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* 4 *, - -- *.,* Uhr ruf;urL __ (I VOL. XV. PICK ENS, S. C., 'FIIURSI)AY, 4 LILY 29. 188G. NO. 44. E)1)ON'S I,IGII'F IDIA. 'WiA'T TIMl I'&tO'.N Ill OF 'i'fll': iTl It Wi11 Ta11t %Vth ih iuoi'er of a vi'l (;ron) II Manu-Lleciric 1'ro1iib,Jon. (P"rom thg New V o Star.) After an extended Ihoneylmoon1 ill Florida, Mr. idison has returned to the Scenes of his (lectrical labors anl tri tiphs and now divides his time hetwe"n his laboratory on Seventeenth stre't and his palatial residence at Llewellyl 'ark oil the Orange Motuitaint, paying Inl oc casional visit to his private office in Wall street. He has not been spoil:vd by sue cess, being still the geitial, approaclllhe, comlmtlon sens, hard-wtorkin "Tom Edison he was wA-hen unlmllown to fame and fortune. He hai; not startled the world of Into by any new mrarv I, ht his )rain is busy as ever, his lbor: ury has not lost its fascinatiun, nt it is a dull - day indeed when le has not al half (ozenII eXl)oriluelits iln ]Irogres.s. A few yi'Irs ago he said: "''ht. wltichI is knowt, to that which is iulknown, ;tanUts, we will say, a1s one to 1(1,000,1100I," an1d he aeeis to feel that his llissioni is to change (lint 4 pro)ortion by a few fignes. An intimate friend al business asso ciate of Mr. Edison, iin c"onlversation with a Star relortor of electriecl tendet cies, said: a"It would be lelatrii juitst at. lilt sent to manke public mlentionl of w)hat is now\l being done by \r. Eison in the line of original investigation. TIu-re is lnmielh to b e learned yet in the field of electrici ty, both as to m1ean11ls of protinit1ion and 4 methods of utili.atiii. do far as the conversion of steam power into electrie energy is concerned there is little left to b)e de:sired, as our Irset i n:tnos give an efiiciency of 95 ilr cent. olt of It pos sible I l-andt whl n -len real I is within 5 per" cent. of the ideal th,re is not much to be gained in that direetiiin. (oult, miakers of steam geturiatorts maIl eng11ines apprach anywhere -near Meh lerfection in1 the( consutruIctionl o,f appaat usI1 for conu verting heat into poiw er the miechianical millennium wouli beat lumid. "What Mir. I EIismi is doing inl this direction," h aIddeI, "I :n not at liber t y to say, thtoughl it is g.nirally known that he has given th :Ilject itucli thought. I b,elievc" it w oulld be lo breachl of eo111lnice, h1owever, to 1~i11 tioni the fact tit ili h lig-distantee tele plhonle occupies a gre'tt deItl of his tite; and sone day, befotre lng, he na y hi so far advaited witli his exI~rimlents as to give sotething for pulhieititinlt tat will interest the rtaders of tii( Star.'' "About the lllotogtiall ." "About the phlionogrIhit there is not b iug to say, exeep t that it is at presin ut taking a nap. Wlien it atwakces, is it doubtless will I;elme di, it will lot he with the cry of an infat, .1 :ldiln saYs, but with the voice of a ftIl-gnrow mi intI:n, ready to take its 111c1; inl tIhe r:Iks of colmeorcital nceessit lies. tecoi tig 'tle lholes? Yes, I hete heard of thei, but .1 really know Ito 1i,on- il ao:it theit tilu what has bein ,rinlted iii ihe, tt"elthical jolrltsla. it is ani : lIi tit ii f:let that a t41lepl( itwhich wilt pitre:wve a hgille record of eCry solttul tran,smitted through it is a nelcs:i! v, anl that the perfcting of such a teh'plhotnc is oily a guiestion of time I. have not the slightest doubt, 5everal invlitors are it work lIpofni thc Ip'obl)hm .in, anlld twou or t Iih ree have already prodted i sults sullicit to show tat t.hier ate tot thle rig1ht t rack." Is Mr. Ed'ison amtonig the furtmiutte very laudatble ibir'st for inftiormiatiotn wiill have to go unislaked, for the ptresenit it least. But, to atnswer yom' quiestiltn iy nother, don't you& thtink at perfect auito mticephonoi1graphl in comnbinat ionl witht mati'ke an inistr'umit't t. .h iely iresembi l inhg yur conOepitioni of it re';:tnlriig tele plhum e? TI'maiin telegraphly is ratpid Ily iip proachig perfectioin. Itis feasibi lity huts bien fully tdtemonlst rated 1by lmierouos expeimienti, pullil Is wvell as privaite. A compiany has lwent toted t develop(11 fthe systemi itti put it upon1 a etotnterciial haitaih, anid as soont its expedtiient manyi itf equiipped.i with h'.i' telegrap1hs, sit tht paissengers'i, whlil tr in,g at fitll speedit, * maiy commitunicat. ith theIiir iendts it withh,ot rei l iaig ter eatgis it ie ca" steamehipi tr'i vt'ler's upon0h it thait aispee. 'f thet stub jiet I m:c toit been overlooked," two 6r thtree yearts bt' I iimblelicihaI beit regaled by aceromals of Ittrveh>uts ~l' pr gressi maude ini tho~ apieniitiin of i!ee tricity toi raihwtays its it mtutiv' plower. Statemients have hiit it givent of' womh-rt l results tchjievod tot t wo or' tire sIhort lines of eletric roii, in Europtei~ii, imali predictionnt made(I thait the steamit l.;iomo tives wvould Hoont het dispen'isedl with ott the elevated iroadis ini this city. EdKtision harn-fessted htis electric steed to ai paissen-i ger' car indO ixlthitedi its pacees on ant ex pimeitntd tadJ at MNenilo l'th, iiut soon1 tutris.d hisu IhoulghtIs to lighteir themefl, . 'aft rtacedl his nfotA'r in itand downt a hajf-mdie road( itt (Greiie~ ,w (ii Newns Baty, Others workc t away at theo samec ptrobilem, but still io smtoky, gas.eneratmg,i5 himb elring lt)comttive. '1hIo .Field-Ed1ta,, romnilly fit tetd lil ' sectioni of the Seconidt~'')t lMunrad fiii expierilienttta l uroses, and 1)a1 dttid the $11n1e oni Ninth taveinw. TIhe lattter gen tttima gavte til exhib)itionl of hiis nn>ItiIr several mthtsi tago, ontly to ilud its 1powe~r deficaint. Ntit hing hais yet been hieai of t'experiments on the Second avenue line. perimiontal trick has buein Ittid, upotn wrhtich Lieutenant Spr'agnet 1'w . :'t test . , g hiR lsystem of electr iii ipropulsiiot for' ,recently permitted to witness somel (if LAiutenanit Spragute's (xper'iiments. Ini ai brief eQnlversaltionu the Aicute.nant satid: teorm it, resembles the Field-Edison sys tem in that each oar is furnished with its own motor, so that the length of the train may bo varied to suit circumstances without affecting the propulsive power. But it is entirely distinct from any other s4'stemi, and is covered by my patents. 'lthougl the system, as a whole, is theo retictlly perfect, there are some detatils which may require modification; and the purpose of the extperiments n1ow in progres.is to ascertain what imodilica tions or illproveiieints are necessary to insure complete sluccess. Only by actual work with ordiiary cars and utider ordi niry conlditions can all defects ie discov ered. F?or that reason we Ir making these trial trilps; and when confident that everytliig is in thoron,g]i working order we shall .be ready to imake a publie denlostration.a ''lhive we any electric road now in successful operation?" said one of the ollicers of the )aft Electric Company to a representative of the Star. ''Certainly we have. 'le Baltimore and lamilen Electric road, about two miles in length, one of t he crookedest roads in the United State(s, with several very steep grades, was fitted up by us last Septemblier, and has 1eent iii constant operation ever since. U1p to May 20 it had carried near lyl" 2,10,00() passengers without accident., :tld atla cost of but little lmore than half that of horse power. Yes, electric roads are a complete commercial success, and their introduction in all parts of the world is only a question of time." - - ,o. r-.m .t (:l;.M. l l o tig Ln,Iv'M "ontribuilont to 1Uxie 1nl i.ite"rature. One of the finest bits of base ball literature tliit has come to bat this sea son1 is furnished by Miss Fannie Stearns, the accomplished (laughter of Postmas ter Stearns, of Adrian, Mich. It caine to the plate at a class social of the Adrian l igh School in response to the toast, "The High School Nine," and it made i hit for all the bases and the entire gate receipts. It is as follows: "Among all the sports of our country there are none in which is centered more interest than our national game of base ball; no well-regulated college or high i chool is complete without a 1Ise ball club; and among all the orgamizations it is dillicult to find one which has a nine greatly superior to ours. Indeed, the only reason why the Adrian ligh School l;ase Pall Club is not a muenier of the National League is because so much of their timie is occupied in gaines' with bootblacks. On account of their far famed battery, the government is seri ously conisideriig the advisability of adding them to the military force of the United States. The nine are better posted than any similar organization in the country, and they know so much about the game that they have, very fre <p neatly, to correct the umnpire, although, o1 course, they always do so in a courte ons and gentletnauly manier. Our nine young athletes have by hard work won glor' and renown for themselves and the educational institution with which thevare conlnected,;and they merit the thanks of not only the High School, but the pub lie at. large who support the schools, and who can look with pardonable pride uipon our l High School nine. May yoir 'pitchers' never b ecoie full of beer, nor Vomr catcher ever wear a mufl. in all your puruits of life may yon never get irst on errors, he conitpelled to slide for aecond, or try to steal third. At Thanksgiving it is safe to make a 'fowl fly,' and easy enough to see that you know it. In wrong doing it is best to be a good 'short stop.' In study may you always have the best 'score' and al ways be nine. In business I trust you will make a good 'pick-up' and a 'safe hit to right.' [In society may you ever he regarded as a 'good catch.' In poli ies 1 besp eakl for you a safe 'run;' amid im love-th, blush not, ye brawny wield ers of the bat--jin love, when years shall stremigthicn mature judgment, if y'ou see your 'daisy' in the 'right field,' then 'entchier' at once and1( ask some minister for amn 'assist. ' But remember in the meaiitimie when you go to see herW, andi( har father at I1) o'clock wants to 'call the gltne' on iaccoiut of dIarkness, don't dis puite the umiiilre or wait to 'go out oin strikes,' bunt pirocceed to make a 'home runm' be"fore you are- 'fielded out' on a 'doule play.'" liinriing Iio sp~el. F"rederick A. F?ernald hiuis a very inter estiing paer') on the eccentricities of Viglish spelling, in a late issueo of the IPopuilar Science Monithly, from which we take the following pialagraph, which gives a fair illustration of the unnecessa ry burden which the acqjuisitioun of the arlt of Enig'li spelling unposes on the youithf ull nind: "LIearninig to read the English lan gliage is oine ('f thet worst maind stunting priocesses that hals formed a p)art of the gel.anand eet jomi of any petople. Its e il influences arises from the piartly lplonetie, partly lawless char-acter of i;tglish spiellinig. Although (ech letter rI>redsilts s0ome soundit oftener than any other', th-re is hardly a letter in th'e allpih at thamit does not represent nmore thaii one sound, and hatrdly a sound in tIe language that is not represented ini watnwith as inantmy silent letters asl signiicantit onems. TIhere is nothinin anly wont to ini- iente iln which of h'iese ways)' its compon('lent soundils are repre stente- n~titnmg ini the writteni group of lietters toi shiow wh ieb soun1 mds they stayul for, iad which of thiem, if amiy, are silheit, so th at thle lteairnr cian never be sur' of.hitm p onouncinig righ t ly ani Eniglish wVord th1 at he h.Ias ia-veri seen wiitten. The siiilliing of iech word itmst be hearned b y sh eer foVe of miiemuory. .In this wvork tIle l411 iis ra-sntu;g poutwers cannmot be1 mitilizedt, butt inmst lhe subu 1au'd. while his miemlory is -adly- OYorworkedh. fit the atllirs- of tIhe chaihils daily lit', tIhe logical following. tout of rilles is re w.arded; in learing to spl-l, it br-iings him om;1y dhiscomf iturle iald bew illn'1en:'i TIhe iniflulence of thle tspel linig tlass <jinit!k ly drivest h im to eiress iany inlition81(1 to reaslon, andtt ho gives hii'-lf ump to it lbarn ]following of authority. No thild I ars E glslispelling withitut get t imng the I)ermerous11 ntioni thiit (eram1 is bit-~ ter than1 thimnkinig, anti that ctniilnoni sense is a treachers gud. Ayo)ug lady ini Chambniersurug shiowt lii fonidness, for pe0n by brnigu yommmg l)et pig. Sh6 feed telttle porker candy, and often wie li hing itsee th yung lady fans him to sootme Sketch of tle (nreer of the .tIn,nmn Jcess( .1nmct. (F"rman the l;rrminla n A ) Steve RIenifroe, the notorious outan and thief, Who was lynched at Living Stonl last Tuesday evening, has a history worthy the basis of a yellow-hacked novel. lie -was borln in the maiounttains 01 (orgia, where his father was a highly respected citizeni, atnd one finlanlcially well-to-do. Very little cnn be ascertained as to his son's character, habits and dis position during his Iovh(od, except that he was foremost in all b oyisli sports, and was always a goodi one in a fight. When about twenty-one years of age he married the daughter of a prosperous farmer of north (eorgia, who proved to o ia most estimable little lady, and did much to restrain her hlsaid's reckless disposition. In 18G8 Steve arrived in Sumter coi ty, Ala., and lived (or a good many months in abiost. hidden seclusion with anll unlele, an ex-probate judge of Sumter. It was reported, and circuistalitial cvi dlnieo was strong against him, that he was fleeing from justice in Georgia -- that he had killed a man inl his native section and was hiding to escape the clutches of the law. "I shall never forget the first time that saw him," said the reporter's informant. "It was just about three months after he arrived at his un11cle's, and having been confined, for secrecy, he was as fair and delicate looking as ia girl. Ile was just about twenty-three years old, and was dressed in what, I thought at the time was the prettiest suit of clothes I had ever seenl--a honemnade cheek, hald sonely -worked and bound with silk braid. le was a landsomte, tidy young fellow, and his delicate features, fair face and neat attire contrasted strikinglJ with the tawii, coarsely dressed ex-s)1 diers of the dark days of the war. After lie had remained with his uncle several months, his wife joined him, and they lived in Sumter, apparently happily, ull til her death, which occurred in a short time after her arrival. 11er remains were isterred in the 1urial ground of the Baptist chnrch of that place. About i year after the death of his wife Renfroc became marked in his at teitions to a doiughter of )r. Sledge, iL highly respectable citizen of that county, and gaining her affection, married her. They lived together five or six years, at the end of which time she died and was buried in the Methodist churchyard. A year or two afterwards Renfroe had her remains removed and placed beside those of his first wife, in the Primitive Baptist celetery, an1(d erected a handsome mar ble monument to the memory of the two. Afterwards lienfroe married a iliss Stone, of Livingston, and li ved with her until after lie was first charged with em bezzlenment, afae" which she left him, rind is now living in Meridian, Miss. Renfroe was always looked on as at leader in till kuklux or other desperate or daring uidertakings, and there is no doulbt as to his having had i great anount of reckless courage and being a qluick man on the trigger. In 1871, whenl the Republicats came into power in that county, he was ar rested on the charge of the murder of a man named .illings, and lay in prison five months. lie proveld an alibi, how ever, and was discharged. IIe was elected sherifl' in about the year 188), developed into quite a politi eian, and it is said that lie aided much toward relieving that county from Ee pub)lican domination. Later on he was accused of embezzle mnelnt and put in jail, but broke out antld wvent (out west. After "pI ainting the We~'sterni counltrlies red"' lie amgainl re li-ned and lived airouind Livinlgstonm, oe c'astiiiilly stealing in anid tukig ofi' a hor'se with hiim. At last lie wvas caught anmd jailed1, but a Mr. Little wenit his bond antd the ntext day the riaseal stotle Mr. Little's horse and left aigaini. HeJ was recapitured aifter ai while, and jailed, hut tried to b)reak out again, anid wa-is taikeni to the 1Tusealoosa jail for sate keeping. H ete lie bored a hole thr'ouigh the floor of' his cell and1( escaiped tlhrough it. He was recapturee, tried fort gr.nd larceny and sent dutring last October to Pratt mnines forn five years. lie remalim.d ~ t here live we eka anid escaped b y climb-t inig the side of the shaft. .lloltsdlihundits were put oni his track, bulit lie put Item off his t.rack by wttlinig in a cr'eek ftor five or six miiles. Ntar Eumfaw lhe mei(t a trampll id chummtted with him ; Itt tine day thte trampl gave hima away, and a large crowd of citizens camte up with and one himui dired shots were fired at him, butt lie dodg ed awuay int thle swamp unhuritiittt. A few day13s s inle ai mule wats sto len ini Latutder'dale couinty, M'iss55isipi, iaml thle next tday thrtee farmers saw a main riding ont the Iost ntudte. Theiy detmnandtd that lhe yield to thema but lie resisted and aittempted to shoot, when onte of his purilsui(rs unhorsed himl with ialalo squnirrel shot. When the latter was asked why 'lhe didnt't use buceksht, lie repltied: '"T lat was a skeer grint; .1 was gtoin' tot git him next titme with buckshot."' When the Sumter countty posse at templtetd toi hatndetiff Renfiroe iat Eter Ipriso lhe fought desperately, andt threw his captors from himi as if they were so many children. .1 F"nraik Trfonet, Nine a. im. Shec---My tdear little hiub b)y, 1 reailly need ai new h oninet very aiuch. lie- -Ifloiw much will it cost y Shie-Oh, only about $25. lIe---Only 325, ehi? WVell, miy deari lifttle wif'ev, usmiess is very b)ad antd you can't have one. She - - can't ! \VellI, we shall ste. Si p. m. lo- lsn't inerl' iathor life lo-nt ?i' SIhe I pr'esumie it is. lit' I low~ oon do you think it will lbe read v, my dtar? SIhe - -I dtonx't t hinik it will 1he read ao~ t aill, iiy dharling. lHe Why? Whabt() do yomu met.an? Shte .-1 am til a striw; no bonneitt, nto dinnieri. Tein p. m. Ilie M~y deari, is thme strike still tily SIh'. - 3y lit, it is still on,~ lie Ar vtoui not getting hiungry? She. No;I I Imdt miy tdtiin at mthitr's bteforte yotu ('itat homtet. lit' Will the strike Ias tuntil breaikfast, thinik you?'' Slit lTre is hut onle way to endtt it at mill. Ilt li'm! Well, lmy pet, if' you w ill gt anid get iota bouwl of lbrtad andl milk or a ('tul of ctIe, I think we mitight adljust by meians of arbtitrat ion. P'. S. Com-n promillise wasI finally mtadle on the 1baais o a $15 bonnet. -Chicago Rambler. Early I)nye In ('olorndo nv lile'mbe'red by n P'Ioneer. (From the Donver Tribune ) "That only leaves two cf us," and with a sigh a man of medium height, bronzed features and a general appearance of having had a hard experience, limped to to a chair and laid on a table a 11newspa per, pointing to an item eoncerning the death of William Lovell, known in the mines of Colorado as ''Clhicken Bill." After heaving a few sighs the visitor an notmiced that he was Thomas (illespie, or "'Mointailt1oln." "''hero used to be six of us," Ie con timuei, "who prospected before ILead ville was founded. There war 'Chicken Bill,' lie's dead from too iiuclh booze; -Arizona Bill,' who was shot dead in Shoshone, Arizona; 'Buckskin Joe,' I found his pony, but his body and his rifle had beeni taken by Greasers; 'Col orado B3ill,' who was lhung at Fort. Smith for shooting a ian; 'Broken Nose Scot ty' and myself who are still living. \We were always together and knew every pass and peak of the mountains front Montana to Texas. Joe lived as much to kill Indianits as anything else, for when he was <mly seven years old the redskins killed his father, mother, two sisters amd one brother, and he only escaped by be ing hid away. lie had seventy-two notches cut onl the breech of his long rifle when I. saw it last and every one meant an Indian. .1 gave 'Chicken Bill' his name when lhe was a tenderfoot. 1. persuaded him there was a fortune in a heiery and lie sent as far last, as tios tolm for eggs, but he never could get one that, would hatch. It cost him lots of drinks. "lill wias a great prospector and located the Deadwood chim, which after ward was known as the Little Pittsburg mine. The greatest sell he ever made was when he located the Chrysolite mine, in the earlier days of Lea'dville. I lie did not think much of the claim and decided to salt it and sell it. IHe did that, and Lieutenant (overnor (after ward Senator Tabor 1it and paid $2,000 for the slutft. Tabor stocked the mine at :1I),(I,0I,000, and after going down lifteei feet further found the richest mine of the lot. "Bill was horribly beat over that and it cost Iwo or three men their lives to call hii 'Chrysolite.' We were in 'Pap' Ililhian's, in Leadville, one night, and some fellow called him 'Chrys.' Bill didn't sahy anytlhimg, btt, whilc we were up at the bar, jostled him. The fellow struck him and Bill pulled his gun and bered him. '1'hu're was a jury int live minutes, but wheni one witness said the other fellow struck him they were all twelve for acquittal. He came pretty hear gettiog iny neck i1 a. loose one tiime. A horse-thief lid escaped frot I Leadville jail by downing the sherif', atl in the scrimmage there had been two shots fired, one of which went into the ceiling. The hole showed it was a :12 pistol. I was the only nan in camp who carried a 32 and ill knew it and startrfd the gang after me. I had gone up l itsquito (lulch to go over the moun tain. I stopped to help the old muan1 get his goods out of the water, for the water was lip, when I felt a grip frot behind and the lippers were on my wrists. I cin01il'.i't say a word, and was hauled into town and cliuced into the cooler. I. couild hear theml talkinmg of lvnhling ie, whenl suddeily the sherii a'ppeared and he let mie out aid vouched for ame to the boys. You see soime fellow had left. his valise near the cooler amid that thief drew it in, and, breakinig it open, got out the gun. "We all mtade 1ig foritunes there. ' iroken Nose Scotty' went to Paris, F'rame(e, antd sold a ehtaimi forn $200t,0(ft0. iIe spen it somte of it b eforte lie gt bI ack and( thent ian away with ainothier fellow's wifte anid gave her a niice hou~tse in Den. ver and $100tf,000i. lie: working ini the miounttaiuis y(t and( w~hen lie goes to ll)en veir anid rings t lie bell at that hotuse the wo mani looks out of the windoliw atid wheni she sees htim slit whistles for' the police get (oit otf totwn 11. a t "Tlhiere usedi to be lots oIf funi out thtere tor the Iboys, ltmt they keep uts ioving no( w, forl wheni a goodti minte is strtuck the tenuderfootts ciomte in amtu irun it. "We lad lots oft hig visitors, too.tI Ihelped to shotw ''Too-ID)o-It' ['Thintge, thi. greatt prea'tcher', irounditi Leaidvilh-' tne. He wantedt to see the totwin and the( copt~s knw t hey couiim't take him uniiless there1 was a minier alontg, aind theyv got tme and several ither tfellows. We steered lim i Ithrough several places anid inito' thle Mthif wmiikee 1heer houtlse. I putt nte (of thle girils lil to ehaimling thle pre-icher'i for' a <bitnce. SIbe didn't know hie as a gots tel-'linger, bit wlheniI te dance was readty sIhe ran uip andit grabb'ed Talmauge and1( s-Oil ' FThis is may p art ner'.' '.The pto lie t rid to idrive her away , butit she hun tg on until she said I putt her upt to it. Thenm they f~ ired tie and got Neotty to got arolun d with thtem, but lie got thtemi in its ha iai sna a111is I did, WVhen Tlu ainge got btak t o New York lhe sett abouttt 5t)0 pai pers~ withl his spteech in it to us, and( hius health wais ntever' dranik hteartier or deept er thait it wa~is whlen that sptetech was fiirst W\hile Jut dge Tracy wits ont lie ('ireuit, gtimg froma courit, his firace brokeit. 'VT i.11ge lipent over a h alIf hioturi trtyintg tot fix it, but to noi purpotse. ii ptatie'e wats exlhaiusted , iand lie expryessed his vextion ini wordis. A~ negro' came along, andl th. Juidge told himt of his diflieiilty. 'The niegro( let ouit thie tirace, cut a hle ini it, andl tht jobi was done'. "'Why,'.said the Judige, "'coul .1 ilt have thought atf that 9 "Well, mattrster, ' said thle alit negro, "d't' you know that saine folks is jest '"That's sot,'" said the Jiidge. "'Wht shiuill I payi youi fori fixin g my tract?' "W'ell, natirster', ftift.y cent.. will do," i'plid thl le ntegro. "'ifty cents'' said th' 'Judge. "'You wiere nti live iiutes mit it' ''I dot iiot charge youi fifty cemnts foir (domlg it,' sai flue negro. "I. ehmarg' yoiu t wentfy-five centls fitr doinig it, mal twenmt y-Iiv( cenits for kinowing hotw to doi it'. J';xc'hantge. thtiir birotds ini Pavia, Italy, andui rileasedh in Mih1m. ft too(k thetm julst thlirteeni iimtes to get bacik tt thirm nests atgin, so thiat their average rate of flight tmust lave been b73 a nuit hour. .1 inlaenwnt Whlh Flis Aien t i1-in11t,ut. hilty on 'i'eenneh I-hermann. IJDITOIi (ioLLU\IIIA .Ui-:ui rTlt: As tI Northern ima>ers luave again revived thi (lestion as to who 1tl it Columl,ila, it may not be out of place to state at few facts which came to my own knowledge, and which hive never hlrl'1 pu11)lished, although it is 1)retty well known ltonci even conceded by the North that 'Sher inan1 was the (lestrover. \1Y father, who remained in (oltl>)iat (iur;i'g its oceul palnely by Shernman, aind whilst stanling on the front p)orelb oil the e(Venling of the 17th, with Major W hitener, of Miount Pleasant, Iowa, whose head<1p nat'ter:s w('re at our residence, observed some signills over the river atn.1 a'dl what wats the netuing of those signals. '[le Major mitid1: "Ir. NicrnSd(e, vt,ulr city is (doomed(1. That is the signal ft'r tle I7th corps to enter the city and cotnnnce n(the work of destruction, ai1n1 I won1bl advise yon int mediately to takhe Vour' htlnily $6' p o 6tllalee of safety, for it i: not afe forI' them to remlain inl the it v.' ' Iiesidec: this, , ltavlf, )inv b)rother George un4 11 F )yn is wi"n the las;t of lIapl)ton's cavalry 'who h-f"t the itv. Whent w?e left We "1w1" 11-INvor (;oodwyn lund the late 1John6l A6nw iln I,aoan(:he ridinlg out 31ain street to neet Shltrrln:n's advance guard, :1611 whenl we turned iito Elmuwoot1 avenuie, by ,)idge Pearso6's housie, hrmnl'si ol'v:'-('e ws 6 lt:ring the cit',. I distint lv 1enlemtlmer th:t att that time there wi'6 no sign of tire il the streets or else'Iere, :tn(lN we 1utt1 passed thoigh th1- 1,'ini:ia :in-ee1s, in which i1les of ('ttt'1 wene pile<d, n6t noticel that vey few\ Ihale; w\Vn,' 11 ken or scatter"ed. I was taken lis r(1' 1i a light ibe tween 1iherty [till au6ot i.;laaster Cou-t H{ouls', Southl (;arolin a, 6unt c<tine1d iln Lanceatster' jail with ',>)I - w 'tvetvy-ve (,r ole ll llred 6,tlit'r ('on'feletaj:<. \\'lijst inl jail,we were collpeIledI to drat\w lo1 a6> t the nillter of a;(,>n1c ten or tweIV(' w\hol were to be 6ho6 in retatli:atit,6 for me of Sieriln 's 166666 \N.i> wi6re s:iid h) 1,:1N.v been mulrlderetdy l I lan6ton's in6n. \\'" all (drew", and those 'ho ",,1 tht ill ?atol inlultbers were lctailctl out, 16it $1m shooting wans necr (urit d out. Ait('. w\ards I learn1e"d that (Genen:tl Ila:lnptonl'; letter was the '6tns6' 61' order I igt;; rescinlde<l. .1 w\"aS rec:ptluured1 by (ienenal lhunpi otoni in light att Riocl Iisl Creek, nearl" 'aye('ttevilll', N. C. We wer' a611 confinedl in at 6en luilt of nails, containt ing abo6t .1t) ConfedIera:tes. The gu:m'l (1nt sein;. 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(NtwItcerie ILetter to th- 1';lndelphia Times.) lit 1815, just seventy-one years ago, .John Armstroig wits bori near Wilning ton, North Carolina. le was the only sont of at well-to-1O farmer and received an o'dinary common school education. At t enty years of age he became enam ored of a young woman naned Carrie Scott, daughter of a farmer who came from Virginia and who purchased the land adjoining the farm of Armstrong's father. John's love seemed t4) be re cilprocited and lie lived on in blissful anticipation of a happy future. For two years he was assiduous in his attention, and the wedding day was finally decided upon. There was no lppier nutit in the State of North Caro Ii:t 1ti Jolin Armstrong. The event full day arrived. John arose early, irrayed himtself in his wedding suit, and, in comnpan y with a few invited guests, set out fril the ione of his expected brite. ( )in the way lie was met by a eolored se vant, who, in few words, told himt that Al iss Carrie had been married it seVen o'Iloctk that morning to a North ern gientlinan 1y the name of Samuel Opd(yke titt 1uid startdl ont a wedding jt nlney North inl at carriage. 1'o1 at. momnent Armstrong wii para l w( 'itIl astl(iishmtent, buit presently recMvrmug Itis self-possession, he looked about hitt (uponl his wondering group of .ymatthelic sp ectators. Then, without uttterii; at wor'd, he put spurs to his hors , :1nd, leaving his guests still inl the ru:adl, soon disaippeared in the distance. le w as never seen again iii the neigh I,rhoo4, tu11 ilthouilllg every effort was ma4t' to Iisover his h'liereaboutts, they invariaI"ly provled5 fitile, and finally the eonuututity settled down to the b)elief that he had ctuinitted suicide. A 'l1'JtliInOt'S IltiENil;. Y'ais l+tassed awiy and the circuin -tani w'as l'orgotten. His father and anolt'r l;ual died, and, although ,John \\:s the legitnatte he(ir" to the eStatte, anl nclIe toolk elarge of the farm until he sinIll be f"olnl. One day during the war: Federal oflicer, to escape capture 1. it s("t ntinig irty of Coifetlerate 'avial ry, took refuge i i a swanip. In wanler ig about he became he'ildered and 1iit raat 1 still deeper into the glooim y t t - t">, l till gireat forest. lie sudden Iy ':11ilt' facs to fite with at man armed u it h :i ontliiI shotgun. I illO, stranger, w\ ho he you?' .\ 5(hlier who has lost his way,'' re puiithe 11 Olilver, s('eing; that conceal lwtIu of his po sition was imlpossib,le. "N(t onoe (J' (tS, I guess?" uteied the "Ni, I'm n11 ollicer ill the Federal -\\ill, st ranger, I'in no killer, though I niii lit v ,itro ng agin thar Yankees. WhaIt :tt uinit yer ruimie he?" I it" 1I im start(l bick and cockced his ;il. "( )pL ke ---( )p dyke - the scoundrel wo :1u"rriied Carrie )eott and destroyed 1t1y 11In tpiness." "I ditd nirry Carrie Seott--imarried hit-r h("t;mwt I lm-ved her. .Bhut wh'Io are you, tiit 4y1)ul shouid get ,o excited over the ulitttr' "Ai" xi byx, ['mi Jtohn A\rristrong, who1 ciin t liit 'ari gal, antI shet 'vwedI sht lovedt mii bItte than anulIlything else ini ihe wold . I hit she decei veil mec; her hen t wa1 s holllw ; slit was11 false to me1( h ism iiil lledtt the trigger. Captain Sa oilo- ()iilyke Itell dleall at his feet. h isel t It thle storly---b(eameo terribly "t init wire a liomen'it of sweet revenge," I'i-'' neal ifIty years lie has lived aIliwl iin the North Carolinat forests. Hec lli-rinli'l, whenilli he servanit 0on that eve tiurn his bac1k (il Iiiunfanity'. TheIi enin;lli illn which lme lives lie lhil!tthimslf I t is ini t he glooiiest. antd remoltest solhi ilw liit h. gardenl lhe eiultivates, thuts evi-I <hingi'll tllw txisltenie ofi civilization, wo (utb e I Idisinail abIodle illuleedt. Ile iltaxir> to avid the soceiety (If men 1 as Llnwli. Ii1215 a acidntail'~ll,y dliscovered bya parilty ilf hunlters. Ilie is still v'igori Ilil fIll his iagi a1111 aiIlhoughi his hair and longiuin lg hItt' are whilte as snow~1, liw walks I'n-et aniet withI ani ('hltic, buoy taliik hle is ch1 meifl an i d enteArtaining in is coniver t'i',n11, nut studiiouisly aids( anly referenceit to the telelit sex, Ile av\er's tIhat hll hais ntt seen 4or spo)ken to) aI'4 nolian fori the liuist tlhirty years, and till notv' r( teen a rimlr'oadi ciar or1 steam h'at. Ith knllows co uinpar2ati vely little of ih me'lents ouf every (lay life goIing 011 ini the outlside wIrlit. iht i a5I conistant ieler ofi rIiiel igiotus and scientific wvorks :i Il I aii aiuenttit studen'lt of niatural history. l Ill hai. nilignlificent co(llection of speci lnl 2m, m the l'ntomiological world, CIm II ll en It' ll cet,lte.ly the~ niame anud bab)its iney mi sn't nlativ'e to the nieighbhor hit 'i. lie is also1 211 ex pert w'tith the jt'iiI(ii)te. Sine his iabod e hils b ecom-e Iiu n i the boys,'i binig him tob1acco, kinw':-;unekls, etc., in exelhango for whicht lhe gives thelia Crosses, hearts, whh,i;tleIs, tc. , whlich lie makes from beef hio ilts. These51 he( Carves with an or'dina rykile and14 tilt', though the work is 1bow andi tetditous. 1Io is contemplatin~ movh to n.re scCluded qiuarters,a it w'ihi niot lie suirprisinig if, some4 finie omi ng,llt the~ hop~l will search for John A noi)ted Eniglish clergymian n1ow. trai'v lig ini the l':tst is stid tol have rewardt I'd hits drlagoIlnani so liberally tha' that Ito jliuchase an aidditionual wife. Aftcr Iwarthe e l'ccelesiastic dhis(?Icvee that hic had aidled and abetted hia seryant ir polygamy, FI'ITZ JOHN PORTER'S BALLOON. A Dangerous Ride Over the Confederate Camp In War Times. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) "I guppeo you never heard of Fitz John Porter's balloon ride," said an old army officer. "Well, it was one of the most romantic events in the life of that gallant sokaier. He was with McClellan in the Peninsular campaign and was dis tinguished for his intelligent activity. Porter conceived the idea that balloons could be made very useful in reconnoit ering and at his request General Mc Clellan obtained the necessary equip nent for this service. The balloons and the apparatus for the manufacture of the gas were procured without much difficul ty, but an reronaut was not so easy to obtain. Some of the officers of the en gineer corps agreed to make the first trip in the balloon which was to afford a view of the Confederate ovyerations. Porter watched their preparations with keen interest. Just as they had every thing ready lie stepped into the basket of the clumsy gas bag to see that every thing had been properly prepared. Whi li he was examining the machine it slipped from the grip of the men who held it and shot like an arrow up into the air, carrying Porter as its lone pas senger. He had never been in a balloon before and knew nothing whatever about managing one. "A stiff breeze was blowing and the great bulb flew like a bird away from the astonished camp, until it became a mere speck in the sky and then faded com pletely from sight. Not a man who watched it disappear expected that he would ever see Porter alive again. He started on his wild fight at 7 o'clock in the morning. The lay wore away with the camp imi a state of great commotion over the probable death of its favorite officer. When night came and noth ing had been seen of the balloon it was the general conviction that Porter haid either been killed by a fall from his balloon or had been captured by the Confederates. About daybreak next morning at picket challenged a man coinig toward the Federal line and a loment later recognized General Porter. llis balloon had carried him clean over the Confederate army. le was fired at a dozen times by the Confederate artille ry. At night the wind change(d and brought him back, and when he saw that he was over to his own army he let out the gas gradually and safely descended, after being twenty hours in the air with the vision of a horrible death constantly be fore him. After this strange adventure no more experiments with balloons were made in McClellan's army. SOLVERHS OF St't'EIlldCRIl'TIONS. le"er N'ork In Ite 1)ead Letter Ollce by Quick Witted Woauen. (From the Washington Post.) The clerks in the Dead Letter Office show marvelous skill-an ingenuity that is sometimes almost inspiration-in de ciphering the ignorant superscriptions from across the sea. What would the reader make o1 this on the back of a let ter: "Mc Maria Peratala nara Pa Kaminll Ka ute takkata ter nurt amlerikata." The lady to whom it was allotted road it over to herself till well nigh distracted, and finally settled on "Mrs. Maria l'eratolaa,N ora, I amnlin county, Dakota." And it was duly delivered. The word "azzilitorno" passed through the alembic comes out ''Hazlc ton," while "Pitzkonty S X Ajowa" re appears on a clean envelope as "Essex, Page couty, Iowa." And hero is one calculated to drive the reeonstructor into a lunatic asylum: "G(i lhon ahao la ast ha gew lan lhar yori ohio laatn Pok jas Amneriika." Ought aiinimortal mind to tacklo such a superscription? It did, and from the chaos camne the clear designation: "'John Ahiola, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio." Occasionally the address, carefully cop)ied from the bottom of an old Ameri can letter b)y seome Finn or IHungarian who does aiot know a word of English, is tangledl up with stray bits of sentences such ais ''Good bye" or ''Many kisses;" amad onme received bore, cairefully copied iito the sup1erscription: "LJov to) the ole miani an the 3 little D)oolans." .A letter adressed to "'Chiurhvat joya" is forwairded by these gifted opistb'aig dletectives to "'What Char, Iowa," and ".WVaii i(oinad Namerikkaa" is at once dlispaftched to "'White Cloud, Michigan." To iaake a~ successful superscription solver imutst require thme linguistic attain ments of a Mezzofanti, the musical car o,f a phonograph, the cupning of a Vidocq, lie intelligence of a Supreme Couri judge and the patience of an angel. A t the TIal. D)omi't rise from the table until the mecal is finished. Don't break an egg into a ciip or glass, but cat it always from the shell. Don't smear a slice of bread with but ter; break it into small pieces, and then b)utter. Don't spread out your elbows when you are cutting your meat. Keep your elbows close to your side. Don't carry your spoon in your tea or' coff'ee cup; this habit is the causo fre quently of one upsetting the cup. Let the spoon lie in the saucer. Don't eat vegetables with a spoon. Eatt them with a fork. The rule is not to eat any thing with a spoon that can be eaten with a fork. Even ices are now often eaten with a fork. Don't dev,,ur the last mouthful of soup, the host fragment of bread, the last morsel of food. It is not expected that your plaito should be sent awvay cleansed by your gastronomic exertions. D)on't, when you drink, elevaite your . glass as if you were going to stand it inverted oii your nose, as some do. Bring t the glass perpendicularly to the lips and then lift it to a slight angle. Do tius easily. A dispatch from P'ekinm to the London '/ imes says that the lRussian fleet threatens I azereff, becaunse Eangl and during the Af I hlan dispute'eccu pied Port Hlanmilton. The dispatch adds that the Chainese fleet has pro eceded to Vladivostock, and that the lius dian Ministor of Wair is visiting the far lEast. Iis presence there is regariled as significant.