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VOLUME XVII.—NO. 769.
ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY MORNING/SEPTEMBER 13, 1890.
i U IXUA A i.
TBORNWELMRPHANAGF.
rCH OF A NOBLE ENDOWMENT AT THE LOVELY
TOWN OF CLINTON, S. C.
PRICE:
ASTOUNDING PROSPERITY, £
r!\
’lie I>ire Post-War Prostration
of the South
romptly Succeeded^d Phenom
enal Industry, <iU ‘uft
and Wealth.'’t
The story of the South’s resuscitation
ace the war will read like a romar.ee to
ose who have not habitually watched
e onward march of peaceful events in
iB section and observed the rapid, nay,
arvelloun progress which, with unhesi
ting strides, Las invaded every part of
ir fertile and favored domain,
in IStiO the world afforded to the piti ul
ntemplutlon of men no spot whose ah
lutely helpless impoverishment and
iverty exceeded that of these fair
luthern Slates. Tno oepopulation, de
ntation, paralysis, penury, humiliation
id ocium of toe war reseed upon her
sailed and woundtd shoulders, a nx.u-
e burden bound about
her neck like a
l yoke. Her !i .Ids were fallow, her
In ruins, her treasuries bare, her
auisbed, her hopes unattainable,
ia mourning. Her labor
>pie
t entirely by himself on his premises
.oat city. The vessel will be called the
Laura, and will ply the raging Ocmulgee
river.
Twelve millions of brick are being GRAPHIC
made and put into buildings in Johnson
City, Tenn., duringlthls year,being about
one-fourth the amount used per annum
in New York ci y.
The increase in Georgia's taxable prop
erty as compared » ith Dst year is repirt-
ed as ever fill OCO 000 Tie valuation ’s
f-115.000 OCO as against f251.000 C00 in 1880.
The crop of rice ia the section about
Lake Ctiailis La., is good premising a
very large yield. The lumber business
was never so prosperous btfore.
The activity in Unsocial circlcsof Tex
rs is greater than isnal at this time of
year. Money matters are easy, ana far-
nit is ia good condition.
The Augusta, Ga. Glass Works, began
operations last week. A large force of
glass biowtrs aiu operatois are employ
ed.
WHERE THEY FLIRT.
i\y Don’t Have .Electric Calls*,
I5nt Lots oi Fun.
laniBtU d.
ie other hand, the war had im-
such a distinct impetus to the
wealth of the Nortu, ISast ai d
made them Dot oniy Leutficia
i-i awiuI progress, hut seemed to
lein at. its ciose tn't\y upon a
ui)<-ppro<iCMabl6 and iiiimutablo
ity. To the casual eye it ap
that tne ascent of the other sec
iniuilaueoi-siy with rbe ittd. y
r>f tue South, w as to be strikingly
leal and absolute.
Isbed, her hopes unattainable,
e ia mourning, tier labor sy$- [ ^hink oj a graLd hotel
been obliterated and her ia numbers run as U r h as
,i..u j out an cievatoi!
where the room
798 being with
ut an cievatoi!
. - . ..... . . ! nvin k svnni k
It Is easier to climb Prospect mountain . , ...
. . , . „ . , ,. .. the highest p atea
back of the Colonnade row of cottages . , ,
. . . . tains and the seab
tlisn it is to mount she yarn, us stairways I ,, ...
. „ . .. is situated tb
to ti e top ff^or. Perhspssumetimeinthc 1
ME'fOm.
I Edik R Sunny SorTH: Upon one of p- serving ..... .
the highest p'ateaus between the moan- i ‘'^°“ r ri -:nj 2
s i , . . , , r „ .. oat tae fostering
tains and the seaboard of : outh Carolina
„ , . I Is situated the attractive and entereris-
to tee top ll.or. Perhspssumetimeinthc , ... , , ,, > ....
, . _ .. ing’own o'Clinton. During unto belli. :n Re
hear future tbere will be further cocces , . ... ,
, , . .. e . • tim- s Clinton was a vas wild-mess and
* to ti c spirit of modern improve- 1 , . . ... , ,
— - - was only visi-ed by the loves of spo
, hal' as I But time has
.... m of the White | and out of
tv DUS
Ak HllU HUBUiUIf.
u inis c&>—«.quarter of aeon
lb<- dark epoch—the trails
! Woo could hare wildly
ind who would have dared 10
iat the stupendous shifting of
of progress woula so soon—If
- sferihe activities and reail
ilth to me South and leave
lurm.d prairies tome of the
i prosperity whicu then else-
led as 11crose!
1 today, and
;;c) training up uirt nor*.
L.o' fath r o: moiti
Tuerc is an increase of the donaMons
th Orptiaujge over last year of -1,600
Toe present uumisur of children is
pie can sit down to the one bu. dred and
fifty tables without any seme of crowd
mg. This hotel covers more than an <-c.e
of ground.
it doesn’t contain a bathioom.
It has no annunciator.
&ou.c cay tne guest may be
ere trod
I by the wild beasts of the p<isf,.havi
b'eo converted into broad -treet. 1
avenues, which serve as »he highways
for an energetic an r-n’lghtened people.
L Abont the y*ar 1S6S a dozen or more
men. sming the natural advantages
which this pla-e postes-o-t hegan to
clear away the f.irest srid build a town.
The aborigines of the vicinage were in
dined to rowdyism, and tney at iir-t. be
gan to build barroon s, to the to at arnii
hllation of every other good euterpiise.
Consequently for je r* t *"*—
was cursed w ith an »
These * ifci d 1 ballroom Dll ( M ^
i the 8 “h for’which the sec I l.igut, ‘“F* 4 *pambermato. sue t»
tlmer dreU nor ambi tae door uob and
c famous. f southern \ ‘ Lu ey! ’
^nastoiasuind^lem! Ap*«:, oudbr , and another
traction she will 1U in Tn.s tirne * Ut«e
Lu U l n !> t g he ball toiMli ^
’part cf the ci\ ^ a i90 t at ,ioP, I From 7 tP ly:
"t'a”»•'
f the highest oracrw aa ’ui, 1’-of fee« •)«»*»
best »“PP olt ‘.s Dcei There U a shuflimg tMU a c.'ii.ci^
populaiioh C bU ppiied 1 ba Uway The voice oi the b
uniuUTrup o Jj o , lu nts. l lio n in a lu »^ dera t, the close.
tone" capable^ -^“euioer, bucyV- M&;d replies:
Itv A g' allCc f the 1 The voice of tne on*
U 'rec«pU“l at ^ ir gro . atn 1 “V* as m.” shuffling soun
The voice u-
‘id rccupith 1 ^'”". growth I -Y a as m.” lxie shuffling soon
Serial “ r ° Tue door ail au d dies away.
rill r6Vt<l i of 1881! be taken paBtt cs oack people ■“ L . go I
• - “ * Giooc p.moci- -_
' fi'.ji 1890 when c ,
‘lS80, aie o
r.d by these may hei^ woi> t |
s ot caXUlalio :ctil ruio
ih =V o Wtfflc. T > i d !U
of 1800 , hiv- !..ilof
will picbabiy , iicll
oscs^twuiiny by y^^w
i Will U‘jt
1 intelligent too mat all
•Uiig J“md «him me
ucevmpii eu otiug
of U'c bourn ^ d
(.sailed or mrea _
v, ,1-ring Phrase Origina-
™ s, f c a«”Kion«=L.
, cb-ascs or'ginamt
Where co b.im- ^.VabUually iudui S c
i Thousands of P _V’ fc a ti.oognt or
\ the am oi slaig «« biub the
l^reastotheBomceJom aou t
nlaer o.idoad
r«. t Ceiioininatlons id ou. oououy. . . .
Ornbanage prt pores ijs pupils for every
hono'able vocation In li'e. from the
“horny handed sons of toll” up to the
man who heralds the comiDg of the Mes
slab
Lr J acobs, in his history of the orphan
age, says:
“In 1871 the agricultural feature of our
paper was drrpped. the name changed
to Our Monthly,’and it evidently be
came whst it is now, a vehicle for re
llgious thought and infor nation about
the work we are trying to do as a church
for the Master.”
This journal is printed by the boys of
the Orphanage who are thorooghly drill
ed in typography. The industrial feature,
in the work of the Orphanage, is a very
prominent one.
Mrs Slmonton is in charge of the do
rrest’c d. partment. In this hratclithe
girls do all the work requir d in the
k.tchcn dining ball, and laundry. They
are engseed in the preparation of more
than 90 000 moats, a- d the washing and
ir- ning tf nearly 20 000 garments, aunu
a lv.
a lv.
T
M
sucee
.. m is under the si
Watts, and has proved
f rviaion of
o he quite
,i r-- r phrase came, j meauu>
theL ightesi ld; ’° [ lt ,t,ui are coined b
Uount-ess aa aotoia, but « or
Ulin m r stmpl“ ihcidcm w i coU , „ ro
1,S Serf-‘S,“
«■ “rh.f ureseutceasu-.: shirt. progmssed t > tbe tef?r es
,. a „aes ^“\? C iho U- ores fieot of
t fi ^ ;-;,rV : r«
‘ Ha ^ y .!-or ft 'snd“b'.v’“ i^W C00
being erected in ev-ry P
Ir V* Http, And has proved »o o<- quire f
jco^ks Mr. W-itts has sui-p itd t?ie de
M5^ 3 t-L(i Orphp.nsig-* fot v«tetab!e*»
fruit, etc. Tao c r «tJdren alpo havf
at cfcs- to a. v*rv «ood library w‘.ii cod
tAi;,. about 2 3G7 vo'umes aDd is cor
startly increasitur Trie rt useum, whic
k .inil-ft ftfir.ifr.fsfa tiff.ir m tiiiioh nlf>n<iiir
^rthe%" tenlCea8U
,’Tlt OF THE SOOTH.
, y e r one bun-
Pl „per. y h aB cf‘^n ^iso has equal
VaVLTo"' the
boring toWD i , - C oiomhla a Mi the Georgia
Columni*. , rr aded to that P^ t T c , iu
I ‘TusedTee' 111 ;Te r ‘ugn and ^ rfa ,ig
caused 0 the team we = uade nly, are
s Hiimy home
lit* i are
,hc aercy teat
oe \v:lh her prayer.
: in words as prech.ua as life itself tells of
Its.undaunted and steady growth.
Harris.
THE WAR IN FLORIDA.
The Midnight Kout of Billy Wilson’s
Zouaves in 1861.
BY O. C. P.
EN8ACOLA HARBOR,
Florida, being much the
best on our portion of the
Mexican Gulf coast, the
United States Govern
ment many years ago
chose it for the site of the
Naval station foriis war
ships doing duty in the
Gulf. The early Spanish
explorers built the town
of the name about nice
miles up the bay on its
west* rn shore.
The “Navy Yard” 'as
the station is called there; was located
about midway between the town and
gulf, on the same slior r , the w, stem, and
comprised coiufortablo dwellings for of
ficers and men, warehouses for all things
needful for ships of war, a large excel
lent hospital, etc.
Ou the same shore, right where the
Lay meets the gulf, there was and is) a
pretty old, but not a strong Fort, McRae;
and abont a mile up the same shore there
was a new ard peeuliar one, built in the
soft earth, with under ground galleries
of arched bricks, calli d Lort BaraDcas
There lies along the main land east
ward from here mat y miles, a low narrow
island of sand-bank character, called
Santa Rosa, whose western end is in th e
very entrance to the harbor: and on this
was built t he main defe i-c, Fort Pickets,
oneof the strongest in all the country—
it was truly formidable to old tiuie wood
en fleets. .....
In the genera! s-izure of the Lulled
States fortifications by the S uthern
Governors, which attended secession, we
securen McRae and Baraneas, but the
great fort was not captured, and the
N rthiru Government promptly throw
into it a strong g-»rrison of S00 r^gu-ars
under Col. Browuo and Major V -edes
The Niagara, t he largest of the war fleet,
was ordered to lie at anchor n^a^ the
fort on the Gulf side, while Col. Wilson,
with his zouaves, was order, d Hither,
and tl uy went into permanent camp on
the island about half a mlie east oi tl e
fo-t It was a very large r«giment. full
ef conceit, and was made up of «s brawny,
reckless men as could be found in New
York.
It was reported that on landing, each
man kr.ell and swore on the Bible never
to ct-sse fighting while a Con federate
soldier remained iu arms. From the
tali lighthouse on the main land they
could be seen practising the z ua\e drill
with their swoid bayonets. Tuey had a
terrible reputation.
. Thna there was a Federal force which
ocnn.'irieiiB .iux. « ._ . .jgp
enemy's fort, In the eventof hostilities
The Confederate Government was be
ing car.iedon at, Montgomery, Alabama,
distant only 140 miles in the interior,
across a country which afforded no bar
riers, in the way of rivers or mountains,
to impede its invasion; and it was
thought advisable to keep a good force
at this point, lest the enemy should sud
denly aitempt to laud an overwhelming
army and marcu upon our capital.
We had a choice army of twelve thou
sand, and Gen. Bragg was our com
mander. It was encamped for miles
along the ocast of the Bay. The brave
Gladden, a Mexican veteran, was a,so
here with a brigade. Many middle aged
and tlder y gentlemen of prominence
were here at the time, soldiering as
“high privates,’’ to show thtir love or the
cause and enceursge the youngsters and
the rank and file generally. There was
talent enough in the silver tongued Cap
tain Alphcus Baker’s company, of Eu
f-ula. Ala., to carry on a government.
Naturally, in the first several weeks
thtre was an almost irrepressible dtsirc
among our troups to possess tlio big fort,
even though it had to be taken by storm;
aud once scaling adders were got ready
tor thin. But the mad project was for
tunately abandoned
Tuus did the two argry forces lay with
in a ii iio and a quaiter of eaehotner, tno
line 22 fett ship cnauuel of tuis Bay
keeping tue peace between them.
One dara nigat some of the enemy’s
car boats can o within short range of me
navy yard and find a round uf grape shot
promiscuously into it, after whiett they
pulled off witu yel.s of derision.
Tnis wanton insult may have instigatr b
the right expedi'ion to oehere narrated.
A short time af. erwards, one evening,
when it vva3 so near dark that the cue
uiy’s waicu evu’d not see what was go
lDg on on our tide of the channel, your
correspondent, who had but recently ar
nved and had not yet mustered in, saw
a picked detail being made from each
company aid obtained permission to
borrow a musket and fall In.
The details from our portion of the
long-strctcned army were assembled be
hind an old building, and Lieutenant
Colonel Chalmers took command and de
livered a little battle speech, rather sad
and oratorical, intimating that we were
hound for a very perilous undertaking.
He tried to imitate the quavers as laid
down in the Bchool books eif oratory. As
it was his first speecn he is to be forgiven.
A year or to later iu his military career
he would have been curt and blulfin his
rdmai s
We were next double quicked to the
navy yard wharf, and conveyed thence
en the little ferry steamer to Pensacola,
where the others of the details were as
sembled. After wailing for several hours
in the night, the troops were ordered on
board a number of scows las coast peo
pie call tue river flats of the interior)
and these were towed by two rickety oln
steamers, the smallest ever seen.
Vie were lauded four milts up the
island, so as not to be discovered by the
enemy. We bad a thousand men. It
was a clear, starlight Light, no moon,
and on'y a gentle breeze stirring. The
foice was an ided into three columns; oi.e
being ordereu to advance in thedirectlon
oftheen my, d >wn tne Bay beacb; one
by the outs.de, or Gulf beach, and the
third— which included our squad—down
the middle of the island and as nearly at
a double quick as possible, which speed
the brush and grass rendered fearfui
marching. But we kept the g-it, which
be'ore rung ran us upon a seutiuel, who
banged away, of course. W« dashed on
the faster, running over sentinels until
wo wore halted at the edge of the zouave
camp
Tne Ziuaves were now all aronsed, and
turned out and fired a volity without
orders. Their oliicers duly stopped this,
and began to form the men for battle!
The lines wtre so near that we could hear
the rattle of the cartridge boxes and the
voices of the odicers as they placed the
men and gave their orders iu low toues.
It seemed that they were preparing to
charge our Utile column of not more
than a hundred men, and many of these
beardless youths of the class which early
rusned into the army for the fun of the
thing. 1 feared the result of an attack
on such, by an overwhelming force of
stalwarts, with sabre bayonets and on
ground with which they were f-.miller.
The slaughter would have been horrible.
For once In my life, I felt that I was at
death’s door. The character of the zou
aves preclnded the idea of quarter. I ex
pected a shock of arms, and then a hope-
i<ss conflict against superior weapo s
and numbers, until cut to pieces. There
was nothing to stir the sou 1 , as in day
light in a great battle. Mars gave me
resolution to intend to kill as many of
them as possible and die fighting. I was
exceptionally well arm d
Lo! suddenly all waa changed! The
night was ablaz-l The terns were in
flames! Our column by the Oil f beach
had entered the camp by the rear while
we were drawing attention in fr mt, and
It was applying the torch, the men woi I-
ing ively, it being a good night for ciii-
va-to burn!
The blocdy minded zouaves now song it
safety in fi’ght. They took ‘ Fren u
leave,” vai.i-.liing noiselessly into toe
friendly darkness Erumpit, Eriphit,
Evasit. They had drilled much to cer e
Coo/ederats soldiers, but notin this r.
It, looked like many of them had re^d
Huditras’ phi.osophical plea forrtt.ni lg
away:
He that tii|hl
May live to (i
Bat he thai'
Shull
and run - away
lit another day:
in battle slain
r live to light again.
And they made good their escape, for we
saw uotnlng more of them. Some prison
ers said that their Colonel promptly took
refuge on board the Niagara.
It seemed strange that Col. Browne
did not neud out at least a few companies
to render what aid they could. A traa
military reconnoissauce would have dis
closed the weakness of our foice, when
the enemy might have combined and
fought us with superior numbers. They
might have fatally harassed our retreat
of four miles to tue ooats.
There was at least ona gallant soldier
aad Ohe soldierly dotti. Major Yogdes
came galloping up to know what toe
acSet was aoouc, when he v as politely
taken prisoner.
Our men did their task deliberately and
thoroughly, sparing oaly the hosoital.
It cou-ained some sick sold.era. They
uen returned to tae flits aad r- -. mbark-
ed in flue order.
And heie there was a mi3hap wh oh
light have been used fatally against us.
One of our miserable little, steamers could
not be put iu motion for a ■ nour. Bend
ing this delay — Ahicu a i igilaut enemy
;ht have used mor-t disastrously
inst us by firing into the men, massed
;aly on tne flits—only a email squsd
of blue coals pat in an app arauce aLd
fired at long range from behind saLd
banka, killing and wouuoing a few. Each
side lost a few, killed and wounded,
Litut. Calvin Sayre of our navy wts
wounded severely, nav.ug a leg broken.
A wild to raise waves only two feet high
would have detained us on the islana,
which m’ght have ended iu our capture.
The faiiuie of the column r,y tne gulf
beach to arrive in the nick of time would
have been disastrous. It will be sein
that we ran stveral serious risks and
mat our signal success wasowi. g largely
to what is called -‘luck.”
Nevertueiess, we ‘ put the daubing’’ on
in the molt vaniglorious and blood
thirsty of ail Mr. Lincoln s tw o thousand
menus.
Few \ eiretable l m>.
“Here Is a towel that Is never washed,
and yet is always kept clean,” said a
chemist, handing to the reporter at the
same time what appeared to the eye and
touch to De nothing more nor less than
an ordinary piece of coarse cotton tow
elling.
“What sorl of laundry do you send t
to?” was the natural inquiry.
“This kind,” rep ied the man of sci
ence, going over to the corner of his
laboratory and stuffing the towel into a
small stove that was burning brightly
there for chemical purposes.
“I understand,” said the visitor, “you
never use such a towel more than once ’’
“You are very much mistaken there,”
responded the chemist. ‘I use such
towels almost forever, and they almost
nev> r wear out.”
With that he ifted off the lid of the
stove again and took out the toivei with
the tougs. dipping it in co d water aad
then handing it once mere to the news
paper man.
“Why,” fxelaimtd the latter, “it is not
even h jured. What is it made of?”
•‘It is made of rock,” answered the
chemist; “but a very peculiar kind of
rock—so peculiar, indeed, that the an
cients supposed the stuff cf whicn th:s
towel is woven to ba of a vegetable na
ture. They used to wrap bodies that
were to he burned iu cloths mad,' of the
same flax like substance in orc-.r to setp
the ashes from being lost among tLe
ehaned wood of the funeral pyre. A;so
they used it for napkins and ;c-r lamp
svicks. ’
* But wLat is it called?”
“You have o r ten heard of it under the
name of ‘asb.-stoe,’ though very few peo
ple apparently have ar-y notion as to
what it ready is. Enormous deposits of
it exist in Canada and else where ft is a
form of a very bard rock called norn-
blende, and is found in strata of a fibrous
cousistency reaci.y divisible into silky
strands resembling tiix This likeness
has given it the name of ‘earth Uax.’
You can Bee for yourself from this towel
how much it looks like a vegetable fabr c
when woven. An asbtstos towel may
be used for pretty nearly the same pur
poses as an ordinary towel, and, when
it isdirty. all you have to do is to throw it
imo the fire and rake it out after a little
while perfec ly clear.”
“is asbtstos used for any other pur
poses in these days?”
“Ob, yes. It iB employed for roofing
material, boiler felting, paper stock, and
in the mixing of tiro proof paints for
stage scenery. Also clothes for firemen
and gloves to handle red hot iron with
are made of it. Sometimes the mineral
is found in thin sheets of interlaced
Hires, known as mountain leather. 1
Elsewhere it is not infrequently procured
in thick sheets, and in that condition is
calhd ‘mountain cork.’”—Washington
Star.
The Human Face.
The face is a page printed all over in
legible characters, in which we may read
inward thoughts and feelings that many
of ns would be glad to screen from sight.
It is a map—a cnartof the great deep of
the spirit. It is a tell-tale, a talkative
child, that never a secret keeps. The
face is a tablit. chiseled and engraved
with many s’gnsand symbols, but there
is not a stroke or a shade too deep, nor
a line that is fa si or men uiugleus It is
a iniiror that reflects with the utmost
precision; and that face only is boautitui
which reveais the inner beauty ot the
soul and heart As in a great picture or
wonder ul statue we read the soul or the
artist or sculptor, so in the human face
may we behold the master spirit _ that
works and rules, for thMe is a silent,
secret power behind. The mind, as a
sculptor, sits within and chisels and
moulds the face. Y- H. Mark,