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VOL. XLII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 28, 1886. NO. 52.
EDBOFS BRIGHT IDEA.
WHAT THE PII0.\O?K APH OF TiSK Fi -j
TIRE WILL BE LS.'vE.
k It Will Talk With the Voice of a Full (Jrov. a
W Man?Electric Proj.tiixion.
L (From the New Yo.k S:.ir.)
? After an extended honeymoon in
Florida, Mr. Edison has returned to the
scenes of his electrical labors and tri
T ? '"J lim A l>rfAV^f^Tl !
UIUpjLlb ttLLU. I1U? Vii. ? 1UV.O iA*c v**?.v
Lis laboraton* on Seventeenth, street anil
his palatial residence at Llewellyn Park
on the Orange Mountain, paying an occasional
visit to his private ollice in Wall!
street. He has not been spoiled by success,
being still the genial, approachable,
common sense, hard-working "Torn'" j
' Edison he was when unknown to fame J
and fortune. He has not startled the
r
world of late by any new marvel, but his
brain is busy as ever, his laboratory lias
not lost its fascination, and it is a dull j
* - - " ? "? a - i .ir . ? |
clay indeed wiien ne nas not a nun uu^uu <
experiments in progress. A few years
ago lie said: "That which is known, to
k that which is unknown, stands, we will
I say, as one to 10,000,000,*' and he seems
I to feel that his mission is to change that
proportion by a few figures.
An intimate friend and business associate
of 3Ir. Edison, in conversation j
with a Star reportor of electrical tenden- j
cies, said:
^ "It would be premature just at present j
to mahe public mention of what is no v.-1
being done by Mr. Edison in the line of j
original investigation. There is niuc-h
to be learned yet in the field of electricity,
both as to means of production and
methods of utilization. So far as the
conversion of steam power into electric
energy is concerned there is little left to
be desired, as our present dynamos give
"* an efficiency of 95 per cent, out of a possible
100?and when the real is within 5
per cent, of the ideal there is not much j
to be gained in that direction. Could |
makers of steam generators and engines I
approach anywhere near such perfection '
in the construction of apparatus for con-!
verting heat into power the mechanical j
millennium would oe at nana.
^ "What 3Ir. Edison is doing in this I
direction," he added, "I am not at liber- i
ty to say, though it is generally known j
that he" has given the subject much i
thought. I believe it would be no
breach of confidence, however, to mention
the fact that t3>e long-distance tele?
phone occupies a great deal of his time;
i and some day, before long, he may be
so far advanced with his experiments as
to give something for publication that
will interest the readers of the Star."
"About the phonograph?"
"About the phonograph there is noth-!
^?<r car ovfpnt that it. is at 'oresent i
? j
taking a nap. When it awakes, as iti
doubtless will some day, it will not be j
with the cry of an infant. Edison says,
but "with the voice of a full-grown man, !
ready to take its place in the ranks of j
r commercial necessities. Becording tele- j
phones? Yes, I have heard of them, butj
I really know no more about them than j
what lias been printed in the technical j
journals. It is an admitted fact that a I
telephone which will preserv e a legible i
record of every sound transmitted!
tlirougli it is a necessity, and tliat tlie
perfecting of such a telephone is only a
question of time I have not the slightest
doubt. Several inventors are at work
upon the problem, and two or three have
already produced results sufficient to
^ show that they are on the right track."
"Is Mr. Edison among the fortunate
Cew?"
"On that point, my friend, I fear your
very laudable thirst for information will;
have to go unslaked, for the present at ;
least. But, to answer your question by j
& another, don't you think a perfect auto-'
^ matic phonograph in combination with I
a good receiver or transmitter would I
make an instrument closely resembling ;
your conception of a recording tele-!
phone? Tr?in telegraphy is.rapidly ap-1
-r>evf<v?finr> Irs feasibilitv has !
if* e r?>?? ?
been fully demonstrated by numerous;
experiments, public as well as private, j
k A company lias been formed to develop
Ik the system and put it upon a commercial
& basis, and as soon as expedient many of |
K our leading railroads will be fully
H equipped with train telegraphs, so that
i? passengers, while traveling at full speed,
Br may communicate with their friends at
r home or receive messages from them
without leaving their seats in the car."
"Will it be possible to do so much for
PSt*%M lifting ILUL > C1C10 .
"That question requires consideration, j
Perhaps at some early day I may be able \
to give you some information on that
that point. Meanwhile you may depend
upon it that aspect of the subject has not
been overlooked."
At frequent intervals during the past
two or three years the public has been
regaled by accounts of marvelous pro:
gress made in the application of electricity
to railways as a motive power.
Statements have "been given of wonder
* 1 ??n V! ?
I Ui. rti6LLLU> OCJL1ICVCU uxi \jl tuicc O-u-vyx i/ j
lines of electric road in Europe, and j
predictions made that the steam locomo-1
tives would soon be dispensed with on
the elevated roads in this city. Edison
!ia-?f>occ^rl sfppd to a r>assen
ger car and exhibited its paces on an experimental
track at Menlo Park, but
soon turned his thoughts to lighter
themes. Daft raced his motor up and
rdown a half-mile road at Greenville, on
Newark Bay. Others worked away at
the same problem, but still the smoky,
gas-generating, lumbering locomotives
continue to do the hauling on the "EL"
The Field-Edison company litted up a
<* ^ - ? .1 r
section oi me oeconu. avenue iuuu iui j
k experimental purposes, and Daft did the
E same on Ninth avenue. The latter gen?j|p
tleman gave an exhibition of his motor
f|& several months ago, only to tind its
w ^ power deficient. Nothing has yet been
f heard of experiments on the" Second
avenue line.
On the Thirty-fourth street branch of
the Third avenue elevated road an experimental
track has been laid, ui)on
which Lieutenant Sprague has been test- i
ing his system of electric propulsion for j
several weeks pa*t, A Star reporter was!
recently permitted to witness some of
Lieutenant Sprogue's experiments. m
a brief convention the Lieutenant said:
"31 j 'system of propulsion,' as you
term it, resembles the x ield-Edison system
in that each ear is furnished with'its
f own motor, so that the length of the
1 " - -? *-r\ pii+ /viwnmc+.in^pq
i train may ue \ uucu LvaaiBvuvu^w-^v
without affecting the propulsive power.
But it is entirely distinct from any other
system, and is covered by my patents.
Though the system, as a whole, is theoretically
perfect, there are some details
which may require modification; and
the purpose of the experiments now in
progress is to ascertain what modifications
or improvements are necessary to
insure complete success. Only by actual
N work with ordinary cars and under ordinarv
conditions can all defects be discovered.
for that reason we are making
these trial trips; and when confident that
everything is in thorough working order
\vc shall he ready to make a public
demonstration/'
"Have wc any electric road now in
successful operation?" said one of the
officers of the Daft Electric Company to
a representative of the Star. "Certainly
we have. The Baltimore and Hampden
Electric road, about two miles in lenjrth.
one of the crookedest roads in the United
St.lies, with several very steep grades,
was litted up by us last September, and
has been in constant operation ever
since. Up to May 20 it had carried nearly
200,000 passengers without accident,
and at a cot.t ox but little more than half
that of horse power. Yes, electric roads
arc a complete commercial success, arid
their introduction in all parts of the
world is only a question of time."
A GEM.
A Young Ladv's Contribution to liase I?all
Literature.
One of the finest bits of base ball
literature that has come to bat this season
is furnished by Miss Fannie Stearns,
the accomplished daughter of Postmaster
biennis, of Adrian, Mich. It came
to the plate at a class social of the Adrian
High School in response to the toast,
"The High School Nine," and it made a
hit for all the bases and the entire gate
XWCIJ/lO. -Lb 2?> <lO
"Among all the sports of our country
there are none in -which, is centered more
interest tlian our national game of base
ball: no well-regulated college or high
school is complete without a base ball
club; and among all the organizations it
is difficult to find one which has a nine
greatly superior to ours. Indeed, the
only reason why the Adrian High School
Base Ball Club is not a member of the
National League is because so much of
their time is occupied in games with
bootblacks. On account of their fariamed
battery, the government is senAATiciHftVirxT
/~\4r
VUOi ? bXiV KJ i I A vx
adding them to the military force of the
United. States. The nine are better
posted than any similar organization in
the country, and they know so much
about the game that they have, very frequently,
to correct the umpire, although,
of course, they always do so in a courteous
and gentlemanly manner. Our nine
young athletes have by hard work won
glory and renown for themselves and the
educational institution with which theyare
connected,",and they merit the thanks of
not only the High School, but the public
at large who support the schools, and
who can look with pardonable pride
upon our High School nine. May your
^pitchers' never become full of beer, nor
your catcher ever wear a muff. In
all your pursuits of life may you never
get first on errors, be compelled to slide
for second, or try to steal third. At
Thanksgiving it is safe to make a 'fowl
fly,' and easy enough to see that you
know it. In wrong doing it is best to
be a good'short stop.' In study may
you always have the best 'score' and always
be nine. In business I trust you
will make a good 'pick-up' and a 'safe
hit to right.' In society may you ever
be regarded as a '<?ood catch.' In Doli
tics I bcsj)eak for you a safe 'run;' and
in love?ab, blush not, ye brawny fielders
of the bat?in love, when years shall
strengthen mature judgment, if you see
your 'daisy' in the 'right field,' then
catcher' at once and ask some minister
for an 'assist.' But remember in the
meantime -when you go to see her, and
her father at 10 o'clock wants to 'call the
rro rv?o' QiW-mn-f. /vf /lo.vL*r>occ rlnn'f. rlic
pute tlie umpire or wait to 'go out on
strikes,' but proceed to make a 'home
run' before you are 'fielded ont' on a
'double play.'"
Learning to Sspell.
Frederick A. Fernald has a very interesting
paper on the eccentricities of
English spelling, in a late issue of the
Popular Science Monthly, from which
we take the following paragraph, which
gives a fair illustration of the unnecessary
burden which the acquisition of the
art of English spelling imposes on the
youthful mind:
' Learning to read the English language
is one of the worst mind stunting
processes that has formed a part of the
general education of any people. Its
evil influences arises from the partly
phonetic, partly lawless character of
English spelling. Although each letter
represents soine sound oftener than any
other, there is hardly a letter in the
aipiiaDet tnat aoes not represent more
than one sound, and hardly a sound in
the language that is not represented in
several ways, while many words are
written with as many silent letters as
significant ones. There is nothing in
any word to indicate in which of these
ways its component sounds are represented?nothing
in the written group of
letters to show which sounds they stand
for, and which of them, if any, are
silent, so that the learner can never be
sure of pronouncing rightly an English
word mat lie hits never seen >yjlii?lcjli.
The spelling of each word must be
learned by sheer force of memory. In
this work the pupil's reasoning powers
cannot be utilized, but must be subdued,
while his memory is sadly overworked.
In the affairs of the child's daily life,
the logical following out of rides is rewarded;
in learning to spell, it brings
him only discomfiture and bewilderment.
The influence of the spelling class quickly
drives him to repress any inclination
to reason, and he gives himself up to a
blind following of authority. No child
learns Jingiisn s}>eiiing witnout; getting
the pernicious notion tliat cram is better
than thinking, and that common
sense is a treacherous guide."
They Kad Traveled.
' I am sony you two ladies are going
all that distance alone," I said to some
friends going east some time ago; "if we
see anybody on the train I know I'll put
you in his charge." "Don't; I'd rather
not," one of them answered. "Why?"
"Jtsecaiise you always get inure aueuuon
from strangers. We are all right. If
we have anv chaperon he'll be bored to
death, .md lie. will be disagreeable r 11 the
way. If we have none every man on the
train will be at our service, and he'll
only be too glad to attend to us."
"That?;> queer; I never thought of that."
"My d;ar boy, men are always in search
of adventure, and a formal introduction
of an intimate acquaintance makes it I
duty, and duty is always disagreeable."
"Well, I suppose you are right." "Do
you see that gentleman there? He's
i been quietly looking around to see "what
I pretty women are on the train. Before
| we get to Port Costa he'll be asking my
i sister il ho c-an do anything for her.
! She's prettier than I am. But what he
I is willing to do for iter lie il do ior me to
| keep me sweet." ''I don't think you'll
I get left yourself." "Between you and
i me and the window i don't thir.k! wjll."
! And I left them with their arrangements
all made as to how they are going to
treat every man on the car.?San Francisco
Chronicle. |
"Where one ''man wants but little here
below," there are nine wilhin hailing distance
who want all. The poet was mis-1
i taken about that thing anyhow.
OXE OF THK WORST.
Sketch of the Career ot the Alabama Je.vie
Jamen.
(From the Birmingham A-.c )
Steve Renfroe, tlic notorious outlaw
and tliief, wlio was lynclied at Livingcfr\n
loof Tnoc/lov Dvonino' V?OC ft. "hlstiYTV
worthy the basis of a vellow-backed
novel.
He was born in tlie mountains of
Georgia, where his father was a highly
respected citizen, and one financially
well-to-do. Very little can be ascertained
as to his son's character, habits and disposition
during his boyhood, except that
he was foremost in all boyish sports, and
i a
\ScLS UiWUVb <i gUUU UilU 1U U
When about twenty-one years of age
lie married the daughter of a prosperous
farmer of north Georgia, who proved to !
be a most estimable little lady, and did :
much to restrain her husband's reckless :
disposition. 1
In 18(5$ Steve arrived in Sumter coun- :
ty, Ala., and lived for a good many i
months in almost hidden seclusion with "
an uncle, an ex-probate judge of Sumter. ]
It was reported, and circumstantial evi- !
dence was strong against him, that he \
was fleeing from justice in Georgia?that 1
he had killed a man in his native section ]
and was hiding to escape the clutches of <
the law. i
"I shall never forget the first time that i
saw mm, saia uie reporter s miormani. j
"It was just about three months after he i
arrived at his uncle's, and having been 1
confined, for secrecy, he was as fair and 3
delicate looking as a girl. He was just 1
about twenty-three years old, and was i
dressed in what I thought at the time t
was the prettiest suit of clothes I had c
ever seen?a homemade check, handsomely
worked and bound with silk 1
braid." He was a handsome, tidy young 1
fellow, and his delicate features, fair 1
face and neat attire contrasted strikingly >
with the tawny, coarsely dressed ex-sol- 1
diers of the dark days of the war. After J
he had remained with his uncle several (
months, his wife joined him, and they t
lived in Sumter, apparently happily, until
her death, which occurred in a short f
time after her arrival. Her remains were ?
interred in the burial ground of the f
Baptist clmrch of that place. 1
About a year after the death of his
wife Eenfroe became marked in his at- i
tentions to a daughter of Dr. Sledge, a c
highly respectable citizen of that county, 1
and gaining her affection, married her. s
They lived together five or six years, at c
the end of which time she died and was i
buried in the Methodist churchyard. A s
year ov two afterwards Renfroe had her 1
remains removed and placed beside those i
of his first wife, in the Primitive Baptist c
cemetery, and erected a handsome mar- t
ble monument to the memory of the two. i
Afterwards Benfroe married a Miss t
Stone, of Livingston, and lived with her 3
until after lie was first charged with em- a
bezzlement, after which she left him, t
and is now living in Meridian, Miss. t
Eenfroe was always looked on as a c
leader in all kuklux or other desperate ^
or daring undertakings, and there is no s
doubt as to his having had a great i
amount of reckless courage and being a t
quick man on the trigger. 1
In 1874, when the Republicans came \
into power in that county, he was ar- a
rested on the charge of the murder of a c
man named Billings, and lay in prison i
five months. He proved an alibi, how- I
ever, and was discharged. i
He was elected sheriff in about the a
year 1880, developed into quite a politi- t
cian, and it is said that he aided much 1
toward relieving that county from Re- c
publican domination. t
Later on he was accused of embezzlement
and put in jail, but broke out and '
went out west. After "painting the i
Western countries red" he again re- 1
turned and lived around Livingston, oc- a
JLU. UILIL uxjxjua^ VU. <X ?
liorse with him. At last he was caught "v
and jailed, but a Mr. Little went his i
bond and the next day the rascal stole ^
Mr. Little's horse and left again. He i
was recaptured after a while, and jailed, ?
but tried to break out again, and was a
taken to the Tuscaloosa jail for safe ?
keeping. Here he bored a hole through
the floor of his cell and escaped through t
it. He was recaptured, tried for grand i
larceny and sent during last October to t
Pratt mines for five years. He remained
there five weeks and escaped by climb- 1
ing the side of the shaft. ~ Blood hounds j
were put on his track, but he put them 1
off his track by wading in a creek for 1
five or six miles. ^
Near Eutaw he met a tramp and ?
chummed with him: but one dav the t
tramp gave him away, and a large crowd
of citizens came up with and one hun- {
dred shots were hred at him, but he (
dodged away in the swamps unhurt. ]
A few days since a mule was stolen in i
Lauderdale county, Mississippi, and the ?
next day three farmers saw a man riding 1
on the lost mule. They demanded that <
he yield to them but he resisted and
attempted to shoot, when one of his ?
pursuers unhorsed him with a load of 1
squirrel shot. When the latter was asked 1
why he didn't use buckshot, he replied: ]
"That was a skeer gun; I was goin' to J
git him next time with buckshot." <
When the Sumter county posse at- i
tempted to handcuff Kenfroe at Enterprise
he fought desperately, and threw
his captors from him as if they were so
many children,
m J
A Family Trouble. ^
Nine a. m. She?My dear little hubby,
I really need a new bonnet very ^
much. He?How much will it cost? -i
She?Oh, only about ?25. He?Only
$25, eh?_ Well, my dear little wifey,
business is very bad and you can't have I
one. She?I can't! Well, we shall see. (
Six p. m. He?Isn't dinner rather late
to-night? She?I presume it is. He? <
How soon do you think it will be ready, <
my deai-? She?I don't think it will be 1
~ /I? ? JV 1 * TT . TTTI
rcuu v at aoi, m v uurmig. XIe?VVliy.'
What do you mean? She?I ara on a ]
strike; no bonnet, no dinner. Ten p. m. \
He?Mv dear, is the strike still on? (
She?My pet, it is still on. He?Are (
you not getting hungry? She?Xo; I
Iiad my dinner at mother's before you
came home. He?Will the strike last I
until breakfast, think you?" She?
There is but one way to end it at all.
He?H'm! Well, my pet, if you will go '
and get me a bowl of bread and milk or
a cup of coffee, I think we might adjust !
the differences between labor and capital i
bv means of arbitration. P S ?1
promise was finally made on the basis of '<
a 315 bonnet.?Chicago Rambler. <
Supposed. i
i "Alleged," as it Is used nine times out of
ten in conversation and in newspaper
writing, is wrongly used. Alleged means :
to assert with positiveness, but most people
| have formed the bad habit of employing
llie wora as if it meant that a charge had
been made which had not been proved.
Reporters speak of an alleged theft, and an .
alleged biggest squash, meaning that the :
reader shall have some doubt on the sub- i
ject. It would be letter to write supposed i
for alleged in most cases when the latter :
word is preferred nowadays. It is difficult !
to say what an ''alleged charge" does mean, i
OI T IS THE MIXES.
Early Days in Colorado as Remembered by a
Pioneer.
(From the Denver Tribune )
"That only leaves two cf us," and with i
a sigh a man of medium height, bronzed
ieatures and a general appearance 01
having liad a hard experience, limped to
to a chair and laid on a table a newspaper,
pointing to an item concerning the
death of William Lovell, known in the
mines of Colorado as "Chicken Bill."
Alter heaving a few sighs the visitor announced
that he was Thomas Gillespie,
or ".Mountain lom.
"There used to be six of us," lie continued,
"wlio prospected before Leadville
was founded. There was ; Chicken
Bill.' he's dead from too much booze;
Arizona Bill,' who was shot dead in
Shoshone, Arizona; 'Buckskin Joe,' I
found his pony, but his body and his
rifie had been taken by Greasers; 'Colorado
Bill,' who was hung at Fort Smith
for shooting a man; 'Broken Nose Scotty'
and myself who are still living. We
n-ere always together and knew every
pass and peak of the mountains from
Montana to Texas. Joe lived as much
:o kill Indians as anything else, for when
Lie was only seven years old the redskins
tilled his father, mother, two sisters and
me brother, and he only escaped by bong
hid away. He liad seventy-two
lotcnes cut on tne oreecn 01 nis long
rifle when I saw it last and every one
neant an Indian. I gave 'Chicken Bill'
lis name when lie was a tenderfoot. I
persuaded him there was a fortune in a
lennerv and he sent as far East- as Bos:on
for eggs, but he never could get one
;hat would hatch. It cost him lots of
1 rinks.
"Bill was a great prospector and
ocated the Deadwood claim, which afteryard
was known as the Little Pittsburg
nine. The greatest sell he ever made
vas when he located the Chrysolite
nine, in the earlier days of Leadville.
T _ -l-.n 1 l_V * 1 _ ? 1/1. ^ -1 J1
cxc cua not iamiv niucu ox uie cutum a,ua
lecided to salt it and sell it. He did
;liat, and Lieutenant Governor (afterward
Senator) Tabor bit and paid .S-,000
'or the sliaft. Tabor stocked the mine
it .$10,000,000, and after going down
ifteen feet further found the richest
nine of the lot.
"Bill was horribly beat over that and
t cost two or three men their lives to
sail him 'Chrysolite.' "We were in 'Pap'
3iman's, in Leadville, one night, and
;ome fellow called him 'Chrys.' Bill
lidn't say anything, but, while we were
lp at the bar, jostled him. The fellow
itruck linn and Bill pulled his gun and
joredhim. There was a jury in five
ninutes, but when one witness said the
>tiier fellow struck Mm tney were ail
welve for acquittal. He came pretty
iear getting ray neck in a noose one
ime. A lidrse-thief liad escaped from
jeadville jail by downing the sheriff,
tnd in the scrimmage there had been
wo shots tired, one of which went into
he ceiling. The hole showed it was a
!2 pistol. I was the only man in camp
vho carried a 32 and Bill knew it and
tarted the gang after me. I had gone
ip Musquito Gulch to go over the mounain.
I stopped to help the old man get
lis goods out of the water, for the water
vas up, when I felt a grip from behind
.nd the nippers were on my wrists. I
:ouldn't sav a word, and was hauled
nto town and chucked into the cooler.
! could hear them talking of lynching
ne, "when suddenly the sheriff appeared
.nd he let me out and vouched for me to
he boys. You see some fellow had left
lis valise near the cooler and that thief
Irew it in, and, breaking it open, got out
he gun.
"We all made big fortunes there.
Broken Xose Scotty' went to Paris,
France, and sold a claim for 8200-000.
3e spent some of it before he got back
ind then ran away -with another fellow's
vife and gave her a nice house in Denver
and ?100,000. He's working in the
nountains yet and when he goes to Den
rer ana rings me oeu at mat nouse me wonan
looks out of tlie window and when
;he sees him she whistles for the police
ind next morning sends him a dollar to
jet out of town on.
"There used to be lots of fun out there
or the boys, but they keep us moving
low, for when a good mine is struck the
enderfoots come in and run it.
"We had lots of big visitors, too. I
lelped to show 'Too-Do-It' Talmage, the
jreat preacher, around Leadville once.
2e wanted to see the town and the cops
mew they couldn't take him unless there
vas a miner along, and they got me and
several other fellows. We steered him
hrougli several places and into the Milwaukee
beer house. I put one of the
jirls up to claiming the preacher for a
lance. She didn't know lie was a gospel-slinger,
but when the dance was
ready she ran up and grabbed Talmage
md said, 'This is my partner.' The poice
tried to drive her away, but she hung
>n until she said I put her up to it.
rhen they fired me and got Scotty to go
iround with them, but he got them in as
.^ /i T i tt'I nn^i
Jtiu a snap a.s jl tuu. >> ueii jLiu-Luu-yt; yjb
jack to Mew York lie sent about 5U0 papers
with His speech in it to us, and his
lealth was never drank heartier or deeper
than it was when that speech was first
read."
At the Table.
Don't rise from the table until the
neal is finished.
Don't break an egg into a cup or glass,
jut eat it always from the shell.
Don't smear a slice of bread with but;er;
break it into small pieces, and then
wff/ir
Don't spread out your elbovs when
you are cutting your meat. Keep your
ilbows close to your side.
Don't carry your spoon in your tea or
joffee cup; this habit is the cause frequently
of one upsetting the cup. Let
he spoon lie in the saucer.
Don't eat vegetables with a spoon.
Eat them with a fork. The rule is not
x) eat anything with a spoon that can be
iaten with a fork. Evon ices arc now
)ften eaten with a fork.
JL/UJLl 1/ UCVUUi ULtG; UIOL liii/iiLniiLi. vj.
sOiip, tlie last fragment of bread, the
ast morsel of food. It is not expected
:hat your plate should be sent away
cleansed by your gastronomic exertions.
Don't, when you drink, elevate your
jlass as if you were going to stand it
inverted on your nose, as some do. Bring
the glass perpendicularly to the lips
md then lift it to a slight angle. Do tnis
sasily.
Two hen swallows were taken from
their broods in Pavia, Italy, and released
in Milan. It took them' just thirteen
minutes to get back to their nests again.
?r\ )-?/! + 4T?/*? ? ornron-n "* ?-?fn rvf mnQT.
Lave been S7i miles at hour.
A dispatch from Pekin to tbe Loudon
Times says that the Russian licet threatens
Lazereff, because England during the Af" lifin
disnute occunied. Port Hamilton. The
dispatch adds that the Chinese fleet has proceeded
to Vladivostock, and that the Russian
Minister of War is visiting the far
East. Ilis presence there is regarded as
significant. ~ '
WHO Bl'RXT COLUMBIA >
A Statement Which Fixes Anew the Re.-ponsibility
on Tecumseh .Sherman.
Editor Columbia Kegister: As tlie
Northern papers have again revived the
nnAsfciivn n<t fn tvlin hmnt Columbia. it
may not be out of place to state a few
facts which came to my own knowledge,
and which have never been published,
although it is pretty well known and
even conceded by the North that Sherman
was the destroyer. My father, who
remained in Columbia during its occupancy
by Sherman, and whilst standing
on the front porch on the evening of the
17th, -with Major "Whitener, of Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, whose headquarters were
at our residence, observed some signals
over the river and asked what was the
meaning of those signals. The Major
said:
"Mr. Niernsee, your city is doomed.
Tliat is the signal for the 17th corps to
enter the city and commence the work of
destruction, and I would advise you immediately
to take your family to a place
of safety, for it is not safe for them to
remain in the city."
Besides this, myself, my brother
George and Flynn Davis were the last of
Hampton's cavalry who left the city.
When we left we saw Mayor Goodwyn
and the late John Agnew hi a barouche
riding out Main street to meet Sherman's
advance guard, and when we turned into
Elmwood avenue, by Judge Pearson's
house, Sherman's advance was entering
the city. I distinctly remember that at
that time there was no sign of fire
in the streets or elsewhere, and we had
passed through the principal streets, in
whicli bales of cotton were piled, and
noticed that very few bales were broken
or scattered.
I was taken prisoner in a fight between
Liberty Hill and Lancaster Court 1
House. South Carolina, and confined in '
Lancaster jail with some seventy-five or :
one hundred other Confederates. Whilst !
in jail, we were compelled to draw lots as to ;
the number of some ten or twelve who
were to be shot in retaliation for some 1
of Sherman's men "who were said to have 1
been murdered by Hampton's men. We :
an cirew, anci ttiose who got tne iii-iatea
nnmbers were detailed out, but the
shooting was never carried out. Afterwards
I learned that General Hampton's :
letter was the cause of the order being :
rescinded. I was recaptured by General j
Hampton in a tight at Rock Fish Creek, '
near .Fayetteville, N. C. "?Ve were all I
confined in a pen built of rails, contain- '
ing about 160 Confederates. The guard ]
on seeing Hampton charge in our direc- '
tion, and seeing that we were about to 1
Tip TAlpflsprl of nnint-lVlA'nlr 3
range, emptied their rifles into ns and
then took to their heels. During my
captivity I repeatedly heard the men
say that they had license to do as they <
pleased whilst in South Carolina, and
time and again I saw them lire dwellings,
barns, etc., and, in fact, anything
that would burn was set on fire. But 4
their fierceness seemed to subside as
soon as North Carolina was entered, although
they did a great deal of destruc- t
tion in that State.
Frank Xiep.nsee. ,
Columbia, S. C., July. 21, 1SS6.
f \ni: nr vrvf
.A .lij iv riii j.iu .fi.n
An Enthuniastie Inventor Sav* He Wants Only
ilie Casli to Bring it to Perfection.
(From the Sic Francisco Alia, July 10.) j
There have been many attempts made j
by different persons to construct a ma- .
chine with which to be able to i.avigate
the air in any direction, either with, t
against, or across the -wind, but in every t
instance so far, just as success was all ?
but arrived fit, some insurmountable ]
obstacle would arise that would obstruct
its entire working. Ilitckell, of Connec- i
Hmit "mYi+t nf Sn.ri ranmwri T^pfro-- 1
son, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Tliayer, of 1
Philadelphia, and others have taken out
patents, but so far success has not s
crowned their efforts. And now a new t
candidate has made his appearance who
claims that lie has the only patent for a
thoroughly successful machine. Many
years ago Dr. C. Patterson, of Philadelphia,
invented a model which would fly c
like a bird, but so far as being of any c
practical value was concerned it failed in i
its purpose. However, the idea took i
root in the mind of his young son, now s
Prof. "William Patterson, of this city, s
and on the 27th of April last, after 21 i
years of labor, he took out a patent for
the aerial vessel which he is now con- ]
structing here. The balloon vessel,
which is completed all except the ma- i
chinery, is 180 feet in length, 48 feet c
broad; depth of ear, 12 feet; capacity of '
balloon, (hydrogen,) 182,000 feet; en- c
/in 1. \ . l
gmes, (iz-norse power,; o; noise power,
36; lifting capacity-, 16,000 pounds, and s
total -weight, 5 tons. Prof. Patterson i
calculates that when driven by its pro- c
polling power he can attain a speed of 1
one mile a minute. The car is boat- (
shaped and is made of the lightest kind
of ash. It is divided into three compartments,
a passenger compartment,
each, forward and aft, and an engine boiler
room amidsliips. The balloon part is ^
attached to the car so that an independ- n
ent movement is prevented. The bal- loon
is also divided into compartments, '
which prevents an accumulation of gas 1
either at one end or the other, and *
thereby prevents a depression or eleva- (
+*/vn n-f oi+1-ior e.n/1 An ftnt/Ymft+i/* vi 1 >
attached to each of the compartments ?
permits the escape of the gas in case oi 3
expansion, announcing its exit by means <
of a whistle. A parachute attached to .
the upper deck and under the balloon is ]
so arranged that in case of necessity it ?
can be thrown out in a moment by the (
simple movement of a lever. Running ^
the full length of the hull of the machine '
are two keelsons, for stiffening purposes. '
.Four pairs ol wneeis lor landing pur- J
poses are affixed underneath the hull in 1
such a manner as to prevent jolting 1
when landing, spiral springs and rubber '
buffers being arranged for that purpose. ]
Two lifting screws, made of strong steel ^
frames with green hogskin stretched 5
thereon and then dried, revolve beneath (
the hull, while a propelling screw, con- 1
structed in the same manner, is rigged 1
astern to send the vessel ahead. In (
order to steer the machine, this screw j
rod works through a swivel, the engine '
being moved one way or the other by 1
means of a crane, in which it hangs. A 1
gas generator occupies a position in the j
boiler room, and this supplies the }
vacuum made by gas escaping through 1
expatsion. water m sumcieni quanu- *
ties for steam-making purposes for two ?
davs can also be carried.
trof. Patterson says that the only ob- J
staelc in the "way of perfect success at j
this time is a want of cash to go on and complete
the machine. He wants ?12,-j i
000, without which he is compeLed to '
cease work for awhile. "With the money ;
he can finish the work in about seven
weeks. He then proposes to place it on ^
exhibition until the person or persons 1
advancing the means are reimbursed, '
when he will give his air bird a trial. He 1
says that he can go from San Francisco
to New York in two days with it and
cany 6,000 pounds of human or other
freight. ,
The average darkey will spend his last <
fnr n wptprmelon
FIT/ JOHX PORTER S BALLOON.
A Dangerous Hide Over the Confederate Camp
in War Times.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
i;I smmose von never heard of Fitz
John Porter's balloon ride," said an old
army officer. "Well, it "was one of the
roost romantic! events in the life of that
gallant soldier. He -was with McClellan
in the Peninsular campaign and was distinguished
for his intelligent activity.
Porter conceived the idea that balloons
could be made very useful in reconnoit- j
ermg and at ins request u-enerai jicClelian
obtained tlie necessary eqiiipment
for this service. The balloons and
the apparatus for the manufacture of the
gas were procured without much difficulty,
but an aeronaut was not so easy to
obtain. Some of the officers of the engineer
corps agreed to make the first
trip in the balloon which was to afford
a view of the Confederate operations.
Porter watched their preparations with
keen interest. Just as they had everything
ready lie stepped into the basket
oi the clumsy gas bag to see that everything
had been properly prepared.
While he was examining the machine it
slipped from the grip of the men who
Leid it and shot like an arrow up into
the air, earning Porter as its lone passenger.
He had never been in a balloon
before and knew nothing whatever about
managing one.
' A stiff breeze was blowing and the
great bulb flew like a bird away from the
astonished camp, until it became a mere
speck in the sky and then faded completely
from sight. Not a man who
WtbllsJULCll It CAJ^C^L^U. ULU?U XX^
would ever see Porter alive again. He
started on liis wild fight at 7 o'clock in
the morning. The day wore away with
the cam]) in a state of great commotion
over the probable death of its favorite
officer. When night came and nothing
had been seen of the balloon it
was the general conviction that Porter
bad either been killed by a fall from his
balloon or had been captured by the
Confederates. About daybreak next
morning a picket challenged a man
joining toward the Federal line and a
moment later recognized General Porter.
His balloon had carried him clean over
;he Confederate army. He was fired at
i dozen times by the Confederate artillery.
At night the wind changed and
wrought him back, and when he saw that
le was over to his own army ne let out tne
?is gradually and safely descended, after
being twenty liours in the air with the
rision of a horrible death constantly before
him: After this strange adventure
10 more experiments with balloons were
:aade in McClellan's army.
SOLVERS OF Sl'PERSCRIPTIOXS.
1-lever Work in tlie D<-ad Letter Ollice l>v Quick
Witted Women.
(From the WssUin^ton Post.)
The clerks in the Dead Letter Office
show marvelous skill?an ingenuity that
a sometimes almost inspiration?in dejipliering
the ignorant superscriptions
!rom across the sea. "What would the
reader make 01 tliis on the back of a let
:er:
"Me Maria Peratala
mira Pa Kamlin Ka
ute takkata ter niirt
amerikaa."
The lady to whom it was allotted read
t over to herself till well nigh distracted,
tnd finally settled on '"Mrs. Maria
Peratola, Xora, Hamlin county, Dakota."
ind it was duly delivered.
The word" "azzilitorno" passed
iirough the alembic conies out "Hazle:on,"
while "PitzkontyS X Ajowa*' retppears
on a clean envelope as "Esses,
tJ-tov> cnnntv rrwva "
O VVUUV' v
And here is one calculated to drive the
reeonstructor into a lunatic asylum: "Gi
ion aho la ast ha gew lan har yori oliio
aan Pok jas Ameriika."
Ought an immortal mind to tackle
;uch a superscription? It did, and from
;ke chaos came the clear designation:
"John Alioia,
Ashtabula Harbor,
Ohio."
Occasionally the address, carefully ,
:opieci irom tne ootrom 01 an oia .-unen;an
letter by some Finn or Hungarian
vho does not know a word of English,
s tangled up with stray bits of sentences
>uch as "Good bye" or 'Olany kisses;" ;
md one received bore, carefully copied
nto the superscription:
"Lov to the ole man an the 3 httle ;
Doolans."
A letter addressed to "Churhvat jova"
o vrli wl l\r? fliocrk rriffor? atyi cf/VIorr
O iVi HCiiU'-U U T
letectives to " vVhat Cheer, Iowa," and .
'Wait Kolud Namerikkaa" is at once
lispatched to "White Cloud, Michigan."
To make a successful superscription
solver must require the linguistic attainnents
ox a Mezzofanti, the musical ear
)f a phonograph, the cunning of a
v'idocq, the intelligence of a Supreme
"!#-?nv+ ii-i/loro nnrl f,1"t u na-H on nf on f?n wl
BCSIXESS METHODS L\ FARMIXG.
It is not possible for any one, writes
iV. J. Barton, of Borne, Tenn., to the
SashviHe American, to handle money
successfully in any business who is lackng
in the art of creating capital. Nine opn-tirAntipfhs
nf flip vonnc mim. in
)ur knowledge, who lirst ventured into
jusiness on borrowed capital caine to
jrief. Tliey lacked knowledge of tlie
principles of their business which comes
jf experience and close, hard thinking.
IVm. H. Yanderbilt mortgaged his little
.. 1 r <- - Ann j a xi,
bJLiuiu lium iur tiuu dj^cuo uic
greater part of tlie money on it, and
jarie out successful. He was trained in
;ke house of his father, ani knew the art
}f turning the penny. Where we find
jne come out so successful as he did,
fifty others will go to the wall under a
mortgage. In our opinion nothing
would result so disastrously to our agri
jultural interest as that of allowing,
farmers a free run on the bonks under
:lie mortgage system. A temporary
shov of prosperity might be made in
erecting new builuings and dressing up
:he farms; but the inevitable result in
:he majority of the cases would be foreclosures
and a transfer of property to
:he banks. The money-lender, whether
ic be farmer or other business man, is
isuaily a financial success, while a constant
borrower Ls as certainly a financial
failure, tit) we would say to the farmer,
.ook to your business for money to run
t. Create your own capital out of your
surplus products. Keep what is not
ictually needed to run you invested,
.oaned or in bank. Spend sparingly and
;uclicioii.siy. iiconomize cioseiy in everyihiug.
Keep alive to your business, and
seep your business alive. Slum debt as
fou would a viper. Compare your own
methods of business with that of your
successful neighbor. Keep your efforts
within the bounds of your mental grasp,
lox, to overrcach it, isr simply to commit
financial suicide. Save your lands by
careful tillage and improve them by rest
ind fertilizing.
A young lady in Chambersburg shows
lier loudness for pets by bringing up a
young pet pig. biie leecis tnc mue
porker candy, and often when he lying
asleep the young lady fans him to soothe
his slumbers,
A SOUTHERN HERMIT.
THE ROMANTIC STORY OF A .\ORTH
CAROLINA RECLUSE.
Jilted on His Wedding Diy?His Murderous
Revenge Upon the >Ia;i Who Won His
Bride.
(Newfcerne Letter to the Pbiladelplra Times.)
In 1815, just seventy-one years ago,
John Armstrong was bom near Wilmington,
North Carolina. Ee was tlie only
son of a well-to-do farmer and received
an" ordinary common school education.
At twenty years of age he became enamored
of a young woman named Carrie
Scott, daughter of a fanner who came
from Virginia and who purchased the
land adjoining the farm of Armstrong's
father. John's love seemed to be reciprocated
and he lived on in blissful
anticipation of a happy future.
For two years he was assiduous in his
attention, and the wedding day was
finally decided upon. There was no
happier man in the State of North Carolina
than John Armstrong. The eventful
day arrived. John arose early,
arrayed himself in his wedding suit, and,
in company with a few invited guests,
set out for the home of his expected
bride. On the way he was met by a
colored servant, who, in few words, told
him that Miss Carrie had been married
of carfln fTiof m Amirtrr +A O "VT_
tbb OV ? t-JJL V V1VVA 11 i I IVA *1VXU1
em gentleman by the name of Samuel
Opdyke and had started on a wedding
journey North in a carriage.
For a moment Armstrong was paralyzed
with astonishment, but presently
recovering his self-possession, he looked
about him upon his wondering group of
sympathetic spectators. Then, without
uttering a word, he put spurs to his
horse, and, leaving his guests still in the
road, soon disappeared in the distance.
He was never seen again in the neighborhood,
and although every effort was
made to discover his whereabouts, they
invariably proved futile, and finally the
community settled down to the belief
that he had committed suicide.
A MURDEROUS REVENGE.
Years passed away and the circumstance
was forgotten. His father and
mother had died, and, although John
was the legitimate heir to the estate, an
uncle took charge of the - farm until he
should be found. One day during the
war a Federal officer, to escape capture
by a scouting party of Confederate cavalry,
took refuge in a swamp. In wandering
about he became bewildered and
penetrated still deeper into the gloomy
recesses of the great forest. He suddenly
came face to face with a man anueu
with an ordinary shotgun.
"Hullo, stranger, who be you?"
"A soldier who has lost his way," re- :
3 J_"L _ : 7
piieu we oixxuer, seeing tuau uuuutai- <
ment of his position -was impossible.
"Not one o' us, I guess?" queried the 1
man.
"No, I'm an officer in the Federal
army."
"Wall, stranger, I'm no killer, though
I'm mighty strong agin thar Yankees. 1
What might yer name be?"
"Samuel Opdyke."
The man started back and cocked liis <
gun. "Opdyke?Opdyke?the scoundrel '
who married Carrie Scott and destroyed i
my happiness." '
"I did marry Carrie Scott?married <
her because I loved her. But who are
you, that you should get so excited over
the matter?"
"Me?me? why, I m John Armstrong, J
who courted that 'ar gal, and she vowed '
she loved me better than anything else i
in the worid. But she deceived me; her
heart was hollow; she was false to me
und I have my revenge." And he raised
. lis gun and pulled the trigger. Captain (
Samuel Opdyke fell dead at his feet.
In relating this the old man?for he
himself told the story?became terribly :
agitated and rubbed his hands in appar- :
ent fiendish exultation. "All!" said he, 1
"that were a moment of sweet revenge." i
LIVING THE LIFE OF A HEK3IIT.
For nearly fifty years lie lias lived
alone in the North Carolina forests. He :
determined, when the servant on that
fatal morning brought him the startling
and bitter intelligence that his would-be
bride had violated her promise, to for- ,
ever turn his back on humanity. The ;
cabin in which he lives he built"himself. (
It i:> in the gloomiest and remotest solitude
of the forest, and were it not for i
the little garden he cultivates, thus evidencing
the existence of civilization, 1
would be a dismal abode indeed. He '
endeavors to avoid the society of men as
much as possible and is exceedingly an- :
noyed that his hiding place has become '
known. He was accidentally discovered
by a party of hunters. He is still vigor- ,
ous for his age and although his hair and ,
long flowing beard are white as snow,
he walks erect and with an elastic, buoyant
step. When he does condescend to
talk he is cheerful and entertaining in
his conversation, but studiously avoids
any reference to the female sex. He ,
avers that he has not seen or spoken to
a woman for the past thirty years, and
has never seen a railroad car or steam- 1
boat. He knows comparatively little of
the incidents of every day life going on i
in the outside world. He is a constant 1
reader of religious and scientific works
and an ardent student of natural history.
He has a magnificent collection of speci- '
mens in the entomological world, embracing
bugs, beetles and butterflies.
He can tell correctly the name and habits
of every inseci native to the neighborhood.
He is also an expert with the
pen-knife. Since his abode has become
known the boys bring him tobacco,
knick-knacks, etc., in exchange for
which he gives them crosses, hearts,
whistles, etc., which he makes from beef
bones. These he carves with an ordinary
knife and file, though the work is
slow and tedious. He is contemplating
moving to more secluded quarters, and
it wi"I not be surprising if, some fine
morning, the boys will search for John
Armstrong in vain.
Jonea and braall.
Evangelist Jodc is meeting with considerable
criticism at present for his wild
and slangy remarks while preaching. The ;
idea is beginning to dawn upon the people
that Jones is a religious mountebank, and
that lie seeks notoriety rather than the souls
of men. Jones and Small have been
preaching recently at a camp meeting at St.
Paul, Minn., and the .ormer made a very
poor impression upon the people, while
Small was considered to be sincere in all he :
said, and his sermons created great interest.
Of the two men Small is by far the better :
educated, and his sermons show the grace
and polished rhetoric of the scholar, while :
Jones's sermons are chiefly remarkable for
the reckless assertions and uncouth remarks
he makes.?-tfansfieM, 0., JS'eus.
Farmers say there are not enough candidates
in the field to be much help in getting
the cotton hoed.
The family that has a good milk cow can
declare a dividend twice:i day and live independent
of the lien law.
TOO >IAXY IXDIAXS.
The Government Issuing More Rations Tban
It Has Mouths to Fill.
(Letter to the New Ycrk World.)
Omaha, Jujy 23.?Major Bell, U. S.
A., in eiiarge of tlie Pine Hidge Agency,
ic flTlil o o-rA'v? c/>an<-1ol of+onAo V>ie?
lON/lW-kVflAM. WbbVUUO II il&
presence. Bell, it is said, has tw'^e resigned
to avoid tlie responsibility which
the j vr. Bureau seeins bent on making
irks tii a 1 to get out of the road before
i-. oensation of an investigation
comes upon him. The authorities, however,
refuse to accept his resignation,
and Secretary Endicott has sent him
special orders to retain command of the
post. A friend of Bell thus describes the
situation:
'OIcGillicuddy was suspended from
the agency at Pine Bidge two or three
months ago on a charge of insubordination
because he refused to accept a new
clerk, Clark, and discharge his old clerk; .
jsrown. uiaris is an efficient clerk and
a gentleman, and clerked for a long
time at Standing Rock Agency, so it was
not on personal grounds but a matter of
principle that McGillicuddy refused to
change. He declared that so long as lie
was a bonded officer and had to trust the
handling of hundreds of thousands of
dollars to a clerk, he would have his
choice of the clerk. Then he was suspended
and Major Bell was appointed
acting agent. When Major Bell reached
Pine .Ridge, Brown, the old clerk, had
packed up and was ready to leave, and
no 'new clerk had shown up. Bell prevailed
on Brown to stay and help keep
affairs in shape, and thought that as the
fight had been made upon lEcGillicuddy,
who was now out of it, there would be
no possible reason brought up for a
ci.ange of clerks too. So Brown stayed,
and things went smoothly for a month,
when suddenly Clark reported for duty.
Bell refused to place liim on duty, and
wrote to the Indian Department for permission
to keep Brown. Being refused,
he sent in his resignation as acting agent
to the Indian Commissioner, who declined
to accept it and also insisted upon
keeping Clark as clerk. Bell then sent
his resignation to the Secretary of the
Interior, and he referred it to the Secretary
of War, who instructed Bell to remain
on duty at his present post, which
means Pine Fudge Agency."
Witli affairs in tliis demoralized condition
coraes the revelation that the government
has been paying for food and
other supplies for several thousand more
Sioux than exist. The Indian census is
ordered to be taken on the 30th of June
each year. It has been pretty well given
out that the Sioux at Pine Eidge and
Bosebud Agencies would not submit to
it, beinsr so persuaded bv the sutlers anr?
and contractors. There was no census
taken at Bosebud this year, but at Pine
Ridge Major Bell resolved he would try
it. The reservation was divided into
four division:;, and police guards and interpreters
were detailed to each district.
The guards .made a corral, the police
rounded up the Indian?, and the names
and number of each family were given
by the interpreters and written down.
The census was a surprise. Instead of
7,500 Indian s as has been supposed,
there were only 4,500. The government
has been feeding 7,300, issuing the fixed
rations of three pounds of provisions a
day for each ration. The cutting off
since the census will save about ?400,000
per year. The only way without the
census was to ask each Indian how many
there in his family, and to write it on
a, card, on which lie would draw rations.
Those Pine Kidge Indians have found
out tiie difference already and will not
have a chance to further the fraud.
Pine Ridge has been called the largest
reservation in the United States. Two
hundred Cheyennes went north a few
lays ago, so now there are only 4,300
Indians there.
A STRANGE DELUSION.
Ohio Fanatics who Worship a Woman a? Christ'
Cincinnati, July 23.?One of the most
remarkable religious manias of which there
is any record his broken out in a little circle
in this city. A party of 30 or 40 people,
most of them prominent and above the
iverage in intelligence, believe that Mrs.
John i3. .Martin, of Walnut Hills, is Christ
manifest in the flesh, and that her sister,
Mrs. John F. Brook, is the Holy Ghost.
The followers of these two women meet at
Mrs. Brook's house and worship them both.
Mrs. Martin has exerted some strange and
wonderful influence that has put them
completely in her power, and they are
fanatics on the subject. One of the follow
iio ui iiiio ?? urnau vui1st, lb UlUIieU. <J CTOIQC.
He was a bookkeeper liere for the Cincinaati
agency of D. Appleton <k Co., the Xew
York publishers. He gave up his position
of $1,800 a year to serve the female Saviour
of mankind. To an Enquirer reporter
who saw him to-day he said in an earnest
lad eloquent conversation: "I have seen
God face to face in the last half hour."
A young man named Cook, who works
in the auditor's office of the Adams Express
Company, has also been captured. He resigned
his Dosition. and lias ntfnph^rt liirn
self to the new sect. They believe that all
churches are frauds and the preachers a
set of fools. Accounting for the fact that
Christ should manifest himself in a female,
they say that in heaven there are no sexes,
and the Saviour is as liable to appear in a
woman as in a man. 3Irs. Martin, the
'\Xew Christ," and Mrs. Brook, the "Holy
Ghost,-' they say, are the only two perfect
women on earth, and that the millennium
is at hand. This movement has been going
m quietly for a year without becoming
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themselves, and will not be seen by any
one who is not a worshiper, or vouched for
by one of them. Many have sold their
homes and taken houses near the women
on the hill. Those who have given up
their positions say they do not need work
or money. All they need is spiritual food,
and this will be furnished by the Lord, just
lis it was furnished to the children in the
wilderness.
A Miss Andrews wlin 1?vr*? -ontTi hor
mother on Walnut Hills, is almost insana
from excitement, und passes lier whole time
in weeping, singing, and praying. Her
mother has trial to~show her the folly of
lier belief, but in vain.
Tbe Value of Knowing How.
While Judge Tracy was on the circuit,
going ironi court, bis trace broke. The
Judge spent over u kali' hour trying to
tix it, but to no purpose. His patience
was exhausted, and he expressed his
vexation in words. A negro came along,
and the Judge told him of his difficulty.
The negro let out the trace, cut a hole in
it, and the job was done.
"Why," said the Judge, "could IJnot
have thought of that?" ^
"Well, niarstor," said the old negro,
"don't you know that sortie folks is jest
smarter tlian sonic other folks?" J!
"That's so," 5raid the Judge. "What
shall I pay you for fixing my trace?"
"Well, niarster, fifty cents will do,"
replied the negro.
".Fifty eentsl': .slid the Judge. "You
were not five miautes at it!"
"I do not charcre von fiftv
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doing it," saul r.he negro. "I charge
you twenty-live cents for doing it, and
twenty-five cents tor knowing how to do
it."?kxchauge.
"We meet but *o part," as the brush in
the dude's liand said to the comb.