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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