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FIXES THE BLAMHE On General Longstreet for Gen. Lee's Repulse at Gettysb rg. A NOST NOTABLE INCIDENT Recorded in the Book is an [nter view Which Occurred Be tween Gen. Lee and Gen. Jackson. It is a valuable contribution to the, materials for the future history of our civil war that Gen. John B. Gordon has made in his Reminiscences of the Civil War. The contribution is valu able, not only because the writer has had it in his power to furnish a great deal of first band testimony concern ing important events and distinguish ed commanders, but because the trustworthiness of the narrative is guaranteed by the admirab'e spirit that prevades it. Gen. Gordon is one of those brave men who sheathed their tongues when they s'3eathed their swords. He is indeed, just as firmly convinced now as ne was in 1861, that the seceding States were constitutionally justitied in attempt ing to organize a separate Confed eracy, but he holds that the arbitra ment of war has made the question purely academic, and that, as it is now the duty, so, too, it should be the happiness, of ex-Confederates and of their descendants to demonstrate their loyalty to the reconsolidated Union. As also might have been ex pected from a fair-minded man, he studiously refrains from caustic com ments on any of the generals who took leading parts in the contest on one side or the other. There is not a trace of prejudice, much less of ran cor, in the book. Even of Gen. Long street, whom he regards as chargeable to a considerable extent with the de feat of Lee's army at Gettysburg, he speaks in accents of regret rather than of reproach. His references to such northern commanders as Mc Clellan, Hooker, Meade, Grant and Sherman, are not only impartial, but magnanimous; they always show ap preciation, and are sometimes tinged with admiration. PRAISE FOR GEN. MEADE. With regard to Gettysburg, Gen. Gordon concurs in the wellnigh uni versal opinion that this battle was the turning point in the south's for tunes. He concedes that "t ' water mark of the ion" was reached whe ' ett's Virginians under ' er, Garnett and Armi s , in their memorable charge, swept over the rock wall. It is Gen. Gordan's conviction that to the Union commander, Gen. George Gordon Meade, history will accord the honor of having handled his army at Gettys burg with indisputable ability. In Gen. Gordon's judgment, the record and the results of the battle entitle Meade to a high place among Union leaders. "To him and his able sub ordinates and heroic men is due the credit of having successfully met and repelled the Army of Northern Vir ginia in the meridian of its hope and confidence and power. This much seems secure to him, whether his fail ure vigorously to follow Gen. Lee and force him to another battle is justi fied or condemned by the military critics of the future. Gen. Meade's army halted, it is true after having achieved a victory. The victory, however, was not of so decisive a character as to demoralize Lee's for -ces." Our author recalls the dictum of the great Napoleon that bad as may be the condition of a victorious army after battle it is invariably true that the condition of the defeated army is still worse. The comment on this dictum is that, "if any success . ful commander was ever justified in disregarding this truism of Bona parte's, Gen. Meade was that com mander, for a considerable portion of Lee's army, probably one-third of it, was still in excellent fighting trim, and nearly every man in it would have responded with alacrity to Lee's call to form a defensive line and de liver battle." LONGsTREET LOST GETI'YSBURG. We have said that it is rather with regret than reproach that Gen. Gor don marks what he believes to have been Longstreet's fatal shortcomings at Gettysburg. His deliberate deduc - tions from all the evidence obtainable are set forth in a footnote to page 160 of this volume. To Gen. Gordon it now seems certain that impartial mili tary critics, after thorough investiga tion, will consider the following facts establhshed: "First, that Gen. Lee distinctly ordered Longstreet to attack early on the morning of the second day, and if Longstreet had done so two of the largest corps of Meade's army would not have been in the fight; but Longstreet delayed the at tack until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and thus lost his opportunity of oc cupying Little Round Top, the key to the position, which he might have done in the morning without firing a shot or losing a man. Secondly, that Gen. Lee ordered Longstreet to at tack at daybreak on the morning of the third day, and that the latter did not attack until 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery opening at 1. Thirdly, that Gen. Lee, according to the testimony of Col. Walter Taylor, C0o1. S. C. Venable and Gen. A. L. Long, who weie present when the or der was given, ordered Longstreet to make the attack on the last day with the three divisions of his corps and two divisions of A. P. Hill's corps, and 'that, instead of doing so, Longstreet sent only 14,000 men to assail Meade's army in the latter's strong and heavi ly intrenched position. Fourthly, that the great mistake of that halt on the first day would have been re *paired on the second, and even on the third day, if Lee's orders had been vigorously executed, and that Gen. Lee died believing that he lost Gettys burg at lastiby Longstreet's disobedi ence of orders." Referring to a state ment made on very 'high authority, that Gen. Lee said some time before his death that if Jackson had been with him at Gettysburg he would have won in that battle a great and possibly decisive victory, our author produces the following corroborative evidence. He says that the Rev. J. William Jones, D. D., writing of the assertion attributed to Gen. Lee, uses these words: "Gen. Lee made that remark to Prof. James J. White and myself in his otiice in Lexington one day, when we chanced to go in as he was reading a letter making some inquiry of him about Gettysburg. He said, with an emphasis that I cannot forget, and bringing his hand down on the table with a force that made things rattle; 'If I had] had Stone wall Jackson at Gettysburg I would have won that fight, and a complete victory there would have given us Washington and Baltimore, if not Philadelphia, and would have estab lisbed the independence of the Con fed eracy." A NOTAULE INCIDENT. One of the most notable incidents recorded in this book is an interview which occurred between Gen. Lee and Gen. Jackson, at the inception of the Confederate movement against Gen. Iooker's ar-ny at Chancellorsville. It is evident that Gen. Lee, although Commander-in-Chief was willing to change his plans at Jackson's sugges tion, whereas another incident, to be mentioned presently, shows that Jackson having made up his mind, could not be moved to reconsidera tion. As the fight at Chancellorsville was about to begin Jackson rode up to the Confederate commander, and said to him: "Gen. Lee, this is not the best way to move on Hooker." Well. Gen. Jackson," was the reply, "you must remember that I am com pelled to depend to some extent upon information furnished me by others, especially by the engineers, as to the topography, the obstructions, etc., and theoe engineers are of the opin ion that this is a very good way of approach." "Your engineers are mis taken, sir," said Jackson. "What do you know about it, Gen. Jackson? You have not had time to examine the situation." "But I have, sir," was the rejoinder. "I have ridden over the whole field." It seems that he had. "Then, what is to be done, Gen. Jackson?" "Take the route you yourself at tirst suggested: move on the flank-move on the flank." "Then you will at once make the movement, sir." said Lee. Jackson, on the other hand, had en tire faith in his own judgment when once made up. He would formulate a judgment, risk his last man on its correctness and deliver the blow while others were hesitating and debating as to its wisdom and safety. This trait was strikingly exhibited in our author's presence at Malvern Hill. Our author was sitting on his horse facing Gen. Jackson, and receiving in structions from him, when Major Gen. Whiting, himself an offlicer of high capacity, rode up in great haste and iuterrupted Jackson as he was giving Gordon a message to Gen. Hill. With some agitation Whiting said: "Gen. Jackson, I find, sir, that I can not accomplish what you have direct ed unless you send me some additional infantry and another battery;" and he then proceeded to give the reasons why the order could not be executed with the forcesnat his disposal. All this time-while Whiting explained 4a&argued, Jackson sat on his horse like a stone statue. He looked neither to the right nor to the left. He made no comment and asked no ques tions; but when Whiting had finished Jackson turned his flashing eyes upon him and used these words, and only these: "I have told you what I wanted done, Gen. Whiting." There upon, planting his spurs in his horse's sides, he dashed away at a furious speed to .another position. Whit ing gazed at Jackson's disappearing igure in amazement, if not in anger, and then rode back to his command. Gen. Gordon points out that the re sult attested the accuracy of Jlack son's judgment, for Whiting did ac complish precisely what Jackson in tended, and he did it with the force which Jackson had placed in his hands. A MEAN THITF. Frank Jones, a White Man, is a Boarding Bouse Robber. . The State says frequent depreda tions have been made of late on boarding houses in Columbia. The burglaries ar'e of two classes, money alone seems to be the object of so me operators and clothes and vamuable household effects of the others. The clothes thief is generally supposed to be a negro, but recent developments disclose the information that one white man at least is so low and de graded as to be in this class. Frank Jones is the name he gave when arrested, and he claims that Ra leigh. N. C., is his native city. Jones is a tall, clean-shaven young man and gives his age at 23 years. After he was overwhelmed with proof Jones confessed to a number of depreda tions on residences in the city and told police authorities where some of the goods could be found. The manner in which Jones con ducted his scheme weas not in the least dramatic. He never climbed the clinging ivy, nor did the moon pour its silvery rays upon the rogue's unhallowed head as he risked life or limb to enter the window in the sec ond or third story; nor did he open lock:s with the use of a skeleton key, nor with a diamond remove a window pane and enter sleeping apartments with the stealth of a cat. He did none of these things, for this moral runt is without courage, and has no higher conception of the rogue's pro fession than to go from one board ing house to another, obtaining board and lodging and decamping during the first night with the clothes of his room-mate. Special Officer Strickland and Tackham, with the assistance of Policeman Broom, made a study of Jones' methods of disposing of the stolen goods, and when they were in a osition to recover practically all the swag they closed in on Frank Jones, whose aliases are legion, and now the confessed clothes-rogue lies in jail in default of bond awaiting trial at the spring term of general sessions court. "The night Jones spent in Mrs Faulk's boarding house, corner of Lady and Assembly streets, he carried away Mr. W. W. Fogel's best suit of clothes. Jones was wearing the trousers when, arrested. At Mrs. W. I. McDonnald's, a suit of clothes, overcoat, a pair of shoes were stolen from Mr. W. B. Huey. Jones also was successful the, night he applied for lodging at the McCullough house on Gervais street, and it is said that he got three pairs of pants and a coat from a man by the name of Rice. There happened to be only small sums of money in the. clothing appropriated by the rogue; at no time did he get over SS in this manner. About Right. General M. C. Butler has a letter in a washington paper, in which he ex presses dissatisfaction with the atti tude of this country in respect to the secession of Panama. His judgemenit is that "if congress has the courage to investigate this Panama business. It will unearth a cesspool of corruption, discreditable intrigue and bad faith without a parallel in our history." Fire Cremated. "A telephone message from Co lumbus N. C., Wednesday afternoon brings the intelligence that the county poor house of Polk county was burned and that four or five of the inmates perished in the fire. Origin of fire un A TERRIBLE CRIME. A Prominent Merchant of Bamberg Waylaid and Nurd red. MR. X. B. VARN IS THE VICT IM. His Head Was Crushed by a Blow from Behind and His money Stolen. Several Negroes Under Arrest. The town of Bamberg .was shocked and thrown into a state of excitement Thursday night over one of the bold est and most high-handed murders that has ever happened in this State. The following account of the dastard ly crime we take from The State: Mr. 1. B. Varn, a prominent mer chant of Bamberg, left his store on Main street Thursday night about 9 o'clock to go home. He lived in the southeastern part of town, on Carlisle street, nearly a mile from the business portion of town. He did not arrive at his usual hour, so about 9.30 o'clock his wife became alarmed and started out, accompanied by one of her little sons, to see what was tie matter. About 100 yards from her house, nearly in front of the residence of Mr. G. P. Harmon, they stumbled over Mr. Yarn's body lying on the sidewalk on his face in a pool of blood, with the whole back of his head crushed in, a ghastly sight. His skull was frac tured, be was unconscious and never spoke afterwards. The alarm was raised, several reigh bors hurried to the scene and the man so badly done to death was carried to his home. Physicians were hastily summoned but nothing could be done and he died at 10.15 o'clock. He was hit twice in the back of the bead with some heavy blunt instrument, the na ture of which has not been determ ined. An axe handle and a heavy piece of iron, a part of a buggy spring, apparently, were found in the street not very far from the body, but no blood was on either. Two men evidently did the killing, as two different tracks were found at the body, as well as on a vacant lot on the street near town where they had sat down in the weeds and watch ed for their victim to pass. When he came they followed a short distance until a favorable opportunity for striking the fatal blow presented itself. Mr. Varn usually took his money home at night in a little sack. He did this Thursday night, counting it out in the presence of a drummer, a gentleman from town and a negro. This sack was missing from the body. From examination of his cash booK Fridy it is supposed to have con tained 88 or $10. In a small pocket book in one of his pockets was found some silver and a 85 bill. He also had some bills in .another pocket, which were not touched, the robbers no doubt thinking iie had all his money in the sack. His watch was not gone. Magistrate W. W. Lightsey form ed a jury of inquest Friday morning, who viewed the body at the house, took Mrs. Varn's testimony and reas sembled at the court house,.where the attending physicians were examined. No light was thrown on the tragedy and they adjourned until Monday for a more thorough investigation. Three negroes have- 27 arrested on suspicion and are nod in jail--Joe Robinson, Ned Warren and Tom Ma tery. Robinson and Warren formerly drove a dray for Mr. Yarn and he has had some trouble with both of them. Last summer Robinson, af ter work ing for Mr. Varn some months, bought a horse and wagon and started a dray of his own, naturally getting work fron some of Mr. Varn's former cus tomers. Recently Warren has been working for Mr. Yarn, but was dis charged last Saturday, as his returns ror collections were not satisfatory. On Monday Robinson got a horse and wagopn for Warren and started him up in business and Mr. Yarn and Robinson had some words about this, so it is understood. The shoes of each were taken off after their arrest and titted to the tracks on the vacant lot and at the body and it is said they fitted exactly. Matery is an associate of these two and it is thought that he knows some thing about the murder. The dead man had been cautioned about his practice of carrying his money homse at night and whoever did the killing evidently knew of this habit of his. His wife testitied that a few months ago two men followed him home, one with a shotgun, but did not molest him. They acted suspiciously and he told his wife about it after reaching hcme, saying that in the dark places of the street they walked fast, but under the lights they slacked up. An effort was made Thursday night to get bloodhounds for the purpose of trailing the murderers, but they could not be obtained in time. The negro who saw him put his money in his pocket Thursday night is not known. The town has been saddened and horriied at this awful occurrence happening right on one of the princi pal streets of the town so early in the evening, but all is quiet Thursday night and there is a disposition to let the law take its course. City counsel had a special meeting this morning and offered a reward of $200 for the murderers. Private subscriptio)ns of our citizens raised a like amount which was offered in a short time. Mr. Yarn was one of our best citizens, highly esteemed by all. He leaves a wife anid several children. The Bank Assigned. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Farmers and Merchants bank, of Camden the following action was taken: "HIaving, with the aid of two able experts, examined all of the available records, books, papers and accounts found in the bank vault, the result of which satisfies the board that the assets and securities of the bank are sutlicient eventually to meet all its legal obligations and to pay all depsitors and other creditors, but in view of the serious interruptions caus ed to its business by the calamity which has occured, the lack at present of an available person willing to as sume the duties of president and in the further condition which exists that some time will be necessary to convert the assets into cash, we do hereby resolve and determine for the best interest of all creditors under the circumstances to make an assignment of all the property, securities and credits of the bank to E. S. Vaux and A. D. Kennedy to be administered for the equal benefit of all creditors, ac cording to law." This resolution was signed by the entire board of direct ors and the deed of assignment excut FORREST AND THE BULLY. He Made Short Work of One Who Threatened Him. In the summer of 1868 the Tennes see delegates to the national Demo cractic convention which nominated Mr. Seymour for tile presidency met at Nashville and proceeded in a body. General Forrest was a delegate from Memphis, and it was the first time he had gone North since the war. Sectional feeling was intense at that period, but no one of the party felt any concern for the safety of even General Forrest. The war had ended and there was no occasion for alarm. Reaching Louisville, the Kentucky delegates joined the Tennesseeans, one of whom was General Basil Duke. General Duke had not before met General For rest, but after making his acquain tance, the two sat opposite in the sleeper chatting pleasantly over the events of the past. While in Louisville General Forrest telegraphed the ticket agent at Cin cinnati, asking him to reserve a sec tion for his use in the New York sleeper. The operator, like every one else at that time, was familiar with the fame of Forrest, and gladly shared with his friends at other stations the news. which would afford them an op portunity of seeing the great cavalry man. At one or the stations there lived a man who had been for some time a terror to his neighbors. He was known to have killed several men, and everybody at his home gave him the right of way. He was a man of Herculean build and wore a scowling expression. He preferred war to place, and sought every opportunity to pick a quarrel. This desperate fellow happened to bear that Forrest would pass on the train, and went from place to place telling those he met that h'e intended to take the d-n rebel from the train and drag him' through the streets. Fully 2,000 people collected at the little depot to see him do it. The big ruffian grew more furious as the crowd was augmented, and the operator who gave out the news deemed it wise to notify General Forrest and suggest that he remain where he was and await the night train. The con ductor on a southbond train was told to state the facts to the conductor on the train bearing the delegates, and say that a great mob had already as sembled to witness the humiliation the bully proposed to inflict, and to urge General Forrest to turn back. These facts were communicated to General Duke, who felt much delicacy in relating the story to Forrest, but deemed it his duty, and, therefore, explained the situation to him. The train was nearing the station, and whatever was decided on must be done quickly. The conductor accom panied General Duke and urged For rest to get off; that he knew the man to be very desperate. General Duke simply stated what he had been told, and said: "General, we will stand by you." Forrest thanked him, but said: "The man does not know me, therefore cannot have any quarrel with me. It is all talk, and I am going to remain in this car." The train slowed down for the sta tion and the crowd surrounded the platform, No one could tell what the next few minutes would bring forth. As soon as the train had stopped, the big bully burst open the sleeper door and smashed the glass in the upper part of it as a herald of his ap proach. He strutted down the aisle calling for the d-n rebel to stand up. Gen eral Forrest was eating an apple, and the only person in the car without evid ances of excitement. The bad man finally sized him up and made toward him, cursring and charging. General Forrest, quick as a flash, grasped him by the throat, and in less than ten seconds had thrown him head long from the platform of the car to the ground. The general made the air blue for an instant and when the bully regained his feet he was on a dead run. Forrest quickly realized the ludicrousness of the affair and burst into a laugh. The train soon pulled out, and the crowd, which had assembled to see the d--n rebel dragged through the streets, was waving hats and hand kerchiefs, and giving cbeers for Fer rest. JAMIEs DnMEMS. Dfl. JUDSON'S SPLENDID GIFT. Of Twenty Thousand Dollars to Fur rnan University. Furman university Friday received the largest gift ever made by one in dividual during the half century of its existence under the present name in Greenville. Dr. Chas. H. Judson has donated $20,000 to the endowment fund upon condition that the present movement is successful whereby $100, 000 is to be secured for this fund by Dec. 1, 1903, and that $5,000 in addi tion be obtained upon like conditions so that the sum total will reach $125, 00). The friends of Furman are jubilant over this generous gift and every one feels assured that the action of Dr. J udson will secure the remainder of the $100,000 within the time limit and that the $85,000 additional will also be obtained irn due time.as an nounced in The State a few days ago. It is expected that $90,000 will be in hand Saturday night, which will leave only $15,000 more to be made certain in the next 10 days, whieh will cause great rejoicing throughout the State and beyond its limits. Dr. .Judson became connected with with Furman university more than 50 years ago and has filled the chair of mathematics ever since. In the last few months he has been serving as eeritus professor without salary and now he has crowned his long connec tion with the institution by this sup erb gift in the nick of time. He is 84 years of age and is in excellent health, quite robust for one at his advanced time of life. His gift is the largest ever made to a Baptist shool in South Carolina by any single individual and perhaps the largest made to a denom inational college in this vicinit-y since Benj. Woofford founded the institu tion bearing his name. J. A. H. Taken Up and Reburied. The remains of Mrs. James Monroe, widow of the fifth president of the United States, and of their daughter, Mrs. Samuel Gouverneur, which were disinterred from their resting place near Leesburg, Va., and brought to Washington Wednesday night, were taken in a private car over the South ern railway today to Richmond, where they were reinterred by the side of the president in Hollywood cemetery. A number of descendants of the Mon e family were on the train. MRS. CARRIE NATION Visits the White House and Rebukes the President's Secretary RAISES A RACKET AT CAPITOL Finally Lands in the Police Court, Where She Pays a Fine of Twenty-five Dollars. Mrs. Carrie Nation paid the city of Washington a visit last week, and as usual she had a strenuous time. She appeared in thE principal role of a sensational scene at the White House Thursday. Her request to see the president being refused, she became violent and had to be taken from the executive office by two police officers. As she was being escorted from the building she shouted at the top of her voice: "I am going to pray for a prohibi tion president and we will have one one who will represent the people and not the distillers and brewers. You may put me out of the building but if a brewer or liquor dealer were here he would have been admitted at once." Mrs. Nation said she wanted to see the president about several matters. "I understand be carried a dive full of liquors on his western trip; that he smoked cigarettes on the steps of the capitol at Topeka; that his fiag has on it a coat-of-arms. Are these things so?" Assured that she had been misin formed she replied: "Oh, well, I want to see him anyhow and have a talk with him." Presently she was informed that the president could not see her. "Well, that's funny," she cried out. Remarking on the number of United States senators and representatives who were passing in and out of the president's office, she c.ontinued: "I see a lot of men going in and out of his office; I would like to know why they can see the president and we mothers and sisters of the country can't get near him." While she was waiting her turn to talk to Mr. Loeb, several representa tives happened to pass through the of fice. Mrs. Nation, immediately be gan to lecture them on the evils of the liquor traffic. ".Madame," broke in Secretary Loeb. "I am compelled to request you to discontinue your talk. If you want to deliver a lecture you will have to go outside. These are my offices." "You are mistaken," shouted Mrs. Nation hysterically. "These are the people's offices. I propose to do what I can right here and now to crush the iquor traffic. You tell me the presi dent is too busy to see me, but I tell you that I don't believe it." Secretary Loeb beckoned to the po lice officers who removed Mrs. Nation by force and escorted her out of the grounds. Mrs. Nation went direct to the capitol and appeared in the senate gallery a few minutes before the sen ate was called to order at noon. She was soon discovered and surrounded by pages and messenger boys and un til prohibited by the senate officials did a thriving business in selling her cards with a tiny hatchet attached. She left the gallery when asked to do so and went to the marble room and talked with Senator Cockrell. She had been absent from the gel lery about ten minutes when she reappeared at one of the doors of the ladies' gallery and raising her right hand far above her head shouted in a loud and clear tone: "Saloons are anarchy! Saloons are treason and conspiracy!" The senate was at the time engaged in receiving bills but Mrs. Nation's voice was so much more penetrating than the reading clerk's that it was distinctly heard throughout the sen ate chamber and even in the corridors. The incident created a ripple of excite ment. Mrs. Nation was expelled from the gallery and turned over to the local police. She was arraigned in police court on a charge of disorderly con duct and fined $25, which she paid. A STORY OF TAE WAR. Why an Execution Ordered by Gen. Grant Did Not Occur. Col. George Inman, a civil engineer, who was an engineer in the Union army with Grant in front of Peters burg in 1864-'65, as colonel of engi neers, now engaged on some public work near Richmond, told this story of U. S. Grant to a group of Confeder ate veterans, ex-officers, there re cently. In the winter of 1864 a Captain Hamilton, of the Confederate army, was captured within the Federal lines, and there were found on his person papers which clearly indicated that he had penetrated the lines for the purpose of gaining information for General Lee. He was courtmar tialed and was i.t once condemned to be hanged at sunrise the next day. Colonel Hamilton, who was in com mand of a cavalry regiment, under General Grant, was charged with the duty of furnishing the detail whicb was to execute the sentence .of the court. The night of the day on which the court pronouuced the sentence on Cap tain Hamilton. Colonel Inman went to General Grant's tent to see him on a matter connected with the opera tions against the Confederates. He had been in the tent for some time when the orderly announced, "Colo el Hamilton." A soldierly appear ng offcer entered and saluted. Be fore General Grant had time to speak the colonel said in hard tones: "Gen eral, I cannot obey the order to exe cute that spy tomorrow morning." .General Grant started as if to shoot." "~Why not?" he said in sharp tones. THE FATHER's REPLT. The colonel was silent. He stood with bared head, dropped on his bosom. General Grant again asked him why he refused to obey his order, and this time there was a sharpness in his tone which was not there be fore. Colonel Hamilton raised his head and looked the, commander in-chief full in thie face. "General, that man is my only son." General Grant looked his officer in the face for a moment. Then he turned his back. The colonel re mained standing and silent uncovered and his head bowed. Then Gener a Grant wheeled around and said in a harsh voice:I "Colonel Hamilton, you will obey your orders." The colonel saluted and left the tent. RIUM TH NEHW ME11LI Declared to be the Greatest Discovery Ever Made. A MYSTERIOUS FORCE Will Give Light for One Thousand Million Years without Loss-The Remedy for Many Diseases which' Have Baffled Physicians-Only $3,000,000 a Pound Radium, metal, force or manifesta tion, now attracting such world-wide Interest, has been pronounced by emi nent scientists as the greatest discov ery ever made. It is the rarest and most costly material that exists. a single pound being valued at $2.721, 555.90. If such a quantity of pure radium could be secured and placed In a room it would kill any person en tering the apartment and, remaining for but a short space of time exposed to the mere effect of its .rays. "Radium has placed the only ques tion mark that has ever been set against the principle of the conserva tism of energy." says Lord K-elvin. "Radium will give off its rays for one thousand million years and yet lose in weight only one milligram per square centimeter in that time," says Professor Becquerel. "Radium will cure cancer." says Dr. Williaa H. Dieffenback of the Flow er Hospital, of Manhattan. "Radium will restore sight." says Dr. Lunden, a German scientist. "Radium proves that there is no such thing as matter, as we under stand it. It proves that everyhing is but a product of electrical force," says Professor Crookes of London. "Radium will cure consumption," says Professor Soddy of England. These are but a few of the theories and the faets given by scientists since radium was separated from pitch blende by the eminent French scien tists, Professor and Mime. Curie. It is only a few years ago that they an nounced the discovery of the new ma terial, and yet to-day no single sub ject, no single material. no single manifestation of nature so occupies the scientific morld as does this curi ous gray powder. that gives off light and energy as persistently as the sun. With the new material valued at nearly $3.000.000 a pound. It need scarcely be said that there is little of It In this country. The Flower lospi tal has secured some from Germany, but the best-in fact. the only large collection-of it here is in the posses sion of W. J. Hammer. of 20 Cortlandt street. New York. whose extensive sudies on the subject have attracted the attention of se-ientists here and abroad. Mr. Hammer entoys the personal friendship of Professors Curie. Bee querel. Crookes. Itutherford and oth ers who have given the greatest at tention to radioactive substances. "I consider the discovery of radium by M. and inme. Curie the greatest event of science.' he said, in the course of a conversation on the new metal. '-We are all familiar with uhos phorescence and fluorescence. These emanations of light are excited by di rect contact with physical or light vi bration hut with radium we have a new factor. "Some promnisine results have also been claimed by Dr. Oudin from its use In the treatent of lupus. There are also possibilities in the treatent of neuralgia and the diagnosing of paralysis of the optic nerve. "If a tube contaning radium is held to the closed eye or. against the tem ples, a powerful imnression of light is produced. This is due probably to the action of the radium on the phosphore scence in the pupil of the eye. and possibly also to its action on the nerve centers. "If a pile of seeds is divided into two parts and one portion is exposed to radium for a considerable period, and then both piles are planted. it is found that the seeds exposed 'to radi um have lost their germinating prop erties. "Professor Curie informed me that radium emits exactly the same quan tity of Becquerel rays when exposed to liquid air as it does at the normal temperature of the atmosphere: that the strength of radiation is not al tered. "During my visit in Paris last Sep tember I had the pleas';re of visiting Professor Curie at his laboratory and seeing some very interestong experi ments: and among other things he showed me a tiny tube containing be tween 2-100 and 3-100 of a gram of radium. This he held up to the light and stated that it represented the only samples of chemically pure radium in the world. "I asked how he had demonstrated It to be chemically pure, and he said that this was the sample with which M. Demarcay had made his investiga tions with the spectroscope and' had shown that there were only present the lines characteristic of radium, and this was the identical sample with which the ato-ic weight. had been de termined to be 225.. while that of ba rium. with which it is associated, is but 157. "I asked Professor Curie what was the value of this tiny tube, which is about the size of a buckshot. and he said that the value was anything which one might place upon it: and on my asking whether 520,000 would buy It he said, no, indeed; but he showed me a tiny tube whchi contained per haps three-hundredths of a gram which still contained a considerable trace of barium, which he was willing to dispose of for the sum of $5,000. Brooklyn Eagle. Colonel Inman remembered that t: e next morning the detail charged with the duty of hanging the spy went to the tent, and when the sentry entered it was found that there was nobody inside. Aout ten years afterward Colonel Innan was in San Francisco on busi ness connected with his profession. While there he chanced to meet a Mr. Hamilton, with whom he became ac quaintd. Hamilton one day men tioned that he was in the Confederate army, and the relation of war experi-l ences began. It came out that thel Mr. Hamilton was the Captain H1am ilton that had been ordered to hang. There were questions from Colonel Inman, of course, and the story of the escape of the young soldier was brought out. GENERAL GRANT'S VISIT. On the night before the day on which he was to be executed, he said. after midnight, he was lying on thle blanket in his tent, half asleep, for the circumstances did not warrant beavy sleep. lie was aroused by the entrance of some one into the tent. cnlae anbrnineg dimly, and he NOW FOR PURE FOOD. Results of the New Law to Regulate - A dulteration. One of the most important acts ever passed by Congress. so far as the health of the people is concerned. is the law approved March 3, 1903, au thorizing the secretary of agriculture to investigate the adulteration of foods and drugs, to supervise the importa tion of food products intended for ex portation to countries requiring phy sical or chemical inspection of foods entering their parts and to fix a stand ard of purity for foods. The pure food law, as it is called, was supposed to be mainly for the purpose of "get:Ing back" at those countries (Germany, for example) which have excluded some of our foods and food products, on the ground that they were not healthful. Our canned beef is excluded from France and Germany because of the fear of ptomaines. Germany some time ago excluded pork, and some countries do not like our fresh beef because it is supposed to be preserved with boric acid. Be that as it may, it is known that Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has for'years been working to secure the passage of a law by Congress to pre vent the adulteration of foods in Lhis country, and in that work he has had the hearty -support of the New York Society of Medical Juris-prudence. The new law ought to accomplish two ojects. It should not only enable the Department of Agriculture:to\pre vent the adulteration of domestic foods and liquors. It is also hoped that by a system of certification as to their purity, etc,, it may be the means of overcoming foreign preju dice against some of our articles of food, and of removing existing bar riers against their sale in other coun tries. In some quarters it is said that the law was expressly designed for the benefit of the owners of the California vineyards; that if adulterated cheap wines could not be imported there would be a much larger consumption of the domestic brands of clarets, etc. The imported brands of cheap wines have to be adulterated, it is said, with a small percentage of alcohol, be cause of the variableness of the Amer can climate. The importers of the cheap wines say that the percentage of alcohol added to the wines is only enough to preserve them, and is not enough to make them unhealthful or bring them within what would be known as adulterated wines. But that will be for Dr. Wiley and the De partment of Agriculture to determine. In any event the act should operate for the benefit of the public's internal economy, so far as its health is con sidered. and will enable the public, If it so desires, to be reasonably sure as to the composition of what it is eating and drinking. At present Dr. Wiley and several experts are at work making up a list of imported articles that are known to be subject to the law, and also a list of those articles which may be suspected of adulteration. In enforc ing the law against adulterated foods, whenever the secretary of agriculture has reason to believe that articles are being imported which, by reason of adulteration, are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or that their sale has been for bidden in the countries where they are made, or that they have been falsely labelled, he is empowered to obtain at the Custom House speci men original packages or samples from the importations for the purpose of analysis. If such articles are found to be adulterated such goods shall not be delivered to the consignee.-N. Y. Commercial. . Management of Cream. The management of the cream is the most particular of all the special points in butter-making, both as re gards the quantity and the quality of the butter. Sweet cream makes less butter, and that of a less pleasant fla vor than soured cream. But if the sour ing is carried too far the flavor of the butter is deteriorated, as the acidity hastens the production of those, vola tile acids which when in excess pro duce that condition which is known as rancidity. It is to the very moderate quantity of these acids in the butter that the pleasant nutty flavor and pe culiarly agreeable odor of good but ter are due. The proper condition of the cream is called ripeness. The ri pening of cream consists in the pro dution of a certainty of lactic acid in the milk, of which the larger part from sixty to seventy-five per cent. of the cream consists. The quantity of acid in the cream should be no more than is sufficient to give . it a mild, pleasant-sour taste, and this may be produced precisely by the following methods with shallow or deep cold set ting respectively. Keep Accounts. Book farming will this month especially manifest its advantages. The book we have in mind is the memorandum book, and we doubt if any one who has made such a book his daily companion throukh the sea son, entering In it everything which Is desrable to remember, would will Iingly give it up, being sure that when ever book farming is sneered at it cannot be this kind. Let the book be lag nuh and strong enough, but lnrg eooage to carry about; better use too largme when one is filled. Books of this sort are worth preserv ing, and it is pleasant to refer to them in after years. The average age at death of people who die by accident is thirty-five and one-half years. saw before him a heavily built man with short, stubby whiskers, wearing a blue uniform without any insignia of rank on his shoulders, a black slouch bat pulled down over his eyes. He recognized General General Grant. The story does not go into details as to the conversation which ensued. The result was that the condemned spy, after there had been exacted a promise that be would never again assume the part which had so nearly cost him his life, was given the coun tersign which would enable him to pass the sentries. Then the man in the slouch bat went away. And ths man who was to have hanged him at sunrise did the same thing, and before the sun was set was in the Confederate lines.-New York Journal. Hie Will Hang. At New Orleans, La., the jury in the case of Lou W. Lyons, who has been on trial for the assassination of District Attorney J. Ward Gurley, re turned a verdict of guilty as charged, the effect of which is to send Lyon to the gallows. The only defense offered noe insanity. They Are the Best of Food When Well Cooked. AS TO LINES AND HOOKS-* Yellow Perch and Bull-Heads-They Come in Where They Are Most Needed-The Despised Sucker Take the Boys Fishing Often as Possible. I wish to say a few words concern ing the great value and usefulness of what are usually termed the "common varieties" of fish. These include the yellow perch, rock bass, bull-head, sucker, pickerel and the like. These fish though they do not command the attention of writers and fish-cultur ists that trout, salmon, black bass, white' fish, and shad have, still hold a very important place in the fish supply of the country, and furnish pleasure and food for many thou sands of people. The class of fish above referred to do not require the care and ttention to make them plentiful that :s necessary with the finer or game varieties. Artificial propagation is not required, and about the only thing really needed to keep a plentiful sup ply in the wate-s to which they are adapted, is to protect them while they are in their spawning-beds, and fish for them only by angling by hand with hook and line. -In this way you get the greatest amount of actual en-* joyment in the capture of the fish, and who is there that does not relish a mess of fish caught by himself, bet ter than those purchased, or procared. j in any other way? Another point con cerning these common fish, is that, a rule they are easily caught and requires no especially fine tigckle .to take them, though the most srccess ful fishermen are careful in the - rangemen: of their hooks and Iies -- and also keep their hook p sharpened, and well-baited. A mon cane pole, such as can be pur I chased for a small amount will e found equally as serviceable as a high4 priced split bamboo, jointed rod. These fish also inhabit large rivers, lakes and bays which are accessible tthe millions. They are also found. In canals to which thousands resort in -_-!Z summer for the capture of a meswo fish. In such waters as these, aner grades of fish cannot live thrive. Therefore the ordinary head, with his great powers of-en durance, is a welcome and vluableni habitant of this class of waters. he yellow perch with its white, Aakr '; flesh, when properly cooxed, Is equal of any- common fish In the 6=n' try. The bull-head is also a most-ex cellent fish, and I have made manyl*-. good meal on the usually sucker and mullet. A great many harsh things are said against the pick erel, but it is a good fish, and a-su ble inhabitant for the kind of waterin" which it belongs. It is -not a suitalie companion for the trout nor Is there sufficiency of food for them in trout waters, but there Is plenty in our large lakes, rivers and bays, and many a day's sport have I had pickerel flsish ~ ing. As a table-fish, they are not, i ~ my opinion, equal to the yellow parek or bull-head but when properly ~pte. pared are very palatable. While- -aey' do not possess the game qualities of the muscalonge still in some waters I have found them to have consider able "fight" in them, and one of eigh or ten pounds weight, affordis noth sport and an exercise of skinl to land. Who has not seen a row of hatre-foot ed urchins sitting on a bridge or the bank of a stream, angling for suckers? And what a happy expression they bear on their faces when they trudg home with a string of them long~ enough to drag on the ground! Many a great man, and angler as well, bas taken his first lessons in fishing from atching. the slow-going fish that gains his subsistence by sucking the nutri - ment frpm the stones on the bottom of the stream. The value of our comn mon fresh-water varieties is very great. They come in where they are most needed, and with our extensive watered area, no one need be denied the privilege of fishing, or cultivating a love for this harmless and healthful pastime. When the head of the fam1yen decides to take the little ones out fish ing, and they are all gathered in the boat, each one furnished with a rod, no salmon fisherman with his rod. bending under the strain of a twentj pound salmon, enjoys with a keener C delight the fun than the children, asn the perch and rockbass come flopping In over the side of the boat-A. Farmer. LIVE STOCK NOTES. We have often urged the need, In ? treeless pasture, of some shelter to afford the animna protection from the excessive heat of the sun. If this shelter be of a more permanent- char acter with a roof and sides, it will-" break the force of a driving storm. The cold storms at this season are especially Injurious to young animals. Cows require care to prevent them from falling off In thei quality or__ quantity of their milk. Bran, ground oats, flaxseed meal and cotton-seed meal are among the kinds of food that increase the quality of milk. Pigs should be kept In growing con 'lition and fattened early. City buy rs like small pork. Poutry-Eat or otherwise dispose of old stock and select good layers and give them warm winter quarters and abundant food. A Horrible Death. A dispatch from Union to The State says Oss Miller, a negro fireman--in Union mills, was crushed to death by walking into the large flywheel of the mill engine. His legs and arms were ground to pulp and the entire top of his head was taken off and one eye was found severa.l yards from the body. Almost every bone in his body was broken. It is said he was either drunk or drinking and as he passed the wheel fell under it. A Strange Story. A strange story in the discovery of an unsuspected art treasure comes from Canada. A Montreal art dealer was playing golf and drove a ball through a window of a cottage. It1 struck a picture on the wall. The dealer paid handsome compensation and also acquired the injured picture It turned out, after cleaning and ex amination, to be a Dutch interior by' Teniers, of the value of $2,500. Half of this sum the dealer gave to the