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ROBERT EE Incidents in the Life < G-en Allanta The name of Robert Edward Lee is being honored and revered throughout the South, but in no State is there a more tender sentiment for the mem ory of the great general, soldier and patriot than in Georgia. Many thoughts are turned to General Lee and many orators are eulogizing his great virtues and deeds and extolling his bravery and valor. Perhaps some of them will recall an affecting and beautiful incident in the life of Gen eral Lee, which fittingly tells the story of his noble character and devo tion, and in which Georgia and Geor gians are directly interested. This in cident was the visit of G-eneral Lee to th a grave of his father on Cumberland Island, during the civil war. and it was a fine tribute to the great man himself when he left a ship at a plan tation wharf on the island, and quiet ly walked to the resting place of Francis Lightfoot Lee, the revered father of General Robt. E. Lee. In his memoirs of Gen. Robert E. Lee, A. L. Long, who was military secretary to General Lee and who was the General's only companion when he visited the grave of his father, tells of the incident in this way: HIS VISIT TO THE GRAVE. ': About the close of the year 1817 declining health induced Henry Lee to visit the West Indies, but finding that the tropical climate did not afford him the relief he expected, he determined to return to his native shores. While . on the return voyage failing strength caused him to direct his course to the coast of Georgia, and to claim the hos pitality of the daughter of his old friend and comrade. General Greene, who occupied her father's residence on Cumberland Island. After linger ing a short time at this hospitable mansion, hi" noble spirit took its flight to join those who had preceded him. Nearly half a century later that event was brought in the most strik ing manner to the knowledge of the writer of this work, who was then ac . companying General Lee during the civil war, on a tour of inspection along the coasts of Georgia and Flori da. While passing through the chan nel that separates Cumberland Island from, the mainland, the steamer stop ped at a plantation wharf, and the general then asked me to accompany him on a sacred mission. After fol lowing for some distance a road shad ed with live oak and magnolia trees, we passed through a gate opening into extensive grounds, dotted with groups of olive, orange and lemon trees, in termingled with brilliant sub-tropical shrubbery. In the midst of these grounds arose an extensive pile of buildings, whose unfinished state bore evidence that the design of the pro jector excelled his means of execu tion. This was the residence of Gen eral Greene. We entered a spacious hall, and after admiring for a moment the richly covered frames of the angle windows that lighted it and the stair way that wound its spiral course along the unfinished walls of shells and mortar, we descended a flight of steps into a garden which, though neglect ed, exhibited signs' of taste and re finement. Passing on, we came to a dilapidated wall enclosing a neglectad cemetery. The general then, in a voice of emotion, informed me that he was visiting the grave of his father. He went alone to the tomb, and after a few moments of silence plucked a flower and slowly retraced his steps, leaving the lonely grave to the guar dianship of the crumbling stones and the spirit of the restless waves which perpetually beat against the neigh boring shore. We returned in silence to the steamer and no allusion was ever made to this act of filial devo tion." ROBERT LEE AS A BOV. Robert Edward Lee, the fourth child of General Henry Lee, was born at Stratford, the ancient manorhouse of the Lee family in Virginia, on the 19th of January. 1807. Hi? name was taken from those of his maternal uncles, Robert and Edward Carter, of Shirley. In order to avail himself of better, opportunities for the education of his children, General Lee left Stratford when his son Robert was four years old and removed to Alex andria- Many domestic cares fell up on Robert. Though but eleven years of age at the period of his father's death ' the boy was old beyond his years, and of a thoughtfulness, ?sense of filial obligation, and a warm affec tion for his parents that aided him to accept responsibilities and perform duties of which few boys of his age would have been capable. His char acter at this period is admirably sum marized in a passage of a letter writ ten by his father from the West In dies: "Robert, who was always good, will be confirmed in his happy turn of mind by his ever-watchful and affec tionate mother." His mother taught him in his years of childhood to "practice self-denial and self-control, as weil as the strictest economy in all financial concerns"-lessons which were destined to bear ample fruit in ?WARD LEE. D? the Nation's Great eral. Journal. his subsequent life. Robert did the marketing, attended to housekeeping duties, managed outdoor affairs, look ed after his mother's horses and acted the "little man" to an extent and with a discretion unusual in a boy of his age. His warm affection for his moth er undoubtedly had its share in this devotion to duties usually distasteful to growing lads, and it was particular ly shown in the pathetically earnest care which he took of ' his sister inva lid. Discarding schoolboy frolics he would hurry home from his studies to see that his mother had her daily drive; and might be seen carrying her to her carriage, affectionately arrang ing her cushions, and earnestly en deavoring to entertain her. gravely as suring her that unless she was cheer ful she would derive no benefit from her airing. One of the near relatives of Robert E. Lee said of the youthful character and habits of the boy: "I remember him well as a boy at ^school to Mr. Leary at the Alexandria academy and afterward at school to Mr. Hallowell, when his school was in the house now occupied by Mr. Turner, and his mother lived next door. I recollect his uniformly correct deportment at school and elsewhere and his atten tion to his studies. "What impressed me most in my youthful days was his devotion to his mother who, as you know, was for many years an invalid. She used to say he was son and daugh ter to her. He was her housekeeper, relieved her of all domestic cares, looked after the horses, rode out in the carriage with her and did the marketing for the family." HIS SCHOOL DAYS. When it was fully decided that Robert should prepare himself for ad mission to West Point he was sent with this object to the school of Mr. j Benjamin Hallowell, an able teacher of mathematics and well suited to give the youthful aspirant the neces sary preliminary education. His re cord in this school can best be shown by the following letter from Mr. Hal lowell: "Robert E. Lee entered my school in Alexandria, Ya., in the winter of 1824-25 to study mathematics. He was a most exemplary student in ev ery respect. He was never behind time at his studies; never failed in a single recitation; was perfectly ob servant of the rules and regulations of the institution: was gentlemanly, un obtrusive and respectful in all his de portment to teachers and his fellow students. His specialty was finishing up. He imparted a finish and a neat ness, as he proceded, to everything he undertook." In the year 182?), at the completion of Robert's four years' course at West point, he graduated, carrying off the second highest honors of the institu tion. During his whole course he had never received a demerit mark for any breach of rules or neglect of duty. He was highly esteemed by his comrades and was noted for studious habits and commendable conduct. He avoided tobacco and intoxicating liquors, used no profane or immoral language, and throughout his whole student life per formed no act which his pious mother could not have fully approved. Immediately after his graduation he received the appointment of second lieutenant of engineers in the army of the United States and was employed for seveial years thereafter on the sea coast defences in engineering dut?. A letter from a relative of Kobert Lee says: "There is one trait in Gen. Lee's character which I must mention here, which was his beautiful neatness and love of order. Young men are very apt to think it beneath them, and little to give much attention to these small matters, and I have often brought up to those of my own family the beauti ful neatness of Robert Lee. His wife told me, after his return from the Mexican war, that he had brought back every article of clothing he had taken with him, and a bottle of bran dy, which he had taken in case of sickness, unopened. (VENERAL LEK'S (?UEATNKSS. The coming greatness of Lee was clearly shown in the little incidents of his boyhood. His good traits of character, his studious attention to hi? work, his love for his mother, his remarkable iudividuality and his many virtues were noticeable carly in his life and he was unmoved by every in fluence calculated to improve his mind and develop in him the great power of leadership and military genius which afterwards made him the greatest sol dier of the century and thc most strik ing man and citizen of his time. Thc deeds and career of (Jencrai Lee will be told of everywhere. Let no one forget that his greatness in afterlife was due to the associations and fine training oi his youth, his own virtue and his natural power in mind and body. Lee's boyhood days and the incidents of his youth tell the story of thc success and greatness of the man. From a Desert to Wealth. LINCOLN, Neb., March 29.-The complete transition of the State of Nebraska from a portion of the great American desert to an agricultural commonwealth was signalized to-day by the action of Governor Poynter in signing a bill passed by both houses repealing a law, enacted in the early days, providing for thc payment of a county for the cultivation of timber. The law thus wiped UR the statute hooks was enacted twenty years ago. In the desert days stretches of wood land were few and far between. Only along thc watercourses could they be found, and Nebraska was never very well watered. It was argued by the pioneers that timber culture was es sential to. prevent the recurrent droughts that balked the early efforts of settlers to till the soil, and in 1879 a bill was passed providing that when any person planted and properly culti vated for sis years '"'six rows of trees S feet apart, and the trees 4 feet apart in the rows, along either the north section or the half section line, run ning east and west," or kept in culti vation any rows of trees previously planted, the county commissioners should pay $3.33 an acre annually for each acre planted and cultivated for a period not to exceed five years and to an extent not to exceed three acres. Thc provision that the trees should bc planted ou the north section line was to make them serve as a wind break and for the conservation of moisture. Under its workings the culture of timber has been so greatly accelerated that thc necessity for the law no longer exists. From a sparsely tim bered State to one with woodland on almost every quarter section save in the stock country and sand hills, thc transition has been rapid and steady. The governor's approval to-day marks the end of the necessity for legal en couragement of timber cultivation. Another notable law eliminated from the statute books provides for j public destruction of grasshoppers. In the early seventies successive in vasions of the pest ruined every grow ing crop. As a consequence, a law was passed requiring the supervisor of each road district, when thc grass hoppers had been hatched and before they became full fledged and able to fly, to notify each able-bodied male resident of his district between 16 and GO years of age to perform two days' labor (which might be extended to twelve days, if the necessity existed) in destroying grasshoppers. In the cities the same duty was required of each resident. It Doesn't Seem Possible. Omaha Man-And you are one of the female Mormon missionaries in Tennessee ? Mormon Woman-Yes. there are 25 of us Mormon women down there and we are meeting with great success. "Success! Do you mean to say that you are making converts among the women ?" "Yes, indeed: they just jump at our presentation of thc case: that is, the married ones do." "Humph ! I suppose you promise them gold lace gowns and diamond crowns, and-" ';Oh, no! We simply tell them that a husband can't quarrel with more than one wife at a time, and it takes a long time to get around.-Oma fia Worm_ - Potato crop of the United States last year amounted to 1(54,010,964 bushels, valued at ??S9,< ?43,000. This is aD average yield of 04.7 bushels to the acre, and estimating the popula tion of the country at 70,000,000, it gives us 2 2-7 bushels each. No wonder some women feel as if thc disease which constantly pur sues them is just a malig nant devil dooming them to endless mis cry. Thousands of women who could get no re lief from any other source have written grateful letters to Doctor K. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalid's Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., telling hint of the benefits received from his wonderful prescriptions and thc careful profession.il advice which he sends by mail without charge; A lady living in West lia ton, Madison Co., N. Y., Mrs. Mattie A. Walker, in a recent letter to Dr. fierce, says: "I write to inform you what your remedies have-done for inc; but they have lulped me so much that I know not where to commence or where to leave off, as 1 had such a complication of ailments. For three years I had such bad spells I thought thal if dying was onlv just a sleep 1 did not want to wake and suf fer again; I would be glad to haye death come any night. I got so discouraged it seemed as if I could never be well and happy again. I had asthmatic spells towards morning. Sometimes I felt as if I could not get breath enough to live: had dreadful pains in the top of my head, and was so nervous I felt as if something dreadful was going to happen-I could hot tell why either. I could write a dozen sheets full and not tell all the dreadful things I suffered, from fe male weakness, constipation, asthmatic spells, and rheumatic neuralgia. " I advise al! who arc suffering not only to usc Dr. Pierce's medicines, but to get Iiis advice also, for it has helped me s<> much I cannot say enough in praise of both the advice and thc remedies. 1 look on your medicines as being a Cod-send, and will ask ?'.od to guide suffering humanity lo the right relief." H?r nervous troubles and ailments pecu liar to women Dr. Pierre's Favorite Pre scription is the only proprietary remedy designed by a regularly educated physician. For bronchial affections and digestive diffi culties his " ('.olden Medical Discovery" is the one permanent cure. Dis " Pleasant Pellets 'are the most effective natural non griping laxative for constipation. Send to Dr. Ii. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for a free copy of the "People's Medical Adviser." For paper-covered copy enclose 2i one-cent stamps li? cover mailing only. Cloth-bound, 31 stamps. The Solidity of the Enrtli. When we speak of the :;solid earth." we are more accurate than wc think. Professor Shaler, in the Youth's Com panion, says concerning the density of the terrestrial mass: In considering thc condition of thc earth's interior wc may begin by not ing that thc mass is very heavy, and evidently exceedingly compact. Wc know in a very accurate way, by vari ous tests, that thc sphere as a whole weighs about two and a half times as .?euch as if it were composed of the most sold kinds of rock, such as gran ite. So-unless the central parts ?ire made up of heavier metals, such as iron, which there is no reason to be lieve-we have to suppose that the mass is squeezed together by its own weight, and so is made heavy. This is the view which is safest to take; it agrees best with all else we know of the sphere. Shallow as our deepest mines are (as compared to the distance from the surface to the center, less than one four-thousandth of the whole) Lb ey show us that even in their trifling depths the rocks exposed in the work ings, except the very strongest, begin to crush or even to flow from the weight which is upon them. Thus, in many coal mines the beds of shale which appear as tolerably hard rock arc squeezed into thc galleries so that thc mass has often to be cut out. At a depth of about five miles it is certain that a?l rocks are so weighed upon by the part of the earth which is above that a mine could not be kept open. We thus see that there can be no caverns in the deeper earth: it is doubtful, indeed, if at three miles be neath the surface there is a trace of a crevice or chamber which would be visible to the naked eye; thence to the center it must be perfectly com pact." "A word to the wise is sufficient'' and a word from thc wise should be sufficient, but you ask, who are thc wise? Those who know. The oft re peated experience of trustworthy per sons may be taken for knowledge. Mr. W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives better satisfac- i tion than any other in the market. Hs has been in the drug business at Elkton, Ky., for twelve years; has sold hundreds of bottles of this rem edy and nearly all other cough medi cines manufactured, which shows con clusively that Camberlain's is the most satisfactory to the people, and is the best. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Something He Couldn't -ell. A gentleman was walking with his little boy at the close of the day, and in passing the cottage of a German la borer the boy's attention was attracted by a dog. It was not a King Charles, nor a black aud tan. but a common cur. Still the boy took a fancy to him. and wanted "pa" to buy him. Just then thc owner of the dog came home from his labors, and was met by the dog with every demonstration of dog joy. The gentleman said to the owner, "My little boy has taken a fancy to your dog. and I will buy him. "What do you ask for him ?" "I can't sell dat dog," said the German. "Look here," said thc gentleman, "that is a poor dog anyway, but as my boy wants him, I will give you five dollars for him." "Yaas," said the German, "I know he is a werry poor dog, and he ain't wort almost nottin, but dere ish von little ding mit dat dog vot I can't sell-I can't sell de vag of his tail ven I comes home at night." - An Irishman, having been ar raigned and convicted upon full and unmistakable evidence of some fla grant misdemeanor, being asked by the judge if he had anything to say for himself, replied with the usual charac teristic humor of his country, "Never a single word, yer honor ! And it's my real opinion there's been a great deal too much said as it is." - An automatic electric music leaf turner is one of the latest patents. It is claimed for it that it can be easily attached to any piano music rack, and it is worked by touching a button with the foot. - A man's cup of joy resembles an after-dinner coffee cup, but his cup of sorrow holds several gallons. "Give me a liver regulator and I can regulate the world, ' said a genius. The druggist handed him a bottle of DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. Evans Pharmacy. - A cynical bachelor says a strong minded woman is in reality a weak minded one. A kidney remedy that can be de pended on will be found in Prickly Ash Bitters. It heals and strength ens. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - Lots of writers might become fa mous if they had less time to write poetry. Before the discovery of One Minute Cough Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congregations. No excuse for it now. Evans Phar macy. YOU CAN'T JUDGE A SAUSAGE BY ITS ULSTER ! Neither can you fix the value of a BICYCLE by its Enamel. SENSIBLE people want SAFE BICYCLES, and safe Bicycles must have the best material, the most careful construction, and must be made by people who know how-makers who have learned by experience, We can interest careful people in the construction of CRESCENT VIKING If they will give us the opportunity. We'll show what goes iuto them, and explain why they are better than others. Come and see us. Headquarters for everything in the line of Bicycle Sundries and Fittings. W. W. SULLIVAN, Manager Bicycle Department. ECONOMY ! IS the foundation upon which all prosperity is based. Inevitable suc cess comes to those who act on principled of frugality in every-day life, and mingle wisdom with economy. Cheapness is not economy when not accom panied by good judgment as to values, but through our combination of low prices for the best Goods we know that you will find it to your interest to have your dealings with us. We are now prepared for the demands of the SPRING TRADE with a large Stock of DRY GOODS, ORGANDIES, PERCALES, MUSLINS. LAWN. DUCK, LS NEN CRASH, In a profusion of beautiful styles, and the prettiest line of SPRING PRINTS shown anywhere. We a.-jk your inspection of these and a comparison of prices. OUR SHOES llre wearers. Only reliable lines to be found in our Stock. Ladies' genuine Dongoln, Patent Tip, Coin Toe, for a leader, 81.25, worth ?1.50. Ladies' Soft, Vici Finish, Keel or Spring Heel, Lace or But ton, $1.00. ol? pairs 'IX to 4, cost from 81.50 to S2.00, if we can fit you, 81.00. Men's Tan Bais;, Patent Tip, Vesting. Top, Stylish Shoe for 82.00. Men's English Tics for 81.00-this is a bargain and is worth 81.25. MEN'S SHIRTS of all descriptions-thc liest work Shirt for 25c. And in the GROCERY line wc arc fully prepared for all demands. A full stock of FLOUR and MEAT. MOLASSES of all grades, bar rels or half-barrels, and TOBACCO. We have lots of customers who think our 10-pound COFF ICE is the Lest thing they can drink. We are reaching out lor more trade, and exerting ourselves to ?_ret it. Let us make a customer of you. BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APBIL 5,1899. ~ YOLUME XXXIV-NO. 41.