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HERALD. “IF FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD WE CAN DO ANYTHING.” VOL. II. DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1892. Will) MADE IT ALLEGED COMBINE BETWEEN HAS: KELLITES AND REPUBLIC A S A Diligent Search Fails to Show any Man in Either Party that Made Such a Bargain. [Prom the Darlington J>'ews.] The sensation of the campaign meeting in Darlington was the reading by Gov. Tillman, in the course of his speech, of the fol lowing circular: “Headquarters of the Republican ex ecutive coininitt-o of the Sixth Con g essional diet) let of South Caro lina. Darlingtos, S. C., Oct 18111. Dear Sir: You are hereby instruct ed and urged to see that the "Straight- outs” or Haskell Democrats carry out their obligation to vote for our con gressional candidate Hon. E. H. Deas, as was piomised by them, as a con dition of our support of their county and State ieket. The Republic n supervisors are expected to asceitain early in the morning whether or not the Straightoi.ts are redeeming their promises by voting for our standard bearer for Congress; if they are' not, the information must be gfven to the precinct chairmen and to other promi nent Republicans, who must at once give tlie Straightout leaders to under stand that unless they vote for Mr. Deas, tlie Republicans will not vote for Mr. Haskell. Yours respectfully, 8. W. Williams, Ch .irman Executive Committee. 8. 8. Drkiikr, Chairman Special Committee. This circular is no new thing to the public. It was published in several of the State papers just alter the election of 1890. It was denied then by persons in position to make a denial. As Gov. Tillman again brought it before the public. The News determined to further investi gate the matter and ascertain if any such agreement was made between the Haskellites and Republicans. The investigation shows conclusively that no such agreement was made. HISTORY OF THE CIBCULAK. The circular read by Gov. Tillman was printed on yellow paper. It was given to him on the day of the meeting by Mr. J. O. Howard, of Stokes Bridge Mr. Howard states that he was at James Crossroads in Florence county on election day of 1890. Isaiah Williams, colored, there gave’ hfrhTin^OT tne clrcmafs and at the same time gave one to Mr. E. E. Hudson, a resident of that section. Williams stat ed that he had received them from Harrell, the colored post master at Timmonsville." On the day of the Darlington meeting Mr. Hudson sent the circular in his possession to Mr. Howard by his son, Mr. Jacob Hudson, and asked that the c ir cular be given to Sheppard or Tillman. Mr. Howard gave it to Tillman. NO BARGAIN WAS MADF. Although we have searched for it diligently we have not been able to find that any bar gain existed. The leaders in the Haskell party and the Re publican party deny making any such bargain. If neither Deas, Williams nor Dreher made it, and they were the only per sons in position to make such a bargain for their party wl o did make it for the Republicans ? If neither Capt Quirk, the Has kell Congressional chairman, nor Dr. Willcox the member of the Haskell committee for Dar lington, had anything to do with making such an agreement, who made it for the Haskellites? Mr. Ward, the county chairman of the Haskell party in Daning ton, knows nothing of the bargain, and, in fact, who does? There is but one answer. No such bargain was ever made. The whole thing is a fraud and falls to the ground. This paper would be willing to expose any such agreement did it exist and it went to work to get at the truth. It has no desire to conceal a wrong though it be perpetrated by its friends. The investigation proved the existence of no bargain, but on the other hand showed that the Haskellites were entirely free from any such charge. WILLIAMS DENIES IT. S. W. Williams, tlie chair man of the Republican party for this Congressional district, de nies that any bargain was made through him. His name is at tached to the circular read by Gov. Tillman. When the charge was first made just after the last election Williams made an affidavit at the request of Capt. Quirk, of Florence, the Haskell Congressional chair man. This affidavit was pub lished in the Florence Messen yer on November 7,1890 and in the Nem and Court ir about the same time. The following is a copy of the affidavit: State of South Carolina, | County of Florence. / Personally appeared before me S. W. Williams, chairman of the executive committee of the Sixth Congressional District of the Republican party, who makes oath that he was called on to-day by Capt. Wm. Quirk, chairman of the Democratic committee of the Sixth Con gressional District, and asked if he hid seen the circular pub lished in to-day’s issue of'the Charleston World over his sig nature as chaiiman. He said yes, said circular had been sent to deponent from Darlington, but as far as Capt. Quirk is con cerned, according to deponent's knowledge and belief it was the first time he had seen it and thai no compact or understand ing of any sort had been made between Capt. Quirk and myself in legard to the Congressional election or other election on the 4th inst. [Signed] S W. Williams, Ch. (3th Con. Dis. Sworn to before me this 6th day of November, 1890. E. W. Lloyd, Trial Justice. In addition to this the follow ing certificate was obtained from S. \V. Williams on Tues day : Florence, S. C., July 20, 1892. I hereby certify that I never made any bargain with any Straightout Democrat or Has kellite in regard to swapping votes at the regular election of 1890. S. W. Williams, Ch. 6th Dis. S. C. for Rep. P. Witness : Waddy Thompson. R. C. Commander. Personally came before me Waddy Thompson and R. C. Commander who made oath that they saw S. W. Williams sign the above certificate. [Signed] Waddy Thompson, R. C. Commander. Sworn and subscribed before me this July 26, 1892. Jerome P. Chase, Notary Public. dreher denies it. S. S. Dreher, chairman of the special committee for the Re publican party, whose name was also attached to the circu lar. makes the following affida vit : Stai e of South Carolina, 1 County of Darlington, j Personally came before me S. S. Dreher, who upon oath says that he is a resident of the town and county of Darlington, State aforesaid and in 1890 was chair man of the special committee of the Republican party of the Sixth Congressional District; that he knows nothing of any ■ rrangements made between the Straightout Democrats or Hask ellites” as to them supp< rang Deas the Republican candidate for Congress from said District provided Deas in return would cause the Republ.can votes to be cast for the Haskell ticket and does not believe that any such arrangement was made because he was officially in a position to know if any thing of the kind had been done; that so far as the circular is concerned which Gov. Tillman read at the meeting at Darlington he has no recollection of it in any way. [Signed] S. S Dreher. Sworn to before me this 26th lay of July, A. D. 1892. T. H. Spain, - Notary Public. DBAS DENIES IT. E. H. Deas, the Republican candidate for Congress, denies that a bargain was made. He would have been the beneficiary of such a bargain and would above all men know if such a bargain existed. Yet he states that none was made. The following affidavit if self explanatory : State of South Carolina, 1 County of Darlington. / Personally came before me Jas. C. Willcox, M. D.. who up on oath says that he is a resi dent of the town of Darlington, County and State aforesaid. That during the year A. D 1890 he represen ted Darlington Coun ty on the Executive Committee of the Straightout Democracy or what was popularly termed by some persons as the Haskell party of the 6th Congressional District of the State of South Carolina. That he knows noth ing of any arrangement be tween said Straightout Democ racy and the Republican party for the support of E H. Deas, the Republican candidate foi Congress provided he, Deas, would influence the Republican vote for the Haskell ticket, or for any other person on said ticket; Jthat any such arrange ment or promises to that effect, either directly or indirectly, could not well have been niado without his knowledge and never was spoken of or inti mated either to him or in his hearing or knowledge, and if it had been so intimated either by any word or act on the part of any member of said committee would have been spurned by him and exposed to the public. That the first time that he ever saw the circular in ques tion was when it was published I in one of ihe Charleston daily | papers, if h's recollection serves ! him correctly it was the World, \ which was then published in ♦he citv of Charleston; that in a da or two afterwards he saw | tna same published in the Flor- lence Messenger and other pa pers; that he had just begun to invesrigate the matter when he saw published in the Charleston News and Courier an affidavit over the signature of iL W. Williams, Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee of Republi can party of tiie 6th Congress ional District denying any such c. mpact as was implied in said c r ular: that thinking that the i denial was sufficient proof of the falsity of said charges he made no further efforts to in vestigate the matter; that he was astonished at the campaign meeting at Darlington, S. C., on the 21st day of July, A. D. 1892, when Gov. B. R. Tillman again preferred the charges in his presence by reading the cir cular above referred to; that he, deponent, did there and then pronounce the whole matter a lie, and so instructed Mr Gibbs, the reporter of the State, to so pronounce it; that he has ever since been thoroughly investi gating all Matters pertaining to it, but has been in a measure hampered on account of the temporary absence of witnesses; that he has procured affidavits ofE. H. Deas and Wm. Quirk absolutely denying the correct ness of the charges, and has placed them personally in the hands of the Hon. John C. Sheppard for use in causing a conclusive correction of same; that from the evidence which has been obtained, an l inas much as the said affidavit of Williams had been extensively published a few days aftei the first appearance of same in it least the most prominent daily papers of South Carolina, now quiteoneyearand eightand half months, he is forced to tlu belief that the charges in both instances were maliciously made. [Sgnd] Jas. C. Willcox, M. D. Sworn to before me this 26th day of July, A. 1). 1892. W\ F. Dargan, Notary Public. Dr. Willcox states that the affidavits of Capt Quirk and Deas were given t > Governor Sheppard. The News wishing to sift the matter to the bottom will publish these affidavits as soon as copies of them ~au be obtained. Deas is absent from Darlington, hence our inability to see him in person. ANOTH - R DENIAL. J. J. Ward, Esq., who was County Chairman of the Has- kellite party in Darlington dur ing the campaign of 1890, sub mits the following affidavit: State of South Carolina, \ County of Darlington. J Personally appeared before me L J. Ward, who on oath says that he was Chairman of the Straightout Democratic or Haskellite party for Darlington Oo.unty in 1890, and that he knows of no agreement having been made between said Demo crats and the Republican party as to tiading votes in tlie elec tion of 1890, and tiiat no propo sition was ever made to him looking to such an agreement. [Signed] J. J. Ward. Sworn to before me this 27th day of July, 1892. W. F. Dargan, Notary Public. All Klectrlc Hull Cull. One of the patents for electrical con trivances issued from the patent office is for an automatic gnest call for use in hotels, it consists of a combination of a clock connected throngh a series of relays and contacts with an annuncia tor bell system. A guest wishing a call at a certain time baa his bell connected to this time strip on the clock circuit; at the designated hour the bell in bis room rings for a certain period, or until bo stops iL—New York World. HAUIlon DEFENSES. PLANTING DEADLY EXPLOSIVES TO PROTECT THE COAST. NO. 48. HERMIT. I ACCEPTED tHE SITUATION. What a Time Vast ami Barbers Use Little Wax Now. Says a barber; “A thing that isn't used much these days is grease. This store consumed three pounds of it a day ten years ago, and we don’t get away with a solitary pound now. 1 ones cal culated that 100.000 New York men car ried around 150 pounds of wax in their mustaches. This was at the rate of ono ounce of wax to forty mustaches.’’—New York Herald. Kuemies of the Salmon Fisheries. Seals and sea lions are a great nui sance to the salmon fishermen. At the mouth of the Columbia river they watch the gill nets and grab the caught salmon by the throats, devouring those parts which they regard especially as tidbits. Bears are very fond of salmon and catch a great many of them in the streams. They eat only the heads.—Washington Star. Felt Flattered. England is laughing at the story told in Henry Norman’s “Beal Japan” of the American minister at Tokio.who thought the Japanese “darned clever” people be cause they greeted him with cries of “Ohavo." “How did they know that / was from Ohio?” he asked. Tall Men in Asia and Afrlen. The tallest men of South America are found in the western provinces of the Argentine Republic, of Asia in Afghan istan and Kaypootana, of Africa in tha highlands of Abyssinia.—Yankee Blade. Amount of Labor, Skill. Money Is Needed to Com* plete a Thorough SyHteni of CoaNt De- fen ae— Ad vantage* of the Torpedo. There is a very’ widely diffused idea among i>eople who have not made a special study of the subject that torpe does, and torpedoes alone, can defend any harbor against a hostile attack. Tlie destructive effects of a few tor pedo explosions under the most favor able circumstances have caused this branch of warfare to assume an undue imiKirtance. an importance wholly un warranted by the results and created by generalizations from isolated instances, entirely without regard to tlie natural limitations of the efficiency of any tor pedo system, however perfect It is tlie object of this article to en deavor to show the actnal capabilities of torpedoes, tlie results attainable by their use, and the restrictions inevitably at tending their indefinite expansion into a complete system of defense. Ureat guns must play an important part in all harbor defense, but for the proper and adequate defending of navi gable chennels bonyant mines, exploded by contact, are the mainstays. With their nse, however, a host of per plexing conditions arise, the twisting and wearing of the cables and moorings, the depression due to the currents, the danger of sympathetic explosions, the leaking of tlie cases, tlie obstruction of the channel for friendly navigation—all tiiese have to be overcome as best they may lie. Where a port has several navigable channels, and it is [iraeticabie to sacri fice one or more, their closure by means of self acting toriiedoes is easy. Where a channel, however, cannot be entirely abandoned, self acting mines are useless, for in order to be thorough ly reliable they must be as dangerous to a friend as to an enemy. Furthermore, their planting, and much more, their retttwo or three years he was the subject moval upon tlie cessation of hostilities of charity among h is to be accomplished only at great risk. Tlie limited applicability of ground mines is well known. Torpedo science furnishes two other types for harbor de fense; tlie buoyant mine and the dirig ible torpedo, although the latter proper ly forms u distinct class. Great nicety in planting toqiedoes cannot lie expected, and this fact, cou pled with the inevitable shifting of the mines from various causes, leads direct ly to tlie conclusion that a great num ber of iiiiues must be relied upon rather than precision in their manipulation. Desiste tlie nniutier of mines, a vessel attempting to (laas tlie lines may still fail to strike a mine hard enough to w6rk the circuit chweF.'^PfTuieiSt this! contingency a perfect torpedo system must provide means for firing the mines at will in groups of three or four. It will always be possible to accurately lo cate a vessel within a dangerous space of this number of mines, and theirsimul- taneous explosion will have the desired effect. To furnish a jiassage for the electric current many cables are needed, and to avoid confusion some regular method of planting must be adopted. It is con venient to plant tlie torpedoes in gronps capable of being fired by judgment, these gronps constituting tlie units, which are combined into tlie larger unit whose limit is generally the number of mines that can be oiierated through u single seven core cable. The grand gronjis thus formed are ar ranged in lines, tiie latter radiating in such a manlier from tlie operating case ments tiiat tlie seiiurute units can be easily located by triangulation. Tlie intervals between the lines are filled with skirmish lines—single mines strung on a single conductor cable and exploding by contact only. Many forms of movable torpedoes for harbor defense have been tried in differ ent countries with varying degrees of success. For accuracy of direction and range of destructive power the Sims-Ed- ison fish torpedo is ]ierliai>s unexcelled. Extended trials at Willet’s iioint have satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to carry 200 pounds of dynamite to a dis tance of two miles at a sjieed of abont twenty miles per hour. Tlie charge is exploded upon contact with tlie vessel or by the action of the o]>erator on shore. The dirigibility of tlie torpedo is per fect. It follows its prey as though endowed with life, swerving to the right or left as necessary, diving under booms or other obstructions, cutting throngh nets, and never slackening its great s]ieed until the end of its cable is reached. At present a two mile radius is deemed sufficient, although this could be increased if necessary by enlarging tlie “fish” itself.—(Josuiopplitaa Confederate Camp Flags. The Confederate stars and bars were in 1868 supplemented by the camp flag. This was in size and shape like the other, except that it was white, with no stripes, and the buttle Hag in the upper corner next tlie staff. It was found deficient in actual service in that, displaying so much white, it was sometimes apt to be mistaken for a flag of truce, and on Feb. 24, 1805, it gave place to the last flag of tlie Confederacy, the outer half being a red vertical bar. Apiiearing so late in tlie war, it was not so familiar as the others—in fact, it was comparatively little known.—New Orleans Times- Democrat. Tli« CorgoMt Ocean Steamers. Who Cost Several Fortunes and Died In a Morel. Ip a miserable sjianty near tlie mouth of jPalton canyon, in the northwest part of Pomona valley, Joseph Underwood waa found dead a day or two ago by a pafty of hunters. He had probably been dead about twelve hours, having died watli heart disease, with wiiich he hafl been afflicted for several years. UtJSerAood’s life was one of strange vicissitude. He was born of wealthy patents in England in 1820, and studied fo/a tune at Cambridge university. He came to America in 1048 with capital an|l started in tiie boot manufacturing bullness in Buffalo, and for several years he prospered. He enjoyed the friendship of such men there as Presi dent Filipiore and Dean Richmond, and was frequently a guest at the palatial home of Lewis Allen, the uncle of Grover Cleveland. ^ IJnderwood had an unfortunate love affair in Buffalo about 1840 that changed his disposition and wrecked hty business and reputation in that city. He would never speak of ill’s > anyone. He went to Chicago and ma.lo money there in buying lots in that lit tle city. He then got the gold fever and came overland to California, suf- ferijur untold agony from hunger and thirst for weeks on tlie way. He was ill 7or two years as the result of his ex perience in crossing the plains. Underwood made a fortune of 675,000 in yhe mines in four years, hut lost all in t thre4|lnonths’ experience in placer dug. Then Mr removed to San mciaco and bought real estate, and »ix l or seven years he made thou- ‘s of'dollars. In 1871 he had a rape of over 6L5C.000 and went on ip to Epfflpnd and through Europe. In;returning to America he fell in love wjjh a young widow, and they were married immediately upon arriving in N<yv York. The wedding fee to the minister was 6800. In four months’ time vUnderwood and his bride had trouble and he gave her 640.000 to leave him. He returned to San Francisco, and la an investment in Nevada mines he lost all the money he had left For iy among his English friends. Subsequently he made about 615,000 move iq Los-Angeles real estate, but ill in Tombstone mining opera- the last ten years Underwood ha| of a hermit. He became a id man. He built a hut in the mountains in thii ived from the sale of tin) Id cut and from hunting vegetables. He .wore th< avoided all stran- •o he made his coffin rds he took front under his bed so ai died. His sole book and that h« _ ire. He bat some well-to-do relatives in Sacramento county, but no one here knows whe they are.—San Francisco Chronicle. THE FEMININE CHIN. Description of the Heveral Types This Feature. - The modern British artist caught by the • specialization craze seems to b« concentrating his attention on ladies’ chins. Tills is especially the case with the fashion-plate artist. Human chim may be divided into four classes. First, the retreating chin, which falls away behind the frontal line of the face. This is the pet abomination of modern chin-fanciers. Secondly, the normal chin, which is a chin of moderate size, definite outline, and flush with the frontal line of the face; this ought to be the chin approved by painters. Thirdly, there is the long, prominent chin, which is pushed forward some what in advance of the frontal line of the face; this is ugly, though not always markedly so. Fourthly, there is the very long, very large, and decided ly protruding chin; this in scientific lan guage is the prognathous elfin—the chin, in fact, of the monkey tribe. It is the chin slightly modified, which the highly-cultured artists of the fashion- plates have chosen as the type of the beautiful in female china Darwin had something to say on the point In the ‘Descent of Man’ he wrote: “Tlie early male forefathers of man were probably furnished with great canine teeth, but as they gradually acquired the habit of using stones, clubs, or other weapons for fighting with theirenemies or rivals, they would use their jaws and teeth less and less. In this case tlie jaws, to gether with the teeth, would become re duced in size.” What strikes one here is that large jaws and prominent chin in man appear to have been needed, at a low stage of development, for fighting witli the mouth and teeth as monkeys and dogs fight If the fashion-plate artists of to-day are showing us real and not imaginary types of female beauty, it would seem that women are beginning to revert to a condition of low development similar to that occu pied by man in his transition from the simian to the bimanous stage. If this be so, we may anticipate, since nature seldom does anything without a pur pose, tiiat the quarrels of women, more especially of fashionable women, will soon begin to be fought out not in the law courts or by polite letter-writing and the social “cut,” but by the good old method of “tooth and nail.” We commend these developmental facts to the consideration of the admirers of huge and hideous chins.—London Hos pital. —M. Tricoupis, who ia once more in favor in Greece, is a man of wonderful The largest passenger steamships in i j IM u,stry. Though reserved in his man- commission are the sister ships City of | ueri he has a kindly way tiiat forehm- New \ ork and City of Paris, each hav- I ers like after they come to * ing 10,44!) tons displacement. Thesteam- sliip having the largest accommodations for cabin passengers is the Cunarder Etruria, which can carry 550. The longest steamship is tlie Teutonic, 565 feet.—New York Advertiser. HowknoU Still In Favor. Tlie rage for bowkuots shows no sign- of abating. Easter gifts were devise/ of lliem in every form. they come to know him. His personal character has never been attacked. He is unmarried, and hia sister assists him in the performance of his social duties. Early in life he re sided in l.ondon, and for a time was Greek charge d’affairs there. it is said that in all the forests of the earth there are no two leaves exactly the ame. It is also said that amid all peoples of the earth there are no two faces precisely alike. , Aluminium and Old llrwix. The addition of altiminiaui when smelting down old brass and other me tallic scraps is recommended. In this case an admixture of one to five parts of aluminium to 1,000 parts of <he other metal is necessary. — Currier’s Maga zine. —Comfortable for Rummer.—Mabel— “Sky blue is my favorite shade. What is yours?” Amy—“The shade of an ap ple tree."—Detroit Free Press. - -The private apartments of Queen Victoria are hung witli a series of paint ings representing incidents in her do mestic life since the time of her mar riage. The latest addition to tlie series is a picture by Mr. Reid, R. 8. A., of the christening of the youngest child of Princess Beatrice, an event that took place last year. ; Two Rat. Tiiat Made Their Nest in a Trap. Here’s a short lesson in contentment that may be worth noting. A gentle man at the north end of the town hud been annoyed by a huge rat which per sisted in making way with chicken feed and pretty much everything else that it found in the barn loft, where a few hens were struggling to reproduce themselves in the shape of chickens. One of the new-fangled French rat traps that had attracted so much at tention about town have been baited with a choice piece of roasted cheese to tempt the trespasser, but the old- fashioned steel trap was buried under the chaff in the well-worn path from under the hay, the wire a ffair being pushed aside meanwhile. The old rat tumbled into the hidden trap and was caught. This was perhaps three weeks ago. Nothing was thought of the wire cage (which lay half concealed by a lock of hay) until Saturday, when it was moved out of the way. A mass of stuff in the center of the cage attracted attention, and upon examination it was found that a couple of half-grown rats had found their way into it, had evidently given up trying to escape, and had settled down to make the best of the situation. They had drawn in through the spaces at least two quarts of chaff and bits of hay and had constructed a comfortable nest and gone to housekeeping. They looked surprised at being disturbed.— Hartford Courant. —“1 have a stitch in my side,” grum bled the patient “You ought to be very thankful for that,” responded the doctor cheerfully. “Why?” “Because a stitch in time saves nine, you know.” —Pharmaceutical Era. —Productive of Heat—Glanders—“It Is said that paper can lie used effective ly in keeping a person warm. ” Gazlay —“That is very true. I remember q thirty-day note of mine once kept me in a sweat for a month."—Brooklyn Life. —“Do yout hink there is ever a time when we should not put a great deal ol heart in what we arc doing?" she asked. "Yes,” he answered; “when we are drawing for a club flush.”—Washington 8tar. —Bootmaker—“This blacking I can highly recommend. Your boots pol ished with this will shine so you can see your face in ’em.” Chollie—“But, xae good fellah, I don’t want to see me face in me boots I want to sec me feet in ’em."—Harper's Ba/.ar. —The Height of Enjoyment.—“What a pleased look your wife has on her face, Mr. Jones, as she sits talking to a group of ladies around.” “Yes, I know what she is talking about.” “Some pleasant reminiscence, probably.” “She is telling them what a miserable life she leads with me.”—N. Y. Press. —A -wonderful rustic table Is owned by a Philadelphia lady. It is formed of the boughs of a tree, and the bark had not been removed from them. It has been in her possession just two months, and about a fortnight ago it began to throw out green spouts, and is now in full bloom. —Airs. Reed, lady manager of the World’s fair for Maryland, is taking a practical means of fulfilling her mis sion. She has established a system of classes in American history in tlie state schools, has talked to the children about the objects of the fair, and now offers as a prize for the liest scholar a free trip to the fair. —■Tames Richard Cocke, who was graduated at the Boston University School of Medicine at head of his class recently, is the first person totally blind from infancy to receive the degree of M. D. He has been a dilligent stu dent and reader of anatomy for eight years past and obtained ninety-eight per cent, on his examination. —Kate Field descrilies Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler as “a Psyche in appear ance, aud as charming in manner as in face. Tlie modern woman writer,” continues Miss Field, “quite upsets the old picture of fright and slatternly dressing which a past generation re ligiously believed went hand in hand with alleged female intellect." ; | —Gen. Longstrcet is now 72 years of age and a man of patriarchal aspect. His hair and whiskers are white as snow, his face ruddy, and his figure tsH and erect. He is deaf, as the result of a bul let wound, and one of his arms is dis abled. He lives a life of primeval sim plicity, going to bed early and rising at five m the morning to walk in his vine yard. —At a London bookseller's is a com plete set, in fifty volumes, of Voltaire's works hound in law calf. They were the possession of a lawyer who gave them their sober covering for the pur pose, doubtless, of deceiving his clients; and to further tiie delusion he had the books labeled “Arouet’s Reports,” Arouet being one of tlie philosopher's baptismal names. : —An interesting miniature portrait) of Robert Burns, executed in water colors upon ivory, has just been added to the Scottish National portrait gal lery. It is believed to be tlie very por trait mentioned by Burns in a letter dated .lanuary 29, 1790, where he states that he was then “sitting to Reid in this town” (Dumfries), and “I think he has hit by fur the best likeness of me ever taken.” , —Gladstone buys so many books that he invariably demands a discount of ton per cent, from his booksellers. The story is told that when a dealer in the Strand refused to give tlie discount to the G. O. M. because he was qot a book seller, the ex-premier replied: “I buy books and 1 sell them when they have served my purpose: 1 ought to have the discount.” But the book-keeper re fused to give it. | THE MAN UN THE CAR A VIEW AT CLOSE RANGE OF THE MEN WHO GUIDE TRAINS. —Pierre Loti has au intense fouud- ncss for animals, and he lias been sur rounded always by pets—dogs birds and all kinds of furred and feathered friends. Ou board his frigate he al ways had as his constant companions a West African parrot, named Fidex, and Neptune, an English spaniel. A new anecdote of Pierre Loti, throwing a p’easing light on his amiable ch tracter, is told in Paria While in Brittany ona summer several years ago his dog Nep tune, fell off a bridge into a rivt striking its head against a stone. For a moment Pierre Lot stood dismayed Then lie filing off his coat and plunged into the river after the dog and sms ceeded in bringing it, wounded aud ins sensible safely to land. _ ^ Tlie Cub—What It Meana to the Ameri can Kngiurer, Though HU English llrotlier Khlcs In the Open Air—The Whistle ami Its Individuality. The average American engineer and his fireman would tiiink themselves very ill used if an order were issued for the abolishment of the cabs—that friendly retreat from inclement weather that is now considered an absolute necessity on all engines. And yet in civilized Eng land, on a majority of the railroads, the engines in use are built minus the cab, thus forcing the operators to work with out shelter in all kinds of weather. It sounds inhuman, and yet in refutation the railroad companies ask whether tlie soldier should carry an umbrella when it rains or the sailor be allowed to work under an awning? The claim is tiiat the railroad employees become inured to se vere weather and tlie absence of cover ing keeps them alert, so tiiat the possi bility of danger from inattention to duty is reduced to a minimum. Subtle argument, perhaps, but hardly tenable. If this practice was adopted on some of our western roads where the temperature ranges from 20 to 50 degs. below zero, how many engineers would live to carry their trains from one station to the next? The unpardonable sin in an engineer is to let the water get out of the boiler of the engine in his charge. No matter what excuse he may offer, if he lives to make his report in turn, his dismissal will be peremptory, for by this action he has proved himself incompetent and unworthy of future responsibilities. It is better for au engineer that he had never been born when he reaches this stage of self torture. Fortunately such cases are rare. The man on all well conducted railroads must have shown himself to be trusty and true before he is given charge of an engine, ami the rigid inspection to which he is sub jected before an engagement- is a guar antee of future conduct. One weakness nearly every engineer has, and that is a penchant for “doctor ing” the steam whistle on his pet engine. Every boy in a country town familiar izes himself at an early age with tlie different “toots" that by day and night wail throngh tlie unhappy village. He can detect No. 4's whistle when the train is five miles distant, and in like manner the approach of Nos. 1 and 2 are herald ed to his keen ear. Of course all wins ties are alike when they leave the shops but the engineer fills in the sounding bell with a piece of turned wood that fits snug and changes the tone to ashort, sharp scream or an angry, impatient howl, as his fancy may dictate. The close observer may lie snugly in his bed and yet be able to detect tlie passing of either a freight or passenger train. The engine on tlie former an nounces its approach by emitting a sharp, shrill scream tiiat is soul piercing enough to waken the dead, while the passenger engine, with due respect t-i tlie iiviug freight it carries, sounds a long, deep warning note that does not bring tho occupant of a bertli to his feet ’all standing," ready to curse tlie com pany In general terms and tlie engineer m particular ones for such au act of folly aud iucousiderateuess, On the freigiit train a sharp, shrill scream is es sential, for it notifies the brakeuien, who aro perhaps forty cars in the rear of tlie engine and separated from the occupants of the cab by many ways of ear piercing sound, just what work is required at their hands. This whistle is to them what tho cry of the call boy on the Thames steamboat used to be to tlie engineer down below before the advent of electric bells. "Ease her!” the captain would remark hi his ordinary tone of conversation to the small tioy that followed him like a shadow, and “Ease her!" the youngster would scream in his sharp, shrill stac cato down tlie companion way. “Stop ’erl” "Turu er astern!” "Go ahead!’’ would perhaps follow in rapid succes sion, and in this decidedly crude fashion tlie London steamboat captains did their steering by proxy only a dozen years ago. One wonders what lias become of those call boys. Perhaps they spand their hours in spinning yarns to the younger cockneys of tho past glories of eteamboatiug in much the same manner that our dethroned stage drivers of tho west now regale tlie tenderfoot with glimpses of bygone acts of heroism and feats of impossible horsemanship. This is somewhat of a digression from the topic under discussion, but perhaps the reader will excuse its insertiou. Ono thought naturally suggested the other. As a class engineers are usually good natured, kind hearted, though a hit rough; deep thinkers, due to their fixed habits of attention and long hours of enforced silence, and of good morals. Au engineer who drinks cannot hope to hold iiis position long, for no master me chanic will tolerate confirmed tippling in a subordinate whose duties are so re sponsible as those of an engineer. He must be abstinent, prompt at his post of duty, and ever vigilant if lie hopes to maintain his position. His hands may be black and his face grimy, but that his heart is all right was evidenced not long ago in a railroad terminus on the Pacific coast when the engine, puffing and laboring from its dizzy ride over mountain passes and along dangerous precipices, was approached by a golden haired miss of six, who patted ono of the huge driving wheels caressingly and lisping, “Yon dear, big black tiling, how I love you for bring ing my sweet mamma and papa home to me from across those horrid mountains, and you too,” she exclaimed, lifting her pretty face to the black bearded engin eer, who had been watching her from his cab. Tlie tear that spraug iustantly to his eye was not an evidence of weak ness, but of a warm, im|>assionate heart, and the father of tlie little girl that oc casioned tills touch of human nature furtively reached for his handkerchief just as :lio engineer drew his grimy sleeve across hit. sooty face.—Chicago Herald. Mr. De Avnoo—1 saw our Dany way around on a side street today The baby should tie kept in tiie park. Mrs. De Avnoo—That's where she ia. You must be mistaken. Mr. De Avnoo—No, fin not. Don’t you suppose 1 know that iierambulutor that 1 paid sixty-two dollars for?—New York Weekly. —Stumble—“Doyou admire the works of the old musters, for instance.” Miss Neverright—“Not much I don't. I have seen Uncle Tom’s Cabin too often.”— Chicago Tribune. —“Ha! ha! Dobbs was sleeping and his friend daubed a lot of ink all over Dobb's face.” “I don’t see the joke.” “Neither did Dobbs until he looked into the mirrorl"—Once a Week. —Hicks—“Do you believe there’s such a thing as a haunted house?” Wicks— “O, yes, indeed; but it depends a good deal upon how good-looking the girl is ; who lives in it.”—Boston Transcript —Few ol me many readers of Fierro Loti's charming stories know that while he was still best known as Julien Viaud he was dubbed Loti (the Japanese for violet) by his fellow officers in the French navy, on account of his modest and retiring disposition. He therefore * assumed Loti as a surname when look ing about for a pen name. His first story, “The Marriage of Loti,” Madam Adams claims to have christened. —me custom of placing crape on the door of a house where there has been a recent death had its origin in tho ancient English heraldic customs and dates as far back, at least, as the year 1100 A. D. At that period hatchments or armorial ensigns were placed in front of houses where the nobility and gentry died. These hatchments were of dia mond shape and contained the family arms quartered and colored with sable. —In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins in the direction of Chace Canon, N. M., Gov. Prince has unearthed twenty stone idols of a different ty-_- from any before discovered. They are circular in shape, forming disks from six to fifteen inches in diameter, the upper half containing a deep carved face, and the lower half rudimentary arms in relief. The idols are believed to be at least six hundred years old. —Daniel Drew was a very absent- minded man. Once he started for the Erie train and thought he had left his watch at home. First he thought ho would go back after it. In an absentr minded way he took out his watch, looked at it, and exclaimed. “Whew! five o’clock, and the train goes out five ten, I won’t have time.” Then he put his watch back in his pocket and tele graphed his wife to send it to Albany by express. —“Y'ou look like a poet,” laughed the funny editor, as the handsomely dressed youngster entered. The boy smiled and began fumbling in his pocket. “May be you write songs, too,” suggested the newspaper man. “Yes, sometimes,” was the answer. “Have you got one for me?” “Yes, I think I have.” “Is it sung for long or short meter?” By this time tlie young man had fished out a document, which he threw down, yell ing excitedly: “Neither, my friend; it is sung by the gas meter.” It was a gas bill for ten dollars. —In order to show the fine quality of silk produced in the state, and the skill attained there in the silk industry, the women of the Southern California silk association will make an artistic banner especially for exhibition at the world's fair. The banner will be home-made in every respect and also hand-made, even to manufacturing the fabric. It will show designs of California flowers, fruit and scenery, and in artistic design and finish, it is believed, will attract mucli attention. Many expect that the silk industry is destined to become one of tlie leading ones in southern California. —More than 67,000 worth of granite and other building material has been donated for the Maine world’s fair building. Cash to the amount of 615,-. 000 will be expended upon the structure, 610,000 coining out of the state’s appro priation and 65,000 being raised by sub scription. Munson slate will cover the roof, which a Maine newspaper de clares will be the “handsomest in Chi cago.” Leading up to the building will be broad granite steps, each one being a solid block twenty-seven feet long and six feet wide. —The California State lx>ard of health has sent out a circular entitled “Tlie dangers arising from taking off the hat out of doors during funeral services.” It attacks the custom strongly, and, urges that one funeral is often the cause of many, because the friends of the dead stand’around in the open air, even in winter, for many minutes,while the hotly is being carried from house to hearse, or while the ceremonies at the grave are taking place. The board asks ministers and chiefs of lodges and others who may have charge of fu nerals to “give the beneficent advice to remain covered, and avoid discomfort and danger.” —The most magnificent private ball room in tlie world is in tlie house of .Mrs. Astor, on Fifth avenue, New York. It is an extension of the main building, and has a glass ceiling, beautifully tinted anti decorated. The walls are completely covered with the magnifi cent pictures of the famous Astor art collections, and with porcelains, mosaics and works in ban relief Woolwork, mantels and the musicians’ balcony are of handsome ebony, the draperies are of crimson plush, the divans placed all around the room are of pale-blue satin, and a great palm occupies tiie centflr of the room, which is lighted by four large, sparkling chandeliers. At a meeting of tlie Royal Geograph ical society, of Madrid, Dr. Bide gave an account of iiis exploration of a wild district in tlie province of Giceres, which lie represented as still inhabited by a strange (icople who speak a curious patois and live in caves and inaccessible retreats. They have a hairy skin and have hitherto displayed a strong repug nance to mixing with their Spanish and Portugese neighbors. Roads have lately been pushed into the district inhabited by the "Jurdes," and they are begin ning to learn tho Castilian language and attend the fairs and markets.— W. 11. Larrubee in Popular Science Monthly. The Growth of llahroail Mil/uge. in 1820 there were twenty-three miles of railway in operation in the United States. By 1822 tiie mileage had in creased to 229 miles, and in 1825 the country had 1,098 miles of railroad. The first through railroad from the east westward was completed in 1842 between Boston and Albany, connecting at the latter place with tlie Erie canal, in tho same year tlie last link of the line from Albany to Buffalo was opened. At the end of 1848 tlie total mileage of all the railroads in the country was 5,996 miles, or about 500 miles more than there are now iu the state of Nebraska.—Edward Rosewater’s Omaha Address, THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTHER DEFECTS WHICH MAY APPEAR ON THE FILM.