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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
RECLAMATION OF HIGH PLAINS
Great Work to he Described by the
United States Geographical
Survey.

The efforts of the photographic
branch of the United States geological
survey are being directed to the discov-
cry of sufficient water to lead to the re-
clamation and habitation Of that area
of the Great Plains lying west of the
prairies and east of the Rocky noun
tains, commonly known as the High
Plains. The section is admirably suit
ed to agriculture and grazing except
for its inadequate water supply, which
is so uncertain that great areas of fer
tile land lie quite uninhabited, states
the National Geographic Magazine.
This is especially true of the re-
gions lying between the river valleys
which cross it at wide intervals. These
broad intervalley plateaus are practi-
cally waterless, but it has been discov-
cred that water may be had from un-
foreground sources by wells and wind
mills, and it has been demonstrated
that, while the region may not be large
ly reclaimable by irrigation, ii may be
successfully used for grazing by Great
ing stock watering points at compare
lively close intervals. It will, however,
be difficult, il not impossible, for the
grazers to raise anything besides fod-
der cane of the drought-resisting varie-
ties, such as Kaffir corn. vegeta bles
and other products will. for the most
part, probably have to be grown else
where.
The river valleys. on the other hand,
seem destined to be extensively culti-
waited by irrigation, the water for
which will be pumped from the gravels
of the river beds, where an underfiow
has been known to continue in the sum-
mer season after the rivers themselves
have ceased to run. These areas will
furnish garden produce for the ranches
on the plateau, and in this manner
make the regions as q whole inhabita-
BILE. The details Of this investigation,
with exhaustive studies of the nature
of the underground waters of the High
Plains, appear in the twenty-frst and
twenty-second annual reports of the
United States geological survey, the
latter of which il now In press and will
soon b isSue2 -
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Universal Belief.-Wife during the
<spat)-"I believe you only married me
for my money" Husband-"What a
querr coincidence. All my friends be-
lieve the same thing."-Chicago Daily
News.
Not dox.-Brute-"There is a
man whom envy; and. curious as it
NAV seem, he envies me-" Friend
"How can that be?" Brute-"We were
both after the same woman--and ]
married her."-N. Y. Weekly.
Gussie-"Cholly says he met You and
-aw-that you wemarked he was a
puzzle to YOU" Miss Pepprey-"Yes;
he reminded me of the average puzzle
the moment he was introduced to me.
so simple when you know it, Phil
adelphia Press.
Hero Worship-"It strikes ME that
Drunken deserves a great deal of cred
it, HE never impressed me as a
brainy man." That's just the point.
When a man with so little brains as
Brimken has managed to be SO pros.
porous can't help feeling that he must
possess some great and mysterious SUI
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Perfectly Safe.-A tourist in a re-
mote part of Ireland, having stayed the
night at wayside inn not usually fire.
quented by visitors, informed the land
lord in the morning that his boots.
which had been placed outside his room
door, had not been touched. "Ah.
shure," said the landlord. land you
moight put your watch and chain out
side your room door in this house and
they wouldn't be touched."-The King.
A Gentle Hint.-"Yes," said the gen.
tleman of business to the caller who
had just entered. leaving the door
swinging, IT am quite phrenologist."
Indeed? And you can tell what bumps
and knobs mean on peoples heads?"
81 can do better. can tell what they
mean on inanimate things. For In
stance, the knob on that street door in
dicates a frank disposition. but to be
success in life it must not be so Open"
And he got up and remedied the palpa
Bile defect in the doors character.-Bak
timore News
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05

Natural affection of seals Tin their
wild state) is well shown in the follow.
ing anecdote: A gentleman living in
Oregon. on the ocean shore, one day
caught in very simple manner young
seaA 1t had been stranded on the
plank wharf by receding tide, and
left high and intentionally dry as
well. 1t had not strength to waddle
into the water, and no one to teach
it the tricks of its tribe. The gentle
man kept the little glossy creature for
several days, and then in pity turned
it into it's native element. It came to
the wharf every night and whimpered
SO that he was obliged to take it out
again and keep it in a small tank, the
seal giving every demonstration of af.
lection, after the manner Of Q young
dog.-Chicago Post.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
LITTLE HINTS ABOUT DRESS
Fashionable FnncIes In FeminIno
FInery for the Coming
Season.

The fancy for heavy jet fringe en-
tends even to millinery, says fash
ion authority.
A becoming revival is the wearing d
long tulle bonnet strings.
White coral is the latest and smart-
est touch in the coral line.
Nine-tenths of all the straw hatS
shown are either white or ecru.
Bold and dashing are the newest de-
signs of foulards, although dots ars
still seen.
A novelty in wraps is a coat mad
of strips of ribbon, Joined by rowsd
forget-me-nofs.
The correct short coat is usually
more or less tight-fitting, while ths
longer ones are semifitting.
Tailor gowns of yoile, etamine or arg
open-weave stuff will far outshi1s
those of broadcloth this spring.
The proper blue for the tailor COWS
of wool or the shirt waist suit of fop
lard is so dark as to be almost black
A light spray of diamonds make
a pretty ornament for the hair. II
you have not the diamonds, rhine
stones will look as well.
A beautiful and unusual shade Of
red is among the latest dress fabrics
1t has so much white in it that 10
effect is not too warm for the ses-
son.
The hip-yoke effect has so influences
skirt shapes that the circular fiouncs
is very much deeper than formerly,
being quite to the knee. often nue.
above in front and sloping upward
toward the back.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
BIG BUTTERFLY COLLECTION.
EnricheA by Boullet Collection
~ $1,000 Insects.

The Natural History museum Of
Paris has just been enriched by mag.
nifcent collection of butterflies, the
gift of N. E. Bouliet. The collection
includes about 10000 different speci-
mems, and !: is estimated to be worth
$4,000.
n. Boullet has spent his entire life
gathering the specimens he has now
given TO the city, and has instructed
that his collection is not to be kept
intact. but il to be combined with the
existing specimens in the museum SO
rs to form q harmonious whole. The
donor viii himself assist in arranp-
ing the collection, and will probably
add to his handsome collection later
on.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
Brellea sart Ftah.

If very salt freshen <or an hour or
two in cold water: if merely smoked
and slightly sailed wash and cut in
small pieces about an inch thick. Sea-
son well with pepper and salt. wrap
each slice in tough paper well but
tered. Twist the ends 80 the fish Is
inside paper bag Put in broiler and
move over clear coal fire for about
eight minutes. Take the fish from tn.
paper cases and pour over it a good
egg sance.-Good Housekeeping.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
THE NEGLECTED ART
GraeiOusneas of Manner Will Y.
Cease to BE n Blessing To
the POssessOr

In a csr;ain college town in or.s
the Central states there lived. !,
Grafton ago, an old man who was
nowned throughout the region fe,s
philosophy and homely wisdom. q,
day he was invited to dine with a
head of the girls department Of !.
college. a woman of wide experier-
and keen insight, says Youths Con
panion-
There were several students at A.
table,-the hospitable home was
ways opening its doors To girls WI,
for any reason. needed speel
..mothering,''- the talk was !.
usual. free and informal. After &
ner the hostess turned to her gu.r
Father Jenkins" she said, -vr
have faculty of living in such a Va,
that you make no enemies. and y
you are full of strong conyictias
and have your own opinions. Vii
you would tell these young ladn
how you manage it, and would IN
to know myself"
The old man pushed his chair fra
the table.
"Sister Stodard," he replied, wi,
intense earnestness, when | VIA:
young, I larnt manners!"
1t is a delicate thing for an outss.
er to criticise modern methods in III
ucation. Such exhaustless fields a
study and research stretch out O
every side that it is no wonder Ii,
curriculum is crowded. Yet the WI
dom of emitting instruction in mar
ners may be doubted.
No woman made n deeper impres
sion upon her generation than IN
Emma Willard. whose school iQ
girls. founded sixteen years befon
Mount Holyoke, was famous throuek
out Europe as well as America. II.
best teachers and most thorougs
courses of the time were to be foul
at Troy. 1t is curious to see, ho~
ever. that almost invariably the thing
which made the deepest impressies
upon the pupils was the training u
manners" Many and many a gi
in after life, meeting difficult No
ments with quiet self-possession. -
membered gratefully the constar
discipline and Wednesday lessons
manners at Troy.
Perhaps even finer is the picture d
another woman of the same honorti
name. training her girls and boy
their solitary prairie home.
There's nobody to be INTRODUCE
to-" the boy objected, finding GER
nlony irksome.
But there will be-" the mother n
piled, with her cheerful smile.
How many times Frances William
the woman. must have thanked be
mother for that wise and patien
training of Frances Willard. the gin
Mathematics. science. history, laI
guages, each has its place and CLAN
although. all too quickly in the pre-
of after life. dates and formulas M
be forgotten. But through all th
years there will never be day whe
gracious manners will not be bles
ing to the possessor and to all wit
whom she comes in contact.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05

Melt three ounces of butter and .
tablespoonful of -four, simmer and ade
some chopped onion and little pars'
ley. When Drowned, season with pep
per and salt and add cupful of gooa
stock of gravy. For the stock. canned
soups, such as bouillon, consomme o.
strained julien, may be used. Stir into
this sauce cold beef, minced fine. Hess
gradually, thickening with more four
II necessary. When thoroughly heat
ed, stir in tablespoonful of catsuP
and serve at once ON hot toast.-Wash'
ington Star.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
Better to Walt.

Lawyer-Madam, it was / who drew
up your late husbands will. and il
it he particularly requested that yos
should not marry again. but +
Widow-Oh. dear, Mr.. Saunders;
your kind offer has quite overcoms
me, but wouldn't it be more seemiy
- wait until the period of mourning
has expired before we announce tne
Observation-Disclosures Enquire
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05


and looked up to see vision never to
be forgotten.
In little clearing. just ahead, where
the last rays of the now nearly de-
parted sun fell full upon her, stood a
young girlEher head uncovered and
the sunlight making of her golden hair
. halo.
She was small and was dressed in q
plain brown dress, while from her arm
hung her daisy laden sun hat.
She bent over something alive in her
hands and the face she raised upon
hearing footstep approaching was 70
full of sweetness and the spirit of the
woods that he thought, perhaps, she,
too, might fiutter away. or dart behind
one OF those great trees, as did all the
other wild things. But no she was not
afraid Of him as they were.
did you shoot it?" she asked, and
drawing nearer he saw that it was a
wounded bird that she held in her
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05

In
the Illinois
of this
which
promptly precision that right wheel
3 two hadno
replace moved the slope OF the
back
slenc
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-06-05
American CeRee-Drinxeru.

The American people drank moro
than $4,000. 600 worth of coffee last
year. but, says the Chicago Record.
Herald, slept fairly well in spite Of It
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
FEW CARS RUN IN NEWARK,
Men in the Power House Strike for q Day
Of Eight Hours

The new 81, COCOON Public Service Cor
poration. which combined the northern
New Jersey trolley roads and the electric
and gas lighting Of Essex and Hudson coun-
ties, is meeting its first labor trouble in
Newark. The men in the boiler rooms
OF the Electric Light and Power Company
in Newark have been working twelve hours
a day for S225
Last Monday the fremen, coal passers
and others employed in the boiler room
demanded day Of eight hours at The same
pay On Friday night the men on the
night shift refused to work. and for three
hours most Of the street lights were out
The company got a lot OF green men,
principally Italians, and two we're taking
the place OF each of the trained men on
strike.
Yesterday morning all but two or three
OF the fifty men employed on the trolley
power house adjoining that Of the lighting
company quit work in sympathy with the
strikers and made the same demand
Several OF the minor trolley lines were
cut out and traffic upon them was suspended.
Decoration Day usually brings the heaviest
travel Of the year. and the cars were packed
during the middle of the day and early
In the afternoon. The schedule was badly
disorganized, and thousands walked after
waiting unsuccessfu,ly for car upon which
they could get foothold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
fHE .H'MANIS'S NAY QUEEN.
Little Maud Goodman, Whose Father Was
In the Assembly. Crowned.

The McManus of the Fifteenth district
headed a lawn party Of $500 children to
Central Park yesterday and played host
to the youngsters for the day.
The children assembled in front Of his
home in West Forty-ninth street. and with
two brass bands playing marched to the
Park entrance at Eighty-frst street. The
grown relatives accompanied many of the
children. Each child had received red,
white and blue cap. a small American flag
and a piece Of ribbon which entitled him
or her to share in the good things that were
taken along in two wagons.
dren got sandwiches. milk and candy, and
later in the day, they formed in line for
ice, cream and cake.
'khen not eating the children had various
games Little Maud Goodman, the daugh-
Ter OF former Assemblylnan Goodman n,
was crowned Queen Of the May, and James
T. Wheelan. 10 years old, wore the crown
OF ling .consort s
DOWNTOWN QUEEN O THE MAY.
The fourth annual May party Of the
Jeennette Club, a Tamnany organization Of
Yesterday in Jeanette Park under the
direction Of District Captains Jeremiah
O'Connor and Michael Dunleary. About
five hundred children were there and spent
tho day in winding the May pole and in
games Of various kinds Eight-year-old
Grace Burke, who lives in South William
street. was crowned Queen Of the May.
MCCARTHY, and Allie Waters 3 and 10 years
respectively, were made May Kings. SEN
atbr Reardon and Assemblyman Burke
d0led out peanuts and confections from
time to time and made themselves generally
agreeable to their tiny constituents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
FIRST AID TO THE DROWNING.
Experiments With Methods Of Artif,cisl
Respiration. ....

Special Cable Despatch TO THE sun
BERLIN. MAY 30--Prof. Schafor has pre-
sented the report of the committee APP
pointed by the Royal Medical Society in
lHo2 to investigate phenomena attending
deaths from drowning.
Experiments mad. with a view Of deter
mining the amount of air that can be taken
into and forced out Of the lungs by various
methods Of artificial respiration were first
attempted on dead bodies. but rigor mortis
prevented any trustworthy results, The
experiments were thea made on a living
subject. the conditions being that he should
remain passive w:thou: making any attempt
at natural respiration or by involuntarily
closing the CLOTHS prevent free passage
OF air in and out Of the lungs
Ten methods Of artificial respiration were
tested. They included. first, the traction
method recommended by Sylvester, consist
ing of enlarginG the chest by raising the
ribs, the arms heing dragged forcibly for
ward and upward by the side Of the head;
second. compression. recommended by
Howard and Marshall Hall, which de-
ponds on the principle Of squeezing the air
out OF the thorax by the pressure on its
particles and allowing fresh air to pass in
by means of elastic reaction following
the removal Of the pressure: and. third,
combinations OF the above, with moditica-
lions OF the position Of the patient.
The results showed that all were COM
petent to effect a sufficient change Of air
to maintain oxygenation Of the blood
The smallest amounts were yielded by the
traction method pure and simple. The
combination Of the traction and alternating
pressuree gave results in some cases much
larger than In others, and nearly as large
as the amount in tidal air. Intermittent
pressure alone proved inadequate means
Of etfecting respiration.
Rolling. combined with pressure on the
back. was also strikinglv efficacious. The
committee considered that this. and the even
simpler method Of rhythmic pressure on the
back with the subject placed prone. should
hold prominent place in all recommended
tons for the resuscitation OF persons who
are apparently dead from drowning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
HOW do YOU SAY GOLF?
4 scotchnan Writes About the Mlspro.
nunctation OF the Word.
Special Cab. Despatch to TIE SUN

Special Cable Despatch to TIE SUN.
LONDON. May 3o--A Scotch golfer who
played the game at st. Andrews in 1888,
before the era Of railways and long before
the English took up the game. writes to
the Times about the English mispronunci-
alton Of the national game. which he says
distresses him,
He goes on to say that among gentlemen
who had been In England or India and were
free from the pronounced Scotch accent.
the game was called gofe BY caddies and
those speaking broad Scotch 1t was called
govt, The phrase folk play golf" was
pronounced by gentlemen -foke play gofe.
gofe rhyming with loaf and by the caddies
"fowk play govt" There was a third pro-
nunciation but it was an atfectation-goff
Those who so pronounced it were sup
posed to speak high English avoiding the
broad pronunciation OF the letter "a" so
prevalent among the Scotch, and SUBJ
stituting" e." For -e' they used the short
H." as for example. 'heffpest SWIM for
half past seven.
The Scotch golfer continues: This par
ticular dialect was greatly admired by my
fellow countrymen. 1t was known to
them as Edinburgh English, but even these
did not sound the az in golf Could they
have foreseen what the actual future mis-
pronunciation Of the English on taking UP
the game would have been. with what joy
would they have called it "gawlf." 1t
would have seemed to them $50 English"
The writer then quotes the rule that
u" before a. *" and IN" is silent II the
preceding vowel is a or 20. and is sounded
IL it is 'e,'"i" or 1u'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
BRTDGEPORT UNION RIDDEN.
Prospect 81 Several More Strlkes To-mor.
row-Ihe City Hard HIT.

BRIpoEpoRr. May ao.-Next week prom.
ises to he an eventful one for Bridgeport
in point OF labor difficulties. Aside from
the trolley mems strike and that in the
building business. which are still in progress
demands are pending from the brewery
workmen. the bakers union. the moulders
union, the machinists union, the teamsters'
union. and there is a general demand by the
employees of several factories for a nine
hour day without change Of pay.
Most Of the demands will take effect on
Monday. II by that time the various
unions who have made their demands
do not win strikes will follow. In general
the demands are for shorter hours and
more pay. Business Is suffering keenly
in consequence Of the trolley and building
strikes.
The men have been idle for several weeks
in the building business, and union work.
men and their sympathizers are not riding
on che cars. Most people living in sub
urban places and who trade in the city do not
patron,xs the cars, some from fear Of violence
and others through sympathy with the
at rikers.
The city Ia confronted with the prospect
OF hard times this summer. It Is duller
now than it was during the bad times Of
1895. Bridgeport is the hotfed Of union
lam in New England. There are mora
unions here than in any other city in this
part OF the country, and they have larCtr
membership in proportion to the number Of
men eligible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
REJECTED UNION DEMANDS.
American writing Paper Company VIII Net
I'niouiZe Its Mills.

HoLYoKE. MISS, May so.--The American
Writing Paper Company to-day sent
Eagle Lodge Of the International Brother
hood OF Papern,akers its answer to the COM
municatioh from the grievance committee
Of the lodge asking for an increase in wages
for ali employees. ranging from 30 TO 30
per cent, and also asking 70, the g.
9Ppoasns Of the e Min he answer
refusal to unionire the mills" as suggested
by the lodge. and says that since the lodges
representatives have made this the vital
and paramount issue the company has not
considered it necessary to consider at length
the wage schedules.
The company refers to its record during
its four years exist ence in regard to short
ening the hours Of work and Increasing the
pay Of it's employer. and says that II
Eagle Lodge decides to strike because the
company refuses to blacklist it's old and
faithful employees there is no use in taking
a weekjor 70 ofthe time Of the general man
ager and the superintendents to 60 care.
fully over the wage schedules Of all the
different grades OF work in all the different
mill. for the rake OF employees no longer
in the mills,