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VOL. 37. YOEKYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, 1891.?SUPPLEMENT.
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MINDS DISEASED.
Tbe Terrible Results Conse'
'I quent Upon Madness.
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SUICIDE OF A WAYWARD ACTRESS
Ik* t?f*d for Lot*, aad Tortured by
I>e*>e1r 8**l a Ballet Tkieagk Her
Heete Let tie XeDeweU'i Pealb-JaH*
Hlfbeeb Awfal Deed?The Hagalre Ceee
"I ahall go madl"
So while the hnraan heart bowed down
by ahane. dlaeeter, miahap or phyakal anffartaff.
Tat few fulfill the aelf directed
prophecy, for brain aqd body are made of
' LEOCATIA HARRINGTON*,
too tough a fiber to succumb without the
fiercest struggle. But when the mind does
give way, when tbe light of hope is succeeded
by tbe blackness of darkness, the
hitherto carefully controlled energies of
extetenoe find Tent along the hideous highways
of murder, suicide or shame.
There is small doubt that Lcocatia Harrington,
who took her own life the other
night at her apsztments in Hew York dty,
was mentally irresponsible when she committed
the awful deed. The tragedy was
the culmination of a reckless career. Yet
that easser waw a abort one, for the girl
eloped her earthly account at tbe age of 23.
She defied authority from babyhood. Her
father was an officer in the United States
nary, her mother a woman of excellent
character and antecedents. Her home at
Baltimore had every charm that modest
means could command. Despite this, however,
Lao, when but a child of 7, ran away
with a circus. Tbe strollers taught her to
dance, and after she left them at San
Fpwdsoo she went on the stage as a child
actress. When IS she returned to Baltimore
and appeared at Ford's theatre.
Next she eloped with an actor, and found
herself on her sixteenth birthday a deserted
mother. She placed her boy, who is still
n living; with friends at Newark, Wayne
coonty, N. Y., and set her feet steadily forward
along the downward path. She se
THE M'DOWKLL RESIDENCE.
coxed minor engagements for a season at a
couple of New York theatres, bat fire
years ago she abandoned all efforts at making
an honest livelihood and bloomed oat
aa an adventnMM. She had beauty, youth
and the era* that makes successful such a
career. At hut, however, her punishments
cams; oaaaoin the shape of love, at which
abefed laughed aa Beatimeutal folly and
as the chief failing that brought dupes to
her feet. She met a yoong business man
of New York city 'who looked coldly on
her charms and declined" to contribute to
their adorn saeut.
This unexpected rebuff roused in bar a
mad, passionate longing for the parity she
had- lost, far the resDectahility she bad
never known. She wanted to be this man's
wife, to win his aspect and esteem, and
the mora be scorned ber the darker grew
her desperate mood. All her pretty ways
and dainty ecte failed, and despair claimed
ber for its own. Humbled, erased, hopelea*
tb? dwseed ber shapely form la costly
rotm, decked ber neck and wrists with I
diamonds, locked the door to her apartments,
laid down upon ber conch and sent
a ballet through the heart that had tired
of bating at an age when most girls see
glad existence stretching oat before them
In a beautiful vista of possibilities. She
. ' I
JULIA HIGBXX.
left a letter to her mother begging burial
in th* Potter's field, and after that?forgetfulness.
HaKadosen years ago Elbert F. Hale
and Lottie Mlddleton, of Newman, CaL,
were lovers. They quarreled, as lovers
sometimes; do, arid parted. Soon Hale
married, and Miss Mlddleton became the
wife of Pen") McDowell. The two familial
lived not far apart and the members met
frequently, although they were not
on the bst of terms. Remembering his
old affection for another, Mrs. Hale was
not exaetly angelic in ber treatment of
her husband, and he, as time went by, attempted
to heal the breach that separated
him from hie loet sweetheart. Mrs. McDowell
received him as a friend, but swiftly
resented- any suggestions incompatible
with her wifely honor. Not long ago
Hale, as the neighbors say, "got queer in
his toad." Then came the tragedy.
One evening as Mrs. McDowell sat by ber
fireside amusing ber baby boy with shadow
pictures some one fired a shot through the
window, and the poor young woman fell
deed. Besides the child there were with
her at the time her mother, husband and
two brothers. As soon as they had recovered
from the first shock they ran out, but
failed to find any trace of the assassin.
Daylight brought a clew in the shape of
footprints. The murderer wore No. 5 high
heeled boots; so did Hale. The murderer
who made the tracks was weaker in his
left than In his right leg and favored the
feebler member; the same conditions obtainwt
with H*]? .So ananicinn reated on
him, and when be was found wandering
about in an aimless manner officers took
him into custody. To add to the somberneas
of the situation, on the day that he
was arrested Mrs. Hale prematurely became
a mother.
Another home mode desolate by insanity
it that of Jesse Higbee, a prosperous resident
of Meade couuty, Ky. A few weeks
ago he had an affectionate wife and four
bright children. Now the little ones are
the sod, and Mrs. Julia Higbee
raves behind the bars of a lunatic asylam.
During her husband's absence the woman
brooded over certain suspicions until the
dark cloud of madness settled down upon
her mind. Then calling her little ones
aboqt her she gave them food in which
arsenic had been mixed. She watched
their agonies with indifference, and smiled
as one by one tbey breathed their last.
Sbesmiledintbe face of her horror stricken
husband, and smiled again when placed on
trial for her life. The jury acquitted her
on the ground of insanity, und her mental
failure being thus established the law consigned
her to the living tomb provided for
those whose existence has ceased to have
any save physical features.
A queer case is that of Mrs. Maria C.
Maguire. She lives in Brooklyn, and is
the wife of Rev. Hugh Maguire, au Episcopal
clergyman. Some years ago she
loped with a man named Douglass. He
treated her badly, so one day she got him
drank and fled to New York, where she
found refuge in the House of the Good
Shepherd. At her earnest entreaty Mr.
Msg aire took her back, but later on was
to place her, for the third time
MARIA C. MAOUTBX.
daring their married life, in a lunatic asylum.
There she remained until pronounced
cured. Now she asks a limited dlrorcu
from the preacher, on the grounds of abuse
and nonniupport
These are a few of the sensational eventr.
of reoent occurrence that go to show the
lengths to which a mind diseased will urgo
* ' " r -* it.
' W1W neiy waip SOU spur wo uiuumnmu
victim. Abchkb Davis.
COUNTESS FOR A DAY.
Tbu Roman? Wortn About ? FreqiuUf
of Bowery DItm.
Some days ago the people of New York
city were regaled with particulars of a
thrilling romance in real life. The principals
to the affair were Count George Urmoy,
grand chamberlain to the Austrian
emperor, the count's wayward daughter
Virginie, and a hopelessly wicked housekeeper.
v1hgi.vik 8zirmot. J
As the story ran?and a very touching
tragedy of domestic life it seemed to bo?
the haughty count some years since lost a
cherished wife, who left him as a memorial
of their happiness a lovely little girL
The nobleman ill brooked his bereave-'
meat, and plnnged into colossal dissijpaI
tion and unbounded extravagance. While
I in the very maelstrom of his mad career be
met a beautiful adventuress named Marie
Pol&ka, and installed her as mistress of his
lordly palace. After a while the unlawful,
union ceased to charm him, and in 1888 he
sent his daughter to a convent and gave.
Marie Polska notice to quit. The woman,
tearfully acquiesced and disappeared. Bat
her heart was bitter, and she plotted
vengeance.
Going to the convent she secured possession
of Virginie, and took ber to America.
Arrived at New York she surrounded
the girl, then 16 years of age, with thai
vilest associates, and soon had the fiendish
i a 1 i K.,,1 ??
' joy Ul UCT ftruw ?? amu ao ww nw??v
of her companions. Some weeks ago th*
frantic count, who had been hooting hi*'
child, for months, reached New York, and
engaged the services of a United Stiites
deputy marshal, who located both the exhousekeeper
and the depraved countess.
The tale of shame poured into the haughty
Ssirmoy's ear so affected him that he
boarded the next steamer for home: Indeed,
his grief was so great that he even
forgot to pay the marshal for his time and
trouble.
Meanwhile the public had been told in
pathetic phrase the woes of the count and
the degradation of his daughter, who refused
to seek the paternal arms because it
was "too late." Marie Polska was also
exploited in the flueet style of the literary
art.
Now it transpires that Szirmoy is no
count at all, and never held a position at
the aristocratic Viennese court. He is a
postmaster of a small village, and daring
the last twenty years has visited America
twice, both times making the voyage to
and from Europe in the steerage.
Virginia szirmoy leic noma to uoweir uer
humble fortunes, iu?d after reaching New
York became the wife of a barber mimed
Monderer. Three months ago the two
separated, and the young wife has since
been a hanger on about the Bowery
concert dives. As for the "lovely Poluka"
shq is a poor old washerwoman of homely
visage, who formerly lived in the same
hamlet where Srirmoy?if that be his name
I ?resides. She didn't abduct Virginia, and
i didn't know the girl was in America until
she met her by accident one day on the
! streets of New York.
The tale was beautifully somber as orig!
inaUy told, the only trouble being that it
i contained few facts and lota of fiction. ,
i
Offensive Virtue.
"Why, Tommy; why did you slip sister
Ethel?'
"She was so darned good, mai ma, I
{ couldn't help it"?Life.
A Reasonable Excuse.
Weary Raggs?What you doing wid
! an umbrella, yer dude?
Bleary Waggs?Dude be deraed! 1
was afraid Td get washed wid the rain.
?Munsey's Weekly.
Not m Proposal.
He kneels before her, but he is not
. pleading for her love. Oh, no! He has
, been putting on her skates, and the
j knees of his pants are frozen to the ice.
i ?Munsev's Weekly.
j A DARING JAILBEEAK.
i
| THE ESCAPE OF MORGAN, THE RAIDER,
IN 1863.
A Paiuge Cat Through Twenty-throe j
Feet of Masonry by Which Morgan and
Fire of Hie Officer* Got Free and Scaled
the Prison Wall.
![Copyright by American Press Association.]
HE escape of Mor- j
- If*1 Krajf Kan, the raider, j
from the Ohio
ty rli penitentiary in
p "r November, 1863, i
11 was a bold break
"Tett d for liberty. The
I Wj V mid upon which
tfrrr v Ti ^ was engaged '
tab, when captared
wvf was the most daring
undertaking
during the civil
H war' aD<* Gen. i
Morgan was a
i f noted fiohter and ,
leader whom an
f-v' enemy would
much prefer to guard in a strong prison
than to antagonize in the open field. The ,
state of Ohio claimed Morgan and his offi- !
cers as offenders against the commoni
wealth because they had been captured
while raiding within its borders, and the
military commander of the department,
Gen. Burnside, turned them over to be
treated as felons. The party, to the number
of seventy, were accordingly placed in
; confinement in a wing of the penitentiary
where the cells were set in solid masonry
bo as to form an interior structure, like a
! huge cage built in a large room. The cells
were in five tiers and Morgan was on the
second tier, and those who ultimately escaped
with him were on the first. The |
doors of the cells were iron grates with j
bars an inch and a quarter wide and half :
an inch thick, placed two inches apart
each way.
Morgan's men were not allowed to come
in contact with civil prisoners. They were
marched out across the prison yard to their
meals, and were allowed daily exercise in.
! the alleys running around their cells. The
: hall, as the room containing the cage wap
called, was under special guard. A turnkey
was constantly on watch, two military
sentinels patrolled the room alongside of
the cage, the prison guards, warden and
deputies made rounds of inspection, and
, no communication was allowed with any
persons except the keepers unless military
j guards were present. Between sundown
' and sunrise the raiders were securely locked
in their cells. They were not permitted to
; have newspapers and their correspondence
was subjected to censorship.
Under these circumstances men of spirit
naturally take great risk to breathe the
air of freedom, and the raiders began to
speculate on meaus of escape. One of the
officers, Capt. Thomas H. Hines, after some
j study came to the conclusion that there
t must be au air chamber beneath the floor
of the room, and on consultation with
Morgan, Hines and five others of the same
rank resolved to open a hole through the
floor. They began work on the 4th of November
with two steel case knives, and afj
ter cutting out six inches of cement and
! several layers of brick found a chamber
i underneath, six feet wide and four feet
high. This chamber extended to the end
of the wing. The preliminary work had
been done with great secrecy. Hines' cell
was selected to operate in, and the opening
was made in the back part, underneath his
iron cot. The material taken out wa,s first
placed in his bed tick and afterward removed
to the chamber below. In order to
avoid the eye of the scrub, Hines secured
permission to clean his own cell as a means
of exercise.
The air chamber was found to be too
strongly waned in to offer a means of
escape, but it proved an excellent place for
Becret labor in tunneling, and the plan
was confided to several men of the Morgan
party not included among those who were
to escape. While others were working in
the chamber below, which was during the
day, of course, when the men were allowed
the liberty of the whole room, Hines sat in
the door of his cell deeply engaged in
reading. This had been his favorite pastime
before the tunnel was commenced,
and was a successful device. By a system
of signals made with raps on the floor
Hines was able to give notice when any of
the guards or keepers were in the vicinity
and likely to overhear the work. But
with all precautions there were narrow
escapes from discovery. The prisoners
I were taken to dinner in squads, and one
I day a squad was summoned out of the
usual order, while one man of the number
was in the tunnel. The name of the missing
man was called out persistently, and
Gen. Morgan, who happened to be in
the hall, said promptly to the turnkey,
"He is lying down in my cell; he is sick."
Then the general began to talk with the
turnkey in a very flattering manner about
a protest he thought of submitting to the
authorities, and in this way beguiled the
nnwary fellow until the missing man got
out of the tunnel and fell into his place.
The work was Anally completed, after
cutting through five foet of foundation
wall beneath the cell, twelve feet of cemented
filling and six feet of outer walL
Four feet of earth was removed to make a
place of egress. As the men to escape would
be confined at night in their separate cells
it was necessary to open passages from each
I
A RSCONXOFTKRIKQ RCSE.
. cell into the air chamber. This was (loue ;
[ from uuderneath, and a thin shell of the
| floor cement was left in place so as to de|
ceive the cell inspectors. The tunnel led no
i farther than the prison yard, and around
j this wa.?a wall twenty-five feet high, which
the fugitives must surmount in some way.
For this purpose a rope was plaited from
bedclothiug torn into strips, and a stove
poker supplied material for u stroug grappling
hook to secure one end of the rope to
tho top of the wall. Another nice point
was to spy out a place to scale the wall, for
it could not be seen from the prison win-'
dows by men standing on the floor.
There chanced to be a ladder iu the hall
used for cleaning the ceiling, and one day
when it stood in front of a window Gen.
Morgan made a wager with a warden that
a certain nimble man of his party could
mount the long ladder from the under side
hand over hand. The feat was'permitted |
and was successfully done, and at the same i
time the active prisoner reconnoitered from j
i the top of the ladder the surrounding out- j
side.
When all was ready Morgan and the Ave >
fortunate men chosen to accompany him !
were provided with plniu citizen's clothing j
and some greenbacks, all of which had !
been smuggled iuto the prison through \
friendship and bribery. A southbound ,
train was known to pass Columbus at 1:15 ;
a. iu., and it was decided to escape immediately
after the midnight round of the
guard and reach that train. On Nov. 26
Morgan learned that a prison inspection
would soon take place, and it was arranged
to go out on the first dark night thereafter. :
The night of the 27th was cloudy and was
chosen for the start. But here another nice
point had to be gotten over. Gen. Morgan's
cell was in the second tier aud had no passage
to tho air chamber below, but the cell 1
of his brother. Col. Richard Morgan, hjul j
been prepared for him for this special oc- 1
casion, and when the warden ordered *ho j
prisoners to their cells on the evening of j
the 27th, the brothers, who were of tha i
same stature, exchanged places and walked ;
iuto the cells selected, with their backs to i
the doorway. The warden turned the bolts j
of the gratings without noticing tho do- i
ception.
A few minutes pust 12 o'clock the six :
men assembled in the air chamber nerved
for the next encounter with whatever J
should oppose their flight to Dixie. The 1
only weapons they could command were
the case knives that had been used in dig- j
ging, and which had become worn down j
to the shape of dirks. A few inches of I
earth was all that lay between them and
the prison yard, and when that was reach- '
ed it was found to bo raining. The guards j
had abandoned their exposed beats on the j
prison wall and were hugging shelter in
out of the way nooks to escape the storm.'
The fugitives mounted the wall by the aid
of their rope and grappling hook and entered
a convenient sentry box to exchange
their telltale clothing for the new outfits
which were to furnish a complete disguise.
From the wall they desoended to the
ground by their rope and landed within
sight of a party of prison guards, who stood
around a fire absorbed in conversation.
Gen. Morgan and Capt. Hines then separated
from the others, went Btraight to
the railway depot, purchased tickets, and
entered the Bouthbonnd train. Morgan
took his 8eat beside a Union major who
happened to be on board, and immediately
entered into conversation with him as the
best means to ward suspicion from himself.
The train passed along under the
prison wall, and the talkative major exclaimed
to bis fellow passenger, "There is
where the rebel Morgan is for safekeeping."
"Yes," replied Morgan, "and 1 hope they
will keep him as safe as he is cow."
When the train neured Cincinnati Morgan
and Hincs jumped off, not wishing to
"hurry up, major"
run the guntlet of prying eyes in the city
in case the fact of the daring 'escape
had been promptly discovered and wired
abroad. In truth, however, the jail break
was not discovered until after daylight on
the 28th, for the cots oi' each missing man
had been planted with ^serviceable dummy
to deceive the wardens on their rounda
Seen through the cell gratings the cots appeared
to have the usual occupanta The
two chief fugitives crossed the Ohio at
Cincinnati in a skiff und were soon among
Kentucky friends, who furnished horses
aud guides. They would need to traverse
the whole of Keutucky and part of Tennessee
before they would be clear of the
Union lines, aud of course the region was
alive with hostile soldiers. Friends of the
fugitives could ouly aid them in secret
In a few days they had good pistols, money
fresh horses, and also cattle whips to dls
guise them as drovers.
After traveling nearly two weeks they
came upou a party of forty of Morgan's
command that had been cut off during the
raid north and hud remained in hiding.
Morgan decided to resume his true character,
and with this re-enforcement marched
tg the Tennessee river below * Kingston.
There was no boat at hand, but by borrowing
un ax at the nearest house a raft was
improvised. It took so long to ferry over
the horses and men that the work was discovered
by Union cavalry that was following
not fur behind. Morgan, Hines and
thirty men had crossed, and the leader
proposed to make a fight, but was at length
dissuaded, and with Hines and four others
took to the mountains. After wandering
some time aimlessly, Hines left his companions
beside a bridle path and went to a
house for a guide. While absent on this
errand he saw a body of Union cavalry
moving in the direction of the general's
hiding place. Dashing up to the cavalry
leader he cried out. "Hurry ud. major, or
the rebels will escape," and led the scent
in an opposite direction.
Representing himself as a home guard,
Hines kept up the byplay for some time,
but finally had to confess his identity. In
fact his effort at deception was uphill work,
for the Morgan party had been recognized
at the house where the ax had been borrowed
for the raft. The cavalry major was
so enraged with Hines for leading him away
from his prize that he prepared to hang
him on the spot. "I would not have missed
getting him [Morgan] for a thousand dollars.
It would have been a general's commission
for me," he declared. A halter was
placed around Hines' neck and thrown over
the limb of a tree, when the condemned
man coouy saia, "suppose inai was ucu,
Morgan and I have led yon astray; wouldn't
I, being a member of his command, deserve
to be banged if I had not done what yon
charge me with?"
The major thought a moment and then
exclaimed, "Boys, let him alonel"
Hlnes had tn eventful experience, but
subsequently escaped. When Morgan
heard the cavalry galloping away from nis
vicinity he started south with the four
men. and after several adventures and
hairbreadth escapes from death reached his
own lines. Geougk L. Kilmer.
Not Far Off.
f 3^HFpr x /
Mrs. Toppett?Has Mr. Toppett gone
up yet?
Elevator Man?Yes, marni. He took
the limited express at 10:80. If you wait
ten minutes you can get a through car.
This one stops at every floor, an' ain't
due at th' roof till 11:15.?Puck.
Preparing.
"Lor', chile! what you chewiu' dat
flour bar'l top fur?"
"Be still, honey. De Jerus'lem band
has dere annual fair nex' week an' gives
a prize fur do bes' pio eater. I'm a-praeticin'
fur dat 'cation."?Judge.
An Eloquent Trophy.
"That's a coat I wore during my tiger
hunting trip to Beypore."
"Isn't it cut rather queerly?"
"Well, you see, the tails sort of grew
that way when I saw my first quarry."
?Life.
Wanted to Fight "Injun*."
The small boy still has aspirations to
slaughter Indians. One of the genus recently
visited the rooms of tho New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, and announced thut he wished to
go west, as he had been ubandoned by his
parents. Close inquiry broke him down.
He burst into tcurs and confessed that he
had lied, saying: "A lot of us boys made it
up to go wes.'and fight Injuns. I want to
go home." He gave his name and address,
and was led away to undergo the parental
spanking.
I THE FIBST ADVERTISER. 1
HE LIVED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY j
J YEARS AGO AND LOST A HORSE.
The Glint Stride* Made in Advertising
Daring the Last Quarter Millennium.
Quaint and Amusing Notice* Published
by the Paper*?Tine K ey to Success.
When an American citizen wakes in the
morning he polls from under bis pillow a 1
watch, on the cases anc! works of which
; i
g
THE SANDWICH MAN.
appear the advertisements of the makers. ;
Learning by the timepiece that it is bis j
hour for rising, he throws back the blank- J
ets stamped with the imprint of the manufacturer,
and performs his ablutions by ,
aid of a cake of soap bearing the dealer's
name. He then dons underwear, linen, 1
j trousers, vest, coat and shoes similarly
; labeled, and sits down to a breakfast >
I served on dishes and eaten with cutlery
: decorated in like manner. After that he :
Adds to his attire hat, gloves and overcoat j
that tell their origin by means of printed ,
j tabs, and goes forth to business well dressed !
in every respect, and yet?a walking adver- J
tisement. The cigarette he smokes as he j
strides office ward is adorned with the vend- ,
; or's address, and the crackers or bread
he munches with his sherry or coffee at i
luncheou bear the baker's trademark or j
1 name. He readies home at night and is
i welcomed by a smiling and triumphant j
| wife, who explaius that she has just rej
turned from a satisfactory shopping expe- j
dition, which she was induced to make by
reason of announcements of "bargains" at
various stores published in the papers.
Emphatically this is an age both of competition
and of advertising, and in the for!
ward rush to success only the shrewdest
| and best can be counted on to win the
j great prizes of commerce. The merchant
must have good goods, and he mustn't
' hesitate to let people know of them. A |
| thousand avenues are o[>eu for the exercise ;
of his ingenuity. He may send out handbills;
he may hire "sandwich men"?people
who perambulate the streets, their
; breasts and backs adorned with the pla
i cards of their employed; he may decorate
I fences and walls with posters, hang signs
! in street cars, or fill tie windows of his !
shop with attractive displays, but if he desires
to get "good value" for his money he ;
"will place his largest investment in printers'
ink. Where any other device attracts
ten, the judiciously worded, neatly ari
ranged newspaper advertisement will receive
the attention of a hundred.
It is now 250 years since the first advertisement
was published by an English
i journal, The p;onesr in matting Jtuuwii
: his want to the world had lost a horse. He j
offered a "guinney" reward, and his steed i
i was returned. Thereafter advertising grew
; apace, until now it kits reached enormous
! proportions. Like *11 other great movements,
many ludicrous and amazing inci!
dents have dottod its progress to prominence,
and a fine field awaits the author ,
i who shall collect; the novdfannouncements
: of the daily and. weekly press during the j
1 last two and a half centuries. Here are a i
few of the oddites from time to time given :
j to the public through the medium of the j
types:
j A converted burglar will break the doors of hell
: with a gospel jinnay.
The liquor I oC.'er la not particularly, good, but i
as good as most ol the whisky sold In this neigh- j
boriiood.
A laundress will take pay in lessons on the
guitar and board on washing days.
Should Borrow o'er thy brow
its darkened shadow fllcg,
Go buy a hat 01! Dow;
You'll llnd it just the thing.
*1 Not to pile up the agony of eloquence, wo state j
with great confidence that ladles attired in our
new stylos of spri og and summer goods will find '
1 the effect so rejuvenating that all the cares loci- .
^ jj|
THIS MERCHANT ADVEHTISKD.
dent to domestic: life will be as blithesome as kiss- ;
' ing the dew from the rosea of beauty that bloom
I in perennial fragrance in the elysian fields of i
I ecstatic love.
Auctioneering of the loudest kind, interwoven
I with ventriloquism.
j An editor wanted who can please everybody;
also o foreman who can so arrange the paper us
i vo allow every man's ad. to head the column.
Uc.der the t ig display advertisement of a 1
rival an economical merchant once secured
the publication of these words; "'Me, i
1 too. James Jones." The London Stand- j
! ard some tint ) ago criticised a new poet
i strongly, saying, among other things,
"And this extraordinary production Mr.
! modestly conceives to be equal to
j Goethe." Tfc.e poet's publisher turned the
j tables by inserting among the favorable
. comments on the book printed iu his newspaper
advertisement the following:
Extraordinary production equal to
i Goethe.?London Standard,
j The extensive advertiser is famous where
the philosopher, the warrior, and the writer
are neves heard of. His announcements
i nil ihanninrnmnf t.he local nress. are dls
i played on the fences and barns along the
country road\ map; the eye of the tourist
' to Lookout mountain, the Mammoth
cave, Ycseinite, Yellowstone park or the
i Palisades of the Hudson, and are familiar
i to the humblest villager or the inhabitant
of the most isolated farmhouse. Indeed,
there is moro sense than poetry in the following
vers is, which first saw the light
j half a centuify ago:
first see the editor.
When he's provided for,
Oo forth in baste
With bills and paste;
Proclaim to all creation
That men are wise
Who advertise
In this our generation.
The lengths to which pAtent medicine
i men go are proverbial, but it was demonstrated
recently that the English pillznaker
is equally versatile with his Yankee rival.
: Some time ago a country congregation,
poor and in want of hymn books, applied
i for low rates to a London Arm. An answer
j was received that the books would be sent
i free provided no objection was interposed
; to their containing business notices. The
i condition was accepted, and in due season
a consignment of the desired volumes arj
rived. The minister thought that the publisher
had been better than his word, for
i on examination the volumes showed no
| trace of the advertiser's urt. They were
I used for the first time during the holidays.
I The Christmas hymn was given out and
I joyously sung. When they had finished
i the congregation first noted the awful fact
j that the last Hues read us follows:
Hark! the herald angels sing,
tiqaillem's pills are Just the thing;
Peace on earth and mercy mild;
Two for man and one for child.
Much ingenuity aud novelty are shown
( by the theatrical manager of today. He is
one of the firmest believers in printers' ink
i alive. He utilizes advertisements, "puffs'"
| and posters with u liberality only bounded
by his cash or credit. Sometimes he does
tilings that are startling und not altogether
j creditable. One advance agent whom I
know recently "billed" a southern town
! for an attraction .culled "Zo Zo, the Magic
Queen." His labors over, he drank firewater
and longed for more work. So taking
n lot of flaming lithographs and a paste
pot, he sought ut night the monument to
dead Confederate veterans, which was the
pride of the place, and plastered it with j
pictures of rosy cheeked young women in
tights. Soon after dawn a friend roused I
him, and by his advice the agent fled. The !
Indignant citizens, unable to bring the cul- j
l j ? j ^
Tin: NOX-ADVERTISRB'S FATE,
prit to justice, evened things up by refusing
the company permission to exhibit on
its arrival.
On the opening night of a new play at
Drury Lfine theatre, London, recently, the
proprietor advertised for and secured !
twelve bnldbeaded men to sit in the third :
row of stalls. Each received his admission,
a guinea nnd a dress suit. In return he
allowed ti letter to be painted on his bare '
pate, so that when all the dozen were in !
line the delighted audience could spell this
managerial assertion:
: IT'S A GOOD SHOW. i
A rival house offset this by a nightly display
of fireworks. Rockets were sent up
which threw out in words of fiame the title
of the p!!ay and the names of the leading i
actors.
The aisove are a few of the novel and j
amusing features developed by the AngloSaxon
nice in 250 years of advertising. The :
backbone and mainstay of the practice is
of cour&e the newspaper. Often the merchant
who doesn't advertise has to close
his doom and hand his effects over to creditors.
Such an experience is a rarity for .
the man who combines the knowledge of
what to put in stock with the knowledge
of how to make people aware that he has
fnr Mia lust the thinss they want. Judi
clous liberality is the best economy in !
trade, and honest wares, honestly advertised
and honestly Bold, bring the dealer !
popular confidence, financial competence ;
and personal content.
Fred C. Dayton.
THE LADIES BUSY AS BEE8.
They Propose to Do Their Share of
World's Pair Work.
Although little or no publicity is being
given to the movements of the members of 1
the board of lady managers, private ro- ;
ports from various states are to the effect 1
that they are quietly doing yeoman serv- i
ice, and that the results will be more than
apparent when the proper time arrives. '
The volunteer auxiliary associations, too, 1
are entering into their various schemes
with zeal and energy. For instance, the
Queen Isabella association proposes to
I
HARRIET H03MER.
bold % series of World's Women's congresses
between April and November of
'03, each congress to represent women
workers in all professions, and invitations
to tbat end are being sent to women
throughout the world who have been publicly
identified with movements calculated
to elevate and advance their sex.
The appeal to tho women artists of all
nations, for instance, and the signatures
to wh ich are headed by no less a celebrity
than Harriet Hosmur, urges that a congress
of this particular profession will do
much in the way of cultivating a fraternal
spirits and possibly bring about a solution
of many special difficulties that surround
the pursuit of nrt as a profession for women.
Talking of the gentler sex, moreover,
brinjp to mind the fact that one of the
moet prized letters that Secretary Phmbe
Cous ins has yet received bears the signature
of M. Tetano, the envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary from Japan
to V'asbington. Like their neighbors of
Chim, the people of Japan are pronounced
in their opposition to women interesting
themselves in public affairs.
But M. Tetano is evidently imbued with
American ideas of liberality and progress.
At any rate, he not only helps the lady
managers along with words of encouragement,
but says that be believes the women
of bis country could be induced to make a
special exhibit, and even submits the
names of three Japanese ladies whose cooperation,
in bis judgment, could be secured.
These ure Countess Oyama, wife
of the present minister of war, and Mmes.
Kurki and Musta, the two latter being exceedingly
prominent and influential in
Japanese society, and attached to the
household of the empress.
Communications written in the Japanese
languago, and couched in the most approved
Japanese style, are now on their
jouimey to the ladies In question, and soon
circulars win do hcdc to-every uituuDct ui
the diplomatic service in Washington,
signed by Mrs. Potter Palmer and her associates,
asking the diplomats to use their
influence toward the organization of women's
societies in their respective countries,
to the end that an international display of
women's work shall be assured.
i
Soon to lie a BrJdo.
Chief Justice Fuller is about to lose another
of his beautiful family of six daughters
by marriage. Grace Fuller, the young
lady in question, is the eldest child of the
MISS GRACE FULLER,
chief justice by his first wife, Celesta 0.
Reynolds, of Ohio, whom ho married iu
lil58. Miss Grace is a decided blonde, of
winsome manners and line accomplishments.
She is immensely popular iu
Washington society circles, and has assisted
her stepmother at all the oflicial receptions
since her father's uppointmeut to
the supreme bench of the United States.
This will be the third marriage in this interesting
family since their removal to Washington.
The first was an elopement, fol
lowing a romantic love affair, and the sec
( ond, that of Mildred Fuller to Mr. Wallace,
of Tacoma, was one of the brilliant
events of the Washington season.
Strength of the Salvation Army.
According to a bulletin recently issued
by the census bureau, the Salvation Army
has 329 organizations in the United States
and 6,662 communicants. It owns or controls
halls and churches with an aggregate
seating capacity of 100,000.
A California woman living near Auburn
lias made a success iu a rather novel line
of enterprise. Some years ago she planted
eight acres of olive trees, and they have
just begun to bring in a return. She gets
(8 a gallon for the oil.
FIGHTING THE SEPOYS, j
GEN. HAVELOCK'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST
REBELLIOUS NATIVES IN INDIA.
Superior Numbers, He Opened I
the Road to Cawnpore to Relieve European
Prisoners, but the Daring Res- I
cuers Arrived Too Late.
[Copyright by American Press Association.]
_ N event that was
-/Q J marked by the
Wm I most flendiah
\A atrocities, and at
tvS^Jn the same time proI
. vdked acts of the
fiMgRM 7 sublimest daring,
waB revo^ ?'
- oWlVthe sepoys in Brit'vHW!^
**h Indla in i857Wm\
The Bengal army
. fin jiJ I at the time comfgg
fjffi prised about 23,
IMP?B ?<* wu^urujicauaaiiu
~:rT IW 120,000 natives.
j^w Oat of 167 native
regiments, 76 revolted
during the year and 27 were disbanded.
The cause of the revolt?the im- 1
mediate cause?was the adoption of the
Enfield rifle for Indian troops, which would
involve in loading the biting of the greased
paper of the cartridge with the teeth. The
grease of pigs being unclean to the Mussulman
and that of cows sacred to the
Hindoo, the incident was seized upon by ;
wily leaders to inspire a revolt, and that,
under the circumstances?the fiery nature
of the sepoys and the small number of
loyal troops?could but be attended with
bloody massacre.
The whole country was ready for the uprising.
The all powerful Hindoo astrologers
had for half a century predicted that
the hated rule of the East India company j
would come to an end in 1857, and popular
superstition, combined with private malic?,
ambition and greed, worked together to
fan each trifling spark into a flame. Beginning
with March of that year revolts
and massacres were of frequent occurrence.
On June 4 several thousand sepoys revolted
at Cawnpore, a military station on
the Ganges across from the newly annexed
lingdom of Oude. Throughout Oude there
was widespread discontent, and Cawnpore
was filled with refugees from British
rule in that country. The native troops
at Cawnpore consisted of three regiments
of infantry, one of cavalry, and a company
of artillery. The British troops were
about 200, under Gen. Sir Hngh Wheeler.
When the mutterings of the storm reached
him Gen. Wheeler fortified a regimental
barrack and gathered around him the English
residents and also the families of the
Thirty-second English regiment, then serv.
ing at Lucknow. A perfidious rajah, Nana
Sahib, attempted by friendly assurances to
delay the preparations for defense, bat
finally threw aside the mask, and with an
overpowering force of bandits and renegades
attacked the barracks. An heroic
defense followed. The position of Wheeler
was completely surrounded. Water for
the troops and citizens could be drawn
only under cover or darkness. L-aunon
and rides played on tbe defenses from all
sides, aud a burning summer sun added to
the sufferings of the besieged. At one. time
the barrack of the wounded was fired by a
shell, and a horde of sepoys rushed up to
prevent the extinguishment of the flumes.
They were repulsed with heavy loss, the
defenders losing many men.
Finally a European prisoner of Naua
Sahib brought to Gen. Wheeler a proposition
from the rajah to the effect that safe
conduct would be furnished to all of the
British who would lay doyn their arms.
Ou the 27th Gen. Wheeler, finding his cose
hopeless, agreed to the terms, and the garrison
with the civilians marched out and
i were placed upon boats in the Ganges. At
a signal the Indian crews deserted the
vessels and masked bodies of sepoys opened
upon theiu with small arms and artillery.
Four men escaped from the bouts, and the
other survivors, Including women and children,
were returned to Cawnporo as priaI
oners.
A few days after the tragedy of the boats
i the news reached the military station at
Allahabad, 125 miles distant, where was
gathered the nearest relieving force of the
district. Sir Henry Havelock, a general
noted for his Christian principles and high
J courage, had just arrived to lead an expe;
dition for the succor of the stations under
siege by the sepoys. Havelock set out for
i Cawnpore with 1,000 Europeans and about
' 200 native cavalry. After marching nearly
half the distance to Cawnpore the column
| overtook an advance party of 200 men, and
! with a total of 1,400 men Havelock found
himself confronted by 3,500 rebels in a
I strong position at Futtepore. The enemy
pushed the attack, aud Havelock, though
anxious to give his weary men some rest.
' decided to accept the challenge. In ten
minutes the action was decided, the enemy
i retreating in disorder before the deadly
1 Enfield rifles and the cannon.
HAVELOCK SHOWING HIS PLAN.
This action took place on the 13th of
! July, And on the 14th the column resumed
the mHrch. The hot summer sun of India
j poured its releutless heat upon the men,
but they toiled on in the hoj>e of rescuing
the innocent and helpless survivors of
Wheeler's party. On the 15th an intrenched
bridge on u stream called the Fandoo was
carried after a sharp engagement, and on
the 16th, at noon, Havelock was again conI
fronted by Nana Sahib's entire force of
5,000 men at u station three miles from
Cawupore. Havelock's men had made
twenty-three miles on their last march,
but they were at once placed in line for attack.
The sepoys had a strong position,
one dank resting on the Ganges and the
other in a walled village, the whole front
being well protected by mango groves.
The line formed au arc and covered two
roads leading into Cawnpore.
Havelock made his dispositions promptly,
and truced his plan in the sandy rood with
tho point of his sword for the instruction
of Ids subordinates in case of disaster to
himself. At half-past 3 tho advance was
sounded, und tho small body of native cavalry
dashed upon the sepoy center, drawiug
their attention and fire. The main body
of English was formed in five lines, the
third being a battery of artillery, and the
whole was pushed out rapidly on a Hank
march against the rebel left. It was a bold,
hazardous movement, but what wus left for
1,400 assailants against 5,000 well posted
foemen except sharp tactics? The fiauk
march was admirably masked at first by
the mango groves, and the feint by the cavalry
In the center threw Nana Sahib off his
guard until ITuvelock wus upon his guns.
Ilaveloek's second line was composed of
a detachment of the famous Seventy-eighth
Highlanders, and when the sepoy position
was well uncovered this command was
ordered to charge upon an intrenched
battery of three guns. The sepoy bands
were playing English airs as a taunt to
their former comrades, and at the moment
of this charge were sending out au old
camp favorite, "Cheer, Hoys, Cheer!"
With a ringing cheer, indeed, the kilted
heroes sprang forward, holding their fire
and relying upon the bayonet, the shrill
sounds of the niDO finally drowning out
the rebel music, and inspiring the men
with their own Scotch martial airs. They
faced a terrible lire from musket and cannon,
but with trailed arms pressed on
shoulder to shoulder, illustrating again
the power of military discipline. One
round of bullets wasted might have ruined
all. Havelock was with them. Once the
whole line dropped to the ground to escape
a heavy volley, and then the general called
out, "Rise up! Advance!" The call was
answered, and the Seventy-eighth went
into the battery without a halt, preceded
by a single volley of the hated greased Kulield
bullets, lired when the marksmen
could see the mustaches of the swarthy
sepoys. Havelock exclaimed: "Well done,
Seventy-eighth! You shall be my own
regiment. Another charge like that will
win the day."
Following on the heels of the Highlanders
was the Sixty-fourth Queen's. Another
fortified village, still to the left of that
charged by the Seventy-eighth, stood in
the way of Havelock's progress, and upon
this the Sixty-fourth, moving in orderly
advance, poured several volleys or nuuecs.
At this time the rebel cavalry moving off
on the plain beyond the English flank j
threatened to throw the infantry into con- j
fusion, and Havelock ordered a little band ;
of irregular cavalry, known as "Gentlemen
Volunteers," to charge the sepoy horse.
These men were nearly all officers, separated
from their commands. What their
enthnsiasm was is shown by the conduct
of one Capt. Beatson, who was smitten I
with cholera so severely that he couldn't
"RISE UP I ADVAJJCE I
sit bis horse. When the devoted band went
out on the charge he threw himself on an
artillery tool cart, aud was carried into
action to breathe his last. Now for a few
minutes Havelock's entire line was in close
encounter with the enemy and at many
points engaged in hand to hand struggles.
The sepoys fought well, facing the Engiuh
bayonets with the brutal valor of savages.
But Nana Sahib's flank was turned, and
his ranks were rolled up on the center
along the Cawnpore road.
The rebel center on tbe road was the key
of the position and blocked Havelock's advance
to tbe town. Here the sepoys had a
24-pounder doing serious execution on
Havelock's infantry. The ground was so
heavy that the artillery animals could not
move up the. English cannon, and it was
the turn of a hand whether Sahib's men
would win or not. Tbe rebels rallied at all
points for a decisive blow. Again overwhelming
numbers of cavalry spread out
: on the plain. The beating of drums in the
sepoy lines and the appearance of mounted
officers at tbe front, Nana Sahib in gaudy
costume among them, was the signal for a
; counter attack. But Harelock did not
wait. His infantry was lying down to take
breath, and once more be cried out, "Kiae
upl Advance!" and the whole line, led by
the Sixty-fourth, moved calmly on. The
24-pounder was on the front of the Sixtyfourth,
and gave it solid shot until within
S00 paces and then flred grape.
At the decisive moment the leader of the
| Sixty-fourth, Maj. Stirling, and Havelock's
son and aid-de-camp, Harry, rode directly
upon the deadly gun. The "boy
Harry," as be was called, placed himself in
front of the gaping muzzle of the piece
and dashed on until he reached it, followed
by the men, who would quail at nothing
under such leadership. The gun was taken
! and the day was won. The sepoys made
an ineffectual stand with infantry and
soon gave way in total rout. The English
cannon promptly advanced on the open
road, and before dark the barracks of the
old English quarters at Cawnpore were in
! sight. The moral courage of Havelock
: and the physical daring of his men had
done a marvelous work io defeating the
j exultant rebels on their own ground, with
odds of three to one against the attacking
! column.
On the morning following the battle the
English soldiery began scouring the precincts
of Cawnpore in search of rebellious
, sepoys and df English prisoners. Neither
' were to be foand for a time. At length a
i European, who had been given an extra
sentence of hard labor on the roads, came
forward to relate the most horrible chap!
ter of all this carnival of fiendish cruelty.
The prisoners who had survived the mos;
sac re on the boats had been kept in confinement
until the issue of Nana Sahib's
Unvolivtlr An 1flkh ft.nH then
UUbblO YVIbU XAttibiwa VM ?MV ?
murdered down to the last woman and
child. The one man left to tell the tale
, had been overlooked in the hasty movement
of blood, for the victorious yells of
Have lock'a soldiers had reached Cawnpore,
j and the Sahib and his crew were in terror
for their lives. Havelock had arrived, but
too late for rescue. However, he had
scattered and discouraged the rebels, had
defeated them four times and taken thirty
j cannon.
The short campaign made Havelock faI
mous. He next turned his attention to
: Luckuow, flfty-flve miles distant, where
the English commissioner of Oude, Sir
Henry Lawrence, with about 500 Europeans,
was surrounded by hordes of sepoys.
The revolt of the native regiments at Lucknow
had taken place quite simultaneously
with that at Cawnpore, and Lawrence had
placed the garrison in a state of defense for
a long siege. George L. Kilmer.
. .
WILL WED AN INDIAN.
j Elaine Good ale, the Poetess, to Mate
with a Pull Blood Sioux.
Elaine Goodale's strange, romantic, poetic
career ends for the present by her induction
into the Sioux.
At 10 years old she was a poetess, at 12 a
fairly good Greek scholar, at SO an enthusiast,
philanthropist und all that; a little
"" ~ <. later she was a
I teacher among
the Indians and
an able advocate
jW of their rights,
ffli ^ and now she is to
^ marry Taw a
MISTgoodalr5^ X^Oltr
Kahndiota, or
"Many Light- ^
nings," a full
blooded Sioux, i
but a well edu- '
cated gentleman east man.
and known u t
Dartmouth college as Dr. Charles A. Eastman.
He is a graduate of that institution
* 1 -a 1 /> nnonfi/in ilia nffW
auu a uoctor, auu yu? w ,?
fession in Dakota among Lis owu people.
Elaine Goodale was born Oct. 9, 1863, and
her equally talented sister, Dora, three
years later?both in the Berkshire hills of
Massachusetts, wliere they lived in complete
seclusion till, at the ages of 12 and 15
years respectively, their first volume of
verses attracted attention and drew them
out into the world. At 9 years Elaine wrote
some very pretty childish verses, which
were published soon after.
A few years since she went to Dakota as
a teacher for the Sioux, mastered their language
and soon became a recognized Authority
on Iudiaus. Her recent letter from
Pine Ridge agency?a pathetic appeal for
the Sioux?attracted much attention. She
now takes a Sioux huslwnd, and proposes
to devote the rest of her life to labor for
this people.
The picture of Miss Goodule here given
is from a photograph taken several years
a Ko
HE HAD A SLUNGSHOT.
A California Convict, Recently 1'ardoned,
Gets Into Frocli Trouble.
While Hon. Robert W. Waterman was
governor of California he made a thorough
and systematic examination of the
workings of the penal system in that state.
He found numerous people undergoing
terras of imprisonment whom his inquiries
led him to believe innocent, and, in
the exercise of his constitutional right, ho
granted pardons
to some of these. jCfeZT
Whether he acted
wisely or not is a Bp Jj
question still dis- W ?^ 1Q.&
cussed by the poo- (jw ff
pie aud press. At n
any rate, but few \ f
of the nieu he lib- A. ^ f\
erated have, so
far, attracted police
attention. \
One of these, \
George Rodgers, x\ jni /
victed of robbery ut San Francisco, and on
Nov. 12, 1887, sentenced to twenty-five
years' imprisonment.
After he hail undergone thirty-eeven
mouths of confinement Governor Waterman
set him free. The other night two
San Francisco ]>olicemeu found Mr. Rodgers
lurking in a dark corner and holding
in one hand an improvised slungshot.
They took him to a station and preferred
charges against him, but the justice decided
he could not be held, and set bim free
with a warning that if he didn't mend his
ways he stood a good chance of closing his
' career on the gallows.
EBthrigiaeta (before ^pict'xe by eel*
brated artist)?Beautifol! .'SxquWte!
|]9n
Small Boy?Hey, dere's a man harirf
a fit "round de corner.?Life.
. It
Tkay'CuM Too late*
Western Train Robber?--Blankety dash
it! you ducks fork over your money fore
we blow yer brains out!
Traveler?My dear fellow, you have
been anticipated. You forget that there
is a colore 1 porter on this train. Goodby?better
lnck next time!?Texas Sittings.
Circumstantial Evidanca.
Tory ThongUtfaL
** <q^i
Simpson?Miss Diana, I love you desperately.
I am
Louise?One moment, sir! Please let
me give you this fauteuil?I keep it
handy for such occasions, for I do hate
to see so many gentlemen ruin their
frnn<u?rs hv lrnpflinf? on the floorl?Mun
sey's Weekly.
Judging from AppMnuKSM.
fWvVi '
I Big Sister-You naughty boy, why
I didn't you put that ten cent piece in the
plate that I gave you?
Little Brother?Cos that feller didn't
| look half so poor as a man I know. Be|
sides, he's got a plateful.?Once a Week.
Appearance* Are Deceitful.
Ella?Poor follow, what monstrous
ears he has. Some museum freak, I supDose.
The "Freak" (overhearing) ? I beg
1 your pardon, ma'm'selle, Professor
| Boggs is at your service.?Texas Sittings.
i
The New Boru.
^ in"'11_1 '^.1.." '
Young Zebcdeo was inspecting the
new born baby for the first time, and his
dictum was as follows: "I s'pose it's
nice enough, what there is of it," he
said, without enthusiasm, "but I'm
sorry it ain't a parrot."?Life.
Some practical German has made up a
compound of sugar and condensed milk
and tea, from which u cup of tea can te
had by simply pouriug ou bolliuK water.