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THE HOLE IN THE SEA. Circles and l>ul?blcs atop of the waves .Where .Tacky plunged through to the darkest of Braves, Dow'n, down, deep down, far under tho blue, Making a splash that the sunlight dauccl throtiBh, And it's marked in the log-book, the hole in the sen. "I.at. South, Long. West. S3." Frock coats, and blue shirts, so clean and so neat, ^ And .lack dressed in canvas from his head to his feet. Sewed up tight with canister, grape, and black shot. To carry him straight to the burial lot OM..1. .1...... .1 il. i -- r I 11.4 1 > tI, Ml'* ]' HUM II, III I III* IHM II <11 the sea, Where many a sailor ami lubhor there be I "Many living-jib down haul!'' "Koyul clewlines stand by!" "Clew garnets and buntlincs; all hands rndl away!" ''Weather main and h-e cro'jack braces now haul!" "Shake a leg there, my hearties, don't ye hear the pipe's call?" Now the ship's all aback with the wind at her head, And ready for quarters to bury the dead. Frock coats on the weather, blue shirts on the lee, Marines on the poop deck, a brave showto see. And tlie sky pilot's dressed in his Sunday-best rig And .Hick's in his canvas, there, sewed up so trig. All ready to plunge the gay sunlight through And make bubbles and circles atop of the blue! - <'barb's U. Ilowlatid, ill New York Sun. THE BATTLE OUTSIDE THE HEADS. Mte morning, as Jack 1 \v:is breakfasting on board the cruiser Idaho, a telegram was handed him which In* calmly proceeded to open; hut afUT glancing over its contents, tlaplacid serenity id' lius countenance ^avv way to a look of excitement. Jumping up. h?- shouted to his lazier messmates who had not yet emerged from their staterooms, "Hoys, the war is oil!" In a second, heads were thrust out. some of the possessors even venturim; into the ward room considerably more en deshabille than custom or regulations permitted. Hut Hclaticld's telecram was of so much interest and import a m-c that such trilling conventionalities were forgotten, and his curious brother otlieers crowded round him. clamoring loudly for the news. "l.tsteti," said the lieutenant. "I'll read it to you: " Washington. 1?. not. jit, is<? . " 'To l.icutenant John l>ehitleld. 1'. S. N.. I'. S. S. Idaho, San Francisco Harbor: Regard yourself dctnclmd from Idaho. I'roeeed itntip-diately to the vi...... t. i I V x- ? < ... . ....... i?i<iiui <>iivi nini. 1 ilKt1 *. .Ill ma ml of tin* lluiuhr'ul^o. and pmparo for aotivo sorvioo at oarli. si possiblo nnMiiciit. t'<?111111a11?1:i lit or.lorod to plan- at your disposal ovofy a\ ailab!? mum as to 11ast**ii work. Ill I.HI II I". So.-rotary.' "Wii.it 11o yon follows ilrnk of lliatV" said .I.K'k. "lanky ilo?'." "Wislt I u.-ro in your pia.-o. I I toy all sooih.hI pleased at in-latiold's stroke of 1 uok. Fortune was truly sinil ill;? ou 11i111. for la* lia.l boon solooto.l for tliis hazardous an.I iuiportaiit diitv tuir of half a liinnliv.l otln-r olli.-ors of <iis own rank, oa.-li ..no as oacor as himself to ootutnatnl tin* littlo .-raft, the Haiiibridiro, of whi.-h woinlors woro cxpoolo.l. Ho hail b. on oliosoii by ilio So. rotary of tin* Navy an.I ha.I r.-ooivod his proINiratorv or.lors. whi.-h w.-ro to tho of foot that ho wfnild bo retained on board th?* Idaho until hosiilitios w.-ro iinini iioiii. wln-ti In* woidd bo jiivoii his now .- tiiniatid. M.-anw liilo tho work of lit tini: lu-r for s.-a had boon pnshoil at tinnavy yard with all .i ? pat?-11. I'ho Haiti bril.-o Was 111o lirst of Ol'l- 11oW solili ibniar'.no iiiairiiotie imp. do boats, 'hose niarvols ..f \ni.-ri an mroiinitv i.i.l .-kill. I.i U M;iriiil r.u* 11> - ii.iv.v \':i? ? 1 :i! :111 i nil .-irriviiivr ! j ? n? . 1 i<> tin I in 111 1: 1111. \?1111' 1.11 l'.ili.i. wliu t ill I 'i -ii :ii li < l?llift*, kiinllv \\:i\ to un ;thi-Mil ; i : 11! I'.' nil! lii< i-f.lt't ;l> l*;l | 11V :is |in* li!'-. *:: !v I: _T Wlltl I I'Vrf \\ ;i.< llooo<<;l fy Ii- Ji'. |?im *111 wit In iti: tin- iisiimI t'iifti il.'i;hIiImi'_' i-iii'i r l\ "WV o;in :i! I ntlil .ill ; !:: 11 Stl'tor Vull 1111 h;i. U. I lolrili-i'l " A- ' ituN ' ! -inrii tin- mliiiT.r. ; I-. . !i > :t-' . !. : it, u'.n.no l?i' nlli i'f upon whom. jiorliMp*. will ]i:111-_r !"i -1111 ill i hi- li:i: 1 lo vory mioh : i ho imiylit otttsiilo tlio llo.nls. 'I'.ill. *rr t. :i11 I titiolx t'i rt11 >(t. I.ioiitoii;iiif I >i !;iliolil inijifi i.to' in.N'.ititlv :ts m 111; i T t nt' no ino.in |ili>ii*:il ?* tvhiii It. Ili< I'.i !? ;'ivcs oviilon I' i iiiim.'o. tirmlii*** Mini UVoiit will | low i r .j'l-l tin* :i t t rihit'o*. ;h f.iot. w hioii slioulil tuost .I'll- I . .1 .. I.> n'O- "> I III' lllil'l III'lH'IVll I'l >1.1:ii:iii I nil unknown <|ii;inlily like i lie l'.,i :ii1>ri?l;:?v^^(^io ! < t i"i I "n\ llm I i'v: >1 n' ' ii.ici. lmn lm 1 *;i \e< ' '.r III,. ;| I III i 1M I. tayk ii;is ,|ol nvorlitirihiod him with IIII N '."jy |?|| , ,n (J,,. - ||| I'iirv. . 11< 1117 * ,|..|i si hilliM-lf :i till :i>?llI'll t|i'i> nt : i i1 t '<> i *i \ llm v. < i. !? rule liiiu Jo .i , .in! Kmh\ i hi h.?. \mi.v <!o\vn ; > i k wlmrf \ lmre : il > I ,:l inlu iilu*' I y. III- I?:t ? ''t I of otlictT-; eajjerly <li>c iwsiny llm lale^; .. news. All lunl some t"i'':? n?11 > or eoli ^rntulatorv remark for him; lnit. .-c.ir<c|y Mopjiiii^ to reply. In* hurried on I m >; i l't 1 hi- new coin ma ml. The Itaiu1?i-i<Iir?* way one of llm late*i ;i<I?Iiti -.< To our tloet, and while ii w a- niit'uipnt < <1 thai she woiihl ne. oiii|?l:sh ^reni th ills, the only ie.il test li.nl eonie >ooie r than nny oin would lime pro I !m- led. Workmen were -wuriii.iio\er her n siteli n<in11 a-.- licit .-lie reV / fli'iubloil a human bee luvo. IIor length1 was probably in the neighborhood of 0110 hundred ami Ill'ty foot, but lior narrow boa in ami sharply sloping shlos made hor appoar iiko a needle floating on the water. She was painted an olive green, to sooiire invisibility at night. The most prominent objects in sight on her deck were a low conning tower and two elongated hatches, one forwardaudoneaft. There were for the disappearing magnetic torjKHlo gnus, ami wore arranged to protect the torpedoes until they were needed, at which time the gnus were elevated by electricity, tr; hied on the enemy ami tired, the " iii'u- "[" ni i i"ii requiring oui H lew seconds. Tlie motive power of tile era ft was also electricity, obtained from improved '1'esla storage batteries of the latest type, giving the iKKit a speed of forty knots an hour. Within t wo days Lieutenant Delntield ha<? completed the outfit of the liainbridge, and had stored on board four of those terrible engines of destruction, the magnetic torpedoes, which were of the ordinary cigar shape, having the energy for propulsion stored in if heavy fly-wheel revolving in a longitudinal, vertical plane at a rate of ten thousand revolutions a minute. This application of the principle of the gyroscope gave them an almost unerring directness of path under water, but, besides this, within the secret chambers were concealed magnets of great strength, which drew the torpedoes straight onward toward their prey. No niauoeurveriug. however skillful, on the part of the eommauderof a ship attacked could avail against the relentless power of these magnets, and once a torpedo was launched fairly in the direction of an enemy's vessel, her doom was only a matter of seconds. When the intended target was struck, the explosion of one hundred ntiil tifl.v pounds of ;;uii <-ottott would 1'iiltiI) tin- mission of tin- torpedo, and oaiisi> tlio proud battle ship, strickoii in sonio vital part, to reel hack under the shook, then perhaps make a feehle effort to eseape. hut in valll. In a moment only a seething, bubbling spot covered with wreckage in the midst of the ocean would mark the uravp of a (ioliath of the deep, done to death hy this marine I>avid. Utile wonder then that Pelalield had every eouthlenee in the Bainhridgc. Hut his spirits fell when he rend iu the newspapers, a few mornings after, that a large lleet of the elieiny had left its rendezvous and was proceeding in the direction of San Francisco. This licet consisted of eight tirst-elass battle ships, tt n armored cruisers, together with twenty protected cruisers and smaller vessels. Against this array the l ulled States could only bring the battle ships Oregon tllagt. Iowa. .Massachusetts. Indiana and Texas; the armored cruisers Idaho. New York, Maine and Brooklyn: the protected cruisers ' olympia. Charleston. Columbia. New| ark. Minneapolis. Philadelphia ami San 1 Francisco, as well as several gunboats ) This tleet was anchored in the bay. ' cleared for action and ready to proceed to sea as soon as carrier pigeons front ! the scouts should bring the news of the j approach of the hostile vessels. Near ' by were the coast defense monitors : Monterey. Puritan. Terror. Ainphitrib* I M in ntotioiiioh. and also I tela field's tor | pt'ilii boat. the 11:?i 11!U'i. 1 iif. .l.n k liiid | gone oil board ill"' thlgsliip Oregon as | mihii as In- li.-itl anchored .'liter 11is run I down from tin* navy yard, in order to : report to Admiral Woodbridge and to reeeive his orders. The admiral told him that it was Ills iuteiition topi outside. meet the enemy, and. if possible, eripple hi 111 to sueh an extent as to prevent tlie bombardment of the eity. and that tlie Painbridge and enast defense \?\ssels were to be held in readiness to guard tiie eiitram-e to tlie harbor and onver the retreat of the fleet in ease it might eompelleil to withdraw. When Jack left i lie admiral's eabin . lie was ei in tide u * lie would have all op pi.nunitv to add fame to his own name and flesh laurels in tlie long list of dar illg liaval aehie\elliellts aeeolliplished by John I'a 111 JolleS. I tee.'lt III'. Preble. : | Painbridge (for whom his little vessel j ; wa< named). Piddle, Kodgers, Parra- I i gill. Pushing and a host of others. Throughout the lb-el that day there ( \\ as an e\pei-ta lit hush as of a gladiator resting prev ious to some mighty effort. All preparations were completed, final letters written, and farewells said, for though each ollieor am! man Imped for ' a favorable Ollteonie. every one. even I to tin- nieanesi powder by. knew that 1 t he morrow would most probably bring a si Itl'-'g'.e SO terrible J ml deadly 1111' I ;.:tv ef tItem would lev. r return. I Miring tlie early im/rning twilight ot the next day a pigeoi/fluttered wearily down to tlie eote ei/ tlie flagship, and in alighting set a shrill electric bell to | ''illlfilli: This l.l i \A III! little llievselurer I (.'III .1 I'll V 11 with M> 111 < > 111 e 111 IM t it lilies itt I lie shape lit* M tin* mile in a quill .v uivil ftriitl\ iMiiler its winir. This \v:is -.Mill i let .Mill I nil VI' veil 1u I lie I .i 1 iiiir:i! In leJP- time ihnti it takes to :>ll I". tlie rei^pnnl while signal lii:'.iiI W ere ihlshilirJRlll I he nl'lli'l' t r? j*ei miller j w;i\ S |" ''jf I 11 e r.ltlle lit' ehilitIS W'tis ; iie.i 11| ,i> 'Mr :iin-Inn s w ere liuve tip: nml w Is II ihl^liirht 11 t't i k e the lleel was.seen k' ?ieainiiJk imije-t i<*n ll.v ..ii* Ihl'nii.'li the ' (. 7^*0 h'Miliiu: i:v ' ' \ w.i- iv.nl.i let* :ii ii >n rveejit l?ll. ."Mill I . I < I 11^ till- _ 1111 -. All ;i milium: i K. , . . ltlte'i: 1 -1 lit.'I :!|? (III* hn". luiiuls weia . . , , , Jlltil ell e.l h lni'.V III ejiteh the . /.ell l.ejiil / t'l t 'I e. the siiiuke el the eiie . The -ileliee. plim t l|;i I eil ell IV I lilV s lies/ ...... ' I . , AllVllllllle ! Iit'oli n| the entitles 1 I >y I lie / , , ( I: i ? t broken 1 ' ">a:l lie. I nun I W.IS ;iy ,/M-f I'-li: ..I- '??!?. ..^yfllelV il W'.I.V rep! i ll i he e|!i. |.|* e I /l Use I Ml II I||| .1 I l.l 11' I III I ; p.i;-: I /IV, . - I Slnek. : J It'll I o 1'elli'l ;| | l| ,1.1 rl el'.s" .- I|sl.|||l ?\\ i hi lei/ ! I lie men spr.m: in the onus, 'j whi'h were at mice 1? : i I I; the turrets arc trained from side to side ami the guns elevated aud depressed to s??e that everything is working smoothly. The alarm proves to be a false one. for the vessel is made out to be the San Franglsco, one of the scouts, steaming iu at full speed. She runs close to the hagship while the admiral questions her commanding officer regarding the irtini bers auil course of the enemy, fort he purpose of verifying tlio pigeon message. The hostile tleet Ls not more than twenty miles ahead! Again the watching is resumed, and within an hour the smokes of a large number of vessels arc made out. The tires are forced by powerful fans, and the increased speed of the tleet rapidly lessens the Intervening distance. The supreme struggle is at hand. Our ships steam ou in column, ready for the bloody fray. To recount iti detail the action of that day would be to chronicle daring deeds, hervde acts ami bravery akin to ashness, but all of no avail against such overwhelming odds. As night fell, Delatield. from the Hainbrldge, and the officers on the coast defense vessels, inshle the bar. sighted the remnant of our tleet standing In, s^ll stubbornly lighting and protecting the weaker or more disabled ships. Shortly the enemy .was uncovered. and the monitors opened fir?*vA?inpelllng an abandonment of the hnwesitig pursuit. The enemy remained just out of range, while the fearful wreck of what remained of Admiral Woodbridge's forces crawled slowly into the harbor. As the Oregon, guarding the rear, passetl the Baltibridge, the admiral sig mitten nrteity ihit sigiiittoautly: "Do your duty." The night is dark and windy. An ominous stilltnvss in the air presages an 011-coming gale. No moon or stars arc shining to aid the enemy. but instead. tlio sky is covered wit It hard, loader.-uray clouds, and a low hank of fog is sweeping in from the westward. 'i'iie eotiditions are propitious, and Oelatlehl prepares for ltis dash, lie takes the Itaiubridgc close inshore through I'.onita ('liantiel. and barely esoajtes being caught by one of the enemy's gunboats: but. turning on more current, he rushes silently ahead and clear of danger. When almost within hearing of the breakers on Ouxbury Reef, lie makes a wide deto.'ik in order to approach from seaward, fcY from this direction an attack is hardly to be expected. Nevertheless, he has to go a considerable distance out to reach a favorable position. He reaches ltis station at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and in another quarter of an hour the monitors will open lire toward that tlank of the enemy opposite to which is Delalield. They will keep up this cannonade for ten minutes, to effect a diversion. As soon as this tiring has ceased. Jack's work will begin. i'.oom! bang! go the great ln-ineh and rj-pioh guns. It is a try'ngJ time for .bcWbut he Sees the ctTeef of the ruse, and is again congratulating himself on ltis luck. The searchlights are all playing inshore of him. ihe enemy entirely oblivious of the fact that danger is lurking in their rear. Half past eleven! As suddenly as it began, the tiring ceases, and Delalield. taking 11is stand in the little entitling tower, orders the ? iv\v to their stations. Slowly the Hainbrhlge starts ahead, then faster and faster she goes. until, fairly Hying, she brings into view the weaker vessels forming the outer line, ltut .lank disdains such pigmy prey. Safely he Hies past the gu.iboats, but not quickly enough to avoid discovery. On he goes, fearlessly taking the Haitibridge straight toward the battle ships. "Stand by," he sings out down the voice tubes to the torpedo compartments. and back conns the hearty answer: "All ready, sir." Now he is but a short distance from the nearest ship, lie turns two electric switches and sees the torpedo guns < !< vnled and trained. Then amid a shower of shells he presses a tiring key. and the forward torpedo is launched and speeds on its errand of destruction. No need to watch the effect; the magnet is as sure as fate. .Meantime, the Ha tub; nlge's course is changed, so that she may run parallel to the column of battle ships, and the empty gun is lowered. A second later the atter-torpedo is on its wn.v for the next bat tie ship, and Delatield has done half his work. 1 ung ere this the brave little craft 1ms | been the center of a smother of foaming water, lasln d into impotent fury by the crashing, bursting shells. Hut her great speed saves lew from annihi latien. She tears along with search lights (lashing on her like an aurora ;i(nl with the waves <la.s|iii>? wildly nvi'i' her. Two uioro of jhe enemy's nil,tit powerful ships sent to tile bottom complete her errand. The only damnife oil the I?:iinbriiliie has li:ip] eimd to Delaliehl himself. A piece of shell has illtlieteil an duly wotiinl in his shoulder, am) l thoiiah exhausted by the intense strain ami weak from loss of biood, he steers his VietofiotlS VeSSi I into the protection of the harbor, then falls senseless on ileek. Nil* Ion a after, while recovering lib ! .st renal ii. .lack received a very otlieiat : lookiiii do naietit covered with formid a I >!e seals It eon t a i tie. I the informa t i 11 t! it lie had received tile tll.'lliks ol ('oiiirres> and t'.iat lie had been piomoi cd to tile rani* of captain for his ir.nl lanlry in sinking four of the enemy > v'*ips. thereby cansin^ a withdrawal ol t " tleel ami prc\out im; the boinbarit i . t of the city of Sail ITanoisoo. San icis'-o Argonaut. I>e*t it lite. I{eporter Ii beii^rared dcser ptioii. sir I 'alitor So I should imagine. Votit de> liptioii is very poor, at least.- i (tniaita Hot'. Bill ITS WEEKLY LETTER. FIFTY YEARS ALIO WILLIAM MADE A PROPHETIC SPEECH. TALKS OF HIS OLD SCHOOLMATES. Major Wurreii'n Trip In Florida Wit* it IIiii'hI MUtnkr Acioi'cIIiik to Hip Philosopher's standpoint. We old people are thankful that we I>e;-A:i life early in the eentury and lm\e lived to elose it. No su"h period of progress lilts transpired sinee the world was made. Progress in art and seienee. the diffusion of knowledge and the spread of ChristiunilV; progress in invention and eontrivaiiee, lor I tetter living and the eomfort.s and pleasures of life; progress in mental and moral Intelliijeiioe. There is no eipia! eo'iiparison be iwi-rii iii?- i?i>i m.mv yi'iirs ;inu any imu pr** b-d them. I'roKri'S!) hiis made :i great i l?*:i|> for\vur<l. and seems to have oomu to a halt. Wocannot imagine that tliu world needs anything more iu tin- way of invention, tint It will in a few years, and then it will eoino. A kind I'rovldenco never fails us. One hy one the doors arc unlocked? the mysteries of nature are revealed. .lust llfty years ago I was chosen a junior orator from thel'hl Kappa Society in Franklin college. It was esteemed a great honor then to be one of the four, and 1 atn proud oven now to tell my children and grandchildren about it. There were forty-four ? f us in my class and I was one of the four. The honor was not for my oratory, but more for my scholarship and popularity among :v.y society members. 1 diu not expect it, I did not deserve it. and I was grieved that some of my low-country classmates whom I loved were left out and i was chosen. In that day the Savannah boys were net popular in college. '1 (ley were looked Upon lis swell lllld aristocrats, and train then until now nothing in the way ! honors or offices lui- been given to Savannah. I have lamented this for all these years. Tln-p- :tr? no iiobb r > pie in all I In- -tale than Sa\ -m mil: pie. I admire them and respect them and whenever one i>f t hem . iTi-r- h>r oflb-e I am for him i -n gem ral principle... Tin good principle -. .1 integrity .>t 1.1 llugU"iioi> and Cap-I in la ii- win - !? le m t hat region |>a- d :n! ed t<> tln-ii | .>-ii rit. and they an-still tinbi -t people V II I.- ii; the slaie. 'I lie cradle of liberty wu- tln-rc. ami if -\ei -.vo li.-ive fall bu.-k on i;t ri -.-> p. r;i--i.late our revolutionary i-ritn pi- .- I had rather depend upon tIn- o|.|-ti>ne pi ,| jo o; Savannah than any otln-rs. I -va-in d -ge with lolin Screven and t hurn > liar-lee ||. nry Law ami Monroe Mi lvi-r hi: I a.nay Ip>ui Savannah, and tln-y Wi-P- the Im ?t buys We h.'ld. Uul 1 started to tell Unit the subject of IIIV junior orator'.- sp< i-eli was -'A Hundred Year.- llcnec. Jt was a prophetie speech, and, of lour.-". I got-ny fatlu-i to help me write it. All the I tlmt. It was a good s| h -t'ul made ail itupn s-iou. but 1 have often thought how littn we then knew of what was to happen jM tip* m-vt llfty years. No telegraph, no 'el -phone or plioin-grapiis. no air-brai.es on railroads, no antiseptic remedies in surgery, no \ rays, no electric lights, no oil stove-, no refrigerator >-ar-. no fruit or vegetables f:-.-p Florida or California. no iee faetorii-s, no levators no bicycles, no manufactured brliii/.ers. My prophetic speech was not prophetic, though it did tell that less than llfty y. at- the people would travel in tin- air on 'lying machines. .lust llfty year- ago I travi h.l to -allege at Athens on a mill-- tram T-- m I'liion I'oint and tltoliyll! 1 Wils d -i'ty pretty Well. !'T We WIT" I i>u ili<' i*?|? n .itboose and liail ample thin* to J- ru--e ih nitry on l>otli sides as wo joyyed alony. Ii was >uly forty inilos, i.nt took nil liny iii /,,1* it. I remember that I lutil on boois hon j'-tiuide hoots (tti<I I won* straj s to keep my pants down. That was tin* fa-hi'm t!?* ! leather straps that woro lni!toi,i*,| on tin' insiih of tIn* pants. They kopt tin* hys oi the pant- down so straiyht that tin- kim'-i at* mi.hI'' a dopre-.-inii ami loof i' l |i!. a hud lai<l an yy in t!n"n. \V lint ant a n*?*\ -tit it wnsfot u boy to i-ntof . Ai that tiin it took three yars to yo aroninl tin-w rid. hit' this \va< it hiyyi-r thii.y than tin- world biyyer to am I'tWr t" in> d**ur mother who hud l?>tiy ItiTi-lii'i! tito id. a that 1 was to oil in r !> 'a pnamhot "r .1 , r-1*I -i 11. lint now I am almost aloim ami have I'lrn n?'itlmr. Almost everybody I then ktmw i- dead. ISris. ami Cody and Terrell and Thornton ami Monty.mmry ami lb-nry I.aw atnl (irant ami tin* Kitty hoys, ami not loi.y tiyo Willoityhby Lumpkin died tlm hov whom I especially lovi'ii.'for !m wits always lovahh* ami trm*. Clmss Howard ami Jim Warren uro still in the land of the liviny where peuee may ho sonyht and pardon found. Clmss is alwttys yi'ttial and kind, and i had hopes of Jim Warren for In* is as solid its a rook and has In-fit a yovornor's secretary for about twenty yi'tirs. With pride I have pointed to him its ."me atnony tlm few whohnu prospered r.tul maintain, d their integrity, lint of lute a I'ltanyi'seems to have conm over hint, lie has hi'eti to l-'lorida on a vacation :n:d has fallen from yrae?*. lint t -w nmn .*an p. to Florida (tinI tell tiieir.it!. afterwards. i sen hv the ptipers that Jim tlm .-toady. *ine\eitithle J i 111 ha- yoite 01V after I'lorida y.nls and writes haek that in *':t yht .1 stritiy ot sheepshead ami a eoayer '. I .it a foy just threw 1 ut a line in a T.itupa hay nii-t ami eanyht a whole-triny. 1!.i? '-: that In* was ll.-hiny in tlm water, hat found out wlmn t'.io mist lifted that he was halt":, miie frotn fho inlet ami had heen llsltitiy i:; the foy. It heats J#1111 Kerttodle. w!to-w..re that tlm li-lt were SO I'Jiyer I hat lie lit id to yet helliltd a tree to hait his hook. I expected tlm like of that from Keriiodh', hut from Jim Warren, never. I have heen refi-rriny my yramlsoits to him as an example of t rut It ami inteyritv. Jim ami litre about tlm -ante ay, and I wanted its to yo atony down toy'titer ami have die -ante epitaph, '.ut there i- no reliance on a man who y,,. - llshiuy in I'lorida. Tilt* devil, who is the father ! liar-, must live titer-* or t Imretll.oiit-. speakiny of tin-. Id tin. 1 \ .1- rnminat tin* . i .11. \v<- veterans I have nvrr tin- | resent rising ifenerntion.who I never knew t!? * want -if it..ell rn inventions. These youiiK people wltii wore tinrii in an W of vli'.'trii'ity ami newspapers anil In inks with.nit numl'iT and store . |.>th.,s and ! !? >-i*l? s. < "n!itrast sweetens . v. r> tldnir. \ man w ho wan n nre.| |n. r an all tin- better enjoy riohes. A prisoner i.; (-r. i ;t. ii:> rt> . \ si.-k man I'tij.>ys y.iinl health whi'it it . nn>s to him. \Vi> read of a innrt who after years of <*iiii(ifii'iiii'tit in a gloomy . 111ntj- <in war- so overjoyed at l.i'iiiK mi 1'1'iilv r?-i? ase.l that lie ili'Vuti'il all his . arntni.'s t-> having the l.ir.ls in every i*m?e tiiiit It.; -tiw ami trnintr them t h'-ir Iii"-rt\ . "I was a prisoner mv.-elf. it.- -ijii.l. anil know how it feels." Hi it It.al'its nr.- 1 i k chains, anil w ..'.I men -till sti.-kto tin* ways of our fathers. \ ester lay I lioiit(ht a home-made l<a>kt't fr<.>n an .! "l .larky, ami I li.'nI respe.-t for him just I au->e I fitlines to make l>a k. ! I! sni.l that nary on" of his >-liil<!r**i> >r trran.l >*hi! 11*?'it know how anddiur'i want to km. v I.ut that li"- . < til.I vara a quarter of a doll.u every niifht ami not miss the tiirn*. Ami now rn- spring is upon us a^ain. ami tlio rohins an* on .lr<-ss para.I. in our itrov. I ho pi-ai'litri'i's are hudilint;. 'I tin plum trees an; in liloom, ami all nature is putting on her vernal rol.es. F.verythinj? that is artili.'ial ehanK's ami deeays. hut I hum* Nature is tin; same in h rotations. Spring follows winter now just as it iliil thoiisinuls of years a^o. when the poet said: ' 'I he v inter is o\er and j?oiie. Thetimo f..r the iiKinK "f l.irds has e.uiie, and the voi.'e < thn turtle il? v? is In ard in tim inml." M?v it l.rii pea e and eon f .rt to ail who are in di tn Him Aniv in Mlanta ?'o|.j it'll I'lll. A NOVELVY IN SAILS. I linn to IntfWae a Ita I loon's RITective* ncHa Over Fifty Per Cent. Tills mnnlpulntion of the sail area, In sails of yachts especially, marks a very great Improvement lit the old system of bnlloon and straight-cloth sails. This sail of Mr. W. S. Simpson has, at the tlrst view, the appearance of a sail divided into a series of equal squares, like a draught board, every other square containing a hole In the center j about one-tenth the size of the square, j and the intermediate squares loose pieces of canvas tacked at the corners to the sail containing the holes. Now, ( the effect of the wind on the surface of this arrangement is this: the wind strikes the sail at any i>olnt of the sailing in the ordinary?wanner, but cs- | capes through the holes, and is met by the looetc squares of canvas tucked on the other side, which are at once distended by the wind. The sail is exactly the same construction on both 1 sides, except that the holes in the sail are always covered with a square of canvas on lno reverse side, tlio same Bide as tlio square containing the hole 011 the other. A yacht, for Instance, t unning before the wind with this sail arrangement, will have every other square bellied out with the breeze, and thus the ordinary (hit surface will be increased in area by fifty per cent. Such an invention as this certainly | heralds a new era in yacht or ice boat I raoiug, for a yacht thus rigginl becomes oue-half more itowerful in its speed powers than before, as the improvements in balloon sails have certainly reached a limit, which, if extended, i^a| ar' " ,2~ . SIMPSON SUCTION It A l.T.OON SAIt.. might end in disaster. The extra power of such sails that must arise from increasing the sail area by one-half is * certainly the most important feature of j this invention, and would, in the case of a racing yacht entered for a race under t*o ordinary sail measurements, make it at once a superior boat against any other in the the same sail measurements entered under the present sail area rulcs^_^ UNITED STATES MAIL FLAG. , The Hcniitiftil Pennant Now Flown by ' a Dozen American Veasels. An otlicial < !ov? rim.en! t!:?ir is seen in . this country nowhere le.it in the port of New York, ami on the high seas only between that port ami the eltirs of l.a liuayra. Venezuela; Havana, Cuba; ami Tuxpan, Mexico. It is the pennant of the ocean mail service, ami Hies upon the tniz/.enmasts of twelve subsidized American vessels carrying the I'nited States mails by contract. It consists of a red Held with a blue border, having the American cattle in blue and the words "United States Mail" in white letters. It measures tlfteen feet long and has been In use a little over two TUB IIAI^ PbAtt. ' j years, l.ast year it was seen also in San Francisco along the Pncillc route to Panama and ILong Kong, but the contract with the steamship lines that \ bore it was discontinued. The St. I amis, together with the New York and the Paris, also of the American line, and already carrying the mails, but not under contract, have lately begun service under contract to ^ Southampton. Kngland. I alter the St. Paul, of the same line, will be added to the contract list, making in all sixteen vessels Hying Uncle Sam's nostal " "How il<< you like tlio now lending lady you lmve. l-'ontlites?" "She won't do at all. She's only heon married | twlre, and hasn't had any diamonds stolen for a year. She's got no ener- 1 jry at all." C'lneinnati Commercial Triluine. "I'll not engaged any man Less a solitaire iie will bring,"' Slie ?:s "Jo lli- .1. she's "i< ll-?w; She'd aerejii in.el any old ring. IVilTalo 'rimes. I QQ cn Will Buy a $9lJ?vU Sewing Machine, from the Music and Sewing Machine House. 850.00 for a 805 Organ. 8250 for a 8125 I'iano. Guns away below regular prico. Clocks cheap for cash. Good terms on time. s. nr. rticu, Jr u. I 5, P. Townsjkni*, j Asst. Atty Geu'l., Columbia, 3. O Ben F Towmsend, , Union, S. C. TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND, \ < Attorneys at Law, ) ^ Union, S. C. Office Judgo Townsend's old stand. ^?IMS * DIXON. I ; Atty's at La*. . ' J t AH business plaoed in our hand* wiU i?> ta J prompt attention Office No 1 Law Itange. gCHUMPERT, DUTLEK & MoUOWAN. Attorneys at Law At C. C. Culp's old Office. i D. E. Hydrick J. A. Sawyer, ^ -? Spartanburg, S 0., Union, S. G HVDRICK A SAWYER. I 4 \ 1 Attorneys at Lam xr^vicKsi^b-'a oi.l Ofti/v* VUI. AUtnuxiiLn vj V/"* V...VV. jy^UNItO A M UN HO, Attorneys it Low, No. 2 Law Rndko. g S. STOKES. Attorney at Law and Trial Justice, * 4- Office Hear of Court House. DR HARLEY B. LINDSAY, Dentist, Oflico over Merchants an<l Pluntera bank, Main btrcut. LOOK ! LUuh ! We have added to our Large arid Complete Line ot Fresh Drug's, Tito Largest and Best Selected Stock of Liamps, Lamp Chimneys, Perfumery itul Toilet Articles, ever brought to Jnion, which wc are going to sell at i iricos that will make them go. We also have the agency for DIAMANTA SPECTACLES* 0 to UY P^SIC^N a. Yon cannot afford fo wear inperior glasses and ruin your eyes when we are iclliug these unrivalled gla.sses at such a o\v price Come at cttcc aud get (itled. < * Carnlina Tlyurt Pn SURVEYING. | 1 will be in Union until next June J prepared to do surveying in the alter- -1 ' noons and on Saturdays. Call at > the Graded School or Mr. Jacob It ice's. DAVIS JEFFRIES. <40?t. f Who are Pawkinsand Thomson? They are the best barbers in town, j \ For good work and civility No better can be found. ' ^ If you will but Rive us a trial 1 You will never ro elsewhere, .-*0 For those who have (lone so have never g lot any other harl?er cut their hair. Our razors are briRht and keen Our towels are new and clean .1' Will shave you in short time And '"what, do you think! Will shave jou for a dime ? And Rive you a drink?" Wanted-fln Idea 2XS&8 1 'rotoc* your Idea*; they may bring yoa waaltb. ! Vrltfl JOHN WEDrr.KUURN * CO , Patent Atto* ley a, Washington, I> J., t"* their $1,800 prlM?fil jul llatjoT^wo_bur.vife4 I mUohi WaaM. i ^^miNG YOUR j | lob Printing to The Times J > It will b?Jtt^ly executed. G^rarite Works.'*^ 'i &ORQB GEDUKS ^B^^'^LJch? I- >i Wi'mQI For \our Facel, | H probably nc^vifi { frecrkleri, hloichM fon?wtnjr, fop it rough, retl, R repulMvn Innteiur UT until It Iiha iioooma Wt iilwayn beautlfur attractive, Ilofuthr akin U B ViolsjL Cream fi flpnniM, tvnirlMip. ? I it Hoft, white iiiki tV ,n<" restore* thnalttn.making ? ?line* nut cover ur",,t"u'' It to not a eoemetlO aIs harmlesshim] all''1""' r,''novi>H blnriilitljo*. It top II. TImi taiiy 114* "^* does Just wliat wo claim I remove Krerklot JV',nr,ll',,n wl" positively ' I ft I'lmplc*. Tun, Hnnlmrn nixl VI 1 111 influx n-^J<tootteatiiiionlala from protiii. It r rkmii *|ar ** drM"'*u? It , S0>. TOLEDO. OHIO. S*4 ) T i ? /.Mkit 1 mi