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FRENCH ENTERS KIMBERLEY
DROVE CRONJE’S BOER TROOPS FROH VARIOUS
POSITIONS ALONG THE WAY,
England Elated at Good News and Great
Praise Is Accorded Gen. French.
A London special under dat9 of
February 17, says: General Cronje,
•with a start of a day or two, is in full
retreat from Lord Roberts, moving
northward.
General French, with the cavalry,
simply staid over night at Kimberley
and then pushed on to get in touch
with the retiring enemy. A long Boer
wagon train is moving toward Bloem
fontein, followed presumably by a
large force of British infantry. In
their hasty departure the Boers lost
qualities of supplies and amnuition.
Military opinion in London is that
Lord Roberts will not push far after
tho Boers immediately because of the
present problems and the need of rest
for the troops. He has to feed 70,
000 persons in his array and tho whole
Kimberley population. Ho must re
build the railway from Modder river
to Kimberley and revictual the latter.
General French lost a few men on
ly in action, but the forced marches
and heat have probably made many
ill. Numbers of remounts must be
provided. wrought genuine
Lord Roberts Las a
preliminary success and the impres
sion is that he has done enough for
the present. He will need to prepare
for another strike. All over England
there have been evidences of public
joy. and public meet
In every theater
ing, around the railway stations and
in the streets there have been expres
sions of gladness and jubilation over
the news. The newspapers are edito
rially rejoicing. closely
Those who read the news see
only one disturbing factor in the Cape
situation, and that iR the pressure of
the Boers toward Lord Roberts’ lino
of supply through De Aar, which was
never more important than now.
The Boers, under Commandants De
larrey and Goble;, are making a per
sistent effort to penetrate to the rail
way. They have pushed General
Clements back to Arundel and have
outflanked him. All are within sixty
miles, or two days’ bard march of the
central railway.
Doubtless Lord Roberts has left
considerable forces along the line and
can send back more if necessary.
A special dispatch dated two days
back,and just transmitted from Chieve
ley, says that an important move was
then pending there, although contrary
indications are found in the fact that
750 ambulance beavers have been tem
porarily disbanded and the further fact
that traction eugines are arriving at
Durban from the front to be sent to
Lord Roberts. More artillery is be
ing sent to Lord Roberts from Cnpe
Town.
GEN. FRENCH’S MOVEMENTS.
The following from Riet River,
Orange Free State, tells how General
French reached Kimberley:
“General French, in command of
the cavalry division and with a strong
force of horse artillery, left Modder
river Sunday morning for Ramban,
twelve miles oast of Euslit, where the
whole division concentrated. The next
day he made a rapid march to Riet
river, where n party of Boers contest
ed bis passage at Dekiel and Water
Fall drifts. After some hours’ shell
ing General French drove tho Boors
away and crossed the river.
“Yesterday (Tuesday) the column
continued its march to Klip and Rom
daval drifts on the Modder river,
where again a short engagement eu
sued, General French shelling i the
Boers vigorously and forcing a pas
sage. retreated,
“The Boers precipitately hands of
leaving five laagers in the
the British, besides a great quantity
of cattle and 2,000 sheep.
“The rapidity of General French’s
march, and the overwhelming nature
TAYLOR ENTERS SUIT.
Seeks To Estop Governor Beckham
and General Collier.
Snit was filed in the circuit court
at Louisville Wednesday afternoon by
counsel for Governor Taylor seeking
to restrain J. C. W. Beckham from
acting as governor and General John
B. Castleman from attempting to dis
charge the duties of adjutant general.
The suit will be allotted to one of
the circuit judges by a drawing. This
drawing may not be held for several
days. When it is held an application
for a restraining order will be made.
The suit is brought by Governor
Taylor for himself individually aud a*
governor of Kentncky.
SUIT WAS POSTPONED.
Judge Cantrill Will Hear Taylor
Beckham injunction Case.
2Ist, when, unless some agreement is
meantime reached, the matter will
oine up before Judge Cantrill at
Jieorgetown.
of his force, enabled him, in spite of
the difficulties of water transportation,
to thoroughly outwit and surprise the
Boers. The British casualties were
slight.”
nOLINEUX SPEAKS.
Condemned Man Denounces His
Prosecutor and the New
York Newspapers.
At Npw York, Friday, Roland R.
Molinenx was sentenced to die in Sing
Sing prison during the week of March
26 for the murder of Mrs. Katherine
J. Adams. He made a statement as
serting that he had not been fairly
convicted, and that ‘‘yellow jomal
ism” bad put a price on his head.
After denouncing the newspapers
and making quite an extended argu
ment in his own behalf, the defendant
paused, either to regain his composure
or to control his temper, and went on
speaking with remarkable clearness
and angry vehemence.
‘‘I denounce and despise,” he said,
‘‘the act of the district attorney in at
tempting to villify the reputation of
the pure and lovely woman who bears
my name, It was the act of a black
guard and a villainous lie.
4 4 Now, your honor (to the recorder),
I am prepared for sentence. I am not
afraid.”
Recorder Goff, in pronouncing sent
ence, reminded the defendant that his
counsel had already presented all the
facts to the jury and that the court had
but the one duty to perform.
General Molinenx was asked about
the fund which it was proposed for
him to defray expenses he had been
under by the trial, and he said, when
inquiry was made regarding his ac
ceptance:
“Absolutely and under no circum
stances would I accept such a thing.”
The attorneys for Molineux have
tiled an appeal, and the appeal will
stay the execution of the sentence in
definitely. Molinex will, however, be
taken to Sing Sing prison.
NO RESPONSIBILITY.
Government Won’t Pay Claims For
Depredations By Soldiers.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house committee on war claims has
reported adversely the bill for the
relief of Eugene A. Stone, of Green
ville, S. C. This bill asked for an
appropriation of $6,992.50 for damages
to property by United States troops
during t he war with Spain. The south report
is of wide importance to the as
it defines the position of the committee
with regard to tho claim bills, hun
dreds of which have beeu introduced
this session from all states where troops
were mobilized and encamped.
Severnl of them have beeu offered
from Georgia, the larger number
coming from around Chiekamauga,
Athens, Americus, Albauy and Savan
nah. Tho report says:
“The idea that the Federal govern
ment is liable or ought in any view to
pay for the depredations committed by
soldiers is not entitled to serious con
sideration. The whole claim is for
depredations committed by soldiers
during the war with Spain. The com
mittee reports adversely and recom
mends the bill to lie upon the table.”
TEMPORARY PEACE.
Truce Is Oil Between Contending Fac
tions In Kentucky.
A Frankfort special says: Theagree
ment to postpone the Tnylor-Beckham
suit operates as a temporary truce in
the legal battle over the state offices,
aud it is not probable that there will
be any decisive changes in the situa
tion till then, utiless the return of the
Democratic legislature to Frankfort
adds some unexpected feature.
A part of the attorneys on both
sides hold a meeting Friday afternoon
and discussed several plans for consol
idating the various injunction cases in
order to avoid a clash between the
different state courts in whioh they are
pending, but a final understanding
was not reached.
FRESHET SUBSIDES.
High Water Causes Loss of Thousands
At Columbus, Ga.
The Chattahoochee river at Colum
bus, Ga., reached a standstill Tuesday
night, and at noon Wednesday had
fallen three feet, and gradually re
ceeded.
It is impossible to estimate the
damage done to the new dam at
North Highlands, the extension of the
Eagle and Fheuix mills and the new
wharf until after the river has reached
its normal couditiou, but euough is
known to state with positiveuess that
losses will foot way up iuto the thou
sands.
BOLO MEN AQGRESSIVE.
War In Philippines Being Kept Up By
the Insurgents.
A Manila special says: Insurgent
forces estimated to number 5,000
soldiers, mostly Bolo men, attacked
the American garrison in the convent
at Daopoga in the province of Albay
during the night of February 5. They
were repulsed, however, after they Ou*e
had burned much of the town.
lieutenant wounded was the only loss
sustained by the Americans.
THE HUMAN HAIR
HARVEST IN
¥ ANT persons have heard of
the extraordinary markets
held periodically in differ
ent towns oh the continent
of Europe, to which women and girls
come to sell their hair for rnouey or
goods; but we believe no aotual snap
shot photos of the traffic itself have
ever been taken—or, if taken, have
ever been published. Obviously the
vendors do not care to he perpetuated
in this matter, and M. Geniaux him
self had more than one narrow escape
from the infuriated ladies who were
selling their tresses to the itinerant
merctiant-barbfers.
The traffic in artificial hair is a big
business. It is interestiug in itself,
and quite a readable article might be
prepared as the result of an interview
with an extensive dealer in human
hair in London or any other great
capital. This information, however,
is accessible to any journalist who
cares to go and get it, and beyond
bare mention it forms no part of this
paper, which deals rather with the
fouutainhead (the joke is not inten
tional) of this curious industry.
I visited one of the great Paris coif
feurs, writes Charles Geniaux, in the
Wide World Magazine, and he made
the startling statement that “when
they reach a certain age—say, forty or
fifty years—almost all the ladies in
Paris nse artificial hair, particularly
those who wear the hair in twists, or
who affect the archaic style. Why,”
he said, ‘‘do yon know the price of a
single kilogramme (over two pounds)
of first-class hair—hair that has been
sorted, cleaned and prepared? Well,
Bir, I do not sell it under a thousand
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or eighteen hundred francs, 'accord
ing to color, texture and general
beauty.
“Aud,” he continued, “thanks to
the life of high pressure which wo
lead in these modern days the de
mand is becoming greater and
greater.”
With these interesting statements
still ringing in my ears, I left the
coiffeur aud resolved to find out for
myself the origin of those mountains
of humau hair used by the wigmakers
of Paris.
Luck was soon to satisfy my curios
ity, for not long afterwards, in the
course of a journey through Brittany,
my attention was arrested by certain
conversations on the subject of a sale
of hair. I was told that the peasant
women round about had their hair cut
off periodically and sold to the mer
chants who went shearing from vil
lage to village. I made inquiries
without losing a moment, and soon
found out that one of the most im
portant of these markets was about to
bo held in the month of June at the
Fair of St. Fiacre.
In a few days I was blithely climb
ing the hill on whose summit is held
the famous Fair of St. Fiacre, which is
attended by practically the whole
agricultural population of Morbihan.
In the centre of a large plateau is a
round chapel. A few walls, some
courtyards, two or three farms, and a
little timber on the limit of the far
reaehing horizon. Such is the battle
field on which the agricultural inter
ests of the entire Department ar
ray themselves. Also, young men
come from far aud near to this
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STANDS WITH HER CAP ON THE RIGHT.
fair to offer their services and
hire themselves as laborers to the
farmers. They look picturesque
enough, these fellows, as they flock
in together, holding in their hands
long peeled twigs. As soon as a
farmer has hired one of them, the
yonng man breaks his willow stick as
n sign of the engagement, and from
that momeut he enters the servivc of
his new patron.
Tint do yon know what tho maidens,
and even tho old women, are doing in
the meantime? Why, they are busy
exchanging their hair for articles of
clothing and miscellaneous sundries
dear to tho feminine heart! I must
now set down accurately and in de
tail all I saw and heave, during my
undoubtedly perilous mission. Talk
about a sheep-shearing station in
Australia! Why, it is nothing to
what I saw. First of all, however, a
word of explanation is necessary.
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THE WIFE OF THE CHIEF IIAIR-SHEARER HIGGLES WITH HER CUSTOMERS
OVER THE QUALITY OF THEIR HAIR.
traffic would bo almost impossible;
and, in consequence, very little human
hair is exported into Paris from
Great Britain. But on the other
hand, picturesque Brittany furnishes
almost one-fourth of the entire con
sumption in the capital. Now, why
is this? Well, it is mainly because
the Breton women wear as head-cov
ering a close-fitting linen cap, which
entirely hides the hair with the excep
tion of two flat bands which pass over
the forehead and down to tho ears.
Now suppose for a moment that these
Breton caps were replaced by ordinary
hats and bonnets. Well, if this inno
vation took place, the traffic in human
hair would simply become an impossi
bility, as the deficiency in hair would
be apparent to every passer-by. Thanks
also to the prevalence of the cap, the
Auvergne and some districts of Nor
mandy likewise furnish a consider
able supply of humau hair.
The peasant women seem to have
reasoned the matter out something in
this way: ‘‘As our largo heads of hair
are not seen, and as they have a cer
tain commercial value, why should we
over-wcjght our brains with them, es
pecially when honest merchants come
along to buy our hair on such advan
tageous terms?” And,goodness knows,
cash is scarce enough among the
Breton peasants.
It is no wonder, then, that the trav
eling hair-shearers and merchants put
up at St. Fiacre, attracted as they are
by the certainty of being able to shear
practically the whole population of
women and reap a very fine harvest of
human hair.
I may remark, before going further,
that the merchants are not nice per
sons, or polite; and their language, as
a rule, is abominable. Probably by
way of violent contrast to the city
hair-dresser, who affects distinguished
manners and curls his mustache with
tongs, the hair-cutters I saw were un
shaven and sloveuly in their dress.
At length I was fortunate enough to
he well received by the best-known of
them all, a comparatively intelligent
man, without whose assistance it
would have been impossible for me to
obtain the snap-shots reproduced in
this article. Whilst actually writing
these lines I have open before me my
note-book with this entry, in the hand
of my friend, the chief hair-shearer:
M. Gerard, Commeroant,
A la Cliapelle Uaeeline, par Careatolr
(Morbihan).
Without any appearance of conceit
he said to me: “I am a kind of celeb
rity in my own line. How many heads
of hair have I shorn? Perhaps a hun
dred thousand or more!”
Monsieur was accompanied by his
wi{p; and in truth Madame Gerard was
extremely useful to him in his extraor
dinary business. By the way, I no
ticed that all the shearers likewise
had their wives with them. It became
evident to me later that they mis
trusted themselves, feeling certain
that alone they would not be clever
enough to deceive the country lasses
to the shameful extent usually prac
tised.
One of the accompanying pictures
represents the act of bargaining, or
haggling. In the round courtyard of
the farm you see vehicles crowded
against the wall, the horses reversed
in the shafts eating hay off the front
seat of the cart. Right in front, on a
low wall, Madame Gerard has ar
ranged remnants of lnrid staffs,
shawls, kerchiefs and an infinite va
riety of odds and ends—quite as at
tractive to ladies as the cnee at the
end of this number. Madame hold*
between her lingers a print, which she
is handling with studied carelessness
for the benefit of an old woman with
•white hair, who is simply burning to
exchange her hair for tho gaudy stuff,
ns it would make her such a line
apron. It is a grand comedy, this.
They talk, those two, they dlSCtl. S,
they haggle. Examine closely the caps
of of tho the women women, Yon xou will win notice notice the me
two bands of hair underneath the
white wuito linen linen on on the me forehpnd loreiieau, hut nut all an
the rest IS BO scrupulously hlddeu
that he must be remarkably clever
who could tell a woman with her hair
on from one who has just been shorn
by the merchants.
A fairly rich farmer’s wife is seen in
the second large picture; and from
motives of hygiene, as well as avarice,
she has offered her head to the scissors
of the shearer. On the right of the
photo you will notice an old woman
holding the laTter untied cap of her mistress,
while the is being shorn. Here
again, then, we get another curious
glimpse of tho industry, and we see
that all the country women do not act
in this way solely lor money, but ac
tually seek relief from the weight of
their superb heads of hair.
I do not know the weird vocabulary
of Breton insults, but the mother of
the little girl seeu in the two single
column pictures made my ears posi
tively ring with her furious howls.
First of all, she hid her children in
her skirts. Then I pretended to go,
but suddenly turning round, I secured
a snap-shot of the little girl with
her cap off, and her pretty, fair
hair tossed over her shoulders. The
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LITTLE GIRL’S SHORN HEAD WITH A
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poor little thing was crying. Probably
Bomo instinct had warned her of the
barbarity of this custom. Her mother,
however, was eager for gain, ana well
knew that children’s locks, more es
pecially whan golden, are worth most
of all. And so sho bartered the child’s
hair for a piece of cloth. The two
little maidens of five and six were very
tiny, but, all the same, they were
dressed like grown-up people, and had
to submit to the common fate. Notice
on the right the unintelligent faces of
the peasants. So long as the country
folk remain in their present condition
of ignorance, this strange traffic will
continue.
In the other photo the mother is
covering the’ scalp of her shorn little
one with a resille, or coarse net,
while the child herself looks very dis
consolate. Until they have made their
first Communion, the little girls of
Brittany all inclose their hair in nets.
Decorated by n Geyser.
The odd picture frames qliown in
the illustration owe their decoration
to the spray of a geyser at Yellowstone
National Park. They were made by
twisting pieces of wire into the de
sired shape, aud laying these frames
upon a rock near a geyser for two clays,
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PICTURE FRAMES FROM YELLOWSTONE
PARK.
during which time the spray collected
and hardened. The orust is so hard
that it requires a chisel to break it.
Merely An Automaton.
"A man sometime* t.biiik* lie's hnvintr Ms
own »ay when ne is reitliy tilling what his.
wi’c p aimed forhiin.”
•‘Yes." anew.-red toe he’s mild-eyed autoorat philosopher:
“many a one thinks an when
he is merely an auiuma.on.”—Washiugioa
Star.
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llarnncle* on Ocean Cabled.
The recent invostieaiion for cable laving in
j n jj f HC . that if not upon rook hotton, they
prnduaily become encrusted with barnacles
and seaweeds, heavy enomrh to break them,
’pptg Jg nt e dyspepsia, which tf it is not check
<-d grow* until it breaks down the heaitii
Uostetter’a Stomach hitters will prevent as
WR „ aa cure lnaiKe8tton ( i y8 , )0p8 ta. b itou 8 .
ness, liver and kidney troubles. It makes
weak stomachs ktronij All druggists sell It.
Kver Meet Jimson?
•Tack—“H h! he! That’s a good story.
Here comes Jiinton; tell it to him.”
Tom—"No. Ineveriell a new funny story
toJimson. It always reminds him or an old
and <kism.il ope.”
44 A Stitch in Time
Saves Nine/'
A broken stitch, tike the
44 little rift within the lute,’*
is the beginning of trouble.
44 1 tired, not ill. ’' 4 4 It
am
•will soon pass away.” 44 1 don't believe
in medicine.” These are the broken
stitches that lead to serious illness. Nature
is wise and in Hood’s Sarsaparilla she
has furnished the meavis to take up
broken stitches. Why ? because it
starts at the root and cleanses the blood.
Bad Blood — 44 For years I was
troubled with my blood, my face was
pale, I never felt well. Three bottles of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla made me feel better
and healthy color. ” Mae Cross,
gave me a
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Coming On.
A certain recruit, who had evidently
seen better days, in a regiment posses
sing more medals than certificates of
education, found it difficult at first to
confine himself to words of less than
three syllables in conversing with his
messmates. One day he was talking
about an event which happened to
him in civil life, when one of his
chums, trying to get a rise out of him,
said:
“I suppose that was previous to your
attestation?”
”No,” replied the gentleman recruit,
“it was before I blooming well came
up.”
And then it was known that he ha<f
taken a step in the right direction.—
Answers.
The Real lest for Swearing.
Wraugler—You say that Job’s pa
tience never was really tested?
Quibbler—I do. Why, he never
put the lighted end of his cigar in his
mouth just as he wanted to make his
argument most impressive.—Life.
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