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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON. S. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1893. VOLUME XXVIIL?NO. 18.' DEALERS IIV Greneral Merchandise, CASH COTTON BUYERS/ Are now loaded from Cellar to Ceiling with their Immense line of F?LL AND WINTER GOODS. WE CAW SAVE YOU MONEY ON Jam, Xhoiffi, Gasadmnrs, ontmo,. GmeJuiBs, Fnnl8,&c. WE haWt the largest Stock of Goods eJer brought to Anderson, and not near as much money.as we need, but one look at our Goods and Prices will convince any fair-minded man that we carry one of the best selected Stocks of hr^vy and staple Dry Goods and Groceries, and are? Satisfied with Less Profit than any One! . Yours in earnest, BKOWNLEE & VANDIVERS. P. S?The Finest Coffee, Tobacco and Flour on earth. Pocket Knives, Table Knives ! One Thousand Varieties! The Rangoon Razor Every Razor Warranted. Price, $1.50. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. Yon Miss Half Yonr Life when yon Fail to See WILL. R. HUBBARD'S JEWELRY PALACE. .ORE Goods than yon can shake a stick at. and at prices tbat will astonish the natives. Yon will certainly lose money if yon don't see me BEFORE' BUYING. My stock of Gold and Silv?r Watches cannot be surpassed in the State. Plain Gold and Set Rings. Sterling Silver and Plated Knives, Forks and Spoons. Japanese Goods, China Novelties. China Tea Sets, Chamber Sets, <tc, in great variety.* JEWELRY WORLD WITHOUT END. ?&- Promptness in everything. Watch Work a Specialty. 5aa- Engraving free on all Goods bought cf me. WILL. R. HUBBARD, ? Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. LADIES' STORE I 42-.PATTERN HATS.42 PERFECT beauties, all different shapes and exquisite colors. All who have seen them exclaim, "I have never Been the like ia Anderson !" Forty-two Pattern Hats at prices ranging from $3 00 to $10 00. We have never had as Complete line of Millinery 1 In fact, our stock of 8ILK8, 8ATJNS. VELVET8, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS and HIGH NOVELTIES has no equal In (he up-country Our prices are as low as the lowest, quality of Goods unsurpassed. We cordially ask an inspection of Goods, and? DEFY COMPETITION. Our polity Salevladies are ready and willing to show Goods and quote prices. If you are pleaSfcd with Goods and prices they will be delighted to sell you. Thanks for the past, and hoping for the future, we are Respectfully yours, MISS LIZZIE WILM A MS. A FREE TRIP JUST now around the world would be a most enjoyable thing, but the undersigned wants to inforai the trading public that he has just opened business at the old Hubbard stand, in the McCully Block, and will be more, than pleased? TO Greet his old friends there. His Stock consists of Staple and Fancy Groce? ries, Cigars, Tobaeco, Confectioneries, Fruits, Etc., and? THE Prices on the same are so low that the stingiest man in the County would be so well pleased as to take a trip to the? WORLD'S FAIR. Come to see me when 3 on wa'nt anything in the Grocery line. I want to build up a good trade, and will make it to your advantage to trade with me. p*- All orders from City patrons will be highly appreciated, and will be delivered promptly and FREE OP CHARGE. Respectfully, Gr. F. BIGrBT?7". GLENN SPRINGS WATER ? wiy. CURE ? Dyspepsia, Liver Complaiat, Chronic Heptatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver, and general debility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Haeniaturia and Catamanial derangements. -FOR 8ALE BY .A.. IT. TOIDID & CO. May 81,1883 48 6m o o % ?B OD ?I Ha Id a o ? CO B . Uo Og og L? a e 3 CO cd o CO cd =5 < W?g.*-. J'fSI ?fl i. ? "2 ja li r5 O _ ??? ? ai - ? 5 Ii W ^ ? es ??? S gaffe's 9 ? & ~-? S? 83 * * b ^ ? ^ o o >>^3 H o m^fl t o o) W.Sja*^ a g.a?? xSBg-qS 5 L? co S X ? CO n o.? ? 10 U au a Trusteed Sal? of Lands! BY virtue of the power conferred on me in a Deed of Traut executed by John Martin on the 4th day of October, 1893, I offer for sale the following property, to wit: A Tract of Land containing 440 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Robert Martin, Thomas Shearer,-Webb and others, situate in Rock Mills Township, Anderson County, 8. C, on Seneca River, it being the Tract upon which eaid John Martin resides. This Land will be divided and sold in three or more Tracts to suit purchasers. Said Land is offered for sale at private sale, and if not so disposed of earlier, I will sell the same at pablic outcry to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door at Anderson, S. C, between tbe usual hours for public sales, on Salesday in No? vember next Terms of Sale?One half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, secured by bond and mortgage, with interest from day of sale at eight per cent per annum, paya? ble annually, with leave to anticipate pay* ment Purchasers to pay extra for all-ne? cessary papers. For plata and further information apply to J. J. Pretwell, Murray & Watkins, or the undersigned. JEPTHA HARPER, Trustee. Pot 11, 1893_15_4 MASTER'S SAL?. 8TAT13 OF 80UTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court Common Pleas. J. H. Wardlaw, etal.ys. E. M.'Stone, eiral. Foreclosure, PURSUANT to an order made by Judge J. J. Norton in the above stated case, I will sell in front of the Court House at Anderson, 8. O, on Salesday in November next, during the usual hours of sale? ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, Containing- one hundred and thirty-two acres, situated in Garvin Township, on Tbree and Twenty Creek, adjoining lands of A. W. IMckens, E. M. Stone and others. This is a fine Farm, well suited to stock raising and general farming. It has good bottoms and upland, plenty of timber, and very well watered. It is known as tbe Jobn Wardlaw place. Mr. E. M. Stone will show parties wishing to purchase the land and lines. A plat of the place may be seen in 0. WarAlaw's office. Terms of Sale?Half cash, balance on a. credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale at eight per cent, per annum, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate pay? ment. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. M. BURRISS .Master. Oct 11?1M3_15__4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andebson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. L. H. Brock and T. H. Brock, Partners &c , Plaintiff*, vb. D. 8. Branyan, N. C. Bnnyan, S. Bleckley and J. J. Fretwell, Partners, Ac, et al, Defendants.?Fore? closure on Real Property. PURSUANT to the order of Court here? in, I will expose, to sale on Salesday in November next, at Anderson C. H., S. C, during the usual hours of public sale, the Lar d described as follows, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or Tract of Land, containing 254 acres, more or lees, adjoining lands of Mrs. Lavinda 8ea wright, R. B. Kay, R. H.: Branyan, J. C. Williams and others. Terms?One-third cash, balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Oct 11, 1893_15_3 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. in the Court of Common Pleas. Ezekiel Harris vs. H. Watkins and Reu? ben Watkins.?Complaint to Foreclose Mortgage on Real Estato. IN obedience to the order of sale in the above stated action, I will ?eil on Salesday in November next, the Land described as follows to wit: All tbat certain Lot, piece or parcel of ] Land, containing 96 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County and State aforesaid, on waters of Bsirker's Creek, waters of Little River, adjoining lands of | John T. Green, Robert Branyan, and others. Terms?One-half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of tbe premises, v/'r.h leave to anticipate pay? ment. Purchaser to pav extra for papers. F.. M. BURRISS, Master. Oct. 11, 189?, 15 3 SECURE A HOME! Now IS THE TIME TO SECURE A HOME, in a prosperous City, for about tbe Bame money you pay for rent. We have Improved and unimproved Lots in desirable localities, which we offer for sale on the Installment Plan. Don't fail to take advantage of this oiler. Call on or address McCULLY & CATHCART, Anderson, S. C. Oct 11, 1893_15_4_ DID YOU KNOW ? rpHAT you could buy Fro m The Best Roasted Cofifce, Tbe Best Muscovado Molasses, Tbe finest assortment Wall Paper, A. B. TOWERS. I am selling a number of articles for less than cost Come and see what I have. Those that owe me money are requested to pay. I need the money. You wi'l feel be'ter, and make me feel good. A. B. TOWERS. A. M. MANIGAULT, 21 BROAD St., - CHARLESTON, S. C. Stock and Bond Broker. Liberal advances on Securities de? posited for sale. LOANS NEGOTIATED, Oct 25,1893 17 4 BILL ARP'S LETTES. Why He Did Not Bee the Great Columbian Bxpcaltion. Atlanta Constitution. It was a great show, the greatest show on earth. I reckon. I wanted to go and see it, butI didn't go. I tried to get in on the ground floor for my? self and my wife, but I couldn't, and as I didn't have money enough for two I concluded to stay at home. That's loyalty-*-conjugal loyalty. There was another reason. I heard a man talk? ing about another man and he said : "Yes, dogon him, he can go to Chicago and.takes his wife, ^ut he can't pay me that grocery bill "he's been owing me for six months." I owe a few of these darn little just debts myself, and I didn't want to be talked about, so it's alright. It's an awful time to be sending the money out of the country anyhow and getting nothing but pleasure. It's well enough to celebrate Columbus and make a great display, but the times are unfortunate and the, great United States Senate won't do anything but draw their pay, and everything is demoralized. I wish now we had let Mr. Columbus alone. "Lead us not into temptation," is a good prayer. If'there had been no fair nobody would have wanted to go and our money would have been kept at home. Columbus wasn't such a wonderful man no how. He didn't mean to discover America, and he didn't know he had discovered a new continent when he landed. He was on the make. He stole Indians and carried them away and sold them. History does not make him a great man nor a good man, but he was an enterprising navigator and was a suc? cess, that's all. I would rather have been Galileo than Columbus. He dis? covered a far bigger thing and did it on purpose. It was not an accident. He discovered the universe, the solar system and declared it to mankind. My admiration for him is profound, and I wish the schoolboys and girls to read about him and think about him. It was just 300 years ago this month that he convinced himself that the sun did not go around the earth, but the earth went around the sun. What a stupendous assertion for any man to make ! Just think of it! For thou? sands of yearB everybody had seen the sun to rise and set and rise again every twenty-four hours, and nobody doubted or suspected but what it went around the earth and that the earth was stationary. It does look that way, doesn't it ? No wonder every? body believed it. Joshua believed it when he commanded the sun to stand still on Cideon. Solomon believed it, and so did all the astronomers of Egypt and of Greece and Eome. So did Shakespeare and Bacon and the wise men of England. How could any man dare to say that the earth went around the sun, making a circuit of 200,000,000 miles in a year and get back to the same identical spot from whence it started ? Columbus didu't do anything or know anything to be compared to it. Galileo upset and de? stroyed the theory of ages and he challenged the astronomers and the mathematicians of the world to listen to him and to come and examine his proofs. That was only 300 years ago. Just think how long the world had slept in utter ignorance of the grand? est thing the human mind can contem? plate?the solar system. We ought to have celebrated Galileo in some way this very year. Columbus discovered a continent, but didn't know it. Ga? lileo discovered a universe and did know it. Copernicus had in a timid way declared the same solar system some fifty years before, but he died without converts, and his theory died with him. Even Galileo kept it a se? cret for seven years. He was afraid of the Pope, and after he did announce it he was put in prison and kept in a dungeon until his health broke down and his wife did like Job's wife. She begged him to recant and say he had lied and he did it. It was a memora? ble sight, the scene of that recanta? tion. The great philosopher down on his knees before the Pope and in the presence of cardinals- and priestB and learned men, swearing with uplifted hands that the earth did not go around the sun, but the sun went around the earth every day. But as he rose up and retired from the Pope's presence he whispered to a friend, "I have re? canted and abjured only to Bavcmy life. The earth does revolve on its axis and around the sun." Then for seven years he had to go before the priest three times a week and recite the seven penitential psalms as an atonement for his heresy. The Pope and priesthood declared 'his new theory to be heresy because it con? tradicted the Bible. Galileo had made him a telescope, the first one ever made. He made the tube out of an old organ pipe and got a spectacle maker to grind him a concave glass for one end and a convex glass for the other, and then to his surprise and delight he saw stars, more stars, new stars. He improved the telescope un? til it magnified thirty times and he saw the moons of Jupiter. When he announced his discoveries, the wise men said he was a crank, a fanatic, a fool. They said that any star or planet that could not be seen with the naked eye was not intended to be seen and it was sacrilege to pry into the mysteries of God. They said there couldn't be but seven planets for there were but seven days in the ? week and seven metals and seven holes in a man's head. They kept that poor man under watch and persecuted him to such an extent that he lost his sight and when John Milton came to visit him there were two blind men together conversing earnestly and se oretly about the universe, the solar system and the wonderful works of the Creator. There was a scene for a painter?Milton and Galileo?each soaring in realms of thought far above the conception of mankind and com? forting each other in their afflictions. But in his last days Galileo triumphed over all his enemies and established his wonderful discoveries. He lived to reap some rewards, and although blind and deaf, he was visited by the most noted men of the civilized world. Just think what martyrdom the truth has to suffer before it is es? tablished. And the king said unto his servants "what honor and dignity had been done unto Mordccai for this?" And they said "nothing has been done." That is the way of the world still. The benefactors of mankind are soon forgotten. Morse and Cyrus Field and Maury and Crawford Long and Elias Howe are passing out of mind and mention. The great heroes of war, the men of blood, get fame and a name, but those men who have done most for mankind in the arts of peace get but a small record in the annals of history. Let our boys and girls read more biography of the great and good men who have passed away. It is as interesting as a romance. It beats baseball and bicycles. I asked a young lady not long ago who composed that beautiful music ?he was playing and she said "Beethoven." "Who was he," saidl. "Whatnationality ?" I was sorry that I asked the question, for she didn't know. The children should be encouraged to read about somebody every day or night. Fill the mind with useful knowledge and it will be a comfort when old age comes. Bill Arp. Temperance Reform. In the northern part of the Sea of Japan, some forty miles distant from the large island of Ezo, lies a tiny is? land called Okushiri. Its soil is fer? tile. Trees of varying proportions cluster thickly over its surface. The agriculturist and the lumberman might find profitable occupation there. But the chief pursuit of the people is fishing. Every spring great shoals of herring approach the coast, and the fish are easily captured in such quan? tities that this one bountiful dispen? sation of nature suffices to feed and clothe the inhabitants from year's end to year's end. Living thus in ease and plenty the people might be expected to develop qualities usually incidental to such circumstances, and they appear to have fallen pretty freely into the vice of drunkenness. In 1885 there were some 260 souls in the island. They possessed only four fixed nets. They lived in houses thatched with coarse grass; they had scarcely any roads, and they could boast only a single school. Yet they consumed annually $3,000 worth of sake in addition to shochu and other strong drinks. In short, these common fisher folks spent upon intoxicating beverages more than $1 per month for every unit of their number, including women and chil? dren. The same ratio of intemper? ance applied to the whole of Japan would signify an annual expenditure of $500,000,000 on intoxicating bever? ages alone. In the face of this reck? less outlay for liquor the people often' suffered severely from hunger and cold during the winter, the price of rice ranging very high in the midwin? ter months and the dwelling houses being ill adapted to exclude the in? clement atmosphere. The local au? thorities prevailed upon them to adopt a system of storing provisions against times of scarcity, but their resources, reduced by payments on account of sake, were insufficient to accomplish anything effective in that line. These circumstances induced some bold men among them to openly de? nounce the excessive use of alcoholic beverages as the cause of all the peo? ple's sufferings and to preach the ne? cessity of applying to useful purposes the funds thus squandered. The cru? sade provoked violent opposition, but in 1884 the inhabitants were induced to enter into the following agreement: Covenant made by the people of Okushri Island and concern? - the sale and purchase of alcoholic bever? ages and the use of the same in the Island of Okushri. This land which we inhabit is a lonely island in the Pacific Ocean. Its inhabitants, numbering ninety fami? lies, find almost their only means of amusement in drinking alcohol. Nine out of every ten are addicted to sake, the sums annually spent upon which aggregate a heavy amount. Debtors are unable meet their en? gagements, and some are even com? pelled to depend on official aid for sup? plies of food. We are threatened with misery, and some extraordinary measure is necessary to save us. Fru? gality must be the rule of our conduct, and every kind of excess must be avoided. We, therefore, hereby re? solve to abstain from the luxury which we relish above all others, namely, sake, so as to terminate the importation of the liquor into the is? land. The money hitherto devoted to the purchase of sake shall be applied to lay in stocks of rice and other grain as a provision against future want on the one hand, and to increase the capi? tal available for fishery purposes on the other. [Signatures of the promoters.] Dated July, 1884. Article 1. We, the inhabitants of Okushiri Island, jointly and sever? ally, in accordance with the covenant hereby signed, do pledge ourselves to abandon wholly the said purchase and use of alcoholic beverages. 117 Okushiri Islanders. The consequences of this covenant were marked. It was rigorously ob? served. Even Government officials, whatever their rank, had to give up sake drinking when they visited the island, and as a matter of course every dramster who could not reform was compelled to take his departure. Or? der thenceforth reigned completely and prosperity "ame with rapid strides. The population increased fivefold in five TJ^rs and the capital invested in tht ?rroAing industry tenfold. Keed thatches were replaced by shingles. Four granaries were kept full of rice, and in addition each house had a store of its own. It is stated that there is now stored in the island rice sufficient to support the people for three or four years, even though the herring fishery shoul fail entirely. Roads have been constructed in places where nothing of the kind existed before. The prin? cipal school has been greatly improved and several branch schools have been established. New lands have been brought into cultivation and hemp to the value of $2,000 is grown annually for the man? ufacture of fishing nets, which, before the signing of the covenant, had to be imported entirely from the mainland. Statistics also show a marked decrease of crime, and so famous did the suc? cess of the experiment become that a large community of settlers in the neighboring Island of Ezo pledged themselves to a covenant similar to that of Okushiri and with similar happy results. Finally we may add that when the five years originally contemplated by the covenant expired it was renewed for another term of five years despite the opposition of an influential local official.?From the Ja? pan Mail. ? ?-? Luck lens Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Ehcuui, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup? tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund? ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. _ ? Norway men cannot vote unless they have been vaccinated. ? Mr. Eastside?Have you read Dante's description of hell ? Mr. Westsidc?Don't need to read it. My wife's mother is living with us now, a' i my eldest daughter is taking ! anxicssous, CHARLESTON'S HEROISM. Bow a Southern City Withstood the Trials of War. Detroit Free Press. The historian has finished his account of the civil war, and the sol? dier has written his book of peril and adventure in the field, but, so far, no one has told the full story of what Charleston suffered and endured dur? ing the long years of strife, nor how Sumter was held and defended in a manner to excite the admiration even of those most earnestly engaged in the attempt to possess, her. When the war began the citizens of Charleston divided with the Confed? erate government. Within a year they divided again. Before the war was two years old silverware was being melted up, church bells sent to the cannon foundry, and every family making sacrifices in some direction. When the Confederate government wanted lead the waterpipes of Char? leston were torn out of house and street and contributed to the extent of 70,000 pounds. When iron was want? ed the gaspipes were cheeefully parted with. Every house was a temporary hospital, and every household felt it a duty to divide its provisions and bed? ding with the men who were fighting for the Confederacy. The rich of Charleston did not speculate on the misfortunes of the poor. Instead of buying in clothing and provisions to sell again at an advance, they clubbed together to fit out whole companies of soldiers and batteries of artillery. Richmond took up the rails of her street car lines and sent them to the Confederate foundry, but Charleston stripped herself of everything and gave it all to the cause she espoused. One blockade-runner took $85,000 worth of ladies' jewelry to Nassau and exchanged the lot for $23,000 worth of shoes and clothing for Confederate soldiers. Valuable watches, diamonds and jewels of all kinds came North by secret agents and were exchanged for drugs for sick soldiers. Bedding, carpets and crockery were taken from the finest houses and sent to equip Confederate hospitals, and that with? out a demand having been made for even a blanket. The first shell from Gilmore's "Swamp Angel," located five miles away, struck a building near the post office and exploded with a crash which turned 5,000 people out of bed. Those who heard the horrible screaming of that great shell as it came over the waters of the bay will never forget the sound. In five minutes a second one came, but this one failed. By the time the third one arrived all Char? leston was awake and full of alarm and horror. That was the beginning of a siege which has no parallel in Ameri? can warfare. Day after day, .week after week, month after month, with only intervals of a few hours at a time for the guns to cool or some new move to be made, the bombardment contin? ued. Grant did not care to injure Petersburg. Gilmore would have wiped Charleston off the face of the earth if he had been able. That first night's experience was enough to arouse the city to action. Not a building in the lower part of the city was safe from the big shells loaded with Greek fire. Under the advice of the chief of the fire depart? ment every house kept a ready supply of water on hand, in barrels and other vessels. In some districts bodies of minute-men were formed, who would rush to the spot where a shell fell and quickly subdue the flames, in case a fire was started. The business streets were all paved with cobblestones. These stones were all taken up and dumped into the sea, and it was a wise precaution. Scores of shells fell upon the streets and buried themselves in the sand and exploded without damage. By and by the people became used to the situation, and seemed to go to bed without any more fear than would have been shown in New York. While the street cars ceased to run, all .other business was' transacted as usual, and during the hottest fire of the whole siege men were loading ves? sels at the wharves, various factories were running, and children were play? ing in the public parks. Federal history pictures Charleston in ruins and filled with woe and desolation within thirty days after Gilmore open? ed fire. As a matter of fact busines/ was not suspended for a single hour. While a few families left the city, others came in, and after the first fortnight the shells were looked upon as a matter of course. Probably not more than thirty inhabitants were killed by the missiles direct, and both of the big fires had their origin in other causes. As Charleston began? proud, haughty, imperious and defiant ?so she remained to the last, and when evacuated the Southern Con? federacy was drawing its last breath of life. < American history will yet recognize the defense of Fort Sumter as the most gallant and determined act in the history of this nation. Wrested from Maj. Anderson in 1861, it did not receive a shot from the Federals until April, 1863, .and then occurred the first trial ?of the monitors. That defeat seemed to place the Federal government on its mettle, and prepa? rations were at once entered into to attack Charleston from every side. The programme included the occupa? tion of Foley and Morris islands, and the reduction of Sumter by gradual approach and steady pounding. Up to September 5 Fort Sumter had been struck 5.634 times by the heaviest missiles known in warfare. From the 28th to the 30th of October, 1,115 shots were fired by the ironclads. From the 28th of October to the 2d of November there was fired a total of 5,565 shots. On the 2d the monitors fired slowly at long range and every one of the 140 shots struck the Fort. At this time the Federals had gained a foothold on the lower end of Morris Island and erected a strong battery from which shot reached the fort. At the close of the 122d day of the siege there had been fired at Sumter: Shots. From land batteries.1,803 From monitors. 471 From monitor schooners.1,467 Total.3,741 Of this number 2,952 struck the Fort with more or less damage, and the others passed over. From the 7th of April, 1863, to the i last day of November, same year, the Federals threw 18.000 shots at Sum? ter, 7,800 of which missed. After that date no record was kept of the number. Day in and day out, night and day, for 130 days, the Confederate kept an accurate account of every shot which hit or missed, and made a report of the nature of the projectile. When the \w was closed, Fort' Sumter, was dWdl' but a huge pi In of brick and stoM heaped up as if a ' great wall had fallen. Underneath this debris was a Confederate garrison with only two cannon, but still strong enough to beat off every attack by small boats, The records of war for a thousand years past cannot furnish another such case. During the siege the flagstaff was shot away 122 times, and eighty men lost their lives in replacing it. Nothing was left of the Fort but the lower bomb-roofs. The debris was in some places twenty-five feet thick. Since the war the govern? ment has spent a million dollars there, and yet the spot to-day is simply a sand pile, inclosed by a wall ten or twelve feet high, with eight or ten guns in position to command the en? trance to the harbor. It was under constant fire over 500 days, and was assaulted again and again, and yet it fell into Federal hands only after Sherman's movements made its evac auation a matter of policy. Mr, Traxler Withdraws. Columbia St-ate.^ State Liquor Commisioner D. E. Traxler has not allowed his oase in the Baptist church at Timmonsville to come to a trial, as did those ohargedin the Marion Street Methodist church here with a similar offense. He has ? ' simply withdrown from the church, and his withdrawal has been accepted. He is therefore no longer a member of the congregation. Mr. Traxler yesterday returned to the city and was asked about the ac? tion of the church, which considered the matter Sunday night last. He said that when the charges were pre? ferred he intended to make a defense and at the first meeting appointed for the consideration of the base had it postponed to give him time to prepare his denfense. "The meeting at which this matter was considered, however,: was a spe? cial meeting, said Mr. Traxler. "When the meeting was called to order I read this to them : " 'Timmonsville, S. C, Oct. 21,1893. 1 Timmonsville Baptist Clmrch: 'Brethren : It is with heartfelt re? gret that I am forced to sever my church relations. I leave. you with best wishes for advancement of our Master's work. I assure you no prej? udice is entertained against the de? nomination for I can never be any? thing save a Baptist. 'My views have not changed from those en pressed in previous letters. I have received thirty or more replies from able divines and Christian gen? tlemen all over the State touching my position, and the majority express themselves to my entire satisfaction. This suffices me. I have therefore, decided to abandon any further de? fense of the charges against me. 'The result of a long trial, whether in my favor by a few votes of not would do me no good and the little gain it would afford might involve my denomination in endless trouble all over the State; which I do not desire to see. 'Under these circumstances, I would rather suffer individually at your hands. 'I thank you all for courtesy shown me, and ask that my pame be dismiss? ed from the roll by a motion without further trial. 'Fraternally, 'D. H. Traxlee.'" Mr. Traxler said: "I had a defense prepared that would have taken me about three hours to read, but after considering everything I decided that the course I pursued would be best. I had canvassed the members and about half of them would have sus? tained me. I couldn't see that a defense of the charges would have done me any good, for I did not care to win the case by only two or three votes. Such a result would have caused endless trouble in the Baptist Church in other cases which may de? velop. I'm excommunicated, of course, but I am a Baptist still and could be nothing else. "At the conclusion of the reading of my letter a motion was made to ac? cept my withdrawal and it was unani? mously carried. No attempt whatever was made to push the hearing of the case against me and the whole matter did not consume but a few minutes." Potter Palmer's Two Engineers. I know a good story about Potter Palmer which has never yet been pub? lished. One day Mr. Palmer went down into the engine room of his hotel, and, in some way, got into a dispute with the engineer. Mr. Palmer ended the matter by telling his employee to go to the office and get his salary and get out. Now, this eogineer had been in Mr. Palmer's employ fifteen years? and knew every pipe, wire and rope in the big hotel. The manager of the house, who, by the way, is now a St. Louis landlord, was greatly put out when the faithful employee told him the "old man" had "'fired" him. "Jim," said the manager, "I don't I want you to go. We would be in trouble for months if a new man took your place. I'll tell you what you do. Go and shave off that mighty beard you wear, dress up in your Sunday clothes, and go and strike the "old man" for your old job." An hour later Mr. Palmer was ap? proached by a smooth-faced, neatly dressed man, who courteously inquired if he needed the service of a first-class engineer. "That's just what I do," was Mr. Palmer's reply. "The man I've had has been discharged. He had been a long time in the plaoe, but he got "sassy." As your papers are alright, you can try the place." That happened years ago, but Jim still holds the fort. Mr. Palmer has never regretted that he "fired" that "sassy Jim" and hired in his place the gentlemanly, smooth-faced man who keeps everything in such perfect run? ning order.? Globe-Democrat. State op Ohio, City op Toledo, \ Lucas County. \ 88 FnANK J. Cheney, makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. [seal] A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. JSTSoM by Druggists, 75o. SAH HOUSTON'S MARRIAGE. A Story that Cornea From the Cousin o Deserted Bride. A Terrell, Texas, letter to the St. Louis Republic says: The mystery which has hitherto hung about the first marriage and the separation of Gen. Sam.Houston, the great warrior statesman, is entirely removed by the following story related to the Republic correspondent by the Rev. TV. D. Owen, a Presbyterian ? minister who is here as the guest of a brother minis? ter, having a few days ago arrived from his home in Arcadia, La. Mr. Owen resided in the State of Tennessee for many years, and during his residence there formed the acquaintance of a Mrs. "Williams, a oousin of Miss Allen, the young lady Houston married. A strong feeling of affection exist? ed between the two cousins, and Mrs. Williams, who was a parishioner of Mr. Owen, one day related to him the story of her marriage and separation substantially as' related to her by Miss Allen. To-day Mr. Owen told the story so your correspondent as it was related to him. It was substan? tially as follows: Previous to her engagement and marriage with Houston, Miss Allen was ardently loved by a young man in the neighborhood, whose qame Mr. Owen has forgotten. He was a de? serving young fellow, with bright prospects before him, but was poor in. so far as this world's goods were con? cerned. He- had sought Miss Allen's hand in marriage and was ac? cepted. The marriage would in all probabil? ity have taken place but for the strenuous objections interposed by the young lady's parents. Houston had already paid Miss Allen some at? tention, which she reciprocated in a courteous manner, he being a man of great prominence. With these con? siderations, together, with the pre? ference of her parents, who opposed her own choice, Miss Allen renounced her former lover and accepted Hous? ton's offer of marriage. The day was set for the marriage and all arrangements were made for the event. The wedding occurred at the residence of the bride's father in the presence of a few invited guests, imme? diate friends and relatives of the con? tracting parties. Among the invited was the young man whom Miss Allen had discarded. He entered the room as the marriage ceremony was being conduced, just as the jeweled hand of the bride was extended and grasped by Houston to solemnize the marriage vow. * Miss Allen noted the,entrance of her former lover. Her cheek paled visibly and her hand trembled as it was grasped by Houston. Houston noted her agitation, but said nothing until after the congratulations had been extended and the marriage feast finished. When all these festivities were over and the bride and groom repaired to their room together Houston gave way to his agitation of mind and bluntly demanded of his bride why she had paled and trembled during the performance of the nuptial rites. His wife burst into tears and refused to make answer.. He insisted, stating that it was his right to know. Again she declined, all the time weeping bitterly. A third time Houston de? manded an answer to his questions, and finally his ife, amid tears, told him that she would make reply to'his questions in regard to the matter if he would listen to her explanation after all had beer told. . This condition was agreed to. Houston began first by asking Mrs. Houston if she did not I love another before she met him. Her reply was that she did. His next ques? tion was: ' 'Ho you now love him more than you do your husband?" To this vital question Mrs. Houston replied, "I do." ; "Then," said Houston, "I will re I lease you from the obligations you have I just made." ' And with this blunf. speech .he left his wife, she all the while beseeching I him, amid blinding tears, to wait and listen to her explanation. But he would not, and left her before the evening fell upon that,, to her, woeful day. Of course Houston's action was in? explicable and threw the household, the community and the State into the deepest consternation. What he suf? fered by this step must be left to the I imagination. The pen cannot describe it. Every shaft of malice and abuse was turned against him until, life be? coming intolerable, he resigned the Governorship and betook himself to the sylvan shades of the Cherokees on the borderland of Tennessee and Mis j sissippi, the chief of whom was his I warmest friend. i While on a mission to Washinston, I in later years, Houston passed through Nashville, his former home. Though attired very much in the manner of an Indian, his face so bronzed from ex? posure and heat as to remove almost every trace of his former likeness, he was yet recognized by an old-time I friend, of whom he asked a few ques? tions about Mrs. Houston. The friend told him how, immedi? ately after the separation, she had as? sumed the mourner's garb and retired to a secluded spot in Nashville, where she had since lived in absoute retire? ment, almost the life of a recluse. It is said that Houston was deeply mov? ed by his friend's recital, and regret? ted he had acted so harshly. He would not listen to his friend's en? treaties, however, to return, but contin? ued his journey to Washington without further making his identity known in Nashville. The Rat May be Trained. The rat is not popular with pet lovers in general, but persons who have overheard the repugnance which our race feels for his?Frank Bucllind of England, for instance?insist that he is, above all other little animals, amusing and entertaining. He is full of gambols as a kitten and scrupulously neat in the care of his person, washing and brushing his fur as carefully as a cat. Though not overdainty in feed? ing when he is wilH and has to live by his wits, he is particular and notional to the last degree when he is cared for and able to choose. The rat is pecu? liarly amenable to instruction, readily learns to perform tricks of all sorts, and, what may seem most singular in one against whom every man's haud is raised, he becomes warmly attached to thi) friend who cares for him.?Har? pers Bazar. ? . m t m ? Forty young society men of Chat? tanooga have bound themselves together in an oathbound organization, so it is alleged, to cut down personal expenses by declining all invitations to social functions during the coming season. The motto of the organiza? tion is: "Look out for the pennies; the girls can take care of themselves." All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The average height of clouds is a mile or rather a little more. ? The word penknife is one of the words found only onetime in the Bible. ? Business worries are said to be the cause of 12 per cent of the cases of insanity. ? It is said that people eat 20 per cent, more bread when the weather is cold than when it is mild. ? She?"Did you ever see a full moon?" He?-"'I don't.think lever saw an empty one." ? According to measurements given in the Bible, Noah's Ark was a larger vesssel than the Great Eastern. ? In Chinese the letter I has 145 ways of being pronounced, and eaob, pronunciation has a different meaning.' ? The steamers between Europe and North America carry on an aver? age about 70,000 passengers per month. ? The Swiss postoffice conveys any? thing from a postal card to barrels of wine, scythes and bundles of old^ iron. ? Uncle Sam makes more papery than any other country in the world. The biggest paper mill is at West brook, Me. ? "I'm going to get a divorce." "On what grounds ?" "Bigamy. After I married him I learned he was wedded to his money." ? One of the wagons abandoned by Gen. Sherman's army on its march to the sea is now owned by Jordan Jiai ley, who is using it on his farm in Georgia. ? Childrep in India have to learn the multiplication table up to 40 times 40, and this is further compli? cated by the introduction of fractional parts. j ? There are 2,000 or 3,000 trained I women nurses in New York whoso services are constantly in demand at I from $25 to $35 a week, with board and lodging. ? Hunker?I asked old Mr. Munn 'i: if I might pay my addresses to his . daughter. Spatts?What did he say ? Hunker?He suggested that I pay my debts first. ? "How is it your little baby sister goes to sleep as soon as your father takes her?" Little-four-year-old?"I 'spec it's 'cause she'd rather do that than stay awake and hear him sing." ? The editor's wife?"I'd just like to know what you wanted to buy me that measley old calico dress for?" The editor (humblyj?"Because, my dear, I-er thought you'd look well in print." ? "Wimmen's suffrage?" said Mrs. Holler snag. "Not any fur me, ef you please." "Why not?" "Because, I hev ter wait on Josiar enough ez it is without, goin' ter town an' doin' his votin' fur 'im." ? "Does that mule kick?" asked a man who was standing on the curb. "Nope," repliedJthe proprietor of the animal. "Wid some?rtfiw-hit might be called kickin, but when he^Tfets-go^. hits er explosion." "?At Egg Harbor, N.J., a wtek ago a bride, surrounded by her friends, stood waiting for the man she was to marry. A telegram came saying that he had been called to Philadelphia on business, but would return in time for the ceremony, which had been set 'for high noon. At noon the bride turned to the best man, an old lover, and it was quickly arranged that they should wed. Just as the ceremony was con- ~ eluded the disappointed man rushed in; his train had been late. The bride fainted in her husband's arms. ;? ? Cotton has not made Southern farmers rich, but under a proper sys? tem1 of farming it will do it. When farmers learn to raise their own meat, | bread, fruit, vegetables and farm ani? mals, and supply their own country , with them, and then raise all the high-priced cotton they can, there will be a good reign of unexampled pros? perity, throughout the South, that is, if the politiciiteoi'.j^ill learn to let com? mon sense rule the'r$alm^,<-:*^^^^? ? The black Kings of the African^ coast press your middle finger throe times as a sign of salutation, the Jaganese takes off his-slipper, while the Laplander pushes his nose vigor? ously against you. In Hindostan they salute a man by taking him by the beard, while the people of the Philip? pine islands take your hand and rub their face with it. The King of Ter liate rises to receive his subjects, and they sit down to salute him. ? A Pennsylvania miner found a frog in a cavity in a lump of coul broken by him. He placed the frog in an air-tightpan. Atfirstit showed no < signs of life, but after jbeing in the pan about six hours it began to move about. After 10 hours' expos?re to the light it was as lively as any mod? ern specimen. In size the frog is much larger than the ordinary pond frog and the color of the skin is bril? liant. It weighs abdo^jree-quarters of a pound. ? A flower lately discovered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is white in" the morning, red at noon and blue at night, and is called the chameleon flower in default of any botanical name. It is probably a species of the hibiscus mutabilis. The colors do not pass abruptly from one shade to the other, but change gradually from the white of the morning to the pink and red r.nd thence to the blue at night. The Tehuantepec tree grows to the size of a guava tree and gives out a slight perfume when the flower is of a red color. ? Someone came past Deacon Pod berry's the other night about 10 o'clock, and was surprised to find that good man carefully examining his woodpile. "What are you looking for?" asked the passer-by. "Just examining this load of wood to see if it was all right," answered .the good man. "I bought it from v.Brother Brown yesterday, and to j ight in prayer meeting he called h mself so many kinds of a miserable si!, ler that I thought maybe it was the quality of this load of wood which was weighing on his mind." ? The most curious of all objects in New Zealand is that which the Maoris call "aweto." One is uncer? tain whether to call it an animal or a plant. In the first stages of its exist? ence it is simply a caterpillar about 3 or 4 inches in # length, and always found in connection with the rata tree, a kind of flowering myrtle. It appears that when it reaches full growth it buries itself two or three inches under ground, where, instead of undergoing the ordinary chrysalis process, it be? comes gradually transformed into a plant, which exactly fills the body and shoots up at the neck to a height of 8 or 10 inches. This plant resembles in appearance a diminutive bullrush, and the two, animal and plant, are always found inseparable.