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V()L- n> LAURENS, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, J UNE 22, 1887. NO. 47. OONFKDERATK HA I I Li; HAUS. TWr.l.vt: HISTORIC ?ANN HUS OF soi TM CAUOLINA'S MOLIHBlt*. Uoiieral Oi inn's Manly Lotter ta tho Soc? rotary ol JVar-The t'lagn from tin- l'nl inotto Stiito**Tlio I'resldout'H Final Arl lon. (Spocllll to Un' News ;in<l runt ier., WASHINGTON, Julio 15.-Tho sugges tion of Gon. U.C. Doun that the Cou roderato flags whioh were captured ?lur ing the war, and have for twenty years been stored in one of tho attie roo,ns of tho war department buildings, should be returned to tho respective States to which they belonged lins caused a great deal of comment. The lotter of Gon. Drum to the secretary of war is itself ono of the most notable contributions to tho history of thee times. lt is tho let ter of a biavo man and a true soldi) r: (ton. Drum'? I.i i tor. WA? DKI'AUTMBN r, , Al'JI TANT G KN UH A IJ'S Ol I'll IB, WASHINGTON, April 30, ls<7. \ lion. William C. Endicott, Secretary of W ar Sir: 1 have tho honor to ! ito that there; ar now in this ellice (sored in ono of tho attic rooms of the I add ing) a number of Union Hags captured in action, but recovered on tho full of the (Jon[ederney ami forwarded ti tho war department for wife keeping, to eth er witli a number of Confederate ?lags, which the fortunos of war placed ii our hands durin? tho late civil war. Whiio, in the past, favorable a .lion bas always boon taken on applications, properly supported, for tho return of Union ilugs to organizations rcprt ont ing .'uni vms ol' tho military regit'.cuts in tho sorvico ol'tito Government, J beg to submit that it would bo a gracob I act to anticipate future rcthiobts of thu nu ture, and venture to suggest tho pro priety of returning ull tho dugs il don and Confederate) to tho uuthoritit - ul tho respectivo States, in whioh thc gi men ta which boro these colors were or ganized, tor .such li etd disposition UN they may determine. Wliile, in all of tho oivilizcd ll; ?'.ns of the Old World, trophies, taken in wars against foreign enemies, havo beou carefully preserved and exhibited as proutl mementoes of the nation' , milita ry glories, wiso and ob> ions reasons lave always excepted from the rule, ovid? eel O? past intern? eine troubles which bj appeals to tho arbitration of the av ml, havo disturbed tho peaceful mareil of a people to ita destiny. Ovor twenty years havo olnpscd iinco the termination of the late cud wur. Many ol tho promini nt leadurs, oivi and military, ol' tho lato Confederate Plates are now houored representatives of the National councils, or in other cminont positions l? nd the aili of their tai? nts to tho wiso administration of the ulluir-t of the whole country, and tin people oi the sovoral States composing tb?' union aro now united treading thc broader roi ?I to a glorio tu, future. Impressed with these hud:-, I lia\ tlu honor t<i submit the suggoelion made in this lettor for thc careful consideration it will re?oive at your hands. Very truly your?, lt. C. Dm M, Adjutant Gouoral. Tho endorsement of tito secretary of war anon this hiter is os follows: WAH DBI'AUTMENT, May 20, 1887. The within recommendation is ap proved by tho I'residont, and tho Adju tant Genoral will prepare letters to Governors of thoso States who. :- troops carried tho colore and Hogs now in this dopartmont, with ti..' oller t" return them os beroiu proposed, the history of each Hag and tue circumstances ol it capture or recapture t<? bo given. WM. C. J IN on mi, Secretary of \\ ur. lu accordance with tho instructions from tho seorotary of war, Gen. Dunn prepared tho following lotter which was sent to Govortior Richardson: W AU DtfTAltTMRN r, t ADJUTANT GKM:I?AI.\S Orrin:, WASHINGTON, Juno 7, lss7. ^ To Governor J, V. Uichardson, Co lumbia, S. C. Sit Tho President of thc United States having approved the recommendation that all tho Mags in the custody of th? war di partaient la re turned to Ibo authorities of tho rcs|>co liv?' States in winch the regiments which bon- them worn organized, for such final disposition as they may determino, 1 am instructed by tho honorable scorotnrj of war to make you (in (lie name of the war dopartmont) ii tender of the Hags now in this o?lce belonging' to late volttlitooi organizations of the State of South Car olina. In discharging this pleasant ?inly I beg you will please advise mo of your wishes in this matter, lt is tho intention, in returning euch flag, to givo its history, HO far as it is possible to do so, shiting tho circumstances of Its Capture and re covery. I have the honor to ho, very respectfully, your ob? (le nt seivant, R, C. OBUM, Adjutant General. Th?' South Carolina i in;,. Among, tho captured Southern ban ners are twelve Hags which were captured by tho Fedora! troops ni battle or were picked up after tho .surrender of Charles ton, Home of them are of very gn at historic value and it is hoped that they will be oaro?nlly preserved when they aro tinnily turned over to the State of the valor of whose troups they aro so precious a memorial. I m following is a brief description of t ues?! Hugs and of the circumstances attending their cap turo: Confod?. rato buttle. Hag, captured from South Carolina regiment at the battle <>i Sharpsbufg, September 17, 1802. at the stono wall in front of the lat brigade, Md division, Otb army corps, by Private Thomas Hare, Co. "D," BOtb regiment, Now York Volunteers, l'rivate ii are WM afterwards killed. Confederate battle Hog, captured at Malvern Hill, n?ar Janos Cover, Vir ginia, July i, 18*2, by Sorgt. W. J. whittrick, sad Pennsylvania \ olunteors, Butterfield's brigade. This Hag was token from a South Carolina regiment, who pilod up their dead to resist tho at tack of tho brigade. Flag of the 11th South Carolina Vol untoors. Inscribed Fort Royal, Cedar Crook, Swift Crook, Petersburg, Juno 2VWoldon Railroad. Flag of tho 10th South Carolina Vol unteers, was captured by Capt. .J. WV Scotti Oom puny "D," 157tb Pennsyl vania Voluntoora. lt wua taken from I tho banda of tho color-boaror on tho lino (hiring tim engagement of April, l, 1805, nt Five Korku, Vu. Confederate buttle (lug of tho 27th Mouth Caroliua regiment, captured by Private P, 0. Anderson, Company "A," 18th Massachusetts battalion. South Ouroliua State dug, no history. Con federate battio Hug, captured by (?en. Sheridan's torees September 18, 180-4, from Mli South Caroliua Infantry. J;.?ttl.- Hug ni Sumter Plying Artillery, captured in the buttle of Appomattox Station, April 8, 18(55, by Chief Bugler Olina. Shorn, 1st Virginia Yeterau Vol uuter Cavalry, 'U\ brigade, ?id cavalry division, < Icu. Custer commanding. Buttle Hug of tho Sumter Heavy Artil lery, oaptured in tho buttle of Sailor's Crook, April 0, 1805, by Serat, George J. Pitman, Company 0, 1 Kt New York Lincoln Volunteer Cavalry, ?ld brigade-, ?d dividion, (?en. Ouster commanding, lia.iri.son Hug, "Secession ville," du HICK I .lnii'!, H. C., defences of Charleston, captured February, 18i?">. Presented to tho war department bj Brig. don. A. Hchimmolpfennig, (?allison Hug, "Port Moultrie," ('hurl? Mon harbor, ca}) tu red t'ebruary ls, 1800. Presented to tho war depart ment by Brig. Con. A. Sehimmelpfennig. Uurriaon Hug of tho Citadel of Charles ton, s. C., captured February 18, 18G5. Presented to the war department by brig. Cien. A. Schinitnolpfcnnig. The I'reililent'n Action. WASHINGTON, .lune LG.--The following letter was sent to tho Secretary of War by tho President to-day in regard to the disposition of Hugs captured by the I nion forces (utting tho lute war: I have to-day considered with more caro than when the subject was orally presented to me the action of your de partment directing letters to be addi.' cl io the ( lovcrnors of nil tho sub B, otter ing to return, if desired, lo tho loyal States of the Uniou the Hags oaptured during tho war of tho robollion by tho Confederate forces und afterwards re covered by government troops, und to thc Confederate Statt . tho llaga capturod by tho Union forces, all af which, for nmuy years, have been pucked iu boxes and stored IU the cellar and attic ol the War Department, i um of tho opinion thal the return of the Hags in the man aor tims contemplated is not authorized by OX isling law, nor ustilicd ns un ox couti ve aot. I request, thorcforo, that no further ulops bo taken in thc mutter, cv:< pt U) examino and inventory these Hi;;., alni adopt pioper mensure? for their preservation. Any direction as to the linol disposition of thom should originate with Congross. Yours truly, tilt'?viii? Cl.rv KhAKI?. Al the request of Governor Forakor, of t ?hie, that counsel should be retained to inatitute legal proceedings to enjoin tho return ol tho Confederate Hags to thc Governors of tho Southon) Statos, Con, H. V. Boynton to-day BOlcoted Samuel Shollubargcr, of Ohio, und George S. Kout well, of Massachusetts, to luke ohargoof tho case. These geutlomon ox* }?i ct? d to have un application for man damus Hied in tho Supreme Conrt of th? district ut I o'clock this afternoon, bul WOrC delayed by the nolireecipt of tilt necessary telegram from Ohio. Tilt papers Were bused upon the Claim that the Secretary of W ar was about to dis po .<. of public property without authori ty of law. The letter of tho President, however, mude further action bj' tia attorneys un necessary ? Cen. I' ir? Ililli U.ivi'h. WASHINGTON, .lune IG.-At a rccep'ioi to (hu. Fairchild, conimandcr-in-ehie (?. A. Lt., in New York, lust night, ton deled by tin Alexander Hamilton Post Paircliild doliverod an impassions speech upon tho proposed return to tin Southern States of the Hogs clotured ii the into war. Ile spoke umh-r stlon; exeiti mont, and almost his first uttoruno was : "May God palsy the hand th.it wnd tho order, may dod palsy thc bruin thu conceived it, and may God palsy til tOUgnO that dictated it." In the cours j of his speech Fairchili said : "Since about 1807 tho G. A. li., ha been tho friend of the South, we have n sott of bate or malice against our ol toes any whore and aro ready to oxton them the right hand of fellowship. N<>l withstanding all this I most cmphaLca ly uHiiort that the Southci n States hav no manner of right to take from us th relics of tho late rebellion iu tim shae, of lluhol ting s What would Misse ur Maryland, Mississippi* South Carolin and other Stii'. s do Wini tho Hags if thc iiad them? Would thu Governors c these States place them in their Stat capitols us emblems to be revered an to teach coming generations troOSOl No loyal Governor of any State in th I'iii'-ii will receive them. They will sir 'These are relics af a demi past. Wein members of the I nion of States and cn not i< ccivo these emblems of treason.' Fairchild concluded by stating that 1 spoke in defence of tho Southern pei pie, whom he felt sure would feel u salted by having theta) Hags thrust ape them. After Fairchild's address, rofeolutioj were adopted as follows: "That the President of tho Unite State s, having approved there common ation that all battle Hags in the otistot of tho war department belonging Sduthorn States in robollion during tl lute eivd war bo returned to the respe live States which boro them, for sn? filial disposition us they muy doh rnuu this post views with surprise the uctii of tho President, and records it i prott thereto; that the sacritleo of blood whi< capturod tho emblems referred to wa> Huon bee to liberty, notional union ni to dod; that no sentiment of generosi and no expression of magnanimity is i volved in the surrender of these co> ii Alibi of national honor; that it n< .lily remains to direct that tho hat1 tings of tho Union bo distributed arno: roprcaontativea of tim so-called Confc oraoy as a fitting acknowledgment of t righteousness of tho 'Lost Cause;' tl this post expresses it? disapprobation tito act of the ilrst President of t United Staten who has held tho oil disassociated from memories of the v for tho Union." Ki n. i I'm!ontn. Protests against tho proposed rete os the tlags havo been received from I (lovornor of Wisconsin, the Governor Knnaiw, tho Governor of Iowa, and fri mauy other prominent mon at the No: and tho Wost. W O M KN li I I.I Mi A CIT\ And Doing lt i uily its Well as RIHHOUIIIIO OillcinlH Could, (-ulina, Kan., Lotter ti? Memphis App. al.) I Imvo jiiHt returned from a trip on tin Suntu. Fe road, wost. Syracuse, sixtoon miles from tim Colorado lino, was the Mecca of my pilgrimage, because lier??, April 1, they elected a city council of women, and I waa bent upon seeing tito town that liad made this innovation, and tho women who were filling the council chairs. 1 wanted to ask the people how it came about and how it was working. Tho firs! of these ladies introduced to mo was Mrs. 15. ll. Harbour, afair-faoed, gentle-mannered woman, with an un mistakable air of business about lier. I found this accounted for by tho fact, that sho is a bushioss woman. Her husband does a largo and complicated business; tho books aro entirely in her charge. Mrs. H. 1). Knott is a business woman, too. I expect much of Mrs. Knott, in tho management of their Suffrage Socie ty, because of her experience in Iowa as president of the Eighth District Woman Sult'rngo Society. .Nhs. Coggeshail .says they were very sorry to lose Mis. Knott from their ranks. Sho ia chairman of the Syracuse aldormanie force. Mrs. M. M. 1 Jiggles is a quiet little woman, a careful and conscientious mother and housewife. Him has a way of making up her mind for herself and Btauding firmly by lier convictions. She lots a reputation among Syracuse male citizens for being a person of excellent judg ment. Mrs. S. N. Coe is a woman of excellent ability, with enough conserva', ism to keep her enthusiasm in proper check. No ono of these women is moro anxious to do exactly right, than is Mrs. Coo. Sho is sister to Mrs. Lerner!, president of tho Saxon Equal-Suffrage Society, organized at Dodge City by Mrs. Saxon and named for her. She has .several such namesakes in Kausaa. Mrs. I J. M. Smartwood, tho Hf tia mcm bor, 1 did not see, although I made an j effort to do BO. She was COUllucd to In r homo by sickness; but I am told that silo is a woman of ability and that sin: is ' by no means bohiud her sisters in any j requisito for her position. My short acquaintance with these women con vinced mo that sitting in council chairs and wrestling with questions of city polity have had no ofTcot to UU80X thom whatever that navy ho for these wore ns womanly women as I have ever n en. I looked in vain for masculine tendon* cn s. There was not a hint of it in dn ss or manner, Meeting then, on tho street or in tho ears, you woulu never guess that they were city oflioials. From con- I vorsatiou with thom I learned that they woro exceedingly anxious to make their administration a just ono-ono that would advauco the beat iutorcsts of thc { city; and when they spoke ol advancing j thc interests of their city tiny botrnycd I the fact that they hud in mind thc city's moral as well as temporal prosperity. : lt is said ol' them that they are doing better work than the body of nun who composed the previous 0OUUC?). Their j townspeople say they were elected be cause "somobody proposed it and oveiy body was pleased witli thc idea;" be cause "il was believed that tiny would make excellent olllcors;" beoauso "the 1 temperance people thought women ! wouldn't bo nf raid to on force tue pro hibitory law;" because ' we wanted to advertise our town"-this last from a j mi ni ber of a real estate linn; "because women would take time to do thc work ' well mid thoughtfully." Altogether, 1 was pleased w ith my first sight of a ; woma . council. This is tho only ono in thc United States. A m ri inai vnissi itOSITl. A Very Strange Heilig Heneiilly Horn in UK ni.I North Mai. . A dispatch from Asheville to tho [ Knoxville Tribune says: Conspicuous among the freaks of nature in this SCO* tioil of tho Stute, is that one just re ported from the little town of Coopers, eight miles east of the city on the West ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa tion thi:> morning reached here that at this plaCO, on yesterday, a child with two heads hud been born. Finding the physician, Dr. lt. I, Wilson, who at tended tin? mother, he confirmed tin rejmit and gave a full description of tho ! ri ak. TllO child with two heads, the focOS being opposite. Tlie front face is per footly white, tlie one at the bm k is not regular. There is only one neck for the skulls and the hair on Um forehead conies down to tho eyes. The arms of this being are covered with a heavy mid shaggy gioivth ol' hair, entirely to thc wrists. A number of people to-day went from the c.ty to seo this monstrosity, and wo e 1 astonished at its remarkable peculiari ties. Uuth and llavey Ky tho, two reputable and hard working colored people, are tho parents of this strange being. They live in un humble cabin close by thc Swtirro river in the suburbs of tho \ illago. Tiie child is au unusually largo one, weighing about sixteen pounds, ?md ap pall idly two feet long, lt is amost white and has facial features that are rather pleasing, when tho shaggy fore head ned rear head aro concealed. I t.s voice ia not that of thc human young, suggestive ol tlie lower animals in its st tange unnatural cries. lt has not taken nourishment from its motlier'?, breast, but greedily swallows what is otherw ise given it. The mother appear Hitachi .1 to this strange creature ami refers to il most endearing terms. Numbers of our citizens from tho sur round, ug country have to-day visited the cabin, and gone away in wonder. Al ready the adaptability of the fteak to the demands of tho museum has boon freely discussed and it is said that business otters have beon made and declined. sim ii the idol or My Heat *. Well, then, why don't you do some thing to bring back thu roses to her cheeks and the light to her oyes? 1 >on't yon sec sho is Hollering from nervous debility, the result of female weakness';' A bottle of Dr. Ifarter's Iron Tonio will brighton thoso palo cheeks and send now lifo through that wasted form. If you lovo her tako heed. A wife slyly attached a pedometer to her husliaad's coat when he went out after led "just to balance his books. ' The little meter told of IS miles on Ids return, il is a long walk around a hilliard table for so many hours. TUE VALUE OK TUE OATS CUOP. I ACTS AND PIOUKKS DRAWN FHOM AC TUAL KN TH IC I BNCE. How tho Crain l/loiirlftltes III IXIVoiont Sci I Ion?, anil How ?I it Mailt'a l'i'olt I adie Crup. (KIOIII tho si, Paul, Minn., Farmer.) From the results of tho analyses of LOG cumples of American oats collected from all parts of the country, thc De partment of Agriculture id Washington has rendered a service much needed. Thc results prove much variation of thc oat grain in ita plumpness and relative proportion of tho kernel and tho husk and other physical ?ptaiit.es. Thc kernel is found to be in proportion of 7 to ?I of the husk tho samples from Western States contain 1 *:ist husk. Where tho white oats will grow they are generally heavier, and liavo a larger proportion of kernel in consequence Connecticut oats weigh ii ; ?. : i lbs. per bushel) Dakota 48.0 lbs. and Colorado ?18.8 lbs. Tim average of sorts being 87.2 por bushel. Tho Cacilie slope 13.2 lbs; Norlin rn States dS; Southern 84.6, which is 2.7 lbs. lower than thc average is for tho whole country owing to the looser husk. Oats from Washington Territory gave 70.1 percent, avcrago of kernel. Ono sample gave 7l>.28 per cent., and ono sample from Dakota 56.87; but the amount of meal from tho best varieties docs not exceed 50 por cont, of tho oat. The warmor temp?rature of tho South lowers the average weight, and tho livor Ogo yield is relatively about ld bushels per acre ill the South against 80 for the North. This is an item of value very necessarily to tho farmers' interest, and should be taken seriously into considera tion. Tl 0 relative quality < outs isa money value, uflecting tho miller as well as the larmer. Of the IT'.? samples analyzed, 18 samples from tho PaeiUc slope were lower in albuminoids, and ridler in liber (husk) than tho average for tho whole country. Tlie average composition ol outs was found to be: In thu kernel. In the husk. Per iceni. Per < i ut. ( urhohydratei.07.00 .... Albuminoids.11 31 2 18 Pilier (skin of grain) I .iib ;'17e*8 Oil. 8.H ?Not Estimated Ash. 2.16 fi.5U Waler. 0.?? 5.22 Fiber of husk. M ndy I to 1' per cent, in tho liu^k of English outs. As the hus': and kenloi are given to Btook it was considered desirable to ex amine the husk to see if any variation existed in dilYorent localities; the results proved that the hulls from Western ter ritories cont tinnl less Albuminoids than from other localities. But as a whole the oats showed more albuminoids and oil than other cereals. Ohio samples wore tho highest in albuminoids, and Texas samples the highest iu oil, yield ing as much as 11,20 per cent, and com pare favorably with Scotch and best English oats. Hy extensive selection and introduc tion of heavy oats from Sweden, Nor way, Poland and Scotland, and dis tributed extensively by the Department i ' Agriculture, the quality lias been greatly improved, and the last live years the acreage under crop very Considera bly increased in consequence, so that oatmeal now ligures in tho exports of grain to Europe. As corn is too heating in suunner for horses, there is a greater demand for oats, os tho more wholesome and nutritious ration for borst?. The total mea under crop for lust li vi years was 18,1128,029 acres, against 11,070,822 acres i annually; in the previous ten years. With the improved milling and bruising process of outs by rollers, re cently introduced, and sold now in America as "rolled" or lluttened outs, it is reasonable to conclude that wo shall SOOU see the increased demand us un articl? of diot and drink or bovovago for tho table much more appreciate?!, owing to thc moil' nutritive quality than the corn preparations us articles of food, many of which ure only "corn sturdies" and luck tho nutritive albuminoids (lesli, blood, bone und bruin forming dements of nutrition. There is a nat ural dish ko by thc Cooks to stund over a fire stirring the "oatmeal grits," which have to be boiled and stirred for a long time to keep it from burning und to get Boftenod, as tho hard skin prevents the hot water dissolving out tho starch and gluten. The rolled or (laked outs is easily cooked und cosily digested by the I mosl delicate man, woman or child, und ? nothing more or less than pure oat meal, which is growing moro and more into favor, lt only requires to be bet ter known to bo moro popular us the most desirable food lor child, invalid or robust mun or woman. Finer meal is made, which can be used in making puddings, cukes, thickening soups, broths, or suet and bread dumplings, of higher nutritive quality than any other meal or wheat limn muuufucturod, lt is a specialty likely to expand and grow into un article of food Ol vost uses for export. When treated by the new process of milling, the kiln drying does I not yield tho sume Scotch oatmool-liko I odor uiol taste us Scotch and English oatmeal samples, but it the muru easily roplaoes other llour or meal in cooking, ami muking siiudry articles of food in whioll tho high kiln drud and roughly ground oatmeal cannot be used. Thc nutritive properties, howovcr, are thc si\me, and more palatable to many in valids or children. Following up tho subject oompara ! tively with the numerous and complote analysis of F.nglish and Scotch oats, un? I der tho direotion of tho late Prof. J. P. W. Johnson, tho eminent agricultural chemist and geologist; by Prof. J. P. Norton, of Vale College, laboiatory of' the Highland Soeioty of Scotland, in 1846 the most elaborate and important investigations on rocord, either before or since, deserve spooial notice-which occupied eighteen months of constant labor. Professor Norton found ?ampios of Hopetown oats dried at 212 degrees Fuhr, to yield tho following results; Por cent. Staroh. .05.24 Silgar. 1.01 Gum. 2.10 Oil. ?6.4.4 Casion.15.80 Albumen . ().!<> Gluten_ 2.47 Epidermis I. J s Alkalies. 2.81 Total 100.00 Protein compounds. . 14.00 Nitrogen. 2.10 *Tho oil is of a beautiful pale yollow color; it? smell may bo perceived on heating oatmeal cakos. fcJovou por cont, may be taken ns tho average abm;: as much oil aa is found in oom. American samples .seem tenacious and han!, and therefore it is necessary that oatmeal grit? or groats should be ground into meal and not into grits. In like manner oats for horses should bo bruised in order to get them thoroughly digest ed; it is tho common practice in Lug* land, and found to be far moro econom ical in feeding horses on oats, lt is noteworthy that tho Hopetown variety grown in Northumberland, was remark able for its weight, which was grown ou a .sandy soil, butlered from drought and yielded only three quarters per acre. Tho other samples, grown on deep, rich vegetable loam mould, produced eight quarters por aoro, and less ash. As thc oat grain constitutes three-fourths of the weight, it will carry off 48 pounds of phosphoric acid per aoro, and GO bushels por acre carry oil 'MH) pounds of bones per acre. In conclusion, Professor Norton sums up his bs months' arduous labor thus: "We see that even including the 'husk,' tho oat is superior to any other corn in the ingredients which go directly to th?' production of muscle in tho body. Tho strong muscular forms of the Scottish ploughmen hlVO hun,' been living wit nesses to the good properties of their favorite and almost only food; and, now that it has been shown what those prop erties really wero, I fool sure that Dr. Johnson's d?finition of 'oats:' Food for mau in Scotland, and for horn's in England, will be remembered only for its good and appropriate answer: And i where will you lind such men and s ieh . ll (JIM'S.' Wo may add, aud winn- m America will you (Iud any man liko Professor Norton at his own oxpeuse and time vote Is mouths' labor in investigating with othort such important practical r< search into industries of world wide im portance and inter->f t ' The importance of the subject ill tho growth of the oat, aud comparative analysis of the straw at diffcreuf stages, in like manner as Professor Norton con ducted his investigation, desi rves moro notice and investigation ol samples in every State of America by tho Washing ton board of agriculture, which the chemists there ECem to have loft undone, and their investigationsCOUSequoutly in complete. Surely this will bo sooii in vestigated and published. T K WI DOW 1)1 PK !l< ll 1 . IIUI'OIHIII ot ?i Sohlior'x Pi i.Ie - \ Porte? i unit I V;u lr? IC i ?I IT und ii Itratvti Won in. (From tlic Baltimore American.) Thc recent recovery in Washington from a severe illness of the widow of tlie late Gouoral George !'.. Pickett recalls one of the most interest ing stories that como hack to US from tho war. Its chief interest is her devo tion to her husband in all tho hours of , his hardship and danger. Privation, sickness or suffering of any kind only served to bring out moro beautifully her heroic and womanly nature. During the closing year of the war she followed him to tho battle fields, live d Hinter Carp vas, and went through camp lifo Uko a soldier, being repeatedly under thc : and making i irrow escapes, yet Still re maining faithfully bv his side. When she married him she was but (IftcoQ vears of age, beautiful in lace und lorn , gifted in intellect and gentle in her na ture. She was, too, a perfect ami fearless rider. When the war was over an eftbrl was made to tako from General Pickett, the privileges givou him by tho (bant-, Leo cartel, ami they went to Canada. There they had no friends, no money and no piospoctof either, with a young child t . ire for. Hut her bravo nature nover faltered. With that indomitable courage ,vhich never deserted her, and aided by her superior education, sha obtained a professorship in belles lettres ami took care of tho family until (icm ml Grant insisted that tho cartel should he, kopt, and thoy at once returned to their home. (ieuoral Grant then tondcred General Pickett the position of Marshal of Virginia, but he accepted a position in an insurance company with a hand some salary atta< heil. Though all then seemed bright, tho worst sorrow was yet to como. In a few years General Pickett died and she was left to hov own re- ; sources. It was thou that her helpless condition aroused the South and a sub scription wa? started for her, headed with $8,000 by tho State. She firmly declined to roceivo tbi.-. upon hearing of it, and shortly afterward scoured a small government position, sullicient to sup port herself and family. Among her friends and visitors are Minn; of the lead mg society and official people, ?hom she occasionally entertains in a modest lint dignified way. Ovi*r* Worked Women. Koi worn-out," "run-down," debilitated Behool teachers, milliiicrs, seamstresses, housekeepers, and over worked women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prcserip lion is thfl la*t Of all restorative louies, It is not a "Cure nil," hut admirahly ful Mils a singleness of purpose, ticing a mosl potent Bporfflc for all Hiosc Chronic Wi nk liesses and Diseases |x.c uliur to women, li is a powerful, . ..ml as well as Uterino, tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor ami streich to the whole system. It promptly euros weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloating, weak back, nervous prostration, dehihty and jlccplcasncss, in either > \ Favorite Prescription is sold hy druggists under our poxitire yuarantee, D60 Wrapper around bottle. Price $1.00 a bottle, or six bottles for $5.00. A large treatise on Diseases of Women, profusely illustrated with colored pintea and numerous wood cuts, sent for ten edits in stamps. Address, World's Medical As sociation, (WW .Main street, Buffalo, N. Y A woman may he as true as steel, but then you know some steel is too highly tera ! pered. A STUPENDOUS STEAL TH K U<> IllllCUl Ol il A li K SHA Kl' ANO THU M W VOlllt A l.lM.lt.M );\. Tito Tho (I tv.-.- Nut Less Than * IO,??0,000 in (irn*K--<>olhnm'H O roa I Rtint'0|?lll>lllty to tho O Wei'? of Url ho??. (Prom Hij New Vork Worltl ) lt is very wi li understood now that it coat Mr. Jacob Sharp very near to $00, 000 to got hie Broadway frauohiso from tlu Board ot Aldermen. Thia docs not iuohido ins "attorney?' fees" nor ix penses at Albany iu scouring tho passage of tho General Ltailroad act, which made hie Broadway frauohiso possible. Jt is very weil understood by those familiar with the facts thal thc total cost to Mr. Mr. Sharp was in thc neighborhood of $1,300,000. What a costly frauohiso it would have been, then, bad lie bought it ut an honest wile I Ho risked $1,300,000 ol bribe, money, thu chancos of .i legal for foituro afterwards and ot' thu criminal prosecution thal lias iu fact como to lum -in tho dishonest purchase rather than lo attempt to buy the frauohiso at its real value. Tho twenty-two numbers ol tho Board of 188'1, Ucudiug Clerk .Maloney and General Manipulator Koonah pocketed $000,000 and Bold tho franchise at au annual rental of $10,000. Tlioy at Urat gave it for nothing iii oxocss ol thu -5 per cent, on gross rec ?pta required by tho law, but when the World, Mayor lld.,en and thc gt neral public raised such u row about their ears, they had another mei t ing un i agreed to demand of Sharp un annual payment of I per cent, ot) $1,000,000 -or $-10,000. lt is a euri' us tuet that many honest but misguided pcopl.) say about Sharp and thc Hoard of '81 that we would not bavo Inda railroad on Broadway at all if die franchise had not bi en given then? ami (hut tho b,-? er and bribed were not, therefore, so guilty, after all, Lot us see: Tue City of Nt v Vovk is golting from the Brondw ly Surface ltailroad Compa ny for dial is probably, ci usitloring tho length of tim ro ut, the most valnablo railroad franchise ever granted by a municipality to . corporation, ibo sum of $71 ,810.04 a year, L'hisstua ?simule ipi of S 10,0; U a year n ut ami .! percent, of tbo grui cattlin" >, which, on $1,001, 605.80, ibo gross earning (ov tho year ended September 30, ?830, gave $31, fri 0.01, lu tia- e..m. e o. tho Cleary trial, Mr. IS. I lon ry Laeoinbe, Counsel to the Cor poration^ albee ippointed by President Cleveland a Judge of tho Unit ad Stabs Circuit Court, was ou Lue .yiluess stand. This wasoti Mareil *-il, and liming bis cross-examination h w v..-kelby M'-. Ira Shuter tho following question concern ing Ibo ainount n cen ved by tho oily from tho Broadway Surf flee Coinpauy; "You regarded Ibid n fu?t* routai, iii<4y'i ' I regilvdt'd il ut quite siillloiciii ie protect tl"' ? dy ... tho percentages it. should receive. As to rental, I thought it ii fuir value.'" Air. Lai a..be probably spoke withoi i consideration, Koeenl events, iu nu} event, proNo bini wofnlly wrong. On May 00 last- -only a littio loss than two years utter Sharp bogan lo run bis ears on Broadway lim franchise bf tho Twenty-eighth und l'wonty-?inth street crosstown road mid of the Fulton street crosstown road were pul ap for salo ..< auction by Comptrolh i Loow, auder tho provisions ot tho Oantor Railroad law, pusscd titter tho granting of tim Broad way franchise, rho former fr?iiehisoj for which there wore two bidders, bold for 20.2 per cent, of tho gross reci ipts, to whiob must ito added, under tho Gou end Street Railroad law, a per cont. OH tho aanutd gross earnings ior tho Aral t'ne years and .'> per cent, llioreftftor. Tho city will, t hore ft re, receive J'?.J pt iv cent, on tho gross earnings of that road for the (1rs! Ovo of its operation nun Ol,2 per C?Iit. every year alter the first (Ivo yours. For tho fulton street fran chise tlu i e wore three bidders, and it was lin.illy knocked down for 05 pc coiit., making tho city's rent for tho (irsi (lye years 38, and lt) lor tho subsequent years. As tho Broadway frauohiso is un doubtedly nii.eli mon valuable lhati either of these, it is suie to ussitmo thal tho Compotition for it would have boon more eager, and consequently that tho city would bavo secured a considerably larger percentage if, like thom, it baa been put up ?nd sold at anet ion. But, admitting that it would not have sold lo. any more (bau Hit Twou ty-eighth ?ind Twonty-uinth iv ol frauohisi, how much is tho oity losing anunally by thc com pae ot its corrupt aldermen of 1881 with the corrupting Doodlers w ho nr.- reaping the benefits? The gross earnings ol tho Broadway Surface Ltailroad foi titi year ins;, gg Wc ru $1,001,005,80. 1 ney ure likely to be Imger in.-U nd of sm,lilt t m the future. But, accepting that sum as a fair basis ot computation, 'J'>.'2 por cent, of it would give tho city $810,000.41 ? your io ti\o years. Alter the expiration of live years tho oity would receive, at .'H."J per cent., $381,'?00.72 a youl. As the oily is getting only $71,810,01 per year under tho corrupt disposition of tho frunohisi it will lose $208,160.17 annu ally for live years, and iiftcrwnnls $259,' 860.78 annually forever. [f, us it would be perfectly proper t" assn mo, tho llroudw.iy franchise had Sold'for 08 mUCll as tho Fulton .'.tit i franchise, it would have brought into tho city treasury $108,488 a year for five yt ara and $224,000.02 a year for all time after live years. On this basis of calcu lation, then, tho city is hising at tho present timo by the corrupt compact $881,588.00 per annum, and it will lose after tho lapse of four years from dato $852,810.88 a year. I>o these ilgurcs make plain the lull extent of tho city's loss by tho venality of ita 1885 aldermen? No, ami for tins reason : Money is worth ut tho present time in Now \ork oity fully IS per cont, per annum, anti $352,810.38 would pay tho interest at Ovo por cont, on $7,050, 827.00, Thoroforo, when those aidor mou gave tho Broadway franohiso for $71,000 a year and their own corruption fund, they gave away for no considera tion whatever at least $7,05(5,827.00 of tho people's money. So it was that, by paying $1,000,000 in bribes, Jacob Sharp intended to Havo live and halt millions of money which, with the thirteen hundred thousand be Hides, ho should rightfully have paid for the franchise. And, when each of Uro aldermen pocketed his $24,000 bribo, bo sold out the people of New York city to tho amount of #7,0<M),00() iu gross, or over #85:?,0!)l) a year in revenue. ,\ ei.AOcr. OK SNAILS. Th?j Aro Buting Kvery Growing TUluj; in Conter Couti ty ? Pennsyl vania, r rom Harrisburg special to New York Bau.) Tlie ontiro lower portion of Center county, I'eunsylvauiu. is at present plagued by a most extraordinary visita tion of snails or garden slugs. They como from their hiding plaees in crovioos ..i .der board walks, stones, etc., only at night, ami they cover the roads and ? ilks by the million. In Penn's valley ? nd liloomiield and thc surrounding country they have eaten every growing thing in their path. Some gardens havo i icen entirely destroyed. A lotter from Penn's valley says that mornings after warm nights walks and roads aro literal ly covered with the slum these insects Icavo in their trails and by bushols of dead snails that have been crushed by pedestrians anti wagons. Ijime, pans green, suit and other insect destroyers have been scattered liberally where tho snails travel and feed, but they have had no offoot on thom. The singular part ot this plague is that no insects of tho kind were over known to be in tho coun try before. Where they came from or what influences have brought thom thoro so suddenly and in such immense num bers is a mystery no one has been able to solve. Tho Cotton Movement. The New Vork Financial Chronicle, in its weekly cotton review, lay8 that for the week ending Friday evening, the 10th instant, tlie total receipt? havo reached 1,002 bales, against 7,590 bales last week, 9,705 bales tho previous week, and 10, 026 bales three weeks since; making tho total receipts since the 1st of September, 1880, 5,170,910 bales, against 5,207,949 bales for the same period of 1885-6, rdiowing a decrease since September 1, issr,, of 28,030 bales. Thc exports for the week ending the some timo reach a total of 5,588 balee, of which 2,859 were to (beat Britain, - to France, and 'J,7ii!? to the rest of tho (.outillent. Tho total sales for forward delivery for the week are Tao,.",! ia bales. For i mino - diute delivery the total sales foot up 8,012 halos, including 7,017 for export, 1,595 tor consumption. Tho imports into continental ports fm tlie .same period have been 04,000 l?ales. Thoro was a decrease iu the cotton in sight, Friday night, of 46,011 bales a, compared witli the hymie dato of 1880, a decrease of 21,025 bales ss com pared with the corresponding date of 18? ?, and ? decrease of 273,389 bales as compared with 1881. ind interior stocks have decreased din ing the week 1,587 bales, and wero Friday night .",171 bales less than at thc sanio period lust yt ar. The receipts at tho noni: towns have been 4,'. 1ST bales '?HS than for the sanio week lust year, id since September 1 tho receipts at all io towns aro 03,104 bales less than for tho same time in 1885 ti. The total receipts from the plantations since September 1, 1886, wero .">, 183,518 halos, in lss"? 6 wero5,011,006bales, and in ISM 5 woro4,740,498bales. Although tho receipts at the outports tho past week wero 1,002 bolos, tho actual move ment from plantations was only 1,858 bules, tho balance being taken from tho stocks at the interior towns. Last year thc receipts from tho plantations for tho sarao wook were 1,839 l?ales, and for 1885 they wert: 480 l?ales. Lamar at .1 utlge. A .Mississippian said recently to a par ty ot gentlemen in Washington: Secretary Lamar could never do for jtldgo. Why, do you know what hap pened to him on a street car the other day .' Ho came into tho car with a French novel under Ins arm, jammed himself down in a corner, ran his hand into his pocket, pulled out a lifty cent ? ace ano put it into tho box. lt was a .'h?h tali" car, where passengers pay their own own fare. Thou ho poked his nose into his bunk and began to rood. A lady on tho opposite side who had seen Ids mistake, called his attention to it, saying: "Mr. Lamar, you put lifty cents in the box." What lie did was tho funniest thing 1 ever heard of. Ho poored into tho box a minute absent mindedly, thrust his bund again iuto his pookot and pulled out a nickel which ho also dropped into tho box, as he said: "I modo a misUike! Oh, thank you, thank you. ( bless this will make ital) right.-' A NEW MI sn AI, ntooioY of Paris, tho child Hoffman, continues to excito tho greatest enthusiast whorovor he appears. Without considering him as a modern Mozart, ho has certainly wonderful exe cution, facility, memory, and a rcmark ablo talent for improvisation. Ho lis tens attentively to a melody which ho hoars 1 . tho first time and immediately, without a moment's hesitation or study, he carries that original thorne through a dozen or mnv variations, never losing it, and never giving it moro embellish ment than its rhythm and musical idea can support. Hellman comos from Vi enna, and is said to bc only nine yours. GBNBBAII E. P. A ra: \ AN mut, a well posted man in railroad matters, thinks it very doubtful whether tho Inter-State Commission will suspend tho fourth clause of t he Act after tho 5th July. Ho thinks that instead of a rigid enforce ment of tho long and short haul olauso, the lino ought to ho drawu somewhere, and he indicates tho rulo whioh ho pre fers iw follows: "No rates below cost; free competition above oost." A o'touc oe ANAKCIIISTH, numbering ninety .on and women, has been discov ered ut Columbus, O. A blasphemous secret ciroular issued by tho group advo cates arson and murder, and oven the killing of thc wives and children of capi talists. Tho Knights of Labor ia Co lumbus unsparingly donounoe ike An* archiste.