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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

been engaged for years in gettinv
together all the material that he coulS
probably need, and he is now ready for
work. On the left hand side of thu
house is similar building, which WA
Mrs. Dorsey's study. This was most
lastly furnished, and contained tina
miscellaneous library, with an immense
ly full collection of works of Southern
authors. Mrs. Dorsey spent the most
of her time in this coy little retreat.
The grounds about the place are yery
handsome. There are an orange grove.
a fine vineyard, orchards, lawns and
some superb groves. The climate i,
almost tropical, and there is a profusion
of bright and fragrant flowers l was
struck with q drove of peacocks, that
made the woods gay with their fine
feathers. These were Mr.. Davis's es.
pecial pets, and it was pretty sight to
see him feed them, which he did regu.
larly twice day.
1t is impossible to overestimate the
caution and carefulness with which Mr..
Davis has worked upon his history of
the rebellion. He feels that his will be
the authoritative defense of the cause
of his people, and he fully appreciates
the gravity of his task. 1t is two years
since saw him, and he was reported
then to be finishing up his work. Ids
covered that he had hardly begun it,
having spent years in simply arranging
the material for it. Mr.. Davis is a most
systematic worker, and is possessed of
great endurance. He is rapid writer,
and is ripe scholar. 1t is the argu.
ment and the facts on which he has
pondered so long. No idea can be
formed Of the scope of the coming book.
1t is certain, however, that an unexpect-
ed space will be given to the discussion
of the motives and necessities that led
to the war twill not be vehicle of
the prejudices of the writer, but it will
be very decided upon certain of Mr..
Davis's critics and enemies. / asked
him if he was going to be severe upon
these persons in his book. "Well,"
he replied, smiling, "they say man
gets ill-natured as he grows older. I
don't know what l may write" In
conversation he seemed to be bitterer
toward Mr.. Stevens than any one
else. He discussed Joe Johnston freely,
and expressed himself vigorously as to
Gov. Brown, but said little of Gen.
Toombs, and seemed to care less. He
was warm toward Senator Hill, and in.
quired affectionately after him. doubt
if the South has ever produced more
thorough scholar than Mr.. Davis. His
book will represent the steady, devoted
work of his best and ripest years, and it
will be pride to the South no more as
an indication than as classic.
Mrs. Dorsey was of no direct kinship
with Mr.. Davis, but the two families
had frequently intermarried, and had
always been intimate. 1t will be re-
membered that by decision of a year
ago Mr.. Davis recovered a very large
plantation that he had lost. This, adde1
TO the legacy of Mrs. Dorsey, makes
him one Of the largest landed proprie-
tors in Mississippi, and puts him and
his family in atfiuent circumstances.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

George Brinkerhoff, a workman
employed in a planing-mill at Eureka,
H., whils in the act OF adjusting some
machinery was caught in the betting
and his body whirled around al least 3
hundred times before the terrible acct
dent was discovered. His body was lit
orally torn to pieces. t-rt
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

Said he, ss he stole one, 81 seal my
love with kiss" And she, suiting the
action to the word, replied, 81 seal
mine with whacks. Boston Trans.
-e-.pt.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
said lutte Hans to Gretchen.

One summer morning fair,
As they played in the fields together,
And sang in the fragrant air:
o look at the Kaiserblumen
That grow in the grass so thicki
Let IS gather our arms full, Gretchen,
And take to the Emperor, quick
+" Fer never were any so beautiful,
so blue and so white and redp'
so all they could carry they gathered.
And thought OF the Princess dead.
Then under the blazing sunshine
They trudged DER the long white road,
That led to the kaiser's palace,
With their brightly nodding load.
And at last all the nodding blossoms
Their shining heads hung down.
But ''Cheer up, Gretchen r. cried little Hans
We've almost reached the town"
So they plodded patiently onward,
And with hands so soft and small
They knocked at the palace portal,
And sweetly did cry and call:
Please open the door, q Kaiserl
We we brought some flowers for you,
Our arms full of haiserblumen,
All rosy and white and biuer
lofty ard splendid presence,
The echoing stair came down;
To know the King there was no need
That he should wear a crown.
And the children cried: 30 Kaiser,
We have brought your flowers so far!
And we are so tired and hungry
See, Emperor. here they arep
They held up their withered posies.
While into the Enperor's face
A beautiful light came stealing.
And he stopped with Il stately grace;
Taking the ruined blossoms,
With gentle words and mild
He comforted with kindness
The heart of each trembling child.
And that was a wonderful glory
That the little ones befelli
And when their heads are hoary,
They still Will the story tell,
How they sat at the kaiser's table,
And dined with Princes and kings,
In that far of day of splendor
Filled full Of marvellous thingsi
And home when the sun was setting.
The happy twain were sent.
s!r.a cleaning golden carriage
With horses magnificent
And like the widest vision
OF fairy-land il seemed;
Hardly could Hans and Gretchen
Believe they had not dreamed.
Celia Tharfcr, IA 81. Nicholas for August.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
THE KAISERBLUMEN.

Have YOU heard of the kaiserblume,
0fittle children sweet,
That grows in the fields of Germany,
Light waving among the wheat.
by field and wood and road side,
Delicate, hardy and bold,
Ii blossoms In wild proiusion
In every color but gold
The children love it dearly.
And with dancing feet they go
To seek il with song and laughter;
And all the people know
That ;he Emperor's daughter loved IL
Like any pleasant maid;
And. when she died, her father,
Stern Kaiser Wilhelm, said:
" This flower my darling cherished,
Honored and crowned shall be;
Henceiorth Z H. the kaiserblume,
Z" The flower OF Germany"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09
THE HOUSE AT BEAUyOIR.

Mrs. Dorsey's Bequest TO Jefferson Davis
A Visit to the Ex.COnfederate Presi-
dent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15
Tea in South Carolina.

Editor Columbia Register: That the
cultivation of tea in this State is both
practicable and profitable there can be
no doubt. The fact has been proven
most incontrovertibly. am pressed
with conviction that the reluctance of
our people to embark Except sporadical-
ly) in this enterprise arises more from
the want of practical information than
indisposition. Your writer appends a
few remarks in relation thereto. Proba-
bly few readers are aware that there is
annually imported into the United States
$40 100000 worth of tea, and as thisis to
be paid for in coin it can readily be seen
what q harvest of gold the producers
resp, and what an enormous sum is staken
out of this country each year. The lati-
tudes of the chief tea districts Of China
and Japan correspond geographically
with that of South Carolina, the soil,
temperature, &C., are about the same, and
by reference to the observation OF Dr.
Merriweather, of Columbia, Colonel
James II. Rion, of Winnsboro, VIM.
Summers, of Pomaria, and others, IL will
be seen that this climate is as favorable
to its propagation and culture as the
heart of the Pekin province. The plant
is hardy and vigorous, withstanding the
extreme heat of l02 degrees and the frlg-
id degrees of 80 with equal immunity
from hurt or impairment of health. Easy
of cultivation, perennial, more and more
prolific each succeeding year, there is no
reason why we should not turn our atten-
tion to this most valuable product.
A little calculation will show the prof
its which may be derived from an acre
of 1000 plants. In the first place, howev-
er, the plants obtained at the depart
ment in Washington require shading
the first year, but afterwards shade their
own roots. The second year they are
trimmed from the top to obtain a good
bush. The third year the acre Of 1000
plants yield 1877 pounds; the fourth year
312 pounds; the fifth year 500 pounds,
and the sixth year $50 pounds of dry tea.
This tea finding ready sale, will bring
from SOC. to Sl.75 per pound. Where
can the farmer make so much? Certain
" not on cotton. Three crops are gath
cred each year, between the months OF
March and September. A family of four
persons could gather the first crop in two
DAYS, and the same number could pick
the two other cropsin three days. These
pickings, coming at time not to inter-
fere with the other crops, could be cured
by family of the above number with no
more trouble than would be paid to their
"garden PATCH" The best tea is never
shipped to us, nor is it sent out of the
country in which it is grown, but brings
land such tea can be grown herel from
S. to S14 pound on the spot. Though
not horny-handed tiller of the soil.
your writer is in full accord and sympa,
thy with anything which will aid in
building up the wealth and influence oi
South Carolina, and he will be glad tc
refer to this subject again, ifit prove Of
sufficient interest to our farmers. The
foregoing remarks, it must be remember
ed, are not chimercial, but are based or
facts which admit of no dispute, and are
collated from actual experiments.
THEA VIRIDIs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

EQUALITY OF ARMs.-After the de-
cline of chivalry, when duels were no
longer fought in the lists, or in the pres
ence of judges of the field, but in lonely
and sequestered places, inequality Of
arms were not regarded, however great
might be the superiority of one side.
"Thou hast both sword and a dagger"
said Quelus to Antragues, as they were
about to fight, "and 1 have only a
sword"
"The more the folly" was the answer,
"to leave thy dagger at home; we came
here to fight, not to adjust weapons"
The duel accordingly went forward,
and Quelus was slain his left hand lin
which he should have had his dagger
being shockingly cut in attempting to par.
ry his antagonists blows with that weap.
on. The challenged person, having a
right to choose his weapons, often en-.
deavored to devise such as should give
him decidedly unfair advantage Bran.
tome records with applause the ingenui.
ty of little man who being challenged
by tall Gascon, made choice of a gor.
get, so constructed that his gigantic ad.
versary could not stoop his neck so as te
aim his blows right. Another had two
swords forged OF temper so extremely
brittle that unless used with particular
caution, and in a manner he daily exer.
cised himself, the blade must necessarily
fly in pieces. Both these ingenious per
sons killed their man with very little
risk or trouble, and with no less applause
it would seem, than if they had fought
without any rule; such was the degener.
ate spirit of the times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

An ENGINEERS NEED OF NERVE
Unquestionably the bravest men in
America are those who can stand upon
the foot boards of the locomotives which
draw the fast express trains. But few
persons are aware of it, but on the lead
ing railways, where connections must be
made if possible, only engineers known
to be brave and daring are given engines
or express trains, and as soon as an en-
gineer shows the least timidity about
running fast he is taken from his engine
and given one on freight train to run.
Two such cases have occurred recently
Oh indianapolis roads. Railroad officers
state that the first sign that an engineer
is becoming timid is that he will be five
to ten minutes late, possibly half hour,
for some days or nights in succession.
He is then called to an account, and un-
less his reasons are convincing another
engineer is given his engine to run for q
few times, and should he bring the train
in promptly on time, the first-named en-
gineer gets freight train engine to run
until he braces up. 1t is stated, how
ever, that after an engineer allows his
timidity to get fair hold he seldom so
far overcomes it as to have the bravery
to step on to an express train engine and
run it a. the speed necessary to make the
time. Quite recently an engineer of one
of the roads running west from here got
an impression that some accident was to
happen to him, and one night, when run
ming a fast express, he constantly lost
time. At the first station where the train
stopped the conductor berated him for
running so slow. The engineer actually
shed tears, and owned that fears had
overcome him, and that he dare not run
fast, and at his own request an engineer
of freight train which stood at this
meeting point was given the train to run
through that night, the conductor tele-
graphing the train-master, asking that
the request be granted. The timid en-
gineer has since run freight on the
road.-IndianapOHs Journal
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

A CURIOSITY FOR TIE CHILDREN
On the mantelpiece ofmy grandmother's
best parlor, among other marvels, was an
apple in vial and it quite filled up the
bottle. Childish wonderment constantly
was, elbow could it have got there?" BY
stealth 1 climbed a chair to see if the
bottle would unscrew, or if there had
been joint in the glass throughout the
vial. l was satisfied by careful observa-
ton that neither of these theories could
be supported and the apple remained to
to me an enigma and mystery. One
day, walking in the garden l saw it all.
There, on tree, was vial tied and
within it a tiny apple which was growing
within the crystal. The apple was put
into the bottle while it was little, and it
grew there. More than thirty years ago
we tried this experiment with cucum-
Der. We laid bottle on the ground by
q hill of cucumbers, and placed tiny
cucumber in the bottle to see what would
be the result. 1t grew till it filled the
bottle when we cut it from the stem, and
then filled the bottle with alcohol and
corked it up tight. We have it now, all
Us fresh, with the little pickers on it, as
it was when first corked up.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15
For Better or Worse.

The old man Bendigo keeps a pretty
sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and
many would-be lover has taken walk
after few minutes conversation with
the hard-hearted parient. The old chap
is stuck this time, however, and cards are
out for wedding. After the lucky young
man had been sparkling Mary for six
months, the old gentleman stepped in as
usual, requested a private. .confab, and led
off with:
"You seem like nice young mana
perhaps you are in love with Mary?"
eyes, am" was the honest reply.
Haven't said anything to her yet,
have you?"
"Well, no; but I think she reciprocates
my affection"
"Does, eh9 Well, let me tell you
something. Her mother died lunatic,
and there is no doubt that Mary has in
herited her insanity"
"I'm willing to take the Chances" re-
piled the lover.
eyes, but you see Mary has q terrible
temper. She has twice drawn knife on
me with intent to commit murder"
"I'm used to that-got q sister just like
her." was the answer.
"And you should know that I have
sworn solemn oath not to give Mary q
cent of my property" continued the IA
ther.
"Well, I'd rather start in poor and
build up. There's more romance in it.
The old man had one more shot in his
carbine, and he said:
perhaps 1 ought to tell YOU that Ma
ry's mother ran away from my home
with q butcher, and that all her rela-
tions died in the poor house. These
things might be thrown up in after years,
and L now warn YOU"
"Mr. Bendigo," replied the lover, "I'vc
heard all this before, and also that you
we're on trial for forgery, had to jump
Chicago for bigamy, and served year
in State prison for cattle stealing. Pm
going to marry into your family to give
you decent reputation! There-no
thanks-good-bye!"
Mr.. Bendigo looked after the young
man with his mouth wide open, and
when he could get his jaws together he
said:
"Some Internal hyena has gone and
given me away on my dodge"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

WHO ARE GENTRY ?-The other
evening at a little dinner party up town,
one of the guests, the younger brother of
an English nobleman, expressed with
commendable freedom his opinion of
America and its people. II do not alto
gether like the country" said the young
gentleman, "for one reason-becanse you
have no gentry here" "What do you
mean by gentry?" asked another of the
company. "Well. you know" replied
the Englishman, ",Well-oh, gentry are
those who never 90 any work themselves
and whose father before them never did
any," "Ah w exclaimed his interlocu-
tor, "then we have plenty of gentry in
America, but we don't call them gentry /;
we call them tramps." 4 laugh went
round the table, and the young English
man turned his conversation into another
channel.-Grdphic.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15
COL. ALST0N;S MURDERER FOUND
GUILTY.
Cox Found Guilty of Murder and the
Death Penalty Abated to Life Imprison-
mcnt.

ATLANTA, May 7, 1879.
The jury in the Cox case were out all
night and came in at noon to-day to be
recharged in full. At quarter to 4 P.
m. they came in and announced that
they had agreed upon a verdict. 1t was
detained to correct an informality and
was then read rs follows: 1--WE, the jury,
fnd the prisoner guilty, and recommend
that he be punished by imprisonment TOR
life." Coz received the verdict with
calmness and stoicism, having evidently
nerved himself for the worst. His wife,
on hearing the words so fatal to her
hopes, sat for a moment trembling and
then rushed for the open window near by
for the purpose of throwing herself to the
ground below. She was wild with grief.
As she reached the window she was
caught by Cox who held her fast. She
threw her arms around his neck and
clung to him, wildly exclaiming,, "Oh
my God OH my poor darling" Her
shrieks were heart-rending and the occu-
pants of the crowded room could not re-
strain their tears of pity. Cox used all
his power to calm her, and finally soothed
her grief until only her deep means
broke upon the solemn stiffness.
Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox to "be
confined in the penitentiary. or such
other place as the Governor may direct,
at hard labor, for and during his natural
life" General Gartrell gave notice that
the defense would make a motion for a
now trial. and prayinr n writ of super
sedeas. The execution OF sentence was
thereupon stayed twenty days. This
penalty is virtually the extreme of the
law in this State, as a law passed with
Alston's aid, at the last session of the
Legislature, giving juries the right to
recommend the life imprisonment in all
cases of murder, as they see fit, in effect
abolishes the death penalty. Cox is the
first man convicted of murder who re-
ceives the benefit of that law. The YER
dict is received with general approval.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15
VOL. XIV---NO. Al.
The Hospitality Of Kansas.
The prosecuted colored people VIII

The prosecuted colored people whom
the murderous Ku Klux have driven out
of Louisiana and Mississippi are not vel
coined with much enthusiasm by the
Kansans. III fact, they are not welcomed
at all. In some cities they are endured
as an evil, until they can be shipped to
some other point, while in other places
every means short of actual force has
been employed to keep them away. The
story that the militia were called out to
keep steamboats, loaded with colored
immigrants from landing is undoubtedly
an exaggeration, but the most stringent
measures have been adopted to keep the
exodusters off the sacred soil of Kansas.
At Wyandotte the feeling seems to be
the strongest. Several hundred penni-
less negroes-men, women and children
were dumped Upon that town, and the
citizens were put to great expense to
keep their unwelcome visitors from starv-
ing. Others followed and there was q
rumor that selfish cities were paying
steamboat captains to unload on Wyan-
dotte. The City Council passed ordi-
nances forbidding captains to land their
living freight under penalty of a
a heavy fine, and at public meeting the
committee on resolutions reported in favor
ofappointing a committee of public safety
with unlimited power, and declared that
the people would resist "peaceably if we
can, forcibly if we must, the landing of
any more of the refugees on our shores"
At Leavenworth the colored man and
brother was equally unwelcome and the
people of that city made great haste to
get rid of him. There comes o vail
from Atchison that there are three hum
dred refugees there who are utterly des-
titute, and who cannot obtain employ
ment because of the limited demand for
labor. The leading newspaper of the
State-the Leavenworth Times-tells the
negroes the people of Kansas will grow
tired of giving after awhile; that if COL
ored man in the South can gather up
money to pay his way to Kansas, and
have enough left to support his family
for one year after he gets there it would
advise him to come, but if lie is not able
to command that much money he had
better wait. He might just as we'll stay
at home and suffer, as to 60 "out west"
and suffer among strangers. This is
good advice, but. is given too late to ben
eft the five or six thousand dupes of
Radicalism who have sought Kansas as
o land of plenty, but have found only
suffering and destitution, and have been
passed from place to place with the rap
idity of bad shilling. The hospitality
of Kansas is not peculiar. 1t is the hos
pitality of every State. When immi-
grants come who are able to support
themselves they are welcome, but when
they come with the expectation of being
supported by others they receive anything
but a cordial greeting.-Augusta Chroni-
Gle and Constitutionahst.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

SUNLESS LoSDoN.-The records of
registered sunshine at the Royal OBJ
servatory, Greenwich, only extend rs far
back as February, 1877. 1t will not be
without interest to note few facts from
the records of sunshine since that date.
Both in 1877 and 1878 June was the sun
niest month, the number of hours of re-
corded sunshine being respectively 267.1 l
and 1891. After June the monthly
amount of sunshine declined steadily in
each year to 27.0 and 1863 hours respec-
lively, in December, 1877 and 1878. In
January, 1878, the hours of registered
sunshine were $50 and in February 32,9 ;
whereas in January of this year only las
hours of sunshine were measured, the
smallest monthly amount ON record.
During January last only eight of the
thirty.one days was any sunshine re-
corded; indeed during the fourteen days
ending 5th February no sunshine was
registered. d.-Lonion Lancet.