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A MOST UARING EPISODE OF THE WAR. iiO'l' PiUItSUIT Ola" A STOLJ,:N LOCOMO'IV1i. The Capture of an Engine at. Big Shanty Station---Dovices of the Fugitives and I)isastrous End of the Raitd. Bridgeport (Conn) Farmer. On a day in April, 1863, a passenger train from Marietta, Ga., stopped at the station of Big Shanty, eight miles north and the welcome word passed through the cars, " ten minutes for breakfast." Out swarmed th, pas songers, many of them soldiers of t,he Confederacy, and with the conductor, ongineer and brakesman eagerly sought the lunch counter. But among the passea,gers was a group of civilians. soi twenty in number, who seemed less hungry, and loitered on the plat form after the others had vanished in the refreshment room. Near the station was a Confederate camp, well tilled with new recruits, one of whom was pacing his heat as sentinel scare a dozen steps from the entrine. Had he been an old soldier the sen try would doubtless have paid more attention to the movements of the civilians, one of whom climbed into the locomotive, a group of others into the empty box-ear, while another slipped between two cars and quietly pulled out the coupling pin. Tie last of the group no.v walked quickly up the platform, nodded to the man in the engine and the cars next behind it began to movO. The sentinel, now first convinced that something was wrong, tired an alarm shot and the conductor, whose ears had caught the grind of the wheel on the track, rushed hastily out, to find to his astonishment and dismay that half the train was running away. Out poured passengers and trainmen. full of helpless anger. Their locomo tive had been stolen, there was no other engine within miles, what was to be done Y The conductor, evidently not seeing anything bettor to do, started at full speed up the track, accompanied by a railroad mechanic named Nlurphy. Tho elfort seemed a ludicrous one two men chasing a locomotive-but fortune help those who help them selves and fortune came to Conductors Puller's aid. TI,e two men had not gone far before they espied a hand car, standing beside the track. Here was hope. Lifting it by main strength on the rails,"they applied themselves to the levers and soon were lying up the track inuch faster than their feet could have carried them. But misfortune succeeded. The car struck a broken rail and was hurled from the track, flinging its occupants into a muddy ditch. Up sprang the conductor, nothing the worse, but much the more unsightly, from Ilis bath of mud. Up sprang Mlurphy be side him. They sprang to the car, righted it, tugged it again to the track. and were soon under way aain, now with eyes wide open for further legacies of broken rails. Conductor l''ullcr was proving hnimn .elf a man full of grit. Ie was hound to run down that locomotive, even if lie had to crawl on its track. At length the station of Etowah was reached. Here to his delight iuller found an engine with steam up, ready for the road. Lie found soldiers here also, to whom he hurriedly told 1,is talc of what he was sure was a daring Yankee trick and asked for volunteers. lie got. them in abundance ; the engine and tender were quickly tilled wvith eager allies, and away weni, ihe pursuie, now w ith eYfetive slpeed. An elort had also been made to telegraph the news ahead, but this had failed ; the wires had evidently been cut. .Fuller- wvas right in saying that the piratical party were Yankees. The y were a band of daring scouts who had stealthily made their way South, their intention being to steal a iocomotive, burn the bridges behind them as they 11ied, and thus make usekcss the only railroad by which the Confederate forces could be hastened to Chattanoo ga, then threatened by the Union force under General Mlitchell. So far they had been strikingly suc cessful. They had torn up) the rail where Fuller and Murphy got their somersault, cut the telegramih wire, and run past station after station, stopping here and thore for weed and water. To all quiestions, theO comI mnander of the expiedition, James .. Andrews by name, had but one answer., " I am taking a train load of powder to General Beaiuregard"; p>inting at theo same time to the closed box cars, in which lay his concealed compan tons. Yet Ill-fortune awaited them. They had hit upon the wrong day. Yester day they would have found a ecar track. To-day the road ahead was blocked with ~trains hurrying south ward. Mitchell had taken Huntsville. Chattanooga was in danger of cap)ture. Everything movable was being rushed C uicklyssouth. Trouble first came at 1 nston, a station thirteen iles from Big Shanty. Andrews drew his car on a siding, to let pass an expected local train, hoping after it had passed to find a clear track to Chattanooga. It came, halted, and on its last car waved a red flag, the signal that an other train was following. " How Is this ?" Andrews asked the conductor, in sharp tones. " My orders are to take this p)owdcr Northl without delay. Why is the road blocked ? "M itchell is comning to Chattanooga," was the reply. " We are getting everything we can out of It." 'This looked serious. H-ow many trains might there be in the rear ? The expected train came. To their dismay the fatal red flag floated on its srear. Another train ; still the red f lag. An hour of intense anxiety pa~ssed before the blockade was broken. Then a train passed without the danger signal, and the fugitives with renewed hope, drew out fr-om their place of peril. Yet their delay had been long. Pursuit might be near ap hand. Stopping tihe train they spranr on.', and began hurriledly to sar up a rail. As they workeod a sound of fateful owmcn camne to their ears, tho shr-ill whistle of a locomotive. Like giants the alarmed scouts .worked. The rail yielded ; it bent ; in a few minuten more it would be loose ; but those minutes were not to be had. *Again came tile whistle, now near by ; the rattle of wheels followed ; around 4 curve came Conductor Fuller's loco hmotive, filled with armodl men who shouted in triump)h at sight of the fugitives. 'The work had to be aban doned half done. The raiders sprang to their places and took to hasty flight. The par'tly raised rail proved no obs taele to thea pursuers. A jolt and( -a jump and it lay behind them, and awa they sped over the level track ahe~ad. The ahase now became fierce. B3oth locomotives rushed madly onward, one .filled withI doubting fugitives and the, other with hopeful pursuers. Some thing must be done and quickly, or the well-devised scheme would end in devising a plan. He could easily spare one of the cars behind him. Uncou i Ing the rear car, it was. left on the track, with hope that the pursuers would rush into it and be wrecked by the collision. Luckily, for Fuller and his men they saw it in time, slowed up, caught it, and pushed it onward. A seconl car was dropped, but was picked up in the same fashion. Reach ing a siding, Fuller switched off these care, and ran on again, :rce from their obstruction. Not far ahead was a bridge which the raiders had intend ed to destroy. But the chase was too sharp for the necessary delay, and there was nothing to be done but to push forward. The engines proveu closely matched in speed, and for miles they rushed forward at a rate that threatened rui, for both. Andrews now tried a new expedient. He knocked out the end of the box car, and dropped the ties it held, one by one, on the track. The delay caused by it enabled him to stop and take on some fresh fuel. His next plan was to stop and lay a loose rail on the track. It was just beyond a curve, and Fuller's engine ran on it at full speed. Disastor was imminent; then came a terrific jolt; the engine leaped into the air, but by marvelous good luck it alighted again on the track and the chase went on. The position of the fugitives was now desperate. They were nearly out of water. Only one hope remained. A covered bridge lay some distance ahead. If this could be fired, safety might still be had. Androws bade his men to heap wood on the floor of the remaining box car, kindled it with live coals fr-)m the engine, and the men clambered into the tender. The wind of flight soon blew the tire into fierce Illames. The bridge was reached by the blazing car. Slowing up, the ear was uncoupled on the bridge and the fugitives halted just beyond to gaze on the work of the flames. Unluckily the bridge had been soaked by recent rains. The flames wore uselessly licking the vet timbers when I"uller'a engine dashed up. With the quick decision of a Napoleon he drove into the blinking smoke, caught the blazing car, and pushed it,forward into the open air. The bridge was saved. The fugitives had played their last card and lost the game. Their eteam was running down. Plight by rail was at an e :d. Springing from the engine they rushed over the fields, hotly pursued. The story of this pur suit may be told in a word. Every man of them was captured. The attempt had been so daring and so nearly successful that a severe warn ing to future raiders seemed unneces sary. Andrews and seven of his fol lowers were -.ondenmned to death and hung. Tho others were imprisoned. And thus in disaster ended one of the most daring episodes of tho war. Till CORN-I"IELI) PEA. A Dainty Dish h'it 'or the Table of' a King-A Plea lor More Cxtensive Cult uire. Atlauta Constitution. "i'ost is not yet in sight, for the cockleburra are as green as grass, and soei of them are in an immature state. These harbingers (if they may be called so) will get brown and ripe be fore frost falls. In the meantime, there are some very substantial symp toms of fall. For instance, the morn ing glories that have been running riot over the aftermath in the hay patch, are now in bloom till after lU o'ciock in the morning, and they make a radiantly beaLutiful sI)ectacle which the humbisst may enjoy. .But the most substantial symptom is to be found between the corn-r ows where thme cornfield pea is growing. Trhe piods, or peascods, as the old E'lizabethians were~ fondl of catlling them, arec turning yellow and beginning t,o shrivei a little. This a sign. not only of the progress of autumn, but of the ripening of a very line article of food. in its present state the cornfield pea is a dainty fit for the table of a king. it is at all seasons a staple food with those whose taste has not been vitiated by the dry and odorless style of northern cooking, but, just now, when the pods still have a tinge of g reen in their yellow, it is a delicacy highly esteemed by alt people of taste. in this state the peas are not dry but juicy andl sweet and yield gracefully to the soothing and simmering influence of tihe dinner-pot. They should be boiled with a pliece of smoked middling, not the sticky potrk that, comes from the west-thougn rather t,han mIss the peas, we'd accept the wes,trn meat--and the cooking should proceed untIl one of the largest peas may be rubbed t,o the thinness of wr-iting paper between the thumb and fore-finger-. 'rhen they should be served as the ta -to dictates--plenty of salt, a sprninkling of red pepper', wit,h a dash of vinegar-and they should be eaten with cornbread, though this Is not necessar-y, for the cornfield pea is both bread and meat. lIn the coast region and elsewhere the peas are mixed with rice after coming to table, and called "hopping john." Hopping-john is all very well for those who like it, but, as good wine needs nto bush, so 'the cornfield pea needs no addition to its line, delicate IIlaver. We are told that thousandls of bushels of these peas are shipped into Georgia from the states to the north of us. If this be true, our farmers deserve to be scored for their lack of ener-gy. The cornfield penL needs no cultivation whatever in this climate. All that is necessary Is to p)lant them between the corn-rowvs or in a field by themselves. They will gr'ow ranker than the weeds on good land, and will flourish on land too poork to support weeds. They may be plowed under in the green state to enrich the land, though tbat is really a waste of the raw mate rial, or' they may be cut for forage when the pea is in the "' milk str,ge,' or the peas may be allowed to mature. No matter what course Is taken, the land is better for their presence. Time roots go deep down into the soil, and the ifeeders per'meate the ground near the surface, and thIs is the real benefit, for the land becomes porouts and re mains so until the next spring. The productivenes of the cornfield pea is almnost, boundless. If left to rip)en in the f101(d before they are gathered, enough debrIs is left to fatten flva hogs to the acre and keep them in that condlition till hog-killing t,nme. We trust our farmers will de vote mnore attention to this remarkable annual. It Is a better fortillzar' than clover, a more nutritious forage than timothy, and a better food for hungry p)eople than can be bought in the stores. And you may call It by what name you p)lease, cor'nIleld 1)0a, cow pea, whipperwill pe'a, or anything else. it is always on hand if you give it a chance. Boiled without meat, and fed to the milch cows, it Is the greatest butter maker known to dairymen. And If you don't believe all this, or' don't, know It by exp)erience, we'll send you a mess the first chancen we get A NEW FEATURE FOR OLEMSON. The Suggestion Is Made by a Practi cal Manufacturer to Make a Textile Departnent in the Farmer's Col lege. The following communication has been sent to the board of trustees of Clemson College, and it was considered at the recent meeting. Mr. D. A. Tompkins is a practical machinist and cotton manufacturer, and is one of the chief factors in the development of this industry in and around Charlotte, while he has aided to a large extent in promoting the manufacturing interests of South Carolina. Ho is a native of Edgefield County, and naturally feels an abiding interest in the success and prosperity of his native State, especi ally in whatever moans will best ad vance the training and education of young men for future usefulness. The trustees of Clemson were great ly improes:3d with the argument of Mr. Tompkins in behalf of his proposition, and a committee was appointed to look into the feasibility and advisability of establishing a branch for textile teach ing at Clemson College. The commit tee consists of D. K. Norris, B. R. Till man and M. L. Donaldson, and their report will be nwaited with interest. Every citizen of South Carolina is interested in the movement, and no one should fail to read the letter of Mr. Tompkins, which is as follows: C1IA R1 o,trrii, N. C., Aug. 24, 1897. To the Hon. R. W. Simpson, Chair man, and the Board of Trustees, Clem son College, S. C. Gentlomen: Pursuant to your re quest made when I discussed before your board the subject of a textile do partment at Clemson College, I submit the following suggestions. I conceive Clemson College to have been established in deference to the wishes of the people of the State to have a school whore the youth of the State could, in getting an ordinary college education, do it in a way that would qualify them to find an easier entrance into some profitable occupa tion than it was found could be done from the ordinary literary institutions. The education and training given at such an . institution ought to be of a kind that is calculated to be most use ful to the graduate and also of the greatest advantage to the other people of the State, and of the State at large. For the accomplishment of these ad vantages, it seems apparent that the courses of study and training should relate to those pursuits into which students could at once enter in the State. Two industries which have developed more rapidly and more extensively perhaps than any other in the State are the manufacture of cotton oil and the manufacture of cotton. The youth of the State have found employment to a very great extent in oil milis and cot ton mills. What they know of these subjects has been necessarily picked up by the rule of thumb method. 3oth these industries furnish the most un limited opportunities for the work of every graduate of Clemson inside the State. In cotton oil, besides the pro cess of manufacture, there are great possibilities in refining, in making soap, in the production of feed stufIs by mixing the hulls and meal, in mak ing fertilizers and in other ways. With a better knowledge of the sub. ject, many collateral industries might be established. Glycerinc, candles, fancy soap)s, table oils and many other articles of great commercial value are alr'eady madle from cotton oil in other sections of this country, and with a prtoper' exp)osition of the knowledge relating to these subjects, all these p)roducts might be made in South Carolina, turn ishing lucrative employ ment to the young men of the State andl keeping in the State a resource which comes from a p)roduct of the State. In the manufacture of cotton, the field is probably still greator' and the importance of extending, among the youth of the State, knowledge of the textIle art, could har'dly be p)roperly estimated. Up to the p)resent time the p)roduct of the factories of your State has been chiefly plain white cloth. Simple as the manufacture of this cloth is, it has been necessary to employ many amen from other sections of the country to conduct these operia tions in South Carolinra, while in many cases the young graduates of your State institutions, being untaught and unskilled in the textile art, have been compelled to go North or West to fir d emp)loyment in lines where their edu catIon and sraining in your schools is more applicable. It 'is notable also, that those young men who want to go into some line of textile manufacture do0 not consider any Southern school, but go North either to a school or into the shops, or in some engineer's oflice. Some people think that the develop ment of cotton manufacture in the South in the line of coarse white goods has nearly reached its p)rofitable limit. If this is true, it is all important that the youth of the pr1esent genetration should be educated to extend it into other lInes. The tendency will natur ally be towards finer goodls and towairds colored dress goodls, which is a field of iafinito variety. Your;tte was foremost in the de p)lans that wet-c formuolatod and exe cuted first in South CarolIna, the cot ton arca of the South is furnIsh ing thte great bulk of the cotton supply of the world. This wats all original wor-k. No other p)eople had done such wor'k. T1here were no mythods to copy. i)oes it seem proper that In the mtanufactutre o,f cotton, the people of time State should contentt themselves wlith dtupll eating the simplest processes of cottont manufacture in other- sections, and he further content to carrty on thmese prto ceses largely underm the di retonm of men broughlt from othter seetions, when a gr-eat many of the youth of your- State are seeking pmrofitabmle tomt ployment, in somul cases leaving the State to find it? This subject of textile schmooli, hans received the inost careful thought and attention in Europe. Some yoaras ago it was noted in England, that some of the continental counties, notably Ger-~ many andl Switzer-land, were making an icasing pt-ogress in capturing English trade. IEven In England, edu cated young Germans were being em ployed as superintendents of dye works for their chemical knowledge and their practical training in making beautiful color-s at c-heap cost; also, for design ing new and stylish p)atter'ns in var'ious fabrIcs. It came to pass that not only English trade was suffering, but also the practical ECnglish dyer rand the pr-actical ECnglish weavers found Gocr man and Swiss young men taking their p)lac(s. A commission was appointedl to go to the continent and make a r'e p)ort of the cause of the growing con tinental trade. This com mission mound magnificent schools at Zurich, Chem nitz and at other places. Steps were at once taken to found similar schools in England. To-day, Manchester has a textile institution to furnish Instruc tion (ay or evening, thus making it available not only to young men who can spare the time and money to take a regular course, but also to yofing men who have to work during the day and can only devote some time in the evenings to study. Many of the 1n glish manufacturing centres have estab lished similar schools. Some of the textile machine builders in England have founded schools of instruction in their works. It is astonishing to learn how much money has been spent on even these schools which are practi cally departments of the business of private firms. As to the value of all this expenditure, it io sullicient to say, nobody in England doubts the wisdom of the expenitures, but on the contrary, the disposition is to still further in crease and cheapen the fec lities for technical, and especially textile edu cation. In the United States the New Eng land and the Philadel)hia textile dis tricts have both made splendid pro gress in providing for the collection and dissemination of knowledge in tc xtiio subjects. The first textile school of importance in the United States was established in Philadelphia some years ago. This school has been doing ex cellont work and promises to be of great advantage to the Philadelphia district. At Lowe Il, a textile school has lately been established by State and city aid. This school has been well equipped and is doing well. With facilities already at Clemson, I think that ten to fifteen thousana dollars would be sullicient to make a very good start. Some of the machine men would willingly loan much of the necessary c:luipment. One teacher or professor would be enough to btart with, but if a technical man could be employed as professor and a practical assistant provided for also, it would be better. Such a department would undoubted ly contribute to diversify the manu facture of cotton goods in the State. and would probably at an early date bring about the establishment of one or more bleacheries and finishing works. Besides being of advantage to the youth of the State in qualifying them for profitable employment, it should be of great value in stimilating the development of the resources of the State in the line of textile manu factures. Education to be of value must not be entirely pedagogic. If an educational system is applicable and successful in one section, an imitation of that sys tem is not necessarily the best or even suitable for another section. What I say relates, of course, to technical edu cation in relation to its application to manufacturers. Therefore, in the light of South Carolina's interests, I should put the study of cotton manu facture ahead of that of electric engi neering, for example. Both are im portant and neither should be neglect ed, but if the study of one must be omitted, I should say, teach tex!iles and let electricity go. If I can serve you in anly way what ever in connection with this matter, I beg of you to command me. Yours very truly, D. A. TomiPKIss. THE WEATIlIld AND UROPS. Valuabale In, 'orm,ation to Tihose I nter ested( inl Farinig Operationrs. The following is the we -kly bulletin issued by the weat,her bu Rau in Co iumbia as to the condition of the crop)s in this State: Cor UMlnuA, S. C., Se pt. 21, l1897. Excessiveay high temp)eraturc fpre valled durinug the entire week ending on the 19th, with maximums of be tween 90 and 100 on several days in succession over a large l)ortion of the State. The maximum rep)orted wVas 101 at ilodges on the 15th and the minimum 39 en the !4th at Santue and on the 18th at WVaihalla. The weekly mean temperature averaged 78 for the State and the normal for the same pe riod is applroximately 74. Over the greater portion of the State no rain fell. There- were scatterui uni generally light showces on the i3tui and 18th over the State generally but they wore extremely local in their character, andi except. in a few in stances, did no app)reciable good in re lieving the severe drought that now prievails. Twenty-four places report,ed some rain, but only five measurements exceeded half an inch, with a miaxi mum fall of 2.40 at Gillisonville. The averago of all ineasurements was 0.27 and the normal for the wveck is about 1.18. The nunshine was slightly in excess of the normal, but varied greatly in dilferent, portions of the State. [tail fell In Richland and Nowherry counties, and focal wind storms wore reported from a n umiber' of laces but no materIal in.jury to crops re sulted. The continued absence of rain has resultedl In a drought andI all growing crops sulOcred severely. T1he dry, sun shiny weather was very favorahio for harvesting, andl gathering matured crops, but p)reveJnt.ed fall plowing ex cop)t In the truck raIsing dIstricts where much ground was p)rep)ared for w in ter veg< ta bles. I 'aHs,ures fiiled rapid(lly and str,am are very low and In umny local it,ics good stock watur' is scare'. Tihie hot,, generally dIry weather causedl cotton to open very fast, se premnat,ur-ely, and two t,lIrds of all Ce' ton Is neow opc,n w Ith~ about, hadlf of t,b (crop) PICked. Thiis appullos to the whole State ;in the oaster'n conutlos t,o pro portion opened and piicked is so'lme wha it greitter. ln IIi rpoi'ts frein every county In,dicaitto that t,boro has been at stOady declin 1(3In condItion since tie first, of this monthl, andi that, duiring thte past, week the dieCllinl wits dute to ox coss iv ye a ttail.Id drought,', w h ih causedI tl,h0 p1lant, to shedl younug, Iinmmiat,ure bu,l l. Tlhe( reorilts al so ind (i cato th at, there will lie pract,lcally no~ top) crop. Ilht, Is to say, tiatt cotton hias ei ther' st,opped takIng on fr'uIt si rico thle in 1d dIe of Autguist, on, t,batt, w hr l, I I d frit t,bo bahlls and siualires dropped oly. NI) bloorns v ore seen duirIng the week 'xcepJt onl imoist, bot,tom lands. Over' about, one-third of the St,ate the estalinat,(d yield of lint Ipem aceg wil cual an average, andl over two-thirds it, will fall short., so that, imanking due allowance for the increasedi acreatge, correspondent,s estimate that the y ill will be smaller than last year, and generally, the worst, repoit,s comec from the localities of usually heaviest p)roduction. In places where the plant Is still green, rust is very prevalent, but many fieldls present the appearancel of having been killed by frost. Sea island cotton p)icking pro'gres. sing rapidly ; the crop, inutch of wh Ich Is not yet, miattured, is look ing remark ably line, notwithstanding the existing mod'rate drought where this crop Ia cultivated. Exepnt over thena etrme norhs era counties where corn was planted lato, it was not adversely affected by the lack of. rain and hot weather. The corn crop Is now entirely safe and much of It has been gathered. Corres pondents generally speak of it as a fair crov, in places, a large one. rho weather continued favorable for harvesting rice, and now ti-ore re mains only lato May and Juno plant ings to be out. Late rico is not as promising as the early rice, and in por tions of Colloton the crop is very poor. Threshing rice is well under way. Peas seem to be fruiting heavily notwithstanding that the leaves nearly all dropped off the vines during the past two weeks. Pea-vine hay is nearly all gathered. It was too dry for sweet potatoes and over some of the western coun ties the yield will be short. Early varieties are yielding well. Rain is needed for turnips and >as tures, and to replenish the streams for stock water. Also for late sugar. cano. l'rom the national bulletin of Septom ber 13th " Cotton han generally suttered fur ther injury during the past week and iti trcnoral condition is less favorable than reported In the preceding bul letin. Marked deterioration is reported from the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennes se(, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Scat tered heavy rains have also interfered with picking in Texas and caused slight damage by washing out open cotton in places, but improved the crop where still growing." J. W. LAU:t. Director. Clih:WING GUM IACTOItY. Description of an 1Itlustry Which 11as Ma(d its Ownter Wich antI Has 1Sncoura-ge(1 a Silly Habit. Only a few years ago the owner of the largest chewing gum factory in the world was a poor man, says the Cleveland Leader, making his gum in the basement of an old building, offer ing in vain his whole business for a few hundred dollars, and with his wife his sole assistant. Now, his 300 cm ployes make prolits for a millionaire. The gun-making begins in Mlexico, Its foundation being chicle gum, the choeolate-colored exudence 'f the nase berry tree. The natives gather, pack it in barrels and send it north. At the facory it is picked over, crushed, then placed in large kettles together with sugar and liavoring extracts. While cooking the revolving cylinder within the kettle keeps the mass con stantly stirred. When cooled it is carried to a table where a group of girls knead the ginger bread-looking stuff, mixing in sugar until it attains the needed dryness. Transferred to another table it is rolled out to thick square cakes. worked as ia cook would ptastry, but with sugar taking the place of Hour. These cakes are then passed back and forth under a steam roller until each is in thin strips aboit eighteen inches wide and a yard long. A grooved roller cuts it into squtares which are laid on a tray and left for twenty-four hours. A fter the day's drying, another grooved roller marks it into the shape in which it is sold, when it is broken and sent in boxes to the paclting room. iere i' is wrapped in paper, packed in dainty boxes, then sent to the inspecting roomn, where ach box is opened, examined and passed. The factory is complete in itself and has nmany departments. 'The top Iloor is given up to the inanufacture of Paste "oardl boxes for the gunm. The b)asement is at ilt, airyv printing oif lice, where many hands are busy wit,h the labels and ad vertising mat,ter. A rail way switch loads and tralor.ds everything at t,he door. Six br-ands~ of gum are' made in t.he bu i hing. Of one b)rand alone the bookkeeper- told me 50,00)0T mites had been sold in tc n years, that in each daiy of the last, ten years thirteen andl one -half miles bad'been the aivu:age sales. -Un der the auLslices of the Mlary Ann Lee Mlemrorial Association, a ba zaar- is to be held in Altexandri'i, Va., this autui'.n, for the purp)ose of se-cur ing funds for the erecition of a mionu mnent to the memorty of Mlary Ann Lee, the mo(ther- of the Siuthern chieft,ain. T1he monument will ador-n the inter section of two of the t'inipal streets in Alexandria. and wilt probably be in the vicinity of the hist.oric old Chirist church where both Gen. Lee and his mnotber worsh ippj:. -The earth is coin g to a bad and1( speedy end. A Vienna professor as sort,s t,hat, it, is to collide with a comet onl the 13th of November, 1899I. lovery t,hing living on t.be eart.h will be choked with l'oison.ousl gases. --T hero are th irt- seven persons in Ohio wvho believe t,hiat they are the heirs and true ow ners of the great Const.oek lode In Nevada, through a rotatIon to the Comustock after whom It was namedl. . O 21 3 Theaverage clergy < .natt int a healt hy A tt. Tteiatentian,y resoits thait coniitib lie oess'ttake silicient exer cise. Just the saine h~\le is a h,ard-work ing tin;aii. IIe takesa too etunch troutble abtout othier pteople's troth) .1. '-,-L2..~ les to tiionbikleunch thliniksa too iuch aboitt ot her sick peo. pie to looik after lisa oIwil health. 'lThe re selt is that the har d w~ork ing clergytnan - -becomtes a se tii - in vanlidl early iii life. Thlere is nio wecessity for this. A clergy titn achds nothinig to hi uisefollness, hitt greatly d (etracts frotnt it, by uneglecting h,is heai lh. If a inait,b he i clergy iiati or layhni, w~ill resot to the right remnedy j list as soon as lie feels out of sorts, and kntows that lie is a l ittle bilioats, or t hat b:in l ivet is torp)idh or his digest ion is ont (of order, lie willI re' etu, healthy atnd rohnst anud add :ii tch to his useftilness and liiaiiy years to Itis life. Dr. P'ieree's Goldeni l\edical 1)-scovery restores the appetite, itiakes dligestion and asitnilationi per-feet, in vigorates thle liver, pet rfies the blootd atid toe-s the inerve-n. it is the greatest of all kit >wn blood-tinak ers and flesh-bhuilers. It citi es pM per ccent. of all cases of conlsutnti tion anid (diseases of the air passages. 'lThousanids who were given utp lby the dloctors atid hiad lost all hope hiave testifPed to t heir coituplete re covery utider this tuarvelotts mieiie. It is thle dIiscovery oif ati (ttninentt atid skillfu:l specialist, D)r. R. V. Pierce, for thirty years chief cotastilt ing pIhysiciaii to the Itnvalids' Jiotel ande Stargical I tistittile, at Butffalo, N. Y. All tiedicinie (healers sell it. " ightt years.ago I was takent withi wi,at mn dIotr calleud liver co(nitpllaint." writes N. 1., I antypsiire. " I begatt doctorinig for I it, ting flarsapiarillas anid (Ithier tuedicintes. I,ast iFebrti arv I hadu a ihou,it- attack. atnd I couhld tot sit tip lotig.enough to eat. I be~gat, taikitg l>r. Pierce's nt.ed ties.. I Itave takein onte bottle of'Goldeni Medical D)iscovery ' nd one v'ial of 'Pleasant Pellet s.' S I fin d io It her inedicinte einal to yoturs In hli n lig tie. WVithiotit an egual for conistipatit attdl biliontatnes - )r. P>ierce' lea...nt Peles Needs No Explanation M ADISON, N. C., Aug. 4, '9'. Goose Greaso Liniment Co., Greens boro, N. C. Dear Sirs;---Pleaso ship us at onco ono gross Goose Grease Linimnut. We are entirely out. Don't, fall to ship at once. I'leaso give us jobbers' prices. It is the best thing we have ever seen. Yours truly, W. C. JONHCS & Co. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cominntl 'chedule in o Efrect J U I Y 4. 1897. t 1A'l'IONS. ,v. ZUhnr enton - - - , i.o.. oll.. .................lY1 m ................................ 12 22f NiuOety,ix.........!78n , "r. N4ue .......... r iii 7 1 -- - . r. Ilr'ehi,i_. -0 pi Ar. Atnlan. ~ir. Oirosl_ylle . -, BTATIONS. . . i.si-n . ......... ......... . 5 w s Plilont ....-.............. 10 66 a W ana ..... 11 8s a m A... n "......... ......... . 1 a m Ar. Dnnakt . . ...... ........ li m A r. I1,I lnldi 12 _ vALovle................ ITIi a SOr(emwood ......................1 00 p m 1 Niinty-1x................... .1 25 " Newierry ...................... 2 2A m " 2 r8sperty...................." 2 7 m Ar.( ~lumtina ...... ... ........ ...6 m Ar. (haieRt.o>a............~~..~3 n11 )-F by''IONS. Dal y1;-i1Tiv. T 1ni-jlet on. -~_AI 3(la i1 it a! 4~~ 'oliniUri-----,r ~35p '< 907a 121p " ......Alstou... ... " 2 45p 8 00-tn 12bp; '' ... . ~ntno. ... " 125p 7 0 2i "' .. Uit0......" 105p 7 10hf9a, 2 28p.I"' ... Jone.l ... " 12aip 6 p 54! 287Ir' " .. ...1-'ur~lt . .... 12 14p 6 79 1 25'i 1 In Ar.. ai tanI huIrgf. 1,v 11 45ta 6 20p 1I 413'1 8' ; I..' . %jl,r' uiln rl;. AJti 1 2,i 6 O6p ..2 iP.i, Ar ... Arrhr rsle ., 8. A 06p " ,"p.m. " . a. . '1'1nlns 9 11i1ti1 101 tI v (rlit.ant- Pullman rlt-"iiIng 'ni . i+t r w-i t (u C.l1iiibin b ti:n Aslheville, en rolu daily het wuei .lackulwilla nud Ciuoin Tran1 l("av. SIarntienhbnrV. A..& C. division, northlound.. i-i it. m.. %-4, p. n., 6:18 p. m., Ve t ibu i .l lmit-d); s>ut hbonuit 12:20 a. in., :15 p. Im.. II :8l it. in.. ( V'.stibulu 1.tniited.) 'Tiiins leave (4reeiirili." A. ,tnd C. dirision, ,rt hbountl. :1' n. ,n., 2 31 ). m. ,uuld 6:0 p. n.. Ve.".tibul?di1 m : nitt"tIF,11hbound, 1:25 a. sa., 4 0eu p. ml., 12:8.' p. in (Vestihuled LimiIted). Plnti nlium 1+rvice. IInu1in main,a ' s.',",i.}ny 4-1 rs on 'lrains 85and 9(1, 8~ nid. , n'i A in li C.. divilri,,n. V. H. UIEE' . .1 M. (11P (in. Kul,-ritent. Truaff1e M'g'r Wa"ir hington, I). U. WVeo.hington, 6. o. 'W. A. TtI K 6. H. H-AKJiY\VCK Gi-n Pa :'. As't Getn. Po.s. Aglt. D.t:u a 1 . ,AUsuta, GQ, LIMITED A INS DO UBLE DAILY SERV JCE To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath ens, Wilmington, Neiw Orleans and New York, Boston, I ch mlond, Wash ingtou, Norfolk. 1'ortsmouth.-sch(,( ule in effect 1'eb. 7, l197, N.m. -1tt:. N o.11 I y New York............*j t,'am 900am~i l'hLila<lelphlia............ I12ptm 1205iamn ltaltimire............... 3Ipmn 2 50amn Washdington............. .I40pm 4 30am, l~liihmond................ 850pm 905Sam NoroitIvhKX. L... *8ll1nym*. 05amI Welonti................*1 2Spmi' 15am l!eenderson .............*12 5fiam~ *I d9tm Ar 1Durh,am via S A h..7 32ami t4O00pm lv lmirlham ....( ..n152nImtil0am lUaleighi via S A Is........2 Ilahm *3 3lpmu Sanfomrd ................. ) 'lam ~ 0.3ptm it j'ineLs................. 22aim 5 53pm Ilamnlet ................. 5 10am G53m8fl Wadesboro.............. 55a S lim ChiarlottIe vin .A ,~ 83a1) 0 25ptr. ('lhester via S A L... $ lOam 10 47pmu i2.lubia CN A-l, ~l i 7~' 4 ,Sjm ( l'rci tn(................. .1 -5in 1I tsuo .\ bhIes ille ......,.........I t->am 1 -tina S-le t n.-- ......12 (Ipm 2.l laim I r Al ichns.- ............. l5 15pm l -lam A v Winder.............. 5j9pm 4 30a Ar At.ilanta S A L.........2 501pm 5 201am N(Ril liOU ND. N o. 38s. No. .10 Lv~ At IantIa...............*7 50mLlm*1200nniii LvX A th ens-.-.--.-.--.-.......10 .l2pm 3i 0I;pm ElbIerton.... ..........2 :!:ham I I1tpm Alibheville.- ............ 140am 5 15m Greenwood.............. 200am 5-ilpm11 ('oin................1 3lt I3a 3irm On Pianos, Organls an dr1ive ouIr business these ha Prices. We dlon't sit dlownI of money Ilke thle 0old fossil onl when they won't pay tih< wanlt t.o pul.rchase a Piano 0] US anhd we will sell you. IA andl( best selcted( stock of I some of' the best mnakes 0on t. to sell thlem. We guarant t.han any other reliable dealk time purchasers are easy. C Spot (Cash Buyers we will s Or'gan Cheaper fromi us thaI bu1sin1ems We keCep conista of sma,! inistrumnents, conlS MNIdll(olinls, Atoharp)s, Violi SewinIg MaIIchinles at ridict want one, julst intimate it, aIl low y'OU canl buy oneC. Jur vocal and1( inlstrlumental1, is ke of thie popullar~ and1 up--to-datA time. Yours t: ALEXAN DER Olmi*.NV11I Ar Col1unia C N & 1, a It.........t0pn . - (tescr" - .... -.13amn 8 apm Al ti8A -...*830m*105pm Manro A - -- onram I)40I1m ltu-'t ,'8 15anm I 23pm - -li .. -- '- 1230pm 15 3am lae'igh -----. 'n. 24t I lbam - *11 3;am*ll 35an l)iriu ~ i18 - --7t -if isr I l)ur--- . . .t l1 ani 95 2)0mn . . . . *:i ( n ni15ttl -( ........... t. 5 118 1 -1 3 No ,rtol ia'' - - 11111 , Ii m 7.2 31arn lti - -..... ..... 12 4 am * 513in 1'tia(el( li ...3 .1bam 3 501)m ' New ork .......*3__:3n *6J23pmn Ar 1'urtsmouth., Norfolk .. ....... 6 OS.pm *7 b0 am * iy. t )aily E-x. Sundan-. ;Dai, Ex M un(~Inyi. Nos. 403 and 4(2, "Thu At t3l clal," Solid VCs.ibulo Trtain, With 1;ittt 8leepor" and Day Coaes between 1.'ushiteto anepd Atlanta. Also 1'illnini S hepit b atween Portsinouth aln14 Chester. r Nos. 41 mad :38, "The S. A. ,. Ex rea," bo11 Train of l'ullmnl Slevpersi .d Day -oah ' bet Ween Il'rtb11u0ut11 Ind Atlantu. For Tickets, Sleepers antd inforna. tion apply to ticket agents, or to B. A. NE1LAND, General Agent, Pass. Dept., 6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. GEI-O. MNICI'. B3AT-Tt ., T rav Pass. Agt, Charlotte, N. U. 1" S'i'. JO1N, Vice-P'resident. and Gen'! .\lgr. V. E. Il:1.:. General Superinten dent. Il. W. 13. Gtovl':l1t, Traillie Manager. '1'. -1. ANDl:RSON, Gen'1 Passenger Ageint. General O1t1es: Port,smouth, Va. SOUJ T1iH R' 4. IAy, 16. l,. t-'(' 1A o r 1. - v _. _ -I -... - s.1 t r t. --11 Northtbomind. IN4 R. Ni . 94 " Ati , " orerus . 0.,1 n 6 pi i 4 t r nfvr . . 100 3 A lOlIp ~ ?i"oRVtlle.. 10 S a t 2 p 1i 4 p d tp " d1a.........1100 A 2 48 p1 06P 41" " k,rnsei ...... 11' a ... . i.p . Mt. Ary..... 1 ... 40.... . u'ccow .. ... 11 64 a, 3 >YJ p:.. . . A $ " Vest.nnster 12b.ra .... . 4 a2 8 eoueoa ..... . I2 t p 1 i9 ' y....- 4 a " Ceitral. 1 al 4 . 4 (s C GreCr ville .. 281 p 4 ta1 p ...... 6 "parlanihurg. 8 85 7 8 .. 6 a " " GatTuo . ... 4'. ...716 " : rg .. 4 d b 4 0 p . . A " 3nK's bt,. . 18 Wap. . ... 71 " '' ooni ..... 6 . ...... $ " ,.LT. (h arlotte ... . 4't p .. a Ar Danville. . 1 u p-. 1 80 j Ar.Ihmend... 0011600 a.8 40 p r.Wahg .. . 6 4,.........4 " _rer fork . i7 f3 t . 6 4 8_J J1eM I V.")a.ol Beuth bow d. IN~ 8b No. 87 Dail yL. f>al. r. ,,M<ephia . 00 a @8. p " 1ithinure.. 6 a p Y s a'.tn It n. 11 16 w 10 4t3 p .." Lv 1Ri'rn ond ... 1 8b p 2 0i a I.03 a Lv. I)nvtiN. A r. Charl tte . " aToe. .6...4 ...... 8 f.6 S. "8oartr.nburg.12 20 a 112 a 8 15 p) * e.nenville... 20) a12 p 4~ nra...,0 00. . 0 ak n p I6' p v iSenan. 1 8 p 40 " T .. a p0 8 p """ " ~t. Airy ..... ........ ..... 7 0p~' ' * rnel0...... ... ..........7I6 1' 6 ' a " sula. .........dda b 18p 8033y 6 S "CQ1ahoeville... 46 a 8 81 p 885 p 7J a " l..u...r........ .. ..........07 p 7 49 a Ar. A tlanta. E. T. i t a, '1M 10 . p1 9 0 ""a. mn. "P' p. mn. "M" noon. 'N" nighS. No. 7andMI--IMily. W ahingtoni andSon*1y, western Veatubuje Ginitai. Throughb Pualan.a sleepin otr,a bot weenNow Yn.ri and4 New Oi. len,yaahigton, Ada 3* i andi M(nutRola Y1aWaahing%o.Aflanta an1d h.ingham.1 elass 3horouchrare ctfoahen et ech~,~f Washin . on and Atlanta. Dining oara serve all moola . Nos.U 85 < - S-isitend State. 12M $ . S., via So48th3orn ll way, A &.bN. R and L. tiN. n. A bel s ed of bgg1 Oar ad eoonho., t 1ro 1 trint ohan - aenz erra of all elses lmn w m .opin g aretwees}e ow Orleana, ia Atlata andt Mon t tAaving Was~hing 'e Sa(. y, a *oa.b 1.'N s an i mn eee tween AtlantA anid MmI Airy,., ye W. H.GitE0N,3. M.(It ,' Washingtn, D. 0. Wah . W1 A. T ILK, R D ISewing Machines. WVe .d times by selling at Cut an cr1 1oak about the scarcity s who et p)urchiasers pass, mn great long p)rofits. If you 'an Organi comle anid see le haVe on handl the largest 'ianos in the State, inlludinlg. 1m market, and( we. are going ee ourI lpices to be lower' r, will make. Our terms for Inly a small cash payment thie saihing smooth For ay', you can buy a Piano or from any concern in the nily on hand a full stock ist.ingr of Guitars, Banjos, 11s, &c. Also the various for' same. We are selling lously low p)rices. If. y'ou dI you wvill be surp)risedI how stock of sheet music, both )t full, and1( you canl get aniy songs andl music at any) '5' 'Luly, BROS & CO ,LE SL C.