The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 15, 1907, Image 6
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SOME UNKNOWN AMERICAN I
NATURAL BRIDGES
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BT T. S. PARSOXS. )
&' In the southeastern part of Utah, :
on the southwestern slope of the Blue
Mountains, in San Juan County, far ,
from the main lines of travel and in j
a region almost inaccessible, are j
dozens of natural bridges varying in !
size from a few feet to hundreds of j
feet across. Three of the largest are
shown in the accompanying pictures, J
and they may well be classed among 1
the wonders of the world.
These three bridges are located 1
THE'GREAT AUGUSTA NATURAL
JUAN COUN'
Span, 320 feet; height, 34S feet; w
1 within a radius of three or four
miles, and many smaller ones are
found within a comparatively short
distance. The smallest of the three
shown is a giant compared with the '
Natural Bridge of Virginia, with j
which every one is familiar.
On account of the distance from l
railroads and the difficulties encoun- !
tered in making the trip, but few j
people have visited these curiosities, j
and their discovery being compara-1
tively recent, but little is known !
f. about them. Only within the last
year or two has anything like a scientific
.study been made of these
It ? peculiar formations. In 1905 Salt
Lake City men visited the region, and
the scientists of#the party made an
extended study of the structures and
careful measurements as well as
numerous photographs.
A picture gives but a faint idea of
tlie magnitude of these giant struc%
tures, the largest of which is to the
natural bridges of the world what the
Grani Canon of the Colorado is to
the gorges of the world. It is claimed
that the Augusta Bridge is the largest
f known natural bridge in the world;
but Mr. Charles F. Loomis in his interesting
book, "Some Strange Corners
of Our Country," describes a
natural bridge in Arizona that is
large enough to contain a five-acre
peach orchard upon its floor. Its
structure is, however, radically different
from that of the Utah bridges, so
that it cannot be classed with them.
These three bridges are situated in
the White Canon, which leads down
to the Colorado River. In fact, all
of the natural bridges of this- region
are in canons leading down to the
Colorado. The large bridges are in
the very wilds of the continent, about
125 miles from Yellow Jacket Canon,
' Colorado, and 155 miles from Cortez, ! ]
Colorado, the nearest outfitting point |
for travelers visiting the region. !
Bluff, Utah, a small Mormon settle- j ment,
is a sort of relay place or half- i 1
way point on the journey, which must , t
be made on horseback most of the 1
way. ]
The dimensions of the bridges, ac- i
cording to estimates and careful c
measurements that have been made.
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THE LITTLE OR EDWIN NATURA
1, UT.
Span 206 feet; he
will give one something of an idea ! i
of their magnitude; The largest of e
the three, the great Augusta Bridge, f
lias a span 320 feet and a height 34S t
feet, with a roadway on top thirty I ]
feet wide. The Natural Bridge of I
\ irginia witn its span ui muci>*iuicc
feet and a height of 215 feet is a
mere pygmy compared with this giant ^
of the Rockies. The archway of the a
Caroline Bridge has a span of 250 I 0
feet and a height of 1S3 feet. The L
smallest of the three is known as the J r
Little or Edwin Bridge. Though I
called little it is far from being small j a
with its span of 205 feet and a height j _
of 121 feet to top of the roadway that i Q
crosses it.?Scientific American.
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What is a Baby? i:
A Baby: That which makes home ?
happier, love stronger. patience ^
greater, hands busier, nights longer, t
days shorter, the past forgotten, the "
future brighter.?Rupert's Magazine.
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Burglars made holes in the roof d
of the p'remises of Messes. Langham, v
pawnbrokers, Dudley, and by this a
means secured a haul of 100 watches s
and articles of jewelry. C
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f ORIGIN OF THE PINEAPPLE.
Evidence From Old Writers That It is
a Native of South America.
There is little ground for any other
belief than that the pineapple is a native
American plant. The first mention
of it is in Oviedo's work (1526).
The edition of his work published in
1535 contains the first illustration of
a pineapple ever shown by a European.
It may appear crude to us, and
yet one can distinguish the plant witn
certainly. Oviedo was followed by a
number of other prominent naturalists
who described?and many of
ERIDGE, WHITE CAXOX, SAN
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idth of roadway on top, 33 feet.
whom pictured ? the pineapple.
Notable among these were Thevet,
Benzoni, de Lery, Durante and Orta.
Some of these knew and had seen th<f
pineapple in its native habitat, Brazil.
There seems, however, to be some
reason to believe that it extended
northward in Mexico. On the other
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rhom a Photograph of the First Pineapple
Illustration Ever Published.?De
Oviedo, 1535.
land, it was probably not native to
:he West Indies. Acosta (1600) says
:hat it was introduced there from
Brazil. However this may be, it was I
>robably cultivated there before the
:oming of the Spaniards.
There are at least three American
L BRIDGE, SAX JUAN COUNTY,
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ight, 121 feet. .
lames for the fruit, and there are no
incient names except those derived
rom this source. Moreover, no menion
is made of it before the pubished
description by Oviedo.
The Backward Moor.
There is 110 education, as we unnH
if omrvncr fhrk TVT r\s\y*c* f
ivi^LuuU it j UiUVU^ C il JL 11 CI C
.re no clocks, and it is estimated by
ine who knows that not fifteen per
ent. of the population are able to
eekon the time of day. As the sun
rosses the meridian at 12.17 o'clock
. flag is run up on :he tower of the
rincipal mosque, and immediately
>ther flags appear upon the towers
f other mosques throughout the city,
^his is noon. At 1.20 another flag
3 run up, and at sunset the evening j
;un is fired. This is the extent of the (
Ioorish idea of time. Only a few of j
he better class have books or can
ead or write.
The mails are carried by runners, j
rho go from Tangiers to Fez in two j
[ays. They carry a loaf of coarse
,'heaten bread which, together with
n occasional drink of buttermilk,
erves as their only sustenance.? '
)uting Magazine.
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I TO MAKE SUBMARINES SAFE.
English Naval Officers Invent an |
Escaping Suit for Accidents.
Two officers of the British navy, j
Commander Hall and Staff Surgeon j
Rees. have invented an apparatus !
which, it is expected, will remove the j
present dangers to crews navigating j
submarine beats. It is designed to j
enable the men to escape from the
vessel even if it is filled with water j
or poisonous gases.
Experiments carried out by the Ad- j
miralty a:t Portsmouth proved, it is
stated, that the apparatus v/ill fulfil
what is claimed for it, and it is likely
to be adopted soon by the British j
fleet.
The invention resembles a diving !
helmet with a jacket attached. It con- J
tains an ingenious oxygen generator, i
the chief feature of which ;s that the j
oxygen may be breathed and rebreath- j
ed repeatedly for several aours, be- !
cause the carbonic acid in the respir- j
ed air is absorbed by a special sub- j
stance called oxylithe.
The apparatus uLo has th? realities
of a life buoy, and the wearer when
under water can by a simple manipulation
rise to the surface rapidly and
flcat until rescued. The apparatus can
be hung handily within a submarine
boat and can be donned in thirty secrvnr?c!
ICvm-i in thp nirmf nrdsnnrMic
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fumes of chlorine gas, which sea wat- j
er generates when it comes in con- I
tact with t.he batteries of submarine
beats, the wearer can live for an hour
and twenty minutes.
Commander Hall says he does not.
want to keep the patent a secret, and
there is no reason why foreign governments
should not use the apparatus,
?New York Sun.
An Apt Reply.
A jury in Blankville were sent out
to decide a case, and after* deliberating
for seme time came back, and the
foreman told the judge they were unable
to agree upon a verdict. The latter
rebuked the jury, saying the case
was a very clear one, and remanded
them back to the jury room for a second
attempt, adding, "If you are there
too long I will have to send you in
twelve suppers."
The foreman, in a rather irritated
tone, snoke un and said: "Mav it i
please your honor, you might send in
eleven suppers and one bundle of
hav."?Lippincott's.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Amputation
of a Limb.
B. Frank D?remus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.,
tsays: "I had been
showing symptoms ofkidney
trouble from
the time I was mustered
out of the army,
but in all my life
I never suffered as
in 1897. Headaches,
dizziness and sleeplessness,
first, and
then dropsy. I was
weak and helpless,
having run down from ISO to 125
pounds. I was having terrible pain
in the kidneys, and the secretions '
passed almost involuntarily. My left
leg swelled until it was 34 inches '
around, and the doctor tapped it
night and morning until I could no
longer stand it, and then he advised ;
amputation. 1 refused, and began '
using Doan's Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsided gradually, the 1
urine became natural and all my 3
pains and aches disappeared. 1 have
been well now for nine years since 1
using Doan's Kidney Pills." :
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. [
LANDING IN ENGLAND.
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Going Through the Custom House Is j
a Simple Matter There. <
There is no country where the mat- i
ter of landing "from American pas- .
senger ships is so easy and so expedit- ;
iously done as England, says the Trav- 1
el Magazine. Of course, it is a free j 1
trade country, the freest in the whole j ;
world. i
There are duties levied on tobacco j ;
and spirits, hut travelers are allowed I '
a half pound of tobacco, in any shape j
and a half pint of spirits, which also i
means the same as perfume. Sugar J
is dutiable, whether in grain, sweets j ,
or in jam, but a small quantity is
freely passed. ,
In all cases, however, these gcoas i ;
must be the actual property of the |
passenger, and be fo-r his use and con- j ;
trol. Coc-oa, coffee and tea are also
dutiable, as are reprints of English
books. Outside of these things, as | i
named, passengers can bring in anything,
motors, cycles, horses, but not
dogs, for which animal a not to exceed
six months quarantine awaits.
Keep dogs on the American side. i
The customs officials are life appointees?under
the civil service?and
will be found most obliging and helpful.
In 'fact, they are a model to the
customs world. Tell the truth at all
times to these officials and you will be
all right. They are marvellously keen
on spotting the supposedly smart liar.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
The Bride?I told hubby I was gong
to give him -something of my own
cooking and 'he said I'd better try
t on the dog first. Wasn't that a
:ruel suggestion?
Her Friend?Very! I thought your
ausband was so fond of dogs!?illus?
.rated Bits.
Even Luther Durban it hasn't yet succeeded
in grafting the milk weed to
the strawberry plant and 'producing
strawberries and cream regrets the
Somerville Journal. * __
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Soil Formation.
All soils are formed from disintegrated
rocks and organic matter. Of
the latter, soils contain from one to
more than seventy per cent.; it is,
however, onlv in boss or beds of neat
that t..e amount last named is ever
present. The best -wheat lands contain
only from four to six per cent,
of organic matter; cats and rye will
grow in soils containing only one or
two. The intelligent farmer should
endeavor to ascertain what is wanting
in the soil and supply it, remembering
that he can make no possible
mistake with barnyard manure.
Do Justice to Poultry.
Poultry should now be filling the
egg basket, and will, if they have
justice done them. It is not enough
that they are well fed; other conditions
are required. *Their houses
should be well cleansed, their nest
boxes thoroughly washed and a little
quicklime sprinkled in them. The
floors of their houses should also be
well sprinkled with quicklime, and
the roosting poles whitewashed. All
these are necessary to purify the atmosphere
and destroy the vermin
that infest these places. The cleaning
process should also be applied to
the horse, cow and sheep stables.
You Cannot Afford It.
No farmer can afford to do without
a good garden. It is not to be expected
that every one will be a fancy
gardener, but every one should give
sufficient attention to the subject so
as to produce all staple vegetables
earlier than can be produced in the
field. It is not only essential to the
health and proper enjoyment of the
family, but it is actually a matter of
profit. Could your whole farm be
made as smooth, dry, rich and as well
cultivated as a good garden, the increased
product would pay a large
per cent, of profit upon the outlay.
In the garden, or in a separate apartment,
may be cultivated strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, currants,
grapes and dwarf pears. They can
all be had at a very small cost of
money or labor, and will add immensely
to the enjoyment of the
household.
Good Males Demand Good Care.
We should not "give a rap," as
the saying is, for a "rooster" that is
not gallant enough to give his mates
first privileges when it comes to eating.
Ike rooster that is always ready
to "lick" another one that happens
to cross his path, the rooster that
does not hesitate to show his vocal
capabilities by frequently crowing,
and the rooster that is courteous
enough to believe in "ladies first,"
and stands and calls his mates and
then steps aside while they eat the
dainty morsel he has found?that
rooster is one after our own Aeart.
Show us that kind of a rooster and
we will show you a rooster that is ,
capable of strongly fertilizing eggs
from a maximum number of females.
But?here, dear friend, is often
the "rub"?a male bird of this kind ,
must secure in some way just as .
much if not a little more to eat than
does his less gallant brother and, unless
fed separately, he will become ,
so run down in condition in two or
three weeks of breeding service that
he will begin to be seriously lacking ;
in sexual strength; therefore, it becomes
necessary to remove him from
the females every day or two and
give him a generous feed of corn and
meat of some kind, that is, green cut
bone or ground beef scraps. That is
the only gallant way for you to treat 1
a gallant rooster, and you will find
at the same time that it is the only
profitable way.?Poultry Editor, in
The Epitomist.
Feeding a Horse.
The Journal of Agriculture gives
some figures of the cost of feeding a
horse in the West. How do they
compare with the cost of keeping one
in this State?
What does it cost to feed the work '
horse during the year? It is claimed
that when timothy is worth $18 per
ton; wheat bran, $17.50; corn, $22;
dried brewers' grass, $17, and gluten
meal, f29 per ton, that a horse can
be fed during the six months when
the hardest work is done for $31.
During th? remaining six months the
cost of feed is put at $24.70.
It will be noticed that the cost of
timothy is figured at about double
the price it sells for on the average
farm. This is because the authorities
imal should have enough of mixture
to maintain his condition, however.
About one pound per day for each
100 pounds the animal weighs is considered
the proper amount.
Fertile vs. Infertile Eggs.
The Country Gentleman referring
to the statement of a Montreal woman
in a poultry journal that she has
been able to distinguish between eggs
that will produce males and those
producing females by locating the air
cells, those having the cell directly j
across the large a^d hatching cocke- j
rels, while those having the cells
slanting slightly contributed pullets,
thinks scientists might well devote
some time to experimenting to devise
some easy method of distinguishing
fertile from infertile eggs
before they are placed in the incubator
or placed under the hen?in fact
before they leave the hands of the
seller if they are boughten. This
would save a lot of disappointment.
The common custom is to test eggs
after four or five days, removing
those not showing indications of fertility.
These are not in the least injured
by the few days' heating. But
this latter business, while it saves a
part of the hatch, does not do away
with the disappointment at paying
well for valuable eggs only to have
too large a percentage prove infertile.
Incidentally it is worth men
tion that even the experimenting
Montreal dame does not explain how
she arrives at the conclusion that the
straight across air cell produces <>
the cockerel, since the hatch of fourteen
simply showed them equally divided
in sex as the air cells indicated
they would be.
Variety and Profit.
The farmers should make stock
raising more profitable by growing
a variety of crops, instead of depending
mostly upon grain and hay, for
variety gives the farmer more advantages.
If he grows turnips he
secures them late in the season (usually
after liablity of dry weather has
passed), and a large supply of roots
will enable him to economize with
the grain and hay. He can also grow
late corn fodder, cow peas and rape,
the latter affording excellent pasturage
for sheep and swine when
grass may not be abundant. But it
is not so much the growing of various
crops for use at all seasons that the
farmer should consider so much as
the full bins and storehouses of succulent
food for winter use. It is in
the winter season that the farmer
lias the advantage of using the crops
he has grown, and increasing their
value by adding thereto his labor.
Many farmers object to certain methods
of feeding because they claim
that the thorough preparations of
foods are too laborious, but if all
farmers will consider that the more
labor they can sell in the form of
some product the greater their increase,
thoy will not hesitate to give
more attention to food preparation.
Lost time is really lost labor, and the
farmer who is not employed every
day is losing something. If he can
save food and make larger profits he
will be more than recompensed for
his labor, and the best time when
one can be well paid for the work is
in the winter, as the foods, th? manure
heap, the repairs of buildings
and implements and other indoor
work are then the most important
matters.
who made the estimates live near the
iarge centres, where prices of feeds
are higher than in the outlying sections.
Where mixed hay retails for
$8 to $9 per ton, corn for fifty cents
and oats thirty-five cents per bushel,
it is safe to say that the average
work horse, weighing 1400 or less,
can be fed the entire year and kept
in <rood flesh for $40.
In the first estimate made above it
will be noticed that the price on gluten
feed is quoted. It has been found
that this material can be fed to Lorses
with excellent results, especially in
the spring, when the animals need a
variety. A ration composed of one
part gluten feed, one part oats and
two parts corn make almost the ideal
mixture for the work horse. The an
Dry Foods.
In winter many animals are compelled
to subsist largely on dry rations,
the sameness of diet being such
as to some times cause loss of appetite.
In fact, in many cases of live j
stock being "off their feed," as it ia j
termed, the cause is due to lack of |
sufficient food, or insufficient variety j
from the regular, routine. With the i
supply of ensilage this difficulty is not j
so largely met, but some farmers will j
not build silos, preferring to adhere j
closely to old methods. A few acres j
of beets, carrots or turnips will not |
fail to be of valuable assistance, not j
because such articles are highly nu- {
tritious (which is not the case, as
they are composed largely of water),
but rather because they contain a
large per cent, of water, are easily
digested, and provide an agreeable
change of diet?from dry food to
some thing more palatable?thereby
increasing the flow of milk because
they stimulate the appetite, promote
digestion and induce the animals to
eat more. Invention has also less
ened the cost or preparing iooas, as i
cutters and slicers rapidly reduce
carrots and other roots to a condition,
in which they can be fed to the animals
without danger of choking
them. The corn fodder supply, if
well cured, and cut down in the field
at the proper time, will also be more
highly relished' if cut into shorts
lengths. Farmers depend u^on hay,
but they use; too much hay, because
they either waste other valuable
foods, or do not prepare such for the
stock. If a bushel of carrots can be
reduced almost as fast as they can
be fed into the chopper, as may be
done, the labor of cutting them is
very inexpensive, and the benefit of
feeding a variety will be very notice
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HEALTH NOTES f OR
August Is the month of internal
catarrh. The mucous mem- i
branes, especially of the bowels,
are very liable to congestion, i
causing summer complaint, and 1
catarrh of the bowels and other J
I internal organs. Pe-ru-na is an 3
j excellent remedy for all these g
I conditions.
No grief fs as great as the one you
cannot take to a friend for sympathy.
Argo Argo Argo Argo Argo Argo
Argo Argo Argo Argo.
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Crossing the Delaware.
"Washington Crossing the Delaware"
has been painted more than
once. Sully's magnificent painting,
thrown on his hands by the Legislature
of North Carolina is in the Boston
Museum. The picture by Leutze
is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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ijrtruigc wudccu mv ?
cember 8. He was retreating to Pennsylvania,
wasn't he? Washington was :
a brave man. Why is he depicted 'i
standing erect in a small boat, great
hunks of ice on all sides, enough to
swamp a ship, telescope in hand, looking
hungrily for the Pennsylvania
shore? He is not represented as a
general leading an army, but as a fugitive
from justice. Fleeing from the
wrath to come. I hate such pictures.
Their historical effect is bad.?New
York Press. ?
About Bats.
Nearly all bats have the (faculty oi
hibernating. Their hibernation, however,
is not perfect?that is to say
that when the warm days occur in the
'middle of winter they -wake up, together
with the insects which are thedr
food. Still, theirs is a true hibernation
-trance, differing from sleep, with
very low rate of puis*, heart aotion
and respiration. Probably they would
" n^nT-Q rimmprcirm in water for an \ '
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hour or two without drowning, as other
habernators have been, found to da
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High-Priced Meat
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may be a
Blessing ' %
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If It gives one the chance to
know the tremendous value of
a complete change fo diet.
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Try this for breakfast:
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A Little Fruit,
A dish of Grape-Nuts and Cream
A Soft-Boiled Egg, "j
Some Nice, Crisp Toast,
Cup of Well-made
Postum Food Coffee.
That's all, and you feel comfortable
and well-fed until lunch. y
THEN REPEAT,
And at night have a liberal meat >
and vegetable dinner, with a GrapeNuts
pudding for dessert.
Such a diet will make a change in
your health and strength worth triaL
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"There's a Reason," .
Read
"The Road to Wellville," in pkga. ^