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- * 7- i *i 4 LlJiE W " 4.4 VOL. XVI, P'ICKENS, S. C., TIURSDAIY, JUNE 23, 1887. -NO. 85 CONFEDERATE BATTLE FL,AS. TWELVE HISTORIC BANNERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S SOLIEItS. Qonral 1)run 's Manly Letter to the Sec rotary of War--The Flags from the I'l metto State--Tie 'resident's Final Action. (spcclal to the News oam Conviter.) WAsHINoTON, Juno 15.-The sugges tion of (len. I. C. Drum that, the Con federate flags which were capture. dur ipg the war, and havc for twenty years beep stored in one of tho attic rooms of the yar department buildings, should bo returned to the respective States to which they belonged has caused a great deal of comment. The letter of (Ien. Drua to the secretary of war is itself one of the most notable contributions to the history' of these times. It is the let ter of a brave man and a true soldier: < fion. urumin's Letter. . VAR DEPARlTMENT, AD JUTAN" GENEAL's OFFlC;, WAsIuNGTON, April 30, 1857. 1 jtou. William C. Eudicott, Secretary I of War-Sir; I have the honor to state that thero are now in this oflice (stored in one of the attic rooms of the build ing) a number of Union flags captured in action, but recovered on the fall of the Confederacy and forwarded to the war department for safe keeping, togeth or with a number of Confederate dags, 1 which the fortunes of war place(d ii our .pauds during the late uivil wa4. ?hiio, In tie' past., favorable action has always been taken on applications, properly supported, for the return of Unfon flags to organizations represent ing survivors of the military regiments in the service of the Government, 1 beg i to submit that it would be a graceful act to anticipate future requests of tii ; na -t, d ypnti,ra vy .,.ggesy Yhe pro fof rotirning all the flags (Union 4nil Confederate) to the authorities of t tlie respectivo States, in which the regi ments which boro these colors were or ganized, for such final disposition as they may determine. While, in all of the civilivet ntions t of tie 01 Worl, irophiec+ tak;u in 'trs' agtain ,t foreign enemies, have been I parefplIy preserved and exhibitcd as proud mententoes of the nation's in ilita my glories, wise and obvious reasons have always excepted from the rule, evidsnces i of past internecino troubles which, by t appeals t. the arbitration of the sword, t have disturbed the peaOeful march of a people to its destiny. Over twenty years have elapsed siicej the termination of the late civil war. Many of the prominent leaders. pi"il and; military, of the lato Coufederate t ates are now honored relresentutives of the sational councils, or in other eminent po'siious lend the aid of their talents to fihe wise administration of the all'air.a of the whole country, and the people of the several States composing the Union are now united treading the broader rord to a glorious future. Impressed with these facts, I hav; the honor to submit the stuggestioii mnade in Lis lctter for tho careful considerition it will receive at your hands. Very trnly yours, R. C. DUM, Adjutant General. The endorsement of the secretary of I war upon this letter is as follows: a WAR )P1rrIar, Ilay 2t, 1 . The within recommendiation is ap proved by the President, and the Adju- t taiut General vill prepare letters to ( Governors of those States whose treops carried the colors and flags now in this doepartmenrt, with tIhe offer to retuna them as herein propose5d, tire histor y of each flag and the cicumstancees of' itst capture -or recap)turo to be given. Secretary of War. In accordance wvith tire instructions from the secretary of war, Glen. ium prepared tire following letter which was sent to Governor Richardson: ADJUTANT GAENERiAl s GFFrrIC:. \VAsuNoTrON, Jino 7, 1857., To Governor J. P. Richardson, Co lumbia, S. C. -Sir: Thre President of the United States having approved thre recomrmendat-ionr that all tire flags in tire custody of tire war deplart.ment bie re turned to the authorities of tire respe. tive States ini which tire regimrentn whnicir bore them were oni(anized, for such final dispogition as they may decterrmno, I am inetrrupted by the honorable scretary of wtar to make you (in the name of tire war department) a tender of the flat,s now irr this oflice belonging to late voluinteer organizations of tire State of Soth Car olina, .Tn dischanirginrg this pleasant dut y I beg y'ou willplease advise me of your wishes in this matter. It is tihe intenrtioni, ini returning each flag, to give its history, so far as it is p)ossib)le to dIo so, statinig tire circumstances of it-s capiture anrd re covery. I have the honor to he, very respectrully, your obedient sen-van t, li. C. Da1cM, Adjutant (General. TIre South C. arol ina Ilaigs. Among thne captured Southrernr ban - nors are twelve flags whrichr were captured by the Federal troops in battle or were picked up after tire surrender of Charles o..Some of them are of very great historic value and it is hroped that they will be carefully preserved whenr they are firally turned over to tire State of the valor of whroso troops the(y are so precious a momoroial. "The folLowing is a brie! description (of-these flags and of the circumstances attending thirir cap turd: Confed erate b)attlIe flag, cap)tured fromli South Carolina regiment at thne battle of Sharpsburg, September 17, 18(62, at tire stonfi wall mi front of the 1st brigt,de, aId division, 9tLh army corps, by Private TVhomas Hare, Co. "'1," 89thn regimenrt New York Volunteers. Private llare was afterwards killed. Confederato baittle flag, ciap)tured at Malvern IIil, unear Jamnes River, Vir.. 'inia, July 1, 18(2, by Sergt. W. ,J. Wittrick, 83d Pennsylvarnia Volunteers, Butterfleld'r brigade. This flag was taken from a South Carolina regimrent, who piled unp their dead to resist tire at tack of the brigade. . 1?aof the 11th t4outhr Carolina Vol . utees. -In scribod Port Royal, Cedar (3r3ek, Swift Creek, Votorsburg,, June L4, Wolaon Railroad. Flag of the 16th uth n-rlin ol nnteers, was captured by Capt. J. W Scott, Company. "D," 157th Pennsy vania Volunteers. It was taken froi the hands of the color-bearer on the un during the engagement-of April, 1, 18. at Five Forks, Va. Confederate battle flag of the 27t South Carolina regiment, captured b Private F. C. Anderson, Company "A, 18th Massachusetts battalion. South Carolina State flag, no history Confederato battle flag, captured b (Ien. Sheridan's forces September 18 1864, from 8th South Carolina Infantry Battle flag of Sumter Flying Artillery captured in the battle of Appomatto> Station, April 8, 18t5, by Chief Bugle] Chas. Shorn, 1st Virginia Veteran Vol unter Cavalry, 3d brigade, 3d cavalr division, (len. Custer commanding. Battle flag of the Sumter Heavy Artil lory, captured in the battle of Sailor'E Oreek, April 6, 1865, by Sergt. Georgt 1. Pitman, Company C, 1st New Yori Lincoln Volunteer Cavalry, 3d brigade, 3d division, (Ion. Cijtor commanding. Ga.irison f!ag, "Secessionville," Jainc [sland, S. C., defences of Charleston maptured February, 18i. Presented t he war department by Brig. (en. A. >ohimmelpfennig. (Jarrison flag, '"Fort Moultrio, Jharleston harbor, oaptured February 8, 16i. Presented to the war depart nent by Brig. (en. A. Schimmelpfennig. Garrison flag of the Citadolof Charles on, S. C., captured February 18, 1865 'resented to the war department by 3rig. Gon. A. Schimmelplennig. The 'resi,Ient'n Action. WASISroti, Juno 16.-The following otter was sent to the Secretary of Wain )y the President to-day in iegard to thc Isposition 'of flags cautured by the Jnion forces during the Iato war: I have to-day considered with more are than when the subject was orally >resented to me the action of your do )artment directing letters to be addressed o the Governors of all the States, ofler ng to return, if desired, to the loyal >tates of the Union the flags cptured luring he \,ar o the rebellion by the ;onfetrato forces and afterwards re overed by government troops, and to ho Confederate States the flags captured y the Union forces, all of which, fog any years, have been paehe:l in boxes nd stored in t1,o volirr hid attic of the Var Tepartucnt. 1 i m of the oninia hat the return of the lai: ui the man er thus contemp,ated is not autloi Odk >y c::istug law, nor :istificd as an ox cutive act. I rcjaesr., therefore, that to further steps be taken in the matter, xcept to ex:inue and inventory tbese lags eid adopt pioper measuree for heir preservation. Any direction as to he final disposition of them should rigimate with Congress. Yol. truly, Guor-in 00FEVEniAND. At the regr.:est of Govertlor Forakor, >f (hio, that counsel should be vetained u institute legal proceedings to enjoin he return of the i Uonfederate flags to the lovernors of t he Southern States, (en. 1. V. Boynton to-day selected Samuel hellabarger, of Ohio, and George S. ioutwell, of Massachusetts, to take :harge of the ease. These gentlemen .. x iected to have an apulicatin for man laimus filetd ?i1h S'tpremo Court of the listriut at 1 o'clock this afternoon, hil vore delayed by the nonre'eipt of the lecessary telegram from Ohio. The mpers were based upon the claim that he Secretary of War was about to dis ose of publie property without authori v of law. The letter of the President, wowever, made further action by the ttorneys inneccssary. Gen. F Irtchil itivc . VA,1isrox, Juie i. --At a reception o (len. Fairchild. commander-in-cliel 1. A. 1i., in New York, last night, ten led by the Alexander Hamilton Post, airchild h delivered an impassioneti p(cci upjoni the pr1oposed return to the: >outherni States of the flags capured in he late wari. 110 spk unider strongf 'xcitemnt, and almiost his first utterance vas: ''May God palsy the hand1( that wvrott he eider, may (God palsy the bvain thai onicived it, and "uay God plsy the In the course of his speech Fairchilk "Since about 1867 the G. A. 1U., hai >een the friend of the South, we have m( lort of hate or malice against our olh oes anywhere and are ready to extei hem tihe right hand of fellowship. Not vithstanding all this I moost emphatical y assert that the Southern States have ao manner of right to take from us th4 'elics of the~ bate rebewllion in the shapi 4f itel flags. What would Missouri \Iaryland, Mississip pi, South Carol in md other States do with the flags if the" iad them? Would tihe Governors o bheso States pllace them in their Stat mapitals as emblems to be reveredl am uo teach coming generations treason No.loyal Governor of any State in thi Union will receive them. They will say 'These are relies af a doead p)ast. We ar< aiemnbers of the Union of States and cai Luot reeive these emblems of treason.' iFairchlildl concluded by stating that hl. 41poke inl defence of the Souithern peo p)le, whom lie felt suare would feel ia alited by hlavineg those flags thrust upoi0 themi. After Fai rchild's a1(ddress, resolutiom were adopted as follo ws: ''.l'hat the President of the Uniiteo States, having ap)proved there commllend mtion that all btt le 1lags in the eustod2 of tile wai department belonging t< Southern Stat's in rebellion during th< late civil war be0 retumrned to the respec tive States which bore them, for such Iinald di:sposit.ion as they may determine this poit views with suriprise thle actioi of tile Pretsidenit, and rcords it j protes thlereto ; that thea saerilice of blood wh aici cap1tured~ the emblI emsi referred to was to Go d; that ino set - timen.-t of genecrosit; Iad noe x:pressi on of magn~3animIity- is in volved in thle su tcender of these c'ov( nants of nation<d,a, honor; that it naos mily remains to diirect t hat theC battl flags (If the Uniion he, drib-utedl amUon representatives of the so-clledC Con fed efacy as a fitting acknowledgment of tb righteousncas of the 'L ost Cause;' tihai tils post expresses its disapIprobationc the (act of the first Presi<ient of thi United States who has held the otilic <hisassociated from moeriea of thle wa for the Union." Othuer Protets Governor of Wisconsin, the (Governol.< Kaunsas, the Governor of Iowa, and fror many other prominent men at the Nort and the Wetr WOMEN It'LIN(. A CIT'. Aune Doing It Fully as WoIl as 1laM ulino e Omtelun Con Id. aln, an., Lettter to M1emis Appeal.) I have just returned from a trip on the Li Santa Fo road, west. Syracuse, sixteen y miles from the Colorado line, was the Mecca of my pilgrimage, becauso here, April 4, they elected a city council of women, and I was bent upon seeing the town that had made this innovation, and the women who were filling the council chairs. 1 wanted to ask the peoplo how it came about and how it was working. The first of these ladies introduced to mo was Mrs. E. B. Barbour, a fair-faced, gentle-mannered woman, with an un mistakable air of business about her. I found this accounted for by the fact that she is a business woman. Her husband 0does a largo and complicated business; the books are entirely in her charge. Mrs. H. D. Knott is a busitioss woman, too. I ox'ect much of Mrs. Knott in the management of their Suffrago Socie ty, because of her experience in Iowa as president of the Eighth )istrict Woman Suffrage Society. Mrs. Coggeshall says they wore very sorry to lose Mrs. Knott from their ranks. She is ohairman of the Syracuse aldernanic force. Mrs. M. M. liggles is a quiet little woman, a careful and conscientious mother and housewife. She has a way of making up her mind for herself and standing firmly by her convictions. She has a reputation among Syracuse male citizens for being a person of excellent judg ment. Al. S. N. (oe is a woman of excellet ability, with enough conservat ism to keep her enthusiasm in proper cheek. No one of these women is more anxious to do exactly right than is Mrs. Coo. She is sister to Mrs. Lemert, president of the Saxon Eqial-Suflrage Society, organized at Dodge City by Mrs. Saxon and named fo; her. She has several sueh amesakes in Kansas. Mrs. L. M. : nartwood, the fifth mem, ber, I did not see, although 1 madci an effort to do so. She was confined to her home by sickness; but I am told that she is a woman of ability and that she is by no meai behind her sisters in any reqijiaito for her position. My short actuaintance with these women con vinced me that sitting in council chairs and vestling with questions of city. polity hare had no effect to unsex them -whatever that may b&-for thePo were as womanly women as 1ave ever seen. I looked in vain for masculine tenden cios. There was not a hint of it in dress or manner. Meeting them on the street or in the cars, you would never guess that they wer c,ity oflicials, From con versattie with them 1 learned that they oere exceedingly anxious to make their adiniuistration a just one-one that would advance the best interests of the city; and when they spoke of Pdvancing the interests of their city they betrayed the fact that they had in mind the city's moral as well as temporal prosperity. It is said of them that they are doing better work than the body of men who composed thc previous council. TIh1eir townspeople say they were elected be cause ''somebody pr oposed it and eveiy body was pleased with the idea;" be cause "it was believed that they w.uld make excellent olicers;" )eeause "the temperance peolle thought women wouldn't be afraid to enforce the pro hibitory law;" beeause "we wanted to advertise omr town"---th.is last from a mmber of a real estate firm; "because women would take time to do the work well and thoughtfully." Altogether, I was pleased with my first sight of a woma. council. This is the only one in the United States. A 1)L('IC Il) MONSTlS4ITV. the O! Norh State. A dispatch from As;hevillo to the Knoxville T1rib)uno says: Conspicuo us among the freaks oIf nature in this sec tion of the State, is that one just re ported from the little towni of Coopers, eight miles east of the city on tihe West ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa tion this morning reached here that at this place, on yesterdlay, a child with two heads had beeni born. F"inding the physician, D)r. 11. I. Wilson, wvho at tended the mother, lhe confirmed the report and gave a full description of the 'The chijld wvithi two heads, the faces beCing oIpposite. The front face is per fectly~ white, the oine at the ba: k is not regular. T1here is only one neck for the skulls and thme hair on the forehead conmes doi ato the eyes. TIhe arms of this being are covered with a heav,y and shaggy growth of hair, entirely to the wrnsts. A number of people to-day went from the city to see this monstrosity, and we're astonIishied at its remarkable pleculliari ties. Ruth and1 Havey Lythie, two -reputab)le and hard working colored peoplek, are tIhe parents of this strange being. T1hey live in an humble cabin close by the Swarre river in the suburbs of the village. ThIle child is an unusually large one, weighimg ab,out sixteen pmounds, and1 ap parenitly twvo feet long. It is amost white and has facial features that are rather pleasing, when the shaggy fore head ai'd rear head are concealed. Its voice is niot that of the human young, suggestive ot the lower animals mn its strange unnamtural cries. It has no(t taken nourishment from its mother's breast, but greedily swallows what is otherwise givenm it. The mother appear attached to this stranige .ereaiture andl refers to it most enidearing teirms. Numb1k1ers of our citizents from the su r rounding counitry have to-day visited the cabin, andl gone away ini woudi(er. A l recady the adaptability of thme freak to the dlemiands of the( i museimn hasi been freely dIiscussedl and it, is sahid tha iit bu,isiness -oil'ers have beeni omdo and1 d'eeliined. She is thie IdoI of My' It-art. Well,Td then, why d1on't yon1 do0 0onu -thing to bring back the roses to her cheeks and the light to her eyes? I )on't you see she is sumfferinug fiomi niervouis debility, the result of female w,eakness? e A bottle of D1 r. hiarter's Ironi Tonic e will biright en those pale0 cheeks ali<d send r ne.w lite through that wastedl form. JI you love her take heed5. A wife slyly iattaIced a p1edIoeter to hier C husbMand'Is (coat wheni he went oiut fter tea, If "'just to, baIlaTce his books(." The littl a meter told o)f 15. miles on his ret un. It is a longi walk a1round( aI htilliardt tab,le for so mnar.v hours. TIE VALUE OF TILE OATS CROP. FACTS ANI) FII'IES RILAWN FICO)I ACTUAL EXI'EItIENCE. Itow the (:rain l r a lKi?x tn )ila-erent SecttioM, andU hlow ii i. ?!athe a i'roiitable Crop. (From the St. latl, ii nn., Farmaer.) From the results of tho analyses of 166I -amples of American oats collc'3ted from all parts of the country, the 'De partment of Agriculture at Washiigton has rendered a service much needed. The results prove much variation of tho oat grain in its )lumpnoss and relativo proportion of the kernel and the husk and other physical qualities. Tho kernel is found to bo in proportion of i to 3 of the husk--the samples from 'Western States contain least husk. Where the whito oats will grow they are generally heavier, and have a larger proportion of kernel in conse(luonce. Connecticut oats weigh 29.3 lbs. per bushel, )akota 48.6 lbs. and Colorado 48.8 lbs. The average of sorts being 37.2 per bushel. The Pacific slope 43.2 lbs; Northern States 38; Southern 31.5, vhich is 2.7 lbs. lower than the average is for the whole country owing to the looser husk. Oats from Washington Territory gave 76.1 per cent. average of kernel. One sample gave 79.28 per cent., and one sample from Dakota 55.37; but the amount of meal from the best varieties does not exceed 50 per cent., of the oat. The warmer temperature of the South lowers the average weight, and the aver ago yield is relatively about 10 bushels per acre in the South against 30 for the North. This is an item of value very necessarily to the farmers' interest, and should be taken seriously into considera tion. The relative quality (f oats is a money value, affecting the miller as well as the farmer. Of the 179 samples analyzed, 18 samples from the Pacific slope were lower in albuminoids, and richer in fiber (husk) than the average for the whole country. The average composition of oats was found to be: li the kernel. lu the lee-k l' (t. P er cent. Ca: ho y a\ t estt .. . . .(ii.1t9. t"l.;i "ilI(l(S I 18 F'iber skin of grain) 1.38 1788 (i1............... 8.14 Not Kstn ated A sh... ............ 15 W te r ............. 6.9;; itier oif husk. nly I to 1 p 1)er cent. in the 1itik of English oalts. As the husk and kernel are given to stock it was considered desirable to ex amine the husk to see if any variation existed in different localities; the results proved that the hulls from Western ter ritories contained less Albuminoids than from other localities. But as a whole the oats slhowed inore albuminoids and oil than other cereals. Ohio samples were the highest in albuminoids, and Texas samples the highest in oil, yield ing as much as 11.20 per cent. and com pare favorably with Scotch and best English oats. By extensive selection and introduc tion of heavy oats from Sweden, Nor way, Poland and Scotland, and dis tributed extensively by the I)epartnent of Agriculture, the quality has been great,ly impifrovedl, and thle last live years the acreage under crop very conlsiderat bly increaised in consequence, so that oatmeal no0w figures inl tihe exports of grain to Europe. As corn is too hieatinig in summer for horses, tin re is a greater demand for oats, as the more wholesome and nutritious rationi for horses. The total area under crop for last five years was 18,(i28,021) acres, against 11,076i,822 acres (annually) in tihe previous ten years. With tihe implroved milling and biuisinlg process of oats by rollers, re cenltly inltroduceed, anld sold now in America as '"rolled" or flattened oats, it is reaIsonable to coniclude that we shall sUOn see thle inlcreased1 demand as an airtiele of diet, and (drink or beverage for the tabd le mriuch mlore appjreciatedl, owing to the more nutritivo quality thIan tIle cornI prep)araktions as articles of food, mianiy of whichl are only "'corn starlches" and lack t he nlut,ritive atlbuminoids flesh, blood, bone and brain forming elenments of nlutritionI. TIhere is a nat ural dislike by tile cooks to stand over a lire stirrinlg the "'oatmleal grits,'' which have to he boiled and stirred for a long time to keel) it from burning andi to get soitened, as the hlardl skinl prevenits the hlot water dissolvinig oat tile starch and glutein. The rolled or flaked oats is easily cooked anld easily digested b)y tihe most delicate man11, wVomanLI or chlildl,and( is utothiing more or less than pure oat mleal, wichl is growinIg more and more inito fav'or. It only requires to be bet ter known to lho more piopular as8 thle most desirale food for childl, invalid or robust mlanl or womanltI. FLinor mea.l is mlade, whlichi can be umsedl in making punddinugs, cakes, thickening soups, brothls, or filet and( bread dumpfliinlgs, of hlighler nuatritivo0 qulahty than any other maeal or wheat flour nmanufactured. It is a specialty likely to expand anId growv inito an article of food of vast uses for export. When trealtedl by the new process of mijllinig, the kiln1 drying does not y ield the samiie Scotchl oatmeal-like (Alor anid t aste as5 Sco tchl and Enigl ish (altmeial samlesI(, buiit it tile Imore easily epihaees ot her flour or meal in cooking, luhd mlakinl . iundry artiCces of food in whiich thle highl kiln <b:iedl and roughly ground1111( oatmIel Icannliot lbe used2. TIhe nuttritive proerties, hlowever, ar-e tile time, and1( more pltatble, to man~fy inl valids or children. JFollowinig upl the subject compara t v'ly with tIle nmerouIs and completo analysis of E'nglnih anid Scotch oats, unl der thle dlirectionl of the late Prof. J. F. W. .Johnsion, the eminent agricultural chemlist andl geologist; b)y Prof. J. 1P. Nortonm, of Yale College, laboratory of thI liighland Society oif Scotland, in I b15- the most elaborate and imaportanlt investigat ions on record1, either before or since, deserve special nlotico---whmich o(ccupiedI cighiteen m1onthsF of constant labor. Professor Norton found samples (ot Iloptown oans ri a 2l dgre Fahr. to yield the following results: Per cent. Starch .......................... .65.21 Sugar........................... 4.51 CG"m ............................ 2.1U Oil. ...............*5.11 Casion........ ....... ... .. .. .. .15.8K Albumen ...................... 0.-1 G luten .... ......... ... . 2.47 Epidermis ..... ... 1.18 Akalies ........................ 2.81 Total............ .......100.0( Protein compounds.... ........ 1.1600 Nitrogen ................... ...2.1 *The oil is of a beautiful )ale yellow color; its smell may be perceived on heating oatmeal cakes. Seven per cent. may be taken as the average----about as much oil as is found in corn. American samples seem tenacious and hard, and therefore it is necessary that oatmeal grits or groats should be ground into meal and not into grits. In like manner oats for horses should be bruised in order to get them thoroughly digest ed; it is the common practice in Eng land, and found to be far more econom ical in feeding horses on oats. it is noteworthy that the llopetown variety grown in Northumberland, was remark able for its weight, which was grown on a sandy soil, suflered from drought and yielded only three quarters per acre. The other samples, grown on deep, rich vegetable loam mould, produced eight quarters per acre, and less ash. As the oat grain constitutes three-fourths of the weight, it will carry off 15 pounds of phosphoric acid per acre, and 60 bushels per acre carry oil 300 pounds of bones per acre. In conclusion, Professor Norton sums up his 18 months' arduous labor thus: "We see that even including the 'husk,' the oat is superior to any other corn in the ingredients which go directly to the production of muscle in the body. The strong muscular forms of the Scottish ploughmen l'tvo long been living wit nesses to the good properties of their favorite and almost only food; and, now that it has been shown what those prop erties really were, .I feel sure that Dr. Johnson's definition of 'oats:' Food for man in Scotland, and for horses in England, will be remembered only for its good and a>propriate answer: And where will you find such men and such horses? We may add, and where in America will you find any man like Professor Norton at his own expense and time de vote 18 months' labor in investigating with others such important practical re search into industries of world wide in portanco and interest? The importance of the subject in the growth of the oat, and comparative analysis of t.he straw at ditflerent stages, in like manner as Professor Norton con ducted his investigation, deserves more notice and investigation of samples in every State of America by the Washing ton board of agriculture, which the chemists there seem to have left undone, and their investigations consequently in complete. Surely this will be soon in vestigated and publislhed. T'.. E: W\II)d)\W OF I'I(11ETIT. Ilerci.Mua u a SaIlder'x Itricle--.t I'erfeel aal 1'enarie"tia nicler andi a liraveu W\onaaa. (F ron he ll it I nor A in 'icttenn. The recent recovery in Washington from a severe illness of the widow of the late tieneral George E. Pickett recalls one of the most interest ing stories that come back to us from the var. Its chief interest is her devo tion to her husband in all the hours of his hardship and danger. Privation, sickness or suloring of any kind only served to bring out more beautifully her heroic and womanly nature. I)uring the closing year of the war she fol lowed him to the battle fields, lived under ennt v'as, anid went through c.ampil life like a soldier, being repleatedly unider fute and making narrow escalpes, yet still re nmaining faithfully by Ihis side. Wh'len she married him she was but lifteent years of age, beautiful in face and forn-, gifted in intellect and gentle in her na ture. She was, too, a plerfect andl fearless ridolr. When the wvar was over ant e'fort. was mattde to take froem General P icket L the privileges given him by the (irant Leo cartel, andl they went to Cantada. There they had no friends, no ntmney and no p)rospect of either, with a yoluug child to care for, Bunt hter brave natuore ntove- faltered. Witht that indomtitable. coutrage which never dleserted htetr, tmal taide-d by lher superior- educat ion, she obtained a t professorship in Ielles lettres and. took care oIf the famtily unttil (lietnd (Grant insisted that the etrtel should be kept, and they at. once teltturnal to thteir' htomo. General Grant tihent tuenere Getneral Pickett tihe position of Marshtal of Virginita, but hte actedt'It( a positiont it tan insulhranice compant.Iy witht a hantd someo salary attachted. lToutght all thetn seenuxl.bright, the worst sorrow wa yet to come. In a few years (Generael IPickett died and site was left to her own.z re souirces. It was thett that lher lelplt':s condition aroused the South and a subtl scription was started for her1, head( Id with $8,000 by thte State. S-hte Iiliny declined to receive this tupon hteartitg oft it, and shortly afterward securmed a sintull government position, sullhicient to sup piort herself and family. Amuong hem friends andi visitors are seome of the leadl ing society and oflicial people, whtom sihe oconsio.nally entertains in a modest ut, dignified way. Over-Worked Wome.. Fo* wotrnouot," "run-.down, "' debilit:ta!aI tIhoo tachters, tutillineis, Se:am,strecssi hou'ts(eeepers, andt( over-workel(td woen isao f ,generally IrtPeres Favor it Pretipe st, iscnntIta11 "Cue -ahle, buteltt Pra lytlt li (ill aeE 'ViInglenss otf put trot, be(igeatiot ptilttt lb,pI'IIiek al throls Chroic wtea ll ies ll poefid enrla weellsIts.lt astterie,. l"avorlte P'rcecripttiorils sold by druggists untder our' ;>osiltre f//ar'anlee. See w raptperI a round tt bo tt le. Price $1.008 a b ot'ale, or' SIx bo0t les for $:t.00. A large tretttise. ott I)iseastes of WVomenm proIfutsely illuast rated with colored latesW and numterousOII wV(od-(ts, sent for tent cent s ill stumps. Addtress, World's Medicatl As soition jilI0ht3 Maina Street, ButYalo, N. A woman;I nimy be as trute as steel, but theit y'ou k 11ow some steel Is too htighly tem Itered. A STU1PENI)UTS STEAL. Tll": it)ltlty":I(V OF' JAi(E SIIA1RP ANN) 'i'll N;"W YVOtCK AL )ERMEN. Theo Ttt \ Wi. Not I .es' 'hain I IO,4).4)IH) iin (:r s--t:otL::n,'. (:reat tiu cepl, ility to t (1rirr. or I ltie s. (Ftnot tIi New Yotk Worltl ) It is very vell underai'stood now that it cost \lr. .Jlcob 5har) very nelir to $60, (() to get his Broadway fa:unchiso from the Board of Ahlein,. This does not inclue(l his ''attorneys' fees'' nor ex peanses at Albany in securing the p1)a age of the (leneral lailroad act, which made his Broadway franchise possible. It is very well understood by thoso familiar with the facts that the total cost to Mr. Mr. Sharp was in the neighborhood of $1,:w0,000. What a costly franchise it would have hcit, then, had he bought it at an honest sale! 1I rIisked '1,:00,000 of bribe money, the chances of a legal for feiture afterwards and of the crininal )'osecution that hts in fact come to him--i th l i.inest l)itrehaso rather than to attempt to buy the franchise at its real value. '1'l tweitty-two menibers of the Board of 188-1, lkt(lintg Clerk Maloney and Gleneral Manipulator Keenan poeketedl $lt00,000 and sold the franchise at an annual rental of 1),0tO. They at Iirnet gave it for nothing in excess of the :I per cent. on gross rteceiits required by tlh(' law, but when the World, Mayor edson and the general pulic raised sucl a tow about tei a(1rs, they had another meet ing and agi ed to demaud of Sharl al auiiiad patyil)ent of 1 pur cent. on I,U(I(,(itl( - )tr $lO,(I(I . it is a nt iits faet that many honrest iut iiignideI ipop Cle s:ay te aout Shal) aud the loardlt of 'tiI thntt we would not haive t:anl n'railriid on liro:ulwuy at aill if the fr,uieit;c h not. In ci givei then, andl ihat the brib e r and Ibribed were not, therIfo'e, t:o t;uilty, after all. Let us see: 'Th11e ('ity it N. 'iktt .:. getting front the liroadwuy iturftee . btiIisi,! Compta nv ft' w iat is prb.abtitly, ctnsiti'rinog the length of thtei road, tlhe tost viluablo railo iCl fmtticluse vr \ ranted by a inuiiu'.ip.tlity Lt n tor;tor'>i , the sui of 7l, t1t)9 a y tat. tik sUtaiu is mat e uip of' 1),0;.U a ytttr tent andt :i perccent, of the pe,ss arnit: ":, it hi".hl, onl tl,Ot;l, lti,5.80, thLe grL.e i eaii:in I, I ie, yr ir Iel et pttitti' :t I, I 'i, gave 8 i, Iii the' cou . t" Ii- t bett C( ett ry t tint, \I r. IE. Ieny .leconte, (ounsel te' the Cr p,u:atio)n, sihct" aplt":inh-d by l I'rt sidet't (Clevel ntit :t l a i' of .'I l ttni,l Statis ('iteitit (ourt, v as oi hi wit it st5 stand. 'this was on lairchi 2I, atl daturing his cross-('sx:tiiiatioi lie wa, i l iy \1r a. J ia 4lafre the filloning <piest i l conccri iug t(le tamaonunt aceiveul iyv t li' 'ity Iron the' Iiromtlway Surafce ('oi1 ea ny: '"1iu rt"gardedt Ihis t' at lir rcntal, dhiilid't yu?i 3 1r. I,:ae wl t e n:" t '' Mrtl:r it it asi <lidt( :"t(i(i itlt to prt)iet ct tlt eity ill the er' ei tu ges ii siho;ild rtteciiv. A1s to rental, I thought it :t fair itlw. lllr. Lacomuibe probaliy spoke witlout cOnsidenittiot. I-cn t. event, in itaty event, pro' hiti noful ly wrong. On .aty ;it lat onuly t little less tha two years aflti' Slutris ban to run li, eai'S OH Broaidway li fn itiise of the Twenty-eiglt itial TI'wen't v-ilnilti trt.a'lt rosstownr r oad aaid ieI th.e l n I liiit -i i'risstowni roaLd wire jliit upj fori Sah-i a auc'Iti b y a.onaiptrotll.r a'Loe.w, uii<ler' the pnaii i:,iuans of the. ( iti'o ILhuiraO:int law., paiy l ate t he' ;Ir:it ig o 'f 'telia,ad fiir w.i'ch'l there werie t woi bi<hfer's, sold for' 2(. 2 per cient. of the gro :,s receiptas, to) whieb iast. lit ad.dedl, undter tIhe (Gen oral Sta'eet Rtailr'oadi ILaw, a per 'acent. oa the lainiiual gross15 tii tarigs tora thle Iirast live years luita 5 pir cet. thiere.after'. Th city will, thrf e receive '2I. 2 per forth' lirIast five of its operiationl anti II .2 pet' cent . eveary yi'ar atetr the lirst five yearis. Forii theii utltoun itreet fiLan elaise there' were thIree h i1ii'rs, and it. 'itt. , aaitkinig the city's irant fort the fibt five y.'i a i, anad .t) liir the t.lSbiIinent As the liirodway fanachiise is- iuii doutedtily aeouimori' valiiablet linui itihe o ~f Iliac, it .a ati to atsstume tht the comtat it iion f'i i t wotuld I atve been'i amore eager', aiid itci e<iintly that the citry woudifi hiive securet'et iaion.,ideraibl3 lieent put tal andi sil at aut ionl. IBif, atthntiitt in taf imt if woui aiot litive sohld fair tis the city lin , ;o'alyb t he a' in-la tii- ILL-ii lit . 'oy b.ita 'u' lhe ixri:tl was O weI *I. 'I L I h 'etael ike l to2 be-! i'le.,rI:H of m ir. A ther. 14',aae t', ing th.1. al ia '- ', I fair1 bai ofnha cmputu . '.t i r uis t. of t wit,ive the c~itwa :ity tlt,i.- hada fo lifo yas. iAtter the exirtaio aofe fivaef i0.s, it. wi tyi wI Iav roeie,t i31.o ther cit.,tiiNti) . l,: 8.7 a yeir. fos the ciy iats gttin $2 ly ,t61, 9. yea for y ie uaine the,ti c ty <h positin at the franhis, itwil anosm was,1.-t willnu-i aill ftrhv ylas, four afterars ron da :N9.7 annatlyfeer Do, at wobs e psttiefectly pro toal eatnof the ciyr oway thanchitalhad ro fo Monoeh is wotheaFulton 1'street tn t o' city fruasu y :13 er fortive yer ndes at2t,liv. ja yea fortt ll timo af~ H)''ter lv er One thosbss ofcal' aton, gthen the clotity is at th $751 .3 a yar. hi w~ort~ii fund, they gave away for no consideras tion whatever at least $7,056,827.50 of the people's money. So it was that, by paying $1,8(4000 in bribes, Jacob Sharp intendea to sve five and half millions of money which, with th9 thirteen hundred thousand b sides, he should rightfully have p1f&o the franchise. And, when each of the aldermen pocketed his $24,000 bribe, he sold out the people of New York city to the amount of $7,000,000 in grose, or over $352,000 a year in revenue. A PLAGUE OF SNAILS. They Are Lating Every Growing Thing in Center County, 1'onnsyh anis. (Iroin Iarrisburg special to New York Sun.) The entire lower portion of Center county, Pennsylvania, is at present plagued by a most extraordinary visita tion of snails or garden slugs. They conic from their hiding places in orevices under board walks, stones, etc., only at night, and they cover the roads and walks by the million. In Penn's valley and Bloomfield and the surrounding country they have eaten every growing thing in their path. Some gardens have been entirely destroyed. A letter from Penn's valley says that mornings after warm nights walks and roads are literal- - ly covered with the slum these insects leave in their trails and by bushels of (lead snails that have been crushed by pedestrians and wagons. Lime, paris green, salt and other insect destroyers have been scattered liberally where the snails travel and feed, but they have had no effect on them. The singular part of this plaguo is that no insects of the kind were ever known to be in the coun try before. Where they came from or what influences have brought them there so suddenly and in such immense num bers is a mystery no one has been able to solve. The Cotton Movement. The New York Financial Chronicle, in its weekly cotton review, says that for the week ending Friday evening, the 10th instant, the total receipts have reached 1,032 bales, against 7,5399 bales last week, 9,765 bales the previous week, and 10, 626 bales three weeks since; making the total receipts since the 1st of September, 1886, 5,179,919 bales, against 5,207,949 bales for the same period of 1885-6, showing a decrease since September 1, 188t, of 28,03(0 bales. The exports for the week ending the same tune reach a total of 5,588 bales, of which 2,859 were to Great Britain, - to France, and 2,729 to the rest of the continent. The total sales for forward delivery for the week are 700,500 bales. For imme iiato delivery the total sales foot up 8,612 bales, including 7,017 for export, 1,595 for consunption. 'The imports into continental ports for the same period have been 34,000 bales. There was a decrease in the cotton in sight, Friday night, of 46,311 bales as compared with the same date of 1886, a decrease of 21,025 bales as com pared with the corresponding date of 1885, and a dtecrease of 273,389 bales as comtlpared with 1881. * Old interior stocks have decreased during the week 1,587 bales, and were Friday night 70,471 bales less than at the same period last year. The receipts at the same towns have been 4,387 bales less than for the same week last year, and since September 1 the receipts at all the towns are.03,104 bales less than for the same time in 1885-6. The total receipts from the plantations since September 1, 1886, were 5,183,518 bales, in 1885 ( were 5,311,006 bales, and in 1881 5 wore 4,740,493 bales. Although the recei1pts at the outports the past week were 1,032 bales, the actual move mnent from plantations was only 1,858 bales, the balance being taken from the stockhs at the interior towns. Last year the receipts from the plantations for the same week were 1,839 bales, and for 1885 they were 489) bales. UnLmar US .1 et(ge. A Mississippian said recently to a par ty of gentlemen in Washington: Secretary Lamar coul never do for jud(ge'. Why, do you know what hap pened to him on a street ear the other day? lie camne into the car with a F'rench novel undler his arm, jammed himself dowvn in a corner, ran his hand into his p)ocket, pulled oat a Iifty cent pico and put it into the box. It was a "h<b tail'' car, where passengers pay t heir owin own fare. TIhon lie poked his nose into his boo0k and began to read. A ladly on the opposite side who had seen his mistake, called his attention to it, Haying: ''Mr. Lamar,' you put fifty conts in the box." What ho did was the funniest thing I ever heard of. He piecred into the box a minute absent mnindledly, thrust his hand again into his p)ocket and ptulled out a nickel which ho also dlroppled into the box, as he said: "I maiido a mistake! Oh, thank you, thbank you. (luess this wvill make it all right." A NIEw MJU1AI4 PuEoDL)Y of Paris, the ohild I loffmnan, continues to excite the 6reatestothusiasm 'wever he apptears, \\ithout considoring hinm as a moderui M\ozaIrt, he has certainly wonderful cxc. cation, facility, memory, and a remark al tident ior improvisation. Hoe lis teuns attentively to a melody which ho hiers for the first Limo and immediately, without a moment's hesitation or study, ho carries that original theme through a dozenCI or more variations, never losing it, and never giving it more embellish muent than its rhythm and musical idea can support. H olfman comes from Vi ennia, ad is said to be only nine years. (hoi. :na E. . ) rAusle, a well 1(Osted nlan1 inl railroad matters, thinks it very doiubtful wvhether thme Inter- State CommuissionI will sus5pend( the fourth eluauuse of the Act after the 5th July. He thinks that instead of ia rigid enforco ,mnt of thne long andl short haul clause, the lino ought to be drawn somewhere, adji he indhicates the rule which he pre er aIs follows: ''No rate~s below cost; freo conmpe)titioni above cost." A onour' or ANAROHurr, numbering niniety men andl women, has been discov ered aIt Columbus, 0. A blasphemona secret circaa issued by the group advo m.tes airson. and murder, and oven the killing of the wives and cli' dren of capi lialists. The Knights of Lbor in O0 lumbus unsparingly denounce the An. nahists