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tVOMEN OF THE SHIPS.
(XF/n in BESS OF A BIG OCE AN LIN
’ | U HA g A WORLD OF WOES.
,1,,. Only CoWiforl—Feminine
pe*'* 1
Madly Exacting Wlien Tons.
,1 |,j Aeßtune Americans Make
t i> as scngcrs But Are Too InJe
aendent to Give Good Service.
Froin the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
v woman must be a first-class hypo.
’ e t, c !rre she can be a successful stew
noman w!io has been stewardess
' n Atlantic liner for years, and knows
eo f she speaks, is responsible for
mat statement.
yt haven’t an idea what the life
an -. ■ she said. “I don’t believe there
.. any honest service harder than ours.
j Uß . an nature is hard enough to handle
best, and when it’s seasick—well, if you
nt l 0 please it you’ve got to have the
patience of a saint. You’ve got to get rid
, ev , |.y |>it of your sensitiveness and
, r i and lake fault-finding as though
’ loved it, and humor
s ‘j nl . all d crazy notions and pretend to
empathize with people and believe every
iriib' they t ’ ay - Sometimes I think all the
tanks must travel; but I suppose the
trouble is that we see the worst side of
ver y one. Then, too, there really are
me people who are nice, even when they
liIV seasick, and I’ll tell you one thing:
T ,e women who are used to the best
i lings on shore are the most agreeable
and reasonable on ship, the women who
rloke | , most trouble aro of the ordinary
tlass. Who are afraid they won’t get every
(ting tic > vc paid for and won’t be treat,
j as Wl u as someone else on the boat.
They just keep the bell button hot all the
,me and they can’t wait for anything.
They ihink we ought to be standing by
iiibr doors listening for the bell. .That's
p ii, possible when each stewardess has
i'section io look after, and there are for
tv-iwo berths in each section. Of course,
fc H t (,e sta:crooms may not be taken, and
ail the women are not ill.
"I tel! you ten seasick women can keep
8 stewardess on the jump all day long.
They want medicine and smelling salts
awl water and broth and lemons. They
ffan: [he pillows aired and the portholes
opened or closed. When they can’t think
what they want they ring for the steward
ess and ask her to suggest something they
might have. We ars here to do the work,
and if people would only be a little bit
reasonable everything would be all right,
but we musn't ask them' to wait. That
always makes them angry, and if any one
complains of a stewardess that’s the end
of her. No one investigates the matter
io see whether the stewardess was to
blame. She is simply discharged. I sup
pose it is all right, for the public must
be satisfied, but it seems pretty hard,
doesn't it?
“Last trip there was a big, fussy woman
in one section, and she didn’t leave her
stateroom. She wasn’t seasick, but it
nasty on deck and she liked to wear a
wrapper. She had a friend with her, most
of the time, and those two women had
everything on the menu served to them
three times a day and sprinkled lunches
and drinks all along between meals. A
nice little woman was waiting on them,
and positively she hardly got a chance
to do anything else. They found fault
with her all the time, but she kept her
temper like an angel, and never said a
word that wasn’t respectful. When we
reached New York those women went and
reported that their stewardess had been
cross and sulky all the time and wouldn't
give them proper attention, and the girl
got her walking papers.
Do you know why there are so few
American stewardesses? Its just this:
They are nice and clever, but they are too
independent. They won’t be humbled, :mi
they try to defend themselves when people
ur " unreasonable and unjust. That keeps
them in hot water ail the time. Plenty
American girls try the work, but
usually they don’t stay long. They have
rot been trained to hold their tongues and
6a - d'ank you’ w hen they are kicked, as
i ■ lower classes have been in England,
l.ie very thing that makes American vvo
n'"n poor stewardesses makes them our
t.n.st passengers. The American stew-
’hinks she's the equal of the pas
*tiigers—and gets discharged, but the
tneriean passenger thinks the stewardess
m W:, V. her equal—or, at least, that
* human, and treats her accordingly.
( aU ut a month ago one of the swell
' w °m< nin this country crossed with
‘; Jn '* " hen she rang her bell the first
'' ,n :', s 1 "as having an awful time with
’ ' ..nalt-li people. When I went to her
and San , :!!H J logizin S- hut she just laughed
°h, I know you must have a
„ll ' tlme - Kun along, now, and settle
i k e cranks, and then, come back and
ik-i- 3 . r me / R ea l American ladies are
(i ”he like that, but English women
I nev, r thought about it, but it must
“ ' Dh'dful life you lead,” said the p&s
ttut " 10 had called forth the tale of
nI C m < V ul ’ Why . miss . I wouldn’t wish
“ y worse luck than to*do my work.”
~B u t w _hy do you do it?”
tiiv' TK Se ’here's money In It. That's
A win t' U compan y doesn’t pay us much,
p i . a m °nth is what most of us
(tn't 1 1, you sae - ’here are the fees. You
p. r K , j"hat they'll be. Sometimes I
up,lt,' j- ° n a ’rib and sometimes I’ll
pf,, P ' ' , all depends on the kind of
at.. ’'° u have and on how many there
the i Two doilars and a half is
at "vih’n V fPe lf lhe stewardess has done
tv„ . lur you; but I’ve had women
ha.j .u '* quarter and then again I’ve
met, m ' ive me * lo ' The stewards get
fi i], ‘ ’han we do and don’t work
tf, i, ; ' " Men fee more liberally
e ck—.* 11 ant * they’re not often -sea
er , ' ' they ore. they have pluck
di,. J : . ! ° U P 0,1 deck and get well."
•<ti 4' , , stewardess who has the
! ,)* ' Promenade deck get bigger
iptnr,, I,'', , ‘town here?” asked the
n *?■ • v °ung woman, who had n
” U in the depth of the boat.
If. Jhat evens up. You see the
’’m i "'~ s ‘ •’ P (here, but there ain’t
'“ "P c to a section, and then In
. '' Qri ' very' few of tltose rooms
i. ~, , ‘ ; Tn,ner is the harvest time for
I* , , V.P there. Tltcn when rich
, , 'tavc.ing for pleasure and don't
! -l • P‘ ,v , but now most of
t , ' 7' -r: ' ;, re traveling on business.
(>■ r those suites was occupied on
! ~„l travel is heavier all tlie
•V ~ l,u on* doesn't get big foes,
i, Wouldn’t believe it, but stew
-6 • n , e SPt: ond cabin make more
' Hr f courf! e of the year than
'r t | oabln, and they have &
s > rti . • , The Passengers in there
1 ■ , peetable people who expect ‘ i
: Pnt ~, ’hoy get, and there are
r t,j.' ” r °nd eabin passengers right
* it J 7 ar * they usually aren't
her,. V s ”nd exacting ns the folks
of 1 "ant so much coddling.
* . tr.ends tvas, stewardess In
•.8 „ 'm unt.l last week and then
\- i | moled to first cabin, because
'•t. , L ’! r ' H ' n there got married and
5 frifna begged not to be pro
iriuethaT
lard lacks. Lard has many faults that ~~ thi,!
Cottolene is without. Cottolene is composed
ot refined cottonseed oil and carefully prepared
beef suet and is as pure, healthful, and nutritious as m
the highest grade salad oil. As good as the best k 5 and
olive oil for frying and better tliau any other ma- sv£)
terial for shortening, Cottolene is even
more economical to use than lard. hry Vl
The genuine Cottolene Is sold everywhere In kg '
one to ten pound yellow tins, with our trade- V
marks—“CbKofene” and steer s head in cotton - 1 1 * *
plant wreath —on every tin. Not guaranteed if
sold in arty other way. Made only by ■ —" ,V
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moted. but she had to have it all the same,
and she says she’s just sick about it.
“Of course, the steerage stewardess is
the one that has the worst time.”
“Steerage, stewardess.” echoed the iist
encr. I didn’t know they had any down
there.”
Bless you, yes. Why, that’s where we
start. Mighty few women get cabin
pmces first, unless they had a strong pull
at the office. Most of the women who
apply have been nurses and so they get a
chance to do nut sing down there, in the
steerage. That’s about a stewardess is
for down there. The passengers make
their own beds, and the officers see that
the Diace is cleaned once a day. If the
weather is decent at all. the people are ail
turned out on the deck, unless the stew
ardess savs that someone is really too
s.c-k to go. It’s best for them to be oDt in
the ait- Thev would ail be sick in those
iitt.e holes. I’ll never forget my first trip,
i nail been nurse in a hospital, but 1 need
ed more money, so I took a trial trip on
the Mediterranean to see how I would
Stand the water. Then 1 applied for a
mace on an Atlantic boat. They gave me
the steerage. Ugh! I was seasick myself,
and some of the people were so dirty and
the cabins got so filthy between cleanings,
and everything smelled. I thought I’d
die before the trip was over, and I don’t
believe I would have had the courage to
make another, but luckily I got promoted
to second cabin. You don’t get any fees
down in the steerage. You’re lucky if you
don t get fleas instead.
TV hat in the world do the stewardesses
do when thev get seasick?”
Oh, most of them don’t have much
trouble after the first trip. If they do
they are discharged. That’s all. That
seasickness is a funny thing. It floors a
person worse than anything else in the
world, and the queer part about it is the
healthiest persons are almost always the
ones who have the worst times. Did you
know that consumptives never are seasick?
As u rule, other invalids aren’t, either.
Children and real old ladies usually get
along all right, too, but stout, healthy
young and middle-aged people are the ones
who come down.”
"Isn’t there any cure for it?”
“Cure? Everybody has a special cure of
his own, but none of them works. I’ve
seen more silly things, done for seasick
ness. Some people put on big porous blas
ters over their stomachs. This is to hold
the muscles tightly, so they can’t get to
working in a seasick way, but it doesn’t
keep the muscles quiet after we pass San
dy Hook, and the plaster only adds to the
agony. A sheet of note paper over the
stomach Is a great thing, too: and some
people guzzle champagne, while others
suck lemons all day long. As for the bot
tles and boxes of medicine labeled cure for
seasickness—we sweep outbasketfuls of
them after each trip.
"There’s no cure for seasickness except
not having it, but the prescription that
will puli you up most quickly is pluck,
fresh air, and light diet. It doesn't do any
good to diet before you come on board.
The stomach is all right until the nerves
go wrong. Then it is time to begin treat
ing it gently. People won’t listen to advice,
though. If they feel like eating at all,
they always want the thing that is worst
for them. I don’t know why it is, but it
seems to me that Jewesses, when they are
sick, always want salted herring. That's
enough to kill a well woman. The French
people cry for onion soup, and that isn’t
bad for them, if they can stand the smell
of it. As for the Germans, it's a sign they
are beginning to take an interest in life
again when they ask for those little dry,
smoked sausages.
“I’ll tell you the people I’m sorry for—
the honeymoon couples, who want to look
so well and act so well, for each other s
sake. Seasickness takes all the romance
out of them. I’ve had brides cry and cry
because they couldn’t curl their hair and
look pretty. They get past pride, though,
when they are very sick. Last year suen
a pretty bride came on to New York. She
was so happy she just walked on air. She
lived on air after the first day out. Oh,
but she was sick. She hoped
she would die, and she didn't care
any more about that husband than she
did about the steward. Once she lay for
twenty-four hours without moving or
speaking, and I got scared, and at last
she opened her big eyes and motioned to
me. I went and leaned over her, and she
whispered (she was too weak to talk) ‘My
husband’s yacht is at Queenstown. We’re
going to cruise all summer.’ Then she
shut her eyes again, and I didn't dare
laugh. They carried her ashore at
Queenstown, but I guess that cruise didn’t
come off.
They say that the men are worse than
the women when they’re seasick. They get
mad and throw anything they can get hold
of. and the stewards have an awful time,
bu t then, so few men get sick enough. to
otay in their staterooms and the steward
usually has his fee for doing nothing. I
wish it was that way with us. An old lady
said to me the other day, "Stewardess,
don’t you ever get to hear divine service?”
'•‘Don’t need it.” said I. 'We have alt
our punishment down here. The steward
esses are going to have the front row in
heaven.’ "
WHITE WIVES OF INDIANS.
Notable Instance* of Homance on the
Frontier.
From the St. Louis Giobe-Dcmocrat.
Chamberlain, S. D.-The elopement of.
Mrs. Minnie Cushman, the widowed
daughter of C. C. Bateman, chaplain of
the United States Army at Fort Belknap,
Mon., with Garrott White, a full-blood
Piegan Indians, the other day. and their
subsequent marriage, as announced in
press dispatches from Great Falls. Mo*,
recalls similar cases which have occurred
in the Northwest during the past ten or
fifteen years. As In several other cases
in Which the daughters of prominent ami
wcalthv Eastern people have run away to
marry Indians with whom they had be.
~ome enamored. Mrs. Cushman was a
teacher in an Indian school-that at Fort
3haw, Mon.
Several other attempted elopements and
fringes of young white ladies who were
: f w“lK “e East to full-blood or
m.x-blood Indians have been prevented by
THE MORNING .NEWS: FRIDAY", FEBRUARY 25, 1593.
the determined opposition of relatives or
friends, and in at least one instance death
alone prevented the marriage between a
white teacher in an Indian school, whose
father bears a national reputation, and a;i
Indian. The writer distinctly remembers
the case, which came under his observa
tion a few years ago. The young lady
was a teacher in one of the Indian schools
on the Sioux reservation near this city.
She becamp infatuated with a young S’.ou’x
warrior, and would have married him
against the protests of her Eastern rela
tives had not Providence interposed and
thwarted the ail.ance. The Indian was
stricken with that dread disease consump
tion, and failed rapidly. During his last
days file young lady teacher nursed him
with the greatest devotion, and when he
dim] she for a time refused to be console f.
Since then she has remained single, not
withstanding that it is said she has been
oifered the heart and hand of desirable
white suitors.
The tnosL notable instance of a white
lady marrying an Indian was the marriage
some seven years ago of Miss Elaine Good
ale. the poetess and teacher, to Dr. Charles
A. Eastman, then a resident of Pine Ridge
Agency, where Miss Goodale was a teacher
in an Indian school. Dr. Eastman is
known as "Many Lightnings” among the
Sioux. He is a graduate of Dartmouth
College, and by those who know him is
acknowledged to be a cultivated gentle
man, who might mingle with credit in any
society. Dr. and Mrs. Eastman left the
Sioux reservation a year or two after their
marriage and went East. Their married
life is said to be ideal in every respect."
The doctor is frequently called upon by his
brethren to look after their interests be
fore the various departments at the na
tional capital, where he has materially as
sisted them in carrying out by the govern
ment of its treaty obligation with the In
dian tribes. Dr. Eastman has contributed
articles to Eastern magaz nes on Indian
life, and his wife is also a contributor to
the leading publications.
One case of a white woman marrying an
Indiah has turned out very badly—that of
Cora Belle Fellows. Her marriage eight or
nine years ago to-Chaska, or Sam Camp
bell, as he has since been better known,
was the theme at the time for extended
and sensational articles in practically ev
ery publication in the United States. Sev
eral years ago she and her children were
basely deserted by her Indian husband.
Campbell fell in love with a squaw, and
accordingly did not hesitate in the least to
desert his white wife and children. When
last heard of Mri. Campbell was residing
in Nebraska under an assumed name.
The Episcopalian minister at Lower
Brule Agency, the Rev. Luke Walker, an
educated Sioux, is married to a white wo
man, and they live happily together. Mr.
Walker and his wife are both well edu
cated, and are respected by those who
know them. They are doing good work
among the Indians at Lower Brule, and to
their efforts is attributed a great part of
the credit for the rapid advancement these
Indians are making toward civilization.
One of the most romantic of frontier in
cidents was the elopement and marriage
of Hiss Alice Tucker, daughter of promi
nent white residents of Niobrara, with
John Luman, a Sioux Indian, belonging at
Rosebud agency. On Dec. 31, ISSB, when
Alice was 1C years ot age, her parents
gave a grand ball in her honor. It was the
event of the season, and was largely at
tended. Among those from the adjacent
reservation who were present wore Peter
Lasor and wife and the latter's son, John
Luman, a quarter-breed. It was a case of
love at first sight between Luman and Idiss
Alice, and the match which had its birth
at that time terminated in the subsequent
elopement. On a Saturday r.ight, about
three months after the biithday ball. Mr.
Tucker gave another dance at the little
town of Watson, where he had opened a
branch store. Again his daughter and Lu
man were present. The girl returned
home the next Sunday, and nothing un
usual seemed to surround the peace of
the family circle. It was, however, ob
served that a strange buggy was in the
alleyway back of the Tucker domicile, but
that not being unusual, no suspicions were
aroused.
Monday morning dawned, but, as the ex
ertion of the? Saturday night dance was
sufficient excuse for the daughter's non
appearance, little attention was paid to the
tardiness of the young lady in appearing
from her room. Her absence was finally
discovered, and upon investigation it was
found that her trunk was gone, as was
also the strange buggy, which had hov-red
so mysteriously in the alley at the rear of
the house. Tucker went to Lasor's, and
a young man there was scared into giving
them some information. He said that Al
ice and Luman had gone to O'Neill, Net).,
to. get married. A telegram was sent to
the authorities at O'Neill by the infuriated
father, ordering them to arrest the elop
ers if they appeared there. The father
then started by team, hoping to overtake
them.
Upon reaching O’Neill he found no signs
of his daughter and her abductor. After
returning home he sent telegrams to a
number of sheriffs in the adjoining por
tion of South Dakota, and shortly receiv
ed intelligence that the elopers had been
lawfully married at Tyndall, this state.
For a time the irate father refused to ex
tend the parental blessing, but declared
that he would have the couple arrested
and his daughter sent to the reform school.
After the elopement Mrs. Tucker discov
ered that for some time her daughter lied
been In secret communication with the In
dian, the letters being addressed to Ann
Dewey. Alice's roommate, who acknow
ledged her interest in the elopement.
Alliances between white men and Indian
women have been much more numerous
than those between Indians and white wo
men. Of men prominent in history, John
Rolfe.the romantic young Englishman who
wedded Capt. John Smith's lovelorn Poca
hontas, was iterbaps the most notable. In
his day no one ever thought that the word
"squaw-man” wouid be invented as a
term of reproach to white men who loyally
allied their blood with thut of the red man
and mad? their interests common with his.
Some of the most prominent men in
American history had Indian wives, whonl
they loved and honored. Descendants of
Pocahontas vaunt their noble birth. There
are even descendants of George Washfhg
ton. If the chronicles of early Ohio are to
be believed, who have Indian blood in their
veins. Other prominent characters in his
tory who had Indian wives were 6am
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Trains 31 and 32 solid vestibule between New and St. Augustine.
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville and New York on trains 35 and 36 and
Jacksonville and Cincinnati via Asheville without citange.
Pullman buffet vestibuied sleepers between Tampa and New York on trains 37
and 38. connecting at Charlotte with southwestern vestibuied limited train.
Pullman buffet sleepers from Jackson vlile to Kansas City and Cincinnati on
train 36 via Everett and Atlanta.
Pullman sleeping cars between Jacksonville and New Orleans.
For full information apply to A. O. MACDONKLL. G. P. A.. Jacksonville. Fla.
I. M. FLEMING. Division Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga.
Trains leave from Central depot, corn cr West Broad and Liberty streets.
Houston, the president of the Republic of
Texas, and “Kit” Carson, the famous
scout.
The last queen of the Sioux is the wife
of a white man. Red Cloud, the last of a
long line of famous Indian chiefs, himself
gave her away at the altar on the Sioux
reservation. The Sioux Queen's husband is
Charles P. Jordan, who bears the honor
of being the only white man who was ever
elected a member of the Sioux council.
“The Beautiful Woman," os Jordan's wife
was known among the Indians, grow up
high-spirited, proud, and capricious. She
was an ideal squaw, but as no ideal chief
came to woo her she scorned a Sioux hus
band. Young Jordan, a tall, bright-eyed
fellow of good address, came West as clerk
to the Indian agent at Pine Ridge agency.
He fell in love with the princess, and she
with him. They were married by a priest,
and with all the formalities of the white
man's laws and customs. The big Sioux
chiefs came to the wedding, the army of
ficers from neighboring military posts jin
gled their spurs in the "old Virginia reel”
which followed lhe benediction, and the
pretty Sioux queen has since been plain
Mrs. Jordan. The Jordan’s have a line farm
and stock ranch, well wooded with oak,
elm, and box elder, thirty miles from Rose
bud agency. Wild fruits grow plentifully
near the house in summer. There is a large
orchard of cultivated fruits near by. and
a series of nrtitlcial dams in which beav
ers are encouraged to construct their queer
fortifications.
NEW THINGS IN LEATHER.
Hides of Alt Sorts of queer Animals
Are Now Being Used,
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
New things in leather form some of the
novelties of the season, and the manufac
turers of leather goods are making great
exertions to obtain the skins of animals
heretofore not utilized for that purpose.
Some of the most striking articles in the
coming market are made from the skins
of the African elephant and rhinoceros.
The rough, thick skin of these animals
makes excellent leather, and when stretch
ed over steel frames they make the
strongest sort of dress-suit eases, travel
ing bags and trunks. The vast number
of elephants killed in Africa for their ivory
tusks has made elephant leather compara
tively cheap.
Since the rapid decrease in the number
of alligators in Florida began a few years
ago, the price of alligator hide or leather
has advanced sharply; hut now there is to
be a revival of the industry. Mexican al
ligators are plentiful, and their skins are
being brought Into the country in great
quantities. The Mexican variety of alli
gator has a hide scored more deeply than
that of the Florida saurian, and just at
present it is more popular. The attempt
to raise alligators in the South may re
sult in the re-establishment of an industry
that was very profitable a few years ago.
Kangaroo leather is more popular than
ever, and manufacturers can obtain some
striking effects with this hide that nothing
else can equal. There are some 6.C00 kan
garoo skins in Newark, N, J., ev
ery week, and they are ail tanned and
made up Into shoes, trunks, bags, valises
or pocketbooks. These hides come direct
from Australia and New Zealand, where
the hunters are so active that the animals
are threatened with extinction. Kanga
roo steaks and roasts are important arti
cles of diet in Australia; but the hides of
the animals are all shipped to this coun
try. A peculiarity about the kangaroo
trade Is that Americans control it almost
entirely, and London and Pari* shoe man
ufacturers buy their stock of kangaroo
leather directly from Newark. Prominent
buyers from Germany, Greece, Spain and
Australia have to do the same.
The reason for this is (hat an American
first established the industry of tanning
the hides for leather, and he has so mo
nopolized lhe market that no rival con
cern has att( m;rted to compete with him.
The hunters bring the skins of the kanga
roos to the coast, and the agents of the
Newark concern buy them at once, out
bidding all others. The hunter receives
about 70 cents a pound for the skins, ana
some of them make SI,OOO to $5,0C0 a year.
The skins of all of the twenty varieties
of kangaroos are imported heir, and tan
ned for (lie market.
The gradual decrease in the number of
wild animals suitable for the leather mer
chant's purpose has had the effect of es
tablishing several experiment farms for
raising (lie most desirable creatures for
their skins. In the last two years ca
skins have been utilized by the manufac
turers of leather goods. The skins of
these animals arc tanned, and then glued
to wooden boxes, trunks and other articles
of use. The effect Is decidedly novel and
attractive. This has increased the detnanu
for cat skins, and several farms have been
established where cats arc raised at a
good profit.
The name is true of dog3. The wild
mongrel of the streets is no longer a use
less and worthless ar.imal. His skin when
properly tanned will make Just as goo-1
leather as the high-born pedigreed poodle.
Vwo or three dog furms are reported in
different sections of the country where ail
worthless curs are made welcome until
slaughtering time. It does not cost much
to keep these animals on a farm, for they
are fed on the carcassps of their deau
mates. Dog meal cooked to a nice brown
is relished by the canines.
Th demand for novelties In leather for
hook-bir.ding, curd-cacea, purees, and for
ornamenting the edges of Bibles and pray
er books, has induced leather manufac
turers to ransack the corners of the earth
for animals that have never before llg
ttred in for trade. For instance, monkeys
have been sacrificed ruthlessly to furnish
' skins for the leather trade, and some of
the rare species have skins that are mark
ed in a most peculiar and striking man
ner. Avery novel attempt has recently
been made to tan and use the skin of
certain ti.-hes. It was thought that the
scales of some of the inhabitants of the
water would produce a novel effect in
pockotbooks and Bibles, and so they do.
The skin is very hard to separate from
the body; but when taken off and cured
it is very valuable. The skin of eels can
tie peeled off easily, and this when cured
makes very good leather for certain pur
poses.
The skin of the bluefish and salmon
has been successfully cured so that the
scales adhere to it when manufactured
Into articles of use and ornament. But
the common brook trout furnishes proba
bly the finest effect. The beautiful color
ing and marking of the scales are retained
in the leather, and they produce effects
that are very desirable.
The skins of birds would hardly be sup
posed suitable for tanning into leather; but
the manufacturers have been experiment
ing with them, and with some success. Os
trich' leather is qolte anew thing in the
market, and quite attractive. The skins
have been taken from the birds that have
died, or have been killed for one reason or
another, and, when cured and tanned, they
are found to be aa tough as cat skins.
Reptiles of nil kinds come in for their
share of attention, and belts, purses and
bags are made of the Florida diamond
back rattlesnake skin and of the mocca
sins. The blaeksnake, garter snake and
all of our common species are used in the
same way. All of the bright-colored liz
ards, the common iguana, the chameleon,
the horned toad, the sklnk anti similar
creeping and crawling creatures are offer
ed up ns sacrifices at the altar of fashion,
apd the leather manufacturers ingeniously
convert their hides into articles of great
beauty. In fact, it would he difficult to
find an animal that ts not utilized to some
extent in the manufacture of leather
goods. Thus a woman may possess relics
of a whole mi nagerte in her simple articles
of use and ornament—a snake-skin belt,
a kangaroo satchel, an alligator hag, an
elephant-skin trunk, a poekethook made
of catskin, a prayer-hook edged with
sheepskin, a Bible covered with the scales
of a salmon or brook trout, and shoes of
rhinoceros hide.
MONEY l\ CHINESE I,At NiOKIES.
A Laundry innn Wlio In Said fo Have
Made a Fortune,
From the Springfield Republican.
To hear the stories of money made In
Chicago laundries, one would think there
ts an opportunity for a permanent cut in
| their prices. A man who knows a good
many of the local Chinese says one laun
drytnan went back to China a few years
ago with $40,000 in American money, all
earned in, the laundry business, but proo
ably largely by the buying and selling of
laundries. One of them who has recently
! bought a State street laundry for SI,OOO, is
said to have carried on negotiations for
the purchase of over twenty-five laundries
in Western Massachusetts during lk< last
few years. He does not seem to have much
trouble in getting funds for such pur
chases, as men who have lent him money.
In many instances on thirty or sixty day
notes, say he has always paid before the
paper is due.
It is said that a good Chinese laundry
man can clear $25 a week, although he pays
from sl4 to $25 a week rent, and sometimes
aa high as S4O, and hires two or three men,
at wages ranging from $8 to $lO a week.
When their very economical habits of
living are considered, it is probable that
they save a large share of their earnings.
They 3eem generally to have money to
pay thetr bills, for local merchants who
deal with them say their accounts arc
almost always paid promptly.
A queer feature of the laundry business
Is the extent to which the local laundries
are in the hands of syndicates, or combina
tions of the lnundrymen. A group of
them, related to each other, are said to con
trol half n dozen laundries on Main and
State streets, and there are other similar
combinations in the city. The members
of these various syndicates arc general!/
not on good terms with each other. If
they meet In some store they will not
spe-ak, though knowing each other per
fectly well. The competition between the c
various groups to lAiy up an available
laundry Is said to be>very sharp, and a lo
cal man who has such an opening to rent
is said to have received twenty-tflve appli
cations for it.
—The contractor for the monument to
be erected at Asheville, N. C.. to the mem
ory of Zebulon Baird Yance has Inform
ed the committee in charge that the mon
ument will tie ready for unveiling any
time after May 1 next. A committee has
been appointed to receive suggestions from
the public and formulate a plan for the
unveiling ceremonies, and make report to
a future meeting of the central commit
tee.
—Ex-President and Mrs. Harrison were
recently examining an art exhibition in
Washington and had their baby daughter
with them. One picture in particularly
seenwd to please the child, and when it
rave unmistakable signs of pleasure Mr.
Harrison Ixiughr the picture and had It
sent to his home.
Plant System.
1 talus operated by both Meridian Time—Our Hour slower than City Tima,
READ DOWN; TIME’CARD." ~“jf READ uK
! * 1 l| 35 j 23 1 5f37 j "
I hla - I | j |,in Effect Feb. 32, 1898. || | | : Fla. j
lfP< Cll Dally | Daily (Daily [| |;Dally|DailyjDally:Spec'l|
1 2P| '■ W| 145 1 06i>||Lv Savannah Arj| 8 loaj 1 50a| 7 35p( 9 01a| ♦.
i 11 | jAr Augusta Lv|! ..| j 1 35pi ..
8 1 > Ar ....Charleston.... Lv|| 6 13a 111 15p| 3 30 ( >j G 50a -
* f •_“! i 7 ’3pj 4 00.i Ar Richmond.... Lv|| 7 30p! 9 o.a ilO OOp -
M- j;’P 11l 3 ‘i*j 7 41n Ar ...Washington.... Lv|' 3 4Gp! 4 30a| | G 20p
j 1 53l>| .1 1 03a 9 OoajjAr Baltimore.... Lvj' 2 25p( 2 60a| 6 lOp .......
I 4 10 Pi i o 50-.11 25a Ar ...Philadelphia... Lvj 12 OOp 12 05a| | 2 52p}
I * I | C 53a j 2 0oj; Ar ..New York Lv|j L 3'*a| 9 COp) |l2 30p|
125 j2l I 23 |35 II ' ff 33 "f 78 I~M j~22 1 3s^
1 , L Ii |j Mill | Fla.
sprcl|Dally'Dally | Dally | Daily [I |]Dnlly|Dally|D*lly|bally|Spec'l
90(1.1 710.1 5 15p' 2 lo.i 8 35a I Lv Savannah...... Ar!|t2 46p| 1 20a| 8 20aill OOp| 7 22p
10 -1 1 ; 9ft la 6 rlp 3 flu 10 Olu Ar Jcgtip Lv||ll iffalll 42p| 6 27a| 9 !sp| a 57p
i r.V 1 . ? 1 s W’Pl 4 50.i W 56a |A Waycross Lv|[lo 12all0 35p 5 15a 8 2up 5 Otp
i *>i* ! 3op io 20|>! i 301* Ar Brunswick Lv|| 8 00a| 8 00p| j,......
I 2 15p| 2 JOat | ||Ar Albany Lv|| I | 1 30u 1 30pj
1 1 5 "PI do.; | Ar Columbus —Lv|| | |lO 10pl0 06a|
1 10p| 1 OOp 10 15p; 7 >a) 1 OOp Ar 77.. Jackson vMe..7Lv|| 8 20a| 8 OOp ....... 4 40p| 315 p
: "p| • *'l> 8 40a* 2 20p Ar ..St. August 100... Lvjj 7 00u| 6 35p 2 05p
” •' : '"l , i |l2 or.pj 3 35p 1 1Ar ....Oalnesvillo I-vi| 3 15a! 4 20p
5 ..tip & lp| ; i 85p| r, ;jtip Ar Ocala Evi| 1 30a| 2 25p
5 t' p ■ •'••!* 10. ti 7 :.r,pi|Ar Tampa I.v|| 7 37p 10 55a 8 10a 8 10.
J* *’>> s ’'•'•*! u •>•"' 6 15|> 8 05p Ar ..Turn It. Hotel., Lv|j 7 SJpflO 40a 8 00a| 8 UOa
1— p ??’’ ir,, i: 1 2up||Ar Valdosta Lvj|7... 3 13a| 6 21p
- .up 2 ;;.ip 1 25. p 2 35p]|Ar . .Thomaavllle.... Lvij 2 06 i 5 lOp
:! :,I *P a 2na| 9 30p Ar ...Montgomery... Lv| 7 46p 10 50a
‘ . 1 < **ui 8 10p 7 40a Ar ...Now Orleans... Lv 7 55aj 7 45p
** *■*.■*' r, 9u! 7 6 Mia]; Ar ... .Nnahvllle Ev l 9 15a 1 34a
1 * •' ■ 1 1 05p Ar ...Cincinnati Lv|| 11 00pj 4 05p !
N. B.—Nos. 37 and 38 are the New York and Florida Special, a solid vestibula
tram, consisting of Pullman's finest sleeping, parlor, observation and dining cara,
sten.n heated and e*e uric lighted. Runs solid liotween New York and Jacksonville,
ti divides nt Jacksonville, part going to St. Augustine and part to Tampa. No 37
leaves New 5 oik daily except Sunday. Leaves Savannah daily except Monday.
. O. .1 leave s I impa daily; leaves St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Savannah dally
except Sunday.
All trains except Nos. 23, 32, 35, 37, 38 and 78 make all local stops.
Pullman Buffet Sleeping and l'arlor Curs. ,atid Plant System Parlor Cara ara
operated us follows:
No - *• sleepers, New York and Jacksonville; New York and Port Tampa via
West Coast; Waycroes und Cincinnati via Montgomery. Parlor car Waycross and
Brunswick.
No 25 sleepers Waycross and Jacksonville. Waycross and Port Tampa via Jack*
MunvH , and via W, i Ooasl. Waycross and Cincinnati via Montgomery, Waycross
and Na hvilh \i i A• unta. Parlor car Waycross nnd Brunswick.
_ sleepers Savannah and Jacksonville (car o|ion for passengers at 8 p. m),
w fork and Jack onville; Waycross nnd Jncksonville; Waycross and St. Peters
burg via Jack onville, Paintka, Ocala and Trilby. Parlor car Jacksonville and Port
Tampa via Sanford.
No 21, s.eep, r.,, Waycross and St. Louts via Montgomery; Waycross and St.
Louis via Aik,iuy, < 'u,ambus, Birmingham and Holly Springs; Waycross and Naah
vil.e via Atlanta; Waycross and Port Tampa via Jacksonville and Sanford.
No. 37 connects at Waycross with sleep, r to Cincinnati via Montgomery; to Port
Tampa via West Coast, and parlor car to Brunswick.
No 32. sleepers, Jacksonville and New York; Port Tampa and New York via
yest Coast, Parior car, Brunswick and Waycross.
No. Ts. sleeper, Jacksonville and Savannah (passengers are allowed to remain In
car ai Savannah until 7a. m.); Jucksonvllo and New York. Parlor car Port Tamps
an,! Jacksonville via Sanford.
Steamships leave Port Tampa for Key West and Havana 9:00 p. m , Mondays and
Thursdays. For Mobile, 10;00 p. m. Saturdays.
E A. AIIMAND, city Passenger and Ticket Agent, De Soto Hotel
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager.
IT. C. McFADDEN. Assistant flenernl Passenger Agent.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY.
SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.
Passenger Schedules. Effective Dec. 12, 1897.
71 Milos Shortei t Operated T.ine Between Savannah and Montgomery. 26 Miles
Short st Qpert and Line Between Savannah and Columbus.
F. C. & P, (i a. C. Line.' j| A. C. I F."V\ & P.
13 15.11H1 4 3iipm :t unpin 9 30am| Lv - ...New York— Ar|| 2 03pm j 6 53am| 6 43pm
3 50am| 6 55pm 12u.i n’tjl2 OOn’njlLv ...Philadelphia. Art|ll 25nm| 3 45am| 2 50amll015am
C 22.1 m 9 20pmj 2 soam| 2 25pm||Lv Baltimore.... Ar|| 9 05am 108 am 11 35pmj 8 00am
1115um|10 13pm| 4 3",itn ;: I6pmj Lv ..Washington... Ar|| 7 4dam]ll 10pm| U2spm| 6 42am
| j it if.,.1 m| 7 3upm|lLv ....Richmond.,. Ar|| 40oem| 7 15um|
| 11 13piii| 6l3am| Lv ...Charleston.... Ar|| 5 08pm| 6 !3am!
10 ISpmt 925att1l 1 (jLv ...Charlotte Arj| | 8 50am| 8 20pm
12 47am 11 55am | ||Lv Columbia.... Arjj | j 4 24am; 4 15pm
5 00am| 4 34pm SOot 15am|]Ar Savannah— Lv|| lospm| 1 45am[ti 40pmjl2 2upm
. , j-j ! '~ii~ j 2<> **
7 45pmJ .. ..Su\aiinali ... Ar| .........111 20pm| 810 am
lO'JOpmi j |9 35iim;|Ar Collins Lv 9 05pm 5 55am
12 01.-im | I il Jilin |Ar Helena I.v 6 40pm 335 pm
12 57nm| | 12 26pm Ar ....Abbeville.... Lv 5 50pm 2 40am
•9 15amj j 0 .-.r,pm, Ar ...Fitzgerald.... Lv 11 ISem 9 20pm
iOOOiml | 72 [unj;Ar O illn Lv 10 20am 8 00pm
2 15am| | i:io|imj|Ar Cordele Lv 4 45pm 135 am
318 am! | 2 55;,m Ar ...Americas Lv 339 pm 12 28am
4 l-'nmj I j 3 ;spm l Ar ....Richland.... Lv 2 40pm 11 30prn
12 00n’n| j.. [s2upm||Ar ....Columbus... Lv | 1006 am 3 oopm
123()pm|.. | j 7 ls;tm!|Ar ....Datvson Lv 7 10am 2 58pm
1 aopm | I 8 50pmj|Ar Albany Lv 6 00pm 2 10pm
4 ;;tami ! | 4 17pm: Ar ....Lumpkin.... Lv 2 17pm 1110 pm
6 07am| | 5 56pm Ar ...HurUboro.... I.v 12 38pm 9 36pm
8 Oiluml ! | 8 oOpmjj Ar ..Montgomery.. Lvj 10 45am.. 7 45pm
10 31'aml ! 11 30pm||Ar Selma I.V| 4 2,oam 330 pm
1201pm' |; 12 25 n't Ar ..Birmingham... Lvj 7 58am 4 00pm
7 (lOpml | jliKOamjjAr ...Nashville I.v| 128 am 9 15am
22T.ni 1 ' 1 112 2 , n'r Ar ...Louisville Lv 8 10pm 2 50am
7 05am ! | 4 lupin Ar ..Cincinnati Lv| 350 pm 11 00pm
12 .10 in,i.] I |if e9am||Ar ..Evansville.... Lvj 9 00pm 350 am
| | s iTpm]:Ar —Cblcngo Lvj 100 pm 7 55pm
7 etlnm 1 -.1 | 7 32pm |Ar ....St. Louie.... Lv| 7 56am 8 55pm
345 pm! j : 3 05nnv||Ar Mobile Lv|| |!2 20n't 12 58pm
Slopin' 1 H 74-i.imjjAr New Orleans.. Lv|j | 7 40pm 7 56am
•Daily except Sunday.
Connecting at Savannah by all trains, with steamships lines for Baltimore. Phil,
ndelphin. New York and Boston; with Plant system, and Florida Central and Pen.
insular; Atlantic Coast Line for points north; with Savannah and Atlantic Rail
way for Tybee.
At Collins with Collins nnd Reldsville railroad and Stlllmore Air Line.
At Helena with Southern railway for all points thereon.
At Cordele with Georgia Southern and Florida for Mucon and beyond; also with
Albany nnd Northern railway for Albany.
At Blehland with Columbus division for Columbus, Dawson and Albany.
At Montgomery with and Nashville railroad for all points west and
northwest. ~ ,
Trains 17 nnd 18 carry Georgia and Alabama railway new and magnificent buf
fet parlor cars.
Tin;ns 19 and 20 carry Pullman Palace sleeping cars between Savannah and
Montgomery. , , .
Tickets sold to all points and sleeping car berths secured at ticket office, corner
trull 'iinl Bryan streets, or at West Broad street passenger station.
CECII. GABBETT. First Vice President and General Manager
A POPE. General Passenger Agent. C. C. MARTIN, Agent.
J 7, BECK. Soliciting Agent.
CHAS N. RIGHT. Asslsant General Passenger Agent.
A. M* MARTIN. Ticket Agent, corner Bull and Bryan street*.
Central of Georgia Railway Company
SCHEDULES IN EFFECT FEB, 23, 1393.
GOING WL3'F7 READ DOW Nil II GOING EAST. REAt) U."
"No: 9 /No. 7 No. 3 1 No. i j Central . || No. 2 No. 4 j No; 8 j No. 19
except jexcept | daily. J daily, jj or 90th I dally, dally. |except |except
Sund y Sund yj I M Meridian time, j |Sund’yjSund'y
z wpnT ifoopni 9 oopmt s 45aml Lv ..Savannah.. Ar| "6 00pm 6 00am 7 48am 4 50pra
3 tisixu 7 Iff pm 10 03pml *J 59am| Ar ...Guyton.... Lvj 6 00pm 4 51am 6 48am 315 pm
. 7 35pm 10 36pin| 10 30am Ar Oliver.... Lv 4 30pm 4 20am 6 13am/
"""] 1119 pm UlOamjAr ..Rocky Ford Lv, 350 pm 342 am
T 1 liprn,: HSOlim, Ar .Mllledgevllle Lvjjt 6 30am 7 345 pm
I t 6 50pm; j Ar ...Covington. Lv jt 9 20am
.. xsoam'l 8 40pm Ar .Fort Valley Lv | 6 39am| 6 27pm|....'.'"‘ i
| 8 15pm| 1105pm|iAr ....Albany... Lvj 4 15am 11 50iml
I .j 4 29pm! 1 Ar ...Kufauia.. Lvj 10 40aml
i'". j 7 25|>m| rAr Troy Lv|| 7 55am!
""jjjjj |..5 50pm| ||Ar .Birmingham Lvj' | 9 30a.m; ‘J
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEE. “
~T Ear Tern or ciiy lime used between IMTidY] ' Daily'
I Savannah ■ ,i '!'. !„ | only | Dady jexM'dy
3oing.~Teave Se vaiimh , |6lsamj 3 30pm|10 00am
ReiUrnfn g7Tc?>ve Tybee I ~ 20am 6 00pm|11 05am
Trains marked 7 run dally, except Sunday.
Time shown is 90th meridian, one hour slower than Savannah city time, except
that between Savannah and Tybee c.ty, or 75th meridian time, is shown.
Solid trains between Savannah nnd Macon and Atlanta.
Sleeping cars on night trains between Savannah and Augusta. Savannah and
Maeon. Savannah and Atlanta. Parlor cars between Macon and Atlanta.
Passengers arriving Macon at 3:53 a. m. can remain in sleeper until T a. m.
For further information md for schedules to all points beyond our line, apply
to W. G. BREWER, City Ticket and Passenger Agent, 39 Bull street.
J. C. HAILE, Gen ral Passenger Agent. Savannah <3a
THEO. D. KLINE. Gen. Superintendent. E. H. HINTON. Traffic Manager.
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