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AN INTERES1 f^rom A^croBf* the -A.t New York on Mr Kditor: We left] je morning of Jane, IjBih for South pptoD on s teamship' Philadelphia, merican line. This ia truly ? fine egsel, and we have been told is one of ^e most comfortable boats that mosses the Atlantic She is fitted up itb every modern convenience that ,uld add to one's comfort and pleas r?, The fare was delicious and in Wiest abundance. WjB ??re West ith fine weather; the sea was as calm jd smooth as a lake all the way over, id we did not miss a meal. \Vo met me very pleasant people on board, id altogether had a very enjoyatV me. Id coming up Southampton Roads e saw a magnificent fleet of war vea ls, more than 300 i' -umber, repre Qtiog all the navies of the world, epared to take part in the review in )Dor of King Edward's coronation, e landed at Southampton on ? the itb, and after a good night's rest ok a conveyance for Netley Abbey, e of the show places of England, d although built in the eleventh Diary still is in a wonderful rotate preservation, considering the fact iiver Cromwell attempted to destroy by fire. The suburbs of South ipton are beautif ul. There are some ipderfully handsome residences, the oucdn of which are kept in splendid Jer; rare and beautiful flowers are wing everywhere in great luxu 10(16. We left Southampton for Liverpool ?ursday evening, arrived there same dit. Next day we saw a very fine ides display in honor, of King Ed rd's coronation. One of the most cresting features of this display s the orphan ohildren of the city, of cry denomination, about five thou id in number, seated upon the steps St.'George's Hall. Each orphan ; was accompanied with its own ad, playing national airs, and the ildren together singing the national them. After seeing this great sight took a conveyance and drove over ? city, which was beautifully deco ed with great festoons and ropes of ificial roses; flags and colored eleo t lights in every imaginable form, imonds, stars, hearts and the arms England, very'noticeable every ere, in brilliant colors of light. All s io honor of the coronation. Then er a hearty supper at the North astern Hotel we took a boat for Ifast Ireland, and arrived' next rniog in good health and spirits. ! found the people nice and polite, la more prosperous looking city aid be bard to find. We had some mtiful drives in the vicinity of Ifast, and wore perfectly charmed h the hawthorne and holly hedge ese hedges are kept along the roids trim and neat as the best kept gar ? hedge in Anderson, and the haw me blooms, with now and then a ir rose among it, were perfeotly "mug, and the fragrance bf the rthorne delioiotis. We notioed that rly every house, no matter how utile, had a profusion of flowers egouiuius of the greatest beauty variety of bloom were to be seen rywhere; they seem to thrive in ? atmosphere. Roses were also in odance, and were trained along walls of the houses and oottages d ground to the roof, -elfaat is situated at the foot of Black Mountains, prominent j >og whioh is the beautiful Cave h a truly grand mountain. On other side is Belfast Lough, ? le body of water, whose sides are ted with beautiful little watering :es and fine residences, prominent >DK which is that of tho Marqui Duff er in at Claudeboy. There is sland on the Lough called Queen's Qd, on whioh is situated the great > building yards .of Harlan and If- Iu these yards were built all 'mers of the White Line plying *eea New York and Liverpool *ej$ truly charmed/ with Belfast "t environments. There are >y objects of interest to be seen te, and not the least of whioh are damask and linen factories, liter staying a few days at Belfast took train for Larno, and drove ? there to the beautiful and roman little town Ousbendall, nestling in bosom of the mountains, with 5 shady roads and avenues leading "ery direction. Tho houses were t quaint, and some of' them very and made beautiful by roses ned on them. We lunched at *>n Tower Hotel, the magnificent ln?er home of the Marchioness of 'donderry. This ?a an ideal epot, ted on a level plateau one thou ? or more feet above the ocean, yet :,?se to it that one oouloVftaagine t could drop a pebble into it from terrace wall. The grounds are lin magnificent order?grass'like PING LETTER m I ...j -, lantie by an Anderson ,dy. varieties. I was very much struck with the very due range of hot houses, in which were growing fruits and flowers of great variety. After lunch eon we vesumed our journey sixteen miles away. The roads were most beautiful (as all Irish roads are,)'the ocean on one side and (hi mountains on the other, aud arrived at the Giant*e Caucoway H jtel.. Next morn I ing was lovely, not a breath of wind, and we were informed by our guides that it was an exceptiorially floe day to do the Causeway. So we started down the cliff, embarked in a whole boat for the caves. Anything like the beauty of , these oavs I had never .imagined; there we were floating in the water fifty to seventy-five feet deep, and the roofs of the caves one hundred feet above us. The sides and arches of the cayes were composed of a dozen different huge^rooks, and on the ledges high above our heads eat large sea-birds, with thoir young ones, and a quaint old man with a pistol sat on the rooks at the entrance of the oave. He fired the pistol and the echo of the shot was something astounding. It seemed as if a huge oannon had been fired instead of a small pistol, and the echo rolled on through the oave, and seemed to vi brate far into the earth. Some of these caves have an entrance from the land, and 'others have not, or if they have they have never been discovered. After leaving the oaves the boatman rowed us past the Grand Causeway, which is magnificent and truly a won derful eight. After passing the Grand Causeway we came to the Giant's Amphitheatre, in the center of which we were shown a number of vast up-, right columns, which looked from the distanoe very like ihe pipes of an organ. We were struck with this likenojs before our guide told us that this was called the Giant's Organ. After leaving the Amphitheatre we. came to some upright rocks, two hun dred and fifty feet above us, which we were informed were called the Chim ney Tops, and were also told that the Spanish Armada, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, mistook them for Dunlouce Castle and opened fire on them, and unfortunately for the Span iards one of these large vessels struck a sunken rock and was wrecked, and to this day the bay is known as the Spanish Bay. After leaving the Chimney Tops we passed Amphithea tre after Amphiatheatre, some of which were so perfeot as to look like they were out out designedly, by the hand uf man. The last place we were shown Was the Horse Shoe Bay, a deep body of water surrounded by rocks in such a manner as to look ex actly like a horse shoe. Above the Horse Shoe Bay we were shown the Nurse and Child Rook, which bears a wonderful likeness to a woman with a child on her back. After this we came back to the Causeway and were shown the Giant's Wishing Chair, where we sat and made three wishes; then Lord Antrim's Parlor, thelHigh landman's Bonnet and the Giant's Well, a beautiful spring of water, coming ont 'neath a vast headland four hundred and fifty feet high. We dran?: some of the water and found it deli^ously cool and pure. After this we adjourned to the hotel for lunoheon, where we enjoyed fresh salmon, young duek and green peas, with vegetables, sweets, &o. Next day we drove to Dunlouce Castle, one of the most picturesque ruins in Ireland, perched upon the edge of a precipice several hundred feet above the level of the sei. With a vast chasm between it and toe mainland, it must have been a formi dable fortress in the days before oan non were invented. There is a spring in the castle, and also a oave running under the rook it is built on, whioh gave the inhabitants an entranee and exit to and from the ocean. Alto gether it is a most interesting sight. Wo nfixt visited Port Rush, a fashion able watering place, and then resumed our journey to Dublin. We heard one of the finest organs in. the country at St. Patrick's Cathe dral. Then we drove to the Straw berry Beds, a beautiful drive of six milc3 from Dublin. Here we en joyed strawberries and cream, and anything like th? sise and flavor of these bet/ies is hard to imagine. We then drove through the Phoeuix Park, one of the most extensive in Europe, and con taining a great herd of deer of differ ent varieties, principally the old Irish red deer. We saw where Lord Caven dish and ^?r. Burke were murdered by the Irish Invincibles in the park. Next day we went to Glasnevio Ceme tery, where numbers of distinguished Irishmen are buried, the, patriot Daniel O'Connor among them. After spending a few days in Dub lin we went to tho city of Cork to see the fixation, ?joycd very much. We then we?? to the Lakes of Killaruoy, which my pen cannot pic ture. Surely there is nothiogin England or Scotland as beautiful as Killer acy? its lakes, its streams, its hills and val* leys, its mountains, wood and water, harmoniously blent, constitute the most perfect loveliness that nature presents. It surely must be professed that it has in all the world no equal. After remaining here a few days longer, we go to Glasgow and Edin burgh for a week, thence to London ?nd, as a matter of course, see Paris. The weather has been perfect, only one wet day since we left home. It is as cool here as our October days; we wear flannel and heavy wraps. Ella B. Lauohlin. London, W. 0., July 21, 1902. CHOOSING A WIFE. An Important Subject Interestingly Discussed. We wrote a week or two ago on the Guojeot of "Home-making," and in doing so were perhaps a little prema ture if it was to be followed up by the theme we have chosen today; since oertainly the selection of a wife is a step in advance of making a home for her. After all, we are not quite sure if the process of falling in love and be coming engaged can always be describ ed as ''Choosing * Wife" since there are so many oases where no deliberate ohoioe is made. A man?particularly if he marries when quite young?sel dom goes through so slow a process as making a ehoiee. He just falls heels over head in love with some pretty girl and asks her to marry him, with searee any thought of the future or any consideration whether they are really suited to eaoh otner. If she is equally reokleso she says "Yes," with just as little thought of the serious ness of the step she is taking, and it is only after they are married that they begin to find out whether they have been fortunate in their selection of eaoh other, or if they are going to be perfectly miserable beoaueo they are uneuited to live together. By the time a man has voted two or three times he generally begins to have a pretty clear idea of the sort of woman he wants for his wife. No doubt that ideal will closely resemble some lady of his acquaintance, al though he may not actually be in love with the original of the picture he has in his mind. As the years go on it is more and more difficult to find anyone that quite comes up to his notions; sometimes when he thinks he has suc ceeded in doing so a little thing will convince him that he is mistaken, and that the person he was just on the point of addressing is not what he fancied her to be. He is a fortunato man when he disoovers this mistake in time; for it is much easier to get over the disappointment before mar riage than afterwards. The trouble is that when a man ib really in love he cannot see clearly, and he imagines that the girl has all the perfections of mind and heart for whioh he is seek ing. During courtship and the period of engagement most couples wear masks, and it is with the masks they are mutually in love. Sometimes a little misunderstanding or a lovers' quarr ;! gives eaoh of them a glimpse of the real oharaoter whioh the mask hides, and a broken engagement is the resnlt. Both rejoice that their un 8uitability for eaoh other was discover ed before it was too late; but that does not prevent their making as much of a failnro in their next venture. And, after all, those who set out in search of perfection are likely to go unmar ried all their days. It is best they should recognize this fact and, remem bering their own shortcomings, be willing to" make allowance for small faults, and to exercise the forbearance whioh is no doubt needed oc both sides. The longer a man defers marriage the harder he is to please, and the odd part of it is he is very likely to make a poor matoh after all. It comes about in this way. Ho goes on pick ing and choosing and hesitating whether to propose to this woman or to that, until some fine day he sees those he prefers carried off by other men, and awakens to the fact that he is not so yonng or attractive as he once was, and that young women pre fer the society of younger men to his.. When this mortifying realisation oomes to him he begins to fear that ho is doomed to single blesBednesS all his days, a thonght that is by no means pleasant to him. Consequent ly he rushes off and proposes to the first young girl who flatters him by treating him nieely, or he marries for money or some other equally practi cal reason. It may be asked how is a man to find out ? whether a girl will make a suitable wire foa>him, when appearances are not always to be trust ed. There is no way except to marry ' her. Unless some gliring defeot re veals itself during courtship there is no testimony that oan h* entirely re lied upon. Nothing that his friends or hers cao say will be quite impartial, so many diverse motives influence their opinions and warp their judg ment of what is suitable for him. Some women are incorrigible match makers, and are never $o happy as when iuey have got two of their friends 4'settled for life" as they ex press it. They are probably in ear nest in thinking them exactly suited for each other, but the obsneen are that in their seal they eolor tome vir tues and conceal some defects so as to smooth awi y . any obstacles that might prevent the match upon whioh the/ set their hearts. How can any third ' party know the aspirations and needs of two human hearts or the infirmities of human tempers? But suppose all the preliminary eteps have been taken and the irrevo cable vows have been made?fortu nately in our State such a nupposition is admissible?how can a woman beat oonvinoe her husband that he has really chosen the right sort of wife? Unless he be the veriest idiot she will not do so by talking about woman's rights and assuming supreme control of the household. No man worth talking about ever submits to be open ly ruled by his wife. Her influences and persuasions can easily bend his will, but a masterful attempt to con- j trol him never suooeeds. Even though , all a man's friends may be ccgr.izisl of the fact that his wife rules him, he is rarely conscious of the faot, with such tact does she conceal any out ward manifestation of authority. If she expresses an opinion upon some family matter and he disagrees with it, she does not srgue the point, or give wsy to frowns and tears, she sim ply waits and lets him think the mat ter over and, as a rule, is rewarded by his coming around to her view, and doing so in suoh a way as would make one believe the idea originated with him. Patienoe and good temper achieve more viotories than any other qualities in domestic concerns, and tears are the worst weapons a woman can uce, although they are supposed to be so effective. No man cares to live in a oontinual shower bath of tears, and their constant dropping wears out love faster than anything else. Perfect truthfulness and confidence between a couple is absolutely neces sary to true happiness. There can be no lie between them so small as to be harmless, and tl j first discovered pre varication awakens distrust of every thing said thereafter. Again, a wo man should never employ the few hours her husband can spend at home by telling him every little domestic misfortune that happened in his ab sence. He probably cannot help it if the servants are not perfect or if the children were disobedient in little things, or if any of the other machine ry of the household, which it is her duty to attend to, docs not run quite smoothly. If he is a manly fellow he does not bother and worry her with the unpleasant inoidents of the day's business and she should show equal forbearance. Probably he has had a hard day and has come home hoping to find rest and cheerfulness, and if his wife ia the right sort of one she will be quick to see that he is tired and j will do what she can to make the home bright for him. Again, the right sort , of wife is even more particular about j her dress than she was > in the days when her husband came oourting. It ' is a perfect miraole how affection can I endure when the pretty, well-dressed girl gradually sinks into the untidy, careless wife and mother as is so de plorably often the case. And last of all, the right sort of wife is religious. No matter what a man's opinions on such subjeots may be, he cannot help feeling there ** something wanting in a woman who has not reverence for sacred things. To have that rever ence for womanhood that underlies the pure love of a husband for his wife he must Chink of her as infinitely better than himself. Sometimes he eves feels that her goodness will oount something for him, too, in the day when accounts are made up.? Charleston Sunday News. "Mad!" he exolaimed. "Of course, I'm mad I tell you what we need in this world is some good system of general thought transference or mind reading. You know how hard I worked , to get Margaret." "Yes." "Just gave all my waking thoughts to the subject, neglected my business, and all that, and made a fool of my self generally." "IJut you succeeded." "Oh, yes; we're engaged. And now that we have exohsnged confidences I find that she was working just as hard to get me, and it makes us both mad to think of the waste of effort." A'Yessg Lady's Life Saved. Dr. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent physician of Panama, Colombia, in a recent letter states : "Last March I had as a patient a young lady sixteen years of ago, who b*d a very bad at tack of dysentery. Everything I pre scribed for her proved ineffectual and she was growing worse every hour. Her parents were snre she would die. She had become so weak that she could not turn over in bed. What to do at this critical moment was a study for me, but I thought .of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and aa a last resort prescribed it. The most wonderful result was effected. Within eight hours she was feeling much better; inside of three days she was upon her feet, and at the end of one week was entirely well." For sale by Qrf-Gray & Co. Wasted Energy. Kissing the Hand. There is a movement on the part of certain fashionable Londoners to en deavor to introduce again the graceful old custom of ni.n kissing women's hands by way of greeting. As might be supposed, the movement is inau gurated by the women, who feel, pro bably, that the mere handshake does not sufficiently accentuate Man's pro per subjection to the lady fVr.?Au gusta (Ga.) Herald. That would be much preferable to the way ladies sometimes now allow men in walkingwith them to place their arm under that of the lady and then grab her by the hand or wrist and go sauntering through the streets. One ie a momentary evidence of respcot while the other is a continuous per* fcrm&?we of holding hands. Then again, in telling a woman good-bye it has become quite the custom for a man to take the woman's hand and hold it while he carries on quite a con versation with the lady. Both the manner of telling-good bye and the manner of holding a woman's hand or 'wrist while walking are disgusting and should be abolished. It would be much preferable for u woman in walk ing with a man to put "the tips of her digets in the crook of the elbow of the man." That was the cuBtom of our fore fathers and mothers. Girls now say that that is antiquated and that they would be considered slow if they did that. We would prefer a slow girl for a wife to the advanced one and so would any sensible man. If hand kissing will abolish the ous |.tom named, then let it come, and come quick; but if it is only to add ont more advanced fad, we trust that it will remain across the ocean. , Any new roles that would make men, show more respect for women ought to be hailed with delight. We suppose that the habit of men in sitting so close to ladies that you could not pass a Bheet of paper be tween them is considered a mark of respect to the ladies; but it might be that the voices of both sexes arc not as strong as they used to be, and that they have to sit close together in order that they may hear each other the better. In olden times it was considered proper for a young man to pit on one side of a fireplace and the lady on the* other in paying a call. They conver sed just as well that way as they do now and the men had a great deal more respect for woman than is shown now. We do not mean that all ladies adopt advanced ideas. God bless them, there are as true women today as ever lived and those the men seek for wives. But from the new woman with advanced ideas, may the good Lord deliver us, quiok. All men should join in that pnyer. We will agree to the hand-kissing as of old if the man is not exneoted to make a continuous performance of it every time he meets a woman. Women, and women alone, oan make men respect them.?Greenville News. Thli signature 1b on every box of iho gcnnlno Laxative Bro?o-Quimue^bieto the remedy that cure* et cold ta.ope* tfavy ? The girl who loves to be nice to little ohildren before she is married is the one who spanks them hardest after. ? A man went with his wife to visit her physician. The dootor placed a thermometer in the woman's moutb. After two or three minutes, just as the physician was about to remove the instrument, the man, who was not used to such s prolonged spell of brilliant silence on the part of his life's partner, said: "Doctor, what will you take for that thing?" mm* * ?9&iakes short roads. nd light loads. ftREASE ood for everything that runs on wheels. Sold E vary whore. '.. iSaUrn toy STANDASD OH. CO. FURMAN UNIVERSITY, Will begin tbe next ??salon on Wed nee ne?day, September 17th, 1002. Location convenient and bealtbful. Courses of study elective or leading to B. A. and M. A. degrees. Fall corps of instruc tors and ample mess accommodstions for cbeaoenlntc board. For details, apply to the President? A^P. MONTAGUE, LL.D. FOR SALE. A GOOD FARM, containing ninety six and one-half acres, twenty of which in good bottom land on Connerosa Greek. Two bouaes and barn, and all noce<w?nry outbuilding*. Four miles from Wal halla one mile to church and school. Address?J. F. W. STEALING, Con nsmse, Ooonee County, 8. C. July 23,1002 5 8? Ciris Gfeolera-lnfaofua, Diarrhoe*,Dysentery, end the Bowel Troubles oS CMMnnofAnyAg?. Aids DIgwtlon, Regulates -i the Bowel?, Strengthens Costs Oaly S cents at Drtggists, 4hTr i^PlSK In? ..h ?s ? e- i B.?r,?r!lT* TEETHING EASY?1 _ _ 10? nail 25 etaU to O. ?I. MOPPETY. M. D? ST. LOUIS. MO. Why Not Give Your House a Coat of MASTIC PAINT \ You can put it on yourself?it is already mi xed? and to paint your house would not cost you more _ than. Five or ?ix Dollars! SOLD BY Qrr-Gray & Co. C?L?MAN-WAGENER HARDWARE COT, (SUCCESSOR TO C. P. POPPEXHEIM.) 80S KINO STREET,.CHARLESTON, S. C. SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIATTY. - AGENTS FOR Buokeye Mowers, Briflley Plows, Oliver Chilled Plows -OFFICERS : GEORGE A. WAGENER, President. GEORGE Y. GOLEM AN, Vice President. I. G. BALL, Secretary and Treasurer. Correspondence Solicited. A. great many people ha^ be gun to realize the virtue of Evans Liver and Kidney Pills, And it only takes one to reach the spot. By Mail 25c. EVANS PHARMACY, ANDERSON, S. C. Fruit Jars. Extra Caps and Rubbers. Come and get your supply while they are cheap. Milk Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers and Fly Fans going fast. Our Stoves and Banges are the best money can buy. We have them for 88.00 and np, with 27 pieces. Iron King, Ruth, Times and Garland. 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The "Kroeger" is the perfection oi mechanical construction, end for artis tic toue quality has no equal. Don't be talked into paying a fancy price for a cheap instrument, but see me about prices. I can sell you the very best at an exceedingly low price. Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines. Machine Needles 20c. per dozen. M. L. WILLIS, Next Door to Peoples Bank. r g ?Cd ?Sa Q M W 25 O < M M H OD O 3 ? H Q ? 33 < > W M H O H ? w M Q a (H CD o o * ta a CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cement Cure, Specially used on Tin Roofs and Iron Work of any kind. For sale by ACME PAINT & CEMENT CO. Reference : F. 3. GRAYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, S. C.