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Man I’OWeu in Oklahoma farming. •
The farmers of Oklahoma have decided to do away with horses to pull
their binders and reapers. At this day the machines cau bo drawn so easily
and horseflesh is at such a high price that if is cheaper to advertise for a gang
of tramps and hire them to pull the machines during the harvest. The first
work of this kind was done on the bjg "101”. Ranch, in the northern part of
the Chorokee Strip. “Joe” Miller, the man who owns the ranch, says that
he has hired teams from the neighbors to help in his harvest for many years,
and that thip year he hired twenty tramps and the work was done at just half
the cost. In Oklahoma the ranches are so large that no one man owns enough
horses to do the work, and in harvest time a horse is a scarce article and costs
a great price. The Miller ranch contains five thousand acres, and is said to
be the largest wheat farm in the world.
file Technique .
of Yachting.
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I1E diagram
Zri. which accom
panies this article
Om?-, shows - a sloop
yacht, or a cutter
yacht, as the
m Englishman
would say. A
W ' one sloop mast, yacht has the
main mast. The
great race be
tween the Columbia and the Sham
rock is a race of sloop yachts. The
America, which was the original
winner of what is now' known as the
AmericajCup, was a schooner yacht,
but nearly all of the cup contestants
since that time have been Bloops.
Q£rt reader is supposed, knows to that begiu the with, that
the extreme
forward tip of a yacht is called the
stem, that the forward portion is
called the bow, that the rear end is
called the stern, and that the sides of
the boat are the beams. Everyone
also kuows that the keel of a yacht is
the portion which cuts deepest into
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DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT
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the water, aud it is in the construc
tion of the keel that the greatest
changes ami progress have been made
iu yachting. Everyone who reads the
papers knows of the discussions which
have gone on for years us <o the com
parative value of the center-board
kfiel—a board which lets down side
wise from the interior of the boat
through the bottom, the flu keel,
whiph is a deep, sharp, lin-like pro
jectiou on the bottom of the boat, the
bulb flu aud the ordinary cutter keel.
So much for the hull of the boat.
The backbone of a sloop’s rigging is
the mainmast, marked (1) iu the
diagram. This is usually made of the
very best aud straightest spruce t.im
ber, although in 0the' case of the
Columbia au immensely strong steel
tube has been used. At the top of
of the mainmast, the topmast (2) is
attached. Iu the case of the new cup
defender this topmast is so made that
it will slide down into the hollow
portion of the mainmast, but iu
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HOW THE COLUMBIA'S CREW LIE OUT ON THE PECK.
ordinary yacht construction it is
firmly attached to the outside
of the mainmast, as shown iu the
diagram. These masts are held in
place by what are known as shrouds,
long, heavy wire ropes (10 and 11),
Much run from the “hounds” at the
top of the mainmast ami from the top
of the topmast to each side of the
hull, where they are firmly attached.
In order to further strengthen the
topmast a crosstree (9) is placed at
the head of the topmast for spreading
the topmast shrouds. It was the
breaking of this spreader which caused
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DIAGRAM OP COURSES FOR COLUMDIA-SHAMROCK RACE.
The first will ba a triangular course, the second fifteen miles straight to windward
and return. Dotted lines show course taken to beat to windward and round stake
boats. The best throe out of five races will decide the fate of the cup.
the recent accideut to the Columbia.
When the crosstree snapped the top
mast was loosened and fell lfeforo the
wind with .such force that the steel
mainmast broke short off about half
way of its length. Next to the mast
in importance is the bowsprit (3),
which is heid down by the bowstay
and the bowstay fall (16 aud 17). The
main boom (4) spreads aud holds fast
the lower portion of the mainstail (A).
At the top of the mainsail is the gaff
(5), and above that is the club topsail
■(D), reaohing the higher even than the
top of topmost. These are the
principal sticks in a sloop yacht. The
racers are also provided with a very
important boom called the spinnaker
boom (7). This boom is removable,
and is only used when the yacht is
running full before the wild. It is
always conveniently placed on the
deck, so that when the wind is right
it can be instantly placed iu position. It
is let down by the ping lift (18) and
hold iu place by the spinnaker boom
brace (19) and the spinnaker boom
guy (26). It is usually spread almost
opposite the mainsail, so that it gives
to the yacht practically two broad
wings, by means of which she can take
full advantage of a following wind, in
this way immensely' increasing her
speed. A yacht with spinnaker set
and bellying full of wind is a most
beautiful sight, resembling some huge
seagull skimming over the surface of
the water. Indeed, the sails are so
big and reach so far on each side of
the yacht that the body of the boat
itself is hardly visible. No doubt
much will bo said iu the reports of
the coming races abput the spinnaker
and how it is set, for it is an exceed
ingly importaut feature in yacht rac
ing.
The principal sail of a sloop is the
mainsail (A). It is held in place by
the ropes aud tackle shown at (25).
These ropes are cabled the sheets,
and they are by all odds the most iin-
portant ropes connected with a yacht.
The skill of a yachtinau is based largely
on his ability to let out or take in
these sheets, thereby giving the sail
more or less wind. The speed of the
yacht is dependent very largely upon
the exactness with whioh the mainsail
is managed. If the wind is behind
the boat the sheet will, of course, be
eased out until the mainsail stands at
a wide angle with the length of the
boat, thereby exposing as much sur- the
face as possible. In sailing into
wind or ‘'by the wind,” as the old
seamen say, the sheets are drawn in
very close; in other words, the yacht
in “close-hauled,” so that the main
sail stands almost parallel with the
length of the boat. The skipper
must keep his eyes wide open and
never allow his hand to leave the
sheets for a moment, if he wonld get
the best speed from his boat and pre
vent being capsized by sudden
squalls. The mainsail is assisted by a
number of smaller sails before the
mast. These are attached to various
ropes connecting with the tip end of
the bowsprit and with the stem of the
yacht. The rope which connects the
bowsprit with the top of the topmast
(15) is called the topmast stay and
holds the topmast from being pulled
backward, just as the topmast back
stay (20) ‘holds it from being driven
forward. The lino which reaches from
the top of the mainmast to the stem
of the boat (14) is called the forestay,
and it supports the mainmast from
falling backward. The sail (B) is
called the foresail. The sail (C) the
jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail..
They are all held in by ropes which
can be easily extended or shortened
so as to draw more or less wind. One
of the most picturesque of the sails is
not shown in the diagram because it
is used only under certain favoring
conditions. This sail, the balloon jib,
is an enormous sail made of very light
ckith-^in the Columbia of silk—and
it is larger than either the mainsail or
the spinnaker. It is attached at the
ver^ front of the boat, and it is sup-
posed to gather up all the wind that
there is. It is usually used when the
winds are very light, The correct
method of using a balloon jib is a very
importaut feature of the yaehtinan’s
work, aud it may play an exceedingly
importaut part iu the coming race.
The little flag at the top of the top
mast (22) is called the burgee, and
that which flies from the tip of t\ie
gaff (23) is called the pennant, Ill
case of heavy winds it is found neces
sary sometimes to reel the sails. This
is done by means of the little strings
which are seen hanging inf rows along
the lower part of the mainsail, The
canvas is pulled down to the boom
and tied with these strings, so that
less surface will be exposed to the
wind. Reefing is only done in case l
of a very heavy storm or squalls.
Lobsters Change Tlielr Shells.
“All young lobsters change their
shell, or molt, several times a year,”
said a Fulton, market dealer in Ngw
York, “aud as they grow older the j
chftuge takes place less frequently,
Unlike other deep-sea animals, the
shell of the lobster does not grow
with the body, therefore, nature pro
vided them with clothes which they
could throw off when they begin to‘til
tot) quick.’ It may easily be seen,
therefore, that as some of them grow 1
to the length of forty inches, begin
uing their career at loss than au inch
hi length, the changing must take
place a great many times.”—Wash
ington Star. I
Association Devoted to Custard Pie,
The town of Hartford, in Oxford
County, Me., has a Custard Pie Asso
ciation, which meets annually in a hem
lock grove on the margin of Swan
Pond aud gorges itself with custard
pie. It grew out of a custard-pie-eat
ing contest between two residents off
the town on the annual Fast Day j
thirty-nine years ago. The match was j
adjudged to be a tie, the association
was formed, and everybody in it now :
strives to beat everybody else eating
custard pie. Secretary John D. Lohg, |
who was born iu the near-by town of I
Buckfiekl, is an honored member.
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ForeiKliers in American Cities.
The foreign-born population of
London is only 255,252 aud that of
Taris 180,000. The foreign-born pop
ulatiou of New York by the police
census is 879,972. By the census of
1890 450,000 of the population aud of Chi
cago weiK) foreign born, 270,000
of Philadelphia, both of which you
will take notice have more than Lop
don. Boston had 148,800, San Fran
cisco 126,000 Baltimore 122,000 and
St. Louis 115,000. ■,
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Where VeaTls Are Found.
Pearls are found iu both salt and
fresh wa ter, and it is said that they
belt the earth, including all of the
tropical portion and a part of the tern
perate zones. The great “Queen
Pearl” was found in Paterson, N. J.,
iu 1857. It was sold to the Empress
Eugenie of France, and is valued to
day at §10,000,
BRITISH HELD
TRANSPORT
The Tartar Was Not Allowed
Clearance At Hong Kong.
CLAIMED SHE WAS OVERLOADED
Question of Authority For Deten
tion of the Vessel Assumes An
International Phase.
A Washington dispatch says: The
war department was informed Wed
nesday that the steamship Tartar,
which’ is returning to the United States
from Manila with a lafge number of
soldiers on board, was detained at
Hong Kong by the' local authorities
because of being overloaded.
Secretary Root had a conference
with the president Wednesday after
noon regarding the matter. When he
returned to the war department he
gave out the following two cable mes
sages as an official statement of the
case:
“Hong Kong, September 11.—Cor
bin, Washington: British authorities
refuse to clear Tartar because over
crowded; authorize eight twenty four.
“Mitcalf.”
“IVliiiiLA, September 13.—Adjutant
General, Washington: The Tartar was
sent to Hong Kong to dock, as re
quested by Major Long, no dock be
ing large enough at Nagasaki. She
has capacity for 1,145 men and 111
cabin passengers. She took back
1,244 men and sixty-one cabin passen
gers. On her trip from San Francisco
she carried comfortably 1,145 men and
fifty-five cabin passengers. Otis.”
A private cable message from Hong,
Kong says that on complaint made by
the 400 discharged regulars on board
the Tartar of overcrowding, clearance
was refused. The Twentieth volhn
teer infantry, with General Funston,
is aboard the Tartar, but it is under
stood that the volunteers make no
complaint and are anxious to have
clearance granted the ship in erder
that they may proceed homeward.
The Tartar is a British ship. She
belongs to the Canadian Pacific Steam
ship company, plying between British
Columbia and Australia. She was
chartered by the quartermasters’ de
partment of the United States army to
carry United States troops, but it is
not believed in Washington that this
chartesr could Ity. in any respect affect her
tfatiomj She could cease to be a
British •ship aud become entitled to
American registry only by act of con
gress.
It was stated at the war department
that the Tartar matter had been re
ferred to Ambassador Choate, which
makes an international question out of
it. The contention of the war depart
ment is that notwithstanding the Tar
tar flies the British flaar, being char
tered by the United States govern
ment, the assumption of British au
thority over her is unauthorized.
BERMUDA STORM SWEPT.
No Lives Reported Lost But Damage
Was Immense.
A cyclone swept over the island of
Bermuda Tuesday night, Houses
were blown down and others unroofed.
The storm raged the whole of the
d^ 8 were lost, but heavy
damage, estimated at. fcoOO.OOO, was
^ 01 b e t° public and private property,
i ru it aB d cedar trees. The causeway
was badly injnred and the government
House was damaged,
The storm was the worst known
since the hurricane of 1880. In fact,
many of the inhabitants say it exceed
ed the gale of 1880 iu violence,
NO ACTION BY ENGLAND.
British Government Will Take No Official
Notice of Dreyfus Verdict.
A London special says: While the
papers are full of letters from individ
uals aud several firms announcing their
withdrawal from the Paris exposition
and urging the governmet to do like
wise,there is noiutention upon the part
of the British government of taking any
such steps,
SHAMROCK WILL CELEBRATE.
Sir Thoma* Tipton Will Have HI* Yacht
Xn the bfwey Celebration.
Sir Thomas Lipton, owner of the
America > a cup challenger, Shamrock,
will make a noteworthy contribution
to the marine demonstration iu honor
of tlie home-coming of Admiral
Dewey. Sir. Thomas steam yacht
Erin will at night be lighted with
3,000 electrict lamps^ will be
The outlines of the yacht
etched against the darkness in ropes
of light aud transparencies of the
Shamrock's flag and the stars and
stripes will be displayed. *
Hanged For Highway Robbery.
At Pulaski, Ya., Noah Finley, a ne
gro, was hanged for highway robbery
and attempted murder. His execution
was the only instance in late years in
which the extreme penalty has been
imposed for this offense,
Famous Miller Dead.
C. A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, the
well known miller, died in that city
Sunday evening of heart disease,
TARTAR ALLOWED CLEARANCE.
British Office Deemed It Unwise
To interfere With American
Transports.
A Washington dispatch says: Clear
ance papers havg been allowed the
Tartar at Hong Kong. It is expected
that she will proceed to the United
States at once.
The information that clearance had
been allowed came in a dispatch to
Adjutant General Corbin Thursday
morning from Colonel Metcalf, com
manding the Twentieth Kansas and
the troops aboard the transport.
It i’s supposed that clearance papers
were allowed upon the suggestion of
iho British foreign office to the British
governor at Hong Kong that it would
be unwise to interfere with American
transports. Met
Another dispatch from Colonel
calf, in reply to oife sent Wednesday,
states that the Tartar was no more
overcrowded and that the food was as
good as on other transports leaving.
Manila. He said that the trouble arose
among the discharged regular soldiers
xyho were returning home on board
the ship. regarded
The incident is now as
closed. It is learned at the state de
partment that the representations ambassador
made to Mr. Choate, our
at London, ou this subject were in
the nature of a protest.
HENllERSOtf WAS LYNCHED.
One of tlie Assailants of Mrs. Ash Meets
nis Doom.
A wierd scene greeted the citizens
of Ty Ty, Ga., when they awoke
Thursday morning. A tall, slender,
black negro about 25 years old, who
was charged with raping Mrs. Ash,
was dangling from a telegraph pole
within three hundred yards of the
Brunswick and Western depot.
Ed Henderson was arrested atTifton
Wednesday and carried to Ty Ty, and
when in the presence of his victim he
was immediately identified by her and
her little brother, who is about nine
years old. When Ell Henderson was
arrested he was wearing different
clotbiftg from those worn when he was
in Ty Ty the day of the crime, but the
clothes he had discarded were secured
by parties in Tifton and carried to
Ty Ty, and they were recognized by
the victim' beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Henderson claimed his innocence to
the last, bnt from his story related,
which was very conflicting, his guilt
was fully established in the minds of
all present.
The erowd was as orderly as if at a
legal execution. No insult or indig
nity was offered the prisoner. Not a
shot was fired, even while his body
was swinging. Net an oath uttered or
a shout raised. No lantern or torch
was lighted, and only ths silent stars
looked down on the scene of retribu
tion.
After the execution all quietly dis
persed, but a determined search is be
ing made for the other criminal, who
is the real ravisher, Henderson only
being his accomplice.
In reporting this erime the victim’s
name was given as Mrs. Ash Johnson,
and the boy her son, but we find the
lady was a Miss Johnson, and married
a Mr. Ash, and that heT name is Mrs.
Jennie Ash, and the little boy who
was iu the cotton field with her is her
brother.
JOHN DELEGAL CONVICTED.
The Murderer of Deputy Sheriff
Townsend I* Sentenced To
Life Imprisonment.
The case of John Delegal, of the
Darien, Ga., rioters, sent to the Ef
fingham county court on change of
venue from McIntosh county, was
concluded Thursday at Springfield in
a verdict of guilty ef murder with a
recommendation to the mercy of the
court. He was sentenced t# life im
prisonment. John Delegal, it will be
remembered, shot and killed Deputy
'Sheriff Townsend, who went to arrest
him during the time of the riots. His
brother and sister, who were indicted
with him, were acquitted.
The case of Henry Delegal, for
rape, which, after a mistrial in Darien
last week, was also sent to Effingham
county on a change of venue, was
taken up Thursday afternoon. This
covers the case out of which grew the
riots. There was no trouble in secur
ing a jury and the evidence was quickly
submitted.
FRENCH CABINET ACTS.
Newspapers of Paris Allege That
Dreyfus Will Scon Be
Pardoned.
A Paris special says; The Matin
(newspaper) in its issue of Thursday
morning asserted that the cabinet has
agreed to pardon Dreyfus, and that
the decree would be signed onJSeptem
ber 19th. Many of the provincial pa
pers also published articles insisting
on the granting of a pardon.
The Figaro says that many officers
of the army are asking that*Dreyfus
be jmrdoned.
CHAMBERS TO BE REWARDED.
Former Chief Justice of Samoa May Get a
Federal Judgeship.
A private letter received in Mont
gomery, Ain., from Washington con
tained the news that a plan is on foot
at the national capital which looks to
the appointment of the former chief
justice of Samoa, Hon. W. L. Cham
bers, of Alabama, to the judgeship of
the middle Alabama federal district.
Left Slf.OOO In Ragfed Overcoat.
In n pocket of n ragged old ovoreemt
In the room where Mathias Blessing
died were found bonds, ensli nnd jewel
ry worth .$18,000. Blessing was seven
ty-nine years of age, unmarried nnd
lived In Chicago. Among hfs neigh
bors l:o was supposed to bo a poor sil
versmith, though ho was regarded as
miserly.
Still More Counterfeiting-.
The Secret Service hue Just unearthed an
other band of counterfeiter!, nnd secured a
large uuantlty of bofti* bills, which are so
cleverly executed that the nrerapn person
would never suspect them of being; spttrious.
Things of great value are always selected for
Imitation, notably Hostetler's Stomach Bit
ters, which has many Imitators but no equals
for disorders like indigestion, and general dyspspsla, con
stipation, nervousness reliable druggists who debility.
Always go to have the
reputation of giving whnt yos ask for.
Among thecouchraeu of Berlin arelretired
army officers, thiej pastors and 16 nobles.
Con’t Tctacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever,.be mag
netic. J Mil of life, herve and .vigor, take No-To
Bnc, the wonder,worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or $1. Cure guaran
loed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Kemedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Four tons of gold from the Klondike will bo
exblaitwd at the Paris exhibition.
Flnctley’s Eye Salve Cures
Sore eyes in 3 days; chronic cases in 30
days, or money back. All druggists, or
by mail, per box. J. P. Havter, Deca
tur, Texas.___ _
Herod is the name Chanute, of a judee who sits in
the polloo court at Kansas.
“Necessity is the
Mother of Invention”
It <u i–s the necessity for a. reliable blood
purifier and tonic that brought into exist
ence Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is a highly
concentrated extract prepared by a com
bination. proportion and process peculiar
to itself and gening to Hood's Sarsapa
rilla unequalled curative power.
^ fflo dq SaM aimiffrr
A Nemomppornt?
THE REASON WHY
For man or beast
Excels—- is that it Penetrates
to the seat of the trouble im
mediately and without irrita
tiag rubbing—and kills the
pain.
raenlly and Stable Slxoa
Sold by Dealers generally.
Dr. Ear! S. Sloan, Beaten, Mama.
7 *LES
“My wife bad pimples on ber face, but
she has bean taking CASOAKETS and they
have all disappeared. I had been troubled
with constipation for some time, but after tak
ing the first Cascaret I have had no trouble
with this ailment. Wo oannot speak too high
ly of Oascarets.” Fred Wartman.
5793 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Fa.
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