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The Veterans. 1iy mi83 k. k. andhkws. [Udos hukkcnUmI i>y Booing tho Confederate BUrVi\Or? lllo into the ccj ctcr. <'ii Memorial l>H>-.] I sco thcm Blowly marching year by your, A lessening band, to that lone camping ground, Where their el pions In the days that tried Men's souls have grounded arms forever. Kiibo lias seldom been their portion; bronzed by sun And bit by winter's cold, they bear the Bears And blows of envious time as valiantly As once they bore the bulTetiiigs of war. For them a nation's coiTers have not bled To salve their wounds with gold ; but when, worn out Witli fatal victories, they left tho field, Where valor long had strove in vain with might, bike that great son of Rome whose con quering arm Did not disdain to guide the plow, they sheathed Their swords, and asking aid of none but God. By honest toil redeemed and glorified The land their fruitless valor could not save. Bee wheie they conic, an ever lessening band! Torn by life's storms and chilled by numbing frosts Of thankless years, they falter not nor fail In tho great strife with human wrong and woe, Till, one by one, the great commander, Death, (lives word to break their ranks and join the vast Bncampmont 'neath the white and ser ried Btones Where fume shall write their simple epi taph ; Not conquered, but worn out with con quering. RECOLLECTIONS OF GENERAL R. E, LEE. HOW HE ENTERTAINED THREE l IT I I/K GIllLS. Children Were Not Awed by tlio Pres ence of the Great Commander?A Hide on His.Fnmotts "Traveler" by Ono of the Girlu. A Virginia woman contributes an interesting reminiscence of Gen. Hobt. E. l.ee to the New York Evening Post, as follows : In the life of General bee. written by bis nephew, Fitzhugh Leo, may be found the following extract from a let ter of Goneral Lee to Mrs. I.cc, writ ten from his headquarters near Peters burg, January 10, 1806 : "Yesterday afternoon threo little girls walked into my room, each with a small basket. The eldest carried some fresh eggs, laid by her own hens ; the second, some pickles, made by her mother ;the third, some popcorn which had grown in her garden. They wore the tu Ughtors of a Mrs. N., a refugee from Northampton county, who lived near lastville, not far from old Arling ton. The eldest of the -girls, whose age did not exceed eight years, had a small wheel on n hieb she spun for her mother, who wove all the cloth for her two brothers?boys of \'2 and 14 years. 1 have not bad so pleasant a visit for a long time. I fortunately was able to fill their baskets with apples, which distressed poor Bryan (bis steward), and I begged them to bring mo nothing but kisses, and to keep the eggs, corn, etc., for themselves." When I read the letter how vividly the whole scene came up before mc I The many intervening years were blot led out, and I was again the tiny four ' year old gtrl seated very much at ease on the great GoncraPs knee, listening with deep interest to his convocation With my i?l lost sister. The second lit tle gii 1, being very shy, subsided Into a scat, and employed herself chewing her glove-fingers, much to the mortifi cation of the nurse who accompanied us, and who was deeply impressed with the importance of the occasion. Our farm was divided only by a fence from the Turnbull farm, where General Lee bad bis headquarters, and the two houses were only a few hundred yards apart, nod very soon after our visit he called on my mother. He had com pletely won our little hearts, and we were all eagerness to go in and see him, and nft< r a time of waiting which seemed very long to us, and much washing of laces and curling of hair, wc were sent ill, with the admonition from our nurse "to mind our manners." But when General Lee took me npand, looking at my hand, asked, "And how did these little lingers get burned?" I forgot ali previous exhortations?also all lessons in grammar?and promptly replied, "Me and Althen were pulling roast Haters out of the fire." General Ecc seemed much amused, and I pro ceeded further to enlighten him as to various pieces of mischief to which "me and Althea" had been chief ac tors. 1 do not remember how my dis mayed elders checked my unusual flow ? ? -at "oulidencc. Ordinarily, I was shrink ingly sensitive and quiet, so that my Outburst of candor was a tribute to the charm of General Lee's manner. The "Althea" to whom I referred was a colored child of my own age, and my constant companion and dearly loveil playmate. During thoso last months of the war we saw a great deal of General Lee, and if ho ever wearied of our attentions vr( were nevci allowed to nee it, and wo always kissed him at parting with tho fooling that we had given htm a great deal of pleasure. Certainly wc never failed lo enjoy ourselves. We never felt any awe in ins presence, but always chatted like magpies about all our hopes and plans, it was during ono of our visits that ho g.ivo me a lit tle lobacco-bag, filling it first with tiny cakcs,and telling melt was a present to hini from "little May Mosby, Colonel Mosby's little daughter." Jt lies on tho tablo before me, a quaint little bag, mado of red uniform cloth, with main', covered with yellow worsted, and "M' worked on one side in a child's uneven stitches. I had the honor of a rule once seated before tho General on the historic "Traveler." Tho pink cbal lio frock which I wore on that occasion was afterwards regarded as a sacred garment, only to be worn on the high est of high (lays. Times , were growing harder every ligld. /''My mother sent General Leo a bowyof soup one day, and in his mes sage of thanks he told her that "novcr was dish more timely ; I had three gen orals to dino with me to-day, and only baked beans to set before them." Wo lived surrounded by tho sights and sounds of war, and we children 'drilled as soldiers and made miniature fortifications. Every day tho end was awing nearer, though at the last it me suddenly, and found us quite ni. epared. llad wo foreseen, much uld h ive been saved ; but no ono ought of porsonal dangor, or of our < more being forced lo leave the bouse. A jar Of silver and family miniatures was buried in Q wood-sl ed, and a box of China and glass was concealed beneath the roof of the porch, becnuso it was thought possible that these things might attract the attention of ?'raiders." After the battle, when Stragglers, searching for hidden treasure, BOUIldod every foot of land nround our hotlSQ and OUtbldldiugSS, the jar escaped. Owing to General Ouster having used the shed for a Btablo. On that memorable 2d of April, Mr. Turnbldl came down about sunrise with the Intelligence that "General Loo had gone to the front, and there would he heavy lighting." Later my father walked over to hcadquarleis, and while there General A. P, Hill rode up and engaged in earnest conversation with General Leo. Then be rode off, and in less than an hour we heaid he had been killed.. There has alw ays seemed a peculiar pathos about Hill's death, lie had braved so many dangers suc cessfully, only to Fall a victim at the elose. My father lupl U0V0I seen the Genera! in his full uniform before, but that day he was fully equipped, with Bash and sword. They shook hands, and father asked : "General, do you think the reinforce ments will he hero from Richmond in time to reSlOl'O the lines?'' "No, sir." "Then you will have to give us up ?" "Yes, sir," and he added : "Give my kind regards lo Mrs. N. and the lit tle girls." Then; was a. strange atmosphere about that Sunday. Tho usual Sabbath routine was observed.the table laid for the dinner we wore not destined to oat, and we little ones looked on with interest as the cook placed the plump fowl 011 the dairy shelf ready for cook lug when the proper time arrived. But beneath the surface calm a quiVCliUg dread was concealed The inner forti fications were only about half a mile from our house, and as morning ad vanced the tiring grew louder and near er, and it became apparent that we would probably need some safe place of retreat. After a hasty discussion, the potato-cellar was prepared and stored with food and other necessaries, we children loiliug up and down the steep stairway with our especial treas ures, the most precious of all being a basket of kittens. But we were interrupted by several Confederate oUlcers, who rode up and told my mother we must leave the house at once. When she odjected, saying she would rather iemain while the roof was left standing, they replied that the ch'ldrcn must go anyway, and that there was not a moment to lose. "Take those childlOU," they ordered the nurse, und she obeyed in such haste that she let us go bonnotless. A few minutes before, my father bad sent my younger brother with a Wagon and horses lo cross the river into Chester field. He was arrested, and for sev eral days we weie uncertain as to his fate, and ho thought we bad been kill ed. But wc were guarded by the shield of Providence that day, else had wc been "killed twenty times," for in crossing the open held wc were targets for friends and foes. It all seemed like a wild dream, the bursting shells and whizzing bullets. Olio shell fell at my sister's feel, and did not hurst. Mother bad followed us ; first, with a housekeeper's instinct seizing her key-basket, in her cxiito incut not realizing that in a few hours nothing would remain?neither locks nor anyIIdug to be locked. We reach ed tin1 pontoon bridge just as it was be ing taken up, and were the last persons who were allowed to cross, one of the soldiers carrying mo over in bis arms. He is still living, and sent me a mes sage sonic time since that he. distinctly recalled the occasion. The day was spent in the deserted soldiers' camp in Chesterfield, and at sunset wc rccross ed the river on Campbell's bridge, and spent the night with friends in Peters burg. War develops nerve and en durance. Not a child dreamed of com plaining, though our shoes had been cut lo pieces in the scramble through briers and over stones, and our feet were covered with blood and bruises. On Monday morning we started homo and were just in sight of our houso when tho Haines buist from the Turn bull house. My father hastened on in advance, and found several Federal Officers standing on our porch in the act of leaving. He appealed to Hie one who seemed in command, asking him lo protect the house, saying thai we had been driven away by the battle the day before' and bad no other shel ter. "Certainly, sir," was the reply, "your house shall not be burned while we arc here; but we have to leave at once, and the Lord only knows what will become of you then." We always found the Federal officers extremely courteous, and, in some instances, kindness itself; the outrages and pillag ing were the work of the Straggling soldiers and camp-followers. A few days later one of these stragglers was discovered in the act of tiring the house, and was driven off by a Federal officer, who most opportunely rode up just in time. We found desolation utter and com plete within and without. Cannon had been planted at the parlor win dows and uoai the door were new-made graves, where the dead had been hast ily buried. The house had been used for'a hospital, and the floors were slip pery with blood and grease. Not a vestige of cloth remained, or. rather, only unusable morsels ami fragments were left. Everything movable had been carried olT, and tho heavy furni ture broken. We pulled open a bu reau-drawcr, and (here lay our beloved kittens with their throats cu; ; even now 1 can I eel the bitterness of that moment. Remnants of the pink chul lie were found in the ice house. IVc lived on the hard-tack picked up on the bait lo field until Captain Langdon, commander of a brigade of artillery, on bin way from Appomattox Court House made our bouse his headquar ters, and not only supplied our neces sities at the time, but repeatedly sent us assistance afterwards. My sister was ill from the nervous shock, and a Federal surgeon, Dr. Browne, of Phila delphia, prescribed for her and gave us a supply of various needed medicines and sent a large box lillcd with every delicacy necessary for an invalid. Gen eral Castor, who was at our bouse t some days, treated my parent'' with great courtesy, oven checking any con .VOrSAtion between his attendant ollh era that turned upon subjc.ts unpleasant to Southern ears. For some months af .or the closo of the war a correspond* ice was main tained bei w?e11 my m -ther and Mis. Leo, and wc hud letters from the Gen oral also. Unfortunate y these wore accidentally destroyed u i xw years ago, but nothing can dostioy our loving memories of the man. ?Zoologists say that all k. own speolos of wl.d animals aro graduvlly diminishing in size. ?Tho Massachusetts oensus show.' that the women outnumber tho men by more than 70,000. Defeated **?? Wot Despairing-. MA HO A HUT J. l'KKSTON. We do nccopt thee, heavenly Poaco ! Albeit thou eomcst In a guiso Unlocked for ?undesired, our eyes Welcome, thro' tears, the kind release From war, and woe, and want-surcease For which we bless thee, holy Peace ! We lift our foreheads from the dust; And as we meet thy brow's clear calm, There falls a freshening souse of bahn lipon our spirits. Fear?distrust? The hopeless present on us thrust? We'll front them as we can, and mutt. War has not wholly wrecked us : still Strong hands, grand hearts, stera souls are ours? Proud consciousness of quenchless powers? A Past, whose memory makes us thrill ?^ Futures uncharaclcrcd?to till With heroisms?if we will! Then courage, brothers! Tho'our breast Ache witli that rankling thorn, despair, That failure plants so sharply there? No pang, no pain shall be confessed : We'll work and watcli the brightening west, And leave to God and heaven, tho rest. MONUMENT TO TilB WOMEN, An Appeal to the Veterans to Show their Gratitude to tho Women of tho Southern Confederacy. Comrades: l submit this to your favorable consideration, and J ask you to remember that the surviving ex Confcdoralos arc rapidly passing away. Dottth thins our ranks each year; soon there will be none of us left to trans mil to coining generations the deeds of that noble band of In role women who from' 1801 to 1806 did so much' to aid our cause and Ibens. In I bat immor tal baud are names that would be an ornament to the page of any history, whether of ancient or modern limes. There are women In it whom any country, from the creation of the world down to the present day, would be proud to own as citi/ens. Comrade"?!, other people have hon ored their Illustrious women, aud have shown thoir gratitude to them by erect ing monuments in their honor. Are W0 less grateful to our women than thoy were to theirs? Let us erect a monument to Ihom ere it is too late? before the last survivors of the Con federate army shall have obeyed the inexorable summons, and shall have "Passed over the dark river Never to return"? a monument that will transmit to pos terity the noble deeds of those heroic women more eloquently than mortal language can describe, and that will he more enduring than it is. Comrades, the achievements of those women are so bright as to cause the actions of Joan of Arc to pale into in significance beside them. Ueinember, it was from the hands of those women that the necessary medicine was ad ministered (in nialiy cases) to our sick soldiers; whose lingers skillfully often dressed the wounds of the Confeder ates; whose voices cheered with com forting Words many a dying soldier in Ins journey to "that unknown land;" whoso hands soothed them on beds of sickness or death; wiped away the cold, clammy porspiralion from the brows of the dying; whose voices went up to Heaven in prayers for their safety and preservation from all the dangers ol war, and for souls in the hour of death; whose, hearts well-nigh broke in unutterable anguish of spirit at the loss of their loved ones?if it were not the hearts of Southern wo men, whose voices and hands leudorly and lovingly nursed the sick and wounded, cheering them with loving words on beds of sickness or death, if theirs did not ? Ought we not to be grateful to them for all these things ? Comiadcs, whatever may be our fault >, lot not ingratitude be one of them. Let tho SUlVlVOrs of the Con federate army?the grandest ami most heroic one of modern times?show the world that we arc ginloful to those wo men by erecting in the near future a monument that will tell to generations yet to como iheir deeds?ono that will proclaim them better than tongue or pen. Jeff It. Muffin, Kx-Meiuber RockbridgO Artillery. Chester fie Id Co.. Va.} July '20, 181)7. A 8TOUY OP HI Id, RUN. Two Women Spies In Washington Revealed the Federal Plans for the Itattlo of Manassas to tho Confed erate Commander. Tbc battle of Hull Hun, as it is known in history, called Mannssas by the South, was fought in July, 18(31. It was planned and won by Bcauregard. It was the greatest victory gained by the Confederates in the entire war. Yet there was a time in the midst of it when the Southern commander's heart "failed" him ; when he "felt as though all was lost," and when he wished "he had fallen in battle" before. These revelations are made in a per sonal letter of Bcauregard, written to Miss Augusta J. ICvans, of Mobile. The letter has coinc into the possession ol the war depart incut, but has not been made public until now. Perhaps more interesting than the admitted feet that victory was snatched from defeat is General Beautcgard's statement that two women in Wash ington, whom he names, betrayed the plans in detail of the Federal army and enabled him to choose his position and make his arrangements to give battle. The failure of bis own orders, not any mistake in the betrayal, jeopardized temporarily the result. General Bcauregard sent an a<c~>unt of the battle to Miss Evans, imlouug with it a personal letter. He wrote as follows: Miss Augusta J. Evans, Mobile : I beg to thank you for your letter of the 17th hist., and am at last able to answer your inquiries by sending you my reports of the battles of Bull Hun and Mannssas?not copied,however, to my satisfaction, but, for learof further delays, I send them as they are by the Southern Kxpress coin, any. The young lady referred to (Miss Duval of Washington') brought, about tho 10th of July, 1801, to Fairfax Court House, headquarters of Gonoral Bonham, the lirst message from Mrs. Cl'COnllOW 01' the intended positive ad vance of the enemy across the Potomac. I then immediately commenced making my preparations to receive his medi tated attack, and J. sent ono of my aids ?Colonel J. S. Preston?to communi cate the information received lo the president, aa well as my future opera tions On tho night of the l^Mi of July 1 received by special messenger?a Mr. Donnollnn?tho second dispatch?in cipher also?of Mrs. G., telling me thai the enemy?55,000 strong, 1 be hove?would positively commence that day bin advanco from Arlington Heights and Alexandria on to Manns sas, via Fairfax Ui'urt Houso and Cen j torville. Early tnc next morning I tologrnphcd that Information to Pres! dont Davis. About noon I rocef his telegram to order General John , to join his forces with inino. U tune, however, the enemy had already driven in my pickets in advance of Fairfax Court House, and I answered the president that "1 feared it was then too late, hut still would telegraph and send a messenger to General John? ston." The latter arrived about tiOOU on the 20lb. At about 4:30 a.m. on the 21st I sent orders to all the troops to hold themselves In readiness to move at a moment's notice, and at about 7 a. m. sent my final orders to cotuiueuco tho movement (see my report of the battle of Manassas), Cencrals Fwcll and HolmOS on the right, to start fust to attack and turn the enemy's left and rear at Coutorvillo. At about 8:30 a. in., having given all preliminary or ders, i loft nty hoadquarters with Gen end Johust on for the scene of action near Mitchell's Ford, on Hull Run. At about 10:150 a. in. 1 was informed by a message from General Ewell a gal lant and meritorious ollicer--th.it he had not yci received directly my or ders to advance, but would do SO at once from information received to that effect from Gcnoral 1). It. Jones, next on his loft, and who was to have fol lowed his movement. It was, however then too late, for the enemy was already pressing witli vigor my extreme left under General Evans at the Stone Bridge 1 thus had suddenly or on the spur of the mo ment to change my whole plan of bat tle, with troops which had never yet fought and could scarcely maneuver. My heart for a moment failed mo I I ti lt as though all was lost, and 1 wish ed I had fallen in the battle of the I8lh, but I soon rallied, and I then solemnly pledged my life that 1 would that day conquer or die I Immediately everything appeared again clear and hopulul, although the worst was jot to come. About p. in., (hiding that the cnciry had retaken the plateau of the Henry house, 1 ordered my reserves (three regiments) forward and charged at the head of one of then. We drove back the enemy, about live times oar number, and held the position until the re-onforcoiUOUts from our center and extreme right of the morning had ar rived and detided the fate of the day. The enemy commenced Hying about 4:30 p. in., and the president arrived on tho field about half an hour later, in time, however, to enjoy that agree able sight. You will excuse, 1 hope, these details, which arc givoi) only to furnish you a clearer insight into the memorable events of that day. I hog to remark here that the report of that battle sent you is more a full history of it than a mere report, which would have contained only the leading facts. Moreover, 1 had not much experience in such matters. I am happy to hear that you appreciated so well anil truly my two most worth} friends, Johnston and Price. I would serve with plea sure undet cither one of them. 1 hope you will yet meet also with another one. Brcckinridge, than whom there is not a nobler soul. With my kind regards to all at home, I remain, very truly, your friend, G. T. BtiAUItKUAItO. The publication of this private letter will give to many readers of thchinloiy of the civil war the first definite im pression of the tremendous advantage the Confederates had through spies in Washington, and nlt?0 the first knowl edge of how the foilune of battle wavered on the llold of Hull Kim. St. houis Ulobc-Dcnwcrut. lib) WliNT IT ALONE. Tlio Cheer Given by an Old Soldier That Toucbcd Lee's Heart. Washington Vc\t. '?Gen. Hoheit E. I.ce once told nie of an ovation he received that touched him more than any demonstration ever made in his honor," said the venerable Judge. Whito of Yhghun. "Following closely on the surrender of the South orn army, the commnnder-iu-chief of the Colliedelacy went to pass a season at the home of his friend, E. It. Cockc, who ran as the Populist candidate for Governor against (.'ol. O'Ferrall. After a few WCOKS of the most Hospitable and elegant entertainments, Gon. Kce was called to the presidency of the Wash ington and I.ce U ivcrsity. bidding his kind friends adieu, he started for Lexington on hoi SO back and alone. He had gone some miles and was pass ing through a rather drcaty stretch of wooded country, when he espied a plain old countryman mounted on a sorry nag coining toward him. As they passed each other they bowed, ax is the fashion South when strangers meet in out-of-the-way places, but the old farm cr in the homespun suit stared hard at the soldierly figure as tho gh not quite certain of recognition. He a/cut his way a little further, then turning his horse around, cantered back, and soon came up with the General agaiu. " 'I lieg pardon, sir, but is not this Cen. Itobort Lee?" " 'Yes, 1 am Gen. Lee. Did I ever moot you before, my friend ?' "Then the old Confederate grasped tho chieftain's hand and, with the tears streaming down his face, said : 'Gen. Lee, do you mind if 1 cheer you ?' The Goneral assured him that he didn't mind, and there on that lone some pinobordorcd highway, with no one else in sight, the old rebel veteran, with swinging hat, lifted up his voice in three ringing rounds of hurrahs for the man that the Southland idolized. Then both went their way without an other word being spoken." EVKIIYTIIINO RUNNING.?General Logan was a member of Congress at the breaking out of the war. When he saw there was really going to be a light, he seized a musket, slipped out of Washington, and walked all the way to Bull Run, when; he arrived just in time to have a baud in the fray. The rout was complete, and the next morning, a good deal out of breath, he was back at the capital, telling some of his fellow Congressmen what he had seen. ?'Who gave you this account of (he tight?" asked a member from Northern New York, as he joined the group. "Why, I was thero myself," said Logan. The New Yorker was mystified, ap parently he had not heard the news. "You were there I" he exclaimed; "are the cars running?" ?'No," said Logan, "the cars ain't running, hut every other thing in the State of Virginia is, as near ns ] could make out." Everybody about Nashville is ac quainted with "Uncle Bob," the ven erable colored foreman on the Melle Meade Stock Farm. He has been for seventy years |tho most faithful of ser vants. During the war he was shot by Federal soldiers for resisting the arrest of his master, Gen. Harding. His manners are thoso of a stately, ohl fashlonod gentleman. When Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland were in Nash ville n few years ago, they were the guests of Gen. Win. fit. Jackson, the present owner of the Belle Meado es tate. As a matter of eourso, tho flno nurses wcro brought out for the great lady to admiro. Ilor fancy was capo cially taken by "hoquois" -said lo bo the handsome^ horse in (lie world? and s|u- exclaimed : "Isn't bo proud I" Liftlug his hat with tin- finest cour tesy ituogluablo, Undo bob topliod: "Madam, he knows who's lookl?g nt him." V.ras there ovor a more delicate compliment ? - Mns/oHlc AllvOCUte, THE JPROH1BITIONST8. will AHk the Legislature to Abolish Tho prohibitionists tiro going to make an active canvass to secure tho repeal of the dispensary law at iho next meeting of tho Legislature and substitute prohibition in its stead. Tho executive committee has issued tho following circular letter which will he distributed genorally in tho various counties: columuia, S. 0., Aug. 12, 181)7. Dear Sir: Thuexccutlvocommitteo, after a careful burvey of tho condi tions ex'sting in our State, regard it a favorable opportunity to urge tho claims of prohibition to the t ttentiou of our people. The existing system, inaugurated In direct opposition to tho oxproosed will of the majority, having utterly failed to meet tho expectations of its friends, anil proven successful as a promoter of lawlessness, fraud ami crime, has scaled its own doom, and the next Legislature will he called upon to deal with tho problem. It seems to us that it is our duty to make Immediate and earnest OlTo't to concentrate what wo hclievo to he the .sentiment of a large majority of our people. It Is evident to us that the friends of the liquor trallic are taking the most active and aggressive measures to pre occupy the Qeldthrown open by there* cent dispensary administration ai i the decisions with reference thereto, and if we. are to hope for any Improvement in the conditions which confront us, we must ho up anil doing in the cause which we bjlievo to he tho cause of right and of (Jod. Wo have therefore determined to send out petitions to ho signed hy the voters of every precinct who favor our views, asking the general assemhly for such legislation as is needed to pre vent the terrible evils foreshadowed by the continuance of the sale of liquor for heverago purposes. Wo would suggest that wherever it is possible u) do an, public meetings should he called and addresses on the suhjeet of temperance and prohibition made hy t he best speakers available. Wo conlidcntly ask your active personal co-operation in securing names to these petitions, l'loaso scud a list of such friends as will assist in tho work of securing additional signa tu res. Respectfully, I.. i). Childs, Chairman State l*ro. Kx. Committee. Thomas J. LaMottk, Secretary. The following is the petition being circulated: The undersigned, voters of-? South Carolina, believing that the con tinuance of the. sale of alcoholic liquors as a beverage within this state under the sanction of its laws, is the source of most of the pauperism, misery, and crime which exis'.s, a positive hin drance to all material and industrial prosperity anil a foe to morality and religion,, would respectfully petition the aeneral assembly at its next ses sion to enact such legislation as will prohlbtt the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors us a bc\ 3 rage. A SWKKT ItBVKNOB.? It is claimed hy a writer in tho Cleveland I'laiu Dealer that this story originated in Cleveland, a claim which may very well bo true, because Cleveland has more precocious children to the acre than Doston could boast of in her piilmicnt day*, Thio particular1 pre cocious infi.nt lives on a pretty cross street in that favored locality. Not long ago she was troubled with an annoying and persistent toothache. Finally her mamma took her to a dentist, and the dentist interviewed tho troublesome tooth. After examin ing it, he told her that the hest thing to do undor the circumstances was to have the tooth extracted, as it contained a vory largo cavity, and this was the seat of thi! trouble. I {racing herse'i llrmly in the chair, she hade him go ahead and remove tho achcr. After iho operation was over, she carefully wrapped tho tooth in paper, and de olareu she would take it home. Next day tier mamma noticed that she was an unusually good girl, and upon looking around located her in a window scat, industriously poking su gar into the cavity of the extracted tooth. Her mother demanded the cause of this strange proceeding. " Why," she said, " I'm poking sugar in the old thing just to see it ache I" Exposing Potatoes to Sunlight. ?Potatoes that aro to he kept for eat ing should not lie long on the surface of tho ground exposed to tho sun, for if they are greened even slightly, much of tho potato must 1)3 cut with tho peel or it will he hitter. The green of potato is a poison. Though the green tops of potatoes will .sometimes ho eaten hy cows, they will give the. hitter taste to tho milk that Is some timos noticed in the fall. Cows will not oat enough of them, however, do themselves any injury. When the green of sunburned potatoes is out away it carries with it tho best part of tho potato, as there is in nearly everything more nutrition on the outer surfaco of vegetables than in those less near to tho sunlight. For seed potatoes the greening by sunshine is no disadvantage. It dries out tho potato and makes tho eyes push out stronger than they would if not so dried. THE WHEELS OF HEALTH. There Is no hctter exercise for a young woman in thoroughly good health than bicycling. On the contrary, if ehe .utTers from weakness or disease of the distinctly feminine organs, if she rides, at all. such exercise should be very sparingly indulged hi. Women are peculiarly constituted and tiicirKener.il health is peculiarly dependent upon the health of the specially feminine organism. It is the health of these delicate and Im portant parts that "makes the wheels of Rcneral health go round." Their strength and vigor arc as Important to a woman as a mainspring to a watch, or a sprocket and chain to a bicycle. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all medicines for delicate women. It makes them strong where they molt need strength. Taken during the "Interesting interval," It ban ishes the usual Rqueanilshtiess and makes baby':, admission to the world easy and al mo?c painless. It fits a woman for In door wo' k and out door sports. Honest druggists dot 't advhc substitutes. "1 cannot nay enough in praise of Dr. Plerce's I'avcrlte Prescription, nn it lias undoubtedly snved my lift," wri'es Mrs. I'loicnce Hunter, of Corley. I/>gan Co.. At... " I miscarried four times; e~ufd fet no mealclne to do me nny good. I trii the Pavorlte rresci Iption 1 and after taking s ^ral bottles. I made my hustmnd a present a nnc girl. I think It is the best medicine m the world." A man or woman who neglects constipa tion stiffen from ?low pol?, ling. Doctor Plerce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa tion. Our little "Pellet" Is a gentle laxa tive, and two a mild cathartic AU uicdi Cine de.dcitf. *> POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celobrated for its great leavening strength ami henlthfulncss. Assures the food against alum and ull forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Uoyai, Baking Powder Co., Now York. A hk; Cotton Crop.?Mr. if. M. Noil, of New Orleans, the well-known cot ton statistician, lias issued a circular on the growing crop. After referring to his estimate made in duly, 1804, of the crop of the season, Mr. Neil says : " At this moment for this year the promise is equal to any previous year in every state hut Texus, and on the present acreage, even allowing that Texas should fall short of her maximum production per aero by 1,000,000, tho outlook now is for a crop of at least nine and three-quurtor millions, with live hundred thousand to one million more within the range of possibilities. This Qgure of nine and three-quartor millions is really very conservative, for a product per aero outside of Texas equal to 181)4-85 would give 7,350,000 hales and a maximum for Texas would be 3,050,000 bales, from which, allow ing 1,000,000 ofif. you would have a orop of 10,300,000 bales. Tho crop is now so far advanced from recent rains and heat that it will reach maturity and bo independent of frost at an unusually early date. Should we soon have good rains in Texas her crop also would bo near perfection, and tho possibilities for total crop would then bo something enormous." ? Not long ago great numbers of Australia's huge army of unemployed were attracted by stories of fabulous gold panning at Papua, in Now Guina. Thoir ranks ba**e been thinned by mur der, starvation and fatal swamp fevers. To make matters worse, every native who helped a white man was marked for the tomahawk. Finally the whites were raided at night and put to death with tomahawks. Tho Government has sent military police to surround the natives and shoot, if necessary. WHEN MONEY IS CLOSE You want to save doctor bills then? for you want tho Pest, Surest and Quickest ttemedy for all pains, such as Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Sprains, StilT Joints, etc. Pice's Goose Grease Liniment cures all these at once. It also relieves Croup, Colds, Coughs and Pains in chest and sides at once. Always sold under a guarantee by all druggists and general stores. Made by Goose Grease Liniment Co., Greensboro, N. C. CHARLESTON "Augusta and Ashcvillc .Short bine." Schedule in cITcet Kelt. 7, 1896. '.v Avgusta. !? 40 im l 40 pre Ar Grien wood.12 17 pm . Anderson. ; 010 pm Laircns. 1 15pm 7 in) am 'Grcmville. 3 00 pm 1016 am (dein Springs.... 4 0.1|>m . Bpaitanburg.liuqun !) >C> am Baluta_ . 5 23 em . Henlersonville. .. 551 i?m . Ashenllc. 7 00 pm . Lv Ashcjlle. 8 20 am . Bpartinburg.1145 pm 4 00 pm (dem Springs.... 10 00 am . Greendlle.11 50 am l 00 pm Laurota. l SO pm 7 no pm Anderen . ; 7 oo am Greenvood. 2 28 pm ". Ar AugusU. r> 00,'pm 11 10 am Lv Spartaiburg. . 11 45 am Greenvile-. 11 ,r>u am Ar Clinton. ?_> |() pm New herr;. 2 57 pm Prosperity. 3 13 pm Oolumbii. t 30 pm Bumter. ? 42 pm Chariestot. <i :j(i pm Lv Charlesto. 7 oo am Sumlcr.,. <i ,;."> am Columbia. 11 on am Prosperity. H 58 am Newberry. 12 io pm Clinton. 12 ?O pm Ar Greeuville. 3 00 pm Spartanbur. :i on pm L v a - ..a i s t a.7. 2 55 pm A r A llendale. 300 pm Fairfax.'. . 5 pj pm Yomanaco. 0 80am 0 20pm Beaufort.10 85am 7 20 i>m 1-ort Royal.lO?Oam 7 30pm Savannah. g no pm Charleston. 8 08 pm l,v (lharleston. Savannah. Port Royal. 'i 55pm Rcaufort. 7 10pm Ycniftssco. 45pm Fairfax. Allondalo. Ar Au^ustn. (i 50 am t! 60 ii in 7 40 am 7 50 am 0 in nm lo 20 am in .'{;"> am 12 40 n'n Close connection nt Greenwood for all points on K. A. b, od C. AG, Railway, and at 8partanburg Wil Southern IVuiiViJy. Kor Information^elativo toAlckots, raics schedules, cte, adccss w. .1. CKAIG.Gq. Pas? In, (la. B, M. NORTH, 8). A J. 8. Cureton, .jcni I 'tat. AugUfl >Aipnata, <ia ^ H. Speights ATLANTIC COASIUNE PA88KNUKK DKl'A KTMCNT. Wilmington, If. O., Jan. I'M, 18b? fast line: -11KTWKBN OhnrV-ston und Columbia md|Upp< > booth Carolina, NorfchjCa'C lina, and Athene aid I A I lau I ii. OONDRNSBD BOH'BDULfl Going Weut. No. 62. 7oonm* Ly.... Charleston ....a/ 8 26 .Lanes .. 9 3,r) ..Sum t er.? i 10 55 Ar.Columbia 11 58 12 10pm 12 BO 1 15 2 33 3 04 5 10 > 45_ ti |.'>i.m 8 20 . Prosperity ....Now berry. .('linton. ... (.turons .... .. Greenwood .... ... Abbeville .. . i ..Athon Ga.... ,_Atlanta. . Wlnnshoro.U, C.. .Charlotte, N. 0.. Gohr Kiifii 5.1. 9 80nn 7M8 t? 35 5 15 3 13 2 57 2 10 1 45 3 36pm Ar ...Anderson, H. C..I 4 20 .... Grceonvillo .... 3 10 j,,,Spartan burg.... fi 03 Hendorsonville N,C. 7 no .. Ashevllle.N, C... hd carr an ? Daily Nob. 62 and 63 Solid train|hetwco Charleston and Columbia, 8. 0. through coach between Charl|on Atlanta. H. M.KMKR?ON I Aos't Uen'l Passen I tt, K.FNLY, T.M.KMl? Gan'l Manager. -itafflo 11 4 lni> 9 36 ) I Of- an 10 30 11 45 9 16 8 20 ION, intafft ?Wot umbrellas should bo put to dry with tholr handles down, allowing tho moisture to dry oil evenly. If the haudlu bo up, the water will drip down Into the thickened j art at the top and Will take so loog to dry that the cloth will be rotted. Umbrellas should not bo rolled up while they uro wet, and it is better to let them be unn lied white they aie in the house. / silk umbrella shoe-Id never be opcncu out .to dry, us the stretching of tho wet silk makes It liable to crack. When a ferule is list, i) should bo replaced. --A burglai lu Germany passing through arOOU where a boy lay in bed, explained to him thath was the devil, and having thus frightened ?hlin, as he II at tor ed himself, Into a condition of silence and immobility, went his way a'ter tho silver. Hutjihe boy, wl o wus a religious character, presently said to himself: "If 1 diould kill the devil there would he so more sin,''am! creep ing to where hie father's gun lay, took it and shot the mrglur. lie now be lieves that t he dsvll is dea I. ?Tho BtllbuDiatlsfied longing for bicyuios was Btnklogly Illustrated In Maim;. A man advertised In the local papers to exchange a bicycle for a buggy. When ho troso the next morn lug ho found the vholo dooryard Ii 1 loci with vehicles of all kinds, from doc tor's gigs to farci wagons, brought there by tho promoot of securing a biko. ? A proclamation has boon issued by the Governor of Foxas calling a oon vontion at Rook port, August 25and -(>, 181)7, for the purpose of considering the important subject of opening to navigation the ohain of bays, lakes and bayous along tho gulf coast, from the Rio Grande to the Mississippi and tho mouths of tbj tributary rivers, and devising ways and ueans for its accom plishment. I --All the chickens in the western part of i'Yench Gufana arts perfectly white. It is impossible to lind one with a colored feather. ?OUTHSRN RAIL WA*, oincrt Boh?rtulo In Effbe* r.OV. IB, 18B0. el ton ffi Atlanta STATION 8. rhmvMV edmont ., Ant\or?o*. ?7^V5?ou" ... j\ Ponnalda . ibwiu." odji's. Irixmwa-iA. Ninety bix. Iff - NawbnrrT . ? Prosperity. _Columbia r. Ohaxleatofe Ii II ? a II M p ft 1 25 p r? 1 4&p t* i U 2JS TM" p jj 8 10 ;r 4 80 ^ *"? (TW* n: 10 63 a is 11 18 ? ? TTuJT aj5 IT u3Ta in 13 09 p in TT15 "V'ii 1 WpjTTOa/Er. ~TJfiirlost?n. TTf | 8 Mpjfllt)?] p 10 t tf' p m 1 ?6 p rn 1 26 p Dl 2 87 p m 3 SOjj n 8~5J 6 in Daily ipalf 107? lSl&p 04a \tf>v\ Mft] aosp' ?M>a 4 28p 0 64a au7pj 1 foal 0 10p 1 <!.n 8 83p O?lmnbla ... . .Airton. ..Hitut'io._ . Union. Jonoavtll*.. .,... Paoolet ... Ar.. Jspartanburfl. I ?5p m i asp 1? Onp " Hi Up Lv U 45? Ar U W L.vj 8 6 Ml 6 <7f 0 Sttt eoaj |<Qpl f ??plAr p. m. "A." *. m. Wntna 0 oml 10 caitt ?Inga?? PtillTnav tfe<<pln* oora MtWHn Oolotnbtp. v.id Aal . .-1 ... fcfouw daily Mw?w in i;.. >i>.; OUm>1n Mtl. Trotai? '?at} flpnrtanbnra A * O. dlvtalon. fortbbonnd, A-t< a.m., B:47 p.m.. (1:18 p. Eft.. Vtotlbuls Lipilted), ?outhbo.?iirt I9;i0 a. m.. rl6 p. w.. 11 --TT a. m., t Vaatlbu'.o Miidt?d.\ Trat?? i*!?ra OrofnvUl?. /V. ani' (' dmratorv forthbonnd,6:4a n. in., 9:31 p. ni. md 6:1)0 p. m fMtibulad LUaltnd)- aoutnooup 1 1 :30 ft. bx i?, Bf. UitSp. tn. (Vdillbnlrd .ImltcdV. rnlliniui Sarvlcn. ? alncplny oar? >a Train? Ol m A. and ?. dlvlaloii. 1. U C' L? rodent, Tru'ito M\'r, D. ?L WV*!0fftortJPk Aor?'i.v.v Pcw? AjH A'Jitnto. Ol* THE LAURENS BAR. W. H. IM a KT in, Attorney at Law? Lau hens, - South Carolina. Will practice In all Courts oi tbls Stats Attention rIvau u> collections. j. Ti JOHNSON. \v. lt. h1chkv JOHNSON & UIC1113Y, ATTORN BY8 AT l,AW. Office -FloinlUR 'Corner, n ort host Ii. V. SIMPSON, C. i>. UARK8DALE SIMPSON ?V ?AHKSDALK, Attorneys at Law? LAURKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims II, w. IIA 1,1,. i.. W. mm kins. w. w. BALb hall, sim KINS AL BALL, Attorney i ait Law, Laurens, Soi i n Carolina. Will practice In all Slate und Unitod siiiics Court. Special attention givon collections. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, si.u< <>r Pui lie Square. In F.rrrrt "?'if*. 1*0 T. H?rt?iboani1. " Atl.nU. IC T " NororoM.. .. ? pnfurd. . . - Eula... ** Oiriioll?. Ar. H?. Airy hr. T<voo?. " Wngtmloator ? cwtrai .. " MroKiirJlln . - .. .Etny'aMt" " (tnitihl*l..V, fcr. Cl?lir)oVi?_., Ar DftnvUJ* ,. ^tf A M la-la. . " " (Viuji-iVUlo " l'.ut'/.rd': . " Kobl'l-QM .... Ar. Almjitn, K. f. Ar. A1 UliK\, i^. T, "A" ?. ?u. ''V' p. m Noa STa-mlS* -Dnifj "je?l?rn VfjsUbulp t-lv pe\?l>Uiff oars Vlwr^ii Team, via VYH?.blHfi-tot-. ?Mr, n\i?l n's . ^ftcwvusn fiaAYaahlntfloii, A(l&p' elM* thoroughfare 3 t<>n and AtUnt?. Di ?a routn. ru,tl* fol|,(l )>r:<T?ei) J W-jia. Tin Bontkjrn IV ?rar 4^'<*>*.ihc?*$v&jruv f.** OjloMia. fljui X-***?-!-?!};" W"f\ititrvC;tQn i pr*Wn<t cor fffflfiu ??titrOinnnl Nbcn "? 'J'hf> Air Kir-.a &?:)* twcv'j AManii? nn.l M f?>|>i flp.lY.lftV. w.u. rtrt fifes. Gay'i SatotI, Wnolil'iRiim. D. 0 W a T?JfcJt, ?c?'I IM*?. Art. , Waihlrrjftu^t' p. C vtiiinAi Ef?S i .t.i ?, t,(.rv? fcifVrfeVu I Matl ?4 8tat?4 Fna' a Aii .r, ??.. <u-?r ??? i. M. OTTJ.P, Who is Will Whitoner ? | _._ I He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter ad Shaver -IN BENDELLA HOTEL . Cert Prices (>n Pianos, Organs and Sewing Mi: hincs. We drive our business those hard limes by s ling at Cut Prices. We don't sit down and croak alar : the scarcity of money like the old fossils who let pui I lasers pass on when they won't pay them ?riviil long | >lits. If you want (o purchase a Piano or an Organ c ue and see us and we will sell you. We have on hin I the largest and best selected stock of Pianos in the Si ic, including some oi'the best makes on the market, and ve aroffoini? to sell them. We guarantee our price- lo la; lower than any other reliable dealer will make;. (1 ir terms for time purchasers are easy. Only a small c Ii payment ?required and we make the sailing smooth For Spot ('ash Buyers WO will say, you can b y a Pio.no or Organ eheaper (Vom us than from any co ern in the business. We keep constantly on hand a lull stock of small instruments, consisting of Gui; rs, Banjos, Mandolins, Autoharps, Violins, &c. Also the various parts, strings and supplies for same. Y\ are selling Sewing Machines at ridiculously low pii es. If you want one, just intimate it, and you will la; surprised how low you can buy one. Our stock of sheet music, both vocal ami instrumental, is kept full, and yon can gel tiny of the popular and up-to-date songs and n isic at any time. Yours truly, ALEXANDER BROS & CO., GUEIiN V1LLE, S. O.o We_