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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

that here, at least, the sexes can com.
pete OF terms of perfect equality. Yet,
again, as matter Of plain fact, are
the services of lady doctors much in
request with their own sex-nay, even
in those branches of the therapeutic
art dealing with specially feminine all.
ments? Moreover, If the advanced
woman's theory of exact professional
equality and Indifference as to sex is
to be maintained, why should any bar.
rier suggest itself to the consultation
of medical women by men, any more
than now exists to the calling in by
women OF the male practitioner? But
is there no such barrier? Surely the
mere statement of the case disposes Of
the parity argument.
We have heard of a man here and
there resorting to lady experts in mas
sage, but that men should go to women
doctors and lay bare their bodily symp-
toms in the same way as women have
done from time immemorial to their
male medical advisers, would be pro-
cedufe repugnant on both sides, and
senot convenient for obvious reasons.
Here, then, while admitting that a
sprinkling Of females may, perhaps,
usefully find their mission in obtain
ing employment as doctors among O
limited number of their own sex, We
are brought face to face with the eter-
nal and immutable disparity Of sex.
The Scottish Review.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
JULY CROP CONDITIONS.
The Lowest Cotton Average Ever Reported
---Other Crop Conditions.

The Lowest Cotton Average Ever Reported
---Other Crop Conditions.
The August report of the statistician OF the
Department of Agriculture shows reduc-
ton in the condition of cotton during the
month of July from SO. to 77.9, or A points.
This is the lowest average for August ever
reported, being half point lower than the
average for August. 1888 The reason
for low condition generally given py corre-
spondents is excessive moisture, though IN
South Carolina drought seems to be the
principal cause Of injury. There is much
complaint Of grass, and not a little OF rust,
blight worms, and insect enemies OF the
plant. The State averages OF condition are:
Virginia, 81; North Carolina. "a; South Caro-
lima, 81; Georgia, 81; Florida, 90; Alabama,
81: Mississippi SO; Louisiana, II; Texas, IL;
Arkansas, 30; Tennessee, 80.
The returns show an improvement in the
condition of corn about three points during
the month Of July. or from 99.3 to 1925.
The condition of spring wheat has fallen
since last report 6.3 points, being 95.9, against
1922 for the month Of July.
The condition of oats has advanced 1.3
points since last report, being S4.5: against
S32 July /.
Spring rye condition is 81, against II in
July last. Barley has fallen to 87.2 from
91.9 in July; tobacco to 92.7. against
85.9 at that date, and 74.9 in August,
1894 Rice is &.1; last year. III;
apples, 71.2, against A last year;
peaches S3.3, against 22.3 last year; buck
wheat has an acreage Of 96.5 per cent. OF last
year and condition $50. Area under nay
91.5 per cent. of 1894; condition OF timothy
69.9, against 1916 last year; product OF clover
66.7, against 72.1. and quality Of clover S7.3
against 9O.2 year ago. Condition Of
pasture IT'S, last year &C. Irish potatoes,
condition ST., fall OF nearly a points from
OF & In July
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
TIE WOMAN DOCTOR.

The woman doctor is already an ac-
complished fact, but as yet she has ap-
parently made no considerable way in
public favor. It may be contended
that there is something in the art OF
healing in accord with the primary
instincts of woman's nature. But if
we look closer into the subject, it will
be seen that there is more than mere
prejudice and long-establisned custom
to account for the exclusion Of the
female sex in the past from the prac-
tice Of this calling. Have women the
calmness of nerve-the aplomb, so to
say-the steadiness of hand and pulse
for the work of the surgeon? Is il
possible to suppose that a non-abnor'
mal woman, with her more highly
strung constitutional sensihility, could
amputate limb with the same imper,
turbability that We should look for IN
the male operator?
10 this itmay be replied that, grant
ing a certain daawback to women by
reason of sex in the matter of surgical
ex ,ertness, the case is different with
the "metier" of the physician, anc
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
THE mission NASSACRES.
Detailed Account Of the Butchery Of
Christians in China.
THRILLING TALES BY SURVIVORS

Only One American, Miss Mabel c. Hart
ford, Was Hurt, But Nine British Sub
jects Were Brutally Knled---Many
Wounded and Much Property Destroyed
Families Perpetrated the Atrocities.
DR.. Gregory. al American missionary, who
escaped from Kucheng. China, gives the fol-
lowing account of the massacre there to the
representative of the New York World in
Foochow:
eat 1230 D. m on Thursday. August 1, o
native Christian rushed into my study. say
ing that several Of the foreign ladies at
HwasanG, q mountain resort four puo (a5out
twelve miles) from tha city OF hucheng, ha d
been killed that morning, and that two
houses had been burned. Fifteen minutes
Inter note from Mr.. Phillips confirmed this
H3 wrote that five ladies were dead. the
StewartS were missing and four persons were
seriously wounded. He expressed the hope
that 1 was then on my way to Hwasang.
'Iimmcdiately went into the Yamen, where
hundreds Of excited natives had already
gathered, and requested the district maSlS-
trate, UonS. to send some soldiers at once to
HwasanS to protect those still living. In
half IN hour the magistrate went to Hwasang
under an escort Of about sixty soldiers.
''At 3p. m left Kucheng City under an
escort Of thirteen soldiers, arriving at Hwa-
sang at s p. m. to lind that nine adults, all
British subjects. had been murdered, and
that all those still alive at Hwasans-eiSht
only-had been more or less severely injured,
excepting Mr.. Phillips, who arrived there
only two or three days before, and was lodS-
ing at native house some distance from the
English cottages
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

II DELAYED in leaving Kucheng. owing to
+he fact that the coolies refused to carry
chairs. On nv arrival set to work to make
the inurei as comfortable Us possible.
sMiss Mabel c. Hartford. Of the Methodist
Mission, the only American rrsluln2 In
uwasanS at the time. who was living IN q
small native house some twenty rodS rom
the English cottages, was attacked pE one
assassin armed with n trident. she recelVeI
p slight cut in the lob" Of the right ear, was
thrown to the ground, beaten about the
lower cytrrm,ties and tho body. While the
murderer was engaged in this attack Il ser
want crapplel with the assaiant, and during
the struggle Miss Hartford escaped.
COZ those killed outright Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart. Nellie Saunders and Lena PeI!oW,
an Irish nurse, wcra almost wholly lncin-
erated in the burned house. IL I'LL proba5li-
ity they were murdered before the house
burned.
This frightful mass aero was done by mcm-
bers Of the secret society known as the FcSe-
tarians. who have been causing much trouole
alike to Christians and heattcns IN aud
around Kucheng City.
From various reports Of those wno saw
tho attack, believe that about eighty men
wc-o engaged They were armed With
spears and swords, and seemed strongly or
sttDlIttl '.tl'ttI puV SIliSI iN'tr'-A-
The attack came like 4 thunderho't out
Of a clear sky, not one Of the victims having
the slightest intimation of tho intcntion to
assault them. Thirty minutes from the time
the onslaught commenced not a nSie EeSe.
taran was to be seen near the grounds Of
the massacre.
Miss Codinston tells me that the ladies
were first seized and told that they were tc
be bound and taken away into captivity. Al
forwards several faint-hearted attempts were
made to kill them when they pleaded fol
their lives. Atthis time the leader appeared
upon the scene and noting the waverinS
ofthe gang. shouted out to them: You know
your orders. Kill them outright. These
orders were at once obeyed.
cit is obvious to all who havo given tn
matter much thought that China has been en-
couraced to continue to be slack in caring
for foreigners lives and property within he
territory by the fact that heretofore none,
indemnity has been accepted as the price
foreign blood split by Inurdurous subjects.
"Just as long as the foreign Powers ore
satisfied with such settlement Of this wan
ton. barbarous destruction OF life, Just g.
long will China fail to govern her people a
she should govern them in this enlightene'
century. ). ). GREGORY.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
MODELS WHO DISPLAY CLOTHES.

There are hundreds of young wo-
men in New York City who make their
living as models; one authority SAYS
that there are more than thousand ;
which estimate leads to the conclusion
that good looks are not scarce in the
island of Manhattan, for these young
women owe success entirely to their
fine physique. The models here al
luded to are not those who Sit to ar
fists, and whose charms are trans
ferred to canvas, but those who try
on suits, silk waists, jackets, cloaks
and capes for the benefit of the Gus
toners in the stores and dressmaking
establishments.
The more exclusive and expensive
of the uptown women's tailors all en-
ploy models to display their gowns.
The best firms in the shopping dis
tricts have them, but the great major
ity of models find occupation in the
big wholesale houses in middle and
lower Broadway, number of firms IN
that vicinity employing as many as 6
dozen the whole year round. The av
erage downtown model is paid from
S12 to SIS q week, but an unusually
pleasing subject may command as higE
IS SIS. Those in the big retail estab
lishments who combine the Office o
q model with that of saleswoman ge
500.
The available model must measure
thirty-six inches about the bust ane
twenty-three or twenty-four aroun'
the waist, her height being IN proper
tion. the trying on Of gowns AM
cloaks for women built on a less lib
eral plan being intrusted to tn
misses models; that is, to unforme'
girls fourteen to fifteen years DID,
New York Tribune.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
met BY man with a trident spear, vi

yelled:
"'Here is a foreign woman
SHE pointed the spear at my chest. I
twisted it to one side and it just grazed my
ear and head. He threw me to the ground
and beat me with the wooden end OF the
spear servant came and wrenched the
spear away. then told me to run.
~ jumped down the embankment ard ran
along the road. A servant came and pulled
me along until got up on the side of the
hill. l then lay down there to get more
breath. After resting twice I reached q Sc
cluded spo: and lay there.
"All this time the yells went on and two
houses were burning to the ground. After 4
while the yells stopped. supposed the Veg
etarians had gone away. A servant went 10
see how matters were. He returned in half
an hour, telling me to come home, that five
ladies Of the English Mission had been
killed and some had been wounded, but that
my house-a rented native house-had not
been troubled at all.
s'I went home to find Miss Codrington
much cut about the head and beaten all
over: Mildred Stewart. twelve years old,
with knee cut and bleeding very hard; Her
bert Stewart, six years old. cut on the head
and almost dead; Baby Stewart, with ono
eye black and swollen; the second Steward
girl, Kathleen. eleven years old, with tho
second boy, Evan. three years old, were
beaten and pierced with a spear, but not
seriously injured The boy vomitted ali
day, but we thought it was from fright
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

nomination came to the younger Gar
field on July 2, anniversary OF the date
on which his father, fourteen years
ago, was shot down by Guiteau. There
is however, no coincidence in the
financial condition of the father and
son at the time Of their respective
nominations, The "Jim" Garfield OF
1859 was poor. His wife was poor
also, but both were well educated,
and both brave in the battle OF life
The "Jim" Garfield who is enter.
ing politics in 1895 is really a rich
man. The generosity Of the nation
made his mother one of the richest
women OF the Western Reserve, and
young Jim" married the daughter
ef eeffaaHnaited niEslfnfF5an fPFFSln Ffaala tReO f@as!
Young Jim is also 8 graduate OF
the Columbia Law School, though ne
was admitted by examination 70
practice before the Supreme Court
Of Ohio.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
MONUMENT ERECTED By UNITED STATES b
TWEEN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.

monument is on the top of a knoll and
can be plainly seen from the car win
dows, so that travellers who know what
it is may know the moment in which
they pass from one State into the
other.
This monument was placed where it
is in 1873, the year of the first Gov
ernment survey. It is of cast iron.
about six feet high, twelve inches
square al the base and six inches at
the top. In shape it is like an Egypt
ian obelisk. On one side in raised
letters is the word california;" on
the other, "Nevada. On the side
next the railroad track it says: "1S72.
Longitude 120 deg. west of Green
wich. A. w. Won Schmidt, q. S. as
trono mer and surveyor" On the op,
posite side it says: "Oregon, l74
miles and forty-four chains" "
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
A Fight Between Circus Elephants.

"Alany men in Barnum's show re-
member tie fight between Dick end
Dunk, two big elephants who got into
On engagement some SIX years ago IN
the old Madison Square Garden" said
m old circus man. ''Dunk went mad
with almost no warning. and tearing
loose from his fastenings started at his
old enemy Dick. Both elephants
stood game, and with shrieks Of rage
dashed at each other again and again.
swinging down their trunks with the
force of falling trees and digging
their tusks into each others flanks.
For half an hour the keepers were un-
able to get them apart, for prods anal
hooks were unavailing against their
blind rage, and it would have meant
certain death for an attendant to have
ventured between them. Those who
saw the fight say that the elephants
charged at each other like bulls, rush
ing together at full speed, their big
heads striking with shock that was
felt throughout the building. Dunk
knocked his adversary down several
times, and it was only when he had
gained decisive advantage in the
struggle that the keepers were able to
lead away the discounted and badly
injured Dick. Then. with much diff
Guilty, the mad elephant was secured
with chains, and later transferred to
the Smithsonian Geological Garden,
his temper being too violent to allow
his remaining with the circus. New
York Sun.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
HEROIC LITTLE WOMAN.

If there is heroic little woman in
this country, one Of whom every
American should feel proud, it is Mrs.
Josephine D. Peary, wife of Lieuten-
mt Peary, the Arctic explorer, and
also first class Arctic explorer in her
own right. She bad terrifying ex-
perience in the icy lstitudes of the far
North not so long ago, but is now
making ready to try another voyage.
She is also raising the funds where
with TO equip the ship with which to
rescue or aid her husband, who seems
to be icebound far up in North Green
land. She has already lectured before
large audiences and raised goodly
sum of money and has now a second
lecture with which she hopes to pro
duce the amount of money required
for the expedition. New York Adver
tiser.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

of the Stewards has been caught ana con-
fesses that they cut off the hands, feet ana
head of the wife. Mrs. Stewart was frcnzled
and fought till hacked to pieces.
Americans at Shanghai have sent caple
despatch to President Cleveland protesting
against the action OF Minister Denoy IN con
sentine that q British Consul should repre-
sent the United States at the inquiry into
the outrages on Christians at kucheEg.
They recommend in the despatch that the
commission Of inquiry be reformed, and that
an American official Of adequate rank be
made member of it, while Chinese officials
who were in any way implicated in the mas
sacres be excluded. The despatch also
i urges that the Commission be escorted 10
Kucheng by mari les.
| The British warship Rainbow was ordered
to Foo-Chow to protect foreigners. The
United States man-of-war Detroit arrived
there to afford protection to Americans.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Tattooed Snakes.

Tie sailors OF the Gulf Of Mexico
and the equatorial regions OF the At.
lantic Ocean amuse themselves, and
also turn IN occasional honest penny.
saws the Cincinnati Enquirer, by
capturing both large and small
snakes of the variety known as the
lemon boa and covering their bodies
with tattooed letters and designs.
One of these living manuscripts was
recently exhibited at Egyptian Hall,
London. which had the whole OF the
third chapter of Genesis and some
pieces from Punch tattooed upon his
back in indelible letters of various
colors. Thousands of these tattooed
snakes are annually disposed OF at
Rio de Janeiro. The buyers gener-
ally kill these snakes and either skin
them or preserve the entire reptile
in alcohol. Such specimens are
highly priced by both European ano
North American collectors OF curl
osities.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
A Giant Alligator.

A giant alligator, measuring four
teen and one-half feet long, eight feet
around the body, and with head
three feet long, was killed in the
St. Johns River, near Fort George,
Fla, recently. The alligator has been
known in that vicinity many wears,
and many hunters have tried to kill
il. Its back was covered with barna-
cles and moss, and local natu1alists
say the reptile was much mere than
100 wears old.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Of Ohio.

There will be no doubt OF his cleo
ton, and from now on there will De
another &" jim" Garfield in the poll.
tics OF Ohio. lie is young man OF
ambitious tendencies and is very
proud of his fathers name.
lie wishes to stand en- his own
merits and not to be held up for
popular esteem simply because he IS
the SON of his father. Its no secret
that his ambition is to acquire legis-
lative experience in the Ohio Senate,
an then to take his fathers old
place in Congress from the same old
Nineteenth District that gave Gid'
diugs, Wade and Garfield to the na'
f;np
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
One food Thing Done by the Bicycl".

One Of the many good things the
bicycle has done for Chicago human
ity is to greatly reduce the number OF
those who take hypodermic injection.
of morphine. A preacher not so very
long ago said that there were a3,ooJ
persons in the city who sought rellet
from the aches and pains Of dyspep-
sin, neuralgia, insomnia and 50 on by
the use of this narcotic. A ten or
twenty mile ride in day goes lou&
way toward curing sleeplessness and 1T
has a like beneficial effect on dyspep-
sia and other troubles which result
from too much mental and too little
physica: exercise, combined with in
iudicious diet.-Chicago Times-Her-
old
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Mileage OF the Blood's Circulation.

The mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astounding facts in our
personal history. Thus it has been
calculated that, assuming the heart to
beat sixty nine times a minute at ordl-
nary heart pressure, the blood goes at
the rate of 2O7 yards in the minute, or
seven- -rnilas-r,er- -hnnr-1H2 -nailns -1afSS
man of eighty-four years OF age could
have one single blood corpuscle fioat,
ing in his blood all his life, it would
have travelled in that same time 5, loo,-
sos miles. Boston Cultivator.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
MORE MISSIONS ATTACKED.
Infuriated Mob Demolishes American and
British Hospitals.

A Hong Kong special says that the British
and American Missions at Fat-Shan. near
Canton, were attacked by large and infuri-
ated mob, and the hospitals wero demol-
iShed.
Some Of the missionaries fled to Shameen,
while others remained. A Chinese gunboat
has been despatched to quell the riot.
1t is reported that all the missions ut
Kwangtung will soon he destroyed and tho
missionaries driven to the treaty ports.
The YeSetarians are 10000 strong and
we'll armed and organized and able to with
stand the Chinese troops.
A later dispatch from Foochow, China,
says: Baby Stewart is dead. the eleventh vic
tim Of the massacre of missionaries by the
Chinese at HwaSanS. One of the murderers
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
A Bicycle Mail Route.

A bicycle mail route has been estab-
Iisbed in Australia by an enterpris-
ing young Englishmsn between Cool
eardie, the center of the mining dis
trict, and Dundos, which is $50 miles
away. A small letter box is fastened
to the wheel in which he carries let
,ers between tbs two towns for twen-
,y-ive cents apiece, and kilograms for
S1.25. He makes one round trip PEE
geek, aad goes armed to the teeth.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
''rHE LATEST" LONDON HAT.

The hats of fashionable English
Indies are becoming more startling as
the season advances. A fashionable
London miiliner displays the every
latest" in hesdgear. Poised on the
front Of the hat is q dove with ont
stretched wings, around a small riviere
Of diamonds.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Better Than Ice.
osities.

The latest device for the eonYe-
uience Of housekeepers is Chicago
scheme to furnish refrigeration to
dwellings by a piping system that
shall give to all subscribers cold
closets without the use Office.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Havoc by Field Laborers.

Field iaborers in Argenau, Germany, in
revenge for grievances, fired the buildings
upon an estate there. and resisted the
officers. Five persons were killed and six
wounded. The buildings were destroyed
and the horses and cattle were burned TO
death.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
\VOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
TIE NEW woMAN's GAIT.

The fashionable feminine walk is q
Hnrious thing. 1t is swinging from
the hips, throwiugof both shoulders
anil arms, and rattling pace that Of
teutimes puts the male companion to
his breath's limit to keep up with~it.
New Orleans Picayune.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
Where Two States Meet

Twenty miles east of Truckee, COL,
and less than 100 feet to the north Ct
the railroad track is an iron monu-
ment, which marks the boundary limo
between California and Nevada. The
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

The Panathenaic Stadium ut Athena
has been restored through the munli'
cencc of q wealthy Greek, OF Alex
audria. George AwercS, II view OF
the celebration ut Athens next sprla;;
OF the international Olympic games.
The whole Of the sphvndonH has been
adorned With q covering Of nar0,s-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
YOUNG GARFIELD.
Son of the Late President to Enter
Politics.

Politics.
The nomination for State Senator
of James E. Garfield, son Of the
murdered President, has aroused a
great deal of political interest in
Ohio. He is q candidate from the
Portage Summit District, compris'
ing the same counties which in
1850 elected his father in the same
position.
The late James A. Garfield was 2S
years old when chosen, and had been
married to Lucretia Rudolph but
one year. James r. Garfield Is nom
mated at the same age, and he, too.
has been married but little more
than a year.
Another coincidence is that the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17
MABEL HARTFoRD's STATEMENT.
A Loyal Servant SAVED! Her From Chl-
nesc Assassin's Spear.

ncSC kAssasstu SpeaA'
Miss Mabel C. Hartford, the only Ameri-
can at Hwasang at the time Of the massacre,
makes the following statement:
august 1, at 7.sO a. m, I heard shouts:
They were the yelIs Of servants, who rushed
In shouting to me to get up, for tho VeSe-
itarians were coming, tearing down the
houses on the hill belonging to the English
Mission. few minutes later teacher
came to my door and told me TO run. | put
on my clothes and rushed to the door. was