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<Duv iamihj Story. SAVING THE CLAIMMrs. Ashbv stood in the open door way of her little sod cabin and gazei longingly out ucross the broad stretol of level, Kansas prairie. She wuh i frail, broken woman, whose dooplj furrowed features and great, hollow eves told a pitiful story of mental am physical suffering. Like many of the j>oor settlers 01 the ^reat \\ osteru plains, she had ex perioncod the bitter trials and hard ships of a long and unsuccessful war fare uguinst poverty. There was i yearning, soul-hungry (expression 01 her sad, wan face that was touching]) pathetic. Upn across the prairie from th?i west came another woman. She was yoUug?not above twenty at the most She was tall and slender, almost ti frailty, and her face wore that sad, wan expression that characterized Mrs. Ashby. but without that hopeless, despairing look. .? \o..n \l 9" A .ui... i i *? VII, 1U?I . iUIB. A?llU)r Mil U? 111 un eager, questioning tone, us the younger womap appronehud and sank to a seat by the cabin door. "Dick Ennosa will 'not buy the claim, mother," the other replied, folding her hands in her lap. Mrs. Ash by stared at her daughter in amazement. " Why, Mary !" sho finally exclaimed, "how is that? I thought he wanted to buy it." " lie did. mother, while father watliving, but he has changed his mind now." " Hut why has ho changed his mlndV Ho surely needs the claim now as much as ho needed it tlieu." " Yos, ho does." "Then, why doesn't he want it now V" " Ho does want it, mother." " Then why won't ho buy it?" Mary hesitated a moment, then rising and drawing her form to its full height, with angry indignation, replied: "Mother, Dick Enuoss is a rascal, and ho won't buy our claim because he thinks by waiting a little while he can get it for nothing. He was anxious tc buy while father was living because lie knew father could hold it, but lit thinks now wo will bo compelled tt give it up and move away, and then lit will have nothing to do but enter it ir our stead." "Surely, Mary, Dick Enness did not tell you that V" Mrs. Asliby said in cred ulously. i" No," Mary answered. "But lit said enough to make his meaning clear. He means to get this claim, and without paying anything for it." Mary twirled her bonnet nervousl) and an expression of set determination .rM.wl..?ll -- ? * # ^ i uu uuii > ovurspreuu nor matures With a deep sigh Mrs. Ashby at lasl broke the silence. " Well," she said, " if what you saj is true, Mary, 1 don't see that there it any hope for us. It is hard to believe that Euness would take advantage ol our helplessness and deprive us of out land when we have worked ho hard ti improve it. I would never have thought he could ho so heartless." ' Neither would 1," Mary replied. " It is a poor return for the way futhei helped Oick Enness when ho came here and the way he nursed him and helped him in his crop hist year when he was sick, lie might at the leasl pay us for the work that's been domi on the claim, rather than to hoo ut turned out in the world with nothing, But, mother, ho shall not have oui home. 1 thought it all over as 1 canit buck across the prairie and 1 made ut my mind up my mind we wouldn't give it up." "Why, Mary," she said, "how car wo help giving it up V We have uc means of living here unless wo cat: raise a crop." " i know that, but we'll raise u crop," Mary replied, with a quiet determination. "But how can wo?" Mrs. Ashb} asked. "Wo haven't a dollar to hirt noip ana- nobody is going to work foi us without tho money in hand." " We won't ask anybody to work foi us," Mary said. " We'll work for our selves. We'll sow the land in wheat, just as father intended to do, and I'll break the ground and drill tho grail myself." "You?" tho mother exclaimed, in credulously. " Yes, I," Mary replied, firmly. " Hut. child," Mrs. Ashby protested " think what a task it would bo, anc you're only a woman." " 1 have thought, mother, of al! that, but wo must not mind tho work I'd rather go through anything almosl than to give up our homo and leave hero with nothing." " But 1 can't think of you trying tc manage a farm and doing a man'.work," Mrs. Ashby objected. " 1 can think of it much better that 1 can think of giving everything ovoi to Dick Ennoss. 1 may not prov< successful iu my efforts to raise t crop, but I'll try. Wo have the team tho plough and the seed and I'll mukt use ol them." Mrs. Ashby did not acquiesce readily in her daughter's plans, out she finally gave a reluctant consent, and Mary al once set to work to carry her plain into execution. Fortunately, she wai .used to hard outdoor work, having aided her father on the claim tho twe years they had lived in Kansas, and a' the same time she had gained an idct of farm management that stood her ii good stead. At the end of three weeks she hat forty acres of ground broken ant ready to seed, and she felt that the worst part of her task was done. " I'll go over to Dick Enness'," she said to her mother, " and get tho dril nnd put the wheut in, und then I'll bt through with tho work for tho presoni and have a little time for rest." "Goodness knows you need rest,' Mrs. Ashby replied, casting a look o love and svmoathv on h?r (limirho.. " You're not strong enough for suet hardships us you have gone through.' "Oh, I've not hurt myself iu th< least, mother," Mary replied, "ant now that the hardest part of the work in none 1 shall get along all right, li will only take a little while to dril the whoat, and the work is not hard ai all." Mury harnessed tho horses, and de parted for Knness' to fetch tho drill Knness was at home, and when sht came up to his yard-gate, he walketi out to meet her. "flood morning, Miss Ash by," lit called. " Where are you starting st earl y V" " I came to get tho drill," she repli' ed, " to put in our wheat. I have tht ground ready, and I tliought I'd use ?i>c unil wiiile you are timshing youi breaking, so that you could have ii when you arc ready to use it." Dick Enness looked at Mary very hare for uti Jiiatunt, then cast nis glauct down while a tlush overspread his face " I'm sorry to have to refuse you t fuv >r," he said after a while, "but . i < don't nee how ! can let you have my drill, for I shall nee<l it myself for .. several days." "Your drill?" Mary exclaimed in surprise. " Yes. ma'am," Kuness replied, without lodlcing up. "1 sup|H>?od you ? anew it. was my drill." I ' I didn't know it, Mr. Enness," i Mary said, "ami i can't understand 4 how it coiues to bo your drill. I know that you and father bought it together r and i know that he paid half of its j cost." "That's true enough, Miss Ashhy. , Hut ubout two months ago, just before . your father's death, I bought his Intor. est and paid him for it, so now it is all . mine." 4 Mary Ashhy looked at Enness in i wonder. That there was a word of r truth in his claim she did not for one moment bcliove. f "Mr. Enness," she said at lus?, "it < surpri ses me that you should claim | uuii wmcii is not yours. I never would , Uuve bolicvod thut you would bo wo huso us to rob two helpless women uiul | especially tho wife aud daughter of a man who did so much for you us my father did." i " Miss Ashby," Knness replied, with s cool eiTrontcry, "the drill is mine and you can't have it, and that is all there ' to it.'* , lie turned on his liool and walked away, and Mary," realizing her helplessness, returned homeward with a heavy heart. She understood Knness' purpose and she knew that be had had more in , view than tho simple possession of the drill. His object was to thwart her , attempt at raising a crop, so that the claim would come to him, and if he could deprivo her of the use of the 1 drill hotargued that her efforts would he balked, lhit he had a different spirit to ileal with than he had anticipated and one that was capable of surmounting the impediments ho placed : in her way. She thought the matter over. Before she reached home she had a plan formulated. It was useless, she know, i to light with Knness for her rights and it wa*? equally as useless to seek elsewhere for a drill. Yet she was determined to put the wheat out and she ( adopted the only plan that was open to i her for the accomplishment of that , purpose. She would sow it broadcast. and harrow it in. And sho did, though it took days of hard work. She persevered until the last foot of land was planted and harrowed. Knness, who was watching her movements and who chuckled to himself when she began, thinking she would soon give tip the undertaking, changed his tune and felt somewhat crest-fallen when ho saw the work completed. " I had no idea she was half so grittv," ho mused, "and it begins to look like I'll not have a very easy time getting her olT that claim, hut then the chances are that her wheat will fail after all.'' Hut Knness was doomed to a disappointment in his hopes of a crop failure, for her wheat grew and prospered, and at lust when it was ready to harvest it was the finest field of grain in that section. Miss Ashby had a long spell of sickness immediately after getting her crop out, hut she was well and rftrong again at harvest time, and though Knness did all he could against her hy hiring her harvest hands away from her, she was able to got her grain secured without loss. When the wheat was all threshed and marketed, Miss Ashby counted up the proceeds, and found that she had $.">00 clear of all expenses. She was justly proud of her achievement, and it was with a feoling of pleasure that sho looked back oil those days of hard, weary toil, when sho broke the soil and planted the seed that brought such a rich harvest. Knness learned full soon what Miss Ashby had gained and the information came to him as a death-blow to his l,m.n0 A( / , u./^uii vi ov.nn injj ui? ui?iiu lur inn llt, i"trIlo decided tiiut if lie was to secure r tho claim he would have to buy it. and , he felt that tho sooner ho bought it tho . hotter. So one morning ho walked over to - Mrs. Ashby's sod cabin, and after pass. ing a few commonplace remarks, said : "Mrs. Ashby, I've concluded that I I might aiTord to take your claim off , your hands being as you're so anxious to sell. 1 don't really need it, but to . accommodate you I'll buy it." " What will you give?" Miss Ashby asked. " Well, it ain't worth it," Knness rc[ plied, "but I'll allow you what you asked for it when you offered it to mo [ shortly after Ashby's death." " 1 told you thou you could have it [ for $200, 1 believe ? Mary remarked. , "Yes. I think it was $200, and though that is too much, I'll give it , just as a matter of accommodation, as , 1 said before." "Mr. Knness," Mary said, " if you , want to buy this claim you can have it . for $1,000.* j Knness started and stared in amuzet ment. "You surely don't mean that," ho j gasped. " I do mean it. We won't take a r cent less." r " But you offered it for $200. I, " Yes, because we felt that wo wore ^ comnolled tn soil it lint, u-n .l/.n't mm 4 so now." 44 You will fcol so," Enness said, as he arose and left tlio room, !' You'll fail on your crop next year and then you'll he glad to get what I offer, but 1 won't promise to give it." Ho stalked hack across tho prairie, angry and disappointed. Ho had never dreamed that his offer would bo refused, and he really wanted tho land, lie consoled himself, however, with the thought that Miss Ashby would yet come to his terms and be glad enough to accept his offer, and ho determined to patiently hide his time. "I'm very sorry to have to decline your generous aid, Mr. Enness," Miss Ashby interrupted, with a queorsmile, " but tho truth is we've contracted the claim to the railroad company for a town sito for throo times what you offer." Without a word Enness left the house and walked hack home. Ho was too , completely beaten to say a word, but he thought a good deal. For the first time in his life it appeared to him that it win very easy for g recti to overstep I - nseil. It was manifest to him. too, that even > a woman could accomplish a great ' deal when she resolved to try, oven though she luborcd under adverse cir5 euinstances. ? A few weeks later Mrs. Ash by stood in the doorway of the little sod cabin and looked out across the Kansas ' prairie for tho hist time. Her face 5 was no longer sad and wan, for she ' was very happy. She whs at hot k going back to the old Eastern home for which she had so long yearned, and I the old, dark days of hardships an I ' privations were only a remembrance. Mary Ashbv's indomitable will and i energy had brought hotter and brightI or times.?Chicago Saturday Keconl. FACTS AHOUT AN OIA> FHIKNI). Crowing Vuliio ami I'hch of tlie Uroumlnut. Under the varied names of peanut, goober, pinder, ground pou und other titles neurly every body is acquainted with the groundnut. Hut its uses and history are not so well-known, and the facts given below will give some in- j sight as to the value of this eominon little article. The humble and slightly esteemed peanut is beginning to ussuino importance in the world. It is likely to be i adopted for rations by the army of Germany, the Department of State is informed. In that country the oppres- j sivo cost of a gigantic military estab- | lishment makes demand for the cheapest possible food for soldiers. This requirement is ujet by the "goober." which is more nutritious than the best beefsteak and highly digestible when properly prepared. Hosmln ? ' 1 1 ' wi nnvuiiin wiiu uuvo ueon invostigating the subject haxe jfound tliut pranut "cake"?tho residue after oil hup boon expressed from itiu{ nuts ?is a highly concontruibd 'foofl and suitable for human beings. It iscalcu- 1 iatod to ho of grout value to thoj peas- I ant and industrial classes of Ktirope. which bavo suffered from a long and nearly exclusive diet of bread and potatoes Hitherto it hutP&ifly been employed as forage for cattle, sheep and horses. The problo'lti 'confronting tne experimenting scientists was to convert this crude material into a palatable, nutritious and wholesome human food, cheap and easily cooked. This they have perfectly accomplished, producing' several preparations suitable for different purposes which have already been placed on the market. One of these is peanut grits- the coarse stulT dried, purified, bolted and packed in one pound boxes. In this form it is used for soups and cakes, or as a veget able. I'eilnut flour is similar to the giits. except that the material is ground and bolted like ordinary Hour. Another preparation is in the shape of dry, light and palatable biscuits or "crackers." Tho low food is especially recommended for tho use of persons afflicted with diabetes. Also a fairly acceptable substitute for coffee is made from peanfits. Peanuts, raw or roasted are not nutritious at all, for the reason that the diL'OHtive fiini'llnnu 4" n ~ i viuou v\ f ?:>n111111 u tu I thorn. The ebowod particles puss through and out of the body almost unaltered. It is the same way with almonds and with nuts in general. The "goober" has to be thoroughly cooked in order to be profitable as an article of diet, lloiled peanut grits, for ex- j ample, are perfectly digestible, oven by sick people. For the sukc of a tost, peanut soup was fed to one hundred and twenty pa- i tichts in a public hospital. More than half of them found the new food en- ; joyablo, and ate it gladly whenever it was offered. Others consumed it with- j out complaint, while about a dozen dis- j liked it extremely. They complained that it had a runcid taste. Hut all I throve well on it. Such being the case I with invalids, some of whom were suffering with dyspepsia and other diges- j tivo weaknesses, t his cheap and nutri- j tious diet ought to ho most valuable for persons in robust health. The Gorman military authorities, promptly accepting the suggestion offered by the savants, have been making experiments with peanut meal and , grits, served to the garrisons at Frankfort and elsewhere. They have reported favorably to the ministry of war at Berlin, and. if further trials are equally satisfactory, the new food will be adopted as an element of the rations and 44 field sausage " of the armv. It is likely also to find acceptance in tlio navy. One important quality is its sustaining power, enabling the consumer to endure much fatigue. In this particular it surpasses even tlio hitherto unoqualed "soja bean" of Ciiina i and Japan. But the most conclusive evidence in favor of the peanut is furnished by analysis made by German Chemists of high authority. They have compared it in respect to nutritive value with other food, vegetable and animal, Peas are more nutritious than beefsteak, I white beans are more nutritious than peas, soja beans are more nutritious I than white beans, peanuts are more nutritious than soja beans. In a pound of peanut grits there is nearly twice as much nutriment as in a pound of pons. Ono pound of peanut meal is nearly equal in nourishing power to three , pounds of beef. Peanut meal only j costs 1 cents a pound in bulk. At present the most important use > of peanuts is in the manufacture of oil. J The American "goobers" are larger, j . sweeter and better llavorod than any grown in the world, but they are not so rich in oil as the African, the tincst of which comes from Senegambia and the east coast. In Bast Africa and India great quantities of peanuts are thrashed out by machinery, only the seeds being exported, so as to save bulk. At the oil mills the kernels are j tiruuiiu una men pressed. Tho best of the product is used for salad oil, the | poorer quality is employed in making soap and as an ingredient of olcomar- | garino. Thoresidue,or "cake," fetches $110 a ton. The shells of tho peanuts constitute about 2d per cent, of their weight and are utilized in Germany as material for paper. Only a portion of tho so-called "olive oil" sold in this country is really what it pretends to bo. The balance is made from peanuts mostly. Tho best peanut oil costs only $1 a gallon, furnishing a cheap and passable substitute or adulteration. I Comparatively few people know tho difference anyway. Cargoes of peanuts are actually sent across the ocean from America to be roimported as ; "olive oil." The easiest way to distinguish the real from the falso is to pour a drop or two of nitric acid into \ tho sample to be treated. Peanut oil j thus treated will char, but olive oil will not. This country donends for supplies of peanuts chiefly upon Virginia. In that State 3,000,0(H) bushels of them are grown annually?more probably than the crops of all the other States l>ui vogeinor. J'ennesseo comes next 1 with 000,0(H) bushels. North Carolina, \ Georgia, Michigan and California also t raise peanuts largely, hut the \'ir- > ginia 4* goobors " aro finest of all and t fetch the highest price, and tho area 1 of farming land devoted to them is he- i coming greater every year, as the hus- < handiuan learns tho profit they can he t made to yield. t Tho greatest ponnut market in the 1 l.'nited States is Norfolk. Petersburg comes second and Kmithfield third. < In thofeo towns there uro many big I factories employed in the business of f rendering marketable the nuts that c aro sent in by t lx? farmers. They are \ first thoroughly winnowed and screen- v ed to cleanse thorn, and then t hey are o sorted, the had ones being picked out t by young girls, who stand on either v side of revolving bolts, upon which t he t. nuts aro thrown. Finally they are 1 packed in bags of 10'.) pounds each and c shipped to jobbers in various cities, i The jobbers soil them raw or roasted, r tin; latter to grocers mostly. They do the (rooking in groat cylinders that will hold twenty or thirty bushel# at u time. The cylinder revolves at a moderate rate of speed, while the hig iron "winds'' inside of it remain stationary, the result being that the peanuts are kept thoroughly stirred. A generation ugo most of the peanuts consumed in this country were imported from Africa. The African "goober" is small and round, the shell containing only one kernel usually. The American "Ground nut" is simply the African nut modified by conditions of soil and climate in the i.'nited States. i'lant our peanut in Africa, and before long it re'yerts to the original African typo from which it was produced. It is said .thut the negroes brought the first peanuts hither. Now the American nuts have driven the African nut out of our markets altogether, and the latter are regarded as a curiosity hero. Most of tin Delimits iri'nu'i'i in (l... -1....I. . . ( II II I IK ? I ill l\ I 'Mill lit! II I, | * are bent to Franco through tlu? port of ! < Marseilles to bo pressed for oil. The t tinest of all l" jfoupi;i>are the Span- j t ish, which arc eoh>i.CF'red a fancy t article, andMiro ' nityt(y consumed by \ oonfOctlomy-.-. Th4iV>1 "c/ist cents a i pound, r'ot-iih Jind JijJe a!> ?ut one-third < the ftizo of \qr\Smiiry*p>nes. The big I nuts are novAp bo wcdl flavored as lit- ' tie ones. Tonnosseo ground nuts often t have live or six kernels in one shell, fl)ut the meat is rank. In many largo t qilios of the United States peanuts i have becomo a recognized article of 1 comtnorcc, and are quoted eAoh iliiy on 'change, liko corn or wheat! ' I It appears from what-''has all-eady' ^ been said that peanut's are OxtrUordi- I mildly nutritious, and that, thongh al t most wholly indigestible raw' or roa->t- 1 ed, when reduced to meal and boiled or \ otherwise thoroughly cooked, they arc . readily assimilated. Owing to their I low proportion of sugar and standi < they may serve to enlarge Pn a most i welcome degree the bill of fare of per- \ sons under treatment for obesity. In jother words, they are ideal anti-fat \ diet. From two points of view their ^ value as food is of interest to Amori- < cans. In the lirst place, would it be t desirable or practicable to introduce > the meal and grits here? Secondly. 1 is this new discovery likely to stimu- ? late the demand for United States pea- | nuts? The latter question is likely to ' be answered in the negative, inasmuch 1 as this kind of crop can bo grown and i gathered in Africa more cheaply than in this country. i Of course, as a matter of fact, the 1 peanut is not a nut after all. it is a t sort of pea?an annual that lias to bo 1 planted every year and dies in the fall. 1 The blossoms of tho plant put,H forth a 1 little appendage, which makes its w:iy ? into the moist earth anil swells out bo- i low ground into u pod that has from I one to four pease in it. When they are ripe they are pulled up, stacked in t the tiold to dry and finally cleaned and I sorted for market. ? Washington Star. AS NOIiDIUIl ANI? MAN. Tribute by a Private to t he Date Judge.I. It. Kershaw. To the Kditor of Tho News and Con- I rier : Intelligence has just readied us ( of the death of the eminent Christian s soldier and jurist, Judge.). II. Kershaw, i bettor known, perhaps, to his old i friends and admirers as Major (Ion. .1. i II. Kershaw. i Many public expressions of sorrow 1 and regret, in prose and verse, clothed 1 in elegant and recherche diet ion, will t no doubt communicate the demise of t this groat and good man, and it is be- i coming that such should be done, but 1 these few thoughts, couched in bum bio language, emanate from the mind 1 and heart of one who knew him wed I i in his brilliant military career, and i possessed many and excellent oppor- l tnnities for forming a proper estimate i of Itis character. t Tho history of our State and of tho Southern States has not and will not I record mo career ol a truer and purer t man than Judge Kershaw. In his ear- j lier public life he, liko his fellow inor- ti tals, had his faults; but, as is well i known, lie struggled manfully to over- h come them atftl his success has been i clearly evinced .by his public life sinoh t the war between the States. The judi- c rial ermine has never honored nor n been honored by a better man, a man a who in dispensing justice was merciful, v yet uncompromising in the porform- t unce of his public duties. v Judge Korshaw led to the front the v old historic 2d regiment of South (faro- t Una Volunteers, which, together with t the .'id, 7th and 8th regiments and g Kemper's battery of artillery, formed o what was originally Honhatn's brigade, k and, if 1 mistake not. waJ termed "the p 1st brigade, 1st corps, army of the Po- t tonne." This brigade at the tirst hat n tlo of Manassas was placed in reservo a and was so to remain throughout the ti battle unless wo should hp heavily i e- e pulsed or heeome suddenly victorious, e In making this disposition of our bri- t gade (Jen. Heauregard fully expected v the timely arrival of Kirhy Smith's h brigade, then on its way to Manassas ti from Kichmond. It is generally known c that Smith was behind hand, caused w by a traitorous railroad otlicer, but it p is not generally known that a portion n >f our brigade was ealled into action, o in consequence of the failure of Smith, h in timo to cany out the pluns of our n commanding general. l.t At about d o'clock p. in. orders sud- n u.?i - > ?v i.U41UH.5 wruernig iwo oi our rogi- o incuts and the battery to the front. Hon. lion ham was required to remain w it his post. This was galling to the 01 gallant oal man, who was. anxious to ??i dmro in the danger and glory, lie d forwarded, under tho command of Col. II Kershaw, the 2d and 8th, the former |>' Kershaw's own regiment, the latter ti commanded by Col. K. 11. C. Cash. The li esult of this movoment was a thru in gi he tide of battle. (Jim- two regiments g vent into battlo under (1 might say to tl ,'oung troops) horrible circumstances. i'i VVhen approaeliing the battlefield wo d< vould meet being borne out soldiers tl vounded in every conceivable way: w uniie with one or both legs hanging-; s< iomo with a part of their faces shot g? ?IT: some terribly wounded in the >ody. The sight and groans of these vounded men and the declarations of imid ones who had volunteered to aslist off the field wounded comrades. ^ that *' we were cut all to pieces," wore tot calculated to increase the ardor of (j) aw troops, and two or throe in our inmmand sleeved the white feather at ^ his point, and never could be induced j o face the Minnie ball in subsequent i )attles. !>l t'ol. Kershaw's conduct in this trying irdenl was something roniurkublo. < '' fad 11o been conducting a body of his Mends to a picnic he could not have xhibitod personally more noiudialanco. .Vhvnover ho uttered a command it fj ras without, a quivcr of tho voiuo. No ei xeiteinent oid he exhibit in anything tli lint he said or did. 1.1 o spoke a few ?i I'ords of encouragement and sympa- C't hy to some of tho wounded men that tit to met. The conduct of Col. K? rslmw to n this trying maicli into battle did cu norc to keep us in heart than all the to oaring and snorting and cavorting so fri rojuently indulged in by oltlcers ?iilor auch circumstances. f wua vor.v ,-ouug. porhana the youngest l>ov in Kc> Hth. uinl I remember tlmt I kept | ny eyes on v,ol. Kershaw nil tlio time; 11s very calmness had a good elTcot on no, and all the ethers too. Wo be- i : ,ine sofpai a" < ?' I'r'em h 111 a little while. I 11 he had di reeled our eoloael tochurgo ' ,(trough a small pie ie of woods. Our .\yo regiments for a lit.tle while did l lonie huyd lighting and lost many good nen. but "we won a glorious victory. \'.though 'mo have* hot received tin' ; -edit that is duo us', it is undoubtedly ,rue,th;p >ye V.u: ueci the tide of battle. iVhen.we drove tl\e New Vork Zouaves rem tiielr position there was a giving vity all along'tin lino, which soon torniaatoil iu,an utter rout. (jeii.. fihinbuiu. having been elOeted ioveripa* of South ( 'aroliuu. resigned i sliurt tiiue after this battle, and Col. \ersbaw was promoted to the com* naud of the brigade for incritorioOs icrvicos on the battlelleld. Under his I omiifaad our brlgado entered on a areer tiiat iraineil fee it ?u.? > * viii uwu he tu'iny tin enviiible reputation for mivery and cniiuruuec. At tho eup uro of tlarper'a Merry our brigudo vas placed temporarily under tho nunmind of Gun. ' Stonewall'' .luckson. >ne of the Maryland Ifoiyhts, called Mnuaclo Lfvflit, was in the hands of lie enemy and it. was ipy'ossnry that; his should lie raptured, as it was eonadored tho key to JlaVper'a Ferry. )nly one hi igiute'jfloiild engage in the* nfanl ry attack" nu'uccnuut of the peeuiar JpejjVidn of theenoiny. Marly up the morning of Hep to rubor 3, 1 Htl:!. our brigado was nut in niption. iVo had'been informed the night hoore that 6m' brigade bud bifen selected o elfect the capture of tlfts height After ascending u few hundred yards ve came in eontael with tl\e enemy. Advancing. as we had to do, over stub | )le that hud been burned over our men . xperienei'd great difficulty in roloadng their pieces, ami a bayonet charge , vas an utter impracticability. Wo deudily, however, drove the enemy to-' yards the suiYmiit. When wituin u| (hurt distance of tho summit they | leased firing and .retreated rapidly, ,browing themselves behind breustvorks which hud been constructed to neol such an emergency. Here wo utue to a'.-halt as-it was utterly imlossiblo to dislodge the enemy from heir well chosen retreat, which both luture and art had combined to render inpreguuhle. What were we to do V Must we give up in despair after ins tig so many bitavd. comrades? We vere ordered to protect ouyselves for he time from the missiles of thb one ivy. Aitor waiting about fifteen minites wo we're oi'ilerbd to c'hnrgo tho ireastworks! Not it soldier hesitated ; very ono fdlt assured thaj, our general vould not iuvodle^iy sacrifice bis inon. Jndor a terrible liro wo approached to .vithin twenty yards of tho fortilicaions. wbon. to tho astonishment of all, lie enemy gave way apd ran poU-uiell lowii tho mountain in,the direction of larpcr's Kerry. I was lying wounded ioar tho breastworks yet I noticed astonishment on every face at the conluot of tho enemy after lighting us vravoly all tho morning. Tho o.xplanaion was soon given, however, (ion. ivcrshaw had detached a fowcompanies rein the right- of the Tth regiment uid, taking .command of themsolf, nude a circuit around the summit and miuugcd to flank the' enemy. Our jhurgo was commenced at a signal igreod on botw'ecn him and Col. Wiliams, whom he left iu charge of tho vrigadu'. Ah soon as he had Hanked he enemy ho ordered the companies ,o open an enliSadclire ; this, 1, presume, vas the signal for us to charge the iroast works, Tlie result of this successful expedition was the capture of Harper's Kerry, with 11,Odd prisoners ind large numbers of stnall arms und ibout tliirty brass cannon. Thus you vereoivo Cien. Kershaw contributed in in eminent degree to .the success of >ur ai'ins in two great battles. 1 cannot refrain from mentioning a ittlc incident that goes to show that his bravo man.of war possessed a kind ind gentle heart. After^geMlng my inn attended to by tlie-.surgeon, in dong which he was'compelhod to use a hiugle in the place of a splint, I was naking my way to some better localiy. As was his habit whenever lioi otlld U<) SO, (rOtli Kershaw, liooomnu- I ilcd by ? part-of his staff. was looking dtor vthe wounded. Their position kus very bail, situated as many of hem wore on or near the niountain top, rhcro tin y could get no water, and he viis making every exertion to have hose who could ijot walk conveyed to he foot of the mountain. As 1 was roping my way along very slowly, he nine up to me. I had been personally uown.to Gen. Kershaw a short time revious to the war, having several imos visited hisolfico in Camden with iy father. Lie was then conducting n estate matter in the courts for my ithor. As soon as lie apju-oaehed near nough to discover my condition he xelaimed : " Why, ILolleyman, what's he trouble witli you. my boy?" 1 was , cry weak, having fainted twice from iss of blood before my woprnl was at- J mded to and was in a condition to oxito his pity, lie got oil' his horse and 'ith the help of the officers with him laced m'o in'thd saddle, hut I could ot endure the jolting of the horse veil in a walk and I bogged him to avo me taken down. After directing 10 what course to pursue be roluqtant{ left, me. This uet. of.kindness made* jo forgot my pain and helped mo to vercomo the difficulties before mo. Gen. Kershaw's conduct since the ar, in view of the strlying for olficc 11 the part" of his fellow surviving Ificors. is somewhat remarkable, lie id eoni-ent to renresnnt Hlo t v .1?Q I'll le State, but iurthor -promotion ho usitivoly refused. YVitb l?'is wtir p roego ho could havo boon Governor <?f is Statu, and could with case have uincd a scat in the United Kt'utcs Oonrcss. lie l'mally consentod to assume 10 judicial ermine, which hovoluntaly laid aside a short while before his ath. It. is useless for mo to say anyling commendatory of his course bile a Judge. His was a knightly ail, with a heart as gentlo as the ^ ntlest woman's. W. M, II. 1 VVl?ito 1'iains, S. C. m The Southern Inlcrestnto Immi- J ration and Industrial Association and 10 convention >f Southern (lover- fi irs will meet in Augusta, May 30, to I ooncJ 1 * ' ^ in mouHiu:ij pians to induce \ ipitul and immigration, to advortiac J nl to correct many erroneous opinions tout tho Sotith amonjf Northern pro- ? ?. * Japanese Liver i'ollets nro small but eat in their effects ; no griping ; (>< f* >se:> ots. SoM b,v t'ai jumt' t Bro-., i) recnvlllo, 3. C. a Wo aro pleased to announce that e ir pent or Bros.. (Jr< nville, S. (!., our J iterpriaing druggists. have secured * o agency (or the Japanese Pile Cure; . most wonderful d eov ry for the ire of Piles oi cvry kind, which It oy will > 11 v itli a written guarantee \\ refund fiie money if it does not a, re. It is sa'd to lie a specific for 1.bat rrible and dangerous .disease. (.let a . Bo sample and try it. STATU NKWS IV ItlllHI'. Interest in:; Votes IVoin \ ni ions Knurt't'S. - S. T. Inula net. of I >enin irk. i oeontly s ii|?|>t*<i t wo l>.is r us ? ; I t t > lticliuioini. Va,., and one lu A-J \itlo, N. ? Tin* 1'resident Jias iioinitDit d tin.' tho following postmaster* liu* South Carolina: ('. .1. Shannon. Camden: Mrs. L. K. Morris, A ikon. ?The Stato Hoard of Medienl Kxatninortt hold its lirst mootin;.' on tho 2lth inst. in Columbia. Tin < xnmiuutions wore orul. and '.nirty-one unplii oauts for lieoti-es to praclico inodieiuo wore passed. 'l'liroo of to it* number wero colored. ?Tho Corn J ?troll or (1 :i mil ! a-sent otit to tho clerk* of court of t o counties of tho Stato tho pension mints. Tho ?- -i A ..V> V <l ll IJU Ul'ilWU a ii'i pill (Hit at once to tho anxious |???i?-;<?ii -,s Knob old soldier or tin- wido.v of a h >1(1 it i* will rooeivo about -Jli. ?Jack Prince, tho profe-slona 1 y- ' clist, won a twenty-mile rare a ... .i-t throo fast horses at Columbia on las' Thursday afternoon. The race was th run in exactly one hour, on minute ln and forty-two seconds. After having raced nearly twenty miles ho made the wi last quarter in US seconds. -^-Collector of Kevemie 'J'ownes h is in appointed Joseph On/.Is. of Ivigefield, n' as deputy collector of the fourth di- *j' vision of this State. Mr. Ou/.t - is a son Si of Sheriff Ouzts, of l&dgoliold, and is a ?. young man. Tho division comprises tho following counties : Oconee, Pick- hi ons, Anderson, Abbeville. Newberry ,n and ttdgetiold. i ^ ?Tho first known application of ,M I electric power to cotton manufacturing ' was made last week on tin: Columbia n canal. The success of the experiment ^ will revolutionize mill construct on. Canal sites will ho of secondary importance. Mills can he estubl >ii i jj{ within any reasonable distance of a n water power. Tho dynamo docs the b< rest. I ?Tho recent decision of the Su- 1 promo Court of this State on the Din- ? ponsary law contained ahout 22,000 words. Associate Justice i'opo's d< cision contained uhout 13,090 words ?? and that of tho majority ?>f the court 8.7(H). it is believed that tho court would be glad to hoar a test cast* as to ; . whether prohibition is now in force in this State. if' ?Stock is being' taken at the State tol Dispensary. It is not known exactly w? how much is on hand, lait it is esti- Mi mated that tho total amount is about an $90,000. In addition to this it is said sii that the county Dispensaries owe the State institution about $1 lb,000. The ha State, therefore, has a stock of goods an on hand valued in the neighborhood of \\ I $200,000. ha ?The State Hoard of Control has always required that Dispensers should N " protect Dispensaries from lire and stealing even if necessary to sleep in a.' tho buildings. It is understood that since the robbery of tlie Dispensary at Sumter orders have been issued that tho rules must bo strictly complied P* with in tho future. This is to guard XV" against further robberies. " no ?Tho railroads are about ready to ' pay the hack taxes due the State. Tho bit payments are to be made within a week nu and must he made to the county Irons- fat urers. In addition to the amounts To owing to each county tbo roads must in pay the lb per cent, penalty and all 1 costs whore executions hud been is- | we. sued. The total amount due the State im by the roads is about $2on.ooo, aim this lie will be a snug sum at this time. yei ? Tho dispensary at Sumter was robbed on tho night of tho 23rd. Some t one entered by a false key which was on a bunch of kovs which t.h?> ;..!*? - nli the front door. .lust how much was ir taken from the place is not known at " ^ this writing hut it i.s said that there >u>) are eight keys and several cases gone. '|i ( The dispensary is located in the Ma- j sonic Temple in the most public place j in the city.J and it is said that a wagon (,i)t was used. ?The transfer of the Columbia hoi postollieo was made last week. All Kverything was turned over to Col. William Wallaoo, tlie now postmaster, ami Postmaster Clayton severed his connection with the olllco. The ( changes, if any, will be mudo slowly. All the present force will be retained, fll( it Is thought, for some time, as the ^ju new postmastor does not want to im- Vil) pair the cHioieney of the postal service j)V and will not do so. I,'0j ?Constable Cain, charged with the v:i' killing of Lewis Redmond at Darlington, was released f"om the l'eniten- s^() tiary last week and is a free man. He by went to Charleston and will go from ,na there to his home in liarnwell County. The bond of $4,000, in which sum Judge Watts authorized Cain to he ad- ]ia< mitted. lias been given by the aeeussed. t h Five prominent men signed tlie bond. an( McLmvlon is still in the l'eniten- ' tiary. hut. his friends are preparing l'')s his bond. Ho will be turnod loose in a vlc f l - - iow nays. | tor, _w |one For Breakers Ahead jffi irhen Dlmnlp* V?r?5io *? ? ?!?.?1? ? ^ t , UU>.U) v?i uuuuiei una nesn iko manifestations of impure blood to r< ippcar. They wouldn't appear if rour blood were pure and your sys- j em in the right condition. They 'j""1 how you what you need?a good uwft >lood-purifier; that's what you get men vhen you take l>r. Pierce's Golden kledical Discovery. * It carries health with it. All Slood, Skin, and Scalp Diseases, roin a common blotch or eruption v. o the worst Scrofula, arc cured by , ,pt. It- invigorates the liver, purifies i,^ nd enriches the blood, and rouses very organ into healthful . etion. |RE n tho most stubborn forms of Skin )isenses, such as Salt - rheum, Ic/.cma, Tetter, Erysipelas, Car- Mod uncles, and kindred ailments, and ith Scrofula, in every shape, and 11 blood-taints, if it fails to benefit piexi< r cure, you have your money back, aioar , is the cheapest blood-purifier sold. Cahi a stka!;k hsk. How an Enemy was Foiled. Tho following prnphlo statement will bo mi with intense Interest: "I rnnnot desrrlbo c mimli, rri<r|iyioDBHtton tliatovlHti'd in my his, hand* ami legs. 1 had to rub and boat ose parts nutil i hoy wore sore, to overcome it mt'.-i-ure mo ueau reeling murium uikiii vsscssion of tliom. In addition, 1 hud a range weakness in my hack and around my list, together witli an indescribable 'gone' ellng In my stomach. Physicians said It ;is creeping paralysis, from which, nccordg to their universal conclusion, there Is no lief. Once it fastens upon a person, they y. It continues its Insidious progress until roaches a vital pointand the sufferer dies, tch was my prospect. 1 had boon doctoring year ami a half steadily, but with no par ular benefit, when I saw tin advertisement l>r Miles' Restoratlvo Nervine, proeurcd a >tt lo and began using It. Marvelous as It :iy seem, but a few days had passed before s ery bit of that creepy feeling had left mo, id Micro has not been oven the slightest t Ilea I h >u of Its return. I now feel &3 ill as 1 ever did, and have gained ten ?unds in weight, though I had run down om 170 to 117. Four others have used Or. lies'Uestoratlvo Nervinoon my reromenition, and It litis been as sat isfaciorv lntheir sett as in mlno."?James Kuno, I,a Rtio, o. Or. Miles' Kostorntlvo Nervine Is sold by all iiggists on n positive guarantee, or sent reel lly the Dr. Allies Medical Co., Elkhart, id., on receipt of prlco, tl per bottle, six it ties for Jfi, express ore paid. It Is free from hates or dangerous drugs. Sold y Carp, ntor lirj.s., Druggist. COTTON NO li<)M;i:il KINtJ. lull a I': osjierotis l-'arill r Is Doiuj; Willi iloj>s uiiil Cattle. Mr. \\ . .lowers, t he < rst while cottou n-r of \Vi b..l< r tin 1 one of the largest il moat successful planters in Gcorii, was in Americus yesterday, and I<1 of his losses by the freeze last. dc. Idke every progressive farmer j r. .lowers'crops were till inlvuneetl, (1 It is loss by the freeze was eonlerable. besides oats ami wheat Mr. .lower ? (I several hundred acres of corn ?o d row in y finely, every stalk of tlch was killed to the roots. Mo s already replanted about at JO acres corn and hopes yet to soeuro a cood Id. Mr. .lowers hits turned his attention gely to Moek raising, and instead of owing cotton at a loss lie will raise gs an l beeves at a profit. Last year saved enough meat to supply his intation for twelvemonths, lie now s a drove of <> "> hogs on his farm in ebster and will kill at least 2oO fat rkers next winl< r. riiini "fa (ieorv ia farmer witli (it 10 fand Lille h< r? ?.ing in his fields d mead >ws, '.I"> I of which will he . enough to kill tins winter. Can xas heat that? b cs farming pay Cleorg ia V Sir. .lowers has full corn cribs as 11 as a full smoke house, but is foedr h i - i t gs on p? as just now, of which save nearly ?.? ) Inis iels of last urs' er. p. Ih -me-iiogs he has any mher of beautiful .lersey rows as 11 as t tin r line eattie, and already fin - that stock raising is not only jier but far more profitable than sing cotton and hoarding free ne108. kVhoro he onee i> voted hundreds of es to cotton culture, Mr. .lowers w has green lields of wheat and oats, sides the large acreage planted in n. Ho lias by no means abandoned .ton, but that staple is no longer ig on his plantation and the hog and ininy schedule has full sway.? iiorieus Tiincs-lieeorder. i.'i,.,. i.. / -.i ? . ... > a <> ii 111 DI;I. UOIjUMHIA, S. April 2o.?-Firo s afternoon destroyed th>> hosiery :tor,y situated within the walls of ) penitentiary and operated by pri,e parties. The huildiivr was owned the State, and was a total loss, there iijjf no insuraneo. The building was ve il at $s OOP. Total lo.-s by lire was ine uuing tlie maeliinery and ek of goods. The mill was operated convicts. Owing to the inllamtmv bio material of the stock it was imisible to get the lire under control, e convicts had to quit work, and I been marched to their quarters, or was n > stampi do among them. 1 gome of them assisted the tiromou lighting the Humes. The lire is suped to have been started by a con- . t, who wa- left te lock up the ffte^j y. .In' n Graham, of tliis city, wulr ' i of tlio principal owners of the mill, i hosiery,{machinery and stock was urod for $U,OdO, in the following lpanies : Southern, $1,000; Sua tuul, $1.0(K); Am riean, of i'hiladola. $1,000: rimmix, of 11 irtford, i00: ITart fort, of Gonnoctiout, $2,; Georgia I loiuo, $2,000, The mill stock wore valued at $12,000. -The greatest disaster that lias Imped for many years to Uidgo Spring, lincst fruit section of the State, is recent cold snap which totally dotyed the fruit crop for this year, ire are shipped from this point and 10tta, three miles distant, every r from (iO.OOj to 7f?,000 crates of t, bringing at an ordinary market n 70 cents to$l per crato : bringing he aggregate from $10,000 to Tlicre will not he a pencil to ship ^ n this section this year. With the t crop goes the crate making busii, which is a new industry started year bv .T. W ? ' ?u.h ii r cc. son, nod I'-jr,. 'XTOentage of tlic nursery busii. T'uo canning factories nv ill have, smp.in closed. The > i a I'd of directors of tbo I 'eniiary i >ivo decided to extend the cry factory. A contract to etxoiul Inn Id in# sixty feet bus just been I'dcd and work will be at <>neo cone oed. f.tSSfc JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL . aslant Killer o* Pain, .f Internal and Extornn;.. JJL ' euros niiKi ' vn ni. Nr.m'.v..iftJV OlA, l.??mo ciK k, Hpraln' > oiiso 4L> , yd swt-iiinu-, sen Joint!', curiOM.! QnBJsjfr.UKA.Ml'B InstAnUy. eholor vAI > ?l Avtfj bus Croup, Dlptherlft, HoTo Throat, ADACUK, as If l?y maylc. HORSE 'BRAND, W&CKiI? >st Powerful and PoiietrnUiml.lTiiinentf^r M*n ist in exihUnoUs J.argo II bizo 7&c.f 60o% !i>o. JHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP. Icatod and Tollot. TlioGreat RKbi Corn and Oeautlfler. Ladies will ftnd it tho ma l ate and highly porfumed 'Collet Soap on xrkot. It Is absolutely puro. Mnkos Iho oft and volvoty ana nwtoros tbo lost com? on; Is n luxury for tbo Oath for Infants, ys itonintf. c1ohji?ch thosi'iilp an-1 promolVO uwth of hair. 1'rlOO 25o. Vor nalo by I'.titt li'fCH v GHK NVU4UK. Si <J