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jjj|| " WIXNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1886. NO. 14.
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THE '{lit - STOKY OI' *??C*v l..\\<jI'i'HV>
WciUfii ton '<> . V? y .w:
Woasded !<; C'aSuimiy, !>ut Always
' (t?Cf.dos t\}::c/o? .! ' . C Ye-k C* "apht) !
Just before 31 rs. Lacgfry sailed for \
America a supper "was given her by a few
of those who knew her Lest to bid hex
lit good-bye and give her courage. Among
those present was Henry Irving, who
^ said to her at parting, "God speed yon,
* Mrs. Langtry, aud bring you safe in re
turning. JL lioj)G we s:z?u j- vu ,
soon again."
"Perhaps before yoii thinl:," was the!
I answer. "If they greet me a.-> they aid
before?I'm cureiug hoiac and shall give
^ it up."
^ This little specch, with its half-hearted
laugh, was the most pathetic bit of herself
and of her li:e that Liliie Laugtry
T*. .4
. Has ever given to any one. + - weuub
kmuch, ancl it conveyed more, perhaps,
to those present than it possibly could
have to any one else-, Tor they knew her
better and the rli'o she Las endured.
W !
With heightened interest, every word t
by cable and otherwise that foretold the j
I reception to be given 2 'rs. Langtry by
g the American press has b en watched f^r
eagerly by iaany: anxious friends, by one
ay or two intimate friends in particular.
B To-day word has come w^ich seems to
prove beyond a doubt that the zuam at-1
8? tacks of previous year? have omitted and !
rtkat the unhappy: %6maa is being for-!
v gotten in the actress. Ii is grateful news j
to Langtry's friends, although the j |
- cruelty of the past e?,r. never be :orgiven
* They wonder, an J with much reason;
if theAmferican press knew the woman
*- ' whom they libelled,- even by siglit. It
does not- seem as if it were possible that
they could know even as much of her as ;
this and say, even for money, or for
vengeance, or for petty professional success,
the things some of them said.
One of ilrs Langtry's closest and :
i i most intimate friends is a literary woman .
^ of position, of undoubted honesty an3
virtue, and of unerring insight into
human nature. From her comes abso- '
lute confirmation of these facts of Mrs. ,
BP Langtry's life. I send them to the ]
r Graphic because i believe you are tne
one of all the New York editors who ;
never fails to recognize and give due '
! credit to an honest woman. I vsant your, j
) readers to know a side of one woman's (
t . nature as it is surely not known in ,
America.
? If I were to go into details the details '
might be disputed. I wiii state nothing j (
but facts which bear witness to their own
truth?simply those absolute necessary
for coherence .
Liliie Langtry was married at the age
oi ten. die naa oeeu prougiu up ve->
t " quietly, but still, as many girls arc, with
j& tiic idea that sure Lap^ne:. lay onlv
ifij^- where there is mo:u-y. Wheal(?r."Xang||L
try admired Ler and ashed her hand in !
marriage the one main thought in the ;
child's mind was her brother. This iiui.
she was particularly fond of, and when
she become sure that it lay in her power
to educate the boy and have him always?
with her she accepted the offered mar- .
riage. From the day of her marriage to '
the present tizne it is doubted if Airs". ,
Langtry ever.saw her husbai d free for
L an hour from the effects of liquor. - For
fc a time there was a comparatively happy .
life, yachting and flying about, but it
was little happiness and of small dura- j
H Soon came the death of iier brother. '
He was killed by a fall during a hunt.
Then the facts lay before iier. She
bad made the sacrifice for nor: ing. To
please her family, to nave her brother
with her, and to do for him what his
^ people co old not do, this girl, this almost
child, had thrown herself away. Abso- .
lutely and in every way it was a complete
sacrifice. Her husband was a hope1
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I! IGSS CITU.Iiiiii.XUj It UC<W>ci.Jr VIA u_uxxa.iva. jl?m j
n> the three years that she had then been
? married he had never approached her
B -with one word or action of the lover or
m of-a husband. Siw simply the name
I of "wife, and the disgrace of being yoked
to a man who was a physical wreck and
} a con Tinned drunkard.
What wonder is it that social triumphs
became dear; Avhat wonder that ihe stage
and America seemed to offer'a release to
a woman acknowledged to be the most
^ beautiful woman in England? Small
wonder, indeed. But
what did this unhappy woman get
Pt i.ur ULCl Ci-iMCci> Ui LVy juvuvc?j-j ^/UV .
talents to account and to earn for herself
an honest living'?
What, indeed, but calumniation, scandal,
lies, unhappiness, misery and absolute
terror! Nothing, from the world.
From one man she. got a quiet, earnest
devotion, that in three years has never
k failed to be a comfort to her, which she j
L has never failed to honor!
it Did it bring any respect for her? In- j
stead it brought down upon her head re- j
jjgfc doubled insuit, more determined out-1
SUUf rage, and meaner, more contemptible
pP? lies. She, whose only sin lay in the fact
that, being bound by law to a man who
M had absolutely never claimed her as his
Lwife, permitted the devotion of a man i
who would gladly have given her his
name?she, whose only sin was this, was
treated as a Magdalen, as an outcast
would be treated.
Do Americans and American newspaper
men ever think of this, out side of
the story? Do they ever think that in
all these years they cannot put a linger
on a person who ever heard this woman
-1 -'--J- T l-.-r.c_
nHHrn^y out; ?OIU uvi uwyiiLu JU.HW
:: ::|^i;. Hand? Do they know that her bounty
^g>orts him? Do they ever think that
EKfi^H^figgSn^ hard thing to be one woman
alone and :>eing stoned by the
^Pl^popiilation of a country like
^^^^^^^P^merica? * Pid they ever think # of the
W jTbravery, oftitQ womanliness and*of tLe
untf Ladling courage of a woman that
could hear and see and know aii these
tilings said rt her ai'u never, even to her
friends, complain oi the wounds ink
flicted? Do you t apfcse that any inI
significant. paragraph v'riler that attempted
to be. funny at this poor
. "woman's expense ever thought of the
tears, the shame and heartsick misery
his wretched joke would br.ng upon her'?
Do yoa suppose :hat-ar?r woman who
flouted her because she hsu no husband
Lor child with her, ever thought of the
longing tia^ there mighifbe :-u this poor
actres^*?man's heart for a home and a ;
hnsJ/t?r>/7 an A a babv of her own?
r . In all mercy I cannot think these j
things have ever been presented to these j
people as some of as l'eei it here. I do j
not think those bitter lies will ever be i
_ brought up again, ^incc the victim i>
better known at her real value.
Still, if they are, I hope some one v. ill
bring to the authors mind the picture oi'
^ this brave, unhappy soul. A beautiful
\roman still, a brave vom&n still, and
^^^^rneeessflil" woman as veil, we who know
rakr best know she would gladly give it
HHLvr the home, love and, above all.
! tbc peace, wliicli she, above all others,
could so pitifully appreciate.
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A.: O.iu fcei*r.o n: a ptlon in the White!
' 3 ilti-noro A m-ricarf.)
As the ushers began, to gather the ]
crowd U'gyther in a serai-circle in the I
?aso Ivoc-u, awaiting the President's eh- j
trai.ee Tor his regular Monday recej)tion, j
they gave a little start -when they looked j
toward the south window, for leaning j
against the pillar near the Green Boom j
door was the facsimile 6" the President.
At rirf t ti>? ushers thought tlie President
had come into the room before them,
but a second giance showed their niisi'or
b-:.-iJe the living picture of
Pre: idsixt Cleveland stood a lady and a 1
little baby boy about two years old. The J
?.-.hers turned to a number of newspaper j
men who were standing by and laughed j
at the mistake. Soon the President
came in and took his placc, bat the man
that looked like him still leaned against
the pillar, and gave every one a chance
to compare the two men and thus see
the resemblance. The only difference
was that the President weighed a hundred
more pounds than his double. But
the President had not noticed the gentleman,
for there were a number of
ladies among the first to speak t? him,
and he began at once to shake hands,
' jiow'dy do? How'dyvdo?" -he exclaimed,
and finally, when two little girls
came along, like Pooh-Bah in the
"Mikado," he said, ?iHow'dy do, little
girls, how'dy do?" and some of the big.-At.?
rrirlc lornr^/vi Or?o> crr*r>i] c?
v-AV 0W*4WV
iiian brought his little son along and. introduced
him as "the future President
ox the United States." The President
looked at the little boy and said, "Is
thai so?-' At last ?the- President's facsimile
gathered" hp his little *bSy in his
;-,rias and called his -wife, and got in line,. 5
mdin tie tirae reached the President.
Everyone-- who has seen* Robson "and
Crane play tlie "Two Dromios" .has
laughed heartily when the two meet'face
to face fur the first time, and see the
resemblance between each other. Or
igain. a <rreat many peonle have' seed
chat nonsensical farce, "The Txvo
Johns," and perhaps the President and
Lis fae-simiie to-day are better described i
by this contrst. These two meet after
Innumerable escapades, in which one is
Liken frr /. .e other. They, too, are surprised
when.they meet; face to face.
'.Yuen the President's double came up to
shake hands with him to-day, every one 1
. spected co see the same scenes enacted
.11 the White House; but they were disxppointed;
The President locked at.'ihe 1
gentleman, smiled a little?perhaps at
the likeness?pitted the fat oirby' tfrr'the :
:heek, shook hands with tlie wife, and :
i _ rrr ... _ *v* ,
:nc crowa pas-sea on. .mere was a ais
-.ppointed parly, who had waited to see 1
'.iiiat the President would do when he 1
saw the man that looked like him. ' "
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WKEX NOT TO Oft INK.
ouie Wise PoinSs tor Business Men Who
Tij'i>5e at Wrong Hours.
(C: ic-.y? Tribaie.)
Moderate drinkers engaged in pursuits
calling for judgment and acumen, and
who use liquors during business hours,
-nd, with scarcely an exception, as iinan:h.d
wrecks, however successful they may
bo in withstanding the physical consequences
of- their indulgence. Thousands
vvho retain their health and are never
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their property, wreck their business and 1
;.ry thrown into bankruptcy because of '
tippling habits during business hov^.
i'iiese men are not drunkards, and only
close observers can detect the influence
of strong drink in their deportment; but
nevertheless liquor gives them false
nerve, makes them reckless, clouds the
judgment, and soon involves them in
bad purchases, worse sales, and ruinous |
contracts. Sooner oi later it is shown j
that the habit of tippling during business t
hours is a forerunner of bankruptcy.
Let every such drinker review his business
transactions for a series' of years
tind answer whether this statement is not
true.
Liquor acts on the brain in the same
maimer as chloroform or ether, producing
a stimulation -which affects cool
thought, followed bj a depression corresponding
to the amount of the dose.
What man' \vt>ul3 expfect "to " succeefr"'" in
business if he were accustomed to take,
vvLiie^at work, even very slight whiffs of
ether, chiorofomi, or laughing-gas and j
keep himself all the time, more or less, |
under such beclouding influences? Such j
a man, even if able to preserve his j
lic-aitii, would grow reckless, loq-uacions,...
and soon prove no match for a clearheaded
rival. Liquor is an indispensable..
allay wherever victims are systematically
fleeced, and its effects axe seen also in
the rivalries of legitimate business. The
professional gambler keeps a free bar,
but never drinks himself when at the
tabic; and, while a sober, clear-headed,
honorable merchant, dealer or operator,
would not endeavor to ply his rival-with
liquor, he would gain great advantage*
from the latter's self-sought indulgence.
Liquor shows its victims not only in
saloons aud gambling dens but about
boards of trade and stock exchanges and
in ever}- line of business requiring a
clear, cool head. ^Moderate drinkers who
attempt to cio business AvztiD- even silently
excited brains are the men vrh'o are aU r
the time making losses and going to the i
wall.
.\o Load Left in That Gun.
Z\Iaiiv years ago, "before the introduction
of friction matches, an old farmer
used to light his tinder for the morning
fire by the use of an old flint-lock musket.
One day in his absence the wife
ir? mwclro-f tr> o npiorTVlwr TvllA
returned it loaded, and mentioned the
fact to the woman as he handed it to
her. Bather husband didi not, return
home until past midnight, being on a
rousing spree. He crept into bed. without
wakiiig his wife to "enjoy a lecture.
Next morning hej rose in good season
with the usual thirst and a hammering
headache; after rubbing a few cobwebs
out of his eyes and taking a "wee drop"
'i ^ n. _ * ?"LA
irom tne remains o; me over jjs j
commenced preparations for starting the
iire. The splinters were collected and
the tinder placed in the pan of the lock;
click I went the hammer, and the explosion
that followed shook the house, dis?
pelliug the fumes of liquor from the old
man's faculties and rousing his "wife with
a sudden alarm. G uessing at the trouble
she r a claimed, while not fully awake,
"Th-th shat gun is loaded I" Looking
with an i mpty stare at the smoking gun
and at the bullet hole in the bedstead,
just about two inches above his wife's j
head, the fend husband replied: "No,
; I'll be darned if itjs!"?Thomas JV Bow- ]
I ditch in ? act ana ? ancy.
j The Boston Gazette says thai the Rev.
I Mr. McClure, of Maiden, recently read
; from the pulpit? notice for a meeting of
the Indies exclusively in the vestry, thus:';
! "On Wednesday afternoon all the old hens
iu this congregation will meet for the pur
pc.se of u general cackle; no rooster will ;be
j admitted." He was promptly invited :to
! hand :n his resignation and walk. And 3i<1
did.
FAs?T WORK 0\ TYPE WRITERS.
A Western Editor Yurux oil" Enuc^li t'o;>y ?o
Le; iiis Confrere* Take a Day Off.
Type -writers of. the best class \rill, in
the hands of an expert, transfer to paper,
space and punctuate from seventy
to,eighty words a minute. In. copying
matter, or writing from .dictation, even.
better can be done; but the operator who
depends upon his own brain to supply
his lingers must be. very expert, and
have a constant mental flow to reach that
standard. The fastest penman rarely
exceeds forty-five words a minute, so it
will be seen that the little machine has
greatly the advantage. But tlie saving
of labor is also a great blessing. Nobody
better than newspaper men realizes the
drudgery of the pen or pencil. Let a
man'whte continuously for two or three j
hours with the speed that most news- j
paper men acquire and his wrist and his j
arm and his eyes all ache alike. Ke must j
stop and rest or1 'his nervous and over- \
wrought hand will soon begin to make
' {spider inarks." To lawyers* clerks who
used to have to copy with labored pen
the awful and' unintelligible verbiage
made necessary by centimes of tradition,
the type writer has indeed been a blessing.
He can now rattle off a little compiarrrt'in
a suit to recover'the' price of a
cow killed on a railroad?a .httle matter
of GOO or 700 pages of cap?in a?cTuy at
most. ( It used to,take kun a week to do
it wit#'the p'en. "merchant can now
dictate a hundred letters^ in the same
time he once took to' write twenty, and
i;ave them all reaav.. for his signature
when the difcfetionis ever.
Many persons r.efrain from the use of
the* Wpe writer, and especially those
matured in years, from the fear that they
could never learn to operate it proficiently,
but that isTt?fafee- idea. It is very
simple. Indeed, those accustomed to
compose and who are at all apt, can
Jegjn^iraa&erfc while to;T$lnve5tho\ Machine"
at its best. The flerald writer,
knows of ..an editor who had never touched'a'key
"untilc the other'day. Then
somebody got him to buy a .typo writer. .
He hunted up Bis topics for discussion,
mostly newspaper seraps and clippings,
laid them beside'the machine, got out
his oil ca^Aud.oiled her up, took, off liis
coat and"put oriiiis cuff protectors, and
then, wjtii.(a kind of hard and aggressive :
iet-her'-jgo-Gnallagher look on" Lis face,
_ j 7.1 ir r i rm _ i *
squureu jjiinseii ior uusuiess..? xne liey
worked &little hesitatingly at 'first, and
the ''clicks", were infrequent, but; the
editor toiled away. Pretty-soon it was
observed that the chestnut bell on. the
end of the machine struck a little oftener
than it .had done for an hour or so. Evidently
the' triumphant editor was getting
the hang oi things. By night he had
many sheets of "copy" piled up, and his
face wore a gleam: of triumph. ;True,
some of'the copy was a fitde rickety in j
ulignmeni, and a few of the capitals were
out of plumb, but these fault were easily
corrected with the pen.
The nest day the editor was at the
machine bright and early. He told the j
rest of the staff they might take a vacation
that day, as he.-was going to till the
paper?he wanted to see just how much
there was in a.type jvriter, anyhow. He
turned on the steam about 9 a. m., and
now the chestnut bell was going at the
rate of ten strokes to the minute. Sheet
after sheet of "copy" Hew off, and the
machine fairly quivered, but the editor
never stopped, except twice to. wipe, his
brow and-'three times to cool' off' a hot
box. By 2 o'clock the sup2>ly of subjects
began to get low and the machine
cooled down, but toward night, when
the editor turned loose on his column of
jokes, the strain was too much. He had
just whizzed off the fourteenth funhv ;
"L . t_ _n i_? j.
paragiapn, we oeii was making twenty :
strokes to tlie minute, tlie smoke was
rising from the heated cylinder, when
snap! went an eccentric, the crank-pin
flew into the ash-par., and the poor little
machine lay prone and lifeless.
A Preacher's Sunday Fox Chase.
Let me tell you a little story about an
early pastor of this Cedar Grove Church
?the JRev. Mr. Babbitt. In those early
times -oreachers worked harder than thev
do now. Mr. Babbitt possibly filled the
pulpit of three churches?Pequa, Leacock
and Cedar Grove. In those days
hunting of course was a great sport. The
ring of the rifle and the bay of the fox
hounds were familiar^sounds. On one
occasion Mr. Babbitt had to borrow a
horse from a parishioner to fill a distant
appointment." He started one beautiful
Sunday mormBg,- bW -had not gone
many miles before he heard the musical
bay of the deep throated hound, and
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supposed Sunday desecration he started
forward to reprove the bold riders for
tisir" sp'drt: Unfortunately His liorse
was an old fox hunter. The hounds bay
excited Mm. He smelled the battle afar.
His jiecJr was clothe.1 wii? thtmder. In
vain did the preacher apply rein and bit.
The old horse was among the hounds,
aad-so oyer .hill,. fence and diteh went
ihe would-be denouncer of Sunday sport
The horse never stopped till the l'ox was
holed.?Lancaster Examiner.
Women?Men.
Women jump at conclusions and generally
hit; men reason things out logically
and generally miss it.
.. .When a woman becomes flurried she
feels: for a fan; - when a man becomes
flurried he feels for a cigar.
$Kf\Tn& urrvmon nor? 'f. -rvicc o rv*411rn aw
store -withoutlooking in; some men can't
pass a saloon-without going in At
A woman never sees a babj^vithout
wanting to run to it; a man never- sees a
baby -without wanting to run from it.
A-woman always carries her purse in
her hand so that other-women will see it:
a man carries his in his inside pocket so
that his -wife -won't see it.
A man of fashion hates the rain because
it deranges the set of his pantaloons;
a woman of fashion hates it
because it deranges her complexion.
"When a womans -wants to rapair damftrroc
cVio iisps a niTV TTIIPTI a wan -wants
to repair damages lie spends two hours
and a half trying to thread a needle.
'4'he Unual Order Reversed.
Many an American girl has married,
as she supposed, a title and has been disappointed
to find, when too late, that
her husband was an impostor as to title,
fortune and character and made of very
caramon clay. This deplorable experience
was reversed a few weeks ago, when
Miss Nina Batcholer, of Louisville, married
a young French lawyer, whom she
supposed to have only lus profession as
a maintenance and no expectations. On
| her wedding day he disclosed to her the
i awful fact that he was the son and heir
| of a Vicomte, with a long and unprc
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distinguished French family. He lias !
' since taken his bride to the" Islands of
Mauritius, where he is to practice law
instead of living in Paris and wasting
his-substance in its gay society. Miss-i
Batchelar had gone to Paris to perfect
jgeifself ia art.
The way to do good is to be good. There
must be light: thvii it will $hine.
I SUSGESlTCf; AliOlT WHEAT.
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! A OF THIS'tfRAlX As GROWS
LV lil? fcOlTti.
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A Ariirlc i'rom n:t Experienced and
Sneees'ifu! Fanner. :
(W. L. Josrs i- Atlanta Constitution.)
Is wheat a proiitable crop in thecotton
belt? Except in limestone and high,
monntairous regions, it is not. The
yield is too uncertain, the cost of raising
too great. Wheat is probably farther
removed from its original wild (and,
therefore, hardy) state than any plant
iv-r> nl+ivnt/* Tt V.fis n?wn /Irimps'f
so long, and so changed by domestication,
that botanists have iaiic-d to identi- fy
the plant or plants from wJivh it
originally came. It 1 .as been so changed,
it has become so artificial in its nature
and habits, that it gives way under competition,
?ud cannot hold its place, in
the struggle for existence, with the
hardier and more vigorous plants- that it
nnArm-nf /vrc 'av tv* <?i/l 4
vuvvviiitrvAC* i/Ul iVi XJ-U.VJO. O r.UJkfct?l/
would die out and disappear' in one, or
at most two: or -three years. It must
have a thoroughly prepared soil and:an
abundance of food', especially nitrogenous
food, tlier* costliest. of alt.* It hasvery
little root power, , and cannot set
free and appropriate the locked up food
in the soil. Everything must be ready
prepared and fully within its reach. As
a consequence of these peculiarities, it
yields readily to adverse influences, - .
whether of climate, seasons or soils. Itwithstands
moderate cold quite well; but "
this said, all is said.
As a matter of. long experience and ex- !
tended observation, we know that wheat j
thrives lx>st in cool climates. The north- (
era United States and northern Europe .
is the home of the wheat crop. In those :
regions wheat is successfully grown," '
even when sown in the .spring. ' "At. the
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kJlTUUl, TY llViVL SUiVU ill/ illiti, S'-SASOIl WOlilCl j
not bring back the seed to the sower. A j
southern climate then does not seem to (
be adapted to the constitution of the ]
wheat plant. But m addition' to this, or ]
possibly as a consequence of this, wheat' }
is greatly more liable to be destroyed by ",
rust at the South than at .the North, j
This is the weak point in wheat culture
with us. This is the chief things that ]
renders the wheat crop so uncertain and 'y
unreliable. How to guard against rust j
is then the foremost consideration in the \
preparation for the crop. As. a matter ^
of universal experience, it is well known i
that dampness, both of soil and air, and j
a. STXwnif-nt. sarrnr fi-vnv-.-f n nf +! ??
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are both favorable to the development of
rust. A dry luay and a good wheat crop
usually go together. I\ow so far as the
amount of rain and the general humidity
of the atmosphere is concerned, the
farmer is helpless; he cannot control
these. But he can ward off in part the
effects of excessive rain by selecting for
his wheat fields high knobs or knolls,
from which water runs off rapidly; and
the soils of which arc, therefore", comparatively
dry. He can select those
soils, also, which are least retentive of
moisture. As a rule, such as have comparatively
little humus, are dryer than
those which abound in that snbstance.4 ^
The soils of low lands arc damper than L?
tliose of uplands, and the air which rests j
upon the former is generally damper ?
than that over the latter. This is shown (
by the heavy dews which prevail on bot- f
torn lands. It is obvious, therefore, that c
a farmer's judgment becomes a decided ^
factor in the raising of a wheat crop. ^
Again, we have said, that a succulent, (
sappy growth of wheat, favors the devel- ^
opment of rust. Can a farmer control
this? Yes; to a certain degree he can?
1st by a proper selection of soil as dis- ?
cussed above; and 2d by a proper regu- <
lation of the manure applied to the crop. J
Exci ssive doses of most fertilizers, but ,
particularly of nitrogenous manures tend \
to develop luxurient growth of stalk and z
leaves. Every one has noticed the ten- ;?
dency of wheat thus manured to fall \
down or "lodge." The stem is soft and ^
unable to hold up the heads. Hence, "
whilst wheat must have manure, and ]
must have nitrogenous manure too, these ^
should not be applied in excessive j
amounts, and" the nitrogen should be ,
well proportioned to the other ingredi- \
ents, so that- a well balanced development j
of the plant result. To sum ut>, there- .j
fore, wheat should be sown on high dry
land, with a rather thirsty soil and witli
a soil rather devoid of humus. Such a ;
soil is usually poor. Wheat will not
grow on poor soils?hence it must be ,3
manured. Wheat needs more nitrogen (
than most other plants?hence it must (
be manured with nitrogenous manures <
but a medium manuring?the equivalent (
of, say five hundred bushels of cotton (
seed to the acre?would be better than s
a much larger amount. Cotton seed is
a good manure for wheat, especially on ;
very poor land. And poor land is best
for wheat when piotierly manured. But ;
?i i - > - " -
^uLLuu. ouuu luuv ue improved oy ine addition
of a little phosphate. Fifty bush- ,
els of cotton seed and 100 to 150 pounds !
of acid phosphate per acre is a safe and '<
reliable manuring for wheat,
But why discuss the growing of wheat, |
when it is admitted to be an unprofitable
crop. Because, a crop-which might not ]
pay as a market, or money crop, may .
pay very handsomely when grown for ,
home use. This is most generally true. ,
There are very* few things a farmer can .
buy, cheaper than he e^n raise. Our
people have fallen into the terrible-belief
tliat they can buy almost everything
cheaper than they can raise it. They do ,
not think they can buy cotton cheaper 1
than they do raise it, but probably that ;
proposition comes nearer the truth than I
it does in the case of almost any other :
crop grown, By all means let every .
farmer sow enough wheat for home use. ,
For the small crop necessary to this end,
he can find enough land well suited to it ;
?he can spare the needed manure, and
he can take time to give it thorough
preparation. Plough, roil and harrow,
until brought into finest tilth; sow at
-once, and sow that variety which lias
succeedcd best in your own locality.
Procure seed a little south rather than
far north of you. A variety which has
become accustomed to a warm climate
will succeed better than one accustomed
to a cold climate.
?('ivilizatirm frets its smmlv of coal
and iron at a costly expense of human
life. A parliamentary paper wlJch has
just been published shows that during
the year 1885 the total number of fatal
accidents was 866, and the total number
j of deaths occasioned thereby 1,214,
i showing a decrease compared with the
! totals for the preceding year of 51 in|the
nnmoer 01 latai accidents, ana an increase
of 21(3 in the number of lives lost.
On an average daring the year there was
one fatal accident to every (548 persons
employed, and one death by accident to
every 402 persons employed. The average
i'or the ten years 1874 to 18S4, is one
fatal aeeident to every' 504 persons employed,
and one death by accident to
I every 458 persons employed.
A JOKE LEADS TO \ DC EL.
Andrew Jackson and Waightstill Avery r ire ai
.Each Oiher at Jonesboro?A Ludicrous Scene
in Uourt,
; , (From the Philadelphia Times.)
James Partem, in his biography at
Andrew Jackson, makes mention of a
duel fought by General Jackson with
Waightstill Avery at Jonesboro, Tenn.,
in. the last century. His account, howeverbis
very meagre and does not accord
with the version of the affair as told by
descendants and relatives of Colonel
Avery, many of whom still live in Burke
county, X. C.
In a foot note to page 102, chapter 14,
volume 1, Parton says: '"There was' a
comic incident connected with this duel
that General Jackson would not tell. A
gentleman once menConed the duel to
Tiim. 'Who told vou about it?" asked the
President, laughingly. 'General Adair.' |
'Did he tell you -what happened on the
ground?' 'Xo.' Well, then, I shant,' j
replied the General, still laughing."
"The "comic incident" lo which General
Jackson alluded, and which he refused
to relate, is what is understood to have
e^^rtke djieiand is said ne vcr tu have
brCiiL made public. "What it -h as and how
it occurred lias been related to me several
times,, as follows:
"In August, 178S. Colonel Waightstill
A very, and Andrew J ackson. v?erc .attending
coiirt in Jonesboro in what is now
?ast Tennessee. .At that time .Tennessee
wxis still a part of North Carolina,
and Jonesboro was tlie seat of one of the
three' district courts held for the Ihen
"Western District of -North Carolina. The
town is now the-county- seat of Washington
. county, 'Tennessee. * Jackson had
hut recentlv bean called to the bar at the-r
time of the duel, and was about 21 years
of age. . Colonel Avery was much older.
Ilie two gentlemen were opposing counsel
in a case under trial,, in which Jackson,
it is said, felt that he had but little
shance for. success. Jtn a spirit of mischief,'
probably, he determined to attempt
a little diversion rather unusual
m a "court of law. ' . . Colonel
Avery sometimes rode th'e circuit
of his courts?which embraced .most
?f Western North. Carolina and a portion
of East Tennessee?oh horseback,
iarrying in a pair ox capacious saddle
bags such articles as were necessary to
[lis more immediate' wants. One thing
ilways carried,.therein 'was a .copy of
'bacon's. Abridgment," one of the standird
law books of those days. Jackson
ivas aware'fhat Colonel Avery was.iu the j
,iabit of carrying this book, and on the j
3 ay* for'trial, before their case was called j
ae went to Colonel Avery's saddle bags, j
xl'ok out the cor)y of "Bacon's Abridg- j
nent" and substituted for it a piece of
5aeon of about the same size, wrapping
t Up as the book had been to prevent
;uspieion. In the course .of the trial
rolonel Avery, having occasion to quote
m authority, sent for his book. The
package was brought to him, and when
mwrapped, 1c! a "flitch of bacon" stood
:evealed to court and jury.
Aveiy was a man of great dignity of
jliaracter' and bearing, who could ill
ii-ook a liberty of anv kind, least of all
m attempt to make him appear ridieu
cos. Turning to jacKson ne cnargea
lira with what had been done, and delounced
him for his act in most unneasured
terms. Jackson was stung to
he quick, but apparently controlled
limself sufficiently not to attract attenion
to -what he did in respouse to the
ebiike. Tearing a fly leaf from a law
.'ook he wrote a challenge which, unob;crved,
he passed across the table to
Colonel Avery, and which was promptly
iceeptep. The following is an exact
:opy of the original challenge, which is
itill in the possession of a member of
lie Averj family, and from the wording
)f its first sentence a nother communica,ion
vrould seem to have preceded it:
Augst, 12th, 1788.
Sir: When a mans feelings and chartcter
are injured he ought to seek a
speedy redress: you rec:d a few lines
rom me yesterday and undoubtedly you
inder stand me My character you have
njured: and farther you have Insulted
ne in the presence of a court and a larg
mdience I therefore call upon you as a
gentleman to give me satisfaction for the
;ame: and I further call upon you to
*ive me an answer immediately without
Equivocation and I hope you can do
vithout dinner until the bnsiness done;
.'or it is consistent with the character of
i gentleman when he injures aman to
nake a - speedy reparation, therefore I
lope yon will not fail in meeting me
;his day. from yr obt st
Coll' Avery Asdw Jackson.
P. S.. this Evening aft2r court adourned?
i- . in-.'.
The style of the challenge, its orthography
and its punctuation?or the want
Df it?are equally remarkable, but the
lemand is unmistakable, and the little
'P. S." at one side denote: great urgen;
;v. It was evidently written under great
incitement, though with a strong effort
it self control, and the whole document
?to use the slang of to-day?"means
jusiness." * '
The challenge is addressed on the hack:
"Coll' Whitestill (sic) Aver}*,"
It was found among Colonel Avery's
papers after his death, .carefully filed
lway and docketed in very business like
style: "Jackson, D. P. Duel, 1788."
The duel was fought about dusk of
'1 1 iV - -7-^11 ^
ulie Clay tlie uiuuieuye wa.3 ^x>cii. c,
raviife near the Court House' in JogesDoro.
Shots, exchanged, hut fartu*
fu;te neither party \vas hurt. Jackson
lechired himself satisfied, and the two
gentlemen afterward became warm
friends. Indeed, long before the due1.,
when Jackson first decider tfi ?o io the
bar, he was desirous to read law under
Waightstill Avery, who was very distinguished
in his profession and Yf&S the
first Attorney-General ?he State of
North Carolina. At'the time of Jack
ZQfl.''n, 4ppomtmerit as solicitor of the I
VVistern District of North "Carolina?
afterwards the State of Tennessee?he,
on his w?;y to settle in' Nashville, had
visited Colonel Avery at Morganton. the
latter then an extreme frontier town of
Western North Carolina. The date of
the challenge, August 12,' 1788, is six
months previous to that of the earliest'
letter of Jackson, February 13, 1789,
which Mr. Parton sajs he was able to
find.
Waightstitt Avery was the iirst Attorney
General of North Carolina. By that
was meaii^ of the State after it had
thrown off allegiance to the British government.
Colonel Avery was" a man of
great capacity and the loftiest integrity,
* ?*"? l?n?- + <-> o ?ir^AT> .
40J.ll 1MO iUtUlflU iCi.J-LV.J~i u|/\,,u .?vwvuv? ,
ants worthy of such a she; but there j
were Attorneys-General before him in
the pre-revolutionary days ot the "Pro-j
vince of Carolina." and some of them, j
too, seem to have been men of high
character. Sufficiently so in one case ?.t
least to have the fact' recorded ou his
tomb "without equivocation." In the
old colonial ehurc&yaxd Of Christ Church
parish, Xevrbern, >. C., is a grave-stone
hearinc the following nnaint inscription i
and epitaph:
: To the Memory of .
: Charles Elliott; " .
: L*iie Attoraey-.General for tins Province :
; ' "Who Died Anno 1730. :
; An Honest Lawyer, Indeed! :
*
*?;?;!; WEALTHY XEGR'OES.
Colored Men Who Have Amassed Considerable
Worldly Goods.
i John AV. CromwelI, a negro journaiis
! in Philadelphia, has compiled an inter
I esting exhibit of the business conditioi
of his race in America.
The Carolina* take the lead in tht
I numoer 01 weii-to-ao negroes. -\ oru
i Carolina has twenty -who are worth fron
i ?10,000 to .>50,000 each. In South Car|
olina the negroes otto 310,000,000 worti
| of .property. In Charleston fourteen
; men represent ?200,000. Thomas E.
Smalls is worth ?18,000, and Charles C.
Leslie-is worth ?12,000. The family oi
Noisettes, track farmers, are 'worth
?150,000. In the city savings banks the
negroes have ?12i,S3(>.3.j on deposit.
; uiic man ins over so,uui;. no recently
| bought a 310,000 plantation and paid
j 37,000 in cash.
In Philadelphia John McKce is wortli
half a million. He owns four hundred
houses. Several are worth ten thousand
dollars-eecL.
The negroes ,q? New York own from
live to six- million dollars worth of real
estate. P. White, a wholesale drug
giso, is vrurcu u quarter ui a mimuii itxiu
lias an annual business of two hundred
thousand.. Catherine Black is worth
one hundred and fifty thousand.
In New -'rersey the negroes own two
million do its worth of real estate. Baltimore
has more negro home-owners
than any other large city. Nineteen men
are worth a total of eight hundred thousand.
John Thomas, the wealthiest, is
worth about one hundred and fifty thousand.
Less than a hundred- negroes in
Washington are worth a total oi' one
nrrffion.
In Louisiana the negroes.j?aj taxes on
-tyviTK/M-* rlrtlToro "iiV \/m* flrlnoric
V^VJUU^wJL^ JLii -.'V- >f
and thirty million in the' State. lonie
Lafon, a French, quadroon, is worth one
million one hundred thousand.. The
Mercer Brothers, clothiers, carry a stock
of thr'ee'hundred thousand. Missouri
has"twenty-seven citizens worth a million.
doILira in amounts-ranging from twenty
thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand
_
The richest colored woman of the
South, Amasida Eubanks, made so by
will of hei "white. father, is - worth four
UlLUUJLCU CUUlUKtUU. -UUJLItfiS/ ILilUUNtJb 11*3*1
Augusta, Ga. Chicago, the home -of
eighteen thousand colored people, has
three colored-firms in- business, whose
proprietors represent-twenty thousand,
dollars each, one fifteen thousand and
nine ten thousand. The Eastlake furniture
company is worth twenty thousand.
A. J. Scott lias thirty-five thousand in-,
vested in the livery business, and is
worth one hundred thousand, including
a well stocked farm in Michigan.. Mrs.
J ohn' J ones and Richard Grant are worth
seventy thousand eaoh. A. G. White,
nf Sf r.nnis fnrm/vrlv rvuruAvrtf +r,
Anchor line of steamers, after financial
reverses, lias, since the age of forty-five,
retrieved his fortunes and accumulated
thirty thousand. Mrs. M. Carpenter, a
San Francisco colored woman, has a
bank account of filty thousand, and Mrs.
Mary Pleasants has an income from
eight houses in San Francisco, a ranch
near San Meteo and one hundred thousand
in government bonds. In Marysville,
Cal., twelve individuals are the
owners of ranches valued in the aggregate
at from one hundred and fifty thou-'
sand to one hundred and eighty thousand
dollars. One of them, Mrs. Peggy
Bredan, has besides a bank account of
forty thousand dollars.
These statistics show that the brother
in black is making some headway in the
world. He is learning to "tote his own
skillet."
Two Children Married?The Happy I'll ion of a
Youthful Pair in Xew York.
James Brown, a retired produce dealer
living at No. 345 East Eight-six street,
had Iris son Milton, sixteen years old.
arrested for stopping away from home
nvpr niorVsi T!if> Inrl flrmirmpfl in
the Harlem court yesterday morning.
A rosy little girl, fifteen years old,
watched him through tearful eyes from
the spectators' seats. Justice Power
asked the lad what he staid away from
home for. "Your father says you are
an incorrigible boy," he said, severely.
"I am not a boy, sir," was the respectful-response,
"but a lawfully married
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man, ana ? oeiieve it is my auxy to live
with my .wife. That is why I staid away
from home."
r<'Your wife, di~ you say?" exclaimed
the justice in astonishment. "You don't
mean to tell'me that you are married?"
. "Yes, judge," replied the lad, "I was
married Monday night, and there is my
wife," pointing to a girl in the spectators'
seats, who "blushed and smiled through
her tears.
The paternal Brown was enually astonished.
He said that he had no idea
his boy was married. ''However," he
said, "let liiiQ go with liis wife if lie
wants to." The little girl bounded from
her seat, kissed the juvenile husband
heartily and the couple marched proudly
out of court. Until last Saturday the
salaiy of the younger 3Ir. Brown was
four dollars a week. - He is "looking for
a job," now.?New Yor& WoxlcL
\ Itit A 1)0!',t ^Sooner nnd Lorillard.
Teal's ugo two men, riot so prominent
as now, had a .little misunderstanding
oyer, a horse trade. Thev i^-yeed to
meet in the wagon step of Peter Dubois
and to' abide by his decision. Each
stated his case, and then Peter assumed
a judicial position and gravely said: "I
hold that both of you is strictly honorO1\1A
l\n4* ttah ova IVIITO.
KJ'i.f, Vi4(?V! u; J UU cvi. v_/ ?
ble." The wagons of Dubois" were much
better than his English: but the fairness
of his decision was not questioned. One
of the parties. to the dispute awns the:
only American-bred horse that ever won
the English Derby, and the other could,
if he were so disposed, gratify innumerable
requests by allowing Maud S. to be
led into the show ring on the grounds of
agricultural fair associations.?Tarf,
Field and Farm.
\t i liter \ov#?! nnr ' IvKfprin'iM.
j\d earthquake is neither a novel n jr u
mysterious occurrence. It is among the
most common of terrestrial phenomena.
Not on hour, perhaps not a minute, passes
in which some portions of the ear^h are not
vibruting from this c.?use. An earthquake
i> a movement caused by the shrinking
from the loss of heat of the interior of the
crust in c >nset[uec<.-e. That the intern r of
the earth is intensely hot is indicated bv
wells ;;nd mines sunk, in all parts cf the
world, lleat increases about one degree
Fahrenheit for every 50 feet below the
earth's surf nee. Dr. Xw berry gave the
temperature of different wells in this country
and Europe as demonstrating this,
instancing 'particularly a well ip. Europe
sunk 3,3?0 feet, at which depth the ther
mometer indie&cd it5 degrees, and one a
little over a mile deep where the tcmpera,
tm-e was shown to be 1-31 degrees.
The earthquakes, wonderful phenomena
in themseves, have produced many others
! scarcely less wonderful, aot the 'least of
which "we may mention the phenomenal
liars that have been thrown to the surface.
They seem to he legion, and almost infinite
in their capacities.
rURAKIKD TO THE SA5U) WIFE TWICE
t A Singular Separation and Restoration-A
Life of Dissipation? Romyuce in Rca
t L'fe*
Henderson, Ky., Oct., 21.?The
i death of Gabc Tate last week brings
to mind tbe romantic career of lii?
; life. Tate was born and raised in
i this county- His father was one ol
i the prosperous planters of ante-bellum
- days. The large tract of land he
i owned was in Walnut bottom, in the
i most productive part or this section.
He had a large number of slaves, a^d
better still a large bank account. Gabe
" had grown in an atmosphere of luxury
; until luxuries were common. He had
! been accustomed to having his own
way and to have every want supplied.
When his father died the estate was
divided between him and his sister,
Mrs. Dr. J. A. Harding, who had gone
to the home of her husband in Jefferson
county, now a part of Louisville,
Ky. There he met Miss Shotwell, the
daughter of Col. A. L. Shotwell, a
man who was rich in a dozen different
ways. His steam interest was only
second to his lauded estate, and his
commission merchant's business but
barely outstripping his mining rights.
The vast coal fields of Union county,
now owned by Brown & Jones, the
P?flclitir<r L'inac wr>rf" his inrtivid
urtlly. At that time, in 18-o2, there
were only.two coal mines operated 011
the Ohio river below Pittsburg, Pa.,
the one at Cunnellton, Iud., and the
Shotwell Mines, in Union county. So
exbaustless is the supply of coal, and
so superior the quality, that a railroad
has just been completed to the mines
from this city. Fabulous fortunes
have been made from the fleets of coal
sent South from these mines. It is
seen oy tins wnat oriental granaeur
was in the reach of Gabe Tate and Miss
Shotwell, with their fortunes when
united by marriage at the residence o
Col. Shotwell in Louisville. -After
marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tate wont to
the Shot well Mines, where the products
of a thousand miners supplied
their wants. For some years they
lived at the mines and all went- well
Two or more children blessed their
union. Mr. Tate ieft his home and
to this day the public do not know
the cause* Surmises were plentiful,
but no knowledge of the cause was
ever had. It was known that his
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estate was gone, out mar was ui smaii
impprtance, for his wife was rich.
some time after Mr. Tate lei't home
Mr?. Tate secured a divorce, and
shortly after married Sam Churchill,
a prosperous planter who had lived
near the mines, and with whom she
was acquainted during her married
life at the miues. In the meantime
Andrew Tate, an old bachelor uncle
had died, and left his vast estate to
Giibe ami his sister. Hugh Tate, another
bachelor uncle, soon died, aud
.iHdpf] his fortnnft to rh.it. of his brother
Andrew, for the benefit of his nephew
and niece. Not long after that, Miss
Nancy Tate died, and left her increased
j fortune from her own right and uu!
divided interests in the estates of her
two brothers, Andrew and Ilugh, to
i Gabe Ttate and his sister. "These
! changes covered a period of nearly
| ten years. Notwithstanding the fact
that "considerable advertising had been
done, nothing could be heard of Gabe
Tate, and he was supposed to be dead.
iUbi ne was lieaiu iium ui uauu,
111.j and found. Arriving home, he
found himself a rich man again. lie
wrote to his wife to scud the children
> him as Evansville, Ind., as he wanted
to see them. She met him there
with the children. Shortly afterwards
a divorce was procured from Samuel
Churchill, the second husband, and
speedily following that divorce, was
the marriage of Gabe Tate to the same
woman who had procured a divorce
irom mm years oeiore.
Since then they have lived here most
of the time, a handsome suburban
home being theirs. Mr. Tate has led
a dissipated life siucc I first knew him,
but was ail enemy only to himself,
lie has been the golden goose for more
than one sharp. In his affluence he
was generous to extravagance, and
hundreds of poor devils owe a night
of comfort and a good meal to the
plentiful purse of Gabe Tate. For
two or more years he has been failing
n*T)idlv. and last week he died at the
residence of bis sister, Mrs. D. Harding,
who now lives in-Uuion county,
and within five miles of Shotwell's
mines, where his early married life
was passed. Mrs. Tate and her
children are there. One, to see the
lady in her quiet uemeanor, would
never suppose that her life was so
eventful. She does not appear to be
over 30 years of age until you see her
grown daughter by her side. She is a
small woman of the pearl style, being
neither blonde nor brunette. *
?:?? - i
Powder! j- as a Peacemaker.
i I3ni'.adeli'hia, Octol>cr 29.?A conferI
ence was held this afternoon between Gene!
ral Master "Workman Powderly and the aid
j committee of the Philadelphia Manufac|
Hirers' Association. Powderly's object in
meeting the committee was to endeavor to
reach u settlement of the troubles at the
mill of Wm. P. Troth ?fc Co., and thus
avert a sreneral lockout, which the Manu
facturers;' Association lias threatened to institute
on November 3. The Association
several days ago announced that all efforts
to settle "differences by arbitration had
failed, and that unless the strikers at
Troth's mill settled their troubles by Xo\eml>er
$ to the satisfaction of Troth, all
textile mills operated by members of the
Association would be closed to the-work
people employed thorein. This would
affect nearly 100,000 employees. In a con
fcrencc to-day the facts were laid before
Powderh' and" arrangements were made for
further arbitration, Powderly agreeing to
order the striking employees of Troth ?5c
Co., tc return to work pending arbitration.
Later in the day Powderly issued an order
directing the men to return to work. Many
of the strikers, upon receipt of the order,
declared they would not obey it. but better
counsels prevailed and the great lockout is
averted for the present at least. The arbitration
v, ill be conducted by JoV,a "Ocwber
Welsh for the manufacturers and Herbert
"Welsh for the employees, these tvro gentlemen
to select lie third member of the committer
France* <iuarrel with England.
i'Aius, October 2 ii.?La llcpuUi'jtte
Francai'xe. speaking of the relations between
France and England concerning the
hitter's occupation of Egypt, says: "We
are not enemies01 Jkngianu. we snouui
be greatly blamed if we attempted to revive
the hatred which formerly existed between
the two nations. Our admiration of
England, however, does, not reach far
enough to allow us to sacrifice French ini
tore its of the first order and immemorial
rights because England happens la enjoy a
liberal Parliament and libera: institutions.
Our honor demands thai we defend them
to the end, although by other means than
war." The JRepu&ique.Francuise ridicules
the opinion expressed by the Tempi that
there is no alternative between a British occupation
of Egypt for an indefinite period
yr war.
a:\ immortal victory.
1 HOW 5 r WAS \YG.\ AT SABIXE PASS BY
AX IRISH LIEUTEXAXT.
' Fort y-lv. o Confederate Soldiers Pitted Against
Ten Thousand Federal Soldiers, Besides Gunboat*.
The New Orleans Picavtme. in view
of recent events, reminds its readers that
Sabine Pass is invested with an historical
importance of which even many
Southerners are ignorant. Ex-President
Davis, in The Rise and Fall of the Confederate
Government says that "the circumstances
are properly to be considered
marvelous. In September, 1863, the
strategic importance to the Union forces
of the possession of Sabine river caused
the organization of a large expedition of
land and naval forces to enter and ascend
the river. If successful it gave them
short lines for operation against the interior
of Texas and relieved them of the
discomfiture resulting from their expulsion
from Galveston harbor. The fleet
of the enemy numbered twenty-three
vessels. The forces were estimated to
be 10,000 men, under Major General
Win. B. Franklin and Brigadier W. H.
Emory, Godfrey Weitzel and Frank
Xickerson. Xo adeouate t>rovision had
been made to resist such a force, and under
the circumstances none might have
been promptly made on which reliance
could*have been reasonably placed. - A.
few miles above the entrance into the
Sabine river a small earthwork had been
constructed, garrisoned at the time of
the action by fort v-two men and-two
lieutenants, with an armament of six
guns. The officers and men were all
I j.rjubumeu, unu uiu cumpajiy was caiieu.
; the Davis Guards. The captain. F. H.
Odium, was temporarily absent, so that
the command devolved on Lieutenant
R.W. Dowling. Like Moultrie in; the
Revolutionary war, they were advised
and refused to leave the fort. Commodore
Leon Smith, commanding the Marine
Department of Texas, says- in his
official report of September 9; .1863: 'I
arrived at the Pass at 3 o'clock p, m.' I
found the enemy off and inside the bar
with uineteen gunboats and steamships
and other ships of war, carrying, as well
as I could judge, 15,000 men. I proceeded
with Captain Odium to the fort
anu found .Lieut, is. i?. bmith, of the
engineer corps, with forty-two men, -de- ^
fending the fort. Until 3 o'clock -p. m.
our men did not open nre upon the
enemy, as the range was too far. -The .
officers of the fort coolly held their' fire
until tbc- enemy had approached, near
enough to reach them. But vrhen the
enemy arrived in good range, our. batte
ries were opened and gallantly replied to
a galling and most temficfire from' the
enemy. As I entered the fort -the gunboats"
Clifton, Arizona, Sachem and
Granite State, with several others, came
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opened their batteries, which were gallantly
and-effectively replied to by the
Davis Guards. For one hour and a half
a most terrific bombardment of grape,
canister and shell was directed against
our heroic and devoted'littleband within
the fort. The shots struck in every direction,
but thanks be to God, not one
of the noble Davis Guards was hurt.
* * * Every man stood at his post, _ 1*00
regardless of the murderous fire that was
poured upon them from every direction.
The result of the battle, which lasted from
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of tlie Clifton and Sachem, eighteen
heavy guns, 150 prisoners, and the killing
and -wounding of fifty men, and
driving outside the bar of twenty-three
vessels in all' The inquiry may naturally
arise, how this small number of men
could take charge of so large a body of
prisoners. This required that to their
valor they should add strategem. A few
men were placed on the parapets as sentinels,
the rest were marched out as a
guard to receive the prisoners and their
arms. Thus was concealed the fact that
the fort was empty. The report of the
guns bombarding the fort had been
heard, and soon after the close of the
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lieved the little garrison from its embarrassment.
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"A few days after the battle each man
that participated in the fight was presented
with a silver medal, inscribed as
follows, on one side:
<D. G
which was for 'Davis Guards,' and on
the reverse side, , .
'Sabine Pass,
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oepremuer oa, 1000.
The Mother's Right to Her Child.
To the question, Has a mother any
right to the babe -whom she has borne at
the peril of her own life? the heart <>f
humanity can give but one answer. By
a law of human nature, alike natural and
irreversible, her claim in this respect is
snrvprinr to that r>f anv nthpv not, at
i cepting that of the father. It is from
her bosom that the child draws its sustenance,
and she is its God-appointed
carc-taker, at least in its earliest years,
and her right cannot be overborne withI
out cruelty amounting to outrage. And
yet, strange as it may seem, the laws in
nearly every State in the Union give the
power of custody of the child, not to the
wife and mother, but to the husband and
father. The mother may be a paragon
of moral excellence, and exceptionally
well fitted to nurse and train her child,
but the father, though a man utterly
vile, has a legal right to snatch the babe
from its mother's arms and dispose of it
as he pleases. To the credit of human
nature let it be confessed that this right
m our day is not often exercised but it is
a reproach to our civilization that such a
law should be permitted to stand for a
single hour upon any of our statute
books.?Frank Leslie's Weekly.
A Butter Famine.
Look out for it, for it is coming as
soon as tlie oleomar^. rine law goes into ^" "
operation on the first. As the law now is ~
you can step to the telephone and order
two pounds of Jersey butter. The grocer
does you up two. pounds of beautiful, yellow
oleomargarine that looks like butter,
smells like butter and really tastes like butter,
and you are satisfied, "indeed, so little
butter has l>een sold for two years that
town people forget its tiiste and when they
get it in the cbuntry pure and simple they
think "it lacks body."
.V Little Girl Eaten by a Benr.
Cleveland, Ohio, Octobcr 25.?This N
j morning Rosa, the two-vear-old daughter
oi xienry uoercuracK, a saioon Keejjer, mcu
with a horrible death, being almost eaten
alive by a bear. The little one was playing
in her father's back yard and got through
the fence into the yard of a neighbor named
Kerns, who kept a bear chained in the rear
of his lot. The child ventured too near
the bear, which knocded her down and
commenced devouring her, and she was
horribly mutilated before she could be rescued.
The owner of the bear was arrested
on the charge ?>f manslaughter.
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