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OL XX11I- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9, i899. McKINlvET VIRGINIANS. si; A TRIBUTR TO THR1R Git BATMEN The President BeArred to the Old Domialon la War and Peace—The Great Historical Krenu at York* town and Appomattox. The Uunohlng of the torpedo boat Shabrlok, built in Richmond, Va M and named In honor of Cpmm )4ore Shu- brick, a Southern in*n, wiu a notable event In the history of Virginia, and the occasion was honored by the atten dance of President McKinley and mem bers of his <cabinet. Toe launching of the boat was a great success, and the boat was duly christened by little Miss Carrie Shubrlck, of Rocky Mount, N. C., a great-grand niece of Commodore Shubrlck, with the usual formalities. The President was introduced by the mayor of Richmond, and responded as follows^ “ Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 am glad to meet my fellow, citizens of Richmond and jifn with them in this interesting coebration in honor of the launching of the torpedo boat Shubrlck, built In this city of Ameri can material, bv the labor of American workingmen for the use of the Ameri can nary. I congratu'ate the builders and workmen upon this evidence, of their skill and industry, no creditable to the manufacturing company and so highly commended by the officers of the government. “This Is not the first contribution which Richmond has made to our ^lendld navy.. She tquipoed the war- ip Texas with all her machinery, boilers and engines, which were tried and tested with entire satisfaction in the brilliant naval engskgement In the harbor of Santiago, when that gallant vessel so gloriously assisted In the de struction of Cervera’s fleet, winning a memorable victory und hastening an honorable and enduring peace. I heartily rejoice with the people of this great city upon Its Industrial revival and upon the notable prosperity It Is feeling In all of itshasiicns enterprises. You are taking advantage of the com- meiclal opportunities of the hour. You are advancing in manufactures, extend ing your mnrke'.v ard receiving n de served share of the wor.d's trade. “ What can be more gratifying to ns than the presentmondit'on of the oouo try Y A universal live ol country and a noble national spirit animate all the people. We are oe the best of terms with each other aaa on most cordial relations with every power on earth We have ampin revenues with which to eoaductthegovurnm cl. No deficit meaeoee our credit. Honey Is abac dant In volume and uequest'ouable lo value. Confidence la the present and faith la the futuru are firm and stroeg. The people are dolor bu'lre** on butl nets principles aad •bould os 1st alone —encouraged rather than hindered in their efforts to locreasn the trade of the country aad find n • aad profitable markets for their p.od ict*. Manufac turing was never so active and so uni vsronily enjoyed throughout all Um States. Work was never so abundant. The transportation companies were never so fazed to hsnj<e sue freight offered by the people for distribution. The borne and foreign markets contri bute to our prosper: 1/ Your locomo tives go *0 Russln; 1 be watch os from my little city of Csntoa go to Geneva; the bridges of Philadelphia spaa the Nile, and the products of tht Amarigpn Lane aad factory are carried ty6a every sea aad arc found la most of 1 the ports of the world. *' la what respect would we change theee happy ooadltioae with the prom- leee they give of the future f The business activity la every part of the country ; the betUr rewards to labor, the wider markets for the yield of the •oil and the shop; the Increase of our shipbuilding not only for our govern ment but for purposes of commerce; the enormous Increase of ourexport trade ia manufactures and agriculture ; the greater comforts of the home and the happiness of the people ; the wonderful uplifting of the buslueM conditions of Vir^'.ois and the South, and of the whole eountry, mark this not only era of good will, but an era of good times. It Is a great pleasure to me to stand In this historic capital and to look into the faces of my oountrvmen here assembled and to feel and know that we are all Americans standing as one for the government we lo*e and mesn to uphold, united for ths honor of the American name and for the faithful fulfillment of every obligation which national duty requires. I can not forget in this presence to make my acknowledgement to the men of Vir glnia for their hearty and patriotic support of the government In the war with Spain and for he continued and unflinching loyalty In the suppression of the Insurrection In Luzon against the authority of the United States. They came in swift response to the call of country—the best blood of the State, the sons of noble sires, asking for service at the battle front where . the fighting was hardest and the dan ger thtfgreatest. The rolls of the Vir ginia volunteers contain the names of the bravest and best, some of them the descendants of the most Illustrious Virginians of its earliest and latest times. They have shed their blood for the Jag of their faith and are now de fending it with their lives in the dis tant Islands of the sea. All honor to the Amerioan army and nav^. All honor has been shown the men return ing from the field of hostilities and all honor attends those who have gone to take their places. “ My fellow citizens, two great his- torlcaieveata, separated by a period of 84 years, affecting the life of the re public and of awful Import to man kind, took place on the soil of Virgin ia. Both were participated in by Vir ginians and both marked mighty epochs In the history of tiie nation 'Hie one was at Yorktown In 1781 when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, whioh wasthe beglnaiag oLthe end of the war with Great Britain and the dawning of independenoe and union. The great VlrgUian, sage and patriot, illustrious oommlhder and wise states man, installed the republic in the fam- x ily of nations. It baa withstood every •hook in war or peace from without or within, experiencing Its gravest crisis in the oItII war. The other, at Appo mattox wan the concl us Ion of that crisis, and the beginning of a unification now the people, th Corn- happily full and complete, irvstlng In the good will and fraternal affection of one toward another of all th Washington’s terms of pence wit! wallls secured the ultimate union of the colonies; those of Grant with Lee the perpetual union of the States. Roth events were mighty gains ior the hu man family and a proud record for a nation of freemen. Those were tri umphs in which we all have a share; both are common heritage. The one made the nation possible, the other made the nation Imperishable. Now no jarring note mars the harmony of the Union. The seed of discord has no sower and no soil upon which to live. The purveyor of hate, If there be one left, is Without a follower. The voice whloh would kindle the flame of pas sion and prejudice Is rarely heard and no longer heeded in any part of our beloved country. *• ‘Lord of the universe Shield ue and guide ue TrueUag-.Xhee always;..., Through shadow and bud ! Thou hast united ue. Who shall divide ut ? Keep ui, oh keep ue, The many in one.’ " Associated with this great com monwealth are many of the most sa cred ties In our national life. From here came forth many of our .greatest statesmen and heroes who gave vigor and virtue and glory to the republic. For thirty-seven of the sixty-one years from 1789 to 1850, sons of Virginia oc- cppled|the presidential offloe with rare fidelity and distinction, n period cover ing more than one-fourth of our na tional existence. What nation can have a greater heritage than such names as Washington, Jefferson, Madi son, Monroe and Marshall ? Their deeds inspire the old and the young They are written In our histories. They are a part of the education of every child of the land. They enrich the school books ol the country. They are cherished In every American home aad will ha so long as liberty lasts aad the union endures.- "My countrymen, the sacred prin ciples proclaimed in Philadelphia in 17 7 ti, advanced to glorious triumph el Yorktuwu, made effective in the form ation of the Federal Union In 1787, sus- lalned'by the heroism of all our people In every foreign conflict, sealed In solemn convenant at Appomattox court house, sanctified by tha blood of the lea of the South and of the North at M\alla and Santiago, and ta Puerto R>oo, have lost none of their force and virtue; the people of the United States will meet their new duties eed re sponsibilities with unfailing devotion lo theee prleciplee eed with unfalter ing purpose to uphold eed advance them. " Standing near the cloee of the oen- tury, we one look backward with con gratulations and pride, aed forward into the nee century with confidence end courage. The memories of the pest Impel ue to nobler effort end higher endeavors. It ie for ue to guard the sacred trust transmitted by our fathers 1 pa-e on to those who follow this goveraieeat of the free, stronger la Uu principles and greater In tte power for the execu'.loe of Its beneficient mis sion. “ WAR STORY OF BILL ARP. HOW HUTCHINS SAVED HIS MEAT. Hid it ie the Hearth of an Old Blaek- tmlth Shop—Advtoe to the Ootton- cotn ▲ friend writes qte from Florida that bacon will not keep well in that climate, and that the old settlers sny It always gets rancid. He wants to know if there Is any remedy for this. Yea, I think so, unless hogs fattened on plnders are different from those fattened on corn. This reminds me of a war story., J - In 1864 my wife and half a dozen lit tle children found refuge from the foul InVader at her fathers plantation on the upper Chattahoochee river. There was no white man there or near there save her old father, Judge Hutchins. There were about a hundred negroes, more than half of them too old or too yoaap to work. ^FoodJotoursoldlers was getting scarcer every day and orders came that every farmer should be tithed—that is to say, be should give up to the government agents a portion of his corn and meat and beef cattle. A mounted detail from the home guard was sent out with wagons to enforce the order and gather in. the supplies. There was nobody to rpslst them, for everybody was in the Army save old men and invalids and women and children. Late one evening a company of thirty men came to'Judge Hutchins's house and rudely Informed him that they came for bacon and beef cattle. The judge very .calmly told them be had none to spare. For a while they parleyed with him, but finally demanded the key to his smoke house. My wife and children and two other little grandchildren listened In fear and anxiety. They knew that the judge was a fearless man, but there were so many well armed men against him, the odds were fearful, and when he refused to give up the key, they said ~ break down '•■jy*"'"" ’he Washington correspondent pf Atlanta Journal says that Admiral! vey’s announcement of his engage- HE BLUSHED LIKE A SCHOOL BOY Admiral Dewey Little Woman Marry Him. The the Dewey’s announcement of his engage ment to Mi’s. Hmzen, daughter of Mrs. Washington McLean and sister of John R. McLean, has caused much comment in that city. By appointment the de legation from NashvllU who had oome to Washington to Invite Dewey to be present in that city upon the arrival of the First Tennessee regiment, called upon the admiral at his new home. He received the delegation In tha library, the Invitation being extended bv Representative -Gaines, of Nash ville. The admiral, In answer to the Invitation, said that he was acquainted with many of the First Tennessee and would be delighted to be present at ; tbelr home ooming, but doubted eould he carried and held bx the m^ j^gtber be would be able to do so. wealthy producers. The other I The PnnrppTneTjbmmTssTbdTTiO sal bales could get an advance of 6 cents a meeting lu Washington and j for him to be consult the packing booses of the west. Our home market is well supplied by our farmers wlthjalmost everything that Is good to eit. Beef, pork, butter, Sickens, eggs, potatoes, turnips, oak bages, beans and apples are .In great abundance. Of course we can’t have mutton, for the negroes must have dogs and the candidates must have negro votes. I lost eight flue Merinos in one night and my neighbor, Mr. Dobbins, lost three hundred in five years, aad quit tin business. But with all our drawbacks, our people are on the upgrade. Seven cents cotton has helped greatly, and if our farmer will cut down the acreage still more, It will bring 8 cents next year and leave more land for wheat and corn. The South ern farmers ought to form a mighty trust and regulate acreage and price. Our own county could regulate < Itself by organizing and combining with the local banks. Our average crop is 10,000 bales, and at 8 cents a pound would bring $400,000. About one-half of this pound, or $30 a bale, from the bank* on warehouse certificates. This would take only $150,000. Even $25 a bale would pay the cost of production and leave the margin for the producer, and this would require from the banks only $125,000. If every county was to! do this -a 10,000,000 bale- crop would jump to 8 cents within sixty days. That’s the way to meet trust with trust and defy the speculators. Why can’t | it be done ? Bill Akp. HEROES O* THE TRANSVAAL. Gave Their Comrades Might THE WONDER OP THE WORLD. • r» t tluR 1 lot Mu Hseemb- ca Heard The Telephone Is lanes of the Voice on Sinai. The wonder of the world Is the tele phone. . Everything elec can be ac counted (op,nod explained, but when explanation is made la full of how the telephone works, the mystery still re maius, for, lo, the voice of a friend hundreds of miles away oomee sound ing beside one, as though face to face, aad tbs fact is made clear that there Is a divinity la that voice that dis tance, and roaring storms and all ths clamors of a mighty world cannot break one tone of.- It Is as when the Infinite spoke to Moses on Slaal, as when, after ell the clamors had passed, the still small voice smote upon the oars of the ir and he knew that God was nigh. One asks a question, his own voice dies away la the rdbm.. la which be site, but a moment later out of the darkness a* voice replies, and be knows that bit question has penetrated all the space for hundreds of miles, and that the answer has oome and brought with It all the toaea that love or friend ship would demand for Identification It U easier than formerly to believe that the prayer preferred la fecorded on ths receiver of eternity and In some way Is proof of man’s dominion over not only the earth, but all Its elements and that he has been from the first poesessed a qf divinity which Is suffloiebt to command and make a servant of mere matter, that his place is, after all, only a little lo£er than the angels, and that wheq the environment of this world shall be oast«off he-will find that Instead of death being a oloee It Is but the opening gate to a higher and freer life. We hear a bell, and a voice that we have not heard for months or years/ spends, and so we know that voice still, with all the old tones, to heard. Who shall say that when other summons oomee we shall hear voices that we thought had out forever in whispers, hear 1th all the old rythih sweetn Listening, there Is brought to us/the music of an orchestra playing hun dreds of miles away. What r£u»lc shall we hear when the final key Is touched V The storm, the Interposing mountainr, the boom of cataracts or the roar of rusty Ing trains—^none of them interpose any barrier what will be that music that will come to us when all the barriers are re moved and upon onr sublimated ears strikes the far-off mighty, hut ii parably sweet refrain What la going on ought to exalt men, it ought to make them humble, for why should such specks as they be given the bleesings and the giory that are bestowed upon them ? incom 1 “ It’s getting n-e in fighting —The occurrence of Frffhebrnauiee like. Joubert among the Boers la ex plained by the fact that many Hugo note want to the Cape of Good Hope while It was still a Dutch colony, and there became prosperous aad promt* neat. The descendants of many of these Huguenots may be found la the Transvaal today, and are quite Aa Dutch la their ways aa the other Boera. they would arrest him and ths door. Then he pleaded with them la a trembling voice and said to the cap tale : ‘’Here Is my daughter and her little helpless children and here are two others whose mother Is dead and their lather la In tha army. 1 have but four aoos and they are In the army. My two aoBS-in-law are there. Here oa thi* place are fifty or alxty negroes who are too young or too old to work, and It Is a struggle for us all to live. I am alone and getting old. I have done my share for lbe'>>ofederacy aad cannot do more. Now I know that you can overpower me or kill me and take away the little meat 1 have saved for theee helpless ones, but let mu tell you, captain, the first man who goes to that door to br.-ak It down will be a dead man before be can do U.” His Mack eyes flashed as If lit up by sparks of fire and his voice no loog< r tremoled. He'' was desperate. Lightly he as cended the sialrvf where be had two double-barreled gun* well loaded, and planting himself by the window that overlooked the smokehouse, be said, Now break that door If you dare to,* and the percussion lock went dick, click. Tbe captain looked at the door and then at the judge. There was an awful silence for a few moments. My wife aad children had heard It all aad trembled. Some of the negroes had Fathered at the cabin doors, aad old iam dared to exclaim la a low, husky “ Better not—better not—old. masse kill you—kill you shore.” The captain suddenly reconsidered Come, boys,” said he late, and there ain’t no about a little meat. We can report the case to headquarters and If we are ordered back we can try it again, I reckon.” Without saying goodbye or farewell they left. That night about midnight tbe judge called up old Jack and Virgil, whom he knew he could trust, and hpd the joints of tbe meat and a part of tbe side# carried quietly down to |he old blacksmith shop on the bank of the river. With pick and shovel the cinders and earth in the old hearth were soon excavated and a chamber fashioned that would hold aid hide a thousand pound*. It was burled there nod the hearth was covered just like it had been. Some scattering charcoal filled lo the spaces and some vfra* left on top and ths black old basket placed where it long bad been. With shovel and wheelbarrow the surplus earth was taken down the river bank and tumbad In and then all was quiet on the Chatta hoochee. Tbe burial of Sir John Moore was not more silent, in January, 1865, I joined my family at the plantation and not long after the judge furnished us a good mule team and wagon and we returned to our borne in Rome Ttye day before we left his hospitable naion he opened the cache and found e meat all sweet and sound and we rought a good portion of It with ug* ad It was aa precious as gold. My wife says ti»e charcoal purified It and kept it from tasting old or fafioll. Now then I have answered my friend’s question. He must get up an other civil war and hide his meat in the hearth of an old blacksmith shop. Earth and charcoal are both good dis Infectante and -preservers of flesh, and if I was In Florida I would pack my meat la charcoal, not dust, but small crushed coal. Before putting the meat down I would powder It from a pepper box with borax. Borax Is almost uni versally used now. It Is sure death to skippers and other vermin, and druggist told me that the sale of it had increased a thousand per cent within the last five years. When my family got home we found that it was not good to live by meat alone and we had to send down the river a hundred miles for a few bushels of corn and hid it near a mill in the country, beoause the outlaws and de serters were patrolling the land and taking everything they could find/ A good friend brought us half a bushel of mdhl at a time on the sly, and so we ot along. The memory of old Row Seven Brave Soldiers Lives That Their Escape. The story on the wires of the re markable matyrdom of seven brave Boer soldiers Is winning tbe attention of the civilized world today, say* the Augusta Hera d, and has caused to spring up anew In many an American breast the hope that tbe Boers may not be wiped out aa a uatloo by the overwhelming force that Is erushlng down upon them. At the Elandagaate battle a command of Boers were caught on the rocks by a large force of British. The British were advancing slowly. Hbould they corner the command all would be taken prisoners who «ild not tall In the attempt of a hundred men to over whelm a thousand. There was but chance of escape—through an one were pass', ng British open space, and, while the men exposed to an open fire In through this opening, the could mow them down, it was neces sary to resort to strategy. Suddenly the British were amazed to see eight Boer Infantrymen make a sortie on the space between the fight ing lines. Standing erect they com menced a deadly fire Into the British lines. lo moment every British nflj was turned upon them. Tnoy re turned the fire as best they could. Finally yeven of them fell in death, cut to pieces by English rifle balls. But a shout was heard to ring out. The British advanced la Us direction. It came from the beleaguered Boers on tbe rocks. When the British firs Lad been sent niter the eight petrlot- martyrs, the Boer command had clear- eo the epece and had escaped. These eight men bad* gone out to give theit- lives that their comrades might es cape. They knew they were going to certain death. - This act was grander than Hobson's which Americans have lauded and ap plaaded ; greater than that at Ther J mopylae, which a world has told of in song and story. Such devotion to a cause, such martyrdom, such eelf-sswrl- fice, wins admiration for and devotees for any cause. An English general withdrew from the continental war when be found an American general subsisting solely oa ■west potatoes If that spirit lives now lo Her Majesty’s army, there will, :n consequence of this martyrdom, be retirements from tbe Transvaal/' - Triumph of Sdrokry —Oor of the most difficult and peculiar surgical operations ever attompied in Balti more was successfully performed at St. Joseph-’# .hospital, when Professor Louis McLane Tiffany, assisted by Dr. Carey Gamble and other surgeonp of tbe hospital, removed from the a tad of Charles C Barker a steel chisel four and a half Inches long, one Inch wide and one quarter of an inch thick. The operation lasted only a little over half an hour, and there are good chances of the man's recovery. Mr. Barker was attending a woodworking machine which contains two steel chlseU that make 1,200 revolutions a minute- He was leaning over the machine when the chisels were driven out by.the tremendous centrifugal force. He was wounded over the bridge of the nose and the wound, which was a cut an Inch wide, was dressed as any ordlnar/ wound. One of the chisels was found, but the other one was not. A few days later Mr. Barker suffered partial paralysis and was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital. There Professor Tiffany ex amined him and suspected the chisel was In his head. The x-rays were re sorted to and showed his surmise to be correct. Tho sharp tool, hurled with the force of a bullet, had entered where the wound was over the nose and had taken a downward course. ^ —When Thomas T. Crittenden wa* governor of Missouri he had a colored hostler who was much in awe of bis employer. The man was apologetic over trifles, bnt when tbe governor’s tavorite horse died one night the case seemed to be beydnd the m;n’s power of palliation. He wandered about the stable yard lor » long time, lost in thought. Then going into Critten den’s presence be said : " Guv’nor, that yere black horse, Pluto, ain’t a- -■ “ " What It was very necessary present, should they desire to him. The admiral then walked up and down the floor two or three tlmee, and finally stopping la front of the dele- gatloa, his feoe wreathed .in smllee, said : " There Is one other reason, gentle men, why I may not He able to be pre sent.” Here he began blushing like e enhoolboy. The delegation waited a few moments, and Impetuously tbe ad miral blurted out tbe announcement In this fashion : “ Tbe fact of the matter la \ have just this day secured the promise of one of tbe most charming little wo men la the world to become Mrs. Dewey." Dr. Wharton, a member of the delegation, who had been with Admiral Dewey at Annapolis nod Is an Intimate friend of tbe admiral, rushed forward, and giving him an oldfaah ioned embrace, heartily congratulated him. TLe other congratulations were dignified. Tbe admiral then proceeded to tell the delegation that they were the second to learn of his prospective happioees. " The first person to whom I an nounced my engagement was ex-Becre- tary Hillary Herbert, my confidential Irleod, as well as my legal counsel," said tbe admiral. The fie said, would be eanou very toon. It will be remembered tbet It waa at tbe home of Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Hazen that the admiral stayed when be first reached this city. Many la lerestlng things occur rad during the visit of the delegation to the admiral. Mr. Price said that he had seen soma doubt cast upon the story of his eow famous order for Gridley to fire. The admiral confirmed this story end re lated how he bad stood oe the bridge as the fleet entered the harbor, and teiog a little short of ammunition, had signalled to the rquad*on so*, to fire until they saw the smoke from the flagship’s guns. Finally, he when the whole Spanish squadron at*bis lent, be 1 Aa laetdeat at the Battle 'drier. ^ .The Associate Reformed terian has published many just aad worthy tribute* to Its lata editor. Dr. W. M. Grier, but the folldwiaf *IU be read iftth treat interest by all of hia friends/ especially his comrades who wore tbe gray: It has h*N( written by Dr. Joseph H. TwlcbeU, a prominent Congregational minister of Hartford, Conn., who Is distinguished both a* an author nod e* a preacher He has re cently returned from Europe, aad writes ae follows: Ths news of Dr. Grier’s death struck m# with grief a* well as surprise, for I held him la very warm esteem, aad had ardently hoped to meet him la this life. In fact there were few thlacs that 1 so much desired, or had antici pated with so much pleasure. During State Volunteers, la'ths Army of the Potomac. He wee among the wounded Confederate prisoners who fell under my oare after the battle of Williams burg In May, 1862 Though he was only a boy la age, he so impressed me with ala Intelligence aad with then manly fortitude with which he bore hla sufferings, that I spoke of him at considerable length la a letter written home to my father la Connecti cut. 1 was with him only two or three days then, aad I saw him do more *, but I never forgot that bright brave boy. ii was, I should say, seven or eight years ago, (but, no, I find it Is taa years,) when I had beea pastor here nearly or quite twenty-three years, that a gentleman named Courtenay from Charles toe, oaoe Mayor of that olty, came to Hartford on a visit to friends la my parish. Oa meeting him one evening, 1 eeked him if he knew ol sacb a mao la South Carolina as W. M. Grl.-r, explaining the reason of my question. All I could tell him, to Identify the person, th# SOB of a minister a leg at WllllamsVurg. Mr. Courtenay at oaoe knew aO about him. proceeded to give me ai* I Mm : ot his high standing la point of abuadaatiy year. Gratitude is tiaa virtues. W* at aH tissue, goodness of God. only be gratitude there aro times wl „ visible evidence aad aadfblai to that gratitade. We haver pastils permitted to piaai aid In | rains have oome 1 yielded her frnita, allowed to enjoy the labor of owl We have taring the irf It I onedavoat of the sixty-five when we shall < tolls of our laoot tbe Giver of all bleeslage therefore, that we hearts show oor tender ears of onr 1 • W09119^1 „ Carolina, in conformity c tarnation of the Preaid eat of tho 1 ed States, do hereby apart Thursday, the vember, 188$, as a day aad praysr, to be by ell the people of Let all public all private' kind cease eed tat ti In their accustomed nod retder thanks e to their Creator aad btaesiags of life aad liberty boss which they dally ra the people on this day alee tha fatherless ead not forget II poor aad the needy ye save al< that he lost To my dallght, replied that he Accordingly be | account of the great blessed to give oeods scholarship aad of character ; of hla , eminence as e preacher, Ac., Ac., aad engagement, 0 | his honorable petition as' presldeu. Died publicly |o( Ereklra College; all of which It ratified me extremely to bear. la pep; perlog bridge i overnor end.” In surprise. " Case he am memory — . . wnd-Bryeet Is still ^eolous.to^ta fog. go 1 "?. *0 ^,T* b«rry long, his kindness in those days of tributa-1 n»»*es you iff UDIlt, BenP^ tlon. It Is encouraging to know tha Armour A Co., have aot abolished al. the smokehquses id the land, nor drawn our home made meat into their mighty trust. Our farmers , are gen orally raising tbelr own meet aud bring a good deal to town to sell, nod leaned over the bridge and nude use of the remark so frequently quoted: " You may fire whea you are ready, Gridley." The admiral had the entire house lighted from tiie first aed be felt that he never wanted to leave. He seat for addressing his Geiees said oer own •laoerlty of la ante sol my seal of the Stale of South he aMxad. Done at the city of Columbia, this lottar A □ ISOA gratified me extremely to bear. la I ’ R fact, I almost wondered that it was so much to me to hear It. But it showed “J * how deeply that wounded tad had la-' m asata. te rested me aad was lodged la my me mory. After that ha was often la my thoughts. I got out my old army tat tare, which my father had preserved, ead read agala what I had said of him 1862; aed feeling strongly moved hereto, oee day I treaeorlbod It aad, with a note of exptaoetiea. seal It to Dr. Grier. I have eow before jbo the letter he Immediately wrote mo ta reply, begiaalag, "Yes, I am Coe federate boy who loot a tag Williamsburg, aad who received marked attentloe aad kladaam al your I be < beads, aad at the hands of other Fed-1 the eral soldiers." Bat ho had to own that ho ooald aot separata mo la reooUsotioa from my comrades, which, of oonreo, was aot surprlsl g, for I mother was only oh ---- - mootha old. Tho ire alwaye PSII who mafia as that Utamaro to reoelre, and by of charity prove tho ta of Co in town, N. Y, lived ninety-four few miantae beta I vigorous health teatal faculties I for a glam of milk ties perfectly. She esknfi I milk aad rowafcad Mtho k th# empty fNas tohor ta very good milk. II lo ap. Mra. ' a child la »d up, and took the delegation everybody liked him aid maalfeetad months oU cellar to too story, saying It was good-will to him; aad besides he was eighty-two rut real estate he bed ever owned, | then very weak aad fell of pata. grandchild than after so long groal so to I than G * fa his Chleoes valet, ead remarks chiefly to Mr. be hoped Couyrase would rmlt him to keep this gallant little hlnese boy. He sold that under tbe taws of the country the Oriental valet x>uld not remele le this country more than six months, and then asked the pertinent question : “ What’s to be come of him V" The boy bee a medal for gallantry, for having served In tbe American navy, and he waste to re main here. Mr. Galnee will offer a resolution es soon as Congress con- vsnes making provisions whereby this favorite -ol the admiral nan remain ta the United States permanently. One member of the delegation naked the Oriental to describe, tbe fight. He did It In tbe seme language, says Mr. Price, that he was quoted es using In describing it in New, York. He ■aid : We sailed In bay and Spanish guns went boom, boom. ’Reckly Commo dore he say, 'Fire, Mr. Gridley, when you went.’ Amerioan guns went boom, fxjom, boom, boom, and Spanish went to bell.” The admiral did not enjoin upon any member of tbe delegation to keep his engagement to Mrs. Hazen secret. Mrs. H azen, who has won the admiral’s heart, Is the widow of General Hazen and one of the most charming hostesses and tbe cleverest women In Washing ton. She Is very beautiful, about 50 years of age. She looks as young as the average woman does at 30 or $5. She and her mother live In the home originally built by Boas Shephard. It is one of the handsomest houses In Washington. From ths Urns w* an interval resume speak,there terobengeof lettai as 1 have said, we have hoped I would oome Booth, ho would boom North G vo us tho oheooo to taoo tho feoe again. But-it wee aot to be. The lest time I wrote to him was to tall him that my eoa was adjutant of tho Third Cot>aoetieat Volunteer "Cl in eat, enlisted la the Halted service for wee le camp at Carolina, pets that way, to give the yonag man a oalL He straightway answered le case he had the opportunity he oer- taiaty would do so. la January l ran down to pay my eoa a visit there, aad thought of going to see Dr. Grier; bnt I ben to limit my absence to the days between two BebOalhe, aad there was not time. Had I known-bat, ah, wo never know. God grant that I meet aed greet him In the try I chfldreo and a reanne; hot, 1 grandchildren and great giendefilllren not met. Be were at the feaernl, Mra. Jeanmiao’s h aad I hoped bus band, Thomaa. 4tad several panes sometime, to sgoT^ap had lived la Walsetaw thlrtplive How Cukioarrr Wap Sai There ta a hnadeosM yonag Washington who had the 1 fall istcd ta the Uaitod Stales stf'uSrcfvf'jESrte 1 better oona- —Edward O. Osgood, of Angelica^ ^ Oaaad F street ear. _ - found herself la ths sofoo seal sharp eyed womaa who sa |a whole tol of Interest la crutches.MRia|P women’s feoe oarefelly lor a minutes, thee tamed her the workataaehlp of whloh she took the liberty to curiously. Then she looked th< iQii skko looted t&o * gala, and leaned v her. " Do yoa mtnd talllng um how you tael your tag’” she asked, iwpOf. "No* la tho bast," rsopoadadlho N. Y., who has suffered from blindness for tho post forty years, was suddenly restored to perfect sight through the removal of a cataract one I yonag w<w—, day last week. Osgood hae always | tho battle of Gettysburg." been well to do and thirty years ago ho married one of tho village hollos, at 1 » hmwa-obtat least she was thus described to hUa. as Tr.uinTi# h* had never seen her. Eleven child-1 *),• —— ren were the result of this onion, all 1 of whom Osgood was acquainted with only by the sound of their voloes. Several of his children have and left home, so a grand family re- \ y amiably, ”1 taal M la I the Oepitol the United 7- Ths friend that can ffSe t you and arrest ths danger which threatens 1 . — — ou from pain j wife says that country lard Is purer better than any that comes from your life, is e friend indeed—vou have Just such a friend in -tlllcator Liniment. Thousanc a have adopted it aa a household , We s friend for Gtveit out hi for Oil •r* pains. today. want yon to do so. bold everywhere. —The Kansas City Journal trans cribes from the register of the 8avp i Hotel In that city the following cur: out entries, whloh followed each other in the order given: " J. R. Pigg, Wind sor, Mo.;” “C. B. Hogg, Canton, O.;" and "Brown Bacon, Chicago.” The Journal adds :» " The three gentlemen who attached such strange names iq juxtaposition were not .acquainted with each other, but when the hotel clerk saw the strange signatures three gentlemen whose names at tracted so much attention were eagerly sought by the curious, aq| It was but a short time before Messrs. Pigg, Hogg and Bacon were good friends.” .—The taws of Michigan permit wo men to practice at the bar; but the Supreme Court of the State has de cided that a lawyer of that sex elected prosecuting attorney In Ogemaw Coun- Aj-CAA , bQt legally, hold th_6 office bo- cause she is not a quadifiea elector. There is no prohibition In the taw to prevent a, woman from acting ns a pro secuting attorney, but it ta held as a rule of common taw that wtiere the statutes are slleet respecting qualifica tions to office it must be understood that only electors are eligible. U, ta •aid that tha case will be appealed la the Supreme Court. . union has been arranged for ta order that the fatter may see his children for the first time. * • _ —The recent order of the Russian government for the equipment of rail road trains with the Westing house air brake involves the equipment of $300,- 000 care, as well as a large number of locomotives. Sixty thonaandof these oars are to be fitted with Westing- house air brakes and 240,000 wflh air the I pip** hod couplings insideo< three years, it. I This will place all the oars nnder con trol of the air brake, aa improvement over the American system of making up trains of freight oars with and with out air brakes, maklag It impossible to fully control the cars. Russia Is the first country in Europe to ass the continuous air brake for Its freight aad military trains. —The British troops that are being dispatched to the Transvaal have to travel almost as far as the American that are sent' to tha Philippines, about six thousand miles from Southampton to Gape Town, and tha scene of operations la from three hun dred to one thousand miles inland from that point. —William Alexander Smith Is the oldest living member of tho New York Stock Exchange. He was otaotad a rla 184£ ^ lory, where admission Ii by card. As they did not doorkeeper migat cure one from soy Senator thoy be acquainted with, " But we do not know any! tte? replied., “ WoU, It ls vary much to your oredr it,” said tho doorkeoper. " Pins rigkt in, ladies." -"The new ever' man in town, e said the old tahabi want to leave with fold, bat BUI held minute. Flndln’ way, an’ wantin’ to make a cord, the preacher got BUI the side of a hones an* ' rail an’ knocked thadovf —Two-thirda of tho;qui snssed is pi odwoal la tha Java, from cultivated plants having wsar Tho now prooooo largo