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wi 11 THE MARCH TO QUEBEC. GEN. ARNDLD’S MASTERLY JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. The KnteivHae Was Carried Out wltli Ability Never Exceled In War—Daunt- less Energy and Heroism Savetl tlu Expedition from Disaster Many Times w> toe rear comm oh, none, ureene a no j Kook, to hurry fi>rward and join him. I 2b<m htui Hireiuly turne»l » wsk, carrying | the lion’s sh.ire of the pvoviMor.s with him. , The advance nearly iwrishe ! from hunger before reacaln;; the French K^tli iitcaU* j for Arnold fouuu the route loti^-r ajd ^ more diir»euit th in he had excreted. At ; | the dose of October the meat r ! i'fu #av« j out, and the floar, when divided an, K*ve | hut fivepinu to each man. Dm w.v» Liked into cakoH in the ashes of the camp flrc», | ; [!m1v‘>j>« r ition Arn-jM hdeft,-1 a h.iy of; tCoWrttbl. 18*1. by American Prm. Amod. ' .ncn m,! bas.emri on«hcul t,, pruebr.-«,cl lion. Ilook rigblM rcvcrv.'il.J een<l back foa<l. II.» aaileJ rap v> <>'«*" i JOl'K.VKY of 001 mile tliroiif;b tlu ■m 1 trackless wilder ness of Maine, con tending against sickness, storms freshets, <U sertioi and treachery, ana lo*& of food sup pli«*s through dis aster, arriving at hist at the point o' j out destination will the ardor of hi> faithful soldiers unabated such was Ar nold’s marvelous feat when dispatebcsl b\ Washington to aid Schuyler in his cam paign against Canada in 1775. The plai was to take the shortest cut across count ry and the route selected wns up the Kenue l>ec to the highlands, and then down tin Chaudiere to the St. Lawrence. Tin* path way was unmarked for a long distance, and Arnold s only guide was tlu-journa 1 of an engineer oificer who had rondo tlu trip fifteen years before. The troops de inched from the Continental army to ac company him consisted of ten companies of infantry and three companies of i iUe men, numbering all told 1,100 men. Tin rifiemeu were mountaineers from IVnnsyi vauia and Virginia, hunters and fighters skilled in woodcraft and at homo in tin wikis. Daniel Morgan led the riflemen and he was a hero whose exploits durinj. the revolution would fill a volume. Tin way he happened to beat Cam bridge, when Arnold made up his detachment, showed the KtuIT that was in him. lie was farming the foaming tide of the Ciiaudi" 'C and lost j three boat* on the rocks at th .- end of a twenty mile run. With six n:ei: and two boats he prcsswl on, and on Oct St) signted the first house. Without hew of t ime he scut j bock beeves and flour to the soldiers actu ally fumbbing, but still heroically strug gling forwani. After Arnold left camp two pet dogs were slaughtered, and their i flesh and the broth ma<Ie by boiling their | bones were eagerly devoured. Hoots dug i »f the wind were eaten raw, and | breeches and moccasins of deerskin and ( moose hide were boiled to make broth, and ! abo ehai rtd on the coals and then eaten Of course all human nature could not hold j out tinder this. Men thought that death w as preferable, and so thinking gave up the struggle. In such cases death came in | a few minutes. ' A mold’s supply of provisions reached the | col'.imu in the nick of time. With them : came a caution to the head detachments to * partake sparingly and semi something to i I tho-e in the rear. The French peo;dealong | the liver supplied the wants of the soldiers ; without stint, mid a halt was made at Ser- j tignnUi close up the ranks and prepare for , an onlerly advance. During the last few ; days in the w ilderness the men had been [ permUteil to tnivel at will, with the under standing that all should a* »oinble at the Fronch settlements On Nov. 4 the troops began to straggle into the advance camp, and by the 8th the companies and Imttal ions had lieen reorganized. There were still seventy-five miles to mated !>eforo reaching Quelos , yet on Nov. IB Arnold hml his com m;.nd on the banks of the St. Lawrence, opposite the city. His troops numbered in effective men about 650. The Knglish, peacefully in the Shenandoah valley when I*iXi»gton and Concord aroused the ardent. ... « souls of the yeomanry, and with a con,pa.,> | of rugged spirits like himself marched nil the way to the New Kngiand coast, ovc, 600 miles, in three weeks. Many adventurous young fellows joinec the Caniula enterprise for the fun of tlu tiling, among them Aarr.ii Durr, n slcndet youth of iwcffiy. Nearly all of tl»e mei; were of the rest le ss, energetic class that gi in for novelties dashed with danger ami testing human pluck and endurance, and Arnold was a fit leader for them in ever., respect. Pluck and Isjhlness lie possessed eijwal to any, and those higher qualities that belong to men of brains and genius, and which the ordinary mind is quick tc respect and to bow to, showed themselves in his every feature and every act. The exiMolitiou started up the Kennebiv from Augusta on Sept. 211, traveling in boats specially constructed for the purpose. A small rejonnoiteriug }Mirty led the way. Morgan’s riflemen had the van of the col umu and Arnold accompanied them in r canoe. The diflic,lilies of the journey be gan at the falls of Hkowhcgnu. near Nor ridgewock, for here the boats and supplier had to be carried on the shoulders of th, men a mile and a half around. Draught aid main could not be used, and the bauk» nui b!. had been sent from the wilderness to com municato with friends of the patriots, had burned all the boats on the American side, and Arnold I,ml to gather canoes from the surrounding country to ferry his soldier across. On the night of the 13th the leader and 500 men eluded the llritlsh sentinel vessels stat ioned in the river ami landed at Wolfe’s cove. From there they ascended to the plains of Abraham, and stood before the frowning walls of the castle which sheltered the garrison. Re-enforcements had hurried to t lie defense of t he city, and Arnold was confronted by odds of three to one. He Hide-; he had no artillery, and his men were poorly clad for that rigorous climate and wholly at a disadvantage. But the patriots knew to the last man what they had gone through the wil- derness to aqpom- plish, and tliey/^ drew up before the walls of Quei»ec ready for further acts of daring. At-| X tempts were made! ' to draw the gar-j risoti from their: Qj i \ ^ shelter and pro- s#*,; voke an attack. ItL IV, H ah, was known that, the French citi* v HVS$ / w.v. j zens and many ofj v the militi imem A J u*;* r~ > 'J UCKUAN’S KIPI.KMKN. were rocky and steep. Much of the food stored in the boats had been spoiled b\ wetting and had to l»c abandoned. Fron this point Arnold sent two Indian messcu j gers to Canada, one to a friendly citrzei : and one to Gen. Schuyler. The first be ! frayed his trust and delivered a letter t<: the British authorities and the other failed j to reach Schuyler. For sixty miles further the Ke?mebe< was followed, and then it was necessary to * break away and cross over the highhind- to Dead river. The carrying place here w h about twelve miles long, but two or three small ponds shortened the distance some what, and In some places oxen could be used. The men, however, had to travel) with heavy burdens, and the way was cut) up by ravines, swamps, rocky places ami tangled thickets. On the ponds the men propelled the boats by oars or poles, and sometimes waded to their armpits and hauled at them with roi>e.s, Between the ponds everything had to be carried. On reaching Dead river Arnold reviewed the situation. He had 950 sound men left and provisions for twenty-live days. He ex pectcd to reach French settlements on the Cbaudlere in ten'days if fortune favored • him****A block house was constructed to shelter the sick soldiers that had to Ik* left behind and the expedition pushed on up Dead river. For some distance the jour ney progressed favorably, but on the 3&1 of October a terrific rainstorm came on in the night while the soldiers were encamp'd in a valley near the river. The stream overflowed, rising eight feet in a few hours, and it was with great difficulty that everything was saved and gotten afloat once more. The course of the channel wa> obliterated by the flood, and in the confu siou seven boats were overturned uud then loads of provisions lost. This was looked upon as a serious disa> ter, and fell upon the second division, with which Arnold was traveling at the time Morgan was on ahead with his riflemen, mid two divisions, under Lieut. Cols Greene and Enos, were following. Arnold now sent buck ail hi* sick, and instructed Greene and Enos to do the same, and to bring forwani all their well men with fifteen days’ provisions. All possible h:iau was urged in these instructions. The dis lance from Dead river to Chaudiere lake Wis thirty miles, and twelve days’ pro visions were still on hand. The rain, which began on the 23d, changed to snow and ice. and the Dead river near its source wa ft uud to be a series of shallow ponds and marshes. The soldiers with Arnold labored faithfully and dragged or pushed their no;its through, reached the highlands between New England and Canada, and after an other portage of four miles came to Me gan tic lake, the source of the Chaudiere One half of the journey had been accom plished. About this time Arnold was joined In two small bodies of scouts that had ex plored the wilderness in advance of tin- column ami Hounded the feedings of the French settlers on the Chaudiere. To.- trials of three pioneers and i «eir uenic e:i durance have n,,t been surpn d in t!*r history of nfivt n ure. and ?;tr.u gely euougl they have had a faithful eluonieler. On. of the scouts v. '.s a boy nuim *i H ary, and late in life he wrote out a si ry of lh.‘ • x periences of himself an i com rode*. The} fansl very well until they readied t'u carrying pi;;, e l>ctwcvii the K.«.iiielx>c am’ Dead rivets. At this point the pai yil; vided, the weaker memlx is rea;.'. . uig be hind, the stronger pualdng on. ’! .r y were reduced u» two ni-ais a day, co:j-. o'. half a biscuit a:id haif an inch sg (ate of raw pork. Their only shelter from r<Uii»g storms of rahi and sleet wa * the " > d <>( evergreens. When they had dh. efe». the luxidwaters of the Ckiudie; • they turneMl back to carry tidings to the mam co hi inti. Their food supply was down t- a soli tary pork ration each, and ; fn-r :. long search for game a duck was willed. The pork and duck boiled together Made a | broth that furnished supper fi»r t.a of ten; the pork bits w re ent*.*a for were friendly toj j the revolutionists,!*-d and a slight suc-jjj cess in b a 111 e j j might stir up a fire 5 j in the rear of the t| British regulars d ami thus give vic- ( «l lory to Arnold’s *- intrepid imumI. The T,,E MAIKI£ wihDKRN^ Americat's marched toward the garrison and cheered lustily, remaining under the range of the guns while Arnold attempted to communicate with the British leader :113d frighten him into a capitulation. Gen Montgomery, who had succeeded Schuyler, was at Montreal seeking a junction with Arnold in order to storm Quebec. The commander at Quebec refused to ‘parley with rebels,” and as he also re fused to venture out of Ids castle and light, them in open plain Arnold reluctantly re tired. His soldiers carried but five rounds of ammunition per man, and a sudden out burst of salutes and rejoicings in the Brit ish Hues a 11 non need that heavy re-enforce merits under Gen, Cur let on were at hand Ou Dec. 1 Arnold and Montgomery met twenty miles above Quebec, and then fol lowed their during but ill starred assault. Gfionuc L. IviLMKU. FUiH'llNU GRIZZLIES. EXPERIENCES JAWS OF A MINER IN THE AN 3RY BEAR. Ttt* Shaggy Monster Lacerated the lluutei Moot Frightfully and Then Watched Over the I tody (util SatiKtled That Life Wu» Fxtlnct. f.:»t uliri tbe duck wa* pure. The name of a well known citizen of [InmlmUlt county on the Rosa House register a few days a-o recalled to hi:; friend* the story of a desperate fijfht with grizzlies in the early days. It was in the fall of ISM, and three starving men crawled through a thick growth of IlnnilMildt county limiter and fountl themselves facing eight monstei grizzly hears Goaded to desperation by hunger the men determlaed to attack the ferocious animals The heart of Thomas Seabring failed as the little party drew near the bears, and lie sought shelter by climbing a tree. The other men, S. R. Wood and Isaac Wilson, threw prudence to the winds and advanced to within fifty yards of tlie bears. Wood fired Ills rifle and the nearest bear fell, biting and tearing tbe ground as though in the agonies of death. While Wood was reloading his rifle Wilson brought down a bear. Five of the grizzlies retreated np a ravine, hut one chaggy monster remained with her fallen companions. She sat erect on her haunches and tnmed her eyes on the men ns if daring them to battle. Wilson, awed by her aspect, ran for a tree, while Wood tried to reload hisgnn, but found himself nimble to ram the ball down on the powder. While in this pre dicament t're grizzly that had not fled rushed at him. Wood succeeded in get ting into a small bttc&eye tree, and used his gun to beat the bear off as she at tacked the tree with tile intention of shaking him ont. IN T1IK JAWS OK A GRIZZLY. White he was engaged in lighting off this bear. Wood, to his horror, saw the animal lie had wounded rise and rush to ward him. No bio.vs that he could in flict on the wounded animat coni i check iter. At the first spring she made the tree broke and the bears jui. [>ed for Wood. He gained his f. et and made with all speed down the mountain, where Mother small tree stissl about thirty yards away. He reached the tree with the wounded bear at h:s heel*, and. seiz ing the trunk, he swung his body around so as to give the U-ar room to puss him which she did. plunging headlong down the mountain aismt t .venty yards. Before Wood could, with his failing strength, swing himself into the tree the part} i second bear bounded up anil seized bis J right ankle. By this time the wounded When he was almost fainting with pain the bear that had not been wounded dropped his ankle and trotted slowly after Uiscompanions np tbe ravine. Then tlie wounded boar let go^mr hold on his shoulder. Wood sank back on the ground, and lay perfectly quiet as though dead, hardly daring to breathe. The grizzly stood majestically over him. watching for the slightest movement, and snarling with rage. The pain that racked the man's frame was frightful, and he risked his life in an effort to tis- ■uinean easier portion. RESCUED IN HAD SHAPE. At the first movement the grizzly, roaring furiously, rushed at him. She shoved her nose close to hi* face and suilt'ud at him. but Wood was again mo- ' tioulcss, and tlie bear, raising her head. . gave vent to unearthly screams. Wood, knowing that his life depended on it, remained motionless, and the bear trotted after her companions up the ravine. When ho attempted to rise Wood found that his right hip was dislocated and his : left shoulder chewed to the Ixme. while his clothing had been stripped from his bisly and his flesh had been chewed in a hundred places. Inch by inch he pain fully dragged himself frgm the spot, un til Seabring and Wilson, aeoompanied by David A. Buck, the latter of whom had been loft to guard the camp, found him and carried him to their quarters. At this spot the party remained twelve days, subsisting on the meat of tlie bear that had been killed. They were lost in the mountains, but finally Wood, despite his agony, insisted upon being tied to a horse and accompanying h’s friends in search for a path to civilization. During the ten days that followed, every step of tlie horse that Wood rode caused nn speakablo torture to tlie rider, but Wood bore it like a martyr, and an occasional groan was all the complaint that escaped his lips. Finally they found a road out of tie mountains and reached the farm of Mrs Mark West, thirty miles from .Sonoma where Wood was eared fur, and in six weeks was able to join his friends in San '’raucisco. The injuries inflicted by the grizzlies inuiie Wood a cripple for life and event s.ly were the cause of his death, and it was ms son who tol l of this fight with • he grizzlies.-Sail Francisco Examiner Visitor*. First Little < lirl— A nut M and and Aunt Clara visited us yesterday and they h; ought me a doll. Second Lillie Girl—Aunta are nobody Boohl Anylssly can have Runts visit 'em. We have angels, real angels, visit our bonse. Some were there last night. “Angels! Did you s. e them:’" “N o, 1 was asleep, but tb’s morning 1 siw tlie baby they brought.”—New York Weekly YHiat'ii hi it Bit*. A convict out in Ohio, iu giving his •vifo a parting kiss, slipped into her month a note, telling her where some of his booty was hidden.—Philadelphia Ledger. Tom Crsiljj** Womlorftil f’lj. Our friend, .laenh Stall. sends us the following. Had assures ns that it is a gen zinc article: "The owners-of fo.v dogs in Harrison ouuty have all Ik-cii telling aismt their line dogs and their achievements, bul Captain Tom Craig now comes to the front with a story of a pig that discounts all the dog yarns that the fox dog own ers have Ih-cii spinning. Captain Craig being accosted with this srnbu's usual salutation—‘tell me something'—said: I lur e a fox dog that 1 want to tell you about He is of the "root-hog-or-die" species, ami is about 3 month* old. anil visa present to my little boy from my neighbor. Henry -S,evens 11- is a coni mon looking speckled pig, and has lieen raised a pet with the puppies lie eat and sleeps with them, and when 1 go hunting he goes toj, and will slay out with us three hoars at a tune " It would amuse yon to see him cir ding to come in and-head thetlogs win . they get to far alien I of him Of course he cannot keep up with them when they are mining fast. The other night we were out limiting and tlie pig got lie hind, lint he cut in and soon caught us and was with us lit the tree I wonlo have paid a good price for a picture o: tlie scene at this tree. Tlie dogs l.m: '.own, one of them drawing a bed ot leaves around him. The pig went am laid down with him, putting his bend on the dog’s forefeet, which were crossed.'' —American Field. A I*r«‘j»;»rutlcm for (Ji« Dutli. Those who are troubled with offensive perspiration would do well when talking i hath to i! ;« a prepiration m ale ns fol lows: Take of soap powder an 1 powdere I borax each one-half ounce; essence of bergamot, six drams; oil of lemon mid oil of neroli, of each two drams; oil i>1 rosemary, thirty drops; attar of rose* five drops Or. if this is too expulsive, the drug gist can use the soap ami h >r:u and sub stunt:-cheaper Jicrfnates. Tito oil.; should tie well rubts-d with these buses in a mortar and put into a ho'.Uc. which should he k pt corked and in a cool piece One-linlf to one tnblespoonful may Ik? aided to an ordinary bathtub full of water This will he snflieient for clean lines*; at the same time it will prove an i idmirable dcrvlor - ftnston Herald A Uiiiiiii* Ten Hurviee. County Commissioner Tolman has an unique tea service. It include* not only the usual articles of a set—the tray, plat ter, butter dish, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, cup and saucer, but also a caster, , supplied with the usual cruets—the whole made of wood. Two kinds of wood, black ! walnut ami white wood, were employed iu their manufacture, and the contrasted colors, which npjiear in even the covers of dishes mid tops of cruets, have a beau tiful elTi-ot Tile whole service is a* use ful as any made of crockery, and was made by a skilled woodworker while j confined in tile county jail He agreed to make them for Mr. Tolman if the lat ter would furnish tlie material.—Port land (Me.) Argus What Girl* Can Do. Many a volume ha* been written to encourage and inspire boy*, and many [ a boy sitting by the wood fire iu a com.- : try farmhouse ha* felt hi* heart burn within him to be gone and enter the bat tle of life, fight his fight and come i f! victorious. So oftentimes he has fought and conquered, inspired all tiirougii his ; successful career by tlie word* he read at the country fin-side. Book* are plenty showing how youths have started ; In life poor errand boy*, or filling some o’.her position of tlie humblest, and gone ! on till they have become millionaires 1 “by their own effort*," as the story books always say. But nobody lias hitherto performed this service for poor girls thrown on their own resources. Nobody has seemed to think girls wanted any inspiration to cheer them along a rough and uphill road. Perhaps nobody thought girls were worth it till a devoted friend of i her own sex, Mrs. J. G. Oroly (.Jenny •June), wrote just raeh a treok for girls as the story writers hitherto have al •way* made to encourage Isiys. It is probably the most helpful book for working giris that has ever been writ ten. In her tong experienee as house keeper, journalist and club woman the author has met with hundreds of In stances in real life that are deeply inter esting and instructive to tlcue for whom thia little volume is written, tlie girls “Thrown Upon Their Own Resources." That is the name of the little book These facts are liberally sprinkled through the work. We know when we read these stories that they are true, ami the half discouraged working girl will say to herself; “Whatother women have done, I can do. 1 will not give up." Indeed, one of the wise sayings of the volume is this, “Half our misfortunes in this world come from giving up jnst when we should have perhaps gained our object by holding on.” Iu the chapter on Concentration of Energy is this:. “A great secret of success is concentration of energy in any given direction. All the great successes in the world are marked by this quality. Gen eral Grant possessed hardly any other that was remarkable.” The chapter ou “The Genius of Work” is full of the strong, sweet inspiration of happy em ployment, and is good to be read by man or woman. But Mrs. Croly thinks we must drop from our vocabulary such expressions as “working woman” or “working girl.” What girls who are thrown upon their own resources need is sympathy and recognition on equal i terms of their womanhood. “To be a worker is to be a part of the ministry of | God on earth.” Tiyxrpi ^£|TlflpT%l NOTICE TO INSURERS, - " ’Get The Best Insurance For The Least Money. Per fe Fall and Wiir of U THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE INSURANCE CO., o' Uverpcol, England, is the U.rgest Fire Company in the world. . THE zETNA, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the largest of all the American Fire Cnmpunie*. . i. THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, of Philadelphia, is , I7 , i it i , > n i » t i i c the second largest of all American Fire ContbanieM. We now llitve opjn td tna largest ana as well selected Slock Of I Jip, HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York city, is the third larg open gvess (Good5, ’i'vtmmings, etc., as was ever brought to Darlington. GEHTS' FURHISHIHG GOODS. We have an elegant line of Gents, Youths and Ilovs’ in every style—fiei ts’ Suits from $3 to $- 0 per HATS from 25cts to $3 each Clothing suit. P-l 1 nil gallitr! IV-<LII X IIS 'VU/UAItl *1 THE HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the fourth largest of all the American Fire Com nan All of the above compeDies, and several others, represented in the agency ip. e. Da lirgtor., S. O. September 11, 1800 uju.,1,0. SHOES.. Our Shoe Department is complete, and as usual our [ rices are very low. Would call special attention to our Evitt & brother's Ladies’ Fine Shoes, every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call and examine orr goods and get our prices, before buy ing; they will compare favorably with the low price of cotton.! Give us a call, we will save ) r ou money. \ Kespectful!y, Joye & Sanders. YOUR SHIP WILL GQ'iiE The newspaper supplies the broad, swift channel of pub licity which enters the port of prosperity, and when you float your boats upon it you are sure of quick returns. Advertising in dull times is an anchor cast to windward. tyowing to a daily increaning trade, we have found it necessary to boy almost an entirely iUui jgtcick of (Goods front beginning to end. HOLIDAY GOODS In Imrga Variety ta tlie gavlxugton gooh §tovo. Presents from 5c to *25; Dolls, Plush Goods, Doll Carriages, Bicycles, Tricycles Veloelpeds, Wagons, Toys, Games, Novelties, Home Amusements, Fireworks, Etc. We have bargains in the Di'y Goods Department, such as it would have been impossible to get first of the season. We also find our Wholesale Grocery Department on the Increase. We sold out 700 Bushels of SEIEXD O.A.TS in a very short time and have another large lot. 4* i h a ZF-K-Omi-ETOLR. Thnnking the public for their liberal patronage and assuring them that we shall do all in our power to merit a continuance. We are respectfully, BMIMSOW* I/UPJlY & V (Do Z3f" Remember (he place—North side Public Square, iu tlie Hewitt Block. Satisfaction. When a man says he is Satisfied, he means a great deal. One of the policy-holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, Mr. ( diaries A. Edwards, of New York, who, in 1871, took a twenty-year Tontine policy . -with the Equitable for *10,000, writes as follows: “ 1 am extremely well sntixjlea .■with this result, obtaining more th'ni sliSKi in excesx. of all the premiums 1 i hate paid, in addition to ha ring enjoyed the protei lian oj my poliey during \ the twenty years it has been in force 1 am loath to part with suen an oia. ; friend as this policy has been to me, but in doing so, I do not propose to part \ company with the Kqaitable, haring applied for another 1 online policy, the ' benefits under which I also hope to obtain daring my lifetime.'' ; Another, Mr Nathaniel Wilson, of Washington, writes in relation to policy I No 90,018 as follows: “I took ont a Tontine policy in your Company for f20,000. The policy has been settled to my satisfaction. I hare since taken out policies ! of the same kind for $*70,000, because lam satisfied that the 1 online plan is to \ be preferred to any of Which I have knowledge." If these statements were from the widows or executors of poncy-noulers who I had died, they would be significant, or, if thev were from policy-holders who ! were satisfied with their assurance because it nirnished protection, and gave i them sufficient peace of mind to offset the burden of the continuing annual premiums on their policies, they would be no more than reasonable assertions. ; But this satisfaction is something more than this: It is the gratification of men who have, over and above the protection from the assurance, rkaiazkd on a profitable investment. Thev have reason to be satisfied. F or twenty years ; they have been building up their business and accumulating fortunes, and meanwhile their families and estates have been protected against the disaster which would have come, if through some accident they had died prematurely. But these dangers have now been passed, and what is the result? Must they say, “ We /nice paid out a great deal of money in premiums, but we hive en joyed the protection of our assurance, and are satisfied that our money has from the Northern markets l been well spent: we hare nothing more to expect, and hare nothing further to , i /, j, ask." They might say this, and tie content, but they are able to say much T assorted stock of Dry Goods, more ti 1IlD t |,j 8 thus: "We are more than satisfied because, in addition to the Notions, ccc. We would like the public generally and the ladies ^otection given for all these years, our Tontine policies hare tamed out lobe ” - , s . - _ 'good INVESTMENTS, as isprofed by the fact that tin H'/ni table has returned ah that we have paid, with interest added ” Think of it! A return of the total amount expended in premiums, with compound interest at from 3 to 5 per centum per annum added thereto. G£Q. HENRY McKEE, Darlington, S. C-, SPECIAL AGENT: The Wyoming Irrigation Laws. it is likely that tile agriculture of the .future will depend more on artificial watering and less on natural rainfall. It has been found that even in states where the rainfall is normal, the pro ductiveness of the soil can be increased threefold by a good system of subsurface irrigation. In several of the richest of the new western states irrigation is a prime ne- j cessity. Such difficulties, lawsuits and even fist fights over water rights have arisen, however, that at length tlie states ! have been obliged to take the matter in hand and pass law-s distributing tlie I water supply as jnstly as might bo | among claimants. Wyoming is so far relieved to have the best irrigation laws of any of the new states that have been obliged to legislate on this question, without any precedent to guide thorn, for the older states never needed any irrigation laws. Wyoming’s new law divides the state into four great water districts that fol low the natural lines of hydrographic basins. The districts are put in charge | especially to know that W e propose from this date to carry a full ^oorf investments, of the state engineer, who takes care stock of ....... > . ^—““nanffi^ Staple and Fancy Dry Goods and Notions. the fbnr basins gets more than the fixed i T—1 ^ — J- „ —j CE3 water supply, which is rated at the OOOLS anQ ^nOGS. amount of one second foot to seventy ! Our stock in this line is simply immense; and while we do not j acres. All individual rights are deter I run strictly a shoe store we have as large a stock as any house in j mined by the state board of control. ! the city, and expect to sell them at prices that will please every | Tims a long and vexed question in one. Wyoming has been satisfactorily set- j HlltS. HiltS. HiltS. tied. • Look Ont! Look Out! ! For the Many Bargains Now Being Offered by— MOORHEAD, COX & CO. Mr. Moorhead has just returned where he purchased a large and well There is no danger that the world will; This stock is extremely large, and comprises all the latest styles, become overpopulated as long as calami- i We can suit and fit every man and boy iu the county. ties occur like the earthquake in central Japan, Oct. 28, in which 7,500 persons lost their lives. China is tlie most thickly populated country on the globe, yet dis asters like the inundation* of the great Yellow river snuff out 5,000 human be ings in half an hour’s time. The tre menduos volcanic eruption at Krakatau, in the straits of Snnda, in 1883, de stroyed no less than 50,000 lives. Such wholesale catastrophes of nature have not yet occurred in the historic period in Eu rope or America. It is not impossible that they might do so, however, by the time these western continents become as thickly populated as Asia now is. "Democracy must rest for safety on i the education of the people,” said Jeffer- ! son. True enoiigh; but the number of accomplished rascals now iu ward poli tics, not to speak of penitentiaries, shows that the education must be something more than mere book learning. It must extend to morality as well. it, minu-r fashion, to stand U-twccu them mu’ u-va tion. Thu duck all u: -a;.;-r\-i the iirst day. nu<l on llMiftfecotHl they travels! with out a morsel. The m et day at Kimdoivn, alter forty-ei'fht hours’ fa.st, n mouse dei r Was shot. ui>d the event was hnhed os sal vation for the famishing and fainting men, whoa* powers were fast giving way. 1 learned from these scout* l w»t wool tv.::! :t d. and us Wuod foil s:»o snapped at Ins fact*. He dodged, and she caught his left shoulder. Then eumuieneed a terrilie struggle The maddened animals tugged iu opjio- eiu* directions at Wood'siiuklsau.l shoul der, and he was in imminent danger ol being torn to pieces. He fought as best -he could, but each exertion he pat forth calv intensified the race of the beers. Two Kxtremo Cases. Iii refre..hi:ig contrast to ta;* man who tost a day's work because be humped his head while getting np in the morning and thought lie might have a headache if he didn't keep qmet, was a man up iu Sprague's Mills, who fell as he was carry ing a piece of timlier aiiout noon, but kept at work until time to go home at night, when be made the discovciy that a bone in his leg was broken.— Lewiston : -l.'iuenal The Isw-al Ihipci-’s the Thing. That .lie local press is by far the best 1 means of advertising the ad vantages of a town or city is a recognized fact. The real estate men of Texas held a conven tion a short time ago, and among other things done they agreed that the very j best way for towns to advertise them- 1 selves was through the medium of the local press.—Lexington (Va.) Gazette. fr'iingoa* of tlto (*ru}>e. Ex{>erir.iC!itH witii co;>;kt compounds, | particularly am Inflate of copper or blue vitriol, its preventives of the several fun gous diseases of the grape, have been in progress in France fora number of years, i and have been attended with remarkably successful results. The subject was taken up iu America about the middle of the last i decade, and wonderful progress has since Mrs. Livermore declared in one of her addresses that it would Iw far better to open tbe gates of the World's exposition at Chicago on Sunday to the thousands of visitors than to close them and leave these visitors to the tender mercies cf Chicago saloons, whose gates are alwav open. Consumption Cured. Our stock of men, youths and bops’ OXjO'l’HIISrOJ- is, large, was bought cheap and must be sold. The stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is larger than %ver be-1 fore, and we are now duplicating Charleston prices on wholesale lots; also on Bagging and Ties. We liave just received two car loads of New Crop Flour and one car load of Red Rust Proof Oats for seed, which we are offering very cheaply. We extend a cordial invitation to all to call and see us while in the city. Remember the place—Southeast corner Public Square, under the Opera House. Yours to please, MOD RHEA I), COX & CO. Buggies, teuweys, B* lire t mis, Boml BVdtgons, COTTON LEVATOR Cleans,Dries,Improves these Market Value 2 (p T ToH -v^end for .Bo ok_, — DiJdle/ E.J°/tE5 (5 Little Rock-.ark. nr-Tir—niiini 1 m Tirnr-nfinMtrrr -rwMiTFimuainonMn—im iimw— Coikdx Improved, One Cent a Pound by Actual Test, At tlto Gin-House of Mr. F. II Roberts, in Richland County. AI LOU ELEVATOR, one bale had Just before stau ing his Eflari&es** Saddles, Bridles, t* 6 '’ gi T d rV he o!<1 Ju 1 afters,arl 1 i,, s hi * 1 lev *- . . “ -^^ "ItoT.tMiother bale was ginned from the same rule Wiihmti loaiars, Haltens, An old physician, retired from ; ul* olieS* practice, having had placed in ‘^’9 his hands by an East India mis- a ■jktj sionary the formula of a simple! Leather. vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Con- j sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthmaandall Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure of Nervous Debility se h good machine made and all Nervous Complaints, af-1. -.i n u in ~ ter having tested its wonderful " 11 /<J :ir ftn< ^ ^ anics , $b.00. Curry-Combs, Harness Oil, Whips, etc., elc. HARNESS complete, We can furnish any style ol HANDMADE HARNESS, curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his dutv toi r make it known to his suffering . 10,11 10 cheapest single buggy harness to the finest coach liar fellows. Actuated by this mo ness; also one and two-horsa wa~<m h live and a desire to relieve hu man suffering, I will send free tor. jMiother bale was ginned from the same pile. Without f knowing this fuct, the cotton buyer offered one cent per pound ■* _ r j more fur the bale ginned wi b the use of the Elev?tor. Read the statement of tbe buyer and seller: (Cony.) ‘‘This will certify that of two samples of cotton ot tered us to-day by Mr. Rowan ose, tbe market value of one exceeded that of the other by one cent per pound. 1 ’ (Signed) D. CRAWFORD & SONS. (Copy ) ‘-This will certify that the bales of cotton offered as above were both from the same pile of seed cotton, and ginned on the same gin. One was, carried to the gin in baskets, and one through the Sailor Cotton Elevator.” (Signed) J. R. ROSE. ;on harness. ofchanfe.toaiiwho dMirc it. i Speciiil attention is called to our •SttSfe withfuTdireotiou.!“Toung Men’s’ Buggies at $65.00. for preparing and using. Sent | -r- -w- _____ L. Harrell & Co jA. Noyes, 820 Powers’ JWocfc ’ * JL VV [Rochester, N.Y. J ¥ ■I The best Gins, Presses- Elevators, Engines, and the best machinery of all kinds, for sale by W. H. Kite, Jr, I Co. OolvimlDict, Q. o. 3i.wi