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1 ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. L. M. grist & sons, Publishers, j % Ifamilu flcwspapcr: 4or ",c. fjrontotion of the ?otiticat, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. { TEKs^'oS;?cVpi% tmiii: cSts^e' VOLUME 41. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1895. NUMBER 87. * i 7~7 7 r7 J FROM BY CAPTAIN CI Copyright, 1894, by the J. B. Lippincott Co. ? , ( CHAPTER XII. ' "Colonel Maynard, I admit every- 1 thing yon say as to tho weight of the 1 evidence," said Frank Armitage 20 1 minutes later, "but it is my faith? ' understand me, my faith, I say?that 1 she is utterly innocent. As for that < damnable letter, I do not believe it was ever written to her. It is some other ^ * woman." I "What other is there, or was there?" was the colonel's simple reply. "That is what I mean to find out. Will you have my baggage sent after me tonight? I am going at once to the Btation, and thence to Sibley. I will write you from there. If the midnight visitor should prove to have been Jerrold, he can be made to explain. I have always held him to bo a conceited fop, but never either crack brained or devoid of principle. There is no time for explanation now. Goodby ar 1 keep a good lookout. That fellow may be here again." And in an hour more Armitage was skimming along the winding river side en route to Sibley. Ho had searched the train from-pilot to rear platform, and no man who in the faintest degree resembled Mr. Jerrold was on board. He had wired to Chester that he would reach the fort that evening, but would not resume duty for a few days. He made another search through the train as tney nearea tne ciry, ana son mere < was none who in stature or appearance < corresponded with the descriptions given 1 of the sinewy visitor. 1 Late in tne afternoon Chester received 1 him as he alighted from the train at the " little station under the cliff. It was a 1 beautiful day, and numbers of people < were driving or riding out to the fort, f and the high bridge over the gorge was ] constantly resounding to the thunder j of hoofs. Many others, too, had come out on the train, for the evening dress 1 parade always attracted a swarm of visitors. A corporal of the guard, with a 1 couple of men, was on hand to keep I vigilant eyes on the arrivals and to persuade certain proscribed parties to reenter the cars and go on, should they ^ attempt to revisit the post, and tho faces ' of these were lighted up as they saw 1 their old adjutant, but none others of 1 the garrison appeared. "Let us wait a moment and get these 1 people out of the way," said Armitage. J "I want to talk with you. Is Jerrold back?" "Yes. He came in just 10 minutes ' after I telegraphed to you, was present ' at inspection, and if it had not been for | your dispatch this morning I should not 1 have known he had remained out of quarters. He appeared to resent my : having bee'' to his quarters. Calls it T >? Bjjjiug, x picouino. "What permission had he to be 1 away?" ' "I gave him leave to visit town on \ personal business yesterday afternoon. 3 He merely asked to be away a few hours to meet friends in town, and Mr. Hall * took tattoo roll call for him. As I do * not require any other officer to report the time of his return, I did not exact ( it of him, but of course no man can be ' away after midnight without special i permission, and he was gone all night. * ^ What is it, Armitage? Has he followed 1 her down there?" f "Somebody was there last night and * capsized the colonel pretty much as he 1 did you the night of the ladder episode," said Armitage coolly. "By heaven, and I let him go!" 1 "How do you know 'twas he?" ' "Who else could it be, Armitage?" 1 "That's what the colonel asks, but it 5 isn't clear to me yet awhile." J "I wish it were less clear to me," 6aid Chester gloomily. "The worst is that < the story is spreading like a pestilence < all over the post. The women have got f hold of it, and there is all manner of 1 talk. I shouldn't be surprised if Mrs. i Hoyt had to be taken violently ill. She has written to invite Miss Renwick to * visit her, as it is certain that Colonel 1 and Mrs. Maynard cannot come, and Hoyt came to me in a horror of amaze 1 yesterday to know if there were any < truth in the rumor that I had caught a | man coming out of Mrs. Maynard's window the other night. I would tell 1 him nothing, and he says the ladies declare they won't go to the german if i she does. Heavens! I'm thankful you , are come. The thing has been driving < me wild these last 12 hours. I wanted J ' to go away myself. Is she coming up?" . "No, she isn't, but let me say this, 1 Chester?that whenever she is ready to 1 return I shall bo ready to escort her." < Chester looked at his friend in amaze- 1 ment and without speaking. "Vnc T cor> T*nn nrn netmiiclmrl lmt. you may as well understand the situa- 1 f> tion. I have heard all the colonel could < tell and have even seen the letter, and < feince sho left hero a mysterious stranger ' has appeared by night at Sabloii, at the < cottage window, though it happened to be her mother's this time, and I don't I believe Alice Renwick knows the first thing about it." ; "Armitage, are you in love?" "Chester, I am in my sound senses. ' Now come and show mo the ladder and ] where you found it and tell mo the ] whole story over again. I think it grows interesting. One moment. Has he that < picture yet?" j "I suppose so. I don't know. In these last few days everybody is fighting shy i of him. He thinks it is my doing and looks black and sulky at me, but is too proud or too much afraid of conse- i E RANKS iARLES KING. juences to ask the reason of the cold shoulders and averted looks. Gray has taken seven days' leave and pone off with that little girl of his to place her with relatives in the east. He has heard the stories, and it is presumed that some of the women have told her. She was 3own sick here a day or two." "Well, now for the window and the ladder. I want to sec the outside through rour eves, and then I will view the in terior with my own. The colonel bids me do so." ' Together they slowly climbed the long stairway leading up tho face of the cliff. Chester stopped for a breathing spell rnoro than once. "You're all out of condition, man," said tho younger captain, pausing impatiently. "What has undone you?" "This trouble and nothing else. By jad, it has unstrung tho wholo garrison, I believe. You never saw our people fall off so in their shooting. Of lourse wo expected Jerrold to go to pieces, but nobody else." "There were others that seemed to fall away too. Where was that cavalry seam that was expected to take the skirmish medal away from us?" "Sound as a dollar, every man, with she single exception of their big sergeant. I don't liko to make ugly comparisons with a man whom I believe to be more than half interested in a woman, Dut it makes me think of the old story ibout Medusa. One look at her face is :oo much for a man. That Sergeant McLeod went to grass the instant he caught sight of her and never has picked up since." "Consider me considerably more than half interested in the woman in this ;ase, Chester. Make all the comparisons that you like, provided they illumine matters as you are doing now, and sell me more of this Sergeant McLeod. What do you mean by his catching sight of her and going to grass?" "I mean ho fell flat on his face the moment ho saw her and hasn't been in good form from that moment to this. TIL- J li.1? xlicQOOQ " me uuutur s it a uctuv vnovwou. "That's what the colonel says troubles Mrs. Mayuard. She was senseless and ilmost pulseless some minutes last light. What manner of man is McLeod?" "A tall, slim, dark eyed, swarthy fellow, a man with a history and a mystery, I judge." "A man with a history, a mystery, tvho is tall, slim, has dark eyes and swarthy complexion and faints away at sight of Miss Renwick might be said So possess peculiar characteristics, family traits, some of them. Of course pou've kept an eye on McLeod. Where is he?" Chester stood leaning on the rail, ireathing slowly and heavily. His eyes lilated as he gazed at Armitago, who : I..-? 11? -U +U/V was surveying mill cuuny, iuuugu tuc tone in which he spoke betrayed a new interest and a vivid one. "I confess I never thought of him in connection with this affair," said Chester. "There's the one essential point of lifferenco between us," was the reply. "You go in on the supposition that there is only one solution to this thing, and ;hat a woman must be dishonored to be;in with. I believe there can be several solutions, and that there is only one :hing in the lot that is at all impossible. " "What's that?" "Miss Renwick's knowledge of that light's visitor or of any other secret or iin. I mean to work other theories first, md tho McLeod trail is a good one to start on. Where can I get a look at him?" "Somewhere out in the Rockies by this time. He was ordered back to his .Toop five days ago, and they aro out scouting at this moment unless I'm rastly mistaken. You have seen the morning dispatches?" "About the Indians? Yes. Looks squally at tho Spirit Rock reservation. Do you mean that McLeod is there?" "That's where his troop ought to be by this time. There is too small a force in the trail now, and moro will have to ejo if a big outbreak is to be prevented." "Thou ho has t?ono. and I cannot see turn. Let 1110 look at the window then." A few steps brought them to the terrace, and there, standing by the west wall and looking up at the closed slats rf the dormer window, Captain Chester retold the story of his night adventure. Armitage listened attentively, asking Tew questions. When it was finished, the latter turned and walked to the rear door, which opened on tho terrace. It was locked. "The servants are having a holiday, 1 presume," lie said. "So much the bet ter. Ask the quartermaster for the key jf the front door, and I'll go in while sverybody is out looking at dress parade. There goes first call now. Let your orderly bring it to me here, will you?" Ten minutes later, with beating heart, lie stood and uncovered his handsome head and gazed silently, reverently around him. Ho was in her room. It was dainty as her own dainty self. The dressing table, the windows, the pretty white bed, the broad, inviting lounge, the work table and basket, tho rery washstand, were all trimmed and decked alike, white and yellow prevailing. White lace curtains draped the window on the west?that fateful window?and the two that opened out on the roof of tho piazza. White lace curtains draped the bed, the dressing table and the washstand. White lace or some equally flimsy ancl feminine ma t terial hung about her bookshelves and o worktable and over the lounge, and bows a of bright yellow ribbon were every- t where, yellow pincushions and wall f pockets huug about the toilet table, soft s yellow rugs lay at the bed and lounge t side, and a sunshiny tone was given to t the whole apartment by the shades of t yellow silk that hung close to the win- 1 (lows. t On the wall were some choice etchings c and a few foreign photographs On the 1 bookshelves were a few volumes of r poetry and the prose of George Eliot j and our own Hawthorne. Hanging on t pegs in the corner of the simple army ^ room, covered by a curtain, were some a heavy outer garments, an ulster, a a traveling coat and cape of English make t and one or two dresses that were ap- 1 parently too thick to be used at this a season of the year. He drew aside the c curtain one moment, took a brief glance at the garments, raised the hem of a 1 cL-irt. tr> hie line find turned nuicklv 8 away. A door led from the room to tho ono behind it, a sparo bedroom evidently, that was lighted only from the back of tho house and had no side window at all. Another door led to the hall, a broad, old fashioned affair, and crossing this he stood in the big front room occupied by the colonel and his wife. This was furnished almost as luxuriously, from an army point of view, as that of Miss Reuwick, but not in white and yellow. Armitago smiled to see the evidences of Mrs. Mayuard's taste and hrudiwork on every side. In the years he had been the old soldier's adjutant nothing could have exceeded the simplicity with which the colonel surrounded himself. Now it was something akin to Sybaritish elegance, thought the captain, but all the same he made his deliberate survey. There was the big dressing table and bureau on which had stood that ravished picture, that photograph of the girl he loved which others were able to speak of and one man to appropriate feloniously, while yet he had never seen it. His impulse was to go to Jerrold's quarters and take him by the throat and demand it of him, but what right had he? How knew he even that it was now there? In view of the words that Chester had used toward him, .Terrol'd must know of tho grievous danger in which he stood. That photograph would prove most damaging evidence if discovered. Very probably, after yielding to his vanity and showing it to Sloat, he meant to get it back. Very certainly, after hearing Chester's words, he must have determined to lose no time in get- 6 *-- M - * 11. TT -i tiny nil Ul 11. X3.U WttO 11U 1UU1 IX IXC YY (U | 4 a coxcomb. J Looking around the half darkened J room, Armitage lingered long over the photographs which hung about the dressing table and over the mantel, several prettily framed duplicates of those already described as appearing in the album. One after another he took them in his hands, bore them to the window and studied them attentively. Some were not replaced without a long, lingering kiss. He had not ventured to disturb an item in her room. He would not touch the knob of a drawer or attempt to open anything she had closed, but here in quarters where his colonel could claim joint partnership he felt less sentiment or delicacy. He closed the hall door and tried the lock, turning the knob to and fro. Then he reopened the door and swung it upon its hinges. For a wonder neither lock nor hinges creaked. The door worked smoothly and with little noise. Then he similarly u tried the door of her room. It was in equally good working order, quite free a from squeak and complaint with which j quartermasters' locks and hinges are apt to do their reluctant duty. The discov- t erv pleased him. It was possible for one > to open and close these portals noiselessly, if need be, and without disturb- r ing sleepers in either room. a Returning to the east chamber, he j. opened the shades, so as to get more c light, and his eye fell upon an old al- ^ bum lying on a littte table that stood by the bedside. Thero was a night lamp s upon the table, too, a little affair that c could hold only a thimbleful of oil and j. was intended evidently to keep merely a faint glow during the night hours. t Other volumes?a Bible, some devo- j. tional books, like "The Changed Cross,'' j. and a hymnal or two?were also there, a but the album stood most prominent, g and Armitage curiously took it up and ( opened it. ^ There were only half a dozen photo- c graphs in the affair. It was rather a n case than an album and was intended } apparently for only a few family pic- c tures. There was but one that interest- t ed him, and this he examined intently, I almost excitedly. It represented a little t --1 ? ?* o < >? 1 O i-ofivc?Alipi> njifinnlifpd- V ?iii yji w u. iv. jv.u? L ly?with lirr arms clasped about the t neck of a magnificent St. Bernard dog r and looking up into the handsome features of a tall, slender, dark eyed, black haired boy of 16 or thereabouts, and the two were enough alike to be brother and sister. Who, then, was this boy? Armitage took the photograph to the window and studied it carefully. Parade . was over, aud the troops were marching ^ back to their quarters. The band was playing gloriously as it camo tramping into tho quadrangle, and tlio captain r could not but glance out at bis own old ' company as in compact column of fours r it entered the grassy diamond and 1 swung off toward tho barracks. Ho saw ) a knot of officers, too, turning the cor- J ner by the adjutant's office, and for a ' moment he lowered the album to look. 1 Mr. Jerrold was not of the number ? that came sauntering up the walk, drop- * ping away by ones or twos as they 1 reached their doors and unbuckled their e belts or removed their helmetB in eager 8 haste to get out of the constraint or lull f dress. But in another moment Jerrold, a oo, appeared all alone, walking rapidly md nervously. Armitage watched him aid could not but see how other men urncd away or gavo him the coolest >ossible nod as ho passed. The tall, lender lieutenant was handsomer even han when he last saw him, and yet here were gloom and worry 011 the dark >eauty of his face. Nearer and nearer le came and had passed the quarters of he other officers and was almost at the loor of his own when Armitage saw a ittle, wiry soldier in full dress uniform mining across the parade as though in jursuit. He recognized Merrick, one of he scapegraces of his company, and vondered why he should be chasing AAnini cnrlor Tllft illUl lil? L^lUjJVJI llij tUUJJUUUUVi. UU.ni is Jerrold wa9 turning under tho piazza he soldier seemed to make himseli leard, and the lieutenant, with an ingry frown on his face, stopped and lonfrouted him. "I told you not to come to mo again," .G said, so loud that every word was indible to the captain standing by the ipen window above. "What do you nean, sir, by following me in this vay?" Tho reply wa9 inaudible. Armitage lould see the little soldier standing in ho respectful position of "attention," ooking up and evidently pleading. "I won't do it until I'm ready," was igain heard in Jerrold's angry tones, hough this time the lieutenant glanced ibout, as though to see if others were within earshot. There w:? no ono aplarently, and he grew more confident. 'You've been drinking again today, Herrick. You're not sober now, and 1 von't give you money to get maudlin ind go to blabbing secrets. No, sirl Gc >ack to your quarters and stay there." The little soldier must indeed have >een drinking, as the lieutenant deilared Armitage saw that he hesitatid, instead of obeying at once, and that lis flushed face was angrily working, hen that he was arguing with his su>erior and talking louder. This was :ontrary to all the captain's ideas of iroper discipline, even though he was ndignant at the officer for permitting limself to be placed in so false and unLignified a position Jerrold's words, oo, had acquired a wide significance, rat they wero feeble as compared with he sudden outburst that came from the oldier's lips: "By God, lieutenant, you bribed me o silence to cover your tracks, and then rou refuse to pay. If you don't want ne to tell what I know, the sooner you lay that money the better." This was more than Armitage could tand. He went down stairs three at a ump and out through the colonel's garden with quick, impetuous steps, ierrold's furious face turned ashen at irmitaqe took the photograph to the vAn dow and studied it carefully. he sight, and Merrick, with one amazed aid frightened look at his captain, aced about and slunk silently away, ["o him Armitage paid no further atten ion. It was to the officer he addressed limself: "Mr. Jerrold, I have heard pretty nuch all this conversation. It simply idds to the evil report with which you lave managed to surround yourself. 5tep into your quarters. I must see rou alone." Jerrold hesitated. He was thundertruck by the sudden appearance of the aptain, whom he had believed to be inndreds of miles away. He connected lis return unerringly with the web ol rouble which had been weaving about iim of late. Ho conceived himself tc lave been ruost unjustly spied upon Lnd suspected and was full of reentmeut at the conduct of Captain Chester. But Chester was an old franny, who sometimes made blunlers and had to back down. It was i different thing when Armitage took lold. Jerrold looked sulkily into the ilear, stern, blue eyes a moment, and ho first impulse of rebellion wilted. 3o gave 0110 irresolute glanco around he quadrangle, then motioned with hie land to the open door. Something ol he old, jaunty, Creole lightness of manler reasserted itself. ii A r*. I I La filLCi JUU, I'ilJJlilliJ, LIU SOIU, TO IIK t'llXTINTKIt. How Tntbrkst Kins l>.?In Oc ober, 1854, (?eorge T. Walker, of Sai Yaneiseo, gave a promissory note tf A'illiam Hood, for S1.S50, payable in ix months, and hearing 3 per cent, i nonth interest, the agreement, heinp hat the interest was to he computet' nonthly and added to the principa intil the whole was paid. No interest vas ever paid on the note, and hefort ts maturity Walker went to Mexico ti ive. A few months ago he returner] o Son Francisco, and Hood brought nit against him to recover on the note )n computing the interest it was found hat, added to the principal, it amount d to the enormous sum of ?9,000,00( md a default judgment was rendered or that amount.?San Francisco ^Ex iminer. ittisccUancous iicatli?ni THE SHOW IN ATLANTA. One of the York County Visitors GlveM Hi Impression of It. Written for the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Previous to visiting the Atlanta ex ' position, I frequently interviewed on i friends who had just returned, in thi i hope of obtaining, if possible, an ac , count of what they had seen. Ii every instance, however, I was doom ' ed to disappointment. The usual an . swers to my anxious inquiries weri ; something like this : "It's a big show.' i "It's a dandy," etc. , Since my return from Atlanta, ! can very well understand why it wa i that the answers to my questions wen so vague and unsatisfactory. No one? uo matter how gifted he may be in de scriptive talents?cau give anythinj i like a full account of the numerou: > and wonderful things to be seen in th< i short space of two or three days i There is so much to see that there ii no time to ask questions, or to obtaii 1 satisfactory data with regard to things ' In attempting to describe what on< has seen, the mind becomes over whelmed and bewildered, and w< 1 don't know where to begin or where t< end. Yet it seems to me that if differ ' ent individuals who have visited thi 1 exposition would write out a short ac count of their observations?each fron a different point of view, and describi the thing tbut impressed him most that it would prove of interest, espe Ciany to tnose who iiuve nut vieiiei 1 the exposition. My brother and myself boarded tht 1 C. & L. train at Yorkville, Novetnbei 25th, at 4 o'clock p. m. With tin passengers holding their breath in an ' ticipation of a violeut death by beinj pitched over some awful precipice, oi of being precipitated iuto some yawn [ ing chasm, our wild train rushed mad ly on at the rate of 8 or 10 miles pe: ' hour. Strange to say, we reachet 1 Chester without injury at 6 o'clock All drew a deep sigh of relief. We remained in Chester until li o'clock, when, in company with i 1 number of relatives, frieuds and schoo mntps nf our earlv hannv davs. w< , boarded the G., C. & N. train "for At [ lanta. Our train cousisted of 8 or 1( . ears, just filled to overflowing. As ] | passed through the cars and scanner the faces of those on board, I could no > help contrasting the past and th< ( present?a scene of 1861 and th< , present scene of 1895. Then, on every Southern railroad ; we beheld large trains, densely packec with soldiers en route for the field and later, "forming in the ranks o war." Next, four long years of self denial, of hardships, of exposure t< the scorching sun of summer, and the piercing icy blasts and snows of win ler, thinly clad and rations scarce away from home and loved ones, upoi the tented fields. Again we see thesi gallant, heroic men, outnumbered fron 3 to 5 to one, successfully resisting upon many a bloody field, the splen didly equipped armies of the East, th< North, and the Northwest, corabinet with a large foreign element, "fightinj an army while all the world wonder pdan army commanded by thi ablest generals and possessing almos unlimited resources until utterly over whelmed by numbers, they gave uj the unequal struggle at Appomattox and returned to their once beautifu I .Southland, now in sackcloth anc ashes, with happy homes destroyed property gone, and the ignorant Ne gro suddenly elevated into promi J 4 ? . 1 IX [ ueuce ana power, auu jci >?c urn them forgetting, for the time, tbi . things which were behind, forgetting . the humiliation of defeat, the decimat l ed homes, the absence of fathers brothers and loved ones, with "heav , en-erected face," and brave hearts anr indomitable courage commence anev . the struggle for life. And now, aftei i 30 years, what has been the result! i Peace?white-winged peace ? reigns [ supreme. Our people prosperous anc ; happy. All eyes turned to our beauti ; I'ul and beloved Southlaud as the Ca > tiaan of America! Now these sam< i gallant soldiers?all that is left o them?are on their way in order t< i accomplish the peaceful conquest o I Atlanta. We reached Atlanta at 8.30 nex i morning. We went at once to a goot : hotel, and secured board and lodginj i during our stay. In this connection I I will state that good board and lodg iug can be obtained in Atlanta a 1 very moderate rates. My fellow conn i try-cracker, don't have any fear of hav ing to tent out. With 25 mammoli hotels and less pretentious ones by th< score, with numerous private hoarding houses on every hand, you need hav< no fear on the score of hospitality Representatives from each of thest places, with smiling faces and suavitt - of manner and extended hand beseecl i you to go home with them. > Owing to the cold, chilly weather 01 i Tuesday, we did not visit the exposi i tion grounds ; but instead we decidet i to take a glimpse at the "Gate City" o 1 the "Empire State of the South." Wt I cannot stop to describe in detail tin 1 "Magic City" with an area of 101 miles > with her population of 108,644, hei ) 200 miles of streets, her 60 miles o 1 paved streets, 182 miles of sidewalks : 92 miles of electric street railways . her parks, with their beautiful and I picturesque .scenery, her 60 churches her half do;?n magnificent theatres ) her assessed valuation of property I $54,600,109, all of which we can onlj . mention in passing. On Wednesday we went out to th< exposition grounds. It 1 were compelled to describe in three words the many interesting things which we saw, I would say "wonderful, beautiful, grand !" Perhaps one of the most beautiful things to be seeu is in the Agricultural building. Here we see the finest exhibit of fruits from West Florida, from Louisiana, from Arkau; sas, from California, and other Southern B States. Here ue see beautifully, systematically and temptingly arranged, 1 the finest display of fruits imaginable. Apples, peaches, qui noes, pears, grapes, etc., iu great variety. 1 We next spent some time in the Machinery building?118 feet wide, 500 feet long, and 60 feet high. Here we saw carload after carload of iuis proved machinery. Here we saw the e big Corliss engines and many other kinds of engines at work, large dynamos that give electrical current to the * lights on and in the building. All s sorts of machinery in practical opers ation. We next went through the Mining s and Forestry building, said to be the 1 largest of the kind in the world?350 fippf Innir ji nrl 110wid?_ This hnildinc J ,v,vw "v "n " " o " presents iudeed a rustic appearance, und looks as if it had been built of 2 slabs (perpendicularly) sawn from 2 every kind of wood to be found in the South. In this building we find an 2 extensive government exhibit of wood and mineral products, especially of 1 the Southern States. Here we noticed 2 blocks of wood?maple, hickory, wal> nut, oak, yellow popular, yellow pine, * cypress, juniper, etc. We noticed here some boards of yellow pine, 2 inches thick and 3 feet wide. The finest and 2 most complete exhibit of woods was r from North Carolina. 2 We next took a turn through tbe? Fine Arts building, where we beheld ' paintings from the best artists, crayon r pencilings, etchings, statuary, etc. It would require the pen of a Talmadge to portray the peerless beauty of everything to be seen in this elegant buildiug. Next we come to the United States Government building, with afioorarea of 65,000 square feet. Here we saw the finest show of food fish in tanks that occupy 10,000 square feet and brilliantly lighted. Here we saw fish little, and fish big, fish silverish, and fish golden, fish half white and half red, fish from the size of your finger, to the length of your arm. The fish display alone is well worth the price of admission. We also went through the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building, iu which we beheld the elegant exhibits from Britain, France, Germany, etc., , fine statuary from Italy, fabrics from the mills of Europe and America, and a wide range of industries from the J South American republics. The exhibit i of Italian statuary alone will well repay a visit to the exposition. Here ' we see a large and varied collection of 1 images of men, women and children in ? attitude of perfect ease and grace, per1 feet symetry in every part a most ' faithful reproduction of the "human form divine," and, I speak with rej verence, as perfect and beautiful as the angels! > Lovely, indescribably lovely, is the beautiful, comprehensive display of *' tropical fruits to be seen in the Florida 1 building. Here we see orange trees looking as natural as we have seen J them before their removal from their ? native groves, just ladened with golden fruit. Florida has also a fine exhibit of phosphate rock. . - ? *t 1 L..!U: ' ID ine .fiinrmiiui uuuuiug ?c sect* splendid display of iron and coal, as ' well as a fine exhibit of agricultural products, including everything to be i found iu that grand old State. ' We were very pleasantly surprised when we came to the South Carolina ? exhibit. Here we found a remarkably J fine display of agricultural and miner; al products of the "Palmetto State." We saw also the complete display of j firearms of the Winchester and Marlin [ Manufacturing companies. Guns and i pistols of every conceivable design, from the tiny ornamental lady's revolver to the death dealing rifle warranted to do effective work at a distance of " 1800 yards. And we saw the Gatlin gun which shoots by machinery, with J lightning rapidity. And we saw the big guns, the modern cannon, which carries a ball weighing 100 pounds and ,l to shoot which requires a enarge 01 pounds of powder. These big guns, ? I'm told, are to be used for the pur' pose of piercing and sinking iron clad war vessels at long range. As I look1 ed upon those monster guns, I was reminded of the lines written by a South Carolina poet after seeing the great 1 Ivrupp gun in Philadelphia in 1876. He wrote as follows: ? "But there were things which saddened all my i joy: i saw tnc monster gun at Kssen cast, ' And though peace reigns while its arts i employ , The race; soon war spreads ruin, dreadful, vast, l Ah ! why say things of old were till amiss, And progress boast, then weapons show like this?" I will close. This article has already I grown too long; and yet I've given j- only the faintest outline of a few of , the many things we saw in the short [ space of one day. W. S. Gordon. ^ # t r Felt Safe.?Sunday-school Teachf er (to little girl)?Do you say your , prayers every night before going to , bed? 1 Little Girl (promptly)?No, ma'am. , Sunday-school Teacher?Are you , not afraid to go to sleep without askr ing God to watch over you during the 1 darkness? Little Girl?No, ma'am, I'm not ; afraid, 'cause I sleep in the middle.