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NOVEMBER 24, 1906. &/>e SUNNY SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Busine/s Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA. GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those who subscribe to Sunny South only Six Months, 25c ^ One Year, 50c less than a penny a week mately comprise the personnel of the staff of Uncle Remus's Magazine. Reinforcing these writers and thinkers who have alreadv won their way into the affections of the readers of The Sunny South, will be other writers and thinkers of such talent as to have won for themselves national and international reputations. The magazine in not to be sectional. It will be provincial merely in the highest, the most in genious interpretation of that abused term. It will rcfiect to the nation the best thought, the firmest Entered nt the poncofllre Atlanta. GaMjuMieoond-clasa mail matter j convictions, tile mOSt inspiring phases of the new, |gloriously militant south; it will hold out to the j south, and to the nation and the world, the finest | in the art and! literature of all three. i It is eminently fitting that the editor of the 11a- ! ' i tionalized Sunny South should be Joel Chandler j Harris—the man who, of all others, stands be fore the readers of all latitudes as typifying south- iern literature and ideals. It is fitting that the oldest literary publication south of Mason and .March 13, 1901 TVke Sunny South is the oldest weekly paper of Literature, Romance, Fatfl and Fiction in the South ^ ft Is now re* flared to the original shape and will be published as for* merty every week & Founded In 1874 It grew until 1899, when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an expert* meat & It now returns to Its original formation as a weekly with renewed vigor.and the Intention of eclips* lag its most promising period in the past. it UNCLE REMUS” AND The SUNNY SOUTH HE first page of the current issue r A lone" the Hifihwi iy By FRANK L* STANTON 'Full many days The verdant meadows fields hid?; Full mqny a baseball hero gathers in Your nlekel when you take a street car ride. f —Cleveland Press. He—How many dubs do you belong to? She—Just one. He—What's that? She— The club I hold over my husband.—De troit Free Press. The Forceful Writer (with a wink)— Have you become converted to life in surance yet? The Strenuous Author—Not yet; but I’ve got three companies bid ding.—Puck. "This here vindictiveness against Unit ed Slates senators is bein’ carried too far." “So?’’ “Yes, sir. Some people don't want to give a senator no time off for good behavior. - ’—Washington Her ald. George Washington had just announced that he couldn’t tell a lie. “Well,” re sponded his father, thoughtfully, “as long as you are going to marry a widow, it wouldn’t do you any good if you could.”—New York Times. ■Mrs. Modus—Well, George, you prom ised ine a new bonnet. George—I? Promised you a new bonnet? Great Scott! When? Mrs. Modus—'Before you married me you swore that never should disgrace rest upon my head through you; and what do you call this shabby thing but a disgrace?—Tit-Bits. Dixon’s line—one that bears the scars as well as of The Sunny South contains one of j the laurels of a long, eventful and honorable the most important—perhaps the career—should, in the period when it reaches its most important — announcement j greatest chapter of power and usefulness, come ever given to the readers of this i under the sure, practiced guiding hand of the man periodical. Effective with the April j whose life and works and character symbolize the number of the magazine, which will! homelv, but forceful, articles of faith that have j has made enormous strides since then.— & ' Christian Register. TO THE DANCIN,’ CROST THE SNOW. I. Tliinkin’ ’bout the Christmas times we had so long ago, An’ how I went with Jenny to the dancin’, ’crost the snow; Her gold hair ripplin’ ’round me—her ‘ voice so sweet an* low, An’ my heart beat time to Jenny’s to the dancin’, ’crost the snow! II. 1 ’mind me how the winter brought the roses to her cheeks, When she heard my heart a-speakin’ as true love forever speaks; How I blest the friendly fiddles that afar were playin’ so The sweetest invitation to the danc in’, ’crost the snow! III. So Doctor—What? Troubled with sleep lessness? Eat ■something before going to bed? Patient—Why, doctor, you once told me never to eat anything before go ing to bed. Doctor (with dignity)—Pooh pooh! That was last January. Science ] limit, I love the Christmas season, for itself, an’ for the joy Of the mem’ry of a music which no sorrow can destroy; The music of one word she said—the life of long ago! — Made i he whole world bloom with flowers to the dancin’, 'crost j the snow! \ PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY, j We spend so much time climbing j high in life; and we haven’t got time to rest when we reach the summit . TETESE bright thanksgiving DAYS. I. In spite o’ all the trouble The world, it goes its ways. An’ we’re feelin’ mighty thankful These bright Thanksgivin’ days. The fact we’re tallable, aan’ livin’, Is cause enough for great Thanks givin’! II. Sorrow comes to see us. A shadow’s on the face, But somewhere, in the sorrow, Bight has a dwellin’-place! To be jest tollable, an’ livin’, Is cause enough for great Thanks givin’! It's fortunate for all of us the world seems ever turning to ‘‘the brighter side.” And even if we should never reach it, we still have a halleluia time dreaming about it! TOO HIGH FOR HIM. ‘'How high does you reckon heaven De fast ‘‘Don’t, ax me dat question, worl’ keeps me gwine roun’ so I'm dizzy, anyhow!” There is a good deal of thunder on the heights of glory, but it growls it self away, leaving many of us lost and lonely in the mists. Give Trouble .the middle of the! ~, , 1T .. ,7, . road, if he wants it. There is far! { , brethren are not more pleasure m a violet-pathway, lifetime at the through the woodlands. i , ° ,, 1 I plow handles. Solomon didn't seem to know he was wise until he reached the life- be issued in the forthcoming March, The Sunny South will be come a standard monthly publica tion of national scope, undler the /name of “Uncle Remus’s Magazine.” Its editor—Joel Chandler Harris— needs no introduction to southern people. As told in detail on the first page, its price is to be one do/llar per year, with, sing'le copies at the rate of ten cents. Present subscrib- formed its sheet-anchor since the long-removed dav of its first publication. In his possession arc letters from admirers in every civilized nation ex pressing delight at this climaxing enterprise of his career. The men and the women who have made contemporaneous literature what it is, have like wise hastened to tell him of their joy in his latest achievement and to offer the services of their hearts and pens in the molding of its success. That the measure of that success will be abund- ers to The Sunny South arc to be accorded the j ant and immediate is foreshadowed by develop- privilegc of entering the circulation lists of the, ments to the last moment. In the first place, the merged magazines at an extremely low rate. Par- j magazine will have a mechanical equipment sur- ticulars covering this arrangement are also given!passed by none of the other national periodicals, ,\n full. The inducement is offered, primarily, for the i regardless of their pretensions. In the second, it 'V'on that the management believes those readers is to be edited in its every detail by the premiere 1/0 have Jong and loyally supported The Sunny | literateur of the south. In the third, he has sur- to ^ hOUW bC CXtended fuW ° Ppc f tUinity t0 folI ° W | funded ..hini^clf with ajtafj ofVP^^aualif^^ to determination of the manage/h^fd j fourth, the corporation is capitalized at a quarter ...i—cis of the new press turn, it shall be to] of a million dollars by the foremost business men e tune of one of the most imposing bona fide of the south—men of proved judgment and cau- Arculations ever chalked to the credit of a newjtion, who are financing not an experiment, hut an entry into the magazine world. investment in which they have the most emphatic We say “.new entry.” As a matter of fact, Uncle Remus’s Magazine will be simply The Sun ny South—nationalized. Those features which have made the publication popular in its present form ble to it will confidence. In. the fifth, it will carry those fea tures which experience has taught arc indispensa- the success of a national magazine; additionally, contain other features will be continued. Put they will be infinitelyJof a nature unique in its field. Nothing has broadened. Containing still the inimitable flavor, been, nothing will be left undone to make of and the lofty sentiment of the south 1 , they will be Uncle Remus’s Magazine a publication reflecting given a treatment which will recommend them in credit upon the section of its origin, ali their charm to the entire nation. Many of the From time, to time, other announcements of contributors who have brought force and helpful more explicit nature will be made. Meanwhile, the thought and pleasant diversion to 1 he Sunny, management commends the news, as told in this magazine enters its issue, to the careful attention of those readers to whom The Sunny South has, for so many years, “He is a most persistent, wooer; lie turns up at her house every evening.” “Yes, and as often as he turns up she turns him down.”—Houston Post. Blanche—Poor Helen! Has the worst been told? Grace—I think not. They’re all waiting for your version.—Smart Set. First Esperantist (volubly)—Lend me a couple of louis, old fellow. Second Esp.— I beg your pardon? First Esp.—I am begging the loan of a couple of louis. Second Esp. (thoughtfully)—Strange, after all, there are still a few words of the new tongue I don't understand.—Figaro. Hotel Clerk (suspiciously)—Your bundle has come apart. May I ask what that queer thing is? Guest—This is a new patent fire escape. I always carry it, so in case of fire I can let myself down from the hotel window. See? Clerk (thoughtfully)—I see. Our terms for guests with fire escapes, sir, are inva riably cash In advance.—New York Weekly. The Home of the Malay. (From Argonaut.) One day a man. apparently white, came into the best restaurant in Atlanta. The head waiter looked him over and thought he had segno blood in him. In fact, ho was a vS*y light quadroon. “Here you.” tlio head waiter said, “you in the sense you mean. “But you are mighty dark.” “I 'know I am. hut that is because I am a Malay. The head waiter was nonplused. Ha j looked again and then asked suspicious ly: “What is a Malay? Where is he from?” “Why.” said the man easily, “Malays sre from Malaria.”’ SUN AND RAIN. Out in the sunlight— That’s the place to be! But even when it’s rainin’ It freshens flowers for me. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SANC TUM “What could you gite me for this They call “Bob" Taylor, of Ten- story?” said the author, nessee, “The fiddling senator;” but' “I could give you thirty days,” Taylor says he lias made more! replied the editor, “if they’d let me friends by his fiddle in a minute | take the law in my hands.” than the talkers have made in and then he was just wise | enough tb say, “All is vanity!” No doubt Satan thinks that, he isJ a pretty good fellow’. His opinion ; probably is—“where there’s so much j smoko there must be some fire!” ! mile. Then, too, you know that “those that dance must pay the fid dler.” though in “Bob’s” case he makes his fiddle talk just to hear it talking. “KEEP ON!” We'n you see ol’ Poverty Coinin’ down de line, Des say yo* task is took ter go, En den des keep a-gwine! How the Battle of Camden ^ Was Fought and Lost >? IN TWO PARTS—PART II. By HELEN HABCOUBT, Written for The SUNNY SOUTH. camp, rather than wait to be attacked. He hoped to gain thus, the advantage of a surprise. By one of those odd jokes N tlie 14th day of April, the ! that fortune loves now and then to play day after his arrival at ' on poor, helpless humanity, Cornwallis | Clermont. General Gates j marched out of Camden to attack Gate^, j at the very same hour that Gates i marched oat of his camp on the road to J Camden. received an express mes senger from Colonel Sum- j ter. The “Game Cock” of North Carolina was a Colo- | nei now, a „] with the ' gallant hand to whom wo it when the advance armies met in the tlic lirst moment's began to skirmish will be retained when the sphere of larger usefulness. ’Witness the first page announcement, over, are but the names there presented, more-j meant a real influence in their .lives a fraction of those which will ulti- J be a greater one. ThanKsgiving Day HAXKSGIY IXG day is peculiarly It is an inspiring thought, that of a great people, American, (peculiarly our own. No with common accord, offering prayers of thanks other nation on earth has a holiday lo tllc Giver of AI1 Things. It is not a matter of like it. probably no other nation Creed ’ n0t a niatter of faith > but a universal ground ■ j , tipon which ail can meet and participate, no matter would have ever conceived such a . 1 K ’ , ... T • '» . | what the form of his worship may be. Christian, holiday. It is American all the way; j (VV . Mohammedan, whatsoever creed a man holds through 1 —in spirit and in the chief! to, he acknowledges the sovereignty of a Supreme item of the bill of fare, to wit; the! Being and 0,1 this ’ our Thanksgiving day, he utters . , . , Uiis gratitude for all that which the Omnipotent has * (»oiic lor liiiii, an:d liis fellows, in this great, Thanksgiving day was originally | glorious land of ours. an agricultural festival and its cele- Hjstory records nothing so august among the bration was confined to the par-,,,.. .... sought communion. A Case of Blind Faith. Fresident Ration, of Princeton univer- s‘;y, recently delivered a sermon at the Fifth Avenue Collegiate church, his sub ject being “Faith,” says The Boston Her- t lie spoke of tlie blind faith of the ■client who puts himself at the mercy of a lawyer in preparing an action for trial, and of the confidence of the sick in in trusting themselvey to the .physician. “A case of blind faith,” says tlie cler gyman. “The doctor writes out a pre scription. Oftener than not you cannot read it; you don’t know what it is. He tells you to take It. 4 Yours not to rea son .why, yours hut to do and die.’ ” Whether or not Dr. Patton meant it there was a distinct ripple througnou: the congregation. Sherman Hoar’s Cat Story. One of the favorite stories of the late Congressman Sherman Hoar, of Waltham, is the folowing, says The Boston Herald: One of his friends had a cat which, it was decided had reached the age for Oslerizing. Accordingly, it was sewed up bag with some large stones and Upon tlie man’s few minutes later, tnere sat tlie cat on the back piazza with tlie hag in its mouth. Then he determined to hang the cat. It was strung up witli a good hemp rope rr.d watched until its last struggle had ceased. Upon his return, however, there sat tlie eat on the piazza with the rope in its mouth. Several other attempts were made, but always with the same result. But one way more remained. The cat was taken cut to tlie chopping block and Us head completely severed from Us bedy. Then the man returned to liis house. As lie neared the piazza he felt that something was going to happen. “And would you believe it. gentlemen,” Mr. Hoar was wont to end his narrative, “there sat the cat with its head in its mouth.” The Miser. (From The Catholic Standard and Times.) They tell you Ids heart will not soften At sight of the woes of tlie poor. Yet lie loosenes his pursestrings quite often— He lias to when putting in more. the 15th of April, i parties of the two dark woods. After ha\e already been intro- bewilderment they dueed, had been harassing ; with each other, the enemy at various j The darkness of the night was sud- points, notv here, now j illumined by flashes of musketry, | there, but always where j and in their transient light as far as the Sumter was now seeking ! cyc could see, tlie fields were filled with marching columns and columns of cav- j airy. Flash followed flash in quick! succession, and tlie two armies looked like huge black monsters in the gloom. It is now to I ,llrown into the river - return to his house, a 1 Lawyer—You should learn shorthand | institutions of men as this festival. It is as though g-w^nf” 8 ’ BiUy ' Tho ° ffice Boy ~ to the par-| t ] ie p e0 pl e . with one impulse, sought an ’ candy! I never cared fer flowers -Puck. least expected to cut off the supplies sent from Charles ton to tlie garrison at Camden. Ilis message to Gates was an urgent appeal for a reinforcement of regulars to aid him in tlie capture of the large convoy of clothing, ammunition and stores, then on their way to Lord Rawdoii. It would pass Wateree Ferry about a mile from Camden, and at this point Sumter hoped to Intercept it. For once Gates acted promptly, and Colonel Woodford, of tlie Maryland line, with 100 continentals and two pieces of artillery, was ordered to march to Sumter's assistance. On that same even ing Gates moved his main forces, and posted them at a deep stream 7 miles from Camden, intending to attack Raw- don should lie march out to repel Sumter and rescue the convoy. This movement was made with all possible ostentation, so as to alract the attention of the gar rison, and keep it on the alert at home, while Sumter got in his work at the Wateree Ferry. The sick, tlie heavy baggage and the military stores, were sent under guard to the Waxhaws, and the troops were directed to hold themselves ready to march at 10 o’clock that night in the following order: Colonel Armand’s di vision formed tlie vanguard; Porter field's light infantry, reinforced by a company of picked men from Stevens’ brigade, covered tlie right llank of tnc legion, Major Armstrong’s light North Carolina infantry, reinforced by another picked company from Caswell's brigade, covered tlie left flank. The Maryland division, with tile North Carolina and Virginia militia, and the artillery, com posed the main body and the rear guard. The volunteer cavalrymen were equally distributed on the flanks of the baggage ish, the infantry on the flanks were to train. Should there he an attack by the Brit- march up and fire on tlie enemy. It was believed that this help would enable Colonel Armand to hold his position j against tlie enemy's cavalry, no matter what their numbers might be. It was at ti ls juncture that General Gates showed Colonel Williams, who, it will be remem bered, was DeKalb’s adjutant general, a rough estimate lie had made of the forces, making it upward of seven thou- j sand men. Williams knew that to he a j fatal error, and at once set about tak ing another count. He then found that ! tlie army consisted of exactly 3.051 men j fit for duty. When this correct list was shown to tlie genera!, lie expressed some mild sur- plans of Values in Hare Mint Marks on V.S. Coins HE mint mark collectors are growing in number among the coin collectors in this country. The gen uine coin collectors, those •who collect the coins of all periods and of ail coun tries, who value a coin rather for its historical significance than its scarci ty, are inclined to look with indifference upon them. Nevertheless, as a result of their activity, tlie mint mark 'collectors have given now value to certain coins of recent issues. The desire of the collector of min* marks is to possess a spearmen of every coin of a certain denomination that has ever been struck at all the different mints, although the coins are exactly aiiKe with the exception of the little mint mark. Of branch mints there have been five- charlotte, N. C., Dahlonega, Ga., New Orleans, Carson City. Nev., San Fran cisco—in addition to the parent, mint at Philadelphia. The first used tlie litter “C,” the sec ond “D,” the third “O,” the fourth 'C C,” tlie fifth “S.” The coins of the Philadelphia mint are distinguished from the others by the fact that they bear no letter. The first used tlie letter “C,”, the sec- one at Charlotte, near which place gold was first discovered in the United States in 1799. The last branch mint to be put in operation is that of Denver, which now uses the mint letter “D.” The Dahlonega mint, which formerly used this letter, was abandoned many years ago. It has only been of recent years that interest lias been taken in the collection of mint murkf-'. Now at a coin auction it is not a rare tiling to see the most spirited bidding unexpectedly develop when the auctioneer offers a coin of very modern date, and of apparently small value. But investigation will show that the coveted coin bears a mark which rep resents a limited coinage and which means much to tlie collector trying to complete his series. There are plenty of varieties among the mint morns. They vary in size, in shape and in position. These varia tions prove that the coin came from dif ferent dies. For instance, the dimes of 1891 of tlio New Orleans mint show the mint letter “O” in three different positions, one hav ing tiie letter in the center of the re verse side, another showing tlie letter to the left, and still another with the let ter to the right. The half dollars of the same mint show the mint letter on those coins dated 1854 in seven different positions, proof of the existence of as many distinct dies. On other varieties of the New Orleans coins the “O'’ is small, on others large, and in some cases it is oval in shape. The quarter dollars of tlie San Fran cisco mint of 1877 show seven varieties. The letter “S” is of different sizes and is differently located. The half dollars of the Carson City mint of 1876 show the “C O” mark in six shapes and positions, while the quarter dollars of the same year show four varieties. The half dollars of the San Francisco mint dated 1876 and 1877 embrace more varieties than any other denomination or mint. One collector boasts of having twenty varieties of these two years. Tlie half dollar of tlie New Orleans mint struck in 1838 is one of tlie grea rarities. This coin, which is valued n about $100, is just like any other half dollar of the year, with tlio exception of the letter “O." Without this mark the e oin is worth just face value- Only four specimen.-, were supposed to have been struck, and this fact accounts for its excessive rac ily. A Half dollar of the San Francisco mint dated 1866 without the motto on the re verse and showing the letter "S” is worth over $20 when in uncirculated con dition. Without the letter the coin is worth 50 cents. The dime of the same mint dated 1391 bearing the letter “S” is valued at $50, and yet tlie dimes of the same date of other mifits are worth just face value. these coins were spitting forth fire from their mouths at j Only twenty-four each other. But as suddenly as the tu- j struck, mult had begun it subsided, as though] q-he gold dollars bearing certain mint by mutual consent. Both of the eon- j letters are among the rarest of the coins tending generals, unwilling to risk a j sought by the mint mark collectors, combat in the dark, had resolved to l Dahlonega mint dollars dated 1856 arid wait for daylight to uncover their re- I860 are very rare, while one of the same speetive positions, and tlie troops stood mint dated 1855 sold not long ago for to arms during the remainder of the! $52. That of 1860 has brought $38. A night. ! gold dollar of the San Francisco mint But the encounter, brief as it was, had j dated 1870 lias brought as much as its influence on the impending conflict, j $1 10. Several of Armand's cavalry were Many comparatively rare mint marks wounded, and these threw the others are included among the three-dollar gold into disorder, causing the whole body of] pieces. The Dahlonega mint struck \.\20 cavalry to recoil so suddenly as to break] of these pieces in 1854, and a specimen the formation of tlie First Maryland! ka s brought $20. regiment and throw the entire line into confusion. It was a sorry trick that h<e jade fortune had played on these raw recruits, a sudden atack in tlie dark, and they never recovered from this first startling impression. But still, thanks to tlie splendid conduct of Portereld's The rarest of the half eagle mint marks was the one coined in 1387 at Philadel phia, the whole issue numbering only eighty-seven pieces. For some reason very high premiums are not paid for $5 gold pieces of recent years, although in some instances they j are as scarce as some of the lower do corps, the advance of the British was nomfnations wUch are heW l n very much ticular locality in which it origi- 'with the Divine at least once in each year, that the' wiggs-He doesn't care how he spends P r,se - but ,nsteadof adjus ' tin s plan nated. But today it is national. ] wbo ^ e nat,on nia 3' walk With God and not forget l,He attended two churdi fairs last week.’! l!is troops - !le remarked casually, “Ther teriran. man ,-i,;iu . that there is One mightier than uresident ami !- phi,adelphia Record - I Every true American, man, woman or child, loves this glad day, in which a people pours out its thanks to the Almighty for the bounteous bless ings vouchsafe during the preceding twelvemonth. Today our thanks arc not merely for good crops. mightier than president and] | political parties to whom thanks are due and fre I whom all things spring. j “Has a reformer any chance in pol- 1 itics?” “It all depends,” answered the ! cold-blooded campaigner, “on whether he And surely, there have been few Thankse-ivine-M 8 set in his ways or is willin s be , , . , . - *» & ! taught.”—Washington Star. days in our American historv wlieq the universal I — I,cart had more to inspire U with gratitude ttoo STSE’ "S but for th* peace of our country among- the nations I tb ‘ s one which is upon us. Let us then observe ! plorer - - vo " didn 't reach the north ^ Li | .. . . " J pole.’* “No; 'but 1 reached the editors cr the world, for the prosperity’ of every line of] ne ° ~ ln 1ls P r °pei* spirit and show our apprecia- ! an d the readers.**—Washington star. business and industrv. for the freedom from nesti-! V?,” , 0t tIlC ln ( ,mte £ 0O(1 th,n gs that the Author of , * I All has permitted us to enjov. Let lemce, and the various and sundry other blessings . ' , , “’! single fault. The one—But he appears j. , _ .. - messing. f rom one end of tire country to tlie other, a real 11'» b« blind in his right eye. The other- wiwcii a generous 1 navidence has poured upon us. I dav of thanksfrivine - iWeit, that's not his fault; it’s his mis- J I lortune.-Chicago Daily Ncwa» l'he One—And you say this horse us make it i hasn't any faults? The Other— Not re ad hered to I he plans made on the basis ! of 7.000 soldiers. Neither did he con sider that fully two-thirds of his 3.000 were raw militia. The line of march, therefore, was set in motion at 10 o'clock that night. When the army had advanced about half way- to Camden, firing was heard in front. This was a great surprise to Gates, and truth to tell, it was the same to Lord Cornwallis, on the other.side of tlie fence. The explanation of the mutual surprise was a simple one, after all. Lord Corn- wal'is. having heard that the whole coun try was rising, and that every day was augmenting the number of the American army, which had reached Clermont the day hefo^. just as lie himself reached Camden, resolved to attack .Gates in his checked. Unhappily, however, their gal lant commander received a morta? wound, and was hurried away from the field. His last order to his men was to “hold the ground,” and so well did tliey obey their beloved officer that, to gether with the legion infantry, they halted tlie whole British army. Several prisoners were taken from the British during the skirmishing, and from them, the Americans learned that the whole British army, consisting of some three thousand seasoned troops under the personal command of Lord Corn wallis, was in their front. Up to this moment. General Gates had supposed the latter to be still in Charleston. A coun cil of war was called bj- Gates, and tlie brave De Kalb wisely advised an im mediate retreat to their strong position at Clermont, there to await the attack I of the enemy. The commanding gener al. however, overruled this opinion, al though it was that also of several of his most experienced officers. Yielding not one jot to tlie advice of his council, which was almost unanimous for re treat. Gates determined to give battle in his present position, though hemmed in between two marshes, where he could obtain no opportunity for flank move ments, and the whole fate of (he battle must depend on the firmness of the op posing columns. The road ran between these two marshes, or swamps, and Lord Corn- higher estimation by the collector. Of the 20-cent pieces, nearly all are common, with the exception of one made at Carson City in 1876 The addition of the two letters in this case makes the coin worth about S5, while most of the others are worth hut a few cent3 above their face value. The comparatively high premium for this piece is unexplained, for there "Were 10,000 of them struck. The scarcity probably due to the fact that the coins were nearly all remelted as soon as they found their way hack to the mints, as the 20-cent pieces never were popular and tlie public was glad to be rid of them. SEA WATER INDUSTRY. (From The London Mirror.) For some time the Great Eastern Rail way Company has supplied sea water m small quantities to aquariums, both pub lic and amateur. This past few months, however, a won derful increase lias taken place in tu® demand, hundreds of three-gallon kegs coming tip to Liverpool street every day. Tlie water is obtained from Lowestoft, where it is claimed to he purer and more invigorating than from any other part of the English coast. Two large tanks, half a mile out at sea, are filled with the tide. When wallis, dividing liis" army into two por-' they are fuU a speoial boat ” oes out and stretched one from the road to the lllls tlle ke gs, which are then sent on to London toy express train. tion swamp on the right, and the other from tlie road to tiie swamp on tiie left, the artillery remaining in tlie road and form ing the connecting link. Behind eacli of these masses was stationed a battalion as a rear-guard. Tarleton's famous, or rather, infamous, legion sat on their horses a little to tlie right of the road, ready to take advantage of any circum stances that might arise. Gates divided Ids force into three col umns. The center one was commanded by Caswell, in the road, and tlie other two commanded by Stevens and Gist, on either side. The Continental troops of Delaware and Maryland, De Kalb's com mand. composed the reserve, while Ar mand's cavalry were placed opposite Tar leton's legion. It was thus that the Continued on Fifth Face. “The water only used to be ordered for aquariums,” said a Great Eastern rail way official to the Daily Mirror yester day; “now, however, doctors are order ing their patients to drink it in small quantities. Sea water "is claimed to ha especially good for gout and rheuma tism. “Photographers, too. are now ordering it, using it for some kinds of toning and fixing. “Apart from these purposes, many peo ple are realizing the bracing properties of sea water for a sponge down in tiie morning. It is, as every one knows, ■wonderfully freshening." A three-gallon keg costs only 6d. and if ordered in large quantities a reduction can be made.