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BY CUNKSC?LES & LANGSTON.
FINE CHINA AND GLASSWARE,
; - .; . ROTH^GERMAN :and FRENCH- IMPORTATIONS.
italian Marble leases,
Walking C?nes, a hundred styles,
* Marble, Walnut and Enameled Clocks,.
Sterling, and Silver Plated Ware,
Gold, Silver and Nickel Watches.
?BE sore yon come and see the beautiful lines of now" and nsefnl Novelties we
have added to ear already Attractive Stock. Our desire is to make our stock com'
plete in the ah?vs lines, and supply a demand that has long existed for these goods.
With this end in view our Mr. J. M. Hubbard has spent several weeks in New York,
seeking first hands, and perfecting arrangements that enable us to compete with any
House in the State. New supply of N, G. B. Kings. ?
JOHN M. H?BBABD &> BRO.
CUNNl NC HAM BROS.
Are occupying their New and Commodious Store Room, and
are every day receiving new and attractive addi?
tions to their complete Stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Hardware and Groceries.
We airevnadonbt, Headquarters for FLO?R. The "Woman Head Floor," you
know, is "ahead" of all.
We have Choice Groceries of all Kinds.
The Finest Teas, Roasted Coffee and Cream Cheese, &c We guarantee satisfaction
in regard to PRICES tod QUALITY.
' The w?test attention to all. Come to see us, and we will make you comfortable
while-^i<.h us, and send you home happy,
jar* We are in the Cotton Market.
Your friends,
lit;'- C?NIVJffGHAM BROS.
V . Sept IS. 1888 10 _ 3m
THE LADIES' STORE
Offers a Few Remarks to the Public in General.
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r
Ye connoisseurs in Notions and Novelties,
Eere's-Gloves and Handkerchiefs, too,
.. Laces, ;N
Brought especially on for you !
Ye lovers of Dress Goods and Feathers,
- Here's Cashmeres and Millinery new,
. With prices agreeable vnth "rains" and "wrecks,
We only ask you our Stock to look through.
Respectfully,
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS.
Bags to call the attention of his friends and customers to his Stock of|
Goods now on hand.
? IN ' DRY GOODS
HAVE a nice assortment of the Celebrated VIRGINIA CASSIMERES, which will"
? give better satisfaction than any Goods you can buy. I also have a nice line of
35ale'r?k Frost's OA8HM ARET, which will make yon a NICE SUIT of Clothes for a
SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SHOES.
V . I wish to call attention to my Stock of Men's and Ladies' Shoes. I will sell you
. the best Shoe for Two Dollars yon. ever bought at that price.
.-WALL PAPER.
- I have the largest Stock.of ;Wall Paper and Bordering I have ever had, and at Low
Trices.
HATS AT LOW PRICES.
BDWARE, NOTloNH, and man
i give me a call. I will sell- them chet
A. B. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. O.
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, NOTIONS, and many articles you cannot
' find In other Stores. Please give me a call. I will sell-them cheap. I am determined
to sell cheao.
MOVED TO
. 10 Granite Row,
(Next Boor to S, Bleckley Co.,)
Where we would like to see our friends and
the trading public generally.
We have increased our Stock of
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS and
SHOES,
N And can promise you
POINT BLANK LOW PRICES
In these Departments.
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
WU1 be complete, and having bought largely of
4 all grades of FLOUR before the rise, are
in position to give SPECIAL prices
on same.
TOBACCO OUR PET SPECIALTY.
*&* Gome and see us in cur new quarters, and be con?
vinced of our ABILITY and WILLINGNESS to serve you.
tT^ j;"BAZE^ &; CO
A
FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
A.Native of Anderson County Tells of Some
of the Disadvantages of the Country.
Walla Walla, W. T.,
August 25,' 1888.
Editors Intelligencer : As I have
promised to give your many readers a
few dots from this valley, my present
temporary home iu the Northwest, I now
undertake to give a brief description of
the valley, together with its advantages
as compared with the old Eastern States.
The valley is completely surrounded by
mountains and bills, and is nine hundred
feet above tbe sea. It might properly
bo termed a bason about forty miles io
diameter, and baa several large streams
flowing through it, all of which empties
into the Columbia, the only outlet to the
valley. The largest portion of the valley
presents the appearance of having been
covered by water. The strongest evi?
dence is shown by the stones in the
valley, away from streams, being smooth
and round, and look as though the
ocean waves had beaten upon them for
ages. This idea is sustained by the
oldest Indians, having been handed
down from generation to generation
They claim some unfriendly spirit visited
them, and bursted forth through the hill
at the point now called "the Dales/' and
inflicted a great curse upon them by
destroying tbeir fishing' grounds. There
is uo history of this wonderful and imag?
inary phenomena, but viewing the geo?
graphical position of the Valley, it is
?not at all impossible, but these are
hidden mysteries, with no possible medi?
um by which the facts can ever be
brought., to light. It will be observed
that this valley is eleven degrees farther
North than the Northern part of South
Carolina, and strange, it is about eleven
degrees hotter, the thermometer register*
iDg one hundred and thirteen dergrees.
This is'attributed to, the dry season, as
there are no rain scarcely from June to
October to cool the atmosphere, which
becomes very much rarified, and entirely
destitute of moisture. Tbe .longest days
are about sixteen hours, but this is not
the longest day, as many of your readers
know; there are days of six months
duration?(I drop this as a thought for
your readers to investigate.) Leaving
the description of the. valley for your
readers to search out more fully for
themselves, I now will give some of the
resources of the valley, together with the
advantages and disadvantages as com
pared with the old worn out States, with
nothing but the negro and mule and the
"king cotton," as our own staple to real*
ize money and a livelihood. .Before I
close I hope to be able to show the
advantage tbe Eastern people possess
over the Western, instead of the reverse.
I only propose to set forth facts as
they present themselves to my immediate
observation, and I find this the only way
to arrive at any definite conclusion as to
the advantages offered in the Northwest
to the emigrant. Let me say, readers, in
the East, at present, there are not many
advantages to be. realized in the West at
this day and time, and those who emigrate
must necessarily, subject themselves to
many disadvantages, and nine cases out
of ten the emigrant never will be able to
survive and overcome these difficulties,
and will have to work as laborer the
balance of tbeir days. I write from
observation, and see many cases to estab?
lish this fact. This may seem, strange
to many who have read such favorable
reports of this Western country, but it is
none the less true. If any one is dis?
posed to ignore this fact, and wishes to
realize the position the emigrants are
placed in, let them come braced on the
bright hopes of realizing a fortune in a
few years, and they will be so completely
disappointed they will.be ready to concur
with me, and confirm everything I have
said. Every emigrant fully expects to
homestead or preempt a piece of land on
their arrival. Yes, these land agents (or
laud sharks I deem them) and tbe rail?
road companies send out circulars induc?
ing the people who are doing well in
their present locations to emigrate and
accept the superior advantages they oner
in rich and cheap lands, which are sub?
ject to entry, and offered on such favora?
ble terms. Let me earnestly warn the
people against such persuasions, as tbe
finest lands of the We.- have long ago
been taken up, and can not be bought at
any living price, some being sold for $100
per acre, and the most of the land that
can be.taken by preemption is not worth
anything, but to assist in holding old
earth together and in her natural posi?
tion. I see many men who have taken
land on some of the places offered, and
still have to work at some public work as
a laborer for a 'living. It is true there
are many rich farms, and would produce
enormous crops if there were seasons
sufficient, but there is scarcely no rain
from first of June until October, and the
earth becomes as dry, and resembles
ashes, and a great deal of the soil con?
tains large quantities of alkali, which
completely kills many wheat crops before
they reach maturity. There is no corn
raised, except by irrigation. Fruit of
all kind and gardens yield prolific crops
where they can be irrigated, but there
are few farms accessible to water, and
consequently but few can engage in these
enterprises, but those who have irriga?
tion facilities can realize a large income
from fruits and vegetables, as there is
such a large territory destitute, and must
be supplied by a Tdw growers. Wheat,
barley, oats and rye, are the staples of
the valley, and under ordinary seasons
yield good crops, but they are not always
paying crops, as I have, by interrogation,
ascer lained the fact from reliable farmers
that the cost of raising and the freight
for shipping often exceeds tbe amount
realized for the entire crop. It is bard
to estimate the average yield, but judg?
ing from this year's crop, it cannot
exceed twenty-five bushels. The wheat
land is only sown every second year, as
the crop will not yield prolificacy if
sown iu succession every year. I will
close my article by giving the cost of
raising one acre of wheat and the profit
on the same, supposing a yield of twenty
five bushels, and worth fifty cents per
bushel.
cost.
Plowing land.$1 25
Harrowing and seeding. 1 00
Cutting. 1 25
NDERSON, S. a, TI
Threshing. 1 50
Sacking.1 00
Total expenses..$6 00
profit.
25 bushels wheat at fifty ceuts......$12 50
Deducting expenses. 6 00
Laaving income every 2 year?.$ 6 50
Respectfully,
J. D. Kelly.
TRIP TO- THE MOUNTAINS.
Editors LntelligeisX'er : On Au
gust 11th our party of eight bid farewell
to Anderson,, its hot days and dusty
roads, and turned our faces toward tbe
more inviting air, water and scenery of
tbe mountains. We went prepared for
camping out, so we could stop when we
pleased, where we pleased, and be depen
dent on nobody for food or shelter. Our
first place of importance was Toccoa
City, resting among the outlying spurs of
the mountains. Here we paused awhile
to look at the pretty little town and the
scenery around us, then we headed our
way toward the beautiful Toccoa Falls,
two miles from town ; here a little stream
takes a desperate leap over a precipice
one hundred and eighty feet high, mak
ing a beautiful fall. There is a very
pretty Indian legend relating to the falls,
but I will not stop to tell it. After
leaving Toccoa, and at tbe end of thir?
teen miles, we came to an abrupt halt
before the yawning chasm and troubled
waters of Tallulah. There are three
large hotels here, and all were full of
boarders.
The fall, or where Tallulah the Terri?
ble makes A final break for liberty, cut?
ting its way through chasms and canons
of incredible depths, rushing furiously
over the rocks, forming a series of falls,
cascades and whirlpools, that are said by
many to vie with the sublimity of Niag?
ara and the grandeur of the Yosemite of
California. It takes steady uerves and
strong muscles to follow the paths that
lead to the bottom of tbe canou, for
nearly all the paths are made of ladders
and gang ways, braced to the bare rocks
by iron rods. Following one of these
paths you at last como to tbe "five story
house," at the foot of Tempesta fall,
where you go in at the top story to get to
the bottom one. But, perhaps, the
grandest view of all is from Point Inspi?
ration, one thousand feet high, where
below are Hurricane, Bridal Veil,
Ladore, Oceana and Sweet Sixteen Falls,
and just to the left is the Grand Chasm,
one thousand feet deep, while looking
over this chasm to the opposite side, we
saw the incoming train slowly crawling
around the cliff eight hundred feet above
the river bed. Here I had better leave
the reader and go on with my journey, for
I have taken up too much time already
with a partial description of the'numer?
ous places of interest about Tallulah.
After leaving here we next found our?
selves in tbe little village of Clayton.
We stopped here an hour or two looking
at the peaks around, the most prominent
of which were "Screamer" and "Black
Rock." We next came to Rabun Valley,
where we traveled for about ten miles
through one field of corn, and we were
told that it was this way for twenty-three
miles down the valley. We then took
another road leading to Highlands, but
camped that night under the shelter of
tbe great Rabun B vld, near Mud Creek
fills, a favorite haunt of the mountain
trout. It wsb an idealnight for camping,
and we found a beautiful grassy knoll
sloping toward the creek. There was
nothing to disturb us, so we found our
beds early, but we two boys were hardly
asleep before we were aroused by a rock?
ing motion of tbe wagon, (our sleeping
apartment). My firstjmpression was of
earthquakes, and waking my partner, we
cautiously peered over the side of the
body, and saw a large "razorback" com?
placently rubbing his back on the wheel,
and had come very near rolling ns down
the hill. It is needless to add that we tied
our wagon the next night. We had
hardly settled ourselves again before a
drove of cattle came around, and in it
were two bulls who fell out about some?
thing and went for each other in earnest.
We were interested spectators till the
fight came to an end, and the vanquished
foe sullenly retired leaving the victor
pawing tip the dirt and bellowing so
loudly that I thought I would take a part
in it, and arming myself with a blanket
I started out to "shoo" him off, but he
wouldn't "shoo," so I let him do as he
pleased, and while looking out on the
beautiful moonlight scene I watched the
mists slowly creeping up the rugged sides
of Bald, and listened to tbe lovely "hoot
of the owl, 4the roar of the falls, and the
musical tinkle of the cow bells in tbe
distance. All this made an impression I
am not likely to forget. We stayed at
this place two days, caught as many trout
as we could, and then continued our way
to Highlands. We passed near the sum?
mit of Scaly Mountain. This is a bare
rocky peak, commanding a beautiful
view of the mountains around. We
arrived in Highlands late that night and
found, as we thought, a good place to
camp, which it was in clear weather, for
it was a little basin, grassy and soft, but
about midnight the floodgates were
opened, and before tbe ones in the tent
could be gotten out they were ankle deep
in water, so the eight of us had to make
the best of it iu the wagons; but we were
up early the next morning, packed our
wet clothes and mattresses, and left
without breakfast and with rather a wet
impression of Highlands. Our next
halt was at tbe foot of Whitesides, where
we breakfasted, stretched our wet clothes
in the sun, and then took ourselves to
the summit of tbe mountain. You can
get nearly to the top with wagons, but
there is part of it that. is very steep.
When you stand up there it seems as if
you certainly have all the world at your
feet; looking to the South we could see
Walhalla, Westminster, and we were
told Anderson, but it was so smoky we
could not see that distance. Looking
over the cliff four thousand feet below,
we could see Horsecove; the streams
and roads looking like so many glisten?
ing threads, and the bouses like bee
hives, while to tbe left and North the
eye fails to take in ranges in the distance.
Here we can see four States: North
Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and
Tennessee, and fotfr ranges of moun
IURSDAY MORNIN?
tains?the Blue Ridge, Balsams, Smoky
and Unakas. We couldn't enjoy this
scene, always so the next place we stop?
ped was Cashier's Valley. We spent
Sunday among the good people here, and
started in a homeward direction through
Gfceen miles of the prettiest mountain
road I ever saw, not seeing a bouse or
clearing in that distance. Then we came
to the summit of Flat Top, and locked
two of the wheels on each wagon, and
started down a hill seven miles long.
Here I saw four turns of the road below
us, and as wa would go swinging around
these bends we could catch panoramic
views of the country below us. We
stopped about half way down and turned
off a by-path to Whitewater Falls, which
are quite as pretty as Tallulah. While
here we were caught in a cloud?I say in
a cloud, for it came right up the side of
the mountain and completely enveloped
us, but we had to keep on as it was nearly
night,'and almost impossible to camp
there, and after crossing three swollen
rivers, we at last found refuge and hos?
pitality in the pictureeque little valley
of Jocassee. We were water-bound here
for two nights and a day, then it was
with many regrets we crossed Whitewa?
ter again, and rapidly left the mountains
behind us, and supped that night in
Seneca. The next day, after a stay of
nearly two weeks, we arrived at home
safe and sound, with abundant appetites
and feeling like renovated beings.
? C. E. J.
New Tribes of Indians.
The great table land of Matto Grosso,
in the western part of Brazil, is still one
of the least known portions of South
America. When Dr. Clauss and Dr. von
den Steinen penetrated it several years
ago, and followed the large Xingu river
from its head waters to the Amazon,
they floated down about 1,000 miles
before they reached the known portion of
the river. They did not have time to
adequately study the strange and un?
heard of Indian tribes they met amid
these dense forests and banen uplands,
and for the purpose of making further
researches among them Dr. von den
Sternen returned to the upper Xingu last
year. He visited the villages of nine of
the three tribes, and in a recent lecture
in Bio de Janeiro he gave the interesting
results of his studies.
There is hardly a corner of the earth
whose people have not bad some inkling
of the great world beyond them. But
these primitive natives of the upper
Xingu, bad apparently, never seen a
scrap of trade goods or heard that human
beings existed outside their little circle
of observation. They use do metal im?
plements, but fell trees with stone axes
to clear the ground for their plantations
of Indian corn, cotton and tobacco.
Wearing shell ornaments, they use ham?
mers and nails of stone to perforate them.
They make knives ont of shells and the
sharp teeth of a certain fisb, and with
these poor tools they carve their rudely
ornamented stools and weapons.
Dogs and fowls are found in all parts
of the Amazon valley that have been
visited by traders, but these Xingu tribes
have never heard of them. Neither have
they any knowledge of the banana, sugar
cane, and rice, with which natives of tbo
tropicp 1 zone are generally familiar.
Tbey have not the slightest conception
of a God, but they believe they will live
again after death. Their most important
Diyth relates to the creation of the world,
which, in their view, consists wholly of
the head waters of the upper Xingu and
Tapajns Rivers.
From the languages and pottery of all
but one of these tribes the explorer de
rived the idea that these isolated peoples
are allied to the original stock of the
once powerful Caribs, who journey?
ed from the South to the sea. One
tribe differed ? so greatly from all
others that he was unable to trace its re?
lation to any other people. These peoples
are almost wholly isolated even from
each other, and their anguages, though
of the same derivation, are so dissimilar
that the tribes can not understand each
other. Few people exist to day who
are so primitive in their ideas and eo
low in the social scale as these new found
Indians of South America.
The Calf Case Settled.
Burlington, Iowa, Sept. 29.?The
Jones calf case, which has long been a
cause celebre in this section, and which, in
the length and variety of its proceedings
has threatened to rival Jarndyce versus
Jarodyce, has at last been settled. The
jury, after being out eighteen hours,
returned a verdict of $1,000 damages for
the plaintiff.
The case was first begun in 1874, when
a man named Potter bought five calves
of Robert Johnson for $45. The ani?
mals were shortly afterwards identified
as having belonged to various farmers in
the vicinity, from whom they had been
stolen. As a. result, the Jones County
Anti-Horse Thief Society charged John?
son with the robbery, and in the fall of
the year he was indicted. In the follow?
ing February be was again indicted for
the same offense. In the first trial the
jury disagreed, but in the second John?
son was acquitted. Soon after bis
acquittal he began suit against two
farmers named Miller and Foreman and
six other prominent members of the
society which bad caused his arrest,
claiming $10,000 damages for malicious
prosecution. This case was tried three
times in various District Courts, Johnson
each time receiving a verdict awarding
him from $3,000 to $7,000. In 1833 it
was tried in Biackhawk .County, and a
verdict of $5,000 damages rendered,
which was, however, Bet aside by the
Supreme Court. In 1836 a verdict for
$7,000 was obtained by Johnson, which
was, however, Bet aside by the Supreme
Court, and tne case remanded for trial.
This last trial was completed yesterday.
During the progress of the various trials
the court coats alone have amouoted to
more than $5,000, while the attorneys'
fees have been more than three times
that amount. Johnson has been driven
into insolvency, while the defendants are
almost penniless.
? "For years I suffered from loss of
appetite and indigestion, but failed to
find reliof until I began takiDg Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. This medicine entirely
cured me. My appetite and digestion
are now perfect."?Fred. G. Bower, 496
Seventh St., South Boston, Mass.
? A few days ago a cow ou Mr. Stap?
ler's plantation, in Jackson county Ga.,
gave birth to twin calves. The proesper
ous farmer was of course delighted to bear
of this double increase, and immediately
went out to view his new born property,
but a closer examination revealed a most
startling phenomenon. The calves were
still alive, but could not free themselves
from each other, and it was with great
difficulty that tbey moved their heads.
At last it was discovered that the two
animals were joined together from the
breast clear up to the neck, and the front
feet of each calf was wrapped around the
other. In* this position they laid until
sundown tnat afternoon, when tbey both
died.
? Many forget that the hair and sca'p
need cleaning. Extensive use of Ayer b
Hair Vigor has proven that it is the best
cleansing agent for the hair?that it pre?
vents dandruff and stimulate? the hair to
renewed growth.
i, OCTOBER 11, 188
GORBON SAVED YORK
And Protected Wrightsville from the
Flames.
When General Gordon was shown a
newspaper reference to his York, Penn
aylvania, experience, in which it was
stated that that town was saved from
destruction by some intercession or con
tract trade with him by some of the citi
zees, he expressed surprise at any such
statement, and in answer to questions
naid:
"My troops were in advance of Gen?
eral Lee's array. We bad been 8r?nt some
distance ahead and we entered York on
Sunday morning just as the people were
un their way to church.
"My commaud had marched from
Richmond almost literally without bag?
gage and in the hot July sun upon dust;
turnpikes. They were, therefore, covered
with dust and with the fine powder
ground by wheels on the macadamized
lime roads, their beads and clothes and
horses all being made tbe same color by
this dust. Many of them were bare
footed, and altogether it was the most
forbiding looking set of men, doubtless,
that had ever entered the streets of that
town. I bad not myself had an opportu?
nity of changing my clothes in many
days. ,
"It is easy to imagine, therefore, what
h panic was created by this rough, dust
begrimed body of men. As I rode alonp
r.he main streets, which were crowded
with men, women and children in Sun?
day attire, the contrast between our
pppearance and theirs was most strking.
No wonder it created a panic, and I have
never seen a population more alarmed.
"In the hea^wWjfi^^^nthe main
square, was ? vast gather!^^?^9Sa>|?g^
w relieve the population frr-m apprenen
lion, I halted the column and made them
a speech from my horse. The faces o!
the men/ were full of an expression of
apprehension, the women of alarm and
the children of terror. T 9aid to them, in
substance:
GENERAL GORDON'S SPEECH TO THE
/ PEOPLE.
" 'Ladies and Gentlemen of York: It
is doubtlessB a most painful sight to you
to: see a hostile army in your midst. I
l ?eg you to remember, however, that you
have been accustoming our eyes to such
eights for several years past. I wish to
assure you, however,- that General Lee
and the Confederate soldiers have enter?
ed your State in no spirit of retaliation.
We are here simply to fight tbe armies
which aTe invading our soil and destroy?
ing our homes. Tbe men who are before
you in dusty gray uniforms, barefooted
many of them and ragged, are gentlemen
and the sons of geutlemen. They are
actuated by no mean spirit, but by the
loftiest conception of duty that ever
moved men in any war?that of self
defense. I beg to assure you that no
private property will be disturbed ; that
no private home will be entered, and if
one woman in this city is insulted by one
of these soldiers, I promise you tbe head
of Buch a man. They have just read in
tbe Philadelphia Inquirer of this morn?
ing of the destruction, by order of Fed?
eral commanders, of tbe town of Buford,
South Carolina, and of Darien, Georgia.
Some of these men were citizens of
Darien, and naturally feel some indigna?
tion at the destruction of their homes,
but as I have already stated there is in
their hearts no spirit of retaliation, and
they fight only tbe men with arms in
their hands.'
A BOUQUET AND A NOTE.
"The effect of my remark was to quiet
the population to a very considerable
extent. As I rode out of town, a little
girl about ten years old ran up to my
horse and gave me a bouquet, concealed
iu which was a note without signature,
but advising me of a federal force sta?
tioned at Wrightsville, some tweuty
miles ahead of me. I moved through
York without halting and camped
beyond it.
"The next day I marched to Wrigbts
ville, on the Susquehanna river, and
found the Federal force located in the
exact position described in the aoony
mous note. The information 'Contained
in the note enabled me to turn tbe flank
of the position and to dislodge the force
that was there (which I think was com?
peted of one hundred day men), without
any battle. In retreating across tbe bridge
over tbe Susquehanna, between tbe towns
ol Wrightsville and Columbia, the Fed?
eral troops fired the bridge. I stayed to
extinguish, tbe flames, but was unable to
do so, and the burning bridge fired the
town. I formed my command around
tbe burning district, with each flank rest?
ing upon the water's edge of the Susque?
hanna river, and began a systematic fight
with the flames, in order to save tbe
town. We did save it, and the next
morning, after fighting the flames late at
night, when 1 was in the act of beginning
my retrograde movement, inasmuch as I
failed to save the bridge and cross tbe
river, I was waited on by a committee
from the town authorities of Wrights?
ville, extending me the formal thanks of
ibo.-e people for having saved the town,
und also an invitation to a complimentary
In^ch given by the lady whose house
would have been tbe next to take fire
nut for the prevention of those Confeder?
ate soldiers.
"I bav; thus given all the facts con?
noted /,th my movement in that part of
Pennsylvania, in order to show how
absurd ii the statement that I had to be
hired or persuaded from destroying pri
vate property. I not only followed my
own inclination in abstaining from any
detraction and in absolutely saving
from fire kindled by Federal forces pri?
vate property, but I acted in accordance
with tbe stringent orders of General Lee.
CONFEDERATE MONEY IN PENNSYL
VANIA.
. "Of course I do not mean to say or
intimate that we hesitated to take food or
hnrses or whatever supplies were needed
to sustain tbe army, but outside of this
there was no destruction even of fences,
and tbe track of General Lee's army,
uith the exception of the battlefield at
Gettysburg, could not be traced by any
evidence of the march of hostile armies."
"YVhat would tbe people say when you
took horses, etc?"
"There were many incidents most
amusing in character. Most of the
inuabitauts of that beautiful valley of
Pennsylvania were Dutch or people of
German descent, with immense barns
and small houses. When it was neces?
sary to impress or take horses, of course
they protested most roundly, saying in
their broken English that we did not
own the horses and bad not paid for
them ; to which my reply was that I was
ready to pay.
"When they demanded the pay I
offered Confederate money, which was
the only currency I had. Of course this
tney rejected with great indignation, and
demanded good money. To this I replied
that I could not furnish that, but I
would give them an order on Mr. Lin?
coln for the money, and did, in several
cases, give an order on the President of
tin United States to pay for ao many
horses at so much per* head. I don't
suppose my drafts were honored, but I
have never heard of their being pro?
tected, nor have they been returned to
mo. Such incidents were common on
the road.
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18.
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
He Ruminates Orer the Losses and Crosses
of Life.
Atlanta Constitution.
I was just ruminating over the trials
and tribulations, the losses and crosses of
keeping up with society and running the
domestic machine. How expenses in?
crease and encroach upon you inch by
inch, and how things wear out and you
have to buy new ones before you know it,
and how you don't know when the cook
will quit, and bow most everything is on
a strain, and there is a good side and a
bad side every pleasure, and we must not
expect too much and we won't be disap
pointed, but we must move along calm
and serene, and take things as they
come and watch them as they go, and by
the time we are old enough to die we will
be just about fitten to live, and this
proves that this life is just a little skir
mish of raw recruits?a tuning of the
violen, a school where we may learn the
incidents if we will. Tbe best pleasure
that I have ever found is that which I
gave away, or that which somebody gave
to me. As Shakspeare says about mercy,
it is twice blessed?it blesseth him that
gives and him that doth receive, and so
one day in midsummer when'it was awful
hot and tbe night's milk soured before
breakfast, and the cream spoiled tbe
coffee, Mrs. Arp sighed and said, "I do
wish we bad a refrigerator," which was j
an exclamation I bad beard before.
Well, I found a beautiful solid cherry
oue in Borne soon after and bought it,
and while she was out visiting I slipped
it in the diningroom and we managed to
keep her out until the Bupper bell raDg,
and nobody said anything as ebe walked
wfaBSSb t>10 p",t'0"'a but all of us were
watching' and~!i?tening. Mrs. Arp can
see more with her two eyes and see it
quicker than anybody, and she paused
upon the threshold and exclaimed, "Well
did I ever; isn't it beautiful; just what
I wanted;" and she approached ber lord
with a maiden's grace and patted bim on
one cheek and kissed bim upon the other
and then perused the refrigerator to her
heart's content. It was all right and
peace and tranquility abounded for a
right smart while. Next morning the
ice business was duly inaugurated, and
just to show what a fool I am about some
things, I will confess that I thought a
refrigerator was a contrivance to keep
things cool without ice. I never dreamed
that I was entailing upon my poor packet
just thirty cents a day for three or four
months in the year. But when money
bring? smiles and sweet milk and solid
butter all mixed up together, it psys and
I'm going to run on that line as long as
I can. Home life is tbe biggest part of
life and the best. A man's home is bis
castle, his church, his flower garden, bis
music . hall, bis continual delight and
comfort, or it is-bis curse. It is just what
the husband and wife choose to make it
?a hell or a heaven. But I have always
thought that home was more sacred to
the wife than the husband?more femin?
ine than masculine, for she has to dwell
there and abide continually and it ought
to be made as attractive as possible and
as woman loves ornament more than man
and has an eye and a heart for the beau?
tiful both in nature and art, it becomes
every good, thoughtful, considerate hus?
band, to indulge bis wife in everything
that be can afford. Suppose be doesn't
care a snap abont lace curtains or carpets,
or papered walls, or china dishes or
pretty pictures, or beautiful flowers, be
has tied unto him a being who does-and
she can't get away from tbe place that is
to be ber prison or ber pleasure until she
dies. Sometime* I get worried because
there is so much cooking and so much
cleaning up and scouring, and washing,
and so many things that bave to be
mended and replaced, and ray memory
goes back to the primitive days of my
youth, when we lived in a. little bumble
house of three rooms, with a little square
porch in front. There were but two
rooms, in front, and a shed room attached
?a shed room that was not ceiled, and
my brother and I slept there and I have
never beard any mueic half so sweet as
the sound of the rain-as it pattered on
that roof on a long winter night. It
seemed to me tbe sweet lulaby of tbe
angels, and* it almost brings the tears
from my tearless eyes now as I recall tbe
tenderness with which our good mother
came every night and tucked tbe cover
around us, and said "good night my dar?
lings." There was no glass in (he window
?nothing but a battered shutter?no
ceiling or plastered wall, no fire place,
and yet we were happy and contented,
and slept in comfort and had pleasant
dreams and were up with the morning
sun
"That never rose a wink too soon
Nor brought too long a day."
Those old times were mighty good
times lor we did not know that better
times would ever come and I imagine
that half a: century from now, when my
wife and I have been long under the sod,
and our children will be looking back to
these very days as days of primitive sim
plicity and yet more full of happiness
aud sweet content than any tbey ever
enjoyed. And all this comes from the
buoyancy and brightness that belongs to
youth?to childhood. What a beautiful
halo surrounds everything then. What
a luxury of delight to fish or to hunt or
to top chestnut trees or pick chinkapins
or gather walnuts aud blackhaws and
maypops or to wade in tbe branch and
hunt birds' nests or catch young rabbits
or to set traps for birds. Tbe world is
very lovely to a child and I would keep
it so if I could. I would rather be a
child of nature than a child of art. I
have no greater horror than to see
young girls shut up within convents
amid monastic, ascetic, misanthropic
teachers?cranks who bave soured on the
world and are doing penace with solemn
faces and continual prayers. Wo are
what the Creator made us?social, cheer?
ful and glad by nature just as the lambs.
I see that some poor miserable fools are
trying to write down marriage as a mis?
take and a fraud and tbey are cranks ton.
The marriage relation is tbe natural rela?
tion and when Dame Nature speaks sbe
speaks truth. It isjust as natural for the
sexes to mate as it is for doves. Of
course they sometimes mate badly, but
'they had better do that than not mate at
all.
Speaking of the old times, I am
reminded of older times still, for I have
before me a newspaper that is dated
August 20th, 1773. It is the "Maryland
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser" and
has a long communication from George
Washington, who was booming his lands,
(twenty thousand acres) on the Kauawha
river and wanted to lease them to yet tiers.
I notice that the letter S is all right at
the end of a word, but is au F elsewhere;
For instance, the paper says, "The Hoop
Miffilfippi arrived Irom Penfacola and
tbe captain fays the parfon with his party
from-New Jerfey are fafely arrived aud
have began their fettlement."
An advertisement says, "Ran away
from the fubscriber fometime laft fpring
my negro man Prince, a tall Aim fellow,
with feveral backs in his .forehead, who
ever fecures him fhall have five pounds."
Another man advertises that he baa
"pocket of hops for sale and de fires to
purchafe a negro girl about twelve years
old."
There is a big snake story aud a cas?
ualty about a boy playing with a pistol
and an artcle again H the fashions and an
'ad' saying the mail will be sent to Phil?
adelphia once a week on horseback.
Think of that. The mail from Baltimore
to Philadelphia carried on a horse once a
week. One hundred and fifteen years
have passed since then and there arc
some towns left yet where the horse mail
goes once a week. There is a splendid
essay od dueling, written by the bishop
VOLUM
of London to Lord Townsend. Alto?
gether it is a very readable paper, and
not so unlike our modern papers as one
would imagine. Literature has not
changed like inventions and contrivances.
We have now no authors superior to
Shakespeare and Addison, and Walter
Scott, and Goldsmith, and Bacon, and
Johnson, and I don't suppose we ever
will have. We have no poets that will
compare with Tom Moore, and Burns,
and Byron. Most all of our advance?
ment is for matter, not mind?for the
world's comfort and not its refinement.
Bill Abp.
Mr. Cleveland's Substitute.
Mr. Cleveland has been talking to a
Chicago Herald reporter about politics,
and he said some pretty tart thing*, espe
cially as to the Congressional assaults
that have been made upon him, remark
ing by the way, that he is not a free
trader.
In regard to the personal assaults ma'de
npon him, we now quote the President:
"I am tree to say I care little for them.
I know that tbey are are not true, and I
believe they are meant to be understood,
by myself, in a Pickwickian sense. I
confess that the speeches of some of the
senators surprise me, for I look upon the
Senate of the United States as the most
dignified body in the world, and certainly
there have been speeches delivered there
which do not comport with that dignity."
Atter expressing amusement that the
very senators who were foremost and most
bitter in those attacks have no hesitation
in asking very particular favors at hie
hands, he dismissed a question as to the
stories put afloat abnut_him. with the re?
mark, that ''I do not pretend to keep pace
with the campaign lies manufacturedjout
of whole clotb, and I wonder at the
ingenuity thai devises them." Yet he
seems posted as to gome of the stories
afloat and remarks :'"lt was said a short
time ago that, I had-never appointed a
Catholic priest as chaplain in the army
or navy. Now, the fact is, that there
never have been but three Catholic
priests appointed as chaplains in the
United States service, and I appointed
two of them."
In discussing tbeFree Trade Protestant
religion affair, Mr.Cleveland finds oppor?
tunity to make a significant declaration.
Bead it:
"And that story about my saying I be
lieve in free trade as I believe in the Pro?
testant religion?I cannot I imagine where
people pick up such absurd statements.
In the first place I don't believe in free
trade at all, in the next place free trade
and protection are mere matters of gov?
ernmental policy. I don't look upon
religion as a matter of policy. That is
something of very much higher moment
tban anything political. But I never said
and never could say anything that
might be even distorted into Ruch an
expression."
This is the first utterance from the exec?
utive's own lips that gave the lie to a big
bundle of Republican speeches in New
England, where the President's messages
to Congress were construed into free trade
utterances, and where the masses are told
that the Mills bill is but the preliminary
step towards putting his free trade theo?
ries into practice in the republic.
"But how about that substitnte, Mr.
Cleveland ?" And the interview waxed
much warmer and quite interesting.
"Yes, it is true that I hired a substitute
during the war. I am under (he impress?
ion that some very eminent Republicans
did the same thing. I was drafted at a
time when it was impossible for me to go.
Two of my brothers were already in tbe
service, and if it bad been possible for me
to go in justice to our family I would have
gono voluntarily. A friend brought me
tbe substitute, who was a Norwegian sailor
just paid off from his ship, and who was
desirous of going into the army and mak?
ing the most be could of it. He was a
splendid looking fellow, aud I remember
the provost marshal complimented me on
bringing in so fine a recruit. He enlisted
and served through tbe war, and, so far as
I know, was a good soldier. After the war
he returned to Buffalo and called to see
me. He was poor and I gave him $5.
He was afterwards admitted to tbe Sol?
diers' Home, at Bath N. Y., and be died
there as many other soldiers did. He
never was in a poor bouse, so far as I
know, and he certainly did not die in
one."
The Craze in Chicago.
Chicago, October 1.?The excitement
on 'Change over tbe September deal in
wheat ceased on Saturday only to be re?
sumed this morning. . What defaulting
shorts in September wheat would do and
what course Hutchinson would pursue
were tbe uppermost thoughts in the minds
ofall.
It was learned .through the delivery
clerk that about 750,000 bushels of Octo?
ber wheat passed around on the floor.
Over half of this was credited to Hutch?
inson. The general belief was tb?.t he
was letting go of October pretty freely in
order to ease tbe situation, but it did not
ease.
When the opening bell tapped at 10 30
another wild scene occurred in the wheat
pit. The volume of tradiDg was enor?
mous. Tbe failures of Frank Clifton &
Co. and S. C. Orr & Co. only added to
the excitement on tbe floor. It was
about 11 A. M. when the news of tbe
failures became generally known.
At tbisHime the crowd lost their heads
because of the heavy earnings in Decem?
ber wheat. There was a perfect craze to
buy. The advance for thirty minutes
was most remarkable and there i* no tell?
ing where it would have ceased had not
Hutchinson eased the market by liberal
selling.
The advance in lard was due to the
buying of Clifton shorts. After a tempo?
rary bulge the market again reacted, and
then started in on a bulge that was even
more sensational than tbe one that came
before. Rumors went around that some
big firm was in trouble, but oobody dared
mention names.
Orr says his liabilities are about $50,000,
that his suspension is due to the failure on
the part of some of his customers to re?
spond to his calls for margins, and that be
will be able to resume business in a day
or two. None of the members of the
firm of Clifton & Co. was to be seen, bui
from Clifton's frieuds it was learned thai
he was short about 50,000 bushels ol
September wheat, and also short ol
October lard. It was believed that all
bis losses were to Hutchison, though il
was alfo said he had large amounts ol
money up in the shape of margins, whict
could not be made available to apply or
his indebtedness.
? The Atlanta Constitution declare;
that Africa has a great future. Railroad:
are pushing into the interior, steamers
are sailing on tbe great rivers, and r
steady stream of immigration is flowing
in. it may yet be the great cotton
tobacco and coffee country of the world
and exercise great influence in the com
mercial world.
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coming more popular with the English, U
the great worriment of certain of them
who con tend that few forms of alcohol an
so mischievious as it. During th_ firs
half of the current year the importatioi
of potato whiskey by the United Kingdon
increased nearly 400,000gallons.?Bostoi
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E XXIV.- -NO. 14.
All Sorts of Paragruph?.
? As many as 3,000,000 women in the
United States work for money,.
? The late cyclone in Cuba killed ;
1,000 persons. It was a heavy blow to^
the little island,
? A writer Jn the New York Sun
figures that a national campaign costs'-':
about $20,000,000.
? The people of Tokio, Japan, have '
'aken to eating horseflesh, and there is
quite a demand for it. . : ?i.
? The Methodists have built more *
than forty thousand new churches in the
South since the war.
? There is promise of an unusually^
'arge cramberry crop, and the turkeys are.
said to be in paticular full feather.
? It is stated that over 500,000 rose.^
plants are annually imported into Amer?
ica from England, France and Holland; ?
? Nelson Lee, who was recently killed/
in Cbarlestowo, W. Va., was found to-t>
have his heart on the right side of his
body.
? The Emperor of China evidently ^,
does not think that marriage is a faUare^'yj
He is about to spend $2,500,000 on his
wedding.
? The Island of La Costi, on the
Florida coast, is being set out with cocoa-*; S
nut trees so rapidly that it will - soon be^;
one immense cocoanut grove.
? A large apple tree near Polo, III.,
which has borne for fifty one years, had^
upon it last year forty-five bushelB, which'^
were sold for $1.25 per bushel.
? By far the richest of all the candi- :|
dates for President of the United States;^
this year is Alson Streeter oi Illinois, the
candidate of the Union Labor party...".
? New York is a great city. She has":^
subscribed one hundred thousand dollars
for the yellow fever sufferers. This is as /
much as the government appropriation.
? Eev. B. Waugb, secretary of^a^Sj
English society for the prevention,ofrjfj
cruelty to children, recently asserted that j5:
1,000 children are murdered ever winfetp?
in England to obtain the insuranceiQus
their lives.?Chicago Herald.
? Col. L. Fountaine, of Canton /Miss.,
has trained a pair of pet bears so that he
drives them double to a buggy.; He:;
occasionally appears on the streets withr'f
them, scaring the horses half out of the;
wits, and amusing the small boys greatl,
? "You are the most worthless, "m
that ever made a woman's life intolerable,
John." And a week afterward she sued
a railroad company for $100,000 damages '-'
for killing John. The pre^ersity of some
women is past comprehension.?PittsSttri
Bulleten. .
? The leading physician of Havana i
authority for tbe statement that tbere h
not been one day in twenty years thai
has not seen a case of yellow fever "
that city. How important then is it tha
every possible means of access be closec
against this disease. '
? A young man in Mariana, F
dreamed that he made a balloon asce:
si on and descended by means of a para
chute. On awaking be was disgusted
find that be was standing up in bed bold
iugan open umbrella with a. grip t
made bis hands ache.
? Tbe longest through car service oi
any railroad Hoe in tbe world is said
be on tbe Southern Pacific Road, between'
New Orleans and San Francisco, 2,495
miles. The fastest through trafipfen this
road is timed at 113 hours, 25 minutes or
at tbe rate of 22 miles and hour. V
? Who was the last killed in the war? ;
This is not an easy question to answer,
but in tbe town of Union, Me., some of
the people think it was Jacob Sidelinger,
of that towa. He was killed on the veryi
day of Lee's surrender to General. Grant, ; >
and in tbe latter pant of tbe day. .
? Here is what a Republican manur '
f cture of New York has to say: "A ?
lower tariff all around means better .
business for us as well as cheaper goods
for the people. I believe in protection"'>:<
for infant industries, but not for giant ^
monopolies, and I shall vote for Cleve- .
land and tariff reform."
? Adam Forepaugb, tbe circus man.
wants to bet $30,000 even that Cleveland^
will be tbe next President, bat can findv^j
no takers. "Barney D. Frost, the Pitts
burg oil broker, has bad an offer of
$100,000 even on Cleveland's- election /ir
posted in New York, Pittsburg and otheraS
cities for weeks, but finds no taker. The^_
usual odds in New York now is $100 to
$75 in favor of Cleveland. Tom Ochifc^
tree offers to bet $60 to $100 on Harrison.V- -"
? On Sunday, August 19, a new Bap?
tist mission church was dedicated in the
heart of Chinatown, San Francisco. The ./
lot and bmldiDg cost $20,000. The^l
mission includes about' one hundred
Chinese, of whom twenty-five have joined;
the church. The main attraction is the
night-school. Ninety Chinese, who work
in shops and factories are taught English. -
The day school has 120 Chinese girls and '.
boys.
? Maj. Miles H. Fergurson, who is one^V
of the best of tbe many good farmers of
Laurens, related bis experience to tbe ;
Advertiser, by which be made a crop ot '}
sorghum on one acre of ground, which
when turned into money, will feed a
horse one year. He has gathered from -
this acre 877 bundles of fodder, 40 bushels
of cane seed and 150 gallons' of syrup.
Tbe cost of cultivation was $4 00, and the ! .
guano, $3.25. How many men have cade.,
an acre more profitable ??Laurens Adver- v
tiser. '??
? The Jacksonville (Fla) Times-Union '
publishes a table showing the date of the ::;
earliest frost in that city for the past eix-;~j;
teen years. It is not encouraging to the ";;
hope.of an early chill sufficient to kill
out the yellow fever. Tbe earliest frost -
recorded was October 28, 1876, and the;':-?
latest November 26, 1878. The earliest^
killing frosts were November 16, JtSiSj-^
and the same date in 1880. In 1875 a -:
killing frost did not come until February -
5. Last year a killing frost came on
November 21, earlier than usual.
? Hutchison's corner of tbe Chicago
wheat market for September has netted .
him a clean profit of $3,000,000. The//
correspondent of the New York Worf?p
in describing tbe situation at tbe close':/
of tbe Exchange on Saturday, says: "As- .
the last day of the month falls upon*>i
Sunday, tbere will be one more day-for
deliveries, and nobody can tell just how ?
extensive tbe squeeze has been until the?
deliveries are made. It is certain, how-'i
ever, that a great many settlements were",
made with Hutchinson during tbe last"
fifteen minutes of tbe day at $2 a bushel.
As he bought at 86 and 88 cents, his
profits in every case were enormous.^:
Between now aod Monday noon there1-/
will be little rest for those who are still;*
short. Every effort will be made to gets
wheat into the city in time for the deli7
eries. It is not believed, however, that*;
anything can be done to break Hutchin-'
son's grasp upon the situation, and whenVx
the final settlements are made they will v7
have to be at his figures. Then the general S
expectation is tbere will be failures and ::
lots of trouble.
?"
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