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A CHEAT
'BEJVEFIT
Tho founder o! the United States
Life-Saving St* ire. Dr. William A.
Mewefll, is still living at the ripe age
of 83 and pracf i<-ing his profession of
medicine at Allentown, N. J. I)r. New
ell's thoughts vv re fleet directed to the
question of lit iving by his witness
ing the wreck -f a vessel at Ixong
Bfuach, N. J., m which thirteen lives
wore lost. The- was in 1839. In 1846
Hr. Newell entered congress and there
began hts agila' >n for some method by
which navigation along a certain por
tion of the New Jersey coast might be
rendered less dangerous. Among those
whom he Interas supporters of
his views were Abraham Lincoln and
John Quincy Adams. When the light
house bill of iae senate came before
the house for onsideration, Dr. New
•ii offered a .second resolution, provid
ing for surf-bonts. rockets, carronades
ami other necessary apparatus for the
better presei rion of life and prop
erty from shipwreck along the New
Jersey coast. An appropriation of
010,000 was asked. This resolution in
itbe form of an amendment to the light
house bill wr.n unaaitnously adopted.
In the third session of the thirtieth
congress, an extension of the service
from Little harbor to Cape May
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DR WILLIAM A. NEWELL.
WHERE THE DAY BEGINS.
Yl Internatlunnl Date Lina. as Uccog
nlr.cil l>v Our Nuvt*
What is known ns the International
f>a.te Line, where the day changes, as
vessels sail across the Pacific, lies
along the meridian ISO degrees west of
Greenwich, hut does not follow it ex
actly It deviates slightly to the east
and again to the west at various points
In order to include certain islands into
the area in which the American date is
kept and vice versa, to include other
islands in the area iu which the Asiatic
date. Is kept. W hen this line is crossed
(going west skippers gain a day: when
tly cross it going east they lose one.
Tlge United States navy recognizes the
lino as beginning at a point north o£
Siberia, southeast to Bering Strait,
through which it passes midway, leav
ing the St. iAwrence island on the
American side, and, turning, passes in
* southwesterly direction, crossing the
WOth meridian at about latitude 60 de
grees north, to a point just to west
ward of the Near Islands, so that all of
tb< Aleutian islands may be on the
American side; thence in a southeast
erly direction back to <h. 180th meri
lbn at a latitude of al*out 48 degrees
worth, thence alon ; the 1 SOth meridian
to a point 5 degrees south latitude,
thence in a direction about southeast
toy south to a point midway between
the Fiji and Hainoan Islands, the
SYlendly Islands being on the Asiatc
•Hie; thence about south by west to the
vicinity of Chatham, leaving it on the
Asiatic side; thence in a southwester
ly direction back uj the 180th meridian,
where It remains.
Yt* Permit Ia Urctntgl CnH*.
There is a farm in Wisconsin for the
ywtoting of wormwood, from the oil of
Which that dreadful drink, absinthe, is
procured. Tli- oil has a remarkable
penetrating power and for this reason
-Ab much used In '.he making of oint
ments.
Absinthe itself ig becoming a power
ful curse to mankind. It .has secured
awoh a stronghold in Paris that the
government is taking step.: to stop the
•ale of the "green terror” in France.
It was absinthe in the hands of Mc-
Allister, Campbell, Kerr, and Death
which caused Jennie Bosschleter'g
Aeath one lonely night at Paterson, N.
J., for which crime the men were sen
tenced to long terms of imprisonment.
A large dose of the oil will produce
rn&erisibility, convulsions, dilated pu-
Bdls, sluggish pulse, and other serious
effects- -the after-effect often including
_,. “
Uhe Lif e - SaOtntf
Service of the
\/niled States.
was secured, with an appropriation of
SIO,OOO. In the next congress an addi
tional appropriation of $20,000 was
made, as the result of Dr. Newell’s ef
forts, and the experiments were ex
tended to other points on the Atlantic
coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
In 1857-59 Dr, Newell was governor
of New .Jersey; and in 1861 he was ap
pointed by President Lincoln as super
intendent of the New Jersey coast lifo
saving service. Returning to congress
in 1865, he was enabled, from his four
years' experience in the work, to great
ly advance the usefulness of the sys
tem. In 1866 he proposed extensions
of the service, and successfully advo
cated appropriations of $50,000.
Today the government appropriates
for this purpose more than $1,500,000
annually, maintaining nearly 300 res
cue stations, manned by 2.000 brave
and skilled wreckers and life-savers.
It is said that this feature of our gov
ernmental system, which is under the
direction of the treasury department
at Washington, has no counterpart in
any other country. It is estimated that
225,000 lives have been saved by the
methods which Dr. Newell originated,
and in great part perfected, half a cen
tury ago.
tense thirst, tingling in the ears, illu
sions of sight and hearing, and other
disagreeable results. A person in a
stupor from the drug experiences tho
most pleasant dreams and imaginings.
Like all excesses, it kills the gentl*
emotions, freezes kindness, rouses Ip.
man the spirit of the beast, and accom
plishes more vile deeds than are
dreamed of. Once the habit of using
absinth® is contracted escape from its
bondage is most difficult.
Uvlnjg Down a Hoodoo.
A New York hotel that is daily over
crowded with patronage of the first
class was designed as an apartment
house and occupied as such until
ghosts drove the tenants away. Every
night there were strange noises in each
of the 350 or 400 rooms. The occu
pants lost sleep and nerves. Women
were afraid to be left alone in broad
daylight. Leases were ruthlessly bro
ken and people moved away in swarms.
The news that the place was haunted
spread all over the country, enticing
scores of bold investigators. The
noises continued, but no ghost was
>een. The proprietor was in despair.
Some advised him to burn the house
down, others to wreck It. Finally he
sold. Another of New York's seven
day sensations dropped out of mind,
and presently new tenants, who had
never heard of the "haunts.” flocked
in to take avantage of the reduced
rates. Today we witness the spectacle
of a hoodoo lived down in the very
heart of our great city.—New York
Press.
V.kin’* R*ra*rhbl llella.
Pekin is rich in remarkable bells. th
finest specimens being located in the
hell tower on the western aide of the
tartar Gity, and the TRchungsu. or
temple of the great bell, beyond the
city wall. The latter contains the
great bell of Pekin, cast by order of
the Emperor Yong-Lo In 1115 and hung
in the present tower by the En*>eror
Waulcb in 1578. This gigantic object
is 15 feet In height, is 9 inches thick,
and has a circumference of 34 feet at the
rim. It weighs 53Vi tons, and is cov
ered inside and out with •iscriptions
from the Buddhist outras in Chinese
characters
Multiplex Tfprprlutln t Telegraph.
According to the Cologne Gazette,
the Baudot multiplex typeprlntlng tel
egraph operates so excellently that the
w hole telegraph business between Ber
lin and Paris, ivbich heretofore requir
ed five telegraph lines, can now be eas
ilv done over one.
THE WEEKLY NBWS, CARTERS v /LLE, GA.
: IT STIRS THE HEART.
A LOVE STORY OF THE LONG
AGO.
Koinunc* of 400 Yean Ago Wblcb RtlU
F.icllm Interest How PhlUlpiae
Welser ■ Peasant Girl Won the Lose
of a Fringe.
Of all the sweet, true love Bturlos
that hr.ve come down to us from anti
quity none is more charming t&fto that
of Philippine Welser, wife of Ferdi
nand, archduke of Austria and count
of the Tyrol, writes Annette I* NohJe,
In The Book World. After a lapse of
nearly 400 years her memory is kept
green and her picture Is found todpy
in almost every house in Innsbruck.
Philippine was born in the city of
Augsburg, Bavaria, and grew up to be
one of the most beautiful women of her
day. When she was 17 the famous
Diet of Augsburg, where the first Prot
estant confession of faith was pre
sented to the Emperor Charles V., was
held and it was then that Ferdinand
first saw the beautiful girl. It was a
case of mutual love between them.
But the Emperor, the proud grandson
of the great Maximilian, interposed
and threatened Ferdinand that if he
married Philippine he would never be
received at court. Ferdinand was not
deterred. He was by right Count of
Tyrol and among his possessions was
a delightful old castle, high above the
valley in which lay the city of Inns
bruck. So he married Philippine and
took her in the sunshine of her youth
to his castle, where she lived, beloved
by her people, until death claimed hei’
30 years later.
The only cloud which ever darkened
the married life of Philippine was tho
Emperor’s coldness. For herself she
did not care, hut she deeply felt far
her husband and their two hoys, all
of whom were excluded from the im
perial favor. She begged her husband
to make peace for them and for him
self and leave her alone In the shadow
of royal displeasure, but Ferdinand re
fused. And then she tried her own
expedient. One day, keeping her pur-
PHILIPPINE WELSER.
pose a secret, she clad herself In a way
to enchance her every charm, and, tak
ing with her the two boys, she went
unbidden into the presence of the
Emperor. Once face to face with him.
then kneeling at his feet in tears, she
left him to guess for himself at the
parentage of the two little fellow's who,
with their mother’s beauty, had their
father’s noble bearing. Grandfathers’
hearts are soft the world over. When
Philippine left the Emperor’s presence
she went as the honored and acknowl
edged wife of a pardoned sou and on
the two boys had been bestowed titles
suited to their rank as grandsons of
an Emperor.
Almost 400 years have since passed,
but the descendants of Philippine Wel
ser still hold the old castle and the
sweet story of her love and loyalty
still is told in the region around.
Seen In a Dream.
Special Policeman Harry Hagcrty,
of the Pennsylvania railroad, lias be
come a firm believer in dreams. This
is because, the other night, in a
dream he saw four men drilling into
the safe of the Phoenixville station.
He rushed into the room, according
to the dream, threw one of the men on
the floor, and, w'hile holding him down
by a Arm grasp on his throat, began
to cry loudly for help. The shrieking
of a passing engine, as he thought,
woke him up, when he found that he
was clutching his wife by the neck,
and that her screams of terror were
the noise that he imagined was the
whistle of a locomotive. It was 1:30
a. in., when Hagerty related the dream
to his better half, who, after 3ome gen
tle admonitions, allowed him to go to
sleep again. Upon glancing over The
Record the next morning he was as
tonished to find that a gang of four
burglars had blown the safe to atoms
at the Phoenixville station at 1:30 a.
in., and had escaped on a handcar,
which was subsequently found near
Frazer. Hagerty claims that he can
tell the faces of the four men ii he
ever runs across them, as their fea
tures are as vivid to his mind as if he
had actually been on the scene.—
Philadelphia Record.
Will Employ Only Mon.
Some business men will not employ
women, on the principle that every
woman employed deprives a man of a
position, and makes It harder for him
to take care of some woman, says Suc
cess. Julius Scoten.. a St. Louis, Mo.,
merchant, will not have a woman in
his store, and will not employ a male
clerk for less than $75 a month. He
declares it costs him $2,500 more to
conduct his business with men only,
but he makes more happy firesides
than he could with his store filled
A M'KINLHY STORY.
Ha Uad No Thought of Raaehiag tho
Whlto Hoim 12 Year. Ago.
The second inauguration of Presi
dent McKinley suggested the follow
ing to a former western congressman
who is visiting New York:
“I was in Washington on the day of
the inauguration of President Harri
son. Major McKinley, as he was then
called, was In the lower house of con
gress. Anyway, he was In Washington
on the day referred to. He was stay
ing at the Ebbitt House and so was I.
“After the procession I went Into the
dining room rather late. Major Mc-
Kinley was alone at a table and beck
oned me to It. Naturally, we talked of
the event of the day, and I said among
other things that I presumed he would
be in the same place as Harrison some
Jay. He replied in these words as
nearly as I recall them:
“‘lt is the one thing which would,
always make me hesitate to he presi
dent.’ (Meaning the parade.) 'I sup
pose we must all have an inaugural
parade, and address from the east side
of the capitol, and review. But I would
dread them if I were president. And
then there is the Inaugural ball.
“ ‘lf I had my own way about It I
should dispense with that unless t/ie
date could be changed as it ought to be.
The inaugural address should he de
livered in the lower house. Few of the
people who assemble in front of the
building egn hear the address. They
go there to see the president. They
could see him much better along the
line of the parade.
“ ‘Some of these days, unless we
change the date of our inauguration, a
president will die from the effects of
exposing himself by appearing as he is
now required to do first as a speaker
and afterward at the reviewing stand
in front of the white house.’
“While he was talking I was listen
ing. He talked and ate at the same
time, and I remember distinctly that
his ability to do the latter left me
without any nuts and raisins. He
hogged the w r hole layout, and I told
him so, in a joking way. He replied:
“ ‘Well, if I ever get to be president
you come over to the white house and
i will .give you all the nuts and rais
ins you can hold.’
“I have never seen him since he be
came president, but if ever 1 go to
Washington while he is in the white
house 1 am going to hold him his
promise. But 1 shall want the first
whack at the stand for McKinley can
eat nuts faster than any man I ever
saw.”
GEN. CHAFFEE’S GALLANT DEED
How Ho Gained a Not # ed Distinction in
a Figlit with the Apaches.
The battle of “big dry wash” in the
cummer of 18S2, in which Gen. Chaffee
won distinction, is cherished by caval
rymen as one of the most gallant fights
in their arm of the service. About 150
White Mountain Apaches, who had ta
ken to the warpath, were on one side
of a canyon in the Mogollon plateau.
Chaffee, a major, with a pursuing troop
of the sixth cavalry, held the summit
of a rocky hill commanding the en
trance to the canyon. The battle went
on for hours. One of the scouts fell
some two score yards from where Chaf
j fee was standing. A second scout at
Chaffee’s elbow remarked that the
! fallen man was done for, but the ma
j jor saw that he was only wounded.
I “Come along,” he said, “we’ll fetch
him iu.”
Then he threw himself flat on the
ground and crawled toward the
wounded soldier. The scout followed.
31owly and painfully Chaffee and his
companion, in the face of a concen
trated fire from all the Indians, worked
their way to the wounded man and half
carried, half dragged, him back within
the lines. The handful of troopers on
the rock thrilled with the deed that
had been performed, forgot the task in
hand, stopped fighting and began to
j cheer. This made Chaffee furious, and
j he shouted at the top of his voice:
“Shut up that noise and go on shoot
ing!” Thus recalled to the work of
fighting Indians, Cfiaffee’s men again
turned their attention to their carbines
and, relieved in the nick of time by
two troops of the third cavalry, slowly
they fought the foe to a standstill. The
Apaches, almost to a man, were killed
or captured. Chaffee was breveted a
lieutenant colonel for this day’s work,
I and in 1897 the brevet became a com
| mission.
Government Helps the Farmer.
In New Zealand, the Interests of the
farming population are very closely
watched by the government and the
farmers are aided in many ways. This
is especially so as to the dairy indus
try. The government loans money to
butter-makers, making each advances
up to SIO,OOO under certain conditions.
The interest paid is 5 per cent and the
loan is to be repaid within fifteen years
in half-yearly installments. The gov
ernment has also cold storage plants,
where all butter Intended for export is
frozen, given free storage for a month
and then put on the steamer. The law
provides that all exported butter must
pass through these plants, and thus he
subject to government inspection.
Th© Great Mtlmo Palace.
Work is in progress near Monterey,
Mexico, on the great Milmo palace,
which when completed will he the
largest private residence, except Bilt
more, on the American continent. On
all sides, as far as the eye can reach
extend the 578,000 acres, or nine hun
dred square miles of the Milmo estate,
dotted here and there with beautifnl
Mexican forests and crossed by half
a score of rivers rising in the distant
mountains. The palace, a marble pile
400 feet Jong and 380 feet wide, will
consist of two porticos, or colonnaded
courts, surrounded by low buildings of
the true lonian architecture.
QUAINT MONARCH.
IS luitpold the present
RULER OF BAVARIA.
A King in Fact Who May toon Rfcom*
a King In Name—He Recently Cele
brated His Eightieth Birthday—The
Ablest of Knropeau Monarch*.
The recent celebration of the 80th
birthday of Prince Luitpold, of Ba
varia, has served to call attention tc
one of the least known, yet ablest, ot
European monarchs. While not a King
in name, Luitpold is such in fact, per
forming the duties of sovereign as re
gent tfor Ihis insane nephew, King
Otto. Additional Importance attaches
to his person just now, from the fact
that the King is very ill and cannot
survive another month, according to
his doctors. When he dies Luitpold
will be actually King of Bavaria and
while his responsibilities will be in no
wise enlarged it will give him a more
equal standing among the royal heads
of Europe. With the exception of
Christian, of Denmark, he will he, if
he becomes King, the oldest ruler in
Europe.
Luitpold is one of the remarkable
men of the old world and is said to he
the most popular prince in Germany.
He is the one sturdy figure of a royal
family who stapds forth conspicuously
and honorably in contrast with its
other weaklings and incompetents.
His father was Louis 1., who forfeited
his throne because he could not resist
the blandishments of Lola Montez, the
American beauty, and fthose neglect of
his royal duties, while spending his
time with this adventuress, brought
about a revolution in 1848. Luitpold
then was entrusted with executive du
ties. When Maximilian. Luitpold’s
eldest brother, came to the throne, the
younger man’s was the guiding hand
of his reign. Upon Maximilian’s death
and the assumption of power by Louis
1., Luitpold was for a time in the back
ground, hut the King’s insane desire
for pleasure and his general mental
incompetence ultimately necessitated
his entrusting the task of governing
the kingdom to Luitpold. When Louis
PRINCE LUITPOLD, OF BAVARIA,
died and crazy Otto became King, Luit
pold was formally declared regent and
has since performed all the functions of
a sovereign.
The Bavarian regent has seen some
fighting. In ‘the war of 1866 he com
manded the troops of Bavaria and at
Helmstadt made a gallant defense. In
the Franco-Prussian war he received
the iron cross for gallantry at Ville
pion and it was he who, on behalf of
the various rulers of the sovereign
states of Germany, tendered the crown
of the German empire to William of
FTussia. The most intimate friend of
Luitpold is Fjjanz Joseph, of Austria,
and they spend much time together,
despite their advanced years, in stalk
ing the chamois on the Tyrolean Alps.
Shoes for Geese —Spectacles for Cows.
Cows wearing spectacles and gesse
wearing shoes are not common, but
they exist. In Bohemia, when geese
are to bo driven for a long distance to
a market, they aie made to walk re
peatedly over patches of t.ar mixed
with sand. This forms a hard crust
on their feet, which enables them to
walk for great distances without, be
coming sore-footed. In one section of
the Russian steppes are to be found
40,000 cows wearing spectacles. In that
region the snow lies white on the
ground for six months of the year, and
the cattle pick a scanty living from
the tufts of grass which grow below it.
The sun shines so dazzlingly upon the
white surface that the animals form
erly suffered from snow-blindne3s.
Then it occurred to some humane per
son to try smoked glasses for the cat
tle. The experiment proved a success,
and large orders were given for the
strange spectacles.
“A. gg le'’ Ride, the Wheel.
People who have the impression that
Aguinaldo is a barbarian are evidently
very much mistaken, for it is an undis
puted fact that he is an accomplished
bicycle rider. When in Hong Kong his
favorite diversion was bicycling and he
is said to have been one of the nattiest
riders on Governor’s road. He wore
the regulation cycle costume and was
invariably accompanied by his secre
tary', Sixto Lopes, now in Boston. He
rode a high-geared American wheel
and was a strong, graceful rider. He
took his bicycle with him to Manila
and had it been a race on wheels be
tween him and Funston it is probable
that he would not be a captive today
|
Slock Exchange Scat Sell. f 538.000. !
It is said that $58,(H)0 was paid for a
seat in the stock exchange in New
York Monday. The prediction is
made that if the present activity in
stocks continues, $60,000 will be paid
for a single seat.
CENTURY OLD AND WORKING.
Wonders Wh*4 Will Happen to Ql
When He Gets Axed.
The new superintendent of street
at Calais. Me., has just reappoint*!
Patrick Meyers, who will be 105 y e ,“
old next June, to his old place as cus.
todian of the city sidewalks. a p™
which he has held for 37 consecutive
years. In 1854. when substitutes were
getting from SBOO to SI,OOO to go to th
war, and national and state bountiel
made the total sum up to $1,500 to $i
800, Myers enlisted, and having passed
a successful examination as to his
physical abilities, was rejected on ac
count of his age, being 68 years old at
that time. “It was discouraging to
me,” said Myers, in speaking of the
matter last week. “I was a poor nun
and the bounty money would have
bought me a fine home, which I should
have enjoyed after serving out my
time in the army. I felt so bad that I
didn’t care to do any kind of work
for nearly a year. I knew I was as
.strong and healthy as 1 ever was, and
age doesn’t count to men built the way
I was. After a time I secured a job
for the city to work on the streets
When I had been digging sewer ditches
and shoveling dirt for ten years they
put me in charge of the sidewalks,
where I have been for a long time.
My work is not hard, but it keeps me
busy. I earn my money and intend to
stick to the work as long as they will
have me.” The old man lives in a
small house, which he has bought and
paid for out of his earnings at $1.50 a
day. His widowed daughter acts 03
housekeeper for him. Report says he
has a tidy sum in the local savings
bank. His body is bent from hard work
and he limps at times when the rheu
matism gets into his legs, but his gen
eral health is still good. He eats his
three meals a day and sleeps ten hours
every night. He has smoked two 10-
cent plugs of tobacco a week for the
past 94 years, never any more nor any
less. Years ago he took a glass of
whisky when he "felt that he needei
it, hut was never addicted to the habit.
Since he has passed his hundredth
birthday he has frequently regretted
that he was not permitted to enter the
army. “If I had served a year or two,"
said he, “I could get a pension to help j
me out when I grow old and unable to
work. Lots of men younger than I
am who were in the army and never
received a scratch are drawing as much
as sl2 a month, I am told.’’ —Chicago
Journal.
Oldest Family In Great Britain.
F. L. O’Brien, of Dublin, in speaki'4
of the antiquity of some of the Iria
families, told the following story:
“There lives in the North of Ireland*
said Mr. O’Brien, “a family name!
O’Neil. Their greatest claim to promi
nence lies in the fact that they are the
oldest family in the United Kingdom.
When Plantagenet, Tudor or Guelph
was not, the O’Neil was. They ruled:
as kings before ever William lookew
with covetous eye across the. EngMj
Channel toward the white cliffs of Al
bion. This long line of descent hai
bred in the family a reverence for
their ancestry that approaches idol
atry. The mainspring of their life and
action, the pride of their being, is that
a long line of dead and long since for
gotten O’Neils carry them hack in th*
direct line to the Dark Ages. As ma!
be imagined, their family tree is coloal
sal in its proportions.. It has a length
of something like eighteen or nineteen
feet, and when it is unrolled at tbl
castle a holy hush falls over all. TANARUS
a visitor there some years ago was!
in due course of time and as a special
mark of favor, shown this marvelous!
pedigree. Stretched on the enormous!
billiard table, it lapped three feet a1
either end. The visitor’s eye rail
back over that lengthy line of O’Neilsl
long since turned to dust, and he won*
dered why they took so insane a pridß
iu their descent.. Just then he becafflfl
conscious that that thought had oc*
curred to other aliens, who had before*
times seen the O’Neil family tree, jfl
penciled note in the margin, about hajß
way down the tree, caught his eye.
read: ‘Just here came Adam.’ N*®
; York Tribune. I
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Fruit a tt Medicine. m
According to a celebrated health e*B
| pert, blanched almonds give the high*®
nerve or brain and muscle food, a 15 ®
the man who wishes to keep up bjj
brain power will do well to incluß
them in his daily bill of fare.
fruits give more or less the high*®
nerve or brain food, and are eaten MB
; all men whose living depends on tbei®
! clear-headedness. Apples supply ft"B
I brain with rest. Prunes are said to lB
| ford proof against nervousness, hut
j not muscle-feeding. They should
! avoided by those who suffer from J
liver. But it has been proved t®V
I fruits do not have the same e
upon everybody. Some men CSB *U
eat. apples without suffering fro® uC "J
dyspepsia. “Fruit cure’’ is a for®
treatment which is quite the ragp
continental Europe now with Per
suffering from real or Imaginary H
adies. I
Orig'nal European Eaueo.C**-
It is said by philologists r . 1
are thirteen original European
guages. the Greek. Latin, Genua® ‘‘J
vonic, Welsh. Biscayan, Irish.
an, Tartarian, Illyrian, JaZ ' g ‘ V
Chaucin and Finnic. B
England'* Drink Bill. .
Last year England spent on
$667,607,215, an average of * ?0 ‘ JM
head of population; Scotland e*P
$71,529,305, an average of $16.58 _
and Ireland $65,322,070, an
$14.40 a head. I
The straw plaiting industry o 51M
,V nd gives employment to * ' ft
000 women and 4,000 to 6,000 ffl ■