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A MATTER q^ie Inauguration of Da Southern Mi February 22d was selected as the ip-1 tufurttion day of the President of the to niederste States. This .day was pe .alinrly fitted for the occasion, as was ?tntioned by the President in the ' ening of his inaugural address. It us the birthday of the man most identified with the establishment of American independence, and the ex cises we held beneath the monumeot (!ectcd to commemorate his heroic rirtues and those of his compatriots. The day, tho memory and the pur :C,5e seem fitly associated," said Mr. Inauguration day dawned upon Mcliuond in the midst of rain and cud. It rained as if the clouds them ?flvc? were going to come down and interfere with the cermonies. From :t?n until evening a steady stream cared down, but in spite of ev ery disadvantage, the inauguration } the first President of the Conf?d?r ?e States was successfully celebrated, d nothing but t- \ dampness tended mar'the perfect enjoyment of the oasands who witnessed the cere ay. The city was full of visitors, the oteli crowded almost beyond their ptcity. By nine o'clock in the orniog, the people began to wend heir way up the capitol hill. The Mform was erected just beneath the tae of Washington, occupying the ce between the colossal figures of efferson and Mason. A hastily con cted canvas served to protect the apants during the ceiemonies. umerou? Confederate flsgB were tefully arranged around the plat orm. At ten o'clock the Senate met, but ijourned without transacting any sBiness, to join the House of Kepre Dtatives in the hall of the Virginia ouse of delegates. Here the preei eot and the vice-president were re ved by the assembly standing. As elve o'clock approached the vast owd outside began to show the us signs of impatience. Such expres ODs as,-"Here he comes; hurrah for e? Davis," were numerous and inva ibly followed by cheers, and the aying to and fro of the multitude. A few moments after twelve Messrs. avis and Stephens, accompanied by r. Hunter, descended the eastern ps of the capitol and entered a car ge, preceded by the marshal of the y. The carriage moved off iq the Teotion of the Washington - menu ?nt, followed by a motley, strug iog crowd. The multitude already the ground were exhorted to male y for the procession by ike ?tar ai, who announced his presence in e following extraordinary style: entlemen, get out of the way; here mes Jeff Davis." This was follow by ten 'thousand people shouting, urrah for Jeff Davis." The mere ntion of his name was all that was aired to raise a deafening uproar. Now all eyes were turned toward the tform upon which the magnates of e Confederacy were beginning to ow themselves. ' As the care-worn tares of the beloved chief magis te were, recognized, a shout like oder went up from the people, e rain was coming down in torrents l hats were waved and thrown in air, with enthusiastic vehemence, s President smiled and bowed, hen all were comfortably seated, y er was offered by the Bight Rev nd Bishop Johns, of the Episcopal arch, after which the President ad* ced to the desk. Cheers again t the air. He bowed pleasantly, w out his manuscript, and began reading of the inaugural address, ich was in part as follows: The people of the States now con erated became convinced that the eminent of the United States had en into the hands of a sectional iority, who would pervert that most red of all trusts to the destruction lie rights which it was pledged to tecu They believed that to re ft longer in the Union would sub t them to a discontinuance of a '^ paraging discrimination, subniis tlEl at0 which would be inconsistent h their welfare, and intolerable to n,? wad people. They therefore de ^ ained to sever its bonds, and es ""3 Ksh a new Confederacy for them res." t must have been an impressive ?e, the frail figure and intellectual *? the giant leaders of this mighty ? ?federaey, grouped around such ? es Jefferson; Mssen and Henry, ?Werihg fcronse, *nd above all the ^ing form of the "Pater Patrie" ade aiio8 hi? protecting arm South *e inaugural was listened to with I utmost interest. .Ho read with, a strong voice, and was heard al >t to the capitol. When he reach the concluding lines, the manu dropped upon the table, and ing bin hands to heaven, he ex leds.j;/..: Po Thee, 0 God, I trustingly com' myself, and pray erf ally invoke OF HISTORY. President Jefferson vis. tme Journal. Thy blessings on my country and its cause." The effect was thrilling. An elec tric 'flame ran through the multitude. The prayer of the (President found an echo in thousands of hearts. When the applause had ceased, the Presi dent, taking up a copy of tbc Consti tution of the Confederate States, re peated in a clear, firm voice the follow ing words: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Presi dent of the Confederate States of America, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." He then took the Bible from the hands of Judge IIalyburton, of the Confederate Court, raised it reverent ly to his lips and retired. Mr. Hunter, the President of the Senate, then formally declared Jeffer son Davis, of Mississippi, to be Pres ident of the Confederate States for the ensuing six years. Thus was the permanent govern ment of the Confederate States launch ed upon the stormy sea of revolution. Though her existence was short, the principles involved and the brave deeds enacted were sufficient to endear the name of the Southern Confedera l cy to ever? true Southerner. John L. Dyson. The Critical Ages* At 40 men begin to feel the strain of hard work. If they have been care less or reckless they are liable to break down. Another oritical period is GO, when those holding positions of i responsibility, who are too absorbed to take proper rest, go to pieces. Yet a man who has lived to that age ought j to continue ten years longer, provided be takes care of himself. It is the pace that tells. It would be laughable, if itwere net so serious, to see staid bankers and merchants rushing along to save a few minutes' ' delay, or, like General Scott in his famous letter of acceptance, "swal I 'lowing a hasty plate of soup' * for lunch eon, or, constantly smoking long, I black cigars, as Governor Flower did, or dictating to a stenographer on an ocean steamer, as was Mr. Hyde's custom. When I watoh these human maohines running at top speed, with every electric light burning, and car rying on operations that affect the whole continent, I ask with Artcmus Ward, "What does it signify?" Can Americans never learn to make haste slowly and to work easily and smooth ly? The secret of strength is poise and self-command, and hustle and bus tle indicate lack of balance and reserve powers, . j A leading New York dry good? mer chant has hardly taken a holiday ia twenty years, and often works Sun days. He might take warning from a j neighbor who broke down a year ago, I and now enjoys a leisurely luneh ov ! ery day with his family and a half I hour nap. On Washington's Birth day I called on a New York merchant who said it was the first day he had not been at his office in years. One may. well ask such men, "Is life worth living?" _____ Chronic Diarrhoea Cured. This is to certify that I have had , chronic diarrhoea ever since the war. I got so weak I eould hardly walk or do anything. One bottle of Chamber lain's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy eured me sound and well. J. R. Bibbs, Fineastle, Ya. I had ohronio diarrhoea for twelve years. Three bottles of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy eured me. S. L. Shaver, Fineastle, Va. Both Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Shaver are prominent farmers and reside near Fineastle, Vs. They procured the remedy from Mr. W. E. Casper, a druggist of that place, who is well acquainted with them and will vouoh for the truth of their statements. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. ?- "I sec they have started another lodge, of the Improved Order of Red Bien in your village." "Yes; my hus band has joined it. But that's not the kind of order needed in our midst." "No?" "Noj what is wanted is an improved order of white men." "DeWitt's Little Early Risers did mo more good than all blood medicines and other pills," writes Geo. H. Ja cobs, of Thompson, Conn. Prompt,' pleasant, never gripe?they cure con stipation, arouse the torpid liver to action and give you clean blood, steady nerves, a clear brain and a healthy ap petite. Evans Pharmacy. ?- In New York city* and within a radios of twenty-five miles of it, more 1 eople are living to-day than tho whole thirteen colonies contained at the iiiuc of tho Revolution. ? It is estimated that 2,000,000 bushels of wheat were destroyed by hail in North Dakota. Kcdsl Dyspepsia Cure eures dyspep sia because its ingredients are such that itcan't help doing so. ' 'The pub lie can v?dy upon it as a master reme dy for all disorders arising from im perfect digestion. ' James M. Thom as, M. D., in American Journal of Health, N, Y. Evans Pharmacy. Bob Taylor on Ingersoll. "I sat in a great theatre at the na tional capital. It was thronged with youth and beauty, old age and wisdom. I saw a man, the image of his God, stand up on the stage and I heard him speak. "His gestures were perfections of grace, his voice wks music and his lan guage more beautiful than any I had ever heard from mortal lips. "He painted picture after picture of the pleasures and joyssand sympa thies of home. He enthroned love and preached the gospel of humanity like an augol. Then I saw him dip his brush in the ink of moral black ness and blot out beautiful pictures he had painted. I saw him stab love dead at his feet. I saw him blot out the stars and the sun and leave hu manity and the universe in eternal darkness and eternal death. "I saw him, like the serpent of old, worm himself into the paradise of hu man hearts and by his seductive elo quence and subtle devices and sophis try inject his fatal venom, under whose light its powers faded. Its music was hushed, its sunshine was darkened and its aoul was left a desert waste with only the new made graves of faith' and hope. ''I saw him, a lawless, erratic me teor, without an orbit, sweep across the intellectual sky, brilliant only in its self-consuming fire generated by friotion with the indestructible and eternal truths of God. "That man was the arohangel of modern infidelity, and I said, how true is Holy Writ, which, declared 'The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.' '"Toll me not, oh infidel, there is no God, no heaven, no hell! Tell me not, oh, infidel, there is no risen Christ! "What intelligence less than God's could fashion the human body? What motive power is it, if not God, that drives the throbbh g engine of the hu man heart, v ith ceaseless, tireless stroke, Bending the crimson stream of life bounding and circling through every vein and artery? "Whence and what, if not of God, is this mystery we call mind? What is it that thinks and feels and knows and acts? Oh, who can deny the di vinity that stirs within us? "God is everywhere and everything. His mystery is in every bud and blos som and leaf and tree; in every rock and hill and vale and mountain: in every spring and rivulet and river. "The rustle of his wing is in every zephyr; its might is in every tempest. He dwells in the dark pavilion of ev ery storm cloud. The lightning is his messenger and the thunder is his voice. His awful tread is in the earth quake and on every angry ocean. The heavens above us team with his my riads of shining witnesses. The uni verse of solar systems whose wheeling orbs course tho crystal paths of space proclaim through the dread halls of eternity the glory and power and do minion of the all-wise, omnipotent, eternal God."?Johnson City Comet. Wedding or George Washington. It was a crystalline di>y, the tith of Janutry?old style?1755). Up to a colonial mansion, the "White House," in New Kent County, Virginia, a spanking team of horses clattered and stopped, puffing clouds of breath on the frosty air. From the great coach a brisk-faced, slow, important gentle man is scarlet dress stepped out, Brit ish from forehead to foot?his Excel lency Lieutenant-Govern or Fauquier, oame with hi% wife to grace the wed ding party of young Colonel George - Washington, a new Burgess' in the Virginia Assembly. The Lieutenant Governor assisted the lady to alight. His sword clanking as he followed her, removing his belaced cocked hat, he entered, to add to festive brilliance within. The dark eyes of the comely little bride, "the widow Custis that was," were bright. She greeted them with dignity, softened by a desire to please into the graciousness that is Southern. In white satin threaded with silver, and quilted petticoat, she wore pearls entwined in her soft brown hair. Her little feet in high-heeled slippers, "the smallest fives," twink led with buckles of brilliants. Point lace ruffles fell about plump tapering arms and bosom, and adorned with bracelets and neoklace of pearls she looked tiny beside the tall bridegroom, in costume of blue lined with red silk, embroidered - white satin waistcoat, gold knee and shoe buckles, and sword. Happiness beamed in his glance and movement. He was the handsomest man of the handsome assemblage, it is said, and he had the quality that most quickly makes a woman love masterfulness unmixed with tyranny. He was 'twenty-seven, she but three months youuger. Her charms were ouch that on the day they met he knew that he wished to marry, her. He .had seen her but four times before marriage; each time, however, was a day or more, or little less. It was a hopeful wedding, a suitable match. ?Leila Herbert, in Harper's Maga zine. . _ , Suickly eure constipstiou and re d and Invigorate the entire system ?never gripe or nauseate^-DeWitt's Little Early Risers* K??ns Pharmacy. Honey Dew. Mr. Dave Walker, of Gaston county, N. C, has often been referred to in the Enquirer as a bee man of wide ex perience. He has devoted a consider able portion of his life to the study of bees, and being now well advanced in years, is well up on the subject. He usually keeps anywhere from 80 to 130 colonies, and sells from $200 to $300 worth of honey every year. . Mr. Walker was in Yorkville last week on a visit to relatives, and while he was here the writer had an inter esting talk with him. It developed that most of his knowledge and exper ience is along the same line as that re cently gathered from Mr. II. C. Simp son, of Catawba Junction, except that Mr. Walker referred to several matters which did not come up in the conver sation that the writer had with Mr. Simpson. One point on which Mr. Walker does not agree with Mr. Simpson, is the number of colonies that may be main tained in one collection. It will be remembered that Mr. Simpson said that ?l? colonies is about as many as can be safely maintained within a ra dius of a mile-and-a-half, or in a circle of country three miles in diameter. His idea was that while the range of the bee in search of honey is of almost indefinite length, most of the honey is collected within a milc-and-a-half of the hive. Mr. Walker is not inclined to dispute this assertion very positive ly; but he brings in a new element which seems to make it wise to greatly extend the limit of 50 colonies fixed by Mr. SirspEon. The new element to which Mr. Walk er calls attention is what is called "honey dew." This is a substance about whioh the writer knows very little; but Mr. Walker assured him that people generally, especially coun try people, knew more or less about it, and he went on to relate some interest ing facts. Just where honey dew comes from Mr. Walker is not prepared to say. He can give no better account for it than he can for ordinary dew. It is precipitated from the atmosphere and finds lodgment on leaves and other vegetation. It has a greater affinity for poplar and hickory leaves than for any other kind. It is to be seen, in its season, on these leaves in small beads, and sometimes there collects as much as half a teaspoonful in one place. In Mr. Walker's observation, the heavy dew. is precipitated from the atmosphere, usually in the evening between 6 o'clook and dark. He has seen it falling many a time, or at least he feels so very sure of this fact that he has no idea that he can be mis taken. Honey dew, Mr. Walker said, is simply honey?pure honey, and noth ing else. Anyone can tell that fact by tasting it. When it falls the bees have nothing to do, but to take it up, put it in the honey comb and cap it over. The bees can collect an im mense quantity of it in a very short time; but in some seasons there is con siderably more of it than in others, and this makes a wonderful difference to the bees. While this honey is pure, it is somewhat darker than that which is extracted from cotton blos soms, and hardly of such exquisite taste. Still it is much better than most of the honey that is collected in , the spring. There is another serious drawback to honey dew. While seemingly it is precipitated from the atmosphere, it does not come in an unfailing supply. It is never seen before the first of May or after the first of September; and while during some years it may fall on as many as 50 days altogether, some years it does not fall stall. Mr. Walker said he bas not seen any this year at all. He does not think there has been any, and, as the result, the bees have been having a rough time of it. It is because of the honey dew then that Mr. Walker thinks the beekeeper should have a large number of colo onies. With the honey dew falling on five or six days in succession, as it sometimes does, even a weak colony can collect all the honey for which it can find room. If a man has a large number of colonies, then, of course, he gets there with a large quantity of honey; but if he only I;as a few colo nies, of course he is unable to take ad vantage of such windfalls even when they I come.?Yorkville Enquirer. Good Enough to Take. The finest quality of loaf sugar is used in the manufacture of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy and the roots used in its preparation give it a flavor similar to that of maple vrup, making it very pleasant to take. As a medi cine for the cure of coughs, colds, la grippe, croup and whooping cough it is uoequaled by any other. It always cures, sud cures quickly. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. ? Enormous corns, with a tendency to gout in wet weather, are stated to be the common afflictions of the kan garoo in captivity. '.'Our baby was sick for a month with severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al though we tried many remedies she kept getting worse until we used One Minute Cough Cure?it relieved at enee and cured her in a few days."? B. L. Nance, Priu. High School Bluff dale, Texas. Evans Pharmacy. Mock Hanging in n Church. A most sturtliugly unique entertain ment, in which the principal feature was a gruesoinely realistic imitation of an execution by hanging, was given in the colored Baptist Church in Carthago the other night, and attracted a crowd which packed the big building to its utmost. An interesting accouut given in the Press of the "tragic" affair is as follows : "The audience assembled in the base ment of the church, where the gallows was erected, reaching upward about llvo or six feet. The drop was only a short one, but every other detail was carefully copied from a suie enough hanging scene. About u o'clock Peter Gibson and Sporting Willie Haucock came in, leading Art Irwin, the boy condemned to the gallows. A sup pressed'murmur ran over the audience, which waited with bated breath the linale of this strange scene. The lamps about the walls cast a shuddering, gloomy light about the room, and a superstitious horror could be traced on many a face. But negro good humor cannot long be suppressed, and scarce ly had the tirst feeling of nwe passed awaw when somo lusty voice broke out in a hearty laugh. "This soon spread, and the scene lost a large share of its gruesometiess. The convicted murderer was led up the steps of the improvised gullows, his arms and legs were tied, and a rope was fastened to his neck, a black cap was adjusted, the trap sprung and the body dropped. So far as actual ap pearance went he might have been hanging by the neek. The body turn ed and twisted as the rope let out its slack, and there it hung for several minutes. When Laken down the boy dropped, soemingly limp and lifeless, a^?l wid carried out on a stretcher amid _ deathly Bilence. "The affiar, however, was not so realistic ub it appeared, for beforo entering the room another rope had been carefully harnessed around Ir win'n body, with a loop coming under his coat collar. This lost rope wan concealed by tho boy's clothing, and although the rope appeared to encircle his neck, it was in reality fastened to the loop under his collar. After a few minutes in which to remove ropes, etc. Irwin returned to receive the congrat ulations of his lady admirers, who gathered around the little 'hero' in groups."?Kanmtt VU y .Journal. YOUR HOME PLEASURES NO influence lends so much to home life an music. No Stock offers greater attractions than our*, and we wish to help you to hsppinep?. Bt's not alone tbat we say itp bat yon know tbat we mean It, as we sell the beet ?las? of? PIANOS and ORGANS, As well as small Musical Merchandise, aud will Rivet yon I nil valo ? for ev ery dollar. You are oordislly invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading? SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell yon the beet In this Une. We still handle thoroughly reliable? Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can ssve yon money by an Investi gation. Look to quality first?then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. If you want Bargain* go to. CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you wsnt 8H0E9 cheap go to Cheap John's, th?*Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CKiARS it's the place to, get them cheap. Schnapps Tobacco. 37$c. Early Bird Tobf.*x>. 37?c. Gay Bird Tobacoo. 35c. Our Leader Tobacco. 27Jo. Nabob's Cigars. lc. eaob. Stogies.4 for 5c. Premio or Habana.3 for 5c. Old Glory.,. 8c. a pack. Arbuckle's Coffee 11c pound No. 9 Coffee 9c. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 23c. Candies Go. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Laundry and Teilet Sosps, Box snd Stick Bine? in fact, everything of thst kind. Good 8-dsy Clock, guaranteed for five years, f 1.95. Tinwsre to beat the band. JOHN A. HAYES. WILL YOU ? Before yon buy a PIANO see me. I have saved to some of my customers as mach as seventy-five dollars in the pur chase of One Piano. Snch makes as Cbickering, Emerson, Stulx & Bauer and M?hlin to select from. None better. As to ORGANS von can save from fif teen totwenty-rlvedollars byseelngme. Remember, I am in the SEWING MA CHINE business, juat for fan. You can get prises on any or th? high grade makes ; snd do not forget that I sell any Machine Needle at three for 5c, 20c. per do7on. The finest Sperm Oil 5o. per bot tle. Nothing but new, select stock. Remember the place? V. lu WILLI8, South Msin 8t., Anderson, 8. C. DON'T FEEL RIGHT... 9 Do you wake up in the morning tired and unre- Sjfe freshed? Do you perform your daily duties Mr languidly? 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