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WAR S'l ?: torpedoes-Cont'edc 'Their Value in Talbot Stan The. torpedo, whose effect has been amply demonstrated by thc Japanese in their engagements with the lius Mans in thc harbor of I'ort Arthur, first canie into use ir? the Civil War, and was thejin vent ion of Capt. Ar thur F. Maury, of Frcdericksburg, Va., an, oflicer in thc Confederate army. There was at first much pre judice against the use of the torpedo, but. after a time the idea was adopted and the report of the United States Secretary of the Navy, made in 18l?5, showed that thc Union cause lost more ships from that source than from all others combined, the total number being fifty-eight. Capt. Maury evolved the torpedo as a means of defence of thc navigable rivers of the Southern States, and es pecially those of Virginia. There waB little means for experimenting, and at first his tenta were all carried on with ' minute charges of powder submerged and exploded in a wash tub of water in a chamber in the house of a cousin. It was early in tho first year of thc war that tho first working experiment was made. It occurred in the James River at Richmond, where the tor pedo, a barrel filled with ordinary powder, was carefully lowered to the bottom. Thc contrivance was fired by means of a trigger, which was pulled from a distance with a lanyard. The hammer wau much like thc hammer of thc oki army musket, and of course it had to bo raised before the torpedo was placed in position. The success of tho invention was immediately seen. A column of water was thrown iuto the air twenty feet and it was but a minute or so before many fish came to the surface dead. Thc test waB conducted in thc presence of a number of officials of thc Confederate Government who, though beforehand they had been free to express their doubts as to tho success of the inven tion, immediately gave it their warm est approval and tho mining of the river was at once begun. These tor pedoes were made to explode by con tact. Floating torpedoes were made in pairs, connected with a rope 500 feet long. This rope-jr sp?n, as it was called-had its purpose. It was floated on the surface by means of corks, and the torpedoes themselves hung suspended from it at a depth of twenty feet. They were kept at that depth by empty barrels painted a dull color so as not to be easily dis cernible. The idea was to aet tho torpedoes afloat at the approaohof a hostile ves sel and trust to the span becoming entangled with the hull in such a way that the torpedoes would bo drawn against the side of the vessel, where they were to be fired by the mere tightness of the rope which con nected them. Several attempts were made to get these to work but without result. In the natural development of the torpedo idea it soon beoame evident that submerged powder could not al ways be trusted to explode, especially where there was a chance of contact with water through triggers and such contrivances. The electric then was suggested. For some time it was im possible to get any insulated wire as there was no faotory for its manufac I lure except in the North, but at last : an abandoned cable whioh the Union ists had endeavored to lay across thc Chesapeake Bay to Fortress Mooroo fell into the hands of the inventor. " From his standpoint the find was a provideutial one. By its aid he was enabled to mine tbe mouth of the James River with eleetrio torpedoes, and for somo time every Federal ves sel that tried to pass was destroyed and the entire fleet kept at bay. The torpedo idea spread to all parts of the South and it was not long ere every Southern harbor was mined. In all waterB where Union vessels ap peared beer kegs full of powder were set afloat having percussion attach ments supposed to explodo on contact. Not many of these did tho work hoped ior them. Then a Confederate officer thought out the spar torpedo-i. e., a torpedo set at tho dnd of a long spar ? tobe rigged at the bow of a small fcoat and to be exploded by impaot - sg&issi ft vessel's side. Soon a sub mariner boat with a torpedo attaoh - ment was evolved, bat its first attack ? brought death to its entire crow, v ibongh they took the Federal steam v ship Housatonio to the bottom with t?hem. When it WAS seen that the torpedo was capable of doing great damage, Capt. Maury was sent to England to develop the idea and to keep the Con federacy posted upon bis researches. Advanoement was rapid, and it was .ot long ere the Unionists, who at -.first denounced tho torpedo, as a bar Barons engine of war, were fairly driven to use the same means in their own darenoe. Tho close of the war . . m -G: ? .? ? ..... V DRIBS. irate? Kirsti Proved Lodern A Var l'are. ley in Grit. I found Cj.pt. Maury the acknowledged J head ( I' torpedo learning of the world, I aud by request of the several Govern ? menta he instructed naval officers of Kngland, France. Itussia, Holland and Germany in the use of tin-new weapon. All of these countries itu j mediately adopted the idea and it has formed a large j an ol' their defence, wit h our own, ev? r sinee. The modern torpedo is unlike the old all iir as can bo imagined. Nowa days we shoot torpedoes into the water where, by thc propulsion of their own inside mechanism, they dart through thc water toward the ship attacked. Ingenious attachments make the tor pedo almost sure to go in a straight line, and ia not at all a difficult matter to hit thc object aimed at. A de scription of thc internal arrangements of a torpedo would be understood only by thc initiated, so it will not be at tempted. Tho torpedo itself ia di vided into five compartments. At the nose-the front of the thing, which would come first into contact with the side of the vessel-is tho charge of 200 pounds of gun cotton, which is ex ploded hy impact. Just behind this chamber is thc air chamber, then the buoyaucy chamber, and then the en gine room. The propellers are oper ated with compressed air aud tho radius of effectiveness is said to he about -,000 yards; that is to say, thc torpedo can bc driven in a straight linc that distance before the com pressed air gives jut and thc propeller stops. On some of the big battleships and cruisers there are submerged torpedo tubes from which this terrille death engine can be sent out without expos ure to the enemy. The torpedo boats have their lubes on deck and the tor pedo takes a leap over thc side before striking the waler. On some vessels there is a chain protection that can bc lowered all about the ship and which catches and holds torpedoes without exploding them. Thc chaiu is hung from booms at a sufficient dis tance from the ship's side to insure complete safety. In the hands of ignorant or careless persons the tor pedo is extremely dangerous, but if lightly handled there arc rarely ever accidents. .Incksou nt Chancellorsville. To the Kditor of the Sunday News : In "Gen. Gordon's Reminiscences of the C ivil War" at pages 96 and 97 oc curs the following : "At the inception of thc movement upon Gen. Hooker's army at Chancel lorsville a remarkable interview oc curred between Gen. Lee and Gen. Jackson, which is of peculiar interest because it illustrates, in a measure, the characteristics of both these great soldiers. "It was repeated to ne soon after its occurrence by tho Rev. Dr. Lacey, who was with them at the time Jack son rode up to the Commander-in Ct.ief and said to him : 'Gen. Lee, ?his is not the best way to move on Mooker.' i " 1 Well, Gen. Jackson, you must remember that I am compelled to de pend to some extent upon information furnished me by others, especially by the engineers,*as to the topography, the obstructions, etc., and these engi neers arc of the opinion thar, this is a very good way of approach.' " 'Your engineers are' mistaken, sir.' "What do you know about it, Geu. Jackson? You have not had time to examine thc situation.' " 'But I have. sir. I havo ridden over the whole field.' " 'And he had. Hiding with the swiftness of the wind and looking with the eye of an eagle, ho had caught the strong and weak points of thc entire situation, and was back on his panting steed at the great com mander's side to assure him that there was a better route. "'Then what ?9 to be done. Gen. Jackson.' 'Take the route you yourself at first suggested. Move on the flank move on the flank.' " 'Then you will at once make the movement, sir." "'Immediately and swiftly Jack son's 'foot cavalry,' as they were called, wero rushing along a by-way through the dense woodland. Soon the wild shout of his oharge was heard on the flank and his red cross of bat tle wsB floating over Gen. Hookers breastworks." This is very pretty rhetoric perhaps, but, as Lieut. Gol. Henderson says of Cook's and Dabnoy'a lives of Gen. Jackson, "can hardly bo accepted as sober history." The story that the battle of Chan cellorsville was Gen. Jackson's, not Gen. Lee's battle, originated with Dr. Dabncy. .\- (Job. Jackson was b:i?ily wound? . i at tli.it light und died a low days after. I?r. Dabney could hardly have got the idea lom him. When Lieut. Col. Henderson wrote the life of Jackson with the deter mination "to write only truthful his tory," he published the following let ter from ?jen. Lee to Mrs. Jackson, I in which, besides noticing other er I rors of Dr. Dabney, he fays in regard to Chancellorsville : "I am misrepresented at the hattie of Chancellorsville in proposing an attack in front the first evening of our arrival. Uo the contrary. I decided against it and stated to (Jen. Jackson, we must attack on our left as soon as practicable; and thc necessary move ment of the troops began immediately. In consequence of a report received about that time, from 'Jen. Fitz Lee, describing the position of thc Federal army and the roads, which he held with bia cavalry, leading to its rear, (?eu. Jackson, after some inquiry con cerning the roads leading to the Fur nace, undertook to throw his command entirely in Hooker's rear, which he accomplished with equal skill and boldness; the rest of tho army being moved to the left flank to conned with him as he advanced. I think there ia some mistake, too, of a regiment of infantry being sent by him to the ford on the Hapidan, as described by Dr. Dabney." That Gen. Gordon is right in his statement that Chancellorsville was fought against the original ideas of Gen. Jackson is in agreement with thc opinion current at the time in the Army of Northern Virginia. An at tack against the front of the army was proposed and favored by Goo. Jackson. Gen. Lee arrived on tho battlefield early on the first day of the fight and, of course, took command. The battle wa? fought as it was, and not by at tack on the front. The information which decided Gen. Lee on the flank movement was brought in by Stuart's cavalry (Fitz Hugh Lee) and information in regard to tho Furnace road by which the flank movement was made was derived from the "country people," ospeoially Mr. Welford. Major Hotchkiss was also active in getting the information, Gens. Lee and Jackson sitting tho while on two biscuit boxes and dis cussing tho battle, and neither of them galloping wildly about. A Veteran of the A. N. Va. To Mark Their (?raves. Washington, April 22.-Tho com mittee un military affairs has favor* ably reported to the House, a bill pass ed by the Senate, the purpose of which is to mark the graves of Con federate soldiers and sailors who died in Federal prisons during the war and immediately after. The bill passed the Senate during the last session of Congress, but failed to pass the House. It has been passed by the Senate again and reported to the house from the Committee on military affairs by Keprepentative Prince iba very favor able manner. It is now on the House calendar, and is likely to pass at any day. The report shows that, something like 30,000 soldiers and sailors of the Confederate army and navy perished in prison and were buried near the prison without anything to mark their reot ingjplace. At Camp Douglas, Illinois, nearly four thousand Confederates died while in prison. A good cumber of these were unknown. Other pris ons where hundreds of Confederates died were at Alton, 111., Camp Chase, Ohio, Camp Morton, Ind., Elmira, X. Y., Fort Delaware, Del., Point Lookout, Md., and Rook Island, III. Of thc whole number who thus ditd OSTRICH LOGIC. "When I can't see danger there is co danger." That's the logic of theostrich which bides its head and expose? its body to the hunter. There are not a few people who seem to have gone to tlie ostrich to learn logic. The most dangerous enemies of humanity are the enemies which can't he seen, the disease breeding microbes which infect the blood. It is harder to get the microbe out of the blood than to keep it out, but Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery tdoes both, by puri fying the blood and then keeping h there are eruptions on the skin, boils, pim ples, sores or other signs of impure blood, use Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery, which will pa 'fy the blood "*c?-- 7 * and cure th? eruptions which come from it. ? My blood was aU ?ut of order, and I bad to go I to the doctor." write? Mrs. james R. Moss, Kew SDndon. Stanly Co., N.e. "Be gave me m edi ne which helped sae for a short time. In th? winter of 1893 1 got worse than I had ?vcr been. My tonsila were enlarged and say neck swollen all out of shape; my throat was ?ore ?ad I could not eure it My husband want for th? doctor, but he gave me no encouragement. He helped me a Utiles but lt did not last long. He atteaded me for twelve months, whea I heard of a lady whose con di tion waa like mine, who waa taking your medicine and was getting wen. 80 I se cured some of the medicine andbegan taking H. In one week I was able to do my cooking. Woes I began taking thc medicine I could sit up only a few minutes at a time, and I could rest or sleep only a little while at a tima. My throat was so sore at times I could not ?rca swallow sweet milk, and my ton-.il? were full of litUe catina; sores.. Mv left side was swollen out of shape and I could hardly get ray breath. The doctor said I would not get well, but three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, three bottles of his 1 Pellets.* three bottles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and the use of salt water did the work and cured me." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con stipat'.on and its consequences. away from home, nearly seven thou sand wen* unknown. It is the purpose of thc bill to place a neat headstone over tho graves of each one of th es ts Confederates, and give the names ii possible, with the regiment, company and date of death. - mm * mm - - Hattie Park on Muuussas. Washington, April "?I.-Representa tive Rixey, of Yi.^inia has in troduced -j. bill appropriating $50, 000 to protect the monuments that have been or may be erected on the battlefields of Bull Run, Va. Thc bill requires the purchase for thc I'nited States by tho Secretary of War of the ground oa which the monuments are located, on which the first and second battles of Bull Ran were fought; for a commission of three, to bc appointed by the Presi dent, one of which shall have been a Union and one a Confederate soldier, to consider all plans for tho erection of additional monuments which socie ties representing military organiza tions may hereafter desire to erect at their own expense. A Story of Lore. Once there was a young man who was madly in love with a beautiful girl, says thc Chicago Reoord-Hcrald. After he had called on her a few times ? her father went to the young maa, ) saying: "I should like to have a few min utes private oonveraation with you on a little matter of business." The young man's heart began to beat violently, and his faoe turned very red. "I assure you, Mr. Migleham," he said, "that my intentions are strictly honorable, and that" "I beg your pardon for interrupt ing, said the girl's father, "but be fore we proooed any further I should like to ask you a few questions. What aro your resources? Do you own any property? Have you any money in the bank? Have you any paying investments?" "Oh," replied the young man, be coming enthusiastic, "I think I can reassure you on these points very quiokly. In tho Grst plaee, I inher ited $50,000 from my grandmother. This is invested in gilt-edge stook which is paying annual dividends of 14 per cent. I have for several years held a lucrative position, and I've been careful in using my money. I have invested $12,000 in a house and lot, which I rent for $175 a month, and I have money scattered I around in various banks. If it be came necessary I could raise $50,000 ? in cash tomorrow, and I have, no rea on to <J"ubt that ? shall continue to tdvancc here, BO that" - "Very well," the old mau replied. "Much obliged. I've just been ap pointed a member of the board of equalization and I notice that you are down on the list for $425 worth of personal property, while your $12,000 house ia listed as being worth $(J50. Good morning." When the young man revived an hour later, it was found that his rea son was gone, perhaps forever. Campaigning In Missouri. Two candidates for office in Mis souri were stumping tho northern part of the State, and in one town their appearance was almost simultaneous, says Collier's Weekly. Thc candidate first arriving happened to stop at a house for tho purpose of getting a drink of water. To the little girl who answered his knock at the door he said, when she had given him tho de sired draught and he had offered her in recompense nome candy: UVUL the man ahead of me give yon anything?" "Oh, yes, sir," replied the bright girl, "he gave me oandy." "Ah!" ezolaimed the candidate, "Hero's five cents for you. I don't suppose that he gave you any mon ey?" 1 The youngster laughed merrily. "Yes, he did, too! He gave me ten oents." Not to he outdone, the candidate gave the little one another nickel, and, picking her up in his arms, kissed her. "Did ho kiss you, too?" he asked, genially. "Indeed, he did, sir!" responded tho little girl, "and he kissed ma, too!" - For sis weeks after marriage a man tells his wife everything that happens; after that he tells her a lot of things that happen only in his mind. - It's very easy not to believe ia divorce if you've never been married. - What discourages a woman about a bank aooonnt is the very close tfib the cashier keeps on the oheoks that she draws. # - It's luoky a woman doesn't no tioe that it is when tho horse races open that he has to begin making business trips out of towu. - ? woman calls herself a good housekeeper when she worries for fear if the house burned down the neighbors would talk about the state in which she left the ruins when she ran out. i - A man who is fearless is never a liar. Twelve Hundred Dozen HOES! The largest lot of Hoes ever brought to Anderson in one season. These Hoes are the Celebrated Smith, Harper Co's, line, generally eonoeded to be the best on the market. The Blades and Shanks are forged from highest grade steel. The Handles are from select, well-seasoned timber. Each Hoe is perfectly set and properly tempered. We have these Hoes in all styles and sizes. Heel The genuine old thick centre TERRELL azul the Patent VICTOR. Harrows l Cultiyators. Our stock comprises all of the latest designs in this line. Ditching Shovels! All styles and at any prices to snit yon. These seasonable goods are all bought in euch quantities as enables ns to sell them at pri?es that certainly makes it to your interest to call on ns. * PreparationforAs r?oodandBegu?a -dchs and Bowels of For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought M S /( HI L?> K KN Promotes DigesUon.Cheerful nessandRest.Contains neillor Opium.Morpliine nor Mineral. T?OT OTIC. J?xtpe orOU?tS?MUELPmJOJi Umpkm. Seed" siix.Senna * BeiktlUSmltt AeieeSeeet * A perfect Remedy for Cons tipa Tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrrto2a Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Fae Simile Signature of NEW YORK. LETTER TO EVANS PHARMACY. I wish to say that your LIVER AND KIDNEY PILLS are better than anything of the kind I have ever UBed. They do all that a remedy of this nature could do. I I have been usiDg EVANS' LIVER AND KIDNEY PILLS for seven or eight years. & L. RU8SELL. Anderson, S. C., Feb. 24, 1904. ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE... Two Cai? Loads of FARM WAGrONSi Ar/L. SIZES. Two Cars of Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons* AU the leading make?. Everything in onr line at prices ?TA on terms to snit our customers. FRET WELL - HAKES GO. ANDERSON", S? CV r QTRIPI?I AMR DENTIST. Office Over Farmers and Merchants Bank. SPECIAL attention given to the higher olasseB of Dental work. Crowns, Bridges and Porcelain Inlays, suoh as are done in the larger cities. All kinds of Plates made. Gold Pill ings in artificial teeth any time after Platea are made. Oxygon Gas and Local Anaesthetic given lor the Painless Extraction of teeto. Bleeding and diseased gums treated. ggr- All calla to the country and near by Towns for the Painless Extraction of Teeth promptly attended to by a compe tent assistant. BUGGIES, HARNESS, CARRIAGES. You cannot affoxd to buya Buggy, Surrey, Carriage OP Harness without looking through my large stock and getting close prices. I can certainly save you money. J. S. FOWLER. ?i. 11 A LONG LOOK AHEAD ' A maa thinks it it when the matter of lift > - * insurance suggests itself- but circmiiEtan. ? cas of lato have shown how Ufe hangi by s A Z The Mutual BenGflttif??as.Ooc Drop*.; and ace us about it. \ , M* JMU MATT?90IV, STATIS AG&ST, Peoplot? Bitx\ Building, ANDERSO N, 3. C