The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 17, 1885, Image 1
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Ui?»6-r I'LHirasriiigr <lm,n-<:rop;dnfr hlg-h ai)fl
nturhor, ,
Ir> ld( f IliecliuuHt, w,:t . a tho shadnwy choir,
Dimliurna'itK- Hlie ilghtson vnjieiroqs
. Roan; j ■ ‘
Dn.wmtl a 1*0 thfl e of droned Ittanler;
Hiurred Hu tu dro.^if r tin.- voice of priest and
choir.
Cold hath uumlttd sirntj to tlumborhere! Hut
h.ak.
Oio* swift k .*:;; «c,Si-S.ttii;like a lark,
ftci i‘es the s JlmoRs; throba that soul of
:.i<-,
I-ou's around »rcii and isk* r Hoods eclioia^
dark . ^ •
With c'xquL-iwkfpiration; higher and high
er,
V. urn* If u/jg) anprursh of untold derire.
—John ,\ddfnston Symonds.
Leader. 5 !. —-—.
Tlir: '';n, «, i.i.ur as the Moors drew near,
UrcetSil ihat his < Ulcers Rhould load
d is eorisn* to battle moiin!c*t on the sided r
Ho rode through nil tjie H; tan,of hfe career,
'i'liejr did. Wherever towered tliar chiaftaln
dear,
For victory'thero was tm other need.
The foe's [ loin fro11tTka^broken like a
reed ^ ,
And he wi.s S4*aite ed tan. rale of fear.
Be^Jihe that Arthur o:' rejrunntlc Spain,
“•Jwqwi, deed, th * lofty ones of all tho r.?es
Fti I .< tebuso'er tl woi hl':* vast battle-plain,
I'li* ii tho fn'tiilul steeds oL history’s pages;
Ar.d. hy ti eir presene ', rally and sustain.
'Wi*. st the ».rent War ’twUt’l rutii and l*:«*cr
n-pfs.
—Krank.in E Dusnn.'Tn 3 he Current.
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Till: DAltTHQLDI STATL'
I'hlr yrancu’s (ircat Ktntue—Jti History—
Ollier y.lutacs.
up mro.ugn the statno to tho Load,
whence the stairs will continue through
the uplifted arm to tlu^ torch hold iu
the hand. Upon the small balcony be
neath tho torch l here is standing room
foi- fifteen peraoits. Thu height of tho
jenljro affair Is reckoned, as follows:
Height of base of foundation above
high-water mark..thUst; height of foun-
datiou-mass, 53 febl; height of pedestal,
117 feet; height of statue, 151 foct-
■ TOTAL 82'J FEET.
I '
This raises tho torch several feet
above the pinnacle of Trinity church
spire, tlty loftiest edifice in tho city
proper, and makes it nearly as high as
the water-tower on the bluff near High
Bridge, which ia the Jdgheat point
above the sea-level iu tho city. An in
comparably beautiful view will bo had
of tho harbor, the city, -and the sur
rounding Country from tho apex of tho
statue.
Aside from its value ns an earnest of
French good will, as an artistic tri
umph, and .as- an observatory, the
statue will bo useful as a lighthouse.
A powerful electric light will ithtmin-
ato tho world by night from the lyreh,
while a coronet o. lights will bo placed
on the spurs of th‘o diadem. It is cal
culated that these lights will bo visible
on a clear night at atlistan- e of ciglity-
oigTlt miles at sea. This will make tho
jftjituo one of tho most important light
houses OH the Co;;.-,t.
The ouit;;* wall of the fort, which cov-
drs-aboitl half of the island, an.I comes
down neariv to the v.i.ii rV-e* o on tho
BARNWELL, S. CL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885
TTIE STATCE S IMftTOItV.
The history of tiio.great undertaking ,
wi.>h will give Now York. Harbor tho 1
lar i -t statue ia the world begins near- :
lv ten years ago, when llto tirat - stops
at n ii tii— fa rtii maitar y^ff-'firctrTtrt
d’< nguLli* 1 F^onclrmcrr, dutlntslftstle
its originator
is lo bn ic
a very m»
ti Sli.'.U*
loVers of.libci ty, whom
1 creator then interested in his no-
c' mccptioj!. T.iose gentlemen form-
tl.eiii i'civo. ibto a society called tho
i\
M
Oil
sculntor,
bv whoso
1
L'nion Franco Amaricaino tie France,
an ! held a baii«]uat Nov. C, 1875. to in-
auguLda tho project. M. Bartholdi's
dtsr.u was enthusiastically approved,
an 1 a r-'ib < rijition for tho erection of
the statue be'tuuT The City of Paris
8Ubsf! - ilH , tl Ck.onOp ion! in five years
I'Vani i had flflMcftiietr, ohielly iu small
sti:i.-, tho $250.hdO nocuesary for this
urpo.se. Another bantpu''. was then
in honor of Apollo. To nssnro its sta
bility it was filled with Urge stones.
Nevertheless it was overthrown by an
earthquake.
Rome, especially under the Empire,
erected many colossal bronze statues,
Csosars deified
•e! .n th-’
m l apital, at which
peoidkj of tho United
i- ron
tc
hiatus
ll.'tllCc
th * cr
luia.ti:
in
cord In the maintenance of democratic
nrtueinlw of government. Work on
the eoios-nl statue wa; promptly bc-
‘ftr th t sunerir.londence of its
frpg
rry**o th
«atiopl^d. rccalHng the «!-
* of i ranee with this Nr.tio-i iu
*n»o of liberty difting the Rcvo-
>::ry W ar, aad embodying senti-
* expressive of their hearty ae-
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TMF. SCL'Lff'M:.
Tho distirTgni.-hed French
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,
bands the repon-.se statue of
^•inlightohing lit* World”- has boon
shaped, was bent at Comar, in France,
ami is about 50 years of age. -
As a jdu^iil (.! iije famou »Ary Schef
fer, his art; hie ability vas recognized
in tho bas-r ■*!• f of ••Frar.coscH tie llim-
i*ii.” executed In 1852. His name was
pr-^t brought i'lto ]ir()iTT’‘:i , TTr' T ; how
ever. in the l':.itcd Stale? in 1872,when
h!s well-known statue oT Lafayette was
forwarded as a gift from the people of
France and placed in Union Square,
No* York (lily.
At the Centennial, .where ho was one
of tho French .Commissioners, ho was
awarded a me lal for the exhibition of
the bronze s'.atues of “Eeaco.” "Tho
Young Vino Grower,” and "Genius iu
the Urn.sp of M-ery." Ho is' also a
Chevalier of tlie Legion of Honor in
his native country.
It was his wish that Franco should
present to tho people of tho United |
States a suitable gift commemorative
most often representing Csa
during their lifetime. That of Nero,
by Zenodorons, was 110 feet high.
in Japan can bo neon a bronze statue
of the great Buddha, seated, which is
fifty feet high. In China and India the
greater part of tho gigantic idols are
of masonry or of wood ronghlv carved.
Wood, except in rare cases, as tho
wooden horse of Troy, has hardly ever
been employed in colossal statuary,
save in tho interiors of temples.
Tho "Cojans.” '
Commissioner Harris, of Louisiana,
showed several pieces of* homespun
cotton goods which ho says were made
by tho "Cajuns.” "Who are they?”
1 asked. The word, ho replied, is a
corruption of Arcadians, and is applied
to tho descendants of those people
whoso settlement in Louisiana was im
mortalized in Longfellow’s “Evange
line.” Then, turning to tho map, Jie
showed me where the "Cajuns” live,
and gave an account of their homes
ami their simpliouy of life. In plain
words lie verified tho words of Basil,
tho blacksmith, as to tho beauty of tho
country and fertility of tho soil and the
easo in which thev lived. They are
almost like tho "lilies of tbo field” in
their freedom from toil. In a little
patch around their houses they culti
vate what cotton they need for their
wearing* Apparel and such vegetables ns
they use.
When the spring rains ccasc they go
out upon the prairie and examine tho
depressions, from one to five acres in
extent, which are then ponds of water,
and it found to be not more than eigh
teen inches deep they prepare to sow
tlwsir yice. First they soak their seed
thoroughly then scatter it broadcast
"I ibertv OTCr Hie pond from the backs of horses.
..ni y 0 f t jj 0 „ oa kcd rice causes it
to sink, and they have no further care
for their crop until tho harvest time
comes. Should a drought prevail in
spring they then scatter tho seed upon
o dry ground. To prevent tfio birds
of tho air from devouring it. tho
"Cajun” looks out over • the prairie
where his herds are. uud riding to the
nearest ho drives the cattle back and
forth over tho seed until B has been
trodden in'o the soil.
Then putting up tho light fence
arouud his nice plantation he goes homo
satisfied. Iu July his crop is ready for
harvesting. For this ku uses a sickle,
tossin<: the sheaves as they fall into his
cart. This is a cumbrous affair of wood,
even to the wheels and axles. No iron
is used in its construction. Tnc oxen
are not yoked, but tho tongue is mado
fast to loops fastened to their horns.
The sheaves are spread out upon the
rairio and the grain is trampled out
i
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k*
Mvafv.litRj off this si.io of tho Allan-
-\lC naoa '^re.i of co-operation with tho
geunroiH I-reueh nation ^s-ro taken.
2. 1877, a mooting of citizens of
Now York v. as held for tho purpose of
prusonting the undertaking to tho
AutbriCan people, to promote the leg-
'♦oiakott* n* i *>*ary for-tht* reception and
Inaugural .'’a of tiio statue, nail to cro-
ato iinr u-iai i leans for erecting a suit-
nhlc .'* dilation and pedestal. Con-
grc. • . a >cd a resolution providing for
*1!.. ctvcilea-u* Hie atattlo 6u Hedloo’s'
Island, NV.v Yo'.ji Harbor, and for its
maim m good order. More-
Srrajl reception by the PrcsU
dent of the United Slates on behalf of
tins government ivas secured, and Pres
ident Grant.th.inked tho French peo
ple for the gift by sinograph letter.
An address to the people of this coun-
-try-tt-kTrtg aniwcriptioiis was written
afiil "t Ucillhtcd, .bUt fUfids havo conic
ii prnvnking slowLes,**.—anit* the
Sthtru* lias seen fiaTk days when its fate
irombied in tho balance.
P _ ITS SITE. -
''Springing up from tho waters ol
New York Bay, near tho center of tho
harbor, and commanding an unob-
view out through the Narrows
to tnc ocean, Bcdloe’s Island is an cs-
poclally favorable .site for <
of a beacon-light tlia^sffnll at onco
guide tho iharintwjt^aofo haven and
symbolizo toAutfcmi ■•rtmt when ho first
^rcachos^s^sfiorcs tho idea of liberty
’which jjffs been po largely instrumental
in l>J^5ging him hither. I ho ialami it-
-much larger than appears either
iom the Now York shore or from the
r 'Biographic pi •lure? of • tutue and is
land which iiave recent iy been scatter
ed over the country. It has an area
of four or live aero?, and will doubtless
bo a dchglitfnl breathing-plao* for tho
city resident, aud a Mecca to tho won
der-hunting country, visitor, when it
has r^eived the last*beautifying touchos
of the Pedestal Committee Mud return
ed te thuJGovcrnmcnt.
■The foundation on which the pottos*
tal is to rest is a vast -masa cf gravel,
and sand, nutj linto, niuely-ono feet
square at tho base, sixty-soven feet
Svjuaro at tho top, and fifty-two feet
ten inches in height. -It rests on a bed
j)f gravel some twenty foot bolow tho
vurface. This hugo mass of what is
for ail practical purposes a * soluj blocl
of granite represents the actual work,
outside of ufans and designs, wlyeb
has thus farbeca dontf for tho fecoii-
tion of tho statue. Upon'this will bo
built tho granite pedestal, 117 fbot
high, aad twenty feot square at*tho
top. Tho facing of tho pedestal is of
Leetes island (Conn.) granite, which
if rich purplo^n color and of great en-
tforaimo. The statne will bo anchored
to this pedestik by heavy ffon rods
from-eadU corner of tho statue
tho pedestal to its base. ^Ibe
U 151 f«a high, ffuade of
iron, ar.d woigtu ne^y 800
-« r .jperly
dolmens, menhirs, columns
mirts—wc generally disco
history of all groat nations
of tho traditional feeling of good will
existing between the two Nations. Ho
therefore yoluntoerod his artistic ser
vices for trio construction Of an enor-
mous figure representin '* “Liberty En
lightening tiio World,” to bo placed on
Bedloo’s Island in New York Harbor, j
and he became so oii^tntstaritic in car- j
rying on tlie project that when sub-1
scriptions 1 rgged'hetotodged his own;
private fortune to defray tho running
expenses of tho work. *
Bartholdi lias mado his mark in Pa
risian art, i.nd is at present engaged
in the seu’f tore of a mussivo lion out
of tho solid rock iu tho side of a moun
tain at Belfort), which will bo eighty
feet long and thirty feet high.
Gofi. Charles P. Stone, formerly of
tho United States army, has been cn-
gincer-in-chief of tho undertaking, and
Richard M. Hunt architcct-in-chieh
# ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
Tho conception of monumental work
seems te bo characteristic of a certain
degree m tho advancement in tho civ
ilization of nations. Without mention
ing monuments properly so-callod—
mens, menhirs, columns and pyra-
discovor in the
mention of
some one colossal statue. Its concep
tion often mars the apogeo ,of local
progress. Tho ancients erected many
immense works in honor of their di
vinities. With them tho omnipotence
of a god often appeared to depend on
the magnitude of his\imagc, which,
however, they always try to endow
with all possible force and majesty.
Tho most imposing figures wo recog
nize as their most powerful and most
venerated gods. In ancient Egypt tho
colossi formed an essential decoration
of the grand temples and palaces. Bo-
sides its magniti^out pyttKSids, iio obo-
ILwi'f'J-yirfdet iu height, its gigantic
tombs, its innumerable and enormous
sphinxes, Egypt was covered with stat
ues fifty and sixty feet high, cat frop
single blocks of stone.
Herodotus mentions tho colossus of
Osiris, which was ninety-two foot high.
At Memphis a few years ago thoro was
exhumed the statue Ramcses II.,
wjiich was forty-nine feet high. Be
fore the entrance to tho pnlaco of Lux
or wcro.scated four similar colossi forty
feot high. Non* Gouroah can still be
seen the fragments of a gigantic seated
statue of Banicsu tho Great, cut from
a siuglo red -granite* stone. Tho two
colossi of Momnon measure more than
sixty-two feet eaok, and with their
ncdcstaf woigh'morc than 1,43G tons.
The four seated., stfatuos _which dec
orate tho facade of tha great temple of
Isamboul were sixty-ono foct high.
Tho Greeks, also, erected many stat
ues to their divinities* they were most
frequently of bronze or covered .with
plates of gold and ivory. *
Tho Minorff* of Phidias was thirty-
nino fee? hjgip In jeality it was
tgooden statue, sspnortctl on the in
side by jroiiqWQrk' and covered wi&
Uipl 1
oxon, as it used to bo wnen the
edict went forth: "Thou shalt-not muz
zle tho ox that treudeth out tho corn.”
Tho grain is swept together, sacked,
carted home, and emptied into a bin.
When any is needed for a meal The
housewife takes a sutlicioncy, puts it
into a wooden handmill of simple con
struction, rubs off the hulls in a few
minutes, winno^vs it in a sieve, and
soon has it cooking.
Tho eommis.siouer showed on a map
a placo where, for six miles, thq chief
crop of tbo "Cajuns” is gathered from
the orange trees. In seliir
a singular custom prevails,
trees are blooming, a buyer, the
"diego” (why so called no one seems
to know) appears among them. After
a week of oonfurence, during which he
and they havo had repeated whiitling-
malchcs, a bargain is struck for tho
season’s crop, ouo-haif is paid down in
cash and security given for tho balanco,
and then tho "Cajuns” enjoy their
dolce far uiento with from £1,500 ;o
$2,000 in hand for every bead of the
family, and as much more secured for*
tho future. Basil. Iho blacksmith, did
not err when ho told Evangeline of tho
wealth of these teemiug^lowlands.—
Aew Haven Palladium.
PRACTICAL AUT.
Sniur Rrec-nt A«h:, T in -nts In That I.iue.
Twenty miles is Uto distance pene
trated by tho improved fog-signa!s now
in use. Tliis power, it appears, U
gained by two slotted cylinders, ono
fixed and the other revolving in It
Tho slots, as they jvftsa one another,
stop or cut off the passage of conyiress-
od air or steam, thus causing a series
of vibrations, and, consequently, a mu
sical note, Iho pitch of whieii depends
upon tho sjwod of tho revolving cylin
der. In order to vary thi.r noto it is
only necessary to control this velocity.
Tbo double-note horn is formed with a
casing, within wjdcli area fixed slotted
cylinder and a revolving cylinder mov
ing upon a spindle. Tiio slots are
formed in each cylinder at opposite iu-
cliuod angles, so that the motive fluid
impinging against a number of inclin
ed pianos c.Tuios the inner cyiiiftlcr lo
revolve with great rapidity, carrying
two disks. Those aro attached to the
common spindle, ami upon tiicir peri
pheries aro pressed levers, under tho
action of small pistons operated bydia-
pbrngms, lo tho outer surface of which
compressed air is admitted. Ono brake
is put on for a high note, both brakes
for a low note.
Largo quantities of timber are now
croosotcd at the West in a special man
ner, for railroad purposes, the offoct
being to increase the tenacity of tho
wooj for nolding spikes, etc., as well
ns it> density and ability to resist me
chanical wear. This js done by moans
of an apparatus consisting of a boifofS^
plate cylinder, of a size adapted to tho
timber; this cylinder is of a strength
sufficient to resist 300 pounds pressure
per square inch, and has a track ex
tending for its whole length along tho
bottom, tho cylinder’s ends being clos
ed by strong iron doors, air and water
tight. When timber has been rnn into
tho cylinder and tho doors closed,
steam at about 100 pounds pressure is
ejected into tho cylinder, the supply
continuing as required by the nature
and dry ness of the wood; tho steam is
then shut off, and vacuum pumps
worked as long ap any liquids or vapors
are obtained, tho hot preserving liquid
being now run into the cylinder from
tho reservoir until full. Tho force
pumps aro again operated until the in
terior pressure is some 100 pounds per
inch, and kept thus until sufficient pro-
servativo fluid is forced into tho pores
of tho wood; the force pumps aro now
shut off, and the creosote oil or other
liquid containciH in the cylinder is dis
charged in a suitable! cistern, after
which the doors St tho ends of tho cyl
inder arq ppeuod and tho car carrying
the timber or ties run out. ,
A great many napkins and other ar
ticles of usefulness aro now mado in
Europe from the bark of tho paper
mulberry. Tho bark for those pur
poses is first dried in the air for two or
three days, then plunged for twenty-
four hours in a current of fresh water,
after which, with tl.fe aid of a particu
lar ki'i lof cord, llto two :;pqjs;u, of fi
bres of which it is compoocd are sep
arated. The interior lib. ca aro those
from which line paper i • made; they
aro rolled into balls weighing about
tiitrty-fivo pounds each, which are
washed anew iu running water, in
which they ate allowod~~To soak a
shorter time than previously, and aro
thou dried; finally they aro boiled in
lye made from tbo ashes of buckwheat
flour, constant stirring,being kept up;
soiling”tifis "crop aiic>t ! ier washing in pure witter carries
vails. ° When the t,lc last ira P u ritles, and ibe fibres
aro neat pounded with hammers of
Wood for about twenty minniua; after
this they are a second time railed into
balls, and finally transformed into
pulp, rice-water being mixed with it.
The subsequ nt treatment of tho pulp
is identical with that of tbo ordinary
manufacture of paper. "Leather pa
is obtained by tho <.f -
per
t5p
cclallsin In Medicine.
If specialists did not meot a distinct *tho receptacle, while cotton, linon, and
othtfr vegetable fibres stand, thus ro*
maining suitable for paper mannne-
ture. The liqnid mud which contains
the wool precipitated by this moans is
then desiccated; the residue, to which
is given the name of azotine, is com
pletely soluble in watea and is valua
ble on account of its nitrogen. Tho in
creased vitluo of the pulp froo from
wool is sufficient to cover tho cost of
the process.—New York Sun.
want they would soon bo driven off tho
field. It is idle to inquire whether .in
this instanco tho demand created the
supply..onTice versa; all that wc arc
concerned with hero is tho fact that
tho public voice decisively approves of
tho existence of specialists. This is
convincingly demonstrated as time
goes on by the increasing confidence
which is placed in their opinion and
advice. A striking confirmation of this
is afforded By the circumstance that
when medical men havo. sickness in
their own families they put prejudice
aside and invoke tho assistance of the
despised specialist. Ib mv own pro
vince it is my pleasure and my privi
lege to treat a largo number of my pro
fessional brethren with whoso pcrsortal
ailments or those of their wives and
children I am occupied during a con
siderable portion of each working day.
ilDlloSS
beaten and sculptured sheets of gold
and plates of-i vory finely carved. This
tYaj^all put together with so much
niooty of handling’ that it was impossi-
bk io discover tho joints. The oele-
bfcrted Jopiter Qlyrapu*. by the same
sculptor, •was also of gold and ivory.
The god was represented seated, and
was forty-two foot high.'
PJnili** teacW several other oolotoal
MiaVrvns, ono of whi^h, the "Athena
PromucfedV was entirely of
fifty, to si*tv feot in height *“
ait^oLRhoclcs, the work of
Many other specialists aro don
recipients of tho like indisputable sin
cere form of compliment The grow
ing favor with which specialism is
looked on by tho public is also fully
recognized by young physicians, and
still more by successful general practi
tioners ambitious of emerging into the
qioro rarefied atmosphere of consulting
work. Xhc press of competition is so
fierce in the presontovcr-crawded state
of the modioal profession that unless a
man has some peculiar pad decided ad
vantage over the general run of his fel
lows ho stands no chance of coming to
tho front Something more is neces
sary nowadays for success in the high-
a 4er walks of medicine than mere gener
al ability. Supremo, talent' wul, of
course, ultimately find its level, unless
kept down by accident or misfortune;
but for tho average clover man there Is
little prospect of brilliant success un
less he lias (or can persuade the world
ho has) tbo power of doing some par
ticular thing better than any one else,
of at any rate pre-eminently well—Ur.
fdortU Macke nme, in Fortnightly Me-
view.
the
O,” proaSOll,
of many sheets of
ously steeped in
an«l gl.'Z if with "sheilas.
The operation has been successfully
accomplifiiud bj a German chemist of
separui ug rags of cotton and wool
muiai uy subjecting thorn to tho action
of a jot of snperhented steam. Un
a prossuro of five atmospheres
wool melts and sinks to the bottom of'
Horace Greeley.
"Well, well, here is a votome that k
becoming quite rare these days,” ex
claimed a book-worm in a second-hand
book store the other day as his eve fell
'on a worn and musty tome. "What I
Know About Farming.” “Well every
body knows this is tho book written by
Horace Greeley way back in the ’AO’s.
Perhaps the rising generation may be
excopted, as tho book is now out of
print and will be a cariosity in a half
score years hence. At ono time it was
pretty extensively read. It is difflcolt
to say, however, that mnch or any
benefit was derived from its perusal”
"Yos,” retorted tho party addressed,
“Horace was a great man in his time.
It is not so very long since he has en
tered eternity, yet his namt is how
hardly over mentioned. It was ever
thus. Man’s deeds, be they good or
bad, they do not romaia long freah aft
er tho author is gone. Occasionally a
flash of his wit is repeated, a line from
bis sayidgs is borrowed, bat it does
not induce posterity in the least in up-
membering. mnch less In reverencing
his memory. During the forty odd
years that Horace edited the Tribune
every editorial, every farm article,
every news item, every commercial
and every advertisement
which appeared in the paper was cred
ited to him by many of his readers and
admirers. People forgot, or did not
take tbo time to think, that it was a
sical impossibility for tho proliiio
and versatile Horace to write even
half of thp editorials that appeared,
while his disquisitions on ‘How to
Plant Souashos,’ ‘How to Raise Cu
cumbers/ or ‘How to Destroy the
Festive Beetle,’ wore not so very num
erous. Greeley, when writing about
agriculture, always gave the ‘How’
part much prominence.”
"You soom to be well posted on
Horace,” remarked tho hook-worm by
way of comment to tho second gentle
man. "Why, yes; I must confess that
I know a great deal about the philoso
pher. Before and during the best part
of tho war I labored at the oase at the
Tribune office, and on several occa
sions ‘set up* his copy. If you have
the time 1 can relate an incident about
old Horace that has never been print
ed. It was just previous to the war
and when Horace was an amateur
farmer that the event I am about to re
late occurred. One day a letter came
to the office bearing tho following cab
alistic letters: H. G. N. Y. This is all
that was on tho ^envelope except the
postmark, which showed that the letter
come from Lawrenco, Kan. I call it a
letter, but it was not a letter, for on
opening the envelope not a scrap of
paper was found inside, only a crum
pled |1 note from some Ohio bank. In
those days letters were sometimes not
prepaid, and this was not; consequent
ly a due-bill was attached to the mis
sive showing that the sum of 9 cents
was to be collected. Mr. Greeley
romptly paid tho 3 cents. Who could
the sender. It puzzled tho philoso
pher just little only. ‘Such doings
can only be placed to the credit of BQl
Reynolds,’ inusod Mr. Greeley. ‘Bill
always had idiosyncracies, and when
ho had a truck farm out in Orange
county would call, and not finding me
in the sanctum would place a dollar
bill for his subscription under a paper
weight . on my desk and loavo. Bill
tola mo ho was
his luck.’
"Tho paper was mailed to William
Reynolds, Lawrence, Kan., accordin
to Mr. G.’s direction, and'upon inrestl
gation it was found that Greeley’s sur
mise was correct Bill Reynolds was
tho right party. Ia those good old
times we did not havo so many rail
roads nor fast-mail trains ami the like,
but a man conld mail a letter without
a stamp and put ouly four letters on
tho envelope and it would reach its
materTat [irg^p+destinatiou. Try this exporimeut now
lUion
goiug out west to try
f
Ilia Confidence Was Shaken.
a Madison street
dog sits
I In the doorway of
cigar storo a briirlit little pug i
all day on his haunches, lie is chain
ed to tho cigar-Ughtcr inside, not be
cause the proprietor fears Ho might es-,
cape, but because they know tho habit*
and practices of tho gamins who fre
quent tho neighborhood. Last even
ing a pleasant-Tookihg young man en 5
terod tho store and purchased p pack
age of cigarettes;" Ho looked tirod and
his ejOTiware filled wltnr» very vacant
stare. It was evident to tho most cas
ual observer that tho young man hact
been drinking. He carefully picked
tho tinfoil off tho package of cigarettes
aud tried for some time to pick out
one of them. Finally he tore ono side
of tho package and tucked all but ono
of the Inng-destrojers into bis coat-tail
pockot. This ono ho lit, and os he a as
lighting it ho caught sight of the dog’s
chain. With uncertain gaze he follow
ed it along until it. reached the dog.
Then be rubbed his eyes, looked Again,
and appeared pretty sure that there
was a dog in the doorway. Still, ho
was' not convinced. He glanced
around cautiously, saw that no ono
was rooking, and then be whistled soft
ly. Tho dog did not respond and the
inhn turned pale. He whistled
no response. Then no
reached out bis cane and cautiously
iked the dog. His poke gave back a
ma and bis bat be
and your letter will go direct to the
dead-fetter offico. Too much rod tape,”
sighed the typo as he reached for a
volume on tho high shelf bearing the
title: “Is Life Worth Living Forf
SL Louie Hepublican.
~ , tm m i
A Kissing Hero
When Gen. Sherman was in Ed-
fvardsville, IU.* Aha other .day, several
little circumstances occurred which
were not down on the bills and would
not bo mentioned wore it not for the
fact that the young ladies recently visi
ted by tho oscuiatory hero havo beon
heralded far and near as making such
favorable impressions upon the general
ns'to render irresistible the impulse to
kiss them. Tho young ladies of Ed-
wardsville aro just as attractive as
thoso of any other city, and the gener
al, with his experience, was quick to
note this fact. After the G. A R. ex
ercises, tho other night, the stage of the
opera-houso was invaded by a bevy of
young ladies, who were to rehearse a
cantata. The gray-be&rded veteran
struggled manfully to maintain his
hard-earned reputation of kissing each
pretty girl he moots, but found himself
very htt-y kissing overy lady intro-
4nee3r as there were no exceptions to
tho general’s rule, inolnding only pretty
girls. His well-known penchant had
preceded him, and on* young lady
"just vowed she wouldn’t fet him kiss
her,” but before she knew it the wily
veteran grasped both her hands and
planted squarely on her mouth a kisa,
unlike the Henry V. kiss in that it was
not lingering in its character, hot
sounded like a plank had cracked. Tkb
affair was evidently relished by all bat
the young gentlemen who witnessed,
but were not allowed to participate,
and regretted that they had apt come
into the world early enough to bars
won lame and become veterans in the
late unpleasantness.—LouitviUc Com*
mereiaL
V but
leled in the'
her exact sit*
wilderness at
city on a seal*
Inspired belief
agent for the Holland
Joseph Ellioott, in tbe
pletod the snrrey ef th
diagonal avenues, igtigJMme squsi
some of which arft tcnSy Included in
her extensive pack^Spem, and all of
which form aaequinapprosebes to tbe
newer suburbs Buffalo of 1889.
To her singularly ipen and attractive
topography it is to be regretted that ported
sbe doos not that mrgt-t/wpdly >S- Xbt* c
tribute, cleanliness.
Joseph Ellioott was tbe brother of
Andrew Ellioott, then Surveyor-Gener
al of the Uaitod Staten. Fresh from
assisting his kinsman to lay out the
city of Washington preparatory to He
becoming the seat of government, be
followed the same general plan in sur
veying the streets of "New Amster
dam, as be proposed to call it, oat of
respect to his Dutch employera, tho
members of tho so-called Holland Land
Company.' Tho ebief business thor
oughfare now bears the commonplace
name of Main stroot~ono which, to
all save the ears of towns-peoplo ac
customed tq Jr, wonderfully becomes
its still sorui-countrified air and the
non-imposing character of many of its
buildings; for evorywher# in ber bus
iness sections old and new Buffalo jos
tle each other picturesquely. Had Jo
sepb Ellicott been allowed to complete
his design in the' nomenclature and
laying out ot thTnregbfats ef
trade. Main stroet would have been
Willink avenue below "the Churches,”
and Van Staphorst above, for what
was designed to bo the site of the Cm>-
ilol of New Amsterdam forms now too
three blocks in Main stroet bounded to
tho north and south by Eagle and
Swan streets. Hers Mr. EUioott pro
posed to erect his palace, with broad
vistas opening to view in cB dlfielfoas.
The eye of the prince of New Amster
dam could havo gazed at pleasure up
Van Staphorst avenuo to the rising
ground at tbe north, down Willink
aveupe to the harbor, and oat Yollen-
boron avonuo (Erie street) to the lab*
and Canada, along Stadniteki avenue
(Church stroet) to the State reserva
tion, and np Shimmslpeanick avenuo
(Niagara stroet) past tho elegant
idencos circling around Niagara Square,
which was to be the cooler of bis city,
straight to the setting sun. The west
erly limit of this manor, extending be
yond tho present weet tide of Main
street, suggested the title of “Ellioott’s
bow-window” to the towas-folk. So
>ractioai man as President Fillmore
expressed just regret that tbe demo
cratic spirit of that time, jealous of so
xaronial an establishment, out the
beautiful semicircle by ruuning Matw
street through iuitoad of around it,
dividing the tract of about one hun
dred acres by North and South Di
vision streets, since Mr. Ellioott wonld
lave left a splendid building for the
display of the fine arte and n beautiful
park in the midst of tbe city. It is a
curious circumstance that tb* site waa
again selected by the visionary and
famous Ratbbun for his proposed
magnificent Chamber of Commeroe.
Bath bun’s dream, like Elliootffs, was
destined to bo fulfilled In part in 1884,
when the com morse of tbo lakes and
canals joined hands with the maaofaft-
tnring interests to erect, farther down
town, the Merchants’ Exchange. Tb*
Buffalo Board of Trade, which sank its
dentity in tbe Merchants’ FTshsagOi
was a corporation with a noble record.
To its unceasing energy and patriotism
is doe the promotion of many miter*
)rises affecting deeply tbe eommsreial
ntermu of the city and nation.—
M. Wele:, in Harter's Magatuu far
July,
The Extent of ]
Tbe movement of _
gone quite as important n growth as
that of goods. -Xa th* "Beview of th*
WorWs Economy," stated? nfittud.
Victor Hugo aliraffs wrote, ia th*
wrsing, and made so many alterations
'‘‘■rixsu&sisr*
young man tt
louder, still
reached out
poked the dog.
hollow metallto sour
gaa to rise. He dr
garstte, rushed out
bosntedi
gan to rise. Ho dropped his fresh ci-
“ rushed out into tb* street,
an Ogdea avenue oar aud said,
"Shay, conduct’r, lets me off *t Waeb-
^mton*
Ukifyo heralds
Pvs got ’em again.”—1 Ijpx,
Some peat moss which was recently
exhumed near Dumfries, Scotland, was
found to contain seeds of plants dating
from prehistoric times. They
planted and at once began to germinate
after a sleep of ages.
The sea otter Noateb of Aba
worth more than half that of all other
furs put together (the for teals bring
excluded), after that the others coming
ia their order of tbIm of oafish, bring
■mrtea (sable), U*dt fox, bearer, red
Miss'EUa F.
m lust i
contains 100,000
stitches.
All the goose-quill i
from Fromm ns
In bundle* of!
ia four sizes.
d*f
paraded her twelve ritlldran mil
oasion of ber Ferdinand’s I
the ranks of the Immortals.
M. Layard found in Niaersb i
nificent Ians of rook crystal. 1
David Brewster oonskwred a
cal lens and the origin ef
scope.
The Governor of the Urn
has discovered a tunnel
i,000 feet in length, astd i
least nine centuries before tb*
tian
Tb* horse which Gen. Grand i
day Le* surrendered is
non, Oneida eonnty, N. Y., aad!
ed in the
this year.
Asargoon, who
ment the heroism ef a seiAer
ost had his leg amputated, told
hat he had stood it like a woflus
Nine York Matas.
Th* Jeweler's Circular i
er i* the history ot jewelry hi
country have colored i
and semi-predoas stone*,
request than now.
The
qpuntry to largely oa the i
manufacturer stating that loot year
made 1,500,000 pounds and need n
ot sngar n day.
A New Orleans letter says a penalh
ty of th* young Southerner, male
female, is their early betrothal a
eventful marriage, a noedltiet
usually hinders nnda* lilsripetjfi
if th* desire exists. As a rule
divorce suits encumber tbe fuel
our courts than ia the North, n
for which I am at a lam to gHh,
boltoviag that dimate has any
once over it Whatever.
A rich Georgia land-owner soul
neighbor aad proposed that if he i
support him while alive,
medical atundenoa, and bury him
oentiy, he would mak* him a ds
his land. The trad* waa aioari
papers drawn, and n doctor nt
t for. The result was that th
unate neighbor of ll
n possession of kto
week. Doctors aro
some emergencies.—
Free “ ^
the number of passengers carried by
all thmallroads in all parte of tho
world. In 1882, to estimated at
000,000, or an average of six l
million a day. The abeolato'nhmber
of passengers carried on steamers to
•mallsrvbttt hard, as was also the
with goods, they are carried for longer
‘distances, and more days’ journeys,
than on railroads; so that, estimated
by the mile or the day, tbe amount
both of freight and passenger work tha
steamers do will appear to ranch batter
ad van tags.
Tbe significance of the facilitation of
passenger transportion to derived prin
cipally from its effects on social condi
tions, civilization, and enstonsa. • One
of the most important of these effects
to illustrated in emigration,-which has
assumed grand dimensions under Dm
operation of the new methods of oraa-
munioation.. Of the twelve and a half
million emigrants who west to the
United States between tho recognition
of their indcpcndenqn-jamLJfitok not
more than a million belong to thotifie
previous to tho establishment of reg
ular passenger communication by
steamer with Europe, about 1844.
a result of tbe establishment of this
method of communioatioo, and of tbe
baildiogof nD road* that opened the
Mississippi Valley and tbe was tern
part of the continent, etnigr
suuod colossal proportions,
the amelioration of tbe voyage, which
become an affair of not
than ton or twelve days for
vessels, (he improved Hare, tbe
rale of passage, aad. tho punctuality
and increased safety ef Ute transit,
may ha markad as niroamstanoas
tributing te tbtoNcaiL—fisrr d
fi
Secretary Whitney's New
la a fina building, really a
wbioh formerly belonged te
firoaron who left bar husband
fir le France with
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