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> # , ' ' * YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ISSUED TWIOH-A-WEEH1?WHDTffBBDAY AND PRIDAY. ?Tm. obist ft sons, publishers. } % ^antttg ftoispger: 40r thi; promotion off tin; golitinal, goqiat, SjricuHunal and dfontmetitial Interests af the gouth. VOLUME 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1896. NUMBER 48. THE FITTEST BY J. H. CC Copyright, 1896, by the Author. CHAPTER XVL At the 'rely time of the perpetration of that unpremeditated bat none the less unquestionable murder, and hardly more than a connle of blocks away from where it was being done, a vigil of eager expectancy was keeping for the ooming of him who that night ceased to be as man In a meanly furnished front room on the third floor of a big4 4cheap flat,'' barracklike building, at opposite sides of a bare table, sat two men, one old, the other middle age. The elder seemed to have full 70 years to his discredit, and his age became him not welL His scanty hair was gray and unkempt A pair of thin, leathery, red ears, with great bunches of bristles in them, stood out like loosely hinged flaps from the sides of his long, narrow head. Imbedded among wrinkles, under overhanging, grizzled brows, gleamed small eyes ' that despite their age 'were still keen and almost fierce "with an expression of selfish cunning and suspicion. His nose was flattened at the bridge, but its sharp point stood up so abruptly as to fully expose his large nostrils, which marked the outline of a triangle from its tip to the ends of his wide, thin lipped mouth. The younger man was a stolid looking brute, still in the prime of animal life and worthy of no special regard. A listener would readily have gathered from the conversation between them that the latter was the old man's sonin-law, and that his wife, Mary, had died during her father's long absence in the far west A rather good looking buxom girl, 15 or 16 years old, came into the room and went out again, from time to time, in the discharge of her household duties, apparently paying no heed to the talk of the men, but looking curiously now and then at the little clock on the mantel as if wondering at the unusual prolongation of their sitting. "So, Dinnis," pursued the old man argumentatively, "the best for youse will be to take Kitty there an go back \ with me as soon as this business is set- ' tied." ! "I dunno. I don't say I won't if I get 1 out of a job, but I'd be a fule to go away now an. the new aldherman behowlden to me as he is. Sure, I'm as 1 good as promised to be an inspector in ' ttia rmhlift TrnrVa " I "To the devil with your aldherman, an your inspector, an your publio works I D'ye want to be all yer life a bob on the tail of somebody else's kite? It's a grand start, mind ye, that I'll be able to give ye an a fine country ye'U find it for a man to roise up iit Sure there's nothin to stand in the way of your goin to congress from out there before you die, an a girl like Kitty? well, there's no knowin the wealth of the man she might marry out there." "Are you right sure you'll get the money you're after?" "Am I sure it'll be warrum next Fourth of July?" "M-maybe so. But isn't it time he was comin?" " 'Aith it is. He knows better nor to disappoint me, an he's likely to be here now any minute. We'll be makin ready for him. Stand that tin kettle here olose by my arrum, Kitty, dear, on this side. Ye, Dinnis, go intil the back room an keep there, without yo hear the kettle fall on the flure. I'll push it off if he goes to come round the table to'rds me, an if you hear it fall come quick for the love of heaven, for it's meanin me no good he'll be. Sure it's mighty little I'd trust him. Ye'll let him in, Kitty, an put the chair for him there, where your father is sittin now.. Oh, he'll be comin an bringin the money sure enough, but he'll be wantin me to give him up the paper I howld, an I won't do that I'll howld it while I live, an I'll l'aveittoyou, Kitty, dear, after I'm "To the devil with your aldherman." j gone, an it'll be as good as a fortune to ^ ye. Oh, yes, he'll be wan tin it. But , he won't get it, an he'll gimme the ] money all the same. He saw the ould , woman's advertisement and is scared of ^ his life for fear I'll be going over to her. Oh, yes, he'll pay, an he'll be smooth as butter with mo if he has to. ' but; tne Bora Knows jl wouldn't trust , myself far alone with him." As the old man spoke he fumbled j nervously at his Adam's apple, which stood out like a hairy elbow on his throat "Go along now, Dinnis," he continued. "Sure your walk is the walk of a horse, an I don't want him to hear you goin when he comes to the dure. " Dennis obediently retreated out of sight. Kitty remained and, covertly yawning behind her hand, sat herself down to kill time by curing the gaping wounds in a man's sock. The old man sank into silent reverie, with his beady little eyes fixed unwinkingly on the flame of the lamp. After a time ho roused himself sufficiently to growl: "He's half an hour late." r SURVIVES. )NNELLY. Another long silence ensued. Then he agrdn marked a point in the flight of time by a profane affirmation that the man he expected was "an hour late." After this he soon began to demonstrate surprise, which developed into resentment, and that into anger, quickly climaxing in furious rage. "The fule, "he shouted, "thinks he Sofrr mo I An mfi knrvvrin to all the facts an howldin the writin in black an white that they made betwixt them! Oh, by the mortial gob, as sure as me name's Michael McCaffrey, I'll make Dick Willmarth a sorry man for this night!" TO BE CONTINUED. JUiscrUancous grading. CAREER OF HORACE^ BOIES. He May Land In the White House. IOWA'S FAVOBITE SON. Perhaps He Will Unite the Democratic Hosts. Early Straggles ?r ? Self Made Man?Why He Took Up the Law?Frugality of the Farmer Lawyer ? Twice Married and Twice Bereft?His Phenomenal Political Career?Personality, Methods and Manner of the Iowa Statesman. The position of Hon. Horace Boies of Iowa is unique in politics. Even if he fails to make the slightest personal effort, he is bound to figure prominently as a presidential possibility. The situation presses him to the front A large majority of the Democrats of the west are for the free coinage of silver. So is Horace Boiea Naturally they will seek to nominate for the presidency that man among them who is strongest in his personal "backing" and at the lame time most unflinching in his adherence to the free silver idea. To fulfill these conditions the finger of prescience jeems to point inevitably toward the selection of the Iowa man. To be sure, there are others, and imong them Bryan of Nebraska and Bland of Missouri, each popular in bis 3wn state and entitled to due recognition at the hands of the silver men, but it goes without saying that the following of Boies is many times larger than t>oth the others could muster jointly. Indeed, it is admitted by the warmMf -fvionrta nf other asnirants for nresi iential honors, that, since his official indorsement at the recent convention of [owa Democrats and the general approval of that action that has come from Democrats all over the west, the strength )f the silver faction of the Democratic national convention at Chicago will measure the chances of er-Governor Boies for the presidential nomination. In view of this contingency people generally are beginning to cast about for further knowledge of the man who may be destined to wear high national nonora It is not to be inferred that the American people are in entire ignorance 3f his career. The sound of his political achievements has reverberated far, but iccurate date respecting his personality md his life are wanting. To supply this Information is the purpose of this article. Horace Boies was born 68 years ago in a little country village near Buffala His parents were both American bom, but his father was of remote French descent. The elder Boies was a private in the war of 1812. At the close of the war he married and took up his abode Dn what was then the frontier in westim New York. Here he brought up his children. There were three boys and three girls in the family. Young Horace attended school in the winter and worked on the farm in summer. When 16 years of age he concludid he would better go west His father secured him passage on a lake boat to Racine, Wis., where he landed with 75 ;ents. He worked in that neighborhood for farmers for some months, when he was called home by his mother's sickness. After a short stay he again went west and worked a season or two on the farm of his brother, who had settled in Illinois. Returning to New York, he again went to school. He had long thought of studying law, and his ambition had been encouraged by a schoolmate at Aurora, Adelia King, who afterward became his wife. Did Chores and Studied Law. When he concluded to take the all important step, young Boies had only $3. Troubled about his luck of funds, he explained his position to a lawyer of Springville, N. Y., whose office he entered. The lawyer sympathized with the young man and offered to give hira his board if he would do the chores about the house. The chores consisted chiefly of taking care of two cows and a horse. There is reason to believe that the struggling young law student found comfort in the presence of the schoolmate of Aurora who had spurred his ambition, tor ano naa become an at- I tendant at the academy at Springville. c For 18 months young Boies applied himself diligently to bis lawbooks He { was then examined very rigorously, ?c- i cording to the impartial methods of that c time. The ordeal of examination lasted 1 three days and only 4 of the 18 candi- 1 dates passed the trial successfully. It is i scarcely necessary to add that Horace i Boies was one of the successful four. ] In 1852 he was admitted to the bar. j He bad just married the girl of his c heart, to whom he was so deeply in- ' debted for the words of hope and cheer i with which she had helped him. At the ' time he opened his office his total assets 1 consisted of $15 and a wife. Shortly < thereafter he removed to Hamburg, a i town near Buffalo. ' At that time he was a Republican, abd it was not long until he began to attain prominence in the party. He was public spirited and earnest in his advocacy.of what he considered proper legislation, and in 1855 he was rewarded for pia zeal by a seat in the state legislature. It is said that he would probably hare been elected for the succeeding term qad not his county been gerrymandered . so as to prevent Republican success in his district By this time he was recognized as one of the leading lawyers of western New York, and, upon the advice of friends, he moved to Buffalo and opened his law office. There he came into contact with Grover Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland Was assistant district attorney in Erie ooufity in the dosing years of the war, and'in 1806 he was nominated by the Democrats for district attorney. Mr. Boies was a candidate for the Republican nomination, and was defeated by only two votes by Lyman , K. Bass, who was a partner of Mr. Cleveland and defeated the future president In 1867, the health of his wife being very poor, Mr. Boies determined to move farther west in the hope of finding a climate better suited to her. The place he selected was Waterloo, la., whither t his wife's parents had already preceded t her. Here he at once resumed the prac- i tice of law, and as bis fame had gone e ahead of him he found a gratifying de- t mand for his services. Furthermore, he e found in the virgin soil of the western 1 prairies an excellent opportunity to in- J vest his savings, which were consider- e able. In anticipation of the future de- 1 the other, and that issue lias continued d ever since to vex Iowa politicians. He 1 voted for Grover Cleveland in 1884, and c ho sealed the pledge of his conversion a 1 ?HORACE velopment of the agricultural resources of the state, he bought, first and last, i nearly 4,000 acres of land, most of t which he still owns. s Hi* First Great Grief. S But sorrow came to him here. The v wife he worshiped from the very depths of his strong nature gradually faded out a of existence, leaving to the care of her f husband their only child, a daughter. It j was said to have been a great blow to t; this strong, successful man, but he c stood it with fortitude and went on D bravely with the battle of life. d Some years after, however, he found d a single life too lonely and married j. Miss Versalia Barber, a popular young n lady of Waterloo. His life with her was p very happy. Two sons and a daughter ^ were born to her, and then she, too, c passed away, leaving him a widower j, once more. V During these years Mr. Boies was ac- h quiring the great political prestige 0 which is his today. Up to the year 1882 t he was an ardent and consistent Re- n publican. In that year he renounced his ^ party and joined the opposition, because, a as ho said, he believed the Democracy more truly represented his position on a the vital issues of the time. He believed o in a tariff for revenue only, and that is e a cardinal principle of the Democratic v party. He was opposed to sumptuary C legislation, and in that respect was in g accord with the Democracy of Iowa in a its fight against prohibitory statutes, i Indeed, it was the contest over prohibi- f trirtlr hiin from nnn TinrtV to P )y stumping Iowa for the Democrat: iandidates and urging ' 'tariff reform.1 The new champion won him such n jard that in 1889 he was asked to pe nit the use of his name for the Demi Tatic nomination for governor. M Boies had no political ambition. ? lad refused a Republican nominatic 'or congress when it was equivalent 1 in election. His petitioners urged h irominence as an advocate of the pari jrinciples and his duty to sacrifice pe tonal inclinations for the common goo* rhey were able also to promise a nom lation without an unseemly struggl rhe state had been in the grasp of tl Republicans for a generation, and cai lid Democrats admitted there was i illuring prospects of an immediate vi :ory for their party. Under these cond ions the lawyer farmer was persuade to accept the leadership, and he astoi shed the country by carrying Iowa 1 i plurality of 6,528 in a vote 20, (X larger than that of the preoeding gube latorial election. In 1891 he was renominated, and tl political fight that ensued was one < ;he hottest ever waged in Iowa H plurality was 8,214. When his second term expired, J vanted to retire and declared he won lot again become a candidate, but i aat he yielded to the importunities < lis friends and was defeated. Since his retirement from office e: Governor Boies has lived quietly, d riding his time between Waterlo ivhere he carries on his extensive la iractioe, and his big farm of 2,500 acr ri Grundy county, 80 miles from W lerloo. The personal appearance of the Iov itatesman is hard to describe?hard b ;ause of its simplicity Neither diseai iot dissipation nor undue exposure 1 he elements nor nocturnal overstud las marked his face with the "lines hat newspaper delineators harp oi rhere is one stock phrase, however, thi its him like a glove. He is "well pn lerved." He is 5 feet 10 inches hig tnd has a fine physique, in keeping wit hese proportions, ins wen maae rran s strong and muscular, and his step slastic. The only signs of age about hh ippear in his hair, which is of froete lilver; in the wrinkles which star ike crows' feet at the corners of his e: iressive gray eyes and in the lines < itrong resolution which you note aboi lis mouth. BOIES. He is a fine looking man. His fori lead is high and indicative of intelle< ual strength. His nose is large an traight His eyes are blue and dee et The face is honest and stampe pith character. He never uses tobacco in any fori nd is a total abstainer. He chooses h: ood with regard to its. wholesomenesi nsists on regular hours of sleep, and h ftkes long walks for fresh air and exei ise. As a result he is a sound, vigorot not* Uit/IItt lnnlrs hio vf>nrfl bv U(UJl| (UiU U(UU*J mm?m? J ?? ecade or more. He is not partial t ress suits. He enjoys a good story, bt 3 not an atjept at telling one. He smil( aore often than he laughs. He doesn lay cards, and probably cannot mat wo consecutive counts in billiards. H ares nothing for baseball, and footba 3 a mystery to him. He doesn't swea 7hile he uses neither tobacco nor alee iolic liquors, he believes in allowin thers the largest liberty in determinin heir personal habits, so long as they d ;Ot interfere with other persons. H ikes to ride a horse, but isn't much c sportsman. Mr. Boies is not an eloquent oratoi nd yet at the bar he has long been ret gnized as a power. It is perhaps hi arnestness, strong and simple, that hi con him so much success. An eminer Jhicago jurist once said: "When Boic :ets before a jury and looks at it, it i .lmost enough to win his case. His fat s so honest that it's like an affidavit < acts that you can't dispute." And tl: x-governor is often spoken of as "Afi lavit" Boies. He is considered to t acking in wit; he speaks with the fore if conviction, but would not shine as a iter dinner speaker. ic Senator Allen, in speaking of him re" cently, said that Horace Boies was one e- of the greatest men he had ever known, r- "As a lawyer," said he, "I know of nc o- one greater. He has the clearest method r. of expressing himself that I know of in [e any man. He cannot he called an orator, >n and yet it is a foregone conclusion how to a case will be decided if he is to make is the closing address to the jury. As we ty say oat west, he can raise the hair on r- the jury and keep it raised. His mind ie i of great strength and scope. He has a l- singular power of analysis. He is an at>& solutely honest man and perfectly pore, le He is so just in his nature that he could i- not be unfair to either friend or foe. 1 io do not believe he knows even the taste c- of whisky, beer or tobacco. When 1 i- knew him he was remarkably abstemi>d ous and frugal. I don't suppose he evei u- wore a suit of clothes that oost over $30, >y and yet he is always dressed with )0 scrupulous neatness and care. Although r- 68 years of age, he is of fine physique and generally in splendid health. ie Wealthy? Yes, for that country he is. of He has been a lawyer all his life and is has earned large fees. He must be worth at least $200,000 or $800,000. He hae ie a large farm and a fine home at WaterId loo." at He is not in any sense of the word e of politician. He keeps abreast of the current thought, but he knows nothing oi x- the machinery of politics. He knew ab i- solutely nothing of a campaign at the o, time he was nominated for governor. 1 w never heard him make a political es speech, but if he is as good on the a- stump as he is before a jury he musi sweep everything before him. He is alra together a man of the people, and it ii e- no wonder that he is so strong in hie Re own state." to Hot LmMh la Humor, iy It has been said of the great Iowar " that his sense of humor is not well deh veloped, but there are incidents in hit it life which furnish proof that this is not 3- true. There is one story connected with :h his second marriage wnicn rnmianea a & case in point !e Mr. Boies had not posted himself npon 18 the marriage laws of Iowa when he ^ went to the home of Dr. Barber in Wa** terloo, la., for the purpose of marrying ld his second wife. He was a widower, c' and as he bad needed no license when 5 he was married for the first time in lt New York he supposed none was neoessary in Iowa. As Dr. Barber, the father of his fiancee, was a comparative newcomer, equally ignorant of Iowa marriage tactics, this bit of redtapeism naturally did not trouble him either. The guests were assembled, the prospective bride and groom were up stairs rehearsing the ceremony when, just after the chairs had been removed to the dining room, leaving the people all standing, the clergyman clattered down Btaire, popped his head in the parlor and beckoned nervously to one of the guests. "Mr. Boies has failed to procure a license," he gasped. "What is to be done?" "Marry 'em without one," exclaimed the governor's friend, "and we'll fix it iu the morning." "Oh, but I can't do that. It's against the law, you know," returned the minister, who was a fussy little fellow. "Why, it's a state's prison offense," he added. Here was a quandary?8 o'clock at night and the clerk a mile down the river. In vain Dr. Barber, the negligent groom and several friends pleaded with the parson. Ho was obdurate and insisted on the license. There was no recourse. The chairs were returned to the parlor, and the guests were asked to be seated again pending the arrival of some important papers. Then two mutual friends started out to hunt up the clerk and procure the license. The courthouse in Waterloo still stands where some judge had it located years ago, about a mile OUl OI lOWU uu me etui oiue ux Luo river, and the clerk then lived on the west bank nearly opposite the county building. A ferry was the only means of crossing the Cedar in those days, and when the two friends arrived at the clerk's house they found he had gone over to the other side in the ferryboat in order to make out a license for a couple that had eloped. He had tied the 5" boat on the east bank and gone to attend 3" the wedding, so they were informed by ^ the clerk's wife There was no help for P it They must await the clerk's return. " At 10 o'clock he put in an appearance, having ferried himself, with conxi siderable difficulty, through the ice chat is had formed on the river. He swore he 3, wouldn't recross that night for any fool ie New Yorker, but after much persuasion > consented. is In the meantime the embarrassment a of the bride in particular and the guests 0 in general was put to flight by the tact it and joviality of the forgetful groom. >s He was the life of the party, and finally 't when near midnight the emissaries re:e turned with the necessary document he i- m-oimoil it and remarked oravlv as he ,e o-f-.r ? ? [1 went forward to take his part in the f. ceremonial, "Well, this is the first time ). in my life I ever went to court without g my papers." g The Great Iowan'a Warm Heart. o Mr. Boies is generally represented as ,e oold and phlegmatic, with few of the )f finer feelings and sympathies, and the fact that he has been so successful has r, aroused envy among some of his fellow citizens who have not been so fortunate, is Nevertheless he is a man with a warm is heart An instance of this occurred durit ing a trial whioh he conducted some >s years since. A Pennsylvania boy had is run away from home, and had come ;e with another young man to the west jf His father was dead, and he left his ie widowed mother's house at the instance 1- of this associate, who turned out to be >e a bad character. The boys came to Iowa :e and the bad one committed a crime, a for which he was arrested, and as the young runaway was with him at the time, He was also charged with the i crime and tried- The young boy was very penitent, and he made a confession i to Mr. Boies, who was his lawyer. Mr. ; Boies arose in the courtroom and tried i to read it He had gone over but a few pages of the story when his feelings overcame him, and he had to take his i seat One of the other lawyers finished i the reading of the manuscript and Boies l was asked afterward what was the mati ter. He replied: , "I am a father, and I have, as you know, two very good boys. As I read that paper the thought came to me, sup1 pose that one of my boys should fall as ; that poor boy has, and I tell you the i thought was such a horror to me that it [ overcame me, and I could not finish my reading. One phase of the oharacter o? Mr. Boies which renders him particularly i "taking" among western people is his i absolute simplicity and dislike of all i ostentation. "I favor Boies because he stands for what he is; because he is unpretentious i and honest," said an educated westerner, i "He don't th'ow on no lugs nor hold i hisse'f above nobody," was the way a representative of another class expressed the same idea. i As an illustration of his democratic . disregard of all formality at a time ! when a little show, of egotism would have been excused, an Iowa state offii cial once told of a trip he made from [ his home at Waterloo to the state oapital i soon after his re-election as governor, i "The train left Waterloo about 4:80 in ; the afternoon, reaching the oapital at 0 . in the evening. The governor was aoi oompanied by a party of his admirers, i who were congratulating him on the result of the election. The party headed for the chair car, but Boies stopped them. , " 'Let's go into the smoker,' he said. . 'Most of you will want to light a cigar , if I don't' E " 'But governor, we'? ! "'No buts about it'broke in the snol oessful candidate. 'I know that you want to smoke.' ' 'The party went into the forward oar and the train started. Governor Boies j began to talk of the political issues and one by one the people in the oar went, toward the end in which the executive's! party sat Then passengers from the> other cars began to drop in until the smoker was half filled with men standing and listening to the governor's remarks. Questions were asked and answered while the hours sped away. No , one took notice of the time and it was not until the brakeman called East Des , Moines that the party broke up." So Governor Boies held hiafirst reoep* tion after the election in a smoking car. Mr. Boies is the typical western ' . farmer and makes his holdings bring him in a handsome income Every acre of the Grundy county farm where he resides is in a high' state of cultivation. He always keeps a herd of 600 or 600 dattle grazing upon it and half of the farm is devoted to stpck raising. This holding is more like one of those vast, beautiful estates in Kentucky than any other in the west He knows every detail in the management of it and he spends a portion of every year upon it> often going out into the fields and taking a place with his men in the work. He spends his vacations npon it now, and he used to spend one or two days of every week in lookinsr over it He has an other big farm in Palo Alto county, which contains 1,000 acres of grazing land, and upon this he keeps a lot of fine stock. His men drive his herds to the grazing lands in the spring, and in the fall they are brought back for feeding. The ex-governor is well informed on all questions relating to farming, and believes in many of the things advocated by the Farmers' Alliance, though he is conservative enough to oppose many of their impracticable theories. He is an advocate of governmental control. Such, in brief, is the character and the personality of the man who may be the nominee for president on a free silver platform. That he will be faithful to whatever trusts are confided to him by his supporters is sufficiently attested in the terse, characteristic words he used at the close of the late Democratic con, vention in Iowa, when asked if he had anything to say: / "I have concentrated myself in the platform adopted. I stand by every line and word of it, and upon it the national Democracy can win a glorious victory. Wood Finished Olaas. The various attempts which have been made to obtain an accurate imitation of wood in glass have now been successful. The process by which the effect is produced is quite simple, says The Upholsterer, and consists in clouding a sheet of plain or ground glass on the reverse side with a liquid dye of a proper color to represent any desired wood. The dye is applied by means of a sponge so manipulated as to bring out the semblance of the grain of the wood on the glass surface. A badger brush is used to soften the shading, and the glass is then covered with varnish. This leaves the grain clear, distinot and fast without the necessity of using any gelatinous substance, which would render it liable to shrink into crinkles, thus spoiling the effect. To complete the operation the glass is heated slightly, and the various shades required for the particular wood are caused to spread over it by means of a syringe, the merging of the shadings into each other being prevented by slightly heating the glass. The whole is made of a semitransparent aspect by means of another coat of varnish, which also preserves and protects the dyes, and with this final dealing the exterior surface is made to present the appearance of a highly polished wood finish.