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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAT, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. WAIJHAIJLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 12, 1893. VOLUME XL1V.-NO. 2. How. New Goods Arrived. -(o) Have just received some of the Standard 175 Fire Proof Oil. The best Oil made. Try it. No more grumbling about bad Oil. Also a supply of Pure Linseed Oil, Paint, Glass, &c. Cooking and Heating Stoves from $3.00 upwards. No. 1 Large Fat Mess Mackerel. Hecker's Plain Buckwheat. Schumacher's Rolled Oats. Mocha and Java Screenings, a real good Parched Coffee, at 25c. per pound. Sugar Drip Syrups, and Florida Orange Cane Molasses, at 50c. per Gallon. Respectfully, OTTO I SG30UI?]MMB5, Januar-?- 5, l*9o. The Message of the New Year. i'ear for some ;:.-.;! out the signal mercies of the year, and dwell upon theni until our hearts are dissolved in gratitude. Narrow and hard as our lot may have been, filh d perhaps with keen and bitter J asked the New sweet, Some rule of life with which to guide my feet. I asked and paused: he answered,soft sufferings, and much as we may have and low: been disposed to complain of it, i*. "God's will to know." has yet held enough of good to call "Will knowledge, then, suffice, New tor unbounded thankfulness. lie Year?'" I erie,'.. lievers in the gospel can never ask And ere the question into silence died whether life is worth living;. To be v: but remember. ,,. , ,,? ... alive at all in such a world as this, to God's will to do." have food, raiment, shelter, friends, . an open Bible, a living church, the Once more I asked: Is there no room to .. , - . . .. , e .1 r . . perpetual ministrations of the Invisi And once again the answer softly fell: Spirit in restraint, incitement, "Yes; this one thing, ail other things comfort, the consciousness of par The answer carne: too above (iod's will t" love THE NEW YEAH. 'Christian Advocate.] Man alone of a!! earthlv creature doned sin, and the hope of heaven are not these sufficient occasions for saying: "Bless the Lord, 0 my soul ; arni all that is within me, bless his holy name !" Let us not hesitate, moreover, to look frankly ami honestly on our own blunders, mistakes and sins. To do is capable of looking before and 1 otherwise is to fore-tall the possibility after. He is not shut up within th- of improvement, and to defeat all narrow limits of the pr?sent moment. UIir efforts t0 be be U'r lh:ui wc have His eve sweeps all around the bori- ?een. "My sm is ever before me,' zon, both discerning what now is, said the Psalmist So it should be and also catching"glimpses more or j w:th ,IS alL T<) forget for even fl less distinct of What has been and moment that we are imperfect crea what will be. In this fact is found tares> lhat we have gone astray in the presage ami the promise of his thought and word and deed, would immortality. The high faculties of ^tray a lack of wisdom upon our memory arid forecast would be of no I-,:irt- Have we- then. for thy twedve use to ? creature without art onend- months coming toaolosebeen always ing destiny. If all the future years lruthfa1' ??ne8t> I'urc'? diligent do not belong to man. then it were patient, forbearing, charitable ? flav< better for him to forget the years beloved God with all our heart; that are vanished, and to cherish no ,{:lve we loved our neighbor as our dreams of those that are vet toc?me, selves? Wherein we find that w< But on the supposition that we were ; h:u t* corne short U1 thtse require .-not horn to die " monts, the thing for us to do is U * \ repent. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past V?'!? L _ ".^i.",, ? J ?\ nile, however, we keep in mux Uti Ul'? V . a -1 - And ask them wliat report they bore to ",?r shortcomings and detects, wi heaven. .must not so remember them as t< And bow they might have borne more :i\\t)W them to paralyze our f-.rturc welcome news attempts at boly tuid upright living The beginning of the New > ear u Tbf}re j. a g?n?? in wh?ch we mu;r a good season for retrospection. YY e , ufOJ^et the things that are behind,' naturally pause as we pass another j an? uj.e?c? forthTto those things tba milestone on the road of life, and are before," lt is our duty and ou from the elevation which we haye wjs<jom to sayVith the apostle Peter gained take a backward look along U-phe time past of our life may suffic the way over ?/hieb we have come. r us t0 have wr0light the will of th Who is there so thoughtless, and so Gentiles." Hereafter let us wal indifferent to the meaning and the gogerly, righteously, and godly in th issues of his earthly existence as not midst of this present evil wor?d. Th to h .ve done something of this sort ? jns.,ired admonition comes to eac The f hristiag man in particular, rec- "p? us : "Whatsoever ye d>: r (Sfipiztno the rad that he ts pespou- Wt?Wj"?r deed, do ali in the-" name c B?We'tO God for the right use -of all, ]j0Tj j^u^ giving thanks to Go Lis opportunities, and being anxiousLn<j ?DftFather by him." The d' to gather whatever lessons of wis- : ti,at overtake us must notcaus dom may be derived from his past ,,s t0 ](jse he'-.rt and hope.. At th experiences, will be careful at such a npCning 0f each new day, let .1; Season to gjye biniaeJf tQ tbe^-pains- j ^farfe np courage and co*fory--a?< taking review of the blessings that-fie-: ?v \]ie j,ejp 0{ ^ we wgna?? ovei has enjoyed, and of the manner ml c?me.. alj our enemies, and stan which he bas used and improved j entire at last. . them. I* Let us count up, if we tnink our- \ *?bave not wings,we cannot _soa* , J\ . I But we fcave feet to scale and climb, . selves competent to enter uppn so slow degrees, by more and moj?, endies? a task, the "favors that oar] The cloudy summits dt^our time, Heavenly Father has showered upon . _.* us since the.beginning of ls92. .Or; . . , if, as'isv?fy likely tj be the. case,! More, than 100 lives of Cojumbi 4 we see at.a glance the impossibility j bave, been written in various'la: oi doing that, let us at least single ' guages. -j- ' . - -. .". ... - -??..*. A New Fear Thought. [Olive I'. Dana.] From t?.e time-quarry of eternity God hews to-day another rugged stone, And says to men : "Come ye, and work with me; Help me to make to men my purpose known." Ile could declare, aye, and he does declare, In one great word its grandeur and its scope; And lesser words are echoing everywhere Its wisdom, beauty, tenderness and hope. The calm stars chant it in their timed spheres. The winds hint of it in their resonant voice, The blossoms show it, and the wheat's full ears, The sunlight, radiant with it, says, "RejbiceP' but none of these, nor even that Living Word That told, and tells, in human deeds and speech, . What shall he done for man, with man, hy God. Whose balms of pity deepest wound ings reach. Sot even this will of itself suffice: The massive statue waiteth many hands. And so once more from out the opening skies. The New Year comes to all the waiting lands. How shall we help him, we who are unskilled. To carve from common years the Gol den Year*.' Who does his will and with Christ's love is filled. Helps make his love known, brings his kingdom near. THE MOUNTAINS AS ! HAVE SEEN THEM. Crops-Their Mode of Culture-Care of Fruits, Vegetables and Other Cereals -Waterfalls and Cataracts-Climate -.Manners and Customs of the People. . Fer the KKOWKE COCRIER.1 Situated in the upper portion of Oconee is an elevated plateau of J table land, which, beginning; at the tup of Hunt wright Mountain, extends Northward i<>r a distance of twenty five miles, and is estimated any where frmn two toten miles in width. This section of country is inhab ited by a class of people who, for the : most part, ?ive at home and board at : he same place. ? laving beer, thrown among these people for a short time 1 it may not be amiss to give a brief sketch of their mode and habits of i living, scenes and incidents that may lie observed in a mountainous coun try, all of which arc entirely differ ent frt.ru those regions that are less ? elevated ii. their nature, which differ jenco may be strikingly noticed, even D the middle or Lower portion of the county. The iir>t peculiar difference we notice is that most all uplands are cultivated alternately; that is, the land which is worked this year will Iii- over for another 3'ear, allowing a heavy coat of weeds and grass to cover the land, which is turned under ground during thc fall and winter months. This is about all the fertil izing the land gets, as commercial ! fertilizers are seldom used, and, those i ! that do, use both the commercial With i home-made fertilizers on their bot tom lands, which, generally speak ing, are cultivated every year. Corn,_which is the main crop, is planted from the first of April to the . middle of May, and is cultivated, with slight ^difference, as it is in I other portions of the county, the striking feature being that, in places, ; the corn is planted on hillsides j so steep that, tc us who are not used to the like, it would appear that j a "scotch boy" v/ould have to follow j alongside the ox or mule, as the case j may be, and help him to preserve an j equilibrium in case he should make a j misstep, which might result in a pre ! capitation less disastrous to the corn j than to the ox himself ; and if a iel iew be too we'd tied up. to the lines : he would most certainly follow suit ; humanity after oxanitv. But these ! people are used to the like and never ! seem to notice such things, and, [apparently, move along as well as those whose lands are entirely level. One advantage, however, I see in .'two-sided" land. Like the fellow who had discovered a new way of making one-cent stamps answer the purpose of two-cent stamps, on inquiry of how it could be done j j replied, ''Use two of them," so when one side of our land wears out we just step over to the other side and wear it out, too j not two stamps in ? j one, but two hillsides where other " I wise, if tl ie hill were to lean over, t ; only one side would bc level and the r j other side wrong end upwards, : j T.'ie cabbage and apple crops are *\ next in importance, both of which l? j seem to do better on low lands than e j on hillsides. Cabbage is planted, e j where the ground is very rich, in b [rows from three and a hidf ^P. fftt^r j| ; ?eet wjde and about two, and a hali ?j j feet apart iu the drill. "The slips are ' set ourabout the latter part of May * and the first of June. Experience c : has taught'the plant ers that the ear ^ j lier settino; i? always subjeot tc decay, while those" thal are put oui late do not mature si> early, anc hence are less liable to rot. About one good working is al! that'the cab bage getsr and that is daring tb? mo&th oCAugust. After a fevr lighj j frosts have fallen, then comes th< time of hauling therd off to market Those whose* crops are so large tha they cannot readily dispose of t?ieu put them up in various ways to tect them from, the cold. The most likely to decay are put u barrels and is called kraut ; O' in banks similar to a potato hill, still others, who are trying a experiment, pull them entirely put the cabbage end in the gre leaving the roots upward. We < see the trick in the latter pro unless it's to take a new Fare Alliance cu* nd see if the other won't head, too. So much for cabbage. Apples, which, I reckon, ev body knows, grow on trees, are ther important crop, which, toge with thc cabbage, are the r money crops with these people. 1 are gathered about early frost, ace ing to variety, and placed.in ce] made for the purpose, or in ba and then covered with hay, stra\ other like material, until they through a sweat and shrinkage, a which they are sorted and put wi there is no danger of freezing, u they can be hauled off to market. Small grain does not do so well the land is too open and porous. ' heavy freezes pnsh the roots ou the ground and leave them expo to the air and sun, in consequents which they are killed out. Ii which is a hardier cereal, is ext sively sown ; tobacco grow? luxi antly; melons and cotton do : thrive so well, but with these exe tions most all vegetables are as p lific here as in other localities ti bave a milder climate. Among other things in geno Lhere are many natural curiosities be seen among thc mountains, wh furnish favorable places of sport those who are fond of the sublii and beautiful, the first of which .'The Narrows," on Changa ere? about a half mile below the ford ihe upper road leading to Clayt< fia. This curiosity is a narrow gor of rock, averaging about four U wide and one hundred and twenl five feet in length, through whi the water is forced to make its w with increasing rapidity, dashi from side to side, until it loses velocity in the surging waters belo Just below this cataract is an isla of solid rock, which somewhat resei bles a ship that had become petrifi by the ravages of time, and meant do no one any harm, save only stay there and await the inevitab Another fail of like nature is < Chattooga river, about eight mil above "Rogue's Ford/' This gor is so narrow that a i. -, with a chi on his back is said to have jump* across the river. Waterfalls and cataracts are numerous in this section thai wherev a stream makes its way somewhe on its course you will find a fall some description. Across the riv about ten miles we lind "The Tall lah," which, for their grandeur ai scenery, cannot bc surpassed in ti South. About these we will n impose upon your valuable space order to say something that has i often been said by others who we far abler than myself to do the su jeci justice. There is one other curiosit however, that may be of inte est to your readers, and that is tl '.Sinking Mountain." which lies c the right bank of Chattooga rive about six miles below the ford. Th mountain is not sinking, like sor may suppose, all the way ronnd tl cone, but only on the side n^xt 1 the river. After continued spells < wet weather fresh cracks may I seen all over the surface, and moi particularly around the edge, whei it leaves a crevice large enough I admit a man's leg. Tho portion th: is sinking covers about ten acres < ground, and has sunken on the upp< side about seventy-five feet, the to] of the trees being even with the su face of the ground. The dirt at tl low-.-r edge bulges out from the cei ter and dumps off toward the rive which gives it the appearance of big landslide. Altogether it is a sii gular freak oi nature and is wt worth visiting even by the mo.1 obscure observer. Other scenery ; In the fall of tl, year the obestnut gatherers of Xort Carolina are necessitated to bur off the leaves in order to rend? the picking up of chestnuts les difficult. The scenery that is oec: sioned by the glowing fire at nigh felfean only, be appreciated by tho* who have looked upon it with the own eyes, and words fail to exp:e: our meaning when we attempt eve the slightest description of its grai deur. The West wind hurries swift! through the gap* ou the moontah vf and seems to kindle afresh the blas ! as it winds to and fro in snake-lil i form, from which ascends dense vo ' umes of smoke, and at early morn i gathered in long perpendicular co umns, between which, at interval \ th? glistening rays of the sun pern ; trate, leaving the arching shadows < I smoke upon the mountains, at tl . same time reflecting, in the op? - places, the crinjson colors of - tl: ? beautiful autumnal leaves, which i t the distance appear'before the eye i e if they were sprinkled with gol .. dust. ..Truly, may not the wonde t ful-works of* nature bc seen on .a ?Jt'gjdes? and may* it not be said %h I the different seasons of spring, i I mer, autumn and winter are milestones in this transitory which serve as pointers, direr, these frail barks of humanity to tber and better country ? Climate : The climate here is delightful and healthy. During summer months a pleasant bree: always stirring; the water is ] and clear as crystal ; the little tiferons housefly makes hin unfrequent ; gnats are nowhere b found, and doctors are as scarce hen's teeth. Of course, we meai reflection on the doctors, but as absence of teeth among the featt tribe denotes that they have ol organs of nature which provide their physical wants and necessil so the absence of physicians amor us is proof sufficient, to say the h of it, that nature has sufficiently j vided for us, whereby our phys wants and necessities may be ab dantly supplied without necessa; resorting to the aid of a physici Towns and cities may spend h dreds cf dollars in booming up health of their localities and s rcuiulings in general, hut th are advertisements "pencilled nature's own hand," which will e remain paramount to all others, i though rugged in their nature sufficient to restore lost energy, ren vigor and gives a devouring appet to all those who make themsel frequent amongst us. Manners and customs of the peop After all the crops are harvest in thc earlier part of winter, tl comes a regular jubilee time of c< shuckings; and to have a good tir and especially to get something go to eat, one has only to go to an o time mountain corn shucking. Si further, if a fellow don't want to toled he had better shuck his o' cern. To those who have never se the like perhaps we had beti explain. After the corn i? all shuck and the shucks put away, you m see a parcel of men and boys givi each other the wink. Their obj?; is to get hold of the man who ga the shucking and carry him to I dwelling just xs you would a wound man or <>nu entirely ?lead; but wh they start off in the direction of t house they soon find that he is neith dead nor wounded either, so far kicking propensities are concerne After knocking, kicking, bumph and pulling for some time their pr oner, who is "much the worse for tl wear," is landed in the house ai fi?ven a respectable seat on the doc The boys up here call this fun, b we think it's a shy way they have shaking themselves up, or down you wish to call it, in order that th< may be better prepared to do fi justice at the dinner table. Fattening hogs are put up sep rately in pens, which rest on for about two feet from the ground, ai the pens are generally so small th if the pig fattens very fast he w soon outgrow his pigship. Howev? about this time he begins to push tl rails sideways and endways. C account of his hogology he i? deprive of his hoganity and the better pa of his hogship transferred to the lu house, a place where hogs seldo grow larger. The people herc are plain, sel supporting, unassuming, believe i living at home, feed a man when 1 j is hungry, adhere, in a great mea ? ure, to old-time ways. The card j reel, spinning wheel and the old-fasl [ ioned loom still have their respecth corners, and they are not rusty f< want of usc either ; pasturage plentiful, poultry and cattle are raise in abundance, and, above all, tl people are not derelict in regard I education. But another step pin rogrei and the flying steam engine wi send his shrill notes throughoi these lonesome hollows ; then the: rocks will begin to move themselvi one upon another; these forests wi be turned into merchantable lumbe; these waterfalls will drive millions < spindles, and these mountains th: arc full cf limo rock will be pull? down and converted into fertilizer which will stin-'.iato the vegetab growth of our ovrn virgin soil. Tl dead realities now ex'?l:ng will th? j become living realhies, and tb? leonid we not welcome back wil pride to the place that gave him biri Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia? Ar who can tell but that the closir years of the nineteenth century wi mark an era of progress in our hi tory that will be as a" time-honor* monument, permeating and breatl lng new life and progress in all tho: who may come after us? M. C. B. Long Creek, S. C., Dec. 19,189*2. ?--?4? *. Out of a total railway mileage f< 1 thc world of 370,281 miles the Unit? States have no less than 163,51 miles or 44.18 per cent of the whol j and it exceeds by 3,942 miles tl entire mileage of-the Old Worl ' Europe's 130,86:*) miles, Asia's 18,7? miles and Africa's 3,992 miles, mal 1 ing an aggregate of but 159,055 mile < An unfortunate man gained acoei i to a rich nobleman. He depicted h - misfortunes and misery in so movin ? a manner that the noble lord, wit 3 tears in his eyes and his voice choke e with sobs, called to the servant e "John, put this poor fellow out int - the street ; he is breaking my heart s ? Try to keep olear of prejudice an be willing to alter any opinion ye I may hold when further light breal j in upon your mind. He is, elev? i beyond precedent, or weak beyor 61 measure, who never sees reason 1 n 1 I change bis judgment of men ar things. n ? _. _ ia The first ship canal on the line i d the present Suez Canal was project* r- by Xecho, an Egyptian king, abo: II ,600 B. C. The two seas we ? actually .united 270 B. C. ' ' - ?.' li? '.? * NEW TEAR'S WISHES. [Frances Ridley HavefgaL] What shall I wish thee? Treasures of earth? Songs in the springtime, Pleasures or mirth? Flowers on thy pathway, Skies ever clear? Would this insure thee A Happy New Year? What shall I wish thee? What can be found Br .ging thee sunshine All the year round? Where is thc treasure. Lasting and dear, That shall insure thee A Happy New Year. Faith that increascth. Walking in light; Hope that aboundeth. Happy and bright; Love that is perfect, Casting out fear These shall insure thee A Happy Xew Year. Peace in the Saviour, Rest at his feet: Smile of ais countenance Radian", and sweet: Joy in his presence, Christ ever near These will insure thee A Happy New Year. WITH A WAGON TRAIN. It has boen proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that after the jr? -i mons located at Salt Lake they j bent all their energies to two things j -making friends with the Indians and seeking to prevent white people : not of their own faith from pene- ? trating into that country. They did gain the good will of the several '< tribes of Indians with whom they came in contact to such a degree as made it safe for a Mormon to go any where. Once in a while one was killed before he could identity him- j self, hut the man who proved himself a Mormon need have no tear of thc savages, who had been trained from infancy to hate a white man an.i take his scalp whenever opportunity '. offered. This desideratum was accom plished in various ways: They made | common cause with thc redskin ; agairst the remainder of thc white race, promising him al! the scalps! and plunder. They made him [.res- ; ents, caused him to believe that they were persecuted because they es poused his cause, and in other ways got such a firm hold on his affections that he became thc most powerful ally that they could have selected.! They made him arrow heads and lance heads, they provided him his first fire anns and best tomahawks, they fed him when he was hungry and helped to outfit him when he went to war. When the California g..id fever began to push long wagon trains across the country, the Mormons saw what the result would he unless they could stop the rush. Left to themselves, the savages would no doubt have attacked in every case where there was hope of success, hut not one person would have been killed where ten actually yielded up their li'cs but for thc assistance of the accursed Danites. These were the xigood men and true" of the Mormon church-the enthusiasts and fanatics who could be depended on to carry out any order and preserve thc secrets of their church with their last breath. They knew the country, the trails, the streams, and ravines and valleys, from Council Bluffs or St. Joseph to their own doors in Salt Lake City. They were strung out along over the overland trail, and in constant com munication with the Indians. They acted as guides-were elected as captains of trains-sought every position which would enable them to play into the hands of their allies and work the destruction of trains. This was not even suspected, how ever, until they had - orked fearful slaughter among the gold seekers No living man will ever be aid* tc give figures on the train people murdered during thc many years ir which the overland train way ir daily use. The first train I went out with said an old scout, consisted of fifteei wagons and fifty persons. Of thesi twenty-two were full grown mei and well armed, and each one fuir realized the perils which beset th< route. It would seem the height o folly for a husband to invest his al in a span of horses and wagon ?-n< set out for California with a sickl; wife and three or four children, bu plenty of them did so. Indeed ther was no train without its wpmen am children, and their presence alway increased the dangers. Previous t leaving St. Joe, we had to elect captain of the trian, a "tass,'' whos word should be law until we roache the end of our journey. This position naturally fell to som veteran-some hunter, scout o Indian fighter, who was posted .as t the ways and routes of the Indian.' Some such man was going out wit a train. In our case the choice la between two-one an old trapper c roany years experience, who looke honest and seemed to have plenty ( experience, and a roan who was stranger to all, but who wag loud i his boasts of how many Indians I had? killed and what a brave, c?ref i man he wad. I disliked him at fir sight, as I know he did me, bc though I did ail I could to defe him, ne w.as -eleeted to- the posith of captain. He was ? fellow with ; nelv, sulky look to. hTs face ; ey which were# constantly.- TOvirrg aoo and could neyexAd^Hc you ?q?are THE PHOENIX j INSURANCE Is entitled to your first considerate among the Life Insurance Companies of t] ages in all features of business, togethi SECURITY. WH BECAUSE- its Policies are plain, libei BECAUSE- Its Policies are free from : BECAUSE-Its Policies are absolutely conditions. BECAUSE-Its Pobcies are practically after two years. 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None of them came nearer than half a mile, seem ing to be content with an inspection ot our strength. An hour later, and j we were within two miles of the spot where we proposed to camp. The cap tain, whose name I neglected to state was Baker, ran up a greer flag on one of the wagons. This flag, as we afterwards concluded, he must have had secreted about his person. Ile explained that if he ran up the flag ! the Indians would conclude that there were soldiers with the train and haul oft, and -no one-nc < ne tut me questioned the truth or policy of the proceedings. It struck me that he raised the flag for a signal, and when Stated my suspicion to one or two others of the band, they agreed with mc that he could have no other ob ject. From that time we watched his every movement with the eyes of a fox, but he made no further sign for m ally hours. When we went into camp he took all the pre 0 ! cautions the most timid could sug a I gest, and I don't belieye he slept two hours between dark and dawn. The night passed without an alarm, and it was after noon next day before we saw Indians again. We'tiad been traveling an hour "after the noon halt o j when we came to a singular bit o? i. ground. It was a ridge about fiftj h :?feet wide, with heavy washouts oz dry ravine? on each side of it. This place could be avoided by turning either to the rig"ht or left, bat Baker, who was mounted as most ?the. res1 of us were, led the way right along this ridge. I was watching bim, anc saw that he was furth?r ahead thar usual. I also saw him make'a euri ous'sigTK. He raised his right .?rn Vf on a line with hfs ear, bent the fore arm -across his head, and held it thu for a few, seconds with the-pain vr> opened and towar?yiis horse's head ss Looking ahead and to* tfc?.Ieft it* 'thought I caught a brief glimpse c lula dark object, something like a blae KM YOI LIFE R THAT MUTUAL LIFE COMPANY >n, since it holds a FOREMOST place bis country, and offers superior ad van t sr with UNSURPASSED FINANCIAL (I Y? al and definite contracts, ampiy secured. ill questionable features. . void of ali vexatious restrictions and world-wide and free from conditions the healthy sections of the United States, .ge mortality profit, the very best plan of Insurance ever Holders and all the profits are paid to rs no company has equaled its record of existence offering Insurance for sale. TH HEEDING. ?u get a plain and definite contract. Do estimates. ar ending Deceml>cr 31, 1891, resulted in Assets, Surplus. New Insurance. New Premiums. Renewal Premiums, Insurance in Force. SURANCE COMPANY, RD, CONN., igures th<. following guaranti es : NCE, 'RANCE. ASH VALUES, ANT) LOANS. I on cal Agent, Walhalla, S. C. Gen. Agt., Columbia, S. C. . Agt., Greenville, S. C. head peering above the bank of the ravine. 1 was close to the head wao;.>i), and I asked the man to halt, and in twenty words made him under stand chat I firmly believed the Indians had prepared an ambuscade for us. I had made him understand this when Baker halted and turned to us willi the query : "What's the matter now?"" "The route looks dangerous,'' I answered. "The route is all right ; bring your wagons." MWhy can't we go to the right or left?" Lasked. "Look here,"' he began, as he rode back, "is this train under my orders or yours ?" "Yours, sir." "Thon you be careful. It" you attempt to interfere with me PH order you un.1er arrest. Come on with the wagons." He turned and galloped forward. As he did so i rode to the right and I a companion to thc left to reach a point where wc could see into the ravined. We both saw the same sight-the dry ditches crowded with redskins, and we both cried out together : ? "Shoot the villain ! He has led us into an ambuscade !" I don't know who kille-?! him. Five ? or six ot us fired together just as he j put his horse on a gallop, and he top pled from his saddle and Tell to the fearih. The Indians, seeing that they were discovered, sprang up and made j a dash at us on loot. Although with*, : out a leader, we dill just the right . \ thing. Every man rushed to the ' front, leaving the rear of the train to ! take care of itself, ami we gave the ! savages a volley which broke them ! up and left nine of their number dead j on the ridge. The living sought ! cover, ran down the ditches behind a ! rise, where their ponies were con cealed, and maile oft without tiring j another shot, rdtbough there were i eighty-four of them in the band. Had we got the train strung out on that ridge every soul in the train ' would have been murdered within" ten minutes. Baker was, as I found ' out several years later, an active ; Danite, and had led more than one j hundred emigrants tc slaughter. Hicks v "Tour wife, of coarse, is a lover of tte beautiful." Wicks : "Generally spooking, yes ; . but she doesn't^ particularly dote on the women I consider beautiful. At least, I gatier as much from her con versation.'*-' . ' " TJrr^e-quarters of a .second is the time occupied by the fall of-a-knife in the ' guillotine. The knife is weighted by 120 pounds of lead, falls, j nice feet and cats through; flesh and bones as *e?sily*ls through a bar of