The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 28, 1891, Image 5
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HIGH LIVERS.
How the Population is Divided
According to Altitude.
More than Three-Fourths the
People Live Below lOOO Feet.
An interesting bulletin baa just been
issued by the United States census
office, which was prepared by Mr.
Henry Gannett, the geographer of the
census. It gives a table and diagram
showing the distribution of population
in accordance with altitude.
It is stated that about one-sixth of
the people of the country live less than
100 feet above sea level, namely,
along the immediate seaboard and in
the swampy and alluvial regions of
the south, and that more than three-
fourths live below 1000 feet, while
below 5000 feet are found nearly 99
per cent, of the inhabitants. At great
altitudes there are found only the
most trifling proportion.
In the area below 500 feet is in
cluded nearly all that part of the popu
lation which is engaged in manufac
turing and in the foreign commerce
of the country, and most of that en
gaged in the culture of cotton, rice
and susrar.
The interval between the 500 feet
and 1500 feet contours comprises
the greater part of the prairie states
and the grain-producing states of the
northwest.
East of the 98th merdian the con
tour of 1500 feet is practically the
upper limit of population, all the
country lying above that elevation
being mountains.
The population between 2000 and
5000 feet is found mainly on the slope
of the great western plains. In this
region the belt between 2000 and
8000 feet is almost everywhere de
batable ground between the arid
region of the Cordillerian plateau and
the humid region of the Mississippi
valley. Above 3000 feet irrigation
is almost universally necessary for
success in agricultural operations.
Between 4000 and 5000 feet, and
more markedly between 5000 and
<5000 feet, it will be noticed that the
population is decidedly in excess of
the grade or grades below it. Ihis is
mainly due to the fact that the dens
est settlement at high altitudes in the
Cordilleran region is at the eastern
base of the R.>cky Mountains and in
the valleys about Great Salt Lake,
which regions lie between 4000 and
6000 feet. Of these the extensive
settlements at the base of the moun-
tajivs in Colorado are rajtinly between
5000 ami *jOO(Tfeet.
Above 6000 feet the population,
which is confined, of course, to the
Cordilleran region, is almost entirely
engaged in the pursuit of mining, and
the greater part of it is located in
Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and
California.
While the population is increasing
numerically in all altitudes, its rela
tive movement is decidedly toward the
region of greater altitudes, and is
most marked in the country lying be
tween 1000 and 6000 feet above the
sea.
The density of population is great
est near the sea level in that narrow
strip along the seaboard which con
tains our great seaports. The density
diminishes gradually and rather uni
formly up to 2000 feet, where the
population becomes quite sparse.
The average elevation of the country,
excluding Alaska, is aoout 2500. The
average elevation at which the inhabi
tants lived, taking cognizance of their
distribution, was 687 feet in 1870; in
1880 it had increased to 729 feet, and
in 1890 to 788 feet.
Life on a Lightship.
The routine of work on a lightship
is quite simple. At sunrise the watch
lowers the lights. At six a. m. the
captain or the mate stands in the door
way leading from the cabin into the
berth-deck and shouts, (< A11 hands!’*
The men tumble out of their bunks
and dress, breakfast being served at
twenty minutes past six. At half
past seven the lamps are removed from
the lanterns and taken below to be
cleaned and filled. In smooth weather
this duty can be performed in about
two hours, but if the vessel is rolling
and pitching the task may be pro
longed an hour or two. When the
lamps have been returned to the lan
terns, there remains nothing for the
crew to do except to clean ship and to
go on watch until sundown, when the
lamps are lighted and the lanterns
hoisted. The crew is divided into the
captain's watch and the mate’s watch
of five each. Twice between spring
and winter each watch goes ashore for
two months, so that each member of
the crew is aboard the lightship eight
months in the year. It is not believed
that they could stand the life longer
than this. In fact mauy men throw up
their work as soon as they can get
ashore. Three members of the South
Shoal crew have, however, seen un
usually long terms of service—twenty-
one, nineteen and seventeen years re
spectively—and others have served on
her a remarkably long time when the
desolate character of the service is
considered. This is probably due to
the fact that the dangers of this ex
posed station warn off all but those
inured to the hardships of a seafaring
life. The men who have been there
so long are old whalemen, accustomed
to voyages of several years’ duration
and to the perils of a whaleman’s life.
The pay aboard the South Shoal is
somewhat higher than on other light
ships. The captain receives $1000,
the mate $700 and the crew $600.
These sums may not seem large, but it
must be borne in mind that even the
prodigal son would have found it im
possible to make away with his patri
mony on the South Shoal Lightship,
especially as the Government furnishes
all supplies. Opportunities for ex
travagance are absolutely wanting.
Occasionally a member of the crew
may remark in a sadly jocose tone that
he is going around the corner to order
a case of champagne or to be measured
for a dress suit; but there is no cor
ner.— [Century.
Wool Growing and Climate.
Wool is emphatically a product of
Northern climates as cotton is of the
tropics. There is especial^daptidn ©f
Life people in
habiting these respective regions in
this provision of nature for the pro
ducts respectively produced by each.
It is impossible to grow cotton in
Northern localities, because the sea
son is not long enough. There is
equal disability in Southern localities
to produce the best qualities of wool.
This is shown by the demand from
Australia, a semi-tropical country, for
the American Merino rams bred by
Vermont and Western New York
breeders. Years ago Australian wool
growers thought that by crossing
with American-bred sheep they could
make their flocks all that was needed
to produce good wool. For a time
they succeeded; but of late years a
renewed demand has come for Ameri
can-bred Merinos, to improve still
further the native stock which under
the influence of climate shows a con
stant tendency towards deterioration.
— [Boston Cultivator.
The Hunger Prairie.
Between Bokhara and Fergan, in
Central Asia, is a large stretch of land
known as Golodnaya Step (the Hun.
ger prairie) in Russia. The soil of
this steppe is of excellent quality, but
it lacks irrigation. The Russian Gov
ernment has made attempts to irrigate
this soil and spent millions of rubles
in digging canals and artesian wells in
various localities, but, on account of
the careless prospecting of the engi
neers and imperfect arrangements
made for the nivveling of the soil, all
these attempts have failed. Last sum
mer the minister of finance, on his
tour in Central Asia, made a personal
inspection of the Golodnaya Step and
of the abandoned works of irrigation
there. He noted down carefully what
had been done and what, according to
the opinion of experts, might be done
to reclaim the steppe to fertility.
Recently he submitted to the Govern
ment a plan for the irrigation of the
whole region, proposing to utilize con
vict labor for the purpose. His plan
was accepted and work will soon be
gin from the convicts’ station at Koov-
luke, eight versts (about one-and-a-
quarter miles) from the military sta
tion of Tashkent. — [Boston Trans
cript.
A Most Astounding Fish Story.
An Eastern publication offered a
prize of fifty dollars for the most
astounding fish story; and the prize
was awarded one F. T. Radsom, who
tent in the following:
“Several days ago a friend and I
went fishing in the Lake bnt didn’t
catch anything.”—[Arkansaw Trav
eler.
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony.
A letter from Sarajevo gives an ac
count of a wedding celebrated by
Spanish Hebrews in that city. Bride
and bridegroom and guests were all
dressed in Oriental costumes. After
the performance of the ceremony,
which w'as the same as that of Hebrews
in other countries, there followed the
fish dance. The relatives of the newly
married couple came wabbling into
the room, each carrying a fish whose
head was decorated with flowers and
ribbons. The fishes were laid on the
floor and the bride had to hop over
every one. This was to give her luck
and make her family increase like the
fish of the sea.—New York Recorder.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
FEATHEK TRIM MI MO FOR FANS.
There is a new fancy for attaching
latural flowers to one side of a feather
fan, and yellow roses go most effec-
.ively with fans of black ostrich tips.
The flowers are attached by a fine in
visible wire, and dangle most artisti-
Milly. White fans are no longer as
popular as formerly unless delicately
painted and with pearl sticks of a rosy
white heu or deep coral, which cer-
ainly adds to the beauty of a rose-
:olored fan, upon which spangles or
iven pearls may be seen. A fan is
one of the necessities nowadays, and
it is required to match the gown.—
[Chicago Post.
FASHIONS ARE PLAIN THIS YEAR.
Here is an item for our lady read-
jrs sent over from Paris: “The len
iency of fashions this year will be ex
ceedingly plain. In former years it
was customary to use great amounts
of cloth in making a dresi, nine yards
of double-width goods being the usual
quantity. The fashion this year is
succinctly outlined by a prominent
French manufacturer, who said: ‘Five
yards of cloth will make a dress, and
two and one-half of that goes on the
ground, which means that the dress is
jo exceedingly plain it will require
hut little cloth and much of that forms
a train, which will be a feature of the
style.’”—[New Orleans Time Demo
crat.
HOW TO WEAR GRAY.
Every woman wears gray because it
is fashionable, and so it behooves the
woman who is a sallow blonde to
know that her gray dress ought to
have a rich cardinal or crimson plas
tron or a big, soft fichu of red chiffon.
The reddish blonde need not read
this article. She can wear gray pure
and simple without modification.
The brunette should take heed that
her gray dress has a touch of pink or
old rose near her face, or, if it be
comes her better, of yellow.
No girl who is dark should ever
put blue with gray.
No girl who has not a rose-leaf skin
should wear cream and gray.
Never wear a gray hat unless you
face it with the tint that is most be
coming. If you heed these hints you
will probably confess them wise.
— [New York Recorder.
Honoring Brave Men.
A curious return has just been
printed at Berlin. It shows how often
German regimental colors were struck
in action during the campaigns of
1864, 1866 and 1870, and also how
many officers, non-commissioned offi
cers and men were killed while carry
ing the colors. The memory of these
losses is touchingly preserved. Every
staff that has been clasped in action by
a dead soldier's fingera is encircled
with a silver ring with the inscription
of the man’s name and the words,
“Died a hero’s death with this color
in his hand.”—[Cincinnati Times-Skpir.
HOW LITERARY WOMEN DRESS.
“Did you see that editorial of Kate
Field’s abont the way literary women
dress?” said a literary lady to a New
York reporter. “It maintained that
they do not merit the careless classifi
cation as a lot of
so often get at the hands of the writ
ers for the press.
“There may be some truth in that,
but it is certainly a fact that the wo
man T»ho follows any steady occupa
tion—let it be literature or what you
will—dresses under great difficulties.
A woman’s wardrobe needs constant
care, which can be given only when
her interests are entirely of the do
mestic order. She cannot even take
to herself a helpmeet to sew on her
buttons, as can a man in a similar po
sition. Of course, if a woman simply
dabbles in science or literature her ap
pearance will not suffer. She can
write a sonnet one day and trim her
bonnet the next, but woman’s clothes
require serious thought, and when
that is all given elsewhere her occupa
tion, or rather her preoccupation, will
be visible in her garb,”—[Chicago
Herald.
MARRYING PROPENSITY OF TELEGRAPH
GIRLS.
The Western Union company com
plains that the innate propensity of
telegraph girls to get married is a
source of constant disarrangement and
change in their offices. Just as soon
as a woman gets broken in thoroughly
and can handle a heavy wire almost as
well as a man, if she is bright or pretty
or has anything attractive about her
she falls in love with some telegrapher
and marries. In most cases the women
quit work and go to housekeeping,
while the husband has to thump the
key twice as hard to stave oft' bank
ruptcy. This, however, makes no
difl'erence; not a i-ingle one seems to
be deterred by the experience of her
predecessor, and the old story per
petually repeats itself. In point of
fact, the business of matrimony seems
to flourish better in telegraph offices
than in the bureaus where men and
women are supposed to meet their
fate at so much per bead; and so se
riously is the routine of the telegraph
offices disturbed thereby that the com
panies declare they would give up
women operators altogether in the
large offices if it were not for the sake
of economy.—[Chicago News.
Hot-Water Artesian Well.
A remarkable hot-water artesian
well is in operation at Eoise City,
Idaho. The water company of that
place has now two wells, each about
400 feet deep, discharging over 1,000,-
000 gallons per day of water said to
have a temperature of 180 degrees
Fahrenheit. Another well is to be
bored, and tbss hot water to be util
ized for bathing purposes and for a
large hotel to built near the wells.—
BROKEN CHINA CRAZE.
One of the latest “fads” of woman
is the broken china craze, says the
Housekeepers’ "Weekly. The china
dealers are begged to save all pieces
of broken fancy china and colored
glass, while mothers send their child
ren into the streets and by-ways to
pick up all the broken pieces they can
find. There are many articles made
from these odds and ends. An ac
quaintance of mine has made a table,
which is a marvel of ingenuity, and
has been exhibited many times at
fairs. But as the decoration of a table
would be quite a piece of work. I will
pie plate may
from the tin
tiu pie plates,
oss. Cover it
ch with putty,
>en press into
of china, ar-
explain how a com
be made beautiful,
shop one of the shal
about eight inches
to the depth of half ai
nicely molded on.
patty yoar small pi
ranged in each a ms iner that the
colors will be pleasin \ to the eye.
"When this is done, w ih liquid gold
paint the spaces betweefa the irregular
pieces of glass, etc., ij^iay be covered,
and behold! you have'an exceedingly
odd and pretty ornament for decorat
ing the children’s nursery, or even the
dining-room. When Bridget breaks
the bowl or platter vyhich belonged to
great-grandmother, save the pieces
and put together in Jthis way, which
may not be useful,bat is surely pretty.
FASHION NOTES.
Turquois jewelry continues fashion
able.
The honeysucklelis a popular design
in silver.
The daintiest brooches are those
which take the form of flowers.
A pretty tdrqqoise necklace seen
was formed of starvand crescents.
Russet leather 3,alts are worn with
men’s yachting,, tennis, etc.,
suits.
New pri^fng in silver take more
than the /bright fi ui3 k with pierced
borders.
Gray anq i a venc er crepe de chine,
brocaded iiy 8e if c^ or9 > are worn for
second mourning.
White wooj gowns have pan-
nels, yoke {|^B c<>rs l et ’ heavy
cream guipure
A very hanjsome spoon seen re
cently was of gold, with a handle de
signed in open vork.
Windsor
grei
woi
Thl
sign
bright-
White glo\
of silk, crepe or
in a loose bow, are
len.
is an effective de-
when chased on a
irface.
fre popular with all
sorts of gowns and are worn espe
cially with cott^i .ones.
A tea set * reight in Indian chasing
and having pieces in low bulb
ous form is ^^Bg of beauty.
White sil^^viffon spangled with
brilliants anc^Mped over silver silk
is an idea tba^Bls favor in gowns.
Women mourn ‘ M g' wear
white frocksJ^t they choose the cold,
lawn-like w^ite of thin silks and
crepes. 1
Black Chira crepe gowns for ladies
in deep motming are trimmed with
milliner’s fikis. of silk and chiffon
Pretty black]
with satin ant
and are made
lace or edging
Accordion ph
fashionable agr
style of costum]
accordion plaits]
Black chifioi
white dresses,
edged with ve]
with gowns
or gray.
Many of the
texture, and
clever and
colors are to I
fashionable p(
fine stripes.
The newest
ventional pattcl
age, zig-zag au|
laced cables ai
designs of fal
cord-like desigm]
The twisted ril
provement on thcl
have been so fashl
011 brocades; the
and outlined, ai
satin on a shot sill
Nature’s
There are not
Augustine sixteen]
Victoria regin a
Commonly calledl
A toweriug colul
centre plant to
feet, but it is oft]
rubbish heap as w|
son that, as a thirJ
no farther charm]
many thousands
of the Old Work
the plant. They]
razor-strop. Mr)
itor of the East
has had one in
and it shows not]
from wear and
made by taking
and cutting it inf
inches; these are sj
many “quarters” a;|
to each piece a si
or heart of the stall
face of not less
which to strop
hardens in time
soft and natural!
for stropping
Times-Union.
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PEARLS OF THOVQUT.
Goodness makes all people beauti
ful.
A lie always carries a dagger in its
hand.
The sin that dies the hardest is
pride.
A soft answer has saved many a
hard fight.
When people get rich they forget
how to give.
No man is good who behaves simply
because he has to.
Culture can not destroy sin. All it
can do is to hide it.
It doesn’t make a small man any
bigger to lift him up.
Some people never look up as long
as they can stand up.
Love would never have to weep if it
could always be understood.
It is bard to tell how small a live
snake must be to be harmless.
The. truth we hear amounts to noth-
V
ing unless we resolve to live it.
Unless a man lives as h igh as h
shouts, the less noise he makes the bet
ter.
How straight we would all walk if
we knew how many eyes were watch
ing us.
One of the poorest men to be found
anywhere is the rich man who never
gives.
If there is much sunshine ui the
heart, some of it will be sure to get
into the face.
The influence of a little child is
sometimes strong enough to lift a
whole family up.
It is hard to get people to see that
anything is wrong upon which they
have set their hearts.
To find out that you love the wrong
thing is to find out that you have the
wrong kind of a heart.—[Indianapo
lis (Ind.) Ram’s Horn.
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Do Some Pldnt* See?
Lady Boughey, Miss Thornewill
and maids of England, registered at
the Richelieu yesterday, and went out
to the stock yards before the ink of
their names had dried. Lady Boughey
is a prepossessing, amiable lady. She
has been traveling around the world,
and is especially devoted to botany.
Talking about her pet subject she said:
“Do you know that plants can see?
"Well, they can. Darwin in his book
on plants ventures an opinion that
plants have eyes, and I have proved to
my own satisfaction that he is correct.
When in Japan, a few weeks ago, I
was sitting under a shady tree looking
idrils
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lay claim to greater anti
that of fishing. Its origit
to be coeval with the eat
human ingenuity, for
meats of antiquity sh<]
in fall pos
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