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THE BOWIE KNIFE.
THE ORIGIN OP THE FAMOUS
WEAPON VERY DOUBTFCD.
lti Inventor Declared It More Trust-
'Trorthy Than a Pistol—Bloody
Duels in Which It
Was Used.
'HE Bowie knife, for many years
the most effective weapon in
the South, has been attributed
to the inventive genius of
Colonel Janies Bowie, one of the heroes
in the Texan war for independence, who
was^ killed at the Alamo, March 6, 1835.
Tie '.tory of the advent of this remark-
/able blade, so far as the Colonel is con-
r cerned, is of doubtful authenticity.
There ate two versions current in the
Lone Star State. One is that, in a bloody
ngntest with tH» Mexicans, previous to
the revolution in Texas, his sword sud
denly broke off within a foot and a half
of the hilt, upon which he employed the
fragment as a knife in his hand-to-hand
contests during the rest of the battle.
Colonel Bowie settled with his parents
in Louisiana early in 1802, and soon be
came notorious for his participation in
the many duels which his irritable tem
per provoked. The most prominent and
sanguinary of these took plase opposite
Natchez, on the Mississippi, in August,
1827. A meeting had been arranged
between one Doctor Maddox an 1 Samuel
Wells and the ground selected, a low
sandbar near the city, but outside of the
State limits. After the difficulty had
apparently been adjusted by the exchange
of two shots without effect, the princi
pals were joined by parties of friends,
and a general melee occurred, in which
fifteen of the number were wounded and
six killed.
Bowie, who was one of the partici
pants, had been shot early in the en
gagement. He drew his knife—the
story runs—which had been made from
a blacksmith’s rasp or large file, with
which he killed Major Norris Wright.
After the conflict the weapon was seat
North to Philadelphia, where it was
-fashioned by a cutler into the form of a
knife, which style of weapon was im
mediately made famous as the “Bowie
knife.” When the original was received
by the Colonel he was told: “It is more
trustworthy in the hands of a strong
man than a pistol, for it will not snap.”
After this general fight he emigrated to
Texas with his brother and took an ac
tive part in the struggle against Mexico.
He fought in the engagement near Sau
Saba, November 2, 1831, and in the
battles with the Mexicans near Nacog
doches and at Concepcion during 1835.
He attained the grade of Colonel, and
commanded at Grass Fight, October 25
the same year. The next season he was
ordered to Bexar, later joining Colonels
Travis and Crockett, and with them was
slain at the taking of the Alamo.
The Colonel was principal in another
I famous duel, which may probably be re-
f garded as the gieatest on record, and
whioh is still remembered by a few old
men who are living yet at a remarkably
ripe age. Bowie used to spend a great
deal of his time in Natchez, where he
was challenged by a gentleman residing
in Alexandria, Li., for some alleged
grievance. The friends of the latter to
the number of twenty or more accom
panied him to Natchez to see fair play,
well aware that Colonel Bowie was a
desperate man aud had his osvn friends
about him. All the parties went to
gether upon the field, the combatants
taking their places in the centre, separ
ated from theiv friends in the rear far
enough not to endanger them with their
balls. The twenty armed Louisianians
iffy yards behind their champion
^seconds and surgeons; opposite
ar behind Bowie and his sec-
surgeons, were the twenty
'armed Mississippiaas, friends of the
Colonel.
The heights of Natchez were thronged
with spectators, and a steamer rounded
to in the river, with its decks black with
passengers watching with a deep interest
the exciting scene. The plan of the tight
was to exchange shots twice with pistols
and to close with knives, Bowie being
armed with his own terrible weapon. At
the first fire both parties escaped injury.
At the second, the Louisianian was too
quick and took advantage of Colonel
Bowie, who waited far the word. At
this Bowie’s seooud cried out, “Foul
play,” and shot the Louisianian dead.
The second of the latter instantly
killed the slayer of his principal. Colonel
Bowie then drove his knife into the man,
finishing him in an instant. The surgeons
now crossed blades, while with defiant
battle cries came on the two parties of
friends, the light of battle iu their eyes.
In a moment the whole number was en
gaged in a fearful conflict. Dirks, pis
tols.and knives were freely U3ed with
fatal effect. It was a dreadful slaughter.
Colonel Bowie fought like an enraged
Hod, but fell covered with wounds. For
months he lingered in his hotel between
life and death, finally recovering, owing
to his wonderful constitution.—New
York Times.
K«palriair Country Roads.
The proper time to begin work or re
pair* is in the early spring, just after the
trost comes out of the ground, as soon
as the roads have been thoroughly settled
and dried out. Where the road is old,
with a good solid bed, the first thing to
be done is to cover it all over with alight
dressing of gravelly material, and when
possible finish it off with a top coating
of hard pan; but avoid putting it on too
thickly, lest the going become heavy, as
it is slow to dry out. Loam is worse
than useless, became it never packs
properly, and makes mud. Care must
be taken to raise the road up toward the
centre, and give it a slight elevation at
the crown, but only just enough to shed
the water on either side into the gutters.
Od a level, straight road the crown
should only be slightly convex, for round
ing up a narrow road in the middle is
objectionable, insomuch as it has the im
mediate effect of forcing wheels of
vehicles to run always in the same line
and wear away the new material into
deep ruts that quickly become water
courses for the wash of the next rain,
and assist the rapid destruction of the
road by preventing the water from reach
ing the gutters. As fast a3 the new
material can be laid on, it should ba
very carefully raked over to remove all
the large stones and as many of the
smaller ones as possible; for where this
precaution is neglected until the stuff
packs down hard, which happens in a
few days, the stones become so firmly
embedded that they are not only difficult
to remove, but soon cause the road to
wear in humps and bumps, and later in
the season, during the dry weather, they
work up continually and become a source
of annoyauce and danger. Taese stones
should never be left in piles along the
road side, to be driven into, or scattered
about by mischievous boys or stray cattle,
but carted immediately away and dumped
out of sight. The gutters should then
be carefully cleaned by removing fro n
them all deposits of mud, decayed leaves,
or branches which have collected there
during tbs winter months; never allow
this stuff to be heedlessly thrown along
the edges Of the gutters or on the banks
above them, for the first rains will surely
wash all back to its old place, and the
work has to be done over again. It is
even worse to spread it out on the road,
according to the common but mistaken
practice of many road masters, since
decayed material can never pack prop
erly, and always tends to mike mud in
wet and dust in dry weather.—Harper’s
Weekly.
CURIOUS FACTS.
FOUR AMERICAS DUCHESSES.
The Almanach de Gotha of 1893 men
tions only four American ladies as hav
ing married Englishmen of ducal fami
lies. These are the Duchess of Man
chester, nee Miss Yznaga; the Duchess
of Marlborough, nes Mrs. Hamersley;
Lady Randolph Churchill, nes Mis3
Jerome, married to the uncle of the
present Duke of Marlborough, and Mrs.
Cavendish Benfinck, nee Miss Bessie
Livingston, married to Mr. Cavendish
Bentiack, cousin of the Duke of Port
land. Theie are many American ladies
mentioned as having married members
of the nobility of France, Germany and
Italy.—New York World.
ARRANGEMENT OF LACE ON DRESSES.
Lace trimmings on some day dresses
is so placed as to form a sort of deep
basqued coat at the sides and a point at
the back, losing itself in the centre
seam. This has the effect of -taking
away that look of extreme plainness the
tightly fitting skirts give, and which is
so unbecoming to all.
A very pretty silver gray crepon,
dashed with white spots, was trimmed in
this style with white guipure; the skirt
had an old-fashioned French hemmed
ruche of silk edging it, and the bodice
had the pninure arranged as epaulets aud
Sjedd Indicator far Travelers.
Arthur G. Leonard, Private Secretary
to H. Walter Webb, Third Vice-Presi
dent of the New York Central Railroad,
has invented a watch which enables the
holder to measure the rate of speed at
which he or she may be traveling on a
railroad tram, a steamboat, or any other
conveyance. This indicator was de
signed especially to mark the rate of
speed per hour at which a railroad train
moves. Mr. Webb had a few of the
watchos made and they have beeu prac
tically tasted with perfect satisfaction.
They resemble the ordinary open-faced
watches and the works are the same as
those in a good chronometer watch. A
series of figures, with sixty as a basis,
encircle the rim of the face. In the
hands of a person on a swiftly moving
train the watch may, by pressing a tiny
lever, be started at a given point, say a
mile post, and when the next mile po3t
ij rescued a quick pressure on the lever
will stop the hands of the watch on a
figure which accurately indicates the
rate of speed per hour at which the traiu
is moving. The watch is provided with
split second hand which enables
the holder to lake the record of two
consecutive miles separately. With tfiis
indicator a person can ascertain the rate
of speed at which lie is traveling up to
100 mile3 per hour. The minimum reg
ister is 37 9-10 miles per hour. This
invention of Mr. Leonard would be an
admirable timepiece to gangs the rate of
speed at a boat race or a horse race. —
New York Times.
Sweet-Too hsd Ruffians.
The Largest Mississippi Catfish.
“The largest catfish ever capturel on
the Mississippi was caught about three
years ago, two miles from Cairo, by a
colored fisherman,” said John G. Harvey,
of Murphysboro, Ili., at the Liudell.
“He was a monster, sure enough, and
more resembled a whale than a catfish.
The colored people had been talking for
a long time about having seen a big fish
in the waters. They had shot at him
repeatedly, and had set all sorts of
trot lines to catch him without success.
“■Finally there came a rise iu the river,
and when the water receded from the
swamp back of the river the fish was
grounded and captured. He weighed
312 pounds, and when cut opeu there
was found iu his stomach two fish hooks
and a line, a teupeuoy nail, a gold ring,
and—the most curious thing of all—a
registered letter addresed to the Hou.
Walter Merriwether, of Richmond, Ya.,
which had been lost for two weeks, and
'which had given the postal authorities
unbounded trouble. The question was
and is, how did that letter ever find its
way from the postal car to the fish’s
mouth?”—St. Louis Republic.
The Afghan has an extraordinarily
sweet tooth, and it is most amusing tc
see these great hulkiug, shambling fel
lows patrouizing the sweatmeal shops.
The Hindustani is a great consumer of
sugar, and his tastes in this direction arc
the grossest. Their sweets are simply
lumps of unrefined sugar forms l into
fantastic images, or made to crudely re
semble animals and hu nan beings.
The Mohammed, however, through
his hatred of idolatry, would not pur
chase a sweetmeat which bore likeness
to living things, nor would a Hindoo
who had respect for his person be bold
enough to offer an image to an Afgaaa,
The deadly insult would be followed
with the exclamation, “Hut jao!” “Get
hence!” and a blow sufficiently powerful
to fell an ox and kill a weakly Hindoo.
The picture that an Afghan presents
with his hands and monta full of sweet
meats a? assuredly excites a smile as
does the spectacle of two stout, un wieldly
men falling upon each other’s necks and
weeping and kissiDg an affectionate
adieu.
You feel morally certain that this
huge, innocent-looking Afghan has re
morselessly killed several of his friends,
who have made themselves objection
able to him, and you are equally as cer
tain that in the folds of his voluminous
chapkan several deadly weapons are
stowed away, while his loose, baggy
trowsen, tied fast at the ankles, also
cover slaughtering steel.—New York
Advertiser.
Meat.’
I
A Novelty in Railroad Equipment.
The latest novelty in tae rolling equip
ment of the Pennsylvania Rulroad. is a
“clearance car.” It .was constructed for
the purpose of assisting the chief engi
neer and his assistants to make accurate
measurements of tunnel dimensions in
order to determine what the clearance
distances are for cars and merchandise.
One of the reasons for this car being
built was the constant inquiries that
came to the company from shippers of
World’s Fair merchandise of so many
shapes and sizes that it was impossible
to tell whether it could safely be sent
through the tuunels. The clearance car
is virtually a flat car with a raised plat
form on one end, with an arch stretching
above it and measuring rods surrounding
it. The train of which the clearance car
is park is made up of two other cars, one
lor the engineer to live and sleep in and
another equipped with an electric light
aystem to assist in inspecting dark
monels.—New Yack Telegram.
“Pepper With
San Antonio, Texts, presents in its
older sections a peculiar illustration ot
how customs survive long after then-
causes have ceased. Oue hundred and
sixty-iwo years ago or thereabouts some
fifteen families of Canary Island, Span-
iards, with a larger number of Tlascalan
Indians, started the old city* Eich race
brought its local customs, and from their
combination resulted the Sm Antonio
customs of to-day. There are open air
restaurants on the Plaza des Armes as in
the Canary Isles, cigarettes of tobacco
and cornshuck as among the old Mexi
can Indians and queer dishes of Spanish
meats and Mexican peppers.
At the tables comely Mexican girls act
as waiters and serve up “chile con
came,” “tamales,” “enchilades,” and
other truly native dishes. Observe that
the “chile” is mentioned before the
“came,” which is very appropriate, in-
dsed, for to an American taste there is
much more of it. It was, indeed,
“pepper with meat,” and not “meat
with pepper,” as “came con chile”
would mean.”—New York News.
to a ruthless process which crushes the
bones and wrenches the sinews of their
tender feet, until at last a revolting de
formity is produced, and the foot,
crumpled into a shocking monstrosity,
becomes almost valueless as a means of
locomotion. The wretched girl emerges
from her period of feverish torture a
mutilated cripple, condemned to hobble
through life on feet which preserve no
semblance of nature's beautiful mech
anism, having become as hideous as they
are useless.
At mtervals the missionary cries out,
tho traveler writes, and the charitable
agitate; but the poor little children
never benefit. For then there remains
always the same ruthless bending of
bones, the same agonizing application of
tight ligatures, the same long months of
bitter pain and unavailing tears. Per
haps, he suggests, it is to this singular
sontrast between general refinement and
sultivatiou of the Chinese on the one
hand, and this callous cruelty on the
other, that we must attribute the period
ical appearance of apologists for the ap
palling custom. Some people say that
though the foot is ultimately deformed,
though the woman is indeed condemned
tc be little better than a cripple, yet the
process is not so very painful after all.
The bones are soft, they say, in early
youth; the sinews supple. Twisting,
crushing and wrenching are operations
that may be performed without much
suffering on baby feet, whereas adults
would be maddened by the torture. To
j this the writer replies: “Let no one
talk of the yielding character of young
bones or the pliability ot baby sinews.
We have listened with our own ears to
the cries of a little girl undergoing the
torturing process. Such agonizing wails
never before fell on our ear3. They
were the shrieks of a child absolutely
wild with suffering. When the ligatures
were loosened and the shocking succes
sion of breithless screams ended in long-
drawn wails of exhaustion aud misery,
the listener turned almost sick with
horro- and sympathy. Yet a mother
was the deliberate torturer of the
poor baby, aud a father callously lis
tened to its heartbroken cries. Think
that this fiendish barbarity is being
practiced daily and hourly throughout
the leDgth and breadth of a land con
taining 300,000,009 inhabitants. Not
alone are the tender bodies of the poor
little girls ruthlessly racked and tor
tured, but the purest sentiment of hu
manity, the love of parents for their
children, is perpetually outraged. Such
mmatural cruelty could be tolerated
only in the presence of the worst kind
of demoralization. How much can sur
vive of the moral beauty of the paternal
relation when lathers and mothers, in
deference to a mere freak of fashion,
consent to iutliet on their daughters,
day by day, torture that well nigh mad
dens the baby brain and wrings shrieks
of excruciating agony from the little
lips? This is one of those facts that
made us marvel wheu we hear a great
destiny predicted for the Chinese Na
tion.—London Public Opinion.
Paris has 50,000 ragpickers.
The Italian Parliament costs #430,000
a year.
The Egyptians cooked meat as soon as
the animal was killed.
The first complete Bible printed in
England was issued in 1535.,
The earliest mining schools were es
tablished in Saxony about 1500.
A good Egyptian mummy, warranted
6000 years old, can be bought any day
for #100.
Eighty of the Popes are honored as
saints, thirty-cne as martyrs and forty-
three as confessors.
An aged deer presented to the Central
Park {New York City) Menagerie in 1889
died the other day of old age.
In Uganda, Africa, a man will will
ingly work for three months for a copy
of the New Testament in his own lan
guage.
Since the Cape diamond fields in South
Africa were discovered in 1867 they have
produced stones to the value of #359,-
000,000.
In Berlin, Germany, all doctors’ coach
men wear white bats. This headgear
distinction gives them the right of way
day and night.
A stee!-hke grass from the volcanic
slopes of Oran, Algeria, is said to be so
elastic that it can be used instead of
springs in the manufacture of furniture.
Mount Stuart, Lori Bute's palace in
Scotland, is said to be the mo3t magnifi
cent mansion in Great Britain. The
building, decoration and finishing of it
cost $5,000,000.
American lard is being sold in the
City of Mexico as fast as received at a
wholesale price of twenty-five cent3 per
pound, while lhe native lard is held at
twenty-six cents per puuni.
Clara Edwards, a resident of Stewart
County, Georgia, own3 a hen which, she
says, has laid two eggs about the size of
turkey eggs every day for the past four
years. She also claims that each egg
contains two yolks.
At the beginning of this century the
Bible was accessible to but one-fifth of
the population of ths world. Now it
has been translated into so mmy lan
guages that it may be read by niue-tentas
of the people of the globe.
There are two kinds of curiosity shops
in China—one is intended for guileless
globe trotters and the nouveaux riches,
the other for collectors aud persons of
taste. In the former the proprietor asks
anywhere from 290 to 2000 per cent,
profit on his goods; in the latter he is
satisfied with anything between twenty-
five and 100 per cent.
For the first time in thirteeu years the
Sound during the cold spell of 1893 was
frozen beyond the Bridgeport (Conn.)
Light, and thousands of people each day
visited the veteran lighthouse keeper,
Captain Adolphus McNeil, who has been
keeper since the establishment of the
light, forty-one years ago. Bicyclists
aud owners of horses and sleighs rode
out to the light, a distance ot more thin
a mile.
Soups furnish a curious instance in
which Germany differs from other Na
tions in the preparation of food. Milk
soups, sweet and savory, chocolate soups,
almond soup and wine soup, frothed
lemon soup and beer soup are among tho
number, while soup3 ma le of apples,
pears, strawberries, currants and cherries
are not uncommon. There are also a
large number of fish soups which bear a
strong resemblance to the fish soups of
the Russiau kitchen,
CUKE FOR CHICKENS CORN'S.
If you have chickens with a wartish
substance on their feet they have corns,
and they wiil, like ourselves, suffer
much from them and become lame. Ob
tain some pine gum, take a piece of
cloth, cut holes in it for the toes to pro
trude through, put gum on the corn,
wrap the cloth over it, and tie around
the.shsnk. In about two weeks remove
the covering and the corn will be gone.
Before handling the gum grease the
fingeis and it will not stick to them.—
The Hawaiian Islands.
The total area of the islands which
compose the government of Hawaii is6,-
640 square miles. There are eight islands,
^ranging from an area of sixty-three square
miles in Kahoolame, which i9 the small
est, to 4,210 square miles in Hawaii,
hich is the largest. At the time of Capt.
The Wealth of Nations*
The wealthiest nation on' the globe is
the United States, which has an assess-
Mnstnn
1
Few domestic remedies are of greatef
*. value thun common mosterd. As A Cin|'
ed valuation of $47,475,000,000, next: di ^ and ag , ee ab!e simulant to the di-
comes Great Britain with $43;800,000,- j „ e „ th , oro j£ it is found upon most
000. France ranks third, v with $40,300,-° ir sed in this form it WifT
ono’non’ th Ti en ? ermany ^ -*? 1 ’**?’" sometimes ' remove obstinate hiccough.
000,000. Russia comes next with $2!,- Thp , lnhr oken seed of the white mustard
715,000,000; Austria follows with $18,- ia of va)ue M a laxative when taken
the di-
s most
it wilTV
cough. \
£°- k ...-l S “ Very . 0 ^ he k A an ? S .’ ; Up,rards 065,’000,000; and Italy succeeds with j r Y a ^ espoon doses . Of more ifflpor
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New York Independent,
HOW TO GROW BERRIES,
The strawberry should be planted
eighteen inches in the row aud four feet
between the rows and grown on the
matted row system. Care should be
taken that the plants don’t get too thick
in the row. Use only a few of the best
varieties that do well in your Vicinity,
Blackberries and raspberries should be
planted three feet iu the rows and eight
feet between the rows, leaving a ten-foot
space every fourth row to drive through
to get out the dust. Strawberries can
be planted between the rows of black
berries and raspberries and two or three
crops can be taken from them before
they interfere much with each other.
The first year mu3k-and watermelons can
be planted in the rows of blackberries
and raspberries and trained along the
rows; if vines get too long pinch them
off. I only name asparagus; strawberries,
blackberries, and raspberries as rhy maid
crop for the reasoD that they have paid
me best in my vicinity. A man must al
ways grow what people want: If I were
differently located something else might
pay better. Grapes, currants, goose
berries; pie plant, sad a number of other
things might pay better. Growing early
vegetable plants in hot beds, also straw
berry, blackberry, and raspberry plants
have paid me well.—Chicago Times.
of a century ago, the population num
bered 200,000. Since then the native
population has rapidly decreased. The
census of 1884 showed a total population
I of 80,578—51,539 males and 29,039 fe-
; malc9.
The islands are toagreat extent moun
tainous and volcanic, but the soil is
! highly fertile and productive. Sugar and
| rice are lhe staple products. The sugar
i exported from these islands in 1889 was
! valued at $13,0S9,302.
The word Hawaii is pronounced by
■ Webster, He-\vii-ee, the first syllable pro-
: nounced like he in her, and the accent is
| od the second syllable. The government
I of this country has been a constitutional
i monarchy. In 1887 a new constitution
i was granted. The executive power
: was Vested ih a sovereign and cabi
j net of four members. The Sover-
j eign Queen, Li'.inokalani recently sought
to replace the constitution with one ex
tending her own powers, but her cabi
net refused to concur, and immediately
the people rose in support of lhe Cabinet,
and the Queen was compelled to retire
and yield to the pupular desire. A pro
visional government was formed and ;
commission was appointed to go to the
Uuited States Government and ask for
annexation.
$11,755,000,000. Spam is worth $7,805,- i UDCe ig t £ e u?e of raugta rd as an emetic.
000,000; the Netherlands, $4,935,000,- f” tablespoon r u l of ordinary ground mus-
000: Belgium. *4.030.000.000. The as-, tard tak P en ia a cjp f u t of warm Water,
000; Belgium, $4,030,000,000. The as
sessed valuation of Sweden is $3,475,- ^uVroduce copious vomiting in from
000,000; of Canada^3,250 000,000; of ’ K minu P tes. On this° account,
Mexico, $3,loO 000,000; of Australia, , beca „ ie f t fe esneciaiiy valuable ia
$£930jOOO.OOO;ref Portal,$1 855.000 - j in rasTof 'poisoning, by
000; of Denmark $1 830,000 000 ; «.f the , iu £ or 0 ’ ther Darcotits / it is
Argentine Confederation, $1,000,000.000: , ‘ nmol;,. -
of Switzerland, $1,020,000,000; of Nor-j an c< * uai as a ^omest.cemetic,
wav, #1,410,000,000; of Greece, $1,055,- j "
000,000. i>og Language
FASHION NOTES.
A new evening wrap ol velvet is lined
and trimmed with ermine.
Velvet belts with cabbage rosettes of
velvet and silk are fashionable.
Buttons to match accompany many of
the new gimps and galloons lor trimming
costs and costumes.
Sofa piibws are luxurious,, especially
those Oriental stuffs covered with no
mean quality of laae.
Opera wraps of white brocuda or
maltese are made very plainly, but are
richly trimmed with fur.
A Fire Hunt.
One of the most exciting hunts I ever
enjoyed was a bear hunt got up by
William Lowndes on the Ashepoo River,
Wo killed several bears, running them
with our deer dogs and fox dogs until
they were treed or came to bay. I have
seen many a brave dog killed or disabled
by bears. At that time fire hunting
used to be practiced to a considerable
extent, and many deer were killed in
that way, to say nothing of the live
stock and cattle. I am very glad to say
that this practice is now prohibited by
law. I recall an amusing incident that
happened to two of a planter’s sons oae
night. Tae bays were hunting, the
elder carrying the gun aud the younger
the pan of fire.
Presently they beheld the eye3 of a
deer about twenty yards away, gazing in
fascination at the light.
“There he is,” said the younger;
“shoot him, Tom!”
Tom immediately sighted between the
staring eyes and shot. The boys heard
a fall and scuffi ng among the leaves aud
then the animal lay still.
“We’ve k’lied himl” cried the small
one, gleefully.
“We nothing?” said the elder. “I
I killed him, Fran 1 ':.”
Upon investigation it was found to be
a favorite thoroughbred coit of their
father’s.
“Whewl” said Tom; “we’ve killed
Meteor, Frank.”
“We, the deuce 1" said Frank. “You
killed him, Tom.”—Charleston (S. C.)
News.
The Ugliest Race.
It is difficult to state which is actually
the ugliest race, as sj many people cai
lay claim to this distinction, and ugliness
takes mauy forms.
The women of Oupete are naturally
ugly enough, but they increase their at
tractions by almost covering their faces
with protuberances of the size of a pea,
which they produce by the dexterous
use of the tattooing knife.
The Bosjesmaus, in South Central
Africa, are exceedingly ugly, and exist
almost in a state of animalism, They
dwell in holes, live on roots and reptiles,
and have very much the appearaucs of
the ape.
The Calmucks of ths great Tartar
family are, although more civilized, ex
tremely ugly. They hare short, flat
noses, small eyes, high cheek boucs and
a protruding chin.-
The Digger Indian is also entitled to
a place among ugly people. He is a
miserable creature, of a dark brown
copper color, and his body is meagre, re
INSPECT VOUli HERD.
Oue of the most discouraging sights it
the spring to the breeder of thorough
bred cattle is to see them losing the hair
from their necks and sides, looking very
much as though they were lousy. They
may Dot be exactly inflicted with lice,
but the trouble is very nearly allied to it,
and with young calves it is a very greal
detriment to making sales of them. Sul-
phur and lard made into an ointment
and rubbed on them is Usually a good
remedy, but the main trouble generally
comes from neglect and part starvation.
In other words, calves taken good cars
of and kept scrupulously clean are sel
dom, if ever, troubled with this distress
ing disease, and every breeder should be
ashamed of having it make its appearance
in the herd. If you, gentle reader, own
the herd but do not handle it, we advise
you to put on your hat and top coat the
first thing in the morning and go to the
stable for a thorough inspection of the
quarters and food of those calves. You
will probably find the beds wet Under
the top straw that looks dry, while the
pans, buckets or troughs they cat out of
are probably sour and have the creases
stuffed with old food.These are apparent
ly small things, but in the life ol a calf
they are of the greatest importance. The
fact is that in these days it is nearly im
possible for a rich man to raise calves,
simply because no one for pay will take
the trouble to keep the little things and
their eating tools clean, Ths slaughter
of the innocents is going on all the time,
and that through sheer laziness on the
part of often well-paid attendants. If
we can say one word that will save the
lives of only a few of this army of highly
bred calves, we will be only too thank
ful, We have lately been on farms with
great pretentions as breeding establish
ments, with something like oce hundred
and fifty milk cows dropping their calves
all seasons of the year, and yet there
would not be more than a half dozen
young calves on the farm, aud some of
them evidently hastening to the grave.
The losses from this quarter can scarcely
be over stated, and it is time someone
was preaching a crusade against the
shameful slaughter. We call it a slaugh
ter simply because it can easily be rem
edied by the owners of the herd holding
the herdsman in charge strictly responsi
ble for the loss.—American Dairyman,
Rights ot the Child*
One thought more—one that every pa
rent should Consider: Children love in
dependence, desire something, that they
ran call their own, hunger for a recogni
tion and a share in business matters.
EVerjr child who has a lamb, a calf, a
crop of his own, has love for the farm
deepened, aud this feeliog wiil last only
if tne child is fairly dealt with when his
projverty is sold. You cat) make a child
love the farm by making home attract
ive, or lead him to hite it by making
him feel that somewhere else he will be
considered—not at home. A home where
the children are taught to look toward
one who will share their cares, and where
they are from infancy made partners in
the work, will turn out strong-hearted
men and will rnrely be for sale.
Go West!
Right enough. But if you go to a malaria
troubled region, protect yourself again-u the
prevalent scourge in bottom lands and new
clearings. How? With Hostetler's Stdmafch
Bitter-*. The aoswer COmes clear and unani
mous from thousands of new settlers and pio
neer emigrants whom the great preventive
has kept in hea' tit when thr. atened by mias
ma. Use the Bitters for kidnev, liver, hdwc-I,
rheumatic and stomach difficulty.
Sixty persons nowinhii 1 -it Robinsbn Ci'U-oe'-
islah t. Shall we annex it?
An Important Difterciicfc;
To make It apparent to thousands,who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to tlieir
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
ttsing Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
Loss of memory and a slow way iif speaking
are said to be certain signs of paralysis.
Mow’* This 9
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars reward fb*
of catarrh that cannot be cured by
iny case of
taktag^HaU’s Catarrh Cura.
...... Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tii
tions, and financially able to carry out any ob-
Test* Thu ax,Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WAldino, Kin-nan A Marvin, Wholesale
„ Druggists, Toledo, O.
Sail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act-
facefiof the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Scld.hj-.all druggists.
A Start in Life* „ , ,, , ..
Little Johnny—“Dogs don t need to
Medical s udent-—“People don't want talk, ’cause anyone can understand tbeit
young doctors. How on earth do they bark.”
get started?' 1 Visitor—“Can you?”
Professor—“It s simple enough. They Little Johnny--‘ Eisv as rollin’off a
just sit in their office and fret aud worry , log. When my dog is' at the door and
over the rent until the'.r hair turns gray, barks, that means he wants to get in;
and then the patients come with a rush.’
Had Had Experience.
Mr. Green—“Will you believe me
when I lell you I was never before en
gaged to any girl ?”
Miss Summermaid—“Oh, I kneiV that
the first time Joj kissed me.”
if he's inside the door and barks, that
means he Jvants to get out.' 1
Visitor—“Humph i Suppose hfe is
haif inside and half outside aud barks,
what does lhat mean?”
Little johnny—“That means that
there’s a bigger dog than him in out
vard.”- Street A Smith’s Good News.
The Royal Baking Powder is in
dispensable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve
nience of modern housekeeping.
Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking
powder offered to the public.— U. S. Gov't Chemists Report.
For finest food I can use none but Royal.—A. Fortin,
Chef, White House, for Presidents Cleveland and Arthur.
Teach Girls Business Habits.
Under this bead the Philadelphia
Times gives some Very good advice,
which tire hope will be read and followed
by ail those persons who have the care of
young people in their homes: Whether
a woman is poor or rich; it behooves her
to acquire methodical business liabit 5 ,
keeping her little accounts accurately,
and knowing to a cent just what site does
with her money. An allowance is. the
first Step toward this end, if at the same
time it is impressed updn her that even-
sum spent should be set down with un
failing regularity.
In black and white one nOtes how
much more easily tiie money can be spent,
how quickly it goes, and just whac foci-
Fresh Air and Exercise.
Get ail that’s
possible of
both; if in
need of flesh
strength
and nerve
force. There's need,too, of plentjr
of fat-food.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil builds Dp flesh
tsh little nothings have lured it from our I and strength quicker thart any
u “ , ‘— other preparation known to sci-
“ ‘Brown’s BroncbtAj. Troches' are excel*
leht for t he refief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat.
They are exceedingly effective.”— Vhristian
World, London, ting.
Our old reliable eye-water cures Weak or in
flamed eyes or erarinlated lids without pain.
Rrice25e. John It. Dickey DrttaCo., Bristol, Vo.
Farm and garden notes*
Pullets are rarely too fat to lay.
When you can keep fifty hens profit
ably you can readily keep more.
Chopped onions fed twice a week now
Will help to keep the fowls healthy.
Early matured, stock cost less than
those that grow and mature more slowly.
If earth is used as an absorbent in the
poultry house remove it before it be
comes foul.
The black knot in the plum tree has
become so general as to call for legisla
tive action.
Y'oung chickens will readily eat wheat
when two weeks old; and it is better for
them than corn.
pockets. Without setting down each
item, it is ten Chances to one that you
will conclude you must have lost some
money, when you cannot see how that
ten dollar bill went; When you ouly
boiight such a very fe\V things.
The heat little figures ate a genuine
restraint, besides installing a habit and
system that will be of great value if
ever fortune smiles and a great estate
comc-s to your hands, and still greater if
economy is a necessity and the dollar
ii.s to be fotced into doing duty for
two.
Unless the accounts are kept accurate
ly and cash made to balance every even
ing, you had better not attempt any
bookkeeping at- all; for slipshod meth
ods are worse than none, and only con
fuse evc-ything rather than help matters.
If anything is worth doing at all, it is
worth doing well; and there is nothing
so productive of future good as the habit
of looking carefully out for the pennies
when school days are the only trials, anti
the allowance of fifty cenls a week gees
for cavcly end p’ekles. If this is once-
established in childhood, the girl wib
grow to womanhood with a clear knowl
edge of where her money goes aud what
she has to show for it.
ence.
Scott's Emulsion is constantly ef
fecting Cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis and kindred diseases
where other methods fail.
Prepared by Scott & Bowne. N. Y. Al! drugfUtf.
“German
Mr. Harvey Heed
Lacey viile, O.
Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa
ralysis of the Throat
A Children’s Surprise Party.
Little GirI--“AIamma, we must g.-t
everything ready for a surprise party.
They’re cornin’ to-utght.”
Mamma—“What makes you think it’s
coinin’ here?”
Little Girl—“’Cause every little sirl 1
know- has been invited ’cept me.”—Street
& Smith’s Good News.
VOUR HEALTH
■ May depend upon the way you lreat; he r. arn-
* vnerc xtrHirh nafiir;* aivps. A hnttiPS of
Soschee’s German Syrup is MOf$
successful in the treatment of Con
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
England, in the fickle Middle States,
in the hot, moist South—revery-
where. It has been in demand by
every nationality. It has been em
ployed in every stage of Consump
tion. . In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy. ®
A Woman Has
ings which nature gives. A few bottles of
j. token at the pi
health for a year or two
IS IMPORTANT
S. S. S. token at the proper time may insure good | pj
ro. Therefore act at once, for it j or will t
that nature be assisted at the right time.l
never fails to relieve the system of im-
puriiies, and is ah excellent tonic also.
very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and is
entirety unfitted for the cares housekeeping or
Rny ordinary dutlesjf afflicted with HEAD*
ACHE DAY AFTER DA Y and yet there
few diseases that yield more promptly to propif
medical treatment It Is therefore of the utmost im
portance that a reliable remedy should always be sf
hand. During a period of more than Go YEAR.*#
there has been no Instance reported w-hor- *i»ch
cases have not been permanently an^ Pit 031 PTL Y
(T T itED by the use or a single ttax of thr* genuine
-1 fu-tly celebrated Hr.C, JIcJ> \ ?f £’* LITER
which may be procured at any Drug Store,
be mailed to zny address on the receipt of 25c.
in postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There are
several counterfeits on the market, well calculated
to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. McLane’s Celebrated
Liver Pills are manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHERS C0„ Pittsburgh, Pa.
He Wants to Add His Name.
“ Permit me to add my name to your many other
certificates in commendation of the great curativi
properties contained in Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.) It
MEND
o , ,, , Could Scarcely Walk
.re me of our wett-knowu horticulturists . -j a very s,>ell of paralysis of the throat
Compotiers of Russian enameled glass i sembiing that of a frog stretched upon a
Histvry ot Laee.
Lace was brought into Spain by the
Moors. From Spain it was taken to
France, where it figured conspicuously
upon the costumes of the royal family
tor years before it was worn by the peo
ple. From Fraaee the Huguenots took
specimens of the laaa to Germany and
England. And so, in time, it became a
much treasured atticle'of ornament and
attire all over the world.—Netv York
Telegram,
are new and have a lovely jeareled-like
aspect that is very decorative.
Moorish pottery and its kindred Span
ish wares are used for decorative pur
poses over doors and windows.
French milliners encourage the com
bination of pale blue ana heliothrope.
Maroon and sea green is another Parisian
mixture.
An old lady's bonnet in cloth resem
bles a smart little hood, without any
wires, bat gathered becomingly up in
front with a few velvet loops and an
aigrette. It fits closely, and has velvet
strings.
New black princesse dresses are
braided iu black and gold to represent
yoke and girdle or Eton jacket and revets,
and are given extra fullness in the back
of the skirt by velvet breadths that make
i slight demitrain.
Fiouuces or a series of small frills
reaching haif way up the length of the
widened skirt appear among models for
uew spring gowns. They look very old-
fashioned, but they are the very “newest”
ia the way of trimminsr-
fisk-hook. The skin that covers it —
especially that of an oid Digger—is
wriakled and corrugated like the hide of
an Asiatic rhinoceros, with the surface
as dry as buckskin. His feet, turned iu
at the toes, have some resombiance to
human feet, but hero the resemblance
ends.—New York Dispatch.
claim that there is too much summer
priming of grapes.
A good rule is to use the large roosters
of the small breeds and the small roosters
of the large breeds.
A poor ben will not lay at all; a fat
one will lay few eggs, and these wiil not
be good for hatchin
SH'enrt i of Spiders.
The strength of some of the spiders
which build their wtb3 in trees and other
places in and around Saata Ague, Cal.,
is astonishing. One of them had in
captivity iu a tree in that town not long
ago a wild canary. The ends of the
wings, tail, aud feet of the bird were
bound together by some sticky substance,
to which were attached the threads ol
tba spider, which wa3 siowiy but surely
drawing up the bird by aa ingenious
pulley arrangement. The bird hue-
bead downward and was so secure!)
bound with little threads that it could
not struggle, and would have soon, been
a prey to its 2 re at, ugly captor bad not
an onlooker rescued jt.— ,8t. Louis
Giobe-Democrat,
three weeks' trial trip will soon be on.
Now is the time to set things in order.
Iu a discussion before the American
Pemological Society, Van Lendley
claimed that Edward’s winter is a fine
winler apple for North Carolina, and
oue of the best keepers in the middle of
North Carolina.
Successful cultivators of small fruits,
many of them, do not cover their straw
berry plants until the ground is frozen,
then they spread coarse hay over them
thick enough to conceal the plants, but
not enough to snfother them.
Energy and a good shovel of ample
capacity for handling snow are two of the
requisites about the chicken yard now.
Give them dry ground at once after s
fall of snow, that they may be reg
ular in their exercises each day.
Each year the poultry industry grows
more prosperous. More eggs and poultry
are produced each year, and each year
the prices are higher than the year be
fore. This indicates taut we are be
coming a natioj of poultry eaters aud
that poultry is going to become good
property for some years to come. ^
Many experienced and successful sheep
owners declare that the wool alone will
pay for the keep of the sheep , and that
the money derived from the sale of
lambs and mutton should be clear gain,
l^ou such a basis there would seem to
“ i Titanic God and Hood's Sarsa
parilla for Perfect Health. - ’
“Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu
manity 1 wish to state a few facts: For several
years I have suffered from catarrh and heart
failure, get ting so bad I could not work and
some time ago. My throat seemed elosed and
1 could not stciilloir. The doctors said it
was caused by heart failure, and gave medi
cine, which I took accord-ng to directions, hut
it did not seem to d > me any goo-1. My wife
urged me to try Hood's learsanarilin. telling
me of Mr. Joseph Smith, who had been
At Death’s Doer
but Was entirely cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
After talking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to
is certainly one of the best tonics I ever used.
“John W. Daniel, Anderson,S. C.-’
Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed ree.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Ga.
BICYCLES.
Ccifiplete line of high, lned ura
an ! cfce&a grad-i Bicycles. Sun
dries of all kind*.
use lliirgnitisin ^cr-
omi Ham! Bicyrlesi I*
ml f 'ti•dhron Tired. Write f-r cafalogj
The otiiv exclusively bicycle lious-
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- HesdiH-’lio, Constipation, Dud
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land ail disorders ot tbe Stomach,
I
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No tools required. On!v a hammer needed to drJvd
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Mil
Already the smoldering fires of the P„ ry . Hoo ' rs S™ rilla - 1 had takeQ I
incubator are beginning to burn, and
Hood’s & Cures
two buttles I felt very much better. I have
continued taking it. and am now feeling excel
lent. I thank God, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and my wife for mv restoration to per/eet
health." Harvey Heei>. Laecyvilie, O.
Hood's Pills do not purge, paia or gripe, buta
promptly, easily and efficiently. 25 cents.
I RIPANS , .
= act pentl7 yet promptly, perfect
| digestion follow* their use. Bold
? by {Irugffigts or sent by mail. Box
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I For free samples-addreits .
= Kims CHEMICAL CO., New York.
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the Bovs’ World regularly for G mo«».
Seven complete stories in Feb. No*
j Sampla copy for stamp. Boia’ Wo^ld, Lynn, Mas a.
uniform or assorted, ».*it np hi uoae*.
Ask yoar dealer for them, or send fa
stamps for a box ol 100, assorle-1 sizes. bv
JUDSON L THOMSON -MFG. CO..
WA LTlf AH. KASS.
C«Bfonptlvea and people
who hare weak •lung* or Asth
ma, should use Piso’s Cu*» for
Consumption, It bss eared
tkoasande. It has not injur
ed one. It is not bad to take.
It. is the bent cough syruj
Bold everywhere.
THE WHALE OIL CO. WEST SUPER HI ft. WtS.
Siwf poLisif
•anted as curiosities of the War. I
©me. HIST UP OLD LETTERS.
KELSEY* Meriden, Coni’*
Do Hot Be Deceived
with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
bands, injure the Iron and burn red.
The Rising San Stove Polish Ls Brilliant, Odor
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
f tersfor the Maryland Building and Loan Associa
tion: liberal commission. For particulars address E.
C. Pritchett, secretary. Law Budding, Baltimore, Md.
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sure
Throat* Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee.
t }V. T. Fitzgerald
SALESMAN watcher. References required. Ad
dress New York Watch Co.,152Gih Avenne, New York.
PATENTS
A. N. U.
be little doubt that the profit from them
must be greater thau lrom auj othei
class of stock.
... Eight, *93
1) THE GREAT BUFFALO BERRY.
This is truly the greatest novelty of lhe c«i
tary. This shrub grows 10 to 15 feet higl
covering itself in early spring with beautify ,
flowers which are succeeded by great quan
tities of luscious fruit. It is hardy, as beauti
ful as a picture, while ihe fruit it incomparable.
Jt vri'l grow any and everywhere and forma a
rrand addition to our lawn and garden shrub*.
Each, 30c.; 10 for 51.25, postpaid.
/ (2) JUNEBERRY.
^ shrub of vrondrous beauty; covers itself
w/jth a great ma«3 of mire white, deliciously
fragrant blossoms. These are followed by
large, dark colored berries, eicellent for pies,
sauce, etc. Each. 25c; 10 for $1.25.
(3) TREE CRANBERRY.
h
hwve a shrub that will flourish and bear pro-
d igiously in every section of America. Each, 35c.
The above 3 rare Novelties, postpaid, only 50c.;
with catalogue, 58c.
Our mammoth catalogue is mailed upon receipt of
JOHN A. SALZER SEED