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The 'Petorane. BY MISS E. F. ANDREW. [Lines suggostod by seeing the Confederate survh ore lgno into the con etory on Momorial Day,) I see them slowly marching year by year, A lessening band, to that lone camping ground, Where their champions in the days that tried Men's souls have grounded arms forever. Ease has seldom boon their portion; bronzed by sun And bit by winter's cold, they bear the sears And blows of envious time as valiantly As once they bore the buifetings of war. For them a nation's coffers have niot bled To salve their wounds with gold ; but when, worn out . With fatal victories, they left the fild, Where valor long had strove in vain with might, Like that great son of Rome whose con quering arm Dlid not disdain to guide the plow, they sheathed Their swords, and asking aid of none but God By honest toil redeomed and glorified The land their fruitless valor could not save. See whele they come, an ever lessening band I Torn by life's storms and chilled by numbing frosts Of thankless years, they falter not nor fail In the great strife with human wrong and woo, Till, one by one, the great commander, Death, Gives word to break their ranks and join the vast Encampment 'neath the white and sor ried stones Where fame shall write their simple epi taph ; Not conquered, but worn out with con quering. RECOLLECTIONS OF GENERAL R. E. LEE, HOW HE ENTERTAINED THREE LITTLE GIRLS. Children Were Not Awed by the Pres ence of the Great Commander-A Ride on His:Fainous "Traveler" by One of tho Girls. A Virginia woman contributes an interesting reminiscence of Gen. llobt. E. Lee to the New York Evening Post, as follows In the life of General Lee, written by his nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, may be found the following extract from a let ter of General Lee to Mrs. Lee, writ Len from his headquarters near Peters burg, J-miuury 10, 1865 : "Yesterday afternoon three little girls walked into my room, each with a small basket. The eldest carried some fresh eggs, laid by her own liens the second, some pickles, made by her mother ; the third, sonie popcorn which had grown in her garden. They were the daughters of a Mrs. N., a refugee from Northamptou county, who lived near Eastville, not far from old Arling tont. The eldest of the girls, whose aige did not execed eight years, had ma small wheel on which shie spun for her mother, whlo wove all the cloth for her two brothers-b.oys of 12 and( 14 years. I have not had so pleasanit a visit for a long time. I fortunately was able to 1ill their baskets with aIpples, which distressed poor Bryan (his steward), and 1 begged them to bring nie nothing but kisses, and to keep the eggs, corn, etc., for themselves." Wheni I read the letter how vividly the whole scene camne up before me I TIhe many interveng years wer~e blot ted out, and I was again the tiny four year old girl seatedl ver'y much at case on the great, Gener'aPs knmee, listeninig with deep interest to is conlversationi with my oldest sister. The second( lit tIe girl, being very shy, subsidled into a seat, and employed herself chewing her glove,-fingers, much to the mortiii cat ion of the nurse who accompjaniied us, and who was (deepily impressed with the importance of the occasion. Our farm was divided only by a fence from the Turnbull farm, where Geneoral Lee had his hieadquart ers, and the two houses were only a few hiund red yards apar't, anid very soon after our visit, lie called on my mot her, IIe had comn phetely won our little hearts, amid we were all eagerness to go in and see him, and afttrm a time of waiting which seemed very long to us, andI much washing of faces and curling of hair, we wer'e sent ini, with the admounition from our nurse ''to mind~ our mnanners.'" But when General Lee took imie up and, looking at my hmand(, asked, ''And how did( these little fingers get burned ?'" I forgot all previous~ exhortations-also all lessons in gr'an uar--andit promptly replhied, "Me amnd Althea were pulling; roast 'later's out of the fire." General L~ee scemedI much amuilsedh, and 1 pro cceedt further to enlighten him as to various pieces of mischief to which "'me and Althca" had been chief ac tors. 1 (10 not remcmnber how my (tis nlmyed elders checked my unusual flow of confidence. Ordinarily, I was shrink inigly sensitive andI quiet, so that miy outburst of camidor was a tribuite to the charm of General Lee's manner. Theii "Althea" to whiomi I referred was a colored child of my own age, and my constaiit comlpanion andi dlearly loved plamnate. D)uring those last mont,bs of the war we saw a great, (leal of General Lee, and if lie ever wvearied of our attentioins we were nievex allowed to see it, andi( we always kissed him at part ing with the feeling that we had uiven him a great deal of p)leasure. Certainly we nevcr failed to enjoy ourselves. We never felt any awe in his presence, bt always chatted like magpies about, all our' hopes and plans. It was during one of our visits that lie g:ive iie a lit tie tobacco-bag, filling it iir'st with tinmy cakes,and tellbng me it was a precsent to hinm from "little May Mosby, Colonel Mosby's little (laughter." I tliesoni the table before me, a quaint little bag, mnade of red uniform cloth, with i tanms coveredI with yellow worsted, and "M'' worked oni one side in a chihl's unmcycnm stitches. I had the honor of a ride once seated before thme Genei'al on thme historic "Traveler." The pink chal lie frockr which T wore on that nocasonn was afterwards regarded as a sacred garment, only t9 be worn on the high cst of high days. Times were growing harder every. day, and economies becoming more higid. My mother sent General Leo a bowl of soup ol0 day, and in his hnos uage of thanks he told her that "never was dish more timely ; I had three gen orals to dine with in to-day, and only baked beans to set before them." We lived surrounded by the sights md sounds of war, and we children drilled as soldiers and made miniature fortifications. Every day the end was drawing nearer, though at he last it came suddenly, and found .ts quite un prepared. .1 [ad we foreseen, much could hive been saved ; but no one thought of personal danger, or of our being forced to leave the house. A jar of silver and family miniatures was buried in a wood-slhed, and a box of china and glass was concealed beneath the roof of the porch, because it was thought possible that these things might attract the attention of -raniers." After the battle, when stragglers, searching for hidden treasure, sounded every foot of land around our house and outbuildingss, the jar escaped, owing to General Custer having used the shed for a stable. On that memorable 2d of April, Mr. Turnbull came down about sunrise with the intelligence that "General Lee had gone to the front, and there would be heavy lighting.'' Later my father walked over to hlea(lquarters, anl while there General A. P. Hill rode up and engaged in earnest conversation with General Lee. Then lie rode off, and in less than an ihour we leaid lie had been killed. There has always seemed a peculiar pathos about lill's death, he had braved so many dangers suc cessfully, only to fall a victim at the close. My father had never seen the General in his full uniform before, but that day he was fully equipped, with sash and sword. 'Xhey shook hands, and father asked : 'General, do you think the reinforce ments will be here from Richmond in time to restore the lines ?" "No, sir." 'Then you ivill have to give us up ?' "Yes, sir," and he ade(l : ''Givc my kind regards to Mrs. N. and the lit tle girls.'' There was, a strange atmosphere about that Sun<1n3 . The usual Sabbat h routine was observed-the table laid for the dinner we were not destined to eat, and we little ones looked on with interest as the cook placed the plump fowl on the dairy shelf ready for cook ing when the proper time arrived. But beneath the surface calm a quiveling dread was concealed. The inner forth fications were only about half a mile from our house, and as morning ad vanced the tiring grew louder and near er, and it became apparent that we would probably need some safe place of retreat. After a hasty discussion, the potato-cellar was prepared and stored with food and other necessaries we children toiling up and down the steel) stairway with our especial treas ures, the most precious of all being a basket of kittens. But we were interrupted by several Confederate oflicers, who rode up and told my mother we must leave the house at oncc. When she dljected, saying she would rather remaini whlile thie root wats left stanidig, they rep)lie.l that thie chilren must go any way, and thant there was not, a moment to hose. '"Take thlose childi en,'' they o:-dered lie n urse, and she obeyedl in buch haste that she let us go boniiet lcss. A few inlutes before, my f.sther hiad sent my younger- brother with. a wagon and horses to cioss thie river into Chester field, lie was arrested, and( for sev oral (lays we wec e uinertain as to his fate, ani.l lie thought, we had beeni kill edl. Butt we were guarded by the shield of Providenec that, day, else had we been ''killed twenty times,'' for in crossing thle open tholdl we were targets for frienids and1( foes. It all seemied like a wild (li-am, the bursting shells and whiziAng b)ullets. One shell fell at my sister's feet, and dlid not burst. Mother hadl followed us ; first, w~ith a housekeper's instinct seizing her key-basket, i" her exc ite ment not realizing that lai a few hours nothinig would renu,in--ncither locks nor anything to be locked. We reach ed the ponitooni bridge just as it was be in~g taken upj, and were the last pcirsons who were allowed to cross, onie of (lie soldiers carr-ying me ovei- in his arms. iIe is still hiving, and sent me a mics sage some time since that. lhe distinctly recalled the occasion. T1hie (lay was spont in thie (desert ed soldlicts' camp ini Chesterliel, and at, sunsut we recross ed (lie -ivei- on Campbell's b)ridge, and pent the night with friends ini Peters burg. WVar dlevehlps nerve and en :m aunce. Not a child dIreamiedl of comn plaining, thtough' our shoes had b.eeni :mnt to pieces in (lie scranmble through briers and~ over stonies, and( our feet werec covered withI blood and bruises. On Monday morning we started home md were just in sight of our house whlen the flames bist from the Turn b.ull house. My father- hasteiied on in riladvane, andl found several Fedleral oillecra standling on our- 1p01rch in (lhe act, of leav ing, iIe atppealed to the one who seemed ini commaiind, asking himu to proteet, the house, saying that we hiad b)eeni drivenm away by the battle the (lay before and..had no other shel ter. ''Certainly, sir,'' was thu reply, ''your house shall not, lbe burned while we arce here; but, we have to leave at onlce, and( (lie Lord only knows what will become of you (lhen." We always found the Fedleral ofllcers extremely courteous, and(, in some inst.ances, kindness itself; (lie outrages and p)ilag ing weore the work of the stiaggling soldiers and camip-followers. A few dlays later one of these stragglers was discoveredl in (lie act of liring - the house, and wvas driven off by a .Fedleral officer, who most, opportuniely rode up just, in time. We found desolation uitter and com-. p)letc wvithiin and without,. Cannon had beeni plant,cd at the parlor' win (lows and neam (lie door were new-made graves, where (lhe dead hlad beii hast ily buried. T1he house had been uiSed for a hospital, and (lhe floors wvere slip pery with b)100( and( grealse. Not a vestige of cloth remained, or, rather, only unusable morsels and fragments were left. Ever-ything movable hind been carried off, and thie heavy furni tame broken. We pulled open a bu reau-drawer, and there lay our beloved kittens with their throats cut ; oven now I can fool the bitterness of that moment. Remnants of the plnk chail lie wero found in the ice -house. Wo lived on the hard-tack picked up on the battlo-leild until. Captain Langdon, commander of a brigade of artillery, on lhi$ way from Appomattox Court lonso made our house his lheadluar ters, and not only supplhed our neces sities at the time, but repeatedly sent us assistance afterwards. My sister was Ill from the nervous shock, and a Federal surgeon, Dr. Browne, of Phila dolphia, prescribed for her and gave us a supply of various needed medicines and sent a large box filled with every delicacy necessary for an invalid. Gen cratl Custer, who was at our house for some days, treatedi my parents with great courtesy, even checking any con versation between his attendant otlivers that turned upon subjects unpleasant to Southern ears. For some months after the close of the war a correspondence was main tained between my mother -and Mrs. Leo, and we had letters from the Gen cral also. Unfortunately these were accidentally destroyed a few years ago, but nothing can destloy our loving memories of the man. A STOlRY OF BULL RUN. Two Women Spies in Washaington Revealed th 11Fed(eral Plans for the Battle of Manassas to the Confed erato Commander. The battle of Bull Run, as it is known in history, called Manassas by the South, was fought in July, 1861. It was planned and won by Beauregard. It was the greatest victory gained by the Confederates in the entire war. Yet there was at time in the midst of it when the Southeru collmalder's heart "failed", him ; when he "felt as though all was lost," and when he wished "lhe had fallen in battle" before. These revelations are made in a per sonal letter of Beauregard, written to Miss AAgusta J. Evans, of Mobile. The letter has come into the possession of the war department, but has not been nade public until now. Perhaps more inteiesting than the adnitted fact that victory was snatched from defeat is General Beaui egard's statement that two women in Wash ington, whom he names, betrayed the plants in detail of the Federal army and enabled him to choose his position and make his arrangements to give battle. The failure of his own orders, not any mistake in the betrayal, jcopardirized temporarily the result. General Beauregard sent an account of the battle to Miss Evans, inclosing with it a personal letter. He wrote as follows: Miss Augusta J. Evans, Mabile I be; to thauk you for your letter of the 17th inst., and an at last able to answer your inquiries by sending you my repol ts of the battles of Bull liun and Manassas-not copied, however, to my satisfactioti, but, for fear of further delays, I send them as they are by the Southern Express ccmpany. The younlg lady referred to (Miss Duval of Washington) brought, about the 10th of July, 1861, to Fairfax Court, IIouse, headquarters of General Bonlhamn, tile first message froml Mr's. Greeinhow of the intendedl positive ad vance of tile enemy11 across the P'otiomac. I then inunllediat,ehy commeniClced miakin g my p)reparationis to receive his medC(i tated attack, and I sent, One of my aids -Colonel J. 8. P'reston-to conununii cate the iniformiationl received to the preslient, as wvell as my future opera tions. On the night of the 16thl of Ju lly 1 roeceived by speccial meitsseniger-aAiMr. D on nellan-thie second( dlispiatch -ill ciphler also---of Mrs. G., telling inc thlat tile enemly-55,000 strong, I be lieve-would p)ositively commineneo thaIt (lay his advane from Arlington Hecighlts and Alexandlria on to Manias sas, via Fairfax Court IIouse andl Cell terville. Early the next mornling I telegrap,hed that, informaltion to Pres'ci (dont D)avis. About noon1 1 received his telegiram to order General .Johinston to join his forces with mineli. By thlat tine, however', the enemy had already dIriven in my pickcis ~in aUIvance of Fairfax Court House, and I anlswieed the pr'Cesit thlat, "I feared it was theni too late, but still wou1ld telegraph and scnd a miessemiger to General .JohnI stonl.'' TIhie latter arived~C( about nooni 01n tile 20th. At about '4:3J0 a. mi. on1 the 21st I senIt orders to all thme troops to 1h01( themselves in readliness to move at, a mlolimnt's not,ice, and at about 7 a. mn. sent my finIal orders to comiience the ,movemenit (see liy rep)ort or the baittle of Manassas), Generals Ewell and Holmes On the right, to star't first I to attack andi tur'n the enemhly's left anld rear at, Centerville. At about, 8:30 a. mu., having givenl aill pr1ehliinary 01r (drs, I left my hleadqujlarters ni ith G en er'al Johnmston for the seue of act ion I near' Mitchell's Ford, 011 Bull Run. At about 10 :30) a. mn. I was informed by a message from General Ewell-a gal- ( lant and meritorious ('Ilicer-that lie a hiad not yet, received (directly my 01' ders to adlvance, but would (10 so ati ('nce from information rocceivedl to thati effect from Genleral ID. RI. .Jones, niext I on1 his left, and( whlo was to have fol-j lowed his movement.] it, was, howvever, tihen too late, for i the einimy was alreadly pressing with vigor my extremie left under General Evanms at the Stonie Bridge. I thus I hiad suldenly or omn the spur of the muo mlent to change liy whlole p)lani of bat- I tie, with troops whI ichi had never yet 1 fought and couldl searcely imneuver. My heart for a nionmnt failed me I I t felt as though all was lost, and I wish ed I hmad fallen in the battle of .thie 18th, but I soon irall ied, and1( I thiemn I solemnily pledgedl my life that 1 woul that, (lay conquer' or (lie IiImumediately cverything apIpeared algainl clear andi( hopelul, although the worst, was 3 et to comle. About 3 p. ma., finding that the I oneiry had retakeii tihe plateau of the Heuiry house, J ordlered nmy reserves (three regiments) forward and chiarged1 at tihe head of one of them. Weo drove I b)ack the enemy, about flye timies our ' niumbiher, anid held the plositionl until the rc-enforcements from our center and(i extreme right of the morn'ming had arl-c iiveud and( dect ided the fate of the day. TIhe enemy commenced flyinig about i 4 :30 p. im., andi the p)resideint aririved oni the fild about. half an hour hater, 'J ini timel, hlowevoi. to Onijoy that. ma' able sight. You will excuse, I hope, thoeso details, which aro given only to furnldh you a clearer insight int. the memorable events of that day. I bog to remark here that the report of that battk sent you is more a full history of it than a mere report, whIch would have contained only the leading facts. Moreover, 1 had not much experience in such matters. I am happy to hear I that you appreciated so well and truly my two most worthy friends, Johnston and Price. I would serve with plea sure undeh either one of theim. I hope you will yet meet also with another one, lBreckinridge, than whom there is not a nobler soul. With my kind regards to all at home, I remaiu, very truly, your friend, . G. T. BII:AVttt-:1Aliy. The publication of this private letter will give to many readers of the history of the civil war the first definite im pression of the tremendous advantage the Confederates hatd through spies in Wanshinmgton, and also the first knmowi edge of how the foltune of battle wavered on the field of .1ull Run. $'t. Louis Globc-Dec uract. MONUMENT TO TilE WOMEN, An Appeal to the Veterans to Show thoi' Gratitude to the Women of' the Southern Cohfederacy. otMtADK':s: I submit this to your favorable consideration, and .I ask you to remember that the surviving ex Confederates are rapidly passing away. Death thins our ranks aci year; s,1on there will be none of us left to trais mit to coining generations the deeds of that noble band of heroic women who from 1861 to 1805 did so much to aid I our cause and theirs. In that immor tal band are names that would be an ornament to the page of any history, whether of ancient or modern times. There are women in it whom any country, from the creation of the world down to the present day, would be proud to own as citizens. Comtlradce, other people have lhon ored their illustrious women, and have shown their gratitude to them by crect i11g monuments in their honor. Are we less grateful to our women than they were to theirs? Let us erect a monument to them ere it is too late before the last survivors of the Con federate army shall have obeyed the inexorable sum1mons, and shall have "Passed over the dark river Never to return" a monument that will transmit to pos terity the noble deeds of those heroic women more eloquently than r,ortal language can descrilbe, and that will be more enduring than it is. Comrades, the achievements of tho.se women are so bright as to cause the actions of Joan of Arc to pale into in signiticance beside 11hem. Remember, it was from the hands of those women that the necessary medicine was ad ministerel (in many cases) to our sick soldiers; whose fligers skillfully often dresse< the wounds of the Confeder ates; whose voices cheered with coin forting words many a dying soldier in( Ins journey to "that unknown land ;"'' whose hands soothed them on beds of ( sickness cir deathi; wiped away the 2 cold, clammy pmerspiration fromi the brows of the dying; whose voices went uip to IIcavent ini prayers for their safety and presevtion front all the rtiiangers of war, andit for souls in the 1 hout' of (death; whose hearts well-nigh 1 broke in unut teiable anguish of spi'it C at the loss of theiir loved ones-it' it ~ were inot, the hiearts of Southern wo niten, wvhose voices and hands tendlet 1'y and lovingly nuriisedl the sick and woundled, cheeing thenm with loving a words on beds of sickiness or death, if' 1 thoirs did not ? Outgh t we not, to lbe a gr'ateful to them for all these things ? Conuados, whatever may be our ' faults, let not ingr'atitudel be one of' thenm. Let the sum vivors of the Con- 6 Cederamte army-the gr'andelst and most t heroic oine of modern times-show thie v world that we are gi ateful to those wo- a incn by3 creating in the near' future a t noinument, that will tell to gener'ationis ~ yet to come their demias-one that v,ill ~ proclaimn thenm better thaii tongue or Ex-Memuber Ilockbidge Art iller'y. s Checster'jicld Co., Va., July 20, l8t7, u HE WVENT IT ALONE. t fi'e Cheer Given by an Old Soldier That Touched Le's Heart, a tVashingtonm Post.( "'Gen. Rob)ert E. Leo onec told imc ~ >f an ovation lie received that touched urm mtore than aiiy demoitsti at ion ever nadle in his honor'," saidl thme vener'able iudge White of Virginia. "'Followiun losely on the surrieinder' of the South r'n army, the comlmand(er'-in-chi ef of lie Comnfedeiacy went to pass a season t the home of his friend, E. I1. Cocke, vho ran as the Poptilist c;imdidIatc for ~overnor against, Col. O'Forr'mall. A fter fewv weeks of the most hiosp)itable amid legant ent.crtainmnents, Geni. Lee was alled to thc presidency of the Wash ngtoin anmd Lee U ivei'sity. Bidding uis kind friends adietu, lie started f'or ~exingtonu on hot se back and alone. Ic had gone somte imiles and was pass ng through a rat her dreamy strietch of' , v'ooded coutii ry3, when he espied a pila in bl ild counit.i'ymain mnounted oni a sorryf mag conming toward im As he >ass5ed eaich other t hey bowed, as is thle in ashion South wheni s tange's mieet in ti 4ut-of-thie-way places, but the ol f'armir r in the honmespun suit stared hard at 0 hte soldierly liguire as time ghi not quite P crt,ain of r'ceo.;nitioin. lie went hIs R vaty a little further', then tuning hiis a orcse ai'oiiid, caniter'ed b)ack, and( soon el amne upl wIth the General again. " 'l eg lui'rdon, sir', but is not thisd lOn. htobiert, Lee ?'' d "'Yes, i am (Gen. Lee. Did I ever i itcet you before, itmy friend ?, "T'hein tIhe old1 Confeder'ate grasped 2 he chieftatin's hand andh, wvith the tear's d< treamning down his face, said :'Gen. lce, do yout mind if I ceer you ?> 2 L'hte General assuriedl huiim that he I0 lidn't uminid, anid ther'e ott that lonie- R ome pinehorder'ed highway, with no in else mi sight, the old rebel veterant, td vithi swimging hat, lifted up his voice ni three 'imgimg r'ounds of hur'rahs for tI, lie man that time Soutbland idolized. 'hen both wenit thir way without an- O 'ther wm.,d bing mmpomen THE PROHIDITIONSTS. Will Ask the LCgislatur to Abolish the Dispensary. Tho prohibitionists are going to nako an active canvass to secure the 'epeal of the dispensary law at the iext meeting of the Legislature and iubstituto prohibition in its stead. ['ho oxecutivo committee has issued bo following circular letter which Aili be distributed generally In the various counties: Oo0lubuJ1A, S. C., Aug. 12, 1897. Dear Sir: 'The executive committee, ifter a careful survey of the condi ,ions existing in our State, regard it favorable opportunity to urge the :laims of prohibition to the attention )f our people. The existing system, inaugurated in lirect opposition to the exprobsed will )f the majority, having utterly failed ,o meet the expectations of its friends, md proven successful as a promoter f lawlessness, fraud and crime, has iealed its own doom, and the next -jegislature will be called upon to deal vith the problem. It seems to us that it Is our duty to nako immediate and earnest effort to oncontrate what we believe to be the ontiment of a large majority of our >oople. It is evident to us that the friends of ho liquor trafile are taking the most tetive and aggressive measures to pro iccupy the field thrown open by there :ent dispensary administration and the leisions with reference thereto, and f we are to hope for any improvement n the conditions which confront us, we nust be up and doing in the cause vhich we believe to be the cause of 'ight and of God. We have therefore determined to iend out potitions to be signed by the rotors of every precinct who favor our riews, asking the general assembly for such legislation as is needed to pro rent the terriblo evils foreshadowed by ,he continuance of the sale of liquor ror beverage purposes. We would suggest that wherever it s possible to do so, public meetings should be called and addresses on the iubject of temperance and prohibition made by the best speakers available. We confidently t'sk your active personal co-operation in securing names to those potitions. Please send % list of such friends as will assist in the work of securing additional signa tures. Respectfully, L. D. Ctiti.s, Uhairinan State Pro. Ex. Committee. TitoMAs J. LA Mor'i-:, Secretary. The following is the petition being irculated: The undersigned, voters of south Carolina, believing that the con tinuance of the sale of alcoholic liquors is a beverage within this State under the sanction of Its laws, is the source )f most of the pauperism, misery, and 3rimo which exists, a positive hin Irance to all material and industrial ur)sperity and a foe to morality and religion,, would respectfully petition he eeneral assembly at its next ses ;ion to enact such legislation as will )rohibit the manufacture and sale of ntoxicating liquors as a beverage. VIiEN MONEY IS CLOSI You want to save doctor bills then or you want the Best, Surest and ,uickest Remedy for all pains, such as theumatism, Neuralgia, Headacho, roothacho, Cuts, Bruises, Burus, prains, Stigt Joints, etc. Rico's Goose xreaso Liniment cures all these at nce. It also relieves Croup, Colds, oughs and Pains in chest and sides at nc. Always sold under a guarantee ny all druggists and general stores. ~Iado by Goose Grease Liniment Co., ireensboro, N. C. A Swmcler RI.CVNI.-1t is claimed y a writer In the Cleveland Plain )ualer that this story originated In loeveland, a~ claim which may very rell be true, because Cleveland has more precocious children to the acre han Boston could boast of in her almiest days. This particular pre ocious infant lives on a pretty cross treet in that favored locality. Not ong ago she was troubled with an nnoying and p)ersistent toothache. 'ina ly her mamma took her to a ent!at, and the dentist interviewed he troublesome tooth. After examin ng it, he told her that. the best thing to o under the circumstances was to have he tooth extracted, as It contained a cry large cavity, and this was the eat of the trouble. Bracing herself rmly in the chair, she bade him go head and remove the acher. After he operation was over, she carefully rrappled t.he tooth in paper, and do lared she would take It home. Next day her mamma noticed that he was an unusually good girl, and pon looking around located her in a rindow seat, Industriously poking su ar' into the cavity of the extracted Doth. Her mother demanded the cause I this strange proceeding. "VWhy," she said, "t I'm poking ugar In the old thing just to see it che !" THE WHBFE3LS OF HEIFALTHI. There is nio bietter exercise for a yotung 0111at) ini thmoronghly good health thatn cyclin,g. Onm the contrary, if she suffecrs Lmh weaikness or diseaise of thme distletly iuiine organsl*, if she rides, at al, such cercise should he very spartgly indulged . Wonmenm are pwecm uirly conmsthtuted anid der genmerail health Is pecualiarly de~pendenit )oni the health of thme specially ceuiunine gaisnu. It is thme health of these delicate atto fiu irtanmt parta that "ntuuakes thme wheels of mueral heualth go, routnd.'' Their strenugth id v'igor are as ituportant to a wotnati nam a ahispring to a watch, or a sproeket tma ain to a bicycle. D)r. Pierce's Favorite rescrip)tion is the best of all nuedicines for slicate woeumem. It nuakes theL'm strong here they tuost ned stren,gth. Takenm ring~ the "'Iiteresting interv'a1,"' it han hies the usual squentn ihness anid trakes uhy's admnission to the world easy aind al-~ ost p)ahiless. It fits a wontan for in-door ork amid out-door sports. Honest druggists )i't advise substitutes. I cannot any enouigh in, praise of I>r. Pierce's ivorite Prcscri ,tlon, na it hasi uindoub'tedt v saived y life,"' writes tmrs. Ftlorenmce ittetr, of (:ortey >gani Co. Ark. "' I ,,niscarrled four timiues; coui t no utciekIie to do nie aniy good. I tried the 'avorite Prescriptioni ' amid af er taking several tles I usmade my Imhmibad a presen,t of a me girl. I think it is the hest iuedicinie in e world." A ian or wontan who neglects constipa on suffers fronm slow pois' .ting. D)octor lerce's Pleasant Pellets cure conistipa on. One little "P'ellet " is a genitle laxa. ye and two a uaild cathartic. All medi. -A Vroolamation has been issued by the Governor of Tuxas calling a eon vention at Rockport, August 25 and 2(, 1897, for the purpose of ';onsldering the important subject of opening to navigation the oh ain of bays, lakes and bayous along the gulf coast, from the Iio Grando to the Mississippi and the mouths of th.- tributary rivers, and devising ways and means for its accoml plishnont. OUTHERN RAILWAY. "msed Bohedulel EM 1 NOV. 1i, 1690. A1'ATIOa(! 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L. *8 nym*9 05am Ptort s Cmut h .... s,m 9 2iam Welint............... * 28pm* nanm Noeniers,on .............*l5lnam * 39pm Ar D)urham via S A 1..t 32am iI 0915p Lv Durham........... . 15 20pmt 1100am Raleighs via S A L....*2 10am *3. lipm San forf ................am 5 e3pm So Pines................ .22am 553pm~I 1am let ............... 510am G1 W\atesbo.sro............ 5I lam 8 I lim Moro ............... *l-3amjs 512pm Charloieh via S. A. L,.. .* 8 35am*10 25pm hecster via A ,........S 10~ ( jlmmuia. . N .'. l Nl o. ;'103. No.-1' (.Ijin on ....... ... .. ..... 9 -I5am ]2 10pmu Gi reen w,odt....... .... .. .3 35am 18sm .\ bhieviLe ..............1 ssiam Is-1am Elberton s..............2 ajpm 2 -11am Lr A tlhens............... I 15pm 3 -Iham Av Witler...............I 35pm -1 30am Ar Alilainta S A L.........2 35pm 5 20am NORTn il IIIN D. N o. :N. N o. -10 LI vAtlIant a...............*7 50Spm *120(0nnm Lv Ath lens.............,..15.12pm 3 10(pm EbIertons...............12 ::;ams -I l5pm AI,bheviille.............. 3 -10am 5-I5pmn Greenwvootl.............. lIlams 3'- pm (linton .......... ......3 13am 6 3Ipm We On Pianos, Organs andl drive our~ business these lhar Prices. WVe (lon't sit downi i of m1one(y like tl'e 01(1 fossilb onl whenI t hey won'lt paiy the: wanit to p)ur~chase a Pianlo or us andI we will sell you. W andl( best seke.tedl stock of P some of tile bes makes oil tl to sell thecm. Wec guaranit 1han) any ot her reliale dealle timue putr(chasers ar.e eaUsy. O. Spot (Cash Buiyers we will s, Organ cheapert'i trom 11s thian of smalnl inlstrumenits, (co11i parts1, strinlgs and1( sup~plies Sewing M~achinets at ridicu w~ant one, jus it inate it, ani low you can buy oine. Our a vocal and ins5trumlentalI, is kl of' the popI)ulari and1( up1-to-date time. Yours tr ALEXANDIER GUEliUr. Ar Columbia ( N & L R ......... t7 OOpm Chester.................. 4 43am 8 t3pm . ltarloltt vta5 A1..... *8 30am*1O25p)n MAonroo 8 A I........... 605am 940pm llamlet ........"... 8 1Sam 11 23pm .r W\"ilnting on...........*1230pm 1530a%n 1o t') .. ............ 9 20am 915am . ileigli ... .... *1135am*113ain Ar l)urhart via8 A _T.. .t -0npmt7 82a I,vlhtirban........... t Il l0am t5 201>m, cl<lon. A 5 .--.......*3 0110pm *4 5anm 1. . nio.it -.............. ( opn 8 15am shiniton vial'enct I{ i 1 imi 12 31pm l>imore ...............2 Iiam 1 l3pm ....i.. -.............3 15ain 3 5Opm Nr . ..,a '' 23pm Ar l',rsnloIQmII..., .....,. . ,0>Jpm 7 3am Norfl .. . ............i 0->'m *7 bram I)ailv. ft )aily I:x. Smina " I)aily Ex. Nog. 41t id 4! . '1c , t'1-i1ta 8 8 ecial," 8icl Vrsth 1i, le 'Iani , with l iuprt Hetonpr alhi Day Ckcci, s h"ti W11,41''m~i1glott unatl Allnta. Al,(o I'u1 lti+tn, Sleeper et weenAY .3 1ls( nuttItI Iii mal (:hcaterau. Nis. II anl l;c, "'I1hc 1 A. L. R pes otl d T 1 o I'tlllmailc..rs ,ntl I "ay Coaches. bet we.n 1'ortsluuuti u n,l A Lltut(a.y For Tickets, Sleepers and inform1a. tion apply to ticket agents, or to 13. A. NElWLANI), General Agent, Pass. Dept., 6 Kimball Iouso, Atlanta, Ga. GI":o. Mcl'. n3A'"l-r:, Trav Pass. Agt., Charlotto, N. C. 1 S'. JOIIN, Vice-P'resIdent and Gon'l Mgr. V. E. McB.EE, General Superinten dent. 11. W. B. C LoVER, Tralle Manager. '. J. ANDERRSON, Gen'1 Passl)nger Agent. General Olilecs: Portsmouth, Va. 6OUTHERN RAILWAY. *tirmato:rl Ai : ,I 4, o O"ud mne.d *.M tw.t-mlr u," t'atte,qpr Tvdaa. in trvs.:F y ., 1w.da. Nortlaoand ! 1t N. Ia Oj7. W . p tOr,.....1 r bott -n O'%t . 465msaa 1 tq . u 0 s l l - . . . a 1' n .. A A S..11 0 0 4 rROIil al.2 lR I & * --- 1 i ..... . 11 A ' 8 l n I " r im tseta . . a . .r -P) " r.n. {{ 'g 1 . rtd. Ariva-rk -1cm B 100 . a4 r a%hdg o* y .. Ta I' lri e s4 " w 'a>A t9J 1S ttir" ' r~ Seingq. Machine. W e t i m e s b yp s g a t y LvDtvll . e.A1p p ' A " a" ":, who let p c rs a.s n g A t!pnb Q. lon p oi ts.. I y o u, ians i the Stat, icluing e maktmadw3ae on De O price4t5 b lW SWb ine Oucrinerm lVor (1l a b Sma llash paymenut he1( srali, slu)oth Scf r from. ant conern in the stin offuitrs,Banos as,lll &c. Ails 1ll the various 'or me, a1We are sellin l~Cou lw prices. If0 ou .Y yout (will bsurpriedo how toki ofl sheetCmuic, both ii BROS~ C & CO.,10~1li0 LIigs 01( I-II t.Ll.