Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^trsft^ WaS bus./ "? i J. SI TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THF. : pp ' j.rp rr?j rn r?i ri PP rm 5 . v - ;-v;v'v t?^Sf'^f; V,..^" NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN? UV KEITH, SMITU & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TH?RS DAY, JULY 15, 1880. VOLUME XXXI.-NO. 35. +? Tko Rights of Woman. - V; fTho rights of woman, what aro they? . V 'Tho'right to labor, love and pray, y* Tho right to weep when others weep, Tho right to wake when others sleep. Tho right to dry thc fallen tear, Tho right to quell thc vising fear', Tho right to smooth tho brow of caro, And whisper comfort to despair. Tho right to watch tho parting breath, To soothe and cheer the bed of death; Tho right when earthly hopes nil fail, To point to that witbiu tho voil. Tho right to wander to reclaim, Aud win tho lost from path? of shame; Tho right to comfort and to bless. Thc widow nod the fatherless. T^e right tho little ones to guide, In simple faith to him who dud; With earnest love and gentle praise, To bless and cheer their youthful days. Tho right to livo for those we love, Tho right to dio that love to prove; Tho right to brighten earthly homes, With pleasant smiles and gontlo tones. .. . L. Thc Soldier Statcsiiiaaa, -- s Senator Buyard, ol Dclnwnro, in nspeech in that State on tho Presidential election, well says: Thc Democratic candidate for President is no untried man. On tho COU (rory, .1 ? sliull show that ho bas been tried, thor oughly tried, and that hp ont) lay claim to a record that has not fallen to tho lot of any other public luau of his limo. (Applause.) In 1SU8 ho was named by many as tho favorito candidato for President, and tho , delegates from Delaware at that convention, held in New York, ballott?e! for him, if I recollect right. Ho Was oho voted for in 187(5, and now for tho third simo he stand-: before tho nation, with bis every act i.ubjo d~ ed to tho vigor of partisan examination, j And how does ho stuni? Spotless sud ?without reproach, favored by tho unani mous voice of ibo representatives of thc porty. THE FIERY TKST, Now, gentlemen, let mc ask you ono . tiling. Having ?MS?-.'ri throue.h tit is Jiro o? m examination, let me ask this crowd whether tbcro has been the first breath of suspicion ns to tho honor, intelligence, fidelity or patriotism of that renowned and great .soldier'' Why was ho nominated? Ho' never held a civil office. True. J lo has a mili tary record ns brilliant, as unsullied, as glorious as that of any man iii America. Why did tho D?mocratie party notniuuto a military mani' I will tell you why. 1?0 ? canso this tuan has proved that God govo him tho same ohnraoteristies of conscience and of seit control which Ho gave to the great George Washington. My friend--, this is not tho extreme uttcranooof a Stump speech. It is thc deliberate utterance of a lunn struggling to eeo tho right and to i? follow it. Si nco ibis world was Ibero has boen no iuflbenee so dangerous on ', corrupting to men's hearts as love of power, What was free government designed for but for thc protection of tho minority against tho ma jority? Tho great difficulties and dangers to libel ty have arisen wherever men in trusted with power have used it to perpetuate their own sway nud bring about tyranny in stead of limited government. Wo know what made Washington so conspicuous when be laid down his power and retired to tho privacy of his home. There arc many men as great as be in military knowl edge and in t?to ability of statesmanship, but bow many other men would have voluntarily laid down their power when they could have used it for their own sel fish, tyrannic:.! purposes? I wish you ti comprehend ibis, becauf o it ?is the keynote of'thc nomination of Winfield Scott Han cock. Ile hold great power I Io was mil itary governor of II largo extent of country His will could have been rs law. At lib plensuro Stood tho liberty ol' every man Jj| What was bis course-bis eourso alone o all Ibo military governors in ibis country i'or tho lust fifteen years? When asked in Louisiana nod Texas t( arrest persons bc inquired whore was tin judicial process. Wbcn bo asked to trj persons by military cointnil'sioiis point?e to tho courthouse and to tho jury of twelve When asked to fino men ntul lliko Iron them their properly he demanded lo know by what right uiidev Ibo tivil laws ho coule do these things. NO l'AKAl.LIHi FOlt HANCOCK There havo been perhaps soldiers as able perhaps as courageous, and that is saying t great deal; but name ono who has rcfusot over ntnl over again to exercise arbitrary power when bo could havo done so. (.\ voice, "None.'') No, yon can't ii ti mo one I have seen distinguished men, Cd U OS tot wholly ill tho Republican parly, giving ad vico of tho most arbitrary character Ilia can ho conceived; but where can you find i Inan who has had tho chalice brought ti his lips that ho might drink full of eon tro over his fellow creatures, and who you havi i seen put it asido and say: "I nm a mili Jfr? tory man; 1 am an American soldier, but .> nm n citizen with respect to tho law which is tho Constitution I sworo ti support?" Wc Saw tho Legisla turo of South Caro lina organized nt tho will of a corpora without any gir.nl. You ail know who was seen in Louisiana. I do not proposo I go over Ibeso recollections in detail, nor ti power, but I desiro to show what was tho character of tho distinguished mau whom thc Democrats havo nominated during tho time of tho current of tyranny. Thc great lesson to bc derived from tho rcsistanco mudo to tito tyranny of King Ocorgo is tlio lesson I would hold up to you now. Ono of tho charges against that potontato waa that ho attempted to Bubordinato tiro civil to the military power. Any man who attempts that is not fit to bo u ruler of men. Thc man of our choice echoes tho samo spirit, that mado our people free in '70, and which will only restore and consol idate that freodom in 1880. Do you not remember . that his power was os ample, that ho bad tho same organization, adminis tration, or whatever you ohooso to call it, that other generals had? Comparo bim with tho New Orleans general who besought tho President to issue that proclamation of outlawry-the proclamation dedaring that the white men of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia shall bc outlaws-"and leave the rest to mo." Such was the dispatch, I amshnma to say, of a major-general-nye, a lieutenant general of tho army of tho United States. And from thc Cabinet at Washington was sent tho response: "Wo all appro po of your action." These names have passed into history covered with lusting reproach, for Botkiitip, who wrote tin t dispatch, proved a buso rogue, ns treacherous to tho money of America as to tho principles ot liberty. This was tho principle-this 'ri 10 day tho great underlying principle of the two gt oat parties. During tho struggle from 'Cl lo '05 thorn was littlo law and could bo no law but force; but. tho dtfliculty has been that power obtained by force bas been sought to he reta i u ed by force. ctAUFrcbo's Ki:oour>. If for the last four years yen havo boon in peace, if you have been at liberty to attend your daily avocations and build up fortunes; do not thank the. men who pre ferred tho mailed hand of Ulysses Grant to lawful rule. Garfield is no unknown man. Ho has a long record. Ile has been long a leader among tho advocates of thc foreo bills, suspensi?n of habeas cor pu J, military usurpation, and every other means resorted to by his party to prolong their power. There bas not been ? measure tending to exalt tho military nbovo the civil power, not a question tending to cre ate animosity between tho sections in which Ju m cs A. Onrtinld wai not on the same sith;. All this wo propose to end by plac ing in power a man .vho, although :i difi '.iueuished s-'hlier. never forgot that his citizenship was a higher distinction. TUM r.ocnc ot' HANCOCK; Tho logic of llancool; is that tho civil power is above the military. Sectionalism should not bo allowed ns a party cry. What is called tho bloody shirt must bo folded up forever, and the American peo ple should bo brought together ns one pcoplo, willi one government and with rqui.l right and ti fleet iou towards it. '1 I.ese aro tho logical results, ami ho hus been tried. If, us a major general, bo bas dono this, would he do otherwise as a I'res . ident? Kcmombcr that Hancock not only earned his great renown by refusing tahi - ti arv power when offered bim, but ho also incurred tho animosity ol' those whoso pur poses ho refused lo carry out nud who could make bis position in tho army nu uncom? forlable ono. Unfortunately thcrclins boon too much of this partisan feeling in tho army nud the navy, and tuen lo gain pro - motioi) have had to do so nt tho ex peine of independence and by covering themselves with partisan clot liing. I havo had reason to know of the. ciao of an officer who in ourred (he displeasure of President Grant nod asking in vain for a reason until n leading Republican Senator told him that ho bad been indiscreet in dining and win ing with certain Dcmoarats. (Laughter.) It is ibis spiiit that is dangerous to Ibo anny, to tho navy und to us all. Wheo this spirit-ibo spirit of Sheridan's dis patch- prevails, why then, indeed, the army Changes from being tho bolovod servants tho Nut iou into a very great danger. Molli; TUAN' A THUK SOTiDIKlt. Hancock Is n.ore thana true soldier. As a citizen ho values his light and power above hid right and power as n ?oldier. ?I you eric mo why 1 love Hancock I say because I know that with him tho li crty of my country will lo safe. (Applause and cheers.) Ho has proved it. His life is lo day the most brilliant example (inter rupting voioo away back in tho crowd: "Kxcopt yourself") that WO have among om military men. I t?o not Buy that there ore nono ?;O brave, so able as ho, but 1 do sn) that none has boon so tried ns ho and prov ed himself to possess thc lofty sol f-ooo tro which induced the laying down of powei ut tho command of conscience. This is win I claim ho should bo sustained all over tilt land. lt may bo remarked that wo havo nlwayf lalked against military power and yet have taken up a military man. My answer is wo do so not because ho is a military power Wo admiro lils gallantry and honesty, bu Hancock is not only a soldier, but ho is t man, a citizen, imbued with u knowlodgl of what citizenship should bo in a govern ment of law. Nay, there is another reason ibero tue many reasons, but let mo state om moro. There has been a great outcry ii tho North that tho Southern pcoplo won antagonistic lo tho Northern nnil hated till government. Now it seems to mo that thii bubble must ho pricked. With a solit South for Winfield Scott Hancock, it seemi to mo there should bo a solid North tin samo way. Surely, if tho Southern peo ple chooso llaucoclc for some sinister end grout idiots. If this battlo lins to bo a succors-and Qod grant that it may suc ceed in tho fullest sense-what better in stance of success can bc found than to seo tho man who lcd tho hosts of tho Union receiving tho vote of every man wio war red against it? What victory greater than j this? If that bc not tho fruits of states manship, then pray tell mo what is states manship for? [From tho Washington Post.] Tho Cultivation JS? fort?' Gen. Lc Puo, Commissioner of Acricul-1 tare, who has just returned from rt visit to ? tho South in tho intorostof toa cultivation, was found yesterday nt his desk by a Post reporter. "lins your trip benn a satisfactory one?" "Yes, sir, in every respect," was tho reply. "1 lind tho people of tho South willing to undertake this new industry, especially ns it promises completo suc cess." "Is tho wholo Southern section adapted to tho cultivation of tho tea plant?" "Not at nil. Tho way wo determined this lins been very riuiptc. About throe yen vs ago seeds of tho tea plant wei o pro cured from China nnd Japan, and distribu ted almost broadcast throughout tho South. Some of those to whom seeds or plants were given took caro of them nnd they did not come to anything. Hut tho experiment succeeded far enough to show that tho tea plant will I li rive in tho sickly, malarial, marshy districts. Hero actual observation has shown that it produces a liner and larger crop of leaves than any elsewhere." "Whut sections of thc South did you visit?" "Mainly tba States of North nod South Carolina, along tho const, including thc vicinities of Wilmington, Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort, nnd Hort Royal. Everywhere I found tho greatest interest manifested in tho matter, and I feel pure that tho people of tho South will soon bo gia to buy and plant t:a seed. There is no reason why tho manufacture of toa should not become as great ns thc growth of cotton. And, continued tho commissioner, "when you remember tint wo import from 818, 000,0110 to 522,000,000 worth of tea annually, you can easily seo what a saving it will bo, besides being a source of revenue to tho South." . "Aro preparations in progress for n gen era) introduction of ibu tea plant in thc States mentioned?" "Yea, sir, 1 have loft nn export down there who is still nt work making experi - ments. AV hon those nssuino a practical shape and seeing shall bo believing to thc Southern people, I. expect thc cultivation of ton will take n prominent part in their industries," An "Ai?u?iV oi'flSooioi'." If tho details of tho recent so called "affair of honor" in South Carolina which have reached us by tolcgraph even approxi mate tho truth tho killing of Colonel Shan non waa a crime thc heinousness of which must fix it somewhere between assassination and cold blooded doli borato murder, lt np pens that tho murdered man had been conspicuous in exposing n fraud, and for this ho was challenged to mortal combat. Ho had courage enough * to refuse on thc around that he contemplated crime waa in violation of thc laws of his State nnd of his own code of morals. Ile was thereupon posted na n coward and pursued with epi thets which carno to his cars at every corner and were borne to him by his friends. Ile was au bid man with a dependent family a man of nerve and of umpiemionod cour ligo-hut nt tho last he wa.i driven to desperation by tho cool and cunning tactics of his enemies, challenged ono of them and was murdered. What n comment upon our society und our civilization that such n crime ns this should originato and bo oar rie-l out in any Southern community I Hero was n lunn courageous enough in tho first inslanoo to refuse to booomo n party toa ?rent clime, but ho found him self pursued by tactics which could scarcely bo rosis tod, and tho fact that he could find no redress and no escapo from tho syste matic pursuit ol' his enemy is nn evidence timi the publia sentiment of Southern com? mun?fica is still demoralized with respect to thc species of assassination which in tho result of dueling, and this public sentiment must bo changed; it must bo brought to acknowledge tho fact that there is neither honor nor courage in assassination nnd cold blooded mum^r; it must bo brought lo un . d'T.-tar.d that thc true chivalry of civiliza tion stands aghast in thc presence of such crimes, Hov/ long will tho pcoplo of tho South allow themselves, their society and their civilization to bo misrepresented by assas sins, and murderers, and ruffians? [Atlanta C'omlitalion, ATLANTA, GA., July 7.-To day in tho Superior Court, tho first negro juror was called. Ho servod with eleven well known white citizens, was made foreman of thc jury, and brought in a verdict of guilty .gainsta colored man charged with burglary. In tho next caso bc Wflfl refused by Asa Cann, colored, charged with murder, who said ho wanted "no nigger" to try him for his life. Tho incident caused much com - ment, and tho addition of thc names of in telligent colored men to jury levies in tho Stato courts is generally approved. "What pretty children, and how muoh they look alike/' says (J, during a first visit at a friend's house. "They aro twins," his friend explains. "What, both of 'om?" No Ti'o?Tblc About General Man cock's Taking Thc Ollice. Yv'o ob.u "vo that somo journals and som o poliUon) o.v^ors aro discussing tho question whothcr ( , Hancock will bo allowed to toke tho oiiVTt! if ko is cloded President. Thcro \v'ivbq; no troublo on that score. Thcro w<N?? b vo been nono if Mr. TiU dc'U^?.'' <**J-rt|JI^,en.)tninated and rcr-olcotod. i .'non x'four years ago aroso from tho cheat hnvitvfi boou invested with cortoin forms of bi A An Elcotoral Commission was crcatod./'This Commission was uucon. stitutiouftb, tnt it had boon created by oct of Congress.^ Democrats wcro duped into its support. .Mon like Abram S. Hewitt were dimrog around tho country, in Con gress nt J out, to get tho mcasuro adopted. If Ml, Tilde, had undertaken, by force, to resist tho deey'ecs of this Elcotoral Com mission-alb 'lt they wcro unconstitutional -he would tdmply hnvo been adjudged n traitor, and .ho Republican party would hove benn confirmed in power for a quarter of n century lo como. Cen. Hancock, had ho been in A. -, Tildcn's place, oould have dono no moro then than Mr. Tilden did; and Mr. Tib.en, if he wcro in Genera! Hancock's p! JO now, oould do just as much ns Cen. Hancock. Por sny ono to talk about fighting their way into tho White Ilouso is ridiculous. Hayes cheated his way in, and his punishment will bo tho ever enduring brand of shnme upon his name. Putin its nature it is a cliunt never to he enacted but onco. Tho candidate elected will lako his seat this time; and his doing so will have no connection with his wearing shoulder Ptraps. Let us conduct tho campaign with os little nonsense os possible.-A/no Tor/,: Sun. Chivalric ETIiirtlci*. WASAINGTON, July ~.-A dis from Camben, Kershaw County, South Carolina, says of the duel which was fought on tho 5th in stant, in which Col. William M. Shannon was killed: Thc compli cations leading to the fatal meet ing began over a year ago, when a man named Wernges brought sait for damages against another named Ellcrboo for injuries to tho person, which he claimed to have received at the latter's hands. Colonel Shannon and Captain W. In Depass were attorneys for Woingos, and they succeeded in getting judgment against Ellorboo for $2,01)0. lt was then discov ered that till Ellerhoops property was hold by tho wifo of Colonel 13. 13. Cash on a mortgage, and lhere was nothing to satisfy the judgment, of Colonel Shannon and Captain Depass. They secured evidence to show that tho mort gage was a fraudulent, one, and natl boen given for tho express purpose; of evading judgment, and the. result of their cilbrts was to have tho mortgage set aside on tho'ground of legal fraud. The ovid once on which this action of thc court was taken bears some what strongly against the wife of Colone) Cash, and he determined to have revenge on two lawyers who had unearthed it. Ho and his son have engaged in several duels before this one. Ho arrang ed with Ellovboo to call out Shan non and Ellerhoop accordingly challenged Shannon to light him, but the old gentleman refused on tho ground that dueling was against the law of tho State as well as his principles. Gash post ed the old gentleman as a coward who had sullied his wi IVs name and then refused to give her husband satisfaction due to a gentleman. Tho old gentleman protested that he had (lone no wrong to INI rs. Cash, but wherever he went tho vile epithets applied to him by bis enemy roached his ears. Finally goaded almost to desperation, bc sont a challenge to Cash, who iin mediatoly accepted it, and the duel took place as already stated. -_?>. -_ Old Cent: "I suppose that your sight, grows very keen with practice's" Coast guard. "Sight! I ior' bless yer, yes, sir; smell, too. There's men 'ere can smell smug gled 'baccy ten miles at sea'*1" Yesterday, at the depot, si well known Pottstown character was annoyed by the importunities of a newsboy, and being unable to rid himself of tho nuisance, threat ened to "kick ibo boy so high that when ho caine down again his clothes would bo all out of fash ioUj"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It was at a dry good store. Tlio heroino was a sweet little miss of lour winters, who was ac companied by her mother. A clerk who knew them gave tho child a hunch of hits of tapes of various colors, with which she was mitch pleased, and at her request thc mother pitt them in her hag to carry them home. Having done this; thc mother said to her, "What do you say to the gentle man for his kindness?" Thc littlo lady, thus reminded of her duty, exclaimed, "I thank you, sir!" "Cannot you throw him a kiss," inquired the mother, with the natural desire to show otT thc daughter's accomplishments. "Yes ma'am!" said tho littlo one, and she turned and threw a kiss tow ard thc pince where ho had boen standing, but, as it happened, ho liad moved along to wait upon a customer and another gentleman stood there. The mother called her attention to the fact that, she liad complimented the wrong man and suggested that she should throw another kiss to her generous friend. But little puss had bc so mo weary of compliments, and oxclaimcd, "I don't want to, mamma; you do it." CAMDEN^ July 7. - Great indignation lina boen manifested by all classes of our people, white nnd colored, over thc killing )f (lo!. Wm, Shannon. Onr wholo people mourn bis death, lt is tho heaviest loss that Kershaw County has been called upon :o bear for ninny years. The burial services :ook placo on Tuesday evening, tho Otb instant. Business wns entirely suspended. L)ver ono hundred people foiled to gain ulmission to tho church where tho. services were held, on account of tho immense con gregation. Tho cortege was composed of Gfty-sovcn vehicles, besides n largo numbct in foot-tho largest funeral ever sccu in ri-... ?_ l/tlllJUUIl. Coroner Goodalo held an inquest yester day and to-dny. Tho verdict of tho jury .vas that "from thc evidence brought before js, Wm. Shannon carno to his death from i pistol-shot wound, said pistol being fired >y E. li. 0. Cash." Coroner Qoodulo inmediately issued a warrant for tho arrest if Col. Gish, directed Sheriff Doby, who ins transmitted tho samo to tho Sheriff of Chesterfield County for csccution. Of n gentleman reocntly deceased, a riend sa;d to a nows gatherer: "Ile was ii thc Legislature ono year; but I wouldn't ny anything about that. Othcrwiso his ifo was free from blot." "I say, old Indy," said ft man on n louotry road tho other day, "did you seo a lyciclo pass herc just now?" "No, 1 didn't cc no kind of a sickle, mister; but just now [ Bccd a wagon wheel runnin' away with o nan. You kin bcllevo ?tor not. 1 wouldn'l f I hadn't seed it myself." A boy can imagine almost anything; he mn lng nn old shot gun about all day vithout firing at a living thing nnd bc mder tho impression that he's having a lowling good time. But nil attempts to nd nee a boy to imagino thut ho is killing odiums when ho is sawing wood have ?roved futile. A capital nnccdoto is told of n little cllow who in turning over thc leaves of f crap book came across thc well-known detuvo of somo chickens just out of theil hell. My companion examined thc pio uro oirofully, and then with a gravo, sa tnoious look nt mo slowly remnrked. "Thcj ame out 'cos they wos afraid of being ?oiled." "You must not play with that littlo girl ny dear," said an injudicious parent 'But, mn, T li lc o her; sho is a good litth ?irl| and I am suro she dresses os pretty o: vor I do, and sho has lots of toys." u] minot help that, my dear," roplicd tlx oolieh mother; "her father is n shoemaker.' 'But I don't ploy with her father; I pla; ?Uh her; sho ain't a shoomnkci." An Irishman on on ocean steamer nlwayi ?resented thc captain with fino I?avani ignrs after lunoh nnd dinner, until on< lay thc lnttcr refused to tnko nny more ChO son of Erin, however, insisted, and a ?st tho captain accepted, flaying, "Well f 1 do tnko it I'll burn it." "Arrah, b< abcrs," said Tnt, "thc di vii a cigar of iniix o' ll got to do that with." "What? Twenty-five cents i )ound for sausages? Why, I cai jet 'cm down at Scorn id t's foi wenty cents!" "Veil, den, vj lidn't'ycr?" "Cause Schmidt wa nit o? 'cm." "Veli, uv I wn ?wit of 'em I sell 'cm for twenty t?n ts too." Physician to Govornmoii stork; "Well what do you com dalli of ?" ?. c.: "Sleepiness, doc or." Physician: "At what tim lo you go to bed?" a. Cl "Oh, lon'tmcan at night, but dunn )llico hours." _ inimmriiiMiiMiniiiiiMinifi r IIM??MMM mmiiwaiiiiiiiiiiBiiniii i nmni Ho Proforrod tho Almanac. ?IY l'AKMKNAS MIX. Thcro stood alone upon tho street o ohop of . gawky size, Intensely gazing on nsign that hung beforo his eyes, And known to those who daily poss from dinner nnd to dine, To bo n watch that novev run, though hung thcro ns n nigu. Now fortune had of Jato adorned his houor with a gem, And there within n well worn vest, mado up of stitch and hem An old watch Hoking with tho dirt of years still on its wheel, Was hold securely in its placo by n dang ling chain of steel. This chap who viewed tho golden picoo, nnd thought it quito immense, Was led to think its works had coat no trillo of expense; "Now time is money," ho exclaimed, his mind was thinking-slight; "And this hero thing 1 know cost lots, and surely must bo right. "So now I'll set my new bought piooo exactly to the dot, And BOO if Sal, when I get home, don't Hkd tho wuy itn sot." So pulling out his brazen piccoand rubbing on his knee, Ho turned it up an hour too fast-tho two did then ngrco. Then stepping 'round he li ought he'd view tho other sido nnd go; Tor it was later than ho thought-his watch had been too slow. But there was printed on this sido, in color?? just ns gay, Another face just like tho first, exoept ia time of day: "Now, limc'n a fraud and jewelry, too/' this chnp was quick to say, "In places where they hang out things to" tell thc time of day, And ain't got senso enough to print in letters wc might seo, The fact that she ain't runnin', or that they had lost thc key. ? "Now, all I'vo get to say is they ain't hurtin' mo n bit, Aad when they try this foolin' gamo they'll find that I'vo got grit, While Sal, I know, when sho hears this she'll givo 'cm all her slack, I And I will henceforth set my wntch by some good almanac." A BOY, A WOMAN AND A COW.-Friday forenoon a lady was walking down Cass avenue when sho suddenly carno upon rt cow. Tho animal was feeding on tho other side of thc street nnd tho boy sent out to watch her sat under n shade tree and played on a mouth organ. Tho lady halted. Tho cow lcokcd up. "Lost anything, ma'am?" asked tho boy as ho removed tho music from his mouth. "I-I'm afraid of that cow!" t?ho repliod. "What fur? Cows don't, bite nor kiok< B.mio as u horso. All they kin do is to fun you through and pin you to thd ground." "Oh! my, she's coming!1' "No, sho ain't. She's just making believe that she wants to git at yo and hook yo over thc fence." "Oh! but 1 dare not pass1." "Yes, you dare. Cows know when a woman is o froid just nB quick ns anybody. Tho minit you give cows to understand that you arc ablo to catch 'em by tho hods and mop tho ground with 'om they go to hunt ing fur clover." "Dear mo, but I guess I'll go bnokl" "1 wouldn't. Ifyo'll ouly spit on yoi hands nnd shuko yer list nt her she'll wilt right down. Cowa know who's boss just ns well as mon do. Now, then, I'll hold yoi parasol whiio you ppit on your hands." "Oh! I can't-I'm going right home!" "Well, my little brother ho swears nt 'cm instead of spitting on his bonds. Soo if you cnn do that." "No-no-no! I'm going now!" "If I was n woman and I couldn't swear or spit on my hands, I. should oorry a sword oano to stob cows with," obscrvod tho boy as bc looked across tho way. "My soul! but there's another cow up there!" exclaimed the lady as sho looked up the street. "Yes, lots of cows nround thesodays, but 1 never hoard of two cows attacking a woman nt once, I guess ono generally hooks 'cm nil to pieocs first, and Ihcn tho otbor comes up nnd paws nt thc mangled romain?. If you-" Tho lady uttcrod a first clasa soroatn and made n jump nt tho nearest gatOj It opened hard, nnd nftcr ono pull sh? went over thc fenco and up tho front stops of n strange house, thcro to romain until her husband could bo summoned by tolo phono to como and net ns n body guard. "I'd just like to bo o womnn," mused tho boy ns ho eat down to punish his mouth organ eomo moro. I'd enrry a bowie knifo down tho bnck of my ncok, and tho first cow that tried to hook mo would fool that ero knifo playing mumblcty peg around her vicious heart strings." -- . .?-- - - A bridge watchman foll asloop at ch i I icol lu;, Ohio, last week with his ann across ono rail. A con struction train running backwards was thrown olV tho bridge by his* arm.