The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 03, 1899, Image 4
Among the Missing.
There was once a man named
Blanco,
And he stirred up quite a row;
For a time he kept us guessing?
Aii, but what's he doing now?
There was once a politician ;
Hill was what they called him
then?
What has happened unto David?
Has he left the haunts of men?
There was once a man named
Hobson
Who had everything his way;
But is anybody able
To tell where he is to-day?
There was once a gallant consul
And his name was Fitzhugh Lee;
Is he still among the living.
And if so, oh where is he?
There was once a Captain Sigsbee,
Who was famous near and far;
Bet us hope nothing's happened
To that sturdy, fearless tar.
There was once a man from Texas?
Mr. Bailey was his name?
He was noisy, hut lie seems to
Have retired troin the game.
O. the world is full of people
Famous once from shore to shore,
But whose names are never printed
In the papers any more.
'Tis a rapid age we live in ;
Greatness quirkly fades away ;
They that keep on being famous
Have to do things every day.
?s. e. kisek.
WORTH $40 A GALLON.
Four Hundred Barrels of Kentucky
Whiskey Found After Fffty Year*
Search.
After years of futile effort the
wreck of the steamer Arabia, a steri:
wheeler boat that was lost in the
Hfioonnri Riror 1 tl HUH. near Parks
Hi lOdUUI I AVI * Vft ...
ville, Mo., has been located. Th
Arabia carried a cargo of 400 barrels
of Kentucky whiskey, and men have
hunted for it in vain for over fiftj
years. It was not until last fall thai
the discovery was made. Previous
to that the search had been conducted
in or near the. river channel
As told recently in the Sunday InterOcean
the channel of the Missouri i*
constantly changing, and for this
reason no wrecks are ever found ir
bed of the stream?they are coverec
up by made land, washed down hj
the spring floods, and over their
grow crops of grain and grass.
The wreck of the Arabia was located
by sounding rods in a cornfield,
a mile away from the presenl
river channel, and buried undei
thirty-two feet of soil. Over 1G(
acres of land had been sounded anc
examined .before the strike was
.
made, the search being conducted bj
a syndicate who knew there was ?
fortune in the cargo if it could be
recovered.
If*- :
When the Arabia was sunk the
whiskey it carried was worth 71
cents a gallon. To-day there are
men in New York ready to pay $40 ?
gallon for the same liquor, the ad
vance in value being due to its ini
provement in quality brought abou
by its fifty-three years of "aging.'
At $40 a gallon, allowing for leakage
etc., the whiskey is now worlt
about $1,250 a barrel, or $500,000 fo
the entire cargo.
A $40.00 Bicycle Given Away Daily
The publishers of The New Yor]
Star, the handsomely ;llustrate<
Sunday newspaper, are giving ,
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the largest list of words made by us
ing the letters contained in
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wards, including Dinner Sets, Te
Sets,- China, Sterling Silverware
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~ 2Jth, 1899, and closes Monday, Augu*
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Singular Coin.
Dr. Herrington exhibited in our offii
quite a singular coin which he sa:
was dng np or plowed up on his pla<
in this county near Girth. It is of bra
and copper ("more brass than coppe
and about the size of onr 25 cent silv
coin. It has on one face a United Stat
flag and aronnd it the legend "Calif o
nia Counter." On the reverse side is
* United States eagle, with the arro\
and olive branch in his talons, aroni
which are the words "United States
America." It has no date. The woi
counter means a "false piece of mom
cr stamped metal, used as means of r
coining." Another meaning is "mom
in contempt." This may have be<
made long ago by some private ente
prise for convenience and not for cor
mon use as money.?Waynesboro Tin
k Citizen.
\ Ste&mboatinsr on the Jordan.
V The progress of civilization has;
| last reached the Jordan, and a stear
V boat churns the water in which Jol
baptized. The Abbc t Pachomius of tl
monastery of St John at Jericho ma<
the first attempt at steam navigafcit
with a diminutive launch about thr
years ago. The experiment was so su
cessful that a small steamer was pu
chased a year later and taken to ti
Jordan.
This boat, the Prodromus, now mai
tains a regular passenger service b
tween the bridge near Jericho and t)
southern end of the Dead sea and
well patronized by the tourists ai
pilgrims
A Big- Chunk of Ice.
James Garrison, a farmer living
Camden county. Mo., put up ice du
ing the winter, and his crop is all
one pieca It measures 20 feet ea<
way. He constructed a box into whic
by means of troughs, he convey*
streams of water from a spring in t]
hillsida The water froze, and wh<
the box was filled the troughs were r
m- moved. Around this box Mr. Garris<
f. built a larger one, filling the space b
tween the two with charcoal and sa>
[ . dust He says he will drill and bla
f his huge cube of ice as may have o
casion to use it during the summer.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
|
Store Thorough Inspection of National
Bank*?New Fad of Wa?h- SI
lngtou N'egroei.
s<
[Special Correspondence.]
I Comptroller Dawes of Washington
! has formulated plans for a more tliorough
inspection of national banks
throughout the country, and the new
system will be put in operation as soon
as the necessary arrangements can be v
made. In spite of the rigid inspection 0
banks fail disastrously from time to 0
t>ia ^Amntrnllpr has been
LIUit', auu w?r?
searching vigorously for a remedy.
The examiners, as a rule, have been ,]
j faithful and intelligent, and yet it has 5"
been easy for dishonest bank officials c
to "cook" the books almost up to the 0
day of failure. The comptroller has
decided, therefore, to try the experi- i
inent of examinations by men who are (
not amenable to local influences, lie L
proposes to put into the field a corps of c
expert examiners who will travel about
the country and investigate banks at 3
unexpected times. He hopes in this t
way to have each institution examined i
at least once a year by an official from c
another part of the country whose t
coming will be entirely unannounced,
and whose social, political and finan- ^
cial affiliations will not be so easy to t
reach. ?
The comptroller feels that the local ^
examiners are apt to take too many t
things for granted in the case of men
or institutions with carefully built up <
reputations, and to counteract this (
' j dangerous familiarity he proposes to t
Inaugurate a system of frequent trans- t
. fers from one district to another. t
( These changes are not intended to
) harass or embarrass solvent instltu- (
tions in any way, but are expected to ^
throw additional safeguards around
* the national banks and thus protect
5 depositors better. *
) Xew Fad of Waahinyton Negroea.
r Wcto fraternal societies of Wash
I ington have adopted the peculiar eus.
torn of utilizing the stone steps of the
war department for being photographed.
Nearly every Sunday afternoon
* 200 or 300 colored brethren clothed in
" the most grotesque costumes imagin?
able march to the big structure just
i west of the White House, take their
i places on the steps and are photographI
ed. This is an extremely amusing
. spectacle to the white spectators, a
large number of whom are usually on
hand to watch the fun. Without reflecting
on General Miles or trying to
" rob him of any glory due him or his
uniform, it is certain the gaudy full
t dress regalia of the commanding genr
eral would not attract attention In this
) gayly attired body.
I Although there is a police ordinance
, prohibiting Sunday parades the color*
ed brethren arrayed in costumes which
it is impossible to describe, headed by
1 a band of music, march along the side5
walks until they reach the department
Here the fun begins and cake walk ar?
tists at a loss for poses would do well
3 to witness the maneuvers. Consciousj
ness of their importance is written In
^ every feature of each of the grotesque ,
band, and the attitudes assumed by
some of them would be worth a for"
tune to a living picture show artist
t The other Sunday President McKln'
ley's coachman was among those who
, stood before the camera. While he is
! a modest gentleman of color and did
r not attempt to make himself conspicuous,
his regalia on this occasion outshone
those of his associates. It was
manifest to the spectators who were
aware.of his presence, and his associ?
ates were extremely proud of him. He
j was the envy of all.
a Perry Heath's Water Habit.
r Perry Heath, assistant postmaster
i- J general, has the water habit. Firm of
SKID a Liu clear 01 eje uc siwu uivu>uua
" to two stenographers at the same time,
n turning from one to the other and incl .
dentally directing a few words to a
- visitor.
[- "Water is a great flesh builder," said
e he, "and my physician advised me to
^ drink it. When I was working 20
^ hours a day In Cincinnati, I lost flesh
? ! rapidly. I drank that Cincinnati river
\1 water and gained 11 pounds in five
o weeks. Now I drink the ordinary Poj
tomac river water and am increasing
II in weight. My secretary brings me a
y glassful every hour, and I never pass
the pitcher without taking a drink."
j'| In the departments they do not drink
j_ from the ordinary ice cooler. In every
d room there is a beantifully wrought sil,e
ver pitcher filled with ice cold water,
jt Washington is nothing if not exquisite.
IS Veteran Government Employees,
d In one of the offices of thepostofflce de'
| partment at Washington is a little book
,(' kept by one of the old clerks, which
gives the time record of every clerk
1(j who is now considered a veteran In the
,n service. This contains the names of
ss 25 clerks who have been in the postjs
office department for 30 years and upward.
The oldest in point of service
>r is Louis Watkins, who was appointed
5* May 22, 1S54. After 45 years as a clerk
k * he is today able to keep up his records
and write letters on the typewriter
with the agility of younger people.
ce The second In rank is J. L. Elliott.,
^ whose term extends x>ver 41 years.
CQ! The west is represented by Daniel S.
aa ! Christy of Iowa. 37 years; A. W. Bingr)
ham of Michigan, 32 years, and G. F.
ei White of Indiana. 30 years.
yg Young;eit Man In the Army.
r. It has just been discovereu that one
a of the young lieutenants recently apPs
pointed in the army has yet to cele1(j
brate the fifth anniversary of his birth.
0f The discovery created a good deal of
r<3 talk In army circles and set every one
to asking why the president had nome.
Inated such a child to a command in
ay the army. It was then explained that
the young man was 19 years old, hav,r.
Ing been born on the 29th of February,
q. 1880, and therefore only had a birthjQ
day once in four years. He is beyond
doubt the youngest man In the United
States army so far as birthdays go.
Cabl Schofield.
at
a* Some close-fisted men die of the
Te grip*
, Don't be over-confident when
jB there's a woman around.
>n
e0 It must be confessed that Aguinalc.
do is harder to catch than the Spanish
fleet.
Be We suppose it is better after all.
that a comet destroy us than that it
n. be left to the corset and cigarette.
,0. What can't be cured must be enhe
dured; but nothing else should be
endured.
2(j The rain descends upon the just
and the unjust; but the just sometimes
have rheumatism to admonish
them of what is coming,
in The chief business of some theolur
gians seems to be to cut the Lord's
in vineyard all up with partition
fences.
h, A good many people who think
^ they are nervous are really only
kQ iruuuie.
?n The difference between our ac'
quaintance and a friend is, that our
acquaintance seldom feels at liberty
tojtell us for our own good, thing's
that he knows we don't want to
hear.
How Are Your Kidneys t
Dr. Hobbs' Sparagus puis cure all kidney ills. Sample
free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
Loudon Is to have a school of induction
for wireless telegraphy.
Brazil will exhibit 500 varieties of
erpeuts, big aud little, at the Paris
xposition.
During 1898 the number of persons
rho made Alpine tours necessitating
uides in the Tyrol was lii.ooo.
!
Medical men now regard typhoid feer
as a disease so preventable that, as
ne of them declares, "for every case
f typhoid fever somebody ought to be
lung."
There are 5,000 licensed liquor shops
a St. Petersburg agaiust 25,000 a few
ears ago, aud uuder the law a person
an obtain but one drink of liquor in
ue tavern.
English missionaries who have studed
the languages of the Fuegiaus
there are three) declare that they
iave distinguished 16 vowels aud 20
onsonauts.
The Ethical Culture society of New
fork city lias raised a fund of more
hau $1S0,0<*) for its permanent home.
Ctiis creation of Felix Adler has beome
an important feature in Manhatan.
Asia Minor was the chief opium mar:et
until the twelfth century, and from
hen on it was gradually distributed
dl over the globe. The Chinese obained
the drug in the thirteenth cenury.
Last year the people of the United
States used about 71,000,000 pounds of
ea, which cost $10,000,000. The secretary
of agriculture favors another at:empt
at raising this commodity in
his country.
A Kansas soldier who was present at
s>n>\tiii>?k nf MfllnlitS SJ1VS tliat tlie
.UC V.U|/tUi v v* - ?t. -
lag of truce displayed by the natives
vho remained in the town when the
Vmerican troops advanced was a pair
>f white trousers.
The federal telegraph system of Mesco,
which Is controlled by the government,
Is being rapidly extended, and
ilready many of the small mining
?amps in the Sierras are in telegraphic
ounection with the rest of the world.
On Sept. 9 next people will date their
etters?not all people, but a large num>er?9-9-99.
How long will it be before
i similar collection of numbers occurs,
md how often will it occur in the
twentieth century? asks the London j
chronicle.
The director of the mint gives It as
his opinion that the production of gold
during 1900 will amount to $400,000,000.
This will be the largest amount
ever produced in one year and will be
In line with an upward movement of
the gold product since 1885.
The French have laid a claim to
Dewey on the ground that he descends
from a Huguenot family named De
Huoy, and the Belgians luive put in a
plea for him as De Wey. The Spanlards,
as the Buffalo Commercial observes,
have not yet filed their claim.
A German chemist explains in Prometheus
why Rhine wines ore famous,
even if they are too apt to be sour.
They have more than the usual amount
of bouquet, due to lack of excessive
sunshine and heat, which in all countries
diminish the fragrance of fruits
and wines.
A Llrv Af TQ rfca nncp
A rt'UIttl KilUIC UVIICVUVU VI
dwarf plants has been exhibited in
London. Not one was less than a century
old, and the tallest was only 18
Inches high, although It had all the
characteristics of a forest giant. These
trees are dwarfed in their growth by
man, not by. nature.
During the cholera epidemic of 1892
Hamburg had 18.000 cases, with 7,164
deaths, while Altona had only 5T>0
cases, though it gets the Elbe water
with the added contaminations of
Hamburg. The difference between the
two cities was that Altona had a filtration
plant and Hamburg drank the water
unfiltered.
The Japanese have built a ship for
the treatment of the wounded in war.
The Hakuai Maim, which is about
2,000 tons, has a large troop deck, with
beds for some 300 patients. The cabins
and saloons have been arranged to
furnish further accommodation for
sick and wounded, with the necessary
staff of doctors, nurses and attendants.
Spanish army officers are receiving
honors and rewards on a lavish scale,
notwithstanding their ill success In the
war. It is said that the honor list for
the campaign will contain the names
of between 500 and GOO officers. For
their services in Cuba In 1896 and the
following year 58 generals, 1,382 other
officers and 680 noncommissioned officers
have been rewarded.
The beer which is consumed throughout
the world in a single year would
make a lake 6 feet deep, 3% miles long,
a mile wide, or 2,319 acres in area. In
this vast lake of beer we could easily
drown all the English speaking people,
to the number of 120,000,000, throughout
the entire world, or we could give
a beer bath to every man, woman and
child at the same time in the entire
continent of America.
Instances of carnivorous animals
turning to a vegetable diet are rare.
One noted instance Is a Scotch deerhound,
which is so fond of peaches
that it will stand on its hind legs to
reach them on the trees. In New Zealand
a parrot took to sheep killing and
eating and some pigs evinced a preference
for a diet of young lamb, while
some Australian sheep became not only
carnivorous but cannibal.
The figure 9 plays an important part
in the history of the English royal
family. Queen Victoria's father was
one of nine sous; the queen is the ninta
sovereign since the revolution and
was born in the nineteenth century, Id
1819. The queen has had nine chil
dren. The Prince of Wales was bore
on Nov. 9 and married the Princess oi
Wales in her nineteenth year. The
princess, too, is the daughter of Christian
IX of Denmark.
Don't talk all the time or you may
miss hearing some gossip that would
lend spice to your subsequent conversation.?
Truth, crushed to earth, doesn't
get half so angry about it as the man
whose silk hat .is accidentally subjected
to similar treatment.
It is light, not darkness, that hides
the stars; just as prospei ity, and not
adversity, dims our virtue.
There is so much territory we
know to be right and so much we
know to he wrong that there is small
excuse for camping on doubtful
grounu.
A Dilemma.'
First Tramp (in the road)?Why
don't you go in? The dog's all right.
Don't you see him waggiti' his tail?
Second Tramp?Yes, and he's
growlin' at the same time. I dunno
which end to believe.?Tid-Bits.
Men who expect to be patted on
the back for simply doing their duty
are mighty risky things to bet on.
The trouble with the average business
woman is that she studied
stenography the same way as she
used to study music, and knows just
about as much about it.
?
THE CENTER OF POPULATION t
,
Where It Has Been and Where the
Next Cenans May Show It to Be.
By the first national census taken in
1790. when the population of the country
was not much greater than of New
York city today, the center of population
was 23 miles east of Baltimore. It
was still in the neighborhood of Baltimore,
though to the west of that city,
in 1S00. In 1810 it was near Washington.
In 1820 it was at Woodstock, Ya.,
ot^i iftan and 1850 in the pres
UUU <U AWV.V .
ent state of West Virginia. In 1800 it
was a little to the south of Chilicothe,
0., this being the ilrst official appearance
of Ohio as the center of population,
though it has remained the political
center of population steadily ever
since.
In 1870 the center of population was
on a line in Ohio between Chilicothe
and Cincinnati; in 1880 it was in the
neighborhood of Cincinnati, and in
1800, the year of the last national census.
it was in Decatur co lty, Ind.,
near the Ohio boundary and on a line
between Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
The government estimate of the present
population of the United States,
exclusive of countries over which its
sovereignty has l>een extended, was
75,000,000 on June 1. and all sections
of the country have participated
though not equally, in the growth of
population since 1890, when it was 02,000,000.
By the coming census the Ohio and
Mississippi valley states will probably
be shown to have gained less from direct
foreign immigration than in any 1
previous decade, while the citizens of
the middle and New England states
have, relatively, gained more. There
has been a substantial increase in population,
larger probably than In any
period since the close of the civil war,
in the southern and south border
states and a much larger increase in
j those of the southwest, most notably
in Texas, the total vote of which increased
from 239,000 in 1880 to 340,000
in 1890 and 550,000 in 1890. The population
of Texas (2.200,000 in is90) is
probably near 3,090,000.
A state census taken of Kansas in
1895, on the other hand, showed the
population of that state to be less than .
in 1S90, while in the same period the
population of New Jersey had increased
10 per cent. Between 1890 and 1895
the population of Florida Increased
from 390.000 to 405,000, \ idle the population
of South Dakota (328,000 in
1890) was returned as 330,000 five years
later.
The growth of population in American
states between 1890 and 1900 will
be in accordance with tJbe increase rf
the urban population in each rather
than with the gain in agricultural districts.
As a majority of the cities are
in the north it appears likely that the
"center of population" In 1900 will be
on or near the banks of the Wabash,
in the state of Indiana, at some point
northwesterly from the present center
and nearer the Illinois than the Ohio
state line.?New York Sun.
A Queer Investment.
As a money making scheme a monument
in a graveyard would ordinarily
be considered a queer investment, yet
In the Williamstown cemetery there
is such a monument that has answered
its purpose well.
Twelve years ago a marble works
company made a proposition to W. G.
Cram, one of the rich men of Grant
county, to erect a monument In his
private lot, to be paid for at once, but
to pay interest at the rate of 10 per
cent upon the cost price to himself as
long as he should live. It was to cost
$1,500.
The company's terms were accepted
and the monument was built, a space
being left vacant whereon to chronicle
the birth and death of Mr. uram, Together
with his good deeds. Mr. Cram
Is yet alive and bids fair to live many
years more, though he has passed the
age of threescore and ten, and the
monument has already paid him In
dividends $300 more than the original
cost of building.?Williamstown (Ky.)
Dispatch.
An Obliging Policeman.
One of the smart sportsmen who
were arrested during the row at Auteuil
after being conducted to the temporary
lockup persistently cried: "Let
me go for a few minutes. I will come
back." Finding that the officers were
obdurate, the young gentleman eventually
took one of them aside and said:
"At all events do me a little favor. The
third race is about to be run. Go and
put these 10 louls on horse Xo. 7." The
officer went and presently returned
with the tiAet.?Cri de Paris. .
Liquid Air Power.
Wide currency having been given to
the statement that liquid air promises
to do the work of coal at next to no
cost because an experimenter claims
to have produced "ten gallons of liquid
air by the use of three gallons in an en1
gine," President Henry Morton of the
1 Stevens institute has pointed out the
fallacy of the claim. He shows that it
really takes 12 times as much power
to make a gallon of liquid air as that
1 gallon could develop in an Ideally perfect
engine.
A Lotion That Removes Freckles.
I To remove freckles mix one ounce of
i lemon juice, a quarter of a dram of
i powdered borax, half a dram of pul1
verized sugar, and let it stand in a glass
i for a few days; then apply it and let it
/irv nn thp skin Or anulv with a linen
i cloth two teacupfuls of sour milk. If
> a girl freckle easily, she should keet
> this lotion and use It frequently, being
. careful not to allow it to touch her
eyes.?Ladies' Home Journal.
The people who can't see a joke
' are not half so exasperating as those
who do see it, but don't think much
of it.
A boy doesn't have to go to war to
be a hero. He can say he doesn't
like pie when he sees there is not
enough to go round.
When a courting man has the
mumps and his best girl follows in
due season with a swelling of the
jaw, then look out for a wedding
announcement. Cirenmstai.tial evidence
demands it.
The millenium, like many other
good things, will have to he earned
before we get it.
it is awful hard to get people to
pay any attention to us when we are
<-.-.iiii.fr Hmm 111 ii<r< for their own
-
good.
Some men will believe nothing but
what they can comprehend; and
there are but few things that such
are able to comprehend.
He who laughs at his troubles
soon has nothing to laugh at.
When the office seeks the man, it
is apt to be held up on the way.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
WOMAN AND FASHION.
>resn For the Promenade?A Pretty
Bloune?Tie Hack Day* Surpassed.
The little checks are in favor with j
very one. This jjoods is a very handy
issue for dresses, walking or promelade.
It is made of cotton Just
IN FAVOP. WITH EVERY ONE.
as strong and just as pretty in color as
the woolen checks. The corsage is a
blouse with a large pleat in front, lined
with lining to fit. Materials: Lainage,
white silk and lining.?New York Telegram.
A Pretty Bloaae.
This blouse is of black and white
checked silk, opening in front on a
vest of rose pink silk, tucked perpendicularly,
with a high collar band of
ho cn mo nrottv silk, encircled with
tucks and enriched at the back with a
BLACK. AMJ HMHR.
frill of tucked silk. A stylish revers
collar of pink silk trims the back,
either side of the front being bordered
with cordiugs. Just below this collar
are two large jet buttons, while the
same button, in a smaller size, adorns
the rose pink cuffs, which are bound
with black taffeta.?Philadelphia Ledger.
Tie Back Days Surpassed.
The lankuess and Soppiness of the
women of fashion of today has never
been surpassed, even in the days of
the tie back. If tie back we have not,
it is only because the gowns are cut so
scantily and so flatly that there is
nothing to tie back. The narrowness
reaches below the knees, and the trailing
petticoat is equally soft and clinging,
although as wide as it can be made
and allow one to walk at all?Jupe
evasee the French call it, likening it to
the fluted lip of an upturned vase. On
cloths and such heavy materials the
foot flare is very slight?in fact, on
the most advanced gowns it has disappeared
altogether, the skirt drawing
in about the ankles in straight, scanl
breadths that touch the ground all
about even if they do not trail.
A navy blue serge yachung gown,
for instance, is built in this way for s
leader of fashion. The skirt is a. gored
one and perfectly straight and hardlj
three yards at the hem. The trimming
on the handsome suit consists of narrow
collar and lapels and narrow turned
up cuffs of light blue face cloth, tht
buttons of light blue glass. The ne^
shaped sailor, with a crown higher be
hind than In front, is of turquoise blut
straw, and it has a soft drapery and
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DOW or wuue iLiusnu.?L)u3iuu u?uiu.
Scarf Trimmings For Hats.
Leghorns and tuscan shapes, bott
plain and fancy, will carry the day foi
smart summer hats. There are alsc
some cliurming fine fancy straws ir
mother of pearl tints obtained by th(
plaiting together of palest gray wit!
very light pink and blue, which an
much patronized by some of the firs
milliners. The last is used for a cap*
line, to which the name of "Otero" ha*
been given and the principal featun
of which is a long lace scarf folder
lengthwise and plaited to the base ol
the crown and with the ends falling ii
9 cascade at the back. The center 01
the scarf passes through a large squar*
buckle, which stands up against th<
front of the crown, and beneath It li
fixed a sheaf of white aigret and i
white amazon plume that sweeps bacl
over the hat.?Millinery Trade Review
The street roller is a great institu
tion.
The most sensible woman wil
"put on'^p little before a preacher.
Some preachers aim to make plair
things mysteries, instead of making
mysteries plain.
If you are shrewd enough to re
spect the shrewdness of the mar
witli whom you are dealing, there is
a chance that you might come oul
ahead.
Capt. William Astok Chandler,
Congressman from New York
is the president of The New York
Star, which is giving away a Forty
Dollar Bicycle daily, as offered
by their advertisement Jn anothei
column. Hon. Amos J. minings.
M. C., Col. Asa Hird Gardner, District
Attorney of New York. ex-Govetnor
Hogg, of Texas, and Col. Fred,
Feigl, of New York, are among the
well known names in their Board ol
Directors.
Good Flour and Good Soda
Mako Good Gookory.
Poor soda will spoil good flour while good soda
will make poor flour better.
ANVIL BRAND SODA
b a good soda. Not like the ordinary kinds, some*
imes good and the next time poor, but
GOOD EVERY TIME.
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
They became acquainted on one of
the ferryboats while riding just for
the sake of keeping cool. There happened
to be a bridal couple billing and
cooing near them, and the old gentlemau
from Grand Rapids had an internal
convulsion of laughter which lasted
so long that he felt called upon to
explain.
"That recalls my own wedding trip."
he began between chuckles; "it was so
different. I suppose I had about as
tough an experience as ever fell to the
lot of a new and bashful husband. I
lived in York state and was married
there. Just between ourselves, I won
the prettiest and best girl in the county.
We had a flue wedding and a
great send off when we left for our
o,,+ 4-1*am fvnnKlii hiijrtin At
my. Dui ilieu me uvuuiv. vf \...
the very first statiou people came in,
studied the appearance of each one till
they reached us, looked startled and
hastened out, the men rushing in a
group to the telegraph office.
"At the next depot there was the
same invasion. Some big voiced man
yelled, 'That's them!' and then there
was a scramble for the telegraph window.
By this time my new wife was
very nervous, and I was very mad. At
the next stop the rush was still larger,
we were carefully looked over, and the
usual stampede followed. I grabbed
the hind fellow in the chase, whirled
him around, caught him by the throat
and demanded an explanation. He
couldn't speak, so he gave me a handbill.
It offered a reward of $100 to any
one discovering and reporting a youthful
'green looking' couple answering
our description. We hid for the rest
of the bridal tour over that line, and
when we reached home my best chum j
got the all flredest thrashing he ever
had."?Detroit Free Press.
Ne Plus Ultra.
In Boston people were felicitating a
young pers^u upon her approaching
marriage.
"He's a fine catch!" they exclaimed
in delicate compliment of her future
husband.
"Oh, a veritable cod!" she replied
with considerable enthusiasm and then
blushed deeply to think how very
boastful that must sound.?Detroit
Journal.
At Cross Purposes.
"Do you make much out of your apples?"
asked the visitor.
"Oh, pretty considerable," answered
the farmer; "but I*re got a son up in
the town who makes more out of the
apples in a month than I make the
whole season."
"A farmer, is he?"
"No; he's a doctor. I'm talking about
green apples now."?Yonkers Statesman.
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Wonders Promised.
"I'm going to organize a Filipino
ball team as soon as the war is over
and star the country."
"You won't make a cent."
"I'll bet they beat everything that
comes against them. Just think what
base runners they would be."?Indianapolis
Journal.
An Incidental.
Hibbs?See that striking looking girl
there? She married millions.
Hobbs?Who's the insignificant look
lng fellow with her?
Hibbs?Oh, he's the man she married.?Philadelphia
North American.
Johnny Shows HI* Agility.
"Step up, fellers, an see Willie do
his great trick of jumpin into a barrel!"
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? His Native Soil.
- "Well, Dreyfus is on his native soil
* again."
1 "Yes. and he must notice that it is
c more soiled, if possible, than ever."?
Chicago Times-Herald.
Intemperance (n Dragi.
There is a source of nervous ailments
entirely special to this age and the unexpected
outcome of our present day
' chemistry and advertising, fntemper1
ance in drugs is becoming more common.
and it may possibly outstrip the
abuse of alcohol in its evil results. The
! manufacture of new chemical products
I is supplying the public with endless carbon
derivates of high molecular power
and of imperfectly known physiological
action Some are most dangerous, and
; their continued indulgence leads to con;
firmed neurosis or hopeless neurastheI
nia, and it thus comes to pass that a9
. the therapeutic activity of the profession
tends to abolish disease that of the pub.
lie is manufacturing it.?Medical Jour
nal.
PlMter of Paris.
The setting of plaster of paris may
be retarded by the addition of 2 to 4
. per cent of powdered althea root This
addition not only retards the hardening
of the plaster, but also enables it to be
cut, filed, sawed and turned. An addition
of 8 per cent retards the complete
setting of the plaster for about an hoar,
so that the mass may be used for any
purpose where it is to remain plastio
during at least a portion of that time.
A FARMER'S WORKSHOP.
A. Convenience That Will Soon Pay for
Itself in Money Saved.
The farmer who has once experienced
the benefits of a well furnished and
orderly kept workshop would not do
without it for many times its first cost,
especially that part which is shown in
one corner of the illustration and called
by its owner a "variety case." He
writes in the Ohio Farmer as follows
concerning it:
I became tired of the old way of having
bolts, screws, nails, rivets, wire,
buckles, etc., in boxes standing here and
rwi'iiiiuiiira^il n
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A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERY- t
THING IN ITS PLACE. t
there, oftentimes all sizes in the same ^
box, just because there was no other place t
for them. The bother and loss of time a
were great, as I had to open sometimes
nearly a dozen boxes to find the thing 1 t
wanted. Thus necessity became the y
mother of invention, and the result was fi
a "case" in which there is a place for ,
everything, as shown in the cut. ?
The drawers are made of small, light t
boxes (which can be had at the grocery ^
stores) sawed to the right size, and then ?
^nailing a side, bottom or end to them as ^
| required.. The lower ones are shallow ^
for nails, etc., two or three inches deep: j
those intended for more bulky articles, ,
I as bolts, etc., deeper. For knobs, take
common sewing thread spools and saw ,
them in two. The half of one spool, ^
with a wood screw through the hole of (
it and into the drawer, makes the knob. ,
For convenience, drawers for screws,
rivets, small nails, tacks, etc., are partitioned
into two, three or four parts, and
can also be taken out and carried to ,
where wanted. A sample of the article
or articles (size and kind) in each drawer
is fastened on the outside of it by a j
double pointed carpet tack, and when ,
anything is wanted, from a quarter inch
tack to a halt inch bolt it is a pleasure
and satisfaction to be able to put your ,
hand on it in a moment.
Fowl* in Small Buns.
Mr. Legetmeir, the well known English
authority, says concerning the keeping
of fowls in small runs by suburban |
residents: "These attempts are usually
successful in the first instance, the fowls
when bought being young, healthy and
vigorous, but if kept on the same ground
for any length of time it becomes tainted,
and the laying falls off very considerably.
By adopting a more rational
system, even in an area of somewhat
limited size, a few fowls can be kept for
egg production with success. This is to
be accomplished by securing a succession
of new pullets; by careful feeding,
with the elimination of all fat house
scraps; the abundance of green food, with
a constant renewal of fresh earth and of
means to be adopted whereby the fowls
should not pick their food from the
tainted ground. The rearing of chickens
in confined runs is undesirable, and the
employment of a chanticleer to disturb
the neighbors during the early morning
is a mere useless addition and not attended
with an increased production of
eggs."
A Clean Well.
A filthy well is an abomination, and
if you would keep your well clean you
must keep it covered. Here is a sketch
of a cheap but effective covering, reproduced
from The New England Homestead,
and in use in one of Connecticut's
attractive villages.
Observe that the lid is in two pieces,
one hinged on either side. When the
bucket is in use these are lifted and but
A COVERED WELL.
toned against the po9ts. Several wells
in one pretty village are neatly framed
in above the curb and the frame covered
with wire cloth. This is more expensive,
but decidedly ornamental, especially if
white houses and green blinds prevail.
Lattice work with apertures 1% inches
square looks well and is better than no
protection, but is not so desirable as the
close covers described.
Here and There.
The state of Illinois is credited with
being the first in the Union to establish
an efficient bureau of entomology.
According to a recent estimate there
are under ditch in the west 18,533,107
acres. Of this Colorado has 3,009,050.
. The number of artesian wells in the
west have been reported to be 13,690.
Colorado owning 4,500 and California
following with 3,500.
A San Jose fruit grower says that
ground squirrels can be smothered out
by the use of gasoline in the same manner
in which bisulphide of carbon is
used.
Outdoor protection in spring was considered
at the Wisconsin state bee keepers'
convention. It was thought by the
majority of the members that special
outdoor protection to hives in spring
would not pay for the extra expense and
trouble, but that protecting the yard by
high board fences or otherwise would
pay.
Beauty la Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic
clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the bodv. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,?beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
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A new and attractive plan of securing subscribers
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IN THE TWILIGHT OF LOVE.
If years ago yon told me, dear,
That on day our dreams would fad*
To thf*e halt hearted fancies drear,
I should have grieved and felt dismayed.
But yet bo softly has the rain
Of dead years' ashes settled on
Each glowing passion that the pain
Was smothered ere all light had gone.
Ah, be it thus with love's decease!
Its day is done; its shrine too high
To brave time's destined tragedies.
Let us steal down ere night comes by.
?Thomas Walsh in Bookman.
EYES LIKE TELESCOPES.
he South African Bushmen Are Gift*
ed With Marvelooa Sight.
It has often been remarked that civil
zed people tend to become short sighted,
"his is because in towns and cities their
ision is mostly confined to short disances.
Savage races, on the other
tand, are generally gifted with remarkbly
keen sight, and few tribes are
ore noteworthy in this respect than
he African bushmen, whose eyes are
eritable telescopes. This power ia no
loubt a wise provision of nature, for
he bnshmen are a small race, and if
hey were not able to see danger a long
vay off they would soon be exterminated
>y their various enemies, whether aaviges
of other tribes or wild beasts.
A traveler in South Africa relates
hat while walking one day in company
vith a friendly bushman the savage
nddenly stopped, and gazing across the
)lain cried out that there was a lion
ihead. The traveler gazed long and
earnestly in the direction indicated by
:he bushman, but could see nothing.
'Nonsense," he said, "there's nothing
here." And he went forward again,
vith the bushman following at his
leels. trembling and unwilling and still
isserting that he could see a lion.
Presently the native came to a dead
itop and refused to budge another inch,
:or this time, he declared, he could aee
i lioness with a number of cubs, a fact
fvhich made the animal more danger
AT fhn PnriTTVUin wfco
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:ould see no lioness, much less its cubs,
pushed ahead, declaring the bnshman
was dreaming. After walking a quarter
ot a mile, however, he could dimly
make out an object moving across the
borizon. Still doubting that it could be
the object which the bnshman said he
bad seen, he continued to advance, and
st last was able to distinguish a lionets,
with her cubs around her, walking
leisurely toward the woods.?Chums.
la the Hands of am Eaemr*
"Saw a strange thing in Toledo the . ,
other day," said a citizen who was being
shaved in a Griswold street barber
Bhop. "I was walking from the hotel to
the office of a lumber firm and met a
man one side of whose face waa black - % v
as your hat"
Every razor along the line was suspended
in the air and the white of every
eye became more prominent
"Wouldn't datkill you?" gasped the
artist in charge of the narrator. "Dat
takes de rag su'. An de odder side wa'
white?"
"No; that was black too."
There was no work done for some
time, as all but the man who had done *
the questioning were shouting their
hilarity. He looked so fierce and made
such unprofessional slashes with his razor
that the citizen decided to let hia
mustache grow, didn't want his haif
combed and left a half a dollar without
mentioning change. ? Detroit Free
Press
Gusale's Biff Brothers.
"Yes," said the principal of the
young ladies' seminary to the proud
n -nno'ht to he verv happy.
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my dear sir, to be the father of so large '
a family, all the members of which ap- 1 pear
to be so devoted to one another."
"Devoted I Large family 1" gasped
the old gentleman iB amazement
"What on earth do yon mean, ma'am ?" *
"Why, yes, indeed," said the principal,
beaming throngh her glasses. "No W,
fewer than 11 of Gnssie's brothers have |j
been here this term to take her out
and she tells me she expects the tall
one with the bine eyes again tomorrow.
"?London Tit-Bits.
A Remembrance.
"Have yon anything besides this
photograph by which I can identify "<j
him?" asked the detective.
"Yefc, I have," replied the hard featured
matron, whose husband had deserted
her. And, going to her bureau
drawer, she took out a bunch of ginger
colored hair, tied with a ribbon. "Him
and me had some words one day," she
said, "and I pulled all this out of his
head."?Chicago Tribune.
Bird* of Significance.
"Peace is represented by a dove, isn't
it?" asked the man who was looking
over some allegorical pictures.
"Well," answered the official who
had hflcn to & dinlomatic banquet.
"doves used to figure in that connection.
But qnail on toast appears to bo
more popular now."?Washington Star.
Why He Stays.
"No, sir," said the red faced alder- - H
man with great emphasis, "I'm in the
franchise fight to stay."
"I suppose, then." said the little
man with wide ears, "that they don't
give you your wad until the whole
thing's ended." ? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Not Entitled to It. ^ 8
"He wants a divorce," said the law- . fjj
yer, "because he says his wife refuses- !
to cook for him."
"He's not entitled to it," replied the .>
dyspeptic partner. "No man is entitled
to a divorce unless his wife insists upon
cooking when she can't" ? Chicago
Post
On the Tukon at a distance of from
700 to 800 miles from the sea there are
many points where the river is 20 mike
wide.
A Chinaman eats twice as much meat
as a Japanese.
WIICflN ? SIlMMFRTftN R R. ^
Til LiUV/l 1 - ?
Time Table No. 1, to take effect
Monday, June 13,1898.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Lv Wilsons Mill 9 10a in . -,i
Ar Jordan 9 36am
Ar Da vis Station 9 46am
Ar Summerton 10 10 a m
Ar Millard 1016 am
Ar Millard 10 45 a m
Ar Silver 11 10 a in
Ar Packsville 1130am
Ar Tindal 11 66 a m
Ar W. & S. Junction 12 27 p m
Ar Sumter 12 30 p m
. TRAINS GOING 80UTH.
Lv Sumter 200pm
Lv W. & S. Junction 203pm
Ar Tindal 2 20pm
Ar Packsville 2 38 p m
ArSilver 2 60pm
Ar Millard 3 06pm
Ar Millard 3 35pm Ar
Summerton 360pm
Ar Davis 4 20 p m
Ar Jordan 4 46 p m
Ar Wilsons Mill 516pm
BETWEEN MILLABD A ST. PAtH*. '
Ar Mil lard 1015 a
Ar St Paul 10 25 a nLijgli^
Lv St Paul :. 10 36 a hBmHKHHh
Ar Millard 1046 a
All tiaius daily except
THOMAS