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BYCLTNKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1896. VOLUME XXX.?NO 38 That's a hard thing to do these kind of days-that is, if you are not wearing one of our.o ts! They are cool, light and durable. Price, $5.00. SUMMER UNDERWEAR, In all grades. SHIRTS, from 25c. up. NEW LINE OF NECKWEAR Just in. Dresdens and Rhum-Chumders is the correct thing. Come in and gaze. . JU O HAIL TO THE CHIEFS! The Conquering Heroes are B8 CK BR ? fi BARGAIN KINGS. And thsv haye Conquered the whole Town with their LOTT Prices ai te Sill Selecto of THEY have marie High Prices quake with fear at their disregard for profits. If you have not been there don't miss this week's opportunities. They ?tand aloDB as the greatest values ever shown to this or any other public. Tho only genuine JOSH BERRY GRAIN CRADLE, 14 Fingers, fitted with an especially fine blade, every one guaranteed. 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When ready to plant your garden come and see us and we will save you money. OK? & SLOAN, mSSiJSFm NEW JEWELRY STORE ! JOHN M. HUBBARD, IN HiS NEW STORE.IN HOTEL BLOCK. LOTS OF NEW GOODS. NOVELTIES IN PROFUSION. JUST WHAT YOU WANT. ONE CENT TO $100.00. ^S*No charge for Engraving. .??**The Prettiest Goods in tbe Town, and it's a pleasure to show them. P. S.-If you have Accounts with J. M. HUBBARD.* BRO. make settlement with me at above place. JOHN 91. HUBBARD. HISTORICAL SKETCH. Upper Sooth Carolina During the Revo lution. From the Columbia State. The following is the prize essay written by Miss Mary Earle Lyles, daughter of Mr. Wm. H. Lyles, of this city, which captured for thc fair author the beautiful gold medal offer ed by the Columbia chapter of the Daughters bf the Revolution for the best historical sketch presented. The award was made on Friday evening at the opera house: Upper South Carolina, "embraced,'" says Logan, "in the modern districts of Abbeville, Anderson, Ridgefield, Greenville, Pickens, Newberry, Lau rens, Union, Spartanburg, Fairfield, Chester, Lanoaster, York and Rich land, the classic ground of the Ameri can Revolution." That it was a country of surpassing beauty and fertility is abundantly shown by the testimony of the writers of that period. Lord Cornwallis said of Fairfield, a typical country: "I can conceive of no fairer region, taking in to consideration its fertile soil, mild climate, its long drawn, beautiful val leys and glorious highlands." The forests have been described as pecul iarly grand and imposing, and through their open depths could be seen stretches of the country for miles around. Extensive plains were filled with waving masses of cane; gushing springs bubbled out from the sides of the hills, and flowers of every hue blossomed in the green valleys and or namented the tops of the mountains. Abundance of game was found in the woodlands, and the streams were filled with fish of the choicest varieties. In this new and salubrious region our fathers of the Revolution had built their cabins and were felling the primeval forests and cultivating the virgin soil. But, though nature was here seen in her "kindest prodigality," and the simple wants of the pioneers were easily supplied from her well filled store house, they found many difficulties and dangars in thc way of their advancement. The country was already inhabited by a race of Indians, who would not tamely yield to stran gers the possession of their rich pas ture lands and ideal hunting grounds. Step by step'the red men retarded the progress of the settlers and subjected them for many long years to all the horrors of savage warfare. Wild beasts, disturbed in their native fast nesses, frequently prowled around the cabins of the pioneers, prepared to spring upon the unwary occupants. So sparcely settled was the country that there could be little concert of action in cases of danger, but every man relied for safety upon the fertili ty of his own resources and the strength of his good right arm. Thus, accustomed to danger and inured to exposure, these "sons of the soil" were prepared to win the hard fought battles of the Revolution. Remote from the sea coast and cut off from all commercial centres by al most impassable roads and streams, rendered still more dangerous by bands of hostile Indians, our settlers held little intercourse with the outside world. Their interests were wholly agricultural, and their trade was prac tically confined to the towns of Charleston and Augusta. Therefore the oppressive measure of taxation, which fell with so much force upon the shipping of the inhabitants of the coast, had little effect upon the peo ple of the up-country, and they took no active part in the opening scenes of the Revolution. But Charleston, realizing that it would be impossible to defend her coast with a disaffected country in her rear, io June, 1775, despatched two commissioners, Col. Brayton and Rev. William Tennent, into the interior to explain to the people the cause of the dissatisfaction and to endeavor to en list their co-operation. Owing to the violent opposition of the loyalist leaders these gentlemen met with lit tle immediate success. It was difficult for a population so heterogeneous in character as that of the up-country to arrive nt unanimity of opinion. They had no substantial cause for revolt against England, to whom many of them were sincerely at tached, and who had, up to this time, exerted herself to protect the infant colony; neither had they any inclina tion to espouse the quarrel of their brothers on the coast, who had allowed them small representation in the as sembly and had treated their public men with but little respect. But. among men trained to the exercise of independence of thought and action by lives of hardship in a new and un tried region, there were those who clearly perceived the dangers that lay in the principle of "taxation without representation." There were many, too, among their number who had come across the seas seeking a country where they might worship God after the dictates of their own conscience and where they might enjoy the right of every man to be a freeman. Men,o such as these, were not to be lulled into se curity by the enjoyment of a present prosperity. They united with the pa triot forces already collected and were known as the Whigs. Among them no man exerted a wider influence than Gen. Andrew Pickens, the Revolu tionary hero "par excellence," of thc up country. His courage and ability had been already displayed in the war with the Cherokees, and these quali ties, added to his modesty, greatly endeared him to his countrymen. Those among the inhabitants who adhered to thc king were called Tories. They were, in many instances, men of houest convictions and sincere loyalty; it was their misfortune that the disaf fected, the idle and the vicious were drawn into their ranks by British em issaries. Fierce and bloody was thc conflict waged between these two par ties in upper South Carolina during the Revolution. As South Carolina was thc first to offer a protest against the tyranny of England, so the first real battle of the war (the encounter at Lexington being considered as only a skirmish) was al so fought within her borders between the Whigs and Tories. It occurred at Savage's plantation, near Ninety-Six, where Gen. Williamson entrenched with a party of about 300 Whigs within a fort hurriedly constructed of fence rails, was attacked by a force of 1,900 Tories under Col. Robinson. After several days fighting, in which neither side gu.ncd the advantage, the combatants agreed upon a parley, Gen. Williamson consenting to sur render the fort, but not his men. Col. Richardson, who was hastening to the relief of Gen. Williamson with a force of 3,000 men, proceeded against thc Tories, overawing and dispersing them by his superior numbers. Most of their leaders were taken prisoners and I sent to Charleston jail. This ende thc campaign for the winter and tl militia was disbanded. The brilliant victory of Fort Mou trie in June,1776, which relieved Ca olina for more than two years of tl British , had not the same happy effe< in securing for the up-country a ce sation of hostilities between th Whigs and Tories. "Other States, says Simms, "know nothing of ti horrors which were the consequenc of these domestic feuds of the south The Tories after their defeat by Co Richardson fled into the country r the Cherokees, where they incited tl Indians to rise against the Whig: They, therefore, began their mass; cres upon the frontiers. The pani? stricken inhabitants, unable to defen themselves, fled to the stockade fori which had been built for their proter. tion in such emergencies. A notabl one of these massacres was that of th Hampton family, which occurred i Spartanburg county, and to whic Gen. Hampton so eloquently referre in his speech at the court house i 187G. Gen. Williamson having raised force of iiuO men, proceeded to attac the savages and captured a small bod of them, among whom were 13 whit men disguised as Indians. Thi seemed only to intensify the hatre of the Whigs and Tories. "They pui sued each other," said Gen. Gates ''like wild beasts." Gen. Williamso came upon the main body of th Cherokees at Ocnoree creek, where li defeated them and laid waste tliei territory. The savages sued for peac and were compelled to cede to Soutl Carolina all their lands, now compris iog the counties of Pickens, Oconee Anderson and Greenville. The campaign of 1780 opened witl South Carolina, after her long respite as the principle theatre of hostilities After the surrender of Charleston oi May 12, Gen. Clinton, determining ti subdue the whole State, sentout threi armies into the interior; one unde: Col. Cruger toward* Ninety-Six; an other under Lord Cornwallis to Cam den, and a third under Col. Brown t< Augusta, while the "Bloody" Tarle ton was ranging at large over th? whole State. Hearing of the advance of Col. Bu ford with 400 Continentals, Col Tarleton with 700 cavalry and mountec infantry hastened to intercept him al Waxhaws. Negotiations for surrendei failed, and while they besought quar ter, Tarleton fell upon the rebels witt, a fury equaled only in the annals ol Indian warfare and cut to pieces thc whole comm-iid. "Tarleton's quarter' is to this day a proverb for wholesale cruelty. As the result of these combined disasters, the spirit of the Carolini ans seemed broken; Charleston had failed and their country was overrun by an invading army which they felt themselves powerless to oppose. At this juncture Gen. Clinton offered a pardoo to all who would take British protection. Tho people generally, those of York excepted, took advant age of these terms and Gen. Clinton, believing the subjugation of the country complete, sailed for New York, leaving Lord Cornwallis in command. But the British made the fatal mistake of calling upon those who had accepted their protection to take up arms against their country men. Then it was that these sturdy back woodsmen, unaided and alone, took up the struggle for independence and began that partisan warfare which fi nally drove the British from the State. When it is remembered against what odds these people were fighting, how they had to contend not only against an invading foe, but also their own vindictive invaders, and this without pay, without provisions save what they could supply for them selves, without arms or ammunition except as captured from the enemy, it will be seen how stupendous was the undertaking, how marvelous the re sult. It was at this trying period that the women of the State, seeing the straits to which their hubands and brothers were reduced, performed so many he roic deeds and exhibited those quali ties of endurance, patience and devo tion which were afterwards emulated by their granddaughters of the Con federacy. Space fails to speak in de tail of the youthful and daring Emily Geiger, who carried a message from GCD.Greene to Gen. Sumter through a country iufested with Tories; of Bi cej Langston, who swam the deep and rapid Tyger to' warn her brother of the approach of "Bloody Bill" Cunning ham; of Mrs. Dillard, who rode tiO miles through the darkness to save Col. Clark and his men, encamped at Cedar Springs, from a surprise by the Tories; of Mrs. Bratton "who would not have her husband and his com rades owe to a cowardly stratagem the victory they should gain on thc field of battle;" of the lovely Mary Mus grove and the courageous Esther Gas ton, whose gentle ministrations sooth ed the pain of the wounded and the dying. These and many other noble deeds have been recorded in history; some are preserved in family tradi tions, others again are known only to that ever watchful eye which takes note even of the fall of a sparrow. The most active of the partisan leaders at this time were Pickens, Sumter and Marion, the three great and choice spirits of the Revolution. Marion operated fro\u Camden to the seacoast; Sumter from Camden to Ninety-Six, while Pickens traversed the country from Ninety-Six to Au gusta. On July 12. Sumter, at Wil liamson's plantation in York county, engaged a detachment of British and Tories commanded by Cols. Ouch and completely routed them, killing both these officers. After an unsuccessful attack upon the enemy's post at Rocky Mount, in Fairfield county, he moved on to Hanging Rock, where he defeated a large body of British and S?ries. Colonel Williams, another brave partisan, always on thc alert to nar raga thc enemy, attacked and defeated on the 18th of August, a considerable body of British and Tories at Mus grove's mills on thc Enorce river. The notorious Cunninghams were of this neighborhood and in it were per petrated some of the most murderous acts of "Bloody Bill" Cunningham, the leader of the "Bloody Scout," lt was here that he shot Major Caldwell in his wife's presence; and ?twas herc that he surprised Colonel Hay with 20 men in command of a blockhouse. In compliance with thc wishes of some of Iiis men, the women and children were spared, but thc house was fired by throwing heated irons upon it, and thc men, after having surrendered themselves, were deliberately massa cred. In July, 1780, General Gates, thc hero of Saratoga, was appointed to the command of the southern forces, and was approaching with an army from the r.^rth. He directed Li J march tu ' ward Camden, whcro the British, Tin der thc command of Lord Cornwallis, were entrenched. On July 16 the two armies met within a few miles of the town. The over-confident General Gates displayed little ability in the management of this battle; thc raw militia being placed in the front, gave way before the charge of thc British regulars, creating a panic which it was impossible to arrest. Among the killed was thc brave Baron DeKalk, who had generously taken up arms in the cause of independence. General Gates, having lost almost half of his men and all of his baggage, fled to North Caro lina. Another disaster was sustained by the Americans at Fishing creek, where Sumter, encumbered with prisoners and baggage, was surprised and routed by Tarleton. Almost his entire com mand were either killed or captured. Lord Cornwallis, seeing the rebel forces dispersed, proceeded to Char lotte, leaving Tarleton and Ferguson, to overawe the inhabitants of the ''back country." Ferguson encamped on Kind's mountain, where he was at tacked with great fury by a. party of Whigs, collected for the purpose from the up-country and thc adjoining States of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky, under the leadership of Colonels Campbell, Cleveland. Wil liams and Sevier and Shelby. The at tack was made simultaneously from the four sides of the mountain, the several divisions advancing under cover of thc trees and delivering their fire as they went. The action was short and decisive, and the deatl. jf Ferguson was followed by the surren der o: his forces. But 200 -of them escapad, leaving behind them 1,300 comrades, killed, wounded and pris oners, and 1,500 stands of arms. The gallant Colonel Williams lost his life in this battle. His friend, Colonel Hammond, wont to his side when he fell, and received his dying command, "Never give up the hill." General Gates, having exchanged his "northern laurels for southern willows," was recalled and General Greene was appointed in his place. In December, 1780, he reached the southern army, which he himself de scribed as a "shadow without a sub stance." The undaunted Sumter, af ter his defeat at Fishing creek, had collected a new --corps of volunteers. With this small force, and no conti nental army in the State, he had kept the field for more than three months, and had so harassed the enemy, that they could only move with caution and difficulty. He operated about Enoree, Broad and Tiger rivers. Gen eral Greene sent General Morgan with a part of his force to the relief of Ninety-Sis. Lord Cornwallis, who had returned to the State, dispatched Tarleton to overtake Morgan, which he did af Cowpens. A fierce and hard battle ensued, in which the British were defeated, with a loss to the pat riots of only 12 men killed and GO wounded. Never was a more signal victory achieved. The defeat of Tarleton destroyed the terror of his name and the friends of liberty took fresh courage. Congress presented a gold medal to General Morgan, one of silver ea3h to Lieutenant Generals Washington and Howard, a sword to General Bickens, and promoted others who greatly distinguished themselves. Lord Cornwallis, to recover the prisoners, hastened to intercept Mor gan, bun failed because of a rise in the Catawba river. Shortly afterwards General Greene arrived and took command of Morgan's array. He continued the retreat and crossed the Yadkin river so closely pursued by the British that he lost a part of his baggage. Cornwallis was a second time deterred by a rise in the river, and retreated into North Caro lina, where he was in turn pursued by Greene. After the battle of Guildford Court House, General Greene returned to the help of the struggling partisans in South Carolina. He took position on Hobkirk Hill, where, on April 27, 1781, he was attacked by Lord Raw don. For a while, victory seemed to be on rhe side of the Americans, but Lord Hawdon, by a masterly disposi tion of his forces, compelled General Greene to retreat. He proceeded to Ninety-Six by way of Granby, des patching General Lee with a force to subdue that fort. After a brief con flict, the garrison, consisting of 400 men, surrendered. The terms of capitulation giving the enemy the privilege of carrying off their baggage were greatly complained of by Col. Thomas Taylor and ether Carolinians, who were indignant at seeing wagons, drawn by their own horses and filled with the produce of their own homes, driven away before their eyes. Gen eral Lee'A excuse for this action was that Lord Cornwallis was rapidly ap proaching to the relief of the fort. On May 22,Greene took up his posi tion before Ninety-Six and, after be seiging it for nearly a month, at tempted to carry thc place by assault, but was beaten oil with Ueavy loss. Ile fell br.ck before Lord Rawdon, un til the latter, weary of the hopeless chase, discontinued the pursuit, and gradually withdrew his army into Chark fon. Soon after this, the news of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown rea "\ South Carolina, and, on May . 1732, thc British evacuated Charleston. Thc war was over, thc colonies were free; our heroes laid down their arms and returned to their plowshares, re joicing that their struggle had not been in vain. The love of liberty and thc inflexi ble devotion to duty that were dis played by these men during the dark and gloomy period of the Revolution, have kept aglow the flame of patriot ism upon the altar of their country. It was their example that inspired such sons as Andrew Jackson, the hero ol' New Orleans; as John C. Cal houn, thc apostle of State's rights; as our own loved martyrs of the Lost Cause, whose honored graves wc still water with our tears and cover with the sweet emblems of immortality. But not only for themselves and for their children did our worthy fore fathers gain the blessings of freedom. When, in thc not distant future, the shadow of thc statue of liberty shall fall upon thc shores of Cuba, and when, in thc progress of the ages, its reflection shall bc cast upon all lands that are down-trodden, then will his tory record that "the patriots of the American Revolution won a victory for thc world." How's This. Wonder One Hurd red Dollars reward fir any caso f Catarrh thit cannot bc cured I, Hail's Catarrh Cure. Wo, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the ast Ifi years, and believe him perfectly honorable in ail business transactions and Boan dally able to carry out any obligations made by tbolr firm WE-T * TRU.IT, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDIXG KINNAN Sk MABVIN, wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, (). (foil's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly apon the blood and mucous surfaces of thc system. Tcdtinioulah scut free. A TALE OF THE WAR. How G-n. Floger A. Pryor Came Very Near Being Hung. Philadelphia Times. The reversal of the judicial opinion of Judge Roger A. Pryor whereby Mary Alice Almont Livingston Flem ing, who is now on trial in the Court of General Sessions, New York city for the poisoning of her mother, is awarded the sum of $S6,000 as the heir of the woman with whose murder she is charged, brings to mind the fafct that Judge Pryor, once described by the late Daniel Dougherty as the "Harry Hotspur of the Confederacy," was himself twioe in danger of haDg ing-r When last seen by the narrator, lit tle more than five years ago, Judge Pryor was on his way to Washington. His visit to ;:he capital had for its ob ject what he believed wou/d be and what proved to be his last look upon the living face of Washington Mc Lean, the father of John R. McLean, the editor, publisher and proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. The elder McLean was reported dying, and there was good reason why General Pryor should wish to grasp him by the hand before his fingers became nerveless. Back of it lies a romance of the rebel lion when Washington McLean saved Judge Roger A. Pryor's life. The Southern men had no braver soldier than General Pryor. After he had risen to the rank of brigadier general, however, he had a quarrel with Jeffer son Davis, the result of which was that, while he retained his rank, he was given no soldiers to command. Notwithstanding this, he would not remain apart from the conflict, and became a private soldier in Russell's cavalry. In this capacity he was sta tioned during the latter days of the war-I think it was in January, 1865 -on his own farm in Virginia, the house upon which was used by Robert E. Lee as his headquarters. It was his custom then, as it had been throughout the war, for the outposts of the Union and Confederate forces to exchange newspapers for tobacco. Pryor, knowing every inch of the country, was daily employed upon such missions, and it is more than likely that he took advantage of them to learn the location and condition of the Union forces, and transmitted the knowledge thus obtained to General Lee. A strict construction in mili tary ethics might have described him as a spy, not of an ignoble kind, but somewhat akin to the unfortunate, but, nevertheless, heroic Major Andre, of the Revolution of '76. While en gaged in one of his expeditions, osten sibly doing nothing more than giving Southern tobacco for Northern news papers, General Pryor, in violation of the informal truce under which he was acting, was seized by Union soldiers and made a prisoner. It was proposed to hang him at once, but General Grant, before whom the matter was finally brought, forbid his execution, and he was taken North and incarcera ted in Fort Lafayette. A new complication arose in the mat ter, which again threatened Pryor's life. In the latter days of the rebellion a small band of misguided Southern hot heads entered into a most infamous conspiracy, the object of which was the destruction of life in Northern cities by secretive methods. One of this body was Robert L. Kennedy, who set fire to the old Belmont Hotel on Fulton street, New York city, and to Barnum's Museum. In a confes sion made after his conviction by a court martial he admitted that he was aware at thc time of the commission of his crime that both buildings were filled with people ; that Barnum's Museum was crowded with women and children. He was hanged. One of his confederates was a young Virgin ian named Beale. With some com panions he came into New York State from the Canadian border, and for a brief time was quite busy derailing railroad trains and setting fire to them. Finally he was arrested, tried by court martial and sentenced to be hanged. Ho belonged to a very influential Southern family and was held in high esteem South of Mason and Dixon's line. Some of the high officials of the Confederacy served notice on Secreta ry of War Stanton that if Beale was hanged they would put the rope around the necks of a number of prom inent Northern soldiers, who at that time were in their custody. But the stern Stanton was relentless, and he only sent back word that if the threat was carried into execution he would hang Pryor. After that declara tion young Beale was strangled to death. The situation of affairs left General Pryor in a very dangerous position. Southern leaders were prepared to take revenge upon some prominent Uuion soldiers in their prisons and Stanton stood ready to take counter-revenge upon the body of "Harry Hotspur." Pryor had been a member of the American Congress, and while there Washington McLean, then the editor and proprietor of the Cincinnatti En quirer, had met and liked and loved him. Realizing the gravity of his friend's situation. Mr. McLean travel ed to Washington and had a talk with President Lincoln, thc result of which was the issuance of a most remarka ble order, reading as follows: General Roger A. Pryor is herewith ordered into the custody of Colonel John W. Forney, Secretary of thc Sen ate, to be produced by him whenever requi red. A. LINCOLN. Armed with this McLean came to New York city, secured Pryor's release from Fort Lafayette and accompanied him to Washington and to Colonel Forney's house. As is well known, even a Presidential command did not stand in thc way of Stanton's ven geance. When he learned of Pryor's release his rage was unbounded and bc immediately issued orders to seize the prisoner wherever found and announ ced his intention of hanging him, as a response to the threats of the South ern leaders. Colonel Forney was ad vised of this condition of affairs, and at his request, his secretary, John Rus sell Young, afterwards Minister to China, went to the offices of the vari ous Washington newspapers and gave each journal a brief account of how General Pryor had passed through Washington that evening and under parole had entered into the rebel lines. As a matter of fact, he was at that time in Colonel Forney's house, and remained (herc for two more days. Stanton, however, was made to believe that his prey had escaped him, aud therefore abandoned his hunt. Pryor in time was secretly conveyed safely beyond the Union lines and reached his Virginia home, where he remained as an enforced non-combatant until thc end of the war. There is no doubt that but fur thc intervention of Wash ?ngton McLean he would hfive stretch ed a noose, and tht.t was why he went to Washington to pay his respects to the aged man who had saved his life. Now Pryor sits upon a judicial bench in thc American metropolis. On Behalf of Jane. I had passed the night al; the cabin of a settler named Green, who had a wife and four children, and there was living with him a sister about 30 years old by the name of Jane. This young woman had a form which was all ang les, and her faoe was the homeliest thing in the State of Kansas. I of course talked to her more or less and sought to be agreeable, and when I resumed my journey next morning I shook hands with her as well as with the man and his wife. I had goos about three miles when I was over taken by Mr. Green, who was armed with a rifle and knife, and as he came up he said: "Stranger, if you are the sort of man I take you to be we needn't go into court with this case." "What do you mea.n?" I asked in astonishment. "You know what I mean, sir! If we go into court we shall make it hot for you!" "Into court for what?" '"Why, about Jane, my sister. I left her in a fit, with her eyes rollin', when I come away from home. Poor gal! It's a hard blow to her." "What do you mean about Jane? Just tell me straight out what you are driving at will you?" "Look here, sir!" he sternly replied, as he fondled his rifle; "you created 1 opas in that girl's heart that you'd marry her!" "Never! Never!" "Yes, you did ! Y'ou talked with her and smiled at her, anti she never slept a wink all night for thinkin' you'd ask her to marry you before goin' away this morning." "Great Scots, man, but she must be a dunce! I only showed her common po liteness." "But she fell in love with you." "I can't help that, can I?" "You've got to help! You've crush ed her heart and have got to pay for it. It's agin the laws of this State to riz up a gal's hopes and then bust 'em. Will you settle or go into court?" "How much to settle?" "Now that's the way to talk. Now won't have to do no shootin'. Now I kin go back and face Jane and ask her to live on and hope some more! Stran ger, you look sorter decen;, and meb be you didn't mean to toy with her maidenly heart, and so I'll let you off fur seven dollars. ? "And if I don't pay?" 4 "Wall, I may get mad and shoot, cr I may take you into court and sue for $20,000. I wouldn't take no risks if I was you, as this is one of my days for gittin' mad purty easy!" I told him I'd pay, and I did pay, though I looked upon it as highway robbery, and after pocketing the mon ey he replied: "It hain't no robbery. A rn- ?? as will sit alongside of an innera ... gal like Jane at the supper table and pass her the meat three times ruuuin' and help her to taters twice orter know what he's doin'. He's arizin up her hopes to git married, and if he crush es her heart next mornin' by ridin' off to be seen no more he orter be mighty thankful that seven dollars pays the bill. Good-by, stranger."-St. Louis Republic. How he was Henpecked. "If there is aman in this world that excites my sympathy it is a henpecked husband," said Colonel Rimple. "Some time ago my friend Anielton invited me togo home with him. I promised, providing he would wait until I trans acted a certain piece of business. He agreed reluctantly, saying that he promised his wife that he would be home at a certain hour. After I fin ished my business I accompanied him. As we proceeded, he ^remarked ; "Rimple, I am the worst henpecked man in town. That's why I am in such a hurry." "I was very much disappointed when we reached the house. I ex pected to see a masculine looking wo man, with a savage fa?.:e and harsh voice ; but I was introduced to a little, meek looking woman, with* a delicate face and plaintive tone of voice. After supper, when Amelton and I were sit ting in the library smoking, I remark ed : " 'Say, didn't you mislead me about the henpecked business ? I don't know that I ever saw a gentler woman than your wife. " 'No, sir, I have not misled you. Gentleness is her strongest hold. It is her gentleness that knocks me. Don't think that the iscold is the worst type of henpecking women, for she isn't. Why, sir, if my wife were a scold, I would get mad and leave the house, but as it is I am disarmed. When I leave home my wife always insists upon my appointing the exact time when I will return. If lam late, no matter what business has detained me, she cries and takes on and declares that I don't love her. When I vow by all things sacred that I do love her, and that I was detained by business that could not be postponed, she wrings her bands and weeps so violently that I am sometimes afraid people think I am abusing her. She has a way of sighing and turning over in bed with a kind of despairing flounce, and instead of asking me, as is her custom, if I have locked all the doors, she slides out of bed with a suppressed "Oh, me ?"and goes on a tour of in spection. Every time she quiets down, I try to convince her that she is wrong and that I do love her, but justas soon as I say a word, she breaks out afresh, and turns over with another despairing flounce. Next morning she gets up before I awake. When I get up I find her at the breakfast table, with swollen eyes and an expression of such unutterable sadness that I feel like kicking myself. This is what I call the worst kind of henpecking, and don't misunderstand nie when I say a man doesn't want more than two such sieges a month.' " How to Treat a Wife. From the Pacific Health Journal. First, get a wife ; second, be pa tient. You may have great trials and perplexities in your business, but do not, therefore, carry to your home a cloudy or contracted brow. Your wife may have trials, which, though of less magnitude, may bc hard for her to bear. A kind word, a tender look, will do wonders in chasing from her brow all clouds of gloom.-To this wc would add always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in thc house. It is the best, and is sure to be needed sooner or later. Your wife will then know that you really caie for her and wish to protect her health. For sale by Hill Bros. i. Ships of the Air. Several days ago wc mentioned and commented on the successful experi ment of Prof. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute at Wash ington,*with his miniature aerodome or airship. Our northern exchanges come to us with views as optornistic as our own as to the significance of this advance in the navigation of tho air. On all hands the statement mude by Professor Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, is ac cepted as evidence that Professor Langley has practically solved the problem. It will be recalled that in the pres ence of the inventor and Prof. Bell, the aerodrome-constructed of steel, and propelled by a miniature steam engine operating a screw-made two flights, one of half a mile and the oth er of a quarter mile, at the rate of 20 miles an hour, only settling to the earth because the water supply of ita non-condensing engine gave out. This mechanical bird had scarcely greater stretch of wings-in its case, "aero planes"-than the condor of South America. It showed itself capable of rising, in circles, as well as of being steered in desired directions. Thc New York Sun prints the views of Mr. Frank J. French, of the Amer ican Engineer and Railroad Jour upon this achievement. Mr. French, who is an expert on aeronaut ics, said: '.'From the meagre data given out by Prof. Langley, it is difficult to judge with any certainty of the nature of his contrivance. If it does what is claim ed for it, however, that is, if it rises in spirals and returns to the ground gently, it excels in stability and in its' ability to rise to a point directly above its standing point anything that has gone before it. I take it for grant ed that the aeroplanes, which corres pond to the wings of a bird, are not movable, and that the aerodrome is dependent for its propelling power solely upon the propellers, the aero planes serving merely as sustainers. Now, here is an application of two principles. The first is the aeroplane principle, which Lilienthal of Berlin has so successfully demonstrated in his soaring flight against the wind, that an aeroplane properly balauced will, for a time, support weight and sail against tho wind. The second, a corollary to this, is the principle suc cessfully proven ou a large scale by Maxim, that aeroplanes propelled with sufficient rapidity will rise from the earth, just as a kite can be raised in a dead calm by running with it. Maxim built a huge aeroplane to run on tracks but had to build an upper track to hold it down, because he did. not dare send a man up in it, not knowing how it might light. Hargrave of Australia built a big four-winged artificial bird that was propelled for nearly half a mile by steam propeller?, but the in vention carno to grief when the steam gave out, for it fell to the ground with great force and was smashed. "What Prof. Langley appears to have achieved is the discovery of some arrangement of the aeroplanes ; first, to give great stability, so that the equilibrium is preserved af ter the pow er gives out .md the downward flight begins ; and, second, to cause the fly ing machine to follow a spiral course. >.> I should si. ose, must be acK ..ved by flexible w..:gs which would adjust themselves to the proper angle as the aeroplane curved. If you have ever watched a hawk soaring upward you will understand what I mean. Its course is always spiral. Every previ ous flying machine has either gone against the wind or outstripped it in speed, since the machine must depend upon the air for its lifting power. Hargrave's machine, for instance, if it ran out of a brisk southeast into a brisk northwest wind would come tumbling down, probably. I should suppose from what I have read of this new invention that, supposing-it went up in a good breeze, that part of its course with the wind behind it would be about on a level, and that when it reached the quadrant of the circle where it ran into the wind it would rise rapidly. "Some time ago Prof. Langley was experimenting with a six-winged aero plane, believing that an increase in the number pf wings gave an increase in stability. I should not be surprised to hear that this was a six-winged fly ing machine. At any rate, I shall await with great interest further infor mation, as this would seem to be the most important advance in years in aeronautics." The Sun adds : "This is not Professor Langley's first flying machine that has flown. In his capacity as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution' he has had time td devote to the study of- aero nautics, and has made many experi ments, the most successful previous one being that of December 13, 1894, at Quantico, Va. The machine had four wings of which the front pair measured 12x& feet, and the rear pair about half ab much. The body, of aluminum, wa:! 4x2 feet and weighed but two pounds. Propeller blades one foot long, moved by steam with great rapidity, gave a heavy thrusting pow er. The air ciaft travelled 900 feeton a straight line against the wind before its motive power gave out. It lighted in the Potoaac river without much damage to it. I was directed by a ver tical rudder, and its wings were rigid. Professor Langley does not tell wheth er the steering of his aerodrome is done by the rudder or by the wings. A man who hail known Prof. Langley for years said jesterday: "'It is surprising to me that he should have allowed even the little in formation that did come out to be made public. He is extremely close mouthed, not to say crotchety, on the subject of his invention ; he is, to my mind, thc foremost student of aero nautics in this country, if not in the world. He has tied himself to no one theory, but li?.s always been open minded and willing to give his time and experience to any new idea which seemed to promise any results. The fact of his giving out any information about this aerodrome is sufficient in dication of bia belief that he has solved thc problem of flight.' " The next step would seem to be to fita larger aerodrome with a condensing engine, provide an automatic supply of ,;quid fuel and launch it on a longer voyage. If it shall bear out the promise of the smaller model and end its flight by slid, ng gently to the earth thc consummate- task will be to build a machine large en lgh to bear a man who, assured of safety, can direct its course. Once a safe ac d dirigible airship is invented, thc r jst will be easy. In ventors all over the world will apply themselves to ito perfection, and there will soon be as many improvements as the last three years have witnessed in the case of the horseless carriage. How long it will be before airships reach by evolution thc capacity to make long flights at great speed it is hard to predict; but wo feel quito confident that within five years they will he in frequent experimental use, with "ascensions" far more numerous than those of balloons at the present day.-Columbia State. All Sort? of Paragraphs. - Anticipation of evil is the death of happiness. - A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read. - A beautiful girl is one who is pretty and doesn't know it. - Christ is himself the one unan swerable proof of Christianity. - There is one secret that is easy for a woman to keep-her age. - Whether a woman remains serious or smiles much depends often entirely upon-her teeth. - The religion of a child depends on what its mother and itrfather are, and not on what they say. - An enthusiastic Western critic thus writes of a new novel: "The incidents follow each other like a shovelful of hot coals." - A pension bill before Congress gives $12 a month to a man whose disability was "caused by overheating himself at the battle of Still Run." - The latest watch is a. marvel of ingenuity. It is the size of a small solitaire, and is intended to be worn as the button of a shirt or sleeve. - A dry goods merchar.t was ask ed how he spent his evenings. His reply was, "At night I store my mind, and during the day I mind my store. - Intemperance drives wit out of the head, health out of the body, money out of the pocket, elbows out of tho coat, and goodness out of the heart - "Did you fall ?" said a man, rushing to the rescue of a woman who had slipped on the icy pavement. "Oh, no, ' she said; "I just sat down to see if I could find any four-leaf clovers." - One great moral influence not yet credited to the bicycle is indicated in the fact that horses are now so cheap in the West that horse stealing is no longer worth while, and that species of crime has practically disappeared. - An ingenious use of electricity is to warm the bedclothes. This is done by heating a system of wire inside a double quilt. The current can _be ' regulated at will and the temperature maintained at the required degree. - Agent-Can't I put a burglar alarm in your house ? Lady-No, we don't need it. Agent-But- Lady -No, I mean it. The family across the street watches the place so closely that even a burglar couldn't get in without being seen ! - A cow has been knowu to recog nize the picture of a enif, and the tiger is said to be drawri to a trap by the picture of a companion. The timid horse, however, takes oo notice of a picture, and the cat will not spring at a painted bird. - "How did you happen to join the Independent Rifles?" "To avoid jury duty." "They tell me you re signed just as soon .as there was a prospect of war." "That was because I felt that no good citizen should shirk the demands of the jury box." - Country roads in China are never bounded by fences, but are entirely undefined. While the farmer has the right to plow up any road passing through his land drivers of vehicles have an equal right-and they exer cise it-to traverse any part of the country at large. - My, friends, said Artemas Ward on one occasion, we can't all be Wash ingtons, but we can all he patriots and behave ourselves in a human and Christian manner. When we see a brother goin' do*- > hill to ruin let us seize right holu ,i his coat tail and draw him back to morality. - "Now, between you and me, dar ling," he began, as he sat with his arms enfolding her waist. "George," she interrupted, "I wish that you would be a little more precise in your words. How can there be anything between you and me? There isn't room," and she snuggled up still closer. - For every quarter in a man's pocket there are a dozen uses ; and to use each one in such a way as to de rive the greatest benefit is a question every one must solve for himself. We believe, however, that no belter use could be made of one of thes? quar ters than to exchange it for & bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that every family should bc provided with. For sale by Hill Bros. - It is said that Columbus, nearing the shores of the New World, believed the story which the waves and skies brought him, that land was not far away. Birds came near and flouted on the mild air, and at last perched upon the masts and twittered their praise of the shore. Berries were seen in the sea, and were caught up from the waves and eaten by the happy nailors. Land was nigh. That is a picture of Christian old age. The heavenly shores arc near enough so that the rich fruits of the other world aro - within reach of the weary mariner. Angels of hope and benediction come to the soul, and flutter over th>3 tired life, and ride home to land with tho creaking old ship.-Rev. F. W. Gun saulus. - On the 30th of next month Rich mond will witness the greatest gather ing of veterans of the Confederate armies that has ever taken place since those soldiers separated to their homes. Never again will it be possible for such a number of these old soldiers to be gathered into one encampment. Each succeeding year sees a large num ber of those who wore the gray cross ing the river to join their comrades who are "resting under the trees" on the other side. The coming meeting will have the elements of sadness mingled with the pleasures and joys of the reunion of old comrades who will know that they can never again clasp hands and live over again the scenes in which they learned that they could trust one another for all that there was in perfect manhood. - Mr. D. P. Davis, a prominet liv eryman and merchant of Goshen, Va., has this to say on the subject of rheu matism : "I take pleasure in recom mending Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, as I know from per sonal experience that it will do all that is claimed for it. A. year ago this spring my brother was laid up in bed with inflammatory rheumatism and suffered intensely. The first ap plication of Chamberlain's Pain Balm cased the pain and the use of one bot tle completely cured him. IForsalcby Hill Bros.