Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1897, Page 15

e& = CORNER STONE OF HEALTH Effect of Paine’s Celery Compound Upon the Blood and Nerves, = ‘Now is the season to lay the foundation for future health and strength. ‘The corner stones, of good health are complete Gigestion, sound sleép, pure blood and a pepfectly Rourished nervous system. ‘The wonderful success of Paine’s celery compound fm making people well and keeping them so has always been accounted for by physicians by its ex- traordinary power of nourishing and regulating all of these functions. Ix is not strange that so many unsclentifie reme- dies do ue permanent good when they disregard this close interdependence of the nerves and the organs of digestion and circulation, and attend to but one deranged part at the expense of all the rest. ‘The only powsible way that a real lasting gain In strength and vitality can come fs through purer blood, better nourished nerves and tissues, more refreshing sleep and an economy in the expenditure Of nerve force. ‘These are the objective points almed at and at- tained by Paine's celery compound! ‘This remarkable remedy permanently. cures every form of nervous debility, neuralgia, sleeplessness, melancholy, hysterla, headaches, dyspepsia. and heart palpitation. Primarily the nerves, and then every organ governed by them is induced to work Ii @ normal and orderly manner. Mothers should give thelr children Paine’s celery compound now it is spring, instead of some hearsay blcod purifier that can bave no power of correcting an impure state of the blood or regulating 80 com- plieated parts of the body as the brain and nerves. Debility and disease are cured by Paine’s celery compound. It is not in the power of any other remedy to make people so permanently and so com- pletely well as this astonishing merve and brain strergthener and restorer and blood purifier, Paine’s celery compound. One needs simply to give it a trial to be satisfied. PATENT LEATHER TAN SHOES. They Are a Novelty and Dealers Are Wondering if They Will Take. From the New York Sun. ‘The latest development in the light-col- ore® shoe is of a character to puzzle the public as well as the shopkeepers. One dealer told a Sun reporter the other day that he had no idea just what the new style meant. t is something that seems all wrong to * he said, “and we are waiting to see what the people are going to think of it. ‘The new shoe combines the features of an undress and a patent leather shoe as well. is made of the usual tan-colored but is finished with a patent r glaze that makes it shine like the newest sort of black patent leather pumps. When I saw it first it seemed to me that some man had been trying to solve the problem of the combination of tan shoes and the silk hat by inventing something that would seem a little more appropriate to the mer who like this fashion. There is the tan-colored leather, with its suggestion of summer neglige, and the light back- ground as a protection from the dust. Then there Is the shiny glaze to afford some rt of excuse for the connection with the It ilk hat. But I don’t believe that so much analysis prompted the inventor of that novelty. That it was devised for the mere purpose of getting out something new or Iraybe to furnish a permanent shine that costs ten cents whenever it is he unglazed shoe seems the most bable explanation. “The care of light shoes is likely to be ™ore expensive in the end than the ordi- nary black ones, for they promptly show neglect, and everywhere it costs double the price of an ordinary blacking to have them But they have come to stay. There is no doubt about that, and their 1 seems more remarkable after the it took to make them popular. I re r how conspicuous the few men were who ten years ago courageously ven- tured out wearing these light-colored shoes. ‘¢ now generally driven out of use one sort of shoe. That is the black calf low quarter shoe. Comparatively* few nm are made now, and I don't be- at anybody regrets their disappear- They were always inconvenient, of trouble to the bootblack, look after them. ad to year finds no change in the gen- les. The heavy, double-soled tan hat beran to be fashionable about ars ago were made then by only riced shoemakers,, but they are ow, and even the ed to be the ex- ‘se makes, are now in a form that the best work of the expen ive “This spring sees a few of the combined me tan a atent leather dress shoes, which, f all e: s to make them popular remain nothing more than a shop curiosity. These shoes with the pearl buttons, and patent leather led as highly fashionable rs in spite here. in London an 5 y York won't have them. Neither will it take the tan buttoned shoes, which succumbed after a year of trial. They are worn to some extent in London, but they are not the best style, and New Yorkers promptly assigned them to that catalogue of intolerable eventualities that includes the patent leather shoe with white canvas tops and white buttons, the tan leather shoes with some sort of tops and the combined patent leather and tan shoe described above. We rejected all of these. Russia leather is still the most popular for the tan-colored shoes. tee HOW FURS ARE WORN IN RUSSIA. Skins That Are Classed as “Cold Furs” in That Country. ott’ @ contradiction to speak of a * bat that is what the Russians of the wraps that we in America ider verm enough for the The first thing an Ameri- nan has to do when she reac 3 to reconstruct her ideas on the Her beloved sealskin goes far down on the lst. It is one of the “cold furs” that no Russian lady would care to wear 2s a lining—and it is as linings that all furs are worn—becarse It is too tender. The o: thing it fs good for is a short jacket to be worn between seasons, and then must be used entirely for walking. A woman who sets out on foot in that garp must surely return on fcot, for if she took a carriage or sl2dge she would be running a serious risk. The pretty squirrel skin is reckoned among the “cold,” cheap furs, and is given up to the unfashionable world, while the mink, also a “cold” fur, though expensive enough, is used by men only, just as is the pretty mottled skin obtained by piecing sable paws together. The proper furs for the climate are the “downy” furs that, be- ginning at the brown goat, go all the way up to that climax of beauty and luxury, the black fox-or the silver fox, soft and delicate as feathers, and warm as a July day. The kuni is a fur that was used by roy- alty in olden time and was the unit of It is costly when dark, and has a tough light-weight skin, which is an es- sential in all furs that are to be used for large cloaks. Sables, rich and dark, are worn like the kuni, by any one who can afford them—court dames, cavaliers, arch- bishops and merchants, with their wives and daughters. Cloth or velvet is the proper covering for all furs, and the colors worn for driving are often light and gay. Clothed in these furs, the Russian seldom takes cold. Few Russians wear flannels. The houses are kept delightfully warm, and at places of entertainment no extra cloth- ing could be borne. No Russian enters a room, theater or public hall at any season of the year without removing his cloak and overshoes, and no well-trained servant would allow an ignorant foreigner to trifle with his health by so doing. The foreign churches are provided with cloak rooms and attendants. In the Rus- sian churches this would not be practicable, as so many are coming and going, but even here some of the richer people keep a lackey to hold their cloaks, just inside the ertrance. +o+___ SWALLOWED A SPONGE. Process of Laundering a Chicagoan’s Stomach Seen by X Rays. From the Chicago Tribure. With a little machine, which looks like ‘an egg-beater, Dr. Benton B. Turck has performed the feat of laundering the in- side of a man’s stomach at the Post-grad- vate Medical School and by means of the Roentgen ray he at the same time viewed the internal apartment where his Httle de- vice was at work. The operation marks an era of progress in the medical world, as the experiment was the first of its kind made in full view of the operator. One of the largest and most complete Roentgen ray outfits ever produced was furnished to the cotlege for the exp Attached to the end of Dr. Turck’s in- strument, which is called a gyromele, or re- volving sound, was a. flexible cable of spiral eel wire, on the end of which was a small sponge. The cable was inclosed in a rub- ber tube, and this, with the sponge, was swallowed by the patient. The latter, who was stripped to the waist, then stepped before the Roentgen light, ‘the doctor put the fluoroscope to his eyes, and an attend- ant turned the handle of the gyromele. The cable revolved as fast or as slow as was desired, the sponge at the farther end tor viewed the work by locating the me- tallic cable by means of X rays. By pushing or pulling tn the cable the various portions of the inner walls of the stomach were operated upon, and the mat- ter which was gathered in the sponge was then removed for microscepic examination. No nausea or other discomfort was felt by the patient, though he stood before the rays for over an hour while the doctors in attendance, the nurses, the operator of the X-ray ouifit and a newspaper man ex- amined his interior. The Roentgen ray outfit used in the oper- ation is capable of throwing a 14-inch spark of great density and iluminating a very large Crookes tube. By its means it vas not only possible to see the ribs and ‘kbone of the patient, but to view the vibrations of the heart and to outline the liver and kidneys. Dr. Turck is enthusi- astic over the success of the experiment. —- see : A New England Story. Frem the Kansas City Star. A characteristic story is told of a New England man and bis wife, who live very methodically. One evening at exactly 9 o'clock they went to the kitchen to make the final preparations for the night. * said the husband, after a few hev ye wiped the sink dry yit?” Josiah,” ‘she replied; “why do you “Well,” he answered, “I did want a drink, but I guess I'li git along till the morning.” “Marthy moments, “Yes, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1897-16 PAGES. . 15 MAKING CLAY PIPE Primitive Methods That Aro. Still Employed. BUT ONE FACTORY IN THIS COUNTRY Turns Out More Than Half a Million Every Year. AN ABORIGINAL INDUSTRY The humble white clay pipe is attract- ing attention because of the attempt of the American manufacturers to secure leg- islation regulating the importation of Eu- ropean made goods. The only clay pipe factory of note in this country is a one- story affair with a single kiln, located up a side alley in a New York sifburb, hence the special need of governmental logroll- ing may not strike the average person very foreibly. Yet, as over 500,000 pipes are an- nually made in the little shed and as many milliors are imported, it will be seen that the industry is not such a small one after all. The contention is that a revised tariff would broaden and extend it and make it a means of support for many thousands. As it now exists in New York it is perhaps the most picturesque of the still surviving ancient trades. The making of clay pipes was an ab- original industry in this country, and many really artistit specimens made by the In- dians are preserved in our museums and in private collections. The colonists, too, finding the proper material at hand, took to supplying their own wants in the way of pipes, and some very early attempts at clay pipe making are recorded. The abo- riginal pipe was burned in an open fire- place, and so, of course, lacks the chaste appearance of the white man’s “clays,” which are burned in sealed crucibles in a kiln similar to an ordinary pottery kiln. In Vast Numbers. ‘Vast numbers of white clay pipes are an- nually sold here by the agents of the vari- ous European establishments, and with the insignificant duty of about 2 cents per gross, the American makers have of late been able to keep up only because of the low price of labor, which, during the recent depression, has in a degree approached the European scale. Made from material which costs next to nothing, the clay pipes owe their value almost entirely to the labor expended upon them; and when the many e considered it is remarkable can be made at a profit in view of the low price placed upon them. Fully g dozen handlings are required to fashion a pipe from the mass of clay after it has been properly prepared and delivered to the bench. Experience and judgment on the part of him who prepares the clay, and a certain deftness on the part of the artisan who forms the finished product are the qualities requisite in the pipemaker’s staff. The art of making clay pipes has ex- perienced little or no change in centuries. The pipes are still—as they were of old— produced almost entirely by hand. A press is now used to squeeze the molds, but even this appliance is operated by hand. For- merly a screw clamp was employed directly upon the molds, but a lever press has the advantage of speed. ‘ The New Jersey clay which is used in the manufacture of white pipes is of such a fineness that no preparation, other than the “milling” or “pugging’—whien reduces it to a plastic state—is required. Having been “milled,” the clay is next cut into pieces of sufficient bulk to make a pipe. These pieces are then rolled out beneath the palm upon a table until a tai! is drawn out and a knob left at the end; these pieces are thea known as “rolls,” and are Filed in heaps of a dozen cacao, resembling bunches of radishes. The “rolls” are next placed upon boards and left in the sun to ary. When thoroughly dried the “rolls” are soaked in water until a certain temper is obtained; in this condition they aré placed upon the bench, and within con- venient reach of the operator, who is seat- ed by his press. Molding the Clay. ‘Taking one of the rolls in his left hand, the pipe maker inserts a wir2—wnich he holds in his right hand—into the end of the embryo stem, and carefully draws the clay over the wire until the poiat nearly ap- proaches the knob. The whole is then placed between the cast-iron molds and slid into the press at the workman's left. The press itself is a rather crude affair, having two motions—one lateral, the other vertical. The lateral movement squeezes the molds together; the moon from above forces a plug into the open space in the mold, where the bowl is to be formed; by this combined movement the cavity in the bowl is formed and the clay made to fill all parts of the mold. The wire is forced home against the plug within the bewl, the lever released, and the molds with- drawn from the press; both the wire and molds having been previously well lubri- cated with oil, the parts are easily removed from the clay, and the pipe in this stage is subjected to a sun-drying, after which the clay is again soaked to prepare the pipe for the handling necessary to “finish” it | for the kiln. 7 The “finishing” consis‘s—in the case of the common sort of pipes—in merely re- moving the little “spurs” left about the seams in the molds, in straightening the stem, or curving it if a curve is desired, and filling up slight defects. In the finer grades of white clays all the accessible parts are gone over with an agate or glass tool; this is a sort of burnishing process by which the pores of the clay are closed on the outer surface of the pipe, and a hard and glossy appearance is produced. When they are thoroughly dried, the pipes are then placed in “seggars,”” which are made to contain about 200 pipes @ach. The ‘“‘seg- gars” are simply circular boxes made of Soot Peete tet etpeetetetrnnetvdonetoontntotetentnotnenetoteaonetrtvapeteeneietoeenecveeaetntratatetnentdtetinoetvneeasetnetetvtpeeatetneedfetn Second-Hand and Shop-Worn_ ; CYCLES At YOUR OWN FIGURES. We have a small stock of Bicycles, chiefly men’s patterns, taken in exchange for new ’97 RAMBLERS, including VICTORS, WAVERLYS, RAMBLERS, &c., and all in good riding condition, which we wish to turn into cash, and will sell at prices that are merely nominal— From $10.00 up to $22.50. Early purchasers will have quite a variety to choose from, and as the stock is small, we would suggest an immediate inspection of them. We also have a few ’96 medium-grade Bicycles, ENTIRELY NEW, and fully guaranteed for 6 months, at prices that will please and satisfy you. RAMBLERS 5 ang till selling at the popular price, $80.00. Gormully & Jeffery Mfe.Co., 1325-27 14th St.N.W. iain tatters "|THE HENLEY COURSE A Big Baking. The “seggars,” befor’ belf’g placed in the kiln, are hermetically Seale@; the kiln will probably contain about Seventy or eighty seggars, so a day's ing Will perhaps re- sult in about 15,000 pipes.ready for the market. Some few of the pipes are slightly damaged, both in the ring and during the subsequent handling preparatory to ship-" ping. Those that havé yetZan appearance of being nearly whele, bs are merely warped, are sold to tHe shéoting galleries, where they are made to serve as targets for ambitious marksmen. The time actually donsumed by an ex- pert workman in ing @ pipe is about seven seconds; it will, hdéwever, require fully a minute's work, to complete a pipe -~600 pipes being considered as a fair day’s work. A rapid workman will sometimes make six gross a day and even cight gross have been turned out by hands employed in some of the old Scotch factories. In Scotland men only ere employed, and they receive from $6 to $6.50 a week. The Scotch workmen receive 171-2 cents a gross for making pipes, and they are sold here at wholesale in cases of three gross each for $1.36; this includes all charges for duty, shipping and commission. Pipcs are made in Canada by girls, who receive 13 cents per gross; the same rate of wages is paid by the pipemakers of Germany, where children are largely employed. In France good workmen receive from $3 to $3.50 a week. In America men make about $9 a week, being paid at the rate of 28 cents a gross, The pipemakers ask in the proposal for tariff revision merely a return to previously existing conditions, The most familiar form of clay pipe seen here is a plain specimen known as a “T. D.,” so called from the letters T. D. stamped or molded upon the back of the bowl. This class of pipe has been in use for mauy years, certainly for more than one generation. A person making a study of white clays will be amazed at the variety of designs produced. Ev- cry maker has at least a hundred differ- ent molds, and judging from the mold Humbers on some of the productions of the French makers, their designs may run into the thousands. Of course, a pipe- maker will not have all his molds in use at the same time, no matter how large the force of men he may employ.. Smokers’ tastes differ from time to time, and cer- tain designs in pipes are produced for mar- kets having a demand for them. The perfect “clay” is, of course, the long “churchwarden,” which, however, is rot adapted to general use. The ordinary “T. D.”" will probably hold its own so long as the practice of smoking exists; or at least Boron as the “weed” has improvident de- votees. —s KENTUCKY’S TOLL-GATE WAR. The Causes of the General Uprising Against the Pike Companies. Mrs. Orra “Langhorn in Springfield Republican. The shocking state of things disgracing Kentucky ‘in the eyes of the world today is the fault of a few rapacious corporations and a few corrupt politicians working in their interest. The toll-gate system has become extremely burdensome and unpop- ular in the rural districts, and persistent efforts have been made to do away with it. The plan of paying tolls every five miles, 25 cents for a wheeled vehicle with one horse and 50 cents for two horses, works unequally in these times. Possibly it may have been the only method that could have been adopted at an earlier p. riod, when the admirable roads wh make driving a delight in the blue grass region were built. A few illustrations will show how the system works under the changed conditions of today. This beauti- ful and fertile country, little more than a century ago, had only bridle paths or buf- falo trails through the wilderness, with the scattered settlements of the pioneers. It is now a network of towns and villages, famous for its fine horses and fine roads, with the intervening ‘country developing many branches of agricultiire. The pros- perous people in a city like Lexington, which has long been; the center of the horse raising and horse racing region, drive to their heart's conteat without pay. ny for toll, There are toll gates road leading out of the city, two, three and four miles from the one, corporate limits. These cfity folks will drive two miles on ore road, until the come in sight of a foll gase, when they promptly turn and drive, say, four miles in the opposite direction, turning as before when the toll-gate looms in sight. Ha ing followed out this scheme until they are satisfied, doubtless all the time con- gratulating ‘themselves on the excellent public roads contiguous to the city, they return to their homes with the comfortable feeling of him who realizes that he has “gotten something for nothing.” The toil-worn farmer, who lives, per- chance, just beyond the toli-gate, has no such privilege in his use of the highway. He is compelled to go to the nearest town for his mail, to dispose of his produce, to fetch a doctor, and for the many purposes which daily brings country folks to town. Another aspect of the case is that of the small farmer or market gardener who rents the land he tills, and is constantly paying heavy tolls on roads which make the landlord's property more valuable, while he cannot see where his profit comes in. Any stockholder in the turnplxe com- panies can ride on a pass, while his poorer neighbor, not having the benefit of the cor- poration, must pay what seems to him ex- orbitant rates for every hoof and wheel. Persistent efforts to have the system of road taxation changed had at length in- duced the legislature, in spite of the op- posing corporations, to provide for a new plan. This was to leave it to each county to decide the question of abolishing toli- gates by the qualified voters. This was al- together satisfactory to the rural public and also to many disinterested and intelli- gent citizens of the towns. It was at this point that the stockholders of the turn- pikes, by a contemptible quibble, got in their work. Several of the county judges, influenced by the corporations, after the question had been submitted to the people, and the majority had spoken for free turn- pikes, decided that there must be a count of the full voting population of each county. When tried by this test the de- cision was ‘found to be in favor of the stockholders. The corporations were much pleased and the public much disgusted at this result. Were the spirit of justice consulted, the men who persist in maintaining an obnox- fous system after the voice of the people has condemned it, are the real law breakers, and not the men who use violence when they believe all lawful methods have failed. The spirit which in- spired citizens of Boston to throw a cargo of tea into the harbor animates Kentuck- fans today in making raids on toll-gates. Patrick Henry’s words of warning are as applicable to oppressors in the blue grass country at the end of the nineteenth cen- tury as they were to the tyrants who had roused Virginia to fight for ‘liberty or death” in 1776. Let us hope that all the citizens of the great commonwealth which is Virginia's daughter will soon come to a better mind. The cause of irritation once (3 Poo as it must evidently sooner or be alison pte snirit.ot lawlessness wil throughout this beautegus jand. ae ei ___ The Queen tees Smile. From the New York Herald. > Tho tradition that “the, ‘A queen never smiles” is as old in England as her reign. The hundreds of photographs of her maj- esty sold in all parts of the'world invaria- bly show the one exprtksion,, the heaviness Of the face accentuated: by- the pronounced aroup of the long upper Up... But, nevertheless, the queen does smile. A number of years dgo Chi American Oarsmen Who Favor Adopt- ing It. ADVANTAGES OF SUCH A CHANGE Proposed Abolition of Turning Races at the National Regatta. UNIFORMITY [I ee RECORDS ‘The annual meeting of the National As- sociation of Amateur Oarsmen will shortly be held, and it is expected that at the meeting an effort will be made to change the rules regarding the course, making the distance a mile and a half straightaway, instead of the same distance with a turn. The representative of the local clubs on the board of the national association 1s Mr. Claude Zappone, who was elected last year, and whose term of office will last for three years. It is hardly likely that he will be instructed in any way by the local or- ganizations in the matter, and the question will be left to his own option. The sug- gestion recently made by The Star that if the length of the course was changed it would be a good thing to make the distance one and five-sixteenths miles, the length of the course at Henley, England, has met with the hearty approval of recognized leaders in aquatics. F. S. Harris, secretary of the Toronto Rowing Club, of Toronto, Ont., one of the prominent members of the N. A. A. O., has written, as follows, to The Star: “I am strongly in favor of the proposal contained in your article under date of April 13, viz., the adoption of the Henley distance for American and Canadian oars- men. The writer not only favors the adop- tion of the Henley distance, but would also like to see the rules governing regattas in American assimilated, so far as possible, with those governing the Hentey regatta,as through these two mediums we would be enabled to make more accurate compari- sons ef oarsmen, and from comparisons would naturally spring rivalry, and rivalry in turn would create a wider interest. ‘These factors all combined would no doubt promote more international contests, and thus the healthful, ancient and splendid sport of rowing can scarcely fail to be re- vived and stimulated.” James H. Horne, secretary of the Bow- doin College Boating Association, writes: “Bowdoin has during the past few years dropped all interest in boating and has at present no experienced oarsmen in college. Therefore my opinion in regard to the pro- posed change would’ be of no value. It seems to me, though, that in order for Americans to enter the event on equal footing with English oarsmen we ought to adopt the Henley distance.” William Hoover, captain of the Fair- mount Rowing Association of Philadelphia, writes: “In regard to the Henley distance I think myself it would be better than our one and one-half miles,especially on our river, where we have such a long turn. With the Hen- ley distance we would be able to” row straightaway. I also think we would have better and closer races at one and five-six- teenths miles than at our present distance, and I only hope that your proposition will be put to a test.” Oscar Schmidt, for several years secre- tary of the National Association, and a frominent member of the executive com- mittee, writes as follows to The Star: “That the Henley regatta is the greatest of all aquatic events there is no doubt, and if our crws desire to compete with our English cousins they must prepare them- selves under all the conditions which ob- tain at Henley. Even if our crews do not go to compete, the adeption of the Henley Gistance would make comparison of time made over the distance on either side of the Atlantic of great interest to crews and admirers of the sport on both sides of the big_pond. “The adoption of such a course distance as suggested in your editorial would un- doubtedly be another step toward increas- ing the friendly feelings of the two coun- tries in all lines of sport, and this should at all times be fostered. “For the comparisons of records the adop- tion of the distance on this side would be of vast interest, provided all races here are rowed on river courses. I wish to be put on record as having on one occasion several months ago suggested that if turning races are done away with, our local re- gatta races be rowed over a course one mile straightaway. Tnis might be applied to national events as well. There could not under such a condition be a waiting race, but it would be a continuous spurt, a splendid test of skill and strength and snap and for nearly the full distance in plain view of spectators. If the Henley distance is not adopted, it is the hope of many that local races be rowed over a mile straight- away course.” Edward H. Anderson, captain of the Dauntless Rowing Club of New York, writes: “I earnestly trust our national associa- tion will make our distance conform to the English or Henley, as, I think, a universal standard of distance would be beneficial to all and would stimulate our oarsmen to bury their time. The only reason we row one-mile races here is that our course will not permit of a longer distance. As it is, we have to row under a bridge. Keep hammering against turning races, as they are a farce, and all our practical oarsmen here are opposed to them. Why don't you send on a Washington crew on May 31, as the New York people have not seen one of your crews in years?” Rowing AssSclation” of e,qumberiand writes: DS “Your editorial before me. After reading it I am of the same opinion as expressed in your editorial. As there is, as you say, a desire on the part of American oarsmen to win at Henley, We should be familiar with the distance ‘and all other rules that govern the Henley regatta, and the sooner the National Association adopts the Hen- ley course the better chance the American oarsman has of winning abroad.” Pacey H. Aas treasurer of the Na- al Associatio} tonaly nm of Amateur Oarsmen, “I believe the suggestion a good until the national aesaciatice, moptsaaes anent course I can’t se done satisfactorily.” Sow it can te r. Frank Moore, who for several y: has ‘served as captain, of the Analostan Boat Club, is in favor of the adoption of & straightaway course for local races. He holds that much faster time can be made in such events than in one in which a turn has to be made. Many a race has been lost by the failure to skillfully turn a boat. the task being much harder than would be imagined by persons not familiar with In a race where a turn has to be made every small thing counts, and a new much better than an old one, as its sides are stiffer, enabling it to with- stand the pressure of the water better. Mr. Moore is in favor of the English distance for local regattas, because it is impossible to secure a mile and a half straightaway. pict, Smith, com commodore of the Midland lub, ity, wrot emphatically: ™ fe briefly and “Adopt Henley distance by all means.” ge A Little Alligator’s Roamings, From the New York Herald. D. T. Wynne, a twine merchant of New York, returned to his home in Lenox road, Flatbush, Monday from a trip through the south. He brought home a dozen alliga- tors, ranging in size from one to three ard AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THB EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER’'S CASTORIA,” the seme that has borne and does now ~ bear the fac-simile signature of This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which on every wrapper. has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of onthe wrap- Ce f[ite per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. - Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ine gredients of which evemehe does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF eo C4 Insist on Having ' The Kind That Never Failed You ‘THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TY MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK ciTY. FOUND HER IDEAL. The Famous South Dakota Cowgirl Meets Her Hero and Gets Married. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The recent wedding of Myrtle Morrison, the famets Nowlin county girl broncho buster, and Frank Dupree, a part-blood Sioux, created quite a sensation among the aristocracy on the Sioux reservation and in adjacent territory. Miss Morrison is a handsome young cowgirl, noted far and near for her proficiency in the art of horse training. She has had many ad- mirers among the frontier beaux, but al- ways declared that she would never marry anv man who could not ride, shoot and throw a lariat better than she could, and as such men are extremely scarce, it ap- peared probable that Miss Myrtle was! doomed to lead a life of single blessedness. However, last fall, hay being scarce on the upper Bad river range, her father re- | moved his family and stock to Big Plum | creek, a tributary of the Cheyenne river. | Here Myrtle first made the acquaintance of the good-looking daring young half-breed who has since become her hushand. Frank Dupree is a splendid horseman, a thorough cowhand, and apoarently devol: of fear. The Duprees are among t wealthiest stockmen in the state, count- ing their cattle by the thousand, and Frank, like many other half-bloods in that sec- tion, has received a very fair education. Still, Myrtle was not much attracted to- ward the swarth: ‘outh wntil one day they happened to be riding together, and came in sights of a herd of sixty or seventy buffalo, which the Dupree family have raised on their own range from a few calves caught years ago, when buffalo meat was the principal article of diet for the entire Sioux nation. Although this herd is kept frcm strayirg far from the home ranch by “Old Man” Dupree’s cowboy they are fully as wild as their ancestors who once blackened the prairie west of Chamberlain with their shaggy bodies. The young couple rode up quite close to the herd before the animals were aware of their presence, and Frank,-in a spirit of bravado, urged his broncho alongside of a huge bull buffalo and sprang from his sad- dle to the animal's back. In an instant the herd was stampeding madly across the prairie, with the old bull leading the van. Dupree’s foolhardiness had placed him in an extremely dangerous predica- ment. If he jumped or fell from the buf- falo's back he would certainly be tram- pled to death by the pursuing herd, and if he retained Nis seat until the animal became tired and sulky it was equally cer- tain that the brute would make a furious assault upon him the moment he dismount- ed. So all he could do was to cling to the animal's back and await an opportunity | to escape. But it-was not until the her@ had run fully two miles that he saw the least chance of leaving the back of his novel steed and escaping alive. Fortune at last favored him, and the animal ran for some distance along a deep, narrow wash- out with almcst perpendicular sides reach- ing to a height of fully twenty feet. Here Frank sprang from his seat and slid down the bank of the depression just in time to escape being trampled upon by the closely following herd. Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her com- panion’s horse and was hurrying after the rapidly retreating buffalo. She reached the spot where Frank had dismounted just as he was climbing, dirty and bedraggled, to the top of the ravine. The cowboy did not feel very proud of his exploit, but, nevertheless, the little episode had touched 8. tender spot in the girl’s heart, and a short time ago the bells of the Cherry Creek Mission Church announced the wed- ding of this typical frontier couple. ——__—_$_<so THE BANKER’S BLUFF. How He Stopped a Run and Made His Depositors Feel Happy. From the Detroit Free Press, “Did you ever realize that there is skill to be exercised in the making of an effec- tive bluff. Nearly every man in a pinch ts anxious to frighten the opposition, but everything depends upon the way in which it is done.” This was the philosophy of the retired banker, and a story went with it. “In one of the Colorado towns that has since become a city I was running a private bank and there was anether institution of the same kind in the place. 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