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Kate Power's review., 1894-09-22

3tAN WIN AHf bta'@'& > - pfs'R va h88''
ones, they are very sweet aud home
like.
A visit to I,cIhavcn Tuesday after
noon. va. AN hour of mixed pleasure
and pain Pleasure, because of the
beautiful surroundings the glorious
gifts within reach ~ our girls, and the
great good 10 be accomplished FOR them,
by I:rIhaven, in the future Pain, be-
cause that sunset hour la the long par
lOr, iu the September weather, rolled
back the curtain of the past, to an
evening like unto H., when stood,
lonely little figure, In the great draw
Ing rooms, with teachers all about me,
and hundreds Of girls gathered round,
and my fathers figure disappearing in
the distance Ny surroundings were
ideal The carpet beneath my feet
waa of velvet; within reach of my hand
were aiikeu hnngings and Parian
figures opening from the stately room
Hus the conservatory where bloomcd
the flowers loved. About me stood
the lovely women who will dwell in
my tnnermost heart while life shall
laat and the girls whose heart strings
have twiurd about my own for time
and eternity but | cared not for all
that then saw no beauty anywhere
the grand old home nesting In Nir.
ginlaA valley was as desert In my
eyes, and the friends were strangers in
nay sight Kind words tell ON needless
ears and life just there seemed ended. .
in my heart, 'or had not my father
gone out Of my sight? And did not
those froWninR mountains, behind
which the sun was hiding. divide me
from my home and all that held dcar2 .
Aud had not great cold, stony weight .
fallen there where once had throbbcd
"a warm aud tender heart9
It H. an awful thing, that first even.
ing away from home, when one has NO
past for guidance, and can see NO fu-
turc, through the tears that All the
eyes
And SO when went out among those
girls on the lawn ut Hclhavcn, IL was
with very tender sympathy Ia my
heart for them, and wish that my
touch might wipe away their tears,
aud aoothc their aching hearts.
Hut old Time yields none of his rights
% mortals Of our mould, so could on
~ hid them bc brave, and II would all .
lr right aftrra while.
after a whiIr"t May that day. not
far uif now,
When dear hrurt. shall discover
While dear hand, are laid ON their head. .
The child ~ woman, the books may
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he feels he must retire He began his
singular business in Louisville KY, just
at the close of the war, in the
secret service, and for the pur-
poses of justice became mem
Der of some of the worst bands of cut
throat thieves which at that time ter
rorized that city and vicinity. He would
become acquainted with the plots and
plans and divulge them to the authorities.
Dlsliking this calling, he conceived the
idea of becoming prison confessor, aud,
explaining his ideas to a number of detec-
tives, was given orders TO secure confess
siOns. His fame widened and other de-
tectives heard of and employed him,
though for obvious reasons he was kept
in the background as much as possible,
and his methods made public as little as
the case permitted. In the years that
have elapsed since he adopted his pc
culiar vocation, South has been arrested
in a dozen states ana in as many coun
ties in each state. He is ) feet II inches
tall When in good form he weighed 100
pounds. His hair is a very light brown,
the mustache tawny almost to redness,
the face ruddy long and many featured.
In his best days South was possessed of
immense strength and great powers of
endurance. When under arrest he con-
sorted with the prisoners like any crimi-
stories or was solemn, as the occasion de-
manded.
1t is South's favorite role to be arrested
as burglar He has complete outfit of
house breaking tools. Burglary is a com
mon crime, and when arrested he is gen
orally said TO be wanted in a distant
state He refuses to go without a requi-
sition and this affords an excuse for
holding him some time, while it prevents
that curiosity and investigation that
would follow if he were charged with
committing a crime at some nearby point
He has been arrested for forgery, high
way robbery, murder arson, kidnapping
and bigamy. If he succeeds in making
his point third man is worked in TO hear
subsequent conversations between the
suspect and the detective, so that not
only can his report be corroborated, but
the third party the one who gives the
testimony. saving South's reputation
among the criminals as preacher" or
SWITCH Many tales of adventure can
he tell.
NEARLY LYNCHED IN TENNESSEE.
zone Of the closest calls / ever had, ="
said Mr. South, twas in little country
town in Western Tennessee in ~. There
had been a series Of HOUSEKEEPING, at
tended by horrible tortures inflicted by
the robbers on their victims A suspect
had been arrested, and the detective, a
St. Louis man, sent forme. loafed about
day or two in the rural districts and
was then arrested per agreement In due
time and locked up in the jail, dirty
place. Dampness prevailed and the en-
tire place was particularly unpleasant.
The news Of the arrest got out and the peo-
pie resolved on summary action. The lailer
had been informed Of the circum-
stances surrounding my arrest, and when,
a
mob knocked at the front door he made
no explanation, and made no special pro-
vision for my safety. / was not at first
appreshensiye but as the crowd forced
its way into the Jail and yelled for the
robber, ! suddenly understood that l was
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the one wanted. When my cell, frail
affair, was located, attempted to explain
to the leader He merely laughed at me,
and in no time at all was outside, being
dragged to the outskirts of the town.
was kicked and cuffed in the most brutal
manner, and was nearly dead when the
fatal tree was reached In the mean
time the county attorney had been in
formed and rode with all speed to the
spot The rope was about my neck when
he arrived, and it was only because of his
personal acquaintance with the leader
that my life was saved OF course, my
usefulness there had been destroyed, and
/ was allowed TO escape
IAN odd experience | had was that Of
being kidnapped one night in an Ohio
town. | had been arrested for burglary
as usual, and was locked in an outside and
very uncomfortable cell the first night,
as the jaIler was 'on to the racket Some
time in the early morning There was a
disturbance in the Jail halls, and Decom-
ing instantly awake l saw crowd of
men quietly, but with the utmost de-
termination, pushing the iailer, securely
gagged, ahead of them. They caught sight
Of me, and despite the excited actions of
the iailer, compelled him to open my
my place, and / was hurried out
and put in carriage, driven overland
eight or ten miles to small railroad sta
ton. where 500 was thrust in my hand
and / was told to get TO Cincinnati on the
first train and never come back. All my
talk was in vain. The people would not
listen. In the morning it was announced
that friends Of young fellow who was
under arrest in a paternity case, had de-
cided to dc him kindness by releasing a
witness held to testify against him, and
/ had been mistaken for that witness.
When it was found that the whole affair
was mistake nothing was said publicly.
/ came back, was placed in a cell, pumped
my man, got my fee and kept the 800
received for being kidnapped, because no
one ever claimed it,"
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But when the conch shell is missing, in
the Chinese story, the man lives con-
tentedly. 1t is only by accident that he
returns to his pristine home.
One day the grandmother, in the alb
sence of her grandson, put the mouldy
shell out to air The grandson unexpect-
eddy returned. took possession of his
shell and at once crawled off in it to the
sea, from which he never returned.
The theme of the hidden will, while not
exactly an element of folklore in the
west, is necessarily turning up in a GER
tain species of short story, sometimes
even in the more pretentious novel. Con-
trivances for introducing it have been
worn threadbare.
The device in the Chinese tale of 1.-THE
Widow and the Magistrate" appears with
q color of novelty. A dying husband,
who had married a young wife against
the wish of his eldest son, could leave her
only his portrait At his death, accord
ing to Chinese custom, the wife came
under the authority of the son, her
enemy. She carried the portrait to a
magistrate. and explained her case. The
magistrate meditated upon the subject
deeply and while thus thoughtful, ac-
cidentally spilled some tea over the pic
ture, and thus discovered the writing be-
meath. OF course, the widow gets her
rights.
But the curious perversity of Chinese
thinking from the Occidental point of
view is shown in the fact that the magis-
TRACE, instead of preserving the will, COM
mits it to memory and then destroys it.
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HANS Won BULow.
Anecdotes About the Good
Humor of the @ Conductor.

From the New York Tribune.
When in Munich few years ago, d.
recting the Wagner operas, woman Of
society asked him one evening to be al
lowed to attend the rehearsal Of the or
chestra on the following day. Bulow
replied that 1t would give him great
pleasure 10 have her present later in the
week, when the orchestra had played Of
tener. The lady, however, had made up
her mind to attend the rehearsal on the
following day, and she did so. Bulow
caught sight of her in the theater as he
took his baton in hand. He stopped the
music held hurried conversation with
one of the members of the orchestra, and
then assembled to his place again. He -four
ished his baton, ana one instrument began
TO sound He continued to beat the air,
and the instrument continued TO play
only three different notes. For five min
utes this was kept up, the other musicians
remaining silent. The poor lady became
crazy in the course of TINE, and, in disgust
at Bulow and Wagner, left the room. The
rehearsal was then continued.
On another occasion he was acting as
director of the orchestra in one Of the
largest cities of Germany. He had COM
planned of the various singers, who were
una BILE he declared, TO sing correctly or
in time. One evening a friend visited
him in the theater-room reserved for
Bulow, and found an immense portrait Of
the prima ballerina, surrounded by huge
laurel wreath. above his desk.
Are you so great an admirer of Mile.
-, and of dancing, BulOwl' the friend
asked.
Eyes" was the cynical answer, "she is
the only one connected with the theater
who does not sing out OF tune
When walking up LeipziRer strasse, in
Berlin, one day with Prof. Ehrlich, a
feminine member of the Royal Opera
whom Bulow disliked, rushed up to him,
and, in a familiar tone, greeted him
efusively: "Oh, Herr Won Bulow, how
are you! have not seen you for long
time"
Bulow simply stared at the young
woman, and did not delgn to reply The
singer became embarrassed, and, TO break
the awkward pause, added:
IN make the bet that you do not recog-
nize me-"
you have won the bet, /" answered Blu
low, and continued his promenade with
out another word He entered a cafe in
Vienna few years ago, and was served
with chocolate by young fresh-faced
girl He was so pleased with the maiden
that he took her address, and during his
concert tour for the next six months sent
her weekly letters, discussing art, re-
counting his experiences etc. He never
saw the girl again. She sold all the let
tiers to an admirer of Bulow in the Aus
trian capital AT concert given in
Stockholm few years ago, Bulow saw
one of the pupils of the conservatory sit
ting in the front row OF the gallery. The
girl seemed to take his fancy, and after
each piece he turned toward her, bowed
aud threw her kiss. She was envied by
all her classmates.
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Tha nai-Dai Orange.

J. L. Normand. of the Hillside nurser-
lie s, at Marksville, La. wrote the follow
ing interesting item TO the Galveston
News recently:
! see that many Of your readers along
the gulf coast are interested in the hardy
japanese oranges. / will tell them my
experience with them here in Central
Louisiana on my experimental grounds.
/ am growing the Oonshiu, Dal-Dai
Kino-Kuni, Kawachi, Kumquat and
Citrus Trifoliata. The two best va
rieties are the Oonshiu and
Dai-Dai believe the Dai-Dai
is more profitable, as it grows with
much more vigor than the others, begins
to bear at years old, ana produces fruit
more than twice the size of the Oonshiu,
and it is not a struggling grower like the
OOnshiu. II makes as large and tall
trees as any of the common Florida Or
anges. find it can stand more cold than
the Oonshiu. The last two March biz
yards, when the sap had started, did not
affect them in the least, while the other
varieties right alongside Of it were more
or less cut back at the tip ends of the
limbs IL produces a larger bloom than
in any Of the orange family, an exquis-
tie fragrance, and the quality Of the fruit
is fine
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INGENIOUS TOM SOUTH.
A Rather Queer Way Of Making a Good
Living.
Always Getting Arrested and Put In
Jail, His Object Being to Worm Him
self Into the Confidence of Men
Charged With Criminal offenses.
From the Chicago Herald.

Charged With Criminal Ohenses.
From the Chicago Herald.
In a hotel in small town in a north
western county of Ohio to-day is board
ing man who has strange profession,
He will not remain more than few days.
He will be arrested; a splendid burglars
kit will be found in his possession, and he
will be hurried off and placed in the
county jail The little town will go wild
over the capture Of notorious and des-
perate burglar; the newspapers at the
county seat will tell the story under
three-sheet poster type, and everybody
will believe bloodthirsty night marau-
der has been caught by Jay detectives
after all the city sleuths have failed. But
the Cleveland Plain Dealer says that will
be a mistake, though many will go on
down to their graves believing a des-
perado with all sorts of crime on his list
was captured before their eyes.
This desperate man Of midnight crimes
in the little hotel and town is there to be
arrested. That's his business. He makes
living for himself and wife and daugh-
ter by being arrested. 1t is his profession
perhaps the strangest one of thousands by
Wl1CL4 men make uOAldES honestly. lie
will be greatly surprised and indignant
when the local officer arrests him on
warrant sworn out by visiting detec-
tive, will make some show of resistance
and for an extra guard for protec-
ton and go off to Jail with meek
ness that is most commendable. The sher-
if. prosecuting attorney and the de-
tective alone know the true story, and
in the county Jail he will be treated like
any felon. In this particular case, which
cannot now be made public, he is to
worm his way into the confidence of a
man under arrest for a startling crime,
and, If possible, secure from him admis-
sions that will convict the suspect, whose
trial soon to begin, will attract the at
tention Of Northwestern Ohio. But
there is no objection to giving the name
and some of the incidents in the life of
this man with the strange trade.
WORN OUT BY A STRANGE CALLING.
He is Thomas South in private life, and
makes his living by hiring out to be
arrested He is known TO every private
| detective and detective agency OF any
| prominence In the central west and south.
| and has been in jails all over that section
| charged with all sorts of crime. South
| resides in Southeastern Indiana He is at
| present in delicate health, and is doing
| one of his last, perhaps very last, bits of
work Exposure confinement in foul
| prisons, and the excitement OF his life
| have resulted in severe pulmonary
J disease, aud he has reached point where
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
MYTH HEROES OF CHINA.
Queer, FiShy Tales Told by Ancient
CGleStialS.

Pig-Tailed Heroes Rescued Very
Few Princesses, but Got Comrades
Out of Trouble.
From the New York Journal
The similarity in motive and general
form consistent with the most unex-
pected variations in detail that charac-
terlzes all folklore, is eXemplified anew in
chinese stories. A not uncommon pop
ular fancy is that which divides super
natural gifts or skill among group of
brothers or friends.
Grimm has story of four brothers, one
Of whom became an expert thief, another
wonderful astronomer, a third an in
IaHible marGsman and the fourth tailor
VINO could sew anything, dead or alive
Without harming il.
Inc Russian tale, in which figure GER
taln heroes, who, for the sake of descrip-
Nv brevity, may be called Longbody,
htoaa!obody, and Keeneye, is an instance
VI gIts rather than skill. Now, the very
nIsV OF the tales in the volume cited
EGooFe IS a reminder of those mentioned.
puU Ihe climax of European folktale is
EoSJ frequently some love affair. This
- we exception rather than the rule in
NIlIi i popular lore.
me live queer brothers. have no such
oa9h IN hand as releasing princess from
fUIaSoh cave or magician's castle
-, ~ snort, they have nothing to do except
neI each other out of difficulty. 1t
TnaDpehs that the eldest brother, like the
b, as Broadbody or the Morse Thor,
I$o du enormous capacity for liquids
- Cdu swallow the sea with ease 1t is
Tba o mat he catches so many fine fish.
Int helghbors beg him to teach their
~ MS art He tries, but only succeeds
!" [1 owning the youngsters.
b, t"eu ne is sentenced to be decapitated,
Wis I. IS replaced by the second brother,
es to a neck turns the edge of the sharp
b,, sword The authorities try drowning,
Tono ghe Ihlrd brother, another edition of
,o49s Uody, puts his feet on the bottom
ana keeps his head above the surface Of
IL sea at its deepest. Then burning is
T iiUugII OF, but the fourth brother enjoys
nc d3J IN the flames with as much zest
NJ w Siu Abraham in the Talmudic legend
il -t,liinIod' Finally the supposed culprit
otuAea In cake, but as the fifth
Si ,ovHer can live without breathing, he
H. pIy oldes his time, eats his way out OF
rem paSVry prison, and rejoins his breth.
, CURIOUS FANCY.
WY In5 fancy that eating certain fruit
so11u produce an abnormal growth OF
str llo pa5rts of the body illustrated in the
nm, ttp N nose which the old soldier
In tb 0u VI Lhe lace Of the avaricious princess
stor,, tor - e eIInan tale, recurs in the Chinese
IN oI the three talismans
mn ~" we German the three magical things
0'o"h, horn and purse, and they
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Prominent Colorsd eeorgians.
From the Washington Post.


Mingling with a number of prominent
southern gentlemen, who are here to get
recognition for the proposed Atlanta ex-
town hotel two of the best-known and
influential colored clergymen of the
country-Bishop Gaines, of Georgia, and
Bishop Grant, of Texas. They are repre-
sentatives of the best element Of their
race and are doing mucn to improve the
condition of the southern blacks.
Bishop Grant lives in Austin and Is
popular with the white people, as he is a
man of fine character and has always
given his people good counsel.
Bishop Gaines was born and reared in
slavery and was the property of Gabriel
Toombs, brother of the celebrated Rob-
ert Toombs. His master was humane
man and treated him with the greatest
kindness. When a boy he happened TO
hear a sermon preached by the great
Methodist pulpit orator, Bishop Pierce,
and the little colored lad was so i'm
pressed with it that then and there he
determined, if he could ever get sufficient
education, to be a preacher. de never
wavered in that resolution, and those
who have heard him preach say that he
is a man well worth listening to, speak
ing with that peculiar fervor and en-
thusiasm of delivery that so powerfully
affects an emotional race. Both the
bishops are heartily anxious TO see The
proposed Atlanta exposition make a sue
cess, and they viii see TO it that the col
ored people of the cotton states shall
take a conspicuous part therein.
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You Remember
Those ~ yard lengths of EN-
broideries? Well, we have got a
much finer lot in. Some 10 inches
wide, Cambria, Nainsook and Swiss.
All choice, selected patterns, worth
IS and 35c a yard. Price to-mor-
row for the whole piece of ~
yards,
69c.
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In the typical swan-maiden tale, tha no. OF
uasaan Of Bussorah, the supernatural
wife is represented as cunaingly invent l,.aae
ing ruse to recover her feather dress
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Pig-Tailed Heroes Rescued Very
Few Princesses, but Got Comrades
Out of Trouble.
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We reserve the right to limit pur-
chases, as we do not wish to supply
small dealers.
THESE GOODS ARE FOR OUR
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30 inches wide, 10 yards in
each piece, Best Quality AKA
Birds Eye, Piece FLU
Cuticura Soap, lJGI
Dotted Swisses, tinted and fig Ec
ured grounds, usual 1Oc, Yd JGI
Real Shifting Percales, usual 1OcEo
yard, again, u
Satin Table Damask, regular
$50, 70 inches wide, hand 00N|
some designs, Yd JOGI
Batistes, Printed Cambrics, light
and dark grounds, cOlOrs absO- "a
lutely fast, usual 10c yard, u
TW v Crash ToweIing, regular9 dr
Thin Blown Tumblers, none de-Om
iyered, JU
Kai Kai Wash Silks, usual soc, 0JC
Ladies Outing Suits, full skirts, Qt 90
ripple coat, OEpJO
Challies, usual 1Sc, Yd IUG
Towels, worth Csc, IUG
Novelty Suitings, 40 inches, all 9ro
wool, usual 75c, Yd 0UU
75c Double Warp Silk Surahs, 00n
tomorrow, UJU
soc Damask Towels, 22x45, ZJC
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Jimmy de Tough-Made any dust latelyy
Billy de B,d-Yep I'm maxim piles OF II
every day, beutin carpets.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-05-14
HIS SIDE OF Ut.
An Alabama Miner Gives Some Inside
Facts and Figures.

Montgomery, Ala, May n.-(Special)-
Speaking of the alleged fallacious impress
sion that is abroad that the miners of
the Birmingham district have been overpad
in the past, an intelligent Lewisburg, Ala,
miner says:
THE official report Of the mine inspector
of Alabama for last year shows that
6,636 free miners We're employed producing
4,6S6,9S7 tons Of coal, or a little over 706
tons per man. AT an average of As cents
per ton this would make the miners wages
only $3.50 per month, from which is to be
deducted an average Of 81 per month house
rent IS cents doctors fees, blacksmithng
so cents and $150 for powder, oil aud wear
of tools, leaving hardly S. per week for
miner to support his family and educate
his children"
The miner claims that in addition to this
the commiSSary charges are enormous and
that it was nip and tuck even at as cents
per ton for a miner with family to live.
Strike at Pullman.
Pullman Ills, May u.-Between two and
three thousand workmen in the various de-
nartments of the Pullman works at Phil