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of Baker and found from his cOrresp0n-
dence that he was serving under IN alias.
his true name being Salter. He was an
intelligent man and a good soldier, and l
made every effort to reach the nearest of
kin, and was gratified some weeks later
to receive a letter from an uncle in Phil
adelphia, who was deeply thankful for
the sad information; asked particularly as
the exact location Of the grave, and
stated that Salter was the only son of a
widow, who resided in that city.
That we should have sustained SO small
a loss i'm the aforementioned attack was
considered remarkable at the time, and
and was attributed TO the fact, by some
officers. that while the band numbered
over 100. they were poorly armed, the
majority having nothing but bows and
arrows.
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Cancer Being Cured.

DIR. r. +. Bye. of Indianapolis. Ind. who
maintains one of the largest sanitoriums in
the country. has caused a revolution in
medical circles over the discovery of an oil
that will cure cancer and tumors. The
treatment is said to be painless. Since the
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That's Enough.
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Gee! been sick all de aft, .1eon.'
..Melaria"
Worse. been caddying fer n couple
dat's only been married week.
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was swarming with thousands of democrat
lied stragglers, each devil hiking for home,
sweet home, who never surrendered. while
the cavalry, which on Feb 20 reported
9.437 present, surrendered only I 500 men,
the remainder scattering to their homes.
searching for the girls they left behind
them"
Further interesting figures are those in
a comparative table of the losses Of the
Army of the Potomac and the Army of
Northern Virginia from the beginning to
the end of these four years of fierce fight
ing and awful slaughter. it did not at that
time appear SO frightful to the American
soldiers in blue and gray, but we can now
understand why European Governments
threatened to interfere to stop fhs appall-
ing bloodshed.
TABLE OF LOssEs--ARMY or THE POTOMAC
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ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

days campaign July 20, 1862 upward of
$4,000 men were absent; after Antietam
(Sept 80. 1862. 10000; after Gettys-
burg. $4,000; in July. before Petersburg.
GG,0OO; in November 80. 1864. $1,000; and
during the last weeks of the siege upward
of 81 900 were absent from various causes.
We may further learn from this table. TAX
ing into consideration those killed and the
many who were discharged, that the Army
of Northern Virginia aggregated during the
war upward of 100000 soldiers.
The losses in the roundup are estima ted
az fOllOuS
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their WOuHuS In the Union army holds good
for the Confederate ALSO and the fact must
also be borne in mind that thousands died
in captivity on both sides. Adding all these
losses together, they aggregate more than
half million, and l do not think it an
exaggeration to state that 100000 of these
soldiers of the blue and the gray of these
mighty opposing armies sacrificed their
lives for the country they loved on the bat
tlefield. ,t'.1.
This glorious, goryf record of these ar
mics is unparalleled in heroic devotion and
continued sacrifice in all those bloody years
of contest, and the survivors of these mag
niicent divisions may well boast that they
fought in the grand Army of the Potomac
or with Uncle Bobby Lee.i
l have not mentioned those who fell out
by the wayside. stricken, by the diseases
that were found in the sswamps, filthy
drinking water and unhealthy surroundings
that prevailed all through the South, or
We're stricken in camp or ON the march, or
who died in the foul and loathsome prison
pens in the South. One man out of every
seven who was captured died in prison. and
thousands more died at their homes. No
writer can actually state the sacrifices these
men made. Better by far to have died on
the firing-line than to be tortured for
months in those black hellholes of infa-
nous memory, and then miserabiy die like
neglected dogs. No reward can be too great
for those men living and the memories of
the dead who were captured in the battle
front About two men died of disease TO
one who was killed or MORALLY wounded in
battle. and II this CHASTITY array Of figures
are added. 1t will be seen what a mighty
and frightful contest those two indomitable
armies waged in those years of frutr:cidal
warfare.-JQHN ID. VAUTIER.
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HEART HEALTH.

Information That Resulted in the comn,.t.
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OF LossEs--ARMY or THE POTOMAC
AND ARMY OF NORTHERN VII

Union. Confed
From May, 1861, to Aug. -
INCLUDING Bull Run and ~ ~
minor fights.
Aug. 20, 1861, to Aug. s,
1917 21,6lI o2GOO
Including PeninsuIar
Campaign, etc.
June 26 TO Sept. ., 1862. 1866 10000
POpe's campaign.
Sept. 3 to Nov. il. 1862. es,577 10000
Including 11,70O cap
tured at Harper's Ferry.
Nov 10. 1862, to Jan. %,
1863 .:..: ........... 1924 $500
Battle Fredericksburg. etc.
Jan. 26 to June 81. 1868 2j.O27 1900
Charlottesville and VAL
ley movements.
June %, 1868, to May 4,
1864 ................ 1850 295OO
Gettysburg and Rapidan.
May 5 to June "a, 1854. 54,92G 10000
Rapidan to James and
Shenandoah Valley.
May 5 to June IA, 1861. 6,215 5000
Army of the James.
June Il to Dec. 81, 1864. ,5J7 26,4OO
Including Army of the
James.
Jan. to April .. 1865. 1862 5o,o56
Including 1886 sur
rendered April 10, 1865.
Totals ............. .26S,S14 23S, 1856
OF the Union losses. in even numbers.
they may be divided as follows:
Killed on the field of battle. .... 81 900
Wounded thousands subsequently
dying of wounds) .............. 154 900
Captured (many of these being
wounded) $500
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The Southern losses are very difficult t.
apportion, but in my opinion the appende,
estimate is as near correct as can be:
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Col. McHenry gave directions to other
United States officers not under his CON-
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Uses of the FOOt-Bath.

Have you ever tried treating a cold
by means of q foot-bath? Take thor
ough foot-bath, to which mustard has
added. BY thorough Is meant that
the feet shall be placed in water which
will come high up the calves of the
legs, and the water as bot as the feet
can bear. Then, by continually add
ing hot water, the foot-bath should be
kept as hot as can DO borne for twenty
minutes. At the same time hot water
should be drunk freely. The patient
is ready for bed, after, drying the feet
thoroughly. Cover up warmly with
extra clothing, and place something
warm to the feet. If there is cough
and pain in the chest hot application
may be given to the chest after the
foot-bath.
In many cases this treatment will
suffice to break the cold. If not, re-
peat at least every day. Should the
cold not yield to one or two treatments
try fasting. Not necessarily entire
abstinence from food, but the eating of
a limited amount of very simple food.
Headaches will yield to a foot-bath
without other treatment. Try it. If
the head Is hot wiring fowl from cold
water and wrap around the head.
Habitually cold feet are treated by
the alternate hot and cold foot-baths.
Persist in the treatment every night,
or both night and morning.
Some people suffer with difficulty in
going to sleep The brain is active,
and because of the multitude of
thoughts sleep will not come. A
warm foot-bath may be all that is
needed.
A tepid foot-bath will be found very
restful and quieting to the tired nerves
of a busy housewife. She will resume
her work, refreshed, after the simple
treatment.
The warm foot-bath is found helpful
to the weak heart.
Pain in the heart from organic heart
disease will frequently be very much
relieved by simply placing the feet for
short time in moderately warm
foot. bath. 1t does not need to be 80
hot that the patient can hardly bear it.
Pacific Journal of Health.
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Due West Notes.

Due West. s c., Feb. ID, 1904.
Mr.. Mclaughlin OF Charlotte. was in town
last week visiting his Son in Erskine
Mr.. John Haddon Of Antreville was present
at the Eupnemian Celebration Of Ersk Inc
College, Friday evening.
Miss Alice Brooks entertained number
OF friends Monday delightfnlly by celebra.
ting =. DAY. iSe Ssnbes
were Misses Jessie Boyce. Agnes Taylor,
Jennie May Dunn. Willie Love, Lizzie Ha-
gan, Fannie Faulkner. Susie Chestnut.
Hattie Taylor, Gertrude Brownlee, Maud
Hayes, Kate Anderson. Irene Mccain.
The Euphemian Literary Society OF
semi.anual Celebration on Friday evening.
The exercises were very entertaining, the
debate especially enjoyed. The young men
acquitted themselves very creditably. and the
participants received quite a number OF
beautiful flowers.
Miss Mary Csldwel former pupil OF the
D w. F.C. 10 visiting her aunt Miss Leila
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy and her daughter
Miss Alma we're called TO Anderson last week
on account OF the death OF William Hood
eldest son of Senator ]. r. Hood.
Mrs. Salle brennan OF Abbevtile Ia visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. A. D. Kennedy.
Miss Mamie Kennedy spent Mohday In
Aboeville with friends.
A contest for the representative at the
oratorcal contest In Green wood. was held
Saturday evening. Messers Stevenson Brown
Carmical and Hunter were the contestants,
the desision will be ANNOUNCED this week.
Mr.. Grier Wallace OF Erskine College has
been detained from bis College duties the
last two weeks on account OF sickness but Ia
Miss Helien Galloway will spend some
time with relatives In StatesVille, N. G.
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Marriage and Income.
Margaret E. Sangster.

Margaret Il. Sangster.
met pair of elegant paupers one
day in New York. Dick had ten thou
sand a year, and Dolly's mother bought
Dolloy's wardrobe. But they were
hopelessly involved in debt and mad
dened by duns, and bemOaning theil
fate, had to fly from the city and bury
themselves IN the suburb. Stretch II
as you will, you can not make ten thou.
sand dollars do the work of forty thou.
sand, and cover colossal extravaganza.
know and honor very rich pair,
married many years ago, and grand
parents now, with sons and daughters
eminent for brains, honor and useful
ness. The husband ls the pastor of a
country parish, hidden among the hills,
and five hundred dollars is the largest
stipend he has ever had. This couple
never had debts, and their boys and
girls went to college. Plain living and
high thinking have been the rule in
the parsonage. they have not even
felt poor; everything being comparative
in this world, the real wealth has been
to them more than tinsel, pomp and
vanities.
know college towns where the scale
of living Is cheap, and the salaries OF
learned men are low, but where culture
and refinement prevail, and the atmos-
phere is perfumed with goodness, and
children grow up emulating the best In
character and attainment. know in
dustrial towns where the hum of ma
chinery Is heard from morning till
night, and thrift and wholesome am
bition prevade the community. In
the ideal American town, few are very
rich and no one is very poor. The
problem is of easy solution. if the cou-
pie intending to marry shall pitch
their tent in either of these places;
either in quiet educational village or
a bustling factory town. Ifs mighty
commercial center on the seashore or
lakeside be chosen as residence, the
difficulties will be greater, but common
sense and brains and high ideal of
honor will help in unraveling the
tangle. Good Housekeeping.
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HOW TO ATTAIN OLD AGE.
Advice From an Authority on the
Subject of Longevity.

Advice From an Authority on tho
Subject of Longevity.
OF the giving Of recipes for longevi-
ty there is apparently no end. Every
man or woman who has reached out
far beyond the allotted threescore
years and ten is made the subject of
an entertaining argument to prove the
points Of this or that contender.
Every abnormality In the shape Of
strength of arm, Of back, Of general
system, Is used as an illustration Of
the virtues Of this or that system Of
exercise or living. It is the opinion of
q good many laymen that mankind
does entirely too much thinking on the
subject Of how to live to ripe old age.
Less worry on this point might lead
to the desired result.
But there never will be less worry.
Even now the list Of systems for pro
longation Of mans days is being aug.
mented. The very latest suggestion
comes from a physician Of credit and
renown. He thinks that there Is q
very great deal Of benefit or Of injury
in the wearing Of certain kinds OF
clothing.
According to this authority, the
wearing Of flannel next the skin is
immensely injurious to the general run
of men and women. Cotton is king, in
his opinion. For summer wear he
suggests a calico shirt while balbrig.
gan cotton Is his idea Of winter Gov
ering. The main point Of his theory
is the necessity Of wearing always the
same kind Of material next the skin,
whether this be Of linen, cotton or
wool.
Outdoor exercise Is highly recon.
mended-that is, If cycling be except
ed. Wheeling Is not considered a sane
performance by this judge.
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How to Make Koumiss.

One quart Of perfectly fresh milk
one-fifth of cent cake Of yeast, one
tablespoonful Of sugar. Dissolve the
yeast in little water and mix it with
the sugar and milk. Put the mixture
into strong bottles-beer bottles are
good-cork them with tightly fitting
shoppers and tie down securely with
stout twine. Shake the bottles for q
full minute to mix thoroughly the in
gradients, then place them on end In q
refrigerator or some equally cool place
to ferment slowly. At the end Of three
days lay the bottles on their sides; turn
them occasionally. Five days are re
quired to perfect the fermentation. and
then the koumiss Is at its best 1t will
keep indefinitely in refrigerator.
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SENATOR RARLE's GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
being constructed for $4,000 to $4,000
per mile, most Of them costing only
$2,5OO. This is due to the greater knowl.
edge and practical experience gained
by the road builders as we'll as by the
use of improved machinery and meth
ods. In Michigan, Ohio and other west.
ern states roads are being constructed
at much less figure, some Of them
costing not more than $1,000. As might
be expected, these roads are not as
durable as those upon which greater
amount Of money is expended.
New York pays about $4,000 to 81, 7,00C
q mile and builds very thoroughly
constructed road out Of crushed stone
under the direction Of the state engi'
neer and In accordance with the state
aid plan, which provides that the state
shall pay 80 per cent Of the cost Of con-
struction of the roads, 35 per cent is
paid by the county and Is per cent by
the town in which the road is improv'
ed. Connecticut and Massachusetts
both have admirable methods for i'm
proving their highways and have long
been recognized as among the most
progressive states Of the Union in this
regard, each expending $500,0O0 yeaI
on the improvement of its roads.
The state of Georgia Is, perhaps, the
most progressive among the southern
states. For a number Of years it has
employed large amount Of prison La
Dor in the construction Of it's roads
using prisoners, both black and white
In crushing stone and in constructing
the roads. The system, Of employing
prison labor has been SO successfully
carried out that it has been adopted
In other states.
A most interesting good roads cam
paign is being conducted in the state O,
Michigan by Senator Earle. The sen
ator has equipped good roads train
consisting of a traction engine, five
small cars for carrying stone and 6
stone crushing plant, all Of which ID
drawn by the traction engine, which
Is also converted into a road roller
and is employed in finishing the road.
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UNCLE SANS ROADS.
AMERICA BEHIND OTHER NATIONS IN
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.

Annual Expenditures Here and In
European Countries For GOOD
Roads-Cost of Building Highways
In Some of Our States.
The United States does not begin to
spend the amount Of money upon Its
public highways that it costs to con-
sruct and maintain the public roads
of England and European countries.
While this country leads the world In
its railroads and street railways, it is
far behind most countries across the
Atlantic in its system Of public high
ways. England and Wales spend an
nually S2O,OOO,0O0 on their roads, Ire
land .$3,OOO,00O, France 37,5OO,OOO,
while the United States, the pioneer OF
all nations in public improvements, the
leader Of the world in devising and
perfecting plans to add to the comfort
and welfare Of mankind, lags in the
race with the disgraceful record of
spending $4,000 upon its federal plan
Of public road Improvement.
This does not include, Of course, the
annual expenditures Of the various
states Of the Union, says the Buffalo
Express. If these sums were included,
the comparison would not be so unfa-
yorable, for there will be expended this
year close on to $10,000,000 throughout
the country for the betterment Of pub
lie highways. Moreover, the outlook
for the future is exceedingly bright
The possibilities are that by the end Of
another decade the combined expendi-
lures Of the federal government and
the various states will equal 50,0O0,-
600 a year for the construction and
maintenance of public highways.
There are fully 200 good roads or
ganizations, national, state and coun-
ty, in the United States. The associa-
ton that is doing the most work for
the betterment Of highways through
out the country is that known as the
American Roadmakers. The member
ship of this association Is limited to
ten influential men in each state, one
of the provisions Of its constitution be-
ing that there shall not be more than
ten members from each state.
When New Jersey, which was the
pioneer state in the good roads move
ment, first began to improve its roads,
it cost $4,000 per mile. They are now
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INDIAN MEAL MUFFINs.- The d.
rections for these mullins varies to the
section of the country where the meal
is purchased. In the South where the
muffins are made of white, sweet.
freshly ground meal, neither sugar nor
eggs are required, but the yellow meal
of the North needs not only sugar and
eggs, but butter as well, to give it the
requisite richness. Beat to cream
in a warm mixing bowl quarter cup
each of butter and sugar. Add two
well-beaten eggs cup of milk in which
an even teaspoonful of soda has been
dissolved. Sift together cup and q
quarter of yellow cornmeal, the same
amount of wheat -four and two tea
apoonfuls of cream of tartar. Add to
the milk and egg preparation and beat
again. Have the muffin tins piping
hot and bake at once.
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AN INEXPENSIVE CHOCOLATE ICE
CREAM Put quarter of a pound of
unsweetened chocolate in saucepan
over the fire with cupful ofmilk, and
let it simmer gently until the chocolate
is dissolved. Remove from the fire,
and add quart of rich milk, half pit.
of cream, cup and a half of sugar,
two teaspoOnsfuls of vanilla and half
teaspoonful of cinnamon. Set one side
to cool until just lukewarm. Mean
while, dissolve one and one half of a
rennet tablet in teaspoonful of cold
water. pressing it with the fingers un-
til perfertly free from Jumps. Add to
the milk when it has reached the luke
warm stage, and stand in warm place
until it thickens like a custard. Then
set in a cool place until quite cold,
when it is ready to be turned into the
freezer and frozen.
PARAGUAY COTTON TREES. - Cotton
growing has lately attracted much in
terest in Paraguay, and many inquiries
have been addressed to our consul at
Asuncion about American cotton gins,
presses, tires, balipg, and so forth.
The native cotton of Paraguay grows
on tall bushes, approaching the size OF
small trees, and is consequently diff
cult to pick. These bushes produce
during from seven to ten years. The
question of planting American cotton
in Paraguay is under discussion.
WIRELESS TELEaRAPHY BETWEEN
ISLANDS, The lines of the French
cable company between Guadeloupe
and Martinique having been broken
for more than a year, the wireless tele'
graph system has been put in operation
between these islands, ard recently ii
was thrown open TO the public. Our
consul in Guadeloupe reports that the
service is satisfactory, and that on the
average 60 messages day are trans.
mitted each way. There are occasional
Interruptions, ascribed to weather con.
ditions, but these are not frequent.
HYG1EN1c MuFFINs.- Put a cup
and half of sifted flour into large
bowl, add half teaspoonful of salt,
and then stir into it gradually one cup
of milk and half cup of water. Beat
until the batter blisters and bake
| in q hot oven.
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RICE MUFFINs.- Dilute two cupfuls
of cold boiled rice with half pint OF
warm milk, stirring until free from
Jumps. Add tablespoonful of melted
butter and the beaten yolks of three
eggs. Sift together one pint of flour,
one Tablespoonful of sugar, half tea.
spoonful of salt, and teaspoonful and
a half of baking powder. Add to the
rice and milk and beat until a smooth,
firm batter results. Have the muffin
pans Kissing hot, fold the stiffly beaten
whites of the eggs into the batter, turn
at once into the pans and bake In
q hot oven for fifteen minutes.