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r 1 m"~ !21 uII be _). O D T 'JIf~ OI IIy IU VI N AI TO Till UREN1lAL INTEREST OF THEI COUNrltY, By D, F. BRADLEY & Coq I'ICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1883.. __ VOL. X II I. NO.1 GENERAL NEW The 'total voting population of Vir t# is estimated at 284,000. Of thisnn 128,000 are colored voters. Tir Mississippi river has 10,571 mi . navigable to steamboats, and 20, miles navigable to barges. Tan Texas pecan crop promises to a very heavy 9ne. The burdoned tr are bendiog under !the weight of h grown nuts. A NATIONAL bank has just been ganized at Anniston, Alabama, with capital of 0100,000, D. D. Parker i L elected president. IT is supposed that the building the Lady Ensly Mining and ;Manufi turing Company will be located at Ri slville Ala. The Alproka'(Fla.) canal is being ma twenty three :eet wide and seven fe deep. It is tlV>)i it will have to 1 further enlarfged to seventy-five feet width. TIE dried fruit trade of Statesville, I C., reaches annually into hundreds thousands of pounds, and it was nev< any previcus year any thing like as heav as this. MEMhPI3 Avalanche: Southern fal mers will have more cash in the ban this year than ever before, even if tlh cotton crop be short, because they ou less to the -r-.1"ehant and have raise more fcod this year thanjany previol year. 'WiLCox county, Ala., has a baby-bo now 14 months old, who weighs C pounds. The parents have been offere $3,000 and 'xlpent-es for the privilege of exhibiting the child fer the benefit < the mediclial fraternity. Thley have r, fai: ed.. TIu Eufalila (Ala.) inil's are puttin in a new s t of nachineiry for makiv patent lrocess flour. When complete the milis willI- 'e a capacity of 400 ba rels per (lay, and will be tle bestappoin ed in the country, The Water Valley, Miss., Central not mil. with the pistol assessnen It sav: "The assessors in this state co only gat'cir in their rolls a total of 2' pistols. We will venture the nssertic that about. 10,000 lies have been told t1 assessors about this pistol question." A sl'iAI --im Acworth (a., say Mr. 0. P, McRoberts has discoverc mnd is now opening a rich silver nii^, his show so far is the best thing v we have ever seen in the line. He hI get his shat. open ant molten ihows i self in a pure state as it does near tl su-face. Aewortlh will have a genui, boom, Tim two cotton mills in Natches ha expended in that city in the past tweh nonths over $300,000 for wages and i terial. They have consumed near] '70,000 bales of cotton end turnen out C 050,000 yar is of cotton goods and clotl Dutring the year Natchies receIved 46,2( bales of eottonl, 14,585 more than ar previous year. Tn trustees of a colored ('lurch Winston, N. C., mortgaged the edifi recently to sec'ure $ 1,200 with which have an excursion .to Columbia. Hi the amiounat requiredl was deposited W~inston to the credit of the Richmoi and D)anville Railroad. A special tra mios sent to Winston to draw the mono ao:d take the ('ongregation, hblt it stear baci(k to Richmond( wheni it was learne t hat the tmustees could raise no me cash. Ar a iocent cl(d men's gathering Le'wisbumrg, Tenn., 164 meml:er's we l'iest nt, the oldesCt being 104 years o T1here were 114 between the ages of si ty and seventy; 42 between sev'enty at oightiy; 5 between eighty and ninety; between ninety and one hundred: ov 10~0 one Of this number 102 were ho: in Tennessee, forty in North Carolin eight in Virginia, live in South Carolin three in Kentucky, one in Maryland, o1 I0o ( at i y, (1 e ini Ji eh rd nid three Georgia. ]imCviii-: Ti il iire: To,ieoiday 3' uthy113 Nelson a youth of 113 years ige camne to Knoxville ''to have his pi tmte tock," Mr. Nelson lives about fl nailesfiin the ('ity, though he selde: ('e1tms to town, Hie was accompani, by his wife, a grandson, and1( a gret gr'andsoni. T1he lattecr is just 10 vear's younger than his great gran fat her. AT Edward, Miss., two negroes ni edi James King and George Gadld's we ar osted schanrged with having robbi the grave of Mr's. Hattie Howell. Thi confessed their guilt, informing the o: cer that they stole the body for the pi pos5 of Eeenring the bonecs of one a] which they used in carrying on th< plrofesslion as conjurers,' One was hu and the other shot in his attempt to< cape. ____ ED)ITOIt IA L NOTES. Tim New York Times is endeavori to boycott the nickel three cent pie which is so easily mistakeni for the sib' dimet * It came into existence with ftn cent postage, and many peoleb bli< that it should be retired with the sai OUT of 700 Specimens of Frenchl r fimnery examined at the Paris Chemi Laboratory, 207 were coodemned1 as juriiouis to health. Of 3,391 speciun, ofi wino subrui,tted to analyois, only , were pronoimeed good. A Nnw YOnK lumber dealer reer impo)rtedl, from the Pyrenes mountai a wvalant log which is twelve feet ki and nine feet in diaumeer and weighs 000 p)ounds. It is estimated to be wo] $2,000 as it lies, and when it is uaw into veneering it will yiel sixty-six th sand feet wich will bei worth $'i,O00. Ti'MiE are Cnstom-hiotges which 1 ana otners that do not. To the later of cliss belong the following, tabulated c- from a recent oflicial report for the fiscal year ending Juno 80: Atlanta, Ga., col lections, $21; expenditures, $1,068; St. 10 Augustine, Fla., collections, $133; ex et penditures, $2,228; York, Me., collec )O tions, $34; expenditures, $312. THE largest cattle ranche in the world is said to be that of Charles Goodnight, ' at the head of Red River, Texas. Ho began buying land four years ago, secu v ring 270,000 acres at thirty -five cents an - acre. In the meantime the price has advanced from $1 to 12 pcr aere, but he is still buying iud controls 700,000 acres. k To enclose his landed possessions 250 0 miles of fence is required, On the 0 range he has 40,000 cattle. Tn official statement of the cotton crop of the United States for the year on ding August 31, 1883, issued by the na y tional cotton exchange, shows a total crop of 6,949,756 bales, including re ceipte at the shipping ports 5,009,612; and shipments by rail routes overland to northern spinners direct from producers, 641,801. The report shows that the southern mills consumed 313,373 bales. g The increase in the total crop, compared g with the previous year, was 1,493,708. d The takings of the United States spin ners for the year were 2,073,096 bales, an increase of 103,561. s A TABULATED statement of the receipts t and expenses of the average cost of col n lecting one dollar of revenue in all of the 7 custom districts of the United States for n the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, his C been prepared at the treasary depart ment. From this titatenient it appears that $216,780,869 were collected at a cost l of $6,422,127. The cost of collecting one dollar ranges in the different districts from one cent to eight mills in New York, to fifty and eighty-fou cents in Atlanta, the average cost in all of the districts being two cents, nine mills and a fraction. In twenty-ninc' out of the one hundred and thirty dir-tricts "tc cost of collecting one dollar was ( (han a dollar, and in thirty of them it was less than ten cents. A Typical Mexican City. A letter from Chihuahua, Mexico, s:rys: I arrived a few days ago, and am now in the engineering department of the Mexi can Central Railroad, dranghting, at it $150 a month in American money, equal to $172.50 in Mexican silver and 4186.30 in Mexican pauer. We are to recive to our pay in Mexican silver dollars, so you .If may think of me, about the middle of It July, going for my pay with a wheelhar row. It is hard for us to keep money because everything is high and they ask n more than they expect to recceiv:; and y also because one has a feeling that money is worthless and will bear sqtandcri:ng. Exchange for American menev is from 1} to.2 per cent. It pays te get Mexieai re dollars in the States atse'.qty-1ive cents and bring them back home, where ithe are worth eighty-five cents. I have just paid five dollars in Mexican paper for a re poor washbowl and pitcher of earthen la ware, and eighteen dollars for a single . wool mattress. Board is thirty dollars dper month andl very poor. R'ooms are 2very hard to find. Everything is paid 2for in Mexican paper unless other wise er stated. -n There is no place to spend an evening except sitting on the p)laza. The band a, plays twice a week ond everyb)ody comens a, out. The city is well governed and le quiet. It is very warm (daytimues l1mt ncool nights. All criminals arrested, ex cept those executed, are put to work cleaning the streets under an armed fir guard. The dirt is gathered inito snil o~f piles and a man with a wooden chopping tray and a picce of board, gathers it aid e- carries it off in a tip) cart drawni by a mule. v'e The country about the city is 'desol;de m and barren in the extreme, and very lit le is raised excep)t vegetables and frit. tThe city wvas built from the proceeds .of a silver mine near here, but as tho 0- mine has been closed for years, I (1o not dl. seo what supports the inhabitants now. Boston capital is opening the mine again. Tihe railroad is expected'l to boe finished n- to the City of Mexico in a little over a re y'ear, a distance c.f eight hundred or a (d .housand miles. riThe Mexican psu system is poor. The mail is dumpead 0Y mto a box and everybhody' helps himself. hi- in opera has been im progress here anid ir- was suposed( to he fine, but it was not. nuqual to a variety show in the States. s.. Rumn Ianished. The Bloston Gommnonwcalth says: IIbe labor of curing and storinig haiy i :ot what it once was. "'A barrel (of rumn in hay-time" was the farmef's usual es ng timnate. The great aid received from e, maowver, horse-rakes, tedders, loades and improved barns takes uaway in a "(' great measure the dread which theo ap '(e proach of the haying seasoni Once ini i.e ,pired. In our early days it was a sea son of long hours of hard, hot work; a "".e ason of intense perspiration, thirst. an "d auxiety. Farmers endeavored tc :old themselves upl by pouring( rnm cal lown into their heated, tremublingi ini- -tonmachus. mas As says D)r. Holmes: "What a smiell o~7'f rum there used( to be all about in hay inig time, when I was a hey I It was i.l rouger than the smell oft the hay itself, tly very (ofteii. We of that generation mied nto associate cutting~ grass and cutting 'hair in an odd kind of a wvay-rm in ing t he stomach to keep the heat from k illing 22, (1 emWor rum on the head to keep the rth~ cold from hilling the child." Rlum has in a great umeasure been driven from the mowing field and other Di- ph aces where o.tposure to the sun1 ti'ndis Jto prostration and debility, and cool, p)ure water, with oatmeal and a little TIE 0 "S' ('OMPLA INT. lere are questions in physics and granmnar That would puzzlo you somewl,it, I know. Can you toll wl,it is meaut l>y inertia? Can you clearly define rain and snow? Do you know there's a valvo in the bellows'Y Can you toll why your clock 14 too elow ? Why the pendulum needs looking aftor? Perhaps it is swinging too low. "They was going up town in the evening," Do you call that bad grammar, I siy? I'm sure Mary Jonos and her mother Ssy worse things than that every day. hBut I s'poso "was" should be in the plural, To agree with its old subject "they," According to rule-my ! I've lost it, There's two per cent. gone right away. And, now, only look at the par-ing, It will surely take in every rulo; And down at the end, moro falsesyntax, With authorities given "in full." Arithmetic, my ! how I hate it, I'm stupid at that in the class; So how, in the name of creation, Can I be expected to >ass? Hero's a ten-acre lot to be fenced in, Here is duty to find on some tea; Here's a problem in old aliegation, And a monstrous square-toot one I see. Can you tell who defeatcd the Indians? Do you know who was killed in i iuel ? Doyou know what the first tax was raiswd on And how some just thought it most cruel Perhaps I may pass on an average, If three-fourths are right I'll get through; But my teacher calls such things shabby, So what is a poor boy to do ? Capturing a Still. The other night, Major Griddlewood, who long ago won his spurs as an efli cient revenue officer, related the follow ing story: At one time we had a great deal of trouble with illicit distillers in Arkansaw. There was one neighborhood especially where it seemed inipossible to discover the outlaws. This community was away up on White river. Officer after officer htad been sent up, and quito a number of them are there yet, although the depart ment did not ycceive notilication that they intended to leave the service. One aiy the news came in that one of our best men had just been killed at Drip ping Springs, by which name the dan gerous neighborhood was known. was sent for by the marshal, who said: "Major, you have had considerable success in hunting for distillers. Now we want you to find those fellows and bring them to justice. As you know, none of our men have been able to find them and -" "They've bec.n found a trifle too of ten,' I suggested. "That's a fact," the marshal agreed, "liut not by the right uan. Now I want you to take as many soldiers as you want, go to tho place and break up the butsines'its.'' I reflected for a moment and repied: "I think that our mistake has been in taking too ninny men. It is almost im possible for a party of men to find a wild eat distillery. Their approach is soon heralded and disaster is ce, tain to follow. I will go alone and discover the nest. Then I can return and capture the entire outfit." "Rather hazardous," the marshal said, thoughtfully scratching his head. ''Not so dangerous as the course hith erto adopted." "All right; use your own judgment." The next day I started on my perilous expedition; 1 went horse-back, and my progress was very slow. When at last. I reached the place, I found a beautiful, rich country, with great hills and little valleys luxuriantly carneted with grass. I could see no signs of lawlessness, but on the other hand 1 was kindly treated. I stopped at the house of a man named Anderson, a well-to-do fellow, with some edlucat ion ando a brigl~ t-eyed dlaughter, who seemed to be dort ted to her father,. r saw at once that An'arson was an honest man, and when I learnmed that he~ hod beeni in the Federal army I felt se cure under his roof. Still I did not care to tell him may real business, bnut .in answer to a quewst:on, stated that I was looking for laud in a leisurely sort of way, having just been discharrged from the regular arrmy andl especially desiring n rest ftrm that da;ngeroums activity which all armay oflicers incrurred. "W~ell, sir, you are wvelcomne at my house, and I ho' pe you'll find your stay pl'-asanit. My dauighter, who (enn row a honat to perfect ion, will cheerfully cont tribute to your- enjoyment."' "'I understand,'' looking at him, ''that several governimen t oflicers hiave heen killed b)y illicit distillers in this neigh borhood.'' 'Yes," ''le relied;' "simmrefully nmr dered. Well, I wo't' say inurdred.-u , fri the distillers nto doubt con:sider-ed it se-lf defense. Up) in the hills, here, some where, there is a lotrge dlist itll-ry, Ibui it will Ibe a long time, .1 thIinik, Is-fore the government breaks it up. It is ahne; impossible to conduc1 tt a par-ty o f; to throurgh the hil ls, arnd it is ahnesit e -r lain dleath, for the ditil lets can see almost eey turnt. My tadvico noi hle to wvatch for the whisky that's sent away capture the mert handling it arid cots 1) Stema to alhow the exact locationt of t h tTovetrl days pas;sed and still I nra to progress. I was rnot regarded in th'rt light of aiuspicion wvtihi I thourghrt wounl d ebatrirn ii amy applear-ance among Ih<c p)iople, anrd I was 500ou coinvinceed that the fairmer-s ar''untd were riot in synmpa hy with tIre dist illers. Finally 1 told A uderson my buisiniess. ''Well ," hre said, ''if I can dlo any thinirg for you 11 (10 it cihterfully, burt 14t me advise you inot to go inIto tIhe hills. Watch tIre river, as thrat is the onlhy way they cart possibly ship the stuff. I anm gointg up the river to-day after sonr warlnurt huinbler, arnd if you will auccomr panty me we nicy mtake ra discovery. A.s you ha~ve no doubt noticedr, I make ri areat many cofis. Not for gov-eirmaet ohilleials," hoe added with a smnile, "but11 amn suipplylig chteap) eofilns for the New Orleans imarket. Duiring an epidemic, it is almiost impo.<sible to get coffinR te to city fast enough, arid at stpoh timie. I '-mrploy quiite a number of mno. Come anrd l'll -h-nw you my place of lmisiness.' ',Te strop stood near the rimer bank. "verail workmonior wore employed inr dressinig w:lnut Iumber. Coflins were A i l j nit Il aroutind, an,d a flat-boat u'1 i' I v ith thec deathly fm-ni daughter. She was not devoid of charms, and she chatted gaily as she rowed. one c "I want pa to leave this place," she aganB said. "Mother pined away and died A from sheer loneliness, and if I were not A so light-hearted, I think I should go that way too." poeare "Do you ever see any of the illicit dis. "] tillers ?" I asked. offlee "I expect I see them, but I don't "b know them, of course. They are torri- "r ble when they got mad, but as long as to th they are not disturbed you wouldn't Grid know that they were in the neighbor- himi hood. When we movod here they re- c garded pa with lingering suspicion, but my finally, satisfied that he was in no way fI s connected with the government, they the dismissed their apprehensions and have man (ever since treated him with the utmost husb courtesy. Pa is making money out of ' the coffin business, but it is such a grim nale trade that I cannot half enjoy any finan- in' cial benefit that we derive from i Say, you're hunting for the wild cats, aint y you ?""it "Hush, don't talk so loud." actnf "Nobody can hear us, but you are, daug aint. you ?" 'woot "Suppose I were, do you think I prisc would tell any one ?" (lay "I heard you tell father, but it's all destl right. I won't say anything about it. be li I haven't any friends among the wild looki cats, and for my part I wouldn't care if of si they were all in prison." TI "I remained several days longer, and to tl then decided to return to the city, report sine unfavorably, adopt other measures, and bor; again take up the enterprise. Anderson derl advised me to sell the horse and go down the 1 with a flat boat load of coffins. I did not like the idea, but reflecting that it would be safer, I disposed of my horse, and was soon ready for the voyage. T bade my friends an affectionate fare well, and stood on a coffin big enough for the Cardiff giant, and waved my "I haundkerchief at Sophia Anderson as the said boat rounded the bend. We had started "( early, and by the time this shadows be. read gan to lengthen, we were a long distance "1 from Dripping Spring. It seemed to whil inc that the men on tie boat watched Fran me eni:ously, for eve-y time I walked "' around it appeared that one of them fol- ator lowed me. My suspicions increased as tie h evening came on and when I. saw the poiL imen engaged in a whispered conversa- to as tion, T was convinced that violence was Fr m1"dtitated. Happening to notice a cof- and i fin on whirh several others were piled, iting I saw sonling dripping from it. Just wind then [ looked up and saw a gun leveled his c it me. In another instant a bullet a sBi whizzed close to my head, so close that nak I fell backward into the water. I did sortr ;;et lose my presence of mind and kept lHe I myself tuuler water as long as possihl with \Vla'n I arose to the surface, several need otier shots were fired, and sinking again and I remaine! inder wtser uptil I reachel himn, the shore, which fortunately was not far Iyoi away, when I arose under a think clnp I 1 of willows. Through the gathering dark- ho I nes I could dimly see the men, and plea could hear the splashing of an oar whieb kind I knew was manipulated to keep the love boat from floating down. kind "I reckin' he's all right," said one of him, the men. affot "I know ho is," a gruf' voice replied, had "fer I drawel a bead on his head, an' a negl mn what kin hit a haffer dollar sixty a ch yards aint no slouch of a shooter, lemm' In tell yer. Bet lie's got a bullet through into his brain, of he's got any brain.' Mar ''I'd ruther bet on the bullet than the goes brain," the first sueaker rejoined. saw "We've got to be certain about these dete things." said a man who seemed to be in I w authority. "You know whkat Anderson's the ,rders is. Git a boat thar, Jack, an' you a n In' Toni paddle out tlhar awhile. Go wer .)uit thar to them willows.'' lalea 'Tho boat was lowered an d the splashl- and ng of the oars came nearar and ne:'rcr. he s M[y heart heat violent!y.v (reat (God, of n the moon camne out and shone full oni my land t'ace. i eased myself down until only lovii the tip) of my nose was above the surfance. A "Tihank heaven," I breathed as a cloud of a obscured the moon just as t ohoe bot Th'le urushed the wvillows. They struck unde' r bus) with their oars, actually struck me once,ro antd just as I was about to seize the boat his and1( take my chances of turning it over unrad tad escaiping, one of them said:wo "'He's all right, I tell you. Think I and1( can't hit a mana's head ? Shovve her off,"' hea1 and,I breathed a prayer as the dip of th;e thai oars grewv fainter. dc remained in this uncomnfort ale posi-aM ion about a half hour loniger, theni sa drew myself out and was soon1 traveling athrough the woods. After a terribale a jolurney of hunger andl fatigue I reached I~ Little Rock and made my report. Several darys afterward I was againa en route for Dip~pinig Spring, this time with a strong posso0 of maen. Touching a Whlite river near the place ihaere I hadlai fallen oiverboard, we dlismiounted to rest, rme We had unot. b een there ver'y long until we -any saiw the coflin boaflt ireturning. I secreted mayself and ordored my meni to c-omplel my thea boat to land and to b.riang the men to the our resting p)lace, instructing them as to kis ai form of interro;zation. " Whaen hailed they readily compliedl sor ad atpproachecd the bank.' They did aot seeml to like no much attention, for an atheydid naot movo uap the bank with any grat degaee oif ialacrity'. ( "Do)1 you know," suaad One of my mena, "'What became of a United States official 0' 'amned Griddlewoodi, who came up here" a ime t ime ago ?" b'u "'No, sir," replied the captain of t hae coflin boat, "bhut I heard thaut lie had bought a piece o' land over the mouan tains an' had opened a farm."ta "Did you ever moot him ?",' "Believe I did meet him once at Mr. wo inderson's4 house. 'Peered to me lile c he was sorter in love with the Anderson am "Don't suppose that I could fid 1. imn,l lo you ?" "Mout findl him if you wvuster go aver thie lills." . /e "Thiat's unnecessary," I remarkedl, b-a stepping from hehaind a tree and nona fronating the villains. They tharew uap ir, their hands andl prayed that their livas of< might he sparedl. We did not inteua'l to bo0' give the,u the least chance of escape and pm seurely pinionng their hands, we tooak pat them down to the boat, where, after ma gaining all possible information, I laft to. them under a strong guard1. We were we noct long in gainiang the neighblorhood of int Anderson's residence. Tt wa's a late houra "lm anih,and we suirrouindedl the lhow. go witha aumin anwe,I instruicted si f my officers to call Anderson, an I secreted myself. alloa l" 11 right," came from within tb and pretty soon Anderson aI [r. Anderson, I believe," said t r. es, sir; won't you come in ?" ro, hardly got the time. I've eon is neighborhood in search of Majc Ilewood. Are you acquainte<i wil JDV Ih, yes, should say I am, for he an laughter are to be married soo: how her to you. Here, Soph," an prl came out. "Hero is a gentli who is looking for your intende and." lood evening, sir. Looking for tl r, eh? How I wish I could a [ere I am," I said, emerging fro bidin, place and confronting n nded' and her father. Anders illy fell on the gro'Ind and I hter uttered a shriek that made t: s ring. They were soon ma ners and taken to the boat. Ne the distillery was easily found al oyed. The coffins were found aed with tin, and although omino ng casks, were not bad as vesse lip)nenlt. to prisoners were tried and punish to full extent of the law, and ev 3 then, the Dripping Spring neig .ood has been one of the most, y and law-abiding communities 3tate. &AK GENTLY TO EACHL OTIIEI A Story for tie Children. 'lease to help me a minute, sistel little Frank. )h, don't disturb me," I said; ''I ng." lut just hold this stiok, won't yo 3 I drive this pin through ?" sn k. can't now, I want to finish tli ," said I, emphatically; and iy 1 rother turned away with a disc ted look in search of some one el sist him, ank was a bright boy of ten veonl ny only brother. le had belln vi a young friend, and had seen mill, and as soon as he came hoi nergiee were all employed ia maki all one; for he was always trying o tops, weecibarrows, kites, and of things, such as boys delighti ad worked patiently nil the mrni! saw and knife, and now it or ed putting together to completv his only sister had refused to nass and he had gone away with I g heart satdened. hought of all this immediately; aft eft me, and my book gave nce mnre. It was not intentional n n1ess, only thoughtlessness, for .1 my brother, and was general to him; still, I had refused to l I would have gone after him, at ded the assistance, but I knew found some one else. But I h ected an opportunity of gladdeni ildish heart. half an hour Frank came boundi the house, exclaiming: "Con F, I've got it up. Just see how I" His tones were joyous, and he had forgotten my petulance s< rmined to atone by unusual kindne ent with him, and sure enough roof of the out house was fasten liniature windmill, and the ar i whirling around fast enough se any boy. I praised the windi n litt tIbrother's ingenuity, *i e,emed haippy, and1( entIirely forgeot y unkindness, and I resolved, ni many times b)efore, to be ali >g iiand gentle. tow days Passed by, and thme shad great sorrowv (lark ened our d we!llii 30on~s 1aug1h and noisy glee w< ie,and our b)oy lay in a darken ai with anxious faces around hi theeks flushed, and his eves unnil by bright. Sometimes his temp 1(1 moisten and his muscles reb then hope would comoe into< ta, and our eyes woulId fill w akful tears. It was in one of flu eitful calms in his disease that -d the noise of his little wheel, a :'"I hear my wind(mill." D)oes it ma~ke your head achn,?' d. ''Shall we take ist dowvn?" Dh, no," lie replied, "it seems at are out of doors, and it makes bettor." He mused a moment, 1 added0(: "Dion't you rememi -y, that I wanted you to help me it, aind you wvere reading, and you could not ? But it didn't an dlifferee, for mamma helped nr ah, how sadly those words fell ui ear I-and what hitter memee y awakened ! How I repenlted n (cAd little Frank's forehead that I rn spoken untkinidly to him 1 Hlow row wont by, and we watched ceh, hope growing fainter and fain I anguish deeper, until one iu m the morning on which he spok e of Idish sports, we had closed theo oe no sparkling, anid folded his hac ir his puilseless heart. He sIc w in the grave, and home is dleSoI the little wiinhnill, the work of sy hands, is still whirhng in -ezo, just where lhe plIaced it, upon1 >f of the old1 woodlshed; and io I Hee the tiny arms revolving I whier the lost little Frank--and I muber also the thoughtless, uank rds I Brothers and sisters, ho kind to >ther. lBe gentle, considlerate, 'oo EM INSHTr. --A feature of tIm A\ reb.bwf linn wss to havn been a si fIc, intenmdedl to represent the c e of an Indlian puehlo by the Sr 1s. The Indians elimibed to the me1 of the buildings, brandishing tI vs and arrows, and emitted shrdi, reing shrieks. The bold S panis ased. There was a hitch. The o I plan was fo)r the cavaliers to pret Lssauml, the pueblo, and the Indi :o to let fly t shower of blunt arr the ground at their feet. But it red to the knighta that arrows mi nsttene and thny decnend tn take to d THE COUNTY CLERK GOT MAD. bi he Pho True Mory of an Unfortunate Rupture e 1 e iu a Pike County Fire Department. T 1" rn Ed. Mott tells this funny story in the in e Now York sun:-Tio County Clerk has 5< resigned as a member of the Milford S Fire Department, of which ho, together le e with a fifty-foot hook and ladder truck of r and the ex-District Attorney, had long he h been an important appurtenance. He .e was led to sever his connection with the ME d department by what ho alleges was a ta 1. pieco of deception on the part of the ex- Is d District Attornoy, by which deception in his usefulness and two panels of board in d fence were simultaneously impaired c< and his dignity as a citizen, a man, ancI 01 ie a grandfather greatly injured. to e According to the accepted account of o1 the affair, it seems that at a session of th m the boys at the Crissman House the N y athletic exercise came up for discussion, o1 i and much diff renee of opinion was found id is to exsiat as to the individual merits of ti ho certain pedestrians. This discussion w le grew warm, and the ex-District Attorney gn xt was finally prompted to remark th:at ol when it caine right down to powers of t to endurance as a pedestrian, ho felt that r is he himself would never be called upon ti i to take a back seat for any one, whore. u upon the County Clerk, who had failed to agree with the ex-District Attorney on any point during the evening, ejacti lated rather contemptuously that some n ,. people could do more wonderful things h with their mouths in ten minutes than 0 they could perform with their hands and a feet in six months. This was taken by b the ex-District Attorney as a direct per- W t. sonal allusion, and he obtained the to floor fo remark that if some people 9 whom lie might mention would mix i more water with what they drank they would probably be better qualified for b steady pedestrian exercises themselves. ti m The County Clerk replied with some n heat that, water or no water, he would ' , het $ with the ex-District Attorney, it b id the latter thought he could borrow the .o money to put up, that he (the County is Clerk) would walk the shoes off of him iW it- (the ex-District" Attorney) the best day 11 l he over saw, and do it easy. Tho ex- d District Attorney said that was all right, 'I and if the County Clerk wanted to get a niad lie cotld got mad and be blamed to C hini; and us for money, ho could show i just as much na any one in the crowd. 1 The County Clerk said if that was the i e:uce it might not he a bad idea for the r ex-District Attorney to show a little, a: 1 they had been sitting there all the oven a ing, and lie hadn't scomed to ho ver i auxious to sling much around. It in ot I. ] known what the ex-District Attorney in. a tended to reply, or what the result o, h this )hand.iding of pleasantries might have e been, for just then Jako Schorr, the stage driver, who was returning from a late train at Port Jervis, came dashlm p down the road, with his team and erying i' _ "Fire I" "Fire I" at the top of his higs. f 1 Then there was a hurrying to and fro t kv among the boys. The hook and laddei a 1i truck was housed in the Crissntan Houie b Sha rn. Tho Connty Clerk and the ex. a he )istrlet Attorney rushod for it at once. I The former seized hold of it at the reai- 8 while the latter handled the tongu'1' l Tho night was very dark. Tt, truck t was quickly taken out, and the Court B Clerk shouted: ' it "Now let her go, boys I I'll psh im I behind and you handlo the tongue." I Then lie added to hiniseli: "I'll see Ih, iw C s. much pedestrianisi there is in that )is- lh in trict Attorney, now, you bet. He's got f ed to be a good one if I don't wind him he- , ns fore this run is over." to Away they went. The fire was up ili town, three-quarters of a mile away. nd Befor they htad gtonie half a block tte ro Counity Clerk wats clearing ten feet of I ground tat eveiry step. ys "'SweetChlristwas1! " thought he,"'what an infernal gtiit thetm boys have struck. w if they keep that upl tho D)istrict At g. to)rney'Il be d' ad before lie gets there, *re and I I1 het on it.'' t-d By this time the Counity Clerk's feet mi. barely ntad timet to touch the ground L at it all. His lhat was gone, and lie swtung Ie-i along bhinitd theO truck like a kite tail in Lx the wind. uii "'it hie aiin't a runlner, I'm blowed !'' fh hie said. ''If they don't get to that lire >s, blamne soon, or if Ito don't fall dead. 1I'm In a goner.' uid A still greater b)urst. of spet(d 01n the part of the truck liftedt the Coautty Clerk I off his feet, anld lie stru-tck out bhiniid thle nmachline as straight as a coupling polo. if An itistant lie humng poised. Thlen hie meI. lost his grip, lie shut his eyes andl 11went right on. He ruahetd thiiough riii apaee for fifty feet. Then lie nat a board fencee. lHe took two panmels of it odwith him as lie wenti b lroughi it. As Ihe do restted in the middle of a five-acre pottato p. tatch lhe said: 'Well, I 've hlarad of good1 runninig, -but If tht don't4 raithr knock the spt oil of anyLthitf. og ver <10on, 1im a thre(e-L .S legged po(t.'i hi o,5 when thleXeointy Clerk leanied i a thiathle had beeni following that truck | r with Joke Schlorr's h,ars a hiitcede to the I r Stongue iand taiking it over the ground at iwenity mliles itn hour, iand( thiit the ex- a iitrct A t IlLriey h:ald coolly ridden onr lsIit everiy ste1 of Ihe wvay to the fire, lie '] 'T felt hiutrt. IHe t;id tIn it if theLy wanitedl C hi to run a Fire- Departmn IoCI n such prin fl ciplesi they could, buit as for him, no, re- Too Fast,. A bout thet most amusing young man ,m1 .4; MaLrt(oVa is said to ho thte one who&-s -,, as-It- hv- rttn a.hnad of the mouney ial Lowa.e which his fat'.her acctords him, I i (1e1( couldie one hiorse without ox iLavagrence, but hiis desires extend to a its e air; onJe gooed roon'li woul lodge himi amii -omfortably, but he likes to lounigo in | p-P t wo; and sio Lu goes, muak ing himself an-' . ;erh! when- ho might be happy. top Why doues this brinig him mirery? Ihe teir caiue ho could pay his bills it he didn't tar- make a fool of hImself; but as it 5s credl rds ' ors bound him at evdry turn. h.t came rig- r.ithi his hair out very short, so the and .tory goes, and b)leached fromit-s natural ann red to a fight blonde. This had buen )WS 'lone for Improvemenig and so it van 0o' rudely utnjust for a familiar acqaitanuce ght 'o cry ont to him, ''It isn't any diagnxise, the old chap. Theuy'l kniow rou. Ia a imi nits." YOUNG MAN, BRACE UPN WE$TXRN BDITORS ADY1O TO His K.ID6. iisg .as a Who Att Dews go Mol. aose. and Wha Bee.Mes oe A1. [From the Milwaukee Sun.) A lazy man is too contemptible to live, d has no rights his fellow men are und to respect. Young man you may well understand, first as last, that u have got to work for all you get in is world. You may not always get iat you earn, as there are men in this >rld too mean and contemptible to give others what really belongs to them, t if you would keep out of the poor use, and have a competenoy in your I age, you will have to work for it, > be sure there is a great difference in en. Some are endowed with greater tellectual powers than others, while me are greater physically. Some men e born low lown in the scale of intel 3tualism, but mark you the physical such a man. There is a way provided, wever, for every man to better him f. You won't find it in the gin mill, ither is it to be found at the gaming. ble. Remember one thing, and that you have not the capacity to take to yourself all the strong drink made this world, and you had better let the ntraot out before you attempt to work i it. Don't bet all you have on a bob il flush, or before you know it the her man will either raise you out of e game or come in on a straight flush. ine hundred and ninety young men it of a thousand, who started with an ea of becoming suddenly rich by bet.. ig on a sure thing, get left, and are )roe off than when they came into the ime. The bay horse is more liable to it beat if you hold a pool chock on him an he was before you put up your oney. Such certainties are uncertain Ds, and never give up a certainty for an acertainty. Don't fool with the tiger; ou can't most always tell which way the east will jump. Wnen a young man sits down in idle ess, with an idea that the world owes im a living, it's high time his body was ommitted to the dust from whence it ame. As for his soul, nothing will ever o known of it. It is so small that it ould rattle round in the shell of a mus rd seed, and when it leaves his lazy rcass, is for ever lost on account of its finite pr^portions. A record of the young men who have 3en unfortunate enough to have a for inc left them shows that eight in ten aver amount to a single atom in the orld, and seven out of the eight die inkrupts, financially, morally, and herwiae. When a father brings up his son 'in lleness, never teaching him the first rinciplo of economy or the value of a ollar, he commits a terrible blunder. 'he father guilty of such a crime gener lly has to saw wood for a living in his 1( age. Nine out of ten of the boys rith fathers who bring them up in idle s:ury, ore they reach the meridian of fe are total wrecks. Wrecked on the Dcks of total depravity which lio be oath the stream of life and on whose iarp and ragged edges thousands of yes have been wrecked and ruined. loney bags may, like bladders, keep you bove the waters of distress for a time, ut puncture them, let their contents seapo, and you sink. Young man, you have undoubtedly ieant to do well. No young man ever oes astray intentionally, but in some ll, thoughtless moment he graduates ocm soda water and lemonade to some iing stronger, and before ho is fairly ware of it he has not only lost 'easte, ut lias a whole menagerie on his hands nd is employing a doctor to help dis ose of his immense elephants and the akes that laughingly cuddle in his 0ots. Yes, the world p)resents too many nuptations for tho minds of all to with tand, and the only safe way for a young ian is to keep away from the temnpta on. If you see a man at a wheel of >rtune win ten times running by betting n the red, you just keep your hands ut of your pocket and see him lose all e made at the iiext turn of the wheel nd on the very color or number you new would win. Boys, the recklessness of youth is v'hat has caused so many mothers' hair o turn as white as the driven snow. It's his that has caused so many fathers and nothers to give up by the wayside and me laid in premature graves. The follies f our youth hang heavier upon the carts of our fathers and mothers than he millstone that grinds the kernel into lhe finest flour. It's a pity that some of or young men of to-day didn't fall in >ttwee~n the millstones before they have aused the trouble they have. A Way They Have In Russia. The ,St. Petcreburgi Heral<d relates hat recently in au southI Russian village peasant was accused of a theft. Th mlprit kept out of the way, but sent an rdvocate to p lead his cause b)efore the ocal judicial magnate. The Jawyer em ployed all his eloquence to convymce the ud go that his clienit was innocent, but uis clever appeal had no effect upon the ifagistrate. who knew the accused, and andl probabily condemned him before he Ieardl the details of the case. He gave he sentence-five andl twenty blows vith a rod. The village Solomon was iuformecd that the criminal could not be anud. "Never mind," he observed, "Justice mast have its course. As the criminal not in our hands, we decree that his dvocate shall receive the flogging. The iaii who hass the face to defend such a iseal deserves to be punished." The luckless lawyer in vain protested gainst thei illegality, absurdity and tter injust.ice of the notorious sentence. 'he loss of his time and his fees, he ontended, would be quito sufficient unishmnut. lit the stiff 0old Russian olomont was ineixorable, and the lawyer ras actually seized, bound and received be twenty-five strokes as the represen stive of the absent criminal. A LAsT RKsonT.--"As a last resort I vill enlist in the army," said a young aan of education, the descendant of a yrominent famnily, to a New York re >Oi ter, as lie hiad lost employ mont and frienads through strong drink, was re liucedl to abject poverty, had to sleep in the parks and subsist on free lu,nches. 'h,is is only a sample case. The re iorter was told of a number of cases of noen of education, of experienced clerks, if skilled mehaniics, who havolateyen Isted in the regular'army or joined the aiarines. "How Moon did youpay for your new Iress ?" asked Mrs. 8tnith. "Eight .ents a ynrd-, they asks4 ten cents." 'Why," said Mrs. 5mit,' 'It is just like nine, isn't it? But I did better than ron. They asked me elgl\oen cents,