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Announcement« of marriage* ,",1 death«, and notice« of a religious character, aro r.<l>ectfati' aollcïted, and will be Inserted gretta JTDAY OF TERROR FK0H TUE MOUNTAINS TOWARDS TUE SEA THE 8T0RÄ-KIKÖ SWEPT IN FURλ TUE STURM Oa> »VN1)AY TUE OTU TUE GKKATKST EVER KNOWN AXON« HAVANNA« RIVEK. ». i OT»«.«-» Arid Trees Blown lion ;i -Fruit« and Cnopa Destroyed-Hall 10-17 lache* Mt Circumference-Two Pe ruon« Killed OtttWsht *nd w*,",ral Other« Severely Wounded. THE STORM BI8E8 IN HART COUNTY, OA. Three hail storms occurred up in Reed Creek District in this County on Sunday» Dr. Mathews, who was up in that section, brought a bucket of hailstones to town with bim. He says the ground was cov¬ ered to the depth of two or three inches in places. The hailstones were the largest wo have ever seen, measuring 2$ inches in diameter when first gathered. They were fully an inch and a half in .diameter wben he arrived in town, and tho storm was fully eight miles from here. We also hear of a very destructive hail storm near Mrs. Knox's, which cut corn, cotton, ¿kc., all to pieces. Late in tho evening, we had con si de rab lc hail and rain, in town, but as far as we bave learn« ed no damage bas resulted except the blowing dowu of wheat and oats. We »re satisfied that heavy hail storms raged in many sections of thii and nd! ni mn g couuties, and have no doubt but that in¬ calculable injury has been done to the crops. This ts greatly to be deplored, aa the prospect for tbo growing crops' was very fine, and the people were very much cheered in consequence. Dr. Mathews was over in the bail storm track on Monday, and as we anticipated the crops in pisces were entirely ruined. Some of the planters have turned their stock into their crops, not being worth further attention. Ho brought liack a quantity of cotton and corn stalks, fruit nnd boughs of trees which bear the marks of thc fearful storm. The hark on trees was split and bruised as if by an axe, and fruit trees stripped of their fruit. It is said that the storm extended as far as Anderson, B. C.« and on that side of the river wes much mere disastrous than on this side, the trees having tbe appearance of mid-winter, being stripped of their foliage, and not a stalk of cotton or corn but what ÍB barren of leaves or blades. Tho boards on some of tho bouses were split by the hailstones. Jeff Crocker picked up a hail stone near Hutton's Ford that measured 3} inches in diameter. The crons in thai section wero nearly entirely ruiner! Over on the other side of the river, at Capt. Kidd's, the hail beat the crops into the ground and killed every goose he hnd.-Hartwell Sun. A VI81T TO COLUMBIA COUNTY. Sunday afternoon a heavy storm of rain, accompanied by considerable wind, passed over Augusta, but no dam.t^e was m(iicted beyond the flooding of the streets. Above the city, however, the storm-king gave evidence of his power iu a fearful manner, and, as we write, de¬ molished houses, ruined crops, and pros¬ trate trees and fences mark the path of his fury. The greater portion of the damage was inflicted upon Columbia county, but a part of Richmond suffered also. As far as we have been able to learn, the storm entered Columbia county about three o'clock, from the southwest, traveling nearly in a northeasterly course. We have not yat learned the exact point at which it entered the county, but it is supposed that it passed some distance north of Luther, the terminus of the Goodrich Railroad. Passing onward through the Reeves settlement* it de¬ stroyed nearly every building and up¬ rooted most of tho trees, COMPLETELY ULOCKADING THE ROADS, And rendering all traveling impossible except to pedestrians. Crossing Head¬ stall creek, it struck the plantation of Mr. Newsome, demolished every build¬ ing orrstbe place, except bis dwelling, und partially unroofed that, destroyed all hin fencing, and utterly mined his crop.' 'At this point a destructive hail storm commenced,, and followed the truck of the tornado, extending over a jemewhat wider area, and inflicting in¬ calculable damage to the timber and growing crops. Leaving Mr. Newsome's, the tornado struck the plantation of Mr. John. Adams. On his place was & small building used for a Sunday School, un¬ der . the g superintendence of Mr. Robert Mercer.; Thc echoluts and.teachers bad just assembled, when the storm in all its destructive fury, burst upon them, and in an instant tho house was a complete wreck, v BURYING ALL ITS INMATES In the ruins. Two boys, aged respective¬ ly seven and ten years, sons of Mrs. Al- len, a widow lady of tho neighborhood, wore taken out dead, having been in¬ stantly, killed. Mr. Josoph Walker, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Neal à Faucet';, was, it is feared, fatally injured. A liúdo daughter of Mr. Jobu Adams had her band badly crushed. Miss Celia Adams was struck down by some of tho falling timbers, and received several very severe bruises. Most of the injuries received by others were of a trifling, nature, and Borne few, incredible as it may seem, escaped entirely unhurt. It is also reported that a Mrs. Newman was killed near Harlem. These are all tho casualties to life and limb that we have boen able to ascertain. Mr. Wm. Smith's plantation was badly damaged, Connell, Lewis Conneíí, Martin Whit¬ aker and some- others, while Mr. Mat Whitaker lost everything ho possessed. The track of the tornado appeared to bo about haifa mile wide. . Advancing with à terrific force toe storm struck Berrvlia at about 3 o'clock, p. m., completely wrecking the fine grove ot trees below the station, prostrating the fences and crops in the vicinity, and then extended in a south-east direction on either side of. tho road to the fourteen mile post, wb jre it left the railroad and nlunaed into the woods eastward. All along the line between these points the TRACK OF THIS CYCLONE, If such it proves, is plainly seen-trees ara torn pp by the roots or twisted off; corn and cotton blown out of tho ground, and the debris of all scattered broadcast over tho country. A most pitiable sight it is to see the industrious farmers look¬ ing over their stricken fields, which havo cost HO much care and labor, and a few_ days ago gave such bright promise ox plentiful harvests. At Benella,'Mr. Henry Merry's crop was almost totally destroyed. At Mr. Wm. Rcauey's place, near Harlem, the storm swept everything before it. Trees were uprooted and cotton and corn laid pmatrrJ*. in tbo fields. At Mr. Oliver's Cl ace, rear Beraelia, window glass was roken by the batí, trw cut to pieces and crops destroyed. The same thing occurred at Boston's Kolbflelach'a and Brook's. Coming on down tho road in a track about THULE MILE» WIDE The storm »wept everything before it. Trees wern prostrated, corn and cotton eui io (Mecca «nd tho ground itftwU willi boughB and learee of irte», clipped off by the trail, Which is said to have been enormous. Some parties say the stones were as large as a man's fist, and crashed through the fields of corn like minio balls, cutting large Btalks, sn inch ia diameter, to the ground, and strewing the furrows with them until the fields looked as if thc reaper with hisecylho had passed along. Trees were Uprooted and hurled with violence against houses and fences. At th« sixteen mile »»Ost a freight car was BLOWN FROM TUB ThlCK. The hail' stone«) which came down as thick as rain drops, penetrated into the houses through the panes of glass, and in one instance that wo beard of, through the blinds, lt is said that at one place a bushel of hail stones were gathered from the floor of a room. Coming on down tho Georgia Railroad the storm struck Mr. Thomas Wynn's place, a half mile above Bersclia, and in a moment his largo cotton gin manufactory FELL BEFORE THE WIND, Burying beneath the ruins a quantity of valuable machinery and forty new gins. One end of the building, which was a two story wooden structure, 100 feet long by 40 feet wide, was blown out and car¬ ried clear across tho creek, a distance of about twenty yards. The gins, which had recently been completed, were val« ued at one hundred and fifty dollars each. Mr. Wynn says he may be able to con- struct one gin from the wreck of every three, but lt im impossible as yet to say, es everything is buried beneath the debrit of the building. Besides the destruction of the manufactory and contents, Mr. Wynn suffered considerably from tbe de* molition of his crop and fencing. Cotton and corn were cut down even with the ground. Fencing was blown a distance of forty or fifty feet. Mr. Wynn and his, wife had been out riding, and had just arrived at home when THB STORM BURST UFON THEM, Mr. Wynn was in the stable unhnr nessing bis home, and Mrs. Wynn was irj the dwelling. In an instant the tornade raged around them io all its fury. Three huge trees were uprooted in the yard between tho stable and the house. Mr and Mrs. Wynn, separated by these bar' rinnt, each thought the oihci had beet killed until the storm subsided sufficient Ïfor Mr. Wynn to get to the dwelliug carriage, which was in the factory, wai demolished. Mr. Wynn estimates hi lot» at from $8,000 to $9,000. He is lei entirely without means in his old age and will be unable to remove the debri of his factory and put np a temporar structure usieöö Le receives assistance He will be thankful for any aid either ii provisions or labor. After lea?ing Mr. Wynn's place th Btorm went in the direction of the Ba vaonah Biver, which it crossed at th Locks. Near the latter it swept over M W. H. Howard's plantation like a besot of destruction. Nearly all the cotton o two hundred acres was ruined. In som instances it was cnt down level with th ground: in others the stalks- wei stripped of leaves and small boughs an left standing bare and scarred. A pin thicket was cut to pieces as if it had bec between two contending armies, many < the trees bearing large indentatloi where the huge bail stones had strucl Corn was struck down to the furrow The hali stones were as large as goo: c-ggs and fell with great force. M Howard estimates his loss at not lc than $2.000. Mr. Frank Beale'n plant tion, near Mr. Howard's, was also in tl path of the storm and suffered fearful! We understand that Mr. Beale expects PLOW HIS FIELDS Over again, and plant peas, as he do not consider it worth while to leave tl remnants of the com and cotton. Messrs. Geraty & Armstrong, who hw a place near the Locks, lost considerab by the storm. The crops were badly c up and several houses were blown dow including n barn, Crossing the river the storm play havoc in the Currytown settlemer Several plantations wero devastated. C T-k- Cl_Ll_1- C_- 1.1....... .1,.., is i . kilian a piaVjU AVUWO TVVIVI vtun U VC» and cotton, corn and fruit destroye Rev. J. P.'Mealing, Dr. Hudson, M John Mealing and others were visited 1 tho storm and their crops destroy The hail crashed through everythin even through shingles. The oldest i hoh!»ants declare that such a storm w ne jr before seen in this section. *V are informed that A WAGON LOAD OF ICE Could have been obtained from a eirif. fence corner, so great was the-fall of hti At Batesburg, S. C., two cars were blot over and trees and crops destroyed. Maj. Geo. W. Crane's farm, about els miles from Augusta, on the Georgia si of the river, was in the track of the sto; and ti enees of ita visit are plentif Crwere injured, trees and sm houses blown over and glass smashed. A citizen of Augusta who was at 1 Locks when the storm passed, says 1 hail stones were enormous, ra ray of th as large as a roan's fist. Ho picked one, put it in hie handkerchief a brought it to Augusta, and it was still large as a partridge egg, several hoi after it had fallen. At Mr. Brook's, near Bel-Air, chick were killed by tho hail. The dwell and kitchen form au L, and the ap between them was filled vp with i Ihe storm was accompanied by vi lightning and very loud thunder. It is impossible at this time toestim the full amount of the damage. 1 1 OM tfar^M 'lAulriiiilinn r\ f rrniwi tai iver, is certainly very large.-Ch'ron md Oonttitutiotiallst oj'11th inti. PURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE Wi AND HAIL TORNADO. From every portion of the devasU regions come saddening details af fi day's cyclone. At Mr. Henry Mer place, in Borrelia, the clour**, Jeep angry, came from the southeast ana ] ci pitated a storm of about two mini duration, accompanied by a deader roar. So comolete was the rapid T. that fields of corn, which but a few n Utes before gave every prû5»*»ô m «i yield, were cut through and strippe their blades ; cotton plants were denw and many fields require close exam tion to show that anything nt all been planted. Fruit trees laden with peen fruit \ blown down or broken off, and the j scattered. Fences completely demo! ed. The destruction to the shade forest trees is Immense. Mr. Mei cmp is totally destroyed, and many era are in tho same condition ; and, tal the season in consideration, the loss t be vreater than from ihe cyclon* Ma -cb, *76-for farmers have not now to start over and replant, and a have not the means to do so if could. 8ome of tho farmers who not sufferers have sent help to xhosa were. Several planters have put np fences, and in some cases propose t Elant a part of their crop, but tbb usy time with them, and they ct afford to spare tlie-tlmrr from their f tn, do so. Many of the sufferers wood and ties lying* along the Ge Bailroad, put out during the wlntet tipnag. expecting to realice some money from tup aale of them. Help from the mcrctHtota of Augusta anti from all friends and neighbors would be most op- portune at this time. It seems to be the settled opinion in regard to tba origin of the storm that there Were two cUrrebtó of uir, one from the southeast and ono from tho southwest, the clouds and winds col¬ liding lie ib northeasterly and nothwos- Ui-'v directions. Around. Bel-Air the places of Mr. Fisk} Mn». A. E. Wright: Maj. Joe Hill ahd ethers wen» seriously damaged. ÍN WASHINGTON COUNTY. The storm played great havoc itvWashj ington county. The crdps, which the day before were unprecedentedly good, were in many cises entirely de¬ stroyed. We learn that the fields which wero in the tasseling and silking state, are now as bare as they were in mid¬ winter. Orchards have been stripped of fruit and foliage. In some instances the storm destroyed portions of crops on cer- tain farms, while other portions were only partially injured. Hail stones, varying in sice from that of a buckshot up to a goose egg» were picked up after the storm was over. Some marvelous talcs of injury to persons who were caught out in the storm have reached us. It is also stated that horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, etc., Buffered terribly. Mh Enoch Smith measured ode bau stone which was NINE INCHES IN CIBCTJMFERENCK. He assisted in measuring another _u .- -L_i_i# :_i_ i_ IT. nuitu noa uucuaii muu Jtuftd. UV also states that Mr. W. G. Bryant, of Riddleville, informed him that ne meas¬ ured some hailstones after the storm passed which measured 16 and 17 inches, and were as large as a child's bead. The glass in the windows of the dwelling ol W. C. Biddie are said to have been broken out by the hail ; and his crop almost utterly ruined. Messrs. H. H. Holmes, Minor Bass, J. Rogers, Eben Smith, Thomas B., Wm. and Enoch and Mrs. Nancy Smith and many others har« Buffered terribly. Mr. J. T. Cook, neat Tenniile, estimates his loss in his com crop alone at 1,000 bushels. About f {?. m. of the sara* day another cloud brmed, near the sanie point where iht Ptorm began in the morning, and moved northeast across the npper end of tb« county, unroofing houses, and in som« instances blowing down small housei and outbuildings. Fences were blowi dorvn and trees were uprooted and piler, across each other in such quantities as t< seriously damage the crops and preven further plowing. This cloud also pourei out hail in tremendous quantities. The storm at Tpnmll« commence* about 7 a. m. The crops were al moa completely ruined. One of the sufferer said that before the storm he would hav refused an offer of twelve bushels of con to the acre on his crop ; now he consider it ruined, and does not Bee how it wi! make anything, certainly not half a cror Cotton generally was otripped to th stalk. About 8 p. m. another storm, wit wind and hail, visited Sessions, Boan wright, Martin and others, blowing al or nearly all, of Martin's limber down. A correspondent of the Sandersvill Courier, writing from Snu Hill, says: "The hail storm which passed throng this section yent^rdsy morning, at 7 : i o'clock, was'about six miles wide ; tl damaging portion being from one-ha to a milo, passing through the farms . James M. Minor, H. H. Holmes, C. I Thigpen, W. C. Riddle, J. F. Tanne Sr., J. R. Paie. In maoy places th« co ton is beat to stubble, and corn strippe of every blade, and beat down to tl ground, and much of it cut down. Hs stones fell from the size of a bird's er to the size of a cocoanut, and lay on tl ground ono hour and a half. Consider; nie fencing and timbers were bio? down in course of the storm." A correspondent of the Savannah Nea writing from Tenniile, says : "About seven o'clock yesterday mor ing (Sunday) this section was visited 1 the most severe and destructive hail ai wind storm that the'oldest inhabitanl ever Baw. The storm came from tl west, and the gates of heaven we opened, as it were, deluging the ear with floods of rain, hail and wind. Tl stones were as large as hen eggs and every conceivable shape. The s< ground was perforated with them, ai the fence corners were piled balf-1 high with these missiles from the clout At this writing no estimation can formed of the damage or its extent, seems to have been only about a m wide and went in a due easterly dirt tion. Corn is broken down by tho win« and the hail has frazzled the blades un they resembled the old battle flags of t army of Northern Virginia, Cotton many places is entirely denuded of eve leaf, and only the stem of the plant lc The peach crop suffered severely by 1 ing bruized and threshed off by bail a wind. The principal sufferers in t track of the storm are Messrs. W. Parker. W. L. Jernigan, J. T. Cook, F. Cochrane, A. R. Adams, S. R. Kel John Elkins, Captain W. C. Matthe Captain J. D. Franklin, Captain T. Giilmore, Mrs. E. Sessions, J. W. S sious, B. S. Boatwright, Hardy Mart R. R. Smith, J. R. Sumner, John A. B lard, B. H. Sanders, Joel A. Davis, Jan Rosers. Joseph Joiner, and Dr. W. Bullara. The woods now are nearly c ered with green leaves knocked off." Another correspondent, writing to from Davisboro, concerning the 1 severe bail storm which took place Sunday last, aays: "At about 8 o'cl yesterday (Sunday) morning our sect though of onlya few minutes durati was remarkable for the immense si» the atones which fell. At Riddlevi six miles southwest of here, we are formed by reliable parties that iii stones fell as large as a man's two f and some parties, who are regarder] truthful, assert positively that they stones fall as large as a peck meas An acquaintance of ours, and a reih man, states ho weighed two of the st< five minutes after they fell, and t weighed in the aggregate two pount an average-of one pound each. F the best information we can get, storm extended over an area of sev milcst and in many sections did cons! able damage to the corn and cotton ci We are happy to state, however, thi ls thought that no damage was don« crops in this immediate vicinity. L quantities of rain have already fa and the prospects are that we will rec much more in a short while." IN EDQEFIELD. Sunday's bail tornado seems to crossed the river about upon the Iii the Sand Hills and to have struck £ field county in.the same southerly d lion. The devastation along ita | which was about two miles wide, w complete as reported in our columns terday a n the Georgia aide: At rytown, j work of the storm waa i aud terrific. Rev. J. P. Mealing, lives near by, states that his houst struck abouts) o'clock Sunday afton the hail driving completely througt shingles of the roof, driving of weather-boarding, shivering wii glasses and blowing the sashes from c;u*emcnU<. Tbo indentations upon door posts and even fence rails mane by thc ball stones were marked, and trees itt tba forests, such as Were loft standing, tafe completely denuded of leaves; Hall etoheS were as large.as goose egg** kill- ilig brjiiUry of all binds end tendering In¬ sensible those Who Were struck lipon the head. Mr. Mealing'a crop, about 125 Reres of which he had under cultivation, was completely ruined; and which be supposed woüld make at mdttirlty lflO bushels of corn and 30 bp.les of cotton, is practically worthless. Farmers having fixed up their fencing, arelóme of them, replanting corn, many Bowing down their fiel'i¿ ¡c now peas and are waiting to see if their cotton will sprout again. In this portion of the locality, the track of the tornado, for five miles, w..s a ¿rack of ruin and desolation.-Chronicle and Con- ttilutionalieL LAURENS COUNTY, 8. C. The Laurensville Herald speaking of the Btorm says t A destructive nail, -vind und rain-Btorm visited portions ol this County on lost Sunday afternoon, That portion which Buffered most from bail was In the neighborhood of Warrior Creek Church. Entire fields of cotton were literally ruined, fruit was beaten from tho tiecs and uncut oats much dam¬ aged,, by being tangled ana beaten out. The lower portion of the County waa visited, on same day, by a terrific storm, of wind and rain, uprooting and blowing down numbers of t^ees. A great deal of fencing was also blown down. In euiry section of tho County, from wbicb we have heard, there was more or less hail and wind, while the rain seems to have been general over the County, and very heavy, falling in torrents while it lasted -hard showers in rapid succession, du-j ring most of the day. A Terrible Mine Disaster. i A frightful mining disaster is «reported from England. At Evan:-.wood Fit Col¬ liery an explosion of fire-damp occurred, causing a loss of at least 250 and proba-, bly over 800 lives. A force of over three hundred men were at work in the pit »..hen the explosion took place. All are supposed to be. lost. The immédiate cause of the explosion is not known/ bot it is enppoeed that the exposure of si miner's lamp ignited an accumulation of fire-damp in one of the galleries. Tho outside workers at the ridns were startled by a Blight rumbling beneath the ground« A little gust of smoko and flame shot from the shaft, and the thud of a masa of falling coal announced that a terrific; explosion ul ure-aainp aaa occurred in the mine, and that the men in the pit were in all human probability either in¬ stantly killed or imprisoned by debris, to die of suffocation. The news spread rapidly, and in a few minutes the mouth of the pit was surrounded by hundreds of men, women ard children, tho fami-i lies of the doomed miners. A hasty in¬ vestigation snowed that the months of the galleries opening into the shaft werej blocked, as had been feared, with heaps of coil, earth and timbers, and the snafu was BO filled with gas and fire-damp thad an attempt at a r*".cns ?TGu!d have been a reckless waste of life. The deadly gases, driven back in the galleries by tho shock, bad flowed uâuk uvù Glied every, crevice with noxious vapors and smoko, It was realized at once that the imprisi oned miners were beyond all human aid; The most agonizing scones followed the announcement. Women ran frantically. In every direction, weeping and shríek-j ing for their husbands, sons and brothers. Repeated attempts were mae'e to effect an entrance to the mine, and finally a party succeeded in reaching one of the galleries and commenced the work of exploring for the dead. The work wis one of extreme danger and proceeded slowly. It waa pushed with all possible energy, relief parties succeeding one another at intervals of a few moments. At last the obstructions to the gallery where the er loslon occurred wire re¬ moved BUhluiently to admit a pa;ty of bravo men, and almost immediately the discovery of bodies commenced. Most of them showed signs of having been killed by the shock, but others hon appa¬ rently been only slightly injured *\y the explosion itself, ana had been suffocated by smoke and gas. The bodies lay ;n ail imaginable positions, and most of them were shockingly distorted. The bodies were lifted to the surface as fast as they were reached. The agonized hundreds around the mouth of the pit ] eagerly scanned each blackened face as it was drawn np, and the heart-rending; cries and exclaniations were heard on every Bide. Many of the men were so mangled and burned as to bo totally un¬ recognizable, and differences of clothing, color of hair and otherpecoliarities were excitedly canvassed. Two hundred and fifty bodies have been taken out, and many more are believed to be yet in the pit. _ TELEPHONE, MICROPHONE AND TEL-! Eosoopt HONE.-In October Mr. Edison expects A3 complete his standard machine -a phonograph intended for the count¬ ing-room. He is continually perfecting the phonograph. At it he works at least seven hours à, day. Ke is also now ex¬ perimenting with a new instrument that ne calls a-teleoscopophone. it is a sort, of ear trumpet which, when applied to the ear, enables one to hear distlactly the ordinary conversation of a man a mile distant. A gentleman who has tested oue of these instruments said : "I. applied one to my ear and could hear à' man talking who was across a field, near¬ ly a miie away, i heard every wora he Baid. Afterward ho seemed to raise his voice a little, and when I saw him after¬ ward, he said that then he bad shouted at tho top of bia voice. There is no con¬ necting wire here, as in tho telephone. Everything depends on the wonderful properties of the ear trumpet, which ia constructed on a radically différent prin-. ciple from those that have been in pse so long. By this instrument it ia expected that deaf persons-except those who can't hear a cannon fired at their elbovr -may hear anything said on the stage at the theatre." 1 ' Mr. Edison has inventer1 an excellent telephone, but the microphone aa it is figured ant* 4escribed seems like a differ¬ ent th?-- transmits sound from a speaker \.L may be some yards away, and docs not require th« voice to bo pro¬ pelled through a mouth-piece. Ita con¬ struction ia vastly more simple than any of the telephones. Two sticks of willow charcoal stuck into a board, and holding a third stick endwise between them, ia the whole of tho receiving apparatus in one of tho best forms. The problem of using the téléphone for reporting publia speak e. s, by sound, at a distance, should brassily solved by the microphone, which, it,is said, transmits the ordinary tones of the human voice over a short wire with such an Increase of force as to be disagreeably loud to the listener.- H. rTlribune. ^^^^^ A pretty picture Is a healthy looking and well cared for Baby. By the use of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup you can keep tho health of your Baby'In splendid condi¬ tion. 25 cents a bottle. TB« Simple Wonder« of the Phono- Uttpti, Of Ute yean, no invention bas beeft looked iipofa truly wonderful which Üid Übt in «oute kay titilitb electricity; Ho iipw kolk cdüld be. vfiottoht wUhóüt tbo aid oft'ris subtle fluid} bul with lt all things could be d^no. The phono¬ graph is certainly ars exception to this rule. In its simpio mechanism no wires; ate coiled; behind its unique make-up uo galvanic buttery 16 masked. It con¬ tents itself with playing battledbor and shuttlecock with the simplest acoustic waves of the air, and moves oniy with vibrations of sound. Tho supposition, therefore, that there is aught ot mystery or conjury about the "talking machino is altogether at error. A careful perusal of Edison's own description of this in¬ vention, and a most interesting and in¬ structive conversation with Col. George W. Rains, at his laboratory in the Meat- cai Coiiege, enable a Chronicle and Von- ettíütwnattMl reporter to enlighten ocr readers this morning upon a very im¬ portant subject. Colonel Rains, aa Usual, was ready to give the public bis views upon scientific matters, and we only wisb that our phonograph had been present to take down hts most interesting re¬ marks; Tho fcnntruct-Hi af the rasChine ia simplicity itself. Around tho gloved cylinder is' fitted a smooth sheet of tin¬ foil, upon which a spring presses the sharp point of the needle, making the grove in the tin-foil r.bout unlf tho depth uf ibo ihreod in ibo cylinder. Tuis( then, is the normal plane of the needle's point. Now, souud is nothing but air in motion, and when, by speaking over the diaphragm, the disk is made to vibrate, tbo drumhead strikes the needle, which {(tinctures the foil and springs back into ta normal plane, Until another sound is made ; ana so on to the completion of the sentence. Of course, the cylinder is turning, and presents a new surface to each indentation. Obviously, then, twa important properties of the machine are here utilized. First, that the vibrating plate ls capable of receiving a complex motion which correctly reprer.ehts the peculiar property of each and all tho mul¬ tifarious vocal and other sound waves. Second, that such complex movements can be transmitted from this plato by means of a single embossing point at- tached thereto, to effcot a record upon plastic material by indentations, with such fidelity os to give these icdentatiom the same varied aud complex form. This done and .ve have caught the sound and photographed it upon sheets ol paper, giving, as has been frequently as* öertcu, BiëïtKJDvupiv TÍUWB the voice, With a rooderate degree of intensity therefore, every shade of sound, variety of intonation, peculiarity of brogue, anc distinctness ofenunciation can be caugh by the vibrating plato and punctum upon the sliding sheets below it-thc trembling pathos of a prayer, the mu mic of a sigh, the wail of despair, the will shout of delight or tho ringing quaver of the voice, as they ride tho swift oe taves of song. Having once caught tb sound it is the simplest and yet tho moa wonderful process to GK Í il BACK. Charge a jar with electricity and i holds the subtle fluid within its fold uo til Borne touch of foreign substance brins it bat i again ; arm the clouds with tn lightning s bolt and it bears within it dusky bosom the fiery darts until som conductor invites it from the thunder home ; hard within ita ks&rlod ¿ímv, steals the oak the sunlight's rays, decay and is'buried in the ground, but retain the heat to give it out in the form of cot upon the hearth ; or in the diamond1 snape to surrender the light pent up ; bu can the self-same sound, as spoken b the human voice, in all compass, dept and sweetness, be extracted from th crude instrument ? Most undeniably s< For actual experiment shows that thi embossing point, upon being passed ovc the record thus made, follows it wit Buch fidelity as to re-transmit to the dis the same variety of movement, and thc effects a restoration or reproduction < the vocal or other sound waves, withou the loss of any property essential to prc dnclug upon the ear the same sensation as if coming direct from the origine source, J? or example, t'-o sounds of tb letter "a" vibrate the plato and cause certain puncture to be made. Revere the instrument now and let the need! fall into that same puncture, will it no upon recoiling, vibrate the disk in a coi responding manner to the original vibn tion, and will not a Uko Bound of the le isr "a" be produced? It will, and ti phonograph itself is but a striking den onr-trai ion of this theory, which ls bot plausible and practically correct. Sud then is the phonograph, and nothirj could be simpler. An examination < the shec J. of tin-foil, upon which tl punctuits are made, reveals a series < indentations somewhat similar to Morse telegraphic alphabet upon a ribbon roi but microscopic examination shows th they are in dc ii tat fons of complex eba .acter; thasonnd of "a." in "bat," rbi ii atanco, producing thi~e indentations- deep one for the primai y .sound, a ligl puncture, followed by a slightly deep one for the secondary sounds. So seems that the needle on the return tr makes a variety of ho-», skips and jum in order to reproduce the sound which fixed upon the tin-foil sheets. By the aid of electro magnets, the 1 bration of metalic plates will bo increas and the sound, which is now feeble ai metalic in tone, will be greatly inten fled. Having satisflei himself as to 1 « Ki 1 î f o tv* mavvnta, anniwl Mr. F^J'^O" .now. perfecting Ule qua1 i ty of that sour so that the human voico will be exacl duplicated in tone and inflexion. ITS USE AND INFLUENCE. Upon the use which the phonogra may be put to, speculation is rife a imagination dimply rampant. Col. Rai says thal ifs ralue is inestimable, and universally recognized aa auch by mi ern scientists. He suggested that < long the Professors at the Medical C lege might deliver their lectures in I private laboratories, simply addresai tllClt JliûviUIlJUUtiôf Zàîav* ¿J ptt*ví!>^ vúü struments in the College, lecture ba order Mr. Rich, the Janitor, to call the class and go on with the pcrforman Think of Sheriff Sibley putting hie pl nograph in the Court House window t imploring the Lord, in second band stentorian tones, to "save the State i honorable Court." Think of Gen. Go Bryan proclaiming, from the belfry some future market dome, the hon the day. Think of Col. O, V. Wall auctioning off Heggie's wares throi the tin-roofed thorax of thia mystic i chine-think of the rigid fiereman'a s ate proclaiming from Piouccr Hall loud alarm of the scorching elem Think of Colonel Daniel, from the c Ups of the phonograph, calling the talion to arms and ordering the Hus to charge to the front. Think of Colt C. O. Jones, Jr., invoking the futiré torbul and the Goddess of Truth to si sweetly upon the memorial monumei of the Mayor issuing his annual dog lar ordinance to the public ; of Mr. phens, joggling with his inatrumon Liberty Hall and shipping it througl August«, s, nilling the Potter investiga¬ tion to a mass meeting up the canal. Think of Captain Edge Eve calling a foll of the Survivors' from the Globo corner. Hut seriously/ the phonograph, etil! susceptible of great improvement, is destined lo revolutioniws all forms' of COUiriietCe; to rentier invaluable assist¬ ance to the world Of letters aird to be¬ speak literally in the futuro Its o.'<?.'> praises, glorifying its inventor and his progressive age. Harder hy Revenue Officiels-A HMM Rim Dawn In Cold Blood. On last Sunday, the 6th institut, about 11 Jock, four Revenue officials by the names of Mouse (or K,oose,) Durham, Kano and Scruggs, (we do not knew their initials,) went to the house of Mra.Ladd, a widow lady, living in the mountainous section of this county, and brutally murdered ber son Amos Ladd. a young man, aged about 21 years.-We have not the full particulars of this most atro¬ cious and fiendish murder, but will give briefly, only what bas come to us, as wa consider it, well authenticated, and re¬ serve fuller particulars for a future time, when all the facts can be properly brought out. It appears that tho young man WM standing, or rather leaning, against tho door facing, when the Reve¬ nue officers rode up, or walked np (we believe they Were Walking,) and delib¬ erately shot him dead on the spot, with¬ out a moment of warning or an inti¬ mation of their designs. The young man foll out oi* the door lifeless, when the officials said to his brother, "who have we shot I" The reply was, "you have shot my brother." Tho officers tuon turned and left the house, but concealed themselves on a cunnii hill near tho house lu the brush, and remained there for some time, fur what purpose it is not known. They then went to the storo of Mr. King, some four miles off, when they endeavored to hire a conveyance to Easley Station. Mr. King told them that he could not carry them that even¬ ing, but if they would walt until morr.'ns, he would carry them. This they said,' they could not do, ns they had business of importance to attend to and must go that night. They thou hired one mule from hH>i, and Kano rode rapidly for tho Station, pawing through this pi ace by a back way, about dusk, and arriving at Easley, Just in time to take tho 9 o'clock train going North. He gavo a negro ten; cents to carry the mule to the livery stable, with instructions to send it back to Mr. Baylis Hendricks, at tho place, where tho officials bad told Mr. King they desired the mnln tn virio tr» It appears that two shots were fired at Ladd, the first taking effect and killiug him, while the second missed. From: this fact, and the fact that Kano rode off Mr. King's mule, and left immediately or. the train, it is supposed ht did the killing. The other three went across the ccsstrj towards Greenville on foot, and this writing we know not where they ure. Mr. John L. Gravley came to town Sunday night and informed Trial Justice Taylor of the murder, who at once issued a warrant and placed it in the bands of the Sheriff and that officer at once start¬ ed in pursuit cf the murderers. Mr. Gravley bi"J been informed tbat Hoff¬ man was uno of tbs party, asd was the only one known Ly the parties giving him the informa¬ tion, but from Mr. King's statement, who knows tho men, it is possible that a mislakd vvr."j «aase, ana *hat Honman was not with the party ; if he was, he did not go to King's store. When the Sher¬ iff arrived at Easley he learned of the flight of Kane, and on Monday morning as soon as the Telegraph offices ware opened, sent off tho following message; EASLEY, BICKENS CO., S. C., June 10, 1878. To the Chief Police of Greenville, Spartauburg, Charlotte, and Columbia. A man by the name of Ladd was bru- tally murdered in thia County yesterday by nvo Revenue officers, named Hoffman, Cain, Scruggs, Durham, and Mouse. They have fled. Look out foi- them. JOAB MAULDIN, 8. P.C. As above stated, it ls probable that there is a mistake as to Hoffman being with the party, but as to the others, there ia no mistake, fer Mr. King and others know them well.-It is likely, if. Kane kept on he had left Charlotte uofore the Sheriffs telegram reached that place, and may succeed in making good bis escape for tho time being. The others, we think tv il be captured. From all the facts gathered by us, we Erenounce thin the most fiendish, cold looded murder ever committed in this County. But we wiil refrain from fur¬ ther comments until the case bas been properly investigated. Sinco the above was put in type. Sher¬ iff Mauldin bas received the following telegram : "Kane, Scruggs. Durham and Mouse, surrendered lo tho Sheriff of Greenville." JNO. G. GBKEB, Chief Police. The Greenville New», speaking of this, the surrender of the parties, says : Why they did not go to Pickens 0. H. and surrender to the Sheriff of that County, we are not informed. The reason may be, that they suppose at Greenville they may, like Deputy Marabel Springs dir!, a few days ago, for a similar outrace, give a bond, with negro sureties, for their appearance at Court.-Picken» Sen¬ tinel. _ A TRIBUTE TO THE STATE.-In a speech prepared on the Richardson-Raiu- ey contest in Con".ess, Colonel Evins »lina arvAalra nf Snuth Clnrnlina ; "Who. while wandering through the beautiful art gallery at the other end of the avenue, which tho munificence of a distinguished resident of this city has dedicated to the public, has not felt his steps arrested, as his eyes fell upon the brave words-tho crimo makes the shame and not the scaffold-and has not had bis heart to throb with inex¬ pressible emotion as bo looked through tho window gratings of the prison cell into that face so sad and weary with troubled thoughts, and into those mourn¬ ful eyes, with their touching expression of quiei, paiiciit öüuUräHCe, which thc genius of the artist has made to speak so eloquent from the canvas. As I gazed upon thu picture with deepest interest, it suddenly became to me no longer the face of Charlotte Corday, bot the imper¬ sonation of the genius of my own Pal¬ metto State, persecuted, insulted, incar¬ cerated by the mecenary and heartless stranger, and the false and traitorous renegade ; thus she stood peering through her prison bars, during all those dark days of which I have spoken ; pure and undefiled, without the crime, which 'makes the shame,' waiting with a calm endurance her hour of crucifixion, while still boping, almost against hope, fozthe hour of her deliverance. With a grate¬ ful and joyful heart I turned away, re¬ membering that the prison bars had al¬ ready been broken, and the accptre of pare and honest government already re¬ stored v to her hands. T-y-B^ii Ladies who have pale complexions, blotches and pimples on tho face, rough ckin, or freckles, should use Dr. BuU'e Blood Mixture. -¡----.fl I1 i-:-1-1-"i-: The Unity Of the Part/. MR. EDITOR: There «ever babeen a time in the history of the Democratic party of thu SStato wheo unity was more esseutial to ihe success of the party, and' the full and completa redemption of tho State, that» the present« It ie too hue in the day to propose ooalHioo, or measures) looking to coal.tlon, with the Republican party of thia Bute for cor final and com,-: plete success in the great work of re-; form. Whether wisely or unwisely; the disheartened Democracy of thia State hare In the dark past abundantly tried such coalition to become thoroughly con¬ vinced that there Was no hope of any re¬ form by tho aid of the Republican party, as a party. Hence, the Democracy \ymja driven by the sheer force of circumstan¬ ces to adopt the only way of escape ¡from evils inconceivable, by hoisting thc ban- ner of atraightout Democracy, (tinder the lead of Hamptop,) and. making a determined and united assault OR'the; strongholds of roguery and rascality J And how valiantly we succeeded tho his¬ tory of the last campaign abundaojiyi shows. Wbilo ItwasaBtraight-OBt^ghtJ yet the platform upon which we made the campaign was broad enough to ad-! mit every honest, man in tho State, upon its foundation, whether Republican, or Democrat. Bo will it be again in'4he present campaign. But any measurb oi course of action calculated in the, re¬ motest degree lo weaken our party or¬ ganization at the present timéis tobt especially deprecated. And why f J3e- cause a failure to nuceecd in the present canvass, either in tho legislative or exec¬ utive departments of our State govern¬ ment would be tantamount to giving up all that we gained in tho desperate strug¬ gle of Atbo preceding campaign, and, en¬ tail irretrievable ruin upon the people,ol the State in the future. Even Gov Hampton deems the maintenance of oui party unity of so much consequence jr. the present struggle, that ho public!j Warned the people in. his Anderapi speech to berv'oreof independents, nnd tt frown down any attempt to divide o distract the Democratic part*' of tin State on local issues. But, say some our last Democratic Legislature did cow things we did not like, and omitted.t do other things which we think shouli have been done. If tbe people general ly think so, of course through the appU anees of the Démocratie party they ca easily change their representatives willi out in the least disturbing tho harmon of the party. Perhaps, under the eli cumstances, it might bo better to do ai and send a fresh delegation, right *VQ! the body of the people, to represent tbei in the next Legislature. Where wo ar as a people, undergoing such rap] changes in our sentiments und neceai ties, perhaps this policy might bo tl best. But we will tako the occasic rirht har?, OBS« for al!, io say for Oti selves, that we can never hope to choo a delegation more faithful to thoir tru than the old one has been. Errors tL< may have committed, mistakes they mi have mado; but any person who wi take the troublo to scrutinize the goner course of our representatives from fir to last during the last two years, mc come to the conclusion that these gent! men were faithful, conscientious PA honest in the discharge of public trot confided to their keeping. Aye, fello citizens of Anderson, look to their fid< ity in the trying ordeal through wbi they were called to pass lu the very Ina guration of the Hampton government Columbia. Look ai that forlorn hp] surrounded as they were by the myra dons of Grant and Chamberlain, marc lng in a body to the State House, a armed with no other weapon of defoe than the inward consciousness of ti holding, as God would gi r o ibsaa strong tho honor and rights of an outraged ct atltuency, in the face of dangers t most appalling, and with their lives, it were, offered as a sacrifice on the ali of their country's good, if need be. 1 people of the State never can, nci ought to forgot, the gallant bearing Hampton and the Democratic Legis ture, under the most trying ciremmtj cea that ever confronted a tcgisiat body in the history of the world. Tl carne through the fiery ordeal with tl: honor unscathed, their fidelity, unqc doned, and their sagacity, aud prudet and wisdom, as if inspired from abc the admiration even of their polit enemies. Shall We permit light ¡ trivial mistakes, comparatively, co. nv ly local issues, to overwhelm a rcco? tion of their general fidelity t < forbid. But before we close we will vive A reasons why we consider the Democr party in moro danger in tho presente paign than the last. It ia goner conceded that the Radical party make no opposition to Hampton and State ticket, and will confine their eil to the County elections. Now, wo remember two years ago what a wo., ful power on the masses was posse by rallying on Hampton in oppoaitio Chamberlain. The pressure was sog in the contest for State officer* th* required no effort to bring every vs man to the rescue, together with tl Mandu of neernea. With nn nrawul to Hamptou7thU motive power "wi withdrawn, and the people are liabl forget that even Hampton as Gove would he powerless for good unless ported by a legislative body of like liUcal sympathies with himself. Ht ton is perfectly safe now, but take of tho Legislature. Give him. a D eratic Legislature for the next two y and he will be able to complete tho i work of reform already begun. 3 again, all the manceuvariog of tia great national parties on tho poll chess-board h with u »icu \r infle the Presidential election in 1880. ' ia Democrat in the Presidential chi ¿hat time, wo may hope that the ap! genuino reform will pervade thc ¿at aa well as State .government, ant .people of the United Slate* may i tat« themselves with the hope du erm of good feeling between the difl ?cotions of. the government, and h -and economical administration el emmental affairs has been feMy riui.y Inaugurated. .* ! A. CONSTJLTf'iS! aaTfë mSäifoJÜ^^ »«WB tb« jetW aflanuacrlpte iriîï not ie relu raed, unless tfc« sMiifté/.st»»|Mia/rai^ i^-Wa at«1 BC* r «pia.Ibl« for th» float «ad 1K«Í*iT0^wf¿\^*H,*^l,aí,íMt MOn.*' order*, dc, aboald be wade parable to Ute order of "E. B.'UuuSdY A.CO., _. Anderaoa.B.C. Hone«. Path Democrat lc Ciabv HOSEA PATH, June 8,1878. Tba Democratic Club at this phtce mc' to day, .Dr. T. À;, Hudgcns presiding. Tho Club was favored by » very eloquent address from Maj. BL F. Whittier. The following preamble and resolutions waa offered by Win. Lea, and adopted by Í¿ó Club: What the immortal Washington was to the people in revolutionarytim**, and what the world-renowned Eôbert E. Leo .waa Ih the '.'tloea tbàf tried men's souls," so to-day j* Wade Hu lipton to the peo¬ ple of South Carolina* In the days of Leo and Jackson, he was not lesa true tuan th?y to a cause for which each drew sword. At a rater1 day, When Sotíth Car« ©llbaiafte* years of suSeriog add' pillage, wben.her sona and her daughters/had all ,wçll nigh loosed hope, the peerless Hamp¬ ton rms again caned upon to buckle ca his armor and to lead what "might have 'been termed ft forlorn hopo; to dead.' his i peuple to victory, and to hurl from; place - and power » band of tfiicvea and mobara, ?who had bankrupted the Piutc and re¬ duced to poverty ne? «people. How Well he succeeded in ridding iheStateof those who had ill «ted herí how he, with the .aid of other State officers and a Legisla¬ ture, choses to represent the true interest* of the State, brought order out of chaos, and reduced the taxes nearly two misione of dollar* in one year, are noW mattera of history; and in order to continue tho reform BO auspiciously begun; therefore belt ßisöi vd, That we do fully endorse tile wiso and patriotic stafesmanahip of Gov. Wade Hamptob in hiß adtainiatratiws of .the afiaiuîsiciiftovernmçnt.since th in¬ duction into office. Rtiohid,. That to fully redeem tbs State,» completo the reform and to perpet- uato tin «honest civil govwnmenb-^a gov¬ ernment tijatgUWantoes to. the humblest citizen of theState tb* fullest protection in life and" property-ft ia dût duty to place in nomination Gov: Wade Hamp¬ ton for re-election to the office of Gover¬ nor, and that it is no lees his duty to accept the same and carry .na.on to a victory in November next, not less in importance than tho ono achieved in 1870. Resolved. Tba/ our most hearty thicks and grateful "well done" are duo, and are hereby tendered, to Gov. Hampton, and all other State officers, and to the Legislature for the dlfltlnguï.ned services rendered tho State during - their terms of office. JRetoived, That as a Club - we will keep our watoh-firus burning, and pledge our¬ selves anew to do all that Wo can for the triumph of a cause which to ns ia most dear. Resolved, That wo send greeting to the conservative people .from the Ocean to tho Blue Bidgo, und bid them not to lot their "hesrto.gro^r faint or their arms weaken" in a straggle which, if success¬ ful, will bring to na and to our children untold blessings, whilst if wo suffer it to fail unexampled misery and dégradation ?will be onr portion in years to como. * Resolved, That we 'urge upon-tte col¬ ored votera to join with us in the «sort to placo, again in office good and. honest men who-will labor for th? welfare of ell in reducing the taxes, r-onest expendi- tuio uf vue peuples rpunoy, sud to re¬ mind them that it ii their duty to do all in their power .for the .-continuance, of that peace and good ojdar whit.h. has _...Î1-J f\-rvriinKÎi-ni iii.; di^í., ¿Ci...- ?". . inauguration or Góv. Hampton. The Club elected the following: persons dolegu» to Ccunty Convention: Joel Kay, WmT Lee, R^N. Wright, T. A. Hudge&a, W. H.M»Uikin. Alternates, E. H. Robertson, E. Harris, B. S. Ches,-, hire. On motion, the Club adjourned. ' T. A. HÜDGENS, President. H. G. REED, Secretary; MBS. JoHHaON'S Ml&TAKE.-My friend, JJohnson, bas an establishment for the manufacture of jewelry and sil¬ verware in, Boston. Some tima ago he soii a bill of ¡goods in 'Angusta,, Me. About a month after bia partner was on n visit tb Bangor, and while there John¬ son wrote to him «to this effect : "I have heard nothing of that jewelry I sent to Augusta. ïfyou are around that way stop and inquire if it was re¬ ceived all right," He put the ' letter in his > pocked and forgot to mail it. Wext day Jhe left the coat at home, and Mrs Johnson, as usual, went through the ^pockets; and elia fonnn the letter. When Johiison came home thal wftcruoon and opened tho frontdoor, be Waa amazed to see Mrs. : Johnson with her bonnes on and an umbrella and band¬ box in her hand, sitting in tho hall on o trunk, looking if abobad about twelve hundred pounds prdsaujfe' of rage to thc square inch, ne said : "Why, Emeline, what on earth aro yoi doingT' "Pm waiting for a cab to.take me U my mother's, you bro«e 1" TTo your mother's? Why, what's tin noalterT" :Matter-mattes?. Yo know very wei whats the matter, yon wretch. I'll no live with you another houri On, don' talk to me, if yon please 1 Go and tall to Augusta-«ga ana talk to her if yoi are so very fond of her. I. have rion with you now r for good. This winds yoi op with me I" INOEKUOUS, BOT FAULTY.-A well «._ n_. « . .. ?uuiru t7auMatii>pUM»tt iñuv iibii ûôcu pi with "the boys" until three o'clock in th morning, felt a trifle uneasy as to wht bia wife would say upon the subject, an determined to adopt a little piece < strategy. He entered the house caution ly, noiselessly removed his boots an then-made hts way to their bed-roon He-was not so obfnaticated but that I knew lt would be dangerous to attomi to get into bed - to, after disrobing, I tóoV up a position by thv> ^de of the bi bVe cradel and began f ucking lt like 4§*er.. His wife, aronsfxL by the note discovered him, as it was part of bisdee kid scheme that she should, and caiie out : Why, what on earth are you doln there ?" ."'Doing?" he replied, kespln the kinks out of his tongue by r.n tlmoi superhuman eñbrt. "Doing? I'm trj lng to get this-baby MlcepF She's bea crying half an hour nm! you've slot through It alli" His éir of right** indignation waa well put on, bot J wouldn't dc-lock. was agaiait biet "What do yon wean?" bia bitter hal sternly responded. "I have got th baby in bed herewith me, and abe haVb cried to-n?ght!.> When did you cora home?" ??? - -.There-is ono Hewing about sllre currancy. A man can slam a fflve wn piece into tbs contribution-plate witt vigor enough to make everybody urouttc him tainktbatlils aqaarieA - cuteness'ia Uko ani air «fhif»^ tuero may be nothing solid ia fi» pn».t eases jolts wonder/buy. - It Ia riot ri«5CSfiarib' true(h£fcJE£ man is a thief becuut «re ' ter'« dress behiad her

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». i OT»«.«-» Arid Trees Blown lion ;i -Fruit«and Cnopa Destroyed-Hall 10-17 lache*Mt Circumference-Two Peruon« KilledOtttWsht *nd w*,",ral Other« SeverelyWounded.

THE STORM BI8E8 IN HART COUNTY, OA.Three hail storms occurred up in ReedCreek District in this County on Sunday»Dr. Mathews, who was up in that section,brought a bucket of hailstones to townwith bim. He says the ground was cov¬ered to the depth of two or three inchesin places. The hailstones were thelargest wo have ever seen, measuring 2$inches in diameter when first gathered.They were fully an inch and a half in.diameter wben he arrived in town, andtho storm was fully eight miles from here.We also hear of a very destructive hailstorm near Mrs. Knox's, which cut corn,cotton, ¿kc., all to pieces. Late in thoevening, we had con siderab lc hail andrain, in town, but as far as we bave learn«ed no damage bas resulted except theblowing dowu of wheat and oats. We

»re satisfied that heavy hail storms ragedin many sections of thii and nd!nimngcouuties, and have no doubt but that in¬calculable injury has been done to thecrops. This ts greatly to be deplored, aathe prospect for tbo growing crops' wasvery fine, and the people were very muchcheered in consequence.Dr. Mathews was over in the bail stormtrack on Monday, and as we anticipatedthe crops in pisces were entirely ruined.Some of the planters have turned theirstock into their crops, not being worthfurther attention. Ho brought liack aquantity of cotton and corn stalks, fruitnnd boughs of trees which bear the marksof thc fearful storm. The hark on treeswas split and bruised as if by an axe,and fruit trees stripped of their fruit. Itis said that the storm extended as far asAnderson, B. C.« and on that side of theriver wes much mere disastrous than onthis side, the trees having tbe appearanceof mid-winter, being stripped of theirfoliage, and not a stalk of cotton or cornbut what ÍB barren of leaves or blades.Tho boards on some of tho bouses weresplit by the hailstones.

Jeff Crocker picked up a hail stonenear Hutton's Ford that measured 3}inches in diameter. The crons in thaisection wero nearly entirely ruiner!Over on the other side of the river, atCapt. Kidd's, the hail beat the cropsinto the ground and killed every goosehe hnd.-Hartwell Sun.

A VI81T TO COLUMBIA COUNTY.Sunday afternoon a heavy storm ofrain, accompanied by considerable wind,passed over Augusta, but no dam.t^e wasm(iicted beyond the flooding of the

streets. Above the city, however, thestorm-king gave evidence of his power iua fearful manner, and, as we write, de¬molished houses, ruined crops, and pros¬trate trees and fences mark the path ofhis fury. The greater portion of thedamage was inflicted upon Columbiacounty, but a part of Richmond sufferedalso. As far as we have been able tolearn, the storm entered Columbia countyabout three o'clock, from the southwest,traveling nearly in a northeasterly course.We have not yat learned the exact pointat which it entered the county, but it issupposed that it passed some distancenorth of Luther, the terminus of theGoodrich Railroad. Passing onwardthrough the Reeves settlement* it de¬stroyed nearly every building and up¬rooted most of tho trees,COMPLETELY ULOCKADING THE ROADS,And rendering all traveling impossibleexcept to pedestrians. Crossing Head¬stall creek, it struck the plantation ofMr. Newsome, demolished every build¬ing orrstbe place, except bis dwelling,und partially unroofed that, destroyedall hin fencing, and utterly mined hiscrop.' 'At this point a destructive hailstorm commenced,, and followed thetruck of the tornado, extending over ajemewhat wider area, and inflicting in¬calculable damage to the timber andgrowing crops. Leaving Mr. Newsome's,the tornado struck the plantation of Mr.John.Adams. On his place was & smallbuilding used for a Sunday School, un¬der .the gsuperintendence of Mr. RobertMercer.; Thc echoluts and.teachers badjust assembled, when the storm in all itsdestructive fury, burst upon them, andin an instant tho house was a completewreck, v

BURYING ALL ITS INMATESIn the ruins. Two boys, aged respective¬ly seven and ten years, sons of Mrs. Al-len, a widow lady of tho neighborhood,wore taken out dead, having been in¬stantly, killed. Mr. Josoph Walker, ayoung man in the employ of Messrs.Neal à Faucet';, was, it is feared, fatallyinjured. A liúdo daughter of Mr. JobuAdams had her band badly crushed.Miss Celia Adams was struck down bysome of tho falling timbers, and receivedseveral very severe bruises. Most of theinjuries received by others were of atrifling, nature, and Borne few, incredibleas it may seem, escaped entirely unhurt.It is also reported that a Mrs. Newmanwas killed near Harlem. These are alltho casualties to life and limb that wehave boen able to ascertain. Mr. Wm.Smith's plantation was badly damaged,Connell, Lewis Conneíí, Martin Whit¬aker and some- others, while Mr. MatWhitaker lost everything ho possessed.The track of the tornado appeared to boabout haifa mile wide.

. Advancing with à terrific force toestorm struck Berrvlia at about 3 o'clock,p. m., completely wrecking the fine groveot trees below the station, prostrating thefences and crops in the vicinity, andthen extended in a south-east directionon either side of. tho road to the fourteenmile post, wb jre it left the railroad andnlunaed into the woods eastward. Allalong the line between these points the

TRACK OF THIS CYCLONE,If such it proves, is plainly seen-treesara torn pp by the roots or twisted off;corn and cotton blown out of tho ground,and the debris of all scattered broadcastover tho country. A most pitiable sightit is to see the industrious farmers look¬ing over their stricken fields, which havocost HO much care and labor, and a few_days ago gave such bright promise oxplentiful harvests.At Benella,'Mr. Henry Merry's crop

was almost totally destroyed. At Mr.Wm. Rcauey's place, near Harlem, thestorm swept everything before it. Treeswere uprooted and cotton and corn laidpmatrrJ*. in tbo fields. At Mr. Oliver'sCl ace, rear Beraelia, window glass wasroken by the batí, trw cut to piecesand crops destroyed. The same thing

occurred at Boston's Kolbflelach'a andBrook's. Coming on down tho road in atrack about

THULE MILE» WIDEThe storm »wept everything before it.Trees wern prostrated, corn and cotton

eui io (Mecca «nd tho ground itftwU williboughB and learee of irte», clipped offby the trail, Which is said to have beenenormous. Some parties say the stoneswere as large as a man's fist, and crashedthrough the fields of corn like minioballs, cutting large Btalks, sn inch iadiameter, to the ground, and strewingthe furrows with them until the fieldslooked as if thc reaper with hisecylhohad passed along. Trees were Uprootedand hurled with violence against housesand fences. At th« sixteen mile »»Ost afreight car wasBLOWN FROM TUB ThlCK.

The hail' stone«) which came down asthick as rain drops, penetrated into thehouses through the panes of glass, andin one instance that wo beard of, throughthe blinds, lt is said that at one place abushel of hail stones were gathered fromthe floor of a room. Coming on downtho Georgia Railroad the storm struckMr. Thomas Wynn's place, a half mileabove Bersclia, and in a moment hislargo cotton gin manufactoryFELL BEFORE THE WIND,Burying beneath the ruins a quantity ofvaluable machinery and forty new gins.One end of the building, which was atwo story wooden structure, 100 feet longby 40 feet wide, was blown out and car¬ried clear across tho creek, a distance ofabout twenty yards. The gins, whichhad recently been completed, were val«ued at one hundred and fifty dollars each.Mr. Wynn says he may be able to con-struct one gin from the wreck of everythree, but lt im impossible as yet to say,es everything is buried beneath the debritof the building. Besides the destructionof the manufactory and contents, Mr.Wynn suffered considerably from tbe de*molition of his crop and fencing. Cottonand corn were cut down even with theground. Fencing was blown a distanceof forty or fifty feet. Mr. Wynn and his,wife had been out riding, and had justarrived at home when

THB STORM BURST UFON THEM,Mr. Wynn was in the stable unhnrnessing bis home, and Mrs. Wynn was irjthe dwelling. In an instant the tornaderaged around them io all its fury. Threehuge trees were uprooted in the yardbetween tho stable and the house. Mrand Mrs. Wynn, separated by these bar'rinnt, each thought the oihci had beetkilled until the storm subsided sufficientÏfor Mr. Wynn to get to the dwelliugcarriage, which was in the factory, waidemolished. Mr. Wynn estimates hilot» at from $8,000 to $9,000. He is leientirely without means in his old ageand will be unable to remove the debriof his factory and put np a temporarstructure usieöö Le receives assistanceHe will be thankful for any aid either iiprovisions or labor.After lea?ing Mr. Wynn's place thBtorm went in the direction of the Ba

vaonah Biver, which it crossed at thLocks. Near the latter it swept overMW. H. Howard's plantation like a besotof destruction. Nearly all the cotton otwo hundred acres was ruined. In sominstances it was cnt down level with thground: in others the stalks- weistripped of leaves and small boughs anleft standing bare and scarred. A pinthicket was cut to pieces as if it had becbetween two contending armies, many <the trees bearing large indentatloiwhere the huge bail stones had struclCorn was struck down to the furrowThe hali stones were as large as goo:c-ggs and fell with great force. MHoward estimates his loss at not lcthan $2.000. Mr. Frank Beale'n planttion, near Mr. Howard's, was also in tlpath of the storm and suffered fearful!We understand that Mr. Beale expects

PLOW HIS FIELDSOver again, and plant peas, as he donot consider it worth while to leave tlremnants of the com and cotton.Messrs. Geraty & Armstrong, who hw

a place near the Locks, lost considerabby the storm. The crops were badly cup and several houses were blown dowincluding n barn,Crossing the river the storm playhavoc in the Currytown settlemer

Several plantations wero devastated. CT-k- Cl_Ll_1-C_- 1.1....... .1,..,is i . kilian a piaVjU AVUWO TVVIVI vtun U VC»

and cotton, corn and fruit destroyeRev. J. P.'Mealing, Dr. Hudson, MJohn Mealing and others were visited 1tho storm and their crops destroyThe hail crashed through everythineven through shingles. The oldest ihoh!»ants declare that such a storm wne jr before seen in this section. *Vare informed that

A WAGON LOAD OF ICECould have been obtained from a eirif.fence corner, so great was the-fall of htiAt Batesburg, S. C., two cars were blotover and trees and crops destroyed.Maj. Geo. W. Crane's farm, about els

miles from Augusta, on the Georgia siof the river, was in the track of the sto;and ti enees of ita visit are plentifCrwere injured, trees and smhouses blown over and glass smashed.A citizen of Augusta who was at 1Locks when the storm passed, says 1hail stones were enormous, raray of thas large as a roan's fist. Ho pickedone, put it in hie handkerchief abrought it to Augusta, and it was stilllarge as a partridge egg, several hoiafter it had fallen.At Mr. Brook's, near Bel-Air, chick

were killed by tho hail. The dwelland kitchen form au L, and the apbetween them was filled vp with iIhe storm was accompanied by vilightning and very loud thunder.It is impossible at this time toestim

the full amount of the damage. 11OM tfar^M 'lAulriiiilinn r\ f rrniwi tai

iver, is certainly very large.-Ch'ronmd Oonttitutiotiallst oj'11th inti.PURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE Wi

AND HAIL TORNADO.From every portion of the devasU

regions come saddening details af fiday's cyclone. At Mr. Henry Merplace, in Borrelia, the clour**, Jeepangry, came from the southeast ana ]cipitated a storm of about two miniduration, accompanied by a deaderroar. So comolete was the rapid T.that fields of corn, which but a few nUtes before gave every prû5»*»ô w» m «iyield, were cut through and strippetheir blades ; cotton plants were denwand many fields require close examtion to show that anything nt allbeen planted.

Fruit trees laden with peen fruit \blown down or broken off, and the jscattered. Fences completely demo!ed. The destruction to the shadeforest trees is Immense. Mr. Meicmp is totally destroyed, and manyera are in tho same condition ; and, talthe season in consideration, the loss tbe vreater than from ihe cyclon*Ma -cb, *76-for farmers have notnow to start over and replant, and ahave not the means to do so ifcould. 8ome of tho farmers whonot sufferers have sent help to xhosawere. Several planters have put npfences, and in some cases propose t

Elant a part of their crop, but tbbusy time with them, and they ct

afford to spare tlie-tlmrr from their ftn, do so. Many of the suffererswood and ties lying* along the GeBailroad, put out during the wlntet

tipnag. expecting to realice some moneyfrom tup aale of them. Help from themcrctHtota of Augusta anti from allfriends and neighbors would be most op-portune at this time. It seems to be thesettled opinion in regard to tba origin ofthe storm that there Were two cUrrebtó ofuir, one from the southeast and ono fromtho southwest, the clouds and winds col¬liding lie ib northeasterly and nothwos-Ui-'v directions.Around. Bel-Air the places of Mr. Fisk}Mn». A. E. Wright: Maj. Joe Hill ahdethers wen» seriously damaged.

ÍN WASHINGTON COUNTY.The storm played great havoc itvWashjington county. The crdps, whichthe day before were unprecedentedlygood, were in many cises entirely de¬stroyed. We learn that the fields which

wero in the tasseling and silking state,are now as bare as they were in mid¬winter. Orchards have been stripped offruit and foliage. In some instances thestorm destroyed portions of crops on cer-tain farms, while other portions wereonly partially injured. Hail stones,varying in sice from that of a buckshotup to a goose egg» were picked up afterthe storm was over. Some marveloustalcs of injury to persons who werecaught out in the storm have reached us.It is also stated that horses, cattle, sheep,hogs, poultry, etc., Buffered terribly. MhEnoch Smith measured ode bau stonewhich was

NINE INCHES IN CIBCTJMFERENCK.He assisted in measuring another_u .--L_i_i# :_i_ i_ IT.nuitu noa uucuaii muu Jtuftd. UValso states that Mr. W. G. Bryant, ofRiddleville, informed him that ne meas¬ured some hailstones after the stormpassed which measured 16 and 17 inches,and were as large as a child's bead. Theglass in the windows of the dwelling olW. C. Biddie are said to have beenbroken out by the hail ; and his cropalmost utterly ruined. Messrs. H. H.Holmes, Minor Bass, J. Rogers, EbenSmith, Thomas B., Wm. and Enoch andMrs. Nancy Smith and many others har«Buffered terribly. Mr. J. T. Cook, neatTenniile, estimates his loss in his com

crop alone at 1,000 bushels. About f{?. m. of the sara* day another cloudbrmed, near the sanie point where ihtPtorm began in the morning, and movednortheast across the npper end of tb«county, unroofing houses, and in som«instances blowing down small houseiand outbuildings. Fences were blowidorvn and trees were uprooted and piler,across each other in such quantities as t<seriously damage the crops and prevenfurther plowing. This cloud also poureiout hail in tremendous quantities.The storm at Tpnmll« commence*about 7 a. m. The crops were almoacompletely ruined. One of the sufferersaid that before the storm he would havrefused an offer of twelve bushels of conto the acre on his crop ; now he considerit ruined, and does not Bee how it wi!make anything, certainly not half a crorCotton generally was otripped to thstalk.About 8 p. m. another storm, witwind and hail, visited Sessions, Boan

wright, Martin and others, blowing alor nearly all, of Martin's limber down.A correspondent of the SandersvillCourier, writing from Snu Hill, says:"The hail storm which passed throngthis section yent^rdsy morning, at 7 : io'clock, was'about six miles wide ; tldamaging portion being from one-hato a milo, passing through the farms .

James M. Minor, H. H. Holmes, C. IThigpen, W. C. Riddle, J. F. TanneSr., J. R. Paie. In maoy places th« coton is beat to stubble, and corn strippeof every blade, and beat down to tlground, and much of it cut down. Hsstones fell from the size of a bird's erto the size of a cocoanut, and lay on tlground ono hour and a half. Consider;nie fencing and timbers were bio?down in course of the storm."A correspondent of the Savannah Nea

writing from Tenniile, says :"About seven o'clock yesterday mor

ing (Sunday) this section was visited 1the most severe and destructive hail aiwind storm that the'oldest inhabitanlever Baw. The storm came from tlwest, and the gates of heaven weopened, as it were, deluging the earwith floods of rain, hail and wind. Tlstones were as large as hen eggs andevery conceivable shape. The s<ground was perforated with them, aithe fence corners were piled balf-1high with these missiles from the cloutAt this writing no estimation canformed of the damage or its extent,seems to have been only about a mwide and went in a due easterly dirttion. Corn is broken down by tho win«and the hail has frazzled the blades unthey resembled the old battle flags of tarmy of Northern Virginia, Cottonmany places is entirely denuded of eveleaf, and only the stem of the plant lcThe peach crop suffered severely by 1ing bruized and threshed off by bail awind. The principal sufferers in ttrack of the storm are Messrs. W.Parker. W. L. Jernigan, J. T. Cook,F. Cochrane, A. R. Adams, S. R. KelJohn Elkins, Captain W. C. MattheCaptain J. D. Franklin, Captain T.Giilmore, Mrs. E. Sessions, J. W. Ssious, B. S. Boatwright, Hardy MartR. R. Smith, J. R. Sumner, John A. Blard, B. H. Sanders, Joel A. Davis, JanRosers. Joseph Joiner, and Dr. W.Bullara. The woods now are nearly cered with green leaves knocked off."Another correspondent, writing to

from Davisboro, concerning the 1severe bail storm which took placeSunday last, aays: "At about 8 o'clyesterday (Sunday) morning our sect

though of onlya few minutes duratiwas remarkable for the immense si»the atones which fell. At Riddlevisix miles southwest of here, we areformed by reliable parties that iiistones fell as large as a man's two fand some parties, who are regarder]truthful, assert positively that theystones fall as large as a peck measAn acquaintance of ours, and a reihman, states ho weighed two of the st<five minutes after they fell, and tweighed in the aggregate two pountan average-of one pound each. Fthe best information we can get,storm extended over an area of sevmilcst and in many sections did cons!able damage to the corn and cotton ciWe are happy to state, however, thils thought that no damage was don«crops in this immediate vicinity. Lquantities of rain have already faand the prospects are that we will recmuch more in a short while."

IN EDQEFIELD.

Sunday's bail tornado seems tocrossed the river about upon the Iiithe Sand Hills and to have struck £field county in.the same southerly dlion. The devastation along ita |which was about two miles wide, wcomplete as reported in our columnsterday a n the Georgia aide: Atrytown, j work of the storm waa iaud terrific. Rev. J. P. Mealing,lives near by, states that his houststruck abouts) o'clock Sunday aftonthe hail driving completely througtshingles of the roof, driving ofweather-boarding, shivering wiiglasses and blowing the sashes from

c;u*emcnU<. Tbo indentations upon doorposts and even fence rails mane by thcball stones were marked, and trees itt tbaforests, such as Were loft standing, tafecompletely denuded of leaves; HalletoheS were as large.as goose egg** kill-ilig brjiiUry of all binds end tendering In¬sensible those Who Were struck lipon thehead. Mr. Mealing'a crop, about 125Reres of which he had under cultivation,was completely ruined; and which besupposed woüld make at mdttirlty lflObushels of corn and 30 bp.les of cotton, ispractically worthless. Farmers havingfixed up their fencing, arelóme of them,replanting corn, many Bowing down theirfiel'i¿ ¡c now peas and are waiting to seeif their cotton will sprout again. In thisportion of the locality, the track of thetornado, for five miles, w..s a ¿rack ofruin and desolation.-Chronicle and Con-ttilutionalieL

LAURENS COUNTY, 8. C.The Laurensville Herald speaking ofthe Btorm says t A destructive nail, -vindund rain-Btorm visited portions ol this

County on lost Sunday afternoon, Thatportion which Buffered most from bailwas In the neighborhood of WarriorCreek Church. Entire fields of cottonwere literally ruined, fruit was beatenfrom tho tiecs and uncut oats much dam¬aged,, by being tangled ana beaten out.The lower portion of the County waavisited, on same day, by a terrific storm,of wind and rain, uprooting and blowingdown numbers of t^ees. A great deal offencing was also blown down. In euirysection of tho County, from wbicb wehave heard, there was more or less hailand wind, while the rain seems to havebeen general over the County, and veryheavy, falling in torrents while it lasted-hard showers in rapid succession, du-jring most of the day.

A Terrible Mine Disaster.i

A frightful mining disaster is «reportedfrom England. At Evan:-.wood Fit Col¬liery an explosion of fire-damp occurred,causing a loss of at least 250 and proba-,bly over 800 lives. A force of over threehundred men were at work in the pit»..hen the explosion took place. All aresupposed to be. lost. The immédiatecause of the explosion is not known/ botit is enppoeed that the exposure of siminer's lamp ignited an accumulation offire-damp in one of the galleries. Thooutside workers at the ridns were startledby a Blight rumbling beneath the ground«A little gust of smoko and flame shotfrom the shaft, and the thud of a masaof falling coal announced that a terrific;explosion ul ure-aainp aaa occurred inthe mine, and that the men in the pitwere in all human probability either in¬stantly killed or imprisoned by debris, todie of suffocation. The news spreadrapidly, and in a few minutes the mouthof the pit was surrounded by hundredsof men, women ard children, tho fami-ilies of the doomed miners. A hasty in¬vestigation snowed that the months ofthe galleries opening into the shaft werejblocked, as had been feared, with heapsof coil, earth and timbers, and the snafuwas BO filled with gas and fire-damp thadan attempt at a r*".cns ?TGu!d have beena reckless waste of life. The deadlygases, driven back in the galleries by thoshock, bad flowed uâuk uvù Glied every,crevice with noxious vapors and smoko,It was realized at once that the imprisioned miners were beyond all human aid;The most agonizing scones followed theannouncement. Women ran frantically.In every direction, weeping and shríek-jing for their husbands, sons and brothers.Repeated attempts were mae'e to effectan entrance to the mine, and finally aparty succeeded in reaching one of thegalleries and commenced the work ofexploring for the dead. The work wisone of extreme danger and proceededslowly. It waa pushed with all possibleenergy, relief parties succeeding oneanother at intervals of a few moments.At last the obstructions to the gallerywhere the er loslon occurred wire re¬moved BUhluiently to admit a pa;ty ofbravo men, and almost immediately thediscovery of bodies commenced. Mostof them showed signs of having beenkilled by the shock, but others hon appa¬rently been only slightly injured *\y theexplosion itself, ana had been suffocatedby smoke and gas. The bodies lay ;nail imaginable positions, and most ofthem were shockingly distorted. Thebodies were lifted to the surface as fastas they were reached. The agonizedhundreds around the mouth of the pit ]eagerly scanned each blackened face asit was drawn np, and the heart-rending;cries and exclaniations were heard onevery Bide. Many of the men were somangled and burned as to bo totally un¬recognizable, and differences of clothing,color of hair and otherpecoliarities wereexcitedly canvassed. Two hundred andfifty bodies have been taken out, andmany more are believed to be yet in thepit.

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TELEPHONE, MICROPHONE AND TEL-!Eosoopt HONE.-In October Mr. Edisonexpects A3 complete his standard machine-a phonograph intended for the count¬ing-room. He is continually perfectingthe phonograph. At it he works at leastseven hours à, day. Ke is also now ex¬perimenting with a new instrument thatne calls a-teleoscopophone. it is a sort,of ear trumpet which, when applied tothe ear, enables one to hear distlactlythe ordinary conversation of a man amile distant. A gentleman who hastested oue of these instruments said : "I.applied one to my ear and could hear à'man talking who was across a field, near¬ly a miie away, i heard every wora heBaid. Afterward ho seemed to raise hisvoice a little, and when I saw him after¬ward, he said that then he bad shoutedat tho top of bia voice. There is no con¬necting wire here, as in tho telephone.Everything depends on the wonderfulproperties of the ear trumpet, which iaconstructed on a radically différent prin-.ciple from those that have been in pse solong. By this instrument it ia expectedthat deaf persons-except those whocan't hear a cannon fired at their elbovr-may hear anything said on the stageat the theatre." 1 '

Mr. Edison has inventer1 an excellenttelephone, but the microphone aa it isfigured ant* 4escribed seems like a differ¬ent th?-- transmits sound from aspeaker \.L may be some yards away,and docs not require th« voice to bo pro¬pelled through a mouth-piece. Ita con¬struction ia vastly more simple than anyof the telephones. Two sticks of willowcharcoal stuck into a board, and holdinga third stick endwise between them, iathe whole of tho receiving apparatus inone of tho best forms. The problem ofusing the téléphone for reporting publiaspeake. s, by sound, at a distance, shouldbrassily solved by the microphone,which, it,is said, transmits the ordinarytones of the human voice over a shortwire with such an Increase of force as tobe disagreeably loud to the listener.-H. rTlribune.

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TB« Simple Wonder« of the Phono-Uttpti,

Of Ute yean, no invention bas beeftlooked iipofa aá truly wonderful whichÜid Übt in «oute kay titilitb electricity;Ho iipw kolk cdüld be. vfiottoht wUhóüttbo aid oft'ris subtle fluid} bul with ltall things could be d^no. The phono¬graph is certainly ars exception to thisrule. In its simpio mechanism no wires;ate coiled; behind its unique make-upuo galvanic buttery 16 masked. It con¬tents itself with playing battledbor andshuttlecock with the simplest acousticwaves of the air, and moves oniy withvibrations of sound. Tho supposition,therefore, that there is aught ot mysteryor conjury about the "talking machinois altogether at error. A careful perusalof Edison's own description of this in¬vention, and a most interesting and in¬structive conversation with Col. GeorgeW. Rains, at his laboratory in the Meat-cai Coiiege, enable a Chronicle and Von-ettíütwnattMl reporter to enlighten ocrreaders this morning upon a very im¬portant subject. Colonel Rains, aa Usual,was ready to give the public bis viewsupon scientific matters, and we only wisbthat our phonograph had been presentto take down hts most interesting re¬marks;Tho fcnntruct-Hi af the rasChine ia

simplicity itself. Around tho glovedcylinder is' fitted a smooth sheet of tin¬foil, upon which a spring presses thesharp point of the needle, making thegrove in the tin-foil r.bout unlf tho depthuf ibo ihreod in ibo cylinder. Tuis(then, is the normal plane of the needle'spoint. Now, souud is nothing but air inmotion, and when, by speaking over thediaphragm, the disk is made to vibrate,tbo drumhead strikes the needle, which{(tinctures the foil and springs back intota normal plane, Until another sound ismade ; ana so on to the completion ofthe sentence. Of course, the cylinder isturning, and presents a new surface toeach indentation. Obviously, then, twaimportant properties of the machine arehere utilized. First, that the vibratingplate ls capable of receiving a complexmotion which correctly reprer.ehts thepeculiar property of each and all tho mul¬tifarious vocal and other sound waves.Second, that such complex movementscan be transmitted from this plato bymeans of a single embossing point at-tached thereto, to effcot a record uponplastic material by indentations, withsuch fidelity os to give these icdentatiomthe same varied aud complex form.This done and .ve have caught the soundand photographed it upon sheets olpaper, giving, as has been frequently as*öertcu, BiëïtKJDvupiv TÍUWB oí the voice,With a rooderate degree of intensitytherefore, every shade of sound, varietyof intonation, peculiarity of brogue, ancdistinctness ofenunciation can be caughby the vibrating plato and punctumupon the sliding sheets below it-thctrembling pathos of a prayer, the mumicof a sigh, the wail of despair, the willshout of delight or tho ringing quaverof the voice, as they ride tho swift oetaves of song. Having once caught tbsound it is the simplest and yet tho moawonderful process to

GK Í il BACK.Charge a jar with electricity and iholds the subtle fluid within its fold uotil Borne touch of foreign substance brinsit bat i again ; arm the clouds with tnlightning s bolt and it bears within it

dusky bosom the fiery darts until somconductor invites it from the thunderhome ; hard within ita ks&rlod ¿ímv,steals the oak the sunlight's rays, decayand is'buried in the ground, but retainthe heat to give it out in the form of cotupon the hearth ; or in the diamond1snape to surrender the light pent up ; bucan the self-same sound, as spoken bthe human voice, in all compass, deptand sweetness, be extracted from thcrude instrument ? Most undeniably s<For actual experiment shows that thiembossing point, upon being passed ovcthe record thus made, follows it witBuch fidelity as to re-transmit to the disthe same variety of movement, and thceffects a restoration or reproduction <the vocal or other sound waves, withouthe loss of any property essential to prcdnclug upon the ear the same sensationas if coming direct from the originesource, J? or example, t'-o sounds of tbletter "a" vibrate the plato and causecertain puncture to be made. Reverethe instrument now and let the need!fall into that same puncture, will it noupon recoiling, vibrate the disk in a coiresponding manner to the original vibntion, and will not a Uko Bound of the leisr "a" be produced? It will, and tiphonograph itself is but a striking denonr-trai ion of this theory, whichls botplausible and practically correct. Sudthen is the phonograph, and nothirjcould be simpler. An examination <the shec J. of tin-foil, upon which tlpunctuits are made, reveals a series <indentations somewhat similar to Morsetelegraphic alphabet upon a ribbon roibut microscopic examination shows ththey are indc iitatfons of complex eba.acter; thasonnd of "a." in "bat," rbi iiatanco, producing thi~e indentations-deep one for the primaiy .sound, a liglpuncture, followed by a slightly deepone for the secondary sounds. Soseems that the needle on the return trmakes a variety of ho-», skips andjumin order to reproduce the sound whichfixed upon the tin-foil sheets.By the aid of electro magnets, the 1

bration of metalic plates will bo increasand the sound, which is now feeble aimetalic in tone, will be greatly intenfled. Having satisflei himself as to 1« Ki 1 î f o tv* mavvnta, anniwl Mr. F^J'^O".now. perfecting Ule qua1 ity of that sourso that the human voico will be exaclduplicated in tone and inflexion.

ITS USE AND INFLUENCE.Upon the use which the phonogra

may be put to, speculation is rife aimagination dimply rampant. Col. Raisays thal ifs ralue is inestimable, anduniversally recognized aa auch by miern scientists. He suggested that <long the Professors at the Medical Clege might deliver their lectures in Iprivate laboratories, simply addresaitllClt JliûviUIlJUUtiôf Zàîav* ¿J ptt*ví!>^ vúüstruments in the College, lecture baorder Mr. Rich, the Janitor, to callthe class and go on with the pcrformanThink of Sheriff Sibley putting hie plnograph in the Court House window timploring the Lord, in second bandstentorian tones, to "save the State ihonorable Court." Think of Gen. GoBryan proclaiming, from the belfrysome future market dome, the honthe day. Think of Col. O, V. Wallauctioning off Heggie's wares throithe tin-roofed thorax of thia mystic ichine-think of the rigid fiereman'a sate proclaiming from Piouccr Hallloud alarm of the scorching elemThink of Colonel Daniel, from the cUps of the phonograph, calling thetalion to arms and ordering the Husto charge to the front. Think of ColtC. O. Jones, Jr., invoking the futirétorbul and the Goddess of Truth to sisweetly upon the memorial monumeiof the Mayor issuing his annual doglar ordinance to the public ; of Mr.phens, joggling with his inatrumonLiberty Hall and shipping it througl

August«, s, nilling the Potter investiga¬tion to a mass meeting up the canal.Think of Captain Edge Eve calling afoll of the Survivors' from the Globocorner. Hut seriously/ the phonograph,etil! susceptible of great improvement, isdestined lo revolutioniws all forms' ofCOUiriietCe; to rentier invaluable assist¬ance to the world Of letters aird to be¬speak literally in the futuro Its o.'<?.'>praises, glorifying its inventor and hisprogressive age.

Harder hy Revenue Officiels-A HMMRim Dawn In Cold Blood.On last Sunday, the 6th institut, about

11 Jock, four Revenue officials by thenames of Mouse (or K,oose,) Durham,Kano and Scruggs, (we do not knew theirinitials,) went to the house of Mra.Ladd,a widow lady, living in the mountainoussection of this county, and brutallymurdered ber son Amos Ladd. a youngman, aged about 21 years.-We have notthe full particulars of this most atro¬cious and fiendish murder, but will givebriefly, only what bas come to us, as waconsider it, well authenticated, and re¬serve fuller particulars for a future time,when all the facts can be properlybrought out. It appears that tho youngman WM standing, or rather leaning,against tho door facing, when the Reve¬nue officers rode up, or walked np (webelieve they Were Walking,) and delib¬erately shot him dead on the spot, with¬out a moment of warning or an inti¬mation of their designs. The youngman foll out oi* the door lifeless, whenthe officials said to his brother, "whohave we shot I" The reply was, "youhave shot my brother." Tho officers tuonturned and left the house, but concealedthemselves on a cunnii hill near tho houselu the brush, and remained there forsome time, fur what purpose it is notknown. They then went to the storo ofMr. King, some four miles off, whenthey endeavored to hire a conveyance toEasley Station. Mr. King told themthat he could not carry them that even¬ing, but if they would walt until morr.'ns,he would carry them. This they said,'they could not do, ns they had businessof importance to attend to and must gothat night. They thou hired one mulefrom hH>i, and Kano rode rapidly for thoStation, pawing through this piace by aback way, about dusk, and arriving atEasley, Just in time to take tho 9 o'clocktrain going North. He gavo a negro ten;cents to carry the mule to the liverystable, with instructions to send it backto Mr. Baylis Hendricks, at tho place,where tho officials bad told Mr. King theydesired the mnln tn virio tr»

It appears that two shots were fired atLadd, the first taking effect and killiughim, while the second missed. From:this fact, and the fact that Kano rode offMr. King's mule, and left immediatelyor. the train, it is supposed ht did thekilling. The other three went across theccsstrj towards Greenville on foot, andthis writing we know not where theyure.Mr. John L. Gravley came to town

Sunday night and informed Trial JusticeTaylor of the murder, who at once issueda warrant and placed it in the bands ofthe Sheriff and that officer at once start¬ed in pursuit cf the murderers. Mr.Gravley bi"J been informed tbat Hoff¬man was uno of tbs party, asdwas the only one known Ly theparties giving him the informa¬tion, but from Mr. King's statement,who knows tho men, it is possible that amislakd vvr."j «aase, ana *hat Honman wasnot with the party ; if he was, he didnot go to King's store. When the Sher¬iff arrived at Easley he learned of theflight of Kane, and on Monday morningas soon as the Telegraph offices wareopened, sent off tho following message;EASLEY, BICKENS CO., S. C.,

June 10, 1878.To the Chief Police of Greenville,Spartauburg, Charlotte, and Columbia.A man by the name of Ladd was bru-

tally murdered in thia County yesterdayby nvo Revenue officers, named Hoffman,Cain, Scruggs, Durham, and Mouse.They have fled. Look out foi- them.JOAB MAULDIN, 8. P.C.As above stated, it ls probable thatthere is a mistake as to Hoffman beingwith the party, but as to the others, thereia no mistake, fer Mr. King and othersknow them well.-It is likely, if. Kanekept on he had left Charlotte uofore the

Sheriffs telegram reached that place, andmay succeed in making good bis escapefor tho time being. The others, wethink tv il be captured.From all the facts gathered by us, we

Erenounce thin the most fiendish, coldlooded murder ever committed in this

County. But we wiil refrain from fur¬ther comments until the case bas beenproperly investigated.

Sinco the above was put in type. Sher¬iff Mauldin bas received the followingtelegram : "Kane, Scruggs. Durham andMouse, surrendered lo tho Sheriff ofGreenville."

JNO. G. GBKEB, Chief Police.The Greenville New», speaking of this,the surrender of the parties, says : Whythey did not go to Pickens 0. H. and

surrender to the Sheriff of that County,we are not informed. The reason maybe, that they suppose at Greenville theymay, like Deputy Marabel Springs dir!,a few days ago, for a similar outrace,give a bond, with negro sureties, fortheir appearance at Court.-Picken» Sen¬tinel.

_

A TRIBUTE TO THE STATE.-In aspeech prepared on the Richardson-Raiu-ey contest in Con".ess, Colonel Evins»lina arvAalra nf Snuth Clnrnlina ;

"Who. while wandering through thebeautiful art gallery at the other end ofthe avenue, which tho munificence of adistinguished resident of this city hasdedicated to the public, has not felt hissteps arrested, as his eyes fell upon thebrave words-tho crimo makes theshame and not the scaffold-and hasnot had bis heart to throb with inex¬pressible emotion as bo looked throughtho window gratings of the prison cellinto that face so sad and weary withtroubled thoughts, and into those mourn¬ful eyes, with their touching expressionof quiei, paiiciit öüuUräHCe, which thcgenius of the artist has made to speak soeloquent from the canvas. As I gazedupon thu picture with deepest interest, itsuddenly became to me no longer theface of Charlotte Corday, bot the imper¬sonation of the genius of my own Pal¬metto State, persecuted, insulted, incar¬cerated by the mecenary and heartlessstranger, and the false and traitorousrenegade ; thus she stood peering throughher prison bars, during all those darkdays of which I have spoken ; pure andundefiled, without the crime, which'makes the shame,' waiting with a calmendurance her hour of crucifixion, whilestill boping, almost against hope, fozthehour of her deliverance. With a grate¬ful and joyful heart I turned away, re¬membering that the prison bars had al¬ready been broken, and the accptre ofpare and honest government already re¬stored v to her hands.

T-y-B^iiLadies who have pale complexions,blotches and pimples on tho face, roughckin, or freckles, should use Dr. BuU'eBlood Mixture.

-¡----.fl I1i-:-1-1-"i-:The Unity Of the Part/.

MR. EDITOR: There «ever babeen atime in the history of the Democraticparty of thu SStato wheo unity was moreesseutial to ihe success of the party, and'the full and completa redemption of thoState, that» the present« It ie too hue inthe day to propose ooalHioo, or measures)looking to coal.tlon, with the Republicanparty of thia Bute for cor final and com,-:plete success in the great work of re-;form. Whether wisely or unwisely; thedisheartened Democracy of thia Statehare In the dark past abundantly triedsuch coalition to become thoroughly con¬vinced that there Was no hope of any re¬form by tho aid of the Republican party,as a party. Hence, the Democracy \ymjadriven by the sheer force of circumstan¬ces to adopt the only way of escape¡fromevils inconceivable, by hoisting thc ban-ner of atraightout Democracy, (tinderthe lead of Hamptop,) and. making adetermined and united assault OR'the;strongholds of roguery and rascalityJAnd how valiantly we succeeded tho his¬tory of the last campaign abundaojiyishows. Wbilo ItwasaBtraight-OBt^ghtJyet the platform upon which wemadethe campaign was broad enough to ad-!mit every honest,man in tho State, uponits foundation, whether Republican, orDemocrat. Bo will it be again in'4hepresent campaign. But any measurb oicourse of action calculated in the, re¬motest degree lo weaken our party or¬ganization at the present timéis tobtespecially deprecated. And why f J3e-cause a failure to nuceecd in the presentcanvass, either in tho legislative or exec¬utive departments of our State govern¬ment would be tantamount to giving upall that we gained in tho desperate strug¬gle ofAtbo preceding campaign, and, en¬tail irretrievable ruin upon the people,olthe State in the future. Even GovHampton deems the maintenance of ouiparty unity of so much consequence jr.the present struggle, that ho public!jWarned the people in. his Anderapispeech to berv'oreof independents, nnd ttfrown down any attempt to divide odistract the Democratic part*' of tinState on local issues. But, say someour last Democratic Legislature did cowthings we did not like, and omitted.tdo other things which we think shoulihave been done. If tbe people generally think so, of course through the appUanees of the Démocratie party they caeasily change their representatives williout in the least disturbing tho harmonof the party. Perhaps, under the elicumstances, it might bo better to do aiand send a fresh delegation, right *VQ!the body of the people, to represent tbeiin the next Legislature. Where wo aras a people, undergoing such rap]changes in our sentiments und neceaities, perhaps this policy might bo tlbest. But we will tako the occasicrirht har?, OBS« for al!, io say for Otiselves, that we can never hope to chooa delegation more faithful to thoir truthan the old one has been. Errors tL<may have committed, mistakes they mihave mado; but any person who witake the troublo to scrutinize the gonercourse of our representatives from firto last during the last two years, mccome to the conclusion that these gent!men were faithful, conscientious PAhonest in the discharge of public trotconfided to their keeping. Aye, fellocitizens of Anderson, look to their fid<ity in the trying ordeal through wbithey were called to pass lu the very Inaguration of the Hampton governmentColumbia. Look ai that forlorn hp]surrounded as they were by the myradons of Grant and Chamberlain, marclng in a body to the State House, aarmed with no other weapon of defoethan the inward consciousness of tiholding, as God would gi r o ibsaa strongtho honor and rights of an outraged ctatltuency, in the face of dangers tmost appalling, and with their lives,it were, offered as a sacrifice on the aliof their country's good, if need be. 1people of the State never can, nciought to forgot, the gallant bearingHampton and the Democratic Legisture, under the most trying ciremmtjcea that ever confronted a tcgisiatbody in the history of the world. Tlcarne through the fiery ordeal with tl:honor unscathed, their fidelity, unqcdoned, and their sagacity, aud prudetand wisdom, as if inspired from abcthe admiration even of their politenemies. Shall We permit light ¡trivial mistakes, comparatively, co. nvly local issues, to overwhelm a rcco?tion of their general fidelity t <forbid.But before we close we will vive A

reasons why we consider the Democrparty in moro danger in tho presentepaign than the last. It ia gonerconceded that the Radical partymake no opposition to Hampton andState ticket, and will confine their eilto the County elections. Now, woremember two years ago what a wo.,ful power on the masses was posseby rallying on Hampton in oppoaitioChamberlain. The pressure was sogin the contest for State officer* th*required no effort to bring every vsman to the rescue, together with tlMandu of neernea. With nn nrawulto Hamptou7thU motive power"wiwithdrawn, and the people are liablforget that even Hampton as Govewould he powerless for good unlessported by a legislative body of likeliUcal sympathies with himself. Htton is perfectly safe now, but takeof tho Legislature. Give him. a Deratic Legislature for the next two yand he will be able to complete tho iwork of reform already begun. 3again, all the manceuvariog of tiagreat national parties on tho pollchess-board h with u »icu \r inflethe Presidential election in 1880. '

ia Democrat in the Presidential chi¿hat time, wo may hope that the ap!genuino reform will pervade thc ¿ataa well as State .government, ant.people of the United Slate* may itat« themselves with the hope duerm of good feeling between the difl?cotions of. the government, and h-and economical administration elemmental affairs has been feMyriui.y Inaugurated. .*!A. CONSTJLTf'iS!

aaTfëmSäifoJÜ^^ »«WB tb«

jetW aflanuacrlpte iriîï not ie reluraed, unless tfc«sMiifté/.st»»|Mia/rai^i^-Wa at«1 BC* r«pia.Ibl« for th» float «ad

1K«Í*iT0^wf¿\^*H,*^l,aí,íMt MOn.*'order*, dc, aboald be wade parable to Ute orderof "E. B.'UuuSdY A.CO.,_. Anderaoa.B.C.

Hone«. Path Democratlc CiabvHOSEA PATH, June 8,1878.

Tba Democratic Club at this phtce mc'to day, .Dr. T. À;, Hudgcns presiding.Tho Club was favored by » very eloquentaddress from Maj. BL F. Whittier.The following preamble and resolutions

waa offered by Win. Lea, and adopted byÍ¿ó Club:What the immortal Washington was tothe people in revolutionarytim**, andwhat the world-renowned Eôbert E. Leo

.waa Ih the '.'tloea tbàf tried men's souls,"so to-day j* Wade Hulipton to the peo¬ple of South Carolina* In the days ofLeo and Jackson, he was not lesa truetuan th?y to a cause for which each drewsword. At a rater1 day, When Sotíth Car«©llbaiafte* yearsof suSeriog add' pillage,wben.her sona and her daughters/had all,wçll nigh loosed hope, the peerless Hamp¬ton rms again caned upon to buckle cahis armor and to lead what"might have'been termed ft forlorn hopo; to dead.' hisipeuple to victory, and to hurl from;place -

and power » band of tfiicvea and mobara,?who had bankrupted the Piutc and re¬duced to poverty ne? «people. How Wellhe succeeded in ridding iheStateof thosewho had ill «ted herí how he, with the.aid of other State officers and a Legisla¬ture, choses to represent the true interest*of the State, brought order out of chaos,and reduced the taxes nearly two misioneof dollar* in one year, are noW mattera ofhistory; and in order to continue thoreform BO auspiciously begun; thereforebeltßisöi vd, That we do fully endorse tilewiso and patriotic stafesmanahip of Gov.Wade Hamptob in hiß adtainiatratiws of.the afiaiuîsiciiftovernmçnt.since th in¬duction into office.Rtiohid,. That to fully redeem tbsState,» completo the reform and to perpet-uato tin«honest civil govwnmenb-^a gov¬ernment tijatgUWantoes to.the humblestcitizen of theState tb* fullest protectionin life and" property-ft ia dût duty toplace in nomination Gov: Wade Hamp¬ton for re-election to the office of Gover¬

nor, and that it is no lees his duty toaccept the same and carry .na.on to avictory in November next, not less inimportance than tho ono achieved in1870.

Resolved. Tba/ our most hearty thicksand grateful "well done" are duo, andare hereby tendered, to Gov. Hampton,and all other State officers, and to theLegislature for the dlfltlnguï.ned servicesrendered tho State during - their terms ofoffice.

JRetoived, That as a Club -we will keepour watoh-firus burning, and pledge our¬selves anew to do all that Wo can for thetriumph of a cause which to ns ia mostdear.Resolved, That wo send greeting to theconservative people .from the Ocean totho Blue Bidgo, und bid them not to lottheir "hesrto.gro^r faint or their armsweaken" in a straggle which, if success¬ful, will bring to na and to our childrenuntold blessings, whilst if wo suffer it tofail unexampled misery and dégradation?will be onr portion in years to como. *

Resolved, That we 'urge upon-tte col¬ored votera to join with us in the «sort toplaco, again in office good and. honestmen who-will labor for th? welfare of ellin reducing the taxes, r-onest expendi-tuio uf vue peuples rpunoy, sud to re¬mind them that it ii their duty to do allin their power .for the .-continuance, ofthat peace and good ojdar whit.h. has_...Î1-J f\-rvriinKÎi-ni iii.; di^í., ¿Ci...- ?". .

inauguration or Góv. Hampton.The Club elected the following: personsdolegu» to Ccunty Convention: JoelKay, WmT Lee, R^N. Wright, T. A.Hudge&a, W. H.M»Uikin. Alternates,E. H. Robertson, E. Harris, B. S. Ches,-,hire.On motion, the Club adjourned.'

T. A. HÜDGENS, President.H. G. REED, Secretary;MBS. JoHHaON'S Ml&TAKE.-Myfriend, JJohnson, bas an establishmentfor the manufacture of jewelry and sil¬

verware in, Boston. Some tima ago hesoii a bill of ¡goods in 'Angusta,, Me.About a month after bia partner was onn visit tb Bangor, and while there John¬son wrote to him «to this effect :"I have heard nothing of that jewelryI sent to Augusta. ïfyou are aroundthat way stop and inquire if it was re¬ceived all right,"He put the ' letter in his > pocked andforgot to mail it. Wext day Jhe left the

coat at home, and Mrs Johnson, as usual,went through the ^pockets; and elia fonnnthe letter. When Johiison came homethal wftcruoon and opened tho frontdoor,be Waa amazed to see Mrs. :Johnson withher bonnes on and an umbrellaand band¬box in her hand, sitting in tho hall on otrunk, looking a» if abobad about twelvehundred pounds prdsaujfe' of rage to thcsquare inch, ne said :"Why, Emeline, what on earth aro yoidoingT'"Pm waiting for a cab to.take me U

my mother's, you bro«e 1"TTo your mother's? Why, what's tin

noalterT":Matter-mattes?. Yo know very weiwhats the matter, yon wretch. I'll nolive with you another houri On, don'talk to me, if yon please 1 Go and tallto Augusta-«ga ana talk to her if yoi

are so very fond of her. I. have rionwithyou now r for good. This winds yoiop with me I"

INOEKUOUS, BOT FAULTY.-A well«._ n_. « . ..?uuiru t7auMatii>pUM»tt iñuv iibii ûôcu piwith "the boys" until three o'clock in thmorning, felt a trifle uneasy as to whtbia wife would say upon the subject, andetermined to adopt a little piece <strategy. He entered the house cautionly, noiselessly removed his boots anthen-made hts way to their bed-roonHe-was not so obfnaticated but that Iknew lt would be dangerous to attomito get into bed - to, after disrobing, ItóoV up a position by thv> ^de of the bibVe cradel and began fucking lt like4§*er.. His wife, aronsfxL by the notediscovered him, as itwaspart of bisdeekid scheme that she should, and caiieout : Why, what on earth areyou dolnthere ?" ."'Doing?" he replied, kesplnthe kinks out of his tongue by r.n tlmoisuperhuman eñbrt. "Doing? I'm trjlng to get this-baby MlcepF She'sbeacrying half an hour nm! you've slotthrough It alli" His éir of right**indignation waa well put on, botJwouldn't dc-lock. was agaiait biet"What do yon wean?" bia bitter halsternly responded. "I have got thbaby in bed herewith me, and abe haVbcried to-n?ght!.> When did you corahome?" ??? -

-.There-is ono Hewing about sllrecurrancy. A man can slam a fflve wnpiece into tbs contribution-plate wittvigor enough to make everybody urouttchim tainktbatlils aqaarieA- cuteness'ia Uko ani air «fhif»^tuero may be nothing solid ia fi» pn».t

eases jolts wonder/buy.- It Ia riot ri«5CSfiarib' true(h£fcJE£

man is a thiefbecuut «re '

ter'« dress behiad her