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1 he Barnwdll People. Largest Circulation inl tle Coultv THE STORY OF APPOMATTOX Ifim4M A (OIll1C'LVFW (n. I(oloi I. I've's Cini'o of Stan' (JlveN flis V0ae8Iion of the Famliouij surreie(ri -(el- L00 Never Oirere(I sis 8wrd to GraIn. an11d the Latter Novel' hi IinIei 10 Tako it. col. Ch are Malarihall, of Baltimore, who") waC' G''i.L e' chief of stalI, has contriihutu-I the following interesting tatem "In.t Of V hat occurred at Appo aittoLx to th Washingtoni l'ott: I htV fria qiteIltly noticed that when old Holdies and naiiors meet for a talk about. tic civil war they sometimes for gut the reverence duo the divinity commonly spoken of as the Goddess of Truth. F'or mily part,, I havo heard eventls that occurred under my own eyes described in such a way that I failed to Iecogliv. them. We do not yet know with certainty the fact-i of the battie of Waterloo, and as to Chalncclot sville and Gettysburg, al0th0ugb i Witeisend both, I soic times thiLiik, inl view of tile absolutely irreUCoIll able accounitc we have of thie Wtw inga mens, I i3islo) \\latlcv Iiy) la i y iht readily Crete historic <loubt , .1- to i ietler Citlicr was in fact, four it. WitL Ie full knowlidgeo of this tell Uenicy to irrr I will give you as ate cIuratiily ak- I can %In exact narrative of the cirectaInc.LiieIU- attending the ILIP IIeder oi GI. e's arily at Appo mattx, a. Lt. y lIl under 113 direct oh.ervattikn. I wVill ixcilde Overytllhing niot Iiltly Conniected wvitn the grat evit :-.: i mi coivineed that, It pote:.i d -.il u hie t, Illui t, ii itself to IeiI'oier c'uii nt 'L flieee;ary, if not in Thee :unavery, important nmatter I wii -CItiI at the.2 outset, howUver. io t-iu. (;1. L , did not imeet Gen. ant in the . \: lI 'al house oil the moliri, of .\ni ii i, i o for tile pur i o f th'lli man ih . r .cti.g IL str retah-r of li - r- 1rm. On the coU0trLary, It va, !:iinidy for Lhe i (posc of near in, GiaiiL'. lirm1s. As a matter of fact, it thy had not zuitid Gen.. 1,-e i wouti iiotl have accepted thI : but llit i Mir Nws -o liheral, so mUg lialinouar to l -i chi;:valious that it was a 'itid fort Nw ih. It is well to I ' ' l i Gi. v. (; i 's teLris been ninii thal Loose Ie made, Gcn ii - I v oil not, have iecelitod them, no lalter what, the circuln stan.;s i hit liave beca. We had be 2oiine acuomed:-ll omeiwhat to d.al witu dejerate circ llumlstanltces. I Wi6sh to have allotlel Illatter under stoo .i be fore bjin niing i. ColseCeItive arrative (if til -urreiender. This is in Igal ri to Gen. ra l 'orter's LtatLe meIt, miade r catdy, oiraihy and in wtath' Gn.lu olftee his iorwid t ibr . I D.e never* elf.red is avordt>Grat, and the Mlat, never r-I used it. If was Viith tile gr at, ,buterIi chkit.,ainl frc Il the time he gi t d GrUant in the McLean house utL1 L rode away, and the only LiLe ti ii n' III if ,. .woril was mate was Wie GraII a pol eied to Lee for his dr- ii haing- ,tat it was iot pob bible Ii imi to g iaLross to hiis bug gage and at i t t ne Lilie keiep the appiiintent. TIhe telrmls of eapitu a tiin :x p."- y excep lteti sidce..i' -- ill v i~ w- if th at f act it 3;,ulig iigvc been a1 111o- tiuljuid prog(duce for Ccei. Leeu LI> have elleni r is sword to G rat. 'liceQUttr a'e liiniportant, in ,..-,i . c:-, nul t, it is wvell for the sake o1 hi .t0ry toi have thieim cleared up. Afte r the di La:ter of Sauirs Creek, ini Aprii, I14d, the. armly, reduced to tw V iciirps I ur t~he coinmniiid of Gen. Lo np:trect an Gen i I. Giordon, moved Lthrough ii a-iniheli, w here rations were issitedi to sonmi of tile stiarv ing troops. A close pOuait by the overw hehning atrmuy of Gen. UriantI made it necessary 1to remlove Lihe. waugon train11 before all tuil meln coildi b. suppltiedi, anid the rem nant,1 ofi the grieat airiiy of Northern \'trg in in. e xt ai1,d biy light and stir v'ationi, movedV IIIn the iroad to Appomte (h1 the ailterlijon of 7th of Api-il, I M, CG:n. G.,rai, write toi Gen Lte stLaunigI diaL the ho pelessness of fur ther'I. reistie w aS apparent andl( akking aL suirenderi ofi the lirmiy of N'oi'tlern 'irgiiita. Wh len tis letkter was recei ved thlere was tsoinie di liirene of opinmlion amilon~ tile treneral ohllirs as to tile nature oh Lthe re ply to lie iimd~e to G tn. G3rant's letter. somell thiink ing it was yet, p)o si ble to) Save thie ireimnanit of tile areliy lt''ialy, hiowever, Genl. L :e decided to meet, CGrant, n:id I wia i eeted to draw up ommunilf;<utlion to i~hlat elieet,. Th'lis Is the litter Geni. Lee sig ned: April 7, m%5.-Genieral : I have ie ee:veil 30our inoti of Liiis date. Th'iou gh nIOt enitertatining Lie opinioln y0o1 .X. press5 of thie hiopceenese of fu''thier re Northii. i \i.imia, I reciiproeiate youri deisi ri 1:1 avid -ile', cillusion (if blood, ain!, ilih ri fiore, before ciiisiier- ig. yor a:pst>, u.-k thbe Lermls you)I i il Ioder mi: < sid.:be of sturirender. \'ery respectfil. y, *)<11' oibei ent, srvanlt, Ik . L1.:1.:, General. it will ns uniii thi LiICelxt, day GU1,ba a 'upy wa V s rece ivedl Li) this he ttar. Giant etted teiat lie woldt insist tipon liiut )1 n elcniti on~ i : t11 hiis was Lbhat, t lie ili ujihui to i i taike up1 arms aat,'li the Ui ted Stttus uintil p roperiy I x tthalnged. l'veni after tL. is correspiondeneo Glen. fuilly extriiciting~~i himllif froim the ii ieuna. lihe armiy has been in straits almost as ,.ploirable. Theii maireb was conitinuedi duiniig Aprluil S, withi little inOterrulption. from the enie ny. Il Lii th(veining we~ hallted near ,Appumailittox Court, ULluse, Gen. LeAe inteing to mallrch by way of CamnpbelI Court Liouse, LIhroutrh l'i tt sylvaiiaii County, towardl lDanville, wit~h .view of openinig coilmunications it ti.hile armly of Gun. Joseph i'. Johni ston, t.ell retreating before Gen. Sher mIani Lhiiougil Noritli Cairol inal. (Oii Lee's~ pu1rpose was to unlite ith John ston to at-tack Shermlan, or CaLI .Joh a 5s0on to hiis idi in resisting Grant, wiche lliver illighi LDe fotund best. The exhau ditiL.( troops: were haLted for ri st, near Appomnat-tox (Xiourt, House, Ii .d tilh ite arc was1 resoiue ait I ai. in. canL ton vey a goo~d idlea oif tile condil tionl of alrairis by Lel i ng my own I.x perienee. Wn Iihe1.1 armyi0 hatlte Gen ( . LeeC1 and stafl LLurned out of the roaid inlto ai do0 so wood.11 to ieceive somire lest.- Lee had ai con feren mce i~ iLisome~ of the pincIl~il olilleers, ait wich t t was dietermiined to force ouri wiay tile inext, imrning with the troops of (Gordoin, sulipOpted by the cavalry undor Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the commaind of Longstreet, bringing upj the roar. With my omnrades of the staff -and gtaff olcers oif Gos. Long. 8tre0t aru) Gordon I sought a little rout. We ~ pon the ground, with our oaddli piowe, our horses picketed A. near by. cating the bark of trees for want of better )rovender, and our faces covered with the capes of oui ovorcoats to keep out the night air. Soon ftor I a. m. I was aroused by the sound of a column of infantry iarching along the road. At first I thought they wore the Federal sol diors. I raised my head and listened in tently. My doubts were quickly dis polled. It was Hood's old Texas bri gado, and I recognized the command by hearing one of them repeat the ver sion of a passage of Scripture with which I was familiar-i mean with the Texas version : Tho race is not to them that's got The longest legs to run, Nor the battle to that people That shoots the biggest gun. Soon after they passed we were all astir and our bivouac was at an end. We made our simple toilet, consisting mainly of putting on our caps and sad dling our horses. Somebody had a little cornmeal and somebody else had a tin can, euch as is used to hold water for shaving. A lire was kindled, and each man in his turn, according to rani: and seniority, made a can of oat meal gruel and wrs allowed to keep the can until the gruel became cool enough to drink. Gcn. Lee, who re posed, as we had done, not far from us, (lid not, as I remember, have even such refreshments as I have described. This was our last meal in the Con federacy. Our next was taken in the United States, and consisted mainly of a generous portion of that noble Amer ican animal, whose strained relations with the Obancellor of the German 0npiro inade it necessary at last for the President of the United States to send an Ohio man to the court of Berlin. "Tantas componere lites." As soon as we all had our turn at the shaving can we roJo towards Appomat tox court house, when the sound of guns announced that Gordon had al ready begun the attempt to open the way. lie forced his way through the cav alry of the enemy only to encounter a force of infantry far 'superior to his own wearied and starving command. lie informed General Lae hat it was impossible to advance furthtr. And it became evident that the end was at hand. Gon. Lee had written Grant, stating that he would meet him at 10 o'clock on the morning of April 9, on the old stage road to Richmond. Attended by myself and one orderly Lee proceeded down this road to meet Gen. Grant. As we advanced through the rear guard, composed of the remnants of Longstreet's corps, the men cheered their chieftain as he passed. Their confidence and enthusiasm were not one whit abated by defeat, hunger and danger. It was lucky for the Secretary of the Treasury that this rear guard was not permitted to try its hand at increasing the pension roll with which he is now struggling. These men made no fraudulent pensioners. When they were (lone with a man, he or his repre senta'tives had an indisputable claim to a pension under any kind of P oension law. Gen. Lee, with an orderly a front, bearing a flag of truce, had 1 coceeded but a short distance after passing through our rear guard, when he came upon the advancing enemy. I rode f orward to meet a 13yrLp -.- % a Wo turned out t,-b-'Uieut. Col. Whittier, p)f~.iihtumpt rey's stalf, and who de liver-ed to me Gen. Grant's reply to Gen. Lee's letter declining to discuss the terms of a general pasiication. I took thlis letter to Gen. Lee, who at once dictated to me a letter to Grant asking an Interview for the purpose of discussing ter-ms of surrender. Col. Whittier took this letter to Grant. Gun. Lee then returned to the front, and with Gun. Loigstreet pr-oceeded to a small orchar-u, axnd Ltiuru waited for Grant's reply. As he was much fatigued a rudle couch was prepared under an apple tree, upon which he reclined until the appearance of a flag of truce, and Grant's allirmative reply. Col. Babcock, w ho brought the reply, toldl Gen. L3e that he had been sent to make arrangemenuts for the meeting that Gen. Lee desired within the FXed ctral or Confederamte lines. Gen. Lee di'veeted me to accompany himi w ith one orderly, and immediately mounting his horse iode with Col. Bab cock toward Appomattox Court House. .We passed through an infantry force in front of thu vi hige, and Gen. Lee directed me to find a suitable place for the meeting. I irode for ward and asked the first citizen 1 met to direct me to a house suitable for- the purpose.I learnedi afterward that the citizen was Mir. McLean, who had lived on the bat tle field of Bull Run, but had removed to A ppomattox Cour-t [louse to get out of the way of the war McLean con (ucted me to an unoccupied and unfur nished house, in a very bad state of repair-. I toldl him that it was not suitable, and he then olffered his own house, to which he conduceted me. Ifound a room suitable for the pur pose in view and sent back the order-ly who ad accompanied me to dlirect Gien. Leoc and Col. Babcock to the house. They came In presently and Col. Babcock said that as Gen. Grant was alproaching on the i-cad In front of the house, it would only be necessary for him to leave an order-ly to dIrect him to the place of meeting. Gun. Lee, 00l. Babcock and myself sat In the p~arlor- for- about ha f an hour when a large party of men arrived,and in a few minutes Gen. Grant came into the room, accompanied by his stalf and a number of Federal officers of rank, among whom were Gen. Ord aind Gon. Shieridan. Gen. Grant greeted Gen. Lee very civilly, and they engaged in conversa tion for a short time about their former- acquaintance during the Mexi can war. Some other Federal ofilcers took part In the conversation, which was termin ated by Gen. Leo saying to Gen. Grant that he had come to discu'ss the terms oif the surrender of his army, as indi cated in his note of that morraing, and he suggested to Gen. Grant to reduce his proposition to writing. Gen. Grant assented and Col. Parker, of his stafT, moved a small table, from the oppIosite side of the room and 1laced it by Gen. Grant, who sat facipg Gen. Lee. When Gen. Grant had written his letter in pencil he took it, to Gen. Lee, who remained seated. Gen. Lee road the letter and called Geh'. Grant's at tention to the fact that he required the surrender of the cavalry as if they were public hor-ses. lie told General Grant that the Confederate cavalry mien owned theIr horses, and :they would need them for lianting a spring crop. Gen. Grant at once accepted the suggestion. - The terms of the letter having been agroceL to, Gon. Grant directed Col. Park9i-.a make a copy of it in ink, and. Gen. Lee airected me to..writs his ac ceptance. Col. Par.er took the table upon, which Gen Grant i4ga been wrling to the other side of the room and I accom- I1 panted him, and after he had finished r copying the letter I sat down to the t same table and wrote Gen. Lee's ac- i ceptance. When Gen. Grant had < signed the copy of his letter made .by Col. Parker and Gen. Lee had signed < the answerI Col. Parker handed to me t Gen. Grant s letter anti I handed him Gen. Lee's reply and the work wab done. When Gen. Lee returned to his lines I a large number of men gathered ( around him, to whom he announced t what had taken place and the causes I that had rendered the surrender neces sary. Great emotion was manifested by ofilcers and men alike, but Lie t maintained admirably his self-control. E Although the surrender was a fearful blow to him, he did not wince. He was a noble, pure, good man. I never heard him utter an oath, al- ( though at times there seemed to be < provocation. I never saw him lose his temper. He was always the same; never irritated or fluEtered. Even in the rush, roar and rumble of battle he was cool and collected, and gave his orders in the quietest tone of voice. Here is an instance of his self-con trol. The morning of the battle of Chancellorsville he was anxiously waiting word from J. E. B. Stewart and Jackson, who had made a circuit in order to get in the rear of the enemy. We were sitting on our horses on the top of a h 11, and I saw in the distance a galloping horseman. Ile was a cou rier from Gen. Stewart announcing his success, and stating that he would at sack at once. As we rode along, I reading the dispatch aloud, a bomb passed screaming between the letter and my face, the fuse scorching my glove. Naturally I stopped reading, but while the shell passed equally as close to Lee, he never winced He quietly said, "Go on, Colonel." He deeply loved Jackson, and when the announcem-it of his wourd was made Lee was much distressed. Jack son's death was a fearful blow to him. He admired Jackson cot only as a sol aier and a statesman, but as a pure and noble Christian as well. McKINILFY AND HIS PO4ICY. THE QUESTION OP TIlE IloUlt. He Reviews the Evenitful Year Just Ended and Deals With Outlook at ThIs Time. At a reception and banquet in Boston a few days ago, President McKinley made the following defence of his ad- I ministration : Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: I The years go quick'y. It seem not so t long, but it is, in fact, six years since < it was my honor to be a guest of the t Home Market club. Much has hap pened in the intervening time. Issues I which were then engaging us have t been settled or put aside for larger and more absorbing ones. Domestic conditions have improved and gen erally aatisfactory. We have ma(le progress in industry, and have re- I alized the prosperity for which we have been striving. We had four long t years of adversity, which taught us some lessons which will never be un learned, and which will be valuable in guiding our future action. We have not only been successful in ou.r financial and business atyairs, but 1 we have been successful in a war with a foreign power, which added great glory to American arms and a new chapter to American history.( I do not know why, in the year 1899), this republic has unexpectedly had< placed l:efore it mighty problems which It must face and meet. They have come and are here, and they could not be kept away. Many who were imn patient for the confliict a year ago, ap parently heedless of its larger results,r were the first to cry out, against the far-t reaching consequences of their own i act. These of us who dreaded war most, and whose every etfort was directed to prevent it, had fears of now and grave problems which might fol low its inauguration. The evolution of cvcnts which no man could control has brought these problems upon us. Certain it is that they have not come through an~y fault upon our own part,r but as a high abligation and we meet them with a clear conscience and un selish purpose, and with good heart to resolve to undertake their solution. War was declared in April, 1898, with practical unanimity by the con gress, and once upon us, was sustainedI Dy liac unanimity among the people. There have been many who have tried to avert it, as, on the other hand, there arc those who would have pre-t cipitated it at at early date. In its prosecution and conclusion the great majority of our countrymen of everyt section believed they were fighting for a just cause, and, at home or on sea, or in the field, they had part in its gio rious triumphs. It was the war of an undivided nation. E!very great act, in its progress, from Manila to Santiago, from Guam to Pa na, met universal and hearty commen dation. The protocol commanded the practically unanimous approval of the American pecople. It was welcomed by every lover of peace beneath the flag. The Philippines, ike Cuba and Porte ilco. were entrusted to our hands by the war, and to that great trust, under the providence of God and F in the name of numan progress and F civilization, we are committed. 3 It is a trust we have not sought ; it l' is a trust from w hich we will not flinch. c The American people will hold up the d hands of their servants at home, to whom they committed its action, whilo ~ Dewey and Otis and the brave mon they command will have the support of tho country in upholding our f1 ig c where it now floats, the symbol and as- a surance of liberty and justice. What nation was ever able to write P an accurate program of the war upon which it was entering, much less do- ~ cree in advance the scope of its results? 0 Congress can declare war, but a hig h- i er power decides its bounds and fixes its relations and respcnslbilitios. Th'le ~ president can direct the movements of ~ soldiers on the field and fleets upo g the sea, but he cannot foresee the closo t of such movements, ,and prescribeA their limits. He cannot anticipate or avoid the consequences, but he must A meet them. No accurate map of na- P tions engaged in war can be traced '" until the war is over, nor can the g measure of responsibility be fixed until the last gun is fired and the verdict is embodied in the stipulations of peace. We hear no -complaint of the rela- p tions created by the war between this o government and the islands of Cuba g and Porte Rico. There are some, how- a ever, who regard the Philippines as in Ii a different relation, but whatever h variety of views there may be on this a phase of the question, there is univor- d sal agrecrient that the Philippines ii shall not be turned- back to Spain. No si true American consents to that. Ev ai a if unwilling to accept~ them ourselves, ii it w uid have been a week evasion of manlyy;torequire Spain to trane- c fer them Mome other power or pow- n eraadd shirk (our own reanant pos-i illity. Even if we had had, as we did 1 lot have, the power to compsi such a ransfor, it could not have been mad Fthout the most serious international omplications. Such a course could not be thought I. And yet had we refused to accept he cession of them we should have iad no power over them, even for their wn good. We could not discharge he responsibilities upon us until these slands became ours either by conquest >r treaty. There was but one alterna Ive, and that was either Spain or the Jnlted States, in the Phillippines. Lhe other suggestions- first, that they bouid be tossed into the arena of con ention for the strife of nations; or, econd, to be left to the anarchy and haos of no protectorate at all-were 00 shameful to be considered. T e reaty gave them to the United States. )ould we have acquired less and done ur duty? Could we, after freeing the 'ilipinos from the domination of Spain, lave left them without government nd without power to protect life and iroperty, oi to perform the interna ional obligations essential to an inde lendent state? Could we have left hem in a state of anarchy and justified lurselves in our own coneciences or iefore the tribunal of mankind? Could ve have done that in the sight of God ind man? Our concern was not for territory or rade or empire, but for the people t'hose interest and destiny without our villing it had boon put in our hands. t was this feeling from the first day to he last one; not one word or 1ine vent from the executive in Washing on to our military and naval com nanders at Manila or to our peac com nissioners at Paris that did nut put as ,he sole purpose to be kept in mind, irat after the success of our arms and he maintenance of our own honor, the velfare and happiness and the rights if the inhabitants of the Philippine slands. Did we need their consent to )erform a great act for humanity? We iad it in every aspiration of their ninde, in every hope of their hearts. Nfas it nceessary to ask their consent o capture Manila, the capital of their slands? D.d we ask their consent to iborate them from Spanish sover dignty or to enter Manila bay and lestroy the Spanish sea power there? Me did not ask these; we were obeying higher moral obligation which rested in us and which did not require any >ody's consent. Wo were doing our luty by them with the consent of our iwn conscience and with the approval if civilization. Every present oblitra ion has been met and fulfilled in the Ixpulsion of the Spanish sovereignty rom their islands, and while the war hat destroyed it was in progress we ould not ask their views. Nor can we sk uheir consent. Indeed, can any one tell me in what orm it could be marshalldd and ascer ained until peace and order, so neces ary to reign of renson, shall be secured nd established ? A reign of terror is ot the kind of rule under which right etion and deliberate judgment are ossible. It Is not a good time for the iberator to submit important (ues ions concerning liberty and govern- t aent to the liberated while they are 1 ngaged in shooting down their rescu ra ? We have now ended the war with pain. The treaty has been ratified iy more than two-thirds of the Senate I the United States and by the judg cent of nine-tenths of its peole. No ation was ever morg fortunate in war r mere honorable in peace. It re aine to ask what we shall do now. I to not intrude upon the duties of Con ~ress or seek to anticip~ate or forestall ts action. I only say that the treaty i peace. honoraoly secured, having icon ratified by the United States, and ,e we confidently expect, shortly to be atitled in Spain, Congress will have hie power and I am sure the purposeO to la what in good morals is right and just ,nd humane for these people in distant eas. The future of the Philippine islands s now in the hands of the American cople. Until the treaty was ratitied ir rejected the executive departmunt if this government could only preserve he peace and protect life andl property. ['hat treaty now commits the free and nfranchised Filipinos to the guiding and and libarating influences, the ~enerous sympathies, the uplifting ducation, not of their American mas oe, but of their American emaneipa ors No one can tell today what is ost for them or for us. I know no one rt this hour wiho is wise enough or euf iciently informed to determine what orm of government wvill best subserve heir interests and our interests, their .nd our well being. If we knew every. hing by intuition-andl I sometimels hink there are thoec who believe that we do not they do-we should net cod information ; but unfortunately lost of us are not in that happy state. 'he whole subject is new with Con ress and Congress is the voice, the onscience and the judgment of the Lmorican people. Upon their judg icnt and conscience can we net rely ? believe in them. I trust them. I now of no better or safer human tri unal than the people. Until Congress shall direct other rise it will be the duty of the execu yve to possess and hold the Philip ines, giving to the people thereof eace and order and beneficent gov r-nment, affording them opportunity ) prosecute their lawful pursuits, en uraging them in their thrift and in ustry, making them feel and know iat we are their friends, not their nemics, that their good is our aim, 2elr welfare is our welfare, but riat neither their aspilrations nor ours ain be rea~zed until our authority Is cknowledged and unquestioned. That the inhabitants of the l'hillip mnes will he benefitted by this repub c is my unshaken belief, that they ill have a kini~er government under ur guidance and that it will be aided e very possible way to 'oo self-respect ig and self governing Is as true as mat the Amer-ican people love liberty rid have an abidIng faith in their own overnmnent and In their own institu ens. No imperial designs lurk in the merican mind. TIhey are alien to merican sentiment, thought and pur ceo. Our priceless princilos undlergo c change under a tropical sun. They ri with the fiat:1 "Why read ye not the .ehangeless truth, The feico can conquer but to save?" If we can benefit these remote peoc- 1 les who will object ? If In the years the futuro they aire established in oiveronent under law and liberty, ho will regret our perils and sacri rce? Who will not rejolce in our < riroism and humanity ? :Always perils rid always after them sa'ety ; always arkness and clouds, but alway a shin- < ig through them the light and sun. lio; always cost and sacrifice, but lways after tuem the fruition of a borty and educatIon and civilizationi. I have no light or knowledge not )mmon to my countrymen. I do not rophesy. The presen,.4 all absorb gto me, but I canno6 bQ pmy v elon >y the bloodstained trenches around danila, where every red drop, wheth r from the veins of an American oldier or a misguided Filipino is an rulsh to my heart ; but by the broad 'angeof future years when that group )f islands under the impulse of the rear just past shall have become the ferms and glories of those tropical seas, k land of plenty and of increasing pos ,ibilitles, a people r, deemed from sav tge indolence and habits, devoted to ,he arts of peace, in touch with the .ommorce and trade of all nations, en loying the blessings of freedom, of civil nd religious liberty, of education and f homes, and whose children's child en shall for ages hence bless the American republic because it emancl . wed and redeemed their fatherland ind set tbem in the pAthway of the world's best civilization. Joseph V. Quarles, who has been Ilected to the United States Senate rom Wisconsin, once declined the ionor which he has how accepted. In 882, when a member of the Legisla. sure, he was as good as elected to the 3enate; but when it became evident hat he wolud be chosen he moved an idjournment. His friends rushed to Aim and demanded an explanation. Gentlemen," said Mr. Qiarles, "I can iot do the honors in Washinrton which & Senator from Wisconsin is bound to lo. I must build a fortune. Maybe I Nill have the honor of calling upon jou at some later day for your sup )ort." --The Worcester Gazette observes: It is a proof of the rapid progrcss of )vents the last 12 months to reflect Nith what Incredulity a prophecy would ,ave been recolved in February, 1898, ,hat in a year's time American re yulars and volunteers would be en aged in hostilities with the Philip pine islanders. Hardly one man in a nodred know what the Philippine talands were, and It is to be doubted if )ne in a thousand know anything about ,hem." -Norway recently enacted a law for idding the sale of tobacci to youths inder 16 without signed orders from iduits. Tourists who offer cigarottes ;o youths render themselves liable to prosecution, while the police are 3impowered to confiscate the pipe, Algars and cigarettes of youths who ,moke in public streets, a line for the )lfense being likewise imposed, which nay be anywhere from 50 cents to $25. -Magistrate Pool, of New York, has ,urned the Bible out of his court. He s quoted as saying ; " I won't swear kny one on the Bible, or tell them to ciss it. There is no law to compel any >ne to do so. In court ail manner of )ersons kiss the Bi3ble, which in such )ilaces becomes a breeder of disease." 3o hereafter be will swear folks in his :ourt by having them hold up their iands. -Helen Kellar, the famous deaf, lind and dumb girl who has been so iighly educated, visited tht. art room f the Boston Museum a few days ago 6nd " saw " the statues. By passing icr wonderfully sensitive fingers over he figures she was able to get a cor ect ideas of their proportions, and dis oursed most interestingly of her ex erience. -Bill Nye was once chatting with - enator Shirley, of Maine, and remark !d upon the fact that he (Nye) was orn at- Shirly, in the Senator's.Sta-t, bdding thiat the town bad doubtless >een named for one of the Senator's an ~estors. " I didn't know," said the Sen ,or, " that there was such a town in Vlne as Shirley." " I didn't know it tither," said Nye. "until I was born here." -The bronzo -tatue of Lafayette to )e erected in Philadelphia represents urn as a slender young man of 20. In he right hand Is a drawn sword and bhe left is placed over his heart. The ight foot rests on a broken cannon, ,be other on the ground. A bronze nedallion of Mine. De Lafayette will me placed in the granite pedestal. -William T. King, member of the ower house of the Delaware Legisla ,urc, is the only single man in that >Ody. A resolution has just been )assed in moot session ordering him to narry within thirty days or furnish an >yster supper for the members. It looks is if he would pay the penalty rather ,ban commit matrimony. -The Qdeen of Sweden possesses an mmnense lortune, which she owes to he gaiming tables at Wiesbaden. She lid not win the money by gambling at he tables;i her brothers were the pro )rietors, and she inherited the wealth Lecumulated by them. -Gen. Merritt believes that if Agul iaido should be captured by the Amer cans the F'ilipinos would still have a apaole leader in Pio del Pilar, who is xtremely hostile to the United States, and is not of the sort, to be conciliated. -Gen. Brooke has reported to the var department that the last of the ipanishu troops left Cuba February 6i en. Castellanos going on the last hip). Oliver Wendell * lHolmies says that if * a muan truly lovedi a wo nan lhe would not muarry her nuless ~~ lhe was ab~soluitely positive that he was 1. the very best tuan in all the world that she could marry. According to this a inan would have to be very conceitedl in deedc or reinain a \bachelor. T1his is going a lit tIe hit to extremnes, but in sober fact, no tuan should miarry a womuan so long as to he is the victim of 'ill-healthu. No tuan has a right to ask a womian not only to be his wife, but a ife-lotng nurse. No man has a right to ask womlani to share the burden of his ill iealthi, and that is whlat lie does5 when he sks her to be his wife. Ill-health in man s almost invariably the result of disordcrs >f the digestive and nutritive organs. If m ian's stomach is right and his liver ight, his blood will be0 pure and rich, and~ nit nerves strong and steady. When the >lood is pure and rich a mian cannot suf *er from ill-health. Dr. Pierce's Golden hiedical Discovery is the great digestive onuic. It is niot a muere appetizeCr, but a cientific aidh to the natural processes of ecretion andl excretion. It malkes the ap etite keenm and hearty, promotes thme flow f dligestive juices, umakes time assitatilation erfect, the liver active anid the blood(1 pure 11( rIch. It builds firm, healthy flesh tis ties. It is the greatest known nerve tontic nd( restorative. Mrs. P'. Mortenson,. of Ranger. Oliver Co.. N. )ak., writes:." r. Pierce's Goldena Medical ils avery is thme bmest cough tmedicinet I ever tried. little over two years ago I waus af'hicted wvith very had cough ad my ho,nue puhysicianu pre crlibed cod 1.iver Oil anud other kitids of medi ince. ie saidl I mnight go into qumick cou3nmp on anid might die in, two or three umonths. II s ,edicinme did( not do me aniy good. I heard of ir. Pierce's Golden, Medicaml I )iscovery and be an taking it; wvhen I hasd takenu it about two tonths, necordinmg to dtrectionus. miy cotught was tired, anid since thaut time we huave always kept our meudicine inm the house." Dr. Pierce's Pleasut. Pellets regulate and J svigorate the ey liver eind bowele. y all medicine The Kind You Have Always Boi In use for over 30 years, hi, Sosial suill Allow nO All Couniterfeits, Imitations an perIniments thant trillo iitli an1 Influnts anid Claildren-Ex1peric What is CA Castorla is a sibstituto for Casi afnd Soothing Syrups. It is M,0 contains Ieithler Opimiu , Morp suibstance. Its a- is its guari and allays Feverjishness. It cu Colic. It relieves Teething Tr4 and Flatiileucy. It assillate, Stomach an(d Bowels, giving 11 The Chli1reat's Paracca-The : CENUINE CAST) Bears the Sil The Kind You Havi In Use For Ov Y)a OCNTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRA THE HONEST WIlTE OAK HOME-MADI =WA Gi -MADE AT GREENVILLE CO) Are the Oheapes Special Prices for' Call and si G. W. SIRRINE, Supi.- - - SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condenmsedl 'obedule inEfot g L~. C0u0b. 10, 69 STATIONS. N77 o1 . C lum ia..~. ~.11 051 a in Pros rity........ 10 a . m d l' 0 n' L . "Ninety-six......22 a m11 2d p in I " Greenwoodsi..........7 40J A m 1 55 p m n Ar. odge . . 8 00 a mn 2 I15 in s Ar. Ahhevilla,.. .. .40 a ii 245 pin Ar. Anderson .. .........M a mn 88 p ins Ir. Greenvillo.......... 10 a mn 4 i15 n m " Artlanta. . ..... 5 p i ~9 % STATIlONS. EAi la iv Lv. (Grennvillo..........6 80 p mn 10 la' a" e P(ieon1 .............8 00 p mt 10 40 aim SWillia. on..........22 pjm 10 55 a m " Lv. Anderson .....4 45 10 45 L. Bolton ............. 4~ pi m 11 15 a m Ar. Ar. Donnalds....... 7 15 p mt 11 40 a in -- Lv~ Abdgeill.. .........715 p m 11 55 a m v Greeaunwood--........8 00 p mn 12 41) P m Ar eNinoty-six-----......8 18 p im 12 55 p r Newberriy...........0115 p mt 2 00 p in Ar. Pros ertity--..........0 80 p mn 2 14 p m - TCop 7u3a-t........n......~---E pin gr 907a 1215oo ''...___n...v 0 85 1004a ii2. .......an.u........"..2.840 a I0 90a 200p "..Union........"1 05 780 i. 10 89a 22 " .... Jjanoaviile .."12 25 0 6 ~ el 50654a 237 .....neole,..... " ~ 2142p 4 i1 25a 8 leup Ar.. Spartuanburg...Lvi 11 4a 0 I) 11 40. 31 40p.Lv. spuatnburg.. . Ar 1I 22a 6Op , 94 700Ar* ARhoille~I.... Lv 820a 805p "P." p. m Pullman in:no steeping earson TVrain865and -A 687 and l . on A. and C.division.,L ~irains leave sparmanbiur , A. & 0. diviaIon, atorthbound, 11:87 a. mi., 3:8, p. mt., 8:10 p. in., ~VestibulieI Limtid); southbound 12:20 a. mn., u' :1 p m, 1:4 . . Vestibule Limited.) ' Trains leave GIrenville, A. antd U. divieion, " arthtbound, 6:45 a. mt., 2:114 a. tin and 5:22 p. mt., a stibted imiited) southl.auustnd I:25 A. mU., N S. mt., 12:lt) >. mt. ( ,oseibulod Limited). ( Tins 9 a- i 10 carry elegant Pullman se seeping cara et ween Columbliat and Asahovilie, a inroute daily bet woon Jacksonssvillo and Oinoin a ' El NK . GA NNON, J. M. CULP, " C Washington. D. U. WaMiinglon, .0 " (. W. A. TURk. 8. iH. iIAIH DWJ0K, " Gen. Pass. A g-. Ast i hn. JPass A g'S. " Washaingsa 1t ' on U. A tlant a, Ga. A r. A "r.A Che betw tna FOR ALL PA INS No ear at pabie (lnt by pr p~ut na~s c. (Iri o~Iticeu ( na ts' on ( C . ,flavl betwa OSBOR NE'S quit ugunsa, Ga. Actual Bushnes.. No Text Book WA tina 4Sedee aal' A1 Aght, and whic1h has been borne the signature of [eell 4nade under his per ervisioi since its intiey. ote to deceive you in this. 1 Substituites are but Ex.. endanger - the health of nce against E"xperinent. LSTORIA or Oil, Paregoric, Drops Lrmless anld Pleasant. It iinme nor' oth'er Narcotic tiutee. It (estroys Worms res Diarron 1 and .Wind ibles, ciares Constipation the Food, regiflates the Calthy and natural sleep. Mlotheir's- Friend. DRIA ALWAYS nature 6 Always Bought r 30. Years. IV STREET. NdE tVYORKi OIr?. 9N= THE LCH FACTORY it and Hast. '>c. Cotton." ~eus H. . MARKLEY, Prop. BOUTHERN: RAILWAT; adensed Sohertule. if 'asmngew & * It Effect No. 6, 1898. 1.- No.18 VgO.M2 orthabouiad1. ?". No. 31 IEx. No. SE .".ii Dalty. Sun. Daiy. AaH u:LnI. . 'V.8 .. Mu~u . 3 a f;! 2 8 08P9 C .o.wa. 1' a fu 00 p 8 86 p... im t H.0 i:,3 8 6i 1 py....68 Ga u . 4e~ 0 4-1 p 4... 7 a lBlaksa rg 4. 7 uu p ...7 86 a RuItI'IKMt.. 504.-1 ...... .........78 a Ga on J . 5 y ....82 C.hltta.. 6 l.Y p 8 22 :....9 26 a nbo' .52, p'0 43J p .. 12 10 p Greensaboro. :.... 10) 50 p...... .. Norfolk......... 50 a ...... ....... Danville .-. . 1 25 ii 1 1p.. .. 5 itichmnond .. 640 a ~5362.. 8 p Washington- .'.... 2d a .0... 6t p Ba)t'eFit. ....' 8 03 a I..181 8 Philatielphia. ..., 10 16 a~ .... SM6 a , . Iist.M i V... Noi ufh~bonad. ,No. 8j5 No. 87 Daily P'hiadelphia . sa1, a 8 65 p ....... .... Bakimore,.. ..81 .a 9 20 p ....... .... Wshi iln.11 16 'a1043 .... Danvile.... 6:1 .p 6 60a61a Norfolk - ..'.. 9857p ...... ...... Greenseboro......... 46 a ....... ..... Gjreensboro '728 p 7 05 a 7 87 a ., "hart te. ..10 00 p 9 26 a 12 06m.... latna...10 49 p....112 p... iiacksburg ...Ii 81 p 26b. a 206 p .. Inffney .. 40 p 108 a 24 p ... reenvlije.... I a0'a1 8 16 4 . entral.......... .... 6 p .*noea ..... i0a188 pII65p... Oooa ... 2 a P 08p650 p "" It. A iry :.... ,,r -... . 7..? M p.. ornelia....-- - :I.: f8 00 p ? 40p * a Sa.....-4) a f8 1 p6814 69! nlneville. 4' :s 8287 p 84 f a orcross .-: - .5a .48 SI seapeakce Lirte staamers in daily servige aten Norfolk and Blitimore. s. 87 an d ,.ail. W amhington au4 Se.& trn Vestibule L rie. 'Threng a) in c ars bot weon New York an4ew0 ,vya Washin gtob' A-tl ta and Mon g bnd also betyt een Nlew Yrk and Mex~W ashington,Atlanta and BIrmingh9,j.,g thoroughfare coaohes between Waskia nd A ianta. Dining ears serye all - aal i *.l| uIIma rat~- yoo'n L-s -e an at F'orfolk for ObD P l C MI~ 86 and 86--United States solid between Washingtoa and e.wqv. via 8onthern~ Railway, A. A W. .R '. &N. R. R. hen gooms osed of ggage ad oaao! s. -thro~g witut ohange for ngers of all ulcles. Pullrnan draw~g spin g car, between Neow York a Or sans ia4tlanta and Montoeaery ngwashington ne Wednesday, a tourtel nlg Oar WIll1 run tbrongh between Wastb a and sag Franoisoo without ehange. I. 11.07. 88 and l2 Pullman slee~ing~ en Richmaond and (J~riot to, via D~A~ bound Nos. 11 and 1,nrib ahnton, D. U. WahatA hO .2sa g