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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TOES DA Y. SEPTEMBER L 1883.-TWELVE PAGES.
COURAGE IN BATTLE.
subject ns Viewed by One of England’,
T Chief Soldiers.
,.,t tVolsele'y in the Fortnightly Review.
The young company officer when in
tion has little time to gauge the feeling)
or character of his brother officers. His
♦true is fully occupied in fighting hard, and
determination possesses him to do h
j * t *11 costa, or to attract attention by
iile‘8 bravery in the “neck or nothing,”
^double or quits” game of self-seeking for
distinction. When, however, the position
f leader is reached, and he must he con-
tnt to say in calm tones, “Go on!” his op-
Mrtunities for studying the thermometer
of human courage are endless. As a rule,
: t |, e case of -a commander, success most
largely depends upon the gift of knowing
i J} to select the men who will do his bid
ding best. The fiery spiritwho will volun
teer for all services of danger, and go
straight to the point to which he is ordered,
is often worth n king’s ransom to an army
and to the nation whose cause it is fight
ing. It i* impossible to put down arith
metically the value of such an officer, and
next to the sensations which vibrato
through every muscle of the man himself,
1 know of nothing that stirs the whole
mental and bodily fiber more completely
than to watch such a hero as he bounds
forward in front of his men into some
deadly breach. When the affair it over
and he has cooled down from the white
heat which the electrical currents running
through him liavo engendered, ask him
about his sensations. They are difficult to
analvie, still more difficult to describe in
words. I Vb however, tolerably
certain that almost every man
*ho has ever led a. storming party
across the open, in full view of the enemy,
will acknowledge that his prominent and
all-absorbing anxiety from first to last was,
“Will my men follow me?" He has no
shadow of misgivings as to his own cour
age and determination to lead the way, but
that hoi rid question, and the doubt it en
genders, robs him of much of that frenzied
enjoyment which is part the understand
ing of all who have not taken part in such
an enterprise. All maddening pleasures
seem to be compressed into that very short
space of time, and yet every sensation ex
perienced in those fleeing moments is so
indelibly impressed on the brain that not
even the most trifling incident is ever for
gotten in after life. What gratitude 'the
leader feels forever afterward to thoso
two or three men who stuck close to his
heels, whose eyes met his whenever he
looked over his shoulder to see how those
behind were following 1
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES.
In our army—as indeed in nearly all
good armies—there is a great gap between
the social position of the officer anil the
private. Their education from earliest
infancy has been na opposite as the poles.
They have learned to look nt all tlfese dif
ficulties and problems of life from entirely
different platforms. For the officer to be
siup cted of any lack of nerve would be
fatal to him. He would be shunned and
boycotted as a leper, and he had better
end his days at once by his own hand.
The privwt* •em«d hv his comrade of
hiving shown tjie white feather, knocks
him down, and a few rounds at
fisticuff, resulting in a bloody
nose and a black eye, set
tle the matter. Duelling amongst
officers is now forbidden by law, by mili
tary regulations, and still more by public
opinion. Bat even when it was the cus
tom, no personal encounter could ever
wipe out the stain which an accusation of
timidity before the enemy left on a gentle
man’s character. It is a known fact that
the private soldier who in the “ring” will
fight manfully and come “smiling to the
post” after ^repealed ^ knock-down blows,
ble him to deliver his own and receive his
adversary's fire at twelve paces, may have
no stomach for the dreaded melee, where
the very air rings with the missiles of
death. It is not the swaggering corner
hoy of an Irish villago or the blustering
bully of an English public who makes the
really brave and staunch soldier. The du
elist of the last century was not always < f
the same metal from which leaders ol for
lorn hopes are forged.
I once knew a man well whom I had
often seen under fire and who had never
in any way shown signs of a failing heart.
He was a cheerful companion when ex
posed to the ordinary clangers of battle.
He was told off one day to take part in a
dangerous assault. The operation failed
*nd our loss wob very heavy. In the
evening I inquired for my friend and was
told that his body had been seen lying
with others in the path taken by the
storming party. The dead were collected
during the night and the next morning I
went to his camp to att nd his funeral. To
®y joyful surprise one of the first men I met
there was the friend whose body I had
come to bury. He seemed to be especially
cheerful, and described how the darkness
evening had enabled him to get back to
our lines in safety. I lost sight of him,
hot years afterwards 1 learnt that he had
behaved badly upon that occasion and had
Men shelter under cover, allowing his
toen to go forward whilst he skulked in
the rear. The strange part of the story
•as that when I met him that next morn-
,c g m hi) camp lie must have just left his
commanding officer, to whom he had goue
to confess his cowardice. The secret was
too much for him to bear; he could not
HjP tt> so he made a clean breast of it,
telling the tortures he had so long endur
ed in striving to keep a bold face before the
■heart.' craven f ear gnawed at the
I have been associated with weak, nerve-
'<*8 men who Bincerely desired to he brave,
•no whom some demon within them drove
mto positions of peril for which their
“elves were unsuited. There are men who
r®P|»noperation which they do not
PJ^eess the courage to carry out, "who will
l’* 1 * attempt to carry them out up to the
jJJf. lw ful moment, when, their hearts
ailing them, they actually take to their
A man may be honestly mistaken
,.“to estimate of {fie stuff of which his
JPtru is constituted A notable instance
I a* °f Lord Grey, of VVerke, who
I .*!J n *n the Hanking movement by night
L Cava J r y at the battle of Seifgcmoor.
P t0 l " e point almost of impact witli the
dj, l ,roo l > s'he seems to have done fairly
il, but when the danger was encountered
mi. r 8C ' 100 ^ girl could have shown less
»l> i !?* courage. Yet this was a man
n *! c Hhcrately took a leading part in a
ani * lai f r ^°ns insurrection, which could
tion nt j on 'j cn '^ as a successful revolu-
i or ; asfaras he was concerned, on
l0 wer Hill.
I L. c AU8B) of cowardice.
i. anow men whom I believe to be want-
,D natural daring, but whose minds are
Coni i °^ er ^d> whose wills are so under
a tfei, that in action they will volunta-
OBdergo serious danger as a matter of
imv, lon > because it ; 8 necessary to their
no >u Dm l ne <d not add that they are
j. . le "den whom others follow instinct-
-.” as born leaders. Their will, how
ever, so rules over the craven spirit that
their hearts and nerves are forced to work
in strict obedience to the indomitable re
solve. What must he their tortures!
Hence arises the question as to which is
more worthy of respect, the man who go
conquers his ignoble spirit and in so doing
serves the state effectively, or he who, born
with all (he instincts or natural virtues
which go to make up the brave man, shines
as the hero wherever heroism is needed,
Whatever may he the answer there can be
little douht as to which is the more
lovable character. You may respect
the former, but you are, whether
you like it or not, drawn irresistibly to
the latter. There is nothing so fascinating
in man as reckless courage. The philoso
pher with his feet in hot water or in the
enjoyment of an easy chair over a com
fortable fireside, may strive to persuade
others and himself that the man who tri
umphs over his fears and is thus enabled
to act, when in the face of danger, the part
of a brave man, is the more to be com-
mended. His logic may be good, his'
reasoning unanswerable, but in that crowd
of men which constitutes an army in the
field, prejudices will be against the man
who lias to conquer himself, and with one
accord the daring, fearless young fellow
will be the leader whom all will applaud
and prefer to follow. The resolute pur
pose, the force of will that enables the
weak-spirited to act the part of brave men,
is entirely distinct from what we call
moral courage. Nor do I believe that men
who are devoid of nerve can ever possess
that quality in any remarkable degree.
My own experience leads me to think
that what strains the nerves most is to be
at a distance from operations for which
you are entirely responsible, but over
which you can not exercise any direct or
immediate control. It is not the danger
that is around you, and that you Bee,
which appals. On tiie contrary, the
excitement of action, the din, the voice of
conflict, the very smell of powder exercise
an encouraging influence. But that dread
ful 4-o’clock-in-the-morning sort of cour
age which is demanded of the man, who,
condemned by cruel circumstances tq re
main some marches in the rear, his to re
ceive messengers at all hours from the
front, can only be fully realized by those
from whom it lias been required,
It may be vanity, but under
such circumstances it always
seems that had one been present in person,
things would have gone differently. You
could at least have brought your individ
uality to bear, and seif-esteem causes you
to fancy that it would have had weight
and would have influenced the result., To
be aroused from sleep by the arrival of a
messenger who may be the bearer of disas
trous news, is appalling enough even in
imagination, but the reality is a trial, a
test of nervo more terrible than any other
I have ever known.
Men are, I think, much more likely to
do and say foolish things in moments of
victory, or upon the receipt of glorious
news, than in defeat. Failure is not so apt
to throw the whole mental and bodily
organization out of gear as great success,
coming as it usually does after hours, or
days, or weeks of great mental strain, when
every nerve has been all the time at the
highest tension. In such a moment the
danger is, that with plenty still to do and
think of, joy may so take possession of your
heart, and the congratulations of all around
you may so carry you away as to slacken
all your mental rigging, and thus for a time
rob your intellect of all its natural energy.
Courage—that is, a stout heart and a firm
graBp of all your mental and bodily powers
—is even more necessary in moments of
victory than in moments of defeat.
Tariff Truth® for Street Car Dinplay.
It is stated that the republican national
committee has hired a lot of in the
Btreet cars, where it wiii “put up great
tariff truths to guide the people and con
found the free traders.” This is an excel
lent idea and if Chairman Quay will
kindly permit we would respectfully sug
gest a few mottoes for tlfepurpose, thus:
“A cheaper coat involves a cheaper man
under the coat.”—Benjamin Harrison.
“Every duty on imported merchandise
gives to the domestic manufacturer an ad
vantage equal to the duty.”—John Sher
man.
“Free-trade England is plastered all
over with trusts, which shows that they
flourish less under protection than free
trade.”—James G. Blaine.
“TheJ trusts are private affairs with
which neither President Cleveland, nor any
other private citizen has any right to in
terfere.”—James G. Blaine.
“I would put the manufacturers of
Pennsylvania under the fire and fry all
the fat out of them."—Republican senator,
quoted in Foster’s Campaign Circular.
These extracts and many others of like
character would look well in street cars or
staring out of a stercopticon from republi
can headquarters. Chairman Quay will,
no doubt, take the hint.
A Very Sacrcflsful Boston Millinery Firm*
Messrs. Moore 8pauldlng A Co., the well-
known wholesale dealers In millinery goods
at 17 Summer street, held one-twentlcth of
tlekct 00,4)3. which drew the first capital prize
of $300,000 in the June drawing of thcLouslana
State Lottery Company. Friday last Mr. Spauld
ing received from the Adtms Express Co., a
draft on the Maverick bank for tit,000.—Boston
(Maas.) Record, July 3.
Tlio Scarecrow Cry.
From the Hartford Times.
Nor do the old party stalking horses
trot well this year. The old scarecrows
don’t answer their accustomed purpose.
Nobody is any longer fooled by the hum
bug cry that Cleveland's election will ruin
the country. President Cleveland has been
tried and not found wanting. The coun
try generally, even regardless of party, has
confidence in his integrity and ins intelli
gence, his honesty and his patriotism. In
thil extremity, deserted by so many of
their own side, tiie only hope of the re
publican managers, orators and party
presses is to try to humbug and frighten
the mechanics and workingmen by the
scarecrow erv, false all through, of “free
trade!” Upon that one fraudulent party
cry alone they rely in this struggle for life
ss a party; for a struggle for life it is.
The process of sheep shearing by ma
chinery is now performed in Australia by
an ingenious kind of device, the results,
as represented, being very satisfactory.
The apparatus in question is a very simplo
cue, being made on the same principle as
tiie cutter of a mower or reaper, and the
knives are worked by means of rods within
the handles, these in their turn being
moved by a core within a long, flexible
tube, which is kept in a rotary shaft, and
wheels driven bv a stationary engine. The
comb is in tiie form of a segment of a cir
cle, about three inches in diameter, with
eleven conical-shaped teeth. Each machine
is worked by a shearer, and as the comb is
forced along the skin of animal the fleece
is cut. The machine can he run either
with a steam or gas engine, or by ordinary
horse power, and does not easily get out of
order.
ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD.
HOMING PIGEONS.
Traditions anil Fuels Itelatlve to Fa-ting
Freaks—Statements lined to Believe.
From the London Standard, Aupust 4.
About a year ago some interest was ex
cited in London by the reported existence
of a fasting girl at Battersea. Investigi-
lion showed that this case was much on a
I par with others known to fame. Conspic-
i uous among these is that of the falling
! woman of Tutbuiy. In the year 1808 a
i woman, numed Ann Moore, aged 58 years,
j living at Tutbury, as cried that she had
! lived twenty months without food. Four
I years previous to this date she had a severe
i attack of illness, which lasted thirteen
I weeks. A year later she was again
attacked, and lost botli appetite and diges-
tion. In the year 1800 these Byraptoms
I were intensified by the nursing of a hoy
| affected with a loathsome disease. From
j October in that year to February, 1807, she
is stated to haTc eaten a penny loaf in a
fortnight, and drunka little tea, without
milk or sugar, and from that time to Octo
ber, 1807, to have existed entirely on
water or tea. Early in 1800 the case
was published in the New Monthly
Magazine, and it created a great
sensation. Donations and subscriptions
poured in, and for four years Ann Moore
lived upon the money of tiie gullible. At
the end of that time, in 1813, a few scien
tific gentlemen determined to put her af
firmed powers of fasting to a vigorous test.
For nine days her room was watched and
guarded; at the end of that time she gave
in, terribly emaciated—iu fact, almost
starved to death. Having been carefully
fed, she revived, and eipned a full confes
sion, admitting, after “imploringthe divine
mercy,” that she had “occasionally
taken sustenance during the last
six years.” A victim of her parents’
greed was the Welsh fasting girl, Sarah
Jacob. She is described as being a fair,
good-looking child, intelligent and preco
cious, impressionable and emotional, f ind
of finery and accustomed to the reading of
religious books and tiie reciting and com
posing of verses; all which may or may
not ho true. She was—when on exhibi
tion—fantastically dressed, somewhat after
the fashion of - a bride. Her
lather declared that the girl had taken no
food whatever for two years and two
months. A committee investigateil tiie
case, with the unhappy result that after
eight days careful watching the child died,
and both parents were tried and convicted
of manslaughter. Ancient and medieval
writers tell us of many marvellous in
stances of abstinence from food. Few of
them, if any, are worthy of credit. Thus
Albertus Magnus informs us that lie saw a
woman at Cologne who often lived twenty,
and sometimes thirty, days without food;
and that he saw an hypochondriacal man,
who lived without food for seven weeks,
drinking only a light draught of water
every other day. But these were but
novices. Citois gives the history of a
girl at Confoulens, in Poitou, who lived
three years without sustenance; and Hil-
danus narrates the case of a girl who
lived for many years without food or
drink. Jubertes relates that a woman
lived in good health for three years with
out nourishment and that he knew another
who had lived to her tenth year, without
food or drink. This extraordinarily ab
stemious young lady, when she arrived at
a proper age, was married, and henceforth
lived like othe^pooplc in respect to diet,
and had children. Hard as statements
like these are to digest there are worse he*
hind. Albertius Krautinesays that a her
mit in the mountains in the canton of
Swytz lived for twenty years without food;
and, according to Petrus de Albano,
there was in his time, in Normandy, a
woman, 30 years of age, who bad lived on
air alone for eighteen years. Sylvius caps
this with s cars of a young woman In
Spain who lived twenty-two years on
water; while he names one at Narbonne
and another in Germany who lived well
for years without food. Gauguine is very
modest after this; be only tells us that
Louis the Pious, emperor of tiie Franks,
who died in 840, went for forty days unfed.
Democritus lived for 109 years on the
Bmell of bread and honey.
Thomas Wood, a miller, of Billerica,
had maintained an extraordinary degree
of vigor for upward of eighteen years upon
a daily diet consisting of sixteen ounces
of flour made into a pudding with water,
no other liquid of any kind being taken.
The very eccentric Dr. Glynn, of Cim-
bridge, practiced another form of absti'
nence. He raiely or never sat down to a
set meal, hut would occasionally apnea c
hunger by cutting slices off a cold joint,
which hu would vatstauding without bread
vegetables. Lord Byron was remarkably
abstemious, owing to a morbid fear of
obesity. For a long period of time he
lived upon soda water and biscuits. At
another time, according to Moore, “A
thin slice of bread witli tea at break
fast, a light vegetable dinner with a
bottle or two oi seltzer water tinged
with vin de Grave, and in the
evening a cup of green tea without
milk or sugar formed the whole of his
sustenance. The pangs of huuger lie ap
peased by privately chewing tobacco and
smoking cigars.” In Greece Byron lived
upon dry bread, vegetables and ciieese, and,
to ascertain the effect of his dietetics, he
used to measure his wrist and waist every
morning, taking medicine if he found an
increase.'
An abstinence club was once established
in the house of a grocer in the Strand by
by a number of gentlemen, among whom
were Lord C. Cavendish, Sir John Pringle,
Sir William Watson, I. Turton, M. D., W.
llerherile-ii, M. I>.. and G. linker, M. lb
Each member paid six pence per evening
for the use of the grocer’s dining room.
The club took in one newspaper, and
tiie refreshment allowed was water.
Sir Hans Sloane, once president
of the royal society and of the College of
Physicians, loved money so much that he
hated ail guud itiitigs, except Ilia museum.
To save his tea and bread and butter he
gave up his winter soirees in Bloomsbury
square. Possibly It was the offense which
Handel, the composer, committed, of lay
ing a hot buttered muffin on one of his
books, which decided the exasperated sci
entific knight to take this step. “To be
sure, it was a careless trick,” said the
composer, when telling the story; “bud it
■ id no monstrous mischief; hud it pode de
old poogvorm treadfully oud of Norts. I
offered my pest apologies, hut de old miser
would nod have done wid it. If it lind
peen a piscuit it would not have mattered;
bud muffin and puddei 1 Ah, mine Gott,
that is the rub—it is the puduerl"
A CnniBSE merchant who sailed from
San Francisco for home a few days ago is
reported to have accumulated a fortune of
$1,000,000 in Peru during the last thirteen
years. His name is Chun Lee. He wears
a queue, according to the Chinese fashion,
but dresses excessively in the European
fashion, even to the high-standing collar
and tight-fitting gaiters. Before hia de
parture he gave a grand banquet to the
Chineae merchant! of San Francisco.
nre Trained—
How the Swift Messeng
Talk with n Pigeon Fancier.
From the Washington Star.
The pigeon fanciers ot Washington are
turning their attention to homing pigeons,
and several races between rival lofts are
anticipated. A reporter of the Star soma
days ago visited the loft of a well-known
breeder for the purpose of learning some
thing of this remarkable bird that has
been known to lly hundreds of miles
home.
“There is a general impression among
persons not conversant with pigeon lore,”
said the breeder, "that the homing pigeon
is the same as the carrier pigeon, in one
sense this is so, because the bird really car
ries messages, hut there is a vast difference
between it and the carrier pigeon. It
would he very difficult to transmit messages
by the carrier as tiie large excrescence
around tiie eyes and beak nmke it hard for
it to see. Then again carriers are very
expensive birds, and it would liurdly pay
to fly them for sport. Tiie carrier pigeon,”
continued the breeder, “is one of the oldest
species wo have any record of. In my libra
ry there is a book that treats ot this bird
as far hauls as 1774, while Shakespeare
mentions carrier pigeons in several of his
plays.”
“Do pigeons carry from as well as to a
place?” asked the reporter.
“That is the general impression, 1 be
lieve, hut the truth is that birds fly to their
homes only, and it is their love of home
that cau cs them to seek tlieir old habita
tions, and hence the name homing pigeons.
Tiie mc'sagcs are generally attached to tho
tail feathers, or (otherwise located so os
not to interfere with tiie free use of their
wings.”
PIGEONS AT HOME.
Banged on the sideof a large room that
communicated with the outer world hya
siugle wiudow were located long shelves
resembling post-office boxes, eacli provided
with straw and having a small strip of
wood on its outer end us a rest for the pig
eons. These were their homes. Harmony
reigned. Every occupant seemed content
ed, and only the drumming of a male sum
moning his wife to her nest or the loft,
weak whistleof tiie squabs disturbed the
stillness.
“Do you trains birds for racing?” asked
the Star man.
“Yes; but that is the most difficult fea
ture of the whole business, as great care
and discrimination must lie used in their
selection.
“I commence witli young birds,” he con
tinued, “about three or four months old,
and take them in a box or basket a short
distance. The best time to do this is early
in the morning, when the birds are hungry,
so that when libcrati d they will be anxious
to get home, that they may feed at once.
This lesson is repeated, if possible, every
day, but the flight should he in another
direction, until flights from all quarters
of the compass have been made. In this
way.
THEY DECOME ACQUAINTED WITH T1IECHAB-
ACTEIl OF THE COUNTRY
around them, which they easily recognize
when on a flight, and they know that home
is near by. The distance is gradually in
creased,” lie continued, “until tiie bird can
go 50 miles with nppparent ease. If you
have a particular race in view it is a good
plan to fly your birds over the ground be
fore it takes place."
“How do you liberate them?” asked the
“The best plan when liberating a bird is
to throw it upward from tlm hands, firmly
,/mt gently, care being taken uot to disar
range any feathers.”
“The training is novel to them nt first,
hut they soon grow accustomed to it, , and
team to enjoy it. The great difficulty is in
•tnrriniv, After being freed, a bird will
lly round anil round for some time before
cutting for home.”
“Is there danger of overtraining a
bird?”
“Yes; hut its only the inexperienced am
ateur that does this, as the experience gain
ed by having some choice birds never come
home is a sau lesson, and one never forgot-
teli.”
“Howdo you distinguish your birds?
They nil seem alike.”
“By private marks. Every breeder lias
a mark of his own. When birds are ‘fly
ing,’ its number ami the name and address
are printed on i>s wings.”
a ui.,i:un kait.
“After you name the day on which en
tries arc to close for theiaceyou obtain
the distance from the starting point to each
contestant’s loft. The night before the
race all birds must be delivered
to the committee having the race in charge.
The members of this committee then give
the bird, in addition to the number already
there, another number and a letter, which
must not be known to any one else. The
birds are taken to the starting point and
liberated, a telegram being sent to head
quarters. Each contestant os soon as his
bird arrives must telegraph to headqttar
ters a description of the bird, together with
the number and letter given by the com
mittee. Tito next day lie is required to
produce the live bird. The distance each
bird makes, together with the time, arc a
basis (or classifying the winners. The
bird flying the greatest number of yards
per minute is declared the winner, the bird
doing tiie next greatest second, and so on."
“What benefit is derived from homing
pigeons?” asked the Star man.
“Die uses of the homing pigeon were
fully tested in the Franco-Gcrinan war for
carrying messages, and now lolls are rap
idly being built all over the world."
During this conversation the door-bell
rang, and an expressman with a cage of
twenty-one homers from Red Bank, N. J ,
came in. The birds were from a well-
known fancier, with instructions to liberate
the next morning at C o'clock.
| We often do favors among ourselves,”
said the breeder in explanation, “saving
a great deal of time ....J labor. Other
wise the owner would have to come or hire
an attendant to free his birds.”
Preparations are being made for a large
homing pigeon race here about the 1st of
September, and it is expected that fully
300 birds will participate.
Get the Beet Cot I mi Gin.
II you are going to buy a cotton gin this year
don't fail to write to the llroivu Colton Gin Co.
Neve London, Conn., for their prlcea and leatl,
menials of the thuu-aiols u tin Ii.i\. u- I tl..
There arc a great many ol them In tbia Slow-.
see card of Dr. J. J. Hubert In Ills specialties.
A.v Englishman recently sued Augustus
Harris, manager of the Convent Garden
Theatre, for $o damages for refusing To
allow him to take the neat for which lie
had purchased a ticket. He was refused
admission to the seat hi cause lie had an
umbrella with him and would not give it
up at the cloak-room, where there would
have been a charge of slx;>eiice for the
taking care of it. There was a placard in
the building announcing that cloaks and
umbrellas would not be allowed in the
italics, and the court decided that |h«
theatre manager was right. ,
TR AVEL IN THE GREAT WEST.
Whizzing Through a Million-Aero Corn
I'ntch-Rnln That Poured.
“Just look at that corn, stranger; line
corn." We were complaisant enough to
agree that the corn was fine, and truly
relished the waving relit f fro u the
j stubby grass of the plains, writes a Ne-
; hraska correspondent of the Boston Tran-
| scrip.t We had welcomed the corn, and
j now it overwhelmed us; it stretched itself
out for miles and miles, a sizable corn
patch, two or three million acres or so.
The writer of “A Rainy Juno” fears I’ara
dise may become undesirable from its
monotony, and holds hick from eternally
sitting under tiie shadows of an angelV
wing.
Prairies ami fields are nice in their way,
taken in moderation. “You have lots ol
corn here.” “Yes, yes, stranger; eternal
slathera of it.” “Don’t have any rocks
about here?” I queried, despairingly, “to
help out in the way of scenery.” “Mercy,
gracious! rocks. No, onless you brought
one with you. Pennsylvania is the place
for rocks. My fattier lias a farm there aud
harvests a crop every year; you cin’t put
your finger down between them; a wood
chuck would die there, ami father has that
rock pile fenced in, too, with a slab fence."
“From the east, are you?” inquired I,
“Yes, I’m from tiie east, I’m from Ioway."
Here was brought forward the fact that
there is no east or west. Travel develops
this. No matter where nor how far you
may go, you will meet others “going
west.” You meet people from Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri who claim- they are
from tiie east. The west is a vanishing
destination. You never, by any length of
travel, come upon it. Our miles counted,
the conductor landed us in a small settle
ment in the great northwest. We looked
at the dissolving train, at the view and at
each other. Melancholy as a gibcat, we
are _ satisfied that we bore no
malice toward the conductor. Wo had
changed one disquietude for another
aud with loss. We had humbly hoped for
just a modesVgroup of trees for grnlefttl
shade, and here is but one. We take
turns sitting under it. To the left of us
prairies superadded to prairies, to the right
corn fields plus corn fields, with.no confine,
no curb. At a distance we saw ft bridge.
This told of water. A thrill of joy, a
brook, a rivulet, ever such a little ripple
would have been comfortable. We found
a creek; therein were cattle and Indians
bathing. Following tho run of
shallow, muddy water we came
upon a miller, a grinder of that
awful multitudinous corn. He told us
wonderful stories of floods; how that
small creek swelled and swelled until it
broke down his dams. His home was lit
erally in a wash basin. Here was de
veloped the native motive of this country
not to be outdone' in whatever it under-
takes, whether it be the building of
prairies or corn-fields or blizzards. An
evening storm brought confirmation of
this priuium mobile; it did not simply
uud honestly rain; it poured, spilled,
gushed, rushed, slopped over anti deluged
alt things earthly and blew such frantic
blowing 1 It inspired with comic fury the
fences, pens anti rain barrels; they danced
about as to the “Maniac Waltz.” This, I
conclude, is the reason that trees decline
to reside here, lest they he frisked about
in dangerous frivolity. A tree dancing
witli a cyclone is sure to have broken Ie,s.
Fancy a thousand miles from a lemon to
find an opera house, yet one_ blooms here,
with all the pomp of early civilization and
all its dignity—tiie boards new and knotty.
Smart and important it stands, a temple
ol primitive art.
COALS OF FIRE.
JnmoH Gordon lJennett Said to Hfive
Heujictl Coalrt on the Head ot Fred Maj.
From the Louisviiio Courier-Joutunl.
New York, Aug. 26.—News has come
from Europe of Frederick May. Ho is
the fashionable man-about-town who was
introduced to the whole country seven
years ago by means of a due), or a pre
tense of one, with James Gordon Bennett.
In June last, white drunk, be amused
himself by insulting the women who
passed him as he Hood in the street, and
when a policeman compelled him to stop,
he drew a pistol and tried to shout the
officer. May had been in many an esca
pade since his memorable trip to Mary,
laud with Bennett in quest of a
tillering ground; he had whipped antago
nists and been whipped by tnom in m toy
an accounter; but lie had not before done
anything so seriouily illegal as to attempt
a murtler. He woa mercilesely clubbed by
the officer and dragged to a police station.
A hasty attempt was made by his friends
to settle and silence the case that same
nght, but May was recognized by _ news
paper reporters and a full publication oc
curred next morning. The crime was one
involving penal servitude, without the
alternative of a fine. So May was com
mitted in default of bail and his friends
were unable to get bondsmen to the re
quired amount of $3,000; but, after he
had spent another day in a cell the hail
was given and he was released. Of course
lie lied ot once. The day set for his ex
amination did not bring his reappearance
and his bondsmen will have to pay the
money.
The first authentic word from the fugi
tive May is that he has .vrived in Moni-
burg, and simultaneously it is iearneJ quite
definitely that the man who rescued him
from hit |>eril was none other than hi) old
enemv of the duel, James Gordon Il -nnett.
“The'eable conveyed an account of May’s
fix to Bennett on the night of its occur
rence,” says you corrts|H>udent’a inform
ant, “and it reached the Herald’s owner in
Paris. Bennett has ’an abstract of all
news of general ii^jiortance or general
interest sent to him nightly by wire, and
he edits his piper, in a supervisory way,
by electricity. On getting the particulars
of May’s scrape, he immediately ordered
hi< agent to indemnify bondsmen in any
necessary amount. Bennett and May nau
been close,intimate friends before their
noted quarre , but had not spoken, since
their meeting with pistols, when, it is said,
May committed tiie grievous fault of nerv
ously firing before the word was given,
whcreuiMin Bennett fired into the air.
When May was told that Bennett had vol
unteered to set him free, lie at first refused
to accept the service. But he had no
money of his own, as he lived oi. a muc h
reduced income from an inherited and
guarded fund. Ifis relatives were, unable
to raise the amount, uud his friends in
New y..lk were slow. Ills counsel g IVe
him no hope ot escape from the peniten
tiary if he .- ayed for trial- Flight was his
only chat.ee of it. May swallowed hi*
pride and accepted his enemy’s help. Bail
was given, and May quickly disappeared.”
The particulars of May’s voyage to
Enrope are not yet obtainable, but the
belief is that lie went in a sailing vessel to
Buenos Ayres, and ihetu-e by steamer to
Paris. It is certain lie met Bennett in tiiat
city, and was seen in his company by sev
eral acquaintances. They seemed to be
on friendly terms.
BETTER TIMES AHEAD,
Business Continues to Improve Under the
I’roapcct of Tax Reduction.
From R. G. Dun & Co.’s Mercantile Agency.
A bettor feeling grows in every direc
tion. t.rop prospects improve, manufac
turers are gaining oonfiden. o and dealers,
no longer operating on a falling market,
keenly appreciate the difference. It would
be premature to assn tin that no sr.-back
will come, for in several direction* thw
possibilities of an adverse change are
obvious. The movement in foreign
exchange may be significant. But the pres
ent state of busine-s is clearly encouraging,
larger in volume tbanavear ago and grow
ing more confident in tone. Extensive crop
reporls.within tho past week strengthens
the belief that the corn crop will be large,
the oat crop large, the yield of wheat not
below recent estimates and the yield of cot
ton better than the trade has expected.
Ifeports from all parts of the country are
more favorable. Though dull or quiet
trade is still noticed at many points, im-
improvenient is more frequently reported.
Money is firmer at many points, with an
increasing demand, but scarcely anywhere
is there complaint of closeness, and collec
tions do not seem to he more backward
than is usual at this season.
From Ilradatreet'a Report.
There lias been a decided improvement
in the condition of general business, par
ticularly at tiie east, to a large extent west
and northwest, aud less conspicuously at
tiie south. This lias been shown promi
nently in tiie revival in the demand for
woolen fabrics, which in turn lias reacted
upon the demand for and price of raw
wool, some qualities of which have ad
vanced 1 cent to 1} cents per pound within
a month.
From the Hoston.Commerctal Bulletin.
The steady improvement iu the condi
tion of manufactures is reflected in the re
port from rnnnufacturiiigcentrespublisfieil
in to-day’s Bulletin. The improvement in
iron and steel manufacturing last week, an
exception to general advance, is marked
even among the roUiiig-m'lls, and there is
a healthy toue generally in m tchinery and
metal-working. In spite of tile suspension
of two of tiie smaller shoe factories, the
shoe ami leather workers show a steady
gain in ’numbers.
There has been a steady gain in 1 the
forces employed in the glassworks. Aniong
the textile industries thecotton mills easily
lead in prosperity. Among them suspen
sions find labor troubles reach a very small
average. The only strike of any dimen
sions has been settled. Five new mills
are announced. Extensions to add over
four thousand spindles to New England’s
plant point to tiie resumption of labor
generally.
The silk industry presents an unbroken
record of extension and activity. The in
crease in imports of foreign woollens is
possibly the cause of the dullness still ex
isting in certain quarters in tiie wool in
dustry, notably among wool hosiery and
BiiodJy mills. There are, however, two
new woolen mills announced, with a very
general resumption of business by mills
that have been idle.
The King of Drivers.
From the Chicago Hetald.
Budd Dobie leads all of the di vers in
social standing, ability, honesty and burn
ings. Ho is a I’enusylvanian, 48 years old,
and nil all-round horseman of the first-
class. In his stable this season are Oliver
K., 2:16; Johnston, 2:0G{; “the pacing
king;” Charlie Hogan, 2:18); Jack, 2/20:];
Arrow, 2:13|; the lastest pacing wonder,
Editor, 2:22s. Lately Clliigstoiie ha-tsreu
turned over to him. He drove * l’he De
mon” last Thursday againstPrillce Wilkes.
With Doble’s fame that of Goldsfiiith
Maid is associated. He managed’and
drove her with consummate skill, anj' re
turned her to her owner as sound as when
she was foaled. No job or crooked pace
has ever been laid to Doble”« door, A
leading driver once said of him; “If I had
a horse and lie was going to trot for' my
life Dobie should train and John h'piaii
drive my horse.”
According to a Maine paper a wicked
Dover grocer plnyed a trick on a “fussy”
woman of that vicinity recently. She had
bought ofjiim a barrel of flour that was not
of her favorite brand. The flour didn’t
suit. It wns heavy’, coars*, black, sticky,
and wouldn’t rise; and she wanted it car
ried back and swapped at once. The
grocer, whose opinion of the flour was dif
ferent from tfmt of the lady, carried it
back, took off the head ot tliejiarrel and
replaced it with the head of an emptvione
that had held the lady’s favorite kind, and
and sent the same barrel, thus “doctored,”
hack to her. It suited to a charm that
time.
\Vith Corn and Bunions when yon
hi i in in. -linti- uni li.TMiHlieut
relief at small expense by using
Meail'a Corn and Bunion Blasters,
which are sold and reromniemlrd bv
every drnxiflat throughout the Lulled
J States aud Canada.
In fevers ami other summer ilfa-
eaaaa it Is mlvl-nble to purify the sick
room dully, nml for this purpoae
nothlng excels llydrouanhthol l’ux-
.titles, these pastilles when burned
lu the sick room cause no perceptible
increase In Its temperature, but they
Impart a fragrance that is agreeable,
stimulating anil refreshing to the
sick, besides neutralising aud elimin
ating all di-agreeable odor- and
njIV bodily cxerctioue, and reuderiug the
UH ] air pure ami wholesome.
EVERY
HailFiSLB’S"
scasMBaKKaiKi
FEMALE
REGULATOR
A SPECIFIC FOR
P&SL S SETS!
MONTHLY + SICKNESS.
If Ukn dorln® tfc* CHJJfOl OF UFS, fraal
Uowr will b« twtrfftd 1tad fcoofc. M
— **«^Mt t ** «ut!loa fro*
fhtfspnn - Ctu At'ML*. <+»
Horses Castrated.
1 offer my services to the general public
for the above purpose. I have had consid
erable experience iu the business and have
never lost a single horse by the operation.
I respectfully refer to Messrs. G. Si. Davis
and K. A- Ni-l-i-U. Macon, (la., and to W.
O Wadier, Esq., ltolingbroke.
W. B. EMERSON,
Loraine, Bibb county, Gtt-
aug'J'J d2u'twlt
University of Georgia,
ATHENS, UA.
At-Hileinlc department o)>€d8 Vedne**Uy, mb
September. Examinations for *» begin
Monday. 17th September, minimum age for
mission i« now 16. “Tuition free''
Law department opens l'Jth September ne
Tuition tn this departrneu fT.S.OO per term,
rauloguc* uddrtsa L. II. Charbonnier. c
man faculty; I^amar Cobb, secretary board
lev*. LAMAR W. CO
au£f*un.w*d.fri.Awla.