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loti Id ibe low, ploold hlMlnjr of Ibe
engine.
Joe bad do right to be smoking Id
that roonl, where he .woe assistant en
gineer in the basement of a huge de
partment store. But to-day he felt
reekless, and oartd no more for re
gulations than a tramp. What a hash
he had made of things, to be sure !
And how all his past mistakes came
trooping back and hedged him In,
until they stood too thickly for a
thought to escape him without their
leave. It gave him a grim sort of
satisfaction just to look them over,
each being one more proof to back up
bis own opinion of himself against
himself. And he was but a young fel
low, too!
Too young for his place, the mighty
"head of the bouse" bad thought at
first; but he liked young men, and had
long since learned to take their meas
ure, and Joe had swung through the
searching . lamination as though be
had been fed oo dynamics and steam
gauges from bis cradle, instead of
having just graduated from a stationary
eagiae oo a farm Ho aow be was here
ease blag the a^edleoe the ladlcator.
the glow of the feraaee oo ibe dour,
lbs teigbl of tbs water ewiema >a tbs
guarded gum* tabs aad tbs farm-
wm many a mUe aeay. UaJ It paid *
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Teal o* peal of merrtmeet raeg out,
aad men lay down aad rolled aed shook
at the disclosure. For there, neatly
packed, was a stuffed doubib headed
calf, consigned vainly to some unap
preciative freak muieura by a disap
pointed granger.
" What did I toll you, gentlemen,
about Its being a family portrait V"
cried the salesman, grinning, and
again the crowd shouted and guyed
the buyer. " You can trust me every
time, gentlemen ; trust me all in all or
not at all, as the poet says. Now here’s
another prize. * Bow much for this,
no doubt a jewel case?" and the fun
went on.
t'foacntly, a small, box-like parcel
was pirt up. _.
" Here, gentlemen, is another jewel
box. It is light"—tossing It—"so it
can'l^be a wedding cake like the last
lot, In which f was unfortunately mis
taken. Year old cake is a little dry,
brother, ain't it? Better buy a fresh
lot tomorrow and remember me when
the carut are out," and the red-faced
teamster, who bad made that unlucky
purchase, turned all sorts of colors, to
the huge delight of his unmerciful
fel owe. "How much?"
It did look like aomsthlag of value,
that oblong little bos, aad bids came
fast aad la earaest Msa get reckless
at times sadrr seeb natbusiasaM, aad
it wm a leaf price ladeed tael earned
ike eeletdiag l*aper after paper fell,
strtag after string weal entaiag
awes, hsture Ike bus Itesif Wes shoes
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often rotertalood ibe offliers of passing
troops, aed one night a remnant of Mor- .THK CITY
gau's bravs band, by singing for them,
'The Bonny Biue Flag,’’ "All Quiet
Along the Potomac," end that moet
IHl CONflOtRAUS CAPIUHLO MSHYIlK.
tele . tbousaad
pathetic of all war-time songs, "The
Vacant Chair,” Who could hear It
without a tear?_ J
When Sherman’s army entered the
State, headed toward Columbia, It was
thought that our little town could not
escape as he would certainly move on
to the northwestern towns. With tele
graph wires down, and railroads torn
up, the enemy sometimes travelled
more rapidly than news of his where
abouts ; so we had stirring times mak
ing ready for the coming of "the y&n-
kees."
Humors had reached us from other
parts of the Stated their penchant for
jewelry, silver, and all such "portable
property ;* It being stated, with bow
nruch truth l never knew, that in the
lower part of the State, earrings were
tom by them from the ears of the ladies.
So, many Ingenious devices were resort
ed to for secreting oar valuablee. The
large bouaskirtetbee wore by ibe ladle*
were very servloeble for this purpose,
es many small articles could be tied to
Ibem without weighting down the
wearer. Quite a eember of our yoeag
ladles eerw transformed teto walking
•poos aad fork reces One ef ike fceac v
sr*, I remember, ■innselsd bsr sale a
Ik bor katr. wkw-k wee were la a low
Best eeebaud la a not, I tee monk la
'"EJTeks feesem. a to sal led k»>>ms
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Oiirdon'e Kr.siKnaiion wee Not Ac-
orpted—Kight Thousand Veterans
in Attendance—The Next Meeting
to be Held In Atlanta.
The annualconvention of the United
Confederate Veterans begau in Nash
ville on the £!ad of June, and lasted
three days. Gen. John B. Goruon was
in his piaco as presiding officer, al
though be had been quite sick fora
week or more. Among the prominent
men in attendance were Gens. Stephen
D. Lee, of Mississippi, U C. Butl-jr, of
South Carolina, JoseLQ Wneeier, of
Alabama. Clement A. E.aus, of Geor
gia, W. B. Bute, of Tennessee, Marcus
J. Wright, -of Washington, D. C., and
S. B. Buckner, of Kentucky.
Tre assemblage was called to order
by Gen. Gordon, and prayer was offered
ny tnectiap am, Ur. J. Win. Jones, of
Virginia Governor Taylor delivered
an addreee of welowme urn behalf of the
Slate; Judge Ferris spoke for ibe coun
ty. aad Bishop FtUgerall represented
tbs City Gsk tforuoe responded briefly
ok ksaalf of tb* old soldiers, aad thee
| . etrod sc d Hok Jobe II Itiegaa. of
1 r.xs. as ike aaeeai uratur. Jedgv
' Itsegsa s eodrsss was fe I of historic
I .elsresi. aad wer rseksrs wUi fled Ike
[ mma portmes ef kts spmswe sisewhere-
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thousand emergencies a hsrolsm
nsver sx owl I ad ; yielding from utter ns
haustlon aai uniy wbea tbwtr prostrate
section wns biwwdlng at avsry pore;
falling after the most desperate aefen-
slvu sttaggie in human aojialeto estab
lish their obeiHshed Confcderguy, these
bigb-rmled sons of the South offer this
record of devotion as the noblest pledge
of tbeir fealty to freedom snd/fT their
readiness to defend the republic of the
fathers.
"My comrades of the United Confed-
erati Veterans, if this brief summary
fairly represents your sentiments and
your aims, tnen afy^p of joy is-ful-i
indeed. I cannot doubt, l do not doubt,-
that I have caught and correctly voiced
the impulses and hopes of this most rep
resentative body of Southern manhood ’’
When Gen. Gordon concluded his ad
dress, a motion was made that, Gen.
Joseph Wheeler be requested to nom
inate Gen. Gordon lor re-election,
which wps carried with enthusiasm.
Geo. Stephen U. Lie, who was occupy
ing the chair, declared that nomina
tions were closed and Gen. Gordon was
unanimously re-elected. The thou
sands of delegates present cheered and
waved their bat# and nandkerchiefs
aad the scene wns a most imprtssive
one.
Toe committee oo credentials r
ported drfi-gatcw prewtol and I.UuU
«.amps rrprvcmU-d
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crable destructive Insects and the mil
lions of seed devoured would be unmo
lested to grow and crowd out more
useful crops.
To get at the food of the various
birds, it was necessary to kill specimeus
and examine their stomachs. Sixteen
cuckoos showed the remains of 328 cat
erpillars, 11 beetles, 15 grasshoppers,
»»3 saw-llies, 3 bugs and 4 spiders.
Wooopeckers were found to live
mostly upon noxious insects, such as
wood-boring bedles, ca'erpillars sntk
ants. The woodpecker us a great pre'
servSr of forests. They alone have
beaks and tongues fitted to dig out and
devour hordes of destructive insects.
The. red-headed woodpecker lives on
beetles and wasps and grasshoppers.
The sap->ucker is supposed to he a
harmful bird in the orchard, but there
is a question whether even it does not
more than repay its damages.
The jay’s favorite food is corn, wheat,
'>als. acorns, chestnut#, ehieqoepias,
few seeds, wild fruits, grapes aad
black berries. It eats maey noxious in-
•acts bat le a bad bird la ooe respect.
It breaks ep nr robs otbwr birds’ Best#
aad It has baea caught auckleg bea's
-gg* It done little barm directly to
agriwaltarw. except la variag u
• hen It stripe tke rwawtieg-aer opei
hy tkw crow
Tke erww te e greater friend af man
tkae maey seppwsw It In tree Mat ke
leeee tw pe-i an spew iiwd men
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It corrects Inability to bold urine aad
scalding pain In pnising it, or bad ef
fects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, nod overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to uri
nate. The mild and extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price
fifty cents and one dollar. For a
sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent
free, by mail, mention The Barnwell
People, and send your full post effics
address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. The proprietor of this
paper guarantees the genuineness of
this offer.
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laughter from many loioww- I’aoua-
■cloosly be had eaiwred a rwws ttrert,
and was oppuaite an auction room, io
the middle of which wa# an eager,
laughing crowd. Their gaycly at
traded him, and bo shouldeced
straight in, a# though that had been
his real destination Perhaps it was,
under fate's kindly guiding band.
It was one of those semi-annual
affairs that brighten' the monotony of
the salesman’s life, the disposal of un
claimed express parcels. A great
heap of them lay behind a counter,
ard before it pressed a rough, good-
naturedly excited throng, with here
and there an unkempt, earnest-eyed
little Jew, whose highest bid invari
ably was " Thirty shents !" For these
packages were always sold unopened,
and it was the unwritten law that tho
buyer should open Ms package then
and there for the joy of the losing
bidders. Up went a valise on the
counter. " ILy* much for this?" and
swift came the bids In ridiculously
small gains : “Five cents, ten cents,
•old for twenty-one cents, to the fat
man lathe corner?” A knife forces
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It is bard to know just bow far beck
into the realm of infancy our memories
reach.and how much of whnl we remem
her is what we have had told us of tbat
fairy land of the past. My recollections
of the early days of the late war are as
dim and shadowy as the hazy sugges-
•of color that the budding trqes take on
in the early spring.
My first real war-time memory is of
the B-aurogard hats, very pretty broad
brimmed white leghorns trimmed with
white ribbons, anu a fringe of white
lace hanging around the edge of the
brims, with which one springs my
mother delighted the hearts of my eld
er sister and myself. Then comes a
shadowy vision of the cadets from the
Military institute, and the local mili
tary company, marching up and down
our shady streets to the cheers of the
admiring throng. Even more vividly
do I recall being allowed to accompany
the nurse, wbo was sent with the other
•rrvaat* to tbe depot to carry food to
the troop# then passing through oo tbe
fail w«|i 1
C'wk erne af w# «twr larges Ikw harrow
wf ikatsigbl’ Tbe msmury of it i# bare
wfl tele tkw brale there to remain while
jilvwleeU It waw impuslbiw to forget
tke lurid glare of tbe shy. tke terror of
tke ewgruee. tbe awful gloom tbat ent
iled on our spirits as we real swd that
Columbia tbe pride of Ibe Hute,
tbe gem of the South, Columbia with
its avenues of stalely tree*. It* beauti
ful homes, and delightful garden*;
Columbia with iU evergreens, its foun
tains, Its wealth of flowers—was perish
ing in this whirlwind of fire. Even to
my childish mind came some realiza
tion of the awful calamity, for we had
spent the previous summer In this ver
itable earthly paradise, and had re
velled in its beauty and delights.
The next day a courier came, con
firming our belief that Columbia was
burned, and reporting Sherman’s army
as starting in our dlrectiou. Then the
fear seized the people }»hat the same
unmerciful torch was lighted for our
fair town ; sconfusion reigned ;.many
tied, taking with them servants and
valuables ; many determined to stay by
their homes till the last. As my uncle's
home was the most prominent building
in town, an 1 most likely to attract at
tention' he thought it most prudent to
•catter out, among tbe families le town
for tbe night, bis oelplees family of wo
und children. Feeling sure tbe
i would be plundered. If not burn-
ad. that. Hew tke people of Col-
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a rowolntloa le praise of
jubilee was defeated. __ %
Gea. Gordon delivered bis annual ad
dress, and prefaced bis remarks wtin a
determination to resign the position of
commanding general, but ibis was re
ceived with a decided "No” from every
part of tbe hall. The address was In
tbe nature of a farewell, and reviewed
tbe work dene under his administra-
lion. The following extracts give the
chief points of the address :
"Mr. President, in these cl osing hours
of my long service as commanding gen
eral, I must ask the convention’s indulg
ence for a brief review of tbat official
relation and possibly for some sugges
tions as to the future.
"On the 10th day of June, 1889, eight
years ago, while serving as Governor
of my native State, I received from
New Orleans the wholly unexpected
announcement of my election as eom-
raander-in-chief of the newly organized
United Confedera'.e Veterans. Tnis
new communion of ex-soldiert began
its somewhat unpromising career with
the modest number of but-ten organiza
tions united for peaceful and uoble
end*. Today it presents tbe proud ar
ray of more then a tbousaad camps aa-
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tbe chairman appointed Vlr##r» Wiek-
l»r. May field aad McHweeaey to draft
•uitable resolution#, wblcb will be
published later.
Mr.S-G. Msvfleld, a member of the
committee, announced bis candidacy
for tbe Senate.
A sub-committee was appointed'to
designate tbe times aud places of tbe
campaign meetings, which are fixed as
lolows: ,
Sumter, Monday, Ju'y 5.
Berkeley, Tuesday, July t».
Charleston, Wednesday, July 7.
Colleton, Thursday, July 8.
Beaufort, Saturday, July 10.
Hampton, Monday, July 12.
Barnwell, Tuesday, July 13. 4
Aiken, Wednesday, July 14.
Edgefield, Thursday, July 15.
Saluda, Friday, July 10.
L'xington, Saturday, July 17.
Fairfield, Monday, July 19.
H chland. Tuesday, July 20.
O angeburg, Wednesday, July 21.
Dorchester, Thu-sday, July 22.
Bsmberg, Friday. Ju'y 23.
Union, Monday. July 20
spartaaburg. Tuesday July 27.
t '-vrofeww. *rb«r«day July a*.
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On Pianus, Organs and Sewing Machines. We
drive our business these hard times by selling at Cut
Prices. We don’t sit down and croak about the scarcity
of money like the old fossils who let purchasers pass
bh when they won’t pay them great long profits. If you
want to purchase a Piano or an Organ come and see
us and we will sell you. We have on hand the largest
and best selected stock of Pianos in the State, including
some of the best makes on the market, and we are going
to sell them. We guarantee our prices to be lower
than any other reliable dealer will make Our terms for
time purrluLKTs are ea»y. Only a small cash payment
riQinnd ami we make the nailing smooth For
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