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ESTABLISHED 18G35. - NEWBEIRRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1889. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR GLURIOUS EVEN IN DEFEAT. Gen. Robert E. Lee 4fter the Surrender Beautiful Domestic Life-Inteteoting. Ancdotes. fMargaret J. Preston, in the June Century.] A brief period only had passed after the surrender at Appomattox when offices of homes began to be pressed upon Gen. Lee. His family was origi nally English, and he had many rela tives among titled people in the old country, who insisted upon his coming and sharing for a time the ease and luxury of their homes. But he posi tively peclined to expatriate himself. "No," he said, "I will never forsake my people in their extremity; what 'they endure I will endure, and I am ready to break my last crust with " And he refused to leave Vir Nothing ever gave him greater than to witness personal us efforts to overcome tne dis of the war. To see a small er attempting to fence his fields 'th green saplings was to him a sight that made his eyes brighten. Many homes were urged upon him in his na tive State; but as my sister, Mrs. F. R. Coke of Cumberland, said when he ac cepted her offer of a vacant plantation adjoining her own, which was a part of her estate, "He chose among these homes one of the most unpretending." With furniture from her own house, she fitted up for him and his family a comfortable abode at "Derwent," Pow hatani County, and here he gathered together, for the first time since they had,left Arlington, his wife and chil dren around him. "Never shall I for get," she said, "his unaffected grati tude and his gracious acceptance of this simple home I and my sons had prepared for him. The plantation of Derwent was only two miles from my '" own, and our great country gardens readily met the wants of the new resi dents. As I saw the beautiful simplici ty with which these trifling supplies were received, it seemed impossib'.e for me to realize that this was the man upon whom the fate of the South had hung; that this was the man for whom thousands were ready to rush to death; that-tiis was the man before whom the hearts of all the Southern Confed eracy bowed in reverence. One. day, shortly after he came to Derwent, he ver on Traveller (this famous horse) to a neighboring country which was also the postoffice. e.people, black as well as white, to see the General was in tense, for this.was but a few weeks after his surrender. He walked quiet ly into the store and was engaged with its proprietor in talk about the pros pects of the crops and such like things, when the place began to be crowded by the country people intent upon catch - ing a glimpse of the great commander. He seemed not to observe them at first, nut turning around and noticing the ~press around him he said, in an apolo ~etic way: 'Ah, Mr. Palmer, pardon me for keeping you talking about corn antd tobacco so long, for I see I am de rtaining you from your many custom ers.2 There was nothing whatever to indicate the slightest consciousness that the crowd had prossed to sea -him." I once heard it said by Prof. White, the professor of G reek in Washington College, who had himself been a Con federate officer: "The first appeamance of the General in our streets was thor oughly characteristic. As I passed up our main street one day in the sum mer of 1S65, I was suddenly confronted by Gen. Lee, on his fine war horse Traveller, dressed in white lenen from head to foot, wholly unattended, even by his- black groom. Nobody in the town knew he was coming. This was as he wished it, for it was his desire to shun every demonstration. Here was the man who for four years had never mnoved abroad without being attended bga military staff composed of some or he-mos-nt younger men of the uth, and who never appeared any where without being received with enthusiastic shouts from all beholders -now with only one person to greet him, and an old Confederate to hold his-stirrup! But as every man in the town had been' a soldier, it was not long before the street rang with cheers." Few men were imore skilled in the avoidance of everything that could wound the feelings of others. On the occasion of Gen. Lee's being su.mmnoned -Washington to give testimony, an incident occurred which illustrates Lthis charaeteristic. A connection of 5my own, who attended him as one of his complimentary staff, told me that rwhen in Washingten there were mul titudes of persons-and anmonlg them many of the most distiniguished in the land, North and South-seeking audi ence with Gen. Lee; evening after evening was occupied with these inter was.'. Again and again had my friend been beset by a person who had no claim to be presented, anid as often had She been waived aside on the plea that the number of gentlemen coming to be inrioduced was so great as to embar Srass his provisional staft. But this per Ssistent Confederate watched his oppor tunity and made the best of it. Comn ing up to Col. M--, when he was a little off' his guard, he whispered: "Take me up now, there is nobody being introan'ed at this moment.." -". He hahu see the General is The highka grou p of otticers and r..But in amna that it won't do to He fell belheir conversationi?" -soldier would not b.e :Co M--thought thej to lead him up to the General, and thus in a moment put a stop to his pertinacity. Taking hini,'accordingly, by the arm, he drew him forward. The large circle opened and allowed a patlnway, aid the man was presented in due form and received with as much courtesy as if he had been a prince of the blood. Col. M- was about to lead him instantly away, when he suddenly stepped into the open space where the group had made way for him, and in a rather loud voice said: "General, I have always thought that if I ever had the honor of meeting you face to face, and there was an. op portunity allowed me, I would like to ask you a question which nobody but you can answer. I seem to have that opportunity now. What was the rea son that you failed to gain the victory at the battle of Gettysburg?" To have such an ill-timed question dropped like a bombshell in such a presence was, to say the least of it, embarrassing, and some curt rejoinder would have been natural and to the purpose; but Gen. Lee's kind-hearted ness would not permit a rude dismissal even to so unwarranted a questioner. Advancing and gently taking him by the hand, while all the listening group stood around amazed at the man's pre sumption, the General quietly said: "My dear sir, that would be a long story, and would require more time than you see I can possibly command at present; so we will have to defer the matter to another occassion." V * * * * Gen. Lee's considerate courtesy never failed him. He used to be overpow ered with letters from every part of the South, on every imaginable subject, written by the wives and mothers of his old soldiers, asking questions which it was impossible for him to answer, and 'seeking aid which it was inipossi ble for him to give. Indigent women would write, begging him to find places where their boys and girls might support themselves. Crippled soldiers by 9cores sought for help from him; and multitudes whose only claim was that they had fought for the Con federacy, entreated his counsel and petitioned for his advice in every sort of emergency. I once said to him: "I hope you do not feeL obliged to reply to all these letters." "I certainly do," was his reply. "Think of these poor people! It is a great deal of trouble for them to write; why should I not be willing to take the trouble to answer them? And as that is all I can give most of them, I give it ungrudgingly." And yet at this time he had five hundred young men under his management, and a corps or twenty-five professors; and this in a line of work totally novel to him. His humility was as conspicuous as anything about him. His religious character was pronounced and openly shown. But he arrogated nothing to himself as a religious man. I was present once when my husband in formed him of an effort being made to supply our county with Bibles, of which it had been stripped to meet the wants of the army during the war. Thbe Bible Society was being organiized and the general was pressed to accept the post of president-"for the sake of the cause; for the sake of the testimony his name would bear; for the sake of the exanxiple it would be to his five undred students." My husband was alled out before he had finished his plea, and I was left in the library for a few moments alone with the General. [ shnll not easily forget the expression f profound humility on his face, as vith a subdued voice' he turned to me ad said: "Ah, my dear madam, I feel miyself uch a poor sinner in the sight of God hat I cannot consent to be set up as a hristian example to any one. This is te real reason why I decline to do what the colonel urges so strongly." He was in the aet of saying grace at his own dinner table when the fatal stroke fell which terminated his life. As to the immediate personality of he man, we people of the South aturally enough think that, take him all in all, physically, intellectually, x>cially and morally, we never saw his qual. He was a superb specimen of anly grace and elegance. He escaped hat preciseness of manner which a hole life spent in military service is apt to give. There wvas about him a stately idignity, calm poise, absolute elf-possession, entire absence of self onsciousness and gracious considera tion for all about him that made a com ination of character not to be suir assed. His tall, erect figure, his bright olor, his brilliant hazel eyes, his per fect white teeth, (for he had never used obacco,) his attractive smile, his hivalry of bearing, the musical sweet ness of his pure voice, were attributes ever to be forgotten by those who had once met him. His domestic life was idyllic in it eautiful simplicity. His devotion to is invalid wife, wvho for muany years was a martyr to rheumatic gout, was pathetic to see. He had her often con veyed to our many medicinal springs n Virginia, himself riding on horse ak beside her carriage. I recall one! instance in which he p)receded her by a few (days in order that he might have n apparatus prepared under his skill ful engineering, by means of which her n'alid chair was placed upon a little plat form and carefully lowered into the bath, in order that the descent anid scent of steps might be avoided. H is tenderness to his children, especially hiis daughters, w"as mingled with a delicate courtesy which belonged to an order day than ours-a courtesy which times. He had a pretty wag of ad- z dressing his daughters, in the presence of other people, which would seem to belong to the age of lace ruilles and side swords. "Where is my little Miss Mildred?" he would say on coming in front his ride or walk at dusk. "She is my.3 light-bearer; the house is never dark if she is in it." He was passionately fond of nature, and never wearied of riding about on Traveller among our beautiful Virginia r hills and mountains, with one of his daughters invariably at his side. His delight in the early flush of the spring, in the rich glow of the summer, and in the superb col:ring of our autumn landscape was wonderfully fine and keen. "No words can express," says one of his daughters, "the intense en joyment he would get out of a brilliant sunset." He was fond of literature, and in dulged all his life in a wide range of reading quite apart from the bearings of his profession. When at home he c was always in the habit of reading S aloud to his family. "My first and t most intimate acquaintance with Sir g Walter Scatt's metrical romances," one of his daughters says, "came through papa. He read them to us when we were children, till we almost knew them by heart, and the best English classics were always within reach of t his hand. One of the last winters of I his life he read aloud to the family n group the latest translation of the Iliad C and the Odyssey." n Gen. Lee possessed one quality which only those who came into close inti macy withihim were much aware of; he had a delicious sense of humor. Many r a student was turned aside from some d perilous course by asly shaft, feathered h with his keen wit, or by some humor ous question which conveyed a gentle a reproof, of which only hke for whom the reproof was intended could understand the bearings. He could be very stern when it was ;necessary, but somehow his sternness never embittered. When he became president of the college he immediately had morning prayers established in the chapel; and never during his incumbency was he j known to be absent from them, if he t was well and at home. The only t things with which he ever grew im- C patient were self-indulgence and fail- e ure to d'uty. The voice of duty was to a him the voice of God. Under no cir- i1 cumstances was he willing to disobey it it, nor could he understand how others e could * * * * * g One of the last acts of his life was a filial one. Accompanied by his daugh- o ter Agnes he went to Florida to visit the grave of his father, "Light-Horse b Harry Lee." This journey-his last earthly one-was a sort of sacred pil- ly grimage. As he returned from Florida c he sought out, in North Carolina, the final resting place of his lovely daugh ter Annie, who had died in the State o in the early freshness of her beautiful a girlhood, just at the moment when her father wvas winning his most brilliant i, successes. Agnes told me when she d caine home of her father's extreme un willingness to be made a hero of any- c where, and of the reluctance hie miani fested, which it took many pleas to ti overcome, to show himself to the crowdp assembled at every station along the y route n ho pressed to catch a sight of M him. "Why should they care to see c me," he would say, when urged to ap- a pear on the platform of the train "wy should they care to see me? I t am only a poor old Confederate." This t] feeling he carried wvith him to the c< latest hour of his life. i Afraid of the South. [Charleston World.] An Englishman who has been in h this city for somte time, remarked the e: other day that before he came to Char- o leston he thought of providing himself fi with a pistol and bowie knife against a a time of need. He had heard that the a people of South Corolina were blood- it thirsty and dangerous, and for a while he would not venture out on the streets atnight. He did not care to be set upon by foot pads and water the street H with his gore. His impressions were gained from conversations he had held with the Northerners, whose opinions of the ti South, especially South Carolina, were el formed by the sensational telegrams ft they read, sent by correspondents, who, d; for the sake of a few coppers, villify their own people by scanldalouis tales el and "big sensationms." The Englishmanian has been in Charleston six nmonths' c< and lie only intended to stay a fewyt weeks. He said that he never was so agreeably surprised in his life as he 1 was when he discovered the true in- le wvardness of the people of the Sout hi.s A Itubber shoe Tru:st. NEw Yongm, June 13.-There was a ti secret meeting of the rubber and shoe t< manufacturers here to-day and it is c<~ rumored that arrangements were p)er fected for a rubber shoe and boot trust. An Impirove-d Mlady. t Anxious Mother-Yes, lDoctor, my c daughter is really ill. D)r. Cardiac-Heart 'ff'eetionI, if I have correctly diagnosed the ease. Mother (in horrified tones-My worst suspicions are con firmed, for she has confessed to me that she actually loves her husband. ('an anything be P done, Doctor? Dr. C.-I have hope, but you must ri admit it's a rare and complieated case ti r Chig.m. 'HE DEMOCR.1TIC LEADER FR 19': he Unaninous Selection of Mr. Calvin S Brice aE Chairman of the Executive Con mittee-Tributex to the Late 3Ir. nar num and Cnptain Dawson. N Ew YORK, Juie 12.-The ctirridor f the Fifth Avenue Hotel were aliv ritli Democratic politicians thiiiorl ug eager for participation in the meet tig of the National )enocratic corn aittee or for prognostication as to it esults. Members of the coninnitte vho have been in town several day vere reinforced last night by other" vhile morning trains brouight the muni er almost up to the total iuelmbeli hip. Among those noticed in the vicinit: f the committee room were B. Ii malley, of Vermont; Senator lt herson, of New Jersey; Gen. L'pshur f Tenneisee, and Senator Camden, o Vest Virginia. Shortly after noon the meeting wa alled to order, and Carlos French pre ented resolutions expressing regret a he death of William H. Barnum, eulc lzing the deceased as a citizen am< tatesnan, and for his fidelity, liberal y, impartiality and sound judgment ireless. energy and acute penetratiol ato the causes of political results. Senator Gorman spoke at length o1 be good qualities of the departet ader, and the resolutions were unani iously adopted. The secretary of thi ommittee, S. P. Sheerin, of Indiana iade an address on the death of Capt 'rancis Dawson, of South Carolina, it -hich he paid a high tribute to hi: -orth and memory and briefly re iewed his life. He also presentet asolutions testifying the regret at hi eath, and the high esteem in whic e was held by the committee of whicl e was a member. These were als< dopted unanimously. The nomination of Calvin S. Brice t< e chairman of the committee was thel iade by Judge McHenry, of Ken .cky, and was seconded by Senato orman. He was unanimously elected The resolution on the demise of Capt rancis W. Dawson was as foilows: Resolved, That Captain Francis V )awson, member of the committee foi ae State of South Carolina,was lookec ) by his associates for many years o: >mpanionship in that zealous and in lligent discharge of duty which wan aracteristic of his earnest dispesitior ad bright mind. The dreadful calam. y that cut short a career already riel i performance, but with promise of et more brilliant results, from ripened Lperience, has been deplored by all od citizens of his State, by hosts of -iends throughout the country, and by embers of the journalistic profession, r which he was an ornament. Gifted with the rare charm of amia ility and gentleness, lie on several oc isions displayed the highest persona] )urage and endurance. He was moral -, as well as physically, of the bravesi )urage. We condole with those whom hisun mely death has most sorely affliicted ad with his fellow-citizens geners.lly a the loss of so gallant a man, so firm Democrat and so excellent a citizen. S. P.'Sheerin, of Indiana, in speak. ig to the resolution, entered into thc etails of Captain lDawson's life, Het 'as born in London, he said, and in: )ming to this country at the age of 20, hile war was raging, secured a posi on in the Confederate navy, his synm .thies being on that3side of the fight. [e subsequently joined the army, and hen hostilities ceased was ranked as aptain. He began journalistic wvork Richmond, and afterwards went tc harleston, where he became editor ol e News and Courier. CaptainDawson, te speaker said, was a painstaking, >urageous and conscientious journal. t. He belonged to a profession which ields more influence for good or ill tan any other. and he never fell short its highest requirements. He not only had the courage to fight is enemies, but he also had that high. -type of moral courage which enablet ae to difiier with his friends. His in uence was always for good. He had high personal standard of morality, ld made an honest effort to live up tc A CLEVELAND LETTER. e writes to the Maryland Tariff Reform Club. BA i LTuona , June 13:.-The Secre .ry of the Maryland Tariff Refornm ub has received the following letter omn ex-president Cleveland, undI(er te of June 11th: "Your letter informing me of rmy eetion as an honorary member of the aryland Tariff Reform c:ub is rec ived. I accept the courtesy thus ndered me with thanmks. The obtjects id purpose of the club, as:set forth in eo de-claration1 accompanying your tter have my hearty sympathy and phport, and I believe their accom ishment abtsolutely essential to the -eatest p)rosperity of our people and te highest development of our coun y. You must, however, p)ermilt me say that as far as pairties are con rued, my hiope and reliance for the ~tter condition of things are uponi the emocratic party organization, which my opinioni cannot be true to its aditions andi ancient creeds wi thout hearty and earnest espousal of the use to which your club is devoted. (Signed) "t ; ovER CLEVELA NI).'" shelby Escapes Frohibition. SHELrUY. Junie 12.-The vote in thet ~ohibition election was con vassedl to ~y. License, 1,071; no license, 1,041: ajority for license, 30. The wvets car ed six townships out of eleven, one ed. At the last election the county ent wet by two votes DEATH OF DR. ANDREW SIMONDS. SRe markable Career of:t Successful Business Jlant-School Teacher, 1lhysician aml Financier -Probably the Richest Man in the State. [Special to the Begister.] ( "'1ARl STON, June 1.-lu the death - of DIr. Andrew Siiionds, one of the - most conspicuous figures in the history . of post bcllum South Carolina has passed Saway. Dr. Simonts had been a con firmed dyspeptic nearly all his life. A few days ago he was attacked with in l.animation of the bowels, which ren dered a surgical operation necessary. - This resulted in his death at. 7 o'clock to-day. Dr. Sinond's history is a romance. lie was a native of Abbeville County, and a connection of John C. Calhoun, his mother being Jane Hamilton Cal houn. In 1860 lie married a daughter of John A. Calhoun. He began life as a school teacher in the West at the age of 18 years. He had never opened a Latin book in his life when he was called upon to teach Latin. He learned it, and kept just ahead of his pupils as long as he taught them the classics. While in the West he boarded with a physician, from whomI he succeeded in getting hnmself qualified to practice medicine. Finally he abandoned both protessions and turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. In 18.59 be retired from business with a fortune. About this time he entered the bank ing business. The State Legislature had decided to establish a branch Bank of the State in the upper section, the parent bank being in Charleston. The work was entrusted to him, and he es I tablished the bank in Abbeville. It was at his suggestion that the moneys and assets of the mother bank in Charlestc n were sent to him at the breaking out of the war in 1861. He saved them all and returned them to the State in the fall of 185.5, without the loss of a single dollar. It was after the war, however, that his remarkable career began. He or ganized the First National Bank of the city in 1S65, was elected president, and filled the office till his death. At the expiration of the bank's charter, a few years ago, the stock was worth many times its par value. A new charter was obtained and Dr. Simonds of late has run the bank almost alone. He is said to have been the richest man in the State. He was a firm be liever and a large investor in United States 4 per cent. bonds. It was only within the past few years that he went into real estate. He was vice-president of the National Bankers' Association, and a frequent contributor to the columns ofjournals devoted to finances. The value of his estate cannot be cor rectly stated, but it is thought reaches largely into the millions. His eldest son, Andrew Simonds, jr., niarried a popular New Orleans belle, Miss Daisy Brux. There are t wo other sons and a daughter. A Wholesalale Meat House in Columbia. [Register, 13th.1 The Armour PackIng Company of Kansas City, Mo., will,.in a few weeks' time, establish a branch house in this city to supply the trade and consumers with their products. Carrying out the plan of establishing branch houses in all the principal cities of the South, the company has located such at Jack sonville, Fla., Atlanta and Macon, Ga., and Wilmington, North Carolina, and has just completed a building for one at Charlotte. It is now intended to es tablish a branch at Charleston and one here. T he meats, etc., are packed in Kansas City anid sent on iu refrigerator cars and placed in the buildings of the local branches, which are constructed on much the same principle as the re frigerator cars. A Narrow Escape. [Manning Times.] The Rev. A. E. Torrence, -the colored Presbyterian p)astor of this place, re turned last Saturday from New York, wvhere he had been in attendance on the General Assembly of die Northern Presbyterian Church. Mr. Torrence had made ant engagenient to deliver a Sunday-school lecture in Johnstown, Pa., last Sunday a week ago, and wvas on the train, on his way to JIohnstown, that fearful Saturday of tihe .Johns town disaster. He expected to go on the train that was wrecked, but did g o on a second train running a few nmiles behind this train. He got within five miles oIf .Johnstown, when tihe conduc tor of his train received a telegramn, advising himi of the flood. Is This What Ails You ? Doyuhave dlull, heavy headtrachie, obtruction of the naisal passages, dis charges falling from the head into thle throat, sometimes prfue watery, anid acridl, at others, thick, teniacious, mIu~o us, purulent, bloody and putrid; eyes weak, watery, and inflamed; ringing in the ears, deafness, backing or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration of of'enisive matter, together with scabs from*ulcers; voice changed and nasal twang; breath ofi'ensive; smell- and taste impaired; is there a sensation of dizziness, with miental depression, a hacking cough and general debility? If you have all, or ainy considerable number of thlese sympkltoms1, you are sutflerinlg from Yasat Catarrh. The more complicated your disease has 1b cone, the greater the number amid di versity of symnptomis. Tlhiousands of cases annnually, without nmnifesting half of the above symiptomls, result ini coInlmpion, and end in thle grave. No diseaIse is so commllon, more decep tiv;e aLd dangerous, or less understood, or more unsucces.sfully treated by phy3sicians. Thbe man ufacturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remnedy,'of ter, in good faith, a reward of 500 for a case of this disease w,~hich they cannot cure. Trhe r yl is sold by drnugists, nt only 530 Waiting for Boodle. [Special to the World.] Washington, June 7.-The South Carolina office seekers are well repre sented here now. Toni Miller, J. B. Hyde, of Greenville, and J. H. Osten dorf, of Charleston, are the latest arri vals here to-day. Mr. Hyde wants to be postmaster at Greenville. The White House and the depart mients were swarmed with the Caro linians this morning. Mr. Ostendorf filed his application for collector of in ternal revenues with Secretary Win dom this morning. Among those who saw the President were Miller, Smalls, Webster, Ostendorf and Hyde. Dudley, when here, blowed consider ably about an alleged independent club, organized a short while ago in Charles ton, composed wholly of whites. The straight republicans laugh at the idea of the existence of such a club. They say that there are not enough white re publicans in Charleston to form a club with twenty men, much less one with three hundred members, as Dudley states. THE THREE HUNDRED INDEPENDENTS. [Charleston World, 13th.] A World representative met a white citizen yesterday, and the conversation turned on the three hundred Indepen dents alleged to exist in this city. The citizen said the statement was true; that there were three hundred Indepen dents, and that they were increasing. "Are they organized ?" queried the World man. "Yes; and they have been holding meetings, and do meet regularly." "When and where ?" asked the re porter. "Oh, that can't be told just now, and especially to a newspaper man." "Will you give me an idea of the composition of the alleged new party?" "They are white citizens who are dis satisfied with Democratic rule, and, while not Republicans, are inclined that way, at least on national affairs." "Is the McLane gang involved ?" "There is sympathy between the In dependents and their views." "You are not office-seekers, are you?" "Not all, of course, because there are but 300 or more officers to be appointed. Some of the prominent members of the party-I mean the Independents-are candidates for office, and in my humble opinion, will get them. So far we know that our friends have been pro vided for." "What will the regular Republican say to all this?" "We don't care what they either think or say. We are moving within the radius of the Harrison policy and feel safe." "Give ie one or two strong names >f citizens, natives I mean, wno are with you." "It is not proper to do so yet, but they will esme out in good season. You will be surprised to see who is wil,ling to sacrifice himself for patriotic pur poses.''" "You wou't give nme one name, or et me attend one meeting, or inform me to the trifling extent of formulating in opinion as to the standing or con sistency of your confrers ?" "No; not yet. I will tell you this however. The collectorship of the port, United States Marshal, and postmastership are all settled." "In whose favor, pray ?" "Ah! telling is knowing," said the Independent encyclopedii, and turned to go, and did go, wvhen ended the con fab. .sMALLs GETs TREBE. [Special to the Charleston World.] WASH NGTON, June 13.-Bob Smalls bas at last gotten there, as is the com mon saying. The President late this fternoon appointed Smalls Collector of Customs at Bleaufort. The regular Re publicans are jubilant over this appoint ment. You correspondent was the first one to notify Mr. Smalls of his selection for he collectorship which was a great sur prise to him. Mr. Smalls says that as soon as he receives the official announcement of is appointment, he will be prepared to give bond to any amount asked for. Contestant Miller is not happy over Smalls' success as he has been trying to prevent his appointment by every neanis in his power. Smalls was endorsed by every mem >er of the houses of both branches of Longress for the position. Congressmen who are in this city are sending their yongratulations to him over his success. A Journansvtic Marytr. Managing Editor-Where is Mr. laber? City Editor--He has locked himself ni his room; eats nothing and won't be >ut for forty-eight hours. 31. E.-Drunk or crazy ? C. E:-Neither. Simply thinking up ewv adjectives for the swveet girl gradu te season. D)eafness Can't be Cured 4 >y local app,lication, as they can not 4 -eachm the diseased portion of the ear. Lhere is only one may to cure deafness, md that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con lition of the mucus lining of the eus-C ;achian tube. When this tube gets in lamed you have a rumbling sound or nmperfect hearing, and when it is en :irev closed deafness is the result, andi nle.s the inflammation can be taken >t anid this tube restored to its nor nal condition, hearing will be des royed forever; nine cases out of ten re caused by catarrh, which is noth ng but an infiamed condition of the nucus surfaces. We will give Oue Hundred Dollars ~or any case of deafness (caused by ~atarrhm) that we can not cure by tak ng Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir-t ulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. amiSod hy Druggists, 75c.] Horns of a Dilemma. A queer incident about the adventure of the famous Henry Clay with a Washington goat is fresh from the lips of a general of the army. - He says: "I think I can tell you a new story about Henry Clay which has not been printed. I was a boy at the time. Clay and a party of Congressmen were walking down Pensylvania avenue on their way from the eapitoL In those day's Congress generally adjourned about three o'clock in the afternoon much earlier than it does now. We boys were playing with a goat owned by Goldman Nailor, the father of the Nailor brothers. "Well, Mr. Clay came along in the most dignified fashion, but there was evidently something about him which attracted the goat's attention. With a bound the goat made for Mr. Clay; but the latter saw him coming, and ap preciated the danger. We yelled, 'Look out!' But that was unnecessary, for Mr. Clay siezed the goat by both horns and held him. That was a comparatively easy mat ter; but it was an open question as to whether Mr. Clay had the goat or the goat him. As long as Mr. Clay held on he was safe enough, but he knew enough about goats to know that the moment he let go he would be butted, sure as death. There were various sug gestious made by the Congressmen pre sent, but none of them seemed to suit the exigencies of the occasion. Finally Mr. Clay appealed to the boys. One lit tle urchin stepped forward and said, in a sharp, shrill voice: "' Mr. Clay' turn his head to the right ana run like blazes.' "Clay obeyed the instruction, and an instant later was safe in a store. The goat went bounding down the avenue. When Mr. Clay came out of the store, he called the urchin up to him, and patting him on the head said: " 'My son, that was the best advice I ver had.' " The Sabbath. The New York Sabbath Committee lave sent out a petition, already unan mously signed, requesting "That,except in cases of neccesity, the onductors, drivers, and other employ es of your roads be given one day's est in every seven, and that this rest >e so distributed as to secure to every nan the half of every alternate Sun lay." This petition isaddressed to the offi ers and directors of the street railroad ompanies of New York-whether ity or State we are not clear. It is ise to give this direction to the first nstance, but it ought not to stop here. [f the corporations do not regard it, we 1ope that the politicians will address ;hemselves to the Legislature. A Sab >ath-lover, who desires to secure even a yart of the Sabbath for his church or iis family, has no chance to secure it, lingle-handed, against a Sabbath-disre ;arding corporation; and if the officers and directors cannot be induced to nake the provisions asked for in this yetition, we hope that the Legislature will be asked to interfere in behalf of he overworked men. The law lim ting the hours of labor has been sue ~essfully enforced; a law similarly lim ting the days of labor would be equally ~apable of enrorcement. SmaU Bits of Wisdom. It is better to have a permanent in ~ome than to be fascinating. The man diligent in his business 'hall hold four kings. He that winketh with his eye shiould ake heed lest he become slewed. Many a man has ruined his eyesight y sitting in a barroom looking for iork.-Atlanta Southern Star. Because you find Gilead is out of yalm it isn't well to seek a substitute n a corner saloon. Charity covers a multitude of sins nd keeps them warm and healthy. Rochester Herald. ~ebbah quarrel wid yo' nabur 'kase his ligion doan' seemi soun'; ats ob roads dat start out dif'rent wriggle roun' to de same town. --Detroit Free When you're right you can't be too adical, and when you're wrong you ~an't be too consrvative.-Rtude Phil >sopher. There is one kind of vice that never ticks to young people long enough to murt thenm, and that is advice.-Troy ~ress. Casualties at a Pienic. [Special to Charleston World.] FLORENCE, June 8.-The Methodist unday-schiool picnic which was given o-day at Black Creek carae to a sad nding. Freddie, the only son of Mr. W. Z. Cettles, an engineerer on the Atlantic joast Line, while in bathing with sev ral other boys in the creek, was Irowned. Charlie, a son of Mr. C. H- Newman; ~ot his arm broken by jumping from a vagon at the picnic. The rest of the rowd got wet by a heavy rain. A wicked DIemiocratic paper refers to ;he bureau over which Mr. Clarkson resides in Washington as Mr. Wana naker's "suspender department." sioux City Journal. He was sitting at ahotel table and the vaiters was pretty but red haired. He sked her to please pass the "white orse" radish, and she froze up so solid hat up to the time he left, the next lay, snow wouldn't .melt on her.. ansville Breeze Seattle as a Phaenix. SEATTLE, W. T., June 12.-The work of cleaning away the debris in the burned district began yesterday in earnest. All the contents of the vaults of the various banks have been found to be in perfect order. Tel egraph, telephone and electric light wires are being rapidly replaced. The telephone system will be in operation in a few days and the electric light in a few weeks. The waterworks are al ready in operation, railroad and steam boat transportation has hardly been in terrupted by the conflagration, though considerble inconvenience has been experienced by both in laiding pas sengers. Business houses are finding locations in tents and temporary structures, schools have started up .again and all the churches except Trinity Episco pal and the Methodist Protestant held services as usual on Sunday. The daliy newspapersare all issued as usual, Offers of aid continue to pour in, to gether with much money and more provisions. No statement of losses can be made more accurate than that al ready given. The loss is placed at $15, 000,000 and this, it is believed, will be a good estimate. Cantributions of cash now aggregate $308,000. The Chronicle's Literary Prizes. The Augusta Chronicle offered sev eral prizes, some time ago, for the best poem, the best story, and one or two essays. The awards have been made, and it will be seen by the fo lowing from the Chronicle that South Carolina carries off three of the four prizes and Edgefield two of the three: 1. $25, best poem : Thou Canst Not Forget, by "Wisteria," (Miss" Ella Halstead, Edgefield.) 2. $50, best story : Angela, a Memory; by "Mara," (Mrs. R. C. Watts, Lau rens C. IL, S. C.) 3. $50, best essay on farming: By "Horn's Creek," (Mr. T. W. Rainsford, Trenton, S.C.) - 4. $50, best essay for manufactories and small industries in the 'South-: By "Rob't J'Ans," (Miss Rosa Woodberry, Augusta, Ga.) The conmittee award no prize :for any of the articles about improving Augusta. The Firm of W. H. Chafee & Company Gone Under. [Charleston World., The firm of W. H. Chafee & Com pany, wholesale grocers, have failed for :the amount of about $12,00.0. I stated that the failure was not a sr prise to the business mei of the city,. and that for some time the banks have been afraid of their paper. M'essrs. W. K. Brown, A. W. Canale and W. K. Holmes are accommodation en dorsers to the firm's paper, the first to the amount of $5,900, the second $5~000, the third $1,200. Mr. Chafee has made no~assign ment, and will make none. He will continue business until.the fall, at least, when he expects,to collect a great deal of money that is in outstanding debts. An Awful Calamity. SAN FRANcIsco, June 13--The steamer City of Sydney which has just arrived from Yokohama and Hong Kong, brnngs the tidings that' the' Shangai Mercury of May 20, publishes news received from a correspondent at Chung King, who writes that Luchow, a city of some importance in Szechuen, situated on the upper Yang Tsze, is nearly completely destroyed by fire. The fire broke out on the evening - of the eighth day of the third moon' and burnt- furiously till the tenth. Seven out of the eight gates of the city are said to be destroyed and the loss of life, burt and trampled to death is esti mated at not than 10,000. Orangeburg's Street Railway. [Special to Charleston World-.]: ORANGEBUJRG, June 7.-At ameeting of the directors of the city street rail way this afternoon the contract was awarded to a responsible party, who agreed to have it done inside of two months. The track will be laid from the depot to the Riggs corner. The rails are to be forty pounds to the foot, and laid on stringers.' The South Caro lina Railway Company will lay the track from the depot to the railway crossing. The estimated cost of track laying will be $7,000. Three O's Bonda Musnt be Paid. At a meeting of the trial justices of Rutherford County, N. C., held o. he 4d inst., by avote of 30 to 10, .they ordered the County Commissionesr to levy a special tax suffcient to pay in terests, cost, etc., of the $100,000 bonds Issued in favor of the Three C's railroad. This act was in obedience to the U. S. District court, instead of conformity to the recent- order of .Judge Clazk's county court, which decided these Three C's bonds null, and ordered the non-payment of these bonds Nul.infer est. Thief Arrested. The news was received with the. ut most satisfaction by the community that he had terrorized; but the arrestof -T a disease that is stealing away a310.ved and valued life, is an achievement ta should inspire heart-felt oratitude.. Chiliness, cold extremities, epressed ; spirits, anifestremely miserable seissa tions, wthale, wan features, .are the results of disordered ~inyandieere Arrest the cause a*toe b4 I~ Pierce's GoldenNMedent vey, is apurelyr egtable detetive, . ferretr ooad captorertemn