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# % ZSSUXIX) TWICE A. WBEK?WEDJJESIDAY AND SATURDAY. l. m. grist & SONS, Publishers. } % ^amilg gltrcsgagcr: 4or (llt promotion af the political, JSotial, Agricultural, and (Eomm^iial Interests of the ?outh. {TER CT^TTOE^cjS^"^ VOL. 42. ~ YOEKVILLE, S. O., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 189(1 NO. 71. - ' 1 ?i^?i? ??????? BY ALFRED ] Copyright, 1896, by American Press Assoclatlo CHAPTER XXL Throughout all the trouble Captain Brandon had shown himself to be tireless and patient If he ever felt fatigue, he nover spoke of it nor did he show it by any lessening of his amazing energy. If he ever lost heart, as he might well do in the face of the continued and ever increasing troubles, he succeeded in keeping his depression to himself. From the first he was hopeful, and when others got low spirited he cheered them up and strengthened them with assurances of final success. When he pushed his way to the place where he had seen Alioe and Clara from the opposite sido of the canyon and found them missing, he gave no sign of impatience. To the doctor, who was nearly dis oonsolate, the captain saia: "There is good reason for their leaving. Let us try to find their traiL " They were engaged in this work when they discovered Black Eagle's Indians and at the same time caught sight of the two girls between the two lines. They charged down and met Clara flying toward them. She was caught in the captain's arms, and Howard Bl&nchard was for pressing on, but the captain, seeing that the Indians outnumbered them three to one, called a halt and prudently got his men under cover of the rooks. They saw Alice being carried off, but they did not dare to fire on the men surrounding her for fear of doing her harm. As soon as it was dark Captain Brandon cautioned his little band to remain where they were while he crept down to ascertain the position and force of the enemy. Clara was so much unnerved and fatigued that it was found impossible to go on with her that night, and so, making virtue q necessity, it was agreed to remain where they wero till morning. Soon after dark, to the surprise and joy of all, the Prophet entered the camp, and in reply to John Clyde's question ? as to where he came from he replied: J. nave uuiuu up u^ou uuu u?> ???ley of the shadow of death with no faculty impaired. I have been in the fiery furnace and come out unscorched. Yes, I have even been in the den of lions and heard them roaring, but they cowered before my glance and did not dare to strike their hungry teeth into my flesh. I did not fear, for I relied not on my own strength. Nay, I oourted the danger, and, lo! I am here What harm has befallen our people?" The captain gave a verbal report of everything that happened. Then the Prophet, with more directness and much less ambiguity than was his habit, related his own adventures, to the great amazement of his friends. "And how did you come to escape?" asked the captain when the Prophet told of his capture. "I left in the darkness. Though the guards saw me as plainly as you do now, they dared not to raise their rifles against the Mountain Prophet I held them as with a spell, but the spell would have been broken had I attempted to Tvwiia T7"ttIo TVnaf. mo Vna r^q. cuo will come in good time," said the Prophet "Now, in truth," said the delighted captain, "I feel strong, and unless Bouton gets all his force together I will not shrink from giving him battle." "Ah, my friends, ".cried honest John Clyde, "did I not say last night that things were on the mend? I am not a prophet but I knew we could not be " beaten all the tima " "A hopeful man is better than a prophet of evil. Let me clasp thy hand, my friend, for good words are next to inspired words," said the Prophet and he took John Clyde's hand and shook it heartily. The captain then told him what they had planned about Clara before he came up or they had thought of seeing him. "And you planned right but now it must be changed somewhat," said the Prophet "Myself and the doctor will go on with the maiden to my retreat, and when we have left her with friends we will return with food, and mayhap we may have more aid. I have called for it and it may be forthcoming in time. Follow me on tho trail of the foe and strike whenever he comes within reach of your arms." Tho Prophet drew the herders to one side and talked to them for some time Ui AVSW W/UC/Oy ftUU| UJVUgU VilV/J uiUUU UV audible reply, it was evident from the v way in which they nodded their heads that they were agreeing with him He Came back, leaped on his horso, and, motioning to the doctor to take a position on the other side of Clara, they rode off without leave taking save a wave of the Prophet's long arms. "That is his habit," said the captain . ? to Howard. "The Prophet is strong in welcoming, but his feelings will not permit him to say farewell." The men cheerfully obeyed the captain's order, and, leaping into the saddle, started off to find Bouton's trail. There was no trouble in getting on the track of the outlaws. The hoofs of the * cattle stolen from Kyle's valley were visible in every stretoh of earth, and they had cut into the moss covered rocks like hieroglyphics. It soon became evident that Bouton's party had gone to their old camp, a feet that gave the captain not a little encouragement. About noon they reached the encircling hills that command a view of tho whole valley. They saw the herds grazing by the river, the horses etaked near tho fires, and could make out the lino that separated tho Indians from their allies. ? When Bouton reached his camp, which he did before dayligfit, ho was delighted to find a largo accession to his force. More than a score of white men bad come in from the south and as many runaway Indians from tho reservations to the north and .east ? In addi R. CALHOUN. n. tlon to robbing stagcs'and killing miners, Bouton'B gang "did a largo business in horses." The organization at one time numbered many hundreds of men, and its field extended from the Mississippi to the Paoific and from the plains of British Columbia to the plateaus of old Mexioo. The horse thieves were hold together by awful oaths of fidelity and still more awful penalties for treason. Their camps were lodges, and one of their members could recognize a "pard" or make himself known wherever he went But the great bond that held them together was mutual protection for individual gain. So perfect was this organization?and, no doubt, some of its branches still exist?that horses coma be ran through from Texas and sold in Colorado or be taken from Montana to Missouri without detection and with the certainty of finding a market Bouton gave the prisoners into Font Robb's charge, enjoining him to guard them as ho valued his life, nnd then turned to talk to the new orrivala His "If there's any little lob you'd like to hcwe pushed through." pleasure at receiving so large a re-enforcement was somewhat dampened when he learned that these outlaws had into the mountains to escape the troops and the vigilance committees that had been sent against them. Said one bearded giant, known to his companions by the misnomer Fairplay: "This'll all soon blow over. The troops and vigilantes get tired and soon peter out Men ain't a-goin to hunt us long without pay, and there's no pay for vigilance committees, I'm Happy to say. Now, as we're all over here, Bouton, if there's any little job you'd like to have pushed through, and I have a hint that thero is, why, jest give the word, and mo and all the boys will give you tho very best we have in the shop." "That's all right, Fairplay. I know I can count on you, and I'll confess I have a job on hand that I want to finish up, but isn't there danger that you'll be followed?" asked Bouton. "Follored!" repeated Fairplay. Bouton nodded. "There isn't any more danger of bein follored than there is of the great Missouri runnin up hill in flood tima Why, I tell you, we've shook 'em all off." "You are sure?" "I'm sartin. Think I'd be such a fool as to leave 'em the ghost of a trail? No, sir, the hunt's up and hero we are. Now, what's your private muss?" And Fairplay showed his entiro self possesrion by biting a semicircle from a plug of tobacco and tendering JBouton a similar luxury. "Do you remember Brandon?" asked Bouton. "Captain Brandon?" Fairplay showed that he remembered this gentleman by drawing himself up to his full height and closing ono eye. "That's tho man, Fairplay." "Tho devil 1 Is ho in these mountains?" "Hois." "What doin?" "Hunting mo down." "What's his force?" "Indians and white men, I think something like 20 men." "1 guess you'll scrapo up 100 rifles pretty close?" This conversation hero came to a close, for the new arrivals crowded around Boutou and ho had to recognize them. He showed that ho had a wonderful memory for names, particularly as the names borne by these wretches were such as never parents gave at baptismal font Many of them wero decidedly personal, being derived from the physical defects of their owners. Bowlegs, Cockeye, Snub, Bald Sam, Whisky Nose, Brick Top and Knock Kneo wero some of the recognized titles, and they were principally owned by men whoso years and appearanoo were neither youthful nor attractive. Buckskin Joe, Montana Lew, Faro Bill and White Horse Harry wero acknowledged as names by the dandies or experts of the gang. The herds from Kyle's valley stood a chance of being at once annihilated by these fellows. Two oxen and half a dozen sheep were at once killed. Several fires were built and the meat not placed on the fire to broil was bung on tne green branches of the trees. For economy in guarding rather than from any desire to do a good act Font Robb placed Louis Kyle under the same tree with Nora and Alice, and gave them into the charge of the Indians. This enabled Louis to speak to his sister, as he had yearned to do sinoe he first saw her a captive. From Nora he learned all the particulars of the destruction of their home and her own capture. The Prophet had already assured hjm of the safety of his father and mother. "And you," be said to Alice, a tender light coming into his eyes as he watched her face; "I hoped that you might be saved these trials." "That I was not is not your fault You did everything that man could do to overt tho Wow from my family," replied Alice. They had been talking for nearly twc hours, when Bouton, happening to pass near where they were, ordered Louis Kyle to be moved to another place. "I do this," said Bouton to the young ladies, "in order to appease the feelings of my men. They say: 'We don't want Louis Kyle, who has been fighting against us, to have a picnic with the ladies. We want to teach him manners.' Of oourse they won't hurt him if I can help it, but I must say they are a hard crowd to manage. I'll do the best I can." Louis rose to accompany him, but JNora threw her arms aoout mm turn cried oat: "Oh, do not take my brother from pie! Do not part n& We have done yon no wrong." "Hash, sister," said Louis. . "These oowards know we have done them nc harm. Your prayers cannot change them. Be brave and defy them, for our friends live and they will demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." He caught his sister to his breast; then he took Alice's hands in his. Nc word passed between them For a few seoonds they stood looking into each other's eyes, and each saw there the trust and faith and love and hope thai would never die, for it was of the kind that is older than time and as enduring as eternity. After conducting Louis Kyle to another part of tho camp, Bouton went over and talked to Patch. In order that their conversation might not be heard, he led the renegade to one side. They had been there but a minute or twe when a shot rang out and the degraded Patch wheeled as if on a pivot and fell dead at Bouton's feet Bouton felt that the shot was intended for himself and that another would follow with deadly effect, so he turned and ran, and as he ran he glanced back, and away on the hills he saw Henry Kyle and beside him the slender form of an Indian girL Beaching his companions, he ordered them to arm-and scout the surrounding hills. Nearly 80 men, all on foot, obeyed his order, and soon the sound of firing was heard on tho hills and more than one wounded man came limping back to camp. It was after dark when Fairplay and Font Robb returned, and they broughl the gratifying news that they had driven Captain Brandon from the hills. " * - ^ ji. 1? J ft ' 'mm IS CUHli UB UUU, bwu X' OUyiaj "mighty dear. 'Cause," continued the bearded outlaw, "we've lost more mer thiin Brandon had in his outfit" CHAPTER XXTL Bouton's delight at being re-enforced cannot be described. He felt elated at his increased power and oonfident that no opposition that Brandon could make would check his schemes. But Brandon might call in the aid of troops from some of the forts. There was danger in this, and Bouton determined to obviate it by wiping Brandon out of existenoa Next to his fear and hatred for Brandon was that entertained for Henry Kyle. The unprincipled always hate those whom they fail to destroy. The death of Patch gave Bouton a good excuse to influence his men against the man whom they had hitherto admired for his address and daring, and as fellows of his class always think in crowde they soon worked themselves into a hatred of Henrv Kvle that found an outlet in oaths that were loud if not deep. It was understood that an active campaign would be begun on the morrow, and in anticipation of it the outlaws cleaned their rifles, sharpened their knives and cast bullets by the fire. The slender, picturesque forms of the Indians, the leaping flames and polished, hashing arms, made a picture that Alice Blanchard never forgot She was sitting on the ground talking in low tones to Nora Kyle and gazing now and then in the direction where she knew Louis to be when a shadow fell on the ground between them and looking up she saw Bouton. "Good evening, ladies," he said, removing his hat and bowing deferentially. "I am sorry that I cannot make you more comfortable." "But you can make us more comfortable, " said Alioe sternly. "Then command me, for I have the honor to be your most obedient servant, " and as he spoke ho turned his face so that the light from the distant flro fell on his white teeth and made them cruelly conspicuous. Seeing that he wanted her to speak, Alice said: "I did not mean to say what I did." "But you had a right to. I repeat, what is it I can do to add to tho comfort of either?" "Leave us to ourselves," replied Alice. "Ah, you are cruel, but I shall not be." Bouton tried to laugh, but the girls were struck with tho harsh, metallic ring of his voice. ' 'I fear that yon blame mc," ho went on, "for tho in convenience you havo been subjected to. You will not bclievo me if I tell yon that I alono have saved you from worse treatment." "Are you not the leader of these? these"? "Say robbers or whatever you will, Miss Blanchard, and I'll confess tbnt 1 am their leader. If I were not, as I said before, your fate would bo worse. And I intend uBing my power for your continued safety, though I know you will not believe me." Bouton threw himself on the grass, and at that moment fresh fuel added tc the nearest fire lit up the soene, so thai they could see each other plainly. "Yes, you think I am very bad, Mia Blanckard, and she thinks I am verj bad. Is not that true?" "It is," replied Alice. "I know that, and yet, Miss Blanch ard, I am not a Cain. You have heart of Cain, but I am not one. I have nov er made my hands red with a brother'i blood. Do you understand that, Mia Nora?" The story of her father's life?hii life secret and life torture?flashed through Nora Kyle's brain, and sh< would have fallen hod not Alice's arm been around her. i "I know nothing about you. I want j i to know nothing," Nora managed to x i gasp. In her pure, gentle heart she im- j aginod this man a wizard, who by some i occult means had possessed himself of e i her father's secret. ( i ' "I do not wish to tell you of myself, j i only so far as my life is connected with i yours. I knew your father before you j i were born, before he came to these mountains to hide from the world. I - know why he did come, yet I have nev- t I er tried to harm him, never thought of j giving his secret to thettrorld. There i are others searching for your father, and I if I went with them it was not because f I wished them to succeed. You blame y i me, but on your knees you would thank . i me if you knew what I had done, what ( I have prevented being done." ! "If you have been so very good," said ( i Alice Blanch ard, breaking in on his i special pleading, "why is it you keep' , ?d on/1 "MV T/mio Tfvlfl nriflnnrrs?" i "That is a proper question and I wish < I oonld explain it, for I do hot wish to j ; be misunderstood. But though I seem to i be, I am not my own master. Thero are - others who direct I must pretend to , i submit to their wishes that I may be ' i able to protect you both from harm," " ; said Bon ton, with a great affectation of , 1 sincerity and candor. ( I "You cannot defend yourself with mysteries," said Alice. "I cannot bo; lieve you unless you explain all." , ; "Explain all. Miss Blanchard?" i ; "That is what 1 said." "Well, I am willing to explain all" ( ' He drew nearer to Nora and asked, in a ] i theatrical whisper, "Are you willing , | that I should explain all?" [ "No, no!" she half shrieked. "Leave me; for heaven's sake, leave me, or . kill me!" I "I will not kill yon. I would rather [ kill myself. I will leave you for the night When we march on the morrow, > Miss Kyle, I will speak with you again. i I will tell yon something that is near to my heart" 1 Bouton rose and bowed, then went 1 ? back to where the men were lying , around the campflres. He coiled him- 1 . self up in a blanket and was asleep in n 1 I short time. Sim Bliss tried to imitate < w Knf flirmcrVi Via ViaH frmwn mnrfl liJUUf UUV IIUVW^U MV ?vrv. q.v ? ? and more weary every day since coming ' [ into this country, his narrow brain was 1 ; too much crowded with thought for 1 him to get much satisfactory sleep. Before daylight the next morning the ; camp was astir. While Bome prepared ' i food others loaded the pack mules and ] i saddled the horses, duties that seemed to require a great deal of shouting and a deluge of profanity. The prisoners were served with food as before and Font llobb brought up horses for Alice and [ Nora, when Bouton offered to assist ; them to their saddles. ; At Alice's request Louis Kyle was i permitted to ride beside them. But boi fore Bouton would agree to this request l he made Nora promise that seme time i during the march she would drop back i nnd talk to him for an hour or two. To this the poor girl oonsentcd for her , brother's sake. She had the greatest > horror of this man now that she felt he , I mew her father's secret Innocent of , I he world's ways and fearful that Bouton had it in his power to legally dei xtroy her father and all the family, she wrmlrt williufflv die if called on for the , sacrifice to save them, i She wanted an opportunity to tell . Louis that Bouton knew their awful soi crct,.but Bouton staid so nc?ir that she I V * "Good evening, Iodic*.M i could not speak to him about It; and ; even if Bouton were away she dared i not speak to him on this subject in the presenoe of Alice Blanch ard. As the long cavalcade wound down through tho narrow valleys it looked like a small army expecting a battle, and such it certainly was. To avoid tho inevitable dust as well as to prevent an attack on the head of tho line, if Captain Brandon should see fit to ambush them, Bouton placed tho prisoners to the front. After ; they had gono some miles Bouton whisi pered to Nora, "Remember your promise and drop back beside mo." With i palo face and compressed lips she obey. ed him. "You must not think mo harsh," he began. "Think of how long i I have kept the secret I knew it before ) you wore born." As it was evident ho did know the secret and impossible for her to tell how long ho hi 1 known it, or how he bestavMA nrtaaoooa^ r\f 0V1A tuna fnrcftl to [ believe him, though, as the reader 1 knows, his knowledge was of a very rei cent date. "If you are going to uso it now," she 1 managed to say, "better that you had used it before." "Did I say I was going to use it > now?" ' "You talk as if you might," she said nervously. 1 "Then I fail to make myself underr stood. My French is better than my English. Shall we talk French?" "I do not understand French." "Very welL Wo shall keep on as we 1 have been doing. You see many men about us here?" He waved his hand 3 back at the cavalcade, and Nora nodded. ; 3 "They want to catch your father and get a large reward." 3 "And if they catch him what will 1 they do?" she asked with a shudder. 3 "They will hang him." "Hang him!" she said with a gasp. "Yea Hang him np by the neck till 10 is dead. And they will pnt your nother in jail and your brothers, and ceep them there till they an deud." Nora believed thla If she did not, he had neither the oourago nor knowledge nor strength to refnto it, so awfuly did the pioture impress her. "Ycm do not want this to happen?" le asked after a painful pause. "Why should you a& me?" "Only to show that I think as you do, ind to tell you that it is all in your landa" "In my hands?" she said eagerly. "Yea That is what I say. You can tave them and make all right -again. iVill you do it?" Ho turned in the sadilo and tried to look under her downcast lida "Yes," she replied, "I would gladly lie to save them." "But you need not die." "What then?" "A thousand times better than dying. STou can have them all together again if you say to me the one word 'Yea'" "If I say 'Yes?' " "If you say it to my question. But rou must not say it now. I will give xi i- i-l-l-l. >1 you time WJ Ho hesitated and looked into her face igain, and to avoid his gaze as well as bo learn his object she asked: "What is the question?" "It is"?Bouton drew nearer and whispered?"it is, will you consent tc become my wife?" She looked at him with honor in her ayes and a "No" trembling on hex Lips. But he wheeled his horse aside md said: "I do not want the^ answer now." ' TO BE CONTINUED. CANCER CURED BY ERYSIPELAS. A. Chance Discovery That May Lead t? Beneficent Results. A patient in the New York Cancer hospital accidentally became inoculated with the virus of erysipelas several week: ago. As the disease progressed it wai noticed that the patient's cancerous condition improved. This fact suggested tc Dr. William T. Bull the /advisability ol Inoculating other patients with th< poison of erysipelas. Accordingly several cases were set apart and experiment! were begun and carried out by Dr. W, B. Coley under the direction of Dr. Bull The inoculations were made not only or Ctients with carcinoma (commonlj n-am aa ran cArV hnfc also on others wh( were Buffering from sarcoma, which is i much more malignant form of tumo: than the ordinary cancer. The reeulti in both forms were very satisfactory. For inoculating purposes a pure cul ture of the streptococcus was used. O the cases of carcinoma about 25 per cen were reported cured, while in the sar comatous cases the results were ever better, showing as many as 40 per cen Oi those experimented upon to have be come well and free after the attack o erysipelas. It has been said that whatever gtxx has resulted was due to the local reac tion. This theory is apparently die proved by the fact that inoculation made at a distance from the tumor havi been known to cause it to disappear. The injections as a rule were mad< into the tumor itself and were repeate< every 48 hours. The reaction produce* was almost identical with that produce* by true erysipelas, though in most of thi cases it was milder in degree, passinj litl- fw JO TKin /Ion ftWtJJ WlbLLLU &t. (AJ 1U UUU1D, *?*v VMM. gers attending this form of treatmen are insignificant when one considers th usual outcome of a case of cancer, o sarcoma, which is almost invariably fa tal. The subject of cancer is not genei ally understood. What is popular! known as cancer includes many differ ent forms of tumors, such as carcinoma of which "thore are four varieties?th spheroidal celled, which includes th hard and soft cancers; what is known a epithelioma, the form usually seen al fecting the lip; the cylindrical celled and the colloid. Of sarcomata the surgeons also mak four subdivisions?the round celled, spin die celled, mixed celled and the myeloid or giant celled. For other than scien tific purposes the subdivisions are hardl; necessary, as the various forms of ear comata are all said to be very malignant In the report written by Dr. Coley h concludes: First, that the curative ei feet of erysipelas upon malignant to mors is an established fact; second, th action upon the sarcoma is invariabl; more powerful than upon carcinoma h about the ratio of three to one; third the treatment of inoperable malignan humors by repeated inoculations of ery sipelas is both practicable and not at tended with great risk; fourth, the cm ative action is systematic and pro Daw; due chiefly to the toxic products of th streptococcus, which products may b isolated and used without producinj erysipelas, and, fifth, that the method o inoculation should not be employed in discriminately until further clinical es periments have proved its limitations. New York World. Long Filffhta oi Bird*. The distance which birds travel 1 marvelous, the naturalists say, and lay men are inclined to'believe them. W Herbert Purvis writes to the Londoi Field that every spring great number of golden and ringed plover arrive ii the Hawaiian Islands and leave the firs week of May. The nearest points of the Americai coast to which they go are in south en California and the Alaska peninsuli respectively, about 2,000 geographies miles, and there is no intervening land It may be that the birds drop into th< water to rest occasionally, as ducks do, during such long flights, but it is no probable. This is the longest regulai flight known of shore birds over water, but it is known pretty certainly thai somo sea birds fly as a regular thing much farther than this during thei) migrations. The brant geese, for in stance, are said to nest in Siberia anc to fly north over the Arctio ocean anc south again to Cape Hatteras, or thereabout and beyond, every year. pisttltenaus fading. THE EMBLEM OF PURITY. The custom of wearing orange bios soma in the hair by a bride upon he wedding day is in France a matter c much pride and importance, inasmucl as it is a testimonial of purity, notonl; of the bride herself, but of the integri ty and morality in the character of he relatives. In the Drovince of Franch Comte its adornment is considered i sacred right, obtained by rectitude c character, and as such proudly main tained. Should any act of imprudenc in early life, implying even a suspicioi of a taint upon the chastity of tb maiden be known, the use of the 01 ange blossom is sternly forbidden; in deed, should the female attempt b wear it on the day of her marriage, sh would be encountered at the churci door by the village lads, violentl; seized, and the emblem of purity de gradingly torn from her hair; no would the ceremony be allowed t proceed until all trace of the flowe ; thus profaned had disappeared fror i her person. In almost every villag or small town in France the bride en titled to wear the crown of orang i blossoms has this beautiful certificat of her purity either framed or place< under a glass shade; and it is religiouf i ly preserved, if possible, even throng! > generations, as an indisputable testi monial of undoubted morality. Th ' mother of a natural child never dare assume, not only the orange hlossoi I ni-nmn hnf flufln t,h? white fir pah am vail, upon her wedding day, thesp he biliments being considered to belon only to the pare. Should an attemp be made, the moet bitter ridicule, th most unmerciful sarcasms would a< company her and her unfortunate ho* band to the altar. I Offer Better Terms.?Messn Phil Armour & Co., Chicago; Illinoii I Friend Phil: Your offer of 50 cent ' worth of meat and a Mexican dolla ? in exchange for an American dolls received, but I can do better with ou > home butcher. He offered me 5 f cents' worth of meat and $2 worth < 5 Portugese 3 per cent, bonds in ea 1 change for a silver dollar. > Our butcher says the bonds must b good as Portugal has been on a got standard basis since 1853, 20 years b< 1 fore the other enlightened nations < 7 Europe, and its national debt has onl } increased 100 per cent, since that dab 1 Average wages paid all artisans i r Portugal is 17 cents per day. 1 In your former letter you told m that all we needed was a little gol( I improved "banking facilities" an | PortugaThas . "little gold," tt j world has had its "improved bankiD I facilities" since 1858, and I can suppl the "confidence," so the bonds ai f certainly good. Our home butcher says he will coi j tinue to give 50 cents, worth of me* and $2 of Portugese gold bonds aft* " Bryan is elected. Will you contint 8 to give 50 cents' worth of meat and 9 Mexican dollar after Bryan is elected Yours truly, 9 John Fairplay. i P. 8.?I see the London Tim* " ?? t -3 _ .i. ftji . T)a^, j quotes m exican douub at at j j x um j gese 8 per cent, gold bonds at 26}.0 From an Exchange 1 Pay Ab You Go.?What Mr. N., t Shepherd says in the following artic e is just as good advice for the print* r or any other business man, as tt r farmer: u "I think one of the worst evils tl f farmer has to contend with is goii into debt. Many and many of thei are always in debt for their macbinei e from year to year, and to their blacl e smith and their merchant from oi s year's end to another. Men of tb class always have to sell their whei 1. as soon as they can thrash it and hai it to market, their corn as soon as it e ripe enough to gather, and their stoc as soon as it is salable. Tbey have i choice. They cannot wait for a bett< market, because, if they keep-theme 7 chant waiting too long, they kno ' there will be no chance of gettic credit another year, and it takes a a "I l--?? ?/> thio tioar annnrA 11 w 11JCJ UttYO IIUIO J VM? vv . * old accounts. As a rule, such farme l* are obliged to sell at low prices an 6 pay the highest price for what th f use, and, therefore, lose on both side Q Most farmers will find it far easie and a great deal more profitable, ( * pay as they go. There is no questic ' but that they can get goods cheap* 'r for cash. Any merchant will tell yc '* he can afford to sell goods for le y money if he can get cash every tine 6 instead of waiting six months. Pr< 6 cisely the same is the case with a with whom the farmer deals, and ' will pay any one to live close for or [' year in order to afterwards be fr< ' from the galling pressure of debt. D without everything you can possibl live without. Do not buy a new plov or a new harrow, or any other ne implement, simply because you ca s buy it on credit. Wait, and wait pi tiently, until you can pay as you g< ' and you will be surprised how muc B you will save in a year; for I hones } ly believe any farmer will buy moi t when he is buying on a credit than b will if he pays cash every time. It ^ those who are in debt, head over heel 1 that feel the hard times so severe!; 4 We farmers who are out of debt nov j are the most independent class of me in the country. Keep out of debt." Our Farming Area.?Some idc t may be obtained of the extent of th r farming area of the United States b consulting the figures given bo tb t United States geological survey. Tb r total land area of the United State : according to this report, comprise . 1,900,800,000 acres, of which 627,418 L 680 are still vacant; that is to sa; I belonging to tha- government; 609 520,000 acres of this unoccupied lan lie in the arid belt west of the Missoi ri river, and only 74,000,000 acres are susceptible to irrigation. The fact - that the arable land yet held by the government is small in amount has ^ caused some of our thinking men to consider what will be the effect of . the rapid increase in our population ^ as regards our country being selfsustaining in the matter of food. It [ is said that between the Mississippi ' river and the 100th meridian and Texas and the other southern states 6 there is a large amount of lands that \ can be made very productive by irrigation. ? A TRUE STORY OF A STORK. e A writer in Our Animal Friends relates a curious incident about a stork ' which made its nest upon the roof of 0 a house in northern Germany, and e having been petted by the children, h became very tame and companiona1 M. y w*v. I At the first signs of approaching * cold weather the stork prepared to flit 0 to a warmer clime. The'children were r sad at the thought of losing their pet, Q but their parents consoled them with e the assurance that the bird would _ surely return the next spring. The Q children, still uneasy at the idea of the e stork not being cared for during the long winter, consulted together, and evolved a brilliant idea, which they ^ immediately proceeded to put into exexecution. They wrote a little note ~ in their best German script, stating g that the stork was very dear to them, Q and begging the good people in whose 3 country it might spend the winter to ^ be kind to their pet and send it back ' to them in the spring. ^ They sealed the note, fastened it e to a ribbon, tied ic round the bird's * neck, and tucked it under its wing, j" The next day they sadly watched the stork wing its way toward milder skies. The snow and ice came. Christmas .time brought the children gifts and 3* fresh amusements but their summer 3; pet was not fogotten. When the 3 spring came round again, their little v ,r feet used to climb to the roof day by ir day, looking and longing for the stork'8 * return; and, behold 1 one fine morn' ' * * X A. I ^ i , ing tnere it was, tame ana geuue w> ever# Great was the children's delight, but what was their surprise to discover , round its neck and under its wing another bright band, with a note attachK ed, addressed to "the children who wrote the letter the stork brought." y The ribbon was quickly untied and 9* the missive opened. It was from a D missionary in Africa, stating that he had read the children's note and had 'e cared for the stork, and thought that *> the young people whose good hearts d had prompted them to provide for the comfort of a bird through the winter 16 would be willing to help clothe and 6 feed the destitute hoys and girls of his. 7 mission. A full name and address "e followed. The German children were full of sympathy, And the missionary's note won a golden answer from the " family. Other letters came and went )r by post between them, until by and 16 by the children learned to know the * missionary and his little waifs almost ? as well as they knew the beloved stork that had proved so trusty a messenger. js a strange'story. The Saturday Review (English) ~ tells this strange story: A young man, walking to the house of his brother, a yeoman, found the inn at a neigh bo rJ. ing town very foil. He shared the la ?? .f ? mimlioni. nrhn was nnenlv l? I UVUJ VI a 1uvivumuv .. VVM _g # 3r counting out his money. Having ocie casion to visit the garden, and ialso to borrow a knife, he accepted the loan ie of a knife from the merchant. On ig returning to his room, he found 4he m merchant gone; he went to bed, slept, 7 rose early and walked to his hrother's, t- and was arrested in the afternoon for ie murdering the merchant. In bis is pocket was that tradesman's knife and at between the blade and the handle was ill a guinea of Mary and-William. At is the inn the merchant's bed was stained :k with blood, and though the merchant's io body was nowhere to be found, the ar young man was condemned for murr der, and hanged in chains on his w brother's farm. Here a swain observed ig that the body moved ; it was cut down, >11 life was reanimated, and the youth ip fled to sea. Taken by Spaniards in rs South America, he rose to be warden id of the jail, and while in enjoyment of 7 that office recognized among some s. English prisoners the person for whose ? - 1 1 r, muraer oe uuu duudicu. to The feet was that the merchant, n while the youth was absent in the garjr den, discovered that he was-bleeding iu freely from a vein which had been 38 opened that day. He harried to the ie surgeon in the dark, was seized by a e- press-gang, served His Britanic Majes11 ty in a ship-of-war, was taken by the it Spaniards, and at last met, in a jail in ie South America, the very man. who had been hanged for murdering him o in England. y ? v, V&T A little anecdote about Sarah w Bernhardt may throw some light on n the matter of stage kissing, or at least i- demonstrate that there are kisses and d, kisses on the stage as well as off. This b emotional actress was recently performt ing in a new play, and at the close of -e the last act she had to rush upon the ie stage, kneel down by her dead lover, is who bad been shot by the villain, and b, passionately kiss his forehead. It is y. said that French noblemen, poets, auv, tbors, and artists wrote to her, offern ing to serve as the corpse; and she, not wishing to offend any one had a fresh person every night. The news ?a of the scheme got abroad, to the vast ie advantage of the box office. ,y ' e A gentleman traveling in Engie laud, some years ago, while walking b, near a railway, encountered a number is of insane people in charge of a keeper, i,. Nodding to one of the lunatics, he said, yr "Where doee this railroad go to ?" i,. With a scornful look, the lunatic reel plied, "It doesn't go anywhere j we i- keep it here to run train on." ' .It