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WM BY CL?NKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MOBNING, AUGUST 18, 1897._VOLUME XXXIII NO 8. jj IS THE $ 7 50 Suits in all Plaids and Stripes. 84 98 10. 00 Suits in all Plaids and Stripes. 6 99 12 50 Suits in all Plaids and Stripes. 8 G8 ?ummer Pants, all colors, Plaids and Stripes?$4.50, $4.00 Pants now. 2 98 83.00 and 83.50 Pants now. 2 27 One-Third Off our Knee Pants Suits. $5 00 Suits now." -. 83 34 4 00 Suits now. 2 67 3 00 Suits now. 2 00 2 00 Suits now. . 1 34 1 50 Suits now. 1 00 SHIRTS ! 50 dozen Laundered Negligee Shirts, Cu and Collars attached, former price 50c.now 34c. 37 dozen Laundered Negligee Shirts, Cu and Collars attached, Cravat to match, former price 75c.now 52c. 14$ dozen Jeans Pants, good value 75c.now 42c. 15 dozen Undershirts, good value at 75c.now 38c. 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WE offer at Private Naie on easy terms in quantity to plra&e buyers : 3 000 acres Land in Ocnr.oe County, S.C. 1,369 acres Land in Winston und Choc taw Countiee, Mississippi. 1.024 acres Land in Upsbaw C Tesas. - ALSO, - Flour, Grist Mill and Cotton Gin, in good order for work, with atnp'e water power if developed for a large C jtton Mill or other maiMifacturinp; purposes 951 acres Land on I>3averddin Creek, near Fair Play, S. C. 553 acres Land near O^kwav, S. C. 13S1 acres Land on Conni rass and Snow Creekp, near Sitton's Milla 162 ac"es L^nd, with Fi' ur Mill, .to., on Conueross Creek. Come and see us at ouco AUG'T. J. SITTON. Autun, S. C, HENRY P. SITTON, l'.ndleton, S. C , Fxemitors. May 19, 1897 47 Oct 1 FURMAN ??NIVEESITT, GREENVILLE, S. C. DR. C. II. JUDSON, Chm'n. of Faculty. SESSION opens Sept. 221. Courses lead ing to all academic degrocs Prepar atory department in charge of experienced teacher*. Cost reducc-d to minimum by mess system. Board in private families moderale. For catalogno and further in formai i-m apply to Chairman or to BEN E; GEER, Sec. Augi, 189?_6_ E LTON HIGH SCHOOL. W. . WEST. PH..cipa1. A. H. MARCHANT, Autant. SESSION opens Sept. 6 1697. Our work in ilio past has been entirely satisfac tory to our patroKH. KnrolJment past Session twenty per reni greater Iban yoar previous. One hour given to all brandies 'aupht in High School department. A modern reading room Is ruu by LUo rarv Societies. For further information rotifer with the Principal or Assist ml. August 4, 1897 6 ti Notice. WHY will you pay ?2? 00 or SlW.OOper acre for Land when you can buy choice Farming Land, in i<;ia to suit you, at less money. Write or cal.', on JOHN W. ?5HELOR, Tugaloo, Oconee County, S. C. August II, 1897 7 3 RESOURCES OF ALASKA. It ?8 not Simply a Land of Gold and Glaciers. "Man's greed for gold has opened the way for the tramp of civilization in practically unknown quarters of the globe when otherwise those quarters would have remained a howling wil derness," said S. B. Branson, of San .Francisco, who was at the St. Nicho las yesterday. "This is now true of Alaska. While hundreds upon hun dreds of men arc now rushing to the Yukon country along the arctic circlo, with the mad desire to find a fortune in gold nuggets, many will return pen niless and disgusted and a few will return as Klondykc bonanza kings. But, perhaps, ibis gold excitement will, in the end, serve a greater pur pose than many now dream of. I refer to the fact that the attention of the people of the United States will be centred on this wonderful country of Alaska, and in time its manifold resources and picturesque scenery will be known. "And let me say that Alaska is a wonderful country. Even the sleepy United States Senate has awakened to the fact, and Congress will provide means for a military post in Uncle Sam's northernmost Territory. Alas ka has been looked upon too long as a country of icebergs and glaciers, and a source of diplomatic trouble with England on account of pelagic sealing. But the people of the country are now learning something about Alaska. Why, even the elite 400 of New York society has already decreed that the fashionable outing for the next sum mer season will be an Alaskan trip. McK. Twombly, who married a mem ber of the Vanderbilt family, is the one who set the pace by taking a small party of New York society people to Alaska last month, and now a triplo Uncle Sam's own 'Land of the Mid night Sun' will be all the rage next season. Americans, whose hardest work is spending their money, have for years been going to the Alps of Switzerland to see the ecencryand the glaciers, while, as a matter of fact, the glaciers and mountain scenery of Alaska are surpassed nowhere. The great Muir glacier of Alaska is sur passed by none other. People have been rushing off in the summer in Norway, and at no spot does the auro ra Sun, when the truth is that the Alaskan fjords are as wild and pictur esque as any in Norway, and at no spot docs the aurora borealis present a more beautiful pyrotechnic display than at Fort Yukon, whioh 13 directly on the arctic circle in Alaska, and is the northernmost point inhabited by white men in Uncle Sam's domain. "Uncle Sam builded better than he knew .when he bought Alaska for $7,200,000 from Russia in 1867. The commerce of Alaska for that year was officially reported to be $2,500,000. And now it is $20,000,000, and the gold output may run it up to immense figures. This country has taken $35, 000,000 worth of seals from Alaska, and that industry alone has paid for the country five times over. Another big industry is the shipment of pre served salmon, exported in tins and barrels, and the fish-canning estab lishments are increasing rapidly. Whale fishing is not to be forgotten, *or a single'whaleon the coast of Alas ka is worth $4,000 to $5,000. We have been hearing much recently about the destruction of forests in this country, and when Mr. Francis was Secretary of the Interior he made a long report on the subject, I believe. It is estimated that the available tim ber now standing in the Territory of Alaska might alone meet the ordinary demand of this Continent for half a century. Though the extreme north ern part of Alaska is treeless, its southern shores, both of the islands and the mainlands, are covered with a dense forest growth, the Aleutian group excepted. Yellow cedar trees, eight feet in diameter, have been cut in the southeastern portion of Alaska. It must certainly be a cedar of mag nificent proportions out of which the native Haidas can hew and construct a canoe seventy feet long, oapablc of carrying 100 men. These virgin for ests, which have never felt the stroke of a white man'? axe, are truly mag nificent. They present a growth ex ceedingly dense and peculiar, the branches of the tall trees being often draped with long black and white moss, dry and fine as hair, which it resembles. This characteristic is sim ilar to the effect produced by the Spanish moss in the thick woods of Louisiana. The fallen trees and stumps in these Alaskan forests are covered with a bright green moss ten inches in thickness, and in the tangle of creeping vines are seen the deep red clusters of the bunchberry. Good judges say the timber is as fine in quality as that of Oregon aud Wash ington. A large portion of the Alaska timber grows at convenient points for shipment. The white spruce, or Sitka pine, grows to a height of from 150 to 280 feet, and measures from 3 to G' feet in diameter. The lumber from Sitka pine resembles the pitch pine of the Southern States. Many varieties of cedar, fir, ash, maple and birch grow there. The yellow cedar is fine for ship-building, and is toredo-proof ; that is, it is impcrvous to that marine pest known as the boring worm. The Alaska cedar is fine for cabinet work also. There arc many fine harbors along the thousands of miles of coast line, where ships could be loaded. The day is not far distant when the Alaskan lumber regions will be fa mous. "The animal life of Alaska is of no small consequence, of course. The rivers, inlets, bays and lakes teem with fish. The eastern part of> Beh ring's Sea is a cod reserve, whose area within the limits of fifty fathoms of water is said to be not less than 18,000 miles. So Massachusetts and New foundland will have to look well to their laurels some day. The coast of Alaska abounds in oysters, clams, mussels and crabs. The oysters have a fine flavor and could be made an article of commerce by proper cultiva tion. Bears, wolves, beavers, deer, fexes, caribou, martens, mountain goats, moose and musk oxen are found in Alaska. Then the herds of wal ruses still furnish ivory. Curiously enough, no reptile, toad, lizard or similar animal is to be found anywhere in Alaska. "Perhaps few persons not in the trade know that a more valuable fur than seal comes from Alaska, and that is the pelt of the sea otter. It is a large animal, having fine, close, black fur, sprinkled with long, white-tipped hairs, which add much to its beauty. The pelt of the sea otter is used mostly in trimming, as it is too heavy and too expensive for making up into entire garments. A full-grown skin is about 4 feet in length and 2 feet 6 inches wide, and the Indian hunters receive from the local traders all the way from $40 to $100 fora skin. Of all animals hunted by man the eca otter is the hardest to catch. The Aleuts do most of this hunting, and as it is done in canoes out in the ocean, it is quite dangerous. The world's supply of otter fur as well as sealskin comes from Alaska. "Perhaps few of the thousands rushing to Alaska for gold know the magnitude of the Yukon River," said Mr. Branson, in conclusion. "It is the Mississippi of Alaska, and is one of the twelve longest rivers in the world. Some explorers even claim that the volume of water emptied by ?he Yukon River is greater than that of the Mississippi, but I can hardly believe that assertion. But Yukon, besides being navigable for 2,000 miles, is, on the average, five miles wide for almost half the distance from its mouth. The river really has five mouths at Norton Sound, and it is seventy-five miles across these mouths and the deltas. But this great river freezes to a depth of five or six feet in winter. In the summer the banks of the Yukon furnish the breeding places for the canvae-back ducks of America, and up to a few years ago the breed ing place of those wild fowls was a mystery. Millions of geese, ducks a:ad swans nest there and live on the wild salmon berries, red and black currants, cranberries, blackberries and bilberries in the summer. By the way, tho wild strawberries of the Yu kon are the sweetest known. Alto gether, it can be said that Alaska is a wonderful country, with many things other than gold and glaciers."? Louis Globe-Democrat. Electric Trains a Snccess. Tho management of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad? one of the best in the east?began experiments with electricity as a motive power for general traffic almost a year ago. From the first, the officers of the company were sanguine of suc cess, it is said, and the most serious difficulty in the way of accomplishing practical results?viz., the conveyanoe of the electric impulse for much greater distances from the dynamo stations than has been necessary in operating trolley roads?has at lest been tri umphantly overcome. A few days ago a trial run was made by a train moved by electricity, and the motive power was found to be fully effective. Thirteen miles from the central station in both directions were covered, and that without auxiliary or relay dynamos, rendering it possible to make a transit of twenty-five miles by the propulsion of a single current. The speed of the electric train was little less than a minute and a half to the mile, and the run was accomplished "between two trains" without the slightest hindrance to the regular schedule. Commenting on this great achievement, the New York Commer cial Advertiser says : Provided that no important difficulty is involved in the question of expense, it now seems to be certain that for all way and local express trains the electric power system can be adopted and to the great advantage both of the public and the railway companies. To the benefit of the latter, it will reduce materially tho aggregate weight of the rolling stock employed in the number of passengers carried, and consequently also the deterioration of rails and wheels and axles. The ponderous, cumbersome separate locomotives are no longer required. For tho passen gers, the doing away with emoke and cinders and the danger of explosion is no small desideratum. It is very probable that a^highcr speed, if not longer power circuits, may be made possible by speedy im provement of the new system. This may mean the exclusion of steam altogether from use in railway loco motion, except, perhaps, for the heavier freight trafile, and even event ually in that. Remedy for Snake Bites. It is very noteworthy, says a writer in the Chautauqua, that many nations, races and casts lowest in civilization have for a long time protected them selves against poisoning from snake bites by a method which never until the present time, the twentieth cen tury, has been discovered by European scientists. Tho races of Psyller in Africa, Morser in Italy and Guner in India, ages ago, possessed a means to insure themselves against poisoning from snake bites, and to-day there are people who are not harmed by snake poison, if we may believe the descrip tions of travelers. Such are the negroes on tho Guinea coasts, the race of Eisowcr in Barbary, some fakirs and snake-2harmers in India, the inhabi tants cf Mozambique and some Caffi rs in South Africa. The means used by all these people to secure immunity from snake venom consists in taking as medicine the venom, either fresh or dried, from the venom glands of snakes. The majority eat the venom, but in Mozambique the same result is gained by inoculating with it. That these peoples really do make them selves proof against snako bites in this wa.y seems to be sure beyond a doubt. Although this method was made known long ago in Europe by travelers, nobody seemed to take any notice of it until the experiments of Pasteur and his sohool had demon strated the possibility of utilizing it. Then ssholars began to study tho effects on animals of feeding Bnake venom and of inoculating with it, and to convert into scientific capital the avowals of these fakirs. ? The railways of the world carry over 40,000,000 passengers weekly. Catarrh Cured. No remedy is as effectual in eradi cating and curing the Catarrh as Bo tanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) It pu rifies and enriches the blood, elimi nates microbes, bacteria, etc., and builds up the system from the first dose. Thousands of cases of catarrh have been cured by its magic power. For all blood and skin diseases, it has no equal. Buy the old reliable and long tested remedy, and don't throw your money away on substitutes, palm ed off as "just as good." Buy the old reliable Botanic Blood Balm. Price $1.00 per large bottle. SAYS IT IS GLORIOUS. I cannot refrain from telling you what a glorious medicine you have. For two years my mother has suffered with a severe catarrh of the head and ulcerated sore throat. She resorted J to various remedies without effect, ( until she used Botanic Blood Bahn 1 ( . . .) which cured her catarrh, f and healed her sore throat. 1 W. A. Pepper. , Frcdonia, Ala. i For sale by druggists. t MILLENNIUM IS DISCUSSED. The Presbyterian Conference at Toccoa Studies the Second Coming of Christ. Atlanta Journal. Toccoa, Aug. 11.?A most remark able religious meeting is now in ses sion at Toccoa. It is the prc-millcn nial conference of Southern Presby terians and the object of the meeting is to study and discuss the Scriptures bearing on the time and place of the second coming of Christ. The session will last through to-morrow. Rev. J. \Y. "Waiden, who was called from New Orleans to the Athens church, first conceived the idea of a meeting of prc-millennarians to be composed of members of the Presby terian Church, South, and when the assembly met at Charlotte, N. C, on May 20th, of this year, at Dr. Wal dems suggestion, a committee was ap pointed to bring about such a confer ence, This committee decided to call all interested in the subject to meet at Toccoa, Ga., on the 11th of this month. The first pre-millennial con ference ever held was called together in New York City on October 30th, 1878, and was continued for three days. This is not a conference of the Presbyterian church but rather of members of the Presbyterian church. There has been a great deal of criti cism in regard to this meeting and comments have been made that the conference is to determine the time and place of the second coming of Christ. This is far from true. The conference is to study the Scriptures pertaining to that subject, and will be composed of some of the most prominent divines in the United States as the program of exercises will show. the two beliefs. There arc two beliefs as to the sec ond coming of Christt, he past millen nists holding that He comes after the millennium to judge the righteous and the wicked together in one final judg ment; the pre-millennists holding that Christ comes before the millen nium, at the time when the Church will be caught up to meet Him in the clouds, at which time the rewards shall be meted out to the righteous. They believe those present "times of the Gentile " are nearly ended, and that Christ' early coming to catch up the Church is presaged by the signs of the times. After the saints are caught up into the clouds, those 4eft upon the earth Bhall pass through times of fiery tribulation. At the end of these times Christ and the reward ed saints shall come down to the earth and all the nations of the world be gathered around Him for judgment. Then comes the reign of millennium, in which Satan is bound, and after the millennium Satan is loosed for a very brief season, at the end of which he is bound and cast into the lake of fire. This is a very imperfect outline, but it is such a theme as the second coming and the millennium as is to be discussed at the Toccoa conference. The Southern Presbyterian Church is the most conservative branch of Prcsbyterianism. It clings tenacious ly to the old doctrines, and in view of this fact the Toccoa meeting or study of this fact is significant. The pre-millcnnists have Bible proof for every step of their doctrine which seems to be incontrovertible. They prove it by intelligent study of the New Testament, notably the Book of Revelation, read in the light of the Old Testament prophecy. AN important GATHERING. Some of the most prominent minis ters of the Southern Church called the Toccoa conference, among others, Rev. Dr. J. W. Waiden, of Athens, Ga., and Rev. Dr. J. F. Cannon, of St. Louis, both of whom will be re membered as taking pronounced part in the recent general assembly at Charlotte. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack, of Fort Mill, S. C, is an ardent pre-mil lenist, and also his son, Rev. Edward Mack, of Norfolk, Va. Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, one of the greatest schol ars and preachers of his church during the present century, is also a pre-mil linnist. Rev. T. M. McConnell, of Green ville, S. C, preached the opening ser mon to-day. There will be three ses sions held each day with a prayer meeting held in the morning. All papers read at this coui-.-^nce will be published in book formano invitations have been extended to many whose names do not appear on the program to send papers oa the subject to be dis cussed. Fully 150 to 200 members of the Church will be in attendance upon this meeting. The program follows: "The Second Coming of Christ," Personal?Rev. J. W. Bachman, D. D. "The Second Coming of Christ, Pre-Millennial"?Rev. R. C. Reed,D. D., Nashville, Tenn. "The History of the Doctrine*'?Rev. W. II. Marquess, D. D., Louisville, Ky. "The Importance of the Doctrine"? Rev. J. B. Mack, D. D., Fort Mill, S. C. "Relation of the Doctrine to Holy Living"?Rev. A. P. Saundcrs, D.D., Fredericksburg, Va. "Relation of the Doctrine to Mis sions"?Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. D., Tuscaloosa, Ala. "The Mission of the Church as De fined by the Doctrine"?Rev. J. F. Cannon, D. D., St. Louis, Mo. "The Two Resurrections"?Rev. R. P. Farris, D. D., St. Louis, Mo. "The Millennium"?Rev. T. L. McConnel, D. D., Greenville, S. C. ^ "The Kingdom of Satan"?Rev. Fdward Mack, Norfolk, Va. "The Anti-Christ"-Rcv. S. C. Boyd, New Orleans, La. "Objections to the Doctrine Consid ered"?Rev. A. D. McLurc, Wilming ton, X. C. "Summary of Arguments for the Doctrine"?Rev. A. W.Pitzcr, D.D., Washington, D. C. "The Kingdom of God"?Rev. J. W. Waiden, D. 1)., Athens, Ga. ? Burke Perkins, 0-1 years old, tvhosc children number 24 and whose ?randchildrcn arc uncounted, tho other lay wedded Mrs. Elizabeth Goings, 6 years old, in the town of Greenville, Ohio. SiOO Reward. $100. 1 ? read urn of this paper will lie pleased to learn hat litera is at least uno dreaded disease that tei neo has been allieto cure in all Its stages, and that s Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only pns! ive cure now known to tho inodieal fraternity. 1 Catarrh beine a constitutional discaso requires a ' ^institutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is ! liken internally, acting directly upon the blood ' md mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de- , itroying the foundation of the dl case, and giving ? he pa lient strength by building up the eoustitu- . ion and assisting nature in doing its work. The >roprietors havo to much filth In Its curativo lowers, tbnt they offer One Hundred Polla? for ' my case th.1t it falls to cure. Sond for Hat of tes- ' laioniala \ V s SOUTH CAROLINA'S CAPITOL. It is One of the Most Historical Build ings In the South. From the Philadelphia Times. In this day of various societies, masculine and feminine, for unearth ing and perpetuating the chivalric in cidents of the Colonial and Kevolu tionary periods of American history we are continually on the lookout for some hidden find of fact or fancy, and when so discovered we reverently blow the dust away, rub the old piece of silver, smooth out the crumpled sheet, decipher the fading ink?all. no doubt, in very bad En-dish?ana patriotically dispatch these heroic em blems to our favorite store room of national preserves. In a recent visit to South Carolina I was told to be sure and visit the State House. I did so and found it the most imposing building and the most interesting archive of history in that picturesque and noted town, Co lumbia. The State House of every State is always a centre of interest, but the State House of South Caro lina, like the State House of Boston, strikes one as the great heart of the people, and. like all people, it bears its scars ana hides its skeleton. Tbe State House of South Carolina may almost be called a national corner stone, for indissolubly connected with it are the names of Lord William Campbell, Butledge and Moultrie. In the early days of the colony tbe seat of government was at Charleston. Lord Campbell tried to remove it to Beaufort, for some British policy, but the plan failed. When the colony be came a State it was considered neces sary to secure a more central cap?tol, and for safety, one farther from the coast. This was in 1790, and the spot selected was that on which Columbia now stands. Some one has said that Columbia, like Washington, was cap? tol city from her birth. In the State House there now hangs a photograph taken from an old print of the original State House.- It is a quaint wooden structure, and seems to stand alone amid its primitive sur roundings. In a recent open letter written by one of Carolina's most charming women, wbo has made the study of her State a pleasure, she tells us that many were the hardships of the Legislators in the old days : ''No accommodations for man or beast, or next to none, were to be found in Co lumbia proper. Her one tavern held but the Governor and his suite, if they were not entertained by the neighboring planters. The majority of the lawmakers were lodged at Gran by, and compelled by the scarcity of horses, they frequently walked to their legislative duties. Their patriotic en thusiasm never flagged, though most of them were accustomed to ease and luxury when at home. How would our present Legislators stand a return to such ultra-Jeffcrsonian simplicity?" In the early part of this century the original State House was replaced by a larger and handsomer building, also of wood, but she adds : "Its walls heard the eloquence of Hayno, Le gare, Preston and many other gifted orators, who in the 20's and 30's add ed lustre to the already brilliant repu tation enjoyed by the State." A still more worthy memorial was desired, and in 1853 the South Caro lina Legislature passed a bi.ll to con struct a Capitol which should compare favorably with any other building of the kind in the States. The first floor of this building was nearly completed when the foundations gave way and the work was not resumed until 1857, when the site was placed a little west of the old one. This is the founda tion of the present State House, and the work of building has been carried on at an enormous cost and prosecuted in face of difficulties that might daunt a less patriotic spirit. In 1861 two million dollars had already been ex pended, and only a few years ago three hundred thousand more were used in handsome interior decoration and for repairing the effects of abuse during the days of reconstruction. The building is now complete except the dome and two porticos, which are to be placed at the back and front. The original design calls for a flight of marble steps to each' of these por ticos, and when completed will project one hundred and fifty feet from the main building. The beautiful col umns intended for tho porticos and the statues of Agriculture and Com merce and the bas reliefs lay in the State House grounds ready for place ment at the time of the breaking out of the civil war. All this beautiful work, done in Italy by the Sculptor Kirk Brown, was destroyed in the war with about ?50,000 worth of other ma terial ready for use. The marks of the cannon balls arc still to be seen on the west side of the State House. It is said half a million dollars will be needed to finish the building as origi nally designed. The State House stands at the head of Main street, the principal thor oughfare of Columbia, and reminds one of a light set on a green hill ; or like a diamond in an emerald setting. The mass of white stone can be seen for miles around, and as one draws near the grass which covers the beau tiful sloping elevation seems startling ly grecu and fresh and smooth, but nature seems to spread this beautiful carpet over all Columbia. The offices of the Governor and oth er State officials and the Supreme Court rooms and library occupy the first floor. The Senate and House of Bepresen tati ves and State library are on the second floor. I believe South Carolina is the only State which still preserves the old-time flavor of royal ty in her State House ceremonies. At the inauguration of the Governor there is the same pomp and display observed as in the time of the colony. The sword of State aud the mace are presented for the reverence of tho peo ple, and the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House appear dressed in purple robes of silk and velvet aud heavy embroidery. 1 have been told that the Speaker of the House finds the robe so heavy that during the proceedings of the body over which he presides he has his go^n hooked to the back of his chair, po that in risiug to put questiona to tho House he will not have to lift its weight so often. There is an instance in the later history of the State where a robo of this kiud passed from father to son after a long interval, and this practice of looping tho robe on the chair prevailed in both its terms of use. When the Supreme Court of the State is in session the Judges always appear on the Bench in judicial gowns. This has always been the practice in South Carolina. New York has re cently returned to this custom, but I believe these two S' tc.? arc the only liucs which now have that custom, that oas always had the high precedent of the Supreme oCourt of the'oUnited States, and within the last few years has the new authority of the United States Courts of Appeal. Within the memory of men not yet old the high sheriffs in New England appeared on State occasioni with cocked hats and swords, but it is only in South Caro lina now that the sheriff dons an offi cial garment and carrieB a sword of office whenever he goes forth to make an arrest. To the culprit this seems like taking a royal coated pill. In the office of the Secretary of State I saw the mace. It was presented to the colony by the King of England as an emblem of royal authority. It bears the royal arms and the crown, and is a massive and valuable piece of workmanship. Andrew Jackson was a native of South Carolina, and in hie last will he bequeathed to the State a silver service to be presented to the native of South Carolina who in the next war should be selected as tbe bravest soldier of tbe State. The next war wae with Mexico, and when tbe question of selection of the re cipient of this token came up it was found impossible to agree as to which son of South Carolina bad most dis tinguished himself for bravery. As a result tbe bequest was replaced in tbe State vault, with the understand ing that it should go to tbe last sur vivor of the Mexican war, in which it was thought all tbe South Caroli nians wbo participated bad equally distinguished themselves for courage. This clause of the will o? Andrew Jackson is a part of the archives of the State, and is shown to visitors as a very proud heirloom attended with a very proud record of the general bravery of the sons of tbe old State. Among other historical relics care fully preserved and held in high rev erenco are the great seals used at dif ferent times in tbe history of tbe peo ple of tbe State. There is tbe great seal used by the Lords Proprietors in tbe 17th century, the great seal used by tbe colony during the time tbe royal mace was held as the emblem of tbe King's sovereign power, and last the great seal of the State of South Carolina to which some time was attributed a sovereign significance hardly claimed at that time by any other State, and now used for the ordinary current business of tbe State, and which in the latest times has given sanction to strange experi ments in government. I saw also tbe sword of Marion, tbe Revolutionary hero of tbe State, who bas been cele brated by William Cullen Bryant in his "Song of Marion's men :" Oar band is few, but trae and tried, Our leader frank and bold ; Tbe British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told. Among tbe interesting records I saw was tbe manuscript of tbe last speech of John C. Calhoun, which was read in tbe United States Senate when be was too feeble to deliver it in per son. I saw, too, a letter from Lafay ette, addressed to' tbe men of the Southern army, meaning tbe Southern army of the Revolution, and a letter from Light Horse Harry Lee to Lord William Campbell, then Royal Gover nor of the colony. As one comes out from tbe State House be is confronted by three monuments commemorating tbe mili tary achievements of the soldiers of South Carolina. The first refers to the American Revolution, tho second, which is in the shape of a palmetto tree, relates to the Mexican war, while tbe third is a Confederate mon ument erected by tbe women of the State. Tbe experience of South Carolina is filled with more singular vicissitudes than that of any other State, and on every band in Columbia and in tbe State House are records and memen toes of unusual occurrences and cir cumstances. Kate Phelen Hampton. To Hell like a Irian. I asked Mrs. Livermore if she bad ever seen anyone afraid of death, or that which would follow death, at tbe actual hour of dying. "Never but once," she replied, "and then it was the fault of an evangelist. It was after the fight at Fort Donel son. Eighty mortally wounded men had been brought into my ward at tbe St. Louis hospital, among tbem a sol dier with both legs and an arm shot off. This man was lying in that stu por that usually precedes death, when an evangelist entered, and, bending over the bed, said: "Have you made your peace with God? If not, you will be in hell in less than an hour.' "Instantly the man's stupor was replaced by tbe most horrible fright. 'Pray for me,' he groaned. can't step,' was tbc reply, as the speaker hurried on to give bis grewsome mes sage to other sufferers, 'you must pray for yourself.' Delirious with pain and wholly possessed by this new and terrible idea, the soldier sent out shriek after shriek of agony. can not die. I have been a wicked man,' was bis repeated wail. His cries aroused and excited tbe other men, and the ward became a pandemonium of groans and screams and beseeehings In vain I urged and the surgeon com manded quiet. I directed the doctor to send the evangelist out of the ward, and I got upon the bed of the man who had first been aroused. Taking him by the shoulders and looking straight into his eyes, I said: 'Stop this screaming at once!' 'But I am going to bell,' be cried. "Well, if you must go to bell, go like a man!" I re plied. 'But why must you go? What is Christ for if a man like you, wbo has stood up to be riddled and torn and killed for bis country, is going to hell? It is a libel upon God.' "I had dispatched a messenger for a chaplain. When he came I said : 'Don't say a word, but sing,' and gradually peace settled over the ward, while the poor fellow listened to "Je sus, Lover of My Soul,' 'There'll Be No More Sorrow There,' 'Rock of Ages,' and many other comforting hymns. I kept my place on the bed, softly repeating prayers and reassur ing passages of Scripture till my pa tient whispered: do believe that Jesus will save me.' Ile died that night. "The ovcrzcalous evangelist receiv ed summary treatment at the hands of Mother Bickcrdykc. When be be gan to question her 'boys' she ap proached him with the words: 'Look here, you leave this ward, quick or I'll take you by the nape of the neck and pitch you out." ?"Jakcy, my shoo " said a thought ful father, the other day, "dakc longer stebs, and you won't vear out your shous so quvick." ? The fruit crop of Missouri this ycir is roughly estimated to be worth $20,0!)0, . It is stated to be worth more than the wheat crops of Illinois and Misssouri combined. For the Amleraon Intelligencer. J "Place aux iDames.'' ^ j If I had been out with Peary coquetting with the North Pole for a year or two, and had heard on my re-turn that Bob a?/ geraoll waa President of the United Stato", | and that Sam Jones bad gone to the devil, j I should have been slightly surprised, but -? my surprise would have be come atope faction if upon reaching home I bad learn ed that tbe men of Anderson County bad refused to grant tbe petition of a noble little . woman. For nearly, if not quite a decade, tbero has been a regularly organized society, which baa bad but one end in view, tb? erection of a monument to the de>d Con federate soldier? of Anderten County. This campaign bus been carried on in win ter snows and summer bear, rnd though there have been helpois iu tbe way .of lip ht artillery, masked bf tferios and sharp shooters, there has never bren but one commander in-chief end odor-beaier. There is no mighty political quetlion in volved here, no inroads on the bulwark* of religion ; not even the milk-and-water tempest of a quarrel between rival towns ; but it is simply the question, ifekv*ly little park with the glorious monument in the midst would not b 9 more attract ive then tbe Court House? If Anderson is to be the large city that I prophecy, it woold. be inore city like to extend the bande?me public buildings on side street*, thus form* log now centers of attraction, fresh pomts of interest. Men of Aodersoo! The moft graceful thing yon can do now is to stand with un covered beads and let our little color bearer advance and unveil ber monument. And I hope no other memorial will be. thought of but a monument, and let us have that of stone that will endo re as long as tbe famous obelisk erected by ardatie heathen on the Yellow Nl.'e sends to Barneses, the Egyptian. And theo we shall see coming np from all th<i streets of the town, women and children bearing/^ flowers, women with the enowliake* that never melt in their hair, who will b^tid low to place their burden of roeef, a/od lisping maidens who will reach high' to lay their wreathe on tbe pedestal ;'and over all we shall read word? latitare almost as saored to ns as oar cr-edn ; "4th Regiment S. C V." "Fort Hill Guard-," Orr'a Rifles." aud the women will tell the little ones of a ?'early loved oanee that went ont in the du*k of an April evening, w? of a quiet field, a lonely flag olose furled, dead warriors stretched around it, sentries silent as death leaning on broken guns, ... and camp firr-s burned out Torever. 'J KlL COUBTXAND. All Sorts of Faraffrapluk ? Of two evils, choose the least; of two sins, neither. ? He that is slow tc wrath it* of. great understanding. ? The dog perspires with hie tongue. And so does the campaign orator. ? Keep faith with others and they will be pretty apt to keep faith with you. ? She?How high should a young woman liftherdress? He?She should lift it a little over two feet. ? Under her new law, one must be a resident of New Jersey for seven days before one can be married in that State. ? The purchasing power of money in the days of the Boman emperors was about ten times what it is at present. ? "Freddie, why did you drop that baby on the floor?" "Well, every body says it's a bouncing baby, and I want to see it bounce." ? A 13-year-cld boy at Crown Point, Ind., became violently insane a few days ago as the result oi continued indulgence in the cigarette habit. ? "Some genius in Birmingham has invented ?. buttonless shirt." "Why, that's old. I've worn them every since my wife learned to ride a bike." ? If we were always as particular. not to breathe foul air as we are not to drink dirty water, we should have a different race o? beings, physically, from what we now have. ? "George, I ::ear you are marrying me just because my uncle left me a fortune.'.' "No, my precious. I'd marry you just the same if any other person had left it to you." ? Nothing gees so far in soothing a horse that is terrified as a kind, as suring voice. Never use the whip to cure the horse of fright. Keep cool yourself, and your horse will soon gain confidence. ? "Do you think your sister likes me, Tommy ?" "Yes. She stood up for you at dinner. Father said you were a donkey but. sis got up and told father he ought to know better than judge a.man by his looks." ? "Am I to take this medicine in ternally or apply it externally ?" asked the lady customer of the drug clerk who was filling her prescription. "Whichever pleases you, madam; the stuff is perfectly harmless." ? Con Vivial?Doctor, my wife suffers greatly from insomnia. Phy sician?Insomnia ? How do you know? Con Vivial?Why. every time I come home at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, I always find her wide-awake ? ? When once filled in, a Moslem grave is never reopened on any ac count. To remove the faintest chance of its being thus defiled, a cypress tree is planted after every interment, so that the cemeteries resemble forests more than anything else. ? Wallace: "They say that if you pick up a hairpin on the sidewalk you will soon get a letter." Ferry: "I think there must be a mispronunciation somewhere. I picked one up and stuck it in my pocket, and my wife found it and I got a lecture." ? Salesman?"If the goods are not just as represented, we will cheerfully refund your money." Rural Custo mer?"Don't tell me sech yams as that, young man ! Yc might gimme me money back, but't ain't human natur fer ye to be cheerful about doin' it." ? The Rev. Dr. Hancher, of the Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, of Kansas City, has estab lished not only a bicycle check room in the basement of his church, but also a room where mothers may check their babies while they attend divine service. ? The golden rule settles a hundred difficult points which, in a world like this, are continually arising between man and man. It prevents the neces sity of laying down endless litt?e rules for our conduct in specific cases. It sweeps the whole debatable ground with one mighty principle. ? A brand new thing in a concealed weapon case turned up at Lexington, Ky., recently, when Minnie Brown, colored, was arrested for carrying con cealed weapons. She was carrying a razor in her hair and, when the officer took her hat off, he discovered the razor nestled away in her kinky locks. ? Little Girl?Mrs. Brown, ma wants to know if she could borrow a dozen eggs. She wants ter pat 'em uuder alien. "So you've got a hen sitting, have you ? 1 didn't know you kept hens." "No, ma'am, we don't; but Mrs. Smith's going ter lend us a hen that wants to set, and ma thought if you'd lend us the eggs, wo'd.find a nest ourselves."