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[ VOL. XLIII. " " WINNSBORO, S. C., ^WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887. NO, 52. |
I
P' A WAR STORY'S SEQUEL
> THE TALE OF A BRAVE YOUNG OFFICEK
AS1> HOW HE ESCAPED.
Ipjjlk CeiMral Brasg Orders Uim to l>e Shot Be- j
cause He is Too Sick to Work?Unflinclt-1
W isjgly He Gazes Into the Muskets ami is
p Miveu oy H JL.Icu'^uaui..
The Americas, Ga., Recorder publishL
- es a story illustrative of General Bragg's :
jSpqT v cruelty. The scene of this cruelty was
W Cornith, Miss., and the time during the '
retreat from Shiloh. Bragg was person- i
^ ally superintending the loading of the !
, cars. He had a great buriy fellow
cursing the men "and inciting them to j
greater activity. A young soldier notj
* ever 20, tali and handsome, though pale ;
? and delicate, "passed up the piatrorm I
0 lc3s iiig for the cars in which the sick I
v ; to be transported. He was evident-;
ilL The burly fellow haiied him, j
oiY?ered Mm to fall in and help heave |
; the goods into tie cars. The soldier replied
that he was too ill to work; had he
k been able he would have been with his
^ regiment. The big fellow called the
feflB general's attention to this insubordinallljr
tion, and general Bragg ordered the
l?g ,young man to go to work. He repeated
the answer he had given the man in
charge of the squad.
|i|l| The general's eye seemed to Hash fire
as he exclaimed:
H "What! You dare to disobey my
orders?"
r"I do," calmly replied the young man.
The general called a lieutenant ox a
Louisiana company of regulars doing
gua^d duty, and said:
"Take sis ot j our company and carry j
tnis man to that grove and shoot him." j
.The^ieutenant called his men, but be- j
fore going to the grove General Bragg J
toot, nim aside and talked for a moment, j
' ^ The'recaicitrant soldier vras then taken j
rto the grove and placed upon a stool j
vith his back to a tree. He refused to [
r De vnctuuiueu, i>ut ivuix ujo. nirt.u. .
L chain and ring, wrote a name on a piece j
of paper and handed it all to the lieutei:-1
'-r ant, asking that the jewelry be sent to
HI the address given."
B "Xow I am ready," he said.
The muskets were leveled. The young
man looked at their muzzles as calmly as
K though he was being photographed.
f After a moment the lieutenant ordered
"Iieeoverarms." He rushed upon the;
[ young soldier, complimented him upon
his bravery, returned his jewelry, and
" ordered him to go.
. "Where is the boy?" General Bragg
asked of the lieutenant a few minutes i
|" later. 6
"frnne." was the ret)lv. and the storv i
of the young man's behavior "?as told.
The general had search made for him,
ft saying; "I'll promote him." The soldier
F vas not found.
And there the Eeccrder story came to
L an end. It leaves one in as nijsatisfac-1
a, tory state as one of Frank Stockton's |
Sj&k stories. What became of the soldier? I
"r^* "> - 1-- -- ~ T Ji-lO 1,' j
JL/ld XI? CiltJ HI ci jyiu u.t, t,v .become
food for powder?
H f A Post-Dispatch reporter discovered j
F ?be sequel this rooming; heard the inci-1
K, young soldier's own lips. ^
"Yes," admitted Dr. .Charles Garcia, i
I "I was fhe young soldier." He was siti
ting in his Office at 1231 Chouteau avef
xiue, .resting after an all-night battle Tilth
an oi&treperous patient "I closed the
L bock of the war years ago. It contains
sonrnch that is unpleasant and bitter
f that 2 have Seldom cared to open it.
. - Sometimes when I read reminiscences in
in the papers I grow in cerested in them.
ri re&ci Uie. xvecoraer sivzy. jll is i]uut: j
correct as to the features oi the inci-j
dent." "Won't
you tell the story again?''
"I was a member of the Beauregard
jBrKifleS of the Crescent llegiment from
New Orleans. After Shiloh the Confed- .
erate army retreated to Comith, and beK
ing- attacked there made a demonstration,
under the cover of which the re|
treat was made to Tupelo. At Cornith
A I vras taken ill with camp fever. I could
not find a surgeon, for everything was
' - T -*r 1 i. il.. i
tin CClMUSlon, aua SO i iu iiJLe ll&au,
wher. I expected to find a surgeon and
""" get .asportation. I felt that I was, not
v . o 'walk to Tupelo -with my regint.
I was stopped as described and
.aken to the woods to be shot."
"What were your sensations while
\ waiting for the command oi 'Fire?' "
"I cannot hardly tell. A man "erho
lias been in danger before will on such
an occasion resign himself to *ns fate. A
numbness comes over him and he does j
not much care if his last moment comes !
then. I had been in dangerous places
"Ua^/wa T V?o/3 Vuior> ir> SIVnirih ?nr? Af.}>pr I
V JL J-fcMT-4. fcSXsWufc* A?. ? vv-^Mr
actions. I resigned myself."
"Did ;/ou doubt you had-been taken
I ' out to be shot?"
"I had not the least doubt in the
HHhfe world that I was standing there to bo
1& killed. As the muskets looked at me I
took what I thought was my last breath.
When the lieutenant ordered the men to
'recover arms,' I could not understand
W0 why I was nox dead. As soon as I was
Mfv liberated I went away quickly. The
W outrage to which I had been subjected
S and probably the fear caused by my
danger bad entirely cured me oi the
fever. XI felt strong and well, ana, re
joining my company, marched all the
way to Tupelo without a recurrence of
St the fever."
. - "I}id you ever afterward see General
Bragg?"
"I saw him at Tupelo. The BeaureR
gard Rifles, bearing the name of the
& great general, and coming from his
H ' home, were detailed to guard his headquarters.
I was on guard there one
V ? night, and at the usual time for relief was
I forgotten. I remained there until uiorning,
and becoming very tired I tore up
H9&. bricks from the pavement and made a
fSP* pile against a tree high enough for me
?o sit upon, yet appear to be standing.
-^Ifo sooner did I seat myself there than I
fell asleep.
"General Beauregard saw me there
and woke me. 'My son,' he said, 'you
should not sleep on duty. If General
Bragg had seen you he would have shot
you. Are you very tired?' It was then
raining.. I told him I had been on duty
&Ii JLittVJLLig UVCJLi iui^vyvw </j v~*<^
MP~- relief. 'Well,' lie said, 'come up oxl tlie
porch out of the rain. You can stand
SB J guard there just as well as here.' I W6nt
K& on the porcb, and had been there only
Hp . a few minutes when General Bragg came
by. 'Where Is "the guard'?' he shouted.
Kfc I stepped .to the edge of the porch and
presentedarms. 'Why are you not at
the gate?' he said, very brutally. 'General
Beauregard told me to stand here
BBF out of the rain,' I said. At this he broke
out into a volley of profanity, directed
- -? ^ <5Y>/3 Cr&Ti
MH ag?ti t:!Sj .ucaiuc^oiu MIU
H| erals, who, lie said, were making paper
soldiers of ins men. He could do noth?
ing else, being second in command He
K did not recogsize me, and I, being a
HJ* private soldier and not desirous of being
recognized, said nothing. General Bragg
was a martinet. He was much given to
Hf shooting men. I saw three deserters
" '*w
shot by his order?. Had it cot been fo;
the counteracting influence of Genera
Beauregard there v?-ould have been mor<
of that sort of thing. Hardee v,-as a;
strict a disciplinarian, but he had i
kinder heart than Bragg. Beauregarc
called his soldiers 'my sons' and 'mj
boys.' lie "was as much beloved for hii
magnanimity as Bragg ^as despised foi
his severity and brutality. I never saw
Bragg after the Tupelo Electing."
A S OWKi: Or GiiEKN MIXEUAL.
It Fell in JJrooklyn After Two II;<Thiiu(From
the Xe v York ;?ue.)
I Over in Brooklyn, -where the con ire o:
i the htorm passed, electric flames appeared
about the buildings, and the telephone
beils in various stations rang constantlv
for from fifteen to twenty rain
utes. " When the bells became quiet il
was found that the telephones could uol
be used.
While the storm was at its height and
the ruin was coming down in torrents
there were two intense claps of thrmdei
j in quick succession. The noise was im|
mediately followed by a queer phenomenon.
People who were in the stores
: and under the armings about the cornei
of Troy and Fulton avenues -were astonished
to see a shower of dark colored
lumps of various sizes fall apparently
from tiie skv, ana on striding ine pavement
give out a flash oi flame as thej
wexC pulverized. That is, several witnesses
vouch for the flashes of flame,
and they are sure they were not splashes
of water.
One lump, larger apparently than the
rest, struck a shade tree and then fell to
the street. It was picked up by a venturesome
citizen and carried into G.
Kreitzer's drug store.
It locked like verdigris or like disin
segraiea uiue vnriui. un tuu siues iuat
rested on the pavement and the place
where it struck the tree there were evidences
of fusion.
The stuff has a slight metallic and a
stringent taste, is lightish green in color,
not crystalline, but like a compacted. It
bums rather readily, with a green flame,
and cannot be fired by percussion. The
big chunk was broken up and distributed
amonS the bystanders. A Sun reporter
took a piece of it to the Western Union
Telegraph Company's main battery
room, where tons of sulphate of copper
are used. The men there were of diverse
opinions as to what it was. One marthought
it might be Paris green, but the
majority were of the opinion that it was
some form of sulphate of copper, with
perhaps a trace of zinc in it. The sulphate
of copper that had been used in a
cell and worn out was found to resemble
the substance that fell from the clouds
or somewhere, but the sulphate of copper
still had its caustic taste. At EEuanut's
drag store the usual tests for determining
copper failed to have any
re. -r i
eneut uu Luib uuuj.
After the stuff liad been broken up and
distributed among the people at the
comer of Troy and Fulton avenues
several pieces changed hands at from 25
to 50 cents a piece. For one very large
piece with marks of fusion on it $5 was
offered and refused. A small globe of it
was found in Herkimer avenue, just beyond
Troy.
Ox course, it may have come from
some man's roof or have been caught up
t. ff.c-.r-r, U.-n.. 1~J. 1 -?irT-'l
Sherman's Ouiet Work.
<
Senator Sherman is making a quiet
but forceful effort, to secure a united
delegation from Ohio. He has reached
the conclusion that his last hope for the
Presidency .binges upon ins being nominated
in 'SS, and he has told his friends
of his conclusion. Next to Mr. Blaine
he fears his increasing years more than
any of the possible candidates. In his
canvass he has, or had, the active support
of Murat Halstead and the Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette, the leading
Republican organ of the State, but Halstead
has gone to Europe now, for purnnsps
nr nnlifv anrl nleasnre. the feelinsr
.r x x ; '. <->
between the two factions in his party being
clearly on the increase. Sherman
also lias the avowed support of Foraker,
whpm he does not trust, ana the secret
aid of some of the Democratic traders.
In two county conventions, in which
resolutions favoring his candidacy were
introduced, the .Blaine-Foraker men
tabled the resolutions by large majorities
He is giving his personal attention to
his canvass, his headquarters being at
his home in ilansSela. It is even said
that he will go to the State convention
as a delegate to care for his interests in
that body. His age is 6i.
1lZ ig m
Cleveland Mineral Springs,
Near Shelby, N. C., are now open for
the reception of guests. These Springs
are two miles from Shelby, 54 miles west
of Charlotte, X. C., and within one mile
of the C. C. Eaiiroad. Hacks will be at
? i __ . i . i? i_
station on arrival 01 every train, rarties
from Wilmington and along the line
of the Carolina Central Kailroad can
reach this delightful resort before dark
on the same day. Within 12 hours ride
of Wilmington. The Cuisine is under
?i/\l /\r o OIm 4-r\ tt n r? t r> f]> a
OV/ULwiUl Ui cV LUUCU tU BUI J AU. ti-LtSouth,
and no espenre shall be spared
to provide the table -with the best the
market affords. Polite and attentive
servants in all departments. Cold and
warm baths. White and Bed Sulphur
ana Chalybeate Waters. A good string
band secured for the season. A Bowling
Alley in guod order. Livery accommodations
attached to the hotel. Parties
can leave Charlotte each afternoon at
4.30 o'clock, and reach the Springs before
dark, the railroad schedule now being
better than it ever Tras before. Address
S. 3IcBkide Postox, Proprietor,
Shelby, X. C.
On the Warpath.
PiTTSCViio, July *20.?A special from
Oii City, Pa., says: "Shortly before 12
o'clct-k last night John McjNierncj', a laborer,
beat bis wife to death, fatally shot
his - on John, aged 21 years, and then shot
Ofiioer James, who tried to arrest him.
Oflicers Warden aDd Henderson then came
t-? the assistance of James and soon brought
the desperate man down with a shot
through his back. Officer James's and
young jic-Meraey s wounus arc iatai.
There was no -witness to the affair except
the -">n, who is unable to speak. McNiernev
is said to have been intoxicated at the
tin:*-.
A telegram from Oil City says that John
ierney, Jr., Officer James, and John
Me2.'ierney, the murderer, who was shot
vrhi'u T-ii.-iinir arrest, all died this morning.
3Irs. MeXierney died last night.
Pianos ana Organs.
ill of the best makes. $25 cash and
balance November 1, at spot cash prices
on a Piano. $10 cash and balance November
1, at spot cash prices on an
Or^jan. Delivered, freight free, at your
nearest depot fifteen days test trial
and freight both ways if not satisfactory.
Write for circulars.
N. W. TRUMP,
* 'Columbia, S. C.
i People call it "putting up" at a hotel,
i because there is so much that they have to
1 put up with.
9
r ' HOPES FOK THE FARMERS.
2|
j ' Some Cousideratious that Lighten the
j Hearts of the Agriculturalists.
i The time has come with the Southern
\ farmers when they see the necessity of
, abandoning old methods, and adopting
new ones; the introduction of horse
" reapers, mowers, and plows that will es
| pedite cultivation and economize labor,
| shotvs that vc are in a transition state;
} preparing to reduce the area of cotton
. j planting, and increase the area of grain,
| clover, grass and other crops; in short,
-.ve are fixing up for diversified farming.
: This is -what I have been recommencing
^ to all cur farmers for the last fifteen
veals in all my articles in The Southern
Cultivator, and other agricultural journals.
I am glad to see the change ha? .
i -IT* 4-TI T> CLQ "* ?*1 +T1 TQ TI'fl TT*11 ! I
UCqUJJj UUU XXX AiAbiAXVy Itv T? jLA-i.
' see our Southern farms once more teem'
ing with fine crops of corn, wheat and
, oats, as well as clover and grass, and
. fine stock of ail kinds of our own raising,
| making us as we should be, a self-supporting,
prosperous set of farmers. We
have served too long a time at making
cotton, which has impoverished the
farmers and made rich the merchants
and cotton kirgs; let us now turn over
a new leaf, and farm for cur own good
; and profit. "We have the country, the
lands and the climate adapted to the
most diversified system of farming of
any other country; all needed, is the
will, to make it so?so let it be so. Agricultural
machinery is new to most of
' our Southern farmers, and especially to
the negro, the laborer we have mostly to
rely on; but still there are many of them
sufficiently intelligent with a little training
to make them use them advantageously
under the supervision of the owner.
" Our young farmers should drive
* ** t?j. r
tneir own reapers ana mowers; out wiwi
old farmers who have not sons to use
them, they are dependent on hirelings,
but if possible they should be ojjerated
under their supervision, for hke all machinery
they must be used with judgment
and care. But when there is a
will, there is a way, and grain and grass
crops will soon teach us the right way of
using machinery. Some 17 or IS jears
ago, before the cotton craze seized our
people, grain and grass was mostly the
cropa of this section of country, but
then the cradle was the harvester;" a few
reapers were being introduced at that
time; heavy cumbersome things, killing
to the animals that worked to them, and
many soon became wrecked from their
! n-ttm inAffi<ri<*n r?.v. So thev did not take
with the farmers, being also high-priced;
they cost them from $190 to $200 'without
the mowing attachment; they are
now made lighter, more easily handled,
and much cheaper; this is a great advantage,
so more will be bought and
used. But some of our people ask, 1
"how are we to get any money, if we ;
stop raising cotton and raise all grain,
grass and stock?" We don't tell you to
stop growing cotton altogether, we only
tell you to plant less cotton, and plant
more grain, and sow grass and raise ;
stock, and feed yourselves, and have
some to spare to feed the city and village
folks; and stop buying all your food
supplies from the merchants?become <
farmers in the trae sense of the meaning
of the word, and not merely cotton ;
planters, which means, "the he wers of ;
mA /7-r?o-rr-/^-rc* r\'f T^ofJJ' \ t
- ~rtie~SuT[tti7including larxnefs, areTeSw'
imported food. If that be so, can't" we h
help feed them, and make some money j
that way, and if we did it, and reduced '
the production of cotton, wc would get J
more money for our cotton, and feed '
ourselves and our fellow citizens, and J
have two strings to our bow instead of ]
the one string, cotton?won't we be bet
tor off than exchanging our cotton crops
for corn, flour and bacon? We have j
tried it long enough to convince any 1
sensible man that it was the ruin of our 1
farmers, and has reduced some to abject 3
i XT T .3 i-~ 4.1*^4. /
poverty, xience, x am giitu. tu eee man farming
South is in a transit condition, {
getting ready to discard *he methods of \
the last fifteen or twenty years, and for i
adopting new methods. juefc the reaper J
and the mower come fast an J numerous j
among us, for it is an evidence of better ]
times coming; it portends the making of ;
our own food supplies, and when that is i
done, farm mortgages will cease and we 1
shall once more become free men, and
unencumbered, and visit our towns and
cities as independent men, with no sus- <
picions against* us as debtors?merely 1
"hewers of wood, and drawers of water." 1
I look for good results to come out of 1
the Interstate Convention of farmers to
be held in Atlanta in August next, where 3
all matters pertaining to the intesest and
welfare of the farmers and farming will <
be fully discursed. Let each tell ills ex- .
perience and compare notes, and find {
exactly how we stand. It will be an c
assemblage of intelligent men represent- 1
ing several States, and all parts of each i
State. They know exactly the condi- |
tion of the farms and farmers from their ]
respective localities, and can furnish cor- ]
rect and reliable reports of the condition i
as it exists over a large area of the South. ]
It is to be hoped that every Southern 1
State will be well represented. Let all ]
the different kinds of fanners be there; '
the cotton planters, the rice planters, <
the sugar planters, the grain and grass ?
farmers, ttie tooacco raisers, ana trucis j
farmers and fruit growers, and all kinds J
of fanners, and let us have a big camp- /
meeting, and class-meeting, and love-- j
feast, and give in our experience, ana 1
compare notes, and learn how we stand ;
ihroughout the country. Suggestions i
will be made among so large a number 1
of intelligent farmers that must result in <
gocd. Jno. H. Dent. ]
Fiovd county, Ga. v 1
m m 1
Treated Like Any Other Thief.
Dayton, 0., July 20.?F. Harper, Vice i
nf tKn T-ri/llifv ("if <
J. iOiututui liiv, ? ? - ?
Cincinnati, was brought here at 10 o'clock i
last evening. Harper came in charge of
Deputy United States Marshal Costello, ac- !
companied by Mrs. Harper, their child, <
son-in-law, Harris, and Harper's sister, <
Mrs. Matthews, lie was locked up in one (
of t he common cells, where were another ,
United States prisoner and three noted ,
thieves. He will be subject to prison rules
and strictly held in jail ward No, 2, and
will be locked up at 5 P. M. in a steel cell,
and in the daytime be allowed the range of
the corridor of that ward only. Mrs.
Harper and the child and the rest of her
party are at the Phillips House, across the (
street from the jail.
Peace Institute.
ri ae advertisement of Peace Institute, !
found in another column, should be read
i hv all -Barents or others ha vine daughters
to educate. The faculty of the Institute
is full and able, and its facilities for
thorough instruction have been con- ;
stantly increased, to keep up vrith the
increasing demands of the tames. The
system of instruction, while embracing
all the branches making up a higher
education for young women, neverthe
less maniaes practical teaming ui uepaj. laments
wherein skill i3 much needed to
fit woman for usefulness in actual everyday
life. Kead the advertisement in
i another column, and send for a catalogue
giving full information.
wwri'in "u.'i'U m nm\r*"r avA- i trtiv m.TMi r m m
NEW LINES OF WORK.
WUY WOMEN WOULD MAKE GOOD
APOTHECARIES.
Pharmacy Within the Sphere of Woman'.1*
Usefulness?A Successful New Orleans
Female Druggist.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)
The time is past for asking the question
whether women ought to work;
they do work. There is no longer aay
need to inquire what they are able to do.
They are employed in almost every calling.
With their assistance our little
ones learn of the common things of life
in tiie Kindergarten; our oiaer cuuuiren
meet them as superintendents of schools
and professors in colleges; their quick
fingers have been rapidly trained in the
kindred occupations of Short-hand and
type-writing; as florists many of them
are succeding, and (what employment
could be more fitting?) as professional
nurses they find exceeding favor in the
sick-room; as authors they are winning
fame and fortune; in painting and industrial
designing they are making rapid
progress; as physicians they have fairly
? ? 4.1.
MUSI lUJimU WlCUgClUClLb U1 lUCix UOCiUiness;
as lawyers they have shown unlooked-for
ability; as preachers, readers
and lectmars they have not lacked ap
plause, and in almost every wage-earning
capacity they have undertaken they
have proved that if they will they make
an honorable living.
NEGLECTED LINES Or' WOKK.
Bat, notwithstanding the push and
enterprise which distinguish the sex in
forcing their way into a great diversity
of employments, the fact remains thai;
some callings which are eminently suited
to woman are sadly neglected by them.
That of the druggist, acknowledged to
be among the best paying occupations,
finds comparatively few women in its
ranks. If I mistake not Mrs. Rudolph,
of New Orleans, was the first woman to
.1 1. . .i _ *1 .J TT
own ana conduct a urug ssore. xier
husband was a druggist, a^d when lie
died, about nine years ago, leaving her
two babies and a brave heart as her sole
hertage, she determined to fill his place.
T_> this end slie applied for a pharmaceutical
course at the Tulane Medical
College, which was denied lier. She
then began a system of private lessons
under the Professor of Pharmacy, and
in two years graduated with credit and
received the hearty endorsement of the
Examining Board. Then came the
shnf/rlfi -with an overwhelmine' Doiralar
prejudice against allowing a woman to
dole out powders and pills, which might,
after all, have wrecked the success of
her enterprise but for some just and reasoning
physicians who held out helping
hands to her and brought her safely into
the haven ox prosperity. Now she is
one of the most prosperous druggists in
New Orleans.
WOMEN* AT THE PEESCKHTIOX DESK.
Iu spite of struggles, Mrs. Eudolph is
tViA r?"T>
Li-LW-i Li.OXt~C LU. V UZ Li-Lvj OUL'JtVl, O..UU. OUXUiJ^JLJ
urges young women to the study and
practice of pharmacy. She says that any
yoang woman who has the ground work
Df a good education "and is imbued with
Qe^o^eai: 6f-^fa2ffisr^id to prove
the: truth of her words, ifeyeral women
in thfrifosriness are meen^g.with marked
success.' Miss Lucy Eing,' of Chattanooga,
is noted as one of the ablest repsentatives
of her profession. She is the
managing editress of the Drugman, a.
paper endorsed and adopted by the State '
Pharmaceutical Conventions of Georgia
md Louisiana as their representative
journal. The quality which would seem
:o make the genius of woman eminently
valuable at the prescription desk is the
rare caution winch most of them exercise
-when once warned of possible danger,
and when so infallible an authority
is Huxley says the study of chemistry
is peculiarly adapted to the feminine
mind, the point of their fitness as druggists'
clerks passes out of the line of disputation.
The facilities for prosecuting
iheir studies nowadays in that direction
s another inducement for them to more
widely adopt the calling.
WOMEN PHYSICIAN'S.
Tae study ol medicine and its twin
science, pharmacy, by women is no new
iliing. In the first medical school established
during the first Christian era
tromen taught side by side with men.
Hie school of Salemum contained in its
iaculty no names more respectable for
scientific zeal and attainments than those
)f the three femaJe professors?Trotula,
Rebecca and Abella?who were ready to
grapple the toughest subject in physiology
and medicine. Trotula wrote a
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rerj leamuu tussiiruiiiiuu which aaueu
xtucii to her fame, and which was so
jreat for profound scholarship that
tvhen the celebrated disputant, Budolph
Mala Corona, went to that seat of leaning
to try conclusions in seience with its
professors she alone was considered a
worthy antagonist. Abella was- a poet
physician, and indited a treatise on
"Black Bile" in Latin verse. The taste
d? the learned Bebecca inclined in the
same direction, and her works are found
in the older libraries. The mothers in
medicine, however, left no successors
worthy of their fame, and their example
lias not had many imitators in the cen
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suiies Eince ixiey nounsueu. jjjl jutwsr
years women have again turned their
ittention to the profession of medicine,
which, however, on account of its arduous
duties requires a remarkably robust
physique and strong, nerves, and 'while
their tact and gentleness may be a help .
to them, it is an open questiod whether
their superabundant sympathy is not a
Ira.-wback.--c But in the capacity of drugtin
onestions ran arise as to t)hvsi
sal endurance, strength of nerves or
abounding sympathies. Care, precision
md a knowledge of chemistry' and
Latin, and the necessary patience to
decipher the M. D.'s hieroglyphics,
seem sureiio win; If, in addition,, she
can master-the mysteries of soda water
drinks, there, will be in her pharmacopoeia
no snch word as fail.
I* There a Cure for Comumptlon?
Yv'e aoswer unreservedly, yes! If the
pa'.icnt commences in time the use of Dr.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," and
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i'oiauo jJiupcx ^aic. Jii- aiiv?? tu i.y iwu
it? course too long all medicine is powerless
to stay ii. Dr. Pierce never deceives a
;x- .-nt by holding out a false hope for the
sake of pecuniary gain. The "Golden
Medical Discovery'' has cured thousands of
patients when nothing else seemed to avail.
Your druggist has it. Send two stamps
for Dr. Pierces complete treatise on consumption
with numerous testimonials. Address
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
Lion, Buffalo, In. Y.
George Rice, of Marietta, Ohio, an oil
manufacturer and dealer, has filed with the
Inter-State Commerce Commissioners a formidable
series of complaints against various
railroads charging imposition of rates
which are unjust and unreasonable in themselves
and the imposition of rates upon his
products greater than is put upon those ofthe
Standard Oil Company under similar
circumsances and conditions.
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f\ POISONED AliKOWS.
An Indian Tells Sow These Deadly Weap
oils are Given Tiieir Venom.
V (From the Omaha Republican-)
i j I had often heard of poisoned arrow:
1 and determined to ask the old Indiai
arrow-maker about them and how the]
. were made and impregnated with the
deadly poison which they ,\:ij supposec
ip contain. He looked at me for a ful
minute and then said:
"First we take a bloated yellow rattle
shake in August, when Iiq is most poi3'
onons, and tie him with a forked stick tc
a stake; then we tease him until he is ir
a great rage. This is done by passing ?
switch over his body from Ins head tc
his tail. When he threshes the ground
with his body and his eyes grow brighl
and sparkle like diamonds we kill a deer,
antelope or some other small animal
and, tearing out the liver, throw it tc
the snake while it is warm and i;he blood
still coursing through it. The reptile
will strike it again and again and pretty
sc^n it begin to turn black. When he
tires the snake is teased again and he i?
induced to sink his fangs into the soft
flesh until all the poison is extracted
from him and the liver is reeking with
it. He is then killed and the liver lifted
with a sharp pole, for so dangerous is it,
1 no one dare touch it. The liver is let
lay for about an hour when it will be almost
jet black and emit a sour smell.
Arrows are then brought and their iron
heads pushed into the liver up to the
shaft. Tlicj are left sticking there for
about an horir and a half, when they are
withdrawn and dried in the sun. A thin
glistening yellow scum adheres to the
arrow and if it but so much as touches
raw flesh it is certain to poison it to
death."
I asked if Indians still used poisoifed
arrows. "No," he replied, "no man,
Indian or white man, for years past has
been shot with these arrows and they are
no longer made."
Ahiinf finnstrokas.
An eminent Chicago physician lias
been discussing the causes and the nature
of sunstrokes. He states that the
mortality in esses of sunstroke is twenty
per cent., and when death docs not
engue the pi.tienfc is never able afterwards
to stand any heat, and sometimes
the approach ol the hot season drives
them insane or kills them. He further
says that a m*.n may be sunstruck in the
shade, and at night. "Heatstruck" would
be a better word for such cases. Prostration
is brought about by disordered
health, dissipation, fatigue, or anything
that depresses the nerve power. The
victim may be affected in different ways.
There may be complete failure of the
heart's action, resulting in a dead faint.
The nerve centres may receive a shock
causing a rapid failing of respiration and
circulation. Sometimes the nerves of
circulation are completely paralyzed.
Methods of treatment must be according
to the condition of the patient. Of
course, in all cases the patient should be
placed in the shade and his clothing
loosened. If he has hectic fever, the
ice treatment should be resorted to, with
campncr internally ana ammonia m
hypodermic injections. Ix lio can stand
it, a dose of a teaspoonful of aromatic
spirits of ammonia should be administers^
ia a half, tirmbler of -water every
fo'w rntDlltoft. ?xn tho otKcr o^bpomo,
'where the fataliamtness is present, with
a low temperature and a very depressed
condition of the heart, an immersion in
tepid water containing mustard is a good
thing. The dose of ammonia should
not be forgotten.
When people are in good health and
spirits and perspiring freely they need
not be much afraid of heat. But when
they are a little out of gear they cannot
be too careful. All extremes of heat are
dangerous, but damp heat is much worse
than dry heat. The thing to do at this
season is to be temperate in every sense
of the "word. Keep in the shade if possible,
and in a well-ventilated place.
Pigeons as Pets.
Frank Satterthwait suggests that in
casting about for what kind of a pet to
take to one's heart and cherish, one of
the most hardy for either town or country
is the pigeon. The majority of the
great pigeon fanciers of this day commenced
their favorite pursuit when
young. They began by keeping only a
few common birds in boxes on the roof
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and other enemies. Soon they grew interested
in the different fancy breeds,
which embrance over two hundred varieties.
Some of these have been carefully
bred for nearly two thousand years, and
at this time the best birds of some of
the most popular kinds sell for the immense
snm of ?1,000 a pair. The young
beginner, however, should content himself
at first with a pair or two of the
most common breeds, not necessarily
the mongrel birds of the streets, but of
some distinct* variety. His fancy will
decide his choice, whether birds to carry
back to him messages from his friends,!
or those only curious or beautiful fx)
look at, that will perch about his home.
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iljLUSb liJLLC J'ULLU^
will begin by having his birds in a box
out of doors. The box in this case
should be well joined, and should not be
exposed to the North or East. I should
be divided into as many compartments
as there are pairs of pigeons, with a door
to each apartment, and a landing-step in
front. Should it be desired, however,
to keep the birds confined in a "loft,"
thexe should be ample ventilation, and
in winter the temperature should be
kept at 60 degrees. If kept in a room,
each pair of birds should be provided
with a box to nest in, which should be
filled with fine-cut salt hay. The floor,
of the room should be sprinkled with
white beach sand, and a basin of pure
water should be always on hand.
i'rogres.t In the State.
i ue -Daiuinore juanujuwurcris j.\cu/ru,
of iliis "week, gives the following statement
of new enterprises in South .Carolina:
Chester. ?A -subscription of $25,000 has
been voted to the Georgia, Carolina &
Northern Railroad.
Greenville.?R. R. Asbuiy &' Son will
add a Brush electric light plant to their gLs
works.
Is ew berry.?W. T. Davis & Co. have
lately put .heir sash, door and blind factory
in operation.
Pclzer.?The Pelzer Manufacturing Co.
will rebuild their cotton warehouse lately
burned.
Sumter.?Bids are invited for building
witter works. Tbe Eutawville Railroad
fVinmnnv will hnilri tli^ir machine shons at
Sumter.
To he Absolutely Certain
Of most things is difficult, but if tbe
united testimony of people in every walk
of life, for more than a quarter of a
century, be good evidence, then dyspepsia,
losa of appetite, headache, wakefulness
and debilitation, from whatever
cause, may be cured by Dr. Hsjters
Iron Tonic. # *
The red-haired man who consults a phrenologist
has double advantage. Ee has a
red head and a r<*ad head.
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A HOY'S KEVEXGJ2.
- ! How He Made Life a liurrten to n Supercilious
IJsiik Teller.
(From the Baltimore American.)
5 There is in Washington a small boy.
i not more than ten years of age, whose
J indulgent mother keeps him well supi
plied' with pocket money. This young
I man opened an account with the local
1 savings bank some time ago, and Aprii
1 he had on deposit there about $35.
- Two or three davs lat-er he had a falling
out with the teller of the institution.
> For nearly a week ho tried to think up
i some metiiod for settling the score and
i at last he hit upon a pkn. He went to
i the bank and <irew out ?30 from his
I store. Then he went over to the Treas;
ury building, which is just across the
street, and got his three "tons" convert.
edinto thirty "ones." Next he pro'
ceeded to make out thirty deposit slips,
. each for one dollar. These iie carried
: to the bank, one at a time, compelling
' the poor teller to make thirty separate
: entries in ins docks, uie next a&y ijjus
i young fiend again axeyr '.o&fc-32$L. Again
i he visited the Treasury, but this time he
had his money changed into silver qftar.
ters, bright from the mint. One hundred
and twenty deposit tickets were
then prepared, and a corresponding
number of entries had to be made in
that unfortunate?teller's big books. Then
for three days an armistice was declared
but at the end of that time ?30 was again
drawn out, and this time when the boy
visited the Treasury building it was
dimes that he wanted. The regulation
deposit slips were prepared once more,
and the teller gritted his teeth when he
saw that he was again to be made the
victim of that boy's vindictiveness. At
last the 300 dimes were all in the bank,
and the young villain prepared to reduce
the store of his wealth to nickels, but he
was notified that the brnk would insist
upon the thirty days' notice allowed by
law, and for a time the teller rests.
The Southern "White ZVIun.
Partial investigations into the agriculi
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IUXIU UUIiUiU'Jil UL UlU OUUliitUli I^i.aw?
make, clear the interesting fact that in
nearly every case of increased production
of staple crop white labor is to be
credited* with it. The sugar crop in
Louisiana is raised almost exclusively by
negroes?and it exhibits no increase;
there is not as much sugar raised no~ as
there was twenty-seven years ago. The
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almost exclusively by negro labor, shows
a falling off, too, while the rice crop in
Louisiana, grown mainly by whites, is
increasing. Cotton is raised over a
large area in the South, and the crop is
now two-tiiths (2,u00,0u0) larger than it
vras before the war?and the increase is
to be found invariably in the localities
where white Libor prevails. Some estimates
place the proportion oi' the Southern
cotton crop raised by white labor at '
one-half. The track-farming, dairying 1
and fruit growing that are coming to the
front as features in Southern agriculture 1
are exclusively in the hands of white !
persons. These facts are remarkable ,
when it is remembered that the negroes
have increased more rapidly than the
whites, and that until several years after ;
the war they were the only farm-workers :
m many oi tne ooumern ocaxes.?oc.
Louis Kepublican. ;
Overrun With <
Washington's latest crank murder lias ;
set the doctors to talking, and some of <
them are outspoken in blaming the law ;
for the unusually large number of dan- i
gerous crank" always to be found in this j
city. It is so difficult now to put a \
lunatic in an insaue asylum, they say, <
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sary. Formerly if two physicians and <
two other citizens certified to the icsani- ?
ty of an individual, that settled it, and \
the lunatic was at once put under lock
and key. But now no man can be locked
up as a lunatic without trial by jury, ,
and it is a rare case when twelve jury- .
men can be found to agree upon the in- j
sanity of any person.
One physician, who has had some ]
troble himself with lunatics said yester- ,
day: "In consequence of the restoration }
by"the late Judge CAlter of the old prac- (
tice of a trial by jury as a prerequisite .
to committal to an insane asylum, there 1
is now a considerable number of insane ^
persons at large in Washington, and the
cOmmunitv need not imagine that the :
horrible assassination of Mr. Kennedy
will stand alone. The other lunatics in ^
Washington -will doubtless be heard
from, and after a number of murders of
prominent persons has been committed <
by madmen -who onght to be inmates of j
lunatic asylums the old practice will
doubtless be restored."?St. Louis Re- *
pubhcan.
The Widow of Maximilian.
There lias been a slight improvement j
in the condition of the Empress Char
lotte of late. She had a momentary re- I
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one aay last. week. A young Austrian <
lady, who has been acting as her dame <
de corapagaie for some time past aad J
who happens to be an accomplished i
musician, sat down to the piano a few i
evenings ago after the Empress had retired
to her apartments for the night, ?
and played, among other things, the <
Mexican National Hj-mu. Just as she <
was finishing the last bars the Empress <
suddenly appeared at the door of the
xoom. She gave a piercing cry, uttered j
her husband's name ana fell senseless on j
the floor. This is the first indication <
which she has given for several years of <
any reminiscence of the terrible catas- .
iropne wmcn cost ner me loss 01 reason, j
and her physicians base favorable anticipations
on the incident.?St. James j
Gazette.
Stormi in Baltimore. (
Baltimore, July 19.?The storm of yes- '
terdav afternoon was followed by another
of almost equal force about 3 'Jock this
mo ning. . Several houses on Cumberland 1
street near Gilmer were struck by light- i
ning and unroofed, and their contents J
almost entirely destroyed by rain. Harlem j
Park, the most beautiful resort within the :
city, this morning presents an appearance
of desolation. Nearly all the trees are ,
damaged and manv entirely destroyed.
Unroofed houses are seen ail over this sec- i
tion of the city, and the aggregate damage
is heavy, though individual losses are comp
-.ratively light. At the City Marine Hospital,
down Patapsco River, the hail of (
yesterday afternoon broke all the windows
on the south side, and the entire building
\v;is flooded. The rainfell for 12 hours
was If inches.
Theke I3 much force in the statement
made in Dun's Commercial Review that
a half-year during which we have invested
5100,000,000 in new railroads,
?400,000.000 in buildings and another
?100,000,000 mpre in Southern mines
and manufactories, cannot be expected
to be a very lively time for speculation.
Ihe money that goes into solid business
is not at hand to put in margins or to
engineer "corners."
"Pears as if there was nothing like
those cycloramas," said the old lady, read
ing the paper, "for blowing things up; here
is another Western town ail broken up by
one of the pesky things."
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THE CONSTITUTION
:;IG PLANS FOR THE CENTENNIAL
ANTOYEKSARY CELEBKATIOX.
What Has Been Done at IVlauv Previous
Commemorations?The Great Crow cl
Which Will Attend the Ceremonies Next
September.
(From the Philadelphia Times.)
i'lie most wonderful work ever struck j
off at a given time by the brain and pur
pose 01 a man.
Such is the opinion of Mr. Glaubtone
on the Federal Constitution of America,
antl in order to provide a proper national
celebration of the centennial anniversary
of the framing and promulgation of
this wonderful document, the committee
of citizens appointed are working diligently
and earnestly to render the occasion
not only worthy of the nation, but
an event of historical importance to the.
people of Philadelphia. The executive
committee, which is composed of Amos
11. Little, chairman; Clinton P. Paine,
vice-chairman; N. G. Ordway, of
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Philadelphia, seceetaries, with Thomas
Cochran, chairman of the citizens' comraiitee,
co-operating, have up to the
present time.made the following arrangements:
President and Mrs. Cleveland
will be the guests of Mr. George W.
Childs and vail arrive in the city September
14. They will be tendered a
grand reception on the evening of the
15th.
On September 15 a great industrial
and civic display will be paraded through
the principal streets and Colonel A.
T.Andnn Sunmlfin is mftkirjo' lierenlaan
ell'orts to make it unequaled in tlie annals
of greatprocessions.
September 16, the military parade will
bo held and will include the regular
forces of the United States, commanded
by General Sheridan, and 6,000 of the
State National Guard. New .Jerrey will
send 1,500 troops; Maryland, 1,000;
Rhode Island, 1,000; Delaware, 550;
Virginia, 800; North Carolina, 150, and
it is expected that there will be 20,000
soldiers and sailors in line.
September 17, which is the Centennial
Day, services will be held in Independence
Square, at which the President will
preside. Justice Miller, of the Supreme
Court, will deliver the oration.
The committee announces that acceptances
have been received from the Governors
of Virginia, Georgia, Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, Kansas, Mississippi,
Massachusetts and Vermont, the
principal members of the Diplomatic
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of Congress, divines, literary and art
celebrities?in fact, everybody connected
with the progress of the country. Many
distinguished foreign guests will also be
present.
So far the following appropriations
have been made: By the Pennsylvania
Legislature, ?75,000; Massachusetts,
iHO,000; Connecticut, ?13,000; Rhode
Island, ?2,500, and Delaware. The
Pennsylvania Legislature appropriated
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entertainment was vetoed by the Governor,
leaving tile appropriation $7Z,XV.
The governments of IVIarylasC,
New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio iuad South '
Carolina have cach authorized the Adju- !
bant General to provide a proper roilita- i
ry representative and to draw the expenses
for the same from the State ex
chequer. Everythmg possible has been :
3r.nr> TonHor t.Vm n/v^a cinn ft errpof. 1
memorable one, and Philadelphia will 3
soon begin preparations to put on her
gala attire for the reception of her disa^guished
guests.
THE HISTOEY OF THE CONSTITUTION".
On May 14, 1787, the Federal Con- j
mention met in Independence chamber, (
xnd George Washington, the delegate .
from Virginia, was called upon to pre- I
side. After several stormy sessions,
running over four months, the Consti- '
cution of the United States was agreed (
ipon on beptemoer 1/, no/, ana it was ,
iuiy ratified and accepted by the tliir- '
?en States. j
The Carpenters' Hall Association claim
that the meetings were held in their hall, i
While the minutes show that the build- ,
jag was tendered, but not accepted, the ]
ividence of the journal of the conven- ;
iou proves that it was held in Inpend- |
ince Hall, as also does a letter written (
jy Benjamin Franklin to his sister, who
jaid that the the daily walks to and from ihe
State House did m"m a great deal of
;ood. The ceremonies attending the
ratification of the Federal Constitution
December 13, 1787, were curious and
ire detailed at length in the records,
i'iie procession to the court house took
^lace at high noon and among those who
talked in line were the Judges of the
supreme Court, the Marshal of the Admrality,
the Naval Officer, the Collector
A Customs and the provost and faculty.
>f the University. The exercises were
idd in Independence Square, the same
ts they will be on the Centennial Anni
a<u.j. .
The next celebration of tlie adoption (
yi the Constitution was on July 4, I7S8, ,
ffhen the greatest industrial and trades 't
Iisplay ever held in Philadelphia was (
organized.
On September 17, 1SG1, the seventy
fourth anniversary was celebrated by a j
unitary parade and services in Inde- ,
c^ndence Square. General Pleasonton (
ju mmanded the troops, Mayor Alexander ,
tlt-nrv presided and the oration was de- |
.ivered by Hon. George M. Dallas.
This was the last and greatest celebra- *
:ioii, but the coming festivities are ex- j
oected. to cast ail otners m tiie sioade Dy ,
iiyir magnitude and splendor and the
m&usiflsm. of thousands from all parts
Df the world.
Is* the South, where the chief production
is cotton, it is surprising tnat the
increase of production is due to white '
labor. The largest increase in cotton is
in those districts, like Texas and Arkansas
where the population is mainly
white. It is true that at least half of the J
uotion crop is raised by whites. A sig- 1
oilicant fact m connec^on witn ine increase
in Southern production is the fact :
th~t it is greatest in those articles where
wJiite labor is mainly engaged, in 1
sugar, mainly raised by blacks, the production
is falling oil. South Carolina's '
ricii cro*o. worked by negroes, has de
creased:" that o? Louisiana, grown by
ttliites, is steadily increasing; and so it
is yiih truck farming, dairjing aid iruit
growing, which, promise so much fur the 1
South; and manufactures, monopolized
by the whites, save some of the rougher
industries'. It is impossible to obtain
absolute and definite statistics on this
matter, but everything points to the fact
that there has been but little change or
increase in the production of the negroes
in the South for many years past, and
that whatever improvement there is, is
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Husbands who leave property to their
widows under the odious condition that
they do not marry again might as well not
die at all.
I THE FARMERS' ENXA3IPME3JT.
The Agriculturists of Fi-.e States to bo
? a
Brought into Close Relationship?The
Encampmcnt to bo Held Annually.
(From the Spartanburg Herald.)
Every farmer who knows and folly
appreciates the value of the Farmers'
Encampment, to be held next month,
will be there. Do yon know what it is?
If not, read!
The main purposes of the Encampment
are to enable the farmers of the
five States named to annually meet to- . f
gether at a time when there is little work
to be done on the farm and to compare
! their experiences; to hear addresses
from practical men who have given
special study to some particular branch
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latest improved farm machinery, which 5s >T
will be exhibited by manufacturers from .
every section of the Union; to exhibit
and sell or exchange their stock, horses,
cattle, sheep, hogs, <fcc.; to aid fanners
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Vti-lW XXKJv jet cwcuuu i-Lupruvtxi
stock, by showing them all the different
! breeds, and in this way encourage them '
to purchase good varieties of cattle, ?
sheep, swine, <fcc.: to annually stimulate
end strengthen the farmers' organizations
throughout these States by putting
new energy and determination into the
breast of every farmer who attends the
Encampment
mere win oe no admission tee to tne
grounds, nor any charges on the exhibits
of stock or farm products made by farm- ^
ers. There "will be a very moderate
charge on exhibitors of machinery and
implements. The local board of managers
are erecting a number of small - . v
plank tents, which will be rented at a
very small sum to parties desiring to
camp on the grounds. The building
erected for the State exhibits has been
completed and will afford ample room
for a proper display of the resources of
the State. This building covers an area
of forty by sixty feet, and is well ventiThe
chairman of the State board of
commissioners is CoL J. N. Lipscomb,
and the secretery Mr. John W. WoffoitL
In a recent circular issued by Colonel
Lipscomb, the statement is distinctly
made that "there is no money, office or
politics to be worked out of it, and no
selfish or unfair rise can be made of it."
This is the plan upon which the Encampment
is to be conducted?the only
axe that is to be ground being the farmer's
axe. If the farmers knew each other
better they would love each other
ni^f+.<vr iind VrifYnnnor anil Iacttkt oo/th
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other they would make more money.
More than half the thousand stumps that
they have been running against for
years, breaking thefr gear and losing
their temper, might have been avoided,
and can be shunned in the future if they
will only come together and compare
notes. The Encampment at Spartanburg
is designed, in" a word, to be an
"experience meeting," and I am sure
that many a profitable lesson may be
learned bv all Trim attend it.
A special feature of the occasion will
be the course of lectures which is to be
delivered upon, agricultural economics
by the Governors of States, commissioners
of agricuiture>and scientific njen who
have made a study of all those questions
which narrowly concern every one en- ;
gaged in industrial life. - V
The indications are that the Spartan- :
burs Enoaznpment- will bring together-"'*-^
the largest number of thoughtful rrtprj
engaged in farming and kindred , pursuits
that has ever been held in this or i
any other Southern State. The exhibi- ' tion
made by the State Department of ^ f
Agriculture will be creditable, and the
individual exhibits will doubtless be all
that the importance of the'bccasion warrants,"
on
The Xcxt Governor of Ohio.
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Thomas E. Powell, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Ohio, is one
Df the most popular of Buckeye Democrats
and his nomination was probably . ;
the best that could have been made witn
Ihurman out of the field. He was born
in Delaware county a trifle over fortythree
years ago, and still claims that
county as his home. In 1864, when a
student at the "Wesleyan University, he
entered the army and was assigned to ~ '-i&SSra
the position of high private. He re
mined in the service four months, when l%ij3ES
ais term of enlistment expired. He resumed
his studies in the university and
graduated in 1864. He again enlisted
md served for five months and on ids
lischarge became a law student in the
>iSce of Colonel William P. Reid, whose
partner he became after being admitted.
[a 1872 be commenced active political
irork, stumping the State for the Greeley
icket. His ability as an orator attracted
attention and in 1S75 he received the
aomination for Attorney General. Notwithstanding
the great strength of the
Ate Governor Allen, who headed the
icket, the majority against Powell was
ess than that against Allen. In 1882 he
svcs nominated for Congress in the Ninth
listrict, making a most effective cam
paign, and narrowing the Republican
inajority to 400 votes. This canvass was 'M
made against General James S. Robinson,
a man notably popular in this district.
In 1884 Powell headed the Dem- J
scratic electoral ticket in the State and
md in 1885, at the earnest solicitation 1
oi Governor Hoadly, he accepted the
jhairmanship of the Democratic State \ .-.j
executive committee. JBive years ago
Xlr. Powell opened a law office in Columbus
and in a brief time secured a
lucrative practice, which has steadily increased.
The factional significance of ^
lis nomination, if it possess any, would ?'
seem to be anti-McLean, as Powell was ? " ;
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./jjjjuacu uj k^cuLutui i aj nc, uuc n^u-relead,
leader of the "Kids," and supportid
by Alien W. Thuiman, the ex-Senator's
son.
The high AiiT ckaze which induced a
Lot <jx the fashionable young ladies of
Boston recently to sit for photc rraphs
in a costume that was fashionabL- in the
Garden of Eden before the Fail seems
to iiave spread in tiie modern Atiiens.
1 lot of South Boston young women,
[ired with the idea that they were just as
pretty as their blue-blooded sisters on
Commonwealth avenue, have been photographed
as nymphs, goddesses and
mermaids. Those who have been favored
with a sight of this last assortment of 'J?.
modern goddesses are of the opinion .
that the Boston srirl does not suffer bv
comparison with the ancicnt Greek .
standards. Unfortunately for the photographer
and his patrons, the laws oi . $J|
Massachusetts were not framed in the ; I
interest of a return to the severely classical
in art, and the former has been com- " 'A
pelled to give bail to answer a charge of '?
Leaking and selling indecent pictures.
The photographs are in the hands oi the
police and several South Boston young
vcrvmia-r m/vrfo.1 1/ict+ 4-T^a -tm-vw*.-.
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papers publish tlie names that fit the
The Atlanta Constitution predicts
that Christine Nillson, who has already
sung four farewells in thta country, will
sing still another farewell, if there can
be found any manager bold enough to
offer her therefor the snug little euia of -