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<Dov i'mmly Stovn. j MY CRAFTY NEIGHBOR. UY KLIZAIlETlI PRESTON ALLAN. " You must have your now neighbors to d I no. my dear,''Haiti Stephen. " How would Thursday do w" 1 had always made a point of responding eordlally to any such proposal from my hushantl. lie worked hard for his family, and provided liberally. 1 thought it was as little as ho had aright to expect that he should !>c fret) to throw open his 'door, at any time of the day or night, to whatever gliosis he might choose to invito. And ten years' trial of this plan had assured me that Stephen had more pleasure and satifaetlon in oui simple village home, than many others who own palaces and villas ami yachts galore. Hut 1 did not enjoy the pros pool or having our now neighbors, tho Seldom*. Thoy wore people of good family and comfortable circumstances, past middle life, who hud spent twenty or thirty years in the organized work of some churitablc association in the city. Tho husband's health had broken down, and they had rented the pretty cottage next to ours, for a year. There was no objoctiou to charitable associations, of course. Dear me, no ! Stephen and 1 contributed rogirhpwly to that sort of thine, and got reports by the dozen?which wo never read. Hut you can see for yourself that this . is not the kind of people one cares to meet in society. However1?I agreed to tho Thursday dining, and then wondered who should be asked to meet the now people. They dicUiot attend our church, which was tho?^Vominont one in the village, hut still, it might lint. )in i\\it 1' 11 : " v,uv 1/1 |liun; KVi U?l\ L/l , nrUSlllA unci his wife, unci then I would have that pastoral business oil' iny mind, anyhow. 1 picked out two other couples that 1 was in debt to socially, and wroto the cards. They all accepted. "What about the wines, Stove ?" 1 asked. " I have heard that these people are cranks on tcmpcranco, and I don't know, either, whether it is just! the thing to have wino with Dr. Drosins ut the table; it might embarrass him." " I would not ask people to my house," answered Stephen, rather huutily, " who could be guilty of the rudeness of objecting to my customs ; they need not drink wine, unless they choose: there will be water, 1 suppose." My tahlo was laid with ten covers, and looked as dainty and stylish as possible. The bowl of soarlot poppies in tho oeutro gavo the color tone, and no china was used that was not red and white. Tho name card on each plate bad its Shakespeare quotation in rod letters, and the intial on the napkins wore ombrodored in red lloss. Al? , ough these people woro from the 1 ' v, 1 flattered myself they would not <K it^t my entertuinment provincial. *.vs ui matter of fuet, it was a charming success, but 1 could not help owning to myself that the charm lay mainly in tho new neighbors. They were not the least stylish, in manner or appearanco, but they were altogether delightful, both as talkers and listeners. So far from talking "shop," as I had feared, it was a little hard to draw them out on tho subject of their i;r,. i- > .... inu num, out wnen 01100 luiriy lauuciied, tho story was so thrillingly interesting that 1 almost forgot to watch and direct tho moveiuont of tho dinner; nothing aoomcd to mo to make any difference, except to hear moro of tho pitiful livoa of that "other half," and tho inspiring record of how certain hravo and lofty aoula wore trying to help them. "Let mo aoo?what was 1 going to toll you about thia dinner party V Oh, yea, it was a very small thing, but it was tho beginning of a great change in my life. When Charios went round with tho napkinod bottle, hoth my strangers (and Dr. Brosins, of course,) turned their pretty, wide lippod glasses down. " Won't you have your glass lilled, Mr. Seldon V" Stephen asked, cordially, and 1 mentally patted him or. tho back for keeping tho slightest shade of insistence out of his voice. " Not any, thunk you," answered our neignoor, out nobody could have told whether it was because he meant drink water or sherry. However, when the decanter was pushed across the table, that was declined, to*. We saw a great deal of the Seldons : Stephen and I found ourselves getting more intimate with thoin, and really more attached to these two dear old people than wo could have thought possible in such a short time. "Uno thing constantly surprises me alxmt. Mrs. Seldon, Steve," i said to my husband, " she never tries to convert me to her way of thinking about things." "That's becauso sho has some sense," Stevo answered. "No, but really,"' I insisted, "if I felt as strongly about anything as 1 know she does about wine drinking, I could not hold my peace, you know : I WOllld lllat. liu"n to I"" lwsl'l " .. ^jmuv ???? V wv 1UJ I1U1U Ul JJUUJIIU about. it, especially iny friends and neighbors, and very especially younger people, who mignt do expected to listen to inc." " Well, my lierco little woman, I'm thankful then for every week of the two years' difference in our respective ages : for I am constitutionally opposed to being laid hold of by other people's opinions. Jty the way, whero are you going now "Oh, 1 am going to drivo Mrs. Seldon in the dogcart down to see some of the factory people. She is ^1J1UK vo gov some 01 those cruel I fathers and mothorw to take the little | iota of children away from the factory. " Him !" said Stephen meditatively, " she does lay hold of some people then. Does she address thorn as cruel fathers and mothers V" " Oh, you dear old goose! She talks to them in tho same sweet, friendly way that sho talks to mo; she doesn't argue a hit, hut just asks for these little folks to come to her kindergarten as if she couldn't got along without them, and won't they please do her this favor V "llin!" said Stephen again. "So it is possible for her to treat people just as she treats you, didn't you say, and still think them very wicked. I wonder what she really thinks of you, this crafy old lady ovor the way V" I knew Steve was teasing mo, butl didn't half like the suggestion; I had grown too fond of my new neighbor to ho willing that she should think hardly of mo. The dogcart and I went about with Mrs. Boldon almost overy day for weeks and months. I lost interest in my fancy work and the weekly novel from the library often went back to its shelf unread, while 1 was growing acquainted with the lives und homes of people who had lived only a . I ft * v fow street* away all my life. It was not n very happy or comfortable time for me : the people were so discouraging, so deceitful often, so grasping, so ungrateful, so unreliable, and yet so poor and wretched and ignorant and foolish and self-destroying, that I wished over and over again that 1 had stayed at home, and had never seen them. Mrs. Soldon never once asked me to do anything for them : she seem* eil to take it as a great favor that I should go almut with her, and she asked my advice constantly, in a way that made me feel ashamed of having no opinions, and no right to any, on the subject. Hut something laid hold of me. if Mrs. Scldondid not. A great, solemn, uncomfortable conviction that 1 had been up to this time a dastardly shirker in the battle of life, grew up within me, and overshadowed all the pleasant places in which I had boon walking. And along with it grew another tormenting conviction, that so far from doinc anv irnoil t?? u?iw? needed me, I hud Ixion doing harm. I assure you Mrs. Seldon did not once, in till those months, tineution the word MTemporanooM tome. 1 would have romombored it if she had, for the word was disagreeable to me, and always stirred a little secret feeling of antagonism. Hut oh, I suw such blight and blast and ruin and suffering follow drink, everywhere, that I began to look at the wine in my glass and Stephen's with suspicion and aversion. It takes a jar sometimes, doesn't it, to form crystals, even when the conditions are all right ? My thoughts and feelings wore ready to crystali/.o into resolutions, I think, and then the jar came. There is one part of my life that 1 haven't said anything about because 1 rarely speak of it to anyone ; it lies so deep in my heart that it is hard to tear it up without bringing blood at the roots?or tears?which sometimes mean as much, it is my little grave; the grave of our one little child, a beautiful, bright angel, whom Hod took away again, after ho had been mine for two years. I cannot now look into the face of a little fair-haired, blue-eyed child, without a passionate tenderness, because of mine. Ami in all this work of Mn K.?l?n.r.'o _ - o ""'""(i I our poorer peoplo, it was the very little | ones who seemed to full to iny share I and cling to my skirts, and nestle up j against mo. There was one dear little ! thing who drew mo, especially : bright, i laughing child, with that glint on his curls which stirred my most precious memories, and he was called Johnny, too ; little Johnny Curr. Ono day Mrs. Seldon sent me a hasty message; would 1 pleuse drop everything and 2 mo for her in the cart, her maid saitl; something was wrong at the Carr's. I was not long in driving up to her door, hut Mrs. Seldon had gone, leaving mo word to follow. Who has not felt that heaviness of heart which sometimes foreshadows evil? Mine heat painfully as i urged Gypsy down to the factory cottages, but I was not prepared for the sight of my precious Johnny, white ami moaning in his mother's lap. lle;knew me, and held up his arms. I'oor darling, he had nothing hut pleasant times associated with me ; he thought they would come back in my arms. It was the old story in that poor woman's life : a husband ordinarily kind, getting roaring drunk, and turning into a wild beast. He had struck her before in these mad lits, hut this time he had pushed her down the steep steps, with Johnny in her arms, and the little spine was horribly injured. , i ieii such a murderous hatred in my heart for that misreablo father, that I am afraid 1 could have killed him with my own hand at that moment. Hut when some such lioreo word escaped mo, the woman turned her poor bruised face to mo with a reprouchful look: ''It ain't as bad in lack, what tries to help it and can't, , as 'tis in them what sells it to him for money. Thoy know what it does to him; I've told them agin and agin; I've promised to give thorn twice as ! much as .lack pays for drinks, if they'll 1 jes, refuse him. They won't. They j aggs him on by settin' it out before 1 him." A great shudder came ovor mo ; 1 shook so I hail to put Johnny back , into liis mother's arms. I felt as if I j had helped to do this awful thing, in< , setting wine on my table day after , day. How did I know but that a glass of the beguiling curse drunk at my right hand had proved the spark to inllamo some dangerous appetite, to , bring some mother and child to misory , like this! | i Two years have gone by since my i red and white dinner party ; almost < two since my little Johnny was hurt, i We hope he is gotting well, though i the wise city doctor, to whom I carried i him. could not promise me that he i would ovor bo as strong as other boys. Perhaps you think 1 nevor had wine i on my table after this; but you forget ? it was Stephen's house, and ho was l master of it. Ho is very gentle and good to me about it, and, though ho < doos not see the matter as I do, ho i gives up more and more to my piteous < suffering at the sight of it. Mrs. Soldon has gone back with her husband to the bloosed work of saving other children from such a cruel fate. < " Sho was undoubtedly a crafty little woman," said Stephen, the other ovoning, looking half ruefully at his glass of cold tea. " I nevor saw her equal." i " Why, Steve," I said, innocently, < " Mrs. Soldon did not try to influence { mo ; sho never said a word?" "Oh, you little green pea!" said my |< nusnand, good-naturodly; "I don't understand myself what magic sho used, but the walls of Jericho did not tuinblo more ell'eotually to tho rams' horns, than your prejudices and customs fell before horguilo." 1 This was the first timo it had oc- 1 eurrod to rne, reader, that my crafty ? neighbor had set snares for mo ! 1 Smith's Vuloan Ointment for Rheums tiam. Ltead tho following testimonial from lion. W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, as to tho great merits of Smith's Vulcan Ointment, whioh is advertised in another column : Mr. W. J. Smith: In rosponso to 1 your inquiry, I take this occasion to say that I have on several occasions used your Vulcan Ointment, and al- ' ways with satisfaction. I am satisfied that it is a very valuablo remedy in acute attacks of rheumatism and if used freely and persistently will bring great relief. I trust you may get this Ointment generally introduced to the people, as I know it has great merit, and unlike many of tho nostrums imposed upon tho nubile by extonsivo advortisoments only needs to bo used to convince one oi its superior efficacy. 1 Yours truly, W. L. MAULDlVf. ' Itching, burning, scaly and crusty 1 scalps of infants cleansed and healed, , and quiet sleep restored by Johnson's 1 Oriental Soap. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenvlllo, S-C. "'4 * Hi- . s 11 ^ 11 oi - ^ - LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY G ItAl'HIC DKHCllllTION OF THK CLOSING HOKNK8. The Retreat I'rom lliotiiiiontl?Jnfl'erson DiivIn us lie Apprarnl In IHn. anter? Dividing the Money Aiiiodk the Soldiers?The Southern Women Were True. At a recent mooting of tho Confederate Association of Kentucky, the chief feature was an address by Major Williutn .J. Davis, who gave an account of his personal relation with tho last command of tho civil war. Maj. Davis is a native of South Carolina, a graduate of the Citadel Academy, and a brother of Col. Zimmerman Davis and Glenn E. Davis, of Charleston. Kor the past thirty years ho has been a resident of Louisville, Ky. In the course of his address he said : "Tho news of Leo's surrender caine to us at Christianburg, Va., early in April, IMiC). Gen Echols was in command of al>out 2,400 men, four brigades. Gen. Duke's brigade was dismounted cavalry. Our horses had sulTered so with foot evil, etc., that they had been sent, under charge of Col. Napier, to North Carolina. Wo were often ordered uhout as infantry. Gen. Echols had movod forward, intending to unite with Loo at Danville. At Christians nu t; came mo nowH oi loco's surrondor. It was a cold, drizzly afternoon. Wo wore all greatly depressed. (Ion. Echols culled a council of war and stated that ho proposed to march to (ion. Jo Johnston at Raleigh, N. C. lie olTorod us all the option to remain or go with him. The infantry decided to remain. Cosby's and Giltnor's brigades concluded to go to Tennessee. Duke's and Vaughn's brigades started to go to Jo Jonston. " A rush was made for the wagon trains, from which the mules and horses were taken, and men rode on mules and sore-backed horses with ropes for bridles. About 225 paroled prisoners came along and joined our party that morning. A notable incident occurred to me that night; a soldier accosted me ami asked to go along. It was Champ Ferguson, the noted guerrilla, who played the part 011 our side that Tinker Dave Boatty did 011 the Federal. I asked Chain]) Ferguson how many men I10 bad killed with his own hand, and he replied ninety-two in all. 14 The next morning wo found ten or twolve ollicors, with their men, and they wont with as. That night a calamity occurred. Two years before a negro hud appeared in our camp ; Capt. Murroll said lie bought him?L knew his owner never gave him to Capt. Murroll ; I10 may have bought him. The negro's name was Alfred, and he was invaluable. He was our cook, and when chickens were $25 each and eggs $12 a dozen ami pigs would not bite, our table had all the delicacies. Alfred did his marketing at hi nigin. no was invaluable, and when bo disappeared wo wore as dismayed as when Leo surrendered. " Wo marohed to Statovillo without a square meal since alfrod left. Capt. i\lurrell went ahead to find something to oat. I found him on a porch surrounded t?y young women. Ho beckoned and I wont; a lino meal had been prepared. Just thon Capt. Harry Clay, of Ciltncr's command came up; 1 was marching to tho dining room, a young woman on each arm, and Capt. Murrell was doing likewise. 1 introduced Capt. Clay, and tho women asked : ' Are you Henry Clay's grandson?' ' Yes,' ho replied. Immediately all tho young women loft us and surrounded Capt. Clay, rhoy put him at tho head of the table and we got places at tho foot: they passed tho fried chicken, batter cakes, foaming buttermilk, and everything wont by us to Capt. Clay. Wo called in vain. They replied: ' Wo are waiting on Capt. Clay.' I saw something bad to bo done. I asked Capt. Murrell to stund by mo. Ho agreed. Then 1 called a young woman and said: 1 You may have forgotten that Mr. Clay had another grandson. His daughter married a Mr. Murrell. Here is Capt. Murrell, hor son, who is also a grandson of Mr. Clay. Thoy turned find askod Mr. Murroll if it was true. 11(1 Hllbl 'l/(W ' IIH'1 !?<->?. .r....? .... "11 ---, J UUUJ U9 iVII \N O 30uld out of tho best on tho table. " Wo inarched toward Lincolnton, ttnd found that Col. Nupior with fortylive men and 21f> horses had been driven away by Stonoman. Gen. Echols had pussed on to Charlotte, arriving there April 1(J or 17. Johnston and Bragg wore negotiating. We found Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet with Dibbrell and Williams's brigades, tho latter in command of Col. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Wo wore there ton or twelve 1 days, and received tho news of Lincoln's assassination before we left. | Gen. Johnston telegraphed that his agreement with Sherman had been signed, but that Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, had repudiated it, and Jefferson Davis had better leave. Davis proposed to take tho cavalry across tho Mississippi and form a nucleus around which the South eould rally and secure their rights. 44 There was a crowd of unattached ollleors and men who deeidod to remain and surrender. Davis wanted to put Gen. Bragg in command, but tho Kentucky otlieors went to Davis and said that Breckinridge had not resigned his major-genoralship to bo Secretary of War, and that they wan tod him as their commandor. Davis assented. Breckinridge took charge and did mo the honor to soloct mo as his adjutant general. Wo went with four or five clerks and destroyed all tho records of the war oillco Have five or six boxes? that is ono reason there is a lack of olllcial documents in tho publication of tho ' rebellion records.' I greatly regret that destruction. Tho lust destruction was on the banks of tho Savannah liivor. " Wo marched about twolvo milos a day. At Union Court. ITonan uta fa?*wi Col. Napier with 215 horses. and the command wore soon all mounted. Forage was very scarce on account of Sherman's raid, but a now crop of hay was found occasionally in barns. One old woman as who objected to our taking the hay said : 1 You are Kontucklans ; why don't you go homo like our boys? Go and decently surrondor. Why don't you do that?' 4 You spoke out of your turn,' replied an old kontuckian. ' You South Carolina pooplo brought on this war and wo Kontuckians took the contract to oloso it, and aro going to do it.' 41 At Union Court House was the llrst time 1 had mot Mr. Davis. Lie looked like his picture on the postage stamp, and was the game cock stylo of man, full-chested, square-shouldered, only f> feet H inches high: next to Breckinridge he was the gamcst looking man I over saw ; I ate breakfast with him at Col. Mean's. They had sweet milk, butter-milk, curds, etc., add six kinds of corn bread, but no moat. We proceeded on to Abbovillo. Hiding with Breckinridge I mot all .tho Presidonuential Cabinet. Judge Reagan talked about the condition of the country. Judah P. Benjamin and Breckinridge quoted Teunyson and criticised the vorses. Brockinridgo was royal look-1 Ing. Benjamin was about five feet one J J t iach Hi^ti, hoavy and rotund : ho rodo a borne seventeen bunds hign, and was a ridiculous figure, but when in his soft voice ho quoted poetry you forgot his anpeuraneo. Mr. Mallory, Secretary of tho Navy, was about such a figure as Benjamin, and rodo a largo horse. Tho soldiers often guyed them, calling on thcin to 4Come down; I know you are up there.' They also guyed Bragg on every occasion. One day as wo rested in a road Bragg and his staff rodo "by. A Kentucky soldier shouted: 'Ob. Gon. Bragg, Gen. Bragg!' Tho General and his staff halted : then the soldier asked : 'General, what do you think of tho prospect of a war with Mexico?' They laughed and rodo on. "At Abbeville wo found it wab no ubo to go any further. The otllcers told Davis that tho soldiers would go] witli him as long as he desired, but it was useless to prolong tho war. lie said he could escape unaided. Gen. Duke, who was at tho conference, told mo that ho never saw Davis so crestfallen. After tho conference 1 was sent to tell tho men they could disband, that Davis did not need them as an escort, and each man could strike out for himself. Tho KnntnnW im,i Tennessee soldiers said they would inarch homo In a body. That night four or livo trains loadod with money and bullion camo from Charlotte with Homo treasury agents. Gen. Duke with forty-llvo men was put by Breckinridge to guard them. The following morning Duke aski^l that fifty men from each brigade he furnished him us a guard for the cars; this was done. A treasury agent was seen taking a bag of gold away, and he was brought biiek. We went on to Vienna on the Savannah liiver. Davis and his Cabinet started for Washington, Ga. There Ferguson's Mississippi brigade and Vaughn's brigade decided to wait and surrender. "There was$108,000 silver bullion on hand. It, came from the Southern households, who in the last four o* live months of the Confederacy sent their 1 silver plate to be melted and used to carry on tbo war. The Farmers' or Planters' Bank at Danville had 9200,000 of their own coined money and 47&.UOO of the Tennessee bohool fund. They traded all this for our bullion, Breckinridge, knowing wo could not. hold out much longer, determined to have tho money divided, and had me to write a letter to Davis. In it 1 gave the reasons. Broekinrldgosaid he did not want to give any reasons. The letter was changed and sent. When I took our Held list wc had only .'1,500 men, hut when 1 took the list to divide the money there were over 4,(MM). Each man was to got $.'12, but they only got $25. Davis sent in hot haste to inquire about taking the Danville bank money, but I truck inridge did not reply until the next day. " Bragg drew his last month's pay? $000; 1 remember his old stall' officer, Col. Olodowski, a l'olo, who always talked of money as tho root of evil, and claimed that the Confederates fought better because tho money was poor, that they had to light tho enemy for all they wanted, yet when ho came to be paid his amount was $105. He talkod so incessantly that the otllcers, by an error, counted out $155. Olodowski paused to say : *' Put $10 more there,' and all laughed. " Duke's command having gone to Woodstock, Breckinridge did not know >yiuvu wj ui?. j\ rouorai lorco appeared, Breckinridge said: 4 Cio detain them while 1 get away.' Col. .1. Li. Clay, Capt. Breckinridge and 1 were went to parley withtho Federals. We did hold them a long time. Their major was a gentleman and was feeling good. lie was half (trunk. Lie did not want to light, and neither did we. lie begged us to surrondor. We pleaded and joked for three-quarters of an hour, then said plainly as neither side wanted to tight we would go on one side of the road and lot him pass, or he could go on one side* and let us pass. Ho agreed and moved to one side, and wo marched by. They cheered us and wo cheered tuem. 4,(len. Breckinridge, with his son, 1 Cabell, and Col. Theodoro Ollara and Major Wilson, made their way to the Florida coast. Thon came our parting ' ?1 never realized that the Confederacy was gone till wo began saying to i each other good-hyo. A number of ' Kentucky soldiers insisted on having a , certificate of discharge. I wrote them | eaeu ono, una without knowing what I was going to talk about Capt. .Joseph Pettus showed mo ono here to-night. Our command was the last organized, force of the Confederacy this side of the Mississippi ltiver. Wo broke up May ( .' I was commissioned by Governor Pickens January 19,18(51, and scrv- 1 od till May (5, 1805. I always contended that I served longer than any other ! soldier in the Confederacy. When 1 reached homo, Greenville, 8.C., tlieno was a federal ottlcor sent for me. 1 had only a horse and a pistol, aud had no ' parole, but as I had written a good many paroles I wrote ono for myself, solecting a distant command, of whom ! the Federal ollicerknow nothing about, and it was satisfactory." _ 1 Breaking it Gently.?In the Province of Holstoin, noted for its superior brood'of cattlo, tho country people are not vory thrifty, but exceedingly fond of their cows, as may be gathered from tho following characteristic story: Parmor Jan was walking sadly down tho road, one day, when tho village pastor mot him. "Why so sad, Parmor Jan V" said tho pastor. " 1 have a sad orrand, pastor," said Jan. " What is it?" "Parmer llenrick's cow is dead in my pasture, and I am On my way to toll him.' " A hard task, Jan." " Indeed it Is. But I shall break it to h i m gently." I " How will you do that?" I "1 shall toll him first that it is his , mothor who is dead ; and then, having oponed tho way for sadder news still, ( 1 shall tell him that it is not his mothor, but tho cow !" I ?Tho total value of farm products in tho South in 18H0 was $668,000,000 | against $1 ,f>50,000,000 for tho romaindor of tho country. In 181)0 tho South pro- ' ducod $77il,000,000, a gain of $107,000,0000, or 10 por cent., whilo tho gain in 1 tho rostof tho Country was $114,000,000, or 9 nor cont. Tho South had $11,182,000,000 invested in farm interests in 1880, and tho total production wore ' $7711,000,000, or a gross revenue of 24. 1 1 por cont. on tho capital. All other sec- j tions combined had 97$11^7,IH)0,000 in- { vested in farm operations, and the product was $1,687,000,000, or 13. 1 por cont-gross rovenuo. They sh wo that for 1 every dollar roceivod from Northern < farmers on tho capital invested Southern farmers received nearly two dol- { lars. Tho cold winters of the North make outdoor work impossible for several mouths in tho year; they add ) largly to tho cost of keeping live stock and to family expenses for fuol and clothing, while the reverso is truo of the-South. 11 *.K;f , , \ THE FALiIjS OF NIAOAItA. Ttm Mighty Cataract >Vas Dry for One Day. Those who have seen this tremendous cutaract will consider that it is an absurd fable to talk of tho Kails running dry. and is only worthy to Ixj recorded in Baron Munchausen s wonderful adventures. Still, strango and incredible as it may appear, the truth in this case is stranger than fiction. Such an event, actually occurred about forty-live years since, and there is not the faintest trace of a tradition that it ever occurred before, and most certainly it has never happened since. 1 have frequently heard the particulars from tho late Bishop of Niagara, also from his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas U. Street, Indeed, some years since, Bishop Fuller gave an account of tho wonderful nhenomoon, over his own imino in u 11 am I i ton paper, from which tjko greater part of the following statement is taken : It occurred on tho morning of the .'list of March, IS-iH. Mr. Thomas 0. Street lived at that time in the beautiful homestead over the islands, to which he and his sisters and friends had access by a suspension bridge lie had erected. There was a mill at tho end of tho rapids that belonged to tho Street family. On tho morning in I question his miller knocked at his bedroom aiiout live o'clock in tho morning, ynd told him to get np quickly, as there was no water in tho mill-race, nor in tho j^heat river. lie was startlod by tho intelligence, and hurried out as soon as ho could dress himself. There before him ho saw the river channel, on whoso banks he had been born thirty-four years previous, almost entirely dry. After a hurried breakfast, Mr. Street and his youngest sister went down about three quarters of a mile to the precipice itself, over which there was so little water running that, having provided himself with a strong polo, they started from Tablo Kook and walked near tho edge of the precipice, uoout ono-tnird of tho way toward Goat 1 siiiiid on tho American shore. On tho muss of rock whero human foot never before trod, Miss Street having tied her handkerchief on tho end of the pole, thov sot it up firmly among the rooks. Mr. street said that ho turned his view toward tho river below the Fulls, and saw tho water so shallow that immense lagged rocks stood up in such a frightful and picturesque manner that ho shuddered when he thought of having frequently passed over them in the little steamer, " Maid of the Mist." He then returned homo and drove along the t Canada shore about half a mile above Goat Island. Various relics of tho war of 1812, Hung into the river after tho battle of Lundy's Lane?rusty muskets, bay- , onets, etc.- wore found among tho i rocks that wore laid bare. i Dr. Fuller did not get there until after the breaking down of tho ice dam ; but be found cvoryono in the neighborhood greatly excited at the wonderful event. Mr. Street's theory to account for , tho recession of the waters was this: That tho winds had been blowing down Lake Frio, which is only about eighty f.w.f ..~.i ? ? -- - u^u|? iitvu nuuii rusmng a great deal of water from it over the Fulls, then, suddenly changing, the wind blew violently up the river to the western portion of the lake. At this juncture, the ice on Lake Erie, which had been broken by these high winds, got jammed in the river between Buffalo and the Canada side and formed a dam which kept back the waters of Lake Erie a whole day. ?In Philadelphia, a lawyer was crossexamining a merchant far advanced in years, whose character was so high that if he could not break him down his case was lost. The oirly chance was to discredit his memory. Among the questions asked was, that ho would state some circumstances which had occurred twelve or fifteen years before, with details, that the jury mightjudgo of his capacity. Lie was indignant, but, under protest, said to the lawyer: " About twelve years ago, your father called upon mo. and said : 'My son is about to graduate. Will you kindly 1JV? f 4 ..111 .wan iiiu uii iy uMiuirs io purcnaso lino ] ii suit, of clothes:" I romoinber this us 1 if it wire yesterday : and I alsoromcui- j her that neither jim nor your father , has ever paid me one cent on account i of that loan." J ?An Kastorn drum in or who was in < Knoxvillo listened to tho complaints of | a mountaineer about hard times for i , ton or lifteeu minutes, and then oh- ? served : "Why, man, you ought to got rieh ( shipping green corn to the Northern l market." J " Yes, I orter," was tho reply. ] " You have the land, 1 suppose, and j oan get the seed." i "Yes." 1 "Then why don't you go into tho speculation ?" j " No use, stranger," sadly replied ( the native: " tho old woman is too I lazy to do tho ploughin' and plantin1." J "f f g rr\s ASTOiirsiTuro , low Dr, Pierce's Favorite Prescription acts upon nervous women. It s i marvelous remedy for nervous and general debility, Chorea or St. Situs's Danoe, Insomnia or Inability to sleep, spasms, convulsions or fits," and overy like disorder. Even in eases of insanity resulting from functional derangomonta, tho persistent use of the " Prescription n will, by restoring tho natural fuao.ions, generally effect a cure. For women suffering from any jhronic " female complaint" or weak- { less; for women who are run-down { >r overworked; at tho change from girlhood to womanhood; ana, lator, ( it the critical "change of lifo"?it is 8 i medicine that safely and certainly f luilds up, strengthens, rogulates, and j jures. r You can find no other remedy .hat's guaranteed. v If it ever fails to benodt or cure, j jrou have your money baok. What moro oan anyone ask? Is anything that isn't sold in this vay likely to bo "just as good"? i I iHu., i ImmmmmmMKmMiiW "II MOTHERS'. I m lit . FRIEND" | ^.Is a scientifically prepared llnltr; \ ment and harmless; every ingredi- j ^ ^ lent is of recognized value and in(pg? ^ [constant use by the medical pro-i^ i Sr^fession. It shortens labor, lessens ^ pain, dimishes danger to life Of j ^ Mother and Child. Book " l'O ^ E3 ^AOTHERS " mailed free, con-Is* taining valuable information and ^ voluntary testimonials. , Sent l>jr K*pre*? or mall, on receiptor price. , I ll.&O per bottlo. Hold by AM L>rutftfl(t?. ) BRADIIELD REGULATOR CO., \-^k : Atlanla n. An Australian farmer hib adopted a very peculiar method of making silage. Having eight acres of maize, or corn, which yielded a heavy crop, he laid the entire stalks, uncut, in throe stacks, taking care to lav them all one way without crossing. 'I'hen ho weighed the stacks down with logs and stones. When it had settled, ho covered the whole with earth two foot deep raised to a crown on top, which he thatched with cornstalks. The silage came out in good condition, and was greedily eaten by the cattle. Magnetic Nervine quiets the nerves, drives away bad dreams, and givos quiet, rest and peace fill sleep. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Why undergo terrible suffering and endanger your life when you can ho cured by Japanese Pile Cure; guaranteed by Carpenter Bros., Creenvillo, S. C. Rheumatism, neuralgia, headache and pains of every kind instantly relieved by Johnson's Magnetic Oil. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. ?A lettor from a""$orth Carolina correspondent of the American Grocer says : " Cotton is down to live cents, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good ; our planters will more generally bo driven to diversified crops. It means more corn and more hogs and less of acres in cotton. It means less ...u.itj iiu mu vvusi uiiu raoro money at homo. The custom in vogue since tho war of mortgaging tho crop for supplies must go. Tho custom of tho cotton buyer going to tho farmer himself and purchasing tho coo ton for cash has come to large proportions. This is a step in the right direction and will romovo many abuses and ultimately bring about an independence which will be a benefaction to tho small farmer. It will place business on a surer basis." A NARROW ESCAPED ^ How it Happened. The following romarkablo event in a lady^ life will Interest the reader: "For a long time I had a torrlblo pain at my heart, which fluttered almost incessantly. 1 had no appotlte and could not sleep. I would bo compelled to sit up in l>ed and belch gas from my storotch until 1 thought every minute would be my last. Thoro was a feeling of oppression ibout my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full breath. J couldn't sweep a room without sitting down and resting; but, tbank Jod, by tho help of Now Heart Ouro all that s past and I feel like another womau. lleforo using the Now Heart Ouro I had taken iliferent so-callod remedies and been troated ty doctors without anv benefit until I wae x)th discouraged and disgusted. My husband anight mo a bottle of Dr. Miles' New Heart lure, and am happy to say I nover rejrrottod t, as 1 now have a splendid appe*? "vand deep woll. I weighed 125 pounds wb ,cs tan taking the remedy, aud now IV * p-? <?% ut effect In my caso has been tr< ?u?. It far surpasses any othor .y* i ^ lave ever taken or any benefit i ? ^ mveu irom puysicIanH."?Mrs. Harrybi'^ JotuvUle, l'a.. Octobor 12. 18W. 1? Dr. Miles' Now Heart Cure la Mid on a positive guarantee by all druggists, or by the Dr. it lien Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of >rloo, $1 l?or bottlo, six bottles |6, express pre- v ?ald. This great discovery by an eminent I? peclallst in heart disease, eomtalna neither \ (plates nor dangerous drugs. Sold by Carpontor Bros., Druggists* Grroenvillo, S. C. SMITH'S VULCAN OINTMENT, SUUli CURE FOR Piles, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Corns and Bunions, Burns and Old Sores, Scald Head and Ringworm, Caked Breast and Sore Nipples, Weak and Sprained Backs. A special ointment is made'and sold T* * 1 ur iuoii unu ucning L'ilcs, which is j guaranteed to give satisfaction. Every Ik?x of SMITH'S VULCAN ' >INTMENT is sold with tho under* ' landing that tho money wlil bo rounded if not satisfactory. Highest testimonials furnished as to ts oHicacy in I'ilos, Rheumatism, Nou- I algia, &c. i Sold by dealers in modioine every- 1 phere at 25 and 50 conts per box, or 1 nailed to any address on receipt of >rico in postage stamps or curroncy. , Sample Ijoxos freo. 1 W. J. Smith, Solo 1'ropr.iotor, * Groenville, S. C. iPttoution thto paper in orderingi General Washington'*! Will. i It io not generally known that the I} fatuous will of * tho father of his country " came very near destruction ou two occasions. At the beginning of the Civil War, it was takon from Fairfax Court Houso, Va.,.to Uiehmond. When tho Confederates evacuated Kichmond, tho will was accidentally loft behind, and was found by u soldier among some rubbiqh on tho lloor of tho otlico of ijfb Secretary of tho Commonwealth. it afterward came into the hands of a resident of Fairfax county, whdCtetumed it to tho proper authoritLMthMfot long ago, tho offico of tho (Cljjnty Clerk at Fairfax was 1 broken ialb by burglars, and tho safo containing tho will was blown opon. Tho next morning tho will, with other valuable and ancient documents, was found on tho lloor, the burglars evidently not recognizing it, or elsenot appreciating its value as a ^ ? \ Tho contents of the will arjl 'Ubably too woll known to boar much repetition. Like nearly all wills of that period made by famous mon who were slaveholders, it shows the maker's devotion to his slaves, and his groat concern for their welfare. In his will, he expressly states that his slavos shall be emancipated at the death of his wife, to whom be leaves most of bis orrmnrtjj u/V?S/iV? 1 ?J L f. .j , ?MIVii nnn VU1UUU III that time ut $530,1)00 a full inventory being attached to tho will. IIo also expresses great regret that the youth of hisvountry should bo sent to foreign hind? t|ibo educated, as they are apt to cont/fit not only habits of dissipation a**,extravagance, but principles unfrlenoTy to our republican form 01 govor. * .. He also provides for tho estuV .rtent of a university, and stat /hat whilo his principles prevent bin. from accepting' nuiny kind und flattering otters of compensation for his services to his country during her arduous struggle for freedom, ho hopes such property as has boon olTored him may bo donated for tho benefit of educational institutions.?Washington Star. MAGNETIC NERVINE. _^awv l? sold v?rta written H 'j.u gu^jm^r. guarantee to cuic-i -1. M Lii&sfSBi hS6\'-^A Nervous Prostrn- * jM tlon, Fits, Dliilva sifcv j*i' rises .Hcadacho and Jfi NeurnlKla nudWake- M K -w J fulueHo,enured bvox<< V oeaelvouaeof Opium, ^ rpii Tobaoob nnd Alcor> J ? nnr L ?- 3.- ? liolj Mt'Utftl J)oprO? BEFORE - AFTER- Bion, Softening of k V tho Brnln, cnuBtnjr Misery, Insanity nnd Death) \ V IinrrenoRB, Iinpotoncy, Loot Power_iu either box. . ??,u>UIo vmu HgV| involuntary Lowes, caused by over-indulgence, ovor-oxertloD or tho Drain anil / Errors of Youths It gives to Weak Organs their Natural Vigor ami doubles tho leys of life: euros hucorrhiwi and Fonialo Weakness. K month's treatment, in plain package, by mall, to any address, H per box, 8 boxes 85. With every $5 order wo glvo a Written Cunrnntno to cure or refund tho money. i*tr<'iiinr? free. Uuaruntoo Issued only bj our ox* I elusive agent. ? Carpenter Bros . Greenville, S.G - """ WACCAMAW LINE STEAMERS. | Tho Steamor will loiivo hor wharf \ at Conway every Monday and Wednesday J moraine for Georgetown Ht 4 o'clock, touch- i inf? all intermediate points. A?d will leave her wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday iind Friday morning for < enwuy at 4 | o'clock, touching all intermediate points. 1>. 'I'. M'NEIL, Gen't Ag't andTre?a? Conway, . O. It. A. MIJNNERLYN, Agent.Georgetewa, B. C. Scheduie of Local Mail Routes. J ROUTE NO. 20273.?From Galivante Ferry * , to Conway, mail arrives 1.4ft p m,on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; leave? ak 2 30 p m on same days. Mail closes **>, 2,9ft. ROUTE NO. 20280.?Front Couwuy te Hire* way, N.C., mail arrives at 4:30 p m [ Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday; leavi< at ftp lit on same days. Mail cleset V 4:6ft p m. ROUTE NO. 20281.?From Caaway vi Forney, Jordanville, Gideon, Lahana aa return, mail arrives at 7 prr. on Tuesda, Thursdav and Sntur.i?w. i? - -......?.??j , ?ti o a/ , on Monday, Wednesday aud Friday r^Mou t close* ?t 9 p in. ** ^ I ROUTE NO. 20282.?From Conway to Lit- % tie Kivor, mull arrive# at 6 p m on Moa- 1 tiny, Wedneaday and Friday: leaves at 7 ft a *ni Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.. ? Mail doses at ? p tn. * ROUTK NO. 20288?From Conway to Par*. I i| Ilarrelson, mall arrives daily at 12 n?r leaves dailv at 1:48 p m. Mail elosea at' r Wilmington, chadbourn ? 1 Conway it. it. Passenger^ina^, I freight daily, exeopt Sunday. | V SOUTH HOUND.?NO. 46. \ Lv lluh $ 15am ,f Lv 11 ions HSOaua Ar Chadbourn 9 OOana Ly Chadbourn 10 10am Ly Olaroodon 10 40am Ly ML Tabor lOftftaai Lv l.oris 1120am Lv San ford 11 87am 1 Lv llayboro 11 47am Lv PnvetU 1107am * Lv Adrnin 12 Wptt . Ur Conway 12 20pm J northbound?NO. 44. mm ;v km way 2 40pm JBfl Efeiv.::. r. SV B 2 45n MH :>;>pnflBL^ ^B Ar ... 20pm^H Bk w ,\i Mt. Talmr . 8 ftftpm^M BEL 1| larendon ""pal Rui x*r Chadbourn 4 ftOpmB Lv Chadbourn 6 l&pifiB Lv 11 ion 6 46pinB B Ar Huh 4 00mdl Atlantic coast line. yw i mington, Columbia Jk Augusta B B It. Condensed schedule, in effect D B 2, 1H98. JB B TRAINS OOJNO SOUTH.?NO. f>5. B Ly Wilmington 12* B Ly Chadbourn ft f> B B Lf|Marion ft 6 BB Ar Florence 0 6, Bfl MO. 64. I B Ly Florence 7 l| ^^^B Ar Sumter 8 9 B Ly Sumter Ill B B Ar Columbia 10(1 B 4 MO. 6t. B B Li. Kloroaeo 14 B| A] "baiter 9m ' r MO. 61. HH LvHumter r J Ar Columbia 11 A^B TRAINS GOING NORTB.?NO. & Ly Columbia 41 B k\ Sumter ft H| L? Humtar 6 Ar Florence 7 * ?. AS. H lit Columbia 4 R^H| 5r Sumtor ... I\ ^B * &9. mm lit Sumter * BB tr Florence ^B O. 54. BH L.T Florence 7 it Marion t < hadbsurn 4 WB Vr Wilmington 10 JNo. 62 run* through from Charlests Hi yj tral llailroad, leaving Laaes 8.44 H lining 9.2# a m. No. 58 runs through t? Charles'SB, < H| ia Central R It., arriving Manniag 8 ,??( ? 8.40 p in, Charleston 10.44 f m. ' Trato on Manchester A- Augusta 1 BH sates Sumter, daily except Kuaday 10 j a, arrives ltlmini 11.89 a at. Rsturi sate Kimini 1 2 :t<> f m, arrlts Bomterl HB >a. J rB Trains on ITaristills It. *. leave Ha I'M llle, daily sxcopt Suwtsr, at i a m, an I B ng Kistds 5.24 a as. Returning, M. j H Cloys 4.45 p u>, arriving at ll&rtavllle 10. J. F. Divine, Gen'l Supt. B| J. K. KiNliY. Supt. Trans. B t. II. Xme^on. Gen'l Pes*.