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i Or special unimuiit with tit* author and
»— .Bill Arp', latum will be
“ *w*o*“» In the Bumrr Bouts,
id* will appear the him weak in each teener.!
laaa ef moral training. Dr.
I that the Presbyter! one have 12»ehurch«e
wlthoui paatQTB, and the BaptMahm
orar 10,0001 Nearly all at thaaa nout
churohoaom la tha country towaa, whaa
famine la tha principal occupation of
the people. They one* had paatonor
religious aarrleaa. bat not now. Tbs
nu mber of educated ana In tha Northern
palplta to steady decreasing and the
young men who an gmduatingfafae
ttcotoaloal aaaalnariaa an aaahineoth
er callings bacaaaa than an nc inviting
Held* for thaaa to work in. Tha dtp
ohnrehaa an fall, and tha eoantay
churchea will not pay anooghtokoap
body and aoal together.
Toa fact to that (Samara wboaa honaa
are under mortgage don’t taka mneh
s ock In praachera or preaching. Noth
ing bowa a man down like debt—a debt
that ha knowa ho can not pay. Tha beat
i ndex of tha prosperity and tne morality
of a community is tha atandiog of their
praachera. If tha people am doing wall
they have got praachera, and they pay
them, and they fix up their chnrchea and
take a pride ia them. Poor people, poor
pay; poor pay, poor preach, and hence
toe young men who want to preach an
discouraged.
But, thank the good Lord for hla mer-
ciss, this to not the case at the South.
Our am all towna are generally anpplted.
Yu u can hardly find one that doeanot
i hive preaching in eome church every
Sabbath, and Sunday achoola am almost
! ai'irersad. Goto Pine Log or Euharlee,
I or old Caasrl le, In our county, If yon
want to see Sunday schools. These am
all country settlements, and some one of
them always takes the banner at our
union celebration. On the whole, it does
look like our people am praaperiug and
our sunny South to looming up.
So mote it be. Bill Abp.
ET NOT him boast who
pntteth his armor on like
him who taketh It off,”
'’Let those laugh who
win,” “He laughs best
who laughB last,” and
other maxims to that ef
fect. We have had a little
episode up here ia the
mountains, and the way
it has turned out it looks
like some of us laughed
at the wrong time. But
it is all over now, and we
can all laugh, except
i'lov.n languine individuals who staked
tbrdr grwrjabacks and lost. They are not
y^t calm and serene. It Is right hard on
x filler to lose his man and his money
too. 15 a man will bet on an election, I
have always thought he ought to bst
against hie desires, and then If he wins
h» line got ala money, and if he loses he
gat his mar., and ho comes down easy.
WelL tt did loak like the old doctor
hast o^ocythlng in a swing aronnd hers
and -») 1 along the railroad for 130 miles.
1 mi think of a congressional district 130
miles long, and a great railroad splitting
U la two, and sixteen towns along the
lino, and the city of B >me red hot besides,
»ad almost everybody hollering for Fel
ton. '‘He Is bound to win,” said bis
friends, -the devil can’t beat him,” and
so the ; staked their pocketbooks until
they wore empty, and they am empty
aitlf.
Bat these farmers—''these alliance-
man’' -the? made no noise, they kicked
«p no dust, they waited until they could
see the whites of the enemies' eyes, and
then they 5 red all along the line. The
woods were fall of them. Where did
they »U come from? It reminded me of
the ild times when Dr. Miller used to
run against Lumpkin in this same dis
trict. They stumped it together, and k id
big h -rbecces, and tbe sovereigns came
our. by che thousand and ate the meat
and trank the eloquence, for Dr.
MUlnr had as much reputation then as Dr.
Falton lias got now, and he was called the
Dement saese of the mountains Lump
ktn woo a Mg, beefy, thick tongued man
and wulda’t elocute very much, bat he
was a Democrat, while Dr. Milltr was a
Whig. He made Lumpkin sick on every
stump— ao sick that sometimes when be
bail the ooccluslou he wou’dent take It,
and the boys all shouted for Miller, ana
tot’-nl him aronnd like the old Virginians
•ised mi Sole Patrick Henry. Good gra-
sions, what a racket they made bat; when
election day came the wool hats came
slipping out from their log cabins and
hollow legs, and from under the clay
roots and other biding places, and just
avscUutlngly snowed the doctor under. I
had ant forgotten those memorable cam-
jpatgnii. and hence I dident bank my faith
in a sanguinary manner upon Dr. Fel-
lon'i unco j is. I kept one ear open to hear
something drop, and it dropped But we
-an all aegn and rej nice now, for there
an btgjrer things than the seventh dls-
trt.’.t. Tie nation is safe, and that is vic
tory moegh for anybody. We did think
that wo wsre just obliged to have Dr
Felton ‘.a CoiigTess to fight the impend
ing battle, and lead the forces and elec
trtfy the Democracy, and swing his Dsn-
asc m blace and pat in his hallalaia licks
■aa.l isve the nation, but the news of our
victories have come over us like the
sounds of many waters, and hope has re-
vl-red aad fre-dom has quit shrieking,
aad juiw mayb« we can get along without
tha doctor. Maybe we can. I expr el the
old nan Eloquent has fought his last
I rv, he tought it nobly. Ha fought
to ,i*.-t« the pure Democracy, but maybe
It la act to be saved. I see that Mr. Gor-
m*a me of the alliance leadeis. says
that D imocracy is dead and Republic m
ism m lead and tbe people’s parly are
goi Jg to run the machine. Colonel Polk
sal ! that long ago, and so did Livlng-
slou hut it was si 1 smothered until after
tha dictions. It will come out now, and
it ought to. There are as many R?pub-
iicaoa ’.a the alliance up north and north-
wen* w there are Democrats, and they
are ohllgr-d to have a new name. Mr.
f irtnaa is right, and, if the; now party
w!** no right tnat is all we want. But
r>ht now, when the Democracy has won
taeeo -ifraal victories, we think the
.Southorn alliance ought to fall Into line
tad lot the good old dog wag his tall a
little wtiile longe. „ . . ..
B it I reckon we will all stand aside
aud lot the farmers have their own way.
.Fignfctug them don t seem to do any
like Colonel Patterson, of North
hiatisma. who, at his first battle with
tha eankees was ordered to take his regl
meat end charge a battery that was away
ovar on a hill and was throwing »n occa
sional shell down in the valley. .Boys,
*al<l U« ‘•you must shoot a chargin , and
charge a shootln’, and we’ll get’em.’
And she7 did, but when they got within
about a quarter of a mile the battery sud
denly lamed loose a terrific volley of
r-iM and cannlster upon them, which
demoraUcsd the colonel and he waived
hla iword and shouted: “Boys, quit
shioctn’ at ’em—quit shootin I say, ior
It iust makes ’em moddtr.
Wa wir. -ust quit shooting at the arm
ors and if they can get subtreasury and
run It, let them do it. If they can t, then
let them get something better. Let us
all wait and see. If the good old Demo
sratlc party has got to die, let them kill
it. Our Georgia fanners are not ta any
desperate condition and will do nothing
rash or unreasonable. They are better
off than they were a y e » r .^°-
returns and the canceled mortgagee
prove that. The farmers of Bartow were
never In so prosperous a condition. Just
•ontrsnt them with the farmers of Kan
su* where, out of 76 000farms,69 000am
■nderaiortgnge. Just think of that.
And 26 900 of these mortgages have been
foreclosed, and the farmerswhoonoe
own ed them am tenants at w *i)’ 11 * b . 1 ®
to be tamed oat at any day. What to
tha matter thereT If the tows ore op-
Dresstve, why don’t the same laws bring
mla here, too? There to n0 ‘intone
farm In twenty four that basa mortgage
upon tt in Bartow oounty. What to the
eaueu of this great and alarming dlffer-
encs between the farming Intemsta of
the North and tne South? Why to it that
Mains and New Hampshire Md Ver
moat have been partially abandoned by
lawn, olease tot os know what laws.
And this reminds me of what lb***
iust mad In the Andover B-rvlewforNo-
••niMt It Is tha organ of New England
orthodox/* It to now lamenting the de-
aar of religious Interest among we farm
inz population of the North. Dr. Dan-
isiKsasrsisss’^as
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ft?"wutSy^Swy to this,yonadvo-
WHAT THEY 8MOKE.
One of lirion’s Ion.
FLAG HERO JASPER, A FOLLOWER OF
THE “SWAMP FOX.”
Bosnian cigars are simply long rolls of
evil smelling leaf, and are only smoked by
tbe “moudjiks,” or peasants.
English cigars are made of American to-
baceo, but fail in manipulation. They look
bright and “wooden” rather than like a ' J “I> er ™ s a ^rgeantm the Volunteer
natural leaf product. I ?»mpon 7 recnnleil by Manon and merged
I into the Second regiment when it organ-
French cigars are very poor, bat es . j ze( ] w jtl. Col. William Moultrie !it the
tite government controls the industry tbe head xhis rpgjment. owed much of its
Bolistiag Under Mail—,H» Proves Werthy
ef HU Leader and Dias Defeadiag tha
Colara of HU Coasmaad—HU KzpleiU
at Moultrie mad Elsewhere.
ERGT. JASPER,
the South Caro
lina Revolution
ary patriot, whose
daring, sealed by
a heroic death,
J| placed his name
If'U among fame’s few
immortal ones,
was a recruit
bronght to tbe
camp of the Sec
ond South Caro
lina regiment by
Cupt. Francis Mar
ion. Marion, who
afterward earned
the title “Swamp Fox,” went into the Rev
olution with a popular reputation, and
that of a kind to draw aronnd him fight
ing men. He was known to be of that
stamp himself. He had volunteered in tbe
Cherokee war, and, having risen to a lieu
tenancy, led a forlorn hope of thirty men,
where twenty-three of the party fell. It is
a test of a soldier’s grit when he chooses to
unite his fortunes with a leader of spirit
and energy, and “Marion’s company,”
“Marion’s regiment” and “Marion's bri
gade,” as he rose from one rank to another,
each in turn gave proof that the men who
rallied aronnd him for his great name
were ready to seek glory with him and not
through him, following to the cannon’s
mouth whenever he led the way. William
people arc obliged to nse them or pay high
prices for Havana goods.
Tbe cigar of the native Bornean, living
In the Indian archipelago, is a black roll
celebrity, and also that efficiency which
earned its celebrity, to Marion. He was
early chosen major and helped to mold the
organization, am! one of his superiors in
’’ toba<-co, and is three inches long, ! gnisneo nimseu. 1 neoeconu iouna oniy an
s straight, of a dull gray green color. I outline of a fort, prepared for them, but
>uId take a courageous man to try it, | they set to work in anticipation of an at-
he native children smoke them all the ' tack by the British, and built up walls of
1 the first Revolu-
i in South Caro-
three inches long, tapering to either end, I the regiment called him its “architect.”
the outer leaf covered with a network of i Almost the first duty of the command
gray veins, like a cobweb. I was at Fort Sullivan or Moultrie, on Sul-
Thc Patagonian cigar is made of “peti- ’ I'van’s island, where Jasper first distin-
hoby” tobacco, and is three inches long,! gnished himself. The Second found only an
quite
It won!
yet the
time. I palmetto logs and sand, high enough to
Egypt uses a heavy black cigar, shaped afford protection for men standing at
like a barrel, not quite three inches long. | " rms - Moultrie was in command of
It looks strong enough to draw a load of the work, and it was unfinished when a
wood and lias thick, white veins upon its * strong Britishjfieet appeared in the har-
wrapper which look like pieces of string 1 ,>or * n -Line, 1“0. There were about 4->0
relied around it. I r '>’ on thirty-one cannon in the fort.
_ _ . .. . . ... I The British had eight vessels, mounting
The Italian cigar is a national mstito- J abont rjno cannon, and gave their first
taon. It is eight inches long, with a straw .| ow t() yi ou it r j e because it commanded
through it, and is remarkable for the fact j „ je ctltran ,. ( . to tl)e harbor . The spiri t of
that the manufacturer exhausts all the j ,^ e p arr j son ; s shown by the confidence
fertile resources of hw nature in m.-wing it ^ Moultrie had in the issue of the un-
so that it will not light. I equal fight. Ilis fort had one unfinished
Possibly the most expensive cigars erer side exjiosed to the sea and his ammnni*
made were the 20,000 Havanas made for ! tion was short, and though Gen. Lee,
Spanish Marshal Prim as a present for j tlio American commander at Charleston,
Napoleon III, each cigar being stamped wished to have it abandoned as 1 icing only
with the imperial N in gold. They art j a “slaughter pen,*'Moultrie insisted on a
said to have cost $12,000. j fight. When the formidable fleet ap-
The cigars of Germany are bad. From ’ pea rod and some one said that the fort
those smoked by the emperor down they | would i>e “battered down in a half an
are the vilest trash, yet this is due only to hour," the colonel said the garrison would
the public taste, for some very good cigars * then fight on “behind the ruins.”
are made by tire Germans, but the demand ] The battle liegan at 10 o'clock in the
for them is very limited. I morning and raged all day. Over twelve
In Himlostan tbe konda have fur ages id- ■ l>' In ‘l£p < l shots were fire,! at the fort, but
lowed their hair to grew to a great length,' thc «oo. coolly at their
Which they twist round and round th< ; work. .bung (err,hie eveeuM.m on he fleet.
heada.nl faricn into a knot in front, in Moultrie was the advance guard of the
which they carry a few cigars marie of J *
tobacco rolled in a green leaf.
Tbe first, cigars made by the Spaniards j j t W aveil proudly over the brave
were of tobacco loosely rolled and held to- n]rn ,, f thl . fi gl, t until a Brit-
gether by the silken lining of corn shucks, ] lsh shot thestaff- -I befall mast of a.ship
and always with a straw running through — an ,j j ( u . Hag fell outward onto the beach,
thecenter. to be withdrawn before smoking, I j ;ksp ,, r> n f lli> accord, resolved to re-
so as to secure a good draught. | P ( orc t ] |p banner for the hope anil encour-
The Bacndii-pczi iiavo a rongh looking agement of t lie patriots st a distance, who
cigar and arc seldom seen without one in J would wall li, witlr trembling hearts, the
their mouths. In smoking they inhale, * fate of Moultrie and its standard. Leap-
and when they eApei it they in alee .i sud- j ing the ram parts, he ran along the beach
den catch at the last wreath of smoke and under fire tlie whole length of the fort,
swallow it again, believing tills to be th€ cut the flag from the prostrate mast and
essence of ti»*'whole cigar. prepared to restore it to position. Just
above where it, fell t here was an embrasure
with a cannon at work. The captain of the
battery, Horry, was watching Jasper, and
when lie called for a sponge staff from the
cannon gave it to him. The brave ser
geant, still under fire, bound tlie flag to
rr the staff with cords, dim lied up the ram-
of the earth and to correct ships' compasses. 1 part and fixed t he standard in the sand on
A new departure in cremation is report ’ a lw?ti ‘’ n wall facing the fleet and in full
ed. A patent ii ts been taken out in Fnnc. ] of i he_ whole Jntrboi^ 1 his done, he
for an electric furnace for the rapid incin- ’ *"
eration of human remains.
A new stenographic machine in use by
the Italian parliament is capable of record- [
ing 230 wonts a minute, and ran l>e readily Jcarnlng ot tJasper s
manipulated by a blind person. | sword and prcS ented it with thanks in the
The official inspectors of the school of name of the country,
mines at Madrid have decided to appoint a ! Jasper declined a lieiitenant'scommis-
professor to instruct pupils in the applica-j gion offeretl him by tlie governor for bis
tion of electricity to mining and metal-j flag exploit, saying, “I am content to be a
lurgy. I sergeant.” But he was fitteil for higher
George Breed, of the United States navy, j work than routine camp duty, and Marion
has devi.-ed a method by which the passage !
of a broken current of electricity over a j
conductor in a magnetic field produces 1
musical tones of varying pitch and volume. 1
It lias been suggested that the study of
the influence of diet and habit npon the!
color of itair in different nations of men]
may cause discoveries by which the color
of the hair in the human race may be mod
ified by judicious treatment.
A lasting machine that enables one
operator to last 3,000 pairs of shoes a week j
is one of the latest things in labor saving
machinery. It tackles anything fromlighi
feminin footgear to the heaviest brogans,
and t he product is superior to hand work.
If doth can lie made ont of fine spun
glass it would soem a simple matter to
make it out of wood, and this is done b,
boiling -4 rips of fine grained timber, crush
ing them tielween rolls, carding the fila
ments into parallel lines, as with ordinary
textile material, and spinning them into
threads, from which cloth can be woven is
the usual way. *
SCIENTIFIC SQUIBS.
An electrically controlled lock for fire
arms has recently appeared in Germany.
Au’clcctrical gyroscope has twon devised
in Paris and applied to show t he rotation
nimbly bounded over the wall into the
fort, greeted by tbe cheers of his comrades.
The day following the battle, which was a
thundering American victory, the governor
l of South Carolina visited tLe fort, and
learning of Jasper’s deed took off his own
HOT WATER REMEDIES.
Tepid water acts promptly i
and is soothing as well.
; an emetic
KEl’LACTSG THE FLAG,
gave him a roving commission and a body
of picked men to scour the country in the
interest of the patriots. He was capable of
assuming various disguises, and had the
ennningand bravery that mark a good
scout, and would enter tlie enemy’s camp
, to induce their soldiers to desert. He nsu-
Headaclic almost al ways yields to tin a ;iy jj ad s j x followers, and Gen. Moultrie,
simultaneous application of hot water U ^ 1T h 0 commanded the brigade—Marion at
the feet and back of the neck. I yj me was colonel of the Second—stated
A towel folded, dipped in hot water, ■ in his memoirs: “lie [Jasper] often went
wrung out rapidly and applied to the stom- ! out and returned with prisoners before I
aeb acts like magic in cases of colic. I knew that he was gone. I have known of
There is nothing that so promptly cutj his catching a party that was looking for
short congestion of the lungs, sore throat . him. * * * He went into the British
or rheumatism as hot water, when applied * line* at Savannah as a deserter, complain
promptly and thoroughly.
A towel folded several times and dipped
in hot. water, and quickly wrung and ap
plied over the toothache or neuralgia, will
generally a fiord prompt relief.
A strip of flannel or napkin folded length
wise and dipjied in hot water and wrong
ing at the same time of our ill usage of
him. He was gladly received (they having
heard of his character) and caressed by
them. He staid eight davs, and after in-
iormtng mmseir welt or tneir' strength,
situation and intentions, he returned tons
again: hut that game he could not play a
second time. With his little party he was
out and then applied aronnd the neck of a j always hovering around the enemy's
child that has tlie croup will usually bring ! camp, and was frequently bringingin pria-
relief in ten minutes. I oners.”
Hot water taken freely half an hour bo- Notwithstanding the fierceness of the
fore bedtime is the best cathartic possible «*rife in the south, ’"here a most cruel and
in the case of constipation, while it has a relenttes civil1 war raged, Jasper was dis-
most soothing effect npon tbe stomach and t.nguisbed for his noblenestS-.nd generosity
bowels. This treatment, continued a few > n th «* S uemI1 f ^cnreionS In many an
months, with proper attention to diet, will ! encounter, single banded he spared bis
cure any curable case of dyspepsia-Hall’. ' toman rather than kill him preferring.
- mm bo said “fn Int IhOTn naf nff ”
Journal of Health.
Annie C. Webster, Dorothy James and
one or two other women are expert
poultry raisers, and have written much
and well on the care cf fowls. Tlie two
ladies named are beginning to be recog*
ni»«d as authority on poultry topics.
Poultry raising is a business at which
women can succeed and lay np a com
petency.
Lord I,ytton has written a novel to
French.
Bad yard Kipling put in type, printed
and published his first book.
Editor George W. Childs’ book of “Recol
lection." has had already a sale of ores
copies.
he said, “to let them get off.
On one of his scouting trips Jasper hod
the adventure at the spring which gore
him quite as mneh celebrity as did bis ex
ploit at the fort. The British held Savan
nah and the Americans were aronnd it,
the Second regiment lying np the river at
Pnryshurg. In ’the British camp at a
place called Ebenezer, Jasper had a Tory
brother, and one day he boldly presented
himself to him with the statement that he
had ceased fighting for his country, yet
“had not the heart to fight against her.”
K->re he remained until he had secured
valnable information, and then retained
to his own camp. Soon afterward, in com
pany with a comrade, he revisited his
brother, and on this trip he saw a party of
prisoners who had turned coats from Tory
I to patriot. The men prisoners had borne
Sea deserted, far whkfc thepunTshresat If
caught woe death. Tbe unfortunate prto-
oners were now on the wny to Savannah,
the British, headquarters, for trial. One of
them, on American by With, was secured
in chains and was accompanied by his wife
and child—a most touching spectacle, for
all believed that the men was on his way
to the gallows, a martyr to his principles.
When the prisoners left comp under a
guard of eight men and two officers to
march to Savannah, Jasper and his com
panion set out in another direction, and by
rapid traveling made a wide detour and
secreted themselves near a well known
spring, just off the main road, where it
was believed the party would halt far
water. A halt was indeed made at the
roadside, and the guards stacked their
muskets, two armed men only conducting
the prisoners to the spring. Tbe place was
not far from the British outposts of Savan
nah, and was in fact on territory, nominal
ly at least, controlled by Jasper’s enemies.
These fiicts rendered the guard confident
and less watchful, and though the imme
diate work of rescue was rendered simpler
by the attitude of the British soldiers, the
deed was on the whole extra hazardous.
There were ten armed men to be over
matched by two who were unarmed, and
in case of temporary success the rescuers
must make their escape through hostile
regions hampered by a band of prisoners.
The two British soldiers who went to the
spring leaned their muskets against a tree
while they filled canteens for themselves
and their comrades at the roadside. Quick
as lightning Jasper and his fellow rushed
ont and seized these two muskets and shot
down their owners. Then, without wait
ing to reload the pieces, they dashed upon
the main body of British and before these
could realize tbe danger two of them had
been felled by the clubbed muskets of the
bold assailants, and in this way the latter
ON THE FATAL PAHAPET.
secured two more loaded weapons. Placing
themselves between the helpless guard and
their stack of arms, the patriots were
masters of the situation and the outwitted
Britons promptly surrendered. The Tory
prisoners were at once released aud armed
with the captured muskets. The captives
and escort of a moment before now ex
changed places, and under Jasper’s able
condnct the whole party made their way
safely to tlie A mcrican camp at Perrysburg.
One of the honors conferred on the Sec
ond regiment for the gallant defense of
Moultrie had l>ecn a stand of colors pre
sented by a lady patriot with the hope the
men would “stand by them as long as they
can wave in the air of liberty.” The flag
remained with the regiment, but the long
reign of quiet which the Charlestown vic
tory of 1770 brought to Sonth Carolina
gave it no higher mission that to float over
a qniet camp. But when the French ally
Admiral D'Kstaing sailed with a powerful
fleet to the Georgia' coast to assail the
British in Savannah, tlie American troops
at Pnrysburg approached that city and
liegan a siege. After a protracted delay of
engineering the French admiral became
impatient and urged abomhardment by the
fleet to be supported by an assault. This
was made on the morning of Oct. 9, 1779,
and the Second Soutli Carolina headed by
Marion was in a column directed against
Spring Hill redoubt, on the Augusta road
west of the town. Taking advantage of
darkness and fog, the assailants pressed tip
close to tiie work and the battle opened
with the most terrible carnage. The
French admiral rode in Jtr column and
was wounded at the first volley. The gal
lant Pole Count Pulaski, leading the
American column with a body of horse,
was shot down at the abatis. Yet the
Carolinians pressed onward, passed the
abatis, and leaped the ditch, the Second
planting its colors upon the hemi or ex
terior crest of the parapet. Daring men
could do no more. Tlie British lined the
walls and blazed away in tbe very faces of
tlie assailants and a withering cross fire
swept along the ditch. A lieutenant and
Sergt. Jasper had one of the regimental
colors in charge, and the first beingslightly
wounded relinquished it to the sergeant.
The French standard waved alongside until
the bearers, aids of D'Estaing, fell mor
tally wounded. Next the other color of the
Second regiment fell with its bearer, and
Jasper, wounded and quite alone, mounted
t lie parapet and fixed the colors for the
last time in the face of tbe British.
As he did so lie received a fatal wound and
rolled over into the ditch. He died in an
attempt to redeem the pledge of bis regi
ment to defend their colors, the prond
sonvenir of the defen.se of Moultrie.
In his exploit of restoring the colors at
Moultrie Jasper had many imitators in
Charleston harbor daring the bombard
ment of Fort Sumter in the civil war.
Several times the Confederate flag there
was shot away, and volunteers went ont
under fire to replace it aloft..
Gkobge L. Kilmer.
Tlie Spectro-Lantern.
A novel and ingenious invention in opti
cal telegraphy is being used experimentally
in the Danish marine. The apparatus is
intended to render practicable a method of
telegraphing direct by light in Morse sig
nals. It depends for its action upon the
fact that white light, consisting of the col
ors of the rainbow, can be cut np by prisms
in a lantern into these colors, forming the
well known tends of the spectrum. By a
suitable and carefully arranged system of
screens and prisms these luminous spec-
trnm bands can be given a certain form,
which may be made to correspond with
tbe long and short dashes of the Morse
code.
When, therefore, the light from the
lighthonsc lantern Is ohserved from a dis
tance through a telescope fitted with a
prism the light appears to consist of these
signals, and can be so read by an experi
enced Morse operator. A quick and cer
tain system of night communication be
tween different vessels on the one hand
and between ships and the shore on tha
other has long been needed, and the spec-
tro-lantern bids fair to meet the want.—
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Fite Agtiost Then.
GALLANT WORK BEFORE MARYE’S
HEIGHTS AT FREDERICKSBURG.
Hereto, Windy tot Useless Charge* ef
tilled, the colors aSH standing and held by
■tout hands lying prostrate on the ground,
their comrades of Andrews’ and Palmer's
brigades repeated the daring advance, re
ceiving the punishment of their temerity
with marked coolness. The Confederates
I all of this time knew the grim hopeless
ness of the task before their opponents]
At the base of Marye’s a sunken road runs
the whole distance parallel with the crest,
| and on the side toward the town this rand
' i is protected by a high stone walk Thera
Where Leaders aad Mea West Dews j being a gentle terrace from the base of the
ia Theasaads I hill to the crest, this break in the surface
I ia not discoverable for the eye at a casual
— —— , — | glance. When Kimball’s men reached it
HEN the Army of ggj recoiled the Union army knew that
J™ WM - the enemy had not permitted the easy
led by Gen. Bom- j cr08S j n g D f the river and the approach to
aide to the Rappa*. the heights without a purpose. Marye’s
hannock, opposite Heights was a “slaughter pen,” and but
the Con federate one division of infantry and a battalion of
camps at Freder-! ar tillery was required to hold it against an
lcksbnrg, It took , ermy of assailants.
position on Star-1 X he Union order for attack had been
ford Heights and ( that Hancock’B division should follow
coaid look down ( jfrench, an d unappalled by the experience
npon some of the ■ D f that division these noble troops took
most formidable . n p the fight. Gen. John C. Caldwell led
of the enemy a ^vith his brigade, the Fifth New Hamp-
worka. The atmosphere was clear, tbe ghire> seventh. Sixty-first and Sixty-fourth
view unobstructed, and it was a fascina- New y ork and Eighty-first and One Hun
ting pastime to study the ground at safe ( dred and F orty -fifth Pennsylvania Fol-
range, and let fancy play with things that : j ow ing hint was Meagher with the Twenty-
might come to pass. The ground was too ( e jghth Massachusetts, Sixty-third, Sixty-
low, as we saw it from above to give an ( ninth and Eighty-eighth New York, and
idea of danger, and its sloping front looked , Qne Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania,
to be passable, so far as natural otetrnc- j the Irish brigade at its best. Last came
tions were concerned. The Confederate Co , g K Zookf Twenty-seventh Conneo-
artillery, with the exception of a few guns tic ut. Second Delaware, Fifty-third, Fifty-
ODR QUIZ COLUMN.
in the earth batteries, was masked, and
when the whole length of line to be de
fended by the Confederates was taken into
account it did not seem nnosual that this
particular stretch should be so moderately
guarded. In truth, the conclusions we ar
rived at while looking down npon the
plains and foothills where we were to meet
the enemy were all to be upset on closer
inspection of his position. To the crossing
of tbe river by Burnside but little opposi
tion was made. The Confederates had one
brigade on picket in the town, which
reaches the river bank where the ground
is favorable for bridging, and while onr
engineers were throwing across pontoons
they were many times driven from their
work by bullets fired from the houses
alongshore. Finally, toward the close of
t he day, I)ee. IX, 1862. volunteers from the
Seventh Michigan, Nineteenth Massachu
setts and Eighty-ninth New York braved
tlie sharpshooters’ fire and pushed across
in boats, driving off tlie riflemen, Barks
dale’s Mississippians, and completely clear
ing the river for the engineers.
The army was nearly all across by mid
day of the 12th. and deployed on the plains
aronnd and below the’ town. A heavy fog
hung over the valley during the forenoon,
and when it cleared away we saw for the
first time that go which way we would it
would prove uphill work to dislodge the
battalions of Ia-e. From the point of view
we now had on the plains what before had
looked like knolls became hills and hills
became mountains. Marye’s Hill, or
Height, did not extend over more than a
division front of our troops, and a division
was not a twentieth part of the amv.
But slight though it appeared against the
great back ground of hillside its situation
between two hills, Taylor’s and Telegraph
(afterward called Lee’s), made it a key, and
that fact, together with its evident; im-
;>ortanee to las-, shown by the care ex-
;>ended on the defenses around it, caused
the soldiers who considered it as a point to
be passed, of course at any hazard, to scan it
minntelv. It did not compare with South
Mountain, Maryland, in height, nor in
abruptness, and the majority of them had
taken part in the assaults there, a few
weeks before, in the Antietam campaign.
The day of crossing passed without at
tack, but our whole line was subjected to
artillery fire. Early on the 13th the Union
left wing advanced direct in front and
fought a desperate battle with “Stonewall”
Jackson and were repulsed. While this
movement was in progress against Lee’s
right flank tlie troops in front of Marye’s,
who had been ordered into readiness to
charge, stood in suspense. They were the
divisions of French and Hancock of the
Second corps, at thus time commanded by
Gen. D. N. Couch. The order to advance
came to the troops about noon as they were
in close column on the edge of the town.
seventh and Sixty-sixth New York, and
Fifty-third Pennsylvania
It woald simply be a multiplication of
words to attempt a description fitting what
followed. Zook swept along with a line
as even as thongh on parade, and at every
step the men of French, who had covered
themselves on the field, arose and fell in,
literally taking the place of those of Han
cock’s men killed on the way up. Kim-
f
TFIE IRISH BRIGADE.
nail’s few survivors, still clinging to their
colors, were the last to fall in. But th*
Confederates have been re-enforced at tha
stone wall and their ammunition replen
ished. Such daring as French’s men have
shown and Hancock’s will imitate has
fairly alarmed the Confederate command
ers, and the stone wail and sunken road are
strengthened for the next charge. Zook’s
men recoil before the stonewall after going
within pistol shot, and then comes the Irish
brigade with a cheer. From the heights
above the green flag of Erin is recognized.
After them Caldwell sweeps np, gather
ing men from ail the other commands and
pressing up to within twenty and even fif
teen yards of the wall. At th[p point dead
men of the four brigades of Kimball, Zook,
Meagher and Caldwell were found at the
’time of burial.
Other charges were made by Howard’s
division of the Second corps, and by Sykes’
and Humphreys’of tlie Fifth. They were
brave movements in the face of the dread
ful havoc that had gone before, but the
deeds of French and Hancock could not be
surpassed; their heroic dead marked tbe
limits made in the advance. No embel
lishment could be added to their simple
record more startling than the actual fig-
I ures of losses in Hancock’s division, where
| they equaled those iu any two of the othera.
[ Hancock took into action 5 000 men and
I lost 2,000 in killed and wounded. The
| Fifty-third Pennsylvania lost 9 officers ont
of 14 and one-half its men. Tin- Seventh
New York lost 18 officers out of 23 and very
nearly half its men. The Fifth New
Hampshire lost 17 officers out of 23 and
over half its men. It had five commanders
during the action, the first four being
killed or wounded. Tbe Sixty-ninth New
York lost 10 officers out of 19 and over half
No i^cnnnaissance of the ground to lie gone
over nad liccn marie, for the reason that it
was under fire of the enemy and was ex
posed to a scrutiny through the field glass
that seemed to uncover every obstacle im
portant, to be considered. Apparently it
was a clear field except the usual fences
and small buildings, and when tliiscleared
ground should be passed a short sharp , , , , , . .,
run would take tbe assailants up the slopes ! lts men - «"' 1 ^ four commanders in the
action. The Eighty-eighth New \ ork lost
to the Confederate lines.
The storming colnmn was led by Gen.
Nathan Kimball's brigade, the Fourteenth
Indiana, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth
New Jersey. Fourth and Eighth Ohio and
Seventh West Virginia. Then followed
Col. O. H. Palmer’s brigade, the Four
teenth Connecticut, One Hundred and
Eighth New York and One Hundred and
Thirtieth Pennsylvania. Col. John W.
Andrews’ brigade, the First Delaware, . _ , . . , t ^
Fourth and Tenth New York and One | ^ Fcnnsyivama lost twelve officers out
Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania,
half its complement of officers and men.
The One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsyl
vania lost nearly 30 per cent, and the One
Hundred and Sixteenth lost heavily, hav
ing four different commanders during the
engagement.
The Twenty-eighth Massachusetts lost
nearly half its number, and the Second
Delaware suffered severely, having two of
its commanders wounded. The Eighty-
closed the division of French, who opened
the ball, moving at what is called brigade
front, the several regiments of each bri
gade in a line. Kimball had not proceeded
over 200 yards before tbe first hidden ob
struction of the field destroyed his forma
tion. This was a canal too wide and deep
to be passed without breaking up the col
umn and moving by tbe flank across some
narrow bridges. The new movement ex
posed tlie men to the fire of artillery on
the hei,
plough
On they
yards to the front, where they reformed,
and then for tlie charge.
of sixteen and over half its men, and had
three commanding officers wounded. The
Fifty-seventh New York lost nine officers
ont of eleven, two of its commanders
among them. The Sixty-sixth New York
lost heavily and had three commanders
▲ FEATHER Iff HIS CAP.
lire. YanHork, Minn.: Giro mm «hn
origin of tbm expression, “A fanfare fa
bin cap.”
“A fanfare in his cap,” nn nxpr—rioH
signifying honor, distinction, arose front
the custom prevalent among the ancient
Syrians and perpetuated to fain dag
among the various savage or semi-elril-
ixed tribes of Asia and America, of adding
a naw feather to their bead-gear far
every enemy slain. In tha days of chiv
alry the maiden knight received hie
casque featherlem and won hisplnmae
as he had won hi* spurs. In a manu
script written by Richard Hansard ia
1S96 and preserved in the British Maae-
nm, it ia said of the Hangar Ians, “It hath
been an antient coatom among them
that none ahonlde wear a father bathe
who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt
was lawful to shew the number of fethers
In his cappe.” In Scotland and Walee it
is still customary for the sportsman who
kills the first woodcock to pluck ont a
feather and stick it in his cap.
MISTAKES OF EMINENT DIVINES.
Win. Johnson, Lebanon, Ky.: I beard
a gentleman who pretends to be author
ity in such matters, say yesterday t at
Dr. Talmage’s oratory was very beauufol
bat that his dates or quotations were not
to be relied npon. It it true that onr
eminent divine 1s ever guilty of the error
of mal quotations or wrong data?
To be in error sometimes is bat human.
We do not recall batons instanoe, how
ever, where Dr. Talmage was incorrect.
In speaking of Cromwell’s stern Puritan
religion, he declared that he ordered the
doxology to be sang to the tune of “Old
Hundred,” and that the soldiers sang aid
fought and gained the victory while lus
tily singing this doxology.
An unobtrusive bat deep student re
minded some who were extolling this fi ae
burst of oratory that the oratory was
fault less, bat what of the truth of the
statement, since the doxology was not
written nntil 30 years after Cromwell’s
death.
TO RENOVATE OLD GLOVES.
Mrs. Warren, Ind.: Toil me how to
renovate my old gloves?
Buy a tube of ivory black oil paint, mix
half the contents with gasoline to the
consistency of thin cream, adding more
gasoline from time to time as it evapor
ates. Pat the gloves,! which should pre
viously have been mended with black
silk and cleaned with pure gasoline), on,
one at a time, as smoothly as possible,
and give them a generous coat of the
thinned paint, nsing a small brush, and
nibbing it well into the kid. Be very
careful to apply evenly. Draw the gloves
off and lay them on paper to dry, being
careful to preserve the shape of the hand.
After drying, touch np any spots that re
quire it. Gloves of any color can be treat
ed in this way. it is excellent too for
brightening black ones badly worn.
SWEET PICKLED APPLE3.
Housekeeper, Marietta, Ga : Give me
a tested recipe for sweet pickled apples?
Take fonr pounds of firm sweet apples,
and peel. Pat one quart of vinegar in ■
porcelain lined kettle, with three pounds
of sngar; boll, spice, pnt tbe applea in,
and cook very slowly until tender, take
the apples np, pnt in a jar, boil the syrnp
thick and poor over.
[KKOT
Wednesday 1 TWO NIGHTS. ( November
Thursday./ Matinee (. 12and i:k
Tmirsday.
— THE CHARMING COMEDIENNE —
LIZZIE EVANS,
In her most Popular Gomedies.
Wednesday Night
and Thursday Matinee,
“Fogg’s Ferry,”
Newly revised and rewritten. Lizzie Evans in
her famous character of
“CHIP.”
See the Great Torpedo Explosion sensation !
— Thursday Night—
“The Buckeye,"
A qusiut picture of Ohio life. Lizzie Evans in
her original character of “Mary Jane."
New Songs, New Dances, Medleys, Etc.
Regular prices. Reserved seats at Milter’s.
LIZZIE EVANS.
Next WedneDsday and Tmirsday
nights, with inatloee on Thursday after
noon, the opera house will resound to the
merry langa of charming Lizzie Evans,
one of tne brightest and nost uatural lit
tle comediennes on the American stage.
Miss Evans has b?sn coming to Atlanta
for several years aud each season has
killed or wounded. There was none of the ! shown marked im provement In fare
... ... . ait i methods, and she has become a decided
excitement ol a both contested battle to . favorite with our theater goers. This
inspire these men, no dazzling prize bai- | tiins she will be seen in a revival oT her
anced in tlie air to be seized by the bravest popular comedy, “Fogg’s Ferry,” which
and the quickest. Before them lay the has lately been rsvissd and written, and
i stubliorn iniIs, the silent cannon and the 1 is said to be a great improvement over
Lawyers WhoCan’t Practice in New Jersey. !
There is a modest Brooklyn lawyer in
New Jersey who believes lie has struck the
most truly rural spot in all the state. He
was retained to attend to a complaint be
fore the local justice of the peace. The
charge was assault, and the lawyer and his
client meant to fight the case. When the
justice read tbe complaint the lawyer said:
“I appear for the prisoner.”
“Who are yon?” asked the justice.
The lawyer informed him that he was a
member of the New York bar. “That may
be,” said tbe judge, “hot yon can t prac
tice in this court.”
“I’m a counselor of tbe supreme court ef
the state of New York,” said the lawyer.
“That doesn’t make any difference,” said
the judge. “Now, sit down.”
“Suppose I show ytrar honor that I am a
counselor of the supreme court of the
United States,” said the lawyer, trying to
placate tbe country Solon.
“Now, let me tell you,” said tie judge,
“that you must be a counselor at law from
the state of New Jersey before you can
practice here.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
Marcns Daly, “the copper king” of An*
conda, Mont., has purchased the most val
uable consignment of young trotters that
ever left. Kentucky. There were three 2-
year olds, including the $10,000 lady Wil
ton, record 2:25; ten yearlings and three
weanlings.. They are by Red Wilkes, Rob-
ert McGregor, Beil Boy and Billy Wilkes.
This lot of youngsters coat Mr. Daly $54,000.
KIMBALL’S CHARGE.
The enemy on Marve’s Heights have been
waiting hours and hours for just this.
IxMjgstreet's excellent division, nnder Mc-
Laws, with the famous Washington artil
lery, have the stronghold in their keep.
Kimball’s men move on with a “Hi! hi!
hi!” bayonets at a charge, battering down
fences with ciublied muskets as they go.
Scores of our cannon from Falmouth and
Stafford Heights fire npon the Confederate
guns on the hill. The screaming of shells,
the roar of cannon, make a terribie din,
but the men have their orders and see
their goal and press on without specific
commands. Soon the Confederate gunners
change their ammunition from shot and
shell to canister and spread great havoc iu
the ranks of the devoted brigade, bnt the
survivors go on nntil they are staggered
by an unexpected volley of musketry al
most in their faces. The second hidden
obstacle, most desperate of all, has been
met, the sunken road and stone wall alive
with Confederate riflemen, who till now
have held their fire. Kimball’s men look
around for their supports and see none at
band. Half of the line has fallen on the
way across the plain, and now the regi
ments plant their colors and lie down,
covering themselves as best they may from
the withering fire and awaiting some re-
enforeemente. The brigades of Andrews
and Palmer followed Kimball’s with the
same experiences, and they, too, halted
and lay in their tracks.
To the enemy on the hill and behind the
stone wall this appeared bloody work in
deed. They noted and admired the re
markable coolness of Kimball’s men in
planting colors to mark their alignments
within stone’s throw of the wall, where
the muskets were kept hot with the rapid
firing. Then when Kimball’s line van-
TURF NOTES.
It is stated that Tournament, Senator
Hearst’s great colt, won nearly $9",000 in
stakes and purses during 1890.
Byron McClelland paid O. Vest, Jr.,
$1,135 for tlie 3-year-old bay colt Pullman,
by Glengarry—Kathleen, by Lexington.
Tlie trotting mare Pixley, by Jay Gonld,
started the season with no record, and,
thongh site now has one of 2:10, she has
been unable to win a single nice during
the season.
Some mathematical turfite has figured
that a horse at a 2:30 gait covers thirty-five
and a quarter feet every second. When Sal
vator made tlie mile record he went at the
rate of fifty-five feet a second.
N. Armstrong says that Spokane, by Ry
der Ali, dam Interpose, by Intruder, who
won the Kentucky Derby in 1SS9, will never
face the starter again. Mr. Armstrong says
he has been permanently retired to the stud.
Semper Fidcle, perhaps the best 2-year-
old in the west, has been sold for $10,000 to
\V. R. letcher. of Kentucky. Semper Fi-
dele, a bay filly by Ixingfellow- Ia SyW
phide, lias won five of her seven starts this
year. Among these was a mile race in
1:44^ under a double pull.
Tlie yonngest- owner now on the turf is
Harry Cadigan, agtid 9 years, proprietor of
Lord Harry. Tlie colt only cast $350 and
was a present to the lad. At a low vain*
tion Lord Harry is worth $4,000, and ba
has earned t his year in purses and wagers
many times t hat amount.
A thorough examination has been made
of the stallion Superior, who was reported
to have tieen killed while being loaded on a
train at, Pneblo, Col., and the surgeons be
lieve that be will recover, bat will never be
fit for another race. His owners claim that
he coaid trot, the kite shaped track at In
dependence in 2:10.
It is said that the bay stallion Pilot
Knox, 2:19 S 4, winner of the Batch stallion
race at Boston in 1885, is masquerading
ont west, under the name of Piedmont
Chief. This Maine stallion is now in hia
15th year, and. although not very well np
in his own class, could make considerable
trouble in a field of 2d0 horses
Tbe tendency to lop tbe ear varies mneh
in different animals. Rabbits lop their
ears after a comparatively short period of
domestication, and with the exception of
dogs are almost the only lop eared animals
in Barope and America, bnt in oriental
countries all the domestic are
more or less lop eared, a fact which sug
gests that they have been mneh longer un
der domestication than their congeners in
ber of musical features, Including med
leys, dancss, etc., from the latest cimic
operas. In this she will be assisted by
her comedian, Harry Mills. Her sup
porting company this season is said to
be the strongest she has ever carried,
aud includes Miss Marion P. Cllffson,
Miss Lucille La Verne, Miss Emma Haw
thorne, Harry Mills, W C. Donaldson, S.
H. Vorney, A. R, Brooks. Paul R. Ever-
ton, G. W. Spencer and others. “Fogg’s
Ferry” will oe produced with special
scenery, the set for the third act, the
famous torpedo exp'osiou scene, being
especially realistic. OoTaursday night
Miss Evans will appear in her original
character of Mary Jane, In “The Buck
eye,” the clever comedy which she par
chased from Denman Thompson, and
in which she successfully starred last
season.
Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15.
Saturday Matinee, 230.
* Patti Rosa *
Tlie bewitching little bundle of loveliness, will
appear in Atlanta Friday and Saturday No
vember 14 and 15, in her new comedy drama -
“IMP,”
and Saturday Matinee as "Margery Daw "
Regular prices. Reserved seats at Milters.
PATTI ROSA.
Our theatre-goers will be glad to learn
that Patti Rosa appears on November
14th and 15th in her new comedy drama,
’-imp.” Tats little actress has been
meeting with remarkable suocsss during
tbe present season, and the new pices is
said to be the best piece of theatrical
property she has ever owned. The SL
Louis Republic says of her:
Many people were turned away from
the theatre before the enrtain was lifted—
a token of approval more or less justi
fied by the evident satisfaction of the
audio nee. “Imp,” the name of the ploy
presented was written by Fred Marsden.
It has been revised by Clay M. Greene,
who seemed to grasp the fact that noth
ing better oould b t done with the origi
nal than to elaborate the leading part.
Tha story is a conventional one, built on
the approval plan for plays in which
sou brat tee are expected to figure con
spicuously. None of the characters are
allowed to act quite naturally; the fan la
artificial, and tne scenes are oontrtved
principally for the purpose of allowing
the star and others to dance and sing.
In fats they are sncoeseful. Patti Rms
has a redeeming bit of originality abiat
her. Too songs written for her are clev
erly sung; her Imitations of “men on n
string,” are laughable, and her dancing
la decidedly comical. She la capably
inpported by such competent people as
Goo. C. Boniface, Jr , Harry V. Rich,
Gerald Griffin and Wm. N. Griffith. On
Saturday svenisgthe bill will be changed,
as “Margery Daw” will be given.