The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 31, 1894, Image 4
A FREEZING EXPERIENCE.
TOO MUCH COLD V ITUAIjS FOll
AN OIA> MAN.
lit 11 Arp Purchases n Cooler an?l
DrinkN Too Mucli Water?AlterwnrdH
lie Ucl? Away Willi a hot of
lee Cream.
Atlanta Constitution.
Sick a^aln, but it in all right, for 1
am over the worst of it ami can afford
to be bigotv now. It was all my fault
uml my wire and my duughtcr and my
doctor have told mo so forty or lifty
times. They rubbed it in every time
they gave me raedloiuo and 1 had to
ktke both doses at once. You see I am
very fond of ice water, but we have
never bad a water cooler until last
week. 1 saw a beautiful one and was
assured that five pounds of ice would
keep the water cold all day, so I caute ,
home and told about it, how there was ]
an inner chamber for the ice and how
when the ice melted the water still
kept its temperature, for no outside
air could roach it and how it was ornamental
and would gruco the bull and
we would not have to be stealing ieo
any tuore from the refrigerator, etc.
Well, of course, I bud to order one, and
last Thursday morning I loaded the
pretty thing and all that day 1 was ex
periinenting and tasting to"sou how it
was performing. Well it was just
splendid and my wife kept tolling mo
tiiat that cooler would put mo to bed if
I didn't mind.
That night wo wore invited out to
ton and had spread beforo us a sumptuous
feast and about b o'clock tho ico
cream was served in generous quantity
and we departed. It was ice all day
and away in tho night. Was there
vor such a fool? Hut I've paid for it
all. I have confessed my sin and I
don't think 1 will over do so any more
and I only toll it now as a warning to
sulTering humanity. Tho Good Hook
says, "lie trieth the reins of tho children
of men"?trieth thorn sometimes
with one thing sometimes with another,
but ice water by day and ico cream
at night gets mine. That night about
midnight there was a tap on my side
that waked me up and 1 thought somebody
had hit mo with a small shillaly
right over my right rein. I had felt
that same knoctc boforo and recognized
it. 1 got up and poked around among
the medicines until 1 found the spirits
of niter and paragoric and 1 took a
doso without awaking anybody. Tho
pain got worse and worse and 1
renowcd the dose every hour and got
to groaning so that 1 waked up everybody
and they plastered my side and
loins with mustard. 1 drank all the
Had way 1 could tind and 1 walked
around half bent and laid down and got
up every minute.
About daylight I got relief and dropped
to sleep. Ah, blessed sleep, but
for three more days 1 have boon wrestling
with those reins. 1 have taken a
small drug store of medicine?niter,
paragoric, 1 ithin, calomel, salts, blue
mass, quinine and a lot of powders and
other things that I never inquired the
name of, for 1 didn't eare. 1 knew that
I couldn't be worsted and would have
swallowed melted lead if the doctor
said so.
I'm getting so that I can movo about
now and so when the pet rabbits got
out this evening it was thought that
perhaps it wouldn't strain me to help
catch them. Did you ever try to catch
a pet rabbit? Well, it is the most
provoking business in the world. It
took us all two hours to doit and I had
to go to bed again. A kind lady gave
them to our grandchildren day before
yesterday and of course 1 will do anything
for her.
We have a boy hired, but he is never
hero when wo want him. Last Saturday
ho had to go to a picnic and begged
tne out of a dollar and my wife out
of a pair of my old pants and to-day he
had to go to u funeral and he keeps in
iny debt all the time, and so I keep
him, for he is as humble as a dog1 and
my wife and the girls can scold him
and abuse him all day long and not impair
his ebouy smile. That is a valuable
trait. 1 would like to dig a pesthole
in the back yard and plant him
in it and holler at him by the hour.
Oh, these darkies?what a compound,
what a heterogeneous variety. My
daughter worked all the morning last
Friday helping her cook to make cakes ;
and things for the darkies' picnic of
Saturday. Sunday morning the cook
came in on time and my daughter
say8 : " Well did you have a nice time
at the picnic ?" "I never wont," she
said. " My feller never come utter me
and I stayed at homo." " And you
never came here to help me on Saturday?you
mean thing?after all I did
for you. 1 never did see a negro that
had a spark of gratitude."
But tho funniest thin*,' about the
negro was told me by George Adair
the other day. Old Isham is a preacher?a
smart old preacher?who always
gets up a earousonu nt. Ho was telling
Goorge about his troubles on this
line. "Sometimes 1 can't got'em fired
up hardly any. Sometimes do dohil
blow out de fire utter I git it started.
Hut I keeps on blowin'around outwol I
gits'em to cavortin' uround, for you see
widout dat a nigger meotin' ain't no
moetin' at all. Only last Saturday
night 1 was havin' a powerful cold
time and couldent hardly git up a
grunt or a groan or a bless God from
anybody, when all of a sudden 1 squat
down and den jump away up and wid
my haads raised to Heaven 1 holler
out: 4 Broriu and sisters, descriptor
say :
''Great is Dinah of de I'hesians *,
'Great is Dinah of do Phesiuns;
"Great is Dinah of do Phesians."
"I shoved it out throe times as loud
as I could holler, and it just everlastingly
wuked up dem niggers, and you
nober heard de like in all your life.
4 Bless God for Dinah ! Oh, my I>ord,
sond Dinah down! Oh, I see Aunt
Dinah eomin"! Come down, Dinah,
come down!' and they(begun to sing
and shout, and 'twas Dinah in and
Dinah out, and Dinah dis and Dinah
flat. un.l aw, ..11 1-...1 .. *:-?
V4MV, I?IIU M V. UU IIUU CI f^lVi 1WUO 111? "t * till ,
und two sistor s fell down in u trance
and ltud to he carried home, und it
was de Dinah lick what dun it."
That's all right. They like that,
and t)iiu is a free country concerning
religion and church worship. I'd
rather risk it than Coxey's army, or
some other organizations that keep the
country alarmed.
But if a man wants to realize how insignificant
are all these things let him
get down in the low ground of pain.
What was Cleveland or anti-Cleveland
to me? What was Johnston or Oatcs ?
What was Coxey or the tariff, or even
the Atlanta Exposition? What was
anything sublunary? The whole routine
wasent of as mueh consequence as
as the fly that bothered my nose. The
domain of my affections and regard was
my family?my wife and children and
those kind friends who called. How
tender and soothing were their ministrations.
My greatest comfort is that
my children wish me to live and not
die.
The other day there was an old woman
on trial for her life. She h? ~.ont
dono anything at all. hut she wouit ent
die?that was all. She was eighty-six
years old, and kpr husban 1's will gave
[ her u child's part of his estate, an os[
tato worth over $100,1)00, they said,
j She was on trial for imbecility, for the
children said she wiwcut lit to take
care of her share, und they wanted a
guardian appointed to take care of her
and keep her from wasting the property.
It was a curious scene. The judge
required the old woman to Vhj brought
into court and examined as to her
mind and iter fitness to manage her
part. Site showed all the marks of a
long and hard life, hut no signs of
alarm or doubt. There was quite an
array of lawyers against her, for the
children, with one exception, had comic
nod to tie up the property until she
died and then divide it out.
"I've got no luruin', iudgo," she
said, "for I was married mighty young
and we moved over hero among the Injuns
in 1S.'H!, and there were no schools.
My old man was young and strong, and
so was I. We cut the logs and built
our own house and traded with the Injuns
and I could talk Injun as good as
Knglish and they treated us mighty
well and I used to plow and plant and
hoe corn and burn crush at night and
cook and wash and when tho children
began to come along I had to spin and
; and weave and make their clothes and
by and by we bought more land and
spread out and kept on workin' hard
and spending little until wo had money
to lend and could send the children
to school. I've lived long and lived
hard, judge, but 1 never had a master
over me in my life, and I don't want
one now. My old man, who is dead
and gone, never was my muster and I
I made as much of our property as ho
did and he always said so and it looks
like I ought to have a child's part and
do just as I please with it. These
children are afraid I'll give it to my
l.1,., .1 *?...? . ?l. ? **
j I anil I/Ilill ? \YUUt N l/liu IIUIIHT.
Ho is my baby, judge, and you know
that a mother always holds fast to her
baby whether ho is young or old. Ho
lives with me yet and isalways good to
mo. lie watehos mo to see what 1
want and says, " Don't get up, mother,
1 will got it for you." When ho goes
to town ho never forgets me, but is
sure to bring mo some little thing if
it's only a pair of scissors or an orange
or some candy. No, judge, 1 don't
want to bo tied. 1 don't want to huvo
to ax anybody whether I may have this
or thai. All my hard life the children
have been axing mo when they wanted
nil* uiiiij; imu nuns rigni. una according
to Soriptui o, ain't it, judgo."
Well, of course there was no guardian
appointed and t he lawyers against
her withdrew the chargo.
Bill Akp.
TIHO KMC 10NT SNAP.
Considerable Damage Was Done in
Some Sections ol't lie State.
The weekly report of the weather
bureau gives the following information
as to the damage from the recent cold
wave :
The weather was favorable for rapid
growth during the greater part of the
week, and the staple as well as the
minor crops were as a consequence of
the excessive heat and copious showers
very much improved. On Sunday, 20th
inst., there came an unfavorable change
which caused the temperature to fall
from 30 to 20 degrees in twenty-four
hours, and on Sunday morning minimum
temperatures of from 30 to 45
degrees occoured over the entire State.
Many of the reports had been mailed
previous to the 20th, and so the full
effect of the cold wave can be but partially
collected in this bulletin, although
later reports indicate the occurrence
of light frosts in favorably
situated localities as far eastward as
Orangeburg County. The damage, if
any, resulting, appears as yet to have
| been but very slight and confined largely
to sweet potatoes, and in a lesser
j degree to cotton. In next week's buli
letin a better estimate can be made.
Advorso local conditions injuring
crops, were washing rains in portions
of Spartanburg, Newberry and Greenville
counties, where creek bottoms
overflowed and necessitating some replanting.
llail also did some damage
over small areas, and in Barnwell
County a sand storm damaged cotton.
The temperature was much above the
normal until Saturday after which it
was far below, the departure on the
20th at Columbia being 211 degreos.
The sunshine did not average normal
for the State, hut was not so deficient
as to he harmful. Rain in the form of
showers were numerous, ami in some
instances heavy and fairly well distributed,
only a few localities being
loft dry. In piuccs the ground was too
wet to work and as a consequence grass
and weeds are showing.
Cotton ranges from fair to very good
stand over the whole State. One field
of about 800 acres reported "the best
ever seen." The only report of a poor
stand comes from Williamsburg and
Sumter counties, where the ground is
too dry. Plowing and chopping is progressing
nicely, tho latter being from
one-third to two-thirds finished. Grass
showing in places. Some forms or
squares have been seen. Corn is doing
fairly well, hut hud worms continue to
to do much injury. Stand healthy in
color hut very uneven. Rico doing
won. lrsh potatoes boing harvested
along tlie eoust with from poor to fair
yield. Doing better in interior. Sweet
potato planting continues. Tobacco in
very pood condition. Sugar cane doing
well. Watermelon and kindred
vines growing rapidly. Wheat but
slightly if at all improved, and rust on
the blades is becoming more general.
Harvesting will soon begin. Oats are
ripening in the eastern portions of the
State, and harvesting is about to begin
with prospects of about half a crop.
Some reports indicate a shortage of
seed for farm stock which generally
wintered poorly, although pasturage
will soon be excellent.
A Tough Story.?A special from
lCdenwood, Indiana, gives the following:
The Heoria, 111., Transcript of
Friday, May 11th, contained the following
: ' Last night, during the
heavy storm, two hogs and a fat goose
belonging to Sam Wainscott were
blown from his barnyard, and they
have not been heard from." Howava*
remarkable the statement may seem,
these very pijjs, together with the
goose, are now inhabiting the barnyard
of T. J. Hancock, near thiHcity, where
they were dropped by the storm which
swept over there at that time it was
about 2 o'clock in the morning when
Hancock was aroused from his sleep
by the storm. He went out into the
barnyard to look after bis stock, and
his attention was attracted by the
clouds, in which he saw, during a
lightning Hash, the pigs and the goose.
Suddenly they dropped to the ground
in his yard, and next morning they
were as lively as usual, having suffered
only slightly during their perilous
trip of 207 miles through the air. The
article in The Peoria paper was shown
to Mr. Hancock, who wrote to Mr.
Wainscott, asking for a description of
tho missing pigs and goose. The description
tallies perfectly with that of
tho animals in Mr. Hancock's possession.
Ho has written to Wainscott to
como and get his stock, which he is
oearUood belongs te kiui.
JAMKS II. HAMMOND.
A Hkolcli of the Statesman, Patriot,
Planter and OctitIciiian.
The following sketch of Governor
Hammond was read not long ago beforo
the literary society of tho lltiinberg
graded school by 0110 of tho pupils.
and deserves to receive a wider
leading among tho present generation,
who know very little of the man who
once tilled so large a place in the eye
of South Carolinians. Graded schools
are doing much to develop a knowledge
of local history, and in this instance
there is an excellent example of the
work being done in this direction :
Mr. James 11. Hammond was born in
the district of Newberry, S. C., on the
l."?th day of November, IN07. In IS'J.'l
he entered the junior class of the South
Carolina College, and two years later
graduated in a class of distinguished
merit. Mr. Hammond then adopted
the profession of law and was admitted
to the bar in 1N2.S. lie immediately
?nterod upon a large and successful
practice.
In 18.'M), in addition to his professional
.l.itii.u I. 1.........I. i:.
o, uu uuuri fell nut 21 |)U|)IT
known as " The Southern Times," anil
during u period of intense excitement
conducted tho paper with marked
ability. Mr. Hammond early imbibed
tho doctrine of tho absolute and indivisible
sovereignty of every Stale. With
these doctrines ho entered upon his
public career, and stood by them with
unwavering conviction and unflinching
tidelity to tho last moment of bis life.
In 1 s:ti Mr. Hammond married a
Miss Fit/.simmons, of Columbia. Ho I
then settled at Silver HlufT. on the
Savannah river, near Allendale, and
entered upon agricultural pursuits but
did not neglect public alTairs. He took
an active part and aided materially in
organizing the forces with which South
Carolina was preparing to meet the
impending conllict with the Federal
government.
He was elected to Congress in 1834,
and in a vigorous speech during bis
lirst session pointed out the abolition
movement, which from a single society
of eleven persons in New Kn gland in
1K112 bad grown to have a membership j
<> imi ? nuuureu uiousanu, wno Won:
Hooding the mails with abolition documents
and besieging Congress with
petitions for tin: abolition of slavery.
Mr. Hammond demanded the rejection
of these petitions, lie declared
that the result of continued attacks on
the institution of slavery would be a
dissolution of the Union. About this
time that grout struggle began which
was carried on for .'10 years and resulted
in the overthrow of the Confederate
government.
Before the expiration of his term of
ofheo, Mr. Hammond's health, which
had never been robust, failed completely
and forced him to resign. Ho I
went to Europe and traveled for about
two years, returning only partially restored.
The next few years were divided
between a search for health and
attention to private business.
In 18412 he was elected Governor. It
was under his administration that the
arsenals at Columbia and Charleston
were converted into military academies
on the plan of West I'oint. At the
expiration of his term of oltice, Mr.
Hammond returned to planting pursuits
with renewed ardor. Forsovoral
years bis elTorts in this direction were
confined to clearing new lands and to
such experiments and improvements
as would occur naturally to the mind of
an active and intelligent planter.
The most remarkable of Mr. Hammond's
experiments was the clearing
(?f fifteen hundred acres of Savannah
river swamp. This land was a worthless
bog which he brought up by drainlinn
?l*wl <mi ??ofnl /.nit itf.il * 1? ?l
??nv? uiivi v.ui v;iui v u i i i > ii i lull la i i V lll^ll
state of culture, uml in u few years
after he cleared this swamp, lie made
thirty-five thousand bushels of corn on
the lifteen hundred acres in one year.
It must not he supposed, that this
work was done mainly through the
agency of others, as was too often the
custom of large planters in the South.
Mr. Hammond mounted his horse every
morning and often at dawn he was making
the surveys and laying ofT the parallels
for the ditches. His eye supervised
every important piece of work
and his bruin planned and directed
every movement.
It can also he said that no planter
was over more devoted to the health
and comfort of iiis slaves. lie was firm
in his discipline, requiring full work
hut not too much of it. lie was always
just and kind, and did not entrust his
slaves to the care of others, but daily
he attended the hospitals and smoothed
the fevered brow.
Although Mr. Hammond did not have J
his name upon any church roll lie was
generous toward all religious enterprises.
Ho contributed a magnificent
stained glass window to the Episcopal
church at Barnwell, which stands there
today. Ho also huilt a church which
was for his slaves and was included in
the Methodist, eii-eiiit.
Although ho whs busy 011 his farm
his pen was never idle. Article after
article (lowed from his llucnt pen and
made millions think. In 18f>0 Mi'. Hammond
attended the Southern State
Convention held in June at Nashville,
Tenn., and took a prominent part in
the debates. For personal reasons he
did not return to the second meeting.
lie went to Charleston in November
upon an invitation of the City Council
and delivered an oration on the life and
character of John C. Calhoun. Bv
many this is considered the tost elTort
of his life. Failing health did not permit
Mr. Hammond to take any active
part in our great struggle, hut what
ho cou.d do lie did. He sold all that,
he could sell and placed the proceeds
in Confederate bonds. After his health
failed, and when he was no longer
able to work for his country's good, his
thoughts all seemed to he directed to
the welfare of his country.
On the 20th of September, 18(51, just
two months before he died he wrote in
his diary, 4> Nothing but the intervention
of the good Cod can save the South
from uhjugation." Ho had selected
the place where he wished to he buried,
and on the l ltli of November without
fear and without regret, conscious
for hours of the great change coining,
peacefully died.
? - - ? A
PERIOD OF PERIL.
Wliat (lie Vene/.uelan Earthquakes
Seemed Like loan American?Poo
pie Prayed in the Darkness.
n-oni ine zncw y<tk World.
Rev. Joseph Norwood, agent of tho
American lliblo Society in Venezuela
and Colombia, who arrived on the
steamship Philadelphia last Wednesday
night, is tho lirst eye-witness of
the recent earthquake iu Venezuela to
reach this port. Mr. Norwood was
located somewhat on the edge of tho
affected area, but before he left for
tho north ho learned a great deal concerning
the damage and probable loss J
of life due to the seismic disturbances. ;
Through the severity of tho shocks j
the telegraph wires were torn down
all over Venezuela, and tor this reason
he was unable to get full reports from
the devastated settlements.
"The towns of Merida, Lagunillauud
Ejidos," Mr. Norwood said, " wcro
utmost totally destroyed. Lagunillus
is situated botwocn two high mountains,
and was surrounded by largo
sheets of water. In the midst of tiie
shock the tow n sunk out of sight, and
a largo lake spread over the spot.
" When the first shock cainc I was
in the Hotel America, in Maracaiho. (
The premonitory rumble lelt like the
noise of a derailed street car, and my
impression wus that something had
happened to the street railroad in
front of the hotel. As the rumble <
continued, however, 1 know almost ,
immediately that it was an earthquake, i
and drew out my watch to time its
duration.
"Thollrst shock was at U:lo o'clock
p. in., April 28th. It begun with an
undulation, which ran about twentylive
seconds. Then there was an
oscillution of about the same period,
and the subsequent disturbance lasted
about two minutes. The heaviest
olTcct lasted alsnit half that time.
After the earthquake had passed,
there were seven great cracks in the
walls of my room. Through one of
them you might have put an arm.
"Immediately after the first shock
the electric light wires wore torn
down, and the town was left in darkness.
Willi this gloom the situation
of the inhabitants became mere frightful.
10very one ran into the striets,
and many fell on their knees and called
for help. No one was killed, although
mnnv i?i?*? *%.
J |?v? ut'HO ?? VI v; I 41 J VI 1 cu
" After tho lirht shock all tlx* quests
ami employes in tho hotel, with tho
exception of another man and mysolf,
left tl?o place and toolc up quarters in
tho streets. Wo concluded to stay
indoors, but as a measure of safety we
moved our cots to tho head ot the
stairs. Tho hotel was a two-story
structure, built of adobe and bricks.
An earthquake such as we felt in
Muracuibo would havo leveled all the
tall buildings in New York to tho
ground, and would havo caused a
frightful loss of life.
"There is probably little truth in
the report from Meridu that lob
soldiers lost their lives. It is undoubtedly
true, however, that the shock was
the greatest since that of IH12, when
120,000 persons wore killed. Later accounts
will probably show that this
one, while possibly not as extended,
will, nevertheless, be very severe "
Mr. Norwood is on his way to the
general conference in Memphis, Tenn.
At its conclusion he will return to
Venezuela.
Acting Minister lhirtlomnn has
cabled to the state department at
Washington that aid from this country
would ho appreciated. In Venocuela
already a largo amount has boon
raised and a committee of congress lias
been sent to Maraeaiba to extend any
relief in the government's power.
TIUO AGAilAMA l>l<]M<>CltACY.
endorsing Cleveland, 'farid' llcloriu,
Stale Hunks and Free Coinage <>l
Silver.
The Alabama Democratic Convention
last week nominated Hon. \V. C.
Oates for Governor by a majority of
twenty over his opponent, Capt. Joseph
I'\ Johnson, and the nomination was
then made unanimous. Tho committee
on resolutions reported tho following
platform :
"The Democracy of Alabama, in convention
assembled, rcatlirms the principles
of the Democratic party, as tie- !
clarcd in the platform of our party at
Chieago in 18112, and congratulates the
country upon the success of those principles
in the triumphant election of
Graver Cleveland, who, by his generous
treatment of our people, has shown
that he is the President of the whole
country, knowing no North, 110 South,
no Hast. 110 West.
" Kecogni/.ing the wisdom and patriotism
of our President, and believing
in his fealty to the principles of our
party, wo endorse his administration
of the Federal government. While
some of us may dilTer from him iu matters
of policy, wo are agreed in the belief
that he is impelled by motives of
the highest patriotism, and by an unscllish
devotion to the highest good of
tlm whole pooplc. While there are
ditYorencesof opinion among us in mat
n;i a in ueuui, we :i 11 nelleve 111 the tree
coinage of silver whenever it can be
done consistently with the maintenance
of a sound and safe currency.
" We earnestly urgo upon our Senators
and Representatives in Congress
the speedy reform of the tariff' ami the
speedy repeal of the It) percent, tax
on the issue of State banks.
44 We heartily commend and endorse
the present administration of the State
government, headed by Thomas (I.
Jones, who has so wisely and eoura*
geously discharged his great trust, and
we commend his tirm, impartial and
fearless execution of the laws as worthy
of imitation by bis successor.
" We pledge to the people of Alabama
a continuance of tbe good government.
of our Slate aiTairs inaugurated
by the election of George S. Houston
in 1874.
" The election law enacted at the
last session of our General Assembly is
in accordance with the principles upon
which are based the laws regulating
! elections in a largo majority of the
States of the Union, without regard to
party, and are intended to obtain at
the ballot box a full and free expression
of the popular will. We believe
in giving it a fair trial, and should it
fail to accomplish the end which it was
intended to effect, wo pledge ourselves
to make such changes and alterations
therein as may bo necessary to effect
that end.
" Wo pledge our party to the maintenance
of a system of free public education
and to an increase of the appropriations
for that purpose whenever
the llnanciul condition ol the State will
permit.
"The purty is pledged to continue '
its effort.J to remove all the evils of the
present convict system and to enact all
appropriate legislation to prevent its
working injustice to any class of our
people.
" We extend a cordial invitation to
all voters of Alalmnia who believe in
the principles of Democracy and aro in
favor of the maintenance of good government,
to unite with us in the election
of the ticket nominated by this
convention."
The resolutions-were adopted without
a dissenting voice. The portions
relating to Cleveland and Governor
Jones were received with great applause.
- A apodal to tht) iNcw Orleans '
Times-Democrat from Dallas, Tux., (
says: " Tim formal announcement this ]
morning of Judgo John H. K<-ugun, cx- '
(Vmfederate I'ostinastur General, that
ho is a candidate for Governor, ul- ,
though expected f??i* ton days, created !
a profound sensation. A month ago) e
declared ngu.list President Clevelano '
ilia proclamation which could alino-i I
ho road umlor a black ll ig. No mat
ha- a stronger or moro enthusiastic
following in Texas than .lutigo It a
gaii, and h<* m looked upon an a v. ncr- <
able father of Dcinocruey. This an
nouncctncnt makes the campaign fo. I
und against Cleveland.
THK DllUMMKll HOY.
Sml Story ol'a Bravo Hit tie laid Who
Dictl at C'liieknniuiign.
It was in the latter part of August,
1803, and the groat Araiy of tho Cumberland
was moving through tho
dclilcs of the Cuiubcrlund mountains,
along tiio Tonncssoe, in pursuit of
Hragg's retreating forces. The
weather was scorching hot, the mountain
trails were crushed into streams
of dust, and the bronzed, blue-clad men
suffered at times very much from want
of water.
The cavalry brigade went into camp
near the "fighting fifteenth" infantry,
and here for l lie first time 1 saw ''Noddy '
Watts, the diminutive drummer boy,
who had become the idol of the bronzed
soldiers. lie was a bright boy of
fourteen, dressed in a rusty blue uniform
and small for his years, looked
wholly unlit for the hardships of such
a campaign. Ilut iio was as cheery
and bright as if he considered this
desperate work the merest play. I
learned from the men of the fifteenth
nun i\e.uuy s mother died when he was I
a little elitld. His futher, the color
sergeant of the regiment, was killed at
Stone river eight months before ibis.
How the boy ehaneed to drift down
from Cincinnati to the army was not
clearly explained, but certain it is
that as uoon as lie appeared in the
camp of the "Fighting Fifteenth"
and announced himself us the son of
Sorgi ant Watts, he was at once udoptcd
and made the drummer of the color
company.
At daybreak the next morning the
infantry began to ford the river. It
was up to the waist of the tallest man
As our bugler sounded "boots and
saddles," I bethought mo of the boy.
I was mounted on a powerful horse
and. being but a youth myself, and
comparatively light. I determined to I
give the lad a lift, lloing a com 111 is- 1
sioued oiliecr, 1 had the license to do
this. The advance of the Fifteenth
was already in the river when I rode
up the boy, who had his drum on his
back, while a tall, bearded giant was j
preparing to carry him over on his j
shoulders. Neddy was delighted at ^
my proposition and when my purpose
was understood by the soldiers a hundred
strong hands were ready to lift
liiin into the saddle behind me.
At this point the Tennessee is fully |
a half mile wide, so that I had a good
chance to talk to Neddy us vo went
over. I found him sweet and innocent,
as if ho had never known tho want of
a generous father's protection or a
loving mother's care. When I set him
uuwn ?>u inu opposite nana no drew
liimsolf up like a soldier, and, with a
military solute, said, *'I thank you
very much for the ride, captain, and 1
hope to see you again." " I hope to
moot you, too, Noddy," I replied :
" goodby. and God bless you," and so
we parted.
When I saw Noddy Watts again it
was under tho most trying circumstances
and on the awful field of
Chicknmaugu. It was Sunday, the
20th of September, and on the previous
day the right and left wings of our
army had been unexpectedly set upon
by the enemy and routed. Only the
center remained intact under the command
of that gallant soldier, General
Thomas, and on its stability and valor
depended the fate of the army of the
Cumberland. Along with General
Thomas was a remant of the Fighting
Fifteenth. When the battle began
000 of that gallant regiment responded
to the roll call ; now tnere was only 107
loit, and among them was Neddy
Watts, t he drummer boy.
The cavalry brigade to which 1 was
attached was dismounted and set to
the front to aid the infantry in holding
the hill of Chiekanmuga. As we
lay upon the ground waiting for the
enemy I glanced along the line, and
near the colors I saw the diminutive
form and the rusty drum of the boy 1
had helped across the Tennessee.
The enemy was about UOOyards away,
and ji terrific lire was pouring across
this space from both sides. The intervening
ground was covered with
the dead and wounded of both armies,
many of whom were piteously crying
for water to appease their burning
l.li i pel
When u man beeomo helpless and
suffering in battle we forgot tho eo.ur
of liis anifotiu, and, uncaring whether
ho he friend or foe, the humanity
which is common to all men urges us
to help him. From where wo lay nvo
could distinctly hear a gray-bearded
Confederate ollicer, who sat with bis!
back to a tree, and whoso legs wcro
shattered by a cannon shot, crying
pitcously for water. Bcforo his purpose
could be divined, or a hand raised
to stap him, Neddy Watts, who had a
canteen like tho other soldiers, could
bo seen creeping forward on his hands
and knees, the drum at his back making
him particularly conspicuous.
We understood his purpose, and after
he had refused the appeals to come
back we sent up a cheer to encourage
him.
Solid shot and shell and musket
bullets by thousands crashed and
whistled across this space; but Neddy
Watts paid \o hoed to them. His purpose
was to save and not to destroy,
lie reached tho wounded foctnan, and
wo could see him hold his canteen to
tno gray lips until the burning' thrist
was stayed, llis mission ovor, Neddy
loft the canteen in tho man's bands
and turned to mako bis way back to
tho lines of the Fifteenth. At that
instant a shell exploded not live feet
away, lie leaped to his feet, throw up
his hands, and, staggering hack, fell
in the arms of tho man to whose rescue
ho had gone.
When darkness brought a cessation
of the battle some of Neddy's comrades
crept out of the line to recover tho
body, and they found him lying as if
nsleep in tho arms of tho dead Confodoi
ato.
?Tho latest sensation is a romantic
marriage among tho clouds, which occurred
recently in Wosstorn North
Carolina. G. W. McClure was married
to Miss Lizzie Kvuns on tho summit of
the Unaka mountain, which divides
North Carolina and Tennessee. Just
as the solemn words that made them
:?ne were being pronounced a (looey
cloud crept up tho mountain side, enveloping
tho scone in phantasmagoricul
beauty. It was a scono long to bo
remembered by those present and it is
the first marriage on record as occtiring
among the clouds.
?While George Chnrist was atLomptin
i to walk a steel cable slrotchj.l
acres t tho public square at S'.iolbyville.
Tonri.. and carrv iiis wife. Lizzie
3 i n\ht. tho cable snapped and both
foil to the stony macadamized ground,
thirty-five foot below. (Diarist's hip
is brokon and ho is t? rrlbly bruised,
but he will recover. 11 is wife is tterlnisly
injured and will die. lie was a
professional wire walker and had
rifely <*ivon marry previous perfornii
tees in various parts of tho country.
I'rof. K. S. tioynca, of tho South
Jarol'iia College, wl I deliver tho annul
oration before the students of the |
I'rorperity hitfh school on tho nijhl of.
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| GENKIlAli Ni:\VS NUMMARY. |
IirttrM Items ami Curious Notes li-om '
Out' JOveliuiiges.
I ?The Louisiaua I'rohibiln lists havo
' nominated a .State ticket w in Dr. M.
L. Curl fur Governor.
I ?Mrs. Vance, widow of the late
Senator Zob Vance, will soon publish a
volume of his life and work.
?The Southern l'resbyterian Gen-j
oral Assembly rejected tho proposals I
for union of the Northern Church by a
vote of IK) to <18.
? Congressman lb-yan, of Nebraska,
delivered an eloquent address before
the State Normal School at Greensboro,
N. C., last week.
?Mrs. Talmug'c and h< r two younger
daughters, accompanied by M ,)os.
F. lvuapp, sailed for Kuropo la>t week. '
They will meet Dr. Tain.age late in 1
summer mi Unit. ...... t I... ...
?It in estimated thut the annual
consumption of wheat, for foo ; in the
United States averages a:>out four and
a,half bushels per capita. \VI a1 proportion
of people raise what tuov
eat ?
?Charles .1. Noel, a far.tier m ar
Lynchburg Vu., armed hint elf with a
shot-gun and pistol tosh >ot a prowling
dog, and in attempting to snoot the
dog. accidentally tired a pistol bullet
through his own heart.
?Secretary Moke Smith has appoint
ed Judge .lane s S. II. Ilook. of Gcorgia,
chairman of a commission to confer
with the Osage Indians. Judge
Hook is a man of distinguished ability
and will discharge his duties with
credit to the government and to himself.
?The Senate has continued the
nomination of Chus. I1..I. Taylor, colored,
of Kansas, to be recorder of deeds
in the District of Columbia. The vote
was d 1 to lb. Taylor comes from Kansas
City, and was appointed through
the influence of Senator Martin of Kansis.
?Uov. Dr. Coorgo Dana Hoard man
lias preached bis tarowoil sermon to
the First Baptist Church in i'hiladelphiu,
of which he has been the pastor
so many years. I. a en i..auc the
honorary pastor of the church, and is
soon to receive from the congregation
a testimonial of $"10,000.
?At Green Hay, Ala., on the 2.'lrd
inst.. Silas GiHi 1 Ian, a young merchant,
blow bis brains out on the steps at the
bouse of James Lewis. Lie was engaged
to marry Miss Lewis, who is ill
and was reported dead. The girl was
not dead, but heard of the suicide and
is dying from the shock.
?Col. Fred. G. Skinner, who was
colonel of the old First Virginia Itegiinont
during the war, died at Charlottesville
on the 21st inst., aged <s2
years. He was born in Maryland and
WIIVI iwllWMlfiwI ?* t \A7 4\oi 1 u.i ?? 1 '
.. ..w wv, ?.v?? uu H VJOU 1 Willi/. I1U Wtw
for soiini yours after the war on the
editorial stalT of the Turf, Field and
Farm of New York.
?Since Mrs. Cleveland returned to
Washington lust fall, says the New
York World, she has devoted herself
almost entirely to her babies. Sho
has boon almost invisible, it is said,
except to her intimate friends, and
there has not been as much hospitality
at the White House as there was when
the I'resident was a bachelor.
A now sect in Kussiu is known us
the Underground l'eople, lately organized
in Saratov. When a person tails
ill the elders come in and baptize him
anew. Then they carry him down into
an underground labyrinth, where he
is left to wrestle with death alone.
After a week the elders come to inspect
the sick man, and if dead he is
duly buried.
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of I Joston,
celebrated his 85th birthday on
Saturday, 12th inst. He is now the
oiliest surviving ex-United States Senator
of Massachusetts. By an interesting
coincidence the Hon. Henry
j Cabot Lodge, the present junior United
. Status Senator of the bay State, celc!
brated his birthday on the same day,
he being 11 years ijf ago.
?The American llaptist [Education
Society, in session last week at Saratoga,
N. V., elected the following otli|
cors: President, Hon. W. .). Northon,
| of Georgia; vice-presidents, Rev. Dr.
vv. u. uotnwoll, or Missouri, and Hon.
Andrew MeLoisch, of Illinois; treasurer,
Josiah Ijovoring. of Maryland; ro!
cording sccrotury, ltov. Dr. E. M.
l'otent, of Connecticut; corresponding
sec rotary, Kov. Dr. II. L. Morehouse,
of New York ; auditor, W. N. Isaac, of
New York.
?Edmund Yates, tho English novelist
and editor, who died in London on
Sunday, was a great lover of tho
United States. I! was one of the
most thorough readers of American
: newspapers and American literature
generally in Europe. In conversation
I with tho London representative of a
j Dos ton newspaper in the Savage Club,
I one evening, Mr. Yates said : " I have
I often regretted that I wasn't born in
the United States. I believe I could
have expanded there a little more fully
than 1 have in England. The Americans
are indeed a great people."
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When my brother recommended the remedy
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?A Kciuarkublo I'ixpcrienco.
An elderly man and a young man
were sitting on the veranda conversing.
" Yes," said tho young man, ' 1 am
going into chicken-farming. 1 am .
convinced that there is no husinoss in
the world in which there is raoro
money to be made. I have figured on
it. and think 1 know what, I i-un .l.?
Why, look at tho way they increase.
In four or live years I?"
" My friend," said the old man, "I
have had experience in the business.
He warned ; do not embark in it. You
know not what you do."
"What!" said the young" man;
" have you tried it and failed ?"
" 1 mean to tell you that 1 tried it
and gave it up," answered tho other,
i " 1 got ten hens, intending to get rich,
as yon purpose doing. 1 installed them
in a coop and awaited returns. Hut
before they had laid an egg I happened
to pick up n pencil and a bit of
paper and do florae calculating. At a
low estimate I saw that each of my
hens could raise three broods tho first
sun met*. Allowing for one bad egg in
ea< h sitting, there would be twelve
chicks to each brood. Calling half of
them pullets, this would give six to
each brood, or 18 to each hen for the
season, or ISO for the entire tlock.
Adding my original ten, 1 would have
100 hens at the end of tho lirst summer.
Figuring at the saline rsitio, 1
saw that 1 would have 3010 at tho end
of the second summer. 1 was encouraged,
and went on to find that I would
have 08,500 when the third summer
closed. I sharpened my pencil, and bent
over my paper with feverish interest
The fourth summer. I discovered,
would leave me with 1,1103,210 likely
hens. When the autumn leaves of the
fifth dying summer should swirl about
me 1 would have 24,700,080 cacklers.
Another year of joys and sorrows?my
sixth?would find me surrounded by
470,458,810 livo and enterprising hens.
Once again when the seventh summer
should fade into glorious autumn, i
found that a matter of 8,088,717,300
distinct hens and a rooster or two
would be with mo in the gallinaceous
llcsli. Tho insipiring figures for tho
eighth vear 1 have fort/otlen
wiso, I have those of the ninth. I only
know I found that at the end of ton
years I would have more prime hens
than there was spare for on the surface
of the globe, counting the arctic
regions, and supposing roosts across
all rivors and twenty fowls in each
tret), i was dumfounded. lint I did
not hesitate. 1 saw what 1 owed to the
human race. 1 soi/.ed an axe and hurried
to the coop. My boy, I loved
those hens, hut 1 loved humanity more;
and I led them to tho block like a
Spartan, and chopped otY their heads.
I breathed more freely when it was
all over, and the horrible vision was
uono of the whole earth four feet deep
in hens, and every blessed one of them
cackling. Young man, do not j).' into
the chicken business; it leads to awful
things."
The young man started up. "Groat
Ciesar!" he exclaimed. "I wont. I
did not roali/.o what I was doing."?
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