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. ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. i. m. GEIST'8 sons, Publisher.. } % <^amilg gtmgpgtr: 4or <1" fjrorootion a)! tht fjolitiral, jSarial, Agricultural, and dloininertial Jnterests of the fjtaplt. {TE"8iso^?coit* wracroP?A'ICB" ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. O., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER -2Q, 19Q3. 2STO. 93. MM < < ===== 3 HALT 4 Aui * -The Man I 4 "Glengarry School D J Copyright, 1899, by FLE ofyfvf?fv?f??v??yf?vf??f' ass?.;-" CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE PINTO SOLD. SHE glow of virtuous feelluj following the performance o their generous act prepare* the men for a keener enjoy ment than usual of a night's sport They had Just begun to dispose them "?AnM aKnnt tho flro fnr nnlcp and other games when Hi rode up int the light and with him a stranger o: Gwen's beautiful pinto pony. Hi was evidently half drunk, and as be swung himself off his bronc< he saluted the company with a wave of the hand and hoped be saw them "kiekin'." Bill; looking curiously at Hi, wen1 up to the pinto, and, taking him by the head, led him up into the light, saying "See here, boys, there's that pinto ol mine I was teilin' you about. No flies on him, eh?" "Hold on there! Excuse me," said the stranger, "this here hoss belongs to me, if paid down money means any thing in this country." "The country's all right," said Bill in an ominously quiet voice, "but this here pinto's another transaction, 1 reckon." "The hoss is mine, I say, and whafe more, I'm goin' to hold him," said the . . stranger in a loud voice. The" men began to crowd around witl faces growing hard. It was dangerous in thdt country to play fast and loose with horses. "Look a-hyar, mates," said the stran ger, with a Yankee drawl, "I ain't nc hoss thief, and if I hain't bought thii boss reg'lar and paid down good money then It ain't mine; if I have, it is Thafs fair, ain't it?" it tt?io TTl nnHort hlmsplf tnsrethei and in a half drunken tone declared that the stranger was all right and that he had bought the horse fair and square, and "there's your dust," said HI, handing a roll to Bill. But with a quick movement BUI caught the stranger by the leg, and before a word . could be said he was lying flat on the ground... . "You git off that pony," said BUI, "till this thing is settled." There was something so terrible in Bill's manner that the man contented himself with blustering and swearing, while Bill, turning to Hi, said: "Did you sell this pinto to him?" Hi was able to acknowledge that, being offered a good price and knowing that his partner was always ready for a deal, he had transferred the pinto to the stranger for $40. Bill was in distress, deep and poignant. "'Taln't the horse, but th leetle gel," he explained; but his partner's bargain was his, and wrathful as he was he refused to attempt tc break the bargain. At this moment the Hon. Fred, not lng the unusual excitement about the fire, came up, followed at a little dis tance by his wife and the Duke. "Perhaps he'll sell," he suggested. "No." said Bill sullenly, "he's a mean cuss." "I know him," said the Hon. Fred "Let me try him." But the strangei declared the pinto suited him down t( the ground and be wouldn't take twice his money for him. "Why," he protested, "that there's what I call an unusual boss, and dowt in Montana for a lady he'd fetch ui to a hundred and fifty dollars." Ir vain they haggled and bargained. The man was immovable. Eighty dollars he wouldn't look at: a hundred hardlj made him hesitate. At this point Ladj Charlotte came down into the lighi and stood by her husband, who ex He was Iwlna flat on the around. plained the circumstances to her. Shi had already heard Bill's description o G wen's accident and of her part in th< church building schemes. There wa silence for a few moments as she stoo< looking at the beautiful pony. "What a shame the poor child shouk have to part with the dear little crea ture!" she said in a low tone to he: husband. Then, turning to the stran ger, she said In clear, sweet tones: "What do you ask for him?" Hi hesitated and then said, lifting his ha awkwardly In salute, "I was just re markln' how that pinto would fetcl $150 down into Montana; but, seein' ai a lady is inqulrin', I'll put him down t< $125." tAAAAIilAAlAAAAAlAAAAlAAAAAt r PILOT I H COJVJVOV. I Ihor of ? 'ron Glengarry" ? Ajr/" Mid " Blctck Rock" MING 1. REVCLL COMPANY YTf f YYf f f f Yf ? ? "Too much," she said promptly; "far too much, Is it not, Bill?" "Well," drawled Bill, "If 'twere a I fellar as was used to ladles he'd offer f you the pinto, but he's too plzen mean 1 even to come down to the even hun dred." Vnnlroa klm nn nnfrtVIv " x uc x auatc iwa 1,1*11 uy ^iuvai^i l* "Waal, If I were so blanked?pardon, r madam," taking off his hat?"used to 0 ladies as some folks would like to think a themselves, I'd buy that there pinto and make a present of it to this here lady as stands before me." Bill twist* * ed uneasily. f "But I ain't goin' to be mean. I'll 1 put that pinto in for the even money for the lady if any man cares to put up [ the stuff." ' "Well, my dear," said the Hon. Fred, | with a bow, "we cannot well let that gage lie." She turned and smiled at 5 him, and the pinto was transferred to the Ashley stables, to Bill's outspoken delight, who declared he couldn't have 1 faced the music 'If that there pinto had gone across the line." I confess, however, I was somewhat surprised at the ease with which HI escaped his wrath, ' and my surprise was in no way lessened when i saw later in the evening the two partners with the stranger taking a quiet drink out of the same bottle with evident mutual admiration and delight. "You're an A1 corker, you are! I'll be blanked if you ain't a bird?a slngin' bird, a reg'lar canary," I heard Hi say to Bill. But Bill's only reply was a long, slow wink which passed into a frown as he caught my eye. My suspicion was aroused that the sale of the pinto might bear Investigation, and this suspicion , was deepened when Gwen next week I gave me a rapturous account of how I splendidly Bill had disposed of the ^ pinto, showing me bills for $150. To I my look of amazement Gwen replied: "You see, he must have got them bidding against each other, and besides, Bill says pintos are going up." | Light began to dawn upon me, but I only answered that I knew they had risen very considerably in value within a month. The extra fifty was Bill's. 1 was not present to witness the finishing of Bill's bluff, but was told that when Bill made his way through the 1 crowded aisle and laid his $550 on the schoolhouse desk the look of disgust, surprise and finally of pleasure on Robbie's face was worth a hundred more. But Robbie was ready and put ( down his $200 with the single remark: "Aye, ye're no as daft as ye look!" I mid roars of laughter from all. ( Then the Pilot, with eyes and face _ shining, rose and thanked them all, I but when he told of how the little girl t In her lonely shack in the hills thought so much of the church that she gave up for it her beloved pony, her one j possession, the light from his eyes glowed in the eyes of all. CHAPTER XVIII. I THE LADY CHARLOTTE. " he night of the pinto's sale was a night momentous to r lgag~g?' Gwen, for then it was that } pjgSaei] the Lady Charlotte's interest i in her began; momentous, too, to the Lady Charlotte, for It was that night i that brought the Pilot into her life, i I had turned back to the fire, around > which the men had fallen into groups, i prepared to have an hour's solid deMtVi* fnr tho OPOIIP WJiq full of Wild 7 ?v ? j and picturesque beauty_ to me, when r the Duke came and touched me on the r shoulder. t "Lady Charlotte would like to see . you." "And why. pray?" "She wants to hear about this affair of Bill's." We went through the kitchen into the large dining room, at one end of which was a stone chimney and fireplace. Lady Charlotte had declared that she did not much care what kind of a house the Hon. Fred would build for her. but that she must have a fireplace. She was very beautiful?tall, slight and graceful in every line. There were a reserve nnd a grand air In her bearing that put people In awe of her. This awe I shared, but as I entered the room she welcomed me with such kindly grace that I felt quite at ease In a moment. "Come and sit by me," she said, drawing an armchair into the circle about the fire. "I want you to tell us all about a great many things." "You see what you're in for, Connor." said her husband. "It is a se rlous business when my lady takes one In hand." "As lie knows to his cost," she said, smiling and shaking her bend at her husband. e "So I can testify." put in the Duke, f "Ah! I can't do anything with you," e she replied, turning to him. s "Your most abject slave," he replied, i with a profound bow. "If you only were," smiling at him? I a little sadly, I thought?"I'd keep you - out of all sorts of mischief." r "Quite true. Duke," said her hus band. "Just look at me." The Duke gazed at him a moment or ? two. "Wonderful!" he murmured, t "What a deliverance!" "Nonsense." broke in Lady Charlotte. 1 "You are turning my mind away from i my purpose." > "Is it possible, do you think?" said the Duke to her husband. "Not in the very least," he replied, "if my experience goes for anything." But Lady Charlotte turned her back upon them and said to me: "Now, tell me first about Bill's encounter with that funny little Scotchman." Then I told her the story of Bill's bluff in my best style, imitating, as I have some small skill In doing, the manner and speech of the various actors in the scene. She was greatly amused and interested. "And Bill has really got his share ready!" she cried. "It is very clever of him." "Yes," I replied, "but Bill Is only the very humble instrument The moving spirit is behind." "Oh, yes, you mean the little girl that owns the pony," she said. "Thafs another thing you must tell me about" "The Duke knows more than I," I replied. shifting the burden to him. "My acquaintance is only of yesterday; his is uieioug. "Why have you never told me of her?" she - demanded, turning to the Duke. "Haven't I told you of the little Meredith girl? Surely I have," said the Duke hesitatingly. "Now, you know quite well you have not. and that means you are deeply interested. Oh, I know you well," the said severely. "He Is the most secretive man," she went on to me?"shamefully and ungratefully reserved." The Duke smiled; then said lazily: "Why, she's just a child. Why should you be interested in her? No one was," he added sadly, "till misfortune distinguished her." Her eyes grew soft, and her gay manner changed, and she said to the Duke gently, "Tell me of her now." It was evldeutly an effort, but he began his story of Gwen from the time he saw her first, years ago, playing in and out of her father's rambling shack, shy and wild as a young fox. As he went on with his tale his voice dropped into a low, musical tone, and he seemed as if dreaming aloud. Unconsciously he put Into the tale much of himself, revealing how great an Influence the little child had had upon him and how empty of love his life had been In thiB lonely land. Lady Charlotte listened with face intent upon him, and even her bl?Cf husband was conscious that something more than usual was happening. He had never heard the Duke break through his proud reserve before.' But when the Duke told the story of Gwen's awful fall, which he did with great graphic power, a little red spot burned upon the Lady Charlotte's pale cheek, and as the Duke finished his tale with the words, "it was uer msi nae," she covered her face with her hands and cried: "Oil, Duke, It is horrible to think of! But what splendid courage!" i "Great stuff, eh, Duke?" cried the Hon. Fred, kicking a burning log vigorously. * i But the Duke made no reply. i "How is she now, Duke?" said Lady < Charlotte. i The Duke looked up as from a < dream. "Bright as the morning," he said. Then, In reply to Lady Char- < lotte's look of wonder, he added: "The Pilot did It. Connor will tell j you. I don't understand it." "Nor do I either, but I can tell you ] only what I saw and heard," I answered. "Tell me," said Lady Charlotte very j gently. Then I told her how, one by one, we knd failed to help her, and how the Pilot had ridden up that morning through the canyon, and how he had Drought the hrst light and peace TO her by his marvelous pictures of the flowers and ferns and trees and all the wonderful mysteries of that wonderful ' canyon. "But that wasn't all," said the Duke quickly as I stopped. "No," I said slowly; "that was not all by a long way, but the rest I don't understand. That's the Pilot's secret." "Tell me what he did," said Lady Charlotte softly once more. "I want to know." "I don't think I can," I replied. "He simply read out of the Scriptures to her and talked." Lady Charlotte looked disappointed. "Is that all?" she said. "It is quite enough for Gwen," said ha Tkiitra nnnflHontlv "triP she lies, often suffering, always longing for the hills and the free air, but with her face radiant as the flowers of the beloved canyon." "I must see her," said Lady Charlotte. "and that wonderful Pilot" "You'll be disappointed In him," said the Duke. "Oh, I've seen him and heard him, but I don't know him," she replied. "There must be something in him that one does not see at first" "So I have discovered," said the Duke, and with that the subject was dropped, but not before the Lady Charlotte made me promise to take her to Gwen, the Duke being strangely unwilling to do this for her. "You'll be disappointed," he said. "She is onlv a slmDle little child." TO BE CONTINUED. A Leareud of February. Here is the pretty legend which tells why February has only tweuty-eight or twenty-nine days. Long ago, they say. February was a gambler, and he was so unlucky that be soon lost all his money. Like other gamblers, he tried to recover It, and he said to his companions that if they would lend him some money be would give them as security one of his days. January and March, who were naturally associated with him more often than any of the other months, accepted his offer, and as poor February soon lost the money which he had borrowed each of " them acquired one of his days. That is why January and March have each thirty-one days and February has only twenty-eight in ordinary and twenty-nine in leap years. Ittisccllanfous grading. PANAMA A8 IT 18. The Canal Question Has Been Under Consideration 8ince 1492. In its wider sense the Isthmus of Panama embraces the whole neck of land connecting the continents of North and South America and constitutes a state of the United. States of Colombia. In its narrower meaning the term is confined to the tract between the ports of Colon (or Aspinwall, as it is sometimes called), on the Caribbean sea, and Panama, on the Pacific ocean, a distance of fifty-four miles by the proposed route of the ship canal. Between the two cities lies a range of mountains, a contlnua tlon or tne coruiuera or Anaes. Across this Isthmus a railway was completed by an American company in 1865. By a treaty of 1846 with New Grenada as Colombia was formerly called, the United States guarantees free transit from sea to sea and is consequently bound to protect this railroad during any civil disturbances on the Isthmus. The Isthmus of Panama and the mainland of Colombia were among the first portions of the New World visited by the Spanish explorers. Columbus touched at several points In his last voyage in 1602 and by the middle of the sixteenth century the Spaniards may be said to have established their power over the natives tribes of the country. The region now divided between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador was formed into the presidency of New Grenada, which was later raised to the rank of a viceroyalty. Cities flourished along the coast in spite of the frequent descent of the English buccaneers, and the Indians, many tribes of whom had attained an advanced civilization, were subdued with some effort. The missionaries, however, experienced unusual difficulty and at the present time the population of the district around the junction of the Isthmus and the mainland Is wild, unruly and but nominally Christian. Insurrections against the Spanish government were practically continuous in the early part of the laat century, under the leadership of Bolivar, the Liberator of South America. In 1819 he-formed the republic of Venezuela and New Grenada into a single state under the title of the United States of Colombia. This gave way, after his death in 1830, to the Republic of Grenada, of which General Santander became the first president Tears of weakness and dissension followed. In 1840 the departments of Panama and Yeragua seceded, assuming the title of the State of the Isthmus of^Pariama, but was soon subdued. Antioquia and Panama, however, took advantage, in 1856, of the recent constitutional permission to declare themselves again independent and to enter into a merely Federal connection with the central state. More years of petty Insurrection and revolts followed, until a congress at Bogota esetablishd the present republic under the name of the United States of Cplombia, and adopted a federal constitution. Since then the frequent revolutions and occasional wars with the neighboring states have had no permanent effect, being purely political in character. Throughout the United States has prevented any interference with isthmian traffic, and in 1885, at the request of the Colombian government landed marines on the Isthmus. Proposals to pierce the Isthmus of Panama are almost as old as its discovery. Cortez had one route surveyed, and in 1550 a Spaniard named Antonio GaJvao suggested what Is practi rally the present route. Bolivar's revolution stopped the work which Spain had already determined to begin, and no progress in the plan was made for ?ome years. In 1843 France became irtterested in the project, but again nothing was accomplished. The discovery of gold in California Increased the demand for easy communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the present railroad was begun. The difficulty of procuring labor, however, delayed its completion until 1855. This did not do away with the desire for a canal, and in 1879 Ferdinand de Le8seps, the promoter of the Suez and the Corinth canals, organized a company to build the canal, for which sufficient capital was subscribed to enable the work to be commenced on February 1, 1881. The natural difficulties to be overcome Were presented by the Cordillera mountains, which necessitated either a tunnel or a deep cutting and the floods of the Charges river. Jn addition to these obstacles the United States was opposed to a canal built under French auspices, and for political reasons the French government declined to become directly interested in the project. In spits of de Lesseps's great reputation and the authorization of a lottery loan, funds were difficult to obtain and the work dragged. Ultimately an investigation in 1892 disclosed the fact that of something over 5260,000,000 already sunk in the project only a small portion .had been spent on the actual work. The rest had been spent in various ways to inflaence public opinion in France. For this Charles de Lesseps, Ferdinand's son, was held primarily responsible, but Ferdinand himself was convicted in 1893 of fraudulent maneuvers to raise money and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The. following year he died, after having long been in ill health. In accordance with the peculiar methods of French law he was not present at his trial, and was even ignorant of the fact that he was being criminally prosecuted. With the death of de Lesseps and the collapse of his company the canal project dragged more slowly than ever, until the United States took it up. The question of a canal through Nicaragua, instead of across the Panama isthmus, was for some time discussed, but the preference was finally given to the old route. The treaty | with Colombia, however, by which this country was to pay $20,000,000 for the necessary concession, was defeated this summer in the Colombian senate. The present attempt on the part of the state of Panama to secede from Colombia is the outcome of this action. The action of the Colombian senate l and its effect in the state of Panama is evidence of the unsettled conditions that prevail in practically all of the 1 Spanish-American countries and to which Colombia is no stranger. The population of the republic, estimated at f,4uu,uuv, 01 wnom aiwui ovv.uuu m-c In the state of Panama, is composed of whites of Spanish origin, the remnants of the native Indian tribes, Negroes and half-breeds of every description. 1 Many of the Indians are still in an almost savage state and the llaneros or 1 herdsmen of the plains are far from a high state of civilization.. In Bogo- i ta, the capital, however, a city of over ' 100,000 inhabitants, the people have adopted European habits with a strong leaning to French ways. 1 The climate and character of the people are diversified by the numerous irregular and lofty mountain ranges. ' Though a portion of the country is crossed by the equator every variety ( of temperature is to be found from tropical heat to perpetual ice and snow. On the isthmus the mountains are comparatively low and the general characteristics of the region are those of the tropics. Though the whole of the country is rich in mineral deposits, on account of the scarcity of capital, the unsettled political conditions and the difficulty of communication many of the most important are still untouched. The telegraph system is extremely poor, for in the less populous districts the wires are both stolen by thieves and destroyed by monkeys, who find them useful for exercise. Agriculture is the chief industry of the country* but it is carried on by the Indians with the crudest methods. The only industrial product to be exported to any extent, is the jlpljapa or Panama hats. Panama la the capital or me ismmJan state, is a tropical city of more than 35,000 Inhabitants. It is the oldest city In America, having been founded In 1518 by Pedro Arias Davlla, and soon became wealthy from the Peruvian mines. Its riches attracted Morgan's buccaneers, and after plundering it for three weeks they burned It In 1671. From the "eight monasteries, a cathedral c^d two churches, a fine fcospital, 200 richly furnished houses, nearly 5,000 houses of an humbler sort, a Genoese Chamber of Commerce, and 20o warehouses," they carried oft 175 mule loads of loot and 600 prisoners. Two years later the present city was founded on a tongue of coral rock, about six miles from the old site. It was once considered one of the strongest fortresses In South America, but little of the granite fortifications is still standing. Of the old Spanish houses, also, few are left, and what dignity the city now has Is derived from the state buildings and offices. A large area is covered by the ruins of churches and convents. Living Is expensive and the hotel accommodations are poor.?New York Sun. POPULAR MEDICAL DELUSIONS. An Old Family Physioian Tails of Soma of His Expariances. Tradition and superstition, It is said, die hard, and even in this twentieth century, the age of education and progress, It is surprising what erroneous and delusive Ideas prevail regarding medicinal matters. In some of the more common aliments of children a doctor hears at times peculiar views expressed. Many patients are quite under the Impression that It is for their children's welfare that they should contract while young, such diseases as measles, whooping cough and chickenpox, or glasspox, and they will even go so far as to expose them to infection so as to, as they express It, "get it. over and done with." As a matter of fact, there Is no reason or necessity why any child should suffer from any of the diseases. Happy Is the family that eseapes from them, for then there is a chance for the youngsters growing up healthy men and women and useful members of society. Most erroneous Ideals .prevail as to the offoot of these comDlaintS of child hood. I have often heard It said, "Oh, it's only measles!" or chickenpox, as the case may be; quite oblivious to after effects. Any one who-would take the trouble to read health statistics would soon be convinced that measles, especially, is not to be trifled with, And yet medical men, as a rule, find a reckless disregard for isolation, and in many cases not even the precaution of calling in the family doctor, the result being, naturally, that the disease spreads at its own sweet will and often works havoc. In the treatment of this complaint, again, delusions and erroneous ideas exist among a large number of the community. Tradition, so it appears to me, Is more prevalent with regard to measles than almost any other children's disease. A remedy that has been handed down from mother to daughter for I don't know how many generations, is saffron. Now, what effect saffron has upon this particular fever no doctor knows. Certainly there is no peculiar element in its composition that makes it a necessity. When one remembers that saffron is merely a dye, prlnci- i pally used commercially in that role ?and that it possesses no medicinal i value?one fails to understand why it ( is so universally used. The only thing < to be said in its favor Is that, while ( being useless, It Is harmless. A favorite addition to saffron is Fi hrandy; but as saffron is harmless, brandy on the other hand, especially with babies and young children, Id pos- m Itively injurious and should never be fo given except under medical advice. el Children are always thirsty In their T< feverish ailments. Tet how seldom the mother thinks of giving her child water to drink! It is nearly always cc milk?another popular delusion. Milk pi is an excellent food, but it does not ai quench, thirst; in fact, it Increases it. w Give the child cold boiled water and it will become quiet and less fretful. 01 A very popular idea is that spirits ty keep the cold out. As a matter of fact er they do just the opposite. Alcohol increases the action of the skin, opens th the pores and makes the individual nt more liable to contract chills and colds, b< often with serious results. A glass of ju hot milk is far better and much cheap- tr er and purer. It is a popular delusion that doctors in are compelled to attend any and every pi call made upon them. Nothing of the ci kind; but medical men very rarely re- cc fuse, although In many cases the Tl chance of receiving a fee is remote, at Street accidents or people suddenly ra 'aken 111 (sometimes a malingerer) will make a kind-hearted onlooker run to 01 the nearest doctor for assistance, quite se oblivious as to who is responsible for T payment. As a matter of fact, the w one who calls the doctor is liable.?Tit- dc Bits. re THE MEN OF BLUE WATER. They Helped Make York's Record For Fine 8oldiership. gl In last Tuesday's Issue, The En- M ql'irer gives a picture and sketch of ci Mr. John Lowrle Bolln, aged eightytwo years. We have known Mr. Bolln g? oil IWa qo o n 111 nt nnnafantatlAiiil lu citizen. He belongs to a family noted cl for Its longevity. Some of whom in our day have passed their 100th mile- rc stone. tt Lowrle, for a long time, was one of ci the leading men of that section, known as "The Nation" or "Blue Water." In b< elections his influence was sought for b; by candidates wanting office. What pi love couldn't accomplish liquor could, ol Hum would often succeed when reason in failed. tt The Bolln family were noted for ai their courage?they sprung from Rev- is olutlonary ancestry. Many of their c< descendants are now living at the cot- b< ton mills- in Cherokee county and others are among Its farming and other a Industrial classes. w In ante-bellum days when free 11- ci quor and free fights were common, the ki test of pluck or physical manhood was w a common pastime. For a man In dl those days and among those people to m carry a low down cowardly grudge un- b< til he got the advantage of his adver- in sary or until he got in liquor before he T could bring it to an Issue was looked fc upon as an arrant coward. Sticks, rocks, fists and feet were the only weapons used in settling old scores or r? new difficulties. When the war came te on, some of them were among the first di to go to the front and there they remained until the flag was forever jr furled at Appomattox and Greensboro, hi No section of the country left a greater per cent of its men upon the battlefield than did York county and on w whom were no fewer records bestowed for their gallantry. ,n The grand old county of York has w given to the new county of Gaffney a P( territory and people of whom we are g justly proud. They are, many of them, ?"r the men or descendants of the men of lo whom we speak.?J. L. S., In Gaffney tr Ledger. ^ . ? i in "YANKEE DOODLE'8" ORIGIN. ^ tl It Was Formerly "Nankee Doodle" Used to Ridicule Cromwell. 10 r? The lively strains of "Yankee Doo- jv die" are heard at every patriotic cele- tt bratlon, yet perhaps few. of those ^ whose pulses stir at the sound of the familiar notes are aware that it dates b] from the time of Oliver oromwen ana tc crossed the seas with the Puritans. jj "Nankee Doodle," was one of the c( nicknames bestowed by the Cavaliers on the hated Roundhead, and a verse, p written upon Cromwell's entry into 8 Oxford, riding on a small horse with a p< plume twisted into a sort of knot oall- g ed a "macaroni," runs as follows: ei "Nankee Doodle came to town, ^ Upon-a little pony, With a feather in his hat Upon a "macaroni." tt The transition from Nankee to Yan- ct kee?which came from Yengee. the In- ?' dian word -for English?was very easy, w and the Royalists used it to Jeer at 9e all New Englanders. iz "When the Colonials in Boston, pre- ei paring for the coming war, smuggled a] muskets into the country, concealing " them in loads of manure, the Tories 111 sang to the old tune of "Lucy Fisher." U? "Yankee Doodle came to town, . For to buy a firelock; 11 We will tar and feather him, And so we will John Hancock." p< This tune was a favorite one In Co- fc lonial times, various couplets being "W used, one of the most popular of these ^ verses having come down as a nur- j sery rhyme within the memory of the present generation. The words are: ? N "Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Lucy Flhser found it, j. Ne'er a penny was there in it, j. 'Cept the binding round it." S The New England men were fully ^ equal to the occasion. When the British force marched to the battles of cc Concord and Lexington, their approach was heralded by "God Save the P< King,' but when the "Yankee farmers" saw the foe In full retreat, the strains t of "Yankee Doodle" accompanied their (light, and from that hour, wherever the Stars and Stripes have floated, the once despised tune has been heard.? 1 Collier's Weekly. n< 3RAND JURY TO THE 8E88ION8. rial Presentment aa to Things In Genaral. Before its discharge last Wednesday orning the grand jury submitted the Mowing as its final presentment, aignl by J. O. Walker, foreman: d the Honorable D. A. Townsend, Presiding Judge: We beg to report that we have duly msidered all the bills of indictment it Into our hands by the solicitor, id returned the same to the court, 1th our findings endorsed thereon. Since our last report, committees of ir number have visited the jail, counhome, chalngang and Catawba Rlv' bridge. We recommend that the Interior of ie jail be thoroughly modernised and ted' with steel cells. The work will > expensive, no doubt; but will be stifled, in our opinion, even If an exa tax levy be necessary. The buildings of the county home are good condition and the inmates are operly cared for. We have no eritism to make; but on'the contrary only immendation for the management he home is supplied with an abund- . ice of necessaries that have been * Jsed on Uie farm. Among the Inmates Is the family of ie Jim McMackin, consisting of himif, wife and seven children, all Idiots, he family continues to Increase and e think that something should be >ne In the Interest of humanity. We commend that the husband and wife > separated; that the wife be sent ick to her own people, who are "willig to take care of her, and that the lildren be bound out to such responsi;e citizens as may be willing to aslme responsibility for them. Dr. lies Walker, the. physician In charge, m give more detailed information. We found the convicts at tne camming in healthy condition and properguarded. 'The management of the taing&ng is quite satisfactory. We are pleased to note that our last commendation as to the painting of te Catawba River bridge, has been trrled out in a satisfactory manner. The books of the public offices have jen examined by an expert, appointed y us. and. we refer to his report with ride, as showing the neat condition ! the county's books, and the manner t which the officers have discharged leir duties. The report of the expert .id that of the county commissioners attached for reference, and we rt>mmend that the sugp stion of each ! carried out On the third day of last September, passenger train of the Southern railay fell through the trestle at Fishing eek in this county. Five people were tiled and a number were founded. It as brought to our attention Nlbat the Is&Bter was probably due in great teasure to rotten and defective timers, and we conceived it our duty to ivestlgate the matter by committee, he report of the oommtytee was oe illows: t We find from evidence find the rotin condition of the timbers In said estle, and from, the neglect of the dlroad authorities to furnish new marial, after being notified of the conitlon of said trestle by the employes ' ; the railroad, that the Southern rail>ad authorities were guilty of crimial negligence, and that N. M. Stukes, lias Miller, W. A. Bolln, Cal Comer id J. J. Keller are material witnessea Because of the condition in which e found this trestle, it was decided i make investigation of other trestles l the county, and the committee to hlch the duty was delegated has re?rted as follows: We have examined the track of the outhern, (Old Three Cs railroad), om Yorkville to and including Bul ck's creek trestle, and we found the ack, especially on the curves, to be in very bad condition, owing to rotten es, and. And Bullock's creek trestle i such a dangerops and unsafe condion, that we at once notified the mangrement of the Southern railroad, trough Its agent, of its co Edition. We lggested a lower rate of speed on tese curves, and a slow rate on Bulck's creek trestle. We are glad to ;port that the notice from the grand try was respected by the railroad autoritles, and that Bullock's Creek estle has been repaired, and that the ack is being put in better condition. We desire to present one Dal Kimrell for buying ae4d cotton contrary > law. The following are witnesses: 10. Witherspoon, colored; Lee Heath, >lored. We also report Mark Carpenter, rank Carpenter and Sid Barrett, for dling whisky in violation* of the dls ;nsary law. rouowing are wiiucsbch. en Brlggs, Rule McDanlel, Tbad Givis, Ervln Pursley, John Davidson, nil Thomasson, Tom Thomas son, Jr. We wish earnestly to recommend lat for the, upbuilding of the moral inditlon of our county and state that lr representatives use every means ithln their power to obtain the con- , >nt of the legislature to allow the citens of the state to vote as to wheth we want whisky sold in our midst, id we believe that we voice the seument of our county in this recommendation. A great deal of extra work, entailing )th time and expense has devolved on ils body during the past /ear, and we commend that the unusual services rformed by various members be paid >r extra as follows: T. L. Black, 2 days $ 5 00 . S. Hanna, 2 days 4 00 T. H. McCorkle, Jr., 2 days 3 00 J. Wallace, 2 days 3 00 7. J. Neil, 2 days and team.... 4 80 . B. McAfee, 2 days and team.. 6 40 . S. Black, 4 days and dinner for Jury 8 76 R Williams. 2 davs 3 80 W. Brown, 2 days 4 60 , G. Feemster, 1 day 3 00 . E. Ferguson, 1 day and team. 3 90 O. Walker, foreman 20 70 In addition to the foregoing, we re>mmend that Mr. J. R. Lindsay be ild for his services as expert in exnlning the books, the sum of $26. All of which Is respectfully submltd. Yorkvllle, S. C.. Nov. 18, 1903." ar What we learn with pleasure we >ver forget?Meroelr,