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pmuovoHS fqnulmcnt. A Too Confident Counsel.?I once had a case, said a member of the bar, against a man in the country, which was as clear as daylight in my favor, but, by the cuuning of his lawyer, he had continued to avoid coming to trial for about two years. At last the case was called late in the terra aud late in a hot day, the court aud jury tired and impatient. I stated the facts, produced the evidence, which was all on my side; the judge asked the counsel whether they wished to argue the case, stating that he hardly thought it necessary in so piain a matter. The lawyers agreed to submit it without argument; the jury went out, and immediately returned with a verdict for the defendant, As somj^fl^be court adjourned, I sought thffjj^ffnan of the jury, and asked him how, ^^^^^^fnthe name of common-sense, they came to render such a verdict. "Why, you see," said he, "we didn't think much of the lawyer against you, and it wasn't strange he didn't have nothing to say ; but, squire, the fact is we thought you was about one of the smartest lawyers in the country, and if you couldn't find nothing to say on your side, it must be a pretty hard case, so we had to go against you ?" A Mistake was Made.?A young lady gave "her young man" a beautifully worked pair of slippers, aud he acknowledged the present by sending her his picture, encased in a handsome frame. He wrote a note to send with it, and at the same time replied angrily to an of-repeated dun for an unpaid suit of clothes. He gave a boy ten cents to deliver the package and notes, giving explicit directions as to the destination of each. It was a boy with a freckled face, and he discharged his errand in a manner that should give him a niche in the temple of fame. The young lady received a note in her adored one's handwriting, and Hew to her room to devour its contents. She opened the missive with eager fingers and read : "I am getting tired of your everlasting attentions. The suit is about worn out already. It never amounted to much, anyway. Please go to thuuder!" And the tailor was struck utterly dumb when he opened a parcel and discovered tiie picture his delinquent customer, and a note that said : "When you gaze upon the features, think how much I owe you." When the unfortunate young man called around that evening to receive the happy acknowledgment of.his sweetheart, he was very ostentatiously shoved off the steps by the young lady's father.?San Francisco Chronicle. Turn About Is Fair Play.?"How are the farmers making out this year ?" asked a New Yorker, a former resident of Vermont, of a friend from the old home. "Poorly," replied the Green Mountain man. "You recollect old Bill Thompson ? Well, his case illustrates the condition of affairs. It came around the end of the year, and he hadn't made enough to pay his man, so he had to sell a yoke of oxen to get the money. "When he turned the proceeds over to the fellow he said: 'Tom, times are hard; farming's played out and I've got to let you go.' " 'But,' said Tom, 'you've got more cattle. I'll serve you and look for my wages in cattle.' "'And when they're all gone what will you do ?' " 'What will I do?' queried Tom. 'Why, then you'll work for me don't you see, and get all your cattle back again.'"?New York Herald. Funny.?While Joe Jefferson was down at his Louisiana plantation last year the wife of one of his neighbors died, and Mr. Jefferson called to express his sympathy and regrets. While he was at the house the clergyman arrived to make arrangements for the funeral. Neither the man nor his wife had been a church member. .The husband was prostrated with grief, but he aroused himself as the clergyman entered. "Is there any particular portion of the Scripture you would like me to read at the funeral?" asked the clergyman. The husband sat up, mopped his eyes and thought for a moment. "Well, you might try that bit about Samson and the foxes," he exclaimed finally, "I guess that's about as funny as any of 'em." A Strategic Move.?"Did you take those pants to Mr. Dudely Fewscads?" asked a fashionable tailor of his assistant. "Yes, sir; I took them to him." "Did he pay you for them ?" "No, sir; he said he would call around next week and settle with you for them." "But I gave you a note to him telling him that if he couldn't pay cash for the pants you were to bring thera back. Did you give him my note ?" "Yes, sir ; I gave him the note, but he didn't open it and read it until after he had put on the pants." "So this is where the house sits," said a man, who was going through the house of representatives for the first time. "Yes," was the reply. "You ought to take ofif your hat when you come in here." "Take olF my hat! What for?" "Out of respect to our members and the great work they are doing." "What great work did they do last session?" "Why?er. Why, they adjourned." "So they did," said the traveler, uncovering his head, "so they did." A Terrip.le Catastrophe.?MotherMercy! What has happened? You are crying as if your heart would break. Little Johnny?Boo hoo ! While we was all skating, Tommy Dodd broke through the ice, and?and?boo, hoo, hoo ! "Horrors ! Was he drowned ?" "N-o?boo, hoo, hoo !" "Then who was drowned ?" "Nobody?boo, hoo, hoo !" "Then what are you crying about?" "The?the ice is all spoilt." The Last Was First.?Teacher (to new pupil)?What is your last name, my little man ? New Pupil?Tommy. Teacher?What is your full name? New Pupil?Tommy Jones. Teacher?Then Jones is your last name? Tommy?No, it isn't. When I was born my name was Jones, and they didn't give me the other name for a month afterwards. * fiST A woman was summoned before a magistrate in Scotland for slandering her neighbor. She was lined a guinea, or fourteen days' imprisonment. She paid her fine, and then asked the court, if a person risked imprisoment for thinking. "Certainly not," said the magistrate. "Very well, then," screamed the lady, "I think just the same about her character yet!" Ax Independent.?Mr. Hardtack?So you want a job, eh! Are you a temperate man ? Mose Lineum?Well,.sah, Is'c kind oh a mugwump on de liquor question. Mr. Hardtack?What do you mean? Mose Lincum?Well, sah, mv principles is total abstinence?total abstinence, sah: but T . I I. ...1 T . i:i? i uiKt'.'s u uniiK wuvii'i iccia iim* u. ?a?" "That razor of yours," said the man wlio was getting shaved, "ought to make a good politician." "Why so?" asked the barber. "Because it has such a terrible pull." "Yes, said the barber," as he tried in vain to soften the man's bristles with another layer of soap, "just at present it is wirepulling." ?af At a recent Connecticut wedding, in repeating the words, "If you know of any just cause," etc., the minister looked straight at a nervous young man directly in front of him. The fellow sprang up with much haste and trepidition and blurted out, "Oh, no, bless me! not the slightest objection, sir." flfegr "I 111 in a peck of trouble." "What's the matter?" "Why?er?you know, I have been paying some attention to old Stockland's daughter. I've got an invitation to play poker with him tonight, and I don't know whether he'll get mad if I beat him, or think I have no business capacity if I let him beat me." Neki>s Ci.eaxind.?Brown?I see that your watch, Kobinson, is about an hour ahead of sun time. Kobinson?Yes; I don't know what's got into the sun lately. j Gkthmugs. ! ftaT" Nearly 40,000,000 babies are born each year. Divorce is steadily on the increase in j France. SST That culture which does not reach the J heart is a failure. No raau despises praise who has not i | lost all claim to it. AST" A pedigree hook of high-bred cats has just been published in England. SaT" No one can breathe at a greater height I ikon ca?-aa mllnc IVnm thp (>!irlh ; 8SF* The United States uses nearly one-half of the quinine produced in the world. 16?" Australia has more churches in proporI tion to population than any other country. | Mark Twain says that the cauliflower J is nothing hut cabbage with a college educaj tion. j B&F Some of the largest ocean steamers can be converted into armed cruisers in thirty hours. 8?" Everything not fully consecrated to God is something upon which the devil still has a claim. 8ST" The average walking pace of a healthy man or woman is said to be seventy-five steps a minute. S6T" Business is business, unless the customer happens to be a lady, in which case it becomes strategy. 86?* The largest cargo of coffee ever brought j into the United States numbered 57.491 bags, | and came from Brazil. 8?* Many a man dreads throwing away his life at once, who shrinks not from throwing it away by piecemeal. 8?* The daily total weight of mails received and dispatched at the New York post | office last year was 386 tons. 86?" In Chinese the letter "I" has 145 ways of being pronounced, aud each pronunciation has a different meaning. 1ST A cheerful disposition is not only a personal blessing, but a public philanthropy in the good effect it has on others. SST" When a woman announces to her husband that she wants to have a plain talk with him, it means she wants him to confess. M55- When a man is eoinir down, don't in crease his trouble; when everybody is blaming, do not swell the chorus of censure. eST During the strawberry season last year the express companies carried to Chicago two hundred thousand boxes of berries every day. agf" Alaska, with its islands, is said to have a coast line of twenty-five thousand miles, equal in extent to the circumference of the globe. 86?" Instances of extreme old age are more common among those who exercise themselves with gardening than in any other employment. 86T There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world, either to get a good name or to supply the want of it. 8ST Father?I didn't imagine your studies would cost me so much money. Son Graduate?Nor I, father. I'm sure I didn't study very ioueh. USF If a woman did not occasionally go wrong, the good ones would be so proud that there would be no living with them, observes the Atchison Globe. 8?" A college student is reported as saying that, on the whole, he rather enjoys his studies. They furnish a needed relaxation from his athletic work. 8ST The gold product of West Australia last year was double that of the previous twelve months. The prospects for the present year are most promising. "80?" The stem half of an orange is usually not so sweet and juicy as the other half, because the most of the juice gravitates to the part which is downward. 80?" The daughters of twelve members of congress; and the wives of twenty members, draw government pay as private secretaries of their fathers or husbands. 8?~ It is said that a frigate bird can fly at the rate of one hundred miles an hour, and live in the air a week at a time, day and "night, without touching a roost. WaT" Nearly every workingraan in Italy wears a beard, on account of the cost of shaving. Now it is proposed to aid the barbers by putting a tax on beards. 8?? The question whether a female claiming to be a "lady" was libelled by being called a "woman," has been decided by a British judge and jury in the negative. 8?? The total number of capital letters in the whole Bible is 106,990; of small caps, 6,897, and of lower case, 3,452,693; grand total of letters, including one te, 3,566,481. S6T Somewhat strange: "A red light is a sign of danger, isn't it?" "Yes." "Well isn't it rather queer that they should have them in drug-store windows and not in saloons?" BST" "Tommy," said his teacher, 011 the first | day of school, "have you forgotten all you know?" "Well," replied Tommy, doubti fully, "I don't exactly know all I have forI gotten." 8?" "Hit doan pay," said Uncle Eben, "to I lose yoh tempuh, an' good nature am er gret blessin' to a community. But dab am 'casions when er man hez ter git mad er be a j hypocrit.^ Swift said that, though the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great i inventors, to have lost much of his reputa-1 I tion by the continued improvements made! upon him. Says Sam Jones: "Many people are j ; troubled over the mysteries of religion ; but j it is the tilings I thoroughly undeistand, and especially the ten commandments, j that worry me." ?a?" Doctor?Has your daughter been delicate always? Mother?Oh, yes; if she does 1 anything about the house it exhausts her so I ! that she is not able to dunce longer than j | midnight sometimes. ?air Vermont has a greater percentage j of improved land in proportion to its area than any other State except New York and j Illinois. The dairy product of Vermont j reaches twenty-five million dollars. I ??T While vegetarians dine together in this country and thump their chests and show' their muscles, writers 011 the other side of1 ! the Atlantic declare that the nation which ! ' eats the most meat is the strongest. Thirteen of the presidents of the I United States were Masons. They were Washington, Jefiferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Win. II. Harrison, Tyler, Polk, | i Tavlor, Pierce, Buchanan, Johnson and Gar-! | field. ?a?" "Don't you think it proper that young girls should learn to play the piano before : they are married?" "Indeed I do; for then thev can prove the sincerity of their love for ! their husbands by giving it up after mar-j : riage." fifcjy A farmer is rich without money when lie has a good home, health, horses, cows,; chickens, hogs, corn, oats, fodder and no 1 wood to buy. All these things the town j man has to take the money he works for and buy. BeiT The discovery has been made by a j 1 German physiologist that the milk of inej briate mothers contains a small amount of ' alcohol, and it is his belief that such mothers communicate to their offspring a desire for , stimulants. ?bay Were it not for their natural enemies, the codfish, it is said, would fill all the avail-; able space in the seas, rivers and oceans, j The same is no doubt true with regard to the J codfish aristocracy in respect to landed space, | comments The Transcript. After Mr. Sumner had criticised Gener-: al Grant savagely, some one was talking to! i Grant about atheism in New England, and ; remarked, "Even Sumner does not believe in j the Bible." "Why should he?" quietly re-! , plied Grant; "he didn't write it." First Quack?Here is a letter it would ; ! hardly do for us to publish. A man writes :! "I have just taken the first bottle of! i i \ i. \wa\ i your medicine? recoilu v^uuitv???vn. "There it breaks of!"short, and is signed, in another handwriting, 'per executor.'" There are 400 families in the United States with an annual income, over and above expenses, averaging over $500,000 apiece; and 8,000 families with an average income above expenses of $25,000 each ; and 100,ooo families with an average income of SI0,000 above expenses. &aT"In Kelgium it is the custom to give certificates of marriages in the form of little books, which also contain a summary of the marriage laws, and. among a mass of other miscellaneous information, directions for the feeding and care of infants. There are also places for entering the names and birthdays' j of the children of the marriage. I fhc <#ium ami ^fireside. CONDUCTED BY ROWLAND BLACK. IMPROVING FASTI RES. There is 110 necessity for having short pasturage in summer unless the heavens fail to supply moisture. In the dairy region of Central New York, we generally enjoy plenty of summer rain, and the two principal causes of deficiency of grazing are, overstocking the fields, and neglect. It is common for sheen and horses to run with cows. Sheep, by close feeding, secure the most nutritious part of the grass, and colts, if pastured with cows, annoy and worry them by their playful or vicious antics. Quiet and peaceful possession of the grazing lot is essential to the comfort and profit of milch cows. To remain plentiful the grass should have a chance to grow a little faster than the cows eat it off. Some dairymen will take young stock from outside to pasture when they have not acres enough to properly pasture their own cows. This bud-custom is quite prevalent, and frequently accounts for the premature drying off of the mid-summer yield of milk on many farms. On the poorer pastures, where, the dry weather of midsummer stops the growth of nutritious grasses, the cows will give much less milk unless an additional ration of fodder or grain is given, to supplement the failing pasture. A system of general good farming, however, will keep the grass in such sufficient supply that it will not thus be necessary to feed grain at this season. At all events, it is far better to maintain a permanent and productive pasture turf from which a full yield of milk may be produced, than to depend upon a costly grain diet for the same result. It is quite as important for profit to reduce the cost of milk production, as it is to raise the nrice of dairy coods. It is an obvious fact that the average pastures iu this State are not as productive as they have been in former years. There are areas of hill country, where but little good grass remains in the grazing fields, these nutritious species having been run out and replaced by a sort of fuzzy wire grass that soon becomes sere and brown. The botanists call it Danthonia, but it would be as worthless by any other name. Now, permanent pastures arc what we want, provided they are seeded to nutritious grasses. The great importance of this subject is not appreciated by dairymen. As tbe pastures run out and become less productive the dairyman turns to forage crops raised on other parts of the farm to make up the deficiency in feed. This is all right as a supplement for pasturage, but it is not good management to let the pastures lie unproductive, while depending wholly upon soiling crops. The pastures are the main stay after all, and on their productiveness dairying must stand or fall. If the pasture lot is treeless, plant shade trees at intervals; if it does not yield varieties of grass suitable for abundant milk production, break it up and reseed it to such as are more profitable. Fertilize a sterile pasture and protect the sources of the springs that water it. Our fathers reclaimed these fields from the forest; we must reclaim them from the neglected and unprofitable condition into which they have fallen. Sometimes a brook or rivulet flowing through the grazing field may he untilized for purposes of irrigation, when the weather hecomes dry. This plan involves little expense, and where the lay of the land makes it practicable, is an efficacious way of preventing a mid-summer decrease in the pasturage and milk yield. Although the whole pasture cannot be benefitted in this way, a portion of it may be, which would in a drouth otherwise be dry and verdureless. If willows are encouraged to grow along the banks of these meadow and pasture streams, their shade will not only prevent a rapid evaporation of the moisture, but will prevent a gullying away and destruction of the banks in lime oi iresnets. uei us uy iu uu mure to build up our long neglected pastures. There is hardly any part of the farm on which a judicious outlay of money and well-J directed labor brings better and much more profitable returns than can be secured by the systematic, timely and careful improvement of our pastures. a. g. STORING GREEN CLOVER IN BARNS. There is some risk in storing green clover hay in a barn, it being almost impossible to shut away the air from the sides ot the mow, and unless this is done the clover heats. The escapiug air inviting the entrance of fresh air from the outside, the current is established, slow combustion provided for, and the clover "burns out," just as a heap of horse manure is fire-fanged. To cure clover in a mow without previous wilting to evaporate part at least of the sap in it, requires a tight mow that is a close approach to a silo, so that the air cannot come in at the sides and bottom. Without a fresh supply of oxygen, there can be no combustion of the clover. The fermentation ceases, which, j with a supply of fresh air, would go on until j the clover was a charred mass. To get the best results, the clover mow j should be boarded close 011 the sides and floor. The cut clover should be as clear of rain, or dew, as possible, and evenly spread over the mow. When all but two or three loads of clover is in, make the top of the mow as level as possible and then roll strips of tarred paper over the surface, lapping the strips. Do not tread on it to break the paper; and scatter 011 the remaining loads for weight. A layer of boards, or paper, is to prevent the escape of the heated air, and if the air is imprisoned in the clover, there will be 110 entrance of fresh air from the outside. In the silo, where the walls are higher than the silage, the air that falls upon the surface is met by the ascending current, and only a few surface inches of the silage are affected. In the mow, where the sides are somewhat open, the entrance of air can be prevented to a great extent by checking the egress from the top of the heated air. This is accomplished by the lightly weighted cover. With old hay at command, to alternate the layers of green clover with other layers of the hay, using about a third as inuch hay as clover, is a good plan. In curing, the escaping dampness of the green clover is absovbed by the old hay. In raking clover for h uul pitching, it is not generally known that ;t is a great saving of "backbone" to rake the field twice. If one has two horserakes, one may follow the other, and pull the windrow along a few feet. This rakes up the clover that was left untouched at the bottom of the windrow, loosens up the bunch, and makes the pitching easy with no sticking of hay to the ground.?American Agriculturist. Clean the Fence Rows.?The strip of land along fences and hedges is usually a propagating place for foul weeds. The strip should he thoroughly cleaned at least once each year. In tilling the land it is best to plow as close to the fence as possible, as with land under cultivation, undesirable growths of plants is easily subdued. The strips along the fences are almost a loss as far as the production of any crop is concerned, and the amount of this character of land should be reduced year by year by the removal of division fences. The greatest economy is practiced in working large fields without troublesome fences. If you have a division fence of rails overgrown with weeds, bushes and vines, the best plan is to set the fence over on the adjoining strip for one year; in the meantime thoroughly plow and I.; _ . i. _ _.1 CUIllvaiC llie lllieeiCU ?ll l](, iiij; LW^I.UII and seeding down with grass. If the fence has been long located, the land will he found to he very fertile, in which case it will pay to cultivate for a term of years. Hoed crops, such as potatoes, will thrive for two years in succession without the aid of any fertilizers. As fast as possible, dispense with rail and stump fences, using those of wire instead. Never allow a weed to go to seed especially along the fences, and when bushes and vines appear, eradicate them the first season when they can he pulled up by the roots, if left two or three years they must be dog and the brush burned.?American Agriculturist. JStdT Feeding pigs and chickens on hay may seem strange, yet there is nothing better for them than clover hay, which has been cut very fine and steamed or scalded. The pigs will eat it readily while all kinds of poultry will pick out the portions that are fine enough to be appropriated. As an egg-producing food, clover hay has no superior. ? ^ ? KaY" It is passing strange that some of our farmers take so little care of cotton after it is packed in bales. It is generally left out in all sorts of weather, and yet they think it awful hard to get a small price for it in market because it becomes rotten to a great extent by being so neglected. ! She story idler. THE HUT ON THE MOUNTAIN. BY BELLA FRENCH. | The story which I am going to relate is one of my mother's adventures. I will try and give it in her own words : ' "When you were a babe your father's business was such that he was obliged to travel the greater part of his time, and as the family was small, he usually took us with him for company on his journeys. liailroads were not then as numerous as now, and we traveled in a covered carriage, 1 drawn by a span of noblo black Horses. We bad been in Georgia some weeks, and were now passing to Northwest Tennessee. Of course we were obliged to cross the Cumberland mountains, which lay between us and our destination. "The mountain passes were perilous, running ofttimes by the edges of precipices, where there was barely room for a double team to pass in safety. We were in such a place when some of our fastenings were broken, and we were obliged to delay our journey until they could be mended. There was an inn about a mile farther on, which we hoped tp reach before dark, but as the sun was already setting, and it was impossible to get ready for another start without some assistance and a considerable loss of time, we looked about to see if we could discover any signs of a human habitation, and we saw, about half way down the mountain side, a small, dirty-looking hut. " 'A rather poor prospect for a night's lodging,' said your father, 'but better than none at all. A rather perilous descent, too, but we must get down there some way. I think Hattie, you had better stay here while I prospect a little." " 'Very well,' I returned and off he went. "He was gone some time; indeed, he was gone until the summer twilight had stolen like a gray mantle over the mountain side, shutting out from my view the little hut so far below me. I am not naturally cowardly, but I must confess that I felt an undefined fear creeping over me as I stood there alone, save for my babe, with the precipice at my feet, and the stars coming out one by one in the canopy above my head. "At last I heard the sound of coming footsteps, and they served in a manner to dispel my fears. I saw two men were approaching me, one of whom I soon discovered to be vrmr father; the other I instinctive!v eruess ed was the owner of the hut. " 'It is all right, Hattie,' said my husband, in a cheery tone. 'This gentleman is the owner of the house down the mountain side, a little farther on is a path which is perfectly safe, and still further on the road widens so that our carriage will not be in the way of any chance travelers. You will have to carry the babe while this gentleman and I lead the horses.' "In a few moments they were on their way, I following in the rear. "Twenty minutes more and we were at at the door of the hut, whose attractions did not increase upon a nearer view. "A dirty-looking woman, with a tall wiry form and a sallow complexion, met us at the door, and bade us enter, scanning us meanwhile from head to foot. "The glitter of her snaky black eyes sent a cold shudder through my frame, aud again a feeling of undefined fear crept over me. My husband, I saw, though he tried to conceal the fact, shared my apprehensions, for he glanced ever and anon from the occupants of the house to the brace of pistols in his belt. "I tried to be calm, and sat down 'by the door, while your father aud our host went up the mountain side again to see to the carriage, and our hostess attended to preparing theeveniug meal; but I could not converse, though I tried to do so. The words I tried to say seemed to die awgy in my throat before I could give them utterance. A strange fear had taken possession of me, and it was only increased when three rough men entered the hut, looking askance at me, and demanding their supper of the hostess. "In a short time the host and my husband returned. We were then bade to come to supper, and we took our seats around the dirty pine table, where hot corn bread and fried bacon were smoking. My companion ate a little, but I could not eat, for the eyes of the rough men were fixed upon us. "After supper was done we were shown up to the loft, where we found a dirty, narrow bed and one or two broken chairs. " 'We manage to sleep down stairs,' said our host, in a gruff voice. 'This is all the accommodations we have for strangers. It's poor enough, but better than none.' "With these words he left us. "We then closed the trap-door and commenced to examine our new quarters. There was only one window, and that was very small, not large enough to admit the body of a man, and there seemed to be no danger from that source. "The only way of entering was by the ! trnp-door. Upon this we placed the bed, ! and my husband, who was very much fatig | ued, threw himself upon it, and sank into a slumber. j But I could not even think of sleep, so ! nervous had I become. I took you in my | arms and crept silently to the window, j Crouching on the floor beside it I looked out i upon the night. "I could not see a waterfall, though I knew j there was one near, by the music of its waters, j but I could see the forms of five persons in | earnest controversy a short distance from i the hut. "By and by they came and stood directly beneath the window. I heard one say : " 'It is no use talking, Jim, we need money, and we will have it. Them horses and carriage will bring quite a sum.' " 'Yes,' putin another, and I'll bet he has got the spondulix, too.' " 'He has a pair of pistols, too,' grufily returned our host. " 'We don't care for them,' said the woman ; 'we can nab him while he sleeps. It would be a pretty caper to let him go when it may be months before we have another such a chance. The last? " 'Hush up your clacks,' said our host. 'I have heard enough of it. I have had enough of this business. If you want to rob the man ; do it for all of me. I sha'n't help.' "I waited to hear no more, but creeping | to the bedside I awoke my companion from his uneasy sleep, and repeated the conversation to him. "He arose instantly, and I could see that i he was alarmed, though he tried to bo calm. " 'If I had my amunition I should fear nothing, hut unfortunately that is in the cari riage. My pistols, however, arc loaded, and we will sell our lives dearly. There is but one chance for us. They are on the side of | the house opposite the door. I will go out j and run as fast my feet can carry me to the : inn. Meanwhile keep the door fastened until I return with help.' "'And should they discover you while i passing from the house, what then ?' I asked fearfully. " 'I shall make some excuse for being out, and if I cannot escape them I will sell my j j life dearly, as you must do if I fail to come : to your assistance.' "And he placed one of his pistols in my , hand as he spoke. "He then moved the bed as noiselessly as j possible, and raising the door disappeared I in the darkness below. I listened for a mo' ment, but hearing no sound I closed and fastened the trap-door, and then crept back to the window, lilled with fear and apprehension. "The five were still outside, but they had removed a few puces Iron) the house. I could hear their voices in angry controversy, but the distance rendered their words indisi tinct. I "The minutes sped on, and I was beginning to breathe more freely, when I saw that i the disputants had arranged the matter and I were leaving the place where they had been : talking. "I few minutes later and I heard them eni ter the house. "I then left my stand at the window and i went back to the bed, for I thought if they ! should try to force the door my weight might ! be needed to resist them. "I had scarcely thrown myself on it when I heard a step upon the ladder, and a mo1 ment after a shoulder was placed against j the door, which, of course, did not yield to I the pressure. Then I heard a muttered j curse and retreating footsteps ; then all was ! silent. After listening for some moments in breathless apprehension, and hearing no sound, I began to think that they had given up trying to rob us. Presently I heard a [noise, which seemed to come from the j roof?a noise which sounded as if they were | tearing up the thatching. I knew then that 11 must try to escape, or I should he murder- i | ed. ; I "I listened for a moment. All seemed si- < I lent helow. The assassins were outside, I i felt sure. I moved the bed quickly, and j 1 j then took you under one arm. You were i ' sound asleep ; I was thankful it was so. j < "Carefully I raised the door and stepped 1 upon the ladder. Down one, two, three, i four, five steps I went ; then my feet rested i j upon the floor. I had taken a step or two I forward, when I perceived that a man was h entering the door ! 11 "I was in a dark comer, and he could not' see me. I would he safe unless lie should j run against nie, or strike a light; so I stood perfectly still. He had come in for some tnnl which seemed to be out of its aceus tomed place, for he muttered curses ever and anon as he moved about the room. "I cannot tell you how fearfully I stood ! there waiting for liirn to make his exit. It seemed strange that he did not hear the throbbings of my heart, for I could hear them plainly. "And you, my child, did not wake during that trying ordeal. Ah! had you uttered one cry then I should not be here today to tell this tale. "After a while he got what he was looking for, and went out. "I waited an instant to be sure that he was gone, then crept quietly from the house. I did not know exactly where to look for the path that would lead me in safety up the mountain side, and I would have hid in the bushes until the return of my husband, but I feared that you might awake and cry, and thus betruy my whereabouts. "No, no; I must climb the mountain, ' whether I could find the path or not. So I | commenced the ascent, clinging to a shrub here, and a bush there, making, however, but slow progress, for I had hut one hand to aid me. . "But I gained a little now and then, and I that gave me hope. ( "My hope was doomed to be short-lived, for my would-be murderers had found that the loft was empty, and had started in pur- j ^ suit. ' 'Curses on you, Bet!' I heard one say. | 'If you had stayed in the house and 'tended to j your own affairs they would not be gone , now. Blast the woman !' , " 'Well, it ain't to be helped,' she replied. 'Vnn inaf limit the ninn nnd T'll fix the wo man ; they can't be fur of!'.' 1 "No one knows how I suffered in that moment, with terror and despair. , "If my husband should not come to my < relief soon I should fall into the merciless bauds of those wretched people. I did not dare to attempt ascending higher, for fear I should be heard, so I crouched behind a clump of bushes, and breathlessly awaited what was coming. "The men started out in different direc-1 tions to seek my husband, and the woman j commenced ascending the mountain toward j me. "I knew this to be a fact, for I could hear the noise of their feet, and their muttered curses, though I could not see any of them. "The woman was rapidly nearing uie, but I hoped that I would remain undiscovered, hid as I was among the bushes. "Vain hope! It scarcely had birth ere it died. The woman was well acquainted there, and was giving a thorough search. A moment later the bushes were parted, and a pair of snaky eyes were fixed upon me. "The woman gave a chuckle of satisfaction when she saw me, and she muttered : "'The bird is here with her nestling ; the mate is not far away. I'll cage her.' "I did not know what to do ; I did not even have time to think. "I crouched there motionless. One hand kept my babe to my lap, while the other, held the pistol, which I still retained. '"Will you come back to your nest, my I pretty ?' she asked, mockingly. 'My hut is not fit for a lady, but it is a better place than this. Come back with me !' "Never!' I exclaimed. 'I will die first!' "'Won't hey ?' she hissed between her teelh, and reaching out her bony fingers grasped me by ray long hair. 'Come with me, or by the great gridiron I'll drag you every step of the way.' "She did not seem to see the deadly weapon that I held in my hand, or she would have been more circumspect. "Her fingers tightened on my hair until I could scarcely refrain from crying aloud, t At last I felt that I could endure the agony no longer. She or I must die ! I "I resolved to make another effort to es- ( cape, and acted upon it. i "There was a quick report, a loud scream, and the woman lay bleeding at ray feet, | lift IllfJIlftSl Styil? HI III* llilll, illlll |M hub i uBimiaiuu, (iive ine a cull and see specimens of work, at liy Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. It. SCHORB. CAUTION.?If a dealer often W. I> Douglas Shoes at a reduced price, or says he has them without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. wl Douglas QO QUAC BEST IN 90 OnUb THE WORLD. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fitting, and give better satisfaction at the prices advcrtiscd than any other make. Try onepair and be convinced. The stamping of W. L. Douglas' name and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can afford to sell at a less profit, and we believe you can save money by buying ail your footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. Address, W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maes. Sold by T. J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. C. W. FREW, Rock Hill, S. C. January 10 2 21t n. k. kini.ky. j. s. nltlt'k. KIMJ1V HKICE. ATTOHM2YH AT I,AW, Yorkville, S. C. A LIj business entrusted to us will be given t jl prompt iittentinu. )FFICK IN THE HUILDIN'tJ ATTHK HKAR )F M. A II. C. STHAUSS'S STORK. with her hands full of long, black hair, which she had torn from my head in her fall. " 'That varmint has killed our gal,' I heard some rough voice exclaim. 'Curse me if he don't bite the ground for it!' "It was no use of attempting llight now. There was 110 help for me. I would stay and meet my fate. "I could hear the rattling bushes and the sound of heavy footsteps. I knew that one of those horrid men would soon find my hiding place, and I grew faint from fear and apprehension. "Then I heard the trampling of many feet, and a low, peculiar whistle, as if of warning, which seemed to be answered by him who was seeking me. "I listened intently, and hearing the quick report of fire-arms, mingled with the sound I of many voices, I began to hope that aid! had come to me. "I was not to be disappointed, for anon I: heard my husband's voice. "Hattie, will you answer? Where, 0I1! 1 where are you ?' " 'Here !' I cried. 'Come quick!' "He followed the sound of my voice, and I came with rapid bounds up to my side. "'Thank Heaven !' I heard him exclaim, 1 as I fell into his arms, faint and exhausted ; 'I have arrived in time!' "After that all was a blank to me, until I, awoke to consciousness in the cozy parlor of an inn. I lay upon a couch, by the side of which sat my husband. The rays of a setting sun fell 011 a pair of pale, thin hands, which clutched nervously at the bed-clothes. I11 one corner of the room a woman sat, feeding my babe, which looked almost as pale as my hands. " 'Give her to me !' I exclaimed, trying in vain to raise myself to a sitting posture. '"Be very quiet, Hattie,' said my husband ; soothingly. 'You have been very sick, j That night was too much for you.' ' "I shuddered as the recollection of it re- L turned to me, and uttering a low cry I ask- L 1 ed : ! ( " 'Is she dead ? Did I kill her? ' j ( "'No,' lie answered; she is recovering! slowly. Two of the men are in prison, and I * the hut lias been burned down. Heaven j1 preserved us from the fate many a poor trav- j t eler has shared. Several human bones have | been found in the ditches near the premises, j The two wretches have confessed to five t murders. No one knows how many more ! they have committed.' : It was weeks after that before I was able j to leave the mountain inn, for I remained very feeble; but ere I did leave three guilty ' wretches had gone to answer for their sins at the tribunal of the Most High. "All this happened long years ago, but 11 cannot even now think without a shudder of j the night I spent ut the mountain hut." Germany's New Powder.?According j to a report in a Russian military paper, re-1 published in The Broad Arrow, the German military authorities have decided upon a i new smokeless powder, which will be furnished to the troops as quickly as possible. The existing brand will be discarded and the j cartridges already in store will either bet used in maneuvers or sold to less particular nations. The same authority declares that I machinery for the manufacture of the new! powder is now in course of construction at Spandau. and that a sufficient supply cannot' be made in less than two years. The story | is important, if true, as such a condition of j affairs would be conducive to peace. It is! also reported that an excellent type of: smokeless powder, apat ite, litis been perfected at Stockholm ; it evolves but little heat and no flame, and can be transported without risk, and is not susceptible to damp or heat. Comparative trials between ten' rounds of a nitre powder and fifteen rounds each of ordinary Sweedish powder and aparite, fired from a small calibre magazine rifle, showed that aparite heated the barrel less than either of the others; S00 rounds of aparite were fired from a rifle left uncleancd for J - ...?I. .ifti.t. wli!nti tin. Iinro?sn it is .said?I a ? Uttv, uuv.1 MM.vm ~ ? was found to be as clean and fit for use as if just prepared for firing. For Tired Eyes.?In these days of study and sedentary work, requiring much use of the eyes, they often become so tired that they refuse to do good work. This < is particularly true when the work is done ( in a poor light, or when the work is very fine. Few eyes will hear it any great length 3f time without being spoiled. There is one remedy for tired eyes that has great value, it consists in massage with the hand wetted n cold water. Fill a basin with water, and, standing over it, fill the hand with as much water as it will hold, and apply to the eyes; it the same time with thumb and fore-linger jive the eyes a gentle manipulation. Continue the process for four or live minutes several times a day. The-results are always beneficial and almost marvelous. ? .S^^powderi Jtbsduiely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest United States Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, liock Ilill, s. c. Capital, $75,00(1 Jirplis aiid Profits, 28,499 Additional Liability of Stofflolfiers. 75.000 Total Protection to Depositors, $178,499 IV. L. KODDEY President. IV. J. ItODDKV, Vice President. T. H. MII.LEIt Cashier. R. LEE KEKIt, Teller. THIS BANK oirors its services to the public generally and solicits accounts from Farmers, Merchants, Corporations and Private Individuals. We shall bo glad to furnish our terms upon ipplication. INTEREST BEARING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ISSUED. March 21 12 Om "The I | Best j Policy A Tontine Policy in the Equitable \ Life?the best, because it is absolutely 1 I sure ; because it makes you your own I beneficiary if you live, and protects i your family if you die. The following I letter from a Tontine Policy Holder : in the Equitable Life who received his own life insurance, is worth thinking over. Concord, N. C. November 29th, 1893. Mr. W. J. Roddry,Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. Dear Sir: ] I have before me a statement of the several options offered by the Equitable Society I in settlement of my Tontine Policy, now maI taring, and 1 have decided for personal reasons I ?u ?.:? 1 1? .u_. .L settlement is an entirely satisfactory one, and it gives me great pleasure to recommend the / Equitable to tne insuring public. t Yours truly, \ JAS. C. GIBSON. J Write for particulars to-day. Ask all the questions you wish. The more you know about the Tontine the better you will appreciate it. W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Department of the Carolin&s, ROCK HILL, S. C. FA KM LOANS. THE undersigned is prepared to negotiate LOANS UPON IMPROVED FARMING LANDS, lying in York county, to be repayable n convenient annual installments, extending >ver a period of live years. For further particilars apply to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney at Law, Yorkville, S. C. February 21 8 tf Or La Grippe, though occasionally epidemic, is always more or less prevalent. The best remedy for this complaint is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. " Last Spring, I was taken down with La Grippe. At times I was completely prostrated, and so difficult was my breathing that my breast seemed as if confined in an iron cage. I procured a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began taking It than relief followed. I could not believe that the effect would be so rapid and the cure so complete. 11 is truly a wonderful medicine."?W. H. Williams, Crook City, S. D. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Prompt to act, sureto cure PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. THOROUGHLY fitted up with new backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a line iky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any ityle of the art, as well executed as can be done dsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. By the drv plate process I can take them initantly; makes no difference about fair or cloudy veathcr. I do all my own printing and finishing, and here is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in .. . _ . ./_ t__ i for Infants and Children. " Castor! a is so well adapted to children that I Castorla cures Colic, Constipation, i nwr.>nmon<! it. n? uiinprior tonnv nrcscrintion I Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea, Eructation, l.nown to me." II. A. Archer, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl111 So. Oxford St., llrooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "The u:? of 'C'astoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended i:s merit.; so well known that it seems a work your 'Costoria,' and shall always continue to < f supererogation to endorse it. Few ore the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." vllhia c.o>y reach." Edwik F. Pardee, 51. I)., Carlos 51artyn, D. D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. Tne Centaur Cohpa.vy, 77 Mi-bray Street, New Yore City. DO YOU DENY THE CHARGE ? FOR several years you have been fully conscious of the fact that by the use of a CORBIN DISK HARROW you could reduce the expenses on your farm and at the same time increase the producing power of your land. You have known this because you have seen statements to that effect in these columns signed by some of the best farmers in York and Chester counties? men whose word yon would not think of doubting in any statement they might make to you. Isn't the foregoing absolutely correct ? Now, here, doubtless, are some of the reasons yon have assigned for not buying, and I will say that none or all of them are worth the time employed in thinking them out: First. "My land is different the man's who ; made the statement as to his experience with the harrow." Second. "Times ! are too hard." Third. "The price is too high, if I will only wait they will get | cheaper." Fourth. "Perhaps I can get one low down from some fellow who j has got tired of his, or perhaps I may be able to get a bargain in one at some | public sale," etc., etc. For answer to "reason" No. i I will say that there is 110 soil in York county, or anywhere else, that can be cultivated at all 011 which the harrow cannot be used to advantage. To No. 2 I will say that the harrow is a time and money saver, therefore * f r 1 ; 1?i. ? J 4. u. [ tlie reason is an argument in iavor 01 ouymg msicau ui uui uuj mg. To No. 3 I reply that there is not the least probability of a reduction in price for the reason that it is very low now, especially when the quantity and quality of work it will do is taken into consideration. It is cheaper in proportion than an Iron Foot Plow Stock at$i.oo. In reply to No. 4 I will ask how many you have known to be sold in the past five years "because the owners were tired of them" and how many have you known to sell at a reduced price at a public sale ? Now say ? I tell you what I know. Several years ago I sold a harrow to three farmers, and after using it for more than a year two of them sold out their interest for $2 less than the entire harrow cost the three. Sold one to another fanner. He used it one year, was compelled to raise some cash to pay a note, and sold his harrow for $1 less than he paid me for it. SAM M. GRIST, State Agent, Yorkville, S. C. GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY," Manufactures all kinds of ^ ^ jp} IRON ORE PAINT IRON ROOFING, And Cement. crimped and corrugated siding, 152TO 158 MERWIN ST., fire proof doors, shutters, ac., - ' "'i. ."J 'if/F1 ' Send for Circular -1?and Price List No. 75. I THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. J&r- Orders received by L. M. GRIST. The Best Bargain ever Offered in Sewing Machines. # * * * A 855.00 SEWING MACHINE FOR $22.50, INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ENQUIRER. Every Machine Sold by us is Warranted for TEN Years, and Every Cent Paid by a Purchaser Will be Refunded if Machine Sold Should Fail to Come up to Representation After TWENTY Days' Test in YOUR Home. THE "PEERLESS' Is the Name of a Strictly High Grade Sewing Machine that we are Now Prepared to Offer to all Who Want a First-Class Machine with all Modern Improvements at Unheard of Low Prices. Its Mechanism is Superb, the Design Graceful, and the Finish all that Could be Desired. It is Light Running and Noiseless. yrALL of the DESIRABLE features contained in other well-known modern style machines are to be ypliiii* found in the PEERLESS, improved and simplified 1,y t'u> ',est mechanical talent until it stands, as the IBname implies, the peer of any machine in the marAll wearing parts are of the best quality of casehardened steel, possessing great durability, and by the turning of a screw, all lost motion, caused by wear, can be taken up. All parts are litted so aecurately that these machines are as nearly noiseless anil as easy running as tine adjustment and the best mechanical skill is possible to produce. No expense i Mrl <>r 's sl)a>'od to make them perfect, as every > . liBBi machine passes a rigid inspection by dbmpetent The Balance-Wheel and many of the tine parts H^pn^eiM||| are niokle plated, with other parts finely enameled milllfr /^nHLgjj and ornamented, giving it a rich appearance. iJL5IM^W Kvery Machine is furnished with an Improved \ A B B^RflHggjj Automatic Bobbin Winder, which is so simple that m. B||:ii ^ a child can easily operate it?winding the thread t automatically on the bobbin as evenly and regularly KM as "ie t',reiui on 11 spool. This valuable attaehPH W l/vNI ment renders possible a perfect control of the Shuttle 1 Jf 1 Tension, and all annoyance resulting from shuttle . I 3/ jftl H thread breaking, while the machine is in motion, "'iTif" JuaaaMVi^n' mit?Jwhich is?onunon to many machines^ is entirely Ik>A self-setting Needle and self-threading Cylinder l ? .^vSIIKSbH"' "iShuttle are used in the PEERLESS HIGH-ARM ' SEWING MACHINE. The self-threading Shuttle is so simple that with two motions of the hand, J backward and forward, the shuttle is threaded. f. .4a5iAil5w The Woodwork is the l>est that can lie procured, of either Antique Oak or Black Walnut, as the-purKhM, ui? ******* chaser may prefer. | The PEERLESS is so simple that any one can easily operate it in a few minutes' time, as the I Instruction Book which is sent with each Machine is profusely illustrated, and answers the | purpose of a competent teacher. It shows how to do all kinds ot fancy work with attachments Complete Set of Latest Improved Attachments. Each PEERESS Machine is furnished with a complete set of Johnson's celebrated steel niokle [plated Attachments in a velvet lined case. Following is the outfit: 1 Tucker, 1 Rufller, with . shirring plate, 1 llemmer Set (4 widths) and Binder, 1 Braider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter, j 1 llemmer and Feller (one piece), 10 Needles, (> Bobbins, 1 Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, oil Can illetl I with oil, Cloth Gauge and Thumb Screw. DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE MISLED Into paying the prevailing high prices charged by agents and peddlers under the old system, and which lias been entirely abolished in the sde of the PEERLESS by our plan, and the machine is [ thus furnished to the people at a slight advance over the manufacturers' price, thus relieving the .......I.,,or,- 4W.,i, ii.iitiiinr tnwuril tuivincrthe salaries and oxnensos oftravelhur men and acrnntu t j Everv PEERLESS machine is guaranteed to be as represented and to give entire satisfaction, or money will be refunded. A registered Certificate of Warranty is furnished by the manufacturers agreeing therein to furnish any parts that may prove defective WITHIN TEN YEARS, free of I charge (except Needles, Bobbins and Shuttles), so great is their confidence in the excellence of the 1 PEERLESS. I Price, including one year's-subscription to THE \ ()RK\ ILLE ENQUIRER, $22.50. (>ur price?$22.50?is for the Machine well crated, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with ! all attachments and accessories. The Machine will be shipped direct to the purchaser, and the i freight will be paid bv the person who receives the Machine. The manufacturers write us that the freight to any point in this section will average about $1.50. i (live nemo of freight station if different from post office address. j ./r-ir Every order must be accompanied by the cash. Send money by Post Office Money Order, | Registered Lettcror New York exchange. Don't send postage stamps for any amount exceeding ! 50 cents. I In addition to the Peerless we sell POUR other styles of Sewing Machines, ranging in ! price from $10 to $23.50, and each is sold under same guarantee as the Peerless. 11 | lustratcd circular furnished on application. L. M. (JRIST, Yorkvllle, S. C j September tf t 3d tf