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The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09

makes Just as great a fuss over them as
Il she had done the Matching and cracked
Re shell, at the signal from the little
peak within, by the pressure of her own
oreastbone in conformance with the an
Gent ostrich habit For the first eighteen
months the youngsters are gray, spindly,
last growing creatures. Then they begin
20 cnange color. and it is at this period
mat they call for the most watchful care
as the mortality among them is very
great If they win safely through the
nrs' two years Of life they go on to reach
unr,y forty, fifty, or even, 1t is said
hundred ears The first plucking of the
feathers is made before the bird is two
years old and the operation is repeated
eFery nine months. Though II is unat-
ended With pain, the ostriches resent 1t
Heiaely. and II is a somewhat dangerous
operation. for a full-grown ostrich eight
VI nine feet tall and weighing 300 or 400
pounds Is tremendously powerful. and can
WIN single stroke Of the great single
N'a"ea loot strike a man dead.
hen the pluckins time comes the birds
ale driven into a corral. thence one by
o'e they are introduced into a small, tri-
-E1lar enclosure where there Is no room
ot Cd furry. A long, narrow bog. with
nY'e- Tor breathing as drawn over the
Ia one man holding the bird while
~ operator plucks all the ripe feathers,
q""ns care always TO keep well behind
rect for the ostrich can kick only
"'fl. only the ripe feathers-such az
Almost ready TO be moulted and come
palnlesaly-are pulled. The heavy
5 pumes are then cut off with sharp
5ofs the remaining stumps or quilts
.,t Ieft until they are ripe before ex-
,' Hs This work must be performed
/, tfsat care, for where a quill socket"
-"eo Out no feather ever Grows again.
49, nneN feathers are the forty or more
49, ones which come on the wings. The
F,s"- seem 70 feel very keenly the dis
% having their feathers plucked.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
MAKING OSTRICH AMERICAN.
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THIS
COUNTRY THE HUGE BIRD
FLOURISHES.

ostrich Farming Scientifically Con-
Quoted Is a Profitable Enterprise.
a Good Specimen Yielding About
no Worth of Feathers at a Pluck
inG-The Birds Are Worth 800
Apiece and Upward-Some of Their
Curious Hnbits-They Have No
and VIII XIII Their Keepers With
Il BLOW of the Terrible Clayyed Foot
AZ They Get IL Chance-Thunder-
storms and Small Dogs FIJI Them
with Terror-Under Saddle or in
Harness They Are Swift-How the
ostrich Is PIucI1ed.
Copyright, 1901 by Laura B. Starr.
Washington, June Nothing but fail
IRE was predicted for the project Of os-
+rtch farming in this country when the
first lot of these giant birds was import
al from South Africa in 1885. For a time
the fate of the scheme hung in the bal
ance. Change of climate and environment
seemed to have an unfavorable effect up
IN the ostriches. Then they began to
adapt themselves to the new conditions,
and now they are raising large and profit
able families, with the fostering aid of
the incubator, in Florida. Colorado, Tex
as. Arizona and other Southern states,
and the home raised plume, not to be
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09

hodv. At rest or in motion, a herd of os-
triches is a fine sight. but they are par
ticularly jaunty and debonair when they
rush to the fence and thrust their iong,
fuzzy uecks and great beaks over to SOY
out the intrudinE visitor
They have great. milo eyes ana IooN
very bland and innocent, but the Nisltor
must be careful, even when beyond the
range of the feet to keep out
of reach OF their great nlou'na'
for they will snatch and eat anything
they can reach, matches. lighted pipes
hats parcels even whole newspapers
They will swallow box Of oranges one
AT a gulp. in marvelously quick time
Stones as large as an ostrich egg nave
been taken from the stomach OF deao
bird: they need hard substances to Srlnd
their food.
The commercial value OF an ostrich has
hardly been fixed. One hundred bras
were sold In Pasadena a year ago for U.s.
600 an average Of $3.50 apiece. The owner
of the Phoenix farm refused $4,000 Tor 10
birds. They yield on an average niue
over a pound Of feathers at plucking'
and the Mound sells for $3.50. Twenty
1--WE dollars per bird Is considered a very
good result. At the Florida and South
Pasadena farms the feathers are pre-
nared FOR retail market. which, OF course
increases the profit very materially.
So great has been she demand for
ostriches IN late years that the WHO arr
can bird has nearly disappeared from the
face Of nature. There is no danger or
the species becoming extinct, however as
thousands are herded IN the African cor
rals. ana they are now being imported 20
Egypt. Hawaii. Australia and other parts
81 the world, as we'll a. 20 this country
Most Of the birds die IN passage. but those
that survive usually flourish under the
new conditions. and N this country a.
least ostrich raising bids fair 20 become
a Sreat ana widespread INDUSTRY.
Laura y. Starr
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
NOVELTY IN HOMEMADE RUGS.
White Rugs for the White Vernndas
Made by RObbinE the Rag Bag.

white Rugs for the White Vernndns
Made by RObbing the Rag bag.
Washable rugs made of bits of white
cotton or linen stuffs are new and feas-
ible ideas for home fancy work. When
completed they are extremely pretty, es-
pecially in bedrooms of country homes,
and are of inestimable value on the sum-
mer veranda. The cost of producing them
also is very small, as they are almost
altogether made of pieces of white under
wear which have in such capacity out
lived their usefulness. They rob, in fact
the rag bag. Petticoats, night dresses
or other garments that have become worn
are taken by nimble fingers and torn into
strips of about three-quarters of an inch
wide. They are then sewed strongly 10
gether, end to end, and tightly rolled into
a ball in just the same way as carpet
rags are prepared. They are more pleas
ant to handle and better, from the fact
of the starch being taken out, II hrst
they have bean thoroughly washed. To
make a medium-sized rug four of these
balls will suffice, should they be about
eight inches in diameter After thus be-
ing made ready they are sent to the
weaver, who, for a small sum, runs them
through his looms and turns them out
looking very much rag carpets, only
of course, they are snow white. When
it is desired, a ball of pink, or green
goods is also made that strips of color
NAV be woven across the ends This
touch adds greatly to their decorative
value. Some old wash summer gown OF
bingham comes in well to tear up for This
purpose, and will afford the desired
amount of color of the same shade. In
deed. these rugs give a conscientious eX-
cuse TO get rid of a lot of old things,
while sewing the stuff together and roll
ing the balls is simple, pleasant work.
children love to help on rainy days. And
often some bit of work is wanted to keep
the hands busy when the light is too poor
for more exalted fancy pieces and the de-
sire TO chat makes the counting of stitches
in knitting irksome. Then these rugs are
really desirable. In front of a bath tub
for instance, they have an inviting, clean
look. Another advantage is that every
morning when the summer veranda is put
in order they can be scrubbed off. lit
tie soft soap thrown on them and the
brush rubbed up and down several times
rescues from them any amount of dirt or
dust that they may have accumulated. AS
so much white woodwork is used in dain-
ty bedrooms, the white verandas are said
to be the coming rage, the making of
them is well worth the labor.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
WHERE MONEY is LOST.
soiIed Linen mt the Laundry often
Contains large Sums.

From the New York Mail and Express.
1T is astonishing how careless people
are about sending clothes to laundry
without first searching them for money
and jewelry." said the manager OF a laun-
dry the other day Yesterday a woman
sent a bundle of dresses here and in the
pocket Of one was $3.50 in bills We never
search clothing for valuables. The dresses
were put in the washing machine, soap
and voter put In, and after the machine
had been running half an hour ID was
opened, and the man In charge was as
tonished TO see paper money floating
around on the water. The bills had in
some manner worked out OF the pocket
Of the dress, and. strange to say, not one
OF them was torn. We ran the money
through the drying machine and then
ironed each bill carefully. After we got
through you could not have told that The
money had been In a laundry washing
machine for half an hour. We sent for
the woman. and when she came TO the
laundry she had not yet missed her
money
mot long ago a man sent some shirts
10 our laundry from the bosom OF one
OF which he forgot 10 remove a diamond
stud worth $50. our people did not see
the diamond. and we did not ma II until
he called US up ana made known his loss
Then I put my men to searching. and We
found tho diamond IN tho catch basin IN
the sewer"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
BAD BLUNDERs BY RUSSIAN GEAR.
He Has Alienated the Love of Many
influential Persons.
From the St. James Gas~tte.


In Europe at large the present situa-
ton in Russia is very imperfectly I'M
derstood. The sequence between cause
and effect is particularly evident to those
students of contemporary affairs who
pay close attention to Eastern affairs.
The causes of the recent troubles in the
Russian Empire are deeply seated, and
unfortunately the Gear, Notwithstanding
his acknowledged amiabiity and SINGER
ity, has acutely intensified them Inc
outlook is fraught with peril far be-
yond the general apprehension. Students
disturbances have been chronic and IN
termittent, and have been usually &C
counted as of trivial importance, seeing
that the excitable and almost hysterlcal
temperament of Saw youths and maid
ems is bound to produce occasional tur-
moil But such an easy explanation is
no longer valid, for the seeds of perma-
nent bitterness have been of late thickly
sown in every class of the vast commu-
nifty, and the young Emperor has, by
some strange faulty. been the chief agent
in distributing the germs OF social ana
political disaffection.
Feeling of Alienation.
Nicholas II has during the short five
years of his reign, at the beginning OF
which ardent hopes of reform were cher
ished, managed to induce a feeling of
alienation among the very sections or the
population which were most disposed TO
look to him for the announcement OF
their expectations. He has committed
three almost irreDarable blunders. l
make no allusion to his astounding cru
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09

of allegiance to all the laws OF the realm.
The strange thing about the present En-
peror is that he is the first Emperor OF
Russia since the half-mad Paul who has
deliberately set himself up above the stat
utes Russian Emperor is the foun-
tain OF law. He may modify existing
statutes and promulgate new enactments,
but all the subjects expect him to abide
bv the fundamental regulations already
decreed by his predecessors or himself,
unless some notifications are announced
by public ukase. What the lawyers of
Russia, who are a numerous and able
class. are everywhere asking is whether
this present autocrat is going to rule by
virtue OF his own caprice alone, In the
reckless style Of the Roman Caesars; or
whether he will after an turn deaf ear
TO the ring OF "Old Russian" partisans
who have the credit of urging him on the
pathway Of a fatal policy the leader OF
this CLIQUE being the famous NJ. Pobiedo-
nostseff.
The Powerful Magistrates.
The magistrates and lawyers are in
some respects the most potent section Of
society in Russia They are deeply irri-
tated to find that the Car does not share
the view general amongst them, that
since the reform Of the tribunals in 1886
the laws must be held inviolable by every
body alike from the Emperor downward
the monarch retaining, OF course, the
right Of modlnca tios by proclamation. All
the iurists expected that Nichols would
uniformly show himself the Car OF re
formed Russia" az the educated classes
love 70 call their country In this genera
ton II is now felt, since his harsh treat
ment OF the students that he intends 10
act ike tho Czars Of the old type. before
reforms Of any kind we're thought Of.
The Cars second blunder is that he
has offended the army. When he ordered
the revolving students 70 be thrust into
4he "ddsoiplinary hattaiions." and 70 % b.
forced into military service, he violated
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
SALE STARTS TOMORROW MORNING.
GUSTAV6 66KSTE|N & GO.
Is and ! S Broughton Street. West.
. PORTFOLIO OF WILD FLOWERS,
with Directions as TO Mounting, Col
Oring, Etc.
No.C4 THE LADY's SLIPPER.

Copyright 1901 by S. S. Mcclure COZ
The Lady's Slipper, known also as the
WhippoorwilPs Shoe and the Mocassin
Flower, grows in deep, shady woodf'
often in company with moses, ferns ava
trilIiums. 1t is such pretty flower thot
few people who see it can resist the temp
tation to pick it, and it is, therefore, be-
coming every day more difficult to ma.
II has many attractions for the bee, TOT
II not only provides MIN with plenty Oh
food but also furnishes him with srlen-
did banquet hail. Just over the front
entrance you will see two rows or Ozark
spots They are a sign that the hungry
bee can read, and they mean: This way
to the dining room" He pushes open the
elastic sides of the doorway to which the
dots lead. and enters the beautiful golden
chamber and when he has Toasted he
paws for his dinner on his way out by
carrying on his back some or the lady
slippers golden pollen dust that she
wants taken to one of her neighbors. The
Yellow Lady's Slipper, shown In the pic
ture, blooms about the beginning OF
June, little later than her elder sister.
the Pink Mocassin Flower
Directions for Painting.
Begin by painting the upper shaded
part Of the picture and the roots and
trunks of the trees behind the flowers
a strong grey, made by mixing red, blue
and a little yellow. When it is dry paint
the shaded upper part and the distant
trees with another tint of grey with lit
tie more blue in 1t, to represent the deep
woods. Then paint the messy ground and
the ferns a dark green. Put a lighter
green over the sides of the slipper yellow
ish brown, and the two sepals above and
below the slipper yellow with long pur-
pie stripes. Then paint the slippers them.
selves bright orange yellow.
Below the picture and to the left you
will notice an outline of the Lady's Slip
per with it's different parts numbered; and
10 the right the proper colors to use are
indicated with corresponding numbers
To prepare these flower pictures for
portfolio, you should cut out the picture
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09
Drcnnin of the blind.
From Prof. Jaetron's Psychology

From FToI. JdHITUtI IsyVHOIOBy'
FROM the fifth TO the seventh year is
the critical period In the education OF
the visual center In the brain. Persons
who have lost their sight before this
period soon lose their power of seeing in
dreams; while in those who become blind
after the seventh year the power of vision
Is so firmly established in the brain that
It is retained in dreams for many years,
or even throughout life.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-09

will hold the picture in place. II the en-
tire back is coated with paste the ten
dency Is a warp and draw up the mat,
and 1t won't lie fiat in the portfolio.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
FIRST FOX HUNT OF SEASON.

l. Q. Edgerton was awakened
about 4.30 o'clock last Monday
morning by the music of a pack of
hounds in full cry after fox. He
saddled and mounted his horse as
quickly as possible and met the
hounds short distance south of
town. The fox was making straight
for Southern Pines and came into
town on Pennsylvania avenue,
Just below Bennett street; he ran
the whole length of the avenue, fol-
lowed by the baying hounds and
the one rider, crossing the railroad
in front of a moving train, while
several of the hounds darted under
the cars after him. He made
gallant run of it until nearly six
o'clock, when he was Overtaken
and killed by the hounds about
two miles from town, near the
the Highlands. Mr.; Edgerton says
there were Is hounds in the pack
and that they belong to J. 3.
Buchan, of Manly.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
SHE WANTS 1T PUBLISHED.

Gooch's Mexican Syrup has given per-
feet satisfaction in my. and | want to re-
commend it to everyone as the best rene
dy for coughs colds, and all lung troubles,
A young lady in my employ. who had been
forced to quit work and who had been
given up to die by her friends With con-
sumption, has by the use of Gooch' Mex
lean Svr,lp been restored to health, and is
now at .~ork earning her living and enjoy
ing good health. She wants me to pub
lish this as it may be the means OF saving
the life OF some oeher consumptive.
r. NJ FLEMING, Piqua, o.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
SHORT POEM.

I'm ut a speck, the world moves on,
Millions never II know I've come,
and gone,
A few may know once were here
And helped to dry some mourner's
tear. H. 7. G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
WHAT'S YOUR FACE WORTH?

Sometimes a fortune, but never, if you
have a sallow complexion. jaundiced
look, moth patches and blotches on the
skin-all signs of Liver Trouble. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills give Clear Skin. Ro-
sy Cheeks, Rich Complexion. Only Is cts.
at all Druggists.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11

Now notice! We have a fine tar
soap, as good as Packers, for only 1oc
as leader. Shampoo your hair and
keep it free from dandruf. Sold only
at Southern Pines Pharmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11
LATE LOCAL MENTION.
%I%%%3..r*%%

Tsf'T'T$1'I'TTTT
Mrs. A. Winestine, accompanied
bv her mother and little brother
Henry, returned Friday evening
last from Durham.
NJ. Jack Torbet accompanied by
L. Il. Ritter, of Carthage spent
Monday and Tuesday in Southern
Pines.
B. w. Hatcher of Liberty, N. O.,
State Grand Lecturer, of the Order
OF Free and Accepted Masons, is
here this week conducting a course
of instruction in the secret work
OF the order.
Mrs. A. M. Foster, accompanied
by her sister, Miss Barrows, return
ed home tuesday after an extend
ed visit with friends and relatives
in Massachusetts.
Henry Kapitzche, with his wife
and three children, arrived Mon
day night from New Haven, Conn,
and expect to remain through the
winter. They are at present with
Mr.. Richard Sanderson.
A new remedy for biliousness is now on
sale at Johnsons Pharmacy. 1t is called
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
1t gives quick relief and will prevent the
attack if given as soon as the first indica-
ton OF the disease appears. Price, rs cents
per box Samples free.
j. Swift left Tuesday to attend
the Greensboro fair, after which
he intends going to Charleston.
S G., where he is engaged to pre-
pare the handsome exhibit of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Company for the expo
sition to be held there December
! to June |.
TEurston Il Parker have rented
the Grove Cottage, owned by Miss
Lizzie Brown. to Mrs. Z. NJ. Rea,
of High Point, N. G, who will con-
duct it as a boarding house this
season. Miss Brown will remove
to her country home in Quewhiffle
township, Cumberland county.
DR.. L, A. Scruggs, Superinten
dent of the Plckford Sanitarium
for colored consumptives, returned
Monday, to attend to the renova-
ton. repairs and improvements
preparatory to the opening Of the
sanitarium on November /. DR..
Scruggs says that ne has already
applications enough to fill the
house with patients.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11

When you have no appetite, do not rel
ish your food and feel dull after eating
you may know that you need dose OF
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
Price, rs cents. Samples free at Johnson's
Pharmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11

Preaching at the Congregational
Church Sunday 1o.3o a. N. and 8
D. M, by Rev. 6. r. Mente; morning
subject, Autumn" evening subject,
Beyond the Clouds" Special at
tention is called to the meeting of the
Junior Christian Endeavorers at a
D. In. Other services as usual.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-11

H. G. Phelps, wife and party, of
Sydney, N. Y, arrived last Satur-
day morning and are now located
in their winter home, heretofore
known as the Lasker cottage,
where they expect to remain for
the season. In the party, as reg
istered at the Southern Pines hotel
we're: j. V. e. Winnie, Frank
Wheeler, G. H. Dibble, Mrs. Frank
Wheeler, Mrs. Sarah A. Smith and
Miss Susie |. Bronson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-18
OBITUARY.

London-Sir Francis Cook. who in 1885,
married Miss Tennessee Claf1in of New
York. died this evening at 10 o'clock
Chicago Swife. brother Of
Gustavus f. Swift, the millionaire packer,
died here today after an illness of four
days. the immediate cause of death be-
ing congestion of the brain.
Buffalo. n Y.-Barton Atkins. seventy
four years of age. pioneer resident of
buffalo, died here today. In early years
Mr.. Barton was prominently identified
with traffic on the great lakes, having
spent many years in Minneapolis. Buffalo
boat affairs He was a. personal friend
Of former President Cleveland, and In
1894 went to Alaska with a commission
to be United States marshal for the dis
trict of Alaska.
New Haven. ConH.AEthelbert Ne+i1.
musician and composers died suddenly
here today of heart disease. He was
thirtv-eight years old. Mr.. Nevin came
to New Haven about five weeks ago to
be associated with Prof. Parker, of Yale
university, in his musical work He WIS
in perfect health until last Friday He
leaves a widow and two children. Ethel
bert Nevin was born att Nevinacre, Pa.
in 1853, and after am early life devoted
to the study of music in Philadelphia
went abroad. continuing his training ur1-
Ger masters in Berlin. London. Paris and
Italy. Some years later he returneds to
this country and lived min Boston until
pose and teach music. In 1896 he returned
to this country and had lived in New
York citv until his removal to New
Haven. His wife was Miss Annie Paul,
of PittSburg Pa AS a composer Nevin
attained a name- hardly second to any
American musician, and his songs are
known throughout the world Am org
these are the Rosario" ''Narcissus.
''Gaod Night" Good Night. Beloved
and an arrangement of Hefne's Hidden
ROSlyn.'