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THfi WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 189$,
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FOSSILIZED TBEES.
FORTUNE IN BLACK DIAMONDS.
MMENSE FORESTS THAT HAVE TURN
ED TO STONE.
Thousands cf tons of coal are shipped
from the ports of Perth and South Am
boy, at the mouth of the Raritan river,
every month. It is loaded in vessels for
all points along the Atlantic seaboard
and many European ports. The coal
docks of the Lehigh Valley railroad lit
. _ _ . . I Perth Amboy are among the largest in
The Yellowstone National park is i the world. The docks of the Pennsyl-
salled the wonderland of America, and I
iince the destruction of the New Zea- j
U laalgfct lata th« Mighty OpwitloM of
Vatart-OM of th» Many Wondare of
tfca Great V.Jiow.t.
TomII Vomt Ride*.
AN ANCIENT BLOCKHOUSE.
The Uonqa<
land geyser area it is perhaps entitled
to be called the wonderland of the
world, for within its limits the most
varied of nature’s workings may be ob
served. Its hundreds of hot springs and
geysers, its precipitous canyons and rush
ing cataracts, its snowcapped mountain
peaks aud mirrored bikes make it of
surpassing interest. The lover of nat
ural scenety may linger long over its
beauties aud its wonders.
From the geological point of view it
is also of great interest, for here may
be found rticks that range in age from
the mast ancient of which we have any
knowledge to those in process of forma
tion at the present inom&it. The su
perheated waters of the hot springs and
geysers hold a largo amount of rock
making material in solution, which is
deposited about the openings of the
springs on the cooling of the waters, and
in this way building up a moss of great
magnitude. These springs and geysers
are constantly breaking out in new
places, often on the borders or in the
forests of living trees. The trees are
killed at once by the hot water, and on
becoming withered and dry begin soon
to take up the rockmaking solution by
which they are bathed, and thus to pass
into the fossil stare.
Conditions similar to these, or at least
favorable to the preservation of fossil
forests, appear to hare existed from a
remote time, for there is evidence to
show that the fossil forests were pre
served before the most active of the hot
spring phenomena were inaugurated.
These fossil forests are located in the
northeastern corner of the Yellowstone
National pork, at a place known locally
as Amethyst mountain, or Fossil Forest
ridge. This is really a mountain some
ten miles long and rising nealry or quite
2,000 feet ubove the general level of tho
valley. If it wero possible to cut a sec
tion down through this mountain, as a
slice is cut from a loaf of bread, there
would Iw found a succession of at least
15 fossil forests, one above another—
that is to say, at some remote day, geo
logically speaking, there grew a great
forest, which was covered up by tho
ejected material from a groat voloano,
rivaling in size Mount Etna, that is .
known to have existed some miles to I
the north. The treos were entombed in ]
nn upright position, and under the ac
tion of silica charged waters were fossil
ized. The action of the volcano ceased,
and quiet was restored for a sufficient
length of time for a second forest to be
developed above tho first. Then came a
second outburst from the volcano, and
this forest was buried aud fossilized like
the first, and so, in turn, have the dozen
or more forests flourished and been en
gulfed.
Thou camo the final quiet, tho rum
bling of the volcano ceased, and its fires
were extinguished. But immediately
the action of tho elements began, aud
the wearing forces of rain and frost, act
ing through long ages, have carved out
this mountain, in the heart of which
may be read the story of its origin. This
denudation appears to have been unac
companied by any of the violent move
ments so often characteristic of mountain
building, aud consequently when tb%
softer material is worn away from
around the trunks they stand upright in
the exact positions in which they grew
originally.
The first forest to be visited is in
the vicinity of Yancey’s, a stage station
on the mail route from the Mammoth
Hot Springs to Cooke City, Mon. It is
about a mile west cf tho junction of tho
Lamar river and the Yellowstone, and
on the middle slope of a low hill. As
oue approaches the locality, several
trunks are observed standing on the hill
side, which at a distance seem quite like
the stumps of living treos, aud even a
nearer approach barely suffices to reveal
their true nature, as they are covered
with lichens and blackened and discol
ored by frost and rain. They are, how
ever, veritable fossil trunks, standing
upright on the steep hillside, in the
same positions in which they grew. The
largest trunk is 13 feet in circumfer
ence and about 15 feet in height. It is
considerably weathered and must have
been much larger when living, for the
bark Is in no place preserved. The oth
ers—and there are dozens of them—are
slightly smaller, and have been weath
ered down until, in most cases, only a
few inches can be seen above the sur
face. So perfectly are they preserved
that each stump show^Theaminal rings
as distinctly visible at in n fTeahly cut
living tree, and oven each tiny cell, with
its fine and riwiicata marking*, 4s abs^-,
lately perfect. ^ •—* ^
The next forest is some.10.ar.12 mile
distant, along the Lamar rivrfr, 6n>hi
south side of which faces the Fossil For
est ridge. In some: place*} perpendicular
cliffs many feet'in' height may be seen.
These cliffs have worn awsy, leaving ex
posed huge trees, which may be observed
from a distance pf a mile or more from
the valley, standing cut in bold relief,
as it has been aptly said, “like the pil
lars of some ancient temple. ” A closer
view shows these trees to be from 4 to
6 feet in diameter, and often 20 or SO
feet high, with their great roots run
ning off info' tKe sOTid'HMfc A great-
niche in the face of the wall marks the
place from which one of these trunks
has fallen. Some of the remaining ones
appear just ready to fall, while others
project but little beyond the face—show
ing that the mountain is filled with the
remains of these trees.—Epoch.
Baatoa’a Horrible Awakening.
“Table b&ard” in Commonwealth
avenue! Is this .the beginning of the
end?—Boston Herald. •
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CARE OF THE FEET.
THE CRAMPED AND TORTURED FOOT
NO LONGER THE IDEAL.
vania railroad at South Amboy are
nearly as large in shipping capacity.
In connection with the handling of
such immense quantities of coal oue of
the most troublesome problems for the
railroad companies is to keep their roll
ing stock in oonstant motion. It is con
sidered a loss of revenue for a car to re
main several days at a given point, and
everything is done to facilitate the rapid
movement of the cars, both loaded and
empty. For a number of years loaded
cars were kept standing in the storage
yards of tho Pennsylvania railroad at
rSoutli Amboy for weeks at a time. At
times the company was embarrassed for
want of cars to transsport the coal from
the mines. The difficulty was finally
solved about three years ago. In place
of the long string of loaded cars may
now be seen immense piles of coal
When a train arrives from the mines,
the various kinds of coal are sorted out
aud the cars drilled to the proper side
track for unloading. In close proximity
to each side track stands a lar^e derrick
with a movable boom extending diagon
ally into the air about 80 feet To this
boom is attached a large traveling belt,
on which are fastened large buckets. The
belt is operated by a small steam engine
in charge of the man who manipulates
the elevator. As the coal drops from the
outlet in the car it falls into the buckets
on the elevator belt and is carried to the
end of the swinging boom, where it is
dropped in the center of the pile and dis
tributed by gravity. The coal remains in
these piles until it is required for ship
ment; then it is loaded in cars and trans
ferred to the docks.
The immense piles of ooal usually
contain from 10,000 to 13,000 tons each,
and are worth from $40,000 to $50,000,
according to the market value of the
coaL It is frequently the case that there
are 12 of these piles of coal in the stor
age yard, representing a value of from
$500,000 to $600,000. It was discovered
recently that the coal rusted while in
these piles. This did not detract from
the burning qualities, but affected the
selling value. To prevent this canvas
covers wero made at a cost of $1,000
each. When tho piles of coal are all
covered, tho storage yard resembles a
largo circus. The sight of such an im
mense quantity of coal is viewed with
astonishment by strangers, although the
residents of South Amboy are so accus
tomed to it that they never give it a sec
ond thought.—New York Telogram.-
Redoubt the Only One In
Existence.
Here in Pennsylvania wo find what
is not in existence in the east or Boutli
—one of tho original blockhouses built
before the Revolution and still in a per
fect state of preservation. All the others
have disappeared. Forts Duquesne and
Pitt uro things of the past, but tho re
doubt of Colonel Bouquet stands today
as it stood 130 years ago. To the Pitts
burg chapter of the Daughters of tha
Revolution we are indebted for its res
toration. It has been owned by them
since 1888. Until that year the old
redoubt of Bouquet, us it is called,
occupied as a tenant house, and within
its walls was born Pittsbnrg’s local his
torian, the late Neville B. Craige, Esq.
Down on “the point," on a narrow,
dirty little street called Fort street, sur
rounded by tumbledown buildings near
ly as old as itself, is a little five sided
building of stone and brick erected by
Colonel Bouquet in 1764 as a defense
against the Indians. The lower story is
of stone and the upper of brick. In both
are perforations or loopholes, through
which the defenders could fire with
comparative safety from the enemy.
Why this redoubt was erected has
been a query to us, as but a short dis
tance away stood Fort Pitt, a work of
considerable magnitude and whose
erection cost the colony of Virginia, or
the English government, £CO,000, but
the redoubt was built, as a stone slab
over the door with the legend, “17G4
ColL Bouquet,” testifies.—Philadelphia
Tunes.
Munich Street Lamps.
The method adopted in Munich for
lighting street lamps from the outside
without opening the lamp has proved
quite satisfactory, the results, as enu
merated, being to economize in flashlight
gas, to enable the lamps to be lit in a
storm, to shut off the main stopcock, to
light Welsboch lamps without explosion,
and .to prevent the casting of shadows.
As cMKpribed, the, main pipe CQromnni-
cafeaHritftn kindling pipe, which at One
end opines to the outside of the lantern
jbtidlSjtbe othej* goes to the burner—this
kindling pipe being bored with fine
holes, - * which mate a row <St flying
flames leading from the outside to the
burner; the main pipe and its connec
tions, with the stopcock, are divided so
as to enable gas to be supplied to the
kindling pipe and burner, and then to
the burner alone. The lighting is done
with, ordinary rod lamp, provided
with an aperture at its end which re
ceives the lower end of the kindling
tuba When the lamplighter’s pole is
slipped into position, wind has no effect
on the kindling operation.—New York
A Brood Hint.
They wero seated^ in the purler con
versing on the'uncertainty of life.
She—The future is a vast, unfathom
able mystery t<^s, isn’t it?
He—Yea; all we know is that we
▼lows or • Celebrated Anatomlat—The Im
portance ef Wearing the RI«ht Kind of
gfcoee Something About Corn* and How
te Treat Them.
Very few seem to realize the impor
tance of giving the feet proper attention
in order to secure better health as well
as general comfort. It is almost incon
ceivable that in our civilized nation in
the modem age thore are still so many
otherwise sensible women who are will
ing to maim and cripple their feet and
suffer tortures for the sake of wearing
shoes just a little too small, or which
are, as they imagine falsely, pretty or
more fashionable. We see the folly of
the cramping process upon the feet of
the Chinese women, but how much more
inexcusable it is for women of this en
lightened country.
In former times it has been the fash
ion for shoes to be made with high
heels, narrow, pointed toes aud all sorts
of extravagant shapes contrary to ease
and comfort, and as too many people
have felt it incumbent upon them to
bpw to the demands of the tyrant fash
ion, no matter Low unreasonable her
demands, the result has been for suc
ceeding generations untold suffering in
the form of corns, bunions and other
deformities, until now it is comparative*
ly rare to see, except among savage na
tions, a perfect, well shaped foot But
a more sensible fashion allows the wear
ing of various styles of sensible shoes
that are adapted to the ease and com
fort of the wearer, with thick soles,
wide, low heels aud plenty of room for
free expansion of the toes and muscles,
and the numerous corns, which are not
only exceedingly painful, but often seri
ous affairs, are gradually disappearing
from the feet of the sensible ones and
the ideal foot is no longer the cramped
and tortured foot.
The celebrated anatomist. Professor
Hyrti of Vienna university, opened one
of bis lectures to his class with the sin
gular question, 44 Which is the most beau
tiful foot, considered from the anatom
ical standpoint?” and then continued:
“It is remarkable that there are so many
divergent opinions on this subject
While tho sons of men look upon a
small, slender and graceful foot, a lady’s
foot, as an ideal one, tho anatomist ut
terly rejects it as beautiful, aud only
tho large, long and broad foot is the
ideal one in his eyes. Even the greatest
classic writers of antiquity, Horace, Ca-
tallus. and others, who had great appre
ciation of the feminine beauty, never
mentioned in the descriptions of their
beloved—«nd, as is well known, they
had many—their small feet.
“The people belonging to the Celtic
race have small feet; the Hindoos es
pecially have such feet and hands that
they may be envied by many European
countesses. The native troops of the
English army in India possess in Eng
land their own armory where peculiar
kinds of weapons are constructed for
them, and the sword hilts made for
them are much too small for us to grasp
with ease. Tho greatest beauties of Eu
rope, the Italians, have really long and
broad feet ”
But even if we do not care to be con
vinced that the ideal foot is the foot
that is long and broad, we can certainly
realize the importance of care in select
ing shoes of the proper size for comfort
as well as beauty. The foot never looks
pretty in a shoe too small for it, and
such shoes soon become unshapely from
undue pressure, giving anything but a
pretty appearance.
On the other hand, we should not fall
into the error of buying shoes too large.
There are quite as apt to cause corns as
small ones by rubbing certain parts of
the foot If any one has the misfortune
to fall into this mistake, it can be reme-
. died to a great extent by inserting a soft
wad of cotton batting in the toe of the
shoe or in the part that rubs against
the foot
The same care is necessary in buying
shoes as in buying gloves. They will
last much longer and have a better ap
pearance when made of new, good skins.
Old leather or kid is not soft and elastic
and does not easily shape itself to the
foot or the hand. This is not only a
matter of comfort, but of economy,
this,
is the cheapest,” and as few women,
men either, for that matter, are good
judges of leather it will be wise to buy
only of honest, experienced dealers, in
whom we can confide, for we cannot
afford risks in a matter where so much
is involved. An uncomfortable shoe is
really a very serious matter when we
take into consideration the pain and
discomfort, the probable deformities in
the way of corns and bunions, the wear
on the nervous system and the unpleas
ant consequences of oar irritable tem
pers because of personal discomfort.
It scarcely seems necessary to speak
of the importance of frequent bathing
of the feet and paring of the nails, and
yet many are surprisingly careless in
this respect. Corns are simply composed
of a great number of layers of cuticle.
A GREAT PROJECT-
For many years there has been talk of
utilizing the great water power at the
Great falls of the Potomac. Recently
private owners of land and w$ter rights
there have taken steps looking to a de
velopment of the vast power nature has
provided, and at the same time officials
of the government have been investi
gating the subject with a view to hav
ing the government undertake the work,
the power developed to be utilized in
electrically lighting Washington and for
other municipal purposes.
A plan has been made, however, for
making use of the Little falls in the
same way, and the persons interested
have advanced their project so far that
it may be that the Little falls will be
the first to be developed. This is a pri
vate enterprise of great proportions. It
is proposed to harness the Potomac river
so that abundant motive power can be
supplied not only for electric lighting
purposes, but for all the manufactories
that may be induced to establish them
selves here.
A wealthy northern capitalist is re
ported as actively engaged in perfecting
preliminary preparations for beginning
the development of this enterprise. It is
said the work contemplated will require
not less than $2,500,000, and that sum
may be quadrupled before a satisfactory
result is consummated. The figure
named as the minimum cost is founded
upon a purely superficial estimate-—
Washington Star.
Mason’s and Lightning Fruit Jars,
Tin Top JELLY Tumblers,
Tin Cans for Vegetables,
Granite and Porcelain Lined Pre-
servingKettles,
Water
Cooler
Fishing Poles, Buel’s Bobs, Phantom Minnows,
Genuine Carlise lJooks, Braided Silk, ,
Linen and Cotton Lines, Flax off spools, in fact, everything heeded to catch
the finny tribe.
Rubber and Canvas3 covered Hose Zinc and Copper Bath Tubs, Galvanized
Pipe and Fittings. Gurney Refrigerator—attractive in finish, and bikes less ice
than any other make used. The ladies are invited to call and inspect them.
Agents for Rock Roofing—best inthfl world. Cheaper ,41ml more durable
than tin or iron. . 1 . .
Fly Fans, Fly Traps,
AN UP TO DATE FLORIDIAN.
garbed i
rered. fch
Watt-Harley Hardware Co.
With a Pistol She Enforced Respect Fop
Her Bloomer*.
“New woman' 1 figured in a sensa
tional scene at West Palm Beach. Fla..
recently. Pistol la- hand, Mrs. Nelsoa
Young asserted the right of a woman to
wear bloomers without being made the
subject of unpleasant comment. The
lady, who is young, is an expert on the
wheel and every day is seen “scorch
ing” on the shell road that winds about
Lake Worth.
Mrs. Young rode attired in an ordi
nary costume until the other afternoon,
when the villagers were surprised to see
her go whizzing through the streets
up to date bloomer costume,
g looked very mannish in her
' i•'.Gamers, but everybody
■r John McDonald, who
. : :v of the modesty of a
;v.r-?d iu such a costume,
heard t i McDonald’s
• ■ ••crime angry, and bloom -
wheeled to his -tore and en-
i1 mediately covered McDon •
aid with a revolver and demanded an
apology. The pistol looked ugly, and
the lady made McDonald apologize. He
wrote a card for the local papers retract
ing all unpleasant comment. Then Mrs.
Young rode gay ly away. The affair has
caused a great sensation owing to the
prominence of the parties and to the
fact that Mr. McDonald is a church
deacon.—Cincinnati Enamrer
Besides her exposition and her mil
lions of watermelons Georgia has this
year the greatest peach crop in her his
tory. Last year the crop, owing to May
frosts, was only 7 per cent of the aver
age. This year it is 105 per cent. It
will be a surprise to many to find that
the next largest peach crop in propor
tion to area is raised in Connecticut,
the popular belief among people who do
not live there being that Connecticut
can produce no peaches at alL But be
sides producing within her borders more
people who live to be very old than are
born and bred in any other state in the
Union; besides,also, growing some of the
finest tobacco that ever did grow, Con
necticut has, in addition, a good sized
peach crop almost every year.
MILLINERY PARLORS
•f miss Sallie Dekie,
Fashionable and Experienced Millineiv
Fourth door above T. E. Lanier’s Jewelry Store,
Wayoross, Oa.
Has a full and complete line of
Hats, Flowers, Ribbons, Ruches,
And everything to be found in first-class establishments. Patronage solicited and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
JUST IN ALL THE
^^Latest Fads Injfe,
BELT PINS.BELTB UCKLES&c.
PEARL SETS FOR
JUDIES’Waist; Usd IN STERLING SHIER.?
Ol'R TWO HUNDRED
LADIES’ READY MADE WAISTS, NEW CUFFS
AND BIG SLEEVES, JUST IN
J^ess than you can mal^e them.
FANCY CAPS for children just in with gold
and silver bands.
New fi-iliii-ts.
Detachable Collars and Cufls. SEE THEM.
BestLin© ofN ECKWEHR.
In tl=LG City.
It is claimed that the falling off in
internal revenue receipts this year is
partly owing to the failure of the com
crop last year and the consequent small
amount of whisky that was manufac
tured. Still the leading distillers of
Kentucky have decided to make no more
whisky in that state till July 1, 1896.
They have of stock still on hand and
unsold 85,000,000 gallons. Whisky is
not scared; it seems, even though the
in many other things, “the best j com crop did fail last year.
WATSOKT,
The Leading Dry Goods House.
or scarf skin, one above another, each
successive layer' "being larger than the
preceding, so that the whole assumes
the form of a grain of Indian com;
hence ita name. This is constantly press
ing its point upon the sender flesh when
the shoe presses or mbs against it, and
as this cuticle is easily dissolved to a
great extent by the warm water and
soap we can see that bathing is the most
ready and harmless remedy as well as
preventive. —Exchange.
Colombia Elver.
The Columbia river was first called
the Oregano, the Spanish name for the
wild sage that grows on its banks. Whit
ney says that the Spanish name was Ore
gon. “big ear” or ‘‘one that hath large
cars,” an allusion to the custom of the
Indians in that region of stretching their
ears by boring,thepi aa4 crowding them
1 with ornaments. ,
The iron trade is the real index to the
prosperity of all trades. When iron
products are rising in the market and
their sale is brisk, other products are
brisk, too, and prosperity smiles. The
advance in the iron market began the
middle of last May, and it has gone for
ward cheerfully ever since.
A DREAM.
Oh, It was but a dream I had
While the musician played—
And here rhe sky and here the Rla«l
Old ocean kissed the glade.
And hero the laughing ripple* ran.
And here the rosea grew
That threw a kiss to every man
That voyaged with the crow.
Our silken sal la in la*y folds
Drooped In the breathless breexe,
Aa o’er a field of marigold*
Our eyes swam o’er the sea*.
While here the eddies lisped and purled
Around the island’s rim.
And up from out the underwold
We saw the mermen swim.
And It was dawn and middle day
And midnight—for the moon
On silver rounds across the bay
Had climbed the skies of June.
And here the glowing, glorious king
Of day ruled o’er the r**a.lin.
With stars of midnight glittering
About his diadem.
The seagull reeled on languid wing
In circles round the mast:
We heard the songs the sirens sing
As vym went sailing past.
And up'urd down the golden sands
A thousand fairy throngs
FiU-g UT U3 from their dashing hands
The echoes of their songs.
—lames Whitcomb BUey.
FIFTH ANNUAL INVENTORY.
We Close up our Fifth Years Business
On Sept. 1st 1895- As we can count
Money quicker andjto a better advan
tage than goods, we Want the Cash.
GOODS Must IBe SOLD.
Cut prices on all Clothing.
Cut prices on all furnishings.
Cut prices on all Hats.
Cut prices on all trunks and bags.
Cut prices on all shoes except Douglas.
* *« a All goods Cheaper than ev er before in the history of
1 IN r AL 1 Waycross. STRAW HATS one half price. Negligee
Shirts largest stock, low* at prices and best asortment.
Dictators of Fashions and
Controllers of Prices.
Waycross, Ga.‘ ‘ *' i
B. H. LIVY, BRO. & CO
«■ u At the Herald Office.
Tags, tag envelopes, checks, cards, 01
fidal blanks of all kinds, party invita
tions, wedding invitations, fine stationery
for ladies, letter heads, note heads, bill
heads, statements, receipts, iron-clad
notes, check books—in fact, anything
and everything you need in the station
erv line—at the Herald office. tf
The supreme court cf California In
rendered a decision which will hurt
down :I.e corridors of time. It is a < ]
cisicn that could not possibly have b* ‘
given in an eastern state. It is this:
“Poker playing for money, however ob
jectionable in fact, is in the eyes of the
law as innocent as chess or any game
played for recreation, and its votaries
and the places where it is played are not
criminal ”
Whatever «ni« there may bo m tne
cf for lynching a murderer
attvnuj thcro ••criaioly is no jnstifl-
fur lynching on© who is con-
deuirv'd i«> be bunged and on whom the
ooutenra is in a f&v days to be certainly
taerutert. In that case, for outsiders to
take ..<« life is murder, Wi.nlon and un-
ti-ovokrd, and nothing else.
It is mo»;t unfortunate that the Span
ish-American republics have not sense
enough aud intelligence enough to know
wliat is for their own best interests so
far as to unite and form one great coun
try, with one capital and one president.
Then they could bid defiance to the
armies of the world.
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