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PUBLISHED KVKKV TUESDAY. SUBCRIPTION ?1.BO t'KK YKAK ***** m ****** NOVEMBER?1896. a 10 ?7 11 Tue. 12 1819 20 0 2122 23 324[25l2?l27l28 29130 #9 f jHw-W*! WTfWftfwrrr+'l 13 11 Fit Sat 2 9 8 1516 BILL ART SEES THE FAIR. \M) Iiis POLK8 SPEND TilK DAY. 'JfhfJ Arp Fumily Ki?.|oye<l It lively? They I>I<1 Not Re?eh the Midway. The world's fair was a grand show. Wo did not see it, uiy wifo and I, but Homo of tho family did and the talk and toll of it lasted six months. It whs tho groutost show that ovor was on earth. Hut it was too big u show for a day or a wook. My folks say they never got through with it and hud to hurry ovor what they did soo. Tho fair at Atlanta is big enough for mo? big onough for my timo and my coni prohousion. My wifo and 1 have boon and it has renewed her youth and now sho has something olso to talk about besides tho missionary meetings und tbe grandchildren und tho llowors that I huvou't put In tho pit. Yes, I took hor down last Wednesday. It took right smart of preparation, of course, for she had an ides that tho people would ull expect her und observe hor outfit, und sho bus great respect for public occusiotiB and for herself, too, und so her paraphernalia had to bo revised and remodeled. Sho knows how poor I am und said it would cost too much for her to go, hut I told hor sho should go if it broke me and ull my friends und relations. These rnaternul nncestors, who, for thirty und forty yours, huve served tho Lord und thoir country in tho infantry service and toiled day and night .n raising chil dren, nursing and sowing and caring for offspring?slaves to destiny und tlio curse that was put on Mother P.vo ?never without u llttlo child that was too young and helpless to take euro of itself, nbvor with a day or a night that ?-?***8 free from anxiety, they should huvi^a good timo in their lust duys if there*** is u good timo for unybody in this s\bl unary world. They are like tho henpes who came from the war. They are Uke.l'aiU,- who ?aid, "! .iavo fought a good light."' Hut Paul would have known a little more about light ing if he had been a family man and had to got up in the night when ho was utmost dead for sleep und walk tho lloor in bis night gown with a teething child in his arms und singing, "Hugh my dour : be still and slumber," or "Oh, where shull rest be found, Host for tho woary soul ?" Paul had a hard timo, but ho novor graduated in tho lighting business. Ho was too smart to enter the infantry service. My wifo was almost afraid to under take tho exposition?afraid she would get tired and worn out trumping around, but like ull mothers she lets the youngest child persuade her. The older ones have scattered anil gone and somo of them we fear are weaned, but tho youngest of all tho Hook is hero und she is not weaned. She was twenty-one yesterday and is married and has a child of her own, but she is not weaned. Oh, no : she is still our comfort und brings us sunshine every day. Just think of it. Ton living children und the youngest bus passed her twenty-one. The oldest is cloun out of sight. He is almost as old us I urn ami has sons who have graduated und gone to work. Due of them, who has my name and my birthday is an oleetrieian at the exposition. He escorted us. round and when we were askod to register our names in a book I wrote mine in full and be took tho pon and just wrote "ditto," ami wo went on. Wo got safely into tlio grounds, my wifo and 1 and our youngest daughter, who was celebrating her birthday, und bwgan the grand rounds about!! o'clock In tht! tnoVhing. We stopped long enough to take u hird's-oyo view of the Situation?to look at tho panorama and to locate the particular buildings. I was tho chaperon, for I hud been there before, und so 1 pointed out everything before we begun tho perusal. "There is tho government building," suid 1. "I wish you could spend hulf u duy there. That Smithsonian exhibit Is just magnificent. Thoro is the wo man's building. Thi re is tho liberal arts. There is the agrloultural build ing and there the machinery. Ovor there is the Midway. In every church, you know, the devil lias a pulpit at tho rear end and tho Midway is his pulpit here." In duo time we started on the grand rounds. 1 had two shawls and a basket of lunch and some other traps to carry, but that was all right for a while, f will curry anything on such OOOOsloQS. 1 curried those paraphernalia until l o'clock, when wo got to a placo where wo could eat up the lunch and leave the shawls anil the etcetera. Wo took it in by sloty degrees. Sometimes I WOS in the load liko u pilot; sometimes I w;id behind like u shepherd dog. I am very docile on such occasions. Sometimes 1 would sit down somo where and Walt till they not done look ing. I had no trouble anywhere except at tho fisheries. Tho crowd was very thick thoro and most of them were aiggors and white folks and the pass way is narrow. "Gentlemen,said I, 'please don't orowd this lady ? she is my wifo," but they paid no more rtten tion to mo than if I was a common man and I reckon I am. If I could have called buck twenty years I would have knockod one fellow u rod und taught him somo manners. Those lish are V. lust bountiful, but I have seen sheops rtcad down at Clear Water just liko i hem. I have seen them ull uronnd u palmetto post suoklng tho burnucles uud they were so thick you eou'd not soo through them. They wouldont notice a hook with the most tempting bait on it, but I could hike a grain or a gigpolc and strikti it down amongst them und kill half a dozen at a stroke, ft took us an hour to get through the governmont building and we did not seo it all to our satisfaction. That alone is a groat show. Our paternal government"bus beer good to us ind the Smithsonian institution carried out tho will of that noble Englishman who loft a million dollars for tho dif fusion of knowledge among m'en. The profaco to tho catalogue suys they would have sent-US much more if we had had room for it. SlnoO Smlthson ! died ninny other philanthropists have loft money to that great institution. 1 Lots of money in various sums from ?0,000 up to a quarter of u million. ; Say w hut you please about tho northern people, they ure tho greatest peoplo On earth to muko big fortunes and then die and leave thorn to some charity or some beneficent cause. Just think how this Smithsonian institution , has grown. They have now u library i of .'17,000 volume- on scientific subjoots. A museum of .'iO.ooo histoi !cal col loo- j tlous of coins and medals, 1,210 musi cal instruments, 3,600 specimens of j pottery and porcelains, 1,300 chemical ' products, :i,:i(H).textiles, 423,ooo spocl mons of ethnology, which moans all sorts of things used and invented by barbarous nations; '?>'>,000 specimens of aboriginal pottory, somo of which came from *h* Indjarj mound? in i Georgia; 13,000 maiutualx. 73,000 birds, I M.UOO birds ?>kk? and nesta, 34.00q rep tile*, 120,000 tiuhe?, 810,000 uiolluaks, 010,000 inseote, 520,000 martuo animals, 113,000 fossil plante, 252 000 modern) plante, 25,000 minerals Go.?OO {roologi- { uai specimens and a zoological park of ; Uli! acres with all the wild American j animals, it is twice as large an the j largest animal park iu the world. Over live million people have visited that institution in the last twelve years. Now, just contemplate what a won derful inatltution that is?and it is all ours. Not many of us down here can see it all, but It is a big thing for us to see a part. It expands and broadons us to look upon these things. Of course I mean intellectually, for other wise my wife and I are broad enough, in fact, our broadness Interferes with our alacrity and I bad to sit down 6vory half hour while my folks pur sued their wanderings. Next we pe rused the Plant system and saw Florida in all her glory. This building looks like an Egyptian pyramid and is I covered with pebble phosphate. Next we visited tho art building, where all tho line paintings aro. Icouldent tell a Hue painting from a common one, but 1 did like the bull fight und the old woman reading her Bible by candle i light. My wife wont into raptures ovor somo others, mit thoy made no impression on me. I wish 1 was smar ter?moro cultured and moro esthetic. 1 saw u painting In New York once that cost A. T. Stuart *?0,000?and I wouldent have givon a hundred dollars for it. 1 eau got up more Internal in spiration from a view from 'Lookout mountuin or a sunuot scone at Clear Water than from ull tho paintings in tho world. By and by wo got to tho Costa Hica building, where our Florida uioco is queen of tho realm, and there we got OOffee und hot wulllos and spread our lunch und hud u good timo. It is tho plcusuntost place to rest that is upon tlio grounds. Clara Moer is at your foot and tho viow all around you is j ohurming. Thoro wo hoard the ex quisite musie of Giluiore's band and wondorod if there could bo any sweeter inmdc in heaven. From there we journeyed to the agricultural and manufactures and liberal urts build ings uud by this time my wifo wus tired und surrendered upon tho steps. Sho hud seen enough for ono duy, und sttid she wished sho wus ut homo. Tho mind hus to huvo timo to digest things just like tho body. Wo urged her to go up to tho Midway and shoot the chutes and rido on tho scoulc railway, but no, sho said sho hud shot enough und soon enough and would wait for some other timo to see tho rest. "Won't you tako a boat rido on Clara Meer?" But no, tho collapse had ooino. Wo wont back to Costa Itica und sut down uud listened to more music and saw the electric lights turned on and wore happy. By half pust 7 o'clock wo were buck to tue city und I feasted them at Durand'? hospit able table up tho winding stairs. What u delightful ctl'ect good oysters und beefsteak and delicious coffee do huvo upon both mind and body. Wo ull got back home at 10 o'clock that night und thoro were lights in tho window for us und oven tho llttlo girl hud kept awake to see if grandma camo aud how sho liked tho fair. Sho had already been thoro on tho children's day uiid wanted to go again aud show her grundmu round, but sho couldont. But we will ull go uguin before It closes, uddstuyu week. BILL Am*. A trustworthy DOG. UV JOSEPHINE L. BALDWIN. A fow yours ugo u inun in Lanca shire, England, owned u most intelli gent dug. it wus u collie, named Frank. His owner was u wheelwright, aud often loft his shop for hours ut a time, but never thought of closing or loekiug iho door. Toll'ng Frank to watch the shop wus quite sullioientto muko sure ull would do safe, uo more than one event proved. Ono day a friend passing ulong found Frunk lying j iu the door, spoke to him, und wont I into tho shop. Prank know tho visitor, so made no objection, but turned around to keep unoyoon his movements. Tho muu being well ucquuinted with the owner of tho shop wulkod ubout waile wuiting, und finally picked up u chisel from the bonch. Instuntly Frunk wus ut his side, put his forepuws on the ui ..eh, und gently closed his jaws on the wrist of the hand that held tho chisel. No umouut of coaxing could induce him to lot go, and any movement of tho hand wus mot by such u tightening of the toeth thut the prisoner soon realized it would bo much wiser to submit to his unjust arrest quietly and hope for tho speedy return of his friend. This hope was vuin, howovor, for ho was , obliged to stand ut tho bar four hours \ and a half, during which timo neithor ' man nor dog moved a muscle. When the owner camo in and call?, d oil' tho ; four-footed police ollicor the man, more dead than ulivo from stunding in ono position so long, said : " You may ; b j sure I shall never call on you uguin when you uro out." And us tho story wus told ubout town everyone folt there wus no danger of that shop being rob bed whilo Frank wus ulivo. A butcher ih the neighborhood kill ed his beef every Wednesduy us ro 1 gularly us tho duy cunio, und ut a cer tain hour Frank would appeur to usk for his bone, which was ulwuys givon to him. Ho would trot to tho shop with it, und put it inside u pile-of wheol spokes which were stacked up like u , log house, muking u hollow squuro. : Every duy or two ho would go und pull it out, gnaw on it for a whilo, and put it buck. Ono day ho wont us usual, but found his closot. liko Mothor Hubbard's, ; " baro." Ho looked, sniffed, growled, and looked uguin, but no bone could he ; soo. Then ho cuught sight of a hole undo- tho wall near by, und soomod to romombor that tho family out was in tho habit of coining in that way ut times, und in thut moment ho hud decided who wus tho thiof. Lying ( down besido tho holo, ho prepared to play tho part not only of police ollicor, but executioner, und whon at last tho unsuspecting puss cruwled through that holo she walked Into tho jaws of doath, for in loss time thun It takes to toll tho unforgiving dog hud made it certain thut she would never steul his duintios uguin. I Frank must have boon rather fond of a varied diet, and perhaps was smoothing of a glutton. Anyway, thoro wore soveral men about town who were alwuygludto soo him, aud whon he callod at supper time, hh ho gonorully did, somo morsel from the table would oftcn}bo givon him. Some times he would got to the house too soon, but never ventured to go in'till ho hud unnouneod himself by a bark on the doorstop. If the man was not at home, some ono would say, " No, j ho is not homo yet, Frank," und the dog] would go away without offering to como in. At other times tho man would suy : " Huvon't unything for you to-night, Frank," und thon ho would go on to another house : but if ' invited to como in he soomed to un derstand perfectly, and would make a call with as much dignity and propri ety of behavior as ono would expect from u human being. -Et.hu.'TtONKKRlNo.--"Well,"said tho Kentucky campaigner. " I havo left absolutely nothing undono to win friends for our cause." "That's good," ropllod the candi date. " I have considered no personal sacrifice too great." " That's vory kind of you." " I knew you would appreciate it, so I did not hesitate. Why, sir, I have treated overybody in the county. 1 ovon drank water with the Prohibi tionist's party?and he's going to be right with us." senator SKEBMaH-S book. FORTY YKAliS Of P?BLI? L1FH. implied Treachery in Oarileld'ft Nomination?gheriuuu Keels muis Ued that m Corrupt Murrain H ecu red Harrison'* l''lr?t Nora? nation. The Chicago correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that toe intrigues, the jealousies and the traitorous anifo thrusts of the last half cootury uf American statecraft arc revealed iu the ilorco light of stern criticiein in "John Shorinun's recolleotions of forty years in the House, Senate and Cabi net," just published in that eity. The fear that the venerable Senator would reveal secrets long kept from the puMir in bis forthcoming work bait been to au extent realized. Grant. Gartield, Blaine, Arthur, Harrison and other ltopublican leaders are upokou of with uustinW d pruiuo for their high personal worth or states manship, but each is, iu guarded an*! covert language, shown in tlie lern? commendable light of scheming poli ticians. Tho criticism is almost in variably implied rather than, direct, but it stands out clearly in tho work as a whole. As anticipated, tho feature of tho book is its extreme frankness, tbe stylo in which Mr. Sherman has expressed bimBelf showing the statesman rather than the professional bookmaker. The work is marked by clear-uut sen tences and blunt expressions of opinion, and but little attempt at literary grace is made. The book is very evidently intended by the author as an exposi tion of tho financial policy of tho Re publican party, which to a groat ex tent is his own, and about the oxion sivo and elaborato history of Ameri can finances is woven anecodoto and personal remlnisoenco, replete with interest to every student of polities. Owing to tho close association of Mr. Sherman and James A. Garfield, the criticism of the nominution of the j latter for President of the United States is perhaps ono of tlio most | btriking features of the hook. Tho author, while carefully avoiding a j direct charge of treachery on the part J of the late President, vory significantly makes it plain that Mr. Garfield was I nominated at a convention to which he had gone as the trusted loader of tho Sherman forces. After showing by tho publication of private letters, covorlng a period of I years of close political uud personal ' association, that Mr. Garfield was in reality his political protege, Mr. Slier- j man gives in detail the history of the National Convention of 1880. Follow- ! ing tho account of his own struggle for I tho nomination he says : ?4 In time I became thoroughly advised of what occurred ut the Chioa- | go Convention and bad become on- 1 tiroly reconciled to the result, though frequently ufterwurd I heard lucidouts and details whloh occasioned ino great pain and which seemed to establish tho wuut of sincerity on the part of some of tho delegates and tended to show that for some timo before tho meeting of tbe Convention tbo nomi nation of Gon. Garfield had been agreed upon." Tho sting folt by Garfleld's dofection in 1880 is inadvertently shown by a sentiment expressed during tho dis cussion of the National Convention of 1802, where the Senator remarks ! " Prom later developments I became satisfied that Harrison could not be elected, that Plp.tt and a powerful New York influence would defeat him if nominated. I therefore preferred the nominution of a now mun such as William McKinley, but ho 'and com mitted himself to Harrison and, ac cording to my codo of honor, could not accept a nomination even if tendered him." When it was remembered that Blaine was also a caudiduto for the Presidency before the Convention that nominated Gurliold, the signilicunce of tho following explanation on the purt of Sonator Sherman why he wus reap pointed by President Gurliold as Secre tary of the Treasury is roadily under stood : " In tho latter purt of November, 1880, Gen. Gurliold came to Washing ton and called upon Mr. Blaine, who, it was understood, wus to bo Secretury of Stuto. Gu*'fiold came to my house directly from Blaine's and informed mo that ho had tendered that otlico to Blaino and that it was accepted. Ho said that Blaino thought it would not be politic to continue me as Sec rotary of the Treasury, as it would be regarded as an unfriendly discrimina tion by othor members of Hayes's Cabinet. I promptly replied thut I agreed with tho opinion of Uiuine und wus u candidate for the Senate." Again tho author reverts to the Chicago Convontion in discussing the eh.vi acter of Pro?i?ont Gurliold. Of his personulity und eloqueneo he .speaks in the highest terms. His will power, ho says, was not up to his per sonal magnotism. Ho adds that his opinions changed easily. In this con nection he says: " Whon 1 propo.-ed to him to bo a delegate, ut large to tho Chicago Con vention he, no doubt, meant it in good fuith to support my nomination." - Something of the political scheming thut again resulted in the defeat of tho Ohio statesman in tho Nutionul Con vontion of 1888 and brought tbo nomi nation of Ex-President Harrison can oasily bo read between the lines in that part of the work dovoted to this struggle. In discussing the result Mr. Sherman says that he becamo satisfied that one delegate, from New York con trolled tho entire delegation from thut Stato, and that between Saturday night, when the nomination seemed certuin to go to Sherman, und Monday morning, whon tho tide turned in favor of Harrison, a corrupt bargain wus mude in tho interests of tilO latter, which secured him the support of Now York und guvo him the nomination. Continuing, tho author states in fair ness to tho Ex-President: ?' It is to the credit of Gen. Harrison to say that if tho reputed bargain wus made, it was without his consent at tho time." On tho eve of another national cam paign, in which Ex-President Harrison iu expected to figure prominently, Mr. Sherman does not hesitate to say that in 1802 he did not consider Harrison a strong cundidute. To his cold und abrupt manner he attributes his un popularity at that timo. Space is devoted by tho author to an account of tho most important ovonts of each Administration. In this con nection Mr. Sherman lays bnro inuny of tho jeulousies, politicul bickerings und clash of ambitions that disturbed tho harmony of the party in power. Of Grant's Administration ho says it was a period of scandal and slander. Perhaps tlio severest criticism of Gon. Grant's statesmanship is found in tho following oxtraot from Mr. Sher man's work : " During the entire poriodof Grant's Administration 1 wus chairman of tho committee on finance of tho Sonate and had to act upon ull questions of taxation, debt, bunking or finance, and had occasion to talk with tho Presidont upon such measures, but ho rarely expressed any opinion or took any interest in thorn." At the ago of 72 Senator Sherman recalls the affair over tho attempt to romove Chester A. Arthur from the collectorshlp of tho port of Now York with much feeling. Tho correspon dence bearing on the controversy, never before published, is givon in full and Mr. Shorman's part of Secretary of the Treasury is stated in detail. Arthur is shown up in an unonvi ablo light, and tho attitudo of ftoscoe Conkling toward tho Prosldcnt is caustically commented upon. Tho former's nomination as vico President, tho Ohio statesman says, was the whim of Conkling to annoy Presidont Hayes. Throughout tho part of tho work rotating to Prosidont Hayos Mr. Sherman speaks in the highest praise of tho Chief Exeoutive of the nation. As showing the stinging crltlolsm of whloh be is capable, tbe following statement made by Mr, Sherman at tbe time of tbe impeachment proceed In gn again*; President Johnson was instituted is of interest. He said of Mr. Johnson ! " 1 regard him as a foolish and stub born man, doing even right' things in a wrong way, and in a position where \ tbe evil that he does is Immensely In creased by bis manner of doing it. The views of Mr. Sherman on tbo financial question arc so well known that It is not necessary to repeat thorn. All tbe legislation on this subject dur ing tho last half century is carefully recited and analyzed. LONGSTREET ATTACKS LEE. CRITICISMS OF CONFKDKItATE <;i:nkkvi,h. Ho Says the Great Confederate Leader Was a Poor Commander ?JoHcph Johnston Could Have Won ihe Coullict. Mrs. Virginia Stuart Mosby-Cole man, in a special correspondence to tho Atlanta Journal, writes as follows from Washington, in which is told tbe unsparing criticisms of General Long street against the peerless chief tain of the Southern Confederacy: General James Longstroet has just been on a visit to Philadelphia to see his publishers about bis now book which will appear in a short time. Ho expects that the records which he has collected will muke a great deal of hard feeling in tho South, for ho has criticised with an unsparing hand, some of tho most famous leaders, men whose names are held uu almost sacred by tbo Confederates. "in fact," said Genoral Longstreot, I think that some of tho Virginians believe that whon they die they will go.toGenorul Loo, but my book will show very plainly that Iiee, though now regarded by all Southerners as tho most able of loaders, was but a poor commander and that tho wholo of his military hlstJry is full of mlstukoB. ''Iam conlidont that had tbo man agement of tho troops boon given to Jonnston, the South would have won tho conflict. Ono of tho greatest errors that Lee over made was at the battle of Gettysburg, when Meado out witted him on every sido. It has been said that Loe had the disadvantage of being in such a position that his men had terrible obstacles to overcome, but if the Union forces possessed such a line position on tho heights above, whilo Lee's men wero below in Dovil'a Don, it was duo to the fact that Meado outgeneraled Lee aud secured such an advantage by his superior tactics. Loo had just the same chance to get ! tho heights that Meado had, but ho ' did no?, and his men bad to climb ' hills and light in tho face of what was a natural citadel, whero Meude was lodged. "Johnston was tho superior of Leo ! in every way, but ho was hampered by I having incurred tbo displeasure of j President Davis. The fineness of j Johnston's judgment is shown by the I fact that ho was anxious to march im mediately on Washington just after ! the victory at Manassas, but tho reason he did not do so, so Johnston always said, was that he was obliged to obey i Davis' orders which preveuted his making what would have boon the coup d'etat of the conflict and have brought'spoody success to tho Southern ; arms. Had Johnston inarched on j Washington, it would have fallen and , the South would thus have secui-od the ! key to the situation. " I was With tho array when the sur , render took place at Appomuttox and whon Loo found that wo were cut off, he sent for me aud told me that be ! could not got away. He said that it ! wus impossible to escape and wanted to know what plan of action 1 would propose. 1 told him that, as he stated tbo matter, it was its own answer. Ho then sent for General Maliern: und mado the same stutomonts to him. und Mahone advised him to see General Grant ubout muttors. Lee approved of this advice, got on his horse und rode out to find Grant. Whilo he was gone, 1 huurd a report which led me to believe thut it wus possible to cut our wuy out of the Unioti lines thut wore hemming us in und I decided to stop Leo on his errand to Grunt. Lee hud considerable start, but 1 sont for the lleotost courier in tho army to race after him and bring him buck from his mission. Yot tho condition of tho men und horses wus such that it Boomed impossible to got u fresh courier for the errand. It happened thut Colonel Haskoll, of South Carolina, had a lino blooded maro that had boon brought from Petersburg. Sho was fresh and spirited and Haskoll ottered to render whatever service ho could. I told him at once to get on tho mare and rido after Loe. I told him not to spare the maro, to kill hor if necessary, but llud Loe at all events before ho reached Genoral Grant. Haskoll sot out at a thundering rate, but when begot to Lee it was too late. I afterwards dis covered thut tho report which hud reached mo was false, so it wus well enough thut Haskcll hud not succeed ed in catching Lec before ho hud com municated with Grant. "Genoral Mahone was a good soldier and a good worker. In January, '03, I was before Petersburg and loft to go down to Sutlolk, but before loaviug, I laid out my linoa extending them from Petersburg almost to Chaucclloravillo, au I supposed that tho enemy might come around and make an attack on my left, f wished to dofend my lino at tho crossing of tho river and at the plank road, hence 1 put all tho troops to work. Whenever I mado a tour of inspection I always found Mahone at his post, which is moro than I can say for somo of tho other ollicers. Mahone wus a lino engineer. " Whilo Mahone wus so unpopular in Virglniu, thut fuct is duo to his polities. They uttucked him in tho senate, because ho 'helped to orgunizo the somite under tho republicans. Hut ho ha i dono moro for tho Stato than any other man has dono for rauuy a day. I think he was patr'otic and sincere iu all his political life and if ho was disliked ut tho last, it was be cause Virginians did not like his belonging to the republican party. " 1 commenced to write my book on the war ubout seven year, ugo. At thut time I collected some data and had some maps drawn, but my house caught on tire and burned to the ground, destroying a good deul of tho material I had collected, and my health becoming very bud about thut time, I abandoned i be iduu of writing u book. In two or three years from thut time, however, my health hucamo very much improved und so I took up the writing uguin, collected the dutu over und huvo worked on it since until it is completed und tho publishers ex pect it to he out in u month's time. Up to the time 1 commenced writing, I bad no idoaof writing anything about the war. for 1 supposed there wore so many other people writing about it that there was no uso of my saying anything. I thought my record, as it was, would tell what 1 had done and of tho part 1 hud taken in the great civil strife. Ho wovor, so many of tho peo ple did write books, wrote so strongly agaivst. mo thut J wus forced to say ,o;..othing In my own behalf ami do fense. I bad expected to keep back some little whon I started, bat after wards concluded to toll the wholo plain story, which I have dono." Longstroot Is now rather feeble and his hair falls white ab mi. a face woll markod by tho passing of timo. lie. in quite deaf and is obliged to carry^on a conversation- by moans of his oar trumpet, which ho alwayHcarries with him. IiOng'streot, an ardent republi can, has accepted tho results of hi" defeat philosophically and says now "that the best thing that ever happened to tho South was hor dofeat, for nothing but interminable confusion would have followod her victory." Highest of aU in teftrm^g frwt<?l*tm U, Sy CoVt Kejpon Royal S ABsOBUmV PURE STAT10 m:\VS IN UH1KF. I hi i i i 11 Ii.". Niiiri from Various Hour c'ch. ?A new ttcamsbip lino l>otweon Charleston and Liverpool will com mence running iu Novoiubor. ?Senator M. C. Sutler and Ex-Con gieasmau lieiupoili have boon doing excelleut work for tho Democratic party in Maryland. ?Some of tho enterprising citizens of tbo oity of ?Columbia are taking active steps looking to tho building of a large winter hotel in that city. ?President Clovoluud has appointed Col. M. P. Tribute postmaster at An derson, to Ull tbo vacancy caused by the death of Postmaster Burr, of that oity. ?Thoro are now ovor1180 names upon the roll of tho South Carolina College and tho indications are that by Jan uary 1st, the number of atudenta will exceed 200. ?It is said thut since Saluda has beon cut on* from Edgegold the Re formera have lost Edgelield County, and that ex-Governor Sheppard will bo tho next Senator from that county. ?Mr. L. N. Zealy of Columbia, has boon appointed Reporter of the Grand Lodge Knights of Honor for this State, the place bo ably 11 lied by Dr. G. W. Holland for ubout twenty years. There woro about llfty uppllcanta for the place. ?Gon. T. A. Hugucnin, tho last com mander of Fort Suimcr, is writing a hlatory of tho brigado in which, as captain, he served with Buch distin guished gallantry. Tho command, which was composed ol the 1st South Carolina Infantry, the 1st South Caro lina Artillery und Lucas' Battalion (Regulars,) did more, probably, in pro portion to its numerical strength in preventing tbo capture of Charleston, than any other commund In tho ser vice. ?Tho Stuto railroad commission has at last acted on the matter of tixing tho rates'on fjrtlizers, about which thoro has been so much agitution for quite a long timo, and a general re duction has been granted. This an nouncement ia of great concern to both tho peoplo of tho State and tho rail rouda. The people huvo beon asking for the reduction, tho furmors iu the most vigoroub terms, und the railroad peoplo have been presenting argumenta to show why they would bo badly in jured by tho reduction. ?Rov. Richard S. Trupior. who waa for thirty yours tho rector of St. Michiel's Church in Churleston, died at Highlands, N. C, on tho 22nd inst., aged 8f> years. His lifo was full of ad ventures. Ho was made a midship man in i he United Statea Navy in De cember, 1831, passed midshipman June lf>, 1837, and lieutenant Soptember 8, 1841. He resigned hia commission on December 110, 1840, and prepared him self for orders in the Episcopal church, to which ho was admitted about the year 1850. His longest service and his beat service wus performed aa rector of St. Mlobml's Church, of which church and parish he bceuine ua much a purt us tho stonos in tho lloor ot the bells in the steeple. He aervod as rector until about two years ago when ho was accidentally disqualified for further active pastoral work. ?" Mr. Speaker!" exclaimed the new member of Congress, " my colleague taunts me with u desire for fame. 1 scorn the imputation, sir. Fame, air ! What ia fame'' It ia a ahuved pig with u greused tail, which slips through the hands of thousands und then ia acci dentally caught by aomo lucky fellow who happens to hold on to it. 1 lot the greasy-tailed quadruped go by me without un etTort to clutch it, sir," ?An exchange gives the following Jelinitiou of the word "cigarette" which is up to dute und eminently cor rect : " A cigarette j ia u roll of paper, tobacco and drugs, with fire at one end und u large fool ut tho other. Some of its chief enjoymontB uro con denseu nig ht mares, fits, cancer of the lipa und stomach, spinal meningitis, funeral processions und fumilles shroud ed In gloom." ?An absent minded man entered u shoe-shoe the other day, und wauled his boy measured for u pair of shoes. " Hut whore's the boy ?" asked tbo dealer. '"Thunder!" aald the man; " I've left the boy at homo ! I'll go und got him ;" und olT he started for hia house. ?Thoro ia a clause in Now Zealand locul option bill providing thut every mun convicted of boing u habitual drunkard ahull bo photographed ut hia own expense and every pubiicuu in the district iu which ho livos supplied with u copy. ?Teacher ? Well, Tommy, you woro not present yesterday. Wore you de tained at homo in constquonce of tho inclemency of the woatner ? " No, ma'am, 1 couldn't come 'cause of tbo ruin." ?A Kentucky grocer advertises " tucking combs and aide suddlos, huir pins und truce chains, watch churma und sledge hummora, huir oil uud bias tin;' powder, cinnamon drops and Colt':; revolvers." ? The reports to tho weuther bureau show thut tho present drought ia ono of the severest, most gonerul und moat prolonged known since tbe organiza tion of tho bureau. Whon your stomach Is out of order and your skin is yellow, indicating a disordered liver, tako JonsOn's Kidney and Liver Regulator, the groatestof ull family medicines. 25 and f>0 cts. F. A. Jinkins, Roxbury, Mass., writes : Will you please aond mo two samples of your Japanoao Pilo Cure as I have two friends who are troubled with Files. It cured me, but they say it can't cure them, Pleuse send them on receipt, of this as I wish to convince thotll that it will euro them. Sample froo. Cotton. From Harper's Weekly. A study of the crop figures will show that seven years of successive ly increasing crops from 1885-0 to 1891-2 was unprecedented in the history of trade. It is doubtful if any leading crop raised can show such an unbroken increase for seven years. Jumping from .r>,700,000 bales in 1895-0, there was practical ly no halting until 1891-2, when the yield was 9,035,000 bales ?a gain of 3,300,000 bales, or nearly 00 per cent, advance iu seven years. J In nineteen years cotton has brought into the South over $0,000, 000,000?a sum so vast 'that the profits out of it ought to have been enough to greatly enrich that sec tion. Unfortunately, however, the system necessitated by the condi tions prevailing immediately after the war, of raising cotton only, and buying provisions and grain in the West, left at home but little if any surplus money out of the cotton crop. The West and North drained that section of several hundred million dollars every year, because it depend ed upon them for all of its food stuffs. Hence of the enormous amount received from cotton very little remained in the South. The increase in the diversification of farm products, the raising of home I supplies, the development of truck ing, and the building of factories are all uniting to keep at home the money which formerly went North and 'West. Whether the cotton- | raiser himself be getting tho full beneiit of this or not, the South at large is necessarily doing so. The increase in the attention given to grain cultivation is illustrated by t'd fact that the South's grain crop of 1894 was 011,000,000 bushels, valued at $302,000,000, or more than the value of its entire cotton crop, and the yield for 1895 will probably exceed these figures by at least 50, 000,000 bushels. The importance of cotton in our foreign trade relations can be real ized from the simple statement that since 1875 our exports of this sta ple have aggregated in value $4,000, 000,000, while the total exports of wheat and flour combined for tbe same period have been about $2, 000,000,000, showing a difference of $1,400,000,000, or over fifty per cent, in favor of cotton. Moreover, during the same period, we have ex ported about $200,000,000 of manu tured cotton goods, making the total value really $4,200,000,000. Com pared w<th the exports of wheat, flour, and corn combined?the value of which since 1875 lias been about $3,200,000,000?there is a difference in favor of cotton of $1,000,000,000 Going back to 1820, it is found that the total value of Hour and wheat exported for the last seventy four years is, in round figures, $4,000,000,000, or $200,000,000 less than Uie value of the cotton export ed during the last nineteen years. Heart Disease Kills Suddenly; but never without warning symp toms,such as Faint, Weak or Hungry Spells, Irregular or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering or Palpitation of tho Heart, Choking Sensa tions, Shortness of Breath, Swollltig of Foot and Ankles, etc. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Cures Heart Disease. is94: "For about a your 1 wus a terrible suf ferer from heart, trouble, which got so bad 1 was obliged to sit up in bed to Ret my breath. 1 had to abandon business and could hardly crawl around. My friend, Mr. Julius 0, Voght, one of our loading pharma cists, asked mo lo try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I bad Used little moro than a hot tin when tho pain . eased and palpitations entirely disappeared. I huvo not had the slightest troublo since, ami today I am attending to business as regularly as over." Hold by druggists everywhere. Hook < i Heart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr. Miles Medlcul Co., Klkhart, Ind. j Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. Who is Will Whitener ? a He i3 our Fashionable Hair Gutter and Shaver, -UNDER OPERA HOUSE I*?*t Year's Gold, XncxeaAe, Fnyn Harper;* Weekly. Colorado did not distance Cali-. forma and become the first of the gold-producing States, as was pre dicted during the latter part of | 1894. The Denver llepubliean can- j vassed the gold-mining districts anil footed up tiie returns for the year at $11,235,(100, an increase of three and three-quarter million dollars over the yield of 1893. Wells, Far go, & Co., the bankers and exprcss men who carry practically all the i gold and silver out of all the mining camps of the West, published a larger esfimute iu their forecast of | the official figures in a circular dated December 31, 1894. They put Colorado's yield at $12,175,207, and California's at $10,090^040. From the United States Mint at Denver I have just obtained the official tigures that have been sent to the director ?f the mint, at Washington, D. C. They are as follows: Gold, $10, 010,403 ; silver (estimated at 03 cents an ounce, the average price in 1894), $14,901,5*5; lead, $3,199,175; copper, $701,575. These figures are disappointing to those who believe that they know Colorado to have uncovered the richest gold mines in America, but to those who have no other informa tion than the figures give them the increase in gold production from four millions in 1890 and seven and a half millions in 1893 to nearly ten and three-quarter mil lions in 1894 is sufficiently great to seem almost marvelous. So too is the lightning-like change the State has made from a silver to a gold cam]). California is still the leading gold State. It has been credited with an advance from twelve and a hilf mil lions in 1883 to more than fourteen millions in 1894. The gain during the last year was due to the new working of old mines, and also to the operation of placer mines, idle for a dozen years, but now worked again under the new hydraulic mining law. But in California, as everywhere else in tin. country, it. is the*quartz-mining that yields the heaviest returns. This needs so great an original outlay that there are said to be hundreds of mines in California, unproductive, unde veloped, or altogether idle, that are the property of men and com panies without the means to work them. The improved modern ma chinery used in quartz-milling is what makes this more profitable than ever before, and it is invest ment in these mines that lias in creased, and will in years to come increase, the gold output, of the State. The Utica Mine, which turned out $1,309,907.51 in 1893; the Kennedy Mine, in Amador County, which yielded $662,729.63; and the North Star Mine, at Grass Valley, which produced $335,756.94 ?were all old mines that had been reopened or worked by perfected methods. According to the San Pranoisco Chronicle, "tho State mineralogist says that more atten tion is being paid to mining than for twenty years past. Men from the Fast are looking over the gold fields, und there have been more in quiries for mining properties during the past year than at any time dur ing the preceding two decades.'* We Desire To Introduce our furniture business into every community in the South orn States, aiul in order to <lo so in the quiekest time, haveconoludcd to make some very liberal oilers iu bed room suites to secure at least one customer at every noat-olHeo iu the next 00 days. Please read this advertisement carefully and send at once for one of our special oilers. Our great offer No. 1 consists of one Solid Oak lledroom Suite with large dresser with 2u.\'J4 bevel mirror, one large Washstand, witli double door and drawer, onctl-foot Bedstead full width. This suite of furniture is ?vorth In any furnlturolstore not less than $15. Do not think for once that it is a lit tie cheap suite, for we assure you it is not, but a large, full size suite Oliual toanythingon the market. In order to start the sah- of these suites and to keep our men busy and introduce our business in your neigh borhood. wo agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in the South for$l't, when the cash comes with the order. This advertisement will possibly appear twice in this pu per. therefore 11 you are interested, cut this out and send with si", and the suite will be shipped to you. If it is not just as represented you may re turn tho suite at our expense and your $15 will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illustra tions of rare bargains and house fur nishing goods will be sent to you lip On application. The suite above described Is a spec ial bargain ami does not appear in the catalogue, then-fore it is useless to write for illustrations ol this suite, and while you arc delaying wining some one else may get the bargain. We assure you that we will not ship but one suite iu your neighborhood lit this price. AI 'tor one suite has been shipped in the neighboi hood I he price will go to at least ?U. L_. F. PADGETT sp; BBOAD ST., a?ou8ta, (J A. THE LAU KENS BAR. II. Y. SIM PHON. 0. D. llAltkSllAI.K SIMPSON & BARKSDALR, Attorneys at Law, LAU HKN.S, SOUTH OAttOMNA Speeial attention given to Ilm Investi gation of titles and col lent Ion of claims lt. W. n.M.i.. i.. W. him kins. W. \V. ii \l.l, BALL, SIM Ii INS & HALL, Attorneys at Law, I.auukns, South Caholina. V. i I i practice in all State and United SihIoh Court. Special attention given collections. J. T. JOHNSON. W. R. KIOIIKY JOHNSON & BICH ICY, ATTORNBYS AT LAW. OviMuk -Fleming's Comer, Northwe Hide of i'll bile Square. LAURUNS, - SOUTH carolina W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laurknh, - South Oabolina. VVill practice in all CnnrtSOf thiM State Attention given to collections. NEW TIMES, NEW METHOD*. I'iofie?-. K die order >>t llic ?t?y. IncMMfd f?. iliu.N. Improved machinery, ma) an ml vK.icrit linninen -.y-tem put 111 ahead of all competition In woodworking AVOVSTA hVHBKR CO., ? I.tadll) ' Mlinufm tiurr?of Door?,Satli, ItliniN, Moulding*, Lumber, I Aiha, Shingles, (to., "Huyol die M.ilei.' Auou?ta, Ca. DUKE 2 Cigarettes I?UKE?fBllRHAftl J Cigarettes jSSBBf/W OukoSons &Co. L*., v DURHAM. HC. U.8.A MADE FROM High Grade Tobacco AND ABSOLUTELY PURE POUT ROYAL ?st WESTERN CAR olina Railway. "Augusta and Asheville Short I.inc." J. H. Cleveland, Receiver. Schedule in effect June 22nd, 1803. _ 8 00 pm 12 30 am V16 ant i* 46 am Lv Augusta. ? 10 am Ar Greenwood.12 10 pm Anderson. 800 pm Laurens. 1 l.r> pm (Jrcenvillo. 2 60 pin Glenn Springs.4 Ud pm Spartanburg.5100 pm Saluda. 4 W inn llendcrsonville. .. Q Ifl i>m Asheville.(?20 pm t.v Asiioville.ti oo am Spartanhurg.11 45 am tireenvillo.II40 am Laurens.I 16 pm Anderson. 920 am Greenwood. 2 15 pm Ar Augusta. 5 05 pm Savannah. 6 06 am Lv Greenwood. 5 23 pm Ar Raleigh . 1 2(1 am Norfolk. 7 00 am Petersburg.<; oo am Riehmond . 0 40 am 3 40 pm 7 30 pm 6 00 am 8 36 am 0 00 pm 2 83 am 12 00 n'u tl 20 pm 5 43 pm II 45 pm TO ATHKNS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST. Lv Oreonville. 0 15 am Lv Anderson. 0 20 Augusta. 0 40 am tireenwooU.12 48 pm Ar Athens. 3 03 pm Ar Atlanta.4 Oitpm 11 40 am 2 42 pm 5 00 pm 7 46 pm (.'lose connections at Greenwood for all points on S. A. L. and C. & U. Railway, and at Spartanlnirg with Souther* Railway. For information relative to tickets, rates, schedules, etc.. address It. b. TO DD, Trav. Pass. Agent. ?V.J. CKAlO, lien, Pans. Agent. Augusta, (la. .. B.Gureton. Agent, C. H. Speights, Oen. Agent, Greenville, fc>. c. J, R. Kant, Agent, Anderson, 8. C. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLOMBIA AND AUOU8 TAU.lt. CON DRN8KD sc 11 KD U LB. IN KFFECT .IAN. 27. 1??.">. Doing South. No. 06. No. 61 Lv Wilmington.*3 30 pm . Lv Marion. ?> 21 pin . Ar Florence. 7 00 pm . . Lv Florence.?7 25 pm *3i6aa A r Sumtor. 8JW pm 4 21 arr Lv Uumter. 8.36 pm *V48 am Ar Columbia.l?.OO pm llO?raW No. ">2 runs through from Charleston via Central lt. lt., leaving Lanes?.33 a m, Manning ii.15 urn. Doing North. No. 60~No. 60. Lv Columbia.?6 30 am *i 26 pm Ar Sumtcr. Ui'Um 6 43 pm No. 68. No. 60 Lv Sumtcr. tl 43 am ?6 47 pm A r Florence. ? 00 am 0 66 pm Lv Florence. 7 35 urn . Lv Marlon. H 10 am . Ar Wilmington.1150am . ?Daily. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, H. C, via Central lt. lt., arriving Manning tl 21 p. in. Laims 7 00 p. in., Charleston H is p. ni. riiuiB on Hnrtsville K. it. leave Ilartsvllle at 4 30 a m. arriving Floyds5 0U am. Return ing leave Floyds H 45 p tn, arriving Hnrtsville 10 15 p in. Daily except Sunday. Trains on South and North Carolina R. lt., leave Atkins tl 4ti a. ni. and u ;m p. m.. arriving Lucknow 11 10a. in. ami H 00 i?. in. UeturnUig leave Lucknow tl 45 a in and i 20 p in. arriving Atkins 8 15 a ni and 5 50 pm. Daily oxcopt Sunday. Trains on Wilmington, Chadhourn and Con way It It leave Chadhouru 11 30 a m, arrive at C onwny 146 pm, returning leave Couway at 2 30 p m, arrive Chadliourii 4 50 p m, leave OhadbournTiSS p in. arrive at Hub atti20nm, returning lea\e Hub*. 15 a in, arrive ut Chad hourn ? 00 a m. Daily except Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, G< 11 Supt. J. It. KEN' LV, (ien'l Manager. T M. KM F.RS< >N. Tralllc Manugor PIEDMONT AIR LINE. VOMDINIIKU SCIIKDOLK Of MMKMOtK Tk A IHB, Norlhliouml Oi-1.ill it 0, I Hl?.>. Lv .? iIhium 0. T " A Haut? If, i " Noicravi. '? Hulord. " Usine-ville.. " Luis. " Cornells. " Ml Vlry. .. Ve- Ifgt mil.. , Vo. *s|,No. 8SI {???,?* Hni y||l?ll*|,,?l'} .11 liljll l,.p 1 Oil, 11 .' )..? 12 filial 'J : -vi .h<? n ii 01 ti e.Miuiiiktei " Heutig. " t 'etitiei. " (irermII!?. " spi ilaiiiiui_: " (irill*i.ey.?. .. " rllaeksiiuig. " Klllg'e, Ml ... " ?? u -1 ? ?? ? m. Ar. i barb lie. At. I)hii\ lite.. Ar. Kit hllion I... Ar. Waalllligloii, ij hi ?? H?lm v (? It It' h Utah " Philadelphia ,10 " New Vors. 11 SouHiIiiuumI Lv N V. /' It K . " I'hiliulclpliui " U?|iiiiuir.- ' ? |, " WsslllllgtOiT. ' IU i i I " IticliDluml '? Danville. '? charlotte . " UaMoiiU...,., " KlIlK ? >H. " lllackshiirg . " Us ll'ne)s. ?? i H.- : " ureenvillc.... " (Vutrsl. " He11ecu. " VVestu Inaier " Toccon . " Ml. Aii) . .. " Cornelia... " Luis. " Oaitie.MVllic " Huford. " NoreroM Ar Atlanta K. T. Lv AtlMiilaC.T. "A" a. m. "P" p. m. " M" noon. night. Npf. 37 and 38?Washington and Southwestern VestIbuled Limited, Through Pullman Steepen hoiween New York and New Orleans, ?la Waith lugton. Atlanta arid Montgomery, and also he twecn New York and Memphis, via Washington Atlanta and Blrmlughitiii. inning Oar*. NO*. 86 and 8? United Statt ? I nst Mall. Pullman Sleeping Car* between AlUlil?, Naw Orleau? mal New York. Noa. 31 and 32, Kx position Klyer, Through Hull man Sleepers between New York and Atlanta vi? Washington. On Tnesdaya and Thurtdsv? tun in < lion Will be made from Hlnhinoud with Nu 31, and on these dates Pullman .sleeping ? ?i will be o|>erated between Richmond n ml Atlanta. Ou Wednesday* and Kainnlaya toUne. tlon troa: At lanta to Richmond with ttirongii sleeping d. will be to leave Atlanta by train No. I?. No*. 11 aud 12, Pullman sleeping tti bslweei Riehmond, Danville and uieentburo. W. A. TURK. H. II, JfAROWICg. Oeu'l Pass. Ag't, Asi't Qsn'l Paaa. Ag't, Warhinuion, 1>. (:. Ati.ANTa, Oa, W. B. RYDKR, Siipeiiuteudent, ("Maaiorra North Carolina. W. B. ORKEN, Oen'lSapt., Waihinotom, d. C. J. M. CT'LP, Trafilc M'j'r,, WASHIr^fOH, D. a