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4 v • rn -rr RECORDER CHARLES E. R. DRAYTOX, Manager. AIKEX S. C., TUESD it, AUGUST 18, 1885. VOLUME 4.—NUMBER 43. Professional Advertisements. HISTORY OF COCAINE. D. 8. Hkj«deiwo»\ E. I*. Hesdeiwon. Henderson Brothers, Attobxkys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and P United Staten Court* for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col- leetioiM. \V. Caurr. J. Zed Dcxeai*. THE THERA PE UTICA Ij AGENT OF THE DAY. Croft & Dunlap, ArroKJJHYs at Law, Aiken, S. C Jamjm Aldiuoh. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attornuys at Law, Aikux, S. C. Practice in the State and United State* Courts for South Carolina. W. Quitman Davis, Attoknky at Law, Aiken, S. C Will ru-actice in tlte Courta of thi Circuit. Hpecia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Attoukky at Law, Aiken, 8. C Claude E. Sawyer, Attorney at Law, Aikf.x, C J. W. UfVORR. Aiken. S. C. b. woonwAitn Aiken, 8. C. DeVore & Woodward, Attobnky at Law, Aiken, S. C Will practice in all the Courts of this State. Edwin R. Cunningham, 641 Broad St.. - - Augchta, Ga. Commissioner ef Deeds for South Carolina, New York, Florida, TeXas, i^uisiana, Rhode Island, District Columbia, and Notary Public sual.’’ Drawing of and Probating Papers “a specialty." triet of “witli Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAU0LU8K, - - - s. C. WOfllce uear Depot. Dn B. H. Teague, Dentist. JKKICE ON- “Bfclilftnd Avenue, "HKbutM. CTT Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. —OFFICE AT-t-— Graniteville, Aiken County, S. C. Dr. J. R. Smith, Dentist. OFFICE AT Williston, Barnwell County, S. C. ly.WUl attend culls to the country. 0. P. Doolittle, VtiJiRR AND PIC TURK FRAME M&nufaeurer, 1SS iaoksou St. Acousta, Ga. Picture Frames Made to Order at Short Notice. NR W MOULDINGS CONSTANT LY RECEIVING. Rarildiag a Si>eciaity. Old Frames eqaal to aew. A Talk willi u I’Jiysi.-iun Alxxit the Drug—Its Uses. Origlu arul Future— An Aiiiestbetic Agent of Wonderful Power. Times-Democrat. “Doctor, what is this cocaine, about which everybody has been Inquiring during General Grant’s illness?” The question was addressed yester day, by a reporter, to a prominent physician of the city. He replied: “Well, vegetably and chemically speaking, it is the alkaloid of the ] leaves of erythroxylon coca (La marck), a shrub growing wild and ex tensively cultivated in South Ameri ca, especially in Peru and Bolivia. The alkaloid was first isolated from them in 1855 by Gardeke, who gave it the name erythroxyline; but Dr. A. Nieuiuann, of Goslar, Germany, was the first to thoroughly investigate the leaves in 18(50. He gave the alkaloid the name cocaine. Losseh, who fol lowed in ins footsteps, analyzed it and expressed its composition by the fol lowing formula: C 17; H 21; No. 4. It acts upon lower animals much as does theiue. It tetanizes frogs, or in overwhelming doses paralyzes the sensory nerves and the posterior col umns. Rabbits and dogs are killed by it through paralysis of the respiratory centres. In proper doses it elevates arterial pressure by au action upon tho vaso motor-centres and the cardi ac-motor system. You no doubt re member to have read, when a boy, in Maury’s Geography, about tins won derful plant, coca, which was chewed by the Peruvian Indians anti gave them strength to endure DAYS OF FATIGUE A Nil THIRST. If you pursued the subject further you probably learned that the fanati cal Spaniards proposed to proscribe tho use of the plant because it had been sacrificed to the sun and used in the rites of tiie religion of the Yuras.” “Why, I thought the discovery of its virtues was among the very recent achievements of science,” the repor ter interrupted. “Well, so it is. It was only in the fall of 1884 that cocaine was brought forward prominently, and by a stu- ient of medicine, too. A young stu dent in the general hospital of Vien- nia, named Koller, last fall sent a re- mrt to a meetimr of tlie German Onh- tioners are fully awake to its advan tages. Ouropticans and other special ists are abreast with the world in its j use. I have just left tho office of an oculist who was removing a tumor from a woman’s eye without pain. The physicians in our hospitals all i testify to the value it has been to them. Tiie despised Indian drug bids fair to become the headstone of mod ern surgery.” An oculist said he thought tho ex tension of the use of cocaine from tho exterior to tiie interior of the eye merely a Question of time and experi ment. A druggist said the cocaine was quite expensive, being worth from 75c. to $1 drachm, according to strength. AT FUEL. SPEED. An COLUMBIA CHIPS. Old Pictures Copied and Enlarged. W. A. RECKLING COLUMBIA, S. C. P ICTURB8 sent can be enlarged to any size, and will be returned for Inspection. If unsntisfaetojy no charge. Correspondence solicited. J. A. Wright, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,- Or* Door from Laurens Street on Richland Avenue. Tho bust of material used, and any ijle ef boot or shoe made to order. Goo. W. Williams, HOUSE, SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER! Oraluinf: and Marbling a specialty. Old Furniture polished and made as good as new. tSTOtlice No. 7, Up-stairs in Croft’s Block. Orders solicited. W- H. Hargraves / thalmological Society, saying that he uid discovered, by experiments upon Himself and others, that a solution of lydrochlorato or muriate of cocaine of tiie strength of 2 per cent, when dropped into the eye in quantities, first of two drops and theu of three drops, with ten minutes interval, gave, after ten minutes more, an an- icsthetic condition of the cornea and conjunctiva, which continued/ from ten to twenty minutes and then pass ott gradually. It laid been previous- y known for a year or more that co caine acted mnesthetically upon mu cous membraue of tho mouth, throat arynx, but little prominence had been given to it, and it was only upon the appouncement of Roller's discovery that the attention of the medical world was (turned to it; and with SUCH ENTHUSIASM uhat the employment of the drug is being rapidly extended into every de partment of medicine and surgery. Indeed, the limit of its value is not yet reached, nor, in my opinion, Pear ly so. It has been successfully ap plied so far in ophthalmology, otolo gy, rhiuolgy, pharingology, laryngolo gy, genitourinary surgery, gynaecolo gy. general surgery.” “Is it not used with much advan tage in dentistry?” “Oh, yes; I beg tiie pardon of the dentist. I believe they are enabled to operate with the accompaniment of much less pain in cases of tender and inflamed gums by the use of tiie drug. Indeed, all is said when we say that the drug is a local anaesthetic for all the membranous surface of the body. And one need not be technically in formed to make a just estimate of the advantage of such a medicine. All the aches of the ear, the tooth, the eye, can be either entirely relieved or much ameliorated. Ail the pain of deglutition or swallowing, in cases of disease throats, can be avoided. Indeed, it has been shown that where deglutition lias been impossible, by reason of pain and reflexaetion, such as spasms, retchings, etc., cocaine will render it not only easy, but abso lutely painless. No more striking il- lustraMon of the hi songs of the drug Oconee County and Her Soil—Caro lina in tiie Exposition—The State Troops in Line—The Grant Fund. Augusta Chronicle. Columbia, August 12.—I have re ceived from Mr. J. C. Carey,editor of tiie Seneca Free Press, a copy of his valuable journal containing a most interesting description of the resources and advantages of Oconee county. The article shows that section of the State is not only blessed with a most delightful climate, but is equally for tunate in having a rieli and fertile soil that will produce almost any crop profitably. The completion of the Air Line railroad through that sec tion has developed it wonderfully, and brought into the market, by reason of transportation facilities, some of the first stock farms in the South. Thousands of acres of the land are in virgin forests of the very best rarities of timber. At Seneca a bank bus re cently been organized, and the pro gressive people in this plucky little town are pushing ahead vigorously. Tiie Governor has appointed Col. A. P. Butler commissioner to represent South Carolina at the North, Central and South American Exposition, to bo held at New Orleans next fall and winter. The Commissioner will pro ceed at once to make a full collection of tho resources and products of the State forcxliibition. The leading ob ject of the Exposition is its private trade relations between the South and the Central and South American peo ple, and this object commends the Expposition strongly to the Southern people. Our manufacturers particu larly are interested in it as it is an effort to establish new markets for their products. The Commissioner invites tiie people to contribute specimens of mine" 11 —- 1 : 11 ntn Incident of the Fra nee-Prussian War. Courier des Etats Unis. I arrived at the station at the ap pointed hour. I entered, or rather was thrown by an attendant, into tiie j car nearest to me. The door was ; quickly shut. The whistle was blown and we were oft. Curiously enough, the car was not crowded. I formed the fifth passen ger. Two of the corners were occu pied, one by an officer and the other by a civilian. Facing me was a wo man about 30 years old, neatly and modestly dressed, and beside her sat the most beautiful little child I ever saw—a little girl about 6 ypars old, with a Hood of blonde curls waving under her immense straw hat. Now and then the child would look through the window in the direction of the engine, and then her eyes seemed to wander in the infinite space that w|p unrolling itself before her.. We came to a station. The train stopped. The little girl put her face to the window. “I don’t see him,” she said to the lady beside her, “I don’t see him.” Then suddenly her face brightened and her eyes lit with golden hues, shinning with indcscrible joy, while her lips came down upon two hands that came from the exterior and were placed upon tiie frame of the open window. “Ah, papa; here is papa’” ex claimed my little neighbor with the exuberant and innocent joy of her six years. It was the engineer of our train, who had come to speak to his little daughter and Ids wife, who were seat ed in front of me. “We arc going very fast,” said the woman. “We must make up for lost time,” replied tiie man. “Were you afraid Jeanne?” “No,” said the child, “because I knew you were driving.” “Well, by-by,” said tiie man, as he left. lit Jeanne was not afraid; and, mobover, nobody in our compart- merfs was afraid any longer. We that we were risking our lives ir country, and that satisfied us. >r the train it recommenced its furifis race. s ■was in the month of Septem- 878, on the Eastern line. HOW THREE DRUNKARD WERE SAVED. CAVE OF BUDDAHATCHIE. and hopes they will respond as promptly and as liberally as they did last year. General Mauigault is making the annual inspection of State troops. He will inspect tiie Edgefield Han gers and Hussars of Edgefield Sep tember tiie 9th. Pie will find the boys ready. Your correspondent acknowl edges, with many thanks, the receipt of an invitation from Captain Tillman to attend the annual picnic of the Hussars on the 14th, and regrets his inability to accept it. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to help those gallant Carolinians devour bar becued mutton and other luxuries such as only a cavalry company can prepare for their guests. The City Council, last night, ac cepted Alderman Watson’s resigna tion and passed resolutions compli menting him upon tho zeal and ear nestness in the discharge of his pub lic duties, and hoped lie might “live long and prosper.” Ou tiie day of Grant’s death books were opened at the Western Union Telegraph Company’s office here for subscriptions to tiie fund for building a monument to perpetuate his. memo ry. Tho books are still open, but not a subscription has been made, and as the days wear on the prospects of such subscriptions grow beautifully less. No amount of persuasion nor appeals to patriotism lias yet induced a Republican to contribute, although there are some here under considera ble obligations to tiie late General. The colored people here have had two grand “wakes” and passed high-toned resolutions of regret at his death, but none of them have stepped up to the Captain’s office and dropped in a con tribution for the proposed monument. If they and their white colleagues fail to respond in a pecuniary way to the appeals for funds to build the monument, the books from this city are likely to remain blank. Mr. Moulton lias decided not to sell his hosiery factory. It is too good a thing to give up. Prohibition in Georgia. Two hundre.i and twelve was the “By-by, papa,” said the Child, throwing herself into ids arms. The strain started and gradually reached an extraordinary speed. I worship children, and I began to worship the little one in front of me. She was full of life and good humor. She amused herself with everything and nothing, cajoling, with her mother, inquisitive with the window, and severe with her doll. She was carrying on a thousand different con versations all at once,witlia noise that mmw -.Inirw! M Iwu.-piidpjllv the gentleman in tiie oTTref corner ex-T / -Manufacturer of- /' All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work, Tin Roofing, Iron Roofing ! Gutter* and Conductor*! Hoof* Re paired and Painted! Mill and Fac tory Work! Hot Air Furnace*, lY/i- Ulator*, &e. '.WING every facility for con- II can he made than in comparison of official majority for prhibition in Ha- .the surterings of that great Georgia | b ^ r " haln cou,,t ‘ V in week’s olec- I statesman, Ben Hill, during the terri- I tion - Hl,t 0,10 ooullt y j ble weeks of Ids slow death, and the ; ' 0 ^ l ‘d hi la\oi of u Idsky. I comparative ease with which General ! Grant passed through the stages of an ! alino>t identical affection, j “But,” continued the physician, “It ' is in cptbalinologieal surgery that the drug has given the G RKATKST A11 > to tiie skill of the surgeon. The total aniesthetization of the cornea and conjunctiva and the partial amesthet- elaimed: • “Decidedly we are going too fast: the train will surely run oft the track.” “.Oh, don’t be afraid,” said the child seriously; “papa is driving.” Tiie officer was reading. He looked out the window, and then resumed reading without making any observa tion. The other gentleman again began to talk. “This is certainly madness,” said he. “Yes, madam,” he continued, addressing the lady, “your husband is either drunk or crazy.” “Oh, sir, said the lady, “my hus band never gets drunk. You saw him a little while ago. Certalhly ihe train is going ala furious rate; I don’t un derstand it.” The officer closed his book and stretched himself along tiie seat. “I would advise you all to do the same,” said he, with the gaeatest coolness. “If you keep sealed your legs will be smashed. Remember the Versailles accident.” Certainly the train was runnirg at a terrifying rate. What in the world could the engineer mean by such driv ing? “I am afraid!” said tiie citizen, white with terror. Then the officer took me aside. “Here is my name address,” said he. “If I am killed or wonnd in the accident to which we are running, and you escape, promise me now that you will caary these dispatches with out a moment’s delay, to the General whose name you will find by opening this envelope.” I promised. The woman took the child in her arms and covered her little face with tears and kisses. Siie seemed to wish to make a rampart of herself to protect the little one against the frightful smash-up that was momen tarily expected. “I am not afiaid.” said the child, smilingly; “papa is driving.” And she alone among the passen gers of the car, and she alone among all on board the train, had faith and confidence. We could hear in the other cars cries of terror and wailings of despair, and, in spite of tiie mother, the child leaned out of the window Calvin Oliver, uToccoa coloied man i* 1 H* 0 backdoor and shouted out uj;h Yarn by a Nashville Com mercial Traveler. Nashville American. *ei.o, Miss., August 4.—In com- Hamilton, the S hi retown of Maiftn count ", Ala., the other day, I was digbly informed and greatly iu- id in a wonderful discovery re- centlr made by one of the citizens of the unty, Mr. J. W. Hadden. “V 1 w days since, while out hunting, Mr’ 1 [adden saw in a cluster of bushes a siMM-whitc fawn, which he steal- thi uAiproached, hoping to capture a pri: m The fawn almost allowed him to j" a it up, when it suddenly ran oft’ rt distance and again stopped, en again approached, when tiie again retreated. This course ursued by Hadden and the fawn hey reached a high blult’ over- ig the Buddahatchic river, some liles east of I’eace’s mills, when awn suddenly disappeared over ,«ff. Upon coming up Hadden l over the bluff, when, to hisas- unent, he saw the fawn staud- i a narrow bench, hundreds of elow, near the root of a largo e pine blown up. After much ilty he succeeded in reaching the sl>ot where tho fawn was last seen, but fie fawn was not within range of his vision. Upon looking around he discovered that the pine in being up- diselosed to view a circular ori- thc bluff some three feet in di- r. Prompted by curiosity and a to catch the fawn, he provided If with a torch and entered the n and made discovery which not only immortalize himself and la; a source of fabulous wealth, but WHl be of immense value and in terest to the scientific men and Bibli cal scholars of the world. Stretched out »t full length upon the cave’s rockUfl° or lay the petrified bodies of threohuman beings—two males and one female—an oblong box of curious and fnntique design, 2 feet long, 18 iuchos wide and 10 inches deep, be- sidesDnany other curiosities of smaller dimekudons. Surprised and terror- en, Hadden withdrew from the ;u and returned to his home. Iiext day Hadden returned T5i.cTr * i Tc7nr“HT“TTW^CWTe**^fT ;overies and removed the pet- odies and other articles from ve. The box, also petrified, peei ton! ing feet spru difiid his rifled the was ctrefully removed from its rest ing pi ace and broken open, and found to con tain a small eathern jar, a large roll ol parchment and a brass rod. Noi r, the mystery is, to what race of peopl/b did these bodies belong, and how jeame they there? The parch ment! manuscripts are undoubted ly wi itten in the Hebrew language. Manj theories have been advanced by our p sople, but the most plausible one that I have heard is that the bodies are oi Hebrew origin, that the box is the lo ng-lost ark of the covenant, the rod tl ic veritable Aaron’s, tho jar the pot i >f manna, and the parchment mam [scripts tiie seven lost books of the 0 Id Testament. Tin ■ scene of this wonderful discov ery is one of sublime and picturesque gram lour. Hundreds of feet above, huge masses of rock lift their hoary hcadn high in tiie air, while far be- neatl i are the limpid waters of Bud- dalia cliie ou their way to the gulf, “guri fling kisses to the pebbled short.” Mr. Hadden has carefully boxed his treas ires and will start immediately for Washington, I). (_\. where he will deposit them in the Sniithsoniou In stitute. Sunk to tbe Lowest Depths—Helped ■Wheu They were Down. New York Tribune. By a singular coincidence three well-dressed, contended-looking men met in front of the post-office yester day morning. One was a politician one a custom house official, and one a formerly well-to-do lawyer. Each of the throe looked as if life agreed with him and he enjoyed it. An ac quaintance passing by was hailed by one of the group, tho eldest, past 50 years of age, who said: “I want you to see three reformed men. You know me, and I guess you have seen us all at one time or another.” 'A good-natured laugh from the others greeted this remark. Four years ago the eldest of the trio was of the most mirable, degraded drunk ard that ever trod the earth in ragged sheo-lcather. His haunts were in the lowest dens in Baxter and Mulberry streets. His clothes were rags and and tatters, and he was even lost to decency 'and had been disowned by Wealthy relatives and by all people of respectability. The man whom he had called to the group had given many a nickel and was glad to get rid of him. The Potter’s field seemed to gape for the miserable man. As a last resort he was sent to the Chris- tain Homo for intemperate men, nearly four years ago, where he was clothed and fed, and since that day the man has led a sober life, has been restored to his family and social position, and lias saved money. One of his delights now is-to visit the quarters whore he once led such a life of wretchedness seeking out the suffering and needy, and aiding them in a small way financially and other wise. A second one of tho three, a well-ed ucated man of 40 years, had fared even worse than the eldest one. So strong was his appetite for rum that he lost friends, position and everything, and joined the tomato-can brigade. He was one of the most besotted tramps in Mulberry street, and a vear and a half ago was sent to the island with a gang of vagrants. Here one of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction befriended him—gave him employment? and clothing—and the man, who said that he had ouee despaired of ever being a respected 1 ninr* nir r" mXTr. 1 who ducting our business with dis-j ization of the iris has enabled oculists patch and satisfaction, I respectfully ^ perform, with perfect safety and sslicit a share of the patronage of Aiken and the surrounding country. excruciating was too sick to walk to tiie polls. Ho j asked to be taken in a buggy in or- ! der that he might get to vote for pro hibition. This was done, Dauich ville .Monitor; Some of our 1 friends have proposed that we have a affection grand torchlight in case prohibition is down, successful. But that won’t do. Ifj Gradually the train slowed and then | there is anything an entire people j came to a standstill. We were at a j should feel profoundly grateful for, it is • sta ^ on * The engineer came to the deliverance from such a universal with all the force of her fittle lungs “Don’t be afraid: papa is driving,” Ah sweet little girl, in tho general terror, a tower of strength with that sacred love of a child fora father—an that nothing can break ate, und to-day is respected by all know him. The third one in the party is the brother of a wealthy New Yorker. “I had been a hard drinker,” said he, “for forty years. I held responsible positions and dined at Deunonico’s. I used to go on m> sprees in a carriage and drink nothing less expensive than champagne. I spent a fortune that my father had left me, and cost my brother another and my friends a gaeat deal, and I got so low that I was cast off by all. I committed forgery and was sent to Sing Sing, but that did not cure me. Eighteen months ago I was as low down as it was pos sible for a man to be, and I would act ually beg for ten cents of a stranger to buy vile rum. My wife died of a broken heart, and my brother sent for me to attend her funeral. I had not seen her for years. I vowed when j saw her that I would never touch liquor again, and I haven’t. I would lose my right arm first. Every one despaired of me, and said there was no hope for mein this world or in the next. But I lack for nothing now, and I find that there are people al ways read p to help a sober mail who tries to help himself. Who dares say,” concluded the speaker, “when he compares our former condition witli our present state, that there, is no hope for a drunkard?” TOOMBS’ ESTIMATE OF GRANT. MARK TWAIN GETS HIGH. c irse as tho whisky traffic. Con- W. U. HARGRAVES, 541 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. The Place for Bargains. J. €. Stanley & Bro., r-Dealors in ( little pain, operations which before sequently, if prohibition is adopted, | wore excruciating and oftentimes we propose that on Friday night of dangerous or impossible from the ! next week we i 10 i,| a meeting at the fiinching or nervousness of the pa- p rei .byteriau church for the purpose tient or from reflexaetion, the phe- ! n >mena of which are by the effects of cocaine. But this is • gracious interposition in our a subject about which it is easy to ! write a book. Tiie use of the drug is Tiie Augusta Chronicle door: “We have been going very fast,” [Conway, who, while a man i An Arkansas Duel. Chicago Current. Aljout tiie year 1830 Gen. Conway and Robert Crittenden of Arkansas, were opposing candidates for tiie posi tion of territoral delegate in the Na tion f Congress. The speeches were bitterly personal; hut for a time they abstained from coming into direct Collision with each other, the one couf^nding his canvas to the northern portion of tiie State, ami the other confining his canvass to the southern this prudent course could not long be pursued in Arkansas at that day. The public became impatient witli invective that did not reach its object except in faint reverbations. An irresistible demand was made for a joint discisiou. Little Rock, and a day in mid-summer, were the place and time fixed for it. In the course of his second speech, Conway, faith fully complying like a good repre sentative with the wishes of his con- stitunts, used language which made a challenge upon the part of Crittenden a moral necessity in that portion of the United States. A meeting was arranged for the next I sorts of Grant tilings, morning. A “vast throng,” some of The man heavily enriched by 1 whom came over a hundred miles to j Grant’s death is Mark Twain. He is; hear the discussion of the previous ! the principal in the firm of Webster, day, took their stand about the spot & Co., the publishers of Grant’s biog-1 where the gladitorial tourney was tojraphy. He has already received or-i come off. The seconds disagreed, j ders from the army of canvassers for ! Grant’s Deatli Droves of Great Finan cial Value to the Long-Haired Hu morist. Philadelphia News. New York, August 8.—The amount of money brought into New York by tiie funeral and left here can only be guessed at It is enormous. The ho tels have been crowded to excess ever since Wednesday, and facilities of eating and drinking have been strained. The sale of black cloth for draping has been immense, and those merchants who shrewdly laid in j stocks of such materials in view of; the special demand got heavy returns, j The innumerable mementoes sold in ; the stores and peddled in tiie streets | have, as a rule, appealed successfully | to popular sentiment, and some of the , devices have been manufactured by tiie million. Books, pamphlets and periodicals hastily issued have not been so uniformly bits, though tiie i mourning editions of tho illustrated | weeklies have done well. The streets to-day are thronged by hawkers of all ! How Grant Came to Leave the Army » Wheu a Young Man - Frym an Interview in the Constitution. “Grant was the greatest soldier pro duced by the war,” was the some what unexpected remark given by Gen. Robert Toombs. “Now that Grant is in his grave, what is your estimate of his charac ter?” “He was a simple-minded, kind- hearted soldier, who had no more ani mosity against the South than lie had against tiie North. Ho was a West Pointer,” remarked the General, with a peculiar facial expression, “and with Pointers the choice of arms is a profession into which patriotism en ters but little.” “Did you ever have any personal relations with Grant ns President?” “Oh, yes,” he replied. “When the last days of the war brought the thieving Federals this way they stole my books and manuscript. I would not take $100,(Kxy*for them now if I had them, and there was a time when I would not have taken 500,000 for them. Wheu Grant became President I went to Washington to endeavor to recover these papers. When 1 en tered 1 was received quite cordially, and stated my errand. President Grant took the greatest interest in the matter, not only assuring me that I should have my papers returned, but detailing an efficient officer to aid me in the search. There is a story behind this, however, which partially ac counts for Grant’s interest in me.” The General then proceeded to tell the story, which was quite interest ing. The Toombs and Crawford fami lies had always been quite intimate. Governor Crawford’s sister married a Dr. Dent, who afterwards died of yellow fever in Augusta. During Mr. Toombs’ service in the Federal Sen ate a young officer named Grant had been court-martialed in California for paying out too much money, as quarter-master of the Fourth regi ment, to his brother officers. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, approached Senator Toombs to secure Congres sional relief for the unfortunate Cap tain. He stated that young Grant had married Miss Julia, the daughter of Frederick Dent, of Missouri. This, Dent, it was developed, was a brother of the gentleman in Augusta, and it was hoped that Senator Toombs’ in terest in a constituent would induce him to lend a* hand in saving the honor of tho Dent family. “It was finally agreed,” said Mr. Toombs, “that the military commit^ moro ’ bmiUl—r»nm-r fnvnrnhl v» ever lived, he has still to show that he was the greatest of all men in civil life—yes, greater than the greatest. Tiie especial mark of his greatness was that “he discerned character with the precision of a ■per,” and “the marvel of the agea will be that through a long and re sponsible public career he was so seldom deceived,” notwithstanding that “it has been the ill-fortune of th« best and wisest of men,, from Moses to David, from David to Paul, from Paul to Luther, to be deceived by pretended friends. Ciesnr had his Rrutus. Washington had his Ar nold. Christ had his Judas.” Mr. Newman does not draw tho inference, but goes on immediately to say that General Grant “knew his power and realized his strength,” as he must, If lie were wiser than all these. If he hud only had the power to stop the sacriligious mouth of Parson New man lie would have done well. Of the ridiculous rhetoric with which Mr. Newman lays bare the sacred privacies of the family and spreads the little domestic sentimen talities before the world it is impossi ble to speak with adequate contempt; but that is not the serious part of tho offence. That he would violate good taste and ordinary dignity was to bo expected, and we can simply lament that this kind of thing has to he and that it tills so large a place in the minds of so many people. It is tiie violence that sucli a man does to truth and to tiie serious judgement of tho world that makes public performance on such an occasion not only disgust ing, but positively harmful,. When he raises Grunt to superhuman ele vation and claims for him qualities which everyone knows that he did not possess and tiie absence of which alone explains some essential part of his character and career, 'we have to conclude either that the preacher is grossly ignorant or that lie willfully disregards tiie truth, and in either as pect the influence of such preaching must be had. When lie talks of Grant as “the sun of plenty, the ocean of our wealth mid tiie polar star shin- ningcalmly and steadily in tiie heav ens of our Republic”—language which is seldom applied, in preaching, to any one upon earth—he does not simply offend against good taste, but shows himself so utterly incapable of a right judgment that his fulsome praise is felt to be a dis honor to the dead and an insult to an intelligent people that honor their heroes not the less because-they honor truth and sin- Grant case, provided tho young man would obligate himself to resign im mediately on the receipt of couimis- mission. To this young Grant, whom I met in tiie corridor, readily assented. True to his word he resigned, and the next time I met him lie was President of the United States.” “Oil, no; but he was exceedingly kind. Tiie hour for holding tiie Cabi net meeting arrived and I arose to go, when Grant said: “Did he refer to the matter?” ‘Don’t go, General, I would sooner talk to you than my Cabinet.’” Tiie conversation then drifted back into the bloody days of the Confedera cy, and the agitation which led up to it. of rendering thanksgiving and praise he said; “hut at all events wc must j doubted courage, was more nervously get to Reims before tiie Prussians. J organized than his competitor, became That we must do at tiie risk of being j restless and petulant; but Crittenden, blown up or smashed to pieces on the ! who is said to have “inherited” the of un- ; 300,000, and lie expects to finally sell i way. I’m told that we are carrying [ noblest of human form,” quietly ex- facturing and delivery $1.50, leaving 500,000 here and in Europe. The re-! tail price is $5, the share to agents and : middlemen $2, tho royalty to the i Grant family 75c., the cost of maim- I eliminated i ( 0 Almighty God for His merciful and important dispatches,” and he looked ; tended hisshapely limbs upon an out- 75c. clear to Twain and his partner. | behalf. at his little girl with tears in his stretched blanket, and remained in | The shrewd humorist had to risk his says: being extended daily, and promises j Ward’s trial will probably be the next untold relief to humanity. Itsexteu- New York sensation.—The reaction CHINA, GLASS, EARTAENWAKE ; Rion to the wide field of gymecology from Grant’s protracted funeral and and geiiito-urinary surgery is already , Newman’s blasphemous long-winded | far advanced. And I am glad to be j sermon must necessarily be tremen- uble to say that our general practi- dous.—This way, Mr. Ward! eyes. that attitude, with his eyes half closed entire fortune in the enterprise, but he : “Give me your hand,” said the of- 1 as if enjoying a peaceful slumber, j pluckily refused to shirk the chances 1 Nnd Hou**-Furnithing Good*! COLUMBIA, - fc C. fleer; “.you are a brave fellow’. It is I who h^ve the dispatches.” “En route!” then said then man, and he gave a parting glance at the fair forip of his child as if to bid her farewe, until the seconds had settled their dif- ^of loss by dividing the possible profits, j ferAices. This was finally done. The Lnd the net result to him and his j principals fired. Crittenden lost a : partner will be a quarter to a third of buton, and Conway lost what would a million dollars. Mark is a very sol-i in £ie case of some duelist be a thing* emu and decorous attendant at thc| of equivalent value—his life. Y 1 funeral. Parson Newman's Knloginin. Philadelphia Times. It has been said of Grant as Arte- mus Ward said of Lincoln, that he never slopped over. So much cannot be said for his eulogists and least of all for Parson Newman. This pre posterous parson slopped over on Mount McGregor yesterday for the space of an hour and a quarter, and ins speech, as furnished in advance to the newspapers, makes seven col umns of type. They are seven col umns of unmitigated rubbish. What personal charm Mr. New man may possess that lias endeared him to tiie Grant family and made him their especial confident and spir itual counsellor it is not neec a !iry to inquire. They havo an unquestiona ble right to choose their own family friends and we may all feel glad if the ministrations of Mr. Newman have afforded them comfort. None the less must we be penuited to express regret that so great an opportunity as was afforded in the funeral oration of General Grant, to address the list ening world in words of truth and soberness, should have fallen to this pretentious blatherskite. It must be said that there is notli- ing mean about Newman. When he undertakes to deliver a eulogy he does it all the way. liven his teii-thous- aud-dollar oration over young .Stan ford in California was not more un restricted in its praise or n/orc liberal in it.4 flowery decoration than the speech at Mount McGregor. A man of sense and taste would have spoken calmly of Grant's life and character, dwelling on those aspects of both that are most worthy of regard, and en forcing those public and personal les sons; which liis career so strongly points. But Newman was there to praise the dead, and he did it with an effusion that is simply nauseating. Some heroes, ho said, have been men of singular virtue. Cyrus was dis tinguished for moderation and cour age; Aristides for justice; Leonidas for unselfish patriotism; Regulus for honor, Marcus Aurelius for piety and generosity; I’eter the Great for pride of country, and Fredrick of Prussia for militajy power; “but*this foremost American possessed all these and other virtues in happy combination, not like single gems, brilliant by iso lation, but like jewels in a crown of glory, united by the golden bun of a complete character.” It would be hard to lay it on much thicker than this. Yet Newman does not ston here. DER.’ I-l/Wx Gen. Del. Kemper Huggesteil as 8u* pcriutemlent oft he Citadel. Abbeville Medium. The Citadel should have at its head a real soldier—a man who had smelt power. There are many men who were not afraid to to risk their lives in tiie late war, who are competent to take charge of tho Citadel. We do not expect to countenance any other sort of man. A man who wouldn’t go into the ranks in 1831 is not the man for the case if he had a miltary education and sought safety in private life or a bomd-proof position. Delaware Kemper is our shoice for the place. He was not afraid. Ho looked upon his life as nothing when compared with the sacred cause and was always at the front. He is a scholar and a gentleman and will re flect honor upon the Citadel and make friends for it. Kemper’s battery opened the war and wlienever duty or patiiotism called, these gallant sol diers did their full duty. If the Cita del teaches obedience and subordina tion, it must have such a man as Col. Kemper at its head. He lias been tried and not found wanting. Hun dreds of old soldiers who know what war means, will give him and the Cit adel their hearty support. All the Insurance He Wanted. New York Times. “Young man,” said a minister to a passenger who had just finished curs ing tiie peanut hoy for waking him up, “does it ever occur to you that wo know not what a day may bring forth —that wo arc here to-day and there to morrow?” “I sliould say so; I’m a Cincinnati drummer.” “Do you knew,” went on the min ister solemnly, “that in tiie midst of life wo are in dc—” “You’re too late old man,” said the Cirieinatian briskly; “I’ve got a $10,- 000 policy in one company and that’s all the insurance I can carry.” Girl—“I will look at your ham mocks, please.” Dealer—“Yes, miss. Now, there is something nice. Not expensive, but at the same time pret ty and strong.” Girl—“It doesn’t look very strong.” Dealer—“I will guarantee it to sustain a weight of VAX) pounds,miss.” Girl—“I^ets see; 120 and 105 would be just 285—very well. I will take that one.” A. B. Faris, of Franklin County, Tenn., wears a beard which is six feet nine inches in length. He is obliged for convenience (to keep about four- fifths of it wound about a card board, which ho deposit in one of his side pockets. The owner of the longest beard in the country paid a visit to Nashville recently, and created quite a sensation by allow It to flow out in its unconfined condition. It was discovered when General Grant's l*ody was placed in the cdffitt • hat some relic thief had stolen one of tiie screws. It is said that if the cot- Having attributed to Grant all these | tage in which he died was not gaurd- virtues of ad the i^litary men that' el they would steal that.