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_THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL io.---NO. 12 PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, API\R1L i, 1900. ONE )OLLAR A YEAR. .. -v . - .- . . .. THE BOURS ARE 'TATRIOTS. STRUGGLE FOft INDICPENVE, lvk;. Bravo Moln aid Womuen Whi v Up Their ULv(s For i4'reedom. lion. Webster Difvis, former assis taut sccritiry of the interior, whq rosigned his place so that he couh speak for the cause of the.Sothi Afri can republics, addressed an immense audloce at the Grand opera house in. Washington 1). C. li reviewed the i truggle of the Boers and charged that England Is making an unjust and in famous war on a 'free people. " The Boers of South Africa," said Mr. Davis, "arc among' the pioneers of freedom-heroes of civil and re liglous liberty. They were the torch I-earers who blazed the pathway for civilization through the primeval forebts of the southern part of that great 'dark continent' which has budn the marvel of the ages. No country in all the world contains a nobler race of men and women; the descend ants, too, of the heroie Netherlanders, who, under William the Silent, wrested the indc pendence of Holland from the hand of the Spanish tyrant. No people in all the world's history have made a morc valiant l1fort to secure liberty for future peoples than they. And no people have endured more hardships in the cause of liberty and equality of rights than they. Indeed, it was and is their unconquerable love for liberty that has caused all their troublos." Years ago, Mr. Davis continued, the' Beers planted the seed of liburty 'in the fertilo valleys of the Caoe of GIod Hope, where a strong national spirit developed as e.rly as 1806i, when the colony passed into the hards of lug land. Soon thereafter ill feeling arose between Britton and Boer. Mr. Davizs entored upon an exhaustive review of the relations between the Boers and the British goverumen t from that Lime to the present. le described the "great trok" northward after the emancipation of their slaves, the foun dation of tho republic of Natal and its absorption by E'ngland and ,he riso of the South African republic. laglands acquisition of the diamoud fields at Kimberley Mr. Da..vis characteNz.td as a transaction without a parallei "for cupidity, dishonor and irjustice." Of tho material growth of the Dutch re publics Mr. Davis said : "Cities with all the modcrn im provements sprang up on the veldt and in the valleys as if by magic,- and everywhere the church and school house told the story of the people's progress. It is no wonder the Boers became intensely proud of their lomes in the Orange Pree Stato and the Transvaal, and well may they feel that pride, for they have their homes in one of the grandest belts of valley, mouintai n and plain that the world huas in it. " in the light of the past history of the rise and fali of empires, of the sad wrecks of proud and haughty nations, who hated justico and honor aod right, but loved tyranny, oppression and i wrong, tlnt are strown along the path- I way of the centurics, I cannot but be- I lieve that Godt has intended that in the I two South African republics liberty 1 a.:d equality of rights sha:1 prevail, < and the rugged, brave-hearted, God- I fearing Boers shall be forever free. " But finally this period of peace and c rest was broken by the discovery of gold in the Transvaal. Then it was I that the British government detor- t mined to seek a pretext for obtaining I control of the richest gold fields in the I woild as it had before teured the richest diamond lills. That, this h. the real cause for the present war no 1 one can doubt who will but listen to the frequent remarks made by English men in South Africa, as well as in 1 England, that te gold mines in the I Transvaal are worth fighting for and we are going to keel) on lighting untilI we get them.' The iBritish love for gold Is proverbial. Wherever gold has been discovered, there the Biritish have turned a wistful and longing eye. When gold was discover-ed in Alaska, only a few years ago, It will 1)e re momhor-ed how quickly an effort was made to extend the Canadian line far enough westward to take in the gold fields. And no doubt had the En~glish government not boemn anticipating the present troubles over the gold fields in the Transvaail there wou'd have been trouble on the part of the United States government in keeping control of the gold tields in Alaska." R.eferring to the Jameson raid and certain incidents connected with it, Mr. Davis asked : "How long would the people of our republic stand it if foreigners from any couintry in the worldl wer~e to come hue and alter getting r-ich In our gold mine~s would undertake to control our government, and failing to do so would endeavor to destroy it,?9 "No lIIimsier pretext forem robbery and murder ever emanaited1 from the wickodest cabinet in 'i~rope in its pailist days than the Iki tish dlemfanld for a five-year franchise In the Sout~h African republic. If this demand were granted not an NMaglishmatn in the Transvaal would renounce allegiance to the queen and swear eternal allogi ganco to the government of the Sout~h African republic as against the British goveaumoint. The idea was to obtain the power to control the governiment of the republic and at the same time remain British subj acts. Who ever before heard of sucn a prop~osItion ?9 Would the citizins of the United States be willing to allow British sube jects or the subjects of any other- powei' to come here and [control our own - elections and our own govertnment and 4 at, the same time not, renoune their allegiance to theIr own countries ?9 " The simple truth of the matter is that thu British government forced President Kruger- into a quarrel af ter ho had done everything In his power to avoid It. While negotiations were pending British troop~s were being massed In South A frica. Tno bgiss of the negotiations meanwhile were in geniously shifted so that as the British preparation for war had grownu more compiete the acceptance by the Boor-s of the so-called BritIsh terms wvould moan an ever-Increasing measure of submIssion and humiliation on the part of the Transvaal. "The Britisi1 demands wore trumped up and are without a sound basIs, either in morals or in law. It is a sad spectacle of the strongest empire in te world bringing doninecring pros muro to boar' upon a 'tiny republic to Intluence a change of cortain domeetic pIlicios, which are inl no sense a part j( the business of that empire. lor 1,5o Boers to domply with the demands )f the British government would have tnieant tho sacrillee of overy vestige of 3ssenlial sovereignty belonging to the .ransvaal as an Independent republic. STihe quobtion.* of the natural izaltlon )f foreigners in the South African re public is no more the business of the British government than are nattirak :zAtion laws of the repuolic of Mexico i matter of concern to the republic of hm Uaited States of America. It is )no of those questions of internal policy hat pertains oniy to the Transvaal -ormenll jlt. "The Biers have been gri-atly absed by the British becaueo it is alleged hey began the war. I n other words, hu Bers were too hasty ; they would lot wait until all tlhe British troopt, iad arrived in South Africa. Who 'ver heard of such nonsenso ? That .treat civu1iz.d nation of -100,000,000 of icoplo are complaining because the pCOpleJ of the two little republies, Who ho not number all told more than 300, )M0 people, including men, women and L.-hildron, insisted upon isbuing their ultimation and then proeceded to give battle before the British hosts should irrive. While on the 3oor side. ill '0ld, -tlherei were r.ot more than 30,00 mnll and tnese had but a low inferior ::annon and no bayonets or swords ut ill. Practically the only arms they had wvereo Maus t r Ii 11:. " One Boer to ten licithi-h. And yet Lhe Beers were not, trained soldiers : Wly simple, p.in farmers; lak tb Ahousands of ruegcd farmers in our >wn country. .Tiey ire just plain, 'o n m1Oni pteople, precisely the oame k ind )f people that Aiabiam I AncolnI loved. " As citiz-ns of the greatest, republie n thru world, with waie'n sido biluid NQ 1Ym pathize ? I say our by i- mpatinLe5 ihouid go out to that brave littie band *if patriots who are strujgling to keep liive forever the fires of liberty upon ,be al-tars of those two young re uublics." 110\\ Sil'.0N oll \%,.\s \vO)N. Mri. Davis dcterlbed the sto-min ig of ;pioi kop by the I~of.r-, afLer the 3'itish had oc:up1uied it, anid his oiwn isit to the battle tield seveni day. ater. When the fight began," he said, 'a giant B er, in the prime of strength knd manhood, Was seen carrying a mall B er ltI.g ; in It short timo he eli to rieu nao mnore. Then an old vhite-haired veteran picked up the )unner and, waving it, urged his comn -ades on. With liuwing hair and las ing eyes the old man rusned on, >ut suddenly a shell laid him low : (re ,he little flag touched tho ground, moWever, a1 barefooted hLid, only hirteen years of age, wino had been i hting in I is sih i rt sleevets, leaped like pantoer to the old man's bide aid, natching the Itibg from his grand atter's n.rvelers hand, raised it, aloft 6ud puthed on. A mighty shout, arose rom the Beurs as they sw that ga. ant deed, and with reneweT courage hey made a fearful charge, following he flag they rushed liko,aan avalanche ver the British trenches and Spion Cop was won." General Burgers, the Boer comman ler, had iade repeated attemi pts to ecure cessation of artillery fire that he dead mighlit be buried. hnt for Overal days without succtsd. I'inilly .encral Baller aceupted the Boer pro msl to bury the He-itish dead and >Vfred to pray the bil. General Burgers regarded this -eply as an insult," Mr. tDavis anserted, but, neverthiless, cQneludel to bury o.e Biritish -dead. Then I visited the ,op of Spion's kop and saw there the iost hor ile sight, that could be im igined. U pon every hand were hel nets, belta, canteens, bayonets and yearinag apparel scattered about, cover Jd with clotted blood. We saw feet and hands protruding through the roundl, all swollen and skin burst as iuder, while the rest of the body was ~overed with a thin coating of earth. 'ro cx planation was that these poor 3r'itish soldiers had been buried by aheir comrades under only a few Inches >f cirt. In other plaeces we saw teur'es >f dead British soldiers lying on the top >f the gronrd jutst where they had allen, no attempt, having been made ,O buery the mu. "As we dlescended from the hill we net the I sers ginrg uip to bury the British dead, who had been 6o sadly loglected by their own comnradn.s and :ommranders, w lbe amuse themselves y calling the Boiors savages. "Br-ave were the ancient Greeks of Athens and Sparta, who, with their tilles, stood upi to battle and to die to lefend themselves against Asiatic uvasion. Heave was Alexander' the arcat and hIs Macedon ians on the attic!ihld of I ssus, where they won a ;ictory against over-whelming odds, B~rave was the strnggle of the Tyrolese mgainst the leg ions oif Napoleon. Brave the stand made by the Swit zers 'or liberty against, the Llapaburg. Biravo the wonderful charge (of L'iectt's men and tneor tally brave .lefenso of the uniiirm troonas on the .:rimson heights of Gettysburg. Brave wvere the heroic (lead wvho fell at Salam Is and M ar'athon. Hecave, Indeed, wvere the famous 300t at Thrermopyvlae. Buit eqiually brave, gallant and chiival 'ous are the humble pecasants of thbe voi'dt, who., defending the paases of Drakonsberg, or seeking death, eimiib ing the rugged sides of Splon's koip, willIng to die, If need be, to save their beloved repiublics from the Beitish yoke of olp.issioni. "These men have the same spirit that prompted the farmers to lace Lleatah for lIberty at Lexington green; that nerved the arms of Americans at ariutQga,. Bunker HIll and 'Brarndy wino ; thait wamrmled the hearts of Washington and hlis shl vering patriots itt Valley Laorge ;and at New Oe-It ans, where Jackson and his men taught 10ngland that easier wore it to hurl time rooted mrountaln from Its base than to force the yoke of slavery upon men de termined to be free. "1Then, why should we not symp~a thlze with themi ? Why should riot the gr-eatost, reopublic In the worl J assist the smallest of republics? yIl the word 'liberty' to beceomo obsolete In our natIonal lexicon ? Must this greatest republic of the world's hIs tory chaIn its -.destiny to the charIot wheels of the Jritibli empire in ier mi1ad raceo for lind und gold ? Shall the fair nanic of tiiis great republic, wlose prowessi oni land aid sea ha-3 been the iarvel of the century, be used in iurope, by Iritish ollicials and the llriti 'h paress, "s a ienitce to other E'uropeatn powers who are anxious to astdisL the Boors in tir brave struggle for freedom aItnd independence DAUNG CONt'ImiitA'i'i.s.--Thte Louis vilio correpondent, of tile News and f Courier says that the conaing gather- 1 ing of the Confederates in that city will mark the occasion of the reunion of some of the mlost, daring men who saw service in thu Confederito army. 'Tie surviving membors of a little band of twelve orisoners, who escdapud fromn lmira, N. Y., 11litary pricon cat p, wil I mUt here and discuss again the details of their Lhrilling UxjeuriieCe. It is not knowan how imtany of that dar ing party aro stiill alive, but oe, .J. .M. Wonack, of D)%rlington County, South Carolita, who was a member of lam p ton's Legion, lives in Louisviiie, and Capt. BI:rry ritbijin , anotber i inna bet', Iives in A ugusta. Gia. Catla. rson and Nluj.r Womack planned the escape from priSon aid together with the other prisoneiri-s went to RiCitond and joined th eir comia inan ds. Capt. I tienson was a scout for Gula. LngstreeLt and was in many dariing aiventtures. On one occasion lie entered the Feder'atl Hines at night, just to the 'ear of War ren's corpi, and, reaclinar the tent of G-.1n. Waa'rru, overheard the ordert fort. the Ilovtilemt of that, part, of the 'ed eral army. Lie miountkuttd the horse of Gen. Watren lind rode safely back to G;_an. i.anigs!,rect's headquarttors. 11e wat, afterards cmatured and sent to the l'oint Iookotut liricon. Lie escaped fruma that place iauntder the imo, hietroie Sacrcuast~tancs, butwast. rectltLured be fote he rc'aehed ti, Cinfderate lints. I Iie w ab lata' sent, to t.he old Capitol I riah ait 'ashin gtuot, and latera -et to E mira , N. Y., whoere he anad Major Wolmaek planned the eC:uaIJe. Tne latter' did liot sauy anayth,:ig abouat hhl.i own exploit.s, but enough was gaatti ta kt;o.v that he had haud a vitried ex ;w'eraene. The tllicial Irt'epot,'L of th11e nailra prisont camp~ sha,vs ti;at it :[I tt~aiui tweti l v .,e Lb ouaand ftr i onte a tanuari ng the wat', antd this little '.aIad of tweLive were the only ones who ever' escaped. Tii-: SALOiN IN M.\NItLA.--HLv. E. l- lhtteh, chaiplain of the f'ightecnth In faantry, writes ats follows in the Springlield I. !htiblicuan:t " The garea source of evil inl Mania hats como from the liquor interests 1 Te' ficat followets of an artmy are the stloon, with tisremutable vomiien a close setcond. To It press their perni-1 cious inllihence iitx.. the eforts of thloe int autholity. One ship lead] of liquor war. in lManlilait iabort before Oile city was taeIlAn by thre Ameraiaus. C 'Tihe agt,:L of te comtpauny wa~s with the armay, wearing a tamilin titaniforml i under the guie of a " vodunteer aid." Tlle city taketn. thu " voutLacr aid cast aside his uniaort located a dIepaot, and procecded to estabiisht saloonza. In , a few ,veeks thi prinicipal streets were t trtansformed The one brand of wihie 1 key and bee-r hand led by the firm re ceived a great boom, and in at way got a great start, of ComtpAetitors. It was 10: for lonr. In i few weeks every brand of beetr Inld wiiskey in Americia was rev preanted and the uitfIearent agents vi ted for. huirss and supretacy. The salotts wcre directly respontotible fot imtore of t! e friution, disturba tances and e;Tia'atrtagrnats with the nativezi tiha all other catu;e co:mbined." li.:lt I'utviwa:i:. lti';aawe~a, --T'he following resolutiont has beena adopted by the bard of directors of tht State disensay in regar tat the h.eer pi vi iet'us in this State: Ra2solved, Tlhat at, thle exphLirti on of the tearms of otlic of allI beet' d ispen srs5 nlow set-ving the sai~ld dispene.ari'es ar'e her'chy oarderelul discontinued, ex eep~t as priovided~ btelow: The county< boards of conttrol elected by thIs ri soluittion maay estabI lih)ber dlispen sarit'es antd elect tdispensar-ies fot' stamet at, the folio..v in g ataed pl1aces: One: diaspensaray at the towna of lieauafot,.t two d ispenstaries ina thec city of Ch atr-( lOs tonti, incluinitg the onea at Lthe Ger a. mania Irte wer'y attne oan the I:-ie of, l'ie:two dlispenaraies itt the city ofI Columnbia: (tie dispensar'y in tbe tliy V of Gatminey ;onie in the town atof G,~ or gvi tow a ; one int tie city of G ' retan ile : one itt the town of lauaens; one itn the city of Newvber'ry :oneo ini the city of UO'angeburaig :one itt the city of Spar tanburg ;one in the town of Sutatt er; oneO in thbe town atof Union. And it, is ftarather' ordceraeli that beer d ispensaaries may carray mtotre thana one badat of beer', whlen their- patrons tdemtand it, upon)1 apprtoval of the Staite boartd. -T'lhe Nw Yoark .Jurn'al pintts a seansationaal story thaat, a secret lettetr is being sent, fromti the l.iepublhIicanr head qu ataers to allI the trutsts in thae couan tary deam andintg immted iate camaapa ig n funtds as a praico of prioteetion. Ac cord.1ing tot the stotry thc lottetr was pro paaredl t. a contfer'eanc between Senator' I ana a, la'irst Assistanrt Il'ostanmaster' G enterai I'erry Iletath antd the moneyed muember~s of the k publican ntational coti tittett and has been t st Lottt b~y Lthat or-gatnIization. - fThis letter'c enIs attenationa to the prtolits the trtast mianu factur ieras have baren able to secturo under ci Ipubl11hIican rutle it the past, and poinrts out thLtat tot entjtoy theitt it the futur'e thle r'e-election of I 'reskiant Mc Kianley is absoluat ttly ntecessar'y. It, Is clai med that, it is prtoptosed to raitse $ii,000,000 i n th is w ay. OU (3G1mAlTI(CST SIIA lST. It'ta .!i yecars lDr. .I. N en tttn II ataway has so suaccessfta lv treatead larattic dise-tt~ ('s that lie is aak'owledged today to s~tand at. the had otf hais protfession in thie line. llis excltusive mthodttt oft tretttlment ftor of kife or' cntery' entres inia an ea e.. aull ctases. In te tratdment f the lotss oft VIiat rces. N eryonas I i s'rdeIrs, K litney P'oisonaitng, Ilaheumat isma, 1 atarrh. and tdhIi casesA peculialr tat womena~t, he' ts ena!b sutccessful. Dr. II tataway's pran tao is more than doubhle l thaf anya ataher sptet lalist.. Cases prontoun ced hed lCles by~ ttert in ,ysicians readily vieldl tat his irtatmet. Mrt hmtoday futlly abult youer c'ase. He mtakos ito clairge for contsualttaatot atr audvice, either at his oilice or by mail. J. Newton Ilathaway, M. 1)., 2%- Soutilb Broad ear~ot, Aaait., ( [MPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON. ONIY ONII VOTICv SAVI) iM. ;ix liepulilican Scinators llet'lset to Follow Their Party-RItos, of ian fiaw, the Doubtfil Sonator. iilton iarlan Nortihp, Syracuse, N. Y. Aaron Burr tieing Thomas .elferson i tihe electoral college and, therefore, ailing by one vote to reach ithe pil icio of an American's ambition: iatmuel .1. Tilden counted out of the >residency, lie-st in the electoral col ege, then in the electoral comnmnissiun, )y one vote, and AndroeN Johnson aved from depositlOn from the lresi. leney by one vote in the Uited Status -senate-these constituted Ciies in \inerican history only second to seces ion and civil war. Pr.3ie itdents hai-o U:11 mi niado by very nar'row miiiargin. onIetimes in the electoral colleg'e, ometiies on the popular vote, as wi b en over Cleveland was taved from de eat by a few hundred votes in Ins owii ;tatc. But only Ono Ireident wan ver saved from being unmade by at-in. 0le vote. On the roll call of the Svnate ittintg us a court, of illpeacliment hlirty-live Senators answered guilty Lnd nineteen Senators " not guitv." t neCedeLL but tle transfei of one vot roi the " not guilty " to the " guil ty vi ere in to have convicted the l'rc lent of the 1aited State i1 high crums md misdemeanors and worked il., re. iovii from ollice, with old 13 'I WadC, if ().io, tie 'resident pro teml. of tibe Uenabte taking his place.. What the oli (uences of such acton on tle uture of tile re public would have been S, fit course, all guess work, but, they ou'l hardly have failed to b) momen ous and far reaching. The cix I 11hlican SIators who refused to fol Yw thei' party associates to the cx remiie of convicti ng the President ere al, the ti ime the victim1s of untold use 11(1 viiiicatinlt, but what lIe 0liClan V-onud to-day say their Course n1 separating from their associates was (t wI Wit an patriotic '- istory has V-een their vindication. Tle dibltlu Senator in whose hands L, waz ,'leeded the fate o the l'resi en t. if not, the re uiblic lay, was lI)st, if la a Wilen the -tLa"ely utIllef uti .e aitmon i'. Cha e, as3 presiuling ii :er of the high court i;f Iipeach nenlt, put the stereotyp ti question : '.r. Sniator i Isi, how sav you, guilty >r no(tL guilt- '.-' and the Kansas Sena or, isinig in Iis plact-, pronounced le word" not guilty," that Settled t the i i01impeibers were foiled. 'Tie the r live lIv-3pubiieans coun:,ed as ant.i mpe.1achers weLcre known to b3 ironcind: he verdiCt, Ws as indislUtably in the iand s of Senator lI-jss as was the ward of the pies idency nine years ater within the power of Jd-tic ".Jo" tradley ih: -he " to 7 " game of the letoral CommiiiSsion. The sceue of tlhe impiiechment story laid in tie wint er and srini g of 1th. I'mr twe three years following Jonn on 's accession to the chai r vacated by he untimely death of Airaham Lin on naughlit but irritation had maidr(Ud lie relations of the I 'resident to the Zebit.li can leaders. ThI I e fri et in nal ly culminated in a movement to imponeh and r'emiiove the I 'resident rum his great, ofliee. Tne im ipeachi meit Congress " was lie Purtieth, iected in lli6. in tihe I ouse, rIebiied over by Speaker couyter Colfax, afterwards Vice resident, sat manyi men1 of 1i ini ui:; d ability-on the lIepublican side utch iimenl as Ja lies G. Blaine, .1ames \. Garli ld, Bhnjamin P. Butiler, N[iliani B. Auison, John A. ILogan, icneral I!. C. SheieK, subst I iiently ninister to En lland: (ld Thad S.evens, ;ieiral N. I'. iBn ks, who had been >othi (overnior of Mlassach usetts and Speaker of the lon-sc, and e.'-Uover ior Ilou twecii, of Alassachbusetts ;on he Diemtocratic side .James 13rooks, uage N ublock, of indiana ; eneral dlorgan, of Ohio, and L. Q.. C. I amrar, if Alississip~pi. Itoscoe (Conkling had n thbat, Congiress just, gonie over to the >tlher wing of the capitol and taken his place in the Senate wvith Chairles luminer. Wimlliami P itt, Fecssenden, ohn Sherman, Simon Cameron, ;eorge I". 1XImndis, Ouivier I'. Alort~on, amies liarian, I .y man T1rumbull and ! verdy .lohn son, Thomsas a l leno ricks md~ the elIde i ayardi, iamiong the iakeri dcxz.n of Demoocrats. Con Klin g, ho hadi~ not yet, reached forty, was ikIe a game cock as lie strutted up f and 1(owni the aisles of the Senate chiamuber, ilwvays witli a brig'ht red~ rose1. in his :oat t tonhole. llis spec(ial del11ight cdeemu to lie to piod the i'rave andl Jignmitied~ Summernici. The ieoinile orator mnd scholar' of il assachuwitte plainly vinced under the New Yorker's re ieated g oads. "' The Se nator from \'ew York," broke out the i itated~ Sumneri~i in q uerulous tonie one day as I ,at in the reporters' gallery, "i wit nanine rs whichi lie ha ls C iitliy im-. ior ted from the other end of the capi - of"-givinmg ai conitemiptuous waive of he haiid in the direction of the Hiouse ms lie s poke-"'seca lit, to ausil meio, liphaii/Ang the "i nLe" s if it, were ii acrilege. And1( then Sunenr pro :eedec, to repel Conkling's att1acks. Te ippreciate '.he fuiIIllimeasure oif the :ontem pt impl)1ied in Sunier's gesture ye mnust bear in mind that, the Senator w'hose entrance to Congres is thbrough lie Senaito (loor' suppises himself toi be I superior beinmg to the Senator wholi :omes to the Senate biy wiay of the llouse. it corresponds to the fechni >f an educated West l 'oint ohlli, ,vlo las never worn aghit, but, an ullicer's iniform, towvard the man who climbs ip to a commission from a subaltern. 'his caste feeling stiil exists. Conk ing smiled serenely while Sumner ,eo:dedl like an old woman. Impeachment was, as has becen stated, miany monthbs brew inig before it, sas actually tried. As obisti nato as ii nu11o fromi his own Ten nessec, . oh nson iad pulled one way while Congress iad pulled the othier from the -'tarit. As the tfpublicans couldn't iinnage 'imit, they saw no way but to0 get rid1 cf '1 iin.* TIhey fouind their pretext in the l'r-esident's order, removing Secretary if War Sianton and appointing Genl iral L'rn'uhzJ T1homas in his pltace. M3'antoni, it, will lbe rcmombered, acted in thle laconic advice sent him b)3 Seniator' Simmons, "' stick 1" Theli Anenae nadonted a enolion adnta.,inn undef'r the CoiisLtiltt ion and IlwI thk li 'r.cident hadl no ipower to removc tit sccretary of war. GIoneral Thomiiaii triid in vaiill to get Oossession of tI wir Clc- ossesion carried With it In that ea:c to 11 poilltas In the gaine, 1'he 1u reZ-V Iconi struction c011 omlilittee, uder the inspiration (if Thaddeuet 1ev1 1s, Liim most, intense hater of the l'r:.ident, m tude a re port on W\tashl g ton'S b[ir thday an nonowCng the adop tion of ab resolition, " that, Androw 10n.on, lPreidetL of the United1 Stat)s, he impclhied for high crimei and imlisdeInteanors. " Two days later, after a hot, debate, tihe l11s10 )aISSCd the reolutions 1:6 to -11. Managers ti conduct tile imi peachimeit trial vere appoiltd, and the trial, iieimioraleu ili hirtory, proceeded. New Yorkr fatlius lawyer, \Villiam1 N. iia Ilats, wIL the I'l'resideit's senior Cons11,01. ai. nile Veall s later h0 vi:aS aliso 1 sniior uoul I for Hlayes, claianit for the prcsidelley, b,.fore the 0 0coeeoral com nji.mon. Ill the (11e instance his elforts vere diireced to saiving lI l'residetl from unlijust removal : in the other' to seating at l're'sidell Whose chillil had bcen rtejected it the polls. II i.h iltinces the great lawyer caeic oil victoriotui-. " A hlwyer." qo110th ll old farm':r to me10 0l13 111011 I time "is like at puppy-he'll balk oil ai track you set lim ." 1.virts Was evel oi the ..ide of his it retiner. The long trial overV, the day foi polling the count which slit a-, jir had at liet, arrived. Chief Jlibtiet ihae, hanldsole aid ilpressive it lis judicial rob3S, was in) the clir. and into the Senate chlimber for ti ;ast tiic was ushered the liouse o1 I k-lpre-sentatives, crowiing the cilbal h.1r to thle itillost. to iari the Verdiet. It Wa-;, a-i I suirveyed it fr011 ali adVan tageous positLiol inl 0,0 Seatiel repoilt, r S }.~l lit'y, la eel of da.liiig bril iiancy. Sittiiig in a front -t-tit of the diplotiatic gallely, a con-pieuous figure, was Athony Trolioie, th K'nglizb novlIbt, grav aid vi'imrlible, souggestLing aI old liebrew propliet '"IT have seCl the ladles in tle gal leries aid tle dip loma liti c ur ps wI their ilies, to quote my r cord ad till presloLs of that tLile, b a5traelll would certainly have iupposel it wa Some grand festival occasion, alnd last of all tbat, it. Might result in the de position of tle Ileld of a great, re pubPie." To quote filrtlir frol lmly self: " Entcring the S-naLe wing, with cordons of police gtlirds. at the r-igit of you, police at the left Of YOU, tbuilderet At for your 'tieket& I police, ou are retilded foreihby l the years of martial laW not long gont by. The tickets ablane Lo tillS prO longed entertainmet cost the goVern I m11ent sillewIhCe near $10,0I01. Wadet ill tenor Voice, calis tile S3cate ti order, M.n1d Vacates tile Chair lt one for a wortIhier oeupant, the pl endh form of the Chief justice. whose im palr tial rulings ihavo dratwo' uponi 111 him till COnIdeLnahitiOll of the paIrLiSla imijpeniacl 'Ilien an ( Ifort to postIp110 the VOW, for four weeks fails iy lb tie. The im peachers defeated tile lmotion tilm selves, after seeiig that It.-ss, of Kain 5a, Votd with them. lI lievinig tha al chllaIlge had collmO 'ver tie spirit o his dreams they sutidenly renewed Lh -.iluelis decision and resolved to go or witih their voteb ill liccordince With I )ss's btrltegy. 1Hence it was thl when thec Cilic justice propoudiied th interrogatory to Senator I Z"ns o ' guilty or riot guilty," ailt eyes Werk cen tered upon hi mII, and Sellatoril leaned forwird to catch tie respolls< ipoll which th Lhope of the conspirat to: s nlow atone h111g. His low spokei r iot guilty " caused lb general lliuttei the chief justice bring down his mai le to iuppre'ss the all but, applause in tll giller5its. TeI P'resiLent was acquittle oi Liiis articio-adll tils the St.roligel one1-eulch wasi. the feeling of ll a much0 I as if thle vote hald been1 c01 eluded. All the forms of the cour were obser'ved. t tile manafluger: Liable sat all of that nob)ll band of pail riots of the lien Butler school, eJxcep the venerable T'haddeus Stevens, til at the ot~ber table, lit, the chIef justIce righlt,, Messes. ilart~s, Nelson 1and( Stan berry, of Liihe (ounsl8 for tihe I'residern -with the Hiousei of Itap~fresentat~ive packed iln the rear corner 0f the SenatL cihaimber. It req iried twoi thIirds Li) conviet aini Lihat, twVo-hiird s ire qpuried but Lth< cehanlge (if lb sinlgle voti--hut lb i 1 aI lbs good as ai ile. The1( cons8ipirator: wer OPo111led. ii *d the 1Kanlsais p1rit~e follosed tile bhe3ats of is pat'y huiis: who II)can caculaito the stiupenouls conl Iljipbchm enit,,h alhough idiefeaited Ihad its aftermalthi. Woolley, a Cincli naiti 1(obbyi' st, who hadI li bel e actie is the elfe:rt to save Johnilllson's 1heaid f ron the baiskit,, was~ seiz~ed andit thro~(wnI inL pisonl liy ord'ier of tile revenigefo illuse forI refiinsing Lto tecl a smel11'lii i tumciiiouis "'W wtress wa. ls fi rst, cull ineIC in the fore iln liiI' U alfair lommitee rooml T1he MIep hoisthelane Ibliu~(tlIer secuei 0 anl orderi fromn the i.1 use toi inlcalreeralte him in tloheis'menit, oif thbe capitol. I IHulitler's diesig nation of Lihe roomi to) i 001nviete illtLo thle ic iked WVouiey' pi'i rionihouse, han rgs lb leb . I was Lll r'oom1 oiccuplid by V ini 10I iiiam, Lii SCultre'Cs, for 1,he purp'0o (If lilling ali order for lb stabtue oif A hibahami Lincoh01 ---for wIe ~ubi Wlhe was toreeivec fron tile golvernmlen1 lt, $1 I00mll Silo wa bus ilIy on gaiged in imakmrg the piilaste east wheni the( ord(er LII " got, lu, realchbed her,.. ;e venIIgo is & weett-amfl lihtler, in the (j Jetiment, of V"iinnh L u'm, hlad his little revenge. TIl fair Vin11,ii waIs believed to be somel ho1w respoi~lel for1 tihe " rnot, guilty vyt~e enet by3 Senator Poss. Vinnie mollt~beri kept, lb hoaird illg house, ani onel (If the b)il(oader wais the K ansa Sena ltorl. Tihe wIdow and daughte wer'e morei thanl suspetetd of pIuttin Inl some pretty effectIve work wit boarder I so)s against, impeach men A fter a few; daiys of confinement, Woo Icy wai- IidJiarged, and the I mpeabch . rs nur-e-d their wrath with Ioss demflOr straition. Th'e hal1f <l z/.'n ipubiIlian Senaltor who hald the courage to stand betwee theIr party iind thu colossal folly of al tempitinlg to depose a President fi ila'rng Li) defy the party bosses, su( f.red the peniaity of martyrdom. Ice ndei(In, Trumbiuli, Henderson, Lih ant!st (If them all, dropped out, of Lh s;enaito nover to return. And yet n men~l In its history ever did a greate se rvoicn for the Rnohica n in. 'I'H 1E; 1 lICST SPI Itl I ICAPl'INGS. Tho Fox Sistern Were iho M1tdiminm anml tho (Originat ors of, 3luder Spiritualism. Spiritualists ali over tie world leeb brated Ma a 3'1 am the an ni veritry c the origin of modern spiiritualilm, an It, wis tie pieasant, little villae c Ilydesvillo, Watyno County. New York which gave it birth in 1848. It was I One of these frime.0 houses, still pointeL OUL to visitors, that In I Sl ocuired thi tirst mnifesatILons of midern spirilual sm1 famiil to tht present helover3 h1 that faith. Though the -ox 6istirs, Mlargarett aind Catherine, tiroigIi W10houi tbe lies revelations ofl !Lup1)pot ud SpirlIt pow were m ade, hiave recenliyadmIiLted ti fraud, and thouigh ihey have statei tlit Lhe so Calld " spirit Iinetsiiii,' which created suen an 10Iimmenl4e sensa tion so lmny ye1rS a10, were m-t4ine2 by a v'oluntary P'teracking Of their Lit joints, the faith of holievirs in spiriltu lisiim is inl no Wise shaken. The latter 'ay that thOuvh thle lo: sistors 11ay b1he imlPoIster2 4's, a0 Lh0y hav, declared tIiihe2mse lves, yt the re tLruths aind pri'nCiples of 11mlerni spirit littlsm ltimi Its tir-miy ad slielt a brightly as ever. Tiey say that tL's date back fatr ieyon1d I hit time Of 1 Pox girls. I''veni in thalt, low, ram iibin two-story house in which thes miiiIl) 1ous Young womien firs.t, cracked t.liv4 too joints it is eitinimed that genlin sp)AHiril 1h1n0 men110111i wel - Ob)erveld 11 for tii, 'Pox girls ever inhabited it. Ii 1S47 the hioutie was oceupied b1 one Michael Week man and his fitmily it poor, ignorant laborer. IHt- and Ii fanily were0 soon1 Lrouhicd by myst! rios a'ps he'ard in ali parts of thei d welling, esIieciall' at, ight, ittlan ann ILnce tiit inc'eas'd to .-uich ai) cxtln that sIlep hCetunee impossible. lDi!in a this Lilme 0; li i Ix -histers thIn iiie'e child ren., tgetl ( ltVCI nur in years, lIvveI wit i their parelit severail mlile s awaLy, --i that. the1Y coiub n0t po y have lttl t 11a111A (i' 1. t01 j ,tit. in thLi mystrious rappin~'lg:' at ,\V Weekimin'S hiuse. It, was this ton Stntl)' incealsingz annyanc of hi rap:; wlkiell. thoupl h dilige-l.t lY itve t igated, couil not. he traced to 1-ny hiu man1 hgcy1.1, that Z-Oon Caul-ked 5M1 \ tVckmlan to abhandon hli., rt.: 1h1-neo. Thell it. was On al'eh I l o I , . ii D. l'ox andh i-: family becamioe i t.:, (W111 pants. The mlyster 1iouils r-appingis . ,ll continuedCL. Them(ihbrs er calht inl on se"veral Jcea- muls and 4-verlv p ble clort mladet.o trace t,htir (ivi n but inl vinit. It W:as on the 1ih1 i NIMarhati f1 oif that:.amiiie year in I 0 I"b1 thle mysterious ralls firstt'ave- Cvblne Of beiing directed by -Oo contlrolhol initulligenice. Thlte famt11i' had ret-ire J1 t urir.g a britef lull ii the mV-LCrio rapping," wheni !udtdely I it began ag";C occurring thi:, 11tim t near tle! Id III I eliplit Ily tit two I lt (l aught'r. Mlargaret,ta aind Cat-heri no. The hit~t began t o Snap her lingers in imitatio of tie sounds whichii iummuilediatl:iy spondied. " Now, do as I do,' h cricd, "Cono 2, 3, I, 5, ll," it the :amiii Lime strik ing her hia nds togeLlier. Mres. Pox, th girl's mother, then desir-onl thet unlsee itgency to CounL tei, iand thiat, numbeil'u Of ras Immediatel foll owIed. Tell ij tihe al gIf Catiy ' tLi Younger dagte,"by rapping onec for elih year," said the moiilther, anl tn distinct raps wevew ieard. Sitrtle by these munifeitations, MIrs. lc a1kedul if it wits a human beinig who wi rappin, but n4 ait),.nwerii! ;oiund i lit ard. " If you are a spirit mako t distinct sounds," she satid aiil two lot raus resp~ondled, KaLe lo, Iin her exoslure Of spiri ii unism, hils declared Liiat, She - adtiil hi sistel were iroducing thiese my sterio raps while lying Ili ha-d tid alhi L choking witih laughter at til elever ii noit I ion they werie praict 1iing 144 thie tuotlibr. The~i. powerc4 of 4rneking 111J toe joints, biy wichI4i theiy produeiii thir "spirit rappiiigs," 11hey3 had ai cident341 al ly diisco)vered42( and had14 lie Licedunt l 441Li becy had acqu ired gre pric'hticy . .14e Lha~t ats it, may, the Ssuipposed( mni~Ife2stLaionslI of spIrit pows creat~ed intonse e)xC1Lteme4nt. Th'le far i I ly rosa from Lhii b4*ledi andi searichi 41'very'3 poion o)1f Lihe hiouso wi iiur stilt,. Thiie ne ihboris were~t entl Ied in an: wiich answrs W)',wer 4e re4c42Ieie from Li myst'5erioui s raps. ed1. in tvery1 patrt. [I umly 3 the spiri wats aisked Lto1~32 Ipe out his or hier 14am3 by raping at the corrueLt h-tters tube a41lhabet wits rep~ t ted. As' a r4 uit, Lthe name111 of (:barilic) . Isn Sin LIhe. house91 a fe2w yeatr' be.fore'. i3 At length tilh) atlb31ed 1.3p4iis con4 iianieted( to tile lox girls their desir Liitt, there4 .,1033 Ibub be' beh it plii metingi att which2 ai comitteL( oif lI Ive-Ligat~ion ebionenI by thu autilienoit Sgenuine spii'1 ts and piroduc4ed thelir i 8:14u1h It mee1tting. was4 a4icirdinigly 140 itat Corintihan llail, IsocI(hester, in N Vember1134, 191'd. The (3 ox sister ia i pe2ar4ed on4 the stage andt the spir itu tihenomen a, he Ing freely man1 lif!este weire investigated biy a ecoun3ittee pro)minent gentlemein, wvho. aft~er en Li toiing thieir researIches for' severI days, reported theu'irlatility Lt) tra< themi to any huoman atid. T[he fanme of thei l"x 1.1 ister, be141an 3 n atio(n al and)4 whe lieyi i ap'p3ar1 d it4i 3 New York in thec following .\bny, i -nouincing thiemisel ve21 a, -pir ituall mi " dis, a phrasui~i wi chi 4 rig1ited.'i wi t 9 theimi, thuy 12r'eated a n intn- 421 ur3or J Trheso two young girls hitJ thus fom 5 ed a new fai th, Lii wich e thely gatve ii r name oif 3,) ptiitl ism0. h nitint a was h Lbaracter o itoh Ifir -' manIifestation, it, 5(oon found34 a4 m~iuit, Ludet oif be(lieve.rs in both bhem iphere -over Lthe141 countr and14 were' soon0 mu3lt1 plied by3i hunriiiedl atnd even by tho ,-. -ihe young mon~i atndwme o~f~fl 4) I rlii I, I'a., hae a014 novel conih1 et and 1- mu14ta bioycott, onl hand. The your -womnen declino to receive the ittte (1 tion4s of the young men~i who reifuisO (3 be tecLttiaers, a~nd the beautx retatlia r men who wear bieds onl their hats. Tr ontant in very spiriterd. AND SO CIIIP! 'h ae the ex)resiiis v hcar from Ihe t 11)1114 1 th'l visit mir store every day. - No1 onl y do we hear tleir ex pres.iis, t)iit they prove them t, lbe l incerc by their lib cral piiirh:ises. (wilr trade is till: Iest we have had in year. a1l wo nui.u to Iake it mtill letter by ub in the knife in l utting %vees h enever %%e (,aII. liar<.ains we n have aluy 0 'lered ; we 111an to offer 'still gre:ueir hargatins." We (14) not m1lean it ) tell yum that we itileid Selling below .cost a., you knl'w thmu wtnbi( he impossible. \h\'at we0 In mean i, ihiu n , Ilall shiaive the proli I($ llie sm:l le.t marrii pI n p sIsieii in a leg limale bineO. .\I t we ask is t look i thai yui may411 ll . m we are doinl): all we th m \Ve ."ourt 4-4anpa!rison at allt timies. SPECIAL BARGAINS! .\s I.on A- They Lasit ) ds I ien ki n worth 101e, for ! 5 . I e n ant of \'hiite. l'lh 5t. t5 andt 2.4'. .in yds c 'le ilitut, tuo hi!ors only, tall ii.! ew blue, wiorth 12 , mir price -i . lt\\~andies, ohlor:nt blackt, $->.00, d / -I N 1 (hlil $1. 'I4eilar $1 i4nut y:11r11" 1411 Bleacrllang for ti.n LShirt Waists. Shirt \Vaists. Ihir tite iomplete tr im to1 .t ie.1. Nearly mad-ott \irt . we show the h14-1. it iil \\V have I\w. si I'vial vau < inl llainl iallelas, N 4. , :) ai i . at and \ it.1 ti -22 at 111c. easily n Oirtb Inlc and 2 . , Dress (oods. DrCSs GoOds. \V I aIve them in all ith li Ilt shade-s ill Il4/rietl't s ani d \\ hipl 'mrdsi. Ole In%\ 11m(4t -iula weaves this slpring. In blail-ks we have evev tliin;; (ew that s out. Y ou kw that tifntZ is aut horitT on ink I has as we make a siecialtv of lhack -:oot k. a)tl for Ia i(ldy to s~av Icr (Iress 4r skIri a i tm fr m it t : is tugh f o r any1- 41ne 14 i w tiolt it i CO C o rrtj l FI t andl righ i in price . N-1 l' d e4 her-elf Ini: buyil-t Ili \ a ilark 411kir1 wr rese . efore I-11uniin; al 'u. li.e. Ntos. N oos. hoi itle Ith mst '4 pl1 n110 eic ever tll. . It for any il lhn yo walln , we, have it. ILadies, Nec we ;r arft. Tics. I.nce Pl'n,, Stick Pl's, Pulle10y ill a n. 11 m 'lorl'es for ne ls : .0 b In aill metaL4 aoin sterliru lier. aist Sels. R'lhu . lltons. Vatnt nlard . lve i hin, Ides. Silver Hearts and 1,ravelet,; il ;I Ilinuiuni and tine differ poil hiln -. A.\sk for -any iH11n:: \\o have it. Iar Pet . ;I:.:, , 10 1 - h'ulit'luims and Wuni'w Shae . \\ arS :iw he Shoes. Shoes. TI" ry ' IM( Vi e :n .\45;: n ill :lwa s e :4 \Vv haioh- t re k tr IuI liwe r4-d1 -f :tit.h\ r et r Ever-y Ibint; w e el nI %\ i r31 i em Ic ' 111w i n 1 ive f,:11u fat-11 !. We, h-ni\ stiu k onr pal, let kl cr, folba If vie canl. I Iir stolre Is lin Ili r !'h ! }11:11'0. ; .1 1, lie pr le t i i m e, Cal nl 1. ll-,k , :1 \%'11 : rc li.'I plleagetd b) M0 - W\e mlean -! n R L. R. Bentz, L' J , M ) I- I.TI%(> N KiN(], Li Manager aIey Branch. x i 41orev I Invi I II to 1 re.- . . ir 1)5 theit Mwe:i man L'I . Hee' lhopord 1 h'(1 -1 itlLL tr 141t 1)14') blugt w nth of men f'inl foo \\'earI ()4 latseial piilCes is diI~it dra 'Ii g to4ur 11 toinboleilwho apd pe.rcitetlelad qualit I~rjy, -1 t til) f<i>tr sIilinre ' de im t '4/ ti 1064uiii~ thS'1h. Main Slitrettrl i[ ---ett (ev'inth~' filnthof tll wa ign g. Sot(h A rin n1, 'l pen wih d..ocatches fl dsa1t.1 IIII the newsl 11nn be)trustld ao to on the rii4 a rms.)~'I~ Ai) cord1it ng to Can tnl ,)ligial announeelnen' h t W in h Sl're toa iO. litged to tihrcaptured byL thec diotrts, who11 reporliI't-fol rn. otta - Genral ewetdefetnd he Bitis