The Gastonia
Deroted to the Protection of Home and the Interest* of the County.
Vol. XX._UnJ-JkVSSgb»*\_GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 18»».
THE AMERICA’S CUP RACES.
history of the Contests for Possession of the Trophy—
The Shamrock's Attempt Will be the Tenth to
Wrest the “Blue Ribbon of the Sea’’ From the
Hands of the New York Yacht Club -
Sketches of the Rival Captains.
Mew York Hub
For tbo eloranth lima llw cup woo
by tba schooner America In 1S51, and
• which I* now named eflsr that feroout
yacht, la BOW to In raced for this week.
8luoc tba grand old schooner hr'iught
the trophy aero** the uoaan ulna at
tempts bare been made to win It back,
and now Sir TlKxnaa I.lptun. with the
Shamrock, la to in ika the tenth. Mer
an of tha fonnar trial* wars mada by
Brltiah yaobtamao and two by Canadi
an*. Englishman, Scotchman nod one
Irlabmnn (Llstu. Haoo) bar* triad,
nod now with tba Hbnmioak. * b >at
owned by nn Irishman, boill from de
signs by s Scotchman by s Arm of
Ecgllahmaa, nn attempt I* to ba mada
bribe eombloed lalant of Great Brit
nlo. It tha Shamrock loata Sir Ttuiuiaa
hni said that no exeuiet will be mada,
baeMM she la tba beat that Ureal
Britain esc produce. Tba way tba cup
has beau woo and been defended I* an
oft-told story and a dear on* to all
A mar loan yaentamao and It almost tha
hlatory of yachting In thli eouatrr.
Tbo America won the eup <m August
Si. 1851. There waa * wold's fair In
London tbat year, and th* Royal Yacht
Squad roc decided to offrr a oup for a
not around th* Ule of Wight, a re
gatta open to yacbu of all oatioua.
Tba raoa waa to b* sailed without time
aHowanoa and wsa for yachts of all
•If* and ateaa. Commodore J. C. Star
ana and acne of hU friandi decided to
build a schooner end cross Dm Atlan
tic to show tha Britisher* wbat Ameri
can* could do In tba way of yaeht
building and yaolit sailing. Th* ayn
dtesta waa oompoaad of J. C. (Morans,
Edwin A. Stereo a. Hamilton Wilkae,
J. Beckman Finlay and Georg* L.
Schuyler. These meo want to Georgu
Staara. who had a yard at Willlamt
burg, and asked him to build a yacht
that would beat tLa world. Mr. Staara
bad designed aararal famous boat*,
among them being tho pilot boat Mary
Taylor, tba osost celebrated craft of
that kind In those dart, sod tba sloop
nobt Uoa. Tbo old Uoa la still afloat,
but la rigged as a aoboooer. Tbe re
tail waa that Georg* Steer* built and
Launched tha acboouar America mod
tbat vaasal, with tba autarprlalng
mso ou board, sailed from tba
f 14th street on June 41, 1851.
She arrived safely oo tha other tide,
sod, after defeating tbe cutter Lara
rock In a‘ match rmoe entered tiie big
regatta. Tba way aha woo this raoa la
now so old story. Fifteen yaobts
started, some of them being much
larger than tha American boat, bat lb*
Amrrlos woo, much to tbe chagrin of
tba macaber* of tba lloyal Yaolit
Squadron, and tbe cup waa brought to
(hi* counLrv.
Tbe America flnlihed at 8:35 In tbe
evening and tbe entreat British yacht
was eighteen minutes behind. Com
modore Steven* had tried to coyer tbe
expense* of tbe trip by making a few
wagere, bnt tbe Englishmen declined
to bet anything worth taking. A
pawnbroker bad tmade a jlbboom for
tbe America, which, by tbe way, car
ried away during tha race. He agree!
to bet the price of tbe spar, and Meuey.
the sallmiker, bet the prloe of a flying
Jib.
The cup, which weighs 100 onnoas In
silver, was deeded to the Haw York
Yacht Club as a perpetual challenge
trophy by the owners of the America
on Jely 8. 1857. Dearly tlx years after
It was won. The yaebt club* all over
tbe world were no tided of Uili f«t and
that challenge* would be In order, bnt
it was not until 1870 that a challenge
for tbe cap was received. Hr. Jeawa
Aabury than brought over the tehooo*
ar Cambria, and ha rased bis yaebt
serosa the Atlanta against the sebooner
Dauntless and won the race. Tbe
victory naturally pot lb* Cambria
stock at a premium, and tha wteeaersa
than, a* they have to nearly every race
ilno* that time, thought It* cop would
ga back to Knglanu. Tbe ooodltloas
for the Brat race were tbe him that
governed tha race when tha America
woo the cup, bat with time alloweoov.
Tha ebaUsurer bad to race against tha
fleet of the Hew'York Yacht Club.
Twenty-four Teasel* started to defeod
lb* cap, and of them alx war* keel
acboooera. The rao* waa started oil
gtapletoo. Staten Island, sod tha
coarse was down tbe bay to tha South
west Spit, then to Sandy Hook light
ship and bank again. The start waa
made from an anchorage. The schoea
cr Magic, owned by Fraotitn Osgood,
was tM first boat tc floltb, her elapsed
time being 4 boors, 7 minutes, 84 sao
oada, The Cambria was the tenth
yacht to roach tbe line and bar elapsed
tune waa 4 hour*, 84 mlnatea. 67 sec
onds. Tbs old America started In Ibis
eon test- She beat the Cambria 18
minute*. 8 aroonda, stsspad tils*, and
the Dauotlaas beat Ut* challenger Still
mom. Tbs Cumbria remained in (bee*
waters Cor same time and several
matohss war* arranged, the American
hat winning each one.
Mr. AJbury wm aot eetiaOed with
tbla defeat, and, like Lord Duoraven,
decided to try agate. Thle wm lo 1A71.
Ha wanted all eorU of Impoaaible ooa
dlUcma arranead, owe of which wm
that ha abculd bring a yacht over with
r halloa gee from twelve Brlttah olabe
•ad Mil fw I be eup twelve timer If
hie yaoht woe one race he wm to taka
the cup. The New York Yacht Club
would r>o* agree to any ntch arrange
meat, bat agreed that only ana boat
•eaa Id be «elect ad to defend the cap,
•ad a Ml lea of mated raOM wae ar
ranged. The drat race wae tailed on
October M, 1871, (he icbooacr yaeht
uoiemblr. owoed by Fra ikifn Otgond.
being ealooted to defend the ear The
coarea tar the dm race wm Iron off
Quarantine oat to the light ahlp ead
agate, and the Columbia me by
27 minutes, 4 seconds. TU» second
race was sailsd two days later and tba
oouraa mu iwetily miles to wlodward
and return from liie buody Hook light
abtp. This race was wou by Use Co
lumbia br 10 minutes, 33 3-4 seconds,
and waa sailed In a cracking b roe us
•hlcb before tbe finish, bad Increased
lo a tnodarala gala Tba Columbia
bad to Uka In bar foresail before tba
| reos *u over and Ilia lima made was
I tba fastest in tba history of the cup
reoaa. Tbs Columbia made tbe twenty
miles to wlodward and retorn lu 3
hours, 1 minute, 33 1-2 seconds, and
on elapsed lima sbe beat the Livonia 4
minute*. 3d aeo inds. Tha Livonia bad
to allow tba Columbia.
Tha third race was tilled on a fresh
braesa. Tba oourse waa tbe sates as
on U>e first day. Tha Columbia nude
a bad start ana wet three colonies be
hind at the Narrows. At tbe sptt
buoy sbe bad mads up Ibis loss, but
parted her flying Jib stay and after
taoklog huog In irons nod Anally boxed
off on the earns lack again, losing fully
six Diontae before sbe got nnder way
again. On tbs way In from tbs light
ship her steering goer broke and ber
mainsail bod to ba lowered. Bhe ran
lo under foretell and Jib and waa baa ao
13 minutes sod lOscoooda.
Tbo Columbia luring beta dlasblad.
lira Sappho, owned by W. I*. Douglas,
ess selected to sail tha remaining
races of tbe series. Tbs Sappho won
tbe fourth race, twenty miles to wiort
warU and return, by 33 minutes, 21
aeoonds, tod tits flftb race over tba
Inal tie coarse by 23 mlnaUs, 27 sso
oods Jems* Atbury bad protested
tha second race oa tbs ground that tba
Columbia did oot turo tbe outer mark
properly, and having won the third
raee be claimed a ooutioeanoe of tba
•rries Tba series was not ooatinned
and Mr. Atbury claimed Uta OOP. A
long squabble ensaad and ended lo Mr.
Asbury returning to his home without
tba trupby after luring stirred up a lot
or bad fee I lug.
Canada waa the next country to try
for tbe cup. and tha schooner Oouutaae
of DuOsrm oame down to rest against
the Madelalut, owned by' J. 8. Dicker
too. The Drat race of this series ires
sailed over tba Inaldt oooras at tbe
Haw York YaeblCInb on August 11,
187d The A marinan boat won by 10
mlnotea, SO seconds. The Madeleine
also won tbe race twenty ml las to
windward and return by 27 mlnotea,
14 seconds, and tbe eup waa still aafe.
Lo 1881 the Canadians bad another
try, this time eandlug tbe cottar At*
laoU, owned by Alexaudar Cutbbert.
Tba Mischief, owned by J. li. Busb,
wee selected to defend toe cap and sbe
won. defeating tha AtaUnta over tbe
insida coarse by 28 mlnutea, 90 1 4 sec
onds, and over a oourse alxteru miles
to wlnwmrd and return from buoy 3,
off Bandy Hook, by 38 minutes. 54
Stoonda.
The nest non were sailed lo 1885
and tbe British yacht wsa tbs Genista,
owned by Hit Richard Hutton. The
Puritan, built from designs by Edward
Burgees, and owned by Gen. Charles
J Paine end J. Maloolm Forbes, of
Boston, was tbe defending yacht. Tbe
recce were started early In September
and there were light winds tbe Drat
few deya so that the yachts coaid not
get oyer the course. Then came tbe
foul, when tbe Puritan on tbe wrong
tank carried away tbe bowsprit of tbe
Geneeta The Puritan was disquali
fied and tha OanesU told to repair and
•old over tbe course, bat Hlr Richard
Ration, like a true sportsman, declared
tbet he oame for a race and not a walk
over, aod declined to sell over. Tha
yaobta were repaired aod then the
Geneeta wae beaten oyer Use Inside
oourse by the PoriUn by 10 minutes,
10 seconds, aod over a course twenty
miles to windward and return, the
PoriUn woo again by 1 minute, 38 eeo
oeds. Tbit men wae regarded by tboee
who Saw It aa the beat eeee sailed for
tb« oup. U waa sailed In a along
Ineest, sod tbe Puritan bad to house
bee topmast The GeneeU rounded
tbe outer so art Orel, but when on the
wind the Puritan gslnad fast and
crossed the line with something to
•pm
IJeut Uho bad challenged for a
raoa (or tbo cop at Um boom Uum that
Sir Blabord Bolton bod aod tbo races
with bta boot, tba Galatea, ware aalled
lo 1888. Geo. Paine ordered a new
raoht from design* by Bdward Uargaas
aod tba Alaotle Yacht Glob had a rule
o’ thumb boot built by Ellsworth
Tbo Porttao alto took part la tho trial
r»oa*- The Mayflowar really won the
trial areata and waa adorned to defend
Um cop. Tba A ret raoa with the Gala
too waa tailed on September 9 over
tba latlde coarse, and tba If evil i war
woo by It mlnutoa, 9 aoooodt. Tba
aaeood raoa, 90 mile* to leeward and
return, waa also won by tbo Mayflower
by 9B mlnotea, 9 second. Tbo Oanaau
hod tbo Galatea war* designed by J.
Beaver Webb, who baa etno* tbao set
tled In this oountry aod turned out
several fine siesta yachts, among them
boloc tba Coroalr, tba old Corsair,
which la now Um Qlouoaatar; Um Sov
trelfa. now tha Weep; TTlowana and
tba Multan*.
to 1M7 the Totalis, osaaj by *
Scoldi syndicate, and designed by
George L, Wataoo. earn* aver foe tha
cop. The Volunteer, built for Gan.
Pale*, by Edward Burgess, waa tba
dafaodtog boat and tucraadad lu keep
•of the oup barn. Tha Grot raoa was
•ailed over tba Ins Ida scores on Sep
Umbor i7, aad the Voluotwr woo by
19 mlnotaa, U 8-4 aaeoeda Tbo rso*
twaoty mils* to windward and rotura
waa won by tha Volunteer by 11 mlo
utaa, 48 3-4 aaaoads.
Tbo Qenaata and Galatea war* tha
plank oo edge type of eultere, and the
Portias and tba MayQcrwar wer# shoal I
draught, centreboaid bull, bat tha I
two types cams near logs I her in ths
Volunteer and iUs Thistle. Tbs Brit
ish Itid resu lbs advantage of beam
and tlie American ysektemeu hid
learned that ballast down low waa a
good thing. The Thtatla was 80 64
feet long on tba water line, 90 8 fest
wide 13.8 feet draught. Tbe Volun
teer waa 98.10 frst beam and canted
fifty Iona of load on her keel, five too*
tree than tha Thlttlo. 81m drew ten
fast without bar centreboard.
The first Valkyrie to come to this
oouulry, Hm aaoood nne of that nama.
waa owued by Lord Duoravee and aba
crossed tbe occao In 1893 That year
four yacht* were built to daftod the
oup, namely: Tbe JuUlee. a flu keel
boat with a centreboard; the Pilgrim,
so out and out Oo, the Golonls, a boat
boat, built by lb* Hsrrshoffs, end the
Vlglltot, a centerboard boat, also
by tbe Hsrrtahofla. Tba race* between
these yacbla were bigbly interesting
aod after some rattling good oontaota
Use Vigilant was selected to defeed tha
cap. Tbe models of the Valkyrie sad
Vigilant were more alike theo soy
that hod yst com* together in an le
tern.ttonal rao#. Tb* British boat
was gattlog baamtrr and tha Amertcau
deeper. Tbe conditions for tbe races
srsre different from any that lied gov
erned former eonlssta. Ths eertss
wea to be tha thru In five. The first,
third and firth were to be to windward
sod retore, 16 miles, and the second
and fourth over uiauglea, ten mile* to
e leg, the seme series as ths Colombia
and M hum rook are billed to sell. Tbe
Vigilant woe tb* first rasa oo October
7. by 8 minutes and 48 asoondt. Tha
aaoood race lb* won by 10 minute*, 86
seconds, aud the third by 40 seconds.
The third race was tba fastest ever
•oiled over the thirty mile course. It
was sailed lo a strong braes» and the
Valkyrie lad in the enter mark. On
the run horns all* lust two spinnakers
and finished tb* race with a big lib
topsail set aa a apian alter. The Vigi
lant's time was 3 hours, 91 minute*. 39
aaoooda
Iu loul Lord Danreven o»on* again
with another Valkyrie. Tbla time tba
HrrrabofTa built tho Dateodar. a keel
boat. Both yacht* draw about X) feat
aod tba British boat had tha more
beam. This aarlaa has baao named tba
“Duka, foul and dole.” Tho Brat raoa
to windward and return wa* won by
tha Defender by 8 mtnotaa end 40 aee
onda. In tbe aeooed lha Valkyrie wa*
disqualified for fouling tba Defender.
The third race wa* tailed by the De
fender aVona, the Valkyrie oroaaiog tin
line aod withdrawing. Tba Visitant
and Defender ware mtoaged by C. Oli
ver IseliB, who, thl* year. Is tbe man
aging owner of tbs O-ilumbU.
Sir Tbuaaa Llpton, tha ewoar uI tbe
eh illeogiog yacht, which represent*
tbe Royal Ulster Vachl Club, bare
•greed upyo the oouditions which nre
to govern theai races aod they are ex
ceedingly fair to both p»rllns. Tbe
aeries is tba tfaraa Io five, tba drat,
third end fifth raoei to be fifteen mile*
to windward or laaward and return,
aud tba aaeond and fourth over a tri
agular court*, ten milci to a lag. The
•tart la to be made from Handy Book
light ablp, but If tha ooarae cannot be
laid from tbe light ship tba starting
point will ba obanged.
Each yacht tbit year will bare two
•kipper* on board. On tha Columbia
Capt. Charles Barr la lu charge and
Capt. •'Lao" MUler I* evoond la com
mand. Oo tha Shamrock Capt a Ar
chie Hogarth and Robert Wrings share
tba responsibilities. All these nee are
able yachtsmen and there la oo doubt
that tba boat* wilt ba wall liaodlad.
Capt. Ban la a Scotchman. He waa
born at Oourock, duly 11, 1804 Hla
first yachting experience wa* io tba
ten-ton cutter Ulerin. Later he called
In tbe cutter f’lara and crossed tba
ooeau iu her when she came to Ibis
oountry. The eutter Shone, owned In
Doe ton’ waa hi* naxt yaeht, aod then
be went back to Scotland aod brought
ever ibe eutter Minerva, which boat ha
•ailed In bar raoaa here making a great
reoord. In 1801 ha sailed tha 48 footer
Oweena for Albion B. Turner, and
aftef that raced tba Wasp and (Dorians
In 180S be crossed the oaean in tbe
Nevahoe, but left that yacht while abe
was In fovelgh waters and called bare
with bit brother John Barr, on the
cutter J a bilee. in 1893 be brought the
Vigilant hack from British waters aud
raced that boat again* tha Defender,
and tba next year be took command of
Cum mod ora C. A. PoaUay*s schooner
Co Ionia, In which he aaade another
record. When tbe Columbia wen or
dered C. Oliver Iaalln an tec ted Capt.
Barr, to tall bet and ba baa been with
her io all bar raeea. Cent. Barr is
le married and llvaa with bla family In
Boston. He laaaaturallied Americas
eltlseu.
Capt. Millar hu tailed Id aa*«ral
•mall boata. but hU araatau sooiaaa
waa Id tha 48-footer Waep, which boat
la mill tha beat In bar alata.
Capt. Archie Hogarth, of tha Sham
rock- it about 38 year* of aga. Ha U
rather abort tha medium height aod a
tT pi cal blg-bonad. muaeular, long
limed Scot. Capt. Arabia bagao yacht
ing la 1SS8 In tbe 10 rater D>rl«, and
ba remained In that boat far Bra yearo.
In ha aooapted tha pnaitlow of
aktppar In tha 10 rater Yrouna, ownaJ
by Hater Dooaldaon.
At the aod of tha tattoo too Yvonne
had eUtean winning date. Hla next
yacht was tha Yaanlt, and with tbte ba
nande nlmoeta plena ■ weep of tbe prlnea
In 1899 ba took obnrge of the Call jna.
ballt hy William Fite, Jr , but thle
bant did not do anything remarkehla.
The next year Hogarth tailed Mia Lil
ith, aod In 1893 biok charge of tha
ItaHa, wbtah ba aailed for four yearn
with grant eucceav
Capt. rioteri Vrl-ige waabxra at tea
oC tha aaat ooat of Biglaad. lilt
P*ct ground waa a aobooner'a deck,
nod until ba waa M ywri old ba waa an
trading aehooner. Then lie went in
for yneatlag, being appointed mate un
one of Admiral Mnataga'a yea ita. rtia
drm oharga >a aelppar wu no the
Aleaata In IMA Tbte yeebt ba a •Uad
with fair aueeam far four yean. In
1084 ba took charge of tha 40 rater
Carlo*, HU next yaobt m tba W>
footed Ailso, ood <aat year be tu oo
tlia Kklred, la wbteb ba woe vary Mr.
oaaafal. Ba U o eotri determined helms
man wllb a reputation far being able to
lake Ultyaebt wherever tbara l* room
»»oj|b to aqaana bar aod water
euo jtb to float bar
Tba eraw of tba eolombla ara sallurs
from Dear (aland, Me, and tba man no
tbe Shamrock ere yacht Log saltan, tlia
piok of all tba KngUah aod Scotch
TKSSJSSB?8
Tlnoroua objection baa bean aide
from lima to time lu various quartan
to tba rraotioa of requiring wIloBaaaa
taklug the oath In our onurU of law to
kin the Bibla aa a part of Uie oera
mooy. It U objected to oa religions
grounds aa detracting from tba rarer
•aea doa to tba Bible; tt le still more
strongly opposed for sanlUry reason*.
Tlia North western Christian Adcvcalt
(Chicago) reasons against tba custom
(a tba following mao oar :
“Tbe cos tom of klnlng tba Bible in
connection with tba taklog of oath la
oonrt baa praotlealiy bacoosa obsolete
In America. Tbe custom haa beau
abandoned almost Imperceptibly, and
ohielly, perhaps, aa tba result or the to
roreement of military laws for tba pre
vention of tba spread of disease. It
aaema, however, to ba still oontlnusd
lo foreign counties. Occasionally a
wltarns refuses to 'kies tba book,’ but
It la a rare. If, Indeed, there baa been
more than oaa oooaaloo when this
method of administering tba oath bus
baas denounced from the beach. Such
denunciation, however, took place re
eently in one of the Kngllsb courts.
A witness loalstad upon not being
sworn in that fashion, aod for bis ca
ooursgament tba magistrate, who was
alao a phyaioiao, said: “That nook
has been kissed this morning by all
aorta and conditions of man—some
•rttb dirty faeas, others with sores os
their faces sod lips—aod I am dallgbtad
that oaa person, at any rata, has had
tba oommoo senes to aland oat for tbs
•Mltarr oath. • Ha added : ‘I w< utd
rather ba vaccinated many a time over
thao kiss that book. The bablt of
kissing the book ta owe of the most
fruitful sources ef lufeetlon.'
“Tba custom of kisstag the Bibls
grew during tbe Middies Agee, and
waa designed to increase tba laprasi
Wasass of tba oath taken by a witoesi
Tba significance of tba kiss of a presi
dent or sovereign baa not, so far as tba
public waa oonearoed, baso lo tba ms re
act of kMog tbe book, but bss ds
paadsd upon tbs particular passage
which their lips ara supposed to have
touched, sod It has usually been so
arranged that tba passage spill ba aaob
as to crests a favorable tmprsaakiQ up
on tbe public mind.
“Tba lima bas ooooe also In tba his
tory of tbe world urban, for both seat!
mental aad sanitary reasons, the prac
tice of kissing tba Bibla should ba
abolished. It oartaloly eddi nothing
10 tbe practical value of tlia oath, aa
those who have no regard for ibstr
word would have bo regard for their
oath even when aecompaatad by thla
solemn act, wbleb baa become a mara
formality,’
«VIM ■■■ at KMiukr urn «■ u»
>hi»m l—a—.
PuilsdUpuia Ttaea.
A oars on Uta hillside at Mount
Washington, thirteen tailor from
TaytorevUte. Ky., is tho borne of a wild
man. Wbenoe became Is a myitevy.
but ha lirai on flab, snakes, llsuds and
anything else ba oaa eatch, and hla
powers In tbta line an aa wall dry sl
oped aa those of a wild beast.
tiqntre N. L. Harris, near whose
boom tbe cave la altaatad, disco re red
tbo wild man a raw nlgnta ago. While
feeding bla stock bo noticed smoke ouri
Ing from tho mouth of tbo oava. Going
to tba Ml traces be found a lot of booaa
Obd feathers aoatUiad around. Da
did not can to go laatda lbs cava, not
knowing what wild animal might abide
there.
He decided however to watch and
discover tba tenant. A day or two
afterward bo returned to the place and
found lhalodger outside tbo ears. It
waa tho strangest bit of hamanUy aver
aean hereabouts—a lltria dried op maa,
not more than four feat high, weighing
ninety pounds or I aaa, and covered with
a shaggy ooel of hair. Hla slothing
was hardly worthy of attention.
Tbo wild maa triad to escape into
tba cava, but Mr. Harria Intercepted
him and endeavored to Bod oat wbenoe
ha came and who ba was. The strange
creature, however, could only talk In a
largou not understood by hit question,
ar, but tba squire Anally made oat that
he came from Mouth America.
Tba veritable wild maa baa leal all
vaatlga of eirillaatiou. Hla hands are
pawa to an Intents, and ha fears man
aa muab aa aay wild animal dosa.
Sqnftn Harria tohl bla neighbors of hla
maoovery. and band red# of pereoas
have base to tba oavc. hoping to aaa
tba Strangs object, but they have railed
of their purpiee.
On tba approach of aay ons Ua awn
•sake tba darkest reassess of tba aa*
era, tad ba moat ba aUa to aaa ia tba
dark, for tha presence of anybody on
tbe outside Is eeoagh to keep him eon*
one lad until tba Intruder baa departed.
How long bo bee bean U tba oavetn la
not knows. Re le probably sixty jeers
old. Tbe neighbors do hot nn to mo
lest blm, aa ba eommlte no depreda
tions and makes bis owo llvlag with
out being a nalaaooo._
Coring the wlntsr of 18*7 Mr. Joaoa
Rood, OM of tbo landtag alUaaoa and
marehaota of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va.,
Mrook bit lag ago loot a oako of lea la
•noli a Manor aa to brulsa It stvortly.
U bream* vary moot. swollen aid
palnrd Uw so badly that ba aaald not
aalb without lbs aid of arntabas. Ha
was treat'd by nbyakAaoa, also uaad
a rwrnl binds of Aalasant nod two and
I a half gallons of whisky lo balking IS.
bat nothing gam any rnUaf until k*
1 lagan uaiag Cbiuatisnala’o Palp BtHa.
This brought almost a easaptou aura
la a wask's Uwa sod bo boUgfas that
had ha Mt oaad this rnenadr bit lag
wan Id barn bod to bo awpatabad. Tata
Bala to naaqaalad fw agcalao. brnlaas
sad i tii swat tarn Par onto by J. ft.
Carry ft Oowysay, Draggtata.
BILL ARP OR ADAIR.
BILL UOCMMi THE LOU OF Hit
OLD AID UTEEHED FUSED.
lawn Blaa rUr ~-mall
»*r« miMUa
PM. win a, VMM illuU-Mlt
ll.alaiw.aiM.
Vll Are la Karin/ fcMCfc.
star MmI Aapavta.
wko baa aot aal a friend Y'
1 don’t know whet tori ay next
mil will bring, but l expect that ay
ok) friend is dead. For non then flfty
ycen Georg* Adair and I haw bean
Weeds—good friends. Ha waa always
glad la met m and held mj heed
tight end Iona, eod nailed e plsaaft
graetlog. Of lata yarn are have draw*
otne*r togKbar for wa knew that we
were appreaobiag the goal, end that
but few of ua wen left. The eteoiht
of old an ere sweat, hot they ere aad,
aad it waa e comfort to George end to
m to get oleee together aa oft I
via Had Atlanta and oonmune about
old time end the tto old people who
here passed away. He wee Barer
Xtooaay nor did be ever bring e elowd
to darken the aunehlne of oor mating.
Where shall I go bow tor ooafert when
I visit the Gate OUy V Where will
Uvea Dowell go t
Yea, I wee e eoUege bey wbea
George Adair waa conducting the feet
into that ever ran Into Atlanta. I
traveled with him sometime*, aod
alnae than oer want frleodablp ban
been oabrokao. Uls wane tfcoteb
blood beet more kladiy to his frtroda
as tbo year* rolled oa. He wee aa
freak aa bo wet genial. He had opla.
Iona aad cocvieUoiis, end did aot lup
preae them to curry favor with ear
body. Ills life was as opea booh, nod
everybody who knew bite at all knew
blaa well. A atreoger would dlagooee
bln la half ee boor's ooovsreatlae.
Sincerity waa his moat stalking cliareo
Wrtatto; Sootebmeo era alweya etocerv:
they never dodos raaoootibUUv. 1
don’t know whether George carried
any Iodlan blood or not, but bU ua
oJee did. Tbe Adam of Oberoke*
were nine* akin to him, end they were
half-breed* or guadreoaa. and elf went
went with tbetrlbt In 1888. Tbtirde
enendanu are out there bow, tor 1 take
an lodiaa paper sod eee their name*
among tbe Madera. It la elofolur how
otoe* Scotchmen mated with tbe Iodlan
tnaldeos early In tbl* century, and
every one of tbeic wanted a ehleTa
daogbtar. and generally got her.
wt.ro tbe old ohtnf died Vbesa Sootoh
dmd Jaet stopped Into their pUoee end
groomed tbe tribe*, aad ao did Ibelr
■eat after them. There wee on Bag
Hob or Irish or French lo It; the feotw
alone had secured the Indiana’ rooptot
and eoBfldenee. There waa Bom and
Ridge.and McIntosh and MoGillvrsy
and Harvard aad Vane and many oth
ers who hectDoe chiefs or rub-chi*#*
aad governed all or a division of the
tilto. Osoeola waa lb* eon of a Bcotoh
trader. I suspect that George Adair
bad a strain of (Jfarrokte blood la hie
veins, aad It mad* a good cross—cy
wife think* It does, sod is proad to
trace bar Indian Wood black to Poca
hontas through tbe Hants and Uolioge
and Randolphs; wherever you find It U
to dominant; I eaa prove that by my
**lf and my eou-ia-law—’-Womin rules
hare” la wbat tbe rooster says when he
crowa in this family, bat she rulro
well. I told Uncle Bam yesterday to
clean out the pit when be got through
cutting wood. When I got bask from
town ft was almost eight, aad be wae
raking all around the back yard aad
burning up tbs accumulated litter and
trash. “Unela 8am.” said I, ”1 told
you to eteeu oat tbe pit, for I muet put
so cos of the flower* la there. I’m
afraid It will float to-night.” Tbe old
man raksd no aad said : "81ie tote me
to do die.” and be oarer got to the pit
at alL But my wife earns out and ex
plained. and said the beck yard looked
ao dreadful bad aad she knew that tbe
pit oocld wait a day or two aad It
wasn’t going to frost no I row. aad so
forth, aad of oours* I surrendered—I
always do, bat I’ve got to oleu oat
that pit myself.
TR I Twnwtnr when Otorp Adair
rad J. Henly Holiti Marked a newapaper
Id Atlanta, oalled the thulium Con
ftU.racy. ( wrote for 11 eometlmee
Joat to give our bojr aome contort and
foal loradar ran a; aamemna wtfa
and ofleprtng out of Boom I wrote of
R an tbo wing, or tbo fly, and told bow
wo paeaed *'B% Ma"oa tbo way. oad
bn waa driving a ateor with tbo ateor'r
tall drawn thioogb a bo la in tba daab
board and tba oad Hod op la a hoot.
1 lodteted a eerall poem tn hli naanary.
•ad gave tba moernfnl a lacy to oay
frtana flmlUi, and ha publiabod II;
Otorgo hod got all fliod up before tela
and Joined General Farraat*a cavalry.
Ba proved to bo a great favorite with
Format, and mm tbo adnlratlon waa
mutual ba aamad hto ml boy after
tba renoral, and It aUtU to blm eat. 1
told George eomo Una ago hat (■ Ap
pletoo'a biography of retreat, which
waa aaid to ba written by Ooloaal Jor
dan, hto adjutant general. It waa rm
eardad teat ba waa very Illiterate, and
that bte dlapaleh anaoanclag tha fall
at Part Pillow waa atm nramrvii at
WaaMagten, and road a* follow*:
••We boated I Im fort at nlooroloek
and akatered Urn nlggera. My mao la
waa MH1 a m Bam id la tba waada.
Thorn aa waa oatebad with apoona aod
broateliR aod Mob we kilt. Tha real
waa payrolil end told to gtt.”
George waa ladlgaant when I showed
blm a eepy of It ead declared teat R
wm» some devil Id, lie teat wea made op
on blm. "I knew,” aald he, -teat
rorreat waa no eebotar, bnt ho never
MNOrd teat bad. I have lattera from
him tb at 1 know ba wrote, e .d white
Ike WlldMftelldfl a
tew w' * rw a, i^n
fairly wad written 1 don’t uaHeve
G'ltonel Jordan wrote nay aaeh thlag
•bmt Format 8>«* of tbaao Wo*
! grepbore ere Jaet like nar eawagapar
roportore. if they ana hear • Ha they
•cratch Ifaolr honda and make mm loM
lor ii mmUm.
I II Uornye dtea from tele stroke. nod
11 reckon he wtU, where a III I go to
•blk away an bowr with a Irind. Hla
odIn la tba Kimball Ttt an pan mint
end bn etmtre an bom tort* M« nod Mb
wtloean ao cardial that t will faal load
when I rfclt Atlanta. Tba ban won’t
ban line or looHaattoa re Mate on
It waa tba riadnoowa of other reload
frtasdi Hba Dr. Akomador aad Br*a
Ho wail aad J. Haoly Smith aad Ooaln
J«d» Tbraabar and tba thatodarela
maraaa cao*rally. Uut Oaorge waa
tba abler attract ioa Dm etater of
apaoa. Ua waa a friaad la aaad aad a
Maodtodtod. Ha mwtadblaCaron
wltb abwifuloeoa and a wilttag heart.
Somatimn 1 waa tad an aadnaaar aw a
beak note far a faw doHata aad ha at
oaa again I will not heow wbmtoao,
f ton a tbooaaad good frtawda kt A*
laala, but they an wot of that kind.
aaea'tet wear'hk'DJowla2So ^ dlJj'
laga and ntr own. Ha din at born*
wkb^wutMMd alt hla ehtldan at Me
ttotr
But nr wife aad I an llrtag oat
our dan to Mi ipprabeoitoo of tba
aowlaf atroka, fur fear of oar dear
bora an far awn—too far ta reach we
SMjgWlBrSS
Florida mod tba baby toy. aabk feed
mother oeUe blot, ta I.Ofe alka away
la Mato This lathe Hardn irtof
that oaa dtouanMNi
approach tba doar of daalk
nrant ttlogna atodto to tor Mi
mottor toooma bit badaLda aad aoatba
but etey atbon^n^wnpT*14 Ob* far
aaotbar lift to another world whan all
k lore wtthoot aBlotloo or griaf or
aaoantloo.
rawNB, good mad. I would
that m« might ba mated to as yot
awbtla fared to aaad yoor own
ayitaph aad ta naUa what a noble Mb
la worth to a maa. Would that tba
rtaiag gaaatstlaaa might Ian a lamoa
from yoar example. Ttt eepmoeh at
our dtmolaUoo la my ataokhr. When
laat 1 taw my friend ba waa aa bright
aud pauial aa a bay aad ahawad ao
OlgB at falling baeltb. 11
he would ootllvo »#, for
•at tired and wfaaa tba night i
am the Orat to sook my bad. Taatarday
I^waa busy olaatlag^out^ etrowbanjr
aver aad anoa 1 bad to oUaigMaa up
alowly and aarafolly fertereomkhiag
would break or hiteb or give way, mi
than l would try it agate. Ieea’t bold
wut like I aaad to. what* tba matter
with me aoybow T Wbythouldl wear
aitt* Why abouMat a healthy mao
Hr* im aad out If bohaafottodw, why
don't ba din all orer aad tarn to da at
Ilka tba on a-bore* ebay T Why eboatd
the heart get nick wbou all the not ta
wall I In chon we will ell know by
weltiag.
Ttla luumiog 1 went oat early to
pontae my uew strawberry petoh aad
sum aoougii there bad beeo a dosen
doga la tliare last night, aad they bald
a oarelTmi and a elreaa and otey«d base
and tag aad maddog all ora my pretty
bods, oad torn up a lot of my ptaato,
aud now I am not calm aad maw, ami
my wtto won’t let me pot out etryob
Blne, for ehe eeye it Ha* fair ear
neighborly, end oo I have got tout retch
more wire along the tones. Tbaraara
atmnt forty dogs within easy roeoh of
my haooo and they am no amount—
*<g le tMe town mere dost me (mod
&s*raaa— —•
Oonfouud Hm—4opm ’•m.
T'l'-ag—»
wtotom Bmp*.
“Yu,’’ Mid a young nan. aa be
throw hia»el( at the Mat ot Ua pretty
oeboolaietraaa. “I lore you, aod
would go la tha world'* eud for you.”
“You ooold not go to the end of Ua
world tor mo. Jamea. Tba world, or
tha earth, aa It la called, la round like
U ball, (lightly flaUanud ut tko potaa.
Out of tho ft rat leuaaaa la alemaaUty
caograpky la devoted to tha ahngu at
tba globe. You meet btveetodled It
whan you warn u boy."
"Of oouree l did. tort"
"▲ad It is do laager a theory. Cir
cumnavigator* beau mtekHihad tha
toot."
“1 keow but Wkat I uwaa wee that
I would do aaytblag to plauee you.
▲b. Minerva, If you knew the aebleg
tuM*
'•There la nu auah thing aa a void,
Junta*. Nature abhora a vacuum. But
admitting that than cos Id ba auab a
Ihlag, bow ooold the veld you eaaak of
bo a void If Umi* wore oo aeb* fa It t"
. “I aunt t* aay that my Hto will ba
•oualy without yea; the* you Are my
dolly thought and my nightly dream.
I would go anywhere to be wKh you.
Tf you were In AaatraUa or at tha
Worth Pol*. 1 would fty to you. t”
"Ply! It win ba another oeotary
hafote mao oaa fty. Kyea when tba
lawa ot gnvttailoo are tanw*f*M»
erereome, there wilt aUtf remain,
molatoleiog a balaoeo"-'
"Weft, at an areata I" exclaimed
the youtb, "rye get a pretty to* bal
aooe la tba beat, and I want yoa to ba
my wife. There I"
“Wall, Iiaii, ataee yen put It la
that light, I"
Certain.
Mm KMmI Oartala, PtaUdaM
m, Mow Um miwhi, iu a*
aught ooU, whiek anttad m bar
. )u»n; aba was traatad lot a aoaUi b*
prewsriftcrsa
af «f aaaaatloa aadthataa Midtalaa
oaoldoaraW. Bar draft* aaaaaa
tad Dr. Klay*a SawDlnorary tmOam
aataatlae: haagMa bottia and la
hat lUtickt land bata* baaadtttd
fraa dnt doaa. Mba IHIUK IU aaa,
•art altar taktag Mx batOaa, faaad bit*!
•alt aooad and waM: aa* daaa hat IM
imutawwk, aad la at *aM aa Mi wm
mm. rtaa trial MUm idUriaMd
rMaearary at Uarrr d C^ Pry.