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YOL. 31. YOBKYILLE, S C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1885. NO, 21.
f elected foetcg.
WHAT WAS HIS CHEED ?
He left a ton of anthracite
In front of a poor widow's door,
When the deep snow, frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain and
moor.
That was his deed ;
He did it well.
"What was his creed?"
I cannot tell.
T>l --.i. lit- V T AM/l kin "
Diest "1L1 U19 Utis(vci auu ma uiuiq,
In sitting down and rising up,
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.
He took the lead
In each good task?
"What was his creed?"
I did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft, white and silken in its fall:
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees tho leaves, a pall
For flower and weed
Drooping below.
"What was his creed ?"
The poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people young and old;
And hope-inspiring words he said
To him he sheltered from the cold ;
For man must feed
As well as pray.
"What was his creed ?"
I cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust;
In faith his words were never writ;
lie loved to share his cup and crust
With any one who needed it.
* In time of need
A friend was he?
"What was his creed ?"
He told not me.
He put his trust in heaven, and worked
Ever along with hand and head :
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Byword and deed *
To help the poor?
That was his creed ;
What would ve more?
'[AT. Y. Day Star. |
She j^tarn Seller.
"THE LAST SHOT.
The overland train was pushing its way
up the long eastern grade of the Rockies.
The passengers, tired of the monotonous
surroundings of the journey, began
to drift into talk and story of the past experiences
of their lives. As the train passed
three waerons that were slowly and wea-j
rily following the trail, that ran for miles
by the side of the railroad, one of the passengers
remarked on the difference in the
style of travel. "It must be very hard,"
said one, "to crawl along day after day over
these great plains." "You bet," was the
reply tnat came with emphasis from a man
who had not taken any part in the conversation.
"Ever tried it?" asked another, attracted
by the emphasis of the man's words.
"Well, yes," was the reply, and he added,
"I was just thinking over the hard time I
had just a few miles ahead of this place."
All were ready for the story that seemed
to be promised, and they gathered around
his seat. "What made the hard time" asked
one, by way of starting the story.
"Well," said the man, "you see it was
some years before the road was built, when
I took a notion to go to California. I had
not been very weil through the winter and
I thought I would like to get rid of the cold
tiyit seemed to pinch me up. So in the
spting-I sold off my stock and stuff and
went to Omaha, and there I bought an outfit
of a team and wagon and put in a load
of stuff that I thought I might turn a little
profit on, when I got on the other side of
the Rockies, or else in the mining regions
of which I had a dim notion. I found that
a large train was to start in a few days, so
I waited over as I thought I would like the
company, and besides I had such yarns
about Indians attacking the trains poured
into my ears at Omaha, that I thought the
more of a crowd I went with the better I
would like it. While I was waiting for the
start, a young man came and asked if I
would not let him go with me. At first I
did not like the idea, but he was a pleasant
fellow, and I began to think that it would
be less lonesome to have a pleasant chum.
So I agreed that if he would put in a share
of the grub and take care of the team he
might go along with me. I was very
thankful that 1 had consented when the
long dreary days came, and long before we
reached this part of the country I had learned
to look on him as a brother. We had
got our plans all fixed for the future, and
day after day would talk them over till
we felt that they were as sure as the sun
A... lino un lurnra that if VVH8
rising, v/ui uaui wtvo ov iui^v viimv v ??v%?^ .
divided into two parts, and sometimes the I
head division would get several miles ahead i
of the other. Somewhere along here we !
fell in with a company of soldiers that had I
been out through the country, scouting. It j
was quite an excitement to us and we were
glad to learn from them that they had not {
seen any signs of Indians. The next day J
we pushed on in very good spirits, for we
had learned from the soldiers that there was
a good feeding place a short distance ahead.
We pushed on as fast as we could, as I was
ambitious I was at the head with my team.
Our division was strung out for a long distance,
and the other division was some
miles in the rear, as we had started early,
while they had waited to see the soldiers
drill. Just as I came tb the top of the hill I
like that one yonder I heard a burst of
yells and the report of several rifles. I was
riding in the back part of the wagon,
watching the long string of teams. I grabbed
my rifle and jumped out. As 1 got
squareon my feet there came another volley.
I saw my chum drop dead from his seat and
the team turned and began to run, but the
nigh horse had been hit, and he dropped
dead. The other plunged and snorted,
when there came another volley, and he fell
dead, and I felt a sharp tingle on my cheek,
and putting my hand up I found it covered
with blood. This brought me to ray senses,
for I stood perfectly transfixed with surprise
after reaching the ground. I picked up the
ammunition that fell to the ground when I
jumped from the wagon, and turned and
ran towards the the other teams. We were
so completely taken by surprise that the
men left their teams as the Indians appeared
over the hill. Some had sense enough to
secure their guns, but it seemed impossible
to make a stand. A man who was in the
rear of our division on horseback galloped i
back to the other division, and they at once,
under the direction of an old soldier, put
their wagons in a circle and began to make
a barricade, behind which they could protect
their women and children. They started
a couple of men on horseback back on i
the trail to call the soldiers to their help. !
We had a hard time. We only saved two
teams and into these wagons we had put
the few women that were in our division,
and leaving the dead who fell under the
fire, we managed to reach the barricade
that had been prepared. We would not |
one of us have escaped had not the Indians I
stopped to catch our teams and to plunder 1
our wagons. When we reached our refuge !
we ?otover our fright a little, and when j
the Indians came up we were ready to make ]
i a good fight. After some of them had been I
shot they pulled off and began to fight at j
long range. We noticed that their leader
was urging them to charge us, and twice j
he got a lot of them and came up very near, 1
but we made it hot for them and they fell ;
back, not, however,"before we had seen !
that the man leading them was a white j
man with a long red beard. We had been j
mad before, but we were a hundred times
madder at that white fellow.
"Four times in the fight I fired at him
and missed him, and I had had good chances,
too, so I was vexed and puzzled. About
4 o'clock one of our men yelled "soldiers,"
and we cheered as we saw the body of
troops off in the distance. The Indians
stopped their firing and seemed about to
leave, when the fellow with the red beard
got them to try once more, but it was no 0
go; we were encouraged and fired faster ?
and sharper than ever. As they turned to _
fo, they fell back slowly, yelling and firing,
said to those around me, 'I am going to
try one more shot at that red-whiskered
fellow.' 'It ain't any use,' said the old
soldier, 'he is a Mormon, and he has got a
suit of clothes on that will turn any bullet.'
'Well,' says I, 'we will see.' 'You had
better hurry up, then,' says he, 'for he is
going off with the rest of them.' 'Let him a
go,' I said, as I carefully fixed the sights of P
my rifle. 'I am goiug to take him as he *
comes up on that knoll, for I can calculate *
just how far that is.' I got my gun fixed. v.
'Hurry up,' says the old soldier, and as
/v^Kaw kn/l ofAnnnrl ?<i n r* fKotr irvinfifl
liiu UUIUI nau ou/pyvu linnet tiivj jwiuvvi ,
in the cry. 'You be quiet,'I says to them; b
'when he comes up there I will try his head \
and have the whole body to drop on.' He ?
had a kind of rested in the hollow, and b
when he came to the top of the hill he stop- 1
ped, as though he hated to give us up. Now ^
1 was not given to prayer in those days, but 1
I shut my eyes for a moment and asked the E
Lord to help me shoot straight, as he did
David, when he hit the giant. So I opened
my eyes and took careful sight and fired. 11
They were all quiet, and for a moment after ?
the report there was not a sound, and then "
there was a wild cheer as we saw the man P
spring into the air and fall flat on the
ground. Somehow we all felt the same,
for at once we began to climb out over the f
wagons and start for that body. The Indi- 11
ans had partly turned back, as if to get the "
body, but when they saw us coming they *
turned and ran. I got to the body first and b
turned it over, and there I saw the bullet *
hole. I had hit him in the back of his neck n
and killed him instantly. As the old sold- -?
ier came up he said, 'He isa Mormon, sure, "
and he must have left his underclothes off 1
or you could not have hit hiin.' With that ?
he began to strip him, but when he got v
down to the underclothes we found that he a
had the Mormon fixings on. 'Well,' said a
I, 'what do you think of that?' 'I don't b
know,' said the old soldier; 'it seems it c
K?*4- nil fknm ATnf m nn follniL'fl H
<1111 l ll ur? uuu cm tiiuiii Auv/iun/ii ivuu u %j
think that they are bullet-proof when they ?
have them clothes on, and they, never go
without them. 'I tell you,' he said, 'they "
stick close to them things and have to be 11
buried in them, so as to be all right on the 0
other side.' 'Well,' said I, 'I will fix him ^
on that,' so I stripped the things off of him e
and carried them to where the wagons were e
still smouldering and burned them up. The n
soldiers came up and helped us bury our n
dead. I was cleaned out of all my goods, ^
but I did not care then. I only cared for "
the loss of my chum. I had learned to love v
him. The soldiers stayed by us for a week, Q
and we had no more trouble. This is a a
good deal more comfortable traveling than S1
it was in them days. Somehow, though I P
have been a-living it all over again to-day. *
Yes, gentlemen that was my last shot in ?
a fight, but if this Mormon trouble ever ij
comes to fighting you may count me in for "
another shot. I haint forgot my poor s1
chum, and I haint forgiven them for burn- ?
ing my wagon. Indians, did you say," he 0
said, turning to one of the passengers who v
had suggested that it was Indians, 'not a P
bit; did I not tell you that he was a Mormon
a-leading them. May he," he added,
suddenly, 'you are one of them fellows. P
"If so," he said, drawing his revolver, "just b
say your prayers." The traveler begged f1
him to put up* the revolver, assuring him
that he was not a Mormon, lie assented
with some reluctance, and as at this time we *
reached a station, he forgot his purpose in n
the hurry for dinner. But though the talk M
after dinner drifted on to other subjects, we "
turned over and over in our minds, "the a
last shot," and wondered if such a blood- t(
stained curse as Mormonism would in the P
future hear other shots, and find at last the ^
?imo f?i(a an Uwt Vnrmnn loarldr fnnnrl on
the plains?the burial of a dog.?Boston ^
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LIEUT. A. W. GREELY. o
Whether that objective point of all great d
nations, viz?The North Pole?shall first P
be reached by representatives of the United
States there is no method of judging, but at I
present we are gratified by knowing that an ; *
American has reached a point farther north : 11
than living foot ever trod. To Lieutenant | ?
Greely we owe this proud distinction, and , j"(
upon the maps of the future, way up to the j "
northward, Greely's name will stand con- 2
spicuously. The Greely expedition was the a
result of the leading nations of the earth, in y
their determination to establish circumpolar ^
stations. The U. S. stations were to be at "
Point Barrow and upon the shores of Lady r]
Franklin Bay. The expedition under the *1
voluntary command of Adolphus W. Gree- \
ly started for the arctic regions from St. ^
John's July 7th, 1881, in the whaling steam- n
er Proteus. July 24th Upenavik, the highest
Danish settlement, was reached. On ei
August 7th the ship entered Smith Sound. I
On August 12th the anchor was dropped v
and a settlement established at Discovery a
Harbor 81? IK north. The station was call- d
ed Fort Conger. August 18th the Proteins E
proceeded homeward. Since then nothing a
definite was heard of the Greely party until !{l
July, 1884, when they were rescued. A
search expedition under X. M. Berbe was Ct
sent out in 1882, which was unsuccessful.
Thesecond expedition, under C. A. Garling- j
ton, yielded no result. The third was sue-' ^
cessful, and brought home the survivors,; P
six in number. Lieutenant Greely was born 1
in Massachusetts and is forty years of age. : 11
He entered the army as a private, March s
18th, 1803, was promoted to the lieutenancy j v
in 1804. lie was breveted Major in 180.">, \ v
being mustered put in 1807. In 1809 he
was assigned to the First Cavalry and rose v
again to the lieutenancy, which position he a
now holds. In his artic explorations he has *
made a record of which he can be proud.
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Self-Coxtrol.?In some people passion ?
and emotion are never checked, but are al- n
lowed to burst out in a blaze whenever they
come. Others suppress them by main force, (
and preserve a callous exterior when there j I
are raging fires within. Others are never t
excited over anything. Some govern them-1 S
selves on some subjects, but not on others.) I
Very much can be done by culture to give j i
the will control over the feelings. I
One of the very best means of culture is h
the persistent withdrawing of the mind o
from the subject which produces the emo- i
tion, and concentrating it elsewhere. The: r
I ..
man or woman wno persisieuuy permits n
their mind to dwell on disagreeable themes, j k
only spites him or herself. Children, of! y
course, have less self-control, and parents ; o
and teachers must help them to turn their |o
attention from that which excites them to ; t
something else; hut adults, when they act 1
like children, ought to be ashamed of them- j s<
selves. The value of self-control as a hy- h
gienic agent is very great. It prevents c
great waste of vitality in feeling emotion 'I
and passion. 11 helps to give one a mastery t
over pain and distress, rather than it ait
mastery over us. I f
Potcs of I ravelin tfttwpt. J
OBSERVATIONS ON IRELAND. . n
BY REV. R. LATIIAN.
Si
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[Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.] ^
In the last sketch something was said tc
bout Blair of Bangor, and in the sketch ~
ireeeding the last, reference was made to ?
Irice of Broadisland. The region of coun- n,
ry in which these men labored for the C(
velfare of the people among whom' they 0,
welt was known at the time as the Diocese tj
f Down and Connor. The territory em- 01
raced in this diocese was the counties ^
)own and Antrim; or to speak more cor- ^
ectly Antrim and Down counties were em- tc
raced in the Diocese of Down and Connor. st
n these counties of Ireland there were,
uring the period beginning 1G13,and ending ^
641, a number of other ministers of the gos- tj
el whose names ought not to be forgotten. A
'he time in which they lived and labored
Drms a part of the most important period CI
a the history of the British Isles, and in st
lany respects the most important in the e[
istory of the world. It embraces a large p
art of the reign of James the First and w
!harles the First. n,
Shortly after the settlement of Brice at ^
Iroadisland, and Blair at Bangor, the provnce
of Ulster, Ireland, was visited by a re- p
larkable outpouring of God's Holy Spirit,
he good effects of which are visible in Ire- s?
md to-day, and not only in Ireland, but in e,
America. This revival or rather, to speak C{
fiore correctly, convicting and converting a,
f sinners, began at a place called Oldstone, V|
ear the town of Antrim in County Antrim. p'
t had its origin in rather a singular way, {r
r in a way which was not in accordance S(
/ith human wisdom. This, perhaps, is st
lways the case. Religious revivals, as they A
re popularly called are always remarka- fr
le in that they occur at a time and under 0]
ircumstances when least expected. They p
ever occur without or in the absence of the t
se of means of divine appointment. At r(
he period of which we are speaking, Ire- ir
ind was in a deplorable condition. The jj
ative population was reduced to a state jg
f degradation which language will not de- st
3ribe. A form of church government mod- ^
led after that of England had been establishd
and the poor Roman Catholic Irish were S?!
equired to worship God according to the 0'j
otions of the English heirarch. They j,
,'ere prohibited the use of their vernacular *w
inguage, and the miserable ministers w
,'ho were put over the parishes were re- j,
uired to conduct the service of the sanctu- P(
ry in English, or, if the people for whose ni
piritual good they were ostensibly apointed
to minister did not understand
English, the they were required to con- w
uct the service in Latin. The simple fact t
i the case is that the overwhelming major- tr
ly of the Roman Catholic Irish under- g,
tood neither the English nor the Latin lan- fr
uage and the pastors who had been placed jr
ver them?at least the majority of them? st
;ere men without even the semblance of r
iefcy. w
Besides the Roman Catholic population? tl
lie Irish proper?there was another class of
opulation which was nominally Protestant, 0I
ut in reality, only partly so, if Protestants Ir]
leans civilized Christians. This nominal- w
/ Protestant population was a conglomera- st
on of all sorts and conditions of men.
'hey were foreigners. That is, they were "
ot natives of Ireland. The larger number e]
*ere from Scotland, the rest were from Eng- n,
ind. The larger number of those who had 0)
ny religious proclivities atall were opposed tf
) prelacy, and, if from England, were-Inde- eI
endents, if Irom Scotland, Presbyterians. st
omeof them had fled from their native S\
ind on account of religious persecution, y,
hey came to Ireland not of choice, but of
ecessity. Others again came to Ireland to 4^
scape justice. They were wild, reckless cc
dlows who neither feared God nor regard- jt
i man. This class generally came from tt
cotland. There were in Ireland, even at 13
le time of which we are speaking, men of je
'ealth and refinement, but these generally, w
not always, were those who had been tl
lade rich by the gifts of the English sov- w
reigns. Such was Ireland when Brice and h,
lair began their ministerial labors there, tl
While Blair was preaching at Bangor, fe
lev. James Glendinning began to preach or
cture in Carrickfergus. He was a native et
f Scotland, and a graduate of St. Leonard's 13
)llege in St. Andrews. In Carrickfergus, w
lendinning was preceded by Rev. Hub- y
ard who died in 1023. Mr. Hubbard was a S})
on-conforming English clergyman ; that is p]
e was an Independent or English Presby- dj
>rian. The members of the congregation (j<
) which he ministered were, largely from tl
Ingland. When their pastor died they re- sj
irned to London. Such being the case the js
mgregation to which Hubbard preached js
as not the same as that among whom w
llendinning labored. Itappears, however,
bat they were not Scotch, but probably a V\
lixture of Irish, Scotch and English. Be tl
bis as it may, Glendinning was, as we say u
t present, very popular, which no doubt
rily means, as it often does, that a great Sl
eal was said about his lectures. While his
opularity was at its height, Blair was call- .
d to Carrickfergus, and while there he went
5 hear Glendinning preach or lecture, y
V'hether he heard hi mi more than once is
ot known, but at any rate Blair conclud- al
d that Glendinning's preaching was not P1
>r edification. In the honesty of his heart ai
e told Glendinning that he was doing no "
ood and could do no good in Carrickfergus
nd advised him to go to Oldstone, where "
bere were some of his own countrymen. f"
llendinning, notwithstanding the fact that J.J1
e was making some stir in Carrickfergus,
amoved to Oldstone about one mile from 01
be town of Antrim and began to labor P(
;ith his accustomed zeal and impetuosity. J1
o far as is known his preaching consisted !)(
lainly if not altogether in giving utterance |a
) the threatenings of the law. This, his
ontemporaries say, was all he could preach. |.r
n fact, as the sequel will show the man jj"
as really crazy. He had a strong voice f'
nd delivered his sermons or rather the j1(
enouncements of the law of God with p
reat vehemence. The people became la
larmed. They were terror stricken and e(
Ithough Glendinning could arouse their uj
?ars he was unable to quell them. The
[immunity in and around Oldstone seems h(
:> have been exceedingly godless. Many a
esperate characters went to the place where 01
llendinning was preaching for no other C(
urpose than to meet their companions that "
hey might devise new schemes of wicked- u
ess, but while there they were convicted of a]
in and thrown into agony. A kind feeling
i'hich is akin to despair spread over the
. hole region for many miles. P'
The subjects of this religious impression ei
. ere not women and children, but men of ^
11 ranks in society, but more especially
hose lawless characters who keep a whole ?.T
ommunity in a state of unrest. These s{
eckless outlaws went to church for purpo- *{
es of evil, but they were prostrated by the "
nighty hand of God.
At the town of Antrim, one mile from ni
Mdstone, was settled lie v. John Ridge, an [c
English Dissenter. Mr. Ridge learning that *
he people whe lived on both sides of the
iix-Mile-Water,a river which empties into "
jough Neigh, at the town of Antrim, were
n a state bordering on despair, invited ai
tobert Blair of Bangor, Robert Cunning- lM
mm of Hollywood, and James Hamilton
f Bally-Water, to assist him in conduct- ^
ng a monthly meeting at the town of Antim.
The invitation was accepted, and it j-(,
nonthly meeting organized, which was s,
:ept in successful operation for a number of '
ears. These monthly meetings were held (<
n Friday. During the short winter days ^
nly three sermons were preached, but when ta
he days were long four were preached. ^
'he idea of holding these monthly meetings rp
eems to have been suggested to Mr. Ridge w
y one Hugh Campbell. This Campbell n]
ame from Scotland, a fugitive from justice. .>]
'he providence of God brought iiim to 1
Mdstone, and there under the preaching of t
ilendinninghe was arrested by God's spirit, m
le invited his neighbors to meet at his m
ouse on the last Friday of each month, fo
rayer and religious conversation. Thi
lonthly meeting, begun by Campbell, wa
irried on by the ministers in the commu
ity for ten or fifteen years.
It may be interesting to trace the subse
uent history of Mr. Glendinning. It i
lort but sad. When the monthly meeting
Dgan he approved of the work. The othe
linisters, however, not thinking itprope
> ask him to take part in the exercises, h*
rew melancholy. In other words hisinsani
r developed rapidly. He took up Strang*
ations. One was that the individual wh<
>uld not sleep all night without turninj
yer was not a Christian. Another wild no
on that took possession of him was, tha
l a particular day would be the day o
idgment. His wife seems to have imbibei
is notion on thissubject. This would seen
> indicate that both were the subjects of i
range infatuation, which is not insanity ii
le usual acceptation of that word. Afte
?mainintr in this state of insanity for sonr
me, hesetoutto visit the seven churches o
sia. What became of him I do not know
That Rev. James Glendinning would g
azy, is, while a sad thing, not a ver;
range thing. St'tfha thing has, if not oft
1 occurred, at least sometimes happened
!; is, however, a marvelous thing that Go<
ould begin a wonderful awakening of sin
ers through the instrumentality of a craz;
tan.
The effects of the awakening which tool
lace at Oldstone, Antrim county, Ire
mti in 1625 is felt to-day, I think I ma;
ly in every State and in every county ii
^ery State of the United States of Ameri
i. It is felt wherever there is a descend
nt of a Scotch-Irishman. It was this revi
nl, as it is called, that fixed, if it did no
lant, the Christian religion in Ulster Prov
ice. Prior to this there was in Irelan*
imething that faintly and only faintly re
;mbled the Christian religion. After thi
ntrim and Down counties became fountain
om which streams have issued to bless no
nly Ireland, but the whole world. Ulste
rovince became an asylum for the persecu
:d Scotch-Irish and a nursery in which wer
;ared men who were the prime factors ii
laking America the land of civil and re
gious liberty. The American constitutioi
one of the many outgrowths of the Old
one revival. A very large per cent, o
le population of the United States ar
le descendants of those who were brough
tvingly under the influence of the religioi
f the Bible during the revival begun b;
iimes Glendinning. In many cases the;
ere, before converted to God, desperadoe
ho, with sword in hand and usquebaugl
1 their stomachs, would have though
jthingof encountering a whole town on i
larket day.
Bartholdi's Great Statue.?This nev
onder which is be ing loaded on the Frencl
ransport here for shipment to this coun
y, is the largest statue in the world
>me idea of its magnitude may be obtaine<
om the fact that forty persons found stand
ig room within its head. A six foot mai
anding on a level with the lips only jus
tached the eye brow. While workmei
ere employed on the crown of the hea<
ley seemed to be making a huge suga
mldron, and they jumped with ease in an<
at of the tip of the nose. Fifteen peopli
light sit round the flame of the torch
hich elevation can be reached by a spira
aircase within the outstretched arm.
The London News, speaking of it says
It is out and out the largest statue of mod
'n times. The Collossus of Khodes wa
nthing to it. It could carry the Bavarii
* the Hermann in its arms. It towers ti
le skies from the yard of the Rue de Chaz
les, where it has been eight years in con
ruction, and the view from its corone
veeps clear of the six story houses and be
and the walls of Paris."
The weight of the stupendous statue i
10,000 pounds, of which 175,000 pounds an
>pper and the remainder wrought iron
; is expected to arrive in New York ahou
le 25th of May, where it will be erected oi
edloe's Island, this being the location se
cted for it by Gen. \V. T. Sherman, win
as appointed by the President to mak<
le selection. When placed in position i
ill loom up .105 feet above tide water, tin
sight of the statue being 151.2 feet, that o
te pedestal 91 feet, and foundation 52. b
et.
This imposing statue, higher than tin
lormous towers of the great Brooklyi
ridge or the steeple of Trinity church
hich is the loftiest in the city of Nev
ork?higher in fact than any of the colos
il statues of antiquity?by its rare artisti
roportions, as well as by its stupendou
imensions, will add another to the won
?rs of the world. As to its artistic merit
le pose, stride, and gesture, with its clas
c face, are pronounced perfect; the draper;
both massive and fine, and in some part
as delicate and silky in effect as if wrough
ith a fine chisel on the smallest scale.
The conception and execution of this grea
ork are due to the French sculptor, Bar
inlfi; \?.hr? h.ic rlp\rr\tp/l Piorht VPfir? nf hi
fe and most of his fortune to it, and whos
onerous impulses prompted him to mak
ich a gift to the United States.
Modern Torpedo Warfare.?At th
me of the Austro-Italian war, in 18GG, th
ustrian Government made the greatest el
irts to put its ports in a state of defenc
*ainst the attack of the Italian fleet. Tor
edoes in large numbers were sunk therein
id all the commandants of these mari
me places were ordered to exercise ver;
reat vigilance. The torpedoes are placei
i several concentric lines, quite near eacl
:her. They are sunk to a certain depth be
iw the level of the water, and at the sur
cegive no sign of their presence. Eacl
f them is connected with a wire with th
ast of observation situated at a sufficient!;
igh point on the coast to allow the port b
a seen well. The room, which is quit
rge, is dark. In the wall there is a len
rat faces the port. The luminous ray
om the exterior traverse this, become re
acted and pass into a prism, which direct
lem upon a sheet of ground glass lyinj
orizontally upon a table in the centre o
le room. According to the well knowi
avs of optics, an image of the port is form
1 upon the glass. Black points marke<
pon this image indicate the exact site o
ich torpedo, and all these points bear num
ars that are reproduced upon the keys o
keyboard. It is only necessary to pres
ie of these keys with the finger to put th
irresponding torpedo in connection witl
ie electric battery through the intermedi
m of a wire that connects it with the por
nd to cause it to explode. One employe o
ie telegraph never takes his eyes oft' tin
lass upon which the faithful image of th
art is reproduced. No detail of movemen
scapes him. If a ship of the enemy at
mpts to approach, its image appears oi
ie glass, and, at the moment it passe
k*er a point indicated upon the latter, i
mple touch of the key correspond in j
lereto causes the explosion and destroy
ie vessel. These torpedoes are sunk to i
ifficient depth to allow ships of the port b
love around without having anything b
1 f rvnnl\olila thot it \ruc slim In ?
Ill . il Ifl [/lui/auiv iliuv Ik TT uu V4MW %W ?
nowledge of the danger tlmt the Italiai
2et would have experienced in attackinj
ic Austrian ports that the latter was pro
icted against all surprise. Arrangement
lalogous to those just described are nov
2ing adopted by all the navies of Europe
- ?The
HioiiivST Lake.?The lake that ha;
le highest elevation of any in the world i
reen lake, in Colorado. Itssurface is 10,2;",:
et above the level of the sea. Pine forest;
irround it, and eternal snows deck tlx
sighboring mountain tops. One of these
ray's Peak, has an altitude of 14,.'141 feet
he water of Green lake is as clear as crys
1, and large rock masses and a petrifiet
>rest are distinctly visible at the bottom
he branches of the trees are of dazzling
hiteness, as though cut in marble. Sal
ion and trout swim among them, ii
laces the lake is 200 feet deep.
[?-While a word is yet unspoken you an
aster of it; when once it is spoken it i;
iaster of you.
S |Hic.ccllancou5 |Ming. ?
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
" | THE INTEREST THAT IS BEING MANIFESTED
IN ENGLAND. ,
S t lo
? : The importance of technical schools has
I not yet been fully appreciated by the peo- t
pie of the South. The rapid development ,
~ of the industrial interests of this section has
| so absorbed public attention that the neces- b
, sity for giving the rising generation the *
I best advantages of technical education has ,
I scarcely been realized except by a few in- tf
f dividuals here and there. It ought to be
j one of the most gratifying features of the "
South's progress in manufactures, that it
opens up a source of profitable employment t_
to the thousands of young men who have
_ heretofore been almost necessarily forced ^
0 either to adopt some profession already overf
crowded or else emigrate to some place 5
where there is a wider diversity of occupa- j
" tion open to all who are willing to labor. ^
For the young men who did not desire to 1
\ study law or medicine, and had not the
capital to engage in merchandising, the
j South has been sadly lacking in opportunities
for employment that gave promise of
' success. With the decided change in the
y industrial interests of the Southern States,
u the building of manutacturing enterprises of
all kinds, the opening of mines and the
' construction of railroads, the South Is rapid^
ly becoming one of the most inviting places
in the world for those who have had the
benefit of a good technical training. It is
~ essentially important to permanent success
I and growth of manufactures in the South
that Southern people themselves should be
j thoroughly fitted to improve their opportunities
in this line and that a strong man*
ufacturing sentiment be inculcated in the
rising generation. This can best be done
t by thorough technical schools, and whatever
may be the necessities for economizing
in the expenditure of money by the South'
em States, there should be no false economy
in refusing to establish and support technical
schools, well equipped and taught by
the most competent teachers to be secured.
In a report upon technical education in
j England, by Consul Shaw, of Manchester, it
e is said:
t "An increasing activity is being manifested
in behalf of technical education in
' this country, and great reliance is felt in p
' the work this new system will be able to ^
' accomplish in the near future. The aim is tt
to combine skill in manipulating raw matet
rials with a thorough scientific knowledge
of chemistry and of all raw products from
which manufactures are here turned out. [
Germany has taken the lead in calling to tj
v the aid of her manufacturers a rare knowledge
of chemistry, and this has enabled t
them to turn out the best products at the
least cost, aided by the discoveries of their ,
j chemical experts in compounding colors ,(
. and securing advatageous results at small *
^ cost. New discoveries made from time to
t time in coloring mixtures have afforded spe- u
^ cial advantages to their textile industries,
j and the range and beauty of their colors are .
r the admiration and envy of the world. M
i A thorough scientific knowledge of chem- r
istry is an almost invaluable necessity in all *
large textile manufacturing establishments,
j The day has gone by when a mere routine ^
knowledge of delicate and difficult combina- i
. tions can safely be trusted, in competition ,r
' with the best technical development possible
" under the newsystem. A manufacturer from
' a New England State only recently in'
formed me that he became convinced a few
years ago that his bill for indigo was far too
] large. The result of his inquiries led him b(
^ to send abroad for a skilled dyer, who had
been carefully educated in one of the best j,
technical and chemical schools in Germany .'
s and England 'and' said he, 'in the first year
' he reduced my indigo coloring account from ti
$80,000 to $30,000.' This striking case ill us|
trates very forcibly the improved methods
j of dyeing over the old system. It was not
because his long time dyer was not as effi- b
" cient as one could be with limited and imperfect
knowledge of chemistry, but for the < ?
t reason that the new one was master of the
latest methods of his art. One hoped for t|
f reform in this technical system of educating
q young men in such a way is to make them ?
feel an interest in combining manual labor l
e with scientific instruction. It is of great jr
1 importance to develop a sentiment among tj
students in favor of honest toil, combined
' with the desire forimprovementinallthings o
entering into the manufactures in which n
^ special interest is taken. Wrong ideas about <
s the dignity of labor work great evil at present.
Young men seek to rind out a way to
earn a livelihood without entering the work- ff
!' shop or the factory, in the too often mistaken
belief that the store", the counting house,
g or some profession offer more dignified occu- '
j pations. The result is an over crowded and
poorly paid class and no end of sad failures,
t owing to temptations bred of extravagance ,
and false views of life and its true aims.
" Technical education presents a wide and
e rare field for practical instruction of a most t
e useful kind, and in the highest sense ed- c.
ucates students to be of commanding use- ^
fulneas in all the manufacturing centres."
e In England, evening schools for the arti- jj
e , sans and working classes are said to be a j
r- j great boon, and their results have been re- p
e ! markably satisfactory.?Baltimore Manvfac- j
i hirertt' Record. ^
'?j p.
For Want of a Latch.?An old step- p
y j ladder lesson, setting forth the sad import a
I ! - f I'ill 1 i- - At- - At 1 I ,
p ! oi lime neglects, is worm a uiousanu repe- jj
11 titions: ,r
"J "For want of n nail the shoe was lost; ftj
For want of a shoe the horse was lost; t j
h i For want of a horse the rider was lost? ,1
e And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail." ^
V I This is said to be originally taken from ^
0 I actual history?of a certain aid-de-camp
e j whose horse fell lame 011 a retreat and de- e]
s | layed him until the enemy overtook him
s | and killed him. rr
-1 Another actual case, embodying the same w
s j lesson against the lazy and shiftless habit of
? j "letting things go" is related by the French V(
f I political economist, M.Say. u
a | Once, at a farm in the country, there was C(
-1 a gate enclosing the cattle and poultry, w
J j which was constantly swinging open for ^
f j want of a proper latch. The expenditure of tj
-! a penny or two, and a few minutes' time, ff]
f 1 would have made all right. It was on the [j,
s j swing every time a person went out, and |
e not being in a state to shut readily, many of jr
h I the poultry were from time to time lost. rJ1
- i One day a tine young porker made his es- ^
11 cape, and the whole family, with the gar- ol
f dener, cook and milk maid, turned out in ,)(
e ; (|uest of the fugitive. The gardener was {,]
e the first to discover the pig, and in leaping
t a ditch to cut off his escape, he got a sprain (>(
- that laid him up for a fortnight. jj
1 i The cook, on returning to the farm-house, j,
s ; found the linen burned that she had hung '
a ! before the fire to dry, and the milk-maid 'jj
? | havfng forgotten, in her haste, to tie up the w
s I cattle in 'the cow house, found that one of V(
a the loose cows had broken the leg of a colt jjj
a that happened to be kept in the same shed. p(
i)1 The linen burned and the gardener's work 'jj
a lost were worth fully 100 francs, and the colt
1 s was worth nearly double that money; so jJ(
t, that here was a los9 in a few minutes of a
- large sum, purely for want of a little latch
s ! which might have been supplied for a few \
v half-pence.? Youth's Companion. f0
One Who Sticketh Like a Brother.? gc
* The centipede is much larger than the scor- re
, pion, and I think even more dreaded. He til
^ grows sometimes to be six or eight inches ti<
a long, but is slim and rather flat. He, fo
" too, travels very fast (he ought to, he has N
' legs enough), and he scratches rather than to
1 bites, leaving an ugly mark wherever he pi
J sets in one of his numberless claws. .Like w
the scorpion, he lives under hoards or stones is
'r or at the bottom of old walls. He is made wi
I up all in joints, like a tape worm, and each ar
~ joint has either two or four legs. The cen- yc
tipede's poison lies in his claws. There is a Li
bent and very shark claw at the end of each ex
s leg, which sticks into the flesh, and if he wi
s J gets one of those claws into you he quickly T1
I pulls himself up upon your hand or what- ha
/er part of you lie lias a hold of, and sets i 1
i the rest. One gentleman in Nassau de- ]
ribed to me a thrilling encounter he had 0pj
ith a centipede. On going to bed one thu
ight he put on that long white linen gar- (jU)
lent which is so comforting to the senses ex,
i a hot climate, and it did not take him p*r(
ngto discover that there was something fisj
i it. A moment later a centipede was fast- cor
med to his back, and the gentleman was 0b<
ying to tear the linen off with as little de- SCr
y as possible. The centipede, by this vo;
me, had given up all claim to the linen, ab]
lit held on the back for dear life. They wb
ick very tightly, having to be almost torn COi
If; and the gentleman liad to call for help i0r
? have him pulled off. By the time as- or
stance had arrived, the insect had crawl- be<
1 a foot or two up his victim's back, leav- nn,
ig a fiery red mark wherever a claw had an
niched. And all this time the gentleman m(
as enjoying the sensation of having a hun- wr
red hot needles run into him. From this the
ad some similar experiences it is quite thi
ishionable in the tropics to shake your pU
othes well before putting them on.? trc
rassau Correspondent New York Timex. th<
j of
" ' tec
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
The unveiling of the memorial tablet to tin
dgar Allan Poe makes the publication of u\
is portrait at this time most fitting. Allough
his works have become familiar to r
/ery school boy, the features of America's er
reat poet are not so well known. The or
lacing of this tablet by the actors of Amer- of
a is only the beginning of that apprecia- po
on of him whose fame is immortal. It is for
lirty-iive years since the poet died, and Th
irdy as the recognition comes, it still gives for
I'idence of the dawning of a brighter aspect of s
' Poe. He was born in Boston, January lar
)th, 1809, of strolling actors. His father pli
as one of the victims of the Richmond ho
reatre fire on the 2Gth of December, 1811. po
[is mother had died on the 8th of the same f h
lonth, of pneumonia. Edgar and two oth- be
: children were thus left orphans. The lit- it,
e fellow, by his winning manners and uh
?auty, attracted the attention of Mr. John pa
.llan, a wealthy citizen of Richmond, who otl
Jopted him, and in 1817 he paid a visit to be
Ingland, with that gentleman and his wife, pe
a England he was placed at school. In sal
12G he entered the University of Charlottes- gei
ille, Virginia, and here commenced that to
;ckless career of his after life. When he ly
'turned home, he did so accompanied by a in
umber of gambling debts, and as his fos- soi
sr-father refused to meet these, the spoiled by
oy left the house in dudgeon, taking refuge Pa
ith his aunt, Mrs. Maria Clemm, whose w.r
aughter, Virginia, subsequently became frc
is wife. The death of Mrs. Allan, in 1829, of
s-united Poe with his benefactor, and for a coi
me all went well. In 1830, the young man to
as sent to West Point and, for a time, he w(
as a most exemplary scholar, but soon trr
ring of the restraint, desired to resign; wi
is resignation not being accepted, he com- hu
fitted such excesses as led to his expulsion loi
om the institution. This led to his total acl
jtrangement with Mr. Allan. lie now be
lrned his attention to writing, which, beire
had only been a passion with him, as a
leans of obtaining a livelihood. In 1832 }V(
e, with his story of "A Manuscript found n)
1 a Bottle," won a prize of $100, offered by t,c
le Saturday Review. In 1834 he was made a?
iitor of one of the departments of the tn<
outhern Literary Messenger, published in , |"(
ichmond. On the eve of setting out to I by
llfill his new duties, he was married to his j a"
)usin Alice Nora Clemm. In 1837 he was thi
ffered a position in the New York Quarter-!
i Revieiv, and,consequently, withdrew from *'v
le Messenger. He remained at his new aP
ost but one year, and near the end of 1838 y
imoved to Philadelphia, where he was <je
lade editor of the Gentlemen's Magazine, J
nd in his leisure moments wrote for many Y
ther periodicals. During his stay in Phildelphia,
many of his most important writ- let
igs were produced. In 1843 he attempted
) establish a magazine, to be called the J?,1
tylus, but the enterprise was "still-born." ^
.fter this failure, he picked up some money A1
3 a lecturer, and, during the same year, 19
343, gained a prize of $100, offered by the "e
)o!lar Magazine, for the best prose story. *',1
n 1844 he was engaged on the Xorthern Y
Iont/ity and the Mirror of New York. It j a*
us during his engagement on the latter j W(
aper that the "Raven" was written. The I P?
oem created excitement, both in Kurope i S01
nd America, and Poe's fame rose accord- j W(
igly. But notwithstanding the favor he [ ^v<
lade in thinking circles, the pecuniary af- "e
tirs of Poe remained in a miserable condi-1 ca:
on. In 1840 he removed to Ford hum, on j
le Hudson, and there his wife died ; whilst i
e himself was prostrated by consumption.
uring part of their stay at Fordham, the ! ai?
iree people?Poe, his wife and her moth- j
r?were actually in want of food and rai- j
lent. If Poe erred grievously, he also paid j
lost grievously for his indiscretions. It;
in be no source of pride for Americans to ^
link that the man who conceived the "Itaen,"
who created "Ulahme," "The Bells," 911
Al Aaraaff," "Israfeel," who has and still *?
mtinues to delight thousands with his!^e
ierd prose tales, actually wanted bread, j (lu
fho were his calumniators indeed, that;
ley dared to measure a genius so rare, so |
reat,so wierd and wild as Poe, by thestan- "!'
*rd of common men. He towered far, far j
iove all his comuetitors. and he will be re- K?'
lembered as we remember one of those lie
ire meteors whose splendors dazzle and an
lind us for a moment and then leave us to Jia
jr memories and regrets. The American
?ople cannot undo, but by a recognition of att
is genius they can, in some measure, atone ! afY
r the wrong done him. And now, we act
ime to the last chapter of this unfortunate | *?
fe. In Baltimore, upon the eve of election Ior
ly, October 5,1849, he yielded to his sad ?P(
ropensity for drink. In his maudlin con- in
ition he\vas seized by a party of repeaters, f.01
ho used him as a tool, and forced him to
)te at several polling places, and after using
im, left him in a back-room at one of the >1
itical headquarters, but such was his con- gei
tion, that it was necessary to send him to 1
ie Washington University Hospital, where hoi
j died October 7,1849. jir<
A No. 1 Foot Not Always Pkktty.? er
woman with a disproportionately large the
ot is by common consent entitled to pity, wii
ut it is not the size of the foot to which j ha
>od taste objects, but its relation to the | pla
st of the body. A large woman with the for
ny foot of the girl would be as dispropor- ma
Dnate as the small woman with a large in\
ot. What is known in the market as the ke;
o. 1 boot cannot by any means be made Fr<
go upon the foot of any woman whose spi
lysical proportions bear any comparison fou
ith those of the Venus de Medici, which his
the representation of a large, voluptuous be
oman. Women who wear the No. 1 boot riq
e petite, vivacious, pert, pretty, anything alv
mlike, but they are not the Medician type. | am
irge women, says a well-known artist and ; lov
:pert, must have feet that, to be beautiful, | adc
mi Id be very ugly on a smaller woman, j larj
ie No. 1 boot is, to a large extent, a female ! bet
illucination.?Chicago Times. 1 the
*
THE VISION AND HEARING OF FISH.
iut little has been written on the develnent
of vision and hearing in fish, and
it little has been theory rather than dection
from actual experiment. My own
periments as to the effects that sound
Kluces on trout (and I assume that all
les are alike in this respect) have been
lfined to this: Frequently when able to
*erve a trout while myself unseen I have
earned and shouted at the top of my
ice. These demonstrations have invan!y
been without the slighest effect, but
len varied by a concussion which would
nmunicate itself to the water this has no
iger been the case, and evidence of alarm,
at least that the concussion was felt, has
m apparent. In an English work the
me of which I in vain endeavor to recall,
account of some very interesting and
>re decisive experiments are given. The
iter caused a building to be erected over
i water, and made his observations
rough small apertures constructed for the
rpose so that he was quite concealed. His
iut were well accustomed to the wiles of
3 angler and timid. Sending a man out
sight behind the building the firing of a
n by him produced not the slightest effect
the trout, who rose freely during the
perirnent to flies blown toward them
rough a tube. I am, therefore, convinced
it no sounu is injurious wnicn uoes not
nmunicate its vibration to the water,
it concussion upon the side or bottom of a
nt, or jumping from rock to rock, or blows
on a hard bottom with the wading staff
with hob nailed shoes, I think are so inded
through and by the water as to be
some measure perceptible to the fish
d alarm them. That fish possess the
lse of hearing their anatomical structure
lis far to prove, while that they are not
sensible to sounds produced in the air
ist be admitted unless the doubter is prered
to call in question the numerous acints
by alleged eye witnessesof their comt
to be fed at the sound of a bell, etc. This
or one, hesitate to do, notwithstanding
lave never been able to make a sound in
? air which seemed to produce the slighteffect
on trout in water, to which fish of
; experiments have been confined. It
ty however, well be that the sound was
rceived, while the fish were so habitua1
to the roar of the waterfall and similar
ises, without any ill consequences ensu*
that sound alone was not regarded by
im as an indication of danger.?//. P.
Ms.
rhe Voice Function*.?This is the propplace
to mention a brain disorder more
less commonly known under the name
aphasia. Aphasia is a disturbance of the
wer of speech. It appears in two distinct
ms?viz., amnesic and ataxic aphesia.
It; persuii MiliUimg Jiuui aiiJUCTiu apiiaoia,
gets substantives and names, other parts
speech being properly used; or he forgets a
iguage which he once knew, or he misapes
terms, ''using pamphlet for camphor,
rse for man," etc. In ataxic aphasia the
wer of articulation is completely lost.
ie person understands fully the word to
used, and makes vigorous efforts to use
but is unable to do so. Sometimes artieition
is half destroyed, so that the first
rt of the word can be spoken, but not the
ler. Sometimes automatic phrases can
uttered, such as yes and no, while it is
rfectly clear that these expressions do not
:isfy the person. Another form of this
neral trouble is agraphia, or the inability
express ideas in writing; this is frequentcomplete,
and all attempts at writing end
a scrawl. It is noticeable that aphasia is
metimes, though seldom, unaccompanied
insanity. As early as 1861 Broca, in
ris, expressed the opinion that aphasia
is connected with disease in the third
rntal convolution. While a large number
cases have been cited for and against this
nclusion, many pathologists are disposed
regard it as substantially correct. It
)uld seem just, then, to connect these cenil
functions which are concerned in speech
th the peculiarly developed region of the
man brain that lies on the anterior and
,ver limit of the Sylvian fissure. Wundt
ds that perhaps the Island of Reil should
joined to this territory.?Popular Science
Woman's Strength.?The strength of
imen lies in their hearts. It shows itself
their strong love and instinctive percepin
of right and wrong. Intellectual coure
is rarely one of their virtues. As a rule
ey are inclined to be restless and excita?,
allowing their judgment to be swayed
quick emotions of all kinds; but above
, it is in their hopefulness and endurance
it they find their chief powers.
Who is the last person to give up hope in
e case of a member of the family who has
parently gone altogether to the bad?
hiit, mother or sister with deeD and ar
nt love for such, will ever cease to cherish
pe or endure suffering on their account?
le patience of women is proverbial, and
eir whole lives are bound up in their af;tions.
Few people will deny that love, in one
m or another, makes up the beauty of
e of a woman. It enters into all she does,
ly work outside of her immediate circle
undertaken, most often, from a pure
sire to help some one else to know someing
of the mysterious happiness of love,
dike men, women chiefly look for personintercourse
with those for whom they are
)rking. If their interest lies among the
or, they are desirous of sympathetic pertial
acquaintance with them, and very little
)rk of a lasting kind has been done by
mien without their own influence of love
ing brought to bear on the individual
se.
A. Good Word for the Turks.?The
irkish people have been accused of brigdage,
assassination and every description
crime. I, who have lived among them
* fifteen years, am proud to proclaim myf
their champion. As soldiersand sailors
ey are unrivaled when well commanded.
; peasants they are industrious, long-suf ing
and good.' In their religion they are
icere, and never fanatical, unless roused
be soby ill usage and sneers at their faith,
t the sportsman, the traveler or the antiarian,
in pursuit of pleasure or business,
d himself among the real Turks in Anaia
or elsewhere, and he will be safe as to
; person and property, and receive every
illness and hospitality; whereas, when he
es among the Christians settled in Turkey
will frequently be robbed, and always
der the levy of blackmail. Accusations
ve been made against the Turks of cruelanil
ill-usage, which have been exagger;d,
sometimes to a ludicrous degree?such
when a reverend divine reported that he
ually saw a man impaled, whoturned out
be a fisherman sitting on a pole watching
the fish to enter his net. Seriously
>aking, the statistics of crime committed
Turkey by Turks would bear favorable
nparison with those of many so-called en
hteneci nations.?'luwey ana jmgiana.
V True Home.?The following beautiful
n is floating around the press as a waif:
The most perfect home I ever saw was a
me into the sweet incense of whose altar
js went no costly things. A thousand dolsa
year served as a living for father, mothand
three children. But the mother was
; creator of the home. Her relations
th her children were the most beautiful I
ve ever seen. Even the dull and common
.ce man was lifted up and enabled to work
souls by the atmosphere which this worn
created. Every inmate of her house
voluntarily looked into her face for the
ynote of the day, and it always rang clear,
mi the rosebud or clover leaf, which, in
te of her hard housework she always
nd time to put beside our plates at breakt,
down to the story she had on hand to
read in the evening, there was no interition
of her influence. She has been and
rays will be, my ideal of a wife, mother
1 home maker. If to her quick brain,
ing heart and exquisite face had been
led the appliances of wealth and the en?ement
of wide culture, hers would have
*n the ideal of home. As it was, it was
best 1 have ever seen.