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H|r,TisrKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. VOLUME XXX. -NO ? KE A PLAIN STATEMENT PLAIN! ' IT would be a more than useless task for us to attempt to describe the color, fit and finish of our entire Stock. :? . r' '. What we would impress you with is that we are prepared to show the Public a very elegant Stock of? Richly Tailored Suits, Overcoats and Trowsers, For Men, Boys and Children. If the impression which you gain from the above concise statement is sufficiently strong to bring you here in person, the work of making you a patron of this House will have been accomplished. Respectfully, 0. AN UP TO DATE GROCERY STORE. ^-!?? XH7E? "TETJB BOYS'*?call the attention of the Ladies to the fact that we have YY joat received a freeh line of BUCKWHEAT. OATMEAL, FLAP .TACK FLOUR. FARINA and ROLLED WHEAT. Also, this season's RAISINS. C?R ? KANTS, CITRON and MINCE MEAT. We handleSt. Louis FINE CANDIES, and have joat reodved the largest assortment ever shown in the city. CLEMSON COLLEGE FULL CREAM CHEESE?btat to be bad?always on hand. Ask to see oar 5 pound Coffee, and don't forget we give 8 Iba Soda for 25c We have put in a Pt one for the benefit of the Ladies, and would be pleased to have them call up Ho. 70. Will be glad to attend to any business for them through onr Phone when they don't want to come to the city. Very respectfully, ""-?????"{RUSSELL & BREAZEALE. Phone %o. 70. Free and prompt City Delivery. CHAS. T. BALL ARD, President S. THRTJSTON BALL KRD, 8eo. BALLARD & BALLARD CO. (INCORPORATED.) Daily Output 1500 Barrels of Flour! LOUISVILLE, KY? Oct. 17,1895. io whom it may Concern: This is to certify that BROWKXEE & VANDIVERS are at present our only customers in Anderson, South Carolina. They buy from the Mill direet, in Car lots, and are thus able to sell to the trade at very close prices. Our Flours are-recognized as Standard, and are of the highest quality. We guarantee every package to be absolutely pure, and free from adulteration cf any kind. BALLARD & BALLARD CO., By CHAS. T. BALLARD, Pres. Oct 23, 1895_17_4_ Below we mention a few Goods on which. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY! Doors, Sash and Blinds, Builders Hardware of all kinds, Syracuse Turning Plows, Syracuse Subsoil Plows, Rubber Belting1, Leather- Belting, Machinery Supplies, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Inspirators, &c. Sporting Powder, Blasting Powder, Shot, Loaded Shells, &c. 9& When in the market for any of the above named Goods, or any? thing in the Hardware line, you will do well to inspect our stock and get our price before you buy. Yours truly, BROCK BROS. PROPHYLACTIC?" Preventive of Disease." THE PROPHYLACTIC TOOTH BRUSH! Unlike other Brushes in Construction, Use and Results. IT CLEANS THE TEETH! - FOR SALE BY - ORR & SLOA-JNT. you want to see Pretty Things, Endless Variety drop into that Jewelry Palace, Next Door to Farcers and Merchants Bank. RIDAL PRESENTS.BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, World without end, and at PRICES that will make you SMILE. I have certainly bought the largost and prettiest Stock ever opened up in this City 0 trouble to find what yon want. NOVELTIES BY THE CART LOAD. A visit to my Store will knock the blues sky h*gb. ENGRAVING FREE. tSB- No trouble to show Goods. Eight-day Walnut Clocks $2.00. WILIi. R. H?BBARD, SARGE PIUNKETT. j Watching the "Signs" and the Temper of the People. Atlanta Constitution. Brown and me would proclaim our? selves as believers in "signs," but we know that we would be laughed at and Brown says that he is tired of being made sport of. I could call attention to the comets, the strange seasons and the "dry" storms that all old people remember just before the war, but by Brown's advice I will not, and will be contented by remarking that smarter men than him and me both put to? gether have believed in "signs" and lived to see their interpretations vcri-1 fied. I knew when old John Brown raised thunder at Harper's Ferry that it was a "sign," and I knew when they stop j ped slavery from going into the terri? tories that it was a "sign," but I never thought for once but what our great men in office could manage the matter. We had such great confidence in such men as Toombs and Brown, the Cobbs and Stephens, Jeff Davis and Yancy?such as these?that we paid no attention to "signs" nor to the warnings of some older common people. Such men as were then "leaders" said they could manage the thing and we believed them, and the most of them said there would be no j blood spilt and we believed them, though the "signs" were all against what they did say. When these memories come up in mind I am in doubt whether it is best to depend upon the utterances of "leaders" or to take the "signs" as shadows of troubulous coming events. "Signs", are not confined to war matters, nor do they manifest them? selves altogether through the stars, or through seasons and storms. The temper of the people, the stress of the times?restlessness, anxiety, a loose J morality?such as this I take as the very best of "signs." Such as this speaks stronger than words?it shows us plainer than a look thresh a tele? scope that something is wrong; that something must happen; that we are on the wrong track. A few there may j be who will disagree with this, but a great majority will agree, and the most of mankind, when they find they are on the wrong track, are willing to switch back if they only know how. I To know "how" is a great thing. If we could all agree upon causes then we could know "how"?the cause must first be found before we can ap? ply the remedy. I have my notion as to the cause of our present unrest. The neglect pf rural pursuits is where I take the blight to be, and a return to rural pursuits is the remady in my notion. It is not sufficient that men almost beggars drift into the country seeking work. The men of brains and of capital must turn their attention in this direction. Give up the planning of great enterprises, such as the build? ing of canals, of great cities, great railroads and great whatnots, and the organization of great syndicates for j scientific research and for the heath? ens in Africa. Such as this must divide its brain, its energy, its capital with agricultural development. Rural pursuits must be magnified. Country homes must be made inviting and the common people educated by precept j and by example that in country life there is the least to trouble and the most to be desired. It did not take long for a custom of disparagement and doleful tunes of the countryman's littleness to turn the current toward the towns. It will not take long un? der present conditions to turn that current back if we will all cry out the mistake and can get brains and capital to join in the matter. Mothers and fathers can soon instill into the minds of their children that farming is the very best pursuit if they wish to, and I can tell them that they had better, for all the "signs" say that contented country life is all the hope. The pro? fessions, the mechanios, commerce and industries?everything in the towns is crowded, crowded into dis? tress. In a few years more we must see our land a land of confusion, or else we must see the "country gentle? man" the man of all men. It has been so in Georgia once; it must be so again. Such a train of thought naturally brings to an old man's mind the coun? try homes of the South before the war, and we can but remember the dignity, the culture, the hospitality that pre? sided in these homes. A few, just a few, of them old country gentlemen j are yet living. But there are many J yet living who can remember these grand old homes and the old masters and old mistresses. The most of them gave way under the new era of after the war and many of them died in poverty. They could never learn the new ways?never accept the changed conditions. What a pity that they did not settle down on the old home? stead and there await death. They did not, though they fled to the towns and their children went with them, and those children, in many instances, are the poor people of to-day. Some poor widows and broke-down soldiers, who could not flee, remained upon the farms, and they have fought a greater fight than was the fight between the States, and the day is dawning that shall praise to them a victory, greater than Appomattox, a heroism worthy the noblest praise. In discussing the much visiting that has been going on duriDg the exposi- J tion, Brown and I caught ourselves drawing comparisons between the old time Southern homes and the homes of this day and time. There was nothing thought of seeing eight or ten carriages and buggies and horseback riders in proportions drawn up any Sunday at the old homes. They were all fed with ease and sumptuously. I know that some will be ready to say that slavery gave these old homes their abundance. This is not alto? gether so. The negro cost just about as much in those days as he does now, if not more, but they were managed well by intelligence and discipline. If brainy men and capitalists will turn their attention to these same old plan? tations the same abundance will return there just as it used to be. The war ended with everything demoralized and old timers had a struggle for a foothold. Capital was lacking and without capital there could be no dis? cipline. Whenever you have to pet people to get them to stay with you and work you will find it a hard road to travel. Old-timers giving way un? der conditions, nothing was heard but a doleful tune of country life and of farming. It had its effect. As soon as a boy got big enough to weigh a pound of meat or measure a yard of cloth he was off for some store, or else to the r-.ilroads, cr some of the shops of the industries. As I have said, a few wore fortunate enough to keep this blight from their homes. They I may thank the Lord. Day is dawning for them, for the tide will turn baok brain and capital is going to join you and old Georgia and all the South will flourish as she used to flourish, an the "country gentleman" will be the man of men. But it was Brown's comparisons? his contrasting the old homes with the present?that I started the last para graph on. He, Brown, came in scratching his head, since I began to write, and would insist upon discuss ing the amount of company he is hav ing since the exposition began. The visitors are not to blame, they thin Brown plenty able and willing. It is what he gets for bragging?it don pay to brag, sometimes. "Plunk," says he?he calls me "Plunk" whenever he wishes to be very agreeable. "What?" says I, and pretty sharp ly, for he has borrowed and borrowed till I am smartly disfigured myself. "Some mighty big folks coming to morrow," said he. humbly. "Well," said I simply. "The last dinged thing I had has been eat?all gone, out of everything you must come to the rescue." "Catch our old gander," I said, "an try that on them." Brown smiled a large smile, the first smile of a month. He knew he had them. We have had experience in trying to eat old gander, and any read er who has ever tried to eook a gan der can appreciate Brown's smiles He is cutting the pigeon wing out on the back portch over the sappy solu lion. He is mad at himself a little for not putting the first ?.hat came on the gander?the whole exposition can' destroy one, so let 'em come, Brown is fixed and bragging. Before the war there would have had to have been no resort to ganders As many could have come as wished and brought along their horses and mules and oxen, and their man servant and their maid servant?there would have been no strain and there would have, been no running ofl: to town for a piece of meat and a sack of flour. In fact, plain bacon wonld have been too common for such visitors before the war. A little bit of middling might have been used for seasoning, and there might have been ham with red gravy for breakfast, but a fat young beef, a nice mutton, turkey and chicken and shoat?such as this would have been set before visitors of the olden times on such occasions. The young generation need not con? clude that it was very rich people who could extend such bountiful hospital? ity as I have spoken of. It was com? mon in Georgia?in all the Sonth. There was plenty in the land and made at home. I have in my mind many a good old countryman of Pike and Merri wether and Coweta and Spalding and Henry and Monroe Counties, any one of whom would set a table on any big meeting day with enough to feed a family now to make a crop. And they were not rich men either. Some of them were renters and some over? seers?none of them rich. It was the times, the metods, that made it easy and a pleasure. Georgia was prosperous then. Her best brains were turned to agriculture. There was no laying awake at night studying about "futures." There was no trying to mSke thousands on the tick of a telegram from the gamb? ling hells of New York. Things were real?no dealing in myths. Millions of wheat and thousands of cotton was not sold then until it existed. Such things were produced in reality and engaged the best brains of our country in their production. Trade on paper satisfies now?nothing real, nothing substantial. The farms have went? too slow. They could grow up and wash away for what these "bnoket house" dealers earned. Speculation went on just as well without produc? tion as with it, but at last this "ficti tion" must stop. Things must get upon a real basis or this country is gone. The people are groaning, groan? ing, groaning! All around you there is breeding desperation. Your ill gotten gains will be swep1; from you by some upheaval that you have never dreamed of. There is one hope? Come join your brains with hardy sons of toil. And watch the generous yield of Southern soil; It only craves of laggard sons a touch To yield the same to-day?and just as much. Saege Plunkett. That Boy Conld Talk. The two papas were comparing notes. "Does your boy talk yet?" asked the papa with red whiskers. "Well, he's just learning," replied the papa with the bald head. "And, by the way, he's learning a little too fast to suit me, too." "Never heard that complaint before. What does he say?" "Well, it was this way. You see, we've been in the habit of getting up in the middle of the night and feeding him some milk. He's 20 months old now, and we thought he was getting old enough to do without that. The other night he waked up and began to call for'mikkum.' Ididu't pay any attention to him; so, of course, he kept it up, as babies usually do. "Each time the 'mikkum' came out a little more imperiously. Finally I called to him: " 'You don't need any mikkum. Go to sleep again now.' "There was silence for a few min? utes, and then he began again: " Tar-par!' "No answer. " 'Parpar!' "I said nothing. " 'Par, you old baldhead get up an gimme some mikkum.' " "And did he getit?" asked thepapa with the red whiskers. "He got it."?Buffalo Express. ? While waiting for your' trouble to pass, it will do no harm to try to get a little good out of it. How to Prevent Group. some eeading tiiat will peove interesting to young motiiees. how to guard against the disease. Croup is a terror to young mothers and to post them concerning the cause, first symptomB and treatment is the object of this item. The origin of crop is a common cold. Children who are subjeet to it take cold very easily and croup is almost sure to follow. The first symptom is hoarseness ; this is soon followed by a peculiar-rough cough, which is easily recognized and will never be forgotten by one who has heard it. The time to actis when the child first becomes hoarse. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is freely given all tendency to croup will soon disappear. Even after the croupy cough has developed it will prevent the attack. There is no danger in giving this remedy, for it contains nothing injurious. For sale by Hill Bros, LESSON IN FIRST AID. A Trained Nurse Tells Atout Quick Remedies. She was a very capable little woman and usually "sized up to any occasion," but the care of those children was likely to prove a little too much for her. When she married *. widower and undertook the care of his five boys she knew that she would have to face many unexpected situations, ajd braced herself to do her best. She was not prepared, however, for what she called the "breakage" in the family. The constant risk to life and limb that five active, sport-loving boys were capable of was a new feature in her young life, and she felt that she was in danger of losing her head unless she prepared herself to meet the different calls upon her motherly care. In her extremity she appealed to her friend, the trained nurse. "Can't you give me some points," she said. "Tell me of the proper things to do before the doctor comes in case of certain accidents?won't you ?. Then there are many little things ?bruises and burns and things that I could attend to myself without send? ing for a doctor if I only knew how. Do help me out. Suppose, for instance, one of the boys fell and broke his arm, what should I do before the doctor "If I were you, I would do nothing but wait, unless the surgeon was de? layed. In that case I would simply place the limb in between a folded pillow, fastening the pillow firmly to? gether, thus making a sort of splint. "You will very likely have a sprain or two to deal with. You can either apply clotheB saturated with ice water until the swelling disappears, or you may use very hot water with vinegar in the same way. After the swelling has disappeared you had better bandage the limb and let the little patient rest it on a level until it gets strong." "But I don't know how to apply a bandage," was the forlorn reply. "Then it is about time that you did," said the trained nurse. "Give me a piece of muslin and your bare foot, and I'll show you how." Then the nurse took the piece of muslin and tore it into strips of 3 inches in width. Then saying, "Al? ways begin at the extremity of a limb and work toward the center of the body from left to right," she placed one of the ends of the strip at the instep and made a turn around the base of the toe. Then she carried the band diagonally over the foot, across the point of the heel and back from the other side, until it coincided with the first turn. This was then covered and carried a second turn around the heel half an inch higher than the first. She then continued to make alternate turns under the sole and behind the heel, crossing over the instep until the en? tire foot was covered. In finishing the bandage she split the last quarter of yard of the strip through the mid? dle, wound the ends in opposite direc? tion around the limb and tied them in a bow. Then the band was unwound again, and the pupil, trying her hand, was delighted to see what a "firm band? age" she could make after two or three attempts. "In case of dislocation," continued the nurse, "there is always need of instant action. Muscular tension in? creases rapidly and its reduction be? comes more difficult with every hour that passes. "Fingers and thumbs can be set by pulling in place, but be careful not to use too much force. A joint is always weaker after an accident and should be strapped in place until strong again. "Freddie's nose bled awfully the other day and frightened me so be? cause I could not stop it. It stopped itself after awhile, but what should I have done ?" ?'Itisagood thing to press gently the facial artery at the base of the nose and place cold applications to forehead and neck. I suppose you had him lean his head over a basin. Yes ; most people do, and that is just the worst attitude possible. You should have made him stand erect, throw his head back and elevate his arms, while you held a cold, damp sponge to his nostrils. If you have an occasion like that again, and the bleeding continues after what I have told you to do has been tried, you had better syringe with salt and ice cold water or a solution of iron. "In the case of burns or scalds, if they are very bad send for your physician, but slight ones you can very well attend to. The first thing in such cases is to exclude the air. I find that baking soda and sweet oil make a soothing, healing application. If you can't get that conveniently, beat up the white of an egg and apply that with a bandage." "Will you tell me how to stop the flow of blood in case of cut, and then I'll let you go?" "Find the artery that is cut and tie a handkerchief around the limb just over where it bleeds. Tie the hand? kerchief tightly; then make, say, three hard knots. In the last knot insert a piece of stick with which you must twist the handkerchief until it is tight enough to stop the flow. The handkerchief and stick make as good a tourniquet, as we call it, as any one would wish."?Philadelphia Press. ? Cholera has already destroyed 20 times more lives in Japan than were lost in the war with China. ? Old Bullion: "What! You wish to marry my daughter? She is a mere schoolgirl yet." Suitor: "Yes, sir. I came early to avoid the rush." ? Mowler: "Isee some philosopher says that the way to cure yourself of a love affair is to run away. Do you believe it?" Cynicus: "Certainly? if you run away with the girl." ? James: "Is Mill Snowball a graduate of Vassar?" William: "She is." James: "I thought she was. I heard her ask if the muzzle of a gun was to prevent it going off." ? "A conservative," said the corn fed philosopher, in answer to a ques? tion from the youngest man, "a con? servative may bo defined as a man who waits for the other fellow to feel of the buzz saw." State of Ohio, Cm- of Toledo, I Lccas County, FrtAXK j. Chrnkv makes nath that he is the seniar partner of the firm of F. J. Chehey & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the tum of ONE HUNDRED DOLL&RS for each and every caBe of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the uie of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. 8worn to before mn and subscribed in my pres? ence, this 6th day of December, A. D 1886. [seal] a. W GLEASON. Notary Pithlie. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY, A CO., Toledo, 0. *T6otd by Druggists, 7flt, GEN. JOHN DUNOVANT. How a Gallant Confederate Soldier Died. At the reunion of Confederate sol? diers in Columbia during the State Fair Gen. M. C. Butler spoke as fol? lows concerning a gallant hero of two wars?Brig. Gen. John Dunovant, of Chester, S. C.?and the manner of his death: Comrades of the United Confederate Veterans: I have been requested by your worthy and distinguished com? mander to deliver an address at this reunion, and it has occurred to me it would be appropriate to occupy the time allotted to me by relating the incidents attending the death of one of the most gallant and accomplished soldiers with whom I was associated during our civil war?Brig. Gen. John Dunovant of Chester?with a brief and imperfect sketch of his life. You may remember he succeeded me in the command of the brigade composed of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth South Carolina cavalry, which joined the army of Northern Virginia in April, 1864, at the opening of that desperate and trying campaign which Grant inaugurated against Richmond. Gen? eral Dunovant was in command of the Fifth South Carolina when the regi? ment reached Virginia, and, as I have remarked, was made Brigadier General when I was promoted to the com? mander of Hampton's division in Sep? tember, 1864. He was the beau ideal of a soldier, a knightly chivalric gen? tleman, thorough in the details of discipline and order, exacting, but always just, guarding with care and solicitude the interest of his soldiers, demanding of all alike the full meas? ure of their duty. The result was his command was always ready to respond promptly to his orders. He was in himself a model of promptness and precision, both in obeying and execut [ ing orders. To say that General Dunovant was able in the organization, discipline and command of troops in battle would be no higher commendation than could be bestowed on hundreds of others. He was exceptional in these respects, and deserved higher rank than he reached. Two things conspired to prevent his advancement: First, the hostility, and I am inclined to think jealously of a superior officer in the early years of the war had blocked his way to promotion, and second, his post of duty did not afford that opportunity for active field ser? vice for the full exercise of his mili- I tary talents. j His experience in the regular army of the United States, which he left to cast his fortune with the Confederacy, prepared and qualified him for organi? zation and putting volunteer troops in the field. His first service in the Confederate army was as a field officer in the first regiment of South Carolina regulars, performing garrison duty in front of Charleston. This duty was. of course, arduous and important, and I don't think has been properly ap? preciated. I have always insisted that the defence of that historic city, so full of unexampled deeds of hero? ism, fortitude and gallantry, is with? out a parallel in military annals. The defenders of Forts Moultrie and Sum ter and the Morris Island batteries against the combined attacks of the land and naval forces of the United States, when considered in all of its bearings and details, is the most re? markable in history. But I am stray? ing from my subject. Dunovant was for a time one of the actors in that great drama, but it was when he was transferred to the broader fields of Virginia that his talents became more conspicuous, and he received the pro? motion to which they entitled him. He was killed on Oct. 1, 1864, near McDowell's farm, below Petersburg, leading his brigade, fighting an infan? try, against the breastworks of the enemy. He was mounted on his favorite little chestnut horse, and it was my fortune to be at his side when he received his mortal wound. Gen? eral Hampton had directed me to hold a certain position on the Squirrel Level road until I heard the guns of Gen. W. F. H. Lee on my left and then to move forward and attack all along our front. It was a cold, disa? greeable, dainy day. "We were dis? mounted and had thrown up temporary breastworks of rails, logs, etc., and had been engaging the enemy almost the entire day, resisting repeated and determined assaults he would make on our lines until about 3 p. m., when I was appraised of Lee's advance by an incident which was almost ludicrous, and as is often the case, came near being tragic. I will.pause to describe it: Dunovant's brigade occupied the left of our line with Young's brigade on the right; I had withdrawn Tallia ferro's regiment, the Seventh Georgia, of Young's brigade, and stationed it in reserve near the point where I had fixed my headquarters. We had cau? tioned the officers on the line not to fire too quickly on any mounted column that might approach them, as I was apprehensive lest some of Lee's troops, not knowing our exact position, might mistake us for the enem.. He, like ourselves, had been fighting on foot in their attacks during the morning. It was a most unfortunate admonition, as the sequel will show. Whenever the Federals would advance to attack, they would come with a yell and hur? rah, which though sometimes formida? ble and loud enough, never reached the volume and audacity of the "rebel yell," with which both sides became so familiar sooner or later. This per? formance had been going on so long and our men had got so accustomed to driving back their assailants, that Dunovant left his lines and joined me under a large tree. The rain was pouring in torrents and all who could afford one, were covered with an oil? cloth cape or overcoat and most of our men had succeeded in getting one, by capture or otherwise. We noticed the yelling in front of Dunovant's line was more continuous than usual and he galloped off through the open woods to see what it meant. He had scarce? ly got out of sight, crossing an angle in the road in our front, when I saw the head of a column coming around a curve in the road, charging in column of fours, full down upon us. Suppos? ing they were our friends, the enemy, for like ourselves, they were all cov? ered with waterproofs and therefore not easily recognizable, I ordered Colonel Anderson, in command of the Seventh Georgia, to form his men and ge4 ready to fire, at the same time with staff and couriers wc spurred our horses into the road to resist what we supposed to be a charge of the enemy. Almost at the minute we were in the act of delivering a fire from our revol? vers, preparatory to mixing with them with sabre, Major Rials, provost mar? shal of the cavalry corps, charging with Lieutenant Colonel Phillips of the Thirteenth Virginia at the head of h's regiment, recognized me. In one ' minute more they would have received our fire, but as we escaped, if only by the skin of our teeth, we enjoyed a hearty laugh over the incident. Colo? nel Phillips explained that he had been ordered in by General Lee, and having encountered Dunovant's line on the left he charged it, supposing it to be the enemy, captured it and was carrying everything before them until he struck us. The importance of the precaution to our men not to fire too quickly became manifest. Dunovant's people recognized the Virginians, but the recognition was not mutual. If they had not been recognized how many of them would have been un? horsed by the rifles of our dismounted men it would be difficult to estimate. I ordered forward the whole line and they went at a run down the bill, leav? ing the two batteries on the ridge en? gaged, over our heads, in a sharp artil? lery duel with the enemy s guns. Turning to Colonel Phillips, I inquir? ed "if it was Yankees he wait looking for," and on his replying in the affir? mative, I said: "Well, turn the head of your column and I will show them to you." With that he turned and we went thundering down the hill, plump up against the incompleteu breastworks of the enemy. They fired a volley, which went over our heads, and broke away from their lines and crossed a swamp to another line they had on the east side. I have never understood why they left their position at that time unless it was they were dumfounded at the impudence and audacity of a mounted column charging breastworks. Mean? time Dunovant's and Young's brigades had reached the base of the hill where they were subjected to such a murder? ous fire from the enemy on the other side of a narrow swamp. I ordered the whole line to halt and lie down. I had directed Colonel Phillips to con? duct his mounted regiment across a strip of woods and reform it in an open field to our right. While the dismounted men were thus partially protected from the enemy's fire, I had sent scouts to the right to ascer? tain if we could not find a position from which to move on the left flank of the enemy and thus avoid a direct front attack across the swamp. There was but one point at which a horse? man could cross?a narrow causeway about the center of our lines. I had ridden through the woods a short dis? tance to the right of the causeway to reconnoitre the ground, and on return? ing met Dunovant, who remarked to me that he thought "if we would make one more forward movement, we could drive the enemy from this last line of works." It was then getting late in the afternoon, and I replied, "If that is your opinion, move your brigade forward," at the same time extending the order to Young. Dunovant gave the command "At? tention men" in a loud voice. They had been subjected to such a terrible fire but a short time before, they were a little tardy in heeding the order. He called out a second time, in tones that could not be mistaken, and every man jumped to his feet and moved forward, firing across the swamp. Dunovant's horse was fretting and careeriDg, and mine was not behaving much better, and as we reached the causeway to cross with the line on our right and left, with an open road to the enemy's works on the other side, we were greeted with a deadly volley. Dunovant was shot and tum? bled forward from his horse on the causeway. The horse dashed forward and ran into the enemy's lines. His command "Forward" to his gallant soldiers was the last word he ever uttered. When his body was taken up, under the directions of his faith? ful and gallant Adjutant General, Jeffords, I discovered an ugly inden? tation (i his forehead and concluded it was there he received his mortal wound, but on examination, it was found he was shot in the breast and the wound on the forehead must have been made when he fell forward, by a root or log on the causeway. We at once summoned Dr. Fon taine, medical director of the corps, and as he was making his way through our batteries on the hill in our rear, he was struck in the neck by the frag? ment of a shell from the enemy s guns, and he too paid the penalty of a faithful, fearless discharge of duty?a splendid gentleman and accomplished officer, passed to his last account. He could, however, have rendered Duno? vant no service, as his gallant life went out almost in the twinkling of an eye. General Dunovant was born at Ches? ter, S. C, on the 5th day of Mirch, 1825, and was therefore in the 39th year of his age at the time of his death. He served in the Mexican war as 3rd sergeant of Company B. Palmetto regiment and was mustered into the United States service at Charleston, December, 1846. He was discharged at the City of Mexico No? vember, 1E47, on account of a severe wound received in the charge of the Palmetto regiment against the wall enclosing the castle of Chapultepec. He was subsequently appointed a cap? tain in the regular army and resigned his commission of captain of the 10th infantry in 1861 to join the Confed? erate army. Soon after his arrival in Virginia in 1864, he was detached with his regi? ment on temporary duty under com? mand of Gen. Fitz Lee and while so detached received a painful wound in the hand ic. an engagement with the enemy on die James river. Before his wound was healed he reported for duty with his hand in a sling and never again left it until his death. This, with what has preceded, is the brief story of his career, and of his services to his country. They were as honorable and patriotic as any man's and that country has never had a more devoted son or gallant defender. He was one of the few men I have met in my life who seemed absolutely indif? ferent to the dangers and perils of battle. He was always sedate, self composed, fearless and ready. He died as I know he would like to die? with his face to the enemy and every throb of his manly, brave heart pul? sating for the glory and welfare of his country. His remarks were listened to with marked attention. After he had fin? ished he called the attention of the convention to a small pamphlet pre? pared by Rev. Mr. El well entitled '?Recollections of War Times," and said that every old soldier in the State should get a copy.?Columbia State, 13th inst. -<mt ? m ? "I wish you would give mc a name for a new brand of butter," said a dairyman to a customer. "Certain? ly," answered the customer, "if it is like the last you sent me I would sug? gest 'Sampson.'" ? Good advice : Never leave home on a journey without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhwa Remedy. For sale by Hill Bros. UNDER THE KNIFE. A Delicate Operation Performed on One of Hagenbeck'8 Lions. Atlanta Constitution. The young lion of the Hagenbeck show that was so desperately wounded by a lioness last week was successfully operated upon yesterday afternoon, and the depression of the skull was lifted from the brain of the animal. The operation was one that required not only skill in the use of the knife, but nerve on the part of1 the surgeons who worked so dangerously near the gaping jaws of the furious lion. In a room of the livery stable of Mr. Vandyke the lion was placed, and while several strong men held the tortured beast, Drs. H. G. and W. E. Carnes performed the operation. In the room were present several news? paper men and others interested in the unusual operation. The lion has been in a comatose condition for several days, and suffer? ed many convulsions during the time the skull was pressing against the brain. At times he was wild and would tear his flesh with his claws, and then again he would be as docile as a child and could not be aroused from the restless sleep into which he had fallen. His keepers daily ex? pected the lion to die, as the skull had been flattened out until more than a square inch of bone pressed-hard against the brain. One day last week the lion was savagely attacked by a lioness that occupied an adjoining cage. The lion was eating his afternoon meal of beef? steak, when the lioness reared against the wooden partition separating the cages. The lioness threw her whole weight against the light partition, and with a crash the infuriated beast and partition fell into the cage occupied by the young lion who was eating. The lioness was in a perfect rage and pounced upon the lion with all the fury that is peculiar to that class of animals. The lion was taken com? pletely by surprise and was at a great disadvantage. As he turned with a growl to see what had caused the par? tition to fall, he was caught in the wide open mouth of the lioness and fearfully bitten. The lioness leaped up into the air and fell upon her prey. She caught his head in her mouth, and closed down upon it. The fangs penetrated the thick hide and the skull sank beneath the pressure. The attack on the lion was bo sud? den that the keepers and trainers hardly realized what had been done, until it was too late to prevent it. After the assault the lioness sprang against the bars of the cage and roared and bellowed in her fury. The wound? ed lion lay at her feet and screamed with agony. It was a wild scene and the trainers had difficulty in getting the lioness quieted and back to her cage. The lion that had been the victim of the wrath of the lioness was found to be badly injured. He was bleed? ing in several places where the claws and teeth of the lioness had cut him. The lion was hardly able to stand and could but stagger about the cage in a dazed way. In a few minutes after the attack he was seized with convulsions. His manner was pitia? ble, and he would writhe in agony, then, leaping up, would fall fr?m weakness. His feet would be drawn close up to his body, and his tail lashed fearfully against the bars. As he writhed upon the floor he would claw at everything that came in reach. Catching the iron bars, he would almost wrench them from their places. His claws were completely torn from the flesh on one foot, and he frothed at the mouth. It was apparent to the keepers that the animal would die. After the first day he became much quieter and could not be aroused from his coma? tose condition. His eyes lost their accustomed luster and were dreamy and glassy. Dr. Carnes, the veteri? nary surgeon, was called in and re? quested to make an examination of the lion and see if there was any possi? bility of his life being saved. Dr. Carnes thoroughly examined the wounds and found that his skull had been badly indented and that it was resting upon the brain. There was but one way in which death could be prevented and that was by trephining his skull and lifting the depressed bone and relieving the presure. As a last resort this operation was decided upon. Thursday afternoon the lion was brought into the city and placed in a room in the livery stable of Bowden & Stewart. It was too late in the day to perform the operation and Dr. Carnes decided to wait until yesterday morning. During the entire afternoon the lion was in convulsions and his suffering was great. He would toss back and forth and writhe on the floor. Yesterday morning Drs. Carnes be? gan making ready for the operation. There was but one way in which the pressure could be relieved and chat was by trephining the skull, inserting an instrument and prizing the skull bone back to its proper position. The lion was removed to a room on Hunter street and placed on the table arranged for him. The animal was suffering intensely and was in a dan? gerously bad humor. Occasionally he would growl savagely and open his jaws and snap at those who were nearest him. A number of glistening instruments were taken from a leather case and placed on a chair. A pan of warm water was secured and sponges were at hand. A bottle of ether and chloro? form was poured into a wad of cotton, and the cotton was placed under the nose of the lion. His feet were securely tied with ropes and he was held firmly upon the table by several strong men. When the first fumes of the ether were inhaled the lion made strenuous efforts to tear himself away. He roared and snorted and kicked with all his might, but he was held down upon the table. For nearly thirty minutes the ether was held under his nose. He resisted the sleep-giving compound but gradually fell into an easy and peaceful sleep. His pain was allayed and like a cat he purred and snored, while the surgeons made ready. As soon as the lion was thoroughly under the influences of the chloroform, which was administered by Dr. H. G. Carnes, the operation was begun. It was necessary, however, that great care be exercised in giving the anes? thetic, as the lion was in danger of dying from the effects of an overdose. Dr. W. E. Carnes first made a V incision. The hide and skin of the lion w^re very tough and it was diffi? cult to make the inchiion. Gradually the flesh gave way under the pressure from the knife and the skull was laid bare. The fracture had occurred on the right side of the head and it was just to the left of the fracture fl v ' incision was made. With cflj precision the knife was presW quivering flesh. t After the incision was conH . the trephine was inserted and vM opening was bored into the! This was the most dangerous jfl| the operation, for like an augfflj instrument bores its way througfl bone. If any parts of the skufflj fallen into the brain, which is cxS just as soon as the instrument piQS entirely through the skull, it wH have meant certain death'for thefl| mal. When the trephine had reachecM inside of the skuJJ, _the infttrtundll : was given a quick turn, which broH the thin inside covering and smfl particles were caught with a pair 58 strong faucets and pulled out iu pieccB The opening into the skull was macH an inch to the left of the depression?? When the opening had been finished 1 a small instrument was inserted. The instrument is of peculiar shape and curved at the end. Down through the | skull the piece of steel was pressed and then turned directly under theji depression. After this was done TIM was an easy matter to lift th: bondffl from the brain, which gave instaafl relief. The bone was restored to itH former position and then the incisionfl was sewn and the place dressed. fl The operation performed yesterda J was successful. As soon as the lion ?Jrecovered fromff the effects of the drug he bounded . loose from the ropes that held him and leaped across the floor of the room. He was at first a little dazed from the effects of the chloroform, but gradually regained his [senses. Dr. Garnes stated after the operation that the lion would be perfectly well in a few days, as there was now no danger from the work. The lion is about two years"<old and was very valuable before he was in? jured. ~1 All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? A smile that helps others has to begin in the heart. . ? A bar at which you can keep perfectly sober?the crow-bar. ? Waste of time and "words are the two greatest expenses in life. ? The Railroads of this country give employment to 900,000 people. ? Reticence may not be considered - sound sense, but it is good sense. ? We are never so happy or unfor? tunate as we think ourselves. ? "There is no place like home," either for a hell or a heaven. ? Love is more pleasing than raar jiage, romance more amusing than history. ? Geographers say that the entire^ coast line of the globe measure* 136, 000 miles. ? Entomologists have captured and pa mimed upwards of 21,000 varieties of i butterflies. ? Netherlands has many diamond workers capable of boring a hole only one-thousandth of an inch in diam? eter. ? We frequently spend our time in wondering why we are not loved, in? stead of trying to make ourselves lov- . able. ]?ai ? Old Beau: "Miss Flossie^ mine. I would give my life for yonH , Miss Flossie: "Well, yc^j. may, if it'8~"J heavily insured." ^ ? The snake moves by means of the ribs and the scales on the abdomen to which each rib is attached by a scries of small muscles. ? The moon moves 3,333 feet per j second, day and night, and always a presents the same side to the view olM the people on this earth. -_-r-"^B ? A hotel is to be built oTHigjH Knob, a mountain in Virginia. FromH its balconies guests will be able to seeM into five States. ? A Philadelphia physician says j that a well developed com is the best weather prophet 'in the .world, as he-^" knows by personal experience. ? The Pettijohn family of Walla Walla,. Washington, numbers 10 indi? viduals. The average height of the 10 is 6J feet and the average weight 244 pounds. ? Maud Evans, a nineteen-year-old girl of Beaver Falls, Penn., hat her ? third set of natural teeth, it is said, ^ though the third set can* ? hardly bej called natural. ..*m _ ? A metal worker's magazine sajfl that platinum wires have been draws* so fine that two of them twisted to<U gether could be inserted in the hollow ? of a human hair. ? One of the Rothchilds is reported I to have said that in the next five years I there will be more chances to make I money in America than in any other J quarter of the'globe. ? A bottle with a message and the \ date was thrown into Boston harbor July 29. On October 17 it was found on the coast of a small island in the Carribean Sea, 6,500 miles away. ? J. Edwin Stone, the man who once walked from San Francisco to New York City in 128 days, says that he wore out 10 pairs of stout shoes and three suits of clothes in making the trip. ? Prayer is the breath of the soul. The soul that is alive to God prays as - the soul that is alive breathes. Cessa? tion of breathing is evidence of physi? cal death. Cessation of praying is evidence that the soul is dead. Is your soul dead ? -' ? A big box was shipped from Shell Creek, N. C, the other day to some point in Texas. It was supposed to contain dry goods, but in reality it contained a man named Cable, a des? perate moonshiner, on whose track the revenue officers were hot. ? A prominent Mexican military official has been sentenced to prison for killing an antagonist in a duel. By the sentence of the court, not only is the murderer condemned to three years in prison at hard labor, but he must \ also pay all the costs of the trial, the dead man's funeral expenses, pay ad fine of $1,800 and $4.500 in monthly 1 installments to his uniagonist's widow M annually for 18 years. The case has? been appealed to a higher court. It | is said that the Mexican papers geir* orally approve the verdict. ? The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of East Brimfield, Mass., had been I suffering from neuralgia for two days, . not being able to sleep or hardly keep ' still, when Mr. Holden, the merchant there sent her a bottle of Chamber? lain's Pain Balm, and asked that she give it a thorough trial.; On meeting Mr. Wells the next day he was toldj that she was all right, the pain haM left her within two hours, and thafcffl the bottle of Pain Balm was wortjH $5.00 if it could not be had for less. A For sale at 50 cents per bottle by Hjl| I Bros.