The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 19, 1892, Image 1
BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON.
ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1892.
VOLUME XXVI.--NO. 46 j
SEASON OF 1892.
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Woraens,' Misses' and Childrens, Fine
<CLZPORD TIBS!
'Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir,
Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties.
Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers.
YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES.
?JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.?
Wholesale and Be tail Dealers in Boots and Shoes,
Anderson, S. C , under Hotel Chiqucla.
TUBS CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM
? Aivr> ?
FREE COINAGE OP SILVER.
THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT
Will put money in your pocket if you will call
and see his Goods and Prices.
My STOCK IS NOW READY FOR INSPECTION, and I ask the Trading
Public to call and examine my Goods before baying. My stock was bought with
the HARD CASH, and I have?
SOME RARE BARCAIN8
-To offer the people of Anderson, thereby saying them money on every dollar's
worth of Goods yon bny from me. To my old customers and friends I wonld say
Unat I am in a better position to save them dollars and cents than ever before.
My Stock of Prints is.? Paginating.
My Stock of Canton Cloth is.Beautiful.
4Jy4teck*Oe}hy^
My Stock of Ginghams is.Lovely.
My Stock of Cord Du Roi is.Wondertul.
My Stock of Embroideries is.Surpassing.
My Stock of Laces-.Beats the world.
My Stock of Wool Dress Goods - .There is none better.
My Stock of Braid iis. .The Latest.
My Stock of Shoes-C.Beats the World.
In fact my entire Stock is pretty,
Bought Cheap, and
Will he sold Cheap.
m- COME AND SEE ME.
W. A. CHAPMAN. Agent.
_Next to Masonic Temple.
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WANTED?
AGS, HIDES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BURRISS, at good prices.
SECOND HAND STOVES
As good or better than most of the new one* now offered yon, which we are offering
at a low price. We hope yon will bear In mind that we deal in?
Tin, China Crockery, Glassware,
And EVERYTHING in the House Furnishing line, and at prices that cannot be
beat by any one. Price elsewhere, then come to see ns and yon will be convinced.
TIN HOOFING.
GRAVEL ROO FING and
GUTTERING,
Promptly done by experienced men.
Yours very truly,.
PEOPLES & BURRISS.
DON'T FAIL TO VISIT
t 3 ~: ??
dealers in
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES.
?? We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you
right.
Give us a call.
Yours truly,
E. W. BROWN & SONS.
HOW TO SAVE MONEY!
You can Savs Money by Buying your
School Books and Stationery at
COLLINS' BOOK STORE.
A fall line of School Books, Blank
Book?, Stationery, Pictures and Picture
Frames, and other goods too numerous to
mention, all at the lowest prices.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
My Photograph Gallery has been lately
refitted with all the latest im proved appara
tu* for making Pictures of all kinds, from
the size of a postage stamp to life size in
the finest finish. Portraits enlarged to any
size, from small pictures, at reasonable
prices. Don't forget this if you want a
nice Photo. ~?" ^
Respectfully, ?
J. H. COLLINS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
CASSIMERE.
JUST received, one bale Charlottesville
Cassimere for Summer. Any one
wbo has worn these Goods will tell you
tliey are the BEST GOODS In the market.
One hale of those pretty and good Checks
?as pretty as Ginghams.
I still keep the-^
Best Coffee,
Best Tea,
N. 0. Molasses,
Floor,
Meal, and
Pure Muaoovado Molasses.
A large line of WALL PAPER, BOR?
DERS and CANVASS.
A few Shoes and Hats at and below cost.
CrII on me and be convinced.
A. IL TOWERS.
P. 8.?I forgot to mention tbjgg pieces
of the best Cottonades to be ha<[
T^A?H^'GOLUMN,
All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to C.
WARDL AW, School Commissioner, An?
derson, S. C.
MEMORY GEMS.
"Religion is the chief concern of mor?
tals here below."
"Never intentionally wound the feel?
ings of a human being."
The Houea Path High school will
close on the 4th of June. The closing
exercises will take place on the 3rd and
4th of June. They always have a pleas
aut time on ouch occasions and we feei safe
in predicting a very pleasant treat for all
who attend.
Wt want to hear from every white
teacher in the County who will not be at
the County Teachers' Association on the
21st, as to his or her choice as to the
time for holding the Teachers' Institute,
and whether or not he or she will attend.
If you will not be at the Association
write us a card stating whether or uot
you can attend the Institute, and when
you prefer it should be held.
We are very much pleased to see the
high grade of the selections in schools
for speeches a?d recitations. They em?
body tbe very finest thoughts and net.ti
meut?. This is en much better ihnu to
bare the children memorize that which
is not calculated to elevate and instruct.
Miss Nellie Stenhouse had her school
to recite tbe "Psalm of Life" and the
19th Psalm.
Miss Carrie Pearman, who has been
in attendance upon the Winthrop Train?
ing School during the last session, is at
home. She has decided to take a two
year's coarse. Miss Carrie is a young
lady of promise, and we shall look for?
ward with pleasure to having her in our
schooli ag soon as she has completed her
course in the Training School. We
think ehe has some of the best qualities
of a teacher,
MEAKDEEINGS.
Miss Carrie Cowan keeps up her at?
tendance very well. She has lost very
~fcr? Since the public term closed. We
have heard MiarCarji^patrons speak
of her in very favorable terms. She h?Z-.
tbe work at heart, and puts her best
efforts into it.
At Lebanon Mr. Hamlin is giving re?
sults that must please. His school will
be at tbe Teachers' Aesociation on the
21st iust., and we want as many of the
teachers as can to be present and see the
work Mr. Hamtio is doing.
Mr. S. G. Sterling, who closed last
week, showed some very good work
during our visit to his school, Mr. Ster?
ling has been iu the work for several
years, and is familiar with the school
room work. We would suggest that he
needs more and better black-boards
before another session begins.
Tbe Cedar Wreath school, under tbe
management of Miss Jennie Rosamond,
is one that she and her patrons may be
proud of. Here is found a schodl that is
home-like. One in which more than is
contained in tbe text books is taught.
Miss Jennie's example before ber pupils
is worth a great deal.
On the 7th iust. we were present, by
special invitation, at the closing exer?
cises of Mios Nellie M. Stenhouee's
school. We were vory much pleased to
see so many of the fathers and mothers
of that vicinity present to witness the
exercises, which were very interesting,
entertaining and edifying. The occa?
sion showed the hand of a careful trainer.
Tbe children acted real well. We feel
quite sure that the parents were pleased,
as well as proud of the way their boyB
and girls succeeded. Miss Nellie ia
worthy of such a success. The following
ia the programme:
Recitation, by school, 19th Psalm.
Song, "Little Children can do Some?
thing."
Prayer, by Mr. P. T. Childers.
Recitation of Welcome, by Master
Henry Gambrell.
Dialogue, "Unjust Suspicion," by
Misses Josie, Janie, Nettie and Leota
Elrod, Mollie Merrilt and Lula Richie.
Dialogue, "The Backwoods School,"
by Masters Edward Gambrell, Marvin
and Edgar Elrod, Harvey Merritt, Lake
and Walker Elrod and Henry Gambrell.
Song, "Listen to the Mocking Bird,"
by Misses Mamie and Cora Elrod.
Concert Recitation, "The Psalm of
Life."
Address, Mr. Wardlaw.
Dialogue, "Tom's Practical Joke," by
Misses Carrie Ritchie and Lizzie Chil?
ders, and Master Hugh Elrod.
Recitation, by Masters Harvey Merrilt,
Edgar and Leland Elrod.
Dialogue, "From Punkin Ridge,"
Misses Mamie and Cora Elrod, Kate
Childers, Messrs. Will Elrod, Byron
Ritchie, Hugh Elrod, Will Edwards, Ed?
ward Gambrell and Zeph. Elrod.
Song, by school, "Away to the Play?
ground."
Dinner.
Calisthenics Drill,
Song, "The May Song."
Dialogue, "The Young Critic," by
Masters Harvey Merritt and Marvin El?
rod.
"The Election Stump Speech," Master
Will Merritt.
"Fourth of July Oration," Master Ed?
ward Gambrell.
Dialogue, "Rumpus iu the Shoemaker's
Shop," by Miss Lizzie Childers, Messrs.
Hugh Elrod and Byron Ritchie.
Address, by Mr. D. H. Russell.
Song, "Sweet Afton," by Misses
Mamie and Cora Elrod.
Dialogue, "PlayiDg School," by Leota
Elrod, Estelle Richie and Edgar Elrod.
Recitation, by Misses Lula Richie, Ja?
nie and Nettie Elrod.
dialogue, "Cats," by Messrs. Will,
Z?ph. and Hugh Elrod, Edward Gam?
brell and Will Merritt.
Recitation, Misses Nola Woodeon, Ru
la Si ogle ton, Masters Wesley Elrod and
Jerome Connelly.
Dialogue and Song, "Old Time Plays,"
Dialogue, "Jumbo Jam," Misses Kate
Uders, Mamie and Cora Elrod, Messrs.
Will Elrod, Byron Richie, Hugh Elrod,
Will Edwards, Zeph. Elrod and Robert
Simpson.
At the close prizes were awarded by
Mr. E. N. Elrod, for regular attendance,
to Miss Josie Elrod, Masters Edward
Garabrell, Will and Harvey Merritt, Ed
gar and Leland Elrod and Perry Guess.
The Confederate Treasury.
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Dr. C. R. C. Todd, of Barowell, 8. 0.,
a distinguished Burgeon of the Confeder?
ate army and a brother-in-law of Abra?
ham Lincoln, 03 Well as a connection by
marriage with the Breckinridge family of
Kentucky, during his younger days was
often thrown with Abraham Lincoln,
who married his sister. Thus, by family
ties and by association, he Is closely coo*
nected with Breckinridge and Lincoln,
who were both Presidential candidates in
1860.
Dr. Todd was in charge of the Confed?
erate hospital at Charleston under Gen.
Hardee, and was with the party of the
fugitive Confederate Cabinet when it dis?
banded. He describes the division of
the last money of the Confederate treas?
ury, a matter much discussed in the
newspapers a few years ago.
"A great deal has been said about it,"
said he, "but, so far as I know, no de=
Bcriptioo of it is on record. I was there
in the room when the money was paid
out, aod saw the whole proceeding la
deed, I am partly responsible for the
division of it at the time. I had been
with the soldiers coming down, and I
heard the Kentucky and Virginia trcops
saying they were going to have some of
the money or have blood. I told Breck?
inridge, who was the Secretary of War,
what I had heard, and said that there
might be rioting and blood shed.
" 'There may be rioting,' said be, 'but
no bloodshed.' I then suggested to him
the propriety of a division of the money
among the soldiers, and he replied: 'We
will see about it.' In the party were the
Confederate Cabinet and the officers of
the four brigades of troops, which were
with us when we crossed the Savannah
River. We had the last money of the
Confederate treasury?$70,000, in gold
and silver, besides some gold belonging
to the Bank of Richmond. The money
was in charge of Col. Morgan, a brother
of the famous John Morgan. We crossed
the Savannah River on pontoons and
went on the road toward Washington,
Ga. When we had gone two miles from
*'tu6 rjver we "topped at a log cabin on
the south side o( the road, and there the
$70,000 was paid out. -Mr. Davis had
gone on about four miles ahead of es
with bis staff.
"In the cabin were John C. Breckin?
ridge, Secretary of War; Judah P. Ben?
jamin, who looked as Beared as the deyil
aod appeared to be panic stricken; Gen.
Bragg, commander of the four brigades, ?
and Col. Morgan, who had charge of the'
money.
"The division was made by a caucus of
the men. Those present were Vaughn's,
Dibrell'a, Basil Duke's and Humphrey
Marshall's brigades. Marshall was then
under arrest, and his brigade was in
charge, of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge.
The census of the soldiers was the re?
verse of Porter's- Some of the brigades
returned fictitious names in order to get
more money. The division was $26.25
for each man, officers and common sol?
diers faring alike. Some of 'hem, by
stuffing the census, got as much as $36 a
head. Divide $70,000 by 26} and you
will see how many (2,666 men) were re*
turned by the census of the fonr brigades.
In the paying out we finally came to a
keg of silver ingots?pieces three by four
inches square.
"They opened a box of gold belonging
to the Bank of Richmond. It was about
eighteen inches long and ten or twelve
inches wide, and contained parses of
gold. They made a rough estimate of
the value of tbat gold and of the ksg of
silver and exchanged them. In that way
I got some gold. Then they carried the
Bank of Richmond money to the bank at
Washington, Ga , and deposited it. They
took none of it except a little box, for
which they substituted the keg of silver
ingots. While the money was being
divided out Col. Morgan paid a man five
dollars an hour to guard it. When we
got through Morgan took the remaining
money and drove it away in the dark.
Thence it landed in the bank at Wash?
ington, Ga. I know only by heresay,
but am satisfied that the information
was correct, that the Bank of Richmond
Bent for its money, and on its way the
men guarding it were attacked by ma?
rauders. The guard was temporarily
dispersed and the marauders got isome of
the money before they were driven off."
?Atlanta Constitution.
How's This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Beward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO , Props.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligation made by that
firm.
West & Truaa, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole?
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal?
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75 cents per bottle. 8old by all Drug?
gists. Testimonials free.
Killed Her Tradncer.
San Antonio, Texas, May 5.?In
June last E. Wilson, of the Sherwood
Iron Company, was arrested and jailed
for slandering Mrs. Lennie Taylor, wife
of a Sherwood barber. Yesterday after?
noon about 1 o'clock, Mrs. Taylor went
to the jail, armed with a pistol, and as
Jailer Williams was taking dinner to the
prisoners, Bhe slipped in behind him and
upon reaching the cage of her slanderer
she sent a bullet through his brain, kill?
ing him instantly. Sympathy is strong
in supporting Mis. Taylor's action, and
no arrests have been made.
? When you borrow money you usual?
ly borrow trouble.
SHEEP HUSBAMDRY.
Valuable Suggestions as to a Most Impor?
tant Industry.
Editor Press and Banner:
You are a farmer and a acock farmer.
I will not call you a husbandman, because
you detest puns, and this equivocal word
may make a bachelor tremble. Bnt you
are certainly deeply interested in agri?
culture, as your paper has long shown,
and I remember a year ago agriculture
took a large interest in you and your pa?
per,
I speat the afternoon of April 15th
with our friend, Eldred S. Addison,
walking and riding over his magnificent
farm. It is three miles from Ninety Six,
in Edgefield County, lying on Beaverdam
and Ninety-Six Creeks, in the heart of
the famous Cambridge lands?tbe most
fertile nplands in the State. The plan?
tation contains 800 acres, is beautiful for
situation, abundantly watered, thorough?
ly fenced with wire and plank and shows
everywhere the hand of a master. I have
no time for detail, and besides, the owner
is a modest man who stays at home and
successfully handles and drives hia own
business. I am intent to tell yoa and
yonr readers about his sheep, and inci?
dentally other things.
Mr. Addison carried 130 sheep through
the winter. March 24th he sold to an
Augusta butcher 6 wethers and 14 lambs,
averaging 60 pounds, for 6 cents gross.
He has now 77 lambs, very many of
which will weigh 80 pounds, and proba?
bly none as low as 50. They are all
ready for the table and I really believe
would compare favorably with an *qual
number from any farm in th# Union.
They would create a furore in Fulton
Market, and would tempt tbe most fas?
tidious palate in auy land. Ho will keep
some of tbe finest for bis own use?table
and flock. Will sell many for fancy
prices to men who desire to improve their
flocks, and the balance go to the butcher.
But for this be could market every
lamb to-day for $3 per bead for the ta?
ble.
I am facing the important question,
doea sheep farming pay here iu our
County ? Mr. Addison thinks it does,
and presents the proof. Some years ago
be bought this place badly run down
from cotton culture and unwise tillage
and grazing. He has at least doubled its
value, and although he has a reputation
for fine horses, keeps a large herd of cat?
tle and many bogs, and has sold pare red
oats throughout tbe State, be believes tbe
prime factor in this development is the
First, his "present Sock Z'* ,??ufled
nightly, and with them alone, he annual?
ly makes very rich eight acres of land,
moving his pens about every ten days.
;The money value of this land cannot be
Estimated. Every farmer knows what a
cow pen means, and sheep droppings are
richer than cows. It means heavy crops
of barley, which can only be made to
perfection on penned land, oats, rye,
clover and turnips, and is good for a life
time, if properly graded and tilled.
His sheep are large and heavy wooled,
as you can judge from the crosses named.
He began with grade Merinos and Cots
wold ewes, breeding them to the best
Broad Tailed rams be could buy in the
country. They combine size, wool and
mutton flavor to perfection. His flock of
old sheep will probably shear six pounds
per bead, They are large, very fat, and
having constantly cleaned his pastures,
his wool will command the very highest
prices.
Sheep give annually three returns when
properly managed, wool, mutton, lands
enriched. They are close feeders, destroy
noxious weeds and give ua tbe only
chance to redeem the bald red hills of
our splendid County, gutted by a century
of cotton culture, and scalded by blazing
suns on lauds without covering We
need sheep on every farm. We covered
thousands once and now bave pens, and
these left to tbe tender mercies of tbe
weather and dogs. Not the darkey, for
he does not love mutton?his affections
are centered on the pig.
It is very remarkable that the only
book on sheep husbandry in the South,
and particularly in South Carolina, was
written by Mr. Randall, a famous sheep
farmer from New York. Visiting Gov.
Alston, he was so impressed with tbe su?
periority of our soil, climate and natural
rancre for sheep that he published a book
which will be a revelation to every read?
er. I can only say that be declares that
a line from Georgetown to Memphis is
the diameter ot the finest sheep range in
the world?America, Europe or Asia.
Read it. This industry is peculiarly
suited to white people. From the birth
of tbe sheep to his death he needs such
constant care as only a white man can
and will give. The lambing, the watch?
ing in pasture, the careful tending and
penning, the shearing, tbe fine art of
butchering, and I shall never omit the
cooking and eating of them, is emphati?
cally a privilege and duty of the white
race. It is easily first of meats for health
or pleasure in a hot climate. Roasted,
boiled, chops most savory and barbecued,
Mr. Wilson, is a dish for the gods. But I
am not writing a treatise on gastronomy,
though tbe contemplation even is most
delightful.
I believe sheep have golden feet. It
is so written and sung in old England
for a hundred years, and they have aided
largely to make her garment of green
which catches every visitor's eye.
I bave, sir, written thus earoestly be
cause I. believe sheep should be on every
farm in our County, and I take tbe lib
erty to append to this article a statement
of estimates showing profits on Mr. Ad?
disons flock. I spent happy and pro6t
able years in its pursuit, and if I can say
anything to draw our people into this
most pleasant and profitable channel I
shall rejoice.
Mr. Addison runs on many Hues. He
doea not put all hia eggs into one basket,
but he and I would be pleased to know
that many of them in tbe shape of sheep
were in the basket of every farmer.
Serve notice on Col. Watts, tbe veteran
sheep mau, and you and be come to see
me. I will carry you without notice to
Mr. Addison's farm, and you will be
pleased and maybe instructed. Please
add the table of Dr, Cr., showing profits,
and oblige, Very truly,
J. H. Rice.
130 sheep at $4 per head. $520 00
dr.
Interest on $520, at 10 per cent $52 00
Feeding, (bay, seed and little
grain). 50 00
Attention, (including shearing) 80 00
Total. $132 00
cr.
91 lambs, $3 per head. $273 00
3 acres barley on penned land
(expenses off,) not includ?
ing pasture. 100 00
Rye lots (expenses oil). 50 00
780 pounds wool, (estimated, of
course,) 20 cents. 156 00
Total. $619 00
Less interests and costs. 132 00
Profits. $487 00
Value of old flock (same) still
on hand. 520 00
Add eight acres of penned land for
. year, and that Mr. Addison has not lost
one sheep from disease or dogs during
the year. More important, has not lost
one sheep in ten years by dogs.
Who can give us the per cent, on this
investment?
The Farmers and the Factories.
To the Editor of the News and Courier :
As one whose only occupation is farming
I am interested in those questions before
the people which concern the farmers'
welfare.
The reasons assigned by the politicians
for the present depression are mostly
speculative. A change in the laws and
their administration may or may not be
beneficial, but there is one cause which
is plain and undisputed. That is, we
are producing too much of one staple
crop and have thus depressed the price
below the average* cost of production. In
other words, there is excessive competi?
tion in making cotton, and the natural
and practical remedy for our ills is to re?
duce that competition.
We have a large and increasing negro
population which is chiefly engaged in
cotton -culture. It is a crop peculiarly
suited to them and they will plant it to
the exclusion of all others. Now if by
i harsh execution of the laws we suppress
the factories, railroads, workshops and
other institutions, which employ labor,
we compel the white people to continue
! in competition with the negroes in mak?
ing cotton. On the other hand if the
number aod capacity of all such enter
. prises is increased, new avenues of busi?
ness aod employment will open for thou*
jutndsof farmers' sons aod white tenants.
The white rtrmejs .may then confine
their attention to provlsiuur crops and
leave the cotton to the colored tenants/
It is well known that those farmers in
the South who have followed this plan
have been the most successful, aod the
better the local market for diversified
crops the greater the opportunity there
will be for its general adoption.
It seems to me that the Irishman who
sawed off the limb on which he stood
was not more witless than the farmer
who votes to destroy the market for
which he is rai&ing crops, and yet some
do this, while they grow fruit and vege?
table and send hundreds of miles in
search of a purchaser.
The protective tariff is the law which
discriminate* Hg&iost the farmer, but
there are ou!y '.?vi? classes who suffer by
it, the grain gruffer* of the West and the
cotton planter* of the South. It is an
imposition on them because their crops
are priced in a cheap foreign market,
while they are compelled to produce
them at "protection prices" for labor and
supplies. The truck farmers, dairymen,
fruit growers and stock raisers, as well as
wage workers in all department of labor,
are benefited. Whether these receive
their just share of protection may be a
mooted question, but in manufacturing
States all these classes believe in the
tariff.
Now if the farmers of the South and
West wi.l not unite as Cleveland Demo?
crats and reform the tariff, we may by
wise administration of our orru State
Government and friendly public senti?
ment induce tbe mills to come to the
cotton. The white farmers may then
turn their attention to that system of
farming which enjoys the benefit of pro?
tection and let tbe "wards of the nation"
?the devotees of the Republican party
?produce the unprotected cotton.
There are hundreds, yes thousands, of
young men receiving good wages, with
the chances of future advancement, who
would now be on the farms helping to
depress the price of cotton were it not for
the industrial and commercial enter?
prises which employ them.
Tbe Alliance, as a non-political organ*
ization, was our best protection against
trusts. The severest punishment for
them is to have the wares left on their
hands, aod the experience of the Bagging
Trust proved the power of tbe Alliance
in this reopect. J. S. J.
Shrieked and Fainted.
Springfield, O, May 8.?There was
a decided sensation in a swell wedding
in Chillicothe, south of here, last night,
which to-day has been almost the sole
topic of pooversalion. The high con?
tracting parties were Frank Alexander
and Miss Mary Miller, well known soci?
ety people, and tbe place of nuptials St.
Mary's Church. Tbe Church was well
filled, and everything recherche. Father
Dexter read the Catholic marriage ser?
vice aod was about to pronounce the bene?
diction, when suddenly he paused, fixing
his eyes on tbe groom, and dramatically
asked:
"Have you not another wife living?"
"I have," was the low answer, "but we
are divorced."
The bride gave a shriek and fainted,
and tbe wildest excitement prevailed.
The priest annulled the ceremony per?
formed, and said Church rules did not
permit him to marry them.
The bride, who was ignorant of her in?
tended husband's marital experience,
was revived, the situation was explained
and a couple of hours later they were
married at the First Presbyterian Church.
? The first English parliament was
opened 627 years ago.
THE ODD SIDE OF LIFE.
Some Carious Happenings Among the Sons
and Daughters of Men.
the funeral was postponed.
Forty years ago, a Massachusetts good
wife lay in her bed apparently dying of
consumption. Her thoughtful husband
having business in the village, four
miles off, engaged the undertaker and
minister to come to the funeral on Fri?
day?so as to save an extra journey in
that bitter weather, over roads badly
blocked by snow. Somehow the sick
woman heard of this on Wednesday, and,
arousing herself, she declared, "There'll
be no funeral in this house this week 1''
The funeral was postponed until Friday
of last week?forty years after it was
originally set. The husband buried her,
after all, fur be is still alive at the age of
eighty.
he 'won the bet.
A man in Brooklyn bet fonr pints of
beer that he could causo 500 persons to
gather around him within five minutes.
To do this he lay down on the sidewalk
and howled and howled, and a great crowd
collected. Believing that the man was
hart, a policeman called an ambulance,
but before the doctor arrived the man had
won bis bet. He will not receive the
stakes for four weeks, however, as Jus?
tice Qoetting sent him to jail for twen?
ty-nine days for disorderly conduct.
a wise jostice.
There is a justice down in Alabama
who pays no attention to lawyers who ap?
pear before him. When he goes home
he states tbe case to bis wife and she
gives the opinion, which he announces'
in the morning. His wifo does not
know a line of law, but simply applies
her strong common sense to tbe case.
a primitive old cit.
There is a man living in Calhoun,
Qp , seventy yeai s old, who boasts that
he never iu all bis life wore a pair of
boots, bought a suit of clothes, a white
shirt, or any store clothes; or worn a
collar or necktie.
an unappreciated paeson.
The women belonging to a church in
a town near Chicago became Interested
in a bright young man, and raised mon?
ey enough to educate him for the minis?
try. After his jordination he went to
his native town to preach hia first ser?
mon. The good ladies were surprised
and indignant when be announced as
his text the passage: "Let your women
keep silence in the churches."
no accounting for the women.
Mies Maude 5. Williams, a young
lady of New Boston, 111., who could
have selected a husband from among a
dozen thrifty farmers, preferred to marry
-0.QP.ey~C. Holt, a full-blood Winnebago
Indian, whom she met whtte. be was
travelling with a number of bis tribe ad?
vertising a patent medicine.
he made a speech.
In the Circuit Court at West Point,
Miss., on Monday of last week, a negro
boy on trial for theft, having no lawyer,
Judge Campbell asked him if he desired
to speak. He got up at once and spoke,
"The Boy stood on the Burning Deck."
What the judge gave him is not reported.
wants to get him back.
A woman in Illinois publishes a card
offering $25 to anybody who will induce
her h usband to return to her.
a "crowner's" vebdict.
A Coroner's jury in Peorin, III.,
brought in the followiog verdict one day
last week: "We find that the deceased
came to her dea'h by being found dead
in her bed."
very much alive.
Ten years ago, a Pittsburgh man while
in Dakota, received the intelligence of
the death of his wife, and paid all her
funeral expenses. A few days ago he
was surprised at receiving word that she
was alive and had begun suitagainst him
for desertion.
miss flora laughed.
About three weeks ago Miss Flora
Springer, ofQoshen, N. J., while in a
Philadelphia dry goods store, laughed
violently over a joke perpetrated by a
friend. The laughing brought on an at?
tack of hiccoughs, which has continued
ever since. Her doctors have used every
remedy known to medical science, but
have been unable to relieve her. They
despair of saving her life.
just a woman's reason.
Irwin W. Lezire and Mrs. Fred Hub
bell bave been engaged for nearly a
year, and arrangements for tbe wedding
in Danbury, Cone , were completed last
week?trousseau purchased, guests in?
vited, presents received, and marriage
license purchased*. On Wednesday last
she sent word to Lezire that she had
changed her mind, and she returned his
presents. The only reason that she
would give was that "she guessed she
wouldn't marry just then."
returning good fop, evil.
Louis Becker, of Terre Haute, Ind.,
gave one of his eons a severe whipping
and then went to (be barn and attempt?
ed suicide by banging. The boy was
hiding in the barn to escape further pun?
ishment; but upon seeing his father
swing off he cut him down.
The Lovers' Lament.
Your face is like a drooping flower,
Sweetheart I
I see you fading, hour by hour,
Sweetheart I
Your rounded outlines wear away,
In vain I weep, in vain I pray,
What power Death's cruel band can stay,
Sweetheart, Sweetheart I
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? Customer?You said this cloth
would wear like iron. I've only worn
these trousers two months, and now look
at this? Do you call that wearing like
iron? Tailor?Certainly I do. Ain't
they rusty enough to suit you?
Can ictlcm Beat This?
Daring his recent visit to Pittsburg,
Colonel Charles Marshall had an experi?
ence such as comes to few men in a life?
time. He went to that city to try a case,
and after the adjournment of tbe court
several gentlemen were presented to him.
Among them was a man who is well
known id the politics of western Pennsyl?
vania.
"I am very glad to meet you, Colonel
Marshall," he said, "for I believe it is to
you that I owe my life," and he related
some facts in connection with the army
Colonel Marshall looked at him in?
tently for a moment, aod was about to
deny the soft impeachment, when an in?
cident of twenty seven years ago flitted
across his memory.
"Were you one of the two men caught
in Gordon's lines ?" he asked.
"Yes, I was one of them," replied the
other with a smile, "and I thank you at
this late date for allowing us to live."
"Yo?' - -st not thank me," said the
colone on owe it alii to General Lee.
I tried my best to have you hung."
And then came the sr.ory. In Decem?
ber, 1864, Sheridan, after hisyictory over
Early in the valley, had reached the
James river on his way to Petersburg.'
In order to communicate with Grant he
sent two spies dressed s s confederates to
make their way through tbe lines of
the wing of Lee's army commanded by
General Gordon. The spies got along
very well until late at night, when they
fell in with two of Gordon's men, who
discovered their dhguise. The con?
federates had no arms, however, and the
spies quickly drew their revolvers and
ordered them to walk in front. Tbey
kept them going until they got beyond
the lines, and then they allowed them to
return. Tbe incident was promptly re?
ported by General Gordon to beadquar
ten.
Five months passed. In the first part
of April came the abandonment of
Petersburg. Lee began bis retreat to?
ward Appomattox. He and Colonel
Marshall had reached Amelia Springs
almost exhausted from fatigue and want
of sleep. The night before Colonel
Marshall had ridden for nearly six hours
around the entrenchments at Petersburg
to order the men away, and had found
only one poor fellow who was sound
asleep. That day he bad been in the
saddle, and when he got to the tempo?
rary headquarters late at night, he was a
great deal more tired tihau he ever will
be again. These headquarters were a
little hut with two rooms. In one was a
bed and on it General Lee was sleeping.
In tbe other was a pile of oats, and
Colonel Marshall threw himself upon it
lor rest.
He had given orders that all papers be
brought to him so that General Lee
might be undisturbed. The ordeiiy, with
hialj?o'??ff -at lit - eat.exed^the_jrj?offi^
crept along as noiselessly as possible so
as not to shake the floor. Several times
between midnight and 4 o'clock in the
morning he came i:a and placed docu?
ments in Colonel Marshall's hands. The
colonel attended to them, until finally
tbe fatigue was too great and he fell
asleep.
Shortly before 4 o'clock he awoke and
found in his hand an envelope marked
"United States Cavalry." How it had
come there he did nol; for the moment
know, but he quickly solved tbe mystery
by opening it.
There were two enclosures. The first
was an order for General Sheridan, or?
dering General Mackenzie to co-operate
with a certain movement that had been
planned. The second was a communica?
tion to General Lee from General Gor?
don, detailing the arreiit of two spies and
the discovery of the order, and stating
that a drum head court martial had been
held and the prisoner;; had been found
guilty, and had been sentenced to be hung
at daybreak.
Colonel Marshall read the papers and
endorsed on tbe report "Respectfully Re?
turned, Approved," and ordering the
sentence to be carried out, signed R. E.
Lee per Charles Marsball.
Colonel Marshall was about to send
the papers back when he thought of the
fact thai General Lse hiid never counte?
nanced the execution of a spy, holding
that when one of tbem was captured his
sting was removed.
Just then Genera). Lee awoke and
Colonel Marshall told him what he bad
done. The general took the papers, and
after looking them over, said :
"I cannot endorse that. We have
the men aod the order in our possession,
and they can do no further barm."
"But, general," protested Colonel
Marshall, "if we spare their lives our
lines will soon be overrun with spies."
"I will not cause a drop of blood to be
shed unnecessarily," continued General
Lee, and then, after a pause, he added :
"They may have families."
The result was that the endorsement
was scratched out, and a second one was
written. "Respectfully returned. Hold
the men until further orders."
And the next day tbe fact was brought
out that the two spies were the same two
men who had gone through General
Gordon's lines the previous December,
and tbey were recognized and captured
by the same two confederates whom
they had met unarmed on that occa?
sion.
After the proceedings at Appomattox
Colonel Marshall was telling General
Sheridan of the circumstances, and Gen?
eral Sheridan laughed and remarked,
"i'ou would have been perfectly right
in hanging them." Colonel Marshall
still has the intercepted order to General
Mackenzie, but he had almost forgotten it
until the meeting in the Pittsburg court?
house revived the story.
The spy, who was not executed, said
that in that early April morning while
they were preparing for death, they
beard something read and caught the
name of Marshall. A few minutes later
tbey were released from their irons and
placed among the other prisoners. This
was why they had always believed that
Colonel Marshall was responsible for tbe
preservation of their lives.
Judges, lawyers and all who were in
the courtroom became deeply interested
in the story, and that evening at the
Dequesne Club, where Colonel Marshall
was entertained, little else was talked
cf.?Baltimore American.
All Sorts Of runs graphs. f&
? Wrong doiDgs begin with wroiKM
thinking. agm
? Repentance never comeu too lateHjp
it comes from the heart, |1|?|
? It doesn't make a lie any whitj^
to put it on a tombstone. N'iX
? The best way to teach children to
good is to show them how. [: v |.
? All men are frail; but thou shouftf
reckon none so frail as thyself.
--People are scarce who arc satisuflP;'
with their next door neighbor's religioiSn
? ? A good way to learn how to mcBp
moun;ains is to begin on grains of satnHB
? Sell honest goods at honest pricB
and nobody will ask what Church yJBBj
belong to.
? Early Risers, Early '-Users, Ear HD
Risers, the famous little phis for consfSH
pation, sick headaclle, dyspepsia and ncH^
vousness.?Wilhite & Wilhite. fflM
? The State of Vermont producS
over 17,000,000 pounds of maple sug?B
last year. |||?
? Too many people had rather talH
about the great dignity of labor than tra
do any of it. |||
? There are twenty representatives ill
Congress who are under thirty-six yeafflj
? When you need a friend don't picBB
ont the man whose dog never wants (?}'.':
follow him. [Iff
? Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, IllBl
writes: "From personal experience I cafjH
recommend De Witt's Sarsaparilla, acnifHj
for impure blood and general debili ty."-S
Wilhite & Wilhite. pgJ
? Western New York baa a ekutrft
farm where black skunks are bred an?
raised for their skins. |||
? It is 8uppoaed tbat the averagH
depth of sand in the deserts of Africa IS
from thirty to forty feet. |g|
? When you pray for rain remembeH
that when it comes you will have to puH
up with some mud. Wffi
? Any poor woman with a starviDJK
family can be a thief, but it takes monejjflp
to be a kleptomaniac. |?B
? One of the gentlemen you need t<9
study closely is the one who walks ^unrS
under your own hat. : ^
? It is a truth in medicine that thJH
smallest dose that performs the cure isjH
the best. Do Witt's Little Early Riscrs?
are the smallest pills, will perform tb(H|
cure, and are tho best.?Wilhite &"WiI?B
? It is unfortunate that so many ca
invent excuses for bad habits. There is9
. no excuse for bad habits. M
? Why is X the most unfortunate offfl
all letters ? Because it is always in a 6x9
and never out of perplexity. 1|
? Tbe man who is tempted to borrowfl
money needs to remember tbat 100 centsK
make a dollar in credit as in cash. B
? Kind Party?What; are you cryingB
that way for, little boy? Little Boy??
'Cause it's tbe only way I know bow torn
~~ J??f&&rf?oi)ie are the quickest to re
.?e?gfiize a good thing and buy 1c. We seil
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make you so.?Wilhite & Wilhite.
? To him whose spirit is bowed down
by tbe weight of piercing sorrow, the day
and night are both of the same color.
? It is interesting to learn that wo
live a distance of only 20,000,000,000
miles from the nearest so-called "fixed'*
stars.
? A Connecticut inventor baa invent?
ed a bicycle for riding on a fence. It ia
well calculated to meet the wants of pol?
iticians.
? You can have money and grow rich
if you are mean enough; it ia only a
question of saving what you get and gel
ting what you can.
? "Late to bed and early to rise will
shorten tbe road to your home in the
skies." But early to bed and a "Little
Early Riser," the pill that makes life
longer and better and wiser.?Wilhite <fc
Wilhite.
? Three thousand families in Missis?
sippi bave been madebgmelessfcy the re?
cent floods and there is a great deal of
suffering among them. ?
? Tbe metal in a five cent piece ia
worth about a half a cent, and fifteen
cents will purchase copper enough to
make $2 worth of cents.
? Sufferers from neuralgia are warned
by a medical writer not to drink tea, but
to drink freely of coffee into which the
juice of a lemon has been squeezed.
? It is a fixed and immutable law that
tc have good, sound health one must have
pure, rich and abundant blood. There ia
no shorter nor surer route than by a
course of Do Witt's Sarsaparilla.?Wilhite
& Wilbite.
? This would be a pleasant world in
some respects if women bad as much
confidence in their husbands' word aa
they have in tbe words of every peddler
tbat comes along.
? To feel tbe need of more religion al?
ways means that God wants us to bave
more. Tbe devil never makes anyone
hunger and thirst after righteousness.
? Son?Here's a horseshoe I found in
the street?good one, too. Papa?Well,
throw it away. Isn't it lucky to find a
horseshoe ? Not unless you own a horse
yourself.
? If dull, 8piritless|and,'9tupid; if your
blood is thick and sluggish; if your ap?
petite is capricious and uncertain, you
need a Sarsaparilla. For best results take
De Witt's.?Wilhite and Wilhite.
? A neat letter written on a neat let?
ter head and sealed iu a nice envelope ia
an indication that the man who wrote it
has a neat place of business and is on tbe
road to prosperity.
? No mechanic in the world can make
two clocks that will keep time for one
day, one hour, one minute exactly alike.
On all the shores of all the seas there are
no two grains of sand formed exactly
alike.
? Here is a remark tbat is credited to
Innpector Brynes, of New York: "There
is no trouble, as a rule, in finding out
who committed a crime. Tbe trouble'!
about it is to prove it to twelve men and
a judge."
? Wc truly believe Do Witt's Little/
Early Risers to be tho most natural, most i
effective, most prompt and economical
pill for billiousness, indigestion and in?
active liver.?Wilhite <fc Wilhite.
? Mamma?Did you thank Mr. Nice-.fi
fellow when he gave you that silver dol- 1
lar ? Little Boy?Yes'm?Tbat is, sorter. I
Mamma?What did you say ? Little J
Boy?I tole him nex' lime he kissed sis J
I wouldn't tell. 1
? Small Boy?Mamma, when will fl
there be another war ? Mamma?Never, |
I hope. Small Boy?Huh I You andjj
papa saw a great big war when you wall
young, and you don't care whether am
childrens haa any or not. mmk