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TVIIAT THE K IK LUX DID.
THE ORIGIN' OF THE FAMOUS HAND
TOLI) JJY A SOUTHERNER.
TT’akm Springs, N. C., Sopt. 0.—
Sitting on the broad piazza of the
hotel here, away from the promena
ders, I listened last night to «'pas
sionite, earnest justification of ku
kluxisin in Louisiana and other south¬
ern states. The story of wrong and
outrages; the violation, ruthless and
rough, of all that men hold most dear
and sacred, as it came pouring in
burning words from tbe lips of New
Orleans’s most eloquent divines, was
in striking contrast to the perfect
peace that wrapped the valley in
deep silence. The moon was shining
with a brilliancy seen only in south¬
ern climes, and the clearly defined
mountains were patched with alter¬
nate light and shadow as the clouds
drifted by. The conversation had
drifted on southern topics, and as the
preacher, whose faith is a firm be¬
lief in the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man, warmed with
his subject his physical ills for the
time were forgotten, and the men¬
tality that has stirred many a con¬
gregation with its fire burned and
glowed like molten iron. “Was ku
kluxism justifiable?” lie said, in an¬
swer to a question. “Yes, sir, and if
the doctrine that ‘the end justifies
the means was ever correct, it was
during the reign of terrorism in the
southern states when kukluxism was
rampant. Remember, sir, that at the
close of the war and during the re¬
construction period the white men in
the south were disarmed, and it was
a penal offense for them to have fire¬
arms in their homes. The negroes,
however, were armed; our streets and
highways were patrolled by negro
soldiery, who were but a set of bar¬
barians and ravages, worse than are
the savages today in the interior of
Africa. It got so that a white woman
dare not cross the threshold of her
house lest she he assaulted by one of
these brutes, while white men had
to abandon the roads to the negroes
and make their way across the fields
as best they might. To appeal to the
law' was useless, for the judges were
carpetbaggers and sustained the ne¬
groes.
‘ It was this slate of affairs, when
we saw our civilization, and all the
rights and privileges of society being
swept away, and our dear cues ex¬
posed to a fate worse than death,
that gave birth to kukluxism. Self
preservation -s a fundamental law,
and recognizing that naught but he¬
roic measures would quell the grow¬
ing evil, the white men quiitly or¬
ganized, and in armed bodies began
the redress of the wrongs from which
they were suffering. I)o not imagine
that the kuklux were recruited from
the criminal classes. Sueh I know' is
the prevalent northern idea, hut it is
absolutely false. The members of
the K. K. K,, were gentlemen of fine
education, struggling manfully to re*
tain and sustain their manhood, and
give to theii children as a heritage
of the War a higher olvili’/itinn than
perhaps they themselves had enjoy¬
ed. In many instances that was the
only legacy they had to give, for all
else had been swept away in the
storm of shot and shell that had for
four years been sweeping ovei the
land.”
“IIow did the bands work?”
“Negroes, like sheep, require a
leader, and the bands quietly noted
the leaders and where they lived. At
nights they visited their cabins, and
called the men out. The most brutal
were either shot or hung; others
thoroughly whipped and ordered to
leave the country. In this way a
reign of terror was created among
the negroes, and the white men gain¬
ed control. Why, sir, even the fed¬
eral troops that were sent down to
suppress ku-kluxism refused in many
instances to interfere, and in some
cases actually aided. They knew that
it was not a condition of crime and
anarchy, but a necessity born ol nc
gro insolence and intolerance.”
“What about the Ford-Murphy
murder in New Orleans?”
“New Or!caps is and has bpep since
the days of Warmouth cursed by
ring rule. The spectacle of a judge
adjourning his court and deliberate¬
ly going out and shooting a man to
death as one would a wild beast was
simply disgraceful, and is a blot on
the fair fame tit the queen city that
will not soon be effaced. The ring
did all in its power to save tbe mur¬
derer, and perhaps would have suc¬
ceeded had it not been for the efforts
of Rev. R. A. Holland, of Trinity
church. lie not only pushed letter
after letter in the Picayune, demand¬
ing their punishment, hut also pub
sifOy ami from l»in pulpit dcmaiiQeii
their execution. Ilis life was fre¬
quently threatened by members of
the ring, but he persevered and won.
Had those men been pardoned they
would have been lynched within
twenty-four hours. So determined
were the members of Trinity parish,
-he wealthiest in New Orleans, to rid
the city of the scourge, thatjjlOO of
them organized secretly for the pur¬
pose of lynching the murderers.
Among the members of this band
were numbered some of the most re¬
spected citizens of New Orleans, and
their counsel was their pastor. In
many respects Ilev, It. A. llollond
is a remarkable man. lie is a Ken¬
tuckian by birth, and although of
small physique, is all pluck, and does
not hesitate to raise his voice in de¬
nunciation of wrong-doing and in fa¬
vor of a higher civilization. From
his pulpit he fought the fraud in the
exposition management, and alone
was the means of stopping the hull
fighting on the exposition grounds.
You may know how devoted he is to
principle when I tell you the men he
fought in the exposition were among
t he wealthiest members of his church
lie is strongly intellectual, and has
most pronounced views, which he
never hesitates to express when q<?
casion requires.”
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Where the Blame Rests.
Young girls are not always alone
to blame for over-exertion in social
pleasures. Sometimes their parents,
who are ambitious to see them make
brilliant, figures in the gay whirl,
push them on to excesses, or, at least,
not to restrain them. The conse¬
quence is that young girls frequent¬
ly exhaust then - freshness in a single
season. Often they lose the color,
the vivacity and enthusiasm of
youth, and become faded and dis¬
pirited before they arc out of their
teens. Worse still, they inflict per
Tnanent injury upon their health.—
The exhaustion of excitement and
fatigue often cause sleeplessnes, and
the ready dose of chloral or a bro
mide is relied upon to quiet the
nerves. Alternate sedatives and ex¬
citements wear out the nerves rap¬
idly, and prepare the victim for neu¬
ralgia, headache, dyspepsia and many
other maladies of that kind. Very
often, when a young girl is smitten
with illness of this sort, the family
speak of it as a “visitation of provi¬
dence,” when they ought to speak
of it as parental mismanagement.
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A Doctor on Hydrophobia
I don’t believe Pasteur’s inocula¬
tion theory because I don’t believe in
hydrophobia. It is, in my opinion,
an imaginary disease, and I defy any¬
body to produce a well-authenticat¬
ed instance of where hydrophobia at¬
tacked an idiot or an infant bitten
by a rabid dog. It needs a good, viv¬
id imagination as an adjunct of the
disease. Home years ago a man came
to me for cauterization of what he
claimed was the bite of mad dog. It
did not look to me like a wound
made by teeth, but I cauterized it to
satisfy him. A month afterwards
that man died with all the symptoms
of hydrophobia, as described by
standard authorities. After bis death
it was established conclusively that
the wound was made by a nail in a
fence that he climbed to get away
from the dog, and also that the ani¬
mal was very old and had only teeth
—those very far back in the jaw and
impossible to use to bite with. That
case shattered my faith in hydropho¬
bia, and subsequent investigation de¬
stroyed it altogether. There is no
such thing.—J)r. William Lohmatn,
GIVEN BACK HER VOICE.
MUTE MAMIE MARTUS REGAINS SPEECH
THROUGH GRIEF.
From the Savannah JVeirs.
One of the most interesting cases
that has conic to the attention of the
medical fraternity of Savannah in a
long time is the’recovery of the pow¬
er of speech by a young dumb lady.
The young lady is Miss Mamie Mar
tus, the pretty daughter of Mr John
Martus, a retired ordinance sergeant
of the regular army, who died at his
home, No. O’? T>«ffy oticet, Aur, la.
t tirei: years' ago sergeant Martus
was stationed at Fort Pulaski.—
While there the family occasionally
visited the city by boat. One day
the daughter, who was a bright, in¬
telligent child, was taken sick in re¬
turning from Savannah. Dr. Harris
was summoned, and he found the
young girl, then about 15 years of
age, suffering with meningitis. By
skillful treatment her life was saved
but the disease left her voiceless.
For more than two years and a
half she was totally dumb. All com¬
munication was by signs. Sbe re¬
ceived the best medical attention,
and her father took her West for a
year, hoping that a change of clim¬
ate might be beneficial. She had
good health, but nothing could he
done for the lost sense. The family
hoped that as he voice had left so
suddenly it might be restored in the
same manner. Dr Harris said that
if it ever came back it would be du¬
ring intense mental excitement. Up
to the time of her father’s death she
had not uttered a sound. lie died on
Friday and was buried the next day.
At the grave the grief of r.he speech¬
less daughter found vent only in si¬
lent tears, and she was the subject
of much sympathy.
The death affected her deeply.—
After the family had returned home
Mr. George Marcus, a grown son,
was sitting in the parlor writing.—
Directly lie was surprised to hear
some one whisper his name, and up¬
on looking around lie saw his sister
sitting near. Jle could net realize
that she was able to speak, but in a
few moments he was convinced that
she could articulate slightly. Her
first word was “George.” It was
very fine and scarcely audible. She,
too, was greatly surprised and over¬
joyed to find that she was under¬
stood.
Last night she stated that the sen¬
sation at first was as though some¬
thing had given way in her throat.
Always before there had been what
seemed like a pressure on her throat,
but that was suddenly removed. I
can’t tell you how glad I felt when
I heard the sound of my voice,” she
said. My throat was sore for awhile,
and had trouble in finding the words
I wanted to use to express my
thoughts. Gradually, though, it has
all come hack to me and now I can
talk as fluently as ever.”
For two weeks the habit of com¬
municating by signs was so strong
tl»nt Miss Martus had to make a
strong ettort to overcome it. Her
experience in learning to talk was
much like learning a new language,
except that she could understand ev¬
erything that was said to her. She
now converses with ease and not
even a long conversation effects her
throat.
Dr. Harris states that the recovery
of the power ©f speech is very unu¬
sual, and in this case he attributes it
to great mental excitement. The
young lady says that she was fre¬
quently excited while dumb, but it
did not loose the chord of speech.—
Her first word was the result of a
strong, indefinable impulse.
“Such disturbances,” says Prof.
Procter, speaking of earthquakes,
“assures us that as yet the earth is
not near death. She is still full of
vitality. Thousands—nay, tens, hum
dreds of thousands of years will still
pass before even the beginning of
the end is seen in the steady disin¬
tegration and jremoyel of the land
without renovation or renewed by
the* <>f aubtcrraucai) f.or«es.”
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A HORRIBLE DEATH
CAR COUPLER II. T. NASH KILLED LAST
NIGHT.
Atlanta Constitution of the 9th.
II. T. Nash, an employe of the
Central road, met a horrible death
last night
Nash was employed as a yard cou¬
pler of the Central road, aiul was
considered a reliable and efficient
man.
Last night at half past eleven
o’clock he was in.tbe yard between
Pvioj tL uiivvjo viu»slng amt iIju
Broad street bridge. Conduc tor A.
•W. Burnett, of the West Point road
was switching a lot of cars and fiats.
Nash attempted to couple the cars at
the switch on the state road just be¬
low the bridge and his foot was
caught in the frog. A flal car passed
over his leg and arm, and pulled his
leg into the switch so tight that, it re¬
quired several minutes to extricate
him after it was found that he was
hurt. As soon as the wheels passed
over Nash’s body he began to cry
for help, and a Constitution man was
among the first to hear him, and rush¬
ing to the seen© he found about a
dozen men gathered around and try¬
ing to pull him from between the
tracks. With the assistance of sever¬
al railroad men and a lot of crowbars,
the rails were sprung and the leg of
the unfortunate man was taken out.
From the hip down the leg was torn
to pieces, and the right leg between
the knee and hip a rushed. Ilis left
arm at the shoulder-blade was crush¬
ed, and he presented a most pitiful
sight. Dr. Dan Howell was sent for
and by the time the poor man was
carried to the platform the doctor
was there. He was placed on a freight
ear dppr and carried tp Westmorland
<i Howell’s office. The unfortunate
man wanted to see his wife, and Dr.
Unwell sent a hack after her. He al¬
so wanted to see a preacher, and
Rev. I)r. Lee, of Trinity church was
telephoned for. And he responded
promptly, a.id when he came into
the office he knelt by the side, of the
dying man and offered a prayer.
"Talk to the Lord for me,” said
Mr. Nash.
“1 will,” replied Mr. Lee.
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Not Wholly Bad.
Wc live in a very wicked wosld.
There is no doubt of it. The newspa¬
pers spread mu before us, each day,
the sickening rccoul of sin and shame
and sufferling and sorrow. A person
who habitually scans the record of
crime, is tempted to conclude that
there is very little good in human
nature, and to accept, without much
protest, the doctrine of total deprav¬
ity. But there is another side to this
question. Much of the evil that ex¬
ists is only superficial. There is im¬
planted in human nature a genuine
respect for that which is good. The
most depraved man or woman feels
the force of this influence, in a great¬
er or a, less degree. Every intelligent
person possesses an intuitive knowl¬
edge of right and wrong, and though
all may not have the moral courage,
or the strength of will, to follow the
right, few are strength of will, to
fellow the right, few arc so lost to
the promptings of their belter nai
tures as not to respect sincerity and
conscientiousness, in wlmmom,-.*
found. It is only those of perverse
or shallow minds who lose all faith
in human nature. Injustice and wrong
may blunt the childlike trust that be¬
longs to youth and inexperience; but
no genuinely good and upright man
or woman can become a confirmed
misanthrope. That disillusions will
come, is among the inevitable results
of a growing experience. But it is
possible, in spite of the disenchant
ments of lengthening years, to pre¬
serve, in a large degree, the trust and
the credulity of youth; to keep the
“milk of human ^indness.’ that is in
our hearts from being soured. Life
is brighter and happier and holier
for those who succeed in doing this
as well as for those with whom such
persons are brought into
Exchange,
Outdoors on an Earthquake Night.
Charleston News and Courier Editorial.
Lying awake under the broad can*
opy of heaven, watching through
the endless hours of the night, while
helpless women and children arc
sleeping around, what horrors pre¬
sent themselves to the imagination.
The reverbeiating earthquake, whoso
mysterious and resistless force you
feel passing beneath you like a
mighty wave of the ocean, is felt a
thousand times in imagination to
onoe in reality. To it are added
ilie licrrors of Yawning chasm and
engulfing wave, with the wild effort
to escape for yourself and loved
ones, whom you see holding for dear
life to tree or twig, or fleeing to
some strong building that the waters
cannot overcome. The sky seems of
a pinkish tinge and the stars bedim¬
med by a nebulous haze. The air is
hot and stifling. What means these
potents? Shall the city b<? buried
beneath showers of gravel like those
that have already fallen? Hill a
part ol the mainland be broken off
and slipped into the sea?
Wearied by wild imaginings, such
as these, exhausted nature is about
to surrender to conquering sleep,
when suddenly you are conscious of
an approaching shook, the buildings
of the city quiver like the leaves of
the forest, the great wave of myste¬
rious force passes under you with
more or loss jar according to the se¬
verity of the shock, and reocdcs in
the distance, leaving you again a
prey to the horrors of imagination.
If the shock is of the second or
third rate of force as compared with
the great shock of Tuesday night
last, women and children jump from
their extemporized beds on the green
sward and gather around with pale
faces and trembling limbs while their
beseeching looks stir your deepest
sympathies—words of soothing and
encouragement are all you have to
gire. You are as helpless as they,
hut their trusting makes your words
ol value. While you soothe and
cheer them as best you may, yon
are inwardly cursing the coward
men, who have also jump from their
places of repose, and arc hurriedly
uptting on their coats and shoes, as if
they would flee they know r*ot whitli
or.
In five or ten minutet their excite¬
ment is over, first one and then an¬
other returns to his or her conch,
and finally silence settles on the
scene, save when the shout of some
negro exhorter on the next' square
is raised to an unusual pitch and
breaks the stillness of the night.
So wears on the weary night till
the dawn begins to illumine the east,
and the cheerful crow of the cock is
heard, re-echoed ‘rom roost to roost.
Slowly appears the welcome sun, and
then the camp is broken, people
thank God that their lives are still
spared, and wend their way to their
respective homes, to take up the
thread of daily cares and troubles,
but ready at a moments notice to flee
to tlio open ground.
The dangerous custom prevalent
in Oriental countries of allowing
madmen and lunatics to roam about
free, in consequence of the supers!,i.
tion that they are sacred and under
the special protection of the Divini¬
ty, has just h nnn J~a .< luu tinior
tunate results at Beyrouth in Syria,
A madman residing with his parents
killed his father, while the old man
was asleep, completely severing the
head from the body. When asked
lor an explanation of his conduct, he
stated that he proposed hiding the
head in order to sec if his father
would be able to find it on waking
up.
Iu the last number of London
Truth there is “A Queer Story,”
which is plainly meant to convey the
idea that the steamship Oregon was
blown up by parties interested in an
over-insured cargo. Assumed names
are employed and the vessel is refer,
red to as the Paragou. It is evident
that there is a strong belief in Lon*
don that the Oregon was not run
down by an unknown schooner,