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LONG AGO. 1 once knew all the birds that came Ad i nest.ec! in our orchard tree?, 1 For tFrry liower I had a name? Mj. friends were woodchucks, toads ar.d bees; I kn< w where thrived in yonder gien What plants wo dd soothe a-tone bruised j I was very !ear. Sd then, ^S^a^ntthat was very Jem*; a<;o. * Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound* I knt w the wood?the very tree YYi'.eiC 1IVCU LUC J?uv; . And all the woods and crows knew nie? j But that was very long ago. And pining for the joys of youth, 11 ead the old faniili <r spot Only to learn this solemn truth: I hive for cot ten, am forgot. Yet here's this youngster at my knee Knows all the things I used to know: To think I once was wise as lieBut that was very long ago. I know it's folly to complain Of whatso'er the fates decree, Yet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish should be: I'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know, For I was, oh, so happy then? But that was very long ago. IB FATiB'S mm. A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE ?BY? THOMAS P, MOXFORT. CHAPTER X. THE SERPENT SJIOWS IT3 FA>"CS. When Pearson reached Scraggs' office he found the agent alone. He was sitting at his desk, with his pen stuck above his ear and with his face buried j in his hands. It was evident from his attitude and his listless manner that he was deeply engrossed in study. "Hatching- up some scheme for plundering these poor devils," Harry thought as he halted for a moment in the open door to contemplate Scraggs. "He's got some deep laid plan at work, and whatever it is it'll bring a few thousands to his pocket at the expense of the settlers." At that moment Scraggs looked up, and his eyes met those of Harry Pearson. "Beg pardon, Mr. Scraggs. I didn't mean to intrude, so if your meditations are sacred I'll withdraw." "Come in and sit down," Scraggs said in reply. "I was meditating, and seriously, too, but my thoughts were of you, and 1 am glad you came." "Ha, you are a faithful agent, Scraggs. Always got my interests in mind, and forever studying out some plan for advancing them. What new scheme are you working up now?" "I am not working up any scheme, Mr. Pearson." "Yet you were thinking- of me. How does that come?" "I was thinking of you in an entirely different connection." "What connection, then?" "WHt- in with those " "v? ? ? I Greens. It has come across my mind that there is some deep purpose in your j action." "Ha, ha! Is it possible that Scraggs has got his mind off financial matters long enough to let a thought of something so foreign creep in? Come, Scraggs, stick to the per cent, and the commissions, and don't go to muddling your brain about things that don't concern you and that will never put a dollar in your pocket. It ain't in your line, Scraggs, and you'd better let it alone." "Ordinarily. Pearson, I don't meddle much with tilings that don't directly concern me. I am counted heartless and unfeeling, and have been cursed from Dan to Beerslieba by everybody who has had any dealings with me, and as a general thing people are not to blame. They have had room for swearing, and not knowing that there was a monkey in the case are not to blame for shearing at the cat whose paw has been used to rake the chestnuts from the fire. But I suppose I ought not to complain. I am paid for my work, and it is my duty to shoulder the blame that attaches to it and take the curses it brings down on my head. Anyhow, I am willing1 to go on with that; but I am not willing- to be a party to a worse crime, and, by George, I won't be. I say, I won't be. and I.mean it." "Are you through with your sermon, Sc-aggs?" "For the present, yes." "Then may I ask what deep crime you refuse to be a party to?'' "Yes, you may. It's the crime you contemplate against those Greens; or rather against Green's girl." Pearson's face flushed and a spark of anger lighted his eyes. For an instant ?-??oie gazed steadily at Scraggs, then slowly let his glance fall to the floor. It was son; 3 time before he spoke, and when he did he said: "Mr. Scraggs, are you aware what your words imply?" "1 am, most certainly," replied Scraggs, "and they imply nothing but the truth. I am not fool enough to think that your actions towards Green mean anything good. It would be hard enough to believe that if your conduct in his presence was the only thing to go by. it is not nicely tnat you would interest yourself in anyone's behalf. unless you had a selfish motive behind it. It is not in your nature. But what makes your purpose more apparent is the fact that while you are making a pretense of favoring Green, you are coming in here and commanding me to bear down on him. At my expense you are working yourself into his good graces, and at the same time getting him deeper and deeper into vour toils. I know you, and I know your purpose, Pearson, and I denounce it. Furthur, I refuse to be a party to it. It is all right to rob and plunder these people with exorbitant interest, and to break *hem up with wild speculations, and so long as it stops at that, I will go with you; but when it comes to an attempt to trap that innocent girl I'm out." The young man's face changed color alternately as he listened to this speech. One moment it was livid with anger ar.d the nest flushed with a sense of shame. Once or twice he made gestures for Scracjrs to stop, but the acent went on to the end. "Well, Mr. Scraggs." Harry replied after a short silence. "I don't admit anything: you have charged, but say yon are correct, and it must be acknowledged that you are not above reproach. Your virtuous indignation d-m't commence quite soon enough. It begins where the profits leave off. In other words you are willing to condone ray crimes. :is you choose to call them, and even assist me in executing them, as long as there is money in it to you. I>ut k the moment they cease to bring a financial return to your pocket you get terribly down on them. You are willing to help 'rob and plunder* the settlers because it pays you, but there is no profit in trapping the girl, so your virtuous soul revolts at the idea. That is the size of your honor. Scraggs." "I admit that appearances do seem against me. Pearson, for after being a tool in your hands so long." said Scraggs with emphasis, "it would be a miracle if I had an honorable impulse left in my bosom. But miracle as it is. I have a spark of honor yet unobs.eured. I would *av what I li::ve, and oppose your designs on ' reen's daughter, even if I lost money by it. In a ease like tins money cuts no figure with me." "You are very pious all at once. Scraggs," said Pearson with a light laug-h, "arid I wonder you didn't tuTn nreac-her in your young days. You would have made an eloquent sermonizer. I>ut we'll drop this subject, if you please, for the present, and when I form designs against Green's girl, such as you mention, and iin<! I am in need of your assistance in carrying' them out. I'll" put up the 'stuff' and make you solid." "You'll do no such thing," Scraggs exclaimed with wrath as he arose and paced the floor. "No money will induce me to aid ir. betraying that jrirl or any other girl into your power. But I'll tell you what I will do," Scraggs said, stopping before Pearson and looking him square in the eyes, "I'll warn John Green against you, and I'll warn the girl against you." "You will?" exclaimed the young man springing up with flashing eyes and clinched fists. "You will, eh?" "Yes, I will," replied Scraggs, calmly maintaining his position. For a minute the two men stood silently eyeing each other. Scraggs cool, collected and immovable, and Pearson at first angry and flushed, but slowly calming down. At last the latter broke into a light laugh, and with a toss of the head spoke: "Don't be a fool, Scraggs," he faid, "because that don't pay. I have no designs on the girl, and besides if I did have your putting in wouldn't do any good. Do you suppose the Greens, or nnv of the other settlers, would take your word in preference to mine? Of course they wouldn't. It's you that is known as a heartless villain, while I, in the shade back of you, am known as a kind, feeling gentleman. These people riri I i?J? I I *7 " -* \ \h: Ms. mmrir U z~jy /uh!/a ?-J' /'' XT:3 / ^ / xyy / " HARRY PEARSON*, BEWARE!" don't know that I move you and control your actions, and more it is hardly likely that they will know it, since there is no one to tell them but you, and they'd never take your word for anything-, not if you were to swear to if mil I have trot the advantage of you, Scraps, aud if .you want to do any warning1 j ust go ahead. But you are making a great fuss about nothing, anyhow. Wait until I make an attempt against the girl, won't you?" "If you have no designs ou the girl, Pearson," asked Scraggs, "will you please say what your purpose is?" 4'Why,"what should it be, except to make all the money we eau out of Green, just as we intend to make it out of every other settler." "Then how is it you do not find it necessary to deport yourself toward other settlers as you do toward the Greens? Why is it you find it necessary to go there so often?" "I supposed this was a free country, Scraggs, and that a man did not have to explain to other people the reason why he chooses to go here or there. But since you forcc the question on me I don't mind answering it. I go to John Green's occasionally bccause I like Louise. To be honest, frank and confidential with you, Scraggs, I'll go further and say I love her. I'm speaking the truth when I say that, so help me God. I do love Louise Green with all my heart and soul, and never have and never shall love anyone else. And now having gone this far, I'll go-further. I love her, and I've sworn that she shall be mine. She loves that Paul Markham, but he shall never have her. I cannot win her love, but I can get her in ray power, and force her to come to my arms and submit to my caresses, and by Heaven I will." "Harry Pearson, beware! This is going too far, and they shall be warned." "Go and warn them. They'll not believe a word you say. I'm not afraid of you, for you are powerless." "Alas! that is too true. I am the demon and you are the saint, and your lies will be taken as gospel truth, while the truths I speak will be believed by none. So much for being your tool. But, nevertheless, it is my duty to warn' them against yon, and I'll do it. I'll give them fair warning1, and if they don't want to heed it they can only suffer the consequences. If you wanted to marry the girl now?" "Bah! I don't want to marry her, and I don't propose to do anything- of the sort. You know that that matter is settled for me. The folks at home have kinclv selected a woman for me, and all I have to do is to go back and marry her, which I am gointf to do in a few weeks. I don't love her and never did, but she is rich, and money is what we are after." Scrag-gs made no reply to this, and Pearson went on: "I shall go back there and marry that woman but I will not be compelled to stay there with her. I will soon lind an excuse for coming west, and once here I will work to my ends and find ray happiness in the society of ray little wild flower of the plains." CHAPTER XI. GUEES VANTS MORE PROFIT. Along1 in October llarrv Pearson went cast for the purpose of getting married. TT* had not gone to Green's more than once or twice after the conversation between him andScraggs, but be consoled himself in leaving with the thought that it would not be long before he was back again; and he hoped by that time to be able to sway Louise to his wishes. Scraggs said nothing to the Greens of the young man's intentions, for in the first place he realized that they would be slow to believe him, and in the second place lie found it a little difficult to approach them on such a subject. Then again he told himself that it would be premature, anyhow, to speak then, as it was probable that once married Harry would give up his designs on Louise. and even if he didn't it would be time enough to speak when Pearson came back. So tli" matter rested. The boom at Paradise Park assumed (s.v.ttHi UUH3 I'ifi V uuur. J. lie sa.ie of lots prow CTeater day by day, and at last the rush <*f customers was so overwhelming' th.it Scrasrjrs found it necessary to take in two extra assistants. Several new buildings were put in course of erection, and three newspapers, two of them with daily issues, were established in the town. Many of the lots were sold two or three times within as many days, and always at a large advance. Speculation ran wild and option dealing1 to =1 came the rage of the hoar. John Green j ] made no effort to sell his lots, for they : were well located, and he felt secure i:i holding them. They would go on increasing, he thought, and when the i railroad companies be<jaz> to construct : the ir lines into the place, and all the other public improvements were put unier way, their value would go beyond. anybody's expectations. He determined to hold tli em. and hold them he did. IInt Scraggs made an effort to sell them, and in a short time he found a customer who offered to take them at double what John paid. Seraggs sent for John and laid the offer before him, i saying: "It is a big profit on the investment, I Mr. Green, u'ldmy advice is to take it." "Xo," said John, "1 can do better than that next year. Wait till the rail- i roads come in." j "I tell you. Green," Seraggs went on, j "now is a good time to sell. You double , ycv.r money, and that is profit enough, j Take my advice and sell out. I can ! ; loan your money where it will be safe , and where it will, bring you good inter- ; J 1 "? - ' ---1- - . . est. .Ma'ce tne enangv, nicu ivuoj uiu t . mortgage on your farm is due yoxi will j have the money to pay it off.'1 But John shook his head, saying1: ' You can get no interest to equal the j profits on the lots, and besides I would i rather not turn usurer." Scraggx was silent for a little while, i during which he looked hard at the floor. Then looking" up he said: '"Green, I have a purpose in advising you as I do. I do not like to say what that purpose is. but I assure you it isau honest one. and besides it is well founded. For your own good I advise you to this step. Get your money out of these lots, and keep it out." John made no reply but looked at Scraggs incredulously. The agent saw that he had made no impression, and he continued: ** \Vill you promise upon your oath, | Green, never to whisper a word of what I am ^roinjr to tell you?'' "Yes, if it is right that I should not." j "I don't know that it would be ex- I actly right, but I know it would be to ] vour interest, and would, if you acted j on it, save your money and save you from a great deal of sulferirg. perhaps. But be that as it may, I won't reveal any secret. It wouldn't be safe. I will say, though, let those lots go and make ! your money secure." "Isn't it secure where it is?" John asked. "You heard what I said, Mr. Green," i Scraggs replied, "and ought to be able . to draw your own conclusions. I say i take your money out of the lots and ; make it safe. That's all I can say to j you, and it s more man l nave saiu w . will say to anyone else. I have a j reason for advising you to this step, | and strange as it ma}' seem, it is al- ! together for your interest that I do it." j "It's a little strange, indeed, Mr. i Scraggs," John said with an incredu; lous shake of the head, "that you should feel such an uncommon interest in m_v welfare. I cannot understand why you should make so great an exception in my favor. Why am I alone "selected from all your customers to receive the benefit of your advice? Am I more to you than any of the hundreds of others who have, invested in these town lots? I don't think so." "You are right, Green, }*ou are not j oiore to me than the others. Ruf it is 1 II ; j-TEp i j ^ i nt Mi/T\ I I 0 /i ; /K-lhtp/ I ^/' . / ^ s y. \ j <t! / \'"J ! y y ! / i:iy\ U] V 4 i - "l'OU AKK SLY, SCRAGG8." ! ' 1 not that which influences me. There is not a man among all my customers | whom I would not advise as I do you, j were he placed in like circumstances. 1 But it is folly to talk and argue. Here j is a customer for your lots. Take my ; advice and sell out." "2so," said John, "I'll keep them. I i know your object. Mr. Seraggs?I can see through it perfectly. Those lots , arc'destined to sell for an enormous j price, and you know it. You see a j thousand dollars or so in them, and you ! want them. You are the man who pro1 poses to buy them. Y< >u arc sly, Seraggs, j and you can hatch out some plausible ; schamcs, but 1 understand your motive in this instance.'' Seraggs arose and walked the floor for j a minute or two, then stopping in front ' of Green, said: | "John Green, I wouldn't pay you fifty j | per cent, on the investment you made j j in those lots. I don't want them, and ; ' wouldn't buy them at any- price. l'ut-< I zr. - ^ ^ T 1-. r, \ r?.Arr? fr* COT? I j lUUV 1.^ X iiUVV + IKJ l AlV^l^ 1,%^ guj j I ?at least only this. In loss than six I j mouths from to-day, you will recall what I have said, and you will say that | j for once Scraggs advised you aright, j | Good day." | These last words of Scraggs made a j ! slight impression ou John, and he left j j '.lie office in a halting state of mind, j ! Once or twice as he walked down the j I street he stopped, half inclined to gc i back and accept Scraggs' offer. "If I sell out," he mused, "I will i make a large profit,' and besides being I j able to redeem my farm will have a i our.pie of hundred dollars left towards ! building a home. It may l>e that Scraggs is right, too, and that by holding on 1 will lose all. Perhaps it would be safer to sell." Then on the other hand he would re| call Scraggs' reputation as a schemer ; and an unprincipled shark, and noting i the improvements that were under way j and the avidity with which other pco- j j pie were taking up "bargains'1 in real i j estate, he would conclude that he j : was right, and that Scraggs only wantI ed to get the lots himself because there ! was a big outcome t<> them. Reasoning ' ! nrn nml con he fimillv decided to - keen his lots and accordingly went home, perfectly satislied that he had acted for the best. i The l?oom at Paradise Park kept rolling on and on, reaching out farther and further until the winter came on and the severe storms ami cold weather put a cheek to" all improvement." That winter was an intensely cold one. and there was a great deal of .snow, so that people ; : ventured out but little, and as a consc( <juence the excitement at Paradis* Park ; died doivii and the sales of real estate . i ceased entirely. The investors felt no uneasiness, how- 1 ever, being assured that with the return ! J <<f fair weather the boom would set in ; ' again with renewed vigor. In the ; ! spring the railroads were to }>e located j [ and work was to- begin on theni at once; j and all t!ie other public improvements i i ! Tv.-.r.> to ho iTot under headwav. too: so i j then the real 1>oom was to come, and ' only a few short months of inactivity j . was to come between. j Thus the wiuter passed, and by the ; j middle of March all the snow was gone j j f:v.:n the plains and the tender grass I began to shoot up. The boom at Paradise Park revived, and while real estate transactions resumed their wonted strength. the sound of the hammer, the ? ? ? 1 l. iT'.ivrk 1>aovi] r?Ti orort* >itw ULIU LUC UVttVl AAV. Vk*. V* V. . W J hand. Business blocks, both frame and brick, were started up all about the center of the town, while residences were being1 constructed in every quarter. Unprecedented activity reigned, ami Scraps' prediction that the place would have twenty thousand population within the 3'ear bade fair to come true. ]>ut day after day passed, and no move toward constructing railroads or other public improvements was mado. Vet the people were strong in the faith an.l kept the boom rolling-. CHAPTER XII. A BCRSTED BOOST. A month passed and then the gTeat boom at Paradise Park received a sudden check. A railroad line was located through that section of Kansas, but it came not to or through the place. It ran within five miles of the town, and the company located a depot and laid out a townsite at the point nearest to Paradise Park. \? QAnn 5 5 this fact became known as :i certainty the great boom burst and. the embryo western metropolis lay flat. The sale of lots stopped short, and within three days the value of real estate ran down until it was impossible to sell lots at any price. The noise of the saw and hammer ceased, and unfinished buildings were left so. Then a new town on the railroad was started under the name of Magic City. Scraggs, the inevitable, shook the dust of Paradise Park from his feet and went down to Magic City to inaugurate a boom there; and he succeeded so well that within a few days there was a grand rush of people to the new town, and a real estate crazc rivaling that of Paradise Park began to rage. The people who owned houses at the old town moved them to the new, and thus within a couple of weeks the famed town of Paradise Park?the once proud infant wonder of the world ?was blotted out of existence, and nothing save a few old foundations and the painted corner stakes remained to mark the spot where the embryo metropolis had stood. The collapse had been sudden and unexpected. and hundreds of poor settlers who had invested their little all in the hope of making a raise awoke sudden ly to the fact that they were ruined, and that their hopes and their money had gone down together in the great wreck. Some who had a small amount of means left invested in the new town in the hope of retrieving what was lost in the old, but hundreds had nothing left to invest, and all they could do was to mourn the departed, and enrse Scraggs. This latter pleasure, however, was denied John Green. He could mourn the fall of Paradise Park, but he had no occasion to curse Scraggs, for Scraggs had warned him and had made every effort to get him to save himself. John took his loss seriously to heart, and many were the wakeful nights it caused him. The sum of money was small, but it was all that stood between his family and want if he should fail on his crop the coming season, as there was a fair prospect of him doing since the season had'opened up exceedingly dry. Mary, ever patient and long suffering, deplored the loss of the money equally as much as John did, but made a pretense of considering it a mere trifle. True wife that she was, she was willing to bear her own binders alone, and be-VI - ~ .A 1.1 1 L fcUlL'S MiUUIUCf tt. piU b UI UCA 11UCT band's. She saw nothing in the future outlook to encourage her, yet for John's sake she affected to see a great deal, and the more he regretted, the more cheerful and hopeful she became, and the more lightly she treated their loss. "I am glad, Mary," John remarked one day, '"that you take such a happy view of the situation. The loss of the money, and the knowledge that it was my fault. ;.s enough to make me despise myself almost, even at best, and if you had blamed me as I deserve to be blamed, I believe I'd have gone mad." "John, there is nothing for which to blame you," Mary replied. "You invested the money, as hundreds of others invested, and tried to act for the best. It was a mistake, and nothing more. Such a mistake as anyone might have made, and as almost every poor settler did make. There is no use to condemn yourself, or make yourself miserable with vain regrets. The money is gone ?let it go. We can live over the loss, and in a short time won't feel it." "I hope so," replied John, "but it is hard to raise expectations where there is' so little to base them on. There are poor prospects for crops this year, for it is already late in the season and there is nnt mnist.nrr* enouffh in the CTOUnd to sprout the seeds. If it does not rain soon we will raise nothing1, and again we shall have to go through the experiences of a year ago. Sometimes I feel like turning hose and cursing this Godforsaken country from end to end. I wish we had never set foot on Kansas soil. There is nothing here for ua but suffering, hardships and disappointments. From year to year we have got to contend against drought, hot winds, chinch bugs, grasshoppers, greedy Shylocks and swindling schemes, and the settler has a poor showing among them." "It is discouraging, John," said Mary, "but where can poor people do better? 'Die east is overcrowded, and the poor nan cannot hope to get a home there, t i ?* cannot go into business for himself, teHWmiMlWli h. 4^iizr THE TEAH3 OF BITTEE ANGUISH FLOWED. and to work on a salary is uncertain. Thousands do it, of course, and'a small per cent, of them get on very well, but such cases are rare. We have had experience in that way, and we know what it is to be thrown out of employment and left stranded without money and with sickness. We have hard times 1 ?^? nere, 2111(1 SUHCr Llid^Liy \ anuuo oh?\jl disappointments, but I would not exchange it for the east, for here we have a hope of a home by and by, and there we could hope for nothing. Here you are your own master, there j'ou were the servant of your employers, who4 because tney paid you a pittfui sa.ia.ry sufficient keep yourself and family alive, felt that they owned you body and soul. I'll take Kansas with its trials and disappointments in preference to the east." "Yes, so will I," said John, "but I do think the settlers who come here to build up homes and improve and beautiry the land, ought to receive better treatment from the government. There ; is no justice in giving up to corpora( tions and cattle kings all the choice , aifn. , i aaa ? , - gssaae aszana j portions of the public lands, leaving to the homeseekers the sandy, arid plains, ! where nothing1 but sand burs and coyotes flourish. But the rich men, I sup- | pose, must be cared for, and whatever they don't want is tendered to the poor. But after all this is perhaps as good as any placc for tho poor ' man, for he don't seem to be wanted j anywhere except as a convenience to j the wealthy. It is a truth, verily, that there is no place in this world for the poor. They are cumberers of the ground." John and Mary, being heartsore and ' discouraged, were probably prone to 1 take a melancholy view of the situa- j i tion, as people are apt to do under such . j circumstances. But after all, who is j j there to say that their view, though ^ ; melancholy, was not to some extent at , least based on facts? Who is there to , say that poor men vrith families brought into competition with the labor ; of all the civilized and semi-civilized j world do not have a hard time of it in the east, and feel themselves fortunate in ' nine cases out of ten if they are able to ^ j keep their dependent ones barely above ' j want? Who is there to say against ' John Green's assertion, that the poor j settlers on the public lands of the west J | have not been neglected by the govern- ^ ! ment and forced to occupy the arid I plains passed over by the rich cattle- , men and giant corporations as useless? ] Mary and John may have looked at the situation through smoked glass, but if they did, they saw not far wrong. As John had feared, the outlook for i crops grew less and less promising with each week. The weather continued dry, and day after day the 31m ran his course through cloudless ' heavens. The earth became parched. I and the vegetation that had, in spite of all obstructions, forced itself into life ' drooped, withered and died. For three long months not a drop of rain had fallen, and it being now July there was no longer any grounds for hope on the part of the settlers. It was impossible that any crops could be grown thus late in the season, even were it to rain at once. [To be continued.] AN ATTACHMENT GRANTED. St>It Aealait Ex-Pre?Idont Hoer For a Half Million Dollars. New York, Oct. 16.?Judge Tatterson, of the Supreme Court to-day, upon application of Henry Sanford, preiident nf thft Adams Emress Company, grant ed an attachment against the property of John Hoey, the deposed president of the company in a suit to recover half a million dollars. The attachment was granted on the ground of non-resiidence, Hoey's home being at Hollywood, N. J. The attachment was at once handed to Deputy Sheriff Stevens. The attachment was secured upon affidavit of Frederick Lovejoy, the present Vice-President of the Adams Express Company. The summons attached to the papers announces to Mr. Hoey that if he defaults in appearing to answer the suit judgment will be taken against bim for 8712,950 with interest and costs. Lovejoy, in his affidavit, recites the history of the company, which is a joint stock association, and says that Hoey was appointed manager of the cornpuny on January 6, 18i0, and has ever since continued to act and is now acting as such. Hoey's elevation to the trusteeship, vice presidency and presidency is then referred to. In all these positions, he says, Hoey occupied a fiduciary relation to the company and had control of the funds and assets. It is alleged that prior to March 1882, Hoey, either individually or in connection with other persons, acquired an mter{ est in the business of the New York I ?~^ T?;ar\ut/?>i rVimnanv t.he auu JUUOIUU f J , Kinsley Express Company and the Union Express Company for $73,095, the full value at that time of the interest purchased. On that same day he sold and transferred this interest to the Adams Express Company for 3350,000 and in his official capacity caused this sum to be transferred to himself and others out of the funds of the Adams Express Company, and by so doing appropriates 8276,805 out of the 83o0,000 to his own use and that of others in fraud of the rights of the Adams Express Company, and in violation of his duties as officer and trustee. This sum has been wholly lost to th e Adams Express Company. Lovejoy continues that prior to March 12.1888, Hoey, either individually or in connection with others, acquired the remaining interest in the three specified chnapanies for 880,000, which was its full value at the time. On ilaroh 12,1888, Hoey sold it toithe Adams Express Company for 8500,000, paying that sum to himself and others, while acting in a fiduoiary capacity, thus appropriat ing 842U,UUU 01 tne SDW.UJU u> ma -jttjli use and that of others in fraud of the rights of the Adams Express Company. For these reasons it is claimed that there is now due the Adams Express Company from the defendant thosum of 8696,905. It is alleged by Lovejoy that when Isaiah C. Babcock. the former treasurer of the Adams Company, died in 1885, he was indebted to the company for about 316,000. In order to discharge this indebtedness Babcock's administrator gave Hoey, in hit capacity as an officer of the company, 316,045. Iloey, it is charged, did not apply any per'tion of this money to th? discharge of Babcock's indedf.edness, nor did he pay it to the company. Iloey, says Lovejoy, appropriated said sum"of 816,045 to his own us? and in fraud of the rights of said Adams Express Company. 13y reason of all these facts, Lovejoy says cause of action exists against Hoey, and the plaintiff is entitled to recover 8712.7o0, with interest on 8276,905 from March 25, 1882; on 8420,000 from March 12, 1888, and on 816,045 from February 1.1886. i The Sheriff's deputies served the at tachment upon the officers or i.ne &outnern Express Company, the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company and the Adams Express Company. Hoey has no stock in the Adams Express Company and at the offices of the other concerns it was not known that he bad any property there. John Hoey could not. be found in the city and deputy sheriffs could not serve the summons upon him Spnrtanburc'ti Factories. Spartanburg, S. C., Oct 16.?Spartanburg county leads the world, that is, the Southern world. The following are the figures of cotton spindles now either in actual operation, or for the placing of which the plant has begun. Clifton, 50,000; Pacolet. now working, 26,400, building 34,600. total, 50,000; Eooree, 25,000; Spartan Mills, 30,000; D. E. Converce Co. addition to old mill, 5,000, total 15,000; Whitney 10,000; Fairmount, 5,000; Fingerville 5,000; Felham. 5,000; Cowpens, 3,000; Arlington, 1,500; Valley Falls, 500; J. II. Cash, 15,000; grand total, 204.500. Estimating the consumption at about one-half bale to the spindle, the home consumption is about 100,000 bales. This is about two anil one-half times the production of the county. This means nearly 80 000,000 in cotton mills in Spartanburg County. Eight or ten years ago the difference between the Spartanburg and Charleston market was from 75 to 100 points. Now cotton brines as much on the streets of this city as it does on tbe coast. This is due directly to the local demand from the milla.?-The State. Rheumatism is ?ured by P. P. P. ! Paias and aches in the back, showltf?rs. knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all i attacked and conquered by P. 1\ 1\ ; This great medicine, by it? blood; cleansing: properties, builds up and i i,tren?*hens the whole body : I sszssaeatga! \ amsBemmms. HOLD YUUR COTTON. I I IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE GREEN- I VILLE ALLIANCE. Thu F#rn)?rs AdvU.4 to Hold Th?4rC?t- j ton for Better Prlcss mn<l to H?v? It When Sold bj Alllaaee Wolch?ra. Gheenville, S. C., Oct. 19.?The Ureenville County Farmers' Alliance met in special session today for the purpose of taking some action on the vexed question (with them) of the buying and selling: of cotton. They passed the following resolutions, which is intended to have a Tar-rea?hinr effect and to unite the Alliance of the .South in in effort to raise the price of cotton: Whereas, cotton is our cash product, and producers are forced to talce for it prices below the cost of production. Not only the farmers but the merchants who furnished them supplies on time, lnuc ThA r>rnfinn nnt. LliUOLf JUOtOlU iVWO. xitv yiwuvw nsvw ton are divided between speculators and manufacturers. We the Greenville Farmers' Alliance, Jo advise our farmers to refuse to sell their cotton at the present prices, and to at oice warehouse so much cotton as will satisfy their creditors, and borrow from banks or individual* on warebouse receipts, and hold their cotton tor better prices. That the actien of our meeting be published throughout the Cotton States, and we ask the farmers to at once, through state and county Alliances, act in accordance therewith. That all sub-Alliances are hereby requesied to call maetings at once to act on these resolutions. The Alliance of this county proposes to accomplish the purpose of the resolution bj concentrating the cotton brought to this market in the Alliance warehouse for the purpose of having it graded into lots, ''so that each grade can be sold at its true market value." The warehouse will store cotton fifteen days free of charge to buyer and seller alike, enabling the seller to hold his ?4 a*. o??/3 Kuvar CUllull iui uruci i/iiww omv. vuv to get large lota for slripmtnt. After the fifteen days free storage is out, the cost of storage and insurance will not exceed twenty-five cent* for the first month and twenty cents for subsequent months. A committeeman of the Alliance says: "It is now generally conceded that the present crop Is far short of that of last year, and of a much finer quality; yet the prices are below the cost of production. It therefore must be apparent to all that there is everything to gain aad nothing to lose by holding. Some of the Gree*ville bank3 have agrsed to adranc* liberally on warehouse receipts." A resolution was also passed aBting every true Allianceman not to sell his cotton until he takes it to the warehouse. The Alliance proposes to have a grader of cotton, or jjrade it themselves by "types" from >iew York. The cotton buyers her# are defied, and if tv.a i-ilar> nf tA1iimnr>A { oat they mast buy Alliance cotton at the warehouse and have it weighed by Alliance weighers. Head el a Bomu, Muxcrz, Inrf., Oct. 18.?Word has reached this city from a source that can be regarded as being perfectly reliable, of the discovery of a semi-human monstrosity that lays all ?th?r freaks of nature in the shade. Yesterday, while J. T. Blackburn' a Washington Township farmer, was going through a cornfield, in which were numerous stumps, he discovered lying on one that was about four feet in diameter a female dog that had gived birth to a litter of pups, one of which possessed the head of a human being, although its face bor* a striking resemblanca to that of the worst kind of an idiot. Its body was shaped like a boaconstrictor, and, being of an unusual lsngth, it would wind around in all conceivable forms but without injury to any of its brothers and sisters. The forelegs are much longer than the hind ones, which gives it a giraffe appearance when standing on its feet. Its skin is soft and pliable, and is possessed ot no hair, with th? oxception of a very small "oasis" on the top of the head. Instead of whining, like all pups, it gives out a hideous scream that imi tates an eagle wnen ngnung iur iia young. While the freak snaps like a dog and is possessed of a full. set of teeth, its instinct causes it not to molest or disturb its relatives, other than ths annoyance that is brought about by natural causes. On iu feet are claws that extend several inches in length. This monitroiity will, in all probability, be exhibited, and it is expected that the owner will reap a rich karveat from the exhibition. Sh? Ojxned Fir*. Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 14.?A sensational but bloodless street shooting occurred here in front of the United States court house. Mrs. Fans ie Hoffman, postmistress at Coalburg, Mr. J. T. Hill, the manager of the Sloss Iron and Steel Co., and Deputy Marshal Schoenfeld, were stanling in the street when Mrs. Hoffman opened fire on them, firing three shots. She was within three feet of the men, but none of the balls took effect. A police arrested her and took the pistol from her, but she immediately reached into a large basket which she carried, anddrew another large j?un. She resisted arrest and created a sensation by yelling while being taken to jail. She was afterwards released on a 8200 bond. Mrs. Hoffman has b*en regarded as eccentric for several days. The trial of Hill and other prominent Coalberg citizens has been going on in tha United States court. She had them arrested on the charge of impeding her in the discharge of her duties as postmistress. She say3 Schotnlield and Hill were conspiring to defame u,,- onH oho tn til] th?m_ I lici vwaiau^vi, (?uv? ><itv v*?v?% Suakes 1b ? Trte. Cljirksuurg, W. Va., Oct. 18 ? While two lumbermen named McCray and Deuers were felling timber near Cleveland, Webster County, they cut down alargelimetree, which was literally alive with snakes of a variety never before found in this vicinity. They were browu in color, large in size, having yellow jaws', from which they continususly evicted a slimy matter, and were exceedingly vicious, attacking the men as soon \s the tree fell After killing a large number McCray and Deuers were obliged to retreat. Securing assistance they returned to the spot, and a general slaughter took place, not less than fire hundred reptiles being killed. Investigation wai then made, and from filteeu hundred to two thousand eggi were* founi in various parts ot the tree. s*T?d by a D?g. Covington. Xy., Oct. 18? Mrs.Emma Smith's grecery and residence on Bullock street was destroyed by fire early this morning. Mrs. Smith and her four children had a narrow escape from death. The lady arose at 4:30 o'clock, made a fire and retired again, Half an hour after she was awakened by her Newfoundland dog tugging at the bed clothing and barking furiously. She was nearly smothered by smoke, but groped her way to bedroom of her childsen. The room wai full of ?moke, but she got them out of the burning building just in time. ]pi?u03 *9d Orcaai. X. W. Trump. 134 Main Street Columbia, 8. C., sells Piaaos and Organs, direct from factory. Ne agents' commissions. The celebrated Chicken** Piano. Mathushek Plane, celebrated for its clearness of ton#, lightness of touch and lastinf qualities. Masea & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from $221 up. Maaea k Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrumeat guaranteeJ f?r six years. Fifteea days' trial, expenses both ways, If not satisfactory. Sold on Instalments. - - American and Chilian allor* Fight. | Santiago, Oct. 17.?The anti-Amer;5 { can feeliiy which is very pronounced reached a climax last evening in th^1 streets of Valparaiso. A number of; sailors of the United .S ates steaner, j Batimore, now in por:, '.vert* walking! along the street when they were coiT- j 1 fronted by some sailors of a Chilian J [ man-of-war. Some words passed, when t a fierce tight followed. Th?-ie was evi- j j dently bad blood oa both j,ities, and it j ; only needed a pretext to bring on a con- I tlict. Both parties were armed with j knives and pistols, which were freely J used. When the combatants were sep- j aratedbythe police and bystanders, it j was found that one of the Baltimore [ sailors had been killed ana live others ' seriously wounded. Several of the Chil- I ians were also badly hurt. This was > the first time the Baltimore's sailors ; had been aahoie for a month. The In- I tenaant of the city had assured Cap- i tain Schley of the "Baltimore that his \ sailors would b? perfectly snfecn Chil- j ian soil. The feeling today between ; Ameticans and Chilians is very strong. j Several additional hzhts oocurreu locay ; among sailors, but they were not so se- j rious a? that of yesterday. The dead J sailor of the Baltimore will be buried j tomorrow. An armed force will bs t landed from the military guard of hon- j or for the occasion. Trouble is feared, ' as it will be Sunday andehction day. j Cailian officials, aliw to the gravity of j the occassiou, h^ve agaiu promised the j Americans protection from assault un- ; der all circumstances. j DO YOU WISH TO j ! BS ROSS OF lOl S j - n KOL>E. I THEN *VY THE THOilAS STEAM i i i i PKES8 AND SEED COTTON; BLEYATOR. It is th? most perfect system In use, itnleading cotton from wagons, cleaning and delivering it Into gins or stalls. Cottoa j accs paj>o wiuu^u iou ?uu *? ^miresn? pulley nor belts. It saves time md moupj. TALEOTT & SONS' l i ENGINES AND BOILERS. STATION AST AND PORTABLE. OLD DOI TALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IM PROVED FRICTION AND ROPE FEED $206 TO 9600 LUMMU3 AND TAN WINKLE COTTON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. We offer Saw Mill Men and GInnors fck? most complete outfits that can be tocght and at bottom prices. V. O. BADHAM, | GENERAL AGENT, Columbia, S. C. THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THX 1EST Feb 19-lv. COTTON SAMPLEIMPROfffl! I CR.VT PER POIJ.1D MY ACTUAL TEST. At the giu of Mr. F. H. Roberts in Richland County, lust before starting his Sailor iterator one bate had been ginned by the 14 method. Just after starting the iterator another bale was ginned from the same lie. Without knowing this fact the cotton barer offered one cent per peund more for the bale tinned with the use of the Elerater. ' Beid the statements of the bujer and telle?: COPT. This will certify that of two samples of ectton offered us today by Mr. Rowan Rose the market ralue of one exceeded that of the other by one cent per pound. [Signed.) JD. CRAWFORD 4 SONS. COPT. Thlei will certify that the two bales of eetton offered as ahore were both from the same pile of S ed cotton, aud ginned in the lame gin. One was carried to the gin in b&ainta and on? wrongs ine saiior oceu Cotton Elrvator. (Signed.) J. R. ROSE. Tn# best Gins. Prt-sses, Elevators, Engines and the be3t machinery of all kinni, for sale by W. H. GLEBES, JR.. <& CO.. Columbia, S. C. THB LAIGE8T STOCK. MOST 8KILLED WORKMEN, ; LOWEST PRICES ' Ml Caroliaa Marble Ms, F. E. HYATT, ; ?DAD3?IUT<tK. I Is the best place In Soutb Carejiaa ei geathern States to secure satisfaction in Astrlcaa and Italan Marble Work. All bias ?f Cemetery Work i a speciality. I 1ABLSTS, , I HEADSTONES), ^ONUMEJjrTS, &c. I Seai for prices and fall information. F. H. HYATT2 Aj?*41 8 1/ COLUMBIA. 3. C. PsSptt Fan fe It ill' I K Great 0>r?.r. is at * at v; a.. - . B54 RFPf.'.TSD, SO r s.?r . "Sis k>: Wm>.y rhf. *os io"." VViitc f-*r <;at? ic^iv v. an-' *> ?: paper yen .??.'* tj;is ac-v- e-ii ; i.f jsenlv: thai Is v<*r; J j.V-'JSto "u:nS!;ijg .? !: a* ' us'/ !:? ; i; i.r v-n*.' 1-u ??i; >> ? ; t- - { j-: rjiest 'po-^ioU; i.>r>, *' h ?u: '?< r:<. - ? n it?e n:i": -ii> cwupetitic J HfcKK AiiEA >'E\V v;r ill aTArt'i -g LING BAKGAiN'a ] A No. 7 i'"a.t top Cooking S.ove. fuiljl JsiZf, 13x17 inch uveu, Iiae<i wfth21 piece? i s - _ J -4. - .... .luniV E lot ware, ceiivereu at u>. u . jail freight charges i a;o by au% fo;| jonly Twelve Dollars. 5 ' Again, 1 will sell you - o holt: OooklufJ JKange 13x13 inch ov*ea, 18x20 inch top, St j $ted with 21 pieces of .vara, lot TtLUR * jTEEN DOLLAK^aod pay the ia-:ghT to, jvsur depot. \ [DO NOT PAY TWOPKJLOJSa FOK? \ rouK gugds. I I will send you a nice plush I'ark-r suit,? [walnut frame, either in coinbi'-atien or' jbanded, the most stylish colors tor 33.50, | jto your railroad station. ffeiglit paid. * j I will alio sell you a me- iJedvomot uu-j ^consisting oi Bureau with g:'i=3, i high; bead Bedstead, i H\v.-hstauJ, 1 Ccuirc , table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cano seat ana* back rocker alilor itj.co, and pay iieijS^ to your depot. S Or 1 will send you an elegant iiedroom | suit witji large glass, lull marine top, for= $30, anu pay freight. ? .Nice wiuuow shade on spring roller ? OQJ Elegant Jarye walnut 6 day clocK, 4.04. ! W alnut lounge, T.Od "Lace curtains per window, l.ooj I 1 cannot describe erery thing In a small advertisement, but have an immense store ;containing 22,t5o0 feet of floor roox*, with; iware nouses and factory buildings in other [parts oi Augusta, making in ail the largest busi*esa of tliia kind under one aan[agemeut in the Southern States. TkesuS tsiorssanc warehouses are crowded witnf j the choices; procucu?ns of the beat facte-i t ries. My catalogue containing inustrationtj! |ol goods will he mailed if you will kiJt&lyjj |sa> where you oaw tins <;dverusciA3Ui. is Jt>av freight. Address, L F. PAOStTT, I !'Proprietor i'admjtt's <?'uiitiLur?, htove^ acd Carpet Store, j? >110-1112 i?roaa Street, 4.UGt'oTA, v*A.| I if? 3R! JF? |D*5?-l3 ALL SKIN j { a m n ibl-iod diseases! i ? ! P. i\ f. rj t "os/lii sCoc. v *: t ?/t?r.^ gryai ft*:!ifectoQ &r *Jic arc* oi *11 ^ cid Ci-'cilc Ulc?rs tksi iuivc rsciiWd &li tr**tacQV Ontvrfe* UM !! ! ! HI ? I ?a S& 96 <?'BURSTS I r.r.r. iiPM r.::M ??;?oa, 7?<ur, Scald .W-i-i, ?v?., ?? Li^ih <rt?M j'v.tottj ?ra soliosad uU wb?M 4L>#d U la an Lt.pI'.* c-yuiirfon. ds? to tcoiitra*! fcrT?gaI*ty^_Mg' mm uses | i i J * it MALARIA! ?. <*Ti7*v?7* a*:vr i-'d" Dv tie 'wvacJ^CI^taTT mcsr ?' ' .' > ?f'pjri*i of P. P. P., Prkily A?h, ftta B*o4 LIPPI2AN SBC3., Proprietors, * CiU^glsts, IJppin&n'B Block, 8AVA53A5, QiL CHILD BIRTH ? . . MsnF FA?iVf *' 1/ tL/ I / L^i ftW a * " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically prepared Liniment, every ingredient of recognized value and in constant use by the medial profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' FRIEND" WILL DC all thai- is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother'and Child. 3ook to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Ser.tbv express on recein' <-.f jirice ?1.5?pcr bottlfl BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga, SOLD KY ALL LUUO GISTS. Leesville College^ CO-EDUCATIONAL. PRIMARY, ACADEMIC, COLLEGIATE and COMMERCIAL COURSES; Vrval -Anil Instrument::! Music. Alt. EIOOU tlon, Physical -Culture, Cooking, Uress Cutting. Domestic Economy, Weekly Bibla Studies. Nine teachers." Enrollment, last year 180. Pupils from thirreen counties. Strong mor.il and religous influence. No bar room nearer than seven miles. Healthful location, 700 feet abova th? level of the sea, 400 feet above Columbia, 123 feet above Aiken. Elegant building. Young ladies can board with the President Only College in the State that makes provision for young ladies to reduce expenses by doing domestic work. Seventeen ycung ladies aided this way last year. Exposes for literary course and lxw.5<i--~fbr ten months. ?iOO tc ?130; must<'?.J0; 1 bookkeeping, Si'0. Next session opens bepte:nb?r 23d. For catalogue address L. B. HAYNES, A. M., President. Sep 9-3mos Lecsviiie. S. C. First Class "Work. V ery Low Prices. * Buegies, Courtages, Road Carts, Wagmui, ite.. Warranted Second to none. Inquire of nearest dealer ia theae goods^ >r send for Catalogue?Mentioning '.hi# taper. ilOLLFR i ANDERSON anrzav iiflpy u IT T S (' ^ VUUV ? A VV'.^ VM LS?PMAfj BROS.. Proprietors, J 9 Drajjgtots, Upp man's BfocJc,' SAVAWiAff ^