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?he Camino ^?ucvtiocr. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. ?l'Rt Itll lION Dl.BO I'KIt VI AR J), NANSEN AHJMHE NORTH POLE. Bill Arp Think* it is Good to Discuss Son-,e thirfjj Besides Politics?He I? Much Intereet ?d in Scientific Oiecoveries. Everybody Is thinking about the ?ortti pole and Dr. Nansen now. It is f lurious to have something to distraot our attention from politics. And there ?re the cathode.- rays that hare come Just in time to help out. It is awful to have to read politics day after day and to ponder over the ways of parties and partisans. A quail a day for thirty days is nothing to be compared to it. Let us have any sort of a rcoees now. Wo wouldn't mind a big lire or a email earthquake?a quake tbat would shake the windows in tbe big house at Wash ington und upset a few desks und tables and roll tho drunken member from Alabama off the sofa. I wish some Guy Fawkoa would cooks along and scare them all so bad that they would go home and never go baok any more. Tho people are tired and dta heartened. There are a few good public servants there, but they are lout and helpless. The majority would seo the country go to tho dovil before they would g< t out of the line of their party. The currency and the tariff arc not party questions, but the parties have mad ? them so. This has been said before, but it is worth saying again. There is numeral principle that go*? ? ????!?? 4 professional politician. Look at Blaokburn and Hunter?what an expense to the State will the taxpay ers have to meet just to gratify the greed or the selfish ambition of two men. Kentucky baa hundreds of men just as able and well qualified as they are. Thea why don't they withdraw and atop all their wrangle. Why don't the members make them withdraw. The answer is that this is politics?im pure and complex politics. Surely tho common people are fools or they would ?end bettor men to Congress and to tho Legislature. But I was thinking about Dr. Nansen and the north polo. Can it be poasible that he haa found it?found the ona of the earth ?the very tip end of tho spindle that tbe earth turns on, and was there a linch pin in it and was tbe axle greased or was the journal hot and did tbe aparks fly and ao forth. If the doctor hasn't found anything but an open polar sea and a few walruses and seals and no big, awful auck-hwlo at the center that had liked to have gulled his vesaol in them, he may go ack and try it again. The world won't be satisfied with that and it won't bollevo him. Why, John Cleves Symmes found a theoretical hole up there tbat was 2,000 miles in diameter and a vessol could sail in and around just as easy as sailing on the ocean. Symmes'ehole was talked about when I was a boy and it haa had believers ever since Then Jules Verne came along and made a journey up there and found the identical pole and put u flag on it, and the one he raised is flying there yet. And last, but not least, Mr. Fairman haa found a manuscript loft by one of Sir John Franklin's men in an Eskimo hut and it tells the whole story, how he and an Eskimo and six dogs wero out otf from the vessel and took shel ter in a cave of ieo and lived on wal rus and bear meat, and after some days determined to explore tue cave and kept en and ou and on, by the light of their blubber-lamp, until they had traveled 150 miles, und at last came to the openiug on the other side, which is to say tho inside of SymracB's hole, and found a lund and a people and fine cities and fruits and flowers, and lakes and rivers, and the whole was lighted up by tho aurora borealis. Mr. Fair man calls it the third world and makes a very fuscinating story of it. If it was true I would believe It, and I am inclined to believe it anyhow. It has a charming love story mixed up with it, und I urn not yet too old to enjoy them. I've always hau an idea that the Creator put the aurora borealis up there for some other purpose bee ides . an occasional illumination of our northern horrizon. Maybe it is a big electric arch light for these people in the holo, who nover see tho sun. Verily, we are on tho eve of great things, but we don't know what tiuy are. Dr. Nansen can't put us off with ice and water?our own Elisha Kent Kane douo better than that and s<> did Greely, for they saw flocks of ucquatic birds coming from that way. Neverthe less we will wait and aeo. Muybe he has found a hole?an open funnel?and will go through and come out at the other end. And now we read that Dr. Plongeon, who has been nine years in Yucatan, has at last unraveled all tho mysteries of tho hieroglyphica that are chiseled on tbe ancient ruins In that country and declares the ruins to bo at least ten thousand years old, and these temples were built long before the flood and the letters that make up the alphabet are of Egyptian origin. He and his wife have been photographing them and have written a volume that will soon be published in< Paris, a volume that be says will onlighten tho scientific and religious world and re move all doubts about the origin of man and his progress down the corridors of time. Wo read aome of his communi catlona in The Review of Reviews last summer and wonderful?that in all wo can do nowadays?just wait and won der. Not long ago I had a nice letter from Mr. Oliver, the American consul at Menda asking mo to come over there and examine theae wondorful ruins and write them up and offering his assistance, and I have a mind to go. Merida is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, and it la only aahortsall from Havana. The only thing that makes me hesi tate is what Dr. Plongeon wrltea about the snakes and contipoda and other noxious reptiles and insects that haunt tbe ruins. Alter living seventy years and escaping the dangers of war and pestilence, I don't want to bo bitten by a snake and die in a strantro land. I am like the old man of ninety years who took the measles and said he never was so ashamed of anything in his life, and it would disgrace the family if be died of the measles. And v>w come the cathode rays that are >3 throw light upon all hidden things and reveal the anatomical mys teries of the human body. The dic tionary says they are the rays that go to sun-down when the electric current is flowing from east to west, and the word means sun-down. Edison is at work on the discovery day and night, and will tell u? more rbout it before long. eThe doctors will be able to look right through a man and diagnose his disease. If he baa appendicitis they will see It and know where to cut. If he has a pistol ball in him, they can find it. If his heartor his lungs are diseased,, the rays will tell how much. Poor Oarfleld'a life might have been saved, for the doctors would not have had to cut him all to pieces hunt ing for tho ball. The digestive organs can be kept in a healthy condition, for the rays will tell what a man can eat and digest and what he can't. But a fool man will sometime* eat though there U death in the pot. I ate aome toasted oheese last night in spite of my wife's warning, and I had the night mare. I cried out, There's robbers, polio*," and my wife called me and awoke me and comforted me so kindly, for she said, "I,told you so, but you would eat tbat toasted oheese! The aext time you eat oheese for suppor and go to bed. you had better put a itojgindor ytfhr onflow and shoot the when they get ?oniforfcor ?ud CURIOUS COINCIDENCES. Thr?? Ci?s*m?t?s Who Fought and F?ll on Gettysburg's Field. I To correcting a statement made by another gentleman with reference to the career of the late Col. Lewis E. Williams, of the famous First Virginia, Dr. J. C. Hlden tells a most remarka ble story about three of his olassmates at the Virginia Military Institute as follows: I was Intimately acquainted with Colonel Williams from his boyhood. His father, for whom he was named, was the Commonwealth attorney of Orange County, and for more than an average generation practiced in tho court of wbieh my father was a justice. Lewis and myself attended the samo local academies. In 18541 was appoint ed a cadet at the Virginia Military In stitute at Lexington. During that ses sion I roomed in No 13?a '* towor " room on the second " stoop," and just west of the "arch." My roommates were Lewis B. Williams, Tazewell Patton,va son of the noted lawyer and politician, Hon. John M. Patton, of this elty ; Peyton Slaughter and R. C. A lie a. The coincidences were really more extraordinary than those stated in the Dispatch. Williams, Allen and Patton were all of the same olass, all In the same room, all graduated July 4, 1855, all became lawyers, all volunteered in the Confederate army, all rose to the rank of colonel, all commanded Vir ginia regiments, were all in Piokett's Division, all (I believe} in Kempor's Brigade, and all fell at Gettysburg. 1 once related this serins of coinci dences to a distinguished graduate of Brown University, and ho said ho saw nothing very remarkable In them. I know at once that he had never master ed the " theory of probabilities " in mathematics. I afterwards related this to that famous educator Joan Hart, a real mathematician, and ho express* ed his wonder thus : "Tho chances for such a series to occur again are, I should say, about as one to infinity." Mr. H trt took his dogree at tho Uni versity of Virginia. Lewis Williams and myself belonged to the same literary society and he was one of tho finest speakers in the corpse of cadets. As a student he distinguish-1 ed himself, and graduated high In a | class which was remarkable for talents, st a pic ton Crutch field, one of the most brilliant students I ever knew, took tht first honor iu that class. He was a son of the old Demooratlo Speaker of tho House of Deiagates, who wept in the cbalr when the House refused to elect William J. Rives to the United States Senate. At Gettysburg, Colonel Williams, who was quite ill with malarial fever, was lying In .in ambulanco. When tho charge was ordered he left the ambul ai ce and prepared to lead bis regiment ?tho First Virginia. Tho Held officers wore all afoot, as it was reckoned al most certain death to be mounted in thatohargo. Kemper, who practiced at our Orange bar, and had known Williams as a boy, said : " Lewis, you cannot go; you a*e too weak to walk, and it is certain death to ride." " Gen eral, I can sit on my horso, and I must go," was the gallant colonel's reply. Tho major of the old First then remon strated : " Colonel, go back to the ambulance. If you mount that horse, you will be a dead man beforo you go throe hundred yards. I will take the regiment in. Do go back." " No," said Williams, "I will lead my men," and ho mounted his horse and moved upon those dreadful, cannon-crowned heights. Ho had ridden but a few rods when ho foil. "Time honored Old Dominion, What lie mi's hast then borne! Mother! thine eye is weeping, , Thy lovely bosom torn ; But still thy brightest jewel Thine honor then didst save; Thy sons will wear it proudly In freedom or the grave." FACTS ABOUT SILVER COINAGE. A Explanation ol What Has Been Done by the Government in the Past. A curious misunderstanding appears to be prevalent regarding the quantity of silver coined for general use prior to 1873, to which attention is called by a letter from a subscriber, who says': " I helevo that tho number of standard silver dollars coined in tho United States from 1793 to 1873 was between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000. But on turn ing to tho Tribune Almanac under gold and silver coluage wo found, In tho column uuder the word silver, over $110,000.000 from 1793." The trouble with this inquirer is that he overlooks the very large coinage of a subsidiary sort; namely, the half and quarter dollars, dimes and ha?f-dimes, of which tho actual circulation was formerly much greater in proportion to population than it is now. The Idea is right that of silver dollars, properly t>o called, the total coinage prior to 1873 was only $7,733,988, of which $1,439,517 were coined In the years 1793 to 1805, inclusive. There was then a period of over thirty years in which no dollars wero coined. Beginning again in 1837 with only ?1,000, and In 1839 with only $300, the coinage continued from time to time to 1872, but did not at any timo become considerable until the year 1871. The total coinage prior to that year from the organization of the Mint was about ?5,500,000. In 1871 and 1872 $2,235,730 were coined, mainly in answer to a demand Tor export. It was on this ac count that In 1873 it was provided that a new coin, called the trade dollar, expressly lot export use only, should be minted, and in six years about $35, 905,924 ol theso wore coined and sent abroad. As is well -known, a largo part of them returned to this country, and the operation was not found ad vantageous, so that tho coinago of the trade dollar was afterward discon tinued. But while the correspondent is right In tho idea that tho number of silver dollars coined prior to 1873 was loss than $8,000,000, as above stated, the Tribune Almanac is also right in its statement that the total coinage of silver was very large. The Mint roport shows that the coinago or h ilf dollars up to Juno 30, 1894, had been ? 130,512,383.60, of quarter dollars $47, 198,044, of twenty-cent pieces, $271, 000, of dimes $28.480,117.20, of half dlm< s $1,880,219.40, and of three-cent ? 1,282,087.20. Tho coinago of this sort was large during all the earlier yoara and Increased still furthor aftor the discoveries of the important silver mines at tho West. At length it came to pass that the supply of suoh coins was inconveniently great, so that the banks and the Treasury itself became dogged with the undesirable surplus, and in 1878 the coinage of that sort was materially diminished, nor did It again become large' until 1891.?Now York Tribune. The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent ly performed a great deed of charity, altnoug It was not designed as a ohar ity, being nothing more nor less than an advertising scheme. It however re sulted in great good just the same. They gavo away 1,000 bottles of their Digestive Cordial to those suffering from stomach derangements. It was so effeotive in curing those who used the remedy that they wero loud in their praises of it and In con sequence a large, demand for the oor dial was at once (treated. ? The druggistsf>f this town have lit tle books that tefll all about it. Diges tlve Cordial creates an appetite, aids digestion and brings about a rapid in oreaso in flesh and strength. Laxol Is the name of a palatab'o Castor Oil. Just the thing for ohildreo ?Thlrty-ni THE SILVER SLOGAN SOUNDED. TO ORGANIZE SOUTH CAROLINA. j Chairman Bov/den Calls for the Formation of a Silver Partv-He Wants this State te Line Up for the Fight. To the People of Suutb Carolina: With the presidential campaign of 1890 the time has again come in the history of civilization when men are j compelled to take a determined stand j ?with a courage and firmness that knows no defeat?for the rights of human against the greed of an in trenobed money power. This year may prove the last opportunity fo- the cause of the people to win peacefully by the ballot. Bondholders and their cohorts of centralized wealth are rapidly rivet log the shackles of a degraded serfdom on thoproduceis of the whole world. Men of all classes of busineai?In pro duction, manufacture and distribution j ?are feeling more heavily every day the burdon of tribute tbey are paying of banking and bondholdlpg classes? the plutocratic socialists. The intelli gence of the citizen of this republic renders it necessary for our people to lead the nations iu the tight for cur rency reform. Through the discus sions of the last few years the intelli gent voter has como to understand, mueh better than formerly, how the profits of all industry are absorbed by the drones of the creditors olasses, by controlling the tissue and volume of all money and continually increasing its purchasing power. The period of educational agitation and theoretical discussion is rapidly passing. Tho time for action has como. The united action of the pooplo on .o financial issue Is the only means of success for the reforms necessary. All patriotic citizens?especially tho producers of tho raw material, the farmer and miner ; tho producer of the finished artlole?the manufacturer? and the distributors?the merchant and the commercial men-?should equally bear the responsibilities of this grand fight for humanity against the Bhylocks of England and Wall street. We cannot dally with the danger nor longer bo deceived by tbo dilatory tactics of party politieans. That both parties in charge of our government now are servilo tools of tho monoy power is a notorious fact known of all men. Shylook has already led oat tho Republican party as the winner this year. The Democratic leaders them selves confess that there is no hopo for their party in the coming elections. Its national convention will only be held to give the leaders?protended friends of silver, but really tho slaves of Wall street goldolators?a chance to try their hands at keeping some of tho Southern States in line with another platform straddle and a milk-and-ulder candidate. Going Into tho national convention of either one of tho old parties only means deception and di vision of the silver forces and final de feat to 'the cause of currenoy reform. The people must take charge of this fight themselves from tho beginning make it open, honest and straight, and resign none of their vital interests into the hands of party leaders, whe only work for party success. A conference of silver men of al parties was held in Washington, D C, on January 22-23 ultimo, it wat tho unanimous opinion of that confer enco that the friends of silver coinage must at onco prepare for independenl action. A national convention wat called to meet at St. Louis on July 22d In adopting a platform and nominat ing candidates, this convention is fx co-operate with tho People's party and all other friends of currency reform. A national committee was selected anc headquarters established at Washing ton and the work of organization wil ho rapidly pushed. After consultation with friends o the cause In this State, and fooling it my duty as a member of the nationa committee of tho American Silvci Party from South Carolina, I have do elded to issue this address?appealing to all patriotic citizens, who realize tin supreme importance of tho monoj issue, without regard to party afllliu tions or views on other questions, t< unlto at once in an organization wltti the following propositions as a basis. 1st. The free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, at the legal rutio ol 1 to 10, by the United States govern me nt, independent of theactiion of an; foreign power. 2d. Tho power to control and regu lato a paper currency is inseparable from tho powor to coin money ; hence bank issues should bo abolished und al currency Intended to circulate as monej should he issued, and its volume con trolled, by tho the general government only and it should bo a full legal ton der. Tho volumo ol currency?gold silver and paper?to bo sufficient to di the business of the oouutry on a cash basis. Unalterable opposition to tho Issu-. of interest-bearing bonds by tin United States In time of peace. The payment of coin obligations of the United States, as provided by oxistlog law, In either silver or silver coin, al tbo option of the government and not at tho option of the creditor. To facillato the organization of the silver forces in this Stato I will make tho following practical suggestions : First. Organize a silver leuguo, with a pledge to stand by the above platform, at every voting precinot in tho Stato?and more if neces sary. As soon as organized send me at Denver, Anderson County, S. C, the name, postoffice and county of the secretary of each league, so that I cun have sent him literature for distribu tion. Tho only officers needed aro: president, vice-president, secretary and executive committee. Second. A county convention should be held not later than May 1st, tc olect a county chairman, a county exe cutive committee and a momber of the Stato executivo committee. Third. As soon as possible after May 1st a meeting of the State execu tive committee should bo hold to elect a Stato ohairman, dotormino how dole gates to the national convention shall be chosen and such other mutters as may bo necessary. A simple organization is all that is necessary to give machinery for tho campaign. This getting together ol our forces is a business proposition to men who mean business and I hope that every reader of this address will at once consider this his duty and promptly proceed to organize a silver league in his neighborhood and send me the propor notification. Respectfully, J. W. Bowdkn, Mombor National Committee for South Carolina American silver 1 'arty. ?The recent sale ot the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad has been confirmed by J>idgo Simonton in tho United States Circuit Court. The signing of tho confirmatory order was not in the nature of a surprise to tho railroads or the attorneys, as Judge Slmonton stated in oourt several weeks ago that he would confirm the sale. Tue order is quite brief, and sjmply confirms the sale and makes no"men tion of the foes for the attorneys. Tho lawyers were instructed at the hearing of the ease to forward their arguments for fees by the 12th Instant, whloh it is understood was done. It it said that the fees to the Interested lawyers will not be made public -?The conviction of Dr. Sutton Bald win, of Alabama, for the murder of Wade Kelson, his rival for the hand >f a young woman, will no doubt have i wholesome effect. The murder was committed only a month ago, and th? >artlcs aro prominent people, prompt rials and convictions by due process ?f law are 'the surest ours for lynch aw. CUBA WILL YET BE FREE. Eloquent Appeal of Senator Vest for Recog nition of the Cuban Patriot?. In tbo United States Senate, the resolution un Cuba was taken, and ao agreoinout was made um to concluding the debate. Mr. Wblto (Dem.) of j California contioued the speech b. ?im i by him tho day before, contending j tbat tho question of the recognition of Cuban belligerency or of Cuban Inde pendence was one solely within the functions of tho executive department of the government, and that Congress : had no right to Itnposo its will upon > the President in suoh a matter. As to the recognition of Cuban independence, he said that the indepopdence of a now government couhl not' be rcce).rnized until the real vital disturbance were practically closed, and until tho cause of the parent country was desperate. Under prevailing conditions, tho re cognition of the independence of Cuba i would be not only contrary to all pre cedents, hut contrary to the actual justice of the case. Mr. Vest asked what would have be come of the struggle for American independence if France bad acted on tho principle advocated by the Sena tor from California. Tho American people, Mr.. Vest said, would have today beea4*Euglish subjects, instead of being free citizens of a froo country. France, during the struggle, had re cognized the Independence of fie United States and bad gono farther than any other country bad over gone in a like case?except from self-inter* est. She had sent her armies and fleets and hud put upon the peoplo cf tho United States a deot of undying gratitude. "If wo mean to stand by theso peo plo In Cuba, who are imitating us and are endeavoring to make a government for them; elves, wo urn t, help them in their hour of need. I do not go so far as to say that wo should do bo by arms. ' That is not advocated by any one in this chamber or out of it. We can at least do it by stating to tho world that we believe the attempt of this mon archy of Spain to suppress the insur rection?to crush the attempt to form a republic in the island of Cuba?is absolutely hopolco a and helpless, as I believe, under God, it is today. " I say thoro will never come an hour when Spain can reassort her dominion over the island Cuba. It is ] impossible for her to do lt. I speak J from tho great teachings of history and experience. Tbo course of Spain ' on this continent is marked with blood. There was a time when Span ish dominion extended from tho south ern limits of the United States to tho most southerly point of South Ameri ca. No American can ever forgot those burning pages of Prescott, which describe tho conquest of Mexico and Peru when tho Spaniards, with the, lust of gold and the lust of blood, marked their terrible pathway across thoso countries. Of all that dominion, won by blood, won through t torture and ?re, there remains today to that, toothless old wolf the single island of Cuba, and Spain today, like Giant Despair in that wonderful picture of . Uunyan, sits almost helpless at the door of tho dark cavo of despotism and i grins with impotout rage at the pro j cession of splendid republics that j march on In the progress of civiliza tion and the future. 1 " Mr. Prosident, that wolf can never '' retain that single cub. Never can 1 ! Spain hold the island of Cuba after 1 ! ehe has lost all these South American ' provinces. " This question," Mr. Vest went on, " is not whether Cuba has achieved * ! her independence. The question is ' i whether Spain can conquer Cuba. Can j , Spain continue to bold Cuba as a pro 1 vince? I deny it. I say that the 10 [ ? long years of successful resistance to Spain by Cuba shows that Cuba today .! has the power to maintain and will . maintain successful resistance. This [ thing a year ago was what tho French call an omeate?a more handful of men called ' brigands' on tho east coast, \ 1 some of whom were hung as pirates? ' : hosten human!?today it is an insurrec ' tion. Every Cuban is a patriot. The ' Cubans have given up homes, fami ' ! lies, everything, through tho hope of ' j liberty. Tell mo that a people like 1 that can be conquered I Never ! Never! 'Never! Will they be again willing I subjects to the throno of Spain? .1 "No instance can be found in which , a million and a half of poople, com bined and confederated so unanimously . as they are, have evor been subjugated , except by extermination. What , American boy does not remember the [ burning oration of Henry Clay, when . bespoke for Greece in 1821, and when . he predicted that bo long as Thermo pylae and Marathon wero remembered no Greek would lay downs his arms before tho Turkish powor ? We are \ told that tho Cuban insurrectionists I are negroes, raulattoca and Indians. So much the more reason why we should 1 sympathize with them and say, 'God ' help them In their dire extremity.' ' j " Llborty lives with the poor and op 1 pressed ; not with the woalthy and \ powerful. It throbs in tho breast of the imprisoned bird ; it has gone with ' martyr to the stake, and has taken Its ' . flight with his soul to God. Llborty ! cannot bo extinguished when a people ' I are unanimous in defense of the rights 1 j which God had given them. -And if j theso poople, ignorant and poor, strug gling against depotlsm, have Imitated us, why should we o mtent ourselves ' j with a bare expression of sympathy I with the cause ? It is a mero farce I for uj to do anything else than to do : olare our belief to the world thatt.hu j Spanish cause is hopeless in the island j of Cuba. " I deny and repudiate the doctrine that ull vestigate of Spanish powor j must be eliminated from Cuba before ! we can recognizo the independence of . that peoplo. Are we to * ait until tho I island is made desolate by the tire and s>vord ? Are we to stand silent and dumb whilo a Spanish governor (called a general) doclaros his intaution to bayonet the people of Cuba and to butcher them into subjection to the Spanish queen ? I say that if wo do, : God will curse us. I say that if we do, and sit hern idle until a desert has been made of that splendid island, wo may be sure that tho time will come whon there will come retribution upon us as a people, because wo have not been true to tho task assigned us by Providence?because we have not cherished the legacy of self-govern ment bequeated us by our fathers." Mr. Vesta's splendid rhetoric was 1 intoned to with rapt attention and great admiration by a full Senate and crowded galleries, and bis peroration was applauded on all sides. He was followed by Mr. Gray who complimented him with the remark that if the independence of Cuba could bo achieved by oloquonco it had been achioved by the burning words that hand fallen from the lips of the Sena tor from Missouri. No ono could hsve heard them, ho said, without sym pathizing with the fooling with which the Senator's heart was throbbing, and without giving favorablo responso to every aspiration which ho had uttered for that unhappy Island. Mr. Gray went on to argue tho futility of declaring Cuban independence whon every Senator knew that tho struggle for it was not yet successful. ?The engineer corps of the Ohio Hlvcr and Charleston Hall road, under the direction of Chief Engineer Moles worth, aro now making a survey of ths Ereposed route |for a branch road from lacksburg to Spartanburg, by the large cotton mills of Cherokee Falls, GatTnoy's, Glendale, Clifton, etc. It it thought, tbat, owing to the feasibility and ohoapnesi of tho routo and the immense amount of freight which it promises to the O. R ?fc C. Itoad, thn owners of the latter will havo tho ro.id built and work Will be begun on it as aooix us the Uae Is 1 Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTE** PURE ?Judge Beast, sitting in the Circuit Court st Cnarh-ston, has issued an or der against E. LI. Sparkman. of tho Security Sittings Bank : A. P. C. Cram er, of the Coal Consumers Company, and President J. H. Dosher. ol the Palmetto Brewery, to show cause why they abould not bo ruled for contempt for having gouo boforo tho United States Court and asked for a receiver of tho brewery, after he bad issued a temporary Injunction agaim-t that property. The case is u notorious one already and Judgo lionet's order adds another sensational feature to It. ?The Connecticut State prison directors have decided to detain George A. Minor, a convict, for twenty five years after his present term of four years expires in March. This is the first enforcement *#f tho incorrigi ble law, which permits the directors to detain any prisoner who has served three terms of not less than two year* each In the State prison. Minor began his criminal caroer thirty-six years ago. Ho has served eight sentence!? in tho State prison, threo since the passagoof the law. ?The only bust of Gen. Robert E. | Lee that was takon from lifo was made by Frederick Volek, tho sculptor, at about tbo time of the battle of Chan oelloraville. A copy of thia bust has beeu purchased by the Society of the Army and Navy of tho Confederate States in Maryland, and will be sont to the memorial hall of tho Confederate States in Richmond, to be deposited in the Maryland room pending tho selec tion of the location of the "Southern battle abbey," where it will finally rest as the contribution of the society to the abbey. ?When a person ia unable to secure from seven to ton hours of quiet sleep, something is wrong. If he finds his eyes wide open, his brain in a whirl, and his nerves tense after striving for awhile to woo the drowsy god in a comfortablo bol his condition Is a wholesome warning that ho is work ing too hard, worrying too much, is eating something which disagrees with him, or is on tho way to baing at tacked by somo disease. ?Robort J. Burdotte does not seem to think that our modern world is "go ing to the bad." Ho sous rays of hope in several direction. "The ocean gray hounds havo broken tho record sev eral times since the ark rested on Ararat. Our preachera don't writo so many, nor wise proverbs as did Solo mon; but they have fewer wives and bettor children." That last point is sharp and well taken. F. A. .1 ink ins, Roxbury, Mass., write: Will you please send me two samples of your Japanese Pile Cure as I havo two friends who aro troubled with Piles. It cured me, but they say It can't euro them. Please send them on receipt of this as I wish to convince thorn that It will euro them. Samples freo. ?A mother started Jto tell tho story of ? miioi to her children, and, upon asking If they knew what a miser wag. her sevea-yoar-old replied, "Oyes, T know, oconomlser?somebody who al ways naves, and ntvnr spondsja cent,." Wr?teh*d 8OlUMk. Editor Bteud mi ja; "The sultan is the most wretched, pinched up little sover eign 1 ever aaw. A most unhappy look ing man, of dark complexion, with a look of absolute terror in his large east ern eyes. People suy he is nervous, and uu wonder, considering the fate of his predecessor. Yet this is to be regretted, for if ho could surmount these fears, his would be an agroeuhlo aud refined coun tenance, eminently Asiatic in type and with u certain charm of expression. All I can say is that Iiis eyes haunted me for duys, as of one gazing at some unknown horrors, so emaciate d and unnatural is his appearance that were he a European, wo should pronounce him in a swift de cline. I hear that his greatest friend and favorito is his physician. And no won der, for he must need his constant curs, considering the lifo he leads. How all the fubled state of the oriental potentate palls before such a lesson in royal mis ery I The poorest beggar in his dominions is huppicr than ho!" a tr*w Flywheel.* The tendoncy of flywheels to disinte grate from centrifugal force is well un derstood. This peculiarity bus led to tho invention of u now flywheel that is said to be far superior to anything pre viously used. To a hub is attached wound wire filling tho space betwoen disks about ?0 foot in diameter. This wire is No. G steel wlro und is soonrsly fastened in place. The wheel driven at a speed of about 240 revolutions per minute, giving a peripheral velocity of 2 8-10 miles per minute. This is equal to about 200 feet por second. It requires about 250 miles of wire to fill the disks of a wheel of this size. Among the ex periments under consideration are paper wheels. Tho tensile strength of paper is greater than that of many metals, and i paper rims on wheels are looked upon with favor.?Now York Ledger. ilio OUdod FooL Amid the many curious stories cur rent about tho lute Max Lcbuudy t hero is one to the effect that he was to bo en ticed iuto Spain in order to soo a bull fight and detained there until he was declared a deserter by the military au thorities. The persons who organised this plan wanted to obtain from the millionaire, iu the event of his having to stop in Spain rathor than face a court martial, a power of attorney to control his colossal fortune in Prance. The plan was, it is said, defeated by Mile. Moray, tho actress, who prevailed on the young man to remain at Amelic-los-Baina. ?The longest wagon bridge in thn world is situated at Galvoston, Texas. It Is moro than three miles long, and spans Galveston bay from north to south. It is built mainly of wood, and has one draw. ?"My dear," said a dying husband. I "do Ton think you will marry again I when I am gouo ?" "I don't know. I John," replied tka ludy, wich a burst 0' I tears. "1 haven't given tho matter I very much thought an yet." "JUST MY SIZE." PLUG The largest piece of good tobacco ever sold for 10 cents The 5 cent piece is nearly as large as you vget of other ki?5 trades for jo bents Who is WiU^Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Gutter and Shaver, -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. Always Cheerful. ? Florencrl Nightingale is a tull woman, rathee tout, with gray hair and tine, open ace. Although a greut sufferer, she loos not show a trace of it. She las not known what it is to be with >ut pain for many >ears. Her fea tures are finely modeled, while her lauds and feet are very small. Her .oice is low uud musical, fche of ten reads aloud, ami sometime she iums a song or hymn. She is very levout and an omnivorous reader. For Mother's Sake.?General O. 0. Howard's description of his life at West Point should beau incentive to every young man. He tells how he braved the ridicule of the cadets by going to religious services and doing work in the Sunday school. Ho8aid it cost him more to take hie stand and run tho gauntlet of their scoffs and sneers than it did later to face the musketry of the battlefield. "But I gripped my Bible, shut my teeth and went, for my mother's sake." Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Wiles' Nervine. A few years ago, Mr. I.. W. Gallaher, was an extensive, successful expert mann? fneturorof lumber products. Attacked with epilepsy, ho w as obliged to glve up his busi ness. The attaeka canto upon klm most In opportunely. One tiuio falling from a carri age, at another down stairs, and often In the street. Once ho fell down a abaft In tho mill, his Injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr. Qatlahcr writes from Milwaukee Fob. 1ft, '16 There aro none more miserable than epi leptics. For 20 years 1 Buffered with epllep tic flu, having as high as Cvo In ono night. 1 tried any number of physicians, paying to ono alono, a fco of 1600.00 and have dont little for years but search for something u help me, and havo taken all tho leadlnr. remedies, but received no benefit. A year age my son, Ohas. 8. Oallaher, druggist at 101 Reed St., Milwaukeo, gave me Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine, and I tried It with gratifying results. Havo bad but two fit* slnco I began taking lt. I am boiler now la every way than I havo boon in 20 years." Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by druggists on a posltlvo guarantee tbat the first ;>ottle rill benefit or price refunded. Book on the Heart and Nervus, free. Address, Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkeart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Uostoro Health A $25 Cooking Stove wrra a ooupukkm otrtrrr fob Delivered to your railroad depot, all freight charges paid. Road ibis description carefully. This splendid Cooking Stove Is No. 8; has four 8 {laoh pot holes; 16x10 Inch oven; 18 inch fire box, 24 Indies high; 21x96 luoh tope aloe smooth casting, have had this stove made for my trade, after my own Idea, combining all the good points of all medium priced stoves, and leaving out the objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best No. 8 Cooking Stove made, for the price. Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2 akellets, S griddles, 8 baking pa S joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 sexaper. 1 cake polish, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to make customers and frlci.ds In every part of the South, for ?ie purpose ef introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaint ance with old friends. We will ship this splendid Cooking Steve and the abovo doiorihed ware to any depot, all freight charges paid, for only $12.00 when the eash oomes with the order. This stove Is a good one, well made, and will give entire satisfaction. Our Illustrated catalogue of Furniture. Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed free. Address JL,. F. PADOETT, 848 Bboad Btbkbt, Augustx, Ox. THE LAUKENS BAR. Hf. Y. BIBJPSO \ ('. D. I'AUKSPALI SIMPSON & BARKS DA M\ Attorneys at Law, LAURKNS, s- it i carolina Special attention given to the Investi gation of ti a and collection of claim* K. W. BALL. i.. W. HIMKJNH. v. w. It ALL BALL, SIMKINS & It ALL, Attorneys at Law, Laurens, South Caromna. Will practice In nil State and Unlt?< ?Slate* Court. Special altoiilion ttiVei collections. J. T. JOHNSON. w, ?. BIOBB1 JOHNSON & IlIOHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFPIOK?riomlng'S Corn it , North Hido of Public Square. LAURKNN, - SOUTH CAROLINA W. If. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laurens, - South CAROLINA. Will practice in nil Courts of this Utai? Attention given to collections. AJLL ELECTRIC STREET CA,RS PASS t T//E DOOR. ?' fIRS-CLASS SERVICE THROUGHOUT; ) Hotel Jerome. SOUTHERN EXPOSURE. - COLUMBIA, S, C 4 NEWffOJEL ELE0ANTLY FURfllSHEO, /HA.IN SJHEEf, ONE SQUARE FROM STA JE HOUSE. PAGAN BROTHERS, Proprietor. m Southern Railway. PIEDMONT AIR LIN8. C?ndcni?a Scb?4?to ?* Peaeeaajer Trete?. fUrttiboans Jan. 3. 1kv6 Ct. Atlanta, CT <* A l lallt?, K.T. M Norcroea. Hufurd . " Oeluasvllle .. " Lula. . ?? CorualU. ?? Mi. Air/. ?) T?>CCOa m Wcsnnluater * K, in ri. <? Central. ? UreuovUle ? ? " t*i'iii tunbarg ? OeiT uo > ?. ? Hlack?bu.rg.. - KluK'a ill... " Ueaiouta . Ar. Charlotte . ? lfenTklla.. Ar. KJtbinonU.. Ar. YiTatlilngtoa <? IUI w'f.rllRj ? pnttaUeli'Uia ? >(?w York.... l?ibouoi. Y., PiK H - rkiutafi|>uta " )MII>iwl?... ? W?aanu*,;oa Lt. Ulcuwoad Lt. Danville... ? i liailutta . ?> Uoetoa'.a. ? King'* M? ?> p:?ckauurg ? Uaiiuuya ?> ftpajreuuhurg ? OreeiitUle " central T* *?iuiluiue Tucaoa. yk. Airy... CWrnelia.... Lula ...... OaJnaaTlUa ? OaJlDMTlUa .J 14% ? ? ?ulwrd.L. ? Wotaroia. ...J . e. AOente, K.TJ 4M f jtraate <'.T .' 6 ?p f? ?. am. "?"moeei. "H" aTg&K Kot. ?: and ll~VMkU|l?a ana Mr*western Y.atibala Ua?lte4. Through Pull-ju? alaMe?? beiweea S*v Yerk ?>? New Ort?*.?, rta We*e> Uftui. A?Un?e e?4 aleutareeeecr, m? alee b*? New Haw Yerk a*4 Me-JVu. tU Wa*?ta*t*?H Atlanta ?n* Blrmtlagaaaa. ?talag eure. j^.ajaaea?-Ua*Ua8Uue Tart Stet!. F?n> "Tea. ?1 aad ?? Pellaaee aleepla* ear ?ct**eej ttloU?onU, Dae rille aaa ereeaaeefie. raJBBSeW P. Q? r. a- TUK?, Oon'l Pas*. Washington, Ar-t, Ana't Uea'l r*?. AjQh ?n.B.0. AiUrUaJWI 6gU-WEHN RAILWAY. KAbBH>a?? M*a\ UN. TtaJtoS* ?uiiy|b?lTvT *o.l&f?o,ft IlOfjp " . "IWp V . 4Uu An. iJoplAf, STATIONS. ,_t .Charleston.. Columbia... .Alston. .^nnluc .... .Union. ... Jomisville .. .Pncoiot.... . Rpartmitmrg. . bpartunburg. ... AKherllle... ? 00 y m iKo.lelKe.W T.v aViisyfl t&6p 1 M)> IJ*?p 12 17p 11 4!>a Ai l) 28a I .v1 8 ?I? 11 1 V\ I'll* vi :? u 11 ?2p li asp 11 07p 10 64p 10 ?5p lg tCrniu? II aad 10 "A," a. m. carry ?0f>csnt Pullman ^>lnf cat-p belwoon Qolarabla and Afllinviile, route dally between Jacknonvlllc i and Olnein rTTmlna leare Bpartanbnrg, A.AC, dlrlfdojv, pribV^?d. 6:18 a. m., p. m., o.is p. ??., reeUUujct Lialted); eoathtxmnd liwrn., ?6 p. m.. lfTST e. n., (Tesribnle Iirabed.1 Train* larjTe ?re?in\ille, A. and C. diVtaki?, ttCrihboimd,B:26 a. rp., t:10 p. m. and 6:80 p. ?>-, (TeeelWiM Limited): aoatnboUBd, 1:60 a. la , AJUiip. 11 At p. m. (VeHllbnlod Limited). Pallinun Servlee. PMlknftn nMace alocplnfr care on Train? OS and IS. m and 5?, on A. and C. division. H. (.mniCN, J. M. GULP tte? Buperintendent, ^VaardDgtiej?, D. a fTA.TIJnK. ?ton. Poe?. Ag't Traffic M'er'r, WMlitnvtpB, D. O. tv H.HARDWKTK. Ai'tGeii. Pn?^. Ag t. Atlnnta. Ox POUT ROYAL .V WKSTKKN OAK olina Railway Augustn and A?beville Bhort Line." J. B. ('lev land, llcceivcr. Brbedule in effect Peb I8U1. I8<)(>. Lv AviKusta. 0 40 am Ar (ireenwood.12 10 |>m Anderson.? (Kl pm Laurens. l i.r> pm (Jreenville. 2 50 pm (Jleun Springs. A 05 pm Kpartanburg. 3 00 pro Haluda. 4 iS pm ilendcrsonville. .. 6 IG pm ABheville. 6 45 pm 8 00 pm U 30 am V 15 am 0 45 am Lv Ashcville.... Bpartanburg. Oreen ville... Laurcna.... Anderson... Greenwood.. Ar Augusta. Savannah... . 8 20 am .11 45 am .11 40 am . 1 15 pm . ? 20 am . 2 ,'i0 pm . 6 05 i m . 0 30 am 4 OS pm 6 35 pm 5 (X) ami fi 35 am S 00 pm Lv (ireenwood. Ar Kaleigh .. Norfolk.... Petersbur Kichm uurg. ond 6 2.> pTi I 20 am 7 00 am 6 00 am fl 40 mn 2 33 am 12 00 n'a 0 20 pm 0 43 pm 0 45 i m TO ATHENS) ATLANTA AND TOINTS WKST. Lt Greenville.1140 am 4 05am Lv Anderson. 9 20 am ........ Augusta. 9 40 am . Greenwood.12 48 pm 2 42 pm Ar Athens. 3 03 pm 6 OS pi* ArAtlanta.v .... 4 09 pm 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood for all points on S. A. L. and 0. A G. Railway, and atSpartanburg with Southern Railway. For information relative to tickets, rat?t, schedules, clc, address W.J. CR A IG, Gen. Pass. Agent. Augusta, (in, v B.Oufoton, Agent, 0. if. BpsighU. Gen Agent. Greenville, H. G. Columbia, Laurens an berry R. R. New Noi pm 4 13 4 00 3 54 3 40 8 42 8 34 3 24 3 21 8 12 2 59 2 17 2 44 2 40 2 35 2 24 2 25 lliboiind am 10 30 10 02 It 40 . 9 27 . 9 15 . 8 31 8 30 . 8 22.. 8 00.. Stiil ions. pm . t ol'imbhi.4 30 J.caphart.4 5ft Inno .4 08 Hnlcntine .6 26 . White Kock.ft 8ft Chaplain .ft 6ft Little Mountaia...6 16 SUghs .? 22 .. Prosaerlty.0 41 7 30. Ncwberry.7 08 7W?. Jalapa .736 ?65.Gray's Lane.7 4,7 0 40. Klnard .7 m 0 36. Goldville .8 1 0 22 . Dover .8 ?16 . .. Clinton .8 8( houthbound am 11 16 11 28 11 37 11 4ft 11 10 12 02 12 18 12 18 1220 12 48 12 59 1 0ft 1 10 1 17 1 26 130 P. E. SCHUMPE1 Ageat a* Prasi