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THE BANANA TRADE.
ITS UEMAIM{\m,K INCREASE IN
NEW YOB 1C
nig Steamships Ftrln ff the Fruit From
1 n - nw \ it) ™ ■!»'] i) hi ." "lu'z * *
r 1 x ' ende , is.
P ID standby ’s l»r on you fruit the know of the wane our that apple, in gran as New 1 a the fathers, York? popu- old
The bi nnna has undispntedly taken
itfl place; ft] , on accou ut of its trop*
icnl flavor ft oli ditv, and second,
I icesv ) and because there
are two er< * a year, iso that it i ■ i ,b
t ten ra ontfata in the
year.
T incr of the banana trade
in this r has been nt tho rate of
t hirtv-thri nt . each year over
th for the past dozen
year buttho Ti almost incredible,
«t s nev< rtheless true,
figures of tho i: Zests of incoming
v fr tho Latin Republics,
t»*r portion of this fruit
is obt lined, cl y Know.
In f lot t o banana trade has grown
to I I tjjurtious that towns of
Ill i mi growth th containing containing over
GOOD inhabitants 1 1 have have spTnng unrnn" up im in iu
diflferifUt trop 1 localities where, there
is 1 otlicr business,
I mt was utilized main
for th 0 coffee nhrub.
)n f i most phenomenal towns
Dt the Ii 1 ref roatois intheBtate of
Pamuui 1 the Kojmblic of Colombia,
rim pliwv is call'd I’ocas did Tor« and
is Bixtv mi sp the coast north of
tlm ci ty of Colon, formerly known us
A‘ pin\ II. I the soil is so riedi
and mo st thatth banana grows so
prol Uy t t the bunches ordin
arily l> nring in other countries from
10 I t'> I Kcpavate bananas here reach
Cm maximum of .‘WO of “big yellows”
on tingle stein, which in a big
fchuuldi r lou I fur tho ImrJy native.
Five largf sii iuners leave Bocas del
Toro weekly for New Orleans laden
with th: 1 fruit solely, while every two
Weeks one steamer of a hue started
I’ uicei’.lly for the business, besides, at
least forty clipper schooners, weigh
anchor for New York City.
iho i t nmers bound for New Or
h'uns, of emuv , supply all tho lower
Mississippi country, but the greater
proportion of the fruit that reaches
this port is cotiaiiruod right here.
Philadelphia and Boston, like the
Bouthmui eon: t towns, get their own
kupphes by water direct irora the
growers.
A visit to one of the big iron steam¬
ers from Doer. 1 ' del Toro unloading a
cargo composed solely of bananas is
well worth tho trouble. From out
the hatches, fore and aft, three or four
streams oi yellow and given are making
their way, Here there aro no long¬
shoremen's hooks nor ponderous der¬
ide!;?. Tho bunches are so delicate
that they must ho handled with care,
so lines of men aro formed from each
open hatchway to the vessel’s rail.
Large mattresses or cushions are
utilized on which to rest tho bundles
when they are pa s s ed up They are
'm rttfiUTiy “o' desk workers,
who struggle under their loads. Some¬
times 201 ) men are thus employed on
one vessel, and who can clear it of
25,000 bunches in less than four hours.
No skilled labor is employed, yet,
with tho assistance of four or live
overseers, the work is accomplished
without a great deal of loss.
\\ hen a steamer is being unloaded
cur is set of visitors appear.
Crowds o f I In linn who are licensed
vendors of fruit, swarm about tho
companion-ways, while hungry ur¬
chins are scooting here and there, all
on tho lookout for the landing of a
broken ripe bunch. These big 3 -el
lows are often so far advanced that
the stem i s not strong enough to hold
them, and they tumble promiscuously
off, and aro grabbed up in a jiffy by
the expectant youngsters standing
about, who devour them eagerly. You
observe also Bisters of Charity, iu
their somber-lined robes, carrying
huge baskets, which they have brought
to till with the very ripe fruit for the
inmates of hospitals and other charit¬
able institutions from whence thev
hail. They aro generally given all
they can carry aud go away happy.
Largo quantities of the ripe fruit
are sold to the Italian push-cart men,
and also to tin loud-mouthed hawk¬
ers. Bunches bearing 150 bananas,
and even more, are sold as low ft!
twenty-five cents, but when the hawk¬
er takes them he knows full well that
lie must, unload his .stock quickly, as
it will otherwise sp nl on his hands.
After the vessel is unloaded of the
salable fruit, there still remains iu the
hold, as well as between decks, a vast
amount of smashed end rotten refuse
of the cargo. Mon wearing rubber
boots shovel tho stuff together and
throw it out on the dock. Then the
decks and ship’s sides are scraped,and
then t lie nob! is seal ed out with live
steam.
The planters at Bocas dol Toro get
from forty to seventy-five cents a
bunch for the fruit. The latter price
is a little abovo that of the other ports
troni v> Lei oauuuus are shipped, for
the.rea>ou that the buueues contain so |
much greater a percentage of fruit.
The bunches tuat are in prime eondi
lion bring t-l.oO here on the pier, |
w hile tue interior gra ;es are sold all
tne way down from this figure.
1 he red bananas have almost entire
* been superseded by the yellow on
aooonnt of the v ry perishable charac
ter oi the former in transportation,
no:iii\ lhe \l:!o\\ l*.t t% percent, being often lost,
truit R much hardier, aud
will stand quite a deal of cold weather.
—New York News,
Rusty Leather Furniture.
Healer- -a,- that leather covered
furmturo should never get rusty it it
is genuine, but dealers do not know it
alt. Leather furniture does not ovt
rustv. To brighten it up rub it briskly clean.l I
with a sponge wrun- out of
strong soapy water aud dry rapidly in 1
the sun. Then take a flannel cloth,
wet with eoal oil, and rub the leather
briskly and a long rims. Leave in the
air lor a time, *n ! th odor will soon
pass away. -Washington Star.
1 he official title of the Chief Execu
tive Officer of the United States :s eiiu
ply “The President” There is no au*
thoritv for the title “His Excellency,”
applied to the President.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER. FORSYTH. GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 189.V-EIGHT PAGES.
Reindeer In Alaska,
T>r. Mwldon .TacksoD, General Agent
of Education for Alaska, is en route
home, after making his annual trip of
! inspection and forwarding the work
of importing Alaskan reindeer into
Siberia. A communication ha? been
j received at the Interior Department
j reporting his arrival in ban Francisco
and reviewing the season’s work in
Siberia. It indicates that tho Laps,
ft colony of whom has just been
brought to the reindeer station, have
shown their superior skill
o^er the Siberians in handling rein*
deer. During August 118 head of
deer were taken from the herd and
, tbo
fG V(i n to Congregational mission
Cape Prince of Wales as the nucleus
of a second herd. Arrangements have
ttbs0 been made to loan after next
month 100 head to natives named
Antesilook Soonawhasie, Iziksic, Kok*
*°wak ft ad Inppttk for five 1 years.
When tho contract expires 100 bead
deer will be returned to the Gov*
twnment and the increase remain
pidTftteproperty of the Eskimos caring
them. This third herd is the first
step made toward giving the Eskimos
a personal interest in the enterprise.
Urgent requests have been made to
the Government by miners an 1 traders
’ u Ihe Alaskan interior for reindeer
D>r transportation purposes.
Nearly worked Nearly all all tho mines now being
and the larger number now
being discovered in the interior are
on small streams. The Yukon River
steamers °* bring supplies to the mouths
tb « He Btreams, whence they are
tftken to mines by nmall boats or
Kle(ls aB< * teams. On Forty Mile
Creek sufficient dog teaimtcannot be
procured to provide tlru necessary
transportation of supplies, and there
is a growing need for reindeer trans¬
portation. With tho new mines and
more general prospecting of the new
sections the need of trained reindeer
is deemed more urgent. — Washington
Star.
The Tuberculosis Scare.
Those perturbed souls who have
imagined that the cattle industry is on
.the brink of destruction through tho
swift ravages of “outbreaks” of that
terrible and “dangerously contagious”
disease, tuberculosis, will do well to
console themselves, after their flights
of fancy, with a few grains of fact.
At the packing centers in this country
2,270,000 iw* imals were slaughtered
from May, 1891, to March, 1892, and
only two per cent, were found affected
with tuberculosis.
The industry is not quite on the
verge of extinction when only two
tenths of one per cent, of 2,500,000
cattle are found more or less affected
with this disease.
It should bo remembered, however,
that these wore market cattle, and for
the most part had not been subjected
to tho confinement frequently ac¬
corded dairy herds, so that it is alto¬
gether probable that a higher per¬
cent. of affected cattle would be found
among herds which have been main¬
tained under conditions favorable to
the spread of the disease.
But we aro not anywhere near a
failure of our milk suaplv through
tfe* ravagHiul
will likely Buffer more from the “rav
ages” of “vets” iu search of jobs than
tuberculosis. That this disease is
communicable when the conditions
are favorable—that is, when a dis¬
eased or enfeebled state of the system
permits the germ to find suitable nu¬
triment and grow—does not admit of
doubt. That it is a contagious dis¬
ease, as smallpox and cholera are con¬
tagious, is so rankly false and absurd
that wo are perfectly amazed to see
somo scientists assume such position
even by implication.
Let us have a little sense and much
less nonsenso from the “sorehead”
scientists on tho subject.—Breeders’
Gazette.
An Incident in Pearl Making.
In a paper by A. J. Gibbons on
“Curiosities of Pearls,” in the Gentle¬
man’s Magazine, this incident iu pearl
making is recounted: “An extraor¬
dinary treasure illustrating the suc¬
cessful manner in which these precious
gems can sometimes be produced by
the ‘strategical process,’ was lately
shown by the Smithsonian Institution.
This was a pearl the size of a pigeon’s
egg, of un exquisite rose color, and
the receptacle containing it was the
original fresh water mussel in which
it had been formed. The nucleus of
this wonderful stone was nothing more
nor less than an oval lump of beeswax,
which had been placed aud left for a
few years between the valves of the
molluski xyhich had at once proceeded
to coat it with the pink nacre it se¬
creted for liniug its shell. The mus¬
sel was kept in an aquarian while en¬
gaged iu its lengthy task, It be
longs to a species common in American
rivers, and it is suggested that tho re¬
sult of the experiment opens to every¬
body the possibility of establishing a
small pearl factory for himself by keep¬
ing a tank full of tame mussels and
humbugging them into making ‘great
pink pearls’ for him.”
“Bowery*’ raid “Tenderloin.^
The words “Bowery” and “Tender
loin,” as applied to parts of New
York, are generally known, but their
meaning is unfamiliar to most*people
not living in the Eastern, metropolis,
Bowery is derived from the Dutch
word “bouwerij,” from bowen, niean
iug to till, or cultivate, the road hav
ing originally been out through Gov
ernor Stuvvesant’s farm,
The “Tenderloin” District is that
part of the citv lying between Fifth
and Seventh avenues and Twenty
third and Thirty-fourth streets, and'is
so called because it was considered by
the police the most desirable station
for police work aod tld perquisites. For
it there that gambling houses
douruiahed, not to speak of the
maisons de joie.—Philadelphia Press.
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A Lltera * Answer *
In the policies of life insurance com
pani.es these, among a host of other
questions, occur: “A-ie of father, if
living?” “Age of mother, if living?”
A man iu the country filled up his
father’s age, “if living,” 112 years,
and his mother’s 102. The m.eut was
amazed at this, and fancied he had se
cured an excellent risk, but feeling that
somewhat dubious, ha remarked
the applicant seemed to come of a very "
long-lived family.—Truth,
' WOMAN’S WORLD.
!
PLEASANT LITER ATT RE FOR
j ; FEMININE READERS.
THE DERIVATION’ OF MAUD.
Queen Louise, of Denmark, who has
made a study of women’s names,
that Maud is not a diminutive Martha
or Matilda, as too many believe, but is
an abbreviation from the name of
Mabaud, a Flemish ladv and Countess
of Champagne in her own right. i t
was her hand that held the crown over
the head of Philip the Long, when
crowned at liheims.—Detroit Free
Press,
MARY ANDERSON Navarro interviewed,
x u au la ... terview . tne rounds .
,, ue >ntisu , press Mine, de Navarro,
urmeriy * Iary Anderson, o. the Amer
u-aii stage, 6ays she now looks upon
her old profession with positive
! P‘i bora tew - e * rs ene loved her
hi , lo.t a.ti r tiiat the unnatura.ness
oi t hte its unwholesome excite*
nu-nt. its ghtter and glare, became dia
gus ing to her. h rom toe moment she
resolved to leave the stage her life in
no theatre became Unbearable, and
Mnee her rutiremen. she has never for
on-moment .wished to returD. Sue
i .es pri X \ U J G ia s 0 as
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U '-\r l l V-i e . i° ecomo lin
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THE “BATH BUN. 1 *
“I have found out the name of the
hideous chignons which the English¬
women are wearing,” “Him” solemnly
asseverates in Vogue. “They are
called Bath buns, and resemble what
was once known as rats. They are
placed on the back of the head with
an elastic, and the hair coiled round
and round them until a most terrific
chignon is the result. The hair is
piled up and frizzed a la Africaine in
front, end then hats, with lace crowns
coming way out in front, are placed
on top of this pile. A veil is worn
around the head in most fantastic
fashion. Borne of these hats are pretty,
being covered with pink roses as far as
the black-lace brim. Women are also
wearing Horabourg hats, which do not
become them and make them look dis¬
agreeably masculine.”
MEXICAN WOMEN.
Tbs Mexicali women are smaller
than an average American woman, and
are usually very pretty. Their eyes
are their distinguishing feature. They
are extremely expressive. It is under
stood that they can talk with them,
By an almost imperceptible alteration
of tho muscles above and below their
orbs of vision the expression of their
faces undergoes a complete change,
Their features are small and regular,
their skin opaque, so that a rush of
blood to the face does not change the
complexion—that is to say, they do
not blush, but whether or not this pe
culiaritj may be attributed to quali
aos in the cuticle or to lack of art;
neial means adapted to cleanliness is
debatable. Their teeth, as a rule, are
almost perfect. In form and motion
nature , on her behalf, has added grace
to s ymmetry, but lim ited her pc’d'ee
tiona in this regard to but a few years.
Bhe matures at the age of thirteen to
fourteen, is seen at her best at from
sixteen to seventeen, at twenty she
begins to fade, and at twenty-three or
twenty-four she is old. The word old
means much to her. St. Louis Btar
Sayings.
THE WOMEN OF TJSHAXT.
In character the headdress is more
Italian than Breton. The coif is small
and square-shaped, with a wide flap
hanging down behind and it is white
when the wearer considers herself
dressed and not iu mourning. Bright
colors, chiefly scarlet and blue, are
often introduced at the side of the
head, especially iu the case of chil¬
dren. But the strong singularity of
the coiffure is the manner in which the
hair is worn. It hangs loose upon the
back of the neck to the length of six
or eight inches.
The first impression the women make
is that they are all recovering from a
fever and a cropping. Their hair is
generally lank and wiry, like a horse’s
mane, and very dark. It is rare to
see it really gray, even on the head of
a very old woman. The short and
thick locks are often without a silver
thread, although the face of the
wearer may be as furrowed as a block
of sea-worn granite. Baby girls,young
women, and old women have their
heads dressed in exactly the same way.
After her swaddling wraps, the child
is given the style of coii' and other
clothing that will keep through life ;
consequently, as she toddles about in
front of the cottage door, she is one
of the oddest of little figures.
In full dress the gown is alway s
black, but a brilliantly-colored hand¬
kerchief, iu which scarlet predomi¬
nates, is so xvorn underneath as to’show
a little down the front of the bodice.
A small shawl, generally blue or red
in the case of children and young girls,
completes the costume.—Temple Bar.
HOME MADS MILMNEBX.
Lives there a woman with soul so
dead that she has never tried, at least
once, to be her own milliner? I do
not believe there is one ! The fasci¬
nation of pretty “left-overs,” lace
and ribbons and straw braids is too
great a temptation to be resisted, and
nine out of every ren women fall vie
tims to the creative instinct that
seizes them when they view the BIS
terial they have in stock aud reeog
nize the necessity or an addition to
their millinery wardrobe. But the
re f uit of s " ch ^11 meant economy is
e disastrous. 3 The hat tea: should
* * i<Tmuck
r rightful 7 J b rfnl failure, and more “i !, the rosettes and ^
J>°«.that Jure iu the appear shops prove to eaey snares of mauufae- and de
Insiotls es ' a TeJ >7 the clumsy
-
lingers of the novice. The delusive
idea that a small hat is the easiest
thing to begin on has wrecked the ea
reer or mau 3 r a home milliner, for
there is . nothing so difficult in the
milliner s art. It requires an abso
* ute genius in millinery to give the
tou °R tu at makes effective the tiny
bunch of flowers, the small feather and
or rosette, and an amateur is apt
‘° stared in the face by a ghastly
failure if the toque is the first hat at
tempted. But to the woman who
nee( I$must economize aud who has a
dainty touch and artisticeye the mak*
ing over of hata at home is the surest
way to begin. One should save all
one’s odds and ends from such hats as
are passe or outworn, and often after
many months materials that have been
thus put away and preserved can be
brought out, freshened np and worn
with stylo and becomingness. Have
a box in which to stow away your
°^ AA 8 * ntl , em *®* 1a and . some day , when ,
j y0U choc Jtf’ ° r are f °, r c tf to
nantlo , millinery, you will . have a stock
fr ° m to J lrf ‘ w ln C! V se of eU3er *
New 1 ork Advertiser. .
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THE V.TFE AND THE HOUSEWIFE.
' Never before have women known
better how to dischargs the duties of
every-day life thsu now. Time is
denied ^und for to many the average interests wife formerly and
mo th erj aD d b er satisfactions and ex
per i ence3 are DO longer limited with
, f onr wft n s 0 { home. Neverthe
j while the home as well as the
j iuci l home ra8ker are generaHv
mnc h the better for this state of
things, it sometimes happens that
there is another amTdess gratifying
g ^ e the picture—which may be!
com p are d to the fly in the amber and !
the rift in the lute.
vtlixer such conditions the husband
j 8 fl rs t to discover that something is
m i ss j a g__he fancies he finds motes of
neglect in the sunshine of his hap
pines?, and nowand then he discovers
the fancies to be facts. Distracted as
the wife often must be by the multi
plicity children of housebw-idyluties, the care
of and the maims, of society,
too little time remains for those i
gentle attentions, trifles in themselves,
bni which all husbands are better for
getting, and which many of the best
confidently anticipate. The husband
is doubtless always iu his wife’s
thoughts; but not, in the homely
phrase, on her mind. He is an ever
present consciousness, as it were, 1
rather than an exacting duty, like the j
reading club, the dinner, the laundry *
and the children.
A well ordered house, clean, well
dressed and well beloved children and
a proper attention to the outside
claims, cannot be had without hard
work. Idleness on the part of the
housewife is impossible in the aver¬
age family. In her own way she
works as hard as her husband, if not
harder. The average American bus
band, at any rate, makes no complaint
because his wife is too good a house
wife to remain a sweetheart. Yet ho
sometimes misses the sweetheart.
Married people should never out
grow the sentiment of the earlier days
of wedlock. The amenities, like the
illusions, ought sacredly to bo pre
served. Better a cold hearth than a
cold heart. -Better neglect of the
superficial than indifference to the
fundamental.—New York Press,
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fashion notes.
The brocade silks are nearly all is*
two three and four-tone colorings arefiinod
Elegant =„ evening | wraps £
„ ith ire aml wi h pla or brooadea
‘
blue and green an blue and Lelio- .
tro P e are two of the fashionable com
binatkyjs 7 ust.no r- ■■
Deep collars of /fiindsomo lace, k
white, ecru and beffrre shades, will bii
worn with winter blouse gowns.
Hemstitched edges with the finest
of insertions are the prettiest finish
for the short frocks of little ones,
Hand-painted Dresden china but¬
tons look particularly well on Louis
XV. suits with a stock and lace jabot.
Silver has come into great popu¬
larity as tbe proper metal for rings of
curious designs set with favoritegems.
A gold wish-bone with the ends
crossed and finished with a snap catch
is the prettiest design in keyrings yet
seen.
The old fashioned coral beads wh’.ch
our mothers wore as armlets are be¬
ing revived for the fin de eiecle
babies.
Very swell babies have their dresses
fastened with gold buttons, set with
tiny diamonds and connected by gold
chains.
An evening blouse of accordion
plaited white chiffon has sleeves,
crush collar and girdle of white Lib¬
erty satin.
The outspread Valkyrie wings that
are give worn the in headgear single that or doubly they Trim pairs,
a
light, airy appearance.
White enamel cribs for children are
finished with bass knobs, and over¬
hung with canopies of pale silk or
lace-trimmed dotted swiss.
A miniature aurroumled by a floral
or scroll design of gold set with dia
monds, rubies and pearls is the fash*
ionable brooch o? the day.
Side-comb headings of pearl and
turquoise, arranged with due regard
to effect, are looked upon with favor
by the most modestly inclined.
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A daintv cradle coverlet is of white
silk, hand painted in convolvulus clus
ters. Across the front is embrodereu
“A mother s s,a,s are her buoys
eyes.”
Black and Lincoln green is a favorite
combination of the season that has
about it an especial dash and style.
An appropriate trimming for a gown
of this scheme is jet passementerie
studded with emeralds in the new
jeweled effects.
A novel babv rattle is made of a
small gourd over which white china
silk is drawn, and a face is painted on
it in water colors. A little lace cap is
added, and the short wooden handle is
wound with satin ribbon, which ends
in tiny silver bells.
g:The new godet pleats for sleeves
give to those already mammoth affairs
an added touch of amplitude. The
P leats stand out iQ three night loops
from the shoulder, their size being in
op , )ftie ntiy J &.1 only limited
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Da.en bonnets , in velvets , , are tne
newest m milbnery. Tae li;us which
the artist has sketched are as pretty
as any one of tho novelties, without
being extreme. One L> a snver
blue vervei toque, witr. a >eni brim
edged «itu black offrich .eatners.
“Baby books” are popular. They
are bound in white and gold, satin or
leather, and there are illuminated
pages withi*i to reaord the hour, day
and date of birth, the first and each
successive photograph, when the first
tooth appears, tba first step is taken,
and each eventful occasion of tho
infant’s career.
AGED AMERICANS.
THE NEW WORLD’S CAPACITY
FOR PRODUCING OLD PEOPLE,
Climatic Encouragement to Lons
Life—Less Than Three Lives to
t Ii e P i 1:»rim Fa the rs—Re rti a r k
able Cases of Longevity
I -yHIS Western sorts of Hemisphere climates, but, ha?
many
writes Charles Dudley War¬
ner in Harper’s Monthly,
they all have in common this en*
eonragement, in exceptional cases
it i» true, to great age. It has
been supposed that the exceed
mgly variable and violent climate of
some regions of our country is hostile
to long life. But if we study the mat
ter in view of multitudes of instances,
we see that it is not climate, or even
hardship, that shortens life in the
United States, for instance, but that
it is worry and care, or, in other
words, the furious pace at which we
try to live. No attempt is made to
defend the climate of New England,
and yet the number of people who
Lave attained a great age in it is posi
tive proof that the elimate is uot alto
g-'ther in fault- for mortality.* It is
probable that the record would be
very different if we had paid as much
unworried attention to growing old as
we have to fighting Indians, subduing
forests, making money and getting
ahead of our neighbors. We are
still ns a Nation very young, some,
physical conditions have been against
Me, and there has not yet been time
enough to spare to show what the
country can do for us in the way of
longevity. In New England there aro
less than three lives from the landiug
of the Pilgrims. Among the Pilgrim
records at Plymouth is a letter from
Peregrine White, who was born on the
Mayflower when it lay in Province*
town—the first white child born in
New England. Following that is a
letter from an estimable Pilgrim dea¬
con, who lived to be 106 years old, and
who testifies that he knew Peregrine
White. Following that is a letter
from a lady still living, at the age of
ninety-two, who says that she remem¬
bers the aged deacon of 106 years.
Thus less than three lives takes us
back to the Landing and to the Rock,
which is almost as mysterious as the
eerohte, or black stone, in the lvaaba
at Mecca, since it is like no other
piece ol granite on the Massachusetts
coast. It may be mortifying to see
that we have no greater antiquity than
this, but tho efforts of three persons
to cover it is encouraging,
But it is iu other regions of the con
tinent that we must at present look
for the extraordinary capacity of the
New World for producing old people.
Well-authenticated are cases of mis
G ^ on Indians in southern California
‘who reached the ages of 120, 130 and
U0 \ In » at re S iu “ u11
g«»‘ , lunetione oi nature go on with
regularity, so as to induce a long run
ning of the machine. But besides
this, these old men were probably
f reo f r0 m care, from religious doubts
and political worry
'-g&L. and it is testified fcuua
eimplea in their habits,
temperate, and even abstemious,
drinking only water, and eating little
but corn, which they fitted for diges¬
tion by the vigorous action of their
own grinders. Lieutenant Gibbons
found in a village in Peru one hun¬
dred dred, persons and either over lie the age another^raedi- of ojj^huu
or
ble explorer there reports another man
aged 140. He was a very temperate
man. ate his food cold, and never ate
meat except in the middle of the day.
In the highlands of South America the
habit of old age is a long-established
one. la Ecuador centenarians
are common. The census of 1864
found in the town of Pilaguin, 11,000
feet above sea level, about 2000 in¬
habitants, among whom were one hun¬
dred over seventy years of age, thirty
about eighty, eleven over ninety, five
over 109, and one who was 115. Not
many years ago died in Ambato a
woman named N. Cucalou, who was
114, and one Don Jose Soto, aged 120.
In the year 1849, in the town of Banos,
died old Morales, a vigorous carpenter
to the end of his life, who was well on i
its in years when and they the steward expelled of from the Je their 3 u- j '
were
property judicial in 1767. trial In 1838 proved a witness to be j
in a was
140 years old, having been born on
the night of the great earthquake
which destroyed the old town of Am
“n
earthquote, is not yet reported, fflel
jeo, notwithstanding its revolutions,
j s equally favorable to longevity. In
the State of Yera Crus there died a
u>au iu 1893 who was 137 years old.
That he was carried off prematurely ■
we have reason to suppose, for at Te
lucn > wliero the register is officially
and carefully kept, there died only a
years ago a man aged 192.
“"'Hie Richie 3Ian.
“As a vast number of people are
riding bicycles, the modifications of
their bodies, brought about by the ex
ercise, may become hereditary in the
race,” says a prominent New York
physician. “If the theory of evolu¬
tion is correct, and the bad manner
of ridin S becomes general, the people
of the future will be very curious iu
appearance. Their legs will greatly
increase in size, and the knees will be
developed in a remarkable manner by
the great amount of work which the
pedaling exercise puts on them. Their
bodies will bs very small and curved,
and their arms very long and power¬
ful, but with a different distribution
of muscles from the present. Their
hands will be large and hooked. Then,
perhaps, their noses will be elongated
from the long continued act through
many generations of thrusting them
forward. The changes in the exter¬
nal form of the body will, of course,
cause a great many others in the in¬
ternal organization.”
Disease May Lurk in Watches.
The watch may be the lurking-place
oi the worst kind of disease. The
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place within its narrow and secluded
confines, and to one who has been
down with any infectious ailment oi
has been xpose l to it, th* attending
doctor will, if he carefully attends tc
his business, advise the cleaning oi
watch,—New York News,
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