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iesof the War. rpi, ibe m. - Hf m the m ey scores. . j Man With a Spiandta in' Eimar Army Erv- Thd Bm( Marksman gaflad in tha Lata War, Followlnff the peaceful aad mono tonous avocation* of a planter and a man of letter* in the eeoluded hamlet of Lyon, In Coahoroa County, MUala- »ippl, not far from Memphis, live* the jnost destructive and sanguinary •war rior, *taffle handed, that the world ever saw, and who in hi* declining days, devote* himself to the muses and from time to time contributes to the daily and periodical press literary articles of such fine merit as no one would credit to a man who carries the soars of sixty-seven bullets and has slain so many fellow creatures that he cannot make even an approximate es timate of the number thereof. * The marquis of Lothian, in hi* his tory of the war of secession, published several yeprs ago, being conversant uith many iooMonU ip tha life of Fon- taine, says in effect that none of the hlstoricafor traditional heroes of the ehivalrio ages, no soldier the world has even known whose deeds of valor have come down in story, song or fa ble, can hold a place alongside this man ia the qualities of bravery, per- —eeranoe or devotion to duty; and the spy aad under this i disguise, had been la city for a month or so, picking up what information he could for the benefit of General Joseph E. Johnson, who had bis headquarters at Jackson, Mis*. One day there came a summons for him to report to General Johnston at once. Simultaneously the Federal* in this city got knowledge of Fon taine's orders and of his presenoe here. The desire to capture such a dingerous spy and redoubtable Confederate sharpshooter became so intense that a reward of 120,000 was offered lor him. dead or alive, ~ and troops were dia- tbs command. By some he K tcbed to cover all the roads leading uthward, to intercept his progress. But he avoided them and reported on time to his General at Jacksod for or ders. The orders were that be was to carry dispatches and 40,000 musket caps through the Federal lines and into the city of Vicksburg. The appalling difficulty of this un» dertaking may be judged from the fact that Vicksburg was beleagued by 75,000 Federals under General Ulysses S. Grant; all the approaches to that city were controlled and guarded by the Federals, and there was a reward of 120,000 for the head of Fontaine. But this courier understood the uses of discretion as well as the neces sity for valor. He set out on his journey. He avoided all thorough fares. In complete disguise and under cover of darkness he passed through the federal lines, ana was about to make a run for the Confederate out posts, when he found, himself in a clump of brushwood, confronted by a half dozen soldiers, who appeared to know who he was, for on sight they opened tire on him. He rusbdd into their midst, revolver In each hand, and four of the enemy fell dead before buttons of which bore sthe stamp of Virginia Stole troops. No Informal!' a 4 uld be obtained from him as to his anteoedeat* or his present pu-poses, other than that he had " come South to enlist lo the cause of South Caro lina.” Without much ado. Capt. Wal ker had him enrolled la his company and put oa duty. While serving as private in the company, Neal, for as such he gave his name, had but few intimate or personal friends, was silent and moody, keeping as much apart as possible from the other members of marouIsTsmsnU~thYt the Confederate trts unerring- aim. Tfae otfrer two fled glans, who were then struggling for States produced no poet or biographer M .i i,_ capable of embalming the memory of this nineteenth century warrior. Stated briefly, Foutaiue’s record was this: He began a* chief of scouts and eourier for Gsneral Stonewall Jackson. He served in the same capacity with Genanlt Stuart and Joddbod and briefly with Lee. He took part in twenty-sevea pitched battles, flfty- saveo skirmishes and over a hundred Individual skirmishes in which blood was shed. Although he was but a private in the rank* he was once en trusted with a carte blanche order on the treasury of the Confederate States. He was known to att - ; branches of the Confederate service as the best marks man with rifle of revolver in either army. He was wounded sixty-seven times, nod thirteen times bis lungs were pierced. Five times In the course of the war he was reported In the dis patches as dead. On two occasions he was able, with the, aid of mirrors, to look into apertu.'es In his flesh and “wiloETRrBwrtlhgl hThtir heart. These statements might appear fabulous and altogether incredulous but for the fact that the man is well known by all the veterans in these parts, who fully vouch for all these details and aver further that If Fontaine were not vo modest his own recital of his career would seem even more remark- ■ able. Lamar Foutaine bears In his veins ttie best blood in the South. He la of the same family as Senator aud Asso ciate Justice Lstmar, who died a cou ple of years 4go While occupying a seat on the supreme bench. The writer met Fontaine In Mem phis this week. He had come up to attend a gathering of the local Con federate veterans' post and to read a paper commendatory of the Southern battle abbey project. He L active and sprightly ana eeeme good for another quarter of a century at least, notwlth- ,4too ling his body is so badly scarred that scarcely a patch of the original skin Is visible. He Is under the average stature, wears a jaunty cos tume, the most conspicuous features of which are a broad-brimmed bat and a short jacket. He talks entertainingly and evinces unusual erudition on all topics of up-to-date Interest, but Is not at all loquacious concerning bis per- sonat adventures. Alt efforts to draw him out along that line were quite bar ren of results. However, some extra ordinary admissions were made In the course of an extend conversation. " Have you any Idea of the number of men you have killed in the course of your war career?” he was asked. 11 1 oou d make no estimate. But on one occasion 1 shot sixty men In sixtyt minutes, and the record was kept and is vouched for by General R. E. Lee himself.” Fcnuine was Induced to narrate the circumstances of this slaughter. "It occurred at Waterloo bridge, near Warrenton Springs, on the Rap pahannock, In August, 1862,” said he. “That was about the first time I cv met General Lee, though I had often seen him before and Knew him by sight. I was then acting.as courier for General Jackson, who, It seems, had been telling General Lee about my skill with the rifle. On this day 1 car ried dispatches to General Lee from General Jackson. When I had per formed my duty General Leeexprfased a desire to see if what he had heard about my ability as a marksman was true. I told him I would do my best to demonstrate it. Over acrqss the vailey was a ridge upon which was stationed a Federal battery that was pouring shot into the Confederates as fast as the guns could be loaded and discharged. Drawing forth and open ing his watch General Lee ordered me to proceed. I began to shoot. “ I would say, ‘Now I’ll shoot No. 3 on gun No. 1,’ and the man would drop at'the crack of my rifle: ‘Now No. 1 oa gun 4,’ and that man would drop. Ana so the work continued. As fast a**,atou.on the oattery fell another would take his place. Finally General Lee closed his watch. ‘ That will do,’ said he. ‘Sixty men in sixty minutes is your reeord.’ “On a later occasion when we met General Lee asked me if my conscience did not trouble me. ‘"Whgt for ?’ said I. “ ‘Because of the people you have killed.’ “General,’ said I, ‘does ydur con science trouble you when you kill a rattlesnake ?’’ ‘“Why do you ask that?’ he replied, Vrlth that peculiar smile everybody noticed about him. • “ ‘Because,’ I answered, ‘when 1 en listed for the war 1 made up my mind ttmt It was my duty to kill every Fed eral soldier I could, and I kill Federal soldiers from the same sense of duty that you would kill a rattlesnake.’ ” Fontaine was asked how he acquired such floe skill in the use of firearms. , “Among the Indbans la Texas,” he replied. “ When I was a small boy I settled with my parents in that State. Later I weot to live among the Coman- ches, and for thirteen years I never gangway aaw the face of a white man.” Beyond doubt toe most remarkable faet accomplished by Fontaine from the point or view of the bis tori an was the tarrying of dispatches and cap* Into the city of Vicksburg when that and the spy ran into the city.* When he presented himself before the officer in command, it was found that he bad on his body the marks of seventeen bullets. This adventure is well au thenticated. As to the numerous “fatalities ” in which Fontaine appeared as the cen tral figure, some of them had their ludicrous sidei John Esten Cooke, the writer of a very popular series of Confederate historical novels, was a companion of Fontaine’s during the war and used him, under various names, t as a character in hi* novels. In “ Mohun ” Fontaine is sketched in the character of Night Hawk. In- “Surry of Eagl*’s Nest” he is glvfen the name of Farley. Curiously enough, the novelist, In his last named work,* states as a historical fact that Fon taine was killed at Petersburg, which proves only that Fontaine was such a skillful actor as to deceive his closest friends In his mortuary role. ‘It it true, though,” explained he to the writer,- “that at Petersburg I was wounded in a hot skirmish engage ment, and beiag unable to run away 1 simulated a oorpae when the Federsls overran the ground on which 1 lay. When it was learned in my company that 1 wae dead, one of the officers sent off at once for a coffin in which to bury me. ' About the time the coffin arrived in camp I showed up. too. That In terfered materially with the funeral. But next day, in the course of a general engagement, the officer who had dis played such friendliness for me re ceived a fatal wound, and the remains of the poor man were sent bums in ibo coffin he had ordered for me.” It was In the course of his mission to Vicksburg that'Fontaine was hon ored with unlimited credit, upon the treasury of the Confederacy, it was in the shape of an order signed by T. O. Mims, the chief quartermaster of th* war department, and waa worded thus: “The Confederate States treas urer will honor any draft presented him signed by Lamar Fontaine.” Per haps in all the hisU/ry of civilised war fare no such credit and confidence was ever before rsposed in a private sol dier. Unparaleled as has been this man's accomplishments in deeds of daring, he has not failed to win laurels in the fairer field* of lltomtowa. He is a regular and popular writer of war sketches, and a recent burlesque arti cle on the Venexuelan controversy in which he undertook to express the pa triotism of the Confederate veteran to ward the stars and stripes evoked a half-oolunn editorial from The London Times. But as a writer be Is more widely known by the poem, “ Quiet Along the Potomac.” While the otedlt for his composition has been claimed by several others and publicly accorded to a few, those who are aware of Fontaine’s claim and the Indisput able evidence upon which It rests no longer entertain any doubt about his good title to the authorship. Cer tainly, though, he is largely self- educated, he is a master of graceful English, and bis ability to cothpose such a poem is unquestionable. esw- ■idered a crank, v y other* while the most generally theory waa that he was a tpy. After the fall of Sumter a part of the troop arbund Charleston rc-cnlisted in the Confederate service and were transferred to Virginia, Richmond then becoming the seat of war. The other portion were either disbanded else re- and returned to their homes or enlisted lo the other regiments then forming throughout the State. In the changes and confusion incident to the disbanding of the troops Neal appeared as mysteriously aa-he.liad come. The War wore on. Battles were fought—some wen, some lost. Lee had made bis disastrous campaign in Maryland and was now lying in front of Fredericksburg, facing Burnsides. While resting in our many camps, or during long marches, passing and re- passing columns of troops from every State in the South, I bad never seen or heard one word from my silent, mys terious comrade of Morris Island. But during the memorable battle that was soon after fought, Kershaw had been ordered to reinforce with a part of his command, Cobb and his" bravo Geor- 3PANISH CRUELTIES N CUBA Ths Usaovs o» Moasrn ar* Brutally DisrwgardeU—Non-Csmhatans ara. R*mor- MlSMty Put to Death. Thn following Utter fes been re ceived bj mail from Cub* at Tampa, \t la., and is addressed to the American press: “ If the government that unhappily ruley the destinies of thb unfortunate country should be true to the most rudimentary principles sf justice and morality, Col. .lull, who has been ra ws* «ott- cently appointed military governor of a lunatic, Matanzas province, should be in the accepted galleys among crlminall. It is but a Northern short time slnoe he was relieved by Gen. Martinez Campos, of the military command at Cienfuegos, as he had not once engaged any of the insurgents’ forces, but vented all his ferocious in stincts against Innocent and Inoffen sive peasants. ’ ‘!* n y«Wu*r*m**, a small town near Clbniuegbs, no arrested as suspected spies, Mr. Antonia Morjen, an nonest and hard-working man, and Mr. Ygnaclq. Chapi, who is well ad vanced in years and almost blind. Not RAILROAD CASES. existence behind the otone wall that ran just below and around May roe's Hill, Col. Nance, qt the 3d S. C. R , was directed to occupy the crest of the now noted Mayroe’s Hill, seemingly the objective point for which ^bqth ar mies .were contending. As we were rushing down the road leading to that point at breakneck spepd, the enemy pouring In % deadly tire of ^hbll and solid shot, the gullets from the sharp shooters on the housetops falling like hail in our ranks, a solitary horseman came dashing up the pike in our di rection. His horse was white with foam and apparently ready to fall from.the desperate strain he had btqn_ under. As he came n<«ar I discovered' it to be the long lost Neal, dressed in the uniform of a Confederate major. " How are you. Fort Sumter Y" “ Take care of yourself.” And away he goes as on the “ wings of the wind.” 1 saw no more of him for a time. AH en quiry for him proved unavailing. “Grim visaged war" with its “bris- tled front "alili raged, and in its wake ruin and desolation. - Early was in the valley, playing hide and seek with THE INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER. A Brilliant SkvtsH of a Curioua InaiUant in tha Confaderata Amy. [The followibg sketch has been con tributed to the Newberry Herald and News, and tbe author is Capt. D. A. Dickert, a gallant soldier of the Third South Carolina Volunteers. No truer or braver man wore the gray than Gm Dickert, and he wields the pen with rare facility, as our readers will admit when they finish this sketch.! Capt. Whit. Walker, of Newberry, had obtained a commission and gath ered around him a band of restless spirits like himself, eager and anxious for any adventure that promised “ fun, frolic or fight.” They wen* now play ing soldier In earnest on the ramparts around Charleston, with the guns of, grim old Sumter bristling defiance in tholr faces. The company tolls were all full, and applications for enrollment bile the rejected, while the unceasing clamor for war was wafted over the land on every breeze and gate. The guns against Sumter' 1 had not yet been fired, the report of srhich was to reverberato around the world ( but troops were being enrblled all over the State, and individuals, prompted by motive* only known to themselves, were flocking to Chaideaton to offer their services to the cdfS^pf secession and States rights., ^ While C*pt. Walker, with a part *bf the regiment* was encamped on Morris Island, it was strictly forpidden to pass any one ov6i\ without a passport, and none of the troop were allowed to visit the mainland, so zealous were the authorities in guarding against the in trusion of Yankee spies. But one day, as theiteamcr Champion was unload/ Ing supplies and munitions of war, a stranger passed the guards on the was picked up by the sentinels ns he wm roaming over the island viewing tbe fortifications then under construction. He was arrested, and sent tqCapt. Walker, the office^ of the day atd virtually commandant of the island (or tne time doing. Tae stranger was a fine specimen of physi cal manhood—toil and straight; black, piercing eyes; dressed is iwHonab the Sheridan. Tbe battle of the IMth Oc tober had been fought, and Sheridan lay behind his works at Fisher’s Hill. The morning of the 2Lt, Gordon, with the stealth of the red man of the for est, made the circuit over the Massa- nutten and fell like an avalanche on Sheridan's left, while Kershaw, plung ing ti rough the Shenandoah, assaulted the Imtllcment on Fisher’s Hill. The attack was so sudden and impetuous that the enemy became panic stricken and find like a herd of cattle stamped ed. Men rushing pell metl from their tents or their places in the entrench- meuts, hatless and shoeless; horses galloping riderless wildly >ver the plains; cannons, caisons, wagons and vehicles of all kinds driven like mad through the fleeing throng of panic stricken troops, trampling under foot everything that came in the way, while the Confederates, now in pos session of the enemy's works, were pouring a deadly fire in this struggling, seething mass of humanity. Fur six miles the Coo federates, now almost as badly disorganized as the enemy, fol lowed at the heels of the flying enemy. The wealth and treasures of the aban doned camps looked to the half starv ed. half clad Confederates as the treas ures of tne Incas did to the Spanish soldiers of old ; so throwing aside ail order aod discipline a great portion i ;ave themselves up to plundering and □raging, leaving but a corporal's guard to follow the enemy. The wave recedes. Uheridan is met on his famous ride from Winchester and equally famous command, " Turn, boys, turn, we arc going back.” A feeble advance is made, and now tbe Confederates are routed in turn. Arms are thrown aside, wagons and artillery left standing on the pike or tumbled, together in a grand “smash up,” can- nonaers and teamsters desert their post and join in with the routed infantry; all now in one mad chaco to avoid cap ture and to place themselves beyond tha protecting waters of the Shenan doah. All order is discarded, each and every man struggling to forge ahead of his feilow-man. Grape and can- nlster rake the field, while .he heavy tramp of the enemy's cavalry could be heard thundering down the pike. 1 was just nearing the skirt of a thicket beyond the road, passing over the dead and dying thgt lay in every direction, the result of the morning fight, when I beard my name called. “ Hollo, Fort Sumter f” cried Neal, for to my aston ishment, it was the voice of my mys terious friend of years ago. As I near ed him he reached out his hand as if to grasp mine, and said in a faint, faltering voice, “Good-bye, Fort, Sum ter, good-by. It is all up with me at last.” Then pointing to his uniform, whbih was that of a Federal officer; he said; “This looks strange, but ills all right. Take care 0/yourself qryou will be lost.” Then recl'ining bis bead upon the dead body of his horse that lay mgg^led at his side he motioned me on. There was no time fpr ex planations, and as the heavv tread of tbe approaching cavalry told too plain ly my danger I followed In the wake of our beaten soldiers and left Neal alone in his glory.” Who or what was he? Was he a Confederate, ora Yankee spy ? Or was he both, or neither? I will never being able to prove the charge against them as they were innocent, he order ed Maj. Moreno, of the Barcelona battalion, doing garrison, duty at Yaguaramas, to kill them with the machete and have them buried im mediately. Maj. Mareno answered that he was a gentleman who had come to fight for the integrity of his country, and not to commit murder. This displeased the colonel sorely, but unfortunately a volunteer sergeant with six membets were willing to execute the order of the colonel and Morejon and Chapi were murdered without pity^_ > “ The order of Jull was. eveciitpui in the most cruel manner. It horrifies to even think of it. Mr. Chapi, who know the ways of Col. Jull, on being awakened at 2 o'clock in the morning and notified by the voiunteer-^chief of the guard that he and Morejon had to go out, suspected what was to come, and told nis companion to cry out for help as soon as they .would be taken out of the fort. They did so, but those who were to execute the order of Jull, were neither moved or weakened in their purpose ; op the contrary at the first screams of Chapi and Morejon they threw a lasso over their heads and pulledSit it by the ends. In a few moments *they fell to the ground ohohed^fru^ca.h. They acre 5ragged on the earth without pity to tne piac~ where they were buried. All this bloody scene was witnessed by Jull from a short distance. “Providence has not willed that so much iniquity should remain bidden forever. In the hurry the grave where these two innocent men were buried was not d'jep enough and pkrt of the rope with which they were, choked remained outeide. A neighboriodkiog for a lost cow saw the rope, took bold of it and on pulling disinterred tbe bead of onp of the victims. He—was terror-stricken and immediately gave notice t > the Guardia Civil and the judge. .These authorities soon found out that the men had been killed by order ol Gol. Juy, and therefore pro ceed inga were suspended. ! “The neighbors and nil ^iril and military authorities know everything that has been related here, but such is tbe state of gffairs on this island, tnal Gen. Weyles has had no objection to appointing this monster, Col. Jull, mil itary gqvernor of Matanzas. Such deeds as enumerated are common. Tbe people of the town of Matanzas, with Juii a* governor and Arolas at tbe nead of a column, will suffer the con sequences of their pernicious and oluudv instinct*. “ Trist the readers may know in part who Gen. Arolas is, 1 will relate what has happened in the Mercedes estate, near Colon. It having come to his knowledge that a small body of rebels was encamped on tbe sugar estate, Mercedes, of Mr. Carrolla, Gen. Aroias went to eugago them, but the rebels, who were !pw In number, re treated. Much vexed at not being able to discharge one shot at them. Ths Suprem* Court Dsodss In Fsvor of th# Railroad—Shorlfl McCrsvy Wilt fiaim* burssd by tha Stats. The Supreme Court rendered a de cision on Thursday In the case of J. B Cleveland, Receiver, vs. Geo. S. Me Cravy, Sheriff of Laurens County which possesses considerable interest from the circumstances surroupding it. It refers to tbe time in 1893, when the State government was seizing railroad engines and cars for uupuid taxes, and this case is the closing in cident, perhaps, of that very important period. 1 On the 3rd of February, 18!J,VSht rITT McCravy of Laurens, acting under 1l- struction from Gov. Tillman, seized two engines and a train of box cars the. property of the Port Royal and Western Carolina Raiir >ad,'to satis,fy the amount of taxes due by tbe rail road tothe SiattHwen© chained down to the track and there was so possible way for the railroad to take them away. Tbe road was then under tbe management of H. M Comer, of Savannah, who bad beep ap pointed Receiver by the United States court. Mr. Comer needed the two en gines and cars badly for the conduct ing of his business, and the day after the seizure he came up with the money due for taxes and offered it to the sheriff. The latter, however, refused to release the ebgine or cars until he bad received his five per cent, commis sion, which amounted to S37*i.l<>. Mr Comer vigorously protested against uaying this amount, but finally did so in order to get the rolling stock re leased, at th( same time giving warn ing that ho intended to cuter suit to recover the amount. ^-— Receiver Comer was superseded by Receiver Cleveland*and thd‘ latter entered suit in the State courts to recover the amount, besides $4 more which ho alleged had been unjustly charged as coats. Judge Eirle pre sided at the session of the court and a verdict was' rendered in fa\or ol Receiver Cleveland for the full amount asked for. Sheriff McCrav^ appealed and tbe Supreme Court’s decision just rendered confirms the finding of the lower court and requiring that the money be returned to the railroad com pany. The opinion of the court was written by Justice Pope, but the other mem bers concurred in the tinaing^: In re viewing the case the law as to sheriffs Intles and commissions allowed them s extensively discussed and the court while exonera'ing the shenff^froin in .eutional wrong doing, holds that the beriff had no right to exact the com iiMssion when the property was in the bands of the United States court. Sheriff McCravy wiH not lose any thing by it, for a bill was passed by TS* Iasi LugTJlature TefUndlng'Thi amount to bim in ctse he lost the suit in case he won it tbe amount was to be returned to the State. ; , - k&QW,-#nd leave it to the conjecture of the reader p« to who was this silent, mysterious stranger whop) I finfi ip the first ranks of the South and leave bathed in his own blood, shedfby tbe hands of those whom he first had sworn to protect and defend. —The famous Exchange Hotel at Richmond, Va., for ba'f a century t^e rendezvous of the most prominent statesmen ip yirglniAand othpp §p'itb- ern States. the reipli or ap a-s[gp- meut,.will close. This hostelry was during the war the stopping place of th., Uaijing C onfederates and Cabinet officers- h i**, too when he visited this country In 1860, the pringe of W.t'es *t pped, and the winch he urank his first mint julep still retain -d here. Every Governor nominated by tbe Democrats in Vir~ who were out in tbe fielding herding the animals of tha estate, and with? out any formality of trial shot them. When the bodies were taken to tbe Central, they were recognised, and to cover his responsibility somewhat Gen. Arolas said that when he chal lenged thorn they ran off and at the first discharge of musketry they fell dead, t » “It seems Impossible, that being so near tbe United States, so near that country so free, cultured and generous, innocent peasants can be butchered with impunity. Not even in Armenia happens wha ia being witnessed in Cuba. The history' of the Spanish dominion in this unfortunate island is a history of crime.” —The Co’umbia Register siys that the politicians and the balance of man kind “are awaiting with a great deal of interest and concern the action of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, which meets on the 7th of April, Just now none of the men prom inent in pnblic affairs seem to know exactly whqt Jo do or what will bo donp in roforeauu to Senator Tillman’s pro posed plan to bolt the national conven tion, which meets in Cuicago, unless a free silver plank is inserted in the plat form. There is ho doubt about the fact that most of the members are firmly anchored in the Democratic party and there is going to take some bard pulling to get them out of it, even if their financial views are not miple a part of the party platform. There are others though who are ready to kick clean out the traces if they can't get free silver, and between the two factions there wijl bp when the commiHe • inlets.” GEORGE VANDERBILT’S ESTATE. B itmor*. is « Magmihcsn^ Object Lssson in i. Art sna Agncu'tur*. All the world has heard about the splendid estate of George Vanderbilt at Asheville, N. C., and most of us have supposed that Biitmore was simply a rich man's fad. Not so. Morton, Sectretary of tbe Agricultural Department, has been spending week seeing what Mr. Vanderbilt has to show and on his return to Washing too on Saturday he told his colleagues at the cabinet meeting that there is nothing in the world. own»d by sever eign or subject, that will compart with Biitmore, either as a residence or as an object lesson in the agricultural arts *• “It is a grand idea,” said Mr. Mor ton, “that young Mr. Vanderbilt' is trying to carry out. It is unique, and none but a man of his enormous wealth could undertake it. Few kings have either funds or the good of their pea pie at hear t sufficient to conceive and carry out what Mr. Vanderbilt baa worn fcu uoLuwruo one smn at inem, 8LCL . c . r f ;l! j y demon,trated, I do not he made prisoners of srortmeir gnow how muefi Rifles i —The TM'-dmont Headlight kays: “Senator Tillman suggests that we send delegates to the Chicago'coQven- tion.instructed to bolt if a Wail street candidate is noannateefr If such a policy be adopted, it is a: waste of time to bold a Democratic convention, and .for our delegates to go to Chicago. They would be denied ©dmittagpe into the patUm^l ppnyeu|,ioq. .^g'ajh, it would he simply doing what we rebuk ed Judge Haskell for in 18d0—going into 1 a party conveiRion apt) then per fusing to abide by the dectsitMi there rendered. Those who do not Intend to stick When they get to Chicago should follow the advice of Rev. R. H. Reid and keep out of the convention. In politics, as well as in our business re- lapioa most awfr bubitstiy apd faidy by tbpsh w[tlh wVym W© dea|.” * —Prof. William 0- A- Hanampl, of the department of physics of the Mary land Slate Normal School, claims to pave secured perfect photographs of bqe magnet. The re his experiments, he claims, •lor to thi li in part estate of the famous C xtiederaMgfcT* glry chieftain, Gan. Joseph Stuart. dinary h suits of are far superior to those attained through the use of the cathode rays in that lie secures a perfect photograph of the ohh els, light toff' shade In cluded in-Head of the rough qutliue as produced by tha X rays pruoegf,, t money he has spent there, nor how much more he intends to invest, but it 1s one of the grandest undertakings that individual enter prise ever attempted, and I understand that it is the owner’s intention to leave it as a legacy to tbe public when he can no longer enjoy it himself. “ There are Vd.OUU acres in the es tate, and every inch of it may be said to be under scientific cultivation, em bracing every brunch of the vegetable kingdom. Combined with it he bar tne most perfect system of roadways I have ever seen, and you can drive 100 miles over macadamized pavement without going off his estate. As an exhibition of landscape gardening it is without uu equal. Frederick Law Oolmsted has charge of thgt branch of tbe work, and the late Richard M Hunt was the architect of all the buildings, which for their several uses, surpass any that exist on earth. There are no palaces in Europe that can equal Mr. Vanderbilt’s for ele gance, comfort and.convenience, and he is gathering there a collection of works of art that would make it fa mous if it had uo other attraction Hit stables, his barns, his dairies, his propagating houses, bis henneries, and other features of his establishment are -alii on the same grind scale. He has undertaken to furnish the highest possible example of the science of food culture in every one qf it* branches. He has employed the best nun he can i^nd to take charge of his experiments, ami pays them salaries that are com mensurate with their services. There are Germans and Frepohmen and Italians aud ^uulishmen, os well ae Anjeriuens, employed. The foreigners ary usually men of high professional reputations, who are attached to uni versities in the old world, and spend their vacations,, three, four or six months, on ty[r. Van.decbilt’s estate looking after their respective depart- ments. While the work has not been carried far enough to show results, the possibilities of U8ef\jlcc«s offered by Mr. Vande^if’# enterprise are urjljijjitod. J ‘ | ^qps'der'bi© work there just as important to the agricultural interests of this country as the Hepartmoat of Agriculture at Washington. He em ploys more men than I haye under my charge, and I think he is spending more money every year than Congress appropriates for this department, although I do not know his figure*. He has nearly 1,000 on h;* pay-roll, WE are promoted tor vui doticy, according to S he most practical civil-service rules, f a maa who ia employed at a dollar a day to shbvel dirt shows that he is bapabie of something better, his work and his wages are both advanced, a^d body on who ban the brains and the benevolence to devote hi* wealth to afford the pub lic such valuable object lessons in art. architecture, agriculture, forestry, viticulture, dairying, road and other useful sciences. “The people down there talk about the enormous amount of money that Mr. Vanderbilt is investing to gratify his taste and pride, to provide luxuries for his appetite, and magnificent dis plays to flatter his vanity, but the poor creatures do not comprehend the first letter In the alphabet of his ambi tion. Their vision is not broad enough, their intelligence is not sufficient to grasp a single fragment of the Idea he i* developing, and while they imagine that it is all due V> selfishness, be is a great benefactor working for them- Talk about the land being worn out down there in North Carolina. Its the people. The land is all'right, if brains and energy were applied to its cultivation,'' —The Spartanburg Herald says • “The lilany personal and political friends and admirers of General M. C. Butler in this part of the State will be delighted to know that despite the fact he gave up his long career in the service of his State as he began, a poor man, he has been able to resume bis practice with the very best of pros pects. It is said that his practice already yields as much as the salary of a Senator, while he has good pros pects for developing business interests in this State, aided by Northern capitalists, which will in the nearfu- ure add greatly to his income. Gen- ral Butler was in public; .life long enough to demonstrate his ability, and to prove himself worthy of confidence of the business world." * -A Western Judge, sitting in chamber, seeing from the piles of pa- oers in tl>e law^yer's, hand* that the first case was likely to he hotly con tested, asked : “What is the amount m question?” “ Two - dollars,” said the plaintiff's counsel.f- “I’ll pay it,” said the Judge, hanging over the money; “cojl the next.” Ho had not the patience of Sir William Grant, who after listening for two days to the trguments as to the construction of' a certain Act, quietly observed when they bad done : “ Ti repealed.” ' —“A man of this New York Tribune “ in three cotton mills in N« i South Carolina says that hi# dividenrie making Sm two of the Uree mill, have been maxing ™ ^ ^ ^ ^ The third JjJJ has earned 30 pey cent, nil of which ^ has been put into an enlargement and improvement of the plant, the stock holders receiving paid-up stock for the same.” i —Senator Tillman has written a letter to E. H. Harrell, Editor of the Petersburg, (Ind.) New* in reply to his inquiries, saying that he is not ashamed of his re,oent speech attacking Presi dent Cleveland, and adding: “I am not ostracised by any Senators, though a few are sour in their looks. Many Senators are, more, friendly, ^.ince the speech tban/before its delivery.’’ —An old.man and his wife were last summertsailing on a steamer between Blackpool and the Isle of Man. As the sea was rather rough and the wo man unaccustomed to sailing, Jrbe said to her husband: ' Oh, John, this ship is going oown!” ‘Well, nevermind,” said her husband; “it i.-n’t ours!’’ —“It is no use tolling you to look pleasant.” said the photographer to the pretty young lady, “for you cannot look anything else.” And his oChcr e worked beautifully. Hr- ; 'v, sjF’V.-. —The new school law will help tl e teachers in South Carolina. It will give longer terms and befer salaries, and consequently better Uachprs. L hat Act has been —According to the Agricultura 1 Department V report, tho mills of ffifk Staty have taken u much larger pro portion of the current crop than the mills of any oth^r Southern State South Caul in a leads the South in cotton manufacturing, and will con- tine to lead as more new spindles and Ijoms are put in motion here each yea- than in any other c >mjuonwe<n in -Dixie; — — — —The Legislature provided for a State bank examiner at a .-alary ot $1,2U0, anl there aie buodre sofa]- plication* for the place already.> Tie xamicer is tube appointed by a board ’o consist of the Governor Secretary ol S ate, Comptroller General and State Treasurer. Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Wiles’ Nervine. A fewyes.-saggtMr. L W. Gallaher. was an •ileii.i v,*, •a.'.-t-wfttl luauu- f-n-tnrer of lumber products. A tta. k«-d with epileiay, !■• was obliged to fir* i.p l.Ubusi- ucsa. Th* at larks upon li!-a musl In opportunely. One Ubm falling fr, n> a earri ng*. at another downsta.i-,and oft..n In ilu- *tr*ct. Otu.i bw fch doan a shaft la the mill, his Inj.tries nearly proving fataL Mr. Qallaher writes from Milwauksc, Fab. 16. 'K ww “There »r* none more mite ruble than epi leptics.. For !0 years ! stHfcrrd with epilep tic fits, haring a* high as fire In one nlf ht. I tried any number of physicians, pay .ns to one alone, a fee of SMC.00 and have done little for years but search fur something to help me, and have taken all the leading remedies, but received no benefit. Ayearago my son, Chas. P. Gallahrr, druggist at 191 Reed St., Milwaukee, gave me Dr. Miles* Restorative Nervine, and I tried It with gratifying results. Have had but two flu since I began taking It. I am better now la every way than I have been in 20 yonra.'* Dr. Milos'Remedies are r<dd by druggists on s positive guarahK* that thb first ,x>ttle will tybbOt ur price refunded. Book on ths Htort and Nerves, free. Address, Dr. Mile* Medical Ce., Clkhart, Ind. Dr. lik*’ Remedies Restore Health. Southern Railwm. PIEDMONT AIR UNB. C*od<BMd Schedule *1 Passenger Ti Northbound. Jan. S.dSVd. Ve*. No. 38 Daily Fst tfi No -36 fDaily No. 12 Daily N * «• K Bun LV. Atlanta,^. T. UOOm 11 Up 7 50 a 4 St a “ AUauu, E.T. 1 ou p U 1- a 3 Boa 5 Z6 a “ Noren**# .... U56a # 3S a • top " Buford 10 16 a T u* p * (■aiuesrille .. *36p am a io m a 7 43 p :■» LulA r.yvCT re rw * a • • az3a. a 04 a t ig ft • toruelia * **e «V'i l 11 Z6 a “ kit. Airy •aeaaase S .via a sua •• Toccoa • awe ewe# t ua a 53 a • We.uuluetrr 3 5o a a z; p » Seneca . . . to; a IkiZp •• teuinl 4 45 p « z3a i -zu p “ Greenville .. 6 zo p 6 lo a a Up ’ "*.* “ Spartauburg t Is p e 18a 3ZSP a “ Gaffney*. e 53 a 4 lu p H Blacksbuig.. T 06 p 7 00 a Stop ***** * King* Ml... 7 Z2 a 5 #u p “ Gazbralit .... i M a )t"p " Itadville .... lit uu b 1 30 p Il’Mp Ar. Kidhmond. .. e uo a | .geo p 4 04 a Ar. 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Mort-r>*e Atlanta, r t y an'* r T i Ms SSis 1*«# a U XT a U i»|> tDpj • *»p M»U>p u a, p i.’ ioV W JZ a U t# a! 1 Ma SKaj SMal SMa . 4*1 a tup SMa *ftp IMp • ' » t *< a 1 «ua U ztp IMp tfcp *»► Z It* p IMp 4 tu p I t *1 it > • «i*f • “if T *> p 1*4 • iap, l >. p • e:p «*z U *>p t b> p • ft a T»a T *r a »r a v as a •JL* »*• -.v; nlgta. >«’ y *nd ** WaaMugt a amt N>Ul!. writae* VolUmln I.tu tied Tbiough PultwiaB -.tteuraa batweea New York and. X.w (UWa. . «ta ttgh.n, Atiamrxoa Mbew-'aurv, inin twren New Yo.-kamt Mempliu. via Waahburte^. Allan la and biriulnghaaB. Dining ears. No*.» and ti -United Stale* Fast Mall FmlV •leeping car* between AtUrsa, New iand T — 1 New York. Klchmond, Daavtlt* and Oreei •ftn* « naboV W. ft. GRXKN, Geo'l Supt., Washington. D. ST. B. RYU, C. J. M CULP, TraflW M g'?. WasUugioa, B. to W. A. TTRl, Oen’l Pass. Agt, Washington, D.O MR, SuperlDtendant, North Carolina. S. H. HARBWICX Ass't tie-i’i Pm* SOUTHERN RAILWAY. JOL $25 COOKING STOVE > Ihvlfi Inch iv > high;!MVJ5l > I have liJd > aficr ray J.w » I •liiitff ufl.al Ml. 4be soma^mto ( he a*tale, tf there wer* nothing else t) b4 accomplished, Mr. Vanderbilt is, at least, building up an educational institu iou that will furnish scientigc farmers and teachers [or tye Instruc tion of [he rpgt ol tpanklnd. and I feel like thaoktuf old Commodore Vander- tult lor hiving given us a grand*, q « 41 TVliveTftr to ynuj rariroait depot, all *’ f -ctglit chjruea paid. Read ibis descrip- ’•on wrefiifly. This splendid Cooking -t..ve is No. 8; has four 8 Inch pot, bolea: ** U>\ 16 Inch oven, is inch tire box, 2t inches ** ifKib top; nice smooth canting thi.s stove made f.Tuiy trXtie^J wn ujea, combining a 1 tho good J; r uflral 1'hiedium-prsed s ove*, and U "WW'' t !>* objoctUpAhlr Matures !! J '•nSfifU fiwbt the beat No, 8 Cooking Vf the prt'e. -Filled with -z •* ~ skillets, J griddles, 3 J* 1 elbow, t col- J* polish, 1 iron „ to make cus- > Uu-iera an l liir-uds tu every part of the South, for the purt>ose of iniroducing «ur [» buxines* to new people, and to rwiew our acuuaintance with old fricnda. ft We will ship this y-WiMiid cooking Stove t and the ahqv e0**;rilied ware to any depot, ft *n fraud* chargee paid, for oujy ii3 OO ft when the cash comes with the order, Thte etova ie a good one, well made. e*d wbi t give eutise satisfaction.. Oar illustrated » catalognijM Fum*ture, HtorJe and Rahy Carriage* talked free. Addrese ' * L F. PADGETT, MB Broad Strsst, Augusts, On. Ondeavnd Sohed.nl. 1. rnVot RRIIKCARF tSrd, 18M. STATiokft. 1- 'Chart mi . • 'TVTfi Lr. Ouiumbia . Proebemy I.”"":! Ar.Newlrarrv r n 4 * 3 ,‘2 S > “ . If « p m Ar.Ntnery-Mlx. ■ . ' “ Greenwood.. “ H'xtgos.,..., TTFS IZIZ rr.AblH.ville ■ 3 05 p ih A:\BwitoA ; 3 45 pm A *. AaSeraon 1—r*r r r- — ■ ' * * * * A*'* v^recruvillb 1". Atlanta 4 pro VSTT* STAriONS. No. 12. I«v. WrennviL,) ^ ' ' “ 10 30 a ni H » a it M a in Lc-.Anderron 11 00 a to Lv.Helton • Ar. Dbnnalds '7.TTTT.: 11 ii a ^ 1> W p q, LvTAlfevfiift ....... • 11 4.) a ni Lv. Hodges'. ''—'— '* Greenwood.. 12 25 p to J Ut. D to tv. Newberry " Froeperity Mt _ r. OolumbU “ilvTjharleatoii .TTTT: STATIONS. 7 ImiIiv.';' 6^ 6 15a 00a|125!h) . asJ lur.p Swi 15T>p Ua] 20Ap 240p Oharienton. A: ? t-antuo... Union.!. " .... Jimesville **......Pheolet. D1 . Ar.. Spartanburg., Lv BlOp Lv.. Kpart^n^rg Ar Ofrl fifop Ar . Anhwei M« Lv “P,” p. m. “A,” a. m. 80 p m ' to . & * <xi p m — ISibyjDan? No.UjNo, IWD_ al&Pl 1 iSa. V «i>p 12 50a- 1115p!lt «p. i KpIllOTp UKp 10 54p- 11 45a 10 23m 1 2x«:ioa5p. J?* ^ 18 EJiT Pullman between Columbia and AVheville •nrouie dally between Jacksonville and Ohiein- Wp: fv 1:0 Trains leave Spartanburi rth K.und, 8:18 ^.AAGdiTtoc* estibul* Limited); -aouthboond' P 11 m., (Vestibule Uu :05p. m., U:«*a. m., (Vestibule UaeitML* Train:, leave Greenville A. - - - ' and C. di vielras Limitedl'-southbound, 1 50 a. Hi., 340p. in., 12.28 p. m. (VeMtifeiled Limited). PviIIrmA Service. Pur man palace ,leeping care on Trains 56 and ^ A anti C? division. H. GREEN. J. si ( VLP Traffic M‘g’r. I m W.A !“!'RK. < ’“ ,UU b. h%d^ck D ' g I - VS2EHS. 1 aiung^ u c Athma,