The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 23, 1887, Image 1
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BARNWELL, & a, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1887.
NO. A
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OONFKDEHATE HATTLE FLAGS.
. TWKLVK IIKTOKIC IIANNKKH OK
SOI TH CAUOUNA’S SOI.UIKUS.
<>en«rul Drum'll Manly Letter to tlie Kee-
retary of War—The FlagM from the I'al-
metto State—The Preahlent's Final
Action.
(special to the N«ws nml Courier j
Washisgton, iTnno l".—Tlie s'rggos-
tiou of Oen. R. C. Drum that the Con-
foderato flags which were capture11 dur
ing the war, and have for twenty years
t>een stored in one of the attic .rooms of
the war department buildings, should
be returned to the resjiective States to
which they belonged has caused a great
deal of comment. The letter of Gen.
Drum to the secretary of war is itself
one of the most notable contributi' ms to
the history of these times. It is the let
ter of.a brave man and a true soldi, r:
<»«*n. Drum** Lrttrr.
- Wak DarAimtKM, i
~ AliJI TA>T GkNKKAL’h OKrKl ,
WASiiiJfOTosc, April 80, It *7. S
lion. William C. Kndicjtt, beeretary
of War —bir: 1 have the honriV to -*tate
that Uien* are now in this office (stand
n one of the attic - rooms of the • mill
ing i a number of U uion flags cap unit
in action, imt recovered on the InU of
the Confederacy and forwardiid tn the
war department for safe kit ping, tc aeth
er with a nmuber ul Coafudefstc da^a.
which the fortunea id war plaeiil ill our
haml, during the late eivil war.
Whur, in the part, favoralde aUmn
tiaa always brew taken on applies, ums.
untcers, was captured by Capt-
Scott, ^Company “D,” 157th Pennsyl
vania Volunteers. It was taken from
the hands of the cojor-l.»earer on the line
during the engagement of April, 1,1805,
at Five Forks, Ya.
Confederate battle flag of the 27th
South Carolina regiment, captured by
Private F. C. Anderson, Company “A,"
IHth Massachusetts battalion.
South Carolina Htate flag, no history.
Confederate battle flag, captured by
.Gen. Sheridan’s forces September 18,
ISl’d, fronj 8th South Carolina Infantry,
Battle liagLpf Sumter Flying Artillery,
captured in the battle of Appomattox
Station, April 8, l8(;.5, T[>y ciiiet Bugler
Chas. Shorn, 1st Virginia Veteran, Vol-
uuter Cavalry, 3d brigade, :>d cavalry
division, Gen. Coster commanding.
Buttle flag of the Sumter Heavy Artil
lery,'captured in the liattlo of Sailor’s
Creek, April l>, IHtft, by Scrgt. George
•T. Pitman, Comiatny C, 1st New York
Lincoln Volunteer Cavalry, 3d brigade,
3d division, Gen. Custer commanding.
Garrison flag, ‘‘S'dssionville,” James
Island, S. C., defences of Charleston,
captured February, 18C>. Preaented to
the War department by Brig. Gen. A.
Schimmelpfennig.
Garrison flag,' “Fort Moultrie,”
Charh-aton harlnir, captured February
1H, I8ti5. PreM-uted to tlie war depart
ment by Brig. GeniX Schimnn Ipfeumg.
Oarnaou flag oi ttn jL’itadelof Charles
ton, b. C., captimsl February 18, iMflo.
Prraenti'd to the war de|>artmen
Brig. Gen. A. Schimtuelp eunig.
WOMEN Itl’LlNG A CITV.
MaSrulin.'
Anil Doing It Fully mh Well i
Ottlcials Could.
(Saltna, Kan., L^tUr to Mi niphij»_Apul'al.)
1 bave just retiyneiLfrom a trip on the
San hi Fe road, ,west. Syracuse, sixteen
miles from tlie Colorado line, was the
Mecca of my pilgrimage, because here. Section*, ami How it in Made* Protii»i»ie
April 4, they elected a city council of
women, and 1 was bent upon seeing the
town that had made this innovation, and
the women who were filling the council
chairs.. 1 wanted to ask the people how
it came about and how it was working.
The first of these, ladies introduced, to
me wa,s Mrs. E. B. Barbour, a fair-faced,
genmannered woman, with an un
mistakable air of business about her. I
found this accounted for by the fact that
she is a business woman. Her husband
does a large and complicated business;
the books are entirely in her charge.
Mrs. H. D. Knott is a busitess woman,
too. I expect much of Mrs. Knott in
the management of their Suffrage Socie
ty, liecanse of her experience in Iowa as
■ of thrEii ' ‘ —
Crop.
(From the SL l*aul, Minn'., Farmer.)
From the results of the analyses of
IGfl samples of American oats collected
from all parts of the country, the De
partment of Agriculture at 'WaahingtiDn
has rendered a service much needed.
The results prove much variation of the
oat grain in its plumpness and relative
proportion of the kernel and the husk
and other physical qualities. The kernel
is found to be in proportion of 7 to 3 of
the husk—the samples from Western
States contain least husk.
Where the white oats will grow they
are generally heavier, and have a larger
proportion of kernel in consequence.
Connecticut oats weigh 23.3 lbs. per
bushel, Dakota 48. (i lbs. and Colorado
and conscientious mother an<i i 48.8 Iba. 'I he ^average of aorta being
housewife. She has a way of making ' 37.2 per bushel/ The I’aciAe slope 43.2
op her mind for benelf aud aland mg u*; Northern Htatea 38; Southern 31.5,
firmly by her convictions. She haa a - u , •
by I reputation among Syracuse male eit.xen. ! L \ ,ower th “ th * ,TPr »^
1 for being a person of excellent judg- ,«« toT “»e whole ouuntry owing to the
president of thl Eighth District Woman
Suffrage Society. Mrs. Coguesliall say*
they were very sorry to loseMrs. Knott
from their ranks. She is chairman of
tlie Syracuse aklermamc force. Mrs.
M. M. Biggies is a quiet little womau, a 1
careful and conscientious mother and !
imVALUE OF THE OATS CROP.
FACTS AND F1GI.KES DUAWN FROM
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
Iloir th« l.raiu Flourlalien In DIA'«rsnt
TN* PraalilraFa Arlion.
meat. Mm. 8. N. Coe is a woman of
The following extallentabitijj.
Wa'-iumitox, June B*- -p.—. ,
letter wiu sent Jo the JfiWli torv |
liy tlfe rrr»id« nt to day ui regard to tlie chec!
dinpiMutton of fiags raptured by the
In mu fiucea during the lab- war.
1 have to-day cohatdt-red with more
care tiiau when the subject was orally
looser husk.
Dfoperly aap| «>rtid, l« t tlie return ‘ ‘• |»re»« nu.l to mo the actum of vour <i
t nion nags b» organixation* repnaent ( partmrot dm-rting Utter* tolw- a-hlrrMi
ins sumiom v( th* nmitarr rngu nta fi&iaa f XwaVaamwaaIMflMU mil Aba.* . . . 'T.
ing sum vi m <
tn the srmn of
to su Las it that ii
to antk-iiab ful
tun, ainl vibtn
pnrtv uf ri tiin.
.iDil Cobfein mb
the rrasartirs b
men la whieh ta>
muiUed, fur an
they SSay deter I
Wh:h . in si!
of the Gill \V«
•am again-1 h-r
OMpfaDy prme
»t|. 1 . 1.*. .. t« «
ry glurtea, star i
i-rtiom of all the Stab a,
o mturu, if duured, to the
■so! th • 1 uion the daga cap
ug the war of the r*-l* lliou b]
•«»r i-
ov g<
th.
»pl.
u
■I
.f Ul
and vtor.vl in
War K part
that the rethraxif
ucr Uiua cv.iib.-upl
by eiiatuig law, a
icative act. 1
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ther
• of the alfai
kI the people i
iag the Cm.
he ItirailiT it
in.I
a to
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Um
bvd
i.i
of
I
of |wat iBbrt
apprwlit th.
have dbtnrh -
pcipie b. lU .
Over terM;
the tenmnat.
Many of th. |
mihlary. of t
am bow botk-
Xational cam
|vjaiti.>iia bn-1
the w i«p adiut
the whole con
aevrml Stab -
DOW Ulilbd tr
a glorious fut
Impn—iffl *
honer-bi »ubt
this tetb-r fur Uie i-arvittl CfUaid.rat.
it will mceMv* at your Jwmd>.
Very truly vour.,
B. (A hsi M, Adjutant General
The eodom rueot of the secretary
war upon thb U4b-r u aa fotloaa: -
Waa I tin laiiMWl. May 2ti, I.'ST.
The within recommenilatiou is ap-
pwted bj tin i'rt-aidebt, and the A'^u
taut General wilt ]>repBre U-tbrr to
Goveroom of thoac btatea whose troops
oarrutl the color- and flags-now in this
department, with the offer to ret urn
them as herein proposed, the history of
each flag aud the circumstances of its
capture or recapture to be given.
Wm. C. Exdioott,
becretary of War.
In accordance with the instructions
from the secretary of war, Gen. Dium
prepared the following letter which w as
sent to Governor Itichardson:
War Department,
Adjutant General’s Ofpicb,
Washinoton, June 7, 1887. \
To Govt rnor J. F. lliehard.sou, Co-
lumbis, b. C.—Sir: • The President of
the L’nitcil States having approved the
recommendation that ail the flags in the
custody of the w ar department be re
turned to the authorities of the respec
tive States in which the rcgimentsAsldch
bore them were organized, for such final
disposition as they may determine, 1 am
instructed by the honorable secretary of
war to make you (in the name of the war
department i a tender of the tjags now in
this office belonging to late volunteer
organizations of the State of South Car-
olina.
In discharging this pleasant duly I beg
you will please advise me of your wishes
m this matter. It is the intention, in
returning each flag, to give its history,
so far as it is possible to . do so, stating
the circumstances of its capture and re
covery. I have the honor to be, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. 0. Drum, Adjutant General.
The South Carolina Flags.
Among the captured Southern ban
ners are twelve flags wfiieh were captured
by the Federal troops in battle or were
picked up after the surrender of Charles
ton. Borne of them are of very great
historic value and it is hopeil that they
will be carefully preserved when they
are finally turned over to the State of
the valor gf whose troops they an* so
precious a memorial. Tne following is
a brief description of these flags and of
the oir^omstances attending their cap
ture:
Confederate battle flag, captured from
South Carolina regiment at the battle of
bharpabiirg, September 17,'1882, at the
stone wall ni front of the 1st brigade,
3d division, 3th army corps, by Private
Thomas Hare, Co. “D,” fcffh regiment.
New York - Volunteers. Private Hare
with (.
if
pfu
f
Itaryt*. of tbs t
i«fc-d to lisv*
amna filed
Dtnvt st 1
.veruor Forsk- r,
b.-il A lie retanml
MVliligS to cl
ic l onf..Icrak* flags h> (he
lie Southern blaltw. Gen.
U'dvy m lectivl Samuel
I Ohai, and George H.
MawarhuArttm to take
we. 1 h-wr ccotlemea cl
an application for man-
n the Sui-rvm.' Court of lbs
> clock this aftcru hid, but
No one of those women is mors
snxious to do exactly right than is Mrs.
Coe. She is sister to Mrs. I/cmert,
president of the Saxon Koual-Suffrage
Hoeiety, organised st IVxlge City by
Mrs. Saxon and named for her. She [
If 1 has several such nameaskes in Karima,
r- Mrs. L. M. bmartwood, the ffTth m<-m
si her, 1 did not see, alt bough 1 made an
d effort to do so. bbe was coaflne«l to bet
ie home by sM-knea*; but I am told that
a- she is a woman of ability and that she is
■o by no niton* behind her sisters in any
d requisite for her |maltioU. My shuct
>r sr.|itaintano- with thaas women con
■ vtuoed me that Mittiug in council chairs | value,
m» ao.1 wrestling with -[Uaatioiia uf mly
«i pohty have had ao effect to onarx them
i- —whatever that may he —fur tin— were
d as womanly women as I have ever seem
i- 1 looked in vain for masculine teudru-
ti ciea. There was not a hiat of it in dreaa
r, or manner. Meeting them on the street
ie or tn the cars, you would never gurm I
H that they were City officials. From oou
st venation with them I learuad that they
d wen* etcenlmgly anxious to make their , ^
f, admiiilatmtiuli a lost one—one that i-
would advance the uest interests of the (,
r, city ; and when they »|>ukr of advnncing i
7#n |«er cent, average of kernel. One
sample gave 7*i.2M per cent, and one
sample from Dakota 55.37; but the
amoont of m»al from the best vanstim
does not excenl 50 per cent of the oat.
The warmer temperature of the booth
lowers the average weight, ami the aver
age yield is relat.vt-ly about 10 bushels
w-r acre iu the South against 30 for tits
North. This is an item of value vc
u« ceaaanh to th
should be lakcii
tiou.'
The relative quality of oats is a money
affecting the Duller as well as tbs
Fahr. to yield the following results:
Per cent.
Btnrsh. ...r: 65.24
Bogar - :. ... 4.51
Gam •.. 2.10
Oil •./... .... . *5.44
Casien 15.86
Albumen .... 0.46
Gluten . r.. . . • 2.47
Epidermis 1.18
Alkalies , •. 2.844-
item ul value very
farmers interest, and
cnotuiy into nmndiira
Total . . ■ -. 100.00
Protein compounds. 14.00
Nitrogen 2.13
*The d!l is of s bcautifol pale yellow
color; its smell may be perceived on
beating oatmeal cakes. Beven per cent,
may be taken as the average —about us
much oil as is found in com.
American samples seem tenacious and
hard, and therefore it is necessary that
oatmeal gffts or groats should be ground
into mealknd not into grits. In like
nnffiner oam for horses should tie bruised
in order tofget them thoroughly digest
ed; it is the common practice'in Eng
land, and found to lie far more econom
ical in leading horses on oats. It is
noteworthy that the Hopctown variety
grown in Nortbomberland, was remark
able for its weight, which was grown on
a sandy soil, suffered from drought and
only thrse quarters per asm
other samples, grown on deep, neb
vegetable loam mould, produced eight
quarters per acre, aud Imw sah. As the
oat grain constitutes three-fourths of the
weight, it will cany off 45 pounds of
phosphoric acid tier sere, and 6U bushels
pcf Acre cany oi 800 pounds of bones
per acre.
In conclusion, Pmfesaor Norton sums
up his 18 months’ arduous labor thus
"Ws see that even including the ‘busk,’
the oat is anparior to any othsr earn in
the ingredients which go directly to the
production of masaU is the body, l bs
strong muscular forms of
ploughman hvrs long bean living
nesses to the good properties of their
favorite and almost only food; and, now
that it has beau shosm what those prop
erties really were, 1 fsst sun- that Dr.
Johnsoa’s definition of Food for
•an in Houtlnnd, and lor borasa la
England, will bs rsmis
A.STUPEm^S STEAL
v : tJ- .
THE RoitllERV OK JAKE SHARP AND
THE NEW YORK ALDERMEN.
The Theft Was Not I.*m Tlian alO.WOO.OOO
In Grlti* Gotham'i> Great Sii»re|ttUtility
to the (Arer* of Rrlbenu
(From tli«-New_Yoik World y _
It is very well understood now that it
cost Mr. Jacob Sharp very near to fiflO,-
000 to get hi* Broadway franchise Horn
the Board of Aldermen. This does
include his “attorney*’ fees” nor ex-
penMee at Albany in securing the passage
of the General Railroad act, which made
his Broadway franchise possible. It is
very well nndentood by tho^ff familiar
with the facts that the total cost to Mr.
Mr. Bharp was in the neighborhood of
$1,300,000. .
What s costly franchise it would Lavs
been, then, had be bought H at an
honest sale! He risked $1,300,000 of
bribe money, the chancee of a legal for
feiture afterwards and of the orimiusl
prueecutlon - that has in fast oocne' to
him—in the dishonest purchase rather
than, to atteiu|it to buy the franchise at
its rval value.
The t twenty-two members of the Board
of 1884 ~ “
the
annual rental of $40,000.
gave it for nothing to
cent on gross
law, hut when
and the general puhlis rat
about their ears, they had
at aa
They at first
of the 3 per
receipts required by th#
the World, Mayor Edana
i puhlis raised such a row
only for
iu good and appropnete snewsr And
farmer. Of the 17V mmphn analyand, wh«w will you
18 ssmpUw from the Pacific slope were hotass?
lowrr in albuminoids, sod nebsr in fiber | We may add.
the Lottieb “« “J* .
living wit-1 so Duel |mymsnt of 4 par aaa
$1.000,000—or $4U,UUUl
It is a eurmns fast that maay I
hut misguided pvufde my shout I
aud the Uusid uf Wt that we aoul
hava bed s railroad oa lUuedway
if the fraachtae bed not been given
and tbat the briber and bribed
not, thersfovr. so guilty.
at all
an. Let
The City uf New Turk i
the bnedway buriwer Kell nml
bosk; than the average for the whole will you find any maa like Proteeeor *7 ,uf whul m prulahlv,
lun st hm owa esovuee and ttase dv- Mfftli of the read, the
ouuntry.
The ei crag
found to ho:
In i
composition ul
IV
In the bu*k
l*rf reel
'E
(Nut
Um intureetn of thetr city they betrayed
the feci that they bed in mind the city’s
moral as well as U-mpunal prosperity.
It la said uf them that tbvv are doiug
Wi
U tter work than tlie body uf m<-u a bo
ieumpuard the previous ouuncil. Tbeir
townepeoplc say they werv elected be
rceuse “somebudy prupueed it and cvciy
hotly was phustsl with the kies,” he-,
cause “it was behevud that they w tuld
make excellent oflierm, ' lieceuar “the
tftuiierance ouoolu thought women
wouhln't be afraid to enforce the dpo-
hibtlory lew,” beoauat- “we wanh-u to
advertise our town**—tins last from a
tmmber of a rual estate firm; “beoauas
ty of law. The letter of tlie iVeskhot, [ women would take time to do the work
however, lua lc further action by the well sod tbougbtfully.” Altc
sttomeys uunectasary. • - - . was pleased with my first
ttea. r isvMM Kever. worn* . council. This is the
Washinoton, June 16.—At A-reoegtion tbeL'xuted
to GiO. FnurulU, eoiumandit-in-dkiiM ’
ti. A. H , Tp^iew York, Lutt iiighi, tin
(Only I to G per teal la the busk of
f**"
the
I
n lay ed by the iii>nree*‘ipt of UiC;
sry tilt gram from Oluo. Tlie
i were lueed u)>on the claim tiiat
cnUry of War was about to dis-
f publn* property without satle ri-
I together, 11 pare
sight of a Engl
only one in |.
As the busk and kernel are given to
stock tl was coiiaaWired demrahle to sx-
ammo the bosk to see if any variation
existed in different localities; the results
proved that the hulls from Western ter
ritories contained Wue Albuminoids than
from other locahtica But as s whole
the outs showed more albuminoids and
oil than other cereals. Ohio mmples
were the highest m elbunuaoida, aud
Texas samples the highest in oil, yield
ing sa much as 11.20 per cent and oom-
fsvorably with Bcotch and beet
Uahouts.
lutti
vote 18 muatiis labor in
with "then such important
search iato indastnm of world
portancr and lalerest ‘
The uuportuuce of th# subject la the
growth of the out, and comparative
; m analysss uf the straw at diCmut stagvw.
Erttmi'i-f I to lime maamw as Prolamor Horton euu-
3 hi' ducted Ids investigation, ilssarvm mors
1 Duties and invsutigstion of mmoles m
every Htalr of America by the Wmhtag-
too board of agnoulture, which Um>
chemists there teem tg have left undone,
aa*! thetr lavestigatiofis eooaeqneatly m-
Bunfir Ms will ho soon in-
sad puMfahod.
by a
T.iB WIDOW or ncurrr.
Hrts* A rwrfert I
a tirwvs Wmmmm.
• AWrrtewA . T
uf Washington
ive
sa afterwards killed.
Confederate
battle flag, captured at
Malvern Hill, near Jamie River, Vir
ginia, July 1, 1862, by Bent. W. J.
Wtuttnek, 83d Pennsylvania \ oluaterrm,
~ “ I’s brigade. This deg was
a Bouth Caroluu
I to ptmst the
mok SthslErt^ds*
Fhwsf the Uth I
M. Wo
Veh
dol' d by tht Alexander Hamilton Post,
Fairchild dflivercd an inqnasioued
spctcbupon the proposed return to the
boutheru Btstte of the flags mptorid in
the Late war. He spoke under strong
excitement, and almost bis lint nttirauce
was: -■ _
"“.May GikI joilf-y the Lsml tint wrote
the order, may Go«l jialsy the brain that
conceived it, and may God palsy the
tongue that dictated it.”
In the course of his speech Fairchild
said: y>
“Binoe alwut 1867 the <f. A. R., has
been the friend of the Bouth, we have no
sort of hate or malice against our old
toes anywhere and are ready to extend
them the right hand of fellowship. Not
withstanding all this I most emphptical-
A DECIDED MONSTHOalTl.
lutruduo-
NoE-
way, Poland aud Bootland, and diw
tnbuted exUiiMvefjT'jx the Department
of Agnoulture, the quality has been
greatly improved, and the hut five years
, the sereage under crop very oonsidera-
Ar dupatch from Asheville 'to the uly increased in consequence, eo that
Knoxville 1 ritmnu CouApicuoaH uatmefiJ now figaTos in th© export© of
among the freaks of nature iu this sec-^gAin to Europe. As corn is too heating
A \ery
Mtraage Itilug Hrvsnlljr Horn la
III* Obi North Mat*.
ly assert that the Southern States ^ ave "fectl
turn of the State, i* that one just—re
ported from the little town of Coopers,
eight miles east of the city ou the West
ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa
tion this morning reached here that at
this place, on yesterday, a child with
two heads had been born. Finding the
physician, Dr. R. I. Wilson, who at
tended the mother, he confirmed the
report and gave a full description of the
freak.
The child with two heads, the faces
l>eing opposite. The front face is j»er-
iv wl
alar.
no manner of right to take from us the
rehes of the late nffieHion in the shape and ^he hair'
of Rebel flags. What would Misdonri,
Maryland, Mississippi, 'South Carolina
and other States do with the flags if they
had them? Would the Governors of
these States place them iu their Shite
capitals as emblems to be revered and
to teach coming generations treason?
No loyal Governor of any State in this
Union will receive them. They will say:
‘These are relics af a dead past. We are
members of the Union of States and can
not receive these emblems of treason.”’
Fairchild concluded by stating that hq
spoke in defence of the Southern peo
ple, wfiom he felt sure would feel in
sulted by having those flags thrust upon
them.
After Fairchild’s address, resolutions
were adopted as follows: *
“That the President <5{ the United
States, having approvedthere commend
ation that all battle flags in the custody
of the war department belonging to
Southern States in rebellion during tlie
late civil war bo returned to the respec
tive States which, bore them; for such
final disposition afe they may determine,
this post views w ith surprise the action
of the President, and records it* .protest
thereto; that the sacrifice of blood which
capforod the emblems referred to was a
Mucrifiri* to liberty, national union and
to God; that no sentiment of generosity
aud no eipre&ion of magnamnpty is in
volved in the surrender of these cove
nants of national honor;-that it now
uilymuins to direct that the
flags of the Union be distribute'! among
representatives of the ao-called Confed
eracy as a fitting acknowledgment of the
nghtoouABCW of the 'Loot Cause;’ that
this post expreenee its disapprobation of
the act of the first Premaent of the
United SUtea who haa
&
held the office
of the war
OiD«f tr
itc, the one at the Imr k is not
regular. There is only one neck for the
the forehead,
comes down to the eyes. The arms of
this being are covered with a heavy and
shaggy growth of hair, entirely to the
wrists.
A number of Meople to-day went from
the city to see this monstrosity, and were
astonished at its remarkable peculiari
ties. Ruth and Havey Lythe, two
reputable and hard working colored
people, are the parents of this strange
being. They liyfe in ah humble cabin
close by the BwtqTO-river in the suburbs
of the village.
The child is an unusually large one,
weighing about sixteen pounds, and ap
parently two feet long. It is amost
white and has facial features that are
rather pleasing, when the shaggy fore
head and rear head are concealed. Its
voice is not that of the human young,
suggestive of the lower animals' in its
strange unnatural cries. It has not
taken nourishment from its mother’s
breast, but grewiily swallows what is
otherwise given in The mother appear
attached to this strange creature and
refers to it most endearing terms.
Numbers of our citizens from the sur
rounding country have to-day visited the
cabin, and gone away in wonder. Al
ready the adaptability of the freak to the
demands of the museum has been freely
discussed and it is said that business
offers have been made and declined.
U th* U*1 ft My !!***«■
Well, then, why don’t yon do some
thing to bring bock the roses to her
cheeks and the light to her eyes? Don’t
yon see she is wiffenng from nervous
debility, the result of female weakness .'
A bottle of Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic
will bngtitin those pale cheeks end send
new life through that wasted form. 11
you lose her take heed.
in summer for horses, there is s greeter
demand for oats, as the more wholesome
and nutritious ration for horses. The
total area under crop for last five years
was 18,628,023 acres, against 11,076,822
acres (annually) in the previous tin
yean. W’ith the improved milling and
bruising process of oats by rollers, re
cently introduced, and sold now in
America aa “rolled” or flattened oats, it
is reasonable to conclude that we shall
soon see the increased demand as an
article of diet and drink or beverage for
the table much mpre appreciated, owing
to'the taore nutritive quality than the
corn preparations as articles of food,
many of which are only “com starches"
and lack the nutritive albuminoids—
flesh, blood, bone and brain forming
elements of nutrition. There is a nat
ural dislike by the cooks to stand over a
Are stirring the “oatmeal grits,” which
have to be boiled and stirred for a long
time to keep it from burning and to get
softened, as the hard skin prevents the
hot water dissolving oat the starch and
glnten. The rolled or flaked oats is
easily cooked and easily digested by the
most delicate man, woman or child, and
it nothing more or less than pure oat
meal, which is growing more and more
into favor. It only requires to be bet
ter known to be more popular as the
most desirable food for child, invalid or
robppt man or woman.' Finer meal is
made, which can be used in making
paddings, cakes, thickening soups,
broths, or snet and bread dumplings, of
higher nutritive quality than any other
meal or wheat ttam^maaiuffiiinroft. It
is a specialty likely to expand and grow
into an article of food of vast usee for
export. When 1 treated by the new
process of milling, the kiln drying does
not yield the same Bcotch oatmeal-like
odor and taste as Bcotch and English
oatmeal samples, bat it the more easily
replaces other flour or meal in cooking,
and making sundry articles of food in
** bii'li ihr iiigh kiln dried -and rougbly
g round oatmeal cannot be used. The
mitrttive properties, however; are the
same, and more palatable to many in
valiiis or children.
.From Um BalU
The recent
from a ■even iIImm of Um wkhi
of the late General
Pickett recalls one
rag etones that oo
the war. Its chief interest is
Uon to her husband in all Uk
r*iD"*d tranctimn «v*r gran
•unw*ipality to a outp'ratioa, Um mm
of $7) .*i > J| a year. This sum is made
up of'$4*1,(80 a jtmr iwas sad 3 per seat,
of the grim sarniasa ekmfc. ua $1,(M1, -
665.80, iSe gtiwa suraiag* for th* year
' tided Mepti tkler 3U, U0Nk ***• $61,-
666.64k
Iu the o-uiwr ul the Cteary trial, Mr.
K. Hr ary Lemab* Causa In Um Onr-
potation, mutm appointed by 1
Uieieland a Judge of the Uaited
( ireuil Court, wan ua the wtjaaa
Tine was oa Mora* tl.
cr'<*e-rx*uiins4loube wwesekadbj
nhafer Um follow rag m
rag Um amount received by the art j
th* Broadway burfaoe Cumpaay:
“Ua regarded this as a fair r
didn't you?”
Mr Lacumbe
“1 regarded it as
protect the city in
fund, they gsws away for no
tion whatever at least $7,056,327.50 of
the people’s money.
^ J7 P*Jto« tj.wo.ooo
in bribes, Jacob Sharp intended to omo
five and half millions of auMMj wfatah*
with the thirteen hundred
sides, he should
the franchise. An
aldermen pocketed his $34,000 bribe, he
■old out the people of Hew York city
the amount of f7.000!000 in cram,
over $852,000 a
in revanoa.
A PLAGUE or OEAnUfc
not JChejr Are Eat lag Every <
Center Coaatjr, Pewwejl'nula.
(From Harrisburg Special to lew York Sua.)
The entire lower portion of Ointer
county, Pennsylvania, is aft prwasnft
l eagued by a moat extraordinary virifta-
tion of snails or garden stafE. They
come from their hiding pteomtaseeviem
under board walks, atoom, ale., only aft
night, and they eover the roada and
walks by the million. In Pmn'g Tiller
and Bloom Sold and Um suraonatfthig
country they have eaten every growing
thing in their path. Some gardsM haws
bfan rntiiG; A letter from
Petra's valley seya that mornings after
warm nights walks and roods an literal
ly Covered with the slam them teaaote
lea vs in their trails and by bmhafc of
efbeft OE thgm. The
of this plague is that no
kind were ever knows to he in <
as
is a 1
The New Tech
MgTFfMj* hotel
, Ira
teucnl George lK
1 of Um moot ratarmt-
me beck to ua trim
her devo-
bonn of
Privation,
or suffering of any kind only
ed to bring out more beautifully her
lie and womanly nature. During
oloring year of tne war she followed
1 to the battle fields, lived under can-
and went through camp life like
a soldier, bfcing repeatedly under firs
still re-
Wheu
fifteen
yean of age, beautiful in face and form,
gifted in intellect and gentle in her na
ture.
Bhe waa, too, a perfect and fearless
rider. When the war was over an effort
was made tq take from General Pickett
the privileges given him by the Grant-
Lee cartel, and they went to Canada.
There they had no friends, no money
and no prospect of jutfier, with a young
child to care for. But her brave nature
never faltered. With that indomitable
courage which never deserted her, and
aided by her superior education, she
obtained a professorship in belles lettres
and took care of the family until General
Grant insisted that the cartel should be
kept, and they at once returned to their
home. General Grant then tendered
General Pickett the position of Marshal
6f Virginia, but he accepted a position
in an insurance company with a hand
some salary attached. Though all then
seemed bright, the worst sorrow was yet
to come. In a few years General Pickett
died and she was left to her own re
sources. It waa then that her helpless
condition aroused the Bouth and a sub
scription was started for her, headed
with $8,000 by the State. Bhe firmly
declined to receive this upon hearing of
it, and shortly afterward secured a small
government position, sufficient to sup
port herself and family. Among her
friends and visitors ere tome of the-lead-
ing society and official people, whom she
occasionally entertains in a modest bat
digAjfed waj. _ *
As to
! khoultl reoeivr.l
lit a fair value.”
■Mr. Imoombe probalJy
ouDAklt ration. Itiaoent 4
t.ua awfully
1
Following ap
tivwly with the m
the
■abject
and
compare
analysis of English and Bcotch oats, un
der the direction of the tote Piet J. F.
W. Johnson, the
cbeuuet and geokfat; by Prof.
Norton, of \ak t • I
A wife atjly stisrhad a |witnmrt«v to
the Bighorn! SuCMty of Bo
Ui 1665—the met stelineats and
be scat me after ten j -uraMign
1 of 15 mum an am scrarm
..ij) •tsr-W*vhr4 ti'et***.
For " worn out,” “run-down," debilitated
school teachers, milliners, seamstresses,
housekeepers, and over worked women
generally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion is the best of all restorative tonics.
It is not a "Cure-all,” but admirably ful
fills a singleness qf purpose, being a must
potent Bpccdk for all those Chronic Weak
nesses and Diseases peculiar to women. It
is > poweifui, iflumT is well as uterine,
tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor and
strength to the whole syitem. It promptly
cures weakness of stomach, indigestion
bloating, weak back, nervous pro-tratioa,
debility and tlecpkssnem. in either sex
Favorite Prescription is ibtd by druggists
■ bee wrapper
Price $1.6$ a ti*tie, or Ex
for $5 00
inf Women.
any
of the
eat, prove I
Oa.May :g)
%vo y©ArB ©fl©p nbarp b
canon Broadway—the fi
Twenty-eighth and Twcnty-niatfti street
crumtowu rood and of the Fulton street
crosstown rood acre put up foe aate at
auction by Comptroller l^oew, undftv the
provision* of the Cantor Railroad law,
passed after the granting of the Bread-
way franchise. The former franchise,
for which there were two bidden, sold
for 26.2 per cent of the gross receipts,
to which must be added, under the Gen
eral .Street Railroad law, a per cent, on
the annual groea earnings for the first
five yean and 5 per cent thereafter.
The city will, there!' re, receive 23.2 per
cent, on tlie gross earnings of that road
for the first five of its operation and
31.2 per cent every year after the first
five years. For the Folton street fran
chise there were three bidders, and it
was finally knocked down for :!5 per
cent., making the city’s rent for the first
five years 38, and 40 tor the subsequent
years.
Aa the Broadway franchise is un
doubtedly much more valuable than
either of these, it is safe to assume that
the competition for it would have been
more eager, aud consequently that the
city would have secured a considerably
larger percentage if, like them, it bad
been pot up and sold at auction. But,
admitting that it would not have sold for
any more than the Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth street franchise, how mneh
is the city losing annually by the com
pact of its corrupt aldermen of 1881 with
the Corrupting boodlera who are reaping
the benefits?
Thu gross earnings of the Broadway
Burfaoe Railroad for tlu year 1885-86
were $1,061,665.80. They are likely ,to
be huger instead of smaller in the future.
But, accepting that sum as a fair basis
of computation, 20.2 per cent, of it
would give the city $310,006.41 a year
for five years. After the expiration of
five years the city would receive, aft 31.2
percent, $334,233.72 a year. As the
city is getting only $71,843.34 per year
uiider the corrupt diroosition of the
franchise, it will lose $238,156.47 annu
ally for five years, and afterwards $259,-
383.78 anunally forever.
If, as it would be perfectly proper to
assume, the Broadway franchise had
•aid tor aa iiiili ■ Ihii TiMwi
franchise, it would have brought into
the city treasury #463,433 • JW tor five
jean and $224,666.62 a jam tot all tune
after five yean. On this hams ol
lotion, than, the oriy is ksung at the
present time by the sorrupt con
$331,563,06 per annum, and k will
I
after the laprn of ft
$852,816.38 a /car.
Do these figures 1
exteat of the sriy’s ]
of Ml885i“
from
mm m mm, t* ttM*
asKSST-
1 are 06,104
’ to 6 ]
(4.740,
from
bates, the !
ike aA the interior
the recetpts from the
1885 the^ ul ** ,
6* 61
in Washington
BecralMT Lamer could never <k
judge. Why, do you know what
pened to hint one street ear tbs <
day? Ha earns into the 9*
French novel under his arm
himself down in a corner, rea
into his pocket, pulled out a fifty emit
piece ana pat it into the box. 1ft wm a
“bob tad’’ cate where rsssiflnn par
their owa own fare. Then ha poked Jm
nose into his book and begaa to read,
lady oa the opposite ade who had
an hiai
—**11*6 hi*
yon put filter
conta in the box.” Whak he did wm the
He
it, saying: “Mr.
funniest thing I cm heard of.
peered into the box a minute abaeot
mindedly, throat his hand again into his
' end polled out amiekel which he
also dropped into the box, as ho midi
“I made a mistake! Oh, thank you,
thank too. Guam this will make u all
right ”
A new musical prodigy of Paris, the
child Hoffman, continues to
greatestenthusiasm wherever he 1
Without considering him m a modern
YJozart, he has certainly wonderful exe
cution, facility, memory, and a reauurk-
able talent tor improvnaftiou. He be>
tens attentively to a BMlody whtoh hs
hears for the first time and f
without a moment’s
he carries that origiaal
dozen or more'
it, and never giving it 1
meat than ita rhythm ( ___
can support. Hoffman eomdk Jrom Vi
enna, and is said to I
GnasBAL EL P,
I - >*>te*l man ra railroad 1
„ am I iiIi^mI
vt-rj iiouuuui
Commiarieo will
clanm of the Antal
the
(of the