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CHARLESTON F .A Sudden Transition Liocal Cha: From the JSTew Ti CHARLESTON, September 14.-If j you go South by rail the character of the country changes so gradually as you slip out of one State into another that it is hard to tell precisely where the North leaves off and the South be gins. If you go by water, on the con trary, you come upon the South all unawares, as it were, without experi encing any intermediary impressions. You leave' a port that is positively characteristic of the one section, and after two days in a purely neutral world, cut loose from all influences, political and geographical, you arrive at a port as positively characteristic of the other. Once the Jersey shore i is left behind, there being no visible landmarks to show the progress South ward, the ship's atmosphere being that of the port she sailed from, it is not until forty-eight hours later, when the light-house on Morris Island comes in sight and the line of the Carolina coast breaks the horizon, that people begin to speak as though they were North no longer. :'We are fairly in Charleston har bor now. We've crossed the Bar," announces a passenger cheerily. "We go in without knowing it these days, but a few years ago the getting over Bar was an undeitaking. That was before the Jetties were built. I re member waiting outside on one of these steamers for five mortal hours until the tide came: to our relief. Not waiting comfortably either, you may depend, fhe water waB rough that day: there was what they call a swell on, and the see-savring of the ship af: ter she stopped going was anything but pleasant. Ah! Don't that look . familiar? We're down South now, and no mistake." A tiny row-boat has come into view, manned by three n 3groes rowing lusti ly and singing in time to their task. Their black breasts are bared to the August sun, theil garments of that all-over-fadedness of hue resulting from constant wear and washing. There is a glimpse .of hearty, good humored faces up-turned to thesteamr . er's deck, a bar or two of song floats upward, then the big ship strides away from the little craft, and the picture is lost. Three negroes might bc in a "boat in Boston harbor, in New York harbor, or any other harbor on the coast j they might be dressed just as~ shabbily and be just as black, and he rowing with just as much vim as j those island negroes, but they would . not look like these nor be like them. .! They would not have that air of irre sponsibleness, and that almost child ishly eager interest in everything, that is native co ihe Southern negro that something that comes of the soil, the climate, the mere earthy condi * tions he has been raised "among. Above all, tee negro anywhere else hut at the South would not feel the/ necessity of singing while h,ewasa work. He might sing after his task was over, and sing well, but the rythm in him, would not have to find vent while his musolos were in use. . Eager interest in things is charac teristic of the Southern people, of the white owners and rulers of the land, as well as of their black dependents and sometime bondmen. From the highest to the humblest, all were born under the same auspices, so far as the physical character, of the country is considered, and thc love of pleasure is a common heritage. They love so to enjoy. It is the Southern nature; poverty, calamity, nothing keeps it back. No amount of education, of careful training in the ethics of good form and conventionality can. quite eradicate this native exuberance of temperament that triumphs over age, and even over physical, infirmity, and makes many a rough passage smoother than it would otherwise be. Next to their loyalty, and sincerity, this love of pleasure in whatsoever form it may take, is a dominant character in Dixie. If such a thing was possible, or at least likely, as a man taking passage on . ship not knowing where she was bound, and preserving that ignorance of his destination throughout the trip, and that voyager should look out upon Charleston harbor, all at sea regarding his whereabouts, he would conclude at once, after a survey of the prospect, that that bay and city were of the South, lt would not need the care less song of the negro boatman or thc uantc of Sumter on his fellow passen gers' lips to confirm this conjecture. A soft luminousness in thc atmos phere, a certain quality, neither pathos nor romance, but yet an inti mation of both.nstamps the locality with a character all its own, undeci pherable as it is. For low, flat shores ure found in other places, green trees belong to every clime; other skies are as blue, other waters as serenely dimpling, taking for granted that thc voyager who set sail not knowing where he was going, gets into diaries-, ton harbor in the daytime and catches sight of the glancing spires and steeples of the city at least a full min ute or more before the main body of buildings uprises before him. This is 'ROM THE SEA. to a Southern Scene, cacteristics. ?>rk Evening Post.. arch coquetry on the part of the old town, but a bit of finesse fine has never been known to forego, notwith standing all the many and various kinds of craft that como into her har bor. She knows that oshe is fair to look upon with that tender light en folding her, and that she renders her self far more interesting by not dis playing all her charms at once. Lit .tle by little she rises bodily from the water, and this judicious reserve ex cites deep interest in the beholder. If the adventurous voyager got over the Bar after nightfall he would be guided up the harbor by the range light in St. Philip's steeple, one of the few, if not the only harbor light on the coast that is located in a Church steeple and kept trimmed and burning by a Church sexton,o the identical sexton that ushers strang ers up the aisle on Sundajrs and per forms other dignified duties connected with his office. When the officer in charge of the government works in Charleston harbor first broached the matter of making the steeple a light house thc vestry demurred. It was a benevolent, a kindly purpose, but it was secular withal; might it not be putting their revered tabernacle to undignified use? The proposition was without precedent. The^govern ment's representative urged on their consideration the fact that the steeple was just in the exact spot where a range light was seeded; the sexton should tend the light. Everything should be done to preserve the digni ty and placidity of the ancient struc ture, and, indeeri, to improve or re pair it should occasion require. With these stipulations vouched for, the consent of thc parishioners was gained. Honored old St. Philip's! She had been "just in range line" before, when hostile vessels picked her out for a target. Daring the bombard ment the beseigers always avowed that they aimed at her spire, and when this government light was being arranged for, three years ago, a shell, uncx I ploded, was found ic. a part of the i woodwork. It is, perhaps, these unexploded shells that Charleston still harbors in her bosom, all against her will though it be, that makes old Sumter look so glum and introspective, so almost tragic, even on 2; sunny day, despite the air of domesticity imparted by the newly painted cottage of the keeper, and the tufts of grass that grow above her w& ed-in parade ground. Fort Moultrie, opposite, pillowed on the white sands of Sullivan's Island, looks benign, almost cheerful. Street cars jingle past its door, thc sound of chil dren's voices* reaches it from the beach below, and nearby houses shel ter families long since reconstructed. Sumter has none of these soothing, every-day influences. Apart, out there in the harbor, self-centered on her single isle, that affords no inch of foothold to friend or foe, she looks impregnable still and in no mood tobe trifled with, in reality, though, she is not so formidable as she looks, for , nearly all of the ordnance that played such a significant part three decades ago has been removed, and the new magazines and oth r appliances of war that have been .placed there, since are only half completed. "There is nothing at Fort Sumter now," says the government official who is in charge of the harbor. "As far as is possible, all traces of the fight in the early sixties have been taken away or covered up, and the work of renovation and outfitting, be gun twenty years ago, at the time of the Virginias war scare, was left in a very crude condition. The government does not say so, because work on the coast defenses just now must be carried on with se crecy, but rumor has it that in the near future Fort Sumter will be titted out in no equivocal fashion, and that hundreds of thousands of dollars will bc devoted to the work. Situated just as she is, she is important, and as much paius will bc taken with lier as are expended on thc new mortar and rifie batteries on Sullivan's Is land. If tradition may be trusted, (and surely tradition that comes straight down from father to son is as much to bc counted on as history, even though it is never set down in print) Fort Sumter, fundamentally speaking, is by no means a provincial fortress, but as cosmopolitan a structure as this j country can boast. The rocks that form her base, piled one upon the other, are no Carolina rocks, but the joint contribution of many and vari ous countries. Scientific conjecture has it that thc spot the fort was built upon was once, ages ago, a part of Morris Island, thc island just in thc rear of Sumter, up on which Battery Wagner stood, a name indissolubly associated with the Swamp Angel. Local verbal testi mony, however, flouts at this, and af firms stoutly that thc rocks that form the foundation of thc fort were brought tu Charleston originally as ballast by thc sailing vessels came there after cotton. These sels came into port empty and out heavily freighted with the son's staple product long ago, ' things were conducted in a leis fashion, before the utilising- of s or of any labor saving and disl annihilating inventions. In 1 days a vessel coming after c< knew that she could only mala trip during the season, or, at most, two, and governed her n ments accordingly. It was custoi when the rocks brought as ballast served their mission to dump 1 overboard, and the spot on w Sumter stands was such a dum place. The boatman will tell you he who rows you out to the fort, he will say, moreover, that his fa had boats to let before his time, knew every stock and stone Charleston harbor. If you visit the fort in winte: the regulation tourist season, will go on a regulation excur boat, at a stipulated fare, along y a lot of other people, and share \ them whatever of interest the ke< of the fort might have to say or s to curious or thoughtful visit When you go individually you I the keeper's time all to yourself, the voyage se., i/ard is made inter ing by the boatman'3 commun tions. "This is Fort Ripley," says, as his little craft rounds wit a stone's throw of a structure st high up on stilts, but looking str and martial. "The people there ri everything they eat, though ther scarcely an extra foot of ground in place." Then, laughing at his < joke, he proceeds to point out Cai Pinckney, the fortress that the Gr: Army is seriously thinking of %c verting into a sanitarium for inf and disabled pensioners*. Castle Pin ney is well within the shelter of harbor, and Fort Ripley also.. Si ter lies away out, ready to bear brunt of wind and storm and fusila The keeper at Fort Sumter tells 3 how she stood the cyclone, or, rath how he stood it. He will take 3 down through the dark, tunnel-1 passageways, and up on the pan ground, that you are surprised to fi so large in view of the apparent s of the fort from the outside. He v point out certain direful spots whi alien bullets hit or grievous rei were made, and'then, after this c< cession to historic times, he will co; down to latter-day facts, and giv< feeling account of his experience di ing the war of the elements four yei ago. When you go over to Fort M01 trie you will, hoar more about t cyclone, and be told how the re dents of the Island, Charleston's sui mer report, regard Fort Moultrie as ever present place of refuge in sn disasters, and go to her the first thi when the water is rising in thc lower floors and the wind is shaki; the very foundations of their houses houses that are always anchored whi built in order to guard against ju . *ch perils. . Light-minded Charlestonians, tho who decline to take life seriously, '< clare that their city never lacks catastrophe from which to date ha penings and events. Long ago it w: the war that overshadowed everythii else; then it was the earthquake, sou appalling horror; and now it is the c; clone. It is four years since the c; clone created such havoc on the wi ter-front, and the docks and piei show the ravages still. But that dot not dim the brightness of those syn metrical spires, nor alter the seren appearance of the town as she look out on the sea. Somebody has somewhere define poetry to be "emotion recollected i tranquility." One is reminded of th line on viewing Charleston from th harbor entrance, though hers is rathe the self-poised calm won from con tentions and calamities bravely born than the serenity of mere stagnatioi or of unconcern. The impression i; dispelled somewhat when one gets uj into the city, where thc newly intro duccd trolley cars are whizzing, anc hears of the new park that is beim laid out, and the new buildings thal are in course of construction, and thc other things now under way; but Le gare street preserves its old world,dis distinctive air. along with many another resident street beside; and, looking off from thc Battery/ the scene has that same half tender, half romantic suggestion that thc South alone knows how to interpret, a charm not to be resisted any more than it may bc accounted for. OLIVER F. GUNBY. - An Iowa husband and wife were admitted to an insane asylum at Mt. Pleasant at thc same time recently. It was thc first case of the kind in thc history of the asylum. Deafness Cannot he Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion ol' the car. There is only 0:10 way to cure Deafness, and tuat is hy constitu tional remedies. Deafness ia caused by.an inflam ed condition of the mucous lining of tba Kustach iau Tube. When this tubo pets inflamed you have ;i rumbling unod or Imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is tho result, and unless the inilamatioa can be taken out and this tube restored t:i its normal condition, hearing will tie destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten ute caused by" catarrah, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the BUCOUS surfaaes. Wo will give <Jno Hundred Dollars tor any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Dall's Catarrh furo. Send for c.irciUars, free. F. J. CHENEY &. CO., TOletW, 0. -Sold by Drugeisls^Rte. Lee's Life Spared by a Scout. Gen. RobcrtE. Lee. the Confeder ate commander, owed many years of life to the leniency of Thomas W. Burton, a well-to-do farmer, of Ra cine County. Burton enlisted in an Ohio regiment A the beginning of the war. He was an expert woodsman and a crack shot. He had lived in Virginia several years in the fifties. His . experience in woodcraft and knowledge of thc country adjacent to the James River and around Rich mond commended him for the duties of a scout, and carly in 1862 he re ceived orders to report for special duty. He served as scout until wounded at Chancellorsville, in May, 1863. He was discharged, and a few years later came to Wisconsin, and engaged in farming. He attended the Gr. A. R. encampment at Buffalo, and related the story of Gen. Lee's es cape from death to the group of vet erans in the smoking car. "Yes," he said, "I could have killed Lee as easily as a boy would knock a trapped woodchuck in the head. But I didn't. It was early in the war-the day that Lee took com mand of the Confederate army in Vir ginia-and the death at that time of the ablest leader of the Rebel forces might have had a powerful effect on the fate of the Confederacy. Lee sat on a horse not ewer twenty feet from where I lay concealed behind a log. For five minutes my rifle covered his heart and my fingers rested on' the trigger. I might have shot him dead and could have escaped without trouble, but I didn't. Lee was a great man, and I have been 'thankful always that I did not shoot." "Did Lee ever know of his escape?"* asked a man with a 6th Wisconsin ar tillery badge pinned on his lapel. "Yes. After the war I wrote to Hm about H. He sent me this let ter," and Mr. Burton produced a sheet of p per yellowed by age, the writing faded and barely legible. It bore the signature: "R. E. Lee," and was as follows:^ "RICHMOND, VA., Februaryl, 1866. "Ti W. BURTON, RACINE-DEAR SIR:.''Your favor of 20th ultimo at hand. I think I rememb r the day to which you refer. I had,, on the day previous, < tal-en command of the troops (C. S. A.) about Richmond, and, in qompany with Gen. Gr. W. Smith, whom I suceeded, made a per sonal examination of the field. I do not doubt your statement, and while (several woi .s here illegible) God, I thank you. Cordially, "R. E. LEE." ' "After the battle of Seven Pines," Mr. Burton began his story, "our troops took up a position on both sides of the Chickahominy, our left reaching j into Chickahominy swamp. I was at tached to Gen. "Si" ^Casey's .divis ion, of Keyes's corps, as a scout, and had spent several, days in working through the ' big Chickahominy swamp. One afternoon-it was June 2 or 3,1 think-I was in the swamp between our lines and the Rebs. A little creek ran through the swamp and into the Chickahominy. I had sat down on a log behind a sumao or some other small bush, when I heard something moving through the#bushes on the other side of thc stream. I dropped down behind the log and swung my rifle over, cocking it, and as I did so two'men in gray rode into plain view. At a glance I knew one to be Lee, and the other I Eiurmised -correctly, it ' appeared laiier-was Gen. Smith. Joe Johnson had been J wounded in the fight of Seven Pines, and Smith had succeeded him, and Lee, we'knew, in turn, had succeeded Smith. And I held the lives of both of them-one, at least-in my hand, j "The Confederate leaders rode out of the bushes and down to the'edge of the brook and let their horses drink. They were talking earnestly, and I heard Stuart's name mcutioncd. They probably were discussing plans for the raid his cavalry made around us a few days later. "Well, Lee and Smith sat on their I horses and talked. My rifle sights covered a spot on Lee's gray coat, di rectly over his heart. Then I thought I'd get the two in line and kill them both. Twice I pressed the trigger to kill both. Why didn't I? I thought of my wife and babes back in Ohio-and then of Lee's dear ones. Tears came into my eyes, and when I got the mist out of them the party was riding away. It would have been murder, and, praise God. my hands arc clean." Milieu uken Sentinel. - Judge-"After this you ought to keep away .from bad company." Pris oner-"Yes, your Honor. You won't see me again for some time." - "What do you think, old boy, I stole a kiss from that haughty Miss Juniper !" "Pooh, that's nothing. The last evening I was there I saw her poodle dog kiss her seventeen times." - "Many have said their children would have died of croup, if Cham berlain's Cough Remedy had not been I given," writes Kellam iV Ourran, I druggists. Seaview. Va. "People I come from far and near t<> get it and speak of it in thc highest terms.'' This is equally true of this remedy in i every community were it is known, i Buy a bottle at the Hill Orr DrugCo. and test it for yourself. The Story of a Sun Dial. In the first part of the last century an Irish emigrant named Porter set tled near Philadelphia, says thc Phil adelphia Times. Among ljis som was one named Andrew, whom he tried to make Into a farmer, and then, like his brothers, iuto a carpenter. But Andrew would have nothing to do with the plow or the plane. He hid in corners poring over some math ematical books that had come into his possession. One day he found the design of i sun-dial in one of them, and resolved to make one. He walked eight miles to a soapstone quarry, found a slab and carried it home on his back. Full of zeal, he went to his brothers' shop, and used their saws and chisels in his work. When they came home in the evening the dial was finished. An drew was triumphant, but every tool in the shop was nearly or quite ruined. They drove him into the street in fury of anger and contempt. His father, now convinced that he was an idle, good-for-nothing, who would never fully carn his bread, bade him go and fit himself for school teaching, which he called the "lazy man's work." Andrew gave himself to hard study for the summer, and then went to th< astronomer, David Rittenhousc, and asked him to lend him a book on conic sections. ^How long have you studied mathe matics?" demanded the great man. "Three months." "And what do you know of conic sections?" Rittenhouse rejoined, with withering contempt. But after asking the boy a few, questions he- not only, lent him the book, but advised him not to waste his time in the country, but go to Philadelphia and open a mathematical school. This poor farm boy was afterward Gen. Andrew Porter, an officer in the war of the revolution, and an authori ty on mathematical science in the young republic. There are plenty of farm boys now who dislike farm work. It wouldn't be wise to infer because of this indo lent disposition they are Andrew Por ters in embryo. An easy basis for judgment is to note the use they make of their idle time. Do they give. | it to conic sections or to base ball? - The smallest horse owned in the world is Leo, owned in Italy. He is but#32 inches high, and yet he is per fectly formed. His mane and tail reach the ground, and he is very in telligent. He is of thc smallest Shet land breed known and is about 32 inches- high. He is now on exhibition in Italy along with tho Queen's Shet land ponies.' In the spring he will be brought to New York and exhibited in the New Yilrk horse show. - Love' at sight is not considered nearly so good a security, in the mat rimonial market* as love twelve months afterdate. , T wo F6B ONE. . BY SP CIAL ARRANGEMENT WE OFFER HOME AND FARM ? In combination with the ANPERSON INTELLIGENCER for $1.55, being the price of our paper alone. That is, for all new or old subscribers renewing and paying in advance, we send HOME AND FARM one year free. . HOME AND FARM has for many years been the leading agricultural journal of the South and Southwest, made by farm ers for farmers. Its Home Depart ment, conducted by Aunt Jane, its Children's Department, and its Dairy Department are brighter and better than ever. Renew now and get this great journal for the homo and thc farm-FREE. Q ll Her Life Mr.' E. D. Jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga., says that his daughter, Ida, inherited a severe case of Eczema, which the usual mercury and potash remedies failed to relieve. Year by year she was treated with various medicines, external appli cations and internal remedies, without result. Her sufferings were intense, and her condition grew steadily worse. All lae so-called blood remedies did not seem tc reach thedis ease at all until S. S.S. was given, when an improvement was at once notic d. The medicine was continuecd with fav orable results, and now she is cured sound and well, her skin is perfectly clear and pure and she has been saved from what threat ened to blight her life forever. S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu matism, or any other blood trouble. It is a real blocd remedy and always cures even after all else fails. A Real Blood Remedy. Take a blood remedy : a blood disease; a ionic won't cure it O a r ooi:s a blood aifll Footwear ! A good opportunity to fit up the Family with desirable, well-fitting and good wearing Shoes. IT ia our pleasure to announce that we have spared neither neither pains or money to make our line of FALL GOODS the most desi rable and serviceable in the State, and we feel confident that our patrons will appreciate the fact that our Goods are manufactured expressly to suit the taste and fancies of this community. Every detail is carefully carried out with the intention of furnishing the public with a superb line of SHOES. We also carry a good line of And our prices are right. Give us a call when in need of anything in our line, and be con vinced of what we say. Yates Shoe Co. Under Masonic Temple, Anderson, S. C. FEW FACTS WE fully realize the fact that when we address the people of Andiereon County, either through the press or otherwise, we are addreaing a cia of highly intelligent and well-informed people. We know there are some people who read the high-sounding advertisements promising great and unreasonable things, and also believe them, but this class of people in Anderson County -is fast becoming extinct. Kow, a few words in regard, to our business : A few years ago we came to this town with a small capital and unknown to the business world. Our business has steadily increased, and the year 1897 will show a business of over 860,000.00. What bas been the secret of our success To do the Sight because it is Bight Many say that this rule works" well every way except in business ;: but we find it more applicable to business than any where else. Now, we know this is out of keeping with the usual way of advertising but with due regard to our competitors' methods of doing business we deem it necessary to say what we have, and we commend to the intelligent and right thinking people of our County. . .' , We also wish to state that our present facilities for handling goods direct from the manufacturer to the consumer are-second to none in the city. We carry almost everything needed by the general trading public, and at as close a price as good, first-class goods can be sold, for. . Respectfully soliciting a continuance of your highly appreciated patron age, and, if possible, will try and serve you better in the future, we are Yours very respectfully, D. C. BROWN & BRO. BROWNLEE & VANDIVER3, -DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF-" General Merchandise, Cotton and Fertilizers* OFFER their tremendous Stock of Heavy Dry Goode, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps at prices that en sum sales. In a few days we will have a fnll line of Williams. Kneeland's and Geo. G. Scow's Men's Fl S hoes. We have decided to add this, the finest line of Shoes we know, to our already large Stock. We have in stock the Jones Shoe Co's, line o ' Women's Fme Shoes that we can conscientiously recommend to any one. In other grades of Shoes we have them from the cheapest up. See us before buying a pair of Shoe?.. - We will not allow any one to ander sell us in Prints. Ginghams, Outings, Flannels, Blankets, Lap Robes, Jeana, Ces si m ers, Sheeting, Checks, Drills, etc. We mean ex actly what we say in the above remarks. Come see for yourself. We sell large quantities of Ballard's and other mill's fine Flour, all grades Co e best Hams, Rice, Sugar, Lard, Molasses, Soap, Soda, Starch, and other Groceries too numerous to mention. DonV. forget that we yell the best Flour, Coffee and Tob ceo* that we caa buy. We want to buy your Cotton for the highest casli price, and sell you. your Bag ging and Tie?. Yours very truly, BROWNLEE & V WD8VERS. P. S - Just received a lot of Guano ar ' Acid for the small grain crop. And you will find out that you are often deceived foy a very small animal. . . . . . .... WE say come at us with your search-light, (so you mean business, ) and you will see which way the cat is jumping. INVESTIGATE, And you will find no danger to your peace nor your purse in buying your HARDWARE From us. Throw out your search-light on us and our Goods. It will save our talk and our time, and save you from pain and loss. INVESTIGATE. xx i i di /