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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNA VOL 12.-NO. 37. PICKENS, S. C., THIURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1902. Au Ex-Confe(leratc Teilsr Abou the Chunges and InuttdulgeM 11 Reminiseences of the 01 City. Anderson Daily Mail. Richmond on the James! What t world of memories come crowding t< the front at the mention of that his toric name so indissolubly interwoven with the , most momentous events ir the history of the country. How it re calls to the memories of the men and women of the '(hos, who are yet living, the story of the battle, the;,siege, the bivouac, the long and tiresome march the hospital and sickness, wounds and death. What tears and heartaches arc wrapped up in the very name of lHich mond. One can stand on the top of the capitol and take a bird's-eye view of the scene before him, and look in the direction of the battlefields, and it does not take a great effort to imagine the phantom hosts marshalling for the confliet, to hear the boom of cannon, the rattle of musketry, the rebel yell, and the shouts of victory, and to see the knightly ligure of the great captain on his famous " Traveler " directing the movements of his victorious le ons. Standing there one can but recall those brave old lays whei that mighty invading host was thrown back when it was in sight of the spires and mina rets of the city, and thought it had its prey w; iin its grasp. 3ut " grim visaged war has smooth cd its wrinkled front" long since, and the scene is now a peaceful one in great contrast to what it was when we last saw the famous city forty years ago. Though called there on a sad mission, the serious iliness of a son wit.h appondicitis, his rapid iniprove ment within a few days after the operation by Dr. Stuart Mc(uire, a son of the famous old war surgeon of Stonewall Jackson, Dr. Hunter Mc Guire, and the more than peor of his father in surgery, gave us an oppor tunity to revisit some of the historic scenes and points around the city. And the first spot of all that attracts and interests an old veteransis Capitol Hill and the capitol building, where for four eventful years the Conft der ate Congress met and gave form and fashion to the new born nation that "rose so lair and fell so pure" that its brilliancy dazzled the nations of the earth, like a meteor mn the heavens. There is not the slightest change visi ble here. The grounds with the walks and laws are the same and the building stands as it has stood for 114 years, the prido of all Virginians for its his toric associations. There is the same desk where Vice President Stephens presided over the Senate, and the same Speaker's chair where the Speaker dictated the deliberations of the House of Representatives. Within these walla have been heard some of the most magnificent forensic efforts that are known to American history, and within these walls were drafted the famous Virginia and Kentucky resolu tions of 1798-9, the emanations of the brains of Mr. Madison and Mr. Jefferson and other great Virginians, and containing the truest and most statesman-like embodiments of the principles of constitutional government upon which tIle theory of p)opular gov ernment was built, and to which if there had b)een a rigid and faithful ad herence there would p)erhaps never have been any civil war. The calpitol building is characteristic of the solid character of the men of that time. The timbers usedl in con structing tihe roof are solid and massive andl show todlay the marks of the broad axe usedl in hewing t,hem in the forest, and are as sound( as when first putt in place. Out on the groundls there stands5 the Washingt,on monument just as it has stood for quite a cent,ury, sur rounided by six of t,he greatest, figures in 'NVirginia history, Mason, Henry Lewis, Marshall, Nelson and Jefferson. There they st,and as silent sentries overlooking the James, as though keep ing ward and watch over their loved Virginia, though the principles for which they lived and contended have long since been trampled ini the dust. We said there had been no change on the grounds but t,here has been one, the statue of the immortal Stonewall Jack son, the gift of some Englishmen, which standls near the north entrance, and an old soldier standing near it, feels an impulse to give the military salut,e. Just a few blocks away stands the White House of the Confederacy, where President Davis lived for four years, crushed by the weight of the cares of.State that it has fallen to the lot of but few mon to bear. It Is now the Confederate museum and each State in the Confederacy has a room of its own, which it Is expected to fill with relics and souvenirs of the war, The Mississippi room, among a greal many other things, shows the coat anm pants worn by Mr. Davis when he wa capt,ured, made of Confederate gray cloth and showing somewhat the off ects of being worn. We regret to say tha the room assigned to South Carolini has but a meagre display of relics, ii fact the most meager of any that wi saw, and yet there are quantities o thafl thlat ought to be there. In thi bui\d'eg we saw a number of 0. A. R men31 who hadl come dlown from Wash Imgton and were viewing everythin, wl,h the greatest Interest, and one e Ihemi was exhibiting his p)roverbi Yankee trait by dickering With th m natronl to let him have two little souv< nirs for 10 cents, the price of whic was 15 cents.. Just. across from the capit.ol oquam ands the old St. Paul's E~piscop church, just as it stood on that fatef Sunday morning in April, 1865, wit a messenger brought Mr. Davis tl news as he sat in his pow that Gra had broken through Lee's lines Petersburg and that Richmond won have to be evacuated. The seat which he sat, No. 63, is pointed out visitors, while on the opposite side the aisle is shown the seat occupit by Gen. Lee, No. 111, whenever I - was in the city, and close by is ti house in which he lived after the su render and a tablet in the wall tel that fact to the passing throng. W1 sat down in those seats and tried I imagine how each of them felt wit the great responsibilities resting upo them, and wondered if their gre spirits were hovering near. Tw memorial windows have been put i this church, one each to Presidei Davis and Go. L.ec, and also thre memorial tablets to Mr. Davis' chi dren who died during the war. Mi .Davis' window is a representation c Christ bound before Pilate. a fit cm blem of his own condition at Fortres Monroe. One of the most attractive spots ii Richmond, especially to the old so] (diers, is the equestrian statute of (en Lee, the unveiling of which took plac at the last Confederate reunion heb there some six years ago. It is a lini reproduction of his features and of hit noted horse, and one rlcvr tireR of ll. ing at it. Everything about it is .nas sive, and this is fitting, for he wa: cast in a massive mould. Those wh< were at that reunion from around hcrc will remember that the monumen stood out in an open il1d. It is al built up now with elegant homes oui to and for some distance beyond th monumont, and real estate sells ther< all the way from $50 to $300 a froni foot, showing how wonderfully ltich mond has grown, now numbering ovci 100,000 people. Another most famous historic poin is the old St. John Episcopal church where the old Colonial House of Bur gesses of Virginia was wont to nice in the colonial days. We saw ali stood by the pew where Patrick Ilenrq delivered his famous speech that brought forth the cry of " treason,' " treason," and that electrified Ameri. ca. This old pew is just as it wa, when Henry stood in it proclaiuing " Give me liberty or give me death," except that it faces in a differenl direction. This old church was buill in 1741 and the timbers of which it was built are as sound as ever, and th old church is just as it was except thai a few years later it was enlarged, tlhc pulpit moved and the pews made tc face it. The old colonial soundmng board that was su.4pended above th< preacher's head is still there, and thc same marble baptismal font is used]. This font was brought from England 241 years ago. There is no more beautiful and at. tractive " silent city of the (lead " any. where than Hollywood cemetery. Il is lovely and picturesque in the ox. treme and seems to have been design" ecl by nature for the purpose, and thc hand of man has greatly beautilied and adorned it with beautifully graded serpentine walks and drives and flow ers and shrubbery everywhere. Thorc are between 3,000 atd 4,000 bodie buried in this .cemetery, and some of Virginia's illust,rious sons lie here. In the same los lie tile bod(ies of P'resi dlents Monro and Tyler, while not far away lie the remains of the eccen tric John Randolph, of Ronoke. But the spot to which the most of the pil. grimnagos are made, as to a holy shirimc filled with t,he buried hopes of a pee plc, is the spot where lies the first and only president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis, with the (daught,er ol the Confederacy, Miss Winnmic D)avms, IIere on a grassy knoll, kissed by th< sun and the dew, they sleep their lasi sleep overlooking the .Jamnes and t,ht blue Virginia hulls beyond. Likt silent sentries they st,and while the waters rush and foam over the rocki below and the tumultuous waters sug gest the tumultuous life he lived. Not far away standls the shaft erect ed to the memory of Gen. J. E. B Stuart, who lost, his life at Yellov Travorn in May, 1864, a few milel away in beatmig back the invader froni the capit,al city of his native Stat,e On the nort,h side standls the menu meat, of rough hewn Virginia granit to the dead Confederate soldiers, huni dieds of whom sleop beneath it shadow. This pile is 90 feet high an. 46 feet at the base, and t,he ivy ha climbed all over it, fit, emb)lenm c mournimg. We visited no spot in Richimon with more genuine pleasure and intel est than the Confederate soldieri home, out on the western outskirtsc the city, where 175 01(d veterans of th " Lost Cause " are passing their lat days in peace and comntort in a homn provided for t,hem by the bounty their mother State, for whom the sacrificed all but life and honor. It an idieal spot which nature has creatc with a lavish hand. IIere in a beaut ful grove of oaks and hickories, wit the earth carpeted with velvet,y gras the cottages have been erected, son ten in number, the most of them ti gifts of privat,e individuals andl mar ed over the doors wit,h their namn and the yards and walks bbrder< with flowers anid evergreens. The is a large mesas hall where all of the take their meals andh near by st,an ( the hospital for any who are sick, ai f In the center standls the headquarte 1 building, a In this building we saw the fame - horse, " Old Sorrel," ridden by St,or li wall Jackson on every field of batt Heo huv'd to be0 34 years eid, and at, I e (leath his skin was stuffed a:nd moi ii ed in t.his buildingr anelhn ienloks ul like he did when "old Stonewall" 1o Al himl), except that his head is too hi. Ic There are a great many old vetera it here who have seen the famous chi( at Lain on "Old Sorrel " and they will i 1l member that he did not carry his he tu high. But all the same it is " 0 Lo Sorrel," and it starts a torrent of met )f Inories and conflicting emotions in ti d heart of an old soldier to stand by tl o figure and realize that there is the at 0 mal on which Jackson achieved 1 r- many of his famous victories. Is There are 30 acres in these groun< e and a great many hogs and vegetabli o are raised for the supply of the hom h1 Some of the hogs would weigh 400 an n1 500 pounds. We talked with a gret it many of the veterans, and they a o there from colonels to privates, au n without exception all expressed then L selves as comfortable and well prl e vided for and as well sa.isfie( as it wit - possible for them to be outside the own homes. But having no homes f their own in many cases they iav - found a peaceful refuge. One ma s told us that he had voluntarily trani ferred to his only (laughter the littl 1 farm he owned because he had becomn - too o1(1 to attend to it, and had coie t the home to live the balance of hi (days. Ile had been in nearly all th 1 battles in Virginia and had been s1ht several times. Ile has the privileg of going to see his friends whenevc .ie wishos to and they can visit him. GRiEAT COAL STRIKiE HAS BE1EN ENI)RI1 Minerta' Reprclentativet, Votci Unaiininoiisly to Accept 'Trii of Arbitration. \t, Wilkesharre, Pa., On the 21st, o Oth-(ber, with : a shout, that, f:irl shlo Ithe conVenut ion bIuilling, tI reIpresentatits of the 117,000 min wur"ke1rs vho 1 hu1aVe bWeei n il it tt n "itik xin("e lasl May, ollit"iall' declare(I ol the greatesctct on e'C crr wagert be tw(,("1 ('ap1ital and< lbor', anid p laces aII the lul''stion1s involved in tl struggle inho th(: hands of the arbi Irati on14)11 (nlniSSionIl appouilie(I b)y th I'reSidentl of the United Stales. \\'he. I he news 'ah tilshed to I he t.owi ainid villages down in the VIalleys anl onl the mlountains of the (Oal regions the s. rike-all'eeed( .illaibitants ieavel a sigh of relief. Many (ays5 hav", gole by .i14' more welcomn e new was reeiv'I. Everywhere t.here w rcj eingh, aut iii milanly plaees the en of t.hec strike was the signal fIor' il pr"ompl)u to wn celebrations. The vote to resi.ml ca):1 ninim Was a 11n11 n iI lus Ol4n 11111 .I : reaed(1 only after a1 w\"ainm <Ilbat1 'l'he principal objection 14) areepl linll i.hc a rli trati pu i)rooI)silt.iont was tha n14) )ropo ( sition a.IS col',ainled ill 1lu (schelnle to take care of 115e 114') who would fail tO get back their 01( ps-it4n11s or woulI e unblh)e to ge any work at all. '1he ungineers an( pu1m)len get bet,ter pay (n11111 ot.hel isses of numie workers, aml they di( not, care to run the risk of losint alto (gether their old places and bt comellIled1 to dig ('coa11 for a living This (Iesli(n 1ame ui) iand wa: :trgued1 right. up to the t-imne the vot( was taken. No one had a) de(finit( plan to offer ) o overcome the ohjec SiO11, a1d the report. of .he conlnii te( ()n resolultions, reecommnlendling Ihal Ilte sIrike 1e eclea.1re(1 ofl, andt that al is'ues he placed in the halnds Of th( :trbilra1in11 C0111isision1 for (ecision was a<l)pted Wit.holt the (111"st"io be(inig set Iled'4. A\ few. m1omentil.s befort1' lution) wa''ls reched w.~hen al dle4gati in the farthe(st cornerC1 of thec hal moveI44( t,hat thle p)robile.m he placedC( ir the4 hands o115 f thle t.hre e'C xcutive 1board I s for solut11ion141 anid his sugges t-in was adopteCd. 'lThe. I <(ustion)1 of 1:akinig care orf alI uanen who'l( will fail to get wor'k im med' iatel t.','will be2' a4S serious 011e foi irth uioni. Therei Cis1 n1o d10nh)t thle ex 4'eutI ive boards t45will take care' olf 1.11 there ar )e hliouIsan d.s of ot1heri clnsse: of. mine1 work)'Iers who 0will Iim:.ve to i lolokehd a fter1. In1 50ome' placesM hiuni drd I(1$will not, he ohble to get wor'k fo weekh(s, andm in ot,her locali t;ies w..her' thle muineos are in) very'3 0nd conIdit.jori I here w.'ill b)e 110 emp1)1),lenut, fo miany w.orkmen14') for some( f1 31 m lnts. TIllE COA L SUl'TLY.-The Sprint fld Republican says that not all C the anthracite coal mines can b startedl up at Once, and many of ther wilt require months of repairing labc to put them inlto shape for working -They are, in many eases, full of watce Sgases andl broken timbers. The hois1 Sing engines and tackle have becom Srusty, the wooden railways into ti1 fmines have rotted or b)ecome brFOoe and, besides, the meon and mules, afti a long summer's rest, will begin woi in no condition at first to produce maximum output. -But other cc l leries are all ready for an imumedia o resumption of mining, and every we( t thereafter will add to the number e operation clear into the winter. ,the 1st of January tile anthracite r gion should reach a maximum p)rodul Stion, and long before that time ia1 d1 coal should be coming on to all'eastei . markets in quantity to force a mater] hi redluction in price andl to supp)ly hand4to-mouth demand., e -- - - .-- - e Rev. J1. U. H[awl,borne, of Richimor - w.hio has practlically been'h th leader' do with pub1) li support~ of PlleemCI)an re II. WVyatt in his crulsadhe 4)1 gamble:1( m char4iged( ini a1 $0ermon1 the poli1ce w.i mesIiompeS'tec1y 0or01 clusioni and(< cia red that five mecmbers of t (1colnnell ran the low.est dives In t rs cit.y. 5 Tn signing his name to the pla and sp;lecifleations for thle Worh e*aiArPaaeinSt. Louis, wI] lis w.'ill cost. $9415,000, the contractor Ih it-i to.4 sIgn hIs nlame 2,400 tImes., 1t '. met a hard (day's work. II. n The a1tn Who'ito 1uilt the Cardi f- Giant llecd Only a Few Day e- A;o. (h 1'he Orconvillo Mountaineer, Oct. 2,. Li- Newspaper red1r1s o%-i( ctn roca t6 the ceit.; that start.led the coun ,il Ic tioo1 afte.r the citil wat w ill not, fa. 1o ren1tnIberII, the nuot:t stupendIuou h(tInltg of thie nlinIeteleltl.h' cent.tII : It>n 1a1ar a(1 wide as the "Gaidi Giant," i sttucttre htilt of p)ceculia s tone, whiuth caused mi;& ch spec tpiletlatio: 38 even among tie scienttists it, th 3. time a n1 415 wi<lely dlisi;csse1 il d newspaetr, and rumtga:zintes . '1'hIe inl d, Neior of this allgtl (iscovery die< .a 1ewv (a), tince at, litigliamton, N d i Y. lLi name was (;eorge 11ull, an( lie was credited wiLth being Lite origi nato: of the greit.est deception eve practicJed on aniy people. Air. 11u1 I was not it. geniuts, aIlthough knowI ri tlnontg Iis acqtlua.intiatnces as an itiVen f t or, yet, lie had sulitcient, insight, t c hIntant nature t.hat, it, was ea,sy foi nhim t Co prAt.ico decept,ion un hun t..lreds and Lt,ouiiandt(, keeping htimtsel in Lt backgroun<i for a long wltile and (aI-kilg mtoney out1 of it, by thI( thou;anIs. Le.arned mient were 1)uz 0 zled, alii the mtasses with rare excelp S4ious 1 be.::au h.is hone.s,t (upea u C t'au.y prey. t lin the October ninn her of The Cen c try \lagalzine is i mtosl. inter4.ejtin r Iii ticle o11m t,he pen (o 11<4. AndlreV 1). While, in whicht lie gives the trilu .li'Py of 1.ho Cardiff (;iait., as lie wit cugnizanlt, ILL t,he time (of 1.ho fICt, aud cicutnllanes touchiig this re muarkabhle decept"ion, andI it, will b( *ir leindeavor t,o give the benefit. ,j his natrrati(on iu a condensed lorn to ourII readiers. s In the autUnnlt of 1869 .he pi'eefn valy of Ohona(laga, ink Cent.ral New York, wa iIn "olnilunot ion from omtt t etid to the other, a11,1 strange repot y echoed fromt fa rm to f." arm. I t, wa> 34 isedl abroat that t. great ttum 3 StIat.n or liverilied gialint had beet (lug u) mnetr the village of Calrd1i11 t and It.oug th he crops were not, galth. e'e( an t41(he celtiolt was not, over 1 the mten, wImln andl childlrentt wet( 3 h1rr1ying to the scene of the greal - (i>.wovery. Church ol licials regar(Id( C li." mat Ier %4ry serioulsly, and till 1ht Ii ("olnu Ilniy w\as a.stir over Liln 4 tent. lI)r. While had( beenl absent I h ttt Ihe cvi(dences of eortl ouct pop u ,:ir interesl e:aUsedl him Io go at. oe( 1 to) the piac"e where t.hte giant, wmt 3 cing exhibitedi. 'The roadls tert (cro wdled witJii vehicles fromn the e113 I and( f'armns, andI the gat.hering looke(I like a county fair. In t,e mii<lst, was -a In, and tihe peole were p ressinlg for. admission. Inside Was, iL Jargc 1 il or grave, a1 live iet, belowy t.he s 1face t.here was an. eno(ro0us1 . gur;IIIe, i i'eemtitgly of gray limtestone \% hi ie.h abount(lded in that rergiot. '1Tiy was the Cardtili G;iant. It was a stout figure, with n1issive he altules, the whiole bo(y nu<e, the I hmbu{ s Cuntraleted( as if in aIgony. The color in(licate(l a, long burial in the l carthl, a1n(1 on the surface were lune I lres like pores. Great age was in (ientel by deep grooves and chtanntels und1erneal,h, a1pparent.ly worn by t water, which was ilowiig atlong the rock on which the giant rested. The sight. prodlced a most, weird effect, 1 an(1 1a air of great solemnity per vaded the p111ace. D)r. White was told thmt, the farmer who lived there had discovered the figure when digging a well, but he responded that the Iwhole mllat.ter was undoubt.ldly at hoax; there was no reason for dig ging-L" the well, as it w"as no colnvveli l et oI th1 h s orn c I ar t here.. 1,1.,i". wasu - water414 nea by. The1) f'igurecoulno 4 gIar)ly4 work,1 (and14 i betrayed the quali-. - coub41 it h aIIl fossoiized human' b11eing44 1' 4I)op inion 1334 sp4)444 111 )11ite.falsin ii reatI Dr. Wh~4ite was144'L4 i puzzeb the14311 fact 41i'3 favor 4of it.1 ant i ity, that4' tit*.t sur 1441 L ac rwte loi ng beneath11( 11 .heI 41 14 '.X ('4in4 it.; grai was41) y 1331i apparen i) d er. t' is' lur and414 4 substant ial, 1 t.14(1 wouh uineness of4( 01.he tiur )4.were that,1 th far V140er had441 not the)I abi)lity toe devisu nte111 V i the family141 ta Iived 111 ter%V1 f. for many3 ears, and43 none of gi1n 1411had evrIi sen the ligureI un4i. it, wmt (aI aciden (Iy dicex red; ih(it wrs pren rd poterousI) 114 suppose that so ch (at1C heenI brought1i,l and4 buirid w ahr wi, 14(4.4 some of111) W1he neihhors fnding l I0 chann)e. worn(31 byi the surf0ae wat.e ie prove it.sI h 1)1144 antii ty.r h is) la d las ge pos4)e14rS to111. Wte, and4lil 1h rV )4 hle ountry'1 was) soon Cin thei t evl k1io fof myze t an legend. Aninal a squaw' de.13re giiitha W.he s1tatuelC wa . he- ptiflied body413 of 111 giganti haropheofhe racelll wh'or hadc foeli k J"' 4)"'" "he (4'be paleA faeanidh an's woulIld see h41111imt again. Other pe1(1 e l foundIL'( n11) it anI edfyn conf irmn 14- u4Ion of, 1,h)e Iexflt,, "Thered wergint C1d'(4t41was1 not4' long4110 unti ome, ente(1 , f skept.ics grew more num111eo'uls am tile facts dev"ellped. It. was ascertained t.ha Farmier 1' Newell, who w.as in charge of the ex Hiibit.ion, 'had remitted several thou sani dollars to i mian named Hull, at some place in the Ivest., the result, of admission fees to the boott con l iniig the figure, and it, was rCa Y soned tit. as Newell had never been inl Conditiou to owe anty 011 1UC11 all s am unt of money, and had received Y not ig in return for it, his corres l pIondent, niost likely had someth.ing j r' to do with the giant, and these sum I 1i ciiolns were soon confirmed. The 1) neighboring farmers noted a tall, t I tuk person who frequently visited - the place of exhibition, and who I .eeine.d to exe4.rcise a compijlete coi.u - rol of Farmer Newell, and soon it C 1i was learned that tuis stranger was 8 - George lull, a brotdier-in-law of c C Newell, to whom the latter had made a I the Large rem.ittaiee of money. One 6 I day two or tihree farmers from a dis- i li lice, visit.ing tihe place for the first a > ttue, and seeing Blull, said: "Why, . that, is tlhe uLan who brought, the big - Iox down the valley." On being usked what they meaut, they replied that, n ol eveniig while they were i.n a a Iavern on1 the valley turnpike, several b -miies above Cardiff, they had noticed tl under the tavern-sthed i wagon bear- (I I ing al enormtouts box, and whICen they C met. hull in the bar- roont aid asked - but it, he siid it was S0111 tobacco eltng anichnery ie was taking to Syracse. ;inilar istateinent.s were aiale by other farmers, who had seen fl the box aid ti lk'd wit,h ii ili at, di- ' s 1'erent. places on the road between it - Iinghantiton aii Cardillf. It was Lien it ascertained t.h:t, no sttclt box had n passed the toll-gates bet.ween Cardiff "1 and Syracuse, aid proofs of the h\windle began to ma 1ture. el Th'llis %kept.ieism wan, not well ro erieiie. Vestst int.erests had accred;It LI n. rt,nsiderablIe n11inber of p eole had takent stork ink the ent.erprise, and Lili hing whlieb discredited the giant Ce n a:s tuinw\elenlie t.o tbem. I t was not b at all Lhat,11 hy wished to conilte- ll Ittnce an imploalture, butl, it had be- w eonit so ent.wilet witi Uieir belief, ainI inlerest that, at last the y C 1onye toi abhorii anyi dtoubts r'egarinig t.he sttie. tefore long the maLt ter as- i ) runLed ai icoui:i! Ihaise, iid t.he greaLt 1-11r11um att-emptled t-o pulrchatse L,he tanlt, butt wvhen t,his was refused he t1 lhul i copy m:tde reselltbling the ri c,riniLal very closely, and exhibited g it. as the Cardiff iiait., which did ai ntuch to discredit, t.he great discovery e nd eaese public initerest t o declin. cl llhe eala:,t"ophe wvas approaching rapidly, atnd fact's ename inl qutick tue cs.sinIl t.hat staggered the faith of lhe p eople a1 round Ca rdii II. i Atlidavits fruom nmen of high clair- t acier in lo a Lil I Illinoib established i the f'aet that O.h ligurte was made att Vt' rt, fodie, lowa, from I great, block f of gJpsit found t,here; tha., ibis di b,lock wa-.s transported to t.he nearest, at railroad st.aLtio , itboulit, forly-Iive "j' mile's distant ; that ont ,he way I.he wvag~n broke down, an<d as in> ot.her -,,muld hi' foiud at ron,r eunm'h in bear the w.hte weight, a pmirtion of ti, 14 b lockt wa's cut, oilf, lind t.hus dimnin ished it was t.alke t.o Chicago, where t La (ie'rliai t$toie-ear'v1e gave it hfaml 111 sm iu. As it had been sit ort.elitAl, he was obliged to draw up1) the lower W limbs, giving it a conl,ract.td and ft agonized a1ppearanco; tle underside gt of t.he figuire wa":s groovedi and chan11- ti ueled, t.h1at it shouhd appear. t.o be,c wvasted by agle; it was4 t,ben doLted or p,it ted to er with mtinlute pores by , inleans of a leaden mIa llet, faceed withI 1 steel needles, and it, was stainet wit Ii solue ptreplaration which gave it an L Lippearai~u nce of gret,~ Ligi. 'The figurie wa,s'- t hen shitied to a a IbiLried. It wasLI5 Lf.rtiher' d iIel... . elI as his conilfeder .a e .-. ..';i il ordel sa t .a' -a 'A t- I r'' fully t e tf 1. : ' . . ..it. wLas -vonid <puestionl bly .neniIIi'' L'll h i li rt eriij tilLlty Jcl i i noI' is, tn byi Ii .he tes-' Li'IiOiIsi'int viinhiLyof u'ardiff t The('OlI hinlly b( i ad it.e the tAru(ft.hi ofi ,heir -i LcivemenO'I 'it i i prciing te decep-it - i'iiull tf bneny biofgii the fraugd, S)1(i'5 having reliedmoe money frol(1tm it. ' 1-t tin whie had iexpgcted, aniSWItd Inga I' sharp ienogt. ose ht its day11 VIVii hc w I i'oeto, IILi' hadac i it.o ar a sc- I ('iissiion wit.h a revivalist in Iowa, aindi - bin zg L skeptji.ie ini reiligiouis maiLt,cAi', ihe hadio made l ight o,(f "'ti)O remark- ( I; Lble st.or'ies in t,hie llible( aboult e3 gian tsm," for' wVihih the reCvivalisIt I reai'ly3 14)ok up the endogel1s. It thuen -occ'urr'ied to IIlull that, sincie so ninny - people found1( pIleasure in belti'c ng suceh thlin gs, he (1wouihl( hav a~L siatnii' iL tarvedi ouit, of t~one( anid pass~ it, ofT 41 S ws a p)etifled gian lt. Thew stonei had ini it, dar ik-coloredi) bluish Streaiks re -semling the veins of t,he lhi umn I- bodi(y, and t.his dtecided honm to makile t lihe offor'-t. Thle evolution of file wihole .t swiinle I. t 4h became clearii, simpihle aindt -iln clhosing hiis annals of this ex I- traiorldinarl ly fra,iud, Dri. Whtite says': "1 e maiLy adid tiat recentlly the intvent or )- of thle Cardi ff gint, Ii tll, lIeing, ait, ~, the age oif seventy-six years, apa 1.5 renitly in his last illnemsss, andii aniouslli ai for t,he famiue whijeh co~ime from1 SteO r- ic'ssful aichievement, lias againi giveni U, to the pressH a full aOcounlt of his it pari t In thie oiriginail frauid, confirml ni- ing what lie had previously stat ed, rlf showing how he planisu1 and exe st euted it and realiz.ed ai goodly sum for er it; how ltarnum wishedlO to piurchanse nt it from him; arid how, above all, he e- 1had his joke at flue expenseC of those ' nt, w-ho, t,hough t.hey 'had ma.naged to I ." overcoome him in nargument, had finally is been rendered ridIculous in the sight bie of thle whole count.ry." TWENTY-INCH1 TIIAIIAN. An Invention to Promote Peace Among Cuididates for IIIgir Office. The Savannah News says that IHod nan, Gating, Maxim, temington and ieveral other men became famous argely because their names was borne y more or 10es great guns. It ap ears that another man's name is to )o added to the gun Iist-Tillman's. L'he Twenty-Inch Tillman has made ts appearance in South Carolina, to neot the conditions of the new pistol aw of that State. It is the invention f a Charleston gunsmith. In this in Lance the inventor waives the honor f having the nrw arm bear his name id is willing that it shall go to the enior Son-tor of the State, who has mde a reputation as a fighting man nd the originator and defender of reak laws. The Twenty-Inch Tillman, as its ame implies, is 20 inches in length id weighs 3 pounds. It has rifled ! rrel and can be set with hair trigger, rough at present the regulation )uhle-action trigger is used. The libor is 44. Th'je model weapon is ( )mething of an impromptu affair, if r io tei I may be used, but if the do and should warrant the regular manu- b eture of the piece may be taken up. he model, indeed, was made by saw- f, ig (Il a rifle of 4-caliber and fitting n with pistol grip and lock. It must At bo inferred, however, that the first wenty-Inch Tillman is a rough cart- b iture. Far from it. It is a neatly 0 uished weapon an)d guaranted to do bi s work well. It is a credit to both " to inventor and the honorable gentle- ri an upon whose name it sews destin- di I to shed luster. The pattern shoul( 4( -come the favorite dueling piece st nong those South Carolina candidates ho tlii st for each other's gore. The Twenty-Inc 'Tillman is to be a orni i a leather helt, outside i ihe coat, P it, nm:y be car: ied on the shoulder or :ross the al n. In action it shoul i laid across the left forearm while 1C trigger is maiipulated with the ght forelitiger. Naturally Ihere is a tod deal of ''kick " about the piece " nee it carries a slug designed for an t ght.-punid gun, but that is on e of the lief Tillmanesque features of the n cce. It is likely to hurt the main be ld it is as well as the tian in f onf.. owever, by a (left ma)nipulation the arksman may be able to save hiimself lai omin utch of the iecoil; meanwhilo if nr e shot hid been well u111. the mnu1 im tit ont. is di5lpctod of with ieatness and m -patch. No iingering illness lull~ws we11n( :iade by the Two ty-linch illhian. It is imilt. for ln iiie s. ia 80 (I<)h'P i r Til i (it il..' i ' l;t I -- I tn 1t o t ( E rede<l Ihi thne h iC(e! Ce ik is practically over an l thit, thec Imes, at whicli for liv(, montls' work l is been almost entirely suspended, ki ill within the next few days be in cu 11 operation again. There is very mneral rejoicing over this result; but e loss which has been caused by the bn ike is sinI e-l. Its. ii Soie ititelligent, observers who have tl umlied every ph1(ase -/ the situation u1in the b -;. 1" e strike to in e pr : i following to 't:in,a s appiro)xi- t,c : C < - . . I 83,t500 U'' ' . Weme af .miher of chiildren a fect, (l..... . .. .....185,000 anpilal invested in coal L mnos..... ......511 ,500,000 plerantors' daiily loss in i price of coal. . . . 443,560O otail loss caused b)y st,t ike I107,3110,000 l Th'le details of the cost, of tire st,rike f re thus given: oss in mriiners' wages. $21,350,000g oss of operat,ors. . .08 ,800t),000 ,055 of mierchants in omminig towns. . . '22,750,00() 0 ,188 of ilIs aind face t,ories closed. . . . 7,320,000 y ('1s of merchants ouit- 0 side distric~t.......1,00,000 ,oas of tail ways. . .:. 4,000,000 ; osof brustiness permra nontly.... .. ....8,000,000 ei oimt (of troopsa in fiel. . I ,85i0,000J ost, of coal andl iron pmolice... .. .....:,500,000 Ass t,o railway meni ini wages.... .. .....275,000 e oss of maint,ain ing mnoun gUunioun men. . . . 545,000 )amange to m)ineS arid machinery. . . . 5,000,000 g We have here a total loss of nearly wo hundred mnilliorn dollars. It will 'equtire a longi time for tire st,rikers, he coal comipaniles and the general niblic to make upj tIre losses they have hius sustained. It. is samidl thaI.tibe Soutthern text.iIe sills empnlIoy 50,000 children under 16 easo age. D)r. Yunng Wing, whoe was instru in-ntiaI in seninrg thre newv Ohine.ge nin,ister to this corunttry for his edu ai.ionf, was one of the three Chinese Aids brouight to tis country in 1848 >y ltev. Sa muel Rollins Brown, who 'stabliishied thle fiat Protestannt 3hiristiua n sochooil in China. ThIe Augusta Chronicle says that iris is thre last year that the large aircumses wviil come South, Year after year tihe cities along the Southiern A tla.ntic c*oaist are passing ordinances recjniritng tine payment of licenses raniging fromn $500 to $1,500 and while tire circus people nro not object to a rea.sontblle a'mount they think that a li1t.1e ton hany. * J",IAK H, YIAK IN A HUMOROUS VEIN. SPeake quite a star as an after-dinner Sr? lie?" becoueabi II a regular moon. He rigter the fuller lie gets." Farmer: Yo c ' always judge by appearances very awa judge half-starved isn't a trymanthtlok City Alan: I should o ok of them are suluner boarder. Civil Service 1: aniaer (Very ly, to Erastus Smith core o stern aMpiros to the ollice of mail carrler flow far is it from the earth to r-. moon? Erastus (in terror)--Golly, boss, et yo', gwine to put me on dat route 1 don't want de job. Willie-Pa, what dooa "good as wheat' " mean? Pa--Don't bother me. Willie-Pa, would you say I was as good as wheat?" Pa-I might after you were prop irly thrc bed, and that's what will iappen to you if you don't stop asking uostions. " Poor woman I After her hard fay's work she has to stay up half the ight with her babies." " What's the matter with her hus and? Why doesn't be help hel?" "Oh, he puts in all his time agitating r an eight-hour day for the working ian." A school teacher visiting in a near y city was a guest at a party the ,her day, and a lady to whom she had oen just introduced did not catch the Miss " and, supposing she was mar ed, asked: " flow many children d you say you have ?" "Well, only now," was the reply that no:irl aggered the questioner. " Would you like to be President?" ked the good old gentleman. In the irk. " Naw," responded the youngster in o golf cap. "I'd rather be the -eaident's little boy." "' And why?" - " Because then .. could get my ml1 in the papers if I'd only scratch my nose or had my picture taken." Stern h'ather-So you want to marry y daughter, eh? Young man--You have said it. Stern Father-What's your salary? Young man-Oh, I'm not particu .Just give me a trial for three mths, and if I fail to give satisfac n as a son-in-law you needn't pay l any salmy. Mrs. hoax-My new servant girPs rood one, but she makes my husband mnad. lIe's a crank about his coffee, u know. M re. Joax-And she can't make fee, eh? M rs. hoax -She makes it just right, [t that's the one thing he likes to k about, and now he hasn't any ex se, don't you see? "My dear," said the young hue ,nd, "did you ever speak to the milk [m about there being no cream on e milk?" Yes, I told him about it this morn g and ho has explained it satisfac rily, and I think it is a quite a credit himit, too."' " WVhat did( he say?" " lie said that lie always tills the >ttles so full that there is no room on ec top for the cream."~ Mr. Bositock is not only a good deal a shiownmn, but something of a Lamlorist as well. They have now ile.d him up) before the courts of New ork for giving an exhibition of his ained animals on Sunday, and he cada that lie has simply used his ant ails to illustrate the plight of IManiet the lion's den and other Biblical at. gories. if lie isn't let off without a ne it will not be for any lack of in Lnuity. ___ " andhlady: " I hope you slept elI, sir?" New Boarder: " No, I idn't, I've been troubled with in ymnia." Landlady: " Look here, oung man, PIl give you a dollar for very onie you find in that bed!" She: " You say the chicken soup l't good ? Why, I told the cook ow to make it. Perhaps she didn't tchi the idea." Hie: "No, I think it was the chick n she didni't catch." " Say, I've got one of the best medi ine: in the world, and it ought to sell i immense quantities." " The worth of your medicine cuts o figure. The question is, Have you ot money enough to advertise it?" " Doce" Brown, of Morgansfleid, Cy., who represents his district in the tate Legislature, is one of Kentucky's mntque characters. To illustrate a oint in a recent speech he gave the ollowing account of his courtship: ' Take my -advice and never give a wuoman advice and never give a womian mnything she can't eat and never make love to her out of an ink bottle. Why when I courted my wife I just grabbed hold of her 'and said: 'Sallie, you are the sweetest thing on earth and your beauty baffles the skill of man and subdues his ferocious nature,' and I got her." CASTORlA Por Infants and Children.' The Kind You Have Atway ~ ht SBears the ,"'/M ms m Sistnature i -34