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^ TI1K IIORUV HERA Lit. | Kntored at the l*?v*t Office at Conway n>> f second-class matter.) / 003Sr-^7-^-^-, s. o. :- -.: zj ~r? THURSDAY, Al t;. 11, 1SS7. ....? ? i:X-rKKSII>KNT l>AVIS. l\x-1'resident l)avis seems to he losing his intellectual balance and is becoming as garrulous as an old woman and not half as particular on which side of a subject he talks. At the camp-mooting on the Missippi j (iulf he approves Mrs. (MiapinV ar i guments against intemperance, when a few days antecedently he had writ - 1 ten ti letter to Texas condemning j prohibition, because, forsooth, it is an invasion of individual rights and _ ~ would involve serious political complications, and that, the country is j already too much governed. Wo have entertained a hi?rl? opin- i ion of Mr. Davis' political wisdom and judgement but such utterances as the above will lower the public estimation of his christian disinterestedness. What are laws enacted for? Is it to conserve the individual or tie* social rights of a community? Society demands legislation against all manner of evils for its own protection and conservation. Individual rights cannot be considered where they conflict with tin social compact. The design of prohibition, we opine, is not the reformation of the habits of the confirmed drunkard, but is educative and intended to prepare the public mind and conscience to recognize and acknowledge the odium of dealing in whisky. It would be a dillicull task to educate the public mind to this plane of morality without the assistance of prohibition. The tmly method of eliminating the whole whisky trallic from governmental control and responsibility is by absolute prohib'tion. Prohibition relegates the business to the same category with theft, adultery, arson, murder, etc. When the law attempts to regulate an evil by allowing license, the law should be held responsible for the crimes committed bv its sanction. Is not whisky sold under license authorized by State enactment the cause of more crimes than any other one thing? Where, then, i.s the consistency of the State's punishing a criminal for the commission of a felony under the influence of, and maddened by, whisky purchased at one of its own licensed saloons? Would not a private individual under circumstances similar to the State fool, to some degre, criminally responsible? and would not the courts so adjudge? Can legislation control and regulate an evil of such magnitude | ns this, so as to restrain it within harmless bounds? As well tell us a simple congressional enactment, forbidding the waters of the groat Miso n sissipjti (lowing into the (iulf, would produce a suspension of the law of gravitation and be implicitly obeyed. The safest and surest remedy for the evil is prohibition. WHAT GISN. I.IOIO THOUGHT. "The late Maj. .Ion. A. Kngolhard. of Wilmington, told the writer thin. Tie aula lie wan one nlglil in (Sen. A. I'. 11 i II'h tent when he asked that spTendld soldier which wiih the l>est brlgude in his Division, lie said Coke's North Carolina; which next, Mcltae's North Carolina; which next^ lie thought r moment and said; "It lies between Lane's North Carolina and Mahone's Virginia." The above is taken from the \Nri 1 mington Star in its comments upon an editorial in the Richmond DisjKitch which spoke of the distinctive reputation of the North Carolina soldiers for "bull-dog tenacity in holding a position." The Star is right in some particu Jars and wrong in others. The | North Carolina brigades from Hill's Corps did better work at Gettysburg in Pickett's charge than Pickett's own men. This is a historical fact that cannot be successfully disproved. The however is wrong as to the best brigade. Lane's was by long odds the best brigade that went into service from that State. As to "bull-dog tenacity" MoGowun's Brigade had something of it. In both cases of retiring across the Potomac, McGowan's Brigade was selected as the rear-guard and showed the requisite tenacity. \t Spottsylvftnia on the 12th of May 18(14, Gen. Leo in person rode u liatf-jnilo up the line to get MoGowan\ lirigado to hold tho "bloody angle." McGowan belonged to tho same Division as Lane and Scales and Gen. L&o called particularly for ! MeGowan. Oen. Leo knew what he j was about and the brigade justified | his preference. "Actions speak loud- i or than words. ^Abbeville Medium ' We have a distinct, recollection of the transfer of McGowans brigade ] from another portion oi the line to | this "bloody angle." The brigade ! was not cognizant of the destination or the duty designed for it to do, but was not h>?g left in ignorance when it filed toward the angle. The imx?-' ^ pression was general, however, that some hard fighting was to oo done and it was literally realized. The 12th of May 1801, being the most*ttncom* ' / fortable, disagreeable day we experienced durintr tho whole war. n There was a sympathy, confidence is/n'if <fi cov/m dovolo|u)d umon<r tho three brigades of Lane, Mcliowan and Seales'by frequent experiences in places that (rifil man's souls, tlint alij*n them together in a li^ht and they would as far and stay as loni* as any tlneo brigades in tho army of Northern Virginia. White frost was seen at Wellsvillo N. Y. on August 7th. Therniouieter registered about It) degrees A beer kettle holding seventy barrids of boiling water exploded the other day in Milwaukee and scalded seven men, six of whom died that night. Allan Francis, the United States Consul at St. Thomas, Canada, who was in jured in a recent railway disasj 11 i 11 * H i nirir, i> IIIMU, I l<" WHS N'VI'IIIVthree years old. Six men were killed outright and a number badly wounded in a lieree liidit at the Manchester polls, Clay County, Ky., during the recent election. Tistols and bowio knives were freely used. ICx-Coimrossman Itainev, of South < 'arolina, whose death is announced, was the first colored Representative) who presided over the deliberations >f the House. This occurred during the hnio session of the Forty-third Congress. The Texas election has resulted in the defeat of the proposed amendment to the < 'oustitution prohibiting the manufaeture or sale of intoxicating liquors. The canvass was a hot one, and the anti-Prohibitionists claim a majority of fit),(KM) to 100,000 votes. A representative < Minrleston meeting (August S) of professional ami business men adopted unanimously a series of resolutions expressing a desire thai the President and Mrs. ( Mevelaiul should visit ( 'harleston, and retpiestino the t'itv Council to extend an invitation to them and obtain, if possible, an early acceptance. A careful and reliable census of tla* population of Chattanooga shows 30,003 inhabit tnts. This is an increase 3-1 per cent, in the past twelve months, and 3011 percent, since 18S0. The census just taken is the result of a house-to-house canvass. The increase in nianufaeturiiiif and coinmcrcinl interests is as oreat as that of population. Charles II. Reed, (Juitoau's counsel, who jumped in the North River, Saturday, and was committed to llell II - * * ? r rvuf iiospiuu lor examination us to his sanity, was examined to-day and pronounced insane. lie is suffering from melancholy. 1 [o hecame a resident of New York after leavino- ('hicaoo. l-'or some months past lie lias lived in Now Jersey. King I hivid's treasure amounted to *3.000,000,000. 1 {educed to tons it would lie 0,250 sullicient to load 12,500 camels; made into a rod one inch square it would reach 1,250,000 feet, or 230:j miles; a rod one-fourth of an inch square, nearly 1,000 miles; cut into three feet lengths it would make 1,000,0(50 pieces; put into a fence six to the rod, these would reach 217,777, feet, or sullicient to make a good fence over fifty miles long.?J'J.v. The 1 )einocratic State Convention of Virginia mot in Konnoko, Va., August -4tli and adopted a platform defining the principles and policy of the party on certain vexed questions. It advocates the settlement of the public debt on the plan proposed by the Kiddleberger bill endorses Cleveland's administration, demands the immediate repeal of the internal revenue, favors a modification of import duties so as to confine the amount realized to the necessities of the coveminent economically administered, and then declared its policy in relation to matters of local importance. A few evenings ago a family in this place, after supper, retired from the room to the front piazza, leaving a lighted lamp on tho supper table During their absence a puppy wont into the room, caught the table covering in its mouth and pulled it off j the table, upsetting the lamp and i causing it to fall on the floor. For- \ tunately the oil did not explode, i We mention this circumstance to! 1 1 ' ? ^ miuw now strangely nres sometimes 1 occur, and this instance how romarka- 1 Ido it was that the litfht was ox tin- j mushed l>y the fall and n() ? done. Khir/strcc Hecoi'd ^ There -re many n"(l diseases wheh affect Stock i??<1 cause; serious inon venicnce i*n<i kms to the farmer and in his wM, wh><U may lie quickly roinidied ' hy tin* use of Dr. .J. II. McLean s Volcanic (HI Liniment. i 17K7 Colvhnitioii ol* tli<> ('imstitutionul <'out eniol 1SK7. Active preparations arc now tfoin^ on to celebrate in a proper way tin* centennial anniversary of the I 'nit???l States. It lias lived amid sunshine ami storm for one hundred years. It is not our purpose to com inent upon its provisions or to review its history ilurino the wear and tear | of a century. Wo desire simply to further tlio object that the eoinniittoe ! in charge have in view, to call atton- ' tion to the significance of the event, to contribute in some dogroo to t!i?* success of a commemoration which is designed to kindle a patriotic spirit 1 and to strengthen the bonds of the I nion. The address of the (JonstitutionaI (Vntenniul ('ommission to the peopie i of the I niteil Shit itlwuuo tliii ? ' . .MMMf n UIU OIMI - 1 it and the philos<?|?11v of the proposed celebration. The committee sav: For the third time you are summoned to Philadelphia the city of the declaration of independence the city of the Constitution. It is the Mecca of America. Thither every lover of free government, every stu- i dent of the politcal achievements of mankind, every citizen who values the blessinirs of liberty or win. has enjoyed its protection and its benefits, should find his way. It is a national celebration. It is the People's Jubilee. Ibit a few years a?n> the inhabitants of frozen Iceland met on their Law Mount and celebrated, with Hontr and saca, their one thou- I sandth anniversary. Put a few days since millions of Pritish subjects rent the air with their acclamations upon the ci '"Miction of the fiftieth year of the reiirn of their oracio.is Queen, (fur National Memorial Celebration is of far deeper sitfnific.ju.ee than these. It relates to the completion of the structure of our jfoverninent by its architects and builders, and its solemn dedication to the service of the people and mankind. The hour when that auoust convention pre . 1...1 i \ \ - i i-ii muni nvcr m >\ IIMIIII iriOII illKI I 11II 111 - | inod l>y the wisdom of franklin, llaniillon, Minlison, Wilson, Lano. don. Morris, (ierrv, Sherman, Klls-j worth, Livingston, l)ickinson, Cnrroll, liutlcdirc, I'inckney, Baldwin j and their immortal associates coin-! plctod it.-, work, and or. tlio 1 711? ??f September, 1787, committed to the; people of tlic States for their approv- 1 al that ifreat charter of (ioverninent, now known and honored everywhere as the Constitution of the United States, marked the most momentous epoch in onr history. The labors of that day preserved for all time the I precious fruits of freedom and selfgovernment. Unique in origin; without a prototype in dosion; of ondurino strenot h and of phenomenal success in the history of political phi- ) losophy, the Constitution stands alone. Tested by danger and adver j sitv, as well as bv peace and pros- j polity, endeared to us by tradition j and hallowed lly experience, it has become the object of our reverential and atfectionate regard. To it no American uiind can be too attentive, and no American heart too devoted, and it is believed that the people will gather, us they never yet havo a11?ored, to commemorate l>v appropriate oxercisos tho great work which was accomplished in Philadelphia l?y the | statesmen of the revolution, and to return in a devout and heartfelt man- ' nor their thanks to Divine Providence | for the blessings which they have en- \ joyed during a century of federal constitutional government. The programme of exercises framed and outlined by the committee is appropriate. Provisions have been made for an oration I?v Mr. Justice Miller of the Supreme Court of tho United States, and for a poem hv a national poet in commemoration of the signing of the ( Constitution.) There will be a military display, embracing representatives of the United States Army and Navy, and of the militia of the several States and Territories of the Uniion, and a I I grand industrial processional display. The President of the United States will preside in person upon the 17th j of September. Invitations have been | freely extended to representative men of every class and to the various civic organizations and associations of tho Union, in response to which, we are told, "from north and south, east and west from every corner of tho Republic come the hearty as- . suranees of co-operation and patriot- 1 io zeal." "Dome tnon," the committee add in closing their stirring address, "citizens of America! to the city of the Constitution. Revisit the hallowed ground of its birthplace Review the scenes, recall the deeds, revive' the memories of the great statesmen who framed it. Renew your vows of fealty to the ('(institution, and thus knit in closer bonds of union tho members of our great Republic." We are informed that all tho indications point to tho success of tho celebration. South Carolina is expected to be represented in the par son of her Governor and by some of her troops. The sentiment underlying such a commomorfttion as this is recognized as elevated and patriotic. The mooting is not to rear the column or the arch of triumph to military heroism illustrated in the battles of freedom. lint the object of the great assemblage is to obov an impulse C(]uull\^<rh d? ' " nor to those statafldflfc'- revolution tnose fa I.^^^Tthe Republic, who.,-, lofty aim was to embody in the forn. ,,f a constitution principles of governme.o that were to benefit not this country alone but all mankind.?Columbid lie (/inter. Subscribe to Tin: Hkhai.d. Mr. Davis and the Itudx?*. UllKKNVIM.K, Au^USt 4. To till /'hi it of of' T/o ATcintt >Hill (Joitriir: ()u Sunday, July 81, as 1 sat in tliu audience at the Seashore ('amporound, on the (iulf *?f Mexico, I observed a little excitement, which was immediately explained by the approach of Kx-President l)avis, who was being shown to a seat at my side. What a rush of memory came over me, as my mind went back to the lint time I had seen him (in [{ichmond during the war.) As I observed his extreme feebleness, I knew he would not long be left for lis to love ami honor, and I thanked (iod that the privilege had boon oiven him to know and see, before lie was railed hence, that although almost in exile, ho was still the enshrined idol of the Southern heart. During the services he did not allow his feebleness to excuse him from kneeling reverently upon tno hard chip floor whenever the con<rre<ration was called to prayer. I spent two or three delightful hours in his company, sat at his side at table and have enrolled the eventful day as a rod letter day in my calendar, lie was invited to the tent of the president of the Association to lie down, but hearing I had consented to speak at <1 o'clock, with all the chivalry for which "the Old South" was so remarkable he went to the tabernacle to hear mo. I appeal to all who heard me that afternoon and it was an immense audience) to say if I did not talk prohibition first, last, and all the time. When I left the platform, the Kx- I 1'resident walked some distance over to where I sat. Taking my hand, lie seated himself at my side { and said with emot on, "I thank you for that oraml speech. I fully en- i dorse every word you have uttered. Intemperance is the greatest curse die nation lias to contend with, 'flic only question with me is which is the best way to jrot rid of it/' I told Ititil liow grateful I was to hint for his full endorsement of my "utterances," and taking olT my silver hadge I said, "As you agree witli us, you are entitled to wear unr badge With an arch smile he said, "Yes, I am wholly with you as far as you went this afternoon, lint you dear women move so rapidly I may not he aide to keep step. Mrs. Davis is in fullest sympathy with yen, and would gladly he here were she aide." I had hut one hadge so I said "Please give this to Mrs. Davis, and ask her t?> join us on Wednesday." Mere is an extract from her acknowledgement : Pkauvote, Miss., .Inly 2(1, 1887. Mv Dear Mrs. t'hapin: My husband brought me t he temperance i I tad we you so kindly sent me, and I very much regret that I cannot he; present at your meetings, and wear the hadge in token of my sympathy in your nohlo work. I am physicalIv unahle to wo anywhere, and cannot stand on my feet a moment without irreal pain. With prayers for your success in I all your aims. I am very sincerely yours. V A III X A I) A VIS. I This is tho history of tho badge so far, but lot mo toll vou it. is not all ! written yet. ()n Wednesday I spent tho day i at IJeavoir, I had road in tho morn- | ning tho President's letter to Mr. j Lul>bock, of Texas, written before) Sunday, tho 31st. I told him how sorry I was that ho had allowed those men to commit him. He said: "Kvery mail had brought him let- i tors importuning him to express himself; at last Mr. Lubbock, who had boon on his stall once, wrote a letter which admitted of no denial." So he wrote tho unfortunate ltd-| tor. Visiting at Mr. Davis's charming homo, presided over by two of the] most intellectual, roiined and cu 11i- i vated women of tho nation, I understood how thoso whiskey politicians had boon able to delude him into the belief that there "was loss drink-1 idlt now than ten years ago," and ... * r> 7 that "prohibition . meant the over- ] throw of State's rights," Sec. In his ) seclusion ho has no opportunity to see or know the terrible increase of drunknness. Supplied with the most advanced thinkers in the world on science, disfranchised and shut in with those congenial intellectual j lights, how could ho realize rum's terrible havoc, as Senator Windom says that "whiskey costs the nation one billion, three hundred and fifty million dollars annually, besides the hundreds of broken-hearted women and cruelly treated children?" How could he, swinging in his hammock ' 1 n overlooking the peaceful bay, with { no sound to break the silence save the mock-bird's orchestral notes or tho soughing of tho winds amid tho trees, hoar tho tramp of King llibbler's army ghastly procession of 500,000 victims marching down, 1 down, down to tho grave? The temperance people have been ) asloep at this point or that letter would never have been written. The badge is all right and will do I its work, in Gods way and time, for Lit \ 1* I -wui uuuau ueiongs To Iiim, who will avengo our wrongs; To 11 iin is all our trust. Though hidden now from mortal eyes, lie sees the Gideon who shall rise to save us, And His word, true as the word of God is true. Not earth, or hell, with all its crew Against us shall prevail." S. F. ClIAlMN'. Far !ictter than the harsh treatment of nu'dh-im < which horribly ^rrip.? the patient and destroy the costing of tlie stomach Dr. J. II. Met ''>ans Chill and Fever cure. Sold at 50 cents a bottle, \ \ \ ^ A lteniurkiihle llehijf. - .| Nkw Vokk, July 30. To-morrow will ho tlio eighty-fourth birthday of ('apt. lCricsson. Ilo lives, as ho lias . lived for inoro than thirty years, at No. 30 I tench street. There is no hosier man in the whole city than he, J and vet no man lives more remote from its turmoil and confusion. I lis ! whole life is devoted to scientific and mechanical studies. Social pleasures he h as none, lie has no visitors hut those who have business with him. 1 lis time is divided according to rioid rules, which make the most of the t Wei11 V foilr hourxi in mmli ilm- !!<> lias shown himself able to devote himself to sedentary work for twelve hours a day for 3(l"> days in the year for thirty-six years together, with scarcely the loss of a day. This is because since ho was forty years old, ('apt. Kticsson has followed the most exacting rules of temperance in eatintf as well as drinking. Ono day with him fjoos as another. He is tallied at twenty minutes before 7 a. m. summer and winter. On rising, lie rubs his skin thoroughly with dry towels, previous to a vigorous scourino with cold water, crushed ice beino added to the water in summer, (iymnnstic exercise follows before 1 dressing. At 1) o'clock a frugal | breakfast is taken, consisting of e^os, ! tea and coarse bread. At half-past 1 o'clock he dines, the dinner invariably consisting of chops or steaks, a few vegetables, brown bread and tea aoain. Tobacco la? never touches. The hours from dinner until 1(1 o'clock at nioht are usually devoted to work, and from 10 o,clock until miduioht ('apt. Kricsson seeks exercise in the open air. Durinir work-1 ino hours his time is divided between the drawing tables and the writing i desk. The day's labors conclude with a record of its occurences in a diary which has one paoe devoted to , each day never more, never less. He has reduced life almost to an ex| a< t science. The Patent Office Scandal. Wasiiinotox, .1 illy IJO.?Investioation into the affairs of the Patent < lllice by the new ( 'oinmissioncr discloses even a worse condition of affairs than was even hinted at a few weeks aoo. fortunately for the oood names of the many respectable; men and women in the bureau, thersj has been a eltanoe in the head of the office. Not that tins former chief; was wholly responsible for what has taken place, but the men who found I their way into power under his ad- J ministration have brouoht scandal j upon the whole government service.! There are some fifteen or twenty more women employed in the office, than are allowed by law, they heino put down is larborers on the "payroll, beiut?* classed with the sweepers and spittoon cleaners in order t insure their pay out of the appropri utioii allowed l?v (' moress. As lie%/ n fore stated, theso extra women owo i tlio places primarily to their ??<?od looks and secondly to the "friendly" interference of some Senator or Rep* resentalive, or possildy Somo chief in the olliee. The respectable portion of the employees are compelled to associate with this class in their work, hut would never min<do with them in the outside world. (.'ommissioner Mali has been more than once astonished at the discoveries he has made: relative to the way women have been i crowded upon the olliee pay rolls,! but he is perplexed by the fact that j in nearly every case the extra employees are backed up by promi- j nent Senators, Representatives, or department oflieials, w ho do not want thz-ir favorites disturbed. The ofliIcial changes in the Patent Olliee will be watcthod with moro than ordina TV !l< I Itnir nrn entx\ii ot. ! pocially among those who have l>con | comb/ant of tin* facts narrated above. An Incident of Tim Freshet. Aikkn, July 81.-?Dr. Chnpin, who lives on his farm a short distanco' from this placo, was out driving yesterday, and when within a few yards of (iihson's bridge the water enmo pouring in upon him from Croft's mill pond, the dam of which had just broken, occasioned by the rains and causing a flood of water to be turno ed loose. The doctor escaped from his buggy and climbed a tree near at hand, where he remained about four hours, when ho was rescued by a boat brought by some one who chanced to ce him. The animal he was driving was also rescued, after its strength was almost exhausted from being in the water so lone. The buggy was a complete wreck. Several mornings sinco Mrs. W.ll. Utsoy wont to her pantry in quest of some article, and upon opening the door she discovered, to lier surprise, about six inches of the tail of a large rat snako, suspended from one of the shelves immediately in front of her. The consternation and alarm which she at first experienced soon passed away, and growing indignant on account of the intrusion of such an unwelcome visitor she; summoned a servant and ordered that the reptile be captured and summarily put to death. The order was duly executed and the post mortem examination revealed the fact that the snake was an unusually large ono or mo species, out tlio duration , of its rosidonco in tlio pantry will over remain a matter of conjeet- : uro. aS7. (Ji'on/ffxJVt irs. . ? . ^ Exposure to rough weather, getting ;/et 1 living in (i:uii|> localities, are favorable to the contraction of diseases of the kidneys I and bladder. As a preventive, and for tlio S euro of all kidney and liver trouble, use that valuable remedy, I>r. .1. II. McLean's ' Liver and Kidney Balm. $1.00 per bottle Fun on the lCuil. Kail way tnon are not celebrated, like cabmen, for having much power in the way of repartee, but now and | then they are the occasion of it inoth' ers. At certain station a porter promptly offered assistance to a liis-i j hop, who was more often out of Ins ! diocese than his people liked. He was a humorist, loved Continental i trips and carried a j*ood deal of bio* <ja<ro wiiii mm. "How many articles, Your Lordshij>V"' asked the porter. "Tliirt v-nino" roplieil the llidiop, | with a twinkle in the eye. " That's too inanv, I'm afraid' Your | I.ordship," said the man stolidly and in iierfeet jrood faith. "All!" responded the Hishop dryly, "1 porroivothat you are a dissenter." j And the porter did not see the ioke. 'This density wa.- well shown on the North London Railway not Ioiio a 00. A passenger remarked in the henrino Of one of the company's servants how easy it was to "do" as he called it, j j the company. Me declared that lie had often taken them in. 'The ser vant was on the alert in a moment, j thouirh ho ?rot a ease and determined 1 1 I | to make the most of it. He listened. "J have often," said the passenoer I to his companion, "jrone from 1'road street to l)alston .1 unction without a ticket. Any one can do it easily; I did it myself yesterday. When lie jn?t out of the train the servant of the company followed af- j tor and wanted to know how it was j done. At first the passenger would, not oive the information; luit at last,! for a little monetary consideration, lie aereed. 'The money was paid. "Now," asked the ollicial," how did yon inanaoe to not from I'road street to |)alstoii Junction without a ticket ?" "()h," saiil the passenger, with a smile, " I simply walked the distance." The rail way servant erimlv saw the,; joke, luit felt that lie had paid for it rat her dear! v. ( >n the old Stockton and Marline1- M ton Railway, in the days when that company took the preachers of the I oospel at half price, like children, one i of the ticket clerks, when asked for I a minister's ticket !>\ a somewhat un- < clerical lookino man, expre-^'-d a I doulit as to his profession. "I'll read : i you one < f mv sermons if you doulit i inv word," said the minister. "No, thank you," said the ticket clerk, I with a e'ioomy smile, and handed the . ticket over without iinv further proof. > N ot :i 1 'roll ilii(ion ist. N kw < ) i i i. 1-; a vs, .1 ul v HI. I)iirin<r ' the Methodist camp-meeting on the Mississippi (iulf coast, last week Mr. j Jefferson l)avis was oresent one dav, I upon which occasion Mrs. Sal lie. F. i, Chapin, of South Carolina, an elouuent and effective worker of thej Woman's Christian Temperance I n- | ion, made an aildress on the temper- <" anco ipiestion. ller discourse was an earnest and oloouent protest aeamst inteinporenee, the evils of which she made clcarlv manifest. Mr. Davis listened very attentively to the ad dress, and at its conclusion expressed ( privately to Mrs. Chapin his approval < of its aro'uments Mrs. ('liapiu there- i | upon requested Mr. Davis to enter ; , his name in her hook, which he do- i clined to do, stating that it. was probable that, were the question of a remedy for the existing evils discussed, they might disagree. Mrs. Chapin then asked Mr. Davis to accept the white ribbon badge, which she wore, and this he also in a i kind and pleasant manner expressed j a declination to do. She next requested Mr, Davis to take the Imdgc to Mrs. Davis, of whose views on the temperance question she was inform-j ed. Naturally Mr. Davis could not refuse to execute this commission,! and Mrs. Chapin pinned her badge ! upon his coat. Mr. Davis was leaving for home and wore the white rib- | bon to Hcauvoir, where it was of I course delivered to Mrs. Davis. Out of tlioso facts havo j^rown and spread reports that Mr. Davis had avowed at the camp ground prohibition sentiments, and even that he had accepted the society badoe from Mrs. Chapin L and had enrolled himself amonp- its ! members. Mr. Davis views on tho prohibition question are well known. lie has expressed opposition to prohibition as an invasion of individual ! rights and fraught with serious poli- i tical consequences, which views he 1 recently expressed in a letter to 10x- j (lovernor Lubbock, which was read before the recent Anti Prohibition I Convention in Texas. The camp I oround incident, however, cavo rise j to some newspaper reports that Mr. j Davis had aliened himself with the ..... ^ prohibition movement. It may be; stated, in puxxfuity that Mr. Davis i has repeatedly expressed himself in ; sympathy with woman suffrage. , ISurlal of a ni^ Mormnn. Sai.t IiAKK, July 29.- John Tay ior, president 01 mo iMormon Churli, was buried to-day. Numbers viewed the eorjtse as it lay in the tabernacle j open to the public sioht. A son of Taylor's tried to tell the audience how his father had been deceived in ( the Constitutional Convention, that he did not know of the adoption of' the anti polygamy doctrine declined to bo interrupted and thoyouno man was forced to quit. In advance of the sickly season render! yourself impregnable; a malarial atmosphere or sudden change of temperature is fraught with danger; use Dr. J. II. McLeans Strengthening Cordial. $1.00 per bottle. 1 r **A weddino ceremony shouldn't 1 pass off too smoothly, 1< or instance, there should be a hitch of somo kind. Little <Jlrl ami Hl|f Hear. Pikknu ia, X. Y., August !. I-ittlo Matorie Cur re 11 is f> years old and is us bravo as she is pretty. Mao'trio lives with lior father in Mink Hollow, in the Catskill .Mountains. When Willian Curron left his home this morning to work at hayin<r he told his daughter she mioht try and pick some blackberries close by. I?y I) o'clock .Mn?orjy had a laroe dinner pail half full of tempting looking fruit, when alio was suddenly startled by seeing a bio black pear come out from a dense thicket and come toward her. Ma^jdo said "sho" a number of times, but the bear mere1V growled. I lien she picked up a thick stick and hit the intruder a crack over the head. At this point the bear caunht hold of her dress and be trail dratrointr i?.r into the woods. I ho little ?riii screamed lustily for help, and it came speedily in the shape of her father's watoh-doo^ 'arlo. The i n tcl 1 iiroii t 1111i111;i 1 seemed to jrrasp the situation at a glance, and it attacked the beat in tlx.' rear so as to mako it drop the child. Carlo bit the brute so effectively that it was forced to let Majr^io jn>, and then the courageous doer kept liirhtin<r liruin for all he was worth, so that tin.' child could have a chance to run homo, and she improved it. After she ?rot there the whole neighborhood turned out, and the mountain side was thoroughly scoured. C:irlo was found with the blood running down his sides, and as he wa^t^ed his tail he seemed to say: '! saved Ma?reit?, any way. The pursuit of liruin is still beintr kept tip, though it is believed by old hunters that it is hidin<r in a cave. There isn't tnonev cnoucli in all Catskill to buy Carlo to-nieht. The thrillinir adventure is the tlx une of the countryside, and little Matrjrje is asked to toll herstorv over and over a train. A spotted snake a yard i??i?t*- was discovered in the thread ease at Mr. Kvcrett's store on Monday. When found his snakcship was disposed to esist arrest, but an axe-handle in the lands of Mr. l)rau<r|ion soon se tiled lie issue. It is thought he must lave crow led up from the eellor dur11Sunday, and was in search for nice. .Worllnti'n /)< nmri'tif. If you splTer pricking pains on moving he eyes, or cannot hear bright light, and ind your sight weak ami failing, you hould promptly use Dr I. II, McLeans -trengthenin r Kyo S.d . '.Me. a box. The votiiiK women of Newton, N. .1., have formed an "anti-vice'1 moiety, having- for its object the eormeration of young micii. They |>lod?ro themsolvi's to rofnso tlio attentions of all voting who use alcholc Honors in a nnv form. Sick headache, wind on the stomach, talliousncss, nausea, are promptly and urn eahly banished I?v Dr. .1. II. Mel.can's l/ittle Liver and Kidney Pellets. 25c. per rial. Young laidy 1 am convinced that A lgernon loves mc " Mamma -"Don't lie too sure of it, lear . What makes von think so?'1 'I have noticed that lately ho keeps his eyes constantly fixed on the parlor motto,'(Jcd IJless < )11r Home."' mmm M?BMMBftiMHIMMWWBPMBI ? A I )\'Kirns KM 10 NTS FAIR I)LPFF Ml, A M? KI'IM A hp institute With Military Department lor Roys and Calisthenics and Fine Arts for Girls. REV. J. A. SMITH (Ikadcati: ok Davidson Coi.dkok, Pkok. ok Lati^ and tillKKIv, Moiiai, and Mkntai. I'niposoI'll Y. CAPT. W. L. FLOYD, (?iiadtatk ok S. Mii.itahv Acadkmv, Piiok. Matiii:matics and Mii.itaiiy Tactics. MISS LOULA AYFjRS, Okaditatk i>r Chowan Fkmai.k institptk,Tkaciiku i>! ' (,'ai.istiii:nics, IIkiiiku K.noi.isii, .Mr sic am) kkkncii. >4. MRS. .MARIA LOUISA SMITH, Savannah, (? \. Hi.hi Scnooi., Tkaciiku dfVocai, and Instucmkntai. Mcsic. tcition and BdAIID KKAKONAlll.K ? Citadki.Cap and I nm okm $1<5.7.">. * Skssion Oit.nx on thk Fiumt Mondav in Skptkmhkk ISsT. Foil ocii Laiiok ClItcri.all, Addiii.ss CA1T. W. L. FLOYD, Fa in Hm'pk, N. ('. july 21 52 8m. Wanted?Sheep!! ]> KINO DKHIHOUSOF KSTAHMSII y ing Sheep Hunch, tlie undersigned will purchase a large lot of sheep from parties wishing to sell, |xtying cash for all they purchase. Send your name, giving the number of sheep jou have and the price, to F. IMF KM & SONS, lllack Mingo, S. 0. july 28 1 It I ' /~M