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flatwaste Xcdacr. THURLOW 8 CARTER, Editor and Manager ' A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural a?d Commercial Interests. Terms 91.60 a Year. Payable in Adrance. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S. C.. APRIL25, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1842. xuu L'lniuvj niuuv (it vuu I* vi iu Fair was a sham rock," according t thy Rochester Post-Express. West Virginia lias 10,000 rquai ) niileB of coal fields, nu area great* than the coal region of Great Britaii Three-fourths of the earth's tmrfae la unfit for cultivation on account t mountain rangop, deserts, swamps an qurron ground. The cost of the world's wars sine the Crimean war has been $13,205 000,000, or enough to give a $10 go] piece to every man, woman aud chil on the globe. Something like 8100.000,000 is no Invested iu cotton mills in ?'?? ?? .*! as compared with $01,000,000 in 189 and $22,000,000 in 1800. Thoro ht been an increase of about 450 p* cent, since 188") in capital, spindli ami looms. Mr. Edison thinks wo shall yet I tkhle to got olootrioity direct from eoa a discovery compared with which t! philosopher's stone is a mere baubh Then otir steamships will need only " snug little bin for 250 tons of coal ii stead of one for 2800 tons." There is soiuo controversy us to th llrst American play. In a recent notii the New York Times said that "l'h Contrast" wivs the first play written li an American author that waa ovt acied. Kit ward Kggleston correct* the statement l>y saying tlint "T1 Vt ineo of Part'nia," a much oarlii piece, written by Thomas (lodfre; o son of tho iuvontor of tho qua Iran was played by llallam's America Company in Philadelphia as early i 1767. The Times, however, clings t its original statement and exprosw the opinion, bawd on considerable ii vestigatiou, that "The Prince of Pa thin" was never performed, though was advertised for presentation c April 24, 1765. Tho cost of transportation baa be< ou the doclino for the last ton t twelve years, and even for a mm longer period.^ remarks tho Bosto Cultivator. The decline iu rates p? ton per mile ou all the railroads < the country hits been from 1.236 con to .967 cents from 1SMJ to 1392. Th decline for this period was tho least i the middle and central uorthei States, and the greatest in the Soul Atlantic and (hilf States and tl northwestern States. The latter en braced tho Granger systems. Tho r* suit of these heavy declines has beo disastrous in many instances, boiu more than the railroads could beu It goes to show, however, that tl cost of transportation is dnwnwan which ik nu important factor in tl ooat of merchandise. Time nud co per inilo of transportation aro grei agouoic* in equalizing prices in diffe out market*. - " Much comment han been caused 1 the almost simultaneous puhlicnlii of tho views on tho increase of ne voUHiioHH by Dr S. Weir Mitcholl, Philadelphia find Dr. Wilbnm Erb, Jloidolberg, (forninny. Both thei eminent flXperb dcclaro tlmt norvoi diseases aro beginning to appear hereditary complaint*, and that ful one-fourth of tho death* in the Unit* Btatcnnud in (formally aro duo to oc lapse of the system induced by norvoi exhaustion. Perhaps in thi* connti tho greatest factor in producing ne vouh direaao* among men in the hah of beginning business lifo too earl; and among women tho custom of ore tixing tuu inind in achool and n gleet of proper physical exercise. Tf subject m well worth oareful 001 sub-rat e n by parents who wish to m their children enjoy a useful and Liuj t:?. yy nil". A correspondent of the America Dairyman asks for tho annual vali of tho agricultural products of tl country. The question is one of tt most difficult to answor. Tho const of 1800 docs not do it satisfnotorilj and sinoo that date lbs aggrogal value of farm production has stead iI increased. President Harrison, in ot of bis latest messages, estimated it i $4,500,000,000 annually. The preset Bocrotary of Agriculture, in his lal report, is silent on this point, althoug be does say that thero are six millioi of fsrms in the oountry on whic thirty millions of the population lin Our opinion is that tho Secretary's e tiruate of the number of farms exoee by a full million the actual figures. 1 answer our friend's query, nothio better thsn au approximate estiraa can be offered, and his own is aboi as valuable as any otbor. Tbo who [ thing is mere guesswork. I LOVI-rs Si ? bled A procession sought the church at men noon of day, still A weeping girl along the winding Hummer Willi e way 8' >i Followed the alow-borne liier where mute you , her lover lay. vifdl ' M A down that flowered path there came a bridal baud, !? The radiant wife stepped proudly, strong if of heart, and grand uuWith all the solemu joy of Love's still j|,vs wonderland. ? White-garmented, like day dawned clear ami with cloudless skies! tab) >e Dark-robed. like night o'ercast that sees com no stars arise! bllH ' They met, they paused, they look into Tl each other's eyes. an ti And then, for swift and sweet is love's converging tide, moy Behold, the fair young wife wept as she HOur turned aside? |l0 w The hopeless girl who wept smiled on the saU( * hrldo. ^ '0 ? {Agnes Lee, in Donaboe's Magazine nj,,,. ks ?; _ muc :: AS H CONSEQUENCE. ?i7 snu< II MAKY A. SAWYt.lt. ,.,m ,0 Deacon Albany sat at the tea-table. whii j It was a warm night, the east wind Rno< * that had tempered the day's heat r,,!l' 10 having died away, and his coat, worn 11 s. because of the presence of a guest . ,nu* 'a made him uncomfortable. His eye a. was stern, and his voice almost irrltable, ns he addressed his niece who r sat ut the head of the tahle. In0a 'Then you and Sarah won't neither of you go?" he asked. a su 50 "No. uncle wo are going ton partv. K? 11 ir? T told won il> ' ' naci - j ...... "?\ e positively cannot go to prayer \ meeting with you to-night, Itoaeon hr|V' r Albany," said Sarah Cooke. "I HU" in i v*r' be spared. but who couhl or 4e wouft hove a party without Meg?" spre .r Tlie deacon groaned aloud. He lms' pushed aside his cup of tea. and ',OU( ' leunfctg an elbow on the table, looked ?a,t with a hard, strong glance at his j -ve' 10 niece, who, young, pretty, and be- a"v< is coniingly nttired in a freshly-ironed pink calico, sat quietly pouring the ten. j (V<'? "Yon young things will be sorry ')rt's l* some day," he said. "Wait till the sul|] r alarming hand of death gits its it clutch on you, an' you'll repent an' rrv out nn' nmit?> vimru.lvi.u in r. an'trembling, but it 'll be too lute | no^ then to git in. You '11 find tlio door j ''"I11 shut, nn' shut tight. It ain't held >n open forever nn' forever, whilst folks Y? )r is danein', nn' dispisin' the way o' my , salvation. It'll bo shut you'll find." ,,ur. He waxed wttrin, aa he spoke, and *ni' ll> his voice hod u high, shrill note in it, j >r which brought udditionul color into i o0 jf hia niece's cheeks. She wished he raja! . would not go on like that, she said to herself, impatiently. Why r P*? 10 couldn't he let them alone? What w n harm was there in u little party, a j P?,lt little gathering of friends, that he I J>t>w ,| should go on so? j ^ Snruh Cooke stirre.l her ten and 1 10 looked at him calmly. "Is tliero ? much dlfTercnco in deat h-heds, Dcu- lKai ). con Albany?" she asked presently. 1 u Meg stared ut her. and the deacon "err glared at her. "Do I hear y? aright?" lie said sharply, "do you, t he daugli- aJw' r< t T of profossin' Christian:), sit there 10 and ask 1110 if there is any difference . ,twixi> tlie death-lied of a Christian 1 *Y an' the death-bed of an unconverted I 10 sinner!" | v,ti< "I don't believe there is inueh dif- M *t ference," said Sarah. "People who 1 "I'P1 f. are siek enougli to die are too siek to > have any fear of anything." "You don't know what you are i 001,1 talkin' about," replied the deacon. : 11 H1 ~>y "You haven't never seen folks die, ^ ?u an' you don't know. 1 tut I have Wl r_ seen folks die, a plenty of 'em, an' I Mo01 tell you there ain't no more heart an'' r rendtn' sight tlinu to see an uncon- V! ol verted sinner writhing an' tossing ' about, all in an agony of fear, groan- ',0 U(| in' an' cryin' aloud, an' knowin' in ro!M! his heart that ho has put it off too 11,0,1 M long, that a life-time of remorse is yaj"' Ij his sure portion in the next world. a ad Oh.lt is terrible, terrible! And here ' ' ,1- you be, you two young things, put- H ting it off, an' daneing and feusting, ! earl 'stead o' going to prayor-incctlii' an' H? ry flndin' out the way o' salvation." 1 the r- Sartil listened (|Uletly. SI10 had yet it often attended tlie weekly prayer- I roel meeting, where she had heard words | nat of similar import fall from the dea?* con's lips. Meg. also, was familiar e- with them. Ordinarily tiiey seemed j !r. n 10 to her simply a part of the table- M conversation, to which she need make no reply. To-nlghi, they teal 80 roused in her a spirit of defiance. ' 1 P* "I don't believe there's much dif- j ference," she raid. witl "What's that, hey?" hro\ m Meg's voice faltered little but she jo went on boldly. "I'd guess if it was Mof w tou ana me, i rirle tsuiem. i < 1 <11? as * Just an quiet ?h you would. I ain't T a mite afraid of making n -.'rent fu*s out ' when I die. col< r, Deacon Albany rose and pushed ho i ;0 his chair against the wall. The flush 'da of anger faded from hie fare, his voire " f * was less hard. "I have been a right- nhli 16 eous man, "he said," and I expect to bis it die the death of the righteous. Death "? k has no torror for the righto >us man. t'lill ^ It Is but tho last sleep, there Is no A fear, no clinging to life, no remorse, to 1 Such will bo my death-bed, hut for nee >* you, my child, I am sore afraid. ' o'el ih He went nwny out of the room, by B Ills boots creaked, and ho walked on on I tip-toe, as If the grim, shallowing hlrr *" presence wore waiting upon the T ^ threshold.The two young women were to ? 'o silent for a few moments after his hlrr ig departure. There had been n quiver \\ . in hla voice which touched them, to, Meg was the first to amok. "I sup- " pose I ouirht to po to prayer-meeting llttl U more," she said I suppose I ton ought to go to-night." hy < rah made no reply. Slio crum- ove l a bit of bread Into fine frag- are its, whilst Meg, in whose ears mil lingered the words ''my child," for* i*hod her absently. ha\ Liddenly Sarah spoke. "Don't A want me to make y* u a few day's shh t?" she asked. at 1 eg's *>yes shone, as she answered new rly : "Don't I? Will you really? assi I you?" mu mill mimicked her earnest voice. An ill I? Well," with a laugh, "after mei ting myself, I think 1 will. 1 week later, the deacon, Sarah Bro Meg were again seated at the last e. Meg had removed the first ^on rse. and had brought on a steamed ? berry pudding with a sauce. Th< lie sight of it moved the deacon to ]y. II most joooso recital of n blue- voi< ying adventuro of his boyhood, h!nj kept a sharp eye upon his niece's Ma ements, however. "Don't bo ma cd of git tin' on too much sauce," ' admonished. "Pudding without cou ?o is like life without religion. Put ii plentiful, put tt on plentiful, 1 e Margaret. You can't have too mp h of either in this life," falling, gro ost unconsciously, into bis won- " serious phraseology, "pudding Um ce nor religion neither." 1 is manner was gruve, his voice so put lest thut Sarah stifled the laugh it i [ h rose to her lips. Here was a and 1 man, she said to herself, a *pn ly g??o*l man; what mattered it if " nude a strange mixture of pudding mo religion? Mn was the denoon's fnvorite pud- > j. He had partaken very freoly hie* oast lamb and green peus and " ly new potatoes. So freely, in- our i. that Sarah, watching him, felt hin dden fear lest the pudding would " -begging. Hut the deacon's en- I'm ty proved equal to his desire. ] eeond and a third helping were ful n him, and he ate with increasing mu sfaction. !l II (tiiuti 1'iv UIIU Ul'Ill'VUH'Ill HI111IO KOI1 ad itself over his face, and lie m?t lied hack his chair and rested his 11 I against the wall. He was a fust- she r, and Men and Sarah hud not y tiuishod their dessert. lie looked bov t ionutcly and with an air of pride low lis niece. liar I'liat is as good a pudding as I the tasted. Margaret, he Bald, whi icntly. "I'll cat a bit for my Sht |Hir." and I am glad you like It, uncle." "I' It is so good," said Sarah, "that oxp uld eat another helping, if I had yon this dreudful, lurking fear of all " 'I nod fruit." wit ['an nod fruit," said the deacon, ten II Won't iritf tllllatll oiinnAil "" ' ' - . ? ... .. .......cu ...... .Ml table, Miss Sarah. We string ' own apples nnd raise our own bai t for preserving und there's always Loi in things a plenty in tlu garden. 1 in't hold to buying things you ran grn e on your own soil." Hon Hut when blueberries will not be oft-* for a month, and lamb isn't good ing lout green peas, and your garden wit i are too old to cook, why, then, anr ron Albany, canned goods must p<>c ised." to ! Well, yes, I suppose they must, yo 1 didn't know those were canned car ?. ' 1 fanned pens and canned blue- ing ies," said Sarah, "aro both so nit, ircnient that it is a pity pooplo are he lys getting poisoned by eating He n." wit lie deacon shifted bis position, not i an uneasy motion of the hood, fac remembered how freely he had J n. He began to question the Hai lorn of yielding to the natural the otito. llo foresaw a wretched af- not loon, ros Now. I don't, mind, you know," yet tinned Sarah, placidly toying with lot poon. "I shall never eat very I ly of canned fruits, since there Is the lys the risk, hut I am not nervous ren nt them, as mamma and papa wh I'll(mi won't touch them, you yoi w." ' lie deacon rose up hastily nnd left ret room. A vision of a long Illness ?.vi sharply before him. Ho groaned 1 id when he reached tho wood ea\ 1. "Sho said her father?nnd he a d >otor?wouldn't touch them, And sto I ate like a starving beggar." th? 0 came in from the flelda an hour J ier than usual that afternoon. R'C said the sun was very hot nnd nil: men could tlnlsh without hlin, 'ul lie drew his large cane-seated hie ting-chair beside the stove, and d down in it lw Are you cold, uncle?" asked Meg. ( 1 guess I ain't feeling just right twi r;y stomach, Mnrg'ret." litr, fcg wns nil attention instantly. sitl Slinll I make you a howl of ginger brc ' The water is boiling." twi lie deacon assented eagerly. He 1 cih'u its preparation ami rlrank it his i avidity, though It was so hot It his light tears to his eyes. 1 f? You hnvo taken a chill," aaid it p You must go to bed as soon ltd nipper is over." Ho 0 this the deacon submitted with- his a murmur, l'orhaps ho had taken at I, there had boon a stifflsh breeze, ' remembered. He drew the blank- sat more closely about him, and felt ? ortoin consolation in a distinct hel rer : there ho had worked without " I vest, despite the east wind, he ' nowledged gratefully. It was a 8ai II. he would no well to-morrow. tlnr .bout seven o'clock his niece came 1 da bedside. "I don't believe you'll pre d anything moro boforo eleven Hal look," she said, " we'll be baek his that time. I'll tell James to sit "r the hack porch. You can call an' 1 if you need anything." he deacon felt himself dismissed to < sditude and slumber. He pulled ' iself togothor with an effort, tun 'here are you two girls gadding for to-night?" he asked. cla It is the night of the Fisher's J le party," gently. " You will go her ileep directly and we'll he at home " T ?levon, at the latest." Whe bent un< r ii!:? and kissed him. " Why,yon quite fcvorluh," slip said. " I st inak? you Homo lemonade bo* > I go. What a thill \v?u must 'O takon." v igain the deacon foil u convincing rer. Ho lift cd ills houd and looked its niece. "If you bought that. v dress," ho said, his thrifty soul erting itself, "you cuti go; hut you stn't gooff walking after It'sovor, ' you an' Sury'd bet ter go to prayer [>t in' next time an' learn how to die. lis head fell hack instantly. He aned more loudly than before. His b word had sent n sudder., gruele apprehension to his hour'. 'Why, what Ib it, Uncjtt ApalnT" >deacon waved his hand impntient"(ioawny," he said, in a husky :o, "go to your dancing an' your ?ing, an' your mirth-mnking. Ho, rgaret, an' leave a helpless old n alone to die." I will not go if you, ?n** eieK, et rse. uncle; but Tl think it is I am a very sick man." ho interted, in a hollow whisper, "an' I'm wing sicker every minute." I'll send James for the doctor, ;lo, shall I?" 'ho deacon moved restlessly. He his hand to his forehead and took iwny again, hastily. It was hot I dry. It startled him. Tears nng to his eyes. I'm n dreadful sick man," he >ned; "I'm on my dying bed. rg'ret." Inrgnret smoothed back his tum1 hair. Oh, no," she said, "the dootor'll e you. I'll go out and send for i now." Tell .Tunics to hurry; tell him i " lis lips refused to utier the dreadword. He gasped and looked with t?> entreat v at liin leg's calmness reassured him lewhat. hu( her parting word again his lieart fluttering. 'Oh, (lie doctor won't let you die,", raid, leaving the room, he returned presently, hearing a I rl of thorougwort tea. Sarah filled, a spoon anil napkin in her id. Sho came up and looked at deacon with u elose attention ieh greatly enhanced his alarm. > placed her fingers on his pulse I counted the hurried throbs, ni studying with father," she ilalned. "I mean to ho a doctor,1 I know, Deacon Albany." 'lie deacon made a feeble motion h his lips. Sarah stooped to 11s. "Save me, Sairy," he whispered, >'nt let nie?die." I will do what I can, Deacon Ally, but life and death are in the rd's hands." 'ho deacon ground-, iwd Her vlty confirmed his fears, her words' t an icy chill to his heart. How an he had used them, when, stnndby a sick-lied, he had striven h the impenitent sinner. "Life I death," he had said, "and you >r sinful creature, you've got death face now. The Lord has summoned in the midst of your sins, and ve i't get away from death." lis eyes filled with sudden smarttears. lie felt a sudden, tierce y for the dying sinners. Ho wished had been more yon tie with them, turned upon his pillow und lay h his faeo to the wall. Ho could hoar the sight of the fresh young es. dog stole quietly from the room, ah hoard her putting more wood in i stove. Hut the deacon heard hlng. From his troubled heart o the troubled cry: "I Ain't ready >, Lord. Oh, Lord, let motive! 1110 live!" n a short time Meg returned. "I night I'd hnvo some hot water idy," she said. "The doctor may nt it. He seems feverish, don't lthink ?" 'They always do in such cases," urned Sarah, oracularly. "It is intable. yow as was her voice the deacon ight the words. Again he uttered eep groan. Hoth Sarah and Meg oped over him. "What Is It?" >y asked. "Whore is the pain?" More loudly still the deacon taned. He could not speak. His nd was occupied with those fatewords? "in such cases." Sho r?w it then! She, the daughter of oetor, almost a doctor herself, she [?w the symptoms of poisoning, troan after groan escaped froin bc?en his set lips; he|extended his ibs and lay in an almost rigid poion. Ho closed his eyes and athod heavily In thrt Intervals hepen the groans. Hog stood beside him and smoothed imir, passing nor oooi nana over <lump forohoad from timo to tlmo. r nearness, tho sense of sympathy Imparted, gave him comfort., hut lid not cane the loud upon hint heart, moved his head restlessly, fixing heavy eyes upon Harnh, who stood tho foot Of the bed. ' Father, '11 bo hero directly," alio d, reassuringly. ' lie can't help me, no one can pmol" he cried out, suddenly, 'm dying?dying?dying!" 'Oh, no, Deacon Albany," replied rah, "you will not face death this le. It is merely?" The deacon stretched out his hand deatingly. - " You mean well, rey," lie said, in a voice that was [h and shrill with excitement, iut you don't know. You're young, you don't know." 'I know you are not sick enough dlo." 'Don't tempt me, Sairey," hd aned, " it Is death that has come me. I can feel it. I can feel his y touch. Oh Lord, oh lx>rd!" dog stooped arid kissed hia foreid " I hear wheels," she add. 'ha doctor will cure *oi?, d?ar Js." ; She went out of the room, return Ing In n moment or two. Iler fare win crave, and the deneon, tossing lessly, noticed it tipiu<;diut(rlv " Where la lie? Why don't h?* coin* In? Tell him to hurry. "Tell hin ?tell him?" IIis voire failed suddenly, and In fell baek Upon the pillow. Me; hastened to soothe liini. " lie wai away," she said, "hut James lef word. He'll he here soon." The deacon opened his eyes am fixed them upon his niece. With a? effort ho spoke, trying vainly t< steady his quivering voice. "He'll In too late," he said, "lie can't hel| nio now. 1 in going, Mnrg'ret. I * 11 going fast. Death?" He l.roke off abruptly. He shut hii eyes and turned his head to the wall (Meg, leaning over him, heard hin murmur, "Oh, Lord, I never though .I'd go like this. Oh. Lord, lot im lire I'1 Meg stole away from the lied, mak ing an Imperative motion to Sarah Ib.th left the room, and after n hui ried conference in the kitchen, Mej returned to her uncle's bedside. He was still groaning and lossini restlessly from side to side. Meg lien lover him. She touched her lips t his forehead. "Do you feel mucl >pain. dear uncle?" she asked. "Oh yes, yes! Oh yes, yes! Oli I'm going fast, Marg'ret, I'm a?" Again before the dread word he fnl terod, and Meg, seeing it. stoopc and a third time kissed him. "Yo will he well to-morrow," she snii "Sarah says so, and she is almost doctor." The deacon caught at this faint ra of hope with pitiful eagerness. "Dm she say so? What does she say ! Wh ion i sue no Hornet mng lor me : I ?-l her?" Sarah's voice interrupt oil liim There was n checrv ring to it whirl I invigorated hint. Slio eanic up am stood beside liiin. looking at liim wit a smile. ''I thought I'd make i mustard plaster for your ehest. Hen con Albany, hut I don't lind anythin in the pantry hut the canned pea and blueberries I brought from honi yesterday, so I?why, what is tli mutter?" There was a twinkle in her eye an h laugh in her voice, hut the deacoi noticed them not. He sat up. xvavin his hand toward the door. "Go!" h cried. "Godownstairs, both of you. "Why, uncle!" 1 'GoI'' he repeated, "I?I ain' sick no longer. I'm well. I'm well man, thank God! Leave me.' I lis voiro trembled with his emotior but a second later it took a softc tone. "Go," lie said; "leave nit Let me thank my Lord for His tenth1 mercy and His loving kindness. Gr toy 'towru " \ Sarah and Meg went slowly tlow the stairs. Neither spoke. Hot had heard something in his vole which kept them silent. They sn down upon the porch step and waitec 'still in silence. The stars came out faintly, an presently a faint rim of gold betok enetl tin* rising of the moon. An still they sat in silence. Hut after long time as it seemed to them, the heard the deacon's slow footstep coming down the stairs. lie passe t hrough t lie had and into t he kitchen and soon they saw him crossing th wood yard to the liarn, whose hi dflnni VAH? Ht.lll nililn nnnn tnlhnwam ? ?"I" 4" "" " ? fragrant evening air. Sarah foun voire then. "I might have put a end to it sooner," she said, regrel fully, her eyes following his she (movements, "hut I thought futhe iwould surely come, and " "Sarah Cooke, do you menu "Yes," interrupted Sarah, "I'v rather a turn for experiments, an I've heard a great deal ahout tli power of imagniat ion,and?and?wel I eonfess, Meg, I really wanted t note the effect of fright upon yoi Hinele," "I think it wascruel!" hla/ed Mej I call It downrighl cruel! And if tin is the way doctors?" "Doctors must make experiment! And," conxingly, "you know, I win to he famous; I want to cure all th silly, nervous women of our daj Kvon your uncle would subscribe t experiment with his nerves for th ... .tv ./i mint iii^ IIUIUIKU^ *M II'MIM happier homes." Meg put her hand on hers. Sit touched It lovingly. "Forgive mo, she said, "but next time, deni practice your enthusiasm on tin Hpare my poor uncle, I heseec you." * The deacon's prayer was short tin night. His careful avoidance of man of hisjciistomary well-rounded phras? struck both his listeners forolhlj Both heard in his voice a tone tlie Kn.I k?i l - I n ? inxi ink i wkhv muni. lenti kim1 its meaning, ami tears filled t lie eyes at Ills closing appeal: "Hel Thou me, (> Lord, to smooth tl pillow of the dying sinner. Hel Thou mo to help him."?{Yank? Blade. A Rtvar at the Bottom of His Welt. While digging a well on tho fari of John Walters, near Hartlim Douglas county. Wash., the work men at a depth of soventy-aix fe< detected a hollow, answering noun to tho blows of the pick. Tappin the side of the wall, they broke int a cavern, with a good-sized stream < water flowing along its bed. The entered the space for ten or twelv feet, but declined to explore the sill terrancan hall any further. Th stream was easily diverted Into th well, and Mr. Walters will have an it exhaustible supply of purn runnin water. The course of the strenr was not parallel with the ravine I whleh the well was being sunk, hu crossed it al almost right angles. (Morning Oregonlan. DEVaiOI'MENT. s ? pnople fbaiiRo ; wo did, you know; Lrst August, Just a year'ARoA \ p * Ydu wore red popples In your lialr , Thiil night ?t Brown's ; I oalled you fail Vud you were plonsud I thought you so. ? fho music, throbbing soft an I low, ' -ieomisl tilled with joy?or was it Woe? * I could not tell, for you wore there? ' Yes. people ehnng To-night your gown's like drift"'! snow j I I'lio wodding-maroh penis softly, slow ; t For Tom a I Tidal wreath you wear, > And I -some way I do DC, "mxo. i' I should hnve carts 1 ii year ago ? ) Yes, people cluing n ?Helen Nlcolny, in the Ceiitur 14 HUMOR OF THE DAY. J Experience trios to tench some v p slow pupils. ? Puck. If advice cost auything wo woulil - spend money to got it. --Atchison GK Gossip is talk about othor pcop affairs which nro none of our husim ? ?Truth. It in hard to bo grateful to tho c ^ who fought your battle for you \ (> got licked.?Siftiugs. I, Necessity may be tho mother of vention; but, more often than t , she is childless. ? Puck. It is useful, often, to hold y |. touguo ; but far more so to kuow 1 ,1 to hold your pen.--Puck, u Teacher -"What is it, Harry, i I. (tings like an adder?" Harry ?" n ;nd of a leather strop."- -Truth. "You've tho advantage of me, s y ?aid Pompup, loftily. "Naturally s I'm not you," replied Hocus.?1\ "Deluy is dangerous," remarked tram-robher, as ho requested the p cngers to huud over their valuable Puck. It I Waiter?"What kind of tisli will ^ I, have, sir, bluefishor whitetisli?" (Jt u ?"I don't euro; I'm colorblind. L. Hallo. g "Does FlagHon practico what s preaches?" Great Caesar! No; o uevcr gets through preaching." -lti ie Ocean. When it transpires that a sjiea lios ouly one idea his audionct " , -.Iways anxious for him to carr ^ out. "Dallas News. J Jillsou says he hat noticed 1 j H Iifil (ft llintTt'UV IIIIlll IU I UC |? I j broker's he generally puts up shuts up.--Bu(T?lo Courier, u 1 >. H?r tastes were so expensive. So tiiclineil to prlees stoop, I< Hhn was uniformly silent r From tho fuct thnt tulk is eheap. ?l'll< r ' "I four," sadly said tho post >, stamp, when it found itself fastc to a love letter, "Hint I urn n sticking to tacts. ?iu.?n??uai>oiin ?li ual. ? | Teacher--"! don't suppose nny d of tho littlo boys here lifts ever se< I. i whale." Boy (at tho foot of tho c , ?"No. sir, but I've felt one."?Br< d lyn Life. 'j j Imto Qormftn (to stranger who stepped on his toe) ? "Mine fret " know mine feet vns meant to l>o vi?l oil, but dot brivilogo pelou js to m J | - Tit-Bits. ! i Yiiger?"I niiide one ringing spt in my life, anyway." Chorus ,, risively) ? "Where, when? ' Yagt ^ ! "The night I proposed to Mrs. Yagt ,j ?Buffalo Courier, n j Lady (in a book store) ? "Can I- tell ine whore Packer Institute i ,v Clerk (trying to think) ?"I'm r | sure, madam, but 1 should say it in Chicago."?Detroit Freo Press. If men were true to their first h l> ! as stage heroes, novels and women d maud that thov should I> ovorv i i? I would marry tlio cook who made I. : littlo cakes when ho was a boy. ?At ? uon Globe. First ttaruoan llollc -"What horr instincts those Christian women n '' have." Second Hamoan Hollo?"V ' dear?" "I am told that they aotai wear livo lizards for ornaments. ' Indianapolis Journal. Ambitious Young Person?"V do you think is the first stop 0 should take in order to bocomea po< e Experienced Editor (thoughtfull; ,s "Well, I should say take out a life suramin policy."?Sotnorvillo Jonr ie "The next gown I shall issue," i " tlio ladies' tailor, "will lie the trim , of the century." "Indeed," said p. humble assistant. ' Yes. indeed, h will be impossible to tell from sha)>o that there is a woman in i1 all."?Indianapolis Journal, it If you ?ould know tho differenc y the speed of the shooting star and s canal mule, quietly observe a ma the act of taking money from a del y and thrnnting it into his pocket; w ihrtn wfih*h him mm hn lul/?u o xlx ir from his pocket to shower upo |> creditor.? Puck. Hmall Boy (to grooei)--"If P please, Mr. Wellby, my mother w >e to know if you will give hor ai manac?" (Iroccr (leaning over counter) - "But, my little man, i tnnlhor iIhau nnf crof l?ot* hero." Small Boy -"No, Mr. Wei n but wo borrow your whoelbarrow 9, Ttt-Bit*. Pendragou ? "Hollo, Wordlo .you'ro looking way up. Where'd ^ got you'ro gooil clothos?" Wordh K ?"Ob, I'm doing finely. Oct ? rioh. lVndragon "Why, how'n tl Hie last tiino I sow yon yon loo y like a tramp, and ootnplainod that ** couldn't get an artielo accept ?* Wordleigh ? "Oh, yos; but now ** roadiug a nor ion of unpublished mi 0 ncripta before tho Bellamy Litei '* Ulnb."? Brooklyn Life. K I) n Mr*. Janet Baldwin, of San Fi it riHCo, wantn Mexico to puy her 91 'Km for the murder of her Imahnui1 bandit* in that country in 1887, CHILDREN'S COLUMN. ' * A BOY DISCOVERER. r Who were tho first inhabitants of America? That has ever boon, pcr? hapH, ever will be, a dispute among scientists. People from Asia, crossing Behring Htraits, emigrants from un" lucky Atlantis cither may havo found a pleasant home in our land in prehistoric times. Be that as it may, one fact has been clearly proved?the great continent of y America was discovered by a boy of 16, nearly 450 years boforo Columbus was born. Traditions of the Northmon tell cry that, about tho year 1000 Uergolf, an Iceland trader, fitted out two vessels I for a voyage to Greonland. Ho gavo ,l>^' the command one of theso vessels to Bioru, his son, who, although only 16 years of age, ~i?s u be!;?, .^cigv. nan Bailor. A violent tempest arose when and they wore quite near their destination, and the young commander's ship was in- driven southwest beforo a furious lo*? northeast golo. t His men, superstitous and cruel, roiow 'd his authority, but the boy was cool and undaunted, end managed 1%?4 111H r 11 fin VAcnol na ^" 1 1 rrL* Linv ~ .VBUV4 nn uuni uu VUU1U. X 1113 Tho storm lusted sveral dayB, driving thom furiously on, thon cleared in the ir? night. Lo, tho morning Ban revealed ' a strange land to the eyes of tho won. <loring bailors. They were ns eager asK- RH they had been ready to a.? condemn. "Tho gods love our leader," they you cried, aloud. "He shall bo our king and rule this new land that ho lias dials ivcred." j They anchored tho vessel in a shcl1?, tured bay and went on shore. They iter found the climate delightful. The silvery streams wero tilled with lino ker salmon and other tlsh. Gigantic trees covered the hills of the interior, rank y it . vegitatiou skirted the shores of tho I hat nverHwit "The lumber here is worth a fornud tune," cried Hiorn exultantly. Iceland has no forests, and such vast tracts seemed more valuable than a diamond Held to the hardy Norse <lr. youth. ago "Yes," he continued, excitedly, "wo nod will return to Icolnnd for a colony. Surely thin country ??'<* 41?** the shores of Iceland or Greenland one *'?thor." ;n n Ah the founding of Buch n colony '1bh? war too large an undertaking for him 3?* alone, Biorn hastened to form a partnerHhi)) with his friend Leif, son of Eric the Bed, a youth but little older ^,1 than himself. They sighted the now te." Innd, but at a point where it was barren and rocky. Leif was dissatisfied, cell ujul would have turned back, but for the determined opposition of his ean.. guiuo friend. They called tho place llelleland, and the low sandy shore you beyond it whh named Markland. Leif i??" grumbled and wished to return to Ice?ot laud. "No, I found it once, wo shall sure ly find it again,' Biorn cried,enconragjyc> r.. i i - ? uo- 1,1 IW" ""J" l,,B 'ttiTn was relinn warded, and they anchored ia the bay him whore ho hail tirst landed. Wibl grapes c ?* wero plenty, and they called the spot .j j Vinluud. They woro so well satisfied mist w't'1 i^ey resolved to pass the Hiy, winter there, after coasting to tho illy south and west, an well an sailing through tho Gulf of Ht. Lawrence. Tho shortest day of that winter was eight hours, ? fact which proven that 0ty Vinlaud wnn not north of what is now y)? Newfoundland, else the days would in- have been shorter. Da^* In tho npring they loaded their vos4a?'^ sol with valuable lumber and returned "his to It Iliorn and Leif fitted out nnothor ite larger expedition, but owing to an unt ,k? fortunate qunrrol Leif nailed alone with seventy of both sexes, to found ^.J11 hi? eolonv. Norwegian history dotho ' ,, , , n jT| eliiros that ho sailed as far south as utor Newport, K. I. Homo claim that tho and old stone structnro in Newport Park was erected as a fort by these colonists ; others doclnro that it was a mill for grinding their wheat and corn. IDutnihAltU uui? > ><' ?ut? w. iuu waiivi >n Yeu?u ny t nl- the mystery of the past, perhaps never to be revealed, iron* Theso northmen claim, alao, that U,y their people explored our coast as far as'FIorida, yet they did not attempt to hold the land which was surely theirs igh, by right of discovery. y?'1 Onr accounts of them are traditiontiuu ft'* ',ut establish the facts that fiat? Amorica was discovered by a boy years >ked boforo the groat Columbus saw the y?n light, and that Snori, born of Norse parents, wan the first American whito child of whom wo have mention, rary ? [Portland (Mc.) Transcript. The Critical Word. He?Does your daughter speak the 0l) foreign languages? I |,j She-Not very much; but she has learned to say yes in six of them. 9