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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
GUSHING AND THE ALBEMARsT.
A Daring Exploit Recalled In am Ap.
plicasiOn for q Pension.


plicasiOn for n Pension.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
A report from the Senate Committee
on Pensions, in the case of Daniel G..
George, contains an interesting story Of
the blowing up of the rebel ram Abe.
marie, told by one of the participants in
that remarkable exploit. 1t forms a
part of one Of the affidavits in the case.
Mr.. George, as cOxswain of Lieutenant
Walkers boat, heard Cushing asking
Walker for volunteers for the blowing
up of the ram Albemarle in Plymouth
harbOr, PimlicO sound, and MIR. George
volunteered and was the first volunteer.
On the night Of October "a, 1864, the ex.
petition went into Plymouth harbOr,
passed hundred rebel picket boats who
were on the lookout as they had been in
on the night before; could not find the
ram in the darkness, and passed down
and out the harbOr, through the rebel
picket boats to the feet, the rebels think
ing the boat was one Of their own. They
saw them 60 alongside federal vessel,
night. They put battery Of artillery
and 1000 men to defend the ram, and
posted lOokOuts to give the alarm should
any boat cross a belt of light on the
water, made by the harbOr lights. As
the volunteer party crossed this belt
they were hailed with "WhO goes there?"
Cushing answered, Yankees, damn you"
Then came shower of bullets, which
riddled the gunwale of the steam launch.
The daring volunteers now discovered
the ram by flash of her big guns and
made for her, passing around her twice
before they succeeded in jumping their
boat over the boom that surrounded her.
Mr.. George and a chum named Haden
dropped the torpedo of 1856 pounds down
under the ram; Cushing then gave the
order to reverse steam and back over the
logs, which they were unable to do.
Cushing, finding they could not get ont.
gave the order: "Pull her off, Dan; we'll
all 60 to hell together"
dan" pulled the lanyard and the tor
ped0 opened seam 20 feet long and an
inch wide, and sunk the ram in two
hours. The attacking party were blown
into the air and all but Cushing and one
other, Haden. were taken prisoners. Mr..
George and the crew were surround by
the Infatuated rebels who would have
killed them on the spot had 1t not been
for the captain Of the Albemarle,
Cooke, who rushed to the spot,
revolver in hand, and declared he
would shoot the first man who injured
the Yankees. Said he: II have been 35
years In the United States Navy, and
this Is the bravest deed l have ever
known"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
SCSOFULA SORE.

Rev. DR. in detailing his experience
with the UTICUrA REMIDIaS. said through
Divine Providence one of his parishoners was
cured of a scrOfulous sore, which was slowly
dra ming away his life, Sy the use of CUCICURA
REsOLvENT internalya, and CUTICURA SOAP
externally. The posonrthat fed the disease
was completely driven out.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
Permit no Substitute.

Insist upon obtaining FlOreston CO.
lOgne. 1t is pre-eminently superior in
permanance and rich delicacyMOf fra
GRANGE. =
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
ECZEMA.

Sixteen months since an eruption broke out
on my ley and both feet which turned out to
be Eczema. and caused me gr' Mt pain AM an
nOyance. | Iried various remedies with NJ
good results until | used the CUTICURA RE-
sOLv ENt internally and CJ'TlCRRA and CUrI-
CURA SOAP externally, which cured me so
that my skin is as smOth and natural as ever.
LEN. M. FRAlLY "a South st. Baltimore
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
Faded COlors Restored.

Faded COIOrs IkestOred.
Faded or gray hair gradually RECEIVERS
its youthful color and lustre by using
Parker's Hair Balsam an elegant dress
ing, admired for its purity and rich per-
fume. =
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

LET Us HAVE GOOD ROADS,
The Beads Of South Carolina and their Present
Condition.

To the Editor of The Ne,0s and
Courier Any observant traveller
on entering new country or sec
tion Of country is naturally at.
tracted By those features indica.
tive Of the culture and prosperity
of the people. He gathers as be
goes along the railroad q rapid
idea of the slate of cultivation of
the adjoining lands, and takes a
decided note Of the condition Of
the railroad upon which be is
riding. When he reaches q town
or city his attention is attracted
BY it's public buildings, its system
of wa.er-wcrks. the manner in
which the streets are kept, and in
short all those characteristics Of a
prosperous and advanced people.
As is natural, be wants to get a
view of the surrounding country,
and to this end be takes his horse
and buggy and starts ont for a
drive. He has gone but o few
few miles when his attention is
attracted, and by what? Its the
condition Of the wagon roads
leading to the city. If they are
kept 10 proper condition, be feels
at once that he is in the midst Of
a prosperous and highly civilized
people. If they are not as they
should be, no matter how elegant
the features OF the city he has
left behind him might be, be
knows at once that the people are
wanting in ore of the most con-
vincing evidences of culture and
civilization.
And now, Mr.. Editor, l have
reached my subject, would that
l could do it justice. 1t is the
pubic wagon roads of South Caro-
lima, their present condition and
mode of keeping them in repair,
and, lastly, the many and great
advantages of a good system OF
public country roads. If, as [ say,
the condition Of the roads Of a
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men, who carried ber alternately
in their arms. The men were
ordered to take horse Immediate
ly, and ride into the town Of
Shirley, 10 arouse the sheriff Of
the county to come and take
charge of the man.
George and three negroes re-
NAMED and kept solemn watch
over the body Of the young
stranger until the arrival of the
officers of the law.
An inquest was held and then
the unfortunate victim was buried
near the scene of his last struggle,
making the sixth grave on that
lonely hillside.
Matte was not hurt, bnt had
only tainted through fright. when
she found herself flung uncere.
moniously into the bushes, and, as
she was happily ignorant of her
ghostly companion under the
bridge, it was deemed best to
keep the matter a secret from her,
and she was Immediately sent on
a long visit to New Orleans.
The opportune arrival Of the
negroes on the scene was owing
to the fears of a younger sister.
She had bribed them with the
promise Of coffee and hot cakes in
the morning, to 60 with torches
to meet and escort her brother
past the fatal bridge.
They had reached the foot of
the bill, when the frightened
horse, dragging the shattered
carriage after him, came dasbing
down upon them, creating the
greatest CONSERVATION, for they
felt some dreadful accident must
have happened.
II was never known who the
murdered stranger was.
His pocket bad been rihed, and
all clue to his identity was lost.
A few days afterwards, horse,
With q remnant Of . saddle, was
found in the fields; and as no
owner could he foand, it was sup
posed to have belonged to the
murdered traveller.
After this fearful deed, the
bridge was burnt.
Logs and brush were piled into
the road, rendering it impassable,
and a pew cne made round this
strip Of woods, removing forever
all possibility of the recurrence of
another tragedy on the Bridge of
DEATH
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15
WHY 1T PAYS TO ADVER.
TISE.

A reporter dropped into one Of our
large retail establishments and held a
conversation With the proprietor.
you have great rush. remarked
the reporter.
Yes replied the proprietor, "a big
,rusb-partly because of the season,
but mostly on account of advertising.
How can you tell whether adVer-
tising pays, and what papers are good
mediums?'
4 can tell whether advertising pays
by stopping my advertisements. PFe
tried it. Trade drops not at once,
but the tide Of purchasers flows some
other way. The cash receipts tell the
story
Is there any difference in the
sharpness of buyers-I mean do they
haggle much over prices?'
oh, no; we sell at one price, and
all the best stores in Boston do the
same. They will sometimes say they
can buy such and such an article
cheaper elsewhere. When they men
tion the place we send and see if it is
true, and if so We mark our stock
dowD.'
Well, I should have big pile Of
money the first year, but I should
lose bigger pile the next two years.
You must keep the boiler heated if
you want steam. If you bank your
fires too long it takes time to start up.
Advertising is the steam which keeps
business moving I've studied the
er.'-Boston Journal.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

MARRIED FOB LovE-The man
who has married for love is happy
fellow. He is generally cheerful, and
always thinking about the dear ones
at home. BE prefers to live out of
town for the sake of the children. He
is rarely at late business, rises early,
gardens little, eats hearty breakfast,
and goes to the necessary labor with q
light heart and clean conscience.
He often brings hone pleasant sur
prises for his wife aud children. You
may recognize him in trains loaded
with parcels, which he good naturedly
carries with perfect uoconcern of what
others think new bonnet, music,
books, cloak for his wife; while in
another parcel the wheeis;of a cart, a
iack-in-the-box, a doll, or skipping
rope, intrude through the paper and
suggest the nursery. He is brave and
kind, though he makes no noise in the
world.
The humaDizing influence of that
darling red-cbeeked little fellow who
calls him father brings glow and
rapture of the purest pleasure earth
holds; for the man Who has never
felt a tiny baud clasp his will always
lack souethipg--be will be less hu-
man, less blessed than others.
This is the noble, the honest, the
only. form Of life that imparts real
contentnent and Joy, that will make
deathbed glorious, and love see peace
through its tears. It is so purely unsel-
fish so tenderly true it satisfies the
highest instincts, it stimulates men to
the best deeds they are capable Of.
Yonkers Statesman.
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sgsIsetsa s gtorp.
THE BRIDGE Oh DEATH.

Io rich and popular county in
Mississippi was once a stretch OF
woodland so dense that the sun,
even during the brightest day OF
summer, never penetrated its
leafy canopy, except where car
riage way had been cat through
its centre, the hills now on either
side forming a deep ravine,
through which ran a small brook
or Bayou Of water being only q
few inches deep 10 places and two
or sI.ree feet wide.
Over this. struggling stream a
rude bridge of logs and planks was
1hrown.
- " all times the air around 1t
was damp and suggestive OF the
ehills of death while at night The
darkness could almost be felt.
For many years that part OF the
country had been infested BY
small gangs Of runaway negroes
and all efforts to capture them by
the patrol had been Intellectual
owing to the co operation with
the runaways of the negroes on
the pEaata,,ons in the surrounding
country.
Many a dark deed bad been
comu;tted at the bottom Of the
gloomy rsvine on this very bridge
until, at last it cane TO be called
THE Bridge of Death
AT last there was s. cessation OF
horrors.
No murder had been committed
Tor nearly a year, and the oelated
travellers began to breathe more
freely if the twilight fell before
the bridge was crossed.
About six miles apart with the
fatal bridge between, dwelt two
families of planters, bound to-
getber by such ties as similar
pursuits and grown-up children,
of both sexes, on either side, will
always cement.
The young people had always
kept I'D r constant intercourse
with each other but, on account OF
the terrible reputation ofthebridge
ae night, the visits bad been OF
two or three days duration and
the travelling backward and Tor
wards had been done in the day
time.
At last George and Matte, the
eldest SOD and daughter deter
mined to pay their friends visit
Intending to return before night
fall and accordingly they made
an early start in a light barouche
driving a gentle but very fast
trotting horse.
The day at the house of their
friend was spent as all days must
bs where youth and light hearts
combine to chase time away and
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15
JOB PRINTING
DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH
TERMS CASH.
the costume, which often is 10 violent
contrast.

g.. H
There are fans of feathers and
feathery fans. Provided you have
feathers, Fashion opens her portals
and you enter, even though yoa may
have secretly in the kitchen or ponl-
try yard, despoiled your own chickens
or guinea hens of their coatings,
Arrange them in some pretty way
and behold you have a fan. Mary
Anderson's favo:ite stage ian was
set of white ostrich plumes confined
without regularity and tied with rib
bon. Sometimes we see painted
feathers, but here they lie fat and are
uniform in color. Pai2ting indeedis
greatly liked; birds, figures, or land.
scapes on black, white or pale satin or
MORE surfaces. Very large fans have
followed very large white ties, nobody
knows where, and medium sizes pre-
vail. LUCY CARTER. Z
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

Nothing so increases reverence
for others as a great sorrow to
ones self. It teaches one the
depth of human nature. In hap
piness we are shallow and deem
others so.
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Doetrp.
THE RIGHT OF Way.

Connt life as field,
With path for each one
OF the children upon it
Each daughter and son.
Oou's ask for your heritage
Fsintly and low,
But earnestly, honestly,
Modestly go;
Claiming the right of way,
Making the right of way,
Taking the right of way,
Whether or no.
The field will be rough,
And the people be rude;
For you are but one Of
a vast multitude.
Don't rail at the selfshness
Often revealed,
Bnt let it inspirit yoo
Never 20 yield.
Claiming the right of way,
Makiog the right Of way,
Taxing the right Of way,
Over the field.
Tho thousands may stand
To dispute You the wsy,
Go fesrlessly, calmly,
Right onward each Gay.
The password is Energy;
On through the throrg
Go modestly. pleasantly
Pushing along.
Claiming the right ofway,
Making the right Of way.
Taking the right Of way,
Singing your song.
The meadow Is broad
You are starting to cross;
Go ready for danger,
For sorrow and loss.
Then room on the thoro'fare,
Room on the les,
And way for the resoluts
Amy we see.
Claiming the right Of way,
Making the right Of way,
Taking the right Of way,
Merry snd free.
Carrie Y. Shaw, in Golden Days.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

Douglas Jerrold said saTagely,
Truth is like gold people try to
make a little of it 60 long way
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

After a long experience with the
world affirm before God that I never
knew a rogue Who was not unhappy.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

If you want enemies, excel
others; if you want friends, let
others excel you.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

1t is no point of wisdom for a
man to beat his brains about
things impossible.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

AS too long retirement weakens
the mind, SO too much company
dissipates it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

The winner is ne who gives him
self to his work body and soul.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15

Better bend the neck promptly
than to bruise the forehead. ~
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements inserted at the rate q
Sl.o0 per square Zone inch) for first Insertions
and IS cents for each subsequent insertleT.
Double column advertisements ten per Ger t..
on above. 1880 - 80
Notices Of meetings, obituaries aad tributes
Of respect, same rates per square as ordinary
advertisements.
Special Notices in Local column Is cent
Der line. ses
Advertisements not marked with the nun .
her of Insertions will h- kept in :ill forbid
and charged accordingly.
Special contracts made with large adVer-
tisers. with liberal ded, ctions on above rates
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-15
STRUCK BY HATS.

Anybody might be struck by hats,
for they are striking enough. It
seems as if milIiners could not pile on
ostrich feathers sufficient to satisfy
their hearts. and the result is
feathers. Plumes overtopping pluues,
till they form small mountains, or
trailing plumes that droop from either
side of the hat till they we'll nigh
touch the shoulders Then how pi-
quaint three Dodding ostrich tips peer
ing impudently above the, brow on
one side, and adding significance to
each look of coquetry. A climax Of
effectiveness is reached by contrasts Of
color, as when red feathers adorn a
black hat; black feathers are put on
red hats, ETC., although red hats
trimmed lavishly with red ostrich
plumage are very stylish. Not only
genuine red, but the garnet terra Gotta
and other varieties. These red hats
and hats with red or any other colored
feathers are worn independently. oi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
to many an agreeable change from the
monotony of ordinary everyday life


monotony of ordinary everyday life.
The twenty second annual meeting of the
English Church Congress will be held from
October ) to October 6, ut Derby, under the
presidency OF the Bishop Of Lltchiield. The
proceedings will be opened with divine service
at two churches, where the preachers will be
the Archbishop of York and the Bishop OF
Truro. The opening address will be delivered
by the Bishop of Litchfeld, who will speak on
Unity of Belief Ill Relation to Diversties OF
Thought"
The London Church Times, the utra-radcal
exponent of Rtualism in the English Church,
has all along been very loud in demanding
liberation tor It's party In the Anglican Com
munlon. In face of that fact it now justlies
the Intolerance of the Church in driving out
the Purltans in the reign of Charles III. APP
parently il goes on the theory that orthodoxy
Is my doxy, and heterodOxy is your dOxy.'
Consistency in theological squabbles is II rare
jewel.
General Booth, of the Salvation Army in
England, having acquired the lease OF the
Greclan Theatre, iamlllarly called the Eagle
III the City-road, London, Is making a number
Of structural alterations within the building to
fit 1t Tor the headquarters OF his Army"
whence he may issue orders of the day for the
conduct Of the campaign against sin and
worldlincss.
The Rev. Joseph Cook left Sydney, Australia,
on August 10 for this country. lie intends to
visit the Sandwich Islands on his homeward
voyage. and will probably not arrive at San
Francisco before October |. 1t is announced
that he may resume his Boston lecturcship.
1t is said that the evangelist Barnes anoints
about fifty persons every week in Indianapolis.
He does this ostensibly 10 cure them Of various
diseases. 1t Would seem as though washing
with water would be more appropriate than
Oll,ng, at least during the summer months.
The Rev. II. w. Thomas, ID. d., Of Chicago,
who was recently east ont OF the Methodist
Church for his heretcal views, is said 10 be
making a great success Of his People,
Church, whose local habltatiOn is HOOlcy's
Theatre.
The secretary Of the Chautauqua Baptist
Association is alleged to be a deiaultcr to the
extent OF $40, OOO and IN investigation Is
now going on. This Association has no CON
nectOn with the Chautauqua Assembly.
Bishop Borgess., OF Michigan, has issued
pastoral iorbldding tie marry ing OF Catholics
ana PIOtcStants under pam OF communication.
The Rev. George Bachelor, of Salem, Mass,
has received and accepted a call TO Unity
Church, Chicago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
INSECTS AND MOUNTAIN FLOWERS.

Doubts have been raised within recent years,
by NJ. Heckel aud others, as to the role of in
sects in cross fertilization of flowers, based
especially on the supposed absence, or, at
least, great rarity of these insects on the
flOwery SUBMITS of high mountains. The re-
suits Of four years observations ut Grenoble
by VI. MdsSet, in region with all attitudes
from 2OOm.itO 3,OO0m., and amidst an herba-
ceOus flora the richest in the world, are here
instructive He finds o., that all orders Of
insects have representatives, up to 2,3OOm;
CT, that beyond 2,3OOm. lepidOptera, diptera,
and certain hymenOptera preponderate III mum
Der; CD, that the number of genera, species
and individuals of nectarloving insects is
proportional TO that OF the flowers. sometimes
incalculablc; o., that the hours of sleep and
waking of flowers and those of insects are
synchronOus; %, that the apparent number Of
number of their favorite flowers, and the state
of the atmosphere and sky. NJ. Masset con-
ciudos that, as flowers and insects are never
spontaneously and mutually wanting, the
objection referred to against cross-fertilization
loses weight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
TuE ArGUST METEORS.

According to correspondent OF Inc
London Times the exhibition of August me-
teors this year was unusually poor A look :
ont he says, Swas kept up for neteors OF
the Perseid group on Thursday and Friday
nights august 1O-11 and lip under
exceptionally favorable circumstances the
sky being clear and cloudleSS and the moon
absent ; but the number seen was less than
on any previous occasion. The mcteOrs
emanating from the radiant point IN PeIseus
that could he counted by a single observer
only averaged y per hour between the
hours of 10 D. III. and Il. IN. on the night OF
the I0th-11th, and were even less numerous
on the following night never remember
to have registered an average Of less than 40
per hour Oh any former occasion when the
Sky was clear and the moon not so near the
full as to interfere with observation, and
on some occasions have counted as many as
70 or 50 within the hour. may add that
though the nights from August 10 to II III
the past two OF three years were untavoraDle
for observation, such observations as could
be obtained seemed to indicate a gradual fall
ing of in this meteor shower 1t wOnld seem,
therefore, either that this meteor system Is
becoming exhausted, or (Which Is more
prObable) that we have recently been
encounterlng an atenunated portion OF the
mefeOTlc ring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
NOVEL GLASS PLATES.

The following according to La Nature is
the way in which those glass plates are pre-
nared. which show an image, or writing, only
when bIeathed upon. The piece of glass
should be of the kind used for mirrors, and may
he either transparent or sllvered, and little
powdered fluor- spar is put in a porcelain capsule
and moistened with ordinary sulphuric acid, to
an extent which will allow of using it to write
WITH by means of quill pen, on the carefully
cleaned glass. The drawing, or writing, is
then traced, and allowed to stand five, OF ten
minutes. Then the plate is washed with ordi-
nary water, and dried with cloth, after when
IL is ready for use.
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poised on a brass pivot. The pivot has q
sapphire top and jade point all highly pol,
ishe dto diminish the friction. The advantage %
the compass is that the assistance of water, being
great to rapid movements, is comparatively
Slight to slower ones and hence the ordinary
movements of the needle are free enough,
whereas those due to sudden shocks from
without are resisted with consequent steady
ing of the indications. Tried on board the
Duilio it is found that the discharge OF a loo-
Ton gnn. or the motion of the screw does not
affect the readings of the compass. The effects
of the rolling and pitching of the vessel are also
guarded against by suspendng the floating case
"A very little above It's centre OF gravity.