Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tho Dismal Swamp Canal? Capitalists of Baltimore are engaged in an enterprise destined to have a marked effect upon transportation between the North and South. The scheme contemplates the general en largement of the Dismal Swamp Canal and the restoration of that ancient waterway to something like its former importance as a means of bringing freight from the Carolina rivers into Chesapeake Bay, says Modern Ma chinery, of Chicago. In slavery days the Dismal Swamp was famous as the impenetrable region in which the fugi tive slaves sought and obtained secure refuge. It lies just south of Norfolk, Va., between Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound, and di rectly west (?? Cape- Hatteras, off which so many good ships have foundered in the Inst 250 years and so many souls have hastened to their ac count. This is the reason for the canal. It is but twenty-two miles long, from Deep Creek to Pasquo tauk Biver, and will connect two in land seas less than fifty miles aparl but it will cut off, for shipping pur poses, the most dangerous part of the Atlantic Coast from Charleston to New York. In 17G3 General Wash ington explored the swamp, and with some knowledge of the sciences and civil engineering he made the first discoveries of importance about the region. He camped one night on the east shore and discovered that the mysterious lake was some twenty miles in circumference, and that it was situated "neither on a hollow nor n plain, but on a hillside," a phenom enon to be seen in the mountain bogs of Ireland. The lake was found tobe in the middle of a swamp or bog thirty-five by over twenty miles in extent, and to compiisc an area of over 1000 square miles. The whole region was literally a hillside, a slope that connected the two parallel coast plaius of Southeast Virginia by a gradual rise of ten to twenty-five feet above the sea level within a distance of twentv miles. Something About Bamboo. Bamboo may be called a kind of wood, or reed, which is native to China, some parts of Japan, India and other portions of Asia. An idea of its structure may be gained from our com mon -?me, occurring so frequently in this state. It sprouts as a very small plant, the tender springs of the young shrub beiug used for food, somewhat resembling asparagus in taste. It fre quently attains the height of 100 feet, and becomes strong and pliable. It then comes into use very extensively for every purpose imaginable. It is employed as t tie ridge-pole and frame work of honre*, and its leaves provide the thatching. lu some of the more remote provinces of China a hole is bored through the joints separating tho hollow chambers, and the ends of the poles or limbs being securely fas tened together, the whole forms a sort of water works system, the water being said to be very puro and whole some when transported through such channels. There is hardly an indus try of importance in the orient into which bamboo may not enter. It is used in the manufacture of fans, spears, pipes, boxes and masts. The sailor? prefer it for this hitter pur pose to ordinary wood, as it possesses great elasticity and toughness, quali ties which are seldom combined in the ordinary wood fibre.-Atlanta Consti tution. _ Enterprise* o:* Great I'ltli and Moment Have, ere mw. bad their currents '.turned RTViy." ns Hamlet s.iys. !.>' an nttack of dyspep sia. Napoleon lalicj to improve his advantage at AilSterlttZ in cons?quence, it is said, of indi gestion brought cu i.y some 1 idlscrellon in ent ine. In order to avoid dyspepsia, abstain from ?ver indulgence, and precede tho meal by a Tvinegl.-issful of Hostctters Stomach Bitters, more effective than any dietetic In Improving thc tone of titi- stomach Llvcrcomplnint, chilla and tever. and rheumatism aro annihilated by the Bitters. Tf you wish to hav a pleasant home put su gar iii your conversation as well as in your cof foe._ If afflicted with sore cres us? Br. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Brugglsts sell at ?5c. per bottle. DULL ACHING PAINS PRlpitntSon of t!u? llenrt-AM Cured by IIood'.N Sarsaparilla. " I was troubled with a dull aching pain in my right kidney, and I also bad palpita tion of the heart. I bega a taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and since then I have never been troubled with either of these com plaints. Hood's Sarsaparilla is also help ing my wife very much." H. B. SCOTT, Marlboro. New York. liemember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best-in tact thc OneTrue Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills cure indigestion. 3? conta. "Success" Cotton. Seed Huller and Separator. Nearly doubles tho Val no of Seed to the Fsrmer. All tip-to-date Gingers use them because ibe Grow ers give their patronage to such pin". Haller is PRACTICAL, RELIABLE and GUARANTEED. For fall iaforraatior Address SOULE_STEAM_ FEED WORKS, Meridian,Miss C D ?T E CONSULTATION ! ? r^B 1 C Chronic Dlaeasesof all forms H BS Ba EBB in mon. women and chil dren. Successfully treated. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bronchitis. Palpitation, Indigestion, Constipation. Catarrh of Nose, Throat and Lungs. DisoaseSpeculiar to women. Prolap sus. Ovaritis. OllulitJs. I.eucorrbea, Dysmen orrhea. Ac Write for particulars. Twocents maj mean Life and Happiness. S. T. Whitaker, M. !>., Specialist, .-.or, NUI-<TOSS Bid's., Atlanta. Ga. MAPLE SYRUP Made on your kitchen stove In a few minutes at .-i cost of uliout ti.~. Cent? I'er Gallon, by a aew proce-*. which sells at 91.00 por gallon. '.I want to thank you for the Maple Syrup ?ecipe whb-h I find is excellent, l ean recom mend it highly to any and every one."-Riv, SAM 1*. JONES. Carte; svllle, (ia. Send "SI and get recipe-or stamp and Investi gate. Bonanza for agents. J. N. LOTSPXICH, Morristown, Tenn. Are lui Iv restored ))v HAGGAKD'S SPJ? I PIC TABLETS. 1 box, fcl.oo: boxes $>.uOy oy J'* ii mail. Address, Haggard's Specific Co., ATLANTA, CA. Fun particulars sent by mall un application. FEW EXTRA DOLLARS !t>> Would You Like to flake Them ? Wo cnn ofter inducements toa few good MEN (and WOMEN a-* we>l.) by v.nlch they can build up a permanent, and prolltablo business by devoting a few hours each day at first-alter while whole lime. Address. IHK ll. G. LINDERMAN CO., Atlanta, Ga. PER SURE ' J" SALARY OR UAY COMMISSION liO >oU want honorable, steady em ployuieut Hie rearround,atgood wases, ;it your own home or to travel? If so. send !.. in stain ps for our wholesale price-list and particulars. We furnish i fest oi bank references. AiTKRICAN TEA CO., DKTKOJT, - - - .MICHIGAN. In writing to adver tisers. ANl'37-29 fflT"'cuf 3URIS VYHtfl? ALL ELSE FAILS. Best CoDftb Syrup. Toutes Good. Use in tima Sold by drucirlsts. ,;C ON S V MP T.I ON mi OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR ? LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. All'* Fair in "Wer- Kvaslon-Danprer of Delay-Safe-No Kcearder of Persons Tlie Cornerstone - Surprised - Bargain Day In Stamp? - Fur From It, Etc. A bicycle corps. With weapons galore. All strapped to tho broad, slanting backs, Charged after tho foo With II whoop and hallo But the road had been sprinkled with tacks! -Chicago record. Erasion. Miss Bivalle- "Now, Mr. -Tones, I'm sure you think Miss Minks pretty." The Astute Jones-"Yes; she is pretty tall. "-Pick-Me-Up. Dancer of Delay. "Oh, doctor, you have been so very long in coming that my pain has left me." "I am exceedingly sorry, but I as sure you it shall not occur again." Judy. _ No Ketjardcr of Persons. "George, I fear you are marrying me just because my uncle left me a fortune." "No, my precious. I'd marry you just the same if any other person had left it to you. "-Tit-Bits. Safe. "Umpire, why didn't you dodge .when that pitcher struck at your head with his bat?" "DodgeV Haven't I been watching him play ball all senson? He can't hit anythiug. "-Detroit Free Press. Surprised. City Nephew-"I have very little money in the bank, but I have a good deal tied up" Uncle Josh - "Land sakes! I thought you city folks was all past keepin' yer money in stockin's. " Puck. Tho Cornerstone. Mrs. Bumpus-"I sec in the papers that Millionaire Yan Dough only laid the cornerstone of his fortune a few years ago." Bumpus-"Ah. mebbe he was one of the fellers that sold me that gold brick then."-Pittsburg News. l?eckless Extravagance. Tommy (reading)-"The desperate outlaws, finding themselves sur rounded, resolved to sell their lives ns dearly as possible; but the assailants advanced bravely-" Edith-"How'foolish! Why didn't they wait till bargain-dny?"-Puck. Itargnln Day in Stamps. "Can't I get these two-cent stamps cheaper if I take a quantity?" asked Mrs. Chestnut of the stamp clerk al the Philadelphia postoffice. "I can let you have a dozen for a quarter,*' replied the clerk. ."Very well, I'll take them."-Har lem Life. Far From lt. Mr. Chiman-"I don't see how you can spend the best years of your life in a place like this." Mr. Hubbubs-"Hang it ali, man! T am not spending thc best years of my life here. The years I have spent here have been the very worst years of my life."-Puck. Athletic Diet. "I know a mau who lives on base balls." "What do you mean?" "Well, ho begged a quarter of nie, said he hadn't had a square meal for a week, and when I got out to thc game he had a better seat than I had."-' Detroit Free Press. Not Much Luck. "Are the fish biting well to-day?" asked a niau of a boy who was fishing in a brook not far from Boston. "The fish do not bite, sir," replied the boy, respectfully. "They swallow the bait, and the hook embeds itself in their mouth. But they are very wary to-day, sir."-Puck. Not to be Expected. Salesman-"If the goods arc not just as represented, we will cheerfully refund your money." Kural Customer -"Don't tell me sech yarns as that, young man! Ye might gimme me money back, but't ain't human natur fer ye to be cheer ful about doin' it."-Puck. Interesting1. "I find the American farmer so in teresting," twittered the poetess. 1 "I manage to extract a good deal of interest out of him myself," was thc answer of thc short, elderly, double chinned gentleman, who, as it after ward developed, was in the mortgage business.-Cincinnati Euquirer. Chancing the Fipure. Yan Arndt-"See those two girls over there? Not much difference in their figures, eh?" Fenilworth-"Not the slightest. I'd call them both gawky, long and angular." Vau Arndt-"Yes; but the one in blue is heiress to millions-so she's ahvavs refelled to as being'svelte.'" -Puck. A Modern Munchausen. "Any quail about this neighbor hood?" inquired a tourist, who was about to register nt a Western Texas hotel. "Quail!" said tho proprietor, with an indulgent smile; "they've got to be a nuisance. The cook complains that she can't throw a piece ot toast out of the back window but four or five fat quail light to see which one shall get it."-Texas Siftings. Over-Caution*. "I wish," said tho clarinet player thoughtfully, "that they'd leave out one of the numbers in this pro gramme." "What for?" inquired thc leader. "You see, the gentleman in charge of this occasion doesn't know very much about music. That selection requires mo to rest for thirty-two Mieasures, and I'm afraid he'll think Fm not. earning my salary."-Wash ington Star. Chinese Idea of Justice. A German missionary uamed Elwin recently delivered a lecture atShanghai in which he stated that the Chinese be lieve that "justice" will be adminis tered in the next world very much as it is in this-that is, chiefly by means of bribery, and that consequently it happens occasionally that one of two litigants commits suicide with a view to getting at the judge in the other world before his rival. Crime In Italy. Tn Italy only half of the criminals escape detection according to Signor Farriana, who ha.M written a book on "Clever and Fortunate Crimin?is." He asserts that while 900(1 crimes whose authors were not detected were committed in France in 182D, the yearly number o< such crimes is now 80,000. "SCOTTIE" WAS REVENGED. Sure Vengeance For Being Duped Int? "Cooning" un Imaginary Log. "I played a trick on one of the cow boys we called 'Scottie,' " said the ex cowboy. "But he got even with me in good shape. We were on the round up, and within two days' drive of Baton, but 'Scottie' couldn't stand it auy longer, so he struck off for town early in the morning to fill np. We didn't see anything of him till night. After the cattle had been bedded and the night herders stationed he came into camp maudlin drunk. The boys began to tease him about being drunk, but he swore that he was perfectly sober, and offered to bet that he could walk a scratch. "I noticed just then that the moon cast my shadow like a log across the creek. I said, 'Scottie, I'll bet you can't walk across the creek on this log.' Scottie looked at it a moment rather dubiously, then said: 'I don't know as I can walk it, but I'll bet I eau coon it.' 'All right,' I said, 'coon it.' "So he got down on all fours to 'coon' it, and, of course crawled splash into the creek. The boys set up a howl. He scrambled out, spluttering and cussing, pretty well sobered and swearing that he would 'get even' with the kid forthat trick.' And he did. "I had in my string of cow ponies the meanest broncho in New Mexico. No matter how often I rode him he had to have his pitch-out every time he was saddled. I made it a point to get ott'before the rest of the boys were ready to start. Failing in that, I waited until they were out of the way. One morning, nearly two years after 'Scottie' had 'cooned' the log, I saddled up and mounted. The broncho put his head down to buck. I jerked him up sharply, and the bridle bit broke and let the bridle off over his head. Then he began to pitch aud run right toward a barbed wive fence. "I heard 'Scottie's' voice say 'I catch him for you.' Then his lariat whizzed by my head and caught the horse around the neck. I glanced over my shoulder and saw 'Scottie' set his horse back. It came over me in an instant that he was going to throw my horse and 'get even' with me. So I jerked my feet out of the stirrups and got ready to fall. I lauded about tinily feet away, flat on my back. After the boys had brought me around, examined mc and found me all there and no harm done, 'Scottie' turned to one of the boys and said: 'I told you I would pjet even with the kid.' "-Chi cago Times-Herald. A Place For tho Wheel*. When thc bicycle first became a popular method of locomotion, and be fore it was regarded as more than a fad, to run its course as other fads, there was much complaint on the part of some merchants when wheels Avere stacked in front of their places of busi ness to the obscurity of low signs and to the danger of plate glass. At not a few places nolices of "No bicycles" were displayed. As the wheels be came more and more numerous the enterprising merchanis jn-ovided racks for the wheels * their customers, and now a mendiant on the avenue has outstripped competitors by placing a large sign in his window: "Wheel rack inside for customers." One of the "no bicycle" signs that was given a place in front of an F street store for a year or two was lately taken down and thrown into tho ash barrel. Its exile came about for commercial rea sons. One day the proprietor met oue of bia old customers on the street and incidentally remarked that he hadn't made any purchases for a long time." "No," replied the customer. "I went to your store about a year ago on my wheel to make a purchase. I dismounted, and upon looking for a place to rest it, my eye came in con tact with that sign, 'No bicycles.' I couldn't put the wheel in my pocket, and consequently I remounted, found a store where there was no prejudice against wheels, made my purchase, and there I have dealt ever since." That experience was enough to cause thc dealer to remove his sign from his window front to his ash barrel. Washington Star. Moving Hospitals. The railway hospital car is the latest novelty in foreign railroading, In the event of a serious accident, these cars can be run to thc place of the disaster, where tho injured moy be picked top and carried to the nearest large city for treatment instead of being left to pass long hours at some wayside station while awaiting surgical attendance. It also enables the railway companies at certain seasons or upon special oc casions to transport large numbers of invalids to hu.ilth resorts or places of pilgrimage. The interior of the car is divided into a main compartment, a corridor on one side and two small rooms at the end. The largest com partment is the hospital proper; it contains twenty-four isolated beds. Each patient lies in front of two little windows. Each bed is provided with a movable table, and a cord serves to hold all the various small objects which the patient may require. The corridors on the outside lead to the linen closet and the doctor's apart ment-. Various trap doors in the floor, when opened, disclose to view an ice chest, a compartment for the disinfec tion of soiled linen, and a provision cellar. If necessary, a portion of the hospital chamber may be transformed into an operating room for urgent cases. Finally, as customary abroad, a small chapel for religious worship is provided. This car will be put in charge, of a surgeon and nurses, and will be chiefly used to carry invalids from Belgium direct to the health re sorts of France. Tltey Do Xot Marry Young. The average age at which people in England marry has steadily risen for a good many years. Sir Brydges Honniker, Registrar General for Eng land and Wales, has only now com pleted his detailed rojxn-tfor 1895, aud he states that the mean ages of those who entered wedlock in that year were about twenty-eight and a half years for men and slightly over twenty-six years for women. These figures, how ever, include the agej of widowers and widows who re-enter the matri monial estate, and who ought properly to be excluded from the calculation, for the average age of widowers who re-marry is over forty-four, while that of widows is forty. If, therefore, we deal only with the case of bachelors and spinsters, wc lind that the mean ages on marriage are twenty-six and a half and twenty-five i-espectively. The number of under-age marriages regis tered in 189;"> was the lowest recorded for between forty and fifty years. WHHhington'H Survey. George S. Deakins, of Row I es burg, W. Va., a surveyor, has the compass and the instruments whioh belonged to his grandfather when, with Washing ton, he surveyed the road from Wash ington to the Ohio. AGRICULTURAL ' * j The Cairs Drinking Pall, Calves during the-first summer; are frequently pastured in an orchard or tethered by a rope near the barn. / In either case water must be carried to them and their pail is very likely to be tipped over.-American Agriculturist. Curlntf Hay for Homo Use. ? In hay making, two points are to he considered, writes J. S.- Woodward, of New York. First, how to get j the largest weight of such hay as is most in demand in the market and jWill bring the highest price, and second, how to get the largest amount, of di gestible stock food to the acre. The first is from the standpoint of the hay seller. The other from that of the hay feeder. Fortunately for the farmer, the hay buying publio has not yet "got onto" tho fact that for all animals for all pur poses for a driving horse even, there is no hay quite equal to early, out, well cured clover, so the market calls for timothy hay and such will sell.for sev eral dollars per ton more than any other, and it must be made from gra?s fully grown aud ripened to a point just; short of the shattering of the seed. There is a prejudice in the market again j t hay that is too green in color, aud although hay cut early and of a deep green color is far better to feed, I it will not bring as much as that which i is lighter in color, in fact, almost white, providing this color comes from fuller maturity and not from bleaching by the weather. While no other of the true grasses ? has nearly so high a feeding value as I the northern bluegrass, "Poa com pressa," and nothing increases the ' feeding value of timothy hay more than j a mixture of this grass, such a mix turo injures its market value in pro- ; portion to the quantity of bluegrass contained. So then, for market, clean 1 timothy is wanted, and it should be out just before its seeds will shell and at this stage can bs cut in the morn ing of a good hay day, and drawn and housed in afternoon, especially if it.be gone over with a tedder soon after dinner. But as to the best time to cut j tho various kinds of grasses, best methods of curing, handling and stor ing to get best results in feeding farm slock. We do not ca~e for bulk but for amount of digestible food. A well established fact. hi vegetable growth is, 1 that, during the eiHy season much of the growth of hay plants is at tho ex- ? pense of nutriment stored up the pre- ^ vious season, and that up to a certain point of maturity the plant is largely j fiber and water, and that beyond this time the plant is taking in carbon from ? the air and uniting that with the water j and forming tho carbohydrates-first sugar, then starch and lastly fiber; that the further this change goes the woody fiber increases and the digest?- j ble matter decreases. A rapid change also takes place in { tue constituents of grasses in the cur- ^ ing or dryiug process. While the green grass may contain much sugar, when the same has been cured but little can j found, it having passed on to the starch form largely, and doubtless more or less has gone on into the woody state. These facts true, grasses of all kinds should be ont when they have the great est quantityof sugar and Bt?rete"\pe.Y. acre, as these ave both almost com pletely digestible; If allowed to go beyond this the hay may increase much in weight and still loso much of its di gestible value. With all the grasses, clover included, this poi ut wil i ? bo found just at the period of full bloom. I know many have a notion that the pollen on the grasses makes the hay dusty, but if that be the only * iSt on the hay, no animal will over be injured by its USC; There is ono objection to this early cutting of grass for hay-it is much more work to cure it, but the far greater value will moro than compen sate for the extra labor-, I have tried almost ever Jr way of hay making but, all things considered, I prefer to do most of the curing in cook. I like to start the mower about four o'clock in the afternoon and keep it running until 10 o'clock the next day, pxcept for a couple of hours in the early morning; If the grass is heavy, it should be shaken out with ft tedder before noon and by three in the after noon it will be ready to rake and go Into oocks. Few men know just how to make ft good hay cock. Almost ?nyori? can make a bunch, but it takes an artist to put up ft hay cock so it will shed rain ftnd not be blown over by every little breeze. It should be small on the ground, rather tall and so built up that the outside coat shall shed rain like the thatch ou a stack. This is eanily done by one who knows how, but difficult to describe so that a novice can make one just right. Hay put into cocks after being fully wilted will, in good weather, sweat and cure ont, ready to go into the barn, in two to live days, according to the weather, When cured enough on a bright morning after dew is off, the cocks should be deftly opened into just good sized forkfuls, and in au hour and ft half or two hours it ia ready to draw and put into barns. Of course where one has not storage nuder cover he will be compelled to stack the hay, but I believe this is a wasteful practice and that even with the best system of stack ing, enough will be wasted in a few years to pay for a building in which to store it. The old notion was, that the barn for storing hay should be open and that the doors should all be left open to air the hay, but now people ha -e learned that the tighter the barn and the closer it is kept shut, the greener thc hay can be stored with safety and the better it will keep. In buying a lot of clover hay in England to feed a flock of sheep which I was to bring over, while on ship I was struck by its dark color but delicious fra grance and the fact that the sheep ate every portion, even to the coarse stalk, and from then till now I have been trying to cure clover like it, and have succeeded pretty well by curing it in large cocks and putting into mows quite damp.-New England Home stead. Farm and Garden Noten. The successful farmer not only knows how to do his" work well, but does it as well as he knows how. Dig ont and haul oft', or bury, the rock that dulls your plow or sickle, or you may have a break to repair next, time. Our rule hos been to begin turning the horses on pastures nights as soon as the crops are in and the pasture good. We consider it a good plan. The journals of grass and grain cutting machinery must be ':ept well oiled, the knives sharp and the pitman of such length that the sections will exactly centre in the guards. WOMAN'S WORLD. Where Women ore Muzzled. Muzzles are used on refractory wo* men in the penitentiary at Cologne, Germany. Last year a muzzled girl ?was found dead in her cell. It wag alleged that death was due to suffoca tion, and the persons in authority were charged with manslaughter, but afterwards acquitted. Zs Dresden Gowns.1 It is almost obligatory this year thai your gloves match your parasol and the flowers on your hat, and if they abo match the flowers on your dress, why you will be so much tho better gowned. To get this idea fully, imagine a black and white striped silk, with roses in Dresden effect scattered over it. Now fancy this dress trimmed with white taffeta, on which there are tiny rose sprays with embroidered leaves. You will see the Dresden in all oolors, with taffetas to match; and for sjvery shade there is a pair of gloves. Now select a hat of white chip, with pink roses upon the front and with pink roses and green ribbon at the back, and to this add pink gloves and a pink parasol. Married lu lier Bicycle Clothes. While ' Justice Hart, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sitting in his office late Tuesday afternoon, he was aroused from his meditation by a ripple of laughter at his office door. A company of three young ladies and an elderly gentleman entered. The girls each wore a neat bicycle suit, with short skirts and a cap. One of the merry wheel-women announced that she de sired to be launched on the sea of matrimony, and to have her name changed from Miss Martha Elber to Mrs. Charles T. Wilkes. The justice looked out of the door for the would be groom, but the young lady pointed to the elderly gentleman. The bicy cle bride was about seventeen years old, while the groom appeared to be thirty years her senior. Tho bicycle bridesmaids giggled, tho bicycle bride blushed and the old gentleman looked serious, while the justice performed thc ceremony.-Chicago Tribune. Ghi* as Church Collectors. The BOY. Dr. Thomas, of the Me thodist Episcopal Church at Hillsdale, N. J., does not preside over a congre gation as large as city churches have, but he has just demonstrated that he is np to dato-in his ideas. A surprise was in store for the con gregation when the minister began his discourse. He said he had decided to adopt a novel method to get a good collection, and when he stated that young women would pass the collec tion boxes there was astonishment. The young women had been selected, and to them the pastor raid: "I have known great power in pretty ! smiles in collecting money for good work." Glancing significantly at ll? young men scated in the rear pews, Dr. Thomas continued: "Now, young j ladies, I want you to smile right into 1 the generosity of this congregation and penetrate their pocketbooks." Tho collection was for the education of young men who wanted to enter tho ministry, and before the pastor pro nounced the benediction he wore a look of satisfaction, indicating that the smiles of the girl collectors had been triumphant.-New York Tribune. lier Fino Juiiir>i Six feet and one hich is a line record fqjf a running high jump, and for a woman lt is extraordinary) It has been made by a seventeen year-old Brooklyn school girl. The world's amateur record is at present held by M: F: Sweeney, with (3 feet 5i> inches. Ten years ago the best man could not beat the jump of G feet. 1 inch made by Miss Louise Brooks. In 1S87 the record for tho United States was held by E. Wi Johnson, with only ? feet ll inches; Miss Brooks is the daughter of George W. Brook?; and is the cham pion feminine - athlete of Adelphid, Academy. For eight years sh.; has been a pupil in that school, and an enthusiast in athletics and gymnastics-. She easily cai i ies oft'the paint as the best all-around athlete in .1 large class of girl gymnasts, and her powers and endurance, her grace and agility, are simply marvelous; Miss Brooks comes of rt family of athletes-. She is the only daughter j among six children: Her five brothers are lill athletes ?nit'her eldest brother was ? champion of Amherst during his college life. From rt tiny girl Miss ' Louis? loved outdoor sports better I thai! th? pastimes tisually sought by ' little maids. Tops, marbles and ball j were her toys instead of dolls and i miniature dishes and housekeeping j utensils. She learned to throw a ball like a boy-a clean, straight throw instead of in the curiously lame fashion which most girls adopt. She grew up a sturdy, straight-limbed maiden with . well-developed muscles. Wheu she went to the Academy she took to the gymnasium as a duck takes to water.- ' New Orleans Picayune. She Has a Flourishing HiiHinosfl. The question, "What shall I do to earn a living'?'' asked so often by women, was answered the other day by two young women in New York, very much to their own satisfaction aud profit. The senior member of the firm (who was a belle and social leader in ker native State two years ago) went to New York and cast around for some thing whereby she might earn her own bread. A friend of hers, another capa ble girl, remarked that the ladies of New York looked much better on the streets than in their evening gowns. "They look fairly well so long as they stick to silks, or satins, or heavy mate rials, but when it comes to muslins and laces they don't seem to know how to have them made. It is a perfect shame the way they waste their beautiful materials. Ah, if wc only had their beau tiful goods, couldn't wo make lovely gowns of them!" The other girl began to think, and in a few days proposed to her friend to form a partnership as designers of evening and summer | gowns. Together they made several rough colored sketches of muslin gowns, ( which they took to some of their more j fashionable acquaintances to see what they thought of them. In almost every instance they received orders for ono or more gown". When these orders increased sufficiently to make the ven ture safe, they began work in earnest. They employed comp?tent French dressmakers and fitters, and opened i parlors, where their designs and sam ple gowns are shown.. Their custom ers select their designs and materials from samples shown by the firm, and they guarantee a perfect fit and finish. As they make only one gown after a design, their patrons aro certain that no one else will hove a garment just like their own. Besides building up a very flourishing business in New York and the vicinity, they have been offered good salaries by several of the large houses which make a specialty of stylish ready-made gowns and waists as de signers.-Argonaut. HORSES KILLED TO SAVE CRASS. A. Perplexing Problem Which Confronts Northwest llanchmcn. The interesting news comes from the city of Butte, Montana, that in sev eral parts of that State horses are so numerous aud there is so little use for them that they are being killed by ranchmen and their flesh fed to hogs as food instead of corn, lu Madison County several horse meat canning es tablishments are now in operation, and the product is said to be shipped East and then to Europe. Horses can be bought for S3 a head or even less when purchased in large numbers. These facts suggest the inquiry as to what is to become of the horse. With the introduction of electricity on street car lines, where, until a few years ago, horses were practically the sole motive power, and with the ever-increasing use of the bicycle, there seems to be less use for the horse than ever. This nse of electricity and bicycles makes it probable that horses will be bred in very small numbers hereafter. In the States of Montana, North Dakota, Idaho, Washington and Wy oming hundreds of thousands of dol lars have been invested in cattle, sheep aud horses. ' Large herds were formerly driven from Texas and the Southwest to fatten on the nutritious grasses to be found in the States named, but the constant increase in the number of cattle, especially those of the half breed variety, has also caused a r?duction in their value. The establishment of canning fac tories in Madison County, Montana, where horse meat is put up is not the first experiment of the kind in the Northwest. In 1895 it was made in Port land, Oregon, where horse meat was cauned and shipped to France. It was found, however, that the entei^prise did not pay, the demand being insuf ficient, while packers of beef refused to add horse meat to their line of trade because of the prejudice which would arise. Reports from Madison County state also that horses in some instances aro driven into corrals on the ranches, killed and the bodies dragged out into the fields, -where the hogs can devour them. It seems almost incredible that this should be thc case, but it has come to be a matter of self-preserva tion with the owners of large grazing districts, where there was danger that the horses would eat up all the grass, thereby leaving no fodder whatever for beef cattle. lt is not only thc half breed horses that are found to be a drug on the mar ket, but such fine stock as Clydesdales and coach horses are being ottered by ranchmen there ferr very small figures. One ranchman in Madison County is said to have a herd of seventeen hun dred horses of Clydesdale and Norman stock which he is willing to dispose of for ?15 a head. He is unwilling to sacrifice his stock for canning pur poses, although thc herd is eating the grass required for thc grazing cattle and sheep. The cattle herds in thc Northwest are numbered by thousands, theyviees (or which are ridiculously small. The feed on the ranges is not increasing while thc cattle arc, thu? making the problem of finding feed more difficult. These immense herds roam the prairies of North Dakota, Washington, Mon tana and Idaho.-New York Herald. /ORDS OF WISDOM. The offender never forgives. More have repented speech than si lence. Woman lives for sentiment, mair for action, He that ?3 slow to wrath is of great understanding; Of two evils, choose tho least; of two sins, neither. It pleases a woman to be told that she is fascinating, It pleases a woman to call her a sen sible little woman, Speak well of your friend, of yo?r enemy say nothing: He Who says what he likes will hear what he does not like; Satisfaction comes by inches, disap pointment by the foot; Opinions arc mortgages the world holds upon our liberty. He who has a thousand friends has riot one friend to sparet The doctor is often* more to h? dreaded than the disease. Cupid has giveri sonie people the hardest fall they ever got. Recollection is the only paradise out of which we can not bc driven. Some people, like the earth, have to be broken up before they become use ful. They -who cannot have what they like should learn to like what they have. Opportunity makes short calls. When one is out it leaves a card and moves on. It pleases a woman to bo told that she improves a man by her companion ship. There is pleasure in meeting the eyes of those to whom we have done good. Thinking well ls wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. Thc bitterest medicine is sweet to a boy if he thinks his younger brother wants it.-The Soitth-West, Staff-Hunting a* Xiffhfc Wonderfully elaborate open-air fetes, often the scene of some mum mery or coup de theatre celebrating scenes in connection with venery, were frequent occurrences. Thus Louis XIV. more than once held stag-hunts at night; and for that pur pose thc great forest of Chantilly was illuminated with torches, and the hunted stag was forced to pass through avenues lined by several thousand men holding brightly flaring flambeaux in their hands. Several of the princesses of his court were daring riders, and from the letters of one of these royal ladies, a Duchess of Orleans, we learn that in four years she was present at the death of over a thousand stags. Her descriptions of the sport are most enthusiastic. "I have had twenty-six falls, but have hurt myself only once," she says in ono of her letters. "Sports in the Seventeenth Century," in the Century. Superior Mortals. It is not a very groat man who car ries his honors as meekly as the Mayor of Inverness, who rebuked an admir ing crowd in thc words: "Fr'eus, Fin just a mortal man like vers?is." Sir Wilfrid Lawson tells the following story: "A woman was once pursuing Uer fugitive cow down a line, when she .ailed out to some one in front, 'Man. turn my cow.' The man took notice iud allowed the cow to pass. When she came up she said, 'Man, why did you not turn my cow?' He replied, '.Woman, I am not a mau, I am a uiasistrate.'" Whdte Hunt By Indian?! Neah Bay Indiana returned Satur day from their moat succeaaful hunt in recent yeara. Thuraday night fifty Indiana in aix canoea camped on Cape Flattery, starting Friday morning for whaling grounds fifteen miles off in the Pacific Ocean. They -were re warded by Bighting immediately a school of between fifty and aixty big gray whales, traveling aouthward. The party divided into three crews of two canoea each. Each crew aingled out a big whale, and the battle began in earnest. The whalea' bellowing frightened tho balance of tho achool, which kept some diatance apart. All the canoes were overturned, part of them aeveral times, by the whalea coming under them and the struggling of the whales while towing the boats, which were fastened to harpoons and 6pears. Neah Bay Indiana are at home in water, and none waa drowned. Two boats were towed over five milea by tho largeat whale, and it took six hours' hard work to finiah him. The tug Holyoke, whose crew had watched the operations, waa engaged to tow the whale and canoea to Neah Bay, arriving Saturday morning. The en tire population of 400 Indiana met the returning party. 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