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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. THE HISTORY OF AllKHO. LKAVKS PHOM TUM LIVE OF FI Cl UT INO DICU AMUiKMis. Solidi KI II in Northern A rm ion-An Al. ternndvo ?r Duty or Sclt-1 ni?rent - K. ll. A nih r un lt ClIKO III 1'oint- Kelli 1 ii Isoi ur i>rl of nu Kul ly Ufo nu?! the Iteeord of ms Military Carrer. (Hy a Moinln r of Ilia Military Family.) Thoso offiocrs of tho army and nn\y of the United States who in*180l-<>2 wore called upon to sever their conned vou with tho service of which they were justly proud, and to which all of their youth and most ol their mature years bad bceu devoted, constituted a bravo and gallant band. They thought little of politics. Many of them had been for years Hepa rated (rom home tics, and now, by thc action of their States, they wero'con fronted hy a question of duly oil the OHO band and on the other of yielding up their own interests and their love for the banner nuder which many of them had won renown in thc past. A DBhlOATfl QUBtfftON. They had been educated linn belii vers | in tho doctrine of States' Rights; llioy folt their allegiance lirst due ti? their States, but to obey her call meant for them the saoriflooof hopea of a lib dime, and to some want and poverty, in pince of a comfortable support, of which tboy bad reasonable assurance All mu I bo surrendered or else, they must bo deaf to tho call which was imperativo und loft no option. How few hesitated, and 11 those who put duty, ns tin y saw it, u!,ovo ill elsi', surely deserved much from ilicir companions. A SON OK SI M l BU. One of this number is the subj, et ol this little sketch. Horn in, Sumter county, in tho State of South Carolina, of old and honorable ancestry, reared on tho soil o? that State, there ho received bis early education. Sent tb on co to Wo:-t Point ho graduated in the class of lHpj, ano was appointed a brevet 2d lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons, United State? Ai my. In the Mexican war he served with Iii?. ! regiment and was brevetted * ir gallantry. ! ( Alter its termination his principal duty i was in the distant West. At Fort b at- 1 ney, in Nebraska, ho was doing bo,ht t duty, and Imping tor promotion s mel., day. When tue war between the Suites i became a certainty, though so far away, . t tho call of the Slide to arms in her d\.- ? ?j fence wai; immediately obeyed. Hi rc- i signed Inp commission in the lb-bed ! ? ?States Army, hastened home and ten-! t doted Ilia sword to the Governor of S ut li n 'anilina, and waa appointed colonel o? \ JO 1st regiment o? State Troops, thin ju Sullivan's bland. Tho lieutenant-' colonel of thi.i regiment was another son c ol South Carolina, wno was soon ap-', pointed a brjgadior general in tim anny I o? liio Confederate States, and w lose j t life's blood was poured ont at Mpiw as, i \ whilo bearing tho brunt of tho balde, je and urging his troops to emulate the \ steadiness of Jackson'? beroi 1'at ut: dui g 11 liko a stone wall." Win n barnard K. v Hoc died the State lost a son whose ?duli- t ty and devotion to lur cause would bave c been a bright and shining light, mid < whose record would have proved him thc i peer of tho worthiest of tboso whoso t swords (lashed in her defence. J ANDKRAON AS A ( oi.o.NK.n. i Peculiarly modest and retiring, al nost e soli-depreciating in disposition,the quiet, \ unobtrusive colonol, who doubted bis ] ability to be of much Bervice, except us j ? conn.h i of a small body of the arm f to which he bad L>ocn accustomed, waa j i destined in a low short months lo be | | known throughout Gen. Leo's arin., H "Fighting Dick Anderson,"to enjoy tho fullest confidence of that great com mander, and the love and admiration of os gallant a division of heroes as ever wont to war. A PROMISK OK OIlKATK.lt TIUNoK. At Williamsburg Riobard ll. Anderson was temporarily in command of Long street's division, of which his own bri gade (afterwards Jenkins's) formed a part. There tboso who knew the man and relied on his courage and skill first bad assurance that their expectations would not be disappointed. At Seven Pines Anderson's brigade won the admhatiou of thc army; it K'oroed the enemy's line and captured en. Casey's camp. Of this charge Goo. Johnston wrotolj that lt. H. Anderson's brigade of South 1 Carolinians bore a prominent part in the contest. At one time outfiankod and almost surrounded, he not only ave!tod its danger by masterly manoeuvring, but held the ground ho had won. IN Tili: THICK OF TUB KKAV. During the seven days of buttle aro uni Riohmond Anderson was in ibo thick of tho fray. At blood stained (laines' farm ho was conspicuous. There, a? night approached, and McClellan still bold tho phdcun around tho house, Longstreet rode up to Anderson and said that tim position mnst be carried before night and that his brigade wa? tho last he bud tosend. This waa not pleasant tidings to wearied troops who bad lieeu lighting for twelve hours, but Anderson promptly um vercd, "If any ono brigade can do lt mine can." In a short tinio McClellan was driven from his last vantage ground and tho "masterly chango o? baso" was a forced neoessity. UOLNO te o e .in Anderson wa? now promoted and ba I to part with his old brigade. His divi sion, composed ol brigade?from Virginia, , Georgia, Florida, Alabamu and Missis sippi, which bad nut previously saan raueb active s< rvico, tiooii pr o vid dsn. worthy of its gallant commander, and ?aiaea a reputation second tu none in ?ioaitnv. With it be had a plac? at t? Second Manaaaaa, Thence he led d into ; c Maryland, where, by ilaring audacity, j v assisted in holding I ran kiln's ho check at Pleasant Yalli v until liai ti Fairy surrendered, aed then hurried <. aid* O? Gen. I**' * aiu?nu..t?d I array at Hbarpsburg. In that battlo Ah c derson was setete?/ wounded, bid v\ ,o tai ned tho command of bi? division uni crisis bad passed, when he was lilt ll ' vv/ borse fainting from los? i I i At Fredeiiekfcbiiig bis position wm?*e I the loft of Maryo'a Hill, wluro Burn ?as oxpected to make ida attack, I ?wovor, made bis light further to ?', ? right l^iii^Thj^wssnot engaged. ? I mi deraon'? owmmand remained near Fred" I rioksburg. Two of hi? brigades lu ld j Vatted Mates Ford, where Hooker cross - T| )r.n |WM||iIMM|| ed tlio Ilapahannook, und Dien advanced on Chancellorsville. Thc two brigades WOW reinforced by a third und Anderson in person. With this emull forco lie ob stinat? ly contested every inch of ground and delayed Hooker's advance until Jacksou could bring up hie troops, who ni once assumed the offensive and pressed Hooker back to Chancellorsville. While -hick: IOU'H i in, dank movement was in progress, Andersen held Leo's centro. The battle was terrille, as Hooker lU'uin omi ngai? tried te break through ?he thin line. The woods seri ? in d tho weakness ol' tho Confederate hoe, which was so fearfully Wretched, in order to cover tao necessary ground, that in Boroo places the men wi rc six feet apart; yet Hooker Wits held to dis position until .Jackson could strike Hie tidal blow. ANDTUV.it lUCUMOXl). Hooker hud hardly been defeated when Bodgowiok ero sed the river nt I'reder- j icksuurg, carrying Marya's Heights and threatening (len. Leo's rear. Ho was tirst oheoked at Baiera Church. Ander son's tired troops hod been lighting for live days and Dights, but when (?en. Lee palled Upon them, they cheerfully coun termarched and drove Bodgowiok across the river. Anderson, in a marked man iier, received Gen. Lee's thanks foi thc heidie eonduot of his veterans, and was recommended for a lieutenant general's 3ommission. AT a&TTYsnuita, The second orossing of tho Potomac ?lIOD followed, and tho battle of (icttys inn;. Anderson took no part in tho buttlo of tho il ret day. On tho soooud ns division, except one brigade with ii md been ordered to report lo Longstreet, > ;onfrontcd Cemetery Hill, which ho was ird?rcd to cbargowncn Longstreet's lire ; readied bis righi think. This it never lid. but Longstreet's attack being bard pressed, Anderson was ordered to make i diversion hy assailing tho position in lia front, whioh was handsomely done. Ibo works were carried, and had il hoi n ' joshible to scud him even two brigades >f supports, the battle of tho third hud; lever neon. None could bo sent, nub cluctiUitly he hud to withdraw to his ?riginol position. The division felt this j .cpulso keenly, and it waa stated thr.t its tunk bal nevi r before been turned to Hi" Hoe. Il went into battle about 0,000 ?tr 'i .,; the morning after it must, red emt bau .1,000. With the army it rc irossod the Potomac and, excepting thc ?hort campaign at Bristow Station, re nnincd in camp until Dccomber. When demie ndvnnccd to Mine Run lt uiarohcd 0 meet hun, hut Moado rotired without AI engagement. Tuc rest <>f thal winter vas plussed around Orango Court House lilB CA M CAI ON ' ii' '0 I. Early in tho soring tirant opened the ?nnipaign of 1804. On tho Otu of May vndcrson was guarding tho fords of the hipidnn against cavalry. Alter the bat le of that day orders v ero sent bim to ejoin Cen. Lee, but they were noi re ?eivi.il. Assuming tho responsibility, vithout orders us he supposed, hcciui o ie knew ho must tie want'd, he man lied iiibl nenr daylight of the Otb, ami roached he neighborhood of tho battlefield most ipportauoly. At dawn of that da}*, druid Loving run over some i f tho for?a n his froi . was pushing np tho road, ardon voring to gain (Jen. Loo's rear, vend?a.', and Anderson, coming from 1 i lit relit directions, reached tho held ihout thc same time, und (irani " oflbita vere Boon repulsed. During thin day .longstreet wa? severely wounded, and Vuderson, by bin request, was transferred rom the ?ld corps t^A. J*. Hill's) and put n conimund of tho 1st (Longstreet's.) ruc Mino OP M KU rr. 1 hut night he marcia d tu Spotsylvanii J. H.. i idling it in timo to frustr?t* hunt's ' dorts to soi/.o tho heights. Hi yu? promoted lioutounnt genoral and bit omijiibhion ?luted tho 0th of May, 180-1 has he was tho oftlcor of highest rani rom his Stute. Thc battles of Bpotsvl ?nnia and Cold Harbor followed tin ouatant lighting by night and day indi 'etcrslmrg was reached; in all these An Urson lcd the 1st corps. When Long trcet hadfliiflloiontly recovered to resum? om maud of his troops Anderson relii \ o< lean rogar J, who had been ordered ti Jliarleston. With this now eommam ic bold tho lines immediately in froid o Yitersburg, until tow ai da the spring 0 8(if>, and then relinquished thew ti lerd?n, and took his place on lien .co's right flank. AMDBOSOM'S II A HT UATTLB. When (Iniut broke through those linc Ludo mon opposed him as best he could [nilling a temporary advuntago at Gra"i Hy Hun; but tho cud wan fast appronol ug, and exhausted, starving men coul lo no more. At Church Crossing a poi if bis corps under Pickett was badly OH ij), and on tho 0th of April be fougl ns last battle, when his corps, reduct il t , mere handful, could not sbiml ogoini ho heavy numbers Opposed to it. 1TOUT1NU l-'l(OH l'lltsr TO LAST. Anderson waa with Hie Army of Nortl ra Virginia from early in 1802 to tl nd, was never absent from his cominan xcopt when disabled by wounds, 'i ;ivo a full account of his career and t hat of bin brigudo, division and cor bould necessitate a history of (len. Lee ;t.u..I army and till volumes. Tho war waa over, tho Hortth defcato ,nd place was not inlier gift for tho ons who had been educated for a mi ?rv lifo and who lind surrendered a ave honor, in ber cause. Anderson i urned to tho home of his boyhood, ii K'vcriabed und without resources, truggle on in tho effort to gain a meng apport. Utterly nnsnited to this in if o at* ho wueeuoeoss was a bare possit) ty. . rms muto M mun:. I >i -asters followed, und this old hero ouiitless bot tlc? wa . reduced to absoh mut, and on ihO verge of despair. SI lone hoard a murmur from hun; ho h loni'the best ho know how, and in t aiiKe of duty was oonteut to ?0lb r; i Hitter t?ines were coming. The St ould not always romain in tho robbe lotet? or Adder tho oppressor's beol; I ona attained at last tho control of I ifndrs. and i nmtll ofllco in her gift v ?rovided forAndoreon'shnniediate wau I'bodawn for him seemed to be broaku mt before these hop? ? could be reolu Anderson was summoned to reid, el) td his post with all Ids armor on. itroko of apoplexy terminated bia life houNth year of bi? age, on tho 2'-th luno, iti't'Jf UAMA on the '28th i.Carolii Uj), hu wa? laid ?way in the old i n paru of Bt. Helena Chu rob at lioauf THF. WAlUUOn H WAKKAIiK o l .t. Tho historian will rocord his raUit lifo and perhaps toll how tho mon trusted ami revered the man, how tho groat Leo again and again gave cxproision to the confidence ho reposed in him. Tho fri' nd M who know him in lifo will rc mcmbiT the amiability of his temper, bin lion-like courage, coupled with thc modesty of woman; his sincerity and guilelessness, which caused him to think no evil; his patience nuder misfortune, bis unbounded patriotism, his reliability in emergencies, bin willingness to take grave responsibility, oven though tho fionor and rewards wore for others, and with ono consent will accord to hismom )ry thc proud place it deserves in the annals of his people. Tin: HAD A JU Kit IC AN <;nci.. Hie Hal n?ir Own WayH and Munt Take the Consequence!*. (From tho Kansas city Times.) It ?H truthfully asked if something ?un iot bo dono to protect our women, ho poor lambs-something to guard hem against thc wolves of fortune miders, footmen, body servants, coauh nen and the like. No, nothing can bo done. Nothing night to be done, dod, in his infinito irisdom, never intended that anything liould 'oe done, lt is simply a question >f thc survival of tho fittest. Every reek of tho world those women upon idiom so muoh sympathy is hi ing wasted lavi to minister unto them Moses and bo prophets. In tho way of warning, ino upon lino and precept upon precept omo to them even iu their dreams. If, hen, tiley get into a matrimonial hell hore let thom bo. Lazarus will no more ro to them with a drop of water than he tent to tho rich mau, praying like a [crvish for ono. if these affairs aro ffairs of tho hoart lot thom break or lardon. Women lit to ho American /iv< s and mothers ought to bo courted ii tho good old way, and go to house? t i ping in tho good old way. They do either of these things when tboy per mit themselves to bc imposed upon and nally preyed upon by some foreign louuteoank, tho smell of a civet cat on is hair, a huge brass watoh ohain and irt under his finger nails. Tho only .ondor about all tilia bogus tittle bnsi ess is tile wonder that American guli ently nurtured, daintily surrounded, ought for by stalwart, chivalrous, well nown men of thc ir own country-per ist in going abroad to find husband*", nd cseu after they have gone abroad lint they eaunot loll tho piuchbaek from lie pure gold, lt does appear as if they light smell the ntnblo-grootn through von his broadcloth und his pactbouli bat all tho rogues wllO80 pair uiymii oded in oil ur olbky might be told trow lie peculiar limp that never h aves n uni after he hat once worn a ball ant hain; that the odor of garlio would ro c d thc identity of eomo tihucknost) im of u Florentine count; that waist oasts .splotched \\ it li wine, and cravat ruy? d herc and there about the middle .ould give warning that somo Fri nol alot hud come wooing in hus ma-.b r': ust-oiT slothes, lint I ishionablo society ls much t< latin for this, say the apologists of tin weet little lambs. No doubt. Fosh : ?d lie BOOicty in BomO Of tho huge it ion is monstrous, but Bociety canuo ill the woman who docs not want to b illod. Tho glorious crow n of pure, tm oniutihood was never yet .-trick? u fron ut tidy brow, uulcss that brow bent ii equiescenco to the band of tho despoil r. However, it is useless to morah y 'ho American girl is pretty well umb i tood by tho country. When iii? want 0 marry sho will marry, even if sh lurries a wooden Indian in front of igar storo. The Petticoat. Pew people seem aware how euoriii usly a petticoat dress of any sort it rcases the appartint bizu of tho hips tu il they have soon the same persons in itfereut-i. e., two-logged -dress. Tb ubit of wearing a dress which CHUS* lie duality of the form to bo conocalc ? the true cause of all thc errors an bango contortions whiuh seem ii 1 parable from women's dress. lt con letcly alters thc character of tho ligui nd causes an ordinary waist to loo irge anti clumsy. Dress a man in roman's skirt and his waist immediate! pp? ars largo out of all proportion to i eight, and this result is tho true cam f I he com pression of tho waist timon mut Kutopeau nations. Till it is r loved, it is vain to argue against tigl icing. The majority of women ali i m unaware how unbecoming a tili I i the tight bodice, which is the store* ypetl form on which their tires? bodia ri mudo. They unconsciously try, nprovo upon it by making imitafh esta anti waistcoats and falls of la own thc front. Hut with a loose, ila ing skirt an artistic and becoming for f bodieo is out of tho question, for on tight bmbee cnn give the hourglass pim Diidered necessary by tho globular foi ie legs assume when encased in skir -From Drets. i tip Kio Little Ones. Alter thirteen years of unscctari rork in rescuing, feeding ami caring i titcast and .duned little ones, tho K iety for the Prevention of Cruelty jhildren make? a special apjn-aj to t nidio for assistance. During Die pi ear it has rescued (rom degrading a icbms associations over ll,nut) cbihlrt nd has prosecuted 2,0'2'J 'leglectl are ute and employers, of whom l,v rere convicted aud punishod. jJesii Iiis tho cases of 2,81)8 children wero estigatcd at tho request of police j' ieee, tho result being that some 1,1 rere sont to institutions and tho rema er found to be improper objecta of I itv'a care. Another brauch i I tho society's wi ?.as been to gather, in from tho stret Hoya anti tellCt .elit ., neglected ii baaed children, who, to tho nuiulxn , 1 Iii, have been clothed, sheltered i od in ita reception houses in vari? ?rta of tho city. Tho noell:ty ia out of debt, but leeds money to enlarge anti cont mue vork. It is supported ontircly by i i n tai y conti-1 hu lions, and receives ?ne dollar from irltato ot city fur mlMCripttous nxay bo sent to the tr in r, WlllUm h. Jenkins, No. lot) 1 L' won ty- third street, New York city. It ls well enough lo be generous, loa't be generous tea fault. A faull h mlitlod to any ?Aich consideration. KX-MIN1STKK (MIX ON Tl' UK KV. A Turkish Ba1aaiu**Turklsli Habits-Turk i- i! Women, \f ,Ac. Tho Hon. H. S. Cox's lot turo, "Ob servations upon Turkey," pays tho Now York Sun of October 8, f'.nneil tho prin cipal part of the entertainment given hy tho Stcokler Association at the Windsor Theatre last night. Three policemen stood at tho entrance, and declared it was impossible for another mau to get inside. .Tudgo Alfred Stcokler had hardly Un tied his brief introduction of Mr. Cox when tho audienco lixed itself for an hour's laughter, and it refused to put itself iido any other attitude toward the distinguished lecturer, in spite of the evident fact that ho som. timi s tried to bi serious. Mr. Cox began by making a I Turkish salaam as tho most utting way j io express his recognition of tho honors about to be heaped upon bim, He lirst! tried to touch Iiis boot too without bf nd- j ing his knees, then placed his hand on i what ho faid was his heart, stuck his! huger in his mouth, scratched his head, I amt concluded with a sweeping dancing* master's hov . The audience didn't caro whether ail this was good Turkish or not; it was funny, and they laughed. "The Turks always bigin the day with sunset, " said Mr. Cox, and everybody j laughed again. "My mother-in-law ! used to tell nie that tho Puritans begun 1 thoir Bundey at sunset Saturday, and i never went back en 'Banset when li could help it " Mr, Cox refer? cd to his trip in tho Soudan uitdcr tho guidance of tho Sul tan's commissioner: "it may sis m n strange thing for a man to go to 'luikey with only one wife, but, as the man said who hud bis head out off, it was the only i ono I heil. Tho B?lten has 18-J wive?, ? and ho has to have their names put on 1 tho doors of tb< ir rooms. Por my part I iiavo always found one just about as ' much as 1 can manage. When I nat tho Khedive he said : " 'Your Excellency, how is it your country has grown so last in popula tion ?' I .'.Tho attraetivo forces of our immi gration laws and of our Constitution,' I| uimvored. " dhu have you got ai y of my pooplo over there?' "'Oh, yes, WO have two. I shipped them yesterday from Alexandria. They arc mummies. " ?Well, it's nil ri, ht, They couldn't be o? mindi more uso to me, anyhow.' ' "I am pi rliaps the only mun in Amer-1 icu w ho has ev er shaken hands with the1 Pharaoh of Scripture. Ho was a little dusty, but 1 shook bunds w ith bim. My i wonder io not HO muob that ho was able | to win immi rtahty, but that ho was able j to preserve his immortalization. "Tho great tight of tho century will not bu about Holgar?a or itoumclia, but will take ploci iii Afghanistan, between the land aniti al Kassia and tho sea uni-' mal (beat Britain. Some of thosoprcs-j Ont Will live to see it." The climax ot" tho lecturer's eloquence was rendu d w hen bc began i ) describe thu Caucasian women who replenish tho i harems of Constantinople. "Tin y appear on tho streets on women do iii New ^ 1?, k, but tho eyes thc eves! j ..neb eyes us 1 uovor saw elsewhere, j These women bolong to the stock from| whioh our ancestors sprung. They are 1 beautiful, wonderful woman, compact in form, noble of mein, graceful in move ment, and musical In speech. Thc Turkish nico will be replenished from | ! Oaueosia time and again. "On tile bridge between Scutari audi' Constantinople sovouty-two nations are represen ted in tho passers to and fro, | ! different in costume, language and man nora. How does tho Sultan harmonizo I, these diverso nations? Tho secret of i J government is tho same that w;:s ob-. ( served iu the ancient empires of Oreeco ?nd Koine it is home rule -tho system i ' nf tribal rotations which has prevailed!' hom tho dayo of Abraham. Each tribe | . has its head, and its ow n system of luxa tion, and this plan prevails from tho , Kuphrub s to the Adriatic. Crete has its j ( DWii legislature, it ia this system which boa kept tho Turkish Empire together ?io long, m spite of its many enemies." M r. Cox gave some specimens of Turk lah humor, and mentioned tho fact that j moro would bo found in a certain hook ibout to bo published. In conclusion he 1 w?id that he hoped the day was fur ilia-;' taut when tb. amiable, just, honest and r?giluut Sultan should lose bia hold npon , ' tho Orient. Pearl Flatten ol th? lied Rea, Some 800 boats of from eight to twenty tons burden, und with crows of, in tho Aggregate, about '2,000 men, mostly ne* ijro slaves, arc engaged in tho pearl iish [jries of tho lied Bea, ?hieb yield from |100,000 to 31 fit),OOO a year. One-third J? the income tho owners of tho vessels retain; the remaining two-thirds are dis tributed among the crows, which makes in average ol <fd0 to tflO a year to every mau. In fe. mer days Djoddak, near Mecca, in Arabia, was the port where all the pearls were taken and sold; but sinco tho government imposed an import duty :?f oight per cent, upon the pearls tho linbern commenced carrying their shells to Musso w ah mid Suukin, on tho African lioast, where they huvo only ono por cont. L>1 duty to pay. At prcaout the latter fioits receive about threo-ipiurtora of tho LUI ti re yield, hardly one-quarter of it si iii agoing to Djoddan. From these poi ts tho pearla arc transported to Cairo and Alexandria, in lower Egypt, whence most :>f them go to Trieste, upon tho Adria! 'c ?ea, few only reuching bondon and Ila vro directly from Egypt. -- -- ? ? ?-. .Pool? iitmii in, if here Angel* Pear io Trfa4," So impetuous youth is often given to I ly and Indiscretions; and, us a result, ncrvoOf, mental and organic dibility follow, memory Is bu paired, self eontldonco 1? lucking; at night bnfl die un- occur, pre mature old agc seems selling in, ruin is in die 11 nek. lu cnnlidc nco, you can, und should wiiUi to Hr. li. \. Pierce- il Ruffalo, N. Y., thc author of a treatise foi tho benefit of that class of patients, and dc acribo your symptoms ami aufTcring. I li cu? euro you at your home, and will scud yQil lull particulars hy mull. Sawdust and petroleum are being in d as fuel by Vermont manufacturers, on sc count of thc Increased coat of the trims porto lion of coal since the passage of the hiter State Act Il coats any whore from/ rive hundred lo Ave thousand dollars a month to keep n yacht like these owned by wealthy men. a. w i I ' " . I CHIN VS CKKAT WALL A MYTH. _ Surprising, Statement M mle by it Prnncli ! A* ' lalonary. atom iii?- London Timi s.) Abbe Larrieu, formerly iv missionary to China, bas published a pamphlet (Paris, Leroux,) on thu Great Wall ol ('binn, to demonstrate that thisstruoturo does not exii-t an 1 lias uuvot i xi:-'1 il. Tho popular belief ia that thia wall stretches for about eight hundred leagues across China, from thu bea to tho province of Kan-Su. That it is | wholly constructed of cut stone, and ih . thirty cubits high by twelve broad. | lt is believed to run straight on regard less of obstaoles. going down valleys and | up mountains, without break, excepl Buoh os timo has modo, along its whole cour.se. This notion originated withal Jesuit named .Martini. >vho visited China about IGGO, und Iiis description was fol lowed hy subsequent writers. RI. tiar ricu has lived f r several years uudei what wouhi havo bei n tho shadow of the ! Great Wall bad tin rc bc? n one; ho has j studied tho writings ol ne ut writ' especially Abbe Hue who have orosscd : tho lino of the alleged wall in various places, ho has likewise studied tho Ohineso history of tito subject, and nis i Conclusions arc ns follows: ( 11 Thc term "Great Wall" ia at thc bottom <>f all Hie misundorshindiug, and it comes from tho Ohineso expression, "the wall ol Ibo ten thousand li;"' (2) as describe il by Murtiui and other wi itero who have copied bim, this wa ! does not and never did exist; (3) a Chinese Emperor un doubtedly il id conceive tho Idea of a great wall from tho Gulf of Idao-Liong on thc cast to Kau-iSll OU thc west, and this, though never leah/. !, had a be ginning; fi) ali along tho proposed linc i ol the wall square tower-, of earth, or ol earth faced with brick, were construct? (j ..t considerable distances from . ?nob oth er, btu thean wore never joined together by any wall es wns originally intended. In some of tho dottles along thc route there aro will.!;-, but these were intended to CIOKO these particular passages, i they aro morely the wahi i.i villages, and arc not parta of a larger sch? me. [lonee tho only pun of tho scheme of tho Great Wall carried oui was thee Btruotiou of theso scattered towors, Ibo rest novor went beyond the bruin cencoived it; it was never more than a fancy, and il is now e. myth Tb, Ohineso wal), says Abb- Lani u, ;.- ,i hugeOhiuoso lie, and ns for th.- a soldiers which wen. sui.1 to guard ii ; 'ghi and ?lay, they are myths likowise. Th alleged Great Wall ls a favorite excui sinn for Europeans visiting Pekin, such a question aa whether it exit ! II I or not should be an easy ono to settle definitely. ( SK Ol' THU WKKl). \ ( li tm ic? Taking I'laen lu Un- '? *? ?I Tobacco. (From tho N, v. Couimurolal Ailvorllsui i Every tobacconist recognizes the ? r< al oban go that is taking place io what may bo called in u rather new sense tho pub lic i ito. Any avorago tohooeouibt, whose trad not chiefly among sailors and truck mei , will tell you he doon not ai li one-half as much ohowingtobacco us ho did ten years ago. Very likoly he will be unable to guess why it is, but Ito can't deny the fact. 1 asked ono of them about it tho otb r day. Ho . i. "Tho chango i* due to a variety of pauses, lt i? a great deal moro Apparent hore in tho East than in tho West and South, but it is going on nil OVOI the country. One thing is undoubtedly tho strength of public opinion that it is an uncleanly habit, lt ia hard for a mau who chews to keep evidences of it from his clothes. That fact makes it inevita ble that thc habit should go down be fore tho increasing attention bi dress, that is a foaturo of modern Ufo. Iben a fjreat many refined and well intentioned persons have waged war against it for years. It waa inevitable that Minn cffoot should follow their crusade. .'But tho principal causes aro righi here; There ia a great deal moro dyspep na and stomach trouble in tho country Dow than there used to bc, and no por ?on cnn chev tobacco who has a weal stomach. dames Parten bays in hil famous pamph'rt agaiuat rum au? tobacco that tbe stomach w ill hold on against tho weed longer than the lungs lames docs not smoke or chew, am therefore he doesn't know. Coraiuoi experience shows that bc is wrong, am doctora support tuc verdict of coininoi experience. The action of the tobacci ?nice, which trickles down tho chewer'. throat, is to paralyze tho stomach, I will do that long before smoke will havi uny perceptible effect upon an oldman pair of lungs. "Thon tho cigarette has done a gr. a leal Mi put an <-nd to the habit of chew ing tobacco. The growth of the cigar jtto practico in this country is, us line iay of Western towns, 'phenomenal. Tho consumption of cigarettes ba loublod many times over in tho las fifteen years. About seven out of over; ton boya who aro growing up now amok cigarettes. And after a boy bas smoke? cigarettes u few years ho not only Ima m tasto for tobacco in any other form, bu ho has no constitution left to shun .hewing tobacco. It is curious lue boys will tako cigarettes, I believe it i very largely because of tho funs that i made about them, lt has g it to ho th common opinion that ei garotte Smokin is tho most injurious practico know] I hat is just why boys adopt it. Itmakl Hiern an object of awful intorest to ot lu boys and to girls. It is soothing to boy's foolish pride to know to thal pot plo havo marked bim out as ouo who rushing with frightful temerity to earl destruction. Whether that is the eau nf it or not, it is perfectly certain tin moro and more cigarettes arc. being sol i very year and less and leas chown tobacco. i'll.lins uni OrgllllH. All ol the boat makes. $-."> cash ni balaudo Novomber 1, at spot cash prie on a Piano. $10 cash and balance N vor?ber 1, at spot cash prioee on i Organ. Delivered, freight free, at yoi nearest depot. I'Hfteon days test tri and freight both ways if not sntisfactor Write for circulars. N. w. THUMP, * Columbia, a. C. -. i40? - ? Among butter makers und dealer* in I country thc general opinion has liccn ll butter churned from sweet cream ls not good, and will not keep as woll, as tl made from sour cream. AN IBIl'OHTANT UKC1SION. I ii' rilXltlloll ol Ile U Ili lli l?y I or?-?un l.tllld I.Oiill < Olli |i i'in>- i lu v CllUIIOt 'io 'J ns id. Thc opinion o! Attorney Qeneral Earle givon below waa rendered in re spondo io tho request ol Comptroller (lei i ral Stoney, by reason ol' tin' ques lion i iii:, raised in lo tho correctness of ' !i> latter H opinion ami practioe in rela tion to tho taxation of l'omis, secured by i lortgagc of lauds in 11::^ Stuto, held by foreign land loau coiupauii-a. Tho opinion fully oonilrms tho Comptroller ( lenora! : HON. \V. li. STONEY, Comptrollor Ci en crai: lu response to your request for my opinion as to whether bouda scourod by mortgages of lauds i?i this Stute helli by foreign land loan companies aro taxai . in this State, I beg to say, thal iu : ;. c ??i'ii<^Li such bond J ar< not taxable 1" i ? i iii? Supremo Court of thc United S .ufes, in tho casu of iii"' State tax ou foreign-hold bonds, Railroad vs. Penu ry lvau ia, 10 Wallace, ?300, deoides Hie matter in point; ?hat bouda issuod by a railroad oompaoy aro property in tho band Mic hoiders, and when held by non-residents o? tho State m which tho sompany wan incorporated, thoy aro property beyond tin; jurisdiction of that Sta!*', ami to tax them i H not a legitimate exorcise of tho taxing power, ami thu is f bot affected bj tba fact t hat tho bonds' are scon rc? i l?y tuortgago upon property * situate in to- *-..u-. Tho tax Uvivs ol a * State can have no extra-territorial opor* . ??n, nor ean any laws of a State ?neon- 1 datent with tho fc< rms of acontr?i< t made I with or payable to parties out of tho State have any cfluot upon the coutrtv t vhilst it is in tho bands of such pan i : ir other non-residents < f tho State. In the case of Jenkins vs. Charleston, '1 S S C., SIM, tho Sllj wttl? Court of this i 1 itate decided that tbe City Council of j j ?harleston muy lawfully tax its owu itoeks, as well as that owned hy uon 'osidents as 1 hat owned by residents of he city, ami that such a tax does not m pair i;- obligation ol' tho contract. Ti".: Supi mu Court i-f tho United itah'H, iii t . e ? of Mulray VS. Churl- s on. M I.S. 182, reversed Vue decision ?I ! ho S ipr* lue (.Join t ol Sou: ii < trolina u the ea...- ut Jcukhs NS. Charlesto.i j ind in .dun iy v.. Charle- ?1 on, t i t; isca I- big governed by tho i ainu di - 'on I s I Tho ca H'K utn ." '. Heil ricciu to me c? n-1 c ilusivo cf tin ev; t-. r. ! ' Ko? Itlfi to.- i lui l.i?dh'M. ' ll i ( )pi-n rda' ??c?i of oxidi/i I silver, etched ? t i> rt j'ou>Ki! ,t.y lo, will ho vt cy popular J ni. ?vinb r. : 1 Lanie-,' . nil butl bs of pale blue. ^ ?iiaim.-l, travi ' i'i with gold '.vite, will be .xti nsively v u:. ^ failles and ri ob? d silks in both light i md duri; colors aro covered with minute ; 1 h r ii p.dU'iut?, wovon into Ibo main ? . loi'tion of thc fabric. 1 1 An octopus of o:.L ized silver, huvim/| j luspcudcd from each of its eight leg.*, ii ! muvy link chain, lo which aoiuo j>r?-tly i . ut le knickknack is* attached, is th< m econt design in chatelaines. A lioulangi r bat scon on tho Avenue I u 'c'iterday was of griiy Htouc*colored vi i- J . t, with ! tool cord n t bo i ilgo and tips j 1 nd wings of lighl steel dolor. A stiel j. luckie caught tile p^int of crown in II rout. l Tlie nimmel goods shown this season p ,ro m mt beautiful in design. An ex-1 luisite lud*, 's pin is shown in tho shape . if un English or double vioht, houuti*] illly enameled pud resting in diamond in its oidor leaf, roprcsouting a drop of : low. The link bracelet, of newer make J \ uoht exquisitely ohaued and rici lj i domed, either m combiuation or col-lt ootivoly with diamonds, sapphires orjl nbics. Laee pins are shown in enamel t orming sprays and bouquots of emull n lowers. fa English wraps of pilot oloths, rouj ' N weeds, plaided and checked English J voolj, cheviots, smooth camel's hair j roods crossod witb shaggy lines of deep ? j olor and diagonal hourottes will bo asuianablo. L'ho wraps will have large! lointed hoods, red talk linings and very | \\ locket (laps. In ninny cases these wraps ?ill mate t tho gowns and will lu- tri mn ? I nth braid or em broidery. Others will io in simple tailor style with machino* titelnd o lg* s. The New marketa v li io richly decorated with applique in .'.;!; ard with ban Isomo brautlobourgcfi and iguilottus to match, English ulsters, ed and black striped, Eton coats ai d hort jackets in l r-neb, Londonderry, luBsiau and (Hailstone, trim amt clo - tting in tho buck and cut doublo* roasted <>vi r i/old banded Linton vests, .ill bo extensively worn. ( 1 ruy continuel, to bc very fashionable, nd In Paris very m my of tho now cos nruoa being prepared for tho gay tri llion and winter acasonaro made wholly ? gray. This in a style established carly i tho summer season by English roy d y. Tho favorite costume will be of gray Tench cashmere combined with soft ;ray velvet, gray colored silk gurmluitxi nth cut BtOOl embroideries amt of gray loth and moire trimmed with cos'!;, ray gimps and galloons. These will bo aoro to thc i xolusion, it may be, of the ifillinUt gowns which have made thc 'firisiau'i famotlS intimes past. OH t u evadi?* color., for tho coming Kt a- in riii bo durh 1Unnau led, golden bron/" nd tho univ tci ra Cotta which is l ar ?mt tier th?n that of past seasons. 1 loUoate half tones m combiuation which nive been ?loin for. Itio past few seasons ,rc a bit more delicate, and in the Bilks or autumn and winter gowns that the iromiucnt Kreuch modistos have j t nought over with them there is moro . d bounty than in the abados of l i. I 'oar aomo of which were garish and ggrussivu. Tbuic nuances iu coloran if mo t uovol shades BUOh as bronze and mic st raw berry, dark blue ami rosed u, urra cotta and golden brown, pencil olor and olive, pink and blue, anil nany others aoomiagly impossible to onibine. Miss Nanette Comstock, tho ctress, will come out next week with a aost beautiful gown of this peculiar ?oinbiuation. Tbc skitt will bo of o 'cry pale tint of groeu, with overskitt of combination green and pink stripes of a ,int quito an dclic&t. tho green of the ikirt. Tho green of tho overskitt is a ut deeper than the skirt. The drapings ?viii be of lace. rsu. LI? m TKIl'LK UUHDKRi Tragedy Near Madison, Oa.-A >?t;r?> Mau Kill?ThreeMem lierao? lilt Family. A Bpcoial from Madison, Ga., to tho Atlanta Constitution nays: Tho people of Morgan- county aro aroused by tho nowt- of a terrible family tragedy which took place some time be tween Saturday night and Sunday morn? ing. About 'l o'olock on Sunday morn ing tho clatter of hor: .':< feet were hoard by Marshal Beardon, ? ho rider exclaim ing in groat excitement aa ho rodo in: "I want a doctor! I wuut tho sheriff! Old man Dow Lookot ?H dead! Aunt Luoy and Mollie have their throat? cut und aro dying!" The rider was a negro, named Bill, nrho worked oil tho plantation of Mr. Anthony L-'annin, three miles from town. Upon the saine plantation livod i I i? Locket, a venerable old negro, and .1- wife Luoy. They had but ono child ivitb them, their daughter Mollio, Bov .rul yearn ago she accepted tho love of Alexander Morns, a band working upon m adjoining plantation. For a while iii \v( nt well, until jealousy entered tho ii ait ct Morriu, and after that there waa Ult little peace. lie whipped his wife refluent ly, and abused hor so that ehe vos afraid of her life. Early last week ie wont home one night and renewed hie .mel treatment. He boat her until she eli exhausted in a faint. Homo time luring tho night her consciousness ro amed, when she found her husband leoping Bouudly beside lier. Stealthily lie arose, and, blipping out of the house, au in desperation to the home ol' hor tarcuta, where she obtained refuge. "About an hour ago," said tho rider, '1 heard terrible screams, which were .roc ilod bj u gunshot. Running out 1 low ii mun at Locket's front door, puli ng a woman out, kicking her, and cut ling wildly ut her with a knife. Tho loighbora began to gather, when tho mau run off, and by thc tuno tho nature .f his work wan known ho had disap peared entirely. Tho woman in tho vtktd was Mollie, the wife of Aleck Morris. Hor throat was oui clean across. The people went in and touud that iockett was dead, while his witt: wha limost ?lead, with her throat cut clean icroas, just like her daughter's outside. ! en I jumped on my horse and rodo M i town after a doctor." A pal ty was at onco organized, cou iating Ol thc coroner, sheriil'and several ?thors, who roached tho scone of tho ruged , at daylight. Hundreds of ex it< il ii groen had gathered ul the place, whom tho excitement wus iu uiisu, AH agreed that they would lynch bo murderer ii they could get him. L'ho m< si fiendish foi ins o? torture wore i l foi Morris. The wounded viio said that hor husband came to tho louse, ah he claimed, to i '.loot a rocon I .a.. u, >nd wuut. tl his wife to go back \.rh him. 'l ins she refused to do. Ho nen said hu Would stay ul) night. When ludtinio cunio Lookot went to bed, deeping ou a pallet on the lloor, while iis wife, Luoy, got into the bod, in the .orner of tho room, and Aiollie got ou a ;cd iu tho opposite sido. What follow .1 can best bo told in her own words, as il i your correspondent: .'Dad wen. to sleep about 10 o'clock, nd wa- BO0U Snoozing. Maui talked .while, und she, too, fell asleep, and loft tieck sitting in the door, lie wanted no to go buck with him, au' sorter iromiaed to go. 1 was iraid of him, in' then I wanted to get some money of nine lie hud, and I just talked kinder {Ood to him. li) aud by i loll ualoep. ?Vinn 1 waked up I looked over to soo nam '?looping over dud's pallet trying O put out tho lire. His cover waa iblazo and tho room was full of smoke, lust then I saw a mau spring on mam md throw lu i* to the floor. She sorter .hoked, and i jumped out of beti, lt wm A.eek. He loft mam and sprang ipou mo, dragging me out tho door to he ground. 1 saw a knife in his baud, ie struck al my throat, but 1 warded it .ll; the next lick and he cut me again nd again. 1 felt Ibo keou edge of bia .uife. Then ho jumped and run, Ah ck vas was not drunk, and I don't know vhy ho wanted to kill us. Did not ?now dad was killed until just before .ou came. Tho shot must have waked ne." Ju the room Dow Locket lay on his ide with his eyes closed in sleep. Ho vident ly died without a struggle, and lover knew what killed him. A double lurrel gun lay on tue tloor, witn its u,i/./.lo not six inches from his hoad, lt vasilis own gun, and the assassin had to top over Ins Blooping form to got it rom thc rook. Sin nil Hillaman at once sout for Toon 'owell's d igs. The annuals took up he scent without troubU ruuning in lie direction of Newtou county. ' Whou list heard from they were hall way be woon Madison and Atlanta, while tho mrsuing party of whites and blacks waa icing increased as it wont along by poo le an .ions to join in tho lyucluug of ho triple murderera Kt 'mini Kxperieiioo ol n Hitor. Qardinor floyd, a well-known divor of 'ortlund .Mo., had an awful oxperionce nany feet under wator at Mattawamkeag i fow days ago. He was at work ou a oundatiou for a oo?er-dam ut tho sito ?f H pier f"i a new bridge for tho Cana lian Paciflo Railroad. Ho hud put a liam around a big rook and given the igual lo hoist it, when a largo piece of ho lock broke off, lt fell upon tho In er, \nocked him down, and pinuod -nc leg and foot <o tho tiottom. Ilia Towbar was just boyoud his reuuh, and 10 feared every moment that bia air apply would givo out. Tho bottom wua 11 mud and gravel and rather soft. .Mr. Floyd sot to work to dig himaol? ree with Ilia bauds. Aa fast aa bc un lorminod the rook ho propped it with mull stones. Ho dug uw?y for dear lifo or just half au hour before ho suocooded n getting his leg free. His air hose waa i sting on two points of a ledgo, but by ni t-lul handling he got it straightened .ut and gave the aigual to hoist. He waa .ompletoly exhausted when ho roached he surface. Mm foot and log wore badly nuised but no bonos wore broken. Sew York Star. "IM lucre no buhu In Gilead.' ta there no physician thcro?" Thanks to Dr. Pierce, there ia a balm in ils "Golden Medical Discovery"-a "balm or OVery wouud" to health, from colds, coughs, consumption, bronchitis, and all ;hronlc, blood, lung and liver affections, [)t druggists,