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Firing the Mortars A Test of the Big Gun Sullivan's Island. Special to The State. Charleston, Aug. 19.-The of the giant mortars in the uppe of the island to day was a great cees-to Capt Abbott and other officers of scientific training p bly-b,nt the general public, exp ively, were not in it by a great jority So far as the public was cerned it did not begin to con with a Fourth of July celebr with cannon crackers, for there K only a puff of smoke and an expl< about equal to a good charge of { powder used io blasting. To pei on the roof of the' Atlantic B hotel, a point near the fort, the CU88?OU was not at all disagreeabl In anticipation of a'heavy COD sion and the cons?quent breakin, window glass, nearly all of the dows on the island w%re raised morning and the blinds opened, there was no need for tbe precaut for the slightest damage would have been done the frailest pane glass 100 feet from the fort. The 8 o'clock boat this morning not bring over to the city its foll c plement of passengers. Many i are accustomed to make that trip mained over to witness the firing i the mortars. So, when the hands the clocks and watches began to of the approach of 10 o'clock, streets of Moultrieville and the fr beach were dotted with mov groups of people, seeking points vantage to watch the firing Ni m bers climbed to the roofs of the hon or the tops of the numerous to we while a few found a point from wh te view of the whole proceedings the re'of of the Atlantic Beach hot Within 'the mortar battery w< Capt. Abbot, Lieut. Stuart and th assistants. No visitors, not ev the ubiquitous newspaper men, w< allowed to look upon the interior the defenses Uncle Sam has plac ii there for the protection of Chariest ||harbor At Fort Moultrie Mr. W. j Bird and Mr. Stanford were s tat io ne at the request of Cap?. Abbott, take the barometer reading and ma other observations on the conditio prevailing during, the firing and possible take the time of the Sig of the shelis, etc.. It had been agreed that 10 minut before thefiring a red flag would 1 run up on the flagstaff on the rsc parts of the battery." At 10:1T tl red flag was ran np and with it t went expectancy to a high pitcl The timid ones stopped their eal and those on the roof nearby the fo clung to something for fear the coi eussions would knock them form the perches. Some eyes were fixed on the bat - tery, while others turned their gaz upon the target, a red flag, flying de fiantly in the breeze, and fixed in th marsh to the north and west of Moi ris island light. Those looking upoi ' the ramparts expected to see a da2 ziing flash of light and an immens black object take its flight in the air while the reverberations to folio* were expected to rend the tympan ; urns of the ears. And the flag ii the marsh was to be tattered am torn after the first shot The 10 min utes passed and the suspense grev, apace. Another 10 passed and th* stop watches told 10 37 when the*? was a sudden burst of smoke fron the battery and an entertaining cou cuseion There was a craning o': necks and a stretching of eyes to sec the 800 pound shot that had begun its mile and seven eighths flight. But never a thing did the majority of spectators see. and save for the whiz of the shot, which a few of those nearest the battery could hear there was no other evidence thin that there had only been an exp!o sion of powder. The target was un? touched and as far as the spectators could see the shot never came down from its flight through the heavens. lt is computed that the shot attain ed a maximum height of about two miles. It left the* mortar at an angle of about 45 degrees and described the arc of a circle with a perpendicu lar of the height named Each ?>f tbe four monars in the southeastern angle of the fort weie fired once singly and then the whole four were fired together There was an interval of about one hour between each discharge About 75 pounds of powder was need each time and the shot thrown weighs about 800 pounds. It costs the government about $300 each time a mortar is fired. A gentleman near the fort at the time of the first discbarge thought he saw the projectile for a moment just a3 it rose above the ramparts At the second shot several gentlemen who were directly under tbe line of flight of the shot saw it for several seconds. Messrs Bird and Stanford, at Fort Moultrie were only able to take the barometer and thermometer readings . at the time of the explosion, but were unable to tell anything of the flight of the projectile or its moment of contact. Capt. Abbott and his assistants, to the time of the leaving of The State i reporter were as inaccessible as the ! Matterhorn, so nothing could be I learned of their pleasure or displeas? ure as to the success or failure of the experiment. A countryman at Fort Moultrie j saw a splash in the sea about half a mile away from the target after the second shot, but except for this *the projectiles might be yet suspended in air so far as the spectators could see. The projectiles used this morning were solid shot and did not explode upon striking an object. The fact that the mortars are about 50 feet be? low the tcp of the ramparts had much to do with the dulling of the concussion and the smothering of the sound. Altogether the experiments were pleasing to those who saw i them and it gave them a feeling of j security to know that Uncle Sam has j placed such fierce dogs of war to protect them. ^? ? i i am - Spain Demands Compensa? tion. -~-~-"T* Landon, Aug. 19.-Calderon Car-j lisle of Washington, counsellor to the Spanish legation in the United States, arrived here to day from Spain. In the coarse of an interview with the cor? respondent of the Associated Press, Mr. Carlisle said be went to Spain to pay a visit to relatives, but while there he had an audience with the queen regent aod be discussed with the late Senor Canovas, the premier, and other high officials of the Spanish gov? eminent the serions aspects of the Cuban question, explained to Canovas the details of some of the principal filibustering expeditions from the Un iced States to Coba and giving hi? views as to the legal aspects of the filibustering claims which be bad investigated since the war broke out io Cuba. Spain, he said, intended to press strongly ber claim to compensation for filibuster? ing and they would overbalance the American claims for damages to the property of citizens of the Uoited States io the island. '.My last ioterview with the late Seoor Canovas," said Mr. Carlisle, *'was during the -week before he was 1 assassinated, aod at the hotel which was the sceoe of the tragedy. He request? ed me to call. While 1 was wait ins: at the office of the hotel. Senor Canovas entered the room and was immediately surrounded by half a dozen gentlemen, amid whom he stood talking on Cuban matters. I inquired as co wbo thsee gentlemen were and was told they were newspaper correspondents. The sceoe was entirely informal, quite American In tact. One could easily see bow a man so approachable as Senor Caoovas coule! be assassinated without much difficulty. 1 was told that he always received newspaper correspondents free? ly and talked with them frankly. "Senor Caoovas appeared to be in excellent health aod spirits, though, of coarse, he was no longer a yoong mao. He told me he was satisfied with the progress of the war io Coba. The sommer had been all that coo'd be ex? pected in the wet season aod that be believed conditions would be mach better 0 autumn. He spoke feelingly of the m fieri o g io Cuba, which be coostdered tod described as unavoidably incidental o the state of war, aod he expressed he ' warmest hope that the necessity or suffering would soon cease. The sooduioo of the poblic seotiment in the [Joitde States was a matter as to which ie made particular inquiry. I as>ared lim that the country was not so partial o the insurgent movement as might be inferred from some of the newspapers md from the reports of congressional Jebates.'' Mr. Carlisle believes the effects of :be assassination of Canovas will be to mite more closely the vari?os sections )f the conservative party in Spain. He paid : .'I can frpeak not oniy for the court circles bot also for the people of three provinces where the Carlista are repot ?d to be strongest, aod 1 can say that I ?aw no 8igos of preparations for a Car ist rising nor anything to corroborate .eports circulated io the United State? o the effect that the Spanish people are io dissatisfied with the government as :o be easily incited to overthrow it. Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever.0 Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. THE LEGION OF HONOR. Classes Abolished and Same Rate of Assessment for AIL Buffalo, N. Y , Aug 19 -The Legion of Honor to-day adopted amendments to the by-laws fixing a rate of assement for all members and abolishing classe3. restricting the assessments to one in any one month, and providing that if this is not suf? ficient claims to be paid at the end of the year shall be paid from the reserve fund These officers were elected : Commander, F. O Downes, Boston ; vice commander, P . F Mc? Gowan, Xe^ York ; orator, G. W. Carson, St. Louis : secretary, Adam Warner, New York ; treasurer, ; George W. Kendrick, Jr., Philadel phia. JO If NS O rPs i CHILL AND j FEVER TONIC j Cures Fever in One Day. I Spain Must Move i_ . Or the United States Wili Soon Intervene. Washington, Aug. 20.-Officials of the state department were very reticent to-day when asked concerning a report in circulation that definite instructions had been given all our foreign ambas? sadors and ministers io European conn tries to sound and ascertain the atti? tude of European governments in case the United States should intervene in Cuba. While general denials were made by some of them others intimated that the United States was ready to assume the position taken by President Geaot in 1874, as shown ny the instructions of Secretary Fish to Minister Coshing, although it never appears that these instructions were carried out, and there is no knowledge of what Spain would have done in the premises. It is possible that Minister Wood? ford will have a different report to make. It can be stated on information ob? tained here, that there is on truth in, the report that Lord Salisbury has sent, an unfavorable answer to a. suggestion that the United States should interfere, the faottbat be bas not replied at ail to the attempt of our ambassador to sound him on the subject and that his attitude gives reason to believe he will not op? pose such action as our interests may make necessary. Minister Woodforde instructions arj to intimate to Spain that the United States will intervene unless the situa? tion Mi Cuba speedily improves. Tbis in eifeut was the instructions given Mr. Cushing by Mr. Fish and it is under? stood that the attitude of the United States is almost identical with the posi? tion taken during Grant's administra? tion. Then, as now, the good offices of tbe United States had beeu tendered to Spain to briug about a settlement of the war, but, said Secretary Fish, the well intended proffers of the United Stiles were unwisely rejected by Spain. The secretary reviewed the situation, which presents many similar phases to that which exists now. President Gc-ant, said the secretary, regarded independence, as the only necessary solution of tbe Cuban ques? tion . The attitude of thc present adminis tration is.?-aid to be on the same lines, and, u is ?tated. Minister Woodford will make it clear to the Spaoish au? thorities (hat our interests will make ioterveotiou bj ;he TJoKed States im? perative unless something is done speedily by Spain to improve the preh? eat situation, disastrous as it is all to all our interests. Big Boom in Wheat. JNew York, Aug 20.-At 1.40 p m. to-day September wheat here reached the long talked-of goal of $1 per bushel Naturally enough the incident created a tremendous sensa lion on the floor of the exchange and was greeted with prolonged cheers from half a thousand throats being re echoed from the crowded galleries. Several times during the early af? ternoon the bulls snapped the price within 5 8c. of the desired mark but the return wave of selling oiders each time swept it back again. The final and successful effort was made under the impulse of export orders reaching enormous figures Septem ber was hanging around 99 1-8 when the export news was first whispered about and at once danced upward in response to excited local buying. Higher and higher it whirled, watch? ed by everybody on the floor until the big black finger of the record dial plumped fairly on the even figure and "dollar" wheat in New York was an accomplished fact Now that the bulls have attained their boast, they are as far as ever from being satisfied and claim that the wave of bull sentiment which has spread like fire all over the country, will carry the price here to at least $1 25 per bushel and perhaps even higher That dollar wheat is already a thing of the past was demonstrated on the late curb when further clamor ous demands irom high strung local shorts raised the price to 100 1 2 or a cent a bushel advance from the offi cial close. About 50,000 bushels of wheat changed hands at ?1 this af? ternoon. From the very outset many local dealings were marked by great excitement. Everybody felt that dol? lar wheat was in the air and while there were occasional let ups when traders unloaded jags of wheat on which there was a good profit they were invariable called by a general lightening of values on fresh waves of ieckle68 buying The crowd, be? ing keyed up to a high pitch of ex? citement, eagerly swallowed the wild? est sort of bull news, such as would be ordinarily rejected The English market was up in the air keeping free pace with our advance Their clos ing prices were the top of the day and 334 to 4 1 8d higher than last night. French markets, on the other hand, held back and showed practi? cally no response to the extraordinary strength in other markets Private cables credited the English advance to rainy weather and excited cover? ing by shorts. Throughout the day fluctuations were very erratic, at times leaping 1 1 4 to 1 1-2 between sales. The trade was considerably amused over the stories of enormous profits bHng made on the boom. At one time to day cash wheat here was nominally worth 1.06 1-2 for No. 1 northern, afloat, and No 2 red ?1.04 12 A year ago the former sold at 64 7 8 and the latter 69 1-8 to 69 3 8. The price of September one year ago was 63 S 8 and of December 66 Bullish spring wheat news was an important feature #in the advance of ail grain, just a3 it was yesterday Full range on September wheat to day was from 97 to $1 00^ the close being 99 3 8 The total transactions were li,355,OOO bushels Export sales were 175 loads here and outports, in eluding three cargoes for France. New York, August 18 - A furihe decline in the price of silver occurred to-day. the quotation for bar siher in New Yoik receding to 52J- cents an ounce, a decline of l-?- cents from yes? terday The London quotation for bar silver was 24? pence, a fall of 9-16d from yesterday's price. Yesterday's prices were low records up to thar. date. Quotations for Mexican dollars were ooly nominal at 41 cents Just before the close of the market the price of bar silver fell an additional ^ ot a cent to 51| cents making thc total decline for the day 2-J cents. The closing price in London was 24d, a total de? cline fnr the day of 1 l?16d. At to? day's New Vork price the value of the silver in the standard silver dollar is 40 13 ceo t s. Russia has doubled her population in the past fifty years, the latest cen? sus showing 130,000,000. It was Napoleon who remarked that Russia and the United States would eventu? ally dominate the world Oh, HowThankful Pain Was Maddening and Hope H?d Been Abandoned - Wonder? ful Results of Purifying the Zloo?-, "A very severe pain canis in ray left knee, which, grew worse- and worse, sud finally a sore broke out above the knee. It discharged a grca* dca i and the pun from my thigh down wai maddening. Large, hard, purple spo;s appeared on :::y leg. I suffered in thii way fer y.-u -, and gave up ali hope of cvvr bel: : cure ".. My wife was read ii;~ ol r. : ... . 1... :. naiue cured by Hood's tar*-!-- . . c: d she advised me to try . ; .v.- :t and when I had r., ". .....r: I lound relief ir J:: :. . ! .:. Oh, how thankf ul 1 arr. T. : . l l I am stronger than I have- : 'er .\ :. :.: ray Hie. I am in thc bizi a" :. ..; h-ve a good appetite and an a . u a V. o aether.*7 J. P. M002S; .'.I _ . I : :"::-.?. %J%^-~j w parilla Is the best-in fact tho One Trce Iiioo;l Purifier. H Hood's Pills cure all liver iiis. 23 cents. DRUGS AND Soda Water* Toilet Articles, Drugs and . Patent Medicines, PERFUMERY. EXTRACTS TOOTH BRUSHES HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS TN GREAT VARIETY. Prescriptions Careful? ly filled day and night -AT J.S.HU6HS0N & GO., DRUGGISTS, MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. Every expectant mother lias a trying ordeal to face. If she does not get ready fer it, there is no telling what may happen. Child-birth is full of uncertainties if Nature is not given proper assistance. Mother's Friend ?3 the best help you can use at this time. It is a liniment, and when regularly ap? plied several months before baby comes, it makes the advent easy and nearly pain? less. It relieves and prevents "morning sickness/' relaxes the overstrained mus? cles, relieves the distended feeling, short? ens labor, makes recovery rapid and cer? tain without any dangerous after-effects. Mothers Friend is good for only one purpose, viz.: to relieve motherhood of danger and pain. SI dollar per bottle at ail drug stores, or sent b~ Tnail on receipt of price. * FREE 3ooKS,*containins valnable informa? tion for -women, will bs sent to any address Tipon application to THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. ( le Laif si ii isl Complete ! Mittat Ml i .v ! Geo. S, Eacker& Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS] SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Materia]. office ?cd Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Perchas* our make, which wegoaractf soperior to any sold South, and therehj save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o STAN1OM HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Foprietor. Rates ?2,00 Per Day. SIECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES Two Minutes Walk Fron Central Desot. Chattanooga, Tenn. Juiv 29, THE CHEROKEE INN, 1,000 Feet Above tfce Sea. A Perfect Summer Home. Cool Roon:?. 800 feet cf Wide Perecea. Esrer-sive Well-shaded Grounds. Tes:ls Courts, Dancing, .. Children's Play Grounds. ? Good Drives, Reasonable Livery Charges, Cool Nights, Pure Air, Lilhia Springs. Coole3t?nd sweetest water in the State Freeh Fruits and Yrgetanles, Cu:.sice and service the best E*sy of ac? cess, rates reasonable, 8 mails daily. JNO. F. JONES, June Sr- BLACKSBTJRG, S. C. resilient, light, durable and guaranteed against puncture. * No leather, steel cr wire. STODDER P?NCTURELESS TIRE CO , 58 Warren St., N. 1". City. Also STANDARD BICYCLES, are high grade in every particular, price $100. Special inducements to ciufcs. Reliabie agents wanted in a!! unoccupied territories. Address Tte Geo. Hatoil Co, 7tb Ave., 28 & 2Stb St., N. Y. City. March 24. DENTIST. office OVSB STORR OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY -.uurauce oo Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Soa " OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to5 o'clock. t April 9. 2 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Susan S. Tindal, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Mary E. Tind.ll, Deceased, Plain? tiff, against John L. Neal, Charles M. Neal, S. Lula McKnight, Charles L. Cuttino, Thomas P. Cntt?no. David W. Cuttino aid S. James Cuttino, Defendants. SUMMONS FOB SELIE?. (Complaint not Served.) To the Defendants above-named : You are hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in leis *ct?oo, which bas been this day tiled in the office cf ibe Clerk of the Court ot Common Pleas, for the said County, ard to serve a copy of yeer answer io tb*- said complaint on ?be su'cscrfc ers at tb?-ir t ffice in ibe City of Sumter is said County aud State within twenty cays after the service hereof, exclusive of tbe day of such service ; aod it you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in ibis action will anply to the Court for the relief demaoded in the com? plaint. Dated July 13th, A. D. 1897. HAYNSWORTH & HAYNS WORTS, july 14-6t. Plaintiff's Attorneys McCormick's ^^^^^^^^^^^ THE BEST. Wl^^^?^^f^^ . Dornt you want a good Mower and Rake ? There is money in saving your Hay, and it can be done at a very small cost. The McCormick new No. -i Steel Mower is the best all around ma? chine on the market to-day. It has all the latest improvements. The gear of the McCormick is wonderfully improved this year. We certainly have the finest, most durable, simplest, and the lightest draft machine on the market, and will run where others stop dead still. The cutter bar is furnished with steel bearings. One knife in a McCormick Mower will last longer than two in most any ether mower made. Write our agent. Geo. F. Epperson. Sumter, S. C., for descriptive catalogue and price list, which will be mailed you free. Remember, we keep on hand a full and complete line of repairs at Eppersoirs Stables, Sumter. S. C. ?