ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEBK?WEDNESDAY AND SATUHDAT. l. m. okist & sons, Pubiithen. } % ^amilg ftcrosgaijer: 4or |[? promotion off thg gclitical, facial, Agricultural and ^ommemial Interests of the gtmth. {TEB,'lLs:o?l,c(joprYTHREEcents'1"' VOLUME 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1896. NUMBER 68. BY ALFRED ] Copyright, 1896, by American Press Assoclatlo CHAPTER XVI. We left Henry Kyle in charge of Bonton's camp. Scarcely had Boutcn departed when Kyle went to Alice Blanchard and informed her that he was about to leave. He advised the sisters to depart with him, but they resolutely declined to trust to his good faith. Going to where his saddled horse stood waiting him, Henry was in the act of mounting when he heard some one creeping toward him. A flash of lightning from an approaching storm revealed Patch. The report of Henry's pistol and a clap of thunder followed simultaneously. Then he mounted and galloped for the mountains. Henry Kyle's shot unfortunately did not take effect on the would be assassin. Patch was untouched, but thoroughly frightened. When the horse galloped off, Patch sat on the ground and felt all his limbs to mate sure he had not been hurt When he became satisfied on this point, his spirits and his courage rose ' -wonderfully. Ho was saved a job that from the first he did not like, not because he would hesitate to do murder, but because, like all men of his class, he was at heart a coward. He went directly to the place where the sisters were sitting, and when within a few feet of them he threw himself on the ground, saying at the same time: "This is a mighty dark night, ladies." The ladies made no reply, whereupon he repeated: "It's a mighty dark night, ladies, and looks as if we mout have right smart of a storm." Still no reply. "Don't you hear me?" he asked angrily. "We do," replied Alice. "Then why don't you speak?" "Why should we speak?" "Because it's perlite, and when I ax a civil question of a man or woman, blow me, but I like a civil answer." "But you did not ask a question. You simply volunteered an opinion," said ?* xl 1 A A. .Alice wun tne ciuiiiijosm ui iuu? uuat the manes of the horse's. It was so dark that they could not see the opposite bank and so had to be guided wholly by the frantic shouting and shooting behind them. The instinct of the horses served them welL The animals, though forced to swim down 200 yards by the mad current, kept their nostrils pointed to the opposite shore and went on till they stood dripping on the oth( r batik. R. CALHOUN. I i n" s 41 Away from the camp"!'' replied ^Uice fc in answer to her sister's question. "We a know not a destination. We must only d think of the place we fly from. Our des- d tination cannot be worse than our starting point. The kind Providence that has t so far aided us must still be our reliance ( and our guide." c They had no fear of immediate pursuit, for they knew that the horses were f beyond the control of the outlaws and $ that it would be impossible for them to t get them together before daylight They also knew that Bouton and his men o were in the mountains, as were Black c Eagle and his warriors, but recapture a would not, oould not, make their condi- a tion worse. The sisters kept their horses t close together?so close that they could t have talked had not their hearts been c too full for utterance. 1 They rode from the time they left e the river at a quick walk. The tenden- t cy of the horses was to dash away, but fc they submitted to the restraint of the bit. i "We may have to test their speed," said Alice when starting off, ' 'so let us ^ reserve their strength." a They could tell when they entered the mountains by the movements of their c horses. Indeed they reasoned that they a were on a traiL Whether this trail led y to friend or foe they knew not?only r the future could telL Just as the day a was breaking both horses came to a halt c and no urging could force them on. a "Let us dismount till the sun is up," a said Alice, and she set Clara an exam- c pie by springing from her horse and taking the bridle on her arm. v They had not long to wait They h could see the shadows rising from the t mountains and the darkness multiply in the depths of the fearful gulf on whose brink they stood. They were on the edge of a chasm, or "canyon," as it was y called in that land. It was one of those profound rifts peculiar to the inoun- t tains of western America. They had brought their horses to a convenient y rock in order to get into the saddle n again, for they were weary and their garments were heavy with moisture, when both were startied by hearing the tl tramping^of horses and the sound of h men's voices. Nearer and nearer came the riders?more and more distinct became the pounding of the iron covered a hoofs on the flinty rocks. d "Alice! Alice!" cried Clara. "That is father's voice." ii "Father's voice!" echoed Alice, her & ears telling her that her sister was not mistaken. c "Yes, and Howard's and the captain's and John Clyde's." "Yes, yes; I hear them." Then she raised her voice and with eager joy shouted: "Father! Father! Howard!" "My daughter!" came the impassion- ! ed response. The pounding of hoofs became quicker, and now they could hear the jingle of bridles and the snorting of the approaching horses. The girls caught sight of the riders, but the awful canyon yawned between them. V . I CHAPTER XVTL * J !1? ru. JMO language can aescriue ui. ciautuard's joy at sight of his daughters. Iu his eagerness to clasp them to his breast he would have rushed into the canyon had not Captain Brandon restrained him. "Let me go to my childrenI'! cried t< the delighted old man. "Seel They are h reaching out their hands to me." E "The canyon separates us," said the 0: captain. "Wait till we have spoken tJ with them." d Alice saw at a glance the futility of F attempting to join the party at that t< point, and she knew that the same ob- 8j Btruction prevented them coming to her a side. u Mutual congratulations passed back and forth, and, atCuptain Brandon's re- c quest, Alice told of their escape and the C( condition in which they left Bouton's h camp. n "Remain where you are, "said the a captain when Alice had concluded the g| brief but thrilling story of their flight, y, "Hide in the shadow of that rock and e< we will come to you." ti "How long before you c^n reach us?" ^ said Alice. n "It will take till the middle of the nftprnnnn tn flank the head of the can- re yon, but keep up a good heart." tl "Would it not be better for us to go ai and meet you?" C? "No. Though if there were no danger ^ in the way, I would consent. We know tl Where you are now. Should you leave, b: wo might not be able to find you." st "And what are we to do with the ec horses?" w "If you can find grass near by, let fr them graze. I sec you have riatas fastened to the saddles," said the captain, tl With words of encouragement the party rode off, Dr. Blanchard remaining vt in the rear, and every few paces he turned to look back at his daughters and f to wave his hand to them. A cloud seemed to come up from the canyon and ri settle on the landscape when the good g{ white head disappeared. rc The girls found a little space close by in covered with nutritious bunch grass, d, and here they secured the horses, tying them so that they could graze. They tl found a rock walled cave in the glen ir where they could sit, or, if they chose, si lie down with comfort, but though much C1 fatigued the novelty of the situation, hi tho recent happy meeting and the de- u ightful anticipation of soon being wil heir father and brother again kept the: .wake. The same feelings prevent* hem thinking of food or the fact thi he only water for miles around wi oaring in the inaccessible depths of tl anyon. The day was very hot The rod ;listened along the volcanic summits i f they were becoming ignited and mu oon burst forth in lurid flames. Tl teated air rose up in shimmering wav< nd looked as if it were panting. Tl Listant landscape became fantastic ar Listorted. "Can we not find some place whe: here is a little water or air?" askt llara, her brow beaded and her cheel rimsoned with the heat "We might" replied Alice, "but eel it is better to endure where we a: afe than to venture out wnere some he outlaws may see us." As in all things, Clara yielded to th pinion and drew closer into the str i shadow made by the rock towerir .bove them. They had just settled dow gain to endure with patience the swe ering heat when both were startled I he actions of the horses. The anima eased to be languid, and now, with d ating nostrils, heads erect and frigh ned eyes, they locked up the walls < he glen directly above where the si era were sitting. "What can it be?" asked Clara, lool ng anxiously about her. "We cannot see from here," replie llice. "Let us go out where the hor? re." They rose and were walking to tl enter of the glen, when, to the mazement, the horses started bac rith snorts of alarm and tugged at tl cr.ee till they snapped like pistols. Ali< aw the danger and ran forward 1 atch and soothe the animals, but befoi he could reach them they had turnc nd sped away as only frightened horai an. "Can you see anything?" asked Alio rho ignored the loss of the horses i er anxiety to learn what frightene hem. "I think I see a man," gasped Clan "That is a shdaow," said Alice. "But it moves. Seel It comes th ray." As they watched the shadow it roi ill it looked as if cast by a giant. "That can't be a man," said Alio rho still retained her fine presence < lind. "What do you think it can be?" "It might be some animaL Beth hat than any of Bouton's people ] as disappeared.,'' "But why remain here, sister?" "Why fly from a shadow, Clara? sked Alice, encircling her sister's slei er waist to give her confidence. "It is not a shadow, sister. There 3! See its glaring eyes and hangin Dnguel" Alice looked up the rocks and sa1 oming down one of those mountai m ' ^ ?1 It was too late to retrace their steps. jrrors, a grizzly bear. Neither of thei ad ever seen such a monster befor< lut while crossing the plains they ha ften heard Captain Brandon descrit ae fierce creature's appearance and coi net, so that now they recognized hire 'or the moment they were frozen wit jrror. The instant the grizzly caugl: ight of them he rose on his haunche ud 6ent forth a series of growls ths idicated his humor. At the sound of his voice Alice an lara, with shrieks of alarm which the }uld not restrain, ran out of the gler olding each other's hand They ho 0 time to discuss the line of fligh: .way?any place to get out of the mor er's reach! After running about 20 irds they stopped for breath and lool 1 back. To their horror, the animc aveled faster than themselves an as now only 50 yards away and stil filing after them. Seeing that they stood, the grizzl; jse again on his haunches and surveye lem with his fierce eyes. They wer aout to fly on again. A huge rock on th inyon wall rose a short distance aheari id at the same instant they realize* lat this could only be turned by goin, ick. But it was too late to retrace thei eps. They stood, white faced and clasp I in each other's arms, resigned to th orst, when they heard a ringing voic om the other side of tho chasm. "Come closer to the canyon?outoi mt projecting rock." They saw the rock and obeyed th< rice. "Lie down! Lie down and do no ar,'' rang out the same confident tones This was the opportunity the younj fleman sought. With a rapidity tha ire tho explosions almost a coutinuou tt rr_i_ .if?t a tar, nenry rvyie uiscnargeu ma xcpvui if? rifle. The animal remained erec iring this deadly fusillade. As they lay down Clara looked acros to abyss and saw Henry Kyle stand ig like a statue with his riflo to hi lonlder. The grizzly came on?came s< ose that they imagined they could fee is hot, fetid breath in their faces. A halloo from over the canyon Jhe bea :h rose again on its haunches and just on m the brink of the wall that dropped with k! a shear perpendicular fall to 1,000 feet at below. The rifle cracked. The bear totas tered as it attempted to bring down its ie ponderous fore feet The blood spurted 'is from its mouth. It tried to cling from as the angular rock; but failing, it sent up Bt an awful roar and plunged into the io black abyss. es "Get back!" shouted Henry Kyle, io ' 'That danger is over." id The sisters obeyed him, and, with the impassable chasm between them and re him, they looked at each other in silenca d Alice was the first to speak. ?S "For myself and sister let me thank fan for this brave and most opportune 1 act," she said, with a gracious bow. re >"" upponune u cercaiiuy wiis, uui iram Df my position I could hardly call it brave. I pan assure you, however, that had I is been on that side I would have acted in ip jtfst the same way," replied Henry, tg lAlice was beginning to feel that they n con Id trust the man who had just secur1 ed them from an awful fate. >y ' 'Take this course,'' said Henry Kyle, Is pointing in the direction opposite to i- that from which the captain was expectt ed, "and halt when it is dark. Before daylight you will find a friend who will s- take you to your father." "But what if we take the other i- course?" . "I can hardly expect you to believe (d me when I say that if you take the otb28 er course you will be in Bouton's power again before the sun sets." le Henry Kyle shouldered his rifle and ir moved as if anxious to continue his ik march. le "We shall remain here," said Alice, ?e "and think over what you have told to us." re Henry Kyle made no reply to this. k! He hesitated for a moment, then raised 38 his cap and was soon lost to sight among the rocks. The sisters sat down in the e, shadow of a rock and discussed the situn ation. As usual, Alice had her way, sd but, curiously enough, this way lay in the course suggested by Henry Kyle. At 1. heart she believed that the young man wanted to befriend them. is If anything, the air seemed to grow hotter. The were on foot and not accusk> tomed to walking. They were hungry, and their thirst became a torture. Hand 2, in hand they struggled on, the sharp rf rocks cutting through their shoes and Via otiti hlioVa-ritifi tlioir fnaao nnH linnrlft A short time before sunset they discover ered some water in the hollow of a rock, [t and though it was anything but cool they drank it and bathed their faces in it with a sense of satisfaction and relief " such as they had never before experii enced. They rose to their feet and were it about to resume their indefinite march ig when they heard the tramping of horses and the unrestrained voices of men sv down the hill. Their recent familiarity n with danger had wonderfully increased their self possession. Secreting themselves as well as they could, they reached a position from vhich they could see the slope of a mountain stretching away beneath them till lost in the shadows of the valley. They saw Black Eagle and his warriors, and in their midst they saw the prisoner, Louis Kyle TO BE CONTINUED. | ANECDOTE OF OENERAL LEE. Our regiment (61st North Carolina) had been fighting around Cold Harbor for four days with almost nothing to CHI, 11I1U tut? meu were aiuiuot uiuivou down when the welcome order came to march to the rear for rest and food. We had drawn our ratious and were scattered about under the trees resting, when a plainly dressed old gen^ tleman came along and sat down on d the root of the tree under which Anse ie Daniels, myself and half dozen others i- were lying. He seemed very social l. and was soon engaged in a brisk conh versation with Anse. We were much it surprised a little later when a courier is addressed him as General Lee; but, it as he had been so familiar with us, we were not much awed by his rank, d Wounded men were constantly be7 ing brought in, and a self-important i. young doctor ordered us all to leave' d as he wished to perform an operation i under the tree. As General Lee i- seemed in no hurry to go, we paid 0 little attention to the doctor until he > ordered us away the second time d using some very forcible language, d General Lee said in a mild tone: d "Go ahead, doctor; these men have been fighting for four days, and there J is shade enough for us and you 'too." d The doctor replied that he didn't e care anything about what we had e beeu doing, that we had all better be l> off in short order. "And you, too," d turning to General Lee. ? The doctor now stepped off a short r distauce for something he needed, and met an officer who had heard the last 6 part of the conversation. "Doctor, do you know who you .were talking to a moment ago?" said a he. "No, some impertinent old cuss," 9 replied the doctor. "You are mistaken, it was General 1 Lee " * "General Lee! I'm ruined," ex* claimed the doctor. Back he came as humble as he had before been arrogant, and with the t most profuse apologies. General Lee heard him quietly aud replied : "No apologies at all doctor ; just go and attend to your work." ^ 5^" The singular punishment of big^ amy in Hungary is to compel the man f to live together with both wives in one r house. / JUtsccUaitrous Reading. ; - i TO THE CRUWD ON THE STREETS. i i Eloquent Address to an Overflow Meeting Near Madison Square. Candidate Bryan is never at a loss 1 for something to say, and somehow it seems that be seldom repeats him- < self. In the Madison Square garden at the notification meeting, there were j between 15,000 and 20,000 people. They all heard the great speech of acceptance which was printed in our last issue. But outside the garden . there were 10,000 or more other people who were unable to crowd into the building. These also wanted to hear the great Democratic idol, and realizing the fact, Mr. Bryan mounted the ' balcony of an adjoining hotel, imme- j diately after closing bis other speech i and spoke as follows : 1 "Fellow citizens: I cannot do more 1 than to express to those who are assembled here our deep appreciation of the interest which the people of New < York are taking in the campaign which is now formally opened. [Great applause and cheers.] When I left home ; I told the people at the depot that I . was coming to open the campaign in t what was thought to be the heart of ( the enemy's country. [Applause and , cries of "Oh, no."] but which I hoped ( before the campaign was over would , be our country. [Cheers and applause.] ( "Our hopes have been realized ; sooner than we expected [enthusiastic applause,] and wherever the enemy goes after this he will be in our coun- . try, no matter where he is. [Tremen- j Isvnsv on/1 onntinnpH uuus nppiauoc auu xuug uuu wuv.MWv%. cheering.] Some of our financiers j have boasted that they were in favor of gold, but you shall teach them that they must carry their ideas far enough to believe not in gold, but in the golden rule that treats all men alike. : [Great applause.] "I commission you all as soldiers to , fight and as missionaries to preach wherever you go from now until election. [Cries of 'We will! We will!' , and great applause.] Our opponents in the Democratic party have been threatening to organize a gold standard Democratic party. [Hisses.] But be not afraid ; you will search the pages of history in vain to find a battle ever won by any army of generals. ' [Great applause and laughter.] They have not a private in their whole ' ranks. [Laughter and cheers.] Now, . my friends, I want you to set to your opponents an example which they have not set to you. They have said that they represent the respectable , element of society. Teach them that respectability cannot be manifested by . slandering every man who differs from them in opinion. [Applause.] "And now, my friends, I leave with you just one injunction. In this gov- j ernment every citizen is a sovereign ^ [applause,] and those upon whom the ( responsibilities of citizenship rest owe j it to themselves, to their country and ( their God to exercise the right of suffrage for the benefit of their coun- j try. [Great applause.] I beg of you , to do it. [_Appiauae.j "I beg you to do it, not only to investigate, but find out what is right, and I beg you every one to have the courage to vote your sentiments and let your ballot register a free man's will. I thank you for your kind attention." [Tremendous applause and long-continued cheering.] THE METEORIC SHOWER IN 1833. "It was certainly not only the privilege of a life-time, but of a millennium to be an eye witness of such a stupendous and resplendent spectacle." So says Rev. J. W. Scott of Atlanta; and so say I, who was 8 years old at the time of its occurrence, November 13, 1833, though a septuagenarian in 1806. Perhaps all persons have seen at times a darting meter shoot across the sky, leaving a streak of light in its course. Multiply such a scene by the number of stars visible on the clearest night, and then multiply this by tbe moments and you have a grand product indeed. Such was the spectacle on the night in question. The "falling star" as my boyish fancy took them to be, were deceuding in all parts of the heavens, as if the whole crop of stars were ? shaken down at once, to be followed by another crop each moment of time. ?, Truly it was a most magnificent scene, as the hour slowly wore away, till Aurora paled the meteor's light and ^ the "king of day" shut out the view forever! 1 Astronomers have much to say about ? this unparalled exhibition. We do ^ DOt propose 111 LUIS JJiipci tu cuin IUW their disquisations and speculations on the subject, but to show some effects the phenomenon produced among the d children of men on that occasion, h Under the impression that the day of c fioal judgement had come, many per- d sous were strangely wrought upon, si One good woman left her home, and v with hasty steps made for the grave- ii yard, a quarter of a mile away, shout- 1 ing hallelujah as she ran and exclaim- si ing, "Now I shall see my children o rise, and we'll go to glory together." a Thousands were reported as having u been led to prayer, and some couver- li sions occurred, followed in after years si by a holy life and a happy death, n Some wore thrown into convulsions tl aud in rare instances death ensued, a A rich slaveholder was reported to p have been aroused by the noisy tumult w among his hundred Negroes, some ti shouting and others frantic with terror, si Alarmed himself, he resorted to strate- is gem to compose his people: "Uncle Joe, you are a preacher, do you watch the 'seven stars' and the 'ell and yard,' and when you see them fall, come into the 'big house,' and we 'will have a word of prayer.'" A merchant, wellknown to the writer, had broken with his partner in business. There was a fearful want of agreement, in their accounts. But when he saw the heavens aglow, be got out the ledger, saying, "I and Nick must settle; I and Nick must settle!" As he passed out of bis door he met his lame Negro, Jim, and said, "Jim, you are free, yes, Jim you are free." And on he went to settle with his late partner. This he did speedily by correcting some false entries he had made. But when morning came, and the sun 3bone out as at other times, he again met Jim and said, "Jim, the weather is cold, you had better go to the woods and cut a few loads; the wagon will be out by-and-by." Nick, however, was happy over his settlement. THE WORLD'S TALLEST STRUCTURES. The tallest chimney was built at Port Dundas, Glascow, Scotland, 1857 to 1859, for F. Townsend. It is the highest chimney in the world (454 feet,) and one of the loftiest masonry structures in existence. In Europe there are only two church steeples that exceed this structure in height? namely, that of the Cologne Cathedral [510 feet,) and that of the Strasburg Cathedral (468 feet.) The great pyramid of Gizeb was originally 480 feet, although not so high at present. The [Jnited States out-tops them all with its Washington monument, 550 feet bigh, and the tower of the Philadelphia public buildings, which is 587 feet high. The Eiffel tower at Paris, France, surpasses all other terrestial metal structures, with its altitude of nearly 1,000 feet. The "great tower" for London, England, in course of con~ f TT TV ? Jtruction irom designs 01 nenry ua.vey, C. E., will out-top all metal structures, being built of steel, and its extreme height will be 1,250 feet when finished. The highest and most remarkable metal chimney in the world is erected et the imperial foundry at Halsbrucke, , aear Freiberg, in Saxony. The height m this structure is 452.6 feet; it is 15.74 feet in internal diameter, and is situated on the right bank of the Mulde, at an elevation of 219 feet ibove that of the foundry works, so that its total height above the sea is ao less than 711.15 feet. The works ire situated on the left bank of the river, and the furnace gases are conveyed across the river to the chimney )n a bridge through a pipe 3,227} feet n length. The highest office building in the world is the Manhattan Life Insurince company's of New'York city. [ts height above the sidewalk is 347 eet, and its foundations go down 53 eet below the same, being 20 feet i lelow tidewater level, making a total >f 400 feet. The foundations consist )f 15 masonry piers, and are carried jy the same number of steel caissons, rhe latter were sunk to bed-rock by ;he pneumatic process. The canti ever system was used for the founda;ion.?Machinery. Do You Know??Do you know hat every cruelty inflicted on an aninal in killing or just before death joisons to a greater or less extent its neat? Do you know that every cruelty inlicted upon a cow poisons to a greater >r less extent its milk ? Do you know that fish killed as soon is taken from the water by a blow on he back of the head will keep longer md be better than those permitted to lie slowly? Do you know that birds destroy milions of bugs, that without the birds we tould not live on the earth, ?nd that ivery little insect eating bird you may till and every egg you may take from ts nest means one less bird to destroy nsects ? Do you know that a checkrein which vill not permit a horse to put bis head vhere he wants to when going up a till is a cruel torture to the horse? Do you know that the multilation of . horse by cutting off his tail compels tim to suffer torture from flies and inects every summer as long as he ives ? Do you know that every kind act ou do and every kind word you speak o a dumb animal will make not only he animal but yourself happier, and 1 ?. ot only make you nappier out aiso etter??Geo T. Angell, in Our Dumb inimals. Sleepless Draughts.?An English octor, writing about sleep and sleep;ssness, observed that the state narotics produce is not sleep, but a conition of narcotism that counterfeits leep, adding, "When a man says, 'I ;ant a quiet night, I will take asleepig draught,' he speaks in parables, 'o express the fact plainly, he should ay, 'I want a quiet night; I cannot btain it by going to sleep, or I am fraid to trust to the chances of natral rest, so I will poison myself a ttle, just enough to make me unconjious, or to slightly paralyze my erve centres, not enough to kill.' If lis fact could be kept before the lind, the reckless use of drugs which roduces a state that mocks sleep 'ould be limited." The state of inacon which is brought about by natural eep is very different from that which produced by paralysis of any degree.