The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 12, 1888, Image 1
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[CopyrlnliU'd, ISS-i, j>y Kimk A WaKunll*
At 8 o'clock on a cool September
morning in ISIS 1 left Huston, 1'a.,
on u stagecoach for the Wyoming
Valley, sixty guiles distant. Although
there were only three passengers
in the conch two women
unci a babv I took a scat with the
^ driver, for there were promises of a
plea-ant dav dawn and magnificent
scenery. Hut when we had ascended
to Nazareth, ehilliuo vapors that
came up from the river and valleys
caused me Jo seek comfort within the
coach. We passed through the
Wind (jap and breakfasted at the
Kosedmmon Tavern. Then I resumed
my seat with the driver. At noon
we reached the gently undnlatino
'./ summit to the Pocono Mountains,
* and dined at John Smith's two thousand
feet above the tide-level.
For about twenty miles wo rode
over that dreary waste where, here
and there, a lof^v pine, a tamarack, I
or a less ambitious cedar rose from a
oreen sea of shrub oaks. Hero the
orav eaole wheeled undisturbed, the
n J n '
boar made his lair, and wild deer
roamed in abundance. The wind
blew cold from the northwest, and 1
w.ms Iimotvv when we reached the
brow of the Wilkos-Barre Mountain,
a little before sunset, mid began to
descend into tlie warmer atmosphere
of tho charming Wyoming \ alley
that spread out in enchanting bounty
far below us. I can never forgot the
right royal supper at the Phoenix
Hotel, by the side of the beautiful
Susquehanna, that appeased a voracious
appetite after n. sixty-mile ride
in healthful mountain air?vensicn
steak and cranberry sauce, warm
biscuits and honev!
ICftrly the next morning I started
on a pilgrimage to place and persons
identified with the stirring scenes en0
acted iruthe Wyoming Valley in the!
summer of 1778. 1 first visited Mr.
Charles Miner, the early historian of
tho valley, who, with his blind
daughter, blessed with a remarkable
memory, heare the fearful and pathetic
story from the lips of more than
forty intelligent survivors of the
work of desolation. 1 then called on
the venerable Mrs. Myers, near King*
ston, a living witness of the woes of
Wyoming, who was then eiglity
?f . *.v?..ll.. l.lJ.wl
\ i -11 yuaio ui miii 11 > ijiiiiu, rji.il
exceedingly cheerful and kindly
communicativo. She was tlio last |
sunivor of the inmates of Forty
Fort, when it was besieged and cap- j
tnred by tlio Tory leader Col. lint-1
ler and his Indian allies. She pos-'
sessed the little round table on which 1
- the treaty, at the time of the surren- i
dcr, was signed. I found the vener-1
able'woman seated in an easy-chair,peeling
apples. She received me
with great dignity and kind courtesy,
and entertained mo for an hour
with reminiscences of her girlhood
experience amid the exciting scenes
of the Vale of WyomingMrs.
Myers nee Bennett was sixt
teen years old at the time of the I
memorable invasion of the valley,;
and was in Forty Fort when it was
surrendered. She remembered dv- j
ery minute occurrence there with perf~..4
..I, C"l.? * .^,1 I
iui i uiunniuns. rum i miinimui iwu
weeks in the valley after the surrender.
The Italians kept her face
painted" black and a white fillet
around her head as a nroteetion
against the tomahawks of strange,
savages, and she was treated very
* kindly by them. After the barbarians,
white and red, had left the valley,
she returnod with her family and
had enjoyed for seventy years the
s.veets of peace and domestic happi\
ness.
*1 > v "1 am like a withered stalk whose
flower hath fallen,'" seid the venerable
lady; "but,'* she added, with a
pleasant smile, "the fragrant still
lingers. Have you seen Joseph'
Slocum ?" she inquired.
"I have not even heard of him,'' 1 .
replied.
"You ought not toMoavo the valloy
without seeing him, "for ho can give
you ji more interesting ^tory about
the events I have been relating to
you than any other living porson?
the story of the captivity of his little
sister, and tho discovery of her
sixty years afterwards. Ho lives
not far from tho hotel."
I passed several hours of that day
" BE T^SXTE
VOIITON, Keillor. t
<;. i?><ji:uK, i*ui>iiHiioi>. ?
with Lord Butler, 11 grandson of the
louder of the baiul of patriots who
{^rtllnntly opposed ihc Tory and lnd'an
invader of the valley. lie
kindly accompanied mo to the most
interesting localities in the neighborhood
Forty Fort, the Monument,
the chic'* battle mound, Mocacv Isr>
* *
land. 'Wintermoot's Fort.* etc.. and
1 spout the evening pleasantly and
profitably with tvenerable Joseph
Slocuin, whoso family was amon^
the sufferers in tlio Wyoming Valley.
lie <ra\o me a minute account
of the capture of his little sister j
Frances l>v the barbarians, and the
final discoverv of her.
Mr. Sloouin's father was a Friend
or Quaker, and was distinguished for
his kindneas to the Indians, lie remained
unharmed at the time of the
invasion and his dwelling was un- i
touched bv inoiiidiaiy lire. Hut his
son (riles was in the battle. This,
doubtless excited the ire of the
Indians, and they resolved on von- j
trounce. Late in autumn they were
seen prowling about the house, which
was not far from Wilkes I Jarre Fort.,
A neighbor had been made, a prisoner,
and his wife and two sons found !
a welcome home in the Slocum family.
One mornin/r the two boys were
J
rrrindin^e a knife near the house,
when a rifle-shot and a shriek brouidit
Mrs. Slocum to the door. A Indian
\trn c uon I i n <v I?? * ni l * 11 . .1
?? ?ia ovvti j'111niu uiuunt IIU> ) *i iiiu ui :
fourteen. The barbarians rushed !
into the house and seized a little son
of Mrs. Slocum. The frightened i
mother exclaime,
"Seo! he ran do thee no good; ho j
is lame!"
The Indian released the bov. and
taking her (laugher Francos gently
r> r> r*
in his arms, seized the younger of
the two boys outside and hastened
to the mountains. Mrs. Slocnm's
little daughter, nine years old, caught
up Joseph (my informant), who
was two and a half years old, and
fled in safety to the fort, when an
alarm was given, but the barbarians
wore beyond successful pursuit.
They also carried otr a black girl,
seventeen years of age.
About six weeks after this event
Mr. Slocum and his father-in-law
wore shot and scalped by prowling
Indians while foddering cattle near
the house. Tho savages escaped
with their horrid trophies. Mrs.
Slocuin, bereft of father, husband,
and chili', an 1 stripped of all possessions
except tho house that sheltered
her, could not leave tho valley, for
nine helpless children wore yet in
her household. She trusted in the
Ciod of Elijah, and if she was not fed
by the ravens slife was spared from
tho vultures. She mourned not for
the dead, for they were at rest; but
little Frances, her lost darling, where
was she? The lamp of hope was
kept burning, but years rolled by
and no tidings of tho little one came.
When peace returned and friendly
intercourse with Canada was established,
two of tho little captive's
brothers started in quest of her.
They traversed tho wilderness to
Fort Niagara, on the border, offering J
rewards for her discovery, l^it in
vain. They returned, convinced
that the child was dead, lint the
mother's heart was still tho shrine of
hope, and she felt assured that Frances
was not in the grave. Her embodied
spirit seemod to hold communion
with that of her child, and
sho often said,
"I know Frances is living. Something
tells me that she is alive and
* "Winterinoot Fort" was tho bar- 1
ricaded homo of Winterinoot, a l ory
in the upper part of tho Wyoming!
Valley. When I was in Hamilton,,
ioaa T \c_ TT
in vniiauit) in I tjv/v/, I n?\T .?ir.s, IJJIll- !
nah Aikman. mother of Mr. Mieha<d
Aikman, a small, delicate wo,nan,
hut of clear mind, atid ninety ;
one years of age. Her family were |
among tho Tory refugees who set-1
tied in tho Canadian peninsula, j
They \\ero in Winter moot's Fort at 1
the timo of tho invasion. She gave
me a graphic account of their (light
from tho Wyoming Vallov, after tho !
battle there, and thoir sufferings in I
their forest journey to Niagara. 1 <
told her of my visit to tho Wyoming
Valley, and when 1 described Win- 1
termoot's home as she remembered 1
it, and spoke of the Bennetts, the i
Hallenbacks, the Slocums ami the i
Donovans, when she know, hoi eyes
brightened, and sho said it. seemed
as if son jo of her old neighbors had
come to see her. Her maiden name
was Showers.
TO 3TOTJ"^ -WGttlD
CONWAY.
well."
At length the mother's hear; was 1
clioered. A woman (many years.
had now passed, and 1* ranees, if liv- ,
injj, must he a full-prown woman)
was found among the Indians who
answered the description of the lost
one. She only remembered beii^
carried away from the Susouchnnnn.
Mrs. Slocum took her home and
cherished her with a mother's tenderness.
Yet the mysterious link of
sympathy that hinds tho material
na irt* to its offspring was unfolt,
and tho beroavod mother was hero*
avod stili.
"It may ho Frances, yet it does
not seom so. Yot the corner shall ,
ho welcome," said Mrs. Slocnm.
The foundling felt no liiial yearnings,
and hoth being convinced that}
no oonsAnguintv existed ?the orphan
returned to her Indian friends. hVomJ
time to timo the hope of the
would ho refreshed, and
weio made to distant 1 "din^KBSB^sa
metits in search of the
hut in vain. The mothorjB^^^s^
laid in the grave, and !it
was almost forgotten.
The hrothers of the chy
had become aged
grandchildren wero pin ving^M?B?|H
very Rpot from whence I'ra? 88
taken. In tho su.nmer
lift v-nine-veaj-K after her
telligonce of Frances was
C.'olonel Kwing, and Indin^HBHI^R
and trader, a letter
Logansport, Indiana, to tho^^H^HH
the I Lancaster / if /-<.<W H
such information that all
about her identity wero r"'^||P|
She had told Mr. Fwing thN jwili
name was Slocnm; that lie Mam
was a Quaker, and that she w;VL taken
from near tho Susquehanna Fiver
when she was very young. The
letter came to tho knowledge of
Joseph Slocnm, when ho and her
sister who carried him to the fort
jotirnoyed to Ohio, where they were
joined by their younger brother,
Isaac. They proceeded to Logansport,
where they saw Mr. Fwing and
ascertained that tho woman he had
written about lived twelve miles from
the viiliago. She was immodiatelv
sent for, and toward evening the
next day she oniric into the town.
riding a spirited young horse, accompanied
by her two daughters
dressed in full 1 ndhin costume, and
the husband of one of them. An
interpreter was procured (for she
could not speak a word of Fnglish), j
ami she listened seriously to what her
brothers had to say. She answered
but little, and at sunset departed for
her homo, promising to return the
next morning. The brothers and
sister were finite sure it was Frances,
though in her face nothing but Indian
lineaments were seen, her color
alone revealing her origin.
''True to her appointment,11 said
Mr. Siocum, "she appeared the next
morning, accompanied as before, i
mentioned a mark of recognition
which my mother had said would be
a sure test. One dav, while playing
with a hammer in a blacksmith shop
when 1 was about two and a half
years old, 1 ga\e Frances a blow
upon the middle linger of her left
hand which crushed the btvie and
deprived tho linger of its nail. The
test J withheld until others should
fail. When 1 mentioned it the good
woman was greatly agitated and
while tears filled the furrows of her
aged face she held out tho disfigured
finger, but said nothing. There was
no longer any doubt that we had
found our lost sister, and a scene of
deep interest ensued. He affections
for her kindred which had slumbeiod
more than half a century wor e
aroused, and she made earnest, in
diries after her father, mother. (
brothers and sisters. She opened i
her full heart to us and gave us a 1
history of her life.
"The Indians when thev tnnk tm>
from the house/ she said, 'went to a i
rocky cave in the mountains. They
wore Delawares. The next morning
they departed for the Indian country.
That first night was the unhappiost
of my life; but I was kindly treated
and was carried tenderly in their j'
arms when I was weary. 1 was
adopted in an Indian family and
brought up as their daughter. I
soon almost forgot my mother.
For years I lived a roving life, and
liked it. 1 was taught tho use of j
K h\ ? Si i *
M Ml / ml y Hi
TOTJK *^7^0152
, S. 0., THURSDA V. A]
the how and at row, and becamo export
tis it hunter and in till out ofdoor
exercises. Wlton 1 was orown '
to womanhood both of my Indian
parents died and I soon afterward
married a voune chief of the nation
and removed to the ( )hio eountrv. '
. ! I ' n
I win (.routed with more respect than
even the Indian women generally. .
] J
I was taught to ride on horseback
and was not required to cultivate the p
soil or hear hurdons. 1 always remembered
my carrying off; and so
happy was 1 in my domestic relations
that the chance of being discovered
and compelled to return among the
white people was the greatest evil
that I feared. For ! had been !
taught that they were the implneav'
, I i
ble enemies of tlie Indians, whom I
loved. My husband died, and my
.... \\
P^Hk^ftving jollied the Miamis, I
wajg?BMagWfc>em. and married aiw of
have ehildren and
|g| ^ a:" very happy. (
'' i.h %c meludoil her
anP1 her right hand ,
-. -flS H. . \ . . , d
! r i \ i
i '*U? :>s t'K,t '
1 the heavens!"
^^^^yr^>aml had been
lb*' was entirely
v. u
t language. >iie
of Ma-rnn-iti""
\'<r." and was a
1 ... . . 1
" iinstian spirit.
SHHKSSHiiitl V, v>
WBSttUBBBE^r '"he second inter.
J1 sisl<M'<
to tho homo of
HhH^' |! lor
BHR^mbHT ',lluso midst of
^W-; . /
BB9^ L'U'^ hoard of cattle and
' li.mi
HRfat . '.uiy /?' '.^ra/.ino in tho pas-I
kicic. howeye* 1 hiiitf l>e'<>kenod plen
A
Is that ho tjlfforl, for she was weal- .
tflV'Witi her wants and iior moans ,
wore compared. Iler annuity from
tho (loverument, which she re-1
* . n
coivod as one of tho Miami triho, ,
s
had Imoir saved, and sho had ahoul ^
one thousand dollars in specie. I lor ..
' ? ''
white friends tarried with her sev|
ir
oral days, and not lono after their ^
return home, loseph and his dauyh- .
tor, tho wife of lion. Xiba Hennott
of Wyoniini/, ainiin visited her
J **> /-) ()
aiwl bade her the last farewell. On!
a
that occasion she was induced to
. I p
sit. for her portrait to an artist
named Winter, residing at Logans-h
nni'f u'lioio I '?"k< "' ' f 11
IMM 1, II IK III! I lliul ill. I .III it VHllC,
i > J I \v
Indiana, in 1800. It was a lialf.
. I 11
Inm'tli iifo si/o. At tlio timo of ..
. . I tl
my visit it was hanging in Mr. ^
Sloeytn's parlor, an<l 1 was per- j j
inittod to make a pencil copy of
it. The costuino was vory simple-?an
under dress of scarlet and a mantle |(
blaek^cloth, with a largo flowing
sleevo on one si I). | p
Francos Slocuni?jMa-con-a-t/ua ? ! si
the Child ('aptivo of the Wvoining, P
Valley, died in 1844, and was on- Jj
ried with considerable jiomp, for u
she was regarded as a queen among; ]?'
her tril>e. When tho Miatnis were j 0(
removed from Indiana, the "lost. '
... ftl
sister"' and her Indian relatives were |
exemjited. The affecting storv of her
life was laid before Congress, and
so eloquontly did John Quincy Ad* j,
ams plead her cause that he drew II
tears from the eyes of many memhers.
Congress gave her a tract of i*'
. . 01
land a mile square, to he held in p
perpetuity by her descendants, and ,)
there her chilrdren and grandcliil- si
drcn were living at the time of my :l
visit? in tho Valle\*of Wyoming. |
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HKXSON J. I.OSSINO, I.I.. D. '
The Patent He<l Spring. 1 ,l
I a
Our patent spring hod has been |,
remodeled. The one. for two in a bed (j
is so arranged that the part tho wife' q
lies on can be set by tho husband u
unknown to the former, and it springs 1 p,
her out of hod and stands her up on q
the floor at any hour for which it is
set. It then remains turned up on j ai
one edge so she can't get hack again, j ..
... i i - _ i r' i ' . i J
tu. h um on jut suit! 01 me ood, ami ! ]]{
slio won't come back on his sido, f<?r j
she's too ill I fired mad to como n??ar ,
him. So the result is that she !h Cl
coinpolled to dross and go down stairs ^
to see to breakfast, and the old man |j
will fret a rest. Oh, it's a daisy! ? 1
Park Journal. ni
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An Unfortunate Habit.
h
brown It has been reported to mp,1 8(
Robinson .hat you sttid I am a man of un ji
savory reputation. '
Robinson (nurprisedy Why, I never
said anything of the kind, Brown. j}
Brown I get the information straight. 0
Robinson Weil, I assure you, Brown,, j(
that I never intended to say audi a tiling, u
and if I did, I attribute it to my unfortu- j .
nate habit of tiiinking aloud.?New York i
Sun. | C
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si ^ostid t"oxjk cot
imml 12, 1888.
imm:sii?i:nti vl povhkty.
idle WIiite liouso Not the i'laro
for Money MakingMost
of tlio presidents have died
o<?r, and few of llioin liavo mado
)11c11 out of otlicodioldinir. .lust l>o>re
Jefferson died lie was so much
i debt that a lottery scheme was
ottrn up to sell liis property and re
eve Ins noi'iiwitlnu i i<? l.\ft vf.w.ti
ally nothing to his children, ami
liey roceivod some two sums of *10,- 1
OC each from the legislatures of two!
f tlio southern states.
John Tyler left some property, lint;
all went to his second wife. One
f his sons. (ten. John Tylor, whoi
rove a fonr in hand while his father!
as in the White House, and who
as then called the handsomest man
i Washington, lives olT a position
1 the treusur> department, and one
f Tyler's most accomplished daw^h>rs,
a lady who presided over the
xeevtive mansion after her mother's
oath and until her father married
ulia (Jardner, is a ouest of ('orcoin's
()ld Ladies' Homo hero. A
inu who claims to ho one of the
Washington family, and who, hv the,
ay, has a face strikingly like that
f the president, peddles trinkets in
little booth in the pension building, i
>ollv Madison, the president's wife,!
as. diirincr n usiri /it' lie?? loui
irni:>h(u! food by a colored uutn v.
ad been in President Madison's serice.
Sho jrot, however, a larjro sum
f money from congress for Madi>n
s papers, and it was this that
used ' <" 'oclinino1 years.
r:a: mo cr .munkok's iovkuiv.
Monroe was so poor that his latter!
ays were spoilt with his son-in-law,
atnnel P. (Jovernonr, in New York,
nd there he died. Harrison left
olhine- to speak of. l'olk* left about
11")0,000, including Polk plaee at
.'ashville, whore his widow now
ves. It is a valuable block of
round in the center of the town,
hicli lias risen largely in value
nee the president's death.
Martin Van Huron made money
ut of politics. * Ho started life poor
nd died well to do. One estimate
uts his estate at $800,000, and he
lade money in real estate as woll as
i the law. IJoth of the Adamses
ore money savers, if not money
uikers. The letters of John Adams,
le second president, to his wife,
ibijrnil, repeatedly nr<>o her to cut
own the household expenses and to
rauico economy. Ho lunched himdf
on oat cake and lemonade, and
_ 11- i r r- - *
h wiiiKfd iar ouener than ho rodo.
John Quiney Adams received noar,*
$500,000 from tho government in
ilaries during his lifetime, and ho
osscssed the Yankee thrift. The
alums family tit present is one of
to richest in Now Kngland, anil I
as told at Kansas City that Charles
rands Adams has more than $1,1)0,000
invested in rotil estate there,
le lias railroad stocks and bonds in
Jdition, and he makes his money
reed like Australian rabbits.
ASDHKW J A<'KSON's KX I'KNSKS.
Andrew Jackson spent tnoro than
is salary while ho was in the White
louse, and lie had to borrow money
> keep up with his expenses. Tlios.
offerson borrowed money that
irried him out of Washington when
0 left tho presidency, and Andy
ohnson, though he entertained conderably,
is supposed t<> have saved
t least $50,000 during his White
louse career, lie died, 1 am told,
orth about $100,000, and the most
f this caino from economy. It was
protty good estate for a tailor ??
Nive. James Huchanan was making i
bout $7,000 a year at the law when
e entered congress, and he spent
tiring his presidency what was left
oin his expense-s in charity. Ho
as not, however, a rich man when
0 died, and his estate of Wheatmds
was sold a > ear or two a; >.
President Kilmoro began Ins life
1 a wool carder. I hiring the three
ears he was engaged to his sweetr>
n
E'art ho had not enough money to
ay the expenses of 150 miles wfiich
ty 1 iet\t01?11 her homo in Saratoga
annty, N. V., and where ho hud beun
to practice law. During the
rst years of their marriage his wife
id the housework and taught school,
ud still ho died one of tho richest of
10 presidents. The greater part of
is fortune, however, came from his
jcond marriage to a rich woman of
iulTalo, whom ho courted after his
rst wife died.
Prosident Cleveland is supposed to
o worth about $100,000, and lie
wns, I am told, roal estate in HufTa>
which is rapidly advancing in val- i
e. President Arthur left much loss
tan he was supposed to bo worth,
larfield shortly before his death ow
} w I .."*<> l ???1* A mm Ml. J
' oil $80,(MM) to oen Swaim, and < rant
iliil not add to Ids fortune by Ids
W'ldte House career. Hayes made T
money out of the presidency, and is
rich through inheritance and economy.
The presidents, ?s a rule, liavo
not saved money during their presi
deney, but the same aldlities which
made them presidents would, if thev j"
nad been used in the field of nionev t'i
making and in :iey saving. 1 . vo i*iv- it
en them fortunes. - / 'run/: >?. ('</? - ^
fnft r in Xi >r )"<>/*/? I) tn'bf.
\Vn fiord on u Itoom.
* j m
I'rof. .1. A. (iatnewell. secretary of j?
the faculty of NVofford < .'olloife, was ,i
in tlio city vostordny Tho object of ^
his visit was to arrange for the publication
of the annual eutalouge of st
thot'olloge. The Walker, Kvnns & s<
Cogswell Company have secured the [,;
contract and will got out an artistic
pamphlet. |
Prof. Grnmowoll savs that Spar-;
tanburg is catering upon a period of ()f
great business activity and that tlie tr
faith of tho business men in the city jsjj
was never stronger than it is now.
WofTortl College, he says, is enjoying ^
a session of unusual onoourngoment. 1
; |
i'lie students are doing good, work,
and the faculty are pleased at the re- II
suit, of their labors. The Kitting ?p
School, a newly established adjunct
of the ("olloL'e, ltas proved to be a ,
ill
great succcs. It has a large attendance
and the hovs show great desire
to he thoroughly fitted for college cl
It has proved of very great assistance v,
to the College proper, as it enables ^
the professors to begin their work
with scholars prepared for the College
classes. Preparations are being c<
made for the approaehit connnoti- sc
cement in .luno, when tho Hon. n,
tides.I. Patterson, of ('hosier, will
111
deliver the annual address before the
literary societies and tne Rev. .1. 11. ,:t
Vincent, I >. 1)., of Xew Vork, will tii
preach l<> nmiual sortnon. ? A'firs m
Mm/ (Courier. jn
A ( oak wit ii a < tent ril'nenl Mo- ?
., u<
I,on.
A well known Paris scientist, I >r. |j,
Dolauney, has made some curious dis- (p
covorics which show the connection |(,
between the little and great things, 'p
To acertaiu tlx* qualities of an nppli- t\
cant cook lie says it is sufficient to
give her a plate to clean, a sauce to u
make, and watch how sho moves her n<
hand in either act. If sho moves it S(,
from left to riuht, or in the direction |?
of the hands of a watch, you may |
trust her; if the other way, sho is,
certain to he stupid and incapable. a
The intelligence of people may also V(
he cpiuo'ed, the doctor further says, p,
hy asking them to make a circle on tJ
paper with a pencil and noting in ,
which direction the hand is moved, p;
The tfood students in a mall e natieal p,
class draw circles from loft to riirht.
The inferiority of the foftest sex, as tn
well as the male dunces, is shown hy af
their drawing from ri^ht to left. Any- ()f
lum patiens do the same. In a word, sa
says tho doctor, centrifugal move- tI)
ments are characteristic of intelli- m
jrenco anil higher dovolopinent; con- m
tripotal are a mark of incomplete
evolution. A person, as his faculties a
arc developed, may oven come to ! ^p
draw circles in a different way from ]p
what he did in his youth.?C/nnn- pj
hern Journal. S(
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I liferent ill" Kelirs of Lincoln.
tu
Jit
The talk about tho removal of Lib* 8J)
hy prison to Chicago starts afresh re*
miniscencos of the war. There is jf
living in Chicago to-day a lady j-p
to whoso house Lincoln was taken ^(l
from Ford's theatre on the ni</ht that
n I
i:f .1 iii
tin* jiiu^iucui n nit' >vns uiKtvii i>y *) .
Wilkes Booth. The lady was at that
time a eliihl. I lor people were south*
orners, and haled everything Vankeo.
Ilowevdjr, they wero the bet- (j,
tor class .U JJanthornors, who nover to
permitted j&jBpno beneath their own tj(
roof to byfc timed otherwise than as .>}
quests. When Mr. Lincoln's body [s,
was carried into this house the fami- <>,
ly yielded everything to the comfort j?
of the patient, and \ >re deeply m
grieved at the misfortune, as they
subsequently showed. The lady in as
question has the pillow upon Which t|,
the martyred president breathed his j;i
last. The piece of candle which was ftf
held for the surf/eon as ho was dressing
the wound is preserved and in n|
her possession. The coverlet which ()f
was thrown across the sufferer, and |)(
many of the little things that were s||
about the room, and some of which C)
were used on the fatal night, were
all preserved, ai d are in the keeping
and the ownership of Mrs. (Jhas.
Hector, a north side lady of Chicago.
?Chlcayo Mi.7. 1,1
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One of our Western exchanges ui
Says that a practical revivalist ro- pi
quested all in the congregation who li;
paid their debts to rise. The rising d<
was general. After they had taken si
thoir seats a call was made for those el
who didn't pay their debts, and one [x
solitary individual arose who ex-; xv
plained that he was the editor and ^
could not because the rest of the 'l
congregation were owing him their 01
subscriptions.
NI .MI5EK 39.
ickivnwnc; a i!oitr.i:i:v.
I?c Hopeful Outlook of (In1 l>irci'l
Tux Kill.
(Ni'\v?ju?k1 Courier.!
Washi no i on, A|>riI ?. - The prost>cl
f<?r the passage of the bill to roiiiil
the direct tax is very eneourugig
in the opinion of its friends. In
ie contest to-dav as to whether the
il! should be i uni"diatelv consider-*
I it was supported 1 v a very largo
ajority, although the mea urc coma
: : * i : * r %
rung wuii u ior precedence was
10 annual pension appropriation hill,
appeared strange at first sight to
a> t-lio Republicans votino almost
didly against taking uj? tlio .pension
11 lirst, hut this i .cuddy explain1
l>v tlio fact tlint the greater part of
io soventeen miIIions of dollars prup<ed
to ho refunded will go into the
easuries of Northern and Western
lutes, while some of the Southern
tates, having paid little or nolle of
io tax, will receive proportionately
ss benefit from the Refunding Act.
estdoy, the Ifepnblicans knew that
io pension appropriations would
rtainlv pass a' oitie time during
lis session, while the hill to refund
in direct tax might nob have a
lauoo. I he opposition so far dodoped.
and the on I v opposition
iowii to exist, come? from Southern
en who are convinced of the unaistitutionalit
y of the refunding
heme. '! icy say that if this tax is
funded the 'cotton tax, which was
KHicstionahlv an unconstitutional
x, should also ho refunded. Thev,
icreforo demand that the hill bo
nendod so as to provide for rofundg
the cotton tax. I Lis not thought
>sHihlo that this amendment will ho
looted, because it would take frotn
in .treasury sixty-eight million dolts,
in addition to the seventeen unions
on account of collections of the
roct tax. The cotton tax was colctod
in twenty-live States and one
erritorv, and of the total about lif' livo
millions were collected in
Duthorn States. The remainder
as contributed by California, ('on client,
Illinois, Kansas, Massachu'tts,
New .Jersey, New \ *ork, Ohio,
ennsvlvania, Khode Island and
tah.
Mr. Klliott addressed the 1 i<>nse in
vigorous speech, especially in fa>r
of amending the direct tax hill
y incorporating in it his lienufort
x bill, which, of course, would he
specially beneficial to the people of
s district, wiio suffered so severely
y the manner in which the codecan
of (lie tax was enforced. lie
ink occasion to trivo an interestm"
icount of the virroron enforcement
r>
collections, and the unnecessary
erilioe of property hv tlio tax comissiouers,
and supported his stateetits
by reference to ollicial* docuents.
Mr. Dibble intended to have made
speech in support of the hill, hut
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o umoauoiuMi ior me discussion is
nited, and he ha-^so far con ton tod
msolf with the exercise of his normal
influonco in its behalf. Tho
hole of the South Carolina dologa)ii
will support tho bill as it. now
ands, but Mr. Tillman will not bo
iiisfied unless the refund of the eotn
tax bo included. Ho says that
it is not provided for in this bill,
is will probably be tho last chanco
rot the cotton tax refunded.
11. M. 1..
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Newspapers in 1.88S.
Prom edition of (b o. P. Howell ?.V:
o.'s "American Newspaper Direcry,M
published April 2d (its t wen 3th
year,) it appears that tho Xowsipers
and Periodicals of all kinds
mod in tho Tinted States and
unada, now number 1(1,310, show<r
a ijaiii of SOt) during the last 12
onths and >f 7,130 in 10 years.
The publishers of the Direct inserts
that the impression that when
e proprietor ot a newspaper underlies
to state what has been his exit
circulation, he does not generally
11 the truth is an erroneous one:
id they conspicuously offer a reward
?100 for every instanco in their
jok for this year, where it can bo
iowu that the detailed report relived
from a publisher was untrue.
I hiring the past 5 years a great adince
has been made oy women of
lis country in the direction of phyeal
culture. It is no longer counted
iwoinanlv to use the samp care in
roinotinir health and vigor by intel*
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gent exercise that one would use in
3veloi>ini( literary taste or artistic ,
till by appropriate culture. The
PFect of this change is already soon
i tho Rowing strength of youno
omen ami thoir satisfaction in tho
bilir.y to do things that would have
rushed the belle of twenty years ajro.
Scientific Amfricrn.
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