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IMBATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON Tragi.: Knd of Confederate- lieoder, Slain hy His Own Men. (Long Roll.) Tho moon was coming nj). She Silvered the Wilderness about Dow dall's Tavern. She made a pallor around the group of staff and held officers gathered beside the road. Her light glinted on Stonewall Jackson's sabre and on the worn braid of the old forage cap. The clamor about Chancellorsville, where, in not haste, Hooker made dispositions, streamed east and west, meeting and blending westward with a Uko distraction of forming com mands, of bat'.e lilies made In the darkness, among thickets. The moon was high, but not observed. Behind him Capt. Wllbourne, of the Signal Corps, two adios and several cou riers, Jackson rode along the plank road. There was a regiment drawn across this way through the Wilderness, on the road and in the woods on either hand. In places in the Wilderness the scrub thal fearfully burned the next day and the next was even now afire, and gave, though uncertainly and dimly, a certain Illumination. By it the regiment was perceived, lt seemed composed ol* tall and shadowy men. "What troops are these?" ask ed <ho general. "Lane's North Carolinians, sir. the 1 St h. "' As he passed the regiment started to cheer. Ho shook his head. "Don't, men. We want quiet now." A very few hundred yards from Chan cellorsville he checked Lit th Sorrel. The horse stood, fore feet planted. Horse and rider they stood a id lis tened. Hooker's reserves ?ve e up. About the Chancellor House, en the Chancellorsville Ridge, they were throwing uj) intrenchinents. They were digging the earth with bayo nets, they were heaping it up with their hands. Tinning Little Sorrel, he rode back along the plank road toward his own lines. The light of the burning brush had sunken. The cannon smoke floating In the air, the very thick woods, made all things obscure. Stonewall Jackson came toward the Carolinians. He rode quickly past the dark shell of a house sunken among the pines. There were with him seven or eight persons. The horses' hoofs made a trampling on h.-ep the obKonrity prent. Su>ldonly ",, o? the brush ... . ' fl ?hot, an acct? ii? tally dlK'harg I ride Some gray soldier among Lane s 'ten&?lj a\. ing ranks spoke from the core of a fearful dream: "Yankee cavalry?" "Fire!" called an officer of the 1 8th North Carolina. The volley, striking diagonally across the road, emptied several sad dles. Stonewall Jackson, the aides and Wllbourne wheeled to tho left, dug spur and would have plunged into the road. "Fire!" said the Car olinians, dressed to the lefl of tho road, and fired. Little Sorrel, maddened. dashed into the wood. An oak how struck his rider, almost bearing him from the saddle. With his right hand, from which tho blood was streaming, in which a bullet was imbedded, he caught the bridle, managed to turn the agonized brute Into the road again. There seemed a wild sound, a confusion of voices. Some one had Mopped the firing. "My Cod, men! You are firing into us!" In the road were the aides. They caught the rein, stopped the horse. Wllbourne put ni? his arms. "General! General! You are not hurt? Hold there! Mor rison- Leigh ! " They laid him on the ground be neath the pines and t hey Hied the brushwood for a light. One rode off for Dr. McGuire and another with a penknife cut away tho sleeve from the left arm, through .-bleb had gone two bullets. A mon med man came at a gallop and threw himself from bis horse. It was A. P. Hill. "General, General! You are not much hurt ?" "Yes, I think 1 am." said Stone wall Jackson. "And my wounds are from my own men." The aide lifted the wounded General. "No one." said Hill, "must till the troops who was wounded." The other opened Iiis eyes. "Tell them simply that you have a wound ed officer. Gen. Hill, you are in com mand now. Press right on." A litter was lound and brought and Stonewall Jackson was laid upon it. The little procession moved to ward Dowdalls Tavern. A shot pierced tho arm of one of the bear ers, loosening his hold of the litter. Jt tilted. The General fell heavily to the ground. Injuring afresh Hie wounded limb, striking and bruising the side. They raised him, pale now and silent, and at last they struggled through the wood to a little clearing. On May 6th Stonewall Jackson was carefully moved from the Wil derness to Guiney's Station. Here was a large old residence-tho Chan dler house-within <? sweep of grass and trees; about it one or two small buildings. The great house was filled, crowded to Its doora with I wounded soldiers, BO they laid Stone- | wall Jackson in a rude cabin among the trees. The left arm had been amputated In the field hospial. He was thought to be doing well. At daylight on Thursday he had his phy sician called. "1 am suffering great pain," he said. "See what ls the mat ter with me." And presently, "Is lt pneumonia?" That afternoon his wife came. He was aroused to speak to her, greet her with love, then sank into some thing like a stupor. There were times When he was slightly delirious. He gave orders In a shadow of the old voice. "You must hold out a little longer, men; you must hold out a little longer! Press forward -press forward-press forward! (Jive them canister, Major Pelham!" Sunday, tho 10th, dawned, lt was sunny weather, fair and sweet, with all the bloom of May, tho bright trees waving, the long grass rippling, waters (lowing, the sky azure, bees about the ?lowers, the birds singing piercingly sweet, Mother Earth so beautiful, the sky down-bending, the light of the sun so gracious, warm and vital! A little before noon, kneeling be side him, his wife told Stonewall Jackson that he would die. He ; smiled and laid his hand upon her bowed head. "Von ave frightened, my child. ! Death is not so near. I may yet get ! well." The doctor came to him. "Doc tor, Anna tells me that I am to die to-day. ls it BO?" "Oh, General, General! lt is so." ? ile lay silent a moment, then he said : "Very good, very good! lt is all right." Throughout the day his mind was now clouded, now clear. The alter nate clear moments and the lapses into stupor or delirium were like the sinking or rising of a strong swim mer, exhausted at last, the prey at last of a shoreless sea. At times he came head and shoulders out of the sea. opened his gray blue eyes upon his staff. .The sea drew him under again. The day drew on to afternoon. He lay straight upon the bed, silent for the most part, but now and then wandering a little. His wife bowed herself beside him; in a corner wept the old man. Jim. Outside the win dows there seemed a hush as of j 'Pass ff. infautr> to the fron;!*''1 ordered Stonewall Jackson. "Toll | ? A. P. Hi?l ro pre?are, for action1 tin > ?voice rik :,uu. , long silence; there was only heard the old man crying in the coiner. Then for the last time in this phase of be ing the great soldier opened his eyes. In a moment he spoke, in a very sweet, calm voice. "I^et .;s cross over the river and rest under the shade of tho trees." He died. state of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Prank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said timi will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscrib ed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 7~>c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. adv. Shot Self Just Def ore Wedding. Pittsburgh. Pa., Aug. 6.-Prank Welter, a barber, this morning dress ed himself carefully and completed arrangements for his wedding, sched uled to take place at it o'clock. He then went to his room and fired two shots Into his breast near the heart. Discovering he was not dead he fired another ..hot at his head, but sus tained further injuries than a flesh wound. Then ho pulled the trigger of the revolver again, but the bullet went wild. When physicians arrived to remove him to the hospi tal he refused their support and walked unaided to the ambulance, lt is believed he will recover. Welter gave no reason for his act. Ambassador to Germany Has Kick. Berlin, Ccrmuny, Aug. 7. - James W. Gerard, Knited States* ambassa dor to Germany, with his wife and sister, the Countess Alton Sigray, left for Hamburg yesterday and will embark on tho America for the Uni ted States to-day. Mr. (ierard, will, before dei ?ding ing the ambassador's salary hy about dence In Berlin. The rental of each j is about $19,000 annually, exceed ing two suitable houses for his res| $ i ,:>no. Mr, Gerard has succeeded in find on taking a lease of one of the house.1, discuss the situation with President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan. CONFERENCE.. I THE C( First Session Held at Collin Attended-Prominent S Talks, and Growth c Will Bring Results t "The Comn The "Conference for the Common Good" at its first session, held In Co lumbia last week, was largely attend ed by representative men from nil over the State, and prominent men from other States were present who joined heartily in the work of the first session of this body. The Cou rier regrets that it cannot give a fuller resume of the proceedings - a synopsis at least of each of the good speeches made on a wide range of subjects, but this is impossible. There are, however, many who will agree with us that possibly the great est factor in bringing public good to the people of the State is a better understanding of sanitation and hy giene, and as this subject was brought to the attention of the con ference forcefully by one of Ocon.e's foremost citizens Dr. lil. Hims, of Seneca, we give space to his re marks in full as reported by the Columbia State of the 7th. The statements made by Dr. Hines and the recommendations put forward by him are well worth serious consider-' at ion. We quote from The State: "Health and the Home" was the subject of an address deliv ered by H. A. Hines, M. D., of Sen eca, secretary of the South Carolina Medical Association, at ?be "Perma nent Homes" session of tho Confer ence for the Common Good, held last night in the Columbi!', theatre. Dr, Hines' remarks are given here in full: The Health Conditions of the home and the home life In this country, owing to our freedom of thought and action, have given sani tarians tho most difficult problems they have to face. The man's home is his castle and his rights sacred. In far too many instances such a . man considers the health officer an invader of his rights and privileges rather than as a guardian angel. 'Many limes tho horne presents ?he weakest Unit In thc entire ?halt of preventive medicine whor< - ; sholl!?! be the strongest. Indeed tho very foundation of roi nicipal sanitation is the home, and the same is true in great measure in the small town and rural district. It would be of intense Interest to trace historically the intricate relationship between the health of the individual, tbe State, the nation and the home. We would find this edifice frequently to nave been built upon the sands of igorance, blinded prejudice, and mis guided judgment rather than upon the solid rock of the unselfish recog nition of the truths of sanitary sci ence. John Howard Payne had in mind the ideal when he penned lils immortal poem, "Home, Sweet Home," and for more than half a cen tury this lofty sentiment has inspir ed our Southland with romance, lex" end, song and hospitality. We o' the South have thus a glorious inherit ance, but this is not all that has been handed down to us. Unfortunately, mingled with the refrain of "Home, Sweet Home," we discern especially the discordant notes of typhoid fever, tuberculosis, pellagra, hookworm disease, malaria, diseases of child hood, and diseases sociologie in their nature. Any one of the maladies mention ed could easily engage our attention for the time allotted me. The great white plague, tuberculosis, is pre eminently a home-borne disease. Lis ten to the words of Sir William Os ier: "In four hundred homes of this country there is lamentation and woe to-night, husbands for their wives, wives for their husbands; children for their parents, parents for ?heir children-a mere repetition of yes terday's calamities. And if the ears of your hearts open, you can hear, while 1 speak, the beatings of the wings of the angels of death to the four hundred appointed for to-mor row." Causes are Social. It augurs well for the future of our beloved State that we are here this evening to reason together on this highly important subject. Most of the ills from which we suffer In the domain of preventable diseases are duo to social rather than indi vidual offenses, and therefore the remedy must be found In the treat ment of the social organisms rather than of the Individual. The improvement of hygienic con ditions In our cities, towns and ru ral communities requires a certain amount of specific regulation. Suo-tf regulation must lie based upon pro per legal enactment, either on na tional or State laws, or on municipal ordinances. Restrictions of personal liberty, so necessary at times, in or * . )MMON GOOD tibia Last Week was Well peakers Made Splendid >f Work Inaugurated hat Must Make for ion Good/* der to be enforced and to bo of any value, must be understood and sup ported by the public. It is extremely important, then, that for legal and social reasons we lose no opportu nity to inform ourselves as to the marvelous advance in scientific knowledge regarding the causes of disease, the methods of transmission and the most effective means of pre .ventlon. The rapid advance of sci entific knowledge to-day, not only in medicine, but all along the line in the allied sciences, fill us with won der. Scarcely a year passes that some actnal life-saving remedy or measure ;.s not been brought for ward foi our benefit. It is . lmost inconceivable that but little o r 100 years ago our fore fathers were burning witches at thc stake. i mention this here because to a certain extent the witch may be considered the predecessor of the modern scientist. At a time when no systematic knowledge of nature existed, it was taken for granted that the future could be predicted and controlled by appropriate actions and expressions, through '.sympathetic magic'" or potent formulas, of which tho "wise" man or woman was tb? repository, often possessing also such skill in the use of drugs, simples 01 surgery as belonged to the i>oriod The discoverers of the fact that many of the most deadly diseases we.'t caused by germs placed at once theil fingers on one of the most vulnera hie spots of the home and home life. All honor to the memory of Pas teur, Koch, Lister, Reed and other! like them. Think you that the Amer lean home is safe, both within ant without, and that our fears are un necessarily aroused? if so, you ar? mistaken. Listen: In the Lancet Clinic of July 5th we find the follow lng: A house of seven rooms ii which .SOO men sleep daily was dis covered yesterday by the police o pdoyed ?a tho ted mills nearby am sleep in eight-hour shift*,, Tho oUl C'iJ4; were called to thc place ie in their way along narrow aisle through tiers of cots, upon each ; sleeper, they found one of the lodg ers to be seriously ill. Commentini upon the situation this leading jour nal of the Middle West says: "Wha possible contribution to the happi ness and worthwhileness of a natioi can such a herd as this make? Ther is not even a pretense of real Ameri can citizenship among any of them although it is qiute probable tba many, if not all of them, vote at Chi cago's elections. No homes, n wives, no children, no interest i schools or churches, the drama o art. They are indeed 'tolling vei min.' In many instances the Amerl can whose family a few years ag had a home of their own where th children grew up at the public schoc and bad a card at the public librar and a pew in the church, and a fair Hy physician who was a famil friend-this man is gone, he and hi family, the schools, the churches an the family physician, and we have i place of him and his neighbors, 30 men sleeping in seven rooms, flt ft nothing but to destroy our civllizi tion and disseminate the filth di eases that wait hungrily upon ove crowding, exhaustion and stifling a mospheres. This picture may I slightly overdrawn, but that it ls po sible at all in this country shou serve as a warning." ? >II t liiii..; a Program. We are here this evening, I b lieve, not so much to discuss the rles as to enunciate facts and en dea or to'map out something definite f< the future. To this end, therefor I shall briefly direct my remarks. There is no doubt In my mind 'bi that tho home-owner, general speaking, stands for the best citize ship. Others will point out how th may be accomplished. I desire encourage, b wever, the idea fro the health standpoint in behalf both tho Individual and the State. The first reliablo statistics ev compiled in this country on the r< atlve longevity of the married ai unmarried man and woman has ju beep completed In New York Stal The evidence is preponderating!* favor of tho married--and therefo tho home-makers. I unhestltatinp urge marriage and the establlshine of the home as the best single st towards good health and a long li In this connection permit me Introduce the new science of eugt les. Much of this new science is j within the pale of uncertainty, promise not to lead you beyond t bounds of reason into the hazy do main of incredulity. I see no reason why we are not ready in South Caro lina for a law requiring the bride and groom to present a physician's certificate that they are in good health before the minister shall pro nounce them man and wife. Several States have passed such' a law. The last State to do so was Penn .." ania There tho bride and groom vi the future will be required to take a sol emn oath that they have no trans missible disease. Such a course in this State would hasten this new sci ence of being well born. The only other suggestion I shall make tills evening is that we should foster the agencies already in our hands which look toward the main tenance of health in the home. En lightened woman ls pre-eminently the sanitarian of the home. The State of South Carolina provides a "model homo" at Winthrop College for the training of her daughters in home economics and sanitation. From the front gate to the remotest re cesses of the backyard you will find the rules as provided by the State Hoard of Health rigidly enforced. Every woman's college In the State should own such an equipment. The Federation of Women's Clubs has done much to disseminate a knowl edge of hygiene and sanitation in the home. We should frankly acknowl edge this and further encourage their work. I believe that there is to-day no investment which pays so well as carefully directed sanitation. The State of South Carolina receives more lasting benefits from her np propriation to the State Hoard of Health than any other appropriation she makes. How much is it? you ask. About $20,000. A sum much less than the great majority of the States expend for this purpose. Where are the dividends on this out lay? In every community lives are saveti by free antitoxins, practically free treatment of hookworm disease, free vaccine virus, free anti-typhoid vaccine, free treatment for rabies and free information on all sanitary subjects. It ls clearly conceded that our board has for the past five years done more with less money than any other State health board in the Uni ted States. In conclusion, and to summarize so that we may grasp something tan gible and concrete, I recommend: First, marriage as an institution conducive to a long and healthful ex istence Second, we should pass < law In su lng the onion of only the strong and heall by tuan and woman. rbi rd i *'c should provide for our girls specific training in sanitary sci ence. Fourth, we should encourage all the existing agencies engaged in pub lic health work, and especially see to it that the State appropriates suffi cient funds to adequately support its health department. AU Interdependent. We are trying to show that to se cure good health In the home we are not dependent, nor are we independ ent. We are driving home the thought expressed In Kipling's wis dom-packed poem: "Now til is is the Law of the Jungle, as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf th?'t shall keep lt. may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that circles the tree trunk, so the Law runneth for ward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack." Remarkable Curo of Dysentery. "I was attacked with dysentery about July 15th, and used the doc tor's medicine and other remedies with no relief, only getting worse all the time. I was unable to do any thing and my weight dropped from 145 to 125 pounds. I suffered for about two months, when I was ad vised to use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I ned two bottles of it and it gave ne permanent relief," writes B. W. Kill, of Snow Hill, N. C. For sale by all dealers. adv. Oas to Melt Coin Metal. Philadelphia, Aug. 8. - For the purpose of reducing.the operating ex penses the management of tho Uni ted States mint In this city will use gas as a fuel instead of oil here tofore. Service mains havo been in stalled and will be ready for sen ice by September 1st. lt will require .'{0,000,000 feet of gas a year o melt the bullion from which tho co.ns will be made. Heretofore nearly 240,000 gallons of oil have been consumed annually. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GKOVB'8 TASTHI.KSS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and hubris up the nystem. A true tonic ?nd sure Appetizer. For adults and children, 50c. Gonzales Welcomed in Cuba. Havana. Aug. 6.-Wm. E. Gon zales, of Columbia, S. C., the new American minister to Cuba, arrived here to-day and waa greeted by many Cuban officials and the staff of tho le gation. Mr. Gonzales probably will present his credentials to President Menocnl Friday. CLEMSON FACULTY CHANGES. Several New Professors to Begin 1 hi tie? Next Session. Clemson College, Aug. 7.-The faculty and experiment station forces for the coming scholastic year, will contain a number of new men. Ow ing to the fact that the board of trus tees recently passed a by-law against resignations during the college ses sion, all resignations will now be during tho summer montfls; hence there will always be a number at once instead or one or two at a time. Following aro the new men. some of whom are already beginning to come In for duty. Prof. .las. G. Coman, of Mississippi, will be assistant professor of carding and spinning In the textile school. He is a graduate of the Mississippi Tex tile School and the Powell Textile School, and has had much experience In mill work and erection of mill machinery, as well as in teaching at the Mississippi Textile School and the Arkansas Textile School. He suc ceeds Prof. W. P. Meadows, who re signed to become cotton technologist In the national department of agri culture. in tho engineering department. there are to be three new men. E. L. Shepard, of Missouri, has boen ap pointed instructor in civil engineer ing to succeed Prof. R. F. Sweeney, who has two years' leave of absence to do special work at the Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Shepard was educated at the University of Missouri, has had practical experi ence In this country and South Amer ica and hits taught civil engineering in the Michigan Agricultural College. William Routten, of Virginia, hits been made assistant professor of wood work to succeed Prof. A. B. Gardner, who has left teaching work to enter business in Greenville. Mr. Routten is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, has studied one year at Vanderbilt and has taught at Mississippi A. and M. College and Alabama State Normal College. Prof. Rou Hen'8 assistant in wood work will be Howard L. Pate, of Pennsyl vania, who was educated at Phila delphia Manual Training School and University of Pennsylvania. He suc ceeds A. O. Horning, who goes to - Perdue University to complete his engineering course. In the academic department there are two new Instructors In English, doe to thc retlremenl of Prof. Chas, M. Furmun, who becomes pro!es,-ot emeritus and Prof. Thos. W. K^irt, who hat given up tea? hing to devote himself to bis ??inning Interests in Newberry county. Prof. D. W. Daniel has been made professor of English, and Prof. A. B. Bryan associate professor of English. The two new men are F. F. Cov ington, of Marion, and F. M. Cruni, of Orangeburg, both of whom will be instructors in English. Mr. Coving ton is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Harvard, and has had teaching experience In the Ho gtie Military Academy, of Virginia, and tho Moore Institute, of Tennes see. Mr. Cru ni is a graduate of Wof ford College and has had one year each at Vanderbilt and Harvard and teaching experience at Fort Mill and elsewhere. In the agricultural department and the exjieriment station there are a number of changes, particularly in subordinate positions, as follows: Prof. F. M. Rolfs, of Iowa. be comes associate professor of botany and bacteriology and associate bota nist and plant pathologist of the sta tion, vice Prof. J. G. Hall, who re signed In March to take a position in the West. Prof. Rolfs graduated first at the Iowa State College, then took his master's degree at Colorado Agricultural College, and lils doctor's degree at Cornell. He has had fif teen years' experience as a teacher in several instiutions. F. A. Rouse, of Kentucky, has been appointed assistant In animal hus bandry to the experiment station, vice R. T. Haden, who has returned to Missouri to engage in farming. Mr. Rouse has had life-long experi ence on a dairy and stock-breeding farm and is a graduate of the Ohio State University. In the chemistry department there Is only one chango, and that only for ono year. Prof." F. H. Edniister, of New York, who ls a graduate of Syr acuse University, with four years' teaching experience at that institu tion and at tho University of Louisi ana, will substitute for Prof. Lip scomb, who has a year's leave of ab sence to study in Germany. A resignation of general Interest is that of?W. B. West, who has boen chief fertilizer Inspector, and who luis accepted a very flattering offer made him by the Cotton Seed Crush ers' Association, much to 1 ?ie regret of tho Clemson authorities, to whom Mr. West has been a valuable official. How tho Trouble Starts. Constipation is the cause of many ailments and disorders that make lifo miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tablets, keep your bowels regular and yon will avoid these diseases. For sale by all dealers. adv.