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y E. ?. MURRAY & CO ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, J ULY 5, 1883 VOLUME XVIII.- NO. 51 ll?} K? li?|*iri"? ?ea?y |????u?wy ..une. uaiipn me, over Wilhite's Drug Store J ARIES M. PAYNE. ' ?t?&JJ?? . -. . -- ? _fim I ANDREW * PREVOST je Still on the Square, at the same old Stand, and are Sell ing Goods as Low as any House in the City. lu I* pleased to show all. ' wuicn we Ofg GROCERY DEPARTMENT ia full. Thc bent Sugars, Coffees, reus and ?coodsatull prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. Everything delivered free in ffpABMERS.-Wo are ?till agenta for the Celebrated CHAMPION REAPER AND JJJ. Testimonials irom oil over the County tliat it ?a tba Machine for fariuTrs ?ill Uke pleasure in showing and explaining our Machine. Terms liberal. HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS ON HAND, 11.0,1 low on Cotton Option. A few tons of KAINIT leR. Call early. Exncctins to tcw?o;i!ii? l'ul]> wc would rapectfully ask 011? all lu give us a showing. ANDREW & PREVOST, _ DEPOT STREET. L|AUM3 27 _^^^^ SPBING OF 1883. OH GOODS I NEW PRICES ! fill PREPARED FOR A ROUSING TRADE ! I keep always on hand a 1 FULL STOCK of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, ?Immense Stock of Dress Goods of every Description, SILKS, LACE CURTAINS, ?e. Git? me a call, and I will convince you that I mean business. My motto : [dies and small profits. I make a Specialty of Zeig!? r Bros. Fine Shoes. Cone one, come all, and examine my stock before buying elsewhere. No ii!?to show Goods. Will compare prices with any house in the up country. Very respectfully, W. A. CHAPMAN, No. 3 Benson Street, Anderson, S. O. A^ril 12,1SR3 31) WHAT IS THIS I HEAR, ? THAT ICL.AJRIK: &> 00. Have the Best Goods for thc Least Money ! [WEHAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINK LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, v'iptedto the wants of all-Boys, Youths, Young Men and Old. Also, a very linc as L.jtmfDt of UNDERWEAR-such HS Shirts, Drawers, Collars and Cravats. Also, a Egtiacrtintint of WORSTED DIAGONALS, SUITINGS. CLOTHS and CASSI " Tji?SL?, which we are prepared to make up in tile very latest styles, and will spare no M either in Cutting or Fitting, that wc may thereby please those who will favor us jrili their patronage. Call before purchasing elsewhere and be convinced. fr Fav last year's account and save costa. CLARK &, CO. JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor. .Kwh 22,1883 sn FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ! JAM Mill selling thc well-known brands of Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates, to wit Eutaw Fertilizer, Exceiienza Fertilizer, Temassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Asbepoo Acid Phosphates. fr CALL AND SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. My Stock of General Merchandise is Complete ! Sueu us suits ??io of the people generally. Always on hand FLOUR, BACON. SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLA8SES. Ac FULL STOCK OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, ?tc. fr Call at No 10 Granite Row. W. JP. BARB. feb 22,1833 32 _ . TIMES CHAIsTGE MEN CHANGE WITH THEM, ?SD fast is the reason we have just laid in A LARGE 8TOCK OF NEW GOODS, for we know that all our customers desire something that is new and at the same fcMierTiceable. Our Stock comprises a fine assortment of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC., I ?J{4 wo will seii at the Lowest Prices. While other things are changing, we would ?y that we are too young to change our plan of offering good and substantial Bargains ??ll who favor us with a trial. WE ARE IN THE COTTON MARKET, M?IU give the highest prices. We have a large lot of BAGGING and TIES on Get our prices before closing u trade. . , BROWlsT BROS. .fot 21, 18*3 '-J- IQ HEADQUARTERS FOR STEAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS, THRESHERS, AND ALL KINDS MACHINERY. H^?0w^Wlahed the Southern Branch of U^'^JjA Ctielr,i.?!,Wci OQ. at this placo.'I will keep constantly on hand a full supply 01 meir Machinery, consisting of their ^Regulating Grain Separator, Cleaner and Bagger, Serless, Portable, Traction and Domestic Steam Engine?, SAW MlLIiS, &C. Vu?,k??P?n hand a full supply of Gum and Hemp Packing, Gauge OocltJj?bkk CJ5^ Valves, Glass Water (Wes. Steam OangJ-V?*? ^wP^?Timto. rj?^ iTiumjmlnieetors. Klrting Injector*, Corn ana wnw* J?"""^a ,? theil a Sgf 8*ws, Elr^wsrNippera, UnWs Reducers, in f^^^^J^^lSt m fin* tach?n"688, C?"ie *?? mobeforebiiylng, and you w?" 8 ?fil**** 8HOP.-I am always rea-ly, with urst-clasa tools, to repair nil kinds .??*ta?T entrusted to me. R ^ DiVVER, Aprtj ,2 gWi H1W BUILD1H0, HEAR RAILROAD BRIDGE, AJfDBMOW, S?0. IS FRONT OP VICKSBURG. Tim I.,,Ht |>,,8 "f ,!," HirKr Thc gcpne on ttl?! Day ?if Sun ender. The Amercan CU ?I War, by the Cbnut ?f Paris, An almost continuous line of half bastions, interspersed with redoubts for the field artillery from Haines' Wulf to Big Black River, was completed by the 22d of Juue. This enormous work of eircumvallatiou, which bad ti develop ment equal to that of the lines of coun tcrvallatiou, euabled Sherman to hold in check all the forces that JohnsLou could bring against him, by allowing bim time to concentrate the troops for repulsing an attack, whatever might bc the point menaced. This epoch, from the 22d hi the 2">th of June, made tho termination of the first period of the siege. The situation of the two adversaries may be summed up in a few words-Grant's army, which on May 22 only numbered 30,000 com batants, has now reached 75,000. It bas erected around Vicksburg from twelve to thirteeu miles of fortifications and con structed eighty-nine batteries, iu which, a few days later, 220 pieces of artillery were placed in position. Eight ap proAcheo have beeu directed agnwiMt the place by Woods. Tuttle, Blair, LC-EHU, A. J. Smith, Carr, Lanmau and Herron. At some pointu the foremost saps are within only ten or fifteen yards of the enemy's works. Finally, a corps of ob servation is located between tho Yazoo aud the Rig Black ; it keeps watch over a long line of circumvallation extending from river to river and resting its left upon the intrenched camp of Haines' Bluff. Meauwhile Johnston has gradually formed an army of 26,000 men ; he has gathered the material and the means of transportation, and is preparing to take the field. In Vicksburg tbe scarcity of provisions is beginning to be felt; the ammunition is used sparingly, and the health of the. able-bodied men, whoso numbers are daily reduced by sickness, is attended to. The artillery fire has ceased completely, and the combatants aro so near each other that they are obliged to fight ot short range." The Confederates are throwing grenades into the trenches of the besiegers, which causo much damage. They try to un dermine their works, and the Federals reply by resorting to the same means. This kiud of warfare soon giveB rise to fresh incidents. Logan's soldiers suc ceed in mining the great redan situated on tbe Jackson road, which was guarded by a portion of Forney's division. Un the 25th of June at half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a violent explosion was heard, and the air was filled with the fragments of tho salient angle of this work, leaving a vast crater in its place ; the whole interior was laid in ruins ; a few suppers engaged in digging a coun termine were crushed ; nearly all the soldiers-few in number, however-who guarded the redan were killed, and it is even asserted that some among them were thrown alive into the Federal lines, where they found themselves prisoners ns a result of this strange mode of trav eling. A column of infantry ?oon climbs ever the debris which the explo uion has piled _p in heaps; but the ene my is uot taken unawares; he has erec ted a second line at the entrance of the work. The Sixth Missouri rushes for ward in its turn to dispute the redau with the Unionists ; being repulsed in this attack, it nevertheless succeeds in maintaining its position behind the new obstacle and pours a perfect torrent of grenades and packages of lighted car tridges upon the assailants, who are crowded within the crater. Cockerells brigade comes to its assistance, and the combat is thus continued the whole night. In the morning the interior ol the redan is abandoned by both parties, and the Federals plant themselves upon the remnants of the exterior parapet. They had lost about thirty men, and nnd only gained a few feet of ground, but they had weakened the enemy's line ol defence. lu order lo add to this discomfiture a new mine was begun under anothei redan, situated on the left of the Jackson road, and on July 1 its explosion entirely destroyed this work, killing and wound ing a large number of Confederates some of them were buried under th? debris, but disinterred safe and BOUUC several hours after. In consequence o the position of this mine the greater por tion of the earth was thrown to the sidi of the besiegers, who quickly took a pos session of this kind of parapet ant planted themselves on it, but did not trj to carry ibe second line of the defenses Thenceforth the shovel and the pickaxi were no longer sufficient ; it was neces Bary to prepare for tho assault which wa to give the final blow to the garrison The parallels were enlarged and th drilling-grounds widened ; and the ne cesBary materials-ladders, planks, fas cines, gabions-were got together nea the points of attack, and the batteries s arranged as to concentrate their fire at ; given signal. The solemn hour wan ap proaching. ***** On the morning of the 4th of July day when tbe whole of America cele br?tes the anniversary of the Declara tion of Independence-the white flag reappeared on the Confederate work* They made known to both parties tb? Grant's conditions had been accepted b Pemberton after consultation with all hi Generals. At 10 o'clock precisely th Federals beheld long columns of mei dressed in brown or in gray, emergin from those works which until then the had not been able to approach except f the peril of their lives. Some defile h way of the postern gates, others jam over the parapets, which are thencefort useless; they stack their muskets, an silently planting their colors upon thi soil which bas been watered by the bloc of their comrades, range themselves i front of their lines. These troops nun ber 32,600 men, of whom 2,138 at officers and fifteen are Generals; tl artillery consisted of seventy-two gun more than half of which were fiel pieces. - "Captain, we are entirely out ammunition,"said the orderly-sergeant i a company toan Irish captain in one i the regiments of the Union army at tl battle of the Wilderness. "Actire out?" said the captain. "Yes, entire -out." "Then sase firing 1" said tho ea tain. A VOICE FBOM TUE PEESS.-I ta! thi# opportunity to bear testimony to tl efficacy of your "Hop Bitters." Kxpec ?og to find thom nauseous and bitter ai composed of bad whiskey, we were agre ably surprised at their mild taste, jt like a cup of tea. A Mrs. Cresswell ai a Mrs. Connor, friends, have likewi tried, and pronounce them the beat me ?cine they have ever taken for buildi up strength aud toning up the syste I was troubled with costiveness, bea ache and want of appetite. My a lmet are now all gone. I have a yearly cc tract with a doctor to look after t ' health of myself and family, but I ne him not now. ?M July 25. 1878. People'? Advoca Pittsb'g, Pa. THE SEVEN-DAYS' BATTLES. ! lleiiult* of tlio IUitlen Befors Ettabmoud a* Ileiicrtbed by ?en. .lo- Jobnnton la n Con. Ildeutlul Letter to den. Beauregard. A correspondent of the New York Time? furnishes that paper with the two following letters, which he says were both addressed to Gen. Beauregard and cap tured in bis baggage at the clo.se of the war : AMELIA SPRIKUS, August 4,1802. My Dmr General: I had tho pleasure to receive your letter of the lSlh ultimo a day or two ago. It was an especial sat isfaction to have accounts o? your health so much moro favorable tbau those rumor has been bringing us. I hope to bear of you before long in the most important position the war may make. Tho "one borso department" you speak of would not be suiTercd by the country. I nm not sure that you are right in regarding tho success of McO.'s "strategic movement" as evidence of skill. It seems to me to be duo rather to our having lost two days immediately alter the principal fight that of Friday-and many hours after ward. especially on Tuesday. I was told that the action on that day commenced about G o'clock p. m., but ono and one half or two miles from the field of Mon day's engnf ?rn it. It ix said, too, that | a Ic.rge portion of our army w*? idle on i each of these days. The "battle ol Malvern Hill" (Tuesday) was bul fifteen or twenty miles from the middle of McC.'s position on the Chickabomiuy. The result of that cction terminated our pursuit. It seems to me that the "partial results" were due to a want of tho "bull dog tenacity" you give us credit for. If the enemy had been presced vigorously on Saturday aud Sunday he must have been ruined; could never have fixed himself securely on the James River. He left his position outho?hickahomiuv without our knowledge, becauso the wide interval by which he escaped was not observed by cavalry, as it should have been. But for my confidence in McC.'s want of enterprise I should on Thursday night, after three-fourths of the troops bad crossed the Chickabomiuy, have apprehended that he would adopt the course you suggest for him. Had he done so he might have been in Richmond on Friday before midday. By concen trating his troops on the south side of the river before daybreak on Fridav he would have been between our main body and tho city, with only one-fourth of our force in his way. This fraction he could have beaten in two hours, and marched to Richmond io two hours more. I must confess that tho advantages wo have gained by what is termed thc seven days' fighting are not very evident to me. I am very glad to find that you think with me that the true principle was an attack of one of the enemy's fractions in superior force. That was my attempt on the 31st of May, which would bave been a full success but for the sloth of a new division, which delayed Longstreet's attack six hours, which did not leave as time to complete the destruction of Keyes'8 corps. If this new division had come up to timo we would have had two thirds of our troops against one-third of McC.'s. I wish you could have peen som-! of your old acquaintances fight at Williamsburg. There has been nothing during the war equal to the conduct o? Longstreet's division on that occasion. Whiting's, at Rarhamsville, two days later, behaved beautifully. I intended immediately after these affairs to give you a circumstantial account of them, not being willing that you should derive your opinion, os the best of our country men must do, from the Yankee papers. But being always in tho immediate presence of the enemy, I could never command the few hours necessary for it. I hope to do it still before returning to duty, which may be between the 15th and 20th. I hope (without reason) to go back to the Rappahannock, leaving Lee to command at Richmond. Yours truly, J. E. JOHNSTON. . The following is interesting, though on a di Herc ut subject : CAMP FBEDEBICESBUBO, 30 Dec., 'G2. ) RICHMOND, 6 January, *G3. j My Dear General: I was very glad to receive your note of the 21th, which reached me yesterday, and to hear of the successful progress you are making in the defences of Charleston. I have felt very easy or that subject since you have been there, and hopo if the ironclads of the enemy visit you they may never re turn. I see that a new one, under Capt. Worden, has just left New York for Hampton Roads. A second, from Phila delphia, is soon to follow, and still there is to be a third. The monitor and three others are now there. It looks as if they may attempt the James River ; but unless combined with their army in a land attack I hardly think they will venture. I unite with you in rejoicing at the reverse Gen. Burnside bas experi enced at Fredericksburg. It has created great disappointment at the North. Their expectations were so great and so confident that the revulsion has been proportionately depressing. Their army IR still between the Rappahannock and Potomac, and there is no indication as yet of their future purpose. I am anx ious for it to be disclosed. I trust that Gen. Johnston wiii be able to defeat them signally in the West. It w *'. relieve things amazingly. Believing +1 you will be able to repel any attack ..pon you, and with my best wishes for your success and happiness, and many returns of the New Year, I remain very truly yours, R. E. LEE. GEN. G. T. BEAUREGARD. The Lesson tho Little Aut Taught, A little girl, being given a task in nee dle work by ber mother, took a chair out under a shade tree in the yard and pre pared to finish it. The surroundings out there were very pleasant. The birds sang merrily as they flew from limb to limb ; the air was mild and balmy, and everything looked cheerful and bright ; yet she was unhappy and disco-tented. She did not want to work, and while thc task was not hard, she imagined it was and thought she was tired before she be gan it. So, instead of beginning at once and getting it done soon, she let ber work lie idly in ber lap. Then her gaze fell on a bittle busy ant which wus try ing to drag along a crumb of bread very much larger than itself, but it came to a twig which it found hard to crawl over with ita burden. The ant tried to pull it over the twig, and after getting it up a little, tumbled off. Next it tried to push the crumb over, and the burden tumbled over on it. The insect could have easily gone around the twig, but did not think of this, and went on drag ging and tumbling in the same old way. Finally it got over and proceeded on ita way. This set the little girl to thinking and she wondered what made the ant do as it had done. Something said it was perseverance, and -the birds seemed to sing over aud over again, "perseverance," until she picked up the sewing and was surprised to find how soon it was finished. Often afterward, when tempted to neg lect or put off some duty, the little girl thought of the ant, and whispering to herself perseverance, soon put tue temp ter to flight. A UNIVERSE IN MOTION. Some AH?OUUIIIUK VacU Concerning thc Kn rt h and Sun. Some recent discussions of tho consti tution of tho sun have turned in part upon what is known as tho sun's proper motion in space. This is one of thc most surprising and interesting tilings thut science has ?ver brought to light, und yet it is something of which comparatively few person; have any knowledge. It is customary .o look upon the sun ns if it were the centre of the universe, nu im movable fiery globe around which the earth aud other planets revolve while it remains fixed in one place. N otb i vg could be further from tho truth. Tho sun is, in fact, tho most wonderful of travellers. He is flying through space at the rate of not less than 100,000,000 of miles in a year, and tho earth and ber sister planets aro his fellow voyagers, which, obeying bis overpowering attrac tion, circle about him as he advances. In other words, if we could take up a position in open space in advance of the sun, we should noe him rushing toward us at tho rate of some 4/)O,t?0o miles a day, chased by bis whole family of shin ing worlds and the vast swarms of meteoric bodies which obey bis attraction. The general direction of this motion of i?:e solar system has been known since the time of Sir William H?rschel. Il is toward thc constellation Hercules, which, at this season, may bo seen in tho north eastern sky at I) o'clock in the evening. As the line of thia motion makes an angle of fifty odd degrees with tho plano of the earth's orbit, it. follows that the earth is not like a horse at a windlass, circling around tho sun forever in one beaten bath, but like a ship belonging to a fleet whoso leader is continually push ing its prow into unexplored waters. The path of the earth through spaco is spiral, so that it is all the timo advancing into new regions nlong with thc sun. She is on a boundless voyage of discov er)', and her humau crow aro boru and die in widely separated tracts of spnee. Think of the distan?a over which the travels of the sun bavo borne the earth ouly since the beginning of human histo ry 1 Six thousand years ago tho earth and suu were about a million millions of miles further from the stars in Hercules than they aro to-day. Columbus and his contemporaries lived when the earth was in a region of thc universe more than nix ty thousand millions of miles from the place where it is now, so that since his time the whole humau race has been makiug a voyage through space, in com parison with which his -longest voyage was ar. tho footstep of a fly. Thus the great events in the history of the world may be said to have occurred in different parts of tho universe. An almost inconceivable distance separates the spot I which the earth occupied in the time of Alexander from that which it occupied when Ciesar invaded Gaul. The sun and the earth have wandered BO far from their birthplace that the mind staggers in the attempt to guess at the stupendous dis tance which now probably separates them from it. It may bo that the motion ot the solar system is orbital, and that our sun and many of the stars, his fellow suns, are revolving around some common centre, hui if so, no mean* has yet been devised of detecting the form or dimen sions of his orbit. So far os we can sec the sun is moving in a straight line. Since space is believed to bo filled with some sort of ethereal medium, curious consequences are seen to follow from the motions that have been described. A solid globo like the earth rushing at great speed through such a medium will encounter some resistance. If the medium be exceedingly rare, as it must be in fact, the resistauce will be correspondingly small, but still there will be resistance. If the sun stood still, the earth, owing to the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit around tho sun, would encounter the resistance of thc other principally on its northern hemisphere from summer to winter, and on its southern hemisphere from winter lo summer. But iu consequence of the motion of tho sun shared by the earth, this law of distribution is changed, ...ij i from summer to winter the earth plough? through tho ether with its north pole foremost, while from winter to summer, although the resistance of the other is encountered more evenly by the two hcmisphereB, yet it ia still felt principally in the northern hemisphere, aud the south pole remains practically protected. It follows that the southern hemisphere, and practically thc south polar regions, are more or less completely sheltered the whole year around. It might, then, be supposed that the impact of the particles of the ether shouldered aside by the earth in its swift flight and the compression prodnced in front of the advancing globe would tend to raise the temperature of the northern hemisphere as compared with the southern hemisphere, while the south pole, being more or loss directly in the wake of the earth, and in a region of rarefaction of the ether, would constant ly possess a remarkably low temperature. Now it is known that the south polar regions arc more covered with ice and snow than those of the north, and that the temperature there the year around is lower. Whether the difference is owing to the effects of the earth's journey through the ether is a question. The sun, too, moves with his northern hemisphere foremost, and it is worthy of remark that it has been suspected that the northern hemisphere of the sun ra diates more heat than the southern. But whatever effect it may or may not have upon the meteorological condition of the earth, the fact that the solar sys tem is thus voyaging through space is in itself exceedingly interesting. Not the wildest travellers dream presents to the imagination such a voyage as thia on which every inhabitant of the earth is bound. A glance at a star map shows that the direction in which we aro going is carrying us toward a region of tho heavens exceedingly rich in stars, many, aud perhaps most, of which are greater suns than ours. There can be but little doubt that when the sun arrives in the neighborhood of tho-so stars he will be surrounded by celestial scenery very different from and much more brilliant than that of the region of space in which he now is. The inhabitants of thc globe at that distant period will certainly be hold new and far more glorious heavens, though the earth may be unchanged. - Why lawyers like mutton-because it is so full of suet. - In the case of tobacco and matches, the tax reduction of Congress is a fraud, so far ss the consumer is concerned. The Government has lost about $12,500,000 revenue and the people have not gained a cent. - Most cows will not allow theil calves out of their sight, and a sheep, when she has lambs, will manifest the utmost anxiety about them ; while hu? man beiogs, charged with the most sol emn .responsibility that could be laid upon them, will allow their children tc run about the streets exposed to a thou sand daily dangers, will send them alone to public entertainments and meanwhile feel relieved that they ara out of sight. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. AN ANTE BELLUM FIGHT. How Ono uf the '-.-util Carolina HIK-III* Fought a New Ilaui;ihliir<> Mau. \Wishiinjton (\wrcsinnulcncc Philadelphia lie ront. Years before tho war, while sectional feeling was boiling toward fever heat, one of the young Rhett*, of South Carolina, was sent to Harvard University. At that time the students nt the fair Harvard were pretty sharply divided by Mason and Dixon's line. The northern boy? were led by a big bully from a New Hampshire farm. He thrashed every body in both parties, but ho displayed his partiality by thrashing the Southern boys twice to the Northern boys once. Tho University has changed wonderfully since then, nf course, but at that time it was more like a great English public school in some respects than like a great English university. Young Mr. Illicit had not been there long before, he was knocked down by Mr. New Hampshire. It was a novel experience, for tho young aristocrat, and he could only think of] one remedy. Ho promptly sent thc bully a challenge. The young man from New Hampshire made no immediate reply. This naturally increased tho curiosity of tho other follows as to what the outcome would be. Next morning New Hamp shire waited nt the chapel door for Rhett. Quite a crowd iiad gathered when Mr. Rhett arrived. "Did you write that?" asked the New Hampshire boy savagely, holding tho challenge before Rhett's face. "Yes I did," said Rhett, pale of face, but defiant of heart. New Hampshire said nothing more, but deliberately toro thc challenge into slips and bits, and then threw the bits into Rhett's white face. The New Hampshire boy and the other fellows passed into tho chapel, and tho dazed South Carolinian was left alone. Mechanically he stooped and bit by bit picked up tho pieces of paper lying at Iiis feet. Then be went over to Boston, playing with tho bits of j paper iu bis pocket as ho went. In tho afternoon be reappeared, but lie said nothing to bis nearest friend about bis visit to Boston. Nor did lie discloso his dans for getting even with his enemy, "very day for week? lie regularly visited Boston, and when not nway on these trips occupied himself with bis textbooks. One day. when quite n number of his fellows were standing on the campus, among ihem the bully from New Hamp shire, young Rhett reappeared there for tho hirst time in many days. "Come here," he said, to young New Hampshire, calling him by name. "Como here your self," said the bully." "Meet me half) way," said Rhett. The bully consented. Au soon an New Hampshire, got within striking distance Rhott quickly knocked him down. Surprised and maddened, New Hampshire rushed at Rhott Uko an augry bull. Rhett felled him like a butcher, and every tiiuo New Hampshire approached, Rhett skillfully offended New Hampshire. At length the latter, badly used up, fell helpless at Rhett's feet. Rhett immediately put his footon his breast. "Let mo up," moaned New Hampshire. "Not just yet," said Rhett. "You got a challenge from mc once?" "Yes," groaned New Hampshire. "In stead of replying to it like a gentleman," went on Rhett, "you tore it up and flung the pieces in my face." "Yes," said New Hampshire, with an effort. "Well," said Rhett, coolly, "Isaved the pieces,and you've got to eat them before you get up." Thereupon, ho slowly fed New Hamp shire tho carefully preserved bits he had picked up at bis feet in front of the chapel door weeks before. And tho bully ate them nil. Rlielt bad utilized his Boston trip to the best advantage with the most scientific sluggers of the day. It was not until he had succeeded in knocking one of his instructors down that ho undertook New Hampshire. Tradition has it in Georgia, where I heard the story, that Rhett and New Hampshire subsequently faced one anoth er in the battle field, Rhett fulling then under New Hampshire's sword, ouly to seo New Hampshire prostrated by a rebel bullet. Tii? ?rcat Bridge* The Now York and Brooklyn Bridge, which was open to the public on the24tb of May, is unquestionably the most mag nificent structuro that human skill ever brought to triumphant completion. It is too grand an object to bo limited to a local pride and praise. It bas a national relationship, and the whole nation is proud of this achievement of beauly aud grace, of grandeur and inconceivable ponderousness, and everlasting solidity. Few people who gaze with admiration and wonder upon this structure, bavo any conception of the magnitude of the work in detail, or of the difficulties that had to be overcomo, from the laying of the deep foundations of tho towers to the completion of tbe beautiful aerial span that unites the two cities. A full description of the bridge would require an extended space, hence, only a men tion of some of the prominent features can be made. The illustrious engineer, Mr. John A. Robeling, who was ap pointed to conduct this great undertak ing, did not live to see 'hu accomplish ment of his plans. Fortunately be waa succeeded by his son, Washington ?. Robeling, a mau of great engineering ability, who had been associated with bis father in many of his principal works. Tho work of preparing tbe site of the foundation of tho Brooklyn tower was commenced in January, 1870. The towers are built at the extreme wharf line in deep water. The depth to fbe Bolid rock bed below the river bottom rendered tho task of laying tbe founda tion of the towers a most arduous and difficult one, and tho engineering skill involved in this work is truly marvelous. The total length of tho bridge is 0,989 feet. The length of the aerial span from tower to tower is nearly 1,600 feet, the central altitude of the span being 135 feet above mean high water mark. The immense steel cables rest on the top of the tall towers and aro not fas tened to them, but aro anchored inland at a distance of 930 feet back from tho towers. The anchors are of solid ma sonry and weigh about 00,000 tons each, sufficient beyond all measure to resist the pull un tbe cables. Tbe weight of the central span-that is the suspended structure-is 6,740 tons. The four large cables are 15} inches iu diameter and are constructed of wires in parallel form, and bound together by a continuous wrapping of wire. Each cable contains 19 Strands of 278 wires each. There are five avenues on the bridge. The two outside ones, nearly 19 feet wide, are foi the uso of vehicles. The central avenue, used for a foot way bas a width of 15} feet, and is 12 feet higher than the side avenues. The cost ot the bridge ia 915,500,000. The view from the bridge is very fine, as it takes in Now York, Brooklyn aud all the adja cent country.-7%? South iv*. Y. - The best fire escape is when your wife geta up in the morning and makes it. 11 No matter what your ailment irt Brown's Iron Bitters will surely benefit you. INMAN "MEDICINE MEN?" Tin? intent Trick ?f th?? Fablrs to Victlui lir tho CredulitiiH I'tibllr. Thc newe;! and cleverest dodge in the advertising way is that recently invented hy the proprietor of a patent medicine. Thc doctor was ut Niagara not long ago, and, like all other visitors lo that high priced resort, was attracted by a number of "genuine" Indians that sell moccasins and other aboriginal products. Ono party there furnished him with a sugges tion that lie has since used profitably. They were indians in full war paint, with tomahawks and bows and arrows, and tliey had a camp not tar from the Falls, in thc centro of tho enclosure was a lire with a big kettle suspended over it, and from this thc Hig Medicino Mau ladled a Yellowish mixturo from time to time, neilin? it at a handsome price to tho too credulous tourists. It wus an Indian medicine of rare efficacy, was warranted to euro nnv disease known to humanity. Thc siglit was a suggestion that tho doctor seized on the instant, and in a few days lie had secured several Indian war riors from the remnant of tribes that live near Itocheater and Syracuse. When he first hired them they wore "store clothes" and talked English like their neighbors, but after they had donned their bcfealhercd suits and painted I heir red faces nf'er ?ho manner of thc warrlora of thc plains they dropped their English ways aud manners and became at once wild Indians ol' the Apacho and Crow variety. Then tho enterprising doctor 'lough t a lot of common herbs and a big kettle, aud, having established his In? diaus in acump, begun to manufacture and sell his famous remedy. AH tbatuced be said of it in that it is entirely harm less, even if it docs not possess the cura tive properties claimed for it. He got a physician with tho "gift of the gab" todo the "talking up" of his medicine and waa soon making money rapidly. Tho suc cess of tile first party wus so great that within n short time the doctor had or ganized live or six others, tho supply of wild Indians in the Northern part of New York being seemingly inexhausti ble. To add to the attractions the Indians were shown in full war rig and went through tho ceremonies of a wed ding, a funeral and the election of a chief in sight of the ?public, and then closed Hie performance with n war whoop calcu lated to chill thc blood of ali who beard them. Combined with this was a series of variety acts and thc admission to all was only ten cents. In all of tho exhibitions the leading man is the lecturer, whoso duty it is to expatiate on the excellency of the medi iciue und to tell thc gaping audienco that the "tribe" is traveling for tho good of humanity, and that the admission fees and profits on their sales of medicine are to go for thc building of a Behool bouao in their far away Western home. Tho stuff ?B represented to cure every imagi nable disease and sells largely for a dol lar a bottle. It is thought that the rage for this species of "raking" will eventu ally depopulate the Indian villages in New York State, as the noble red men arc uverse to work in any form aud eager ly seize any opportunity that enables them to live ' well without it. They receive from $10 to $12 a month, with board, lodging and such little washing as they require.- Philadelphia Times. Anecdotes of Twins. Two twins were fond of playing tricks, and complaints were frequently made; but the boys would never own which was the guilty one, and the complaints were never certain which of the two he was. Ono head master used to say that be would never flog the innocent for the guilty, and another used lo flog both. No less than nine anecdotes have reached mo of a twin seeing his or her reflection in a looking gluss and address ing it in the belief it was the olhci twin in person. 1 have many anecdotes of mistakes whon the twins were grown up. Thus: Amusing see u es occurred at college when one twin came to visit tho other, the porter on one occasiou refusing to let the visitor out of the college gates, for though they stood side by side be professed ignorance as to which he ought to uliow to depart. Children are usually quick in distin guishing between their parents and his or her twin ; but I havo two cases to the contrary. Thus the daughter of a twin says : "Such was the marvelous simi larity of their voice, features and man ner, etc., that I remember as a child being very much puzzled, aud, I think, bad my aunt lived much with us, I should have ended by thinking that I had two mothers." In the other case, a father, who was a twin, remarks of himself and bis broth er : "We were extremely alike, and are so at this moment, so much co that our children up lo five or six yours old did not know us apart." I have four or five instances of doubt during an engagement of marriage. Thus : A. married first, but both twins met the lady together for the first tune, and feil iu love with her then and there. A. managed to see her home and to gain ber affection, though H went sometimes courting in his place, and neither the young lady nor her parents could tell which was which. I have also a German letter, written in quaint terms, about twin brothers who married sisters, but could not easily be distinguished by them. In the weil known novel of Wilkie Collina of "Poor Miss Fiuch," the blind girl distinguishes the twin abe loves by the touch of bia baud, which gives ber a thrill that the touch of the other brother does not. Philosophera have not, I be lieve, aa yat inveatigated the conditions of auch thrills ; but I have a case in which Miss Finch's teat would have failed. Two persona, both friends of a certain twin lady, told me that she bad frequently remarked to them that kissing ber twin sister waa not like kissing her other aiaters, but like kissing herself her own hand for example. It would be an interesting experiment for twins who were closely alike to try bow far dogs could distinguish between them by scent. I have a tew anecdotes of strange mistakes made between in fanta in adult life. Thus an officer writes : "On one occasion, when I returned from foreign service, my father turned to me and said : "I thought you were in London," thinking I waa my brother yet he had not seen me for nearly four yean-our resemblance waa so great." From Professor Gallon's Book on Human Faculty. - Officer (to the timid soldier): "Why Pat, you are surely not going to turo coward?" Pat: "Why, eure, I'd rayther be a coward for foive minutes than a corpse for the test of me loi fe." - A good natured traveler fell asleep in a train and waa carried beyond bia destination. "Pretty good joke; Isn't it?" said a fellow passenger. "Yea ; but carried a little too far !" waa the rejoin der. A KENTUCKY ROMANCE. Tho Love of Two Hrotticr? itml Two Bloter* willi an Unexpected Denoiiineiit. In a certain part of our county there lived a family, in which there arc two brothers just entering upon the prime of youthful manhood; a short distance from them-in fact, in the samo neigh borhood- their live? another family in which there are two sisters also in tho prime of maidenhood, beautiful, fasci nating and attractive These young peo ple being near neighbors, and coining in contact with each other often, almost naturally it would seem, full in love with each other, the eldest brother with one of thc sisters and Usc younger with tho other. AU went smoothly for a time, and these young people enjoyed them selves, and dreamed bright dreams of tho future, and no doubt in imagination con structed fairy palaces of love, and gar dens, like Paradise which should be only filled with beautiful flowers and fruits of happiness and unalloyed enjoyment. Then, as u matter of course, the question of marrying urose, which must be refer ed to tho parents of the young ladies for approval. Tho eldest brother bad no difficulty in obtaining their consent to bis marrying tiie young lady, and thc wedding day was fixed upon. Then the young brother went to thc parents and mr.de known Iiis attachment for thc other sister and their mutual desire to "splice and travel tho road of lifo together." But the old folks were decid edly opposed to having moro than one of their girls marry into "that family," and plainly informed him that if ho wanted a wife ho must go elsewhere to get her, inti mating that be should desist paying furth er attention to tho young lady in question. But tho young man was determined that if his brother married one of tho girls he would marry tho other. So he went to the young "lady of bia love," and told her tho circum?lanccs of tho situation, and desired her, if abc loved him, to ?rovo her love by running off with him. o this she agreed, aud.tbo night was fixed upon when they should carry out the mutual agreement. But now comes tho strangest part of tho story. The two young ladies resembled each other very much in looks, voice, ?C, and by some strange freak, when tho night of elope ment came and the yoting man went to tho appointed place ofmeeting.be found a woman there whom he thought was tho right one, but she was not. Unconscious of this, however, he took ber to the placo where tho marrirfgo ceremony was to be performed before ho found out tbat bo was with tao wrong girl. Most wonder ful to relate, he thought that after ho had gone to all this trouble be would get married anyway, so he asked ber if she would have bim, and she, in order to carry out tho joke, said she would, and they were married then and there. It appears that she had overheard bim making arrangements to elope with ber sister, and knowing tho place of meeting, determined to go tuero ahead of her and thus fool the young man, for whom sbo eutertaincd a secret liking, although sho was engaged to be married to his brother. Our informant also states that after they bad lived together for some time, thu elder brother, determining to make tho most of the situation, took unto himself thc other sister. Cracking Wheat Into Flour. Minnesota millers no longer "grind" wheat into flour. They "crack" it, and thc people of tbe Northwest claim that tho new process makes their hitherto in ferior wheat thc most valuable in thu world. Burr stones ure things of tho past and Hungarian steel rollers have taken their place. These rollers arc about thirty inches long and eight inches in diameter. It takes fi vo sets of steel rollers to finish tho flour. Each set of rollers run closer than the preceding. After the whoat passes each set of roll ers it is bolted or sifted through coarso cloth. This cloth lets the disintegrated particles of wheat through and passes off the bulky and larger pieces, which sro run through another aud a closer set of rollers and cracked again. The lani rollers leave little ?dse but wheat bulla and waxy germs of wheat, which do not crack up, but smash down like a piece of wax. The germs of a kernel of wheat is not good. It makes flour black. By the old millstone proc?s this waxy germ was ground up with tbe starchy portion aud bolted through with the flour. By the new system of cracking the kernel instead of grinding it this germ ia not ground, but flattened out and sifted or bolted out, while the starchy portions of the wheat are crushed into powdered wheat or flour. All the big mills of Minneapolis now manufacture by the Dew process. How It Came About. The recent decision of Judge Wither spoon that retail liquor dealers or bar keepers can collect bar debts seems to have created some surprise, which is not astonishing, as the law making them col lectible is of recent date. Section i) of the Act of 1849 to alter and amend tho license laws of the State is as follows : "That if any tavern keeper shall give credit to any person or persons, for spirtu?us liquors, be, she or they so trusting or giving credit to any person or persons, as aforesaid, shall lose thc debt and be forever disabled from suing for or recovering the same or any part there of Any note, bill, bond or other securi ty which may be given for any spiritu ous liquors sold or drank in or at his or her house shall be void ; and if any tav ern keeper shall sue for any such debt, the person or persons sued shall and may plead this Act in bar thereof." The Revised Statutes which were com piled by the Corbin Commission re-enact ed the above portion of the license laws, but the compilation of tho Simmonton Commission, which took effect from May, 1882, repealed it. Hence any bar debt contracted since May, 1882, can bo col lected by law the same as other debts. Some papers of the State apeak of tho decision as nothing new. They knew it all atong, lt strikes us as a right not over a year old. - An Erie woman has robbed a hair store. Like a pistol she went off with a bang. - A writer in the Homestead, of Pat tonville, Iowa, says: "The prevailing custom of raising cabbage plants in a hotbed or frame and afterward trans planting them is a mistake. We have experimented for several. years, using both modes, and invariably get tue best results from planting the seed in the hills where we wish them to grow ; plant ing three or four seeds in each hill and thinning them out after they show the fourth leaf, taking the poorest plants out and leaving only the strongest Last year of my cabbage planted In this way several weighed over twenty-five pound?, while those from plants carefully set out in the usual way and with the same cul , tlvatioh would weigh scarcely ten pounds. Transplanting checks the growth at the most critical time, and the retarded plant shows the effects during- the whole season and are leas likely to ocad."