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SIEGE OF C Ai i Ex( Jon ICM lera te \s \W Sm lUvnu The anuual Convention ol the Con federate Association, lie Id t li i s week iu the historic City ?I Charleston, has revived memories <-f my last visit to that typical Southern . ity. lt was during the last few days of the siege, and everything around indicated that there had been "a hot time in thc old town." Thc historian has finished his ac count of the civil war, and thc soldier hap written his book of peril aud ad venture in the field, but so far no one has told the full story of what Charles- : ton Buffered and endured during the long years of strife, nor how Sumter was held and defended in a manner to excite the admiration even of those uio.^t earnestly engaged in the attempt to possess her. When the war began the citizens of Charleston divided with the Confede rate iJovernmcnt. within a year they divided again. Before the war was two years old silverware was being incited up. church bells sent to the | cannon foundry and every family mak ing sacrifices in some direction. When the Confederate Government wanted load thc water pipes of ('har- j lesion were torn out of house and street and contributed to tue extent of 70,01)0 pounds. Wit cu iron was wanted the gas pipes wore cheerfully parted with. Kvcry house was a tem porary hospital, and every household felt it a duty to divide it?, provisions and bedding with the men who were fighting for the Confederacy. The rich of Charleston did not speculate on the misfortune of the poor. Instead of buying in clothing and provisions to sell again at an advance, they clubbed together to fit out whole companies of soldiers and batteries of artillery. Kichmond took up the rails of street car lines and sent them to tho Confederate foundry, but Charles ton stripped herself of everything and gave it to the cause she espoused. One. blockade runner took $85,000 worth of ladies* jewelry to Nassau and exchanged the lot for $32,000 worth of shoes and clothing for Confederate soldiers. Valuable watches, diamonds and jewelry of all kinds were sent North by secret agents and wcro ex changed for drugs for sick soldiers. Bedding, carpets and crockery were taken from the finest houses and sent to equip Confederate hospitals, and that without a demand having been made for even a blanket. The first shell from Gillmoro's "Swamp Angel," located live miles away, struck a building near the Post office and exploded with a crash that turned 5,000 people out of bed. Those who heard the horrible screams of the great shell as it came over the waters of the bay will never forget the sound. In five minutes a second one came, but this one failed. By the timo tho third one arrived all Charleston was awake and full of alarm and horror. That was the beginning of a siege which has no parallel in American warfare. Day after day, week after week, month after month, with only intervals of a few hours at a time for thc guns to cool or some moro to be made, the bombardment continued. O rant did not care to injure Peters burg. Gillmore would have wiped Charleston off the face of the earth if he had been able. The first night's experience was enough to arouse the city to action. Not a building in tho lower part of the city was safe from the big shells loaded with Greek fire. Under the advice of the chief of the fire depart ment every house kept a ready supply of water on hand, in barrols and other vessels. In some districts bodies of minute-men wore formed, who would rush to the spot where a shell fell and quickly subdue the flames in case a fire was started. The business streets were all paved with cobblestones. These stones were taken up and dumped into the sea, and it was a wise precaution. Scores of shells fell upon the streets and buried themselves in the sand and exploded without dam age. By and by tho people became used to the situation, and seemed to go to bed without any moro fear than would have been shown in New York. While the street cars ceased to run, all other business was transacted as usual, and during the hottest fire of the siege , men were loading vessels at the wharves, various factories were run ning, and childron were playing in the parks. Federal history pictures Charleston io ruins, and filled with woe and desolation within thirty doye after Gillmore opened fire. As a mat ter of fact, business Was not suspended a single hour. While a few families left the oity, others came in, and af toi the first fortnight the snells were looked upon .asa matter of course. Probably not more than thirty inhab itants were killed by the missiles di rect, aud both of their big fires had their origin in other causes. Ai Charleston began-proud, haughty, imperious and defiant--so she remain MARLESTON. I Seminiscenees ol elie < 'nt. ? Vi/, i l 'nioi ! cd to thc la.it. a titi wm n cacti Ked thc j Southern Confederacy wu- drawing it* j last breath of life < . 4 t * American history will yet recognize I the defence of fort Sun.ter as thc ! most gallant and determined aet in j thc history of this nation. Wrested , from Major Anderdon in 1301, it did ! not receive a shot from the Federals ; until April. 1803. and then occurred I thc first trial of the monitors. The I defeat seemed to place the Federal Government on its mettle, and pre parations were at once entered into to attack Charleston on every side. The grogramme included the occupation of Folly and Morris islands, and the re duction of Sumter by gradual approach and steady pouuding. 1'p to September") Fort Sumter had been struck 5,0*34 times by all thc missiles known in warfare. From the 28th to the 10th of October 1,115 shots were fired by the ironclads, from October 28 to "November 2 there was fired a total of 5,505 shots. On the 2d the monitors fired .slowly at long range, and every one of the MO shots struck the fort. At this time the Federals gained a foothold on thc lower end of Morris Island, and erected a strong battery, from which the fort could bc reached. At thc close of thc 122d day of the siege there had been fired at Sumter : Shots. From land batteries.1.803 From monitors. . 471 From monitor schooners.1,407 Total.2,741 1 Of this uumber 2,052 struck the fort with more or less damage and the others passed over. From the 7th of April, 1803, to the last day of November, the same year, the Federals threw 18,000 shot at Sumter, 7,800 of which missed, after that date no record was kept of thc number. Day in and day out, night and day for 300 days, the Confederates kept an accurate account of every shot which hit or missed, and made a re port of the nature of the projectile. When the war was closed Fort Sumter was nothing but a huge pile of brick and stone heaped up as if a great w?*U had fallen. Underneath this d-.oris was a Confederate garrison with only two cannon, but still strong enough to beat oil every attack by small boats. The records of war for a thousand years cannot furnish another such case. During the siege thc flag-staff was shot away 122 times .ind eighty mon lost their lives in replacing it. Nothing was left of the fort but the lower bomb-proofs. The debris was in some places twenty-five feet thick. Since the war the Government has spent over a million dollars there. It was under constant fire over 500 days, and was assaulted again and again, and yet it fell into Federal hands only after Sherman's movements made its evacuation a matter of policy, JOHN COLLIE MOORE. San Diego, May 13, 1899. A Prominent Doctor Speaks. He is not talking about medical ethics, quite the contrary. The sci entist is eager to grasp truth in what ever field it may be found, and the fact that Tyner's Dyspepsia Eemedy is so meritorious calls forth from him a testimonial : "Chipley, Ga., August 4, 1894 - Dr. C. O. Tyner, Atlanta, Ga.: I think it is due you that I should say that Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy has done more for me than all other pre parations that I have tried. I think it is a valuable remedy for chronic dyspepsia and indigesti?n. It has cured me. I hope you may be able to cure all dyspeptioB. They are legion. DR. Q. T. RUSSELL. For Bale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. mm m mm, - - A young hopeful sat io the win dow a long time the other night dur ing a thunder-storm, and contemplated the scene with a wise look on his face. Thon he turned to his mother and said : "Mamma, the angels are scratching matches on the sky." Bad management keeps more people in poor circumstances than any other one cause. To be successful one must look ahead and plan ahead so that when a favorable opportunity presents itself he is ready to take advantage of it. A little forethought witlalso save much expenso and valuable time. A Erudent and oareful man will keep a ottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house, the shiftless fellow will wait until i necessity compels it and then ruin hie i best horse going for a doctor and have ! a big doctor bill to pay, besides; one nays out 25 cents, the other is ont a hundred dollars and then wonders why i his neighbor is getting rioher while he ? is getting poorer. For sale by Hill . Orr Drug Co. } - An exchange says the wise man go ia away from homo to do his leotur , iog. True, and he often goes home I and gets his lecturing. ( If your stomach is disordered, bow els irregular, and you don't sleep well I _.--J T? . .Ll- * _. r?... w.l jruu uccu xnuaijr aou u:uci3. ii i? ? very effeotive in removing this ooudi . tion. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. New ( sos For Com. l'armer- iti the corn belt may not be aware of the fact, but it is, never theless, true that the manufacture of the new smokeless powder promises to benefit them extensively. Thc Brit ish government closed a contract last fall with the Standard distilling com pany pf Chicago, for thc immediate delivery of 124,000 gallons of distilled spirits at Montreal, with an intima tion that it would want 450,000 more in a short time. The spirits ordered were for usc in thc manufacture of smokeless powder. The Japanese gov ernment has recently ordered '.?,000 barrels of spirits for the same purpose, and has given notice of large future requirements. Our own government hus recently ordered 10,000 barrels, and further orders will follow. Hence forth smokeless powder will be exten sively used in civilized warfare, aud in the manufacture of this powder dis tilled spirits play a prominent part, thus opening up a new and quite ex tensive market for American corn. In the light of these facts, the prep arations of Great Britain and the con stant rumors of a great European war take on a local and personal interest to every western corn grower. An extensive war among the great Euro pean nations would have a marked ef fect upon the market for spirits and for corn, as the whole world is to a large extent dependent upon America for this iugredicut of smokeless pow der, and this powder is a necessity in warfare. This use for corn coupled with the foreign demand for a cheap food article, which is increasing rapid ly, practically assures the fanner a fair price for his staple ; but other new demands of equal importance should not be overlooked. The num ber of articles of commerce that are uow being made from corn has reached twenty-nine, and every particle of the grain is at present turned into some useful product. The glucose sugar refining companies alone manufacture this number of products and the num ber of bushels of corn consumed by their factories in thc United States reaches well into the millions. The following is a list of the pro ducts now being manufactured from corn without the use of any other com ponent materiul : Mixing glucose, of three kinds, used by refiners for table syrups, brewers, leather manufacturers, jelly makers, fruit preservers and apothecaries. Crystal glucose, of four kinds, used by manufacturing confectioners. Grape sugar, of two kinds, used by brewers and apothecaries. Anhydrous sugar, used by cotton and paper mills. * Powdered starch, used principally by baking powder manufacturers, and also by cotton and paper mills. Pear starch, used by cotton and pa per mills. Refined grits, used in the place of brewer's grits ; they are giving better results. Flourine, used by mixers of flour without detriment except as to the feeling that a corn product is taking the place of a wheat product. Four kinds of dextrine, used by fine fabric makers, paper box makers, mu cilage and glue makers, apothecaries and many industries requiring a strong adhesive agent. Corn oil, used by table oil mixers, lubricating oil mixers, manufacturers of fiber, shade cloth manufacturers, paint manufacturers, and in many similar industries where vegetable oils are employed. Corn oil cake, gluten feed, chop feed, and gluten meal, all cattle feeding stuffs of a very high grade and capa ble of being scientifically fed with su perior advantages. Rubber substitute, a substitute for crude rubber and very extensively used. Corn germ, the material from which the oil and oake arc obtained. British gum, a starch which makes a very adhesive medium, and is used by textile mills for running their col ors, as well as by manufacturers who require a very strong adhesive medium that contains no trace of acid. Granulated gum, which competes with gem arabic, is used successfully in its place, and finds a ready prefer ence by reason of the absence of an; offensive odor. Probably tho most important in the above list of products, is rubber sub stitute, the substance which Chioago chemists have recently brought to per fection. This uew rubber, made from the waste of ordinary yellow corn, will cheapen the price of rubber goods 25 per cent. Corn rubber must be com bined with an equal quantity of P*VK rubber to give it general utility. Twenty chemists have been employed at the Chicago refinery for a year in bringing this new rubber to perfection. The greatest difficulty has been to make a product that would resist heat. At last the chemists have developed a quality of corn rubber tnat will bend, atretob, and show all the resiliency of the host Para, whioh is the standard of commerce. In the manufacture of glucose" part of the oom, about 5 per cent., could not be utilised. This waste is what will bo transformed into tho near substitute for rubber. Corn robber has almost the same appear ance as tho ordinary reddish-brown india rubber. Oil of corn, from which principally the rubber is made, d<>es iot oxidize readily. Its tendency to ward oxidation is one of the principal lefects of india rubber. The chemists who have been working on the corn rubber declare this to be an enormous idvantage for the new product. Ar ticles manufactured from it will al ways remain pliable and not crack. It is calculated that corn rubber can >e sold at six cents a pound. It can be adapted to nearly all the uses to which ordinary rubber is put, from bicycle tires to linoleum.-Niuo York Sllll . What ?omen are Doing. Figures furnished by the United States bureau of statistics which pre sumably arc obtained from reliable sources, show that there arc more than 3,500,000 women wage-earners in this country. Few persons would have supposed that there were so many, and the number is steadily increasing. The variety, as well as the extent, of the employments of women is surpris ing. Thc report referred to gives the following interesting information on this point: "Female teachers and professors number 250,000, exclusive of teachers of music who are 34,511' strong and 10,000 artists and teachers of art. "There are 1,143 women clergymen. "Journalists number 88K, with 2, 725 authors and literary persons. "Of chemists, assayeis and metal lurgists there are two score, lacking one. "Lawyers who arc not men are 20K. 'Female detectives arc 271' in num ber. "Only two women have been discov ered who are veterinary surgeons. "In Texas a woman ha? the contract for carrying thc mail from Kifle to Serirnul Hall. "Georgia has a woman mail carrier ; she travels a 40-mile route tri-weekly. This youug woman also manages a farm. ' The chamber of commerce, Cincin nati, has a restaurant run by three Scotch women, and they clear about $15,000 yearly, although their annual rental is $5,000. "In New Orleans, one of the finest orchestras is composed entirely of wo men. "Packing trunks is a St. Louis wo man's industry. "A conservatory and rose garden in F?Lmira, N. Y., is owned and managed by a woman. "At the Young Women's Christian Association, Philadelphia, two young women are in charge of thc elevators. "Women writ-servers are employed with success. "Buffalo has a woman contractor, who is also a quarry owner. She is thc only female member of thc build ing exchange. "A Jersey City woman supports herself by raising mint. "The woman manager of a Califor nia insurance company is credited with the largest salary paid to any woman-$10,000 a year. "A French Canadian girl is making her bread by cobbling shoes at Lewis ton, Me. "A successful ranch owner in Kan sas is a woman. There is a saying to the effect that in Kansas there is no interest, no profession, no trade and no deal without a woman in it. "In Boston are two large advert?s ing agencies, the members of both firms being women and all their em ployes women." - According to a high authority, cold water is a valuable stimulant to many, if not all, people. Its action on the heart is more stimulating than brandy. It has boen known to raise the pulse from 76 to over 100. FOR A CLEANSINi AND POWERFUL m IT uiaui eec . Admirai Scklej at Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, UTAH, May 28.-Hear Admiral Schley arrived here to-day 'rom Deo ver. At Provo, Utah, he was met hy a reception committee, headed jy Governor Wells and other promi nent citizens. A large and enthusiastic crowd ireeted the party at the railway sta mou. This afternoon the Admiral and party attended the services at the Tabernacle. The regular services .vere suspended for special services in bia honor. After music by the Taber nacle choir, a short sermon was preach ed by Dr. Talmage. At the conclusion of the service Hear Admiral Schley was escorted to the pulpit, and, after shaking hands with the Church officials, made a short speech. He said in part: "This is the first time in my life that I have 3ver been in the interior of this great ampire of ours, and I have abundant proof and reason now to understand how it is that we have grown to such i mighty nation. "In the war through which we have just passed I think it has been worth ill the blood that has been shed and ill the money that has been spent to have learned our own power, and to have taught it to other people. An other impression learned has been that the lines which divided us here tofore have all been dissipated, and in thc war just ended the North and the South, thc Hast and the West have >tood in that brotherhood and in that readiness to dio for the best flag in ?he world, supported and protected by the best people, because they believe in God's presence in everything." The Admiral and party were driven through the principal streets to the home of George Wallace, whose guests they will be during their stay in the ?ity. Nothing equal to Prickly Ash Bit ters for removing that sluggish bilious 7eeling, so common in hot weather, [t creates strength, vigor, appetite and cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans Phar macy. - Some young-men would get along setter if they had less point to their ihoes and a little more to their con versation. ?^.-Xii-.' XA ROU I T AU. 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SULLIVAN, Er*ac. May SI, 1899 49 8 The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has bee ? in use for over 30 years, has horne the signature ? and has been made under his pei T^V-Z*2* , sonal supervision since its infancj *'&?cA4/?4 Allow no one to deceive you in thi All Counterfeits, Imitations and'Substitutes are hut Ei p?riment? that trifle with and endanger the health < Infants and Children-Experte nee against Experiinea What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drov and Soothing Syrup?. It is Harmless and Pleasant. \ contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotl substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worn and allays Feverishness. It eures Diarrhoea and Win Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Const {patio and Flatulency. It assimilates the Foody regulates tb Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural alee] The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWA Bears the Signature of . 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