The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 29, 1886, Image 1
^ VOL. XLIII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. NO. 9.
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THE BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS.'
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V HOW BOB AM) ALF TAYLOK AKE CA.\- j
VAS.MXG TE.VNEsysEiS. j
Triuni|ihnl Pro^re** of Fraternal Candidate*? j ^
M? Peculiar Features of the Xovel t'nnvast?I):s- !
? ? F<,M!in? ?u : <
Fcu^in^ x vui-v^i % & i i iu .%??* ?.?? - j
I)uet*?Their Pt-rienal Traits ar;d Appear- i (
ance. ! j
(Special ti tie Xex York Wo-'J ) j ?
Nashville, Tenm, September 23.? j j
rTlie remarkable gubernatorial canvass in . i
Tennessee lias made the participants in j \
it the most prominent men in the State I *
at the present time. Robert and Alfred |
Taylor are the too oldest sons of the j
Rev. N. G. Taylor, an old and well-j ,
known minister of the Northern Aletlio-j
/Hot /?liniv?li win lias lived the fiTCatei"!
part of Ins life in the extreme northf^jp5
western counties of the State, and been ?
actively engaged in farming and preach-' ^
W ing. He is a pronounced prohibitionist, t
but only stepped into jjoiitics once, when he
was elected to Congress from the first ^
district, and succeeded by Roderick ?
u Eandom Butler. Ke has since lived L
k quietly, and neighbors tell of him that j
he does less preaching during an off year
H? than when one of his sons is running for ^
office. Robert and Alfred are both men
Y of stalwart mould and goo I intellect. ^
Physically, they are both striking, both t
heavily built, but "Bob" is fully eiglit ^
^ inches taller and of much more com- j ~
mantling presence. Their heads are ^
^ large and well made, and set firmly on
their shoulders. Alf is of very stocky ?
gar build, and not much over five feet, while ^
his Democratic brother will measure ^
fully six feet, and wc* *hs considerably "0
over two hundied pounds. The eyes of ?
both are black, those of Bob full of fire t!
and sympathy, while those of his broth- ^
er are more quiet and less piercing. ^
Their cortmlexions are the same, swarthv, ,'
but the character of each face is given it ^
W&* by the eyes.
jv "in disposition they differ greatly, Alf ^
r being phlegmatic and thoughtful, while . -j
his elder brother is lymphatic, magnetic, ^
fond of telling iokes, of which he has a
great stock, always being able to knock
out argument with a funny story. This ^
makes him the more popular of the two, j,
regardless of party alliliations. His in- -j
fluence over the crowd is wonderful, and ?
f his election to Congress in a strong Ee- ?
Tp publican district, which never before or "
cin/>p ?r>nt, .1 Dtrmo^rat to Conirress. is
still talked of as the time wlxen "Bob" ?
Taylor fiddled hiS way into Congress. ?
Both brothers are accomplished fiddlers ^
and already fiddlers are beiug brought ^
in as a post-oratorical amusement for the v.
r curious crowds that gather about them. ^
Until yesterday the speaking has been '
in Republican strongholds, but at Tulla- ]
homa the first Democratic stronghold *'
was assaulted in East Tennessee. Both
were treated with the utmost courtesy. c*
Yesterday, however, there was some disposition
to guy the Republican candi- ^
date, which the Democratic brother
silenced by rising and saying: 4 'The man j
that insults my brother insults me."
A A. 1\T/?ATir\r*rnllA 1
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greeted by tlie largest audience ever j ^
4 gathered in "Warren county, and were: '
r listened to with the utmost attention. .
Partisans of each liad made the most extensive
-arrangements for the reception, \
and the opposing cavalcades formed and ^
escorted the brothers to the hotel. ?
Roses, red and white, -were worn by '
everybody in McMinnville. It is strange,
by the way, that tho white rose has be- '
come the Democratic emblem. A pecu- T
liar characteristic of the brothers would f.
seem i-o uicutie uic ioux. u:cutioned,
both have swarthy complexions, ,
rboth are extremely sensitive, but when ,'
sensitiveness if touched they are affectcd ,
exactly opposite. Bob turns red, fiery
red, in the face, while Alf gets ashy pale 0l
when wounded or angry. Last night, ?
for the second time during the canvass, they
slept under different roofs. This
was due to aiTangements made by the h
respective committees 01 reception.
Tlicj both arose early this morning.
Alf took a spin of three miles into the ?
country before breakfast, while Bob t
sauntered out into the grounds of the ?
, hotel, and finding a retired seat under a ,
spreading maple surrendered himself to
the early morning air. A few minutes
and Alf sped by behind a fast stepping .
Mr trotter. "Hello, Alf," exclaimed Bob.
"Hello, Bob," exclaimed Alf, as the Be~
pubhean disappeared r round the corner.
After a leisurely breakfast the brothers ?
held an informal reception, and at ten
o'clock boarded the train for IMcMinn- *
ville, occupying the same seat and de- ^
bating arm in arm. They glanced over *
the morning papers. At every station ^
a crowd was augmented by excursions,
and bv the time the train arrived at 3Ior
rf~ rison every seat -was occupied. The in- *
tense interest -which the campaign has J
exci:ed manifested. itself ail along the
line. Curious countrymen, eager to see 1
the brothers, peered through the car 1
windows at every station, while the plat- j
forms at the depots were packed with
partisans who ciieered their respective 1
candidates. {
V Bob was now enjoying his stronghold
and his name was on many lips. Tlie "
y peculiar enthusiasm this man arouses *
manifested itself at every turn. It is
spontaneous, irrepressible and remarkable,
without parallel ie. the history of
Tennessee. The features of this novel
and great debate, for great it has been
in the fullest sense of the word, flashes
from town to town with lightning rapidity.
In no scction has this been more
BBf strikingly demonstrated than in that
P? -which the brothers are now traversing.
Democrats are excited to fever heat over ]
the brilliant campaign of their leader, J
the fame of which has found its way to ]
other States. .Republicans and Democrats
agree that never have liepublican
doctrines received a better exposition
1 than is made by Alf Taylor.
The duel of brothers grows more ex- .
citing, but is still upon the broad plane
b of principle, not personality. At MorW*
^ risen three Democrats, fresh from their '
W country homes, walked up to" the Demo- .
cratic leader and presented him -with
garlands of wild Holers, daises and
roses blending with violets and heliatrope.
Bob was touched by tlie tribute,
and with "God bless you," bade them
farewell. He framed a buttonnier from
r~^-- the blossoms and wore it at 3IcMinnville.
At 12.30 the party airived at ilcMinnville.
A magnificent reception awaited
the Democrat:--* nominee. Democrats
shouted themselves hoarse at the presence
of their young leader. They rushed
into the car and half overpowered him.
They cheered him and patted him on
Qlinnl/Ipr Thev called him "Bob" !
' and called him Governor, and half pulled
and half carried him out upon the platform,
-where was a struggling mass seeking
to speak to him. Finally the procession
formed, and through the streets to the
hotel it was a triumphal march. The
speaking was well attended, and both
attracted the favorable comments of their
^ , partisans. No new points were develL
V pped by either.
Davton, in Bhea county, -which ;s
lecidedly close on a full vjte, hundreds
turned out to give the rival brothers an
Dvation. Bob Taylor wore the white
rose and Alf the red. The cue has been
jaught up from place to place, and now
i man's politics may be seen by the color
)f the rose or rosette which adorns the
apel of his coat. It is a reminder of the
jontests of the houses of York and Lanjaster,
only in this ease the single house
)i" Taylor is involved. The gallant Bob,
jes cies this decoration, looms up conpicuousiy
in his now iamous white felt
lat. It croes faithfullv witli him every
vhere and shines forth prominently as
he white plume of King Henry of
Navarre before the battling French hosts
it Ivry.
YV'OMEX AS? FARMERS.
L Fc?w of Them Who Are Succeeding in Agriculture
in the South.
(Frcti the Philadelphia Times.)
It is not in the West alone that women :
,re successful as farmers. In the South
hey are engaging in this business, and
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>wn county, on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland,'at least four ladies are engaged
in agriculture, and if they are not '
growing rich in these days of low prices, :
acii is making a good living in an inde- i
>enuent way and doing quite as well as 1
icr neighbors, the gentleman farmers i
round her. Three of these ladies are j
ridows, living in the country that they
aav raise their cb ildren away from the 1
emptations and confinement of life in
own. Tlie husband of one of them died }
a debt, but the earth had not settled :
hove him before his brave little wife J
md resolved to keep the farm and try to
>ay that money, and in eight years, by
lose management, she has done it and
.ow has the place and the stock clear, "
nd under her care her boy and girl are !
rowing up in health and usefulness on ]
Another has been a widow a longer 1
ime; from the farm which her husband '
?ft she has educated her children, giving ?
liem advantages beyond the public
shools of the country, built an excel- ;
mt house, improved the land, and now <
"ith.one of the most desirable places in <
lie neighborhood, as age creeps on, she ;
> resting somewhat, while the sons '
hom she has reared cultivate the land, 1
nd one daughter has charge of the dairy- 1
nd another the wultrv. "Tliev have *
managed as well, if not better, than tlieir ?
usbands possibly could have done" be- 1
lg the verdict of the entire neighborood.
Another of these women farmers ?
as never married. When her parents [
ied, leaving to their six daughters but J
no small farm, she, then in very early 1
omanliood, instead of selling out and :
iking her younger sisters to town to <
jam trades or stand in stores, and so *
ecome more easy victims to the con- 1
amotion of -which their parents had ied,
bravely took up the burden of ]
managing the farm and keeping them on <
and bravely has she succeeded; and <
ow when most of them are useful wives <
1 other homes, she still lives in homely i
omfort at the old place, keeping its 1
reside bright for those of her sisters 1
ho, by reason of widowhood or other 1
hanges, may wish to come back to it.
>id the motiier of the Gracchi accom- 1
lisii more? Wlille lliese women all give <
heir personal attention to the details of ]
heir business, and attended to poultry {
nd dairy themselves, they have not at- jmpted
the cultivation of the land, de- 1
ending on hired labor to do that. 1
>oubtiess they have many cares and 1
nxities, know many a weary hour; but 1
2 what way can a support be made with-1 \
nt cure and weariness, especially if there J
hould be children to raise'? 1
I have no argument against the West. ts
abundant opportunities make it a 1
md of delightful promise, but this sec- {
ion offers immunity from the long van- 1
srs of the West, with their long-con- i
inued snows?which must be a serious J
ugbear to the woman who wishes to
ttend to the feeding of her stock?
bundant transportation, convenient
larkets, and more abundant "labor. It
> true the negro is not so reliable as the ]
,-hite man of the North and West, but '
:e can be hired for liaif the money and ]
i not near so exacting in his require j
lents. All through Southern Maryland nd
Virginia, indeed all of the Southern
itates, is much land wliich can be j'
ought very low, many places with j :
uildings on them. It is true when the |;
rice is low the land is generally thin j
nd the buildings out of ordt r; but the '
md improves readily under kind treat- j
aent, and whitewash and a general ;
leaning up soon make a wondrous .
hange in a neglected old place, as I ;
mow from personal experience. These
(laces are inviting fiehls for fruit and 1
egetable raising, dairying, oee ana
joultry keeping or general farming, and
ilready the advance guard of the woman ;
armer is on the ground and at work. ]
In addition to those mentioned there 1
s a widow over in Dorchester who has '
Wanted her land in peach trees and is :
aid to be reaping a good income from
t. Further up the peninsula are two
mmarried sisters, who are known as
)each farmers. Down -in Somerset three
adies, who love flowers, are raising
oses and other plants for sale, and
ioubtless many others all through the
south are making a support from land,
i noticed in a late paper the advertisenent
of a lady in Virginia who has eggs
.'or sale. I suppose she is some energetic
voman who has gone into the poultry
business. I know of a bright little wonan
who engaged in that business in
Mississippi some years ago and did well
it it until a covetous bachelor in the
neighborhood persuaded her to give it
lp to mam- him. Let me not be understood
as advising all women who must
am money to turn farmers. Far from
It. Those who have not love and fitness
cor it will be very apt to fail, just as
many men'who attempt it fail; but those
cvho read "Farmer Finch" in one of last
rear's Harper's have seen how she succeeded
on the few acres when her father
had failed, and so I believe that many
svomen are as well suited for this calling
is the maioritv of men who engage in it.
"Far better," says a liberal-minded
man farmer in our midst. "She is more
afraid of debt. She has not the same
temptations to spend money outside of
home. She is not so easily discouraged.
She better knows how to economize in
little things, and then you know when a
woman wilLs she will." To these requisite
qualities we must add strength of
character and love of home. If she have
all these, and feels that she would like to
try the farmer's life, then let her come
to" our Southern land, if she so wills, and
buy only what she can pay for. Far
better only five acres all paid for, and
with something to improve it, than two
hundred, with a debt hanging over it.
Indeed, I am inclined to think the "little
farm well tilled" is the right thing for
tlie South at present, especially - for the
woman farmer, wiio comes nere irom
other sections. She may not grow rich
as fast as her sister who goes West. Indeed,
I doubt if she ever will be rich, as
the world thinks of riches; but she may
know abundantly the true life of one's
own vine and fig tree, under softer skies
and a milder clime, where all the rates
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Ol iivmg are lowex tuan -> unu ur ? cat,
and she can have the comfort of near
neighbors, schools and churches. Her
11 I III III I II I I a IJUMM?MWI IU ^
life will lie in quiet ways; but if slie set
'the example of a carefully managed business,
a well-ordered home, a well-trained
family?if under her care neglected
fields be slowly changed to blooming
orchards, or fragrant clover lands, while
over her home roses and vines clamber,
and her bees drone, and her busy hens
sing through the long summer days, she
may well feel that she is of use in her
/i i j.: i__ ? "ui
uav aiiu gejLiejrciuuii; us surcijr a jjuuuc
benefactor as he who makes two blades
of grass grow where only one grew before.
H.
Easton, Maryland.
"A. JOHXSOX, TAILOR."
(Greenville (Tens.) Letter to Pittsburg Disp -.tili.)
"We walked along the naixow sidewalk
and finally came to the main street of
town. My guide pointed out some relics
as we passed along and we crossed the
straggling thoroughfare and descended
n nrpr.tlp rlpclivitv fit', thfi fnnt, of wliic-M
babbled a little stream. We halted in
front of a little one-story house. A Virginian
creeper mingled its vived green
with the mildewed white paint. Over
the door my eyes saw a legend on an old
piece of paintless board, which was all
sprang and weather-beaten. Some straggling,
old-style letters, scarcely decipherable
in their faded blackness, met my
gaze. Only three words, but those three
words had once convulsed a hemisphere.
They were an embodiment of possibilities;
an epitome of the power of intellect
over surroundings; a story of matchless
power, and a perishing record of
imruvrichnlilo l^riniaTi^r Thic cimiVIa
legend was as follows: "A. Johnson,
Tailor."
The lettering is rude and was evidently
done in pay for a pair of jeans made
by the tailor-President ior the village
sign writer; indeed, the village tradition
runs to that effect. Here at that very
window the humble tailor sat sewing
svhen his townsmen came, in 1828, to
xpprise him that the signal honor of being
Alderman at Greenville had been
jiven to l>im by his appreciative fellowlitizens.
No need to further trace the
career of the illustrious Andrew Johnson,
seventeenth President of the United
states. The old house is in good repair,
kept so by the Mayor of the city, and
:he villagers have a thousand traditions
in/! nnpfdntps in rr-ln.to ahrvnt tlip. lionsfi
aid its distinguished occupant, one of
ivliicli will serve to close with.
"Mose Green -\\-uz a character roundibout
Greenville, en' wuz notorious for
>win' every one of the store folk on
Main street. Shiftless?that shiftless
:hat he'd tote his old musket along Main
street with his clothes falling ofl'en hini
m' never Peering, sail, so long as do iiau
i chink in liis gullet. Mose lied a mis'ajle
old yaller dog which wuzn't wuth
>hootin'"at. Wal, one day Mose wuz
powerful liard up fer some jean pants
:n' he traded off tlie dog for three yahds
)f cloth. How tu git them made, Mose
lidn't kno', en' ez he had no weenrin
'oik he 'lowed he'd git Andy tu make
;hem pants. Meanwhile the yaller dog
led gnawed the rope ez he'd ben tied
;vith en' kim scooting back tu Mose.
"Mose wuz in high glee en' 'lowed ef
ie could get them pants made by Andy
-yZ clieajM ez tic got uic d??tn nc u ue
powerful lucky. So he went down and
jot Andy tu measure him fer the pants.
iint Andy knowed Alose and said ez how
le'd tu plank down in advance or there'd
jc no pants. Andy talked so perlite
;het Mose he thought ez how he'd trade
:het dog agin. 'Andy,'sez he, 'there's
he most powerful coon dog in the
ieoimty, en' ef you'll du a good job on
hem pants I'll let you hev him.' So
\ndy he buckled tu en' made a powerful
Ine pair uv pants. Wal, sah, Mose then
;ot intru them pants then lie whistled
hat mis'able purp away en' wuz a pair
iv pants ahead. Andy, though, he
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aevan sea nuiuun. x wuzu i ms way.
. A WARXttiG TO TESTATORS.
The ejection of the sisters and grandaeices
of the late Mr. Tilden from Graystone
by the executors of his peculiar
ftill is probably only the be? inning of a
Long series of events bordering upon
scandal to result from that document.
While there can be no doubt that the
sxecutors are within their legal powers
lud perhiiA^> their legal duties in order
ing Mrs. .Feiton ana cnuaren 01 mat
lady's son to find another place of abode
:>n five days' notice, neither can there be
any doubt that in consideration of the
tragic relations of the late Colonel Pelton
to Mr. Tilden (which are public and
notorious) such a collision is one greatly
to be deplored and should have been
avoided if possible.
The truth is, that Mr. Tilden's will
vvas the crowning example of a procrastination
which always perplexed and often
alienated his associates, both in business
and in politics. He possessed a mind of
extraordinary ingenuity, capable of profound
thought and intricate plotting,
but sadly lacking in executive determination
at critical moments for aciion.
He planned a beneficient disposal of the
bulk of his great property for public
uses, but never was resolute enough to
put the plan himself into operation, and
died shifting it to the discretion of three
gentlemen, whom he took especial pains
to fortify against own kindred, but took
no pains to constrain to carry out ius
purpose at any definite time or in any
definite way.
The subject is a fair one for public
comment and criticism, in consideration
of those uses declared in the will in
which the public has a distinct interest
to the amount of several million dollars,
although there may be may be no legal
means of enforcing that interest. It
adds another to the innumerable warnings
to men of great property and
benevolent intentions to do their good
works "while it is yet day" and they can
themselves supervise the execution of
their projects.?N. Y. Herald.
Home Politeness.
A boy who is polite to his father and
mother is likely to be polite to every one
else. A boy lacking politeness to his
parents may have the semblance of
courtesy in society, but is never truly
polite in spirit, and is in danger, as he
becomes familiar, of betraying his real
want of courtesy. We are all in danger
of living too much for the outside world
for the i agression which we make in
society, coveting the good opinions of
those who are in it sense a part of ourselves,
and who will continue to sustain
and be interested in us, notwithstanding
these defects of the deportment and
character. We say to every boy and to
every girl, cultivate the habits of courtesy
and propriety at home?in the sitting
room and in the kitchen?and you
will be sure in other places to deport
yourself in a becoming and attractive
manner. When one has a pleasant smile
and a graceful demeanor, it is a satisfaction
to know these are not put on, but
that thev belong to the character, and
are manifest at all times and under all
circumstances.
Instead of "Much obliged," "Thanks,"
or "Thanks awfully much/' the Anglodudes
about town now say "Beholden," or
"Very much beholden to you." It's the
i latest, and quite catching.
FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN.
MATTERS OF LIVELY iXTEREisT TO THE
FAIR <?EX.
Xoveliles !n Hat*, nnd Odd Yet Becoming Bonnets?Something
Xew in Skirling, Etc.
Xew goods for early fall "wear continue
to be displayed daily and present
a number of novel fabrics, some of which
are as brilliant in color shadings as the
richest tints seen in the autumnal foliage.
In all wool fabrics many quiet tones are
shown, varying with stripes with dashes
of color. In Paris plaids and checks
promise to be the Litest choice to combine
with plain materials, but here
stripes appear to be the most popular.
One striking feature in the fall modes is
the extreme "mannishness" displayed in
the styles. This is not altogether new,
but this season promises to be carried to
a greater extreme than ever before. The
question of becomingness to the wearer
is not considered. Fashion is so potent
that there is rarely any discrimination
exercised in the choiee of what to wear.
However, if the style is antagonistic to a
refined and conservative taste, it is a
trifle modified if countenanced.
An admixture of tints is to be decidedly
fasliionable this coming season. By
slow degrees the universal adoption of
black and dark tones is being given up,
which has made so many social gatherings
of Lite years so gloomy of aspect.
Excellent coloring is displayed in coarse
interpleated basket cloths?black, white,
red and brown intermixed?and in the
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Aicxaiiura cioms wuu uuucie snipes?
red, yellow, blue and red, flecked. Other
woolens are in plain colors and also with
tufted stripes, which, placed horizontally
and perpendicularly, form a check.
Then there are cloths with spots between
the stripes. Plain material comes in the
same shade to combine with these in
costumes. Zebra clcth is solid, plain ;
and striped in such mixtures as gray and
blue, blue-brown and green. Parisian
fashions have always a certain following,
so some tweeds have been brought out
with large plaids of blue, brown and
red.
Serge, which has hitherto been con- '
sidered a plain material, is now advanced
to a decorative fabric, with broad velvet
and chenille stripes. A very beautiful
cloth displayed is of a petunia shade,
with a very broad stripe, quite a quarter 1
rif a vsml across, in nlain and fancv frize
velvet, showing convolvuluses in shades
of petunia (a red purple) with leaves
twining around stripes of a dark and
light tone. Tliis material is very costly,
and only appropriate for a handsome
carriage of visiting toilette. ,
WHAT'S XETW IN" SKIRTIKCt.
(
It is always difficult to find anything
new in skirting, but the winter petticoats
will be remarkable for their brilliant
coloring. The perpendicular stripes are
two inches wide, in red, yellow, black,
whitpt ami gray. ihotrc have a
line of herring-bone' weaving beside each
stripe in yellow. Most luxurious are the
cardinal satin petticoats, lined with flannel,
with a very little eiderdown between .
the two thicknesses. These are ex- ]
quisitely quilted in line diamonds with a i
handsome border, the edge finished by a
pleating of satin.
Pure woolen fabrics in shades of leath- j
er and biscuit, with tiny specks in a j
darker color, form some of the prettiest .
demi-salson cost unies; the skirt is pleated
in rather wide box pleuts, each one orna- ;
mented at the edge with an applique em- !
broidered design of Indian or Persian .
character. The costume is completed by j
a fnniV mi/I nr hv a nolonaise
fastened diagonally from the left slioul- :
der under a band of applique embroide- .
xy, continued round the right side, which ,
is draped like a rounded panier. The !
left side forms a long tunic draped with .
pleats under the embroidered band '
edging the right side, and falling in a
long point a little to the left of the
centre, and draped again far back on the
left hip under a bow of wide ribbon.
The back breadths form a pleated and
puffed drapery, bordered down the sides
and round the edge with an embroidered
applique bind.
Many novelties are daily appearing in
millinery, each new bonnet or hat being
more eccentric than its predecessors, for
odd styles are certainly the most popular
at present. The latest Parisian novelty
is the "pine cone" hat, in perfect imitation
of a gigantic fir cone. This hat is
always trimmed with ostrich plumes or
4-nllr* r\r fli/* ]>nn rvf flm rvmAC ATon V nf
t/U.JO.1/ V/j. bi-Xl/ UUV v/i WJ-LV/ W-.
the prettiest bonnets are composed of
crepe; even tliose intended for the winter
season are composed of this fragile
material. Of course they have an inner
lining of thin silk and will be reserved
more especially for evening, aiternoon
teas and reception wear.
RED THE FAVORITE COLOR.
pLprl is a favorite color for evervthiner.
It lias been popular in Paris for the past
six months and now promises to be
equally fashionable here. It requires
time for Americans to become accustomed
to decided novelties, but when
they do the extreme of using colors
promiscuously is generally adopted and
this will likely prove the case with the
bright color that is popular; beautiful
and stylish as it is if worn with discretion.
A red bonnet, made of crepe, has
a flaring brim standing up well above
the face, with a wreath of poppies beneath
it. The trimming upon the outside
consists of a ladder up one side made
of pearl-edged ribbon.
Chenille is applied in various ways.
Many wire bonnets are covered with
chenille of different colorings, twisted in
and out, the fronts pointed, the backs
turned back. 'Astrachan bonnets are
new and -will be in demand?not made
of fur, but of imitation woolen Astracliau
in all colorings. These all have the
plain turn-back coronet. The great
novelty of the moment is that bonnets
are made of two colors. For example, a
red crown, with blue sides and the
turned-back coronet blue. The colorings
in this kind of bonnet are principally
brown and giecn, brown and red,
Kwv?.-?-, r, A Viaisva TT/wcoclmo cmilrPTl
lUl/WJU 44.11.14.
crowns are. as far as can be seen at present,
likely style of the coming season.
The ribbon is folded and crossed over
this crown, coming forward to form the
strings. Many of the new felt hats have
high-pointed or square crowns bound
with velvet, a bow tied in the front.
A NOVEL BONNET.
A novel bonnet is made of gray velvet,
of the shade resembling an eleph&nt's
fur; the crown is covered with
silver braid, gradually shading off to the
same coloring as the velvet; the front
stands up very high, and_ is* decorated
with a large bunch of pink azaleas,
strings of tulle tlie same shade cs the
flowers.
A stylish bonnet is made of black
beaded tulle, with very high coronet;
in front a high bow of red velvet, with a
large bunch of red and black cherries
J
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and foliage falling over it; beaded tulle
strings, fastened with a handsome jet pin.
Steel, gold and black beads are fashionable
in fringes as well as embroidery;
gold beads especially are in favor for
dresses and small vestments. One of
these, of gray cloth, has the collar covered
with a fringe of fine gold beads,
and the whole of the plastron is covered
with gold-bead fringe. Bead embroidery
is used for everything, the plain and
colored beads both being used, the effect
m many and in fact most eases oeiug
gorgeous. Passementerie corselets arei
to be a feature of the coming season;
these are exquisitely beautiful, and correspondingly
extravagant in price, llibbons
form 'an important part in trimming;
bows are used upon everything,
and an entire trimming six inches wide
is made to edge evening and dinner costumes,
formed of very narrow ribbon,
like a bobbin, loop upon loop, making a
thick mass. Rosettes arc made of the
same ribbon, to correspond.
VKESS TEmiiTS'GS.
Bands of' etaminc, embroidered in
cross-stitch with silk, are employed in
trimming matinee and morning dresses
made of surah and foulard; revcrs collars
and cults are embroidered t-.? correspond
with the bands and form a very
p. ctty trimming. Lace of all kinds is
extensively fcscd for trimming. Lace
embroidered'with gold bullion is very
elegant to trim dinner and evening
dresses of black lace, silk or satin. Velvets
for trimming are strewn with tiny
flowers in bright colors.
Galloons and braids of all kinds are
the most fashionable trimmings. They
arc plain or neaviiy beaded. Complete
sets of the beaded ornaments are made
to correspond for trimming panels, vest,
cuffs and collar. Tlie weight of some of
these, if elaborate, is truly appalling.
Natural fir cones, very small, are introduced
as pendants on jet galloon; gold
is also used with jet. It, however, must
be of the very finest quality, or it has a
common, tawdry appearance. Fringes
of silver-gray seeds mixed with steel
beads and ornaments to correspond are
shown to use upon gray wraps. These :
are new, stylish and very expensive. '
La%c steel, gold or jet balls are worn on
the ends of ribbon bows.
Suede gloves still continue fashionable.
When will glace kid gloves return
IU itivui; uuvu'j 10 lux uivuuing
wear, but certainly ghee kid looks
better for dressy costumes and evening *
wear; but fashion is a stem autocrat and '
must be obeyed, so ro change is yet to :
be made. The tan color of the kid is |
yet the first choice, but black aud vari- j!
ous shades, matching the costume with .
whicli it is to be worn, are shown for ;
those who prefer a match to a contrast. '
Four-button gloves are the length most '
used for general wear. For evening the .
Length of the gloves and number of but
tuns is regulated by the purse of the
owner. There is a slight disposition to '
use some of the pale tints so long discarded,
as well as the tan shades. Stitching
black and colors is seen on many of
the new glovei. '
JUDGE POlivAD A.\l) THE DRIXKS.
Senator Mffl" /> S?l?tnStc, fmrttocif4
fled It in Time.
(National Ropublican)
No member of Congress of recent
years was better known to the galleries
tban Judge Poland, of Vermont. The
blue press coat with brass buttons which ;
lie wore made him conspicuous among ;
Lis colleagues. He is above the average
stature; his features arc as clear cut as a
cameo, with an expression of severity ;
chat m:iks his humor and good nature. ,
His general appearance, dignified bearing
and correct manners convey the idea
that he is one of the most straitlaced of :
aien. Senator Blackburn tells a good
story that illustrates the manner of man :
Judge Poland is. Poland and Black- ;
bum were members of the House during
the Forty-eighth Congress. One day
seme friends of Blackburn while 011 the
way to the Congressional to obtain liquid
refreshment met the Kentucky member
as he was passing across the hall of the !
House, and invited him to join them.
"Wait a minute," said Blackburn, "un- |
til I speak to_Judge Poland, and I will 1
join you." "Jtirmg the .Judge witn you,"
said one of the party. "Judge Poland
never drinks," ,caid Blackburn. At this
some of his friends laughed, and one replied,
"You don't know the man; ask '
him to join us." Blackburn repaired to
Poland's seat, transacted his business
and then invited him to join the party.
Poland accepted, much to the surprise | and
gratification of Blackburn, and as
they were proceeding to join the party :
who had preceded them, Blackburn informed
the Judge of the conversation
here related. Poland, without changing
his countenance, said: "I don't know
wny you snoiuu. enieruun sucu uu opinion
of mc, and yet I am not surprised,
as many men have heretofore acted upon
the same belief, and in consequence of
this erroneous belief I have' lost many
good drinks in my time." From that
time forward Poland never missed a
drink when Blackburn and he were
where drinks could be obtained.
^ Bji
Religious Madne** and Murder,
A painful case of religious madness
analogous to one that happened las:; year
near Melbourne has just taken place in
in the Hautes Alpes, near Brianeon.
Two sisters, named Marie and Catherine
Olaguer, aged respectively -A7 an:l 45,
? * > * i - - A j- ? ~ I:JL
uvea mere on me Kindest terms ou u jultle
property wliicla they had inherited.
They had also a sum of 40,000f;, which
was well invested. They were both
noted for their piety, and had a profound
belief in miracles and the supernatural.
Last Monday morning Catherine told
Marie that she had had a vision in the
night in which God appeared to her and
demanded a proof of her obedience in
sacrificing her sister. Marie lent herself
to this idea, which did not appear to her
at all strange. So after devoutly hearing
mass on Tuesday morning she came
"* i - 1 1 i? "J- ^ ^
norae 10 prepare xierseu iu ue u auuimut;.
Catherine got a sharp razor and cut with
it into each of tlie arms in front of the
elbow and into the instep of each foot.
The victim kept repeating, "Jesus,
Marie, my hope, my Saviour!" Catherine
thencollectcd the blood to dry* it
and keep it as a relic. Y\"hen Marie was
lifeless her sister dressed the corpse in
white and went with the will of the defunct
to a notary, to whom she related
what she had done. She also said that in
obedience to God's command she had
burned all the debentures and scrip belonging
to her sister. The number of
these had been, however, given to the
notary by Marie. Catherine has been
arrested, and will be subjected to an examination
by doctors who make lunacy
a special study.?Paris Dispatch to the
London Daily News.
Here is an old proverb set in a new dross.
It is a fashion these days to adopt a modern
method of expression and here is one of
the best examples of it we have seen:
"When the Prince of Evil was in ill
health he vehemently desired to be a holy
friur; but upon convalescence he w:is heard
to remark that his pious aspirations had
fallen into inocuous desuetude."
CIRE? Or A TIIOl'ssAXD ILLS.
j I'll" Ha!:, the Dumi; and the D.-af Walk, Talk
and Hear.
A long line of people in their second
childhood and many colored folks filed
through the cemetery at Greenville, N.
J., yesterday to the "faith cure" camp
meeting. The lame, the deaf and the
blind, chronic paralytics and promiscu/-mc
fnvnliily in crrntpsrinp
procession. The invalids were blithe,
the paralytics capered nimbly along, gay
enough to dance on the graves, the deaf
thought that they'could hear the crickets,
the blind that they could see, and some
of the more enthusiastic negroes imagined
that they could fly. Even' one in
the procession believed in miracles. All
had come from various towns in Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New York and
New Jersey, and some had traveled nearly
500 miles.
The camp meeting was held in the
oromtrls of flir- "VnnTit 7inn Krvnr'tamrv "
an .ordinary, two-storv house, whose
ontor walls ace painted with scriptural
quotations and sentences'bearing on the
"faiili cure." It is claimcd by tlie "faitli
cure" people that a woman of the name
of Antoinette Jackson had a direct revelation
from God, and that she is the only
person in modern times and since the
r-TnlwATV ivrrvnli/vfc tt*1 >n Trie nr/ir in
communication with the Creator.
About 500 people were crowded in the
tent yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Antoinette
Jackson, a very healthy looking 1
woman, opened the devotions by saying ]
that she had once had curvature of the 1
spine and neuralgia of the brain. She 3
had been healed by faith, which also ]
cured her of a desire to go to the opera.
She said that she had given herself whol- 3
ly to ti.e Lord, and it didn't make any 1
difference to her now whether she had a *
new bonnet or not. At this reference a 3
colored man in the camp meeting cried: (
' 'Praise the Lord." J
"Banjo Bill" arose and declared that 1
his entire family had been healed by the 1
faith cure. One child that had been 1
helpless with spinal disease for thirteen (
years had been annointed and was now *
auic to s:up tne rope. Anotner nau oeen J
cured of pneumonia and a tliird of ?
malaria of four years' standing. As for (
himself, lie had been cured of a desire (
for strong drink of eighteen years' stand- 1
Lng and of a desire for tobacco which had ?
run for thirty years. ?
.-i miuiue-agea man said tnat taim naa 1
cured liim ox placing pool. He used to *
drink half a gallon of whiskey a day, T
aiid Iiad never opened the covers of a 2
L>ible until he was 37 years old. A col- 1
ored man got up and said that he had *
ijeen curt*! of chicken stealing and of 1
i.anging around watermelon patches. 1
Since he had been healed by the "faith s
cure" no turkeys had ever got tangle>
up in his clothes, and he had never lost 1
his way and run into a smoke house. (
Another colored man testified that he
couldn't hear a fog horn until he came *
Lo the camp meeting. He had wrestled *
with the lumbago for years, and came to 1
cue nrst meeting fuli ox doubt and cov- 1
ered with posters. Now lie no longer <
needed any plasters and the lumbago ?
bad gone off. A fat and jolly woman
who would probably weigh 300 pounds, 3
qot up and said that she used to be so 1
fat she couidn t walk. I'uttiug Iter trust J
in the "faith cure" she asked the Lord c
to take away some of her fat. Since that ?
time she had lost thirty-five pounds. ?
"Haven't we a right to jump and hoi- *
Ler.J said she, bounding up trom the floor;
"if we didn't tell the way we feel ?
we'd bust asunder." I
A woman lieutenant of the Salvation Army
said that she had ruptured a lung 1
while speaking at an open air meeting. ^
That lung had been wholly healc-d by a
the "faith cure," and she could now
shout as well as when she was a sergeant. *
Many devout people testified in a simple ^
and sincere way that had been cured of T
jrave bodily ills by the faith cure, and 3
-i ~t j. 1.1.r~: .1- J ,1
pointer to LiLfir 1 lieuus uuu miiuicu
present who Lad been unable to walk j
iinul they had been healed through a
faith. i
Xo collection was taken up, but most \
Df those present dropped coins into a c
box at the door. "Kev." M. D. Han- c
cox, an unordained preacher, who pre- 1
sided over the camp meeting, invited all ^
present to join his new "church of the 1
first !>om" and to leave the Babylon of 3
the modern churches, if the latter would t
not allow them to belong to the two 1
churches at the same time. ?
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\ Pnnr iMtrnipr'^ 1
Speaking of Kentucky elections some (
curious stories come to me in regard to ^
the Hon. William Preston Taulbee, a j
member of the House who represents the .
m/\i ?* * . nnriArit! /"Ir*
ILIX i-io V/X vlv
scribed in Charles Egbert Craddock's (
novels. Taulbce is a long, lank, cadaverous,
smooth-faced, sallow-complexion- ,
cd man. thirty-live years of age. He has ^
black eyes, dark, hair, and sort of a t
frontier air about him. He is a man of *
some ability, and the Congressional Directory
says that he prepared himself
for Congress by studying for the minis- }
try three years and for the law three. He j
lias John *D. White's old district, and 1
whereas it is an open secret that White i
used to buy his district, Taulbee was '
UlCCl^U ijn LilC ^iUlUiUd tULUO UCJ v?4U) O*
poor boy and a man of the people. It is ;
said that he made his poverty his plea r
for election on the stump, and that ^
among the favorite sentences of his ^
stump speeches to the mountaineers were
such as the following: "I would have ;
the people of these mountains show the '
world that a poor boy can go to Con- J
gress. X would have the nobility of ,
France know it. I would let the Queen :
of England know it. Aye! I would let
the monarchs of the world know that ,
down here in Kentucky one man is as
good as another, and that a poor farm- ]
er's boy can be elected to one of the i
highest oilices in the land." A good deal "
of the electioneering in the Kentucky |
mountains is done by talking at the
crossroads and private conversations.
T?nto<"iv,-> T-m ]h,-r> it is said, nnvw
allowed an opportunity to pass of making
a vote or of impressing liL= constituents
with the simplicity of his nature
and habit.?Washington Letter to the
Cleveland Leader.
The Sew KcpofJrr Jvjuai to Hii Ta?k.
A frightful oath exploded upon the
still, pure air of the editorial rooms. The
managing editor opened his door, stuck
his head in and inquired with interest:
"\\*ho was that cussed just now?"
civ " eni/I tlia v/mn<T mjnHftmnn
T r V,U. Oli-J JV/vuijj
most recently added to the stall', "I'm
soil}' to say that i did."
' IV:: did," cried tiie managing editor,
reselling out his hand. "Shake, young
man. I was doing you an injustice. I
feared your university training
had afieoted you incurably -with prejudices
of a gentleman. You will make a
journalist, sir. Tim!" shouted the great
mail. an:l the city editor came hurrying
j in. ''Tim, young White lias sworn."
"Weleorr o!" was the only word uttered
by the city editor, as with illumined
eounteniince lie stretched forth both
hands tc- the overpowered neophyte from
Berkeley.?San Francisco Post.
A mar may have no car for music, yet
have a n:.iad to play.
PICTURES OF STRANGE LANDS.
WHAT THE TRAVELER .-EES IX THE
HEART OF RUSSIA.
The Gilded Towers, Gorgeous Churches ond
Splendid Jralacea or Moscow.
(Letter to the Eavenport Democrat.)
The other sights consist of churches,
palaces, and treasured things -within the
Kremlin. This is the old time fort?
called stoutly about. This was in early i
days the entire city. Here were the
palaces, churches, the troops and arsenal
?the heart of Russia. Here lived the
czars, the priests, the generals, the soldiers.
Here within the church was all
the treasure kept?an old-time oriental
custom of the pagan age; here, too, were
people judged and executions held?here
the heart and central strength of Russia.
As the city grew more walls were added,
but the old Kremlin walls were kept intact;
and now, as you enter there through
the holy gate, beneath the emblems of
the church, you must remove your hat?
so does the emperor?so all his subjects
?all who visit here.
The palace here is very grand?has
many rooms and lofty halls aglow with
polish, glass and gold. To take you
through these halls, and rooms, and corridors
would be to travel for miles and
oiiles and write for months and months.
Ihey cover many acres?filled with
Fnrnifnrp rvrirl /?nrir>ns rliinorc* xirfth lipds
md bedding?costly, inlaid floors,
irabesques and gilded work?with carvings,
tiles, armorial shields; great stables,
jarriages and luxurious outfits of all sorts;
i winter garden far above the street luxlriant
in palm and vine, exuberant tropic
plants?aglow with tropic heat here in
his frozen realm?a playroom for the
lueen, who comes not often here?all
hds for the imperial home, but very
rarely occupied. The treasury is very
spacious?very rich in richest gems, in
:rownsand scepters, hilts and jeweled
slothes that here are gathered up to
nake a museum for folks to come and
>ee. A czar is crowned?his crown and
icepter, all his costliest things and gems
ind lodgment here. Even the coronaion
clothes of Mr. and Mrs. Czar are
vorn no more, but hung up here to look
it all the ages. Here in this regal show
nany a costly coach and sledge, built
;or the coronation pageant?to be used
10 more?no end of costliest luxury of
vhich you tire very soon and wish for
'ometking good and plain.
Here in the Kremlin churches lie the
oyal bones of all the czars and wives
lown to Great Peter's day?here stored
iway in great stone coffins cumber the
ioor, o'ercast with purple velvets
rimmed with golden cuffs, fenced up
,vith gilded posts and rails, waiting in
:oyal state amidst the masses of the
shurch, among the rehcs of the shrines',
imong the pictures of the saints?the
laily ceremonials?waiting in state the
udgment day. Most people have ceased
:o bury human beings in the public
shrines, but here they do jnst as wa?
lone in the days of yore. These inon- '
irchs are the Greek church popes? .
igents of Heaven upon the earth to do !
iie will of God. Their word is absolute
?have in their hands to make or break '
it will; have in their hands the fullest 1
)Ower, comingto them as a divine right,
ton don't believe in such things?not of
jresent kings?its not your interest to.
iVe can believe that Saul and Solomon
md such old-time barbaric Jewish kings
vere really called of God to rule and
lave no end of power and gold and
rives, but -we have to draw the line someriiere,
and draw it before we come to
Russian days.
The churches here are miracles of .
ewelers' art. The domes without, the :
Itars, shrines and tombs within, abound ;
n beaten gold?gold wrought in count- !
ess shapes?gold counted by the hun- .
Ired pounds?up over the dome and unler
domes of tins Saint Savior's church,
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)uiit Here m way 01 tnamis tu u-uu ior
ictory in 1312 over the troops of
Trance, greets you from miles away as
rou approach this Moscow town, i'irst
hing of all you see in the bright sunight
coming across the plain is this
harp glint and gleam?a costly diadem
juspended in the air?refulgent corona.
kVliat makes it so? You see no gleam
ike this from the gilded State House
lome of Iowa, only a dullish glare. But
his is different. The State House dome
s gilded very thin and plain. These
lomes we see?you may stand upon the
owest and count them by the score?are
>f thick plates, and burnished till it
jleams like finest polished jewelry, dazzling
your eyes. This outdoor golden
vealth is here prodigious. To gild San
savior's dome took half a ton of purest
jold.
The whole church is a gleaming glory
)f polished granite, marbles, costly
nalachite and lapis luzuli; masses of
inest porpJiyry, sucn as is used 111 iionan
cliurclies only sparingly; masses of
Finnish granite; columns of Siberian
rerde antique, black marbles of the hnest
jrain, liglit violet and gold line grays,
.vitli altar work of pure Carrara white.
Ihese regal stones mount arch on arch,
:he columns, walls, the arches, piers and
ioors atiash with polishing. The ?>ious
pictures of the Almighty Savior, saints
md sacred scenes of heaven and earth
ire works of hands most skilled?you
nove about mid golden bronze and silver
things, midst gems and ail in earth
nost choice and rare?all stone and
metal, not a piece of wood in all the
-?-?r\? lorrrn lil-A rrroif
UJLi\ Javt ? wvw ?
jliurcli in Home?only a pendant you
nay say, yet costing twenty millions?
:he" finest gem in all this land of costly
shrines; the finest in the world, they
*y- _
Killed by the Earthquake.
Mr. G. B. Newcomb, an employee of the
Northeastern Railroad Company, reports
Lhat the foliage on many of the trees in the
neighborhood of Ten-mile Hill lias been
killed by the water which spouted up from
the sand craters on the" night of the earthquake-.
lie examined the country immediately
east of the railroad track last Saturday
for a distance of about a half mile,
and found it badly torn up by fissures.
One of the rents seem to extend across the
whole area, being four feet wide in someplaces
and marked at intervals by holes
from which water had evidently spouted.
The foliage on many of the young pinetrees
in the neighborhood had been wilted
? J i.Ill?
UL1U U-IIIUU im lilt Iiait.1.
Twelve Hours With a Salmon.
The papers describe the feat of Maj.
Hill, who, having hooked a Salmon while
fiisliing in the Wye, stuck to it for 12
hours, and then incontinently lost it, as
unprecedented." This is wrong, for two
years ago an angler who was fishing for I
i rout in the River Doon hooked a salmon at
11 in the morning and did not succeed in
landing it until a" few minutes of midnight,
llis "record'' is quite as good as Maj.
Hill's in point of time, and he did not lose
his fish, to say nothing of the fact that he
had only a small trout hook.?London
Truth.
Ill mrnna
WHAT THE KIKLIX DID.
Warm Springs, X. C., September 22.?
Sitting on the broad viazza of the hotel
here, away from the promenaders, I listened
last night to a passionate, earnest
justification of kuMtmsm in Louisiana
and other Southern States. The story
of wrong and outrages, the violation,
ruthless and rough, of all that men hold
most dear and sacred, as it came pouring
in burniner words from the lips of one of
New Orleans' most eloquent divines, was
in striking contrast to the perfect peace
that wrapped the valley in deep silence.
The moon was sliming with a brilliancy .
seen only in Southern climes, and the
clearly defined mountains were patched
with alternate light and shadow as the
clouds drifted by. The conversation had
drifted on Southern topics, and as the
preacher, whose faith is a firm belief in
the fatherhood of God and the brother
nood ox man, warmed with ids subject
his physical ills for the time were forgotten'
and the mentality that has stirred
many a congregation with its fire burned
and glowed like molten iron. "Was
kukluxism justifiable?" lie said, in answer
to a question. "Yes, sir, and if the doctrine
that "the end justifies the means'
was ever correct, it was during the reign
of terrorism in the Southern States when
kukluxism was rampant. Remember,
sir, that at the close of the war and dur- "
inn- rtr-rinfl flip xrhitft
men in tiie Scutli were disarmed, and it
was penal offense for them to have firearms
in their homes. The negroes, however,
were armed; our streets and highways
were patrolled by negr^ soldiery,
who were but a set of barbarians and
savages, worse than are the savages today
in the interior of Africa. It got so
that a white woman dare not cross the *
threshold of her house lest she be as
saulted by one of these brutes, while
white meu had to abandon the roads to
the negroes and make their across the
field as best they might. To appeal to
the law was useless, for the judges were
carpetbaggers and sustained the negroes.
"It was this state of affairs, when we
saw our civilization, and all the rights
and privileges of society being swept
away, and our dear ones exposed to a
fate'worse than death, that gave birth to
kukluxism. . Self-preservation is a funmental
law, and recognizing that naught
but heroic measures would quell the .
^ > i_t? LX1V_- nuiw V?UJ.OUAJ VI"
ganized, and in armed bodies began the
redress of tbe wrongs from which they
were suffering. Do not imagine that the
kuklux were reeuited from the criminal
classes. Such I know is the prevalent
Northern idea, but it is absolutely false.
The members of the K. K. K. were gentlemen
of fine education, struggling
manfully to retain and sustain their manhood,
and give to their children as a ?
heritage of the war a higher civilization
than Dcrha-os they themselves load en
joyed! In many instances that was the
only legacy they had to give, for all else
had been swept away in the storm of
shot and shell #tat had for four years
been sweeping over the land."
"How did the bands work?"
"Negroes, like sheep, require a leadear,
and the bands quietly noted the ^
leaders and where they lived. At nights
they visited their cabins, and called the -j
moii ont. The most brutal were either
shot orliimg;'othersthoroTigMy-wiHgped - ?
and ordered to leave the country. In
this way a reign of terror was created
among the negroes, and the white men
gained control. Why, sir, even the
Federal troops that were sent down to
suppress kukluxism refused in many in
stances to mtercere, ana ixj. some cases
actually aided. They knew that it was
not a condition of crime and anarchy,
but a necessity bom of negro insolence
and intolerance."
"What about the Ford-Murphy murder
in New Orleans'?"
"New Orleans is and has been since
the days of Warmouth cursed by ring
rule. The spectacle of a judge adjourning
his court and deliberately going out
and shooting a man to death as one
would a wild beast was simply disgraceful,
and is a blot on the fair fame of the
Queen City that will not soon be effaced.
The ring did all in its power to save the
murderers, and perhaps would have succeeded
had it not been for the efforts of
the Bev. E. A. Holland, of Trinity
Church. He not only published letter
after letter in the Picayune, demanding
their punishment, but also publicly and
from iiis pulpit demanded their execui?
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uon. juis me was iretju.eij.uy uireiiteneu.
by members of the ring, but lie persevered
and won. Had tliose men been
pardoned they would have been lynched
within twenty-four hours. So determined
were the members of Trinity parish, the
wealthiest in New Orleans, to rid the
city of the scourge, that 100 of them
organized secretly for the purpose of
lynching the murderers. Among the
members of this band were 'numbered
some of the most respected citizens of
New Orleans, and their counsel was their
pastor. In many respects the Rev. E.
A. Holland is a remarkable man. He is
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a JYeniucJiiixi uy uirui, <uliu. aiuiougu. oi
small physique, is all pluck, and does
uot hesitate to raise his voice in denun- ,
ciation of wrong-doing and in favor of a
higher civilization, i'roru his pulpit he
fought the traud in the exposition management,
a: id alone was the means of
stoijping the bull fighting on the exposition
grounds* You may know how devoted
he is to principle when I tell you
the mea ho fought in the exposition
were anions; the wealthiest members of
his church." He is strongly intellectual, ?
and has mo st pronounced views, which
he never hesitates to express.
Special Agent Sloan's Observations.
Mr. Sloan took a trip up the Ashley
river yesterday, going as far as Lamb's, oa
tie South Carolina railway, and thence up
the cast bank of the river on horseback.
Mr. Sloan reports that most of the old
uiuiiciuua uiivi jjiaico uy in<j iivci
have been destroyed. "Middle-ton Hall" is
badly injured, while Dr. 'Baker's handsome
old English house ana the Cohen place are *
hopeless wrtcks. At the- Cohen place an
old pump which had been buried in a well
for years was forced (our feet three inches
above the surface of the ground. . ?J
Mr. Sloan also discovered, between
Lamb's and Ten Mile Hill, a la -ge hole in
which several small pine tree, have been
engulfed. The hole is thirty-one feet long
at its longest point and twen'.y feet broad.
When lirst discovered if io .sad to have
lx.cn about lifteen feet in depth. It has
since tilled up with soft, oozy mud, and is
now only about live feet de p.
Mr. Sloan left for Augusta last n? .lit,
having recc ved orders from Washington
tn ewimine the count rv between Anmisfn
and Columbia iu order to ascertain whether*
there have bx-n any changes there in the
marginal iine of the geographical formation
upon which they have been operating,
lie will be absent several days, and upon
his return will finish taking observations of
the earthquake phenomena in and around
the city.?JYeics arul Courier.
IIow many cliiiureu are spoiled by discouragcment
' Parents grumble and chide "i
the livelong da}-, and never praise. It is J
wrong. Nothing will so effectually crush
a child's, ambition to be good and noble.
The sweet approbatio 1 of a good mother s
enough to make a young man face tire an^ i
death in a worthy causcT
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