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VOLUME XXII.
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, SEPTEMBER 12, 1883.
NUMBER 25.
THE
GENEHAL NEWS.
WHEN THE SEA GIVES
UF.Il DEAD.
Tl,fiy nro mnkiig flour out of peanuts
in Virginia.
Tho drouth in killing great liuinlsirBof
cattle in some parts of Texas.
Largo beds of phosphate liavo boon
discovered in Dulpin and Pender coun
ties, North Carolina.
Tho ior'ilnin works in Augusta conn
Iv, Vi., huvo commenced operations, nnd
goods equal to any over made aro turned
out ill law quantities.
There aro now 48,01!) pt-ifliees in
tho Unitt'd States. The number of post
oflirfH Iiiih increased forty per cent Binco
1870.
Thcro nro eighty-four cignr factories
in Key West and all hands constiiutly
employed.
The drouth has nbcut spoiled tho cot
ton crop of South Carolina. Tho up
land crop i'h estimated at llircc-fuui'ths,
and the Sea Island nt still Icsb.
A Northern company i'h negotiating for
the purchuso of tho Maunder minu in
Georgia, which is very rich in copper,
lead and silver.
Thero aro many parts nf Sonlh Florida
where the crops of gunvns aro greater
than the .people can use. Being; a perish
able fniit, it can not lie shipped.
Ono finn in Oatcs county, N. C, owns
thirty miles of narrow-franco, railway,
rounding five of its saw-millH. It is tho
largest lumber business in tho Stnto.
Since the death of Tom Thumb, (Jen.
Alio Sawyer, of Key West, Florida,
claims to he tho smallest dwarf in the
world, being thirty-two inches high,
nineteen years of ngo and weighing only
thirty-seven pounds.
The Georgia match factory buildings
at Gainesville aro nbout finished and 0.
Van Fhvk, theprincipnl owner, iB in tho
Eastern cities and Canada shipping tho
machinery.
North Carolina hns two of tho largest
vineynsds east of tho Reeky mountains.
Tlio grapes raised are coming into groat
ileuiand even outside of the State.
Tho Louisiana Homestead, and Aid
Association havo taken in hand a project
to purchase -100 or PCO acres of land near
New Oilcans for establishing a homo for
mmo 800 old and infiim nui'ivcs in the
State ot Louisiana, who aro reported as
heiur; in great want.
Tlio citizens of Homo, Go., aro indig
nant at tho advance in tho premium on
cotton iiisuranco in that city nnd claim
that with Roiuc'b unsurpassed water
works and well equipped and dauntless
fire department tho rate ought not to he
08 high a two per cent.
A report from Castlehurg, Ala., says
'Tlio timber ami tho tuniciitino bnsi
iicbs havo both been dull tho greater
Fart of this season. The saw-mills havo
"complete vacation. Turpentine is fifty
per cent, lower than last year."
Honey iB plentiful in Smyrna, Fla,
Olaf Olcson him extracted over forty
liarrcls of choice honey, and was com.
polled to Mop for want of barrels, and is
now gathering it in neat one-pound boo
tknis. It. S. Sheldon c nies next, while
his neighbor, l)r. Goodwin, has been
busy building up his apiary for the com
ing season.
Reports from tho cotton in the Nash
villo district, including Middle Tennes.
eo, a portion "of West Tennessee am'
North Alabama, show a larger aggrogat
yield than last year's crop,
Dispatches to tho New Orleans Times.
Democrat from all sections of the cotton
belt show considerable falling off in ere
prospects compared with last year, ex.
cept in TenncsBOo and some portioiiB
Texas, caused by drouth, caterpillars nnd
Ml worms. Tho decrease is estimated
in Bomo places at thirty-three and one
third per cent. J Many reports from Texas
also show a falling off in tho outlook.
The com crop is also reported considera
bly damaged by drouth.
Tliey tell ns wHIi a quiet tcicb
Of perfect fultli un.l Impc and trout,
That on tho day wliea C'l.rift nhull com
To bid His clioncn mien rejoice,
To tretlio new Ufa In death' dark lnt,
To give now Bpccch where deatli utriiik dumb
From out tho end tea's rrnt1cwi U
HliillrUso once moro tho hidden dead.
They tell na thin with uprated eyes,
That gasc beyond the prcacnt's woo,
Aim whisper of a heaven and find,
raw piclures of star laden Kkies,
Where angel winder to and fro.
When thono now 'iicath tho churchyard ie4
ill lino from out their drrarv bid,
The day the sea gives up Iter dead. .
Vet will they rUe once moro the past,
Or gtvo me tack tho faith that died,
Or hreatho new breath in love's dead breast ?
What for the lovo that diil nut hint?
hut fur the iluva, when side liy Hide
o wandered on, nor thought of rent.
Will (Iicho aline and havo their bed
The day tho nta gives up her ch ad?
h, novermnro ! dead Joy la dead,
he auiiBhino dead ne'er rmilea ai;aiu.
Tla evening gather on tho sliorc,
Our kixH waa kimted, our w"rd wero antd,
aught laata for e'er save in and indn,
.ove dead is dead for evermore.
ilent lie lies in Ida cold bed,
Though all life's tea givo up their dead I
.'HE BATTLE OF AH DM01! K.
BEING A OIlArUlO AO'.'Ol'NT OF A FIKltCK
DOUUSTIO WAB,
A part of Holl Holo Swamp, contain- sight ?
inB 17,00 acres, has been bought by Mr.
Jm. Eemfry, who resides at High Foint,
, "., ns tho rcprcsoiitntivo of a compa
ny of English capitalists. Tho Com.
minsioners of the South Carolina Sinking
Fund are to receive for tlio tract 810,000,
pnyahlo in three annuel installments. It
iU take about $100,000 to drain tho wa
ter from this swamp, and its salo is re
garded as a good one for the State,
Washington C. Kerr. State Geologist
of North Carolina, says the whole State is
notably adapted to the culture of grapes
Tho sunshine never kissed a lovelier
uy nor blessed a fairer scone. All tne
and. and tho sky and tho clouds wore
lad in tho beauty of Juno. Tho lanes
cro fringed with emerald : tho round-
yed daisies peeped out from tlio billowy
ehls or grass, and daintier wild nowcrs
f tho woods nestled like gems in the
civet moss. Down in the meadoWB tlio
utleicups gleamed liko buttons of cold.
Over tho low hills tho soft winds whis.
pored to tho loaves about other sum
mers, and down through tho shadowy
woods tho littlo brook laughed and sung
and babbled liko a child playing by it
self. Hero and thero a colt ago nestled
among the trees. Tho distant culls of
hililren camo rippling across tho holds.
Tlio long road wound awiiy, yellow and
quiet, until it turned out of sight beyond
the little cbnrcb wiiu its suowy.wulls
and slender spiru,
How nuio'. and peaceful all tlio world
ay before tlio window of my prison that
day in June! Far away tho nolo of
a nicadow-lni'k camo, nnd was hoard no
moro. Now and then tho wlusUo of n
robin : at times tho twitter of a blue
bird. It was such an nftcrnoon ns you
would wish to enduro forever. Intc
winged peace smiled in tho sunshine,
and snug with the zephyrs and the
brook, and tho far-away calls and
scarcely heard laughter of the children
playing somewhere unseen. Its music
is the crown of the lays' beauty and
tranquility.
TIIB BUGLE CALTi.
Clear, mellow, distant, four or live
notes of a buglo ring out over the low
hills, and como echoinc down tlio forest
aisles. How my heart leaped at tho
sound of tho bualu cull ! now my blood
wont surging through my veins liko a
tide of lava I Out of my prison window
I look with straining eyes, in tlio gut
tering leaves I can seo no glitter of bay-
ouets. I listen, but down tlio road or
across the meadow I can hear not tho
rnmblo of a battery hurrying iiilo posi
tion, now silont is all tins ! And yet
not ailcnt enough. I want tlio wind ti
hush, and tlio loaves to keep stul, and
tlio brook to stifUi its babble and laugh
tor. I am listening for a foot-fall, the
crackling of a twig, tho umfllod tramp ol
a column of men stealing through the
woods under leafy cover. I am listening
for the neigh of a horse, a clatter ol
rythmic hoof-boats, a ringing carbino
aliot. reel ing ont of tho window of my
lonely cell, I am listening ever since
that 'first bugle-call camo winding over
the hill I havo boon listening forstornei
music than the robin's not and tho
wood brook's murmur.
"March I"
There it is at last? I can see nothing
from this window. The voice comes
like a far-away echo of tho buglo a boy
ish voice, softened into music by tlio clay
and the distance. I picture to mycoll
the fair haired Lieutenant who com
mands the skirmishers. AH uioso t av.
made men of tho boys; the sehoul-bov
fought beside tho veteran, ami 1110 ah
ititant of 20 messed with the Colonel ol
40 Will tho lino never come iu 1113
hour lbi whetW iis a battery is hurrying
forward. I hear a drum beat. I near
the tramp of hurrying- tocK f?ohl(i oilP 1
is calliiirt f "tho nag.' Once I heard
oloso the tide of buttle swept to my
iirisnn a saint Fpring from its se.nl.
bard with an angry s i!i v M n t),j8
time I rotil.l only seo tho golden Run
shine only tho iliitlering leaves and tho
playing shadows lengthening lido tlio
waning days and llmting in at tny win
dow Camo tho mellow whistle of tho
robin.
Tho chcors aro fainter no, 11 tho
shadows grow l.'1'gr'.'i Trio robin's note
lias emwwi. Mellow, clear, and beauti
fully imperimis as ever, tho buglo calls
again. A pall of silence falls Upon the
clamor and din e' tho halllo. t try tho
door ot my prison. It yields to my
touch. Powu a stairway, with a noise
less trend, 1 hasten. 1 stop thro'iRh a
curtained door. I stand on tlio field
where tho waves of contention hnve
thundered and dashed. Tho level rays
of ihe setting sun drift over tho uulplc'tw
figures stretched about mo liko a bless
ing upon the dead.
At my feet theovcrturncd cannon lies.
There aro its shattered wheels. Lying
across tho brazen muzzle, "his back to
tho field and hi feet to the foe," is
stretched an nrtillory sergeant, still
grasping tho broken saber in his nerve
less hand. Hero is a group of infantry
soldiers; thev will never stand upon their
feet again. Hero is a trooper; headless
he lies und?r tho hoiso that, with two
legs torn away, lias fallen upon him.
Tna DEAD.
A littlo drummer-boy how camo such
a child hero where tlio fierco maelstrom
of war circled and eddied in tiro nnd car
tinge nnd fury? lies by his drum, I
bend nbovo him, nnd iu faco nnd form
there is nothing human left, fled aro
tho stains about it, and the broken littlo
hand hangs stiff and rigid on tho edge
of tho shattered drum. It is terrible.
Here, ghastly and horrible, lies a head,
the blue cap with its scarlet and white
pouipon still resting jauntily over tho
brow; but nowhere can 1 seo tho sol
dier's bi.dy. Hero is a saber bent and
twisted in the fury of hand-to-hand com
bat. I walk amoncthi) headless trunks,
nrms and legs without bodies, crippled
horses ho prono on their sides, or stand
wearily, and with dumb pnt'ienen, Upon
three fegs, I trend carefully over and
around tho broken, shattered bodies of
the fallen men. Hero is the flag, tat
tered and unturlcd, just as it dropped
from tho hands of the sergeant; here an
epaulet, glittering in crimson and gold;
here is the gilded belt ol a General; hero,
marred, bent and dented, lies the buglo
whose silver voice called into pjay this
wreck and carnage. And here, away
off 011 the edge of tho field, away where
just the spray of this angry sen of strife
could have reached, my foot almost falls
mi a chi hi Ivinff prostrate, half turned
on her face.' The dainty feet peep out
of a cloud of silk and lace; tho tangled
hair of gold, a skein of sunshine, half
hides tlio brow and cheek. 'Jrhero is no
sign of life in tho beautiful face. Killed
by tho terror and fear born of the battle?
I'lieml to hit the littlo form, and theaim
upon which 1 thought the child was
lying is gone; n horrible gash reaches
from tho temple to tho base of tho brain,
and the left oyo is crushed in its Rocket.
Tho child tho dear, sweet littlo girl:
somebody's darling, fair Bacrilioo to the
hideous Moloch of war, how could
"Kobbio! " I hear the voico of her lit
Uo sereuo highness. "Kobbio! come,
now. and pick up your tops, dear.
You've left yourdolly and all your soldiers
scattered libout over tho floor, so that
papa can scarcely walk across tho room.
And somebody has stepped on poor lit
tle Bessie's head. I'm afraid she'll havo
to go to tlio surgical institute."
A patter of Hying feet, and tho bluo
eved commander of tlio troops, aged 0,
comrs charging int tho room, and, re
Rnlvine himself into an nmbulancocorps,
collects the dead and wounded with both
hands, scoops them into a big box, ex
amines tho fracturo in tho wounded
dolly's head for Raw-dust, and appears
surprised to find tho skull lined with n
ho'''. ,., .
"Papa!" ho cries "did you hear
Imltlo zis appernoon ?"
"Yes. Mnior. I heard it."
'Vi liirbt oil awful." tho Major says,
"an' I fell down 011 my drum and lucked
Mimnn. but cranipa will get me
nuuzzcronc." Koniuir J. IJukmsttb,
THE TttOUBLE WITH POItK.
Aro trieiitnb Allied by OnM-Wdm !
Clulmcd by lixprrti In the Dialler.
the prohibition bf the ImpbrtnUon of
AruorliJah pork by tho Scrliiiin Ootcm.
merit, on account of the alleged presence
of this microflcotn'n nmrm Ifnntm tia tit.
chiiifhi lias awakened tjlngedtigrw of hi-
uiuwiijj jnitu miners una iiuippcrs
ill this country. That tricliuite aro
sometimes found In pork (and In somo
other food fleshl In not to bn doubted.
Ihal projior cooking of meals for food
destroys them in unquestionable. That
all authenticated cases of injury to health
arbtlng from the presence of tbia rolcro
siiopio Worm wore traced to the eating of
uncooked, or Halt raw moat is a foot.
Hut that the Bolting of meat destroyed
tho pnrasite(to still n Watter of doubt,
or, nt least, It Is a Riibjoet of dlsptlto.
On this point United States Consul
John Wilson, stationed ftt tJrussels,
makes Bonie statements, baaed on his
own observations. Ho snys:
''I havo myself been present when of
ficially appointed micrsocopists at Borne
of the abattoirs of this country have
been engaged In examining American
pork for tnchinro, and havo been invited
by theso gentlemen to see for myself,
through their microscopes, the poculiai
cell and spiral coil of the animal; but on
carefully examining them I havo only
observed, blended with the tissue and
minnto salt crystals, the entombed ani
mal, evidently ns destitute of lifo as tho
Btrocturo in which it was embedded.
"It is claimed by most trichinio ob
servers that tho process of generation
and birth ot this littlo animal invaria
bly takes placo In the stomach nnd in
testinal canal, nnd flint within a few
days from its birth it has bo matured as
to ponetrato tho walls of the intestines
and rapidly mako its way through tho
various intervening structures to tho re
mote muscular tissue of the animal It in
fects, there to bo speedily encysted and
endowed with a subsequent dormant ex
istence of several years, during which
timo its rresence occasions littlo or
no inconveniouco. Of this theory I
of tho lifo nnd movements ol
this little worm I can only say that it
involves an almost unparrnllolod excep
ception to tho law generally regarded as
determining animal life, and ought not
to bo accepted but upon tho most posi
tivo proof. Tho law governing parasit
ic cxistenco in living tissno usually in
volves tlio speedy death of tho parasite
after tho pabulum upon which it foods
has passed from under tho domain of
vital force; honco, unless this tiny worm
constitutes an exception to this law, its
lifo must bo short after tho organic struc
ture upon which it feeds has ceased to
livo."
Consul Wilson very pertinently adds
that "if salt really kills trichina), nud of
It I havo scarcely a doubt, it is evidently
great iniustioo on the mart of foreign
governments to lay an embargo on our
pork product, which of all others, iu
ordor to secure it against decomposition
on a long journey to foreign markets, is
better Raited than that of any other
country." Saientiflo Amrrican.
llomarlmbla Yolcunlc Freaks.
I.nt Pnorlii (vein Ihe TolonfiO fOmete
-Vllluaei nnd lulnnd Engulfed.
A General and Ills Men.
Unit I"
Rileiie.n ncain. and onco more tho bu
gle calls down tho unseen lino. Now 1
can bear tho tramp of feet amid all tin
terrible hush ol preparation, an n
mo tho tide of battlo will sweep, sine
mlv where I can seo it; ami i peniica
.', 111. An.wl Vllf Willi VlllO--
lll tins prison invo u .k ' "" " " f
ing buglo and chinking saber calling me
Diit, shouting my name in words that
bnrn and ring and ring again and I am
here.
TUB MAKCniNG HOSTS.
llHTn.1i t"
Awav off the tap of a drum, tho flam,
ilnra. flam, cadencmg rue step
marching column,
llni'b-M'Ire for Fences.
of tho
Nearer it comes, and
Mid tho manufacture of wino. The proof mrtlmr away it sweeps, faints into quiet
01 this is, fliBt, that a considorablo nnm-
"Mof tho pest American grapes originat-
Boid
ed within its territory, such as the Co-
hwlm, Lincoln, Isabella, Scnppornong,
e,. ; second, tho testimony of the best
observers and growers of the Ohio Vid-
le,v, and of the whole country, nnd third
chiefly, the success of the fow intelli-
.1 1.,., i
Tramp, tramp, tramp, iuuuieu, y
listmct, and stepping nearer with every
toot-fall. "Thero they corner siiouis
omo one. 1 bold my orciuu; x i
my baud to my heart and watt for tbo
tiXSt' 81101 IlUUl U1B BIVIUUiv.
The click of musket so close it seems
in tbo room wnero 1 imi. -
l is a childish treble to it.
in uiu iuw ., , ... ,.)
gent experiments that have been made, ton for tho sound j rt ine J w
Anil ,:. j r. , . 11 .: nimn. it sceiun i .. , . . . ..
opunon b connrme. ny . , thcro
""Biucranons of cbmate, whicU are do- f -nmlor if
tnih.l.,.1 1 1 . ... I I woiiuLi
-ouuiiiy Known to control tins roans 1 iiviro I"
"7- In the remarks on climate
hown that the larger portion
wte corresrxjnds. in thin imnnrto
I'w.i, 10 middle aud Aorthem Italy, nnd , rri,ev hush
i: nn in waves
it wa How tho dicers, eno r -
of thi of sound, -S;oicec,Vl.
mire- . r:.:tl, Kbr cheers 101
. 1 "Fire ana ki"" . 1 ...1.
om tbo imgie-uui
n.Minrai filer, nromotod for his valor
in tho affair of the Sapun redoubt, but
still commanding bis zouaves, uisun
.mwlm,! liiniself in tho battlo of Traktir,
fn tbei.. criishinor oharce ho advanced
too far, and would havo been killed or
tiken nriRoner if there had been any
rally by the Russians. His men maao
n desperate plunge into tho enemy's
ranks nnd brought him back in triumph.
One of their buglers was then ordered
by General Clor to sound the retreat.
At tho moment when ho put his buglo
to his mouth a round Bhot broke bis
right arm. With his loft hand he quick
ly picked up his instrument, which had
fallon, and sounded tno rwBiw.
"Well done, my brave boyl"
General Clor.
"Ah, Gonerol," rephod the bnglor,
"is it not lnokj that it was not the vio
lin which I haii to play?" ;
At the attack of the Sapnn redoubt,
when he could not kcopbnck bis zouaves,
ho had called out to them : "
out- ni.iiii-nn if vou will not be good,
I shall novor again lead you mto aotion.
He praised them after the battle of
Traktir for charging to bring him ont of
the crowd of enemies.
"Mv General,"' answered oneol them,
"if you will not be good we shall never
..11...H .nn intfi notion."
tr i..i,,l iinnrt. lv at this rotort to
i.; i.-nt n a tirovioiis occasion. Iboso
, iinfivnftTi Frtincn Com
mauding officers aud thoir men seemed
.im tn British officers, but their re
spective duties wero not the worse fill
tilled on that account. TcmpA Bar,
setting,
ttOW Wi"'l-'"- "jnnronnd
1 . I'nrrif.H mo v-" rs
For manv years tho maunfactir.e of
barb-wire for fences has been controlled
y ono lirni. Favored by its wealth and
nterprisc. it gained possession of more
than one hundred different patents cover
ing tho making of this article and has
reaped a handsome profit in royalties by
selling tho privilege of using theso
patents. Homo idea of tho importance
of this manufacture may be cainod from
the fact that upward of twelve hundred 1
null's of who aro made daily. J 11 somo
of tho Western States, where timber is
scarce, wire is almost wholly used, and
the laws even compel a man to surround
his hind with such a fence, prescribing
the height anil tho number of strands.
Unluckily for tho continuance of this
monopoly, its conditions havo been
abused, and this has raised a Rirong
feeling against it among farmers who
use the wire and manufacturers who are
forced to pay tho royally. Theso latter
havo combined their lorces aim are in
niiinding a reduction of at least one-half
in the royally, and aro likely to obtain
it. There is', however, no reason to ho-
lievo that 11ns will result 111 any lieneiit
to thn farmer, to whom the fencing has
been sold at higher prices than were de
manded of tho foreign consumer.
A recent decision of tho United States
Circuit Court has struck a blow at this
monopoly, and under it any ono has the
riiiht to manufacture the wiro and also
tlie machinery used in making it. 11
mill spring P prices must como down,
and then tho farmer, too, will gain his
point.
The Star iind Herald of Pwaraa give
the following description of somo rcCcnl
remarkable Sclsrci" AomraotionS ;
"The volcano of Onioteffj to ItM
Nicaragua, is at present in ernpiWfl,
fiiUcii to t'.o Blatra, o tho residents on
tho island, which is formed b the
mountain. On May 1, nt 10 a. ui., (i
frightful subtorranean rumbling was
heard; whioh lasted between two and
three minutes, but CC outbreak was
visible. On the following day a b Hn't
of pcoplo climbed to tho summit of the
volcwioj nud found that tho crater had
increased in filzo, nnd was about thirty
five yards in length and (hi'eo in width,
but its denth could not bo calculated.
Around it wero strown large quantities of
stones aiid rocks covered with slato
eolored mud. Masses of the sme ma
terials had' poured down in A Bdiith
westerly direction) forming a bed 300 ot
400 yards in length, and (folios were
scattered in all direftinnB. Two days
afterword a Bonos of terrifying ernptious,
accompanied by prolongod rumblings,
occurred. At about 31 p. m. on May 4,
the earth and rock in the Vicinity of the
crater were seen to break, lava flowed
forth, and from it there burst upward n
thick column of lead-colored smoko of
owo-iuspirintf mngnitudo, which sent
the terrified villagers living to tho
churches iu the belief that tlio whole
island was about to be destroyed. For
tunate!", however, no damage was done,
as tbo lava flowed In a direction where
thcro are no inhabitants and the ground
Is not cultivated.
"The valley of tho Atrato, sitnatod in
tho State of Cauca, in this republic, con
tinues to bo a centre of that volcanic ac
tivity which was first evinced thero in
September of last year. On several oc
caaionB wo have called attention to tho
disappearance of islands iu that vicinity,
and the recent sudden changes tho topo
graphy of the country has undergone,
but renlly no full and authentic descrip
tions from privato or public sources Have
as yet seen tho light. That rumarkablo
phenomena aro being presented there, no
one can doubt, from what is already
known, and from information contained
in a lotter written to tho President of tho
State of Cauca in tho last week of April,
which is now made publio, and which
states that ot Kio Sucjo, about forty
miles from tho Atlantic, the earth
cracked aud opened in many places,
throwing ont very flno sand in a heated
stato, whilo a subterranean noise
was heard rcBcmbling that made
by boiling water. At Turbo,
which is on the Gulf of Uraba,
tho earth opened and wutor flowed out,
flooding tho streets to a depth of two
feet Many houses wero shaken down.
The small villages of liujies and Nicurio
have been completely engulfed. Tho
mouth of the river Leon, which emptied
into tho Atlantic, has completely oloscd
up, aud an over 1110 uisinci 1110 move
ment of tho earth iB so continuous that
tho inhabitants are emigrating.
"On May 21, at 7a. m., a slight carth
quako was felt at Mompos, on tho rivei
Magdah'iia iu tho State of Kolivar, which
was followed by a sharper ono at 2 a. m.,
on tho 22d, on which day shocks were
also folt at San Salvador and Guayaquil."
LITTLE TEXAS MM
Old Hri-nr, nnd the lrcullr manner In
Wblrb Ho l.valiea Mi" u imr iini-r-
Ml.
IMcking np Hrokcn Cables.
10 Desure. -- .. j"nnw
11. t..i;,,i tmnrrrtTvn miiibuti
WllUii lB"" ' l""-" i" KJia" Tl,,,v
anllinrr t.linm lor UUU1U.T y
After bis Liberty.
Ti,n militiiTTOnnipanv which recently
made such a triumphant tour of the
Northern cities has a public attraction
iu its armory, says ai. nau, iu i wi
from Now Orleans. xno men u
'iithercd together many niieresung
iilies of war. including battlo flags,
documents nnd photographs, and one
can till in a. long hour without exnausi
:., ti.n museum. During the war, and
while a largo, number of Confederate
officers wero confined in Johnson's
Tshind, a "rob whittled out a wooucu
musket, got possession of a blue over
coat, and one night whon the guard
camo along he foil in and marched along
with tbo squad, intending i" iuu
break when chance offerod. Tho oppor
tunity did not como, aud when the cor
poral" found he had ono man too many
his suspicions wero arousod and the
trick discovered. The nogns musn.ei
used upon that occasion is one 01 me
relics to be lounu in mo muouuui.
A Catfish Cahses Thouhlb. 1-or
several days the Bock Island water-works
hi.'vo been practically useless. The an
thoritios telegraphed to Ira Holly, and
ho having concluded an cxnnrnn b 11,
made a special report to the City Coun
cil, lie-found that tho pumps worn
working with power that should produce
7 000,000 gallons per day, but that the
eit'y was only getting about 6,000,000
nni'ons. Taking the pumps apart he
found in them a catfish 3 feet 9 inches
one nun weiK'"uis ....,..,.,. -
Tho lavinn of telegraphic cables is now
so common that the description of the
machinery for picking up a broken ono
will bo read with interest. It consists
of a ropo about on inch and a quarter iu
.dininoter, made from tin-strongest homp,
with interwoven wires of Uno steel. Tlio
crapnel at tlio cud is merely a solid
shaft of iron somo two feet long, and
weighing about 100 pounds, and pro
longed into six blunt hooks, which muoh
resemble the partly dosed fingers of tho
human hand. Iu picking up tho cablo
in deep water thn Minia, after reachiug
tho waters near tho break, lots out her
ropo and grapnel, then bikes a course ot
right angles to tno camo ami ni nemo
distance lrom 1110 irnoiuio, nu mm uio
broken ends may not slip through tho
grapnel. Tho grapnel ropo is attached
to u dynamometer, which exactly meas
ures the strain on the rone, and shows
unerringly when tho cablo has been
caught. If tlio grapnel fouls a rock tbo
strain rises very suddenly to a high point
but. Ibo exact weiuht of tho cable being
known, the dynamometer signals by ino
steady rate of incienso its hold on tho
cubic' far below. A whilo ago one of tho
lines of tho Anglo-American Company
was caught without trouble at a depth of
two and a quarter miles near tho middlo
of tho Atlantic Captain Trott, of tlio
Minia, who has won great fame for hm
Hkill nud ingenuity in cable matters, hut
ilv nicked no tho French cabin ISO
.lihiH off St Pierre, and in four hours
irom tho timo tho grapnel was let, go
1....1 iu.. piiblo si diced and in working
condition. Tho splicing is n work of
rent delicacy and skill, and when ac
onmplishcd by trained fingers the spliced
part can scarcely bo distinguished from
tlio main coriu ajv "i
A Texas correspondent tells the fal
lowing story of n. Western 'l-S.enido,
known as 'Old lie. so," who had killed
Ilia scoro of men, and was suown n
dcspcra.i.1. Tho writer says : Slnrgis
is a gambler, and Wi h first came
hero everybody was afraid h'ui, and
bo sorter nm the settlement. Did
Reese was away" Own. Ho camo back
here about two months flfW The day
ho returned he was passing nlmifl when
ho iilet littlo boy crying. Old Itew o
is very foiul of children, and they nil
llk l.im TT.i nicked the llltll fellow UP.
dried his tears, and inquired tlio Carton
Ilia trouble. Rctwocn his sobs the boy
told his story. Ho was the only son of a
poor widow woman who Jives down by
tho river, and docs washing for tho
pivmblers. Karly in tho spring rVui
Sturgis employed him to attend to his
horso promising to pay him two dollars
a week for his services. Glad to be able
to help m fnothor. tho little fellow took
charge of tiid gnmbler's caballo, and
groomed and fed him for sUteeii weeks.
Then Sturgis Bold tho unininl, and the
1wi' services wero no longer required.
Ho had just been iu to ask Sturgis for
his pnv, and tho gambler had not only
not naitl him, but had kicked him out of
tho casino.
"He kicked you, did he ?" said KeCBO,
nnd those blue eyes of his snapped.
"Yes, sir," faltered the boy.
"And ho won't pay you your monoy ?"
"No, sir," whimpered tho boy ; "and
mother needs it."
"f think he'll pnv." answered Iteeso.
"You run right home, now, and I'll bo
right down to seo you prciwntly, and
l.i-iiKV tin. iiwniev
Htnrels was nrettv flush then aud
was running a big gnmo. Old Reeso
went down to see him. Will, sir it's
only about a week ago that ho recovered
from that interview and was nblo to bo
nhotit.
Old Reese walked into the saloon,
called for jsui nnd paper, and made out
the following lull:
Ham Sti'Sois :
To tub Wmow White Km, Dr.
Tn lii'i.liiiL" ihiiiv 1G wcrliH. at (2 Iter
week....".... 32 00
To kioliini; miiil Kid when ho asked for
his in m v W) on
To cunt of collection ..60(H)
(132 00
Itec'd payment.
Hu walked up to tho table where
Sturgis was dealing nuiuto and laid this
in I In fine huu.
"Sturgis," ho Bald, "pny this littlo
bill, nnd I'll receipt it."
The gambler glanced at tho paper,
pimped to ins icei, jei aeu oui mi u-
hhiiolc r, mid s.ini:
'I'll lie hnliL'ed if 1 dol
"1 think you will," said Reeso, and
tin knocked tho fellow down.
lleforo ho could regain bis feet old
Reeso was upon him. Ho jerked tho
six shooter out of Sturgis a band, and
beat him over tho head with it until ho
eried for niercv.
"Will yon pay the bill ?" asked Reeso,
raising the six-sliooicr to nil mm again.
"Yes." And ho paid it
lint Reese wb not through with him
vet. Thero was a Justice of tho Poaoo
iu Laredo at the time, a recent institu
tion. Old Reeso knew that tho gambler
would havo him arrested for tho assault,
and compel him to pay a flno. Ho told
two men to como forward as witnesses,
WIT A XI) WISDOM.
Warm a man can mako right ont of
wrong ho will bo ablo to brood coUb from
horso chestnuts.
It is the Mobile IirgUtcr which scn
; ibly thinks that if thero was no news
paper notice of duels, duelling would
como to on ond.
Tim "assisted" emigrant is ono that is
sent to this country as a pauper, with
passage paid. The "assisted" tramp
is one that is urged out of your yard
with a boot.
Tht.bb are only two classes of unmar
ried women in society, "scrawny old
maids" and young "chits of girls." You
learn this by hearing each of these de
scribe the other.
ANkvJmiBiTyonng man, who tackled
Professor Sullivan iu a friendly bout,
now wears (lie belt. Ho wears it just
over tlio luft eye Ud feeds it on xuw
laicf. Exchange,
It takes a good deal of oonrage to
write ont the announcement: ono
down into tho country to spougo off my
fathcr-ui-law. m away nil summer.
CMfUjjo Inter Ocean,
Tint Keener of the Limo-Kiln museum
reports that ho has received from Mis-
noun the skull of n farmer's hired man
uhn Imd never veiled at a voko of oxon
or wanted to kill a mule.
"WiiATiatrno bravery?" asks a New
York paper. It is going to tbo door
vmirtteir when vou don't know whether
the caller is a dear friend, a book agent
or a man with a hillJ'hiiaitcipnia
Newt,
A"suowT?nof stones" is reported from
Cecil county, Md. If young man was
(tinging nt midnight aud accompanying
himself on an nccorueon, a suowcr oi
stones was what might havo been expected.
It seems that the Tcxa Sijllnrft man
went to lYxn to die of consumption
and lived ti becomo a humorist. Ion
can form your own estimate of whether
the climato is to be praised or not.
lioiton Pout.
ANkw Enoiand physician says that
if every family would kcop a box of
mustard in tho house ono-hnlf of tho
doctors would starve. Wo suggest that
every family keep two boiea iu the house.
Thc.Jvdiie.
1 ver slpenv ?" is a nnf Btion
which an English psychological Bocloly
is trying to solve. vo nanny kuow
whether our angel is ever sleepy or not.
We ve never staved luto enongu 10 uuu
out. Lowell Citizen.
A rmxittinATED circus manager is on
tho limit for a new curiosity for his bIiow.
no is seeking to find a young married
man whose wilo can cook ns won as ms
mother did .Twenty-six Btntes hnvo
been explored thus far without snoooss.
Okskk apples, green spplci, the grans grows to
ITI-lli'll
That tho boys In th orchtrd can hardly be
O'.i, mother, oh, mother, yonr boy la fn bed
It tho iloctor don't hurry, he'll surely be desd.
Am mstlmtio writer predicts that if wo
wero to rurisit this country ono hundred
years honco wo biiouiu see men wi-mmis
knee-breeches and slashed doublets.
That settles it. Wo shall not como
back. The number of bow-ieggca mon
is increasing too rapidly.
It is said that tho iiunilicr of women
who reach ono hundred years and ii
ward is nearly double that of long-lived
.....n Women don't invent patent Are-
'I UlllH v . -
and, in their presence made Sturgis I 0HC1nie8 and enhibit their workings. And
naa never BtrucK i U(V aon't stay out bo law o nigui,
swear that he (Reese)
him.
tho miasma ot the
Why he had tho Tlctorla Cross.
Macbean, ono of the officers, found
himself in the breach nt Lucknow, al
5 "o and surrounded by enemies
He killed eleven of them, and came off
TfrSvcd'the Tfctota ,
parade; and, as tho General pinned the
Sson hiB breast, ho wound np his
brief address with: f
TtitU. said our pi
tho liuo again,
U have a few gonuine canaries along to ....vjug the tish, which had to be done
J I ging, and sell the sparrows, j j BCctious, tho pumps worked aU light.
"And a good day's work it was, sir.
Tntls "said our gallant nud sunplo
friend, quite forgettii g jnat bo was on
oarado ind perhaps h littlo piqued at
rPcrfo manoo being spoken of
day's work. "Tutts, it didna tak me
twenty minutes." ' .
"Rmrrr ABOtrrFAOT!"-rOnne.O00tt:
casiou raul, while reviewing Regiment
ti hT ToSiboria7 And the whole
S SmeU officers and men, were obliged
n feline1. mftrohes. for Siberia.
?BOl."X4"'i,n ther Rot half-way
there "that Count Rostopohine obtained
their recall. z.owu a""-'
Ills Tiiplo TVlvcg.
A mormon elder who had been on a
mission iu Europe, was encountered on
his wav westward with three uowly alll-
anced wives. He readily introduced them
to a renortor. Eaiiimo wns n brawny.
iL'norant. hard-handed widow of forty
or ovor. and ber lot was to be that of
drudgo in the well-balauced fiimily which
tlio elder contemplated. She was to
'look after the domestic economy," as
he expressed it. Sarah was a neither
handsome nor young woman, but some
relinement was discernible, and ho said
that sho had been a school iiia'aiu in
Wales. She was for practical uso, too,
his plan being to mako her n governess
for his children. The third, Lottie, was
n bloominc Lancashire loss ot twenty or
so, quito pretty in her coarse way, aim
tbo reporter aid noi ueora u necessary
to ask the elder why ho had chosen Uer.
Thev were evidently in love with each
other, wbicli was not surprising in mm,
thoiiGh marvellous in her, considering
that ho was sixty and ugly. She was to
bo the uueeii of the reorganized enta!
lishmont. "Will there be a triple weil
ding ?" was inquired. "Yes," the elder
repl ed; "we call the ceremony a sealing
nnd it is performed in secret. 'Ihere.
sfter I shall hold a more approved posi
tion before tho Chmch, for we hold that
polygamy is not only a privilege hut olso
a dutv, wlueu no same con ue ouvmj
' i . ..inn.... tIiam wm aonB
excused iiom iiiuih.uk. ;
hesitation about sending me out i u mis
sionary, because I l.d taken bn t on
wife, and I don 1 snppoM Iffl&ftS
!...i n. nininiiduiont if I had not
given assurjuiceof my intention to bring
back two or more wives.
Saved By a "Madstone."
William Pylo, abook .egent raiding
with his wife and two chiliTron at Deb
ware, Ohio, was bitten by n mail dog on
R.Z dav hist. He was soon aftor taken
with hydrophobia and was kept under
Willi "J . 1 , il. ..... ,.l.lmi,,rnmnljiu
sontrol omy Dy w "u"' -r..
Sunday he grew worro rapidly, and it
was feared he would uio. Monday a
madstone was applied. This peculiar
found in the possession of a
man named Lopp, whose father brought
ii frnm Viraiuia Beventy years aoo.
Tim tono in of a lead-color and is sbaped
like a honey oomb. It gave the ufllioted
man instant relief. The attending pny
Kiciniis. while rlncino; very littlo confi
dence in the eOleaey ot tho madstone,
now declare that thero is Btrong hope of
the man's recovery
Bon diioldeks. Mrs. A. T. Stewartto
romited to tho sscond largo" Va
States bondholder. She bos SJU.W".""'
' uivesteda '
cither, inhaling
night.
Hb had been waltzing with his host's
ugly, elderly daughter, and was in a
corner repairing damages. Here he was
espied bjr his would-be papa-in-law,,
"She's tho flower of my family, sir,
said tho latter. "So it seems," answered
tho young man. "Pity sho comes oil
so ain't it?" he continued, as he essayed
another vigorous nib at the white spots
on his oont-sleove.
"Do roo want to see Bomo fun ?" said
a small boy to his father. "Don't
care if I do," he replied. "Well, lot s
co aud listen to Peaogn Dumpy tack
down his carpets." "I don't think
there'll le anything funny in that
scornfully Biiorted the parent. "Don t,
. ... i.. lw.t II, a ilnncnn
ell f xou seem wunn nu. ..." -
stutters." "Ab,' said tlio old man.
Then tliey weut over to nornou.
How to Prevent Seasickness.
Sensickness is the result, says Mr.
Stevens in Hcrllmer, of reflex irritntious
irising from littlo surpriseo to tlio
muscles, aud shocks to the nerves en
gaged in performing certain important
funotions notably of locomotion, res
piration and vision and when tho
groups of muscles thus engaged aro once
educated to the snrronmliiig oironm
stances, the nervous revulsion are not ,
..vwirmnnfld. Proper attention to the
exorcise of these funotions mar so far
mitigate the trouble as to make it rather
auinoonvenionoethan distressing ill
ness. - Lot it be distinctly understood
that medioincs can only prevent seasick
ness by inducing nervous insensibility,
and that suoh a stupefying process is
dircotly opposed to the object of tho
voyage when this is undertaken for the
promotion ot health. Every article of
diet likely to disturb tho digestive or
gans should be avoided, and an abund
ant supply of oxygen should be inhaled.
Tho feet Bliouid be educaieu, tno respira
tion regulated and the vision restricted.
If close attention is givou to ineso ui
motions, littlo fear of serious sickness
need be apprehended ; nnd a voyage
which might otherwise bo remembered
with the most disagreeable associations
may be rondered a season of almost un
interrupted enjoyment.
i-TheOovingteoO-)
Star says : gjffm
b.obelor rmder; Who cm beat
boM."
...niiti nmi oonmern 1'ronce.