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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
THE RAG WEAVER
PICTURESQUE WORKER OF THE a..
SIDE
SIDE

The rag carpet business is not what II -
to be- Any one with an eye for carpets NJ,
infer so much from the abundance and The y
prices Of serviceable carpets not made ~ -.
to be seen in the housefurnshing stores R,,,
more direct way OF reaching the same eonor.
sion is from the obvious fact that many ~ =,
experience in life of to-day hardly know VIA.
rag carpet is. For the information Of slrb
may be as we'll to say here that rag car.
is a woven fabric in which the place Of yarn
taken by narrow strips of rag sewn togetb.-
Your rags may be of WOOL Of cotton OF OF an
or mixed. Any old rags will do for the purno,'
though, to be sure. the material ought 10 .
strong enough to stand some strain in a.
process of weaving and some hard wear ar,
it has been woven. In this way you may MAJ
your floor covering memorial Of the deuar-.
spIendors OF your wardrobe and tread the "a,
tiles of this wicked world under foot
The veteran weaver Of rags who appear.
the illustration is willing to give Of his cou.,1
cradle store of Renaissance in connection u,r
this to him, Iamentable subject. He sits A. !,
loom in an East Side basement, about half n,
between First-ave. and Avenue A and rao,n.
the time when. thirty-three years ago. he can.
to New-YOrk from Bavaria and found r,o,
than thousand hand weavers OF rag car,..-
here.
Some dead. some gone to different places =.
taken up other trades ne answers. if vor -
him what has become of all these skilled s-.t
sans. There was no work for them anv me-.
If it was not for the hospitals and the AZ
women's homes. I would not have enough wor,
to make living There are not more than 4,
teen of us left in New-York now. 1 only kno,
of three on the East Side"
His allusion to the hospitals and homes Is a.,
planned by the custom of employing old and tss
BILE women, who are past almost all other kind
of work, to cut and sew together the strips n
rags for making these carpets These strips An
brought to the weaver in large balls and a,
wound on the shuttIes by means of an ancisu
spinning wheel. The carpets once woven nah
warm, noiseless. economical floor coverings b
hospitals and such places. Given the balls q
rags, all properly sewn, the weaver chargs
only about 80 cents a yard for making the "a,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

These latter specimens were included in three
different collections, the Ameghino, the Lar
rogue and Bracelet, sent from the Argentine Re
public to the Paris Exposition of 1878. Pro
fessor Cope was captivated with them that
he purchased them outright and brought them
to this country. Although in fairly good condi-
ton and almost fit for mounting without
further attention. they have remained packed
away out of sight for twenty years. The
animals whose petrifed bones these fossils are
once lived in the pampas, from which fact the
collection is designated by the adjective pam
pean-" They belong to a very recent period geo.
logically. the Peistocene; but they date back
to or beyond the time when a vast ice sheet
covered a large portion of North America.
This field has never before been well repre-
sented in the handsome edifice in West Seventy
seventh-st. But nothing superior to it can now
be found anywhere else in the world except
possibly in the Argentine Republic. The many
students of natural history who visit the insti-
tuition which TANKS Central Park the west
to be congratulated upon the opportunities
soon to be afforded them for obtaining informa-
ton about the extinct monsters of South Amer
hca.
The naturalist is interested in the earlier
forms of life not simply for what they We're but
also because of their differences from existing
forms. 1t is thus possible often to trace out
lines of evolution that would otherwise be OBJ
scure. Now, in the pampas of South America
there were two classes of animals that were
more closely related to each other than their
present representatives are. These were the
ground sloths and the armored creatures whose
modern type is found in the armadillo
The soth of to-day is a moderately small ami
NAL that lives in the branches of trees alto
gether and hangs from them by his huge
curved claws He is a strict vegetarian. He
eats foliage The ancestral sloth of South
America subsisted the same diet but had
harder work to obtain his food He lived on the
surface of the earth, from which circumstance
he is known as the ground sloth. However, he
a gigantic creature The biggest member
of the family, called the megatherium by
Cuvier, undoubtedly eighteen or twenty
feet long, including a short but stout tail that
served much s a kangarOo's does, as a means
Of support when the animal sat his launches
and reached upward. This is really the charac-
teristic attitude of the megatherium, although
BOme specimens have been mounted in a hori-
Zontal position The bones of this animal are
heavier than those of elephant. The thigh
bones are so stout that the length is scarcely
more than thrice their thickness. The ridges on
them, for the attachment of muscles further il
lustrate the tremendous strength of the animal
which was eXerted, no doubt, in mighty wrestIes
with trees in order to uproot or break them off
Without some such effort the foliage would have
remained inaccessible.
Another ground slOth almost equal in size to
the megatherium was the mylodon me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

though it is still shown to ingenious tourists as
a typical "dosshouse"
The official arrangements for giving nights
shelter to the absolutely penniess very in
adequate. There only four night refugees
maintained out of the public funds. Those
however, who are able to obtain admittance are
soup and a bed similar to that of the French
soldier. a bath is obligatory all applicants
for shelter. and they are given a sort of uni
form to wear while their clothes are disinfected.
To supplement these refugees the authorities
are issuing gratuitOuS lodging tickets, the re-
cipientS of which are Quartered in the low class
hotels The flaming brasiers which were pict-
uresque feature of the populous districts of
Paris on winter nights are to be suppressed this
season, the municipality having decided, for
reasons that are not very apparent that they
do little good This did not seem to be the
opinion of the shivering unfortunates who used
to crowd round them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
NOT TO BIZ BUNCOED.

From The Chicago News.
Mr.. Hayrix-HeOw much do yew charge for
pullin' tooth?
Dentist-One dollar with gas-50 cents with
out.
Mr.. Hayrix-Say, young Teller, don't yew try
none o yer bunco games on me- Mebby / dew
look kind o. green, but reckon amt gon ter
give up no so cents extry for gas when it's broad
daylight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

aware whether this were the case or not, as ne
was away from Hesingfors at the time.
1t is by such methods by continuous syS-
tenn of naggng and spying-that their life is
made a burden to the Finnish people, and II 10
by this means that the Governor General hopes
to provoke a resistance which could have but
ending
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
SOME VALUABLE FOSSILS.
GIFTS TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY.
ANCIENT LIFE IN SOUTH AMERIcA-GRoUND
sLOTHS ARMORED ANIMALS AND THE
uron rIo.
SABRE ToOTHED TIGER.

SABRE TOOTFED TIGER.
The department of the American Museum of
Natural History to which fossils of vertebrates
belong has recently been enriched by two i'm
portant additions. One of them was the gift
of Morris K Jesup, president of that institution,
and consists of the second part of the famous
Cope collection of North American material
The other acquisition, also purchased from the
estate of the late Professor Cope, embraces
South American fossils exclusively The Mu-
scum is indebted for it to H. o. Havemeyer,
William E. Dodge, d. Willis James, James
Constable Adrian Iselin and Henry F. Osborn.
The last named is curator of vertebrate
paleontology in the Museum. The South Ameri-
fossils are now being unpacked and pre-
pared for exhibition by Dr. w. D. Matthew. as
sistant curator
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08

iy afterward fervently wished / had
asked for tea; both We're sufficiently
bad, but Boer coffee Is simply cXecra-
ble-compounded Of various mixtures
In which ground mealies bear a large
proportion, and some coffee, which is
often roasted at hcme. This concoc-
tion Is both meat and drink, and it
is said to be in consequence of their
drinking it so many times day that
the Boer women attain such gigantic
proportions as they frequently do in
middle life, and sometimes in youth,
also.
Several male relatives Of the house
hold came into breakfast, and dis
played very good appetites. One pc
culiarity of the mems clothes is that
they appear to be borrowed; they nev-
er fit Il am speaking now. of course,
of the low class Boer); there is too
much ankle, often stockingless, shown
and too much wrist to agree with the
modern idea of fitness. 1t was bril-
liant morning, and the sun soon dried
up the excessive moisture of the pre-.
vious night Presently three men,
bers of the family offered to accom-
pany me ON a ramble. We walked
some distance, and came upon the
ruins of another farmhouse-a few
stones left upon another and the same
utter poverty OF surroundings, no
trees, no trace nf garden or orchard.
On returning to the house coffee was
served, but l did not take any.
Poultry Made Comfortable.
Now came surprise, and | ceased
to wonder at my lively visitors in the
.t +l,o tYht lNNfora yrh 4
discovered that in two corners of the
dining room, under the two arrange
ments of shelves Of whatnots, were
two hens sitting on eggs. Moreover,
the other hens and young chickens
wandered in and OUT from the stoop at
their own sweet will. In this par
ticular household 1t seemed the rule
to begin to think OF preparing dinner
when everybody felt hungry, and we
did not dine before 2:30 o'clock.
They are very inquisitive, but 1t
is pleasant to add that they are usual
ly kind and hospitable to such strang-
ers as can converse with them in the,
taal, which is Low Dutch, and the
same language as that in which His
Honor the Staat-President breaches,
in the little Dopper Church near to his
residence at Pretoria.
Among the people you see young
girls, fresh-looking and rather pretty,
but they grow terribly fat or misera-
bly, thin with increasing age. have
seen ugly old women in different parts
of the world, but beyond doubt, for
utter and hopeless ugliness, the aged
Transvaal vrouw carries the palm!
Some of these old women are moro
bitter against the rooineks and roof
battles e. e., English soldiers) than
even the men, who often hate the
English simply because they are Eng
lish and more refined than themselves.
So the evening again passed away,
and early next morning l departed on
my way to Johannesburg Gin.
cinnati Enquirer
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08
OFFICE-MASONIC BUILDING.
East Main Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. A Whitmore
cas- or. Services bi weekly alternating
morning and evening". Services ednes
day, 2 D. IN, Sunday School 2p. m.
Guild each Lords Day 8 SOP. m. either SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. " 8. T. Metzger,
pastor. Services, Sunday 10 A. N. and 500 P.
IN. Sunday School, 3. p Prayer Meet
ing. Wednesday, Up. m.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
Daugherty Pastor. Regular Services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at 10 a. m.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School Pm.
Mite Society 8 'mi.monthly. Wednesday
evening at s O'Clock. W. MIS-. Meeting
MontAly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church Rev. M. F. Oerter, PAS
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, n. m
Preaching services will be held every other
Sun,lsy as heretofore. alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
w. L. Orem Pastor. Services every alter.
nate Sunday at 10 A. NJ and 700 P. M.
Sunday School at 8 A. n. Player Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.8O .. NJ. Ep'
worth League at $50 everv Sunday.
st. Stephens Church Protestant Episcoal
Rev. Erne>t McGill. Rector. Services
every Sunday at 400, p. M, at Walkers
willie at 1890 a. IN, at Thurmont,
Service SATURDAYS at 400 p. IN.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08
TYPES OF THE BOERS
A TRIP THROUGH THE TRANS.
vAAL COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

Homes and characteristics of a Pc.
cuIiar Peopie-Fertile Soil, But Lack
of cuItivation--The Average Boer
Goes to Bed With His Clothes On.
Let me introduce you to a Dutch
farmhouse in the Transvaal as l saw
1t one fine afternoon not long ago. 1t
was situated some miles from any
town or village; the typical Boer does
not desire any near neighbors. The
way to it lay over the high veldt,
along vast plains, with here and there
a range of hills presenting the appear
ance of huge pudding molds turned
upside down, only slightly more
rugged of surface but scarcely less
bare. The road (by courtesy so
called) led over small heaps of stone
and reddish sand, varied by deep ruts
and sluices, the beds of dried-up rivers
and now and then gliding gradually
tufts of struggling, unwholesome-look-
ing grass. There were no hedges, no
fences, no walls. Our vehicles was
kind Of buggy, a hybrid between a
Cape cart and an old-fashioned gig.
Winding around the base of one Of
the big pudding basins we came upon
little valley, in which two or three
green trees of the willow species
showed the presence OF water, and
soon afterward arrived at the house.
1t was low building of stone, with
corrugated iron roof; along the front
ran the stoop, which is raised cause
way or veranda built always of stone
laid Que upon another, and covered
with earth beaten down hard.
The Lounglng Place.
This is place whereon the Boer
loves to lounge, smoking his eternal
pipe, and Illuminating, when he is not
laying down the law with regard to
Rooineks (Englishmen) or Outlanders
generally. At the back were two little
paddocks inclosed by stone walls
loosely put together, and a cattle
kraal, also of stone, but partly thatch-
ed. Two mules were standing In the
afternoon sun, winking their long ears
in futile attempts to scare the flies
which were exploring every portion Of
their lean bodies. A yoke Of oxen
browsing at some distance completed
the prominent features of the land
oCdpc, uAIll, CT IhV ooubu VI " AOOAob q
couple of dogs of the lurcher kind ap.
peared and greeted us with furious
barks. Two black boys, called Sun.
day" and Shilling" came to take
charge of our horses and conveyance,
and we were ushered in by the back
entrance through the kitchen.
The distinguishing feature Of this
apartment, after the general squalor
of the whole, was stout cord
stretched across one end, with strips
of meat hanging over and tied to it;
this was the greater part of sheep,
which | afterwards understood was
killed the day before The practice
is to cut it all up without any appar-
ent regard to joints, in various shapes
and sizes, and to hang it in the air, or
often In the sun, to dry; this consti-
tutes the biltong which they use on
their journeys, or in war time, and
which Is said to be most nourishing
and sustaining food.
We passed on into the inner room
which was breakfast room, dining
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08
THE LADIES' HOME JOUR-
NAL FOR 1899.

sGIS nn: %ns
sturdy. One series of papers alone would seil the
magazine: that is, the three White House articles
which ex-President Harrison is to write No man has
articles: show US what "A Day With the President
at his Desk" means in one article; in another tell of
"The Social Life Of the President" and in third
ticle describe upstairs Life In the White House."
Each of the articles will be profusey illustrated An
other series equally fascinating is the one called
Great Personal Events" in which some of the great
est enthusiasms which have occurred in America will
be revived: those wonderful times when Louis Kos
suth rode up Broadway; when the young Prince Of
enry n II.
congregation by selling slaves in his pulpit; when
Grant wen, round the world; when Henry Clay bade
farewell to the senate; when John Wesley preached
in Georgia, of which so few know. All these mem-
orable events and others will be wildly recalled,
told more graphically than ever before and llustrat
ed with pictures which have occupied twelve artists
over a year. A third series is unique and valuable
from the fact that 1t will give women scores of ideas
for their homes. will reveal what there is Inside
produce pictures Of one hundred completely furnish
ed rooms in homes in this country from Maine 10
California where taste has gone farther than money
lively engaged by the JOURNAL Mrs. s. T. Rorer,
who will hereafter have charge of thedomes,c de
gartment and give series Of cooking lessons, and
Dwight l.. Moody. the famous evangelist who is to
put the result of his life study of the Bible Ia de-
partment entitled "Mr: Moody's Bible Glass" The
artist, SnaricS lana SloSon, VINO crclteu the ODSon
People OF Dickens" while Alice Barber Stephens
will alternate with Mr. Gibson and present her idea
OF "Six Types of American Womanhood," showing
the American woman in society in religion. in busi-
ness, in summer. in the home, and a mother,
Mary E. Wilkins, the New England writer, will re-
vive the olo quilting the ancient singing school
and the apple pairing bee in "The Pleasures Of Our
Neighborhood." :" Sir Henry Irving is to tell how to
study, read and present Shakespeare in Small Com
munities." Philip Sousa has written waltz, while
COMPOSED
siders greater than his famous Ninety and Nine "
Ian Macaren will have story, while Herbert u.
Wards numerous sereal, "The Burglar Who Moved
Paradise" will run through the year. Jenny Linds
daughter is to sketch My Mother as Recall Her
while George W Smalley is to show The Personal
Side of the Prince Of Wales in lavsly-illustrated
article. II it has become fad it seems for every
girl and woman to take this magazine, it is excel
lent and unlike many other fads sensible one,
The JOURNAL is published by The Curtis Publish
ing Company, of Philadelphia.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08
STURDY soERs.
They Know how to handle Both Rifles
and the Artillery.

They Know how to handle Both R'tIes
and the Artillery.
w. II. Forbes townsend, Of Liver
pool, who is travelling with Mr.. Keith,
from his own accounts seems to be
the English globe-trotter of whom so
much has been written, for apparent
ly from his talk he has been in all
countries. He spoke most interesting
" of the Transvaal, saying: II spent
eight months there just prior to Jane
sons famous raid, and became thor
oughly familiar with the country and
it's inhabitants, although I cannot say
/ ever became intimate with any Of
them, as the Beers are absolutely the
most uncommunicative people I have
ever seen. l spent large part Of
my time there in johannesburg, which
is 4 typical mining town, although it
has been largely built up and has
some very handsome buildings.
1.-THE Beers themselves are very dull
mentally, non-progressive and phleg-
matte; this last, however, tells In their
favor in battle as they do not become
in the least excited when under fire.
1t is mistake TO think they have lost
their ability as shots, for they practice
craftsmanship continually, and are
the most expert shots have ever seen.
l myself constantly saw the small
Bocr boys practice shooting on the
vcl,lt, and some Of them couldn't have
been over years old.
II also trekked pronounced treek.
kedD up to the Limpopo River, which
is the boundary line between the
Transvaal and Matabeleland, for the
shooting, which Is the finest for both
bird and beast I have ever had. got
pretty good idea of the lay Of the
country, and 1t has the most perfect
natural defenses in the world. On the
Natal border the few passes there are
SO narrow and Of such character, that
40 men can with case hold themselves
against a thousand, and the same Is
true Of all their other frontiers. Then
the country from its nature affords
is made up Of successive ranges Of
mountains, with level plains, or veldts,
between, and all the mountains can
only Ike crossed by passes Of so diff
cult a nature as to render 1t possible
for a few men to stand off a large
number.
1T is also a mistake to think that
the Roers are unable to handle artil
lery. Young Beers are sent abroad
for their education, and large numbers
of them have studied in the military
schools of France, Germany and even
England itself. AS in the past, In each
company Of Boer artillery number
OF shalpshooters are told Off whose
sole duty it will be to pick off the Of
fccIs Of the enemy. These companies
number about 100 men each. When
we were in San Francisco we met
number Of prominent mining men
there who have been in the Transvaal
and We're thoroughly acquainted with
the country and the Beers, and their
characteristics, and while we all know
that in the end Great Britain would
undoubtedly conquer, we all agreed
that it would nevertheless take her
a long time to do 1t, and that the nut
she has set herself to crack Is likely
to prove far more difficult than most
people at present reallze."-N. Y. Tri-
bune.
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Patents

Gaoeats and Re- Issues secured; TRADE Marks
and Copyrights registered; Opinions given as
To validity and Infringement of patents; As'
signments, Contracts etc prepared and recor'
ded, and all business in the Patent Office in
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecuted. Upon receipt Of model or skstch or
photograph of invention with description, I
will advise as to patentability FREQ Of charge
Main offices directly across from the U. s
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
TO my perfect anu long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose.
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
specially FEES MODERATE and exclu.
sive attention given to patent business Book
Of information and advice, and special refer.
ences, sent without charge upon request
j. e LlTTELL,
Attorney and Counssl1or in Patent Causes,
Washington, D. c..
Opposite U. s. Pateat Office
Nation h8 Paper
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-02-08
We Cannot Escape Contagion.

DR.. Lionel Beale says, and his opin
ion is shared by other eminent physi
clans, 81 believe that If the organism
be in proper state almost all disease
germs coming in contact with it, or
entering it, will certainly die, instead
of growing and multiplying. Many of
the poisons in question are found
about us--in the food we eat, in the
water we drink. The foot of a fly will
carry enough poisonous matter to in
feet household. 1t Is therefore vain
to be always seeking to annihilate
contagion, which you can only destroy
to limited and almost useless ey-
tent; on the other hand, it seems ex'
ceedingly reasonable, and especially on
the part of nurses and ourselves, who
must be continually exposed to the
assaults of diseased germs, to do all
that is possible to promote and i'm
prove the resisting power of the
body"