THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR.
EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892.
VOL. LVII. NO. 13.
IB EU ip i de hereditary? The father
and grandfather of a recent snioide in
Marceline, Mo., died in the same man
ner before her.
Had Shakespeare been mora modern
he might not have written of the
ridiculous excess of casting a perfume
on the violet, for a French paper
prints a picture and description of
elaborate apparatus used inaiafioially
perfuming flowers for the Fronoh
market._
A ten-foot "wind-wheel" in Ne
braska raises a thousand gallons of
water daily to a height of seventy
feet. These wind-wheels are coming
more and more into use in the West,
and it is thought that they will have a
very important bearing on the indus
tries of the future.
The cooler regions of tho globe nrc
becoming depopulated, and every
where, Dr. 1). G. Brinton assures us,
the arotio and sub arctic zones have
fewer inhabitants than a half century
ago. One cause is the destruction of
native tribes by the introduction of
new modes of life, new diseases, alco
hol and idleness. Another influence
is the faot that the arctic regions, like
the mountain?, were originally chosen
as homes only by refugees of con
quered and dispersed bands, and all
who can return to less severe climates
are now doing so, The centre ol
population tends more and more to fis
itself between forty-five and fifty-five
degrees of latitude.
A citizen of the United States whe
has recently been abroad says : "Im
agine a city in whioh every street is
well paved and every pavement kept
in perfect repair ; every street and
alley in the city sprinkled and swept
every day ; all ashes and garbago re
moved every day; street railroads
carrying passengers for two cents, and
and one line as low as one cent, and
yet paying royalties to the city suffi
cient to maintain the pavements ; gas
furnished at such low rales that the
poorest tenements are well lighted and
? many oven heated with it. These
things are so surprising that most the
people willi think that they can only
be had in the end of the next century,
when the world has grown much wiser
and new inventions have made nil
work easier and cheaper. Yet the city
of Glasgow hos them all now. The
explanation is that the city has 'a
good and progressive government,'
that the beet men accept and hold of
fice, and that the affairs of the city
are administered for the public good
and not f'or private gain, or for the
promotion of political ends."
..'Nothing can be morepernioiomsoi
corrupting," says the Chicago Times
Herald, "than the confinement ol
youthful offenders in the same prison
with hardened criminals, where social
intercourse cannot be prevented.
From that moment nine out of ten
boys are lost. Fascinated bj tales of
adventurous crime, and with little ii
any moral ec ase, their dream thence
forth is to emulate the career of the
orimina} heroes whose stories they
Lave hoard. As for young girls, to
send thom to the house of correction
or to the jail, even for an hour, is to
ruin them forever. There might be
hope for a boy, were it not for the
contamination received from men, but
for girls there is none." And yet herc
in New York, adds Homo and Oouu
try, some, of our new oity magistrates
do not hesitate to send young persons
of both sexes to prison on charges of
but little consequence. A young wo
man of respectable connections took
probably by accident an overdose of
some deadly drug. She was removed
to hospital, and afterwards arraigned
before a magistrate on a charge of at
tempting suicide. She protested in
nocence, and even offered to deposit a
large sum of money as bail, but was
committed to jail in default of nn
amount that might justly have been
exacted in a case of burglary or high
way robbery. Jail may have meant
ruin for this young woman, as it un
doubtedly does for thousands of
others, either innooent or guilty of
minor offences, who are railroaded to
prison every year in the oity of New
York. First offenders should be leni
ently treated, especially when they
aro young. The courts should bo so
conduoted as to reform an I not tc
manufacture criminals .
Ol nd lo Bo in America.
"I'm glad I live in America," said a
pretty young woman, talking to a
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, "be
cause I am never afraid to travel by
myself. Lust year I was in London,
and went around with a friend who is
married, and we were spoken to in an
insulting manner every time we went
out. Parif was still worse. People
speak of tho French politeness, but it
is only a veneer. The men would got
in front of us on every street corner
and smirk und ogle and chatter like
monkeys, i'm glad I didn't under
stand anything they said. There are
no men like the American men, and I
never was so fully able to appreciate
it as I am, now I have se*?n those of
other Nations in their own lands. Be
bidos, the girls are treated better here
than anywhere else on earth, and I
don't want to cross the ooean any
more."
Dr. Asiarn, of Pesero, on the Adri
atic, is more than 100 years old, and
is a surgeon of noted skill. Hb took
his diploma in medicine serenty-iour
years ago, and has been a university
professor more than seventy years,
JAPANESE GUILDS.
TRA DIC S ORGANIZATIONS ARE
NU3IEROUS IN JAPAN.,
A System Introduced by the Dutch
-Unlike AYorkingineii's Unions
in Other Lands-Story Tellers
and Blind Shampooers.
T" "IT G"T"HILE there are nc labor
\ /\ / nnions in Japan, writes
Y V William E. CnrtiB in the
Chicago Record, th are are
very many guilds, oomposed of mer
chants and manufacturers and otbeis
engaged in the same line of business
who have organized for their mutual
advantage and to control so far as
they can the trade to which tbay be
long. They have existed ever since
the seventeenth century and were
copied from tho Dntoh, who came to
the empire during that period and ex
ercised a very powerful influence upon
industry and commerce. In fact, the
Dutch were never entirely expelled
from Japan.
The Dutchmen of Japan exercised
a wholesome influence upon the
Japanese and educated a large num
ber of their young men. They fur
nished the only social and intellectual
stimulant Japan had and a few modern
ideas filtered through them i ato the
empire. Among other things they
A JAPANESE
taught the Japanese the uselessness of
dragons* teeth and 6n?ke skins as a
pharmacopoeia and gave them a knowl
edge of anatomy and tho rudiments of
medicine. European improvements
upon the spindle and the loom came
in that way. One finds a great many
traces of the heavy Dntoh civilization
throughout Japan. The guild is one
of them, and it now extends from the
bankers and the manufacturers as far
as the massage operators, tba story
tellers and the thieves.
In Japanese cities and villages about
sunset you begin to hoar doleful
whistles in the streets. One will come
from somewhere near you, and pretty
soon another from far away, and if
!on ohoose you can trace them to
.lind men, who walk in the middle of
he road, each with a bamboo staff in
his hand, blowing his monotonous and
melancholy signals to notify the pub
lic of his whereabouts. These are the
amma san, blind shampooers and mas
sage operators, who occupy a con
spicaous place in Japanese social lifo.
They rub the skin, knead the muscles
and shampoo the hair, which are fa
vorite treatments among the natives,
and are credited with great virtues in
the Japanese hygiene.
Custom immemorial has limited this
occupation to the blind, and with the
exception of mnsio it is almost the
only one in which a person so afflicted
eau engage, although, curiously
enc ugh, when a blind man is fortunate
enough to be rich he is a money?
lender. The amma san are organized
into one great guild, with their head
quarters at Tokyo and Kyoto, and are
divided into different grades like
wrestlers, being promoted from one
to another after the passage of an ex
amination and the payment of a fee,
which goes into a common treasury,
and is used for charity among the
guild.
I do not suppose there is any law
limiting this business to blind men,
but no others are engaged in it. The
extreme caro which tho women of
Japan take of their hair makes sham
pooing popular, niue a more so than in
any other country, and massage treat*
ment has for centuries been a popular
remedy for rheumatism, lumbago and
other pains and aches. Their system
diners, however, from tho Swedish in
that they work down instead of up the
body, their theory being similar to
that of the Indian medicine men, who
press the pain out of the body by
working it toward the fingers and
toea
Another curious guild is th it of the
story tellers, called yose, who appear
to be a relic of the days when books
were scarce. They are similar in their
methods and oooupntiou to the trou
badours of the middle ages and the
Zingari, who are even now found in
the mountains of Austria, Italy and
Spain. They h?ve houses of enter
tainment where people may go and lis
ten to recitations of stories, tragedies
and poems while they sit aronnd cross
legged, drinking teaand smoking their
long-stemmed metal pipes.
Sometimes tho yose has a book be
fore him reading a chapter of history
or an act from one of the great plays.
Sometimes he reads a poem or tells a
story of mythological times or of mod
ern events. When he comes to a par
ticularly good point he claps together
a conple of little slabs of wood, whioh
are kept by him for that purpose.
The latter are also seen at the theatre.
There is always a nan sitting at the
extreme right of the stage with two
small flat pieces of wood, and when
ever the situation becomes critical or
exciting he stimulates the interest of
the audience by dapping thom to
gether. When tho murderer is creep
ing upon his viotim, when the suicide
is about to fall upon his sword or
when the villain runs away with the
heiress he makes a terrible racket that
often drowns the dialogue.
The entertainments of the yose are
usually mixed. There may be a poem
from a Japanese Tennyson, an extract
from the plays of a Japanese Shakes
peare, a ohapter from a Japanese Ban
croft or Froude, together with a few
comic selections and a story of love
and war. The recent war with China
has caused a great boom in yose busi
ness, for they kept the publio informed
of the progress of events and the polioy
of the Government, and are now re
citing the incidents of the campaign
in China. The lesser yose are itiner
ant and give their recitations upon the
streets or in the tea houses, where no
fee is charged but a collection is taken
up at intervals. Tho street JOJO are
usually accompanied by a samisen
player and a singer, perhaps two or
three, ard you And them surrounded
by orowds of coolies wherever yon
may go.
The guild system includes all trades
and occupations. Tho silk-growers
and silk-buyers, the men who raise tea
and those who sell it, tho manufac
turers of lacquer and cloisonne and
porcelain, the weavers and spinners,
the artists who decorate kakemonas or
scrolls, the carpenters, soreenmakers,
confectioners, paper dealers, doctors,
lawyers, merchants of all kinds, teach
ers, and even preachers, have their
guilds and meet at regular periods to
discuss subjects of general interest and
mutual importance. Among the
mechanics and tradesmen these guilds
are oiton extended to include life in
surance or aid to those who aro ill and
infirm, like our mutual benefit socie
ties of the United States. Acbessments
aro made upon the living to pay the
doctors who have attended the dead
and the undertakers who have buried
them.
Thus far the guido has not been used
to any extent for the advancement of
wages or tho regulation of working
A JAPANESE SHAMPOOED.
hours, for the reason that ninety-five
per cent, of the skilled labor in Japan
is oooupied in the homes of the people
and in a measure is independent of the
conditions that govern working people
in other lands. Up till five years ago
factories were almost unknown. Tho
weaver had his loom in his own house
and his wife and sons and daughters
took their turns at it duriug tho day.
THE LOOM.
It had always been the custom for the
children to follow the trade of the
parents. The best porcelain and cloi
sonne and lacquer work is done under
the roofs of humble cottages, and the
compensation has been governed usu
ally by the quality of the piece pro
duced.
There are middlemen who buy for
the export trade and merohants for
the local trade, and tho workingman
usually sells his wares to the same per
son.' This has gone on for centuries.
Asana, the weaver, sells his brocades
to the grandson of the merchant wh o
bought his grardfather's product-.
Wbe? there is a largo order, say for
1000 lacquer trays or ll),OOO embroid
ered shawls, the middleman is resorted
to. When Mr, Moore, the silk buyer
I for Marshall Field, comes over here to
purchase his annual stock of Japanese
goods he goes to a middleman, whc
places the order in small lots among
the people who have by long experi
ence learned to depend npon him, and
as fast as they finish an order they
send it in. Sometimes the middleman
advances them money. ?hey usually
r un an account with him, as the plant
ers in the Southern States do with
their faotors in the commercial cities.
He furnishes them materials and some
timcB little luxuries in the way of
olothing or food, which are charged
to their account.
Washtub Used as a Boat.
A Fortland (Me.) man recently dis
tinguished himself by rowing a dis
tance of six miles in an ordinary
washtub. It was jost large enough to
enable him to curl his legs up in and
sit upon a small cushion of shavings.
In order to prevent capsizing it wat)
necessary fo: the navigator to sit
nearly rigid. When sculling he could
not look over his shoulder to see
.where he was going, for fear of tip
ping over. So he carried a small
mirror, whioh enabled him to soe the
route ahead without turning. He
also carried a small sail about a yard
square. This he used a portion of thd
time, bat his main reliance was on
the small oar with which ho sculled.
The Bite ol the Human Animai.
The injurious effect of the bite of
human beings is very forcibly illus
trated among the members of the po-:
lice force of the Twenty-eighth Dis
trict. At present no less than three
of tho patrolmen of that district are
suffering from the poison injected
into the system through having been,
bitten by refractory prisoners whom?
they had arrested. These bites/while'
so far not attended with very serious/
results, have nevertheless been the,
source of considerable pain and sore-,
ness to tho victims.-Philadelphia
Record.
Baily Unties ot an Empress.
The Empress of Germany rises early,
and breakfasts with the Emperor
every morning at 8 o'clock. At 9 she!
is in the nursery superintending the
baby's toilet, arranging with the nurse'
for the walks or drives to be taken by
the children, and always decides what
clothes are to be worn by thc yonn?
princes. At 10 o'clock the Empresa
sees her housekeeper and attends to
the menu for luncheon and dinner, al-j
EMPRESS OF GERMANY.
ways including one or two favorite
dishes of her husband's.
A few moments every morning oro
spent in the linen-room, and not a
sheet or a duster are given out except
under direction of the Empress. At
"1 she goes riding with the Em
peror, or driving with two of her boys.
Luncheon comes at 1 ; and all the
children except the baby aro present
at this meal, whioh is conducted with
out much ceremony. After luncheon
tho Emperor and Empress play with
the children for an hour.
The Empress receives from 3 till 5,
and in this time considers charitable
cases. There are sometimes as many
as fifty guests invited to dinner, whioh
is at 6 o'clock, and lasts an hour. One
servant waits upon two persons, and
every little detail of the service is
closely watched by the Empress, She
goes every night with the Emperor to
see the children, and if there is the
slightest illness among them she sits
up all night and sees that the doctor's
directions are carried out. In the
nursery she wears a soft white flannel
wrapper and a large apron.
A Much-Needed Invention.
There is an imperative demand for
some invention that will prevent the
escape and waste of oil in machinery.
While there are many inventions that
claim to do this, all machinists are
dissatisfied, and assert that the want
is not yet met. On one of the trunk
lines running ont of New York an in
vestigation of the most exhaustive
sort has been made, resulting in the
discovery that thirty-three per cent,
of the lubricators used is lost. Here
is a ohance for an inventor to make a
fortune.-New York Ledger.
She Takes the Cake ior Fits,
An epileptic young woman, whose
case is reported in tho London Lancet,
seems to have broken the record for
lits. She had 3205 distinct fits in
twenty-one days, an average of 152 a
day, and in one day had 330 of them.
She was cured with chloral hydrate
and bromide of potassium.
They Were Onto Him.
"How veli dem rabbits know wheu
a hunter is around. Dey don't even
kum ont of doir bolos alrotty yet,"
New York World.
MAETI?J, THE V1TANDIEBE.
A Peruvian "Woman Who Has Became
Famous r a Soldier.
From Lima comes a portrait of a re
markable Peruvian woman who has
become a celebrity in the country from
her bravery and attention to the
wounded during the recent revolution
ary campaign whioh culminated in the
attack and capture of Lima on March
17th, 18th and 19th last.
To-doy the name of Martha, the Vir
vftudiere. who accompanied the divis
ion of the coalition army under the
command of Colonel Philip Ore, is a
household word in Lima.
Martha is a woman of about thi; i.y
five years of age and of Indian.blood.
She is rather tall for one of her race and
notai all bad looking. From first to last
since Colonel Ore encamped in Lurin,
about twenty miles from Lima, Martha,
in a brilliant uniform and mounted
MARTHA, THE VIVANDTERE.
on a splendid horse, was always to be
seen when fighting was going on,
sometimes at the front urging on the
soldiers, at other times at the rear as
sisting the wounded.
During the ?erce fighting at the en
trance to Lima Martha TC as wounded
by a bullet in the right foot. She
mortgaged a small house which she
owned in Callao, and when the coali
tion forceB commenced what was vir
tually the siege of Lima she employed
her little fund in the purchase of re
volvers and other artioles.
There were three days' tremendous
fighting in Lima, over 1000 men lying
dead in the streets. About fifty per
cent, of the combatants engaged were
placed hors de combat. By this it
will be easily understood how the con
'duot of Martha, the Vivandi?re, has
made hie. famous.
Body Turned to Stone.
The bodies of four Chinese were ex
humed at Columbus, Ohio, and placed
in zinc boxes to be shipped to China.
Great consternation was caused when
it was found that the body of one of
them, Mo Lung, who had embraced
the Christian religion beforo he died,
had turned to stone.
As the box provided for it was not
half as long as the body, it became
necessary to break the petrified
corpse. To do this the Chinese in
dulged in a tug-of-war with the
corpse, breaking the legs, arms and
hoad off in that way.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Oldest Yacht in thc World.
The accompanying illustration is
made from a photograph by Emile
BrugBch-Bey, of an ancient Egyptian
boat, the original boing found in the
course of excavations conducted by
M. de Morgan and Meir, and now at
Gizeh. Tho sails of this boat were
probably not mado of ramio cloth,
and it is evident thot they do not set
with that graceful smoothness that
characterizes the sails of the present
era; still, the striking similarity in
the general model of tho hull will be
apparent to every ono. This ancient
A YAOHT OP 5000 YEARS A GK).
boat is, so far as known, the only one
.whioh has been preserved with its
original rigging, and dates from the
Eleventh or Twelfth Dynasty, or
about 3060 years B. C. Everything
about yacht building that is known
must not be credited to the nineteenth
oentury.
Anarchists in European Countries.
About 2000 persons in France are
marked as Anarchists, and are con
stantly watched by the police of the
various European countries, according
to La Figaro, of whom 500 are French
?and 1500 are foreigners, Italy leading
?with 510, followed by Switzerland
with 300, Germany and Russia with
240 each, Austria and Belgium with
'sixty each. As regards occupation,
.shoemakers, carpenters and day
laborers of all Nations furnish largo
proportions of the Anarchists, while
the eduoated professions hardly ap
pear. German tailors and printers,
Swis3 watchmakers and farmers,Italian
clerks and bakers, and French waiters
and persons without avowed business
tend more to anarchy than those of
other Nationalities. The Russians
differ from all others in tir t thirty
per cent, of the persona nader sur
veillance are students, another thirty
per cent, professional men, and hardly
ono per cent, have occupations re
quiring no education. - Chicago
Times-Herald.
FASHION'S WHIMS.
FALL AND WINTER NOVELTIES
IN WOMAN'S WEAR.
Waist Trimmings Are Getting Elab
orate-How to Wear Veils
Styles In Jackets
and Capes.
WAIST trimmings ?re grow
ing more and more elab
orate, if that were pos
sible, until there is no
telling where this extreme will end.
A new costume has an arrangement of
fichu and drapery that illustrates the
excesses to which this fashion is being
carried. A narrow section of the ma
terial extends over each shoulder from
the waist line at the back to the bod
ice point in front. This is laid in
plaits that are caught down or pressed
to hold them in place. From the
front of this plaiting long tabs fall al
most to the hem of the skirt in front.
Around this and the waist section is a
plaiting made extremely fnll and
graduated. Over the shoulden it i*
about eight inches wido and gro^_
narrower tn the waist line, whero it is
but about an inch and a half in width.
The same order is observed in the
tabs. At the lower portion the plait
ing is very wide ; a large, loose bow
is placed at the waist line in front and
covers the meeting point of tho plait
ings that pass over the shoulders.
This arrangement is made of taffeta
silk and crepon, and is large enough
to almost entirely cover the waist and
the tops of the sleeves nearly to the
elbows.
Another waist trimming has double
ruffle 3 of taffeta silk on a wool ma
terial. These m?tes are set in juf>t
over the shoulders, and are graduated
to tho waist line, where they form a
surplice effect. Over these double
ruffles oro very wide pointed revers of
the dress fabric. These revers are
opened on the shoulder like a lapel,
one point running in front of the
sleeve, the other in the back.
NEWEST STYLE OF A FAL
Another dross has thc waist entirely
covered with ruffles of very finely
crimpled chiffon or crepe lisse. There
is a velvet collar and velvet sleeves
and belt, the thin ruffles veiling the
entire figure with the exception of a
single wide box plait of velvet that
passes over the ruffle3 and is caught in
at the waist line.
HOW TO WEAH VEILS.
There are many little details of
fashion that the world at lurge knows
not of, but of which it merely sees the
effect. To tho woman who is always
well gowned, says the New York Her
ald, these same little details mean a
great deal.
There is a marked difference in how
veils should be worn. They are no
longer tied so close across the face
that the eyelashes protrude, but are
loose and flowing. A box plait or
gathered fulness at the top of the veil
has been in vogue for some time, but
the ends have still been fastened
tight. Now only the upper part of
the veil is fastened and tho rest is al
lowed to hang as it will, and if care
fully arranged the folds will form a
sort of jabot effect that is quite
pretty.
The embroidered chiffon is the
latest novelty, and the dark colors aro
preferred. The white, with black
chendle dote, whioh bas been so fash
ionable and so blinding, is a trifle
passe, but it Ls too becoming to go en
tirely out of style.
r-BOPER WAY TO WEAK A VEIL.
Veils are still worn long, lo come
below the chin, ?nd are-HS much a
part of a costume as the lint itself.
The plain mesh is preferred by some
to the fancy dut*, but both aro admis
DAINTY CAPES.
Wee capes that are not altogether
unlike those of last season are to be
stylishly worn in the theatre and con
cert room, and it is a dainty example
of this sort of garment that is pre?
sented here. Of white gros grain, it
is composed of a series of panels cut
into points at the lower ends and em
broidered with tiny spangles in di
agonal lines. The lower edgo is fin
ished with an accordion plaited black
mousseline de soie frill, and a'very
delicate pale bine silk lines the whole.
Around the neck comes a full ruche of
blaok chiffon with long black ribbon
ends. The accompanying hat is of
A FASHIONABLE CAPE.
fancy jet with coronet crown, is
trimmed with blaok aigrettes and
?black plume?, and is lined with the
pale blue silk.
THE SEASON'S JACKETS.
Jackets imported from Paris aro
from twenty-two to twenty-four inches
long-an effective length, slightly
deeper than those made by London
tailors. They are made with box
front, in reefer fashion, and with
fitted back. The newest backs omit
L AND WINTER COSTUJIE.
the middle seam, throwing two forms
into one ; and this single broad form,
after being tapered to the waist line,
expands below, and is folded in a
triple box plait and kept quite flit. A
kind of fan plaiting is thus made in
the two back seams. A single side
form reaches far forward under the
arms. The front is quite straight, or
oise is fitted partly by single darts.
Revers are rather short and widely
pointed. Often there are two or three
revers each side of the front, and the
collar is formed of similar pointed
pieces. One feature is that of catting
the coat much lower about tho throat
than any worn in many years.
Sleeves are large, and are usually of
the shape now prevalent. They are
given a new effect, however, by the
way they are put in the armhole, the
spaco direotly at the top being left
plain, in order to increase the appear
ance of very long shoulders. All the
fullness is then massed in plaits on
the side and underneath. This also
makes sleeves droop about the elbow.
Other sleeves are shaped by seams
from top to bottom, giving a melon
puff in sections, rather than the bal
loon puff of last year.
Both smooth and rough finished
clothes are used. The latter for jack
ets*^ medium price, while those of
cloth with velvet like finish are good
enough to wear with the best calling
toilettes. These are imported in dark
tan, golden brown, and green, while
navy blue and black aro more often
chosen for tho rough woolens.-Har
per's Bazar.
PLAID GOWNS.
There seems to bo qnite a fancy for
plaids of every description this season,
and they certainly do brighten np the
somber dark blues and browns and
greens whioh so many women affect
just now. Of cm rsc, the plaid is in
troduced more in the way of timming
and accessories than anything else.
A whole plaid dress on a large woman
always looks a little incongruous.
One of the prettiest ways to use plaid
is in a blouse waist. But even that is
too loud for a woman of more than or
dinary stature, so she has to confino
her choice to bands of it.
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SKIRTS GROW WIDEB AND WIDER.
Skirts continue to grow wider and
wider, but their volume and weight
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AN OUTLAW'S QUICKNESS.
Frank Jamos' Display of Skill When
He Surrendered.
While Thomas T. Crittenden,
Consul General to Mexico, was in
Kansas City recently some new de*
tails were related of the great event
of his term as Governor, the death of
Jesse James, tho outlaw, and the
disruption of the gang. Finis - C.
Farr, who was Governor Crittenden'!
private secretary, and is now an at
torney in Kansas City, was. present
when Frank James surrendered, and
it was in connection with th') surren
der that one story wt.s told.
Govornor Crittenden has always been
very proud of the fact thas ho was
the means of ridding the S;itte of the
James gang. Af tor ho had arranged
for tho surrender of Frank he invited
several gentlemen to be present to
witness the scene.
Negotiations for the surrender of
the outlaw had been made by Cob
John Edwards, who was at that time
editor of the Kansas City Times.
The guests assembled at the appoint
ed timo in the reception room of the
Governor's mansion. Promptly at
the hour designated Col. Edwards
appeared with Frank James. The
two walked arm in. arm, and Col.
Edwards advanced and introduced
the Governor to James. With the
guests standing about him, James
acknowledged the introduction and
said that he had come in to surren
der and. beco.mo once more a citizen
who observed tho laws of (lie State.
In token of his surrender he un
buckled his belt, on which swung
two large revolvers, and iaid the
weapons on the table in front of
Governor Crittondon, remarking that
as a citizen ho would have no further
need of thom.
.The surrender was acknowledged
by the Governor in a few words pleas
antly spoken, and then the guests
and tho outlaw wore all introduced
and seated. Conversation did not
proceed vory briskly, for constraint
was felt on both sides. James was
seated in front of the door, and sat
with his eyes at all timos directed
toward it. Every noise in the haH
attracted his attention and .caused
him to watch the door moro closely.
Ho was evidently uneasy without the
pistols that had so long been his
constant companions.
Finally, after some time had passed
in that manner, one of tho guests
made bold to say to the outlaw that
for years it had been common report
that no man in tho country could
draw a gun and get ready for defense
so quickly as Frank James. Then he
asked James to show how quickly
such work could be done. Evidently
the proposition pleased James, for he
smiled and said he would do so if the
gentlemen wished it.
"Jamos sat about six feet from the
table on which lay the weapons he
had put aside," said Mr. Farr in tell
ing tho story. "While all were
watching his actions ho suddoily
arose, sprang toward the table, seized
the belt and swung it around his
waist, as he brushed his long coat
aside, and in the shortest time im
aginable he snapped the fastening,
his hands crossed on his body, and
then from the belt he drew forth two
pistols and stood with them pre
sented. All this was done in a sec
ond, it seemed to me. I was watch
ing him as closely as possible, and it
surely did not seem to be more than
a second from the moment he rose
from his chair until he stood with
two pistols presented, ready for war
or defense. It was so marvelous an
exhibition that the gentlemen pres
ent were all astonished and congratu
lated the man on his skill and dex
terity.
"The compliments appeared to
please him greatly, for he smiled as
he heard them, and bowed his ac
knowledgments to the men who
were talking. Ho soon changed the
conversation to arc '1er subject, and
the matter was no*, mentioned again."
Great Blast.
Seven tons of gunpowder weieemploped
in a great blast at Penrhyn Quarries,
Bethesda, North Wales. The object in
view was the demolition of a'hu?e pinnacle
of rock, which has been a picturesque ob
ject for geuemtious, and which must be a
familiar memory to the thousands who
visit the spot every year. Some idea of
the gigantic dimensions of the place may
be gathered from the fact that the rock
face between the different ferrates is some
where about sixty feet iu djpth. The
Ijeak rose in the midst of thc amphitheatre
formed by the quarries-it is estimated to
have contained over 125,000 tons. Quite a
crowd gathered to witness the t iTect of the
blast, and certainly those present were not
disappointed in thc spet-tact? afforded.
On the signal bein?; given, thc gunpowder
was ignited, and aimil the curling smoke
thc pinnacle was seen to totter, and tuen
lo fall in fragments to the bottom.