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TO THINK OWN SBLF MK TRUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THK NIGHT THK DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSK TO ANY MAN. HY JAYNKS, SHJ3LOK, SMITH ? STISOK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. .TUNJO O, ?898. NEW SNRIMS? NO. IO.-VOLUME) XLIX.-NO. 28. Dowoy (I) A Kansas poot has ollloroBced in tho following manner: Oh, dowoy was tho morning Upon tho fh'Rt of May, And Dowey waa tho Admiral Down in Manilla Day. And dowoy woro tho Rogont's oyoa Those orb? of Royal blue Aud dowoy fool discouraged?. Wo dow hot thiok wo dow. BOffiBARDWENT OF SAN JUAN Chief Yeoman Waiter's Exp?rience on tho A m ph ll rifo. ORANGKHUKO, S. C., May 81.-It may not ho known generally that Orangeburg has a young man in tho sorvioo of tho United Stntos in tho thickest of tho war. Mr. Eugene R. Walter, Jr., is on tho monitor Amphi trito, filling tho position of ohiof yeo man in times of peace, hut in times hattie it scorns that ho has duties to perform among tho fighters. Mr. Waller is thc son of Capt. IC. Ii. Waiter, a successful and promi ncet planter of this county, and Mr. Walter himself has many friends in this city. Capt. Waiter 'has recently received a most interesting loiter from his son, giving tho oxperioncoH of a sailor on hoard a war ship in actual hattie. CHIBE1 YEOMAN WAI/rmi's I.KTTKH. U,. S. S. Amphitrito, 2d Kale, At Soa, off St. Domingo, May 13,1808. To Those at Home! Whilo tho din of battle is still ringing in my ears I will try to write you my expe riences in our engagement with thc forts at San Juan, Puerto Pico, yes terday morning. Wc left tho Cuban coast off Car donas on Wednesday morning, May 4, and was taken in tow by tho Iowa and towed eastward at tho rate of from 0 to ll knots an hour, until thc morning of thc 8th, whoo wc threw off thc Iowa's line and made fast to tho collier Niagara, from which wo got a full supply of coal. Wc were thou off thc northwesterly point of Hay ti, known as a Molo St. Nicholas, which is thc station where tho cable from New York to South American ports touches, and from whore thc admiral expects to get nows from Washington, having sent thc Mont gomery into Porto Prince to price coal ($27 per ton ;) nt 4 1*. M. wc got under way, under our own steam, and proceeded eastward at a nomi nal speed to allow us, monitors, to keep up. At midnight of tho 11th wo received our instructions, and thc captains called up thc chief petty offi cers and gave us a brief outline of a plan of a bombardment. At 4.30 yesterday morning wo were routed out hy the first bugle call I have heard since wc loft Key West, and which meant "man all batteries." It did not take long fori us to report to our stations, and wo had to wait nearly an hour before wo heard the first guns of thc engage ment groan out in tho stillness of thc morning air. Wc were formed into the follow ing order (tho admiral had shifted from thc Now York to the Iowa :) Iowa, indiana, Now York, Terror, Ourselves, then thc two cruisers came in last. THU PI KAT <?UNS Kl UKI), Tho first guns were (ired from thc admiral's ship at exactly f>.!0, and thc "Dagoes" had a hot awakening, for tho "brut J'' poured four tons of steel into th ; big fort ou thc right of tho harbor miranee and continued to pour forth her destructive lire until out of range. We formed a circle and thc next ship took it up whore tho last ono left off, so that thc forts lind thc benefit of a continuous lire for nearly two hours. Our ship fired her first shot of thc war at 5.20, and for six minutes we kept it up, when wo woro out of the arc of lire and were relieved by the Detroit. I think the reveille was v sudden ono for the Spaniards, and that t hey for got to blow their usual morning'soall and took our salutation instead. The first shot fired from tho forts was fired from a sand battery on tho extreme right, and is recorded in our log at 5.41, and is rated as a canister shrapnel. We, at least, took thc "Dagoes" by surprise, and judging from tho length of time between our first shot ami theirs they may be s.'iid to be slow, ns well as poor shots. Our orders wore to confino our aim ns much as possible to the fortifications of tho harbor, (a blue print of which was given every man firing a gt?).) I believe it was carried out ns near as possible. V Tho iast shot fired by us was re corded at 7.f)0, nt which time we put Wo sea and left thc "Dagoes" to bury their dead and repair, ns much ns possible, tho havoo wo mudo, so that I tho next timo wo show up wo will lmvo tho pleasuro of tearing it down again. THU SPANIARDS POOR HHOT8. Thc Spaniards aro very poor shots and aliould practico n groat doal beforo going to war with a civilized nation, whoso Mailors have been taught to shoot straight. Not a sin glo ?hot cnn bo said to have hit ono of our ships ; n canister shell wont through tho air just ovor us, and ns it hit tho water it exploded, a piece of which landed on tho deck of tho New York and struck near tho aftor f> gun, killing ono man and wounding three others, which is tho only death record wo have as dono by the enoniy. There was a burial from tho Detroit after tho engagement, hut it is said to have occurred from an accident in her fire room. ! IN THU BOTTOM OK THU TURKIST. I know you will appreciate my experience of the engagement ns viewed from my station down in tho bottom of the, turret, where tho tlc vii would have thought tho atmosphere rather close, and from which I havo formed an adequate idea of what thc lire of the damned is like. On being routed from my caulking mat on thc Hying dock, under thc third cutter's rack, at tho call lu quarters, I hurried down to thc berth dock to seo that tho firo hoso wan lcd out and run on deck, before going into tho turret f.o open up thc pres sure valves. When wo had all tho incidental preparations made 1 woke to tho fact that tho air of thc turret was tho hot test I have over breathed, especially the handling room, which is whore all our work is done. I.\ TOI.li KA ni,K ll KAT. Thc thermometer registered 191 degrees at G o'clock, and it increased as we wanned up lo our work. Fi nally it began to grow intolerable and just when I was about to report thu fact to Lieut. Chase, our divisior officer, who was in thc upper part ol thc turret, thc exhaust hose, fron: the overilow chamber lo thc exhaust tank, burst and showered us with hoi waler from above. I forgot thc heal in my effort to help thc gunner1! mate to close thc exhaust valve t< tho right gun, thc one affected bj thc broken hose, and to keep th? crow of tho handling room fron leaving their stations without beim relieved. 1 had i isl left Erickson, (the gun lier's mate, above referred to, am better known ns "Hoar,") when happened to look up from tho hand ling room and saw "Boar" apparent! hanging on to thc ladder to thc gu platform, and at tho same time heard thc gunner cry out, "Look a 'Hoar !' " Thc poor fellow was hang ing by his right arm from thc to round of the ladder, loading dow from tho gun platform, in an uncoil scions state, from which ho neve recovered. Thc gunner and mysol took him onion tho berth deck, froi where ho was carried up to the war room, whore he died just two hom Inter. iiOO DKCKKKH. I After leaving "Hoar" I retinue lo thc turret and found that th other gun wan also disabled and th fl thc tcmporatr.ro was '200 degree; and that tho loree could not stand i any longer, so I ordered them I leave tho turret and go where tho could find sonic fresh air, making tl my mind io take tho responsibility if it became ncccessojry. I thc reported to Lieut. Chase and obtainc permission from him tri hunt a brent of fresh air myself. I have had som varied experiences, but tho memor ol' those two hours spent in tho nftc turrel yesterday will remain with in if I live to bo a thousand years old. THU SPANISH IIAKRAOKS Killie After getting up on deck F brok down from exhaustion, duo, I sii| pose, to relaxation and tho romov of tho excitement, which gave n superhuman strength. A good drill of brandy, however, soon brottgl mo around. As soon as I recoven I awoke to thc fact that the "I )agoef were doing their best to hit us, lu with no success, and wc in turn wc at least scoring a few hits, for voi soon 1 noticed that thc smoke w rising from what Mr. McVey told t was tho barracks. it is not a ve healthy sensation to watch tho shol falling around you, for one seems be coining direct for you as you fi low it in its Hight from thc bi Usn -vcr your head until it drop? inte tl water somewhere in your immcdin vicinity. Though frightful as is tl screech of tho shell as it flies Ihrouj the air, there is still a peculiar fas( nation in Matching an ongagcmei which I cannot exactly defino ni which lilla you with a feeding akin that of too much wine ut a jollifh tion dinner, After doing tho "DngooB" for two hours wo steamed slowly away nnd ore now making our wny bnok to Cuba. KUNKKA1. OK TI.IK OUNNUH'H MATK. I do not know whothor I nm moro {,??j;do!'-liCi? ri cd BOW than of yore, or whether my late asHociatiouH with. "Hour" made mo foci h?9 death keener, but I certainly hnvo novor nttondod a moro impressive scone than his funeral. Ile was ?owed up in his hammock and laid out on tho upper dock on tho oarriago to tho third fiold picco, and was wrapped in a jack. The captain ordered all hands called to thc quarter deck and ho read thc Episcopal sorvico over thc body, when he ordered it com mitted to the deeps. As it slid oft' thc gun oarriago and slipped down tho board, rigged over tho Bide, tho usual saluto of live guns was fired, and as tho body Btni ik tho water and Binde taps wore sounded. I looked around as tho service was being read and though thc BCCHO was a ?ad ono, I could not help from ob serving tho numerous uniforms that tho crew wore, some in white, with and without jumpers, some in blue without shirts and sotuo in mixed habilement, several firemen, (who were on watch.) stood in the hatch way with only a pair of trousers on, but in ono particular thoy woro all alike, every man Blood, in thc torrid sun, with his hoad bare. KKAOY VOR THU NKXT IIOUT. And though our experience is so bitter we are ready for another bout, and expeot to bo in thc storming of Havana at an carly date. You can imagine how badly we are faring; for instance, wc cannot sleep below and it rains every night in tins cli mate, so if you sleep at all you must prepare to do HO floating around in about six inches of water on tho superstructure deck. There is an other J great drawback to thc elim ate in our case, when it rains it just comes down in buckets full for fif teen or twenty minutes, and then it clears off and tho stars come out as pretty as though it had never rained at all. Of course, after thc rain is oVcr everything is soaked and if you hud to get up to keep from drown ing, you have to sleep sitting up for tho rest of tho night, or until tho deck dries sufficient to lay your caulking mat on it. KKK IC ANO IC A KY. As for routine, we have done away with everything that ever, smells of the least llavor of routine. We wear just what we jilease, go where wo please, eat and sleep whero wo jilease. It is not an extraordinary sight to ncc the potty officers sitting, kneeling or standing in groups on the quarter deck, when thc sea will allow, with our dinners before UH; too hot to stay on the berth deck long enough to oat a meal oven. Ituckhm'fl Arnica Halve. Tho best salvo in tho world for cuts, bruises, sorso, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price LT) couts per box. For salo by D. B. Darby, Walhalla ; W. J. Lunney, Sonooa, and II, B. Zim merman, Westminister. Clemson College Items. CI.ICMSON Cou.KO ic, S. C., May Bl. -Several of thc jirofcssors will spend a portion of tho holidays taking sj>e cinl courses of instruction at differ ent places North. Several graduated of the college have obtained desirable jiositious under thc government, having gone to Washington at the instance of Senator Tillman to juiss examina tions. They will go lo Tort Royal, Tampa and elsewhere and will do technical work for which their studies herc fitted thou). President Hertzog is to deliver an address Indore the National ICdncu tional Association in Washington on July 7th. Tho annual oataloguo of tho col lege is now out and will bc sent to any one ou application. The Farmers' Instituios will begin on .lune 15th. The first will be held in Aiken, Harnwell, Hampton, Beau fort, Sumter, Clarondon, Florence, Ooll eton, Unmbeyo' Or?Mi?obii?,'? - - . o> -r>- . .-. ro I lorry, Williamsburg and George town. Tho plan is to hold them in tho lower counties first on account of tho hot weather and then in tho upper counties later in thc summer, l>. R. I \ transaction in which you cannot I loose is a sure thing, biliousness, sick headache, furred tongue, fovor, piles and a thousand oilier ills aro caused by constipation and sluggish livor. Casca reis Candy Cathartic, the wonderful nev liver stimulant and intestinal Ionic aro hy all druggists guaranteed to euro or money refunded. C. C. (!. aro a Hun thing. Try a box to day; 10o., 20o., ?Oo. Hamplo and booklet froo. Ail druggists. v . Kot urn Items. RKTUKN, 8. C., May 80.-Tho union mooting mot Saturday with Uoturn. Tho churohos in this dis trict woro woll rcprcsontod. Tho queries were ably discussed by dole gates ?nd others. Devotional oxor oisoa wer? conducted nt ll o'clock by Kev..P. J. Vormillion. Wo think groat good will como from it. In connection with this tho Sunday School Union mot Sunday, May 20, and was called to order by tho presi dent of tho union, Rov. D. W. Iiiott. Tho Sunday schools woro woll rep resented. Sunday Behool nddroasos woro dolivorod by Hov. P. J. Vor miilion and Hov. J. H. Clark. They earnestly advocated tho importance of gotting tho right kind of suporin intendents and tonohors. Tho next union will bo hold with tho Pleasant Grove church on tho fifth Sunday in July. Mr. S. C...Smith, of Fort Mndison, I Secretary of tho union, discharged his duty faithfully. Hov. D. W. Iiiott preached at ll o'clock an interesting and instructivo sermon. Misses . Hertha and Gertrude Amiok, of Newry, Miss Mamio Fos ter, of Richland, Miss Dunlap oi Westminster, woro tho guests of Mis.fi Effie Martin Sunday. Mr. James Carroll and sister Anno of Oakway, Miss Anna Johns ol Retreat, and Miss St?lln Land ol Westminster, woro thc guests ol Miss Ida King Sunday. Rov. J. II. Clark and Mr. Walkei Martin of Pleasant Grove, Messrs J. R. Lyles and Loo Vissngo ol Mountain Rest, Mr. Forman Skel ton of Fair Play, and Miss Abet Harria of Townvillo, woro tho guostf of tho family of Mr. C. W. Hays or Saturday and Sunday. D. j. M. HOW'S THIS? Wo offer ono hundred dollars rowan for any caso of catarrh that cannot bi cured by Hall's Catarrh Core. P. J. Cn ENE Y A CO.. Props., Toledo, O Wo tho undersigned have known P. J Cheney for tho last If) years, and boliovi him perfectly honorable in nil busincs transactions and financially ablo to carr; out any obligations made by their firm. WEST A Tun AX, Wholosalo Druggist? Toledo, O. WAI.DINO, KINNAN A MAUVIN, Whole salo Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Curo is takon intornnllj acting directly upon tho blood and mr eons surfaces of tho system. Frico 75c per bottle Sold by all druggists. Tel timoniais froe. Hall's Family Fills aro tho best. --. Anatoniienl. A quack doctor stood on hi wagon at a street corner selling hi cure-all. A group of people gatl orod about him, and he undertook I explain to thom thc anatomy of tl throat. "My dear friends," ho began, "pc haps you don't know it, but thci are two passages that go from tl back of tho mouth to the stomac One ia called thc oesophagus, and tl other is oesophagi. Now, thc aol: victuals go down tho (esophagi! and thc liquids down tho osophaj] "Over the tops of thc holes ia cover with hinges in thc middle, ai when you swallow beofatenk tho li tie door over thc oesophagus Hi open, and tho little door ovor tl (esophagi drops down, and vice vcr when you tako a drink of coffee This description proved too min for a fanner who stood on tho cdf cf thc crowd. Shaking with laug ter, ho remarked, in a loud tone : "(Josh, but those doora must \ Hipper flopper when a follow cn bread and milk 1" -- FREE PILLS. Scud your address to II, IC. Ruoklon Cn., Chicago, and gota freo sample b of Dr. King's New Ufo Pills, A tr will convince you of their merits. Thc pills aro easy in action and aro partie larly effective in thc cum of constip?t! and sick headncho. For malaria a liver troubles they have boon proved i valuable. They are guaranteed to perfectly free from evory deleterious ai stance and to bo puroly vegetable. Th do not weaken hy their notion, but giving tone to stomach and bow greatly invigorate tho system, (tegul si/.o 2f>o. por box. Sold by J. W. Rc Walhalla; W. J. Ltinnoy, Sonooa; II. Zimmerman, Westminster, Druggists. ------ Anderson Intellgenecr: Ry a vote ol' to 181 tho State Democratic Convent! in Columbia refused to submit the cpi Hon of dispensary vs. prob! ht Hon to t Democratic voters of the State. Is tl Democracy? No, emphatically liol De ooraoy is ibo voice of tho peoplo, w should be allowed to pass upon nny i portant question that may como befe tho party. Tho white peoplo of tho St will never be satisfied until thoy hi tho privilogO of voting upon thocpiesti and the sooner thoy aro given tho pr! lego t im hotter? for the question will tl he settled, lt is very evhlont that friends of the dispensary aro afraid let tho poople pass judgmont upon question. - Ai?Ouccrtnln lllirtig, Tl :cre is no disease moro uncertain in nalino (lian dyspepsia. Physicians nay tl the symptoms of no two OIINOH agree. Il therefore most difficult (o make a corr diagnosis, No matter bow Nevero, or um what illftgiilsodyspepsia attacks you. Prow Iron Millern will cure it. Invaluable in (lisiases of the Htomnch, blood ami UP'V . lirowna' Iron Ritters is sold by all deal? HOW THINKING IS DONE. Tho Theory of the Brain's Method or Working. [From the Now york Sun.J At last Boiontista seem to bo on tho point of finding out what happens in tho brain,when a per?on thinks. It bas long been known that tho brain is tho thinking organ, but j nat bow tho making of thought comes about bas boon a puzzle. The celebrated Cabanis solvod tho mattor off band by saying that tho brain BcorotCB thought OB tho livor secretea hilo. Thin torso saying passed into com mon use, but soon ornoo to bo recog nized OB a olovor rooeoh rather than an explanation of tho my?tery. Now, however, tho most rcoont researches of tho micro8cop?8t8 aro making it appear that nftor all tho saying is not BO far wrong, but that, corrootly in torpreted, it in some measure ex presses tho facts. Of course, thought, hoing intangible, is not properly to be'compared with hilo or any other physical substance, but ii .appears that tho processes in the brain whian produce thought, and without which thinking is impossible, aro compara ble to those changes in tho livor and other organs which produce tho tan giblo secretions. A committco of British physicians, noting jointly, have been giving par ticular attention to this topio for ?omo years, and their researches, though not yet altogothor complete, already show somo very interesting results which, taken together with those of investigators on the Con tinent, let us soc a long way into tho intricacies of tho brain. It is shown unquivooally, for example, that a brain cell, which ?B the really important part of thc brain, actually looses part of its substanco during action. Tho brain Bells of persons and of animals that have died during a period of great exhaustion from over-exertion aro found to bo greatly changed from thc condition of tho normal cell during timen of health and vigor. Tho coll of tho exhausted brain, instead of being plump and full of nervous matter, is found to bo hollowed out or "vacuolated," a cavity within its substance having formed and being filled with water. This moans that a part of tho cell substance has been actually consumed during the timo of brain activity, precisely as coal ?B consumed when one got? heat from a furnace. It ia found, further, that if an ani mal whoso brain cells are th UH ex hausted ?B permitted to rest and to Bleep, ita cells rapidly recuperate, now material hoing suppled from tho blood until thc vacuolation baa dis appeared and thc coll ?H practically as good ap, now again. This explains why sleep ?B necessary to our exist ence. During waking hours our brain is literary worn away, and sleep in the Htatc during which tho repair shops of tho brain makes good thc damage of tho waking hours. Thus the brain of a person who Buf fers from insomnia ?B in tho condi tion of a locomotivo which is run night and day without going to tho repair shop; disaster must ultimately result. It ?B not sleep alone, however, that rosis the brain cell, though Bleep is absolutely essential to recuperation of tho brain OH a whole. But not all parts of tho brain are involved in any ono kind of mental effort. Tho blood supply of tho brain is BO arranged that by cxpanflion or con traction of different arteries parts of the brain may bo flushed with blood and other part? dammed off, so to speak, somewhat an tho various cur routs of an irrigated field aro regu lated by thc gardener. And an rapid (low of blood i* essential to great montai activity, this moans that ooo part of tho brain may bo very actively at work while unother part is rest ing and recuperating. Thus it is that a person suffering from brain fatiguo may leave hiu desk and go out into tho fields with a golf stick, or on tho highways with a bieyole, and, by diverting his mind, givo tho I overworked cells a chance to rest and j recuperate Hut it must not be over looked that such exercise volves other brain cell?, which, ii. turn, become exhausted, and that, in tho end, for tho recuperation of thc brain n:i a whole, sloop iu sol u tel y essential. No recrea*' .,' no medi cine, no stimulant will take its place. Tho man who docs not givo himself suffi oient hours of sloop, or who is unable to Bleep when bo makes tho effort, is literally burning away his brain substanco and can no more koop on indefinitely in this way than a locomotive can run on indefinitely without getting frosh supplies of fuel, In this now view it appears that oaoh brain ooll is a sort of storage battery, which can perform a cer tain amount of work and thon must be recharged. This likeness to a battery is further emphasized by the fnot that tho naturo of tho brain col!'? work oonsists, like that of any otbor battery, of the sending out of ohargos of ohorgy along oonneoting wires, or, at least, along fibres that may be likonod to wires. Brain colls, when oxamiued under tho microscope, aro found not to bo simple globular bodies, like many other kinds of cells. On tho contrary thoy aro irregular in shape,, and whoa properly strained, littlo wire-like fibres can bc seen jut ting out from them in various direc tions. It is along theso fibres that tho messages como to tho coll, and othor messages aro sent out, much ns messagos go and como from a tele phone control office. This likening of tho brain to a telephone central ofllco is a compari son that may be carried to a remark able length. Indeed, no othor com parison serves so well to give one a correct notion of tho method of brain action. But until rccontly thoro was one pb.aso of the matter that could not bo explained. How is it that tho various messages that ai'o surging through tho brain aro directed^ to proper channels among those multi tudinous wires ? When you call up tho central office you give a certain number, and tho operator connects your particular wiro with that num ber. Whoo you are through talking tho operator breaks tho circuit, and you can no longer communicate nlong that linc. But is thoro anything similar to this making and breaking of curronts possiblo in tho brain ? Astonishing as it may seem, tho answer is yes. There ?B prccisoly such a serio." of changes in tho cir cuits of tho brain cells ns is effected by tho operator with thc telephone wires. 'Thc manner of it is this. Recent studies of thc brain cell, particularly those made by tho Spanish physiolo gist, Hanum Cajal, have shown that many wires which load, out from a cell do not go on uninterruptedly to a termination in somo other distant cell, as they wore formorly supposed to do, but instead terminate in "blind onds." That is to say, they point out toward other colls, but do not reach them. Such a fibre dearly can not convey any message, because, like a telephone wiro that has been out, it does not load anywhere. But under certain conditions of stimulation a very extraordinary tiling happens, Tho "blind" fibre, under stimulus from its central cell, longtheim out until it touches a fibre of a neigbor ing coll, and presto, with Buch contact, a circuit is completed and a message flashes between tho colls. Mani fcostly such coming togothor of thc "blind" libres is prccisoly comparable to tho operator's connecting youl tolophono with another. And as ir the case of tho telephones, HO in thc case of tho cells, when tho oommuni cation is completod tho cnoneotion i? broken, the fibres retract and ceasi to touch one another, and no futthei message can be sont. Sometimes the tolophono girl doe) not understand your order, or report that the number you wish is "on gaged," and you cannot send you message. Similarly, in the brain, i seems sometimes as if certain circuit ono wishes to URO aro engaged ii other channels ; for how often doo one "puz/.lo his brain" to recall : fact or a name, which he feels tba ho knows perfectly, but which wil not come at command. And thci how, perhaps, hours afterward, th elusive name will Hash before him, a if the tolophonc giri of his brain col had nt last succeeded in gotting th right connection. When ono rolleot that each of these wonderful brail cells is microscopio in size, requiring indeed, a high power of tho micro scopo to make it visible, and th a there aro billions of them in a cubi inch of brain substance, ono is led t wonder that such mistakes of con neotion, or failures to connect, do no ooour oftener. As it is, tho tolephon ofiico of the brain is easily thc mos wonderful struoture of which w Jiavo any knowledge The most doli cato pioco of mechanism ever devise by human hands isaorude thing com parod with tho marvelous brain col In time of war it ofton happen that nu invading army will out th telegraph wires and destroy instrt monts and batteries at the contra offices, so that telegraphic and telophc nie communication becomes imposai bio. A prccisoly similar destructio of brain fibres and brain colls ocoin under certain conditions of disoaSt The familiar diseaso, paresis, for c> ampio, consists csncntially of jiu ' such a dootruotion of tho brain stria burea aa thia, Day by day, in tho paretio's brain, disease is making in roads upon tho delioato mechanism of tho colls, and, correspondingly, tho ideas tl mt, could alono result from tho activities of those oolls oro an nulled foruvor. When suob destruc tion has gono far, involving many sots of colls, it is as impossible that tho pare? io's mind should act nor mally na that a telephone systom should operate with lines out and batteries destroyed. Two JtliUioas a Year? When pooplo buy, try and buy again it moans thoy'ro satisfied. Tho pooplo of tho United States oro now buying Casca rots Candy Cathartic at tho rato of two million boxos a yoar and it will bo throe million boforo Now Year's. It means mci ii. proved that Cascarotsaro tho most dolightful bowel rogulator for ovorybody tho year round. All druggists. 10c, 25c., OOo. a box. Curo guaranteed. In Memoriam. Thoro aro timos whon tho heart of a wholocommunlty boats to tho samo pulso of griof, and BO lt was on that sad ninth of May which brought us tidings of Mr. II. 1). A. Biomann'? doath. That tho tall, vigorous form was laid low in death with so littlo warning, was ? solemn thought. Thoro aro probably fow mon whoso personality is moro a part of their town than wan his, who was born boro whon Walhalla was in its infancy. His father's honored name was identified with tho placo from its earliest inception, and ovory congrogntion of Christian worship per's in this town owes to tho elder Mr. Biomaun tho lot on which their houso of worship stands. To this liberally his son was worthy hoir. Hovr ho was loved lot tho tears shoo by hts' opi?.2 ?Vavo boar wltnoss. From milos away pooplo gathered,'inany ou foot, starting at tinco and four o'clock in tho morning, to pay tholr last tributo to thoir fr loud. In that crowded church, whoro woro gathorcd " high and low, rich and poor, ono with another," thoro was no dry oyo whon tho still form, so lately a part of tho busiest lifo of tho town, was borne by tho hands of bis follows up tho aislo whoro a fow Sundays boforo ho had walked, with glad thanksgiving heart, to soo II?B young dough tors confirmed. It was a moving sight, that mourning congrega*ion, mourning as woll for tho orphans horoavod as for tho friond taken. And equally moving it is to hear, littlo by littlo, tho words which show how real, how personal is tho mourning for him. His children's sobs aro ochocd in many a cabin, many an humble homo. M I looked over that crowded church," said ono who know him woll, "and thought how fow would romain scated If Bomo ono should say, 'Lot ovory ono riso to whom Henry Blomami ovor showed kindness.' " "Ah," said an old nogro man, "thorti'B many a tablo of white and black in this town that will go barer, now that Mr. Biomann's gono." Thoro ls a rich pro miso attached to tho command, "Turn not thy faco from any poor man." lt is: "And the fat o of tho Lord shall not bo tnrnod away from thoo." ODSKRVBU. DlBcnp J of Uio Hlood mid Nerve?. No ono need suffer with neuralgia. Thin disease is quickly and permanently cured by Drowns' Iron Hitters. Every disenNG of tlie blood, nerves and stomach, chronic o- otherwise, succumbs to Brown?' Iron Mittori. Known and used for nearly a nr. ur tor of a century, it stnuds to-day forc i lost among our most valued remedies, j ; row ns'Iron Bitters is ooh! hy all deniers. HARBOR OF SANTIAGO. Rescript lon of tho Tinco Whoro Ccr vcra's Ships aro Said to bo Bottled Up. Tho port of Santiago do Cuba, in which tho Capo Vordo Hoot, commanded by Admiral Corvora, is said to ho bottled up, is situated on tho southeast coast of Cuba. By land it is f>00 milos from Havana, which is situated diagonally aorosB tho island, on tho northwest coast. Tho distanco hy water is from 000 to 1,000 miles. Tho harbor of mo port is ono of tho linost on tho Cuban const.butit is difficult of access. From tho SOP a deep but nar row channol leads into tho harbor be tween fringing roofs. Tho channel is ovor a mile long ?md at its narrowest point only about 640 foot wddo. Its greatest width is said tobo only an eighth of an mile. Oncn in tho harbor a great dopth of water is found, and space for tho accom modation of a largo Hoot. Sant iago City is situated at tho head of tho harbor four or ilvo milos from tho sea. It has had in ordinary timcsa popu lation of f>0,000, largoly composed of blacks. Boforo tho outbreak of the rovolution, which has paralyzed all business on tho island, its commercial importance was second only to that of Havana. Thoro aro numerous handsomo buildings in the city, public and private, including tho residences of tho arch bishop and tho governor of tho provinco. Although tho peculiar entrance to tho harbor would scorn to mako it possible to fortify tho port impregnably, tho defonscs of tho harbor aro ne t roputod formidable. Tho formications oro said to be chiefly of masonry, of lillie uso against modorn high-prcssuro guns, und the guns mounted thoro aro gonorally old-fashioned smooth-bores. On tho land sido thoro aro numerous oarth works defended hy small guns, which havo boon auflloiont to koop hack tho insurgents, unprovided with artillery. "Nevertheless, for many months Honorai ?'. vreia has kept tho city practically in a state of siege. Communication with tho western part of tho island has hoon had almost wholly by water. Tho chief fortification of Santiago is Morro Castlo lt stands out boldly on a hill cast of tho harbor, making a most conspicuous target for tho guns of a ho:.I i lc Hoot. Morro Castle is a rambling, irregular fort, noithor circular nor oblong in snape. It is about 1,200 yards around tho struct ure. Tho fort is known to havo flvo modorn 10-inch guns and a laigo number of othor old-style cannon. Directly opposite Morro Castlo is tho Block houso, a small stone building, strengthened with heavy railroad iron. Thia building has somo good guns in it. Tho number is not known outside of Cuba, for they havo boon rccontly placed in position. Along tho outrance to tho harbor aro tho Estrolla and another small hattory. and tho Santa Catalina fort, nono or which is supposed to ho formidablo. Tho Blanco battery within tho city limits is a small affair. Tho harbor ls furthor protected by a numbor of maskod battorlcs, located at points on both sides of tho harbor. ?-1--<??!? -. If tho sun was inclosed in a mass of ico 00 feet thick it would ho one minuto in molting ROYAL DAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. "Gumption" and a File. If a boy has any "mcohanioal fac ilty," if it comos handy to him to iso tools, lot him bo thankful. Such v gift of nature-"gumption," it is jomotimes called-desorvos to be niltivatod, though it may novor sorve nm quito ns well ns it sorvod a man who tolls Iiis story in tho Cleveland Plain Dealor. Ho oponed a door for limsolf in a really stvikiug manner. When I was fourtcon years old, JO says, it becamo necessary formo Lo go out into tho world und earn ny share of tho family oxpenacB. I ooked about with small BUCCCBS for. * wcok or two, and thou I saw a card mitging' in a"st?f?- window, "Boy VVantCtL" I pulled down ni^M^d^a^u'ibe"* front of my jnokot and walked in. "Do you want a boy ?" I asked of ?\o clerk. "Book oflioo," ho said. I walked back to tho little don with a high partition around it, and pushing open tho door, whioh I noticed was slightly ajar, oap in ?land, I stopped in. It was a chilly day in November, imd beforo I spoke to tho proprietor, who was bonding over a desk, I burned to closo the door. It squeaked horribly as I pushed it shut, and thou I found that it wouldn't latob. It had shrunk so that tho sookot, which should havo caught tho latob, was a trillo too high. I was a boy of some mechanical genius, and I noticed what tho trouble was imme diately. "Whore did you learn to oloao doors?" said thc man at tho doBk. 1 turned around quickly. "At home, sir." "Well, what do you want?" "I came to seo about tho boy wanted," I answered. "Oh 1" said tho man with a grunt. Ho Hueiued rather gruff, but some how his crisp speech didn't discour age me. "Sit down," ho added, "I'm busy." 1 looked back at tho door. "If you don't mind," said I, "and if a little noise won't disturb you, I'll fix that door whilo I'm waiting." "Eb," ho said quickly. "All right. C4o ahead." ? I had beei. sharpening my Hkatos that morning, and tho short file I used was still in my pockot. In a few minutes I had filed down tho . . braBs socket so that the latoh fitted nicely. I closed tho door two or thrco times to see that it -was all . right. When I put my filo back in my pooket and turned round, tho man at tho desk was staring at mo. "Any paronts?" ho askod. "Motlier," I answered. "Have her como in boro with you at 2 o'clock," ho si\id, and turned back to Iiis writing. At twenty-five I was a pnrtnor in tho house ; at thirty-fivo I had a half interest, and I have always attributed tho foundation of my good fortuno to the only recommendation I then had in my possession-tho file. Youth's Companion. BRATS TUB KLONDIKE. Mr. A. O. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas, hus found a moro valuablo dlB covory than has yot boon mado in tho Klondike. For years ho suffered untold agony from consumption, accompanied by hemorrhages, and was absolutely cured by Dr. King's Now Disoovery for consumption, coughs and colds. Ho de claros that gold is of littlo valuo in com parison with thin marvelous euro; would have it oven if it cost a hundred dollars a hottlo. Asthma, bronchitis and all throat and lung affections aro positively oured by Dr. King's Now Dlncovory for consumption. Trial bottles freo at J. W. j Boll's, Walhalla, W. J. Lunnoy's, Sonooa, and II, B. Zimmerman's, Westminster, drug stores. Regular size f>0 couts and $1,00, Guaranteed to euro or price ro tunded. Thcro is a good deal in the Arab's prayer : "Oh, God ! bo kind to tho wicked; to tho good thou luiflt already boon Sufficiently good in making thom good." Subscribo for Tit? COUHIEP,. It ia only $1.00 pei* anmun,