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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. .Tho general opinion in Europa eeeni to be that Cuba will this timo get away from Spain. The St Louis Republican estimates tha.t we have not more than 25,000, 000 income earners of all classes. Emigration from Great Britain to the colonies of the South Pacific has been checked by the announcement that there is absolntely no employ ment for labor in these colonies. All the Australia?, New Zealand and the Cape tell the sanie story. The total output of the clay indus tries of the United States for 1394, exclusive of pottery, was $65,000,000. More than half the product was brick, of which enough were mado to lay a pavement eleven feet wide entirely around the earth. Ohio makes more brick than any other state. The interdependence of the arts and tra Jes is oonddc.able. Every large architect's office has to have a civil en gineer or some one with engineering ability to calculate strains. And now a big firm of elevator builders has en gaged a staff architect for questions of design and construction. New York is the first city to recog nize the rights of citizens who rido bioycles, and who use them in going to and from business. A resolution previously passed by the aldermen to pave Church street from Chambers to Dey in granite was reoinded, and one substituted making asphalt the mn te. rial. This is part of the bicycle path that will be established between the Battery and Contral Park. The New York Sun nays:-Largo quantities of American ourringo wood stock are exported, annually, and this trade is stoadily increasing. We send to France, England, Russin,Germany, South Africa, Australia,a ul elsewhere, and our exports to these countries, in clude spokes, rim?, hubs, completed wheels, shafts and other parts, and carriage lumber. Our mills here are located in various parts of the country in proximity to the .forests whence tho suppli?e of wood are obtained. A peti tion from the inhabitants, ot the London suburb, Shepherd's Bush, reveals an entirely ngw difficulty which boomers have to contend. It seems that Miss Braddon invariably put into her novels a very low, com mon families, and made them reside at Shepherd's Bush. Other novelists followed her evil example, until now? a-daya every English novelist puts his low characters down as rcsidonts of Shepherd's "Bash. The result is thut all the reputable peoplo who could move went down, and fiction hecaun a fact. The land and house-owners of Shepherd's Bush ask the Comity Council to give the plaoo another name, so that their efforts to restore its ancient respectability may not be in vain. Georgia and the entiro South aro under greater obligations to tho elder Whitney than to any other inventor remarks the Atlanta Constitution* He made it possible for the despised cotton crop of his day to become thc king of agrie d tural staples. It has built up the States south of the Poto mac and their product is now manu factured in all the leading countries of the world, clothing and supporting countless millions of people in every quarter of the globe. Before Whit ney's day cottou was comparatively au unimportant product, and in Georgia it was subordinate to rico4 indigo, and even silk at one period. It is gratifying to know that tho younger Whitney, who died recently, took a friendly interest in our industrial de velopment, and it is to bo regretted that his visit to our exposition in 1881 cannot be supplemented with another to our greater exposition this fall. Newport will have a summer rival right at New York's door, announces the World, The proposed cottage settlement on the shores of Sheeps head Bay has not been abandon- d.but while speculation was rife as to the magnificent intentions of these behind that enterprise, a syndicate of wealthy men have quietly bought up a park property of 230 acres at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson at a cost of 81,000,000 .nd projected improvements to cost $1,000,000, a $40,000 dock on the river front now being actually in course of instruction. Among tho members of the syndicate that has planned this enterprise are General Samuel Thomas, William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt,Chaun cey M. Dep 'w, J. G. McComb aud John D. Archbold. The grounds will be laid out in the most sumptuous manner. There is a white marble building on the grounds formerly owned by th? Manhattan College, which will be used for club purposes. A large notel and oasino similar to that at Newport will be ready for occu pancy next Spring. This and other improvements necessary will involve an outlay of 31,000,000. Members of this country will pay $150 yearly dues. They alono will be permitted to purchase plots in the park upon which to build, uudcr certain restrictions as to style of architecture and cost of construction. iioc?nju-M III II ? i mmmrmimm mn .wu II. ni ?il CI adie Song. Tho crickets in tho corner sin?, O'er farm nnd field tho shadows creep Their homeward way tho swallows wing The sun is setting iu tho deep. Tho squirrels seek their leafy hold, The fox is in his hollow tree, And, huddled in tholr silent fold, Tho downy lambkins sleeping bo. The little bird within his nest Ilath hid his little head in rest, And. soon, ob, soon Thc dreamy moon Will sail along tho fleecy west ; The day is dono, The night bagun, So sloop, my drowsy little ono. But when at poop of day we soo The spider weavin? at his loom, The soaring lark above the loa, Tho beo amid tho clover bloom ; When friskin? baby squirrels wake And sip tho leaves of morning dow, When baby foxes from the brake Do prowl tho thorny hedges through, When on tho meadows sweet with hay The white and curly lambkins play, And, fresh acd cool, O'er plain and pool, Blowolh tho breeza of coming da;,1. Thou, too, shalt riso To sunny skies, Ind open wide thy baby eyes. -Ho WAN STEVENS. A DISCARDED TOT. GWENDOLEN OVERTON. He had boen brought up with a good, old-fashioned reverence for women, a belief iu yoting love, and a conviction that the prince and princess always marry and live happily ever after. It was a faith as pleasant to himself as to tho women whom it con cerned, aud it made him a favorite, being blest besi lea in talent, beauty, and an upright soul. In admiring all of the gentler sex he yet kept free his heart until he should hud "ono" who would claim it by right of her superi ority to even her superior kind. And nt last he found her. AU tho virtues and accomplishments were hers. She was young aud exceedingly fair, dainty, sweet, shy, and coy, dimpled and demure, aud sha loved Ferris as cadot was nevor loved bafore. Ho had not known this witching maiden moro than a month whon he made offer of his heart and hand-a heart no less loyal for beating beneath an exceed ingly snug gray coat ablaze with those brass buttons which are generally taken as the insignia of fickle Cupid, and a hand no less firm for being cased at the moment in regulation white gloves. It was her first romance since leaving sohool, and Kitty Foster made haste to accept it. There was never yet a man who bore his honors so meekly as Ferris ; he boasted neither in word of deed, and Kitty, hoing really afraid and being deeply in love' with him, did actually refrain from telling every ono in profoundest secrecy that she and tho stalwart West Pointer had plighted their troth. Not even her mother was confided in, which caused Kitty many a sleepless five minutes, as she had no love of uuderhand dealings for their own sake. There was only a month of blissful existenco, and then Ki:ty had to join her family at Angel Island, putting the whole wide continent and a strip of salt water between Ferris and her self. She had her debut to mnko in army circles. She was one of those women, rarest of all the good things of Providence, who weep prettily, so when she laid her dainty head on Ferris' shoulder and wiped the tears from her cheeks with a filmy liankerchief, tha poor fellow was well nigh distraught, what with the sorrow of parting aud his love for this wee bit of sobbing woman hood. Nor did his infatuation lessen as the weeks and months wont by. Kitty had warned him that ho must write neither too often nor too affectionate ly, as her mother would seo tho let ters. Ferris followed tho first duty of a soldier, but consoled himself by having made for his lady-love a pin, of the sort known as "stick," aud de stroyed tho design straightway that there might never bo another fashion jusfcdike, it again. The attention and the pin itself pleased Kitty mightily ; she wore it on tho day she left tho Point, with many promises to be faithful and never to part from that pin for one day or hour. "V^th Kitty w ent all tho pleasure of life for Ferris, and he eschewed social pastimes that he might devote him self to work and prove a credit to Miss Foster, his district, and his congressman. So, in dno time, ho "passed," and passed well ; but chose, nevertheless, the infantry branch of, tho service, merely because Captain Foster was an infantryman. Then ho went to bis home, and from thero wrote a long lotter to Kitty, and told her of his success ; suggesting that, as ho was now an officer of the army, and that the pay of a ttecond lieutenant was assured him, it might bo well to announce their engagement, with the consent of her family. He also added that he would run ont and see her be fore joining his company, if she wished. Two letters remained unanswered. Ferris accused the mail system and sent a third. He waited long and anxionsly for a reply. It carno when he was safe iu San Antonia,with many miles between himself and Miss Fos ter. Kitty's letters had never been of a sort to give Ferris any hold upon her; they were non-commital to a de gree, but the second lieutenant 1 ascribed that to her fear of mother's supervision and disappro\ This ono was still more guarded, reference whatever was made to 1 point he had pressed, further than say that he was imprudent. A migl spirit of rebellion arose in Ferris this reproach. She could play f and loose with him no longer. Ki should acknowlodgo him or give h up. Three days and threo nights waited, that his anger might calmed, that he might do nothi rash ; then ho sat him down and wrc unto his refractory lady-love a letl ! mingling official formality and in pressible affection. It partook of t nature of a war department commui cation and a Sapphic, and was cale latod to bring even an inconsequc little being liko Kitty to terms. Ferris'? nnxioty in waiting to he his fate pronounced took the form a nervousness which drovo him to u wonted social activity. Ho had alwa; done his duty in the matter of cal nud the hundred little affairs of el quctto which are peculiar to tho se t vice and are as binding as the laws tho Medes and Persians ; but ho hi never gone in for the mild dissip?t? of a garrison near to a town. Ho wt therefore, reckoned a3 little additic to tho social lifo, although he w "promising'-' officially. His captain wife had talton him under her wii upon his arrival, as all good captain wives should, and had incorpor?t! him into the family, where he beear a primo favorito with a pair of mod little boys in knickerbockers at ourls. Tho hands of these childn were always clean and their voices w( modulated, their hair smooth, ai stockings whole. Ferris believed th this was no way for boys to be, ar labored to convince Mrs. Irwin tin chapped and dirt-seamed fingers, lust lurjg?, 6hort and touseled hair, ar ruiued clothing are the natural coi ditions of a boy. Mrs. Irwin was nc to be won over, and begged that 1 would not put 6uch notions into tt sleek little heads. Ferris, howeve was an earnest reformer and not to I turned from his purpose, so he bega a course of training for the pair thf made them, in a week, very croditab] exumples of his theory. Mrs. Irwin protested mildly until day when Ferris took the two over bi hind the quartermaster's and set thei to fighting out, a difficulty, which ha arisen, with their o\?i good nails an fists, arguing that such settlement i more worthy of the sex than to cal names and threaten to tell manum Ferris observed with pleas ire thf there was good material in tho boy? and was greatly elated when he lei them buck, bloody, bruised and dust; to tho maternal roof. Mrs. Irwi took the affair rather too Beriously,nn it was only by giving up his plaus c education thut Ferris succeeded ii keeping in the good graces of his cap tain's wife. It is poor policy to quar rell with the commandiug officer's o ono's captain's family. After this discouragement, Ferri drew into his former shell of reserve and weut only at rare intervals tc Captain Irwin's quarters. But whei he had written tho letter which was t< bring Kittie to terms, ho walked witl it to tho postoffice, and, coming back he determined to forgive and forge that his efforts had been unappreciatei and to drop in upon Mrs. Irwin for ? cup of tea before retreat. Ho fount her alone; and, nothing being so cou ducivo to peace and good-will towan men as a cup of Russian tea at fivt o'clock, they were soon faster friend than before. The boys were called i: and Ferris noted with grim sat i s fae ti oi that there were still several unhealed scratches on their clean little faces. Tho children having been sent of to piny with their tin soldiers, Mrs Irwin resumed her confidences nuc told Ferris, with tho charming inter est in his future of a true captaiu' wife, that she had practically arrang?e his lifo to come. Sho had a swoe girl friend coming to stay with hor a: the end of the week. Ferris must de vote himself to her and make it pleas ant for her. She was a beauty, verj rich, and would make him a spleudic wife. Ferris smiled his acquiescence, but was not particularly enthusiastic until Mrs. Irwin told him that thc girl,-'Annie Kingsley is her name' -had just been visiting the Barnesei at Angel Island, had gone frc m there to Monterey, and had determined quite unexpectedly to come dowr, south. Angel Island was Kitty's posl Miss Kingsley might be able to tell him much that he longed yet feared tc hear; and Fi-rris entered into plant for her amusement which charmed Mrs. Irwin. The girl came, and Ferris, together with every other young man in the post, called upon her the night of hoi arrival. Beautiful she certainly was, quite unusually stylish, and agreeable, but Ferris went away unsatisfied, for he had had no chance to inquire about what lay nearest to his heart. * How ever, he had engaged her for the weekly hop the next night, and would satisfy himself then. He thought %e would be wise not to force the matter t?>o much, and BO did not speak of it on his way to the dance, and, besides, they fell iu with others all bound the same way and the conversation be came general. Miss Kingsley emerged from the dressing-room in ail the glory of 1 youth, beauty, and a New York gou She leaned upon Ferris's arm a whirled off to the music, the half-bi barous, intoxicating "Santiago." S danced as no girl had ever danced 1 fore, so Ferris thought; she becai a part of the music and as light as strains. Kitty had always been jus little heavy. They stopped only with the wal itself, and Miss Kingsley lean breathlessly, against the draperies a garrison flag. She mado a love picture, and Ferris stood looking her with keen pleasure; but his ey were suddenly fixed on a fall of . lax they were riveted, and as he look< his face grew gray. Miss Kingsl was astonished, and followed his ga to where a gold stick-pin nestled the meshes of Brussels lace. SI looked up again, inquiringly. Fen answered the unspoken question wi' a spoken one. "Might I ask, Miss Kingsley, who you got that pin?" Why, certainly. A girl at Ang Island gave it to me ; she said a cad had had it designed for her, but she didn't caro for cither it or him ai more, and as I admired the litt thing, she gave it to me. The girl Kitty Foster, perhaps yon know hi or her fiance, Lieutenant Appletoi Tho pin is pretty, isn't it? He mu have beon too clever a cadet to mer such speedy oblivion, don't ye think?" "Yes," said Ferris; "and I wi that cadet." Yet when, a month later, Miss Fo tar, reading ovor the "personals" i the Anny and Navy, saw f'the et gagement is announced of Miss Anni Kingsley, of New York, to Lioutenai Edwin L. Ferris, -th Infantry, s ti tioned at S m Antonio,Tex.,"she raile at the inconstancy of man.-Argonau ?Billy Black Tall." doming down to the members of tb Deer Family that are universal! known as Doer, we first meet a fin? lusty fellow who inhabits the wildoi portions of the West. By the me who live in his country he is calle the Black Tailed Deer-hij pet nam is "Billy Black Tail, "-but naturalis! call him the Mule Door, simply b< cause he has large ears. In thc Canadian Northwest thi creature is called the Jumping Deei and a very appropriate name it is, toe I shall never forget my unbounded ai touishnient when I*first saw a bi antlered buck of this species go flyin down the crest of a bare ridgo in th badlauds of tho Musselshell. H bounded past my position, in full vie' for a quarter of a mile, and I had a: excellent view of him. He did no gallop, as du all other deer, reachinj far out with his fore feet, but ho jue jumped into the air, stiffened his lege and went bouuding forward as if th ground were an India-rubber cushio: that threw him upward and forwan every time he touched it with his feet He did actually bend his knees a trifle just as his feet touched, to throw hi body upward again, while his stronj hind legi shot him forward. It wai all so easy, and so completely withou effort, thut ho seemed to be almos flying along, like William Tell's eagle By the sole act of hi3 unlorded will That buoyed him proudly up. i have lost my record of the lengtl of his leap, but I think it was sixteei feet; and so I say "Jumping Deer" ii a good name.-St. Nicholas. Grass That Makes You Tired. In some parts of New Mexico, say! an article quoted iu Current Litera ture, there grows a grass which pro' duces a somniferous effect on the an imals that graze upon it. Horses, after eating the grass, in nearly al cases, sleep standing, while cows and sheep almost invariably lie down. It has occasionally happensd that trav elers have stopped to allow horses te feed in places where the grass grows pretty thick and tho animals have had time to oat a considerable quan tity before its effects have had time to manifest themselves. In such cases horses havo gone to sleep on the road and it is hard to arouse them. The efiect of the grass passes offinan hom or two and no bad results have evei been noticed ou account of it. Cattle on the ranches frequently come upon patches of this grass, whore they feed for perhaps half an hour and then fal] asleep for au hour or more,when they wak? up and start feeding again. The programme is repeated perhaps a dozen times until thirst obliges them to go to water. Whether, like the poppy, tho grass contains opium, or whether its sleep-producing property is due to some other substance is not known. Held For "Killing" an Apple Tree. In Magistrate Ritter's court, Ky., T. M. Jaegers was held for Circuit Court ou bond of $100 for deadening an apple tree belonging to his neigh bor, David Sanders. There was only one apple tree on Sanders' farm, but it was very prolific and Jaggers re quested his neighbor to divide the fruit with him, but Sanders refused to do so, thereupon Jaggers became angry and declared that he would-kill the tree. In a short time the tree was deadened and Jaggers was ar rested. The evidence against him is wholly circumstantial: - Louisville Courier-Journal. "DODGING DUTIES. - Smuggling is Common Ame :| Transatlantic Passengers. Women Are Chief Offend Against Custom Laws. - TC It would be difficult to convince staff of custom inspectors in this p that the average European toni doesn't rely on paying the expenses his trip out of the proceeds of a s oeBaful smuggling swindle on the g ernment. Never before in the hist< of foreign travel, say tho federal sleu has the practice been HO general fi |ndacious. The treasury departme intent upon putting an end to 1 |rands, has issued orders for univer .figilance, and proposes to show tnercy to offenders, j A remarkable feature of attempts Smuggling during the last few we? is the detection of rich smuggle Six men, each of whose fortunes estimated at more than a million d lars, have been arrested . and expos fdnce the westward travel becai heavy. Tho pretext in each case 1 peen that the guilty person did i Import the property for sale, or tl he had no idea he was violating i law in not declaring his possessions. j? "There seems to be an overpowi ing fascination in cheating Uncle Sa Respite the honest old gentlema ?resent need of revenue, "said Inspe< or Brown, who, with his associai Inspector Donohue, makes more i reste than all other agents combine j Che chief offenders against the ci ! toms laws are dressmakers and bu ness women. We estimate that thr< quarters of the women who oome in ?his port on trans-atlantic lines bri: ?dutiable goods which they do s ^declare. f. "The wf jilt of goods a worn Joan carry about under her clothes .-astonishing. If the burden is ve hen vj, she sometimes adjusts it wi ^straps over the shoulders. Very oft 'the goods found on one woman are i that one of the inspectasses can li |and it is through the weary air of tl smuggler and her painful movemer ? that she becomes suspected. Benea ?ne woman's gown recently was foui ian entire snit of clothing for her hu j baud. I "In trunk smuggling the metho . are nnipjie a.nd__yaried. Women io children's dresses within their OT and line cheap skirts with costly br cades and velvets. Fulse bottoms a fitted in trunks, and jewelry and otb dutiable stuff is stowed among the a cumulated wash. Sometimes an inn trnnk is fitted in, papered allover lil the other, and the space between tl two is filled with valuables. "Persons who intend to atteni] smuggling are frequently too confidir for their own welfare aboard ship,an thus render their arrest easy. Thei is no place where persons are BO guil less and so ready to talk about the private affairs. They little imugii the resources of the customs servie and know little who is in its emploi Information of professional sinuj glers and sometimes of amateurs : also sent from special agents on th other side. These agents have lettei of entree to the le 'ation soirees, vis shops and piers and acquire a mass ( information about goods purchase and shipped which is cabled to the ai thorities in this city. Then the proj erty of arriving passengers is scrut nized, the declarations are examine and compared and frequent exposure result." The customs inspector labors undc great difficulty in that a blunde may cost him his position. Very fe' mistakes are made, because tho mar nor. in which a suspected person rt oeives an interrogation usually de cides beyond a doubt whether he b innocent or guilty. If ho laughs an willingly ogrees to be searched he i generally innocent The old offeude invariably fawns upon the inspecto and endeavors to win his favor am clemency. If a woman and she look frightened, cries and storms and say it is an outrage and she won't admi to it, put her down, says the inspect ors, as a guilty novice.-New Y?r] Herald. The Climax of a Coon Hunt. We snatched brands from the burn ing and sped to the fallon top. Amie the tangle of broken branches am matted twigs, a maelstrom of figh was whirling. There was not so mucl noise-rather a strain of savage effor and one deep muffled snarl of rage We waived our fire sticks and yelle< encouragement. Presently Buffer came backing fron the branches heaving and tugging a some resisting weight; at once h< spun about and had his prey in thi open. We could see something wrapped around his head, and would hear the click of teeth and the stead] rip-rip of flying claws. Yet the gooe dog made no sound beyond his laboree breathing. He was fast to a great hi coon, and had not yet got his favorite hold. We forgot Pup and Hunter we forgot everything except the mi] to the dooth. We swung the fire eticks and war-danced wildly arounc the fight, beseeching the dog to "sta with him!" to "eat him up!" and sc .ru Nobody appeared to sympathize with the coon, which, by the seemed to have a bit the best o? i a moment. Bat the fight was too hot to long. The dog gathered himself desperate effort; he made a seri? powerful lunges, as though he . trying to force his nose into earth ; we heard a craoking of bi followed by a hiss like the air i released brakes, and Baffer strai ened up and shook that coon till body beat a tattoo against both e of his head.-Outing. The Moose is Not Beautiful. Truth compels the statement t considered artistically, the moot a very homely creature; his legs his head are too long, and his i and body too short for beauty, has a high and eharp crest on shoulders, coarse, bristly hair, not enough tail to speak of, even i whisper ;in short, he has no tail all. His eyes are too small to mt his immensity, but his voice is that of a bull of Bashan. But all these homely features h their uses. His overhanging nose as useful as a tapir's snoot ia browe on tho twigs of the birch, maple i poplar, and his keennesu of scent worth more to him than an accid insurance policy. His long and p erf ul legs simply annihilate distal no matter whether it be in the fora forest, swamp or prairie, covered M snpw, mud or water. His favo: gait is a long, swinging trot, and speed and endurance surpass th of aoy ordinary trotting-horse. small lakes and ponds he strides ab like a Colossus, feeding on lily-stc and bulbs, and swimming with e and comfort whenever he thinkc necessary. -St Nicholas, Foghorn Experiments. A series of experiments with fi horns, which will probably result systematio investigation, have recen been made. In one of these a Ix steamed directly toward a lights! from a distance of 4 1-2 miles. 2 3-4 mUes the sound of the hora 1 came audible, and at 2 1-2 suddei increased ia loudness, and held 1 same intensity until the boat \ within two miles of ii From 1 ! to 1 1-2 the sc und could scarcely heard, but after that it at ouce : creased and became so load that seemed to be quite close to the voss Here the steamboat reversed coarse, and the fi nctuation was iou to be the same. Again reversing, t sound disappeared and reappear after 1 1-2 miles, became entirely i audible at half a mile, reappearii .-.gain at a quarter of a mile, aft whioh it steadily increased until t lightship was reached.-New To Sun._ Loudon's Last Thatched Cottage. A statement ia one of the Engli papers received in Washington is to tl effect that the authorities are about pull down the last thatched cottage London. It is situated three mil and three furlongs from St Paul' Some remark was caused on accou: of the length of time the structure h been standing and that ia all that tin it has escaped fire. It was stated t a person who had traveled ia Englau when he read the paragraph that the; were wooden houses ia England whit were 500 years old. This seems almo incredible. Ia this country a woode house would oeed to be almost entin ly reuewed ia every hundred years. '. is said that the hard wood and the cai that had been taken of the houses ai couots for their preservation.-Wasl iugtou Star. Rooms Trimmed With Battons. "One of the latest craze of oran mentation is the employment of fat tory buttons of all sorts and sizes, said the head of one of the greatee decorative firms iu England. "W are i w titting up for a great mani; facturer,whoso wares are recommende on thousands of boardings, a smalle drawing room, the walls of which ar covered wholly by thousands apo; thousands of buttons of every imagiu able pattern, these being fixed b; means of a special cement. The ef feet is, I caa assure you, very hand some, and at the same time quaint and I have received orders for tw< hallways to be similarly decorated. " New York Sun. A Rebuke From the Pulpit. Preaching in the Abbey Caoou Wil berforce told a good story of the eele brated Welsh preacher Christina: Evans, who dared publicly to expresi his thankfulness for Jenny Liud'i beautiful singing. A member of hil congregation, a straight-laced Calvin ist, standing on the steps of the pul git, asked the preacher whether a mac dying at one of Jenny Lied's concerti would go to heaven. "Sir," replied Mr. Evans, "a Christian will go tc heaven wherever he dies, but a fool ' remains a fool even on the pulpit . steps." Even the sober Abbey con , gregatioa could hardly stifle its enjoy i ment of this repartee.-Westminster i Gazette. What Ve'Seeded. BCuide, 1-1 h.ave something to say ' to you-but I-lam really afraid to i say it. Well, waif u minute; I'll tell my ? brother Willie to bring you a pail ot i sand. Willie I -Harper's Magzine. THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG ULATOR, the "KING OF LIVER MEDI CIN?**?,; That is what our readers want, and nothing but that It ia the same old friend to which the old folks 1 pinned their faith and were never dis ? appointed. Bet another good recom mendation for it is, that it ?8 BETTER THAN PILLS, never gripes, never weuk ? ens, but works in such an easy and j natural way, just like nature itself, that relief comes quick and sure, and one : feeLs new all over. It never falls. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Slm ' mons Liver Regulator. Be sure you gret it. The t?ed Z is on tlie wrapper. J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia. AN OUTLAW'S QUICKNESS. Frank James' Display of Skill Whan He Surrendered. While Thomas T. Crittenden, Consul General to Mexico, was in Kansas City recently some new de tails were related of the great event of his term as Governor, the death of Jesse James, tho outlaw, and the disruption of the gang. Finis C. Farr, who was Governor Crittenden'! private secretary, and is now an at torney in Kansas City, was present when Frank James surrendered, and it was in connection with the surren der that one story was told. Governor Crittenden has always been very proud of the fact that he was the means of ridding the State of the James gang. After he had arranged for the surrender of Frank he invited several gentlemen to be present to witness the scene. Negotiations for the surrender of the outlaw had been made by CoL John Edwards, who was at that time editor of the Kansas City Times. The guests assembled at the appoint ed time in the reception room of f;he Governor's mansion. Promptly' at the hour designated Col. Edwards appeared with Frank James. The two walked arm in arm, and Col. Edwards advanced and introduced the Governor to James. With the guests standing about him, James acknowledged the introdnction and said that he had come in to surren der and become once moro a citizen who observed the laws of the State. In token of his surrender he un buckled Iiis belt, on which swung two 1-rge revolvers, arid laid the weapons on the table in front of Governor Crittenden, remarking that ns a citizen he would have no further need of them. The surrender was acknowledged by the Governor in a few words pioas antly spoken, and then tho guests and the outlaw were all introduced and seated. Conversation did not proceed vory briskly, for constraint was felt on both sides. James was seated in front of tho door, and sat with his eyes at all times directed I toward it. Every noise in tho hall attracted his attention and [caused him to watch the door moro closely. Ho was evidently uneasy without the pistols that had so long been bia constant companions. Finally, after some time had passed in that manner, one of the guests made bold to say to tho outlaw that for years it had been common report that no man in the country could draw a gun and get ready for defense BO quickly us Frank Jamos. Then he asked Jamos to show how quickly such work could be done. Evidently the proposition pleased James, for ha smiled and ?aid he would do so if the gentlemen wished it. "James sat about Six feet from the table on which lay the weapons he had put aside," said Mr. Farr in tell ing the story. "While all were watching his actions he suddenly arose, sprang toward the table, seized the belt and swung it around his waist, as be brushed his long coat aside, and in the shortest time im aginable he snapped the fastening, his hands crossed ou his body, and then from the belt he drew forth two pistols and stood with them pre sented. All this was done in a sec ond, it seemed to me. I was watch ing him as closely as possible, and it surely did not seem to be more than a second from the moment he rose from his chair until he stood with two pistols presented, ready for war or defense. It was so marvelous an exhibition that the gentlemen pres ent were all astonished and congratu lated the man on his skill and dex terity. "The compliments appeared to please him greatly, for he smiled as he heard them, and bowed his ac knowledgments to the men who were talking. He soon changed the conversation to another subject, and the matter was not mentioned again." Great Blust. Seven tons of gunpowder were employed in a great blast at Penrhyn Quarries, Bethesda, North Wales. The object in view was the demolition of a'huge pinnt.de of rock, which has been a picturesque ob ject for generations, aDd which must be a familiar memory to the thousands who visit the spot every year. Some idea of the gigantic dimensions of the place may he gathered from the fact that the rock face between the different, terraces is some where about sixty feet in depth. The peak rose in the midst of the amphitheitre iormed by the quarries-it ia estimated to have contained over 120,000 tons. Quite a crowd gathered to witness the effect of the blast, and certainly those present were not .li-appoiutcd in the spectacle afforded. On the signal being given, the gunpowder was ignited, and amid the curling smoke the pinnacle was seeu to totter, and then to fall in fragments to the bottom.