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May 16th, 1884.
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The German carp seems to be
loosing its reputation as an extra
superior fish. Not long since we
saw published the experience of a
gentleman in eating the carp, lie
said thi' flesh was inferior, cottony
and little better than that of the gar.
And now conies the Brunswick,
(Ga.,) Hr raid and says: “German
carp, the fish that is now extensive
ly propagated by the government,
is nothing more than what is known
as the ‘mudsucker’ in the South.—
The propagation of this species of
lish has been a great success. They
live to be a thousand years old, and
some have been found in this coun
try weighing more than twenty-live
pounds each.”
Nelms, the principal keeper of the
penitentiary, was lately charged
by the Palmetto Blade with aiding
in the procuring exculpatory evi
dence in the case of one John
Thomas, a murderer, and using bis
influence to induce the governor
to commute the sentence of Thom
as from that of hanging to peniten
tiary for life. In the controversy
which followed, and in the attempt
to deny a well sustained accusation,
he used language entirely unbecom
ing a gentleman. Besides this, be
stepped completely out of bis way
to nullify, and render inoperative
the solemn action of a court and
jury in a very grave matter. As a
•State officer, it was no part of
Nelms’ business to meddle with,
supervise or set aside the action of
juries or the judgments of courts.
We have had enough of such im
pertinent action on the part of offi
cials who use their positions to de
feat tin 1 execution of the laws.
As a warning to those who partic
ipate in base ball playing, we give
the following account of a distress
ing accident, from the Hartwell
Sun, which occurred on the occa
sion of the picnic of the Hartwell
High School: “After the picnic, the
match game of base ball was played
between the High School Nine and
the Blue Boys—the citizens’ club.—
AVe have to report two casualities.
Willie Edwards had a linger badly
dislocated by catching the ball on
the fly, and the bone protruded
through the flesh. Tommy Graft
caught the ball on his eye while
pitching which addled him for a
few moments, and blackened his
eye considerably.” The hurt on
the young man’s eye does not seem
serious in its results, though it nar
rowly escaped knocking out the
eye; but the young man who had
lus finger broken is a cripple in one
of his hands—that ulmost idispen-
sible member of the body—for life.
This is only one, and a trivial one,
too, among the thousands of acci
dents which have been reported as
the result of this game. It has
caused hundreds of fearful and fa
tal rencounters which have plung
ed thousands of families into mourn
ing, gloom and sorrow; it has furn
ished .more than one victim for the
gibbet and State’s prison, and
maimed its thousands, and should
be depricated and discouraged by
every thinking man throughout the
land.
A vague rumor has reached us
that Bulloch and Sorlven, the coun
ties which together with Burke
form this State senatorial district,
will be put upon notice at the com
ing senatorial convention that if the
rotation system is continued, Burke
will claim two senatorial terms
to one of each of the other two
counties. We do not know where
or when this rumor originated, or
anything as to its truth, but even
with two terms Burke will be relin
quishing one term to which she is
justly entitled. Wo are opposed to
the rotation system altogether, but
if it is the adopted policy, and is to
he continued and pursued, it should
be done upon a principle of Justice,
l’nirke has three representatives in
the Lower House of the State Leg
islature while Bulloch and Seriven
have each only one. Then upon
"’hat principle of justice, admitting
the so-called rotation system, can
Bulloch an Seriven claim an equal
number of terms in the Senate with
Burke which is acknowledged
t" contain one-third more in num
ber of inhabitants than both the
other counties together? As con
ducted now under the rotation sys
tem, Burke yields two-thirds of her
right to representation in the Sen
ate, and no course of reason can
make anything else of it. Wo have
heard, coupled with the rumor that
Rulloeli is ready to conceed to
Burke her rights in this matter,
ami wo hope Seriven will bo found
ready to act In the same spirit of
justice. If, however, these counties
refuse to yield to Burke as plain a
right as this, then it will the duty
“t our delegates to notify them that,
80 far as Burke is concerned, the
rotation system is at an end.
Subscriptions tire positively cash
A ltKPOTOKIAL YYALK.
Km! (if tlio Croat (io-As-You-l'Ioaso Match In At-
lanta—Clioslilro Wins the ltace.
Richmond in Augustu Chronicle.
The main object of gossip is the
reporters’ walking match that came
oil Saturday. Henry Grady seems to
be most responsible for the enliven
ing episode of the reporters. Ac
cording to all accounts it was an
interesting affair. There were fully
3,900 people present during the day,
including all classes and kinds.—
The money taken in has not been
stated, but it falls short of what was
expected and the cause of the de
ficiency is the promiscuous transfer
of season tickets, which were priced
at $1, and were declared not to be
transferable. These tickets admit
ted the holders as often as they de
sired.
'flic match began at ten in the
morning and ended at ten at night.
The gentlemen who entered for the
race were eight in number, and
they attired themselves in the regu
lation pedestrian costume.
11. M. Cheshire, blue and grey, 48
miles 1 lap; Josiah Garter, green
and red, 48 miles; E. G. Brutfey, grey
and red, 4(1 miles 9 laps; E. T. By-
ington, yellow and lilac, 40 miles 1?
laps; Smith Clayton, black and
white, 88 miles? laps; Sam W. Small,
lilac and grey, 87 miles 8 laps; Tide
Bamsdell, red and white, 80 miles 7
laps; G. T. Logan, blue and white,
21 miles 8 laps.
The match took place at Kelley A
Rosser’s cotton warehouse. The
ring was one-fourteenth of a mile.—
The men were allowed to run as
they pleased. And a number put in
considerable trotting and running.
Garter found that running gave
him cramp in his legs and perhaps
did less running than any.
Cheshire and Brutfey are both
very small men; Carter, Clayton
and Small are slender, tall persons.
Byington, Itamsdell and Logan are
of good size and quite muscular.—
The men trained for several days,
doing what practice in walking and
endurance that they could, while
engrossed in their daily duties.—
Logan has been recently ill, and the
fact accounts for his small score.
Railfsdell has been wounded in his
chest, and this interfered with his
coming up to the best measure of
achievement. All took several
rests and were groomed down and
rubbed off. Some took a little whis
ky to help them out.
The scene became quite exciting
at the close. Cheshire and Carter
were nip and tuck, and on the last
mile they were close to each other,
but Cheshire seemed to have the
best staying quality, and put nearly
a lap between himself and his game
ful competitor. The match was
quite an ordeal of endurance for
these novices in pedestriimism and
tested them right sharply.
At the start, they went off in this
order, Itamsdell, Byington, Carter,
Cheshire, Logan, Small, Brutfey and
Clayton. They changed about won
derfully in the race. At the end of
the first quarter Itamsdell lead with
Cheshire, Byington, Garter, Clayton,
Small, Brutfey and Logan in the
order named. At the half point the
sequence stood, Garter, Brutfey,
Cheshire, Byington, Itamsdell, Clay
ton, Logan. At the three-quarter
stretch they stood, Carter and
Cheshire even, then Bruffey, Bying
ton, Clayton, Small, Itamsdell,
Logan. At the conclusion they
were, Chesire, Carter, Bruffey, By
ington, Clayton, Small, Itamsdell,
Logan.
There was tremendous cheering
at the result. Much money chang
ed hands. 'Phe pool selling before
hand stood: Itamsdell 104, Carter
4)0, Clayton 42, Bruffey 40, Logan 38,
Cheshire 8.7, Byington 88, Small 30.
A curious miscalculation of pros
pects. Cheshire, who won, stood
fifth in the pool and low at that.—
Itamsdell, who rated first in the
pool, came out seventh in the race.
The money taken in is to be
divided between them after ex
penses are paid in the ratio of their
priority. Besides this many special
premiums were offered. M r. Chesh
ire, besides winning the largest
share of the takings, won a $60 dia
mond ring from A lie Fry, a $27
badge from Stevens, $10 from Steve
Ryan, $27 from the Swift Specific
Company, $5 from W. 14. Lowe, $10
from Paul Jones, $10 from J, A. An
derson, $8 pair of shoes from Berry,
$in from (’apt. Harry Jackson, $10 f»0
Globo cotton planter, $47 bale of
shirting from Gov. Bullock, $100
share in the Electric Light Com
pany.
Mr. (’arter won, besides the second
share, several special premiums.—
Mr. Logan won a baby carriage
worth $17, given by Mr. Stewart, as
the man making the fewest number
of miles. The fastest walker was
Itamsdell.
Smith Clayton made the last lap
most rapidly.
I saw the walkers in solemn con
clave discussing the premiums with
Mr. Grady gracefully and impartial
ly presiding. 'Phe three head men
all looked as fresh as daises, several
bad a jaded appearance. I will
not invidiously mention the fatigued
ones. Mr. Small won a prize for
drinking nothing but water. There
was some question about a foul per
petrated by Mr. Hodgson, trainer
for Mr. Cheshire on Mr. Itamsdell,
by which Mr. Cheshire lost a lap
under the rules, but there was too
good a feeling and generous a spirit
to allow any technicalities to thwart
the victory honestly won.
We take the following division of
prizes from the Atlanta Journal of
the 12th inst.: “The receipts at the
gate were about $1,700 and the ex
pense reached nearly $000. The
division of money this morning was
as follows: Cheshire $800; Carter
$227; Bruffey $227; Byington $107;
Clayton $107; Small $187; Itamsdell
$120; Logan $107. The prizes were
pooled. There is perhaps $170 worth
of property yet to be divided.”
TIIK MACON FOOT HACK.
Hportlm? AuthorltltfN (Uro alllark Kye to the JiHlgrs
nnd I ) Our Chainpion’N Kucortl.
The Spirit of the Timex of May
10th, hits the Macon foot race, and
the judges of the foot race, a hard
one and unnecessarily reflects on
the - record of our champions in the
following which we clip from its
sporting columns. The article is
headed “A Champion Found At
Last,” and answers the querry of a
Waynesboro gentleman as follows:
Waynkshoko, Ga., April 22, 1884.
The Augusta (Ga.) Evening News
publishes the following:
“Fleet Flyers on Foot — Louis
Robert, of Augusta, Beats His Best
Record and Wins the Macon Race
in 9-47 Seconds.—The foot race in
Macon yesterday afternoon caused
as much excitement as the whole
firemen’s parade, and 10,000 people
crowded the course to watch the
race between Louis Robert, of
Augusta, and Dinkier, the winner
of the Individual prize in the Macon
firemen’s contest. The betting was
high and $100 was the forfeit. There
was no idea of a forfeit being paid,
however, for both runners were con
fident and in fine trim, and both had
loads of backers. The Macon man
had the bulge at first, and, on ac
count of his tine record in winning
the individual contest race of 100
yards in 10 41-100s., and the report
that he was not then at his best, he
was the favorite in bets at the start.
As soon as Augusta learned of the
race, the wires were loaded with
offers for any kind of bets, and all
the sports were snapped up till the
tide changed. The consequence
was that Augusta won back its
laurels and its money. The reason
more money was not brought back
was because the bets from here
could not all be accommodated.—
The race itself is described as the
finest on record, for amateurs, and
the record made by Louis Robert,
of Augusta, the winner, has only
been beaten once by a professional,
who made the 100 yards in 0'.,s
Robert won easily in 9.4-5s., and led
Dinkier six feet or more, notwith
standing the fact Dinkier got the
jump on Augusta’s favorite at the
start. The race was the prettiest
seen in this section, or anywhere
else, and both sides agree that the
thing was fair and square. Macon
acknowledges the corn handsomely,
and the beaten but still plucky loser
gave the palm and the purse over
to Augusta.”
1. Does this race, taking place as
it did, under competent jndgers and
timers, constitute a record for Rob
ert ? 2. Is it not the best on record ?
8. What constitutes a record for
pedeslriauism, horse racing, etc.,
when they do not belong to the
Association? 4. What is necessary
to record the same, etc.? Yours,
J. A. Polliill.
[This story is too ridiculous for
serious comment, but as Mr. Polhill
seems to be in earnest, wo answer
him in the same spirit. 1. This
does not constitute a record, be
cause the judges and time keepers
were not as Mr. Polhill assumes,
competent; but on the contrary,
were either incompetent or dishon
est, possibly both. 2. No. The
largest lies on record are 100 yards
in 8k,s., by L. Pike, at Baltimore, in
1874, and also by W. S. Larned, in
the same year. 8. That the claimed
feat should actually have been ac
complished under the supervision
of competent and honest officials.
4. That details and proof should be
furnished to the Spirit. If Mr. Pol
hill will procure the watch with
which Dinkier was timed in 10:41-100
seconds, and show us how the one-
hundredth part of a second is
marked, we will agree to put it on
record.—Ed.] •
Did Edmunds made a motion to
retire Grant a few days ago in the
•Senate. 11 is to be supposed it would
much-pleased him to re tiro Arthur,
Blaine, Logan and perhaps several
others upon whom he looks as lions
crouching along his path towards
the Presidency. Poor, vindictive
miserable old Edmunds, he has
done more meanness to the South
than he will ever get forgiveness for
to be President, yet he is likely to die
without attaining tho coveted goal.
.Imlnli 1’. llenjmiihi Demi.
A dispatch from London, Eng., da
ted May 8th, says: “Judah P. Ben
jamin, the distinguished lawyer
and advocate, and ex-member of
the government of the Southern
Confederacy, is dead. Mr. Benja
min died in his apartments on the
avenue Jena, Paris. He had been
in failing health ever since he fell
while descending front a tramway
car several years ago.
Judah Peter Benjamin was born
in Santo Domingo, in 1812, of Jew
ish parents, who emigrated to Sa
vannah in 1810. He entered Yale
College, but left without graduating.
In 1881 he went to New Orleans,
studied law, supporting himself by
teaching,was admitted to the bar in
1834, and rose rapidly to a high po
sition in the profession. He also
became prominent as a politician,
attaching himself to the Whig par
ty. In 1872 he was chosen to the
Senate of the United States, where
he soon allied himself to the Demo
cratic party in consequence of the
action of the two parties on the
slavery question. In 1859 he was
re-elected to the Senate, his col
league being John Slidell. On Dc-
cemberSl, 1800, in a speech in the
Senate, he avowed his adhesion to
the Southern cause, and on Febru
ary 4, 1861, be withdrew from the
Senate and was at once appointed
Attorney General in the Provision
al Government of the Southern
Confederacy. In August he was
appointed acting Secretary of War,
but resigned in February, 1862, on
account of having been censured by
a Congressional committee. lie,
however, stood high in the confi
dence of Jefferson Davis, and was
appointed Secretary of State, which
position he held until the dowdfall of
the Confederacy. lie then took up
his residence in London, where he
entered successfully into the legal
profession, and in 1866 published
“A treatise on the sale of personal
property.” Since the publication
of this work Mr. Benjamin has con
tinued his residence abroad, osten
sibly in private life, but his name
from time to time coming into
prominence in connection with im
portant public topics.
A Fortune for a Coiitlet.
Trenton, N. J., May 7.—John
Kister is a Newark burglar, who
has served part of a thirty year
term in the State prison here. He
has just been informed by a New
York lawyer upon the solicitation
of a barrister in Devonshire, Eng.,
that his aunt has just died in Eng
land leaving him $60,000. The con
vict came from that country when
a boy, having lived there with his
aunt. She gave him a good educa
tion and provided him with money
to begin life in New York. He
squandered it in riotous living, and
then took to dishonest methods to
get more, lie wandered all over
the country, and served terms in
various penitentiaries, lie was a
confederate of “Red” Leary, “Billy”
Potter and other infamous cracks
men, and was the only one of that
party caught after the robbery of
tho Krementzet jewelry factory in
Newark. Kister will be 58 years
old when his time expires, lie
may be pardoned out five years
sooner, as his behavior is good, lie
said to-day that he hardly knew
what he would do with his money,
but thought if he did get his re
lease, he would settle down in some
rural neighborhood and live like a
decent man. He said lie was tired
of crime.
Kcllliii; Mountains In Now York.
The tiial of J. W. Clark for fraud
and conspiracy began to-day, says
a Syracuse, N. Y„ special, dated the
8th inst., to the N. Y. Sun. Clark
and four others were indicted on
allegations that they had sold land
in Ulster county, representing that
it was valuable, whereas it was
worthless. William Fay asserts
that he was induced to exchange a
valuable farm for a mortgage on
some of the Ulster county property
which was represented to be on the
Hudson river, and worth $1<>(' per
acre. An agent who afterwards
went down to view the property,
found that it was among the moun
tains, on which Rip Van Winkle
slept, and was practically valueless.
It is alleged that Clark and others
obtained possession of about 1,000
acres of this land and out it up into
hundred acre parcels, and that the
total amount of their fraudulent
transactions was over $70,000. The
parties engaged in tho scheme
quarreled, and thus their methods
were disclosed.
Jule Ramsay, of Toccoa, has three
Cotswold sheep, lie sheared two
of them a few days ago, a ram
which yleldid 13 pounds of wool and
a ewe 10 pounds.
A largo fruit crop is expected in
Bartow county.
CURKKNT (II.KAMNdS.
Potatoes ut 20 Cents per liusliel.
Troy, N. Y., May 12.—In Wash-
ton county potatoes are a drug in
the market, and are being bought
for the starch mills at 20 cents per
bushel.
Fur Marrylnnu White Woiiihii.
Richmond, Ind., May 13.—Yes
terday James Edwards, colored, for
marrying Rachel A. Mason, white,
was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary and to pay a $100 tint 1 .
A Conductor* Crime.
Birmingham, Ala., May 10.—
Charles Knestric, ex-conductor on
the Alabama Great Southern, was
tried before Justice Allen to-day for
embezzling $8.20, money received as
conductor. He was fined $77 and
sentenced to hard labor for three
days.
I'liiteil State* vs. Louisiana State Lottery.
Washington, May 12.—A tele
gram was received at the Post Of
fice Department to-day, from New
Orleans stating that the case of the
United States vs. the Louisiana
Lottery Company had been dismiss
ed upon a demurrer filed by the
defense.
I'lnntliifr n True In the Ocean.
N. Y'. Sun.
Christopher Hupp, a young man
22 years old, has been of unsound
mind for sometime. On Saturday
morning, he left his home in Jersey
City, with the intention, he said, of
planting a tree in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean. He has not been
seen since.
Six National Conventions.
There will be six national con
ventions this year for the nomina
tion of candidates for President and
Vice-President, viz: The anti-
Monoply, in Chicago, May 14; the
Greenback-Labor, in Indianapolis,
May 28; tho Republican in Chicago,
June 3; the American party, in
Chicago, June 19; the Democratic,
in Chicago, July 8, and the Prohibi
tion, in Pittsburg, July 23, the date
of the last having been postponed
from May 21.
CuNuiTvaaful (loose Kaisluir.
Huliulu (.S. C.) Argus.
There is an old lady living near
Abbeville who has been trying to
raise geese all her life. Twenty-
five years ago she possessed a goose
and a gander and the flock now
amounts to three. One of these is a
stray goose that walked up one day
uninvited and no one has ever
claimed it. The other two are the
same she had twenty-five years ago.
The old lady is still sanguine of suc
cess, and now has under her care
six goslings that are sure to die
before July.
An Knrtluiuakr In Ohio.
Cleykland, O., May 12.—A dis
patch from Zanesville says that
town is in an excited state over a
supposed earthquake near Blandey
avenue, in the fourth ward. At 10
o’clock Sunday morning a terrific
report was heard and about three
acres of ground sank several feet,
carrying with it a number of houses
all of which were badly damaged.
The inhabitants in the vicinity
were panic stricken. The fissure
was opened to a depth of about 170
feet, and the only plausible theory
is that several deserted eotll mines
caved in.
I* a Strike ltrculnir 1
St. Louis, May 12.—The Globe-
Democrat says that there are symp
toms of uneasiness among the tele
graph operators and rumors of
another presentation of grievances
to the Western Union Company
with the alternative of a strike un
less tlu> demands are granted. The
talk has gone so far as to prompt
the suggestion among the discon
tented that on tho eve of a National
Republican Convention at Chicago,
would afford the opportunity to give
tin* corporation a telling blow. In
the twenty-four hours there are in
tervals when operators of different
and distant cities find time to con
verse over the wires, and this way
the projects of another organiza
tion and of another effort to obtain
what they conceive to he their
rights have been discussed. How
strong is the discontent, how far
toward reorganization they have
progressed, how near ripe the situa
tion is for another tussle with tho
great corporation are questions the
members of the craft themselves
are slow to answer. Last summer’s
surrender was not of principle, but
the reluctant yielding of men who
see the wolf at the door. They
think they learned a lesson from
that strike which will not be for
gotten, but the lesson was not ab
stention from another movement
in the same direction. There were
blunders about that act which they
think would be avoided another
time.
Not n Horn 1 in IIIn llody.
A correspondent of the Cincin
nati Timex-Star, (probably Joe Mul-
luittan) writes from Lexington, Ivy.;
Yesterday your correspondent was
introduced to Isaac Arbuckle, a
member of a United States Mar
shal’s posse, who has returned from
a raid in search of moonshine
whisky manufacturers in the moun
tains of Eastern Kentucky. Ar
buckle was waiting for a train to
take him to his home in Carter
county, and when interrogated,
stated that the revenue raid was
almost barren of results, but that lie
had made a discovery while prowl
ing below Barbourville that ho felt
sure would be of interest to news
paper readers. Ilis story in his
own words were as follows:
Two days after leaving Barbour
ville, I spent the night at the cabin
of a poor farmer among the hills,
and during a social family conver
sation, in which I participated,
after supper, some one incidentally
spoke of Hector Davis, “the man
without bones.” I immediately
asked what was meant by the ex
pression, when my host explained
that Hector Davis was one of their
“neighbors,” living some three miles
further on among the mountains,
and that he actually had not a bone
in his body. As I expresssed some
skepticism, he volunteered to show
me over to Hector’s the next morn
ing. We knocked at the door of
the Davis cabin about 9 o’clock
next day, and the first thing that
struck my attention upon entering
was a middle-aged man sitting bolt
upright and supported by a rude
and peculiarly-shaped frame-work.
He was introduced to me as Hec
tor Davis. I at once entered into
conversation with him, and dis
covered him to be a man of fail-
intelligence, and eager to tell all
about himself, in a voice that was
as strong as my own. I grasped
his hand upon first entering, but
his fingers all rolled up together
like a cabbage leaf in a mutiny sort
of way that made me glad to let go
of them. Taking hold of his limbs
they yielded to the pressure until
they were flattened out to twice
their proper width. The only indi
cation of bone was in his skull,
which, while pliable almost as shoe-
leather, still afforded a kind of pro
tection for the poor fellow’s brain.
His neck was limber as a dish
cloth, and when his head was releas
ed from its support, which was
something in the shape of a similar
contrivance used in photograph
galleries, it rolled helplessly about
on bis shoulders like a foot-ball.
Ilis arms drooped at his side, but
with the aid of the muscle ho was
enabled to partly raise the forearm,
although the hand curled over limp
ly and gave the whole a sort of zig
zag shape. He shullied off his
slipper and requested me to step on
his foot. I did so, and it at once
spread itself out until it looked as if
a railroad train had passed over it.
Tt slowly resumed its natural shape,
but it was fully a halt hour before
he was able to get the foot into his
slipper again.
“Perluqrs you would like to tie
my leg in a knot ?”
1 found no difficulty in perform
ing this feat, while my friend ac
complished the same with the other
leg, and after we had also tied knots
in both his ariqs he presented a
very knotty problem, indeed, and
one that would have set a profes
sional contortionist crazy.
When we had unraveled all tho
knots and straightened his limbs
again, he requested us to lift him
gently from his framework and
place him upon the floor. This wo
found no easy task, for his body
slipped, and it was only by securing
a firm grip upon his clothing that
we managed to keep him from
falling. \Ve finally succeeded in
straightening him out upon the
floor, and then my friend, who
seemed to thoroughly understand
the boneless man’s programme,
seized a barrel standing near, and
which 1 afterward learned contain
ed turnips and swiftly upending it
at once proceeded to roll it over the
prostrate Davis, from his toes up
to his chin and back to his toes.
The only manifestation of pain he
made was when the barrel passed
over his heart and lungs, but it left
him in a horrible shape. 1 can only
describe it by comparing it to a
man made of mud, and then thrown
up and flattened against a wall.—
But I had not time to contemplate
his flatness, as he almost immedi
ately called to us in a rather a
weak voice to “roll him up.” This
we proceed to do by doubling his
head over his chest and then con
tinuing “to roll him up” as you
would a carpet, until wo came to
his feet, and he formed a complete
cylinder about as large a half-bar
rel. A voice feebly piped from the
centre of the cylinder for us to un
roll him, and wo soon had him once
more spread out over the floor.
While his body was resuming its
former shape, I learned from his old
spectacled mother, who had sat
during all these proceedings knit
ting in her rocking chair, that Hec
tor, who was 40 years old, had al
ways enjoyed excellent health, and
provided well for her until the be
ginning of bis affliction two years
ago. He first observed a softening
of the bones of the toes, and this
rapidly spread to all parts of his
anatomy, although, beyond making
him helpless, ho never experienced
any inconvenience from it. All his
vital organs performed their func
tions properly, and she believed ho
would live to a good old age. She
had a younger son then in the field
at work, who assisted her in hanld-
ling him, and altogether they got
along quite comfortably. She did
not know what the doctors might
think of Hector, as she “had not
seen a doctor up in them thar hills
for nigh on to twenty year.” After
my friend and I had replaced tho
boneless man in his frame work,
we bade him good-bye and came
away.
Water Uiiniiliis; up lllll.
Washington (D. ('.,) Republican.
With the McDonald boat way in
operation, the near future may wit
ness large steamboats running from
Lake Ontario to Lake Erie over tho
now impassable Niagara Falls,
where a wide river of deep water
dashes over a precipice and falls
with accompanying thunder and
great clouds of spray hundreds of
feet below. Colonel McDonald is a
member of the United States fish
commission. A model of liis re
markable boat way was placed in
operation last Saturday at the arm
ory building, on Sixth street south
west. The model is about nine feet
long, and consists of a trough inclin
ed at an angle of about one foot in
thirty. In the centre of the trough
are cells, while the sides are a se
ries of triangular cavities. The
water falls in succession into each
cell as it passes down the way, and
is forced from beneath into the
triangular cavities and to the sur
face again. These cavities face tho
top of tho way, and as the water
rushes through it goes upward,
forming an upper current. The effect
of the way is that water falls or
strongly flowing currents can be
forced up hill instead of down.—
To illustrate this, several small
boats with crews of wooden figures,
were in operation on Saturday.—
They were placed in the way at
the bottom, and without the least
aid from any one, they passed
swiftly up the ascending current to
the top.
Colonel McDonald said to a Re
publican reporter: “It is possible
to tame the wild falls of Niagara
with one ot these ways, Of course,
it would be a costly operation, but
it would establish steamboat com
munication between Lakes Ontario
and Erie. The incline would have
to be about 2,000 feet long, with a
fall of one foot in forty. The cur
rent could be forced up the way
with sufficient velocity to carry a
tow of vessels to the top without
any assistance from either steamer
sails. There are three points on
the Ohio river where navigation is
obstructed. My boat way would
render these points navigable, and
do away with locks and gates.”
A model of the proposed fish way
for the Great falls of the Potomac
was also on evhibition at the arm
ory building on Saturday. The fish
way in operation will enable fish
to swim over the falls in order to
reach the quiet waters beyond,
where they can spawn without
danger trom the voracious fish that
inhabit the lower Potomac. Tho
plans of the Great falls way will be
submitted to the United States en
gineer’s department this week and
the contractors will begin work
about June 1. The river and har
bor committee of the house, besides
many congressmen and others wit
nessed the operation of both ways
on Saturday.
Washington 1 , May 14.—It ap
pears probable that there will be
but few contested seats in the Re
publican Convention at Chicago.
The call for the convention requires
that notices of contests shall be
given to the National Committee,
accompanied by full printed state
ments of the grounds of contest.
Up to this date only two notices of
contest have been heard, one from
the First district of Alabama and
the other from the First district of
Georgia. In the latter case only
have the requirements been com
plied with by filing printed state
ments of the grounds of contest.
Tho absence of contests in the dis
tricts makes a brief session of the
convention probable.
Leading men of the Southern del
egations to the Republican Conven
tion will hold a conference before
the convention meets, with a view
to concert of action. They will
have little difficulty in getting to
gether, for they are all for the man
who will win. Fourteen of the six
teen Louisiana delegates are set
down for Arthur. Tho proportion
of Arthur delegates is greater in
other delegations, but they will vote
for Edmunds or Lincoln or anybody
else who seems likely to win.