Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 28, 1894, Image 4
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Sometminc Rekinei).?The pampered
child of luxury from Boston was caught overnight
in a rough* town in Montana. In the
dining-room he was waited on by a kindly
cowboy waiter, who had seen better days.
"Have you any lobster a la newberg?" he
asked, when he had been informed there
was no soup.
"Naw, but ther's some lobster a la can, if
the cat ain't et it."
"Have you any pate de foi gras ?"
"Naw, the dry weather killed it all off."
"Have you any sweetbreads and peas?"
"Nary one ; hain't got any kind of bread but
soda biscuit."
"Have you any terrapin ?"
The waiter couldn't stand it auy longer.
"Lookee here, young feller," he said, pulling
up a chair and resting hi3 elbows on the
table very familiarly, "you ain't built fer
Montana feed. What you ought to do is to
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go OQCK 10 liosion ami live uu uie luuuumental
concepts of modern philosophic
thought and beans;" and the gentleman
from Boston was utterly paralyzed.
Seeing the World.?Several counties
in Southern Illinois contain no railroads, and
the natives have in consequence very limited
opportunities for travel and observation. A
young man who had never been away from
his own neighborhood, finally concluded that
he would explore what lay beyond the horizon.
He sallied forth on foot and soon found
himself among total strangers. The ways of
hotel life were past finding out; but the
greatest attractions were a train of cars and
a river steamer.
At the end of a week the young man returned
home, covered with dust and glory.
"Well, my son," said the father, proudly,
"I reckon you've seen right smart of the
world ; what do you think of it?"
"Yes, pap," was the reply, "I was down
as fur as the old Ohio ; and, if the world is
as big up yan way as it is down t'other way,
this is a powerful big world."
J6T Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, Va.,
the colored preacher whose "Sun do Move"
sermon will be remembered, recently delivered
himself on the story of Jonah as follows:
"Dat country war a sea shoah, an' de
hotels dey was named aftah de tings ob de
sea. Dab was de 'Sailors Rest,' de 'Mariners'
Rest,' de 'Sea-fariug Man's Home' an' a lot
ob sich places, jist as yo' kin fin' 'em at Norfolk
now. Among dese places one was called
de 'Whale Belly.' Jonah eame along, and
he didn't bab no scrip in his puse. He stayed
dar tree days, an' when de landlady found
he didn't hab any money she spewed him out.
It is gib to us to show how when we don't
treat a man right kase he's pore, we may be
kickin' au angel unawars !"
IfirSome years ago an old deacon in Pennsylvania
was very self-willed, and on two
or three occasions made endless trouble in
church. After some years they got started
again, but another row soon broke out. At
last the church clerk got up and said:
"Brethren and sisters, I wish that Deacon
Jones was in hell." The new pastor and
the members were horrified, and the pastor
said : "Brother Smith, such a remark is unkind
and unchristian. Why do you use
such expressions about a brother ?" "Well,
pastor," he replied, "I calculate if Deacon
Jones was. in hell about six months, he
would bust it up."
Self Defense.?The boarder on the top
lloor was before the court for assault aud
battery.
"Why," asked the Judge, "did you strike
the man?"
"I did it in self-defense, your Honor."
"In self-defense ? Why, the testimony
shows you went into his room, next to
yours, where he was playing the piano, and
struck him with a club. Is it true."
"Yes, your Honor."
"And do you call that self-defense?"
"Certainly, your honor; and so would you
if you had ever heard him play."
V8T One morning, after a slight earthquake
had visited a certain region, a young
man came to the teacher of the district
school, and said, excitedly, "Say, teacher,
where did that thing break out at?" "What
thing?" "Why, that earthquake, of course,"
explained the young man. "I did not know
that it broke out anywhere," replied the
teacher, with an amused smile; "what do
you mean ?" "Didn't break out, eh ? Why,
I thought it was a great big animal, something
like a mole, under the ground, humpin'
itself, tryin' to get out."
A Father's Privilege.?Brown?As
your first baby is a boy, I suppose you have
the privilege of naming it.
Young Father?Yes, sir-ee, I wouldn't
allow any one else to name that cherub.
"Have" you thought of a good name for
him yet?"
"Dozens of 'em ; splendid names ; just the
thing; but they won't any of them do."
"Why not?"
"My wife won't have' em."
Hit Him Hard.?"I am going to make
you a handsome present," said a Wall street
broker to his servant.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir,* you
are really very good." replied the coftchman,
who expected something very handsome.
"I'll make you a present of all you have
stolen from me during the past year."
"Thank you, sir; thank you. That is
more than I expected. I hope your customers
on Wall street will treat you as liberally."
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Proper Preparation*.?Wiggs?I'll give
you a quiet tip, Jenkyns, that the neighbors
are going to give you and your wife a
surprise party Thursday night. Maybe I
ought not to tell you, but I thought perhaps
you might like to make a little preparation
if you knew.
Jenkyns?Thank you, Wiggs, old man,
I will; I'll get a double-barreled shotgun
right away.
The Rich Man's Philosophy.?Blande
(sitting in his comfortable apartment)?How
I pity the poor such a night a this.
Blufl?Then why don't you put on your
coat and go out and see if you cannot render
any assistance to some of them ?
Blande?Ah ! Then I shouldn't be so comfortable
as I am now and might forget the
poor and begin to pity myself. That would
be selfish, you know.
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8??The men who prosper in this world are
the ones who mind tiieir own business, and
keep on minding it. An exchange furnishes
a good example : "'Tatoes !" cried a colored
peddler in Richmond. "Hush dat racket.
You distracts de whole neighborhood," responded
a colored woman from a doorway.
"You kin hear me, kin you ?" "Hear you :
I kin hear you a mile." "Thanks. I'se
hollerin' to be heard. 'Tatoes 1"
8kaT"I jus' dropped in mum, to oiler my
new cure for indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred
ailments, muni. It may prove a great
blessing to your family, mum, and I charge
you nothing for the prescription." "Well, 1
must say that's reasonable enough. What
is the cure?" "Live on plain food and give
your rich and indigestible dishes to the poor.
I'm the poor, mum."
? ?
SriT A maiden lady, suspecting that a female
servant was regaling her beau upon
the cold mutton in the larder, called Betty,
and inquired whether she did not hear some
one speaking with her down stairs. "Oh
no, ma'am," replied the girl. "It was only
me singing a psalm." "You may amuse
yourself, Betty," replied the maiden, with
psahns, but lets have no 'hiins'."
fiSaT "What do you think of the times, colonel?"
"Hardest I ever saw." "Worse than
the war?" "Ten times worse than the war,
We all had plenty of money then." "Yes,
hut you had to pay fifty dollars for a pair ol
boots then." "Don't care a darn if I did ; 1
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Diiu me imy uoiiars. ?>uw i u.nvu i s1'1
fifty cents."
t@T "Are you the judge of reprobates
said an ohl lady, as she walked into Judgi
Monahan's ollice. "I am the judge of probate,"
was the reply. "Well, tlull's it, 1
expect," quoth the old lady. "You see, my
husband died detested, and left me several
little infidels; and I want to be their executioner."
? ? ttdf*
"In the matter of family," sighed the
poor man, who had married a widow with
nine children, "I seem to have bitten oil
more than I can shoe."
| ?ov the ffomt Circle. j
I THE SLIPPERY PATH.
j Of the many dangers which beset youth
1 j there is hardly any more fatal than the spirit
of extravagance, the determination to
j "have a good time" regardless of expense.
1 This is one of the most alluring perils to the,
i young men of our cities,
i The youth who comes from the simplicity
I of country life, from the quiet surroundings !
I of the old homestead, into the whirl and ex-!
citement of city life, is fortunate if he can '
keep his head. He has long dreamed of
"seeing the world" and now he has a chance
to do so. On every side there are pleasures
which are new to him, which seem all strewn
I with roses and enchanting invitations to
what appear to be elysian fields.
Is it remarkable that so many yield to
1 these seductions?
But the boy who comes to the city from
1 the country is not the only one who is in
danger. The temptatious which beset him
appeal in greater or less degree to every
boy. The young fellow whose bright mind
and fine business qualifications secure for
him a promineut position finds a good int
come at his command. Money comes easily
to him and he sees all about him opportunities
to purchase pleasure with it. He naturally
likes to do so for his own gratification
and to share its benefits with others. It is
a g.eat thing to be known as a "prince of
good fellows'' and. to spend his money like
water.
As a rule there is no easier victim of mistaken
notions of life than the young man
whose father has worked and struggled and
stinted through many hard years to accumulate
the fortune which he lavishes on his
children. The fruits of a lifetime of toil and
hardship are handed over freely to such
young man, and his natural impulse is to
enjoy them at once. How many fortunes
have we seen dissipated by the first generation
that inherited them !
There are many young men in Atlanta,
and in every other city in this land for that
matter, who not only live entirely in the
present, but mortgage the future for present
gratification. Some of them exceed their
salaries and others squander the, substance
which has come to them from their fathers.
1'n the effort to keep the pace and follow
the fashion, they drift into debt and then
into short cuts to procure the means to continue
the life which has thrown its irresistible
fascination around them. This process
is almost inevitable to the young man who
has no fixed purpose and whose only aim is
pleasure. Some of the noblest natures have
endeavored in vain to tread in safety this
slippery path. As long as one remains on it
there is progress in one direction only?and
that is downward. The decline is gentle at
first but sure. It leads to debt, embarrassment,
loss of self respect and the respect of
others, torment and torture of mind and
body, and too often, to desperation and death.
Every sensible mun pauses now and then
to take an account of himself and which
way he is going. The man who fails to do
that will either amouut to nothing or will
end his career a dismal failure.?Atlanta
Journal.
EVERY DAY ET1UUETTE.
Husbands and wives in speakiug of each :
other to friends and acquaintances should j
observe a certain formality. Vulgarity i
touches bottom when the personal pronoun
"he" or she is used without the name for
which these stand, and this usage, to be sure ;
being confined to out-of-the-way and primi-1
tive portions of the country, is never general
enough to be worth noticing. You will
hear the sun-bonneted woman with the
strait skirt reaching to her stout calf-skin
shoes and the mark of life-long toil and exposure
in her hardened hands, alude toiler
backwoods partner, as "he," or as "Tim,"
never us "my husband," or as "Mr. Smith."
But in more refined circles, where people
know and observe the "requirements of etiquette,"
a woman does not use her husband's
Christian name, much less any abbreviations
of it, outside the narrow confines
of their common kindred. He is
"John" or "Jack" only among his brothers
and sisters or very intimate friends. When
his wife has occasion to speak of him to
others, she says amy husband" or "Mr.
Jones," doing the very thing as a matter of
course which the person who is economical
of nouns and lavish of prououus fail to do.
A wife who values her husband's dignity
! will not regard it as of little moment wheth!
er she upholds this by scrupulously speaking
! of him with respect, as well as addressing
; him with courtesy his position in the social
! world being helped or hindered by her pracj
tice in this regard.
If the man has an official title, as colonel,
! judge, or governor, doctor or professor, his
J wife will use that title in mentioning him
! in places and on occasions and in the pres'
ence of persons whenever or to whom this
j usage will be in good taste.
Equally a husband invariably speaks of1
j "my wife," or "Mrs. Brown, when quoting !
j his better half, as good husbands so fre-1
quently do.
She is not Mary or Jennie or Margaret to j
anybody except her own people, aud it is a [
bad from to make the outside world famil-1
iar with her sacred home name. To t'hil-1
dren a father naturally speaks of his wife as i
your "mother," and in affectionate families
; it is quite common and by no means im- \
I proper for parents to address one another j
i in the hearing of the little ones, as 'mamma'
i and 'papa.'
Every day etiquette is trampled under foot
' in grim and undemonstrative households,;
where the pleasant custom of daily greetings
i is unfortunately much of the time in abeyance.
Where a grunt docs duty for a geni- j
al good morning, or an inaudible murmur is
all that is heard when there snouiu ne a
tender good night. Politeness is a plant of
slow growth.
Livixu kok Show.?What we want in i
; our homes is a much simpler style of house-!
keeping, and we shall have it when we learn
the great lesson?which is the only remedy i
for this matter?to live more for comfort;
than for ostentation; to live less for show
and more for substance. There is where the
evil lies. We live too much for others; too'
much for the world. We fix up our homes
altogether too much with the idea of either j
I what the outside world will say of frhem or
to outdo our neighbors. When we reach
that point where we shall dismiss a little of
that ostentation that is so prevalent in many
of our homes, we shall not only reach a
; happier state for ourselves, hut we will re- i
move one-half of the nervous ailments from
which our women are now suffering. It is
: all well enough to have a pretty home, with
rooms filled with dainty bric-a-brac, mirrors,
' cushions and ornaments of every sort. But
some one must take care of these things,
and generally it is not the help we may employ.
So far as the ornamentation of our
homes is concerned we are overdoing it in
the majority of cases anyway. A room taste:
lul in its rich simplicity, is the exception
rather than the rule. The greater part of
our drawing-rooms resemble museums more
than anything else, and a man is never so
" comfortable as when he is out of them. Be'
tween kicking something over or knocking
;j something off. the average man's mind is
i anything hut a tranquil one in the modern
' j drawing room.
' I ?
Vai.i k of Civility.?Politeness is good
j and always results well. A polite and suave
deportment constitutes one of* the truest sym
hols of good breeding. There is nothing
i which costs less effort, and nothing which j
, | yields a better return in the way of good .
s feeling and genuine pleasure, than kindly
,' speech and affable demeanor. A graceful,
polite address may be as cultivated as the'
' j reverse, and may be set down as a valuable
t; accomplishment. It is much too frequently
the ease that little or no defeience is paid to
the feelings and tastes of others, sometimes
unintentionally it may he, hut the result is the
i same, and might always he forestalled hv an
, | ordinary observance of the simple and fun-1
, j damental principles that underlie self pos- j
t" session and true gentility. The advice oft
! an ancient sage, (Lockinan to his son, we j
;; helieve), "to regard a superior as a father, an
equal as a hrother, an inferior as a son," is a :
' "<"n wieitnm nnd should he known and
''acted ui)on throughout the gradations and
ramifications of society. This with a studi-1
ous observance of the (iolden Hole, or Koyul
Law, '"to do unto others as you would have
' them do unto you," would leave no room for
I j chaos and disorder, but would transform the j
world into a veritable paradise below.
j Let light, cleanliness and comfort i
! reign in your kitchen. Make the occupant!
i feel that if not an important member, at
[' least she is a very respected and necessary
one in yonr household.
O
inside ^atlicviugs. 1
j
BaT" Nothing that is true can ever die.
8?" There are 50,000,000 Lutherans in the
world.
8?y Philadelphia had the first fire insurance |
company in America.
86y (ireat Britain's capital in our railroads 1
is said to amount to $500,000,000.
8?* Happy is the man who has faith to
leave all with God. He is at peace.
8ST The religion of Christ does everything
for man that he cannot do for himself.
BSy Oranges are now selling cheaper than
apples in apple-producing regions.
8?" Five thousand words are daily sent!
over the cable connecting Australia and Europe.
8?" There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than a talking man having nothing
to say.
86T The true road to wealth?make all
you can, honestly, and spend less than you
make.
8fiy Seek happiness for yourself and you
will lose it; but seek it for others and you
will find it.
8ST" New York is the third largest city in
the world, Loudon being the largest, and
Paris second.
8?" At the beginning of the Christian era
the relative value of gold and silver were as
one to nine.
8? Of all the evil spirits abroad at this
hour in the world, insincerity is by far the
most dangerous.
8? Fresh eggs are heavier than the old
ones. Tnerefore, when put in water the
older ones will float higher.
8? A man who is wealthy and has a treasure
laid up in heaven may be considered as
pretty comfortably fixed.
8?* Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe will be 83
years old in June, and is in a feeble condition,
mentally and physically.
Ha?" Before getting married, a man should
cultivate an appetite for warmed-over things,
and a woman, a liking for made-over gowns, j
8? Simply because a man who works on
a furm is called a farmer, it does not follow
that the man who works in a forge is a
forger.
8?" The grain men at Topcka say that the
recent heavy snow will make a wheat crop
this year of one hundred million bushels in
Kansas.
8?" "Lend me $10." "I told you yesterday
that I was broke." "Yes; I know;
but I'd just as soon borrow from a liar as
anybody else."
8?*" Wife?When we go anywhere now we
have to walk. Before marriage you always
called a carriage. Husband?That's why
we have to walk now.
8?* In the next war the German army
will enter the field with over a million and a
quarter of infantry, over 30,000 cavalry, and
more than 2,000 field guns.
8? It takes seven days after death, according
to Siamese belief, for the soul to
reach heaven, and prayers are kept up during
that period to help it on its way.
8? It is strange that there are so many
uninformed people in the world, when this
world is full of persons who know it all, and
are always ready and willing to tell.
8? Neptune takes 163 years in making its j
journey around the sun, so that more than a j
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earth before it had completed one year.
86T The mati who gets mad at what the j
newspupers say about him should return i
thanks three times a day for what the news-1
papers know about him and don't say.
"This is so sudden^" she said, blushing I
at the tender question. "I know it," he responded
gallantly. "I never should have
done it if I had taken time to think about it."
8?" "Why, do you sign your name J. John B. j
B. B. Bronson ?" asked Hawkins. ''Because j
it is my name," said Bronson. "I was
christened by a minister who stuttered."
CotFee is intoxicating if taken in sufficient
quantities, though differing in its effects
from alcoholic stimulants. The nerves may
be disturbed to a degree approaching delirium
tremens.
V3T "I swear by those tall elms in yonder 1
park?" he began ; but she interrupted him.
"Swear not by them," she said imploringly.
"Why not?" "Because those trees are slippery
elms," she said, simply.
86T The holding power of wire and cut
nails has recently been investigated at the !
Watertown arsenal, and cut nails were
shown to have a holding power about 75
per cent, greater than the other class.
In cases of illness where the burning
thirst of the patient cannot be assuaged by
water or cracked ice, it is said that a tea- ,
spoonful of glycerine and lemon juice will
afford prompt and long relief.
floT A glance at local option in operation :
in Illinois shows that the prohibition town '
of Pullman, with a population of 11,000,!
gets along admirably with a police force of |
but two constables in all.
When the queen ascended the throne, j
more than forty-one per cent, of the English i
people could not write their names. The !
proportion in that condition has been re-i i
duced to seven per cent. j
I?* The tempering of steel is a delicate
process. A workman washed his hands in
a tank of water used for that purpose in a
Massachusetts factory, and a whole batch of
steel was sold as second grade.
SfcT A single match requires only 1-200 to I
1-100 of a grain of phosphorus, yet the con-:
sumption of matches is so large that in Europe
alone twelve hundred tons of phosphorus
are necessary to supply match makers.
flaT The flash of a gun tired at a distance
is seen long before the report is heard, because
light travels much faster than sound.
Light would go lour nunurcu iinu eigniy
times around the whole earth while sound is ;
going thirteen miles.
An improvident man is one who spends
the dollar that he has and the two dollars;
that he hopes to get; a thrifty man is one'
who holds on to part of todays earnings for
fear some special necessity may arise tomorrow.
In the face of the stupendous number of
pictures which represent Queen Victoria |
with her crown on, it is rather curious to
learn that she has not, as a matter of fact,1
worn it more than twenty time during lierj
whole reign.
WafThe teacher asked the class wherein
lay the difference in meaning between the1
words "sufficient" and "enough." " 'Suf-1
cicut'" answers Tommy, "is when mother!
thinks it's time that I stop eating pie;'
'enough' is when I think it is."
s*r a young doctor said to a girl, "Do
you know, dear, 1 have a heart affection
for you?" "Have you had it lung?" she
coyly inquired. "Oh, yes, I feel I will liver
troubled life without you," he responded.
"Then you had better asthma," she murmured.
A St. Petersburg editor has hit upon ;
the notion of printing his journal on paper
suitahle for cigarettes. It is said that its!
circulation has been largely increased by
this means, as the Russians are much given
to smoking cigarettes, which they make;
themselves.
flaT That a wife will longer survive the j
partner of her joys and sorrows than will'
a husband, is proven by the recently published
insurance statistics of Kngland. according i
to which the woman live eleven years and j
the man nine years after the death of the j
"other half."
VdT Seignorage is the difference between ;
the face value of the coin and the amount of
bullion in its composition. For instance the i
bullion in a silver dollar is worth about <>() !
or 70 cents, so about .'U) cents go to the gov-!
eminent. The cost of minting is not taken 1
into consideration. j
tge&" According to statistics, Mary is the J
most popular of Christian names, followed
in order by William, John, Kli/.abcth, Thorn-1
as, (ieorge, Sarah, James, Charles, Henry, |
Alice, Joseph, Ann, Jane, FJIen, Kinily,
Frederick, Annie, Margaret, Kmma, Kliza, j
Robert, Arthur, Alfred, ICdward.
EaT A gentleman had a hoard put up on
a part of his land, on which was written, "I i
will give this field to any one who is really :
contented ;" and when an application came, j
he asked, "Arc you contented ?" the general j
answer was, "l am;" and ins repiy was, |
"Then what do you want with my field I
Bay" In the year 1S~?4 the whaling fleet of
the Tnited States consisted of (102 ships and '
barques, thirty-eight schooners, and twentyeight
brigs. The statistics for the year 1S!1!>
show that this number has dwindled down
ty forty-nine vessels of all descriptions, j
1'etroleuin has practically driven whale oil
out of the market. |
lite ftai'i! Idler.
JUMPER ADAMS.
A TIIKILI'IX<> SKKTCH.
..rm <11 l._ . ?..,1 liln /auin lliixlin
" I nurc u uc uiuuvit-i ?m\? ... v..^, w.fegin's
when Peaceful Sam comes back and
finds 'is claim jumped," observed Hairy Tom,
sagely, to the crowd of loafers assembled in
the bar of the "ltoaring Raster," the first
and by far the largest of the three public
houses that had sprung up like mushrooms
at the recently discovered Merryberg gold
fields; and, one and all, the listeners nodded
their heads knowingly and agreed with
the spokesman.
The first shock of astonishment had given
way to a feeling of excitement, which pervaded
the whole community, and became so
intense that one by one the diggers had
abandoned their work and collected in
groups to discuss the situation and speculate
upon the impending storm. Upon one man
only had the general contagion no effect;
and yet, strange to say, he alone was the
cause of the disturbance. When the others
dropped their tools, he continued to hammer
serenely away with his pick at the bank of
the creek, humming the while a merry tunc.
No frown of anxiety creased his deep-bronz-J
ed brow, and no tremor of nervousness weakened
the blows of his tool.
To describe the situation we must go back
a little. When gold was first discovered in
the Merryberg fields, a month or two previously,
a "rush," in a small way, set in,
" " i- - r A ?l i
and diggers iroin an pans 01 v^uccusiuuu
quickly congregated upon the scene like vultures
around a carcass. In the first hatch of,
arrivals was one Samuel Stoner, a big, hulking
bully, with the strength of an ox, and the
profanity of a carrier, who, on account of
iiis fighting propensities, was facetiously dubbed
"Peaceful Sam," a name which ever afterward
clung to him, and by which alone
he soon came to be known. Having had
some previous experience in prospecting, he
was not slow in staking out the likeliest
claim on the river and getting to work. Gold
there was in his claim without a doubt, although
at first he found no nuggets, and he
worked on it like a nigger from early moruing
till late at night; and when he was on
the work, there was nobody who could hold
a pick with him.
After two months of incessant toil, Peaceful
Sam had amassed 1G0 ounces of the precious
metal. This would yield him something
between five and six hundred pounds, quite
sufficient to afford him a week's good spree,
so a right royal spree he determined to have.
Accordingly, he bought a horse, packed up
his gold in a canvass bag, which he slung
across the pommel of his saddle, and set out
for Kockhampton, some sixty miles distant,
with the avowed intention of banking his
gold and then "knocking down his check"?
that is, the check would be handed whole to
the landlord of some hotel or saloon, who
would supply his guest and those whom he
cared to treat with liquor until the amount
was exhausted?or was supposed to be (which
was not always the same thing).
In the meantime, Peaceful Sam had, by
means of incessant bullying and the use of
the most bloodthirsty threats, constituted
himself a sort of "cock of the walk," and his
name was a terror in the community ; so
much so, in fact, that upon leaving for Kockhampton,
he not only made no provision for
preserving the title to his claim, but openly
dared anybody to appropriate or "jump" it
during his absence.
Upon the tenth day after he had left, a
stranger appeared at Merryberg with a pick
and shovel and very little else. The newcomer
was a wiry but youthful-looking man
slightly below the middle height, whose
beardless face made him perhaps appear
younger than lie really was. At the outside
lie could not have been more than thirty;
but lift Imd n shrewd look in his keen blue
eyes, and a firm cut about the mouth and
chin that spoke of indomitable pluck and
set determination. He said his name was
Adams. In a very business-like manner he
proceeded at once to rig up a shanty, and
the same night saw him housed beneath his
own somewhat frail roof. The next morning
he was stirring early, and, pipe in mouth,
sauntered liesurely through the diggings.
By-and-by he came to Peaceful Sam's vacant
claim, and examined it with a critical eye,
taking up a handful of the soil and sifting it
in his palm. Then he turned to the man
who was working the next claim, and inquired
how it was that this one was vacant.
The man, who happened to be none other
than Hairy Tom, willingly supplied the asked
for information, and further descanted at
large upon the character of the late tenant,
and the probable treatment anybody would
receive who had the hardihood to jump the
claim. Other diggers came up and corroborated
his statements.
"What's the name o' this 'ere terror ?" asked
the young man, coolly.
"Peaceful Sam."
"Ain't he got another name?"
"Stoner, I believe," replied Hairy Tom.
"Well, then," went on the intrepid Adams,
"when Mister Stoner comes back, ?e can
start prospectin' ageu, or 'e works for me."
At these words the little knot of listeners
stared at one another aghast, and then tried to
dissuade the young man from carrying out
his design. But all their efTorts only served
to strengthen his determination.
"'Ell chaw yer up," remarked Hairy Tom ;
"'e's twice as big as you. There ain't a man
in the diggin's durst tackle hiin."
"Then, 'e'll find a pretty tough bit to chaw
at," replied Adams, nonchalantly.
"Or, mebbe, 'e'll cleave yer skull with a
shovel," hazarded another.
To which the doughty Adams quietly responded
: "If 'e don't get 'is own split open
first. Look 'ere, now, mates ! I've only got
five pounds in the world ; but I'll lay that
wi' any of yer, even money, that I stick to
the claim ; an' Peaceful Sam neither chaws
me up nor splits my skull open ; and if you'll
lay me two to one, I'll jump 'is bloomin'
shanty, too.
The latter offer was quickly taken ; Stoner's
shanty was pointed out to the daring
stranger, who at once took possession, after
removing his few belongings to it, and then
cooly and methodically set to work with
pick and shovel in the deserted claim.
Eleven days had already passed since
Peaceful Sam's departure to Rockhampton,
and he might now be expected back at any
hour. Just after sunset that very night,
when the bar of the "Roaring Buster," was
crammed with diggers, all still eagerly discussing
the man they now referred to as
"Jumper Adams," a bullock-wagon drove
into the diggins, and pulled up at the door
of the public house. At the front of the
wagon sat Htoncr, looking frightfully seedy
and bilious. He had successfully knocked
down bis check and returned for another
spell of work. As the bully entered the
bar, an embarrassed hush fell upon the expectant
crowd. Stoner looked from one to
another, inquiringly, but nobody cared to
fire the train. Words of explanation hovered
on the tips of* many a tongue, but, reckless
roughs as they were, they felt a sort of
admiration for Jumper Adam's pluck, while
at the same time they had no great love for
Peaceful Sam, and each man was loth to set
the bully at the interloi>er, although he knew
that sooner or later the encounter must
come off.
Stoner glanced savagely round, and then
seizing a little man who stood near, bv the
shoulder, fiercely demanded, embellishing
his request with a few choice ornamental
oaths, "NVot's up? Out wi'it, yer llatnin'
crow bait!"
"A stranger's come an' jumped yer claim,"
the little man jerked out, spasmodically.
Everybody waited breathlessly to hear the
first explosion ; but for a time everybody
was disappointed. Never in all his checkered
career had Peaceful Sam received such a
staggerer as this. The shock was more than
lie was prepared for. The bare idea of anybody
daring to jump his claim! He could
hardly grasp it, and he reeled back helplessly
ur'iiiivt. the men who stood behind him. He
even forgot to swear. The sight of the bully
being so almck was so novel that a broad
grin appeared upon more than one swarthy
visage, and an audible titter arose upon the
outskirts of the crowd. Before Stoncr could
recover his composure, a voice from near the
door piped out : "Aif Vs jumped yer shanty,
too !"
The second shock was quite as severe as
the first had been?if not more so?and for a
few moments Stoner glared vacantly around
in silence. It was the ominous calm before
the breaking of the storm, and ere any of
the loafers volunteered any further intelligence,
Peaceful Sam found his tongue, and
gave vent to a perfect avalanche of expletives.
Never once did he falter; and in its
way his efloi t was a most finished performance.
"Where is the thieving snatcher, an' I'll go
J an' cut his liver out?" lie roared passionatei
ly, with flashing eyes, bringing down his fist
i heavily on the counter.
"I seed "un turnin' inter yer shanty when
I "e knocked oll'a hit since," replied one.
Peaceful Sam made for the door, and
; emerged into the fast gathering night, showering
curses around him, while tlie crowd
followed close at his heels to witness the fun,
' and, if necessary, to prevent Jumper Adams
from being killed outright.
Meanwhile the object of the bully's wrath
was peacefully unconscious of what was going
on up at the "Roaring Buster." As the
light began to fail he had knocked off work
for the day, and adjourned to the shanty,
where he was now comfortably settled on an
empty keg with a billy of tea and a damper
before him. Calmly indifferent to the fate
i that was supposed to be hanging over him,
he applied himself with keen appetite to the
I creature-comforts,and had almost emptied his
billy, when the tramp of many feet broke
in upon him through the bark walls of his
shelter. Above the surging and the din of the
advancing crowd he could distinctly hear the
infuriated Stoncr's sanguinary threats, and a
curious smile played for a moment upon
Jumper Adams's shrewd features as he
paused and listened intently. Then the
smile faded, and he resumed his usual nonchalant
air as he once more lifted his tin vessel
to his lips and drained off the last drops
from it. As he put down the empty billy on
the cask that did duty for a table, the door
of the shanty was burst suddenly open, aud
Peaceful Sam crossed the threshold, announcing
his arrival with a specimen of his most
beligerent oratory ; while the diggers crowded
around the door, hustling each other
roughly in their eagerness to obtain a position
from which they could watch the issue of
events.
Apparently the curses had no effect upon
Jumper Adams, for he quietly remained seated
on his keg, and did not even take the
trouble to raise his head until Stoner had
advanced with clenched first to the middle
of the little room. Then?and not
till then?did the lesser man, without rising,
coolly turn his dark determined eyes full on
the bully, and very calmly and very deliberly
lie said, "Sara Stoner, drop it! For close
on five years I've followed your trail from
gold-field to gold-field and from rush to rush ;
from Sandhurst to Iiullurat, from Gympie to
Charters Towers, and from Canoona to Merry
berg. You know what there is at ween
you and me ; and now I've come up with you,
uud you can bet your soul and swag, you
don't shake me off."
Whether it was the speaker's words or the
sight of his face wrought the electrical
change in Peaceful Sam's demeanor, the
spectators could not determine ; but certain
it was that the two shocks lie had received
at the "Roaring Ruster" were mere
flea-bites to this. This was a clean knock
down blow, which instantly crushed every
vestige of light out of the braggart. His upraised
fist fell listlessly by his side, his jaw
dropped, and his eyes fairly bulged from
his sallow eheeks, as he stood for a second or
two rooted to the spot before dropping limply
on a log that served for a seat. It was
very evident that Jumper Anums stood in
no dunger either of being "chawed up," or
having his skull split open. For a few
minutes lie kept his eyes steadily on the
cowed bully ; then he turned to the spectators,
and, with a grim smile of satisfaction on
his face, said :
"You can leave us now, mates; there
ain't goin' ter be 110 pantermine performance
tonight, an' Peaceful Sam an' me 'as a bit o!
business to talk oyer together."
So the mystified diggers returned to the
"Roaring Buster" to argue upon the inexplicable
turn events had taken, leaving the
discomfitted Stoner and the triumphant
Adams to enjoy each other's society undisturbed.
What passed that night in the
shanty nobody knew; but soon after sunrise
the following morning, Peaceful Sam, with a
sullen frown 011 his face, was noticed to be
at work in his old claim, under the personal
supervision of Jumper Adams, who did not
forget, by the way, promptly to collect the
amount of his wager. What was the nature
of the influence that Adams exerted over the
former bully?now bully 110 longer?none of
the other diggers could find out, and very
soon they gave up trying to. From that day
the two worked steadily together. Stoner,
doing the digging and heavy work, while
Adams attended to the washing and lighter
| jobs. There were no more sprees?no more
checks to be knocked down for Peaceful
Sam, for his new master was a strict disciplinarian,
and kept the big man's nose diligently
to the grindstone. Early and late,
week in and week out, the thud of the pick
and the creak, of the cradle could be heard
issuing from Adam's claim, and regularly
twice a month a consignment of gold was
sent down to the bank at Rockhampton.
Soon it began to be whispered about the
diggings that some Joig nuggets had been
found in Adam's claim ; but how far the rumor
was correct, Merryberg never knew, for
the proprietor was singularly close upon business
matters. Still, it was generally understood
'.net he was making money fast, though
how juickly was a matter of conjecture.
Per ha as Hairy Tom, who worked the adjoining
claim, was the most competent of the
outsiders to form an opinion, for he himself
was doing remarkably well, althogh he was
working single handed, and his claim was,
he judged, vastly inferior to his neighbor's.
As for Peaceful Sam, he at first submitted
to the new arrangement with very bad grace,
and it was the unanimous opinion of the fre!
ouenters of the "Roaring Buster" that, had
: his taskmaster's hold upon liiiu? whatever it
was?been less powerful, he would speedily
| have kicked over the traces. By-and-by his
| sulky demeanor gave way to an air of hopeless
j resignation, which lasted for twelve months
| or so. At the end of that time lie begun to
I have occasional intervals of dismal cheerfulness,
and once he was heard to laugh. It
j was a depressing, mournful sort of laugh, it
is true ; yet it was a laugh, and Merry berg
I marvelled. But Peaceful Sum's spirit was
broken, lie had lost that fluency of lanj
guage that had at one time been the admirai
ation of all who heard him, and his fame as
u rowdy had long since sunk into oblivion.
But Jumper Adams never changed, lie
remained the same shrewd, level-headed fel;
low lie was when he lirst appeared upon the
jseeue, right up to the very day upon which
! he suddenly left Merry berg, dragging Peaceful
Sam with him like a chained hound.
Nobody but himself?and perhaps, Stoncr?
j were aware of his intentions; and a few
hours aftermard the news that he had sold
I his claim and left Morryberg for good came
like a thunderclap upon the diggings.
| After another year of digging, and "erai
dling," and "panning oil'," the gold in Hairy
i Tom's claim suddenly gave out, and he, too,
left Merry berg. Now Hairy Tom was by no
; means the unmitigated fool that the AusI
trulian gold-seeker generally develops into.
Occasionally he had varied the tedium of
constant digging with a few days' spree;
I but he had never systematically knocked
down his check whenever he had a hundred
or two to his credit, and thus it happened
that at the time his claim was played out he
had a considerable balance lying in the bank
at Rockhanipton. With this he determined
! to quit the gold-fields and settle down. Of
course his first thoughts turned to the Old
'Country, and nothing would do but he must
i come to England. Accordingly he made
his arrangements. A few weeks later the
good ship Calabar landed him at Plymouth,
and in due time the mail-train deposited him
at Paddington.
In the course.of his sight seeing rambles
about the metropolis he wandered as far as
Button Bow one bright afternoon in May,
i and stood watching the endless stream of
gay e?|uippagcs that flowed before him, bearin.
r nlonir the rank and fashion of London.
"n
He had not stood many minutes when his
eyes suddenly became riveted upon a wellappointed
landau, drawn by a pair of spirit,
ed grays, which was approaching. It was
not the vehicle itself that attracted his attention,
neither was it the well-matched
grays. He had eyes only for the figure of a
big man with a white hat, a light dust-coat,
and a flaming scarlet tie, who occupied the
i greater portion of the principal scat?a man
with the features of Peaceful Sam.
"Say pnrd," he began, familiarly digging a
gentleman who stood near in the ribs, "can
you tell ine whose that kerridge is?"
"The one wun mc mays muni uic
gentleman, good-humored I v.
j ' "Yes."
"That is Mr. Sinner's, the wealthy Australian?or
perhaps I ought to say "Mrs."
Stoner's."
"Mrs. Stoner's!" repeated Hairy Tom.
I "Yes?the lady in it."
The vehicle being now quite close to
j where he stood, Hairy Tom turned his atj
tention to the second and only other.occu;
pant of it, whom he had not previously
: noticed, being too intent upon gazing at
j Peaceful Sam's familiar face. There was
| something about the lady which seemed
strangely familiar to him, yet it did not
at first occur to him where lie had seen her
before, lie thought hard for a moment.
Then a gleam of the truth broke in upon
him, and he gave vent to a long, low whistle
as the carriage passed and disappeared in
the crowd.
| "You have seen Mrs. Stoner before, eh?"
queried the gentleman, watching him with
an amused smile.
"Seed 'er afore?" he replied ; "well?yes,
only the last time I seed 'er they didn't call
! 'er Mrs. Stoner?she was Jumper Adams."
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mil in the PEERLESS, improved and simplified
the best mechanical talent until it stands, as the
.me implies, the peer of any machine in the marit.
All wearing parts are of the best quality of cnserdencd
steel, possessing great durability, and by
e turning of a screw, all lost motion, caused by
3ar, can be taken up. . All parts are fitted so aceiitely
that these machines are as nearly noiseless
d as easy running as tine adjustment and the best
echanical skill is possible to produce. No expense
time is spared to make them perfect, as every
nchine passes a rigid inspection by competent
en before leaving the factory. It hus no cogs.
The Ralance-Whcel and many of the line parts
e nickle plated, with other parts finely enameled
d ornamented, giving it a rich appearance.
Every Machine is furnished with an Improved
ltomatic bobbin Winder, which is so simple that ,
child an easily operate it?winding the thread
tomatically on'the bobbin as evenly and regularly
the thread on a spool. This valuable attaching
rentiers possibles perfect control of the Shuttle
>nsion, and all annoyance resulting from shuttle
read breaking, while the machine is in motion,
iich is common to many machines, is entirely bolted.
A self-setting Needle and self-threading Cylinder
uittle are used in the PEERLESS HI(JII-ARM
iWIXtS MACHINE. The self-threading Shuttle
so simple that with two motions of the hand,
ckward and forward, the shuttle is threaded.
1'he Woodwork is the best that can be procured,
either Antique Oak or Black Walnut, as the puraser
may prefer.
11 easily operate it in a few minutes' time, as the
ichine is profusely illustrated, and answers the
to do all kinds of fancy work with attachments
Improved Attachments.
complete set of Johnson's celebrated steel nickle
dlowing is the outfit: 1 Tucker, 1 Rutller, with
der, 1 Braider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter,
tobbins, 1 Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, oil Can 'died
USELF TO BE MISLED
>y agents and peddlers under the old system, and
the l'KKKLKSS liy our plan, ami the machine is
over the iimnutiicturers' price, thus relieving the
lUariesaml expenses of traveling men and agents,
he as represented and to give entire satisfaction,
uto of Warranty is furnished bv the manufacturers
prove defective WITHIN Tl'lN YKARS, free of
to great is their confidence in the excellence of the
K YORK VILLI'' KNliriUKll, ftii.ort.
il, and delivered on board tlie cars in Chicago, with
vill be shipped direct to the purchaser, and the
(the Machine. The manufacturers write us that
age about Sl.fiO.
lost oftioe address.
cash. Send money by Post Office Money Order,
t send postage stamps for any amount exceeding
other styles of Sewing Machines, ranging in
under same guarantee as the Peerless. II
L. M. GllIST, Yorkvllle, 8. V
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