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1V. i THE STATE CAMPAIGN. THE BIG MEETING AT COLUMBIA. 'Speeches by Senator Hampton, Captain I Tilliuag and Others?A Horrible Accident ' >Iars the KayThe campaign meeting for .Richland earue off in Columbia on the 24 th inst. The Greenville News gives the following report: "When the parade arrived at the fair crvAnT* rl c c"r\/^o Ir/^vc TtrfiTA rrrD^fftrl ^IVUUUO Ui-L\, *7 ?? V/i \y CjX tv >-*. with round after round of cheers. At first only about a thousand people were on the grounds, but steady additions swelled the number to near 4,000. Before the hour had arrived the speakers' stand, which had been erected in the exhibition ling facing the main exposition building, was occupied by about fifty people, nearly all being representative men of the State. Chairman -John T. Sloan. Jr., called the meeting to order and announced that the proceedings would be opened with prayer by the Rev. Ellison Capers. That reverend gentleman invoked most earnestly and eloquently the guidance and sanction of the Divine power on all the proceedings 'of the day. Chairman Sloan then rose and made an appeal to the audience for order and for respectful attention for each speaker. He then presented Senator Wade Hampton, the grand and great hero who in peace and war had had the prosperity of his State at heart and had travelled four days to reach Columbia to discuss issues -which have a tendency to the disintegration of the party and v to soil the name of the grand old State. When Senator Hampton rose he was cheered to the echo. Hats went off and handkerchiefs were waving, while from every throat went up some cry of applause. The band on the | balcony of the main building struck up "Dixie" and l rebel yell rent the aii-. the soul stilling air and harmon" 1~ caecis uitJiiuiiig uu n cuvx. uo ui. welcome to the State's great leader and patriot. Senator Hampton stood erect while the cheering r.'as going on and when it had sufficiently moderated to allow Lira to go ahead commenced his .. ^ speech. He said: "Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens of South Carolina: Ycur cordial greeting has touched my heart so dearly that I can scarcely find words with which to thank you. I have come here in obedience to the call of the executive committee of my U1>J UUUlibj 1.11C wauivv OJJV/OC ptuple have given me every honor within theij* power and whom I have tried to serve?to speak on the gravest issues which have touched the State since "76. I have come to consult what is best to promote the prosperity of the State. I have come to see what the survivors of "76, whose courage redeemed the State from the most ruinous rule under which a civilized people ever existed, say we shaljl do." Senator Hampton said before he began to discuss the issues he wanted to say he concurred heartily in what the chairman hacl said in opening the meeting. He was ashamed to hear that it had not been done in some of the meetings. He never expected to see the day when a South Carolina audience could insult John Bratton, who had led South Carolinians into the jaws of death. Had the people forgotten the services of such men to the State? Senator Hampton urged against division in his most earnest manner. He considered the high tariff the bane of the fanners and the sub treasury bill a humbug. He said he dreaded to hear of divisions now when on she calendar of Congress there were already iniquitous election laws which boded incalculable evil to the State.. If the people had not had self-government they were themselves to blame for it. They had not done their duty to the party and State in electing delegates to the conventions. "While Senator Hampton was speaking Colonel Earle arrived on the ground and -was greete d with a wild demonstration, interrupting Hampton's remarks for some minutes. General Bratton was presented amid wild chering and gave his warning to the people in no uncertain terms. He was heard with earnest attention and occasionally interrupted with vociferous applause. When Tillman was introduced tiiere was a who. nuzzan irom tne crowd in front of the stand, which was largely made up of the Edgefield contingent of Tillmarrites. ffisses mingled with the cheers indicated the opposition sentiment, which Chairman Sloan soon quieted by determined action. During his speech all sorts of jeers were thrown out at the agitator, but his pluck seemed to make an impression on the crowd, and such demonstrations grew less frequent as he pjL'uueeueu. Captain Tillman spoke on the same questions which have been the body of his other speeches and alluded to the defeats which farmers' convenx tions had met for three successive years. His speech was interrupted by a heavy shower which drove the people to the main building and mosl effectually dampened those on the stand, where umbrellas were raised. On resuming Captain Till' man went on with the charge of bamboozling and debaucheiy. Captain 1 m-t* i . :i ? _ lULimaii was questioned as 10 ms war record. Ke wise urged to give it by Col. A. C. Haskell. Tillman: "I was too young to be in the war." Haskell: "How old were you wlien the war ended?" Tillman: "I was seventeen years old, but I was a paralyzed invalid during the last six months of the war." Before Captain Tillman made this explanation Colonel Haskell stepped near hi to stop the vociferation of the crowd. Tillman put out his hand to cull his attention. Haskell recoiled ; from him with the words, '"Don't ; touch me. i Tillman said: *T .was not aware that Col. Haskell's animosity could go so far that he would shrink from me : as if I was a poisonad arrow." Colonel Haskell here pointed to his ! scarred face. Tillman said: "Yes: you were v shot and I honor you. for it." i Captain Tillman then called on General Capers to bear testimony as , to the services of- his brother in the war. (Ira-nnnArr>] {'a/npvs said t,ti.it. .Tim 1 Tillman was coior bearer of bis regi- < meiit. ] Here the people grew quite boister- i ous and Hampton had to arise and i beg attention. ] Captain Tillman's charges of aris- ] tocraey were stronger and more bit___ n TT. .U. J.1 Ji txt iua.ii over, ne auuaeuto inu wuiuing of the circular signed by Columbia men which he read. "Caste against caste" was his quotation. He closed by saying that alll.e had charged had been explained, but as long as the other side kept up its clamor he would fight into Charleston on the same grounds. If he was Governor he would not be the Governor of a class, city or town but would do his duty regardless of whom he offended. Colonel Earle spoke from a buggy between tlie stand and building. As lie stood there erect ike sun falling on his classic features and bared forehead the admiration of the people showed itself in a tremendous outburst of applause. He pursued his argument in the calm, masterly man lier which has marked his utterances from the beginning of the campaign. His speech was strong and met with general approval from all who heard it. When he had finished he was bome back to the stand on the shoulders of seme of Hie Sumter men who came here today. Colonel Jno. C. Haskell was the next speaker. His eloquence, so widely known, failed not of its calling. He had come to answer the charges of Tillman, and this he did in so effective a manner that any reasonable man should have been convinced. He presented figures in abundance to *? 1 T i l. - snow tne voice tne larmers naa m me State government since '76. Tillman was not on the stand, notwithstanding the fact that Haskell had informed him of his intention to answer his charges, that he might make good or retract them. The meeting closed with a speech of E. B. Gary, who was guyed with the utmost good nature by ihe audience. Ho said he had charged no corruption against the State government. The Meeting at Edgefield. (Special to the Greenville News.) Aiken, S. C., June 2G.?The campaign meeting at Edgefield is over without bloodshed or any violent occurrence, but it "was marked by very rude and gross behavior on the part of the Tillmanites, who composed four-fifths of the meeting. About one thousand people were present, including women, children and negroes Tillman was borne n J J.1 upon Uie STiSLge upoil IJUe buuiuucio UI men and seated in an arm chair elaborately dressed. General Bratton spoke first, briefly. He was treated with signal discourtesy by the young Tillmanites who clustered thick and close on the steps of the platform. Earle spoke second and very ably, j^eenly and boldly. The Tillmanites interrupted and jeered him incessantly but he met them with the bravest, w-wl/lacf /lirrmfv mirl -finnllv r^rmniiered tliem. j Tillinan spoke third amid indescribable demonstrations of enthusiasm from his followers. His speech was bold and bitter. He seemed to enjoy the situation. Gary spoke amid great cheers. Crawford was strong and was treated with some show of respect. Pope made the taking speech of the day. He was satirical and humorous. He was borne from the stand upon the shoulders of frantic Tillmanites. Graydon afcterapfced^to speak and did speak, amid such gross and univnmloUo^ niilanflco OC mncf. fnVPYAV CW.tAJ.VVA 1 UUiVAXVkJU 1,11 fc%vw *v* W . be a stigma upon the gentility of Edgefield. Farley made a bright and very goo denatured speech. Bonliam's speech vras very fine and he received a very respectable hearing. Chairman Norris presided. ExGo vemor Sheppard was present on the_stand but did not speak. Hampton, JtJutier ana jiarsnan were not present nor were the Haskells. The meeting has been a wild and tumultuous Tillman demonstration. The crowd was not as large as was expected but all parts of the county were represented. SFARMERS PRESSING THEIR QUESTIONS Some Striking point* in the Campaign in North Caroiina. Raleigh, X. C, June 26.?The Farmers'-illiance is unquestionably '"? l IP J * XT i/I_ T tne greatest iactor on oith ^uruiixia politics. Its State secretary sent out, a few days ago, cards with certain pledges to be made by all Congressional candidates. This matter became very prominent by reason of the fact that Colonel H. C. -Jones, a Democratic candidate for the Congressional nomination in the sixth, district, refused to make the pledge. This caused much stir. The Progressive Farmer is the State organ of the Alliance, and it publishes an editorial on Colonel Jones's refusal to sign those pledges in -which it says: "We believe that a farmer will go from the sixth district to Congress. If the lawyer candidates are not better than the methods now being used to secure their nomination, their election would be a calamity. Farmers and all other people in the sixth dis trict, now is your time to show yoiu* hand. If you want a good farmer in Congress, you can, by united action, put him there. If you do not, you may expect to toil on and grow poorer every year. Take your choice. "The above will apply to every district in the United States. "Now a word about Colonel Jones. He says that less than one-third of ,the farmers of that district belong to r\ alliorinn tliof icj UiXV/ J. I lUUlliV/V.. -L. XX OL u xo i nvw A S^V> V* Nearly all of the intelligent faimers of the district are members of the order. The few intelligent ones who are not members are in sympathy with it. Hence the Alliance represents the wishes of a majority of the gocd people of the district." This editorial shows that the Alliance proposes to go actively into the onrl mat/a -in ic?np rlivn^f A Double Tragedy. New Orleans, June 26.?A Picayune Grovert011, Texas, special^says: Great excitement was caused liere last night by the suicide of a beautiful young lady, lL-:s Anna Turner, daughter of Judge John B Turner, and the excitement was intensified it-- r.ii V. JLL^Ii Lliv, JLitlilC'I LUU-h. LiitT piSLVi 11 Ui.Lt the hands of Lis clyin^j daughter and -d Professor Davis. Nothing is L: jf.-u as to the cause of the tragedy, Proiossor Davis came here last March From Wake Forest College, North Carolina, and took charge of the icaderay at this place. He was a ?ood looking young man. ?Ex-Secretary "Whitney thinks :here will be union on the Democratic ticket ill New York this full, tie told a correspondent in London ;hat the Democrats can win. by uniing on "William Steinway. I here are nany cadences that Steinway expects the nomination. \ a. W . a? naiMiHWtwc?HIIB I - Kj?mmtmmmmMOtf: i GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ! ?Brooklyn's population is 807,000. ?John L. Sullivan pleaded guilty j and was fined $500. ?The House has resolved to dis- i /-.net? flio -national ??lo??+irm liill fill ! July 2. ?Lord Tennyson is spending the! summer at Blacksdown, near Hasle-1 mere, and is in good health again. ?Physicians sent to rep )rt on the character of the disease prevailing in Valencia, Spain, say it is a genuine cholera. ?The Prussian [Minister of Finance, Yon Scholz, has tendered his resignation; and it has been accepted by the T"> . ' jiimperor. ?The New York Court of Appeals has again affirmed the sentence against Kemmler, the man to die by electricity. ?The international prison congress, which has been in session at St. Petersburg. has finished its business and adjourned. ?Fire broke out in the King's county penitentiary, N. Y., ??Ionday, causing a loss of ?55,000 to the county and the contractors. TTU ? T> 1 T> IO -Lilt: X CJLLUS^ i VitUUill Congress nominated Senator Delameter for Governor on the second ballot. The body was bossed by Quay. ?The entire business portion of Cerillos, N. M., fifty miles north of Albuquerque, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Loss Si00.000. ?Sixty freight conductars on the Chicago division of the Illinois Central have struck against some new rules, and paralyzed freight traffic. ?One thousand operative in the John Capcutt and Tatroon silk mills, Yonkers, N. Y, went out on Monday :?l ~ i.- o ugajuusi/ a icuuutiuxi J.U wu io pti cent, in wages. ?A tug blew up at a dock at tiiefoot. of Van Brunt street, Brooklyn, on Monday. Captain Squires, tbe cook, a deck hand, the fireman and a watchman on a scow adjoining were killed. ?A train on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad jumped the track at Tuckerton, Pa., on Monday, killing engineer Heller and his brother, his fireman, and injuring other train men. ?f!hir?notfvspeiiftns rr-f.nvns <rive the city considerably over a million population and make it a close tiling with Philadelphia for rank as the country's second city. Chicago has more than doubled in ten years. ?J. C. Gann, a prominent farmer of Stokes county. N. C., aged GO years, was thrown from a wagon he was chiving last week, and was dragged about a quarter of a mile. He was dead when picked up. ?J. W. Delaplaine. of Hampton, Ya., his son and a nephew were drowned at Old Point Comfort while sailing Monday. The son was knocked overboard and the father and nephew went over to rescue him. ?Par per Harris, Ed Carr and Hardy Ballard, colored, and Frank Brenish, white, were hanged at Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday. The white man was hung alone, as he objected to being hung with negroes. ?Sara Bernhardt took an overdose of chloral Tuesday morning, and it took four hours hard work by the doctors to save her life. She is in the habit of using the drug a~, an opiate, and accidentally took too much, ?A severe electrical storm passed the Winston section of North Carolina on Monday. Lightning struck the residence of Mr. James Griffith, near Mfc. Pleasant church, killing him and two of his grandchildren. Making Democrats of Negroes. Birmingham, Ala., June'26.?Charles H. J. Taylor, a negro lawyer of Atlanta, who was minister to Liberia during the Cleveland administration, proposes to take the colored voters over to the Democratic party in a body. Taylor has perfected a plan for a convention to be held in Atlanta next month, to be composed of one colored delegate from, each State in the Union. The purpose of the convention, as announced by Taylor, is to decide upon the best plan of pre paring uyui.es i,u prove iu wut; negiuso that they have never received any favors irom the Republican'party and never will receive any. In an interview with the Sun correspondent today Taylor said that he has visited a number of States, North and South, in the interest of his plan, and everywhere finds most of the educated and intelligent negroes in full sym pathy with the movement. They begin to realize, he says, that they can never hope to be more than mere voting machines while they remain in the Republican party, and that their real friends are the Democrats. Taylor thinks fully 1,000,000 negro voters will vote the Democratic ticket at the next national election. Mr. McCormick at His Old Home. Mr. Leander J. McCormick, the millionaire agriculture implement manufacturer, has sold out his large plant at Chicago for over ?3,000,000 and retired from business. He is a native of Rockbridge county, Va.. and has been on a visit to the old homestead, near Raphine, in that county, for several weeks. He is superintending the section of nine shafts, which he is placing over the graves of his ancestors, buried at the Old Providence Church. It is stated that some of the most valued and highly prized ornaments in his pala CI ell pailUi& ttu ai^ v/vuixiii^ ( utensils used by his grandmother at the old home in Rockbridge. He believes in keeping alive the memory of his departed rei itives, and gathers around him every thing that will serve that purpose and remind him of his boyhood days. o The Smokestack Tumbled Down. Augusta, Ga., -June 24.?This evening. during a rain and wind storm, the big iron smokestack at the new electric railroad company's]'; power NT-./vt* /-I />vod">nrl juuust;, iiu^jyicu utci. ctJuvL . through the roof. Fortunately do I one was caught under it, and the damage to the machinery was very slight. The chimney is three feet in diameter, eighty feet high and weighs over five thousand pounds. One of the anchors in the ground, to which a guy rope was attached, pulled out, causing the accident. o - " A Short Will. The following is the will of Judge Kimmell, of Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pa, It is tlie shortest ever placed on record in this country: "I will, bequeath and devise to my wife. P. Jane Kimmell, who has been j faithful and ti^ie. all my estate what- j soever and wheresoever, she to pay ! my debts and ^execute the will. She is | not to file any inventory or settle an j account." . L * A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT Mars the Campaign 3Ieet>ngat C'olnmbia? j Three Men Hurt. Columbia, June 2-1.?One of the saduest and most horrible accidents that have ever happened was caused ; by tiie premature explosion 01 a cannon at tiie fair grounds today just ; before the speaking began. The ar- ; tillery iiad been located in tlis valley ' in the rear of the speakers' stand, and several s dvos had been fired. ; TV. H. Casson had his fingers on the vent and a charge was being rammed in when a messenger came with instructions to cease firing. Mr. Casson's hand slipped from the touchv.^1^ I,,.,1 a UVJiC. UU.C cil_L X UolICvL 1JI, ciXlU. UCiViC the men around could stir, there was an explosion, and they were knocked aside like so nianv chips. 01m Bail* of Barr's Landing, fifteen miles from Columbia, had been loading. He was thrown forward as if by a catapult, and horribly mangled. finrh n. r?nv?lv if p\~p-v bp held. The poor fellow's arms were litter ally shot to pieces and his hands hung by threads. Through the coagulated blood that disguised his face could be seen a deep hollow where an eye ought to have been. Down to the waist there were bloody wounds causing a sickening sight. After being strapped to the boards he was tenderly removed, and as they placed him iu a carriage the brave fel1 * 1 1 i *iv_ lows mangle a ups parted, ana ne stammered: "Did anyone else get hurt.'' After being carried clown the street both arms were amputated just below the elbow. Both eyes are going. Lieutenant John M. Stork, one of the most popular young men in the city, was also horribly wounded. Blood ran from his amis like water, and formed a crimson pool around him. His right hand was in shreds, and his face was blackened and bloody. He was removed to his home and his right arm was amputated. W TT woe nlco rtfiinfi'illV i i i> w.; iw.JV injured. Though his left hand was horribly mangled he thought not of himself until the other wounded men had been attended to. BaiT died tonight at 11 o'clock, his father being present. Casson. will loso the fingers of hs left hand. He says that he did not take his finger from the vent, but that they forgot to swab the cannon. A WONDER AMONG WOMEN. The Story of a Georgia W fe Who Did Not Speak to Her Husband iu 30 Years. TT j: * : ri. _ Willing iroui Amenuus, vjru.. u, currespondent of the Philadelphia Times says: The death of Mrs. Susan E. Merrifield, which occurred here yesterday, revives interest in one of the most peculiar cases ever known of a vow of silence made and kept 30 years. In 1860 Mrs. Merrifield, who, it is said, was a little woman of a peculiarly bright and cheery disposition, was telling her husband of some oc 1 1- - l "L ? . currence, wnen ne requesteu xier in a very surly manner to be silent, adding that the sound of her voice was hateful to him. It seems that Mr. Merrifield, while ' a good husband in every other way, was in the habit of venting his displeasure when aroused by outside matters by ill-humor with his wife whose good nature usually passed his testiness by, but on this occasion she replied that as it was hateful to him he should never hear her voice again. And he never did, nor did any other person ever hear it, for in spite of her husband's remorse f>nd remonstrances from friends and rel atives, Mrs Merrifield kept her room, though she continued to act the part of a good wife and mother, fulfilling every duty scrupulously. She even bore three children to her husband after this vow was taken. "When communication was absolutely necessary with those about her she used a slate, but reduced a language of signs to such perfection in governing her houshold and children that it was but seldom thaL this slate was resorted to. It was thought that when her husband died she would resume the use of her speech, but while sue sat oy his dying bed, devoted and loving to the last, in answer to his supplications that that she spoke but a word to him, wrote on the slate with all of the evidences of grief: "I cannot, I cannot! God forgive and help me, I cannot!" But whether it was that she found it impossible to break her will and her vow, or that long disuse had affected her organs so that she really could not use them, could not be arrived at, but her family inclined to tlie latter belie", lor it if- ?aiu mat while 011 her own deathbed she made distinct but ineffectual efforts to speak to her children, dying with the seal 01 silence unremoved from her lips. Rampant Radicals. CiiiHAGo, June 26.?The Republicans of the Third Illinois District today renominated William E. Mason to Congress. After he had been nominated Mason was brought into the Convention and made a speech on national issues. Amoncr other things he said: "We are not going to wave the bloody shirt, but when they stand in 1 -? **? ill i j iticiimonci ana decorate trie statue 01 the Father of his Country with a rebel flag, I say that the man who does it is as much a traitor as any rebel was thirty years ago." Rattlesnakes in a Colt's Jaw Montezuma, Iowa, June 26.?A mare belonging to Thomas Ballard, living near this city, gave birth to a colt that had a lump on its jaw which j prevented it from sucking. The lump i was cut off, and on being opened was found to contain a lot of small-sized rattlesnakes. Mr. Ballard says the day after the mare was bred she was bitten by a rattlesnake, but suffered no cMi'nne pffW't. The miestion that I puzzles local scientists is by what means the rattlesnakes were propagated in the colt's jaw. im i ? Transfixed by a Picce of Wood. New York. June 26.?John Killer, 40 years old, met a strange death to- 1 day in the planing mill at 306-310 ; Eleventh avenue, where he was cm ployed at work. He was near a cir- i on-nr Tt-OC 111 /wvro+1 r\n A V_/ LIJLC^JL OcA< > V ))XA1V/U nuu >?* V|/VIMVAVU< -..A. sliver of wood was whirled off the saw. It had a sharp point and the wood passed through Hiller's neck like an arrow,completely severing ihe ? jugular vein. Hiller only lived a few imputes. ^ ?Mr. Stanleys wedding will, ac i cording to present arrangements, i take place at AYest minscer Abbey on i July 12. The oi&ciating clergymen ] will be the Bishop of Eipon, the Mas- < ter of the Temple, and the Dean of < Westminster. i f EX-MAYOR COURTENAY'S VIEWSHis. Letfer Declining; to be a Candidate for i;mce?iteview 01 present c;o?<iitions. J. J. Hull, Esq.?My Dear Sir: I recall roth. pleasure your friendly announcement, on belialf of the citizens of Rock Hill, four years ago, and renewed in 1888, proposing- my candidacy for Governor ol'ScuthCarolina. Wliile absent temporarily in Alabama last spring i received a copy 01 your paper renewing tlie nomination for 1890. As the evidence of friendly regard by the citizens of Rock Hill, these several mentions of my name for the executive office have been highly appreciated and greatly valued be me, coming, as they do, from a community in the front rank of pro gressivc South Carolina cities, moving forward on the correct lines of industrial and business development ?a suggestive example, worthy of imitation. I looked forward to this campaign as presenting a favorable opportunity to discuss important party methods and matters of grave public concern to the State. Both call imperatively for reform. The canvass has been initiated, however, and the issues are seemingly made up on certain personal lines. What, in my humble opinion, should have invited a temperate discussion by the best thought and experience of our State, has been unwisely forced into a purely personal issue, marked by misrepresentation and invective. Tticnrnico if oc tto mnv +.V)PVA ft.TC1 large questions in South Carolina to be wisely solved, pressing public matters evolved by the slow growth of many years, either originating in antiquated precedent, or founded in an imported constitution. To such high plane this year's canvass should have been raised and might have been elevated. but has not been; only an en forced personal campaign is in progress. Nevertheless, its general direction is toward reform, and the only proper course now, in my opinion, is to surround it with every conciliatory influence and wisest counsel. The ultimate result cannot bring harm, to South Carolina, if a pmdent management of the canvass is mutually agreed upon, with recognition of the fact that conciliatory language is better than unmerited abuse. The excitement of the canvass will presumably run it3 course, and the September Convention will finally decide for the whole party. Then will come a season of quiet and rest, A 4-n vs ?s\-t* /?ol Y-W-V TxrVn/>V> CI UliiU iUi <jgn I I J. t r .i J. i \sj-i.y wisely used, can be utilized to the benefit of the party and the State. You are well aware that I have not at any time been an active candidate for Governor. My position, publicly stated, has been, that I would take no step to that end, and yet I have felt, and have frankly said, that I would not decline a service-call which I felt came from a majority of the party, in responding to which I might be iiseful. Under the circumstances, and in the present condition of the campaign m tiie State, l would. asi? tnat you discontinue the mention of iny name for Governor in your valued journal. With renewed thanks to my Kock Hill friends, whose good wishes I value, and in the hope that unofficially I may be of use to our party and people, at all times I am yours respectfully, Wu. A. Coubtexey. Charleston, S. C., June 14. Caught a Mermaid. W. W. Stanton, mate of the schooner Addie Spaeffer. while fishing for bass three miles of St. Augustine drew his line and found entangled therein the strangest creature ever /?onorlif in f.Tna wafpTS nf -fViis p.nasf,. Tt, is about six feet long, pure white and scaleless. The head and face are wonderfully human in shape and feature. The shoulders are well outlined, and much resembles those of a woman, and the breasts arejwell defined and show considerable development, while tLa hips and abdomen continue the human resemblance. It has four flippers, two of which are placed at the lower termination of the body, and give one the impression that nature made all effort to supply the strange creature with lower limbs. "When it w<is drawn on board the schooner it gave utterance to a low, moaning cry ;llke j,he sobbing of a child. .Mr. Stanton will present his mermaid to the Smithsonian Institution.?Chicago Tribune. Gen. Rosscr's Suggestion. In a letter to the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser writes: "Gen. R. E. Lee, Virginia's; greatest son, has been honored by the people of the South without reserve, and a majestic and beautiful monument has been erected by lov ing hands to his glorious memory. At the base of that grand structure are four reservations?one for Albert Sydney Johnston, one for Stonewall Jackson, one for A. P. Hill, and one for J. E. B. Stuart- These great, good and heroic men should be placed at their post around General Lee at once. Three of them were his lieutenants, and are inseparably bound up with him in his military life, and he looks lonely without them. Now, I wish to appeal through the columns of your paper (which reaches all Virginians) to the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, asking that superb command to place our great general, J. E. B. Stuart, upon his post with General Lee. I want the cavalry to do this unaided by others, and I want every trooper to give at least a mite. I will start the subscription with S500." The Dispatch suggests that the proper wa.v fri corn- rmf fliic wmilfi be to form an organization and elect officers, including treasurer to receive contributions. ?A boy named Dews performed a dangerous feat in West Orange, N. J., the other daj*. The contractor for tlie drain that has been laid to carry off the standing water in the lots on Valley road wanted to determine whether or not the drain was free from obstructions, and offered i'u- ~ ?-n u til" 1 au a aiilOJUL oliJLll LU lUJ.VU.gLL xu. The pipe is 18 inches in diameter, is laid 8 feet underground, and is 1,200 feet long. The boy accepted the offer and entered the pipe. Half an hour later he emerged safely from the other end. Crops in the South. The Chattanooga Times publishes in exhaustive statement regarding the crops in Tennessee, Alabama and G-eorgia. It shows the wheat crop iliroughout the entire territory canrassed to be almost a complete failure. Com. cotton and tobacco are n splendid condition, the yield promising to exceed that of last year. 3f fruits there is half a crop. Grasses of all kinds are good. The busi-. less outlook is encouraging. ' i . Jt I m 111? ig?angp?FiaB^ %' aBnanamai ITEMS OF INTEREST. ?JNesv lork city s population oy i the new census is over 1,GOO,000. '( ?Secretary Blaine is said to bitterly I criticize and ridicule the MeKinley I tariff bilL i ?The Duke of Orleans gained ( several pounds in weight during his , imprisonment. \ ?It is afacfc of interest that Strauss 3 tlie great composer of .valtzes, docs not waltz himself. I ?Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks will take ' no vacation, but will preach in his 1 Boston church every Sunday this summer. 1 ?The population of the District of ; Columbia, by this census, is 228,160 ] agaist 177,624 in 1880. ?In the Georgia race for Governor Hardeman has, so far, Houston's ' four votes. Northern has Lee, Hancock and Gwinnett?ten votes. ?The wealthiest man in Alabama is probably Josiah Moms of Montgomery. He has a fortune of ?3,000,000 Lii'dbit wcta mauc xui ljllc ^tut from operations in real estate. ?Pierre Lorillard, whose brief career has been most remarkable, is in the prime of life, "with a strong and robust figure, and a ruddy complexion. The annual expenses of his stables have sometimes reached the sum of $250,000. ?Some statistican has figured out that for the annual nourishment of 15,000,000 cows and 12,000.000 horses there are needed 30,000,000 tons of hay, 90,000,000 bushels of cornmeal, the same of oatmeal, 275,000,000 bushels of oats, 2,000,000 bushels of com, at a cost of $450,000,000. ? The exposition at Ottumwa, la., in September next is to be held in an immense coal palace, as representa tive of the great mining industry ot this section of the State. It will have an average width of 130 feet, a length of 200 feet. It will be the finest exhibit of black diamonds ever S2en on the continent. ?An English gentleman who died recently left the bulk of his fortune to Rev. Mr. Spurgeon. He had several relatives ill provided for. and the trustee decided to put their case before the preacher. The result was that ill*. Spurgeon put the property in then* hands for distribution among xt j j ljlw; neeujc cs uj. ullc lcoimvvu. ?An ear of com on exhibition at. San Louis Obispo, Cal, is described as being in the exact form of a human hand; the wrist, palm, thumb and fingers being all perfect. It is covered with small grains to near the tips of the fingers, which are bare prongs of cobs, giving the hand the appearance of being clad in a mit. ?The population of New York is 1,615,303, according to the estimate of the health department for last week. The population of Brooklyn is estimated at about. 850,000, so that the two great towns have about 2,500,000 inhabitants. The Sun thinks the actual enumeration now going on will probably show a result only slightly different;. ?Aii Indiana Kepublican, writing to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, says a very uneasy feeling prevails in that State, something similar to that in 1879, when the Democrats scooped the deck and captured eight Congressmen out of thirteen. He says if something is not done on the tariff question to placate the people, it looks as if the old machine would go to smash. ?The prospectus of a new transcontinental railroad, to start at Norfolk, Ya., and run in a straight line across the country, has been issued at Washington. Virginia,;; Tenneesee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Texas are to be traversed. According to the prospectus, a preliminary survey has been made and elaborate calculations show that the whole project is to cost $70,000,000. ?Women ball player3 are having troublous times this season. In Chicago the members of two feminine nines were badly left in the lurch by their financial manc.ger, who disappeared with the receipts at the end of the first of a proposed series of games. In Danville a:a entire club was swept away into cold cells by the unfeeling members of the Civil Sabbath Observance Association who objected to the defeat of the Danville Browns on the Lord's Day. Tobacco Culiure in Xorth Carolina. As an evidence of how the culture of tobacco has increased in Nash i count v. N. C.. where the culture was introduced in 1884, a local paper states that one thousand tobacco barns have already been erected in that county, and that many more will be erected before the crop matures. Many of the farmers of that section have cleared from ?300 to ?400 an acre on their tobacco, figures which are rarely ever equaled anywhere. Happy Women. "What is it that makes women more smiling and happy looking than men? We meet them on the cars, on the i-r> oniinW Viv fVip ??>?r. O UX CO} iil w ? ? i y wa*v k/v? shore, always smiling, teeth a glistening, eyes a dancing. Ah! the secret is they aim to please. It is an effort in many instances for'them to smile, and were it not for a desire to look pleasing and pretty many would never smile again. Why? Because in a large majority of instances they don't feel like smiling. They feel more like crying. With their nervous aches, weakness and bearing down pains, life to them is a burden. What a gold-find to many a physician is a rich sick woman. Why should lie aim to cure lier and deny himself tlie pleasure of presenting his bills with the usual regularity. It seems from the following, that the surest and cheapest way for invalid women to regain health and strength is bv using ,t:> n \ I )(11,7111 !<*, JUJLUUU. \ XJ. AJ. XJ. ) Mrs. J. A. White, 340 Wythe Street, Petersburg, Ya., writes: "I have used B. B. B. with hnppy results, and others ha"5e taken it at my advice and are delighted with its curative results." J. N. Gregory, Butler Postofiice, S. C., writes: "My wife had been under the treatment of several good physicians, but continued in poor .health, so I bought four bottles of Botanic Blood Balm and it did her more good than those doctors had done her in ten years. She is now -3 "U V4 UUili^ JJLC1 <JVYJJL >Vrt^lULU^? ih UJLULll^ OULC had not been able to do for four years.'' ?There is a tie-up on the Illinois Central railroad in Chicago, on account of a strike of the conductors and ! switchmen. The men say the strike j will extend over the whole s3rstem. j The demand ,of the men is the dis-j missal of an obnoxious superintendent. / / t M mt iJmtilkim ? Criticising a Young Lady. "She would be a pretty girl but for i me thing." "What's that f" asked Charley. i1 ureorge?"ner lace :s always coy- j < ?red with purple and red blotches." I, . Charley?"Oh. that's easily enough lisposed of. Used to be the same >vay myself, but I caught on to the trouble one day, and got rid of it in 10 time." George?"What was it'V Charley?'"Simply blood eruptions, rook a short course of P. P. P. I :ell you, it:s the boss blood corrector, rhe governor had rheumatism so bad that you could hear him holler clear lcrois the county every time he. moved. He tried it, and you know what an athletic old gent he is now. [f somebody would give Miss Daisy . nm o f_ I UL OJU.<3 WV/UJLVU. LILCmZi. LOJ-V/JU-fc uMi.~ fcerwards. All the drag stores sell it.' Every one should use P. P. P., because at this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize and enrich the blood. Dyspepsia and Indigestion In their worst forms are cured by the use of P. P. P. If you are debilitated and run down, or if you need a tonic to regain flesh and lost appetite, strength and vigor, take P. P. P., and JUU VT JhLJL OUIVU5 OJLI.VU. JlVUUkVMJ. J. VA shattered constitutions and lost manhood P- P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) is the king of all medicines. P. P. P. is the greatest blood purifier in tbe world. For sale by all druggists. When the change of life approaches woman, she should use Bradfield's Female Regulator, thereby passing safely the crisis. Sold by all druggists. . jam*-. 2T5? s a w he co w jFl FEMALEm, regulator M r. r^S TR U AT iON or monthly sjckness 1? nurmm/* i^uftv.rc ftc \\?* 1* tr-i uunuiw \jT *.? ? GutAT. BMMaER '-157 SU? rcTOBS WilL EE MQS?& JSOOK TO,'WOMAft'I*?^/?flS' BRA OF/ELD REGULATOR Gd. ATLANTA Bk SOLD B Y ALL Dnucasrs. ij 23c* y.inj;3" fM^iloVED iieP SiOOT BEER! 1 f- :nuc&3. at e9iuv.s.>?fSMNiKS tAaa-MAce 3)j I '- J ? - ? wt V?c? t??p Jl 71 AVC fiw . ? . V?//. wO jT.r^ Vfumwum jjypf SlIflEER Ti? T.io?n APPSTIZTNG and WHOLESOME TEMPERANCE DRINK in tie world. Oo'-icious and Sparkling. TRY IT. Ask your Druggist or Grocer for It. ?- S. HIRES. PHILADELPHIA. DETECTIVES (Tasted in every County. Shrewd men to act under instruction! In our Secret Service. Experience not necessary. Particular* free. Grannan Detective Bureau Co. 44Arci4e,Cistimti,QL MAS? BALAAM a':<i b-wntifles too hair. Vfei x'rjicrnes a iuiitriant growth. Mevcr f iih t;? Restore Gray Cu;?* V11' " ' " * *'* iinirtaUlogj I^CrS'.'S*? &\yn.,-.^ ' ! * -r 1. ; > ' -?3 *a S-SESS a K?*3 CL'-?15^r? vl ?ija ,(Kd fiS i?u'? UiVJ.siiiL'j 5^i3iA3 f *.j brff h** jj GUSKiORS. Whjsp?-s heard. CXuifortsble. Saec*?ifal wher?**!l Eitaijdietfaii. SoldbyF.HISfOJi. only, BrM way, Stir 1 or it* Writo for bcek ?* jro#?? Vfc?tf Hn~ t> guaranteed to ou.s n . XT Sick Headache ana Constipation in a short time. Prevents all Mala rial troubles. Price fifty cents. For sale b;j druggists and merchants. Manufactured bj the Barrett drug co., Ansnsla. Ga. DEPOSIT YOUR SURPLUS HONEY IN TH1 COMMERCIAL BANK, ?OF? COLUMBIA. S. C. Une dollar and upwards receiveo. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, pe* annum, paid quarterly, on the firs, days of February, May, August anc November. Married women anc minors can keep account in their owi name. Higher rates of interest al lowed by special arrangement. C. J. Iredell, President Jno. S. Leaphabt, James Iredeli Vice-President. Cashie. TALBERT & SON'S ENGINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS Are acknowledged to be the best ever sold in this State. When you buy one of them you are satisfied that you have made no mistake. Write for our prices. WTTUS liias AiNL) COTTON PI! ESSES AT BOrrOM FIGURES. I can save you money. V. . BADHAM, Gen. Agt., COLUMBIA, S. C. .?3-lIome office and Factory: Hloumond, Va. JERSEY FLATS! Chill and Fever Cure. Larwe bottles60'eat* and guaranteed to cure any case of Chills aud Fever, Malarial, Iatermiiteut at k Remit! ent THE BARRKTT DBUG CO., Augusta, Ga. TRY-JERSEY FLATS N 1 . - B R'S yVRRPIM^B Kfrtn;-ve (lie hue f om the system. cH bil!??us trouble", and prevent ma'ar^B e>->r-.?. F<-r ?u <- I'v a : <?)x.t:g;r.;s >n|H irhant.s j'u 2 - c.*:i;s r. box, or mai!M on 11rice by JJAlIiihTrptCCoH AUi,'OStH is?r, uibuiiua riuia The Tozer Engim W^Hjj v-Sa -cessor to Dial "'jyi'' WorxMj JOHN A.WILLIS, PR(1 |J 117 WEST Gebvais STSEB 2fl AB f %m em*?? I J And ali sizes of both Leon pi-Hi {H XS^FouDdry work In iron nod H pairing {romptly ? caUvl. jm _ _3tde_Proprietors, LlppmanHBlock. Sa^B piniGARm^^M| FOP. COKEECTI* &U3EA D W Diarrhasa ^ orplera IcH ? leas an I roedlcineVY ilcnable B ome circle for chiiBlfpadult. pleasant' and efficient Truly fries . il soothes aud heals the branef; and checks the muconS from head, stomach and bowels. M discharge from the head and iiM promptly relieved by it as the - fr 1 - TTITI xhe mncous system and core oatH does It. It makes the Cnsical per? ing children -afe and easy. itinvS builds np the system while it <s rl curing the wasted tissue. It is reH and used largely by physicians. Wannaortuker & iiurray Co., ColM and wholesale by Howard & Wiii^l Ga. For Estimates STEAM sjlW MIlM Ginnicjg, Harvestikg and fl chineiy write to 'itke unfl - wno \dll guarantee title gfl may offer in all respects, fl matters interestin g both to JB H andqi?petitors. f. also J^Tnifib ing, (J^^frpmg; FituJB Inspirators, Injectors, Pfl W. H. GEBBES, JM Colufl I MAM AND WflJB "5 P. P. P. Trill parity and vjfl 7- blood, creaie a good appetite aoH if -vrhole system tone an* utrengt^B A prominent railroad ruperiM * Savannah, suffering with H fS sia, and Bheumatism sa; P. P. P. he never felt so well in hi^H if eels as if he coold live forever. ifH always get P. P. P." If you are tired oat fr close confinement, take If yon are feeling Irdly in tfl and out of sorts, take If your digestive orgs A3 need t<9 H take IP. P. P. Ifyou suffer with headache, indifl debility and weakness, take If you suffer with rervous praH nerves unstrung and a general Lfl of the system, take For Blood Poison.- Rheumatism,B ula, CId Sores. Malaria, Chronic ifl Complaints, take ! Prickly Ash, Poke HI and Potassium, The best bipod purifier in the vroriH LIPPMAX BROS.. "Wholesale DmcW .? Sole Proprietors, Ltppman's Blocs, Savannah, Gfl WRITE TO HOLLER & ANBElHM BUGGV .CO., BOCK HILL, - - - - TP^v. 4-V, Aiv P.ofolArm/s X yj? CXJ.VXX O. Terms and References of ?ufl Carriages, Wagons,Road and PhBj [ Carts, Harness, etc. All firs? work made by hand and -wamM Prices lower than any other of grade. Our Vehicles are running i^V every county in South Carolina, and in many counties of North Carolina, G eorgia and Florida. All inquiries 1 promptly answered. In writing please m pntfrvn this mner and don't fnrcwif 1 to give your Postoffice address and n sign your name plainly. H$Uer & Anderson Boggy Co,, I ?ilAXUFACTUREBS,? ROCK HILL, - - - - S.C. I ME SHOWSES! gfr-Asir for catalogue. TERRY M'PG CO.. Nashville. Ten* Lfc, iL i