The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 22, 1887, Image 1
V()L- n> LAURENS, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, J UNE 22, 1887. NO. 47.
OONFKDERATK HA I I Li; HAUS.
TWr.l.vt: HISTORIC ?ANN HUS OF
soi TM CAUOLINA'S MOLIHBlt*.
Uoiieral Oi inn's Manly Lotter ta tho Soc?
rotary ol JVar-The t'lagn from tin- l'nl
inotto Stiito**Tlio I'resldout'H Final
Arl lon.
(Spocllll to Un' News ;in<l runt ier.,
WASHINGTON, Julio 15.-Tho sugges
tion of Gon. U.C. Doun that the Cou
roderato flags whioh were captured ?lur
ing the war, and have for twenty years
been stored in one of tho attie roo,ns of
tho war department buildings, should
be returned to tho respective States to
which they belonged lins caused a great
deal of comment. The lotter of Gon.
Drum to the secretary of war is itself
ono of the most notable contributions to
tho history of thee times. lt is tho let
ter of a biavo man and a true soldi) r:
(ton. Drum'? I.i i tor.
WA? DKI'AUTMBN r, ,
Al'JI TANT G KN UH A IJ'S Ol I'll IB,
WASHINGTON, April 30, ls<7. \
lion. William C. Endicott, Secretary
of W ar Sir: 1 have tho honor to ! ito
that there; ar now in this ellice (sored
in ono of tho attic rooms of the I add
ing) a number of Union Hags captured
in action, but recovered on tho full of
the (Jon[ederney ami forwarded ti tho
war department for wife keeping, to eth
er witli a number of Confederate ?lags,
which the fortunos of war placed ii our
hands durin? tho late civil war.
Whiio, in the past, favorable a .lion
bas always boon taken on applications,
properly supported, for tho return of
Union ilugs to organizations rcprt ont
ing .'uni vms ol' tho military regit'.cuts
in tho sorvico ol'tito Government, J beg
to submit that it would bo a gracob I act
to anticipate future rcthiobts of thu nu
ture, and venture to suggest tho pro
priety of returning ull tho dugs il don
and Confederate) to tho uuthoritit - ul
tho respectivo States, in whioh thc gi
men ta which boro these colors were or
ganized, tor .such li etd disposition UN
they may determine.
Wliile, in all of tho oivilizcd ll; ?'.ns
of the Old World, trophies, taken in
wars against foreign enemies, havo beou
carefully preserved and exhibited as
proutl mementoes of the nation' , milita
ry glories, wiso and ob> ions reasons lave
always excepted from the rule, ovid? eel
O? past intern? eine troubles which bj
appeals to tho arbitration of the av ml,
havo disturbed tho peaceful mareil of a
people to ita destiny.
Ovor twenty years havo olnpscd iinco
the termination of the late cud wur.
Many ol tho promini nt leadurs, oivi and
military, ol' tho lato Confederate Plates
are now houored representatives of the
National councils, or in other cminont
positions l? nd the aili of their tai? nts to
tho wiso administration of the ulluir-t of
the whole country, and tin people oi the
sovoral States composing tb?' union aro
now united treading thc broader roi ?I to
a glorio tu, future.
Impressed with these hud:-, I lia\ tlu
honor t<i submit the suggoelion made in
this lettor for thc careful consideration
it will re?oive at your hands.
Very truly your?,
lt. C. Dm M, Adjutant Gouoral.
Tho endorsement of tito secretary of
war anon this hiter is os follows:
WAH DBI'AUTMENT, May 20, 1887.
The within recommendation is ap
proved by tho I'residont, and tho Adju
tant Genoral will prepare letters to
Governors of thoso States who. :- troops
carried tho colore and Hogs now in this
dopartmont, with ti..' oller t" return
them os beroiu proposed, the history of
each Hag and tue circumstances ol it
capture or recapture t<? bo given.
WM. C. J IN on mi,
Secretary of \\ ur.
lu accordance with tho instructions
from tho seorotary of war, Gen. Dunn
prepared tho following lotter which was
sent to Govortior Richardson:
W AU DtfTAltTMRN r, t
ADJUTANT GKM:I?AI.\S Orrin:,
WASHINGTON, Juno 7, lss7. ^
To Governor J, V. Uichardson, Co
lumbia, S. C. Sit Tho President of
thc United States having approved the
recommendation that all tho Mags in the
custody of th? war di partaient la re
turned to Ibo authorities of tho rcs|>co
liv?' States in winch the regiments which
bon- them worn organized, for such final
disposition as they may determino, 1 am
instructed by tho honorable scorotnrj of
war to make you (in (lie name of the war
dopartmont) ii tender of the Hags now in
this o?lce belonging' to late volttlitooi
organizations of the State of South Car
olina.
In discharging this pleasant ?inly I beg
you will please advise mo of your wishes
in this matter, lt is tho intention, in
returning euch flag, to givo its history,
HO far as it is possible to do so, shiting
tho circumstances of Its Capture and re
covery. I have the honor to ho, very
respectfully, your ob? (le nt seivant,
R, C. OBUM, Adjutant General.
Th?' South Carolina i in;,.
Among, tho captured Southern ban
ners are twelve Hags which were captured
by tho Fedora! troops ni battle or were
picked up after tho .surrender of Charles
ton, Home of them are of very gn at
historic value and it is hoped that they
will be oaro?nlly preserved when they
aro tinnily turned over to the State of
the valor of whose troups they aro so
precious a memorial. I m following is
a brief description of t ues?! Hugs and of
the circumstances attending their cap
turo:
Confod?. rato buttle. Hag, captured from
South Carolina regiment at the battle <>i
Sharpsbufg, September 17, 1802. at the
stono wall in front of the lat brigade,
Md division, Otb army corps, by Private
Thomas Hare, Co. "D," BOtb regiment,
Now York Volunteers, l'rivate ii are
WM afterwards killed.
Confederate battle Hog, captured at
Malvern Hill, n?ar Janos Cover, Vir
ginia, July i, 18*2, by Sorgt. W. J.
whittrick, sad Pennsylvania \ olunteors,
Butterfield's brigade. This Hag was
token from a South Carolina regiment,
who pilod up their dead to resist tho at
tack of tho brigade.
Flag of the 11th South Carolina Vol
untoors. Inscribed Fort Royal, Cedar
Crook, Swift Crook, Petersburg, Juno
2VWoldon Railroad.
Flag of tho 10th South Carolina Vol
unteers, was captured by Capt. .J. WV
Scotti Oom puny "D," 157tb Pennsyl
vania Voluntoora. lt wua taken from
I tho banda of tho color-boaror on tho lino
(hiring tim engagement of April, l, 1805,
nt Five Korku, Vu.
Confederate buttle (lug of tho 27th
Mouth Caroliua regiment, captured by
Private P, 0. Anderson, Company "A,"
18th Massachusetts battalion.
South Ouroliua State dug, no history.
Con federate battio Hug, captured by
(?en. Sheridan's torees September 18,
180-4, from Mli South Caroliua Infantry.
J;.?ttl.- Hug ni Sumter Plying Artillery,
captured in the buttle of Appomattox
Station, April 8, 18(55, by Chief Bugler
Olina. Shorn, 1st Virginia Yeterau Vol
uuter Cavalry, 'U\ brigade, ?id cavalry
division, < Icu. Custer commanding.
Buttle Hug of tho Sumter Heavy Artil
lery, oaptured in tho buttle of Sailor's
Crook, April 0, 1805, by Serat, George
J. Pitman, Company 0, 1 Kt New York
Lincoln Volunteer Cavalry, ?ld brigade-,
?d dividion, (?en. Ouster commanding,
lia.iri.son Hug, "Secession ville," du HICK
I .lnii'!, H. C., defences of Charleston,
captured February, 18i?">. Presented to
tho war department bj Brig. don. A.
Hchimmolpfennig,
(?allison Hug, "Port Moultrie,"
('hurl? Mon harbor, ca}) tu red t'ebruary
ls, 1800. Presented to tho war depart
ment by Brig. Con. A. Sehimmelpfennig.
Uurriaon Hug of tho Citadel of Charles
ton, s. C., captured February 18, 18G5.
Presented to the war department by
brig. Cien. A. Schinitnolpfcnnig.
The I'reililent'n Action.
WASHINGTON, .lune LG.--The following
letter was sent to tho Secretary of War
by tho President to-day in regard to the
disposition of Hugs captured by the
I nion forces (utting tho lute war:
I have to-day considered with more
caro than when the subject was orally
presented to me the action of your de
partment directing letters to be addi.' cl
io the ( lovcrnors of nil tho sub B, otter
ing to return, if desired, lo tho loyal
States of the Uniou the Hags oaptured
during tho war of tho robollion by tho
Confederate forces und afterwards re
covered by government troops, und to
thc Confederate Statt . tho llaga capturod
by tho Union forces, all af which, for
nmuy years, have been pucked iu boxes
and stored IU the cellar and attic ol the
War Department, i um of tho opinion
thal the return of the Hags in the man
aor tims contemplated is not authorized
by OX isling law, nor ustilicd ns un ox
couti ve aot. I request, thorcforo, that
no further ulops bo taken in thc mutter,
cv:< pt U) examino and inventory these
Hi;;., alni adopt pioper mensure? for
their preservation. Any direction as to
the linol disposition of thom should
originate with Congross. Yours truly,
tilt'?viii? Cl.rv KhAKI?.
Al the request of Governor Forakor,
of t ?hie, that counsel should be retained
to inatitute legal proceedings to enjoin
tho return ol tho Confederate Hags to thc
Governors of tho Southon) Statos, Con,
H. V. Boynton to-day BOlcoted Samuel
Shollubargcr, of Ohio, und George S.
Kout well, of Massachusetts, to luke
ohargoof tho case. These geutlomon ox*
}?i ct? d to have un application for man
damus Hied in tho Supreme Conrt of th?
district ut I o'clock this afternoon, bul
WOrC delayed by the nolireecipt of tilt
necessary telegram from Ohio. Tilt
papers Were bused upon the Claim that
the Secretary of W ar was about to dis
po .<. of public property without authori
ty of law. The letter of tho President,
however, mude further action bj' tia
attorneys un necessary ?
Cen. I' ir? Ililli U.ivi'h.
WASHINGTON, .lune IG.-At a rccep'ioi
to (hu. Fairchild, conimandcr-in-ehie
(?. A. Lt., in New York, lust night, ton
deled by tin Alexander Hamilton Post
Paircliild doliverod an impassions
speech upon tho proposed return to tin
Southern States of the Hogs clotured ii
the into war. Ile spoke umh-r stlon;
exeiti mont, and almost his first uttoruno
was :
"May God palsy the hand th.it wnd
tho order, may dod palsy thc bruin thu
conceived it, and may God palsy til
tOUgnO that dictated it."
In the cours j of his speech Fairchili
said :
"Since about 1807 tho G. A. li., ha
been tho friend of the South, we have n
sott of bate or malice against our ol
toes any whore and aro ready to oxton
them the right hand of fellowship. N<>l
withstanding all this I most cmphaLca
ly uHiiort that the Southci n States hav
no manner of right to take from us th
relics of tho late rebellion iu tim shae,
of lluhol ting s What would Misse ur
Maryland, Mississippi* South Carolin
and other Stii'. s do Wini tho Hags if thc
iiad them? Would thu Governors c
these States place them in their Stat
capitols us emblems to be revered an
to teach coming generations troOSOl
No loyal Governor of any State in th
I'iii'-ii will receive them. They will sir
'These are relics af a demi past. Wein
members of the I nion of States and cn
not i< ccivo these emblems of treason.'
Fairchild concluded by stating that 1
spoke in defence of tho Southern pei
pie, whom he felt sure would feel u
salted by having theta) Hags thrust ape
them.
After Fairchild's address, rofeolutioj
were adopted as follows:
"That the President of tho Unite
State s, having approved there common
ation that all battle Hags in the otistot
of tho war department belonging
Sduthorn States in robollion during tl
lute eivd war bo returned to the respe
live States which boro them, for sn?
filial disposition us they muy doh rnuu
this post views with surprise the uctii
of tho President, and records it i prott
thereto; that the sacritleo of blood whi<
capturod tho emblems referred to wa>
Huon bee to liberty, notional union ni
to dod; that no sentiment of generosi
and no expression of magnanimity is i
volved in the surrender of these co>
ii Alibi of national honor; that it n<
.lily remains to direct that tho hat1
tings of tho Union bo distributed arno:
roprcaontativea of tim so-called Confc
oraoy as a fitting acknowledgment of t
righteousness of tho 'Lost Cause;' tl
this post expresses it? disapprobation
tito act of the ilrst President of t
United Staten who has held tho oil
disassociated from memories of the v
for tho Union."
Ki n. i I'm!ontn.
Protests against tho proposed rete
os the tlags havo been received from I
(lovornor of Wisconsin, the Governor
Knnaiw, tho Governor of Iowa, and fri
mauy other prominent mon at the No:
and tho Wost.
W O M KN li I I.I Mi A CIT\
And Doing lt i uily its Well as RIHHOUIIIIO
OillcinlH Could,
(-ulina, Kan., Lotter ti? Memphis App. al.)
I Imvo jiiHt returned from a trip on tin
Suntu. Fe road, wost. Syracuse, sixtoon
miles from tim Colorado lino, was the
Mecca of my pilgrimage, because lier??,
April 1, they elected a city council of
women, and I waa bent upon seeing tito
town that liad made this innovation, and
tho women who were filling the council
chairs. 1 wanted to ask the people how
it came about and how it was working.
Tho firs! of these ladies introduced to
mo was Mrs. 15. ll. Harbour, afair-faoed,
gentle-mannered woman, with an un
mistakable air of business about lier. I
found this accounted for by tho fact, that
sho is a bushioss woman. Her husband
does a largo and complicated business;
tho books aro entirely in her charge.
Mrs. H. 1). Knott is a business woman,
too. I expect much of Mrs. Knott, in
tho management of their Suffrage Socie
ty, because of her experience in Iowa as
president of the Eighth District Woman
Sult'rngo Society. .Nhs. Coggeshail .says
they were very sorry to lose Mis. Knott
from their ranks. Sho ia chairman of
the Syracuse aldormanie force. Mrs.
M. M. 1 Jiggles is a quiet little woman, a
careful and conscientious mother and
housewife. Him has a way of making
up her mind for herself and Btauding
firmly by lier convictions. She lots a
reputation among Syracuse male citizens
for being a person of excellent judg
ment. Mrs. S. N. Coe is a woman of
excellent ability, with enough conserva',
ism to keep her enthusiasm in proper
check. No ono of these women is moro
anxious to do exactly right, than is Mrs.
Coo. Sho is sister to Mrs. Lerner!,
president of tho Saxon Equal-Suffrage
Society, organized at Dodge City by
Mrs. Saxon and named for her. She
has .several such namesakes in Kausaa.
Mrs. I J. M. Smartwood, tho Hf tia mcm
bor, 1 did not see, although I made an j
effort to do BO. She was COUllucd to In r
homo by sickness; but I am told that
silo is a woman of ability and that sin: is '
by no means bohiud her sisters in any j
requisito for her position. My short
acquaintance with these women con
vinced mo that sitting in council chairs
and wrestling with questions of city
polity have had no ofTcot to UU80X thom
whatever that navy ho for these wore
ns womanly women as I have ever n en.
I looked in vain for masculine tendon*
cn s. There was not a hint of it in dn ss
or manner, Meeting then, on tho street
or in tho ears, you woulu never guess
that they were city oflioials. From con- I
vorsatiou with thom I learned that they
woro exceedingly anxious to make their
administration a just ono-ono that
would advauco the beat iutorcsts of thc {
city; and when they spoke ol advancing j
thc interests of their city tiny botrnycd I
the fact that they hud in mind thc city's
moral as well as temporal prosperity. :
lt is said ol' them that they are doing
better work than the body of nun who
composed the previous 0OUUC?). Their j
townspeople say they were elected be
cause "somobody proposed it and oveiy
body was pleased witli thc idea;" be
cause "il was believed that tiny would
make excellent olllcors;" beoauso "the 1
temperance people thought women !
wouldn't bo nf raid to on force tue pro
hibitory law;" because ' we wanted to
advertise our town"-this last from a j
mi ni ber of a real estate linn; "because
women would take time to do thc work '
well mid thoughtfully." Altogether, 1
was pleased w ith my first sight of a ;
woma . council. This is tho only ono in
thc United States.
A m ri inai vnissi itOSITl.
A Very Strange Heilig Heneiilly Horn in
UK ni.I North Mai. .
A dispatch from Asheville to tho [
Knoxville Tribune says: Conspicuous
among the freaks of nature in this SCO*
tioil of tho Stute, is that one just re
ported from the little town of Coopers,
eight miles east of the city on the West
ern North Carolina Railroad. Informa
tion thi:> morning reached here that at
this plaCO, on yesterday, a child with
two heads hud been born. Finding the
physician, Dr. lt. I, Wilson, who at
tended tin? mother, he confirmed tin
rejmit and gave a full description of tho
! ri ak.
TllO child with two heads, the focOS
being opposite. Tlie front face is per
footly white, tlie one at the bm k is not
regular. There is only one neck for the
skulls and the hair on Um forehead
conies down to tho eyes. The arms of
this being are covered with a heavy mid
shaggy gioivth ol' hair, entirely to thc
wrists.
A number of people to-day went from
the c.ty to seo this monstrosity, and wo e 1
astonished at its remarkable peculiari
ties. Uuth and llavey Ky tho, two
reputable and hard working colored
people, are tho parents of this strange
being. They live in un humble cabin
close by thc Swtirro river in the suburbs
of tho \ illago.
Tiie child is au unusually largo one,
weighing about sixteen pounds, ?md ap
pall idly two feet long, lt is amost
white and has facial features that are
rather pleasing, when tho shaggy fore
head ned rear head aro concealed. I t.s
voice ia not that of thc human young,
suggestive ol tlie lower animals in its
st tange unnatural cries. lt has not
taken nourishment from its motlier'?,
breast, but greedily swallows what is
otherw ise given it. The mother appear
Hitachi .1 to this strange creature ami
refers to il most endearing terms.
Numbers of our citizens from tho sur
round, ug country have to-day visited the
cabin, and gone away in wonder. Al
ready the adaptability of the fteak to the
demands of tho museum has boon freely
discussed and it is said that business
otters have beon made and declined.
sim ii the idol or My Heat *.
Well, then, why don't you do some
thing to bring back thu roses to her
cheeks and the light to her oyes? 1 >on't
yon sec sho is Hollering from nervous
debility, the result of female weakness';'
A bottle of Dr. Ifarter's Iron Tonio
will brighton thoso palo cheeks and send
now lifo through that wasted form. If
you lovo her tako heed.
A wife slyly attached a pedometer to her
husliaad's coat when he went out after led
"just to balance his books. ' The little
meter told of IS miles on Ids return, il is
a long walk around a hilliard table for so
many hours.
TUE VALUE OK TUE OATS CUOP.
I ACTS AND PIOUKKS DRAWN FHOM
AC TUAL KN TH IC I BNCE.
How tho Crain l/loiirlftltes III IXIVoiont
Sci I Ion?, anil How ?I it Mailt'a l'i'olt I adie
Crup.
(KIOIII tho si, Paul, Minn., Farmer.)
From the results of tho analyses of
LOG cumples of American oats collected
from all parts of the country, thc De
partment of Agriculture id Washington
has rendered a service much needed.
Thc results prove much variation of thc
oat grain in ita plumpness and relative
proportion of tho kernel and tho husk
and other physical ?ptaiit.es. Thc kernel
is found to be in proportion of 7 to ?I of
the husk tho samples from Western
States contain 1 *:ist husk.
Where tho white oats will grow they
are generally heavier, and liavo a larger
proportion of kernel in consequence
Connecticut oats weigh ii ; ?. : i lbs. per
bushel) Dakota 48.0 lbs. and Colorado
?18.8 lbs. Tim average of sorts being
87.2 por bushel. Tho Cacilie slope 13.2
lbs; Norlin rn States dS; Southern 84.6,
which is 2.7 lbs. lower than thc average
is for tho whole country owing to the
looser husk.
Oats from Washington Territory gave
70.1 percent, avcrago of kernel. Ono
sample gave 7l>.28 per cent., and ono
sample from Dakota 56.87; but the
amount of meal from tho best varieties
docs not exceed 50 por cont, of tho oat.
The warmor temp?rature of tho South
lowers the average weight, and tho livor
Ogo yield is relatively about ld bushels
per acre ill the South against 80 for the
North. This is an item of value very
necessarily to tho farmers' interest, and
should be taken seriously into considera
tion.
Tl 0 relative quality < outs isa money
value, uflecting tho miller as well as the
larmer. Of the IT'.? samples analyzed,
18 samples from tho PaeiUc slope were
lower in albuminoids, and ridler in liber
(husk) than tho average for tho whole
country.
Tlie average composition ol outs was
found to be:
In thu kernel. In the husk.
Per iceni. Per < i ut.
( urhohydratei.07.00 ....
Albuminoids.11 31 2 18
Pilier (skin of grain) I .iib ;'17e*8
Oil. 8.H ?Not Estimated
Ash. 2.16 fi.5U
Waler. 0.?? 5.22
Fiber of husk.
M ndy I to 1' per cent, in tho liu^k of
English outs.
As the hus': and kenloi are given to
Btook it was considered desirable to ex
amine the husk to see if any variation
existed in dilYorent localities; the results
proved that the hulls from Western ter
ritories cont tinnl less Albuminoids than
from other localities. But as a whole
the oats showed more albuminoids and
oil than other cereals. Ohio samples
wore tho highest in albuminoids, and
Texas samples the highest iu oil, yield
ing as much as 11,20 per cent, and com
pare favorably with Scotch and best
English oats.
Hy extensive selection and introduc
tion of heavy oats from Sweden, Nor
way, Poland and Scotland, and dis
tributed extensively by the Department
i ' Agriculture, the quality lias been
greatly improved, and the last live years
the acreage under crop very Considera
bly increased in consequence, so that
oatmeal now ligures in tho exports of
grain to Europe. As corn is too heating
in suunner for horses, there is a greater
demand for oats, os tho more wholesome
and nutritious ration for borst?. The
total mea under crop for lust li vi years
was 18,1128,029 acres, against 11,070,822
acres i annually; in the previous ten
years. With the improved milling and
bruising process of outs by rollers, re
cently introduced, and sold now in
America as "rolled" or lluttened outs, it
is reasonable to conclude that wo shall
SOOU see the increased demand us un
articl? of diot and drink or bovovago for
tho table much more appreciate?!, owing
to thc moil' nutritive quality than the
corn preparations us articles of food,
many of which ure only "corn sturdies"
and luck tho nutritive albuminoids
(lesli, blood, bone und bruin forming
dements of nutrition. There is a nat
ural dish ko by thc Cooks to stund over a
fire stirring the "oatmeal grits," which
have to be boiled and stirred for a long
time to keep it from burning und to get
Boftenod, as tho hard skin prevents the
hot water dissolving out tho starch and
gluten. The rolled or (laked outs is
easily cooked und cosily digested by the I
mosl delicate man, woman or child, und
? nothing more or less than pure oat
meal, which is growing moro and more
into favor, lt only requires to be bet
ter known to bo moro popular us the
most desirable food lor child, invalid or
robust mun or woman. Finer meal is
made, which can be used in making
puddings, cukes, thickening soups,
broths, or suet and bread dumplings, of
higher nutritive quality than any other
meal or wheat limn muuufucturod, lt
is a specialty likely to expand and grow
into un article of food Ol vost uses for
export. When treated by the new
process of milling, the kiln drying does I
not yield tho sume Scotch oatmool-liko I
odor uiol taste us Scotch and English
oatmeal samples, but it the muru easily
roplaoes other llour or meal in cooking,
ami muking siiudry articles of food in
whioll tho high kiln drud and roughly
ground oatmeal cannot be used. Thc
nutritive properties, howovcr, are thc
si\me, and more palatable to many in
valids or children.
Following up tho subject oompara
! tively with the numerous and complote
analysis of F.nglish and Scotch oats, un?
I der tho direotion of tho late Prof. J. P.
W. Johnson, tho eminent agricultural
chemist and geologist; by Prof. J. P.
Norton, of Vale College, laboiatory of'
the Highland Soeioty of Scotland, in
1846 the most elaborate and important
investigations on rocord, either before
or since, deserve spooial notice-which
occupied eighteen months of constant
labor. Professor Norton found ?ampios
of Hopetown oats dried at 212 degrees
Fuhr, to yield tho following results;
Por cent.
Staroh. .05.24
Silgar. 1.01
Gum. 2.10
Oil. ?6.4.4
Casion.15.80
Albumen . ().!<>
Gluten_ 2.47
Epidermis I. J s
Alkalies. 2.81
Total 100.00
Protein compounds. . 14.00
Nitrogen. 2.10
*Tho oil is of a beautiful pale yollow
color; it? smell may bo perceived on
heating oatmeal cakos. fcJovou por cont,
may be taken ns tho average abm;: as
much oil aa is found in oom.
American samples .seem tenacious and
han!, and therefore it is necessary that
oatmeal grit? or groats should be ground
into meal and not into grits. In like
manner oats for horses should bo bruised
in order to get them thoroughly digest
ed; it is tho common practice in Lug*
land, and found to be far moro econom
ical in feeding horses on oats, lt is
noteworthy that tho Hopetown variety
grown in Northumberland, was remark
able for its weight, which was grown ou
a .sandy soil, butlered from drought and
yielded only three quarters per acre.
Tho other samples, grown on deep, rich
vegetable loam mould, produced eight
quarters por aoro, and less ash. As thc
oat grain constitutes three-fourths of the
weight, it will carry off 48 pounds of
phosphoric acid per aoro, and GO bushels
por acre carry oil 'MH) pounds of bones
per acre.
In conclusion, Professor Norton sums
up his bs months' arduous labor thus:
"We see that even including the 'husk,'
tho oat is superior to any other corn in
the ingredients which go directly to th?'
production of muscle in tho body. Tho
strong muscular forms of the Scottish
ploughmen hlVO hun,' been living wit
nesses to the good properties of their
favorite and almost only food; and, now
that it has been shown what those prop
erties really wero, I fool sure that Dr.
Johnson's d?finition of 'oats:' Food for
mau in Scotland, and for horn's in
England, will be remembered only for
its good and appropriate answer: And i
where will you lind such men and s ieh .
ll (JIM'S.'
Wo may add, aud winn- m America
will you (Iud any man liko Professor
Norton at his own oxpeuse and time
vote Is mouths' labor in investigating
with othort such important practical r<
search into industries of world wide im
portance and inter->f t '
The importance of the subject ill tho
growth of the oat, aud comparative
analysis of the straw at diffcreuf stages,
in like manner as Professor Norton con
ducted his investigation, desi rves moro
notice and investigation ol samples in
every State of America by tho Washing
ton board of agriculture, which the
chemists there ECem to have loft undone,
and their investigationsCOUSequoutly in
complete. Surely this will bo sooii in
vestigated and published.
T K WI DOW 1)1 PK !l< ll 1 .
IIUI'OIHIII ot ?i Sohlior'x Pi i.Ie - \ Porte? i
unit I V;u lr? IC i ?I IT und ii Itratvti Won in.
(From tlic Baltimore American.)
Thc recent recovery in Washington
from a severe illness of the widow
of tlie late Gouoral George !'..
Pickett recalls one of the most interest
ing stories that como hack to US from
tho war. Its chief interest is her devo
tion to her husband in all tho hours of ,
his hardship and danger. Privation,
sickness or suffering of any kind only
served to bring out moro beautifully her
heroic and womanly nature. During
the closing year of the war she followed
him to tho battle fields, live d Hinter Carp
vas, and went through camp lifo Uko
a soldier, being repeatedly under thc :
and making i irrow escapes, yet Still re
maining faithfully bv his side. When
she married him she was but (IftcoQ
vears of age, beautiful in lace und lorn ,
gifted in intellect and gentle in her na
ture.
She was, too, a perfect ami fearless
rider. When the war was over an eftbrl
was made to tako from General Pickett,
the privileges givou him by tho (bant-,
Leo cartel, ami they went to Canada.
There they had no friends, no money
and no piospoctof either, with a young
child t . ire for. Hut her bravo nature
nover faltered. With that indomitable
courage ,vhich never deserted her, and
aided by her superior education, sha
obtained a professorship in belles lettres
ami took care of tho family until (icm ml
Grant insisted that tho cartel should he,
kopt, and thoy at once returned to their
home. (ieuoral Grant then tondcred
General Pickett the position of Marshal
of Virginia, but he accepted a position
in an insurance company with a hand
some salary atta< heil. Though all then
seemed bright, tho worst sorrow was yet
to como. In a few years General Pickett
died and she was left to hov own re- ;
sources. It was thou that her helpless
condition aroused the South and a sub
scription wa? started for her, headed
with $8,000 by tho State. She firmly
declined to roceivo tbi.-. upon hearing of
it, and shortly afterward scoured a small
government position, sullicient to sup
port herself and family. Among her
friends and visitors are Minn; of the lead
mg society and official people, ?hom she
occasionally entertains in a modest lint
dignified way.
Ovi*r* Worked Women.
Koi worn-out," "run-down," debilitated
Behool teachers, milliiicrs, seamstresses,
housekeepers, and over worked women
generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prcserip
lion is thfl la*t Of all restorative louies,
It is not a "Cure nil," hut admirahly ful
Mils a singleness of purpose, ticing a mosl
potent Bporfflc for all Hiosc Chronic Wi nk
liesses and Diseases |x.c uliur to women, li
is a powerful, . ..ml as well as Uterino,
tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor ami
streich to the whole system. It promptly
euros weakness of stomach, indigestion,
bloating, weak back, nervous prostration,
dehihty and jlccplcasncss, in either > \
Favorite Prescription is sold hy druggists
under our poxitire yuarantee, D60 Wrapper
around bottle. Price $1.00 a bottle, or six
bottles for $5.00.
A large treatise on Diseases of Women,
profusely illustrated with colored pintea
and numerous wood cuts, sent for ten edits
in stamps. Address, World's Medical As
sociation, (WW .Main street, Buffalo, N. Y
A woman may he as true as steel, but
then you know some steel is too highly tera
! pered.
A STUPENDOUS STEAL
TH K U<> IllllCUl Ol il A li K SHA Kl' ANO
THU M W VOlllt A l.lM.lt.M );\.
Tito Tho (I tv.-.- Nut Less Than * IO,??0,000
in (irn*K--<>olhnm'H O roa I Rtint'0|?lll>lllty
to tho O Wei'? of Url ho??.
(Prom Hij New Vork Worltl )
lt is very wi li understood now that it
coat Mr. Jacob Sharp very near to $00,
000 to got hie Broadway frauohiso from
tlu Board ot Aldermen. Thia docs not
iuohido ins "attorney?' fees" nor ix
penses at Albany iu scouring tho passage
of tho General Ltailroad act, which made
hie Broadway frauohiso possible. Jt is
very weil understood by those familiar
with the facts thal thc total cost to Mr.
Mr. Sharp was in thc neighborhood of
$1,300,000.
What a costly frauohiso it would have
been, then, bad lie bought it ut an
honest wile I Ho risked $1,300,000 ol
bribe, money, thu chancos of .i legal for
foituro afterwards and ot' thu criminal
prosecution thal lias iu fact como to
lum -in tho dishonest purchase rather
than lo attempt to buy the frauohiso at
its real value.
Tho twenty-two numbers ol tho Board
of 188'1, Ucudiug Clerk .Maloney and
General Manipulator Koonah pocketed
$000,000 and Bold tho franchise at au
annual rental of $10,000. Tlioy at Urat
gave it for nothing iii oxocss ol thu -5 per
cent, on gross rec ?pta required by tho
law, but when the World, Mayor lld.,en
and thc gt neral public raised such u row
about their ears, they had another mei t
ing un i agreed to demand of Sharp un
annual payment of I per cent, ot)
$1,000,000 -or $-10,000.
lt is a euri' us tuet that many honest
but misguided pcopl.) say about Sharp
and thc Hoard of '81 that we would not
bavo Inda railroad on Broadway at all
if die franchise had not bi en given then?
ami (hut tho b,-? er and bribed were
not, therefore, so guilty, after all, Lot
us see:
Tue City of Nt v Vovk is golting from
the Brondw ly Surface ltailroad Compa
ny for dial is probably, ci usitloring tho
length of tim ro ut, the most valnablo
railroad franchise ever granted by a
municipality to . corporation, ibo sum
of $71 ,810.04 a year, L'hisstua ?simule
ipi of S 10,0; U a year n ut ami .! percent,
of tbo grui cattlin" >, which, on $1,001,
605.80, ibo gross earning (ov tho year
ended September 30, ?830, gave $31,
fri 0.01,
lu tia- e..m. e o. tho Cleary trial, Mr.
IS. I lon ry Laeoinbe, Counsel to the Cor
poration^ albee ippointed by President
Cleveland a Judge of tho Unit ad Stabs
Circuit Court, was ou Lue .yiluess stand.
This wasoti Mareil *-il, and liming bis
cross-examination h w v..-kelby M'-. Ira
Shuter tho following question concern
ing Ibo ainount n cen ved by tho oily from
tho Broadway Surf flee Coinpauy;
"You regarded Ibid n fu?t* routai,
iii<4y'i
' I regilvdt'd il ut quite siillloiciii ie
protect tl"' ? dy ... tho percentages it.
should receive. As to rental, I thought
it ii fuir value.'"
Air. Lai a..be probably spoke withoi i
consideration, Koeenl events, iu nu}
event, proNo bini wofnlly wrong.
On May 00 last- -only a littio loss than
two years utter Sharp bogan lo run bis
ears on Broadway lim franchise bf tho
Twenty-eighth und l'wonty-?inth street
crosstown road mid of the Fulton street
crosstown road were pul ap for salo ..<
auction by Comptrolh i Loow, auder tho
provisions ot tho Oantor Railroad law,
pusscd titter tho granting of tim Broad
way franchise, rho former fr?iiehisoj
for which there wore two bidders, bold
for 20.2 per cent, of tho gross reci ipts,
to whiob must ito added, under tho Gou
end Street Railroad law, a per cont. OH
tho aanutd gross earnings ior tho Aral
t'ne years and .'> per cent, llioreftftor.
Tho city will, t hore ft re, receive J'?.J pt iv
cent, on tho gross earnings of that road
for the (1rs! Ovo of its operation nun
Ol,2 per C?Iit. every year alter the first
(Ivo yours. For tho fulton street fran
chise tlu i e wore three bidders, and it
was lin.illy knocked down for 05 pc
coiit., making tho city's rent for tho (irsi
(lye years 38, and lt) lor tho subsequent
years.
As tho Broadway frauohiso is un
doubtedly nii.eli mon valuable lhati
either of these, it is suie to ussitmo thal
tho Compotition for it would have boon
more eager, and consequently that tho
city would bavo secured a considerably
larger percentage if, like thom, it baa
been put up ?nd sold at anet ion. But,
admitting that it would not have sold lo.
any more (bau Hit Twou ty-eighth ?ind
Twonty-uinth iv ol frauohisi, how much
is tho oity losing anunally by thc com
pae ot its corrupt aldermen of 1881 with
the corrupting Doodlers w ho nr.- reaping
the benefits?
The gross earnings ol tho Broadway
Surface Ltailroad foi titi year ins;, gg
Wc ru $1,001,005,80. 1 ney ure likely to
be Imger in.-U nd of sm,lilt t m the future.
But, accepting that sum as a fair basis
ot computation, 'J'>.'2 por cent, of it
would give tho city $810,000.41 ? your
io ti\o years. Alter the expiration of
live years tho oity would receive, at .'H."J
per cent., $381,'?00.72 a youl. As the
oily is getting only $71,810,01 per year
under tho corrupt disposition of tho
frunohisi it will lose $208,160.17 annu
ally for live years, and iiftcrwnnls $259,'
860.78 annually forever.
[f, us it would be perfectly proper t"
assn mo, tho llroudw.iy franchise had
Sold'for 08 mUCll as tho Fulton .'.tit i
franchise, it would have brought into
tho city treasury $108,488 a year for five
yt ara and $224,000.02 a year for all time
after live years. On this basis of calcu
lation, then, tho city is hising at tho
present timo by the corrupt compact
$881,588.00 per annum, and it will lose
after tho lapse of four years from dato
$852,810.88 a year.
I>o these ilgurcs make plain the lull
extent of tho city's loss by tho venality
of ita 1885 aldermen? No, ami for tins
reason : Money is worth ut tho present
time in Now \ork oity fully IS per cont,
per annum, anti $352,810.38 would pay
tho interest at Ovo por cont, on $7,050,
827.00, Thoroforo, when those aidor
mou gave tho Broadway franohiso for
$71,000 a year and their own corruption
fund, they gave away for no considera
tion whatever at least $7,05(5,827.00 of
tho people's money.
So it was that, by paying $1,000,000
in bribes, Jacob Sharp intended to Havo
live and halt millions of money which,
with the thirteen hundred thousand be
Hides, ho should rightfully have paid for
the franchise. And, when each of Uro
aldermen pocketed his $24,000 bribo, bo
sold out the people of New York city to
tho amount of #7,0<M),00() iu gross, or
over #85:?,0!)l) a year in revenue.
,\ ei.AOcr. OK SNAILS.
Th?j Aro Buting Kvery Growing TUluj; in
Conter Couti ty ? Pennsyl vania,
r rom Harrisburg special to New York Bau.)
Tlie ontiro lower portion of Center
county, I'eunsylvauiu. is at present
plagued by a most extraordinary visita
tion of snails or garden slugs. They
como from their hiding plaees in crovioos
..i .der board walks, stones, etc., only at
night, ami they cover the roads and
? ilks by the million. In Penn's valley
? nd liloomiield and thc surrounding
country they have eaten every growing
thing in their path. Some gardens havo
i icen entirely destroyed. A lotter from
Penn's valley says that mornings after
warm nights walks and roads aro literal
ly covered with the slum these insects
Icavo in their trails and by bushols of
dead snails that have been crushed by
pedestrians anti wagons. Ijime, pans
green, suit and other insect destroyers
have been scattered liberally where tho
snails travel and feed, but they have had
no offoot on thom. The singular part
ot this plague is that no insects of tho
kind were over known to be in tho coun
try before. Where they came from or
what influences have brought thom thoro
so suddenly and in such immense num
bers is a mystery no one has been able
to solve.
Tho Cotton Movement.
The New Vork Financial Chronicle, in
its weekly cotton review, lay8 that for
the week ending Friday evening, the 10th
instant, tlie total receipt? havo reached
1,002 bales, against 7,590 bales last week,
9,705 bales tho previous week, and 10,
026 bales three weeks since; making tho
total receipts since the 1st of September,
1880, 5,170,910 bales, against 5,207,949
bales for the same period of 1885-6,
rdiowing a decrease since September 1,
issr,, of 28,030 bales.
Thc exports for the week ending the
some timo reach a total of 5,588 balee,
of which 2,859 were to (beat Britain, -
to France, and 'J,7ii!? to the rest of tho
(.outillent.
Tho total sales for forward delivery for
the week are Tao,.",! ia bales. For i mino -
diute delivery the total sales foot up
8,012 halos, including 7,017 for export,
1,595 tor consumption.
Tho imports into continental ports
fm tlie .same period have been 04,000
l?ales.
Thoro was a decrease iu the cotton
in sight, Friday night, of 46,011 bales
a, compared witli the hymie dato of
1880, a decrease of 21,025 bales ss com
pared with the corresponding date of
18? ?, and ? decrease of 273,389 bales as
compared with 1881.
ind interior stocks have decreased
din ing the week 1,587 bales, and wero
Friday night .",171 bales less than at thc
sanio period lust yt ar. The receipts at
tho noni: towns have been 4,'. 1ST bales
'?HS than for the sanio week lust year,
id since September 1 tho receipts at all
io towns aro 03,104 bales less than for
tho same time in 1885 ti.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September 1, 1886, wero .">, 183,518
halos, in lss"? 6 wero5,011,006bales, and
in ISM 5 woro4,740,498bales. Although
tho receipts at the outports tho past
week wero 1,002 bolos, tho actual move
ment from plantations was only 1,858
bules, tho balance being taken from tho
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
thc receipts from tho plantations for tho
sarao wook were 1,839 l?ales, and for
1885 they wert: 480 l?ales.
Lamar at .1 utlge.
A .Mississippian said recently to a par
ty ot gentlemen in Washington:
Secretary Lamar could never do for
jtldgo. Why, do you know what hap
pened to him on a street car the other
day .' Ho came into tho car with a
French novel under Ins arm, jammed
himself down in a corner, ran his hand
into his pocket, pulled out a lifty cent
? ace ano put it into tho box. lt was a
.'h?h tali" car, where passengers pay
their own own fare. Thou ho poked his
nose into his bunk and began to rood.
A lady on tho opposite side who had
seen Ids mistake, called his attention to
it, saying: "Mr. Lamar, you put lifty
cents in the box." What lie did was tho
funniest thing 1 ever heard of. Ho
poored into tho box a minute absent
mindedly, thrust his bund again iuto his
pookot and pulled out a nickel which ho
also dropped into tho box, as he said:
"I modo a misUike! Oh, thank you,
thank you. ( bless this will make ital)
right.-'
A NEW MI sn AI, ntooioY of Paris, tho
child Hoffman, continues to excito tho
greatest enthusiast whorovor he appears.
Without considering him as a modern
Mozart, ho has certainly wonderful exe
cution, facility, memory, and a rcmark
ablo talent for improvisation. Ho lis
tens attentively to a melody which ho
hoars 1 . tho first time and immediately,
without a moment's hesitation or study,
he carries that original thorne through a
dozen or mnv variations, never losing
it, and never giving it moro embellish
ment than its rhythm and musical idea
can support. Hellman comos from Vi
enna, and is said to bc only nine yours.
GBNBBAII E. P. A ra: \ AN mut, a well
posted man in railroad matters, thinks it
very doubtful whether tho Inter-State
Commission will suspend tho fourth
clause of t he Act after tho 5th July. Ho
thinks that instead of a rigid enforce
ment of tho long and short haul olauso,
the lino ought to ho drawu somewhere,
and he indicates tho rulo whioh ho pre
fers iw follows: "No rates below cost;
free competition above oost."
A o'touc oe ANAKCIIISTH, numbering
ninety .on and women, has been discov
ered ut Columbus, O. A blasphemous
secret ciroular issued by tho group advo
cates arson and murder, and oven the
killing of thc wives and children of capi
talists. Tho Knights of Labor ia Co
lumbus unsparingly donounoe ike An*
archiste.