Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-20

bravery was not only OF the most reckless
character, but at times it seemed to paltake
of the merest bravado, in which only extraor.
dinary luck prevented him from Teaping in
death the well.earned reward of his foolish.
ness. He always wore white coat, a white
hat, and rode white horse in battle, simply
because other Generals usually avoided these
target marks. He was perpetually riding at
brea kneck speed over some fence or ditch,
leaving half his staff and orderlies spravling
in it. He never lost an opportunity of dis
playing courage. He went into battle in his
cleanest uniform and fresh underclotting,
covered with perfume, and wearing diamond
hilted sword, in order, as he said, that he
might die with bis best clothes on. q For
long time he wore, with evident afectatien, a
coat in which be had been wounded, which
had conspicuous patch on the shoulder:
Yet all this was not mere bravado and non.
sense, but was the result Of thought and al
most cold. blooded calculation. 1t was intend.
ed to impress his men, and it did so. They
firmly believed he could not be hit, and waen-
ever they saw white horse, coat and cap
among them, they knew that it was Skobelef,
and so long as he was there they felt sure that
everything was going we'll. At the beginning
of the war he made up his mind firmly that
he would never come out alive. AFTER read
ing me the telegram announcing the arms
tice, one of the first things hesaid was "Well,
perhaps l won't get killed, after all.") With
this idea firmly fixed in his mind, that his
death was only a question of few weeks or
months, his one thought was how to best use
his life so as to make an impression on his
men, and gain such a control over them that
they would follow him anywhere. In every
thing that he did he tried to eliminate the
idea of danger from their minds, and to make
the most dangerous exploit appear as an ordl'
nary every day afair.-Lieutenant Greene's
Russian Army Life.
ATMOSPHERIC DUsT.-Every one is aware
that the atmosphere holds quantities of dust
in suspension. The dust betrays its presence
by settling upon our clothes, furniture, and
other objects; but on account Of the minute
ness of its particles, it cannot be seen rs it
floats in the air. except under the illumination
of strong light, as in the case Of sunbeam
shining into dark room. Besides the grain
of dust which may be seen in this manner,
there are others that can be perceived only
through the microscope, and others smaller
still, little not ings like nebulosities in the
sky, which see to become more numerous as
they are sought for with more powerful in,
struments. Tiese bits of dust, lifted up and
carried hither and tbither by the atmospheric
currents, must not be overlooked-for they
play part of considerable importance in ter.
restrial economy and give rise to real geolog-
ical formations Clouds of impalpable Dust,
falling from the air in showers of considera'
BILE abundance are not uncommon in some
counties, and. have been. noticed in.perieds of
history. Showers of dust, both wet and dry,
are quite frequent in the Cape de Verd Isl.
ards, and are called "red fogs" by the sailors.
They are also common in Sicily and Italy,
ard occur so often in some parts of China as
hardly to attract remark. A shower Of very
6ne dust which fell in Southern France in
October, 1916, was found by the analysis OF
NJ Dumas and the microscopic tests applied
BY M. Ehrenburg, to be composed of the fine
sands of Guiana, and to contain the charac.
teristic diatonas and microscopic shells of
South America.