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(Duv jmiuiln Stiuij. A Tragedy of the Desert. I am opposed to lynching us a ftfonorul rule. Of course, there are exceptions, such as persistent claimtumping, short-eard men and loss of bullion by road agents, but such oxeeptiousonly obtain when thoofTendcrs return to the district after having Ih'oii escorted to its confines and warned not to come hack on pain of death. Sueli exceptions arc violations of the law of the district, and the violators must he "lump Up" as examples, therefore I suppress my opposition and side with the majority for the pood of the rump. I am writing? now of a locality M'V. i.1 y-tlvo miles outside the knowledge of the code the Lizard Mountain of the Colorado Desert where the habeas corpus has never penetrated and the coup d'etat of the nolle prosequi is not permissible, save en one condit ion, that thesuspoeted man leave camp forthwith. The time was when 1 was always ready to take the trail with the "committee" and camp! on it till the offender was run down or out of the district, and it has not been so very long ugo since 1 experienced a change of heart. i >ne night, on coining to my tent from my claim in the gulch, 1 found the following note, scrawled on the hack of a blank location notice, sticking in u cleft stick in front of the tent: "(lit yer boss an' gun an' conio down to the store as soon az yer git this, liizties ov importance. COMMITTED." I knew what it meant, an all-night ride, possibly several days and nights, so 1 set about getting my supper and frying an extra quantity of bacon. Supper over, 1 wrapped the surplus bacon and a few squares of pilot bread in a bandanna, tied it with a canteen on the saddle and fastened down the tvnt uy. x nun, taxing up my nilo and saddle, I wont to where my horse was piokotcd, and, saddling, was soon at the store, some three-quarters of a mile down the gulch. The store was only a big wall tent at tho forks of the canyon, and the stock consisted only of rough wearing apparel for miners, coffee, sugar, Hour, pilot bread, bacon frijoles (beans,) tobacco and a few kegs of whiskey, all packed into the camp on burros. A group of miners, all armed and some mounted, was gather od about the front of the tent, while to (?ne side lay the figure of a man, the upper part of his body covered with a blanket. " What's the trouble, Iniys " 1 asked, as 1 rode up. Two or three jerked their thumbs in tho direction of the blanketed figure. " Who is it V" " Albany." Albany was a man from York State and a native of its capital, upon whoso beauties, wealth, etc., ho was always descanting and planning what he would do on his return there after having " made his pile." This had earned for him thosooriquotof Albany. No one knew his other name, or bad forgotten it, and Albany answered tho purpose as well as Tom Jones or John Smith. 1 dismounted, and, going to the prostrate figure, turned back tho blanket. Yes, it was Albany, His skull was crushed in a fearful manner, and his hair and the lower part of his board matted with congealed blood. The 1k>vs had washed the grime and blood from his face in order to recognize the features. 44 Who did it?" 44 Dunne, unless 'twas Injun Joe; he's the only man missin' from camp. Jimson an' Kaintuck fonn' Albany a lay in' in front ov his tent with his head busted open. Hia boss was gone, an' the tent had bo'n ransacked an hia gun, beatclo'es an' a lot ov grub took. Jimsou comeback an' got a boss an' they brought him down here : then they started out togivo the word while some ov the hoys went to tin' the trail. Thoy's a lot ov barefooted tracks aroun,' an' some ov 'em's mado in the blood whar his head laid, but none lead away. That don't go for nothin,' though, 'cause Albany's shoos is gone. They foun' the trail ov the boss, an' it led over the hog-back, down Toughnut Gulch, into Coyote l'ass, an' out on the desert toward 'tothor mountains. It pir.ted toward Stink in' Wells, lie's got purty nigh twelve hours' start an'll prob'ly camp thar to-night, makin' Mule Springs to-morror night." During tnia brief statement others had come up, until all the minors in the camp, something less than 100, wore present. According to the custom, wo divided into live groups, and a slip of paper for every man in each group was thrown into a hat. On one slip in each hat was written "Go"; the others were blank. .The men drawing the 44 Go" slips formed the vigilance committee to accompany the captain on the pursuit. 1 drew a 4,Go." The captain gave orders to have all of Albany's camp'outlit brought down to the store, rvnd after adding to our scant supplies v. o filled our canteens at the spring and liled away down the gulch to take up the trail at the foot of Coyote l'ass. In the dim light wo discerned the hoofprints of the horse, evidently ridden at a gallop aud headed directly for Stinking Wells, tno next water hole. i'aying no more attention to the trail, we rode away into the desert night right straight for the wells. Indian Joe was a half breed who never acknowleged his tribal origin, but drifted around from one mining camp to another, picking up a precarious livelihood. Ho was not known as a bad Indian, could be safely trusted with any message or do any errand, and no miner where he was known would oujdct to giving him u moal or several of them, if necessary. In fact, ho was considered good-natured ami harmless, as Indians go, and it seemed almost impossible that he could have committed so foul a crime, yet the circumstantial evidence was too strong to admit of doubt. It was early dawn when wo rode up to the few cotton woods -that surrounded the wells, or more property "sink," of tepid alkali water. There was evidence of a recent camp, and down under the ashes wore two or three half dead coals, showing that the camp hud boon abandoned several hours Irefore. We had breakfasted in the saddlo, and after holding a brie I council we decided to camp there for the day. The trail of our quarry led straight for Mule Spring, in the mountains miles away across that love stretch ol flosert. fie had the advantage in knowing that pursuit could come but from one direction. Jl he had reached the mountains he would have no dilliculty in seeing us far out on that level, and fry abandoning hh horse ho would safety laugh at hir pursuers. We figured it out thut he would reach Mule Spring possibly that night and would camp there. By travelling at night we would not only avoid tin heat and tho chance of Ircing scon, but make more rapid progress, and by hard riding hoped to reach the spring ? boforo l?o broke camp in the morning, i The sun had been up an hriur an we 1 began thef ascent of a "hog-back," l>eyond which in the canyon hclow wsis i Mule Spring. A noise in the bushes i to the right attracted our attention: there, browsing on the leaves, was Al? ! hany's horse. There was no mistaking the big. raw-boned pinto, with the i peculiarly hlazod face. v i The saddle had been removed, and a lariat aroutid his neck picketed him to the bushes. Indian Joe was still in * amp at the spring, but why picket his horse away oil'here? We would soon know. As we spurred our.jailed horses up the ridge a scattering volley of rille shots was tired from soiuowhoro over in the canyon, and little clouds of dust were knocked up around a heap of rocks on the summit of tliih I'idtm A pull of bluish whito smoke arose from iinioiiK tho bowlders, and the report of u single shot rumo down to us on the morning air. Thoro was a tight ahead, hut what was tho naturt? of it? As wo neared tho top wo dismounted and ran, in a stoop lug posture, tip to tho rooks, our rilles rcduy. Indian Joo turned from watching tho canyon below, between two bowl'. rs, a grim smile on his swarthy face, his whito teeth showing like a wolf's j through it in scraggy black mustache. " lhionos dias amigos. You have j ridden hard and well." " You air our prisoner, .loo," said tho captain. " lluono. Take mo away from here and I will thank you, senor." " What 's the trouble ?" "Apache Kid and a dozen of his cowardly coyotes are on tho other side of the canyonethere wore fifteen," and again that grim smile passed over his face. " But von nil* it I n inn whnl after you for ?" " Yes, but graclas a Dios, I am not au Apache. besides, liavo I not a gun, cartridges and a lior.se? 1 picketed my horse below there in the bushes last night and made my camp hero among the rocks to watch for your approach, mi amigos, and was awake long before the day. As the night went deeper into the canyon 1 saw about the spring, Kid ami his hand. At the same time they found my trail ' and that of the horse and followed it j straight for the rocks, but not far. Two lie below us at the foot of the hill: ' on the rocks across yonder you may see I another." Hardly had lie finished when another [shattering volley came from the clill's opposite, the bullets glancing from the rocks wont singing away in other directions. With au oath, ".limson" lay astride his rilio and clasped his left forearm with his right hand. Turning hack the sleeve of his rough woolen shirt we found a jagged hole in the llcsh, torn by a glancing bullet. With part of the water left in .loo's canteen, we moistened a spot in the dry earth, and, plastering the wound with mud, bandaged it with the bandanna from around his neck. Then we flattened ourselves behind the rocks and waited. We were in for a light, that was evident. The murderous, merciless renegade, Kid, was not the sort to retreat before our small force, leaving his three dead unavenged, it was useless for us to try to escape : our horses were tired out, while his were flUtk.lt 1 1<? l/nnur 4 1? ?? f 1 \ S . v/oim iJV. n UII4VU IIIO nilJ^IU I'llUlIlV had boon reinforced, but our thirsty horses having already crossed the divide to the spring told him how small the force was. On the opposite side wo occasionally caught sight of a red blanket inviting a shot, which was replied to from a dozen seemingly inaccessible places. "Thoy's only one tiling to do, ' said tho captain. " We've got tor stay here an' try tor keep 'cm oil tel night, an' then make a sneak for camp, porvidin' they don't git our l bosses." Howe/or, the latter had already drank their fill, and wore coming hack over the hog-back to graze. As the day wore on tho sun's power increased, and heat down on us with terrible force. Tho rocks worebllster( ing hot. him) the heat radiated from , them with scorching otTect. Our thirst i grow intolerable. Our canteens had 1 boon emptied during the night ride, and .loe's contained less than a half, pint, which wo carefully treasured against an emergency. Thorowasnot a hush or wood for shade among the bowlders, nothing but the blistering rocks and the hot, dry earth. Along about noon Kuintuck carelessly exnos1 ed his shoulder for a moment, and had it badly creased by a bullet. Tho mud innuuw hhjuuou lor mo WOUUU tOOK tho lust of the water in Joe's eantecn. By three o'clock in the afternoon the , wounded men were almost crazed for water, which we could see purling about the rocks in the bottom of the canyon less than 100 yards below, and the sight only increased the thirst of , all. Joe whs the only man that did not complain, but lay Hat on his stomach motionless save when ho lowered his head to glunco between I the sights of his ritlo or to throw , another cartridge into the barrel. , There was absolutely no shelter in the , canyon by which the spring could ho , reached. Nothing but the bare brown , hillside, the sandy bed of the canyon , strewn with small bowlders, the spring, and 100 yards beyond the dill's with death lurking at every point of vantage. A horned toad could not have hopped unseen at any spot in the entire distance. 44 I've got tor have some water," growled Jimson between his teeth. Joe turned his head. "There is a . spring soveral miles up tho canyon," he > said to the captain. " I can take the i canteens, and by slipping back down the hill can go and come with water in less than an hour. Tho captain grinned sarcastically. " Putty good scheme, Joe, but 'twont work. We've got you, an' we're all goin' tor seo this thing through together." Joe silently turned his faco back to tho crevice between the bowli dors and resumed his watch, i An hour passed. Picking up a ean toon, Kaintuck, crazed with thirst, half started to his feet, but was jerked > down by the captain just in time to es cape a volley. " Whar you goin' ?" i 44 I've Cot ter hev antnn wcvfnw < "' I'm goin' tor the spring," replied Kain tuck, struggling to free his unwounded , shoulder from the firm grip. "No, Senor, 1 will go." i Kalntuck stopped struggling, and wo ' gazed at .loo in surprise. "It air ill most suro death," at last said tho capI tain. .loo looked him stjurro in tho eyes 'o an instant, then shrugged his shoulder. " Yes, senor but wo unl dorstoood. Taking too cantoons, lie ! tied too cartridges around tho nock of 1 each. "1 will throw the canteens in tho spring: the cartridges will null tho mouths below the water; wnilo they are hiding 1 will try to keep from being hit. \ou rail! t keep up a conI stunt firing unit hope for my return." As he aroso to his Knees he said : "I will tell you tho truth : 1 killed Al' bany. 1 wanted tobacco; he refused I mo; wore both drunk. I went to ' take too tobacco, and ho struck ine: rIJ knocked him down and he drew his* b revolver, but I struck him with a club before he could shoot. "The sl^ht of bin blood maddened me. ami- -you know the rest." lie gathered up the straps of the canteens. " 1 am |^oinjr : will you say good-bye V" mienuy 1'iion imiu extended his bund : but the eopnor-eolorcd one wuh the stcudi&t of the lot. ('couching', he sprang over tho barricade of bowlders with an " Adios, ainigos" (Adieu, friends), and wont lcupifttfliko a mountain Hon down the hare slope. lie was at the spring before the Apaches had recovered from their surprise. Throwing tho canteens in the water, lie began n series of gyrations around tho sprint', his steps timed by somo weird song' which wo did not understand, but which evidently maddened the Apaches, who at once began a rapid lire on the duucor. Some paid dourly for the reckless exposure of their persons. In a few moment .loo made a sweep with his hands and came bounding back up the slope, two canteens in each hand. We were too excited to continue our fusillade into the clilTs beyond. With every nerve strained and breaths suspended wo lay there and watched every step of that dark-skinned figure running through the hail of death for our lives and his. ' <)!?, Clod, give him a minuto more," cm no unconsciously from our grizzled old captain. Hull wuy up and unhurt. God, how fast, those Apaches can shoot! There, he is down ! No, up again, hut with the four canteens in his left hand, the right arm hanging limp and the shoulder drooping. On he stuggors ; another crash from the rilles : down he goes again, struggles to rise,, but fails and holding' the canteens upright tides to drug himself toward us. There was a clatter among the rocks as rilles were east aside, and forgetting their thirst and wounds, six men leaped over the bowlders and ran to the fallen Indian, who, gashing on the hillside, still held the canteens so the water would not spill. Four of us grabbed him in our arms, Jimson and Kuiutuck took the canteens and we ran to the rock. As wo did so there was a chorus of yells from the dill's and the number of shots seemed redoubled, but we gained the shelter of our barricade unhurt and laid our burden down tenderly.. As we did so he spat out a great mouthful of blood and gashed: ?KlaguaJ(the water) did?you.'" We held a canteen to his lips, but ho turned away his head. " No muy poco (very little) save it." Then Inclosed his eyes and gasping and spitting out the strangling blood. There was absolutely no hope for him. No had been literally shot, to pieces. His right arm and shoulder were shattered ; another bullet had struck him in the,'kidneys, and two more had gone straight through him, from back to front, lie lay there gasping for a few moments, then suddenly raised himself on his left elbow, tried to speak, but fell luinb 1,1.. I 1 ... I... , .... I I i /tiVx i\ ? IIID I II HUD D l/l ?l 1 II bUIll'U UUUV 111** Ivolyand?Albany wan avenged. We moved the body to one wide, out of the way. The captain picked up a canteen and, removing" his hat, bowed his ha rod head toward .loo in silent acknowledgment, and alter drinking passed tho canteen. Having satisfied our thirst wo took up our rifles, and the monotonous firing continued. " Tan-a-ra, tan-a-ra, tan-a-ra ta-ra," came the clear notes of a bugle from down tho gulch, just after a volley ami a squad of Troop of the 10th galloped around a bond, in the canyon on the trail of the ronegado Kid. Then there was a scattering on tho cliffs, and we had our innings at the scurrying Indians. ' Tho surgeon is with tfio ambulance two miles below if you need him !" yelled tho lieutenant in command, as dismounting the squad betook to the mountains in pursuit. Wo wunt down to tin; spring and waited for the ambulance to come up. Our captain borrowed a pick and shovel, and while the surgeon dressed the wounds of .limson and Kaintuck the rest of us dug a gravo for doe among the rocks where he died. It was nearly finished when the surgeon and our two comrades cumo up. "That's right, dig it deep I I see he is an Indian," said the surgeon. Tho captain straightened up in tho gravo, a reproving look on his face. " Yes, sir, ho air only a Injun hut, sir, ho died 'ike a man." Wrapping doe in his blankets, wo lowecorl hw ui.iil'mi. ing body into the grave with our lariats, then wo stood silent and gn/.od at tho captain. 1 to thought for a moment and, removing his old weatherbeaten hut, said : "1 dunno what tor say, boys, but I've heerd ur readsom'ors that 'greater love hath no man than this.' " Then wo (llled tho grave, heapod it around with tho bowlders to protect it from tho coyotes, and pieking up our rillos turnod to depart, lint evidently a thought of oilier "days came ovor our old captain, for lie paused, his blueshirted figure struightcnod to its full height, the heels of his rough mining hoots came together with a chug. "Halt!" Ono look at him, and at least four of tho party knew what was coining. "'Tontion, Squad! Ready! Fire !" and a soldier's last salute rang out on tho ovoning air. Then we started back for campacross that weary stretch of dosort. Now, whenever I recolvo word from tho committee, 1 see a bare, brown hilltop, and on its summit a rounded heaps of stones, from which little clouds of bluish-white smoke are i lowly drifting.?St. lamia Globo-Democrat. ? ? ? -Tiik Railroad Won.?On April 8, 1802, a fire originated in the llro-prool cotton press in New Orleans and ox tended to four other presses, becoming tho most extensive and disastrous cotton conflagration ovor known in that city. The lossos amounted to several million dollars, and cotton factors, planters and insurance companies were heavily involved. S. (tumble & Co., a wealthy cotton firm, were heavy losers by' tho fire. They sued tho Illinois Central Railroad Company for upwards of $500,000, basing tho suit upon a claim that tho tiro originated from sparks thrown out by a switching engine of that company passing over the bolt road, in proximity to tho press, where tho tiro originated. Tho case ?? ? ^uuu til- u-ii^m <11111 su mil iitoil lust February, tho company being ubly represented by its locai attorneys, while tiie claimants had as counsel some of tho ablest Southern lawyers. Judge Thoard of tho Civil District Court delivered an oral opinion in favor of the Illinois Contral Company, basing it upon tho fact that the burdon of proof rested with tho plaintliYe who had failed to establish thoir case by showing that tho firo really did originate as charged by them. ?- - - ? Itch on human, mango on horsoc dogs and all stock, cured in .'10 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fa'Is. Sold by Sloan Bros., Druggists, Greonville. S. C. Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C., Druggist, rocommond Johnson's Magnetic Oil, tho great family pain-killer, internal and oxtcrnal. FIRES, FLOODS AND PESTILENCE, h Til 10 (1KOIUJIA 1*111 LOSOI'MKH'S j , < -II AT. Ilill Ai|t Kyiupathi/.cs With Null'rrrrs f rom l?'ire arid Mood lit; Take* a1 Hopeful \ iow ol the I'lnuii. ial > l'roHpeolH. Atl tutu CoimtUution. Oh, tho pity of it! It makon the i . heart bleed to road all tho dotal 1b of l_ that terrible calamity in Minnesota. ' Wo have never hoard of anything c?? ! dreadful. Over live hundred humun I , souls iii health und security suddenly, . without warning, burned to death. Poor men! Poor women und c- ii i I dron, flying from the Humes in mortal four und perishing in mortal agony ! Charred corpses of mothers found face downwurds us they tried to shield the hubes under them ! Oh, think of it ^ und let pity lill our hearts for at least ' a little while. The ocean steamers ' can go down with all on board, but drowning is sweet, compared with this whole families swept away by cruel j Humes. None left. Nothing left. When pestilence coines there is a " chance for some, and those who die 1 linger awhile and are comforted with ' last words and tours of love. Some ' are taken and some are left, but here ' was no time for words or tears; no 1 ministers of love, no shroud, no coflin, ( no Mowers, no funeral, no mourners, no grave. What is life but a peril V Who!1 is safe? Kvery now and then wo road of some terrible visitation somewhere. ! ' Away down on the 1 tie Brando a few * days ago there was an awful llood thai , . swept scores into eternity. Firoin one ! place and llood in another, and pesti- 1 fence across the seas. And yet we * hurry on and take no solemn heed. We do uot stop even foi a moment to j \ weep with those who weep. 1 sat in the veranda of the Hell house on ! 1 Vuehtroe street in Atlanta. Boauti- | ful l'eachtreo that is paved with asphalt and adorned with shade and grass und flowers and palaces. For an hour 1 sat alone and watched thecease- 1 less trains of carriages and streetcars ! and vehicles of all kinds, thronged with gay and happy people fair wo- 1 men and lovely children, with not a , thought of pain or danger, while in ' another portion of tJod's vineyard there were hu.'drods of people hunting for ! 1 the dt ad gathering up the blackened } corpses of those who only a day or two j before were just as happy, and felt just > 1 us secure as these good people on i 1 I Vuehtroe. Friends, lot us stop a mo-j mem ami ponut-r upon the insecurity ' of life. Let us bo thankful that no such calamity hath bufallcn us. Well, it looks like wo liavo soon the worst of the liuaiicial crisis. Wo have been at the bottom ami the situation ' is obliged to improve. Some say that there can he starvation in the midst of plenty, but I don't believe it. It took all the two last years' crops to pay the people's debts and get them hack to economy, and now, down here in Dixie is another abundant crop that will scatter money broadcast all over the South. Three hundred millions for cotton and one hundred millions for surplus corn is a heap of money, and it will como to stay. It won't go North to pay debts, and it will have to go into cotton mills, oil mills, knitting mills, canning factories, or some other industries that will give employment t.(t l.Mlwtl* I lo?WI lo ?*-??? 41. ? 4 ' ww ..ww.. ilvivj in my v;vJUUl?(y1 Llllll IM about out of debt, that will mako at I leant ton thousand bales of cotton, and ' have 2.")0,lK>0 bushels of corn to sell. Thoro is half a million dollars to spare. Our farmers aro raising their own meat and the crop of potatoOs is splen- i did. Everything they have to buy is cheap except colToo, and the tarilT will make all woolen goods still cheaper. A letter from my son who is in England, says he bought a tlrst-elass eassimero suit of clothes for $10, and they will be nearly as cheap here this winter, since the high tarilT has been taken oil'. Blankets will be almost half price. Our wool factories aro howling about this, but it will turn out all right in the long run. Powers ?V Wight man howled awfully when the duty was taken olT of quinine anil it dropped from $.'1 an ounce to f><) cents. But they didont quit the business, as they threatened, and are making more money on quinine than they ever did. t There is nothing like turning an infant industry loose to shift for itself. A son can loan upon the old man until ho thinks ho can't go it ulono, but lie can. The old eagles have to push their young ones out <f tho nest or they never would leave it, but would stay thoro just as long as the parents would feed them. Low prices stimulate industry and touch economy and cause now methods to he invented. When pig iron dropped from $'Jl a ton to $15 iron men i swore they couldont make it at that price, but they did. Then it dropped again to $1:2 and they aro making it still. Farmers said tlioy couldont nor they wouldent grow cotton for 7 cents, but they keep on and will bo glad to got fli cents for this crop. Now, if we can all have inoro gratitude and less politics wo will he better citizens and and better Christians. It is very hard to enjoy religion on an empty stomaoh and almost impossible to get it. liunj ger and misery makes atheists and anarchists. Old Mrs. Job said : "Curmi God and die," and most every man but Job would have done it. Bud luck and , trouble will shako tho faith of the . average Christian?tho Christian who has a kind of summer religion. Most every man can enjoy religion if ho has a pocketful of money, or it ho , can m ako a bargain with the Cord like ' old Jacob did when ho was Hoeing from Esau. " If the Lord will ho with ' mo and give mo bread to oat and rai ment to put on so that I come to my father's house in peace, thus shall tho Lord ho lny God." That won id bo a very popular religion. 1 would bo i willing to promise tho Lord right now that if Ho would, in some way, let me i get,hold of a hundred thousand dollars, i I would give half of it to charity and i tho church. That is what may I o . called personal religion. Wo have had a good deal of good preaching in in our town lately, and it holps everyi body. it makes a man "do justly, lovo mercy and walk humbly" for a i whtlo, anyhow. It iriakos us think less j of ourselves and moro of our neigh- ! bors, and our prayers do us moro good, i " I Jo prayeth best wholovoth most All things great and small ; For tho dear God who lovoth us, Ho mudo and lovoth all." Tho kind, loving, tender preaohing 1 of tho gospel will tako tho concoit out j , of a man. Bonsation and slang may , draw and amuse and oven reform, but ( true roligion is not caught by jokes and smiles. Hoard a proaehor say that a few years ago thoro were seventy-five persons joined a ohurch in Mis1 issippl whore ho is now preaohing. 1 They joined during a revival. They 1 went in on a tidal wave, and not one kopt wlmt ho thought ho had got?not ono. Tho preacher found their names on the books, hut thiy had all relapsed, and ono of tho wom< n was selling whiskey behind a bar. It is said of love that, " Tia. bettor lo uivo loved anil lost than Dover to have oved at all !" But that won't do for religion. It is >ottor not to vow than to vow and not >ray. Bill Am*. i? ? ? in;i;rs and but: v scoau. xtiiilt ('aroliea Soil Suited to tlio Ciisiutli o|- I loots? Is 'i licrc Aloney in >1 ak i tig Siimu- t Jul oi"i licilt ? The quostioti of boot culture and .he manufacture of beet sugar in Ibis state hut been revived by eorrusponloooo between a Chicago man aud .lovoruor Tillman on the subject. Pbe correspondence, which is as folows, is interesting itud explains itself: Cur-ad >, III., Sept. I. 185)1. Jovernor Tillinau. Columbia, S. C. My Dour Sir: I'm n careful exuminaion of Lie? foriitatioa and soil of South Jarolina, usgiv< n in a book published >y the Statu Board of Agriculture of south Carolina, I believe you have me of the best States in the Union for lie cultivation of the sugar beet and ,ho manufacture of beet sugar. It is i fuel that the cultivation of the sugar >eet under the scientiiic method neces ary in UH success incrcusos the proluctivcncss of the ground for other rops. It is also a particularly hardy ' >1 ?i111. ad just'ng itself without dillkulty j ,?> coudiiionsof soil and climate with * xtreme huueity of life and sue- ' .ceding where man other agricul- t utui products would under the same -j onditions be a total failure. The , ilignr beet would average in most arts of the State fifteen tons per acre, ' mil would sell for $l..">Oto * "> a ton at , he factory, factories could be estate i i>lied on your navigable rivers and ! 'uilroad lines and located so as to be . oiivenient to the largest number of ' ret hii?ar producers. I write you l>o aui-e 1 have been deeply interested \ n your administration and the able nanncr in wbleb you have conducted t and because I like your State and | .Mint to sec it prosper. How is your ? 13 an d of Agriculture formed? I >o fou appoint it? Could you secure me i position to experiment with raising sugar iieets in your State? I know ^ the introduction of sugar beet culture mid the manufacture of beet sugar would bo of the utmost value to your . State and 1 would be pleased to have your personal views in relation to the jiuno. Take your coast counties from . Beaufort to Horry : tlion the next tier from Barnwell to Marlboro: then the * next from Aiken to Cbesterlleld : and | next I'.dgufiebi to Lancaster, all possess the soil suitable to sugar beet culture and would produce the best results. v m ! i Is i 111 r *".0 -? *<!<! 1 ' f ( v/iii v\f |;ui UUl'U l*K!iU' profit, and u sure crop, no danger of failure. If you can inaugurate this new souree of wealth it will be a fitting crown to your udininistrutirn. Will your kindly let me hour from you ? I will furnish you satisfactory references if there is a chance tor business. Kespectfully yours, it. li. Fkuouson. Governor Tillman's answer was as follows : Colum hi a , S. C.. Sept. 10. It. II. Ferguson, Chicago, 111. Dear Si'-: Your letter of September Ith received, jln reply I would say that experiments in the culture of the various varieties of boots, including the sugar beets, have been made in this State, time and time again, and there is no doubt whatever as to our soil and climate being well suited to beet culture. The diiliculty which I foresee in developing the sugar industry here will be lack of capital to ! manufacture the beet and the sugar. I The production of the beet in paying . quantities will be easy. The skilled labor, confined mainly to superintendence, can be easily obtained in r,un>|n\ i no question is, wno will furnish tho machinery to limko up the \ product? I am particularly interested | in dovolopin^ the production of any | new crop that will take the place of , cotton in our agriculture, and will he . glad to have you give me, if you are ( familiar with the subject, estimates on | the cost of a plant to manufacture j beets into sugar. We have large ureas \ of very fertile, cheap lands now devoted ] to cotton culture. Our farmers can \ easily supply all the beets at prices as cheap as they can ho produced any where in the world. The time is ( propitious for enlisting their support to any new agricultural production which promises prolit, as cotton at pre- . sent, prices yields nono. We have no State Board of Agriculture at this time hut you might cor- | respond with the director of the experimental station located at C'lemson j College, hut as 1 have already told you, 1 if somebody will buy the sugar beet at , the prices you name our farmers will , contract to cultivate them according < to instruction and to deliver any | quantity. I shall be glad to hear from you fur- i tlier on this important subject. $ Respectfully, < H. LI. Tubman. I mtQ ? ? * One-half of the wealth of ICngland is held by 1,000 persons. . ^ THEY'RE NOT ALL ALIKE ?blood medicines. There's only one 1 that is so far-reaching and so unfail- 1 ing in its effects that it can be guaranteed to do all that's promised for it. That is Dr. Pierce's Golden ( Medical Discovery, If that doesn't benefit or cure, you have your money back. It's not like the sarsaparillas or ordinary Spring medicines. They \ claim to do good in March, April, < and May. All the year round, and in all eases, the " Discovery" purities the blood as nothing else can. Every blood-taint and disorder, Eczema, Tet ter, Salt -rheum, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged (elands, Tu1110.1 and Scalp Diseases, and tho worst forms of Scrofula, are oom* pletely and permanently curod by it. Buy of reliable dealers, With any . others, something else that pays them j better will probably bo urged ns I " just as good." It may be, for i them / but it can't be, for you, For colic, cramps, and pains in ( stomach, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's 1 Extract of Smart-Wood. L \ | 1^\ aii A VETERAN S VERDICT. 1 ? i i rho War is Over. A Woll-known Sol* i dier, Correspondent and Journalist Makos n Disclosure. Indiana contrttnited lior thousands of brave i toldlors to the war, and no statu boars a but* tor record in that respect than it does, lu , itoraturu it is rapidly acquiring tut uivlablo ulftco. In war and literature I Solomon Yewell, well known us a writer ss i 'Sol," has won an honorable position. |jurng the Into war l?o was a member of Co. M, ' kl. N. Y. Cavalry and of the 18th Indiana In- >. 'antry Volunteers. Regarding an Important drcuinstance lie writes us follows: "Several of us oh I veterans hero are using t l>r. Miles' ltostorativo Norviue, Heart Cure | ind Nerve and Liver 1*11 la. all of thorn giving . .plcndid satisfaction. In fact, we have never 1 .tsed remedies that compart* with them, of I tlio I'll Is warn ust say tlioy tiro tho best coin- ( Inatlon of the quail? les required in a preparation of their nuturo we nave over known. 1 IVe havo none but words of praise foi i| I'hey aro tho outgrowth of a new principle in nedlcine, and tono up tlie system wonderfully. Wo say to all, try tltese romcdles." -Solomon Yewell, Marion, Intl., Dec. 5,1898. l These remedies aro sold by all druggists on \ positive guarantee, or sent direct by tlio ' Ur. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on re* 1 ,'olptof price, $1 pet bottle, six bottles 8ft, ex- I press prepaid. They positively coutalu neither j . Wiles uetr duugcruus drugs. Sold by Cur punter Uros.. Druggist. i i , i to ki;i<;i* h\vioi: r potatoms. ! ( Will Take Homo Trouble, hut Mocks Mike it Would l'ay. I A Virginian in writing to Homo anil ? 'arm concerning methods of keeping ( vveet potatoes, says 0110 who has been ( 'ery successful in that line pursued < lie following plan : ( Select a spot in your garden from 1 vhieh the water drains readily, dig a S ,reneh around a spot as largo as you vish the mound, throwing up tho earth 10 as to raise it about ton or twelve nches above the trench. On this jlaeo a layer of dry soil or road sural. 11 the middle of this set up a kind of tine for tho escape of heateu air, made >f four thrco-inch wide, ineh thick lianks, each piece bored quite thickly ,vith big auger holes (one and one* 1 nlf inches in diameter), tho holes say ibout six inches apart, from bottom to ;op of pipe. As soon as the potatoes i i mi iliin" iio nntr i linni " ?? ! * v/ vui > J v??? III vw iri I in III iii;u UI1U I >ile thorn up around this pipo, cono- ! draped, as those kilns generally uro. When you havo piled up all your jotatoos tako dry straw, and then on ibis throw (Jry dirt or sand until it is ibout eight or ten Inches thick all >ver. After all is mounded up tho pipo should extend at least a foot and i half above tiro top. in ordinary ivoather leave this open, but when frosty, eold nights or days come, stuff jomo straw or grass down tlie pipe, rather below tire surface of top of mound, and when it gets warm again pull it out. in real cold winter weather throw an old piece of carpet >r something over tho pipo in addition. Mako a shelter over the mound so !>hat it will not get wet. l'lunt four posts, two being, say about two feet liighor than the other two; nuil a drip at the top of the two highor ones mil another at tho top of tho lower men; over this nail some boards or planks so as to turn rain and you havo i very good shelter. 1 have found that all vegetables put up in these mounds keep better from being proLooted from rains and suns, in*bthor words kept dry. It is well to at least havo two mounds for vmir nntnlnnu iind us they uro put away, separate the small ones from tho larger, keeping the smaller onus for seed, which in almost every neighborhood you can find ready sale in tho spring. 1 need not say, perhaps, but will, that it is best to get out enough potatoes to last for a week or so at a time, tis of course daily opening makes them more liable to hurt. Kvery one sail arrango so as to keep a small quantity from hurting before using. Some will say that this is too much trouble; but if you want to keep sweet potatoes you have certainly io take trouble, and if the end is gained by limply tilling up tho pipe in cold weather and opening it in tho milder; that's a small trouble, 1 think. ? ? ? ? ?It is rumored in railroad circles that George Vanderbilt, who owns so many thousands of acres of lands in North Carolina, is about to outer the liold of railroad building as a means of getting sorno of his timber to market. Tho lino which it is said ho will build is from Knovillo to Anderson, S. C., via Walhalla. A large part of tho line is already graded and should Vanclerbllt build tho road, it will decroaso tho distance between Cinoinattl and the South Atlantic Coast over 100 miles. Tho road, toirethor with the i Knoxvillo, Cumberland Gap and Cincinnati railroad and tho Port Poyal und Western Carolina will give an air lino from Cinolnati to Augusta. ? * - ? Carpenter Pros., Greonvillo, S. Druggists, rocommond .lapaneso Liver Pollots for constipation anil sick UendEtcho. Small, mild, easy to take. 60 pills 26 cents. ? ? E. Nulty of St. Paul, Minn., writes: 14 Was confined to bod for !1 weeks, doctors could do mo no good ; .lapaneso Pile Cure entirely cured mo." Sold t>y Carpenter Pros., Greenville, 3. C. Carpenter Pros., Greenville, S. C., Druggists, recommend Johnson Oriental Soap for all skin and scalp diseases. Try it. MAGNETIC NERVINE. A&??SB?h '* wrltterr ? Nervous Prontra jrfW tlon, Fits, ulzxi>ut> vAvr V; yJ.' nss8,Hcn<lactiOAml ^ "our*lKtssiKlWnko ^ -w \TWL. CO' HlVOUHOOfOpfllin f^K?V Tobacco nnd Alco cxkcADr- ^ A B.-S o ??<?; Mental Deproa BEFORE: - AFTER* oion, Softening;oi hoBrain, mucin* Misery, tnaanltvnnd Death; Itarronoss, Imnotoncy, Loot Power lu either box, 'romnture Old Ak?, Involuntary I/mmcm, enured >y ovor-liidnltcciico, ovor-oxorttori of tho ftrnln nud Errcraof Youth. Italvoato Wenk Organ* their s'niural Vigor and douoloe Iho Joyn of iTfo; our<?? -ucorrhogt and K?>?o?do Woakno*H. A month'* treatmad, tu plain puckturo. by until. U? nny addresw, rt -or l*>x, tfboxonfS. with ovi?ry fS order wo ?lvo o Written Quarantoe to euro or rotund the uumoy. Mrcularn froo. Uuuruutoo i>?uod ?ady by our ox lunlve ?Kun?, * . ^ Cakpkntkk bh? 8 , gui.i.ti villk, s^c 11 lltOVKlt'S BIAmtlAGU LlCUNHt: iVIiy [Ur. Sunderland HiinIciuhI t? Kile li Lost I lie two VVtMikw. Washington, I), c., SoptoinlKT 13. -'1 ho uitti'i'ia^o license ol iVesidout Jfovcr Cleveland un>J Frances Folsoiu itib just boon lilod in the ollloo of the ilorK of the district supremo court by lev. Uyron So untierland, who porforinid the marriage ivn inony. Along Willi Mr. Choveutiufs license vt re Hoiue li'Hl other licens -j^h< ii?g all lie marriage permits ol t.4u couples vhom Dr. Sunderland hud united in vcdlock since li$71. The law of the listrict provides tnat the minister lorlormibg a marriage ceremony shall cturn the license, properly certified >y him, to the cierk ol ti.o supreme :otii l, but it thoroughly omits to tix iny time limit within which these reurns must he mucie. Xho result is hat the Washington clergymen make ?eir ieports as luuey dictates. Dr. bumlorlaud apparently had made 10 returns fur the lust twenty years. \n clYorl vvas made at tiie lust session )i Congress to correct tuis evil, ami a >iii was introduced in the house comlolling all clergymen to report tuar iages within a fortnight alter the ereiuony had been performed by them. I'he bill failed to become a law, but )v. suiuicriuiiU only knew that tho >iil hud been introduced. Believing it uid pu?sed, he carried. through the iwelti ring In at, ti.A^oo penults to nurry, and was di/giHcd in learn at lu> cki k's olltco thiir hits labor had men needless and that he might have vi'pl tho licenses a few decades more, ilowover, having brought them to tlio dllce and feeling no desire to lug tlieiu ioiiio ugu'n, Dr. Sunderland philosodiicuily accecpted tho situation and lied all tho certificates. 11 o say .s that 1'resident Clov-eland's nnrrlftge certilieato mysteriously disippeured after the ceremony, but was eturned to liitn about two weeks later ?y a book seller of this city. Dr. MaiIceland vouchsacs no exp'Junation of he whereabouts of tho important doeuncut during those two weeks, it lias low boon carefully Hied away. Knglish Spavin Liniment removes til hard, soft or eolloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavins, nros, splints, sweeiury, ring-bone, Allies, sparins, ail swomtp throots, roughs, etc. Save $?>0 by the use of nie bottle. Warranted tho most wonU 1 ful blemish euro ever known. Sold by Sloan Bros., Druggists, Greenville, 3. C. \ { ! A CCA MAW I d \T K A M fc'iie \Y The Steamer will leavo her wharf it t onvvnv ?>vi ry Monday and Wednesday morning for Georgetown at lo'el ok, touching all intermediate points. Aid will leuvu lier wharf at Georgetown < very Tuesday ttial Friday morning Jor t unwn\ at 4 o'clock, touching >11 intermediate points. I> T. M'NKl L, Uen'tAg't andTreas.? Court ay. >. t . It. \. MUNNKKFYN, Agent,Georgetown, i. 1 J. Scheduio of Local Mail Routes. I.OF I K No. 20273 - From (lalivantH Kerry tot o way, mail arrives 1.4 a p in, on >. oilda' , Wednesday and Friday: leaves at 2.30 p m on same days Mail closes at 2.03. ltol I 17 NO. 20280.? From Conway t<> Itircway, N. mail arrives at 4:30 p in oil Tin*stlay,Thursday and Saturday; leavo* at 3 p m on siiiih) days. Mail closes at 4:5ft p in. UOUl'K NO. 20281.--From Conway via Forney, .lordunville, Gideon, l almna and return, mail arrives at 7 ]i in on Tuesday, Thursday an t Saturday; leaves at 0 a in on .Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mail closes at 0 p in. KOIJTK NO. 20282.?From Conwav to Fitt'e Uiver, mall arrives at f> p in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday: loaves at 7 a in Tuesday, Thursday ami Saturday. I Mail closes at!) p in. *1 HOCTK No. 2028,')?From Conway to 1'ort llarrelson, mail arrives daily at 12 m; I leaves daily at 1:46 p in. Mail closes at ' 1:10pm. * . WILMINGTON, CI3ADBOURN <fc Conway 11. It. i'ossonger and freight daily, except Sunday. SOUT1 IllOUN D.?NO. 40. Fv Huh .. S 13am Lv I lions . 8 30am Ar Chadhourn . o OOani l.v Chadhourn ? 10 lOnm Fv Clarendon 10 40am Fv Mt l abor 10 33am Fv l.oris 11 2<>am Ft sanford 1187am Fv Uavhoro 11 47am Fv Frlvetts II 37am Fv Adrniu 12 02pm Ar Conway 12 30pui NOUT1I HOUND- NO. 44. Fv Conway 2 00pm Fv Adrain .. 2 30pm Ft 1'rivotts. 2 33pm I Fv Ilnvhorn ** ** _ ^ z iopm 11 Lv snnford 2 65pm R Ar Lor in a'20pm Ar .Mt. Tabor 8 65pm /1 LV Clanr/'-.n 1 20pm <1 Ar ClunlboWn 4 60pm pi Lv Cnadboprn 6 16pm l.r IIk m... ft 46pm I A r Hub o 00pm ^ Atlantic coast link, wil- 8 mington, Columbia & Augusta R. R K. Condensed schedule, in effect, DeO? H l, 1803. * 1 TRAINS COINO SOVTII.?NO. 55. B Lv Wilmington 8 20pm fl Lv Chftdbourn 6 00pm B Lv Marion 6 ftOpra B Ar Floroneo 8 60pm B no. 6t>. Lv Floroneo 7 10pm 9 At Sumter 8 28pm fl Lv Huintcr .. 8 28pm fl A r Columbia .. 10 oopm 9 l.v Flor< 7 L'min |JE Arku niter 0 '20am |H no. 62. ! Lv somtor 9 mi IHR A r Columbia 4 11 05am |Sj TWAINS ( .UNO NORTn.?NO. 61. jB Lv Columbia;. 4 80am 11? Ar jointer ft 67am MH l.v Sumter 6 67am SB Ar Florence 7 lftam ^R no. 63. j ^R Lv Columbia 428pm H A r Sumter . 3 8ftpm RB H Lv Somtor 6 4ftpm Ar Florence .. ... 6 ftftpia BR no. 6ft. ^B l.v Floroneo 7 40am Hg Lv Marlon j 88ft ill fl Lv (. luulbfturn 8 9flom mm rwr >\ inmngton 10 lOairi M No. M runs through from Charleston via bob Central ItnUrond, leaving Lanes t.4l a in, rag Munnltig 2# a m. B No. Ml runs through 'o Charleston, S. C., MBB flu CentralR.R..arriving Manniag 8 p m, 1 iiiM'H 8.40 j> in, Cli?rle8ton 10.40 p m. IB Train On vSlnccliester & Angnutu H. It. leavesSuuitei;.daily ?xeept 8uaday 10.60 a IT in, arrives itinilni 11.60 u u, Upturning J lenvo Kiniini 12,80 p in, nrrlvo Suiuter 1.40 m p m. w "I rains on IlnriHV ille It. It La?o Harte- m villo, daily except Buaiter, at f? a in, nrrir- W ng Flovds 6.25 a m. Koturnlng, loave m Ploys 0.4ft p in, arriving at llartsville 10.10 WP ni. J. F. Divine, Gon'l Sunt, j ,T. It. KINLY, Supt, Trans. T. M. FwKKaON, Gcn'l l W.'Ageni fl HAYNSWORTB 5c PARKER, ATTOltNKYS AT LAW, | 501 Main St Greenville, S. G I