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v*-* 5C’ w.■in ■» niii j<P"i'"i .... , ' ’". i • ' W**r 'jW* V** # / • * *l _ .7 •- VOL- XXIII. MA.1TDAY AT ANDERSON IN ’65 A TKUK STORY OK rt.K WAR. How an Up-Couniry Town in South Carolina War Ualcied by a Drunken Horde of Bur- and Hia General barians. Charleston “Sunday News. In the t town of A— upper South Caro' A df ^ . . fci'uated Id ina, ad did gentle* man, his wife, twodaughterirand a son had tajten refuge during the war. A hey resided In rooms of an old hotel cotbpuratively comfort,*!) y bituated to' many who had also left pleasant and luxurious homes. Oa the fl-st day of May, 1863, they were pondering the question of provisions—one of great consideration in those days of scarcity. The larder boasted of a II tie flour, sm*U quauiity of grut and a well stripped hambonfc, and (thegreat treat' hen, «onje sorgnum. <>0 al Ar m had een sounded theevi umg beiore, "Phe /ank'ees will probably reach A to morrow to raid the to' vn-T o. course it was Illegal, peace hawi-jg oeen de clared, and we ought todijiye been free from any molestation of ene nies. Said one of the ladies, (a stately dame :) “If the raldei s do comj there will he BO me satisfaction in having nothing for them to take.” The May day dawned upon us in all Its loveliness ; the air so bracing, the fragrance in woods a^d v a leys every where gladdening us after sad winter’s reign; the sun shone down as if in blessing. Picnics were the order of the day among tchoois; all seemed cheery, at least for the morn, lor not many heedeo the rumor of the vlous day. But, oh.! what terror was in store ere none dreamed of it rumor assumed reality and ev.ryone bethought- bow they might save just what they would n ed m st from’ the despoliert. My sisierard 1 bjs.c.i our- _ selves cu.uxtiug «eu»e- ^wetry-priDO 1 , ing. rr sorts ofabomThahTe Idsulla and pre reign of the day cloeed ; About 1 p. m. the e. ■*+- ' And did he know of the surrender? It greatly amused my patriotic father, who bad kept himself well advised in all important, matters, and told this fellow so. 1 Tea was served and,, though the meal was a simple and scant one, he was asked to join us. He declined, much to our gratification, and said: M I will not interrupt you, only wish to rest and will just sit where I am.” He was marshal of the unruly horde, and we had asked him for protection and was giad to have him near> We took our seats to partake of our meal—tea, biscuits, grist and some sorghum, (the latter a delicacy during the war.) When we went to help ourselves there was nothing like a spoon or fork there; no sliver of any kind. Sister, who pre sided at the waiter, called Lawrence, (our waiting boy, a tali, comely black of 16, well trained in bis calling,) to get the silver, and wondered why he had omitted It, knowing it was needed. He was very' obstinate, refusing to place It; 'kept twisting sideways and turning his back to the captain, and making ail the signs secretly he oould do without detection from the captain. The antlos and signs were too ridicu lous, and we were full of laughter. At last ciater ordered him to go atonoe and atop his nonsense. He brought them and kept a vigilant eye upon the captain, ana as soon as wg were through the meal, instantly as we rose, grabbed up each article and rushed wiidiy out of the room'; hid them up an oid unused chimney. We found outtbat be was very sure the captain might rob us and tried to prevent It; he alao secreted his master’s silver 1 beaded mahogany stidk, putting it under the rafters of the roof. Poor fellow, he became a little demoralised after ols freedom, and there was much excu»e (or him, but be seemed sorry and desirous to no-end. Tno first nigbt, and several after, there was constant Intrusion and riot BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28 i899. NO. '7. like the name,) who were not con quered, but overpowered, out number ed so greatly—the little '* David ” be fore a great 1 ‘ Goljath.” What had wa ever to be ashamed of in upholding and defending our State sovereignty ? I have grasped the hand of friendship on the other side since, and know there are some who possess magnanimity of soul suffi ilent to meet '* rebels ,r in' fraternity. Tbe New South need never blush for the Old. sa nl in putting it in a glass jsr auU ijrupuseu to bury linear a (pring a iiuie tlistaaoe from us. Oj nur w-»> a. ^»i.p j *t *. fnefi(Ts 'HliOV-,' a-ITi.g a . vc , out be fore we could decile we found our selves sun oundeu by the raider*, wno had come into the-iv>«* in * I direc tions. We bed gone to ibe bo.* of tbe bouse to seent: our treasures, but saw them across tde rtri-et. S -'.-r (ihc bravest of # trie tw* ; 11,> *t)out ner person—it was a uasgerogs act, lor we bad heard of vecy rude treatment in some Instances. Our frunu's house was beset with tbe vandair, coarse, ill- bred, dirty mtn nut enc «bo ookea respectable or geni-temt(.iy. fney ewily toon the waled our Iriend bad on, Went to tbe stable and stole a fine pel borse, leaving a iame and blind mule lustead. The watch wae* valued much for Us antiquity in the family, but they did not heed ib*:. We were in great perplexity as to our getting back to our home on' the »q a are. Pour thousand men, under un> oeo li-own, had crowded our pretty, peaceful town Oen. Brown was nut in a loudilion during bis slay of two days and nights to control of command anything, much less bis men ; the famtiu-s of tbe town were at their mercy. They tried to gain protection, asking fora guard la almost every home, i a-ked tbe won derfui conqueror to give us protection. He said. "There D such a demand for guards that we coufil have tver so many more men.” We reached our home to find our dea r mother greatly distressed and un nerved, having risen that morning for tbe first time in three weeks from a sick bed, belnr an .ipva.id for some .years. Father, my dear, patriotic, good father, bad I «.• n robbed of a fine gold watch and roughly handled. Two young demons had entered the bouse ; one girdled with numbers of dirks, pistols and other articles of violence began flinging out everything In a trunk ol mother's looking for arms and monwr, destroying clothing a<>d vases Xt were put away tbor«£ when asked: Ifini iHsi iinir be turned and with an oath a pistol at her, saying : "This ankee'sGod.” Sne was alarmed to find- help: just then a man, ed to be an officer of some me in and ordered these wrSFW»e out. One of them stole our old senrantls watch, a silver one, that he had given his young master In charge, hoping to .have repaired. When he knew they had taken it he was enraged and said : ” Well, well, is dat all dose yer good for nuttin’ rascals could do? Tief from a poor old nlgger-iho watch, all he got, and can’t git no odder one. I neber had no use for dem k.nd er people, nohow.” He was our trusty servant for years and ever ready te devote his whole soul to our interests. We entrusted him with the silver service to be hidden and we knew If old “Daddy G—” hid It no one could ever get It. We were besieged by scores of men, entering the kite en below and ordering our servants to wait on them ; kept them cooking for them all night. They for bade tbelr cooking anything for us and only by stealth did they do so in the morning. They gave the negroes air the provisions, cIj h ng, bedding, e c., which had been stolen from the whites. A lady who had started for W with her little daughter was stripped of her bonnet and outer wrtfps; these were given to some negro women who were about the. depo ; her trunk was broken open, and some fine drts-es and money were also taken- They fired into the cars acd prevented their departure. Some of these ruffians entered my father’s room . they found an old rusty rifle, one he had used years before, and, after ridiculing it, presented arms and told him : “ You can kill as many rebels as you please with thle; we don’t want it.” At about tea time (aear 7 o’clock) k puffy looking Irishman, with a tolerably good face, came into the passage, and a>iked for some water to refresh himself from du«t and heat. We told our man servant to put a has 1 n L soap bad towel there for hit use. He seemed v ry glad to have it and alter using he would rest a little. Of course It was the best policy to accom odate him, so my father (« hose 00ur- tesy was always ootleeaoie) invited this Capt. C , as ho styled himself, into our sitting room. He took his •eat oa our broad, old faabioaed sofa and plied fetber with eom* questions, asking : *• Do yon know that Lincoln wes killed, murdered ?” And did he hear anything abont the war ? thefts. Too day after entering the town was hideous ; tbe pubite square was fi.led. with drunken cavalry ; the men und discovered a cellar full of large quantities of fin* liquor, falch bad been stored away during the war. ' Tbey took possession of It, gave some to tbe negroes ana drank until tbey reeled upon their Dorses. White looking from my win dow 1 .n« tome men strewing strain of powder below tbe windows of tbe botel nod hnnrd them chuckling over it, remarking, “Won’t there be n lively time up there tonight?’’ “Pretty warm.'* all interspersed with oaths. I rau across the square to find Cent —-, who bad promised to protect u«, sod told him what l bad seen and heard THE DEATH OF GEM. LAWTON SHOT DOWN HIS AT THE HBAirOF TROOPS. With a Small Escort He Led the Wny lor Fifteen Mites Over Hills and Through bane Breaks—Bln Com mending Figure Mad* a Splendid Target tor Sharpshooters. The killing of Gen. Lawton near San Mat 0, Luzon, on the 18th Inst., was a great lone to tbe army, and it greatly deplored thronghout the coun try. Gen. Lawton left hie headquar ter* at La Loma to lead an expedition throngh Mnriqulna valley, which haa been an Insurgent stronghold throngh- out the war. The vailey be* been la- veded several times, bat we* never held by the Americans, and Gen. Geronimo, the Filipino commander, was supposed to have in that valley the largest organised force north of Manila. The night wae one of the worst of the season, and a terrific rain was falling. Accompanied by his staff and a troop of cavalry, Gen. Lawton set out at ninn o’clock In advance of the main force, consisting of the 11th cav alry sod two battalions of Infantry, Shich started from La Loma at mid night With a small escort, he led the way through an almost pathless coun try, a distance of Ifi miles over hills and through cane break and deep mud, tbe boreee climbing tbe rocks and slid ing down tbe bills. Before daybreak the command had reached th» head of the vailey. ^ San Mateo was attacked at eight o’clock and a three boars fight ensued. This resulted le bat fuw casualties oa tbe American tide, apart from the death of General Lswtoa, bat tbn at tack was difficult because of the nature' defenses of the town. Gnnnral Law- ton was walkiog along tbn Irleg line, within 300 yards of a small sharpshoot ers' treaob, conspicuous In tbe big white helmet be wore, nod a light yel low rale boat. He we* also easily die tinguDbebte because of his command ing stature. The sharpshooters directed several Be said, “ 1 will give you satisfaction.' t lose shots which dipped the grass ^ ehs^sws e SmWm » — — — — W S mm U a s a dF dM — — 11 ~ He ordered them to taka brooms sod sweep up carefully every particle, aed be put those who had done It nodsr arrest. This was going 00, and much mope, whfie the grand Geo. B was snoring In a besottej sleep at the prin cipal hotel. Tbe stores were throws open, everything likn food turavd Into the dirt or given to nngroen, who came (or miles around to got ail tbey oould. Tbe corn strewn around fed bogs for weeks on the public tqunre. The ex tortioners trad n sad lesson ; tbey bed been holding beck for higher prices nod lost ail, destroying visions of great •ortnees. Confederate money filled the air; floated everywhere; the negroes had naodfuis, believing (ns tbey were told) it was sound money nod available still The commissary stores were broken into the afternoon of the second day aud the captain told us w* must “just uet wbnt we needed. It was all right.” Of course, wa could not stoop to such proceedings. The servaata, however, were less tcrupulous and were well sjpplled with many needs that bed be come luxuries to us; tbey were so generous that tbey brought a great deal'of it to us, insisting on our shor ing with them, “ Mouse and Misnts is ’bilged to hob •on*" -A.PaffrfrftRt IflTr [‘ IBem to Wgrob the insurgeotl ■command. take whatever tbey wished ere It was Bung out by these raiders in the street. Before the Court House on the square the powder that was takes from the commissary store was piled up high and •naleaa explosion like a bombard ment for three or four hours that after noon-one tconld net ste through the dense smukc—jU(t to frighten a lot of defenc lees women and children, aud some aged mea who bad been in- capaoited for service. We enier.ained the captain about two days and nights ; I don't think he relished hla menu, It was so scant and very simple. We ielt sorry when he left us, as he bad prevented a good deal of annoyance nod Insults whlob others expeilenoed. He terrified us by saying he was sorry to have to leave, as the stragglers were worse and they oould not stay to control them, and th*y might be troublesome (or a while yet.. He joined us at our evening meal, then rose in a hurry, going round to each one wi|h a very familiar, “Good-bve, grandma, good ’’ -'and coming to bye, graopa me, “ Good-bye, * Hetty,’ and God bless you ail.” “ Hetty ” was a new name I bad never borne. For two days and nights after the cavalry left with the great Gen. B — we gathered la our sitting room every evening, in company with some others who were in the building, and were, like ourselves, fearing molestation from stragglers. Rust was impossible with our nerves unstrung and oon aurally anxious. Borne of these Yan kees camped about twelve miles out of town and came In at night, creating all sorts of disturbance. They tool pot session of the Court House, but die not occupy it long, for they were driven out positively by a small but powerful enemy, “ the’ flea ;” they had been la possession soihe time in great numbers and no one disturbing thsa. It would be impossible to describe the rude bar barlo reign of these wonderful con querors. They certainly disgraced civilization. Taa pretty little town was sad and desolate for months after, as a lethar gic spell, a sort of Rip Van Winkle •lumber—not as comfortable, though — novnred o’er the place. We oould not rally our dazed sease* sufficient! realize we were those of *’ the Oause.” I have ” burled the hatchet oad smoked “ tbe calumet of <p*ece, though fearing I never would. Not that I ever oould (eel ought but re* oad pride for oar " rebels,” " L. him. His staff officers called Geoeral Lawton’s attestlon to thn dan- *sr be we* In, but bn only laughed with his usual contempt for builnw. Suddenly hn ezclaimnd: ” 1 nm •holt*’ clenched hie bands In a desperate af* fort to stand erect, aed fell into the arms of a staff officer. 0.*derltee rushed across the field for surgeuas who dashed up Immediately, bet their efforts were useless The oody wee taken to a dump #f bushas laid upon a stretcher, the familiar whit* he.met covering the face of the dead geoeral. Almost at this moment the cheers of the American troop* rushing Into Son Mnteo worn mingling with the rifle volleys. After the fight six stalwart cavalrymen forded the river to the carrying the litter oa thuir shoulders, the staff preceding with lb* colors, aad a cavalry escort followed. roop* filed bareheaded throngh tbe building where the body wee laid, aed many n tear fell from tha eyes of men who had long followed tbe Intrepid L\wtoo. The entire command wee strlcknn with grlnf as though each man bad suffered n personal loan. San Mateo lies between a high moun tain behind and a broad, shallow and cutting pff tbe communication maintained by them between Bacoor and Imus, by the means of the road be tween those places. He woe success ful in clearing tha country of thn Filipinos. ... Geoeral Lawton and General Yonng arrived at Arayat, October 19, with a force of about 3,000 men. He nett mad* his headquarters at Cabaoatuao. About the middle of November the whereabouts of Generals Lawton and Young, oa acoeunt of the rofldtty of their movements, became armost as mysterious as that of Agulaoldo. Gen. Lan ton was at Tayaug on De cember 1, his troops having captured largo quantities of Insurgent supplies- Later be returned to Manila oad start ed December 18 to capture San Mateo, where hp was shot aad killed. Geoeral Lawton's luck in battle had been marvelous. He had been in hun- pat home a faw months, I want to keep on staying there and it nearly kills me dreds of skirmish*# and midnight at tacks. He was regarded as a man of notion and of splendid courage, but out considered reck lees. He never ex posed his men without due consider ation of tbe risks and the stake. His men knew thlsond would unhesitating ly follow his lead under what seemed to be the most desperate conditions. The Indians come to know him as the most active, vigilant, wary and de termined of foes and his pursuit and capture of Geronimo, the famous Apa- ohe chieftain, has gone down to history at one of the most remarkable paigna ever undertaken with tbe small foroe in hand. General Miles picked out Lawton to lead the chase after the Indian chief, and for three months, day ,*and night, without a pause, through all sorts of vicissitude* of weather and personal suffering, Law- ton hung on tie trail liken bloodho«nd until the gem* was run to death, aad for the first time In n quarter of a oeal- ury, southeastern Arisons was pacified. Gee. Lswton’s death caused univer- al sorrow lo Manus. NA.Ameclpao, t ffijer has a greaper popularity among oil ranks and In bin dealings with the nnlivee be commanded tbelr respect and confidence to a remarkable degi To bis exeeutiv* ability a* al leadership Is chUfirioue the mn‘. execution of the plea of campaign lo north Lusoa, which has scattered the Insurrectionary, forties from baa Isidro to the Gulf of Ltngayee. Tnat section of tbe tilaad, which bad to be traversed during thn very worst eenaeo of the year, presented dlffl :uiiias 000- sidtred by all acquainted with It to he almost insurmountable, but Geo. Law- ton thoroughly covered the programme assigned him. • When he reached Taynug aad found that tha other di vlsloa bed not arrived, ha west through to Dagupaa oe hla owa responsibility. Although hn lm- oosed great hardships oe his men, be la variably shared their lot cheer felly. Thirteen Americans, leoludrag thiea officers, Mr* wounded la the engage ment at t»nn Mateo where Gee. Law- ton was kilted. Capt. Breckearidfe’e wound is sot coos.tiered dangerous, al though the bullet peso Ira tad his arm aad side. It la estimated that the la surgeate numbered M0 aad that half of them were armed with nice. Tbe Americans n am be red 1 300, bat the command had been much depleted by slckaes*. The insurgents retreated to the northeast, leaving six deed. This regkoe, although oloa* to Manila, hae proved the Most difficult from which to dislodge rae enemy. It Is sow reported that the lasurgsai* in tend to ooeoestrata at Santa Crus, L-qruaa province. The American secret service reports that Agulaaldo has joined the Marlqul- na force. , BILL AMP ON LECTURE TOUR. OBSERVATIONS DURING A TRIP. The Dlffisrenoe Between Large ^ad • Small 0(1 lee—He fts Astonished at the Growth of Some Places. Riches bring a trouble when they come, And money leaves npnin when it goes. But everybody now should have a little sum. To brighten up tha year at its oloss. And so my wife—thoughtful woman —told me that I had better start out hud see If I oouldent talk tha food peo ple out of enough to make the grand children happy. Tbe weather wae un- propltlous and my old bone* were grumbling, but I obeyed the maternal orders and want. Inertia Is a ffueat In vention. The older w* grow the moth Inertia wa have. When I have stayed to rouse up and go away for even a week. After I have gotten on the road tha harness seems to warm me np, my Inertia la broken and new aeenes and people an A friends absorb my atten tion. »*' I have just returned from Alabama from a second trip aad the welcome home has settled me down so calm and serene that my Inertia baa began to work and I fee) like I could never go away any more. Tbe weather was against me somewhat, but I reckon i sold enough talk to ruo us throngh this Christmas. I hope so, for It may be the last, and then—what than ? There Is a wonderful difference be tween the people of big cities and those of little unpretending towns. By request I visited Chlldersburg, a vtf- a e of a few hundred people, whom I not find too busy to talk to me; oak them all sad bonce—and 1 except the hair , tbe polves left at .*< daybreak, aad after they Were all these haeteqi< west oat to see how moay they had killed. They never found a single wolf, but tbe ground for three acres sround the cabin was cover ed three feetd*‘p la hair. That's what I thought Le said and I retold;It, the*, way. Not long altar this a mutual friend told me that my huater friend was hurt at me for exaggerating the story, for he declared that ha told me that tha ground was covered two aad a half feet deep In hair, and I hod, without nay provocation, added half a foot to It. And so to keep the peso* 1 agreed to take off that half foot and have aver since done so when I repeat-1 Eliza, 1 ed the hunter’s s ory. It Is a sore tarn - 1 *— 1 —* A WIDOW OF TWO The Death ol Mr*. Oa# of tha level Yam The e plot re* Young I City, D when it Portrld log Pin wnloh 0 only twi the loot to (I trenches and tbe buildings command. The Americans were compelled to lord tbe river under fire. It was while they were lying la the rice field preparatory to passing the stream that General Lawton was shot. All except the officers were be hind cover. A staff officer wee wound ed about the same time and one other offloer and sevhn men were wounded. After three hour* shooting the Fill- pluos were dispersed Into the moun tains Mrs. Lawton and the children are living In a government residence for merly occupied by Spanish generals. General Lawton was known as a good fighter and soldier of experience anil ability. He served in the Union army throughout the civil war, having en tered the service as sergeant of Com pany E, Ninth Indiana volunteer Infan try, in April, 1861. In March, 1865, he was breveted coionel for gallant and meritorious service during the war. le entered the regular establishment in July, 1866, as second lieutenant of the Forty-first infantry (colored), and remained with that branch of the army until January, 1871, when he was trane- fered to the Fourth cavalry, i^th Which ha remained until September, 1888, when he wae appointed inspactor geoeral with the rank of major. Later he was promoted to the rank of lieu tenant colonel and held that rank un til the-opening of the war wlta Spain when iPreeldont M.Kinley np -orated him brigadier of volunteers, and as signed him to the command of a divis ion of tbe Fifth army corps, command ed by General Shelter. He served with disUnctlon in the operations be fore Santiago. On General Lawton’s arrival in Ma nila last February heeralleved General Anderson, In command of the regular troops. He captured Santa Cruz, at the extreme cod of- the lake near Me- also, April 10. This place, which was a Filtpln* stronghold, fell into the hands of General Lawton’s expedition after some sharp fighting which form ed one of the most interesting battle* ef the war. The next hard fight ng took place In hie attack on San Rafael. After tbe capture of San Isidro by General Law- ton, President McKinley seat him dispatch of congratulations. It was aeoouooed in June that General Law Vos bad beaa placed la command ol tha defease of Maatla aad tha troops forming the Use around the olty Early U October General Lawton woe engaged la disporting the Let England End the Was.—The repeated disaaters wnlua the British bav# encountered la South Africa lead* The New York Harold to make tha friendly suggestion that bar maiaetv’n *ow*rng»*>i. - m*. nH K fMiti /HT oU t* r ^ Btfflntttndo of embarrasement^egard Douses there and the child It outgro* the war as having gone far enough. lagthepareaL All erouod this center Five Britlsu commander* In rapid suo; The heroic cession have met reverses, death of General Symons was the pre lude to the retreat of his suooessor la comorand, General Yule, from Dundee to Ladysmith. This was quickly fol lowed by the siege of Ladysmith, aad that first disaster which Sir George White so gallantly reported and which so startled the British nation. Then oame the surprising reverses of Gen eral Gatacre at Stormberg and Lord deuthuen at Magersfonteln. To those must now be added the serious disaster that has befallen the commander-In- chief on the Tugela River. These iienerals have admitted their repulses with manly oaodor and have not sought to shift the responsibilities, a* haa been the case in many historic Instances. Their conduct has challenged tbe highest admiration. It haa been sug gested that the German Emperor take the mediatory Initiative when the pro per moment arrives. find too busy to talk to especially tha old Confederate vete rans, whose grizzly beerd-ond settled features always mark them. I can tall them a hundred yards off. Aed the common people beard him gladly.” sayeth the scriptures Jest so have I found the yeomanry of ner susoy Southland are my meet willing hearer*- > I love them sad love to talk to them, for they have neither policy nor hypo crlsv. lam glad myself 1 to belong to to the middle class oad to mlagle trltb them. Aristocratic society has but few charms for me. Tbe sweetest poet who ever wrote a verse said that Abou Ben Abdsm was placed high la heaveo bee use b# loved his fallow mea. That wae bis only credeatlal. la Chlldersburg the good people gathered at tbe academy that oust nothing, la fact not anything cost aayUUag, aad I was most hospitably entertained and left with a kies oa the Bps of e sweet little girl who recited a speech lor me that her neat bad taught b«r. bbe was only a UUl* child. Be fore 1 left home I had a letter from a cousin la Birmingham cordially Invit ing me to hts bouse, nod se-d he would meet me at the depot with h braes bread. Also another letter from a lady friend, a widow, who said I most come to her hoes* aed eh* would meet me at the depot with opea arms. When my wife read them I asked where I trad better go, and she replied with peculiar empbasts, “ g > to Fred's. 1 * Birmingham la a wuoderful city aad a very heaetlfal oeo. A targe, eisar, well arraagea depot reaelvee you Broad, well paved streets aed side walks delight you, aed magnificent oom slerciai blocksavtoelsbyou. Every thing has been pleased oa a grand scale end everybody la busy with trade aad industries that seem to be Increas ing and spreading oat ta every dlrec- lloa. Thousands of beautlfel deoilings adorn the blgbloeds that eavlroa the city aad bu ad reds are be lag built oa ae« streets that are being graded aad paved as fast as It la possible. There are churches there that ooet over filOO 000 each. Money, money, money '. It ta there by the mu lion and keeps oa oom lag from all point# of the country for lo vestment. Wealthy merchants oae plants lag the parent, the whole face of the earth Is dotted with iron plants oad their dree are ever burning. It lila mage tfioaat tight . sp- tatlon to us all to make a story a little blgffer when we retell It and *0* ought to be very careful oa that Has. And so I feel very caut'ous about rotalllug the magnitude of thing* at Easley. Bat my eye* did not deceive me and I saw solid ateel billets that weighed 8,000 poueds each plied up nod cross piled Ukb great logs of wood, aad I saw the men moulding them from the fiery furnaces. The men had oa larga blue spectacles and visors, for it Is awful to look upon the dazzling heat that glows from the ealdron of liquid ataal. These caldrons war* not tapped from the bet- 10m, but wore turned up at oa nag!* of 45 degrees, to that they would everfl jw like water (tom a wash bowl, aad 1st the top of the lava run into tha upright molds. Tbeea huge molds were ar ranged perpendicular oa a little train of oara that wa* moved slowly by elec tricity, aed as fast as oae was filled another took Its place. Oa It wae grand aad fearful. Thee* aaldroa* wore lifted up sod careened by groat rams that looked Ilk* Immense oao- oou. But I forbear. The huge levia thans all around me mad* me dlizy aad I begged my Mead* to lot me go borne, for my amassment we* tired. Now jofiPho think of lh« wire deport ment, where on* of thee* greet billets was reheated aed started through the greet roller* aad was squarted smaller aad smaller as It wanton through hun dreds of them till It wee reduced to ire-etael wire of all slaea, even down to ellver steel wire that was small enough to make the bows to a pair of spectacles. What a wonderful thing Is tbe brain of a man ? I oould tall more wonderful things abont Eas ley. but l remember that during the elvll war when Confederate money bed I coded the South and everybody tad a ant full or a beg fail, I asked a treasury official bOw much had been Issued, aad be looked dazed for a moment aad said It wo* either three hundred mliltoa or three thousand million, k* wnea’i cer tain which. Aad so I will toko off the half foot. * Blrmtagham has baaa accustomed to •peak of Eaeiey as oae of lie suburbs, asaa act its pet. Its cab, bet Easley le already iatloa. putting oa Pltiahurg airs aad talks o' Alike la Birmlapham wlthla tha yaar I tha “fa and calling herself the " Greater Bee- aed all! ley,” for the pareat olty hae only 71,000 | op posit people. I was golag to aril* aboot Tessa looso, that alt* high oe the beaks of the Black Warrior, the A'.beos of Alaba ma, tha home ol tha eaivaraltv aad tha colleges, the alma mater of ealtura aad '. Sof-ujeLt, the druid olty, the historic capital of the State up to 1844. I was 110.0* to relate eomathlag a boat thn deotraolloa of He bnentlfn. university batldlags by tbe Federal army, aad their resoaetruotloa oa a far more egslfiooat scale. I wished to soy romothleg about Ita splendid organiza tion, Its learned aad offieUat facalty, largest la all tha South, aad lie rna^o tioent library. 1 wished to make fevorabl* mention of Stllman Institute, where negro students are stadylng theology aad praperlag lor tha white maa’s methods of ministerial service, aad to tall about thn two negroes from Africa who era thpee. aad oho era tha., las bav* ooovertad to Cbrletlaaity. Sat this letter Is already too long oad 111 suspeod. Bill A bp. —The Washlngton-Lefayette statue, which Is a replica of that erected lo Paris, will be presented to the olty of Nqp York, February 22, 1900. Tha statue, which Is by Bartholdi, is of bronze, 32 feet In height, and represents Washington and Lafayette clasping bauds. It Is a gift of Charles Broad way Roust. ^ —Prof. Chtfles Jacobus, formerly city superintendent of the public schools of New Brunswick, N. J., has invented a top that spins for forty- three minutes. It Is supposed to be the most scientific top In the.world. It Is rpade of brooxe and has a steel point' one-fourth as large as the head of a pin. —Not a single President to whoi the project of enlarging the Wbl House has been mentioned has ev< given hie consent to the introduotion of a bill for that purpose, although alt them have been favorable to the pro posed changes. — —Every year two barrels of pippin apples raised In the lamous Albermarl* County apple region of Virginia are sent across the water to Queen Vic toria, who hae d standing order tor them with one of the largest grower* le the couniy. —A firm of Eogllih soap makers, which give* a halfpenny to the Trans vaal war find for avery sake of soap •eld, has already seat in tfi<000 to the fond. to approaeh Birmingham by night oa althsr side of every railroad to see tha angry loo. leg tames going up from thousands of ooke ovens aad hundreds of smoke etaoks. It makes oae think of Dante’s leferoo nod Hades aad Pluto aad Hell Itself. Not very loeg ago a tramp wandered out amoeg tha ovens before they were fired aad laid down to sleep. During the night, when the fires were all aglow, he wae found in dangerous proximity and was rudely poached up, aad when aakad who he wae nod where he oame from, said “ I wae Id Birmingham yesterday and I reckon I got drunk and I suppose I am In hall now—just as I’va been ex peeling—no water about here Is there ?’’ I visited Easier, the Southern Pitts burg, where the leviathan steel plants are going op. There is a population now of 10,000 busy people operating the furnaoee and rolling mill* and mlnio for coal, but the half has not been tol and I’m afraid to tall what I think was told about the plants that are go ing up aad ara under contract to be completed and In operq^lon by. 1st of April next. Hundreds of handsome cottages, all neatly finished and paint ad, are now ready and hundreds more going up (or the workmen who are to man theea Immense steel plants—one of which is to be the largest In the United States, and I was told that by the 1st of April these plants at Easley wilt require 26,000 mea, and they with their families would majka up a popula tloo of 100,000 people. Therq are a olut ter Of five furnaces there now that turn out 750 tone of pig Iron every day, and these are not tbe half of them—and the great steel plant le to make 6,000 tons of etael every day. 11 Mlrabila dicta l” Have I got these figures down right, mad* some not** on the heck of an en velope and that’s the w*y tbey read, know that .the 26,000 operatives right, though another man said 20,900 Not long ago I retold a story that friend told me about hi* bunting ex peditions In the Pan Handle region just after the civil war, and how he and his oomponloos camped Iman old Cabin oae night and tha wolves came down from the mountains oad besieged them, nod how they shot at them all night through The eracks oetween the togs oad killed bnedrads of them, oad as fast as tbey killed them the pock of hungry war-' miatt weald jump oa tha deadoas her leet lug In Amelia wife of Salt La Mrs. occuple of the A only wo two pn body. J Smith, aad rei marred 1 -,»ho mining by Smlt At It wife, Ei offered propose nag* hj ridge. Miseour embrao result 1 home 1 oe* of t the am pressed sealed. It le •lib as Mrs. Ss until b Neuvoo aad mu come I leader* of Smlt bet he, Be plains < elm hi Yoeeg. fesUDii oom fort la the I weed the tight of the from Missouri. All of Mr*. Emily De? Partridge Yoang'e children aad gromfr * ehlldraa are thoroogh Mormons Two of her doaghtar* herums plural wives, oe* ef them marry tag Georgs Q. Oon- eon, who Is rated as the shrewdest Mur mea of them all. Another af Mr*. Ypeog’s daughters moiriod H. B Ciawsoo, who la a pram le sat btehap nod Con eon's lighthaed mao. Mrs. Young's daughter, married Dr. Albert Ganlagl a grandson of Brigham Yus the busbaeJ to kto wile's os father being the eon ef hi father. BrLthsm Yoeag toatth* 1 time the g road lather aad ffraot-»r* father of their ehlldraa. Dr. Ys father to the father-la-law ef hi* 1 C —A small boy from the slums had been brought Into the mlssioa school, and for a couple of Sueda/s he bad been Instructed in the rudiments. The third Buodav ha brought with him his brother WlAlam. To test his memorj the tqaeber began to go over the pre vious lessoes. ” Who made you f •be askjd. * > God," ha replied, prompt ly. "And what else did God makaf The youngster studied for a moment and looked around hopelessly till he noticed hla brother, aad then hto face brightened. ” He mad* Bill, too, I gueas,” he answered, triumphantly. —Lord Armstrong, the famous gun maker, has juit entered on hto 90th ear. It to forty year* slnoe he was nlghted tor hto loventloa o! the Arm strong breech-loading gun. Bat as the Inventor of the prseept system of hydraulics be has attained even great er fame than his gun has given him. His old age hai been devoted to the publication of abetrhse scientific works and to the restoration of Bamburgb Castle—where he now lives—to some thing of its former glories. —An enterprising Brooklyn mer chant hae provided an. attraction for the holiday season at hto establleh meat la the shape of aSeqta Claus poetoffloe. Tbe little building erected in the store to in imitation ’ of the aver g* country postottde. There to a mail box 00 the outside, in which children are Invited to drop their letters. Upon approaching an open window on another aide they are beaded e Christmas souvenir by n real Santa Cinu«. —Among tbe members of tbe present Congress 95 per cent, wear Prlnde Al bert* and silk hate, which hae caused observers to rsmprk that It to the best dressed Congress In many years. A majority of tbe Senators sties to busi ness suits, while a great many of them drees like farmers. —It to said that more thou 16,000 men are engaged In cutting white pine timber in Minnesota this winter, that 20,000 men are employed in the saw mills of Minnesota, nod more than 40,600 others le the State are making a living out of tbe lumber Industry. -•-The consumption of cotton par head of Germany's population ha doubled sloo* 1875. to their great oast, aad tl their ooaeto. Mrs. Young was 71 ys the end oame la spite •hips eh* had oodarod, la early soUlemeai of the ooeatry, she remained la vlgoroos health npta a he last law Young brought out a largo gathering of pioneers. She was known tgoll Of them, either pereoaolly or by raputo- tloo, and the last tribute to her mem ory was Impressive. Amelia Folsom Young to reporfiad to be la fall lag health and beg fitmln la look for at almoot aay tlmo. It ia like ly that bar grave will ha tha loot to tha loanl Brigham Youag burial plot. Ann Elina renounoed bar Mormon re ligion at tha time she weal aa bar lecture tour la.the early '70s. nod even If she deeired ft the authorities would not permit bar burial aaar tha other wives. - It to o curious foot that Brigham Young expressly stipulated that aoa* of hto wives should be buried to the same lot with him. Ha has a grave yard all to hlmealf la the center of the olty. It to a let that oovors half aa acre aad to oae of the attractloao for tourists who visit Suit Lake Olty. Dickey, ' bf the -William was a member tare from the oousty of Irtotook G rlorf of fifty-aloe years, sod to be- red to have had the longest legisla tive experience of any person that ever lived. —Slaoo throwing opea its doors Is women six years ago Yale Coltogs hae hod a steady Increase to the ottoa- dance of member* of that sex. Today there are 290 worn tered to tha various —Ageet* of tbs Siberian railroad hava gone to Europe to 00atract tor • Lee o T fast steamers. It to bsJtevwdoa the Paolfie ooast that either Smttto or 8a i Francisco will bo por} tor tha llod. —General John Bldwell, of CoL, who tod tbs first party af over tha Sierras tow tho Guidon Is still hale sad hearty at the age 80. JU Is a native of' N. ^ —The department of Wsahtogton will bagtolM -"W,