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BURNED ALIVE. Shocking Practice of the Child W idows of India lias BROKEN OUT AG\1N. They hurl -Thtmstlves on the Burning Funeral Pyres of Their husband's in Spite of the Warnings of the English,'Government on the Subj ct. The British Government in India is muoh disturbed over the failure of all Its efforts to stamp out the horrible Hindu practice of suttee?the turning alive of a widow on the funeral pyre of her bustard. Such an example was n ade a year ago of si vjn of the principals convlo ted of having aided l.i this barbarous religious rite, when a rich widow went voluntarily to her fate, that the < 111 clals telleved there would be no fur ther rtcurrance of the ancient but now forbidden custom. Yet, even while the guilty persons connected with that occasion were appealing to the oourts, promiiing to reDOUucc a religion wbic'i demanded snch a sacrifice of life, auother widow aided by relatives and uelghb( rs of her village, has just now been sent by way of the flaming pyre to j >Jn her fcusband in P?radis??as Is me belief of orthedox Hindus. It Is not exactly known when the practice of suttee originated. It le mentioned by Dlodorus F cuius as being common when the Macedonians first eLtered India. To-oay all the holy spots alODg the routes of Hindu pilgrimage are dotted with little white pillars, each commemorating a "Sail," as the "good woman" and faithful wife Is called who throws herself into the llamts which consume the bedy of her dead husband. Toe emperor Akbar is raid to have prohibited suttr>, but vainly. Not until tbe year 1820 did the Kagllsh dare to interfere with the religious rite so deeplp rooted. Then Sir William Bentlnck declared muse who as-1 sisied in the ceremony guilty of "culpable homicide." He enforced the law so rigorously that only in isolated communities ana in stciet was the practice continued. lb is known that in the year 1817, in the Bengal nresidenov alone. 700 widows were thus burned alive. This religious custom does not foice a widow to die in the flames of her husband's funeral pyre. It never has been mcessary to use compulsion. The alternative?a miserable and de graded existence, In which she was dispi8? d bv all sent the widow willingly to the ilames. besides, the llmous regard this act as that, of a virtues and faithful wife. Until Eoglish rule forbade it, it was strongiy recommended by public opin ion, among the Rajputs especially, as the oily means of the widow's ana her husbands happiness in the future Btate. The primitive view of the fu ture life held by Hindu* regarded the dwfld as having the same needs as the living. Tuis explains the difliculty the Eogllsh government has in stamping out the practice of suttee. Tin# 41 1 I)/\0 V ? rwr\ mbAir* Til ? vy 11 iii a jrroi wuou DC?ou' lliu dus were stnienoed to terms in prison for oompllcity in the buinii g alive with her hut band's body of the youri# widow of Chaudrhl Mmsir, a rich merchant of Bi mbay, there had been no known Instances of this practice for several years, Suddenly, a little more than a *eefc vpo the Lucknow 1111cials learned that the lorbldden practice fcr several yeare. Suddenly a little more than a week ago the Lucknow (fllclals learned that the forbidden practice had just claimed & widow, Utile more tnan a child atCawnpore. An Investigation proved that the report was only tco aehfcuDded. The funeral pyre had been >-et up in a shallow chasm in an ill kept outlying street In which baif burnt sticks of mAnr) leu *'PV\A -A?O L1-. rr vuu it*/ X I iu v> IIJ ' QI 3 V\ CI U UUttUlC In this Instance, to make any arrests for the reabon that the names of those guilty of ccmpiicltv were carefully guarded by fanatic adherents to the old religion. Hut it was proved that on the same pyre whose iWraes consumed the dead body of Cbundcr Mookeij lar, & skilled labortr of (Jawupore, his fifteen year old widow gave up her life. There were Hindu witnesses of the act, who while they took no part, apparently, In the horrible rite, and who refused to name any persons who did take part, told the English tfilclals the main details. Chunder Mookerjhar, when taken with his fatal Illness, had only recently married his child wife. Both were of the old religion and were known to be deeply attached to each other. The wife personally attended her sick husband, refusing to take rest while be still lived, When after a few days he died, she seemed daz d. She watched v&cautly the preparations for cremation. As far as the cthoers could learn no one urged her to immolate herself. in faot she did not accompany the body to the pyre. It was only when the wood had been lighted that her slight figure, all swathed In white suddenly rushed upon the scene Those near her noticed that ber gar- % menu woio saturatid with kcrosjut; * also that she bad tightly bound up t oer lower jaw, as though she were ai* , ready a o< ipse. This was probably for the reason that she feared that the sgony of the tlames might ctuse her to cry out in spite of all her rujo lution. In her eyes, according to the testimv ny, van the half-mad light of her resolve to join her husband In the j other world, vhere he wou d still be t her lord, and thus to escape the dis grace which widowhood on earth would bring to her among tbo Hindu 1 fanatics. W tiyout pausing for an Instant the ' child widow of Ohunder Mookeaj'iar ( threw herse'f beside her husdand's corpse In the midst of the lUm^s As her oll'Saturated garments blazed up she sprang to her feet for an It slant, raising her eyes heavenward, with arms upraised, and then sank back t still ad and unconscious, soon to be only a cinder. A*.. the very moment when this aw- , fu) ceremony was in progress the acnestorles to the sutte of Chaudhri MlSKir's widow a year before were appealing to the curt for a mitigation of their prison sentence and proml? loir to frown upon Hp foibidded prtctlce iheitceforou. iney were J ugger- ( oath Misslr, a son, sentenced to five years of rigorous Imprisonment; Ra'.k isLun Missir, Dwarka Missir, Run Chrran Missir, Somar (Jhouktdar and Gunga and D'.lohlng Chamars, n-ar relatives, sentenced to terms raug , Irg from three years down to nine ( months. The t? stimony given in c urt, c tv ( ering the most minute details, allowed ttils instanoe of suttee to have ( been perf >rmed with the mnstelabor aoe ceremony. Utmidrbl Misslr was ( a high caste Brahmin, of li tluence, living In the village of Sanchari. near . E^har. lie died and arrangements ( were mad *">r the Iturolngof hla body . on a bills da on the tanks of a amall , river calleo Devi Sthan." I Under the direction of bla eldest , son, Juggernath, Home of his humble retainers dug shallow trenches In the ? fntnofaSt. Andrew's Cross and over | this piled the wood of the pyre. In ( the cutting of the wood?which Is a ( part of the funeral ceremony?Jug- \ gernath Misslr, the eldest son, assist.- , ted. Being a Brahmin gentleman he | had no axt of his own. Ram Lil i Barhl, a carpenter of the village lent , aim his. Many of the villagers assist < ed, too, wnlle others gathered about | as spectators. When the villagers saw the widow \ of Ohaudrht Misslr bathing In the | river the whisper ran from one to 1 another: , "Suttee I Sutter 1 The widow of 1 Goaudrhl Misslr will be Satl !" The cremation of a dead Brahmin i was an ordinary occurrence, but San ohari Village had known no Suttee in i half a century. Soon, while Juggernath Misslr continued to cut wood and arrange It upon the pyre, bun dreds we"*1 joining the crowd on the hillside. Volunteer musicians brought their drums, cymbals and gongs. Others brought the sacred Sanks or snell upon which to blow solemn tones as the spirit of the widow j lined that of her husband. At le gth the pyre was ready. Bear , ers brought the b >dy of Caaudrhi Misslr and laid It thereon, with his | feet toward the setting sun, for It was afternoon. Ram Cbaran, Dwarka ' and Balklshun Misslr, the younger ( sons, brought the helmet, the sword, , spear and modern rille and the cloth Ing of Onaudrhi Misslr and laid them , beside the corpse on the uyre , The hillside was nc w alive with , thousands of vllllagers and country- ] men. Their bodies swayed to and 3 ? iju, ouu iow moans ran rrom woman ( to woman. The men with the drums, . theoymbalF, gongs and sacred Sanks , sat in a row near the pyre. All were w&ltlng for the widow of Chaudrhi MiHRlr to appear. They had not long to wait. From her bouse, bathed and attired in her oridal robes, aooompanied by two maids, she oame. Her face was radiant. She looked like a young bride. The women on the hillside moaned again, but now there was a more triumphant note in their lamentations. They bowed their heads toward the widow. murmurlDg: "Sati! A good wife. Blessed is Chaudrhi MiEslr!" Juggernath Missir, as perfectly oorapf sed as his mother, gave her his hand aud helped her mount the pyre. There she stretched herself out beside her dead husband, he? head beneath his slojlder, as became a humble wife. All was now ready. The men with the sacred Sanks blew a long note. Toe drum*, gongs and cvmbals gave, forth mi Hied sounds. The women on the hillside waved their bodies, bow ing their heads low toward the pyre Then the voice of the widow was neara sortiy calling lo Juggdmath Missir: ! "My son, sire* you are here and j fear not the law, do your duly as oe- comes a faithful Hindu " Then Juggernath Missir lighted 1 some wheat st' oks, and havlr g walked ( tlwee times around the pyre, accord t ing to custom, applied the tire to the ^ m< uth of the corpse.- This failing to j Ignite the pyre, Juggernath Missir called upon four good Brahmins to as c slst him In performing the ''Humid." , Those who responded were the three younger sons?Rim Charan j Missir, Balklshun Missir and Liohm&n Tewerl. First they burned incense a allsbjutthe pyre. Then thev took t chips of wood dipped in ghee, lighted them and plaoed them under the wood of the pyre. Flames leaped up ward, joining the smoke of the lnoen- c se. The widow lay still beside the 1 oorpse of her husband. \ m . , # Now the drumfc, gor gs and cymbals *ve forth their full voltmt of sound, fooes from the S?.nk? responded hrough the grove E 'ery fio* uoon be hillside was alight with rellgloucstasy. As the flames reached the garments if the wid )w, she began to writhe In igony. Suddenly, wrapped in tlame, he siood up, lifted her arm* and turbid hei face toward the s-1 log sun \bove the din of the drum1- and oyno>als the crowd cculd be heard shout ng from th* Hiu u Sat lUrn! Slta Banc! SHI.Mai Kal 1\ IV The pyre was not a roaring furnace All at ono\ amid the beating of ihr irums and the clang of the oymbals. tihe body of the widow fell upon the corpse of the huibaod and the two seemed to dissolve t< gether. Soon they were but ashes mli gled with the ashes of the pyre. Now that this second Instance of mttee has come to light,, wh^n the E lgllsh ( nioials believed tl a , the widely '"'oorOed trial at d sentences of those m Heated In the burning to death ?.i Ohaodrhi Mlsstr would have the tildot of wholly stamping out the practice, it t? not, likely there will be any mitigation of ?h nh puiilnhmsnUi. The government has issued ordi rs that isolated II udu communli are to be sloselv wat<jbed to guard agal st xe 3iet c mmisidons of this demoralizing jrlme. The most shocking feature of this recrud* scone of the ancient rite is tnst t parttcu'arly rnenac R wives who are. Tardly no?e than children?for marrl ges (f Hindu girls at thirteen .wtlve, and eleven years of age, art lot uncjmrjQOu. W ien the hu hands o' these mere children die, the attitude of friends, elatives and neighbors toward the x>or little widows char ges immediate y. Will they be "Sat??" Will they ibrow themselves Into the fl im s and ihus prove th mselves "good women" md "faithful wives," or will they iccrpt the alternative of the )ow?st fv>rm of degradation during all the itno vu f\ nr??v\ . A) [lain uu WJUJ> f The young widow cannot fail to ob tervo the looks of Inquiry directed a' ler, the already growing coldness of ?ven her near reli t ves. First, dtspalr it her vision of the future assails her, len comes mad fauaticism for the dd rellglou and, unless restrained by Lhose who fear the law of their ttnghsh masters, she runs wildly to t te pyre where her busbanl's body is he ng consumed and gives herself to the lames. The British Goverment, striking at the ro >t of the matter, encourages tho mlssiona^es in their t ITorta to teach these Hindu fanatics that a good wife wno becomes & widow ttircugh no fault of her own is as worthy of respect as any other woman and has the same right to oontinue an honored member of society But these sporadic revivals, of thr? practice of Suttie indicate how d!flleult is the task. CHANDLIR'a LETTER. II i StickN to lltw Story and Indul^N in 8mro?Hiii. Senator Tillman Thursday receive^ from former Senator William E Dhandl?r a statement of his c urse uo in intermediary in the negotiations between President K >osevelt and Sen iter Tillman and Uailey on the railroad rate bill. The communication hears upon Senator Lodge's denial for the president of Mr. Chandler's statement quoting the president as saying that he had lost confidence in Senators F iraker, Spooner and K iox. It was t IF ired In the senate by Mr. Tdl man, and will be printed In tne Congressional Record. Mr. Chandler In ois statement reaffirms the essential portions of the statement he made to Senator Tillman. Continuing, he iayt: "Much as I regret that the hasty iotlon of Seuator L dge and the piesldent has forced an issue between the pi esldent and myself, the t xt r? m anguago he has used manes such is men unavoidable, and 1 cannot snrink 'rom or evade U, although I cannot lse toward the chief executive of the latlon language like his own. Upon )ur respective statements I submit ihe controversy with cooti :enoe in ibe Judgment of those who know me. ' For those who do not know m /here is fortunately circumstantial svidenoe of a high order wh ch show /hat the president could not have )mlted to make in substance the statement whlo i he denies. Nor coulr. le have then made the whoie state nent which he now substantiates, [lis impu'sivenesa has led him into lerious error upon a point of no imxirtance in Uself, but only au aiTdolvg his attack upon me." Mr. Chandler cites circumstance trid cot municat ions to show Limb le could not possibly have misutilerstood or misrepresented the iresident in the matter at issue. Coe most interestlr g feature, per taps, of Mr. Chandler's iett- r to Mr. rtllman lu i>rii tulnifl * -* ?1 - . ..a.uiau ID VVHinilltU 111 lillO U1UKIU(( jara^raph, la which he say: : ' Ua the whole, perhaps i ought to lonsider myself fortunate. If the old uipenaiiailc days had boen tully re dved at the Wolte House one whom [ considered the beat of friends, Senitor L >dge, upon demand would have ml ctf my head and taken it to Prescient it io^evelt on a charger, and I 1 ihould nave spoken no more. Now, at 1 east. I have left to me tne power of peeoh. But I shall never use It again 1 is a missionary from the President to 1 ihe Democrat io party " An editor out in Utah died the oth- i >,r day leaving four widows and forty children. He must.have been a hustr 1 er as well as an editor to keep the 1 volfe at bay, I # V HAD A GOOD TIMK. TtfK Oli<? V KTK tiANH OA1TURKD COLUMBIA Ij%BT WEKK. They Were Moat Lavishly and Bandaomely J ntertained Tarins ^ heir Stay. The old Confederate veterans captured C lumbla last week, and in turn the good people of the Capital City gave the old heroes the glad hand, accompanied by a welcome and lavish entertainment, that plainly showed the old heroes that their visit ?as higl ly appreciated and that their noble deeos of the past had not been forgotteu. If the old veterans did not see what they wanted all they had to do whs to ask for It. There were thousands of them. A dispatch on Wednesday said tho city is rapidly tilling up with veterans, the delegations from the various camps are coming in on all trains and the scene od Mc in street is particularly impressive s.m the g- r.?l-d old heroes tread the <treets amidst buntlrg, Confederate tlfgs and other decorations respleLdent in a wealth of specially arrange" electric lighting para plieru&lia, winsome prettily dressed young sponsor * and mauls g'idlng past, maimed old veterans in gray uniforms, lanrieaus, harks and streetcars rushlrg by each other, all in a rush to get prepared for and get to the various functions of the day, thp cipltol grounds form irig a fetching buck-ground as the b&udsome capliol building divides two ton'ed settlements of veterans. On ttie west M'eofthe grounds is , the big reunion assembly tent where business Hesslors will be held and , which will aooommodate three thous- ( and. There are other sraa'l tents on this side. () j the opposite side the | grounds are tilled with big conioal : tents, one of these being set aside for , hospital purooses in addition to these nrovlslons for sleeping apar m mts E gagemenis have been made for re , oeiving six hundred veterans in the , home of Co umbia people and three . hundred ctn he accommodated at the , State hospital for the Insane. The , veterans will be bountifully fed in Columbia. The big store room for ytferly occupied by the Murray Drug Concern on Main street has been con verted into a big dining room, breakfast being served from 9 to 11 o'clock and dinner from 1 until 4 o'clock A different committee of ladles will be in charge each day. Every train is being met by a committee and in ad dltlon to this precaution a bureau of information is open to the veterans to come and deposit his card bearing the name of his host, when he will be properly escorted to his destination In case of the loss of the card a com plete record at the bureau is available uj repair wns. Toe reunion assembly was called to order at the big tent Thursday night by Capt. W. I). Starliu, commander ol I Camp Hampton, and the opening prayer was by Bishop Ellison Capers Hearty addresses of welcome to delivered by Mayor Glbbcs. President W. A. Clar. , of the Cnamber of Com meice, Col. W. W Lumpkin, of the local camp, aud Governor Heyw&rd. Toe response will be by General Carwile. Toe formal openin^of the re union is to be followed by the impies sive cer monlal tribute of respect to the Confederate d ad and the oalliDK of the robs by camps Pus the best part abnit the whole business is tbe fact tnat sticks cut through everything that the old vets themselves, the battle-scarred gnzz > o'd heroes, who proved themselves one wonders of the w >rl.i in the lighting line, but who have not been very sue cessful many of them lu a business way, who are bning entertained and fed and quartered free?are having the times of their lives. Many of them have nothing to spend, but this has mh de no dilT^reDoe In the way the> have b en created. None has gone nuugry nor been negltood In tbe mat ter of Quarters The weather hw k..^. perfect, and tent 1? f3 has not even ui net a one so far as can he learned. The free dining room on Main street , is crowded for each meal b?ut none are turned away; and the free beer and , lunch county open In the vacant lot across the street from the Y. M. 0. A ts doing a land-cftlce business. , The feature of Thursday's session of the reunion convettlon was the vis It to the reunion teno of about 300 children fron the ct / schools. As the children passed along the streees in ion be tile dmsjd in whtt.e and red the old vets not attending theoouven tien gathered to see them pass, ard such hurrahing and rebel )elllngbave nor. been heard since the real war times. The visit of the children ti led up tent ana grea& crow.is stoi d al the 11 \pa who could not get in. The singiug and recitationlng of the children were well done and aroused great i pnthusiahm rrany of the old vets be Ing overci me with emotion and weeping as they heartlb oheerrd. Alma { Dunn.ng, a beautiful little girl, led i the singing, and dirt H well. Taere J were a number of Confederate sor gs, t including 4T)ixle" and "Swanee Rio- ; her " i A resolution was introduced by j Glen. C. I. Walker, and adopted, look < Ing to having the Confederate rolls ( printed and put in permanent form in ! t,be interest of history. An earnest plea was made to have til relics In the possession of veterans ( ind others turned over to the keepers ] Df the relJc room at the Stato house * tiere in order that they might be bet Ler preserved. The session closed with the annuxl ' address, which was by Gen. James W. * Moore, of Himpton, who spoke with 1 great warmth and eloquence, and whose remarks were received will hearty applause. Thursday afternoon was the annus' veterans parade, the line of march being from the poet (hoe to the atatx house through Main street. The feature at the reunion tcni I Thursday night was the presentation j of the several hundred pretty spon gnrs and maids. Tae address was bj F. n. Weston and the response by Miss Helen. This was followed by the presentation of the spectacular war drama in the tent, the veteran* admitted free. A CALL OP DUTY. Senator Manning Urged to Han to* Governor. The following editorial from th* Sumter Dally Item shows how Senator R ohard I. Manning stands at home. The Item says: "Senator Richard I. Manning of this couoty has tnen more signally honored by a large, Influential and ' epresentative element of the ottiz ;nship of South Carolina than any other rmzi now in public life, ar.d tnis honor has come to hlro In a wav that cat nut be extremely gratifying to him. although It entails a grave and heav\ responsibility We know that It Ir an honor that the people of Sumte' C)untv apprt elite, Irrespective of whether or nor, they end trse In totv his views on matters of public pol'ov, for It Is sn honor to a olt zw and t rrue and tried public servant of thb oiuHythat. has come spontanoouib fr? m the people of all sections of ch? State. "No man within the present gen eratlon, save Hampton alone, so fa as we know, has been so strorgly am earnestly urged and persuaded to t> come a omrtldate for governor, rit man ban bad so groat pressur* brought to bear upon him to dlbre rflrH ) I u nn rflf.no 1 ? r. rl niu Iinirjtvfl (MM 'f itid (fT t his servi f?s to the public. For u onths past Mr. Manning hat :>*en looked upon as >.he logical caoa> late for governor by those who re uard high o araoter and buslnesi ability as the tlrst and m">st necea iu*ry rt qnlsltiea lu a candidate for tin ctllce, and at the same time endorsee bis well understood views respecting the control of the 1 quor business bj legislative eractmeiu. But not untl the representatlves of every county o' the State were gathere^ together li Columbia yesterday was it poKsiblt to estimate the strength of the sentl mmt that Richard I. Manning is th< man lor governor of S <uth Carolina Never has there been exerted sue) pressure on any man within our re ooileotion to declare himself a candidate and never has there been sue! Insistence that & man should offer fo; oftloe- as a duty he owed the State. Yesterday Mr. Manning was urged t< announce his candidacy by men from practically every county in tne State and, as an evidence of the conti lenc that he has inspired by his public record, a great many of those wht were most im latent were men wht openly declared their antagonism t< **?*, 1 1 1 ..r? ntu *uuwu views respecting thi dispensary, but at the Siuie time salt tbat, despite this difference of opinion, they preferred nim and woub support him against the field, simply because of their oufid moo lu Lorn a & man and oit z n. Tills was a tribute that no uoan, nor his ftlendb could regard save as an honor that ? man might cheerfully spend a llf< time in the public serv cs ro cnerh and receive, and we know that Mr Manning so regarded it; and ni friends from Sumter, th ough whon J this pressure was large.y brought to near, were made to realize that he oo'c only appreciated the esteem of the p ople of the State tbu* expressed, b.n that he would gladly comply! with h Ir demands could he do so at i the 'xpeme of any sacrifice that woul1. l llecfc him?Alf ftlnno "It still seems lo Mr. Manning's' friends that lo is a call of outy ard that If It is possible for hlna to be ' come a candidate for Rcvemor on a I platform whose chief plank would be his record as a cit z n, as a public ser vant and as a man, that he should do so, and tfive the people of the State, who appreciate this type of oitiiwnship, an opportunity to vote for a man who cannot only command, but al ready has the confidence and respect of his opponents. 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Diseases peculiar to women also iraa'od with great success. *ri e for examina ti* >n > lank. \VK DO NOT I)H \L IN PATENT MEDICPVEO All medioines necessary are prepared in our own private | laboratory, vf^hout extra' barge. Address ; I)It. HATH ftp AY & CO., H8-A Inwan fmi'ding, Atlanta, Oa. f OR SALE. One 50 II. P. Lldell Automatic Engine. One 00 II. P. Erie Oily Boiler. One Drug Saw. One Cut OfT Saw. Ore Self Feed Hip Saw. One Broom Handle Lathe. One Hoe Handle Lathe. Two Polishing Drums. One Hand Lathe. One Large Grind Stone and Stand. Two Oar Loads short lengths of Ash, Walnut, Persimmon and L)< gwood. vMie nunarea ieet or snarling. One lot Shafting Hangers. One lot Pulleys* 125 Do/.. Base Ball Bats. The above is situated in a two-story factory building, dimensions 50x100ft., with eil attached 30x60ft, two stories. Lot measuring 200 feet frontage and 524 feet in deptu. Rail Road into the yard. In a desirable part of the city of.Orangeburg, S. U. 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Prepared by the Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. O A Pianor or An Organ For You. To the head of o\ery f unity who in Ambitious for the future u..u education of his children, we have a Special Proposition to make. No article in the homo shows the evidence of culture tiiat does a Piano or Orgtui. No accomplishment, gives as much pleasure or is of ss great value in after life as the knowledge of nutsio and the ability to play well. Oi.? ?.?.?! I l> " wv.. uuion ? u^iuhiii riai s manes ownerfihij) of a high gra^e Piano or Organ enay. Just a few dollars down and a small payment each month or auarlerly or somi annually and the instrument is jours, Write iiH today for Catalogues and on* Speoial Proposition of lOaay Payments. AttrirrP Iftaloiie s Witulo On., < 'of lino bin. S O =! 3rick Works, t Af O. u 'srra 3of.ta B ill )J4 t ared to fill orders for ttfou ands < > < * o ' II ^or Sale ind engine in stock which has recentr \ in first-class condition and will be the market for such a size engine, n the way of machinery supplies, and nquiries and orders entrusted^ our market for anything, and be sure 41 orders elsewhere. ^ ^ Columbia, S.^C.