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' y ISSUED TWICE A. WEEK?WBDWESDAY AND SATURDAY. l. m. geist & sons, PobUshers. j A ^amilt) newspaper: J\or the promotion of the political, jSoriat, Agricultural, and ComuterLciaI Jntyr^sts of the ?outh. { TERsL"o^'?otpT?^hLe cent?.1''CI!' VOL. 43! YORKYILLE, S.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1896. 3STO. 65.~ BY ALFRED Copyright, 1896, by American Press Assoclat CHAPTER XI Boutoc made known his intentions t< his prisoners, informing them of th< charge and his intention to take Dr Blanchard back to West Virginia foi triaL The doctor tore up the warran in his face, and indignantly denied th< charge. The doctor deemed an explanatioi t.VinfiA nhnnt him. and told th< 8toiy of his life. With much shrewd ness he guessed at the plot in whicl Lawyer Bliss and his Bons were so deep ly interested. When the doctor had fin ished, sturdy John Clyde, as spokesmai for the immigrants, said: "We don't need your explanation, doctor, to convince us of your inno oence. We believe in you and are readj to fight for you, though we one and al regret that our fighting will do no gooc at this time. But we can say this?w< do not propose to leave here till thii thing is settled." When Dr. Blanchard became calmer, he saw that resistance would be useless, and he reasoned that Bouton would not hesitate to enforce his command. Drawing Alice and Clara to one side he said "My children, there is nothing lefl but to submit to these men. Let us gc with them, and trust to heaven to shield us from the harm they contemplate." "We will go with you, father," said Alice, with her arms about his neck "We could not, would not remain back Keep good heart and succor will come I have faith m Louis Kyle." "As I have," replied the doctor. "But let us be getting ready." Believing that the ou laws would not dare to take them within reacn or tm law, and hoping that a rescue would Boon come, the doctor decided to leave all his effects not needed for immediate use in the care of John Clyda Clyde and his companions having made up their minds to remain where they were till the doctor's troubles were over, at once began preparations for a permanent camp. Promptly at noon Bouton came over, leading two saddle horses, Patch following with a pack mule intended to carry the "outfit" of the young ladies. "Doctor," he said, "you can ride your own horse for the present Come, we are waiting for you." The parting of the doctor and his daughters from the immigrants was sad in the extreme. Tho women clung to Alice and Clara, and the men could not check their tears as they held the old man's hand. John Clyde helped Alice and Clara to mount, hands were waved in adieu, and the march to an unknown destination began. All Bouton's men were in the saddle and waiting. Henry Kyle, pale and reticent, was at the rear of the line, where the pack animals were in readiness. The prisoners, for such they were, were placed in the center of the line. The cavalcade headed for the south and soon wound out of the valley of the Blue Water. Sim diss ana nis uruiua xum, uici the exultation over their success had subsided, began to ask themselves how their plans had been furthered and what remained to be done for their perfection. While the Bliss brothers were discussing the situation Bouton's brain was not "My children, there is nothing left but to szJjmlt." idle. Ho rode apart from his men, his head bowed and the reins dangling from the neck of his horse. He had the .habit peculiar to men who live much in solitude of thinking aloud, und on this occasion his thoughts ran something after this fashion: "The Kyles and the Weldons are one. There can be no doubt about that If . this dog, Sim Bliss, told me the truth? and I think he did?the Kyles are the heirs to that estate, and if they put in an appearance the Blanchards would be nowhere. If Henry and Louis Kyle were both dead, that estate would belong to their sister Nora and her husband, if she had one. I am supposing now that Valentine Kyle remains in exile, and he will if he's wise. The two Blanchard girls are pretty as pictures, but so is Nora. The man that gets Nora Kyle for a wife will strike the biggest kind of a bonanza. I think I see the gentleman. I think I see my way as straight as u string and clear as a trout stream." Mr. Bouton straightened up in the saddle, drew in the reins and urged his horse to that part of the line where Henry Kyle was riding, evidently in very low spirits. A neimv for vour thoughts.'' lauehed Bouton, reining in and pluyfully slapping Henry on the buck. Henry Kyle half turned and asked: "What do you propose to do with Dr. Blanchard's daughters?" "I haven't thought about them. I believe the Bliss brothers are enough interested in their welfare to see that no harm comes to them.'' "The Bliss brothers are natural born protectors, " sneered Henry Kyle. "If you don't think they can fill the bill, why don't you go in and give them your services? Here you are in the sulks instead of being delighted at our R. CALHOUN. ion. success?at the success of your own plana " "I am so delighted at the success of 3 my own plans that I feel like cutting 3 my throat" "Don't do that But why the foelr ing?" t "I didn't join this outfit to make war 3 on women and children. If this doctor and his son are prisoners and thieves, i let the Blisses pay us for our services 5 and take them away, though, to be . frank, I think it a put up job, and you i think the same thing." "We never had any doubt about that. . But the you_g ladies?what would you i do with them?" "lean take them to a place where ( they will be safe and well cared for." "Where is that?" r "My father's house." [ "I thought you were never going I back there again." ) "Then you thought wrong. Mymothj er lives, and so long as she lives she will reoeive me, and I will seek her out" "But supposing your brother falls in 5 love with the girl who has now your . heart?" Bouton chuckled and looked : out between the horse's ears. "I shall suppose nothing. I have not > been in the habit of considering the ef[ feet of my conduct My being here is the best Droof of that Excepting your 1 self and a few men of the same cast the members of this gang are creatures of impulse. We act, then think." Bouton bowed with a mock courtesy and rode to the rear of the line, where Font Robb and Patch had charge of the pack mules. He gave them some orders, then galloped to the head of the line, where the young Shoshone, Black Eagle, [ had command of the scouts. He remaini ed with the Indidns till the sun set. i By this time they had reached an i open valley, through which wound a i broad, shallow stream, the banks lined i with cottonwood and the grassy expanse ; broken here and there by clumps of cedar and mountain oaks. Bouton's trained eye at once fell on the proper position for a camp, and he dismounted from his horse. He sent a number cf the Indians into the surrounding hills to act as vedettes and wait till Dr. Blanchard came up with Alice and Clara. He would have helped the y6ung ladies to dismount had they not anticipated him and sprung from their saddles. "Fou will permit me, he said, with fk profound bow, "to be your humble servant so far as to take charge cf your hnroAfl " Ho took the bridles, and when all the party was up he instructed one of his men to stake the horses in a peninsula formed by a bend in the river, the long rawhide ropes giving ample space for grazing. Hugo fires were built, and from the packs provisions were taken for the evening meal. Dr. Blanchard gave no thought to himself. Anxiety for his beautiful daughters rent his heart, and for the time unmanned him. If he could have had assnrtiuces of their safety, ho would have willingly given up his own life, but such assurances could not be had. There was not in all the party a man to whom he oould look for help. Once, as he saw Henry Kyle passing, the impulse came to him to call to the young man and invoke his aid. Henry Kyle looked to be so different from the others that the doctor imagined he might be better, until he reeallc d that it was Henry Kyle who had come as a spy to their cartp on the plains and had afterward betrayed them. While he was thinking this over Clara laid her hand on his shoulder and whispered to him, as if she read his thoughts: "Might we not appeal to Henry Kyle?" From the first the handsome, graceful youth had made an impression on Clara, which she would blush to acknowledge to herself, but do what she would she could not banish him from her mind. The doctor shook his head and answered: "Why should we appeal to him? Does he not know the utter helplessness and misery of our situations?'' "He does, father, and yet something tells me he might be induced to aid us." ' 'If his own heart does not induce him, our words will not." "Would you let me try?" "No, my child. I cannot permit you to seek an additional indignity. Let us endure with patience till heaven sends us aid." The doctor drew Clara to his breast and kissed her beautiful white brow and left a tear on it The Indian pickets were recalled by three rifle shots following each other at *? i. r? regular intervals. x>iuen. jdu^io uuu uib ten Indians were ravenously hungry? the nomad Indian seems to have been born hungry, and there is no authentic record of his ever having eaten enough. Bouton was too prudent to feed his braves all they could eat. He caused to be set before them what he considered a "square feed." And when they had finished every fragment and licked the platters clean he drew the young chief Black Eagle to one side and said: "Black Eagle, you are the bravest man, whito or red, in the mountains. I want you to help me. I want you to take this white man, Dr. Blanchard, away from camp tonight" "And where am I to take him?" "I do not know, nor do I care, only this?he must never be seen again." "Not even his scalp?" "No." "It shall be as you say. When am I to return?" "As Boon us you can." "By daylight?" "That will do." "Good! My braves and I will rest. Wake us when you are ready," said Black Eagle. He went over and lay down among the dusky renegades, and Bouton sought out the Bliss brothers and sat down b< tween them. "Well," he said, with the expressio of a man who had got rid of a can "that point is settled." "What point?" asked Sim. "About the old man." "Going to send him off?" "Yes." "With whom?" "Injuns." "What will they do with him?" "Lose him." "Lose him!" echoed the twobrotheri "Without the ghost of the shadow c a doubt I wish we had the old man1 son in the same box." "But you are sure you can get him? This from Sim. AAwf nin XT rvtn m TT fn'nn/ln 1/ X JJL1 UOi UUIU? VJIT| UiJ &AAVUVIOV AV us rest till midnight" Bouton drew off his boots, wrapped blanket about bis shoulders and la down with his feet to the fire. He wt soon asleep; but though the Bliss brotl ers imitated his actions and attitude they could not sleep. They lay side b side, talking in whispers, and startin nervously when the wind, with stronge force, shook the boughs above thei heads or contended with the murmur in current near by. They were awake at midnight whe Black Eagle came over and roused Boc ton. They sat up and anxiously watche the movements of the two men. The Ir dians quickly saddled their horses, an Bouton went over to where the doctc lay awake, on the opposite side of th tree from his sleeping daughters. "Doctor," whispered Bouton, " want to speak with you. Come over t the fire." Anxious not to disturb his daughter? but-wondering much at the man's my? terious manner, the doctor obeyed him Instead of taking his victim to the fire Bonton conducted him to where Blac Eagle and his braves were standing be side their horses. At a signal from th leader Dr. Blanchard was seized, gag ged and bound on the back of one of th horses. So noiselessly was this done tha the men sleeping near by were not die turbed. The lithe figures swung into th saddles and the dread cavalcade crosses the stream and was swallowed in th darkness. chapter: xn. In the Prophet's cave, where slep Captain Brandon, Louis Kyle and How ard Blanchard, there was no variatioi of light to tell the changes that wen going on in the outer world. Thi Prophet had that rare gift, an intuitivi conception of the passage of tima Hi oarried no watch, and he but rarel] looked up at the sun, for which he hac as idolatrous a reverence as the fire wor shipers, who, in the far back ages in habited these mountains and kept theix sacrificial altars burning on the highest summit "Awake, arise! The Philistines be in I fV>o Pmnliof UlU UIUUGIOI DiiVjuutu uuv s. ?U|/UW| when the time allotted for 6lumber had passed. At the sound of the deep sonorous voice the men sprang from the ground, some of them Beizing theii arms in alarm. Howard Blanchard, whc was wholly ignorant of the methods ol 11 :s remarkable man, stared wildly about him as if expecting an attack. As the Prophet spoke he brought oui dried meat from the recesses that honeycombed the immense chamber, and setting the example' he would have the others fellow he ate heartily and filled a pouch slung over his shoulder. "See that your arms and ammunition are in good order. Gird up your loint as did the Gideonites of old, for, as my soul liveth, it will not fare well with them who beset our paths in these mountains." "We are all ready," said Captain Brandon. "It is welL Now, that we may advance with more rapidity, I have provided torches. Hero are three." He handed the captain, Howard Blanchard and Louis Kyle each one. "Light them at this altar." There was always a light burning on the altar when a fire was not blazing there. The Prophet lit four large earthen lamps, and placing one on each cornel muttered a prayer that sounded like an incantation, then shouldered his rifle and strode away in advanca To Howard Blanchard it looked as il their course lay into the heart of the Titanio cliff that towered above the entrance of the cav?, and such in truth was the case. On they went past the fountain where they had bathed that morning, and along gloomy galleries whose vaults the torches failed to revea] and whose black glistening walls looked like the mythical furoaoes of the lowei world in which the fire had been long extinguished. On and on and up and up, through this awful temple of silence, this cave of the shadows, this hiding place of night The lightest footfall echoed and re-echoed farther and farthei off till lost in shadowy whispers. Up and on, the chambers becoming smaller and the passages or galleries shorter and narrower, until at length the most slender had difficulty in getting through. Without any premonitory glimmer o! twilight the Prophet led them through a narrow opening and out into the golden sunlight and under the deep blue vault. "Thank God for the light!" exclaimed Howard Blanchard as he tossed awaj the smoking fragments of his torch. The Prophet waved his arms, and turning to Captain Brandon said: "Now you take the lead." "The horses are neaf by in the Pvnrvknf'o r?lon " ooul T-Atlic Pfrlp_ a owm ?-J *v. "Then we must go there first" The captain stepped into the advance, and within a mile he led them to a bowl shaped valley, in which were manj horses, the two herders left back by Lonii Kyle keeping watch over a number that were staked. "I have here horses and saddlet enongh for all. The plunderers do not lay hands on my property. " The Prophet went to a little hut near the centei of the valley and came out with three sets of equipments. In a short time all the horses necessary to give each man a mount wert saddled. The delight of tho herders, 2" who were hall centaurs, was unboun at being again mounted. n "Are you not going with us?" as Captain Brandon, seeing the Prop hold back. "Not unless you command it," e the Prophet "I cannot command if you ha^ better reason for going in another du tion." "Leave my own plan to mysel The Prophet raised his hands in be diction and said, with great solemn; * "May the God of Abraham and Is and Jaoob and all the prophets gu 8 you and watch over you. Amen i amen." Without halt, over hills, into vallc across streams, the men kept on il hours, Brandon in the advance i leading the rash of horsemen. In tl a On and on and up and up. L hours the horsemen reined in on j? summit of a hill, and the Indian v k had been in advance extended his a and pointing down said: e "See the fires in Bouton's camp!" "Let us dash on," said How, e Blanchard, eager to hasten to the res 1 of his father and sisters. h "No, no," said the captain. "Oc ? ness, not impetuosity, must win. 1 & must find out the situation and all ah 6 the force we have to contend with fore risking our lives." He was about to detail Louis E; ?n/l nn? nf f.Vio Tn/Hnno tn an intn 1 t valley on the soout when all were st . tied by hearing the approach of t j horsemen. Enjoining silence on I 0 men and drawing them back from t 0 trail, Captain Brandon dismounted. I B horsemen from the valley halted atx 0 the middle of the hill and 200 yards 1 T low the point occupied by Brando 1 party" Stay here, while I find out who the - people are, " said the captain, handi ' his bridhrttrdne of the herders. ; Without another word Captain Bri don disappeared in the darkness, and silent were his movements that they d not disturb the murmur of voices co: 1 ing up from below. More silent th the gentle night wind that swayed t > cedars along the mountain side, the a ' tain approached the horsemen, ind > tinctly visible between his eyes and t glow of the distant campflre. Meast ' ipg his distance by the sound of th< voices, he reached a point where ; oould make out every word and halt* - His fine ear detected and recognized t speakers as Robb and the renega > Patch. i "That's the solidest kind er sen Robb, but can you get through yerw< i what he took the Injuns in for and st i us out?" asked Patch. "Why, I thought he was goin to se l the doctor east with them lawj > ohaps?" "Waal, that shows you're about l green as they make 'em. Them lawj chaps wants the old man and nis e out of the way." "So's they may have the gals?" > "Not a bit of it. So's they may ha 1 a full swing at a lot of loot to whi i the Blanchards has title in West V ginia. I've overheard enough to cc i vince mo I'm right, but I can't see cl< : through it" i "Then, Font, it must be blamed ha: for I never seed a man so quick to i i through anything that had a glimir > of light in it as you," said Patch'ii complimentary tone. f "If I could," continued Font Rol > "I'd like to save the old doctor for a I and l'arn all about it" i "But why can't we do it?" asi > Patch. 5 "Cause if Black Eagle carries h i off tonight as I'm nigh shore he'll c 1 they'll take the other side of the v I ley"? "In the direction of the mountains r "Yes." t Captain Brandon had heard enou? , Leaving Bouton's pickets undisturt ! he hastened back to the party, and 1 he went he decided on his plan of actic "What did you learn?" asked t I anxious Louis, when the capt? 1 emerged from the darkness. I "I will tell you as we go back." "Go back?" "Yea You must come with n ' Howard, you take charge of the pai i in our absence." "How long will you be gone?" ask > Howard. "Not long if all goes well." Before Howard could ask anotl r question the captain and Louis Kj had vanished. As they went down t I hill the captain related what he h heard, and announced his purpose capture the two men and use them i > his own purpose. The object was overpower the outlaws before they cor give an alarm to their friends in t valley, and so well was this intenti 1 carried out that neither Patch nor Ro r could tell how he was seized a i thrown to the ground. ; "Not an outcry," said the captain he tied Robb's hands behind him. i "Resist and I shoot!" hissed Lot i Kyle, with one hand on Patch's r throat while the other held a pistol his head. i The ruffians were too much astc ished to resist In addition to bindi their hands behind them, the capte ) gagged them to prevent thoir maki an outcry. They were led back ded w"ere Howard Blanchard was anxic waiting. And that young gentle ^ for some minutes could not credit report when the captain told wha had dona ^d T0 BE CONTINUED. pisfcllitncous ftfadtai WATSON'S SPEECH, sne ity: Some Tart Sayings by the Georgia Popi aac Tom Watson made a rousing P a"* list speech to the convention of G gia Populists id Atlanta last w The speech was quite lengthy; 5y?? the following condensation of roJ most pithy sayings will give an of its tenor: 1166 Let us meet tonight in a spiri mutual respect, I pray you. Let t! be no partisanship tonight. Let man consider the welfare of partie parties?of the People's party or Democratic party merely as p 1/ names. But let every man here night be concerned for the welfar< the south and of the whole nation of the great common people. A great many people seem to tl that money was always here, j. trees and water and flowers and s and stars, and that it just happc so. A great many people believe God made money. God no n made a $10 bill than he did a penny nail, or a nickel than he di gingercake. The goverument a I the money. f God pity the country where ' subject is left entirely to the edi and to the politicians. We say this, that your public h , ways ought to be unshackled f 7*e robbers and the pirates, the raili kings, who now stand sentry at 1111 crossroads of commerce and levy 1 ute upon every traveler who pa , thereon. e I stand for the statesmanship wl seeks a new alliance for the sot i which seeks to lift up and put light of inspiration in her eyes; ^ statesmanship which endeavors hg. break her chains and to put new t in her heart; the statesmanship wl _je leads her to. cut loose from the eas and northern connection and mak< gg. alliance with the great west. wo In order to show to the west 1 the south meant business it was a the lutely necessary that when we ?he together in Washington in 1891 rat those western alliancemen stepped beh of the Republican party there sh< a's be some Democrats to step outside the Democratic party and thus si ^ the west that the south meant tc loyal and true. [Great applau Eleven congressmen from the \ m. stepped out of the Republican pa 3Q Thirty congressmen from the s( ^ had been elected and pledged, as m_ understood, to step outside of the < an cus and meet the men from the he When the test came how many v ip_ there who met the men from js_ west? One man, thank God! [. he he beat his own breast dramatical jr. "We don't ask you fellows Bir odde." That is the voice of the De he cratic party. They have taken >d. doctrine, but they don't like our < he tors. They are fond of our phj ^e but they don't like our physicii They want to run our ship, but t ae, want to expel our crew. They v x)l to run our train, but want to kick ' .? mi ?1 >nt engineer on. i ney say mey w fusion. So tbey do. It is the fu: nd that the earthquake makes' with rer city that it swallows. The St. Louis convention a as along, cut off half the ticket rer Democrats had named,* and the en on Democratic party is in misery beet it is discussing the problem?Is a a loaf better than no bread ? we We can vote for Mr. Bryan bees .ch he has been advocating our princi ir- and been running on our ticket, >n- because he stood with us in congi Jar But when you ask us to give our ? port to Mr. Sewall from the rigoi ee, realms of Maine, we respectfully s see We cannot afford to vote for ier Sewall. He does not represent i a platform, and he does not reprej our cause. )b, We are going to vote for Mr. Br bit whether you take Mr. Sewall oul not. I am going to try to so man :ed this campaign that William J. Br shall get the benefit of every sil i111 vote, even if Tom Watson goes to 1?? bottom. ol- , . FAITHFUL DOH. ?" Held His Point on a Bird, Though Bitte a Rattler. ed The loyalty of a well-bred poii as dog to bis work is remarkable. >n. writer in The American Field gives he following instance: tin "More than a month ago I was turning home from Old Dominii Kennel at White Post, Va., with latest purchase, Comrade, and wl ic. visiting my cousin in Elkhart, 111., ty morning, he wanted me to kill 1 some plovers. I drove out on ?d farm, taking Comrade with me. saw a bunch of plovers and tried sneak up to them, but they flusi ier keeping Comrade at heel, the bi flying close to some osage ora b? brush. While creeping up agaii ? - i ?J I l uu missed we aog, ana luotuug uuuj t0 saw bim on a stanch point (one or those twisted points with his b one way and his head the other.) ] knowing that .be was pointing I wi ed back and before I had taken ei steps the dog jumped back and cha !? ed his position, but held his point, then ran up and to my surprise he a rattlesnake, which had struck 08 the dog and was ready to strike ag . when I shot. Just after shooting cl ^ to the snake out flew a Bob Wh to The dog held, stood, never rushi but watched the bird fly away. )n_ then went to my spring wagon i drove as fast as I could to the towi ^ Elkhart. There I procured a pin whisky, mixed it with a pint of n and gave it to Comrade. The < then became drowsy, fell asleep and ing man never awoke until next morning, ap- tan Darentlv none the worse for the snake is " * he bite. He is at present here with me reft * in good condition, not showing any cha effect at all of the bite, but just a Ac ?? small scar above the eye." ma< . ^ "pr THE FATE OF OLD PIANOS. About 80,000 pianos are now being manufactured annually in America, Wlu and they are practically all for home Bl,8t# consumption. Last year only 810 in?PU" struments were shipped abroad. Most * leor- 0f them went to South America, but a ^ eek. few were seot to Germany. but We get from Europe far fewer pianos 1 ^ the even than we send there. There has idea been an effort made among fashionable ton folks to introduce here an English wa? t make; it is a fine instrument at home, here but it won't do for America, because, 1 no our climate is so much dryer than the half 58 as English that the wood shrinks and an" the warps here ruinously. ?xa arty Pianos seems to disappear from the aav to- world almost as mysteriously as pins ; t,0D 8 of perhaps, considering their size, the due and fact that the streets are not blocked 8ee with cast off pianos is more curious Prej link tha i that the face of the earth fails to href like 5e overlaid with pins. An experienced and kies jjew York dealer says that he has 8U? sned known of but three that were cut up P"1! that for kindling wood. Yet they often sell ah?' aore for little more than so much pine would mer ton- bring. One secondhand dealer says he 10 3 id a bought six last week for f 50. It is the ia.de ... af Am s\f tv*not Kaiiooq In folra nM in. I UUObuui V* uivov uvuovo w vonv viu iu struments and allow something for ?00 any them. The reduction is counted as *er ,tor8 almost dead loss, but it brings trade. tbei The old instruments are refitted and any 'gb- polished up, however, and sold again, by i rom To whom ? Where do they go ? Is the a "oad question. * the very "Well," says the dealer, "most of ?tb< krib- them go, but I can't tell why, to Phil- thei 18868 adelphia. Perhaps it is because there "( are so many boarding houses there. uen hicb Boarding bouses are the cheif refuse of ,lb > secondhand pianos. Then there is a the good deal of business in Philadelphia Pe 1 tbe in selling them to country people all 'n 10 over the land. Men that go into that 8elli 'PPe branch of trade can get pianos pretty Per hich cheap, for the first class houses some- C?.UI tern times get so overloaded with tbem 1810 3 an that they are almost willing to pay to have them carted away." T that , t , phy Man She Would Marry.?"I nev- js0? , er Jiear a young girl say, as young e t girls are fond of saying," observed an Pre juld ?'d lady? on fcbe 8Ummer boarding :P 3 Qf house piazza, "what sort of man she ? ^ow will marry, and what sort only, that . ( I do not think of certain speeches to ? tt 1 which I, myself, have listened from . 't pretty lips before this. A school ,eas rt friend of mine so held New Jersey in uf^ iuth detestation that she tore its map from <<( we her geography. She used to say that ? Jau_ nothing would induce her to marry .? ? ??on nroo Q wi^ATFOr Af WAPA 'est a UiOU TT UV T? MU M VVAUVff w* it v. v J ^ere a wi?> ?r lived in New Jersey. And aD(,1 t^e the man of her choice was guilty of ^n(j all these three enormities. I used to jv -I talk over my future with two cousins. . I would not marry a business m*:o, I -Ji?? said. Kate would not think of a cler- .* our gyman, or Carrie of a farmer. And joc. we married, respectively, a business . man, a clergyman and farmer. It is iag( in0' all like a smart young American 'help' } jje ' in my grandmother's kitchen, who anxi was wont to declaim to us children on tjje the scorn in which she held all men, A t always winding up with her denuncia- , ? 3jon tion of the sex by: 'No, I wouldn't ^ 1 marry any man that walks on two J?e:p legs.' And she didn't. She married day ame a one-legged man."?New York Sun. a? Have You Youe Thousand Doliuse LARS ??"Great Britain's aggregate ^9 e half wealth >8 estimated at $47,000,000,000, ier France $42,000,000,000, Germany $31,iuse 000,000,000, Russia $25,000,000,000, ples Austria $19,000,000,000, Italy $14,000,and 000,000, Spain $13,000,000,000, and , ess. ^v?0 smaller European governments ^ !Up^ at $30,000,000,000 aggregate, while the 6 ous same statistician gives the United j"! t0p States credit for $64,000,000,000 and a jyjr our census of 1890 make it $68,000,- ?re 1 0UJ. 000,000, and the increase since is esti- ,ear ,ent mated to bring it up to $72,000,000,- 1} e,( 000." ?ucl] oti/Mm Qtafomonf Vioq h?An crtinc yan J-"c ? ? o?o ti7 ; or the rounds. It may be assumed that ** age it approximates the truth. If it is E .I van correct that would give each inhabitant W*\I( lver of the United States $1,000. That is anc* tjjg a fine general showing. That means time that each family of five persons would an?* have property of some sort worth tw,c $5,000. But how does the case stand ? a "e When one small family like that of 1 nby Cornelius Vanderbilt, owns about czar $150,000,000 of this property, it means iter that 29,990 small families have nothing. "on A So when a man and his family are ^ m the worth only a $1,000,000 it means that 199 familes have nothing. It is not an<* re- want of wealth, but the unequal dis- P dei'a tribution of the same that is going to my bring the next great trouble to this bile country.?Spartanburg Spartan. pi0 1 one ? ? ? slice bim Bicycle "Slang."?It is a matter doze his of surprise that the universality of the wat< I bicycle has not produced an extensive a . ^ to vernacular. As a matter of fact, the Wlt^ led, "slang" expressions in general use, as j>ra" rds gathered by a cotemporary, are but bro^ nge few. Cyclist is a legitimate and com- mak q I prehensive word that is shorter than cow ? I wheelman or wheelwoman. In far i of away New Zealand, the awful word 86? ody "cyclodonna" has been coined as a <luar Not substitute for wheelwoman. In many a C01 ?lk- western towns the fair rider is called be n ght a "bloomer," without regard to her Hun: .ng- costume. The word "scorcher," as Chris I indicating a speedy cyclist, is fairly 8U0b ard engrafted upon the language. In Chris at Chicago, however, the "scorcher" is but t lain called a "scoot." lose The technicalities of the machine ite. have led to attempts upon the part of hay,1 ng, young men to coin expressions. "Your ver I tire is punctured," indicates that the Farn and story you are telling lacks the proba- dang l of ble element of truth. Reckless statet of ments are called "coasting." A very |& lilk ancient yarn is not a "chestnut," but his b dog a "century." A young couple shar- to sfa a mutual fondness are "riding dem." A man leading a fast life geared too high." An old fogy is >rred to as a "high wheel." A peron is known as a "pacemaker." heap bicycle is called a "gas-pipe" chine. A professional racer is a o." THE NEW WIRE TIES. >t la Thought of the Teat Bale Shipped to Charleston. 'he following in regard to the wireI cotton bale shipped to Charleston be thoroughly tested appeared in i News and Courier of last Sunday. The 'wire bound bale' was on CotT7i i i r i?j? ?j niAuuuugu wuun yeaieruuy ?uu i carefully examined by. dozens of on men, brokers, exporters, specurs, samplers and roustabouts. The ) stood the scrutiny and the .talk seemed (when a reporter, who bad mined it the day before, came) to e swelled with conceit at the atten. This was found, however, to be to the lossening of one wire tie to how the bagging had stood the isure under the wire. No serious iking of the baling was noticeable the wire was generally pronounced icient in strength and size for the poses. 'But'?and it was said by ut all who saw the bale?'the farwho wires his cotton will lose 20 0 cents a bale for the privilege, and irein is the benefits of the change ?' The identical arguments made by itton man in The News and Couron Saturday were reiterated and e was not a man who could see possible advantage to be gained viring the cotton. It was 'fighting ust,' to be sure, they said, but at same time they were favoring anir trust and actually depriving nselves of a small revenue. One exporter and a very promit and progressive business man shingly said be would like to han~ the crop wired. His plan would o have the wires changed to ties he compress?and the difference in ng price would net him 26 cents bale, this estimate taking no ac t of the wires, which would cerly be worth something. buly a Helpmate.?The young sician was tired when he returned a his evening's calls, but as he setback in his easy chair, and his ity wife of only a month or two c a seat beside him, he asked, aflfecately : And has my little wife been loneOh, no," she said, animatedly, "at k not. vprv T'vft Romethinc to 7 *"w* * J * " ?r o ? j myself with." [ndeed ?" he said. "What is it?" Dh, I'm organizing a class. A lot oung girl? and married women are , and we're exohanging experiences teaching each other how to cook." S^hat do you do with the things cook ? he asked, interestedly. Dh, we send them to the neighbors, to show them what we can do. re's one lodging house gets most of It's great fan." Dear little woman," he said, lean>ver and kissing her. "Thoughtfal rour husband's practice; always ious to extend." necdote of general shields.? late General Shields was fond of ng the following story; "I rememparticularly well that on the 13th of September, 1847, the American y found itself before the ramparts ie city of Mexico. The city coned 200,000 inhabitants, and was nded by 30,000 disciplined sols, yet 6,600 American soldiers sed the ramparts and captured city. Can you show me any r instance of the kind in history ? ! recollect an old English militaire was there, and after be looked at little band, be said, 'Is this the y?' 'Yes.' 'Well,' said be, 'all ve to say is this: You Americans not only the bravest people I ever d of, but the most audacious peo)n God's earth, to come here with an army as that!'" ho Owns the Earth ??The >eror of Russia has one estate ;h covers over 100,000,000 of acres, ?t- - ?2? 2 _ ??a4 mama ^ Vin r\ 4KwaA WL1IUU IBj IU IttCt) UJU1C tuou cuk;v s as large as England ; and he has her estate which is more than e the size of Scotland. But an in London is better than 100,000,acres in the Russian steppes. The 's biggest estate brings him in $380,000 a year. Land in Lonhas been sold in recent years for iuch as $5,000 a square yard. An at that price is worth $25,000,000, the interest on that sum, at only er cent, is $675,000. emedy Foe Milk Fever.?A sim emedy for milk fever is to pare, and boile until soft, about one in good sized onions in a pot of sr with a handful of salt. Take it one quart of wheat flour, mix cold water to a thin batter, stir ually into the boiling onions, ti and all. Add water enough to e a thin drink and give it to the at the temperature of blood heat. " There can be no such thing as a relsome resentful Christian. It is itradiction of terms. There can o such thing as a proud Christian, lility lies at the foundation of the stian character. There can be no thing as an exclusive, censorious 3tian. There may be form, indeed, ;he spirit is not there. "'You have an immense atnount of " observed the visitor at the clomeadow farm. "Ya-as," said aer Redneck; "but there ain't a ; thing t' feed it to but bicycles." * A man too busy to take care of ealth is like a workman too busy larpen his tools. * /