The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 22, 1886, Image 1
VOL. II. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WED)NESDAY, SEPTEM8LiR 22 1886. NO.41
\lLAT iS i ll: S'.A-.LilI . I,.
A INEIt 13Y OF INTE 'ET T; !.i )aE T.
OF NA .1 lAL I W.o..
A Selentine '.t-nwn- 1o '.01 --'
Pon't Koow Abotit
(Fiom tha %ke u -
Twice within a few days parties of ob
servers whose trustworthiness is beyond
question, and in one case includig a
gentleman of such epiable and cev
tive mind as a Boston sehoolias- %ay
be presumed to phssess, have re prte
the appearance near Cape Ann of what
in deference to an established phra.
they are pleased to call e the se sr
pent." The account they give is sub
stantially the same as annuaily fi.1 its
way to public notice, and is likely to 1b
received in the same spirit of scel.tical
levity which these narri lives have al
ways encountered. An attitude of I:nl:
unbelief toward all sto'res that smil ck o
the sa't water seeis t be an inrraiUca
ble peculiarity of tle humn .hid. A
"fish story" is a synonym iora f1.kehood
the world over; and i1eed ix the court
of public opinion every iman wh'o tells a
tale of sights at sean is presum to be a
liar until he is proved inuocent. The
person, therefore, who has the termerity
to state that he has seen the sea serpent
quite regains his old position in public
esteem; to have chanced to ob.t-rve an
unfaniliar marine animal "swiftly un
dulating along a quarter of a mile to
leeward" is a violation of the proprieties i
which one can hardly hope to live down.
This state of things may be oly one
phase of the generalindisposition of man
to acknowledge that others have seen
what circumstances have concealed from
his own sight, but at all events the so
called sea serpent, whose persistcnt re
appearance may be regarded as a pathetic
attempt on its part to prove its own ex
istence to a skeptical world, is either
jeered by the paragraphist or silently
relegated to that region of mytus over
which Munchausen and Sinb d hold
sway.
But even Sinbad's tales, when rcad in
the light of modern science, are readily
interpretable in many cases as istorted
.Ad magnified versions oi actuA facts.
And, in much the same way, beneath the
exaggerations and absurdities with whnich
different observers have deseried the
so-called sea serpent, there is u.ndu.bted
ly a basis of truth. Indeed, what reson
is there to doubt that such an animal
exists? The only considerable arment
against its existence is that advanced y
frofessor Owen, who objects thiI it
existed we should be able to find either
its separate bones or its coniilete skele
ton. Such objection, however, .as nio
validity, because we never find the bones
of whales or seals save on beache.s where
men have killed them; nor do ve ever
discover the skeletons of the countless
thousands of birds that die in the ?orests.
Nature is her own scavenger; we never
come upon her burying 1laces. We imay
not, therefore, deny the existence of a
sea monster simply because its sk leton
is not obtainable for the museums.
On the contrary, the fact of the exist
ence of some snake-like marine animal
unknown to the present zoologist is -
tested by a throng of witnesses. Wc may
not rehearse here the long list of cireum-I
stantial and detailed narratives of thoe t
more or less eminent men, from Diodo
ruas.Sieulus to the president of the Glou
cester Common Council, who profess to
have s-.en the monster in question. Any
librarian can furnish the ingumug. read
er with a sufficient number of thes a- e
counts to keep him in interesting read
ing for two days at h as!. Then nrrators
include clergymen of all nationales and
creeds, physicinis, expenienced travelers,
hard-headed business men, naval oflicers
of such repute as our own Commander
Preble, and a host of others equ~ally dis
interested. Many of these accoun.ts
must be set arside as obviously colored up
for effect. But even then there remains
an accumulation of evidence too w eighty
to be withstood. There is, of cours, mueia
exaggeration; but after setting a lide theI
"personal error" for which tniedI ob
servers always allow, the general cone
rence of the details given in thes~e vani
ons accounts is indeed remarkable .Al
the observers have found the animal only
in northern latitudes; all agree tha its
color is blackish brown above and white
beneath; that its prominent eyes are on
the top of its flattened head; that it
moves at the rate of five or six knots an I
hour; that it is harmless and even timid, I
and that its undulatory movement is
caterpillar-like, that is, vertical and not
lateraL. There is, too, substantial agree
ment in placing its size at seventy feet
in length and twelve in circumie~rence.
This concurrent testimony from hun
dreds of witnesses, strangers to each
other-and often separitted by cenaturies
of time, sulliciently proves the existence'
of such an aninmal as they describe . A
line of porpoises, a school of hors~e
mackerel, a mass of sea weed, an old
mast covered with barnacles and tossing1
on the waves, have each been mistaken
for a sea serpent many times. Never
theless, unless all the laws of ev idence
are at fault, there is in actual existence
precisely such a marine monster as
reported near Cape Ann. The so-called
sea serpent is not a myth.
What, however, as a matter of fact, is
the animal which bears in popular
phraseology this alliterative name? We
may boldly assert that it is not a epet
All observers agree that it undulates ver
tically, like a caterpillar. But any one
who takes the trouble to examine the,
structure of the vertebrac of serpents wil
see at once that they are cpabhle aofnoj
other undulatory movement than a Liater
al one. There are plenty of sea ser
pents, but none over live feet in length,
and all have their tails 11ptrtne de
ways so that they move thrnu;;L te
water like eels. We have, then, as de
scribed by its observers, an animal utter
ly nknown to the zoologist, at least as
a contemporary form. 'The only infer
ence therefore is that it is a survival froma
some group of animnslls now on the verge
of extinction. When, however, we ask
what this group is, there are t wo edually
go -d answers. It may be a sumvor of
the saurians-probably the enioesaurin
--to whose form, as known to the
paleontologist, it corresponds with suf
ficient exactness. Or it may be a sur
vivor of some snake-like cetacean, such
as the zeuglodon, to whose habits it
largely conforms. Most scientists
notably Professors Proctor and Agassiz
-* -inelin to the former supposition.
There is, hows ver, eonsideIrable ground
for the latter. All its motions are
ertaceanl; it is uniformly described as
thru.ting his head out of water-a cus
toma to wihich sperm whales are much ad
dieted: its undulatory movement may
he seen illustrated by every school of
porpoises: it rises suddenly to the sur
face, or sinks like lead to the bottom, as
e-very wh-dlnman knows his victim can
froni the peculiar structure of its lungs;
and its harmlessness is also cetacean, as
Whales seldom attack save under excep
ional cireainstimnees.
lut u hether the so-called sea serpent
is a zeuglodon er an enaliosaurian, we
shall never know for surety till we secure
its skeleton for the zoologist to classify.
Aid very p)ossibly this may yet be done.
The existence of the devilish was long
lenied, but finally a specimen was ob
tained that silenced all cavillers. Hereto
ore observers of the sea serpent have
ither stared in childish wonder, run
twayV- in abject fear or peppered the
nionster with harmless shot. Soine day
i old whader with a harpoon may make
capture that will bring him fame. In
le' meantime we may as well admit that
wbe man who announces the reappear
nee of the so-called sea serueit is not ]
accessarily a deluded ignoramus or a
raisitir. Douttless many of the mon
ztcrs reported by summer excursionists :
Liave no more real existence than the I
;c-mblanee of a whale which Polonius I
aw in the clouds, but nevertheless there I
s in actual life and presumable vigor a I
uirious, but harmless, marine animal
-rroneously called the sea serpent. Tk 3
dieve all the stories that are told of it
,s credulity, but to deny the possibility
>f its existence is presumption.
TIE GREAT FRAUD.
ina Ohio Prper Tel i Why It I Not Forgiven or
Forgotten.
(F--n the Cincinnst' Sun.)
A Democratic contemporary, 'which is
lisposed to take an extreme view of the
attter, says it is to be hoped that the
:rustees of the Tilden library, when it is
,stablished, will make some provision to
%clude BRutherford B. Hayes from the
rivileges of the munificent establish
nent. It even declares that "Haves
VOuld be likelv to steal the books which I
he late President Tilden provided for
he benefit of the people." We quote:
his matter-a specimen of much that is t
:urrent in print-to show that the in
lignation over the fraud of 1876 has not
lied out. General Haves is a most re
.pcctable citizen of tlis State, against
vhom, personally, we are not disposed I
o rail. Le was an excellent soldier, and
tequitted himself well in the civil offices
Qhich he held in Ohio. As a Republi
an, he felt himself better than his par
y, but the force of circumstances car
-ied him along with his party into the C
reatest wrong that has ever been per
etrated under a republican form of gov
rument. General Hayes is, unfortu
iately for himself, the personal repre
entative of the most rascally fraud
nown to a hundred years of politics. t
ven his soldier record, his unassailable I
)rivate character, and his dignified be- C
savior in Ohio politics cannot save him t
rom the disgrace of 1876. 1
Many of our Lepublican contempora
-ies seemed to think that the death of
ffr. Tilden would stop the cry of
'fraud." There was a degree of Repub
ican self-congratulation on this point
hat bespoke a consciousness of guilt.
L'e demise of the Democratic candidate
>f 1876 seems only to have intensified 0
he Democratic feeling. Mr. Tilden,
hough a man of splendid attainments
tud especial value as a leader, was a see-I
)dary consideration. It was the Dem
>cratic party that was defrauded. More
han that, it was the voice of the people
hat was stinled. The Democratic re
nembrance of the rascality of 1876-77 is 1
iot buried with the mortal remains ofC
he Democratic standard-bearer. The 1
nonimental theft which postponed the
~scendnacy of the Democratic party in
he government for eight years--wlich, i
n other words, drowned popular acclaim
or two administrations-will be particu-'e
arly preserved in the minds of D~emo,
~rats as long as one oi the principal po- 1
itical thieves still undertakes party bur- I
~lary in Ohio, and as long as another of
he unscrupulous "visiting statesmen" is
;lorified as a Senator of the United
-states from the third State in the U'nion. I
WVe need scarcely specify personally for 1
>tur intelligent readers.
The man who reads as he runs must
-ecognize Edward F. Noyes as the origi
mil of the first picture and John Sher
nan as the man who sat for the second.
Che Republicans complain about con
tant Democratic reference to the fraud
>t 1876, but keep the feeling of distrust
live by persisting in debauching the
>allot box. Since the work of 76, in I
vhich they were so eminently success
ul, they have won a Presidency by cor
-upting the State of Indiana, and in 1884
:hey flooded every voting precinct in
Jhio with a corruption fund. They even
indertook to smirch the record of the
-ural districts of the Buckeye State for
osty in elections, and in Cincinnati
:vcarried the day by organizing a mob
icriminals to intimidate peaceable citi
tens and murder the regularly consti
-ated officers of the law. The Demo-;
yrats have ground for complaint. A
liiurnal acclaim for a generation of mcnj
yannot wipe out the awful record. i
.in Idea for FaIrs.
A new idea for fsiirs has been success
Eully worked out at Islington,' England,
md might be adopted at bazars in this
:oantry, when gypsy tents, ChristmasI
:rees, iebecas at the Well and other I
w~el-known attrmetions become undesira
ble. At the Islington bazar interesting!.
iistorieal builings were reproduced,i
cad their interiors embellished with lib
rall ad tastcfully supplied tables,
,residea over by ladies in characteristic 3
-tumes. The homes of Wvclifre, Tyn
ale, Shakespeate, Cowper, John Bun
va, Wii a P ni, MIilton and Words
a or t were rep)roduced. A military
ea v. with tenits and other Iittings, oc
raie t of the hall, and a crowning
cf the Mlay Queen and old English sports*
formed the entertainment of the fair.
Adapted for this country, different bazars
:night represent Priscilla's Kitchen, the
homes of some of the poets and other1
lisorical buildings, while an Indian vil
lage would doubtless be a great attrac
tion to any bazar.
Going to learn to dance, Claudef"
AN A.1131011 ELTED CRUI.El.
Orlando, the Latest Add!i[ons to the lBriti
Naiy. .unt Launched.
(LoIon Correspnn!erce of Cincinnati'Enquirej
Orlando, the first ,f the "armor belt(
cruisers" building for the British nav;
was launched on the Tyne a few da,
ago by Palmer's Shipbuilding Compai
(limited.) She is 300 feet long, 56 fe<
wide and 37 feet deep, with a norm:
draft of 21 feet and a total displacemei
of 5,000 tons. She is built of mild stce
ith a belt of "compound" or "stee
Faced" armor 5 feet deep and 10 inch<
thick on a 6-inch teak planting, whic
extends for 200 feet on each side. On
evel with the top of the "belt"-that
11 feet above the water line-and rui
nling for the same length, there is a ste<
leek 2 inches thick, which at a distanc
f 50 feet from cach end slopes dowr
wrard at an angle of 30 degrees, wit
leek and plates 3 inches thick. Th
>penings of the decks are protected b
irmor shutters or shell-proof gratingi
rhe engines, boilers, magazines, etc.
ire placed beneath this protective decl
md the navigation of the ship and th
[iring of the guns will be directed froi
i "conning tower" covered with arim
plates twelve inches thick, placed at th
Eore end of the ship, and communic
;ion to the various parts of the ship wi
)ass through steel tubes eight inchc
,hick. The ship is divided into or
iundred water-tight compartments, th
aulkheads in some parts being excel
ionally strong. The engines and boiler
occupying four water tight compari
nents) are placed in the middle of th
;hip, with coal bunkers on each side fiv
eet wide. Beneath the engines an,
>oilers there is a double bottom, divide,
uto compartments, to be filled with bal
ast water. There is an open space bc
ween the bunkers and the ship's sidc
rhe magazines are placed in the middl
inc of the ship, fore and aft of the el
ines, with store-rooms, shaft tunneh
tc., on either side. She will have tw,
ets of engines, one for each screw, c
he "triple-expansion type," with forty
wo-inch steam cylinders, indicating
iorse power of 8,500, and will stear
iineteen knots per hour. She has fou
>oilers, with six corrugated flues caeb
,pable of working to a pressure of 13
>ounds per square inch. Her steerin!
ear is placed aft, below the water line
aid she has eight tubes for dischargina
orpedoes. Her armament will consis
f two twenty-two-ton guns, ten five-toi
uns and sixteen Hfotchkiss quick-firin!
nns for throwing six and three-poun<
hot. The twenty-two-ton guns will b
laceed on the upper deck, mounted o:
utomatic carriages placed on revolvin,
)atforms and protected by steel shields
he six-ton guns will also be placed 0:
he upper deck, five on each side. (
he small guns fourteen will 1-c placet
>n the main deck and one at the top o
:ach mast. Her ship's company wil
onsist of 420 officers and men, fo
vhom accommodation is provided oi
he main deck. The builders have mad<
apid progress with this ship, as the con
met was only given them in April o
st year. They have another ship 0
xactly the same plan now building fo:
he British government. The contrac
>rice for the hull and engines, each ship
s ?224,000.
Talking of armaments, one is remindei
hat the Victory, Nelson's old flagship a
he battle of Trafalgar, was one of th<
hips inspected by the "colonial and In
ian visitors" who were the guests of th<
Laval officers at Portsmouth ten day:
.go, and a comparison between he:
rmament and that of one of the moderi
hips illustrates very strongly the revo
ution that has taken place in navai
.rhitecture and ordinance since the be
inning of the century. While the Vic
ory carried 104 guns at the battle c:
rafalgar' the entire weight of he:
roadside was only 1,160 pounds, whil<
nc gun of the Intlexible will throw
>rojectile of 1,700 pounds. In othe:
vords, one of the modern eighty-toi
uns 'will throw nearly five hundrei
>ounds more metal than the whole arma
ent of the largest British ship engagei
,t Trafalgar. The gross tonnage of th<
ictory was 2,200 tons, while the Inflexi
le has a displacement of 11,400 tons
The former is a wooden sailing ship o.
he old "three-decked line of battle
ype; the latter is a twin-screw iro:
xmor-plated turret ship, carrying fou:
uns. The Inflexible took a pronminen
>art in the bombardment of Alexandria
flow Somec of U's Are Talked To.
It is a foregone conclusion that thi
hief end of woman is to marry. Andi
f no less true that the question of mar
iage is one in which the women of th<
'orld are more nearly interested than i:
.ny other. This being the ease, the won
er grows that there are so many il
.ssorted marriages and unhappy homes
A little common sense in matri
nonial affairs, although it may despo:
he courting days of something of thei
-omance, is a very good thing. *
3Man, of all animals, is the most sus
reptible to creature comfort. A lovin;
meart and a caressing hand are very al
uring, but they lose some of their en
~hantment if thcy forget to season th
oup and show an utter disregard fc
hirt buttons and sock heels.* *
A man has an eye for beauty in hi
ife. He notices the soft wave of he
air and the fit of her gown with a sor
>f pleasurable pride, even after time an<
rials have dimmed the glamor of firs
ove. The successful wife must represen
o her husband all the virtues; must bj
mvmpathetic, and at the same time sens
;le. She must be bright, entertainin;
Lind agreeable at home as vwell asard
Ld she must know how to preserve s.
enee when it is desirable to hold he
ongue, even though she is ready to burs
ith indignation. If she does not po:
ess these qualities, let her cultivate them
nost assian~oudy .
A woman's natural imuses lead her to
~hoose a ruler and gaiide in her husb and
ery few women desire to ndle the nua
:o whom they link their destiny. Th
:rue wife gives to her husband her heart
est gift; she rejoices in him, is proud o.
im, and wishes the whole world to be ii
smpathy with her. But let her not er
A thinki'ng that her love can hold his
The love which promp~ts unselfishnes
;houghtfulness and consideration i., ver;
good, so far as it goes; bunt it must bi
mempered with common sense, so that i
its absorption it does net neglect th
:omfort of the house and forget to bi
igreable and dainty.-Philadelphia Ik
TIHE IqAiIESEi T 'S 1E1N.
lIE -i EXPECTEI :-00' TO OC(TPY I1?S
)COT.AE.
d -
, Vacation of Cabbie: OtlIcers-Secretary Man
s inq- Intenton to Retire from Public Lire
V Other 31ntters.
At (cr:po::dence of the Bal:imore Sun.)
it WASImNNOrOs, September 17. - The
1 out-of-town season is about over, and
1- Washington society is returning to its
city home. The President has probably
a grown weary of fishing and gunning in
s the Adirondacks, and no doubt is look
in- forward with pleasant anticipation
to occupying his remodled cottage on
Georgetown Heights. Int)rmation re
h ceived here yesterday indicates that he
e will start homeward this week. During
his aosence the repairs on the cottage
have been pushed forward to completion,
and the interior thoroughly cleaned and
a burnished, so that all is in readiness
r for the reception of the President and
his wife should they arrive here to-mor
row. It is the intention of the President
s to occupy his cottage until cold weather
C sets in, and even then he will probably
c spend his winter Sundays there. The
return of the President will, of course,
S be the signal for the home-coming of the
cabinet and other prominent officials,
c who feel that they are not entitled to a
e longer vacation than the head of the
Government. Postmaster-General Vilas
will return from his home in Wisconsin
the later part of the present week, al
though his wife and family may delay
their return to Washington several weeks
c longer. Nothing definite is known
about the intentions of Attorney-General
' Garland, but at the Department of Jus
a tice he is expected here before the first
f of October. Secretary Whitney has no
tified his steward to' have the I street
a residence ready for occupancy by the
2 latter part of next week, and also to
r straighten up things at the summer
house, near the President's cottage. See
0 retary Lamar will be in Washington
when the first cabinet meeting is called.
He enjoys taking his vacation in driblets
whenever the spirit moves him. Secre
t tary Bayard has remained at his post all
2 summer, and it is probable that i.e will
take a brief but much-need vacation dur
1 ing the month of October. He will seek
a secluded spot, where he can have abso
lute rest and an opportunity to recuper
ate.
sEcRiETAly IANNI'S inETIRiEMtNT.
There are but few persons who expect
I Secretary 3anning to resume his seat at
f the cabinet table. His personal friends
and those -who are in frequent communi
cation with the m mbers of the Manning
family assert positively that his decision
ajto retire from the Treasury Department
is final, and has been unchanged since
f he forwarde-I his resignation to the Pres
ident. The lai'er was and is now averse
to losing Mr. Manning from his olicial
t family, but he realizes the true condition
of fr. Manning's headth, and therefore
cannot conscientiously insist upon his re
i maining. Had Mr. Manning's resigna
t tion been promptly accepted when first
tendered', there are hundre 's of anti
. administration people who, it is claimed,
would have seized upon the opportunity
5 to charge that there was a political dis
agreement bctwteen the President and
his best friend and most valued political
- adviser. As soon as Mr. Manning's fam
iily physician diagnosed the case, he an
. nounced that it would be almost as much
. las the patient's life was worth for him to
f ttempt to tax his br-ain with the cares
and responsibilities, to say nothing of
the physical duties, of Secretary of the
Treasury. As much as the President re
~gietted to make a change in his Cabinet,
he was obliged to bow to the inevitable.
jit was determined, however, that there
-was no necessity for hasty action, as
jActing Secretary Fairchild .vwas fully
competent to manage the financial branch
-of the government. In the meantime,
-the extent of Secretary 3Manning's phy
fsical infirmities has become apparent to
all reasonable persons, and he will reluc
Stantly retire from public life.
F EXTnA WORK FOR THlE CLERKS.
One night last week, Chief Clerk You
mans went down to the Treasury Depart
ment about 10 o'clock, and found a large
force of clerks at work in the olices of
the First Comptroller and Treasurer. As
Ssuch an occurrence was somewhat un
t usual, MIr. Youmans asked a chief of
- division why the clerks were working at
such a late hour. The chief frankly in
formed MIr. Youmans that the settlement
- of the Alabama claims had imposed a
large amount of additional work upon
. the bureaus interested in adjusting the
claims referred to. Besides the extra
1 work imposed, much annoyance and de
r lay in the work have been occasioned by
the frequent visits of claimants and their
- attorneys, urging that the cases in which
Sthey were directly interested should be
madec "special." The rules of the de
partment r'squire that all persons seeking
einformation relative to public business
r shall be granted a respectful and patient
*hear-ing. Many of the Alabama clain
sants, it is said, presume upon this rule toj
r occupy the time of the clerical force in
t endeav oring to p)ush the settlement of
1 their respective Cases ahead of others.
t This class of claimants resort to the most
t adroit of methods to get into the Treas
c ury Depar-ttuent after the regular visiting
ihour, which is 2 1P. 31. Every hour or
hlf hoir which they consume in apkpeal
, ng to clerks to make their eases "sp)e
-~ Ial delayi~s the work on other cases that
r much longer-. To avoid any further
t troub le and delay~ by visiting claimants,
-3r. Youmans has issued a special order
hawhch will precvent such persons from
enatering' the~ Treasury' buidinig after -)
o 'lock. Uless authiorized to do so by
. h Secrtar, no cases of this character
2a1 i made - special," but all of them
Swill be settlea in the order in which they
s were passd upon 'v Lhe auditing olli'cers.
f For the past week t1ae clerks in Treasurer
a Jordan's oilliee have worked extra hours
r drawin.; dr-afts for the payment of these
.claims, which arc pIromp)tly signed and
, registered and mailed to the re-spective.
ehclimants.
eThe principal clerks of the Navy lDe
a partmenit are said to lbe dissatisfied with
e the present rules governing the purchase~
e of supp~lies. .Secretary Whitney discov
-ered some time ago that the chief clerks
[o bureane were in the habit of ignoring
contractors who are under agreement t
furnish supplies to the dopartnnt. am
procuring any articles they wished fh
open market. lie issued an order a
once directing that all supplies slIoia
come from the department contraet)rs
The order at first was not obeyed, hui
after several of the clerks were forced t(
pay for the articles purchased in viola
tion of it, they came to thie conclisIor
that Secretary Whitney was determined.
S E.NATORIA L FbI!EHRIIEN
Their Faiorite Resort at ;I* ne1 o;oe3- IIIh
Maryland 31ountairns.
(c'orrespnderce of thc F.iadc9'. :!.)
POINT OF RoCKs, Md., September 16.
-Along the Potomac near this little
mountain station is onc of the fint-st
fishing places in the South. It is only
thirty miles from Washington and has
long been the favorite resort of legisla
tors who have a penchant for the rod.
Three rocks jutting up from the stream
are known as the "Senatorial Rocks"
and one further down as the 'Presiden
tial Rock." The people of the village
are ever eager to tell of the famous fish
ing excursion here three years ago. when
President Arthur and Scuators famp
ton and Vest sat on those rocks through
four long hot days and caught nearly
four hundred fish. Nearly every week
during this summer one or more Sena
tors have been seen perched on the rocks
angling for the sportive swiiumners. Ac
cording to the testimony of the villagers,
Senators Wade Ilampton, Vest and
Kenra are the most persistent and suc
cessful anglers, with Eamunds, Frye and
Gorman as good seconds.
Hampton was here four times during
the spring and early sunmer, and
stopped over for two days after Con
gress adjourned. He is the most silent
of all the Senatorial fisliermen. While
his negro body servant keeps the hooks
baited and a mysterious dark flask ever
at his master's hand, the Senator is con
stantly bent forward, with evesintent on
the sparkling, except when the passing
fish bites. Then, unlike most Senatoria
fishermen, he does not get excited and
give the line a tremendous jerk which
throws the fish high into the air and
back again into the water. As if afraid
of hurting the swimmer, he elevates the
pole gently until it is above the surface,
draws it in slowly, lets the negro detach
it; then in a moment the line is once
more sinking in the water an(l the Sena
tor is bending forward as if his life de
pended on catching every motion of the
string. It is said that he has never lost
a fish in getting it out of the water, and
that no man who has ever a.ppeared on
these fishing grounds has been mole sue
ssful than he. A catch of sixty fish in
one morning is credited to him. From
those caught, he selects a dozen or so
for dinner and gives the rest to any one
who will take them.
There are some queer stories afloat
[ere about his servant going into the
village three times a day to replenish the
aysterious dark flask, but no eye-witness
>f the occurrence could be found. Be
ides it was a time when Senators Vest
md Blackburn, of Kentucky, occupied
Lhe adjoining rocks, so if there be guilt
Elampton should not bear it all.
Vest is hardly inferior to the South
arolina Senator in handling the rod.
Dcasionally he gives way to a little ex
:itement when there is a particularly
harp nagging at his line, but, genunall
speaking, he is a calm and scientitic fish
rman. He was the teacher of President
rthur in the science and this account,
or the warm friendship which exi.ts Le
ween the two. Just before Congres
djourned Mr. Arthur wrote to the Sen
tor, saying that as soon as his health
)ermitted he would like to have another
leek at Point of Rocks. Senator Vest
s not so silent. HeI intersperses his
atchaes with stories ab out his fish sue
esses in Missouri ad out at Yellow
stone Park, but all the time keeps a close
vatch on his line. He has, perhaps, the
inest fishing tackle that has been seen
ni these parts. The rods arc of a pCcu-I
iar cherry-colored reed and his reels are
silver. T.he set cost, it is said, about
3150.
Kenna, of West Virginia, who was out
>n the river yesterday, has the repruta
bion of being the champion angler of
West Virginia. Unlike every other fish
rman, Senatorial or otherwise, he car
cies a real bait bottle. This may be ac
younted for by the fact that lhe is a ten
perance man an private life. The West
Virginia Senator goes about flshing i
regular backwoods style. D~rcssed in
lean trousers tucked in boots, a bhte
shirt and a short rusty alpaca coat, he
ooks like the typical dweller on the
banks of the Potomac. He digs his own
biait, attenrls to his own hooks and
~aanipulates his catches with his own
liands. In fact he believes in carrying
>ut the role to the letter rather than
playing the gentleman angler. lie loves
to tell stories about his great doings on
he Kanawh'a, and the truth of his tales
re corroborated by his home people.
[Ie ranks next to Vest as a fii-story
ehler and is infinitely morc truthful.
Senator Edmnands, who is now up i
Maine handling the rod, is known t
very villager about here. What i
srange to Washingtonians, they speak
>f him as the "jolly old bald-Leaded fel
ow." He is certainly ball, and is
ooks justify his being called oh!, but
jst hew the people got the ipe-ssion
hat he is jolly it is hard to gue s Ier
Laps he thaws out away from the dignrity
>f the Senate chamber. Perhaps the
aountains and the river and the simple
~ountry people recall the day of lid
-hildhood and stir the sluggish blood i
als veins to its youthfuli vgor. Perh-ap
:he Senate restaurant-keeper~ kid-'ly
i good suly of cold tea in hi vai
aor use on the Potomac, or p'erhaap-buta
litr all it isall only gir eework. T?
\ ermiont Senator is like HaI nz
sient contempIlation of the wa ve a
lik him, too, in scientille managaneihCt
>f his rod. In the hltte iat of -
last lhe c aughlt fifty-six ish freo:.
Eiis attire while on the river is t.esm
is he w'ears in the Senate ehmber 1 i
exception of0 a big, broad'-brimed -in
Erye andx G-ran ~ave .aie faU :
oint of Rotcks alsO, bu Ly ar' to
bus wit their homeC'1 cam in ti
m'umear to give un i'ime to 'nlig
irve never carries any rAd with i.
With a comimon line wenn aromi a bi)tj
>f wood lie starts for the ive and (utI
a pleh on the way down. In fat.'
goes about the matter much after' the
manner of a schoolboy and seems~ to en-'
iov it all with a thorouwhly , outhful ap
prtoiation. lie was one of President
Arthur's favorite companions, under the
pree(ling administration. Senator Gor
man lives only a few miles from Point
of Ilocks, and frequently brings his
guests up here for a days' fishing. He
is exceedingly fond of the sport. When
le 'mLkes an unusually large catch he is
as gleefui as a child. While on his way
from Hagerstown to Baltimore, a few
days ao, he had to stop over here for
hali an hour to await his train. He spent
his whule nime down at the river bank
!1ing longingly at the "Senatorial
1ocks." lie said that as soon as the
political conventions in Maryland were
over le -would come here for a week and
bring the President with him, if the lat
ter had not got enough of the sport up
iin the Adirondacks. ML. It.
THLE SOUL OF GOOD IN EVIL.
Som Timely and Beautiful Extracts frona an
Old Lecture by Paul I. Ilayne.
Beyond the orbit of Longfellow's "red
planet Mars," wheeling in circles which
sometimes interest each other, astrono
mers discovered between 1800 and 1807
four siall planetary bodies, to which
Sir John Herschel has given the name
oF asteroids. Deviating so much from
the Path in the heavens described by the
other tenants of our solar system that
the zodiac must be expanded five times
its breadth in order to include their
orbits, bearing with them traces of
atmospheric phenomena and gigantic
scale; and what is most remarkable, pre
senting to the observer's eye not the
form of an oblate spurid, but edges
ruggcd and uneven. It has been con
jectured by Prof. Olbers, of Berlin, that
these bodies originally united in one
great planet, must by some strange ex
plosion have been scattered into space,
whenever they gleam upon us now with
the light dimmed and mournful of a
fragmentary existence.
A doom akin to this may be resting
latent in the bowels of our own earth.
Sometimes we hear the demon muttering
his mysterious language and rolling his
thunders underground, and then, un
chained for a season, he riots in earth
quakes or soars upon the fumes of vol
canic exhalations.
Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried
in a night. Lisbon, with her thousands,
vanished like one of those dissolving
"carth bubbles" to which Banquo com
pares the wind sisters in Macbeth.
Itivers that have flowed for ages with
in their appointed bounds are precipi
tated into new channels, or swallowed
up in the vortices of fire and smoke;
fcrtile plains shiver like glass beneath
the heel of some malign enchanter, and
the whole globe trembles as with throes
of dissolItion.
And yet, in the economy of nature
what are these convulsions but the nor
mal vents where through the earth's
overcharged heart relieves itself of the
pestilent humors-the consuming heats
which seethe and boil about the core of
her vitality? A few days, months, or
years and her scarred visage assume
again the lovliness of old; from the site
of her lava burials and the chasms which
show n here her sick agony was all but
mortal, a richer verdure courts the airs
of heaven and waters more brightly
beautiful .la.h back the splendor of sun
igh anid t a rs.
Th'e earthquake, the tempest, the pas
sion of voleanic eruptions, are therefore
but visitors of mercy. Were it not for
tleir strong agencies, we too might have
been rolling through the "voids im
'mieue. s'orn of our birth-right of life
a glorv! Desolation for an hour;
stabi lity for centuries; the urheaval of
ancientlandmarks to-day, and to-mor
row the beginning of a new order of
harmonious law, which progresses from
epoch to epoch, along pathways of
:kxeicence and love; sudden deaths to
hundreds of thousands, and the fullness
of life to myriad~s, perhaps of genera
tions! Such are the sublime compensa
tions of P'rovidence. Who, then, can
doubt that our wonderful physical sys
temn, baleauced and controlled by the
omnipotent arm, is but a type in its per
fect advancement of that moral, spiritual
and political world within whose orbit
humanity is called upon to act the drama
of its destiny. In the conceit of theoretic
reason we "may ask: " Wherefore, 0
Giod! hast thou done thus and thus?"
Or with the Spanish sceptic's audacious
hardihood we may attirm that "if God
had only consultemd us at the creation,
we could have favored him with hints to
his advantage;" but, despite man's
blasphemy and foll;-, the kind "All- I
F'ather" is leading him through proces
ses he cannot comprehend to the noblest
fruition of his hopes. "It suits not,"
says the archangel in "Festus,"
It suit~s not the eternal laws of God
That evil be immortal!
Yet on this temporary, partial stage of
human action it is often through evil
alone that the highest possible good is
evolved, and in proportion to the magni
tude of the evil may be the vital
grandemns of the benetit.
The~se are truths that we should all
Lce ~mpt2tion to utter skepticism to
"curse God"' in our hearts and "die"
rises upon too many with a terrible force.
Yet from the depths of sorrow and pain,
if we listen aright, comes the voice of a
beautiful consolation which seems to
say: "From the ashes of corruption
spring the flowers of verdure, the rich
blooms of earth, and so in the loathe
semenuess of sin and error and all "things
evil," lies hidden away, but slowly gath
erin its power's fo'r resurrection, the im
.orta 1 eul of god."
1r ul~ak, a Sw edish surgeon, .
e vs uabl to etet th slightet
pa~h~ied e':wgs intheright eye,
on ;13,wasyetcoimpletely blind on
- : sie. o.,evmig eonsidenable de-{
e lth teth sn hr to 3I. Skogs
a . enal rgon who found thatc
- :oer nd ower molars were
em~uta dee iI, 'md thx't in many
of~i the o..ts were inllam"ed. He
.me.. the rems of the molar on
S i ht~ eide. :ui in four days' time the
sigh f th right.eye began to return,
Cio ~ eleventhl day after the cx
trci o tehit hd become quite -
norma!. Th vie me fns on the other i
.,id wer chsequent~mly removed, lest
ther; 'io~d cause a return of the
otahai arct" ion.-London Lancet. i
u 5 e is dreaming will she tell theo
APACHES IN CAPTIVITY.
THE CHIAIIAUTERISTICS OF GERONIMO'S
BAND OF MU'RDERER.
The Women or the Tribe and How They Look
and Dremi-Other Chirtcahuas on Their Way
to Florida.
SA- Amro.ro, TEx., September 15.
Geronimo and his band of savages have
attracted great attention here. The cap
tive chief wore a white straw hat, a gray
alpaca coat, white trousers and army
boots, brand new. He was evidently
much tickled with them. His black eyes
frequently wandered to them with a
glance of proprietary approval. He
moved around the tents given him,
quietly conversing with and directing his
men. He was not impressive, but he
was interesting. Flowing from under
his coat was a piece of white cloth,
alarmingly like a shirt tail, of table
cloth proportions. It flapped wildly in
the warm breeze and beat against the
legs of the great chief in emphasis of
the few things he had to say.
George Wratten. the interpreter, acted
as the medium of communication be
tween prisoners and captors. It was a
curious scene when Geronimo was as
sured of his safety. He and Natchez had
been suffering with the idea that they
were to be instantly executed. They
looked miserably at the shining weapons
of the sentries, and ever and '
glanced at their couchant braves vi a
kind of see-that-my-grave-is-kept-green
gaze. General Stanl e stood squarely
in front of the wholesae and retail mur
derer. A little apart was a crowd listen
ing to the queer language and its trans
lations. The interpreter, a cartridge belt
crossing his broad breast, waited for the
general to speak.
"Tell him," said the commander,
"that when the white man makes peace
he makes peace. Tell him that I am now
his best friend. Let him go to his tent
and rest. Tell him that I will be near
during -the day. He and his friends
shall not be harmed."
The speech was slowly put into the
tongue of coughs and grunts. As its
meanng came to the bronzedband which
had gatLered around, they broke into a
chorus of grateful "ughs" and their
white teeth flashed.
Taken by and large, the hostiles are a
queer gang. Their not intricate but
unique raiment, handkerchief head gear,
tawdy decorations, small figures and
long coarse hair looked strangely, juxta
posed to the white tents and trimfigures
of the soldiery. A noticeable peculiarity
was the great development of their legs
and their slender arms. It is a manifes
tation to see them walk. They move
with the lightness and springy grace of
the panther.
One of the women had no nose.
Another had a very handsome face and
was dressed with more taste and cleanli
ness than her companions. She sat in
front of Chief Nachez' tent. Some said
she was a princess, but if so her domain
has gone from her. The females were
very small. They wore their hair parted
in e middle and the long elf locks fell
into their eyes. Chief Nachez' boy, a
sturdy youngster of fourteen, was espe
aially noticeable. He moved freely
ibout and laughed gaily at the cunosi
ies of the whites. Around one of his
Limbs was tightly bound a leathern
bhong, so tightly, in fact, as to bury in
the flesh. It was probably an effort to
relieve a strained tendon. He was scarred
in several places, and when asked what
3aused it, picked up a small stick and
ntimated that he had been hurt in riding
thirough undergrowth.
On the very day of Geronimo's surren
Ier he became a grandfather, and next
lay the mother of the papoose was
:rudging along the rough valley with the
>ther captives, her infant strapped upon
aer back. This hardiness is character
stic of the squaws of the Apaches per
iaps to a greater de~'ree than of any oth
:r Indian women. The whirlwind of an
ipache flight carries with it the women
tud children of the tribe as long as the
pursuing foe is imminent. When the
nountain fastnesses are reached the non
~ombatants are secreted and the braves
egin their murderous retreat from the
venging troops.
The wife whom Geronimo rescued
~rom Fort Apache at the risk of his own
iberty and life is one of the many who
~ontribute to make his wigwam happy or
>therwise, as the case may be. She is
aid to be a woman of rare intelligence,
;reat courage and entire devotion to her
savage lord, accepting with thankfulness
2er fraction of his affections and giving
a return an absolute allegiance.
Captain Lawton gives it as his opinion
hat Geronimo is 50 years of age, though
he old reprobate will confess to but 45.
Ele is purely a self-made man. That is,
ae is an accomplished murderer and a
srafty cut-throat, and is not a hereditary
:b'ef. The Captain says he is bright, in
elligent, a good talker, crafty, cruel
md treacherous to a wonderful degree.
D~uring the past eighteen months
)eroninmo and his followers are credited
vith having murdered no less than 400
ersons, a majority of whom were Mexi
~ans, on the Mexican side of the Rio
3rande. Captain Lawton has himself
een fourteen of the victims after death.
Nachez is a son of Cochise and heredi
ary chieftain of the Chiricahaus. He is
leseribed by officers who know him as a
rery remarkable man. He is by long
>dds the finest looking of the band. He
s six feet in height, sparsely built,
nuscled like a race horse, and straight
as an arrow. He has an open and ex
>ressive countenance, which says as
>lainlv as it could be said that the man
s a dauntless, desperate and competent
carrior. He wore a kind of bizarre
Iress made up apparently from odds and
nds pulled from dead men. There is a
p-eat difference between him and his
aedicine man, Geronimo. In the first
>lace he is much younger; secondly, he
s a man of his word, while his ruler is a
aost wonderful and ornate liar.
On Sunday niht last, the wine storc
)Ooml of Messrs. Elliott & Armield, near
radesville, Lancaster, was consumed by
re togzether with about 50)0 gallons of flue
omestic wines. The wine house had just
een finished and con< about $5~00. While
was burning a tenant house on Mr. El
ott's plhmtation was also discovered to be
n fire. Both fires were of incendiary