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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
WoMAN,s WORK AND PAY.
How Production Is Produced Mt the Ex-
pense Of Human Flesh aud Blood.

How Production Is Produced Mt the Ex-
pense of Human Flesh and Blood.
cit is not true" said a well known
woman engaged in the amelioration of
the condition of women, ''that steam
power applied to sewing machines les
sens the labor of the operatives. 1t
merely increases production. When foot
power was used the operator could rest,
in a measure, by working " a slower
pace. With steam power No such lati-
tude is possible. 1t is a continual drive
to keep up. A half hour is allowed for
lunch. Occasionally three OF four min
utes are allowed absence by permission
from the ROOM. but a minute oven this
time brings its fine, The contractors for
cheap work give out the finishing of
coats by the dozen for four cents each.
The finishing Of a coat is understood to
mean everything but the machine work.
A mother and daughter, coat iinishers,
by working fourteen hours a day were
able TO finish a dozen each. That is to
say, twenty-eight hours labor earned
ninety-six cents. This is a good record
for such work.
''Coat fnishers," continued the re-
former, 'for such goods as are sold by the
larger Broadway houses, receive eighteen
TO thirty-five cents, How neatly and
carefully such work is done the wearers
of these coats know. II would be a very
expert worker that could finish more
than two of these coats in an ordinary
days labor.
Goat finishing is done under contract.
It is nrhaps fair to the larger well estab-
lished houses to believe that they do not
know the conditions under which it is
done nor the prlcespaid. The contractor
is indeed employed to spare them thought
and annoyance in the matter. Here is a
specimen case-seventeen men and wo-
men are huddled in a small room. There
is a roaring fire for the irons. The room
reeks with heat and the steaming odors
from the workers. These, on account Of
the heat, are scarcely decently clad. The
opportunities for breeding disease and in
fecting the garments are limitlcss. II is
not only tn cheap shops who ~endanger
the public health.
"a woman. for making a pair Of cheap
trousers, receives nine cents a piece, the
usual price. By working all day and
into the night she can make two pairs.
On the eighteen cents a day she earns she
supports herself and four little children,
for she is a widow. Fully one.third of
the working women Of this city are out
Of employment. From day TO day they
watch and follow the weary trail Of the
advertisements in the newspapers. Such
are the changing conditions of labor that
women who used to earn from $l5 to flS
a week as feather curriers' can now make
but from $40 to Sl2 a week. The same
rate Of decrease is seen in other trades"
New York Evening Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
New Work for Young Women.

The very latest occupation for young
women who have been ~delicately reared,
but who are compelled by changes in the
mill wheel Of life TO earn a livelihood, is
to clean bric.a-brac in the great mansions
Of New York. They are called bric-a-
brac cleaners, and have brushes made
expressly for their duties. Not every
young woman can become expert at the
business. 1t requires a delicate touch,
the greatest care in handling the treas
ures, and the knowledge how tastefully
TO arrange the dainty ornaments in way
that is most pleasing to the owners. The
work is refined, and just such rs a re-
fined young woman would hke.-New
York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Highway Postal Locomotives.

In the south Of France the government
postal service is supplemented by the
s'wagon post of private contractors,
who employ .many hundred horses in
conveying small parcels from town TO
town, even along the railway lines. This
business has become so extensive that
several road locomotives have been or
dered for it, and are proving very salts
factory. Two Of these machines are
running between towns seventy miles
apart, each making the trip one way
nightly at a speed Of eight miles IN hour.
Part of the road is very billy, with long
gradients up to as much as one in eleven
The locomotive, with coal and water,
weighs fifteen tons, and the loaded
wagon from seven to ten tons, making
the average weight of the train twenty
three tons. At l75 pounds pressure the
engines give about twelve horse power,
and with fair roads use about half a ton
of fuel for the round trip of 40 miles.
These engines have been running over
six months without interruption.-Ar-
kansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Cloth Made Non.IpnammabIe.

The usefulness Of tungsGlte Of soda in
imparting the quality Of non-inilamma-
bility 10 various materials is 20 largely
utilized. Cloth, when soaked in a solu-
ton Of this kind, say Of 20 per cent, and
allowed 10 dry, will not burst into n flame
when brought into contact with the fire,
the simple effect of the latter being to
cause the cloth to slowly carbonize or
smolder. In preparing linen and light
muslin garments in this manner the solu-
A., ton is usually mixed with the starch, and
the addition Of about 3 per cent. of phos-
phAte of soda to the tungstate is also said
to be an improvement. Wood a be
treated in a similar manner, but II Is
rather an expensive process when under
taken on q considerable scale, and rs IL
does not render the wood really incom-
bustible, is not important.-New York
Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Chinese Gamblers, superstItion..

Chinese gamblers are more supersti-
tious than the mass Of their countrymen.
All colors, save white, are carefully
avoided by the owners in the walls and
decorations of their gambling rooms.
White, the color of mourning and of the
robes worn by the spirits of the dead,
always considered iuauspicious, is as
ISOLATED with the idea of losing money,
and is believed to bring bad fortune to
their patrons, with corresponding gains
to themselves. Even the inscriptions to
the t~utelary gods are always written upon
white paper, and white candles are
burned before his shrine instead OF the
red ones ordinarily used. Gamblers on
their way to play fan tan will turn back
if any one jostles them or they happen to
come in contact with any obstruction. II
a players hand encounters another's as
he LAYS his stake on the table he will not
put his money O the number toward
which he was reaching.
Gamblers refrain from reading books
before playing, and books are not re-
garded with favor in gambling houses
from the word ''she" book sounding
like "sEe" Ito lose money. All inau-
spicious words are avoided. Thus the
almanac. Hung She" is always called
''Gut sing through unwillingness to
utter the ominous "she." This book is
Of daily use among gamblers. for in its
calendar of lucky and unlucky days there
is special mention Of the days favorable
for playing and, besides, it always con-
tains a dream book. and they attach
much Importance to the Interpretation Of
dreams.-New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
A Dentists Testimony.

"What has been your experience, doc
tor, as to the effect of gas upon your dif-
fsrent patientsy' asked a gentleman OF n
well known dentist in this city. II have
invariably found, " responded the doctor,
"tbat If the parties p~artaking are profess
sional people they will in their uncon-
scious state call out things that relate TO
their profession. For instance, not a
great while ago, n celebrated baritone OF
one OF our opera companies, while under
the influence, sung two or three bars OF
his part, andngain one Of II auctioneers,
while in the same state, shouted that II
the people did not bid any faster bids
would be closed. This You will find Is
the usual case with all, and IL you have
any secret you wish TO keep steer clear Of
the gas or you viii surely betray IT,
Philadelphia Call.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Durability Of Roman Buildings.

A proof of the remarkable durability
of Roman buildings was found in the re-
sistance offered by the foundations of the
pillars on which the bridge rested which
led from the Roman settlement of Ma
guntia modern Mainzl over to the river
to the right or eastern Dank Of the Rhine.
There were fourteen stumps of pillars
under the water, resting upon piles sur
rounded by beds Of stone to prevent I'M
dermining by the current. The wood
work had been destroyed to a depth of
not more than an i'ch, or an inch and q
half, and having been taken out aud
dried it was fourd unusually hard and
well adapted to line furniture. The ex-
pense of removing these pillars was Sl5,-
900, or nearly 81, 100 each, on account
of the great amount Of time and labor
that had 10 be spent on them.-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
A PLAY In Prison,

'0f all the experiences I ever had"
remarked Annie Russell, ''the most
singular was when / was a child playing
in a Juvenile 'Pinafor-' company. We
were to give a performance on Christmas
day in Auburn ~penitentisry before the
convicts. | shall never forget the feel
ing that came over me as | passed
through those ~frowning gates. We
dressed behind screens on an improvised
stage, and while we were 50 occupied We
heard the wardens speaking TO and ar
ranging the prisoners. / had never be-
fore heard human beings spoken TO so
roughly. When | came out upon the
stage and saw that sea Of faces, many of
the most repulsiye type, and knew that
nearly every crime had its representative
there, l could scarcely go on. At first
their laughter was terrifying. II was
so coarse il seemed bestial rather than
human. But little by little the charm Of
the music and the sight Of the fresh
young faces softencd them. They quieted
down, till from their behavior ore could
scarcely have told them from an ordinary
audience. And at hist | saw many weep
ing and some sobbing almost couyul-
sively. II was a wonderful experience,
and | do not regret having known it, but
| do not think anything could tempt Inc
10 go through it again."-Ncw York
Tribune,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Singular Use Of Photography.

Kosmos announces O singular adapta-
ton of photography. 1t is well known
that under the microscope steel Is found
to be an agglomeraiion Of crystals. and
that upon tho difference in these crystals
the quality Of the steel can he more or
less determined. NJ. Wedding, 10 make
the observation more complete, heated
steel 10 whiteness, and as the use Of the
microscope under such circumstances
was impossible, he photographed the
metal and subjected the negative 10
microscopic examination. i Photographic
News,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Per,Ion Traa,s orranI,atIons,

There are no trades unions in Persia,
hut there is something which suggests it
in the partial system Of guilds and APP
Penticeships, although this is by no
means universal, not distinctly organized
and formulated. For example, the mer-
chants or large traders Of Teheran rep
resent a body that has a head called the
Malsk-i-Tojah, a man Of wealth and
ability, who in cases Of need represents
their cause before the shsh.-Detroit
Tribune Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Teak Wood BscomInr fashionable.

The teak wood is much admired and
fast becoming fashionable, but il cannot
be made common, as it is both expensive
and difficult TO obtain. II comes from
India, or rather goes from India Il
Japan and China, where it is carved.
The wood is light in color, but it is some
times stained or dyed, and it is this kind
that we generally see in this country.
The open worked patterns are particu-
larry effective as doors and decorative
mantels. There are only two direct i'm
porters of it in New York, although it is
to be had at many furniture dealers, who
receive it through the French markets in
small quantities. 1t may be interesting
to know that q small pedestal costs Sos
and a handsome carved chiffonier 81, 600.
New York Press Every Day Talk"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
A FACE.

Hope has a tender daybreak in her eyes,
That casts a happy morning on her way.
Her face-it is an image OF the day,
A pure and sunny as the summer skies;
And when she smiles a halo round her lies,
Whose light seems born Of heavens most holy
ray.
Her lips are sweet rs dainty flowers In May,
Yet wear a th0ughtfulneSs that makes them wise.
Oh. shining face. God bless the everywhere;
A little sun by day, by night a star,
To bring bright cheer where pain and sorrow
are.
God keep thy gentle forehead free from care,
Thine eyes keep ever from the mist of tears,
To smile a lasting sunshine on thy years.
Ernest W. Shurtleff In Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
An Over Anxious wife.

Wife (whose husband, realizing the
need of exercise, has bought q bioycle)-
I shall be so anxious, John, Gear, until
you have learned 30 ride il well.
Husband dondly)-Don't get nervous,
foolish little one. / shall be very careful.
Wife-You must, indeed, John; re-
member that the bicycle cost over 500.
The Epoch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
Hard study Not Unhealthy.

Hard study is by no means the un-
healthy factor in college life which it is
popularity supposed 10 he. Professor
Pierce, Of Harvard, publishes some tables
in the last %triennial catalogue which
clearly establish the fact that the excess
OF deaths during the first ten years after
graduation is found in the class Of stu
dents whose scholastic work and attain
ments were below the average, Even
ignoramuses are not necessarily the
hcalthiost or the longest liyed.-Chicago
Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01

It's better for de 'jority o. men ter
say in de place whar ds blong. Do
dswberry vine doan grow 80 long after
4 b lifted erbove de groun'
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
E~ngravers' Wages.

An engraver on brass usually gets O
salary Of $4,000 a year and an engraver
On steel about the same, according to an
oxpert.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01

IL is n growing custom in Germany TO
place Christmas trees on the graves Of
children. On many Of them ARE burn
ing tapers and rich decorations.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01

According 30 the most recent carefully
prpared estimate Of the population OF
chis country, IL is placed ut so, 523 ,597.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01

He who builds according 30 every mans
sdyice win live In a very crooked house.
Danish Proyerh
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-01
LIEBIG & CO..

The European Medical staff and Special Surgeons
and Physicians Of the liebig World Dispensar
and international Surgical lnstisite.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Manning Times has been purchased
by Prof, S. A. Nettles.
The cotton receipts at Newberry since
Sept. l are II ,773 bales
A telegraph line is TO be put up between
BuckSvile and Conway.
Work on the new Presbyterian church at
Abbeville is progressing slowly.
The new Methodist Church at Abbevlle
is almost ready for occupation.
Twelve negroes left Newberry one day
last week for Little Rock, Ark.
There is already talk of having normal
school at Walhalla next summer.
George T. Read of Chappell's, this year
made ninety bales of cotton on eighty-fiVe
acres.
An effort is now being made to form
poultry association for Spartanburg
county.
The dwelling of DIR. j. j. Buster, of
Mount Willing, was burned few days ago
No insurance.
AT the Orangeberg Court THURSDAY,
John A. Bird was acquitted of the charge
of murder in killing Frank b. Johnson
The Mapleton Cotton Mills, the only
manufacturing enterprise in Abbeville
county, are increasing their capital stock.
The cotton house and store room of T. j.
Oliver, of Darlington county, were DESTROYED
by fire on the night of Jan. IL. No insur-
ance.
There is a movement on foot to reorgan-
ize the Columbia Flying Artillery, which
has been i'll a dormant state for the last
year.
The old Bush residence near Ellenton has
been destroyed by fire. 1t was one of the
largest residences in that section of the
State.
All the granite to be used in repairing the
Abbeville court house has been delivered.
Work on the building will soon be com
menced.
The barn, stable, two mules and one horse
of Mr.. A. A. Barron, of Clay Hill, in
York county, were burned on the night of
Jan. 8. No insurance
1t is rumored that telephone line will
be established at an early day from Walter
boro to Green Pond, independent of the
telegraph line now in operation.
Albert Smith colored) was killed at
Gowdy's store, in Williamsburg county, on
Jan. Z, by the accidental discharge of q pis-
tol in the hands Of j. j. Gowdy.
Mr.. Joseph Herndon, of York county,
has raised the mammoth turnip of the sea-
son. 1t measures , feet inches in clrcum-
ference and weighing seven pounds
While D. X. Price, of Lancaster, was
showing an unloaded pistol TO James and
John McMullen the other day, it was dis
charged and John McMullen was killed
DR.. James Evans, of Florence, has been
appointed TO fill the vacancy in the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Board of
Health caused by the death of Dr. +. +.
Gary.
The Governor has accepted the resgna-
ton of S. G. Upper as a harbor commits
sioner for Charleston, and has appointed
Kirby Upper TO fill the vacancy thus
caused.
Robert Norman, of Newberry county, a
few days ago shot "a colored man while in a
dispute about the collection of some rent
due Mr.. Norman. The wound is not at
all serious.
Several days ago w. j. Blaczman, a
farmer living near Chesterfield, was beaten
into insen Utility by unknown robbers, who
then secured $1,000 in gold from his safe.
a bag containing $4,000 in gold was over
looked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16

Villa Rica Gold Leaf: Mr.. Tom Brag
who lives three miles from Villa Rica, near
Pine mountain relates the following He
says for some time past, something or some
body has been calling at his gate, but on 20
ing out TO see who was there, no one could
be seen. Mr.. Brag has boy II or II years
Old that says n few days ago a strange look
ing person came up to him and told him he
had pretty for him, and if he would go
with him to an apple tree he would give it
TO him. He says when he got there this
man had a little red box, and told him il
had 5000 in it, and if he, the boy, would dig
under the apple tree he would
find it; then if he would meet
him over beyond James Traps,
he would show him where he could get
$1,000, and further charged the boy not 10
let his father or brothers have any Of the
money, if lie did they would get drunk, The
boy seems of common intelligence, He says
that the man that appeared 10 him.had glass
eyes and a death look The boy is digging
for the money and says he has found fire
Goals and expects TO find the money soon.
Could Il boy make up such a story, or is he
partly crazed, Or did he see the ghost of some
hidden treasurer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16

Martin is to have new church Dullng.
Straw hats are being worn by men at DE
Leon Springs.
The Epscopaians of Fort Myers organ
lied a Sunday school yesterday.
Arrangements are being made to com
mence work on new school building at
Live Oak.
Several loads Of piping for the gas works
were distributed around the square at
Gainesville Friday
Scion Long, who started in the grocery
business at Ocala some time ago, has mys-
teriously disappeared.
j. Z. Boynton sold his ten-acre orange
grove near Ocala last week for $4,000 TO
an English gentleman.
The General Secretary of the National
Society Of Christian Endeavor will be in
Gainesville about Jan. 81.
1t appears that the cigar factory for Pa
latka IS nearer being realized than was
supposed. A beginning with 200 hands is
quite likely to be made in a short while.
A well-flled general store promises to be
another attraction at HarbOr View Above
the store will be a good sized hall 20x40 feet
ever ready for the use of public gatherings.
Large quantities of cedar pencil wood are
constantly arriving at Cedar Key by rail.
Over 800 stick containing about 10 cubic
az
to the mill.
1t is rumored that the new market house
at Ocala, when completed will cost $500
more than it was intended, and that an
other assessment will be made on the tax
payers to fill up the deficiency.
At Gainesville Friday young lad was
wheeling wheelbarrow on which was a
woman whose limbs and features were
emaciated and badly deformed. They are
from Hamilton county, and the family is
now living at Gainesville. The cause ofthe
defOrmty was scrofula.
Jesse N. Stephens. of Suwannee county,
and w w. Hankins, of Lafayette county,
have made a trade involving about $4,000,
by exchanging lands and tenementS, cattle,
hogs wagons, and every other appurtenance,
and Mr. Stephens becomes a citizen of
Lafayette county and Mr.. Hawkins citizen
of Suwannee.
Under date of Jan. 10 the Grand Island,
Fla, correspondent of the NEWS writes as
follows: The truck farmers in this section
have brilliant prospects for the year. The
cold weather has done no damage to the
crops, and unless there is a very severe
cold spell they will be safe and will Toe ship
ping tomatoes by Feb ]. There will be an
immense crop of tomatoes, beans and cab
bage. The election for county seat takes
place next Tuesday and a lively time is ex-
pected. IaVareS IS making Dltter hight
for it, and Leesburgh, Eustis and Fort
Mason are still in the race. If it is not
decided in the next election the contest will
probably narrow down to Tavares and Fort
Mason A small English colony is expected
here next week. Not many of the farmers
viii attend the SUB Tropical Exposition. as
they are too busy. Our railroad and mail
facilities are very irregular. Bishop Dubs,
of the Evangelical Church of America, is
vic ole IA
Dutel, of Pennsylvania. The Kelly House
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