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MARRIAGE.

Mr Cona;d j AUD, il, ROD Miss Lou .itco-
ell, Two OF SuG1ier's Wei, kaoSn and popular
young people, were united u marriage 10 TIE
Methocls, Church at s clock last Wedoes-
day evening, Rev ~ onfson performing
the ceremony.
TIE ceremony WIS brief, out beautiful aod
impressive, the regular marriage se:vlcs beng
used Macy of The friends of the couple
were pree to witnesS :he marriage, nnd tae
,coUgrssu assons and good ~isues were as
numerous as slrceee.
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Tbs Clemson cadets who bave been spend
rg tie holidays at hone iaSe returned TO
Cen:oa
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NTAN?ED, f.r cash, Hickory, pogwood,
w Pers:rmon, W-lnn: Legs. Southern
Berdwnod Co. P 0 Po1 20, Charleston, c.
Nov % v
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The W J. McLrodocompany of ::LyIca.
burg, S c., !as applied to the Secretary of
State for a chsrter. TIE corporarors are
Thos G Mcleod ana " Mcleod. TIE
capital stock is S4,Gco.
Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup prevents pceamc-
uis o. iuAsn:nst:on CT the luags. This
celebrated feuedv will cure p cough or cold
promptly I; is the bat nedcire fer all
kin:s OF lung trouble ard'ccst but IS cts. q
hottie
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We clip from The Rock Island Gll Union
the following beautiful ''Song CT the Nativi-
ty,'' written oy Mr Virgil VI Bisnding. Also
append three verses addressed by him 10 his
cousin, Col J. D B.aod;Dg, cn his reii:irg
from the practice OF law:
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%r. L. W Joye will open within a snort
time. fancy grocery s'o'e. IN 'he cid Burns
s.aod, rext door TO D J Chand!er's clothing
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Mrs. C. Weston McGre9 ief. this uoraing
for Oraugeburg County 20 visi. her parents
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The Worid-"Let 'er roll'' Response
Re7 j. a /. Clifton, D. D.
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MRS. JOSEPHINE RUFFIN.

inducements to colored women to Join
with them, and apparently did not want
their company. They also set up the
statement that their own federation
was doing as comprehensive and far
reaching work among the colored wom-
en- as the white women were doing
among their kind. Mrs. Ruffin retorted
that it was not social intercourse she
was seeking, but the vindication of the
broad and high principles upon which
the general federation based it's right
to existence.
"Womanhood is the gentler aspect of
life" she contended, land should not
be prostituted to the baser motives of
society. What is to become of the race
If woman disregards the sacredness of
motherhood and sisterhood? The gen
eral federation must rest it's head upon
the breast of the Mother of Tears or
else go out into the shadows of the
night and die"
During her brief stay in Chicago Mrs.
Ruf1in was graciously received and en-
.tertained by the women of both races.
She is determined to carry her fight to
the next biennial of the general fedora
ton, and is said to have received sub
stantial assurances that she will be SUD-
ported in her contention by the most
influential women in the north and
west.-Chicago Tribune.
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THE DREAM MAN.

= The shadows arc falnns. the night'soom-
ing down. s51 *zz#ss * ssss
And the call Of the dream man 10 heard
''Ha, MI. ones. uttle on.., sleepy one.
Come III suy q. "a dream - ,our drovs,
I'vs dreams for the babies-such dear lit
tie dreams,
And dreams for the older ones-plenty it
- seems,
For all the good children. no matter how
many. F.. -,
Dreams! dreams! Buy my dreams! Take
.,g 3. your choice for q penny! -. ~. :
Here's a dream Of dolly that opens its
eyes - -
Pull string and it laughs. squeeze its
Here's a dream of a drum-what q noise
1T will make!
Here's4a gun-dream. dte-dream-Whtch
one will you take?
Here are cooky- dreams, candy-dreams,
toothsome and sweet,
And dreams OF just everything one cares
to eat. ~.
My packs crsmmed with good things
just sample and see! Va
Dreams! Dreams!: Buy my dreams. Come
patronize me.
they're made there for me.
They re fresh every night-sent by starline.
> you see.
The dream elves keep thinking out dreams
night and day,
And as fast as they are finished they send
them this way.
I've the latest in dreams-Tve the very best
lott
And you can't think Of anything haven't
got. If:5 Il
Hurry up, hurry up! For I've customers
many
Who are waiting for me. Take your choice
49,. for q penny!'
-Eben E. Rexfofd, in Ohio Farmer.
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THE COWARD.
Never Played Soldier at school Mt
Went to the Front at His
Country's Call. 81

'Mollycoddle," "Miss Nancy" lied
to his mothers apron strings'' and,
worst OF all e Coward" had been :
few Of the epithets tossed at him
while he went about his business and
paying. no attention to the affairs Of
others. He never would talk war.
While his school-feliows spouted war
at every turn, grew red in their faces
as they posed grandly upon the plat
form Of q Friday afternoon, all In
famed with war poems and war ora
tions. the shy, sensitive, pale-faced
son of the widow only shrank back
into his corner and covered his ears
with his trembling white fingers. His
Friday afternoon. speeches, or recita-
tions, rather, were Of peace; they told
Of calm places in quiet valleys, / of
serene scenes where love and calm
held sway, of smiling seas rejecting
back the graciousness of untroubled
skies, says the Detroit Free Press.
And for it he was called many
names; and worst of ala coward.
He did not join their little squad that
bravely drilled with wooden guns up
on the village green, proudly surveyed
by loving friends and relatives, and
loudly applauded for their glory as
they went through the manual of
arms. He was too shy, too sensitive
and-too much Of a coward to make
a show of himself-poor boy!
There came a message one day that
spread both gloom and fire over the
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: . : =
WAltZinH Mice.

The Japanese have queer little do
nestle pet that is said to waltz
through the greater part of The wax
ing hours of it's life. never growing
tired, even if it's feet wear out in the
process. ia y ". ss.ses 81 - a
The aninal belonngI d 8 peehliar
breed df mice-black ana Whit with
pink eyes. One of their peculiarities
is that when other baby mice are just
beginning to walk these are beginning
to waltz. ~ aSs'' 'stssF
If several mice are put. in together
they will often be seen waltzing in
couples; and sometimes more thantwo
will joinsin the mad Whirl T So rapid
is the movement that it is impossible
to tell head4 from tails When the
floor of the cage Is not smooth the
mice actually wear out their feet, leav-
ing only the stumps toSwhirl on.
Waiting seems to be as necessary
for the waltzing mouse as midair som.
5ersanltssarS I'D the tumbling pigeon.
An upright peg forms convenient
pivot round Ehich tAemfce can whirl,
buta NdSralaSeaenes = lhe authority
for the statement that without any
such guide they would not in several
minutes cover anIAffS iafgerI thin Ia
dinner plate, and they easily spin uh,
der tumbler. = ~
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AN INTERESTING PLANT.
Quite Unique Because 1t Keeps
q Servant.

Did you ever hear zof plant keep
ing a servant to do work for it? asks
George F. Atkinson in St. Nicholas.
Well, the Indian-pipe keeps one. Some
time when you are in the woods where
this plant is growing, dig one up, and
you will see that its roots are short,
thick and all in q bunch. Now, the
servant lives in these roots, and it is
q plant, too. But it is very minute
plant called a fungus, and this fungus
is so small that we cannot see it with
out the aid OF. a microscope. This fun
gus servant is like tiny threads, and it
grows into the roots of the Indian
pipe. TX -
At first one might think that the
Indian pipe had noleaves, but by3look--
ing closely we see that it has small
pointed scales, white or pink in color,
attached where we might expect the
leaves. In fact, these are the leaves,
though they look so different from
the green leaves which we are accus-
toned to see on most trees and flow
ers. Some one may ask what these
funny leaves on the Indian pipe are
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land. It echoed from the rock-bound
coast of Maine even unto the+shimmer-
ing sands of the Pacific. It sent men
home with drawn and sober faces; it
made women hug their babies closer;
it drew mothers arms more tightly
about the forms of grown-up sons; it
caused wives to clutch tighter the
trembling hands of husbands; and it
made little children sob and cry be-
cause Of the sad faces about them.
But the little squad continued drill
ing upon the village green. Many a
lad was strong enough to shoulder a
gun-but, alas! they were only chill
dren yet. ...
There was vacancy in the corner
Of the school house where the shy,
sensitive boy used to sit, and shudder
when war was hurled at him from
every side. Where was he? What
had become of him?
He had never shouldered a wooden
gun to win hollow plaudits from the
crowd; he had never fired off his pop
gun war recitations upon Friday aft
ernoon to win the clapping of hands.
He was too shy and sensitive to do
that.
He simply went away and enlisted,
and in the gallant charge of his regi-
ment at the first battle in which it
engaged he was in the front line,
steady and brave with the fine courage
of the true soldier.
And the little mother mourned be-
cause he did not come back again,
because her hope and Joy, her only
boy, had been cruelty taken away
from her by the grim monster, war.
Yet with her sorrow was the mothers
pride because her darling had not
proved a coward when the dress par
ade upon the village green had been
forgotten in the awful horrors of the
great conflict.
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LECTURING IN NOME CITY.

sands of educated and refined persona
and these will undoubtedly appreciate
the opportunity for entertainment that
is above the plane of the dance hall
and gambling den. I shall offer meth.
DDS by which the cultured may obtain
relaxation from the actual mining work
without frequenting the places that
they would not think of visiting at
home.
''My attention was recently called by
eastern connections to the fact that in
all Bret Harte's literature about the
mining camps there is no allusion to
any form of entertainment above the
dance hall level. intend to ascertain
whether the lower forms Of amusement
can retain educated patrons, even in
the frontier and mining settlements,
when something is offered that is thor
oughly entertaining and amusing."
Miss Long will not return to San
Francisco until August or September.
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near where we were lying. I heard
the captain and private having an
animated discussion, when the private
said:
"Capt.. Medley, if we were at home
you would not dare to act as you do
here" -
The captain wanted to know what
he would do about it. The private said
he would thrash him. The captain re-
torted that Joe Weston never saw the
day that he could thrash him, and then
he jerked off his coat and threw it on
some cracker boxes just behind him
and told Weston to come out and he
would. teach him to whom he was talk
ing.
Weston stepped out and the battle
began. Weaver and raised to sit
ting posture to see the. fight. By a
well-directed blow Weston knocked the
captain squarely over the middle Of our
bed. But Weaver and I being small
and nimble, jumped out like a pair of
cats and escaped being crushed. -
In reading the articles by the late
J. M. Branum, find great many in
cidents similar to what I saw myself,
especially on our trip through South
Carolina. But there is one, phase of
the burning that he does not mention.
I refer to the escaped union prison
ers.s There was quite q large body
of them with us At that time, and they
had NO compunctions about destroying
con BE derate property. One ofmyneigh-:
Dor boys had been months in confeder-
ate torture pens and escaped. He hada
brother in the One Hundred and Third,
and as his regiment was not in reach
he came to as. He said he felt like
burning the whole southern confeder-,
asy. II Smet several others. and they
were az doing their level best toIget
ever with the rebel confederacy for the
fortunes they had undergone. s !.
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VEAL A LA MARENGO.
How a Dish, Now Famed the World
Over, Got Its Hish-Sounding,
Historical Name.

All dishes of meat cooked la Maren-
60 recall the famous victory when Ma
poleon, flushed with success, came to
his evening meal q hungry man. The
cook, so goes the tale, had; found the
supply of butter short, and fried the
tender chickens he had selected for the
emperor's table. in the best olive oil.
Was it the success or hunger or the
Chef supreme skill?' The chickens
were declared the most perfect that
ever were cooked to q turn. The news
OF the, great victory. went to France,
and with it travelled humbly, but not
unmentioned, the story of the triumph
OF the cook. All France was discuss
ing the victory and eating chickens, a
la Marengo. Fashionable restaurants
served chickens a la Marengo. It was
q new name for an old dish. The only
change made was to fry the chickens
or veal in oil instead of butter. The
delicate brown meat was then slowly
stewed in. d rich white broth easoned
with vegeta bles for one hour. It was
the idealized dish Of the peasant made
Of superior ingredients and given! a
fashionable name, and France went
wild over it, as if it were really new
dish the chef had discovefed.- &.
Tribune. Ez$$ t<&l ~ %s3G$g: III a5S@
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for. Well, we do not know that they
are of any use to the plant least
we'd know that the leaves of the In
dian pipe cannot do the work for it
which the green leaves of trees and
flowers do for them.
Plants with green leaves can make
their own starch. With the help of
sunlight they make starch from one
of the gases in the air, which becomes
mixed with the water in the leaves.
The Indian pipe plant needs starch
food, just as AL plants do; but since
it has no leaf-green, it cannot make
its own starch. The fungus servant
in its roots can get the starch food
very easily from the decaying leaves
in the ground. Some of this it turns
over to the Indian pipe, and perhaps
takes some other food in return from
its master. n ss@ ss- H., 5 q -. ~
: Very few green plants can take
starch food through their roots with
out help. Many of these also have
these fungus servants in their roots,
the same as this Indian pipe, SO that
they get their starch food in two ways.
This is so with large number Of the
orchids, with the oaks. and other trees
at times. These plants have not yet
lost their green color. ,Others-for ex-
ample, pine-sap, the pine-drops, coral
root orchid, etc.-have lost their leaf
agreen, and at the same time have fun
gus servants in their roots, or can take
the starch food through their roots
swithout any help. j.
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INVENT IN AND BROUGHT HIM OUT"
I rayulized thot he were daft or he'd
niver agree to bill givin' soldiers but
Their on their pie.
"An' thin he introduced me to an
ither wee runt av man, phwat wore
spectacles an looked loike' tn picture
ay Mr.. Pickwick in tn novel book. This
second loo-natic said his name were
Geary and he loikewise imagined he
were congressman. He tould me that
a counthryman of mine named Dinnis
Kearney were great bunkie av, his.
An were inthroduced;to a lot more av
thin, phwat all thought they were con-
grissmin, but forgitme tn names av
thin. Twas thin thot tn loo-natic
who thought his name were Geary says
to me: ..satSss3.5ass<. az.sss8ssgss.zf JIG j..
"'Me man, we've done a noble act be
savin' our frind Cannon from wathery
grave
'Mayhap,' said I, 'mayhap. Butav
1 raylly behaved he were tn haythin
Mormon thot he thinks he is, I'd pitch
him in again an lave him swim out as
best he could
''An' with thot the whole parcel Of
loonatics fell to yellin' with laughter
an rowlin' in tn sand an playin' at
lape-frog. Sure, ;crazier min 1 niver
saw, an livery 'divil av thin raylly be-
laived thot he were a mimber of con-
griss." 81
',tsevenspot stretched out on the news.
paper, lifted his hat over his eyes and
proceeded to>dream Of the halcyon days
when a solder will get butter on his
ME N
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ownly mimber av congress thot ivex
had his hat counted to make . quorum
in tn house av riprisintatiyes.'
with thot he pulled .pff his hut o.
showed it to me, anssaid hes
'Thot do BE- the Identical hat. II
were Tom Reed, thSt mayhap we've
heard AZ, thot did tn, countin'. An
shure, soldier, he were not far wrong.
For thot hat Imply contains az much
a. tn hat av tn average rmimber ~
congriss with his head in it. Ye asked
for me name. IT'S Richard vaux, and
cinturies ago me ansisthors in ould Nor.
mandy were foightin' min loike your.
silf.' We
II could say thot tn ould gintilmin
were gettin' violent, so rang tn bell
an helped him of tn car. Shure, he
were a most .diyertin, loo-natic an
could have listened TO th'ravin's av him
for hours. An tn poipe he'd 4atould
about Lorna Doone' made SIGH an i'm.
preston upon methot whit to book,
shop an asked for tn book. There
were q shure-enough book be- thot
name, an bought an read it. Jack,
me bye, thot loonatic's head may have
been out av alignment on some things,
for he had quare drames about Duane
Victoria an his blanked old sombrero
but he could get tn range az q good
book at wan Thousand yards. Il TIL
noight I finished readin' it I whit out
an thumped tn pervarsity out av two
bar-kaypers an wan policeman before
they landed me in tn station house.
sevenspot spread his newspaper fl,
q blanket and curled up on it.
"There do be quare loo-natics,"r he
continued, ''in civil life. There do be
civilians running loose phwat would be
in the guardhouse the firstday, avthey
enlisted. Wan tonne whin I were On
furlough whit to a big swimmih'
hoe called Cape May. Pwhile I were
there I met twilve difererent loo-natics
an aich Of thin thought he were CON
gresham. TIL first mornin' whit at
daybreak for me swim. There were a
little runt of a man there before me.
He had brown beard and spindle legs
Whins the wathersgot a grip on him be
started for Europe, with no hopes az
liver sayin' his native land again. With
that ~int III and brought him out.
Whin he'd coughed up tn salt wather
thotlwere in him, said he:
"'Me frind, I'm under dape obliga-
shuns to you. Me namesdo be Cannon,
Joseph Cannon, an for 80 years I've
been chairman av the committee av
appropriashuns in 'congriss. Az there
do be amy little thing can do for you,
jist spake up
with. thot I told him thot 'twould
be kindly av him 70 put through q bill
maxim tn pay ava soldier ayqual to
thot av polaceman-wan hundred
dollars tn month. An anither appro-
priatin' money to buy butther for tn
soldiers to put on their pie. An he
said thot he would attind to it to wanst.
An he niver avin smoiled. Az coorse,
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THE MIGHTY MEN or MARS,

Perhaps the men Of Mars are blessed with
teleecOplC eyes ,r~seas. ,ss -t-,4.a
And clearly sec US without lens through
g! distance or disEaliae-Gse = 5ssF -. ~
A thousand years ahead of US In science.
skill and art, 80
Familiar with great mysteries in each mi
nutest part; ~ = i S-4. T. " - = q
Anticipating our inventions of the pres
ent day,
And seeing clearly through US with per-
fected Roentgen ray.
With them our schemes electric may bs
st0s1eg stale and. old: 2 ~ z, 4
Perhaps they cheaply manufacture dia-
monds, gems and gold. 1888.
Have patent things electric which would
i. make US earthworms stare.
May navigate with ease the ocean depths
Have patent baby-tenders bringing up
their babies bright.
Housekeepers run by magnets and ma
chimes which Danish night.
Electric politicians which save all the wear
and tear ar "-,s 'as~ag
That here make bosses corruscate, fret.
worry, fume and swear; NJ
Strange telepathic pathways which trans
NIT a silent thought, '-'"<s~
And dynamic propellers which make folks
do as they ought;
Electric aggravators to make criminals re-
form,
Electric weather-breeders which produce
the calm or storm.
II must be quite amusing for such knowl-
edgeous sharp folks ~
TO note what earthly sparklers call good
sermons or good jokes,
For they, of course, have microphones
which magnify all sound
And coax whisper from the earth through
star-spaces profound;
Electric gizzards probably discount dys-
pepsia's bites,
Electric livers may be theirs, likewise cleo
trio lights.
We earth folks boast of wisdom and ad-
vancement in all things.
And still we have not yet produced trusty
pair of wings!
We may be dull and backward beside folks
on other stars,
Mere kindergarten gropers as compared
with men Of Mars.
It's rather vain to hug ourselves In pride
of brain and birth,
To think all wisdom stuck to this small
sized but uppish earth.
I. EDGAR JONES.
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SOME WAR INCIDENTS.
How Sherman Was Given an lInvol-
untaFy Ride-An Inpro.aptu
Fist Eixht.

I have noticed several incidents re-
lated in your paper Of which I was
an eye witness, especially the episode
of the Sixth Iowa dog that was killed
on Missionary Ridge, writes Joseph F.
Swan to the National Tribune. I saw
the dog chasing the rabbit between
the lines, and also saw him fall. I
knew that he was the Sixth Iowa's dog,
having frequently seen him with the
regiment. But a scomrade relates some
thing concerning the doings in Column
bia, S. c., that 7 did not see and never
heard of until I saw his article. I
refer to there being so many men killed
by the provost guard in the town the
night it was burned. I was tearing
around in the town in every directio on
that fancy dictated large part of the
night, but I saw no one killed by the
provost or by anybody else. lam not
disputing the comrades word, but I
think it strange that I neither saw nor
heard anything of the kind.
A comical performance came un-
der my observation that have not
seen mentioned by any Of the boys.
AS I was rampaging over the town
i heard a great outcry and cheering
near some large trees, and heard some
one say: Here is Gen. Sherman"
I rushed over to see what was going
on, and there, sure enough, was Sher-
man, surrounded by a bowling mob of
soldiers.
Just as arrived some one said:
"Let us, carry Gen. Sherman"
Instantly he was seized by as many
men as could get hold of him, and he
was hoisted off the ground; but he re-
monstrated, commanded and begged
the boys to let him down and told
them to not make fools. of themselves,
and finally induced them to desist. !
should not like to insinuate that any
of Sherman's BURNERS would indulge
in strong drinks, otherwise I might
say that some of those boys acted like
they were slightly intoxicated.
The boys let Sherman go, and he was
about to proceed on his way when a
lady rushed out and asked if that was
Gen. Sherman. Upon being told that
he was, she commenced to beg of him
to stop the burning. I was close to
the general and heard him say:
my dear madam, do you think I am
God Almighty, that I can stop this?
I am as powerless to stop this fire as
you are"
I have never seen soldier since the
war that was present at that time and
saw these two occurrences.
My old schoolmate and army chum
George Weaver, mentioned my name
in a communication q few years ago
but he made no allusion to our narrow
escape from destruction by the fall OF
the ponderous body of Capt. Phil Med
ley, of company I, of our regiment, on
the platform at Waterford, Miss, at
the time of Grants Coffee valley ex-
petition. Weaver and I were asleep on
the platform. About midnight com
pany I came in from duty and formed