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CAMP ME ll". A. Clari-hi At ''WHERE IS THE OVEN?" Army life is not especially condu cive to personal cleanliness, nor to thc cultivation of a high regard for the miner proprieties of life. A young lady, visiting Camp Mackenzie some months ago, was reported as being shocked by seeing a soldier drop a piece of bread upon the ground, and after picking it up, resume its masti cation. If this sketch should meet her eye, that feeling will probably 'te reawakened r*id intensified. During the later years of the Con federate war, wash basins in camp were an unknown quantity. The morning ablution, if performed at all, was managed by pouring water on the hands from a canteen. Lieutenant Blanchard, I remember, always held his hands in cup shape until they were ? -filled and then invariably dropped one, spilling all the liquid and wash ing his face with the moistened palm of the other. In the bitter cold and constant marching of our trip to Nash ville in the winter of '64, I am satis fied that some of the boys did not wash their faces or comb their hair at less than weekly intervals. As evidence of the infrequency of "bath tub nights," for reasons named, in that campaign, I recall the faet that I lost a calico handkerchief and thought ? had dropped it on the march. Some weeks afterward in removing my outer clothing for the first time after its disappearance, I found it hidden away underneath the back of my vest. On our return to Corinth, Miss., my m?ss took their underwear to a iady to be washed, and as they had been wearing it for a month or more without a change, an apology was made for its conditions. "No apologies are neces sary," she said. "I have washed some for Forrest's cavalry that were so stiffened with dirt, that they were able to stand alone." How we man aged to keep our pedal extremities in cleanly conditions when no streams were accessible I do not recall, save j in a single instance, and it is, per haps, not amiss to say that this was ? an exceptional case and not a com pany custom. A member of the Ogle thorpes one day began his prepara tions for the midday meal. One of the cooking utensils was missing and he sang out: "Where is the oven?" messmate, some distance away, shouted back: "Can't you wait till I finish washing my feet in it ?" I am aot prepared to testify as to the flavor cf the bread that day, as I was not a member of that particular mess. ?DR. H. V. MILLER AND THE RICH MOND COUNTY MELONS. During the summer of '04 Aaron Rhodes, of the Oglethorpes, fell sick and was sent to the hospital at Greens boro, Ga. Dr. H. Y. M. Miller, the ""Demosthenes of the Mountains," and an ante-bellum professor of the Medi cal college in this city, was the sur geon in charge. Aaron's father se cured for him a leave of absence to visit his home, and at its expiration went to Greensboro to procure an ex tension, as he was still unfit for duty. Dr. Miller said that it was impossible to grant the request, as strict orders had been received to allow no further leaves; that thc instructions were im .perative and gave him no discretion in the matter. Mr. Rhodes argued' -and pleaded, but without avail. Thc doctor said his decision was positive and final. At the -close of the inter view Mr. Rhodes gave the assurance that Aaron would be sent up at once, and then, in taking his leave, said : "By thc way, doctor, I brought up those Bichmoud county melons I \ promised you when I was here last and they are now at the depot for you." "Ah ! thank you," said the doctor, "'and, by the way, please say to Aaron, that after reconsidering the ? matter, he can remain at home as long j as he wishes, or until'able to return to duty." And Aaron's melon-choly days were not "the saddest of the year." A TWILIGHT PRAYER MEETING. Few incidents connected with my service as a soldier have lingered in my memory more vividly, or in their retrospect have brought, perhaps, a deeper sense of satisfaction than that ' which closed a bright May day in '04. Sherman and Johnston were fronting -each other near Kingston, Ga. In thc skirmishing that day the Ogle thorpes had suffered some casualties. Among them one that saddened all the company. Young Hugh Lagare Hill, son of Hon. Joshua Hill, a beardless boy and one of the bravest, I ever knew, had been shot through the head and instantly killed. He had joined some -months before at Thunderbolt and, becoming restive under the inaction of service on the coast, had applied for a transfer to > Johnston's army. Chafing under the delay brought on by military red tape i in such matters and anxious to secure a place on the firing line, he had urged Will Daniel to press thc matter, as he , wanted to reach his new command in ' time for thc opening of thc spring ' campaign. Before the papers were returned, our regiment was ordered to | Dalton and thc transfer was aban- 1 sMORIES. 'lOusta Ci'ron ?ch: doned. Poor Legare ! The spring campaign had not yet drifted into summer before his bright young life, that knew no other season but its spring, had found its sad and sudden euding on the firing line, a post for which he longed so ardently and met so bravely. In the evening of that day wc occu pied a line near Cass' station, chosen by Johnston for a general and decisive engagement with Sherman's army. The battle order was issued and read to every regiment. The Fabian pol icy, which had marked the campaign from the opening, was to be ended. The gage of battle was thrown down and Atlanta's fate was to be settled before another sunset. Every ar rangement for the coming conflct was made and the men, ready and anxious for the fray, were resting on their arms. At the twilight hour two mem bers of the Oglethorpes left their places in the line and retired to a quiet spot in thc" forest not far away, to talk with God. No church spire raised its lofty summit heavenward. "No long drawn aisles nor fretted vaults" were there, through which '.'the pealing anthem swelled the note of praise." Under the open sky, in one of "God's first temples," as dusk was deepening into night, they kneel ed together and each in turn, in tones of earnest supplication, asked for God's protecting care upon themselves and on their comrades in the coming battle, and for His blessing on the flag for which they fought and prayed. And when their prayers were ended, they pledged each other that if it was the fate of either one to fall, the other would act a brother's part and give, in every way, such aid and com fort as he could. Returning to their places in the ranks, they wrapped their worn, grey blankets around them and lay down under the starlight to pass i? calm and quiet sleep the night before the battle. I. have attended many larger prayer meetings since that day; I have heard many petitions to a throne of grace clothed in more cultured phrase, and yet but f\jw that seemed more earnest or filled with simpler trust in God. Under the urgent protest of Hood and Polk, Joe Johnston's plans were changed and the promised battle be side the Etowah was never fought. I know not what its issue would have been, personal or national. I know that if the hundred and fifty thou sand men, marshalled upon that field on that May day, had met in deadly strife, the shadows would have fallen on many a northern and many a south ern home. Yet if that evening's bloody promise had been fulfilled, when in the gathering twilight at its close, our company roll was called to mark the living and the dead, some how I can but feel that we, my friend and comrade, Steed, and I, whose humble prayers had broken the silence of the evening air to reach no other ears but our's and God's would, in His kindly providence, have answered "Here." - mm t m - .lie and the Cat. Richard X is an incorrigible young ster of 10 who has shown a tendency to lay the blame of his misdeeds on other shoulders. His favorite scape goat was thc family feline. A jar of sweets could not be opened, or a bit of gingerbread purloined, or a vase broken to atoms, without a lame ex cuse of Dick's. *'I guess it was the cat," calling forth his mother's re proaches: "Richard, you must not lay thc blame on the cat of all the wickedness you are guilty of in this house." Not long after one of these upbraid ings, in Sunday school, his teacher asked Richard the question, apropos of the devil's power on eath. "Who is responsible for the wicked ness of this world?" It was with a mixture of a contrite spirit and the old habit that little Dick answered: "Well, I suppose that I'm partly to blame. But-I think our cat has her paw in it." - Miss Jennie Hancock, a nurse of ?111 belmore street, Philadelphia, has received a letter from Berlin, Ger many, stating that George Richman, a lawyer, who for a short time lived in Philadelphia, recently died there and bequeathed to her $92.000. Miss Han cock, who is 20 years old, says Rich man fell in love with her some time ago and offered to marry her, but she rejected him because she did not love him, and he was above her station. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, eolds, croup, whooping cough and influenza, lt has become famous for its cures of those diseases, over a large part of thc civilized world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works; of the aggravating and persistent coughs it has cured: of severe colds that have yielded prompt ly to its soothing effects, and nf the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving thc life (d' thc childi Thc extensive use nf it for whooping cougli has shown that it robs that disease nf ?ill dangerous con sequences. Sold by Ilill-Orr Drug Cu. First Tobacco Grower. In another way (than as the husband of Pocahontas) Kolfe is connected with the carly history of Virginia. In the spring of 1012. the fifth year of the colony, he performed an action which, if we were to judge it by its conse quences only, we might pronounce the mest important deed ever done in co lonial Virginia. Being an old smoker, he had thc curiosity to know whether white men could raise good tabacco in Virginia: and accordingly/he planted some tobacco seed at Jamestown. It grew well during the summer, and when the leaves were ripe, he cured them as best he could ; for not a person in the colony was acquainted with the proper process. When the leaves were dry, he tried them in his pipe, and pronounced the tobacco ex cellent. His friend. .'Ralph Hamor, secretary of the colony, tried it and finding it very much to his taste, planted some seed in his garden in the following spring. Mr. Hamor, in his tract upon Virginia, published in 1015, gave Virginia tobacco a strong in dorsement. "I dare affirm," he wrote, "that no country under the sun can or doth afford more pleasant, sweet and strong tobacco than I have tasted there, even of my own planting, which, howsoever, being then the first year of a trial thereof, we had not the knowledge to cure and make up; yet are there some men resident there, out of the last year's well-observed experience, which both know, and I doubt not, will make and return such tobacco this year (1015) that even England shall ac knowledge the goodness thereof." He further says, when urgiog emi grants to go to Virginia, that any man in the colony could earn his clothes by raising tobacco-clothes having to be bought in England with money. The Secretary's prediction proved correct. English smokers so well ap preciated the tobacco of Virginia that the price of the article ranged from 3 to 5 shillings a pound. A colonist needed to send only a very few pounds of tobacco home to get an excellent suit of clothes. Naturally enough, every one was eager to plant tobacco ; and we read of tobacco growing luxu riantly in the very streets and public places of Jamestown. Nothing could "draw the people off,"' says and old historian, "from their greedy and im moderate pursuit of tobacco :" al though a hundred and fifty people were sent out from England to set up three iron works, and an attempt was made to introduce the culture of hemp, flax and silk. Tobacco became, and for two centuries remained, the great staple product of Virginia. For a century and more, it served in part as the currency of the colony. We read of men bequeathing hundreds of pounds of tobacco for endowiog a col lege for converting the heathen. Cler gymen were paid salaries of so many thousand pounds of tobacco per an num. Taxes, debts and rents were paid in tobacco. No colony can flourish, if, indeed, it can exist, uoless it produces some thing which can be sold for money in other and older countries ; since it cannot, for many years, manufacture the implements, utensils, fabrics and apparel, without which it must either perish or lapse into barbarism. Vir ginia now had such a commodity : aod from this time forward it could make a return to the company at home, and buy with its own product indispeusu ble articles manufactured in England Such was thc consequences of John Rolfe's planting of tobacco seed in thc spring of 1012.-./ame* 'Partan'* Tri uiiijifis oj' Enterprise. - While the turkey's natural life is only ten years, the goose sometimes lives to 50 years. What motlier does not wish to bc p ro i: d of lier c h i 1 - dren? What mother does not want them to be healthy, happy, laughter loving and able to withstand the ordinary illnesses of childhood? Any woman may insure the health of her children who will take proper care of her health in a womanly way. The health of her children depends almost entirely upon her general health, and particularly upon the health and strength of the delicate and important organs that bear the burdens of maternity. A woman has no right to dis regard her own health, comfort, ease and happiness, she certainly lias less right to condemn lier children to a life of suffering or an early death. That is what she does if she neglects the health of her special womanly organism. Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription is an unfailing remedy for all disorders of this description. It strength ens and invigorates the sensitive organs concerned, and is thc best preparation far the trials and dangers of maternity. It in sures'the well being of the mother and thc health of the child. Its use is a guarantee of a bountiful supply of nourishment for the little n-w-coiner. Many women who once bore children only to speedily lose them, are now mothers of healthy, robust children as the result of the use of this medicine. Dortira A. *?ndd. of Indian Creek, Mo., writes: "I am very thankful for what Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite prescription did fur nie. I was all broken down from nervous prostration, hilt since taking your medicine I have had more relief than fruin all the doctors. Ymir ' Favorite Prescrip tion ' dill me a world of youd." Many women have lohl their experiences, and niven their names, addresses and pho tographs in Dr. Fieri e's Common Sense Medical Adviser. This book is free. A copy will bc sent to any address upon re ceipt of 2i one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierre, Buffalo, N. V. Tin- " Favorite- Prescrip tion " is for sale by all dealt r^ and no hon est man will urge a substitute. A Great ??ouml. The greatest fox chase of which there is any authentic record took place in the neighborhood of Loug Branch, in Meade County, last week. Ben Matthews, a colored man living at LoDg Branch, has a foxhound named Queen. One evening last week, when the air was soft. Queen and her companion, Don, together with dim Bickerstaff's *:01e Maje." started for thc hills near by. and were not long abseDt whca they started a vigorous old fox. By their vigorous mouthing it was knowu that they had a warm scent and were on the trail of a fox of fine staying qualities. For several hours during the night the res idents of that vicinity could hear all three hounds tonguing together, and then the two male dogs dropped out of : the run, leaving Queen to keep up the chase alone. All night long she fol lowed the trail, and along toward morning was joined by some fresh hounds, who stayed with her for a few hours, fell out, rested up and joined in the chase again at intervals during the next twenty hours. On the second day of the chase Will SaGrand's "Tige," a hound no ted for its staying qualities, joined her and remained until the close of the run. Queen was on the run, without rest, thc entire 36 hours con sumed in the chase. She stopped only when she had run reynard to cover. After she had accomplished this she lay down and guarded the burrow, and when found by her owner was so stiff and sore she could not !uove a limb, and had to be carried to the house. Matthews, her owner, thinks she is the best foxhound on earth, and would not trade her for the best horse in Kentucky.-Breckhi ridgc (Ky.) Xvetcs'? - -- mm rn) mm* - The largest mass of pure rock salt in the world lies under the pro vince of Gallicia, Hungary. It is known to be 550 miles long, 20 broad and 250 feet in thicknes. Vote of Charity. There is a government official uaw on duty in Washington whose face would close the doors of a beauty show with a snap before he cou.ld get within a mile of it, and yet he is not unhappy. On the contrary he has a sunny nature that makes his face a flower garden all thc year round. Thc only criticism that can be made of him is that he is as conceited about his homeliness as handsome men are about their beauty. That may bc unusual, but it is true. The other day he was talking on the subject of his looks. "Ten years or more ago," he said, ,;I was a candidate for Congress, in my State, with no show tu win, but plenty of enthusiasm in the good cause. I had been making a tour of the district, delivering speeches, and at one place I remained over a night at a farmhouse in lieu of a tavern. I retired cai ly and about an hour later I heard the host and his wife come into their room, which adjoined mine, with a rather lcosly hung door between the two apartments. 1 presume they thought I was asleep, because they talked along so I could very easily hear. I was not interested in their conversation, however, until they be gan to talk about mc. It was general at first, and it narrowed down to my personality, thc woman arguing for me like a good fellow. At last she explained : 'Why, John, you owe it to thc teaching of the Bible to vote for him and to work for him, too.' John couldn't exactly see why, and I rose on my elbow to hear thc line of argu ment. 'You do,' she explained, 'be cause you have no right to make his burden any heavier than the Lord made it for him in the first place. You ought to do all you can for a man with a face like his to make him for get it."-Washington Star. Prickly Ash Bitters cures diseases of the kidneys, cleanses and strength ens the liver, stomach and bowels. For sale by Evans Pharmacy. TOBACCO ! TOBACCO ! AIE the Leading Brands we carry in Stock ! "WE have about 2,000 lbs. iu 10-lb. Caddies. We don't promise to give it away, but we buy in big lots cheap as dirt, and if you want a box we can ?ave you from 5c. to 10c. pound. Can give j ou a box from 22c. per pound up-not trash but good, sound Tobacco. For the next few weeks will give you some special drives. Will take pleasure in showing you prices and goods. Don't buy Molasses until you get our Prices ! In barrels and half barrels. 13}c. buys a Cracker Jack. Got any kind you want and don't mind showing you the goods If you don't buy, there's no harm done. Yours, O. D'. ANDERSON & BRO. tST" Come and buy your PEAS from us bet?re they advance. Seedling IRISH POTATOES. If you buy these we will assure you a rood yield. Our Business . Tor the past month demonstrates the wisdom of our buy ing. We know the wants of the people, and we conform to them in selecting our Goods. No better and more thoroughly reliable Stock can be found in Anderson. The market is flooded with shoddy goods, more especially Shoes, as in the Shoe business there is great opportunity for sacrificing the Stock for appearance. Is a source of pride to us, and there is real pleasure in sell ing a Shoe which we know represents the actual value in cash. Men's Heavy Shoes $1.00, $1.15, and the best that can be made $1,25. Heavy Seal Skin Bals. $1.50. A serviceable Shoe for dress, any style toe, worth $1.50 only $1.25. Vici Kid, Tans, Cordovan, Box Calf, 50c to $1.50. Cheap er than anywhere else. Men's Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, button or lace, $1.00. Ladies' Nice Dress Shoe, lace or button, with or without heel, $1.00. And so on through the list. We are selling Shoes cheap, and we give your money's worth when you buy from us Heavy Outing 4 l-2c to 8c. Canton Flannel 4c up. Wool Flannel IO, 12 1-2, 15 and 25c. Heavy Fleeced Undershirts for men 25c. Sweet, Orr & Co's. Pants, guaranteed not to rip, all prices Ladies' Capes, a nice, well-selected line, from 50c to $3.50. We will sell you Capes 25 per cent less than what other peo ple ask for them. Trunks, Valises, Satches, of all descriptions. GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS. W ffC SELL TIIK BEST COFFEE IN TOWN FOR THE MONEY ! Our first consideration in making a sale is to have our customer pleased with what they buy. If anything we sell you does not come squarely up to representations you will always find us willing to do the right thing. 19.S.B. The Great Oliver Steel Beam Plow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Anderson than any other make. They have been tried. The verdict is unanimous for the OLIVERS. The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lois we give lowest possible prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. 40, 20,19, IS, ?fcc. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are after the best. DISC, SPADING AND SMOOTHING HARROWS, &c. Twenty years experience has taught us the needs of the farmers, and we know our Harrows are just the Implements for this section. Au absolute, broad, personal guarantee given by us. S?LL THE BANK OF ANDERSON. 6I,li;;r;'T SURGEON DE&TSSTn We Vav Interest on Time Deposits bv <FJrC?~l"rc? ? ?J0m? over FaBmeia * ind Me chants BanK Agreement. ANDERSON, S. C. Capital - - . . Surplus and Profits Total $165,000 100,000 $26?,000 o 1S9S 33 OFFICERS. .T. A. BROCK; President, .los. N. BBOWN, vice-President.. H. Vi MACLDIX, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J. W. Nonius. if. W. FAXT. N. O. F* KM KU. Jos. X. BROWN. J. A. BROCK. J. G. DUCWORTU J.J. FRETWKLL. J. M.SCLLIVAN. B. F. JIAULDIN. Having the largest capital and ?mrplus of au> Bank in the State outside of Charleston, we off'*? depositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where we pay interest, as well as to active accounts. We loan to regular depositor customers at our lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. With twenty-five years experience In banking, and with unexcelled faculties at our command, we are prepared to give satisfaction in all bustnest transactions, and will, as heretofore, take care oj he interests of our regular customers at all times "PMs'-I I ?apmmaiivo ? ? Smvod My Baby'* Ufo," J ? 5 J LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.i | S I CMn not recommend Pitts' Car- ? fminative too strocfly. i matt say, jj I owe my baby's lifo to it. % X I earnestly ask all mothar* who ? ? have sickly or delicate children just X y to try one bottle and se? what th? ? ff result will be. Respectfully, ? J MRS. LIZZIE MURRAT, f % Johnson'? Station, Ga. ? I ?? 5 ? Pitts' Carminativa i : % Im mold by mil Lr a?slalo, ? \ g PRIDE, S3 OEMT?. J ' Music for Christmas Notice to Creditors. ALL person.* hu vi ns; demands against Lbo Estate Kola. T. Chaanblee, dec'd:, are liereby notified to present tb our; properly proven, to th? undersigned', within the time prescribed by law, and those in lebted to makt> my nient. NV. it.*CHAM KI.EK, Aduvr. I'oh 'J-. {>'.':. WITH tho lightness aud brightness of Christmas comes the desire for Music i for better Instruments, and for Goods ! that suit the taste and please the senses, i WE give you the BEST VALUES in i Music, the greatest pleasure in Musical Goods, and the best prices you ever j SAW. Having recently a j A FulliOarlLoad of Pianos, - AND - j A Large Number of Organs, ? And having made sweeping re duction in Prices until Christ inas, feel sure that we can make it to your interest to caref'ullv inspect our largo and handsome Stock. Call ami see tho c?l?br?t, d Columbia Grapho phonc, which we sell at manufacturer's prices. Soliciting your patronage, which will bo highly appreciated, and thanking you in ?ulvance for an investigation of our Stock, we remain Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE.