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HE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL o NO 1ICKENS S. C-, TIRSI)Y \ 00 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Wv iniVite you I anlbovs wV( Our linle of INI Our Ioys' Knt Men's 'iants fi A complete lin felt 'Ind st Th'le beust :3.'5( line of' uit1 known tot We will take oul0's (.tll(L SM ITH & : G REE 80M IM94IiISSONS 0 .i IHCNT WA tS. The Use of Moduern Weapons ItH levolutioniedL De'ensive War rare. Columbia State. Sir William l acormae, the dis tAingAshed British surgeon who has been a volunteer in South African ho-s. pitals for several nlintlhs, announces on information which he considers un Impeachable that the Boer losses in tlhe battle pf. Culenso were but 30, of whon live only were killed. The British losses were 1,1.')0. This i-s an impresilve revelation of the defensive power of entrenched troops armed with modern riles; for it is agreed that the Boort successes have becu due to their weli-aimed Mausers rather tban to their cannon. Contrary to the stater'.ant of the INaglishman Whose .letLser to a Columbian was pr) itILcd i) The State yesterdav, statistics show that the Maxim-Nordenfelt rapid tiring cannon, or " pomn-posi " as they are nicknamed in South Africa, whilu, terrifying by reason of their incessant Jire, do comparatively little daimage, wlille the lyddite'shells of the British -ifave not been rotably eflfective. The INngllsh-speak Ing nations have come to understand a good deal more about war than they did two yvars ago,' and especially about dufc,!ive war, with Mauser ritles on tap. By expeitience only they have hooghit knowledge which, before 189S, they rather disdained; for -,omehow they learn only by personal experience, a few students and experts expected. The Americans learned first., in the battles blound Santiago, the great de fensive power ol the modern r 11 against frontal attacks : the l3rii-h refused to applv the lessons taught ny San Juan and ICI Cancy until Nlagers fontein and Colenso emphasizsd thcn. In their turn the Aniricans had learned nothing from it war in Cuba, which had bgen going on for' three years before 1898, and which was the first war In which the modern long range, hieh-power, smokelesb-powder ri had been employed. It used to be a common boast before the San tiagQ campaign-we have heard it, often that :10,000 Americans coul-d sweep all the SpanIards from the island of Cuba. It was taken for granted that bull log courage was the only quality needed, and cheerfully assumed that one American was more than a match for ten Spaniards. There were a great many people ir. this country who could not understand why the Cuban Insur gents did not capture and hold a lot oi towns-why they did not take Habana itself. It was fashionable In some quarters to sneer at the Cubans for their Inability to establish a perma nent capital, while a larger class were almost contemptuous In their regard for a people so inetlicient as not tc storm trenches and capture cannon iin stone forts. In just ~this spirlt the pr3itish began their South African eampaign ;y the Boars were mere p~ot shooters, skulkors behind rocks: British bayonet charges would . makc them run ; 25,000 troops and $50,000, 000 would open0 a way to Pretoria and take that capital. Now .tLhat the osti. mate of time has increased fourfold, the estimate of troops tenfold and the. estimate of money fifteenfold, thit British are wIser than they were. Those who are interested in thhl question will find in Harper's Weekl3 of a week or so ago an article on th< Iaod defenses of Hiabana which iua.3 open their eyes to what the Cuban In enegents had to contend against iI t~heir strugglo for independence.- Thel will see there that, the Span ish fortifi eations protecting Habana were o siuch a characeter that itr would havi required a minimum force of -100.00i men wIth a mInImum less of 20,000 ti capture the cty bylarid ; Ahat Unitet States olicdrd have found no 'less thai I50 different forms of defensIve works so ingenIously and skci))(ully executei that after a~ .'ei afoIti -it rruasterinj pbir detail they ayre to .be 4,ed. a 9rddels for the enlighterirpnot ou vwar college. Spanish miiayengineering, In deed, Is most advanced, afs the'defen sive works of Pilloinos formerly ln tel drnyof Spain have democnstvnted- a ilearly as the Spanish fortifications-11 -Ouba. What Is said of Habana' aj: .plies with almost equal force to ever: censiderable town In Cuba and to mana Inpo4iderable hamlets and posts. N Ierritory of equal area was ever sa -.oQveed with defensive we ks. LittlI .villages of three or four hop~jred .i h~bitabts wqnre r~Ingesl aboiut wl'th .els ..bprate barbed v'iro oost,ructionis ain ~pw 'half a dozejn to a dozen blook b fuAses. Th'e palm-shack town tc ,orou, ft .the head .of Abe .oastor ; chy, was syrroun aded by no less tha Scome to se ul for ay V I hinlg that IIIen en's Suits Iu flom .l .00 to .2.0I. e Pant Suits Si.50 to 80.00. Oim S1.00 toI 57.5', Of Men's and lOys'' IInts inl both rawI~ goods. Shot! mlvde for IlIel. Un(erwear, ainiolg' wilich is the best, kundered whil shirts an(1 coloried slits hie trade for 50 cents. deisure inl sholinlg you throigi the ilf t oodi in (ur I l ie in the liedmont I the prices are-( all riv hIt. BRISTOW ..NVIL LE. S. C.. 19 block-houses ; th trochta itse.ilf was a broad swath. cut. through the forest from sea to sea, with a railway through the centre, lities of barbed wYire cn tanglemcntp on each side, small block houses every hundred yards and big ones every mile. And these block houses wera many of themi formidable: we have seen one suffer three I)om1 bardments, two of them with 5-inch nav I guns. gnd at, the close it was standing withoutta, visibl.e breach in its valls. Spain had almost as many eiln in Cuba as Great Dritain has in South Africa: regulars au.! v-lunteer , thLy footed up 220,000, whih- the Cuban at no time had over 10,000 in the li,!ht 'Thie Spiniards we-re armed v. i th MIauepr r. lies and K rupo ield pieces : the Cubans mainly with Winchester and Itemin Lton carbines, anid they had practically no cannon exoept a battery or two of 2 1-2-inch pneumttic (iyna mite guns with a range of a. mile-but with theo tney took a number of towns, both before and after tLhe A mner ilean invasion. The difference between the Ameri cans and the iritish when they "went up ag ainst" ' Mausere ri les trench e was that the Americans won, while the Brit-ish did not. This is pleasing to our nationtil pride, but when the circumistarces are ztudled it will he seen that there are reaons for the dif ference unrelated either to courage or skill. Toese arc that the Americans, unlike ie Britih, attack anv.emy vastly inferior in numbers and in shooting abiity. The attitcki on the "an Juan and Canev hills were. like those on the lagersfontein and uCl enso kopje!-, dir-ct frontel ass-aults, unailed ny itrateIry. The British Were poorer shots than the A riericans, that is evideit. They con ttndeI against, the inest. mxarksmen in tihe world w hile the Spaniards oppo-ing our forces in the Santiago tights were among th pooret, r111c pr; aticu bi-ing unknown in the Spanish army. Bult i the nlain differerxeu was of numbters. It is held by experts that direct front al attacks on an :entreniched enemy well armed with mcder-n r-itu-s using smokeless plowder requ4 ire a1 numceia supteriority of live to one to be s-ucces ful. At Magersfontein and Colenso the B3ritish were urobably two to one. At San Jluan and Idi CIaney the Amecri cans were ten to one. You will niot hind this point dwell. (In by those American writers whose aim Is rather to flatter national vanity than to tell ,he -sober truth : but San J1uan and 10l Caney were but outposits andI their works held only I,5001 men atgaintst the 15.000 attacking them. These are the olicial ligures. At 101 Caney there were:>20 Spaniards. T1hey held at hay ror- ten hours fronm thr ee to live thous and Americans abnd only retired when they had lost 250 men, their general anud other ollicers. Comxipared with~ the Aoeris at Colenso, who) lost 310 mn out of perhaps 8,0010, these Spaniards had a hard time. The war ended13( be fore the main lines of the Spanish de fense arou nd Santiago were attem 1ted. Theli capture of Manila was a sham affair, by previous arrangement only nominal resistance being made to the American entry. On the only oc cabsions, thoroefor'e, that Amencrican met Spaniard in set battle the Spaniard did credit to himself, proving again his national pIower of resistanceo and thn poteney of the Miauser ril113. it is well to consider facts Ii ke these If only to broaden the mind andi reduce I-he race anid nationual arrogance which is too often the prodluct of slheer ignier anne. We wouhd like to see the timein come when justice of thought will be the rule iand the merits (If an ailien anud even hosti lo people will he recognize andi ad mitted abs frankly abs those of our otwni or a kindlred race. Such a cond itlin will make for internaltionl peace. Most wabrs result from the pre j udleie wich ab~cmipa is ir itI-intforma I tion ; and without, pr-ejud ice tlhere can he no international feuos. --Birmningham Is thte onily placu it which manufacturing crowns is aft ini dustry that may be said to Ilourish. -The trade Is principally with Africa, -where -the native kings have- come to aregard a Birmingham crown as a far s more elegant emblem of royalty than thu-stove pippo hat which they formerly affected. -A recent visitor to thn hoime of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, In Kentucky, Ssays that.the old man is In the best of helt bnd splirits, despite his ad -vanoed age. The -trouble he went through on account of his latest mar riage does not scorn to have affected him at aill, e--T1hore are only 26 females out, of a SChinese -population (If 3,700 In New /--alandl H11lsh AILl' SUOIC IS DI)IlAIw. lie Takes the IFttive CharsneeICy to Task loi lii 1. 1 teraicesi A btout ifhe Ilaibrita Ii'retchi' Story. Whittier is dead, butl. his totie li Ceeire aMd slatnders still ilve. He was I! ldeh a fainiatie a-, old John Ilrownr and it doubt old John1 i mbibeu froii hIl his i lit lessons in hatred of the Stutli a'nd slavlOry. Whittier's 1,oem111s tro hef~ore me aid thirty-seven of thei are waiiings for the slave andti iri ig ant stingr against tihe Soltliertn statesitan l ticluding CalL.i, and the Soutlieru people. lit- wits an initise SeceShiorlists, and whem Texas wikt nd mittel he prayed in vcrsc for a yawnt Ing gulf to open antd separatet tie North froi. the South. When miel Webster iade his lIast and greatt..-t. speech at Capon Springs, in which lie defended the So Li 1,11id deClred t . at We hadtt the right to withtdraw froitn the Lnion when we blieved tLit. :d eral compitet had )e!n -i brokci, W int ier Hew to ms inkt-tanl and wty Ie Lhis of hit: " Sol fallenl : So l ' Tlhe lii nith rn Wichfii 'ice ie uire: The gliry from iis ,r-,Y h:tr n For evernirire. L~et nt the, Ilnd onlev proulid -f himl lusulit him no4w. Nor brand %\ t dee-per shline hi, ani Ilaishonor~red bron. All else is ;ne: tl'rm in- great eys. The stiul is lieti. Wein intith i- lost airnd h mnoriiere The tma1n i. dead. Theit pray the r-\ erenc if o1 tnia To his tdeti lameiit. WaIli back w ard n itli averted -:ret And idte his -iamie.' That, is pa't, of the tribute he pid to the immortai Webater. Lte granti.,t ligure in Ne w i'ng liand liistory. But I was not t-roub ilng ityself IaOit the giltedI old faattiv. I was' ritiitt ing about, iariuncey I )pew, who ib not dead and whoevery little while bobs up screnly to get It little more fame as a humorist. I , seem]t3 that wien General lErly passed through 1-redurick CitY, inl Niary ilaid, h1lie Jausej d lorg enou' tI Lo tXiCt fI'00 10 good p-ophc tthe rot of $2'.0U,000 for arOy purposes, for ar W iia, ier wrote of tnei, tLiy were ' a atm islhed horde," ind now tHO t city i:, ap ptiled tro Cung res fo' a re futinig of tUiut money, and one "eason they give i1 tIa', an11ii ivotlntl it her nintety--IXUi year Waved tihe 1rinionll 1.Ig at the t*rh:. itItd Stoniewali Jacksot ordered hi, imi. i to lire at her, and Lhey' tired aid br,oku thie wiidow glasi and riddled the 1l lg atio knocked it out of her haiu ant ;-n.. picked it up aid waved itaain. Tnat, tibe p)etic 3atr that Wiittier tod about Barhara -'reitch ainld a comitit, tee from i'rederick City las been lie fore Congresa and s tid it was -o. Chulinecy D. p'w heard it all an1id said it was v ortli i200,000 to LI ie th ti Li of the story e( tthlished, anid lie noueoii his ead appriovingly aid oaid thia " old Barbai a wits One (if the idols (A his clild t hood, and wIheni he played ar.>und his IttibIer's kinees his icar tlhobed with --ympathy lor the grtay haired old wor mrn wihose paLioLi in defied the tenmes of his coitry." The old INip Van W.nkle : I rueion) that is one of iris late:-t jokecs, for Ie Was Iori in IS:1I, and watLiven LYtirnit y'ear- old w blL utl" artl y was n I:'WreI - erick Uity, and heits itthin pinayinig around his mother't knee., in the N w York begisature, Dr. J1. WHill doe, Iichnl.ond, the ligIett it hority oil Ciinedirate hi-tory, has published in the March numiber of Tite Conh-driertc vetcran aiother exposiire of ia wantri imil g niantL myth aibolu, H~rirnara FreltcIel, and does so only b' cl!i tiet' nOi iii Inas oitteI in!,o somel SortLiern .-clioulbooks and hle wiriles to braid With falsetiokd ihis vile nnlndter - on Stonewal Jackoti Tihe whole tmt 'erable tin ig was inv ent-L o ated nt111 at,. Wan-lhinilon. h.t, on ithe n-po~t at, Pied ericr City, and IL was es tiablished yeatrs agor tlhtt no) Con fedler ate troopis par-seud in n-h'hlt of the old wo man's house :tinat no i sg was wavedr: that Stonewall J ackson iwan not, then wvithi hisi troops, arnd that old IBarbara iwas bed-r'iddenl anid pararlyzed anid coould not have wav'ed a flag if she had had' one. T1he danme's nephew, V'alerius IMhert, hnas published his certi licate thiat the Il .ig story is alt a my Lti iithout '.he sIrlibte:-t foundation, andi that his ol~d aunt, was at that time bed r'iddeni and hart lost tlte piower o( loco motion. i'tei't was there at, the Lfti, anti was the adinr itIisti'atr oni her es' tite wh len s he diedr and neer hea icinr f any ii .rg, anti yet, oneo of tire r'ascals whoii is after' that moneily test! idcr that he very last curse- ini theC liile is again tut himr th makeri o ittlii eth a ire. and'it, mrakest no di lf;eienn wrietbir he is a pot pr'ient (r Sentio rl, lhe ill Iind htm self ini iawfuil bad comtipaniy in the world to comie. Yearsn ago this mtythi was expliodedi in The N aw York Son while D ania wiat living, butt now thatt he Is (lead it, has como1 to light again in its columns. Thei papellr's tmotto used Lt) bet" If yotu see it, In Theiu Sun it's so." but, now If' yout see it in 'Thei Sun it's not, so, would lit it botter. I i h thaitevery Conifed orate sold ier and their CliilIdren andl grtandchild ren would suribnile for Th'ie Veteran tand keep, up with thie best moe imot'les of the lzjst Cause- a cause foir wivch e we are stillI proud, for it get~s brighlter anti purer as the years rol on. Some mnths ago Dr. And rews, the great ed ucartor, declar'ed and pub - Iliedi that eery pm-incipie the Sotuth fouight, for had since been before the Suapr-eme Cou rt of the nation and die cidled ini is favor, atnd recently ia nota tble New En-g landi min Ister has declaredi thatt neg!rro suilt-rgo wits it mniserable bl1unider andti that thre lifteenth and six - eeittli amtendimtentLs to Lime consttitLotion shldiIr he trepeal ed. Well, Lime; is it goon dioctor, tand the Sth i is tin tihe uapg!rade. Tnei I itiub I icon patrty imay ire re-elected, but the Soutth cianmnt lie wrrted.- The diry will crme whlen pensons0 andi back paty will be given our old n-oldier's and our Con fedeorate w idoiw s, a nd ourm Nrthorn slarnderers will taukn oil their hiats and ap~ologiz/e. We ar te tr-ying ha ird itt my hou1se5 toilt ihercinle- to forgot andt forgive, tand hre ralm in rd serene w hen hold Ing soitanl iintLe rcour sen w ithl those who lit, on the otiber'n rh' tand we got along prtetty well as- lng ars they imeet us on htrt 1waty gi-roundn, burit it- for thiesei vile slantderi r's whno keep un lying and rubbing it in, we aire v'ery miuch like my lamentted fricnd, Geornige Adiir, said about a pireher' ini wholm he had no Contitdnno - ' Well, he mirvryrgtt to tie11ven, for the Trac.e of God is very reat, but if I got tlhe r I'll iot hunt hii uii) to sAy howdy-I don't w.nt to live on) the salme street willi him." 111t1,1, I\ .1 v.. TWO CAMPAiAN PSI'E3lAl't4e. Prettictioiln 4)1' Repiblicanl ai Ilem oi-rtit LeatIers Abouit the ICletoral Vote. As we near the Presideitial cam paign the wise Inen of hoth the great parties are beginning to make esti mates of the next electoral vote. The New York World publishes the follow itnlz table which gives the prediction of Gneral Grosveror, a very .:lose frien .l (if Pre.ident McKinley, as to the num ber (if electoral votes he will recevye: A-l- : i N 'I ll V ) I N iiEY. Cal ifornia........ !, North )akota ... 3 Connecticut...... iOhi:-.............2:3 Illinois . .. .. .'I O regon.......... I Indiana. .. .15 'Pennsylvania. . .32 lowi .. . . . . ..13 Rhode Ishino . . -1 N nine ........... I South ).kota . . I NI iissieli t i ts.. . 15 Virm on . . . I N liebigan ........1-1 W asi lon.. I 11nn,-S otait........ I W est \' -irg iia 4i New .lersey ......10 Wh-icon.,in.. . 12 New II tinpshire.. 4 Wyomi -ng New York.......361 Total.. C'E:RT.\IN V''0C BIYAN. A labhima . .. ....\ Montana. A rkansac... .. S Nebraska.. (olorado..... . I Nevada......... l '.or da .......... 4 NorLI C raro na. II Geor'ia.... .. . 13;south Cal iu Ia. Klentucky. .... l iienet.e.. 12 Idaho ............ 3 1'exa ............5 SInuisi a........I Utah......... .. 1 larylad... .....~ \'irgina ... ....12 NI I-nissi opi....9 .11issouri ..... ... 7 Total ....... .. , I7 I)ubtful: 1Kansam and I)Iaware. This is a li0ber1 estiiate for so ex trei and nthusiasilqe partisan ai General Grosvenlor. lie considers MIe K 1 h.-y .ure of only 260 oleclorsl votes, wherea . b,e reci vea 271 in 18sg. Goneral Gro: venor concedes to Blryan NlaryIand and K-iucky, both of which went for NIcIK inley in) 1961, thougfh lyan got one of K-inLucky's electioral vol- . Dliawvare, which also weit, for ,It K uiily, he places in the doubtful I I:.t. lie a'so puts down l a nsas as douotful. t1hogh the lIeplihicanit- ar riel * i i IOs by a plurality oif 1 1:! J'he only Statt e vlaimed by Gencral G1rozvenior for Nh Kinley in 190110, which wnt (fr liryan ino B m if) , are South I) - kotla. \Vanhin-gton and Wyomini. \ll of L e I)0ut together have only 11 electf'-al voles. The World publiahes alo the follow ing est.i mate of S-nator J. K. .ones chairaaic of the National limocratie collmm it tv : DE.114 H A TIC '. T FKS. A..abaia........ 11 ,ontana.... . . .. . : Arkans-a....... s Nebraska ....... . Colorado......... Nievaoui.... ..... : I). Laware. . . :; North Carolina. . II l'iorida.......... I ''moth Carolina.. -I Georgia.. 13 1Te1nne~s.ee.......12 Idalo . ... ...... : I 'exas..........15 K a n -,, 1 s . . . . . . . . n i s Ia h . . . . . . . . K -ntuckyv ....... I \ irg i a .... ...12 Lj misianat. ...... w et't \'irginia.. 1; . \ary land .... ... Wyomi ng. . 3 NI issis npi...... 1I bliw o ri. .. ....1 lotal.... . . . 191; Total, 21 sure Dmooratic States. Old -'.l' . \ N I .\'i'i.-. . C ailfornia... . . . r g n . ........ I Cl ne tcu ..... 6 -'n s lv n a . ';2 lilinois. . .. I M iod. I-lnh o . . I. i was. . ..13.,! u) th D~akoti.. I NI aint. .. .. . . \'ermont........ I Mam-saebau etts I..1 WasiIngton . . . . .1 NI fchlivan ....... H Wiheonsin .. 12 New flampsre.. 4. New .lirmy..1 Noth lI)kota ... : Total .. ... .I Tit al . I? sure I :pubhiicani Statesc. New York........36iiinuestai . .... 0 Inudiana..........l11 - - Ohio..............2:lTotal ...... . I: Total, 4 doubtful States.. Chirmnan Jones gives lBryan as cor' taini .30 mi~oe eeCtorl vo1te tha n he* received In I18tll iand NI cK inley 193 less. As 22.1 votes are re quired to elect. Chairman JIones leiaves Mr. Bryan 28 votes. short, hut ha.. expe)cts 1.hat more than this number ill b e furnhiihed from the 8 votes of the States whsiieb itletion esti mates are i nte.reitinug wvho have cteptionalhl isource of in for iLies fior ))1 obsrvtlin. it 1 il aso itnte r(st inig to re ad them afitoIter' the eleict ion antd see liow neairlIy Lihey camne to pr~e-I iietinog t he resu ilt, or how farl they miissed it. WNlmiiEY (1nowl~ N' NMANIsl --TIhe Ne w Y ork P ress saii s : Iknglan d, Seot land. Ireland aind Wales' consume 95, t000,l)00I gallons oIf pure alcohol annually -not in thbe art but down the guillet in w.-hi sko v, w.'Inc and heer's. Th le year-i' lv costui of I'daghltnii's lhijor'ing is abot)L $Mti0.000t,000l. In the last l100 years the Wh~t.1iskey' is g rowing meaneri~l ever'y year' ---not thibe original goodis, but, the hot stulf Iihiat is pa~SS~i ed ver theC averaig. bair to the customer. A nd if omen ,vOuld pause toI learn'i how thme poisoni that stieals away their brai ns is maide they miighmt desire it less. Six thou eand( barrel, of w.h iskov wt re hold inl Louisville last, week at 45 cents a har rel . Wi'hat does the g'rogseiler do': Mixes together te folwing : 2 l-1 ions of whiiiskey at $* 5I :t 15) gaiins oif spirits at $1.30: a pint of rum. Sl0tcunt-; a pinit (f syrup, 10 centa. : 8 lpinto of prune juice $I. 10 ; g alions of water arnd a q ua rte r's .vorth of hea d oli 'or coloring. Tlh kit rives him 4si II gallons,1 oif r'otgu t for $j59.S5, a little less thani $1 .29 a gaillon1. ThlmIs conco ation is sold( over the bar' at IS cents ai drink o; two for a gunarter. Tn'ere being sh0 driinks Li) the <?iIiln, he takies ini at sinvie drlnks $12, andl at two lor' a q~uar'ter $i1l, leaving a prohi t in onle ease (If $10.71, and In the other $8.7 I. Ile callis this vile man-k ilier a blended w hissey. -A, dummny clock has been piaced oni I ndepenidence hali, of 'a'hiiaodelphia, at the point where the real clock marked the time in other (lays. its hands point, to the hour when thle do clav'atioan was ultomi E'ID)GA R A. POE ANI) "THIC RA VICN.', 114) Wrote time Great Poelmimi at tile Bremai iotetieai lit ie Siahuurs Ili New York. 0-n1. Jiim6es I O'ililerne, of New York. told the stor'y of Poe's " Itaven " to a party of trienus i few nlighits ago, says the Mail aid "I~pes. " in spite of the oft-rmepeated story that Eddgar Allk-n I 'oc coimposed lis masterpiece, The lIven,' in the Poe cottag.'e, at l''ordaim, the most indispiutitbie trai LIMIt pIrOVe1 Lh . t the Ioimi wits W'i tt:li While 'oe was spending the t umo il'r am the homestead of PaLrick Brenitian, father of Thoetmas S. irenailna, of time departitnent of ebiarit its aImti corrt c Wion. "' 1,r Allan I'oo," contiminud G ti 4-,ral () I1m11e, "spent the suillimmrs of i,1- anId I"'1 I at. tibe hoelistted of mlly father-in aw. I have frtquently iar tihe htLory fron ily wife's itps, who was about 1 years old when she becalime at quaintied with the gr eat poet. In I lo:-e days, more thati aii(f a cmenitim'y nt'eo, 'atrick Birenan owned a farm of "16 acres, extending from a point atitmit 2o feet, oast of Cntrial 'ark west tio the ilildson river. It we z a pi e pt 'quo t110t, anmd t.1e neuig horing Lrr'tory Wias Considered a suort of sumn lm'r mCsor't whlitme' a iubitme' Of pei' imms migratid in the hot, weathber. Thte lot whIe-re the oild house stood, oi I', m hity-fou rtlh street, between A lie-ter tlai in vii enne al.ul time l0ouevard, is at, mirsent tihe -only vacant one i in t.i ilock and cintiLains a tree and the rem nints of a --tone well fr-om whichm I'o imraink omanmy a tine. " Iln the 'innmeriicm of 18-1, 1 'o. went to tie thome of M,-. Bremnmi, taking with thin I hi invalid wife. Virginia, and her mother', Mrs.clemimi. If Poe's bio r-al hies. which paitli him its a md is .-ipated man, are ti-rie, then they mu tist r1fer to his younogerm days, fo' Mrs. lh 1'mnnin invariatbly dtilmed the'se chaM-es wIhieni they were miade, inl imem' " Imri.ng two yVIVs -le kiew Himl inl timiiately I and never msaw 1m1nm allected hV Ilqiqmo' or do aughtl that, evidelncedt 1the wVIld impetulous nat-ure Wit~h whichl line hts been iceredited. He wa-- the gtlost n of iiushands and devoted t, his invalid ivI fe. P'r ( iqently w hen shm was weaker than t-uail, he carried hm-r tenderly from ii- roomn the dimirmium table amid sati-licd her every w 1i nim. " Mr4. Iirteian was noteti fur h; er kind hevartednetts and sympathetic nat ire, and ovee I lieard her ,ay Lhat I'Oe read 'The IUven' LI) her' one evminmmg before lie bellt it to the 'Mirr-.', " It Wias 'o'ts CeAtomi to Wander away from the limot-m il pI.iant weith em' to 'Mount Tom,' an lllimen'iie ro k, whieb maiity still be seei ill I vt'ersidte Iark, whiir'e he would sit malone for hoims, gizing out upon tie lt.Hud-,on. * Other days he would roa m through tle stumimouiding Woods and, returning Iin time mfternoon, sit in time ' big room,' as it used to be alled, by a window and work unceasingly with 1)311 amid paper, until tihe eveling sIaldows. "No doubt ii was uponm Such an even ing, when sitting later than usual by the window, 'ileamimng li' dteiia. Io mori'tal ever dared to thai befome,' mmiitil very ilo eise had rered ani tie moon hidden her light behind a Liolud. that he 'heaii tilie tapping, s [)f nome one gent-ly ra14110ng,rapn at im al 'mIe der.' li e tiiart- mit listens for a ilomeit anii thenl liitgs open the door, mieiticiving lomme miid nmight visitor --ho 'da-kn hers t 'e and nothing incre.' Por aivhitie he pke-r out, into the dai kness, lit lie can nee no one and i'tum'ris to his chatir. - TheI agaii line hear.., 'thu rapping, so mi.whiat louder thima before.' Tb is ~imen tihe blitind milppar-enfl y co mes I rom thbe inidowi mind lie Itiing- open~l the -hultter, 'wh len ithi lmiany a Iit an mim ii tterin, in L,berc Lu.00s a -Latn- Iy mavyen mif the sainttl y days of yore.' "- A bovc the dour, iJpeninmg inito thet haullw ay, thlerme stoodi the 'id iii bust ii IPaellas.,' It wais a little plaistur casht timd occupied mi shell nailed to the icoor' eaisiniL. Iinmiediamely hoind thbe hust and occupyIig time space lhet~ween ilihe topl casing and the ceiling, a numnber of iIttlo panels-i of smooky glass Loo~k time laeni of1 the par titioni. ''ThiIs bust of M inmerva was ol i mur rn mfovedl or briokenm by mone Cof time Ilire-im nan tenianits aftem' Lime fiammily hand moiv ed to thei' city anid no trace of it, amn be found ait thle prosent, tLii. "Poei~i iwas extmreimely fond of chliildren m, amid M lr9..< 'Ilie ir itu msed Lt) tel If (ily Ing oni Li~be ll ')or ait. hi fet manid m'narraging m hii S mianusmcript.. She diidn't, unrder tau why bi3'le turnmedl thei wiviitten Ide1( towar-ti t~me Iloor', andiu she woitil r' v err-e it an.i arrmanigo Limo pagj~es actordi1 inig toi the mmi mber u pon them. " iMrs. I iinna wvas neuver v-exedl iwith I 'o, except omi onei occaisoin, whe hicile secratchied his niamie omi Lime mmteieucc in his room. It wais a ver'y quiainit and ii d-fashioine'd aitfair with carved trml andiui vines amid leaves, amid Mrms. I irennanmiii aways kept, it, carefumlly pitied. Oin tie dnay ini glii s tionm Il'oe was leamninig aginst time mnim tmlplcece appaimrently in mied itaitiotn. WVitlbout thinmking, ille tr'acmd his namime oni the hilackI mn iitel, anmd whieinI Mrs. lirenn ni cal his itttenition to whaimt lie wa, dloing hie -minilied anmd a k - lier pard'(on. "I t, seemtis stranmgo timhat piele w vill persIst inm m'myiamg that 'IThe Illaven' was wivmit teni at time I 'oe coittuagl i Ford hiamm, while it is well knomwni that the ato iir did no it miove to I-ord ham ontLii IMit, anditheii' poml appiteared in the New Yiirec 'Iirror' in .1 mnuary, I8.15, andl was coied time lotllow ing mmonth in Tihe maln tel upo~nn wihich Po scr'atchm i-i is nmimie now adorns tine libhrarmy Ii re-jilace oif Mr. W illilam I Iemnstreot, at Nm Ist1 lier'geni iitre"et, lirooiklyn, whc hought IL when the hirennan hiome steadl was demolished, about twelve yea.mrs ago. MIrsm. Manley, a dauighter oif 'atr'ick hirennian, hits the lock from IPoe' chamber dlor, It is ain old-fatshiioned ma fair and fulIly 1ix i nohes lonig anid live wide. Mrs. Manley took it, as ma souiveni r when Lime Boim lirnahomie wais taken down. TIhe p~resent, ocecup1ant of the l'oie cmit taige at IFordham makes the aissemrtioni that, the poemn was composedl ait time latter place, and exhlibits to time ereu lousB Sightseers the very winidow " where l 'oo wrnote hiis i mimrtal verses. -N.- V. Maii tini texir,s A CONiElAiliitArT,; MARI'Vit. Him Native Stato Will Irect a Moe mntur to in Memory In lite Capit Grounids at Nasihville. 1111 Arp, in (rie of his recent letteri alludes to the martyrdom of the youtl Sam )avi, who gave 1) his life rathe than bt eak ils word and Letray anoti or, and expross the Wish "that ever boy in the southland knew of the su and glorious death of this hero " Tel nessee intends to perpetuate tho namti and heroreiim of this bravo youth, an tihe Legislature has atthoriz Nd the It cation of v monument to Sam DJavi within tihe capitol grounds, andt a com m] ittee has solectcdLl the site on the mos ii n1g and uniquIlne promontory withi Life beautiful eec ilosuir. The figure o -iaim IM:s on the moniunent will be o icroi si/.', clothed in his Con federat gray jacket, v.ith trousers tcked it cIavalry boit,', just a- worn by tie iiar' tyr whin' he bravely met, his deatl. Sam llDavis was a youltih of Ten nessec wll), like ntatiy atit her of hier' boiiys We.t to war ini I SG l for hoime ami friends, except, tbat he wit., triid i ever 'sld ier wits. anild throigh 1 hi: tria, live'4, and the wonderfful story o Is life will. rk garolessi of seLitna inS, stinlalte mn) iand women tL ste-itice i' Irkih ant iriiciple. Young D.tvis eioiige-d to Saw' Scots, who, under orders from Oler Cheatiiam. were operatinig in Tonne see ariund their very homes, whe they w,"e nearly all, including (Capi Shaw hin-elf, catiureil by the ilt! rals of (en. D ).lget's commanl.i. \aIli able papers were fooild oil tlhe Icrso of i)tVIs, clearly iiilicating hi1u SIiaw was in the pr ieOn aleo at tl tiei, but escaped dtteetion Ilirong havinig been known by tie name c Coleman. D1v08 was tried by coulrL-Imiartia The evidence being Clear, Ie was Con vieted anti sen iten ced to be hanged The -ame death ftor tie violation of ,11 ram rule of war with mut by Natli Hlale Ui lity year's before, when ictini iimilor Gni. VILAhiltoi ord'r, til dIff reCI-b-, Vivin111 D11vi4 t-heU gr a3ti distinction , b in that, he was olloret life and liberty tinlIer codol itions wilitI be, rigard i rng it dishonoIrable Ie cline d. At, ihn is went to his deat h imuiinit ,vas ollerCd im 11 if h10e woould tell wli gave hii tLht' per fond oil his per son. Ili. captan, -batw, had givt' Lieiii to lim, aid Wa- thin inl the saii lirison tit l'ula-ki. le reflu d to pur clbiiate lib ownii life it the pr:ce of atn other's. A c0rsionden1 oL tlhe A LIanLit Con titution Lotris t, that paper a pomli "Sai IDavis," which was writ,ten Ihl John Trotwood Moorc, inr commemior tion of the tragic incitleit, whiebh c1i th' lift of the youinx',g mirartyr, akI'd is a lollows : I 1ell mle lit. liune ai Y114. are iree. I he 'e eril snid. n lile I'rm 0:4m ir-e T,11- grim ll - daw-lgleel threal inn:wk. The birdls vee ed 1in; -e --hainpy binils. IThat saw! of hornie lit, mnither. nori ls. The sujnslane kiss;ed is ee - dear sun. It loves : hife 'ile rinl iegon ' Tlhe very brec/e., hel tir brteuhi I o wch I e lie ight 'ri it life :nl dear 1. A*it , i ( , !.i -m\ i nm : ir r -i e :ti ; tr Sniled b c:te ile b ;i ' i e in Ii'' sili-d I thi hi : ill , as it Il o Iar " Oht. !,ia y Yflir life ior ii toilaiv T4 lle ,,riii e anidl -\- r t re i i l ' r li -i- t' r' 1i1it. '''er 1 - i1: i1 ' n i l' N li1alv 'i n te reli b l refrni ii, 1,41 Ibi ,. Itl :na w h ie - tiicnr A it : r ;l_ au d h-m mwd tihe r:id k- i i sm i1h bai s r t pd ' ui t h den ir rI l h IIV : Iw l rl e1114 a-l-~ 4ear \tar. l ai rilt4rit of til iritormo lie 3 ' hI t I iylo ked uI p - t %\ Ia. i, i, the v ear ---~' \lmni woie m hann'io-break mYr Aci' Lear Is r'n ilt ititeral g-ve ii . .\tY o y, I haltl ti ) tio e i or Git'ti anme t hi r o tto une aevnl c Ay aule i hr walkill see L;ar he a "irely ailled aio. 'leo Inf.mahone liiard ill phouad yie ho the.eiiLiiix Ll le t nnher o npat Ivdgeith l~i, valaorn I f all pron'lert nd h Lue 'uros for ain. '1'h eceityfi I Your utry.ha een ohva ei ntsor'em The hi ualed back an farel stie f The breao ws abbed trhis hai'tawiuby W irdl ro ke l$ ult i soit e faic n .ieim yotr viliewrs isl hi i-ilick gcti lit fohey leaink his ame rig thfo'ei star. ),arn, hurr Inw hlis brothers areit t'o fliint ' that I olinslilsre i af a j]dt rin hitvi wh itd i r ctru thatI andri ir crart yrIbii )i ifsal kmriiv iththeuvi ham ea oiitra i an Iog van i' \an -Compwiitrle Generaili siirhtain der te gestnirl auonthorvti~ gienit byrla oto catluli'i o sah repots ah dillrtniaeda ti call fria epttth -yeart rmte vist1,on mnufacturin coner n. Tho bla).nksa wilioo h'eprr paredii and- nd muillinth lnevealcou Mrtylnitr who will vnete thniltheyar prop er of lilensacTha inforatio ha< quited ill deoaly be wthe capitalizt the( iumeriy cofs pe ratioveIs, th s sot valuatin fi val rnsersto Adgte an sucther dataaout acres rafpidtly p groin~i heury n s bLieen oitus ofo on:i Monromrald lwey arn lesaingi I Chiagam was asyndictilleet iby "onowillyoisu an 1tatemen deaioad you viealawil nthe ptbei cguetnh exortevn. asigo orCiao 4* EVER GROWING! We're Getting Bigger and Bigger, Chleiecr' and Cleaiper Every Day. r Sterilnig values. gol(di opportunities tire e the inlvitaitionsi extendled to voli inl this td lottse. A little molev here* goes a lung way. . If you have not botghlt of its before, try its iotnsC, youl will be pleased with tIe resilIts. .1 1is drilp in aId !ee the throngs in our store all the titte. 1i, You want to know t the reasuit Fin1r-leiause we have the largest, prettiest and best selected tock if tooids f ever shown itn Greenville. Si. i i--We nidersell tll competitor,. I We'll matlh or heal any price. No matter -from whot sojurce. Plums Worth Picking. Ieritlar '4 li M sses Hibbed 1l1ose alI sizeis o to 11 .lat lil.. 3!1tilr . Ladle,; Niichelieul ii ed lIte tlar Ilti Sim enir lorsts, ontly 2)i(. Nmore after this; lot Itecilar Iri h li ri ity l ,fr 1-4e. We onitriol Ilien (mn this market. lcgiilar $1 .' laik Paraols f.ir $1 it. l'hev are blealtie. Ihvimular Sl :, I It- I -Spreadts for Spl 411. Yo-i all:u ti b n I i 11 VW Irv. Lace CLrti'IIIns and Mattiings. I his is the !easonII to take up thte old - tljpet alt put down matiting. Come tip Lo 1($ to 1d it fil-or l * (Will linle I,; co l ete and niew. We have olnlv of tilhest va*lute,, i i .\lattin:- and L-ace 'urtains we have ever hmd in iur house. Black Dress Goods and Silks. Tin S slock sttrlasses any we have ever cliiwi. It y uIt are going lo* iuiv i Skirt ol Waist see l hat we lave. 'ee our line (of \'ash Silk for waists at :i t Ih e v a r e s et l i i f a l . -s a n A nithr hlt ot those line tIrgandits and elids t l 'awlii a t the tidictil is low price (of It v.,c ari lneIrgandie, 72 inche wide. If we tried to) mentioi a small part of lite tli w: %\e have tI show it would take vverv' coltmi in this paper, and thien ttietre woul not he space eniugh. -all and see'our lotii, whelier yoilu wati -any' thin lor nit. ltememb er: ' Nothingi is 11lr1t1tile ti o ; 1 ,t will add1 to Your sil .in t ii. No bilutler, no winly state m bll ulino m %alie th a lr( alp'revinted - i telli lten uier'. Thalt ; whatl Vii theret. R. L. R. Bentz, ('ash DrY 1iLmiicam I Shoes. J AA11. T< ).N K IN( anilerEasle I tian ch . 'vilh. Si r. . - -l i 'lres Rig 11cra In, 0. - [ain St. Act lnctta fon litner eki s'iens.)'uto tAttt Polirtl in Or Faor ihoeistoikua iItyle. it aid td urabelit tr lhei~ $t ont shoes tols elsewherloest rapidl ferel,ecau you*iti i lhay stes at $1omfor .2 tI) andi $2 !li are handil made~t, bestl white L' iai biit tiomis, antd e very pair gttaral. L' teeid. It wtill pay y.oli to lok over our' H tocik b efoirc. hiuyot. P1u1DB & PA'1TON, 106 S. Main Street. tA i5" l''IrsLt d oor a bIove d 12 pscomt b & Itusl' g ---Th l.,l~oo of a cotal iuno necar eSat, I.I ake, litahl cost the l ives of mtoro thtan tree hundr11 ted ninerli. Th o hod r le's of two hun rd red h ave been recover aed, tand nto one1 enttetalns LheO faintest, :hopo that t1hero Is a living man In the in~~E. TJhte facl, that the rush of alir -fromt thle miouth of the ma~tin entry of the mt~Ino was LiuIlicient to blow a man and r is teami across thet gulch, almost ?,0t0 -yards, will setrve to inodieato what forc WII waseerted within the workings of the . minesIu and int the immutedhiate vicinley of thin exl5lodion. I"or vo years l)r. .l. Neowlon lIIathiaway ha'us i siuicesifiully treaite'd ehtronie dliieas. ii that lhe is a''kniiowlIedgeid today Ito stand( .Ut the heici li lf hi roifessionl ini ithis line, ItH exluslive' mehed 1 o11(f treatmeunt for \'ar. ('ile :ut N-ricture, wi'thiout the aid of kie ior cautlery' Irue itt 90 pecr cent,. of tall iiaw''. I a lhe treat mentt o)f the loss of \it atliFres. Nervouis I)isorders, Kidner udii I rillary Compinitts, Paralysis, 111oo1( H isniiniiig, lheumtatismn, (atrarrh, and( (is ni ('ase peCII ha r Ill womentl~, lhe is equnalty dI'li uciessfu l . lIr. IIlathI away 's practIce is in lire t han ili tile I that of anty other spie. tn l phsicians readti ly yield to hiis troatmnt. Write im today futlly about your case. 'IeI makes ino charge for consultation or advOlice, either at, his ollice or biy mail. .fl. Newtuot 11athtaway, M. I)., 22% Southt Broad street. Atlanta, Ga.