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A l^lno Sciid-O/l' For \lio X<sv
. TarilV Bill.
.Mr. Mill's speech in the House of
Representatives oti Tuesday last is
nJmitted on all sides to have been a
grand effort in every way worthy of
the occasion and of the momentous
issues involved.
Aftor tin* introductory' suminary or
of liis urjriuneiit, which was publishoil
in '/'//? A View am/ ('ottrier yesterday,
Mr. M ills proceeded in substnnco
as follows:
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Every effort that had lipon made
to brieg the war exactions of tlio
Government down to a peace establishment
had been resisted step bv j
step, and every effort had been de- :
fented. There had been a tax on
railroads, but it was gone. It had
not lived long after the war. It had j
been a tax on wealth. It was said j
to be oppressive to tax the wealthy. I
There had been a tax on insurance ;
companies It was gone. Th^e |
had been a tax on express companies.
It was gone. There had beer: a tax j
on bank deposits and bank capital.
Jt was gone. The >! b00,O0U,000 thai j
had been paid by the wealth of the!
country had been swept away and j
the burden of taxation had been (
made heavier, as it had been loaded I
upon the shoulders oT those who had j
to support themselves and the Govern
n int. M'as a tax of 3 percent!
to be paid out of the pockets off manufacturers
of blankets a weight more J
enormous than a tax of 79 per cent!
paid by the consumer on imported j
and domestic products? V/as a tax
of 3 per cent on incomes more oppressive
than a cax 01 100 per cent
on woman's ami children's dress
goods? Yet all those taxes on
wealth had gone, and the gentlemen
of the minority boasted that thoy had
reduced taxes to the amount of *>200,000,000,
while the 1)' niocratic 'tarty
had reduced it oi y a bagatelle.
That was a sple.id' 1 column those
gentlemen had erected.
NO MO UK TANKS ON Till' HIT II.
All tax on wealth had passed
away, and all the burdens had been
oast upon the shoulders of the laborhie"
man. In 18S3 taxat'on had still
further been reduced and this magnificent
shaft which the party then in i
power had erected to commemorate
its legislative wisdom and the beneficence
of its laws was crowned with
the capstone, taking off the internal
revenue tax on playing cards and
putting a tax of 20 per cent on llibles.
{Laughter. |
The Democratic party had been
trying to reduce taxation upon the
necessities of life, and it was charged
by the minority that it had not accomplished
any reduction. That
would be a gravo charge if the genflmiion
wlm it ivftpn not miillv
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of having prevented the Democrats
from accomplishing my reduoMon.
It (Tid not lie in their mouths to
. charge the Democrats with failing to
reduce taxation, when they had mustered
their whole strength to strike
out the enacting clause of the hills
presented bv the Democrats. Twice
thev had accomplished that and twDe
they had refused even to consider
the question of a reduction of taxation.
HOW TIIK TARIFF1 11U UTS Til K FAR^
MRR,
15ut the greatest evil inflicted upon
the people by excessive taxation on
the consumers of the country was in
the destruction of the values of ex* |
ports. The great body of the ex-1
ports were agricultural products.
From 75 to 80 per cent of tho ex - j
ports were such products. The war,
duties limited ?m[ ortation and that 1
''f' *' iptdted importation.
The surplus productions wore, '
therefore, thrr.vn upon the home!
market. It became ovcr-suprdicd I
and prices wont down. So it was j
with tho people of K nope. Their'
products were throvn upon their j
homo markets and 'heir pi ices went
flown lit 1880. nfter the lonir do- I
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pression from 1873, pricos suddenly
rose in Europe, and tiro result was
that as prices rose the tariff went
down and importations increased
about %200,000 in one year. Exports
also increased enormously. But
it was insisted that if duties - were
lower and foroign goods were imported,
our people would bo turned out
of employment and tho rates of wag^SniSSHUGk^is^f
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" BE tiestj'IE
! "V#> M'I'ON, I'<lltoi>. i
. <rn. ltOOr.HH. I *?t t?l Islirr. *
es w juid b< reduce I. Nothing of
the sor' w juld happen. We would
import things which we could not
produce cheaper in other countries
than at home. We could now produce
at least VH) per cent of all the
manufactures consumed in this country
cheaper at home than they could
he produced anywhere in the world
and transported here.
It was said that a high tariff made
high wages for labor: it was said
that if the tariff wore reduced, wnges
must bo reduced. It was said
that if the value of the domestic product
was increased, the manufacturer
was enabled to pay higher wages.
Unquestionably. Hut did ho doit?
No.
1IIOII TAH1KK ? I.OW WAOSS.
A high tarilf <lid not regulate wairos.
Wages were regulated by demand
and supply and the capacity
of the laborer to do his work. jf a
high tariff' regulated wages how was
it that wages in different parts of
the country wore different? How
was it that wnires in different localities
in the same Stale were different?
The rate of wages in the cotton industry
were lower in Rhode Island
than in Pennsylvania, but in the iron
industry wages were higher in Rhode
Island than in Pennsylvania.
It war; admitted by all that the
rate of wages in this country was
higher fhan in Prance or Germany,
and yet Germany and Prance had
protective tariffs to guard against
the free labor of England. What
made this high rate of wages in this
country? It was coal and steam and
' luciruory. u wis ?n-^ ;igi-m
ti:at m?ulo laboi nuiro valuable. ami
a ing! alt of tiis wages meant low
cost of Droducoon. Fifty years ago
it reciuired live peiscns to make
eight yards of coM^n e'otb in one
day. Thoy got 20 cents a piece u
day. The labor costs of cloth was
cents yor yard. Counting 1100
working days in the year, the whole
product of their > fi e cheap laborers
was 2/00 yard, but when coal and
tteum an i machinery were harnessed
together to produce cloth, five persons
could produce 140,000 yards a
year. The labor cost of tho clotn
was now 1.08 of a cent a yard. The
wrges of labor instead of being $00
a year was $287. Tec old wages
had to depart before the conquering
march of high w^ges and steam machinery.
It was not tho rate of wages that
came into the market to contest for
supremacy. It was the article that
labor produced at a lower cost, than
a rival article it would drive that rival
out of the market. Increased
productive power, high rate of wages,
low cost of production, followed each
other as night followed dav.?
KNGI.AN I) DISTANCED IN TIIK HAC K.
Tho fact that the rate of wages
wjik hifrlmr in thi<5 nminfrv flum in
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England meant that England was
distanced in the great industrial contest
in which the United States had
entered. IIo cited from a talde compiled
by an English gentleman sent
over to investigate the cotton industry
of the United States, to show
that in every caso the labor cost of
cotton goods was lower here than in
England.
.Mr. Milikon, of Maine: If that is
so, What harm does the tariff do?
Mr. Mills: What good does it do?
It enables you to make trusts and
combinations and bools. [Applause
on the Democraric side.]
Mr. Mills tften proceeded to say
that though the labor cost was lower
and the rato oi wages higher here
titan in England, yet England beat
us because she produced goods at :i
tota' cost lower than ours. It was
not labor, it was material.
Mr. Itanium, of Pennsylvania: Did
I under tand tho ijeo .ieman to say
that the cost of cotton goods in England
was less than in this country ?
Mr. Mills: The labor cost is pro
duoed oound of prifit is lower here
(ban in J?ngland, I ut the total cost
fo.' i jH.erial an'1 everything i.i lower
in England.
Mr. kelley, of Pennsylvania, protested
against the interruption.
Mr. Mills: I don't. [Applause.]
Mr. Kellcy: The gentleman is expounding
his party doctrine, and
theso interruptions are, in my judgment,
impertinonce.
Mr. Mills went on to state that
the English gentlemen alluded to
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| by in< returned to his people and
told their to fear nothing. "These
people in the Tinted States,'' ho
said, "wuile they beat us in labor,
while they ean produce anything,
hold to a high tariff on raw material.
The cost of the material that enters
into the manufacture is high and as
lone- as they hold to a high tariff,
you may go to sleep in security for
Kngland holds the markets of the
world."
Mr. Mills then proceeded, with
frequent citations from economic authors
and from tabulated statements,
to elucidate his argument that a high
rate of wages in this country was
not the result of the protective system.
A SI I KINO II.I.fsi CATION,
lie could not, he said, continue to
tell the result of his investigations
! for want of time, but ho did wutTtyjjjl
read a report from the coinmis^iq^H
of labor, comparing the cost
ning cotton yarn in Kngland
o J n
Alsace. In every single li|R?9Bk
gl:w:d could \
1 lower cost than Germany
exported annually into (
trom ton to cloven million
worth of cotton vnrn ovei
i 20 per cent. Mow was that po^B&g
I with the rate of w'nges so much fljjgjgj
er in hJngland. Willi all her IHmSB
labor, England's skilled. [hc.IHSS
hand ook (dermar v's markets j|8g
coinpollod her to build a wall
her homes. The facts could io^HB
I overthrown. What was it thati<^^9
vented us li'oni bocoinin;/ tic n-s^^H
e^t manufacturing country in^B^
\\ ?rl tWo h\id n ? foreign inavktW
N\ '? vore wedded, to a high tariff,
and that made the cost of j o^uetious
higher and drove t.s out of the
, world's narkets. The greatest peo]
pic cn the globe, the highest and
, greatest diifusion of intelligence,
utilizing tl-.e power of machinery be|
yond in.v 6lher people; having cot|
ton and *vo< I and hemp and llax and
rich bc's of ore, are guilty of a sui(
la! policv that closes the markets
of the w, rid against us; that plnn
ders the atriicc.llurists of one-half of
tlieir earnings. [Appl auso. |
li.NCOt: ItAOH COM M HIH'H.
Instead of destroying our foreign
commerce we should encourage it as
we have our home commerce. Our
prosperity was due to the intelligence
of our labor and the unrestricted
movement of our exchanges
among 00,000,000 or our people at
home. It was interchan&fo of $35,n
1
000,000,000 of internal commerce
that made us a rich, prosperous and
powerful people, and we hud grown
so, not by the aid of restrictions on
foreign commerce, but in spite of
them. [Applauso.J Our wealth
would have boon greater if we hr.d
moiio of those restrictions, and let in
things that could bo produced cheaper
in other countries than they could
be produced here.
The policy which is now being
pursued might for a while satisfy the
demands of the capitalists, who had
money in our factories, and they
might build up combinations that
seemed to spring up out of the earth.
I fiut what was to become of the a|
borer when they shut down thei:
i (ires and turned their employees into
the streets? What was to become
of the cotton, wool and ores? Where
were our markets? When our man1
ufacturos were stopped and the
wheels were stilled and the fires
were banked the laborer would go
about tho streets seeking work and
1 finding none, and this was said to be
ar American policy. That policy
was American which ciings most
closely to the fundamental principle
of our Government, the principle of
freedom.
a.y aol'kal. to ktorilkh.
He wished to show that tho tariff
was not for tho 1 onefit of workingmen.
Ho wished to do this by lig.......
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III*:. wi\i-n ?y 111 ?l l l 11 l <1 <' l ' l l til r* 1 imiii*
selves. exhibiting tho total cost of
tho product and tin* labor cost of tho
tr ,ielos thev woro making.
lie had put tho tariff table by t.h<
side of those figures to see whether
in tho little reduction tho committee
asked in this bill it was going be
yoml that pledge made- by tho l)em
ocratic party that it would not re
due? taxation so low as to ox pose la
bor This " table showed tho tarif
was not intended to benefit tho la
borer; that tho benefits of tho tariff
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Y, S. THURSDAY
pass into pockets oi' the manufacturers
iukI uevoi come to the pockets of
the laborer. Continuing, lie* said
| that it was asserted that Congress
had intended to benefit the laborer
by the tariff. It hail failed and not
a dollar of the protection offered got
i beyond tho manufacturer. lie, liowover,
hired his labor at the lywost
rate in the market. The committee
had left in tho lull more than enough
protection to pay for all labor and a
bonus best let..
K<>lllUN<i tiik molt.
Mr. Mills then went into the details
of labor, citing flannel, sowing
silk 'ins >od oil, bar iron, bessomer
steel, moroceo skins, cloths, carpets, j
wool suits, goblets, paints and other
articles as exhibiting tho cost where
t li^^jffl^BfcM-ge invariably greatly
B^bor
got beyond the*
vtko
up
wealth,
its beneficence
laborer. It
nieut to take a
earn'mm III
net ion in this i
classes
*raSM0j8S69HilBB^^r ''IV Other small
^WwUMMjjMM^Hj^Wieh. f'ouccntiaipt^nRHof
tho country
in:
said he
H^mBH^B^^Bviin'ii
the
v
ir^^^^^ougli t was r t ai that the
' conimittoe could as!., it v. is a very
inoderal bill, \et it would send comi
fort and happiness into ill! tlio homes
and bosoms of the poor laboring peopie
of this country, and ho asked the
House, in behalf of theso people, to
consider their claims and help to re1
i
duco the burdens that had boon load ,
I ed upon them.
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A I'sel'ul St. Keainrd Dog':
Mrs. Ik N. Kd wards, of Clark
county, Ga., has a St. Itenard dog
that is a jewel in his way. lie is
sent out to to the pasture every morning
with the cattle, and returns
with them safely every afternoon, j
In milking ho keeps the calf otT, and
when it is through.carries the pail to
the house, lie works the treadmill
by which the butter is churned, and
is useful in domestic arrangements
of the household in many ways,
lint the faithful fellow is put to a
more remarkable use than this.
Mvory Rummer Ik? is shared, and his
silken wool spun into yarn. Mrs.
Edwards exhibits a table coyer four
feet *) juaro that was made entirely
from the hair of this dog. Six
pounds of vool were obtained in this
mannc last year, and the shearing
time is nearly hero again. Strange
to say, the'dog seems to like the
loss of hi* w ol, and sports and gambols
like a s?x months pup when the
hair is short.
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Hints to Housekeepers.
A wart can bo removed by touching
it several times a day with castor
oii.
Wfshi- g in cold water when ever
n? ated " a frequent cause of disfiguring
pimples.
Fresh meat beginning to sour will
sweety! ii placed out of doors in the
over n;g"t.
Blankets and furs put away well
sprinkled with borax and done up
air-tight will never be troubled with
moths.
The roughness which arises from
expo ure to the air may be remedied I
1 by sponging tho face with equal
parts of brandv and rose water.
For |>r? i? 1 otii..tho growth of tho
hair and oyebrows nothiin/ is hotter
than l>n\ mm and quinine, in prop
ti(?n of one pint (,<> one dram,, well
rubbed into tho roots once a week.
President, ('. II. Tabor, Foit Motto;
Vice-Presidents First, (ion.
Howe, Columbia; Second, John S.
Ilr.ohson, Sumtor; Third, S. M. Orr,
Anderson' Corresponding Secretary,
J. [j. Dawson, Jr., Charleston; Ke-,
I cording Secretary, W. Peyro Porche,
( Charleston; Troasnier, !!. VV. Do-,
Sanssure, Charleston.
A petrified block of oak, with the
I r?uffii/ca ,.r ?v...
i !?? no wi 11 iv n ac |.j i ?i 1111 jr rizmuu uil
i it, was found >t few miles from Dal|
'
las, Oregon, recently. , Opinion
among thoso who have seen it is divided
on the question whether it was
hewn into snapo by a prehistoric inhabitant
of the land or by sorr.o early
pioneer from the oast.
:rc: coi
MAY 1888.
Tin: LAST or Sl'MTKlfS m i;n
|<\i|>? i ts?o, t>j Kunl; ?V W nautili '.
It was a dreary day in January,
18-H), wIhmi at three o'clock in thoj
aftornoon I arrived at Mr Leslie's
plantation, with tw :> in miles of King's
Mountain battle-ground i 11 South
Carolina. I had traveled with a
single horse and light wagon the
rough road that skirted the foot of
King's Mountain. The heavens
were shrouded with clouds mid
_
snow which had fallen during the
night and mingled with mud more
than fetlock deoj> hail jaded my
horse. I explained to Mr. Leslie the !
object (d my journey, expressed a
desire to visit the battle-ground of
Kind's Mountain that afternoon, and
asked him to show mo the way, it
being only two miles from his house.
"Your beast is tired," said Mr.
Leslie. "I have two good saddle-j
horses in tho stable."
They were brought out. Wo i
rode to the farmer's liold, among j
wooded gravel hills viewed the to-'
pography of that strange battle-1
ground, made two or three sketches,!
and returned at twilight. Tho von- !
erablo William McKlwees. Mr. Leslie's
father-in-law, had just arrived. |
lie was a stout-built man. of medium!
stature, v. !i.n an unmis'akable Scotch |
face, flowing while hair, blue eves,
and. though eighty-seven years old,
seemed about as vigorous in mind i
ami body its a hale .l.an at sixty, lie!
was the last known survivor of Gen-1
era! Sumter'H famous partisan band
in tho old War for Independence.
His ratrinCmnces iormcd !io home!
of lit*- cm. !"11?r*? conversation.
"When a1 d whore did you join J
Sumter';" i inquired.
".Just before Clinton took Charleston
..hi! Co.-i\vi.Ills began to >v rrun
the .'t?.te i; South Car-i
olinians were discouraged, and linn- j
dreds took liritisli protection. Sum- i
tor would not vield, but retired intoi
North Carolina. I followed him.
There ho gathered a littlo band of !
exiles and wo returned. Sumter j
called for recruits. Very few camel
until after we struck the camp of j
Idthe wicked Tory Chris lluck on a|
hot night in July. Wo killed tho I
leader and scattered his followers to '
tho wind, lluck was a profane and
profligate wretch. Ho hated L'resbyterians
intensely, murdered one of j
them while on his way to a place of
worship on a Sunday with a liiblo in
his hand, and burned a minister's
house. When we struck lluck he
had about two hundred mounted
men. Our party numbered only one
hundred and thirty all told. Timid
men now took courage and joined |
Sumter's standard. Governor ltut-1
lodge made him a brigadier, and I
was commissioned a lieutenant.'-'
"You were engaged in some stirn
ring evonts afterward," 1 said.
"Indeed I was. We struck liritisli
and Tory parties here and there
so unexpectedly and sharply that
j (Jornwullis declared Sumter was his
greatest plaguo in tno Carolinas.
, Before the cud July ourjof little army
J numbered about six hundred and was
i daily increasing. Sumter felt strong
and he determined to attack a lirit
i t ?
ish and Tory force about two riun|
drod and fifty strong, at Rocky
Mount, a ii'tle west of the Catawba.
1 hey occupied log-horses at the foot
of tho slope, which were surrounded
jfly abafw, as tlio French call it ?a
row of felied trees laid brush-end
forward. Wo had r.o cannon, so we
got to the top of the hill, filled an
old wagon with dry brush and straw,
fired it, and sent tho hissing massj
| down tljosh pe against the houses, j
I T?ho British, seeing their peril, hois-1
i ted a white flag. At that in. ment a
i shower of ra n put out tho fire, and
1 the little garrison defied us. Wo
could do "loth jig, so we withdrew,!
j crossed Ok Catawba and pushed on
toward Hanging Hock."
"What caused your defeat hero?"
I asked.
sir!" said the old soldier
I ornphaticallj'. "Rum, the deadliest
enemy of mankind. You see, we
had whipped the British and Tories j
completely and sent them running I
1 like frightened doors, leaving their j
| camp and all behind. Their camp
I was tempting, and our men, instead j
of pursuing, engaged in plundering.!
They drank freely of the liquors
found in the officers' quarters. Our
rusrrrK'Y-."
| K I .."lO !?? ? A 11 mi in. |
Force became disordered, ami when
tho liritish rallied and returned two- <
thirds of our men were too drunk to
do duty. With about two hundred .
men our brave leader charged upon
the enemy, but seeing i reinforeo- i <
inent for them coming,* were rented 1
with some prisoners and booty."
"Vou were hard pushed at Fish- i
ino t reek," I remarked. i
"Indeed, we were surprised i
badly surprised."
"I thought Sumter was always |
wide awake," I said.
"So he was, hut 'accidents will
happen in the best of families/ you
know. Sumter had been sent by
( ates to intercept a I>ritish escort
from Ninety-six. We captured
more than forty toigons loaded with j
clothing and stores, and were returning
to the Wateroe when we beard
of the defeat of (iatos near Camden.
So we went up the river about forty
miles and halted for needed rest near
the mouth of Fishing Creek. Wo
did not dream that an enemy was
near. At noon, on a hot August
day, while our arms wore stacked, I
the horses were grazum. and more
r> D7
than half the men were asleep under
the trees, the fiery Tnrleton with
his cavalry dashed among us, seized
arms and ' orses, killed about one
hundred and fifty of our men, and
made three hundred prisoners. Sumter,
who scorned never to sleep, seeing
Irs men slaughtered and dispersed,
sprang upon his big white
horse, and closely followed by myself
and a drummer-boy with his
drum, both on a bay mare, fled into
North Carolina, n.oi slopped until wo
readied Charlotte. We made a sorry
figure when we rode into the village.
Sumter was without ft Imt, I
without a coat, ami the drumniorbov.
sittinir astride lineiml miv fmil
J >-? I
only a shirt on, having just conio out
>' the crook, whore ho had been
bathing. Our horses wore without
saddles."
"What then?" 1 asked.
"Action! Only Marion was then in
the Held with Whigs in South Carolina.
Sumter went immediately to
the upper country, where a few of
his men who had escaped joined him,
and tnanv volunteers Hocked to his
standard. We were then all motin
ted and were soon joined by other
pnrtif?s. We had an opportunity
presently to show Tarleton that
Americans could strike heavy blows
as well as British. Late in November
he chased us. We had encamped
at Black-stocks, on the Tygor
River, in Union District, where
Tarleton overtook us with a part of
his force. We fought desperately,
and nt dusk wo set Tarleton and his
men running for lib? and liberty,
leaving about two hui ?lr?v! of hisj
men on the field, nearly one hundred
of them dead."
"I have hoard there were many
bravo women in that region," I observed.
"Bravo! NVhv they helped the
cnuso almost as much as the men!
There were Grace and Rachel Martin,
Mrs. Dilhtnd, Dicey I.ang.'.lon
and scores of others in that lonely
country left at home by the men in
arms, and they performed their part ;
in the contest nobly, 1 assure you. j
Gra#; and Rachel were the young
wives of two sons of the Widow
Martin of Ninety-six District, who
wore in Greene's army. These
young women wero with their mother-in-law.
One evening they wore I
informed that*a British courier, with
two guards, would pass that way
with important dispatches for a Briti
>h post beyond. They put on their
husbands' clothes, provided themselves
with arir.s, and lay in am bus I)
by the side of the wood. Date in
the evening the courier and his escort,
came along, when the young
women suddenly sprang hefore thorn
prosentod their weapons and bade
the travelers surrender with their
papers. Utterly surprised, they
obeyed and were paroled. Returned
they stopped at Mrs. Martin's and
craved accommodation for the night. I
On being asked why they had returned
so soon they said they hail
been made prisoners by two lads
and showed their parole. The young
women allowed their captive guests
to depart the next morning in ignorance
that their captors had entertained
thorn. Tho dispatches were
sent to Greone's."
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NUMBER 12<7
u\Vlx> was Dicey I .nn^ston?'JI injuired.
"A i(irl as hravo and patriotic as
loan of Aor, and not so old- -only
fifteen or sixteen. She was the
Juojrhter of a Whig in Laurens District,
whoso son was in my company
in Sumter's army. She was contin I
.. I l f .
winy ^omii^ vuniuoie lniormauon
iibout tho movements of the Tories
nnd jri\-it??r it to tho Whigs. At one
timo she heard that ('unningham and
his 4Hloody Scout* '-ere about to attairVc
a settlement in \ hieh her near
relatives resided; she determined to
givo them warning. Leaving her
home at near midnight, she sped
through swamps and thickets and
across running streams until she
reached the Tvger Jltivcr. It was
swollen, renderingjthe ford dangerous.
She pushed into the river in
tho darkness, and in the channel,
neck deep, she became confused.
Hut sho gained the shore, gave tho
warning, and when tho scout came
tho inhabitants had lied to a place of
safety.
"One. day sho was captured bv
some Tories and ordered to givo
some informally about n Whig
neighborhood from wld<'h she had
come. She positively refused. The
leader, placing a pi*! >' at her !>r< est.
said, "Tell, or you shall die in your
tracks.'
"Dicey snatched oil a long kerchief
which covered Iter neck and
said,
U4Shoot me if you dare!'
"lie was vb nit to fire, when a
il.. l * 11 i
ijtiiiiljiilllUII til row up III. i IIIIIIO niHI
saved tho bravo girl's life. I might
lull yo a hundred stories of tho eu- x
lions of our bravo women, but it is
getting Into."
"Toll mo, 1 ts**,1' 1 grid; "where
were \ou at tho bnttlo <?f Kind's
Mountain ?"
"In it," lio promptly replied. "1
was at iiomo on furlough and volunteered
to resist Ferguson and his
Tories. We met hi in amon g tho
gravel hills von saw to-day. No
was kille 1 and a largo portion of his
men were made prisoners. You saw
the stone that marks tno spot where
Ferguson fell and was huried, did
you not?"
"Yos," I repliod, Mn*d made tliis
sketch of it," handing him my draw
ing.
"On that limb," said Mr. McKlwoes,
pointing to one on the tree
nearest the memorial stone in the
sketch, "I saw ten Tories hung.
They were a murd* . ous gang and
deserved their fate."
"Did you see Sumter after tho
war?" 1 inquired.
"Often, lie died only about twon
ty yours "go, when he was almost a
hundred years old. 1 was at> his
homo, South Moui.t near Camden."
Turning to a grandchild, Mr. Mc
hi 1 woes said, '-It's nine o'clock;
please hand mo the liible." He
read a short.chapter, then a hymn
was sung, and ho concluded the simple
family worship with a most impressive
prayer
1 hade the venerable man good
| night with feelings of gratitude for a
| rich entertainmen' 5
UkNSO.N J. i.OSHt.N'U, LI,. 1).
The elephant Gypsy, in winter
tpiarters in Chicago, has died of ;?
broken heart, her companion, an elk,
having died the previous week and
Gypsy becoming inconsolable.
Some of the shepherds in the
mountains of Hulgaria live for ten
and fifteen years attending their
flocks, and never knowing what it is
to sleep in a oqusq or to enjoy any
of the comforts or civilization.
One of the raro curiosities in the
dead letter office museum at V. ashi.w.ir...
It, .. I. ? t
ih^k'h, in u diicci ui piiri'iimtuu oil
which is pinned tho Lord's prayer in
fifty-four languages. It is said to be
a duplicate of a parchment which
hang# in St. Peter's Pome.
C. U ]). Kelley, who is now living
in San Francisco, is tho solo survivor
| of Sam Houston's famous spy company
in the Texan war of 1835. He
carried tho tidings of the massacre of
New Orleans, and from thence to
New York. lie was born in 180*3, and
is now in his eighty-sixth year.
A singular accident occurred in
I Sussex, Fngland. A fox huntress
was out with the fox hounds, when
her horse picked up a flint rock in .
his fore foot, and while galloping
throw it back with such force against
the shank of tho hind leg that the
hone was broken just above the fet|
lock, and the animal hatL to be dej
stroyod. * ' ?