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1 ^nfaxm ?nt?tt$mm> IN PORT. Safe, safe In port 1 Ahl blessed is that long expected hour. When, safe from all the cruel sea's dread powei; Prom furled storms and tides and buffet ings. The driven ship folds close its beaten firings. And o'er the peaceful waters of the bay Is heard the seaman's gladsome roundelay Safe, safe in port! Safe, safe in port! Ahl blessed is that longed for, hungered hour. When, safe from all life's dread and hurtful power, From woe of waiting drear and doubt's deep stings, The breaking heart no longer sobs, but sings; And, harbored in love, consecrate and leal, i Through homesldo bliss the soul's true love songs steal? _ Safe, safe in port! '"?Edgar L. Wokeman in Good Housekeeping. THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS. The two westernmost islands of the Sandwich group are known by various names. The . English, sailors call them "The Twins," the American sailor calls them "Punch and Judy." They are Sown on the English sailing charts of a few years ago as "The Big and Little Can? nibals," with a note of warning that all boats sent on shore should be armed, as the natives are a treacherous lot and eat human flesh. In the year 1873 I took a first mate's berth out of San Francisco on the brig Harry Lee, she having been sold to parties in Honolulu, and the owners having* en? gaged to deliver her there. We had no trouble in shipping a good crew, and bet? ter weather I never saw until we were within two days' run of our port. Then we got a gale which dismasted us and swept two men overboard; and when we finally brought up it was under the lee of the Big Cannibal, in a sheltered bay, with ': -;. masts and sails gone, bulwarks nearly all swept away, bowsprit broken off, and the brig leaking so that we had to take long spells at the pump to keep her afloat. We had not been able tp secure an obser? vation for three days, and, although quite certain that we had fallen in with one of the Sandwich group, none of us had ever t ue%?rUtvrg particular island before. But J" fo^xne help of a very powerful current which caught the brig as she was being hurled upon the weather side of the island not a man of us would have lived to tell tho story. This current ran us along the shore and whirled us into a bay on tho lee side, where our anchors found good hold? ing ground and brought us up in safety. It was two days before the storm blew ltself_put and the sea went down. We ^"Tay within half a mti^of the shore, and had seen people onthebea^ltiKWy'noui in the day. At night they had built fires opposite our berth, as if to say that they were our friends and to encourage us to be of stout heart. From this circum? stance our captain argued that we had not been driven to the west as far as at first supposed, and that we had at least -two islands between us and Big CannibaL When the sea had gone down sufflcient to warrant us in lowering a boat I was ordered to take the yawl and four men and pull for the beach and ascertain our whereabouts. The weather had con? tinued dark and cloudy and no observa - tion could be taken. I went away in the boat without the slightest misgivings, and without a firearm of any description. We had settled it that there was nothing to fear, and I anticipated no trouble in engaging a native craft to run for some ^ of the island ports and secure us the ser *" vices of a steam craft. Almost opposite where the hull of the brig lay pitching at her anchor was the mouth of a creek, and, although there was a bar and the surf was rolling pretty nigh, we entered the' creek without acct- I dent. Just as we were going over the bar it struck me as curious that none of ' the natives hod been out to visit us. It wouldn't have been anything extra of a swim for a native, while their little crafts will live in a sea which would roll a man of war rails under. It was now 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and I remembered that we had not seen a native on the beach since soon after daylight. There was no one in sight now, and we ran up the creek about a cable's length and grounded. There were two native boats there, but not a person in sight. I reasoned that a village must be close at - I. Ujvv1, and, leaving two of the men to care for^the boat, I took two others with me and set out to follow a broad and well beaten path, which I believed led to the village. In this I was correct. We had not gone above half a mile when we came ta the village. We had scarcely caught sight of the first huts when we were our? selves discovered, and three minutes later were surrounded by 100 dusky people. I anticipated a friendly welcome, and was a good deal put out at our reception. Most . of the people were old men, women and children. There were not above five, or six middle aged men. A circle was at once formed about us, and as soon as they saw that we were not armed we were seized, flung down and tied hand and foot. I had served with Kanakas aboard of whalers and knew the dialect of the islanders pretty well. It was therefore with horror that I soon learned we were on Big Cannibal island,.and that the na-. - fives were greatly rejoiced at the prospect of the feast before them. I attempted to say something, but the noise of their shouts drowned my words, and each of us was hustled off by himself to a differ? ent hut. I was taken in hand by two stout fel? lows, and when thrust into an empty hut I turned on them and asked for an ex? planation. They were dumfounded to hear me using tho dialect, and at once ex? hibited a more friendly demeanor. They had expected the brig to drive ashore, and when she did not they feared she had too large a crew for them to attack. They - wauted to know where she was from, how many men she had aboard and what her captain proposed doing. I told them my object in coming ashore, but they at once gave me to understand they would do nothing. It would be far better for them . if the brig was to drive ashore. I offered as high as $500 in gold if they would get word of our condition to some civilized port, but the follows were immovable. They were a set of outlaws, and held no intercourse except with the smaller island. A ship touched at the islands now and then for water or vegetables, but the na? tives kept out of sight and would do no trading with t^e sailors. When I asked after the rest of tho villagers they replied that upward of forty men were at the smaller island, where a wreck had driven ashore about two weeks before, but were expected homo next day. "And what do you pfoposo to do with us?" I finally inquired. "Roast and eat you," was tho curt re? ply, as they fastened the door and left mo alone. It seemed more than likely. '"Why they ? had not gone to the creek to attack and capture the sailors and the yawl I could not understand, but it seemed that our coming among them rather surprised and rattled them. When they had secured us they formed a party of twenty of the best men and set off for the creek, and in half an hour this party returned shouting and singing. The sailors had suspected nothing and were easily captured. One of them was put into the hut with me, and he told mo they supposed they were being invited to a feast of some sort, and that the natives had my permission to bring them to the village. To be honest with the reader, I did not think theso islanders were eaters of human flesh.' I had been told so by Kanakas and others, but the idea of a race of men living within a day's sail of civilization and given to such horrible practices was too absurd for even sailor Jack's belief. They might be pirates and wreckers, but they certainly could not bo cannibals. I am writing of twelve years ago. If I could not believe it then, who can believe it now? And yet this dispatch has lately been published all over tho country: Sas Francisco, Sept. 5.?Information is re? ceived t hat on one of the outlying islands of the Sandwich group a massacre of three boatmen be? longing to tho schooner Mary Anderson was lately made by natives under exceptionally bru? tal circumstances. The boatmen were first se? verely wounded to render them helpless, tied hand and foot, and then taken in canoes over to another Island and traded for pigs. Tho pur? chasers then finished them and had a cannibal feast on their bodies. I quieted the fears of the sailor with mo by affirming that tho natives yet hoped to see the brig come ashore, and by holding us they knew they would weaken the crew and render the event more probable. Shortly after noon they gave us a very liberal meal, and from what outside words I could catch up I gathered thai, messen? gers had been sent off to bring the vil? lagers homo to attack tho brig. They camo beforo sunset, nnd they had scarcely arrived when a couple of guards enmo j and-conducted, me to the head manor, chief. He was a short, stont, ngly look? ing fellow, and I saw at a glance that all the people seemed to fear him. He had been told, I suppose, that I could speak the dialect, and no sooner had I come into his presence than he shouted at me: "So you dare land on my Island with? out first seeking permission. We shall see about that." "But we are sailors in distress," I re? plied. "Bah! What is your distress to me? Am I responsible because you don't know how to sail your ship safely? Where does your craft come from, and where is she bound to?" I told him truly. "What is your cargo?" "She is in ballast only." "How many men are left aboard?" "Seven, counting the cook." "Is ho a negro?" "He is." "Well, you needn't count him. We will throw him to the sharks. I ate some negro once and it made me sick for three days. We will capture the ship and bring your friends here." "But why not carry word for us to some of the ports and thus earn a large sum of money?" "And be seized and shut np in prison, or hung? Take the lean, long devil away and fatten him np. If he won't eat yon must cram the food down his throat." He hit the nail on the head when he called me long and lean. I stood about six feet, was long armed and long legged, and weighed only 140 pounds. They might have hunted for a week without finding an ounce of fat. When I returned to the hut I no longer had any hope. I felt certain that we had not only fallen among cannibals, but that some of us would surely bo eaten -within a day or two. I was greatly wor? ried, too, about the brig. The yawl was the only boat left her by the storm, and our continued absence would puzzle the captain. He would have no1 idea of the mess we had got into, and would not therefore be on his guard against an at? tack by the natives. I am certain they meant to make one, but Providence inter? fered. With the going down of the sxm a strong breeze set in from the land and before midnight, as I learned several months later, the cables which had bo long stood the strain parted and let the brig drift to sea. She was picked np by a steamer next day and towed intaj Hono? lulu, and the captain reported,that we of the yawl had likely been capsized and drowned while trying to come off to the, brig after dark. That report settled our fate, and nothing more would ever be learned of us except by accident. Our first night in the village was a wretched one. The natives were awake all night long, singing, shouting and rejoicing over our capture, and, it being midsummer, we were nearly devoured alive by insects. I caught a few "words now and then from the guards dur? ing the^nTgbVai^LIthus learned that the sea was too heavy to permit^lie^Wack^oa the brig, and that none of ns would be eaten until the people of Little Cannibal, which was three or four miles distant, could cross the channel. This, they figured, could be done in another twenty four hours, but they were wrong. The wind held at half a gale for the next two days, and it was on the fourth day of our capture that the visitors appeared. A chief and about twenty men came, and were warmly welcomed. I had not seen any of the sailors except the one who lodged with me np to this time, but I knew the huts in which they were con? fined, and by looking through the crevices of my prison walls I got an idea who would be the first victim. The. fattest man in our crew had come ashore with me. He was a second class seaman named Philbrick, and was built like a porpoise. He hod a smooth face, red cheeks, and was in the bloom of health. If the natives were after something fat and tender in the way of human flesh they would certainly take Philbrick, and I soon saw they meant to. The choicest food they.could provide was being carried to him, and it was evi? dent they were stuffing him for the feast. He, poor fellow, evidently had no sus? picions, or, with a sailor's proverbial reck? lessness, was bound to live high while the opportunity held out. The visitors arrived about 9 o'clock in the morning, and half an hour later I saw Philbrick led out. I do not think tho men in any of the other huts could have seen him. I think they had given him plenty of strong drink, for he acted tipsy, and as he came out of the hut he was singing a happy song. The people at once gathered around him and led him off to the woods in the rear of the village. Our guards went with the crowd, their places being taken by five or six boys of from 15 to 18 years of age. These boys were well armed, attended strictly to the business on hand, and any attempt to force our way out would have resulted in our death. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when the men returned, end I was soon aware of the fact that Philbrick had been killed and devoured. Indeed, the people con? gratulated each other on his excellent con? dition, and the strangers departed for home with the promise to come back on the third day. It now seemed that the programme was to kill and eat one of ns about every third day, and the sailor and I made np our minds to eat no more food than would barely sustain life. I was, as I have told you, in very poor flesh, and, fortunately for the sailor, he was not much better off, while he had a running sore on his leg.. He had no sooner in? formed me of": this than I out with my knife-and gashed the calf of my right leg, and then, by rubbing tobacco into tho fresh wound, I got up an irritation which I knew would soon produce a sore. The next day after the death of Phil? brick our allowance of food was greatly increased, but we scarcely tasted a mouth? ful. They also gave us plenty of brandy, in bottles of English make, but we never touched it. I kept working nt my wound and tho sailor kept irritating his sore, and in a couple of days we both had fever, and really cared very little about food. I knew we should not be the next victims, as the two other men were in better flesh; but still as the third day came around I was in anything but an enviable fj.'ame of mind. I could not see the huts of the prisoners, but when the visitors arrived, which was at about the same hour as be? fore, the victim selected was a sailor called Sam. His other name was on the brig's articles, of course, but I had not learned it. He was an old sailor, blind of one eye, and when he had been brought out he probably suspected for tho first time what was to follow. Wrenching himself from his guards, he seized a war club and laid about him with such fury as to hold the crowd at bay for four or five minutes. He had no show, however, and was soon knocked down and dragged off. When the men returned after the feast I heard them discussing the meat. It was not so good ns in the previous cose, and they laid it to the fact that Sam had heated his blood. It was suggested that the next victim bo made drunk before he was taken out, and it was that suggestion that saved my life. That evening my companion and I were Inspected by the chief and his two doc? tors. They came to our hut and ordered us to strip. Our lean flesh disgusted them, and when they saw the sores they were furious for a time. The doctors were ordered to put us on a diet and give us something to purify our blood, and as they went away the chief, who seemed to have a personal spite against me, gave me a slap in the face and exclaimed: "Ah, yon lean, long waisted devil; I'll roost you for my dogs if you don't fat? ten np!" The visitors were to come again on the third day, but on tho second a gale set in, and continued to blow and kick up such a heavy sea that they could not cross until the sixth day. During this interval the two of us turned over many plans of es? cape, but tho guards never gave us the least opportunity to carry any of them out. Our lint was stoutly built, the peo? ple around us were as keen as foxes, and no outlook could be more gloomy. We refused to eat or to imbibe the blood med? icine left with ns, and tho sores were by this time in a very bad state. It would be a long time before the natives found us choice morsels; but what I feared was that they would become impatient and knock us on the head. It was plain that the chief had taken a dislike to me, and I felt sure he would not allow me to live an? other week. On the sixth day, as I have said, tho people from Little Cannibal came over again, and everything was ready to feast on the third sailor's body. He was a powerful young fellow named Kilder. Ho must have realized the fate in store for him, and the liquor which they plied him with made him desperately furious in? stead of quietly drunk. When they lod him out ho broko away, backed into a space between two huts and there, armed with a lance he had wrests from one of the men, he held them nt boy. Thcro Wits immediate and great excitemcnL There: were two guards at our door.. One ran rwpv at once. After a moment tho c ?r called to a boy of 14, and left film fn his place. Tho boy was excited and anxious, and gave us no attention. As soon as I saw this I went to the far cor? ner of the hut and kicked out enough jijf the poles to permit me to crawl through. ?My companion stood at the door to watch the boy, and when I was ready I called to him. lie was crossing the hut when I slipped out into the grass and bushes and started off. The sailor who was fighting *for his life must have given them a ter? rible battle, for he held them fully ten minutes and drew the whole population around him. No one saw me as I glided away, and I bad made a run of a quarter of a mile before I found that I was alone. I supposed the sailor was close at my heels, but it seemed that he had taken a different direction. No hunt was made for us until after the feast. I crossed the island, found another fresh water creek, saw two or three sail in tho distance, and then looked about for a hiding place. I went to the top of a very thick tree, and for the next three days and nights I did not set foot on the earth. A vigorous and per? sistent search was kept up by the natives for that time, and then they seemed to argue that I had flung myself Into the sea. For five days I lived on the wild oranges and berries growing in profusion around me, and then a small boat from a wrecker came into the creek for a cask of water, and I was taken off. Unfortunately for me the schooner got hold of a wreck next day to tho east of us, and this upset the captain's plan to put me aboard the first vessel bound for Honolulu. He needed my muscle aboard the craft, and it was exactly two months from the day of my capture that I landed at the capital of the Sandwich islands. The brig had come in and reported the yawl and her crew lost. I went to the American consulate, but the consul himself was off on a junket, and his subordinate took no interest in the case. I went to the British consul, but as I could not assure him that any of the sailors were British subjects he would make no move. "I went to the captain of an American man of war lying in the har? bor, and he heard about half my story and brusquely dismissed me.?New York Sun. A NOVELIST'S DISAPPEARANCE. Gone, Uvevy Now and Then, for a "Woch or Ten Days?Mystery Explained. Chance threw me some years ago among some newspaper men who were the inti? mates of a little school of writers for tho popular story papers at a time when they were fanning the last glow in the embers of the Bohemianism which was glorified by Henry Clapp, George Arnold and the other choice but imprudent spirits who made the Sunday press the warder of journalism and Pfaff's cellar the most popular beer saloon in town. These relics of that time were also delightful cronies: No matter how elevated your taste in reading, be sure that some of them have delighted you in essays, poems, stories or descriptive articles. Conspicu? ous among them was a novelist. His genius, his fame and his prosperity caused him to be regarded as the master spirit, and well he kept his rank, for he was witty, original and as blithe as a canary. But the curions thing about him was that he would now and then disappear for a week or ten days. His landlady denied all knowledge of him. So did the bar? tenders in the saloons of rendezvous and the waiters in tho restaurants he. fre? quented. Just as suddenly he would re? appear. "Ah, friends," he would call out, "con? gratulate me. I am as free as a bird for three months. I have written a story that will run seventeen weeks and for that period shall have nothing on my mind." The common understanding was that his method of writing a novel was this: He locked himself in his room and-paced tho floor and bent his mind on-the con? struction of a plot. For two or three days he strode two and fro, thinking and jot? ting down his thoughts. That plot was in his brain and soul to the exclusion of all else, and he interrupted the creation of it only when ho fell upon the bed from sheer exhaustion. In time the whole story was outlined?thread, characters, tableaux, scenery and all. Then he or? dered a bottle of whisky, forbade his land? lady to come near his door even with food until he should call for it, sat down and wrote until the falling sheets, tossed finished' from his table^ lay on the floor like the autumnal droppings of a maple grove. Once in two or three days he would tire, and order a heavy meal to gorge and yet rest himself, and then he would sleep a few hours; then at it again for three days. The novel being accepted, he drew $40 a week while it ran, and then at the end a lump sum of about $20 for each week it had run. When all this was a mere recollection, and his kindness and charity and love of good fellowship had reduced him to a des? perate strait, he nerved himself up and wrote another book. Ah, me! It is all a recollection already. To the old fellows it must seem as if the clerks are doing the writing now. Tho competition is too keen to bear time for Bohemianism. The actors and artists are the only good fellows left. ?Cor. New York Star. Lightning and Knllwny Signals. ? The effect of lightning on electrical ap? paratus of all sorts is a subject on whicli accurate data seem rather scarce, and its effect on railroad signnls especially is a point on which more light is needed. A cardinal principle in signals which are in any degree automatic is that they shall show danger in the event of any derange? ment, and numberless ingenious devices have been invented to provide against the possibility of a signal standing at safety' when it has not been intelligently put in that position; but lightning is such a lawless element and may influence elec? trical apparatus in so many different ways that the counteracting of the harm it may do is no easy task. It may make a ground connection, and thus allow a circuit to appear all right when it is not, being closed at one end and open (without bat? tery) at the other. It may melt fixtures so as to permanently hold a signal in tho position it is in at the moment; and again it may charge a wire with a current that will actuate the electro-magnets and work the signals when the signal man has' taken no action whatever. While the chances of a signal being held any length of time in the safety "posi? tion from the effects of lightning alone arc very small, and while it is probable that nearly or quite all danger in this re? spect can he guarded against by caution? ary instructions to the attendants, it is nevertheless well to make note of all pe? culiarities noticed, that experience may be compared.?Railroad Gazette. Guilty Men in Solitude. When you consider the constitution of the mind you sec how horribly forceful it is. Well, tho wilderness, the great out? stretching, uninhabited woods would be a solitary cell to one of these guilty men, more dreadful because of its size; for when the man is in his little cell he has the com? panionship of the walls at least, of tho grated door, of the chair on which lie sits, and beyond him but a few feet he knows there are scores of fellow beings. But place him where he knows there is not. a human being within fifty miles, not a thing that man has made?that if ho should try to run from his remorse he ? could not succeed?and then let the sun go down, the shadows deepen and dark? ness shroud the woods. Let it be a hot night, when the winds arc too tired to move, and all animals lie still, and not a sound be floating in the air. Yes, put a guilty man in the woods on such a night and leave him there. That's enough. God will do the rest. What would he the effect? I think he would repent. He would, or go mad.? W. II. II. Murray's Letter. Pictures Vpon tho YVnlls. The influence of dwelling habitually in the presence of a striking work of art can hardly overestimated, whether the work be of such a character as to debase or to ennoble. The pencil of. the artist is bribed to make to make the den-of vice doubly alluring to the intoxicated senses of the reveler, while the glowing ardor of the religious devotee rises almost to ec? stasy as he gazes upon the vivid repre? sentation of the t ragedy of Calvary. .'?:? arc the pictures upon the walls of (l.'j home, so are the pictures lmng invisible to all but ourselves in tho Chambers of the imagination, where, night and day, they make much of the real world in which wo live. Whether wo dwell day by day with a picture or human being, the influence of Ihe companionship is hardly greater in the latter ease than in the former.?The Cosmopolitan. Treeing tho Air from Dust. Professor Lodge's discovery of tho re? markable effect of static eleehieity i? freeing the air front dusl ami vnpor has been utilized by Mr. .1. II. I ? ^ ?..in in the construction of annpparat' ?': =sipat ing the smoke prod need I.- i.sclmrge o? caution.- -Aikaiisn.w Tj ? ? ROBERT E. LEE. Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Rich? mond Monument. Richmond, Va., Oct. 27.?To-day, in this city, was laid the corner stone of a monument to be erected to the memory of General Robert E. Lee, the exemplar of devotion to civic duty, aod the great estsoldier this continent has yetproduced. Soon after the death of Virginia's great son, in October, 1870, there was a meet? ing held at Richmond by Confederate soldiers to organize an association to be charged with the task of erecting a per? manent memorial of their comrade. Several associations, in fact, were formed with this object in view, and engaged in the work of raising the requisite funds, but all were ultimately consolidated with the*"Lee Monument Association, of which by a law passed during Governor Kem per's term, the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer of the State, together with several_ representatives of the Ladies' Memorial Association, were made mana? gers. Sufficient money having been col? lected to justify the inception of the en? terprise committed to their charge, the Lee Monument Association in June last contracted with M. Antonin Mercie, a distinguished sculptor of Paris, lor a bronze equestrian statue of heroic size, to be completed within about eighteen months from the present time. As re? spects the pedestal, the corner-stone of which was laid to-day, it is stated in the contract with M. Mercie that it will most probably be thirty-four feet nine inches high, though the committee acting iu behalf of the association reserve the right to increase, if they see proper, the dimensions of pedestal and statue. "Lee Place," the site selected for the monumeut, is outside the city's limits, at the intersection of Allen and Monument Avenues, Monument Avenue being an extension westward of Franklin street. Ample space is provided about the pedes tal, and Jhc grantors make special pro? vision for an unobstructed view and vista along the avenues at whose intersection it is placed. The model for the statue, approved in the main by the committee, representsa thoroughbred Virginia horse, checked up by the rider, and standing therefore planted firmly upon his four feet. The rider is Lee?no ideal figure, but the serene and.majestic commander of the army of Northern Virginia, in the act of ordering a body of troops into the fight. ' In celebra'iDg the achievements of General Lee, the South claims the co op? eration and sympathy of the whole coun? try^: The glories won by him, with the aid of bis matchless troops, belong to all sectious of the Union. He and they were an honor to the ago in which they lived, exhibiting in victory and defeat virtues that will command the respect of the world for all time. the ceremonies of the day. Richmond, Va., Oct. 27.?The day opened gloomy and wet, with uo change iu the condition of the weather from that which has prevailed for three days past. The heavy clouds, which have overhung the city since Sunday night have given an almost incessant down pour of rain, and remained unbroken and threatening, and Richmond's big day was ushered in with a misty rain, which fell steadily, with no indication of cessation. Despite all this, however, the people of the city and many thousands of visitors were early on the streets, and by 9 o'clock the moving multitude was so great that it was plainly evident that' Richmond's population for the day was as large, and probably larger than on any previous oc? casion. At an early hour the sound of martial music was heard in every direction, and military, mounted and afoot, could be seen moving to their various positions 'preparatory to the formation of the pro? cession. Mounted marshals and couriers dashed hither and thither, directing the movements of troops and arranging the line of march. Before 10 o'clock the rain had tempo? rarily ceased, but the clouds remained unbroken and tt rjatening. The people, however, seemed not to notice this, but I had apparently made up their minds to j carry out the programme of the day in all its details, rain or shine. The visiting military consists of two corps of Cadets?one from the Virginia Military Institute and the other from Blacksburg Agricultural and Mechanical College; two regiments of Virginia in? fantry, three companies of cavalry, four of artillery; also, two companies of infan? try from North Carolina and one from Maryland. Besides these, there are sev? eral camps of Confederate veterans from difietent parts of the State and GOO veter? ans of the Maryland line. The latter arrived here this morning and their ap? pearance on the streets, with the Marine Band of Washington at the head of the line, created considerable interest, and they were evarywhere greeted with enthu? siasm. Four professors and fifty-five Htudents arrived this morning from Washington and Lee University. General R. E. Lee was at the time of his death president of the institution, and was succeeded by his son, General G. W. Cuatis Lee, who is now the president. Owing to the recent illness of the latter, he was unable to participate in to day's ceremonies, but his brother, General W. H. F. (popular? ly known as "Rooney") Lee andr'aptain Robert E. Lee are here. The only other immediate members of the family arc two daughters, who are at present in Europe. .; . At a few minutes before 11 o'clock, everything being in readiness, the proces sion began to move. At the head of the line, after detachments of mounted police, came the Chief Marshal of the day, General Wade Hampton, riding side by side with Governor Fitzhugh Lee, both superbly mounted. Then fol? lowed the Governor's Blaff in brilliant uniform, and the assistant marshals. Next in successive order came the Vir? ginia Confederate Veteran camps, veter? ans of the Maryland line, the volunteer infantry of Virginia and the North Carolina artillery, and then all the various civic organizations, embracing the Grand Lodge of Virginia Masons, two commanderies of Knights Templar, Blue Lodge Masons, Druids, Elks, Junior Order of American Mechanics, Odd Fellows, and other societies in regalia. The whole made such a display as has never been before seen in Richmond. Dense crowds packed the sidewalks along the whole route of the march, and the enthusiasm of the populace was giv? en vent to in almost incessant cheers, to be but increased as some favorite or famed organization passed by. About the time the head of the proces? sion had reached the western corporate limit near the monument grounds, a steady drizzle of rain again set in and continued. So the programme was cut short by the postponement of the reading of the poem and the delivery of the oration. The corner stone, however, was laid with all the impressive Masonic ceremonies. The oration by Colooel Charles Marshall will be deliverod and the poem by the late James Barrou Hope read this evening in the ball of the Hoffse of Delegates. Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather and the muddy condition of the grounds and vicinity, the field was almost covered with people, the multi? tude being estimated at from 15,0(10 to 20,00. n _ The Oldest Eloping Couple on Record. Wii.KES?ArtKH, Oct. 19?George Flaherty, aged CS, and Mrs. Elizabeth Slater, aged 57, of Tunkhanuock, eloped on Tuesday' and were arrested here to day. Mrs."Slater ia lhe"wife of a well to do-farmer. When she eloped she took $200 ol her husband's money. The con? ductor says tho woman paid the fare and the old couple were quite loving on the train. Theyare bc'.ieved'to be the oldest elopers on record. Mrs;' Slater said she was Flaherty's sweetheart forty years ego, and never surrendered her love to any other man, although her parents compelled her to wed Slater. ? "Ma," said Robby, "if you'll give me another piece of pie do you know what I will do?" "What will you do, Robby ?': "I'll give my little Hinter half of it," said the generous boy. I THE LOST CAUSE. Address of Geiiorul Henry Jncksou to tho Confederate Veterans at Macon. New Yoiuc, Oct. 27.?A Macon, Ga., special lo the Herald says: Last night a great torchlight demonstration occurred in honor of Jefferson Davis. General Henry Jackson, ex-Minister to Mexico, in his speech to the veterans yesterday, said: "Confederate Veterans: There stands upon the soil of Georgia a distinguished Mississippian, who, within the life of the present generation, was a so-called traitor leader of a so-called Lost Cause. We, Confederate veterans, relict of the armies which fought for that cause, are here to meet him, to move before him?in the pride and pomp of no Roman triumph, it is true, but bending our necks to no Roman yoke of subjugation by invitation of the State of Georgia, speaking through her duly empowered officials, all have come. Behold majestic Truth revealing herself! State sovereignty is not dead ! Georgia is sovereign still, and calls upon her people to glory with ber to day. Her glory is in ber history. Her history is the memory of her dead, and this day is consecrated to her Confederate dead. They were guilty of no treason to her. To whom, then, could they be traitors? Where shall we seek their higher sover? eign? Shall we find him in the Federal Constitution ? Then there was a sover? eign smitten to earth by traitor hand?, trampled in the dust by traitor feet, but the hands and feet were not theirs. Do we hold that the meu who fought against them were traitors? Not at ail. They, too, were loyal to their sovereign. The Constitution was but a treaty between high contracting sovereign parties, with? out one atom of sovereignty i" itself, since with impunity, through long years of painful agitation, was it broken by the sovereign parties of the North. They enacted into crime a mere attempt of Federal power to force its decree within their dominions; and because, after de? cades of endurance, as patient as it was delusive, the sovereign parties of the South declined to accept this revolutionc ry will in the permanent place of the Constitution, a ompact becoming the sovereigns of the North, with numbers overwhelming and material unbounded, made aggressive war upon them to force them to accept it. The world has been told that the people of the South made war to perpetuate African slavery. This is false. They did not create or institute it, nor do they now wish to restore it. The principle for which we fought?the only principle of government expressive enough to meet the requirements of the advancing civilization made of late by Gladstone's eloquence, so familiar to European thoughts?was American born. Red with the blood of Confederate heroes, moist with the tears of Confederate widows and orphans, eastward shall it continue to roll, carrying with it the blessed light of Christian civilization, all around tbe globe; and so surely as it mores itshall bring a day of final triumph. In that triumphal procession Abraham Lincoln shall not move as the rightful President, but Jefferson Davis, tbe so called traitor leader of tbe so called Lost Cause. We, as Confederates, can echo from our hearts tbe patriotic cry of Webster, the great, "Thanks be to God that I, too, am an, American citizen." But if the bo called New South, base surrender of old, false confession, meanly false, of shame in our past, shame in our sires, shame in our dead, which none but the silliest fool can honestly feel, then with all of the power given to us by God, of truth we cry, "Avaunt, false South! avaunt, rotten trunk, upon the cursed root thy-fruit must turn to ashes!" A Riot at Camp-Meeting. The Hampton Guardian give an account of a riot at the Boggy Gut Camp Ground in Hampton County. Last Sun day whiskey was flowing freely and the meeting ended in a general row. The Guardian gives this account of the bloody affair: Pistols were drawu, razors flourished and the slaughter began. The pistols cracked rapidly, the razors made huge gashes, pine poles were used as clubs and blood flowed in streams. The firing and shouts could be heard for miles and it seemed in the distance as if a battle was raging. When the pistols had been exhausted of ammunition and the thirst for blood had been satiated, a sickening sight presented itself. Jacob Jackson was lying dead on the ground with a pis? tol ball in his brain. John Brown, alias Johnston, was moaning with a terrible wound in his abdomen (since reported dead ) Joe Butler, Howard Martin and John Martin, who are probably fatally wounded, were carried to their homes. One Clarkey was fearfully beaten, and two unknown negroes from Georgia were seriously hurt. It is impossible to get tbe names of all the negroes engaged ia the bloody affray, as some of them have fled, and there are doubtless others weunded who are concealing themselves. Jacob Jackson was buried at Good Will Church on Monday. Hundreds of negroes attended his funeral. He was a desperate character. It is said that this same gang created a row last year at the same place. It is also reported that whiskey was sold on tbe grounds by other negroes, and that this was the cau-e of the riot last Sun? day there can be no shadow of doubt. NOTICE. WE fake this opportunity of thanking our friends and customers for their liberal patronage, ami to say to them that we arc buving a full line of FItESH FAM? ILY AND FANCY GROCERlES-such as Teas, Coffee, Sugar, Bacon, Flour, Mo? lasses, drc. Also, all kinds of table delica? cies, including the celebrated Holmes it Contts fancy and plain Crackers, and French and plain Candies arrive weekly, fresh from the factory. Canned Goods of all kinds. Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, ifcc. Try our "Honor Bright'' Cigar?-it is the best hand-made. Try our Log Cabin Laundry Soap. But the best bargain to be had, we thin!:, we can give you in a TRACT OF LAND, 51 miles west of Anderson, with good dwelling and tenant houses, including 21.3 acres, with 105 acres in a high state of cul? tivation, that is either for sale very low, or can be rented by good, responsible party, but prefer selling. Would be glad to have parties, either buyers or renters, to call on the undersigned. Very respectfully, E. W. TAYLOR & CO , Northwest Corner Public Square. Sept 1, 1H87 8_ BLUE STONE AND A FULL STOCK OF LAMPS, LANTERNS, AND FANCY GOODS, - AT - SIMPSON, MD k CO/S, Wavcrly House? Corner. What is this Disease that is Coming ' Upon Us?. Like a thief at night it steals in upon us unawares. The pa? tients have pains about the chest and sides, and sometime* in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the month has a bad taste, especially in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and clammy. After a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attend? ed with a greenish-colored ex? pectoration. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirl? ing sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bow? els become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the urine is scanty and high colored, de? positing a sediment after stand? ing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, some? times with a sour taste and sometimes with a sv,reetish taste; this is frequently at? tended with palpitation of the heart; the vision becomes im? paired, with spots before the 3yes; there is a feeling of great prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our popu? lation has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that phy? sicians have mistaken the cause jf this disease. Some have treated it for a liver complaint, vthers for kidney disease, etc., etc., but none of these kinds of treatment have been attended ivith success; for it is really constipation and dyspepsia. It is also found that Shaker Ex? tract of Roots, or Mother Sei ^?ers Curative Syrup, when properly prepared will remove .-his disease in all its stacres. Care must be taken, however, to secure the genuine article. IT WILL SELL BETTER THAN COTTON. ' Mr. John C. Hemptinstall, of Chulafirmee, Cleburn Co., Ala,, writes: "My wife has been so much benefited by Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel's Syrup that she says die would rather be without part of her food than without ;he medicine. It has- done her uiore good than the doctors and all other medicines put together. I would ride twenty miles to get it into the hands of any suf? ferer if he can get it in no other way. I believe it will soon sell in this State better than cotton. TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS. Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Varner, Ripley Co., Mo., writes that she had been long afflicted with dyspepsia and disease of the urinary organs and was cured by Shaker Extract of Roots. Rev. J. J. McGruire, merchant, of the same place, who sold Mrs. Barton the medicine, says he has sold it for four years and never knew it to fail. SUE WAS ALMOST DEAD I was so low with dyspep? sia that there was not a phy? sician to be found who could do .anything with me. 1 had fluttering of the heart and swimming of the iiead. One day I read your pamphlet called "Life Antony the tiliakers" which described my disease better than I could myself. I tried the Shaker Extract of Roots and kept on with it until to-day I rejoice in good health. Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier, Muldenburg Co., Ky. For sale by all Druggists, or address the proprietor, A. J. White, Limiied, 5-1 Warren St., New York. Shonltl be us H :i few months before confinement 6e:id for boo!:" To Mothers," mailed free. Braiwiei.d IUwulator Co., Atlanta, Go. ARBUCKLES' name on a package of COFFEE is a guarantee of excellence ARIOSA COFFEE is kept in all first-class storou from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific. COFFEE is novor good when exposed to tho air. Always buy thisbrand in hermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. CRASS SEED! Red Clover, Lucerne, Orchard Grass, Blue Grass, Timothy Grass, Johnson Grass, Herds (or Red Top) Grass, Velvet Grass. AS we make a specialty of Grass Seeds, we have gone to a good deal of trouble to select an assortment of these Seeds at a price that will suit all parties, and think we are now able to furnish our friends with a fresh, well selected stock. Anything in'the Grass Seed line.you may want, not enumerated above, we will take pleasure in ordering for you. We have also received our Fall stock of BLUE STONE. HILL BROTHERS, __Druerffists. OFFICE OF WILHITE & WILHITE, DRUGGISTS, ANDERSON, S. C. WILIIITE\S EYE WATER is a sure cure for Inflamed or Weak Eyes, or any common form of Sore Eyes. It hiss been used for the past thirty years with great success, and we will refund amount paid for it if it does not cure any ordin?r?' form of Sore Eyes, where (here is no constitutional or organic trouble, after directions have been carefully followed. Try it. If it does you no good it will cost you nothing. Retails at 20c. per Bottle. Septl, 1887 WILHITE & WILHITE. " CASH TELLS THE STORY! CALL AND SEE !" BKOWNLEE & BEOWN, DEALERS IN HEAVY, FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES. WE ALWAYS CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF Flour, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Hams, Molasses, And Everything else in the Grocery line. Wo also keep a full Stock of CAN GOODS, CANDIES,. NUTS and CRACKERS. FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES always on hand. Everything NEW and FRESH. Call and see us before you buy. Oct 0.1887 BROWNLEE ?& BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Hall! 13 t BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, CANOPY TOP PH/ETONS, DOCTOR'S PH/ETONS, SURREYS, ROAD CARTS, B?CKBOARDS, WAGONS. WOULD call attention to the LARGE and ATTRACTIVE stock of VEHICLES now in my Repository, and to arrive. I sell the handsome and reliable work made in Columbus, Ohio, and represent nearly all the Companies at that place. Will call especial attention to the old, reliable? COLUMBUS BUGGY have several eignen ui uuhu uuvnwv>w.w>. ?? ??? .-hi ..uuluuuuuh. and RIDING CART in the world. They are perfectly balanced when on the road. I sell Buggies anv style, kind, grade or price, to vary from $40.00 to the highest price Buggy sold. Also, represent the STANDARD WAGON CO. of Cincinnati, Ohio headquarters for reliable, cheap work. AM WORK GUARANTEED as represent MILBUBN AND OLD HICKORY WAGONS. I am not doing business for fun, but am satisfied that I can sell you anything you want, if you will look at my? ELEGANT STOCK OF HAND MADE HARNESS. "~"1 know they are hand made, because every stitch is made in my own Store. SINGLE HARNESS, DOUBLE HARNESS, STAGE HARNESS, and any kind or part of Harness you may want. All stock carefully selected, and made by JOSEPH MARTIN, the most expert workman in the up-country. Any kind of Repairs on Har? ness done with neatness and dispatch. LAP ROBES, WHIPS. BUGGY UMBRELLAS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, II AMES, COLLARS, and everything else in the Harness line. Don't forget my Stable when you come to Town. jJS- Call and see me, and I will convince you that I mean what I say. J. 8. FOWLER. May 19. 1SS7 45 BARTON & TOWNSEND, CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS, AND DEALERS IN Lumber, Shingles, Mouldings, Doors, Sash and Blinds. BE SURE and see us before you buy wha! you want. We will save you money. Sept 15,18S7 10 500 BUSHELS Winter Grazing Oats, Seed Barley, Seed Wheat, Seed Rye, Clover and Grass Seeds. Magnolia Hams, Country Hams, Active Soap. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES BY EVERY TRAIN. B. P. CRAYTON & SONS. Sept 1, 18S7 _8_ WATSOIT &c SOIsT. TN VIEW OF AN IMMENSE FALL TRADE wc have added a full lino of? DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, (Bought in Northern markets with Cash, and Cash only,) in addition to our full stock GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, BOOTS and SHOES. We sell the best Wagon on the market, WHEELER'S PATENT?right Bearings instead of four. We are agents for the largest and best? Hiifi^y Manufacturers in ilic world I Have descriptive cataloguos, cuii and prices to suit everybody. Sell only upon orders, and save you ten dollars on every joh- guaranteeing satisfaction. IVATSOX & *OX, No. 1 llrick Hange. Anderson, S. C. ? Sept U2, 1887 H >*mi HYGEIA." A. Wonderful Discovery. Tobacco an Aid to Health ! ANEW TOBACCO, manufactured by Thos. C. Williams & Co., Richmond, Va., under a formula prepared by Prof. C. Mallett, of the University of Virginia. Anti-Malarial! Anti-Dvspeptic A Good Nervine and Tonic! And an excellent ChewI For particulars of its virtues call for cer? tificates at the following places, whore the Tobacco can be had : B. F. Cray ton A Co., Anderson S. C. A. B. Towers. " " Hill, Adams & Co., " Cunningham Bros., " M L. Sharpe, Brownlee & Brown, " M A. B. Carpenter, Pelzer.S. C. Nesbitt & Trowbridge, Piedmont, S. C. James Hunter & Sons, Pendleton, S. C. Sept 1,1887_8_4m WANTED?LADIES for our Fall and Christmas Trade, to take light, pleasant work at their own homes. Si to $3 per day can be quietly made. Work sent by mail any distance. Particulars free. No canvassing. Address at once CRESCENT AKT CO., 147 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Box S170. INTENDING ADVERTISERS should address GEO. P. BOWELL A CO., 10 Spruce Street, New York City, For Select List of 1,000 Newspapers. Will be sent _FREE, on application._ THE WITH a view of filling a long-felt want in Anderson, a First Class Restau? rant has been opened in the Masonic build? ing, where the public can always get a good meal. The patronage of the Ladies is also solicited. The Restaurant will be presided over by Mrs. Margaret Harris, who has had con sidcrahle experience in the business, and the mere mention of her name is a suffi? cient guarantee that everything will be served in the best and most palatable style. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords. Meals at all hours, at the low price of 25 cents a meal. Sept 22,1887_11_ Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, jr. c. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the E. & D. R. R. passes through the grounds and with? in 100 feet of the office. Salem trains make regular stops twice daily each way. Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow? ing are cordially invited to inspect this the largest nursery in the State and one among the largest in the South. The proprietor has for many years vis? ited the leading Nurseries North and West, and corresponded with those of foreigu countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit the South, both native and foreign. The reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that many agents going out from Greensboro* representing other nurseries, try to leave the impression that they are representing these nurseries. Why do they do itf Let the public answer. I have in stock growing (and can show visitors the same) the largest and best: stock of trees, &c, ever shown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina,, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Eussian apricot, mulberry, quinces. Small fruits: Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans, English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees, roses &c. Give your order to my authorized agent or order direct from the nursery. Correspondence solicited. Descriptive catalogues free to applicants. Address, J. Van. Lindley. Pomona, Guilford County, N. C. May 26,1S87 46 6m PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond ?fc Danville B. It., COLUMBIA. & GREENVILLE DIVI8I0N. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT OCTOBER 16, 1886. (Train: run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. |No.52| Northbound. Lvo WaTh?li? Seneca. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurent. Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... iJjo am 8.30 am 9.52 am 0.00 am 10.45 am 8.45 am 9.40 am 12 50 pm 1.38 pm 3.05 pm 5.07 pm 9.15 pm Lvc. Columbia Newberry, Ninety-Six Greenwo'd I Arr. Greenville Laurcns.... Abbeville.. Spart'nbr'g Anderson.. Seneca. Walhalla... Atlanta..... 53. 11.00am 1.01pm 2.13pm 2.52pm 5.40p?l 5.45pm 4.35pm G.45pm 4.50 pm 6.02pm G.35pra 10.40pm No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Pass. Agent. d. Cardweel, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. o fc'ol. Haas, TraflBc Manager._ PATENTS. INVENTORS and Patentees and all hav? ing business with the U. S. Patent Ollice are invited to communicate with me with confident reliance upon my fidelity to their interests. New inventions patented. Old inven? tions improved, and rejected applications revived. Caveats filed. Trademarks reg? istered. Superior facilities for skillful and successful prosecution of application for patents. Send model or rough sketch, with breT description of invention. Imake nu rlmrgc for attorney's fee unless I obtain patent. Correspondence solicited. Prompt and faithful attention assured. Address A. 8. YANTIS, Patent Attorney, Washington, D. C. . Oct 6. 1887 * 13 \[ d o "Vpu:;%nt A p O G ?' \l II bo. nend for DOG BUYERS' GUIDE, containing colored plates, 100 engraving* of different breeds, prices taej are worth, and where to buy them. Directions for Training Dogs and Breeding Ferrets. Mailed 3 for lo Cents. Also Cats of Dog Furulslilnz Goods cf sU kinds. Then send for Prnctlcnl PQUI> TRY HOOK. 100 pages; beau? tiful colored pinto $ ongrnviugs of nearly all kinds of fowls; descrip? tions cf tho breeds; how to caponizo; plans for poultry house.i: information about incubators, and v hero to bu it tin;:. Sent for IG Cento. Euu* from bv-L block nt per uuv 1.50 If so, yrn rjwl the HOOK OP CAGE 'ySkmUDty. I2? puses. l&O I1W LjsFAtntlioiii. Ec.-uuiul colored plntc. ivi? Treatment nno. hreediiurof all kinds Care ; . J birds, lor plousure azt j-w.. Diseases ?if) r-n<i their euro. How to build and stock ^j?L *n Aviary. AU about Parrots. Prices ot 4l*5GSr-'i twiits binJa, ensvn, etc. Mailed for If ^1-3 C'oiita. The Tarco Books, 40 CU. / ASSOCIATED FANCIERS. jf 2.' JHouta KifththStreet,Philadelphia, Pa. PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In efiect Oct. 8, 1SS7?75th Meridian Time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Anderson. 2 40 p m G 00 a m Leave Deans. 311pm 6 31 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 pm 7 00am Leave Lowndesville. 1 13 p m 7 33 a m Leave Latimers.4 41pm 8 04 a m Leave Hesters...' 5 03 p m 8 23 a m LeaveMt. Carmel.... 529pm 840am Leave Wiilingtou.... 5 45 p m 9 05pm Leave Bordeau.G 04 p m 9 25 a n; Arrive McCurmick.. (5 40 p hi 10 00 a m Arrive Augusta. 9 20pm 6 00pm Arrive Savannah.... 6 15 a m G 15 a m Arrive Jacksonvillc.12 30 pm 12 30 p m GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 05pm Leave Savannah.S 20 p m Leave Augusta. 7 50am Leave M cCorniick... 12 30 p m 6 00 a m Leave BorOeau.? 1 0G p ra 6 3G a m Leave Willingtor..... 1 25 pm G 55a m Leave Mt. Carmel... 1 41 p m 711 a m Leave Hesters. 2 07 p m 7 37 a m Leave Latimers. 2 26 p m 8 05am Leave Lowndesvillc. 2 57 p m 8 37 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 p m 9 10 a m Leave Deans. 4 09 p m 9 39 a m Arrive Anderson. 4 40 p m 10 10 a m Connects with train to and from Green? wood, I.atircns and Sparlanbnrg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia; South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A it C. Air Line and Asheville it .Spartanburg R. It. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. ' W. J. CRAIG, A. G.-P, A. **W. W. STARR, Snpt., AugUSta, Ga.