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LONG AGO. I once knew all the birds that came And nested in our orchard trees, For every flower I had a name My friends were woodchucks, toads and bees; I knew where thrived in yonder giea W1 at plants would soothe a stone bruised toe Oh, I was very learned then, But that was very long ago. I knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberries could be found, Iknew the rushes near the niill Where pickerel lay that weiglhed a pound: I knew the wood-the very tree Where lived the poaching, saucy crow, And all the woods and crows knew me But that was very long ago. And pining for the joys of youth, I tread the old famili'r spot Only to learn this solemn truth: I have forgotten. am forgot. Yet here's this youngster at my knee Knows all the things I used to know: To think I once was wise as he But that was very long ago. I know It's folly to complain Of whatso'er the fates decree, Tet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish should be: 'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know, For .[ was, oh, so happy then But that was very long ago. --o: A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE -BY THOMAS P. MONFORT. CHAPTER X. THE SERPUNr SHOWS ITS TANCS. When Pearson reached Scraggs' office he found the agent alone. He was sit ting at his desk, with his pen stuck above his ear and with his face buried in his hands. It was evident from his attitude and his listless manner that he was deeply engrossed in study. "Hatching up some scheme for plun dering these poor devils," Harry thought as he halted for a moment in the open door to con template Seraggs. "He's got some deep laid plan at work, and whatever it is it'll bring a few thousands to his pocket at the expense of the settlers." At that moment Scraggs looked up, and his eyes met those of Harry Pear son. "Beg pardon, Mr. Scraggs. I didn't mean to intrude, so if your meditations are sacred l11 withdraw." "Come in and sit down," Scraggs said in reply. "I was meditating, and seriously, too, but my thoughts were of you, and I am glad you came." "Ha, you are a faithful agent, Scraggs. Always got my interests in mind, and forever studying out some plan for advancing them. What now scheme are you working up now?" "I am not working up any scheme, Mr. Pearson." "Yet you were thinking of me. How does that come?" "I was thinking of you in an entitely different connection." "What connection, then?" "Why, in connection with those Greens. It has come across my mind that there is some deep purpose in your action." "Ha, ha! Is it possible that Scraggs haa got his mind off financial matters long enough to let a thought of some th'mg so foreign creep in? Come, Seraggs, stick to the per cent. and the commissions, and don't go to muddling your brain about things that don't concern you and that will never put a dollar in your pocket. It ain't in your 'line, Scraggs, and you'd better let it "alone." - ' "Ordinarily, Pearson, I don't meddle much with things that don't directly concern me. I am counted heartless and unfeeling, and have been cursed from Dan to Beersheba by everybody who has had any dealings with me, and as a general thing people are not to blame. .They have had room for swear ing, and not knowing that there was a monkey in the case are not to blame for swearing at the eat whose paw has been used to rake the chestnuts from the fire. But I suppose I ought not to complain. I am paid for my work, and it is my duty to shoulder the blame that attaches to it and take the curses it brings down on my head. Anyhow, I *am willing to go on with that; but I am not willing to be a party to aworse crime, and, by George, I won't be. I say, I won't be, and I mean it." "Are you through with your sermon, Scraggs?" "For the present, yes." "Then-may I ask what deepecrime you refuse to be aparty to?" - Y-"es, you may. It's the crime you contemplate against those Greens; or rather against Green's girl." Pearson's face flushed and a spark of anger lighted his eyes. For an instant he gazed steadily at Scraggs, then slow ly let his glance fall to the floor. It was some time before he spoke, and when he did he said: "Mr. Scraggs, are you aware what 'your words imply?" -"1 am, most certainly," replied Scraggs, "and they imply nothing but the truth. I am not fool enough to think that your actions towards Green mean anything good. It would be hard enough to believe that if your con duct in hispresence was the only thing to go by. It is not likely that you would interest yourself in anyone's be half, unless you had a selfish motive be hind it. It is not in your nature. But what makes your purpose more ap parent is the fact that while you are making a pretense of f'avoring Green, you are coming in here and command W2ng me to bear down on him. A t my expense you are working yourself into his good graces, and at the same time getting him deeper and deeper into your toils. I know you, and I know your purpose, Pearson, and I denounce it. Furthur, I refuse to be a party to it. It is all right to rob and plunder these people with exorbitant interest, and to break them up with wild speculations, and so long as it stops at that, I will go *with you; but when it comes to an at tempt to trap that innocent girl I'm out." The young man's face changed color alternately as he listened to this speech. One moment it was livid with anger and the next flushed with a sense of shame. Once or twice he made gestures for Scraggs to stop, but the agent went on to the end. "Well, Mr. Scraggs," Harry replied after a short silence, "I dtont admit anything you have charged, but say you are correct, arid it must be acknowl edged that you are not above reproach. Your virtuous indignation don't comn nmence quite soon enough. It begins where the profits leave off. In other words you are willing to condone my crimes, as you choose to call them, and even assist me in executing them, as long as there is money in it to you. But the moment they cease to bring a finan cial return to your pocket you get ter ribly down on them. You are willing to help 'rob and plunder' the settlers because it pays yvu, but there is no profit in trapping the girl, so your vir-. tuous soul revolts at the idea. That is the size of your honor, Scraggs." "I admit that appearances do seem against me, Pearson, for after being a tool in your hands so long," said Scraggs with emphasis, "it would be a miracle if I had an honorable impulse I have a spark of honor et unob~sured. I wmonXI say what I bark , and oposC youjr desins On reen's daughtr, even if I lost money by it. In a ease like this money emus no tigure wt h me." "You are very pious all at once. Scraggs," said Pearson with a light laugh, "and I wonder you didn't turn preeher in your young days. You would hatve raade an eloqieit sermon izer. Uu well drop this subject, if you please, for the present, and when 1 form (lesig-ns against Green's girl. sueh asc van inition, and find I am in loed of your assistance in carrying them out. I'l put up the -stuf' and make you solid." "You'll do no such thing," Seraggs exclaimed with wrath as lie arose and paced the floor. "No money will in(uce me to aid in betraying that girl or any other girl into your power. But I11 tell you what I will do," Serags said, stop ping before Pearson and looking him square in the eyes, "I'll warn John Green against you, and I'll warn the girl against you." "You will?" exclaimed the young man springing up with flashing eyes and clinched fists. "You will, ch?" 'Yes, I will," replied Scraggs, calmly maintaining his position. For a minute the two men stood silently eyeing each other, Scraggs cool. collected and immovable, and Pearson at first angry and flushed, but slowly calming down. At last the latter broke into a light laugh, and with a -toss of the head spoke: "Don't be a fool, Scraggs," he said, "because that don't pay. I have no de signs on the girl. and besides if I did have your putting in wouldn't do any good. Do you suppose the Greens, or any of the other settlers, would take your word in preference to mine? Of course they wouldn't. It's you that is known as a heartless villain, while I, in the shade back of you, am known as a kind, feeling gentleman. These pbople "t ninn rEARSoN, BEWARE!" don't know that I move you and con trol your actions, and more it is hardly likely that they will know it, sine there is no one to tell them but you, and they'd never take your word for anything, not if you were to swear to it. So you see I have got the advantage of you, Scraggs, and if you want to do any warning juist go ahead. But you are making a great fuss about nothing, anvhow. Wait until I make an attempt against the girl, won't you?" "Wh,'wat houdi be' xett Green, us asweintend to make"i u o' every othatr movter." n cn Trl your acis, itaoudo moe fin it hardl likely tohdpt hyourslf knowar ithiner stter is nou o towardl the buteens? and they'dyoneferdtakenyoursaordtoor athing noten?" uwr t wert ItS yupsed thae go fre adountage oyScraggs, and if you wadnt tovedo eawing jote popl aheu reaon whyre akngosgeatof bouer othing, autaintte girl on'eth you?"in nm LI ouie Toabe nondesignsrank and confi Pean," aithked Scraggs, "I'll ou thee sut what syu thatosoel me "yar wad soulad inebe hep and maeve sall lohe mnone e cand oo lov Gre, juad w'e intend thakse ithall ofaver buther setler v hr "anTwn hwrioityout o n fidet nec essary towert ynourselfe tor coter Wy irs and youbmndit toemysaresses, thrrs ofean,? ear!Thsi goi suposaread thy wshal fre couned." "erGgs and wathaman did'l not e eyplai o otere poles."reso "Ala that hoss too tre ora the Buto sine you fore the qsin n meu Gees willabeotaken becaseliketh denil th yuh Israks Ill go fur terad sy noe her m forebeing your tuth when nevethele, so hel me muy ht wan soul, aanst neouav and nevel shat ll ove nyoem else. wAninow han gone hsufaer, Ie oeurthes. I love heand I'o sorrythatir nshe-"al "a, bu don' shalneve toary her. In cInot wiproe but anhin othe settledpforeme.anh focehe ato ome tov kindlby slected I womal frlean heroing tofr ad going shal be waned."e lieeks a don't yove say. I'm ntverido yor, after."uaepoels. "Alags thade nto re. to this the demron wn yon: hesitadyu womnebts will take as gospelle truh while therths her spa will be bena excuse tor Buiget, endles itc isere dut tol wrn thm agndstyu andm handpifntes dnth wanity of mye ittey wild olyw er the coanseqece." "AhnI dn'Otoe wat oarry hersond Iwdn'et proor te puroseyt ogt tng settled.fo Ie h folk atoone ve' moredthaneoced or twomae afer the, cond verswich Iewe im gon doiags few ees conson't himse her laindgee idth bhut ht i cud mney be loat we aore afer."bc aan ndh oe Scraggs sade nohingly to hires and thearsoung wen's ontetos:fri h fIrshllc go realize theand mary would weoa btI wlehm no d in com ee tc sut ther witoah he Ionl soonhandub exus forl bein preatur, anynehert Iswllok ten my endws pable findam happines n Louie, socieen of my littlt ild eo tme plnogospekhe Peronn' camoS back. Se te mtte Alon ino OtobraraiePry Pasme wenteat proorthensurvery or hettn aredf lis hadewo goe day byeen', more tan onearstceafe theruhocstms con he onsehmsfingta leangs found t thoessht tatak it two notr slngst infore was ebecktin; and lire hoeds tapes, whesm. ihalyisus werasaishd nthn town. renso theyon man' itetins ford toeo first places ihi alie thany daeys woud ondlac at fdt a largtane Specl came the rage of the hour. John Green made no efort to sell his lots, for they were well located, and he felt secare in holding them. They would go on in cr"asiug he thought. and when the rai'r-)ad comp anies began to construct their lines into the place, and all the other public improvements were put under way, their value would go be yond anybody's expectations. Ile de ternined to hold th em, and hold them hie did. But Scrags nade an effort to sell them, and in a short timie lie found a customer who otfered to take them at double what John paid. Seraggs sent for John and laid the offer before him, saymig: "It is a big profit on the investment, Mr. reen., and my advice is to take it." "No," said John, "I can do better than that next var. Wait till the rail ronds come in." "I tell you, Green," Scraggs went on, "now is a goo d time to sell. You double y-.r money, and that is profit enough. Take mv advice and sell out. I can loan your money where it will be safe and where it will bring you good inter est. Make the change, then when the mortgage on your farm is due you will have the money to pay it off." But John shook his head, saying: "You can get no interest to equal the profits on the lots, and besides I would rather not turn usurer." Seragg was silent for a little while, during which he looked hard at the floor. Then looking up he said: "Green, I have a purpose in advising you as I do. I do not like to say what that putrpose is, but I assure you it is an honest one, and besides it is well found ed. For your own good I advise you to this step. Get your money out of these lots, and keep it out." John made no reply but looked at IScraggs incredulously. The agent saw that he had made no impression, and he continued: -'Will you promise upon your oath, Green, never to whisper a word of what I am going to tell you?" "Yes, if it is right that I should not." "I don't know that it would be ex actly right, but I know it would be to your interest, and would, if you acted on it, save your money and save you from a great deal of suffering, perhaps. But be that as it may, I won't reveal any secret. It wouldn't be safe. I will say, though, let those lots go and make your money secure." "Isn't it secure where it is?" John asked. "You heard what I said, Mr. Green," Scraggs replied, "and ought to be able to draw your own conclusions. I say take your money out of the lots and make it safe. That's all I can say to you, and it's more than I have said or will say to anyone else. I have a reason for advising you to this step, and strange as it may seem, it is al together for your interest that I do it." "It's a little strange, indeed, Mr. Scraggs," John said with an incredu lous shake of the head, "that you should feel such an uncommon interest in my welfare. I cannot understand why you should make so great an ex ception in my favor. Why am I alone. selected from all your customers to re ceivj the benefit of your advice? Am I more to you than any of the hundreds of others who have invested in these town lots? I don't think so." "You are right, Green, you are not enore to me than the others. But it is "YOU ARE SLY, SoBAGGS." not that which influences me. There is not a man among all my customers whom I would not advise as I do you, were lie placed in like circumstances. But it is folly to talk and argue. Ihere is a customer for your lots. Take my advice and sell out." "No," said John, "I'll keep them. I know your object, Mr. Scraggs--I can see through it perfectly. Those lots are destined to sell for an enormous price, and you know it. You see a thousand dollars or so in them, and you want them. You are the man who pro poses to buy them. You are sly, Scraggs, and you can hatch out some plausible schemes, but I understand your motive in this instance." Scraggs arose and walked the floor for a minute or two, then stopping in front of Green, said: "John Green, I wouldn't pay you fifty per cent. on the investment you made in those lots. I don't want them, and wouldn't buy them at any price. But talk is useless, so I have no more to say -at least only this. In less than six months from to-day, you will recall what I have said, and you will say that for once Scraggs advised you aright. Good day." These last words of Scraggs made a slight impression on John, andl he left the oficee in a halting state of mind. Once or twice as he walked down the street lie stopped, half inclined to go back and accept Seraggs' offer. "If I sell out," lhe mused, "I will make a large profit, and besides being able to redeem my farm will have a couple of hundred dollars left towardsI builing a home. . It may be that $eraggs is right, too, and that by hold ing on I will lose all. Perhaps it would be safer to sell." Then on the other hand he 'would re Icall Scraggs' reputation as a schemer and an unprincipled shnrk, and noting the improvements that were under way and the avidity with which other peo pe were taking up "bargains" in real estate, he would conclude that he was right, and that Seraaggs only want ed to get the lots himself because there was a big outcome to them. Reasoning pro and con, he finally decided to keep his lots, and accordingly went home, perfectly satisfied that he had acted for the best. The boom at Paradise Park kept roll ing on and on, reaching out farther andl farther until the winter came on and the severe storms andl cold weather put a check to all imnprovemecnt. That win t'r was an inte-nsel~y cold one, and there was a great de'al of snow. so that people ven!tured't out butt little, and as a conse (Iuenice the( excitement at P'ar'adise Park didl down and the sales of real estate Thei~ inivestorns felt no uncasiness, how ever. being assuredlthat with the return f fair weather' the bojom would set in again with renewed vigor. In the sriig the railroads were to be located ad work was to begin on thecm at once; and all the other public improvements were to b'e got under headway, too; so the the realI boom was to come, and only a few short months of inactivity was to come between. Thus the winter passed, and by the mdle. of March all the snow was gone pegan to shoot tip. The boom at Para dise Park revived, and while real estate transactions zesumed their wonted strength, the sound of tl hammer, the saw aud the trowel were heard on every hand. Rusiness blocks, both frame and brick, were started up all about the center of the town, while residences were being constructed in every quar ter. Unprecedented activity re'elned. and Seraggs' prediction that the place woul(l have twenty thousind populat ion within the year bade fair to cvoiie true. But day after day passed. and no iove toward constructing railroads or other publie improvmients was niade. Yet the people were strong in the faith and kept the boom rolling. CHAPTER XII. A BURSTED BOOM. A month passed and then the great j boom at Paradise Park recived a sud den cheek. A railroad line was located through that section of Kansas. but it camne not to or through the place. It ran within five miles of the town, and the company located a depot and laid out a townsite at the point nearest to Paradise Park. As soon as this fact became known as a certainty the great boom burst and the embryo western metropolis lay flat. The sale of lots stopped short, and within three days the value of real estate ran down until it was impossible to sell lots at any price. The no ise of the saw and hammer ceased, and un finished buildings were left so. Then a new town on the railroad was 'tarted under the name of Magic City. Scraggs, the inevitable, shook the dust of Paradise Park from his feet and went down to Magic City to inaugurate a boom there; and he succeeded so well that within a few days there was a grand rush of people to the new town, and a real estate craze rivaling that of Paradise Park began to rage. The people who owned houses at the old town moved them to the new, and thus within a couple of weeks the famed town of Paradise Park-the once proud infant wonder of the world -was blotted out of existence, and nothing save a few old foundations and the painted corner stakes remained to mark the spot where the embryo metropolis had stood. The collapse had been sudden and un expected, and hundreds of poor settlers who had invested their little all in the hope of making a raise awoke sudden ly to the fact that they were ruined, and that their hopes and their money had gone down together in the great wreck. Some who had a small amount of means left invested in the new town in the hope of retrieving what was lost in the old, but hundreds had nothing left to invest, and all they could do was to mourn the departed, and curse Scraggs. This latter pleasure, however, was denied John Green. He could mourn the fall of Paradise Park, but he had no occasion to curse Scraggs, for Scraggs had warned him and had made every effort to get him to save himself. John took his loss seriously to heart, and many were the wakeful nights it caused him. The sum of money was small, but it was all that stood between his family and want if lie should fail on his crop the coming season, as there was a fair prospect of him doing since the season had opened up exceed ingly dry. Mary, ever patient and long suffering, deplored the loss of the money equally as much as John did, but made a pre tense of considering it a mere trifle. True wife that shi> was, she was willing to bear her own biamders alone, and be sides shoulder a large part of her hus band's. She saw nothing in the future utlook to encourage her, yet for John's sake she affected to see a great deal, and the more he regretted, the more cheerful and hopeful she became, and the more lightly she treated their loss. "I am glad, Mary," John remarked one day, "that you take such a happy view of the situation. The loss of the money, and the knowledge that it was~ my fault, is enough to make me despise~ myself almost, even at best, and if you had blamed me as I deserve to be: blamed, I believe I'd have gone mad." : "John, there is nothing for which to blame you," Mary replied. "You in vested the money, as hundreds of others invested, and tried to act for the best. It was a mistake, and nothing more. Such a mistake as anyone might have made, and as almost every poor settler did make. There is no use to condemn yourself, or make yourself miserable with vain regrets. The money is gone -let it go. We can live over the loss, and in a short time won't feel it." "I hope so," replied John, "but it is hard to raise expectations where there. is so little to base them on. There are poor prospects for crops this year, for it is already late in the season and there is not moisture enough in the ground to sprout the seeds. If it does not rain soon we will raise nothing, and again we shall have to go through the expe ?iences of a year ago. Sometimes I feel like turning loose and cur.'ing this God forsaken country from end to end. I wish we had never set foot on Kansas soil. There is nothing here for us but suffering, hardships and disappoint ments- From year to year we have got1 to contend against drought, hot winds5, chinch bugs, grasshoppers, greedy Shyloks and swindling schemes, and the settler has a poor showing among them." 'It is discouraging, John," said Mary, "but where can poor people do better? The east is overcrowded, and the pocr man canniot hope to get a home there. ie cannot go into business for himself, 1'1 and to work on a salary is uncertain. Thousands do it, of course, and'a small per cent. of them get on very well. but such cases are rare. We hare had ex perience in that way, and we know what it is to b~e thrown out of employ ment and left stranded without mney and with sickness. We have hardl times here, and suffer many prirations and d lisappointments, but I would not ex-1 change it for the east, for here we have a hope of a home by and by, and there1 we could hope for nothing. Here you are your own master, there you were the servant of v-our emplovers, who, because they paid you a pitiful saimry] suficient to keep yourself and family alve, felt that they owned you body and soul. I'll take Kansas with its trials and disappointments in prefer ece to the east." "Yes. so will I," said John, "but I do think the settlers who come here to build up homes and improve and beau tiry the land, ought to receive better treatmnt from the government. There is no justice in givingz up to corpora tions a n ,. a++ le ing i i al the choice P:onions of the pu.n a . m>"i the home:e!kr.- the sand.r d 1 p1a*,. wvhere -nothing 1)mt s:1it d - otes Ilourish. .ht he :-i' : . I pose. must be e'n ther don't~ wantis :r. tth poor. But after al . as good as any place man. for he dou't se e'1i '. t anywhere exept a., a n: the wealtIhy. It i-. a trut. n-iy Ihs there is no plaoe in Ih:i-;.l f -r the poor. Tley are 4u r f the ground." John and ilMarY. i ri.. -:r r and discouraged. wer- r : taket a rVcno td V V <;1 !te-~ tionl, as proph-1" are aipt tt o 1-under - circunstances. IUut aftor al. whois there to say that their view. th. 'rgh melancholy, was not to some extent at least based on facts? Who is there to say that poor men with famie brought into competition with the la >Or of all the civilized and se:ni-civiled worldI do not have a hard time' of it in the east, and feel themselves fortunate in nine cases out of ten if they are able to keep their dependent ones barely above want? Who is there to say against John Green's assertion, -hat the poor settlers on the publie lands of the west have not been neglected by the govorn ment and forced tn occupy the arid plains passed over by the rich ca-Ale men and giant corporations as usel.ss? Mary and John may havc looked at the situation through smoked glass, but :f they did, they saw not far wrong. As John had feared, the outlool: for crops grew less and less promising with each week. The weather con tinued dry, and day after day the, sun ran his course through cloudles heavens. The earth became parthed. andthe vegetation that had, in spite of all obstructions, forced ltself into life drooped, withered and died. For h ree long months not a drop of rain had fallen, and it being now duly there was no longer any grounds for hope -- the part of the settlers. It was inp;,ihie that any crops could be grown the. late in the season, even were it to r..in at ole. [To be (;' tted.) AN ATTACH'MiNT Gf:ANTED. OIt Agalit 1-mc"de:,t Ioiiv For :a italfMninIai Nmv Yonxi, Oct. J son, (if the urm Ccur, to-day IPppliCtiono C-flry fodpide:t >f the Ada ns Express Com pany, grant d an attachmeuti gilst the r ' )f John Hoey, th. deposed pre-i nt of ,he company in a suit to recove r hli! a nillion dollars. Th attach n'eut was zranted on the ground f .en-rmA idence,lHoe~y's htome-:r a.t Hly vood. N. J. Tihe att..chntit ws at >ne handed to De;uty n'Shriff Stev The attachment wa; s cured upor illidavit of Frederlck Lovejiey. the pres mnt Vice-President o1 the Adams Ex press Company. The summons attach !d to the papers ar.nounces to M:. Iloey "hat if he defaults in appearing to an wer the suit judgmert will be taken igainst him for .5712,95o0 with intertst and costs. Lovejoy, in his uildavit, recites the istory of the company, which is a joint stock association, andl says th it Iloey was appointed manager of tmie comx ny on January 6, 1870, and 'ias ever mene continued to act and is nlow act g as such. Iloey's elevatior to the rusteeship, vice presidency a id presi lency is then referred to. In all these positions, he says, Iloey occup)ie d a lida :ary relation to the company and had outrol of the funds and assets. It is lleged that prior to March 1l8.2, iloey, ither individually or in co'mection with other persons, acquired in inter-* st in the business of the Nnv York md Boston Dispatch Company, the Kinsley Express Company ant the Un ton Express Company for $73,O95, the full value at that time of the interest purchased. On that same da y he sold :d transferred this interest to the dams Express Company for 83h50,000 id in his ollicial capacity: caused this sum to be transferred to him tlf and others out of the funds >f the Adams Express Company, id by so doing app~ropria:es $276, )05 out of the S35U,000 to his own ase and that of others in frar d of the rights of the Adams Express Campany, md in violation of his duties as oflicer mni trustee. This sum has been wholly lost to the &dams Express Comnpany. Lovejioy ontinues that prior to M1archl 12,1b08, E[ey, either individually or in connec :ion with others, acquired tlbe remuain ng interest in the three specified chm anies for 880.000. vwhich w is its full alue at the tiine.' On Mlarch 12, 1888, [Ioey sold it to ithe Adams~ Express 'lmpany for 8$00,000, paying that sum :o himself and others, whi'e aLctmgl in mliduciary capacity, thus appr opriat .ng 8420,000O of the $F(00,00 to) is o' wn ase and that of others in fraud of thme ~ihtsof the Adarms Express Cmnpany. Lor these reasons it is eia rned that~ lere is now dune the Adl.unvs Ex p'ress Company from tl'e defend.u t Ihe s'im~. yr $i%.905. It m. is '!!' led by Loveja ;hiit whsen lsaiam h t C.o'abmes th'I r nr treasurer o thle Adues 4ilnpany, lied in 1l85, he ws ' Ce o h ~opniy for about Iid I. '' odr :o discharge tis ind bP-ae' b - ocs admiinistr. r .ave ('ey. in ha : apacity as an (4IiClierofth e:'mpay 16.015.~ Hoey, it is~ chac~ e, di not4 Ippy any pertin of thisr m'e' 1o the iischare of abeock' indedel.mdess, br did he pay it to the .comp:07 . [Iey, says Lovejoy, :approprutted said mm of 81t6,013 to his ownVi useL' an in rand of the righlTs of 'aid \ln Ex press Comipany. y rea n *f c i th1 :acts, Lovejoy says cau:,' Ui a ctionl :xists against ilboy, andthe pmm 441 .s entitled '0 recover' -712,750 .u t nterest on $2763,05J from March 5.1 182; on $420,000 from M~mtch I2 18'8, umd on $16.045 !rom I' bru:: rn" 1. 18h . The Snmerm lis deputies ser ;ed th.' at achment upon the olhlcers of r. heSeutI . arn Express Company, th'e IFarnwrs' Loan and Trust Companyv and inej Xdams Express Company. H o-y has i stock in the~ Adans Ex prett Com >any and at the Oliites5 of te other cou erns it was not known tha he had any~ roperty there. John Hoe" could no. je found in the city andi depty sherill's -:oldl not serve the summeius up~on hI im Scarcely a day paes without its o spaper story o! roam youn1g woman sho met a man? .5 i nt-resting 1 ha;t she hought she couldn't live wit hout him , :o she married him iin! hate~ and!] after .vards learned that he'. wa an ex-('on it or a brute or alreadyi ad a wife c' :wo fromr whom43 helh::d s'eparateol with1 )ut the orma.1lity' of a h-'gal 'ivorce. I such cases time blanw is ili upo man, who gem-'rah deser'n siicore ibuis: than he ;:et. liut girls, look at he matter s'-riouxsly amIo ten minutes andc see ift he troiuble imi'ght nL 't a've ben m;oidd it you had 14 nt been ini to nueh f : am hrryv.XMarri:ig; e man artnersipl for lif' di( rers of diiore re merel'y exceptions~ il-at p4rove :hit 'ule. Would an ;nn enter 'it to a~~ jusiness p4artnetrsiip w i as '1: 'I mlle ofit~( the ot'i(1her party as yu e 1 'Emf satisf1ied with? Wel I' o)0 t iless he were'' a' weet ' uled luaic ala is cheap.,~ irls: it man he made to rder as fast as thme tonguem ('tm runm speially when there is a pre'tty fac 1; 1 oo ispire it arnd two wiing oars to re ive it. D)on't fear thamt 50ome1 other 1 rl will get the fellow unless I.ou se- I ThLD YOUR COI0T . !MPORTANT ACTION OF THE GREEN V;LLE ALLIANCE. Th-: !F.-mer. Advised to Hold Their Cot t,,n I-- Ie.ttcr IPriced 2ind to Have It weardwh1CCA.Mld b3y AlliaLuce Weigh G mm n~~yS. , Oct. 19.--The' Gr., ivei - Ctunty 1rmrrs' Alliance meit m1 )bl session today for the purpo.;se of -.in~g some action on the vexed qietiou (with them) of the buy in e and selli:2g of cotton. Tney passea ta- iollo wing resolutions, which is in to:dd to have a tar-reaching effect and tn unite the Alliance of the South in an effort to raise the price of cotton: Vhertas. cotton is our cash product, amiLt producers ar forced to take for it. prices ibelow the cost of prodaction. Not only the farmers but the merchaut.# wh f urnished them supplies on time, must sustain loss. The profits on cot - ton are divided between speculatora anid macufacturers. We the Greenville Farmers' Alliance, do advise our farmers to refuse to sell their cotton at the present prices, and to at once warehouse so much cotton a1 n ill satisfy their creditors, and bor row from banks or individuals on ware house receipts, and hold their cotton for better prlces. That the action of our meeting bo pnblished throughout the Cotton States, aid we ask the farmers to at once. t:rough state r.nd county Alliances, act. in accordance -:herewith. That all sub-All:ances are hereby re quested to call meetings at once to act on thc-se resolutions. The Alliance of this county proposes to accomplish the purpose of the reso lution by concentrating the cotton brought to this market in the Alliance warehouse for the purpose of having it graded into lots, "so that each grade can be sold at its true market value." ' he warehouse will store cotton litteen days tree of charge to buyer and seller alike, enabling the teller to hold his cotton for better prices and the buyer to get large lots for shipment. After the flifteen days free storage is out, the cost of storage and insurance will not exceed twenty-five cents for the first month and twenty cents for sub sequent rnonths. A coininitteetman of the Alliance says: -It. is now generally conceded that the preseit crop is far short of that of last yvar, and of a much iner quality; yet the prices are below the cost of produc tion. It therefore must be apparent to ail that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by holding. Some of the Greenv ille banks have agreed to ad vance liberally on warehouse receipts." A resolution was also passed asking every true Allianceman not to sell his cottun until he takes it to the ware house. The Alliance proposes to have a grader of cotton, or grade it them teves by "types" from New York. The cotton buyers here are deted, and if the plan of the Alliance is carried out they must buy Alliance cotton at the warehouse and have it weighed by Alls ance weighers. Head of a Human. MuxcIE, Ind., Oct. 18.-Word has reacned ths city from a source that can be regarded as being perfectly reliable, of the disco very of a semi-human mon strosity that lays all other freaks of na ture in the shade. Yesterday, while J. T. lIlackburn' a Washington Township farmer, was going through a corntielo, in which were numerous stumps. he iiscovered lying on one that was about four feet in diameter a female dog that had gived birth to a litter of pups, one of wnich possessed the head of a human being, although its face bore a striking resemblance to that of tie worst kind of an idiot. Its'body was shaped lire a boa instrictor, and, being of an unusual length, it would wind around in all con eivable forms but without injury to any of its brothers and sisters. The forelegs are much longer than the hind ones, which gives it a giraffe appear ance when standing on its feet. Its skin is soft and pliable, and is possessed o no hair, with the exception of a very small "eais" on the top of the head, Instead of whining, like all pups, it ives out a hideous scream that Imi ates an eagle when fighting for its young. While the freak snaps like a log and is possessed of a full set of teeth, its instinct causes it not to mo est or disturb its relatives, other than th annoyance that is brought about by natural causes. On its feet are :laws that extend several inches in ength. This monstrosity will, in all probability, be exhibited, and it is er pectedi that the owner will reap a rich arvest from the exhibition. Spartanburg's Fac tories SP'ARTANBUitG, S. C., Oct 16-Spar anurg county leads the world, that is, the Southern world. The following ire the ligures of cotton spindles now Either in actual operation, or for the placing of which the plant has begun. lifton. 50,000; Pacolet, now working, ,400. building 34,600. total. 50,000: En ree, 25,000; Spartan Mills, 30,000; D. E. onverce Co. addition to old mill, 5,000, otal15,000; Whitney 10,000; Fairmount, .000; Fingerville 5,000; Pelham, 5,000; ow pens. 3.000; Arlington, 1,500; Valley alls, 500; J. 11. Cash, 15,000; grand to l, 20~4.500. Eimait'ing the consumption at about re-ha1 1bale to the spindle, the home onsumtif4on is about 100,000) bales. Thin; i about two and one-half times heprodutiton of the county. This :ea s nearly $t6,000,00J0 in cotton mills n Spartanhu rg County. Eiht or ien years ago the difference n'WtnoI the Spartanburg and Charles n wourket was from 75 to 100 points. ow cotton brings us much on the ~trets of this city as it does on the ~oast. This is due directly to the local lemand from the miils.-The State. Sho Open edi Firv. ];uMn'on1ur, Ala, Oct. 14 -A sensa >na! but. bloodless street shooting oo arreT'd heore in front of the United wiates court house. Mrs. Fannie Hoff n. liostmuistress at Coalburg, Mr. J. I'. IllU, the mnage'r of the Sloss Iron nd devel Co., and Deputy Marshal ,chon feld, were stani-ing in the street avlhen Mrs. Hoffman opened lire on hm, firing three shots. She was vithin three feet of the men, but none .f the balls took effect. A police ar e~sted ner and took the pistol from her, tt She imm~fediately reached into a arge balsket which she carried, anddrew mother large gun. She resisted arrest nd created a sensation by yelling while ding taken to jail. Sho was afterwards eea'd on a $200 band. Mrs. Hoffman s been regarded as eccentric forsev rni days. The trial of Hill and other 'romiuent Coalberg citizens has been oig on in the United States court. The had them arrested on the charge of mpeing her in the discharge of her in ties as postmistress. She says Schoen id and 11:11 were conspiring to defame er character, and she tried to kill them. snakes in a Tree. C1..uu.:silrno, W. Va., Oct. 18S While two lumbermen named McCray mdl Deuers were felling timber near ~level; n,. Webster County, they cut :wni a large limnetree, which was liter Hyk alive~ with snake-s of a variety ever before found in this vicinity. I'hey were browui in co.lor, large in size, maving yellow jaws, from which they ontinususiv evicted a slimy matter, md were exceedingly vicious, attack ng t:.e muen as soon as the true fell fer killing a large number McCray d ,)eutrs were obliged to retreat. ecuring assistance they returned to h spot, and a general slaughter took >ace. not less than live bundred repti es being killed. Investigation was len made, and from titteen hundred to wo thousand egya -;'erea foun I in vari A TRIPLE LYNCHING. Three Z.toi s anaadI1d b Shot in Varinia. STAUNTON. \a.. OS. 17.-. sneehd from Cli:to I'Fre. Va.. today Daily News say.: This morning a:ang of six armed drunken ne.moei cane into town. and boasted loudiv that thev had come to take the plae h his created terrible confusloa on the sLrects. as al the negroes had pistols nid othe r weapons. which the: i frieelv. They walked about the strcets. nmuh ing ladies and comimitting oler tout raes land creatin: a terrible ri->t. A number of citizeis decillod to arrest them, but the negroes v*ieiltliy resisted arrest and broke away from their would be captors. who guve chase. When the negroes had nearly reac:hed Irowngate they turned and conimencd (iring upon their pursuers. and a battle between the posse and the rioters ensued. Philhp Bolln, a brakeman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was killed outrighit at the tirst tire, and Frederick Wilkin son was injured seriously. The officers. after some difi:.uliy. captured five of the gang. including the leaders, but one is still at large. Two large mobs. numbering in all about 500, formed in the town and met at Sweetwood's store at about 10 o'clock tonight. They fired salutes.and then the two corabhined and marched to the jail where the prisoners. ta-en in the atternoon, had been confined. They attempted. after firing into the jail for some time, to break opea the door with a ram. but it was too strong and resist ed their efforts. They then procued axes and sledge hammers and broke in. They took out three prisoners, and tak ing them to a gully about half a mile froa the jail, strung two of them up to a tree and filled them full of bullets. The third prisoner. who was a boy six teen years old, they brouaht back to the jail to lock him up again, but finally let him go, and he escaped. The fourth prisoner, who had been crippled with a bullet in the afternoon, was still in the jail, the door of which had been repair ed. Breakiu in again. they took him cut, and putting him in a cart. they hauled him to the same place and huun him to the tree that the former two had been hung on. Another member of the gang had been shot down in the afternoon near Irongate and left lying by the side of the railroad track in a dying condition. American and Chilan allora Fight. SANTIAGo, Oct. 17--The anti-A mer can feeling which is very pronounced reached a climax last evening in the streets of Valparaiso. A number of sailors of the United States steamer, BJtimore, now in port, were w-lking along* the street when they were con fronted by some sailors of a Chilian man-of-war. Some words passed, when a fierce ight followed. There was evi dently bad blood on both sides, and it only needed a pretext to bring on a con flict. Both parties were armed with %nives and pistols, which were freely used. When the combatants were sep arated by the police and bystanders. it was found that one of the Baltimore sailors had been killed ana five others seriously wounded. Several of the Chil lans were also badly hurt. This was the first time the Baltimore's sailors had been ashore for a month. The In tenoant of the city had assured Cap tain Schley of the Baltimore that his sailors would be perfectly safe on Chil ian soil. The feeling today between Ameticans anel Chilians is very strong. several additional tights occurred today among sailors, but they were not so se rious as that of yesterday. The dead sailor of the Baltimore wIll be buried tomorrow. An armed force will be landed from the military guard of hon or for the occasion. .Trouble is feared, as it will be Sunday and election day. Callian officials, alive to the gravity of the occassion, have again promised the Americans protection from assault tun der all circumst ances. Saved by a Dog. Cov1GN.~s Ky., Oct. 18.-Mrs. Em ma Smith's grocery and residence on Bullock street was destroyed by fire early this morning. Mrs. Smith and her four children had a narrow escape from death. The lady arose at 4:30 o'clock, made a fire and retired again. Half an hour after she was awakened by her Newfoundland dog tugging at the bed clothing and barking furiously. She was nearly smothered by smoke, but groped her way to the bedroom of her childsen. The room was full of smoke, but she pt them out of the burning building just in time. The Bailey-Lebby COMPANY. 213 \Meeting St., Opposite Charleston Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mlaniufacturers' Agents. Lachinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention tuill men ! We are now oifer ig the best and latest improved --AND Gris-t MVills. Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nails, Fitting, Delt Lacing, and a full line of Phosphate and M~ill Supplies. state ag nts for THE SCIENTIFIC GRINDING MiLLS, peSend for our new illustrated catalogue ad lowest prices. Agents wanted in every county. FER TILIZERS! PIEDMONT GUANO CO., CIIAltLESTON, S. C. IMlop.rER., 3MANUFAcriUREli. DEAr.CuRSIN Safest, High Grade, and (Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved Bone, Solubles, and Ammoni ated Manipulated. Handled by Mr. ML Levi, Manning. S. C. Get pries~ before buy ing. WM. BURMESTER &CO0. Hay and Grain, Opp. Kerr's Wharf, and 23 Queen St. CHARILESTON, S. C' BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 109, East Bay, CTTARLETO. S. C. !H A. NO F T [Mnecessoer toC. I H' yt *A ]ra.) Largest Cnd Oldest m'ny Stie r A very large stock of Britannia waie, the ve.iv best silver plated goods made. 550 Gold Rings on hand. Fine line. of Clocks. Wedding Presents, Gold Pn, tnd Specta cies. A big lot ot solid coin silver just re ceived, at lowest prices. My repairing de partment has no superior in the State. Try around first and get prieos, then come to re. You will certainly buy from me. L. W. FOLSOM, Successor to . II. Folsomn & Bro. -SUMNTFlt, S. 1. DEALERI IN WATCHES, CLOClis iEWE I 0C z The celebrated Royal St. John SewinR Machine. and Finest Raors in Aninrica, :l ways on hand. Repairing pr.-i:ptly and - neatly executed by skille-I w.orst'men. Orders bv mail will receive cartful attua tion. SILVERWARE, &c, :l at ba~dsi ii I have in stock some of the most .rtistic pieces in this line ever brought to Sumter. Those looking for Tasty Wedding Presents will do well to inspect my stock. Alsa 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 receirve prompt and careful attention. L. E. LEGRAND, SUJMTER, S. C._~ EAT AND DRINK! I have opened a first-class liquor saloon in the city of Sumter, in the Solomons building on Liberty street, where I will keep the choicest brends~ of I.IQUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, and all kinds or smokers' articles. My sa loon will be managed by a first-class bar tender, who wtil 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. MIy tables will be filled with the very best the inarket af'ords, and this branch of my business will be un der the supervision of one who has served as chief cook in several fine restaurants. Tha trade of my Clarendon Friends s 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-4 tation to call again. WOLKOVISKIE & CO., Sumter, S. 0. NOTICE OF RECISTRATIONn State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO VIS ions of an act of the Ge'neral Assembly ratified onl the th day ot February, 1882, I will be in the court house in MIanning. in the office of the clerk of the couri, the first ] MIonday of each month. for :he purpose of allowing persons coming of age since the last general election to regist.e. and to at tend to any other busmness pertaining to my oficial duties. S. P. iOL L ADAY, Supervis. r Registratin Clarendon Co. P. 0. Address: Panola. S. C. Stephen Thomas, Jr.&. JEWELRY, SILVER & PlaTED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. .WWatches and Jewelry repaired by coinetent workme.. 257 KINGI STRET, CIHIA RL ESTON. S. C. ESiTABLISHEDl 1836. Carrin , Thomas & Co.,4 --D.ALEFRS IN JEWELRY, SILVERWAR E AND FANCY 6O00S No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. IGHII GRAD)E LIQUORS, 1'' 3kin st. ~, CHARLESTON, SJ.A Manning Shaving Parlor. HAIR CUTTING ARITISTICALLY EX ecuted, and shaving done with bes razors. Special att-ntion paid to shampoo ing ladies' heads. I have had considerabl experince in several large cities, and guar antee satisfaction to my customers. Parlor ne+ door to M..nning Times.