The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 04, 1887, Image 1
XVI. PICKENS, S. C., TIIUISDAY, AUGUST 4, 1887. yo45
TROIl lES OF TIlE WAR.
A GLANCE AT CAPTUtIEf CON FI EI
ATE FLAGS AT WASIIINGTON.
The Story Told by These Muto Enitei
of a Lost C usc--auners of Silk nwliL
flanners of Tattors--Hwo the Flags nr
Kept in the War Department.
(Letter to the New York wordi.)
WASIINUTON, July 29.-Yostorday i
walking through the immonso granit<
pile of the State, War and Navy 1)epart
monts, I was taken with the curiosity t<
see the battle flags which have set the
country in an uproar. Turning to the
right from tho main corridor of the
building on the second floor, I entered
the commodious apartments of tho Ad
jutant Gonoral's ofiico, and found myself
confronting at a corner desk in ono of
the rooms, a rather statured m)tn, of
vell-fed form and placid face, with his
coat ofl like an ordinary clerk, bending
to his work, altornately mopping the
heat from his forehead and signing or
dors. This individual looked as l1ile as
possiblo like kindling the memories of a
great rebellion or starting the wor,d on
flame in any quarter. The heat of the
day soomed all suflicient for his onergies.
All the same, It was General ])rum,
Adjutant General of the United States
Army, whose autograph on a slip of
paper addressed to Mr. Cleveland a fow
weeks ago, and recommended the distri
bution over the country of a variety of
tattered bunting in the garret of the
War Office, set the country by the ears
and is likely to play a considerable role
in a coming campaign for an American
President. I had been told that Adju
tant General Drum was extremely sensi
tive to the inquiries of visitors concern
ing this same bunting. I was agreeably
surprised, therefore, on informing this
gentleman that I had witnessed in the
) old days of the rebellion the spectaele of
the arrival cf nIny of these flags in the
War I)eparttAent, fresh from the b'attle
fields on which they were capturcd, and
of my wish to again inspect; them, at be
ing met with the blandest of smiles and
promptly put in charge of an atteniant
with instructions to aid n4 mission.
Carried by an elevator live stone', up,
nuder the roof of the War i)epardient,
almost burning in this Washii'gton mun
mer weather, the key )eing turned by
my guido in the door of an attic roo', I
stood an instant later in a little pace
hardly more than ten feet rquare, ncurly
within reaching distaneo ont all sides of
these battered mementos of the war, the
ery mention of which has set afire the
{ hearts of sixty millions of people--a few
rags saturated with the explosive wash
of patriotism! But the first thought on
seeing thom in this pent up st>ace of
attic is of the smallness o '
the sire of the effeet. T
about the room appear a.
a hAndful at the most, but .,
rately there are 75() in all, over five hun
dred of them being Confederate and the
romtinder Federal flags recaptured iron
their captors. One half of the entire
number are attached to their stavei as
as they were originally taken, the 11.ags
of the two sections being stacked in
separate masses against two sides of the
room, facing the other half folded and
protruding from pigeon holes on the op
,positc walls. The sight of the stars and
stripcs keeps always familiar. But the
first look at the dark red heap of the
banners of rebellion, piled here against
the side of the attic, blots out twety
five years from the memory and brings
back as if it were yesterday, the red y ears
when they wvaged at the head of their
egimoents. There is hardly a flag among
them all that has not its history record
ed i the book in the hands of the keep
er of the room. Nearly all are ridldled
with bullets, and many, like those car
ried through such hattles as the Wiler
ness and the second Bull Run, were shot
literally into tatters and almost un
recognizable sprays of rag.
The contrast in the appearance of the
Southern and Union standards is signf1
cant of the history of the war. The lat
ter are rigged on clean polished poles5
and are of firm, rich material, many of
them of silk, showving an abundance in
the North of the fabrics of which they
continued to be made. The majority of
the Confederate flags are of the wretch
cat shoddy bunting, miserable in color,
ss in substance, wi le groat numbers of
themu are mounted on rude, unbarked
gads and saplings, hastily cut from the
weeds on the mnarch--recalling the
blockade and the pinching days whxen
war had fallen on a section without
manufactures, and the intense, desperate
purpose of a peop)le forgot seemliness
and absorbed every thought but the win
ninig of their fights.
Many of the flags lying folded in the
boxes and taken out to be exhibited by
the guardian of the room recall still
a more vividly the narrowv straits of rebel
lion on its last legs, being literally inde
pendent of discrimination in color and
made of p)atchies from womon's dresses
and underskirts of nearly every hue and
material-pitiful reminders of the Spar
tan poverty and courage that were still
to' fail of their end. There are somne ox.
eptidns, however, in this storeroom of
battle trophies, to these mementos of
thp sterner daysi of the wvar for thc
South. The attendant drew from thle
pigeon holes oni the walls amd unfolded]
for my inspction three or four magnifi.
cent bannors of heavy silk, fringed witi:
tassels of gold and orniamenited wil
pictures in oil and rich embroiderings or:
a field of blue. Those flags represent
the early and halcyon dtays of the Losl1
Cause, wyhen they. were made by local
associations of ladies and p)resented t
the military organizations which carrie(
them. One of those flags bolonk d t<
the Apalachicola Guard, whose name i,
stitched in gold letters on its folds atbovt
the exultant mottoes: "'In (God isi On:
Trust!" "Our Rights Weo Will Main
taini!" The finest of them all is th<
Norfolk Lighlt Artillery, with an oi
portrait of Washington in the centre o
itsfieold, the mottoes on the reverse sid,
being the same as those of the fl'ig jus
described. The days when the Confed
drato aumies could afford such luxury i
ensigns quickly passed away, however
as is evi dened by this collection, repre
ieniting every period of tho war, In tu
beginning of the rebellion the dlesign (3
the ilag carried- by tlk, Southern regi
monts was that of the Stars and Bars
two rod bara and one whito--ohanging
at a later period to a red field with the
outhern Cross, resembling the British
Union Jack. A study of the record
kept by tho War Department of the
name and capture of each of those flags,
though a work of days, would bo of in
tense interest to the veteran soldier. It
would recall to him the episodes of tri
umph on jialf the flcids of the rebellion.
The sight of the flags themselves would
do something moro-quickening his
beart-beats with memories of the great
fight. That not a few of these standards
have been the centres of deadly personal
encounter is evident from the numerous
blood-stains still traceable upon them.
The staves, also, of many of them are
raggetl with the gnaw of bullets, the
lead in som1 instances piorcing their
centres and remaining imbedded in the
wood. Everything, in fact, in the ap
pearance of tho whole collection, as it is
piled here in the narrow garret, faded 1
iad soiled and tattered, shows that these r
are no banners of holiday parade, but
have passed through the fire and ex- I
tremity of a?tual war-the sorrowful ;
weeds blasted and fallen from its wrath. 1
For myself, not a soldier, but a resident e
of Washington (luring the war period I C
recalled the stirring incidents of their v
presentation to the War Department as
they were brought straight from the
fields of their capture. On one of these t
occasions thirty of these staudurds, as I I
remomiber, were carried here two days 1
after the fight at Winchester by a dole- 1
gation of soldiers whose hands had aetu- c
ally seize(l them in the fight, Custer, tt
with his long, yellow hair, at their head. (
Stanton, the grim Secretary, unbent, t
loved results and these were the palpa- t
ble evidences of triumph. Coming out i
of the lion's den of his office ho took
each soldier by the hard and welcomed (
them as a body with a speech. As the 0
little group stood before his door listen- '
ing to his address, the captured stand- a
aids hold above their heads in the nar
row hall of the old War )epartuent s
mat d a pictures(que cloud of color, t
which, together with the entire scene, it t
was niot easy to forget. WVhen tihe ainlir C
was over the soldiers started again for i
the field, and Stanton, taking Cu'ter's s'
arm, walked slowly down the steps of ft
the War Ofhice. Such was his habit with t
any of the brilliant leaders of the war s
after a visit to his depatrtau nt.
VIr.IAM .JA(,sso Autt ;ao,. t
Tlto Cot toit iti'.vufa:it t.
.Fomn the Now York Financial Chron
iele'sr cotton article of J ly 23 the follow
ig figures are gathered relative to the
movouienm of the staple during the past t
week:
"or the week ended 1 uy 22 the total f
receipts reached 3,215 )ales, against 1
4,l;00 bales last week, 1,261 bales the i
previous week, and 3,598 bales three 8
weeks since; making the total receipts
since the I st September, 1880, 5,202,098 v
hles, i;ainst 5,259,012 bales for the same t
885-6, showing a decrease since
.r 1, 1880, of 87,511 bales.
tal sales for forward delivery for
the week were 483,700 bales. For im- e
mediate delivery the total sales foot up 1
this week 5,800 bales, including 0.207 1
bales for export and 2,053 for home con- g
sumplltion,i.
The exports for the week reach a total
of 18,931 bales, of which 1G,G51 were to
Great Britain, t0 to France, and 2,237
to the rest of the continelit.
Thu imports into conitinental ports
during the week were 20,000 bales.
These figures indicate an increase ini the
cotton in sight of 73,100 bales as corn
pared with the same dato of 1880, an
increase of 33,392 bales as compared
with the corresponding (ate of 1885, and
a (decrease of 31(;,023 bales as compiared
.1 The total receipts from the p)lanlta
tions simce 1st September, 188(1, are I
5,183,221 bales; in 1885 .0 were 5,388,572'
bales; in 1881 5 wer*e 4,720,410 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports for
tile past week were 3,295 bales, the actual (
moveiment from the planltations was only
--bales, the balance being taken from
tjio stocks at the interior towns. Last s
year the receiplts from the plantations I
for the same week were 3,327 bales, and s
and for 1885 they 903 bales. Tihe (le- C
crease in almounit in sight to-niight, as t
compared with last year, is 110,842 ba low, I
the imlrease as compared with 1881-5 is c
715,312 b)ales, iand tile increase over t
1883 1 is 701,025 bales.
The Chrlonicle says that thle specula- a
tion in cotton for future delivery at this
market has been fairly active for tihe 1
week under reviewv, but prices have <
shlown a good deal of variableness and<
irregularity, influenced laigely biy maa
nipuilation by the regular operators.
Saturday was rather firmer, but on Mon-<
(liy the announclement of the failure of<
a house reported to have been a leader
in the cilort to "'cornler" this drolp caused 1
a sharp decine in Juily and August op
tioins, anid weakened the whlole piosition;
but oni Tuesday a beotter repiort from Liv
crp)ool and thoC repeotition 0'. reports from
the Southwest that dannage wias being
done by drouth, with some accounts of
worms, caused on equally smart advance.<
)n Wednesday the early mioths opened<
lower and( the next crop dearer, when
thle tono suddenly chlangedl; there was
an active buyinig of August, with the
next cro moro freely sold, closing lower,
while this crop maintained a email ad
vanco. Thursday an irreglair opening
was followved b)y ia genieral decline, attrib,
nted to thie repoert of failures at Now
Orleans, the elfect of the recenlt sharp)
decline. Friday the market was dull
adweak. Cotton on the sp)ot has met
with a moderate demnandl for home con
sumuptioii. Quotations were reduced
i-1 Ge. on Monday. On Thursday a large
bulsne:Ss was one for export, ando upl
lands wore advaniced I -16c. Friday
thlere was little doing, and mliddling up
lands i omiluial atl)20 -.
A l'ri,. Ihr thei I.,ttery
Of life whihh is; uuaol ly uinnphl'reo'.ted
iintil It is lost1, p erhap neverSA'i to ref.rn , is
ealthI. Whaot a prlicleASs bioon it. isod
- owi we ought to cheirish it , th ife mayiCi 153
I (t be) a wo(rtle.n lank Io us . Manoy
h le diseseos thatiesh Is heir to, iand whichl
[ make li fe burnlisi,n( stio a ~ssi Iltio
~eroful a of thle hlaigs), anmd of heri seroifuilous
ud btloIiod disens~es, ore comipletely ciid
ere t)r I t V. I ierce's have fatIled . I) r.
I .irc' tr!lhe on cosum ilo )111ailed for
Senits tap.Add dress, \Vorl's
spenuy Meic11Aociation, 063 Mahin
freet, 1hlflo E
Xu ih looks att the possIble, age at the
COISItCiNo TIE CLEltY.
Experlieces of the Charlesto,, Churches
After the OccupatIou of tho (Ity--Itr,tul
Order of the Post Coimmuander.
(From the Sunday News )
Having just road the interestin sketch
of "The Parish Church of St. Michael,"
by Mr. George S. Holmes, which forms
a part of the "Year Book" for 1886, and
having noticed a slight inaccuracy on
page 307 (in the extract from the chron
:le of the venerable A. E. Miller) I am
tempted to correct it while recalling
)thor incidents of tho times referred to.
L'hs statement is;
"The Rev. Mr. Howc' ofliciated at St.
Paul's, with othors, until some time in
L'ebruary, 1865, when ho loft the city in
onsuqueneo of his objecting to road thq
>rayer for the President of the United
3tates. The same thing occurred to the
.Cov. Mr. Marshiall, D. D)."
The facts are: Rev. Mr. Howe did not
eavo the city in February, and Dr.
dlarshall never left at all.
The Roy. Mr. (now Bishop) Howe had
>eon officiating at St. Paul's for some
ime when, on the morning of the 18th
ebruary, 1865, the United States troops
ntored end, while the fire which burst
ut at the Northeastern Railroad depot
was sweeping before it the (then) well
nown residences in Chapel, Alexander
nd Charlotte streets. In this day of
error and distress tho Rev. Mr. Ilowe
rought comfort to many. On the fol
>wing Sundays those members of the
:piscopal Church, who were still in the
ity, gathered around him at St. Paul's
nd, on the 19th and 26th of February,
which days wore Sundays,) amid all
hat was dark around them, had, at least,
he comfort of undisturbed religious
rorship.
In the beginning of March, however,
Jo1. Stewart L. Woodford, commander
f the post, sent for Mr. howe, and,
hile entirely courteous in his language
ud manner, insisted that the prayer
r the President of the United States
hould be used, or Mr. Howe must leave
lie city. As Mr. Howe did not concede
an army oflicer the right to make
hanges in the ritual of his chbrch, Col.
Voodford notified him that he would be
ont out of the city, with every facility
iven him to reach his family; but, in
lie meantime, consented to his holding
ervicer, on the 5th of March.
On that day Mr. Howe spoko feelingly
D his congregation, ex)laining the posi
ion and taking lcave of us-none know
cir how long. his tones and hearing
rero so impressive that, on his retiring
r the vestry-room, two ollicers of the
united States navy who had attended
he service hurried after him and offered
u use their influenco with Col. Wood
nrd to induce a recall of his or ?er.
'hoy were unsuccessful, and the next
ay, March 6, the Rev. Mr. Howe was
out by steamer to Georgetown, S. C.
t. Paul's was then closed, but the ser
ices of our church were still held in the
i[tlo St. John's Chapel, IIampstetd, by
hat venerable, godly man, Dr. Alex.
larshall.
]Iero for weekn tihe saddened faces and
till sadder hearts c:f those who, pent up
ii Charleston, saw the enemy's heel
pon her imeck, and felt it themselvs,
athered from Sunday to Sunday to
our out together their prayers and their
orrows, their hopes and their fears.
his place of worship being remote from
he great highways of the city, and so
nprotending in itself it was hoped that
eligious worship there at least would be
umolested. These hopes, however,
,re rudely dispelled when on the 9th
I think) of April the church was closed
nd Dr. Marshall given a week to decide
hether he would take ''tihe oath of alle
ianco" and use the prayer for the Pres
lent of the United States or leave the
ity. Dr. Marshall wrote to GIon. Ilatch
o expostulate. Here is the General' I
eply ;
'1EDQARen NouTuIiuNs isTmcua,
DEP'AwRMENT OF rTnE SourTH.
CHAunuisTox, Ap)ril 25, 18(;5.
heoral Orders No. 29.]
It has been rep)orted at these head
uiarters that the R1ev. Alex. W.: Mar
hall, missionary of St. John's Chapel,
lamplstead, has, in the services of the
aid chapel, since the occupation of the
ity by the United States forces, omitted
lhe prayers for the President of the
Jnited States. In a written conmmuni
ation, addressed to the commander of
ho pos5t of Charleston, ho styles the
>rayer for the President of the United
tates a "political prayer." it is, there
ore, ordered that ho be sent beyond the
mnes of the army, and( be forbidden to
ntor the city of Charleston during its
ccupation by the United States troops
nithout permission of the commander of
he district or department. It is further
rdered that his personal property be
onfliscated to the use of the United
tates Government. in p)unishing the
cead of the congregation worshipping at
;t. John's Chapel tho brigadier-general
ommanding diesires it to be considered
warning to those whoe, attending the
ervices for weeks, so far forgot their
Luty to their country as not to inform
he military authorities of the conduct
>f this disloyal p)riest, with other wvords
f warning added.
By command of
]Brig. (Gen. ,JoIns HATCIn.
LEioNARDI ]l. 'Eirlty,
Acting Adjutant Gieneral.".
This specimen of war literature, (et
ault. al. ) was taken doewn at the time.
in the helpless and almnost lihpeless
ondition of the times, in dread of being
oft without a clergyman to bury our
lead, D)r. M.'s friends induced him to
ubmit. This templered hatch's anger,
ud lie revoked the order, but Dr. M.
icver usoid the p)rayer until there was no
Iluestion as to the propriety of using it.
3efore the next Sunday came round lhe
yas run over b.y a careless driver, and
or months confined to a bed of suffering.
.1NO. UADsIIxN.
Summorville, S. C., July 10, 1887.
l'iniicos n,ld Org,mig.
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ma a Piano. $10 cash and( balance No
vemiber 1, at spot cash price on ani
:)rgan. Dolhivered, freight free, at your
rearest depot. Fifteen days test trial
md freight both wayvg if not satisfactory.
Write for circulars.
N. W. TEUMP,
* Columbia, S. C.
Induiansx never kiss one another, and( nio
one who has ever seen11 an Idin van blanhe
t hem much.
A LAUGIIING FAMILY.
A PASSING STRANGE STORY F tOl
NEW JERSEY.
A Family Withi a Peculiar Malady--Laugh
lng in Church and at Odd Times am
'laces--Curious Stories Told by Poople
I'assing By.
NEW YoR, July 28.-The story o.
Jersey's laughing family is certainly oe
of the oddest that over reached the carF
of a correspondent. That a family with
such a peculiar malady, and one so
scemingly interesting to tho miedica
profession, should have lived so long it
a State pretty well populated withou
getting into the newspapers, except in a
brief and remoto way years ago, is do
cidedly strange. The family reside in a
large, substantial house, not far fron
the Dolaware river in Huntordon coun
ty. The father and sons are farmnori
and prosperous and voll to do. The on.
tire family arc chronic laughers, having
an affection of the muscles of the mout:
and throat that compels them to givt
vent to apparent merriment at stated in
tervals. The malady first appeared in
the father about a dozen years ago. lie
was usually a very quiet man, enjoying
fun, but manifesting his enjoyment with
out much noiis. ie was seated at the
dinncr tablu one day in the spring of
the year, eating steadily and not engag
ing in any of the conversation which thc
other members of the family were carry
ing on. Suddenly, without any cause,
lie burst into a loud it of laughter so
extremely different from his accustomed
laugh that all were attracted by it at
onco. When asked what was the reason
of his sudden outburst he made no re
ply, but continued his merriment. Some
of the boys thought lie had hysterics,
end polindeild him on the back, but it
Llid no good. After a few moments hc
mado motions for pencil and paper, and
wrote that he was anable to control his
risibles, and asked thel to send for a
loctor.
.1The rural physician came, but could
give no remedy that stopped the laugh
ter. Peal after Peal of what sounded
like the heartiest kind of fun came from
aim, and nothing would avail to prevent
it. The doctor finally came to the eon
lusion that ho was the victim of a
nervous attack, and, leaving a norviuc
Leparted.
A SINOULARe T1OUBLE.
The father continued laughing until
rbout sundown, when he suidenly
stopped and fell on the floor completely
prostrated. He soon grew better, how
ever, ate a Learty supper, and spent th<
evening much as usual. No signs of th<
return of the trouble appearing, he went
to bed and was soon fast asleep. Along
about 2 o'clock, however, his was awak
ened by his laughter, and the samt
symptoms as of the day before mani
fested themselves, lie kept it up until
7 o'clock, laughing loud and strong. At
7 o'clock the noise suddenly ceased and
did not return again until dinner time.
Tlhuis it continued, recurring each day
shortly after noon and in the night about
2 o'clock, and has every since. As the
weeks passed he grow so accustomed tc
the disease tha he was caused very little
inconvenience by it. He did not got
tired out, as at first, and soon was able
to go about his work-sowing seed and
planting corn, digging vegetables and
watering the cattle-while laughing im
moderately. lie could not talk while
under one of the spells, but carried a
slate and pencil around with him, after
the fashion of a deaf and dumb person.
Th~le trouble was very regular in itt
coming and going, and only occaslonally
broke forth at unlooked-for sensons.
Once the old man was taken in church,
just wvhen the minister was exhorting hil
bear-ors in the most solemn strains, and
spoiled the effect of the discourse, be
sides disturbing tihe equilibrium of thc
clergyman. Another time 1h0 was found
by 0o1( of his neighbors along the road,
lyimg b)enealth a bag of flour, laughing al
a terrific iate, lie hias- been taken whilt
driving home from the mill, and th<
suddeniness of the sounds frightened the
horse, causing it to run away and dumi
the man andl part of his load out in th<
road.
IFor eighteen months the father wva
the only one of the household aillicted
with the malady. Several of them had
comlahined from time to time of an in
clination to join the father in the laugh,
but none of them did so until nearly twc
years aifter he was taken, when Susie,
the youngest child, suddenly burst intt
a similar 1it during one of her father't
attacks.
From that time on she has laughed al
ab)out the same hours that her fathoi
does. One by one the remaining mom.
hers fell victims to the strange com
p)laint, until two years ago there was bul
0110 left free and that wats Charles, th<
eldest son. hlis long exemption led him
to believe lie would escape the malady,
But he was mistaken, and it is said ht
had his first attack while p reposing foi
the hand of a gil at WIl kesbarre, [Pa.
S3o frightened was the maiden by
Charles's queer behavior that she run
from the room, and it was a week before
the proper explanation eouk*l induce hem
to seeolhin again. S;heis no31w one of
the family aind escasping the malady
never minds tihe hideous chorus of
laughter which twice a -day resound.t
through the house, It is regarded at
odd that none of the iieighbor-s shoul
have caught the infection, although:
maiiy of them ingle constantly witl:
tile famiily.
No ll IEDY KNowN.
E'verythinig piblol has been doino ft
remove or alleviate thie maiady, bii
withie t iany poiceptible efYct. Sevora
,:niinint phiysicians from this city ani
IPhliladelp hia are understood to haw
visited the house and bece- ini>rcet(
in tihe case. Thiey all confcssyd them
solves batted andt wVanted sonme of the
family to come here to New York fo
treatnmnt. This thley reigscd to (10
lieir noticeable umisfortune has render
(d them ver-y sensitive, and they wihl
iiot 1tavel where thley will be subjecto<
to, ,ulic scrutiny antd remark.
. boy go to church or the store in th
080aocls by and attend social gath
(:rings occasionally in the neighborhoo<
in the evenings, but only amon~ lif
long friendi, Popl wthr -.a rdu
a few miles are so accustomed to thc
thing that they never mind it or men
tion it. Conseg untly, wery few pcople
i outside of the immediate vicinity, and
the physicians who have attended them,
are cognizant of the circumstances.
People passing the house, especially in
the summer time, have been filled with
curiosity by what they saw and heard,
and have carried accounts to distant
places. These reports are very vague,
for the passers-by have had no definite
idea of the matter. They only know
that it looked remarkably strango to see
a father and his sons out in the ileld
plowing and sowing many rods apart,
yet each one laughing as though he had
heard the best joke in the world. Curi
ous stories are told of the travelers who
went that way. Several yesrs ago two
young men ca.e from the interior of
the State to attend a party at Easton,
onnsylvania.
It was a warm night and they did iot
start until late. 'They drove past the
house of the laughing family soon after
the regular nightly attack had begun.
The windows were all open, as it was
early summer, and every sound could be
clearly heard. As the young men ap
proached they heard the most unearthly
noise their ears had ever received. It
seemed like pandemonium, and the
youths felt sure they had struck the en
trance to Shool.
The horso took fright and nearly ran
away with them. Coming to the con
clusion that at least the place was haunt
ed, they hurried home, and the liext
morning spread the news. Parties were
formed to investigate the matter, but
none of them solved the subject until
informed by a man in the villoge near
at hand as to the nature of the case.
They wore urged to remain reticent
about the matter, and have done so.
PHYSICAL RFFECTS.
The years of incessant laughter have
told somewhat on the faces of the fami
but not so as to be very noticeable.
'I hero are scores of lines under the eyes
and above the cheeks, caused by the
drawing up of the skin. Then their
mouths have become wider and they
keep them closed with difficulty. The
most marked result of the disease, how
ever, is in the voico. The entire family
talk in the samo tone, resembling as
nearly as anything the voice of the alto
singer. Males and females have the
same inflection and intonation. Most of
them have more or less trouble with
their eyes, several having become very
near sighted. The pupils have coo
traeted, and the entire eyeball is dimin
ished in size. This is accounted for by
the contraction of the eyes while hugli
ing, and the effort required in working
or reading while undergoing an attack.
Very little physical annoyance is caused
the laughers. They read and write,
sleep and work without any troullc.
The only thing they seem unable to do,
while attacked, is to eat, and that can be
readily understood. Several grand
children have been born, and in all but
one instance, they were taken, soon after
birth, with stated attacks at the same
hours as their parents. Of course they
do not laugh as the older oncs do, but
they crow and express all' the signs of
baby glee twice a day, and never cry
while in that state. If the disease coi
tinue in the now generation, the laugli
ing family may ultimately become a
laughing village.
Tihe Toigue ai IUIOx of ClhiiI ifoar.
\Vords weigh character. The tongue
is the tell-tale of the inner, the real life.
"By thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be con
dmned." We may judge of the depth
or superficialness of a person's character
by the tone and1 trend of his conversa
tion. Tihose who live in a narrow, en
vious, selfish sphere, unmoved by high
aims and pure motives, take delhght in
depreciating the reputation of a neigh
bor, in giving a fresh vent and a new
version to some petty gossip designed
only to annoy and irritate; if the rumoer
is against a minister of the gospel or
some one in high standing in society,
the indulgence of their low taste is the
more keenly relished. Such busy-bodies
in their intermingling, not only ro-e'.:l
the secrets of the community, but dis
close to all tho hollowness of their p)ro
fessional friendship, and the danger im
plied in making them a conxtidant. The~
tattler is one of the p . ts o,f society. lIe
or she is a standing ninace to all. Since
Since the (lays of the Ap)ostle ,James
there is no record of any such having
been cured of the evil. "'For every
kind of beast and of birds and o,f ser
poents, and of things in the sea, is tamned,
and hath been tamed of nmanikind' but
the tongue can no man tame; it is an
unruly evil full of deadly poison."
"if any man offend not in word, the
same is a poerfect man." Let. it beC our
daily aim to attain such a high and "n -
nobling state of grace. ".1 iJI talk
about persons let it be their mewrits that
we haitoni ta disclose, their good deeds
that vwe gladly unfold. lIn all di.iussioni
on oniaractor let the good conme into
prominence, in all our uttereid hopes
for the future let our hiighiet ideal re
coive the emuphasis. L4et truth anid not
error, light and not darkness, love anmd
not hate, be our themes. So chall we
increase andl perpotunte a111 that is goodI
by frank utterance, while evil will de
crease and disappear under the thick
drapery of silence."-Biaptist Weekly.
Near Sholby, N. C., are now open for
the reception of guests. Tihose Sprinigo
are two miles from Shelby, 541 miles west
of Charlotte, N. C., and within one mile
of the C. C. Railroad. ilacks will bx at
station on arrival of ever y train. I 'ar
ties from Wilminigtoxi andl along the line
of thew (Carolinam Central R ail road cani
reach this delightful resort before 'ark
on the Eanmo day. Within e hours rid"
of Wilmington. Thei. Cuising i'; under
controi fi a Chief eune. io any in the
South, andt no eo.pen^r shall be spared
D to~vido the fabi.s with the best the
market alfocd.. Polite and attentive
servants in 411 dopartmnents. Cold and
warm baAIs. WVhito and Red Sulphuir
and Chalyboate Waters. A good. string
-Ihand secur'.d for the season. A Bowling
Alley in good order. Live:ry accommo
Idations attached to the hotel. Parties
can leave Charlotte each afternoon at
1.30 o'clock, and reach the Springs be
-fore (dark, the railroad schedule now be
inmg better thani it ever was before. Ad
direas S. Mo,BnmIE P~o5TON, Proprietor,
Shelby, N. C.
I')N\) LEA I (STi'I{AW.)
lHox. A. P. Ii rin, (ommissioner o
Agriculture, Columbia, S. C.:
In compliance with your request, am
for the benefit of some of our farmers,
will give you my expelicuce, and that o
some of my nioghbors, but more par
tioularly my own, as I can speak mor<
defliitoly, of the use of pine straw as 1
manuro. I have been using it for six
teen years, and for the most of this tin
[ have been using ten cords to the aor<
for cotton, and with that amount of
straw and 100 lbs. acid l)hosphate, 101
lbs. kainit, and 18 buchels of cottoi)
seed, I make an average of a bale of cot
ton to the nere, and some years I gut a
bale and a half, on what was said to be
01(1 worn out land, but by the use of the
above 1 110W have my land in good heart.
it is said by some farmers that straw v. ill
kill the cotton, but I havo never had it
to kill liy cotton, and would use doubl
the (uaitity that i do if it wore so thai
1 could got it to the land, as getting it
in the land is a small matter with us.
We break the 01(1 beds down with six
furrows with a seven inch turn plough,
then 01)011 with an eight inch double.
winged straight hoo sixteen inches long;
thus it may be seen how I get in my ten
cords to the without troublo. It is said
by some that I claim too much for pine
straw, but this is a mistlke, a 1 only
claim what the analysis, I believe, gives
it, about 8 per cent. potash; but to take
it at mtch less, and still I am an advo
cate for its use, for 1 claim a good deal
for its percoiatiig influence in the land
-the same that yeast has in our bread
for in this: it opens the soil and lets in
the air and admits the gases from the
rain, which, in close clay soil, is very
necessary, An1d, as I think, in all soils,
whether it be clay or otherwise. There
are many objections to the use of straw.
One adluccd by men of intelligeneo is,
that. straw, when rotted, becomes sand,
which, according to may experience, is
both talse and true, for I claim that the
stue soil that produces the growth, when
rotted it will be the s:1ae, citl,er sand or
clay. I believe all the farmers hue iv
that ct,tt(onI grown on clay land hlas at
yellou linige, lrodu tctled 1y the clay; iual
if 0111 iiitt iarltk :, of tlhe soil, why ut
pine straw?
l'ut to [ie I ou olher thIban my own
Cxpr'it. e'. lI spea:tking to ia well-to-tlo
fiNe111'1' it ethe s11c't, lhe said lie Would
tluit the faium if Ie cold not ;et pine
straw, as l is lne that it: (s it largely.
But it may be asked, how we are to get
I In iich quantitit? ' can (nily say how
I do it at this \uritini. I have in th,e
woods Iifteen ihudret p iles, four fet.t
high aiti four feet wide; theso have been
raked w h\vn a the w'eattler Was such that .t
u0111(1 not do t,the r ttrml vork; and wl
we lay by our crop, .iiclh we usually itu
about tie _t'i.i of .1 uly, th1en, bctwec(en
that and the 111lad,i gathering, we get al
ve u?e in the lot; ltud when we 11rst gel
it in lot it i; ttn or twelve feet teel
away frio thll ie fente. II t ais is niot don<t
We couild never get it frioii thle woods it
the spring, and, liaviug it in th> lot, it it
tramiped by ti he i,ttiek, 1111(1 though 111
cut utp, aS this Cat1n0t be o11 aceounltt of
dI tepthl, it, bll,m ? Con11ipact , aid, om.c
w'\et, tetle0 ntt get dry nil:1 h.uling or
Ilhe tine for pllinl, .I :>y l t wrong,
I but .i tlhil r1ii jsjastet i L\ tL i' is 11,
1110o it ia isit i . le t:: I:' t c is not.
(:nul!ghI 1tlt hi tl,l lat, h i' it tskes a
lar'ge <lnottityv, 1i,hliL, to m10t a1 littie
('111ar 1 th totted; ttd 1 ill .;y this:
the lloe oin hsg i :w lel0 ptosphate
lie may w i!t pay',i tre: t g1 1 .e will
only btt sure tond get th1S t.raw\ Wt11 in
the itlrirols. I hve i1:sd fort' live blge
piles to t,ie aero orlit sweet p) tatoes, alicl
this atlon(e, liiu,i made very int) put- 'tb ;
but 1 Ptll two Inmilis to the gltogll, aillt
got tle stra. well in te grountl. there
is 01ne fact abou 1111Itraiw thalt may int he
generally known; it is this: very soon
alter it is puit inl thle greolimd It goeS
through a sweat, and1 th>es not get dtry
any inlore unit il rtted, ati wuh ichi tm 'I
have tahi it1 up 1fr1m the bot tom of theIIt
planti furrow ititd founid thiat I1thedecome
pose8(d straw was a inet work' of' fil i' roots.
t!at have btn 4.1eei dinig lthee threough
the seasoii. Dut I ii iu say, before I
close, ilth rt yea iiI r ill the itse (of
straw it dboes inot pay 'o largely, but eachl
suceethniig yeari will paiy motre antd mor~e,
or tis lhas bee my 111 xperienice, and( Mi.
8. M\. P'itt1, ( f Stl.1erounity, gaive lue
thue linme as. his \lxper Ince, and lho has
it b)roaidenst w. ithi good resltl, which I
have never donte. Now, ini concelusi,
let inie saly, whbile thle cottoii plant is
imade upl o)f t'ven .omoniejnt pairts, a.nd
pino 4traw~ will anad does consitituite on1e
ofI tho(se l)urts, a little 1i1ish ati pihich
andI wie have th at on hnu idt ill thet bar'ii
Youlrs faithfully, Ae.,
lie will conti..lno to ' ..''iver evidenie oh
the uii tne o''' the nepr, inim a Ie
1pub1iani'. huiin>i j'tdint I t exercistl of
thei'I' r Ihtiof miile' . I1 Tel a. late t e nle
eIt imb, tteneilen a:~ >uertie ( h>v es
erl'nor.1 (eVil paper,l to llouther Leader,l t
libernlir iii te si ;ttIh ile lway
show conlelil ation1 in he co.lttIilre poo
pile sultis tveril reay toc sa tlont oflj
w~isomt all tncuraenI-ut to he n.
f1e1l 11(redo tanjtiih'isa e rty or caed
tducationalfacihtie;forvw uri eople wil
bfte re ebeed.t' 1'ilo show thatl ho1, a
pureiexo their , that ystterCit
andt,not of anvy atluirprt, orn cflit
toret indexg on therudeo haton mystri
thlat su rroiund the old structure show, Iby
their ri:igs, fully five hundred y'earl'
growth. TIhese trees, no(w being ciut
away, are thle only witne(sset to the age
ofi the istonie work. Will their toust.inOIny
b0 aicceptodt by hiistoriains? Will thet
anititquarians ever ibid out wiho budlt that1
old( stone fort, andi for what purpose'? II
ainy inivesttigaitorsi with to examine those
trees, they should do so pret ty soon11, ai
thley alr( rapidly disapplcaring.' Sout.h
orn L.uaumrmani.
f English as She Is Taught nd Written n
England.
(From the Youths' 0o panlon.)
The subject of sohool ys' blunders
has recently been agitat in various di
rootions, and the collected result is ox
ceedingly amusing. Some of the very
boat instances of inadvertently happy
phrasing come from English boys, and
are recorded in the Cornhill Magazine.
One youthful historian states, in exami
nation, that "a constitutional monarch
is one who has a good constitution."
Another seems a trifle vague about the
feudal systom, and writos that "it was a
law that every one should got up at 8 a.
in. to put out his fires.' Perhaps a
p>hilologist might think that the boy was
of French descent, from his referring
the word feud to fou-fire.
Passing on to the Bible history, we
find versions of the Beautitudes which
differ from those genorally received:
"Blessed are ye when men shall say unto
you, 'Rues,'" and "Blosed are the poor
in spite of it."
A certain passage in Xenqphon tells
us that "on one occasion all tao soldiers
escaped unhurt, but one man on the left
wing was said to be shot." A translator,
by transposing the words, made the
statement "that one was said to bo shot
on the left wing," whereupon a clever
boy aptly remarked: "lie must have
ben a goose."
"One pupil, who was asked to explain
the merning of the phrase, "the last in
lirmity of noble minds," at once replied,
"the diseaso you die of."
Another youth defined "guordon" as
"a largo flat thing that you broil on."
This probably seems funnier to an Eng
lishman than it does to an American, for
the Englishman is apt to use tho word
grill instead of gridiron.
Another boy must have been suflering
from pangs of hunger, for he wrote, in
answer to the question, "What makes
the tower of Pisa lean?" "because there
was a sore famine in the land."
E.ECTRI1 F"IRE BALLS.
A Quxlionh ltislso I to Vhether Thej are
No,t Opt.k1Icleiuutos.
(Fromt the Newv York Sun.)
In nearly all of the reports of personal
injury by lightning strokes victims who
recover say they have seen balls of fire.
The lire ball seens to figure conspicu
ously in all stories of prostration by
lightning, and it would be interesting to
study this special phase of the phenome
na for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the fiery ball has any existonco
except as the result of the bright flash
upon the optic nerves. Almost invaria
bly the persons who are close enough to
a hash of lightning to see this ball havo
declared that it moved slowly, dancing
and bounding through the room or
across the field, and in cases where men
and women have been prostrated and
subsequently recovered they have as
serted that the ball bounded slowly to
ward them and struck them full in the
chest. I recently talked with a man who
was in a factory which was struck by
lightning, and he told me that two balls
of lire approached him from the and of
the room, slowly bounding along the
floor; and leapirg almost to the ceiling.
When they reached him, he said, they
both struck him on the breast at the
same instant, and he fell insensible.
The factory chimney was struck on this
occasion and partly demolished. Ho re
covered in fifteen minutes and carefully
examined his clothes to see i. they wore
burned.
I firmly believe that the ball of fire is
merely an optical illusion, and that it is
seen only by persons who are not in the
lirect liu of the electric current.. Ilaa
anybody investigated the matter?
IiLbor l'arties.
T Ihe plolitical labor movemeut is nof, a
transient p)henonmenon, destined to
speedily thisapp~ear, but a movement of
imore p)ermainent character, wvhich will
continue in some form until its objects,
so far as p)ossible, hav~e been attainedi.
F'or this reason it behooves our states
men, and the educated and thinkirg
class generally, to consider what they
ought to do in order to gulido the movii
ine nt aright. An exclusively working
mnas party, is an undesirable thing,.
even if its aims are right; and no such,
party can be maintained for atny length.
of time if an hontest attempt is made by
the educated peCoplo to help the working,
People improvo their lot, That much.
may b)e accomuplished, if all classes will
work together for this end, there can be
110 realsonab)l doubt. Moreover, the
duty cannot be shirked. TIhe iluestion
of imp)rovimg the life of the toiling
masses is the main political and sociaL
p)roblemi of the ago, and will remain so,
until it is solved -if solution be possible;
anid it can only be solved by measures
that are just to all other p)ortions of
society. While American working men
are desirous of attaining their ends by
just means, they are liable to be misled
by their passionis or their supposed in
ti(rb, .j --yigning men who plander
to both. .It is the duty of the business.
muen amonig us to de all they can to help)
the workig men in their legitimato
aspirations, and at the same time to.
show them their errors and rebuke thei
when they go wrong. .With popular
leadership of the right sort, parties mado
up of.laborers mainly would soon cease
to e.i-4, and working men would attain
their ends by means of parties complosed
of all classes and aiming at the good of
all--Thle Century.
"Aul Men, A re iar',"*
Sai David of ol. lie was probably
promp~1~ ted to make thle abhove remaruiks after
3linig some1 unreC]liable catarrhI remed(y..
oind ie beenti peiitiited to lIve until the
present dauy, aiu nred IDr. Sag~e's l(temedy,.
le ightli have' hadt a better oi)f)ionii of man-.
I id. Wo chiltim i timt ino-cases of catarrht
ca with j. thle noiiye effcCts of this.
., Cnd rolheicine. oe tial of it wfill
iiuvince you of Its ellieaiy By druggIsts;
(Irasshoppers are destroying crops in
variouls parts of Belgiumi.
The Massachusetts liopublican S3tatoc
Conventtion will be held in Boston on
A Loel, Mass., dlispatch says that.
four girls were drowned Thursdlay at,
North Bollorica, while bathing.
At linob i ck, Mo., a collision occurred
about -I o'clock Thursday morning be
twoeu two freight trains, resulting iin
the death of three men,