The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 20, 1887, Image 1
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The, State Dept' et Iof Agr".icalturc
has received and tabu th''e 4Pril is"
reports o.f its s:CaL correspm
These retuns cover every countv m tuc''
State and o;cr one-lf the townshi.
AILEA IN NVIEAT AND\ OATS.
Estimates based upon- these rports
show that the ure , n e a n -
creased three per ce--. over the area o'
1886. The conLi u 1:, reportca at 1
per cent. better ha t sameo tim
ast vear, but 5 p
age crcp. T 2 ar. : in . s a' d
crease of
1L8s ;, it 1 I r
It is r .
oat crop wa n : sen
tv four ot the cr d r'r Ih
early sowing in c' r e i t
that sown in the spring hi e hu
dred and thirtreven con!Sidr t-"-- laCIt
crop the mo) c. rn'nMg.
The core -xponents c:,im..r '
about 3 per cent. of tl_'w
drilled, th; balance of v c:op b
broc2asted; adi reic ith ver
few cxct''e show oi't 'he coc
of the g".in howu .r t1 e
ter than tht mal prt' u 'n au
drilled. is ented ihc per c
of the wheat crop was'ca w.i I :zi-.
The condition of horses and o:e
work animals is reported at 7 e et.
below the average of this stan ofe
year, due entirely to the dcielcy of'
grain produced by the sman, e . C"
1886. The condition of e 't. 'eer t
and hogs is fuly up to au avcrage. 1
Live stock Las sinerca ver clihyd I
from diseases of any kid, thce priucipui)
complaint being of cholera mog hogs, 1
but this does not appear to zave ben as S'
prevalent as in prcvio s ye-tl -Z. A ixw
cases of glanders .have bCe rcportea'
among horses, bu theprd of thC
disease has been ehcck. ,.1 by tin,
of the Departmncnt n t... a'ers et
the stock in destroyinig the alieted ani
mals.
The reports indicate thalt '+1 a2nni
of farm supplies parchased v:il Lot be
less than in 1 , owing to the partial t
failure of the crops of last yuar, out the
correspondents report that tie f i.n rs
are using every efort to b, ter ti'evir
condition by practicing the nI-zt ngiid
economy, and by a dcternminaion to in- i
crease the area in food crop. C
': ion.t
t:
Farm labor is a. Cidant, u:al r
as increasing in eiheiency < _ ..r
and eighty-two t
reply that isbor is ' I . -
different," ad t-"'s "a-a
twenty-eight correspod rep
scarcity of lAbor, caused by the or..
working on turpen ' as i4iA rad
roads. The emigration aipea to live
had no appreciable e-'iet oil the lam
labor of the State.
cot::1.:CLA r:
From November 3, 1. to
1886, the saies f conn rirer
in South Croina amu ta : 1,
tons; for the same p nicx in I the
tales ha;e bX en,67, t ,
decrease the prec s (:0
tons. The sals ae auo c , wa be
low 188-5, showirzg f pat' two
years, a steady decie in th11 cmump,
tion of commercial fetiers by t e
farmers of the State.
The correspondents report that about
5 per cent. of last year's cotton crop wa's
in the hands of the farms on ti-e 1st of
April. This~ amounts to about 25,U400
bales.
IUIT, ETe.
Fruit, garden produce, ad early
planted corn have been it jured by~ thie
recent irosts and freezes, but it was too
early, at the date of the repons Api 1
to furnish an estimate of the amiount. of
damage inflicted.
While these reports do not miake as
favorable an exhiboit as could be desired,
still there are some facts contained in
them that should encourage the farmers.
The area in wheat has been increased.
The condition of both wheat and oats is
higher than at the same timc Ih'st year.
A smaller proportion of the crop was
winter killed than in 188t. H~orses and'
other work animals are in fair coniition
for farm work. Th~ere has been~ 10 iL
crease in the amount of food suppne~s
purchased, notwithstanding hLtyer'
short crops, and there has cceen a d
crease in the amount of conunere 1lfr
tilizers purchased in value of bu
$300,000.
With very few exceptions the reports
to the D)epartment are of a cheerin
character, arnd their tone iadical. a de
termination among the farmers. to) (e
serve success this 'year, which they wil
win with favorable.
wIhen to r::aa~ 5e.
perature of the air and the soiiar
liable indication 0f the time for plaing
the different varicties of ffrin ad ga'
den seeds. Many farmers 'will t plat
corn or cotton ntil, in their judet
the soil is "warm enough". to geaut
the seed. That thcs 'is not -a uling
guide may be easl ifl eon ate byo
the expcenence of any oneC whot haIs kept
a diary and observe clos. y. c.i dt
seed 'will g'enuiate :nd comec rp ifth
temperature of the s.oil coLtinue, a e
planting, belowv thle lproper (gree Cc
warmth for ch geCl~ e r go
of the paricula ' cc m oi
observationi show ccx h..nor ~
spring climxate th.e t.ncerrut of'
air andQsoil on odue :. s nomae
of what it wil ear
thereafte. Tecoli -
may be aligh at thcn.
and beal wro. t e , me
quires about trei1\ crfori'
come up, and cotton se .rom is
ten days. Ihence, tewa:e
after planting the seedA a.d the
cold or ra. It s miore mflpbrtantt e
latter ha~'lf of the period of *erin?
should be more favorable than~ their
half. The correct r:de is topln -
cording to time-the day of the month
--having ri-gard otherwise only to prep
r. degree or dryne in the soil. which
:hould bc in good condition for worll
:u', The time should he determined by
erece of iast years. Ti .vriter has
.veral times planted corn whn the
;ruund was frozen early in the norning,
-d -ecured a perfect stand of vigorous
Ilants. In Dakota and other extreme
Northern sections, wheat, corn and veg
:tlcs are planted in May, as soon a
he ground has thawed to a depth
!Fleient to permit of plowing and lar
Ww, the soil having been deeply
>rokena the preceding fall; and it oftel
)Ceurs that the seeds so planted are up
id growing while the deep subsop
til iard frozen to the dept" . many
w !:it..,I(i er AumI:Iu Ii- sr, .. I:w ri".
S re o z the read r. of the S th t
may have discovered that
aere is nothing in the shape of natural
:rowth so destructive to the strawberry
dant as white clover. It is much more
aripant some years than others, but it
s ab ays the great pestiferous obstacle
o th" growI and culture of this de
cious brry. This mav not be the case
a other strawoe'-ry rreIons, hat in our
eation of entral \iinia, it i especial
so. i 4s clover, like al. others, is a
-.ouoted growta. It crowd s. hugs a:d
a. t strawbyrry plants o a ruin
ment. Clover roots as wlla
raber roots, grow in in ld wintir
ealther. LLis Ciotr and ali biennial
otds ad grasse ma b wended out to
avntage in winter when the ground is
o tfrozev, bt i.. IS tedious work.
Now what is the remedy ? Hand-weed
2 is aim'-A impracticable; it may be
o Uged and torn awav, but its long,
jugh roots often remain to come again
nd the work is tiresome and will not
ay. The best remiedy, however, for
mal lots or for garden culture is to
huIt in hills, two pAts in a hill, hills
aitable distance apart. T;Ihe cultivator
an manage them in this position, and
ot only white clover, but line grass
nd atl other pests can be eradicated
ith comparative ease, and the berries
ill be larger and of better qu.ditv.
FITZ.
Keswick, Va.
A 1tuccs-.fai l'airymu:
Does dairy-farming pay? oes any
ing but cotton-growing pay? asks the
parta (Ga.) hhnaelite, and then adds:
et us see: SiUce the first day of Janua
', S7, Mr. W. J. Northern h- sold
o; nds4 o.1 Jersev butter and four
undred and fifteen (415) dollars worth
Sdoc. No, let some man v ho holds
aue onl ready-moiev cio;) of this
th sur t guara ee oi a eroney
.is ,. l and .I .f
out o :1. year of
't a: a.it 0ot.es lkok as 11 fir.
Je'ys pay.
trie of him, why may not
the-rs :ucceed at the same business?
O'ttO has been king, but hings are
-m tim*s deposed; and it not always a
riso subject that sides with the king in
h' davs o revolution.
-Tlat Pale Woimi:."
A o of te villages on our coast.
he agood many rough fibsermen.
e a god 3uler of eharcheA I
.d miers t , and thev ;ave tried
o do so ',, for these men in their
my; 'ba, tin ing they I euen not, thty
:ave it up. The Church said, "We
Iave rung our bell engaged cur quar
ctteehoir, and if you do not come, we
annot help it."
There is no command for people +ro
o to get th Gospel; the command is
o c::rr the Gospel to the people-"Go
-int all th-e world," that means every-j
chere. Miss Phelps was given up to
ie, but her physicians said, "lI you go
o such a vilage on our coast, perhaps
le sea olir may prolong your life; but it
s n wll wicked place. "That pale
roman arrived there, and took a room.
ihe rsist hut little the ?lrst night, and
award~ morning was sleeping quietly
ith her windows open for sea air, when
he v,as awakened by the rough swear
ng of men under her window. She
ould not bear it, and, hastily dressing,
rent down to the door, and said, "Oh,~
nen, I am a poor, sick, dying woman.
:have come from the hills to prolong
ny life, but you are going to drive me
-ene wicked man said, "Who is going
o drive you away, y:>u pale woman?"
"You are; you have been swearing
b..ut my Sax iour."
TI...: toan trembled, and said. "I will
mnock dowvn the man that swcars.
obody shall swear 'while von are here.
I man came along swearmg. Said he,
-You stop that; there is an" angel here.'
.in a few days she took alittle cabinet
yrgan, hired as haili, opened the doors
tad windows, and the rough men gath
red aroundt. She touched the keys,
Ld began to sing, "What a friend we
ave in Jesus." 15efore she had finished,
:ears were in eyes unaccustomed to weep.!
tu a little while she had a church, and
'od need for a mainisttr, and they are
ln reat things there that never
would hav e bein (lone but for that pale
soman.--Dr .iBates ini Service fur Jesus.
". aedwn Lere tm go (out uon the
L gtrca." she said to Ollicer Batton
1he T idsreet depo.t y'esterday mon
og sse ?ei'm a satchel in one handI
a an umbrea in the other.
Ye'-tan goes in thirteen min
"Hware the~ sioves in the ears?"
fPietl safe, ma'am. All the carsi
*na roa" can roll over twice and not*
a a kw .m I will tha o
sand , ir i -u you to, under
Mata fanythiug do"es hapuen? bmy
Si'b im. kilmd jm-: old lan won'
want bur exp cl)nses to boot."
.n n r.'' la teotor. 'the child
. I:*:,t.in Lion.
a~n I t hka'o Nes )
An :I'ng stry Comes to us fron
: t. For a long tilme an out
cnae iloach the Terror, hadi bcei
of the mncntaintu t dlistricts o:
Idah. a ! etmiouth e wavlaid anu
p d to rob on bUlvens. a Wealtbi
.Nwlo w.:s tr-velinr througt
t e 'tu emnpio'd- the on" ir
h i eing b
ware of tu
-a o =~ o~n :-in !!D, one" 01
I - *Oped 1i-, 'booty and i
up a tr .. - ianly as li evr could; a
for he oy' ::uh !Int s top to p)ick
up~ his pr pt ry.-e followed Itiach uii
tiL with ia~.1rked alaerity. Tc
fierte lion. .taunting his tail savagely,
lickin:. his hideous iangs and rolling it.
g; ai ugg vey, looked up
at th-: wo mn In: the tree and prepared
t0 j o'Iin tn.
vou a pistol? asked lluach tile
"., sa-idi Bivens, the traveler, "but
a l : [ carry a knife fourteen inches
Lth
p-we .u . it kii fe into that var
1i i V - r rs ut for Is."
iI leave ti knife in the
-on, . a: 'vens, 0and if he falls with
it, wi::r pro-eetia have I from you?
No, j'.!e tie kiife "nd let you shoot
the e wh your 'stol."
"T-, but suppoing 1 do shoot him,"
said 1-oach, "what protection have I
-ga'ist your hnife when my pistol is
cai.. w ie t0e lon was coming up the
rw rn11ing rapidity. He seemed
to grow three feet every way as he ad
vae: d. 'ot ,'by foot.
S"E -,s we can comoL) to a compro
i,. '-ad 'l::eh, '-the vermint will eat
s ooth. eCt's agree to this: You stab
ina au'il 'u -1oot him-at any rate,
eitier we fois or that critter ais got to
die.''
"That's so," said Bivens, "and I ac
cept the compromise."
So when the lion got within range
l.LaCil blazed away at it and Bivens
reached down and Arove his knife clean
up to the hilt in the morster's breast.
The lion fel to the ground with a bullet
hole in his head and eleven inches of
.1 is hi lungs. .Then Reach and
citens scendedfrom the tree. They
had e e so narrowIy that they could
t E *,.ptan rd. E14" was in
:,L:,Z 0,- Im .11.fo s life. Th y
h arte an uiow tihey
are a ne baudit bu-iness to
i..;oh. NT1 FRO'. THE SOUTH.
On1. Hundr:e ant Tei Nei'roes from This
i.cl icn. E.,'ty iecole the Cause of Some
..i th NO-w York mun.
T3. .. C , , Whington, has the
contract xr iing the new .system of
sewers in EK Orange, and on .iaturdav
he .e'na negroes from North Car
'i" and ?irgii. T hey weee brougiht
1 by t'hre agents of a labor bureau,
_!6, as the get go a comm'.3ion for
eg mn, they-* m(adle all -sorLs of repre
sem:it'ns tosec) u thel2, promi'sing
miauy' of thm ls a month a .1 board,
ud thers 1. per day. Co-yl could
no piv ihen all the agents promised
and a row seemed imminent. To make
matters wors.e, the agrents became in
toxiected, and attemplted to avoid any
discussion wuih the laborers and to drive
them into guarters in an old hat shop in
Doedd street where a gang of Italians had
beenD houed. The colored men (did not
likec the quarters-, and were dissatisfied
with te rat'ions of meat and c. ra meal
provide d by the contraetor, Fecaring a
riot, the coutractor called on tae polie
froma Orange and1 East Orange, :and sev'
iral ?quads of men were sent to the
scene. The colored? men had sensible
eders, who said that there wo~uld he
no ro w; 1buit the police had plenty to
in proteting the drunken agents from
thbe wrath of the crowd of men and boys
vwhich gathered and excited the ire of
the three fudidled men. They finally
persuaded the colired men to stay in the
barracks until to-day, w*hen an efl'ort
wilt 'e made to come to some under
staninjg with thu Th ey were quiet
Vedea-ty, but d,.maued that the agents
should ;i.? :tei fires to their homes if
asaeatory arrange ments5 were not made.
a its weekly itview of the ruovemnt
of the cotton erop', the New~ Yor 1inan
eitA Chrenice says that for~ the week
tuding Fridlay, April 8, the total rceipts
have rached 2:,3u.8 bales, against .A,115
bakhs i.. wek 4,2%; ba the previous
wek ard 57, 71 ' bales three weeks since;
mnaking the total receipts since the let of
'. ,'i.) hale for the am peiod of
lac 1. howig e increase since Sep
te~nr L t, o un7t,'n-r ale?.
7::.to t,- n t o t ii o tine:.t. The
tra alesis rwad dlivery forc the
delivery ti-u.e.? toa-mes fot un "'1 bales.
Thie inupots to . cotuineni ta ports ha ve
beenl for the .'uIi perio .01,00 bal hes.
uhre' 'w-- an1 icreae in the cotton in
i't Friav i' nigh oif 10,0 bales as
co:.n'lar'l ithtesm d't1o 0,
an ice.:e'-u f Y171 bales as compared
wit thec co reponiing dlat or I 5, and
a i .-ar 4, .A,7 hals rl
-,h~tya
at y er~t - e. ~. .':o bales: ta
::w~a~at i s plan'tions ws tuy
ima i :-tcks : 1h iio town.i
La.a y-rm reci:>ts fromn the planta
:.ons "for the saime^ week were 25,47:1
un n fo im- 5 they were 5.71G.
A few eCV::1's aguo. says 0' r
Salvador. I attended a 3nteretinog
recpion in the Parisan arvo --a recep
tion where few foreigners are ev.-r d
mitted.' It was given by- I. SlgiL,
groveurlor of the B.n.k of Frace ou tbe
CCo of the eihty-evth annivr
sarv of the institution. i the en
niu" 1 gathered mkinPif rca n, ai.
as it hias neiver be ,i.!1i.ic, :iayii
??ortense deo beauharaiCambacere
Duroe -nd others le- not;:'. Its tem
porary home was the HotY a1Mssie3, in
the Plice des Victoires. In 1 t.S
::apital vuas iLncreased:C t:> 1 2, 50t0,00o
franes. 3any~ I special law hve been
enaed givig priviliee to tdis bink
until December :A, 1 . privilegs re
nowablet after- i that dte. 'hije building
oce(,icd by the B1a)k of Fr : t
rese tL time has gr at I I
is anlreull,:drkedlaiig
Irone by th Iu~o:4:Ptt
haitngei, deC Vriir:ie, ta et i.1
ziwtel. TLe nuidic has
in the bank, andA to "eit i on 1
great precautions have been1f tak-n 'L:
render private as well as publie property
safe. The filre brigade, comptosecd of
firemen who once belonged to thie rgi
ment of Paris, has apartments in te
building; under one roof are placed two
Immen-se- reservoirs, and sxyamre
:onitali lanCeS ready -t-%.hr jetLS wf
water. Aside from the firemC' no ngit
atchmen are emplo-i d. Tito ;ob-l
[a Triliere, occupied to-day by the
Banik of France, v-'as built G ":5, ai -r
the de. igns of Fr"ancois~ 31ad. Thec
ujlding is generally 1k1non er the 1
"eof HoeL e . ' l u it
was brought in 171:3 by Louis Alexndre
le Bourbon, Chmate de Toulouse, second
;on of Louis XlV. and MIme. de Montes
>an. The Due do Ponthieon, who was
he son of the Comte de Toulouso en
ellished the hotel and gave it its name.
When he died in 1793, the building was
ieclared national property, :nd there
the national printing houSe was in
;talied. In 1808 the Emperor made a
ceree th"at i1C Hotel de Toliloise sh:oul
evcoi.e the property of thi bank ior
;Le cororazon' remov ir.> :he"-ii Hontel
' N1 11;: baiL
L Ia.IC L: "-.' C
he. P wpuitr ,j);?cidl pirt n sir o
Le rn, .es :'rets -won :x-.bitcd to
io In t abenoinni: bank no ve e
:'acek but trhis cn:or i: merouo er-iyta
i:>hu . In u,2 bhi, rwas choie:ad
f ae alln rea never leen exe t.'p by
he got" rian ,O) ft by preated in isi
hecioiu s bil les- iwre tan e
ae.;D In th einn* akntswr
t s of this note was raade. and of
'h"e there are but five in circulat io; t
>rCseu. Th iig 'u"es printed onth
aotes, are thi aasof enito,
in the co;nbiatins are si n rous
hat cach Lote haI i oWnE !ark. A5
Lote passes ihrough twenty-threeo opera
ions from the tinie it is first eugraed
mitil the signature of the first cashier is
placed upon it. The surveillance is so
evere that workingmnen cannot take
ven a clipping of paper. After each
mpression, women are employed to
~ont and recount the papers and place
hem in vackages of 1,000.. The color
> the blune inh is unchangable, and its
~ompostioni I a secret. These notes
eave the bank crisp and bright, to re
urn in less i-han two years torn, soiled
ta often altogether illegibtc, having1
uade the tour of France. :Ind perhaps of
he world. As thaey are brou et bact:
ma judged unworthy for rse', after
nanv foremalities they are destroyed :a
he presence of the regents. At one tjfrae
he worthless notes were burned, but
ow they are reduced to paste; two
~normnous cylinders receive the notes.
Water is poured upon ti mass, the
rifice of the cylinder closed 'd sealed
md the whole is cooked ko:-y-eight
ours. A very fine blue paste' i' the re
ut, iad this is~ sold by weight fo rih
ranfacture of paisteboard. he noteAs
n circulation at tis momnt repreent
,00,000J,II00 francs, and '-ince its' crca
on the bank has i'-sued.-> i5,s,00,
The governor of .i' ~i the Bank of 'rane
s MI. 3eenin, at fathu repre eutative
of the governmenc'ft prcestea over by ..j
ules Girevy, and himiself viec-ipresident
f the Senate. 'The general cojuncil Is
oplosed of two lieatenant-gov'ernors,
hree honorary lieutenant-governors and
ifteen regents, amiong these B3aron?
-lphonse de Rothschild, and Baron Hot
inguer, all chiefs of great French bank
ing-houses. Several times has the Bank
f France been in a posi~io.- to render
service to the governmen,; cucj1 in7ai
t the close of the r anco-Pti assiani war,
it made the lcepublc a oan of severa
hundred miillions The shrs of5
franas are <jiee t t.he Irs "v --
ad duing the ':-' fw weeks:, wh.'
stock fLi far below pa'r bc eof e
rumoes \or, the1c'e ' toe 'ako
i' es-t'te mnine, I shuld be a happ
fellow," said a you'ng man'.' Ad he?
sad' friend. "W, then Ia pul
down the old house, 'nd 'uild 0.aae
')e ti~e .twread12a
and uct are no. .. des:9
. i th ? "i n- t?i :- (i, llcL'e
our th ens, I mnu-t beo oc.
.1u vars after the friend was
acosa wih "tioa( ble-s you 3 owe*'
my- happuie s to you" "How?'x" Dit
to word~s s-pok?en in seaso-n long age
"nd then?"--he Quiver.
hy ~~ns r.Mad iie aN~:H ei
I the Mast odo:i in a Van:- 'ul :nai'
ri .t o' . Apt l.)
The great kssnn which Covier taight
the world was, titit m-i:v races of i
imats were eutirely ext met, and that
nature's chain of existence hal not one
but many 'isi links. From his
recognition of that fact the scienic of
I aheonitology mnay be Said to 'late. .But
the cardlivorous inture o the a-todon
was too faseiuating n abur"'ity to 1%
o aily k;!.. .1. and it Continued to ap
e r at interv. As ta- 15w
wri - : mii i I: were nti l
.. Ti Jgi.Ut the-ory lerdStill
unger.*, uwIenytcanno.t le eni
ere etirlyextnc amngthle unI
learnel. The dictlm that the supersti
tions of of on age are but the ,_ciLece of
precedig i es receives ample conir-ma
ton in the,_irv of this subject. Not
longer a Ciin 1S4(; a mUstodon skele
ton was cxhibited in New Orleans as
that of a gant. The craniurm was made
of raw hide, fantastic wooden teeth were
fitted in1 the jaws, all missing parts were
restored after the human rodI, and the
whole raised upon the hind l-gs. It
certainly conveyed the notion of ".
hideous, diaolical giaut," and was no
doubt resp.o asible for many nigti -mres.
As asad comenl tary on the State .' tie
medical profession in the southwest at Lhe
time, it may be added that the exhibitor
was perfectly honest ia his belief, and to
support his faith he had a trunk full of
physicians' certificates that these were
human bones.
In 1840 "Dr. Koch, a German char
latan, created a great sensation by an
nouncing- the discovery of the leviathan
of Job, which he called-the Missourium,
from the State here it was found It
turned out, however, to be nothing but
a mastodon preposterously mounted.
Koch had added ai extra dozen or more
joints to the backbone and ri-s to the
chest, turned the tusks outward iuto a
semi-circle, and converted the -uimlal
into an aquatic monster which anchored
itself to trees by means of ts sieki -
shaped tusks and then peacef ally slum
bered on the bosom of the waves. Like
the Siberian, he found interesting con
firmations of his views in the loaok of
Job, that reiuge of perplexed monster
1 makers. K1oeh took his leviathan to
London, where it was purchased by the
British mauseum, and reccnverted Into a
mastodon by Professor Owen, vho at
once recognized its true nature.
LEECIUES IN A O c .
oThey s-.cape froim a Lnaiy -ItEo mAi
CA iny A.1zeuniit of Tro.
0o~ Wh N Y York - Un1.)
A Fourtii avenue ear w.,s ras
smootly along M.adison avenue, ne-er
Fifty-inth street, the other day, wuen
its ordina assortment of all sorts of
passeugi.s -,as startied out of semi
listlessness by a shriek that would have
made Bullalo Bill's proudest Sioux burn
with envy.
"Take it off! Take it away'.! Take it
oi"" screamed a nicely dressed lay,
jumping into the aisle, x ith one hand oa
the bell-rope and the other catstretehid
to one of t'he sLrtled adeIl psegrs.
Her fattiures were a 1itare ofterr)',
and ir black eycs lamed with fraie
intenisity at th" wrist of her outretche
arm.
At first supliciol swpt vtmugh the
minds of the kuowing p n that it
was a case of snakes, but on iooking at
the pretty writ, !et off by a jeweled
bracelet, they saw a real live leech.
A lawyer whot has an olice in the
Potter building arnd who has some nerve
as well as gallantry, plucked off the
leech and put it in a paper box which
the lady had carried in her pocket.
Meanwhile the ot2.er lady passengers
did what they could to sooth the
frightened sister.
"How- many 'eeches did you have,
madam, in the boxy" asked the lawyer.
'KThree!" she gasped.
"Why, madam, there's only'. one here."
The shriek that followed was a chorus.
Every female passenger thought she was
aring one or both of the other two.
But the lawyer found both in the mat
ting of the car, and one of them was
crippled in the excitement.
IThe lady jumped off the car spitefully
to conceal her embarrassment, It turned
out that she was the pretty wife of a well
known iron merchant aiand emaber ef
the Seventh llegiment, who was at home
with a swollen leg. Hiis wife Lad bceen
down town to get the leeches to feed on
her husbana's leg, but the drugist had
cut too big a breathing hole for them.
WVhen the husband learned of his wife's
adventure he laughed tiEl the swellingz
went down. -
An Irate Piea for Pr'eioent .style'.
There is a class of women, and the
number of them is unnecessarily large.
who have a tendency to assutae an air of
apology and self-excuse when the los-e
of adornment and e'agernesas to acli.e
thec same(i talked f. Theyv a'u a
derecatig air w;hen th'. sui ject is
brought up.ind why 'ould they." yIt
want to look ad) dee's well. Mor taL
that, it isa womans dy, jus cofra
to Crei weiIll and~ tatfuy Whter
is av occasion for' a wxoma to maki a
"guy" of herse'lf for "beauty' ake" it.s a
my13stery .Dressing, t be sure, is an
art, and it is only to those to wh .om this
art is uanuo;s whIo arec raining the hulO
and cry Tbout *cdre'- reiorm" ad "senl
'ible dsressin" lie women' who teor
ize most exhasustively' uon tis so-called
.sniboe dressing are. apt to be' t most
'Iowdy' and ridicl.nmanwies~ to
fou. I t is the woaua V dev i of a:
ide whse i Iigrei'-eawys -
intly dsitute2I of. any nuest b0mm
tha th ar rin of the pren da
ITh see sin lurig in ever ruoe - :1
.0 t'' are .uhotUd.
Ne'ither are all preipred remedies un
reable. This is proven by the rn-1i0
li.oing. the use of. Dr. Harter's Irn-s
Toie for dyspepsia rhe'umatismo, ser
rda, jaundice, tortlid liver and generalI
i11- ,(iba Intto dpsi' flting:a tem r
'-o the New York Sun)
Ye are told that only twice during the
biographer's prolonged intimacy with
Lee ws tie latter seen to lose his tem
ner, and t'at one of these lapses from
s If-control occurred at .3harpsburg.
"Lee," it seems. "was riding along a
ine rear of the line when he
-m' acro~s soldier who had stolen and
id " pi" which he was surreptitious
convei 1 to his quarters. Positive
orders avzn been gi against pillage
of te.aknd in \I.ryland, this flagrant
disregar of his commands threw the
nrd into a hot passion. Though
usu .0. gra~tly iia clinld to capial pun
ishmnt, he determined to marKe an ex
ample of this s.kudking pilferer, and
ord.ered the man to be arrested and taken
back to Jackson, with direction,, to have
him shot." The Puritan General, to
whom Scriptural precedents were quite
as familiar as they had been to Crom
well 'oilieers, "could not quite see the
utility of the culprit's execution, when
men were already scarce, and it struck
hima that it would answer the purpose
(uite as well to put the fellow in the
Front ranks of the army at the most
threatf-E point." He ac:rdingly
treate'd Lm as David is reported to have
srve thi hsibJand c Bathsheba,
pl-in' him wh-re his chance of being
oas excellent. The fellow, though
fond of elandestine pork, Was nio want
ing in courage, and behaved gallantly.
He redeemed his credit by his bravery,
coming through the heat of the fight
uniscathed, and thus though he lost his
pig, he may be said to have saved his
bacon."
The author appropriately concludes
the chapter assigned to Getty.sburg,
where the star of the Confederacy's
fortunes passed into irreparable eclipse,
iwith the following anecdote, which rests
only on newspaper authority but
whie- General Long deems wotI-hy of
b1lief an, reproduetion, b~eause it is so
stra.ngely conson cut with his own obser
vti.s of Lee's large-minded and in
v'-iabiv considerate attitude toward
Uit uon Ina. The story was originally
toItl by - "Grand Army" man, whao had
b viewing the panorama of the battle
Lf t.uburg, and who said: "I was in
the battle of Gettysburg nyself, and an
ineciit occurred there which largely
chel-c-d my views of the Southern peo
pe. I haI been a most bitter anti-South
ia1. :1ndi fought and cCared the Confed
es ep-dly. Ii could see nothing
goo1 in auy of theM. The last day of
I was bacl w ounaed; a ball
hr:r *1Ig I lay on the!
~raud not 1s . r:ni Cemetery Ridge,
eas Genera iL'e odcered his retreat,
o ro near me. As
theyo aug re.gnized hit, and,
h I IiL ;r-., eapoure 2rL.I loss of
,) nv r dup yhands, looked
L f t -- f~iiee, anud s'.outed as l-ud as
'.i cl, 'u-rah i o the Union:' The
Gfeneral hear ' me, i looked, stopped his
llor-ce, dtlmouat''i, and' came toward
Me. I et '."sat I at first thought he
maeant to kill me. But as he came up
Ke looked dw"~n - ine with such a sad
' i 1 uon his face that al fear
S dI wondered what he was
.eetendd i 'haud to me,
end 0okinr
:n -y y, si: 'My son, I
o tia- 1u il ou '1,C vell'. If I
li.. '.ears I snallnever forget
th oo pupio Le's fce. TherC :e was,
ele e retirang f-om a tield that had
cost Lim and is eCuse almost their last
ho1pe, vet he L '.>pped to say such words
as tho'e to a wounded soldier of the
eemy who had taunted him" as he passed'
by: "A soonl as the greneral had let me
I 'ied myvself to sleep there upon the
bloody; gr~ nd.
T U 2- TI1A~N Uiii'TCHEiR.
A Am;~1' t,)h Hlidr thi: Lire. of .veryv *a
,1..cr in .1 is Mand.
The traveling puiiic have long _been
wont to bestow approval upon radlway
engineers for the self-sacritcing spirit
which ther exhibit when the lives en
trusteid to their care are endangered, and
in the annals of the rail these occur
rences are so frequet t that passengers
generally picture the man at the throttle
of the locomotive as a hero by virtue of
his po.,ition. These opinions are de
servediv held, and it would be the.
grose-'t injastce to det'ract froms the!
honor whiach self-abnegation always
merits; but there is a class of railway
emnpicves. aaL.est entr'..ly unknown to
paL-encgers, w-nose responsili~ily iS So
much- gre-'r ' arid whose slig'hte-t omis
L("n o isbt jeopa.ize the flives of people
o' iin- more. ilu any over5~giht on
the- part of concdictrs or engineers, that
it laide strange that they are so
sedoma mentioned in the publie p~rints.
Ti ., cls is the train dispatchers,
whoes.e evey order is implicitly obeyed~
by trainmaen; and while the crew of one
train is responsmie for the movement of
than train alone, the dianatcher i:olds in
his a n the ves of ~everyv individual
on every train on the road; and on a!
roadt~ iavig a large traic the duiles imt
1oe in hm are vtery great and artutous
~ is pa.,t ini the railway servie is
u'ie wer \'-e aill trainis running ont time
:I previded f-r on the periouical rime
abl.: isu by the coaipany, he would
h-ive no0 tiest~ to ieriorim; but tran
wil get delayved andi occasions will arise
requiing extsa trains, or trains without
any sp'cified time or rights, to be run
over theu 'oad, ad then his servcs are!
eccesary to aod h ours~ of aelay.
M i raion railoadis atediiedn
classes, accordit -to their imnportanice,
geerll t.o, pass'enger'' and rht
a:: al tain(o e. c .s rtituaag in a
a a reeion hv: th igh to the
(need i -' p '..C lokut Ofui r'ain
he .~ue e alo wr ci.s runn"tci' in
a go . ws nedol1okot o
SrIght 't ainsmut keep) out of the
of bt passenger trains and of th
might tra vhich is running in the
direction p'rec'ribed as hiavig the right
'f rad.
Eve-boe utnderstcads that all trainis
ar"e hartedt or have a tune given forl
pasing ench station, wich tune can ~i
no unstance beo aniticip~ated, and hence allj
ought to be at any particular moment,
if on time; but as trains frequently and
generally get late the train of inferior
class must have its movement expedited
bv some extraneous cause or it may be
delayed for hours awaiting a train that
may have been wrecked or has been kept
back for some other of many causes.
Then the duties of the train dispatcher
are of importance. He will probably
give an order to the delayed train by
telegraph directing it not to go beyond
a certain place which he thinks it can
reach without difficulty, and he directs
the opposing train to proceed to the
same place and there pass the other
train and in that manner the trains are
enabled to pass each other without any
delay to either. His great responsibility
consists in that he may have a dozen
other trains in his charge at the same
time and in directing one train to go
beyond its usual place to meet another
he may neriect to give an order to the
second traia and in such an event a col
lision would probably ensue, much prop
erty be destroyed and probably lives he
lost.
It will readily be seen that the slight
est mistake of a train dispatcher might
cause serious results; and in this respect
his responsibility is probably greater
than that of any olier individual under
whose charge the public are placed. A
pilot on a vessel may lose his reckoning,
but the fact soon becomes apdarent to
others, and his capacity for mischief is
thereby lessened; other railway em
ployes may neglect their duties, and
rush headlong into danger, but their
associates generally realize the situation
before any unfortunate reslts ensue;
but the slightest behest of a train dis
patcher must be obeyed without ques
tion; even though to do so would
jeopardize the lives of those receiving
the orders-though of course until an
accident results the train men are igno
rant of the fact that they have been given
wrong directions.
Instances of oversight of dispatchers
are extremely rare-much less than of
neglect of conductors and engineers to
adhere to the orders given to them-and
while they perform their onerous duties
almost entirely unknown to the people
whose lives they have in their control,
and therefore never receive the meed of
praise due them, travelers ought af least
be made acquainted with their duties
and the important part they play in the
rapid and safe movement of passengers.
I4.1
WANTS AN ENDORSEMENT.
The Pathetic Appeal of One of Alexander H.
Stepheni'g Old Servants.
(From the atlanta Constitution.)
The following rather pathetic epistle
was among those recently received by
Governor Gordon:
Ho;. JoxN B. Goano-Dear Sir:
Pardon me for taking the privilege of
writing to you to ask a favor of you.
About two months ago I was discharged
as a messenger in the Interior Depart
ment, on a false report, and the Hon.
Van H. Manning and an ex-member of
Congress from the State of Miismsipi
instructed me to write to you,' knowing
that you was a personal friend of my
former master, Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens, and ask you would you be
kind enough to write to the Hon. Henry
Harris, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, at Washington, D. C., in my
behalf. Mr. Gordon, I was always faith
ful in discharging my duties as a mes
senger, and of all the moneys, stamps
and other valulbles that I handled or
passed through my hands of the depart
ment, my employers will say to-day that
they never had the least suspicion of my
honesty. Furthermore I was true to
my old master. I was faithful. I served
him well, and he said when he put me
in the department, upon this he felt
bound to serve me some too. I was in
General Toombs's brigade during the
war and served there faithful as a ser
vant. I have crawled up on my knees
and hands, over a mile, to carry my
friends~ something to eat that was in the
defense of their section of the country
and General Toombs has often said I
never forgot my natural ritual. I know
who my best friends are. Mr. Stephens
said that it are the duty of those that
were elevated to high, lofty position to
look upon the humble and poor with the
eye of pity for this reason I appeal to
your sympathy, your charity and to
your generosity as the Governor of the
dear old State that give me birth to
look uppn my humble and deprived con
dition with pity. I beg of you, sir,
with all the humbleness crowning the
act of a servant to write to Mr. Harris at
the earliest date as your conveniences
will allow you in my behalf.
I remain, sir, your most humble and
obedient servant, Pizics L.trz.
IBloody Riot in Denver.
DENvER, April 11.-A bloody riot oc
curred here to-night between rival
Swedish, Polish and Hungarian colonies,
at 34th and Blake streAts, which resulted
in the fatal shooting of five men and the
serious wounding of several others.
It grew out of a christening festivity.
When the christening party had eaten
and drunk they went out upon the side
walk and made war upon the inhabitants
of a neighboring house. Others in the
neighborhood. became involved and the
uproar became great.
It required a detachment of a dozen
police, armed with Winchesters, to quell
the disturbance. Three or four police
first made their appearance, when the
rioters postponed their contention and
joined forces against the common enemy.
They could not stand against the rifles,
however, and about thirty were lodged
in the calaboose and some in the hospi
tal.
But one or two of the prisoners can
specak English. They are all ragged,
dirty and sp~attered with blood, and have
the appearance of belonging to the low
e.,t type of humnanity. Many of them
arrived in Denver ouiy a week ago, direct
eom Hlungaria, Poland, oei and
other parts of Europ'.
.3 .\rn ay~ to Pay old D~ebts.
hakegcepare teiz :ow this cim be accom
::ished in ore of his immeirtal plays; but
dts to nature mnust betpaid on demand
unes days of grace be &btained through
the use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medigcal
-eL very. It is not a "cure aWE bgt
;a'iable for sore throat. br'onchitis, asf
:ua ca (tarrh, consumption and all~liseases
ofthe "uhuionary and other organs, caused
b- scrofulat or "baid bloo1d." Seiofulous
alcers, swellings and tumorfarc cured .1y
is wonderful alterative actiort By difug