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The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

the ginning. A second man stands at the
end of the bench beating the clean cotton
with the tee-kung, or earth bow into big,
faky bats" These bats the women spin
in various ways SOMETIMES they use the
old-fashioned spinning wheel. Much often
er it is something approXimating the an
cient distaff. The spinner twirls it stead
lily. walking around and around as she
twirls, thus winding the lengthen-
ing thread into very long hanks. If it is
spun and run into breaches or quilts, they
are often reeled with a hand-reel Chinese
industry indeed is an inveterate as Chi
nese economy. Women usually work at
such reeling while they stand at gossip in
the alley-ways between their houses. If
there is no reel handy they will be stitch
ing upon a shoe-sole, always a salable ar
ticle. Bare feet are unknown in China.
Even a beggar wears shoes, though he
may have no other clothing than the head
bowl, which serves both as a hat and to
hold out when there is a chance of aims.
Nothing is wasted in China. Even grass
and wheat roots are pulled up, washed,
dried and used for fuel. Scraps of paper
and cloth are pasted together to make
the in-soles of shoes. Bits of wood are
glued to build up either a board or a
post. Women spinners and s$raw-plaiters
earn two cents a day. The spinning
tilOu6 H., 10 illOSl COIhlllOIlIN llhC tile WedN-
ing at the hand looms only part of I'M
paid household labor. Machine-made
cloth and thread have of late come to
bear heavily upon the cotton workers, but
that fact is in a degree offset by the
growing import of raw cotton. Still some
of the light yellow handmade fabric,
known the world over as nankeen from
the city of export. Nankin, is shipped
abroad. 1t is made from peculiar yell
low staple cotton, hence not dyed. The
same yellow staple cotton is grown and
manufactured by Arcadians in Louisiana,
but the fabric is so coarse it does not
compete with the Chinese one.
Five dollars year will ciothe a Chinese
husband and wife something more than
decently. Underwear Is unknown-so is
fitting a garment. The only measures
taken are from the hip 20 the ground.
and from the middle of the breast to the
finger tips. Fashions do not change.
Winter garments and bedding are wadded
with cotton. Once a year they must be
ripped apart and washed. padding and all.
How needful is economy may be judg-
ed from a few figures. Unskilled laborers
are paid upon an averafge cents a day.
Masons, carpenters and stone cutters,
here as elsewhere, the aristocracy of la
Dor get from % TO 80 cents a day. Work
begins al sunrise and keeps up until
dark. Notwithstanding all which strikes
virtually unknown, and the Chinese
Iaborer is the happiest and most contented
in all the world.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

Khaki brown, blue and green mohair
suits, al strapped and stitched. and she
argues that she is as pleasant a figure
to contemplate and far. far less expen-
sive Her light weight, cool gowns
shed the dust and CRIME, while
the pique sylph is the bondwoman of her
laundress It is a well-known fact that
the amount OF money and cajolery neces-
sary during a single summer to persuade
ones washwoman to keep ones white
wardrobe up to the mark, would suffice
to purchase a house and lot. When at one
summer resort last month the nine ma
donnas of the tub struck work, not for
higher wages, but for a needed rest. 10
per cent. of the young ladies' OF the hotel
were obliged to remain in their rooms I'M
Ill the laundTesses' rest was over and
wTingers and irons were hard at II again.
This is not the way with the mohar-
clad maiden for her shirt waist and her
tam o'shanter are made of the same goods
as her skirt, and. though her apparel IS
guaranteed to wash like a tea cup, il only
goes TO the tub once in the season.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

ties for receiving the ashes a match.
safe of exquisite workmanship. a vase.
form filled with cigarette holders. aol
vestal lamp of lovely shape and de-
sign.
In the reign of Louis XIV court ladies
were fond of smoking tobacco and al
though the Grand Monarch" disHked the
weed extremely, his daughters did not Dis
dain TO avail themselves of It's solace
When they became wearied of the Ell
quete and gravity of the court, they
frequently INDUCED in revelry in their
apartments after supper. On one occa-
sion, when, at a late hour, the Dauphin
had left the card table, he heard noise
in that part of the palace, and went to
find the cause. To his amazement he
found the ladies smoking and laughing.
and discovered that they had borrowed
their pipes from the officers of the Swiss
guard.
In their use Of the fragrant weed. the
Japanese have displayed a supreme re-
tiuement The toughest coolie, equally
with the lady of rank or the minister OF
state. are all content with a tiny pipe
which does not hold enough to make even
Queen Nab sneeze. Into bowl TIM size
of an acorn cup, they insert little roll
ed pill of the fine-cut leaf thrust it
into the glowing charcoal, and inhale just
one fragrant Whit of blue smoke Then
they shake out the little burning plug.
and load up for a second ippuka The
habit of smoking a great pipefu to the
bitter end is incomprehensible to tho
Japanese.
Much fancy and fashion are displayed in
smoking geer. Ladies carry their pipes
IN long silk embroidered cases, and the
tobacco in silken pouch attached by a
silver or jeweled clasp. The pipe itself
may be a commonplace article in reed
and brass, or a work of art in silver
gold, deliberately chased and enameled.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

powder TO preserve 1t from the dust Of
long tramps up the hillside.
COquetries for Hnthcrs.
Dozens Of pretty girls who dearly love
the water, but none the less mean to pre-
serve the whitenfss Of their arms. wear
s ort-sleeved bath ng dresses, " tn long
white or black lie gloves, and "a girl in
white with black hose and gloves and a
ack head handkerchief Is a str king.
and not in the least an unaltractiVe OBJ
ject.
They do. by the way. make very pretty
head dresses for bathers, and why they
never thought to do 50 before is a mys-
terry no woman can solve. Hitherto sea
nymphs bought oiled silk mob caps. over
which they lied such handkerchiefs as
their taste sug- esteI THIS season in the
SHOPS they sell the most chic and becon-
ing water proof capotes that give che the
susIi n that they come from TrcuvI
or Dinard by way of Paris. The water
prof frame cf the cap fits the head
closely and then on this is disposed peach
red wash 81 k in loops and folds, con-
Guiding in a bow and ends in front, or a
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

lows that the growth and manufacture of
cotton are vital necessities 1t is thought
cotton culture was begun in the thirteenth
century, the plant coming in from India,
where it has been known for 1900 years.
In spite of her unequaled agriculture
China does not raise cotton for export
nor in fact enough for her own needs In
the growth and manufacture of it, as in
everything else, the aim is not. as in these
United States, to save hand labor, to use
as much of it as possible. There are no
powergins for taking out the seed. In
stead, the Chinese use the little hand gins
very like those still TO be found in the
homespun regions of the Appalach ian
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
For the Girl who Climbs.

Up to the mountain Businesses, when
mohair and pique are laid by for the easy
joys of climbing toilet, some interesting
Vagaries of fashion are made manifest.
For instance, it is a novel bit of coquettry
to wear mountain dresses of gray blue.
Twilled French flannel, the skirt cut and
finished like golf petticoat and heavily
corded with six close set cordings at the
top of the deep hem. This skirt comes
barely to the knees, while the boomers
beneath I'll over them with straps and
buckles, clasping the leg just below the
knees. These boomers are not very full
nor does their fullness fall so far over
the strap as to obscure the fact that il is
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
THE SALT IN THE SEA.
There Is an Incredible Amount of It
and 1t Got There Very Simply.

From the London Express.
a certain nervous child is reported to
have wept on first seeing the ocean, and
for no other reason than that there was
so much of it,"
There is, indeed, no lack of sea on this
little planet of ours-nearly three times as
much salt water surface as there is dry
land. And the salt in it is an almost in
credible quantity Roughly speaking, #
you take the sat out of the sea you
deprive it of q thirtieth of its weight. On
this basis one-thirtieth of the entire
weight of all the sea water in the world
is salt, and as salt and water bulk about
the same, we may estimate also, that, by
bulk, one-thirtieth of the huge mass Of
the oceans is pure salt. What does this
bring to us?
Taking the 100 odd million square miles
of the five oceans to average mile and
a half deep, we have in them alone 200
100000 cubic miles of salt water. A thir-
tieth of this should give us the bulk Of
the salt contained in the great waters Of
the globe.
Rounding the figures. we get something
like 100000 cubic miles of salt II It
were all taken out and spread over the
surface of the six continents they would
be covered with its snowy powder to
depth of twice the hight of St Paul's
To put it another way, if all the earth
were salt water, there would be enough
of the fiavoring principle in it to make
two moons of solid salt but very little
smaller than our present satellite.
But these comparisons are almost too
II a G0mpthinS
smaller. The rolling waters of the Eng
nsh channel are familiar to all Londoner''
How much salt is there in them? Close
upon a hundred cubic miles. Made mo
q convenient block and swung over the
metropolis by a giant derrick, il wou1
grind London 10 dust.
How did ell this salt get into the Eng
ish Channel-how did that 100000 cubic
miles of Il get into the five oceans? II
Is big question. and it has a wonderful
answer-an answer that goes back to the
beginning Of things. When the earth was
a half-cooled body all the water now upon
1t was floating about the hot surface N
mighty clouds of steam. AS the EARN
went on cooling its chemical processes SCI
free vast masses Of what the chemist
knows as chloride of sodium, what we can
common salt This lay on the ground ID
a kind of frosty deposit. When the earh
got cool enough the floating clouds came
down in a deluge that may have ias'eu
for ages, and, melting the salt deposlts
as they rolled over the ground in count
less rivulets swept with it into the deep,
est hollows Of the earth's surface anu
formed the salt seas. So the sea mas
always been salt. But the salt in the SO
is not all the salt there is in the wofIu
There IS large quantity in the ROCKS
and the soil, a fraction of which is car
RED year by year into the oceans ny w
rivers. Yet the ocean is not getting san
Ter. This Is because the sea creaturs
take up salt into the structure OF thels
bones and shells, and when they die a.I
leave these to lie upon the ocean pea W
salt remains locked up as II were. ~
trre Is a famous accountant, and balauC
out her profit and loss 90 the utterino''
farthing
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

goes on the fair green in white, chiefly
and If she affects touch of color, it s
just a touch, and to pink or green she
gives her preference. There is q sketch
of a typical, bare-headed, washable put
ting championess given this week that
brings out strongly the points her ad-
mirable type so loves to emphasize. She
IS all in white, save for tiny green lines
stripping her French linen shirt waist.
Her skirt is of white jeans. one of the
new wash skirtngs of this season and her
necktie is in the coachmans pIastron
shape of white linen birdseye. In her
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
THE WOMAN IN WHITE.
SHE is a REFRESHING VISION TO
THE HE ATFsD EYE.

Some Pretty COnceits in Dress for
Women who Try Autumn Noun
tain CIimbinS-Wonderf OPDor-
tuntties offered by the Shops just
Now in the way of SILK Sales, and
Advice as to what the Wise
Woman buys for Future Use.
New York. Aug. 1.-THE haunts Of
fashion are very gay with wash dresses
exclusively, or dresses that would wash
were they not so encrusted with really
precious embroideries and costly laces or
expensive ribbons. on the whole, the
golhng girl only IS sincere in her protes-
tstions of simple utility as to dress. She
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

ferrule end down. This IS the popular
parasol for grand outdoor occasion,
and its prototypes figure conspicuously
on Newport lawns. TWO hardy show win
dow blossoms below these are made of
new material. heavy oiled japanese paper,
I'm rich cream tones and fancifully fig
ured in very Nipponesque designs. They
resist the effect of sea air and the color
devouring glance Of the sun. You can
cen battle them in the briny deep and
their shining skins of oil save them from
the least harm That is why che mex
pensive summer girl affords two or three
of Them, because they coss very little
and some Of them are as artistic as
good piece of real Old blue, or a mus
mes kimona. Mary Dean.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

IN reality a wash silk garter which holds
the bottom Of the bloomer and top Of hose
firmly together and at the outside OF the
leg q small quaint buckle of briliauts
wrinkles
Sometimes the buckles are square.
sometimes oblong and very often heart
shaped and TO set off their brightness.
the garter is OF black or dark blue. OF
course. the metal setting OF the brillants
has 20 be occasionally rubbed up with a
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

Use has been discovered for old sp"''
car spring. Il has been found that thes9
often contain enough carbon 10 permit
Of making cold chlsels. Forging into inc
necessary form r. cosy and the eddiuo.'-
al carbon required may be added oy y
concentration process. Cold chlseIe "ht
IN this way cost half as much AZ W
high grades OF steel which were former
Az used.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

chain. The gin is nothing more than a
couple OF small wooden rollers. made fast
IN uprlghts afiixed to n bench. They are
turned by a wooden crank, revolve one
against the other. and free the cotton OF
seed by drawing the lint through the mar
row space between. The lint is fed TO
them boy hand and II takes long and
steady days work TO gin five pounds OF
lint-which means twenty pounds OF cotton
In the seed.
The cotton Is carded simultaneously with
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

For some time past workmen have
been enjoyed IN pulling down the mound
on the north eide Of Cardiff castle. and
constructing a massive wall on the site
Of the Roman foundation. end now three
quarters OF the northern rampant has
been laid bare. The discoveries made
tend 20 throw great deal OF fresh Hight
upon the condition OF Cardiff castle IN
Roman times.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

cuffs are little green enamel links ana
there IS no doubt that she Is a refreshing
vision 70 the heated eye as she floats Ike
q cloud over the green links that serve
90 set her off.
The Khaki Girl.
The woman IN white has a rival and
only one. She Is the girl who affects
mohair ana COILS IN very interesting
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
CHINESE POOR FOLKS.

The Proportion Is a Thousand to One
In the FIowery Kingdom.
A rich Chinaman wears silk. a poor one
cotton. Since the proportion of rich to
poor is about one in a thousand, it fol-
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
e % e. g

Sufferers from this horrible nal,
nearly always inherit it not necesss-:iy
from the parents, but may be from so,I
remote ancestor, for Cancer often r'-9
through several generations. This desd Is
poison may lay dormant in the blood t.L
years, or until you reach middle life tbss
the first little sore or ulcer makes its,.
pearance-or a swollen gland in #.
gives the first warning.
To cure Cancer thoroughly and psrn.
nently all the poisonous virus must Z.
eliminated from the blood-every vestaO.
of it driven out This S. S. S. does as
is the only medicine that can reach De-.
seated, obstinate blood troubles like TIKI
When all the poison has been forced o.,
of the system the Cancer heals, and Il.
disease never returns.
Cancer begins often in small way, as n.
following letter from Mrs. Shirer shovr =.
a small pimple came on my Jaw about An I,.s
below the ear on the left side OF my face It's.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

me no pain or 1nconven-
eince, and I should have
forgotten about il had It
not begun to infame and
itch ; 1t would bleed a
little, then scab over, but
would not heal. This
continued for some time,
when my jaw began to
swell, b e com ing very
painful. The Cancer be-
gan to eat and spread,
until it was as large as a
half dollar, when I heard
of S. S. S. and determine
cd to give it a fair trial,
and it was remarkable
what q wonderful effect
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-03-15
The April Designer.

THE DESIGNER for April is in Easter
contains for adults aud juveniles are ap-
prapriately springlike, and especially for
Confirmation aud Commence ment ceremonies
some exquisite toilettes are pictured. The
millinery pages, too, are filled with illus
tra,ions of dainty headgear designed es.
pecially for the Easter season. Aside from
the fashion department, 'Floriculture' deals
with Easter Decorations and Easter Gifts,
"A Twofold Resurrection is an Easter-tide
story, and Fancywork' pictures charming
Easter trihes which can be made at home.
There is droll first of April comedy,
Fools Step In, an instalment of 'For
Health and Beauty on Spring Fever, ;
Book Notes, numerous pretty patterns for
knitting and croeheting, suggestions for AN
Apron Fair continued story, The Evoln-
tion Of Coutented Woman, an interesting
paper on Kindergarten in the Home short
editorials embodied in Among Ourselves, :
some ingenious hints on Closet Contri
vances, short story for children, How
Patsey Saved the Silver an illustrated
chapter on The Making of Net Dresses. ,
being an instalment Of Points on Dress
making, various household hints in 'Al
Around the House, and two pagefuls Of
'Savory Vegetable Receipts. Everyone
whose subscription to The DESIGNER begins
with the April number will receive so cents
worth of Standard Patterns free.
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that ehse. can flop as quick as a mud turtle
slides down into the water. I'm politician.
you see.
The golden rod, indeed. Why, that's
only weed.
DO you suppose I'm going to tell YOU who
those girls are, and make you feel spiteful
toward themI II should have to remain
an old bachelor till next summer, | may
want to eat ice cream with them again.
The face in the picture is pretty as a
peach; better looking than you arc. And
by the bye, YOU needn't palm, or try to
palm off any proxy pictures on this old fox.
Next time, send your own ''picter," and
then I'll talk about sending mine. Mean
while, will inelose pen aud ink sketch of
your adorer, and you will sec am born
artist; real genius in that line.
Are you so cold blooded as to talk
''buggin' taters" to me ? When work SO
disagrees with my wholesome If there is
shady place with soft cushion to sit on,
and novel to read, nigh, be persuaded
to look on once in awhile il some clodhopper
does the planting. Even reading is tiresome
to me, and shall expect you to read for
me. And of course, dearest, you will do
the "buggin and weedin," won't You now
OF course you will, only you didn't like to
say so at first, tor fear | wouldn't believe
you. Now know you are dear, good,
selfsach6ciug girl, like all Paddy" girls.
read to-day that your old fellow, Dick,
was shot in a skirmsh with the Filipinos.
All my ugliness vanished like the morning
dew, and when thought of the diamond
ring, | began to remember Dick as grand
good fellow.
That siege won't be very ardious. It
won't be at all like the siege of Ladysmith.
1t will capitulate in advance. so far as that
is concerned
Siege of Troyf Troy1 What do you
mean, girl Explain yourself. For one
thing. the ancient siege was ten years long.
This won't be that long. I'll break it off
first
am glad you will be back in few DAYS.
When you are near, the sky is brighter, the
birds sing more sweetly, and the hens cackle
louder. DO you remember this bit of poetry 2
dow does II suit you
soft eyes spoke love TO eyes that spoke again,
And all went merry Is a marriage bell"
Write quickly to your infatuated boy,
JEREMIAH.
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Under The CottonwOOds.

The settlement Of the prairie Is not like
the settlement Of iimbered country. The
prairie is at once ready for the plow, and
within two years the soil is thoroughly sub
jugated. The position of permanent roads
Is marked out by the government survey.
The cottonwood poplar grows rapidly, and
within short time makes a shady tree. The
school house answers at FIRST for church,
but the church itself is not long in coming,
and In few years the prairie has nearly
every appearance Of an old established com.
muoiiy. The pioneering cpoch is therefore
brief, yet Is full Of interest and variety. As
the prairie Ellis Up, many Of the settlers
find things too tame for them, and they push
farther out, 50 as still to keep in touch with
the novelty Of frontier life. Only one who
has lived through those days can adequately
describe IL. Such description will be
found IN "Under the CoitonwOods" by o.
+. Morton, Of Kingwood lie will send
prospectus. etc. on application. The book
will very shortly be ready, and viii be a
handsome volume Of $50 pages and several
Illustrations. Price SIzs
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Did You Ever!

No ] never have been so overwhelmed
with acres--yes, acres-of simple grandeur
as when our train passed the Wick flower
farm at Despatch, NJ Y. Before us we're
immense strips Of beautiful clear pink, sea
she'll pink they call it, reminding one Of the
charming tint on the lip Of the conch she'll Of
the Florida Keys; the most pleasing tint in
the whole range Of color. These huge
strips were aiternaied with similar strips Of
white, and this great garden Of the acres
represented the leading Asteis Of the day.
Viek's Daybreak and Purity. Make a note
of this, for you want these asters sure.
Write for the Garden and Floral Guide.
Describes in full the new departure in seed
ling, and mention what you intend 70
plant, to JAMES vfcKs Sons, Rochester.
~
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THE GAME wv MAXIM VOTES.

The winds they blow thet piercin', an
there's snowdriffs all about,
But nothin' stops the eandida,e-i,'s time
fer comm out.
lie moves bout SO easy.like, seems most er
ef he floats;
You hardly know he's playin' at the game
NV maxim votes
AT first he says it's business takes him
twenty mi, S away.
You think his greetin's hearty, an he her
heap to say;
Then you'll see him strike the bosses, ef
yore good az ,akin' notes,
Fer that's the FIRST NV tactics in the game NV
maxim votes.
Then arter while he settles down to 90 from
farm to farm,
A-askin' fer yore suffridge an a-promisin'
no harm;
lie ser that some accuse him NV the crime
NV changin' coats
Ser thet's trick at never wins tn game nv
maxim votes.
Yes, rain er shine, he rides an rides; |, les
beats enny,hing
The zeal NV oil crusaders amt n circum.
stance, iing
An all the while the man himself ON friend
ship fairly dotes,
An seq he's surely winnin' at the game Nv
maxim votes.
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