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VOLUME VJl L. CAMDEN. S. C., Ell! DAY, OOTOIiKlt x r> i y ? ? ?v? ? JfL SOtMCf) WASHINGTON lOIVINKNJ v l)iycpui(8liv , ; ( Blory 101, ths Thi*?o Tavern,*? Vho Ituln Wrought by t.luuov? Ciii)t?on Wave bf lUsidputlon lias licHl^oyetl -Mora Butt* oih Than (ho OctmHMuiililiul'n Curao, Tkxt: "They cam? U> moot us ?s fur os Appii Forum a ml tho Throe Tawrn#."? A,ets xxviii,, 15. ~ "wovoflieen . inlUVs" MOitlh or itoino, Italy, thorn wan a village of niifculunato nanio ntnl HUggostloti. A tavern I < n |dueo of o)Uoitiiii>iiioiit, aud, in our thuo, part of t ho iMitorliiliuuoijt in n provision vi Intoxicants. Gno such plaoo you would ? ? think won Id huvo boon enough fo r t hat ftnlian villain. - No! j'liato wont) threo of hum, willi doora onon for ontorlainmoul and/ obfusoatlon. Tho world luia nr.vor looked stimulating drinks. You remember tho condition of Noah oa ono occasion, , nnd of Abigail's husband, Nahal, and tho 1 btory of JJoiahaaxar'g i'onst, nnd Hcnhadud, uiid thu jjow wine In old boltlos, and wholo paragraphs on prohibition enactment thousands of years beforo No il Dow way horn; and no doubt thcro wero wholo Hhclvea of Inllanunatory liquid la those ho tolH which gavn. tho namo to tho village ?where Paul's friends otwno to moot him; liamoly.T tho Threo Tavern?. In vain I Koaroh anrdont gotfgMphy for somo, Kalis tying account of (hut vtlfrtgel Two roads "OtffiiO from tho son boast to-thai plaoo; tho ono from Act In i A, and tli0?otlior front 1'uto oil, tho last road being tho ono Whloh Paul traveled. Tliero wero, no doubt, in that villaga houses of morelmndiso aiul mo ??lianlca* shops and professional, Qffleos, but nothing is known of thorn. All wo Know of that village is that i( had a profusion of inns ? tho Threo Taverns. Paul did Jiot ^choose any ono of thoso taverns a* tho plaoo to moot his friend?, IIo oottalnly waa. very nhslomluiirt, but thny mado tho selection. lie iia I nnlnrgod about koeping ilhobody Under, though oneo ho proscribed for a you lit? theological student a stimu lating cordial for ii Btornachlo dl sordor; hut ho told him to take only a small dose "a little wlno for thy stothash's sa'co.'1 Ono of tho worst thmg.* about thoso . l'tvroo Taverns was that they ha l edpoclal ^/temptation for those who* ha I Just come ashore. Pooplo who had just landod at Aytiutn or Pilteoll wore soon tomptod by ?stheso throo hotels, which wero only a little way up from the bcach. Those who lira disordered of tho soa (for it Is a physical djftorganixor), instead of waiting for tho gradual return of physical equipoise, are apt to take artificial ' moans to braco up. Of the ono million sailors now on tho sea, how few of them coining ashore will escape tho Tliroo Taverns! After surviving hurri canes, cyclones, icebergs, collisions, many of them are wrooked in harbor. I warrant that if a calculation wero mado of tho eom Iiaratlvo number of ."ailors lost at son and osl ashore, thoso drotyiud by tho crimson wdVoof dissipation wpuld fur outnumber thoso drowno I l\v tho Hiilt water. ' Alasl that thoiarge majorliy of those who go <lown to the Boa in ships should liavo . twice to pass tho Three Taverns, namely; Before they go out mid after thoy como in. That fact was what aroused Father Taylor, tho great sailors' prouchcr, at tho .Sailors' Bethel, Boston, and at a pubiie mooting at Cha'rlestown ho said, "All the inachinory of ? tho d route atd-ma king, Goul-deslroying business Is in perfect running order, from tho low gro/; holes on the doeks, kept open to rulu my,. poor sailor boys, to tho groat establishments In Still lloiiso Square, and when we ask men what is to be done about it, thoy say 'you can't help il ,* and\vot thcro is Bunker Hill, and you say you can't. Stop it; and up there lire Lexington and Concord." We might answer Father Tay lor's remark by saying, "The trouble is not that Wo o-jii't slop il, but that wo won't stop it." Wo must liavo more generations slain before the world will fully wake up to tho evil. That which templed the travel ers of old who came up from the soa ports of Aotium and I'uleoH Is now tho ruin of j seafaring men' as thoy como up from tho coasts of all tho continents^ namely, tho Three Taverns. There are streets in some of our cities where there are three or four taverns on every block; ayO, whore every other house is a tavern. You can tfikn tho Arabic num eral of my text, tho threo, and put on tho > fight 'hand si do of it one cipher, arid two ? ciphers, and four ciphers, and that re-ln forcoment of numerals will not express the ? fdntistics of Amorienn-rnTnmerff,3. ttrcn if it wero n good, healthy business, applying a necessity, an article superbly nutritious, it is a business mightily overdone, nnd thcro are three taverns wliero thcro ought to bo only oho. The faot is, there are, in nnother sense, Throo Tavorns now; tho gorgeous tavern for tlio uftluonl. tho medium tavern for tho working clnsscs, and tho tavern of tho shims, and thoy hi and in line, aud many people, bogiuiilng with tho first, como down, through the second, nnd como out lit tho third. At tho first of tho three tav orns, the wines nro of cclebratod vintage, nnd tlio whiskies aro said to bo puro, and thoy nro quaffed from cut glass, at marble Hide-tables, under pictures approaching mastOf-pieees. The patrons pull. off their kid gfoves, aud hand Iholr silk hats to tho waitOr, and push bu,< their hair with a hand on ono linger of which Is a cameo. . But thoso. patrous are apt to stop visiting that place. Jt is not tho money that a man pays for drinks, for what aro a few hundred or a few thousand dollars to it man 6f hirffe ~ rnco7ne; bul. Iholr Brain gets touched, and that unbalances their judgment, and they can sco fortunes in enterprises surcharged with disaster. In longer or shoitor timo thoy ohango taverns, and thoy como down to tavern tho second, where tho pictures are not qullo so scrupulous of suggestion nnd ?the small table Is roughor and tlio eastor| btanding on il is of tier nan silver and tho ?air has lieon kept over from tho night bo foro and that which thoy sip from tho powter mug has a larger percentage of ben gino; ambergris, erfiosote, henbhno, stryeh * nimu-Piussle acid, coculus indicus, plnster of parla, copperas, aud nightshade. Tho ? pntron - -may bn scon nlmost oxery day, nnd perhHjis many times the same day ?t this tavern tho sccond, but ho is pre paring to graduate. Brain, liver, heart, norvee, aro rapidly Klvlng wny. That tavern tho socoud has its dismal echo in his buftinesa de5troyed nnd family senttcrrrt and "tvoos tl>.?t ehoko' ono's vocabulary. Tlmo pnsfwj oh. ond lio ontora tavern tho third: A rod light outside, a hiccoughing nnd boHOtt'od, group inside, -lie will bo dragged outV-doorif about 2 o'olook In tho - morning and left on the sidowalk, beeauso tha bwrt^ftrtei' w?wt*? 4o?hHt up. The poor i Vietim bms taken the regular ooureo in tho ."college of degradation. Ho has litgdlnloma . en<?hi{ D r u i WHl > ? d pbyalognomy. Ho is n regular graduate or the Three Tavorns. As tho police take bira up and put him |n tho ambulaneo tho wheels aeeaa to rwmbie with two of 1 i humWr, one of whtoh aaya.- i'X^ok^not upon the Wine when it to rod, when fit moveth itself aright in the onp, for at tho last It blteth ib wmm ^ I ?m glad to find In this the IWtJBaamittMi atTifh^ar^tfprhg | jarallv gr?i?>T?V?nlu temptation^ 1 eK Sai frtfih Drhaf Tiaf said mmA did weak." It fio&ins that hi* eyesight was so poor that ho did his w.ritlug through au amanuensis, for ho mentions it I-1 some, thtn'g romarkntdo thnt hH shortest WpMlo, ( tho ono to I'hllomoh. "\vas? In Hi.-* own \ o:)? man.shlp, artylng: "I, I'aul, have written it With my own hand." Ho had been thrown . ftom Ills horso, ho had been stoned, ho Urttl boon ?ndungoonod, ho bu \ had l.h , norvoa. pUllnti on hy preaehihg nt j A t Hons to tin* most scholarly au* ' dionco of all tho earth, and at Cor inth to tho most brilliantly pvolligato I assemblage, and boon howlo I up< >n by I ho j Kphoslnn worshipers of lHtinft, tri??l f.u* bin Wo boforo Felix, charge! by Fe.-au-; Willi being Insaue, an<l crawled up on tho boftoh, drone hod in tho sblpwrook, and union oi the time iiad an iron hnndeuii on hia wrist, nnd'if any man needed stimulti 1'mH nood^d it, 1>ut wtlh all his i?,? > ' exhaustion, ho got past tho Tinvo Taverns undamaged, and Moppol Into Uomo all ready for tho tremendous ordeal to which ho was snbjoeted. Oh) How many mighty inon, fooling that t hoy must brace up after extraordinary service, and prepare them, solves for other aervlco, havo callcl on tho spirit of wihi) for inspiration, and in a few years havo boon sncrltled on tho altar of a Moloch, who jits on * throne oi human carcasses. Khali 7 call tho Hames of tlfty of tho victims, ail of thom illustrious in American history? No! it would not bo worn, or kind, or Christian to/ *11 liclr' I names in public, but. you eail nfnni not of your own memory, oh, how many fplondid mon could not got past tho Throe Tnvorns. Long ago an arch fiend arrived in our world, and ho built an invisible cauldron of torn ptation. Ho built that cauldron strong ami stout- for all ages and all nations. Fit's! ho STjtioetfod into tho cauldron the juices of tho forbidden fruit of paradise; than ho gathered for It a distillation front tho harvest holds ami tho orchards of t ho hemispheres; then ho poured into this caul dron capsicum and logtvood and assault and battery and vitriol and opium and rum and murder ami sulphuric acid and theft and potash and cochineal and rod carrots and poverty and death and Imps. Hut it was a dry compound, and it must bo moistonod 'and It must bo liquefied, and ho the arch llond poured Into tho caublron the blood of twenty thousand assassinations. And then Hie arch fiend took a shovel that lie ha I brought up frorii tho furnaces beneath, and ho put tho shovel Into this great cauldron and began to stir, and tho cauldron began i.i heave and rock arid boil and sputter and hiss and smoke, ami tho nations gathered arotttid it with cups and tankards and demijohns and kegs, and there was enough for all, and tho arch lloiul cried: "Altai Champion llond am II Who has done more than 1 havo for coffins and graveyards and prisons and tho . populating of tlx lost world? And whon this caublron i< emptied I'll 1111 it again, and I'll stir it again, an. I it will smoke again, and tint sin jke will join another smoke-? the smoke or a tormnnt? _ that nsaondoth for" over and uv.t. 1 dK?vo tlfty ships on the rocks of Newfoundland and tho Skerries and the Goodwins. t have ruined more Senators than will gathvr next winter In tho national councils. 1 liayo ruined more Lords "than will bo gathered In the House of Peers. The cup out of which f ordinarily driirtc is a bleached human skull, and tho upholstery of my palace, is so rie.h u crimson because it Is dyed in human gore, and tho mosnieof my floors Is tna,<J? up of the lion 1 i of chil dren dasho I to death by ilrunkon parisnts, and my iavorito music, swe-ler than To D'.'Uin or triumphal march? my .favorite music }s the cry of daughters turned out at midnight on llictdrect because father bus come, homo from a carousal, tind t h6 von hundred-voiced shriek of the Kinking steamer because tho captain win not- him self whoa ho put tho ship on t lnvowr?ihg course. Champion fiend am "11 f*havo kindled more fires, f havo wrung out more agonies, I havo stretched oat: mora mid night shadows, I havo opened more. Qo\ gothas, 1 havo rolled nioro Juggernauts, I httVojd a/lined . move SOU Is, than any olhur emissary of diabolism. Ohampioji fiend am I. Ha! ha! ha! ha!" "j: lint what a glad time when the world comes to its Inst Tlireo Taverns Jor tho sale of Intoxicants. Now there are so many of them that stati.^tcs arc only a more or less ue.cn rat o guess as to their number. Wo sit with half-closed eyes and undis turbed nerves and hear that, iu 1 S72 in tho Uulted States there were 19oA breweries, 4*340 distilleries, and J7l.(iiJ'.l retail dealers, and that possibly by this time these figures may bo truthfully doubled. Tlia fast is t hat, t.hwe ettlnWisbmouta are innumerable, and tho discussion is always dishearten ing, and tho impression is abroad that tho plague Is so mighty and universal it can never bo cured, and the most of sermons on-this -anbject- close with rth^4*/)oo!c of - Lamentations, and . not with llook of Revelations. TJxcuso mo from adopting ally such Infidel theory, Tito Ulble reiter ates it until there is no inert power in inspiration to make ft. plainer that tho earlli ? to bo, not half, 4r thrco-ipjaitcJiT but wholly re deemed. On thak rock 1 take my triumphant stand nu\l join in the cho rus of Ilosanuahs. \ w4 Ono of the most advantageous move ments In tho right direction is taking this whole subject into tho education of the young. On tho snmo school-desk with tho grammar, tho geography, tin) arithmetic are books telling tho lads" and lasses of ten and twelve and iKlcc.u years of ago what aro tho physiological effects of strong drink, what It docs with tho tissue of the liver and t he ventricles of Unj, brain; and whereas other generations did not realize tho evil until their own bodies were blasted, wenro to havo a generation taught what tho viper Is before it stings thom, what tho hyena Is beforo It rends thom, bow deep is tlifl- Abyss- before It 'swallow? them ?oh! bonrds'of oducatlon, tcachej.j In schools, professors in colleges, Legislatures, and Congresses, widen and augment that work, and you hastou the complete overthrow of this evil. It will go down. I havo th > word of Al mighty God for that In tho usauml extirpa tion of all sin. But shall wu have a sit aro iu the universal victory? Tho liquor saloons' will drop from tho hundreds of. thousands into the score <>f thousands, and then from the thousands Into tho hundreds, and then from tho hun'dt>ds Into tho tens, and fr un tho tens to Three, Tho first of these la?t three tartsrnn will bo whorowtfn edncntod and philosophic and t he higit-iip will take their dram, but that class, aware of the power of tho oxamplo they havo boon set ting, will turn thoir back upon tfieevll cus tom ano bo satisfied with two natural bev erages that Ood Intended for tho sttnvutus of tho raftc? the Java coIToo plantati ns furnishing tho best of tho one and tho Co n 080 ten floids tho best of the other. And some day tho barroom will bo crowded with pconlo at tho venduo and the auctioneer'* - mallet will pound at tho sale of the appur t4MD0?8 ?? ? 3 ? ? ^ ? The'?eoond of tlioseVlnst- tliriitj taverns will tako down its llamln^ sign and vx-. tingniah its red light nud.clo33 its doora.for the worktop' class wtH havu conclude'.! lo buy..their own IiorMasiind furnlflh their own beautiful homttfc and rei>lonl*h flnoly tho wardrobo of their own whros and dnu.^h tersjnstead of providing the distillers, the brewers, and liquor solium with wardrobca ?ad mirrors and carriages,- And tho noxt tisMithat eeeeftd tavern in opened it irfH hir a drug store, or A .baltory, .or a dry{;ooris eaUMiaiuMttt, a school, . T J < 14 t h ere -w 1 1 1 be only ono more of tho 'jt'iircodhwrpating Tarern s left. I don't know in WGiM coun trrrwaiiv; br nfitfttitsernoofl ft wiTTna.tmt foo? ir^oTins the very fait . The Yost inebriate will have Maggored up to I la wmitw and fnriwoWn hfa jxmnirx for his drain. tli0 lost liorrfblo adulteration will be mixed and miaffed to eat out tho vitala ' 4e ^abraln^^filaadjtuukai'd i ? to ? bled do wnMt^f rpnt stepg^ wttjJba f^ downr ?nJ With ita W Wftlr Clow tibojilitfl* _ u*m+. mm mm gf Tarcrna of a". theworld will fMiJKor yk+ ?- +-> -* ~7". .\2.X - \ 4- ? - - -? V * ' - ?' - mi mil w is. 28 People Lost in a Wreck oi\ the New York Central. 'banks OF THE .RIVER CAVED, |v ^ - ?" Knglucer ami Firemen Will Never i 'I rll tliu Story of Che Terrible Mo tnoiit <?<> I.Ivm Were .Saved. My tho, caving in of an embankment on tho Hudson river about aix miles from I'ei'kMkill ai THOon tho morning of (Vt. 'Jlth, a Now York Central train whs thrown into tho rivor and twenty eight person*, killed. Tho Now York Central train loft UutValo on tlio night of tho lidd and had progressed foi nearly nine-tenths of this distanco to wards its dot illation. Tho engincoi ami his fireman had just noted the gniy dawn breaking in tho east and the light streak betokening the win's ap pearanco, wlion tho great cngiuq ? f servant on the,, rails, a devil oil' plunged into tho depths of tho rivor. Neither engineer nor fireman will ovei toll the story of that torriblo moment, for with his hand upon tho throttle, tho engineor plunged with his ongiiu to the river bottom, and the fireman, too, was at his post. Behind their came tho express ear, tho combination ear and tho sleopors, and thoso piled or top of tho engine. it is known that it was a tiiilo foggv and tho track was not visible, bin 1 1, thoro was any break in tho lines olj stool it must have boon of very roironT happoniritf, for only an hour bofort thoro had passed over it a heavy pansen ger train, laden with human' freight. Neithor is thero an explanation ready. All in conjecture! Th.o section of road was supposed to be t:.v> very host on the entire division. Thtfl'o was a\hgft^ re taining wall all along tho hhlik, and While tho tide was high it was not unprecedented. What seems tc hove" happened wan that under neath tho tracks and ties thr heavy wall had given way and when tho great weight of tho engine struck tho unsupported tracks it went crash ing through tho ro^toftho wall aiid toppled over into the river. Then there happened, what on tho railroaded any other timo would havo caused disaster, but now proved a very blessing. (At the train plunged over tho embankment tho coupling that hold tho lant .throe sleepers parted and they miraculously remained on the broken track, in tlud way somo sixty lives wore saved. 'i'lio latest from tho wreck from (Jar rison, N. V., says: Tho coniplcta list of the killed in tho Now York Central ayd Hudson Hiver Itailrond wreck, a list wJiieh tho railroad oflicials believe includes all of those whocould possibly -have been lost, is as follows: Engineer John C. Foylo, of Mast Albany, body still in*' tho river; Firoman John Q. Tompkins, of 'East Albany, body still in tho river; {Samuel Wil liams," rfli 781 Best- street^ Buffalo; Thomas II ilev, of Hi, Lou in* W. II. (1. Myers, of Tremolit, N. Y. ; Af ((\ Mo Kay of Harlem, body still in ihtr fiver; E. -A. Green, of 'Chicnaro; William Schenckejibecker, of 8!) South Thir teenth Btreet, Newark,. N. J. , otherwise known as Win. S. Becker; (>uissoppi Taguana, of 518 Park street, New York city; Mi's. Robert Jj. Liudsman, ol Utica. 'N. Y. ; unknown woman, nofyyol identified, Chin , Ijco Hong, of Hnn Francisco, (Jin Fong Hop, brother ol Chin Loo Hong, IIoo Willi, of Now York Loo Tong Hing, of 1? Mott street, New York; -nnknown~Chinanianp with letter to Hop Sin^, of Nowaik.^ N. .1. Wong (Jim, residence unknown; un known Chinaman; unknown Chinaman. t The number is nineteen a**, sent oul by tho Associated Press, ajtul thoro it little doubt tliut this is tho total list ol the killed. Tho bodios of tho engineer, fireman and Mr. Van Ettons' secretary are yet in tho river with small liopo oJ ? tlioir immediate recovery. All tho wrecked carshavo been burned by tho .railroad men. Tho Chinamen woro quickly identified. STORM ON TUT COAST. Grout Damage to Shipping- Two Poo plo Klllotl by Klccfrlc Wires, A spocial from Capo May, N.' J., ol tlio Will, says: ."Ono of- tho fiercest northeastern tfrflos that has swept the lower JcrBoy coast and upper Delaware Hay, lias boon raging for tlio pant 2-t hours. Many vessels havo boon strand od and tlicro is an uocomtirmcd report that a ship went, down oJT tilioro this morning. Much- damugo to shipping and sunnnor resorts has boon wrought The water lloodod meadows and .stopped trains, and n rnilo of the Head ing Hailroad track i-j gone, near Kgg Harbor <.'it v., Ht. Lowes, Del., ship ping ?utYor<Kl gr?y\l loss, and many ani mals have lieen mowued. At Norfol^, VuA the high tide inter foired with jdreef ear travel and in jured gooda Mill (Mi low wharves. Two people wero KillcdH>y olectric wires. At Occau HpM^ngsA Md. , ureal dam age was dono \> hewrd walks and poreheB, and a pond wan carried out to sea. Tho ! damago will reach thousands. J A special frornj Washington, D. C. , Baya tho surf wan aed away tome of the houtfos of" tho l&Fffftving statlbn, al Cobb's Island. 4 Tlio fltorm at very sever o at Cape Hattoros; on theJeoast of North Card Una. " to Work In A Mill. " A man moved to Monroe, N. C. , re cently with twelve children to get them in tho cpttprf' .f*ctOM?.The _ oldest ia sixteen. ? Tho First Colony. A Washington dispatch say* >Col. Kiehard J. Hilton, - chairman of th* j colonisation commission of Eugene V, l)eh?' scheme.of Social Democracy, hat affixed his slgnatnre to papers whhjjt j mil transfer to4W commisaion&iO.OOt acres of land in Cumberland and Fan 4ijdtk -H- ' " IMS* Vs*' ^ ?? * ? traas connies, Tenn,, a. a cost of $(,. 7M,00a The motley for tho parchaaa i* fcein* wipt?He<l t?t- ?*? Tm*l , .. . . . \ ' v *v ?? ?/???/. t -V- . ^ a ruoKnwnMo cuoi\ (.VlciWi H' liaised I * ? is a Itolloi' Monejt (top I liaii Cotton, There i:? no doubt ol tho fact that to i';i i *e celery successfully is a very ditH* cult mailer, and fur thin reason vofy few people undoi take it. Sovofal ycais u^o Mi. C, 1 1. Smith, who llvoh near \ orkviUe, eouel uded to experiment with this vegetable, which is hold in micU high 0 ticoin by own 11 oM* ours, and w-bieh comm md* sueh fabulous prices on tho market, and has each succeed in- 3' oar increased 1 1 10 si/.odfdits patch, as well us improved tho iptaUjly of his product, until now ho is raising an at t fol o that Ift'srajd til bo equal in <ptalit,\ and I la vov to llto fatuous Kalutna/oo product. i'ho fid low ittg paragraph taken front the local columns of (ho Yorkvillo Kuqutrer, ahouhl iulorcst 8om(>?oftHo more pfoj.rro.ssi vo farmers of South Carolina, who are of the opinion that tho solo dependence 'ol tho Southern Agriculturists for a "money crop" is eotloji: ".Ml*. C. II. Smith, who livos livo miles .smith of Yorkvillo, and who lor several years past has boon experiment ing with celery raising, this year prom ises to outdo all previous records. At llrst ho attempted only a small patch -and met with fairly ^ood success j u h t .. biiccoaa onouiih to encourage him to try again, which he did on a Bomowhat larger, though still lather small scale. Thpn he tried it again and again, each tlihe plant mil; a little morn and jotting more experience. This year ho has about an acre, which, in celery, is a fairly good sized patch. Tho land has been prepared with a great doal of care and expense. Previous experience hail taugh that when the plant needs water, for instance, water it must have, and xvith n dam nnd system of ditehos tho entire patch can be irrigated at will. Ad ?tho result, tlm present crop is giving forth splendid promise. On tho greater part ol' tho acre the stand is perfect, and on the balance it |s fairly good. Taken an a wliolo, '<he acre is calculated to till tho heart of any experienced colory raiser with joy. Heretofore Mr. Smith has only tried to dispoeo of his crop in the surrounding local markets York villo, Uoek Hill and Chester where ho has generally found leady /ale for all tho celery he Ims been able to raino. Hut this y6ar, piohnldj, ht> will bout tempted, aftoa'dully supplying tho local demand, to make shipments to tho com mission men 111 nomoof tho larger cities. An acre of land is reckonod as a small thing gonorally ; -but at a low estimate Mr. Smith has on his aero tho yaluo of nql less tliau leu bale \ of cot ton. " IN A NOllbIC CAIJ8K. The Al o itti in e ti C of (lie Women of t li <' Confederacy -- A Meeting full* Week. TIio work of eroding ? monument. to tho women of iho Con fori oraoy, whicb 1 1 (us l)con unrioiiaken by 1 1> o voteraua, is beginning to tako koiiio shape, The voloriuui of South Carolina intonri to rio their work well. Tho f/>llowing; eall tu (ho members of tho committee for n mooting to bojielri riuring thcapproach iug State FaiV has just been issued". 'Attention, CunJ'etf crate Veterans: Tho general committee of tho monu ment. to bo oroctyd by tho women of tho Confederacy will pleaso meet i:i Columbia on Thursday of Fair Week. ' Tho not ico will bo pjivcu of 1 lio place and hour later. The commit too is com posed of the following ^out lemon: Abbeville- J. F. Lyon. Aiken - U. II. Teaguo. Anderson ? Col. J. L. Mnulriih. liainboi'g-? Gon. F. M. Bjunberj,'. Barmvoll- -F. M. Cr oech. Berkeley ? 8. P. Bmith. Ileaufort ('apt. II. NT. 8tokos. Charleston? Col. Jamos Armstrong. (Chester -J. \V. Hood. Chostorftold -J. A. Craig. Cliorokeo J. I j. Strain. Clarendon - I). .J. IJradham. Colleton ? C. G. Henderson. Darlington j- W. K James, Dorchester ? Goorgo Tuj>per. Edgefield ? Gen. J. W. (?arwile. Fnirlleld ('apt; 'J'. W. Woodward. Florence ?John S. Scott. . 'Georgetown ? T. M. Merriman. Greenville -Col, W. ii. Mauhlin. Greenwood -('. A. (! Waller. IJttmylon -<T. \V. Moora Ilorrj' ? lJ> L. I'eatty. Kershaw -C. C. Ilailo. Lancaster- L. C. Hough. Laurena ? W. W. Hall. Lexington? M. D. Harmon. Marl 1)01*0? Judge J. II. Hudson. ? Marion ? E. 11. Gasquo. <, Newberry? J. \V. Gary# Orangeburg - Hon.' Samuel Dibblo. Oconee? V. F. Martin. Piokons ? 1). F. Bradley. Tlichlund ? Copt. 11. S. DcsPortos. Saluda ? W. Scott Allen. Sumtor-T. V. Walsh. Spartanburg? D. It. Duncan. Union? J. T. Douglass. York? Major Beckham. Williamsburg? Lou is-< Jacobs. Oon. Walk or and Rtaff nro also re quostori to me^t with tho committee. The meinbors'of the committeo will pleaso press tho work of organizing tho counties* boforo tho mooting. Lot us all bo up and doing to accomplish what wo lmvo undertaken. Comrades, cotuo fully and Hquaroly to Iho front. "For ward" is tho -word.' S. F. II. EiiWrcr.T/, Chairman O^oneral Committee. TINS DAVIS MONUMENT, i . ? ; Virginia Veterans IJrgo Measures to liaise Funds -for the Completion. The Q rand Camp Coufcderato Votor ans of Virginia mot in Richmond, ya. Addresses of welcome wore made by Mayor Taylor and Governor O'Ferrall. Maj. N. V. Randolph introduced the sponsors and maids of honor, after which ma address was made by Gancral Fitzhugh Lee. The report of Grand Commander John Cnssons *tfaa then snb'mitted. - "Among " "Other thing* tho report says: "I wish to caII Uie attention of this grand camp io the importance of ia??gnr*iinir ?c tiro measnrps toraise.fnnds to compete the monument to that trao patriot ?* otl j revered President of'lthe/Ccwfederate States, Jefferson A fonsider able Amount of money is now in J>aod. but, Hot onough to complete the gt?a work. I would thrafora recommend *h?t some action be taken in the mat ii-^ ? * -? ? M to fa* lkayaa*_wafa t&Liti ' 4o<lU*;dist>weem?*to#3l9.18; balance j J xu&eSji f'oreher's Book on Trees. HE PUTS HIS FLOWERS AWAY, I lio Itni'tow Man WrltCH of l'lanl> 11 it 1 1 'I'l ccs That Tint voir. In tlif Snilt li. Somehow I don't like insinuations. A correspondent from Mississippi insinu ates (hat I don't Know very much about hhickgum and sassafras ami persimmon, or i wouldn't say ( halt hose woods wore good for hubsaml hows ami gluts. \N oil, since 1 saw his "ohiler dicta in yoiit paper, I asked the foreman of our w agon factory, ami ho said: "Wo used to gat nil tho blaekgUm wo could for hubs, foi it has no grain, ami you can't split it, anil it makes a very line hub, but now adays wo buy all our hubs ready made, and they are of poStoak.' I'r. I orehoi, who is the highest uuthoiitv coneein jng tho trees and herbs of the South, savs in his book: 11 I he wood of black mint is extremely dillicull to split, and is much used for hubs of wheels. The lirst real line strnigbow I ovei had was bought from an Indian buy, and it wax made of the heart of sassa fras. Untaught me how to fasten ilit leathers in the arrows. That bow was the ?> 1 1 \- of my .schoolmates, ami couhl send an arrow out of sight, A dead persimmon, or one out down and Mjfyhoned, makes a very hard, durable glut or wedge. I>r. I'orohor says that- the grain is of such lino tex ture that lie has used it for engraving. 1 used to saw m.v gluts and then bevel the edges, and round the top, and my bo}* Hob said "deni simiiiou gluts beat dogwood all to pieces. " .'J his is a wonderful book of Pr. I'oreher's a book of I0'.> pages, con taining iv doseripliou of every tree, plant and shrub in our Southern laud, and theii practical and medical uses. It was published in and its title is, .V Itesourcos of the Southern Molds and Forests. " What patient and care ful investigation AVas necessary to pro dueo such a book! Twelve years wen spent in the work, and (he learned itoctor became a second IjinneuH in hit devotion to it. And yet this book is hard to find, and I suppose is out ol print. And now live time has como for me tc put. away the lloworii and there s trou ble on the old man's mind. I have cleaned out the pit and arranged the shelves to my wife's satisfaction, and am now engaged in taking up the ge raniums and repotting the various plants. I have to go away down to the lower part of the cow lot, and where the rich earth had gathered, and ? pat It it up and sift it into the wheel harrow ami roll it? tip the hill like Ajax or Sam sou. .My wife has a great, big round sitter like '.ho plasterers use, and aftei I get a load of earth and turn it out in the broad wailc near thy pit, then I have to haul a load of Band find sift that, and then a load of wood ashes and sift that, andyfhon mix all together. She told mofliow. She watches mo from the window, where sho is sowing, ami encourages me by telling mo not to work so bard i but to stop ami real aw hi I o. Yesterday sh ?- oaiuo out to help mo, ami when she wanted mo to change the palm to a larger pot, and t ho heliotrope to a smaller one. J re belled a little ami asked her if who had noticed that yallor jackots' nest under i tlio stone step, not far from where she wan Bli.nding. The little boogers wore pist pouring out' and- in j-and- as soon as she saw them she shook hor skirts ami departed those coats with alacrity. She wants to know why T doh't- destroy thw nost. Well, 1 have tried. 'i'i.ino wa\] when we schoolboys didc.nt want any hotter fun than to break Up a y a 1 1 jacket's nest. Wo fought thoin with brush ami brooms aud dirt, ami killed the last ono before wo quit. Of con tee we got stung sometimes/ but thoro if w here tho heroism tame in. Hut now I have no boys they are all girls - and so I poured hot water in the hole where the jackets went in, and it killed a fow, but thoro are over a Ihousivu^.wMhe colony, ami they all got mad wilh 'ino and ran mo into tho houso. Then f pilod up dead grass ami old papers over the grand entraiico and poured kerosono on it and sot it on iiro amVxkillod a fow more, but still r couldent Ibiss them. Then I got stung on the eai\and that made ino mad and I mixed up a pan full of mortar and soused it down into the hole and all around, and I pilod lip a big lot of elay /and gnfisel on top and was sure I hair thom faVt ami would starve them to death, biyt next morning thoy had a now hole anJ aro attending to businosH at. tho safljro old stand. I liave put a circle of empty (lower ik>Is h round the premises to w arn the children fvway and now I am waiting for further Instructions from my friend in Missis Ed ppi. When f was hist- in Klorida 7 pulled tip a littlo sprout of the oppoponax and brought it home and planted it. it grew oil nicely and wo kept it in tho pi^ hist' winter and transferred it to tho garden last spring. It is now a beauti ful littlo treo about eight foot high with numerous broncho* and f think will bloom next summer if wo can savo it. It belongs to (ho mimosa family and i(s dolicalo leaves are quilo sensi tive, though not so much so as its humble cousin, (bo sensitive .plant.. Like that plant, its blooms aro round tufted balls of.difierenj colors, but 'tin liko thai plant, tho.iA balls shed u de lightful odor. Whon pressed into a jjlhcuibion for a lady's bureau they will por/umo it for years. I nut going to winter it outside of the pit by protect- , -nrcr tt with n barrel ?nd pinctops. Tt*en | thero are lemon verbenas, oreiiradora^. that are always refreshing and dclightN fill Ia il.a , W* fUlt the* small ones in the pit and leave the ftWTWWi ont? Tbea . thtro *r& a greenhouse e&mny sixteen feet can be | built anagWfesod for ten or fifteen dol wife and deiigMer** ? - tho iti t of (ho tloiiat haa ilovolopoil noarly all tin* oolors of tho i ui it I >c>\v, rhen i !?????? nit) tho tall ami ^amly Toxas pmkn, or oosmo.n, that, liko tho duullowci uml tho uiunuau uluty, will Hprintf up unywhoio anil ovorvwhoro whothov yon want thorn or nol Thoio is nothing i>r??t t .*?? Ilia i a boil /of niom '"o Hi oil' trail a ml hoautif^ llowov* r <}s 1 1 ii.s ill | on tin* ilowy 0t f'unriso. W<3{,liuvo Iml a wonlth of lovoly roars tins sununor ami mo i.till onjoyiiitf lln> oxtiuh'ilo bounty of ha Franco, tho Initio, (ho nu'toor, hor majesty, tho A met iean bounty and koiuo othorn. I low many protly pooms havo boon writlon about tho llowois! Iloraoo (,iul .lamoa Smith's o?lo to tho lluwrrs is jilbluno. Mis, llornian'a "llriui? 1' low prs (o tho Kail' Yoiiiii,' Ih'itlo a ^cm. 1'hon thoro is "I hi* Last U oso ot Sum* inor," by Alouro, ami " I ho Uono I hat All Am I'raisiutf" ami many othoi*. T'Mowora adorn tho woihlinx ami (ho t'lavo. 'I'hoy aio aU in to mnsio, an<t both piovo tho, loyo o( (lotl lo hia oroatnroH. ? Hill Arp in At lanta (tia ) t '?oj^iKtitiition. NfcW 13 1 G Y C LU INVENTIONS. Ninlntciii l'lill'llrnriiis, ('otn'v'Minil I t nult iiinl CitrHcr 'Wlu-Hh, Two irtvt'nlorx, an llu.uli^tnniiu ami in American, have iTcrnil,\ a|iplic?l I'm' .Ml ICIltS ?>ll Itlc.VcIe I !?l J ??*?? V**}? : ? lllf v Jileh ;vlVr tllrecl ly |<t i lie T! c Kn^ 'Islmiaii I'iM iiislii s a >? ?: i ; | ??\itnl crank, rol(?llilii.ct I lie chain. 'Mir American In COM I'OI ! N I > CHAN K \viiki:i.. volition is one of the fornix i ?i%:i chain less w heel which is a. forerunner of Ihu kind to 1 ??> placed on I ho market uovt season. 'Die I'liiulislima ii claims (hat his In vention will enable a rider to attain n remarkable rale of speed, for the rea son thai almost double the propelling power can he obtained without any in crease of exertion. Willi il lie predicts that a racing imin can easily ride a mile a niimitc. The American machine shows the sprocket wheel connected with the kiii a I lei" one oil the litih of the rear wheel by n cot; wheel. The middle or connecting wheel, which acts as a sub stitute for a chain, Is held In place by a circular support fastened to the frame. The entire neitr works are I mil lion ring and are inclosed within an aluminum case. The New York I lerald reports that a syndicate, composed of four New-York ers, has decided to use the bicycle as a carrier for men and supplies from "civilization to Klondyke." The bicy cle will be used to transport supplies CIIAINI.KSH MA I.I. ? OK A IU N O Oil AJ?. from <luii<attii lo the gold Molds liy wii.v of tin* Chllkoot pass, a distance of 700 miles. rJ h?* present ^uel hod of carrying in Ithis district is for one muu lo lake a iloail of li(K) pounds, IiIh limit, carry ft live tulles and go back for more. The Klondyke bicycle Is a four-wheel ma chine find designed to carry freight, it is "built strongly and weighs about fifty pounds. It is dlnmono frame and steel tubing. The frame Is wound Willi rawhide, shrunk on, so that the miners can handle. the machine in cold weath er w]U?- comfort. Ki'om each sjde of the lop har -two arms of steel project, each arm carry ing a smaller wheel, about fourteen Inches in diameter, which, when not in use, can be folded up Inside the" dia mond frame, Devices for packing large <iuuutitics of material are attached lo frHH KLONDVKK 1IICYCI.K. the handle bars and rear forks, and the machine, It Is estimated, will carry r?00 pounds. The plan Is 40 loud It with half the minor's equipment, drag It on four wheels ten miles or so. Xhcn Iho rhler will fold up the side wheels, ride It hack as a bicycle and bring on the rest of the load. A w?mph> iHneh.luft has already been made and Patents have been applied for.'** rt Another devleo for arctic eoiiTrovt, which the syndicate will control, I ? a portable house of thin boards and feK, which can bo folded up In ?nuill com "pass^aniT wriTeKTWhon erected," Wttt' lxr l?erfg?;tl.v nir-tlght.. The FhrfftilcIphlA Itean My:.: iVPatcp. ?onl" lie7 Chicago of tlio Kast; a co u pfif p" rorcwl one week and bosh of the par ties ranarrled tho next week." Thero is nothing Chfcagoesquo i;!>out Chicago couple would hnvo been mar*. Had one weeTt iridJlffirgCrt nnaytfo^:;' tied thontst. ".Ykojxzu wire Bu4<j' ^forn mirrgr^. remarks ITjMO-DAtC. Well. A hey art ...... Vj_ FARMERS II THE Ft - ? ? - ? Items of People arid Things in tho Palmetto State, A MISSIONARY TO MARRY, Norton llml No Opposition? Tho Torn* pi-rmiro .Move moo l AlurUixl Im IM IlVCDIOIll lu tho I'ubtlo Schools. ? ? Tho proapocta for a strikingly suo* eoa.sful fair thin yon r aro brightening. Alnuwt overy day Homo now an I attrac tive feature i$r dovolopcd. Hocretiuy llolloway laft^ week oiuuo to tho front with ft fiu^ostion of a kind of farinora inatituto during tho festival.* Ho fjavo out tho following in regard to tho mftt? tor : "In addition to tho various attrae tionn already noticed for fair wo ok it ia RU?<?ostod tiiat oaoh ni^ht during tho fair a combination mooting1 of farinora bo called to meet at kouio oonvcuiont place, a fiort of oroaa hot worn a formers inslilnto and an oxperionco mooting. " Tho pcoplu from all tiootioua of tho .Stale will ho in tho oily with nothing Hpooiiilly to do, and these incolinga,it ia thought, will not- only ho woll attondod but profitable to thoa whoattoud. An hour or morn each niyht dovotod to nu address upon some agricultural Bubjoct, thou a discussion to follow, and short talks hy farmers iriving thoir practical experience. A general invitation ahoutd bo extended not only to nil mon, hut to tho ladies also. " 1 ho professors of Clomson Collogo are able and will lead oil' in addrossos. M alto the occasion a regular lovo foast for our people. " Tho Carolina Spartan of lust wook contains the folio wing: ".Inn recoil t issue of tliu Now York Sun (hero is an interesting interview with tho oilbort Hoid, it missionary just returned fro)n China. For several years ho worked nndor tho direction of tho I'rosbytorian Hoard, but ho is now preparing to opcu . iin institution of learning for tho higher clauses of thoCh no .so. Ho thinks the timo has como wnon smoothing can bo dotio in that Hold. Mr. Hoid, and Miss Snllio Heynohls, who went froih South Curolin.n to Chum night or ten years u;jo,' niulor tho direction of thowoinnn'fl boiud of tho Southern Methodist church, will bo married in Columbia, November Kith. She will have charge of tho wotimu'ii doi artmont in -that ill * (dilution. ? '? A through freight and passenger ?er vice has been inaugurated between Charleston, poiutH and on tho South Carolina and (loorgia road and all points on tho Ohio Kivor and Charles ton railroad. Tho fchodulo arrangod and which is now in olVcot furnishes one of tho quickest anil most convenient routes -for Hiuclcshurg, duUney, York ville, ltook Hill. Camden, Shelby, Marion and Hut horfordtou in North Carolina. Tho distanco from/fliarles ton to Hlacksburg and all points south of Ulucksburg lias been shortened fully two hours ami a half. ? iii 'J'ho .Suporintond^^of Education linn received a great many of tho annual rp iiorts from tho various counties of tho State giving tkestHtistios for 4ho pres ent yoar as to tho public schools. All tho reports so far received indicate a. considerable inoroaso in tho enrollment in tho public schools, and a handsome increase zo far ns tho length. 6f tliO sea^. sion is eonceriied. This year tho Beboola aro getting tho income from n threfl mill instead of a two mill tax. The State organizer of the Woman's Christian Tomporauco Union is now making a determined oftbrt to inofejuie its membership and further tho field of its usefulness, and with this ond in view the presidont has issued an appeal to the women of tho State to ally them selves with tho organizations. Tho calls upon tho women of the BtAU^frojoiu tho various branches and . wher^uono ejysUo join tbo great tern T>e*Mtfoo movomont.. The will of tho lato ox-Sonator T. J, hobertson, of Columbia, has been'pro bated. Tho ox-sonator left a fortune of about #1.000,000. ho loavos to his widow tho handsomo homo on Arsonal Hill and 3100,000 in United States bonds at >1 j?er cont. with* accrued interest. 'J'ho rest of the proporty is equally divided botween his two sons, John Caldwell and Edwin Wales hobertson. , ? With tho oxcoption of Marion and liorry counties, tho returns of thegon oral election for Congressman ffom the Sixth district aro coinpleto. 'J'ho five counties which havo sont iu their re?~ turns give Mr. Norton 1,425, the tofet vote cast. Tho other ,$wb counties \VilI inoroaso tho volo to probably 2, OQOr Thero was no opposition to Mr. Norton and tho oloction was moroly perfnjio tory. j A - -??*- ? - ^ Tho population at tho. fi.ift.fo Uospitp" for tho insano is increasing at an alarm ing rato. For tho past year tho increase has boon steady and liytTkod.. Jnst at present the popu lot iorf is greater -4h?? at any time sftice th6 institution was founded. Tliero aro now 5)23 plments conftned thero Tho pbyctioianir: Fay that tho most of tho i),ow " pationts aro. women. ^ Tho .South- Carolina Stale Holiness Association closed itaserieaol-fUeeUng# at Ijcesville last week. The meeting* were altofodod by a very largo ii u lu bof during the entiio session. > ...... ..???. . ?? ? . ?*?** CohimbiaiVto bavoa nowi^faefcry. It will otit the consumers will get the benefit. '? ' v':" . . JS TT* -:T ? [ jV. >V^" ? ??. '/} Union is now ahoad in He ih the agent oi P. haul* his stock through wagons. 'JbetHl jVfst across the_, a few iaile? froa? - , TilluM b.