of you he is. Nor is the cuckoo the only bird which possesses this queer power of ventriloquism. The robin, and sometimes the thrush will alter their notes in such a way as to completely puzzle you whether they are twenty yards : away or nearer nny. Anove an tne [ "'cat-bird," a little gray native of America, will make you fancy a young kitten is weakly miaouing in the road under your feet, while all the time the little chap is laughing at you from the sumach-bush 100 feet away.?Answers. France has kept 200,000 tons of coal stored at Toulon since 1893, to be ready in case war should break out. ? SANITARY CELLARS. i They Should Be Light and Airy, and Well 0 Ventilated?The Proper Furnishings. tWith the increased knowledge of v, ! sanitary laws brought about by the 7>~?-?co'-"Q p bu i P I E ' close and systematic study given to the 0 | subject in recent years, it has come to ~ , be generally recognized that one of the ; leading sources of danger to health in j the home is the cellar. The cellar is j the very last part of the house to be seen, and it seems easy to cut out of the plan a window or two in this place, or take off a foot from the height of j the ceiling. But this is not the part of true wisdom. It is better to exercise economy in fitments and furnishings above, or leaving some of the upper rooms that are not imperatively needed entirely unfinished. These can readily be completed in after years without impairing the plan of the i house. In a general way, however, the cel| lar must remain as originally conI structed, and for this reason its main I features should be above reproach. It j must be light and airy, thoroughly j ventilated and of sufficient height, j The ceiling should never be less than j seven feet, and nine feet is far better, c | A damp cellar is a nuisance, as well as j a great source of disease, and every u precaution should be taken to guard j against this fault. ! ~ if a nofnro Vm f. if I I unt il lf3 JL?CiWUO lu ll" V ? ? | it must he used the -walls should be T | coated with tar on the outside; with . | stone -walls cement should he mixed 1 with the mortar, in order that moisture | may not seep through the interstices IOinin^R. 11 KiJchfn. | s I3?l3'4* 8 | Sitting It. |y| P?rlor. | ^ | is'.is';* wv.is' j ( | \ || eVd.^J 1 rirstHooP1 '1 < of the stone. The floor should be care- j fully coated with concrete and cement- . ed, and a tile dram siiouia oe iaia irom the lowest point to run off water that , may gather as a result of accident. There should be windows on at least two sides, in order that there may be a draft through the cellar. In cottages and detached houses there should be windows on all sides. A door opening directly into the outer air is an excellent feature. There should be II cellar Haii . Laundry j < | | Cefifr Plan (J Cellar no dark, inaccessible corners, for these will surely breed disease. If gas is used in the house there should be at least one burner in the cellar, or two if it be a large one. The fixtures should be riding bracket, short and of strong pattern. When the heating apparatus is in the cellar, special arrangements become necessary; if possible the furnace should be shut off by itself in order to prevent the spreading of dust and ashes. It is little less than suicidal to follow the practice r sometimes adopted of taking the cold air supply for the furnace directly from the cellar itself. The cold air box, where it passes through the room, should be as nearly air tight as it is possible to make it. The accompanying dt ign has a cellar built and laid in accordance with the ideas expressed in this article. The ceiling is eight feet in height; ill A ntnlln nun /*v f f rO LUC ?ttHO UIO Ul IV/U, KITt/lVC thick, with two windows on each side; 1 it is divided into four compartments ' by an eight-inch brick wall, with a hall in the centre opening into steps leading to yard. The furnace room can thus be shut off, keeping all dust and 1 ashes from the rest of the cellar; the ] outside walls are plastered with cement, t and the cellar floor is laid in concrete, i SMALLEST TRIPLET BIC' It is Propelled by Three Philadelphia You Fellows Attract O The smallest triplet bicycle in the wi tion of the residents of West Philadelphii Press, is the property of the little Adair sons of the well-known member of the K built by Nicholas Mershon, a member o , the little fellows. Lester,the oldest, is 1 brothers are four years of age. Lester i This house can be built in the vicinitj f New York for 84250, not including he heating apparatus, which would rould cost from $130 to S450 accordliug to whether air or hot water was ised. Copyright 1897. A Chinese Giant. At Yunan Foo Mr. and Mrs. E'. D. dcllrath, the wheeled correspondent f the Chicago Inter-Ocean, who are ycling through China on a bicych our around the world, met Chang, f Chinese giant, who towers seven feel line inche3 in the air. The photo ,Taph taker, of the party with the gianl ti the centre shows his wou.lerful pro ortions, Mr. Mcllrath, although con iderably above the average height o: aen, being six feet and three-quarter; if an inch tall, sinking into insi^nifi HESglipH* -"'ssrfe/? THE GIANT OF YTTNNAN* FOO, CHINA. ance by his side. This adventurous >air of cyclists are enjoying some re uarkable experiences on their tour. A Secret Guard for Grant. In the Century General Horac< Porter tells of the siege of Petersburg n his "Campaigning With Grant.' Lfter describing the disastrous ex )losion on the boat loaded with ord lance stores, General Porter says This occurrence set the staff to think ng of the various forms of danger t( vhich the general-in-chief was ex >osed, and how easily he might bo as lassinated; and we resolved th&t ii iddition to the ordinary guard mountet it th<! headquarters camp, we woul( [uiet'iy arrange a detail of "watchers' :rom the members of the staff, so tha >ne officer would go on duty ever; light and keep a personal lookout ii :he vicinity of the general's tent. Thi vas faithfully carried out. It had t< je done secretly, for if he had knowi >f it he would without doubt hav jroken it up and insisted upon th rtaff-officers going to bed after thei lard day's work instead of keepin] ;hese vigils throughout the long Ireary nights of the following winter rhe general never knew of this actioi mtil his second term of the Presi lencv, when he made the discover; ;hrough an accidental reference to i n hin presence by a visitor who hai iearc'1 of it. He then expressed him self as feeling very much touched b; ;he service which had been performed vith a view to his personal protection A Duel Avoided. The elder Dumas, the eminen French novelist, was not spared th severe criticisms which attack a famou lame, but, like all wise men, he wa content to treat these attacks with dig litied silence. Not so his son. Exas aerated by the particularly sever criticisms of a noted journalist, th p-oun,? man?then in his college daystook upon himself to right the wrong his father, and sent two chums t irrange for a duel with the offender. Calmly the journalist listened t vhat they had to say. When they ha' concluded he called a servant, direct ng him to tell his son to come to th jtudy. "Gentlemen," said he, "as this ap aears to be an affair of sons, and not o lathers, etiquette would seem to de nand that you should arrange you natter with my son. He will be her lirectly, and no doubt will give yoi :he satisfaction you wish." So saying, he left the room, and noment later the journalist's son en ;ered?a child of three years, in th irms of his nurse.?Harper's Rouni rable. Art for Week Days Only. The picture galleries at South Kens ngton Museum present a rather curi jus appearance on Sundays, wnen , lumber of the paintings are concealei behind green baize curtains. The ex Sanation of this phenomenon is tha ;he works so hidden from the publi ?aze belong to the collection of Mr Ellison, who, in the deed of gift, ex jressly stipulated that they should no )e exhibited on Sundays. A Curious Graft. Professor Baily, of Ithaca, N. Y. las succeeded in grafting tomato 01 jotato vines. In this case the toma ;oes grew to full size, but the potatoe emained small. rCLE IN THE WORLD. ngAteni Under Six of Age, and the Little reat Attention. I 1 e 11 1.1 it. ~ .tint, ona now irequeuuy niuncia out? abiou ?. The wheel, says the Philadelphii is brothers, Lester, Jesse and Eddie enilworth Wheelmen. The wheel wa f the club, who is greatly attached U Ive years and six months old, while hii 3 steersman. ! ; i jIrls who go abroad. ? E 1 I I AMERICAN WOMEN IN DEMAND FOR r ' I THEIR BEAUTY AND WIT. I Lavish Entertainments in Contemplation for the Queen's Jubilee?Trim "Angle" Gerry and Her Swell Gowns?The New Society?"IIow to look ioung.r i (Special New York Letter.) } j American women are much sought t ! aft jr abroad because of their brilliant t ! conversational powers and natural wit. . I It is the perfect freedom with which the t ; fair daughters of Uncle Sam move that . I has brought about the revolt of Eng. j land's daughters. Societies called f "The Revolting Daughters" have j sprung up in great numbers, and to. day the issue is still a stirring one. Entertainments of great splendor will be given during the Diamond Jubilee, headed by Consuelo, Duchess of Ma.rlborough, who is the pet of the younger set, and by her intimates is called the "Geisha," because of her Japanese style of coiffure. Others i i- - ? ?1 -'I T A/1W Trtron/ia t&UlQ^ part Will UO ijauj xcivu uv Blackwood, who was Miss Flora Davis and is married to a younger son of that great statesman and diplomat, Lord Dufferin; Lady Naylor Leland, who, as Jennie Chamberlain, of Cleveland, turned half the crowned heads of Europe by her exquisite pink and white coloring and cameo-like beauty; the Countess of Essex, who will be remembered as Miss Adele Grant; the stately Mrs. George N. Curzen, wife of the brilliant young Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who was Miss " Mary Leiter, of Chicago; the Hon. < I Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, whose hus- < j band is one of the foremost men in Eu- i ropean politics to-day (she was Miss 1 3 Endicott, of New Haven), Lady Gray Edgerton, who was Miss Cuyler, of < New Jersey, and Cornelia, Countess of 1 Craven, Mr. Bradley Martin's daugh- i ter; to say nothing of the older set, f i which includes LadyRandolph Church- i ; ill, Mrs. Ronalds, Mrs. J. W. Mackay, 1 ' Ladv William Beersford, Mrs. Ralph ] - Vivian (formerly Mrs. Marshall 0. < Roberts) and a host of others of no : less social importance. < All "these have combined to show < ) : ^ERRA^OTTA MELTON SUIT^~~7^ 0 d English society that, while their views ^ of political institutions are republican, e tjieir social views are broad enough to allow them to take a most active part in helping to swell the bubbles, that ,f are so dear to Britons when comi_ memorating any event that concerns r the Crown. e The season in London is over early, u and in July the capital is practically empty. Our society leaders will make a a point of getting back in time for the j . Newport Horse Show and the festivities Q that are to follow it. 1 Miss Angelica Gerry, Elbridge T. Gerry's daughter, will be an early arrival at Narragansett Bay. She is ' an expert swimmer, and takes to water t like a duck. I saw some of her sum- I "I - -i. Kw 1 mer ouini ana was asiumaueu. uj wd a eensibleness of her gowns; though I 1 THICK BIBBED WHITE PIQCE. \ ?? ] need not have been, as she is a girl i ?"U ia rks\mn\s\n aonao i W UU9B mu&c'up AO tuuimuu uv?.wv. is as lithesome and graceful as a fawn, < is a gymnast of skill and keeps herself 1 in acrobatic trim, as her whole appear- < ance indicates. 1 But to describe her frocks: ' A i J traveling dress of green tweed mixture ! ^ had a perfectly plain skirt,and a dainty i open-fronted jacket was finished with ( two fancy revers. Another stylish suit ! of terra-cotta melton was made with an English box ooat which has a lap seam 1 titched down each side forming a lovel feature. For morning wear there is a thick ibbed white pique. The skirt just JUL : #PPiPim A SWAGGEB GRASS LIKEN GOWN. :lears the ground and the pointed jpen-fronted Eton coat has sailor :ever8, which are stitched several ;imes. A grass linen for promenading was jxtreinely "swagger," the texture of :he wiry thread holding the skirt out in pretty ripples. The jacket is short, jingle breasted, has a square collar, md fastens in a unique fashion with two buttons. Any girl might well be proud to possess four such simple, well cut suits among her summer wardrobe. A new society is being formed here entitled "How to Look Young." The crush for tickets of admission is almost THgT] ImL I a | n? ? - i TRAVELING DRESS OF TWEED. alarming. The essential point in attaining the society's object is that its members shall always dress in the latesl mode. The French understand this art perfectly. For some time the English have been striving after it; and nnw wo Amprimns mean to CaDture the idea -without more ado. It is simple enough. A woman ol forty, in an old fashioned gown, with badly dressed hair, looks passe altogether; while her friend of fifty, in smart array, looks young in every movement. Some of the rules are: To stand and walk with the erect carriage of young womanhood; when sitting, to let the akirts sweep the floor gracefully; to keep the feet together or easily crossed, when at rest, instead of sitting "anyhow" and folding the hands over a wide lap. Sensible rules, and such as any woman could easily observe. And yet bow few take the trouble to observe them. The costumes illustrated herewith ivere designed by the National Cloak 3o., of New York. Insects.Fast Disappearing:* -?J ' ? ?-l\AAAm?n/v JiiQgnsa emomuiugi?to mc ucwwu6 uuch alarmed at the 'rapid disappearance of the insects of the woods and ields. The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society has drawn up a leries of regulations to protect the inlects from the greed of collectors and equires that no specimen of the wood vhite butterfly shall be taken, while of sertain other species a collector may ake but a single specimen daring the leason. Violations of the rules bring inpleasant penalties. A transgressor vho is a member of the society may be >xpelled, he will be reported to any >ther society of which he is a member ind the influence of the society will be ised to prevent him from exchanging >r dealing in any way with other enomologists. While these regulations nay be difficult to enforce, it is hoped hat their influence in preserving rare nsects from extermination maybe conliderable.?New York Commercial Advertiser. T>: ? A n ran f Afllf'a A considerable amount of interest at;ached to the sale by auction this afternoon at Messrs. J. C. Steven's rooms, in King street, Coveat Garden, of a eery fine and perfect specimen of an }gg of the great auk. Ther6 was a very large attendance, and after spirited jompetition the bidding, starting at a Hundred guineas, quickly rose by five ind ten-guinea bids until the sum of 280 guineas (about $1400) was reached, it which price the egg was knocked lown to Mr. T. G. Middlebrook, F. O. 3., of the Edinburgh Castle Free Museum, Moruington Road, N. W.? London St. James's Gazette. 4 -m CURIOUS FACTS. The Japanese are the politest people on. earth. Calcutta, India, is the hottest city in the world. Minnesota's forest region is 330 miles long and 200 wide. From Germany we get the custom of celebrating gold and silver weddings. In Mexico the school children who have done best are allowed to smoke cigars while pursuing their lessons. The combined age of live couples who recently celebrated their golden weddings at Wazemmes. in Belgium, was just 800 years. All the railway stations in Sweden at which meals are served are known by , a sign bearing the suggestive emblem of a crossed knife and fork. A cherry tree in Dayton, Oregon, which was recently blown down by a storm, bore a ton of fruit in a season. It was set out over forty-five years ago. In the year 100 B. C. Hepparchion counted 1012 stars with the naked eye, and Holemans 1022. First-class telescopes of to-day reveal over 100,000,nr?n -,t\4 Canada claims to have the oldest newspaper in America. The Halifax Gazette made its first appearance in 1752, and is still published under the name of the Royal Gazette. A Parisian lamplighter makes his rounds on a bicycle, with a long torch carried over his shoulder. He guides the wheel with his left hand, and is so expert that he lights the lamps without dismounting. A Bath (Me.) gunner was over in the Woolwich woods and wounded a rabbit, and before the hound could bring him down the little sprite had reached the river and had swam over 100 feet before a second shot had ended hia career. In one of the Canary Islands there is a tree that, as the evening come on, quite frequently rains down a copious shower of water from its tufted foliage. This forms a pool at the base of the tree, which the natives use as drinking water, it being absolutely pure and fresh. Dowestoft, a seaside place of fashion in England, is the chief seat of the herring industry?in fact it possesses tha largest market of its kind in the world. The busiest time of the year is the midsummer and autumn or home fishing. Herrings are bought at so much a "hundred." \ *?i f ! une 01 trie paying proieBsions 01 r&ns is said to be that of a trunk-packer. 4 In many of the little trunk stores you. can hire a man who will pack your trunk artistically, folding expensive gowns and other garments in tissue paper, and stowing away delicate brioa-brac in the safest way. Dr. Carl Dandstriner, President of the Vienna Society for the Protection of Animals, says that in the large cities of Italy "huge piles of nightingales, larks, finches, and of late, even swallows," are seen on the market stalls. These little creatures are caught by the wholesale in fowlers' nets during the fall of the year, when the birds are migrating to the south. A CLEVER CHECK FORGER^^* And How He \?as Caught by a Bank's Alert Paying Teller. Not long ago there stood before the paying-teller's window of one of NewYork's big banks an unctuous little ohap, smiling blandly over a $100 check. Signature, endorsement, and every detail were correct. To make assurance doubly sure, the little man explained, with some insistence, "You see I have had my endorsement certified." VM The check was paid without hesitation, but the teller said to himself: "Why is that idiot standing there with such a broad grin, trying to fix his face on my memory?" And duly he took note. A few days later, the man appeared at the window again, his countenance distended in the same smile, with an- <i other check from the same firm; the endorsement was certified in exactly * it:, i:?. il.. tne same way, ana ima time tuo amount was $900. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the check on its face, and it came from a wellknown customer of the bank. "In spite of all," said the paying-teller, "something told me that fellow was ft crook. So I said I should have to look up the account before it could be paid, and while he waited I slipped around to the firm's office, which was only a short distance away. The check was examined and pronounced perfectly good, and I was about to walk away, when the head of the firm said, 'Why, hold up. We've issued no checks this morning.' And then I went back and bagged my crook. He had first sold the firm a bond, and got his original $100 check in payment. This he nad imi+ata +Ti? firm's signature on UOWU tu 4U*?VMVV ?-v -? - --O the second, and likewise to impress me with the fact that he was all right, so that when he came around a second time I would not bother him."?C. D. Lanier, in Scribner's. ????????. _ y Remarkable Discoveries In Greece. A remarkable bronze statue of Poseidon, nearly life size and attributed to the sixth century, has just been discovered by a fisherman in the sea near Mount Cithaeron. On being taken out of the water the body of it was found to have suffered a good deal from rust, but the head and beard are intact, and the hands only are missing. A magnificent marble pedestal was also discovered, bearing an inscription showing it to have stood in the temple of Neptune. The statue has been placed in the museum at Athens and has caused much interest among archaeologists, who are inclined to class it with the Jupiter Olympus of Delphi. Man Wltli a Patent Thumb. Jere Kormeny recently lost a thumb in a planing mill. Mr. Kormeny is said to be the most skilful turner in York, but the absence of the lost thumb was a considerable handicap upon him in his -work. He set about repairing the defect in a very practical way by rigging on to his hand a leather thumb stuffed with cotton and hardened at the end. The experiment proved a big success and the leather member, while not entirely replacing the original thumb, is so thoroughly under control that Mr. Kormeny can largely manipulate it at will and is working aa well as ever on the lathe.?York. (Peon.) Gazette. - . LjJr.a