The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 02, 1887, Image 1
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VOL. III1. -M1N-N ING, ('LiARENI)ON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRJIUARY2,1S7 O.S
110\\ lE SIl ili LIE.S.
PEKR.N . A N D Wi 1 1. L D, 'T Z!.
OF THE L1FE OF I'Eli tA'1 , .
His Journal of CTNel. :::d I
Printed --taN Ui. v t.W oej~~ .U c.1
The voice cf the mueazi2. a long
melodious chant, is heard ileating otr
the still air of inorning from th. towers
of Teheran. At the ame xomenMOM t ti
sun bursts over the eastern pains, and
burnishes the walls of the capitol with::
golden. glow. On the lofty Trr2. of t
palace gate a tr'oop; .fr-a =
hails the coinug , ei streem:;
below ringsthe ie n
nounces to the people ti t~i lI
baths are ready for the daily abntion.
At the same time the camt bels "re
heard of caravans which, after travelius
allnight, are now entering the city
An attendant in stocking ier:. ises te
heavy drapery that closes the entrance
to the apartment wh-ere Nuar-ed-Deen
Shah is sleeping, and with b'wed hea
in a low tone reminds his Majestv that it
is the hour of prayer. A -n'ronifaced"
,maiden approaceli, bearing a sasin and
ewer of gold; she pours scented water
over the royal hands, and another ftir
attendant, scantily clad, like her com
panion, dries his hands with a sert towel.
Both kneel at this duty, for the king is
yet on his couch, which is a mattress
laid on the costly rugs that cover the
floor. Having accomplished the abiu
tions, which form one of the Cssential
rites of Mussulman prayer, -he Shah
offers his devotions on a superb prayer
rug of silk pointed toward Mecea. When
a Moh-mmedan is on a journey he car
ries a compass with him, in order to find
the direction of Mecca. The prayer is
repeated in a low tone with muauy genu
fleeions, of which the chief consist of
repeatedly falling flat on the f.tce, risiug
to .the knees, and then standing and
passing both hands reverentially over
.ta'e Lace.
His morning prayer over, the Shah
passes to a steam bath partia-Y subter
ranean and containing seve apart
ments. The entire establishment is
misty with steam, and a dim light per
vades a hall paved with marble. The
*alls are encrusted with glazed tilks ar
ranged in elegant floral desigus. The
light sifts through bulleyes in t1e vaulted
ceiling, which is supportcd 0y graceful
pillars. In separaie alcoves are deep
tanks filled respcctively with het and
old water. T&, attend.:ts of the king
are selected from the m loveiy
women whose c"hrms gui:iy them alike
as hand maidens and wivcs. is nee
less to say that unuer such circ tastanecs
the morning bath of the ohah of Persia
possesses attre-etions of a chu:-cter as
agreeable as they are unusual.
The daily attention given to these
baths very likely explains in part the
marvelousphysical enduranc e o Oriental
sovereigns, who retain their po wers for
domestic duties and al~airs of -tate to old
age in climates which Earopeans fand
enervatingr and exhausting.
After bathing, the SlaL partakes of a
light'meal of tea or coffee vi b:-ead,
and- perhaps fruits. H.ving thus ar
ranged his personal wants, Nusr-ed-Deen
Shah passes into one of his numerous
audience chambers and reeives ie min
. isters of the royal couneii or cabinet. It
is composed of the Sedr Azemi or Prime
Minister; the Naib Sultanch, minister of
war, the vizier Haradje or minister of
foreign affadrs; the Amin-e Sultan, min
ister of tinance; the Mokhper-ed-Douleh,
minister of mines and telegraphs; the
Emin-ed-Douleh, minister of posts and
adlministrator of the religious tands; the
Sani-ed-Bouleh, minister of printing,
and several other high dignitaries, in
cluding th'e minister of arts and sciences,
who is also supecrintendent of the arsen
al, and the hea'd of the medical depart
ment, called by the singular name of
Hakeem-ul-Mamolek, or I'hysician of
the Empire. This functionary is a Persian
who graduated at the medical cvllege of
-Paris. He has for his colleagues several
other physicians, including Dr. Tholo
zan, a FErench practitioner 'who enjoys
the confidence of the Shah and reads to
him the leading foreign journals. During
a recent severe illness the Shah called to
his assistance Dr. Cochraiic, a talented
American missionary physician residing
in Persia.
As it is yet early morning it is evident
.that these dignitaries are obliged to rise
even earlier than the Shah in order to
be present at this morning audience..
One by one they raise the perdeh or
massive embroidered pertiere, and enter
the presence of the dread sovereign who
holds their lives and fortunes in his tist,
and is styled the Asylum of the Universe
and the Eiing of Kings. The lat ter title
at least is capable of reasonable explana
fion. For ini the p~eriods of her formaer
-greatness a monarch might be well con
sidered king of kings, to whom the kings
of Armenia, of Egypt, of Toturan, of
Lydia, of Georgia, of Afghanistan, of
India, and at one time .of Byzantium
paid tribute..
The ministers bow low on entcrina the
"blessed presence" they repeat the cere
mony half way across tue apartmient andI
again on arriving within easy speaking
distance of ti~e Shah, where they stand
in the order of p~recedence with folded
hands. It is the habit of the hhto go?
with some minuiteness into thle details of
administration. The brse t hh does
this, it is said, more than soa of h is
predecessors, owing pr-obably to the lackt
of men of marked ntegrity and ability
to take charge of departmnent. In
former years it was also th e cutoem to
bring criminis accused of cap ia
offences before the Shh ''d' e oo
demned nan was cxcented mredaey
either in his presence or ini an a.jo'i"
court. But somae yearsm aNu'ar-ed-D
Shah practically ab oli-.hed th cu -tom o
adjuditcatsng criial.. ca. , anis
morning audieen are uow~ raely ti
scene of such painiul ineients, althoug
he has not altogether aband.ned the. ex-.
ercise of ordering the (ecuto of O
criminal on rare occasions. Onth
journey to 3Iesched in los, the Sha
commanded the instant diecapi.tt(in of
a murderer.
These audiences last r.evend1 hours.
His majesty froma timie to tin;. enj~oys a
cup of tea and a kalian~ r wea.rpiple
during the session. After the ministers
reir, them i' 'd-vots the iuc,-al tO
privtv stidy or a more careful examina
tion i-nto thle afihirs of his administra
Ition, - btld y1 somI head of a depart- t
met fron whom lie desires more pre
eise iufOrmation. This would be par
Le'larly the case with the Molmer-ed
)ouleh' wyho is at once Minister of Con
:cre and Miniser of Mines :nd Tele
hi whomi the Shab rep:.ses sone
oidn. ~ ~The Sani-d-Douleh, or 1
1inister of Public Printing, is also a
i:netry Who is often closeted with te
h, as he isa public censor and honi
a I editor of the cflicial journals. It is e
-aid nothIng goes into these periodicals 4
v-ithout first ps4ingr unler the eye Wf C
the 'hIah. BIt as they appear only
nwa ;h, :nl cover but four pages in C
of editing is more
ri t;es iha r, a!.
The Sani-ed- Doul(-h also aists the
: itug his journals of trave
?~ .eparing themi fo the pr-ss. The. g
most recent work of this descr:iption is
the a'--ount of tie Shahs exe!trsion to P
Me ched in 1852, in which the oyal.
authior gives some of his own conclusions u
concerning the antiquities along the ti
route he followed. The work is illus- h
,trated with lithographic illustrations tl
made from photographs. These works, r
as wel as the o:licial gazettes, are print 1
ed by lithography. This may seem a
somewhat laborious and unnecessary
process at the present age; for *he cast
ing of Arabic characters, -. hich th
Persians use, has been often done, and
se-eral volumes have been printed in q
India in the Persian language from C(
netal types. But the Persians, with s
their exquisite testhetic feeling, cannot b1
btcomie habituated to type printing, as p
it is less soft, filowing and flexible than o1
the written character. Hence the prefer- .
ence for lithography, which approxi- p
mnately gin s them the delicate touches cl
of ath cai hgraphic art. A skillful scribe w
writes out each page as it is to appear in
the printed copy. This is photographed bl
on a stone with a prepared surface. cl
As one may readily suppose, the facts te
in these official periodicals are often in in
inverse ratio to the florid lar-guage and le
superfluity of high sounding titles and n
phrases, very like Falstaffs pennyworth co
of bread to an intolerable deal of sack. la,
The correspondence from the provinces g
is annually summed up in some such au
phrase as this, for example: "The good dc
people of Tabreez are in usual health, w]
praise be to God, and are saying their fr,
prayers with pious regularity." m
Blit the Shah's government also em- of
ploys the columns of the official journals ic
to suggest its relations with the powers, of
and test the quality of their influence at ce
the court of Persia. Sometimes it has
had occasion to regret its termerity. An tr4
article once appeared which, alluding to sI
the position of one of the rival European C<
powers in Asia, spokec slightingly of that of
power, and espeially of the decay of its in
inluence in thL. ast. The ignorance of
Orientais regaxding foreigners would
use such a paPcr, emanating from
otiicial sources, to produce a most in- co
jurious evirect in that quarter, and the of
editor of the official journal was there- si
fore constrained to publish a retraction fo:
in the subsequent issue of the Gazette, o1
which ludicrously contradicted the state- n
nac-ts previously made. ta
During my last winter in Persia an Th
article appeared in the Same periodicIal ra
giving a biographical account of the then wl
President-elect Cleveland, with his por b
trait. -T-11-is article was inspired by an P
I h
European paper, and consequently con
tained sevcrai items which were either N
false or so expressed as to convey an tL
impression qualidaed to injuriously affect st.
our prestige among such a people as the sh
Persians, and I was soon inforied that P1
such was indeed the result. r
It has always been my opinion that a of
United States representative abroad at
should uphold the honor and credit of eI
his country and countrymen no less than p~
their commercial interests, which are
thereby asisted. Therefore, although Ci
fully aware that probably one of the first c(
official acts of the new admiinistration i
would be to call on me to give up the e
legation I had ''ist established in that
far-away cour :y, I did not allow this
fact to affet my conOThct in what If con- fie
sidered to be my duty in this case. I an
immediately and respectfully represented fr<
the facts to the Minister of Foreign A
AMairs, who promised full satisfaction. so
The delay which followed caused me to dc
urge the matter again, feeling that pos-s
bly there was some concealed intention at
in the publication of the offensive article, T.
suggested perhaps by one of the lega- wi
tions opposed to American influence in ti
Persia, but without any intention on his p
Majesty's part to prejuice our interests
in that country. t
After waiting a reasonable time with- m
out receiving any communications on b
the subject either from the foreign office ,ei
or the editor of the official gazette, and tj
dispatch being essential in such a case, I a
requested an audience of his majesty t
himself, and seized that occasion to a
allude among other matters to the char- bi1
acter of the oilicial article on the Presi- .A
dent-elect of thc United States. The g
Shah was pleased to express very friend- sb
ly feeling, and commanded the Minister Ia
of Foreign Ahiiirs, who was present, to
carry oat my wi'shes regarding tihe mat
ter. 1 did not rest satisfied with this,
but very shortly -"ad again oa the
Minister of Foreign Aileirs andi urged an b.
immeadiate rctraction of the 'irensive ta
article. The res" t of my persistence i
was dnally mada'e evident by a request of a
the Minister of Pinig for mae to pire- as
pare a pal'er for the next issue of his' V
;our-nal. The p'roof of thiis was sent as o:
evidence of~ gd faih and the results ea
on our intiuence, it need hardly be said, lx
were obvious and beneficial. i
L
o)
.iecat ion by Proxy in: China. 1ti
T L eis on alm~ost icredible thing p
which will ive a fair idca of how the tt
(Xinese rega rd the death penahiy. It di
is an actual fa:ct that in some cases sub. u,
stitution can bie inistitutted, and a substi- r'
ct c b readily found. Money here
.61 mae mien ri:fz almost certain death, e
at iis to dubl ted whether Vanderbilt b
*a mili ns enough to secure a nui.n for' '
:::ngng'incold blood. Anyone ac- d
-laainted with thue wayvs and customs of i
chna wil, however, testify that $50 will et
-. any t-ime and in any numbers, secure da
mna ?.o step up beneath the executioner's 01
- word and die.-San Francisco C2all. d
Am:::writer wrihes us to pmi:lishi his y
...mmnsto --einer'e him. W\e
mano e:Trd o encourage one wniter al,
- -- ex pnse of discouraging nmany thoused j
AN EXPENS!vE SUIT 01' CLTIIEs.
ele of :1he Confederavy P.-4-en ted to I he
Nal ianal 3an
"That suit of clothes co:-t me eigut
housand and two hundred Iollars!" said
all. stout. Ene appeting gentlem an
ith n inteligent f..ce L.11i bidden by a
ixurian iron-ray beard. The gentle
>an was Dr. J. E. Nagle, of St. Agus
ino, Florda, anad his li.stener a Star re
orter. For a loo time the authorities
i the National Museum have endeavored
) obtaiu a uniform worp 1y a Confed
mate ot!!eer duin the late struggle. At
't time Dr. Nagle was a surgeon by I
omlmi sii in the C.::iederate 'ervic
ad acielc:nploywed in the1 nel1a,
ai.ly in (Gener W. J. Ilrd's icorp.
in'*'t tilt f.,tCj- 'ies
now., as tiw- :-janycr 7.H a
'o C4aine some pri:ence byv a
if to h tonal Wtulto. a vlua
le of n71 . Sita o Stes ore cent
ice s .A sh'ort while after this 'e pre
mted the same mcuseum wi;th tho
uiform mentioned, and also some aali
onal ielics of the Confederacy. They
aire been placed by the museum au
ionties in a glass case-tile first to the
glit on the center aisle as vou enter by
ie north door-in whichi also are x
ibited the clothes worn by General
'nta Anna, of Mexican fame.
A %'rLT1 N osmRATE COAtT.
Pictures accomlpanying Dr. Nagle's
),,t show the pattern which was re
,ired to be worn. The collar was
)vered with black velvet, and the in
gnma of rank was a large gold or em
:oidered star placed near the front and
>int on a line with the row of buttons
i each side. The sleeves were covered
ith chevrons of gold lace, and as per
0ttern rep-esented in the picture. Thec
iffs were of black cloth or velvet, cut
th point up the outside seam of the
eve. The vests represent full dress in
uo cloth, and fatigue dress in gray
oth. The pants, of a regulation pat- '
rn; were of dark blue cloth, having an
ch stripe of black velvet the whole
agth of the outer sean and edged with
trrow gold lace. The buttons in I
*st one hundred dollars each. The gold'
:e one hundred dollars per var.i The
ny cloth of the uniform, trimming
is maing, cost over eight thiousand
>ainConfederate currency, and
r
at is left was worn in active service
:m the first day that it was put on
itil a month or two after the explosion
the Confederacy occurred at Greens- r
oro, N. C. The Ilt has the State arms
Arkansas on the buckle. It was re- h
ived by General Hardee and presented i.
- him to Surgeon Nagle n hen the i
>ops and accoutrements of the Arkan-!
s contingent were transferred to the
mfederacy, the pro forma ceremonies!
which occurred at Pocahontis. Ark.,
June, 1861.
A sV'sTrrrmT rY0 A sAsu. i
The green cord, oriin aly r
S..yl :-' ueratain.t.
rd, was used during the last two years
the war as a substitute for the green
k sash, which the regulations required
r a surgeon's equipments. The first C
.e used by Surgeon Nagle was a mag
ticent woven silk sash, with lovely
ssels and bullion ornameLts. As the
reads were broken and became un- a
veiled, the pieces were plaited into
.ip crackers, and also used by the
tsielers to patch rents and broken
aces in clothes, etc. A remnant of a
irt is a specimen of wi:at burgeon
igle had to wear for many months of
e latter period of the war. As lie
mrted from Menphis in 1861 with linen
irts, which cost six gold dollars a
ece, the contrast of then and now is
ther a sad commentary on the results
war, and especially of defeat and its
tendant inconveniences. A tin "kitch
," with its various appurtenances, also
esented to the museum by Dr. Nagle,I
Ls an invaluable friend to ~a soldier who p
uld either buy, beg or steal eggs to!e
ok, cofl'ee to boil or rations to carry. o
was a mighty useful "trick" for gen- }
al service and soldiers' purpeses.
HlARDuds3A'iTLE FLAG.
A battle 11ag in the collection was the
:i standard of Hlardee's third corps,
ad served as a guide in many battles, j
m Shiloh to Missionary Ridge and l
lanta. One of Colonel Sam Smith's
ldiers, of the Arkansas volunteers, un
r General Pat Cleburn, cut from his ~
irt-tail the cloth which was sewed into
.d forms the white portion of the flag.
.ie patched and repaired blue cloth! C
ins also sadly rent by shot and shell m n
e engagements, which were jarici- i
ted in bty the Western army.
The battle flag of Hardee's famous old
ird army corps consisted of a white
oon in the centre of a blue nield. A '
yonet, also included among Dr. Nagle's
fts. dibd more and better service in! 1
icking ptigs and as a candlestick than
as implement of legalized murder in y
e way of warfare. The two pieces of t
venomous and villainous explosive o
diet were foundl on the field of Shilioh. 1b
tamnpod screw and brush are all that r
are left of an Enfield rifle which was n
.ttered in frag iments in coipaywihe
Confederate solier at Shiloh- e
e
Agricultural Ex perimiental Staitionst. r
The A gcultural Experimen~tal Station
11 passed by the Senate directs the es
blisiuuient, in connuction with the ag
:ultural colleges of the department, a
partment to be known and designated
an Agricu'.tural Experimental Station.
'here there are two such colleges ini
e State the amount appropiriatedl to a
chi State and Territory for this pur- 1:
)s $I,000 a year) is to be equally v
vided between themn unless the State y
egislaturet shall otherwise direct. The c
>ject and duty of such experiment sta- i:
mn is to conduct original researehes or
verify experiments on phyvsiolotgy of c
ants and animals, the diseases to whiich i
eyv me severally subject and the reme
"s therefor, chemical coiaposition of
iful plants, comparative advuntages oif s
ative crpig, capacity of new plants
trees for acehimation, analysis of soils
A wer chiemiacal composition t'f
auure:s, anapltat!inandt value of grasss
estilt .f diabrent kinds of fttod
rdomestic animals, scientifie ami I
~onomic qlucstions involved in the pro- I
ection of butter and cheese, and such: i
her researches or expeCrimlents bearing 1.
rectly on the agricultural industry of
it. United States as may be deemed ad
sable. i
1st b)eein sentttfced to be hung for mvurdler 1
c the Qranghors court.1
A BIG CIIB OF RCII MEN.
ON L, 'LIUv1LN OF THE %ENA'f01DR kIE
Ml I ..IONA!I ES.
Estim:tes oi the Wea1Ih of the 3crnIer,
Of that . 'Ch Abuse'd Ud-ocyB.
Well 1-11N.1
Was;:INGTON, January. 29.-Whenever
E hear anybody talking about the United
states Senate as a "club of millionaires"
I feel like saying, as Senator Joe Brown
aid to the newspaper man who asked
tira if he were worth $10,000,000
man $i,00,000 is a great deal
,f money." ThL truth is there are very
vw millinaires in the Senate. I have
list gone carefully over the list, and out
>f the :-:ety-s~ix I can only in. eleven
nillionaires, and I do not feel very cer
ain about all of theml. Oi course one
an nevez icel sure about the wealth of
ny n:n in Am1erica-except that it is
xaggerated by popular report. But
iere i in- hA: .Brown, of Georgia;
amn&n, ol West Virginia; Canwron, of
ennsylvania; Fair, of Nevada; Hale, of
Iaint; Z ahoune, of Virgin ia; Palmer, of
Iichig;I'ayne, of Ohio; S-awyer, of
Visconsin; Sherman, of Ohio, and
tanford, of California.
sTA::Fn' Ar THE ToP IF TIIE linAP.
Of te'.se Stanford is by far the richest.
Ils we:ath is largely "in sight" and may
e safely put, I suppose, at $20,000,000,
Iedv Made and chiefly kept in rail
cadsand real estate. But Stanford can
,eil be reckoned in the. "dangerous
lasses." Next, I should say, stands
air, aud .1air, Flood, Mackey and
)'Brien whose wealth was and largely is
pecilative, but who is rated at about
10,000.010 by wcl inforraed men. Then
omes old -Joe Brow.n, of Georgia, with
is railroads and real estate and hiis coal
iiUes, valucd by experts at ::5;00,000.
'ayne, of Ohio, with his real cstate and
il; Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and
amden, of West Virginia, with their
silroads and real estate, are millionaires.
TOWAID TIt nND OF TE Ll..
Palmer, of Michigan, and Sawyer, of
Vsconsin, with their lumber and their
al estate, come next, and then as the
le closers I would rank Sherman, with
is real estate, 3Mahone, with his specu
Itive railway stocks, and Hale, with his
ie's fortune in the rear. I do not feel
.r that 31ahone is entitled to a place
the list of millionaires, altutough he
ves like one; but I feel sure that Jones,
f Nevada, cannot rcad his titie clear to
corner in this club, in Spite of the
cwspaper stories about his success in
wv reccut speculations in the Cemstock
oeks. But grant for the time that he
a millionaire, that will give us just a
)i!ud dozen in the Senate. Surely we
u. stand that.
lIII, BUT NOT MILLIONAIRlt.S.
But I shall be told that many of the 1
ther sixty-four are rich men, if not
:tually millionaires, and that they
Light to be reckoned in, in a trial of the
no warranto which has been served.
pUn "the money bags of the Senate."
cry wll. Let us ran through the list.
idrich, of lhode Island, is a succssful
holesale grocer, but not a millionaire.
v. nor even a half millionaire. He is
Lid to be worth a quarter of a million.
erhaps so, periaps not. Allison, of
>wa, is charged with a quarter of a
tillion. I hope he has it,
A'.ONG TE B's.
Beck has had to face the same charge.
[e is generally regarded as having dis
rovedi it. Beck would like to have
100,000 that he could close his fingers ]
a. Berry, of Arkansas, Blackburn, of i
~entucky, and Blair, of New Hianpsire, 1
a~vent together $->0,000-no, nor $23,
J1). And if they had they shoubl spend<
before the year was out. Bowen, of1
olorado, has one of those mythical I
>rtunes which are credited one day to a
teky hit in mining and the next to a
icky game of poker. Butler, of South
arolia, has the family lan'tation, or i
hat is left of it.
('s, n's AND E's.
Call has an orange grove or two;
hase, of Rhode Island, has a factory.
ometinmes he is rich and sometimes he
n't, like all manufacturers. Chaney, of
'ew Hlampshire, is thrifty and saving,
ud is "worth sonme property,' out not
tueh. Cockrell, of Missouri; Coke, of
'exas; Colquitt. of Georgia; Conger, of
[iebigan; Cujlom, of liliuois, and
lawes, of Massachusetts, have little else
esides their salaries. Dolph, of Oregon,
as rich until Villard failed, but since
:en he has been floating on the planks
fhis fortune. Edmiunds has a good
ouse here, another in Vermont, and
erhaps $100,000 saved up. He lives
mech more generously than people gen
rally suppose. And his professonal in
>me is not so large as is constantly
tamed, and cannot be for the simple
fasonl that he gives two-thirds of his
me to his public duties. Eustis, of
soisiana, has the remains of a great
>rtunle; Evarts imas the elements of a
reat fortune, b'ut as both live expeunsive
rneither is likely to build an estate.
A tUlTnIm noLL cALL.
Frye has a small property in real estate
ad factory; George, of Mississippi, has
is salary, which he saves, by the way,
-ith a view, I suppose, to that great
-alth which some Senators have "saved
ut of their salaries;" Gibson, of Lou
iana, has a small fortune; Gorman, of
arlud, has the nucleus of one; Gray,
f Delaware, is not a "suspect; Ha~mp
mt, 0f Southt Carolina, hias his home
:ad plantaltion; Harris, of 1 Tenesee
ud Harison, of Itniaa, have their1
lrsand their lawp~ra1ctices, Hlarri
s bei-g on 1 of e best in the~ Wet
L:rtI'rd1( Couraut; Hoar has a arket
rue n Wo~rceaer; Inganes htas his
iary; .Jones. of Arkansw, has "only1
as and nothing more;" Jones, of
'orklam, wil~l soon not have even that;
lenna, of WVest Virginia, hats a small law
racetice, butl has neglected wealth for
onor.I.
MlcMillan' is, poor. :McPherson is only
1st r:coveingil,! from: his iina?ncia! embhar
:a'en'its. llaaer~soni is builing an
.upretentious Louse ini Omaha, where
.ci a d irector in a national bank, but
is not regarded as rich. 3laxey is poor.
Warner Miller has been poor and rich
and rich and poor -y tuirns, s wood
Pulp failed or suceecded--just now i:
supposed to well off. 3Iithel of
Oregon, and Mitchell, of Pennsylv1am,
have what ther have ma'-"[ can n2 ke
out of the law. 'Morgan has hi. a. I
MIorris has the .200,000 or .) (,the
saved from his- "general store" businesS
up in Vermont before the war.
I'LATT, PLUMI: AND 4Y!1;:-;.
Platt, of Connecticut, has a small law
practice; Plumb h.,s various speculative
interests, and if they all turn out well he I
will be rich-so far his successes and I
failures seem to have inaed: Pugh
has a smalllaw pratie;ti lau ha is
saiary; 1idUlebe.wrgecr dot-: Loi cven aiive,
jus4t strugglin wu of i fi..:
bury has the3 "sain-s of a lifeti.;
Sewll s sosed to have a .mall for
tune; pnelas a iue law pract'ice,
but spenLshi_ s income lberally; Teller t
is in a lot of schemes, which may make:1
him a millionaire or may make him a <
pauper-just now he is at the golden
mean of competLnce.
vANcr., VaN wy(;, vrr.
Vance carrics a small fortiue; Van
Wyck has a little property; Vest is try
ing to pay for a small reidence here out
of his salary; Voorhees (oes not atteiml
even so slight a financial flight as this;' t
Walthall has saved some Of his profes
sional income; Wittho-rne ha. nothuing
but his salar: Willams, of California, c
has .I100,000 er .-o in trale;' Wilson, of v
Iowa, and Wilson, of Maryland. have
paying law prr.tices, eecially Wilson, f
of Iowa, who has saved some monev.
Do I hear the Clovcr Club responding'
out of the depth of its recent recollec
tions, "Why, it's all right?"
1Akc.\RL-MD. I
A H1OTSPUR TO DIE..T.
How, Stung by a Taunt. Fairnworth 'WentC
in. Never .4 Cme Out.
(eni : M. Ls:. ia the c'u3y.
Farnsworth and his cavalry, (on the
3xtreme Union left, afernoon of th
second day, Gettysburg,) were riding in
allant style, with drawn sabres and un
)pposed, up the valley. As they ap
proached Slyder's house, and as I stood
dtently atching them, I saw a ragec
confederate battle flag fluttering among b
-he trees at the foot of the opposite
"dge, and the men with it soon after ap
oared, running out into the openj
round on the further side of the valley. c
[t was the Fourth Alabarra Regiment, e
Law's Brigade, which had bee:_ taken
rom the main line and scnt down by
ieutenant Wade. The men opened fire'
Ls they ran. The course of the cavaIry
ras abruptly checked and saddles were
-apidly emptied. Rkecoiling scram thi,
ire, they turned to their left and rear I
tnd directed their course up the hill to
vard the position occupied by our bat
eries. Dachman's battery promptiy
hanged front to its left, so as to face the
Lpproaching cavalry, and, together with
ts infantry supports, opened a withering
ire at short range. Turning again to
heir left, Farnsworth and the few of his
nen who remained in their saddles di
ected their course toward the point
rhere they had originally broken in, t
aving described by this time almost a
omplete circle. But the gap wher
her had entered was now elosed, and,
eceiving another tire from that pomnt
hey again turned to the lel t and took
efuge in the woods near the base of
lound Top. When the last turn to the
oft was made about half a dozen of their
mumber separated from the main bo dy
.nd escaped by "running the gauntlet"' p
o the right of the First Texas R.egiment.
While these movements were in proh
gress I could plainly distinguish General
,arnsworth, who lcd the charge, and 1)
rhom I then supposed to be Kilpatrick- b
Ie wore a linen havelock over his mili- tc
ary cap, and was evidently woundled at hi
he time he entered the woods. Here,
rith his little handful of gallant follow- T
rs, lie rode upion the skirmih line of i
he Fifteenth (Alabama) Regiment, and,,
>stol in hand, called upon Lieutenanti
Ldrian, who commanded the line, to
urrender. The skirmishers in return ti
ired upon him, killing his horse and a
rounding General Farnsworth in many n
daces. As he fell to the ground Adrian a<
pproached him and demanded his sur
ender. He curtly refused to surrender, l
.t the same time killing himself with them
>istol which he still held in his hand. m
D~uring the afternoon the pickets of
he First Texas Regiment had been so
ear the point where the Federal cavahy p
rere preparing for the attack as to hear t
heir voices distinctly when raised at all e
bove the ordinary tone. Just before ]p
lie charge was made they heard some u
ne say, in an excited, angaty tone:
'Colonel, if you are afraid to attack by'T
,I will lead the charge myself.'
afterward learned that the speaker wasR
ieneral Kilpatrick, and that the words y
rere addressed to General Farnsworth, Si
rho was aware of the ditliculties of the y
aovement and would not have made it
fthe matter had been left to his own r
udgment. However this may have been i
t certainly bore himself with the most m
onspicuous gallantry throughout taat o
atal charge.
lHe was raturally iu.ahful, and in iher
ompiany was as al'h as an ov.-ter. Sh Ih
tuderstoodlhimi, and one evuning aiked w
dainlv what mamde him .so silent wh.:n
ver he called on her.
"I-er-I don't know," lie stammered; I0
I always a.h-have somnethinig to .ay
efore you come in, but I can't get it
ut.
"Indeed?" she said, encouraginigly. ci
"Yes, I am like a bottle that is corked
p tight.
ihere 's one good ting ab*. it.
s e "rked the nmor-e forcihly itpos
He~ grmspjedth s~ituation at usmt
low she does't eare whiethr ie tal'
Iot. Shjeis content to do it al ier
elf.-MerchantL Tveler.
my, a igw.: and wea. 'ab lell'':
'int~ child, to sh;ane' and' con w~ of'.
ever bypuac.b 0eo.b ~
The rpr,:t uo the clerk of the House
)f Representives of his expenditures for
h~ dscal year ending on the :30th of last
rune sihows that the salaries of officers
mounted to .: 141.449.40; salaries of
ap.itol polie to 8, 35; materials
ling,. 7 : fuoi and oil for
wating aparati.s, ,19. 2; furniture
.d reptirs. 15.: ; packing boxes,
:2,.:.e.r...e. ra; postage, $200;
aIit:'Cuous , 827,285.81; stationryr and
ewspapers, : ,632.05. .During the
'car the sum Of I87 2.)50 was'i to oue
Sa.,te for te folding room.
r'w thma L.u 'uty wa".Is paulichased
, !runk br:1.xt for 87:7!.25.
T1,c curpet which iUvw coveri t:.e floor
ite on ge o 12pr vard. and it
equire 1,:.701; yards, amounting to
5 T.7. For the lobby Milton carpet
'1C rard was boug'ht. 'or the
peaker's room the border and lining
o t '130.
FUNEnAL XPrNsES.
The funeral expenses of the late Rep
esentative Rlankin amounted to q1,484.18
le unidertaler's bill was.$110. lPilroad
are, sleeping berths, etc., amounted to
Luncheon for the committee,
.5 *a.o and material for dec,>rating
Le grave, etc., $41. One bill of ;4132.23
-g;:is with the ittm of "fruit bought in
'a hington." Another bill of 81:30.75
ontAins the item of "digging ground
zth tea. and four men," $20.75. The
ttendance of the TIouse committee at the
ineral of Vice-President Hendricks cost
1,380.08. The funeral expenses of the
.te Representative Hahn footed up
58.) 0. Among the items was a funeral
*reath, $45, anda lunch for the com
iittee. $47.25.
The funeral expenses show that the
sual price charged Jor caskets for de
eased members was $350 each, while the
verage price for caskets for deceased
oployes was only $10 each.
C1UEu'.E HEAD OF STATIONnaY.
The following are some of the articles
urchased fur the festive members:
One progressive euchre." That is a
Cquent entry, showing that the game
a favorite with Congressmen. "Robin
)n Crusoe's Money." "One Pill and
ill reader, 4 inches," whatever that may
e. "One dozen cork screws"' is a fre
uent entry among the purchases.
Three Vassar Girls" is another item.
ranks, alligator bags, driving gloves,
aeck bits, traveling cases for robes,
c., igure among the things bought
ith the stationery fund. The stationery
count of the members shows that very
w oi thein use more than half the
.iowancc for stationery and newspapers
r its legitimate purpose. As a rule
LeCMbers draw as lightly as possible on
Is fund and put the cash in their
-ch1ts. Many of them get their sta
onerv in committee rooms. For the
.st year, of the $125 allowed for station
y, the following amounts were drawn
cash: lepresentative Holnan, .50.81;
.cKinley, .32.57; Long, $13.45; His
>ckl, - 92.17; "Willis, S82.12; Ketcham,
)7.57; W. D. Kelley, $1l.92; Morri
in, I11.76; Mr. Pulitzer, of New York,
:ew $118.79 in cash and 86.21 in sta
.nory. The figures would imply that
I allowance of halt that now authorized
ould cover the stationery demands of
.r 0'F A n.'1Au I.T.
DI.seareit Lvr's, Un:ipte Bill for Court
:-hip E'm.11enses.
WouL:suL::1:, January 28.-A pretty
:>lish maiden named Maria Luchminski
is oeen phaying sad havoc with the
:arts of severial yong~ Polish gentle
en residing at Nanticoke. 3Iaria has
ten in this country about six months,
it during that short time she managed
win the affectious of no less thtan a
df dozen suitors. Amuong the latter
are a young drug clerk and a miner.
'iese two had a lively race as to who
ould win the prize. Each tried to out
the other in buying presents for their
o1. In the course of time the neckle
aiden became tired of both, and gave
em the mitten. John Mlackin-.inski,
other young PLole, then became best
an. He proposed m"arriage and was
cepted.
When Icehael Anton, one of the old
vers, heard of the engagement lhe al
ost went wild, lie quit work in the
;ies and, coming to this city, bronght
it before~ lderman D~onohue for the
vrofpr sents. or their equivalent,
esented to his false sweetheart from
n'e to time. He iiled the following bill
pairticuars:
res~s g~ods for wedding dress. . ..$ 6 00
rap) to get married ina... ......11 00
> clergym-m..................5 500
reticket to Wilkesbarre. ...1 00
arrigelcens~e................350
ifresements while in town....1 00
ddler.............1350
aiking dres..................: 350
yr bustle, corsets, necktie, etc... 10 00
After footing up the figures the 'Slaire
and tha l 7.0 had been charged for
'inry to art ahretions, time lost in
avin, lokig up tiddler, etc., arid as
iime *id objected to the item it
is "tac fro" m the bill. The Alrmani
upse tha it a~ compromise be :.1leted
-~ h1i'hinwnki paying over theaount
-'med to the discarded lover. At tirst
refused. M aria said: "'All right; I
>n-t ha've anything to do with a man
refu~es to p~ay $:42 to keep me out
juli. Iwill marry Anton, my old'
v." Th.e latter went into eestacy~
-er hi but his5 joy was short lived.
ae iwiki said he w;ould pay; the.
i if Maria w old be his wife. Thle gir
'sne nd the money wa's paid over.
r rin i~. e oar.o' '
e egeat heCentral Parkr wi ae
a ecr fnra .More than
'i e ncbas will gthr~ abot
ai'a il prp.v d t .o hea ..ii, but the
a art 'ie le 'ug spmrt soon
e~sitef adcthe engage in arough
d tui ~le for the p)ossesion of the
ste chet, whifch is, of course, torn
pieces.New York Times.
: '';'n''n so aste had hec:-!ed,
it)ki-'l b-;.I tha-y lkI tiu. cornmrrv
CURES BY HYPNOTISM.
T1lE MARVELOUS WORK OF DOCTOR
CIIARCOT. OF PARIS.
Nervous Diseases Controlled by Transmis.
sion and the Aid of a Magnet.
NEw YoiK, January 29.-The Herald's
Paris correspondent sends the following
interview special:
Dr. Charcot said: "All sorts of ex
aggerated accounts have appeared about
the experiments in transmission of
hypnotism. In fact, unless the public
are provided with precise information in
matters of scientific discovery, they
naturally mistake the North Pole for the
South Pole, and error and confusion be
come widely disseminated."
"Will you give the Herald," I asked,
"a statement making clear to the public
mind the exact state of medical science
concerning hypnotic discoveries?"
"Certainly," replied Dr. Charcot.
"These experiments are conducted under
my general direction by Dr. Babinski.
This is how Dr. Babinski carries them
on: The subjects are seated back to back
and a magnet is held to the side of one
of them. It is not necessary that there
should be actual contact between the
subjects, but if there is the transmission
is more rapid than when they are at a
distance from one another.
TRIAL OF GIRL rATIENTS.
"The experiments of Dr. Babinski
must be divided into several categories.
To the first category belong experiments
made on two young girls who suffered
from hysterical epilepsy and exhibited
all the phenomena of extreme hypnotism
as they have been described my me.
The patients were first hypnotized. Then
Dr. Babinski produced, first in one and
then in the other, different apparent*
hysterical symptoms of paralysis of the
arm and of the leg, coxalgia, dumbness,
etc. The patient thus attacked by an
artificial hysterical affection is brought
into rapport with his companion, near
whom the magnet has been placed. In
a few moments a transfer takes place,
the symptoms disappear in No.1 patient
and reappear at the same instant in No.
2. They pass thus from one to the
other. Moreover, it is easy, by sug
gestion, to rid No. 2 patient of the affee
tion.
HOW MALIEs MAY BE CUBED.
"In a second category of experiments
M. Bakinski took male or female patients
presenting different phases of hysteria,
not artificially induced in this case, but
manifested spontaneously-that is to
say, independently of all suggestion
such, in fact, as to lead to the admission
of the patients in question into the hos
pital. He then placed them in rapport
with one or the other of the subjects of
experiment referred to above. These he
hypnotized preliminarily, and at their
side put the magnet. 'The hypnotized
subject thereupon at once displayed the
same manifestations of hysteria as those
of the patient at whose side he had been
placed. But the latter retained his
malady at the end of the experiment.
"M. Bakinski then, by suggestion, re
lieves the hypnotized subject of the
affection that has been transmitted to
him, and resumes the experiment. By
repeating the maneuvre a number of
times more or less considerable he has
succeeded in several cases in bringing
about an attuauation and even a complete
cure of the malady."
oTHER cASE.S OF' sUccESSF'U TRF.AfiENT.
"Here, for instance, are a few of the
observations made by M. Bakinski: In
two cases he obtained a complete cure
of hysteric dumbness; one of them was,
of eight days' and the other of two.
months' standing. He succeeded in
causing the disappearrnce in a few days
of hysteric paralysis in the right side of
the body of a year's standing. In a
quarter of an hour and after four succes
sive experiments he cured a case of
hemiplegy that had arisen ten hours
previously. The attempt must be the
oftener repeated the older the affection
happens to be.
"in a third category of experiments
31. Bakinski obtained the transmission
to a hypnotized subject of certain phe
nomena associated with organic affec
tions of the nervous system, such as
softening of the brain and cerebrai
hiemtantharopia in children. These last
experiments yet needed completing.
M. cIAntCOT's cosCLCsoNS.
"The different experimenfs here dis
cussed will be seen to have interest for
psychology on the one hand and for
therapeutics on the other. But M1.
B~akinski thinks that they are not yet
numerous enough to make possible the.
construction of any theory on the sub
ject, and it is his intention to continue
his researches. In the present state of
science it is impossible to explain in any
way the mechinism of the transmission
in question from one subject to another.
B~ut what of that? F'acts must always
bJe accepted when they are rigorously
observed, even if their inner meaning be
unintelligible. Now, as the facts stated
atbove have been ascertained with all the:
method and vigor that ought to be em
ployed in scie ntinic researches; as every
cause of error-notably, the possibility
of pattense-has been carefully avoided,
M. Bakinski has deemed it his duty
from tois moment to make such sacts
k~nown to the medical public."
The Social Fine Art.
Not the least of the graces of socail
~ife is the swift conversational touch and
~o unconsciously acquired in changing
~oeial currents. The art of expressing
thought in a sentence. of stating a fact.
ni a word is a social art of the highest
alue. It ma~. be set down as an axiom.
:at nobody cares for details; no one
*.nits precise and faithful biographical
~ecounts sprung upon their defenseless
:cads; no one cares a straw for minute
:xperiences. For one person in a group
o insist on detailing sonme long story is
o be a bore of the first magnitude.
tboston Traveler.
The many silly question that are asked at
;Ilroad ticket-ofltes would try the patience
a sainti. The other day a man stepped
to the wicodow at the L~nion Depot and
e~:"Will this train coming~ now leave
:eo theon oing n~l1 extV" Tfhe agent,