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THEYOUNG WIDOW. She is modest, but not bashful, Free and easy, but not bold; Like an apple, ripe and mellow, Not too young and not too old; Half Inviting, half repulsive, Now advancing, and now shy There is mischiet in her dimple, There is danger in her eye. She has studied human nature; She is schQoled in all the arts; She has taken her diploma As the mistress of all hearts. She can tell the very moment When to sigh and when to smile; Oh, a maid Is sometimes charming! But a widow-all the while. Are you sad? How very serious Will her handsome face become! Are you angry? She is wretched. Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb? Are you mirthful? How her laughter, Silver sounding, will ring out! She can lure and catch and play you, As the angler does the trout. Ye old bachelors of forty, Who have grown so bald and wise; Young Americans of twenty, With the love-looks in your eyes; You may practice all the lessons Taught by Cupid since the fall; But I know a little widow Who could win and fool you all. --:: A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE -BY THOMAS P. MONFORT. r CHAPTER VIII. A SERPEN(T IN TEX PATH. Two or three weeks passed, and then one day Louise went across the country to a neighbor's house. She spent the greater part of the day there, and it was well on toward evening when she started home. On the way back there was a long slough, and it was full of water lilies, and when Louise came to it she decided to collect some of them. Accordingly she began picking them where they grew near the bank, but, human-like, not satisfied with getting what were within reach, she began to try for those that were further out, and the result was that she lost her bal anco and fell into the slough. She was not much the worse for the fall, for the water was shallow, but her feet StUCk in the mnsi-sU-found, after making several efforts, that she could not extricate them.' While in this situation she heard some one approaching, and after the lapse of a minute or s- a horseman came in sigh, and soon he was near enough for Louise to see that he was the stranger who had passed her and Paul the night of the storm. She wanted help to get out of the slough, but she hoped the man would pass by without seeing her, for now the aver sion she had felt for him came back so strongly that she dreaded to hear his voice, much less feel his touch. He did not pass by, however, for he had seen her fall and rode directly to the - spot purposely to lend his assist ance should it be needed. So, reining in his horse, he spranz to the ground, and, touching his hat, said: "Pardon me, miss, can I be of any service to you?" ' , Louise blushed and stamimered a con fused reply, which was neither an ac ceptance nor refusal of his offer, and the next instant he had extended his hand and she took it. She was soon on the bank again, and while she shook the -waterfom her garments he gathered up the flowers and replaced them in her hands. His conduct was so gentleman ly and kind, and his manner toward her so modest, that she felt she had har bored unjust opinions of him. He treat ed her with the utmost consideration and made no reference to the awkward acciddit. "Thiere now," be said, when she was ready to resume her journey. "There is very little harm done, and I hope you will excuseime for intruding." "It is no intrusion, but rather a good service," Louise replied. "I don't know how I should have ever got out 11 on had not come. No one ever passes ,I'a -4hat is, hardly ever." * "Are you going west?" "Yes, sir. My home is a little more than a mile in that direction." "That is fortunate, since I am going that way, and if you will allow me I can have the pleasure of seeing you nearly home. Will it be an intrusion?" * Instantly all her fear and dread of the man came back to Louise, and she would have gladly spared herself of his company. But he had rendered her a 'great service and she; thought it would be ungenerous to deny him. So she told him that it would nq4be an intru sion. He introduced himself as Harry Pear son, and as they walked along he man aged to find out a great deal about Louise and her parents. She told him owmainy years they had been in Kan g~asind that they came out from the Seast. "&io'you are from the east, too," he ~siZ- What state is your old home?' "Indeed! That is my home." "Yes, we came from near Dayton." * "Greens, and from near Dayton." the young man mused. "That is rather queer, sure. But, pshaw! there are lots of Greens in the world, and there might -be & dozen familes of the name from 'near.Dayton out here in Kansas." Then aloud ho said: "I live in Dayton and - know a great many people about there. I suppose you have relatives and friends in or near the town?" "Yes, the Greens and the Blatchfords live-" "Blatchfords?" the young man re peated.' "Are you-is he--?" Then recollecting himself, he stopped. Louise glanced up into her compan don's face, but he turned it away, and a "r Ls oITarsios, BU? RATEEE A coOD sEnVICE." when he looked around again all the surprise had died out of it and he was as calm as ever. "Do you know the Blatchfords?" Louise asked. "Why, I have met old Mr. Blatchford occasionally. In fact, he has transacted aome business with the house with which I am connected. He is a banker, I think." "Yes, sir. At least he was. We .have not heard much from him of late." "Indeed? Hie is a relative, too?" "He is my grandfather." " Ah! Well, that is your home just be fore us, I presume; so i will ride on-. Good day," and he lifted his hat, when he had mounted to .his saddle, and cantered away. When he was gone Louise was sorry that she had not asked him more about her grandfather, for in spite of the heartless way in which he had treated her parents, she had a tender spot in her heart for the old man. She would like to have known whether he was well and happy, at least, and that much the stranger might have told her. But it was too late now, and she went on home and told her mother of her lit tle adventure and of the stranger. "Harry Pearson," Mary mused. "No I do not know anything of him. In fact, I do not remember any Pearsons among my acquaintances at home." . That was all Mary said, but the men tion of her father's name had set her to thinking, and all that evening she went about with a sad, distressed air, and more than once a long-drawn sigh escaped her, and often she lifted her coarse apron to her eyes to wipe away the gathering tears. "Oh, father, father," she wailed in spirit, "how can you be so cruel and un feeling as to disown your only child and fill your house with strangers. Surely, surely, if you knew how I love you, and how your conduct hurts me, you would not be so cold and forgetful." Through all of the poor woman's suf ferings, and after all her father's neg lect and cruelty, she loved him still. le had trampled her love in the dust, repelled and thrown her from him, lacer ated and bruised her heart, but she still retained for him the love of a daughter, and but a word or a token of kindness from him would have sent her flying to his arms. Harry Pearson mused, as lie rode across the prairie, on the event of that evening and the discovery to which it had led, and his thoughts ran like this: "There is no doubt of it-not the < least. These Greens. are old Blatch ford's folks, and that girl's mother is I the one we've robbed. Robbed? That's putting it pretty strong, but after all that's about what it is; we're living there on the fat of the land at old Blatchford's expense, while his own daughter is living a dog's life out here i in this outlandish place. It's a shame, 3 and old Blatchford ought to be pun- 1 ished for being such an old heathen. I lie's the one that's to blame, and not I us. Of course some people who strain I a point might tell Blatchford that he is 2 a fool, and refuse to accept the favors I that he ought to bestow elsewhere, but I don't seem to have as fine a sense of justice as that. I feel sorry for these poor devils of Greens and I sympathize with them, but it would be a little too < inconenient to go back on the old man's kindness and generosity and renounce it in their favor, so I guess I'll just give them my sympathy in return for the money that is rightfully theirs, and con tinue to live at Blatchford's expense. Some people might consider it rather t shabby in me,and for that matter I guess a good many who are acquainted with the circumstances think that way al ready; but that is nothing in compari son to living in poverty. No, it may not be exactly honest and manly to live as I do, but it's blamed nice and easy, and that's the main point, anyhow. "But about that girl. She's pretty, and somehow I've taken a fancy to her. She's an innocent little soul, and as con fiding as a :amb. As soon as I saw her that evening down there with that farmer, I felt an interest in her. I sup pose, though, she don't have much of a liking for me. I noticed that, too, that evening. If she knew me and knew what relation exists between us, I guess she would like me a good deal less. But I'll manage to keep that a secret; and this business with Scraggs, too, that must be kept under cover. It's a good thing to have a tool to bear the blame in such matters, and old Scraggs is so used to being cursed that it don't hurt him, and besides, her gets pay for it, any'how. I must get up an excuse for coming out here to Green's. I want to get better acquainted with the girl." And all the way back the young man was busy trying to devise an excuse for coming to Green's, and, sad day, for Louise, he succeeded. CHAPTER IX. THE BOOM AT PARADISE PARK. The summer waned and the autumn came. The hopes of the settlers had been realized to a certain extent and a fair crop had rewarded their efforts. Paul had sold out his, and with the money it brought him, gone back east to take up his studies. He and Louise were engaged now with John's and Mary's consent, and it was understood that they were to marry as soon as Paul returned and located. John sold enough of his produce to lift the debt from his claim, and imme diately he went down to Paradise Park to see Scraggs. Harry Pearson had been out to John's two or three times on one pretext or another, and John had told him of the debt and of his abil ity to -pay it off if Scraggs would ac cept the money and release the mort gage. "I am very anxious to get rid of the debt," John said, "and stop the inter est." "That's natural and right, too," said Harry, "and Scraggs ought to be will ing to accept the money if he is at all disposed to be fair. But from what I know of him I take him to be a greedy, grasping wretch, with no feeling of mercy in his soul. It's a great pity you people out here have such a man to deal with, and I sympathize with you." "It is an unpleasant thing to be in the power of such men as Scraggs," John replied, "and when I get clear of this affair I hope never to get into such a place again." , "I'll tell you what I'll do," said Harry. "I'm quite well acquainted with Scraggs, and I may have some in fluence with him. I'll try to persuade him to accept your money. lie can make an exception in your favor if lie will." "I shall be ever so much obliged to you for your interest in the matter," said John, "and I hope you may suc ceed.". "You com'e down in a day or two, and in the meantime I'll talk to Scraggs." So John went down with his mncney. Scraggs was in his offie busy with a twn riat and a couple of men who were selecting town lots for an invest ment. After awhile the sales were effected, and the men going Out scraggs turned his attention to Green. With a bland smile, and a warm handshake, ho "Well, my friend, I am very glad to see you, and I am sorry that I had to keep you waiting, but 1 am so pressed with business since our boom set ini that I hardly get time to shake hands with my friends. How is Mrs. Gireen and the family?" "Quite well, I thank you! You spoke f a boom. What do yon refer to?" "Why, our boom here. Ihadn't you acard of it?" "No, not a word." "Well! well! that's queer. Why, sir, our town is having a wonde-rful boomi. Lots are going off like hot cakes, and! almost every day we are laying out new additions. Within the last week we have sold out three entire additions of forty acres each. Yes, sir, we have a great boom-the most wonderful thing on recordnandl it's a settled fac't that within two years we will have here a city of twenty thousand popula tion. I have invested every dollar'I ion to invest. his is the -r.at ehaunc >f a lifetime for amassing a fortune. As Shakespeare says, -hrir, a time 1u the affairs of men which. if t akn :t :he right moment, leads on to fortune,' ind in our ease that is rig"1 fow --H.w are you selling .or !it?' ",ellig 'em l'"w, veryiow di cheap )m-t hir'l eah and balanci'e n-, 1i i lae SC:- Sy. term.-,. ier' no1 is, -' t ,f anc z:Iditcci ju,.. p: .:i th - m-rOt. " s EI 11.1G lEM I LOW, VERY LOW." Ls clos- in, and is bound to become busi aiess property, every foot of it,. and I :an se'l vou a lo hre for ten dollars I I yo c per foot---awVaV below its worth." "You s-y it is close in?" 'Yes, sir, right in town." "About how far is it from here?" "Not a bit over a mile.' "A mile?" John exclaimed. "Why, ['d call that tolerably far out for a town >f sixty or seventy population." "Far out?" Serags cried. "Why reat goshen. man, it's in. Why. there's idditions laid off two milks beyond 11 that. ,his is going to be a eitv, I tell on -a reat wtestern metropolis. "Do you tlzhink so?" "Think nothing. I know it. That's L settled fact, and in less than twelve nonths from to-day you will see t wen y thousand population hero. and these ots I am offering you for ten do'iars a oct will be seliing at f rom five t-> six iundred a foot. Think of that. and tell ne wlhat you can invest money in to >at it?" "What is this boom based on, Mr. 5craggs?" John asked. "Based on solid facts. There is not town of any importance within a hun Ired miles of us, is there?" "No. there is not." John admitted. 3ut if he had known, he might have aid that there were two or three hun L I within that radius that exp'eted o amount to something, and were. like aradise Park. making frantic etworts 0 amount to something. But John did iot know this. "Well, then," Scraggs went on. -we've got to have a great commerial :ent.er out here, and we propose to be t. We've got three or four railroads Aanned out and the companies organ zed to build them. First. there is the Kansas City, Topeka & Paradise 'ark inc. Second, there is the Chicago. )aha & Paradise Park line. Then the .alveston & Paradise l'ark line, and ast, the Ne w York, St. Louis & l'ara lise Park line. There are other lines. 'ut we (do not mention them. for they ire not what we choose to call certain es. Franchises have been granted for everal lines of cable road, andl charters .ssued for water and gas works. P'lans aave been drawn up for a dozen or more iriek blocks, and of course thait is hut a aste of what is to follow. If you want :o be an idependently rich man, with uocre money than y'ou know wh~at to do aith, just inr2 every dlollar yocu can rake together, and (10 it right. now. ou'll never have such another chance. nark my word for that." Scraggs had rattled on at such a rate md with such wild enthusiasm, that John Green felt qunite dazed, and he cratched his head and walked the~ Iloocr few times before lhe could ge't his; mind into working order. Even then, ahen he felt cabui and colleeted, his mind appeared unbalanced and such phrass as "town lots," "close in," "ten folars a foot," "great metropolis." 'ent dancing through it like irmps. Btut aventually lie collected his scattered enses sufficiently to recall the business that brought him to Seraggs' oilice, and orthwith he stated it. "I'm sorry, Mr. Green," Scraggs said, w'ith a shaking of his head, "but I ouldn't possibly accept your money. rhe mortgage will have to run its time before it can be paid." "I would like to stop the interest," rohn replied, "and I have the money, md cannot use it otherwise." 'A "Can't?" exclaimed Scraggs. "If I ad it I could mnizhty soon invest it. Why, what have I been telling you'' [Iere, buy lots, man. You'd as wvell turn a thousand dollars or so as any body else. You can make five or six undred per cent. on that money as easy as not. Do like everybody else ike your neighbors out there-and in rest here." John was about to ofier some objec ion, but before lie could say anything the door opened and seven or eight men 2mie in, all anxious to make purchases >f lots. Seraggs had talked them up arlier in the dlay, and they had been ut to see the additions, and now came back full of enthusiasm. John listened to their talk, and, after Lhey vent out, listened to Seraggs some more, and at last the fever began to take on him. All his neighbors who bad mortgages on their homes and couldn't pay them because they were not due were investing in town lots, and ie supposed that if everybody was investing lie might as well do so, too. If it worked out right it was a grand opportunity to get a start in the world and build him a nice home and place his wife and child outside the pales of want. Yes, ho believed that he'd invest, since lie couldn't pay off the debt. ~e told Scraggs so, and in no time Scraggs i-ad his papers out ready to write up the contract and get it all safe before somebody else got all the choice lots. John thought he'd better go home and talk the matter over with Mary first, but another rush of eus tomers and another sale of a dozen lots decided him that delay was dangerous, so lie told Seraggs to go on and fix up the contract then and there. Scraggs. by the way, was a typical western real estate agent-in some par tieulars, at least. Ile was ftull of bust ness. unsparing~ of his talk, bland, smil ing and wildly enthuisiastic. I~e was a hustler fr-om the word go, and lie never tire'd of talking upi and showing tip the advantges o3f his town. It camne as natu:d m to him to figure up enormous profits on inve:-tmnts in town lots as it id to) et and sleep, and lie alway's made it s ulain that the would-be investor culud a hulicc see the profits sticking out. e vars macd' each customeor feel that he was giv ing him a decided advantaget over all other customers by letting him him have loits that he had reserved for his own special tooth, so to speak. It must not be inferred that Scraggs, or for that matter the average western real estate agent, was or is dishonest. Senaggs had lots of business, and ens toes were crowding on him axious t ' make investmntts. and there wias i3ts of money in it to him, and he w"as anxious to buiild up his tow.n, and all that sort of thing, so likely as not he never had time to think of what tihe outcome of the affair rnight possibly be to his investors. Under such circum stances the bst of us are liable to for get soine things. But enough of that. When John Green got his papers and had paid down his money, he left Mr. Se.raqs' ofilee and started down street. lie hal not gonoe f:tr. however, bef'ore, in turning a oorner, he caine iace to f:xewith iarry l'earson. wi. was hur :iu 4 aln.- il the direct in of c n:i.'..I nrrv w:as coming at such snIeed that he did not see Green 1ntil he ha-l n-l<ar llid d with hin, anil when b io s*-e him ie stoppod dead short an! frin i6- l) ooks ani actio'ins it was :::irent that hne would not have been nmr ::.urprevd if he had inet the czar of lsia with all his ro yat attendants. M. r. Green," he exclaimed, "is it p.sil.ye von are in town so early?" --Yes. ,aid .lohn, "I t-ame down this 'lThat so? Weil, you haven't seen -raggs yet. at any rate?' -Yes, I have just come from his of fice." "What' You've seen Scraggs?" "Yes. and tried my best to get hima to accept tie' money, but he wouldn't." "i'm sorry you mentioned it to him until I got there. I was on my wav now. and hurrying with all possible stx'ed t.) get there before you did. But perhapsyou have not come to any terms with him yet?". "Yes, I have. I have invested the money in town lots." "Tt, tut. Just my luck. I think if I had been there I could have induced Seraggs to release the mortgage. I gave him a blowing up about it last night, and he half way promised me that he'd let you off. If I could have got there in time I could have held him to it, but it was just this minute that I got in from IE WAS A USTLER FROM THE WORD Go. the country. I'll make old Scraggs sor ry that he didn't do as I wanted him to, as sure as you're born, I will." "But about the town lots," John asked: "don't you consider them safe?" "Why, yes; they're safe. They're as good as bonds, and there's immense profits to be made of them. But that ain't the question, you see. You didn't want lots; you wanted -to pay the debt off vour farm." "Well, if the lots are safe and the re turns as big as Seraggs says, why I'm satisfied with matters z thev stand." "I'm glad to hear that, Mr. Green. for the investment is safe, in my opin ion, and I think that for every dollar you put into it now you will take out five at the end of a year. So firm is my faith in it that I havo invested heavily on myv own account, besides advising my friends in the east to take hold; and I amn glai Scraggs let you in. It is bet ter than paying the mortgn ir.' John, thus confirmed in the wisdom of the turn lie had made, went back to his home on the prairie highly satisfied and pleased; while Harry Pearson con tinued his way to Scraggs' office equal ly as well pleased as John. The former felt that Prov'idence and Seraggs had opened before him a quick and easy way of overcoming all his financial dificulties and placing himself and fam ily on the high road to fortune, while tlIe latter felt that his toils were being drawn closer and tighter about his in nocent and unsuspecting victim. Each for his own reason, and widely different reasons they were, was pleased with the drift of affairs, and each smiled the smile of triumph.. John. miorever, felt that lhe owed a great debt of gratitude to Harry Pear son for the disinterested interest he had taken in his affairs, and he longed for an opportunity to repay him. [To be continued.] Fatal Accident at Marion. MARION, S. C., Oct. 15.-Mr. Willis Fore was accidentally injured here last night by the 1:30 passenger train going south, from the effeets of' which he died this afternoon at 4 o'clock. H~e was here all the week as the chief witness for the prosecution in the case against W. Sum mersett for the murder ot his brother, Ed. Mv. Fore, in 1885. He went to the depot last night, and when the train arrived he got aboard to see a friend. The train started to move be fore he got off and in his efforts to get back on the depot platform his foot slipped and he fell between the train and the platform and one of the cars rolled him under the trucks. One of the sleepers passed over his leg just above the ankle and he never after wards rallied from the shock. Hie was a trial justice at the time of his death and was a public-spirited and useful citizen.-News and Courier. Porter scored by Alliance Men. Sr, PAt:L, Mien., Oct. 9.-The Min nesota Farmers' Allhance gave a large part of its attention at to-day's meeting to Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of the Eleventh Census. After charging him with incompetency in all branches of his work, they devote a set of resolu tion to him in the Department of Mort gages on Farms and Ihomes. They say that he violated the statutes in his In structions to enumerators, and that the census is of no value as a report either of' the number oi' tenants on lands in the United .Satts or of the real amount of the mortgage indebtedness of citizens. The resolutions close with this pointed ove "Resolved1, That the Alliance Sena9 tors and members of Congress are re spectfully requested to take steps to secure a bonia tide census of the pcople of the ULnitedl States, and also to have the Superintendenit of the Census prose cutedl at law for his gross violation of the laws of the country. Horrible Outrage. IlVANA, Oct. 5.--Manual GarcIa an his bandits killed 1P. IIernandelz and his wif'e on their plantation, near Quivi cni. In Ilernandiez's p)ockets Garcia leed a letter, whlich lhe signed with his own name, which lie says: "IhIernan dez hal been my friend since -boyhood. 1 kiuled him because lie tried to deliver in to the guards. l have never belore klled a woman, but I killed his~ wife be cause she induced him to betray me. I hurt only those who hurt me." He [Died Unknown. OMAUA, Netb., Oct. 9.-Ed Neal, the murderer of' Alleii and Dorothy Jones, was hanged at noon today in an enclos ure built inst outside the County .jail. Ninetyour people witnessed the exe uto. The co:;de.mned man passed a restless night, but he wailked to the se'sf fold without a tremor. There was no hitch in the proceedings and Neal's neck was broken by the fall, death be ing instantaneous. The murderer's real name is unknown and on the seaf fold he refused to disclose his identity lthough he confessed his crime. BOGUS LO D BL-ESFORI AN ENGLISH SWINDLER NEAR TH END OF HIS ROPE. How H-) Victinized Georgia People Int Whose Coulidence Ike Hlad Iugrn&tite Iiisvif-C:atight in Nw Vork-An a R.uund lascal. lio:, Ga., (ct. It;.- -There is o trial i this pretty liutie city one of th most accomplii.hed confiidence Inet who;se name is LascleHes. Ife assiume the name of Lord 1'eresford. A loc. paper tells the fI!!wiu:z facts as ti, opening chapter to a series of rascall tricks perpetrated upon those who rt eeived him in iome with every courtes that could be expected by one of so mue destinction as he claimed: In January last T. J. Magxcire. pres dent of the Corporate Sales Syndlcate< New York, arrived here on a busineQ visit. A oong his friends here is th wealthy tirm of Hamilton & Co., wh also own the Etna Furnace. Mr. M guire had received letters of introdw tion from friends in the English capita requesting that Walter Beresford shoul be furnished wivth information with re erence to Southern investments. M Maguhe came first to Rome to irepar ror his lordship's coming, and desire that he might be treated royally as a English gentleman. In due time came the wily Walter. I response to a telegram, Mr. Maguit met "his lordship" January 15, and pri ceeded with him to inspect the Etna fu: nace. Upon their return Beresford wc duly introcuced as a blue-blooded Brito of sixteen quarterings, the son of "Lor William Beresford," a real old India officer, who was about to be retired c an enormous pension. Mr. "Walter Beresford" had also served beneath ti "torrid suns of Inde," and was hinist to be retired on a big pension. Hi present 'zjcome wvas C10.000. He ha an enormous amount of money. 1 wanted to invest where he could _ good interest. This couldn't be had i England, don't you know. The Sout was really a wonderful country. 1 would invest heavily and immediately. Beresford was handsomely entertaine by the Hamiltons, and played his p-aJ well-up. Finally he came down to bu, iess. He liked the Etna furnace, ao upon his return to New York woul complete arrangements with his ageni for the purchase. When ready to d part from Rome he appeared at the stor of Hamilton & Co., and stated that h was ridiculously short offunds. le wa careless about these things. lIe nev< carried much money about with hin Would they gener.ously cash a small b of paper for him. They did. He wroi a draft for X200 on the Westminsi Bank, Limited, London the depositor of the blue-blooded nobs of London. E also wrote a letter to his alleged fathe: Lord William Beresford With man etfusive good-byes he took his departuri ostensibly to look after valuable prope: ties in Savannah. le also carried with him a valuab: diamond ring, ths property of Mi Maude Allgood. The indi.-tment statt "he t.aving requested Miss Maude il good to let him wear the diamond rn for two weeks as his mascot and 'bo vo).,' promising "aithfully to retur said ring at the expiration of the ti weeks, which promise was falsely ax fraudulently made." Incidentally may he mientioned that Miss Allgood one of the belles of Rome. Inquiry of the B3ritish consul at Savat nahi developed the fact that Beresfor war a fraud. that he had approached ti consul for money to pay his hotel bi and claimed to have only $13 in all ti wide world. Aft.er a bit the returr commenced coingD~ in. "N-> funds was reported with the returned dishoi c red draft. The letter written by tL: lackadaisical lord to his alleged lath< was returued, with innumner:bie pos marks, unopened. Communmcation w; openedI up between Mr. Maguirc and Lt: Hlamiltons, waih a view to apprehiendit the wily scamp. Mr. Maguire saw h lordship in New York on more than 0r occasion, but was unable to capture hin On July 5, Sheriff Moore, of Rum received a telegram stating that Walt S. Beresford had been arrested in Ne York chared with swindiing, andl askc him to xome on with a warrant. Whe the sher:ill arrived in New York he fout his lordsbhip considerably lionized; less than ten requsitions were presente for him and every body wanted hin The Police Gazette, having been tajppt for $~>00, trapped his lordship. Althoug the best legal abi ity was esireised1 prevent his beiniz carried back to iom et the eloquen :e of Col. John R. Fe lows and Mr. W. B3ourke Cochran w: unavailing. A big crowdlawai ted his ri tura to Rome. lie was accompanied b his wife, a very attractive woman< graceful carriage and sweet voice, e~ dently a thoroughly refined lady. Ha ing accompanied her to a hotel, ti parting was very afrctinr, lie himse seeming quite overcome. Arrived at the jail. he was assignedt a cell, which lie had made ready wit some bedclothes lie had brought fror New York, while he sat and smoke Hlavanna cigarettes. He is described a a man of about thirty-four years of ag< brown hair, blue eyes, and a prominer nose. While not handsome. lhe is ce1 tanly attractive looking. His carriag and manner are those of a gentlemat His language -mnd well-modulated voic show him to be a man of education. Mrs Lascelle "Bleresford'' is said to 1; the daughter ol a very rich lady, es: mated to worth 87.000,000 and resit ing in a beautiful home at Belvoir-or the-Hudson.. Her maiden name we Maude Lilcenthal. There is quite chapter coanectedl with his purstuit < her, the objections of the mother. at the wedding in a little P'ennsylvana summer resort mn the middle of the wir ter. His operations seemed to have coa red a very wide range in this countr and Canada. It is said he committed burlary in April, 1890. in Mancheste: Enland, and stole 85,000 worth< diaonds and jewelry. The follow.in letter, written by the city editor of th Journal, St. Thomas, Ontario, gives brief sketch of a very large amount < ras~ality perpetrated by one of th shrewicst rascals: ST. TitoMAS, Ont., Sept. 23, 1891. EDIvoR Tribune: Sydney Lascelles alias Bereslord, taken back to Rom from New York for trial, spent si: weeks in this city this summer, lie di the society act. gave champagen suf pers, sang at concert and in church choire gave 825~each to a number of churches ipped every one who did him a service Before he leftt. however, he raise 41,000. from Mr. Lockwood, the man ager of the hank, on a dlraft oin Lih riental Baind, London, England. Tbi draft was returned "no funds.'' Lase ls, as he called himnielf here, wventt Detroit and raisc d $200) on a bogus cheec fromi Mr. Maxwell. a hotel keeper. HI was a regular society swell and iol h~ere known to every one. andi, thierefore anything. about him is of ereat interest. I write to a.sk you to do me the grs hvor of sending copies of vour pap containng any referejice to Lascelles his trial or sentence. Auything I eat do ior or aiiything about him from her that would be o1 iterest will be cheet fudy done. Any expense or charges k papers set will he torwarded o'i recei; or account. You will greatly oblige on will kindiJ not let this s!!p VOL memory. Pespectfully yours, .omm TroMP'SON. The trial ofLascelle ;-Beresford is now .per.ding in the courts. He is defended by quite an array of the most distiDguish E lawyers at the bar. It is more than probable he will be convicted. and if so the public will be relieved from the dan gers of his charms for at least a term of years. If he gets In a southern prison it is not likely that he will see the outside d for many a long y'ar. Flower's Reception. NEv YoRaC, Oct. 9.-The Demo U eroticclulbs of the city of New York e tendered -- reception to lion. Roswell 1'. Flower, Democratic candidate for governor, in the clubhouse, 617 Fifth e avenue. It was a notable gathering of 1 prominent Democratic citizens of tha netropoliS, including ex President Grov er Cleveland. When the ex-president entered his ap pearance was a signal for an enthusias tic outburst of applause, which continued for several minutes. His meeting with Mr. Flower was characterized by the heartiest of good foeling, and the cheers were redoubled. In response to cries for a soeech, Mr. Cleveland said: Probably you are of the opinion that I have been more interested the last few days with a non-voter than I am with actual politi s. [Laughter and applause] I regret to say that that non-voter won't be able to help the n Democratic party until prohibition against woman suffrage has been repeal n ed. [Renewed laughter and applause.] When I come into this home of De -e mocracy, into the Democratic atmos pliere, all my entbusiasm for the prin. ciples of our grand party is awakened and intensified. We are now entering n a contest, in which I do not want to be d left out. This is a time when every Democrat must do his full duty. -Never has there been a time when the Democrats had a greater incentive to work for party success. It gives me the greatest pleasure, to be able to say that the ticket nominated merits and should d receive the earnest support of every true .e Democrat. Our success this fall must be attained by systematic, untiring and " intelligent work. The contest must be won by personal effort, and I hope that every Democrat in the city and state will do his utmost for Lhat success which I an: confident we shall obtain. Mr. Cleveland spoke for about fifteen minutes, and was repeatedly applauded The Fate of a Peacemaker. s CARTERSVILLE, S. C., Oct. 14.-A - most shocking affair occurred at Lynch e bui g, near this place, on the night of e the 11th, which resulted in the death of s one of the most prominent citizeds of r that place. As the north-bound train due there at 7.28 A. M., though an hour I late, rolled into the station, Mr. J. E. .e Phiiips and his two sons, James and W Willie, got off. The father and youn gest son, Willie, immediately left for y their Lome, in the outer edge of the lit e tle town. James loitered on the plat r, form, and in answer to a remark from a y Mr. Boyle that his father was drunk, 3, passed the G-d lie, which young Boyle r- resented, and a fight ensued. Upon be ing informed of this the father and le Willie came hurriedly back and mn up s to where the two young men were fight ' ing. s Mr. K. Penington being present, in terfered to keep Wflie Phillips from a getting to the parties, and, in doing so, n Willie Phillips was thrown from the 3 depot platform down on the railroad o track below. On geutlng up he drew KI his pistol and tIred et Mr. .Penington, it the first shot striking himi centrally in is the forehead, producing death in about three hours. F our other shots were i.. tired by the young main without further 'd result. e Mr. Penington leaves a wite and five children to mourn the untimely death of a devoted husband and father. eYoung Phillips had just been convicted 3 and lined for carrying conceald deadly weapons, and was returning from the term of Courn when he cormmitted the eC crime as stated, no doupt with the very r weapan that be had been punished for t- carrying in violatior of she law and in s (open disregard for the peace and dignity e of the State. ig I learn that young Phillips gave him s self up to the custody of the sheriff of ie Sumtez County and ts in jai].-News Sand Conrrier. -,Little .duis. Cleveland. r NEW YO~x, Oct. 9.-Ex-President WCleveland said tod:iy to a reporter of dI the Times, in answe~r to an inquiry re a garding the name >f the newcomer in d his house: "We have settled en a name 0 and it is 'Ruth.' This was the name of d 213s. Cleveland's gra.ndmother, and has '.always been especially liked by her." d Ie said further: "In connection with the publication of this item, which7 1 Shope, will end much apparent curiosity oon the subject. I desire especially that ~mention be made of the extreme and 1kindly interest in us and our child L shown by good people everywhere -throughout the co intry. We have re ~ceived almost innumerable congratula yt tions and kind rememberances. From i- the President of the United States and r- from many an humble citizen have come e heartfelt felicitations. All this has Ifbeen very gratifying and has been fully appreciated; but, since it will be impos sible to acknow'ledge all these messages hseperately, I hope this public recogni tion will be accepted as suficient." 11ow to (Get Rich. ? "The way to get rich," says an editor whose n:ind soars beyond the brink of t eternity, "is to trust nobody, befriend none, get all you can and save all you net; to stint yourself and everything e t'hat belongs to you and to be the friend - of no man and have no man for your e friend; to heap interest, cent upon cent, to be mean, miserable and despised for e some twenty or thirty years and riches i- will come as sure as disease, dis ippoint I- ment and death. And when pretty i- nearly enough wvealth is collected by a: I disregard of all charities of the human a heart, and at the expense of every en f joyment, death will finish the work (I the body is buried, the heirs dance and a ight over what you have left, and the spirit will go-where ? B3y all means: 'get rich, it will pay-the devil." r-Came to Life in the Morgue.) y JERSEY, CrrY, N. J., Oct. 15.-A a colored man named Beyerly Brown, ewho has been con tined in the Hudson yf County jail awvaiting examination as to g his sanity, was taken ill oa Tuesday e evening. Y esterday morning he was a ound in his cell motionless and appar Sently inanimate After a hasty exam ination the county physician pronoun eced the man dead. The nody was re moved to the morgue and was being prepared for the collin when signs of '.life we-e detected by the morgue keep er. A physician was called who pro r nounced the man alive, and ordered d him sent to the hospital. Up to 1 o'clock Sthis morning Brown had not recovertd , consciousness, although undoubtedly ,alive. - Preferred Death. LKANSts CiTY, Mo., Oct. 15.-lhardly had the foreman of the jury in the e Criminal Court here pronounced the e words 'ten years in the Penitentiary" as the punishment assessed against 0 Frank Roland, a wayward young man k of good parentage, convicted of for e ga~y, when the defendant sprang to his a teet in front of the ,Judge, drew a pis tol, put It to his left side and fired. A scene of wild confusion followed, dur ing which Judge White fainted. There r is but a slight chance for Rowland's re 1somue Aneient Fodder, C SrA RON. GA., Oct. 9.-At the ad Sminisu-ator's sale of Mr. Win. B. Ken r drick today there was sold 5000 pounds t of fedder that was harvested in 1S59, thirty-two years ago. It was bright and r sound~ as the day it was put up. It was bought by Mr. E. Croak at 60 cents per hundredi pndsla-.Augnna Chronicle. WAR ON SHARKS. PATRIOTS OPPOSE THE BUSINESS OF PENSION GRABBERS. The Plan of a New Soldier's OrganInztlon at Washington-Their Viewr of the Pen sion System--lhey Urge a Ret:.ison of Pension Lerislation WASINGTON, Oct. 10.-An organiza tion of soldiers that has for one of its objects the destruction of the business of the pension sharks who have promot ed mendicancy and a low standard of honor among veterans, and which treats such an opposition as patriotic and philanthropic, seenis like a strange one to be formed in Washington, but such an organization has b:-en formned, with veterans for its otilcers, and with a very plain prospectus 1o set fhrth its object in full. The promoters of this neiw soldier or ganization hold that the soldiers who went to the army were not inspired by the hope of gain, but by the desire to secure to themseives and their posterity the benefits of a sound government; and that the men and the women who remained at home, many of them as loyal and brave as these who went in to the field, are entitled to stan:! togeth er with the veterans in any organiza tion that is made to celebrate the achievements of the army. Further than that, the organization of Loyal Volunteers, as it is called, as serts that good character was as essen tial to success in the field as it was at home, and that there were men in the field who did not come up to the re quirements of decent life anywhere and who now do not hesitate to live on the generous gratitude on the people as ex pressed by means of pensions, obtained by fraud and at the expense of honor. Men who had the intelligence, energy and courage to succeed in the field now have equal ability with men who were not soldiers to compete with their fel lows in the pursuits of peace, and some of them wounded, but in good health, support their families with no more idea of shirking tnat duty than they would have shirking danger in the field. They demand that pension legislation shall be so revised that honor, as well as the necessities of the soldier, shall be fully recognized and guarded. In the prospectus they say: "If the peo ple do not now rally to the support of this effort of the old soldiers to relieve their honor from the mercenary stain that is being put upon them by the sophistry and industry of pension at torneys, they should hereafter meekly pay, without a murmer, any demands for more and larger pensions that may be made. A society organized to teach that the duty of loyalty includes hon esty as well as courage in dealing with or defending the government, and that 'impairment of earning capacity' is the only just and honorable basis for a claim for damages sustained in the line of duty that should secure the active co-operation and suppor: of every fair minded and loyal soldier, sailor and cit izens." Want a Trust. CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-A special from Cnarleston says: A Convention of plant ers of sea Island cotton in this state is called for Thursday next, for the pur pose of organizing a combine against the sale of cotton seed. The object is to effect a combination by which Georgia, Florida and the Egytian growers of lcng staple cotton will be deprived of the Carolina seed. It is believed that the outside world is dependent upon the use of the Carolina seed for the quality of their staple, and if they can be prevented from obtain ing the seed, this quality will deterio rate so rapidly that the sea island plant ers or South Carolina will practically control the fine cotton market of the world. The committeesbahnsebeen at work for some time Jpreparing e..li for combination, *.u it is believed now that the com',ine will be effected Thurs day. ________ AssISTANT UNITED STATES District Attorney John Wingate died at his home in Greenville last week. lHe was a most excellent man, and in common with his many friends we sincerely re gret the sad event. He was about for ty-six years old and was a member of the Methodist Church. WHEN A MAN gets mad with a news paper and stops taking, it because it does not agree with him in everything he is entirely too fresh for an3 thing. The Bailey-Lobby COMPANY. 213 Meeting St., Opposite Charleston Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. Maniufacturers' Agents. LMachinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention mill men ! We are now offer ing the best and latest improved --AND Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nails, Fitting, Belt Lacing, and a full line of Phosphate and Mill Supplies. State agents for THE SCIENTIFIC 6RINDIN6 MILLS, .; Send for our new illustrated catalogue and lowest prices. Agents wanted in every county. FERTILIZERS! PIEMONT GUANO CD., CHARLESTON, S. C. IMPOR.TERS, MANUFACTURfEii, & DEALERS5 TN Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved Bone, Solubles, and Ammnoni ated Manipulated. Handled by Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. Get prices before buying. WM. BURMESTER & CO. Hay and Grain, AE FACUR gO &i iEAD Opp. Kerr's Wharf, and 23 Queen St., CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, H. A. HOYT, [Successor to C. I. Hoyt & Bro.] Largest and Oldes! Jewelry Store in SUMTER, S. C. 20 0 A very large stock of Britinnia waie, the ve.v best silver plated goods made. 550 Gold Rings on hand. Fine line of Clocks. Wedding Present:, Gold Pens, and Specta cles. A big lot of solid coin silver just re ceived, at lowest prices. My repairing de partment has no superior in the State. Try around first and get prices, then come to me. You will certainly buy from me. L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to F. H. Folsom & Bro. SUMTER, S. 6". DEALER IN WATCHES. CLOCKS JEWELRY. V z The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing Machine, and Finest Razorsn America, al ways on hand. Repairing promptly and neatly executed by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atten tion. SILVERWARE, &c,, I have in stock some of the most artistic pieces in this line ever brought to Sumter. Those looking for Tasty Wedding Presents will do well to inspect my stock. Also on hand a magnificent line of Clocks, Watches, Chains, Rings, Pins, But tons, Studs, Bracelets, in solid gold.. silver, and rolled plate. Repairing of all kinds will receive prompt and careful attention. L. E. LEGRAND, SUMTER, S. C. EAT AND DRINK! -..h4ave opened a first-class liquor saloon in th,.. city of Sumter, in the Solomons building Qn Liberty street, where I will keep the choicest, bonds of LQUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, and all kinds of smokers' articles. My sa Ioo.i-hefaaged by a first-class bar tender, who will prepare all the latest in fan cy drinks at the shortest notice. I have also gone to considerable expense in preparing a First-class Restaurant in the rear of my saloon. My tables will be filled with the very best the market affords, and this branch of my business will be un der the supervision ot one who has served as cbief cook in several fine restaurants. The trade of my Clarendon Friends 1 respectfully solicited. Come to see me, take a drink of something good, and then sit down to a meal that will serve as an invi tation to call again. WOLKOVISK.IE & CO., Sumter, S. C. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. I N ACCORDANCE WITH- THlE PROVIS ions of an act of the General Assembly ratiied on the 9th daiy of February, 1882, I will be in the couiit house in Manning. in the office of the clerk of the court, the first Monday of each momnth, for the purpose of allowing persons comning of age since the last general election to register, and to at tend to any other basiness pertaining to my official duties. S. P. HOLLADAY, Supervisor Registration Clarendon Co. P. 0. Address: Panola, S. C. S. THOMAS, Ja.IJ '. THOMAS. Stephen Thom~as, Jr. & Bro. - JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods, .r0-Watches and Jewelry repaired by copetent workmen. 257 KING STREET, SCHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1836. Carrington, Thomas & Co., -DEALERS IN WATOWSq JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. IGHII GRADE LIQUORS. 10JJ Meetinig st., CHIARbLESTON, S. C. - Manning Shaving Parlor. H AIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY El ecuted, and shaving done with bes razors. Special attention paid to shampoo ng ladies' heads. I have had considerabl xperienei in several large cities, and guar Iutte satisfactionl to my cnstomers. Parlor aext door to Manning 'ines.AITN