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PLYMOUTH, K C , FRIDAY, JUNE 2G, 1891..
NO. 7.
SUMMATUItAL SMiliiS.
IX WHICH ARE RELATED SOME TUtTB B. O
RIES OF STRANGE EVENTS.
' As long ago r.a 187C a story pub
' lishcd in the Gulaxy lifarjasiiie called
"Ant Diabolu. aut Nihil." About two
' years Ago a somewhat enlarged version of
the same tale with the same title npiw-nivJ
' in IHackiroocTs Magazine in. London.
Whether the second version was a clean
steal, or whether the. author of the lirst
himself rewrote and republished it, I do
iot kuuw ; at any rate u was au uncom
monly good sjpry. :
The gist of it was that a company of
young men of birth and education in
Paris were in the habit of assembling po
' Tiodically for a certain ms'stcrious pur
' pose. An outsider, having secretly ob
. '- tained admission, saw from liis place of
'.concealment, behind a curtain, a hand
'eome square room with a hare, polished
floor and without furniture, brilliantly ,
lighted by gaa jets along the cornices.
Tlie company of young men in evening
dress stood around the room in a circle, ,
with hands joined, and chanted somo
sort of an incantation. .As it proceeded a !
species of excitement was infused into
them an electrio sympathy of will and
definite purpoBO. The chant grew mora
intense. Atlengththey prostrated them
selves and, bending forward, kissed the
jiolished floor simultaneously. Where-.'.
upon the onlooker became aware that an- explore your mind and memory for the
other figure was "standing in the conterof tsource of planchette's remarks, with no
tho "circle. He was very. tall, "of; stately satisfactory, results; vtBeside' admitting
figure, clad, like the rest of the company,; that the contents of your memory and
in full dress ; his hair was black and crisp, the springs of your character lie open to
and his countenance refined, polished, - planchette, to make therefrom such se
nnd haughty.' He " glanced down at his lections and combinations as it chooses
worshipers with an expression of cbndo- how does it do it? How do the contenti
scension, of scorn, of satanio comp&ure, ' 'of your mind gefc , into the piece of to
such as could belong only to His Diabolic bacco box, and how does it contrive to
Majesty himself, until the profound; fas- j;vrito them out? J'vU
tidious wickedness of the whole perform- ; I have spoken ftit the attraction of a
nneo drew an involuntary exclamation magnet. If you hold a small piece of
from the observer; the lights went out ; iron close to a strongTtnagnet you feel a
in the pitchy darkness ho felt himself Blight pull. The pull the planchette gives
poized and hurried away, and by a-fortiv to your fmgers, when it proceeds on its
nate accident he lived to tell the tale. peregrinations, is very similar to, this.
; This, I say,"i3 an excellent story 5' but But, in writing out a word,' ie pulls in '-a
it might conceivably bo true. : The con- dozen different directions within tho
juring up of spirits is an ancient prac- epaco 01 a lew seconds, ; 1 ne enecc is not
tice. Let a number of persons, animated ' like that of a machine; however compbs,
?)y a consensus of purpose and -desire, " or of a body obeying fixed and inevitable
moot . together, arrange " themselves in Slaws, but of an independent persmality.
symbolic order and attitude, and Vfitimu-1 endowed with intelligence, purpose, and
Lite and intensify their common object memory. For itremenibeiy what it has
by harmonizing words and gestures and ' .-Enid and done in tho past, and knowa
they will proseu tly work themselves and what is is about to do. Our plauchctte,
one another np to a pitch of expectant i in answer to questions "'suggested by iti
nttention, the effect whereof upon their , own answers, related to in, in daily in
minds and senses it would nofc ba easy to ; Etallnients extending over threa weeks, a
exaggerate. The apparition evoked by ; long . story- comprising- Jipward of 10,
tlie young -Parisians was nothing :les3 : 000 words. It waa so good a story that it
than the essence of their combined con- '-' was afterward accepted and publisher
centiou of the Eni Principle. Tlie ffgara ; by a leading periodical, word for word as
resembled them much as the "composite j
photographs" lately .in v.pgue unite tho
prevailing traits of tho contributing in
dividuals into a derivative of them nil :
it would have been strange if an objective
result had not been obtained. Vve n ay
Gay, of course, that the ' result, whilo
seeming to be objective, was in fact sub
jective ; but what, after all, is a spirit?
Confident anticipation and concerted
action are all that id necessary to raieo
the devil, or any other specter. To tho .
Bame order of phenomena belong, tho"
manipulation" of' spiritualism. In
rpiritualistio . circles the table becomes
the medium "of sympathy or magnetic
communion between tho persons who sib
nround it. I have been amused by tho
clforts of-sceptical , persons to prove that
"tablo tipping" is tho result of prank or
Of unconscious muscular action on tho
part of tin) sitters. UI believe in tlod Al
mighty said one gentleman to me quite
seriously, "and I know he wouldn't como
down here to work any such nonsense I"
Neither, I suppose, would ho, through the
medium of ruffians, murder innocent
people; or cause any other iniquitous or
ridiculous act; nevertheless, the world is
full of folly and iniquity. The gentle
man's statement had no application to
the matter in hand. Tlie table Li moved,
of course ; but not by the pushing or pull
ing of hands and feet. The alternative
to physical , hands and feet is not, how
ever, necessarily spirit3. For my own
part, though I have no particular objec
tion to the spirit theory, it seems to mo
gratuitous. If the force must have a
name, the old one of animal magnetism,
suits mo as well as any. I don't know
what it means; but it seems to point to
living human beings as the source of tho
phenomena, and that ia satisfactory aa
far as it goes.
Who tho genius wag who invented tho
little table on wheels, with a pencil on it,
I have never heard. He deserves the
thnnks of the many people who havo ;
Lt-cn entertained by the little instrument.
A man of - an inventive turn might
doubtless greatly improve upon it. I
first heard of planchette about 80 years
ar;o; but the first one I pos-;e:,-;i'd was
made by my own hand out of a bit of a
cigar box, in 1S84. Bummer visitors were
ttnying with us, and there were half a
dozen rhildren always on hand, I ex
pectvd to amuse them for an evening or
twu, but the fun lasted three cr four
month ud was even renewed tho fol
lowing year.
Tho mind initial inarch
U tlr
i
cl.'ito will move. When
n t it, tl.e idea b 't
.;1 th.it it is with !i:i'(
y..:ir'iir to rt-mala in
iL.Iiir.U'S of silence an
. 1 to gi'-e tl
i, : 1. i j:i )v.f own hir:
aro moroiaiy suspicious 01 your partner
in the transaction. ' All of a Budden
planchette, with a faint preliminary
crash, Btarts off and makes a long, swing
ing, sidelong movement, marked by the
pencil with a straight dash. It takes
you by surprise, and you , know you are
innocent in the matter ; but you are con
vinced your partner is guilty. He meets
your glance, and you see in his eyes his
own corresponding conviction regarding
you. No, you are both alike blameless.
But then, "what made planchette move?
I confess this question interests me
more than any gho3t Btory I ever heard.
A more curious sensation than this move
ment beneath your hand of a thing which
is not alive, and which you are not your
self propelling, is seldom experienced by
mortal man. .Wo see iron filings move
about the poles of a magnet, or bits ot
paper flutter to a piece of rubbed ceiling
wax, but this is different, for pbmchet!
moves in no iixed direction toward a cer
tain objective point, but in all directions
impartially ; and moreover, it moves in
telligently. . It writes, clrAwc, and does
other things which I shall presently de
scribe.' Barring certain habits that it
falls into, its manifestations certainly
contradict expectation ; it does not do
what some think it is going to do. In
vain you ask it'a question which, seems
to necessitate a particular answer; plan
chette replies from quite another stand
point and current of thought, and its re
ply is a surprise. fix "pursuance of. the
theory of " unconscious centration, " you
it was originally written down, and from
beginning to end tlu-ro was not an i'acffn
sistency. : Nov was it all writien through
the mediumshipof one pair of 'people; a
v dozen different couples, i at dilierciit
tiine3, Bat down to the -work, and the ta c
proceeded uninterruptedly. In short, the
complete storyanust liave been etoretl up
in xlanchette's ''niind't before it began to
wiite it. " "' ,
Aftr we have becomo acciwtoined to
the thing, and familiar with its waja
hiany queer peculiarities are "noticed.
I'ianchette has no morality and no" re-
. gard for truth. If we ask-it a question
as to a matter of fact or about the future,
its reply is always ready and generally
very explicit, but cover - true save by
accident. By far the best method is to
let it take the lead in tho conversation.
M Will you write, Planchette"?" . "Yes. "
"Well, who is writing??,. u'Jolm Sniitli"
(or any other imaginary person). You
now proceed to question the sail John
Smith on' any imaginable detail of his
person, his life," death,- occupation, de
sires, recollections, purposes, and senti
ments. By and by John becomes a
human and recognized individual to you,
and you are even able to tell, by the pre
liminary sensation in the nerves, whether
it is John or some one else who b about
to write tlie next sentence. Planchetta
never confesses its own dramatis persons).
Sometimes three or four different . per
sona (to call thera that) will each wiito n
sentence one after another, but the sen
tences are all characteristic in stylo and
conception. Occasionally I have ' seen
two communicants contend for the posses
sion of planchette, jerking it away from
each other, tripping 5 up each other's
writing fighting, in a word, like two
angry children, and in one instance break
ing tlie pencil in their f struggle. Plan
chette often betrays : faults of temper,
vanity, mirth, cynicism; scornall man
ner of human foibles.5 -? Tell Mary," it
once suddenly wrote,: breaking in upou
some yarn it waa spuming, "that she had
better shut up. Now Mary did not have
her hands "on planchette, But she was sit
tmg at the table, distracting our attention
by making frivolous remarks. Planchette
always wants tho ( whole attention of
everybody in sight, and is apt to grow
Bulky or abusive if this m not accorded.
It only does its best work, ia fact, w ken
the general interest uad curiosity of tho
spectators is at its height. We also found
that, other things being equal, it wrote
better on a warm day, than on a cold one,
and that the handa ' of those who aro
working it should bi warm. Tho best
wood to mnke it out of was of tho rosiu
eus varieties. Tlmjytopar mtape was that
of the heart ion a laVissf -cart!) and the
uimensiorw 1
not neeearj
if w
. It win do otner tmngs oesiaes wnto.
Let some one hide an object say a key
or a glove somewhere in the room and
let two others who don't know whore it is
hidden take up a planchette and let it
rest on their right and left hands respect
ively, the forefinger hooked on the lega
of the instrument. Now tell it to find tho
object and you will immediately find a
slight pressure of the legs against your
fingers, indicating the direction in which
planchette wishes to go. You step in this
direction, carefully heeding and obeying
the pressure. ' Sometimes there will also
be an upward and. downward pressure.
Thus you will be led all around the room,
and in three cases out of five perhaps the
object will ba found.
If one take it outdoors it will act like
the witchhazel of tradition; it will dip
very perceptibly in passing over certain
places. Whether .underneath these places
there was water or gore I never made in
vestigation, but the movement was al
ways repeated at the same spot. , Plan
chette will perform such feats, however,
only after it has become thoroughly do
mesticated, so to say; and of course one
Of the persons handling the instrument
must be a " medium" whatever that may
mean. About one person in five, accord-
j. ,. 1 1 .
iiig 10 my ouservauon, lias more or less
of this faculty, and one out of twenty
will liave it in a marked degree.
. Julian Hawthorne.
' ; "This ia a" tropical, climb,", said the
fnonkey as lie started after the cocoanut.
Washington Post 1 1
CURRENT CURIOS.
A number of mules and horses were
killed at Cotton Plant, Jdonroe county.
Ark., recently, by a cloud of Buffalo
gnats.-; ,.: ' " ".
A cow being driven through the streets
of Hannibal,-Mo. , charged on a 1 I cosit
hanging on a postj entangled her horns
jn it, gave a bellow, and dropped dead.
Keene, H. II., , is .meditating on th?
cheek of a resident who is receiving out
door relief from the town and who paid
a tax of $9 the other day on his three
dogs. '
Tlie noonle of Starlight, Grundy countv,
,tlo.,.cov plain that the man who carries
the mail to that town puts young pigs,
etc., in tlie pouch along with the. loyo
letters, etc. "'" ' ,
A tramp stole a r zor and opoued up a
shop in a box car -ear the fire brick
work at Mexico, M . He shaved 25 men
in half a day, pocketed $2.50, and again
took the road, -
John N, Ames, of Detroit, took a sick,
friendless boy from tho street into hi;
oilice, wrapped him in hia own overcoat,
and' notified the authorities, who took
the boy to the hospital, where he soon
died of .malignant diphtheria. Mr, Ames
was soon taken with tho same dwtasi?
and died.
TI13 Ansonia (Conn.) Sentinel tells of a
Curiosity that was found in Charles
Wooster's quarry recently. "It is the
relic of a common toad, and ihs only
portion remaining is the outside skin, the
interior organs and every particle of llesh
haying mystei -usly disappeared, while
the skin remains perfect in form, appar
ently filled with air. The toad is per
fectly transparent," .
When Alexander Pope visited tho Ori
ent nearly two centuries ago he obtained
a slip of one of the willows beside the
waters of Babylon whereon tlie children
of Israel hung their harps in tho days of
captivity. Plants? tho waud upon his
return to England, he secured a thrifty
tree in time. From this latter Martha
Washington procured a twig, which it is
eaid she brought to Arlington Heights,
with tho same rer Jt. And now a tree
grown from a elip taken from hers has
just been planted in the Indiana Stato
House grounds.
Baron RoOischtltt'a MMxImn.
The elder Baron lvothschild had tho
walls of his- bank placarded with tho
following curious maxims : . .
Carefully cxaun-e every detail of your
business.
Be prompt in everything.
Take time to consider, and then decide
quickly.
. Dare to go forward. ,
Bear troubles patiently.
Be brave in tho sli iggle of life.
Maintain your integrity as a sacred
tbing. ,
Never toll business lies.
Make no useless a jiiaintances.
Never try to appear something m or?
than you are..
Pay your debts promptly.
Iioarn how to risk your money at tho
right moment.
- Shun strong liquor.
Employ your time well.
Do not reckon upon chanco.
Be polite to everybody.
Never bo discouraged.
Then work hard, and you will be
certain to succeed. Agenda Piiutemps.
Forgiving Ills Father.
"In the matter of taking care of your
father," said the visitor, "yon have
nothing to reproach yourself with. You
have furnished him a good Lome theau
many years. "
"That i true," replied the hot;t thought-
fully. "Fifty-three years ago, when 1
was a trusting, helpless, inuowut cliiiil.
he gave me the liomo of Adonijali. But !
I have tried to do my duty toward hhn,"
li ('';' i'.in '.1, with a look of cahn ivs.' !
1 ; 1 ' v-tu f.-atmTii, "and 1 i'
SCIENTIFIC AND VSKWU,
Freight is unloaded by electricity. :.,
Electricity is to send a train '150 miles
an hour. " . - ' "
Professor Barnard has brought out an
ingenious device for discovering comets,
based upon the principle of selonium cell.
A new substitute for ivory, called lac
tite," lias been invented by a Norwegian.
It is made from skimmed milk," and will
take any coloring.
A Newcastle inventer has applied for a
patent to construct cycle wheels without
'spokes, using instead two disks of very
tli in eteel, riveted together at the rims
and axle holes. '
The works of watches are now plated
with palladium, which in a whiter,
lighter, and more fusible metal tfiari
platinum. About one-seventeenth of a
grain of palladium will, by electrical dep
osition, coat the works of an ordinary
watch. ' '"" '
, ; A new pianoforte keyboard having six
rows of keys lias recently been exhibited
in Manchester, Ei-gland. An octave is
formed by six keys- in two contiguous"
rows,' All the keys are on the same level,
and each note is separated from tlie next
by an interval of two semitones. . ,
It has been calculated that the electro
motive force of a bolt of lightning is
about 3.500,000 volte", the current about
14,000,000 amperes, and the time to bo
about 1-20,000 part of a second. In such
a bolt there is an energy of 2,450,000,000
watts,' or 3,284,132 horse power.-fPopn-lar
Science News.
The Washburn - Moen Company : at
Worcester, Mass., is making a series of
experiments which promise to transform
the rod and wire business. Copper is now
used altogether ,in rods and wire where
great strength and resistance to tension
are required. Steel lacks this tenacity.
It is stated, however, that the company's
experts have discovered a process by
which steel can be tempered so as to pos
sess this "necessary tenaci ty.
By careful experiments made at tho
United States Mint, says The Iron Indus'
try Gazette, it has been shown tliat $3
aro lost by abrasion every time $1,000,000
in ' gold coin are handled. ..The experi
ments were conducted with bags contain
iuff t-J-QOO ;each, and it was shown that
the mere lntfngbf'the 200 bags making
tip $1,000,000 to W truck to be removed to
another vault, resulted in tho loss stated ,
and that their transfer from the truck
again made a second similar loss..
At a recent meeting of the Linneau So
ciety at London Sir. .Christy exhibited
and described some specimens of honey
from different countries. . "Arbutua
honey," from Turkey, is said to produce
groat drowsiness and bleep ; "Eucalyptus
honey, "from Mount Barker, Adelaide,
Australia, is said to possess valuable ther
apeutic properties, and "wool honeyr
from ' the Euphrates, which is really
honey dew collected from the loaves oi '
oaks and deposited by aphides.
Some cheap and simpla process by
which wood, especially sawdust, can be
made incombustible is desired by a corre
cpondent of the Bulletin at San Bernar
dino. The dipping in a solution of tung
state of soda will render sawdust incom
bustible, although tho process may be too
expensive to be practicable It is re
ported that all the laundry of the ladies
of Queen Victoria's household is submit
ted to this treatment, and some actresses,
who fear their clothing maybe ignited
from the footlights, also take this precau
tion with their underclothing.
Professor G. W.Johnson, in his "Chem
istry of the World," explains the charac
ter of the acids in many of the food arti-
cles used by man. Malic acid predomii
pates in the stems, of. rhubarb, or "put
plant; " the acid in oranges, lemons, etc.,
is citric ; the acid in pliuns, apples, and
pears is malic J the acid in gooseberries
and currants is a combination of malic
and citric; the acid in grapes is a combi
nation of malic and tartaric. Some of the
vegetables used though not 1 looked upon
as containing acids do, nevertheless, con
tain large amounts, as asparagus and cu
cumbers, for instance. The acid in . the
former is asparici while that of tho latter
is fungin. This last named acid is one
of the most injurious taken into tlie
human stomach as food, which accounts
for the common unwholosomeuess of tha
cucumber.' "
Defects and HxcIlncle. .
- The Boston Tranm rp hears a school
boy who has found out, what all of us
find out sooner or later, that . a singlo
fault attracts more notice than many
excellencies.
"I am . sorry j -Ileury, " said Uncle
George, "that you exhibit so little pro
ficiency in orthography. " That letter you
wrote to Mr. Brown the other day had so
many misspelled words that it set tho
wholo counting room in a roar. " '
"H'm !" said Henry. "That's just th
way in this world. There were a good
many words in that letter that I know
were spelled right, but of course I get no
credit for that. " -
lie Him! Wot tlie Nerve,
A gentleman in tho orchestra waa un
able to see tho stage on account of a t?.ll
hat, so ho leaned over and whispered t J
the lady's escort :
" I wish you would tell tho lady wlo is
with you to take oif her hat, I can't soe
tlio stage at all." -
wMy"d'Hr feir, you had Ws f.-r Ml her
V-hi yonn lf, if y:u f
', mv v if-"1," w:.s t"!
!.. :".ll:y.
'.. 1.1 IV-
, 7 A DEFICIENCY.
INSTEAD OF A CASH BALANCE
IN THE TREASURY.
AW TOUSUAL SITUATION OF AFFAIBS IN Till
., FINANCES CP THE UNITED ETATE8
$000,000 DEFICIENCY. .
Washington, ,D. C., June 18 The
Treasury statement issued today shows that
the cah balance is 144,115,000, ol which
IfSiOSy.OOO is on deposit with natioiml
banks, and $20,250,000 is ia fractional
silver, deducting which item the net cash
balancp is bat $1,285,000. which" is the
lowest figure yet reached. It is said " that
the Treasury statement, to be issued to
morrow, will show a deficiency, of $G00 -000
instead of the usual net cash buiauca.
This is the first time this has occurred
since tea present ionn 01 statement was
adopted by Treasurer Jordan. In making
this calculation, however, no account is
taken ; of Uhe $21000,000 on deposit ia
uational banks and $20,000,000 of fractional
currency in the Treasury. - ; '
The expenditures so far this month have
been $8,188 864 hi excew of the tutire
revenues cf tha Government daring tho
same period, amouuiiug to $18,221,852,
1 lit so were exceeded by the peuBiot pay-;
meuts alone, wLkh sniuCnted to $18,31',
155. The treasury officials nay ' tnat tha
expenditures during the remainder of the
month will be light and that the receipts
win be BiuUcieutly heavy to overcome lue
preseut excebS of eipeuditufcS and leave a
small surplus for the month. These same
officials say that the Treasurer's statement
tomorrow will ' not include the receipts
during the past two davs, and that if it did
an actual surplus. of $2, 000,000 would be
fchowa instead of the appareut - deficiency .
A meeting of the Uttbinet will be held on
the 26tb ibst., for the purpose of consider
ing the fiuaiiuial situatiob," especially with
reference to the eitensiou of the 4 per
ccut loan, ami tiio cominuea coinage ot
silver afitr the flrssw proximo. 'J he wsi?
dent nud Secretary Foster have arranged it
so as to be n WRshington : next Thursday.
S.cretary Fosler in his speech wntleu lor
delivery at the Ohio ltepublicau fcStato Cou
veulieu paid particular Httemion to the
sitver question and made a special poiut in
regard to its coinage; calling atteuticu (o
the fact that after July 1st. next, it u,U be
discretionary with the Secretary " of tha
Treasury whether silver coinage shall he
contiuued or not. A ureal many suggea-
tious have been offered to tho Secretary un
this particular featore, indicating a, strong
wniitupnt Rcuinst BtianfndiDg silver coiuago
on tbe date 'nfttned; and it in within the
rande of probability ibat the coiuaje will
be continued utter July Yst,""tcr ftl
least. xsevB s Ubsorver.
IN HONOR OF DA VIS
THE FIRST MXNUMEKTAIi RECOGNITION OF
THE CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN. '
Pensacola, Fla., June 17,-To-day fans
witnessed - the greatest - aHsemblage ever
gathered within Pensatola's limits,'- the
ooctmou being the uuvci.iug of the Couf fed
erate monameut, The ' monument is lo
cated in the centre of It E Lee square, the
site being eighty ft et above the waters of
the bity . Tlie monament is constructed of
granite, from Kichmond, Va , snrmoouted
by a figure representing a Confederate
soldier of 1805, modelled from a painting
bt longing to the State of Virginia aud hang
ing in the Capitol at Itichmoud. The whole
structure is over ' fifty feet high. Evry
military organization iu the State, xave two.
(being jbmteea in number) participated m
the psrude. The head of the procession,
which was formed a mile from the monu
ment r- ached that point before the forma
tioncwa complete -The in criptious on
the monument are as fallows ; :
(South Face) A; D. 1801, A. D. 18G5.
The uncrowned heroes of the Southern
Conftdefacy, whows joy it . was to sulfur
and die f-r the cantwtbey bedeved to be
just. Their unchalljuged devotiou and
matchlfss herokm shall continue to be the
wonder of the ages '
(East fuce) ''Jefferson Davis, President
of the Confederate States of America, sol
dier, fctatestuan, patriot, christian ; the only
man iuonr aalion without a country, yet
twenty millions of people mourn his death,"
(West f;ue) AEd ward Ay les worth Perry,
On plain of the T Pent-aco'a Kifles, Colonel
of the second Floiidaregimeut, General of
the Flodda brigade in the army of northern
Virginia. He was among the first to yoL
nnteer in? defn cf his adopted State,
faithful iu every position U which bis reg
imeiit sdvauc d him; his. life and deod;
const ln'i his bet nionuinent." , , . -
(Norih lai.;; 'Vtepheu .III - Majlory,
Secictury i f the ftavy, tf the Confederate
States of Anierii-a ; " Tis not in mortals to
command bucoks; but we'.l do more,
Sempmnins welt di'fervhs it." '
v -TLi inoimmtut furjished the first mon
nmenUt reci giiitiou vt Jefferson IMviH.
Tb ex-icise wiire as follows W. 1).
Chipii'y. urn t; r of isi -rf monies, iutrotluced
llev.'ll. S Yet g r w ho opened the exerci
ses with priuei ; song by fcchoid thitHrcu,
"My Country 'tis of Thee"; monument un.
veiled by Mi Jennie iieiiderson, of 'fall
Lassee, grwuddanghter of Colonel Ward, of
the Second if'.ord iJteguuent, who fell at
Williin bi K; nuiMe, Dixie." E. C,
Max veil then inti educed Gov. Flemmiug
who welcomed tbn iiftiubled multitude.
J. II. Curry then iiun.ihiced the Orator of
the ',v", Ci R.ben -N . Davrs. of Palaika.
liis t e. fii whs I' bowed by adrss parade
i 1 wine!) te t.'on id tuiii Veterans (being
the largest .'alhe.ii g in Florida since t!.o
war) . pirtiCipKttd, Ocn VVidiam Miller
coiuuiunJiig, .Aun.ug the disiinguiKhcd
persouR preMisut were: Tbe venerable wi I.
ow of U. S. Mtillory, ticcretary ol the Navy
f the Cot;fdertile Suites, and Mrs. F.lleii
Cull Lou;,', ibiuihtei- ef Gov. Call, the firl
white child f Ataeiicun vureuts born iu
the btato ff 1 loritU'-fNows & Observer.
Kevtr P'1 "'v
man who kkl.s fi
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Lund cvtn.bodS
-flf in tho iov,er tf the
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y li':j -Oi.to that f f t:. j
aada eiaUioeu c&'da mud
A PLEA FOR THE UGLY GIRL,
E. T. Andrew, In Upplneort's.
It does not matter much to a boy whether
he ia good-looking or the rcver.. lie i
not obliged to wait for snmobod v to ask
hitn to da0C, and hirmatrimonitd pronpects
don't appear to suffer any eetioun cliKconnt
from personal shortages that would send 0,
girl's stock away down bahiw par, or evea
put her ont of the market altogether, Ono
never sees a man so hideous or repulsive
but that some woman is ready to marry
him if he will only ak he-r, bnt men are
tes philanthropic, aud so the ugly girls are
left to lua to waste as nnappropriate bles
sings. The "handsome i s at handboma
does" theory won't hold at all afier we get
out of the nursery, and a little experience
noon convinces us that it in a fraud uud a
delusion, like that other domestic fictioo
about tbe drumstick being the choicest put
of the fowl, with which our ciders uid to
impose upon our unsuspecting simplicity.
W e ugly gir,8 never get any drives in tho
Park, nor freo seats at the theatre, and a.
for ice cream and french candy, 110 matter
how handsomely we deport onrsc:lves, we
ghooldn tknow the taste of either if we
waited to have it bestowed upon us. Indeed
the espensiveuess oi being an ngly 0c ia
one of tuo worse things abut ii. Thera
are do perquisites. -We get none of tUe.
plums out of life's pudding, for n.l ;r the
present conditioos men do all thitis irv-"
ing,aneVa8 oue of them says, "A'f the
thinas we think, and sny about womeu"
appty to those only who are tolernbly good
looking or graceful."
Now suppose the same rule Applied to
men, and that.only tho good looking ones
could hope to attain to weak la and ti,uuc
tiou; suppose, for instance, that the famous
wart on Oliver Cromwell nose bad becu
sufficient to condemn him to obscurity, -as
it inevitably would have done had he becu
a woman: sui;iose Orover Cleveland's toj
ample girt Of waiftt had kept hiui out of tha
White House a it certainly would ' nave
kept Mrs. Cleveland-ont had she bceu tho
unlucky possessor tof that iucouvenieut
saperflutty 5 or b appose IXivii IS. liih's
bald pate baa renaetca mm ineligible to
the office of Governor of New YorK, as I
have not the shadow of a doubt that a ball
head wunli render any woman in America..
ineligible to the office of Governor's wife ;
suppose, is fact, that a uild head was suf.
ficient to blast any man's prospects in life,
aa effectually aa it wonld any woman's, I
into whose bauds lh:s paper may full, wiil
admit that that would be a little hard. Yrt
thi is the law under which women havj
Hfed since the beginning of time," and it
- If it were possible for a man to be -'"
hideous that a woman 'would not nuu-ry
him (which, 01 course it Hu ) there aitf
-gfjldozensof careers open to him, ia which
a rea uS8Lt ftU apopictiii chin notd:j't
stand in his!vSyrfc"J JSMJ-7ji' . vi-1 has u
HUch resources, No matter h('J."i:.Zx
aminblc we rnay.bo (and boi.so .ni'us nra
really very adtabie creatures, nhhongu oil
might not think .so, to look at us), we cm
not do aoything but stand itside and see alt
the bin matrimonial Dlunn fall into tbe 'un 1
of our fuuer s:s!ers while only the tsur
and wormy ones aro left fr ns, and few
even of them. Not only are we debarred
forever from tho glorious privilege of be
coming known to' fame as the spouse v& .
some one of the army of 'statesmen, whoeo
genius is making Americau legislation tho :
wonder of the world, but we cannot even -hopa
to deserve an eight dolUr pension
from onr couutry by becom ng Bosui- bodj's.
widow,, which beenn to be ubjut the a. rv.e
which can entitle woman to tho grautuoe
of her country. In short, tho nc; y gid
Stems to have no rights t hick, socu'ty ia
bound to respect.
iKow. weuslv cirla think ail this orv
unfair. We don t ask the men to nun ry
nor hope to earn our country's gratitude if
bscoming widows, but let some uu.h't
etancJard, Which one can hops to ai.Usiir ko
recognized, At all events, giyo ns?,: VT
spectable career of some sorL We uiTTa''
been allowed a few gleaning tVo in tht 'J'iu
of Knowledge, but tho lreeO.: Lil-i mil
stands iu the midst of the garden'- witu U4
frait tarbiddf to n.
JUDGE THOMAS C.rUJLLEU.
North state. ' ''
Col. Thomas O. Fuller, of F.uJcigli, hiw'
been apuoiulcd by President Ifari'mi i nwr
vf tbe judges of the Land com t. Thu u-int
is Ave yeara, with a salary 01 mid :l
traveluag expenses. A very tiiee tiiiii";.
and wefcincprily congratuinie Judge Fulti;ir
on the honor and thd subst.iuual aittch.
meut. No better apuointnuiut ima !d h.icu
been made. It ia not necwary t muu
in any titravigant expreswioos tbmt urn,
quahflcaUons and fatness of Judge i uli.rr.
He1 is a true man who r.ceu.s no Wsrd
painting to fexto!. his worth. Our ! ! .
all knoir hirn and will rejoice i; l is g'l
fortune and this honorable. disiiiK t'M.i i.-,-utowed
upon him by the Presiuoui e t a
United htates,
It in known that great C!ro Ava t:i
lhBelootion ot judges for this now emm.
The aaiwnnt involved in the tli j uH'.M.uul
titlesfwid probably reach ouo luiiKh)
millioa doiku-s. . To be one ,fttw t;vi 01.0
Een lroni among tne fimiuen: i.iMVvrscc
tho L'nited States '.o fill such pt..iUtu,
and ono, too. frm a political part) i;p; we.l
to the anpoiutiug power, id inuc.-d u very .
grc;it honor,
e can S'ty to President Ihrri.- t t j tt
iu the appointment of Judgo Pull, r i.j :. i
made no mis'ake.
A NOUTII
caroh:;ia::
News & Observer.
A. Wasbiuuton special fays
ltv.fiKn, of Norlh Carolin-i.
Ju.'-i-'e Iliul'in, and g,rt!.Li,l-!
J Hbiice Kuliiti , of the tin v, :
tis 1 --c.il pUced ou t! 1 .i, ,
l! e rl "iii:al School l' 1
l'i.;i-r-ity, .f wti !k i- -':
...UtjjUUK. 1 1'C I .' : .
dt -cend-nit of ou't.- ; t"
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