The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-21
TO0'kUCH @ UsH.
a Very Sensible Article on the >Axcesslve
"Enth0siasni Of the Southern People.


tFrom the Greenvllte News.l
Ono reason the Southern people
have been 80 long smfsuhderstooa;d ;dnd
the sections kept SO widely ae,thtier,
ftuay' be found in the Amcrican tefiden-
Fey 10 g,lsh. Where we acquitted it is a
fmystery, but it's certain that we have
it. We gush over savel'y thing from
each other; down, and inseinctively dis
trust o,trseltes and oGr fellow feeling
that >ghsll Is the gaudy badge Of in
ccrity and the buoy that marks the
dangerous shallowness Of trcachcry of
emotion. The States have faccd 'edeh
other not as strong men l6bking into
teath other's eyes with ;ntiitual respect
pHild shaking hands wfth'mutual frank
.litss, SUIT like boarding school girls
hating, and efGsively adoring, at quick
Intervals. We have gushed to a mag
nifccnt and gigantic extent on several
notable occasions. until disgust and
distrust resulted by process of nat.
ural reaction. We have only HOW
completed an elaborate and prolonged
gush over Nh. Garfield, in which the
newspapers that denounced him most
Vshenfehtly few mbnths ago led.
The Atlanta 'C6nstituti0u fairly howl-
cd for deputation of Southern men
Ito he led, we suppose, by those in
veterate men Of wtr 'G{iE Creators Of
oSrndge, Joe. Brown and Hi Kimbail)
to PROCEED Immediately to Washington
to lynch Guiteau. The Atghsta Chroni-
Gle alluded to the President as "ptire"
and "noble," and our Charleston es-
teemed emulated the Tenderness of
Mrs.: Camp. Aside froth the fact that
if what these Newspapers say now is
appropriate and true We We're all IN
veterate and inalignant Fiars during
the last campaign, (Which we do not
bclieve) this condu is in bad taste,
; and senseless, and tending to cause our
sincerity to be doubted. TO the very
bottom OF their hearts the Southern
people regretted the accident to Mr..
family's snfferings, ard prayed that
tho wound might not Be fatal.
1t WAS right that this should be said
promptly and gracefully. 1t was fool
Isl, to say more, yet much more was
said on all sid' NY many people.
Judging by me past it is not i'm
probable that III time and the develop
ment of gush:-in some spasm Of the
disease-we may be tempted to say
that accession was wrong and wicked,
thereby irst1rcting our children that
the men who fought and died on our
side from '6l to '65 were traitors and
lunatics. Something not unlike that
has already been said by Southern
orators and newspapers. 1t is there
lore meet that it be announce now
hhti then that Southern people still be-
licve In the right Of secession, and have
relinquished Intentions of enforcing
that right because It is cxpcdicnt and
impracticable to do it. This is not
gpslr. 1t is COMMON sense and fact.
If We could abolish Ghsh altogether
we would lie better and happier.
Plain, phlegmatic, practical common
sense Is the best thing in all circum-
stances and situations. Tears and
kisses and soft emotions never accom-
plish anything for the world or pco-
pie. Cool heads, clear and fearless
oyes, iron hands, sti'otig arms, and I'M
yielding souls have carried mankind
and the nations forward. Those same
qualities are needed to secure respect
and confidence, WHICH constitute the
fabric Of all Friendship.
NfW tsE Of TINE rEzEphoxE.
nuntInE for Garheld's' Bullet by Electri-
| city.
A Washington special of Wcdnes-
day to the New York Herald saws:
Tomorrow Bell, the telephone man,
will arrive from Boston, where he has
been experimenting for several days
with an electric apparatus designed to
DO thu work that surgeons probe
cannot safely effect. These -eSDeri-
ments are to DO made with tho induc-
ton balance, most delicate electrical
instrument Tor detecting the presence
OF metals, modified form of which
could be ensily applied, it is believed,
in this case with q reasonable cXpccta-
ton Of success. This instrument con-
sists Of two short glass cylinders.
arotind each Of which are wound two
parallel coils Of fine insulated copper
wire. One coil Of each pair is includ-
ed battery circuit, in which there is
a clock microphone. The other pair
is placed in q closed circuit with a
receiving tclcthoiic. The two glass
cylinders with their cncircling coils
may be widely separated. The >induc-
tion set up In tho secondary or telc-
phone circuit is balanced by the rcyer-
sal OF. one Of the secondary coils; aud
50 adjusted that The induction In one
of the secondary coils exactly balances
or ncutfNllZes the induction in the
other, 50 that when the ear is applied
to the receiving telephone 10 sound is
heard. Now by placing ever so small
n piece of metal in one Of thcA glass
cylinders the electrical balance Is dis
turbed and the clock on tho micro
phone is heard to tick loudly, thus
indicating the presence Of metal. The
same is true If the coil he placed in
the vicinity OF q piece Of metal. In
the Investigations Of this matter by
George NJ. Hopkins he came to con-
clusions which hc explains ns follows,
with suggestions as to tho results that
may be obtained: 'It occurred to Inc
to try the effect Of lead bullet upon
the instrument, placing it at different
distances and separating it from the
coil by insulating material. The re-
suit exceeded my anticipations; as
with set of coils that were by no
means sensitive I was allie to lc >"tn
the I'm lief with tho coils ,oi ,n6 a