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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

bounded off the sides OF the floating
battery like peas.
When the sun of Saturday, April
Is, rose in splendor over the bay, the
relief squadron, lying outside the bar,
which it could not cross because ships
loaded with stone had been sunk In
the channel-dipped its flag to Sum-
ter, but Sumter could not answer.
The national flag was still flying,
but it was entangled In the halliards,
which had been cut by the enemys
shot.
Sumter was already badly wrecked;
the shells had scattered the loosened
brick and stone in every direction,
broken the windows, and set fire to
the woodwork. No one was killed,
but ii was evident that the men could
not resist much longer. Redhot
shot were thrown into the fort every
few moments. On Saturday morn
ing these missiles set the barracks
and officers quarters on fire. The
main gate took fire and was destroyed.
The sallyport was now opened to the
besiegers. The heat had become in
tplerable. Sumter was pandemoni-
um OF crashing shot, bursting shell,
falling walls. and roaring flames.
Eight times the enemy's shot had hit
the Flagstaff without doing injury, but
little before l o'clock on this Satur-
day morning the flag was shot away.
Lieut.. Hall rushed out and snatched
1t from the glowing embers before ii
could take fire. He handed it to
Sergeant Hart, who sprang upon the
walls, and, planting the broken staff,
left the old banner flying, with shot
and shell flying like hail around it.
At this juncture ex-senator Wig
fall, OF Texas, was discovered looking
in at the embrasure of the fort show
ing white handkerchief on the
point OF his sword. Being conducted
to Maj. Anderson he cOmplimented
that officer on his gallant defense, and
stated that 10 continue the conflict
under the circumstances would be to
unnecessarily risk the lives OF the men
under his command without common
surate results. Col. Wigfall said that
the troops would cease firing as soon
as the flag was lowered, and he offered
the terms OF surrender already sub
mitted by Beauregar1. Then" said
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
nARLEsroN AND VICINITY IN 1851.

opened the bombardment OF Fort
Sumter by authority of Brigadier
General Beauregard, commanding the
provisional forces OF the Confederate
States. The flight of this fiery mes
senger OF death from its mortar To
the Union fortress protected by its
slender band of soldiers was OF
mightier portent than even the most
imaginative spectator who beheld it
7 could have dreamed. 1t was the sig
nal for the liberation OF the forces
which were to consolidate the Union,
and to create truly national spirit
after the war of sectional animosities
and prejudices had worn itself out.
The people OF this generation can
scarcely appreciate the thrill which
went through the country when the
contestants thus began the struggle
in Charleston harbor. The political
events of 1860 had brought South and
North face TO face in hostile array.
The long preparation made by the
Southern party in the removal of
arms from Northern arsenals and in
the organization of secession in all
the slave States, enabled them to act
with promptness and decision az
which the Federal authorities could
not arrive during the first days. In
December of 1860, while president
Buchanan was expressing his doubts
of the constitutional power Of Con
gress to make. war upon State,
South Carolina was preparing the
ordinance of secession which few
days later her Legislature was tc
adopt, -'>\
At Christmastidc the State author.
tiles seized Castle Pinckney and Fort
Moultrie In Charleston harbor. Fort
Moultrie had been under the com
mand OF Major Robert Anderson
with a small detachment of United
States troops, and he had transferred
his little body of men from Fort
Moultrie to Fort Sumter in time L
prevent them from falling into the
hands OF the Iebcllious South Caro-
linians.
Charleston was, Of course, furiou:
on discovering the trick which MajoI
Anderson had played. The Who'll,
town was reused on the morning aftel
he had seized on Sumter The Gov
eminent sent to demand an instant
return of the troops to Fort Moultrie
TO this summons Major Anderson re
piled that he was Southern man
but that he had been assigned to the
defense Of Charleston harbor and in
tended to defend it.
From Christmas until April boil
sides busted themselves in preparing
for the expected attack. AS soor
as the Confederate administrator
learned that an attempt had beer
made by the Northern Cabinet to pro
vision Fort Sumter, peaceably or for
chilly, General Beauregard was au
thorizcd to demand the surrender o
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
Fort Sumter, and in case of refusal

Fort Sumter, and In case of refusal to
proceed to its reduction.
1.-The demand will be made to-mor-
row at'12 O'clock" was Beauregard's
answer.
The relief squadron now appeared
of the harbor, and accordingly, on
his mind to personal sacrifice, which
he believed necessary TO his and Ia
the country's honor, and in his reply
to Beauregard he said that his .'sensa
Of honor and his obligations TO his
Government would not allow him to
comply"
Gen. Beauregard was anxious "a
avoid going to extremes, and offered
to transport Major Anderson and his
command to any port in the United
States, and also to allow him to move
out of the fort with his company,
arms and property and all his private
property, and to salute his flag.
After his refusal Major \ lderson
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

fire In Fort Sumter in one hour from this
time. We have the honor To be, very re-
spe, tfully, your obedicnt servants,
g. J. CHESTNUT, Aide-de Camp.
sTEPHES ID. lee, - r
Commanding Captain q. S. A., Aide-de-
Camp
ION receiving this note Major An
dcrson was very much affected" says
Lieutenant General Lee, one Of the
signers Of this note. "He seemed to
realize the full Importance OF the con-
sequences and the great responsibility
Of his position. Escorting us to the
boat at the wharf, he cordially
pressed our hands in farewell, remark
ing: IF we never meet in this world
again, God grant that we may meet
in the next"
The fist gun OF the war was fired
from a 10-inch mortar. Captain
James, who fired it, was a skillful
officer, and the firing of the shell
was success. 1t burst Immediately
over the fort, apparently about one
hundred feet above.
The fire OF the mortar woke the
echoes from every nook and corner OF
the harbor, and in this, the dead hour
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

ONE of the questions which are agl-
tating Paris at present is whether a
druggist is justified in declining TO
I'LL the prescription OF physician
which he believes to have been made
in ignorance OF the dangerous char
acter of the drug prescribed, or in
which a mistake has been made as to
the proper dose. The doctors hold
that 1t is the druggists duty to I'll
the prescription and permit the pa.
tient to be killed, secundum artem,
leaving the resp visibility with the
prescribing physician. The druggists
are In doubt.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
A Learned Celcstiars worrs

A Chinese guide to the English
language, compiled by learned
Celestial, has been published in
Pekin. The student of this quaint
little volume, however, will not make
himself easily understood in English
conversation by using such sentences
as the following: "Diligent learn Of
English words no difficult. To do
good virtues become rich and know.
He himself no have got. Fear inside
have little false. Run come too
much refugee. Can do biting. Why
YOU count want mistake"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THERE are to-day 200 families
each living In a single room in this
CITY," said woman orator in Central
Music Hall, Chicago. "Air, sunshine,
and water are the common property
or all men, but the greed of men has
made their equal enjoyment by all
impossible. Day by day our million
airs dying endow charitable institu-
tions to be filed with sick pauper:
they had helped TO make" The pic
ture is an accurate one; the condem.
nation deserved. But when the
speaker came to suggest a remedy
what was IL? Free. bathsl Oh, lame
and impotent conclusion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

rylng enterprise |. ifttle too far. Tho
dangerous poisoning OF several Chicago
children who picked up and ate the
contents 6f sample boxes thus dis
tributed was very natural conse-
quence OF the proceeding. There are
no more enterprisIng advertisers than
the patent medicine men, and the
immense fortunes quickly gained in
that line of business prove the wis
dom of the liberal policy which they
pursue. Distributing samples OF a
nostrum, however, is dangerous pro-
ceeding, and one that should not be
tolerated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

ALMOST everybody eats too much
and is the better for a little absti-
nence. Men have lived healthy lives
on one-half what our idlers consume.
Soldiers have made long marches and
fought desperate battles on regimen
which a dry goods clerk would con-
slider inadequate. The stomach can
handle so much heterogeneous matter,
SO much fat and so much OF one OF
the various carbohydrates. More is
surplusage, clogs the machine and
embarrasses the excretory organs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

GRIMES against nature are not con-
fined to barbarians. Not even Rus
sia's Car may assume a monopoly of
barbarity in view OF the persistence
of the New York authorities in the
barbarouS practice of torturing per-
sons convicted of murder in that
commonwealth. A convicted muir
derer was recently executed in Sing
Sing under circumstances of such a
horrible nature as TO have shocked
even. those whose sensibilities have
been dulled by long experience. The
victim was strapped to the chair
while a skilled electrician" made
four experiments TO prove the force
of his machine. Three times the
current was turned ON, and three
times the victim writhed in agony,
only to recover consciousness and look
with appealing eyes upon his tor
mentors. At last the tragedy was
completed, AMI the skilled cleo
trician" declared that the execution
had been success" 1t is time for
the country to rebel against the repe-
tition of these scenes. The practice
of legal murder is sufficiently odious
without the added outrage of torture
to the victim. The right of the
State to take life is more than ques-
tionable. It's right to torture under
pretense of execution is not to be ac-
cepted in this country. Every execu-
tion by electricity in New York has
exposed the fact that electricians have
not grasped the first principles OF
what they term science. They are
totally ignorant OF the action Of cleo.
tricity, though prolific in the manu-
facture Of high-sounding terms tC
conceal their lack of information.
They prate of "ohms" and "volts,
while confessing among themselves
that the words convey no mean
ing. They have disgraced the
nation by their insistence upor
instituting a barbarous prac
tice of legal killing by force
they do not understand, turning The
action of the State into means OF
advertising their wares and incom
petence. III the present Legislature
of New York adjourns without re
pealing the present law its member
should be held up to the scorn OF TN,
civilized world
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

IT took four electric shocks to xii
Jeremiah Cato in the death cham
Der at Sing Sing, and all who were
present agree that 1t was a revolving
spectacle. Yet it does not seem
wholly impertinent to recall that it
required fourteen stabs with butch
er's knife for Mr.. Cato to murder the
man whose wife he coveted and for
the slaughter Of whom he has paid
the penalty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
The Origin of Women.

One of the strangest stories touch
ing the origin OF women is told by the
Madagascarenes. In so far as the
creation of man goes, the legend is
not unlike that related by Moses,
only that the fall came before Eve
arrived. After the man had eaten of
the forbidden fruit he became affected
with a boil on the leg, out OF which,
when 1t burst, came beautiful girl.
The mans first thought was to throw
her TO the pigs, but he was command
ed by a messenger from Heaven to let
her play among the diggings until she
was OF manageable age, then TO make
her his wife. He did so, called her
Baboura, and she became the mother
OF all races OF men.
THE goat utters a peculiar cry before
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE matrimonial fever wave has
struck the doddering old ladies hard
this spring. One of 80 has married
a man of 35 in Maine; another Of 20
bought up youthful husband in
Michigan, and another of IS got hold
OF youngster in Detroit few days
ago, and all the coy old girls had big
fortunes in control. Verify the maid
ems are being distanced in the leap
year race by the maturer heads.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE electTic-light trust, that de-
manded $3s. SO per arc lamp for IL
Illuminating the Worlds Fair grounds,
admits that it made a mistake. What
It meant to demand was $50. There
is a general suspicion that all it could
get was about the size OF the figure
that the trust was after.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

IT seeps little hard TO sue a mes
siah for $50, 900 damages, but it is
comforting to remember that
Schweinfurth, the messiah in ques-
ton, is abundantly able to pay it.
There is one thing about the modern
messiahs--they are always pretty
well fixed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE hero who goes to a foreign
country, and becomes rich, and re-
turns with money I'm his pockets in
time to rescue his family from starv-
alton, never lived outside OF novel.
In real life his father has to send
money for him to come home on, and
ne brings, a. wife and half dozen
children with him for the old father
TO support.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE idea of Yale authorities in
admitting women 10 postgraduate
courses only Is probably founded up
on desire TO let the young gentle
men who knocked down an actress
with a hard SNOWFALL finish their
course before ladies are invited tc
anfar
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

A Boston barber claims to be the
swiftest man in his profession. He
says he once shaved man neatly and
then ran 100 yards all in a minute
and three-quarters. Whether the
victim overlook him or not he fails to
atafa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE stories about those German
balloons that sail out across the Rus
sian frontier, remain stationary long
enough to enable the occupants to
take accurate military observations,
and then sail back again, indicate
that a star has arisen in Germany
destined to outshine our own Joe
Mulhatton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE story OF the lynching OF
Joseph Lyttle by mob of -best
citizens" at Findlay, Ohio, is dis
graceful and ridiculous. Dlsgraceful
to the community In which the out
rage was perpetrated, and ridiculous
in its attempt TO deceive the public
as TO the character of the men en-
gagged in 1t. Neither in Ohio nor
elsewhere do "best citizens" become
members of Judge Lynch's court.
They do not even in Mississippi. 1t
Is doubtful If eve: since the days o.
the famous and necessary vigilance
committee" OF San Francisco any
body Of "best citizens" has taken the
law into it's own hands. "A body OF
well-to-do citizens or OF politically
aspiring citizens may have sat as
jurors or acted as executioners of
Judge Lynch, but investigation
would make 1t appear that they were
men better known to the saloon
keepers than to the preachers. There
was not the slightest provocation to
mob violence in the Findlay case. A
great crime had been committed, the
criminal was under arrest, the court
in which he was to be tried was
honest, the law was adequate to the
heinous degree of the crime. In due
course the criminal would have been
executed deccntly and in order. The
act OF the mob fell little short Of
the guilt Of the crime which it pre-
tended to punish. The citizens of
Findlay owe it to their good name
to aid the States attorney in the de-
lection and punishment Of the lead
ers of the mob. Any kind OF law,
even lynch law, is better than no
law, but in Ohio the best law is in
full force. There is no danger,of a
culprit going actuit' in Ohio when the
evidence is plain against him. The
criminal in the case under notice was
not wealthy, not surrounded by
political influence, not in any way
possessed Of advantages that could
have given him an unfair chance in
his struggle with the law. The out
rageous conduct of the MOB was
more in accord with the social con-
dltions OF Arkansas than Ohio.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THEyoung woman who brought suit
against the authorities of Cambridge,
England, for locking her up because
she was walking with University
man has lost her case. The court was
evidently impressed with the neccssi-
" Of protecting University men.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE millionaire may be the archi-
tect of his own fortunes, but the pc :
pie with whom he does business are
apt to supply the building material
at their own cost.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

WHILE Chicago people are raving
against their Doodle Aldermen let
them just recall who elected these
lawless lawmakers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE Spartan idea that 1t was not
wrong to steal, but disgraceful to be
caught at It, seems,to have prevailed
among the Chicago aldermen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

A GREEK scholar has discovered
that woman wrote Homer's "Odys-
sey." 1t was undoubtedly Mrs.
Bacon, was it not, Ignatius?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

AMAN who has Investigated the
question says that most women pre-
fer 70 kiss a man who wears mus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
NEwsoFoURowNsTATE|
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MIcHr-
0ANDERs.

An Unsdilia Man Dies ON the Train
Charged with Grand Larceny-Import-
ant Decision Mt Lansing I'm win Case
Pleaded Guilty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INsrRUc-
TIVE LESSON.

Reflections Of an Elsvating Charsctsr--
Wholesome Food for Thought study
ing the scriptural Lesson xntsliigcntiy
and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

WHEN patent medicine proprietors
scrd men about the streets distrib-
uting sample boxes OF pills they are car
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE Standard Oil trust issaid to
be wound up, but like cheap clock,
IL will get In its best work after 1t is
wound.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

EDWARD EMMoNs, the ossitied man,
a dead. He died hard.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

The lesson for Sunday, April "a, may
be found in Psalms 23s1-0.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
Grains of Gold.

Next Lesson-"The Prayer of the Pei
itent." Ps. 81: 1-13.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21

THE new Presbyterian Church at
MunRer's Station will be dedicated
about Nav Is
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03

A singular discovery hasSbeen made
by DR.. Lauder Brunton. by an accident
lac found out the secret of how TO have
ideas az will. One night, after long
days work, he was called upon to write
an article. He sat down with pen, ink
and paper, and, as has very often hap
pened before under similar conditions,
not single idea came into his head. He
then began 10 reason and 10 attempt TO
find why the BRAIN which was appar-
emily the same as IL was the day before,
when IL worked normally, should refuse
To respond to the dictates of the will
He arrived al the conclusion that the day
before he was not tired, and that there
fore the circulation was brisRer.
Continuing his cogitauons he traced
the connection between cerebral circu-
lation and mental activity, and conclud-
cd that IL the blood would not come to
the brain the next best thing would be
20 bring the brain down to the blood.
And this he did. The happy thought of
laying his head flat on the table sudden
~ flashed across the seat of the late i'm
activity, and at once his ideas began to
flow and his pen ran swiftly across the
paper. The work progressed so wen
that DR.. Brnton thought he might ~
well SIT up But it would not do. The
moment he raised his head his mind re.
vcrted TO darkness, so he had to put
down his bead again upon the table. and
finished the article in that position
Exchange.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03

DEFoRD & COMPANY, TANNERS or OAK SLAUGH-
TER SOLE LEATHER & BUTTs.
BALTIMORE, Dec. Is, 1889.
O. II. knight, Esq, Baltimore
1t gives US great pleasure to certifySto the
good qualities of your LIQUID ENAMEL
PAINT, made by the New Jersey Enamel
Paint Co. After using the old style pain.
for a number of years, we were induced to
try your paint by those who had used it. We
have now been using it for six or seven years,
both for inside and outside work, aud il gives
entire satisfaction. Yours respectfully,
DEFORD Il co.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03
Own = Home Stop Paying s'at'

The Granite State ProOtdeat a ss0etation
Of N. H., which has organized and IS now
represented by Local Board Of oui 0son
citizens In thls city, with large number
of shares sold, offers you the privilege,
of O,oning the House you non reside IN,
or property as UaluG6le, for the monthly
rent you are now paying.
Any person who can save a dollar or
more a month, may, by securing shares
IN this Association enter into the posses-
siCu OF his Oton Home.
Property will be purchased In any To-
the value may be sufficiently assured.
bcrabers need no large amount Of money
10 obtain the advantage of the system Of
repi purchase adopted by this association
bnt any person can obtain loan by sub
scribing 10 share of the same
ShAreH win purchase property ats 800.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03
4 onnInt oId Austrian Custom.

The quaint old Austrian custom Of "a
bride being cast off, as it were, by her
countrymen when she takes 10 herself a
foreign husband, was an interesting fea-
turc az the recent marriage Of the Arch
duchess Louise Of Tuscany. The arch
duchess entered the church followed by
long train II royal and noble Austrian
ladies. They stood in a semicircl
around her until the moment the bride
groom placed tine ring upon her finger;
then they turned and left her. for she
was no longer q cuuutrywumau OF their,
For moment the princess 81 a alone
unattended; then "a numbe.N Saxon
ladies ranged themselves behind her
she had become "a Saxon.
Al the marriage Of Marie Autoiuette
this custom, which ina her case was OBJ
served only ON the French frontier. had
a pathetic deuoucmout. When the Aus
trian ladies attempted 10 leave the new
Dauphiucss Of France she refused 20 Ice
left, and as II fure-eciug what her fate
would be ina her adopted country chung
90 them aud entreated them to take her
back 10 Austria again. Actual force
had 10 be used 10 separate her from her
at.endants.--ParisL Letter.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03

Any further information will be gladly
given by r. G ELLIOTT, Secretary OF the
local Board Of the Association for this
Ety-wLo Is authorized to solicit for
came
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-11-03

HOUSE, OF DKLEaArks,

HOUSE, OF DELEdATEs,
ANNAPOLIS, March 10th, 1888
Mr.. o.. knight, 211 X. Lonabord ST..
Baltimore.
Dear Sir Your favor of the 4th inst, re-
questing me to express nv opinion of the
LIQUID ENAM MEL PAINT made by the
New Jersey Enamel Paint Co., at hand.
More than years ago | bought the above
paint to paint my dwelling at Catonsville.
Nd and it is with unfeignei pleasure l can
say it il in every respect all you claim for it
Yours Truly, -.-,a
JOHN HUBNERs