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MENEFEE. •riir l Doctor. The hero of the following sketch wns A nAtive of Kentucky, llie father wan a fanner in moderate circumstances, living a few miles from Louisville, who managed by great labor and scrupu lous economy to give his favorite and first-born son an excellent education, embracing the degree of doctor of med icine. Young Menefee had a young and beautiful sister, who was betrayed by a fashionable villain \of Louisville, one James Murray, a lawyer, and uni versally regarded as the most desper ately brave duelist that Kentucky, the lan 1 so prodigal of such heroes, ever produced. While the father and mother of the ruined girl were weeping tears of des pair, John, then only 20 years old, armed himself, and proceeded in search of his enemy. lie found him in the Court House, immediately after an ad journment, and, without uttering a sin gle word, attacked and belabored him dreadfully with a cowhide. Murray on bis part fought like a fiend, but in vain ; for the fiery desperation of fierce and concentrated wrath appeared to have given young Menefee the strength of a dozen men. He blinded his antagon ist with quick and countless blows, dashed from his hand every pistol the other succeeded in drawing from his pocket, and flagellated him till he was covered with blood. A challenge was the consequence. Menefee accepted on these conditions : That the meeting should take place at a certain spot the ensuing morning, di rectly after sunrise. Three pistols were to be loaded —each was to take one and fire by turns at a mark ten paces distant. Whoever bit nearest the center should then have the remain ing pistol, and shoot at his adversary’s head. If lie missed, the other should be entitled to a shot, and so on bv alter nation till one of them should fall dead! These ferocious terms were mutually settled, and the principals and their seconds met accordingly on the banks of the Ohio river, six miles below the falls. The seconds measured off ten paces, and then made a black spot with moist ened gunpowder, about as high a3 a man’s heart, on a slender oak tree. They then loaded the three pistols, handed one to each principal, and re tained the third to be given to the suc cessful marksman. The antagonists then cut a pack of cards for the first shot. Murray drew the queeu of dia monds, Menefee the ace of spades, and so won the first lire, He immediately took his stand, turned his right side to the tree, let the hand which grasped the weapon, now at full cock, fall until the muzzle reached below his knee, fixed his flashing blue eve steadily a moment on the mark, and then, swift as thought, raised and pulled the trigger. In for tunately, the pistol •* hung fire,” as it is called in the backwoods —that is, the Hash in the pan was seen first, and then the explosion of the load in the barrel, sounding long, like a double re port. Under such circumstances most persons would have missed the tree ; but, as it was, Mcnefee’s bullet barely cut the upper edge of ihe mark. An excellent shot! Murray now took his position. He was a famous “ level shooter,' having previously slain three men in as many duels, sending his ball directly through their brains. He raised slowly, poised a deliberate aim. stood several seconds motionless as the tree at which the muzzle of his pistol was pointed, and fired. The crack was short and sharp as the peal of a bell: and when the blue wreaths of curling smoke were cleared away the black spot on the oak was not to be seen—the white bullet hole bored into the splintered wood oc cupied its place. The seconds then gave Murray the third pistol, and then lie stationed him self ten steps from his unarmed adver sary, who in the meanwhile seemed calm and fearless, as if an unconcerned spectator, without the slightest symp toms of either alarm or surprise. Ac cording to the terms stipulated, Murray might choose his own time, after the elevation of his weapon, to fire; and the thought appeared to cross his mind to torture his antagonist by a cruel and unnecessary delay, lie raised his right band gradually, and fixed a mortal aim at Menefee's head, in which position he continued for more than two minutes, Hut Menefee still betrayed no emotion. Not a nerve shook —bis face paled not a shade. A bitter smile of scorn writhed his purple lip, and his gleaming blue eye, gazing fiercely into that of his deadly foe. seemed to the wondering seconds like a ball of fire, so intense and vengeful was its glare. At length he called out, in a voice piercing and shrill as the shriek of a trumpet: “Murray, you d—d coward, why don’t you shoot ? Are you afraid to shoot ?” And whether it was that the position of Murray's arm, so long extended, affected the nerves, or that he became excited by the mocking taunt, or was surprised at the terrible tones of his enemy's voice, or quailed with preter natural dread before the of bis burning blue eye, it is impossible to say ; but at least, whatever might bo the cause, a remarkable change passed over his features. His cheek grew' pallid—his pale lip quivered—his hand shook. He fired. The ball merely grazed Menefee's left temple without injury. Then the seconds reloaded the pistol and placed it in the hands of Menefee, and the parties again assumed their VOL. Ill —NO. 12. proper stations. The youthful avenger of a sister's shame waited not an in stant. lie was in too great a hurry to finish his work for suspense. Quick as ; the flash of a sunbeam, he elevated his weapon and fired. With the roar of tlie explosion, without a sigh or groan, Murray dropped dead in his tracks. llis right eye had been shot out! Menefee fled the country, and settled in Conway county, Ark. Thenceforth the whole current of his thoughts and ! passions appeared to be changed. The earthquake of mortal wrath, which bad i burst up from the profound abyss of his soul, had plowed out anew passage for the march of ambition—a passage stained witli ineffaceable blood ! Be fore, his heart had burned with un quenchable enthusiasm to excel in knowledge, in variety, depth, and ex tent of attainments ; but now he covet ed superiority only in desperate deeds —the bloody achievements of brute bravery. Riots, affrays, and deadly rencounters by chance medley, were weekly and some times daily occur rences. Dr. Menefee took a hand in all, and yet escaped from each without a scar, till his name grew to be a thing of terror, at the sound of which even brave men trembled. And thus he had reached the summit of his fatal ambi : tion. Asa “ famous fighter,” lie was universally acknowledged to be without an equal and without a second, and ! that, too, in a country abounding witli bold spirits from every quarter of the Union. The Rectors, the Deshas, Wil son, Conway—the most redoubtable heroes dreaded him. Fent Noland himself feared the glare of his fero cious blue eye. He devised extraordinary methods of displaying his courage and contempt of death. He was known, on several occasions, without uttering a word, to approach and spit yi the faces of noto rious bullies with whom he had no cause of quarrel, and for the sole end of pro voking a fight. One personal ad van | tage, however, resulted from this ex i cessive desperation. No other physi cian could be found hardy enough to | settle in Conway, where such a foe reigned, and, as a matter of course, ! Menefee got all the practice, lie even attended on his own wounded —would 1 cut a mail open with bis bowie-knife in ; the morning, and, if called on, sew , him up with his needle in the evening. He realized a handsome fortune by his | professional exertions, and deservedly, • too, for lie was a skillful and attentive : doctor, In perilous cases lie was sub lime, for his bravery urged him always to take the responsibility ol a lofty daring in the promptitude and power of his remedies. “ The Fighting Doctor,” as he was christened in blood throughout Arkan sas, had a neighbor named Phillips, a peaceful, inoffensive man, who had never previously been engaged in a difficulty with any human being, and hence in that region was generally deemed a coward. From some cause which never publicly transpired, feel ings of hostility arose between the two, and Menefee sought an early opportu nity to cowhide the other in the streets of Lewislnirg. Phillips bore his chas tisement without so much as an effort of resistance. Indeed, at the moment he had no other alternative, for he was altogether unarmed, while his enemy held a Derringer cocked at his breast. Immediately afterward, however, Phillips literally loaded himself with murderous weapons, and returned to face his foe on more equal terms. They encountered in the public square while court was in session, and never did the sun of heaven shine on a more obsti nate combat. They first of all fired two rounds with pistols, and at the second round Phillips was wounded in the loins. But this, instead of cheek ing his furious ardor, only tended to inllaine and madden him the more. lie unsheathed his knife and bounded upon his enemy, who received his thrusts with a like deadly blade. With clench ed teeth, foam on their livi 1 lips, pant ing chests, and blazing eyes, they fought like maniacs, till both were bathed in sweat and blood. At length Phillips ventured on a desperate ma neuver. lie dropped his own knife, and, seizing the naked blade of his an- tagonist. snapped it in two by main strength, cutting at the same time his own fingers to the bone! lie then drew from beneath his vest another knife, and made a fierce lunge at Men efee's heart; but Menefee, in his turn, caught the sharp blade in his hands and broke off the point—when, lo ! Phillips produced a third bowie-knife, much larger than the others, and plunged it up to the hilt in his enemy’s side, who fell to rise no more. Menefee, as lie lay on the gory ground, looked up in the victor's face with a smile, and gasp ed, in a dying voice : “ Phillips, you are King of Conway now, for you have killed ‘The Fighting Doctor!” Fussy and partially deaf farmer to his son: “ John, what on earth have you been cleaning your harness with ?” “Nothing, sir." “Then, don’t do it with that again ; see how it rots the leather.” 'jv ’ HARTWELL, RA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER ,13 1878. W I LI) MAX OF THE WOODS. A t'l'Hrfiil I'roillitr <n|itiiml In Ilie Wild* of Tt-iiiieasee null Itroiialil In l.otiint ttlc fur Kxlilliitlon— lllh Iloily (owrcil nilli I'lhli-Sciili*. Louitcille Courier-Journal. A wild man brought to the city yes terday by Dr. O. G. Broyler, of Sparta, Tennessee, is truly a mysterious and wonderful creature. He will be exhib ited throughout the country bv Mana ger Whallen, of the Metropolitan, who is a third owner in this remarkable be ing, who promises to successfully battle all scientists who desire to give a satis factory explanation of his unnatural ap pearance. Before entering into the de tails of his capture, which form quite a thrilling and interesting episode, a des cription of the curiosity, which promises to excite more attention than Barnum's “ What is it?” will be given. At a dis tance the general outline of his figure would indicate that he is only mi ordi nary man. Close inspection shows that his whole body is covered with a layer ofscales, which drop off at regular peri ods, in the spring and full, like the skin of a rattlesnake. He has a heavy growth of hair on his head and a dark reddish Lc ird about six inches long. His eyes present a fearful appearance, being at least twice the size of the aver age sized eve. Some of his toes are formed together, which give his feet a strange appearance, and his height, when standing perfectly* erect, is about -ix feet live inches. A nervous twitch ing of his muscles shows a desire to escape, and lie is constantly looking in die direction of the door through which he entered. Ilis entire body must he wet at intervals, mid, should this lie neg lected he begins to manifest great un-. easiness, his flesh becomes feverish, and liis sufferings cannot be alleviated until die water is applied. At times lie is luugerous, and yesterday morning, when Mr. Whallen attempted to place him in a wagon, in which lie intended to bring him to the theater, it occupied some time. The strange creature acted in the most mystericus manner, refusing obstinately for some time to get into the wagon, lie has quite a sharp appetite, having eaten a meal yesterday morning hat would have fully satisfied four men. With the exception of fish, liis meals are all prepared in the ordinary way, but the fish is eaten entirely raw. Dr. Broyler says that when alone he will sometimes mutter an unintelligible jar gon, which it would he impossible for anyone to understand, but, that in the presence of visitors, lie remains perfect ly silent. Yesterday afternoon, from ■me to four, a private exhibition was given, and a number of physicians were present, among them Die. Brady and Cary Blackburn, who said that lie was a great curiosity. Dr. Blackburn said that his scaly con dition could not be attributed to any skin disease, but undoubtedly lie was born in that condition. He will be on exhibition in one of the private rooms of the Metropolitan theatre this after noon and to-morrow between the hours of one and four o'clock. Only physi cians and those especially invited will be allowed admission, liis exact age is not known, but for the last eighteen years he has been running wild in the Cumberland mountains in Tennessee, near the Caney Fork and Big Bone creek. He lias been the constant ter ror of the community, although lie was never known to attack any one until the day of his capture. Dr. G. G. Broyler, of Sparta, Tenn., says that since the surrender of the confederate army it lias been liis intention to cap ture this creature and exhibit him throughout the country. The doctor says the parents of the wild man are respectable citizens of North Carolina, named Croslin ; that their son is un questionably a mysterious freak of na ture they do not deny, but they could nbt account for liis scaly skin. At the tender age of five years, having always been possessed with a roving disposi tion, lie left his home and plunged im mediately into the mountainous region of Tennessee. Here lie lived as best he could, subsisting on the products of the country, such as roots and herbs and small animals that lie could caj>- ture. When in the water lie was in his element, lie would dive clown into the depth of the inland lakes, remaining under water for a considerable length of time, and finally emerge with both hands filled with small fish, which he would devour at once in the raw state. Dr. Broyler says that until about eigh teen months ago he had not attempted the capture, although he had been watching the creature’s actions for the past twelve years. About the 15th of September he ftirted into the moun tains fully determined to succeed in the capture. The “ Wild Man of the Woods,” as he was termed by the people of the vicinity, was unusually fleet of foot and possessed a great deal of agility, bound ing over the mountainous regions in the most fearless manner. During the chase they kept the wild man constant ly in sight, and their plan was to tire liim out, in which they finally succeeded. He was pursued through the wild, i mountainous country, over lakes and precipices, until his pursuers almost despaired of success. fMrntagem was finally resorted to. The lariat was thrown at him witholit success, ami then a kind of net was formed, into which he was decoyed and captured. He ran fearlessly into the net, and be came entangled in the meshes. Cap tured, but not conquered, a struggle | ensued, in which Dr. Broyler was seri ously wounded. The wild man fought with liis hands, after the fashiou of a bear, and bruised and scratched the doctor in a frightful manner. At last they quieted their unwilling victim and brought him to Sparta. The doctor immediately telegraphed to Mr. Whal len who purchased a third interest in the wonder, and had him brought to Louisville yesterday morning. The presence of this wild man in Louisville lias excited considerable attention among the doctors, and also a large crowd of curious persons, who are anx ious to see the wonderful creature. There will be only one public exhibi tion in this city, which takes place at the Metropolitan theater Saturday after noon. The First brace. Athena Chronicle. A wild young man engaged to be married to an amiable young lady, wlm was mischief personified, arranged to meet her at Big Creek Primitive Bap tist Church, in the days of Auld Lang : Syne, bn Saturday of the meeting, and spend the evening and Sunday at the good old aunt’s and at church. He went and heard old father Miller Bled soe preach, as usual, about Bunker’s Hill, how they whipped the British and 'Tories in the Revolution war, and many other good tilings. He went with liis betrothed to the good old aunt's —five ladies there, he the only gentleman. Dinner,was announced, and he request ed to take the head of the table. lie did so to wait on the ladies. He had never “said grace.” Being seated amid profound silence, the hostess, folding her • arms across her breast, reverently said : | “ Mr. J., ask a blessing.” A clap of i thunder from a cloudless sky, would not have astounded him more. However, liis father’s Sunday grace occurred to to him : he said it, but forgot the Amen part. lie then piled on two or three of liis father’s short graces, inextricably 1 mixed. Could sec no Amen yet. The perspiration hurst out on his forehead. Oh, the mental agony of that hour! Next came the Lord’s Prayer and por ! tious of the Catechism —lie had been a ; Presbyterian Sunday School scholar, and had by heart the Lord’s Prayer, the Catechism, and many of David’s and Watts’ Psalms. A portion of a Psalm burst from his lips, whether in prose or i poetry, he cannot now say. But in the i confusion of the occasion, ns strange as it may seem, no place occurred to his mind to say Amen, and close what must j have seemed a ridiculous farce. He opened his eyes, liis tongue still proceed ing with the exercise. -She whom he j loved Wetter than all others was sitting at his side convulsed .with laughter. , Good old limit .J—y, at the foot of the table, still sat with folded arms, gravely reverent. The other three ladies were looking down smilingly, and evidently i struggling to avoid a similar exhibition as that made by his left hand supporter. In despair, lie stopped short in the mid dle of a sentence, and bawled out: “ Amen.” Dinner over, liis sweetheart ran out oil the piazza. He followed, crest fallen, mortified, and in despair; thinking that she would never many a man who had made such a ridiculous exhibition of himself. With a mischievous twinkle in her eves, she naively asked if lie did not think that a two hours’ sermon from Father Bledsoe before dinner was suffi cient w ithout liis stringing together three or four graces, the Lord’s Prayer, the Catechism and the Psalms, both in prose and poetry. But the pious old aunt was different ly impressed—for next day, she said to a friend: “They say that Mr. J/s a wild young man, but the Lord is doing a wonderful work of grace in his heart; for at my table, yesterday, lie asked the famouset blessing I ever heard.” He lives to describe this scene—the only survivor. NorristovTn Herald: A masked bur- glar entered a room where a man and his wife lay asleep. They both awoke, when the robber pointed a pistol at their heads, and quietly backed out of! the room and got off with liis plunder. The startled slunilierers were terribly frightened, “the man’s hair turning white before morning.” The woman was as much scared as her 1 u hand, hut upon examining her hair, which hung over the back of a chair, it was found not to have changed a particle. Some thing strange about this. The planters of Southwestern Geor gia have become so independent of the grain growers of the West that corn is selling in Terrell County at forty cents per bushel, and the papers are advising t-lie planters to hold fora higher market. WHOLE NO. ID?. The River Time. The following which we find floating like a wind driven waif upon the great sea of. American newspapers, without name or index of ownership, is certain ly one of the most beautiful things we have ever read. It is indeed almost matchless in its beauty. Mho can he the author of it ? Docs anybody know ? Oil ! a wonderful stream is the river Time. As it runs through the realm of tears; With u faultless rytlim and musical rhyme. And a hroad'nittg sweep, and a surge sub lime That blends with the ocean of years. How the winters arc drifting like flakes of snow, And the summers like buds between. And the year in the sheaf—-so they come and they go. On the river's breast, with its ebb and flow. As it glides through the shadow ami sheen. There’s a magical isle on the river of Time, Where the softest of airs are playing; There's n cloudless sky and a tropical clime. And a song as sweet as a vesper chime, And the Junes with roses straying. And the name of this isle is the Long Ago, And we bury our treasures there; There are brows of beauty and bosoms of sorrow. There are heaps of dust, but we love them so ! There are trinkets and tresses of hair. There are fragments of songs thnt nobody sings And a part of an infant's prayer ; There's a lute unswept, and a harp with out strings. There are broken vows, and pieces of rings. And the garments SHE used to wear. There arc hands that arc waved when the fairy shore. By the mirage is left in air ; And we sometimes hear, through the tur bulent roar. Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before, When the wind down the river is fair. Oh ! remembered for aye be the blessed isle. All the days of life till night— When the evening comes with its beautiful smile. And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile. May our *• greenwood ” of soil be in sight. Arrival of an Engineer to Survey the Savannah River. Anjuata Evening Sentinel sth in at. In the river appropriation bill, pass ed by the last Congress, an appropria tion of $650 was made for a prelimi nary survey of the Savannah river above Augusta. Mr. J. P. Carson, one of the assistant engineers on the National Corps in new York, has been appointed by Col. J. A. Gilmore, of the United States Engineer Corps, to male* the survey. Mr. Carson arrived in this city this morning, bringing an introductory letter from Si nator Butler, of Carolina, to several of our promi nent citizens, lie was taken charge of to-day by ex-May or Estes who took him up the canal this morning. Mr. Carson will, in a short time, begin his preliminary survey so as to report the result of iiis survey to the General Government. He will make this sur vey up to the junction of the Seneca and Tugaloo rivers, reporting depth and width of the stream, the nature and probable cost of obstructions to be removed, the channel of the river at different stages and seasons, and the class of commerce to he benefitted by the improvement in navigation. We trust that Mr. Carson's work will be complete and satisfactory, and can assure him of the hearty co-operation of our citizens. A Big Dose of Salts. A man living in the country, far from any physician, was taken suddenly ill. His family, in great alarm, not knowing what else to do, sent for a neighbor who had a reputation for doctoring cows. “ Can't you give father something to help him?” asked one of the sons. “ Wa’al, I don’t know nothing about doctorin’ people.” “ You know more than we do, for you can doctor cows. Now what do you give them when they are sick?” “ Wa’al, I alius give cows salts. You might try that on him.” “ How much shall we give him?” in quired the son. “ Wa’al, I alius give cows jest a pound. I suppose a man is a quarter as big as a cow —givo him a quarter of a pound.” This item is going the rounds: “It may not lie generally known that com mon cooking soda is a sure remedy for the bite of a rattlesnake, if applied scon enough. An incision may be made to the depth of the wound made by the fangs of the snake, and into this cut the soda should he sprinkled. It will im mediately bubble up and turn green, caused by the action of the soda in neu tralizing the acid of the poison.” “Anything new with you to-day?” inquired a man of his friend who was suffering from inflammation of the lungs. 1 “ I should think so,” replied the sufferer. “ What is it,” asked the first sneaker. “ Pneumonia,” answered the victim. A SIMPLE TANNING PROCESS. I.rnlher Rarcnufiilb' Tunned With drce>i rino Itran. MUUdiftvilU (da.) Itecorder. During the war niv brother, A. IT. Washington, of Nashville, Tenn., was superintendent of the clothing depart ment under Mai. G. W. Cunningham, and lie informed mo that an English man had been experimenting for twenty years to find some material for tanning, which would shorten the time and leave the hide pliant, so that a lnrge amount of oil would not ho necessary. All his trials however had proved futile until chance threw him into the Confederate States, where ho tried an experiment witli green pine straw witli complete success. My brother showed me samples of sheepskin tanned in eight davs —calf -kin tanned in eight weeks, equal to the best American call’—and sole leather evenly tanned in four months. A lon ger time for the latter would no doubt have produced better leather, hut the emergencies of the service required an abridgement of time, and the pine straw enabled the tanners to fill the require ments. Since the war the French have used spirits turpentine directly in the manufacture of leather, with great suc cess, hut I cannot now recall theautlior itv for the statement. The Englishman’s Confederate patent was worthless, ami as he had failed to take out a Uniter! States patent in the long time since the close of the war, he mav justly lie supposed to have aban doned liis rights, and 1 have, therefore, concluded to lav the matter before you for further experiment. The pine straw j being cheaper than oak bark, obtainable at all seasons of the year, requiring only a short transportation and richer in tur pentine than the northern pines, would give you very decided advantages in competing for the markets of the world in tlie production ol’ leather. Since my brother's information, I re tail my slmes by mixing a mixture of equal parts of turpentine and tallow over a gentle fire, and then saturate both .sole and uppers with it, the conse quence is, my- shoes last more than twice as long as usual; niy last pair, witli two half soles, lasted fifteen months. I doubt not thnt if the straw was cut and bruised by being run through a straw-cutter with short feed, it would very quickly impart its virtues to the water in the vat and make it more effi cacious than if used without the cutting. Having no patent royalty to pay, you can at once reduce the cost of the pro duction of leather to a minimum, and en hance your profits accordingly. With a belt of pine 170 miles wide, extend ng from Virginia to Texas, the South can tan leather enough to supply the United States and numerous foreigu markets. As this is no theoretical assumption, ! to be verified by costly experiments. I 1 doubt not you will give the subject the attention it certainly deserves, and profit accordingly. Yours respectfully, B. 11. Washington, M. D. To Clean Cloth'ng. Put a teaspoouful of ammonia in n quart of warm soapsuds, dip a cloth in it upd go over vour soiled clothing, and see how rapidly the dirt will disappear; no scrubbing will be necessary. To a pint of hot soapsuds add a teaspoonful of the spirits, dip in your fork or spoon (or whatever you wish to clean), rub with a soft brush, and then finish witn cha mois-skin. For washing windows and mirrors it has no equal. It will remove grease spots from every fabric without injuring the garment. Put on the am monia nearly clear; lay on blotting pa per, and set a hot iron on it for a mo ment. Also a few drops of water will cleanse and whiten laces and muslins beautiful lv. N. Y. Dispatch: Mr. Deßartli is a very modest young man, who never drinks. He has hut one bad habit, and that is tobacco chewing. The other day he rode in a Fifth-avenue car, and he had a quid of tobacco as big as a loaf of bread in his mouth. At Fourteenth street a young lady entered the car. Great Heavens ! It was his girl! What should lie do? She took n scat beside him, and chatted away right merrily. The conversation had not progressed very far when Dcßarth’s face begun to turn red. He felt for his h and kerchief, hut lie had none. Then his face turned purple. In two minutes more his cheek began to swell. What could lie do? If his gill caught him chewing tobacco, that would settle it. The passengers all noticed that Mr. Deßartli was dying, hut none of them moved to assist him. The crisis had come, and in a fit of des peration It. 15. pointed to the front of the car. All hands, including the girl, looked in that direction. While they were doing so he spit down his sleeve. Then he took the quid from his mouth, and, without looking in that direction, threw it out of the w indow—or attempt ed to do so. It went up against the pane with a s.vash, and flattened out until the car became darkened. A Georgia farmer bought a Grand piano for his daughter. 11 is house is small, and, to economize room, the lower part of the partition between the kitchen and the parlor was cut out,and the long end of the piano stuck through. Pris cilla now sits at the keyboard, singing, “ Who will care for mother now?” and the mother rolls out doughnuts on the other end of the piano in the kiteheu. Danbury News: From the open win dows of a Pine street house, p’riday noon, there floated the airof the “Sweet Bye and-Bye” and cooking onions.