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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-26
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MIR. and Mrs. Aubrcn Rice,
Mrs. Gen. Barber and Miss
Sanders, OF Chester, spent Tues
day with Capt. and Mrs. j. p:
Hunter.
The death of Hon. GEORGE
McC. Witherspoon, which has
cast IL gloom over this entire cons
munity, will be greatly lamcntcd
throughout the county and wher-
ever he was known. A friend
who was with him in the hour of
death, writes, in another column,
Il sketch of this remarkable and
excellent mans life. What more
can we say than he has said?
You often wonder why Ganson
can sell things SO cheap. The
telegram from New York which
appears in his new ad. in this
issue explains the matter which
has so often puzzled you. His
buyers there are always on the
alert and buy for him, almost for
song, such merchandise as he
can handle on this market. See
the bargains he is Offering now.
Married in the Baptist church
at Heath Spring at o'clock p.
m, on Thursday last, by Rev
5. w. Henry, Miss Dora
Stover, daughter of the late Capt
W j Stovcr, aud MFR james T
MoScIcy Of Sumter. A large mum
Der of the brides friends were
present to witness the interesting
ceremony. After the ceremony
the happy young couple took the
south bound train forsthe groom's
home in Sumter.
We are proud of the success
The Farmers Banking and Mcr
camille CO.., is meeting with. As
they say in their ad. they are the
peoples friends. The enormous
trade the Company is getting
shows that the people realize, and
appreciate the fact. Their many
clerks in their four large stores
are kept busy all the time. This
would not be the case if the peo-
pie were not getting bargains
from them. In this issue of the
Ledger they post you on their
prices in every department. Prices
are quoted on dress goods, cloth
ing, shoes, notions, underwear,
furniture, etc, etc. merchants,
who think or know they can be
undcrsoid by any of their com
petitors, never do this. You
never find Il merchant advertising
his prices who knows that his
competitors can undcrscII him.
The fact that the Farmers Bank
ing and Mercantile Co., buy all
their goods for SPOT CASH,
getting the big discounts, gives
them assurance tha, they cannot
be undersold and makes them
bold in publishing their prices in
the papers. Read what they have
to say In their nd.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-26

The President has appointed
John r. Cothran, Jr., postmaster
ut Anderson, 5. G..
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-26
Money In Your Pockets
Tradin g with GanSOn.

AUCTION TELEGRAM
w. GansOn, Lancaster. p. e.. Wire answer IL
you handle 40 Mems all wool suits from
'Slaber's Auction Sale'' at 4S cents on the Dol
lar. =. ID. Strad1ey New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

effects, and continuance of the pres
ent methods, offering rewards for dis
honesty, will Individually produce an
other uprising.
These Indians are a friendly, we'll
disposed people, and the large major
ity of them would become valuable
citizens under decent and intelligent
| management.
The plan adopted at the La Poirte
agency In Wisconsin and at the llve
other agencies in Wisconsin and Min
| nesota that were under the same man
agement, is an excellent one and could
readily be inaugurated here. Lieut..
William A. Mercer, Eighth United
States infantry now a captain in the
same regimenD, was in charge there
seven years, and there Is probably no
other man, in the army or out of it,
better fitted by experience and natural
aptitude to take the management of
the White Earth and Leech lake res
eryations than he. He has a splendid
record Tor en1c1ency as an Indian agent,
was In charge Of the Indian exhibit at
the Omaha fair is strong, brainy,
fearless conservative man. and the
government could not do better than to
send him here to protect the interests
OF all rightly concerned in this great
forest property, now being rapidly dis
sirated by criminal and greedy hands
AN ENTERING WEDGE.
In this same connection the estab-
lishment of the little army post at
Walker by the direction of Gen. Bacon.
the military commander of the depart
ment of Dakota, was wise and far
seeing move, for, while 1t has a deter
rent effect upon the notebooks among
the Indians, the better element under
stand that 1t is a guarantee of fair
treatment from the government, and
they are less apprehensive of oppres-
sion from the deputy marshals 1t is
earnestly hoped that this entering
wedge, making for justice, law and
order, will not be removed. The Off
GERS are greatly interested in these
questions and are giving much careful
thought and investigation to them
Now that the Great Northern track
has crossed that of the Brainerd &
Minnesota Northern, making ~uIlzar
the meeting point of the two lines OF
railway this town becomes the natural
point for manufacturing lumber, and
a saWmill win be erected here in the
near future. The sawmill at the agency
of the Leech lake Indian reservation
has not been used for years. and the
Indians tear clapbOardS off their poor
houses or beg packing boxes from the
stores in Walker to make collins for
their dead children.
Every white pine on the reservation
is worth 81 per thousand feet, and a
Norway pine should bring about s..
But. under the present system Of esli-
nation, the purchaser pays for only
about one-tf ird of the actual timber on
a tract sold In plain English, the buy
er of Indian timber gets So worth OF
wood for 81. an investment which pays
200 per cent before an ak Is laid to the
tree.
Much more can and will be said about
this matter. Men we'll informed upon
the subject are beginning to talk. and
they give dates, places and names.
r
Walker. Mimi. Nov %.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

of ghosts should read Charles N. Skin
ner's myths and Legends Beyond Our
Borders" Every third page supplies
at least one SUCCESSFULLY creepy ghost
story, a few of them as aristocratio
and ancestral as some Of the best ones
across the sea-. most, however, are In
dian legends, none the less thrilling
because they belong to plain or river
rather than castle or mansion. The
admirers Of Mr.. Gilbert Parker's super
lative stories of the far north. know
the wonderful atmosphere of Northern
Canada for myths and legends,
country where the very emptiness Of
the vast Wildness of snow fields creates
spirits of people. The northern Indians
We're not lacking in Imagination, and
the spirit of the land that subdues
even the skeptical mind of the civilized
South gave life, in their aWed fancy,
to myths of unusual dignity and
spirituality. More near the Canadian
border of our own land the legends
lose much of their originality and
charm. Again In Central America and
Mexico the myths become weird and
strange, having for a background the
wonderful dead civilization of the
Aztecs, with all its legends of marvel
Gus wealth and vengeful spirits.
Mr.. Skinner has published before
the Myths and Legends of Our Own
Land" and the present volume has
even better field for literature; it
would be impossible to make an I'M
interesting book out of the Myths
and Legends Beyond Our Border"
even if the author was not a pleasing
writer. AS it is the book is very good
reading indeed.
Myths and Legends Beyond Our Borders"
by Charles NJ. Skinner J. B. LiDpincott
Co.. Philadelphia. Price. $1.J0 For sale by
the st Paul Book and Stationery company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
me death Of Mrs. L. H. Seelye at La
Porte Tex, last month, closed the career
OF a remarkable woman, whose history is.
perhaps, the most unique and interesting of
any woman of this generation. She at least
furnishes the only well-authenticated case of
a woman who served as a private soldier in
me ranks during the Civil war, and in the
threefoid capacity Of common soldier. field
nurse and spy, proved herself over and over
again '.one Of the best and bravest men in
the regiment" In the battles of Bull Run.
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks the seven days be-
fore Richmond. Antietam and Fredericksburg
she frequently fought all day and nursed the
wounded all night with a strength and devo-
ton almost superhuman; and while in the
secret service, she penetrated the enerny's
lines no less than eleven times in various
d1sgufses-Rlways with complete success. so
far as the object of her expedition was con-
cerned, and escaping without detection. al
though more than once hardly by the skin
of her teeth
After tVicksburg" she was attacked by
fever, and became so i'll as to be released
from duty. During convalescence she wrote
the Nurse and Spy" "a book which reached
sale of upward Of 400 600 cop:es), after which
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
Keep in mind that SCOTS

Keep in mind that SCOTS
Emulsion contains the hypo-
Phosphites-
These alone make it of
great value for all affections
of the nervous system.
1t also contains glycerine,
a most valuable, soothing
and healing agent. Then
there is the cod-liver oil, &C
knowledged by all physicians
as the best remedy for poor
klood and loss in weight.
These three great remedial
agents blended into a creamy
Emulsion, make a remark
able tissue builder.
SC. and ez.es, al druggists
SCOTT q BOVINE, cAenlsss ssv yssk
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
"The Black Curtain. "

The Black Curtain" is somewhat
melodramatic in plot and incident, as
it certainly is in title. IS not intend
ed for tragedy, it appears, however.
and ends happily, despite all that the
fates and the author can. concoct to
the contrary. A singer, on the night
of her expected triumph, finds herself
with a slain voice: an, artist at the
height OF his career, finds that an
other stroke of work means blindness
Both the owner Of the dead voice and
the owner of the lost career leave their
former haunts and in the Colorado hills
pre-empt, oddly enough the same claim
The owner of the dead voice is a won-
an young and beautiful; the owner Of
The closed career is & man, brave and
strong. The laws of the land concern
ing the pre-empting of homestead
claims are very curious and very slow
IN action; this leaves the hero and
heroine face To face with an awkward
situation and each other and with
plenty of time to follow the only
course open to two such individu
under such circumstances in a well
reared romance. Their inevitable fall
ing in love is made more interesting
by the artists finally losing his eye
sight from painting a picture to save
the honor of the wOmans young broth
er. This final blindness. is, The Black
Curtain that gives a sinister name
to the book and brings tragedy into a
story better suited to the needs of
comedy. w9g
The Black Curtain" by Flora Haires Long
head. Sl.J0. Houghton Mifflin & Co. Bos-
ton: For sale by the ST. Paul Book and
stationery company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

toned before Yorktown, word was brought
that Federal spy had been captured and was
10 be executed, and it was of the utmost i'm
portance to the secret service that that
vacancy should be filled. Frank Thompson
Immediately offered his services and after
a rigid examination to his character, in
formation, knowledge Of firearms, ETC., was
appointed to the perilous undertaking. He
chose the disguise of contraband, and soon
after crossing the line was forced by a Con-
federate officer to wheel gravel for the cree
ton of a breastwork.
The work was hard for the strongest man;
but Frank. helped out occasionally by
good-natured darkey. managed to pull through
the day, though his hands became blistered
from wrists to hnger-tips. AT night, however.
he was free to ramble about the fortiheations
and for the following few days he con rived
to exchange work with other contrabands
One night, being put on picket duty. he took
to his heels, and at dawn entered the Union
lines with accurate and detailed information.
Frank Thompsons next visit to a Confed-
crate camp was in the disguise of an Irish
female peddler. During this expedition she
became lost in a swamp, suffered much from
FEVER and ague, into the very jaws of
death, and escaped only by the most clever
strategy. She was afterward pres ed into
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
"Bob Son of Battle"

This is a book about dogs, the sheep
dogs of the border country of Eng
land. 1t contains a vast deal of new
and interesting information about
sheep-dogs and their ways, and one
strong and disagreeable human char
acter, to wit, Adam Madam, the own
er of Red Wull." The other human
characters are of little account, and
really, with the best viii in the world
toward collie dogs and their feats and
their conquests, it is impossible to keep
UP an interest in a story consisting
wholly Of descriptions of how Ovid
BOb'S neck bristled or Red WulIs eyes
glared. If they ever were allowed to
fly at one another it might be more
exciting matter, but at the critical mo-
ment the masters invariably hop up
from somewhere. ITO me, Bob" ''To
me, Wull!' and the fight is postponed.
There is, indeed, one death struggle
in the book-that Of Red Wull against
all his enemies-which is highly excit-
ing, but Alfred Ollivant, who is a new
writer, does not know how to stop this
sort of thing before the reader turns
sick and disguised. Mr.. Ollivant has
much to learn before he can write a
lively, well constructed story.
Bob, Son Of Battle" by Alfred Oliyant-
Doubleday e. Mcclure Co S1N. For sale
by the st. Paul Book and atonery com
pany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

attached: Those who have previously visited
Cuba will appreciate this luxury.
The office will be finished in ONYX and the
bridal chambers in silver. Old copper Will
predominate throughout the main portion OF
the house.
There will be an Zee plant OF ten tons ca
paclty, half Of which Will be used for Ice
and half for refrigerating purposes. Three
electric light plants will also be built one
for Havana connection and two for the hotel
There win also be a gas plant, but this will
merely be used in cases of emergency.
All the water will be distilled ana the sew
erage viii be forced directly into the ocean
the hotel being located to the east Of the city,
but within easy reach. Those who are at
tracted to Havana out Of mere curiosity NAV
be surprised to find hotel there equal To
any on the Florida coast
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

Paderewskl is now the happy owner OF
Comte de Marrios' handsome villa OF Merge s.
near Lausanne. He is adding 10 it byre for
six cows. The musician has bought the eel
lar with the villa. 1t contains 10 600 bot
ties of wine and a quantity Of kirsch twenty
years old. The vineyards of the property
have produced this autumn $3.50 bottles Of
white wine. AS the vintages of 1898 are not
Paderewski made large investments a few
years ego In ground for building arourd War
saw a city which has begun to extend by
leaps and bounds since Nicholas H. has
shown 1t the light of his cOuntenance, and
showed marked tendency to a. kindly to-
ward Poland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

Florida IS winter resort viii have for
midab.e rivals in Cuba and Porto Rico. The
many persons who are curious to visit the
"cenes OF the late war with Spain Will be
pleased 10 learn that an American corpora
ton VII erect handsome and commodious
hotels IN the two Islands Already the plans
q one have been drawn. and through the
courtesy OF the architects, Messrs. Goodrich
= Goodrich, OF Baltimore, The G 10 b e is
enabled 90 show its readers just what the
American house. OF Havana, will look like.
This big hotel. designed especially to ac-
commodate winter tourists, will be con-
ssructed upon the latest and most approved
iians II will be proof against everything
The architects say II will be ireproof earth
oaakeproof damp proof and vermin-proof.
What more could any one ask?
The house viii be surraunded nv beautiful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

san," 1.-THE Watsons," "a Memoir" NORTH
anger Abbey" Persuasion, Letters" 20
cents each.
GEORGE H. RICHMOND SON. NEW
YORK-'Ezerkirt's Sin,'' ]. H. Pearce
WILLIAMS & WILKINS CO., BALT1-
MORE-"The Lambs Book" 81.
]. B. LIPPINCOTT CO., PHILADELPHIA
"The Lloyds, Charles Lamb" edited by E.
DANA, ESTES CO., BosToN-"The
Princess and Joe PETER by James Otis,
T.25; 'HThe Man Without a Country" by
Edward Everett Hale, so cents.
GEORGE H. RICHMOND & SON-"Stories
for Ninon.' by Emile Zola; .Niobe.'" by
by H. L. Brackstad; THE Old Adam and
the New Eve" by Rudolf Colin, translated
from the German by Edith Fowler.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

To The st. Paul Globe:
1t is probable that the late little cam
paign against the Pillager band of
Chippewa Indians may breed many
changes in the logging system now in
vogue at the Leech Lake reservation,
changes that will inure to the benefit
of the government and protect the in
terests Of its red-skinned wards.
Every intelligent man knows that,
under present conditions, the door TO
fraud is more than ajar-it is wide
open and the latch gone. Logging is
conducted on the reservation in a care
less and perfunctory manner, resulting
in loss to the Indians and the United
States, the destruction of much valu-
able timber and the exploitation and
misrepresentation of what should be q
sacred trust fund.
The system, as at present conducted,
While giving some temporary assis-
lance to the Indians, offers a premium
for dishonesty. Of course, forest fires
have occurred, and will occur, natural
ly and without pecuniary incentive to
start them; but it is a self-evident pro-
position, requiring no demonstration to
anybody but a jibbering idiot, that,
when the present class of dead-and-
down timber shall be exhausted per
haps before), it will be to the interest
OF loggers to see that there is a supply
to meet their demands
The logging roads that are cut
through the live timber are, as to width
magnificent avenues, and what they
lack in length, as the crow flies, they
make UP in devious twists and turns,
which sinuosities, oddly enough, US
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

tlis 9sss political officials of she empire Theron
A. oTramlord who has been in England for
the the cosmopolitan. takes up the subject in
un1e ..V tha PEI issue of that magazine. and
d. d. :, we 0ltle Of "Hooley and His Guinea
f tiag' gives connected story Of the deriva-
rr9n OF dooey and his rise 10 the control of
tILo1s through unlimited cheak and the
plpo . Willingness of disting ushed British
al !oyCSasaS 70 lend their names for financial
e t;nr to any sort of shady transae-
In 9He december number Of McClure's
Magazlne, Capt. Mahan will begin a series
OF aIucies on the naval operations in the
recent war. These articles cannot fail TO
De OF great interest In the history and theory
OF naval warfare, Capt. Mahan is acknowi-
Sugeo tne Terld over as about the highest
nVing authority; and as he was one of the
members OF the board Of strategy which
largely devised and directed the naval move.
mentS IN the recent war, he will write in
zion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
To California without Charge Via
I1IThe Milwaukee,,

Or every Saturday during the winter an
elegant Pullman Tourist Sleeper will leave
Minneapolis 1925 a. M. st. Paul 1875 a. MI.
and arrive Los Angeles. California. at 8:25
a. m. following Wednesday.
Via Tho Milwaukees" famous "Hedrick
Route" to Kansas City thence via the A.
r. S. F. R7. through Southern California.
most delightful winter route to the coast
Quicker time is made via this route be-
tween St Paul and Minneapolis and Call
fornia than via any other line
Rate double berth. $500 through from
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave ST. Paul and Minneapolis every
Saturday morning. arriving Los Angeles
every Wednesday morning.
For berths. complete information. and low
est rates. apply to "The, Milwaukee" agents
St Paul or Minneapolis, or address
]. r. CONLEY
ASST GenI Pass Agt.
st. Paul. Mimi
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

tropical gardens. The late Col Waring had
the out-of-dOor work in hand, and the sewer
age was also planned under his direction.
In this latter respect every possible precau-
ton Will be taken.
The American Hotel company, limited. is
composed of British, American and Cuban
capitalists, and the hotel in Havana will be
but one OF chain of similar hotels to be
erected IN Cuba and Porto Rico The Ameri-
can house will be constructed entirely of
steel. There will be expanded metal cover
lngs both inside and out, those on the ex-
terror being covered with Portland cement
Cumberland hydraulic cement will be used
on the interior. Even the windows and door
frames and the verandas will be ireproof.
There win be 465 rooms In all including
-FOUR par!ors. four dining rooms. two cafes.
q billiard room bar ana bowling alley.
Every sleeping apartment will have q bath
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
queen victoria's Carpet.

Queen Victoria is the owner of one of the
most remarkable articles ever made in prison.
The superintendent of Agra Jail, in India.
carpet of special design for her majesty. On
1t twenty-eight Of the deftest convicts of the
establishment have been engaged. The car
pet measures n feet by 10 feet and it Is esti-
mated to contain no fewer than $4,000. COO
stitches.
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the secret service several times. and aIso
acted as detective within our own lines trap
ping a number of Confederate spies.
In 1853 Frank Thompson was promoted 10
the position of orderly on Gen. Poe's staff
while acting in this capacity she was one
day dispatched In the greatest possible haste
from Jamestown with a report to Washington
she ran her horse down, jumped from his
back, ungrt hir saddle. hastily buckled it
upon a mule standing near by and started
aLresh. Unfortunately she had failed to
observe that the animal was blind and in
taxing ditch it stumbled, threw its rider
ana Tell across her unconscious body. How
iohg IL ray there the orderly never knew. bu.
long enough to lay the foundation for ulil.
mate paralysis For this injury Mrs. Seelye
was in 1886 granted a pension. the only
woman to eyer receive a pension for active
service within the lines.
AT the end of tie war Frank Thompson
was mourned for as among the missing and
In 1867 Miss Eemonds became Mrs. Seelye.
Some twenty years after the close of the
war she enc day said to her husband; How
| should Ike TO hear once more from my
brave old commander. Capt. Morse"
Why don't you write to him and tell him
the whole story?' asked her husband.
An, you Go not realize what all that in
wolves. replied Mrs. Seelye. For ons thing
l Should be deluge. with correspondence
Nevertheless. she dropped a Inc to Capt.
Morse, asking for news of him reuuestinA
him to address Frank Thompson" care
Il. ii. Seelye. long and cordial letter was
the result, begging for Franks history. Mrs
Seelye then confided her story to her Old
commander impIoring him to keep the secret
as sacred as she had done for the past
twenty years. The good MN really meant
to do so, but human nature is weak Gradu-
ally the truth leaked out ard in 1854 Mrs
See-ye received an enthusiastic invitation TO
be present at a reunion of her old regiment
the Second Michigan, to be held at Flint She
accepted ard there met her Old comrades
for the first time since she had fought By
their side
Her love Of outdoor life never diminished
AID she remained a famous shot and bold
rider almost to the end. More than all she
acter which made her 50 divinely useful in
hospital and field-courage, indomitable with
POWER, Christian faith. and the overmaster>
ing impulse to carry the burdens of the weak
ard minister to the suffering. The proceeds
from the enormous sale of her Nurse and
Spy" were all dedicated the cause of the
Union soldiers.