The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 01, 1886, Image 1
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VOL. X V. 0 IICIENS, S. C., rTHULRSDAY, J Li IA' I 86 O 0
' A "' 1AGNETIC" GIRL I TAIKS.
VU HVl's UNI iIONi. OF ('1AV ENIS
THAT PUZZILD T4: il'l PRO1': )lll.
Ilow a Muneultnr Young Woinnu 1)Mao. crt
Lulit lurns's Secret and Ttiarnet it to Ad'n it(
age.-Simple Ezplanation o' Appnrenlly . 1nr
velous Feat.
(From the New York Worid.
I ran across a young woman oil the
street not long since, a girl whose face
4 had become familiar to many pol)p!
some months ago on 0ho stages of pro.
vincial theatres, very shortly after Lulh
Hurst, "The Georgia Wonder," had
created a sensation ia Wallack's. She had
gained considerable notoriety, .I remeil
bered, as one of many ''magnetic" girls.
The fact also intruded itself that, she had
been introduced to audiences as a rude,
untutored specimen of the backwoods
perfectly guileless, with little education,
and remarkable only for the fact tha1
Providence (so the truthful uanager pui
it) had gifted her with a peculiar ani
marvelous force which enabled her t<
accomplish most extraordinary tihings
never before seen or heard of. As sh
tripped along in front of me I saw tha1
she was still a large, well-built specimen
of humanit.y, broad shouldered, and witi
excellently developed im1useles, whiel
might readily deter many a strong mar
from arousing her anger. Untutored
girls from the backwoods, you know,
very frequenttly strike front the shoulde1
ad hit hard. One thing puzzled me
She carried an enormous sunshlude of th<
latest style. This seenied wonderful
when I recollected that one of the most
peculiar characteristics pertaining to thi:
eiunple maiden, in the days of her neto
riety, was the fact that she could not
hol(I an umbrella or parasol over het
head for thrce consecutive minutes with
out its suddenly flying to picees. I re
nembered also that no man could mtin
tain in an upright positio an olwn um
brelin against which she laid the palm o
of herivlite but large hand. And ye
here she was al1n1tipulating at slunsha(d<
with all the caso and grace of a Fift
avenue belle, without any apparently
serious consequences. I followed he
patiently for several blocks, momentaril
expectinlg to see the dainty crimso:
parachutte fly violently from her hands
Nothing of the sort occurred, however
and then I concluded that site was prob
ably no longer ''magnetic,'' or that lie
magnetism could be summoned and dis
tnj)scd at will; that she discarded it dur
ing lroadvay promenades and called i
forth again wlen the curtain rolled ul
oi a full i house. Beset by curiosity, .
riauntered after the child of the back
woods until I saw her turn a corner int<
a side street. A few more steps and sit
entered it well-known caravansary. I
required butI a moment to find her '111nm
on the register of the house. 'I'liis ac
coplplished I sent up my card, and wa
recew'ed at once. The young womai
had di.<sarded the silisiade, which la,
tnhlarmled uponi a sofa, and met me witi
it confilence and self-possession quite a
variance, with the manners assumiied or
the occa9ion of her initial entree on th<
stage a a "wondr."" After some pre
iinnmary skirmishing of a polite nature
rielative to her healtlt and other kindred
topi(s, I asked her if she had visited Nev
York (or the purpose of appearing pro
Lessionally, With a reminiscent laugh
half chucklec and half giggle, she replied
"Oh, dear, no! I don't do that sort of
thing any more."
"Why not?" I (teried. "Hats tln
mtagnetmc influence foIrsakenl you?"
Again site gave way to reimnisceen
risibiWics, anid mu trmured somte tuninitel
Jigible wor'da which sounded like "HIov
''Are you initerviewing lme?'' she atske(
after her mirth htad subs)ided. "I!f so
have no objection to thne orreah, and
assure yoiu canldidly thaLt you will be tin
first ntewspaper mant who will have siue
ceoded in making mec talk freely.''
''In the first plae"~ ' shte comntinued
'"let te mientiont ani imphlortanlt poin
which ceverybiody who camne to witnes:
my performances totally overlooked.
neover professed to be either magnetic o:
jmesmneric. Othter pe'ople atdvatnced tilu
th1eory, not I . 1 did conitendt tiiat I waII
ablie to accomiplisht soinme seemitngly ex
traordiary feaLts, my11 I accomnplishe<
themi. TIhere thte mnatft e oed. Whlem
I wats engagede by manager's who( hiat
wvitnessed my representtations1 theyC dh
ntot inq~uire as to whether I was tile pios
sessor of any pecliarln o1 un1kno0wn force
they simlTy made conadcts with mme un
der certain condb iions, namely, t hat.
,was to give so matny paformanlces for a<
much money, and i gave thleml. .If pea
pie chose to write me upl as mesmerie o
magnetic that wvas their affair, not mine.
"'Then you dlid niot accwompI lishl you
feati through the atid of any iunkniowm
force?"
T1hte charmingly native child (If natur
giggled aigin as shle answe1i'red, in aL ver.
nIon-conmmittail waLy: "W\e wion't discus
tat pointt but I will tell you whtt
wil do. Vith ten inuittes' intst.ructionl
I uvii ll nale you to perfornm, wiiithou
the aid of either imesnmerism or imagnei
ain, any f'eat wvhieh y,out ever' saw mi
test? A mian takes tite artik anid hold]
it beforei him at atrms' length with aL hanL
tightly gt'ippin g each end oif it, amnd er
dheavors to stand~ still after .1 ha~ve place
my hiand gently upon it. Let us8 try il
Ta'Ike the stick."
.1 did soI, bracing myself as rigidly it
ant iron bar. .J'ho younig wvomnant liL th
- palm of onye wVhitAe lmndi lightly utponi th
rod, and after a miomnent I felt mnyse]
swayinig to and fro. Then 1 was jerke
vicouetlJy forward, throwvn backwai'd an.
iioCst until I wats entirely outt of b)relt
P.nd( began to feel very redl in tihe fac<
I sat down putling andil paniting, whmil
myftair hostess giggled gleefll~. TIh
tildng was as great a mystery to me a
ever, and I confossed the fact as soon II
I had recoveca sufliciemnt breath to e>
press miysehf in words.
''It is very simpl)e,"' laughed mi
frientd. "IT mTay have twcomlhisihed it b
means of magnetism, bitt I wvill shto'
you how to do it withouit. Take th
cane antd brace yourself again. Youl se
you are ini a porfectly rigid positior
with eivery muscle strained to) its uttmio
tension. Ponse.quecntly time slightter
nresnrn from mn umon the stik who+1
or that pressure be magnetic or not, is
bound to throw you off your equilibriui.
Now I place imly open palmi upon the
article, and I need only use the slightest,
pressure to move you. Do you ee? ''o
demonstrate how simlple the thing is let
me give y'ou11 an additional point. When
you feel that the pressure. is about to
sway you, relax your nmuscles. When
the pressure propels you backward let
your arms give in the direction of the
lovemlent. When the pressure is for
ward avail yourself of the same precatl
tion. It other words, instead of bracing
,youlrself firmIly, remain perfectly limp,
and then I think it will require a super
natural force to move you."
Again we essayed the teat, L closely
followinv the young woman's instrue
tions. Tis tuio victory was on my
side, and I stood abashed at the sim11ple
explanation of a feat which some time
ago had Wellmed sufileiently extraordina
ry to call forth letters of inquiry from
som1e of the most scientifle mutds in
America. "Let me show you some
thing," said my fair entertainer, tiking
a batch of letters from an open trunk
and selecting one inclosed in a blue en
velope. "Here is it letter from an Ox
ford professor wIho happened to witness
one of my performances. If you will
glane over it you will see that lie was
particularly struck with the cane test,
which he considered marvellous. He
asked about the date of my birth, my
general health and wishett to learn
whether any of my ancestors, so far as
known, possessed any of my peculiar
characteristics. He also requested, as it
particular favor, that I would give a
privote seanc for the benefit of himself
and several well-known scientists. ''he
performanllce was not given. Now, that.
man, like thousands of others, learned
as he was, instead of trying to elucidate
imly feats through the mledium of natural
agencies, dipped into al)struse science
and got lost, for of course there was
nothing abstruse in the means I used."
"Ill regard to some of your other
feats, m11ayI qIk how it is possible to
hold at chair raised a few feet in the air
so the united eflorts of half a dozen men
cannot force it to the ground?"
"It can be done very easily," was the
reply, "if you possess it certain almolult
of physical strength, and it is much more
difficult to control a chair held by one
strong individual than it would be if it
were held by six. I will make it clear to
you. We will suppose you to be the
performer. Youi are a mlan of strength
and will and you are determined to sue
eeod before your audience. Failure
m11ean1s ruin to you so far as finiancial suC
ee5s is concerned. 'Iherefore you forget,
your audience and everything else but
the end in view. You take possession of
the chair with it resolution not to 1e
shaken by surrounding circumstances.
ihe six 1en, on the contrary, are think
ilg principally of the derision likely to
follow an exhibition of muscular superi
ority. There being half a dozen of my
opponents, not one of themi could secure
anything like a firm hold on the disputed
article, and each one, as a rule, tugged
in an opposite direction to his neighbor.
One'does not try to hold the chair up.
Simply by lalishing it with all miy
strength I force it against may foes anid
shove theu from one side of the stage
to the other. The derision of the audi
ene quickly relaxes their m ulseles, while
1 nlever for.n instant lose my self-con
trol. While I keep on pushing persist
eltly, my opponents grow more unsteady
oil their limbs, and finally, wearied out,
they retire in disgust."
'C111 you tell me how, by simply
placimg your open palms against the
sides of a chair, you can lift it when it is
occupied by a man weighing 200 pounds
and over?"
"Some persons Could accomlplish it
re(adily," was thle ainswer, "idted b y cer
tin fatvorable conditions. Mos0t men~1 ini
sittinlg downi thriow t.hiemselves back ill
such a way that the front legs of the
chalir are nearly all the time clear of tile
grQundi(. Almost the entire weight falls
onl tile hinmd legs. By pressinlg the 0open1
pahus11 chosely to the 81(1es of a chair suchl
as is geneoral ly used( ill the performiuances
yo(u canntot help 'gripping' to a certain
exteint. If 30ou possess a goodly allow
ance0 of strength this grip will 01nab)1 3011
to raise the chaiir a fe.w inches from the
grounitd. Of course it is oiily a few
inches, and you drop it algainl ralther
sud(denly3, buit the audiene hea,rs thle
legs strike thle floor anid youi are victori
"Wll how about the storiy that you
could( nIot possibly carry' a raised umbrel
la for more thlan thtree conscntive mlo
mntwihout it~s flying to pieces," I in
<pureu, oyeing me1anwVhiile the dlisearded
and1( unharme'f)td paratlsol reposinig by3 the
y'oung woimani's side.
"Oh, she repIlied, dlislahying emblar
rassmlent for tihe first time, "I1 was order
ed not1 to carry a p)arasol in tile streets
anid I simply13 obieyed inst.ructionls. It
was unlleasant, of course0, to walk about
imp rotected froml tihe onu, buit 1)y Uh;.t
little saerifc of pesnlcomforti
summuier I was (nab)led to enjoy a fine
sealkin1acqu ini winter."
"'how did( yout first discover your itbili
t.y to peifoftn these feats?"
"IJ first discov'ered it," was the guile
less rejoinder, "by) going twvo or three
t.imes to Wallack's ']Teatre "iud carefully
t watchiing Lubli Hurst's exhibition. TIhe
-spec'tators really fuirnished the greater
partt (If tIhe p)erfornce. It was really
miusin g to niotice 1how tIhe auidienlce used
towac myeer' v n conlstr'ue it
Iinito somlethinug mlysterious. T.Lo illus
trate - I1( had1and still haive it habit of
Spassing 1my3 hand( biefore my13 eyes andi
also( (of running it thiroughm my b)ang s.
Well, a youiig man11 would trip upon the
stage to try the canie test. Hie would
Sbrace himself rigidhly, grip tIhe stick and1(
look ime square ini the face, determlia
thme alert, and1( he knew it, I wVous~
Squickly raise miy hiand from1 tile stck
andt passn5 it before. my1 eyes. H alf the1
spcatr would inumediately whisper
aib(lIly, 'She's muesmuerizing himl.' Then01
thion ani began to) grow nlervouls
an obfuil. -After a nlyoUen1t my hand1(
Sl gini unonsciously forsake the
if 'tc n i hog 1 - angs5. Anioth m
-or aud(iblho whisper, 'Shle s got electricity
mi her hiaiir.' 1y thmis time my1) would-b'e
conueor wvas hialf beautenu, anid to finish1
Yhim was comparatively easy,"
v . "'You have fully dciffed, then, nlot to
e give any more exhibitions?"
,"Yes; magnetic girls are at ta discount.
,Tlhny were valuable, though, while the
t furor lasted. You see theoy were scome
t thing novel, and that is what Americans
-like. Rarnu 4imn8.rm.o th fc
long ago."
"What (1o you think of Lulu Hurst?"
''Precisely what she thinks of inc."
"And that is ?"
'Ask her." AitTnUi ADAMS.
TalEI SW iWTF'isT NAMtiC.
Li.kew' tie (l 'omntenonet atnunt Feminlsse
More women have been named Mary
than any other name which )as blessed
or eursed the feminine sex. It stands Z
the typical mc for the holiest and Imosl,
abject of wona-l-for the virgin and the
wanton. Ansd in every language of Asia,
and Europe, as well as that of Egypt,
this name appears ahnost without "aria
tion. It ltls been an equal favorite 'vith
the aristoer ts of Frange and the putritans
of New England, and it equally becomes
literature or kitchen. It is stately when
we speak of Lady Mary Worthy Mon
tague; it is simpt'city itself when we re
fer to Mary O'Brien, who brings in our
break fast rolls. At one time it may bring
up a pictlre of a divine painted face,
hanging in the rich gloom of an Italian
g allery, and at another of a red-checked
air,ynaid, with her bare feet in the
daised grass. Two of England's five
(lucenls have borne it, and the most
memorable woman that Scotland ever
produced has mde it immortal. The
proudest women of France have dignified
it, and the worst women of Russia have
disgraced it. There are as many 'Marys
smiling at the circling suns thaut make
the brief summner by the northern sea as
loll through the luxurious days by the
Mediterranean. The immune that the
Catholic missionaries gave to the first
converted Inlian maiden was Mary, and
perhaps the first daughter of every famni
ly for all time will stand in imminent
danger of bearing that name, for it is the
first to be considered in naming girl
babies, and when rejected is always
thought of with lingering tenderness.
How many lovers have loved it! How
they lgve associated it with purity and
gentleness, with wvomailiness and candor
and trust! What a fateful name it is!
Its bearer seems predestined to sorrow,
yet it is gladsome, too. "My mother's
nlame was Mary." What a plisatnt thing
to say'! ''My little daughter, Mary."
Coul anything be prettier? "My sister
Mary, who is dead." What a wealth of
tender suggestions! "Mary, my wife."
What picture of home comfort!--Chicago
News.
ForeIg;ne"rm l'om" Hy the North.
The Know-Nothing movement of thir
ty years ago would be impossible of
rei;etition now, except by fireign-horn
citizens and their children. Some of the
States of the northwest contain a large
foreign-born majority, and many mic ns
in the older States contain a majority of
citizens only one generation removed
from foreign soil. Even in the New
England States the tough and stubborn
Yankee clement which gave that regionl
all its historical character, religion, liter
ature and polity, is fast yielding to a
mixture of peoples as diverse as those
whom the King of Assyria planted in
Samaria. The Southern half of the
,Union alone has escaped this change.,
'I'1he negroes, in repelling foreign iuni
gration from that region, have protected
it from the transformation wrought else
where, and preserved it to themselves
and the des'encdants of the original
colonists. The F'rench still possess Lou
isiana; the Hluguenot, element. is still to
be traced in South Carolina, un(d the
Scotch-Irish settlers in North Carolina;
but the mass of the whites in the South
ern States are of English descent, and
peesenit the same aspects they did fifty
years ago. 'I'hey have several million
negroes with them, it is true, and their
presence offers a very difficult social
.roblem for the future. But there is no
intermixture; the whites live omi onie side
of a race line, and the blacks on the othi
er', as they did in the day of slavery, and
whleni the people of the South are spoken
of reference is had to the pumre, unmixed1
descendants of thl e original colonists. --
St. Louis Repmubliean.
. l'The Mn 'WhIo I.,.angha..
'Thle man whose ha-ha! reaches from
one end of the street to the other may
be the same fellow whslo scolded his wife
andl spamiked thme baby biefore hie got his
b)reak'fast, but his .laughter is only the(
craickle of thorns mider the pot. '[lie
mnan who spreads his laughter through
his life, before a late breakfdast, whlen lhe
missesi the train, when his wife goes visit -
inig and lie has to (at a (c01( supperici, the
moan who can laugh when lie fIids a bt
toii oft' his shirt, when the furnace fire
goes ouit in the night and both of the
twins take down with measles at the sae
time, lie's the fellow that's neeed. 1He
mnever tells his neighbor to have faithi;
somehow lie puts faith into, himt. Hie
dlelivers no hionmilies; the sight of his
be'aminmg face, the sound of his happy
Voice and the sight of his b lessed daily
life carry conivictioni that wordls have mno
nower togiv.e. Th'le blues flee before
ir stefog before the west winid; lhe
conl.cs inito his own~ hiome like a flood of
sunshine over a meadow o,f blooming
butterups, and his wife and( chlilrmen
blossom in his presence like Junie roses.
His home is i'edolenmt witi sympaithy anmd
love. TIhie neighborhood is better foi'
his life and somebody will learn of him
that laughter' is better tihan tears. The
world iieeds this man; why ar'e there soi
few of him? (Jan lie be created? Cani
lie be evolved? Why is lie not in every
house, turning i'ain into sunshine and win
ter into summer all thme year round, until
life is a perpetual seasoni of joy?---Lewis
ton (Me.) Journal.
Last year the imports to the United
States (of genine sain(les fromi the Mcd
iterranmean amounmted in value to $599, -
519, on which duties amouniting to$1 70,
13 wer'e paid b y consumers. In or'deir
to check this tradl(e and afford more pro0
teetion to the caniniig of hieirings for
sard(inies, Captaint Boutelle, of Maiine, lhnu
introduced a bill to raise the duty on
foreign sardines to 45 per cent. By this
methmod the distinguished legislato' from
Maine hopes that a better mnarket would
he~ afforded for the coarse little fish that
are cannmed ini Portland and1( pr'eseirved in
oleomagarinie or (cottoni seed oil andi(
then fraudlulenitly paiSSed1 off under(i counh
terfei Frieincliha abels as.' genuine sar'dinies
of the. Medhiteri'anaeam Instead of in
ereasingd the dtties oli sar'dinmes thecy
omught to bem repealed, and then imen ini
P'ortlanmd whoi( derive a profiale trade
by' eannming herring amid sellinig them forn
F'rench sar'dines ought to lbc ..punished
for fraud.-Phladelphia Recod.
RiegioN."lnnMaane *1pertationN or SuceN.
(New Yorik Malltind Express)
Col. W. 11. Gilder has just sailed from
New Bedford, on his novel journey to
the Arctic regions, to settle, if lossil)Iie
and he believes it is possible- the
geographical problem of what there is at
the northern axis of the earth. This ex
pedit ion Mr. (:ilder unidertakes in alnost
the samle ilmier that Stanley uidertook
his great equatorial journey across Afri
ca, which ended in 1878 by his discovery
of the sources of the Nile, the sources of
the Congo, and his descent of that great
African stream to its debouchinent in
the Atlantic Ocean. Col. (iler's walk
across Siberia, his sledge journey with
Schw1atka from North Rudson's hay to
King William's Land and return, includ
ing a summer search over King Vil
liam's Land, is the longest on record,
covering a distance of 3,250 miles in
eleven months and twenty lays. During
the journey the travelers were re<piired
to live on the country through which
they passed, as they only took with them
one month's sul)l)ies. It was thus
roughing it over the wearying wastes of
that great land of desolation within the
Arctic Circle that taught Gilder the true
method of locomotion towards the Pole,
precisely as Stan iy's intelligent appre
,ciation of the equatorial liflculties en
abled him to go oil t well-defined cam
pign against the climate, the topogra
phy alnd the inhlitants of Central
Africa.
"My intention," said Col. Gilder, at.
the \ ictoria Hotel, where he was sur'
rimuneded 1by at party of travelers and
kindred spirits, amoig whom were Lieut.
Sclwatlka, Oscar Saawver and Mr. W. R.
(rillith, who is to accompany him on his
Polar journey, and who has nade pedes
trian tours of Germany and Northern
Africa, and is altogether, by scientific
training, )lysiue, amlbition and tem
l)eraiment, fitted for the dangerous un
dertaking, "is to leave New Bedford ear
ly in Juie on one of the two whalers
which will leave for Hudson's Bay. I
will be accompanied by Mr. Griflith
alone, who is a graduate of Cornell Unli
versity, and who will go along as an
assistant observer; and," added the
Colonel, with a grim smile, "to look
after results if anything should happen
to Inc. 1 shall have all of the best in
struients that can be obtained, and
many of this kind and quality have
already been contributed; but it should
be understood that the main object of
this expedition, after .1 reach my base of
operations, will Ie to push ('n towards
the Pole and reach it, if possible. This
is the one aim amid object of this attempt
my third one-within the Arctic cir
ele. Buttwhatever I can do in the inter
est of science, in laying down coast lies
anm1d pl.)tting topographical features by
observation or otierwise, will not be
neglected. Miy set pnti-pose, remember,
is to push always northward, and if I
stand at the very axis of the earth, no
more is to be said - -that will be my high
water mark."
''And how long will this little picnic
glace take you?"
"I expect to return ini I8)O, or after
an ab ence of about four years. My
New Bedford whaler will take me ill to
the ('ary Islands in Ra tlin's Ilay, between
the 76th and 77th degrees north latitude,
and thece to Cape Sabine in 78 degrees
15 minutes, where (reely and is party
were rescued. I will go by some jcotchI
whaler, which I expect to find in those
latitudes in Smith's Sound, and which
will carry me as much further north ets
we cali find opell water. But at any rate,
there is plenty of animal food in the
vieo ity of Unird Inlet, just to south
wad of C ape Sabinie; and if necessary,
imstead of miaking a eoast journey on the
wvesterni side of SmithI's Sound and Kane
Basin I cani pass inland and reach Fort.
Conlger in lid ituide 80 dlegrees 415 minutes
nor th, w here there are plent.y of suippllies
left by Lieut. (Greely and which will be
mph;, for the very polar object 1 have in
view''
"HI-ow long will it taike you to reach
"'Albout a year; and there I shaull win
ter. 'Thien I shtall push mty way to a
ntorthieasterly direction amnd se ek 11 nmake
my point of departure at the sp)ot where
IAmuf. Lockwood was forced to turn
backward at. latitude 83- degrees 24.
miiuiites, 0or withtin :191 mides oif the Northi
"WI mt, thleu, are thle favoral e coindi
tions for reahtiing the P'ole?"'
"'I think I amn not wrong in assuming
that if I reach that point attainedl by
i ent. Faiekwood, withI adequate suip
plies for man and b east, thei vexed
prolem of thle Polar sea will be forever
set tled; if myi~ best judgment and expteri
('nie did niot teach me this, I would not
be so romtaniti(' as to untdertake to leave
the Inuxuries of this zone. WIVhen Lock
wood was ohbliged to turn southward
from that. spot, less thian 400) mi les from
the P ole, lie could travel from seveni
teeni to t wenty muiles a daiy over cleair
ice, whereas 1befor lie was limitted to teni
miles a day, owing to the conlition (If
the supjerfice. His supplies would nt
hol (lit and his orders were to return.
'lhs was ini the month of May.''
'So you are confiidlent of rehing the
Pole if youi 1begini wIhere Lockwood left
off?"
"'Yes. It will retqulire less thtan thirty
(lays' more travel, and I shall mautke every
endeavor subsidiary .to this omne effort,
for therein lies the mystery of the .'ir
cumptholar world.''
"'11ow nuumierouns a party will you take
with you fromtenrhrotcato
Groeenland yet reachied liv muan?'"
"I sh all have tIhe y oiing huniteris and
their families, and I shall get thieii fromt
the country tabouit IIludsoni Hay andi
(Cumbherlanid 1iet. Yon many add, too,
that [ shahll iin no way ble nilbarratssed
for funds or suplies. Wh'lil tmy frietids
and those intterested ~in polamr discolvery
have sent mte many valuable armis and
imstrumieitts, anid while such aie ilways
welcome, I have ino iiisgivings abouit bhe
inig audegatoly providedi."
(Col. (Gilder is a im an (of stocky,v thysiquie,
amiable dlispiosit ion, self-confaldenit with
(lit egotismi, iandt self-po'ised without any
of the I-amt-lhe abotuit lhhat. 1liis conasti
tuition has stolod (eey shock that cant
visit a ,journalist, exp lorer and moan-of
the-world, and his temperament every1
onslaught that makes dyspepties ofl somet
andit tedious nairrto(rs of olthe(rs. Ele
goes- abhouit his pIresenlt undertaking with
(out excitemuent or solicitude, just as if it
were an evm.y ay amfa.
What They are )lohg anid N here They ar("
Io.111ed.
The recent meeting of ex-Confederate
generals at Mongomer, Ali., leads a
Vasllilgton co-rrespondelnt. of the Loulis
ville Post to look up the present where
abhonts and oCenlpations of Some of the
principal sirvivors among the eaders of
the Confederacv. Of the six full generals
appointed by the (onfllederal4" Congress,
only two Srvive ;Joseph i. Johnston,
now United States commissioner of rail
roads, and G. T. Beaturegard, aljutant
general of I ouisialna axial nxx iianager of ihe
Loulisilana lottery drawings.
Of the twenty lieuteniaint-generals ap
pointed to the provisional IrIlly, several
are living. E. h irby Smith is professor of
mathemuaties in the University of the
South, in lTlennessee.
Jaines Longstreet is keeping a hotel
down in (eorgia. 1). 1. llill, of North
Carolina, was, till recently, president of
the Agricultural School of the State of
Arkansas, and now earnusi a living chiefly
is i ma11Lgalzile writer.
Stephen B. Lee is a farmer, and presi
dent of the State Agricultlural College of
Mississippi.
Julbal A. Early practices law at Lynch
b ureg.
Of the mlajor-generals, A. P. Stewart
is 11Ow president of the University of
Mississippi it Oxford.
Tosep h Wheeler is in Congress, is very
wealthy, an1xd oll' of Ilie largest p lanters
in Alabama.
Joihn 13. (iordon is a millionaire rail
rua(il 1111x11.
(eneral Loring, of Florida, was en
gineer in Egypt until a few years ago,
when lie caine to New York to work at.
the sallne profession.
13. F. (,healthatm was recently appint
ed postmaster it Nashville, ''enil.
Sam Jones, of Virginia, is in the judge
advocate general's oflice.
Lafayette Mlzxws 1 postlaster at
Savanimh] l, Ga.
S. B. Buchner lives iln Louisville, Ky.,
where lie owns a great deal of real estate.
S. 13. Frellch ernlls a seanty sublsist.
ence by engineering in Georgial.
C. L. Stevenson is inl Fredericklblurg,
\Va.
John II. Forney, brother of Con gress
m1a1n Forney, is in an11 ilnsalne asyln lit
Selnia, Ala.
Abney II. Manuray is \Wanshington algent
of a New York life inslurance eoilpany.
Joini i. Walker is also in the insur
ancle business.
Isaac 1k. 'T'rinle is ill retirelnent inl
Baltimore on a fortune.
General Heath is em ploved by the
government on some Soth1111er rivers.
('adnus Wilcox is writing a history of
the lexican war.
Fitzlugh1 Lee is governor of Virginia.
''Extra Billy'' Siiiith practices law at
Warrenton, -\ a.
Charles W. Fiel, once at (loorkeelpel
of the House, is superintenlent of the
Hot Springs reservation.
William B. Bate is governor of Ten
nessee.
W. I1. F. Leo is i Fairfax county
farner.
C. J J'oligine, who cale over fron
Fralce to eslouse the Confederle callse,
is back in Paris busied with railroad
operations.
'illian .llahone is inl the Se Imte as is
E. C. Walthal, of Mississippi.
Joh11 S. \larmnaduike is governor of
Missonri.
Pierce M. 13. Younig is United States
Con1sul--generall at St. Peterslburg,
M. C. Butler is a Senator of the
United States.
(4. W. Curtis Lee is president of
Washxington and Lee I'liversity ait La'.
Genl. Waxde IIllmpon is in the Unxited
States Scinate.
Oly a few of 11he several hu ired
br1igaidier-genleraxls canl be ninti(owd.
WVest AdamIxs is 1poistumlzster lat ,Jacksonll
Miss.
Frniik Armnstronlg is n1ow waxiting' the
Sena'te's eonftirmaltionl to bIe Inldianl aigen t.
Joh lC. Brnow IwaIIs tw~ice governor '11 of I
T1nn1ss14 lS miilt the Texas P'acific raxi
road for Jaly Gould, and1( is the hlIter's
aittorney foxr all his roads we'st of the
Missssipi,as well as receiven for1 tim
Texs 1'acille, with hxlead<pmr11ters~ at .I)xhi
strinIg" district, ill 3\ississip)pi, 1in ('eai
gress, un t il he was left last lli bv pat
splits.
thxe Uniited States lluse' of ReprOesenlta
tives.
I". 3I1. C'ockrell anld A. 1I. Coinuitt axe
United Staites Senaltor's.
R. Fj. Colstoni is ill thiw surige'on-gr
I. . C'ox, ofi N orthx Carolina, is inl
the llouse.
X. I. die 81iy is commilissioner' in tIle
hand ltien of Texxas.
IBasil Ihixke edits the Soul herni IBiv(oune
ait Louisville, Ky.
,J. '1. 3IorganI, of Abdxh1Ixxt, axIn 8. it.
iI axey, of Tlexxas, xarle UnIited Sxttes SI II
A'u. 31 . Scals is governo of1)1I1 Normthl
( . 31l. Sihlly is third audnitor of theli
1treaxsuriy.
It. M.- 'unee is xassistanmt connalIissionIer
of paltenlts.
Thel islaughter orlIl irdM.
'he' rectily orxgxaized Auldublon So
theI sliaughiter (It th feat herld innocent11s.
On)e Il4o.lway lt- moys from11 500,000
to I ,000l,I)0 sma~l Amica,'xI n birs every
yexar, obltaininlg themx fromI lvery Sait'e
Iln thle UnIion. ( tuIls, 141rns, lIlioles,
('rows, blackbirdls, hobl)IiIi[4, shnp,
larlIs, spaotxws, eto'., xare gret iv iln de
hxouise 1has 5,00) splarrjows in stocuk; ando
14), (00 pis oX(f G ermnxxIII magp iE s Ix unle up
ai recenIt conxsignmiienxt. A miil iin hobo
links are said1 toI haive 1been killed ii one1
month1 nxexar l'hiladIelp)hial, and14 (on1 mil..
liniery houIise hadll 200,000 bid-skinsi (on
inl order to earni ai fewv 'elnts ori doillxrs
has biecomeI a 'onnnh,onI practiee on Ln
Island and e'lsewhler(. O ne (If thle Iob
j ets oif the A udlubhon Si eiety- is to 5s(1nre4
the 11 encIen 1 o11.(f laws in all the Slttes
agaxiinsIthe 1 xluilonls l>raeCti('o o f hu ii i
heahlt.iful andx haxrml1ess4 Ibirds pxay 1 ribuxte
with their lives to the denxaand s of fashx
ion,-Frank Leslhie.
IR IEMA SONS AND KNIGlITM.
lIairnetm from the ('nndin IIInIop,'- P'aNtoral
Letter.
The collective >anlstol'll letter of the
eleven Catholic IBishops of this pro
vielias proved a disappoitnmelt to
many. It wis believed that the Knights
of Labor would be roundly denounced,
whereas the anathema has been reserved
for Freemasonry and the Knights are
only casually referred to. The following
are extracts from the letter:
"Freelnasonry lies in the hands of half
a dozen uiknowi individuals with sini
ter designs. A great Protestant states
n11111 wrote in connection with the hu
ropean revolutions: 'All these great
movements of oppressed nations, etc.,
are controlled by haulf a dozen individu
als, who give the'ir orders to the secret
societies of all Europe.' It must be ad
mitted that there exists in Freemasonry
Ia concealed Board of Directors, whichl
varies according to the tines, place and
Country.
"1esides thsiie societies there are oth
er forbidde ones, which must be avoid
:d under penalty of grievous sin, and
among tihe1se mulst he remembered espe..
cially those which impose on their mem
hers ia secret which is to be made known
to no one, aid anl unreserved obedience
to hidden leaders. Such is, in particu
har, the society known as the Knights of
Labor, which' the sacred Congregation
of Inquisition has declired must be
chissed among societies condemned by
the Holy See. The cosmopolitan char
acter of secret societies, aind that of the
Knights of Labor inl pal'ticlullr, nleces
sarily exposes many who belong to them
to obey the orders of ia council sitting in
iL foreign coulitryv, whichl at i given mlo
mnen1t may be opposed to interests and
(evel at war with the Government to
whom its memhers owe allegielnce. The
principal dangers of these societies are
found in the fact that the members are
homn1 to secrecy and become vile in
striuments ill the hands of ia few leaders
who may exact from them the most out
rageolls aid t.yrailllliel acts, is is shown'l
by numerous most deplorable strikes."
The Bishops have, it w ill be seen, left
themselves free to change their front
should the Knights alter their constitu
tion so as to meet the wishes of the
church. The principal stipulation will
b1s that Knights shall sever their conee
tion with the order in the United States.
A meeting of the local lrnllell is being
held to consider the matter, and shouhl1
they fail to come to all arrangelment all
('atholies w "ill he peremlptorily ordered to
leatve the societ y.---Montreal )iepatch.
tiddl( 5rn t ltsn n t'nr.
A very c(iommlllonl theme of conversation
lmlonlg tlravelers is the question of wheth
er or not a ear rides easier in the middle
t1imn above the- trucks. One of our rail
'road contemporaries sole time ago p1b
lished all article on the subject, and took
the ground that there could be no differ
1nie unless the sills and framing of a car
yielded like the buckboard of a wagon.
T1'here is c(rtainly no yield to car sills
1111d framing; yet, every old traveler
avoi(ds the seats, and especially the sleep
ing berths, above the trucks, (n1 old
travelers generally know whnat they are
d(oiIg. It' the i"it,v who insisted that
therc coul he no <bilerence in the mno
tion in the ditTerent parts of the same
car had ive-r crossed the stormy occal
in moderately lng stenler he light
hiave received somue el] ighteniment, es
ileeially if sea sickness urged him to timd
the 10oint of leatst iotion. It is well
known that there is less motion amid
ships thlnli there is at the ste,m or stern,
anid less moti<m lit the bottoi of the
vessel tlin there is o1 (leck. A car acts
in at sililia' wav. Allything defective
abti (1111 thi'ek jerlks thle wheels, wichj
truck('1, and1( tinit inl turn1 to till body13 oIf
thle ('<l(ih.
Th )'oeIlt alinng a'l fewvetr
soh(lier1s inl thlis lloality to ceaIte feeling
I. L ee hPost of1 l'\ Ionfe'deraItes, ot Rich
m11010, al. , Ilo thel New llhunpsh1ireO I'e
thew countr IVbIis IiiglinIg (If the gray(3
and the bIlu 111u1s11 led to hlappy r'esuilts,
Le 'P'I t.5 It f tI here is iherle andlI therel'
on10 whio thlinks~ Iluit his honor is in dan
ge'rI 1f being t MIIIishe lorIl'1 his lyalty
taipere(ld withI, this5 is aL good tinlie for
lium to take( tol till wooIds. Whlen thlese
sII llhnllish. genth-m1enI get throu1gh withI
('urtamil il till sky to1 obIscurie the0 sun1. If
New I hunpshI5lirel fits thuIs poorly3 in1 till
dred1 visitorls from11 Vir'ginlia is liale to
odislaIce it, it malltterls verly little whe0ther'l
ter' gets Il futhe 111'wo desire to remind1(
thlose Ioverl-5('nsit i Sti('klers' that they
New Ilhunpshlire or' rep'resenlting her
A hurIgIlihiws goling throu)lghl IL hiouse
ill 0 I )akota tolwn (on1 nlight and1( disc'ov
(Curious to know whe(therl 1he hadL brloken
illo an lild'titorI's houIlse IIr that11 of some
other01 varkiety of (cap itallist, 11( tuirnIed to
tol iln1olre ho1w 311i clame by suchi an agn
ulm a mlIlIembe of tIle Territorial ILegislaL
pol11it uay r,iIhl dropping 1ItO'his moey.
\l ill i naI'lt 1 nlero' nI0 MOir 1)1ke.
weel k, an' I 'ze got d is*ou raged. Yout ha11
Il'ze gin ilt'o( go out angu' sk irnulsh, fIor
hoIlgs an' ehiickenls 'long will de r'es' of
you '1 take mIy chances4' hf gwilE' tll
con1gre'gaLtion'it was dlecidetd to .continuel(
the salar'y lat $2 and let h im) skirmih. -
Wall Street News.
I am making two breeds of sheep.
One I call the "Farmers' Sheep " and it
is to be a mutton sheep, with thick
fleece, thicker than that on the English
breeds and better adapted to our change
ful and rigorous climate. The truth is,
no one ever vet inported any of the
English breeds 111 kept theni up to the
standard of the imported stock. We
need an American breed adapted to our
climate and the modes (Sf feeding and
care we give. This will require a sheep .
with it very compact body and a close
fleece; sheep with open wool are not a
suited to our wants. .1 shall not aim t
get a good sized sheep with s(Juaro body,
broad back and short legs andi as meaty
as possible. Such a sheep will maturo
young and the lambs will do to slaugh
ter young, tiil they will make a good
weight. ', Legs and lank quarters do not
weigh lineh. 1 take pleasure in show
ing farmers my foutlation sheep and
the line of breeding. This year a pure
bred OxfOrddo n ram is being used.
T here is in reserve a dash of Merino to
make the fleece liimre compact. It takes
two years to fix types inl b)reeding and to
estallisht uiiform1 Characteristics. So
the sooner we begin such work the bet
ter. Why should we not have breeds of
our own ?
The other breed of sheep is "Mutton
Merino.", The fiture muist necessarily
fiid Merinos unre plentifitl tlnu any
other breed, as in the past. This is on
account of their special adaptation to
mountain lands, dry plains and rough
and sterile places where other sheep
would not exist. No others canl endure
what Merinos will, or thrive in such
large flocks. 1hit cannot Merinos be
inade to fill more tlhan one sphere of
ulsefullness, tn(d tlis becoine proportion
ately more lesirl le:'? Yes, and I wish I
had got this itdea twenty-flve years ago
and had just sio mitclh timite to develop it.
We must. have a nmit ton Merino to give
a large fleece of line wool, and with char
aeteristics well estalblishied, to breed a
lamb which, witIi go ) keep, can be
made to dress thirty poids or more at
four or live inthi( ' age, which is ten
poulinis iihelad of the present average.
Moreover, slowiess i,r imatitring must
be bred out. Tht tveratge 'Merino, atl
tl'igli the snall-st sheep, is the longest
to get its ftll growth. I have my ideal
iitton Merino, and -in now musing a
run which is perfect it'ii in soime respects
wool atnd forii i, hit of couirse the na
tur' for quick growth is lacking. This
imu11At he coaxeI into the bl'od b1 y selec
titnt, crosting, and good feeding. The
offspring 1must exceed the parents it: size
atnd rapidity of gr 'wth. A real mutton
Merino would he the most valuablo
sheep in Anmenica, heais ust adapted to*
such a wite exteit of conaitry nt wants.
-. D. Curtis in 'TIhe New South.
Trhe (nthi:ne ('tn:1(1u1.
Several of the News York papers in
their articles on the (1in(liuahite, mako a
mlistake in saving that ('anmlilial (libbons
is a Cardinal 13ish(op1. T1he dlistiiguisheod
prelate of hlt in,re is a uardillnal priest,
just as was the late ('ardintal MlcCloskey,
of New York, amid will so lank in the sa
cred college. (i ihe first of January
there were just sixty citnlinals, the limit
b)eing seve,nty; of the sixty cardinals
thirty-six u-ere born and educated in
Italy. The muoiber of those styled
cardtinatl bishops is liliited to six,
and these dligniitaries live in R ome. At
present five of the ennlinal bishops are
Italians and one is 1at :i I'glishman-Ed
wartd, Cardiinil liowiant d, arcl hp riest of the
vatican Basiic:i. Th11e o)licers of time
others are respectively deait of the sa
cred college, Iih brarianl, great pelitentiat
ry, prefect of the congi,riegation of indul
geiiees, and Lo i (Chiunbe rla in. Tlhe
atuaitl archi slii>ps (if se's wvho' iarcecarti
iths are'( ahascr i piiesfs. llenry
Edlward, Candinial .anning, -is arch
bishop of Westininisteir and thle primate
of the Ciatmhioli emreb tii -.glaind. The
ftaimous Sinme<mii, prieftet tof the prop~a
ganda, is a cardttiil priest; so, talso, is
Jaii. setartuiy of' State. After tihe
car'dmial ptnets eoinie the tardinial dea
co ns, th ere 1>eilig t Ipresenf thirteen
John lleunry, 'anlhiiil Newman:ui, mieta
most eiminenit maen of ( ifn lirifain, al..
though a pietst in I li- chiil rhi, is a cardi
mnd detacon in thei saicred co llege. Car
dliintl McCloskey wits thle is t'rlate in
Anierica to receive thle t'ardiinal's hat.
'T'Iia was; in 1 75, whe h itle was sixty-fivo
years ol. At litf timie Dr. (Gibbons
was b ishiop of Iliiiinoind. TPhe second
preatelL( to ree'ive ihe ennilinail's title was
Bishop ( hIions, I lie Iirust insigia having
baen lititiletd to himi t his iresidtence yes
f4erdahy. lTe flhini prielatt ini Ameiricia
whoii receive's the sia' dlignit.y is Arch
1hishiop Titschi'raui, of ( Qulbic-. lie was
ch osen it cardiinail att thet samo conisistory
wvhicht co nferred the litnohr up~on (Gib
honsi1. Sitmen oif the New York papters
have also madtte a imiit aLe ini stating that
irtlaiid hats f t oiirtdiiimls. At the timo~
Aichibisho p \leC( abea was made a cardinal
lie was the omly wveairer of the red hat in
irehmd, tand het hoat biornit thle rank only
ai short while wheni lie died, leaving no
I,rish <-ardlinitl; but rectently D.r. .Patrick
I"raiicis Manttii, of .1rielmand, wits sent to
Austr'alia as archibishiop of Sidiney and
wats cretatedi a cardiinal. D r. Walsh, car
dimal McCabe i's successor its artchbhishop.
p riiimate of Irbt'itimt, inms not b)e nmen
f.ioiied in connmectioni wvith thit emWdinal
mate, so far mis fthe publlic huas been ad
vised. --Richnamod Statte.
Nert ofi the A pnn' r'stimr.t lerk.
There is tine field ini which, so if it;
said, wvomian, lovely w'oiumn, will never
timnd empiloliytmnt. She cmii never bie anl
aptothiecary'Fstclerk , heitraiute she is not
abde to keel at seeth. A pihiarnmeiy is a
r'egitlar conifessitmiil, andh iinto the ears of
tIhe discerei t at ftendtant are pomiredi weightty
secre1tts, which it wtouhI netver do to in
I inst fto the posse~ssion tof the gadd(inlg
gossipp y femimae. In flhe regular courso
of) hiis busiiiness, fi th dispenser of pills
andh poiwders know'ts till aibouit peop)le's
biodily mitlictins antd weakntesses, and(
becomeis aeEliuitied wifth little sins and
thmiungs of that kiind which'h thie initerested
>arties wuld nt, have the world to
now lotr tniythIing. 'Thlen, tot', lie learna
whopin) ~tt, whio 1powder'is, who eats
oipim, whto must's bieIliiadonna to briighiten
the eyes, arseic to wh iten the skin, w~ho
is obliged to use insect piloder at home,
rtnd various t.hiings of thiat kind which
woumld bie too gi'ait ta te'mptationt for a~
lalkative womnan to give away.
A. 8. I'rick, of Fatirbnks, Loxingtonm
(lit a 15~ pound enhasge from hilS sprinj
naltch on the 20th