The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 15, 1888, Image 1
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* Lkxi.n(iroN*! Concord! Wtmt
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^American uwy ?.n j-M,,
ha.-- nut hoard < v read '? f these little
* Massachusetts viliiuges, where the
first earliest blows forJAmerieun independence
nuti struck and the hot
flume of tlie If volution first, hurst
out, on the .'.'tii < ; April, 1775'/
, Aiming the first objects of my i 1 grin
?g?- U'M. these two \'dirges.
It v.:?> a t harm ug morning in
) October, lSlb, when i traveled by
railway from Boston to Concord,
seventeen miles northwest of the
New England capital. There 1
spent an hour with Major Barrett
and his wife, who "saw the British
scam per," and ha 1 lived togothoi
there almost*si.\tv years. The major
seommoc robust at eighty-seven
and his wife, almost as old, seemed
as nimble of foot as a matron in mid
die life. She wjjs a vivacious little
woman, well formed, and rotaine?
many traces of the beauty of hoi
-young womanhood. They had mucl
to toll me of events their eyes hac
witnessed.
After visiting the place of tht
skirmish at Concord, 1 rode in a pri
valo vehicle to Lexington, six mile;
eastward, through a picturesque ant
fertile country, and entered the fa
mous village at tho Green, whereot
that skirmish occurred and a com
moinorativo monument now stands
After brief interviews With two oi
three nged persons there, 1 drove t<
the house of .loualliati Harrington
in East Lexington, who, a lad sov
onteen years old, had hoarklcd tht
opening of the old war for itidopen
denco with the shrill notes of tht
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As I halted before tho house o
Mr. Harrington, at a little pas
noon, and saw an old man wioldinj
an axe vigorously in splitting worn
in his. y;V"*i, i entered the gate an<
introduced myself and my errand
The old man was the venerable li
for.
"Come in and rest yoursoll," h<
said kis. Uy, as he led the way int<
the house.
Although ho was then past ninet
years of age, ho appeared no olde
than a man of seventy. His fori
was nearly erect; his voice was firm
hps complexion was fair; his plaoi
face was lighod by itnhl l>lue eyei
and had but few deep wrinkles; hi
hair, not all white, was very abun
dant, a ,d i.i s* ?twre he ?%as of int
ilium height and slender. I took
seat on a cliint/. covercd iou.igc, an
ho sat in a Hostou rcoking-clmir.
' I have come,'1 1 said, "to ntak
Fomo iiujuiries about tlio battle t
Lexington."
" It. wasn't a battle," lie answered
* "only it skirmish."
^ \ "It was n sham one," I said.
^ ^ "Yes, pret " sharp, pretty sharp,
a he replied, 1'ughfully. "Kight fin
jr young men out of a hundred wer
Julled; two of them my blood rein
lions."
"] un.derstand you played the fif
on that morning," I said.
"As well as I could," he replies
"1 taught myself to play the year be
fore, when the Minute-men wer
trainpg, and 1 was the only persoi
in Lexington who knew how to (iff
n
That ain't saying much, though, fo
|tj then there were only eight or tei
y house in the villiago beside th<
meeting-house."
"Did you belong to the Minute
men?" I asked.
"I was a Minute7w?/. They askei
me to life, to help Joe Burton mak
music with his drum for Captaii
(Parker's company. Poor Joel Hi
drum-helyl was smashed and he los
a finger in the fight. Captain Amo
y .v-',tt~kcr's company was drilled th
Mr. before, for Sol Brown, on
I a while,f*1 ??'ghbor, came from Bostoi
~ t ami said ho had seen nin
m (I JU1 uituio nit
^ iWnliers walking toward Lex
ington. Sam Adams and John Man
H cock worn at Parson Clarke's house
whore Dorothy Qojr.coy, Hgnooikj
sweet hart, was staying. Gago wan
.t ted to eatTh and hang'em, audi
was believed tho soldiers Sol hn<
seen had been sent out to seize 'er
night. A gunul of ton met
C^^yant Monroe ( vho kept a tav
v i em here) were stationed around Par
I ^ son Clarke's house. At a little pat
A. . midnight Paul R iTOre-ryou'vo hear
' - of Hevere?came riding like ma
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,l.<i?. itOGl-ilCH, l'uUllMlior. I
from Cambridge, his horse all afoam
for the weather was uncommonly
warm. I jo told Monroe ho wanted
to see Hancock, die didn't want o
ho disturbed by noise,' snih the sergeant.
"Noise," s!d Uevore; 'you'll
have noise enoujrlt soon, for the roof'lars
are oomimr!' Hancock hoard
o
him, and opening a .window Called
( out, 'Kovore, 1 know you; com? in.'
Mo "wont into th? house a moment,
then came out, nit.unted his hoi so,
and started on a gallop toward ('uncord.
Very soon everybody in Lex,
ington was astir."
1 "Were you on duty then?" I inquired.
"No," he said; "I went to bed at
J eleven o'clock, and as all boys do, 1
I slept soundly. My mother, who was
' a Minister and one of the,most patriotic
women who ever lived, called
I out to moat throe o'clock in the
morning*,'Jonathan! Jonathan! GeC
. r, . . I
| up. The reg'lars nro coming and
, something must be done.' 1 dressed
1 . ,
; quickly, slung tny light gun over my
shoulder, took mv life from a chair,
i and hurried to the' parade near the
i meeting-house, where about fifty men
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had gathered, and others were arriving
every minute. My four o'clock
a hundred men were there. Wo did
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^ not wait long wondering whether
reg'lars were really coming, for a
man darted up to Captain Parker
and told him the\ v, rn close by.
! The captain immediately ordered
' i Joe to beat the drum, and 1 fifed
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with all 111 y ini?rht. Alarm guns
were instantly ('.red to call distant
' Minute-men to duty. Lights wcre
now seen moving in all tho house-.
Daylight caino at half-past four
o'clock. Just then the rog'lnrs, who
had heard the drum beat, rushed to
ward us, and their lender shouted,
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'Disperse, you rebels!' Wo stood
' still. Ho repeated the order with an
* oath, fired his pistol, and ordered his
' men to shoot. Only a few obeyed.
^ Nobody was hurt, and we supposed
their onus were loaded only with
powder. Wo had been ordered not
to lire first, and so we stood still.
The angry leader of the reg'lars
then gave another order for them to
lire when a volley killed 01 wound' !
^ several of our company. Seeing tho
reg'lars trying to surround us, t.'ap11
tain l arker ordered us to retreat.
' As wo tied some shots were sent
^ buck. .Joe and 1 climbed a fence
v near 1'arson Clark's house and took
s to the woods near by. Climbing
1 over, Joo fell upon a lamp of stones
and crushed in his drum head. His
" hand was bleeding badly, and lie
found that a bullet bad carried
off a part of his little finger.
( Eight of our men had lost their
,f lives.
_ "Whore were Adams and Hancock
all this time?" 1 inquired.
"Not far off. When tho first shots
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? wero neuru wicy were auviseu m ny
0 to n place of safety, for their lives
wore loo valuable to tho publico to
bo lost. At first they refused to go
but wore finally persuaded, and re0
tired to a thick-wooded hill not far
off. Dorthy Quincy went with her
1 lover. They wero married in the
Fall. It is said Sam Adams, hear0
ing tho firing on the Green, exclaimn
ed, 'What a glorious morning for
, America is this! 1 have no doubt ho
r said it, for ir was just like him."
, "You said two of your blood reL,
lations pqj-ished in tnat fight," I observed.
"Yes," lie replied; "they were
.Jonathan and Caleb Harrington,
d Caleb and Joe Comes, who lived a
e mile from Lexington, had gone into
n tho meeting-house to get some pow
s tier stored in the loft. They had
,t taken it to (ho gallery when tho
8 British reached the building. They
e flew to the door, and started on a
r run for the company. Caleb was
n shot dead at tho west end of the
e meoting-house, but Joe, though
. wounded, escaped. Jonathan had
. stood his ground with tho rest. His
?, homo was nenr the meeting-house.
h He was in front of liis own dwelling
when the re^Mars fired tlio thir<l
it time, when he was shot in the breast
t] and fell. His wife, Until,stood lookn
ing out of the window wit', their cni,
ly child, nine years old, by her side.
- She saw "nor hushan 1 fall and ran 'o
. help him. He raised up, streched
it out hio arms toward her, fell a^ain,
d ai d wns dead before sho could reach
d him. Oh, it was too cruel, too cru
rro -sroxTR -wcaRO .
(ON WAV,
el!" 1
"There wero bravo iiumi in that S
I>'ti!(1 of patriot:-," I remarked. I
"Brave 111011!" said tbo old man, r
his mild eyes beam' ?<? with utmsual s
lustre,. "Braver mon never lived. a
Nut one of thorn h'ft his tnat until . t
Br.ptiun Barker, seeing it was useless e
to iii^ht aoaiust so tnativ ree'lars, s
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told them to disperse. There was 14
olio man who wouldn't 00 even then. }
It was Jonas Barker, of this town. |
Me lived lieu- Parson ClndtoV He 1
hud paid he w< aid never run from an \
enemy, and lie didn't, lie had load- ?
ed his musket, put his hat eon- t
tnining powder, wndding and hul- ^
lets between hi> feel, and mi laced
tin reg'lars. At the second fire he
was wounded and fel on his knees.
Then ho fired his gun; and, though
ho was dying, j?o reached for another t
1 charge in his hut, when a bio red- '
| Coat killed him with a bavonet on the
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very spot where Jonas first stood. ^
Wasn't that pluckV" v
"llare pluck," 1 answered. "The t
names of such men should never bo
forgotten."
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"Thoy never will be," replied the r
venerable patriot excitedly. Their 1
names are all cut deep in marble on 1
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the little monument down yonder on
the Green Robert Monro-', .Ion is )
Parker, Samuel liadlev. .lonathan ',
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Harrington, .Jr., Isaac Murry, Caleb 1 i
Harrington, John .Brown and Ashel 1
Porton. Should that marble perish '
| their names are cut deeper in the j
memory of Americans." .
"You said it was warm dav when .
! Revere rode from t.'aml lid- o to Lex- '
iugton," i remarked.
"Yes, it was.i very early sprir.gday. ,
Voung leaves appeared on il.? fir ; t
day of April. The gnu- on t! vil I
i lago Gro3n was so tall on tho mill '
that it waved in the light wind that 1
was blowing. At noon that day tl.o .
quicksilver in Parson Clark As titer- i
' inometer rose to eii/lilvdive degrees !
1 on the notli sido of bis house, and
j tho door-yards wore all bright with (
! dandelions.'" ,
"Did you servo in tint army after- I
ward!" 1 inquired.
"No," lie. said: "further, wont to
tho war, and 1 staid at home to help '
mother take cure <>i things, for I was
I the oldest boy. I played tho lifoji
sometimes after that when the young '
i men in the neighborhood were training
for the fight.1'
lly permission, 1 drew a likeness
ol Mr. Harrington sitting in his
rocking-chair, and under it he wrote
with a trembling hand, which condin
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tion he attributed to the use of the
axe that morning,
Jon*atitax IIarimngtox. ,
Aged ^0, the 8th July, 1848. j
His brother Charles, two years '
younger than he, came in before I f
had finished the sketch. 1 could !
not hut look with reverence upon 1
these strong old men, children of one 1
mother, who had borne five sons and '
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three daughters, who had nearly
grown to manhood when the war for, j
independence hroke out. I hade1 i
them farewell, received from the old 1
lifer the benediction, "God bless'
you," went hack to tlie village Green : .
sketched the monument and called li
upon their kinsman Abijah Harring-: t
ton, who was a lad fourteen years j '
old at the time of the skirmish. He
saw nearly all of the fight. Ho had (
two brothers in it, and had been sent |
by his mother, trembling on account 1
of her sons, to watch the fray at a (
safe distance, and to obtain information
concerning her bravo boys. |
They escaped unhurt. i
From Mr. Harrington's I w ;nt to
tlio house of Parson Clarke's, where
I fouml Mrs. Margaret (.'handler,
remarkably intelligent old lady, then '
eighty-three years of age. She had \
lived in that house ever since the f
Revolution; had a clear recollection ,
of events at Lexington on the mem- t
orable April morning, and gave mo '
a version of tho escape of Adams and j
Hancock somewhat different from j
that given by the venerable lifer. I
On the seventy-five anniversary |
(I860) of tho conflicts at Lexington '
mid Concord, Mr. Harrington rode i
in tho procession with his brother j'
Charles, aged ninety; Atnos Baker, |
aged ninety-four; Thomas Mill, aged <
ninety-two, and Dr. Preston, aged 1
eighty-four. At the banquet, after \
the procession, the aged fifer offered (
the toast; "The 19th of April, 1887. i
All who remember that day will sup- <
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s. ' THURSDA.Y, MA
>nrt tlio Constitution of the I'nitcd 'I I
ilatos.'" On tliut occasion ICdward
Jverott n a m : speech, in which lie
eirarked that i'. pleased his heat '* to jj(
oo these veneral ?. in- n beside him j,j
nd he was happy to usso4?.Mr. .lonu- ' hi
hnn 1 larrii'oton to put on his top- :|n
out a few minutes; before. In doiter '
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o ho was ready to sav, with Dn\;d,
yerv pleasant art thou t < mo, mv lie
Mother .Jonathan."
Mr. Ilarrin<rton <liocl late in March, ' (
I st;n
851, wlen lir> was almost uin? !v m ;
J m<
'cars of ago, and was buried wiin i|l(
>ubl'o honors, the highest Slate olVi- otl
:ers wit!) a military escort forming u
>art of tiio funeral procession,
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l?! VIVE I A' I lCIU'Cf T. ,m
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Tlio following beautiful descrip- ' '
ion of our Savior is said to have ,m
>eon found in u manuscript written i
>v Lucius Lcutulus, President of .Ju-< 1H>
lea, to the ltomnn Senate, and is ,M
veil worthy of preservation by those "**
vho are his followers at the nresent
imo: ?1'
'There is at present a man in
lea of a singular charac ter, whose rv'
lame is .Jesus Christ. 'Lie Burba- 111
inns esteem him as a prophet, bu !
)is followers adore him as the inline-i ?
liato offspring of the immortal Cod. wl
le is end iwed with sueh unparallel-1
?d virtue as to call back the dead!?8
Torn the grave, and heyl every kind !'"
jf dis' Use with a touch. Mi person
s tall and elegantly shaped, his as
met mild and Vesorved. The i:nir;w<
lows in those oeautiful shades which1
to united co'ors can match, falling!""
nto graceful curls below his ears, ""
t?rreeablv tout hintr en his shoulders
ind p. rlitig on lim urown of his head,
like the hen 'dress el the Xn/arene- v"'
ess. Mis forehead is s aootii and,''?'
In rjre: lis elieel.s. will out mints nrn 1 1
jf a j&voly red; his mouth Rtid noso
ire tiui ' od witii exouPito vnunetry; l,!
hi-, boa v! i:i thick and suit' lilo to 'iiO
olor of his hair, machine' a little her
low his clnn and liurtinif in the mid- m
I
He like a fork; his eyes lar^o, bright .
tnd y cue. lie rebukes witit mild-,v|
' ; id invites with the most nor- ; 111
masi vo luut^nacfc. ! ?
"liis whole address, whether in Ul
f
words or de >ds, heinir eleioint, < naive ("
and strictly characteristic of an exalt;;d
being. No man has over heard C(
liiin laugh, hut the whole world he- 1"
held him ween, and so persuasive are
his tears tmi ' one cannot refrain from K1
joining in sympithv with !)im. lie
is modest, temper *e and wise, and
whatever the phenomenon may turn ,
out in the end, he seems a being of
excellent beauty and divine perfee- u
tion in every respect surpassing the
children of men."
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i ICTC8UCS Olr C^NTItAL A F? ?i
IMC A. j hi
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Professor Driiiinnond gave so .no , in
graphic pictures of Central Africa, in j in
his address before the American As (o
sociation for the advancement of ly
Science. He wag surprised at the th
alter lack of vegetable and animal at
life hut a short remove from the wit- in
lor courses/ Me says: uXet a tree, a to
jhrub, or blade .)f grnss relieves the mi
glares of the sunlight upon the white co
tnd yellow sand. The unending si- m<
lonco hecomes solemnly, weirdly im- in
iressivo, especially at night, when lif
>ne grazes upon a boundless sea of to
<and broken into billows by occas- so
onal rocks. Possibly at intervals, op
n the distance, may ho heard the
yelp of the hyena or the far away ()f
oar of the lion, but the rustle or a 'pj
oaf or the hum of an insect is an un- ,ir
{imwii tuiiiwl 1..1.....I
i 111 (i 11 \ i 111 un ifl(,
orriblo. To movo was pain and jp
>rost ration, and vet. to keep in mo- Mt
ion \vh; better than to hftlt. Sleep I .jj.
.va$ impo* able, oven under canvas, jjf
)vcr the ; laius the quivering limit jv
isos i!i waves as from hot irom, whilo *
ho tnirno. mockji tho'scnae with life i ,|J(
il<e pictures of lakes and rippling 1 m
ivaters. The journey was day after i
lav through narrow, oven hot vitl- j j?
eys, over bahl hilltops, with liOro |<t
aid there a ^r'ovrt or junjrlo Fcatterod ! |)(
ike. isleo in.id the wust<\"?Mctrfii- | (>(j
'.ifie of Awericft/i History. I p.
WVi't h >IKI)bJ\L 'rBflMS. i!"
Ik
rq>e; of hu awful jaw break- ',f
n?r ttM'iutt which the ior mitolooists. ?/'
v p? cm lists ri skin disoa;es afTeai,
I'im Now York Medical IJeuord says,
heso gentlemen "may be a little dis- ] w
ippointii o' in their therapeutics, like ("
lie r t (?? the profession, but when
I ? s to jdviii<r diseases names of pti
eni, rasping, polysyllabical sf'Mu-lwt
ousness tliev leave other ?oecialists, th
ncluditiir ihe author of volapuk, far su
>ehind. Dr. Hyde has recently ro- j so
sorted throe oases in which the j?n-; wi
ients Were affected with symmetrical {jn
Kit I recurrent or persistent tylosis of i in
he palmar and plantar surfaces, uc- ki
)ompanie<i by hypcrindrnsis, alopecia, of
ifoinidrosis, and a species or ony*
diauxo, which the author supposed ; }<i
:o bo duo to tho samo process in tho th
ikin which produced the callosities." ],j
The Daily News ventures to explain , ]?
hit, in ordinary parlance, these pa-J jm
tients were troubled with corns.? , hi
0hicayo Wars. i m
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1*( i< 15, ISS8.
li: A N ATO ?V OF CONTCIT.
* Sund:iy Octioo! Viiii"*>M
Evorv 111 '?ii hips with his own cyos^
> disc- ors in tho world only whcit
o-paoitv and rntijro ??f viv'nn lit
11 to sit, So o vor v mi flu thinks
d jndjros uml p itimotes otlior 111011
i! hiimtdf according to standards
d limitations poouliav to his own
nd. Tito ovo ?>f tho son! has its
tit of vis:- 11. Many a man has no
jht 1110:1 urn of his follow-inon, l>?>
Msi- he measures them by flu* false
mdard of hi"4 <>w?> think. Still
>ro i ion lav r'Vht estimate of
n i s<-*1 ? . Wronj* op. i'liiivc.- of
liers iin ! of oursi Ives are sure to bo
sin! together sooner or later; they
rini^ from the root namely, I?sn 1
mdur N, or a faulty application of
io(! standards. In this way it man
iv either underestimate or overosnate
himself. Pints arises conceit,
bs qnalitv is simply erroneous aolf asuroment.
*- ^
Conceit implies !i narrow and surficial
knowledge of the world. As
perception we determine the size
things by comparison of them with
her things, so we estimate men and
rs'dvea bv comparison. The ?<
cms varv jrroat to us when v ?
dks its oceans and traverse its conlents.
But when we pursue the
iron'oiner's reasonings, and learn
a' there are worlds in eomparison
l i which our planet is little more
an a floatin?r particle of dust, our
'.irnatcs of its relative si/.e and imntanco
is wholly chanjfod. A hoti
knowledge of the universe humcs
mi jU'ijrcment coneerninir our
irld as a art o the ereation of
?<:. Jn like manner a'l self-estiit*,
v n rn v- !ul en !?? r
? * 111 o< i : v* "II* .
in dwarfs Iiki Olivers'* in order to
U'liifv In line I*-'. \\ !i a true eonption
< r ti. i mail .stv of the uniTse,
u t. wisdom ilild powiM
voale i iii < icoi' is impc silile,
lie I'.im: i: <>v? "wile . . 1 \vi!i t he
iprcssiot: o' i; ivim:>;ness i i (In
eseiu ; n. t! . j.if'U'itjc system ol
inos in which it liuds Itself.
It follow., that ooiVj'i^l spring*
>111 i jjnora nee and thotiirRtlessness
1 n
is consistent with only tiarrovi
ewa of tho world and of life. !l
akos precisely tin* mistake of tin
d astronoinv, which supposed out
nrld to be tliejoontral and largest out
(ho system, simply because it
low so little of other worlds. The
niceited man mngtiiiios his own im
irtaneo only heeauso ho does nol
low what real gretUne s is. lie it
eat in his own eyes only because
s eyes can see nothing truly great
Conceit arises from a low estimaw
Other men. Kstiumtes of our
lives, as well as of other men, an
dative. All stdf-me.asureinciits in
>lve measurement of others. It ro
ilfs from this that there is no waj
y which the conceit can lie talon
it of a mail so effectually as b)
'.'nging iiim into clear comparisoi
id sharp eouoetition with otl.ei
on. This is t ,io rea'on why it hr?<
iconic proverbial that seliool-Jift
specially ceilego-life) will lie like
to cure hoys and young men oi
eir conceit. I n tho class-room the)
c hiouylit into close com ctition
Co I
which even the best scholar is sure
ho sometimes outdone bv othei
i>n. Thus every man is frequently
mjicllod to a tacit uekuowledoo[Mil
of others' sujuniority, and that
their \ory jireaonoo. This kind oi
o forbids to men the easy and (hitlino
method of "comjuirine- themIves
with themselves," winch is the
eat promoter of conceit.
This is the reason why the jrroeesf
education tends to euro < o .. oil
10 men who recover from it icu.u
0 the men who have loo little |>erption
to discover clearly, or tot
tic sensitiveness to fool keenly, the
periority of others. The same
inoiplo holds in the oreat school ol
o. No mi tin can remain persistentconceited
who has any adequate
ipreciution of the merits and a'taincut
a of liis folic Av-in*m. A man
ivy bo cons'-ions that he has done
s best, and may fool a keen satisotion
in this; tact V^Jiut any !* r^<
lowlod^e til iiyiM|Hh!1 show hi it
iw often hi' \v AorWus been equa
1 and sm ir ' 1 ' lie real schols r
coinji *i d 'uiik modestly ol
s j rod'. tor:-, for he well know*
>v\ d- ire nrh a . 1 ncet' .sftd hn <
ion the . .b >rs < >thi i ivi tlx Mime
similar 'ields. lie who is most
telv to '.'po at he has done n
eat service to science is tlio tvrt
ho tlocs not know what others liuvt
com jilbhed.
We c.stimate ourselves by com
irison. The more widely and truly
. know men, the more wo shall sot
at we are frequently equalled ant
rjiassod. Candid estimates of our
Ives by comparison with othors
ill make us think soberly, ant
l l-l ' ...
(ijtm inonesuy. i;oiiceit has n<
oro fruitful root than a narrow
towledoo and |>reju diced ostimati
tlio labors and worth of othors.
Conceit involves a faulty self
towlcd^e. It is noticeable* tlui
(; man who thinks most highly o
msolf is ono of whom others thinl
aft highly. Tlio conceited mat
is only ono ardent admirer?that is
in self. The world knows inos
en better than they know them
cTasnrRY."
>-? 1 .--??> I'ei- \ n mi in. '
* '
solves, and at tliis point "this wise
woj 1 is mainly ri?;ht." A true selfr>
kmdQfod&u rovealsjour faults to us,
and gives us i true view of ourselves.
t lets the light in ujion our
narrow prejudices, and makes s
ashamed of tlioin. It disclose- tee
' iitsuPioioMt grounds of many of < r
judgements, and unearths the subtle ?b
processes t>f our solf-docoption. I'
lays bare the operation * motives, .
and shows how often conscience itself
is matin : convenience.. Selfknowledge
humbles a man. Thorn f'>
who ;hitdt themselves complete beyond
other men commbnlv stand . I
_ . i ml a \ * \
mono in mat opinion. i noy uimik
themselves eompleto only because
while thov keenly porconve others'
faults they are blind to their own.
In this view lies almost tho onlv he
excuse which can be given for the
man of inordinate self-conceit. It |M
implies intellectual weakness, an in
capacity for keen discernment, an inability
to study successfully one's } '''
self and ( thers. It mav bn a mental
unite as much* as a moral fault,
though it is usually both. In lioth , m
views it is a finality whose develop, j
nient is to be dreaded and checked
with the utmost promptness and Hl
'riinoss. No trail oT character con- W
Vevs a more unfavorable impression j as
none so rmiok'u cites disgust; mine st
provokes such constant, and universal
ridicule. The ancient proverb ex- ^
presses the world's verdict on tit s
point: "Seest (hou a man wise in
bis own conceit.? '(Micro is more
hope of a foci than of hint. *' t,ii
Conceit is a mark of real smallness "
of soul. It is a phase <>! selfishness.
' Conceit is es- ontial littleness. It t<
means small thoughts of the world
and oT otlmr men; low ideals of chari
act. and a 'ainment; weak and nr-|
! row conceptions of duty. I' is a
i mark of self-centered life; and tie
life which makess f the center is as u
, much stna;ier thaii tho true life as ri
the : . a which in . le our earth the
k r?i>r.!t ; 1 ' .n iiniv run umc 1 wmnu i 1? i I
" | tin; true conception of tho Solar ?ys- ] \v
J torn. "Conceit in weakest bodies w
t| strongest work.*,'' aid (Shakespeare. j t<
. 1 Tho moil who have been servants of . w
- j humanity tho ureal reformers and Ifr
philanthropist^ have boon freest >
i from conceit. They were great in
humility; for humility, rightly undor)
stood, is essential greatness. lie-'
, i utility is the finality which lends men
? to serve others; conceit, tho quality '
. , which leads then) to serve them- j ' ,
t J solves. 1
i Traced to its deepest root, there>
fore, conceit is a fruit f>f fundninon- i
. tally defective ciinnutrr. It implies 1 a
t a lack of appreciative of Clod's great- ' (
- iu'kvc?^ ..wliic.fi evt-ry thoughtful
a | miirtt'siiouhl stand with rovoronce f
- and Immilitv, and tho proofs of which
. in the world, in man, and in history
f might well impress every person
! with own feebleness anil insignili!
canco. It implies a want of goner- |
i ous sympathy and kindly 'ippreeia- I '
i- tion of others. It gives rise to cynl j '
*1 oimi and misanthropy. The cone ait- r
> : ed man helps nobody unless ho does,''.
. it in order that hn may thereby indi i 11
r rectly help himself, lie is as into!- f'
r erant of other men's faults as he is s'
} tolerant of his own. '
Like all .other qualities, conceit
grows by indulgence. It is as subtle
- as counterfeit virtue, with which it n
has a close ulTinitv. It is as mis j 53
t chiovous as self-deception, of whose e
esseneo it. partakes. The analysis of h
hub trail lays Dare its inherent mean- 1 a
ness, and shows it to belong to a ?
> typo ?'f life which is uuwortliy of any
noble, generous, aspiring soul. /
,
ABOUT INDIANS.
I
The total Indian population of the : si
> j United States is 5247,7(11. st
11 . ! /
The estimated number of Indians'
f in Alaska is 110,000.
The Indian agencies of the United
Stnt.es are sixtv-ono in number.
! * , !?
i The number of Indian church u
? members in 11 i?* United States is '^o,- | y
I 008. 11
j i * f
The number of houses ocouped by '
Indians in the United States is ~i,- j 1
; 2;3'> I ti
... . . ! a
f The number of Indians in tho Uni- j.
ii ted State living o:i and cultivating ?
? ! 1 IH1 1*0,012. !,
( | . , I J
' j Tin1 number f Indians in the Uni- h
' j t< *1 S'atea who wo, r citizens' .Iress is i t
1 Ui 1,021.
^ , 11
, Tlio number of Indians in the
United States who can rend Indian ^
langagos is 10,027.
r The number of Indians in the K
> United States .vhocan read Knglish t
I is tul)23,405. j
There aro t>*n Indirn training '
j . - ?
' j schools, located in different parts of
^1 United Statos.
>; ( t t c
f Indian reservations in i8St? in the f
, United States amounted to 212,408 jf
j square miles approximately. ?
t Tho Democrats have a limited j \
f rango of vision as far as their coir- j >
i try is cor.cornod. They cannot fe <
, beyond Cleveland,?Boston Gazette, t
, Hut they enn see (Cleveland clear- r
? t , *
I ly. No Mill obscures tlnnr vision.? c
. Saratoga Eagle. ) c
.
. '
' >$
NI MHKR 35.
NTOISV lililK.
I led clouds at - :: > r?so indicate
>rm.
Koxtv; barkb.y a: ni^ht indicate
Brni.
T! aurora, >\ icti \ rs' bright in.
cafe.-, storm.
Soot burning en bade of chimney
dicfttc: to: ai.
The weather usual 'v moderates bore
a storpi.
' >i.rul travel mo1 far and wide a
' nnv ? in v. II betide.
iVi.frw! utv i 1.>??*i cries before a
ore, a:xj select i I?>?v perch.
i Jor ?-ii a i . Is stand w.::? 'heir \
suds from tli" c . ninff storm.
Distant -nurds homd with distinct,'ss
Imv'u"- t ? du/ ' idicate rain.
Xor* i son h the of
ou^ht, < >' and nd west the si^fu
1)1.'Ht
Wild rr,w.n< f'vjr,i* over in jjreat
imbers indieulo approaching storm.
Coals bee 'm.i alternately bright
ul di.n indie do ajn?r mehing storms.
hen O.vn o?* shi' v o'leot together
f :!:>_) we ro u king shelter, a
o'rm i ' !;<? s-ctod.
1' is said '< smiths select a
onnv d ; which v< perform work
ml r suiii extra beat.
\YI :' ) a 1 >:w clou t comes tip in
io nu'.hue t ?md -o. nis to settle
ml: again 1 ink >ut for a storm.
i.o ah a\s bur. i brighter and
irmvs cii! -.-.ore ! t i ist uoforo tho
trm, a id . h"',<. during a storm.
\ ! mi.'; ' < f moods, called a
1 mon or \o.' - ca-f ;m<l west,
.. . ion of lor riy weather;. but
hen it extends north and south it is
sign i f ilrv weather.
If the clouds he of different heights,
io sky, being grayi. h or dirty blue,
ith lierdly any wind stirring, tho
ind, however, changing from west
) south, or sbiiietiiiios to southeast,
itliout per -epiibly increasing in
b'oo, o.vj^'Ct iJ,oriii fiotfan ,/onrs>
"2*1* * .M T ?
a - *
TJ11; M t?> r;11! v< r."'i?o \ rtox.
Formic acid is die Mibstnnco which
uts, wuspij, etc,, <: :?< It under the
!tin, and which produces the intense
urninnf and itchine1 which accotnpa*
y wound:; i.tll'. od i v * This
cid is powerful prison, arid if n
nisoni'o w,r, lar.f" enough to conairi
i.molt iu.ro of ' tt:e Into of tlitil
r< atom would !?" verv dnncrorous ?*
' j
h m it (jo y -i
t' O- J
MAKING T11131/, M
! I i;m i-,..i A r'. A I V!). 27. The ?
Ioudor-nn St- d Wo?'lvH, an oxperi.cnta!
pi n.. ; ( tit I v established by .
hp't.nlists hero, niado steel at 6 k
Vlai!'..' this ftftornoon for tho first
out of I3irr.rti)jrlm?n pig iron, fl
err liiiinitio :rn. I is now (lemon
Iratod bey cm ! i doubt that stool can ^
o mat o f<" to n rth V, u>inu,i ore. M
m
It is said the nurriber of lantrtiacoa M
nd dialect; *.ooUet in the world is
and n man ca Tt find words I
noiioli i(* express his feolitigs when I
e taker; a (at "ti tlio sidewalk just
s ho raises Ilia list to a pretty iprl.
?Roc/ti't-lrr t'o'f 7: .'press.
tot iiml .Joint UesohitIoiim of
too BCHMiOU Of 1887. I
M
The following Act* and .Joint Honlutions
? law at the late
ess-oil of ' 1 . ca I legislature;
in Act to ni' ?w 1 bur-roved -bands,
\ on t ho Tax
Hook* :i:r.'o 1 '/Y~>, to bo Listed
u ith. at p- ri'ilty. '
S'. That in all cases whore
nimproved Ian !, which lias not been
pon t in ;a v b ! nee the fiscal
oar eoinr.M'ir'ir e / ovombor 1st.,
8ifo, and w iiirdi rr< not in tho forlited
1 i: t, slmli at anv time beforo
he let. (' !c 'V lb",, 1888, bo rorrood
to c n. auditor for tnxt\
n, ho s.'i 1 aud'ior be, and ho is
eic'ov, instructed to as ess the same
nil to enter opon '.he duplicate of
he lineal year commencing Novcinmi
I, 18S/, with the simple taxes of
hat year.
Sr.('. 2, Tli.it nil such lands us
any lit' returned to the auditor for
axation, between the first day of (.)?obor,
1888 nt: 1 tho lirs' day of Ootom.,
18S0, shall bo issi..iod and
barged with tiro simple 'a:*os of the
wo lineal wars. roinntencins? resicetivclv
on tl > -t day of Novem>cr,
18^8.
Skc. H. That a <<"n as practica>lo
after tho pass. gn <.f this Act tho
oinptroller noral is directed to
tinnsb a copy of tho same to each
niditor in t!io Mate, and tlie auditors
ire requited t<> piib'h!: ino same in
well of their county papers once a
vcok for throe n < nths during tho
,'oar l&XS, r.nd f?<r tl same ueriod
tiiM3 durii.??* tho year 1889*; and
ho < o^t of suoh |iiil)lici^ion shall be
mid by the (ountlY^amtmissioners,
>ut of'tho ordinary Townty tax last
sol looted.