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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S.O., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1892. VOLUME XXVII. -NO. 22 Every Household In which there are young children, should be provided with the unequaled medicine, AVer's Cherry Pectoral, the best remedy for croup, whooping cough, sore throat, and bronchitis. It is soothing, healing, always effective, agreeable to the taste, does not in? terfere with digestion, and is the most eco? nomical of all similar preparations. For croup., pneumonia, whooping cough, loss of voice, colds, and sore throat, take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. A yer & Co., Lo w. l i. mas. ?? f O m }} 110 a Ct, S U Fe tO C U TC JU f. GOSSETTI CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL One Price Dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES, ANDERBON, - - - - S.O., HAVE AGAIN BROKEN THE RECORD. They are selling some linas of Boote and Shoes by the single pair for lees money than the same goods can be bought again at by wholesale. They Bny Bargains and they Sell Bargains. They hare the finest opportunities; for buying and handling Shoes of any Baue in South Carolina. They are the only house in upper Carolina having a man directly connected with the Manurarturera?their Mr. Jas. P. Goasett being lite Agent and Salesman for the celebrated Bey State Shoe and Leather Co., of JsTaw Tort, one of the largest Boot aud Shoe Man ufacturing concerns in the world. They are the only exclusive Shoe House in Anderson, Tfaey are the only ONE PBICE HOUSE in Andereon. They have one of the largeet aad beet assorted stocks of Shoes in?the State. They are carrying a full line of sole LEATHER?Hemlock and Whiteoak ?from 1&5. per pound, up. A full lisn of Cat Half Soles from 10c. per pair up. Bseir One Dollar Bargain Counter k a great suecese. 5@> The biggest and hottest Stove in Towd, and a welcome and a warm to all. COME AND SEE TJS FURNITURE vi: ? AT ^JLICsTIC PRICES, The Greatest Bargains in Furniture ever offered in South Carolina are offered at C. F. TOLLY & SON'S, DEPOT STREET. They Lave the Largest, Cheapest and Best; Selected Stock In the State, and challenge any Furniture House in the State for a comparison of prices. WALNUT and OAE SUITS cheaper than they can be bought from any Factory. " BUREAUS at prices unheard of before. PARLOR SUITS cheaper thtn any. AND EVERYTHING in the Furniture line. HSf Come sod see for yourselves and be convineed that what we say h true Come and look at our Stock, whether you want to buy or not. We will be pleased to show yon around. Caskets and Coffins furnished Day or Night. G. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C LOOK HERE! OATOE OUST TO THIS! We have too many Goods to carry, therefore for the next SIXTY DAY3 we offer our LARGE aad HANDSOME STOCK AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, CONSISTING OF Miiiinery, Notions, Shoes, Handsome Dress Goods, Priestleys Henriettas. Also, the handsomest lot of SILX3, in all she new shades, that has ever beea brought to thii market. Ladies' and Misses WRAPS and JACKETS io every style. Glance at oar Bargain Counter and see what you can do. "Come opc, coma all, And get your share of all." Thanks fcr the past. Respectfully, LADIES' STORE. OUR LEADER FOR 30 DAYS ONLY! ALL OF OUR DBESS GOODS AT COST FOR CASH, Including all our Fall Purchases. HENRIETTAS, CASHMERES, SERGES, BROADCLOTHS, BEDFORD CORDS, LADIES' CLOTHS, in blacks and colors. The Cashmeres yeu pay eUowhera 20c. for we will let you have at 15c The S6?. line at 20c. the 40c. line at 25c, and the 50c. liue at 33-Jc, the 75c. line for half a dollar, and the dollar line for 75c. Yon will sive on a $2 40 Dress Ptttero 60 ceuis, on $3 00 Pattern the same amount, but the diffsreoee on the fiuer goods is greator: On $4 80 you save $1.80, ?a the $6.00 Hue you save $?.00, on the $9.00 line you save $3 00, on $12 00 line you save $4.00. Remember, this sale will be only for Thirty Days. MOSBI'S RECOLLECTIONS. A Southerner's Reasons for Accepting the Results of the. War. I Derer re t General Grant until May, 1872, when I called on him at the White Houce in company with Senator John F. LewiB, of Virginia. At that time my homo waB at Warreaton. Virginia, and I frequently visited Washington. Once I had Been General Grant with General Sherman in a box at the theatre. They seemed to enjoy the fun of the play as much as "the gods" in the gallery. Not along before I called on General Grant I rode some distance on the Mid? land railroad with Senator Lewis, who, being a Republican, was on very friendly terms with the administration, and we talked a good deal about the President. Like most Southern men I had been opposed to the policy of reeonstruction, and of course was opposed to the Repub? lican party, which be represented. For this reason, in spite of my personally friendly feelings for General Grant, on account of bis magnanimous treatment of the Southern) soldiers and me individ? ually, at the close of the war, I hnd alwayB kept aloof from Lim. In my conversation on the train with Senator Lewis I expressed my high per sonal regard for Gener?l Grant and tbe gratitude 1 felt to bim, and I said I would have called to pay my respects but for fear tbat in doing so my motives might be mhiconntrned, and it might create a prejudice against mo in tbe Soutb, and General Grant in the North, if be treated me with even ordinary civ? ility. ' At tbat time my name was a monstrum borrendum to tbe Northern imagination, and no doubt & large majority of the best people of that region sincerely believed that my men fought under the black flag inscribed with a skull acid crossbones. General Grant was then as much mis? understood in the South as I had been misrepresented in the North. Tbe kindly feelings which bis noble conduct at Appomattox bad aroused was almost obliterated by his beoocaing the candi ' date of the Republican party for tbe Presidency. We did not then stop to consider that General Grant had accepted reconstruction juBt as General Lee did secession, because he could not avert it. Roth bad bowed to a storm they were not able successfully to oppose. Neither did we then reflect, ox rather we did not know, that by going all along with tbe tempest General Grant in some degree moderated its fury. When he became President he found three Southern States under military government, the others under carpet bag rule, and nearly all tboir prominent leaden under political disabilities. At the close of his second term nearly all disabilities had been removed, tbe iroo clad oath repealed and the Southern States restored to tbe control of tbe best citizens. My conversation with Senator Lewis, while not confidential, was not intended as a message to General Grant, and I had no expectation of it being repeated to him. It was only a week or so before the nomination of Horace Greeley I had then no idea of ever voting the Re? publican ticket. Tbe prejudices which bad survived war and reconstruction, h.s well as any ambitious hopes 1 mty have cherished, all impelled me the ether way. Ia the South tbe Democratic party has appropriated the glory won by the Con? federate armies, aud of course it enjoys the benefit of the resentments created by defeat and the devastation of the country by the Northern armies. My war record could bo of no advantage to me with the Republicans, For the same reason in the North the Republican party get the benefit of all tbe war feeling that sur vives. There never yet was a party or politician who would not utilize auy pre? judice that exists to gain power. It makes no difference whether tbe preju? dice be rational or not. I was a member of tbe bar. My State Congressional District and County were all Democratic, or Conservative, as call? ed. If I bad desired political hot:or or place I would have sought it at tbe time of reconstruction, when it was hard to get eligible men to fill the offices. Never having held an office before the war, I was not excluded by the reconstruction laws from either holding office or voting. Greeley was nominated on a platform ratifying all tbat the Republicans had done. Having accepted t'ae principles, I could see no objection to voting with the party. The Democrats west over to Greeley? be didn't go to them. Their battle cry was "reconciliation." The term implies past hostility. Logically, it meant vot? ing with the Republican party. We did not need any reconciliation with the Democrats. As Grant represented the North it seemed to me that tbe proper way to get reconciled was to vote for him just as Gen. Lee imrrendered to him at Appo? mattox when he saw that the cause for which he had fought was lost. To throw away the influence of our votes on Gree? ley seemed to me as absurd as for Gen. Lee to have surrendered his sword to a Butler whoa he concluded to stop fight? ing. Tbe Southern people abandoned oppo? sition to the laws the Republicans had passed. They said that they only wanted them administered in a friendly spirit by their own people. I thought this object could be obtained by their supporting Graat. I did not differ with them about the end, but the means which they un? dertook to accomplish it. I desired a change aa much as they did, and thought the desired change would result from a change in their relativ to the national adminislration. "? I do not reproaeh any one who differed with mo, but twenty years have eine? rolled away, and I am of the same opin? ion still. I believed then, as 1 believe now, that if the South had made an Alli? ance with Grant, tbe carpet-bsg govern? ment would have fallen by a natural prooess, just as a rotten apple drops from a tre e, and all tbat vile crew would have been driven from power without violence. If Grant recognized that set it was simply on the principle that tbe English support the Tsrk?because the Turk 13 their ally against the Rusbian, Ab soon es Greeley's nomination was known I wrote to Senator Lewis that I was for Grant. He replied that he had repeated to General Grant our conversa? tion en the oars, aid that ke had sent me a message to come and see him. I went immediately to Washington, had an in? terview with Gen. Grant and told him of my intention. I felt assured from my conversation with him that he earnestly desired perfect peace between all sections. But this could uot be secured without the harmonious action and co-operatioa of the Soulbern people with him. If he should quit his party and come over to them he would come shorn of hU strength. The South must, come to him. The bloody chasm between them and Grant was no wider than the one between them and Mr. Greeley. I bad never before been in the White Hou-e. When I walked with my son into bis room where Grant was Bitting, his presence inspired something of the awe that a Roman provincial must have felt when first entering the palace of the Caesars. His manner soon relieved me of embarrassment and restored my self confidence. He immediately began tell? ing me bow near I came to capturing him on the traiu when he went up to take command of the Army of the Poto? mac I laughed and Baid. "Well, Mr. President, if I had caught you, things might have been a little different now. Yoa might havo been calling on me." Ho answered : <fYea, perhaps so." I told him that I intended to support him, and that if he would hold out an olive branch to the South by getting Congress to pass an act relieving our leading men from the disability imposed by tkG fourteenth amendment, I thought we could carry Virginia for him. It would take the wind out of Greeley's sails. He said that he would see what could be done about it. I knew that be was in favor of universal amnesty, he had recommended it in his last message. A bill to that effect had passed the house, but had been defeated by an amendment tacked to it by Sumner in the Senate. Two or three days after my interview General Butler reported an amnesty bill (I have no doubt at Grant's suggestion,) which was rushed through one night while Sumner was afileep. The iron-clad oath had already beea repealed, and I was eligible to any office, State or Federal. On the contrary, nearly all the men who might be my competitors, if I bad political ambition, were under tbe bun of the fourteenth amendment. Nobody but a politician would have discovered an unworthy mo? tive in my asking Grant to use his power to set them free. General Eppa Hun ton, who had been a distinguished con? federate soldier, and was afterward one of the electoral commissioners, was thus liberated and sent to represent my dis? trict in Congress, while I was denounced through the State as an apostate. A charge more unju&t was never brought against man since Socrates was accused of corrupting the Athenian youth. Grant was elected by an overwhelming majority, and it was no fault of mine that tke Southern people did not partici? pate in tbe triumph. Shortly after the election I received a note from Grant requesting me to come to Washington to see him on businesr. I went. He spoke of my services in the campaign and his desire to reward me. I told him I had repeatedly said that I would not accept any office from him. I sever did. Yet people generally believe that he appoint? ed me Consul at Hongkong. It was a painful thing to break away from old associations and traditions, and go against the current of opinion in the South. I never subscribed to the doctrine that a man "must go with his people" in party contests. If that is so, then the minority is always wrong, and every demagogue who floats into power on a popular wave is a patriot, Judas Iscariot can claim the full benefit of the maxim. In the moral as well as in the material world there is often an apparent motion in one direction when the real motion is in the opposite. So men could not for a Ion/; time un? derstand why Columbui sailed to the West fin search of a passage to the East. Byron swam the Hellespont by going partly with the current. If he had meas? ured his strength with the waves he would have never reached the Asiatic shore. During Grant's second term I was frequently at the White House. I never failed to see him but once. He was then in the hands of a dentist. He appointed a good many of my friends in Virginia to office just to oblige me. and he never once asked a question about their poli? tics. Some of them had voted against him. I never heard him speak a word about the war that would wound the most sen? sitive Southern man. lie once remarked to me that if ho bad been a Southern man he would been a Southern soldier. Of his old army comrades who took the Confederate side he always spoke in the most affectionate way. Speaking of Stonewall Jackson be once said to me: "Jackson was the moat conscientious human being I ever knew. If ycu could have persuaded him that it was his duty to put his head into a cannon's mouth and have it blown off ?and it would not have been hard to convince him?he would have done it without hesitation." He once appointed a worthless Vir ginian to office, and I expressed surprise that he should have dene it. He Buid that bo appoioted the fellow because he had represented himBelf as the brother of a Confederate general who was killed in the war and who was his instructor at West Point. I told him that it was not true, and that the man had just been released from the chaingang for whip? ping his wife. Grant laughed heartily at the trick and revoked the appoint? ment. Dan Voorheea once said to me that the virtues that made Grant lovable in pri? vate lifo were the source of the great mistakes he made as a public man. And this was true. "His very frelings leaned to virtue's side." No miui ever had a more trying position to till Lie found S%e South in n stale of anarchy, the wholo country auethtnr with the passion of war. "Steep and craggy .".Bays Emer aon, "are the paths of the gods." On the night before he loft Washing? ton on his tour around the world I called to bid him good bye. At parting I said, "General, I hope to nee you President again." He was silent. We next met at Hongkong. He was then a private citizen, and by a curious turn of tbe wheel of fortune I was repre? senting the United States. When the signal gun was fired that announced tbat his steamer, in sight. I went out in a boat to meet him in company with an old Virginian who, having gone to Hong? kong before the war, was still unrecon? structed and was never really convinced tbat tbe war waa over until he saw me shake hands with Grant. He and Mrs. Graut wero standing on deck at tho head of the gangway as I walked up. I said: "General, I want to introduce you to the last rebel, Dr. Lockhead, of Peters? burg, Va. He says he is willing to sur? render to the man that General Lee surrendered to." Mrs. Grant spoke up : "? bespeak liberal terms for tbe doctor." Grant said : "Well, doctor, I now parolo you, and hope you may be a loyal citizen." He spent some days in Hongkong as the guest of the governor, Sir John Pope Hennessey, and made a trip up the river to Canton. The Chinese could not be made to believe that he was not still a great potentate. One morning at breakfast at tbe Govern? ment house he waa describing Palestine, and said: "The road from Joppa to Jeru salam is, I believe, the worst in tbe world; certainly tbe worst I ever traveled." I was sitting by Mrs. Grant on the opposite side of tbe table, and remarked : "General, 1 think you have traveled one rougher road than that." He asked me where. I replied, "From the Rapidan to Richmond/' He laughed and said: "Well, I believe there were more obstructions on that road." He made a visit to Macao, a Portu geu8e colony about forty miles from Hongkong. By invitation of tbe gover? nor I went with him on bis steam launch to the United States man-of-war, Ashue lot, tbat carried Grant and hia p*rty up tbe China coast. Just ati we started to return to tbe ?bore tbe Ashuelot began firing a royal salute of twenty one guns in honor of the governor as the representa? tive of the crown. The launch stood Btili until it was through. The general and Mrs. Grant remained all the time on the deck of the man-of-war. When the guns ceased firing we steamed away?I raised my hat as a last farewell and Gen? eral Grant raised his. I never saw the great soldier again. An incident occurred while he was in Japan tbat strikingly illustrates a very distinguishing characteristic?fidelity to his friends. An American in Japan asked one of bis traveling companions, in General Grant's presence, if he had met "Mr." Mosby at Hongkong. General Grant, quickly detecting the sneer that lurked in the question, .said to him: "My friend, Colonel John S. Mosby," laying emphasis on my military title. But to return to the origin of our friendship. I was with my command in northern Virginia, near the Potomac, when I heard the news of General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Mine was at that time the ooly organized Confederate force in that section. Stanton immedi? ately ordered Hancock, wbo was then commanding at Winchester, to issue a proclamation offering the same terms of parole to all Confederate soldiers in Vir? ginia that were given to Gen. Lee, but excepting "the Guerilla-Chief Mosby." Hancock obeyed the order, which con? demned me to choose between exile or being shot as an outlaw. Without having received any commun? ication from me, Grant ordered Hancock to offer me the parole he had given General Lee. I was afterwards intro? duced to Hancock by my frhnd Chad wick in the city of Washington. He was a superb gentleman. He told me that Stanton was solely responsible for his making an exception of me. I have since found among the war records Stan ton'a instructions to Hancock. After I bad settled down to practice law I was arrested a number of times on no particular charge by provost marshals, who were stationed at the court houses in every County. I was forbidden to go out of the State, but my wife made a visit to Baltimore, and on her way there stopped in Washington. She bad never intimated to me that she intended to go to see the President. He and her father, Beverly L. Clarke, of Kentucky, had been personal friends and Democratic memborj of Congress together before tbe war. She went to the White House and told Andy Jounson whose daughter and whoso wife she was, and complained of me being arrested ; for a parole is a con? tract tbat bind.? both parties to it. Tbe vulgarian was simply rude and insolent. She left the White House and went straight to General Grant's office at tbo war department. Hfc received her with all the courtesy he would have shown to the wife of a Union Geueral, and wrote a letter of protection giving me liberty to travel anywhere in tbe Uaited States. I have the original now ?the whole of it in hia handwriting. About tbe same time Grant did another act that Bhowed bin generous impulses, A Virginia boy who belonged to my com maud crossed the Potomac with a party one nigbt during the last winter of tbe war. They got iu to a fight, in which a government detective was killed. The buy was captured and sentenced to the penitentiary by a military court. His mother begged Johnsou to pardon ibe boy, but he sternly refused. She told her sorrowful story to General Grant. He went with her to see Johnson, and told him that he would not leave the room until he signed the warrant for the boy's pardon. Johnson did bo. On tbe day before I left Hongkong a dispatch came announcing General Grant'B death. I felt that I bad lost aa true a friend as any man ever had. The friendrtbip of Pylades and Oresiea was never more sincere than mine for Grant. Not long ago 1 wa* to'd that the South? ern people would ne?er forgive me for supporting biin. My auswerwas: "They ought not to forgive me. No man ought to be forgiven before he repents." Whimsical Bets. Utica, N. Y., November 12?James K. O'Conner will, istart noxt Wednesday noon to trundle a barrel of apples in a wheelbarrow from the City Hall here to the World office in New York. If he fails he forfeits $50, and is to be pelted with stale eggs at the point where he gives out, Mr. O'Conner is an ex-Assemblyman, was the first Republican of note in New York to declare for Cleveland, and stumped the Stato for tho Democratic ticket. He is a shrewd political calcu? lator, and towards the close of the cam? paign he predicted in his speeches that Cleveland would carry the State by 50,000. He told his friends so privately after he came back from his tour. On election night he sat in the City Hall receiving the returns, with a num? ber of other well-known Democrats. When tbe big majorities for Cleveland In New York and Brooklyn came in, he repeated bis prophscy. Nobody doubted him there. As he was loaving tho City Hall to go home, he met Theadore W. Braddish, a Republican, and told him Cleveland had wob, and would probably carry thiB State by 50,000. Braddish said he thought Harrison would carry this State. "If Cleveland doesn't get 50,000 majority in New York Stata," retorted Mr. O'Con? ner, "I will wheel a barrel of apples from Utica to the World office, in New York City. If I fail in the undertaking I will pay you $50." After the returns came in from all the counties Mr. O'Conner admitted he had lost the bet and said he would either have to pay Mr. Braddish $50 or wheel the appleB to New York. As he is a good pedestrian and of a rugged constitution be decided, for the novelty of the thing, to wheel the apples to New York. Philadelphia, Pa., November 12.? The Boston steamer which sailed from here yesterday took Assistant City So? licitor Norris S. Barrett, John J. Molo ney, who was defeated for Congress, and Cornelius M. Smith. Tho two latter are enthusiastic Dem? ocrats, and thoy make the trip as guests of Mr. Barrett, a Republican, who back? ed .bis confidence in Harrison's election to tbe extent of all expenses for tbe trio on a week's trip to Gloucester, Mass. Molouey and Smith, who pride them? selves on their physical strength, declared that if Cleveland was elected they would swim from Ten-pound Island to Nor? man's Woa in Gloucester harbor, fully a mile and a half, and they will attempt it on Sunday or Monday no matter how cold it may be. Boston, Mass., November, 12.?Ooe of the most unique beta in the campaign was setttled at Waltham, when Harry Bicknel! jumped, fully dressed, into the Charles River and swam around for a few minutes. Henry R. Austin, who weiahs 280 poundn, enjoyed a wheelbarrow ride from Dedham CeDtre to Roadville, nearly three miles. Robert S. Fulton, a Re? publican, furnished the muscle to propel the wheelbarrow. A drum corpse and torch eud transparency hearers accom? panied the men. Next Monday Charles Hawkins, of Dedham Centre, will walk backward to Norwood and return to pay an election bet The distance is eight miles. Philadelphia, Pa., November 12.? "I bet on Harrison and Reid," is the legend in red and blue chalk on a large placard which decorated tbe front of a hand organ, being ground on Vine street by a atylish dressed man, William Nel? son, who agreed if Harrison lost to play a hand-organ in the streets of this city for six hours, aud on inauguration day to go to Washington and play in front of the reviewing stand as the parade goes by. In addition be alao bet half his month's salary in advance and all his ready money?a little over $50. Lono Branch, N. J., November 12.? T. Vinton Murphy, for many years a gaugeriu tbe New York Custom House, and youngest son of ex Senator Thomas Murphy, fulfilled his part of an election wager tbia afternoon. Mr. Murphy lost on Harrison, and taking Mr. William R. Warwick, a contractiog roofer, upou his back, he carried him through the prom? inent Btreets, surrounded by children and headed by a base drum. The streets were crowded, and people were willing specta? tors to the novel sight. The Senator witnessed his son's feat and applauded him for courage. Philadelphia, Pa., November 12.? John Leithead, a foreman of Engine Company 19, Gerraantown, will sit as a target to-day until William Benett, a horseman, throws four dozen eggs at him. The wheolbarrow has been so common that its fulfillment attracts little atten? tion, while barefooted men, otherwise fully dreased, men with faces half shaven and other peculiar Iobbcs are very num? erous. Rahway, N. J., November 12 ? Louis Borgmeyer, Republican, and Ed? ward A, Spence, Democrat, settled an election bet to-night. Between 8 and 9 o'clock Borgmeyer wheeled Spence through Cherry street from the depot to tbe Union County Roadsters' Headquar? ters on Maio street A colored drum corpse headed the procession. Along the route Spence and the Democracy was loudly cheered. androvette will hide in a bar? row. There will be a largo gathering of Daujocrnls at Kreiacherville, S. L, on Monday night, to witness Abram Cole, the Republican Supervisor of the town of Westfield, pay hU election bet. Super? visor Coie made a bet with Murray An drovetle that if Cleveland was elected President he would wheel Androvette through the streetB of the village in a wheelbarrow, seated on a keg of beer. up the street in a wheelbarrow. Charles Diller wheeled Thomas Cough lin in a barrow from No. 247 Centre street, at City Hal! Park, New York City, and back tn the. place of starting, between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Diller aho had his mustache shaved off. He agreed to do this if Cleveland was elected. The Camp George B. McClelland Uni? ted Veterans Army Drum and Fife Corps marched in front of the wheelbarrow, carrying United States flags. The bar? row was elaborately decorated with flags and Diller wore a flag around his shoul? der. Coughlin carried a picture of Cleve I land in bis lap. The procession attracted a big crowd. On tbe way up Centre street Diller had to atop and rest and wipe the perspiration from his face. Another atop was made to allow him to treat Coughlin and the members of the drum corps. Canton, 0., November 12.?Albert Joss, tbe solitary Republican in Wines burg, Holme; County, has been cutting a cord of wood in the public square since election. A bam' lays when he stops to rest. Hundreds of Democrats have been gleefully watching him for three days.? New York World. Where Divorce Is Easy. Pennsylvania is a State of easy di* vorce, the prevailing case being "incom? patibility of temper." A correspondent of the New York Sun, writing from Rou? lette, Potter County, mentions several interesting cases which have come over the border from New York. One farmer from Allegany County, N. Y., well-to-do and a third time married, has sued for divorce on the usual ground, bis com? plaint being that, having prayed for his own children at family devotions and forgotten those of bis wife by former husbands, she commanded him to go through his prayer again and mention the whole family by name. This be refused to do until she had grasped him by the hair with both hands, aid pulling him down on his knees, held him there until he had amended his prayer to order. Of course he would have no standing in a New York Divorce Court. Rather than grant a separation for such a cause the Judge would fix up a prayer for the pious couple on which they could agree unlees the woman had a countless army of relatives. Another suitor for divorce from Alle? gany County is a young woman of 18 who married a man of 70 years. A week after the wedding a neighbor on an ad? joining farm died, leaving bis widow the estate and $13,000 in securities. When the old husband heard of this he seized his young wife, who had brought him no property, and shaking her with violence, swore that but for her he could marry tbe rich widow. After shaking her all around the house he locked himself up in a room, from whence he emerges once a day to shake bis wife and eat a meal. As a Pennsylvania divorce is absolute, allowing both parties to marry again, it is supposed tbat tbe young wife took good care to ascertain that the old man couldn't get the rich widow before begin? ning her suit. There is not enough incompatibility on earth to induce a woman to open such an opportunity for a miserable old curmudgeon of a hus? band. A young man from Cattaraugua Coun? ty seeks a divorce bscause he has never seen his wile since their wedding day. After the ceremony she went to change her bridal dress for a travelling costume witb which to make tbe wed? ding tour, but while he was waiting she sent him word tbat she would not go with him or see him again. She was an orphan of independent means, and nobody can surmise the reason of her conduct. The husband beHevea tbat she is in Europe. A woman from Stuben County seeks a divorce because her husband broke out into a terrible volley of profanity while trying to put up a stovepipe. She fled from the house, but he left the pipe, and, following her to tbe door, assailed her with the most horrible imprecations, concluding with the threat tbat if she ever returned he would blow the house, the stovepipe and herself to Tophet with dynamite. She did not go back, but made a bee line for the land of facile divorce. There are now pending in tbe Courts of Potter and two other counties of the Pennsylvania northern tier forty-Biz divorce cases in different stages of liii gation. Among those who seek this sort of relief are b Brooklyn physician, a well known actress, the wife of a conspicuous New York politician, the daughter of a prominent New York State preacher and a Lake Erie steamboat captain. Out of twenty-two degress of divorce granted by the Courts of the northern counties of Pennsylvania last month twenty were to people of New York, who came into the State for that especial purpose. But New York gets even by marrying bundredB of couples from across tbe Pennsylvania border, who do not like the strict license law of tbe Keystone State. Tbat is to aay, New York doe* the raarryiag and Pennsylvania the divorcing. jf?T There ia more Catarrh in thia section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro? nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incu'.ablo. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and there? fore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on tbe market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a leaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surface of tbe system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case U fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? During tbe winter of 1886 87 u pet? rified frog was found in a quarry near Elmira, N. Y., which wa* 2 feit 8 inches in length and weighed over 100 pounds. This is tbe largest specimen of fossilized frog yet brought to light. ? N. Peck: "I'd have you know, madam, that I have as much right to ven? tilate my opinions as you have." Mra. Peck: "But, my dear, your opinions don't need ventihv:og. They're all wind anyway." Talking On* Thousand Mliss. The perfection of the science of long distance telephony has been going on for the past five or six years, until an epoch of much interest has finally been reach* ed; that is the perfect transmission of articulate speech for a distance of one thousand miles and over. We were invited to attend the first public demonstration of this fact on tbe afternoon of October 18, at the main offices of the Long Distance Division of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, No. 18 Oourtlandt Streot, in this city, and with many distinguished I lights in tbe electrical world listened to the distinct conversation that was car? ried on between that point and the main western office of tbe company at 105 Quincy Street, in Chicago. About one hundred guests were us ara? ble d in the reception room when tb president of the company announced that a cornet solo would first be trans* mitted from Chicago. Soon forty one receiving telephones in New York gave forth every note of the distant instru? ment perfectly, then a funnel was attach* ed to a receiver and the sound was heard by those standing near. Mayor Grant was introdnced and en* tered into conversation with Mayor Wa8hborne, of the city of Chicago. After the usual "Hello 1" he returned the compliments of New York City, on the success of long distance telephony, but had some difficulty in hearing all Mayor Washburne said, because the lat? ter read his speech and neglected to put his mouth close into the transmitter, but otherwise the transmission was perfect. When Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, tbe inventor of the telephone, was intro? duced and sat down in front of tho tele? phone and engaged in p conversation with his old friend, Mr. William G. Hubbard, in Chicago, a scene of unusual interest waa presented, which evidently gave the inventor much satisfaction. Photography was brought into play at this point, recording, by means of the flash light, a picture of the inventor in the act of talking over a thousand miles of space. It was in 1876, at the Philadelphia Centennial, in the presence of tbe Em* peror of Brazil and Sir William Thom? son, that Prof. Bell first showed the oper? ation of his telepbane, having the same Mr. Hubbard as bis assistant, who is also believed to be the first person that ever heard speech through the then new instrument. At the conclusion of the formalities those present were accorded the privi? lege of testing the line personally. Through the courtesy of Mr. A. 8. Hib bard, the expert operator, and Mr. F. A. Pickerneer, the chief engineer of con? struction, we were given an opportunity of trying the line, and conversed perfect* ly with Mr. Edward H. Lyon, the expert operator in Chicago, and with a repre? sentative of the western office of the Sei eniific American, Mr. G. M. Abbott. The most noticeable feature was tbe entire absence of all induction and perfect quiet of the line, also the sharpness of clear cut quality of the words. The sound appeared to be fifty per cent, less in vol? ume than on short lines, but was other? wise as good. On one side of tbe room was a long map showing the direction of the line from New York. It passes by cable under the North River, thence follows highways across tbe country through Newark, N. J., Easton, Harrisburg, Altoona and Pittsburg, Pa., thence to New Castle, 0., South Bend, Ind., and to Chicago. The line is built of two No. 8 hard-drawn copper wires carried along parallel with each other and transposed at certain intervals or crossed diagonally without touching, creating what is termed the electrical balance, which is proof against induction. There are forty-five poles to the mile, each 35 feet high, the total number being 42,750. The distance is 950 miles, and there are 435 pounds of wire to the mile, making a total weight in copper for the circuit of 826,500 pounds. An ordinary circuit for the same distance would weigh but 200, 000 pounds. We were told the circum? ference area of the wire, if laid out to represent a flat surface, would cover 5-10 acres. The company have been but six months in building the extension of the line from Pittsburg westward, and will Boon be able to connect Chicago with Milwaukee and other cities. Conversa? tion has been carried on successfully between Chicago and Boston, a distance of about 1,200 miles. It should bo mentioned that an impor? tant element in the success of long dis? tance telephony is the improved battery now used for energizing the transmitter, which has the merit of maintaining a nearly uniform electro-motive force of high tension for an extensive period of time. It is an improvement on the well known Fuller battery, and consists in the glass jar a solution of bichromate of soda and sulphuric acid, made as fol? lows: Water, 10 gallons; commercial sulphuric acid, 25 pounds; and bichro? mate of sodium, 8} pounds. In the bottom of the porous cup is placed mer? cury, an amalgamated zinc and a satu? rated solution of common salt. One large plate of carbon forme the other pole. A wood cover fits over the jar to prevent evaporation of tbe fluids. The outer solution, when fresh, has a light orange color. When exhausted, the solution changes to a dark olive green. It is called the "Standard" battery. Three cells are used to operate the trans? mitter, and were employed in making the test between New York and Chicago. We were informed also tbat the long distance transmitter has been improved by using in it one uniform size of carbon granules, obtained by passing them through a sieve of a certain mean. The enterprise shown by the company in this great undertaking is worthy of all praise. It ia a remarkable achievement, indicative of marvelous possibilities in the future, in an art still in its infancy. Tbe officers of the company are: John E. Hudson, president; E. J. Hall, vice president; Melville Eggleston, sec retary ; W. R. Driver, treasurer. Each invited guest was presented with a neat souvenir consisting of a spiral coil of the No. S copper wire flattened at each end, from which is susp^ed two miuiature receivers. The words "New York" and ^ Chicago" are stamped on each end. Among those present at tbe Chicago office were George M. Pullman, Columbus R. Cummings, Professor John P. Barrett.and E. M. Barton. The rate for five minutes conversation between New York and Chicago is to be $9.? Scientific American. All Sorts of Paragraph?. ? Only one man in 203 is over 6 feet in height. ? In India there in a species of crow that laughs just like a human being. ? "Hades must be like a big betel in the crowded season." "Yes?without fire escapes." ? A chain made for the United States Government at Troy, N. Y., in 1883 was six miles and a fraction in length. ? Nineveh, the aucient city,>as 14 miles long and 8 miles wide, surround* ed by a wall 100 feet high and 29 feet ? wide. ? We endorse all the proprietors say about tbe merits of Salvation Oil. It is tbe greatest cure on earth for pain. 25 eta. ? Oregon has a Masonic membership of nearly thirty six thousand. At the end of the year it will probably reach tbat mark. ? A woman in Ohio has a churn which has been in her possession for 55 years, and which has made more than $10,000 worth of butter. ? "Where do the flies go in the win? ter?" "I doc't know. I have never tried to find out. I am quite satisfied to know they go." ? A chemist advised tbat canned fruit be opened an hour or two before it is used. Ii is far richer after the oxygen of the air has been restored to it. ' ? A fast penman will write at the rate of 30 words a minute, which means that in an hour's steady writing he has drawn his pen along a space of 300 yards. ? The new Century Dictionary con? tains two words tbat are worth remem? bering. They are trecsubstantiation alist and palatopharingeolaryngeal. ? At the head of tbe Gulf of Bothnia there is a mountain, on the summit of which the sun shines perpetually during the five days of June 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. ? The largest .and oldest chesnut tree in the world stands at tbe foot of Mount Etna. It is 213 feet in circa inference and is known to be at least 2,000 years old. ? The county commissioners of Car? bon county, Pa., recently sold 10,000 acres of unredeemed mountain land. Some of it was sold for less than three cents an acre. ? A postal card was sold in Paris for fifty dollars a short time ago. It had gone around the world after the person to whom it was addressed and bore seventy two postmarks. ? "It is a pity," said an Irish laborer tbe other day, as he warmed his hands; "it is a pity tbat we can't have the cold weather in tbe summer, and the hot weather in the winter. ? Alcohol was invented 750 years ago by the son of a strange woman, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a pow? der to paint themselves that they might appear more beautiful, and this powder was called alcohol. ? In England the country roads are so good that a single horse can pull a vehicle with two passengers and a driver more then forty miles a day, and do it with perfect ease. The public highways are likewise good on the conti? nent. 11? Small boy?Hurry up doctor. A fellow round the corner fired loose with his fist and hit a book agent an awful lick on tbe cheek. Doctor?Where is the book agent? "It ain't tbe book agent that wants you. It's the fellow that hit him." ? Constipation is the parent of innu? merable diseases, and should, therefore, be promptly remedied by the use of Ayer's Cathartic Pills. These pills do not gripe, are perfectly safe to take, and remove all tendency to liver and bowel complaints. ? The professors in charge of the com? mission to determine the exact longitude of Montreal found that it took but a tri? fle over a second to telegraph from that place to London and get a reply. The distance travelled by the electric current was 8,000 miles. ? In England farming ia considered a business that must be learned, as well as anything else. A man without experi? ence would have difficulty in renting or leasing a good farm there, no matter how much capital he might have. ? For sick headache, caused by a dis? ordered stomach, Ayer's Cathartic Pills are the most reliable remedy. "My mother first recommended these Pills to me, thirty years ago. Tbey are the mild? est and beet purgative in use."?S. C. Bradburu, Worthington, Mass. ? Among the most remarkable inven? tions at the recent papsr exhibit at Ber? lin was a set of paper teeth made by a Lueback dentist in 1878. They have been in constant use for more than thir? teen years and show absolutely no wear whatever. ? "I have just been reading an inter? esting story of two men who were lost in the Adirondack* while hunting," said the beautiful Miss Huckins. "Were you ever lost, Nr. Tubbs?" "Once." "When?" "When I first saw you I was lost in ad? miration and I may add tbat I have not since been found." ? "What do you think of Mr. Thomp? son, ma?" "He seems to be very nice, but I would not encourage him if I were you." "Why not, ma?" "He has red hair, and redheaded men are always de? ceitful." "But pa has red hair." "Well, not quite red. It's quite red enough though." ? "Tbe evidence against you iu this case," said the judge, "clearly convicts you of the crimo of bigamy. The jury ha? sentenced you to four years in the peniteutiary, and I am bound to add that I fully concur in tbe verdict. Have you anything to say why sentence should net be passed upon you?" "Nothin', Judge," answered the prisoner, penitent? ly. "Four years is about right, I reckon, - I've got four wives."