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VULE R D AD VOL o.-NO. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY.- NOVE.MBER .89OEDOLRAYA Silver Dollars Given Awl Greenville, S( We have placed in our store a Silver D6llars. We have had made fo will unlock the box. With. every Cai given a key attached to i tag. . -Keys uohnth after October lt, and the 11o< be given $5.00 as a present. This is a new and novel way we ha in cash what we have heretofore paid greater number will be benefitted. A-T * SMITH &I You will find the b( .Men's Wear at GREENVI Sole agents for -tetson's Stiff Hats. Sc A WOUNDED CONFEDERATE LAD An Incident at the Battle of Williams burg and a Beautiful Tribute to Dr. Grier. The Asociate Reformed Presby terian has published many just and worthy tributes to its late edLitor, Dr. W. M. Grior, but the following will be read - with great interest by all of his friends, especially his comrades who wore the gray. It has been written by Dr. Joseph H. Twichell, a prominent Congregational minister of Hartford, Conn., who is distinguished both as an author and-as a preacher He has re cently returned from [4urope, and writes as follows : The news of Dr. Grier's death struck me with grief as well Cs surprise, for I held him In very warm esteem, and had ardently hoped to meet him in this life. In fact there were few things that I so much d sired, or had antici pated with so much pleasure. During the civil war, in my youth, I was chap lain of the Tist R 'giment New York State Volunteers, in the Army of the Potomac. He was among the wounded Confederate prisoners who fell under my care after the battle of Williams burg in May, 1862. Though he was only a boy in age, he so impressed me with his intelligence and with thee manly fortitude with which he bore his suferins, that I spoke of him at considerable length in a letter written home to my father in Connecti cut. I was with him only two or three days then, and I &aw him no more; but I never forgot that bright brave boy. It was, I should say, seven or eight years ago, (but, no, I find it is ten years,) when I had been pastor here nearly or quite twenty-tbree years, that a gentleman named Courtenay from Charleston, once Mayor of that city, camp to Hartford on a visit to friends' in my paribh. On meeting him one evening, I asked him if he knew of such a man in South Carolina as W. X. Grisr, explainiug the reason of my question. All I could tell him, to identify the person, was that he was the son of-a minister -and thqt he lest a leg at Williamsburg. . To my delight,' Mr. Courtenay at once replied; that'he: knew- all about him. .Accqrding.ly:he proceeded to give me arn acqqpwpaOg; him ;of his high standing in4.'o1nt"of scholarship and of character; Mf'hia eminence as a preacher, &c., &c., and of his honorable positior..aa:,pre.sidept of -Erskine College; all of which it gratified me extremely to hear. In fact, I almost -wondered that it was so much to me to hear it. -But i.t showed how deeply that wounded lad had in terested me and was lodged in my me mory. After that he was often in my thoughts. I goo out my old army let ters, which my father had preserved, and read again what I ha:1 said of him in 1862; and feeling strongly moved thereto, one day I transcribed it and, with a nate of explanation, sent it to Dr. Grier. I have now before me the letter he immediately wrote me in reply; abeginning, " Yes, I am that Confederate boy who lost a leg at Williamsburg, and who received such marked attention and kindness at your hands, and at the hands of other Fd eral soldiers." But he had to own that he could not separate me in his recollection from my comrades, which, of course, was not surprisi. g, for everybody liked him and manifested good-will to him ; and besides he was then very weak and full of pain. F~rom the time we thus after so long an interval resumed relations, so to speak, there has been an occasional in torch'ange of letters between us ; but, as I have said, we have not met. Hie hoped I would come South, and I hoped he would come North sometime, to give us the chance to looir one asother in the face again. But it was not to be. The last time I wrote to him was to tell hiin that my son was adjutant of the Third'Cornecticut Volunteer regi ment, enlisted In the United States service for the war with Spain, and was in, camp at Summerville, South Carolina, and to ask him, should he pa~ss that way, to give the young man a call. He straightway answered that in case he had the opportunity he cer tainly would do so. In January 1 ran down to pay my son a visit there, and thought of going to see Dr. Grier ; but I han to limit my absence to the days between two Sabbaths, and there was not time. Had I known-but, ah, we never know. God grant that I/ meet and greet him in 'the bettor , try ! -The occurrence of French nanmes like Joubert among the Boors Is' ex plained by the fact that many Hiugue nets went to the Cape of. Good Hope while it was still a Dutch colony, and there became prosperous and promi nent. The descendants of many ci these -Hu guenots may he found In the Transvaai today, and are quite ai Dutch 'in their ways as the othei Boors. ELy by Smith & Bristow outh Carolina. handsome Oak Money-Box coutaining e us a number of keys, some of which 3h Purchase of 81.00 or more will be can be tried the first Saturday in each lers akKeys That Unlock the Box will Ve of ad6ertising., and give to our trade for advertising wi(h the hope that the BRISTOW'S st of everything in . Popular Prices!! LLE, S. C. our special line of Men's $3.50 Shoes. AN,JNTERESTING STORY. One of the Original Corps of Survey ors Tells About Abe Building and Equipment of the Old South Caro lina Railroad, The Augusta Herald gives the fol lowing story. as related by a pio neer railroad builder, which the young folks will read with great in terest: Dr. W. W. Smith, of Williston, S. C., holds the disinction of being one of the corps of surveyors who built the first railroad in the United States-the old South Carolina railway. He was born in Barnwell County, South Caro lina, in 1813, rnd is,oterefore, 85yeairs of; age. HAe lb both a miniAter and a pBysician. According to Dr. Smith the first rail road in the United States was the Sputh Carolitra Railroad, afterward called the Charleston and Augusta Railroad, running from Charleston to Augusta, a distance of one hundred and forty miles. Dr. Smith was one of the corps of surveyors of the road, beginning at Charleston in the year 1826. He says that' they- were -seven years building the road,.and that ,he helped In the work throughout that time.jA Tho road was completed -in 1833. Below are given some of the facts as furnished by Dr. Smith : The first motive power used on this road was wind, utilized In sails made of cloth on the 6ai-es. ' ) \,. Smith is-the inventor of the lever sw tch. BeforQ his. invention they moved the .ails by means of wedgeh. In building the road a heavy grade was encountered at Aiken, S. C., where there was a stationary engine that pulled the cars up the grade by iopfs and windlass. There was a double track at that place and .a. cal:.-loaded with rocks furnished the weights to, help pull up the cars. -d The locomotives had . twp smoke. stacks, one at eadh .a&d'!.did igflel io Charleston one f the stacks 0 a 1 rcni j~bg r7 Bj rb wdr no spark i r aste, anT everybody along the route -bad. to watch::thnir propety to:p0Vefi9 At9 being burned up. - . .. O e hur ,les a doy was. good urs 12n iie a. *4When alglt cafnis'n &ll hniids str'uck camp and waited?-:for daylight to come " tackws comosed of ties and 32-foot stringers, on which a band of iron about like a common tire was laid andaLled 4dow-to thW wood. A trank~wailifer' vent ahead of the engine every day to knock down the '" snake-heads," or nail heads to pre vent, accidents. The dread of the en gineer was tid " snake-heads " or nails protruding above the lroni rail, for they were prolific sources of accidents. The conductors collected the fares from the outside, walking on boards about like tbe open street cars are now~a, ranged. Edward Roath and Nathan Colder banks were engineers on this primitive road. They died a few years ago. There were no convenienoes on the ears as in this day and time. The carn stopped at stated intervals for the con| venience of the passengers. The mail facilities were meagre anc very primitive. A split stick served for a mail bag, as letters were put ir sticnks and handed up to the conductor, and were thrown out the same way. Dr. Smith introduced the plan o haying the outer rail on a curve made higher than the other rail. The coupling links were made o wood, so that, when a par ran off 1 would break. and save the others fron ruu'n'ing off. Tristam Tupper was one of the pro sidents of this . road and introduce< some novelties during his administra tion. He- .had - the cars remodelled an< shaped like a barrel. This was doni so that in cas6. they ran off they woul< roll down the hill and not hurt so mana p assengers. It was thought they coul< be roiled back with the same degree of ease. . - .There was afterward an effort mad< toshape the cars -in order to " spli the wind,'' thus increasing the speed One of the great mogul engines e the present day would have crushe< the track beneath the earth:. -The laws of Michigan permit we men to practice at the bar ; but th Supreme Court of the State has dc cided tihat a lawyer of that sex electe prosecuting attorney in Ogemaw Cour ty can not legally hold- tbe oflce bi cause she is not a qualified electol There is no prohibition in the law I prevent a woman from acting as a pre secuting attorney, but It Is held as rple of common law that where ti1 statutes are silent respecting qaialific tions to office it must be understoc that only eigctors are eligible. It said that the case will be appealedi the Runenma Cour. MecKINJ4UY TO VIRGINIANE. A TILIBUTE TO THIERll GIREAT M 1C The President lieferred to the 01 Dominion in War and Peace-Th Great Historical Events at Yorlk town and Appomattox. The launching of the torpedo boo Shubrick, built in Richmond, Va., an named in honor of Commodore Shu brick, a Southern man, was a notabl event in the history of Virginia, an the occasion was honored by the atter dance of President McKinley and mom bers of his cabinet. The launching c the boat was a great success,-.a.nd th boat was duly christened by little Mli Carrie Shubrick, of Rocky Mount, N C., a great-grand niece of Commodor Shubriek, with the usual formalities The President was introduced by thi mayor of Richmond, and responded a follows: "Mr. Mayor, Ld and Gentlemen I am glad to meet my fellow citizen of Richmond and join with them ii this interesting celebration in hono: of the launching of the torpedo boa Bhubrick,.built in this city of Amer can material, by the labor of Amerioni workingmen for the use of the Ameri can nary. I congratulate the buildora and workmen upon this evidence o their skill and industry. so creditable to the manufacturing company and sc highly commended by the offlers o the government. " This is not the first contributior which Richmond has made to oui splendid navy. She equipped the war ship Texas with all her machiuery boilers and engines, which were trick and tested with entire satisfaction it the brilliant naval engagement in th< harbor of Santiago, when that gallant vessel so gloriously assisted in the de struction of Cervera's fleet, winning v memorable victory and hastening arE honorable and enduring peace. I heartily rejoice with the people of th great city upon its industrial revival and upon the notable prosperity it h feeling in all of its business enterprises You are taking advantage of the corn mei cial opportunities of the hour. Yot are advancing in manufactures, extend ing your markets and receiving a de served share of the world's trade. " What can be more gratifying to u, than the present condition of the coun, try ? . universal love of country an( a noble national spirit animate all the people. We are on the best of term with each other and on most cordia relations with every power on earth We have ample revenues with whicl to conduct the government. No defilc menaces our credit. Money is abur dant in volume and unquestionible I value. Confidence in the present ani faith in the future are firm and strong The people are doing busir.css on bus! ness principles and should be let alon -encouragdd rather than hindered I their efforts to increase the trade of thi country and find new and profitabli markets for their products. Manufac turing was never so active and so uni versally enjoyed throughout all th States. Work was never so abundant The transportation companies wer never so taxed to handle the freigh offered by the people for distributior The home and foreigp markets contri bute to our prosperity. Your locomc tives go jo Russia . the watch case from my little city of Canton go t Geneva. the bridles of Philadelphi span the Nile, an.- the products of th American farm and factory are carrie ,ipon every sea and are found in most c the ports of the world. " In what respect would we chang these happy conditions with the prom isE' they give- of the future? Th busines-activity in ev'ery part of th cotry ; the better rewards to laboi the wider markets for the yield of th soil and .the shop;i the increase of ou shipbuilding not only for our goverN ment but for purposes of commerce; th enorrmoos increase of our export trad in manufactures' and agriculture ; th1 greater comforts of the home and tb happiness of the people ; the wonderfi uplifting of the business conditions Virginia and the South, and of tb whole country, mark this not only ai era bf good will, but an era of got times. It is a great pleasure to me 1 stand in thie historic capital and t look ' ito the faces of my ccuntryme here assembled and to feel and kno that we are all Americans standing one for the government we love ars meunrto uphold, united for the horn of the' American name and for tt faithful fuilillment of every obligatic which national duty requires. I ca not forget in this presence to make n acknowledgement to the men of Vi ginia for their hearty and patriot support of the government in the w with Spain and for he continued a1 unflinching loyalty in the suppressli of the insurrection in Luzon agairi the authority of the United Statt They came in swift response to t) call of country-the best blood of ti State, the sons of noble sires, askii for service at the battle front who the flgh~ting was hardest and the dai ger the greatest. The rolls of the Vi ginia volunteers contain the names the bravest and best, some of them t1 I descendants of the most illustrio Virginians of its earliest and latt times. They have shed their bloodi I the flag of their faith and are now f ending it with their lives in the d tant islands of the sea. All honor the American army aind navy. I I honor has been shown the men retur ing from the field of hostilities and honor attends those who have gone 3 take their places. 11 M elo citizens, two great h .torical events, separated by a pecried 84 years, affecting the life of the public and of awful import to mni kind, took place on the soil of Vire Ia. Both were participated In by V -glnlans and both marked migh~ e epochs in the history of the natl< The one was at Yorktown In 1781 wh d1 Corn w allis surrendered to Washingti i-which was the beginning of the end i- the war with Great Britain and t .dawning of independence and unit o The gre~at Virginian, sage and patri - illustrious commander and wise stat a mani, installed the republic in the fa e ily of nations, it has withstood evt i* shock in war or poace from without d within, ex periencing its gravest cr1 is in the civil war. The other, at Apl o mattox was the conclusion of that crli and the baginning of a unification n 1. happily full and complete, resting the good will and fraternal alfection one toward another of all the pueop] Washington's terms of peace with (or wallis secured the ultimate un ion of ti LI colonies ; those of Grant with Lee tli o perpetual union of the States. I3) events were mighty gains for the h man family and a proud record for nation of freemen. Those were ti t umphs in which we all have a shar 1 both are common horitage. The oi - made the nation possible, the oth 3 made the nation imperishable. Nt no jarring note mars the harmony - the Union. The seed of discord has sower and no soil upon which to liv f The purveyor of hate, if there be o 3 loft, is without a follower. The voi B which would kindle the flamo of pt sion and prejudice is rarely heard au no longer heeded in any part of o beloved country.. ' 'Lord of th universo Shield us and guide us Trusting Thee always; Thro'ugIi shadow and sun i Thou hast united us. Who shall divide us? Keep us, oh keep us, 'The many in one. " Associated with this great cot monwealth are many of the most. s cred ties in our national life. Fro hero came forth many of our greate statesmen and he00e who gave vigi and virtue and glory to the republi For thirty-seven of the sixty-onc yea from 1789 to 1850, sons of Virginia o cppled'the presicential cfliecu with ri fidelity and distinction, a periodl cove ing more than one-lourth of our n tional existence. What naltion ci have a greater boritage than 1ut names as Washington, Jefferson, Mad son, Monroe and Marshali? ie deeds inspiro the old and the younl They are written in our hintorie They are a part of the education i every child of the land. They enric the school books of the country. Tht are cherished in every American hon and will be so long as liberty lasts at the union ondures. "My countrymen, the sacred pri ciples proclaimed in Philadelphia 1776, advanced to glorious triumph: Yorktown, made effective in the fort ation of the Federal Union in 1787, su tained by the heroism of all our peopi in every foreign conflict, sealed solemn convenant at Appomattwx cou house, sanctified by the blood of ti inen (if the South and of the North Manila and Santiago, and in Puer Rico, have lost none of their force ar virtue; the people of the United Stat will meet their new duties and r sponsibilities with unfailing devoti< to these principles and with unfalte ing purpose to uphold and advan them. "Standing near the close of the cc tury, we can look back ward with c gratulations and pride, and forwa into the new century. with confiden 3 and courage. The memories of the pi a impel us to nobler effort and higli endeavors. It is for us to guard t sacred trust transmitted by our fatht and pass on to those -who follow 1.1 tgovernment of the freo, stronger in pi.nciplea ibud greatar in its power I the execution of its boneficient m 3 sion." - THE WONDER OF Til p WOiLL 5 The Telephone Is a F It Rese a lance of t he Voice thatr Moses len on Sinai. I The wonder of the world is the to f phone. Everything also can be a counted for and explained, but wh a explanation is made in full of how t . telephone works, the mystery still i i inains, for, lo, the voice of a frie hundreds of miles away comes sour .og beside one, as though face to fal and the fact is made clear that thc r is a divinity In that voice that d .tance, and roaring storms and all t, e clamors of a mighey world cannot bra one t'one of. It is as when the Infin e spoke to Moses on Sinai, as when, afl e all the clamors had passed, the ot Ismall voice smote upon the ears of I seer and he knew that God was niy e One asks a question, his own v'o n dies away in the r'oom in which d sits, but a moment later out oft ,o darkness a voice replies, and he kno o that his question has penetrated n the spaue for hundreds of miles, ii av that the answer has come and brouf a w ith it all the tones that love or frici d1 ship would demand for identificath r It is easier than formerly to belic e thbat the prayer preferred is record cmon the receiver of eternity and in so' a. way is proof of man's dozihinlon o ynot only the earth, but all its elemer r. and that he has been from the Ii ic possesbed aeof divinity which is suflci ar to command and make a servant id mere matter, that his place Is, af m all, only a little lowei' 'han the ang< et and that when the environment oft 3, world shall be cast oIf he will find t 1e instead of doeth being a close it is ic the opening gate to a higher and fr glife. We hear a bell, and a voice 1 rec we have not heard for months 0or yc n. responds, and so we know that vole r. still, with all the old tones, to of heard. Who shall say that when e other summons comes we shall il hear voices that, we thiought had g st out forever in whispers, hear ti or with all the old rythm sweetn( e- Listening, there is brought to us Le. music of an orchestra playing 12 to dreds of miles away. What ml il shall we hear when the final ke, n. touched ? The storm, the intterpo? lmountaline, the boom of catari to or the roar of rushing trains-n of them interpose any barrn -what will be that music that will c< ofto us when all the barriers are .moved and upon our sublimated< e- strikes the far-off mighty, but Inc n-pariably sweet refrain'? Ir- What is going on ought to e: ty men, it ought to make them hum for 'why should such specks as thej e given the blessings and tlie glory I are bestowed iupon them ? of ho ;CASTOR Il For Infants and Children. SThe Kind You Have Always Bou Bi fears the is, Signaturo of Dw in A WAR STORY OF BIJL ARP. of HOW HUTOHINS SAVED HIS IEAT, n le Ie Hid it in tho Hearth ol an Old Black h smith Shop-Advico to the Cotton 1i- tots. a A friend writes me from Florida that bacon will not keep wall in that climate, and that the old settlors say it always gets rancid. Hae wants to know if there is any remedy for this. Yes, I think so, unless hogs fattened on pinders are different from those 1 fattened on corn. This reminds me of a war story. i In 1864 my wife and half a dozen lit tle children found refuge from the foul invader at her father's plantation on the upper Uhattahoochee river. There was no white man there or near there save her old father, Judge Hutchins. There were about a hundred negroes, more than hlif of them too old or too young to work. Food for our soldiers was gotting scarcer every day and orders camo tnat every farmer should be tithed-that is to say, he should give up to the government agents a n- )ortion of his corn and meat and beef A- cattle. A mounted detail from the nm inai guard was sent out with wagons s t to enforce the order and gather in the )r supplies. There was nobody to resist c. them, for everybody was in the army save old men and invalids and women - and children. Late one evening a -e company of thirty men came to Judge r- liutchins's house and rudely informed ,t. - hin that they came for bacon and beef , cattle. The judge very calmly told h them lie had none to spare. For a i- while they parlyed with him, but ir finally demanded the key to his smoke . house. My wife and children and two s. other little grandchildren listened in >f fear and anxiety. They know that the h1 judge was a fearless man, but there y were so many well armed men against ie him, the odds were fearful, and when d lie refused to give up the key, they said they would arrest him and break down a- the door. 0 Then he pleaded with them in a it trembling voice and said to the cap. L- tain " Here is my daughter and her S- little helpless children and here are II two others whose mother is dead and Li their father is in the army. I have rt but four sons and they are in the army. tO My two sons-in-law are there. Here it on this place are fifty or sixty negroes Lt who are too young or too old to work, id and it is a struggle for us all to live. 28 I an alone and getting old. I have 3 done my share for tho '.onfederacy and m cannot do more. Now I know that r- you can overpower me or kill me and 3u ake away the little meat I have saved - for thusu heliess ones, but let me tell n- you, captain, the first man who goes tc '- that door to brak it down will be n. rd dead man before he can do it." Hii, CC black eyes flashed as if lit up by sparke ist of lire and his voice no longer trembled or He was desperate. Lightly he as 10 cended the stairs, where he had twe rs double-barreled guns well loaded, and iti planting himself by the window thal A" overlooked the smokehousie, he said, or "Now break that door if you dare to,' I- and the percussion lock went click, click. The captain looked at the door and then at the judge. There was at: awful silence for a few moments. My wife and children had heard it all and trembled. Some of the negroes had tb- onathered at tA he cabtn.. d and ok rd Sarn 'dared to exclaim in a lowiha-uskY voice, " Better not-better not-6kL ic- maesa kill you-kill you shore." 6c- The captain suddenly reconsidered en " Come, boys," said he " it's getting 11 late, and there ain't no nio in fighting -o about a little meat. We can repor nd the caso to headquarters and if we arc d- ordered back we can try it again, oc, reckoni." Without saying goodbye oi re farewell they left. s- That night about midnight the judg< lbe called up old Jack and Virgil, whon aik he knew te could trust, anai had th<n Ice joints of the meat and a part of tfit er sides carried quietly down to the old Ill blacksmith shop on the bank of th<n lie river. With 1pick and shovel th< h- cinders and earth in the old heartt' ce were soon excavated and a chamboi be fa-ahioned that would hold ar~d lhide a he thousand pounds. It was burled thern we and the hearth was covered just liki all it had been. Some scattering chances nd filled in the spaces and some was lof :ht on to!) and the black old basket place id- where it long had been. With shove )n. and wheelbarrow the surplus earth wa ye taken down the river bank and tumnbo ccd in and then all was quict onl the Chatta no hoochee. Tihe burial of Sir John Moori ~er was not mere silent. In January, 18(% its, I joinied my family at the plantatiol rst, anmiinot long afteor the judge furnishcin us a good mule team and wagon ani of we returned to our home in R~omeT icr Trhe day before we left hIs hospitabi ~is, mansion ho opened the cache and foun his ithe meat all sweet and sound and w hat brought a good portion of it with u hot and it, was as precious ats gold, Mi cr wile says the charcoal purified it an hat kept it from tastlir.g old or ranci'd. ars Now then I have answered m o friend's question. He must get, up at be other clvii war and hide his meat I an- the hearth of an oldi blacksmitLh shoi not' kaeth andl charcoal are both good dh one infoctants and preservers of flesh, an e"m if Iwas in forida I would pacek m se ? meait in charcoal, not dust, but smnai the crushcd coal. Before putting the me us- doinwn I would powder it from a peoppe tic box with borax. Borax is almost un: 1 b versally used now. It is sure death t l"g skippers and other vormin), and tots druggist told me that the sale of it ha 0one increased a thousand per cent withi er ; the fast five years. )O When my family got, home we foun that. t wias not, good to live by met alone and we had to send down. th river a lude iles for a few bushel calof corn and hid it scar a mill in th hicountry, because the outlaws and di )0sort'ers were patrolling the land as Stasinog everything they could find. good friend brought us half a bushel i meal att a time on the sly, and so '. got along. The memory of old Rov land Bryant is still precious to us f< his kindness in those days of tribuli ties. It Is encouraging to know tha Armour & Co., have not abolished a the smokehouses in the hand, sn< drhwt ou home made meat into the mg ttrust. Our farmers are go -- erally raising their own meat ar .bring a good deal to town to sell, ar |my wife says that country lard is purn and botter than any that comes fro EASY PRICE MAKING I ATTHE NEW STORE. Easy price making i1 the fruit of good buying. Good buying ,mjeans good selling. There are few very good buyers. A good seaman never attempt s to cross the sand bar without the use o a tug. We are con stantly t . ging at pr ices, co sequently when a w a of compe ition r our way we ride .JI tvith ease. LA good 'rchant evlzgs is a generalehip br look head, an the big trade we are sving esent i. due to plans laid month. ago. , This Will Interest HousekeepersI We have planned a Linen" Sale that in all probability will not come your wav again soon, a saving of 25 per cent on each purchase. Thanksgiving is near at hand. value. only. 1 lot half bleach all Linen, 72 in. 50c 30 1 " full " " " 2 yds. wide 65c 48c 1 " " " Satin 2 " " $100 74c 1 " " " " 2 " " 125 90o 1 "" " " 2 " " 175 $149 1 " halt bleach all linen 60 in. wide 250 Big values in Doylies, Napkins, and ready made cloths. Special Towel values, large size Ruck Linen only 10c. New Dresj Goods To arrive this week. Homespuns, Broad clothe, Venetian., Whipcorde, Plaids, etc. New Capes and Jackets. Evcry thing in this Big Store is entirely new, this being our first Fall Season. Could n't be otherwise. Special Values in Mattings. Visit our Rug and Matting department. Remember we are the people on Bhoes. MAHON & ARNOID, NO. 2xx UPPER MAIN STREET, J. 1H. MOIOAN & BRO.'S OLD STAND. Agents for McCall Bazar Patterns. A. QUE ER PREDICTION.-A remark able old woman was Mrs. Betsy Jessa - mine, whose funeral was held in Water ~ town, N. Y., the other day. She had 3 lived ninety-four years, and up to a r few minutes before her death was in - - , health and retained her V0 ~ '4")g perfectly. She asked mental facu I remarked as she for a glass of mil to her handed back the empty son, "That is very good milk. the last I shall ever drink, for I shall n be dead in an hour." She died before athe hour was up. Mrs. Jessamine was married when only a child in Canada, Sand her eldest daughter, now Mrs. Susan Woodtord, was born when her a mother was only eleven years and nine months old. The daughter is now Seighty-two years of age. The eldest a grandchild is forty-three and the eldest 'great grandchild twenty-six. More a than fifty descendants, including eleven child ren and a -ecore each of grandchildren and great grandchildren a were at the funeral, Mrs. Jessamine's ,1 husband, Thomas, died several years' -ago. They had lived in Watertown t. thirty-five years. .How CUniosITY WAS SATIsFIED. f There is a handsome young woman in I Washington who had the misfortune r, to fall downstairs a few years ago, so a badly fracturing one of her knees that 3 the limb had to be amputed. The f young woman, who walks with the aid f of crutches, is not in the least sensitive U about the matter. D One afternoon recently she got on an t F? street car, bound for the hill, and e found herself in the same seat with a ni sharp eyed woman who seemed to take e a whole lot of interest in her and her 5 crutches. She scrutinized the young e woman's face carefully for a couple of n minutes, then turned her attention to y the workmanship of the crutches, l, whilh she took the liberty to handle " curiously. Then she looked the young Iwoman over again, and leaned over to a her. " Do you mind telling me how you lost your leg ?" she asked, raspily. Il "Not, in the least," res[.onded the -young woman, amiably, " I lost it in 0 the battle of Gettysburg." e-The Kansas City Journal trans cribes from the register of the Savoy Hotel in that city the following curi ous entries, which followed each other is in the order given: " J. RI. Pigg, Wind. d scr, Mo.;" "C. B. Hogg, Canton,0 O." Is and " Brown Bacon, Uhicago."' Theo ic Journal adds : " The three gentlemen 'e who attached such strange names in 'e juxtaposition were not acquainted 3r with each other, but when the hotel ie clerk saw the strange signatures the in three gentlemen whose names at n- tracted so much attention were ir, eagerly sought by the curious, and it a- was but a short time before Messrs. at Pigg, Hlogg and Bacon were good bie friends." mn -The British troops that are being dispatched to the Transitaal have to travel almost as far as the American in troops that are sent to the Philippines, na It is about six thousand miles from tSouthampton to Cape Town, and the 4i scene of operations is from three hun 30. dred to one thousand miles inland from that point. the packing houses of the west. Our home market is well supplied by our farmers with almost everything that is good to eat. Beef, pork, butter, chickons, eggs, potatoes, turnips, cab bages, beans and apples are in great abundance. Of course we can't have mutton, for the negroes must have dogs and the candidates must have negro votes. I lost eight fine Mornos in one night and my neighbor, Mr. Dobbins, lost three hundred in five years, and quit the business. But with all our drawbacks, our people are or the upgrade. Seven centa cotton ha* helped greatly, and if our farmer will out down the acreage still more, it will bring 8 cents next year and leave mor land for wheat and corn. The South, ern farmers ought to form a might3 trust and regulato acreage and price Our own county could regulate itsel by organizing and combining with the local banks. Our average crop Is 10,000 bales, and at 8 cents a pound would bring $400,000. About one-half of this could be carried and hold by the more wealthy producers. The other 5,0 bales could get an advance of 0 cents a pound, or $30 a bale, from the banks on warehouso certificates. This would take only $150,000. 1Even $25 a bale would pay the cost of production and leave the margin for the producer, and thia would rquiro from the banks only,$12,000. If every county was to do this a 10,000,000 bale crop would jump to b cents within sixty days. That's the way to meet trust with trust and defy the speculators. Why can't it be done ? HEtOES Or- THI' TILANSVAAL. seven Bravo Soldiers Gave Their Lives That Their Comra(les Might Escapn. The story on the wires of the re markable matyrdom of seven brave Boor soldiers Is winning the attention of the civilized world today, says the Augusta Hera d, and has caused to spring up anew in many an American breast the hope that the Boers may not be wiped out as a nation by the overwhelming force that is crushing down upon them. At the Elandsgaato battle a command of Boers were caught on the rocks by a large force of British. The British were advancing slowly. Should they corner the command all would be taken prisnors who (lid not. fall in the attempt of a hundred men to over whelm a thsusaud. There was but one chance of escapeo--through an opon space, and, while the mon were exposed to an opaun iire in passing through this opening, the British could mow them down. It was neces. ary to resort to strategy. Suddenly the British were amazec to see eight Boer infantrymen make i sortio on the space between the fight ing lines. Standing erect they coin menced a deadly fire into the Britisi lines. In a moment every Britist rifle was turned upon thorm. They re turned the tire as best they could Finally seven of them fell in death cut to pieces by Euglish rifle balls. But a shout was heard to ring out The British advanced in its direction It came from the beleaguered Boer on the rocks. When the British fir( had been sent after the eight patriot martyrs, the Boer command had clear ed the space and had escaped. Thes pight mon hg1p ptJgiy thel lives Ihat Their comrades mig e cape. They knew they were going I certain death. This act was grander than Hobson which Americans have lauded and al plauded ; greater than that at Thei mopylac, which a world has told of I song and story. Such devotion to cause, such martyrdom, such self-sacr flece, wins admiration for and devote( for any cause. An English general withdrew fror the continental war when he found a A merican general subsisting solely o sweet potatons. If that spirIt live now in Her Majesty's army, there will in conequcnce of this martyrdom, b retirements from the Transvaal. TRIUMPH OIF SUROERY.-One of th most diflicult and peculiar surgica operations ever attempted in Baiti more was successfully performed a St. Joseph's hospital, when Professo Louis McLane Tiffany, assisted by Di Carey Gamble and other surgeons c the hospital, removed from the heat of Charles C. Barker a steel chisel fou and a half inches long, one inch wid< and one qju'rteruof an inch thick. Th, Ioperation lasted only a little over hal an hour, and there are good chances c the man's recovery. Mr. Barker wa attending a woodworking machin which contains two steel chisels tha a make 1,200 revolutions a minute. H s was leaning over the machine who the chisels wore driven out by th j tremendous centrifugal force. He we wounded over the bridge of the nos and the wound, which was a cut a ~inch wide, was dressed as any ordinar wound. One of the chisels was founi Sbut the other one was not. A fel dlays later Mr. Barker suffered partli p laralysis and was taken to St. Joseph hospital. Trhere Professor Tiffany es Samined him and suspected the chisi was in his head. The x-rays were re sorted to and showed his surmise to h r correct. The sharp tool, hurled wit -the force of a bullet, had entere where the wound was over the nou Sand had taken a downward course. n -When Thomas T. Crittenden wi d governor of Missouri he had a colore ,0 hostler who was much in awe of b o employer. The man .was apologot ,a over trifles, bnt' when the governor e favorite horse died one night the cat ,. seemed to be beyond the msn's pow< d of palliation. He Wandei'ed about ti i stable yard for a -long time, lost ,f thought. Then geing into Critte e den's presence he said : "Oduv'nc ,. that yore black lioreo,.Pluto, ain't ir going to live berry along.'' " Wh i. makes you say that, Ben'?" asked tl bt governor in surprise. " Case he & 11 dead." rn The friend that can free you from pm ~. and arrest the danger which threato d your life, is a friend indeed-you have j' d such a friend in Alligator Linimrno Thousands have adopted it as a househc r friend foi all pains. We want you to do m Give it a trial today. Sold everywhere.