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WOMEN AS STEVEDORES. Barges at Nagasaki Are Not Handled By Male Workers. The town of Nagasaki is even steeper than Hakodate: the streets going up from the water are almost steps, writes Anna C. Hartshorne, in The Chautauquan. for August. Near ly at the top there is a temple with a huge bronze torii in front of it. and a curious bronze horse in the court yard. Still higher up. but belonging to the temple. tiere is a grove of great camphor trees, with immense trunks and thick spreading branches. making a dense shade. The dark glossy leaves when bruised smell strongly of camphor. Under the branches you look almost down on the harbor, where there is nearly al ways some big steamer coaling. The coal comes from this part of Kyushiu, and is softer and more smoky than the northern coal. It is startling to see the barges come alongside and discover that the stevedores are wo men! Men handle the boat and do the shoveling, but women and girls pass up the flat baskets from one to another till the coal can be dumped into the bunkers. They are dressed like the peasant women who work in the fields, in dark cotton trousers and leggings, and straw waraji or sandals, the skirts of their kimonos tucked almost to the knees; a blue and white cotton handkerchief covers the head-at least it is usually white when they come on, but not when they have finished. A few years ago the wage for this work was IT sen a day; now it has gone up to 30 or even 50. Imported Elands. The introduction of elands into this country is likely to be attempted be fore long, the Department of Agri culture having given its approval to the idea., All that -is needed is mon ey which Congress will be asked to give. The animals which are the largest of all antelopes, would be very valuable in the desert regions of the Southwest as a source of meat sup ply. They require almost no water, are accustomed to forage for them selves and are quite tractable. The eland is nearly six feet high at the shoulder when full grown and weighs 1,6o0 pounds. It is not par ticularly swift (unlike most of its congeners), and a man can sometimes overtake it by running. Its flesh is considered a delicacy. Commonly it browses in herds in the waterless deserts of South Africa, to which it is a native, its ability to get along for months together without water beingI a mystery. To some extent doubt less, it depends upon moisture deriv ed from succulent plants,.such as the wild watermeloE. *There are two varieties of eland, one being reddish in color, known as the Lizingston eland. striped. It is one of about 2oo species of antelopes found in South Africa, where animals of this genus seem to have undergone . the most extraordinary differentia tion. Some of them are the swiftest * runners of all animals, and certain kinds are so wild and wary that hun ters cannot possibly get within .gun shot of them unless by the hel pof~ * what is known as an artificial ostrich -a Hottenot contrivance, consisting of the skin of an ostrich arranged to disguise a man, who holds the sup posed bird aloft by means of a stick thrust through the neck. Elands are becoming scarce in South Africa. Though they seem to -be the most desirable species for im portation into this country, there are others which might be valuable-no tably the spingbok, which is a grace ful creature less than three feet in height, of a beautiful fawn color; a prolific breeder and suited to the con ditions, climatic and otherwise, of the arid regions of Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California.-Saturday Evening Post. A Story of Hall Caine. Harper's Weekly. Stories about Hall Caine, the Manx author, always show interesting phases of his personality. The last time I saw Sir ~ Gilbert Parker he said: "I was hurrying along the boule vard in Paris one day when my pro gress was arrested by a dense crowd in front of an art shop. Evidently. thought I, there is an extraordinary picure on exhibition. The canvass was a remarkable i :alization of the Sav iour-a thin, strong Hebraic face, with closely cropped red hair and beard. "Suddenly the crowd parted to ad mit a man who approached with bow ed head. It was Hall Caine. He stood before the portrait with folded arms. gravely studying the face and pose of the figure on the canvass. The similarity of the portrait to the man standing before it was very striking. "Caine turned to go. but. seeing me. caine to n side. " 'I sav. did vo- notice how the crowd parted to admit me?' asked Caine. Golf Balls and Cables. The use of gutta percha for sub marine cables and golf balls makes constant drains on the supply of this material, and substitutes are being constantly sought after. In construc ting a cable the gutta percha is em ployed to insulate the conducting wire from the exterior metal sheath, and, though lately rubber has been employed for this purpose on some shorter lines, yet for long ocean lines the gutta percha is considered essen tial. Recently the German telegraph department has made a thorough test of some cables into whose construc tion an artificial gutta percha enters. This material is the invention of Adolf Gentzsch, of Vienna, and is a mixturt of india rubber and a palm wax wh>se melting point is the same as that of rubber. The electrical properties of the compound are equal to this of gutta percha, and the spec ificatians of the contract with the German government were more than satisfied in actual tests. The cost of the artificial gutta percha cables is about 35 per cent. less than the ordi nary cable. Jay Cooke As An Angler. Jay Cooke, now eighty-four years old, and a party of friends from Ogontz and Ashborne, mode the star catch of the season at Beach Haven, Mass., recently. The result of the trip affords a good example of Mr. Cooke's skill as a fisherman. The party of five caught 474 fish in all, of which 177 were caught by Mr. Cooke himself. The entire lot of fish was expressed by Mr. Cooke to Ogontz. to be distributed among the members of his Bible class. This Bible class has been conducted for more than fifty years and has at the present time eighty members. What He Put Into It. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What do you put into your auto to make it go?" "A chauffer. I haven't learned to run it yet." What is DR. JAMES' IRON BLOOD AND LIVER TONIC? Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic is a true tonic and blood food medicine. It. increases the appetite. s'trengthens the whole. system. by causing the most important organs of the human body to perform their proper functions. First, iron is a normal constituent of the blood; pure blood contains iron. If you are pale. weak and nervous, you need a tonic which contains iron in a form that will be absorbed by the system and enter the blood. Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic supplies the proper amount. Now, the largest most important organ of the human body must be looked after-the liver. A torpid liver means impure blood. a bad complexion, and a dull eve and: brain: so you can see the great ne cessity of an active, healthy liver. The moment your liver fails to act every organ suffers. Your stomach and digestive organs become affect ed. The gates of the citadel of life are thrown wide open, and diseases of every description attack the body. Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic contains a laxative drug, which acts on the liver, relieving billious ness and cures chronic constipation. We go still further, and we find when a person is suffering from constipa tion almost invariably their digestion is poor, the food fails to nourish and strengthen. Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic cures indigestion and dyspepsia. It causes the food you eat to assimilate, and the process of digestion is again active. Nine-tenths of our people suffer from indigestion A Russian Incident. New York Post. ' A young Russian Jew was obliged to go to the war in Manchuria. At first his father got letters from him regularly, but presently they ceased. One day the father was called to the police headquarters, where he was told there was a telegram regarding his son. but that he would h: to pay 20 rubles to get it. He (.d not have the n,,ney. and it took him 'some lime to, cilcct it from his friends. When he tinally opened the telegram it contained the announcement of his son's death. "Do you give gas here?" asked the man with the enlarged jaw, as he en tered the dental parlor. "No," replied the dentist; "you have to pay extra for it. This isn't r bar ber's shop."-Cincinnati Enquirer. SPECTACLES Carefully and Accurately Fitted at Daniels& WilliunisoQ, JEWELERS. Illinois Central Railroad DIRECT ROUTE TO THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. TWO TRAINS DAILY. In connection with W. & A. R. R. & N. C. & S. L. Ry fom Atlanta Lv Atlanta 8.25 a m Ar St.Louis 7.08 Leave Atlanta 8.25 A. M. Arrive St. Louis 7.08 A. M. Leave Atlanta 8.30 P. M. Arrive St. Louis 7.36 P. M. With Through Sleeping Cars FROM ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS "DIXIE FLYER" Carrying the only morning sleeping car from Atlanta to St. Louis. This car leaves Jacksonville daily, 8.o5 p. mn., Atlanta 8:25 a. mn., giving you the entire day in St. Louis to get located. For rates from your city, WVorld's Fair Guide Book and schedules, sleeping car reservations, also for book showing hotels and boarding houses, quoting their rates, write to FRED D. MILLER, Traveling Passenger Agent. No. I N. Pryor St., Atlanta. Ga. OF Newberry, S. C. Organiiseci. 1896. Capital - - - $50,000 Surplus - - - 19,500 Paid Stockholders since organization 21,000 Paid Depositors in Savings depart ment since or ganmzation - - $9,200 man working by the de y is paid for tne time he puts in at work, but when that man saves a dollar for his day's labor it works for him nights, as well as days; never lays off on account of bad weather and never gets sick, but goes right on earn ing him an income. It's a nice thing to work for money, but it's much nicer to have money working for you. Try it- -open a savings account with us and get some money working for you. Make a deposit in the Savings department today and let it begin to work for you. Interest computed at 4 per cent Tannarey n nd July r of each year. Linestone Colleu Gaffney, S. POINTS OF EXCELLENCE:-High Standard. Abl sity Methods. Fine Equipment. Splendid Libra:v. Unsurpassed Healthfulness. Honor System Full Liter Degrees of A. B. and A. M. 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SEABOARD A + City Ticket Office 13, (Eaistern Standiard TIrre.) Southbound. Northbourd - Schedule In Effect January 10th, 19! 12A STATIONS. I. ,2.C1 8 40 am L v Atlanta (s.A.L) Ar. 8~ .5 pm 3.3C 10 53 am A thens 6 10pmz 03 pm Abbev ! e 4 2 lpu Ar Clinton D n'r) Ly. 2 45p . (c.&WC.):12.44 100 m Lv Glenn Springs Ar 4 ( pm 15 15 p eenlle 3 25 pm 2.51 1pm (Hams Springs) 5.20 a ~ .r Lauren (Din'r) Lv2(' p,n 63 6.I 12 4 84 22 53 5.2 21 S8 0 Dly D'1y D'ly D'ly D'ly D'ly 18. 'un u BuniSun i00202 LV La ?Onl Ar150 900 etc. 78t-800 2 4 KInard 1 09 745 430 T. 9 40 8 09 2 49 Gary 1 03 7 35 4 40 110 9 2 3 39 Lt Mountain 1214 6 20 2 40 1 40 940 851 Chapin 1203 605 22) 155 950 357 Eilton 1156 555 206 205 955 401 WhitBock 1 38550 200 22510 04 4 07 Ballentine 1148 5641 150 2561012 417 Irmo 1139 528 132 NAZ No A. C. L.P. (Union Station) 24 4655 LvCola.mDbia (A.C.L.)Ar 11 00 6 9 nA CarltO2 e for Women, C. e Fac-ilty Thorough Instruction. Univer F,xcellent Laboratories. Beautiful Site. ry. Scientific Musical, and Artistic Courses. story. Next Session opens Sept. 20 1904 odge, A. M., Ph. D., President. 6REENVILLE, S. C. EDWIN McNEAL POTEAT. ) 3 President. A. and Ma.-ter of Art. . M. A.) mfortahie D>r:ria Expeuses reinrei of. Hi. T. C.nk. !.'.r C L:t;s.e or i:rs rette _ _ All Druz and Tobacco it, Habits of South Carolina. Confidental correispondence solicited. mntic Railroad ooga Louis Railroad. ts West and North Daily with Pullman tlanta to St. Louis, ce, Atlanta to Chica le at Atlauta with the y. Central of Georgia i Railway trains. - information write to 3, T. P. A., - St., Atlanta, Ga. as. E. Harmon, Gen. Pass. Ageut. )ARD 11LWAY, Eastern Kcursson ,omfort, Ocean View, Va., 4 ugust 17th. Round + Trip, ieraw. $10.50 Round Trip . d returning until and in ible Daily service in both IR-LINE RAILWAY, 4 3 Main St. Phone 574. 4 ~'188,f1 A2 ns1tmih i8,l11nf Ruwfln ~ugsta and Ashevlle Short Line. (Scheduile in ef-ec t .August I, I903.) dc Down.) 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