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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."
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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 $1m
shooting wans necr (urit d out. Ait('.
w\ards I learn1e"d that (Genen:tl Ila:lnptonl';
letter was the '6tns6' 61' order I igt;;
rescinlde<l. .1 w\"aS rec:ptluured1 by (ienenal
lhunpi otoni in light att Riocl Iisl Creek,
nearl" 'aye('ttevilll', N. C. We wer' a611
confinedl in at 6en luilt of nails, containt
ing abo6t .1t) ConfedIera:tes. The gu:m'l
(1nt sein;. It hun1ttn1 61 a!n.g in o66 dlincc
tioln, 6666d ceinthatg 116t6 w \t 6wr aithl to
b'e relatsed, l6liberatly, ait poinlt-bhlk
range, e m plttiil th ir ilit , 1 in t. ) 6 nl; : 664
then ttolk to thcir. htw"!. ihunll mu
capl)tivity I n e a' LtCtilly he:;i' ti6 n t m.1
say" that the' lod lhck n( tt,66m Isw
pleasedl whilst ill ' 'nth ( t'in, o:d
tiuc al again 1 1aw tlma' t li". <h*a !
ings, barns, etc., 616, inl 1a-t, a6n6 thi>1ng
that wouh1)l burn1 wa6s6 st6 on ilr'. Itt
their fler'eeness Slinw h,I subsi(i a,
o)11 as North ('ar'olinat wa66 : etf( el, :
though tley di a gr"at c"al of <l':=trte
tion inl that State.
I-'1:.4 r N ut:ntssr:r:.
Coluinbia, S. ('., ;luly 21, 1ti:;.
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It is not Iossil" 1666r :ui' one, writ;e
W . JI. . 6arton, of I l o , 'I'tun., 1O I ih,
Nashville :e\it ricaln. to b:utll: I :ttmi r
successfully ill :1lV but:sine1 s w o , i: 1a.k"
ingt in the at 1 en-ar$:tin;; e:pit:tl. \int
tcin-tweitiethis of the youn; , i l, n
our 1now lge, w1ho ir:<t v6nlt un. intt
business (n1 I6,o>rrowedl capital cann- to
iricf. They lacke kiun>wh-<dge ,f" t6ic
principles of teir('i btsli . whicb c6611-,
lf experience 66!' ch> 66116, h6n6 thinki $16'.66
Wft6in 1116ande16i66 n ilted his6 $1666!
gret6$ers 6 ar l of 6 the m 66y 6666 ii am
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iwnC ('hrmoniln
A SOUTIIIERN HERMIT.
'Tii1; ltcM.ANT\'IC TO YV OF A NOltTH
C'.11to LaIA 1t5CEh,M.
.Illt(d on lii' \v"ddhl4 I)ny..IlIIM Mitrderous
ite . ;;l~p "Pol (h alan Who WVOn lIs
liride.
(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.