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illi 11il1tY OF A HERO.
LEAVIIS FROM TH F LIFE OF FIGIIT.
INO DICK AN1)ERSON.
Southern Men in Norlhern Armies-An Al
ternative of Duty or Sult-Interest-H. II.
Anderson a Case in 'oint-ieminiscec('
of His Early Life ni the RIecord of Iis
Military Carcor.
(By a Member of Ills Military Family.)
Those ofilcers of the army and navy of
the United States who in 1861-62 were
called upon to sever their connection
with the service of which they were justly
proud, and to which all of their youth
and most of their mature years had been
dovotLd, constituted a bravo and gallant
band. They thought little of politics.
Many of them had been for years sepa
rated from home ties, and now, by the
action of their States, they were con
fronted by a question of duty on the one
hand and on the other of yielding up
their own interests and their love for the
banner under which many of them had
won renown in the past.
A DELICATE QUESTION.
They had been educated firm believers
in the doctrine of States' Rights; they
felt their allegianco first due to their
States, but to obey her call meant for
them the sacrifice of hopes of a life-time,
and to some want and poverty, il place
of a comfortable support, of which they
had reasonablo assurance. All must be
surrendered or else they must be (leaf to
the call which was imperative and left 1
no option. How few hesitated, and
those who put duty, as they saw it, a ove 1
all else, surely deserved much from their
companions.
A SON OF SUMTEn.
One of this number is the subject of
this little sketch. Born in Sumter county,
in the State of South Carolina, of od
a;d honorable ancestry, reared on the ,
soil of that State, there he received his 1
early education. Sent thence to West
Point he graduated in the class of 1812,
and was appointed a brevet 2d lieutenant
in the 1st Dragoons, United States Army.
In the Mexican war he served with his
regimentand was brevetted for gallantry.
After its termination his pliincipal duity
was in the distant \Vest. At Fort Kear- 1
noy, in Nebraska,' he was doing light i
duty, and hoping for promlotion 5"Oue
day. Vhen the war between the St:'tes 1
bpeamo a certainty, though so far away,
the call of the State to arms in her do- ,
fence was immediately obeyed. I he re- 1
signed his conrnissionl in the United
States Army, hastened home and ton- t
dered his sword to the Governor of tt,h eI
Carolina, and was appointed colon( 1 of
the 1st regiment of State Troops, I iwn
on Sullivan's Island. The liuthnant
colonel of this regiment was another son
of South Carolina, who was soon ap
pointed a brigadier general in the a my 1
of the Confederate States, and 'w hose I
Jife's blood was poured out at M1ansassa., I
while bearing the brunt of the batte,
and urging his troops to emulate the
steadiness of Jackson's heroes, "stan<ing I
like a stone wall." When Barnerd E. I
Le (lied the State lost a son whose alili- t
ty cud d". otion to her cause woulu have
been a bright and shining light, anId 1
c.so record would have proved him the i
peer of the worthiest of those whose
swords hashed in her (lefelice.
ANDEIISON AS A COroNEL.
Peculiarly modest and retiring, almost u
self-depreciating in dis)OSition, t.he quiet,
unobtrusive colonel, who doubted his I
ability to ho of much service, exept. as
commander of a small body of the arm f
to which he had been accustomed, was i
destined in a few short months to he
known throughout (en. Lec's army as
"Fighting Dick Anderson," to enjoy the
fullest confidence of that great con
mander, and the love and admiration of
rs gallant a division of heroes as ever
vent to war.
A PuoMIsE OF' (nEATEn TruliNos.
At Williamsburg Richard 11. Ander son
vas temporarily in conimand of Long
stree4's division, of which his own bri'
gade (afterwards 'Jenkins's) formed a
part. There those who kmnow the mnan
and relied on his courage and skill first
had assurance that their expectations
would not bo disappointed.
At Seven Pines Anderson's bri'ide
won the admiration of the aramx; it
pierced the Cenemy's lino~ and captured
Geon. Casey's camp.
Of this chlarge Gen. Johnstoni wrote
that R. H. Anlderson's brigade of Soulth
Carolinians bore a prominent part in t.he
contest. At one time outilanked and
almost surrounded, he not onlly aivei ted
its danger by masterly mamouvring, but I
held the ground he haid won.
IN THE THIcK OF THEm FnAY.
During the seven days of battle around
Richmond Anderson was in the thick of
the fray. At blood-stained Gaines' farm~
he was conspicus. There, as nght
approached, and McClellan still held the
plateau around the house, Longstreet
rode up to Anderson and( said that the
position must be carried b)efore night
and that his brigado was the last 1he had
to seod. T1hisl was not p)lelaat tidingi
to wearied troops who had been fighting
for twelve hours, b)ut Anderson p)romiptlV y
answered, "If any one brigade can (do it
mine can." In a short time M~cClellanu
was driven from his last vantage grounId
and the "masterly change of base" w as a
forced necessity.
GOINO UP H1IIHEnI.
Anderson was no0w p)romotedl and had
to part with his old brigado. is div'i
sion, composedl of b)rigades fromf irTIgin1,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Missis
sippi, which had not previously see( .
much ative service, soon provedi itself
worthy of its gallant commander, anel
gained a re mutationi second to non in
the army. Vith i the had a place at the
Second Manassas. Thence he led it into
Maryland, whore, b~y dlarinig auldacit),
lie assistedl in holding Franklin's hoa,
in check at Pleasant Valley until Illar
per's For ry surrenldered, and thenCf huIrri 1
bac tothoaid of Genl. Lee's atten~uatl
army lat SI arpsburg. .1n that hattle Al'
dorson whas reverely wounhded1, hut r:
taiin)ed tihe conmmand of his division ui
thle crisis hlad passed(, when lhe was lift2
from his horsi fainting fromi loss t
bAoo F~rederickaburg his position w.~as
the left of Mi'arye's lill, where IBurnailb
'was ('exc to maoke his attack, wte
h<4 wover, made hlis light further to t ln
right. HiLs infantry was niot engag e,
-bu' his batteries did good eervice.
AN 0onsTINATFI F'oEMAN.
For the remlaind r of the' ninter A i
derson's commIrand remainedo near Fa u
\ ricksburg. Two of his brigades h. 1
ed the Rapahannook, and then advanced
on Claucollorsvillo. The two brigades
were reinforcod by a third and Anderson
in person. With this small force he ob
stinately contested every inch of ground
and delayed hooker's advance until
.daclson could bring up his troops, who
at once assumed the offensivo and pressed
looker back to Chancelloraville. While
Jackson's famous flank movement was in
progress, Anderson held Leo's centre.
'ho battle was terrific, as hooker again
and again tried to break through the thin
line. The woods ocreened the weakness
of tho Confederate line, which was so
fearfully stretched, in order to cover the
necessary ground, that in some places
tho men were six feet apart; yet Hooker
was held to his position until Jackson
could strike the fatal blow.
ANOTITEn 1iuCMOND.
hooker had hardly heeii defeated when
3edgowick crossed the river at 1"reder
icksburg, carrying Maryo's Heights and
threatening (ien. Leo's rear, lie was
first checked at Salem Church. Ander
son's tired troops had been fighting for
live days and nights, but when (Ion. Leo
3alled upon them, they cheerfully coun
5ermarched and drove Sedgewick across
he river. Anderson, in a marked man
ier, received (en. Lee's thanks for the
ieroic conduct of his veterans, and was
ocommended for a lieutenant general's
3ommission.
AT OII TY5ui(.
The second crossing of the Potomac
oon followed, and the battle of (Jettys
murg. Anderson took no part in the
attle of the first day. On 'the second
uS (livision, except one brigado which
ad been ordered to report to Longstreet,
onfronti Cemetery H ill, which he was
rdercd to charge when Longstreot's fire
'cached his right flank. This it never
lid, but Longatreet's attack being hard
)ressed, Anderson was ordered to make
diversion by assailing the position in
us front, which was llLndsomely done.
L'he works were carried, and had it be n1
)ossible to send him oven two brigades
if supports, the battle of the third had
ever been. None could be sent., and
eluct:ultly he had to witlhdraw to his
riginal position. The division felt this
epuls'3 keenly, and it was at:Lted that its
isek hal never before been turned to the
oe. it went into battle about t.I000
trong; the morning after it mustired
es than i,(i0. With the army it re- I
rossed the Potomac and, excepting the
bort campai,r at Bristow Station, ro
lnamed in cSmp until December. When i
leado advanced to Mine lho it marched
o meet him, but Meado retired without
n engagement. The rest of that winter
vas 1imssed around Orange Court House.
TilE (7AMPAtoN OF '(1.
Early in the sprung Grant opened the
amipaign of 18(4. On the 5th of Nay 1
,ntlerteni was guarding the fords of the
apidel agailst cavalry. After the bat
le of that day .rders \V('e -entt him to
ejian Gen. Lee, but they Wore not re-'
(lvi di. A suimting thu resionsibility,
vithout ordcr:; as h supposed, becauso
iu knew lie mu(lr: bo witc l, hmarched
imtil near daylight of the Utb, and reached
he neighborhood of the batlefield most
Pl)Ortunoly. At dawn of that day,
;rant having run over some of the force
a his front was pushing up the road, f
udeavoring to gain (len. IL(e's rear. i
(ershaw and Anderson, coming from c
li11erent directions, reached the field ]
bout the Famo time, and Grant's efforts l ]
C ci s(on reiiulised. i)urinlg this day,
.c'ngstreewtwi severely wounded, and
t uer.ion, by his reifueet, was trau_,ferr.L
io. ".lie 84 corps (A. P. 1lili':,) and put
a command of the 1st (Longstreet's.)
'Ilat night he ainrched to Spotsylvania
1. ., reaching it in time to frustrate
raunt's efforts to seize the heights. I He
as promoted lieutenant general and his
ommission dated the Gtll of May, 1G4;
hus lie was the oflicer of highest r.mk
rom his State3. The bat tles9 of Spo tsyl
amia and~ Cold Il arbor followed the
onsbtanlt fighting by nighut and day until
ectersburg wals reachled ; in al1l these An
terson led I he 1-t corps. Whlen Long
treet hlad sulliciently recovered to roswo
ommlandI of his troops Anlderson)I relieved
3eauregard, who haid been ordered to
JharletorA. With this ne0w commanilid
10 hel thle lines immllediately ill front of
'etersburg, until towards the sprinig of1
8(5, and then reliu<lliihedl them~ to
lordon, and took his place onl (Gen.
co's righlt flank.
ANI)!RlSONs n AsT niATE.
Whlen (rant broke thlrough those linens
nd1(erson oposed himi as best 11e could,
raing a temnporarv advantagLat Gray
ily Run; but the endl wase fast apUroachl
ng, and e'xhaulsted, starving men cold(
Io no( mo)re. At Chourchl Crossing a part
f his corps undoer' Pick{ett was baldly (cut
ii, anid on1 the ft1t of April lhe fought1
lus last batt.le, when hlis corps, redul to
mere hlandfuIl, coul noit standll against
110 heavy nllubers opplosed to it.
1- II!TIo FRoUI FIIIsT TO nAsTr.
Ande;uon wvas w'1ithl thle Army of North
Irnl Virginuia froml early in 18I2 to the
mnd, was never absenMOt from his commllanld
mXept' whenI disabled b,y woui(n. '.To
~ivo a full nCcounht of Is career and1 (If
hlat of his brigadle, division anud cor ps
vould necces;itate, a hlistory of (Gen. L o's
randi aurmy and( fill vohInes.
T1he warl was Over, thle ouIthi defeated,
md11 pla1ce was not ill her gift for thoslle
ons who had beeni edulcated for a mIiii
ary life and( who hlad surrendered 1al1
ave honoer, in h1er e.mse5. Auderson r:
uirnedl to tile 11ome1 of hlis boyhood, im1l
)overisheCd and1 withlout, resonurees, tj
truiggle on1 in thle (Ifort to gain ai Imengle
upport. Utterly unlSulited to thlis new
ito 11 lsie was succes.s was a1 balre possibil
ty.
Dir)asters followed, and( this old( hero of
IOunitlessl balttles nas redud iio absoiOl e
vanlt, and1 on1 tihe verge of despair. :Sti
010lon (erdl a1 mnurmiur from himln; he luI
10110 the bes~t 110 knowv how, and1( inI tl
'1au11 of dulyv wva contenlt to suItler; h1t
>etter tim1es were coinig. Thll bt ite
3)11ulInt always rin ULI ill the robbn'.
slutchl or undier the oppres1usor's he.1fi
>rovidedl for A ndersonl's immledialte wanit.
the daIwnI for him1 seiemed to 114 breaIkhli,
>ut b efore theIe hlopes could( bet reahzi1d
nudorson was suimmone d to rest. lI
oil at his lost with all is armor Oi. A
troko oif apopleoxy termlinatedl hlis hf', e
hoe 58th yeaLr (If hlis age, (Il the~ 25t h
fune, 1 M79, anld on the '28th1 (tCaroh a'I
hay), 110 was laid away in the old g'rve
yardi of St. lolna Chlureh at IBeaufoi
THE1 wlAltilIin'a wARFA li o'I:l.
'T1e historian will record hia mlary.
life and perhaps toll how the men trusted
and revered th man, how the great Let
again and again gave exprosion to thc
confidence he reposed in him. 'll
friends who knew him in life will ro
member the amiability of his temper,
his lion-like courage, coupled with the
modesty of woman; his sincerily und
guilelessness, which caused him to think
no evil; his pationco under misfortune.
his unbounded patriotism, his reliability
in emergencies, his willingness to take
grave responsibility, even though the
honor and rewards were for others, and
with one consent will accord to his mem
ory the proud placo it deserves in the
annals of his people.
TIIE HAD AMEItCOAN GIRCL.
She hal Her Own Vay, and Must Take the
Uonseiuencesi.
(From the Kansas City Times.)
It is truthfully asked if something
cauot he done to protect our women,
the poor lambs-something to guard
them against the wolves of fortune
hunters, footmen, body servants, coach
men and the like.
No, nothing can bo done. Nothing
ought to be done. (od, in his infinite
wisdom, never intended that anything
should be done. It is simply a qluestion
of the survival of the fittest. Every
week of the world these women upon
whom so much syml)athy is being wasted
have to minister unto them Moses and
bho prophets. In the way of warning,
line upon line and precept upon precept
ome to them even in their dreams. If,
hen, they got into a matrimonial hell
here let them be. Lazarus will no more
o to them with a drop of water than he
vent to the rich man, praying like a
lervish for one. If these alliirs are
iffairs of the heart let them break or
iarden. Women fit to be American
wives and mothers ought to be courted
n the good old way, and go to house
sceping in the good old way. They do
ieither of these things when they per
nit themselves to be imposed upon and
inally preyed upon by some foreign
nountebank, the smell of a civet eat on
us hair, a huge brass watch chain and
iirt under his finger nails. Tho only
vender about all this bogus tittlo busi
less is the wonder that American girls
ently nurtured, daintily surroundcd,
sought for by staalwart", chiv.lrous, well
.nowi men of their own country - er
ist in going abroad to find husbands,
d even atter they have gone abroad
hat they cannot tell the pinehbaek from
he pure gotl. It does appear as if they
night smell the stable-groom through
vei his broadcloth and his paethouli;
bht all the rognes whose uairony numit
nded in oil' or ollaky might be told from
he peculiar limp that. never leaves a
nun after he has once worn a bull and
hain; that the odor of garlic would re
real the identity of some ;3haeknoty
Fin of a Florentine count; that v.aist
-.oasts splotcl>ed with wile, and cravats
'rayed here and there about the middle,
ould give warning thra es me .Frcnch
ialet had come wooing in his master's
;ast-off clothes.
But fashionable society is much to
)lame for this, say the apologists of the
weet little lambs. No doubt. Fash
onable society in some of the larger
ities is monstrous, but society eainot
ill the woman who does not want to be
illod. The glorious crown of pure, true
vonanhoodi was never yet strielc i f,tm
arthly brow, unless that brow bent ii
clui:escence to the hand of the despoil
+'.
However, it is useless to moralize.
L'ho American girl is pretty well undtr
tood by the country. When she wants
o marry she will marry, even if she
carries a wooden Indian in front of a
igar store.
The -l- ---m-t.
Few people seem aware how enonin
musly a Petticoat dress of any fsort in
reuses the apparent size of the hips un
il they have seen theO same persone ini a
li fi'renit --i. ti., t wo-legged-dlress. T1ho
iabit of wearing a dress which caiuses
he duality of the form to be concealed
s the true cause of all the errors iand
trange contortions which scerm in
ep)aratble from women's dress. It comf
Iletely alters the character of the figure
md causes aln ordinary waist to look
argo and clumsy. D)ress a man in a
romain's skirt anti his waisi t immediately
ippeairs large out of all pIropoertion to its
icight, and this result is tihe true cause
>f the comp)ression of the v,aist among
nest European nations. 'fill it. is re
nloved1, it is vain to argue againlst tight
acing. Th'le majority of women also
em unaware how unbecoming a thing
s tho tight hodice, which is the ste'reo
yped formi on which their dress boc dices
ire made. They imneonisciously try to
mnprove upon it by nmaking im itationl
eats andi waiistc~oatc and falls of lace
b>wn the front. Ir ht with a loose, flap..
>mg skirt an artistic antd bcecomning form
>fbdioi out oIf ti 0 question, for onily
tight b)odice caln give the hourglass pinch
-endered ntecessary by the globular form
lhe legs assume whleni encased ini skirts.
-From D)ress.
ni, thc(Ie 1 I.i (ic Om .
Afler thirteenl years of uinsectariani
vork ill rescuing, feeding and caring for
siteast 1and( abui sed little ones, the cHo
iety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
hil dren maiikes a special appeal to the
>ubbie for assistaniece. Il)uring the put
rear it hiis reseced from degrading anid
ricious ass'ociations' over 31,1000 childreni,
11nd has pros'etecd 2,029 neglectful
>arents andi( empIloyers, of whomi 1,0958
vere conmuvict<d and11( punished. J3esides
his the cases of 2,898 children were inl
testigated at the reqluest of police jus-.
ices, the result being that some 1, 700
vere sent to institutions and the remain
Ier found to be improper objets of thle
ity 's care.
Aunothier branchl of the society's work
ins lbeen to gat her ini froml the streets,
baised chiild reni, whoc, to t he 1 nmber o
,MP , haveu Ibeen clothmd , shielteredl andum
'cd in its recept ion houses ini vacriousmi
>artsm of the city.
Tfhe society is ont of debt, but it
ieecds umney to enlarge anId coninueiia its
work. It is supported entirely b)y vol
mntary contribuitions, anid rcivesm not
m11 d'ollaIr fromi State or city funic.,
'hubscriptions may bcc sent to tis treaM
irer, WVilliam L. 'Jenikins, Nmc. 10) l'c
l'weinty-thiird street, New Ycork city.
It is well enough to bce geneirous,h
lon't be geniercus to at fault. A fault is oii
mitl ed to any such cnniclrat on
EX-MINISTE;K COX ON TURKEY.
A Turkish Sialai--Turkish Ilaiuits--Turk
leh Wo uen, &c , &c.
Tho lion. S. S. Oox's lot turo, "Ob
servations upon Turkey," says the- New
York Sun of October 3, formed the prin
cipal part of the entertainment given by
the Stecklor Association at the Windsor
Theatre last night. 'J.'hree policemen
stood at the entrance, and declared it
was impossible for another man to get
inside.
, Judge Alfred Steckler had hardly fin
ished his brief introduction of Mr. Cox
when the audienco fixed itself for an
hour's laughter, and it refused to put
itself into any other attitude toward the
uistinguished lecturer, it spite of the
evident fact that he sometimes tried to
be serious, Mr. Cox began by n aking a
Turkish salaani as th most litting way
to express his recognition of the honors
about. to bo heaped mi' )n him. lie first
tried to touch his boot toe without bond
ing his knees, thecn llacetd his hititi on
what ho aid was his hoart, stuck his
linger in his month, scratched his head,
and concluded with a sweeping dancing
mast'r'n )ow. 'J'he audience didn't care
whether all this Hai good Turkish or
not; it was funny, and they laughed.
"The Turks alwa'ys bcgin the day wvith
sunset.," said Mr. Cox, and everybody
laughed again. ''My mother-in-law
used( to tell me that thu Puritans began
their Sunday at suutet Saturda', and I
never went back on 'Sunset when I
could help it."
Mr, Cox referred to his trip in the
Soudan under the guid:nce of the Sul
tan's comznissionor: "it may seem a
strange thing for a man to go to Turkey
with only one wife, but, as the man said
who had his head cut oil; it was the only
one I had. Thu Sultan has 481 wives,
and ho has to have their names put on
the doors of their rooms. For my part
I. have always found one just about as
much as I can manage. When J met the
Khcdive he said:
"'Your Excellency, how in it your
country has grown mo fast in popula
tion?'
"'The attractive forces of our immi
gration l'ws and of our Constitl, ion,' I
answered.
'But have you got ay of my people
over there?'
" 'Oh, yes, we have t ,vo. I shipped
them y esterday front Alexandria. They
ar mummies.'
"'Well, it's all right. They couldn't
bo of much more use to me, anyhow.'
"I ami perhaps the only man in Amer.
ica who has ever shaken hands with the
Pharaoh of Scripture. Ho was a little
tlu ty, but I shook hands with him. My
wonder is iot :o inu t that. he was ahle
to win inimrtality, but that. he was able
to preserve his in.mortalization.
"The great liight. of th.ie century will
not be abou Ih!,aria or Rounielia, 1 ut
will take ,lace in Afgluauistau, betw(n
the laud animal Russia and the sea ati
mai Great Bniteu. Some of thosu prts
ont will live to :c. it.
'The climax of the l' cturcr's eloquence
was reached when he began ti describe
the Caucasian women who replenish the
harems of Constantinople.
'"They appear on the streets as women
do in New York, butt the eyes--the eyes!
--such eyes as I never saw elsewhere.
These women belong to the stock from
which our ancestors spruug. T1he'y are
beautiful, wouderful Womai, compnact in
form, noble of mein, graceful in move
ment, maid mi "enl iti speech. The
Trkish race will b,e replenished from
Caucasia tiiue anti again.
"On the bridge between Se'itari and
Constantinoplo sevellty-to., nations are
represented iti the pa:.hc rs to and fro,
dillerent in costuie, langu!ge and iuan
iers. How does the Sultan harmonize
these diverse ,nations? The sreret of
governmnent is the samne that was ob
served in the ancient empires of Oreece
and Roes -it is home rule-the systett
of trnibal relationts which hats pirevailed
from the datys oif Abraham. ltach tibet
has its head, anud its own system of ttaxa
tion, and this plan prevarils from~ ic
Euphra-tes to I lie A<diatie. Crete han its
own legislature. It is this system whtichb
hast kept- the 'Turkishi Empiro together
so long, in spiteoOf its many enemnies.''
.Mr. Cox gave somne specimens of TIurk
ish humor, isul mentioned the fact that.
more would be found in a certain boo1(k
about to be published. In conclusion lhe
stid that lie hoped the day was far dis
tant when the aibl-, just, honest and
vigilant Sultan shouli lose his hold upon
the Orient.
Somne 3011 boatts of item eight to twenty
totis butrd eit, amnd withI crews of, in the
aggregate, tabout 2,50) meni, tmostly tie
gro slaves, are etngaged in the pearl fish
eries of the lied Sea, whichi yield fronm
$100t,000t to $150, 0010 a year. One-thtird
of the iticome the ownuters oif the vessl
retain; the remainiming two-thirtds are dhis
tribuuted amonig the crews, which makes
ain average of $30) to $10 a year to every
man. .iu former days I)jeddah, tnetar
Mecca, ini Arabuia, was the poirt where tall
the peatris were taken anid sol; but sine
the governtment imptosed tin import <hity
oif eight per cent. upotn the pearls the
fishers cotimenced ctarryinig their shelIs
to Mtassowah iand Suatkitt, on the African
(cot, wvhere they hiav(t oinly one( per cen-lt.
of duty to paty. At present thle littler
poerts receive aboiut thtree-tuattrt irs of tie
enitirte yield, hatrdl y e-qitarter of1 it st ill
goitng to I )jeddah. hFromI these po(rtsa
the pearls tare tr'anisported to Cairo ad
Alexandria, ini lower Egypt, whence mnost
of thiem go to Trieste, upon the Adriatic
Sea, few only reaching L ontdoni and liia
vre directly from Egypt.
I F15iM ihsh? Itn, Wthere Antgel' FenI'gr to Trt l."
fly an i n-He. re' t io t- i as att res 4
nevo' n tiinttlti taie dib'iityg Ion Iw
bwi ng; e l ightt't' .ii dritifi(,eias tcc ir pre
(it ofthe i . I n,-:h- . so ii . t e
prlfitt, N.f ((4.. th 1( he lof teg tI . .
tawdu,s ti- ande- petrlu r eing litit (4
yaihitike tof co iedy the passage 1f(th.
CINA'S GIREAT WALI A MYTH.
Surprleing Statemnent Mmle by ait 1renacht
Mieionairy.
(From the Lonlan Times.)
Abbe Larrion, formerly a nissit iln v
to China, has 1)1lulished a pm l u!
(Paris, Leroux,) on the Great W, ii (.
Ohina, to demonstrate that this struaetr
does not exist and has never existtd.
The popular belief is that tis wd!
stretches for about eight ltuu red
leagues across China, from th(, ;(ea tO
the province of Kau--ua. Ta'lt it i.
wholly constructed of cut stoein, and ii;
thirty oubits high by twelve bro.
It is elieved to run straight on regar d
less of obstacles. going doawn valleys and
up mountains, without lireak, exoept
such ais time has made, along its ildk
course. This notion originated with a
Jesuit named Martini, who visited China
abjut !:>0, and his descriation was fol
Jred by aubscilnent writers. M. Lar
rieu has lived for several years nder
what wonli have been the sladulow 'f tho
Great Wall had there bien oni; lie ha'
stud:'d the writings of recent writers
especially A' tbo I[uc---e M have crosseid
the line of ti.e alleged wall :i various
plaeos, he has likewise studied tho
Chinese history of the subject, and his
conclusions are as follows: (1) The terni
"Great Wall" is at the bottom of all the
misundersif,adintr and it comies frin
the Chincse expression, ''the wall of the
ten thousand ii;" (2) as described by
Martini and other writers who have
copied him, this wall does not and never
did exist; (3) a Chinese Emperor un
doubtedly did conceive the ide:i of a
great wall from the Gulf of Liao-Long
on the east to Kan- u en the west, and
this, though never realized, had a be
ginning; (4) all along the proposed line I
of the wall s<luare towers of earth, or o:
earth faced with brick, were constructed
at considerable distances from each oth
er, but these wore never joined together
by any wall as was originally intended.
In some of the defiles along the route
there are walls, but theso were intended
to close these particular passages, or
they are merely the wadls of vilaiget,
and are not parts of a larger selene.
Hence the only part of the scheme of
the Great Wall carried otut was the coil
struction of these scattered towers, the
rest never went beyond the brain t.hit
eonceivcd it ; it was never more than a
fancy, and it is now a myth. This huge.
Chineso wall, says Abbe Larriou, it;
huge Chinese lie, and as for tlhe ta illii n
soldiers which w: re said to guard it itight
and day, they are myths likewise. lhe
alleged Great Wall is a favorite excur
sion for Europeans visiting 'ecki:,, aii
such a question as whether it exist at al
or not should be an easy one to :et:
definitely.
USE OF TnE awv o.
A (aungo aIk Irg 1'Late in the 'a+t c i
(Froam lit' N. V. a'.inner';d .'Ir ilser )
Every tobacconist reet"a:.ives 'be grit
change that is taking 'lace ii wlit nuy
be called ini a rather new senst the ltull
lie taste. Any average tubaceiit.
whosn trade is not cli e Ily among sailrs
and truckmon, wiltl tell you 1,o doet no;
sell one-half as niuch chewing tobacco as
ho did ten years ago. Very likely he
will be unable to guess why it is, but. Ito
can't deny the fact. I askt l one of them
about it the other day. I to said:
'The chango is duie to a variety of
causes. It is a great teal noare ,pp:renat
hero in the East t lan in the West iii 1l
South, buit it is going en all ove.; ti;
country. One thing is und'ubh-ily I lt
strengti of puldie opainaia thit it ia an
uieleanly hab it. It is laird f r a man
who chews to keep evid'e"ea of it front
his clothes. That fact makes it inevita- ,
ble that the habit sho.t go down b
fore the increasig attenatiton to dlress,
that is a feature of moderna life. Then ai
greait malny refianed andl well-inatetioned
persons1 hlave waiged war aigainast it for
ytars. It was inevwitable that somle
teffect shouhld follow their era.saidt.
"ltut the pr1inacipatl (cIauses area rightI
haerc : There is a great dead naioro dy'iptr[
~.a maia e Uauuach troule in1 tba country
ntow\ than there uised to bea, anti no per
4on1 con !ichew tobaceco whlo lhas a weak
.stomaich. Janmes Pairtoni slays in hisa
famaous pamiplet againast rma a-aaa
toac< o 't hat the stomabch wvill hold ot
aigalin. theate longer ih :u.a the huiags.
James does ,ot muaaoke' or chow, anad
therefore lhe doesn't know. Coammnon
expericc shows that lao is wrong, int
doctors olupport tihe verdict of oomnn> n
experience. The aactioni of the taa 1co
juice, which triekies down tin: che,wer's
throat, is toa paaralyzie the stoamach . It
will o that hang betfaore smoke will have
any pearceptibale ei'eet upona anl ordinnary
iair of lungs.
'"Then the cigarette h as (1on1 a graeat
dloi to putt 1an end to the habhit ofchw
ing tobacco. fThe growth of the eignar
etto practice in this counatry is, as t hae
say of Wester'n townis, 'phenaiomen'ial.
Th'Ie consumption (of cigarettes hais
dloubled manny tinmes over ini the heat
fifteen years. Aboaat seven ouit of every
teni boys wvho are growing tap no0w .siioke
cigarettes. Anad after a boy has smaoked
cigarotte's a few years he niot only has noe
taiste for tobacco ini anay otheri foarma, buot
he( has no coanstituation left to sitantd
c,howinag tobaaccoa. It is (Muritous ho' w
boys will take cigarettes. I believe it is
very (algetly eaxuse of thme fuss that. -
mae botlthem. It hans g at t(o be the
c:toina opjinlioni thiiat cigaret tt smaoakina
is th(a ruost injaurious p ractictoI kno wn.
TIhat is just whay boysa adopt it. It ma
them ani object of awfual inttrest toa othe(r
boys and Ito girls. It is soothing to) a
bo(y'l folish pide ta knaw to thmt peo
l have marked hima oaat tas aonea whob as
ruishiang with frightfaul temierity to early
adestruaction. Wheath er thant is the(o l cae
of it or not, it is perifectly cerataint tha
mlore and1( moreli cigairettes aire being1 11ld
every year and less anad less (ehoing]'
tobhacco.
All of thea best matkes. $, eanh andsli
blancrae iNovembear I, ait lipoat (cash pii
oan a P'ianao. 810 cJeasha and ancota~
vtembler I, at apot casha picoes an ,a t
Organ. D)elivertd, frtigh:t frea'a at your
naeare'st depiot. F'iftean (lays test ta
andt freighat both ways if not satisfactor'y.
Writo for c.irculiars.a
N. W'. TR U MP,
* (i'Coluambia, S. C.
Amatanig buttter maokers ad alalIa sers ini th
(ounatry tlh genearal Olainion hias ti a-a that
batiter fhrned from ers etn. a s o
xT m er-..ox
T . I i l A T 1)IcIh . ION.
1.(ui tI! '.;it"--'1hry O 1ntiot ho
"" . ( f Atturney (Teneral
)a :'w i'1 v s rndnd l1 InI re
' tl'rIl,(1) '>f Cooptrolier
(c - y aeiw n of tho quc'9
i(s :S to th)o correctness of
r h a; , iIl )rat iCC in rela
IiIn t . tir 0 of bontls, sreu'red by
r.ror r, i i inl thiv Stiate, lteld by
fnrt" i gn lt'nl complan)ies. T1ho
pl'it,io' confir'Ims tho Comptroller
(:ne0.,
HION. W\ 1? -.!n:v, Comptroller (len
l0 'p 1puo to your reqtuost for my
11)1iiti1 a to who ther bonds secured h1
norats ,[i() of hind ; in this State held by
fo>r( ign l !ndt inn romnnies are taxabh,
in thin S t, !"b" to may, that in my
1piitn Ilucht honde ar1 nlot taiOIbtlenr.
The Su{'re'nie (Jour of the )iiitt,l
KItt', in ti cetn of the Stato tax on
foreign-held 1 b;Is R;ilroad vs. Penn
sylvania, 151 WaitLi, ?00, d'cides ti.'
matter in poiint; Ihat 1Outls issil by a
nailroal copllany art' p)roperty in Ithe
hands of the hoh)le) s, an( wVhen bhlt'It by
non-reridilents of the State in which the
SiUlany was in(orp ruted, they are
propecrty heyond the jnrisdiction of that
itate, and1( tO 11x thrim is not"1a hrgitimt1
'x'eiri(' If th0 tIt\ing power, 1ad this is
lot. aflet(h I y t the fact that th1e bond,
tre ht (im(: bIy ltu()rtgage upon011 property
iittnttt ini the Stat. T'h tax laws of a
tatt'IUI Itave no extra-ti ritorial opuer
ion, nor can any laws of a State incon
titent with the terms of a cont ract utte
vith or p)ayble)k to parties out of the
)tato have iny (felct upon1 tho contract
vhilst it i1 in the luiiit of uel paertes
)r otier non-residents of tihe State.
in the (!laSO of .1clnkins vs. Charleston,
i S. C., :1tl:1, the Supreino Court of this
tato decidled that the City Conncil of
;harl'stont lmay lawfully tax its ow n
jtcs, wel 1as thalt ownled by non
rmsidents as tiat owned by residents of
the city, and that sult a tax does not
im pair the Ilbligat1o0 of the c"ntraet.
'The Suil):eine Coutrl of thie 'uni;1"
Statit. in th( ( 1 of '\l(urr;iy vs. ('htr"h
tl.tt. 1)( 1 . -., i:'' rt'vers, I ( i th. d ctis '...
1)f the iuprr1n" (o:'t et onth ('nr'oia
t1il t l t t I tn l> . ( ' i ti
inc-, ,,f .b-nkin 4 vs . Yal
itntl in thi:t of .\Im ro y v'. Cl1airlt -.
h", tht 1 . (.t 5 L. ing g. V Ire by the i
(iame It.
It t, S .0 . \ ; \ (.1 :-el ' l 1 o t le (10
eli i t .i ie umit -r. '
( ai - ->f \idi:' .. ( I i t * e t. I
it i 'tIl " t i*ei ill be t ' 1l )Ioipua
th ii, i i .I
LC Iit1 t d . )f 1)i b'l
m. , . m . r i .h ld; \w it", I II (e
l'xtol's)i e l ' w e .i
u ill' ,an t ) dIt sil t iii b ti l ,r,
itltlt ark (- -!i s t .1 )1;v r 1 wil oimnl0
.\i <t ut (u i' lf 11 i !iO , r,lt : ivir
[o)I,itllltiL 111f t i li,(' Wil I t al t
ih u a id I r . m:f 3ix-h l ";. . h ti,, l l
htitavyc I M c.I,s . b'l't Nt-.mLrt prt t v
01111titl1 i 1t"t"' i Wi th lt , rl'is the im i- l
rle' t .).1 . ni tel t on
ACt 'ttn it tit oI t hi.rver f el' I e
ye:-mbdo , . vf grat: , .1)t'r lvo 1 VI 1
Jil I ll II ' I (':rt l ("til 1 f11, l i 11( (t'ltS
i.,.It.
', i t h I l i, r. Ily ial , h edge ad (-i s I
Irt-i a-:r ul bg it t -jlt c ol. A Ite
lmV tit! I it.IIbi tilhe lt p 1Int of,', crtliwn 2i
III d(i t : I , II 'ti!tt Al h s.
II tr(i i b iii IM in '111 -in.:t An alx
, i 1 i . hr' lilt i n th lt i i- , .tt
f 1 n t l I - I'; ihl ' i i i '1 t t, 1 i h ll i
I!ly lIla bl (n.1 .i . 1h0 it n:) t It
iThe j lin avlt of T Ctt 1 tiewrtl ud If I
kn t exquictl lIha11d oest riel..v
l< etivlyt - wit 111 skid. : lic tpphiso
Iringhoo lpay ad ouwi f.ma
TRIPLE MUtDEii.
Tragedy Near Madison, Ca.--A Negro Man
IlI, Three Members of His Family.
A special from Madison, Cia., to the
Atlanta Constitution says:
The people of Morgan county are
art.used by the news of a terrible family
tragedy which took place some time be
tween Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing. About 2 o'clock on Sunday morn
ing the clatter of horse's feet were heard
by Marshal 13eardon, the rider exclaim
in in groat excitement as he rode in:
"I want a doctor! I want the sheriff!
Old man Dow Locket is dead! Aunt
Lucy and Mollie have their throats out
and are dying!"
'I'he rider was a negro, named Bill
who worked on the plantation of Mr.
Anthony Fannin, three miles from
town. Upon the same plantation lived
I )ow Locket, a venerable old negro, and
his wite L'ie-y. They had but one child
with them, their daughter Mollio, Sev
era). years ago she accepted the love of
Alexander Morris, a hans working upon
an adjoining phntation. For a while
ill went well, until jealousy entered the
heai t of Morris, add after that there was
but little peace. lie whipped his wife
frequently, and abused hor so that she
was afraid of her life. Early last week
he went home one night and renewed his
cruel treatment, lie beat her until she
fell exhausted in a faint. Some time
:uring the night her consciousness re
turned, when she found her husband
sleeping soundly beside her. Stealthily
sie arose, and, slipping out of the house,
ran in desperation to the home of her
parents, where she obtained refuge.
''About an hour ago," said the rider,
"I heard terrible screums, which were
preceded by a gunshot. liunniug out I
saw a man at Locket's front door, pull
ing a woman out, kicking her, and cut
ting wildly at her with a knife. The
neighbors began to gather, when the
man ran off, and by the time the nature
of his work was known he had disap
peared entirely. The woman in the
yard was Mollie, the wife of Aleck
il urns. 11cr throat was cut clean across.
''he people went in and found that
Lockett was dead, while his wife was
ilmiost dead, with her throat out clean
acruo, ,iust like her daughter's outside.
Then 1 jumped on my horse and rode
into town after a doctor."
A party was at once organized, con
isting of the coroner, shorill'and several
others, who reached the scone of the
tragedy at daylight. lHundrods of ox
tiLed negioes had gathered at the place,
aniog whom the excitement was in
tense. All agreed that they would lynch
tlw murderer if they could get him.
Iie most hendish forms of torture were
p ropo:ied for Morris. The wounded
wife stud that her liusband camo to the
noiise, is he claimed, to effect a recon
ciliation, andl wanted his wifo to go back
with him. ihis she refused to do. lie
then said ho would stay all night. When
bedtimt came Locket went to bed,
:iee1 e on a puillui on thu lloor, while
his wife, Lucy, tot ito the bed, in the
corner of the room, and Mollie got on a
ied in the opposite side. What follow
ed can best be told in her own words, as
tld your correspondeit:
'"ad went to blee) about 10 o'clock,
and was soon aooa"'-. Mam talkod
awhile, and she, too, fell asleep, and left
Aleek sitting in the door, lie wanted
me to go hack with him, an' sorter
'ronise(d to go. I was 'fraid of him,
authen I wanted to get sonic money of
lI1ine he had, and I just talked kinder
;ool to him. By and by I fell asleep.
When 1. waked up 1 looked over to see
ual stootting over dad's pallet trying
o put out the iire. His cover was
dze and the :zom was full of smoke.
nst tie n I saw a man spring on mam
nad tiirow lier to the loor. She sorter
hiohed, and .1 jumped out of bed. It
sas Altek. lie left mami ad sprang
1pon1 mel, dragging ime out the door to
lie ground. t. saw a knife in his hand.
lie struck at my throat, hut I warded it
al1; the next lick and lie cut me again
mdt again. 1 felt the keen edge of his
k',ife. Thein hie jumped and run. Ale ck
was wias not drunk, and 1. don't know
why hie wanted to kill us. Did not
know dad was killed until just before
y ou came. Tihe shot must have waked
mle.,'
In the rooni Dow Locket lay on his
side with his eyes closed in sieep). He
evidently died without a struggle, andI
niever knew wvhat killed him. A double
b)arrel gun lay on the lloer, with its
muzzle not six inches from his head. It
was his own gun, and the assassin had to
step over his sleeping fr ogti
from the raea. fr ogti
Shberilf I lillsman at once sient for Teon
I'owell's dkigs. Thle animIls took up
lhe scentt without troublle, running in
hit direction tif Newvton county. \Vhen
at heard fromi they were half way be
,ween Madison and Atlanta, while the
>iirsuiing p)arty of whites and blacks was
>cimg incrcased as it. went aloiig by pee
,ii, anxious to jon in the hynching of
lie triple miurdorer.
Featrf,, Expjerieu,,ce of n, 1)1',er.
(Gardiner F'loyd, a well-known diver of
'ortlanud Me., had an awful exp)erience
inny feet under water at Mattawamkeag
few days ago. lie was at work on a
t)undal;tioni for a coffer-daim at the site
d a pier for it new bridge for the Cana- -
ian P'aeilic Railroad. lie had put a
hinm around a big rock and given the
igual to hoist it, when a large picce of
lie rock brtoke oil. It fell upon the
liver, knocketd himt down, and pinned
mte leg and foot to the bottom. His
row bar was just beyond his reach, and
ic fearetd every moment that his air
upply would give oat. Tihe bottom was
,f mud andt gravel andi rather soft.
2. i'loyd set to work to dig himself
rec widh his hands. As fast as lho un
lerminiet the rock lit propped it with
muall stone:, lie duig away for dear life
tir just ludU e'n hour before he succeeded
ia gettiing hi, leg free. His air hose was
() i' i : 'I a , e .t v
( .i i ur hi s l
IERWFIrr DI(rms. (