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Dots From Dorn's Mill.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-As / havn't seen
anything in your valuable paper
recently from Dorn's Mill will
give you few items.
The farmers are discouraged
about their oats, as it is badly
damaged by the drouth. r
:. Miss Lucy Riley, all old lady of
about sixty-five years, died a few
days ago.
Mr.. Wilson Mcdowell has been
quite sick.
Miss Annie L. QUITS has been
visiting friends and relatives at
this place;
Misses Julia and Minnie Adams
have been visiting near Erie.
Misses Vary and sallie Still are
visiting the Meeting Street section
this week.
1 see some one has felled trees
across the road leading from
Celestia by the new garden to
Mountain Creek church. All per-
sons travelling from Eulala to Mt.
Greek or Mt. Carmel churches will
have to go around by Dorn's Mill.
The opinion of the good. citizens
of this. community is that the
trees and brush should be removed
Immediately, or the road leading
around be made passable. 1t has
been road about seventy years
and is road to the post Office.
There is certain young man
near here who says that his horse
was always poor and ugly until he
changed his name from shep to
Ben Tillman, and now Ben is one
of the finest horses in this COM
munity.
Three cheers for the "Blinker,"
and the brave, bold, and fearless
editor of the ADVERTISER!
FARMER O.
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A Voice From Hibler in Reply to
Mr.. Luke White.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I notice in Mr.
Luke D. Whites plain statement
in the ADVERTISER of week OF
two back that he says motion tc
elect an executive committee by
ballot was tabled, which was not
the case. No such motion was
offered. A motion to elect by q
rising vote prevailed, and stood
Sc to SO, instead of 55 to SO. The
Tillman delegates were elec1ed by
So to so. Mr.. White charges fraud
in voting four boys under twenty
one years of age. We have not
been able to find the boys. VIII
Mr.. White prove his charges?
There was one boy who rose when
the vote was taken to elect dele
gates, but he says that he did not
intend to be counted. At any rate
he was counted out.
We cannot tell how old Hibler
will go until the'p primary is over,
but the Tillmanites claim a major
ity. Respectfully,
T. S. HENDERSON. JR.
Longmires, S. c., May II, '92.
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spine which he received at the
battle of Shiloh. He had. beer
four times wounded, and had had
eighteen horses killed and ten
Others wounded under him during
his four years of service. What
"a record!
His military career teaches us
that the genius which makes men
great soldiers is not to be meas
Eufed by any Competitive examina,
stisn in the science or art of war,
much less in the ordinary subjects
:camprised in the education of a
gentlemen. The reputation of a
sshoolboy depends greatly upon
:his knowledge of books; but that
;o q general upon Whist he has
dene when holding Independent
cemmand in the field. And it is
tN,e we must Judge Forests claim
military fame. SIN war;" said
Napoleon, "men are nothing; a
man is everything" And it would
be.dificult to find a stronger cor
rOboration of this maxim than is
tobe found in the history of Gen.
eIal Forests operations.
WOLSELEY.
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Eureka Academy.
A SIander Nailed.
EDITOR ADVERTISER:

EDITOR ADVERTISER: /:
Sometime ago the News
and Courier in it's account of the
killing of Mr.. Lafayette Stevens
by Mr.. Watkins did Mr.. Stevens by
it's headlines great injustice. Un-
der the headline of "Whiskey and
Politics. GA Murderer Murdered" /"
a very inaccurate statement of the
unfortunate affair was made.
WhisEey and politics had no
connection with the affair, neither
was Mr.. Stevens murdered or a
murderer. Mr.. Watkins represents
that the killing of Mr.. Stevens
was accidental, and ne are in
formed that the Coroner's jury so
found. The Courts have vjndi-
Gated Mr.. Stevens and hold him
blameless on account of the diff
Guilty in which he was involved
years ago, and the reference to
him as a murderer on account of
that affair is a SANDER on the
character of a brave man.
F. P. HI,
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CallisOn News.

DEAR ED1ToR:-Allow me a few
words from Callison. I attended
a very interesting children's day
celebration at Bethel church Sat-
urday last, the 7th inst. The
Methodists and Baptists all mixed
up together, and you bet we had a
hog-killing time, and all seemed
to take great interest in the good
work. The children did extreme
ly we'll; had speeches from the
little girls and boys. There were
people from different churches and
all enjoyed it, especially about
dinner time. I tell you, times did
not look very hard about there if
you could have seen the good din
ner and the quantity. That is the
place to go if you want good eating
and plenty of it.
We are very dry; oat crops are
cut off and cotton is coming up
very slowly.
Mr.. J. W. Callison is selling a
great many goods. P. B. Harling
is with him. Pierce is very polite
and accommodating to his Gus.
toners and is quite a trick, any,
way, SO the girls say.
Mr.. Arthur Youngblood and Mr..
j. E. Zimmerman were with US
Saturday. Mr.. Arthur is quite a
nice young man and also a ladies'
man. Friends of Mr.. j. E. Tim
norman want him to come out for
the office of Trial Justice. They
think he ought to have an Office,
and he would take great interest
and make a good one. Mr.. Tim
norman deserves an Office, for he
has always taken great interest in
the welfare of his country. He is
now forty years of age and has
been at the wheel for twenty-three
years; started very young.
Well, Mr.. Editor, l will close,
wishing you much success.
NE1GHBoR.
r.1I. G. n NJ n 500
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The Conundrum Answered and
.the Beans are His.

VI; 4erro2 II see .hay Mr. ],
81 II yaeoIusr. mas
ak sa IN. SnlYf~---7.:c::..ttesii,s, IN,
dram which Appeared in ynu'
paper sorae weeks ago, but j ~
moi believe thai &1swer zas cor
rect.
Now, Mr.. Editor, as Trapp
McManus and myself are snooks
in onions, beans, and potatoes, il
is my time to furnish seed, and as
I know that the Jim smyly beanf
are Tillman beans I put in my
answer. If I get the beans I want
Jim to please bring or send them
to me next Thursday night, as
Miss Betsy says the sign will be
right to plant on Friday, and ]
want to plant them so that they
may come up and do well, and
Trapp and I can Extremely even
ly" divide. them.
In answer to Mr.. Jas. S, Smyly's
conundr1m, "Why is Tillman like
a pick.axe and and Sheppard like
a1Scovill hoe?" I would answer.
because a pick-axe has but one
eye, but cuts both ways; scovill
hoe is a good tool, if properly
handled"
Jim, don't you go to Punter
Jackson's with me about them
beans, for I've got you. Some Of
these days me and Trapp will go
driving the red OK down to Edge
field with some beans, onions and
potatoes for sale, and as we drive
along the road me and Trapp will
sing this song:
Goat eat the watermillion,
/; Sheep eat the rind,
Goat got to the white house,
Left that sheep behind.
G. S. ZIMMERMAN.
Eureka Academy.
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Callison, S. c., May 9, '92.

The world has a right to look
worshippers, as they come out of
the church, in the face, and ask
them, What do you bring away
from your altar, your psalm, your
sermon, your benediction? What
gifts have you to distribute in
your neighborhood? Why should
we 60 in and say your creed with
you! Whatever else the world
knows, it knows that it wants good,
hearty, honest, cheerful, righteous
work. Bishop Huntington.
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Elmwood Jottings.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-We are glad to
state that Mrs. Adeline DeVore
has nearly recovered from her long
spell of sickness:
The second son of Mrs. Alice
Norris is lying very low with
fever. Willie is a noble, indus
trious boy, and we hope for his
speedy recovery.
We are needing rain in this
vicinity. With favorable seasons
the crops will be fine.
Mr.. w. L. N. is writing for the
Monitor under the nom de plume
of alpha"
We will seq ON election day
whether the two hours orator made
a single "pint" or not. Yes, we
will all see.
Mr.. George Lake, of the Pleasant
Lane section, was thrown from his
lboysz The other lay a!li ND lh::--1lar
hyn= was broken. We hope he
VIII recover. seon, oecaase life
-,sss.=.l / - sesr.. fsz se,nessf
the girls ii ]; @ere rotor George. !.
Mss Mur:e' %immons is visit
ine h.r siaLar-in-iaw. Mrs. RiaEard
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aeai CT a family of five persons,
earning $1,000 a year. He pays
$50 of this into the national
treasury, $50 into States, country,
city or town treasures, and alta
moderate estimate, $23 more for
heaindirect cost of methods of
collection.
The most densely peopled
continent is Europe. The number
of people in Europe is konwn with
great degree of accuracy. There
are about 36O,OO0,OOO, and the
continent which accommodates all
these, people is SO small that there
are upon itan average of SO people
to. 1.-The square mile.
In California it is found that
peach stones burn as we'll as the
best coal, and give out more heat
in proportion to weight. The
stones taken out of the fruit that
is timed or dried are collected
and sold at the rate rf SIS a ton.
Apricot stones also burn, but not
SO we'll as peach, and do not COM
mend 80 good price.
Gods command to Jonah was,
Preach the preaching that I bid
you;" and no man is fit to stand
in any pulpit who has not, the
courage to do that very thing.
To know the word and not to
give it, when it means eternal
death to somebody's soul to keep
it back, is an awful thing to be
answerable for; and yet there are
mnltitudes of watchmen on the
walls who give dead men a false
peace because they haven't got the
courage. to speak the whole truth.
RAMS Horn.
Travellers in Japan tell of the
unconcern with which Japanese
will take a bath in full publicity,
and the custom has impressed
foreigners as immodest. An
Englishman who has long been in
the country says there is really
nothing immodest in the
promiscuous bathing of men,
women and children from a Japan
ese point of view. With them
cleanliness is the object sought
for, and the etiquette of the bath
room differs from the etiquette of
the parlor. With Europeans, he
says, the attitude of walters is
only permitted when the music is
played. 1t is sometimes like this
with Japanese bathers. When the
necessary operation of washing or
doing other work requires it to
strip becomes a duty. On the
other hand, a Japanese woman
would scorn to appear decollete.
To her eye our ball rooms are an
astonishment, and the exposure
of the person for display is incom-
prehensible. This writer thinks
that the Japanese are not excelled
by their Western brethren in
modaaty
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The man who loves his neighbor
as himself is not the one who
smokes on street car platform.
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only of obtaining food from Inc
captured supply wagons. Forrest
on. his own initiative pushed for
ward his scouts to watch the enc
aeiaea and seen Ssscs sxsssa s.
That large federal felnI Ioreement
were being ferrisd over the Ten
nessee river.
Heat once perceived the gravity
!. of the position, and did all he
could to communicate this to his
army headquarters, but mo one
knew where they were. In his
search to find them, he fell in with
the officer commanding an infantry
brigade, to whom he said, in his
own rough colloquial vernacular:
eff the enemy comes on US in the
morning, we shall be whipped like
hell" His prophecy was not far
wrong, and by Monday night Gen
eral Beauregard's army was in full
retreat.
General Sherman pressed the
retiring confederates very hard all
Tuesday, the 9Th of April; upon
one occasion during the day
Forrest, with about three hundred
and fifty men, keenfy watched his
opportunity for an offensive return
from behind ridge which afforded
his soldiers good protection. The
federal advanced guard of two
battalions of cavalry and a regi-
ment of foot, upon reaching the
ridge, at proceeded to attack
itwith great spirit, but in cross
ing a lite intervening ravine and
stream, fell into some confusion.
Forrest with his usual quick
military perception of such an
opening, at once told hi 8 bugler
to sound the sCharge!" and pistol
in hand, dashed. in among the
astonished federals. The effect
Voc ;notontapeons. The enemy's
horsemen fed back, panic-stricken,
through the woods scattering their
own infantry, who quickly
doubled after them. A scene of
the greatest confusion ensued, and
Forrest, pursuing for some
distance, killed many, and took
some seventy prisoners. With his
usual hardihood, pushing on we'll
ahead of his men, he soon found
himself face to face with the ene-
my's main body, and under a
CALLING fire from all sides. A bali
struck him above the hips. and,
hurting his spine, at once benum-
bed his right leg. His horse,
though mortally wounded, still
enabled him to bolt for his life
though a crowd of thi enemy, who
shouted. ,m.Kill him "shoot .himl"
etc. An unerring shot with his
revolver, he cleared a path for him
self, and found once more at least
temporary safety among his own
men.
1t was many weeks before he
was again able to take an active
part in the war. The following
description of this affair by
General Sherman will, I think
interest military readers:
The enemy's cavalry came down,
.
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News Paragraphs.
During last year 1900 girls were
gfaduated from the Boston cook

J !
During last year / 300 girls were
giaduated from the Boston cook
iag schools.
Miss Lalla Harrison, of Lossburg
Epudon Country, has beer
saected,as the most beautiful wo
nan in Virginia to repreeent thai
Commonwealth as one of the
thirteen original States at the
Worlds Y Fair.
The private in the German
army is paid $3.50 per month, o,
Scents a day, out of which 8 cents
ia deducted for mesa expenses
Very few of the privates are able
telive at first-class hotels on the
remaining 5 cents.
lin Brazil and Spanish America
yanng monkey roasted is 8
faEorite dish. The cook scoops
oasa hole in the ground and
:s:sas 5Ia&iil bake oven. II
ssas .. monkeg :s tone e
:::..rrl. =: ,s...71;t.,. ,sifte - ioua her's
!. 80; :::ss; ,,,--,ss :..f:EsS T--
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TinnnnOns.

Timmons.
: Little Bo Peep
Had lost her sheep
And couldn't tell where to find him.
She said, "Leave HIM alone,
And he'll come home,
And bring his I'll behind him."
How does that suit "Alpha?"
PROBLEM.
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GEN'L FORREST.
THE CAREER OF THE GREAT
CAVALRY LEADER
Reviewed by General Lord VOL
se1ey-An Interesting Criti-
que Of a Daring American
Genius-A Soldier by
Intuition.
PART II.

Forrest had no knowledge OF
military science nor of military
history to teach him how he
should act, what objective he
should aim at and what plans he
should make to secure it. he
was entirely ignorant of what
other generals in previous wars had
done under very similar cir
curnstances. This was certainly
agrsat misfortune for him, and q
serious drawback to his public
usefulness. But what he lacked
in book lore, was, to large extent,
compensated for by the soundness
Of ofhisiudgment upon all occasions,
and by his power of thinking and
reasoning with great rapidity
under fire, and under all cir
cumstances of surrounding peril
or of great mental or bodily
fatigue. Panic found no resting
place in that calm brain of his,
and no dangers, no risks appalled,
that dauntless spirit. Inspired
with true military instincts, he
was most verify, natures soldier.
To take my readers through his
military career would be to rewrite
s-the history of most of the war in
the southern states OF the
confederacy. He was present at
the eventful battle Of Shiloh, a
brilliant secessionist victory one
'day, q defeat the day after When
General Beauregard's line OF
battle halted on the evening OF
Sunday, the 9th of April, in the
midst Of the federal camps, which
had been taken, his troops were
thoroughly exhausted, and thought.
only ofobtaining food from tho
captured supply wagons. Forrest
on, his own initiative pushed for
ward his scouts to watch the enc
= Il
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four inches square.
"They opened a box of gold
belonging to the Bank of Rich
mond. 1t was about eighteen
inches long and ten or twelve
inches wide, and contained purses
of gold. They made q rough
estimate of the value of that gold
and of the keg of silver and
exchanged them. In that way I
got some gold. Theu they carried.
the Bank or Richmond money to
the bank at Washington Ga, and
deposited it. They took none of it,
except a little box, for which they
substituted the keg of silver sngots.
While the money was being
divided out Col Morgan paid q
man five dollars an hour to guard
it. When we got through Morgan
took the remaining money and
drove it away in the dark. Thence
it landed in the bank at Washing
ton, Ga. know only by hearsay,
but am satisfied that the inform
alton was correct, that the Bank Of
Richmond sent for its money, and
on it's way the men guarding it
were attacked by marauders. The
guard was temp .aIily dispersed
and the marauders got some of
the money before they were driven
of"-Atlanta Constitution.
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Waiting Abaut Over.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-It is stated
semi officially that the patience of the
ad ninistration Is nearly exhausted as de-
velopments in the ChilIan situation seem
to indicate a determination on the part of
Chill to defy the United States. To SUBJ
nit to such course will inevitably sub
ject the president and his advisers TO the
charge. at home of trifling, and will ell
courage more serious manifestations of
disrespect abroad. This American view
of the case Secret arv Blaine is now at
work on. When it is finished the presi
dent will make it part of special
message 10 congress, and besides this will
present such strong case against Chill
that congress can take but one view of it.
The letters and kilograms upon which the
United States bases It's clsim will be
published The president will mold that
the respect. due the Unit-d States war
rants very prompt aud decided action.
There IS no doubt among foreign legations
here whose opinions are OF any conse-
quence, that the United States must hold
Chill responsible ior the violence of its
mob. or fall to perform its duty under
International stipulstions. This Is known
to be the view of the English, French
Spanish and Russian representatives, and
this sentiment has great strengthened
the president IN the course he intends
taking.
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A settlement soon.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Tbe early
settemen OF the existing difficulties with
c iii is confidently expected by officials
here. What the nature OF the settlement
will be depends entirely upon the govern
ment of Chill. The policy of waiting
adopted by this government for the reason
that the difficulties that led to the presept
condIt on of things occurred under the
administration of the provisional junta or
govern ment 10 Chilr which might not
represent in any degree the belief of the
people when the matters are fairly put
before them. but it has never been pro-
posed or conceived even that Chill would
not be held TO strict accountably for the
unfortunate and wanton attacks by the
Valparaiso mob upon the Balismore's
men. resulting in the death OF two of
them That will be vigorously pressed
at the proper time and in proper way.
That time has now arrived. To
day the prov sional government under
President Montt, elected since the fall
of BalInaceda and the success Of the con
gressionalists. It has been hoped by
President Harrison and Secretary Blaine
that in the new. cabiuet minister of
foreign affairs might be found a man
who would not reflect views of the rad
icaI element in the country. which Is evil
IDENTIFY bent On refusing to make suitable
rtparation for the attacks upon the Bait
more's sailors and subsequent indignities
heaped upon Minister Egan ana occu-
pants of the Unlted States legation This
hope has been encouraged by the ex
pressions of Minister Montt who, in all
his communications with the state de-
partment. has gwen assurances of the
pacific intention of the Chilian govern
ment. While it is true that these assur-
ances have apparently not been borne
out by the acri"n of the people and the
officials of Cnili, Secretary Blaine has
been content with them pending change
of government there
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Insane Asylum Fire.

PONTIAC, Mich, Dec. 26.-Fire was
discovered in the north wing of the
Eastern Michigan insane asylum at IL
o'clock this morning. The flames spread
rapidly and with the limited facilities at
hand the fremen were poweress. Fill
teen minutes after the first alarm was
sounded the occupants of the wing, 500
women, were turned loose. Screaming
frauticully with terror, the maniacs
surged through the corridors. where the
air was already flied with smoke. The
flames were visible through it all. and
the sight filled the demented creatures
with terror. Some ran like wild animals,
rrampling their slower companions in
their mad efforts to escape. Others, par
alyzed with fear. stood rooted to the spot,
with their eyes staring horribly into the
roaring fire. The attendants performed
deeds of heroism in their endeavors to
rescue the helpless, ru:hlng hithec and
rhither, dragging the hesitating ones
from the room, They drove the insane
women into the open air. When some
we're once upon the outside, they would
break and rush for the building again.
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THE OUTLAWS LYNcHEp.
BliIitary Preparation.

WASHINGTON, Deu. 24.-The talk of
possible trouble with Chill, although un
fficisl and unauthorized, has at no time
been so general AS it Is at present among
officers of the army and navy. The war
department is forwarding recruits in
squads OF forty or fifty, as rapidly as
possible, to fill the complement of re
glments in the far west, and the Pacific
coast. Gun carriages are being shipped
to San francisco in sections, and the
guns will follow at an early date. Three
ten inch guns will probably be shipped
early In january. The whole force at the
Washington navy. yard is at work turning
our prnieciiles. and the men are kept at
work day and night General Scboteld
has been twice summoned before the
cabinet and. has given it as bis opinion
that If 10000 men are sent out of this
country it will be quite possible to fill
their places N the regular army at home
by Temporary enstalments from The militia.
a certsiu quota of regulars, equipped for
actual service a, the army posts, to he
called for from each state In case the
10000 m transposed to Chila should
not be enough, 1t is reported that the
president may Call for 10000 volunteers
tor a year. Add 10 these facts and
rumors the general understanding that
the president will insist upon Immediate