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... , , . ^ v LONCSTRtnT;c: POuTiCS. flow ii<- JJccaiue aKe;iiil)iicaii-Th? Tras- [ Story of H?k Actio:: After tlie \V:?r. Gen. Longstreet 1ms exploded a } story -which has been circulated for ! years as an explanation of hiseonnec- j tion with the Republican party. The f common report has been that Long-1 street made up his mind on this sub- \ ject at a conference with several other well-known Confederate Generals soon after the close of the v.ar: that they all agreed to indorse the policy of reconstruction: that Longstreet wrote a letter following out that idea.and that in consequence of the abuse which this action brought upon Long<sf.rpor, t.he other Confederate srenerals j who had agreed to go into the move- j ment with hiru "backed out." Gen. Longstreet was in St. Louis last Monday, and a reporter of the GlobeDemocrat called his attention to the story which has been frequently told in explanation of his alliance with the Republican pari*'. Gen. Longstreet said: "That is not a true statement of the facts. There never was such a meotpg held in my oSice. It was just after the military bill had passed, and friends of the South felt that they were in a dark hour. The New Or leans limes came out m a strong eux torial calling upon . Hood. "Wheeler, , Stewart, myself and others as Southern leaders to join the paper in a plea for reconstruction of the Union. "We were asked to declare in so many words that we accepted the results and were ready to aid in the speedy restoration of the Union. "Gen. Hood met me. and we talked about the editorial. He said in effect , that it aimed at a condition that we .all devoutly hoped for. but, he added. ' 4If you declare yourself on those lines. . the Southern press and the Southern people will vilify and abuse you. It may be very patriotic and all that, but it will be very foolish." I replied ?I don't exactly remember what were the words, but it was to the effect that, if it was patriotic, I was willing to be called a fool. That afternoon I wrote my letter on reconstruction to the Times. It was first in fnlnmns. and first read by Gsn. Hood when it appeared y in print. However much Gen. Hood may have shared my sentiments, he never trusted himself to public expression of them. Gen. "Wheeler. I did not consult in the matter. He. therefore, did not interline and make * marginal notes in my letter. There never was an arrangement under which my letter was to be followed. The soldiers named were all gentlemen, and had they made any such an agreement they would have carried it out. If I did tread the wine-press alon?, I did so on my own motion." This statement of Gen/Longstreet > --5i- - ? -- Ti r win oe accepiecxas muu. n u?uu.<o a legend which has been repeated for years, and which many have believed. . The strangest thing about the whole matter is that Gen. Longstreet did not long ago deny a story which did some of the most distinguished of his associates in the Confederate army grave injustice. It is well that the truth has come out at last.?Macon Telegraph. KISSED THE WRONG WANThe Ludicrously Painful Exporlenoe of a Vouaj Husband. There came near being a tragedy at the union depot at Indianapolis the other day. A 1 -L JP J ^ a. pieasaxit xaceu. iiuut; w unictu ?cnu to the station, equipped for a journey. She was young and pretty, and her young husband went down to see her safely off. The woman was nervous. Finally, the train came in. It was a moment of great excitement. The couple hurried out to the gate. Hundreds of people \^ere pushing and hurrying. The little woman lost her head completely. At the big iron gate her husband had to stoo. The sratemantook her ticket. She threw her arms about her husr" baud's neck frantically, turned around and started through: then, with a final "good-bye," turned quickly back and, like a Hash, soundly kissed the gentleman. She did not discover her mistake,but the crowd broke into a great laugh, and 'it was a question whether the husband or tne gateman was tne more embarrassed. They looked at each other red as iire for a moment then laughed and shook hands. "It's all right, she thought it was me," explained the husband, turning away. 3ut all that day the gentleman was observed to gTOw pensive, and a far-away look would come into his eye whenever he had a little leisure . . to think. f * ? ' CROPS GUT TO PIECES. A Fearfully Destructive Storm Strikes Pickens. Pickens, S. C., June 2.?The most terrific hail storm that has been known in this section for years, passed through last night about midnight. At this early hour not many people * have come in from the country, but : reports from a mile and a half east of : this place say that the crops are en- ] tirely ruined. Your correspondent was on the farms of Judge J. H. ; Newton and T. C. Robinson, Esq., ] just one mile east of here and found ; their cotton com. etc., literally torn . to pieces. Plenty of hail stones could lie picked up in the woods and low ! places in the field as large as patridge * ?'? rs this morning. Your correspond- 1 ent measured one drift of hail stones ' near Mr. T.C. Robinson's house which ; measured about eight inches. What of the crops the hail did not 1 destroy, the wind and rain ruined. ,, J The extent of the storm cannot be. ; estimated.?Greenville News. 3 Carlise on the Sub-Treasury. Under the date of last Saturday, ' Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, lias written a long letter to the Farmers* ' Alliance in Tuskegee. Ala., in regard , to the "sub-treasury" bills now pend < ing in Congress. In this letter Mr. ] Carlise says: "The whole scheme in , its general form and design is vicious j in principle, and if adopted would i pre in practice ruinous to every in- ? terest it is intended to oenent. He says further that it is a plan to I compel the government to issue and j distribute money for the benelit of $ie people living in the rich and pro ductive counties, at the expense of j ( the people living in the poorer and i less productive ones. Moreover. . is a plan to enable unscrupulous i " 1 T J _ _ _ speculators : > rate auvaniage ; , of tlio farmers' pecuniary neces-! T sities and extort exorbitant prices ( for food from people who reside in j cities, towns and villages. ^ \ TiLt-n if nrlrmfrd. ho s:iv<. L would throw the country into pro- j & found confusion twice a year, enrich- j in<x- some by inflation of currency. ] m and bankrupting others by contrac- ( tion of , cunency and decline in < W prices. i 0 I III ? II I?Ull' ?f*i Tl'li FRENCH ARMY DiSClPLNE Tile l'uni?iiments are a-s a rme sen-ic ?? ." j Cruel. The punishment in vogue in tiie j French army are of a very severe nature. more especially when it is considered that the men thus punished are not by any means criminals*. but only soldiers who have not behaved so well as they might. These are deported to Algiers under the name of "Camiss'rds." where they are enrolled in the "coinpagwes de discipline." Before embarking the man nas jus boots taken from him. which are replaced by sabots, and on arriving at his destination he receives a uniform of gray wool, and a cap with a large brim. The men are farmed out to do &ork. and are all the time under the supervision of non-commissioned officers, who treat their inferiors with the fjeatest bruttdity. It is, however, the punishments to which these men are subjected for the most trifling offenses which most luuigimbiv/.u. A common punishment is to keep them night and day in a hole in the ground with perpendicular walls, so that escape is impossible. Scorching heat by day and cold at night, wjtn rations reduced to one-quarter of their proper quantity, make the very common punishment of the gargo ule extremely trying. The imprisonment of men in the tombeaux, or regulation tents, which is only fifty centimetres broad and sixty high-, is no rarity; and during their incarceration the prisoners receive no wine nor water nor coffee. A little meat and some bouillon is then- whole nourish rnent drains the day. JtSut tnose \vho are punished with cells are incomparably worse off. They are never allowed, under any circumstances, to leave the hole they are kept in either by night or by day. They imve no duties of work to pass the time, and only get warm soup every , second day, with a very limited quantity of water daily. The punishment is made still more severe by putting the man into irons on certain occasions. The delinquent lias two lings around liis ankles, which are connected by an iron bar rather more tiaii a foot in length so that his legs form an isosceles triangle with it. He is forced to he down on his face, and then his arms are chained on his back, whereupon he is put into his tombeau. lie can only eat his soup like a dog, and if. he wants to chink he must seize his bottle with his teeth, and should he let the bottle fall his ration of water is lost for that day. Any complaints are stopped by a gag. Only quite recently a punishment was in i*se called *the crapaudine. The prisoner's hands and feet were chained together and in this posture he was strung on to an iron bar. The sol 1J> HL) ILLDUPUU AJUW <AJ oawiw-jwv-u.vvi i his hands axe tied on his back, and round his neck an iron colh?r is fas-1. tened, which is attached to an iron bar in the wall. The man has to stand in this position as long as eight days, unable to lie down or to do anything for himself. Agricultural College Presidents. d-ori Sfonhp-n D. Tjpp has made a fine record, as president of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of -Mississippi. He has made the institution one of the most famous and most useful of its kind in the country. It is easy to understand therefore why Gen. Lee has been elected unanimously president of Clemson College at Fort Hill, S. C. The trustees of that institution were on the lookout for the best man they could find for the position and their choice fell on Gen. Lee. The college will occupy the homestead of John C. Calhoun. His son-in-law. Mr. Clemson, gave $100,000 to the State in addition to a magnificent site and valuable buildings. The institution will receive ?50,000 a year from South Carolina in addition to this bequest. Gen. Lee was paid ?3,000 a year by Mississippi. South Carolina gives him $6,000 and a home. He is worth it. But this incident shows how precarious is the tenure of Georgia on any valuable teacher that may develop in her service. Teachers are paid miserable salaries in the public schools of <jreorgia.and the lolly 01 tms policy will become evident when other States begin to take our best teachers from us. Alabama now has one of the best agricultural schools in the country at * "* r - * '-i-- i AUDurn. jLnree 01 its uuusi; uib Languished men were formerly in the employ of Georgia and would probably have been there yet if their services had been appreciated and they had been reasonably compensated. One of these is the president of the institution, "William Leroy Broun, one of the most valuable professors that ever adorned the University of 'i * i n T ureorgia. -mo cuer is j. iuicssw w. Stanley Newman, a trained teacher, and the man who did more for the agricultural bureau of Georgia than any other. The third is Professor P. H. Mell, foimer State Chemist of Georgia and a teacher of the first Drder. All these men went away from Georgia because they could do bette^ elsewhere. It is a cheap policy in one sense, and, in another sense, a very expensive policy, to permit such men to leave the State because we do not appreciate their talents and usefulness and offer them mean salaries. The recent experience of Mississippi in losing her most valuable educator ind the oft-rer. ~.ated experience of our own state in the same line ought to teach a lesson. Good men are in demand, and if we expect to keep them we must pay them.?^lacon Telegraph. [The statement, that General Lee lias been made president of the Clemson College is incorrect. The trus1 ? i ' A? Lees nave nor yet maae any uppumttnents.] Smitten by a- Thunderbolt. A. special from Cairo. Mich., says: :Vt seven o'clock last evening four fanners were struck by lightning 'our miles west of here. T.N. Fag- 1 ?ett, Edward, Goodchild. Wm. Hoi- : nes and Matt Fingle.were engaged in miration "anon a vouner ' lorse. A thunder storm came up ' suddenly and a bolt of lightning struck in the midst of the men. As Mrs. Faggett looked from her door ?he saw* the forms of four lifeless men moil the around. Goodcliild and ! Solutes wore dead when assistance ; imved. although no marks or graces ' >f the- current could b<? found upon ; heir persons, Goodchild was a far- 1 :ier thirty-seven years of age. and ;i'I a family of five children. Holmes -Ll . v uy liuriv -out; yeais ui <igc <ixn.i w > narrieri. liingle and Faggett are re-1 .-overing. It was or e of the worst elec-1 rical storms ever experienced in this ! section. ?Bemoral Healy. a convict serving i life sentence in -Joliet, 111., State prison, on Tuesday received notice >f his pardon. Wednesday he. fell lead of heart disease while telling i fellow prisoner of his good luck. 1 ; t A TAItT O >RTiES P( JX1 >i^Xf r; Laiisurr, ?f AikItksii. :t>?d ('??!. l?nr? am. of ?inu;?i. li'iprcbasH'' Li-itfr* on ??; !isi:> 'r ?!?mi in h t?< i':irs'sk. The following corro-spondejice recently passed "between3Ir. A. C.Latimer, of Belton, and Col. J. J. D,:rgan, of Sumter: Beltcm. $. C., .May 22. LS90. Col. J. J. Dargan. Sumter. S. C.? Dear Sir: I see from the News and Cornier you propose to be in Ander son on the 18th, and propose to ask the people to hear you in vindication of your course in this campaign and to hear what you shall have to say of Mr. Tillman to his face. Xow I write to say to you, in behalf of the good people of Anderson, that if you are a candidate for any officc in ii . uv.wnnlil tilt* i. t KJL i/XlXr> iriiwi .T X- ? be glad to bear you: but. if not. then the press is open for you to explain your position, and if there is a difference between yourself and Mr. Tillman, you know where to find him. Tne course you propose cannot result in any good to yourself or to tlxe Democracy of this county, and it might be the means of a row and bloodshed in our midst. I therefore insist that you desist from the course proposed, and notify you now that I shall do my utmost to prevent anything that shfll be calculated to pro ducc discord Ainong- us. lours respectful]}*, t: A. C. Latimer. State burg, S. C., May 24.1890. Mi*. A. C. Latimer, Bolton, S. C.? Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22d inst. is at hand. I had not suspected that plain, honest speech in refutation of slanderous charges. made in my absence before a people to whom I am little known, without the least pertinency to the question un'W discission, would so offend "good people" as to bring on a *i*ow" which might result in "bloodshed. " I am unwilling to believe the good people of Anderson so backward in civilization, so devoid of the instincts and principles of justice, so out of the way of the ends of true Democracy, as to refuse to hear both sides of all political controversies with ealrn dignity, and to accord a grossly and gratuitously reviled citizen a word in his own defence. But I confess, frankly, that your declaration, coup led -with the marvelous display of gravity with which the assembly at your recent meeting witnessed the mannisliness ^n the stage when a grown-up person was calling for foiao one to look him in the eye and asserting himself not afraid of this, that and the other, like a 16-year-old on a baseball ground, is not reassuring. Surely there was a broad smile on the faces of "the good-" while all this was passing, which the reporter failed to write. However, until the contrary fully appears b}* subsequent occurrences I will not be persuaded that you represent any large body of your peotOq A rwlo-rcnn ivVinrt vmi besneak ?J?^S XSJ+ V* ^.. ^ _? J_. rowdyism for them. I shall have to risk myself at your mass meeting on June IS, though I feel that I must promise you under the circumstances that, if your fears and misgivings are generally entertained, I shall not venture an address to the crowd, lest I become in some measure repsonsible for blood-letting among a people so excitable ana with so little selfcontrol. If I find such to be the situ ation I can patiently bide my tnne until Mr. Tillman comes to Sumter. Here my friends find myself and all the good peop.it will see to it that he is fully and fairly heard in presenting his charges against me. I shall, of course, be granted an unrestrained reply. This is all I have asked or wish. We, of Sumter, unfortunately have a few rowdies in our midst, but I trust an efficient police force will keep down any demonstration on their part. I extend to you a cordial invitation to attend the Sumter meeting, that you may witness the conspicuous fairness with which your mr'tamcd" candirlfi+o fnr Governor will be treated by Ms determined opponents. Respectfully. John J. Dargan. The Oldest Yet. Milledgeville, Ga.. June 7.? Census-taker Bethune, in discharging his duties ran across the "oldest inhabitant." and was puzzled for awhile as to what entry to make for her age. Jane Moore, a negro woman living in the northern part of the city, gave her age as a hundred and twenty-one years olu. Mr. Bethune questioned ['nmfi fimci mid rli?r>nv^rpd that OVilXV 1/XJOi.v U4UV4. the old woman was a regular encyclopedia of the early days of American independence. She knew all about it; was there and saw it: she remembered Washington and all of the fathers, she remembered their haoits and eccentricities, and said she was married and had children when Washington died. Her oldest living child is eighty eight years? and since its birth she has been blessed with i i at mJ/WIW twenty-seven uixi^rs one lotviuvxiwj not less than a hundred and ten years old, and may be a hundred and twenty-one. as she says. Cleveland Far Ahead. Augusta, }Ie., June 5.?Yesterday the Boston Globe correspondent circulated among the delegates to the Democratic State Convention slips asking several questions, including the following: ""Whom do you favor at the present time for President in 1892?"' Two hundred and twentyone of the delegates returned answers showing the following result: Cleveland, 180: Hill, 28: Carlisle, 5: Whitney, 20. Second choice?Cleveland JU- TTill fiO: Camobell 9; Carlisle Ifi: "Whitney 11: Yoorhees 2: Gray 8? William L. Piu.u.m. of Maine, 3; Palmer. of Illinois. 2: It. Q. Mills 2. ?A telegram from San Antonio. Texas, says: A sensation has been created throughout the South by the announcement from Rev. Virgil Maxey, the noted Southern revivalist and Baptist minister, that he will go on the stage September 1st. lie having been engaged by T. Stutts. the theatrical manager, to play prominent parts during the coming season. Mr. Maxey, iu an interview, stated his object to unite the pulpit and stage. He will be on the stage six days in the week and preach on Sundays. He is a nephew of ex-United States Senator Maxey. - ^13??O* ?The Rev. -J. Cleveland Hall, late pastor of the Presbyterian church at Manchester. Ya., was one of the class confirmed by Bishop 'Whittle on his recent visit to that city. 3Ir. Hall will probably enter the Episcopal ministry. ?The British Museum received one day last week a Chinese bank note issued from the Imperial mint 300 vears before the first use of pa _ 1 per money m # wfiwMii tmamm < miiia i &ttUSm s\Ci;rr cy A cVcLo>E. 7?t?.I rnrtion of a. Western Yi;l?;?e i and Loss oi Life. Li.\vol>". Nee., June -i.?Meagre re! pores received from Bradshaw, a iiauili.-t oi' some four or live hundred ! inhabitants about lifiv miles west oi I this city, state that iiit- town was i swept away late last night by a cy! c lone. Six persons are reported killed ; and. t .venty-rive or moiv injured. The | telegraph wires r..re down. No fur! ther particulars can be learned. Chicago, It) a. m.?Up to this hour | no confirmation of tlie reported destruction of Bradshaw. Nebraska. by a cyclone last night can be obtained and it is thought that the rumors current last night were exaggerated, j Nebraska was visited by a terrific : wind and rain sLoiin but us far as heard from there was no hiss of life or serious dest; ?.t? :ion of property*. The Milage of Br.idshaw is situated in Hamilton County, about twenty miles northwest o 1 Hastings. Last night advices said six persons there were killed and over twenty-five injured. Telegraph wires throughout tne AVest are crippled by the storai. ' V -V- 4 T 1 J i-1- _ T?__ 5J.ma.ua, -nes.?-i special to uie x>ee reports that a cyclone about ten o'clock last night blew down every house in the little town 01" Bradshaw a place of 300 inhabitants. Five persons were killed, outiight and several | injured. The wires are down in that section and pnrticulars are not yet at hand. A Nai 11 :<i 1 J'rid^c in ArizonaNatural bridge. on Pine Creek, in the Northern part of Gila County, is one of the great est natural curiosities in the United States, equaling if not surpassh-;; the natural bridge of Virginia. It spans the creek at a height of about 200 feet, and the wails o 1 the canyon rise above it on eitiior side 7UU or ;suu leet. ana on one side i'om a pei pendicular p'recipice. Tlie bridge is of lime formation. and the inside of the arch, which is some 2 50 feet across, is worn by the water r.s smooth as though chiseled by the skillful hands of a stonemison. The arch on top is nearly, if not quite, 400 feet in width, 1.000 feet-in length across the canyon, and at the thinnest part only six feet through. About the centre of the arch is a hole large enough to admit the body of a man, and through which one can look down into the. crystal pool of water 200 feet below ?Boston Transcript. Confederate Veteran*' Eneampmontai 1 t ? t> n?? r<~~, \jrenerui o ullll ju. uujluu u, uuiumanding General of the United Confederate Veterans, announces that the first annual encampment of the veterans will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of Jul}*. There will be a business convention to discuss the best method of relieving these who were injured aed bereaved by the late war. The address of welcome will be delivered by John A. Hart, Mayor, which will be responded to by General John B. Gordon. Special advantages of tr<?nsnrvH-niirm tr> t.hft r>1d battle erounds have been provided and everything possible for the entertainment of visitors has been done. The railroad fare is one cent per mile. A Charge onthe Citadel. Laurens, S. C.. June 2.?A conference composed of citizens who do not favor Tillman for governor and representing all of the townships but one in this count}* met here today IT T .Li- i:i.- i ana ciiscusseu me pujliliuui uuiiuuiv. The conferencc] was of the opinion that five out of the nine townships can be carried against Tillman. Among those present were Dr. J. R. Smith, Joshua Crag, Casper Smith, S. D. Garlington and Dr. J. P. Hunter, and about a dozen others. Laurens' vote for Governor has not yet been recorded and the winning man in this county has a hard fight before him.?Greanville News. Another Monument Projected. The !Macon (Ga.) Telegraph warmly seconds the suggestion, which, it says, comes from all sides, for the erection in iiiciimond,a monument to tlie late Hon. Jefferson Da vis. It says: "Mr. Davis deserves a grand monument and Richmond is the place for it. "Let the movement for its erection be started at Once. Contributions will flow into it from all parts of the South, and before many months there may be unveiled a monument to the President of the Confederacy as beautiful and imposing as that which now preserves in bronze the heroic likeness of the greatest soldier of the Lost Cause. Blown up by Dynamite. Paris, June 7.?La Grand Chartreuse, the famous monastery in the Department of Isere. fourteen miles from Grenoble, has been much damaged by the explosion of a quantity of dynamite. The dastardly outrage was a work of design and is believed to have been done by persons living in the locality who took this means of venting their anger at the failure of an attempt made by them to extort blackmail from the monks. S!*tecn Children Killed. j St. Paul. Minn., June 5.?A special ! from Sioux Falls. S. D., to the Dispatch says that during a storm yesterday, lightning struck the Blassman schoolhcu^o. 12 rnilos southeast of Flnndeure, S. D., killing sixteen 1 children. T a ?Baltimore's iirst month under the Irish license law has been more than j satisfactory. Over one thousand saloons have been forced out of business, arrests have decreased, and the annual revenue Iils increased, from loss than ?150,000, under low license, to more than $460,000 under high license, of which the city gets ?350,000 where it formerly received nothing. The license fee is 8230. Already there is a strong sentiment for doubling it, and an effort to that end will be made at the next session of j the Legislature. ?The New York Sun's St. Louis | special says that Shcppard Knapp, * ? '1 e :_J. _? i.1. _ I soil 01 me iormer juupntuui ,ui lue Republican, Col. Geo. Knapp, has resigned his position in the money ori der department of the postoffice be: cause a negro has been appointed to | a clerkship in the office. | ? The foliov>*inff ia the Senate Comj mittee on the bill for the establishi inent of the University of the Uni! ted States: Edmunds, Ingalls, Blair, ! TTm-n's. 1 >nflr>r. Cti'Iv j son and Barbour. | Much pain and suffering may be ! avoided by child-bearing woman by | the timely use of the Mothers Friend. ; Sold by all druggists. Erysipelas.?I. L. Irvin. of ThomI -mviilo. savs he was afflicted with | erysipelas for ten years anchvas only ; cured when P. P. P. was used. ? I lng:ills on Lee l;i.- <ii:liysbar? apeecii. "Now. in view of the cecnvrenees i of the last two days m the extinct I capital of extinct Confederacy, J wish j to say a few words. I have no <I'"-: sire on this sacred occasion to revert j to any subject tliiiu is ia?'oiisist^-?t; witii lie solemnity of the hour, but unless the ideas for which our dead died were light, they have died in vain. But the only regret that seems to be felt by our adversaries is that in rebellion they have fciiled to sue ceed. lioberi E. Lee was utidoubt,-1 edly one of the greatest soldiers of of the ago. lofty of character, pure of life and with a lineage leading back to the moiuieg of pat riot:-.-m in this hemisphere. H:j was wiLhoul fear and without reproach. Had i.c herred to the sentiments expi esse* i shortly before the rebellion Lv today would have been the iWenio.^i citizen of this republic. Pie was ofiVreu she r?rnrmiftTi<]f?rshiT> of out .-ivinii s. For twenty-live years Lis sword bud been under tlie Hug of the republic. He had been educated at her expense and taken oatli to support her constitution and laws. But lie violated his oath, put aside her sword, und took the leadership of the most causeless rebellion since the the devil rebelled against the sanciity of heaven, and | yet in perjury and in violation of .c, i *!? ~ !HI til IU1LS. UUilv.-r. "On a day twenty-five year ago made sacred, those who profess to have accepted the results of the war m good faith, selected this occasion of all other anniversaries of the 365 days of the year with every augmentation of insolent point to the South this is an example to after which they should copy?a Confederate liag ie placed in the hand cf Washington. (Criesof shame, shame.) What wonder if the dead should cry against the sacrilege. "Colonel" Shepard's War Services. Apropos of Colonel Elliott F. Slieparil's ebullition ol' oratorical bravery, I heard a story last night of the Colonel's first and only experience as a warrior. It was shortly after he won his title of "Colonel" by being ap# -? i . _ _ n ?r . pemteci ail aiae onurovernorjiorgan s staff that Mr. Shepard was sent to the national recruiting station at Eimira with a squad of recruits. For seine reason or other they were left in his charge for a few days, and the Colonel, of course, took the opportunity to put them through a thorough course of discipline, according to his ideas. Commencing with foui- courses of prayer on Sunday, the recruits were marched, drilled and worked about twelve hours a day until Thursday. That day the Colonel' had set down on his program for "skirmish day." He -considered that ins soldiers liaci advanced lar enougn in the blood}* trade of war to be shown what skirmish duty meant, so he led them out on the wooded hills above the town to skirmish. They are kirmishing yet, so far as Uncle Sam has any official record. Five days with the Colonel had cooled they military ardor, and they took to the woods and the cornfields. After two or three encounters with infuriated bossy calves and wild-eyed farm J 1 UUgS, l/LLC V/UXUI1C1 i/ei/UJWttU, li JLUX1UJLJU. hope, to camp.?New York Star. What is a Good Book? A good book is one that interests you. One in winch the briglit rather than the dark side of life is shown. One that makes you see how mean are the small vices of life and how despicable are the great sins. One that glorifies virtue in woman and honor in man. One in which the good are rewarded and the wicked are made to suffer ?suffering, by the by, that may be of the conscience?or in a more material way, a reward given either on earth or promised for the future. One which convinces you that this world is filled with, good men and good women. One that breathes forth the goodness of a Creator, and respects his all governing laws. One that makes you feel you are meeting real people?people who elevate your thoughts as you associate i ? J1 TT T 1 Willi mem.?uacues nomu -juoiuui. A Girl Who Has Slept Two Months. Amboy, III., Juno 7.?Grrace Gridley, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a prominent business man, has been sleeping soundly for nearly two months. She went to bed in her usual health the night of March luth, and could not be roused from sleep the next morning. After sleeping about a week she roused up some1 i T J I _ J < *? -! TI T wnat, ana getting out 01 ueu, waiKeu over to a rocking chair, where she immediately went to sleep, and has not awakened since. Her cheeks are rosy and breathing regular, and her sleep is seemingly as normal as that of an infant. All attempts to arouse her are fruitless. She is fed regularly Avith liquids. Her cisc puzzles all the doctors. The Pulpit and. t he Stage. Sax Antonio, Texas, June 1.?A sensation has been created throughout the South by the announcement from Rev. Virgil Maxey, the noted Southern revivalist and Uaptist minister, that he will go on the stage September 1st, he having been eugaged by T. Stutts, the theatrical manager to play prominent parts during the coming season. Mr. Maxey. in an interview today, stated his object to unite the pulpit and stage. He will be on the stage*six days in the week and preach on Sundays. He is a nephew of ex-I7nited States Senator "VTnvfiv ? ? ?It is announced from Baltimore that work on the Maryland and Delaware ship canal will be commenced this week and pushed to completion. The proposed enterprise is in the hands of a party of French capitalists, who have organized a company with a capital of $8,000,000 to prosecute the work. The route to be taken ey tends across Chesapeake peninsula from Sassafras River to Blackbird Creek on the Delaware. ?Capt. AYm. A. Dardeu, of Cratesville, who was the ablest lecturer of the Farmers* Alliance of North Carolina, died Monday. Ke served gallantly in the Confederate army and was a member of the Legislature. He was very prominent in the Farmers' Alliance and was the first State business agent. ?Saginaw. Mich., lias a family whicli lives in a shed 12 by 16 feet in area. The family consists of father, mother, three children, tliree horses, two cows, two goats, six dogs, a flock of pigeons and six cages of singing birds. A bale of hay separates the so-called brute portion of the family from the rest. A ''DEAD MULE" IN TOWN. A* Irish Squaw Man Get.* a Little t!i. j iiest of liusliyhead. i Bushyhead. one of the members o! j thu Cherokee (.'or.:mission, is still in j Washington. and main" :t. one passes j the Indian chief without knowing he j is :ui Indian. He is tall, brown of j skin. b::t has the features of the Can- I easiau race: and it is said he is not more than one-eighth Indian. He married .some years airo a fjiece of Senator Ihitler. of South Carolina, who had uo:ic out to Tahlequah as a ttfnehrr. A <rood story is told of him when he was Governor of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokces are the most ;.. .j ..n ,iW) r,tr51ws. and one of their laws is in favor of prohibition. The law of the United States is that no one shall give or sell lirewater to an Indian, but the Cherokee legislators go further and prohibit the bringing of it into the Territory. In Tahlequah, when Bu>hyhead was Governor, there was an Irish black-, smith named Mike Delanoy. Xow, Mike had been received into the tribe because lie had married a squaw, and, strange as it may seem, was more of an Indian than any native. He used to orate by the hour over his forge at the wrongs of the red men. and one of his favorite perorations .was: "We have been persecuted by the ! white man, dhriveu from our homes in Georgia over the mountains an' valleys, an' our coble inheritance stholen away from us/' Mike frequently delivered himself of this, and the more fire-water he had in him the raore flannel-mouthed and unIndian was his brogue. He and Bushyhead were .great friends, and one day when the Governor was at the court house presiding over the meeting of the Legislature, the squaw-man appeared aud beckoned imperiously. ' Come here." he whispered, "Oi've something to tell you. There's a dead mule in town." A ''dead mule" is | Western slang for a keg of whisky, j "Give me a dollar," continued Mike, "an' I'll buy a bottle an1 keep it in the shop until yez can be afturr com in' to dhrink it." The Governor gave the money, ar-' half an hour later, deputizing some to take his place, he made his wa> the-forge. From atjir off he heard tl> inspiring strains of the "Irish Was he; woman," and as he drew near he recognized the oft-repeated refrain. "Och hone, Widow Machree, och hone, Widow Machree,1' the melody stoutly maintained by an anvil chorus. Hushing in, he was confronted by the hilaril.i?i.Im or rislred UHS vv mj ui uv u... ? for his share of the "dead mule." "Be aisy, Guvner;" cried the IrishIndian, "there's only two heels left, an' I'll dhrink that, as the la'.v's agin, glvia' an Indian whisky." And lie swallowed the rest, the Governor of the Cherokee Nation not daring to prevent him.?Washington Cor. N. Y. Tribune. The Color of Water, j _ What is the color of pure water? I Almost any person wno iias no spucim knowledge of the subject will r'cpl}- at once --It Jias no color." Yet everybody knows, either through hearsay or by evidence of his own eyes, that the ocean looks blue. Why the ocean looks blue is a question that few who have crossed it have ever sought to solve, says Nature, and there are probable many travelers who, though they have seen most of the famous rivers and lakes in the world, have failed tomotice the remarkable difference in color which their waters present. Even the ocean is not uniform in color; in some places its waters are green, or even yellowish. Some lakes are distincth' blue; others present various shades of green, so that in some cases they are hardly distinguishable from their level, grass-covered banks; a few are almost black. The lake of Geneva is azure-hued; the lake of Constance and the lake of Lucerne are green: the color of the Mediterranean has been called indigo. The lake of JBrienz is greenish yellow, and its neighbor, Lake Thun," is blue. New York has both green -and blue lakes. The colors of fivers differ yet raorfl widely. The Rhone is blue, and so ! the Danube, while the Rhine is green. Anybody who has traversed the wonderful Adirondack region and fished in its waters must have noticed the remarkable difference in the color of its rivers and smaller streams which radiate in every direction from the central i group of mountains. The waters ol I the Sacondaga are yellowish, while those of the Canada creeks and of the Mohawk are clear, with perhaps a bluish tint in deep poles. Fish creek is black or deep brown: and its neighbor, Salmon river, is colorless. Next comes the Black river, whose color is indicated by its name, but between it and the Grassc. which is also black or brown, is the Oswegatchie, with clear, white waters. The ISt. Regis, again, is black, but the Raquette is white. The St. Lawrence is blue. These various hues are not caused by mud or any apaque sediment, such as that which makes the Mississippi coffee-colored, but belonir to the waters, like the J golden color of tea, without greatly i impairing their transparency. j . The cause of the difference in the i color of l;i3<es and rivers has engaged the attention of many celebrated investigators of nature, such as Tyndall, Bunsen, Arago, Sainte-Claire Deville, anil others. Recently Prof. Spring of the University of Liege has carefully investigated the question of the color of water, and has reached some interesting conclusions. According to him, absolute pure water. when seen in masses of suilicienc thickness, is blue, and all the varieties of color exhibited ' - 1 1 ? ' ihr> ) 111 iaK.CS UIIU MlCillliO lUTO uuii! viiw i pro^ nee in the water of mineral salts I of different degress of solubility and in varying quantities. Water containing I carbonate of lime in a state of almost i complete solution remains blue, but if tiic solution is less complete the water will have a tinge of green, which will grow stronger us The point of precipitation is approached. Prof. Spring j concludes that if lime is added to blue j water in which so much carbonate of I lime is already dissolved that the poiut I of saturatian is approached the water i will become green, lu proof of this he : cites the fact that the water near the j shores of lakes and seas, where it I comes in contact with limestone, is I 11.. -V A-* .. tUoil i VI 11 jja'cuui ILno j iv here. ! j Against Taking Off Hats. Vienna dispatches to London News: I A movement is on foot in Austria and ! Hungary just now to do away with the | form of salutation customary among men?that of taking oil the hat. At j Oral/, a committee has been formed j which passed a resolution and called upon tAe civil and military governors. Baron Xuebec and Count Wurm brand, as also on the mayor of the tf ty. begging them to sanction the resolution ! accepting tl:e military saiute from ( inferiors. The three gentleme.i gladly j gave their consent. Tiie wish !>:is also beCii expressed that the dangerous eusi toil) of uncovering the head for a j length-of time at funerals sLouid be j done away with. It is pointed our tiiat the military salute must ncces[ sarily imply at least as much respect as lifting: the hat. since a commcu soldier thus salutes the highest command er in Hie army. iu tin; nuauip ages the h:it or c:i[? -.v.-isnot doffed. Edmund Gossc h::.? hc^sm :i biography I of his uu-.su. the 1'aiiaoud j naturalist. / . V lijf- wImmtan a>.>agyaaaat i wju i? nmu imwui'iiiygt Down Kust Superstition. j Evidence of somebody's firm belief in the old superstition about boring a hole in a thrifty tree, placing therein a lock of one's hair ami paring of the nails and then carefully plugging the hole, in the hope that a< soon as the deposit became solid wood all fear of future headache and other ills would be dispelled from the mind of him whose lock of hair was contributed to the tree, came to light in the quaint town of Wells recently. While sawing shin- { gles from a tree that recently stood \ +i.a Rz-xctrtri oml \I;riTif station in I that town, William Mawvell came j across just such an exhibition of J human deposit. The nails and dark brown hair were firmly embedded in the solid wood, being separated only when the machinery converted the wood into shingles'. The hair and nails could be traced in four of the shingles cut from that particular part of the tree. It is hoped that the bringing to light of these emblems in so rude a manner lias not broken the charm. jLeu;is!at Journal. Another- Cure for Rheumatism. j Lake City, Fla. P. P. P. Mn'fg Co., Savannah. Cra. Gentlemen?I bad rheumatism for over six years, and last May was taken down and confincd to my bed. My legs and feet were badly swollen and the color of a red apple, and I was iii a fearful condition. I heard of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium,) and after seeing what the ingi edients were?as the formula is on the bcttle?I concluded to try it. and after taking three small bottles was able to go down town and attend to my business, and I must say that I feel like another man. Am now taking the large size, and today I believe that I will soon be as lively as any man of sixty-one years of age can expect to be. A. C. Lang. Tetter. Saltrheuin and Cancer are all cured by P. P. P. The effects on these disease's are perceptible aft ":r the first bottle of P. P. P. was used. Randall Pope, the retired druggist of Madison, Fla., says P. P. P. is the best alterative in the market, and he lias handled and sold all the sarsaparillas and blood medicines that were advertised. ;i^K?s;^THJAsy CHiu>p"s?a8it IXSSEBSS^nuFECf ciMifflSfii-mother Tie Tezer Engine Worlds ?(Suceecsor to Dial Engine Works.) JOHN A. WILLIS PROPRIETY 1# WEST GEEVA1S Street ?&AIT0FACTURERS OF THEter Steam Engine AJ.L STZS5 OF BOTH BOCOMO J . AND FJSTU5N TU2DLAR BOILERS. FOOTER? "WORK IN IRON AND Sh^ REPAIRING PROMPTLY EXECUTED: July 23-cjq rj?io PLAxixxs AssuubH^ For Esilraa6o? on STEAEI SAW JaLLtL?, GL eicg. Harvesting ?nd ohter Ma chmety writ? to the undersigned, who will guarantee-the goods they may * offor in ail respects. and make matters rnteresfing both to oonsumera and cof&petitors. "Vfo will also furnish everything needed in the line of supplies: Belting, Oils, Piping, Fittings, Valves, Inspirators Injectors, Pumps, <fcc, Ac. W. H. GIBBES, J*, <fc CO. Columbia. S. C JSKSEY FIATS OlUftl Fever Cur?. Lars* ; bottles St ?4ils, ftaa ruarftateed to cure anj sageaf CMUjaaAFvrer, Material, Latarmittw | ind ^estitteat Fetfefi. b*' ! 2HB SABSSTT DEC? CO. ArersTA, 8* i THY JSaSBY PXAT3. F?bl5?? juILDER'S LIVER-PILLS | Itaserojbe JbHe ftT>n tie tyitem, core l. ! b3iwu tz?&l?, sad prerant malarial disease; | Far sate ?>y aU dmssistt aad i?1tfcba*t? at ? j ?srt? a bflX. at loailed on reecspt of price by TEE BAHRETT DRUG CO SAR3 6&IWB PIL*<8. [\2Zc HIRES' "lilPROVED 23efl| ROOT BEERS 1 '! tnz:?. !.'u- -on., icokstraininc easiutmaoc ?j :.-.cz five gaelcxs. ^ T:.?> . APPETIZING- end \FHOLBSOMP T-'M^EHANCS DRINK in the world. I.'iic'.ou? and Sparkling. THY IT. Ask your Druggist or Grocer for It. C. E. rH RES'. ""^PHILADELPHIA. DETECTIVES Waotcit la cvry County. Shrewd meu to act uo-lrr iostroctionJ In our Sccrct Scrvlcc Kspcricace sol aect-Kwry. Particulars (no. Grani)an Dot?>rtlv<> Bureau Co. ii Arctic. CizzzzzQG. rr<\tTS FX paiK'SSS *: v&r. msrI ,vVa <ga e? i*w*v i>vi.ii.: | ;' a ?**?>, *? I Ms^ ' r ~ " :tr'r:g^feCT>-" ! ^ i i 1 j FOR TIRED " \ J 1 MAN m WOMAN. I b P. P. P. will purify aid vitalize your gf ra blood, create a good appetite and give your jar H w whole system tone an? strength. j?, ^HH| ?s A prominent railroad f^jr-rintendent at BR 2 Savanrui&sufferingwith .1. Dyspep || i:i his life, an2 B? H 3 feels as if he could live fcrevtr. il he could H 1% always get P. P. P." H If you are tired out fr ~ .. _?a.<md gj close confinement, take If you are feelin? Irzij in. She spring a and out of sorts, take your digestive orgasm ^od toning up, h H If vou suffer with headache, indigestion, g debility and weakness, take ^ j -^^B g] 11 you SU1J.CI V. .Oil V , 3 nerves unstrung and a general let down S jjf of the system, take E| t H| ?1 For 31ood Poison. Rheumatism, Scro^_ SL_^ H ula, Ohi^Sores. ilalaria, Chronicjfi ililiU I Prickly Ash, Poke Root H J and Potassium. fl jS The best blood p-jriSer In the world. H ^ UPPilAN "Wholesale Druggists, 1 t ^ Lifpl'.o's Block, Savannah, Ga.v FINE MWM GASES. ^SJ~Ask ioi' catalojnie. i j TERRY M'FG CQ.^NAftHVH i,r_ TPP^ DEJ^IT H TOUR SURPLUS HONEY IN THE " ; COMMERCIAL BANK, COLUMBIA. S. C. ,* J One dollar and upwards received. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, paid quarterly, on the first days of February, May, Augask and November. Married women axjd aj minors can keep account in their omJ name. Higher rates of interest al-' Vj lowed by special arrangement. H C. J. Iredell. President. M Jxo. S. Leaphart, James Iredell, . 1 Vice^Presidatt; Cashier. 1 > - ~ r A m ; ^ THAilE THE FOLLOWING LINE OF MACHINERY ' . TALBOTT & SOX'S ENGINES' i AND BOILERS. SAW 2.1 ILLS \ A AND GBIST MILLS, VAN 1 WINKLE, EALL AND . * SUMMER'S COTTON GINS. ACME DOUUl'ilj-SUJKJj \\ UU11UJN . PRESS: THOMAS DIRECT~ ACTING STEAM PRESS, "SAYLOR" SEED COTTON ELEVATOR, ^ The most perfect in use All kinds L of WOOD-"WORKING MACHIN- M ERY for Planing Mills and Sa?h- MA Door and Blind Factories. BB BRICK MACHINES. ' . Complete Oil Mills and Ginneries x <8 designed and equipped -1 V. C. BRADHAM, Gen! Agt. -- ] C3 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THE BEST ON THE MARKET. PITTS' CARMINATIVE jd FOR CORSEClEfG NACSEA, DYS Jt entery, Diarrhea and Cholera 1?fan tun. A pieasant medicine of iaxlet^ b)e merit in the home circle for child adult. It is popular, pleasant and efficit-n^ Truly & mother's friend. It soothes heals the mucous membranes, and eb<-< the mucous discharge from head, ston:.?.? and bowels. The mucous discharge f:? : the head and lungs arc as promptly t lieved by it as the mucous discharge f- ^ ^ATOftTo T t no TA rplipvo t'-t -^Jk VAJT. UUTIWiJ, XJU AO UiAUV VV 4V??V(V , r, ^ tucous system and cure nausea, ant. t , doestt. It makes ifae critical perio<: i . teething children safe and easy. It 7 vlzorates and build? up the system w!: It Is rcHeying and curing the wasted tissuTt is recommended ami used largeh '?> jfcysltians. For sale by Wannamake. ^ Murray Co., Columbia, S. C., and whow ale by Howard & Wiilett, Augusta, 6* N II. II. I'm ?itAil ?.Vi'E^.D To CUIif ( e'lck iiia-iicinj '.v'-ri'.i-a'.n.r. m a '.b ? tine. Pi?veiits tl! .'Ir.luriaJ trochlea. f*LJ> M 197 matz. For by drosgiats nad m? I eksnU. Maimkcrtrji by