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supporting his family, were he in the full discharge j
of that duty. It is, of course, true that deduction j
should be made for the amount of the husband's in- ;
dividual livelihood, as well as for the household
services a married woman is generally supposed to
supply. At the same time, husbands whose derelic- i
tions are responsible for a divorce are let off far I
too lightly as a rule, so that what should be a J
chastisement is frequently transmuted by this I
queer quip of the law into a bonus
'tisrfi&i
It.
(From Puck.)
Of many a discontented man It may bo
^eald that if he knew his place he might
The most contemptible feature of the stingy ' llke 11 better.
Alimony and the Stingy
Husband
iQWADAYS the divorce court is
m on bS characterized by the many easy
^LI methods it offers couples of shaking
£ jf off irksome bonds and resuming
separate existences—or entering in
to new “arrangements with partners
who frequently stand just round
the corner waiting for the edict
which puts a legal sanction on a re
marriage. While" the changing senti
ment of the nation is throwing
greater restriction about the grant
ing of divorce, it does not yet re
quire great skill or dexterity to
satisfy the average tribunal of
one’s right to a separation. We do not believe in
indiscriminate divorce. The process which de
grades the courts into machinery which will grind
out certificates with the application of the proper
amount of money, does not merit our approval.
But we do believe that where man and woman are
shown to be hopelessly incompatible, and the wel
fare and happinness of their children is gravely
jeopardized, by their continuing to make a farce of
living together, that the legal knife should be ap
plied and the knot that galls be completely severed
—making due allowance for the care of the of
fended party and the offspring. It also seems to
us that if one cause more than any ‘Other entitles
a woman to consider this route seriously, it is the
chronic parsimony of a husband. There may be
worse faults than stinginess in this world, but they
are difficult of discovery. Many men with ample
incomes let their pettiness follow them into mar
ried life, and make existence a continual burden
for their wives by doling out each penury and nick d
as though they were the last of a scanty score.
Such a proceeding is apt to turn the most loving
woman into a wearied and reluctant wife, one at
1 * ast who has lost all enthusiasm concerning her
’band and her home and' who is likelv to look
outside for the interests which should center
around the common hearthstone.
These remarks are inspired by the action of a
New Jersey master in chancery, who has just grant
ed the wife of a tight-wadded husband a complete
divorce on the grounds of stinginess. The allega
tion of the plaintiff was that the gentleman was
“too stingy to support his wife.” and the court
speedily awarded a verdict. The only objection is
that it frees the close-fisted ‘‘better half” of ali
obligations, and puts a reward rather than a penalty
on his meanness. We should have been more
greatly pleased to record the fact that, after being
divorced from his wife, he was compelled to stand
in the public pillory for a consecutive twenty-four
hours or more, with the placard, “close-fist”
pinned on. his breast. Still, an act of justice has
been done to the woman—and that is something.
Tt is worthy of note that courts, in granting
divorces, very often put a premium on this verv
niggardliness by calling upon a drunken or recre
ant husband to pay less alimonv that the cost of
husband’s offense is that it can be perpetrated
within the privacy of his home without the world
being any the wiser. He can go forth among his
men friends, spending money lavishly for the
pleasures peculiar to men, and earn a rich reputa
tion as a “good felleow.” He can then return to
the four walls for which he pays rent and which
he dignifies by the name of home, snarl at his wife,
mistreat the children, keep a padlock on his purse,
criticise the meals—and keep his reputation in the
eyes of the world, while only the woman who must
bear the brunt of his littleness knows how to
gauge his real character.
Some day, perhaps, a wise and just lawmaker
will offer a measure making it obligatory on cheap I'ha^sYudiou^hlbits 6 ” that ’ They b ° th
fellows of this caliber to make a just allowance for | “Yes. But. Mary—” Mother paused,
the support of' their families without grunt or j ami the & le am of mischief evoked by
growl. There is much popularity and the thanks |Aunt Mary soon * r
of a great many thousand women in store for the
man bold enough to thus go on record.
And, eventually, he will have the gratitude of
the husbands also—though the proposition may
appear absurd at first glance.
Prime Feature.
(From The Somerville Journal.)
Another good thing about the corre-
sfondenco schools Is that they don’t have
uny football team
(For the Honeymoon.
(From The Wasp.)
The house had quieted after the wed
ding. Mother an,} Aunt Wary were In
the parlor talking It over.
"So It’s over,” said Aunt Mary, smil
ing into mother’s eyes.
"Yes,’' said mother, bravely, although
a little tearfully, "It’s over—and begun.”
"Tihey'Ii be happy. I’m sure.”
"les. They are very well suited to
each other.”
darted Into her eyes. "Mary, they can't
have much sense of humor. Though It’s
my own girl. I say It.”
"Why not?”
“Do you know what they took to read
on their wedding journey? Stevenson's
•Travels with a Donkey.’ ’*
When We are “Blue”
HE friend who comes to us when our
courage and hope takes the elevator
for the basement and refuses to be
comforted—he is the man that is
likely to gain our confidence and
win that portion of our hearts we
reserve for the sympathy of him
who understands. Let him know
us sufficiently well—for that is ab-
* solutely necessary. Then let him
enter gently the room where we sit,
worry masking our faces with
gloom, sorrow gnawing at the heart,
black depression eating, eating
away at the vitality which should be
sending the blood pounding through the veins. Let
him be able, with no maudlin question or word of
mock solace, to guess the secret of the face clasped
between the hands, the pose eloquent of dejection, n,imc ' va& Ar,hur ->
the whole spirit telling, through the relaxed body,
of its surrender to the evil genius of grief. His
steady hand on the shoulder means more than many
words of glib commiseration; his calm, clear,
sweet eyes bent on ours, more than the well-meant
but irritating sympathy of him who does NOT un
derstand. Let him sit quietly down by us when
the black imp squats at cur side, a/nd conjure away
the spell with the simple magic of his presence—
rich in silent, unobtrusive comprehension.
That is the best remedy we know for the
“blues.” We 'have heard many prescriptions, too.
We have heard it said that the healthy person
should not have a speaking acquaintance with the
disease. But^he fact remains that healthy persons
DO have the disease—often in a more aggravated
form that the man of frail build or morbid tempera
ment. We have likewise heard it said that a
“romp around the block,” the doing of some kind
deed or the indulgence of a little philosophy, all
tend to give the blue devils a boost through the
side window. We are firm advocates of all these
remedies—for their own sakes. - But occasionallv
it happens that, in desperate attacks, they are as
futile as the feather against the storm.
Then it is that the truly sympathetic friend
proves of real value. He will not nag us with use
less questions. He will not offer countless sugges
tions. lie will not reproach us for our sins—thank
heave/n for his tact and fine common sense! He
will just let the dark waters have their way with
us for the time being—knowing full well in his
loving heart that in due season we will recover;
that if the burden is heavy the shoulders will be
strengthened to meet it: that if it is imaginary, we
will be laughing at it tomorrow.
He is one of the few real angels of earth—this
friend. And not all of us cwn one with a soul so
finely strung as his.
Sweet as Printer’s Pie.
(From Exchange.)
A Danish paper compares “I love you”
In many languages. Here are some of
them—t‘he Danish paper is our authority
for their correctness: The Chinaman
says, “Uo ngai ni;’- the Armenian, “Ge
sirem ez iiez;’’ the Arabian, very shortly,
“Nehabeeek;’’ the Egyptian, similar,
"N’aehkeb;” the Turk. “Sisi sevejorum,”
and the Hindoo, “Main tym ko pijar
karyn.” But overwhelming is the decla
ration of love of an Esquimo, who tries
to win the chosen one by •.‘leasing sound
of the dainty little word:
"Univifigssaerntdluinalerfimajungnarsig-
ujak.”
Typricn 1 English Joke.
(From Ixmdon Paper.)
Scene: An East-on,} school. Visitor (to
one of the scholars)—-Well, my little man,
what’s your name?
Boy—Wheeler, sir. .
Visitor (jocularly)—Ah, a two-wheeler
or a four-wheeler?
Boy—Arf-er Wheeler, sir. (The boy's
Grossing the Bar
(By Alfred Tennyson.)
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me 1
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless
deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark 1
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
When the British Cap-
^ tured Charleston
IN TWO PARTS—CONCLUSION.
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
Lit’ry Gossip.
(From Puck.)
Miss May Sinclair, author of the “Di
vine Fire,” says that she thinks in the
country and works in the city.—The
Critic.
American writers are like their English
cousins in that respect. They seldom
think and write in the same place.
James Huneker does all his thinking in
a cathedral but writes in a merry-go-
round. Thus his thoughts are profound
and his ■style vertiginous.
Dr. Henry VanDyke develops his plumb-
less thoughts in a dark room anj writes
in sunlight on a housetop.
F. Hopkinson Smith thinks before an
open wood fire in town and writes 1 a
lighthouse by the, is*-a. '**y, ^
Hamilton Wrf^ i.bie '(hitA-- at, ;
iciaHy, so it d<i\ J t matter ( , .ic... ■ lut,.', ,he work
thoughts are ticked out. He writes in a
cozy corner.
Upton Sinclair does his thinking in a
captive balloon and writes in a padded
studio.
Authors are frightfully interesting, don't
you think?
Notes by Policeman Puncih.
(From Punch.)
It is satisfactory to know that there are
still law-abiding .persons among us.
baby who started to howl on Tuesday
last in a well-known London square
ceased at once upon its nurse drawing
its attention to the notice: "Organs and
street cries prohibited.
An epidemic of dog stealing had broken
out. The most aggravated instance is re
ported from the suburbs, where some bur
glars, not content with a quantity of
silver and jewelry, took witli the swag
the valuable watch dog as well.
Leaves from an Old tScrap Booh
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
O XE of tlie most interesting items
I have found in the old war
scrapbook is the story of a poem
called “Southern Cross.” I give a dip
ping from tlie scrapbook, which tells tho
story of tlie poem, and a copy of tlie
poem itself:
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Tills admirable poem, which is now
going the rounds of the southern press.
And for the publication of which the ed
itors of The Baltimore Republican were
urrested and thrown into prison and their
paper suppressed, appeared orglnally In
The Southern Literary Messenger a
month or two after the war begun. The
author. St. George Tucker. formerly
clerk of the Virginia house of delegates,
was in the secret service at the time
the poem was published, remained In It
for more than a year, and never left it
until he contracted a pulmonary disease,
which proved fatal. It is a little .singu
lar that his poem, which is as fine al
most as its model, the “Star Spangled
Banner,” should be reprinted through
out the length and breadth of the con
federacy as an annonymous production.
"When It was- written, the confederate
Giving promise of peace, or assurar.ee of
war!
'Tis the Cross of the South! which shall
ever remain
To light us to freedom and glory again!
How peaceful and blest was America’s
so:!.
'Till betrayed by the guile of the Puri
tan demon.
Which lurks under virtue and springs
from Its coil,
To fasten its fangs In the life-blood of
freemen-
Then boldly appeal to each heart that
can feel
And crush the foul viper ’neath Liberty's
heel.
And the Cross of the South shall In
triumph remain,
year's morning; “come in and take a
drink.”
“Don’t care if I duz,” responded Cuff.
“Some of dese nlggars too stuck tip to'
drink wid white ossefers since Massa
Abe guv 'em freedom; but. for my part,
I tink white ossefer Jis as good as nigga,
specially if de ossefer don't git drunk
and make a beast a’ hfsself."
To light us to freedom and glory again 1
the day-
'Tis the emblem of Peace, ’tl s
star of Hope,
Like the sacred “Labarum,”
guided the Roman
From the shores of the Gulf to
Delaware's slope;
’Tis the trust of the free
terror of foeman.
Fling its folds 10 the air, whilst
boldly declare.
that
the
flag had, indeejj, been decided upon, but j The rights we demand or the deeds that
fill agreed that its resemblance to the'
we dare!
yankee gridiron was too close to be long 1 while the Cross of tne South 'Shall In
tolerated. “The Southern Cross,” which
triumph remain
the lamented 1 hornton apostrophised so I y 0 light ug to freedom and glory again,
beautifully in his speech before the con
vention, found general favor In Virginia,
and a flag with this symbol was hoisted
In Fredericksburg and other places.
After much disputation, the Southern
Cross, consecrated upon a thousand bat
tle fields, has become the ensign of tlie
allied nations; whenever and wherever
It floats will recall the memory of the
gifted poet who gave his life In defence
of the glorious principles which It sym
bolizes.—Richmond Whig.
The poem Is as follows:
Oh! say, can you see through the gloom
and the storm,
More bright for the darkness, that
pure constellation?
Like the symbol of love and redemption
Its form,
As it points to the haven of hope and
the nation!
How radiant each star, as the beacon
afar.
And If peace should be hopeless and
justice denied.
And war's bloody vulture should flap
its. black pinions.
Then gladly “to arms!” while we hurl in
our pride.
Defiance to tyrants and death to their
minions I
With our front In the field, swearing
never to yield.
Or return, like the Spartan in death on
our shield!
And the Cross of the South shall
triumphantly wave
As the flag of the free or the pall of the
brave.
A NEW YEAR’S ANECDOTE.
The following little Item appeared In
several of the southern war newspapers:
"Cuffy," said a federal captain at
Fortress Monroe, to a contraband who
was lounging in front of his tent on new
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
The following appeared as an edito
rial during the civil war In «■ Florida
newspaper:
“The yankees have Invented many new
devices and crimes since this war be
gan. but we doubt If there Is anything
that exhibits grester baseness, cruelty
and Infernal selfishness than their refu-
j sal to exchange prisoners and relieve
■from capltivlty thei r own men, the men
| who have fought their battles and sus-
| tadned their wicked cause. Even pirates
1 will do what they can to liberate those
who are consorted with them in crime
but it seems that the yankees are not
only lost to justice and gratitude, but
i even the common instincts of humanity
and the that remain with the worst of men*. If
it was some technical difficulty, or mis
understanding, if It were even some prin
ciple or ‘policy of legitimate selfishness
that Induced them to refuse an exchange
of prisoners, there might be some affilia
tion of this crime against humanity; but
when we know that the reason for the
refusal Is that the time of enlistment of
a portion of these wretches has expired,
that they will not probably re-enllst In
the yankee army and that for this
cause alone they and their companions
I in wickedness and misfortune ar e aban-
j doned to their fate by their govern-
| ment, we are astonished at the ingenious
j and reckless baseness of the infamous
I government and people whose duty Is is
I to relieve them. We say nothing of the
I sufferings of our own heroes in northern
prisons; we do not expect the yankee3
to feel any sympathv for the men who
have resisted their tyranny and aggres
sion. defeated their armies and baffled
their designs. It is doubtless a source
of gratification to their mean and con
temptible spirits to iwltness the suffer
ings of nobler and better men. It Is,
however, surprising 'baseness even In a
yankee, this shameless abandonment of
Continued on Fourth Page.
The “Silence Cure.”
(I-ondon Weed).)
Nerve specie lists are now recommend-
ing a “silence cure” for ladies who suf
fer from nerves. The patients have .0
s*-t apart certain hours in which no
word is spoken. A lady we know tried
this treatment with a curious result.
She herself came out in a rash, but
her husband, who sufered from head
aches, recovered.
The Average Man.
(From The Portland Oregonian.)
If the average mun had what he want
ed there wouldn't be anything left fo-
tlie balance of mankind
Hereditary.
(Chicago Daily States.)
She^Did you ever see the Homer
twins?
He—Yes.
“Don’t you think the boy is the pic
ture of his father?”
“Yes—and I also think the girl is the
phonograph of her mother.”
Cruel.
(From The Tatler.)
“I'm off to have a shampoo,” said the
young man with the receding chin.
“Why not try the vacura cleianer?" was
his friendi’s sympathetic reply.
Discernment.
(From LIppincott’s Magazine.)
The way colored folk have of picking
up .phnfscs which they hear used by
white people about them Is amusingly
illustrated by a conversation which was
overheard recently on the streets of a
southern cit.
“Howdy, Mis' Mandy! How Is you?”
called one dusky aunty to another.
“Oh. I jes’ tollable. Mis’ Johnson. How
you’ feelin' ?” was the response.
“Why, I’se feelin’ mighty peart. I Is,”
confided W rs - Johnson. “I suttenly does
feel fine.” •
“Wejlum, yo’ sho' is lookin' well,”
agreed her friend. ”Yo’ color's so good.”
■Reciprocity.
(From Life.)
“My dear.” says the thoughtful hus
band. <ntering the house with ia huge
package in his arms, “you remember
last week when you secured such a won
derful bargain in shirts at forty-eight
cents and nectles at three for a quarter
for me?”
“Yes, love,” Says the fond wife.
“Well, don’t think I didn’t appreciate
your thoughfullness. See. I have
bought something for you. I noticed
seme beautiful green and yellow plaid
goods In a show window on my way
home, and bought you eighty yeards of it
at four cents a yard. The clerk said It
was a great bargain, and It will make
enough dresses to last you two years.
Why, she has fainted!* 1
HILE * Sir Henry Clinton
was making his prepara
tions for the attack on
Charleston, with the ut
most ear e and delibera
tion, General Lincolrf v
viewing the approaching
danger with intense anxi
ety. His power as a mil
itary commander was too
limited, and his Influence
(with the sta-te officials too
weak, to enable him to
utilize to the best advant
•ige even the small meyns tlie latter pro
vided for the defense of Charleston.
The preservation of the metropolis end
chief seaport of South Carolina was of
vast Importance to the cause of the
young republic, and yet but little prepa
ration hod been made to put it in condi
tion to stand a selgc. The forts on the
islands were in ruins, and th 0 projected
works cross the neck were unfinished.
The governor fully shared Lincoln's anx
iety, and agreed with him as to the ne
cessity of making preparations for de
fense, but owing to som e defect in tlie
state laws, its executive was withuot au
thority to hire the labor necessary for
that should have been done
long before.
Under these circumstances, It was
clearly Lincoln's duty to abandon the
town to its fate, and to retire into the
interior of the country. No one knew
better than he that there was no hope
of withstanding long the overwhelming
force on land and sea with which tlie
British commander was preparing to
envelop Charleston. But the town had
been so long preserved from falling into
the hands of the enemy, such large
quantities of provisions and ammunition
were stored in Its warehouses, fimd it
was, withal, the key of the state, that
Lincoln yielded against his bettor Judg-
Busy World
LMAN J. GAGE,
who has joined
Mrs. Tingley's theo-
sophical colony at
Point Loraa, Cal.,
has been one cf the
leading financiers of
thy country. His
work In building up
the First National
bank and his serv-
ive as secretary of
the treasuhy in the
McKinley adminis-
Lyman Gage tratlon have given
him widespread fame. Born In De Ruy-
ter, N. Y., In 1836, he cqpne to Chicago
when he was 19. He started his finan
cial career as a bookkeeper for the Mer
chants Savings, Loan and Trust Com
pany. After leaving the cabinet Mr.
Gage went to New York city, and be
came president of the Central Trust
Company.
RESIDENT ROOSE
VELT has an
nounced file ap
pointment of E. E.
Clark, grand chief
of the Order of
Railway Conduc
tors, to a. place on
t'ue interstate com
merce commission.
Mr. Clark, who was
a member of the
anthracite coal com
mission which set-
E E Clark tied the big miners'
strike of four years ago, was born in
Lima, N. Y., February 19, 1856, and
was educated In the public schools and
Wesleyan seminary of his native city. In
1371 he went west and obtained employ
ment as brakenian on a western rail
road. and from then until 1889 went
through the usual trt.als and hardships
incident to tlie life of a brakeman. freight
and passenger conductor. Ot the an
nual grand convention of the Order of
Railway Conductors, held in Denver in
May, 1889. lie was elected grand senior
conductor, and at the grand convention
held in Rocherter, X'. Y.. the following
year he was elected grand chief con
ductor of the order, to which position
he lias been reelected at every subse
quent meeting or the grand convention—
e having been held in Port-
in May, 1905.
Mr. Clark's experience in the actual
, operatipn of railways fits him to be a
jjnst arbiter between the railway compan
ies and tlie public. His subsequent ex-
idjustine the manifold ques-
ruit go far enough. They wore not cal
culated to stand a seige.
Sir Henry Clinton crossed the Ashley
river, and broke ground for his entrench
ments within eight hundred yards of the
American lines. By the ninth of April the last o
lie had completed his first parallel—ex- j land. Ore.,
tending it across the neck, and had
mounted ills guns as batteries. This
work formed an oblique line seven or
eigiit hundred yards distant from those
of tlie Americans. Admiral Arbuthnot < porience in
also succeeded in passing Sullivan’s is- j tions involved hi wage schedules has
land, in spite of a heavy and weil di- j given him an intimate insight into the
rected fire from Fort Moultrie, which earning capacity of railroads as well as
was then in command of Colonel lT?7k- into their actual operating expenses of
ney. The British fleet then anchored all kinds
under Janies island, near Fort Johnson,
out
gunshot
the town
and just
batteries.
Having now obtained complete com
mand of the harbor, tlie enemy sent a
summons to General Lincoln, demand
ing the surrender of Charleston. His
answer wa? modest, but firm.
“Sixty days have elapsed since it was
known that your intentions against the
town were hostile, in which time has
been offered to abandon it. But duty
and inclination point to the propriety of
supporting It to tlie last extremity.”
COMING TO THE GRIPS.
On receiving this resolute reply to their
FORGES CLEM KX-
CEAU, French min
ister of the interior,
who is given credit
by the French peo
ple for crushing the
recent alarming,
riots which bad
reached almost
a point of revolution
lias been for half
a century the most
radical of republi
cans, the severest
Geo Clemenceau critic Of every ad-
summons the British commanders cepened I ministration and the scourge of public
fire from their batteries, but their chief I officials. He had net or held office
reliance was placed on sapping their way j eepting membership
in
ex-
the chamber of
into th<^ American lines.
The governor, with several members
of the council, went out into the coun
try in the rear of the town, hoping to ‘
deputies prior to the recent election, and
when upon the election of M. Eallieres.
he was invited (o the most important
post in the new cabinet, even his ene-
assemble a large force in the rear and I mles were delighted. He has surprised
left flank of the besieging army. Com- I hl « friends and confounded his enemies,
munlcation with the country northeast j however, by reconstructing many of his
of the Cooper was still open. The j ° ld doctrines, by really creative states-
Ameriean cavalry had crossed the river, I manship, by declaring for individualism,
and was stationed near Monk's corner,
as against collectivism, and by the pro-
■about 30 miles above Charleston. To I nouncement that socialism Is at variance
give additional security to this, the only j with every sound doctrine of the repuh-
remaining line of communication, two:
! lie. He is said to have more friends ar.d
militia posts were established, one below j more enemies than any other man in
the Cooper and Santee rivers, and the
other at a ferry on the Santee. At this
latter post boats were to be collected,
that the patriot army could cross,
ment to the pleadings of the most prom- shouId , t be necP! : S ary to evacuate the
inent citizens, and resolved to remain
and to do the best he could with the men
and resources at his command.
In the defense of Charleston the con
trol of the harbor was of the utmost
importance. Hoping to retain this, ad
vantage. congress had ordered four frig
ates to South Carolina.. These, with the
marine force belonging to the state, and
two French vessels .were placed under I for the first time, in the
the command of Commodore W hipple, i he wgg destin „ (1 to scollrse am
It was represented bo Genera! Washing
ton that a shin of the line could not
town. In addition to these precautions,
Lincoln sent some of his regulars to
build entrenchments about 9 miles above
Charleston, on Wanda, tlie eastern branch
of the Cooper river, and on Lamprere's
j Point. The state militia refused to enter
j tlie town, but were more than willing to
1 defend these outside positions.
And flow Tarleton appears on the
country
nd worry,
like the veritable “war dog.” bis com-
i rades called him. 9ir Henry Clinton re-
cross the bar, and that even frigates ofj solvpd tQ put the Ameri can lines of eom-
the larger class would have to be ca-j munlcat i on , and to obtain possession of
reened to such an extent that their crews j the collntry east of the Cooper river. To
do this, it was necessary to dispose of
the cavalry stationed there. Tarleton
was detached for this work, which must
be done by stealth, if at all. Guided by
a Tory through a secret route to the
American camp, he surprised it at night.
One hundred of the troopers were killed,
and the rest saved themselves by plung
ing into the swamps on foot, where cav-
could not work them.
LAYING PLANS.
But when it came to the actual
sounding of tee bar it wia® found that
-the water was too shallow for the
frigates to maneuver with any hope of
success. Moreover in making the at
tempt. they wouid lie exposed to till? fire
of the batteries erected by the British.
Taking everything into consideration, the airy could not follow. Tarleton cap-
naval officers decided that only disaster
could result from attempting operations
at the bar, but that the fleet might oct
advantageously in combination with the
forts on Sullivan's island. I11 acordance
with 'the decision. Commodore Whipple,
on the 20th of March, move dhis ships
in a line with Fort Moultrie, in a narroiw
ipassage between the island and the mid
dle ground.
The Britjsh fleet soon after crossed the
bar, the ships having been lightened by
tho landing of their guns, which were re
placed as soon as the shallows were
passed. The ships then anchored in a
spot ca/lied “five-fathom hole.’’ The
Americans saw at once that, with th&
small forces at their command, it would
be impossible to prevent the enemy from
passing Fort Moultrie, and taking a po
sition in the Cooper river that would
enable him to rake the shore batteries,
and to cut off communication bttween
the town and the back country. The
plan of defense was therefore changed,
and the American vessels taken Into the
mouth of the Cooper river, and there
sunk in a line from the town to “Shute's
Folly.”
It was at this Juncture that Lincoln
should have evacuated Charleston. When
thy circumstances were communicated to
Washington by one of Lincoln’s officers,
Lieutenant Colonel Laurens, he wrote in
reply:
"I have the greatest confidence in Gen
eral Lincoln's prudence, but it really ap
pears to m e tl» at the propriety of at
tempting to defend the town, depended
on the probability of defending the har
bor, and that when this ceased, the at
tempt ought to have been relinquished.
In this, however, I suspend a definitive
Judgment, and wish you to consider what
I say as confidential.”
But, as we have seen, Lincoln yielded
to a natural Impulse of defense, and to
the solicitations of the citizens, accept
ing the almost certainty of failure, and
the capture of his troops. The defences
of Charleston had been entrusted jto a
French engineer In the American service,
and so far as they went, were far from
contemptible. The trouble was, they did
public Ufa
TNSTON CHURCH-
HILL'S determina
tion to step from
literature into poll-
lies as evidenced
by the announce
ment of his candi
dacy for the repub
lican nomination
for governor of
New Hampshire re
calls the fact that
he has for some
time divided his at-
Winstou Churchill tion between lit
erary work and the duties of a public
servant. Following the celebrity he at
tained through his novels “Richard Car
vel” and ”The Crisis" he was elected a
representative and served two years in
the New Hampshire legislature, ending
his tsrm in 1903. Mr. Churchill is only
35 years old, and a native of St. Louis,
the scene of the action in “The Crisis.”
He graduated from the naval academy
In 1894, and ha^ been a writer ever
since
SS HELEN KEL
LER, the deaf,
dum and blind ge
nius, whose re
markable accom
plishments in spite
of her serious hand
icaps have always
excited keen Inter
est, is now an of
ficial of the state of
•Massachusetts. Gov
ernor Guild has just
appointed her a
Helen Heller member of the re
cently created board of education for the
blind. Miss Keller herself, an adept in
industrial accomplishments, has always
been a vigorous advocate of manual edu
cation for the blind. The new board
was provided by the Massachusetts leg
islature main?;.- because of her earnest
solicitation. Miss Keller's term will be
four years.
tured fifty wagons loaded with military
stores, and four hundred horses.
This was a bitter blow to the patriots.
It was not only the loss of men, stores,
and horses, a serious one In Itself, but ir
left the whole country between the Coop
er and Wanda rivers in the hands of
their enemies. Closing the only route
by which the beleagured garrison eouia
have retreated. Lieutenant Colonel Web
ster "Was placed In command of the Brit
ish troops in this section.
Sir Henry now began his second paral
lel. Every day it became more evident
that Charleston was doomed to fall.
Lincoln could now at orn-e have evac
uated the town, and fought liis way
through Webster's lines across the
Cooper river, but for the second time
yielded to the pleadings of the citzens,
backed by the civil government, not to
abandon them to the enemy. it was a
gigantic mstake. Had Lincoln retreated
at this Juncture, when retreat was pos
sible. he could have saved Ills army, and
In all probability, the entire state as
well, outside of the Charleston vicinity.
Soon after the defeat at Monk's Corner,
Clinton received a reinforcement from
New York, of three thousand men. This
accession to his forces enabled him to
detach a large body of troops to the aid
of Colonel Webster, Lord Cornwallis be
ing placed in command of all the British
forces on that side of the Cooper river.
A COUNCIL OF WAR.
An the 20th of April, General Lincoln
called a council of war, in hopes thai
some means of successful retreat could
be levised. But. the time for such a
movement had passed. Not only so, but
the opposition of the civil government
to any such attempt was still too strong
to be disregarded. It. seemed to be the Plucked several leaves from a vine and
belief of the official and principal clti- | told me to hang them somewhere and
zens that the escape of the garrison j write the name of my best girl on them,
would so Infuriate the enemy that he 'If they die.’ he said, ‘she does not love
LOVE PLANTS OF WEST INDIES.
(From The Philadelphia Record.)
“Did you ever hear of the love plant?"
asked Captain Atwater of the schoolship
Saratoga, who was showing several vis
itors over the old craft the other day.
”1 have several in the cabin.”
He showed three small leaves attached
to the ceiling by strings. They were with
out any soil or foundation, but w«r*
green, and from each there sprouted a
dozen or more little leaves, greener and
fresher than the main leaf Itself.
"During our last cruise in the West
Indies.” the captain continued, “I visited
a deserted English fortress, which was
grown over with shrubbery. A native
would destroy the town and ruin
inhabitants.
Only one
Americans during the siege.
the you. If they sprout, she does. I put
I my wife’s name on one and and my two
sortie was made by the ! daughters’ names on the others You
This was! see, although they have been without
led by Colonel Henderson, Just as the j nourishment for three months, all throe
are sprouting well and my family’s
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