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The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

NOW 4OEA, uuo w. 11tCLy pAVA oAo
all the dock property of the North Ger
man Llyod Steamship company, cover
ing over 1000 feet of the Hoboken water
water front, between Second and Fourth
streets, was destroyed by fire this after
noon. OF the four ships lying at the
piers when the fire started, one, the
Main, was burned to the waters edge,
and two others, the Saales and the Bre-
men, were 30 badly damaged that as to
the Saale little but her hull remains,
and, as to the Bremen, nothing can make
her serviceable as a freight and passen-
ger steamer until she has been practic-
ally rebuilt The lives of great num-
ber of persons were lost, but how many
will be = matter of speculation until
some more definite knowledge is obtain
ed relative to those who were aboard the
the ships and on the piers when the fire
started.
Fire in bale OF cotton on pier 8, the
most southerly OF the tour piers belong
ing to the North German Lloyd line,
started the confagration. 1t was few
miEu.es S.fses o'Sioo.S -i.o. o l.
Spengler, an employe Of the transporta-
ton company, which handles the bag
gage at the North German piers, walked
into the company's Office to count up
and carry away the money which was
there. Looking down the pier, as he
entered the Office, he saw bale OF cot
ton ablaze. Having worked about the
piers nearly all his life. Spangler realiz-
ed at once that many more bales OF cot
ton near the burning one, the piers and
all property on it, were in danger. de
at once sounded an alarm, which at
tracted the attention OF quite
q number of 'longshoremen on the pier
The fire brigade Of the North German
Lloyd company got line OF hose and
began playing on the burning cotton
bale. A strong wind from the south
west was blowing and the effect OF that
one line of hose was like the pouring OF
a cup of water on the flames. In short
time the flames had spread to other bales
Of cotton and from them to the structure
OF the pier and in five minutes, as it ap-
peared to those who we're watching pier
No. 8, was afire from one end to the
other, An alarm was turned in and the
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02
About the Weather.

Tho maximum temperature yesterday
was ~ degrees.
The minimum this morning was % do
grsss.
Tho forecast for this section is:
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday
warmer Tuesday.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

dObOken lire department. responded
promptly.
The streams from a score OF lines OF
hose seemed to have no more effect on
the burning cotton. famed as they
we're by the strong wind, than had the
water turned on the first bale.
The flames soon spread from pier No.
northward to piers 2 and L.
In less than twenty minutes every
pier belonging to the North German
Lloyd company was burning as was the
pier Of the Thingvalla line, next on the
north. -Four North German Lloyd lin
ers we're lying at their piers. No ship
was at either side OF the pier on which
the fire started, on the south side of pier
No. lay the Saale. On the opposite
side of that pier the Bremen was tied up
and on the south side of pier No. lay
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. On
the north side OF pier No. ] lay the
Main, a brand new ship, which had
crossed the ocean only twice.
As soon as it was seen that conaa-
grafton was threatened the attention OF
------
to saving the ships. The great volume
of smoke which mounted skyward aud
was driven eastward by the wind at
tracted the attention OF every tugboat
captain in that part OF the river. The
stream Immediately in front OF the burn
ing piers soon swarmed with tugs. Two
or three made for each OF the liners.
The Kaiser was the first to connect with
its tugs, but alter they had made fast to
her stern her great steel hawsars were
still holding her to the pier. Already
the heat had made it impossible for men
to handle these hawsers, and cast them
loose from the mooring posts.
.."Chop the hawssrs in two" yelled
some one in the crowd.
. 1t was the work of only moment to
bring axes and stout arms began whack-
ing away at the steel ropes. One after
another the hawsers snapped in two, and
slowly the great liner moved out into
the stream. Before she was clear OF the
dock, however, it was seen that her ef@
boar bow was aflre The cr0 &. Ea
work and by the time she was we'll out
in the stream, the fire was practically
out. AS compared with the other ships,
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

DR.. }. L. Walpole, will leave in the
morning for Meeker, as the advance
agent of the coming of the Columbine
band.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

Chancellor Buchtel OF the university
of Denver will deliver a lecture in the
Methodist church tonight. subject, "a
New Definition Of Success Every
body invited.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

from he a piers
even ate lhp there over n the o
H " up o 1 d night
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02
MANY LIVES LOST.
Twenty Million Dollars Worth of Property Destroy
ed BY Fire At the Hoboken Docks of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Co.

Wilhelm
of
Ano the North Lloyd Piers Started Cotton
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-02

Sold on Easy Payments.
Machines to Rent.
Pianos and Organs. Same
way.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
osTRIcHEs ARE CURIOUS BIRDS
Interesting Points About tie UnRainly
Leviathans of the Featured Tribe.

Interesting Points About the Ungainly
Loviathans of the 'Featkered Tribe.
Ostrich farming has grown, in i'm
portance both in the United. States and
South Africa of'late years. and the ex-
periences of the 'raisers are quite in
teresting. There are tales without
number Of. the strange antics of the
curious birds. Naturally the first
thought on seeing an ostrich is. How
fast can it run? When feeding the
stride is only twenty to twenty-five
inches; when walking, but not feeding,
the stride is tWenty-six inches. but
when terrified the bird possesses Won
derful sprinting qualities and takes
steps varying from eleven and one-half
to fourteen feet. Takings twelve feet
as an average, they would cover about
twenty-five miles an hour, but the
stories of birds travelling mile a min
ute are open to question. s,Other traits
of which we are always; hearing Is
their lack Of both suspicion and intel
ligence. Bushmen clothe themselves IN
one of their skins and under cover OF
this go near enough to kill them with
poisoned arrows. When the bird con-
siders that he has distanced his pur-
suer he often puts his head in the sand,
thinking he has thereby made himself
invisible. Sometimes when hotiy pur-
sued he turns upon, his enemies and
gives severe wounds with his feet. The
habits of ostriches are not particularly
attractive. They eat fruits, game, veg
etables, leaves, tender shoots, insects,
snails and any other food that can be
picked up, including all kinds of In
digestible substances, which they swal-
low from stupid voracity. They are
equally foolish about laying their eggs.
They often begin before the spot has
been fixed upon for the nest and the
solitary eggs are often found lying for
yaken all over the district frequented
by the ostrich. The nests are simply
holes in the sand and vary from three
70 six feet In diameter. In these are
,AM by /. single bird or many In
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Training Wives.

One Of the most indefatigable advo-
Gates of woman's rights used to say
that It was the greatest possible mis-
take for girls to be brought up to re-
gard marriage as profession. Inc
danger nowadays seems to lie IN the
opposite direction, and women appear
to think that no kind Of training IS
necessary in order to fit them for the
duties that will devolve upon them II
they do become wives and mothers,
says the Ladies' Pictorial. That moth
ers should train their daughters TO
snare husbands and to regard matri-
mony as their predestined end is unI
questionably mistake; but that our
modern system does not make for do
nestle felicity Is, unhappily, only too
evident. However, we get over all our
troubles at this end Of the century by
the use of serum or by technical
schools, and 1t is therefore not In the
least surprising to learn that train
ing college is in course Of formation
where girls can be taught their duties
as matrons. Naturally. housewifely
duties come first in the course Of
ST lies. then care of children, then
the preservation Of personal appear
ance. And it may be here noted that
this Is by no means an insignificant
subject for wives to study. We know,
alas! that the average woman looks
older than the average man. who is
70 1Cnlyc and that
indefnable attractiveness that clothes
can give a woman If they are well
chosen and well put ON. Every wife
cannot have unlimited dress money or
credit at her modiste's, but she can be
careful to keep wrinkles and dowdiness
at bay. One can easily imagine that
the classes for this subject will be well
attended at the school for wives; but
It is impossible to imagine how pupils
are to be practically trained in tact.
which Is also included in the curric-
ulum. II the professors can teach
this, then future rulers in the divorce
court should have very easy time,
and matrimonial misunderstanding
become exceptional. But how Is it to
be done? Can the leopard change its
spots or the Ethiopian his skin? And
Edwins and Angelinas all the world
over are daily giving each other all
manner of provocation for making
those riffs within the domestic lutte
which so often widen and widen until
the music that at the outset of their
matrimonial life was so full of har-
mony becomes altogether mute. When
Edwin shows disposition to seek So
ciety away from home, when he grum
bles increasingly and unreasoningly.
when he filings his relations, so to say,
a, Angelina; when he sulks; when, in
short, he does any Of the aggravating
things that he always does, Angelina
must hit the happy mean that lies be-
tween absolute silence-which goads
man to madness-and the addition OF
fuel to the IRE which inevitably results
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
NEW BRITISH CENSOR
LORD STANLEY OF PRESTON
HAS A BEUE PENCIL.
Earl Of Derby win Scissor the Dis
patches ConiEAY from South Africa
A Member q Ono of the Oldest Fam
uAes In Britain.
(Special Letter.l

Lord Stanley of Preston. the earl OF
Derby. the newly appointed censor of
British news Of the Transvaal war. Is
the sixteenth of his family to bear the
title. The family is. descended from
the Stanley who figures rather promi-
nently in Richard ILL.,, and whose de-
lection from the crookback practically
decided the battle OF Bosworth in favor
of Henry of Richmond. The present
earl was born on Jan. Is, 1841, IN
London, was educated at Elton college,
and at the age of II entered the Gren-
adler guards, He represented Lanca-
shire constituencies continuously from
July, 1865, to his elevation to the peer
age in 1885, Under various titles he
was lord Of the admiralty, financial
secretary of war and financial secre-
tary of the treasury. In 1880 he went
out of office with his party. In 1886
he was raised to the peerage under the
title of Lord Stanley, and in 1888 was
appointed goyerner-general sof Cana
da. He was succeeded in 1898 by Lord
Elgin. On the death Of his brother,
in 1893, he succeeded to the titles and
to estates amounting to $4,000 acres,
principally in Lancashire. When the
Paris embassy fell vacant in 1896 It
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
ON THE TUoELA RIVER.
Picturesque and Magnificent Surround
ings Of Its Course.

ings OF Its Course.
The Tugela, or Startling" river, Is
the longest river in Natal, being over
200 miles long, attaining breadth at
its mouth of $50 feet. For the last 60
miles or so of its course it forms the
boundary line between Natal and Zulu
land, the latter being now province
of Natal 1t rises on the Free State
side Of Mont aux Sources, in the Drak-
ensberg mountains, the extreme west
ern point in Natal, and at once leaps
down into the colony with fall, broken
by one or two lodges, of 1900 feet-the
highest waterfall in the world. 1t then
tears through a canyon over two miles
long, Joined here and there by many
a foaming stream from kloof and hill
side, and cuts the colony In two, sep
arating Kip river county from Weenen
county. Its first tributary of any i'm
portance before reaching Colenso is the
Little Tugela, flowing in from the
south. At Colenso it was crossed by
the Bulwer road bridge and substan-
tlal railway bridge, consisting OF four
stone piers and five iron spans. Some
distance below Colenso the now IA
nous Kip river on which stands Lady
smith, flows in from the North. The
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Blauwkranz river next Joins in on the
south bank, and few miles nearer
the mouth the Tugela is augmented by
the Bushman river. on which Estcourt
stands. Ten miles lower down, but
on the north side of the Startling
river" the Sundays river comes tear
ing in from its distant sources In the
Blggarsberg, past Elandsfaagte. This
latter river receives the Inkunzi and
Waschbank streams, which traverse the
southern districts of Nataps coalfelds.
Just before the Tugela reaches the
Zulu border the Moot (good) river runs
in from the south. At the Zulu Dor
der the Tugela receives its largest trib-
utary, the Buffalo or Umzinyati river,
which from its source near Charles
town, flows southeast, forming Natars
eastern boundary between her terri
tory, the Transvaal and Zululand. The
scenery throughout the whole length
of the Tugela is picturesque, and at
places wild and magnificent. High
cliffs, lofty hills, deep ravines and
wooded kloofs mark its progress to
the sea. Like all Natal rivers (save
the first few miles of the Umzimkulu
in the extreme SOUTH, the Tugela Is
not navigable, and bar of sand
stretches across its mouth.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
BlIghted Celery Not Worthless.

1t is a mistake to suppose that
blighted celery is not worth putting in
for winter use, judging by the follow
ing experience with badly blighted
crops related in American Agricultur-
ist:" About the first of October
trim up the plants, leaving
only the heart leaves. A shall
low trench in the cellar is we'll
watered, and the roots, with as much
soil as can be conveniently left on are
placed in the trench, more water Is
given and sand or other light dry soil
is worked carefully in and about the
plants, leaving only the tips exposed.
Finer celery I have never had than
such roots furnished in January or
February. If the long, white, brittle
stalks are cut off squarely-not too
close-a second crop has been ready by
April. This is lighter, Of course, than
the other, but dainty luxury for the
season.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

The preferred table linen Is OF nne
damask with an embroidered cipher.
This device is no longer made very
large and conspicuous, and is not much
greater for the tablecloth than for the
napkins. There is nothing so dihcult
to Judge as table linen; no fabric where
authorizations or exact qualities are SO
difficult to discern. In other than
high-grade establishments, where one
must depend upon personal judgment
for the purity of fabric, there are
few points to keep in mind. Pure linen
is hard and slippery, never soft anu
pliable. If moistened finger be ap-
piled to an all-linen cloth the moisture
will at once appear on the other slde'
whereas in mixed goods it will appear
slowly or not at all. The fax odor is
always noticeable in linens, and every
woman should learn to recognize 1t OF
its absence Sheets with rufhed tops
are again used, after being long aDan-
doned. Sheets and pillowcases, with
the bolster cases, If bolster Is en-
ployed, are made in sets to match.
Yellow or grayish lace, now seen on
underwear, is likewise adopted for bed
linen. Hemstitching is another dec
Grafton which is much elaborated with
drawn work for bed linen and towels
The laces which are chosen for trim
ming this class of household linen are
Mechlin, Valenciennes and guipure.
Beb covers of Richelieu embroidery
over q lining of colored taffeta are
seen. The most satisfactory ones,
however, are those Of fine white Mar
settles fringed or embroidered around
the edge and always fresh by reason
of their capability of being frequently
laundered.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
Tho Importance of Neat Apparel.

The woman who is always well and
neatly dressed is able to exercise a
greater influence for good than one
who is the reverse. The neatly dressed
woman is more attractive to the eye,
and the eye is one Of the main avenues
to the heart. Other things being equal,
her influence is more potent than her
neighbours, whose reputation of dress
ing lust as 1t happens" at home, in
some indefinable way casts shadow
over whatever virtues she may possess.
A womSr neatly dressed Is ready for
emergencies. The chance caller and
unexpected guest finds her ready to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Again attention is called to those es-
sentially feminine habits of putting
pins in the mouth or moistening a
pencil with the lips. A pin swallowed
means only a surgical case, but the
greater danger lies in the contagion
that may be lurking in the pin itself.
Under the head of the pin, or in the
point of the pencil, all kinds OF ma
lignant germs may be located, which
will be transmitted by the mouth
quicker than any other way. 1t hardly
seems possible that anyone needs to be
cautioned against holding money be-
tween the lips, yet person can scarce
ly go a block on a street car without
noticing some one indulging IN the
dangerous habit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

receive them. But, perhaps, the great
est necessity for looking well at home
is the home itself To the members OF
our own family circle do we owe the
first duty. Neatly dressed does not
mean richly dressed. A cheap, plainly
made gown may be the perfection OF
neatness, and take only few minutes
to assume after the dinner work is out
of the way A woman in slatternly
garments is shorn Of her dignity and
womanly influence just as surely as
was Samson of his strength when be-
trayed by Delilah. Curl papers and
soiled wrappers represent the Delilah
of many an otherwise strong person.
ality.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
HYgIenic Rathing.

An authority on hygiene says that
systematic use of salt baths will pre-
vent one from taking cold, and avert
chapping and roughness of the skin.
A handful of common coarse salt dis
solved in basinful of water as cold as
ones vitality permits is sufficient for a
sponge bath over the entire body. No
soap should be used in this bath. 1t is
better to use cold water for the face
and neck, adding little hot for the re-
mainder of the sponging, If desired.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

company from twelve to fifty or sixty
eggs. They are incubated by night and
left to the heat of the sun during the
day. The males assist In the incuba-
ton and also in taking care of the
young until they can provide for them
selves. When the ostrich chicks are as
big O. a common fowl they run with
great rapidity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

was offered to- Lord Derby, but he de-
clined it. The countess, his wife, is
the oldest daughter Of the fourth earl
of Clarendon. The Stanleys were impor-
tant Office holders during the reigns OF
the Plantagenets. The present earl has
been made knight Of the garter. His
father was thrice prime minister. OF
England. On account of the peculiarly
telling nature Of his oratory he was
styled the Rupert of Debates
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

Tho Last LiAks Are Broken.
(Old Fasorite Series)
The last links ..Se broken
That bound A,e to thee!
The words th~1 hast spoken
Have rendered me free.
Thy sweet glance misleading,
On others may shine
Those eyes beamd unheeding
When tears burst from mine.
The chain that enthrall'd me
In sadness was worn;
The GOODNESS that galrd me
In silence was borne.
Though sorrow subdued me.
1t did not appear;
Though thy scorn hath pursued me-
Long, long vert thou dear.
II my love was deem'd holiness,
That error is DER;
/ have witnessed thy coldness,
love thee no more.
/ have not loved lightly:
I'll think of thee yet
I will pray for thee nightly,
Till lifes sun has set!
And the form my heart cherish'd
Still in It shall dwell!
But affection hath perish'd,-
And, love-fare the we'll .,
F. StewerS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
A Cheap Icing.
Power of Intellect.

What is your idea of an intellectual.
woman?"
Zone who knows when she is old
enough to quit wearing decollete
gowns. "-Chicago Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Sultana Pudding.


In double boiler scald one pint OF
new milk. Scrape one square of choco-
late and mix it with two tablespoonfuls
of sugar and just enough boiling water
to reduce to thin paste. When the
Jumps have been rubbed out add 1t to
the hot milk. Beat two eggs and add
to them gradually one and one-half
cups Of granulated sugar, and when
well mixed beat in two level teaspoon
fuls of -four and half teaspoonful OF
ground cinnamon. Pour the scalded
milk upon this, beat a moment, and
cook until we'll thickened. Stir con-
stantly to prevent curdling, and when
cold add tablespoonful of vanilla and
a quart of good cream. Have ready a
cupful of seeded raisins and chopped
dates and stir them into the pudding
after it has been partly frozen.
Friccasseed Parsnips.
Two tablespoonfuls of broth, piece
of mace, one-half cupfM Of milk, one
ounce butter, little flour, pepper and
salt, parsnips. Peel and wash the par
ships and boil them In milk till
quite soft; drain them and cut them
in pieces lengthwise two or three
inches long; put them in sauce made
of the broth, milk, butter, flour and
seasoning; simmer all together for a
quarter of an hour and serve.
A Cheap Icing.
An icing for cake, that will be found
inexpensive and good, may be made
by taking three tablespoonful Of milk
and letting it come to boil. Then set
it aside and when it is cool add ont
teaspoonful of vanilla or other extract
and stir in confectioners sugar until
thick enough to spread without yuu-
ming.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

from answering back" any argu-
mentation. But if women are made
so perfect as to hold their tongues
when provoked, it is difficult to see
where the material for plays and nov
els is to be found.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09
KANSAS NOTES.
Kansas Newspapers.

Kansas has 807 newspapers. C
these 81 are dallies, 619 weeklies,
semi-weeklies, 1903 monthlies, IL semi
monthIes, bi-monthly, 10 quarterlies
and occasionals. Shawnee county
leads with 40. Sedgwick comes
second with %, and Labette third
81, Wyandotte, the most populous in
the state, has only Is.
The following shows the number by
counties: Allen, IL; Anderson, 8; At
Gibson, 10; Barber, S; Bourbon, 9; Bar
ton, 8; Brown, II: Butler, 9; Chase, 81
Chautauqua, 3; Cherokee, IL; Cheyenne,
2; Clark /; Clay, 5; Cloud, 8; Coffey, 0;
Comanche, l; Cowley, ~; Crawford, II;
Decatur, 5; Dickinson, Is; Doniphan, z;
Douglas, 1s; Elk, 6; Edwards, 2; Ellis,
4; Ellsworth, 3; Fnney, 8; Ford, S;
Franklin, II; Gcary, A; Cove, 3; Graham,
8; Grant, I; Gray, l; Greeley, 1; Green
wood, 10; Hamilton, 81 Harper, o; Har-
vey, 7; Haskell, 2; Hodgeman, 2; jack
son, 8; jefferson, 10; Jewell, s; john.
son, IL; Kearney, 2; Leavenworth, 10;
Lincoln, 4; Linn, IL; Logan, 2; Lyon,
10, Mcpherson, IA; Marion, 6; Marshall,
l6; Meade, 2; Miami, 6; Mitchell, 10;
Montgomery, IS; Morris, 6; Morton, 1;
Nemaha, 10; Neosho, 10; Ness, A; Nor
ton, S; Usage, 10; Osborne, 4; Ottawa, 8;
Pawnee, 8; Rawlins, 2; Reno, 10; Re-
public, 8; Phillips, Z; Pottawatomie, IA;
Pratt, 8; Rice, 10; Riley, 10; Rocks, a;
Rush, 4; Russell, 2; Saline, o; Scott, l;
Sedgwick, 90, Seward, 1; Shawnee, Al;
Sheridan, 2; Sherman, 2, Smith, o;
Stafford, 6; Stanton, L; Stevens, 1; Sum-
ner, 10; Thomas, 2; Trego, 2; Wabaun-
see, 6; Washington, s; Wallace. 1; Will
son, o; Wichita, l. Woodson, S; Wyan-
dotte, Is.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-09

The laws of conscience. which We
pretend to be derived from nature, pro-
coed from custom.--MontaignA