The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 11, 1900, Image 4
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ROBY Or BBS £XPM>ITO
OlVtl War She Aided the.
the War Urant Ua*e
Aaeyle Reward.
Mlae Elisabeth Van Lew, who died
tlj la Richmond, Va., was the
danfhter of John Van Lew, •_New
Yorker, of Dutoh)deeoent, who married
Elisabeth Baker, a daughter of Hillary
Baker, mayor of Philadelphia, who
died le the yellow fever epidemic of
1798. Her father, as a hardware mer
chant In the aLte-bellum Arm of Van
Lew k Taylor, prospered, after locat-
a ; le Richmond. Hla, family was re
vel In polite society, and the wit
and beauty of hla eldest daughter
onarmed the young gallants of the
Virginia capital, so that Elizabeth, of
Puritan descent, became a belle even
le the cavalier society. But she never
married. In the light of after events,
It might not be disbelieved that some
romance or disappointment In earlier
years embittered her.
For when the civil war commenced
she took a pronounced stand against
the South, and tho cause her Virginia
companions espoused. She gave her
sympathies and. Mleglance to the
Union, and more. She remained In
Richmond, and espied upon the Con-
" Its agents, civil and
f, and such was her intelligence
federaey and all Its agents,
military, and such was h I
ind acumen that s!)e found means to
communicate with the Federal army
during the years It thundered at the
gates of the Confederate capital. In
this capacity she rendered the North
services exceed lug In value those of
any woman, certainly In the confines
of the Confederacy.
When Grant hovered about Rich
mond Miss Van Lew was In constant
communication with him. Flower*
out la her garden In the morning found
their way to Grants table at City
Point before nlghtlall. The Van Laws
owned a farm below Richmond. Thith
er would go servants, who, by reason
of their humble station, passed the
guards unsuspected ; yet these carried,
usually la the soles of their shoes,
missives of great Importance to the
eaemy. After the evacuation of Rich
mond General Grant visited Miss Van
Lew and remained, as most substantia
evidence attested, her warm friend
uatll his death.
During the war the old residence bar
bored many a Federal prisoner of war
Miss Van Gsw was constantly In com
mualoatlon with Libby prison, hiding
them, as well as their horses, at her
home until opportunity presented Itoe f
for them to get out of the city. She
aided le the escape of Coloiel Straight,
the noted raider, who, to geher with
1,800 men, was captured down South
by Forrest and confined In Libby prison
Coioeel Straight bored hL way out of
the prison with Implements provided
for him by Miss Van Lew. He was
afterwards ooaoeaied at her boms until
be fleelly found e chance to get through
the Coe federate cordon
The one Incident with which MieS
Vaa Lew s name Is moat notably linked
la that of the removal of the body of
Ooioaal Ulrich Dahlgraa, a eon of Ad
■iral Dablgreo, wbo, while la
maed of a raiding party, was killed In
King aad Quasa county Colonel Dahi
free had loet a lag, aad were
•rtlfteal limb. Tba body waa brought
for burial. When
the olty R wee minus the
lag, aad oee lager—tbe rkag
been amputated at the
joint. Otherwise, It had not
mutilated, which la worth Doling
had aroused Intense feei
declaration that he would
If the fortunes of war
lit. The body was burled
ta Oakwood cemetery o the section set
a burial piacs for Federal
■loo, among them Frederlcka Bremer,
the distinguished Swedish authoress.
The late John Minor Bolts, Franklin
Stearns aad ex-Scoator John F. Lewis
were among the men who enjoyed the
old manaloo’s hospitality.
Miss Van Lew was a small woman,
with gray, curly hair, a thin, Intelli
gent face, aad keen, sparkling blue
eyee. There was a gentleness in her
manner that surprised one who ex
pected to find her a rough woman. In
her look there war something pathetic,
h mute appeal, es of one who had suf
fered long and much; out In silence,
and this, In truth, for no one ever suc
ceeded lu getting her to tell about her
many adventures. Much hintory there
was Id her possession, but she kept
them locked wltbiu her breast.
One of Miss Yen Lew’s peculiarities
was a very pronounced opposition to
paying taxes. She objected on princi
ple, contending that, as she bad no
voice In the government, bur prop rty
could not, cpnsUtutlonally, be taxed.
Every year her tax fee was accompanied
by a written protest. Her last protest
was filed with the c|ty collector last
spring. '
SOU.vD AD VICK TO THK NKUHOK*.
Mr.
irSf) i
Mr Dehif r*n hi
lag br his dacl
bare Richmond
!l
begging
Inclosed
Admiral Deblgren. upon learning of
Ike fata of bln son. wrote to 1‘resldeat
Davis from Fortress Monroe,
|lM return of the body, lie
ire MO (Old pieces to pay expenses
Bat when the grave was opened It
(owed the body bad been mysteriously
President Davis had to la-
Admiral Dahlgren of the dlsap
Thn admiral aad bis peo-
kaowlag tbs 1 ate use fsellag against
did not ballavs tba body had
i bjrled, bat bad bean cast Into
tba river. A few weeks later M Isa Van
Lew wrote him a letter that explained
relieved bis aox
C
"Si
Taken frornlU resting place, ooeveyed tlesl postage stame-ki tl
Vaa Lew planned the success
ful enterprise which resulted la the
removal of Dahlgraa’■ body, though It
wee ant known till the close of the war.
Between the time of burial aodTU
j bar
awl
w nurl
through the lines end Interred near
Hungary Station.
When tba war was over, and Gen
eral Great bed bean mads President,
one of his first acts was to anpolnt Miss
Van Lew postmaster at Richmond—
Merab 19. 1889, fifteen days after bis
Inauguration. Four years later ho're
appointed her, but she went out of
oiHoo at the end of her second term,
to the im-
appointing
ho succeeded
After remaining out of office for
A while, Miss Van Lew secured a de
partmental appointment at Washing-
toe, which she held until the first
Clifeltnd administration, when she
war reassigned, causing her to resign.
Miss Van Lew again made her borne
ia Richmond and, with her most of the
time, a niece, also named Elisabeth
Vaa Lew, who died a few months ago.
▲ brother, John N. Van Lew, and a
sister, Mrs. Louisa Klapp, wife, of
Dr. Joseph Klapp, of Philadel
phia, have been dead many years. Miss
Vaa Lew never mingled freely with
the people of Richmond after the war.
Vat she delighted to receive as guests
the few old friends who cheered her
last secluded years. She delighted In
visits of children, and In showing them
bar beautiful grounds and flowers.
The Van Lew mansion is a large,
square brick building on Church hill,
of the highest locations In Rich-
Just across the corner is the
church of St. John's where
Retrlok Henry made his great "Give
me liberty or give me death " speech,
and within the stone fanoelng of the
churchyard are many crumbling
gravaa of olden oolonial days. The
hoaae, la the center of the square be
tween Twenty-third and Twenty-
Marth, fanes the east, and In front is a
high porch with four pillars and cur-
vipg steps leading down on each side
into the itrRLzf be rear of
is the most attractive, for one looks
dova a large terraced garden over and
out'*} the shining waters of the his-
faric Jamas The garden Is not of the
prim, modern style, with geometrical
KfWras fashioned to bloom, but It has
Mac walks bordered by boxwoods, aad
ars big. drooping magnolia trees
the way. Though In ra-
astaneas in late years, Miss
Vaa Law always devoted much time to
bar pretty, and spacious grounds.
BaMrathe war-many noted ms
aalerteined at the
E areb
ihade
t
Bryan Talka Common Henke and
Kuloj^lxes Abraham fJhOelh.
Mr. William .1. Bryan spoke loan
audience of 8,U0U In St. Paul, Minn.,
where ne was presented with a life of
Abraham Lincoln, on behalf of the
colored men’s league of that city. Mr.
Bryan congratulated the colored peo
ple upon their advancement, and said
be was glad to know that so many of
them are determined to study public
questions and vote according to ihelr
convictions. Continuing, he said :
"Certainly you have repall the
present Kipubilcan leaders for ail that
they have done for your race. So far
as officers are concerned, you have be
stowed presidencies upon the Republi
can party and received janltorsblps in
return. So far as legislation Is con
cerned you have been the victims of
the eame vicious policies which have
Injured the white man. More of your
race are engaged in the production of
cotton than any other industry, and
yet the ooilon growers, without re
celvlog any benefit from a high txnlT
when they sell their product, suffer
from the Imposition of high tariff
duties when they buy. ^
"The colored man Ir, as a rule
neither a money lender nor a holder of
fixed Investments, and therefore does
not prolt by the gold standard. He Is
not astucknoldar m private monopo
lies, but when the trust passes through
tba land, even the blood of Lincoln
sprinkled upon the dour po«L of the
colored mao's humble home would not
protect him from extortion.
‘ Wbeo Lincoln lived be wanted to
encourage the. production of bulb gold
and silver ; now the Republicans have
no use for sliver. He signed the law
that created the greenbaexs ; now ine
Republican# are trying to retire the
greenbacks; be sffixed his sigoaturu
to an income tax bill; now mo It*
publican party is opposed to an income
tax. He waa a believer in the citizen
soldier; sow tbe Republican party
■taodr fora large standing army anu
the Imperial policy. Lincoln wanted
the Declaration of Independence ap
plied to a black man, wUhe the pree-ml
leaders of tbe Republican parly are
unwilling to apply It to a brown
In tbe Pnlllipplne Islands.
" No one can deny the existence of.
race prejudice In this country, bow
ever much be may deplore it. Tbe
race problem Is wlib us and It will re
quire tbe Intelligence and patriotism
of all our people, •North aeu .South
while and black to solve It. But the
existence uf ibis very race prejudice
should lie a warning to us nut to tiring
In a new race problem even more d.f
ticult of solu.loo. It should be a warn
lag to administering a carpetbag gov
ernment In distant colonies over peo
ple who are to be denied Independence
i vet excluded from dtixonebip.
* 1 appreciate the support promised
by your club. If by the suffrages uf my
countrymen 1 become I'residoutof the
United States, you may rest assured
that the rights of the citizens of this
country, regardless of color, cced or
condition, will be protected as far *.
the executive has power to protect
them"
f HR NOTED OLD ITONR OHUKOH.
An Intereetlng Description of (he Fa
tness KdlOoe Near Old Pendleton.
• A correspondent of the Anderson
Intelligencer says : In the southeast
corner of Oooneu County and a mile
and a half from Clemson Collego, there
stands the Old Stone Church, a build
ing unique In its structure and around
which are entwined the memories of
more than a century. It was original
ly called Hopewell, but latterly that
name la forgotten and “Stone Church"
is the only name It Is now known by.
Tbe building Is of rough stone col
lected nearby, built up equare, the roof
and gables being of wood. It is about
fifty feet long by thirty feet wide,
and the walls some eighteen feet high.
In the northwest corner and 'about
two and a half feet from the ground
there Is one stone a little smoother and
larger than Its fellows, wherein Is
carved in quaint old figures, npw dim
with age, 17D4. Could these stones
speak they would tell us that they were
laid ^In place and cemented there by
John Rusk, asturdy stalwart Irishman,
whose son afterwards represented the
great State of Texas in the United
States Senate. They would tell us also
oT the Audersons, the Pickenses, the
Calhouns, the Reeses, the Cherrys and
many other Illustrious names who had
worshipped within those sacred walls
In the days of long ago. They would
tell us, moreover, of the grand preach
ers, wbo had at different times for a
—A correspondent oi the New York
Sun suggests that the Stars nod
Stripes would make an admireotb'de-
slgn for a postage stamp. " A plain
flag three quarters of au loch lotig on
browu .atu-wora lievwme
hw WifpnBf
postage stamp ic the Word, and
with It our flag would truly float over
every land of tbe globe.’’
—An Audrain county, Missouri, man
found that he could not live happily
with his wife and rather than sue for
a divorce they signed a deed of separa
lion which was filed with the county
recorder. It Is said to be lue first in
strument of the kind ever put on re
cord in Missouri. It divides tue prop
erty and is more binding than a de
cree of uivorce, in that it forever sep
arates the contracting parties and pro
vides against any reconciliation In the
future.
'—The popular Illuminating agent in
France continues to be the old-fashion
ed candle, and Inmost of the hotels
I -as has not been distributed through
pipes beyond the -offices and dining
rooms. In many of the very elegant
irlvate residences, particularly tnose
relonglng to the old families of the
country, the same condition prevails.
On a cerenaonlal occasion the halls and.
salons will be magnificently Illuminat
ed with wax tapers distributed in large
chandeliers and beautiful lusters, one
of the latter in each of the four corners
of every apartment.
—A Georgia exchange gives the fol-
owing advice to young men : "My
son, follow not In > the footsteps of a
oafer and mane no example of him
who Is born tired, for verily 1 say unto
you their business is overstocked, the
seats on the corner afe all taken, and
he whittling places are all occun'ori.
*t is better to saw wood at two bits „
cord than to whittle in a loaficg malcb
bJ cu«s the government. My son,
,v with the digarette habit, for lo I
thy breatfa stlnketh like a glue factory
and thy appearance Is less Intelligent
than a s.one dummy. Yes, thou art a
cipher with tfic r.m knocked off."
—United States Treasurer Itobe
sent to the New Orleank subtreasury
to aid in tbe tnovemeifl of the cotton
crop. The St. Loulp and Chicago sub-
treasuries Save received aboutkUjQQO,-
000 for the same purpose. The ship
ments to New Orleans exceed by 81,-
000,000 the amount that bad been sent
at this time last year.' This, it Is said,
tends to show that the kLutharn farm
ers are getting bettor pWcp* for their
oottoa than at this timn/JUt year, and
that much more money will be needed
to move the oottoa crop this year than
for several years
hundred years, proclaimed the "glad
tidings of great joy’’ from Its lofty
pulpiL . .. '
Tnis ancient edifice, while orglnally
a i’resbyterlan'Church, Is no longer
used by that denomination exclusively,
tbe urgsnlzjktion which formerly ex
isted here having bben transferred to
Pendleton. Preaching services are had
here occasionally by different denomi
nations. Sometimes a union Sabbath
school Is kept up. Notwltbstaoding the
Inlt rest which Ibis old church awakens,
probably there Is even mure attractions
In the city of the dead bardby. Here
He the dead of a century, many of
'them famous In the history of this
State and epuntry. The Rev. Thomas
Rieso, D.D , is believed to be tae first
person burled here. He was the pastor
of the church and died to ITMi at the
age of fifty-four. Thu well-merited
degree of D.D was conferred on him
by Princeton College in recognition of
eminent ability eud scholarly attain
ments. in those days such a degree
was a high distinction. There .s a
cluster of graves, enclosed by a brick
wall three and a half feet high, among
which there Is oue worthy of more
than a passing notice. It i* marked by
THK 1AYINGA OF AN OLD NKORO.
Bill Arp Writes Aboqt Good Old Sans
Pitta- The Difference Between Ne
groes,
Uncle Sam is dead. Good old Sam
Pitts. He never changed hit name
when freedom came. " My old master
was a good man," he said. " Dar was
f ;ood people den and bad people ie«’
Ike dar it now—blfck and white,., but
de black has got wusser and wutser
since dey got free. Effen a black, man
bad a good master he wan mighty well
off, fer he didn’t have no sponsibillty.
Effen l bin rho of a good master and
my wife and children been sbo of one
and we all live logedder onlill we die I
wouldn't |ceer anything bout freedom.
My old master used to make de nigger
gals get married and take a man and
stick to him, but nowadays dey dont
marry at all hardly. I got a lot of
grandchildren what ain’t got no daddy
to speak of and 1 dont know my sons in
law. Dey don’t dome about In daytime.
Dat’s what killed my old woman. She
jes* so ..mortified and. bo shamed she
never got over It. So many spurious
children all round callin’ her granny,
Effen a white woman do dat way she
is disgraced, but a. black omen dont
keer ; she shine as big as ever and dey
dont turn her outen de church. In de
old times she got a whlppln and dey
ort to have It yet. White folks duo
quit whlppln bad nlggere; dey send
em to chalngang, and dey dont keer
for dat. I hear dfttndar if four or .five
glad -tliousaml in jlar.from Georgy. How’s
dat—didn’t have nary one before de
war. Gwloe to School too much f spek
and work too llUle. Don’t know what
Is gwine to come of all dese growin’ up
niggeca. Dar ia a dozen or mere round
de depot or trampin’ around town doin’
nuthin’ all de time—livin’ offen dey
mammies and smokin’dese little paper
•teg ars.”
Old Uncle Sam dldent talk much,
but sometimes he would lean on hlslioe
or his ax and spress hla feelins. It did
him good. Ho has been chopping my
wood and helping me In tne garden for
thirteen years and we will miss him.
He felt down paralyzed with bis hoe in
hla hand. He was " the man with tbe
hoe ” to the very last, but he never
was poor, for he made a good liviug
and bad many friends and owned a
comfortable bouse and lot. They sent
to my wife for tome grave clothes and
be will be buried In a right decent suit
of mine and we^v 111 go lo his funeral.
1 was rumlnlting about this good
old npgro who had seen thlrty-tnree
years of slavery and thirty-seven of
freedom and knew the good and the
bad of both conditions and then my
thought-wandered to the malignity of
a pinio white marble ncedstooe, le*a I those wbo have slandered us so long
than three feet high, upon which Is witboulaceuie. Here Is a book of poems
by John G. Wittier and thirty-seven
l of them are pitiful appeal* for tbe poor
slave and Invoking Heaven’s curses
, upon his master. He knew no more
^ about slavery as It really was than he
| did about Barbara Freltchla and he
the following Inscription :
M —»>■ (»«ii Andrew IV-ketrs
waa l>brii
13th Se|4em>*er. ITS*,
and died
llth August, 1MT.
He «as * * hrtsuaiir.
a I’aiyiot * eold>er
His riiatS&er and a< tiuus
art* iiicorix'irated witli the
■ lustury Ins country.
Filial affection and rested
raiae this Hione
lo hts aisaiorv."
And this trail there Is to tell to gen-
eratiuas to coma that lb s L the last
resting place of the hero of many a hard
fougbl bailie of tbe war of tutlepen-
deece, out to sovak of bis emtneal
service# ia subduing tbe Indians of the
regions round about Wbtla towering
tnonumenW of bronze or stone have
been erected by the government lo the
memory of many wbo did far jess tar
their country titan did Gea. Fictteas,
It bs- failed to do lU duly to this illus
trlous chieftain. Within two miles
of wnere he sleeps he consummated a
treaty of peace In 1*77 with four pow
erful tribes of Indians-tba Cherokoes,
Creeks, Chickasaw* and Choctaws—
having all four tribes encamped at one
time about bis home on tho nenks of
the beautiful Seneca River. This de
sirable end was not attained, however,
till be had' severely punished them in
several battles On the heights over
looking tbe river he had his residence j
for many years after tbe war. The old j
oaks and other marks are there yet to
show the place where his hou>e stood. !
We are told that-in lb>* same grave !
yard there lies buried the secret of the I
real authorship of the celebrated |
‘Junius Letters" that stirred England
from palace lo hovel. John Miller was ,
the printer through whuac hands these j
letters passed lo the reading public |
and In the endeavor to discovec the
writer the pressure became so strong
as to necessitate Jdlller'* leaving Eng
e'ta .-OhiSrtostoa^w
ta* rsmalaea-a 1 taw -ycai vr*ud~ ffPOT
there he removed to I’cndlcton, where
he published fur several years a weekly
paper called the 1’endleion Messenger.
There he died at a ripe age, always re
fusing to divulge tbe name of the
author pf the famous letters, and here
|he secret lies buried with him In this
old graveyard. >
At the lower side of the grounds
there are two huge pine trees about
•even or eight feet apart, towering far
above the surrounding growth. They
are the sole monuments to mark the
grave of Turner Bynum, who wa*> zill
ed in a duel in 18&1 by B. F. Ferry.
Both were brilliant young lawyers of
Greenville and editors of rival papers>
Ferry being editor of tLe Patriot and
Bynum having charge of the Southeru
Sentinel. Their controversy became so
hut during nullification times as to
bring on a duel, which was fought with
pistols on an island in Tugaloo River,
just below Hatton’s Ford. Ferry was
only slightly wounded, while Bynum
was shot In the spine and killed. Uls
body was brought to Stone Church and
buried by torbh light on a dark and
stormy night. There is a tradition
that the poles upon which the coffin
was borne from the wagon to the
grave were planted at the head and
foot of the grave to mark It, and that
they took root and grew and are now
the great trees that sing their mourn
ful dirges when the evening zjphyra
blow. But there are those who deny
this and say thegravo was dug between
two small pine trees.
Time won’t allow me to tell of the
Whitners, the Kilpatricks, the Lew-
i >'**, the Hugers, the McBrydos, the
L.e betters, the Simpsons, the Ogiers,
the Sharpes, the Bishops, the Boggses,
.the Sto r jo I he Livingstons, the Alex
anders, toe Gnerrys and a multitude of
others who i > > mouldering here, names
illustrious oulh in Church and State and
ra-.i.y of them woven Into song or story,
ll all that is interesting in connection
with these dead of many decades was
written it would, make a mighty vol
ume.
Gen. Andersoh, another hero of the
revolution, worshipped here, he and
Gen. Pickens both being elders in this
Church. He was buried by the side of
his first wife across the river,-some-
three mile* away, on the place now
owned by Mrs. Lowery.
fed the young people of New Engined
upon poetic lies for thirty years and (other
Instilled into their iitarls that hatred
from which they have nevfr recovered.
Strange *1 Is that smart peuole will
write about things they have never
seen. Now the Idea of an uneducated
negro slave getting down on bis knees
and making an apostrophe to the north
•tar—and yal that Is tbe title of one of
the poem*—“The Slave’s Apostrophe
to tbe North Star." Tbe nigger was
'possum bunting right then, bit the
poet make* him to sav
“ Star of the North. I look to thte.
Thy light and irviih shall set me Ire*.''
Hut enough of tola. The question
still survives what will become of the
negro. And that other question loom*
ui> before us, what will we do with
lU.UUU.OOt) more of them over in the
Philippines ? A more senseless war
was never wag. J. It was conceived In
sin and Is S ing carried on In Iniquity.
Prosperity I Yes, it is war that glosses
over suffering and death and grief with
a coat of prosperity. Hut It Is nothing
but a coat. War always produces a
semblance of prosperity, for armies
have to he fed and clothed and equipped.
Ships have to be built and cannon made
t.od a thousand lb lags collateral to th«s«
•how activity and give employment to
labor and to capital. This, activity
began with tbe Cutian emhrwgHu and
•till goes on, but in the long run
somebody will Jiavu to foot up the
money bill. The hill for blood and
suffering will never be paid. Who
wants the war but contractors wbo are
f rowing rich from their profit*? When
waa last In Texas I heard a cattle
mail say lie hoped that Ku#ato.aad
KMgtlfijL would ga . u* ajight, far tae
had rstrln Li
go up bU per cent. In a day. Dally
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Flbroleum, a naw leather paper
made by a French manufacturer, la
prepared from waata cuttlnga of hide.
These are cut Into small pieces, freed
from glutinous matter lu alkaline solu
tion, beaten, passed through a refiner,,
then made into very thin paper, which
Is dried in a dydraullc press in piles of
100 to 1000 sheeU.
—A late critic of cremation affirms
that earth'disinfection makes burial
the safest disposal of the dead. In
twelve years of experiment, Sir Sey£
tnour Haden found that bodies burled
4 feet deep required more than 4 years
for complete dissolution; 3 feet, 3,years;
2 feet, 2 years; 1 foot, 1 year. In no
case was- tbe earth or air polluted,
nothing worse than carbonic acid and
water ever being given off at the sur
face of burial grounds.
—An - Interesting chapter, ip the
world’s history is suggested by' Mois-
sen’s elhctrlc furnace. The metallic
carbides produced are like those now
existing in the sun and stars, and It is
thought that these—many of them de
composable by water—originally held
the world’s carbon. ' When the cooling
gases formed water, carbides were de
composed, forming hydrocarbons. Oxi
dation gave carbonic acid, when vege
table life became possible.
—The theory that sunstroke Is a con
tagious disease, due to microbes, haa
met with little favor, notwltstending
the evidence brought forward by Dr.
Ban bon a year or two ago. Mr. E. H.
Freeland, who haa seen many cases,
finds no good reason for changing the
old explanation, and believks that
there is ample proof that sunstroke Is
due primarily to the exposure of tbe
body to a hot moist atmosphere, and
secondarily to blood poisoning from
the perverted metabolic action thus
set up. " —v
—During inundations at Munich two
batteries of accumulators In the muni
cipal electric station were completely
submerged. On the following night
an attempt was made to light part of
the streets from one of the batteries,
and proving successful, with about a
third of the usual current, the battery
was charged on the next day, and
again discharged on the second night.
On the subetding of the water, the ac
cumulators werefoumFlo have sustain
ed no damage except a slight weaken
ing of the acid.
—The entire drainage basins of the
Aral and Caspian Seas are found by
Dr. Sven Hedln to be drying up. Lakes
and rivers are becoming smaller, and
’d wellers on Lake Balkhash assert that
i hat the lowering of Us water* Is as
auch as a foot In five years. The moet
remark able-changes appear in the Lob
Nor. This lake has no outlet, although
2000 feci above sea level, and Its fresn-
ness led to the inference that It must be
of recent formation. It Is now proven
that «he sheet of water described by
early geographers has disappeared,
leaving only a dry bed of shells and
ains, while asarlea of new
lakes has formed around the old basin
—The germination of seeds In steril
ized water to which varying quanllthe
of oxygen had boen added has been
studied by M F. Msze. He concludes
that, white life aop'- er* to remain la
tent, certain alow changes take place,
although germination under water may
fail on account of lack of aeration
Some small soeds are developed slowly
by tbe atmosphere within their coats
Starchy seeds under water quickly lose
—Our oouulry la a good deal behind DANGEROUS BREEDING*
Instance, It does
In soma things. For
not owa aa ocean oabla, while Great
Britain haa 136; Franca, fifty-four; Ja
pan seventy ; Austria forty-one ; Den
mark seventy-three, and Spain fifteen,
WHY
DR. HATHAWAY
CURES.
for Hla Marvelous SacMM—
His New, Free Book.
Dr. H&tb&wsy’s method
of treatment Is no experi
ment. It Is the result of
twenty years of experi
ence In the most exten
sive practice of any
specialist In his line In
the world. He was grad
uated from one of tbe
best medical colleges In
the country and perfect
ed his medical and surgl-
cal education by exten-
sire hospital practice.
Karly lu his professional career he made discov
eries whlchplaced him at the head of his profes-
>4ou as a spedallst In treating what are generally
Known as private diseases of men and women.
This system of treatment he has more and more
perfected each year until today his cure* are so
Invariable as to be the marvel of the medical
profession.
Enjoying the largest practice of any specialist
In the world he still maintains a system of nomi
nal fees which makes it possible for all to obtain
his services.
Dr. Hathaway treats and cures Loss hCVltallty,
Varicocele, Stricture, Blood Poisoning in Its dif
ferent stages, Kheumatlsm, Weak Back, Nerv
ousness, all manner of Urinary Complaints,
Ulcers, Bores and Skin Diseases, Brights Disease
and all forms of Kidney Troubles. HIs treatment
for undertoned men restores lost vitality and
makes the patient a strong, well, vigorous man.
Dr. Hathaway's success In the treatment of
Varicocele and Stricture without the aid of knife
or cautery Is phenomenal. The patient Is treated
by this method at his own home without pain or
loss of time from business. This Is positively tbe
only treatment which cures without an operation.
Ur. Hathaway calls the particular attention of
sufferers from Varicocele and Stricture to pages
17.38,29. so and 31 of hls new book, entitled.
‘'Manliness, Vigor. Health,” a copy of which will
be sent free on application.
Write today for free book aad symptom Mank.
mentioning your complaint.
r J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, ML A
Dr. Hathaway A Co*
BSHHonth Broad Street. Atlanta,On.
HJurriON this rzrxk wbxx wkitixo.
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WAV OK HHIDLING AND
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A writer in the London Live Block
Journal il«>s«Tiboa what he calls the
proper ami humane method of breaking
colts. The breaker should' undo the
near bit strap, slip tbe brldk* gently
over hls head, ntand n exkt tly opposite
hla near shoulder and fondle him gen
tly with tbe hand and encourage him by
kind words. This. Is the only poaltlon
clone to a hiirse of alaadute nafety No
colt can strike the breaker either from
before or t<eb!od. no matter how hard
he trie*, nor can he run away If hla
neck la bent and the poaltlon maintain
ed. He must fasten all tbe bridle
« lly seeds re-1 straps properly, then slip the two first
o proof that floors of the right hand Into tbe colfa
all |mw*'r of germinating. Bily *eeds rr
wage* dont go up, but everything the
laborer 1* obliged to consume has
advanced. Uow aboutoierk hire, male
and female,, in the towna and cltlea
How about child labor la the factorlea
not In all tbe factories, but In most of
them, for there are not many Gunby
Jordan* at the head of Southern cotton
mills. 'What a beautiful tribute hls
people paid 'him in Columbus when
he returned from Europe. What a
touching ovation those factory workers
gave him. Why can’t the owners
of ev ry mill do the same by their
operatives and secure their love, which
is worth more than a crown of gold
read in an Atlanta paper about a poor
woman who awore her son would not
be nine years old until next Christmas,
but her husband certified to tbe super
Intondentof the mill that he was eleven
so as to get him a place, for no boy
under ten would be employed.
What a degree of misery must be in
a family who have to resort so such
methods. The poor have but few
friends, but 1 hope they have enough
to press that Ihbor bill before the next
general assembly.
Later—News has just come that old
Uncle Sam is not yet dead. They be
gan to dress him for the grave and
suddenly he showed a sign of life.
Maybe he will live to have his obitu
ary read to him—wbo knows. I read
my own many years ago in a Western
caper when the orginal Bill Arp dlcu
in Texas and the -editor though it waa
I. But Uncle Bam will hartily live
through the night. Bill AKf.
—St. Joseph, Mo., comes out splen
didly In the census returns with a total
population of 102,979, a gain since 1890
of 98 per cent.
—A frisky little dog fell from a
bridge at the Chicago water work*
the other day, a'hd was drawn Into one
of the pumps before It could be res
cued. To tbe surprise of those who
witnessed the incident the animal
passed through the pump without los
ing its life. It was almost dead when
it came out, but waa revived by-the
employes of the works.
^Sir Claud Macdonald, the new Brit
ish minister to Japan, and, during the
trouble at Fekln, the English repre
sentative there, became a soldier at the
age of 2U and wa* in almost continuous
active service for twenty years. He
has been in diplomatic service gnly
three years.
j- New York city, haa 1,622 polling
place* only fifty-one less than the
whole Elate of Nebraska, and nine
more thso there are lo North Caro
Haa.
any scads can long retain their vitality
The weakening of tbe submerged em
bryue is attributed to the accumulation
of poisonous products, especially alde
hyde.
—In the Gbzxl aerator, which D In
tended to take the place of the ordi
nary window, «trlpe of glass supported
at the end* by tinned Iron pivots oper
ate like tbe slats of a Venetian blind.
The slats are held tightly closed by a
spring, and are opened and held at any
desired point by m utns of a chela.
The advantages r.f the aerator are
claimed to he Imoorteal. It .may he
used where It would he Impracticable
to place a awing or sliding window, and
gives a continuous and easl'y regulated
ventilation, In all ulalsi# of the atmos
phere, whereas an ordinary window
must be closed In *torm« and gales and
permit* the ealraneo of suddaa cooling
and dangerou* draughtson being open-
mi in winter.
mouth at the side Uffiind hie front
teeth At • years of age he haa Be
tushrs and mnnot posidhty hit** tbe
hug* ii* In this position He mnat pin
the Augers over the roll's tongue, then
-A
new steam freight automoblla
Loedm-Jmgland, merits t;
ne or the most satisfactory
solutions of a difficult problem. It con
sists of a road locomotive weighing
'VtUO pounds and a truck weighing 2400
pounds and having 8 platform 11 feet
long by 0 wide, the load to be carried
being 4 tons. The front wheels of both
engine and truck are *36 Inches In dia
meter, those in the rear being 4t>
Inches. The high pressure cylinder Is
4 Inches in diameter, the log pressure
Is hi Inches, and for starting on high
grades steam can be admitted at high
pressure into the low pressure cylin
der. The water tank holds 230 gallons
and the coke box carries 200 pounds.
In a recent teat for 10 hours, with four
tons of baled wool and.five passengers,
an average speed of 4 ‘o <> miles per
hour was made, and 33o pounds of coke
and (100 gallons of watpr were consum
ed. The cos*. 7>er mile for each ton
carried was estimated at a trifle less
than half the cost with horsea.
— An Investigation In Switzerland by
Frof. H. F. Weber has proven that
electric currents begin to be dangerous
at a much lower voltage than has been
supposed. With wet hands grasping
both bare conductors, the muscles were
paralyzed at 50 volts, and the wires
could not be released ; and with dry
hands a like result, with severe pains,
was reached at 90 volts. With one con
ductor only touching the skin, the body
being Insulated hv the shoes, the expe
rience was very different. The effects
varied from tingling of the skin on
slight touching to trembling of the
DREAXrvO BIT.
Insert the thumb and press -It gently
on the nerve centers of bis lower jaw
In nearly all cases he will yield at
. once and will suffer hls mouth to be
opened quite wide.- Tbs breaker should
take tbe hit In the left hand, still keep
lug the right flugera In colfi
■ ; 4»tu TilTTWirfflf atfacR It to the aide
ring, then withdraw the fingers, and
the whole matter Is accomplished with
out a struggle-
As soon as tiff colt Is bridled and bu
tt'd the surcingle should be strapped
lightly round him. The breaker should
avoid drawing suddenly at first, or tbe
pressure may startle him and cause
him to kick and throw himself down.
The next thing Is to place tbe crupper
beneath hls tall. This Is accomplished
by standing wcllQprward at the near
side of the colt and pushing hls tall
quietly through. The breaker should
be sure that all the loose hair la
through the loop. Nothing will make a
colt kick sooner then by leaving some
of the hair at the root of the tall out-
aide the crupper, for when the pressure
comes upon It It will nip hls dock and
Induce him to kick and throw himself
about in all directions. The crupper
should be fixed to the surcingle, taking
care not to. draw It too tightly. After
this the breaker should take the end of
tbe halter, which should always be left
on tbe head of the colt beneath the bri
dle, and bring It through between hla
fore legs and tie it not too* tightly to
the surcingle. After a little practice In
this manner the side reins should be
placed upon him very loosely, the near
rein being fixed to the off ring of the
surcingle, and vice versa.
It Is a good plan to turn the colt Into
Jiggers, etc.*- on firm gripping, but I a large open court, where he cannot get
when standing on moist gravel soil
they were scarcely perceptible at 800
volte and were not more serious than
violent stinging or intense trembling
at 2000 volts. On clay-covered with coal
dust, the stinging began to be notice
able at 200 volts, the effects becoming
severe and only momentarily endurable
at 1000 volts with paralysis of the mus
cles at 1300 volts. The current used
was an alternating one, and it was con
cluded that tbe simultaneous touching
of both poles of an alternating circuit
is dangerous when the pressure exceeds
100 volte, that all pressures between 100
00 volts mly he regarded aa equal
ly dangerous, but tbaithe risk of using
pressures up to 1000 volts Is very slight,
as qnly persons of some electric train
ing are likely to be in position to touch
both poles at once. '
.y ' CSr. + , -
—Miss Mary Anderfcoo, city attorney
of Falmyra, Mo., made her official de
but In court tbe other day and suc
ceeded In aoorleg a conviction.
fast in an^ way, and allow him to
roam about of hls own accord. In this
way he will soon begin to champ and
work the bit, and the more he works it
hls mouth will be the morfi evenly
made. The bit should be slightly bent,
with three small keys suspended from
the center. The bend In the bit pre
vents the colt making hla mouth uh-
equal, as It is Impossible for him to
pull entirely on one side of It. while
the loose action of the keys Induces him
to work the bit more freely. The keys
should not be too long, or they will
come between hla front teeth, which
may give him a bad habit of toaelng up
bis head hi future. •• -v. . -
Some colts are inclined to sulk Bn the
bit.at first, but In time they will gener
ally work It quite freely. Tbe break
ing tackle should not remain upon tbe
colt more than a couple of hours at
first, and tbe time should gradually be
Increased aa t^e breaking procaada.
Mrivtaw For PsCtar** tk * ■*“
pens* at IndvMlaal Msrtt.
One of the tendencies of breeder* tta v
day la to produce a fine pedigree, MJB
Tbe National Stockman. A noted nama
In its pedigree helps to sell an animal, .
If It appears more than once, tbe pedi
gree la still “atrongtr,” and It la aa
easy course of reasoning to tba conclu
sion that tba more times this name ap
pears the better tbe pedigree; bene#
the more desirable the animal. Of
course such pedigree budding means
Inbreeding, one of tbe moat common
sources of dlsasteF to breeders. It 1# ^
true that inbreeding has produced won''
derful results In the bauds of a
masters, but It was necessary with
them to produce their type. Nowa
days It Is not nfeceasary. Type Is not
confined to one family or branch of
tbaj family..-, it can be bad and Im
proved without resort to the dangerous
methods of earlier breeder*.
Another mistake closely allied to the
above Is to give undue Importance to
certain^attains of blood. In Short-
horna, for example, the presence of -
Scotch tope has such an Influence that
It often sells an Inferior animal for the
price of a good one. The buyer of auch
pays too much for a i>edlgree that
somebody has built; he pays too mueh
for family. He departs from the rule
of CrulkshaUk himself, who founded
the useful families now so popular on
the Individuals he could find re- ^
gardless of “fashion”' in their pedi
grees. He worked upon the principle
that the surest Indication of good
breeding Is a good IndlvlduaL The In
dividual was the Important thing with
him, and It should be with ail breed
ers; then the fancier the pedigree ttle
better.
Forelaa Lambs.
Before tbe dneaead fer feeding lamb*
gets up to full tide It will pay to push
them on a bit, so as to make as much
profit as possible out of-tbem, says The
Sheep Breeder. • The proti-sslonal lamb
feeder does not object to this. He
knows full well that, a start once
made. It Is easier to force the feeding
after, and a few pounds gained by Im
mediate attention will tell when the
lambs are disposed of by the hundred.
It Is a very sure thing that tbe wore •
attractive a lot of laml>s may be the
sooner they will be sold. It coats tbe
buyer some money to be running
around seeking something that meet*
bis needs exactly, and It Is a sure thing
that he will not be hunting over the.
coutftry for belter bargains when be
sees just what be wants, and be will
rather add a little to bis limit than risk
going farther and faring won*.
t’orn Is now bard enough to ha safe
feed for lamb*. Screenings from tbs
wheat thrashing ere excellent, and If
there Is s good allowance of rorkls In
It this Is bbt'any serious objection, aa
It Is quite as nutritious as tb* small
shrunken wheat and not lo any way to
jurlous for the hunt* Hut with raps
little Other feed Will be needed to put
some weight uB tbe lambs, and good
wetght too. The t>est of solid Aeeb la
made by rape, and this feed brlugs a
lamb Into surb an excellent condition
for grain feeding that It <-auoot be Im
proved upon. Still If It Is conveoleat to
give tbe lambs a jm le coni or oats with
tbe rape.lt will bring double tbe mon
ey spent hack to tbe feeder. It la very
advisable to give a little of the regular
tonic mixture just now all around to
lambs as well as old sheep, for It akte
digestion, tones up tbe system and as
sists tbe food In making growth. This
Is made of equal parts of ground gin
ger. gentian aud sulphate of Iron and
may he mixed with tbe salt so that a
lamb gets a half teaspoonful a day aad
a sheep twice as much.
g—
As regards the sbeap, 11 la true cam
for every breed there la ooa eapactal
place In which It does Us beet Even
the marsh Las tt» swaclal breed suited
to Its damp soil and co
Bheep Breeder
except
bad ones!
There are hun
dreds of cough medi
cines which relieve
coughs* all coughs,
except bad ones!
The medicine which
has been curing the
worst of bad coughs
for 6o years is Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. ‘
Here is evidence:
“ My wife was troubled with a
dttp-itaied ctugk on Ktr Ittngt for
thru years. One day I thought
of how Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
saved the life of thy sister aft at
the doctors had all given her *p to
die. So I purchased two 'bottles, '
and it cured my wife completely.
It took only on* bottl* to curs my \
sister. So you set that three hot- '
ties (one dollar such) saved two
lives. We all send you our heart- v
felt thanks for what yoa have dons
for us.”—]. H. Bums, Maooa.Col,
Jan. 13,1899. ; ;
N<m, (or tke im tiac jm
cu get • trial bottle of Chary
^****•1 tot 25^ cat! tut
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