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Jeff Devi* In Montgomery. holy wnr for defense. Well do I remem ber seeing your gent?o boys, so small, to lise u farmer's phrase, they might have been celled seed corn, moving on with cager step and fearless brow to tho carni val of death; ami I have also looked upon thom wh'en their knapsacks ami muskets BCOUied heavier than the boys, and my oyes, partaking of a mother's weakness, filled with tears. Those days have passed. Many of them have found nameless graves; hut they are not dead. They Uve in memory, and their spirits stand out a grand reserve of that column which is inarching oil with unfaltering steps to ward thc goal of constitutional liberty. [Applause. | "lt were in vain if T should attempt, as I have already said, to express my gratitude to you. I am standing now very nearly on thc spot where 1 stood when I took thc oath of of?CO in 1801. Your demonstration now exceeds that which welcomed me then. This shows that tho spirit of Southern liberty is not dead. [Long and continued applause.] Then you were full of joyous hopes. You had every prospect of achieving all you desired, and now you oro wrapped in tho mantle of regret-and yet that re gret only manifests more profoundly, and does not obliterate, tho expression of your sentiments. "I felt last night as I approached the Exchange Hotel, from tho gallery <>f which your peerless orator, William L. Yancey, introduced me to the citizens of Montgomery, and commended me in lan guage which only his eloquence could yield, and which far exceeded my merit, 1 felt, T say again, that T was coming to my homo, coming to a land where liberty dies not, and serious sentiments will live forever. [Applause. ] "1 have been promised, nvy friends, that I should not bo called upon to make a speech; and. therefore, I will only ex tend to you my heartfelt thanks, dod bless you, one and all. old men and boys, and tho ladies above all othors, w ho novel faltered in our direst need." [Loud mid long continued applause.] When ho retired the shouts were sc long and loud that Mr, Davis had to gi to tho front again. Hu bowed his ac knowlcdgmcuts and thanks. Governor O'Neal, when it was possibli to bo heard, made a handsome speech ii reference to the cause of tho gathering and ol' tho love the people of tho Soutl feel for the statesmen anti soldiers of tin South, and introduced General John ?3 Gordon, thc orator selected to deliver tin address, as in Mr. Davis's feeble COlldi tion it was understood he could onlj speak a few minutes. General Gordoi received a grand welcome, as many sol dicrs that he had commanded were pres cut. In opening his address General Gordoi made an eloquent allusion to Mr. Davis in the course of which ho said: "Aa I saw liim in that first great coallie ol' the Confederacy, with the shouts <> victorious legions in his ears, and tin glory of battle on bis l'ace, he was in th meridian blaze of his fame, eommandnij tho unqualified confidence of bis South em count ry men and the attention o Christendom, But as a prisoner, strii ped of all power save tho power to ot dure, sustained by thal majestic spir which no force but death could compiei awaiting ins judicial trial and ail its col .sequences with a repose of mind, >i equip?se aud dignity of demeanor rurel ? .quailed and never excelled, it was thc that lie bound himself to the hearts < his people in deathless affection and roi to tho .sublimest height of tho morall heroic. Of these two scenes, tho one i tho fortress was moro profoundly in pressive. Its lesson is of inostimab value to the young men of our count r; lt teaches that no revulsion in politic fortunes, however sudden or extrem can overwhelm or crush the man who: aims are lofty and whose life is blameles To my mind, gnat and grand as he wi ni the hour ol' bis most splendid triumpl he was greater and grander still in tl iiour of his deepest humiliation, Ai when alienation ami bitter.memories a gone, when the crucial test of historic analysis shall be fully, fairly and trot fully made, then his name and his lam his conspicuous services to the count before ibo war, his unrivalled State p pers and tijanly uttcrnriCfS during t! Avar, and his moival elevation ana m?tc less fortitude as prisoner of State aft? tho war, will command universal rcspo and challenge unqualified admiration. " In alluding to the achiev emcnts of ti Northern and Southern armies, Goner < Jordon said: "I acknowledge inferiority to no ma in admiration of tho broad liberalit which prompted tho efforts of Chark Sumner to strike from the flags of th Union the names of thc battles bctwcc bis estranged and embittered countn men; yet I subscribe neither to its polie nor to its justice. All honor to the spir of tho man who, facing a storm of polit cal wrath, could rise to tho lofty pnrpof of destroying all mementoes of Norther triumph over his Southon) conntrymoi All honor to the eloquent utterances b which ho sought to make practical hi magnanimous conception I But 1 uttei ly dissent from the opinion that sue! oblih ation was either essential to th fraternization of the sections or just t the intrepid armies of thu Union. Til ono thing essential to tho manhood aa self-respect and, therefore, I repeat, t the patriotism of tho people, is that e\ act historic, justice shall bo meted to enc army and all sections. Let molloioil detraction cease; let envy, which cn slaves ignoble minds, find no place in th breast of any lover of truth. 'Wit! what mensuro ye mete, it shall bo mea.' ured to you again. ' A just appr?ci?t io? of tho motives that impelled and of th heroism which sustained each army am section in their Titanio conflict, is th symbol as well as sustenance of patriot ism. Illiberal criticism is not only un patriotic-it is irrational. Merited en OOminms of Southern heroism is impliei eulogy of Northern j ?rowes?, which, in spired by devotion to tho Union of th States and sustained through privation and blood by tho profoundest convk tiens, brought at last this lion-hearte section to defeat and surrender. On th oller hand, laudations of tho great coin mander? of tho 'Army of tho Potomm und of their fearless followers and th monuments built to their memory ar monuments also to Loo and bis barefoot t?nd hungry heroes, who for four bloody yean kept those vast niunbors ot bay, and in tho spaco of three years defeated and forced from tho supremo command at least flvo of these renowned Federal captains." At tho conclusion of General Gordon's eloquent address it was announced that Mr. Davis woidd receive bia friends at the City Hall. As be started from the Capitol portico the artillery boomed forth and bred a salute of ouo bund reu guns. Tho sumo scene of cheering and waving of handkerchiefs was enacted as when the procession moved up the avenue. Mr. Davis was earned to the City ll nil, where genera) handshaking was indulged in by a vast number of callers, only per mitting a moment to each. This ended the day's demonstration. It was a grand success, rain during a portion of the day being the only drawback. Universal good humor prevailed. It is impossible b> estimate the crowd, but it was fully twenty thousand in the streets and on the grounds. THE sin TIIEHft DAPTIHT8. Thlrty?Flrat Henton of th? Convention-A Large Gathering Expected In Montgomery. Tho thirty-first scssiou of the South ern baptist Convention will be held in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday. The Kev. J. ii. Hawthorne, of Georgia, will preach the Convention sermon. The Southern Captist Convention was organ ized at Augusta, Ga. There are now in the United States 2,572,288 Baptists. Of these 2,1)00,000 aro in that scope of country over which the Southern Baptist Convention extends. The Convention docs its work through two boards, viz: The foreign mission board, located at Richmond, Va., the Kev. H. A. Tupper, D.D., corresponding secretary. The re ceipts of this board last year were 881, 289.59. Thc board bas missions in Mexico, brazil, Africa, China and italy. The Kev. Churlos Mindy, D. D., of Greenville, is vice-president for South Carolina. Thc second is tho homo mis sion board, located at Atlanta, Ga., the Kev. J. Ti Ticbonor, D.D., correspond ing secretary. Last year's recepta were $71,481.88. They reported 185 mission aries, 2,0:51 baptisms, 1,001 additions in all; three churches organized. Among tho Colored people thc board has boen holding institutes, theological, at which 170 preachers and deacons have been taught. The mission fields01X3 in Arkan sas, Louisiana. Texas, Florida ami in dian Territory; in Key Weal among tho Cubans, and also the Levering School in the Indian Territory. The Kev. ft, NV. Sanders, of Chester, is vice-president for South Carolina. The officors are elected annually. Those ?if last year were the Kev. P. II. Mell, LL. D., of Athens, Ga., president, and the Kev. Lansing burrows, D.D., of Augusta, Ga., and the Kev. O. F, Gregory, ol' Baltimore, secretaries. The rates of travel for delegates have been fixed so low by the railroads that a large attendance is expected from South Carolina. The Causee of Failure in Life. A literary client of thc great itouioikc, who has originated a new industry ia thc paste aild-scissors lim1, has given that dili .nt newspaper clipper an order to collect information regarding Causes of failure in life. Konielkc, therefore, with his usual /.eal, lias issued one of tho cruelest of cir i idars "to all curates of more than 40yt art of age, lo all unknown barristers, and '( certain members ol Parliament and publh men." Wo wonder what tho unfortunate; think when they lind themselves thin Btlimped with thc Koineike brand as pan ni failures, ano a list of guesses at Ila: names of thc certain members of Parliament am public moil who have received circulai' would bc instructive and entertaining. Ir journalism, il a man |)as.-es x> without achieving success in his avocation, Uomciki (bibs him a failure, and sends him "a foin of Inquiry," This "form of inquiry" is toi curious not to l>e printri !,4 its entirely. Il runs as follows. "To what causes do you attribute )'?>U1 failure in life? I.--.of-profession -, attribute my failure ia life to the fol lowing causes: 1. Drink; (say what drink. 2, Gambling (turf, cards, or what?) :) Dishonesty. I. I.'nf on.?iv teacquaintances, 5. Marriage, 0. Single life. 7. l/isincjina lion to work. 8. bending or borrowing (say which.; t?. Unpopular viows, (politi cal;) unpopular vf owa, (religious.) 10. To bacco, ii;; what form.; ll. Honorai inca pac?*" ^ Other causes, general rc maries." . ... . ? , if any of our rcadcT? f^??raWlw?iV^ bosom themselves to Romo^* .*! rory ellem they can till in thia eu... *"*p? and send it to our ellice, to bc forwnnlcu after perusal.-Patt Matt Gazette. A Good Many Failure*.] During thc year 1888 there were 10,068 failures in business in the United Slates and Canada. Some of Diese were big con cerns, und some were very small. Failure is sorrowful business to any niau, especial ly il it is health that fails. A great many innes 10,.Mis people fail in health III the course of a year. Many of them might bc saved if they would take brown's Iron Bitters, tho groat family medicine and re storer of wasted health. * -Tito great majority of English medi cal women undoubtedly many either be fore or soon after they complote their curriculum; in fact, one almost fancies that men either perversely seek OS wives the very type <>f women whose intellec tual tastes they pretend to detest, or pru riently apply matrimony as a solvent of sexual competition. -Tlie French Minister of thc Interior has issued an order to the Mayors and Prefects of France that they are to do all in their power to dissuodo emigration. The French are thc least migratory of nations, the annual average of emigrante being under 5,000 out of a population of E17,000,000. -Senator Bowen, of Colorado, says that Attorney (?encrai Garland will not resign. In his opinion "the investiga tion lins developed nothing but the fact that Garland was unjustly accused and mercilessly abused.'' -A Baptist missionory in China writes home that what an American family throws away in a year would koopa dozen Chinese families; and what a Chinese family throws away in tho samo timo would not feed a mouse. -The fund for tho widow of General Hancock, now being raised in Boston, is nearing tho sum of $10,000. NORTH GEORGIA OUTLAWS. THB STOnV OK A M AI? WHOSK HEATH IS ltKCORDKD ON A l'OPI.AKTUKlC. A Narrative of Some Very Lively Expe* rlriK'CH Anion); tito MooiiHlilii?"rx.--Tlio Narrow lOscapo ?O' a V??nture?ouio Fel low. ("Kuharlee" hi thc AVw York Slur.) About tho middle of last December Deputy United States Marshal Kellet was mu rdered by moonshiners in thc mountains of North Georgia. An account ot* his killhrg, published in n New York newspaper, said that another notch was cut in thc big pop lar that guards tho entrance to Sleepy ("ove, tho retreat of thc outlaws, making live in all, each significant ol thc death at tho hands of thc illicit whiskey makers, ol a revenue oflloer. Now, I was until recently a revenue olliccr, and I can without fear of con tradiction say that no ono is better ac quainted witli Sleepy ('ovo and that big popla. than mhysclf. 1 knew wi' three of the poor fellows wdiose epi taphs stund gaping there, silent bat awful warnings, to all who would dis turb (hi1 lawless men (d' that lonely cove: the li ft h notch is for Kellett, but for whom the fourth Avas cut seems still to be a mystery lo the surround ing neighborhood. Moonshiners sel dom moke mistakes in their matters of murder, but in this instance I think they have, lost their reckoning. That fourth notch was cut for mc. I saw it done, willi death staring inc in the face, ls it possible that thc outlaws still be lieve my bones are bleaching on the damp ground in Smoky Hole? When notch No. .'I was cut there was a great stir in North Ucorgia. Country people were wild with ex citement. Keveline men riding through the mountains had a sort of itching in the back, and were inclined often to turn in the saddle. Wc laid the mur der of W- at the door of the noto rious Cap Hawkins, the daring leader ol a fearless band of. outlaws in thc Coillltta Mountains, and as soon as possible wc were on his trail with a good pack of bloodhounds. The scent was cold, and w lien we had penetrat ed seine eight miles into the range the dogs became disheartened. Atter troting round us time and again in search ol'the trail they gave il. up, and we were forced to retreat without having accomplished anything. lt was dusk w hen wc got out of the deep wood ;, and began to look about for a place for the night. A log*cablti of two roomsjwas not inviting, but the old crone who came lo the door said she could provide for one of the party, Mid that tho others might fltid accom modations at anothor cabin a milo down thc road. In some way it was arranged thal I should slay at her house, and join the party next morn - ing. She ?nado mc as comfortable as possible, for supper I had pine corn bread and molasses, with a tin cup of something hot which she called coffee. While 1 ?ne she smoked a clay pipe, sitting in the chimney corner with her leg< crossed and hm1 fool swinging in cessantly. Who ll she spoke lo nie, which siic did oftener than I liked, I could not help feeling that she was trying to pump nie. She wanted to know entirely too much about thc moon shiners and the revenue men, and before 1 finished my meal she made mc look upon her with suspicion, Once or twice I allured lo her family, for I thought it strange that she should live alone, and even went so fur as to inquire about her husband, and ask w hen he would bc at home, lint she replied CVasoly, and all I learned w as that ker old man and three grown boys were np on thc mountain, tend ing crops, lt did i.o! require much exorcise of my imagination (o deter mine what kind ?d' crops ?hey were tending. In thinking ol' them my hand went instinctively to my trusty revolver, and Ila! touch of the cold steel braced nie up. I wondered how the men were gelling on down at thc other cabin, and if they could hear a plato] shot that far oft*. When thc old woman had shown me to my room, she returned to her chim ney corner and her pipe and her fool swinging. My bed was an old fash ioned 0U0, 'villi ropes for springs and bear skins for mattress and cover. 1 didn't undress, bul ?rawiad just os I was between the skin-, and laying on my back, thought 1 should not do miicll sleeping. When my eyes grew accustomed to to tho darkness and wandi rod aimlossly over the open ced it g. I saw something about thc size of the bed hanging directly over me. It seemed to swing slowly back and forth, I stood lip and touched it, examined il as minutely aa possible, and again lay down, it was nothing bid three or lour bed quilts stretched across two boards supported at the -.i* h; short ropes. If it grew colder cn?, ' -'>< I vV?U'd reaeh up to them in thc lng?.. for more cover. , . v*Htii I intended to stay awake, but ... have been nearly asleep when a crack ing noise aroused nie. The next moment it was repealed, and the quilts above mc descended rapidly. It Hush ed upon me that I was in a trap. Drawing my weapon, I attempted to spring ont of bod, determined to sell my life dearly, but as I straightened i? I> thc quills covered me, and before I could throw them off strong hands w ere al the corners, lt seemed as if a ton weight had fallen upon me and doubled mc up. My head was bent so close upon my breaat that my neck would brcuk. My breath came short and fast. With a frantic struggle 1 cocked my pistol and placing the muzzle close against the quilt pulled tho trigger. I tired at random, trusting thal fate might guide tho ball into tho heart or head of sonic ono of my cowardly assailants. The concussion was awful in that narrow space. Tho smoke filled my eyes, nose and oars; tho shot rang through my brain; I felt that my last hour had come. My Cod, how I suffered I I remember a derisive laugh that seemed to have como from another world, then something struck mo on the head. When' I recovered consciousness I was lying on my back in a jolting wagon, with my hands and. feet securely bound. Thc pale blue ol the sky abovo mc and Hie hazy outlines of tho three-tops reaching overhead tobi ino that day was breaking. "Wal, Kamel, air yo como roun' all right?" said a deep voice at my head, liaising my eyes, I saw loaning over me the grizzly face of tho outlaw. Cap Hawkins. He broke into a wibi laugh at my look of astoiiishincn'.. "Didn't 'spect lor soo mo this morn in', did ye, Kurncl?" he said, taunt ingly. "Whar air yor dogs?- liai hal -an* yor hoi sos?-bel hoi-an' yor bawl bawl hoi-an' yor ropy tal ion? Aw, Lordy I Say, Kurnol, whar air yo a takln' mo this morn in'? Air ye a-goin' tor lock old (Jap Hawkins up ?gin ?" His laughter ccIiQcd through thc woods ami Hounded flonish as lt came back from tho mountain side. I knew Cap Hawkins well. Law loss as ht Was, there was in his composition ii certain wild chivalry peculiar to these men of tho mountains. Bravo a? n lion, bo had an unbounded admiration for courage in others; cunning as t fox, ho respected a man who could outdo him in craftiness. Knowing this, I determined lo assumo a bold ail and affect a supremo indifl'crenco tc my fate, whatever that was to be. "O, Cap, dry up," I began, winking slyly at bim. "Don't frighten tin rovonuo men; they'll bo after yon again." Again bc roared as if ho would split his sides over the joke. He wm immensely tickled. "Say your prayers, Cap," 1 con tinned. "It'll be a long time before you sec daylight again." "Whut tur yo a-drivin' at, Kurncl?' ho asked, seriously, casting his eyc? about him. My shot had missed, but 1 kept tiring. "Well, you see, Hawkins, now tba I've got you in my power I'm going U put you out of the way for good. Yoi come along with mc to the Cove There's a warm hole 111 the sido of tin mountain in which you can spend tin winier, board and lodging free. Come brace up, Cap; when you sec bou comfortable it is in there you'll wan to lease thc place tor Ufo." Thc outlaw made no response lo nu random talk, nor did bc laugh as bc fore. Something seemed to worn him, for he lidgetcd about, scratcbei his uncombed head and ran his boilj lingers through his grizzled, tangle! beard. "Look a-hvar Kurnol," said tia moonshiner, loaning (dose to mc am boring into mo With his black eyes "air vc ever been thar?" "There? Where, Cap?" "That thar hole ye air a-goin' 01 about." "Why, of course, don't I know ever) hole and crag in the Uohuttas?" "Then that settles it, Kurnol. 'lowed yo war jokin'. Waw, Patsy waw, Suck, wawp." He reined in his horses and stopp?e tho wagon. Taking upan ax he handel it to some person oil the ground, um said a few words which 1 did not un derstand. I tried to raise myself h look out, but fell back helpless, full o sharp, shooting pains. My joints re fused to bend, my neck creaked whei 1 tried to turn my head and the st rug gie of the night came back to nie like i horrible repetition. At tho first soma of thc ax Cap Hawkins put his urn under my back and forced me to si upright. "Coho air a-euttin' vcr tombstone Kuruc), an' I Mowed ye'd like ter git last look." To thc right of the wagon stood giant poplar lifting its shaggy top 80 feet above thc road. In its trunk wer three gaping wounds, and a moor shiner ill broad hat and big boot? wa culling ti fourth, Two other ilblooh iiiLr men stook near, their guns in tbci hands. "Kurncl," continued my guard, "d yowani 1er write yor opcrtaph?" Th men I aug hod al their chief "Thei otlnr three. Bevies didn't git nar chance ur write tin ira. Boys, airan o' j o L; ? * t a pencil ?" TOO well I knew the moaning Of till not?.h from which the sappy chips wei Hying. My heart quivered as the ii ate its way into Hie snit. wood. M face must havo reflected my though tor tho outlaw, giving mc a gent push, sont mo on my back. "Lay down, Kurncl, ail' don't git I al ld red skecreri," he said. "That air mighty comptable hole up in the hil -hoard an'baigin' free." Antique lng my own words, he fairly made tl welkin ring willi his coarse laugbte "Surely you don't intend to murd me, ( ?ap'f" "That air jes about it, I roeko Kurncl. Ye air 'oross the dead lin an' vcr cpertaph air done been writ Before I could say more his thr companions climbed into the wag( beside mc. Clucking to his horses ! drove on at a trot through the pat and aB the sun rose over the moil uta wc entered tho precincts of Slcej Cove, lt must have been 10 o'cloc yet into that lonesome spot tho si was just beginning to pour his raj By '.' ?i. m. ho would disappear belli) thc jagged cluj, I ha' formed thc we* ern boundary of the. retreat, and tl long twilight would set in wtth i spectral shadows chasing each oilier thc dark wood. Often bad I heal ?he, country folk talk with bated brea of the horrors of Sleepy ('ovo. Go lins, they said, dwelt in the momita caves, coming forth at dusk to fro] with the fearless moonshiners, ai dancing at midnight upon thc slippoi crags, Qhonls, armed with the bon of murdered men, kept nightly vigil the narrow pass, and if any hmm being approached from tho outsit tboy garnered around thc giant popl ? *?o.I beat Uh"'? tho bark till the frig! . *'?>Aup?)a)cd in tf)o dirccth cued man u.. , xV~ ?um but ll whonco he cami!, IM, . moonshiners had ever been known , come from Slcopy Cove alive, cons OJUOlltly none ever voluntarily entere Hint wild uncanny place. These thoughts wen! passing throne: my mind when suddenly thc Wage Stopped, and thc fenn men threw thei selves into attitudes of attention, gras lng their guns and casting (urti' glances ?t each oilier. Straining ii oar I thought 1 heard tho faint yelp a hound. Cap Hawkins lashed 1 horses into a gallop, and wc sped < through tho woods for half a mil stopping again in the shadow of a eli At their leader's ordor two of tho rn? lifted mc out of thc wagon, and lu dragged me to a spot wbcro tho oar formed a kind of bench against ll rock wall. Placing mo on thc groin they began prying at a bowlder whic gradually yielding to their haud-sticle rolled over on its sido, exposing a bc in the cliff. Into this they magg me for some twenty feet, and toss mc on a bcd of leaves. Then ono tho mon brought in some food, ai another water and another wood. I (urned to the outlaw leader ai asked how long ho intended to ko me prisoner. Ile laughed nt thc qm tion, but unoh- no reply. Coing to t cave's mouth he peered stealthily oi listened nwhilo and came back to n Tho rc was an ominous glitter in J eyes. It looked Uko murder. B God ! Was h? going to bury mo adv I begged him to shoot me, cul rn throat, hang mo-anything but lea mo t hero to starve But ho poid a; tent ion to my appeals. "Kf yo air 'livo whon I git ba< Kurnol-cf I git back," he saki, "wi mo an' the boys moiight put a loe load in yor carcass. Ye may hcv co p'ny 'fore night, onyhows. Thc Kev air arter us hottor'n deranitlon blazes. They air dono 'cross tho dead lino. ' llyar tho moosie, Kurnel?" *'I hope ? they'll givo you all you i descrvo, you cold-blooded murderer," I finid, wishing that I could throttle the villain. "Now, Kurnel, don't git oui o' BOI'tS. It air mighty coof'uiolo lu hyor board an' lodgin' Tree. Boys, air yo ready? Them hounds air pickin' us up. |L)ght thc lire, Coho. Kurnel, byer air a kui lb ter out yor loose arter wc leave ye. Don't git skecrcd o' thc ghosts, lin' 'member ye air mighty comf'lablc-board an' lodgin'free; an' vcr epcrtnph air down on thc big pop lar. Qocd-by Kurnel." Tho outlaws were already placing tho bv wider in position, and w hen Cap Hawkins had squeezed his way out the rock was rolled into the opening. With a crunching sound it settled into place, and 1 was a prisoner in Sniokv Hole. I listened for thc baying of the hounds, hoping that, they had tracked me to the eave, but not a sound pene trated tho door of my prison. The tire burned briskly, and Smoky Hole glowed ill the light of Hie pine knots. lt was thc work of a few minutes to cut my bonds with the knile the out law bad given me, and then I took an inventory of tho contents of the cavern. The place had evidently been titted up for tho illicit manufacture of "moun tain dew" and "tanglefoot" and "red rye," for there were tho wornoul copper still, the worm, the mash tub, jugs and Masks and other apparatus ol the moonshiner. The cave was about thc size of a railroad boxcar, except that the roof was higher and more arched. I jabbed my knile into every Sq tl aro foot of tho walls. They were solid rock. In a vain, mad effort te roll the bowlder from the entrance, I drew tho blood from my shoulder. It was all ot no uso. Unloss help came to mc from without my donni was sealed. A dull, heavy feeling came over rac and 1 sat down near the tire. 'I'hv confined air was getting close. Sud denly, on looking up, I was appalled at the discovery ol a new danger. Thc roof ot the cavern was no lougoi visible. The. dense, black smoke ol the pitch pine, unable to escape, wat banked above nie like an ominout cloud, ever growing denser and black ce and descending steadilv, remorse lessly, upon me like a veritable shadow of 1 loath. Already the asphyxiating gase? were causing my brain to whirl. 1 crawled to ibe lire and stamped npoi the blazing knots until every spark was extinguished, but they continued t< send up their stifling smoko. I coull leel it ascending, hot and pitiless Falling flat upon the ground I sato rated my coat sleeve with the watoi the outlaws had left me, and plac?as it against my mouth secured a fui breath of strained gas. But it gav< me little respite. The high pressure ?d' ike atmosphere mado my vein1 swell almost to bursting, my hand: and fool were benumbed, and 1 wa; unable to move a muscio? Then longed for death. Suddenly there was a loud oxplo sion, followed by a falling of loose earth and rook and a rush of air. / taut ray of light appeared in the cor ncr ?d'the cavern over tho still, grow lng broader and atrontrer as thosmok cleared away. With fife and Stl'Ollgtl renewed, 1 inudo? un way to til' opening, hero 1 drank in tho frosi air w'nh ? swelling houri and a liglito cons, iciICO than I bad ever hoped b pOSSCSS. The explodion bael lori away some rough masonry with whiel the moonshiners had slopped Up fissure in Ibo rock, lt never OCOUlTCi lei me in my investigation ot the cav that theie ought to be . mc way o exit for thc smoke of the still, lbi everything was plain enough now I bael lound (ho chimney, and it was 111] determination (o use it lo advantage' In a momont, forgot ful of pains am bruises, 1 was climbing for freodoiu lt was a tight squoczo now ami then but I maile rapid progr?s-, and fol so geioel over my prospects of cscap that 1 wanted to shout. But prudoiio rostral noil nie. Soon the; roe:ky sides ed the ch'ninie gave place to wood, and tho oponln changed from flat to round, still climbed on, my spirits ibbie with ni ascent. My progress was compart tivoly easy by the imitation of Bre Rabbit's method of climbing a stum hollow-that is, by bracing my bac against one sitio of the chimney an my feet and hands against the ot hoi Mut the opening grew tighter an lighter, ljko an i ll vor I od funnel, au sttll tho top seemed a lemg way edf. in list have climbed some thirty feet 1 all whe'ii I stopped to rest, proppin my foot against, a knot hole projcctioi Waich suddenly breaking oil left a hoi through which thc daylight strcainee Then, for tho first time, it llushcel upo me that I was in a liol low tree. d glance through the knothole prove this to bc thc case, tor there was tli ground ten feet below mc-the bene ot earth I bael noticed when thc ou laws were making ready for my ii carr.cration. Escapo now seemed certain. Til Wall of my prison was only two indu tliiok, and though thc wood was di 4 ?Vom age and exposure t and hain '-*''th was noon i smoke and boat, my M?.. .?.? work enlarging thc knothole. As ,... faced the (Jove, 1 could kee]) a lookoi for the moonshiners, and stop cnttin at the brat suspicious noise. Nigl soon set in, and with the darknei lhere came peculiar Hounds from oil and woodland. But I paused not I think Of ghoul or goblin, lt wool have taken something far more ten hie than ghostly warnings to check tl steady going of my knife in the wea? hours' that followed thc sunset, for hoped lo turn niv back on Sletq (Jovo ero the dav* n of another da But when tho sun rose my task secmi not noariy dono. Thc knife was dui cd, and my strength hud slowly chin away. The buying of a bonnet reached m It was repeated, and in a moment tl thrilling music of tho pack wake again and again the slecpin ech?os of Sleepy Cove. Nearer ai nearer it came, unlit a do/.en bloo hounds burnt through tho iinderbru and dashed up to thc bowlder al tl entrance to Smoky Hole. Then ope mg nguiu, they sped away on tho co trail ol'the moonshiners. "Dan, here Dan, down, sir!" shouted to tho leader with all ti might. The obedient bruto, rcco ni/.lng my voice, dropped to tl ground. I called him to mo, ni soon (ito entire pack was bar),ii playfully at the root? of my nov prison, rejoicing, no doubt, at havii treed their master. Hearing a wc known sign?t in thc woods I answer? it, and one by ono flvo of my fricn crept cautiously up to tho cavo, cc bines in hand. When I apoko lo thc from my porthole, tliero was a bro etnllo on ovory face. An uxo was pro cured, and, wliilo four of tho mon guarded against surprise, tho fifth cut a window in my jail, through whloli i crawled, having been a pris oner for nearly twenty hours When wc reached tho big poplar that guards tho pass to Slcopy Oovo, I fastened in tho fourth notch a picco of paper bearing these words: "Cap Hawkins, beware. Tho Colo nel is on your trail. (Jo look for bis bones in Smoky Hole "EUIIARLEE." -THIS BEST TONIC. Tilts medicine, combining Iron wan pure vegetable tonics, ?mirkiy and completely CnrcH DyKpcpi.ln, I mllKCMloti, Wei.uiU'**, Impuro uic.ni. .UatinhwClillIrt mid I'cvcra, mid Neuralgin, It ls an nnfnilin;? remedy for Discnscsof (ho Kidneys "ntl Liver. lt ls Invaluable for Piscases peculiar to women, and all who lead sedentary live?. it docs not injure tho teeth, cause hcadacho.or produce constipation-ether Iran med(cinc$qo. It enriches and purines the Wood, stimulates thc appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn und llclchlng, and strength CUR the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of Energy, ?cc, it lins no equal. joy- The genuino has above trademark and Crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. Dele oiilyl.y hlloV.N ( III.Ml. (.1. ((>., ll U TI nollK, HD. FOR COUGHS AND CROUP U8t TAYLOR'S jVtTJXjLBIjV. Th? ?w??t gum, ?i fa th ?red fron: ?tr?? of th? .an* ?am?, growing along tho imall ?irttmi In the Southern I ......?, rom tain? a itlmuUtlDg expectorant principle lhau looaeni th? phl?gm r" -lu Mrn th? ? arly UK rutng cough. aol itlmu* late? th? ch IM to throw eft c - ?%U > moaibrati* ID . fvup and whooping e*>u?h. When cotnMnct ?Uh the bealing tnucl* t?ginon? principle In tho mnlhtn plant of tb? owl (Wida, pr?. . nt? In TitLoK'a ('HIHUKII but.* ot IA-wt rr Ot'v awn MC LL at M th? Auetl known remedy fr Couch?, Croup, Whoonlng-Conth and Consumption ; ?nj ?o pnladakle, any chIM !. pteatol to Uk? ft. Att tour drii??l?t for lt. IV -\ >So. ?n\ $1. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta,Ot, UM DR. B100RR8' IUVKI.KUKUKY COHPIAI. foi g?rrhora. I>ja?nlcrj and CblMrco Te?ihlnc. For ?al? bf ^arucilil?. AURANT I ! Mont i.f Hie ile ' . 'i i M Iii h Millet mankind aro oriffin ally canned hy a dianrdorod conda inn nf tin- LIVER. For all ooanplalnta ti thlikind,snob aa Torpidity ut th" Litar, Hilioii.tu-nH, Ncmm.t I)y*pv|>ala. Indijrea* timi, Irregularity of Ul? Bowal*, Oonstipation, Flatu lency, Kructatinna and Ilurnirut of tho Stomach <: .uni ti ii. i callitd 11'-nt lu? i H). M Ii-Iii i. Malana, Bloody Kim, Chilla and Kover. Un -kl- ,n? Fnyar, RihaiiMinn hofoni or aflor Forera, Chronic Diar rhoaa, I,O*B of Appetite, lloadaohn, Foul Breath, Invffnlaritiea incidental to Female i. Hearing-down STADIGER'S AURANT1I is Invaluable, it ta nota panaaaa for alidtoaaMa, I but f\ i I O fr nil dl?f?.taeaof tho LIVER, will yUn^ STOMACH and ROWELS. It chniiK?? tho complatlon from a viaay, yellow i tinco, toa ruddy, healthy color, lt t nt indy retnoToa low. gloomy hpirita. Il li ona nf th? BEST AL TERATIVES nnd PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and ls A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII Fox nato hy all Dnigglit?. Trico ?| ,00 por bot Un. C. F. ST ADICF.R, Proprietor, ?40 ?0. FRONT ST.. Philadelphia, Pa, WU ITU I K^IKHOS. I am n?w breeding from bird? that score from sr. t?,'.MI points. Rags (ll.00 per Hit ting of 13. ('hicks, this fall, ?it ?2.00 pei trio. Kggs packe? carefully in baskets. Fair hatch guaranteed. For further In formal ion, rubi ross J. H. McCREIO HT, A pl Old ni SVtNMMIORO, s, c. As H LEY SOLA '"iltrfttet J The SolnbleJOuflnoMa'a'hlghly e?" tirade Fertilizer for all crops. ASHLEY COTTON AND COHN COMPC two crcp"> mal (lisolargely used by the Truck ASH LEV ASH Kb?SMENT A very chea tlllzor for Cotton, Corn mal Bhinil itiaiu fJrQ Vine-*, ?de. AMII.EV DISSOLVED HONE; ASHLKi Orodon - for usc alone ?md In Compost heap. For Temi?, Direetlona, Testimonials, and f< pu bl lent ions of tho < ompany, address TUB ASHLEY PHOSP Nov36My JOHNSONs KLINIK .t-ouazs - DI ph i inri?, Oronp, Aathma. Bronchitis, jfoareeneaa, I nfl nco ra, a ac kl ti a Couch, Whoop) ncr OOH Diarrhea, K Idney Trout)loi, ai.cl Spinal Ul nu.u.a. Pam PARSONS < Tko?? pill? trero a wonderful rilaeovor.v. No ?th rallara af I manna* ot(flaonaa, rill*. /Ind out about th?? an rTdan'a v Powdar la abaotutaly pura and highly con mr otkar hind? Dla .trlotto . madlolita to Iv*? with (Md, . Ko o ta ara rio Information .ronni you will alwaya ba I ora, or saat by mall ?or ?4o. Ut atan? Kind ?iadI atvaa with f fd avarrwno towMlqraaDj MAKEHE axpraat, pw? Men Think iii "r^f - lOTVi ... they know all about Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know I* not to have. "MOTHERS' FEIEND! JJ NO Moro Terror! No'Moro Pain ! Not only shortens Hie time ol' labor and lessons tin: intensity ot pain, but, ft !ureally diminishes th? danaor to life of both motin r ami child, and No.Moro Danger! loam the mother tn a TO Ttio Dread of Mother hood HOPE . nd JOY Safety and Base [condition lii^blv fa vorable to speedy ro ?/r xi ru ?n ?ovory. and far" less Mother Ol' Ohllai llablc to flooding, cot. Ivulsious, and other alarming sy ai pt oms incident to slow or painful labor. Ita truly wonderful cfllca .y iii Ibis respect en lilies it to bi* called Transformed to THE M <> T H K K'S Kl;I KN I) and to bo ranked as one of tbo lifesaving remedies of tho nineteenth cen tury, I?rom tito nalarc of thc case it will of emu se tin understood that wc cannot pub lish certificates con cernina this HKMKDY without wvunding thc delicacy of the writers. Vet wo have hundreds of such testimoni?is on lile, and no mother who has once used it will ever again bo suffering Woman without it in her timo of trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked o the proprietor, "thal if it were admissible o make public the letters we receive, the ..Mothers" Ki ?end" would btltsoll anything m thc market. (ir.NTi.KMKN:-During my career lu tho iracticu of medicine 1 uacfl your "MOTH 5H'S Fill END" in a croat number of mses, with tlie happiest results In every ??stance, li makes labor easy, hastens de lvcry and recovery, ami i.ss?nr.s S.VKKTY ro norn MOI m it ANO euii.n. No woman ian bo induced to go through Hie ordeal vithoiit it aller once using ii. Yours truly. T. I :. PENNINGTON, M. 1). Palmetto, ('.a., .lune rn, issi. Semi for eur Treatise on "Health and lapplness of Woman," mailed free. Ill) DI ll 1.n lt KO VJ LATO a CO., Atlanta, (?a. io r V . T. ?"> TRADF. |I MARK. In?hcNV?nC ^row"' ' 0 'idriesofHuropo, tlionsoof thi*- Medicated Inoisanivocsal. Ills comr- : sedof themosl approved VEG ETA? i i? TONICS, which aro introduce li '.o a puro gCUCrousAVin. . 'I ho very finest TiO\rA??M ?HOfABAHK, being ll i; i ili, alhas?.s.il is ronfidrmllv '? rocco in ended as a caro andprcvonUvfl of FEVER Ano AGUE, andoll oilier disoasosori^rnaUniJ from laalarioua cauaos For purifying tho IO Xl O O n ond improving thc Secretions,CFironio, Rheumatism,Qlociipoisoning,a certain curr f/irD/spopaia,Cramp in tho otomach ?'in ? anne diaterdicf fur Oys entry, Co I ic, Chclirn-niorhus mut kindred diacaaoa, GiinoralWuaknoBS.Ncrvoua and Montai Docility, a souvoreign remedy for Livar Complaint.and diaoasos of tho Kidnins.nn excellent appa ti zar, anda TONIC without a rivals ia short i lw invigorating oil tia*, funrIlona otthc Rystcui. it is unequalled. -JD O BK - AsmallW?ne-$laBBfull.thrBa times a day. Sold by all Druggists and dealers generally. TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIALCO., ig/? J'roprittors,d. Mf\nufaeliuwf. S PA1? TATSTJ Ult G. S. C. Price per Bottle $ 1.00. I BLE jaUANO. 1 Ainmoi'iated tinana, a comi>letc High U ND- A complete Porllllalcr for titos* ors near Charleston for vecebihlcs, oto. p and excellent Non-Ammonlaled For j. nial alijo for Krill! Trees, Crape ' A? ll# PflOSPllATK, of f?ry High ?r tho various attractive and instructivo HATH CO., Chftrle?tonf:8.1?. ANODYNE