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The Miraculous Esc From Sliot gade -aaa ms own two guns, wine were firing forty-eight canister shot each less than every minute, making ninety-six shots L and which fire he rode right into on his return to his guns, there being no other route back to them. The exhibition this officer made af ter the fight was over showed the dan ger he had passed through and the miraculous escape from death he had made. He rode a Mexican saddle with a large, rawhide pommel in front and which, no doubt, contributed Sowards saving his life. Notwithstanding the toughness of the rawhide caused the shot to glance, yet it was shot or torn to pieces badly. His stirrup leathers, stirrup covers and pistol holsters were shot. His horse had the tip end of one ear shot off and the hair in his tail considerably clipped. Thc offi cer's hat and his uniform were per forated with many shot, and with these exceptions he and his horse es caped unhurt. Behind his saddle were strapped his blanket and over coat rolled up together. That night when he took them off to make down his pallet what a curiosity they did exhibit. Perhaps net less than a half-pint of shot were lodged in the blanket and overcoat, whilst they were perforated like a seivc with bul let holes. These thc officer tried to save as relics of the fight and evi dences of his narrow escape but they were lost in the general break-up of the army. This remarkable and 'miraculous es cape excited the attention and com ments of . many officers and soldiers, and the officer, in telliag his feelings in the midst of his great danger, said: "kIt was the first and only time I ever made up my mind and concluded that there was no escape and that I must necessarily be killed. Of course in the very short time chat elapsed I thought rapidly and of many things, but what was uppermost in my mind was thc thought that my own men. not knowing the reason of my flight, might think I had deserted them, and that thc enemy, thinking I was charging upon them, would concen trate their fire on mc and kill me j That officer evidently and beyond doubt wore a charmed life, and as he NISCENSES. apo of a Confederate ; and Shell. ,) Banner, nc rs: fhe the lite 2re nt ive ling' her up a fine onion patch before he re turned to his command. Th Battle or Kelly's Fo rd. One of the most interesting and dashing cavalry fights during the late war was the battle of Kelly's Ford, and Dr. W. B. Conway, of this city, who was present, gives a graphic ac count of it. Dr. Conway was a member of a cav alry company, made up of hardy mountaineers of Madison County, Va., commanded by Capt. Morgan Strother. Gen. Fitz Lee's brigade was camped near Fredericksburg. On the morn ing of May IS. 1863, the company, of which Dr. Conway was a member, was ordered to move in the direction of Kelly's Ford, a few miles below, on the Rappahannock river, where Fitz Lee was contesting with the Federals. There was something stirring in the jovial voice of Fitz Lee, and his face was lit up as he listened to the occa sional shots from our picket in front. "With a little handful of men, Capt. Randolph, of the Black Horse Caval ry, was disputing every inch of ground along the river fords, and ih front of the advancing column of Averill's three thousand cavalry, while Fitz Lee's effective force was only eight hundred. We had passed Fleetwood Hill and Stevensburg when the gray columns of Fitz Lee moved rapidly towards thc river, and hastily threw out sharpshooters along the whole line in front. Gen. Averill, com manding the Federal cavalry, had suc ceeded in crossing the river and had advanced a mile or two in the direc tion of Culpepper Court House. Dr. Conway tells of his experience in acting as courier to Major Morgan, and how he was sent with au order to Gen. Lee. He describes the meeting as follows: "I found Gen. Lee sitting quietly ou his magnificent bay mare. :Nellie,' in rear of his brigade, accompanied by two or three of his staff officers. One of his staff asked him why he was waiting. Turning to nie, he ordered that I wait a few minutes, and then turning quickly in his saddle, throw ing his leg over thc pommel of his saddle and raising his held glasses to his eyes, he replied to the question asked him by his staff officer, "he is coming." "We turned our eyes i direction of Culpepper Court II and a few moments a single hors< came into view in full gallop dir towards us. Thc long strides o Tiorse were rapidly lessening thc tance between us and him and ; approached nearer I noticed tha horse was champing the bit, whih white foam was dripping from flanks, his nostrils expanded am head erect, as he was being urged ward by his dashing rider. I nol Geu. Lee closely; his eyes sparkh he suddenly exclaimed, "It is Stuart." He was alone and by time near enough for us to heai voice as it rang out upon the stillr "If you want to have a good timi .Tine the cavalry." "Stuart's blue eyes flashed, gray cloak was thrown back over shoulders, showing plainly the lining, a heavy black plume flo: back from his soft felt hat ac handsome Confederate gray unif adorned his person. "It was the first time I had c seen Gen. Stuart, and all the boj martial spirit within me was firei the sight of those two gallant warri superb in appearance, magnificen action, and grand in heart and life, "Stuart soon reached us and SJ 'Hello, Fitz, what's the mat down here?' (It seems that G Stuart had heard of Averill's conti plated attack upon Lee and had tal the train at Fredericksburg, gotten at Culpepper Court House, niounte horse and reached us by hard rid in time for the fight.) Gen. Lee plied that he was going to have a le fun, whereupon Gen. Stuart^ had dismounted and was in the act re-mounting) said: 'Where is Pelhar and turning said: 'Tell Pelham crowd 'em with his artillery.' Gi Fitz Lee being in command, Stu did not wish to interfere, but sim] said: 'Fitz, are you ready? Don't Averill get you.' "Lee received thc remark witt gay laugh, and off they went, drawi their sabres and ordering he bugli to sound the 'charge,' and as th sabres flashed in the sunlight th led the 1st Virginia regiment inti headlong charge. Yells broke for from every throat, horses seem crazed with excitement, and in t twinkling of an eye they burst up the enemy, who had formed thi lines in front of a stone wall. T clanging of the sabres, the crack the carbine, the smoke is lifted ai the struggle is ended. The Yanke stood their ground with unusual cou age, while numbers on both sid have fallen from their horses, pierci by sabres and minie balls. Charj after charge it is followed in qui< succession, the battle raged, while di mounted Federals behind the roc wall poured a galling fire into our thi and bleeding ranks. Stuart and L< could be seen in the front rank i every regiment leading them on i desperate charges, fighting hand I hand. "The Yankees are now pouring i upon our left flank, while the Confec erates retire, fighting bravely and coi testing every foot of ground. Ot regiments reformed along the edge c some timbered land, while Pelham' batteries unlimbered on the crest of hill to our left, and mingled thei crashing reports with the incessan fire of our carbines. And while th batteries were pouring shot and shel into the ranks of the advancing ene my, young Pelham joined Lee am Stuart in another desperate charge and in the act of cheering on his men fell, pierced by a fragment of shel from thc enemy's battery. "Our sharp-shooters kept up an in cessant lire, and Fitz Lee passed us ii a full gallop on his way to lead anothe: regiment in a charge, when suddenly his horse stopped, reeled to one side and fell to the ground, pierced by i minie bail. "Gen. Lee was soon mounted ot another horse furnished him byar aid. Lee threw himself into the sad dle and was gone, leading the 4th reg iment, which charged into the enemy, throwing them into disorder and checking their mad advance. "( en. Stuart, in the meantime, was fighting hand to hand at the head o the 2d and od regiments as they gal lantly beat back a desperate effort made by thc Yankees in trying to turn our left flank and capture the ar tillery, which did splendid work dur ing the whole engagement. "Thc day is now drawing to a close, while Averill fails signally to crush out the gallant Lee and Stuart and their 800 veterans, whose yells arc heard from one end of thc line to the other, as the rumbling sound of the wheels of Averill's artillery are heard rapidly retreating towards the river. His cavalry retired with bruised and bleeding ranks; they withdraw from the field as thc setting sun sinks be hind the Blue Kidge mountains, crim soned as though bathed in the blood of the heroic dead who had fallen up on the banks of the llappahannock." J. C. Berry, one of the best known citi zens of Spencer, Mo., testifies that he cured himself of the worst kind of piles hv using a few boxes of Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve, lie had been troubled with piles for over thirty years and had used many different kinda of so-called cures; but Dewitt's was the one that did the work and ho will verify this statement If any one wishes to writo him. Kvans Pharmacy. Telescopes, Largo and Small. Thc Yerkes telescope, which was opened for business a few days ago. has already shown its superiority to thc Lick instrument by gathering in a bushel or more of asteroids and plan ets which the latter had overlooked, and these trifling affairs in thc heav ens will probably multiply shortly be yond calculation. But after all they do not contribute materially to the practical contents, the character and kind of sentient beings it contains, and the possibility in the future of communicating with them. Doubt less thc instrument will hereafter con tribute much valuable information on these subjects, but the smaller tele scopes have thus far done thc lion's share of the work. The difference be tween them is not so great as the pub-' lie is apt to imagine. The power to see a little further is a great one, but the bigger instrument is heavier '.nd more cumbrous, and cannot be used with the facility of the smaller ones. In sweeping the heav ens and discovering bodies it is vastly superior, because of its greater magni fying powers, but in making observa tions of planets that are fully within the reach of the smaller instruments it bas generally come out second best. The big instruments of the world have, for instance, done little to increase the popular knowledge of Mars, while a much smaller one at Flagstaff, Arizo na, has almost brought thc people in touch with that planet. Thc geogra phy of Mars, though not very full, is, as far as it goes, almost as well known as that of Darkest Africa. The ca nals, the ice caps at the polls and their gradual disappearance and reappear ance have all been noted, and scarcely as much is known about some parts of Africa. But none of the telescopes seem to be of much assistance in determining what sort of people, if any, live on the planets, and how they can be reached. It is about conceded by all of them that thc chemical constituents are the same in all parts of the solar system, and it is argued that, therefore, they are the same throughout the universe. This does not follow by any means. The universe is big, immeasurably big, and if telescopes were built from now until the Day of Judgment, each bigger than its predecessor, it would be possible to penetrate only a small corner of it. Speculations concerning our solar system, which is a pretty big affair to this world, are more use ful. The biggest telescope is so limi ted in its field that for ordinary pur poses it does not differ from other good instruments. Intercourse with some of the other planets will come, if it ever does come, by accident, or by the development of forces already in exist ence or to' be developed hereafter. If tests now being made of electricity are successful, there may be no limit to their application. In such an event the telescope would be employed to watch the effect, always provided the effect was sufficient to come under ob servation.-Baltimore American. How She Broke the Icc. The beautiful girl came into the room and pulled her chair so close up to her father's big arm chair that he looked up from his newspaper to see what was the matter. "Mr. "Wilkins likes you, father," she said, as soon as she saw that she had his attention. "Likes me!" he exclaimed. "Yes. He thinks a great deal of you.*' "Well, I have been under thc im pression for some time that he liked someone here," remarked thc old gen tleman, ''but Tve never seen any in dications that I was thc one." "Well, you will the very next time you see Mr. Wilkins," said thc beau tiful girl, with conviction. "What's ho going to do?" demand ed the old gentleman. "He's going to ask you if you will consent to be his father-in-law," ex plained the beautiful girl. STATE OK Oino, CITY OF TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, FRANK J. CUKNEY makes oath that he is the seniar partner of thc Arm of F.J. CHENEY & Co, doiDg business in thc City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot bc cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CORE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres ence, this 6th day of December, A. D 188C. [SHALJ A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. 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Buck, of Delaney, Ark., had Scrofula for twenty-five years and most of the time was under the care of the doctors who could not relieve her. A specialist said he could cure her, but he filled her with arsenic and potash which almost ruined her constitution. She then took nearly every so-called blood medicine and drank them by the wholesale, but they did not reach her trouble. Some one advised her to try S.S.S. and she very soon found that she had a real blood remedy at last. She says: "After tak ing one dozen bottles of S.S.S. I am perfectly well, my skin is clear and healthy and I would not be in my former condition for two thousand dollars. Instead of drying up the poison in my system, like the potash and arsenic, S.S.S. drove the disease out through the skin, and I was perma nently rid of it." " A Real Blood Remedy* S.S.S. never fails to cure Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism Contagious Blood Poison, or any disorder of the blood. Do not rely upon a simple tonic to cure a deep-seated blood disease, but take a rial biood remedy. Our books IS IT POSSIBLE ? Well, I guess so. Just drop in and see for yourself that we are doing it and still live. Magnificent Parlor Lamn, 34 inches high, 42 inches in circumference, to go for 25c. If not sold before it rouohes that price, beginning at $9.00 even on Saturday, Oct. 16th, and re duced 25c. each week-day until sold. Full value $12.50. Watch your chance and buy when it strikes your figure. A $2.50 Lemonade Set to go the same way. Price reduced 10. per day. A good quality Jeans for 7Jc, per yard. A better one for Oe. per yard. A square deal article for 10c. Up-to date and anti-tariff prices on our 12* c, 15c, 18c. and 22c. Goods. Above bought especially for our bargain hunting customers, but will sell to all at same price. Men's real Woolen Undershirts and Drawers at 37] c. each down to thc cheapest. Ladies' Fleece lined. A few Sets Silver Plated on Steel Knives and Forks at 75c. Set. A few Sets Solid Tea and Table Spoons at 40c. and 75c. Set. Bought by our Mr. lucks at special price, and we let go at a little above cost. Pocket Books and Purses 2c, 3c, 5c, and on. A good Barlow Knife for 5c. A dandy for a dime. A fifty cents knife at 25c. A 75c. Razor for 48c. Razor Straps 5c. and 10c. Agate Iron Coffee Pots at 20c, 25c, and 35c. Same in Dish Pans at 40c. for 14 quart size. Plated Tea Spoons 8c. Set. . Plated Table Spoons 15c. Set. Two Papers Hair Pins for lc. A big China Doll for 3c. Best grade French Shoe Blacking five boxes for 5c. Mourning Pins two packages for 5c. 100 Fancy Brass-Lead Tacks for 5c. Boys' Caps, 25c. kind, for 10c. Boys' Waist, with button for pants, for 10c. Box Paper, 15c. kind.for 7c. and 9c. Box Paper, 10c. kind, for 4c. Lead Pencils, with rubbers, 5c. doz. Flower Pots, made of red clay, half gill to five gallon size. Tweezers, steel, for 4c. Spiral Egg Beaters 5c. Scissors 3c, 5c, to 35c for best Steel Scissors properly tempered. Three-cornered Files, 'till gone, at three for 5c. Can Openers, good, at two for 5c. Combs 2c, 3c. and 10c for a first class one. Talcum Powder 5c. a box. Best quality Pearl Huttons at 7c. to 10c. dozen. Odd Knives and Forks, bought by our Mr. Ricks at special sale. You can have them for a fraction above cost, or less than factory cost. Heavy Nail Hammers 8c. Hatchets 10c, Alarm Clocks 60c. Good Padlocks 5c, 10c and 15c. Asbestos Stove Mats, will not burn, 4c. Tracing Wheels, best, 5c. Good Linen Cuffs 10c. pair. Have got another lot of Heavy Homespun at 3c. and 4c. for yard-wide. Heavy Drills 4:{c. The heaviest made for 5c. per yard. Now, how does that strike you, eh ? They will tell you that these things cost more. That we will lose money on them, and all that kind of rot. Just what they told you eight years ago. It's nothing new to us. And yet we have rushed right on-up, up, up. Never looking to the right or the left, 'till we staud head and shoulders above everything in thc racejfor fame and fortune. For Spot Cash-one small profit, and one only, on each item, first-class Goods always for sound money paid. We are Yours always truly. C. S. MINOR and tho TEN CENT STORE, 27 South side of Public Square. NOTICE. -o- -- ALL persons indebted to the late A. S. Stephens, or to the Finn of lieed & Ste phens, either by Note or open Account, aro hereby notified that they must be set tled at once, or they will bo placed in the hands of au otlicer for collection. PAUL E. STEPHENS, Administrator. Oct 27, 1S07 IS SCALES' UTI-Cimil HD LIVER PIUS ! 100 for 25c. Why pay 25c. for 25 Pills ' when you can get 100 just as good or let ter for the same price. SMALL.SAFE.EFFICIENT. Any time-day or night. HILL-ORR DRUG CO., ANDERDON, S. C. WE WONT DECEIVE YOU ! _ We are in Business for the Money that is in it, and not for our health. During these panic times we propose to not only meet but beat any price on anything in our line ! WE have a new. slick, nobby line of Sta, Boots, Ms, Caps, Joass, Flannels, And everything in the line of GENERAL MERCHANDISE needed for fam ily use. We have the best line of Hour, Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Lard, Meat, Hams, Rice, Grits, &c, To be found in these parts, and "COST" isn't the word to express how cheap we are selling these Goods. We do a large business with a small force, and have been fairly success ful ; so if some men, with heavy expenses hereabouts, can sell for "Cost," we can sell for less, even if we have to drink branch-water while we are at it. So if you want to buy your Fall Shoes and Dry Goods WHERE YOU CAN DO THE BEST, Don't fail to see us, for we are in the ring, and in to stay, "Cost" or-uo "Cost." We have made up our mind on some things in regard to selling Goods for less money than other people who do a small business on heavy expense. Yours very truly and earnestly, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. TREED AT LAST ! , ALL successful Possum-hunters have been fooled ; so are we this time. Our game, in its desperation, puts up the customary nauseating defense, hops from limb to limb, winks one eye to itself, and in :ones that bespeak the anguish of its stricken heart, wails to the sighing winds-at Cost! at Cost!! at Cost!!! Now, ain't that a pretty mouth to put up. Peoplr of Anderson County, believe it or not, as you will, the fact remains that never in our experience have we ever had such a large trade as now. We are not com plaining about hard times We are buying our share of the Cotton, and of course we are going to have our share of the trade We hardly ever do sell out at Cost, and' sometimes we don't; therefore, we don't have ta do it now, because wehavent tbe slightest idea of going out of business-besides our Goods are going ont fast enough at a reasonable profit. When Christmas Ktops coming once a yeer, when we can't sell more Dean's Patent Flour than any other grade sold in Anderdon County and prove it; when we can't beat the town on Shoes, and when the good people of old Anderson County say to us that we have imposed upon them ava duped them, then, and not till then, will your humble servante throw un the Hponge and close out at Cost Until then you c*n gat what you want-Dry Goods, Bcotn, Shows, Hate, Jeans, Floor and other Groceries. and Canned Meats aa ebeap at our Store as anywhere tl*e, but you'll not get them at Cost. 4 DE W & RATL1FFE, Cotton Buyers. Guano Dealers and Bargain Vendors to the Trade. Footwear ! A good opportunity to fit up the Family with desirable, well-fitting and good wearing Shoes. .... IT is our pleasure to announce that we have spared neither neither pains or mouey to make our line of FALL GOODS the most desi- ( rabie 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 TRUNKS, 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. mt tes Shoe Co. Under Masonic Temple, Anderson, S. C.