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TO THINS! OWN SELF, BB TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THIS NIGHT THE DAT, THOU OANS>T NOT THBN BB t-AI.SK TO ANT HAN. BY JAVNES, SHHIiOU, SMITH ? HTUCK. WALHAl^A. SOUTH OABOI.INA. 8BPTBMBBH ai, 18?1>. NEW SEMES. KO. 77-VO?.OiWl-.-KO. 88 From Pike's F A . ..X ARTICLE There is a telegraph ofiico on Pike's Peak, and some ono remarked that no doubt that tho operator hold tho highest oflioo in tho telegraph com pany. In point of elevation, it is tho highest in tho world. Th?B is also true of tho government signal sta tion, Cripple Creek and Viotory, tho greatest mining towns, lie on or near tho foothills of tho Peak, to tho westward, and in ovory direc tion tho natural limitations upon one's vision alone mark the boundaries of tho wonderful panorama whioh is spread out beforo him. Tho apex of the mountain may bo termed conical. From thc timber lino to tho summit it is a hugo pile of boulders ; not the slightest vege tation nor soil occurs near the top, and appearances suggest that tho stone was thrown up by a stupen dous volcanic upheaval, and shattered by contact witli tho cold air. Some of those who made tho ascent when we. did, were overcome by the altitude and had to hurry down. The reduced air pressure upon tho body so accelerated heart action that the sufferers wore prostrated by rush of blood to tho brain ; others experi enced bleeding at the nose, and many remarked that their heads folt light and their knees unsteady. Upon others there was no apparent effect. It really is dangerous for any ono predisposed to heart trouble, or pulmonary complaints, to make the climb for tho reasons mentioned. Comming down we changed to tho otherside of the car and enjoyed the scenery as much a" before. Fac ing downward, wo gazed upon the bald tops of Cameron's Cone and other mountains which are really high and which seemed stupendous from Manitou. She Spanish peak, in southern Colorado, near the New Mexico boundary, loomed up in bold outline, at a distance of about one hundred and twenty miles. Tine PIKK'H PEAK NKWS. As we went up a man had come through the car ?ind taken the name of each passenger. Returning we learned his object when we were of fered the Pike's Peak News at ten cents a copy. The little paper is actually printed on the mountain, near the top. Presumably most of the matter stands the same from day to day, but the names of the passen gers were all p.' ted, and ns they called us "prominent persons," who had come to see the Peak, we were moved to patronize their enterprise! liberally. The members of our party were made to feel near home by a glimpse of Dr. A. W. Calhoun, of Atlanta, and Mr. H. M. Comer, of Savannah, who in going up met us as we re turned. Ii. was (pule a pleasant sur prise, as we did not know of their presence in the west. Reaching our train, we imme diately bade adieu to Manitou, with feelings of pleasure at having come and of regret at leaving such a pic turesque place. Beautiful and won derful Manitou ! In the Indian tongue tho word menus Croat Spirit. And upon beholding these lofty mountains, grand canons and the Garden of the Cods ; upon drinking tho sparkling waters from these health-giving springs, it is not at all Strnngo that the child of tho forest should have associated this wonder ful spot with a superior Hoing. A twenty-live mile ride southward brought up to Pueblo, where the road turns to the west. This ttl riv little city is located on the Alkali ses river, is well built and shows many evidences of progress and prosperity. GLORY OV 'I IMC ROYAL K0IM1K. Turning to the westward, a run of forty miles, and we passed Canon City, and were now to look upon ono of the grandest sights of the Ameri can continent ; for tho Koyai ( Jorge is assuredly worthy of that appella tion. It is folly to undertake to descrilm a scene which surpasses tho wildest ilights of imagination, but picture in your mind, if you can, a range of mountains rent asunder, the ro?,ky sides of this chasm towering ahovo you a ( 'arter of a mihi in height-ns high as a dozen tall pines stood upon each other, end to end ; at the bottom tho waters of the Arkansas river roaring and rushing along. Imagino yourself on a train passing through this chasm at a speed of forty-fivo miles an hour ; now besido ami thou abovo tho angry waters ; now upon the sido of and next under tho great walls of ston6 ; >eak, in the Ch Across the Wei _ '> a.-WRITTEN FOR THE KBOWEB C i : first rounding a beautiful curvo an<l then plunging headlong toward a giant cliff, apparently to a Bmaah-up from which there aooms no possiblo escape, only to bo whirled around tho abrupt anglo of an unuamod Gibraltar and hurled forward to repe titions of tho oxperionoo. Soo tho kaleidoscopic changes ns wo rush by 1 The canon walls recodo as if inviting us to pass ; thou close up wiUi for. bidding frown which almost shuts' out the light of day. Walls tinted with beautiful roda, pinks and browns, apparently just from tho hands of Thor, and roxt aro pre sented burned and blaokoned col umns which admit that the snows and storms of untold ages have beaton upon them. Tho Uoyal Gorge is about 10 miles long. Tho Arkansas river is fol lowed, the grado rising stoadily. Tho scenery continues to be of a high order (no joke intended). You aro among and upon tho Rockies ; groat peaks on every hand ; largo cliffs risc up on ono side, and on thc other is thc river, growing smallor and smaller. On the left sido of tho road you are suddenly startled by an object of which evory one has read-tho Mount of the Hely Cross. Kacing the railroad upon tho moun tain side is a tremendous cross, ns perfect as if designed by an engineer, in length and breadth almost tho same dimensions aa tho mountain, and as white as snow. In fact, it appears to be snow drifted into large gulches which cross at right angles. IN 'lilli MINI Nii UKO ION. Von aro now in a mining region. Several large mines may ho seen from tho roadside. Not far from hero is Leadvillo, on a branch road. Hero the altitudo is 10,000 feet, and very little growth appears ; largo mountains covered with anow, val leys or basins botweon, through which clear streams rapidly How to join our little river. Near Loadville wo saw a pretty sight-a snowstorm upon a mountain top, from the glis tening whiteness of which was re flected the rays of thc setting sun. Hight lu vc it may be well to re mark that rr.y preconceived ?dons of thc Kooky Mountains were erron? ons-rocky, to be sure, nothing but sand and rocks, but as a rulo thon arc no trees, either in high or lowei altitudes. One would naturally pic tare large peaks, bold, rocky cliffs a heavy growth of cedar, spruce aiu other mountain trees. Instead, th oj are rocky, sandy and dry ; somotimei not even a sprig of grass growing and sometimes scrubby bushes, min gled with grasses and Howers. Hence while in proportions they aro mud grander, they do not comparo ii beauty with our own mountains lien in the Piedmont region. CONSTRUCTION OF TUM RAILROADS Another remarkable feature is tin ease with which railroads hav< slipped through these mountains Occasionally (ino pieces of civil ant mechanical engineering arc encoun tered, but in tho main tito roads fol low streams through tho mountaii passes at the natural grado. Thor is generally room enough for th roadbed without much blasting slight embankments only are necee aary, and no bridges of itnporlanc( Doubtless the roads woro expensive but owing only to their isolatio from supply centers and the consc (piont, cost of materials and labor. We reached Glenwood Springs o a Saturday night and rcstod thor Sunday. Par back in tho mountain :/0 crossed the divide and followed little stream which flowed westward we were now in tho Xitali Valle; tho waters of which aro eventuall carried by tho Colorado rivor int the Gulf of Lower California. Hoi our little stream had grown to a coi siderablo size, and rojoicod in tl appellation of tho Grand rivor. ft a rapid, clear stream and Howa noi tho Hotel Colorado, tho best hotel i tho place. The town is of no eonsequono but the surroundings leavo littlo I bo desired. Tho river borders tl lawn, and back of tim hotel, oloso u * t * a mountain rises high. In froi thoro aro mountains ; mountains I tho right and to tho left. In shoi you find yoursolf in a very small vn loy, surrounded by mountains. Tl air is cool and bracing. Gamo said to bo abundant in tho vicinit The hotel is largo and woll-a pointed. Tho grounds aro well la out and kept. Drinking watt s?Msmirrr i "fm ii i . , Duds, ?tern Prairies. OlIRIBR. sparkling and cold, is brought from a spring bnok in tho mountains. BATHS AND SWIMMING POOLS. But the foaturo of Glenwood Springs is mndo up of tho baths and swimming pool. Tho pool covers about one aoro, onoloscd by perfect masonry and floored with vitrifiod briok. Nearby is Yampah Spring, which pours into tho pool 2,000 gal lons of boiling sulphur water per minuto. At tho opposito end is a fountain ol cold springwater which equalizes the totnporaturo. So by going toward or from these points tho bather can find any temperature desired. At tho dcop water cud of thc pool the "tobog?n" is located. This is a broad, flat-bottom trough, lined with shoot copper, smooth as git ss, and sat up at an angle of fully GO degrees. Near tho water it curvea outward. A thin stream of wator trickles down to make tho bottom slippery. Tho bather walks up stops, gots in tho trough and shoots down into tho wator liko a comot crossing tho zenith-just liko a brick falling in a well. Seats arc ranged along tho side of tim pool, and tho "non-combatants" sit around and watch tho antics of tho swim mers. Tho vapor baths aro said to bo very lino so far ns curativo proper ties aro concerned, and aro highly praised for wonderful rehabilitation of invalids. Tho vapor comos from tho sulphur wator, medicated in na ture's own laboratory and heated by her furnaces in tho regions below. A pretty arbored walk called "Lovers' Promenade," leads us to the FOR E Ci For 2 Mon's Snits, worth $.'*.;">() Mon's All-Wool Suits, wo Mon 's Suits-up-to-date woulcl bo a bargain al price only. We also Carry a Full / M (Mi's Shoos front 75 cont f Ladies' Sunday and Rv er Hats from J fie. to $2.50 an (ion. Kuli line of Trunk hotel. Again speaking of tho hotel, which is Italian in style, of rod stone and buff brick, in tho courtyard then is a lino fountain, while in tho court of tho rotunda thero is a pretty watorfall, of course artificial, but in appearance natural enough. In tho lobby are a number of fine heads elk, buffalo, etc. This, as I found later, is < a noticeable feature of nearly all the best hotels in tho west. We loft Glonwood Springs Mon day night and awoke in tho I itali desert. Sucha desert! Wild, dry and desolate; high, barron moun tains of grayish sandstone and sand, not a living thing in sight. At in toi'vals, however, a small stream was sighted, and scant vogotation hovored oloso up to tho brink. Occasionally a small rude hut might bo seen, close up against a cliff. Von won dor what on earth its inhabitants are hero for and how they livo {then you romembor that tho railroad, even ii: a desert, needs repairs. THU SALT I.AKK VAM.KY. About ?) o'clock things assumed a slightly moro cheerful aspect; not so many rocks and a little herbage boro and thorn. Wo woro nearing tho famous Salt Lake Valloy, Long snow sheds, Uko covered bridges, woro gono through, Now oattlo wore soon grazing, and soon small meadows appeared. Wo dash through a narrow mountain pass, and, like a magic lantorn view upon a Boreen, tho scone changes. Spread ont boforo you is a vant oxpanso of land as lovol as a floor and for tilo as a gardon. Hoavy orops of hoy, small grain. and fruit. Beautiful homosSmd progressive towns. About 10 o'clock wo reached Salt Lako City, doubtless tho most widoly known town of its size in America. This Jerusalem of tho Lattor Day Saints is perfectly laid out. Tho streets cross at right angles, aro broad, well paved and shaded, and aro as straight as an arrow. Tho town is located on a slopo which leads directly up to a high range of mountains. This givos good drain ago. Wator is brought down and made to flow through tho gutters continually. After all, howovor, it must be said that this is not an at tractive feature. Tho water becomes very dirty and unsightly. Boing a town of only about 75,000 peoplo of courso its claims as a point of inter est aro based upon its peculiar origin and unique history, with which all rendors aro familiar. Of courso tho objects which all tourists seok aro the Mormon Temple, tho Tabernacle, the Bee Ilivo and othor things espe cially associated with Mormonism. IN SALT LAKK CITY. Tho temple comes tirst. It und tho tabernacle aro closo together, in Templo square, noar tho center of tho city. Thc temple is "one of tho buildings you read about," as ono of our party said. It is of white granite, 180.1 by 99 foot; probably, 100 feet from ground to roof. At each end there aro a number of spires, one tall ono on the center; on onoh side a slightly shorter one, and ot!K"s still smaller and smaller to ward tho walls. Tho building was begun in 185?, was forty years being completed, and cost ten millions of dollars. Thc walls at tho ground floor are said to bc ten feet thick. None not of tho faith are permitted to cuter. IVERY FARMTR ll ASH BA we Sell you Goods Bought the , our price.$ 1 85 >rth $5, going at. 2 50 -any styli? you want, i $10. our underselling . 5 00 Line of Men's, Ladies'ant In which we will give y ,H to $S.f)0 ~ j y-day Shoes from (Ule, to $2.50. tl everything rise in propor- f s and Valises. Give us a call. V Thc tabernacle is an immenso building, being '250 wide by IfiO feet. It is oblong in outline, with an oval roof. Forty-six pillars sustain the roof, which springs in ono unbroken arch. It is thc Bccond largest solf sustaining roof in tho United States. Tho ceiling is (53 foot from tho floor. Thc seating capacity is 18,000, and from every seat an unobstructed view of the pulpit is had. Tho organ is thc second largest in tho country, and is said to bo of excollont tone. Tho acoustic properties of the build ing arc marvelous. Sitting in tho gallery at tho further ond, a pin dropped on tho railing at tho altar can bc heard much moro distinctly than if dropped on a table at your side, and nibbing thc hands together sounds like scrubbing wood with sand pnpor. Tho Bee Hive, a largo walled en closure across the street, contains stores, shops, residences, cte. Ame lia's Palace, tho residence of brig ham Young's favorito wife, tho tithing house, where tho faithful hand in a tenth of their incomes to tim church, and tinglo Gate, aro all of interest. Tho lattor is quito noticeable From two granite pillars on each sido of tho street ns many girders swing across, curving down ward, then upward, and converging ovor tho center of tho stroet, tho keystone hoing surmounted by a largo bronzo eaglo. The gravo of Brigham Young wns visited. It is marked only hy fi ?im plo marble slab. Groat Salt Lake ia about' twenty miles from town, reaohod by rail. It is literally an inland son and is un questionably ono of tho groat won ders. A lako of nalt wator, 2,600 miles in aroa, a milo above sea lovol, is a sight to bo soon nowhere olso on earth. It is a beautiful shoot of wator, and at Garfield Beach and Salt Air you oan find ns fino bathing facilities as at any Atlantic watering placo. At Salt Air, especially, there is a largo pavilion, a thousand foot from shore, with bath houses bolow. Tho wator is strongly Impregnated with salt ; so much so that tho evap oration of six barr?la will lcavo or o barrel of salt ; and, owing to this fact, thc wator is so bouyant that in it a poison cannot sink. Whether you can swim or not, you can fall down on the water and lloat about liko a cork. DIVERSITY OK THU CLIMATIC. With an hour's ride from Salt Lako City you can bo among tho perpetual snows, and between them any reasonable graduation of tom- j perature can bo found. Near tho I oily gold oro has been discovered, and tho output ?B large and growing. Near tho lako shore numerous salt refineries are located. To got salt, | the lake water has to bo turned into shallow vats. Natural evaporation does the rest, and tho crude salt is ready to bo shoveled up and carried i to the refinery. Hock salt is abund ant. Cut out in blocks, Uko alone, it is being used in building the Salt Palace, which was nearing comple tion when I saw it. This is darker than tho evaporated product, but it is the intention of tho projectors to spray tho building with lako water, the deposit of which will leavo tho walls a snowy white. Instead of painting from year to year, they will have only to spray the building to givo it a new appearance. N SOUTH CAROLI Cheaper than you i )m Before. Tho Best Suits in tho country special price. A Snit wo gu ar an too for two y< stylo and host quality, wortl molloy, our bargain price. . Tho Best Suits (?vcr brought t( worth $20, our price. I Children's Shoes, ^ on bolter bargains than you over Children's Shot's from 25 cents Boys' Shoes from 00. co nts lo $ I ;ASH BARGA The Mormons, although to thc | eyes of others their morals aro some what out of plumb, must bo credited with a singularly zealous devotion to their religious professions, which might well be emulated by adh?rents of other creeds. They must also bo credited with having made a garden of wonderful fertility to spring up in a desert, with having built a promis ing city and with having brought in to existence one of the States of tho I Inion. Soon after leaving Salt Lake night carno on. Daylight found us upon f Evtoiji COUffh mnkos your throat moro raw and Irritable. F!?*ry "ough congests tho lining membrane r>f your lungs. OOASO tearing yoin throat and lung?) in thia way. Take From tho flrot ..loao tho (pilot and roat bogia; tho tickling In tho throat eoaaoa; tho cough (lieappoara. TWOBIZOS: $1.00; t?Oe. Dr. Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral Ploter .hooM te over the lunit? of ev*ry peroqn troubled with n cou; h. J. C. AYKH CO., lowell, MM?. tho pinina of Idaho-broad, rolling alkali plaine, oovorod with sago brush. No ranches, no peoplo living in sito, little vegetation and less water. The Rooky Mountains pro sentod a noblo view to tho east, the skios dipped to moot tho prairies on tho wost. Now and then a squad of soldiers or a couplo of cowboys might be seer riding along, seem ingly anxious . roach a moro fa vored spot. TllKltK AUK M ANT DABS. Tho only regular and invariblo land mark of thia aoction (and this ia true of tho far weat generally) is that whatever else ia lacking, tho sa loon is always there. A metropolis consisting only of name and water tank besides is suro to bo orna mented with an emporium whoro liquid refreshments aro dispensed. When nearing tho Montana lino wo reached a mountainous section. Tho sago disappeared and grasa took its placo. Thc mountains wore smooth and treeless and tho groas had been dried and browned by the sun. Owing to tho dry climate, however, it retains ita nutritious pro perties and is oaten aa woll by atock as if green, oven in winter. Hero we again followed a small river, and occasionally a good meadow was passed. We reached Butte City shortly after noon. Butte is a quoor looking town, upon a mountain aide, smooky and dirty. Its chief support ia de rived from tho copper mines, which aro right in town. There is ao much cinder, so much ..rooke and dirt and so little inoistnro i un; thora ia noth ing, not oven a sprig of grass grow ing in the place. When some ono remarked that thcro was nothing green in town, tho witty member of our party replied : "Nothing ex cept us." JA Jins 1). MASSKY. Atlanta, Ga. _11_ INA IS STORE J ever , worth $15, our .$ 7 50 sara' wear, latost h $15) of anybody's .'.. 9 00 ) Ocon?o County, .'. . 12 50 had boforo in your lifo : t o $1.50. 1.50._ IN STORE. Il Dowey Day. Ono of tho most notablo public occa sions of thia decado will bo tho rocoption tondorcd Admiral Dewey on bia arrival at Now Voile, the last week in thia month, (treat preparations aro being made to wolcomo tho boro. flou, ltoo, who has nhargo of tho land parado, aays there will ho thirty thousand uniformed men in tho procession. Military compa nies will attend from every part of the United States. Tho Mayor of Now Vork and Qov. Roosovelt will moot Dewey on his arrival and bring him into tho city, and tho noxt day tho parado will occur, (lon. O. O. Howard will ho in command of tho votorans of tho Grand Army of tho Hopublio, and (?on. Rogor A. Pryor will ho in command of tho Confodorato Veterans. - -*.>> M. lb Poavoy, Hyrumvllle, (?a., writes I Dr. M. A. Simmons' Liver Modioino curod my wholo family of chills and fovor. It also cures dyspopsiaand head ache. I holiovo it stronger than /.odin's and black Draught. For Halo by J. W. Hell, Walhalla. Sm-Troasury Plan. NKW Youie, Soptoinbor il,-Moro than mild interest ii being manifested in this city by cotton brokers and commission merchants in tho rovival of what bas boon called tho "sub-treasury plan" for marketing cotton and similar ataplo pro ducts. Tho plan contomplatos tho es tablishment of bonded waroliousos to storo cotton, otc., at low ratea of atorago and insurance, and to URO tho rocolpts for snob gooda as collateral in any part of tho Un i tod States as security for a loan equal to HO per cont of tho markot value of tho merchandise. Tho soborno ia said to have boen irr.uguratcd in Geor gia, and tho promotora hopo to oxtond lt to other Southern StatOB. V Makes the food more dc ROYAV QAK1NQ POV AS OTHERS j 118. V ALHALLA, 1 " THE HAVEN OF REST, GRAPHICALLY PICTURED. ??ITS PAST. A VtsH to tho Coniotory-Tho Courior Gets a Placo In tho Picture. Mrs. J. J. Pinns, writing to "Tho Homo Coriior*' of tho Clinton (S. C.) Nows, from Walhalla, under dato of Sop tomhor 1, says: j How tho wondorful Iron llorso anni hilates spaco ! It spoods along tho oven tenor of its way ovor tho glittering stool rails of tho smooth tracks, With koro and thoro a bonnid curve, Anon a longthy strotch. It quito takes ono's breath nway ! Thou, too, wo scarcoly know which is most grand, tho forest and Holds of na turo or tho inventivo genius of man, which dovisos moans to utilize thoso many gifts. At two o'clock wo loft our homos, not far from whoro tho Nows souds forth its wolcomo and breezy notes of nows from o very nook and corner to its many pa trons. Before the afternoon was far spout wo woro looking across tho hills from tho car window at tho splendid buildings of donison Collogo, which in tho days of our Hist visit boro was Fort Hill, tho pleasant homo whoro Col. doni son dinponscd to us most ologant hospi tality and pointe* out many objects about tho homo and splondid mountain viows that had claimed tho attention of his father-in-law, our grand John C. Calhoun, whoso dust now roposcs in Trinity Churchyard, Charleston. I will not grow reminiscent; and toll yon moro of that pleasant visit to Fort Hill, but will como back to that happy day last week when tho dolicious broe/.os from tho mountains so refreshed us ; behind woro tho boat and dust of weary wooka, whilst rapidly wo woro nearing "Tho over liills of Ottaray." Sometime bc foro tho sun had gono down behind tho purple mountains wo reached this place, tho Mecca of our pilgrimage With swoot words of wolcomo in tho pleasant homo of dear friends, tho purest of cool frosh air, a big bnskot of apples and grapes, with prospects of beans, squashos, t?mateos and corn for dinnor tomorrow, you do not wonder that liko Ponce Do Loon, whon in sonrch of tho fountain of immortal youth and tho beauties of St. Augustine, appeared boforo him, wo ex claim in rapture, Euroka ! It was a fit ting name, too, that tho wanderers from tho bluo Rhino, with its castles and crags, and from tho Woasor, in the fara way Fatherland, gavo to this, their first homo in tho now world, Walhalla, tho "haven of rest." After drifting hither and thither, liko Noah's dovo, and no sn i lal ile resting placo was found on this sido of tho At lantic, a number of families who had como from tho Northoru part of Cormany te Charleston, S. C., formed a Connan emigration society, olootillg for their (hst President Con. John A. Wagonor. In tho year 1840 thoy decided* te hunt a homo among tho mountains of upper South Carolina with aclimato something Uko thoy had loft so far behind. About twonty families carno with tho first party, undor tho leadership of their presidont. At Andorson, tho terminus of tho rail road, thoy took wagons and caine through to this place whoro their society con cluded to purchase land and sottlo. Frote Col. Gresham thoy bought 20,000 acres, most of iL still in heavy timber, with tho industry, enorgy and sturdy endurance characteristic of tho Teutonic race, they founded homes from whioh havo de scended many of tho finest oitlzons of our State,. Yoars ago most of the houses in Wal halla woro built along ono main street, with tho quaint Dutch gables pointing toward tho strcot. The scone was pic turesque and full of interest, but timo, tho inoxorablo, and firo with its ravagos, havo mndo many changos, which im practical purposes aro hotter, perhaps; but to tho tourist, In search of something now, tho Fosthotio beauty of long ago ls lacking. Tho largo brick buildings that havo succoodod tho first homes and places of business of thoso sturdy burgh ers are uko tho rest of tho world, so wc pass'along in search of tho antique It was om* ploasant privilego this morning to visit Hm offico of THU KKO WKR CouniBR and to moot with tho sonior editor and ono of tho -publishers, If you could only soo thoir commodious, ologant and delightfully comfortable brick building that is all thoir own, for tho uses of thoir papor, you would not wondor that thoy send out such a splon did wookly; with such equipments it would bo quito impossible to do poor work. On tho first door, in a room that seemed te mo quito 00x40 foot, finished with polished native woods, tho mo ohanicnl work ls dono with appliances of the intost and best; up stairs in the oditor's "sanctum" and otho?* ofilces, largo, beautifully lighted and furnishod in oak, ash and pino. It is an ideal homo for tho editor. They oxchnngo with tho Nows and had kind words to say of you, Mr. Editor. Wo called to BOO Col. Robert A. Thomp son, WIIOBO ofiloo is noar by. For forty four yoars ho'was editor of Tim KKOWKK Conman. Although more thaa th reo ?coro and ton, like tho patriarch o?d, "bis oyo is not dim nor his -natural foroo kjr BAKING pl POWDER PURE Vicious and wholesome rt>IBCQ.,WW YORK?_'_ . abated." In 181H by was a printer in Tho Herald oflleo, at liaurons, and romom bors perfectly thc pooplo and tho pince, ovon though Hf ty years havo passed sinco thou. Our visit.to tins Italo, hearty, courtly "gontlomuu of .Hus old sohool" was a roal ploasuro. , . In tho city couiotory is tho grav? of thnt noblo, Christian man, whoBO early death Hoomod so untimoly, Hov. Hugh Streng) who was pastor nt ono timo of Cross Hill Presbyterinn church. In 1880 ho caiiio to this placo as professor in Adgcr College. In 1885 ho was called from iii? usoful labors and his loving family and friends to tho "rest propared for tho pooplo of Cod." Over his gravo is a tall abaft of Scotch granite, strong and pine likehig lifo. On itisongrnvod : hi lifo, truth, duty, humility, hi death, rost, poaco, glory. Near by is a unhpio monument to J migo Norton-a strong oak iu baud Bomo marble, cutolY about lon foot above tho ground, typical of his career of use fulness, prematurely cut down. In tho beautiful Cod's aero, that s?r rounds tho Luthoran churoh. Ho many of tho carly sottlors, who hado adieu to jail* Saxony and Hanover, and hero, in tho shadow of tho Bluo Kidgo, their mouldering dust sloops tho years away until tho Saviour conics in glory in tho Kast. My lottor has lengthened outspaco, yet I am not half dono my story. Homo timo soon 1 will toll you moro of this pleasant mountain rotroat and its kindly pooplo; 1 will tell you of tho protty Indian leg end, Iomquona, and of "Tho Over Hills of Ottaray," a name latoly rosurrooted from tho Cherokee tongue. It moans "Highlands," and is applied to tho Pied mont region. B. B. B. FOR BAD BLOOD. A Trial Bottle Will Bo So?t Froo to the Beaders of Tho Courier. Bad blood causes blood and skin dis eases, eruptions, pimplos, scrofula, eat ing sores, nloors, cancer, eczoma, skin scabs, eruptions and soros on children, rheumatism, catarrh, itching humors, otc. For tlieso troublos a positivo spcciHc euro is found in lt. B. B. (Botanio Blood Balm), tho most wonderful blood purifier of tho ago. It has boen thoroughly tested for tho past thirty years and has always cured evon tho most dcop-soatod, persistent cases, after doctors and . pat ent medicines had all failed. B. B. B. cures by driving out of tho blood tho poisons mid humors which causo nil these troubles, and a cure is thus ninda that is permanent. Contagious blood poison, producing ornptions, swollen glands, ulcoratcd throat and mouth, oto., cur< 1 by B. H. B., tho only remedy that can actually euro this trouble At drug gists, $1 per largo bottle; six largo bot tles (full treatment) $5. So ovory reader of THU Common may test B. B. B. wo will semi freo and prepaid a trial bottlo. Write to-day. M?dical advice free Ad dress blood Balm (kt., Atlanta, Ca. Trade With Our Colonies. Tho War Department has mado an in teresting atatomont of tho tindo V.^twoon tho United States and all of her colectes..,, under military control, and with Cubrir4 for tho seven months onding July 31, comparing it with tho year 18118. Tho statomtnit is most gratifying, showing u largo inoroaso in import and ex port trade. Tho export Irado from the United Stntos to ('nba shows an inoroaso of $0,031,050; tho imports from Cuba to tho United States show an inoroaso of $7,-103,188; tho oxporta from tho United States to Porto Rico increased $730,111, and tho imports from Porto Rico to this country increased $1,120,144; tho exports from tho United .States to tho Philippine Islands increased $320,873, and tho im-, ' ports from tho Philippines to tho United States increased $000,351). Tho trado of tho United States with tho vnrious islands whoa stated by months ?hows a marvolons growth of our commorco. Tho giowthof exports by months has boon very gratifying In all tho islands, and ospocially so in tho Philippine Is lands. yi. Pl SO'S CURE F T.. C ON SU M PT IO Kl To Neill, Hie Colton Crushor. A Kairlield county farmer, who lins read In disgust Neill's cotton crop esti mate of recont dato, sonds to Columbia a cotton stalk whioh is not ovor four inches high and has Its singlo bloom and boll exactly tinco inches above tho root, lie says: "Knclosod I send yon a sample of Fairfield cotton. Can't you send it to Neill with my compliments?" - - -4 . ?-. H10O HF WA HI) $100. Tho readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least ono dreaded disenso that scienco haH boon able to euro in nil Its stages, and that is catarrh. Haft's Catarrh Curo is tho only positivo euro known to tho medical fra ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh is Curo takon inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and muouous surfaces of tho system, thoroby destroying tho foundation of tho disenso,, and giving tho patient strongth by build up tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have havo so much faith in its ourativo pow ers, that thoy offer ono hundred dol?ais for any caso it fails to euro. Send for lint of testimonials. Address, F, J? CHUNKY,* Co., Toledo, O. Sold hy Draggled., 75c. Hair? Family Pills aro tho host,