The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 20, 1897, Image 4
CORN HSKING TIME2,
DR. TALMA-E DRAWS INS~iRAT:ON
FROM THE TEEMING HARVESTS.
Vivid Pen Picture of the art1te Bee.
Death the Blessing of Blessings to the
Good San-The ChMli of the Frosts 'Fol
lowed by Gladness.
This sermon by Dr. Talu.:e i' ?ecuahrlY
seasonable at the Present tine. when t:e
teeming harvests all over the lu:I are W
ing the husbandman. His text is A', v.
"As a shock of corn cometh in in his sot on
Going at the rate of 4 mies
few days ago I caught :his segn
have recentiv been in the Ies . e
vania or New Jersey. e w
York, or New Ea-lan.i or a -
districts, you know that the corn iser
all cut. The sharp knife .:rack theagh the
stalks and left thet all along the e until
a man came with a buneof straw ad
twisted a few of these wisps of straw intoa
bsnd, and then gathering p as much 0! the
corn as he could compass with his ar: he
bound it with the wisp of straw, and then
stood it in the field in what is clie I a shok.
It is estimated that there are now severa.
billion bushels of corn standinc in the
waiting to be husked :sme time durng the
latter part of next month the far:ers wit
gather, one day on one far:. anuther d'y on
another farm, and they will pu: o t o er
rough husking a ron, and they will take
husking peg, which is a piece of iron wit :
leather loop fastened to tae hand. ani w::s
ituhsheath the corn from the husk :il si
it into the golden heap. Then the na
will come along and take it to the cartr -
How vividly to all those o. ts who were
born in the country couer the re:ne:t-''gall
of husking time: We waited for it :t fr :
a gala day of the year. It was clLetd a frol
ic. The trees having for the most part she i
their foliage, the farmers waded througn tne
fallen leaves and came through the keen
morning air to the gleeful company. Tie
frosts, which had silvered everything during
the night, began to melt off of the top of the
corn shocks. While the farmers were watt
ing for others, they stood blowing their
breath through their fingers or thrashing
their arms around their bodies to keep up
warmth of circulation.
Roaring mirth greeted the late farmer as
he crawled over the fence. Joke and repar
tee and rustic salutation abounded. All
ready, now: The men take hold the shock
of corn and hurl it prostrate, while the
moles and mice which have secreted them
selves there for warmth attimpt escape. The
withe of straw is unwound from the corn
shock, and the stalks. heavy with the wealth
of grain, are rolled into two bundles, between
which the husker sits down. The husking
peg is thrust in until it strikes the corn, and
then the fingers rip off the sheathing of the
ear and there is a crack as the root of the
corn is snapped off from the husk. and the
grain disimprisoned, is hurled up into the
sunlight.
The air is so tonic, the work is so very ex
hiliarating, the company is so blithe, that
some laugh, and some shout, and some sing,
and some banter, and some tease a neighbar
for a romantic ride along the edge of the
woods in an eventide, in a carriage that
holds but two, and some prophesy as to the
number of bushels to the field, and others
go into competition as to which shall rifle the
most corn shocks before sundown.
Afterawhile the dinner horn sounds from
the farmhouse, and the table is surrounded
by a group of jolly and hungry men. From
all the pantries and the cellars and the
perches of fowl on the place the richest dain
ties come, and there are carnival and neigh
borhood reunion and a scene which fills our
memory, part with smiles, but more with
tears, as we remember that the farm belongs
now to other owners, and other hands gath
er in the fields, and many of those who min
gled in that merry husking scene have them
selves have been reaped "like as a shock of
corn cometh in in his season."
There is a difference of opinion as to wheth
er the orientais knew anything about the
corn as it stands in our fields, but recent
discoveries have found out that the Hebrew
knew all about Indian maize. for there have
been grains of the corn picked up out of an
cient crypts and exhumed from hiding places
where they were put down centuries ago, and
they have been planted in our time and'have
come up just such Indian maize as we raise
in New York and Ohio. So I am right when
I say that my text may refer to a shock of
corn just as you and I bound it, j ust as you
and l threw it, just as you and I husked it.
There may come some practical and useful
and comforting lessons to all our souls while
we think of coming in at last "like a shock
of corn coming in in his season."
It is high time that the king of terrors
were thrown out of the Christian vocabulaxy.
A vast multitude of people talk of death as
though it were the disaster of disasters in
stead of being to a good man the blessing of
blessings. It is moving out of a cold vesti
bule into a warm temple. It is migrating
into groves of redolence and perpetuv fruit
age. It is a change from bleak March to
roseate June. It is a change of manacles for
garlands. It is the transmuting of the iron
handcnffs of earthly incarceration into the
diamond wristlets of a bridal party, or, to
use the suggestion of my text, it is only
husking time. It is the tearing off of
the rough sheath of the body that the
bight and- the beautiful soul may go
free. Coming in "like a shock of
corn cometh in in his season" Christ broke
up a funeral procession at the gate of Nain
by making a resurrection day for a y oung
man and his mother. And I wouMd that I
could break up your sadnesses and halt the
long funeral procession of the world's g iet
by some cheering and cheerful view of the
last transition.
We all know that husking time was a time
of frost.- Frost on the fence. Frost on the
stubble. Frost on the ground. Frost on
the bare branches of the trees. Frost in the
air. Frost on the hands of the 'huskers.
You remember we used to hide behind toe
corn stacks so as to keep off the wind, but
still you remember how shivering was the
body and how painful was the cheek and how
benumbed were the hands. But after awhile
the sun was high up and all the frosts went
out of the air, and hilarties awakened the
echoes and joy from one corn shock went up.
"Aha, ahal'' and was answered by joy from
another corn shock, "Aha, aha!"
So we all realize that the death of our
friends is the nipping of many expectations,
the freezing, the chilling, the frosting of
many of our hopes. It is far from being a
south wind. It comes from the frigid north,
and when they go away from us we stand
bnumbed in body and benumbed in soul.
We stand among our dead neighbors, oar
dead families, and we say, "~Will we ever
get over it?" Yes, we will get over it amid
the shoutings of heavenly reunion, and we
will look back to all these distresses of be
reavement only as the temporary distresses
of husking time. "Weeping may endure
for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
"Light, and but for a moment," said the
apostle as he clapped his hands, "light, and
but for a moment." The chill of the frosts
followed by the gladness that eemeth in
"like as a shock of corn cometh in in hit
season."
Of course the husking time made roau
work with the ear of corn. Tne husking pe2
had to be thrust in and the hard thumb o:
the husker had to come down on the swath
ing of the ear, and then there was a puh
and a ruthless tearing and then a complete
snapping off before the corn was free, and i:
the husk could have spoken it would have
said: "Why do you lacerate me.' Why dc
you wrench the?" Ah, my friends, that it
the way God has arranged that the ear and
husk shall part, and that is the way he ha~
arranged that the body anld soul ::hall rp
rate.
The pain does its work andI 'hen ' ie
Just so many plunges of the crowba tofe
the quarry stone for the bulig.' ,
many strokes of the ehise. to c. p.~et a
statue. Just so many p' ng to -e'-a "a
soul fromn the body. You~ who.. ar'
ailments and di:-orders ar"ny' ~ yn
installments that which ..me ofu a
to pay in one payment when we pay thede
of nature. Thank God,:*erefore y- wh
have chronic disorders. tha you ha a
much less suffering at the last. Thak
that you will have so much ieso te :leei :
way of pain at the hands of the nteanen.'
Husbandman when "the shock of eo:
cometh in in his season."
Perhaps now this may be an ans wer to:
x " ::: , . l ' withL
h x'\ :: :" \\ w rl i is c.\::par:ivelye
lI d ouepli t:c: i,
a a te nukin;time that the .u!k
'C- wi- tIu 'into ith corn and then there
h'e: aS:out oull brefore" the swvathingz w:s
of the ear an1 the full, rounl,
h1 y, lu"int corni wa: develoe ile
ie other hin-t there W.:' cara that n"r1
ec:nei tworth N;. W:brew " 1:t
:L:o . p aee all by ite.: andt we CaL le 1 i
' :.e o _ ? it w : t ti . I ::: - ..
wvn :ie r:seia ~eo tw .r:
:1 .r it
4J:~1I? ' VI. .: ' i Vi l
Ir. i:. an i no i' l'. . en a :mi
1 t cr:1i. Na.e, i,: w :ii th e 1 e.-e th '
be ea r' t d i .eu u "::1i". Ie :n r i.
r- r e tha ad itwudei anoo poiix 'hea'e
._.d ,t r rn.hed., 1n~ 1 , ske i ami u: l:. -. in
ai e I tr- tetn : aia e": tvo, gra ar,
{ a 'm er: "n:'. wL in t er.. Iw :o
the : are".e wih have is tress fes
"1a'n iod r-I in Lriael a^.dig:resg of
ance.n, the far he not any grade
sri nthe V evenig .andI ther Loi lbeh muhe
iats: iut ws no: dern tor: it is co
meynofry. huskintrer theal lvth far
c asteneth."' and it isproof positive 'hat
there is something valuable in you, er the
Lord would not have husked you.
You remember ao that in the time of
huskingit aa a neig hoin reunion. By
the great tirephee in thee gretet the tires
roaring around the gloritiel backlogs on an
old fashionel hearth, of whih the modern
stores and registers are only the degenerate
descenants, the farmers used to gather an1
srand the evening, and there would be much
se.:iality, but it Was not any thing uike thze
joy of the king tme, for then a l the far
mers came, and they came in the very best
humor, and they came from beyond the
meadow, and they came from beyond the
hrok, and they came from regions two and
Sthree miles around. Gool spirit reignes
sureme, and there were great handshak
ies. a:d there tas cone an ther was
recital of the brightest experiences in all
their live, and there was a neighborhood re
union the memory of which makes all the
rerves of my body tremble with emotion as
the striugs of a harp when the fingers of a
player have swept the chords.
The husking time has the time of neigh
borhool reunion, and s hueaven will le just
that. There they come up: They slept in
the old1 village churchyard. There tbey
coTe uan They reclined amid the fountains
and the s uspure and the parterres of a city
cemetery. T h ney come up: Tihey went
down when the ship foundered off Cape
Hatteras. They conie uip from all sides
from potter's field and out of the solid ma
sonry of Westminister abbey. They come
up: They come up: All the binheranees to
their better nature husked off. All their
physical ailments husked o'f. All their
spiritual despondencies husked ofe. All
their hindrances to usefulness husked o:f.
The grain, the golden grain, the God fash
ioned grain, visible and conspicuous,
some of them on earth were such is
grble Crsin o oudhrl tn
it in he l their prsae oein evens thas
aree skdn ou Ehrl onowa thpyy Tne
heacn iseal thery imperfci hetsave happy
ausked can. Theaveln en onra neartho
hoo diareeabon. They kieand qelensuall
but, the fther, wit hi csickdyou loed arond
thim. o yoowy many hal thigs Noe
gave cutain alluth yous anditer told ystalo
octen theyshad ito tsa opfo glau ingsoene
withtle. unti ohd amot that the aay
hand seentheainain came itof the es.od
no, thisn hee all the dakneess into
he cangb. out r o ne e ad heet asihppy
hood theunin lig and ens, ad
God, theefatnr andthe hs chiln time oarthn
him.Nto ig ododby ofal the air. grno
grye"likein- al thechil' coRivermofhcrysta
chrsopeasn.'' t h e f ls ige
with e.an at teate ofe ith roay
andie the oyin cae hinguto tie foone
inthe sunhine. out' the darknetseak ito
the oneghtoto t teargde. Arippingl
andil te :listenga tohmles wechrub. aNo
bhe laceofting, adorf the hutkin ie hfeaenl
nion o~e u the wideopendoo of a ngsmagr
ayonlikeas aihokion cor conethisner
Yes,'ou havenou in granthe oaber. w ithjo
lie nnejo of the airsofingie. Noioe
therea maeig o oihlguni he p ssest
some onwo mad nt son lande moonhaltel
willingm to litno smtiles overub.m mo
bortingr of theor of cagsteoat nes heanl
maniontoaiee ou the Syitizn hot na smller
honoen th cliemotie corne who tper-i
wher aboe cldquet anohe dcor. David
tking noe pooret wano a iaen. iler
tieu emaring nd onehat uis moe ptanres
bcue it allsde maysu allge there halt.
Paul asn smne astandiong bokver the s
gordiry preache yo. righteou"sassomea
on whoptasinot te Sin hch ino years
where. es ou "geta good somr onmy
it, h aid counry wicees Yunbes mnua
Ting. are mpoies won earh moen.oTne
meist raloas, apace. Tegrhot cofe
tie etenity mndii rain dmor trag
abou monoply i, welmayn All wh wanre tNot
I," seds some oe saendithout uneyh
galeusri.s, ou. al "NepotI," say cse
use woo hsntens in humtrch inu c5yan
shifor Yesad.n youannot e,"ayssom o
getho havben f oing50 yas oppsitie pirc'f
wth allies i'ckelThrsu. that yone
gThe pardonopolieac all eathraceopo
o inopl nrlgo. l h att
beare," sraysb seon, "dithou roey~
tunsIul e ommooeme in that Yueca
oiepty f ge shodrleston by.' tking e
would.o I'owad n you cannot. Iexpectto
tin 'el inth Lmord tJeus m Chris.n
thu hltb ca.WO1~f areug that gond.
nat of parn and owe' alith rac~ :na
"'go '.1''"lin. y .r
"But" sas soe oe t"dyural
tink' I ol('" thce nta spra
tatithe uingtm teews ira
ae.pii ow fen amon"g the Vnhcs
Twere aten ccon shca i"'ie would'
tunin day;one na d onhoe w. -'"n
et vrhe tra ce Tce ' -run : h wade
one.k Gra: drene in~ educaen, gr ea:
Wi}1;ar. A :her e' nMlo i i :
on i t : m . i_ .ohl low r- -a:1 mi.rl"C'1o
n eee r:u; in oa"'In :ihtb
eN a ii d wn
.low a!. frie 'l w .' wi- tip e e 1.
ni :1 :'e d l ayin:t': e j':1.1 3 0:
11iue t . o the M.ea . .", al he fri . _
.: . ! : th
1: "i 1 ..i'
sim er iid t -sil 3:t ixlii :tr ye loo
in ,11! mirrorjit n frrr nt tihe eh1ir
w1 en het .:rlw -1In tht nrr .the 1 fa e :
rower looking in sit 1110 wi.ow 'ehinl. her
:nd ui :" o' thc jewes. She w: in
grea t iht, 'n -:i -i 'nd i:mrdly know
in why hbe I.is h. s r in to sing :n old
nur-ery song her 'ears mi-ting the pathos of
of I the t .-ng .mre tI na a rt o .:
lely : h moe ntie whe looking at the
:nirro i:it :t ie res h1:d gone from
the wislow anll ,id not com'e li. -i :ew
dayvs :ter the prina donta reeive- a letter
from the robber. s:ing. "1 herird that theC
ijewes were to be out th nigt in l crime
to take them at whaiterer hathe. but when I
raeard you sing that nursery o-ngwit which
mys mother so often sang me w:-lee,- I coul
not stand it and I ted. and I have ro've
upan a new and an honest life
nnbhted'i ose "l to es in an ol
rh, my friend, there are jewe in pr
richer than those which lay upon that table
tte nol. They are the jlewe^s of the im
motlsa.Would Ge l that. some smg~
rollin: ur out of the deserted nursery of
yur childhood or some song rolling up out.
of the cornfields, the song of the huskers 2
or 40 years ago, might turn all our feet out
of the paths of sin into the paths of right
eousness. Would God thaa t those memorics
waftd in on odor or song might start its this
moment with swift leet towa rd that blessed
oalace where so many of our loved ones have
already preceded us, as a shock of corn
cmerthn i his season."
Sh d Fate of a Go tha bg.
The Western North Carolina Na
tional Bank, of Asheville, N. C., re
cently closed its doors and posted the
fcllowing notice to depositors and
creditors:
"The closing of the bank this morn
ing was rendered absolutely necessary
on account of its inability to reduce its
assels to cash rapidly enough to m'ee
withdra wals, which increast d every
day. The officials of the bank were
exrenmely loath to take such action,
realiziSng that it could not but be de
trimental to the business interests
of the city, and cause incon
veniengce to the depositors. As long
as they felt that there was a possibility
to avoid this step, they used every en
deavor to do so."
The cruel Spartanburg Herald, in
commenting on the failure, says it is
not its intention to pry into the bank's
conerns, but merely to call attention
to the fact that Mr. L P. McLeod, a
talentsd young lawyer of Abbeville,
a magneic speaker and popular gen
tleman, was casbier. Daring the last
presidential campain, Mr. McLeod
canvassed the country with DeLancy
Nicoll, explaining to the farmers of
Wa:ern North Carolina that tis
couttry had money enough, that they
would not profit by higher prices in
fation or as he so ek quently put it
cheap money.'' After Mr. Nicall had
explained the necessity for maintain
ing the present policy of constant con
traction, Mr. McLeod would rise and
clinch the arguments with his mag
netic presence, his fiery eloquence and
bis overwhtelmning denunciation of
thse who thought anybody would be
berefitted by increasing the standard
dollars of the nation, the money of fi
nal payment. He was particularly
forceful in explaining tuat 90 per
cent. of the business of this country
was done with checks and hence more
money was not need. The point we
would like to make is. if this theory,
so beauti'uil ast fall, is still effective,
why should Mr. McLeod's bank close
its doors. If it had not money enough,
why not pay in check:: With the
restoration of 'cmnldence.' incident
upon the election of McKinley and
toe advent of 'prosperity' under the
defeat of intiationists arnd those who
would 'debase our currency' why
should it be difficult for any bauk to
realiin on assets?''
The sugar Beet.
The Columbia State urges our far
mers to write to the department of
agriculture for samples of the seed of
the sugar beet. whoase distribution is
promised, and for instructions as to
cultivation and testing. Experiments
ought to be made all over South Car
olna during the next year with the
view of determining the suitability of
our State for what is certain to be one
Iof the great American crops of the
Ifuture. Southern raised. beets are
shown by the department to yield a
larger percentage of sugar than those
produced in the north and in Earope,
and we do not -loubt that South Caro
lina can do as well as any State in
saccarinating its product. The
growth of the beet sugar industry is
one of the marvels of modern agricul
ture. Ina 1SSS the world's supply of
sugar showed the nropertions of
4.6 per cent from beet and 51.4 frcma
cane; in 1597 the proportions were
6 2 per cent from beets and '33 S from
cane. The United States consu-nes
far more sugar than any other coun
try, iits production from cane is limit'
ed and its beet sugar indt.stry is in its
:fancy. There are millions in it
Let Scuth Carolina get her share of
them.
Wants to Get Back.
J. Hasirstot', a colored conv'et, who
rcently escaped from the VErginia
penitentiary, has j ast sent. an appien
to the sunerintenatnt of that institu
tion to get him back. That odlicial on
Tuesday received telegram from Hairs
ton, dated at i-armville, in which he
said: 'Please ser~d up here after me
at once."' This is the first time in the
hitory c the institution in which one
ofis sg iramates indicated so
muc. h anxiety to return. His wiah
wil be compiled witn tpromptly.
T he Tom ('at.
ThI is' a paper published at Hot
Sprn' named the A nkansaw Thomas
Cat. ' at motto ts, --God help the
rich, thie poor can beg." It declares
tat it is a paper "of the people, for
tme pmople, to b'e paid for by tne peo
ne. It advocates "one country, one
Uag and one wife at a time," and de
caret that it is in favor of the eleva
tion of horse thieves and putblic
dr', that oc
cars rix e rC runion (f
': sh' L.a at her the mansa
er of on' Of .,adn hoCs in that
Cit-:-1wal ) i t' i t ie rotu:-da od nis
:h .t7r nd esernd an o1 Conffed
erst, :.ns~e tobe sLepug in
aiat h? was as
e Cd. t h observ
;s1:'a c, i C "I an ate
e e in a
.M:a::c Joe --
i ; e h iu, and
t:tise wj ja rie oer vio
ou;~~~~~~~ me"iC^,~ie~i ee~ a
a.i.: e ed it a psie sise ls
b ;.atdid y . a -.m i A et ite
" : 1": e is Joe -" 'n re
C:.? you ner the army
r. this jteunc-a - v-,e repied
a s os v asoished man.
AWh rdid oou tl'e last q estio
te other nay fell ins o hi arms weep
i .-d sail y Jeter you kno
uev.:ea p s'ied hirn MT, p-c
unieg tnl ise to, was in aturbuient
state of asInid, sued by ima ii.g
driks ot- r than water.
he man would not be pushed o,
and in his sos said: Joe don't you
kowe Tnisis John."
You areriot tohn, for he was killen
at Manassas," said the now through
T awakened and much astonished
man.
"Joe, I am your brother John. I
was not killed at the battle of Manas
sas, and ever since the war I have
looked all over the Unitcd States for
you."
Conxinced at last, the long-lost
brothers, locked in each other's em
brace, stood and wept like children.
Tney went to room in the hotel, and,
doubtless, talked all night. All next
day they were seen walking arm in
[arm, with glowing faces and relating
to every one the fact of their coming
together after such a long separation.
-Nashville Banner.
R-'puolican Prorpsrity.
Ex Governor St. John, of Kansas,
who is a statietical man, in one of his
speeches, in Ohio, shows that the in
terest on the mortgage debt at this
time, not including railway mortga
ges, amounts to $35,000,000 annually,
which consumed. the entire market
value of the great corn crop of 1S96,
and still left a balance of $2,000,000
unpaid, He makes the same compa
rison as to other agricultu.ual products
and has this to say about wheat: Just
now we hear a great deal about "dol
lar wheat," but there is no dollar
wheat; &nd even if there was, Ohio is
not a stranaer to it, for away back in
the 50's, with limited means of tr ans
portation, the people depending large
ly uposthe local markets, the prics os
wheat here in Ohio averaged over $1
per bushel, while in the 60's it reached
as high as $3 50 par bushel, ond aver
aged from 1865 to 1872, inclusive, $ S4
per bushel. and even last year wheat
resched $1 per bushel. But now, with
a short crop in all the foreign wheat
growing countries the pronucerS of
Oaio are eskedl to shou themselves
hoarse over SS cent wheat. Just as if
such a thing bad never been heard of
before. The Republican speakers in
Ohio are presumably silent about the
decline in the price of other commo
dities than wheat. The nay crop has
gone off one balf the average price for
forty years. It has d clined from
$15 17 a ton from 1885 to 1895, and is
now down tO $7.53. Tae governor
rubs in this pessimistic plaster:
"Bradstreet's report, just now shows
9 333 failures frot Jarnuiry 1.to Sep
tern ter 30, 1897. which, excepting the
years '93 and '96 is the largest number
of failures in a like period since 1881,
atrd I am quite sure it is without a
parallel in cur country's history. The
third week in Septe-nber showed five
more failures than occurred the cor
respoiding week of the 'pinic year'
of 1S93 Aod still we are told in the
face of all these lac-s that 'ganeral
prose erity has arrived. If it tie true,
it has been so long since he was here
be!ore that the people don't recognize
him. The truth is, there is no pros
parity except for the money lender,
the monopolies and trusts"
M1ast Bread Go-?
Many doctors and scientists of note
have juined in regarding the so called
--stail of life" the "staff of death,"
sa iog that the quantity of bread con
su'ned is responsible fur many poor
working stomachs and premature
deata. Dr. (2. D. E rans, a member
of the R>yal Colleae for Surgeons, in
speaking of this theory, says: "I'he
gradual accumulation of earthly mat
ter in the system cause; the character
istics of -old age,' eud from this it fol
lows that the less lime our diet con
tains the longer do we liv?. Ruzhly
speaking the analysis o1 food in regard
to longe vity, hi tre the following order:
First ,und bes:) fruit; second, fish;
third, animal food:; fourth, vegetables;
ffth (and worse) cereals, including
bread. Bread, as an article of diet,
after the age of tweny, certainly de
creases the age of man. HIis 'stat of
ife' is often the indirect cause of his
premature delension.
The L w to be Tested.
The union depot law is soon to be
tes-ed in the cou-ts. The rairoad
commission has given the ra'i-oads
more tan a "reasonable amoant of
t im to carry out its imandates under
the act and nov iliere is to be no more
waitng. Decisive a:tion has at last
b en t a in regard to the Deomsark
dejOT. Chairman W. D. Evans
Th'ursday said that they had waited
ona tee roads as l ;naasthey could, en
deavrig to get them to do something
in regard to the Denmark depot: they
have nowv placed all the papers in the
hards of the attorney general and he
w ile tage the matter up in the courts.
16ALL1PL.NT1U CF liREE-s.--U trees
are o ocplaned i the fail, the earle
er it is done the butter. provided, of
course, th \vcod is thoroughly mas
tured. The tree may be taken up even
before the frost his stripoeJ. i: or its
leaves, provided this v-ork is done by
and. It will not do to strip the leaves
from trees that are not to be trans
planted as it will start the buis at
tner base, which ougc~ h no t ow
uni next spring. Bat the check of
ranslanting prevents any danger of
of ens, and in a latC fall may be an
avantage, as it prevents the prer.a
ture s- eling of buds that often makes
IT WAS A D1KING FEAT.
THE ESCAPE OF MISS CiSNEROS FROM
HAVANA.
Dlegufi s a Min i s oarded the
American Steamer '. ne co, Ontwitting
the Detectives, aLd carly A-rive in New
Yarh.
Evangelina Ca=s o Cisnercs, who
recently escaped from a Spanish pri
sona in Cuba, was a rassenger on the
Waid line stew n-r S-ieca. wbich ar
ri-ed at New Y 1rk 'V;da-sdav from
Havana. At quararti"e' Miss Cisue
i" asked t' b excused from syiJg
auytjing atcu' her i-mprisonineat and
--cape, as sh had rot yet recovered
from seasickness Oa the passenger
it she was recistered as Miss Juana
SAla. She was traveling under the!
cere of a gentleman who accompanied
r from Lavana. WIen the Seneca
reached quarantine, the towboat J.
Fred Lt.man, with several newspa
per representatives and four women, I
went alongside the steamer, and after
the health otlicer's iaspecticn w.,s
over they went on board and acco
panied Miss Cisneros to this city. I'
mediately upon landing, the party
took carriages to the Hotel Waldorf
and were assigued rooms on the second
ii >or. While Senorita Cisneros was
fatigu:d, she appeared to be in the
very best of spirits and exultant over
her. arrival in America. She does
not speak English, but her face is
very expressive and she seemed to
intuitively understand the questions
put to her, and answered in Spanish.
The senorita retired as soon as she
reached the hotel and refused to be
seen. Among her narty was Mrs. J.
Eilen Foster. of Washington, presi
dent of the National Woman's Rtpub
lican Asscciation.
Miss Cisneros' escape and safe ar
rival on the Seneca was one of the
most daring feats ever attemnted and
successfully carried out. While she
was still in prison. her friends secured
a passport for one Juan Sola, and state
room No. 3 on the Seneca was helc. in
the same name. This was three days
before the boat sailed. Oa the Satur
day when the Seneca was to leave
Havana detective watched her gang
ways with extra caution. All day
long they remained at their post ex
amining the passports which all pas
sengers have to show bafore leaving
Havana. Their vigilance would
probably have prevented the departure
to Misspisneros from Cuba, had it not
been for a little refreshment which
was served to them by friends of Miss
Cisner os, who were aboard the Seneca.
The refreshment included wine. The
chief of police of Havana came aboard
while the refreshment part of the plot
was in progress, and it is alleged that
he, too. fell a victim of the wines of
the Cisneros faction.
A few minutes before the Seneca
was ready to pull out from her do.
a slim young fellow came runn g
across the wharf. He had no baggage
[and was fashionably dressed. He
walked quickly up the gangplank.
Detectives stopped him. "My name is
Juan Sola," he said, and he showed
his passport. Everything was satis
factory, so the senor was allowed to
go aboard. It is said that if it had not
been for the wine, the strange treble
and rather curious figure of Senoi
Sola might have excited the suspicion
of the Spanish detectives. But the
scheme worked successfully. Miss
Cisneros' friends, when they saw that
everything was satisfactory, disem
barked and watched the ship pull
slowly out under the frowning Span
ish guns, carrying the fugitive to safe
ty under the Stars and Stripes. Miss
Cisneros did not court danger any~
more than was necessary and at once
went to her cabin. The next day,
however, when Morro Castle was left
far behind, she appeared on deck,
transformed into Senorita Juana Sola,
alias Cassio Cisneros, and dressed in
a becoming red gown.
C iptain Stevens, commander of the
Seneca, was angry when he discussed
the Cisneros incident with the report
ers. Said he: "Since the commence
meat of the present insurrection it has
been the custom of the Spanish au
therities to post a couple of detectives
at the head of the gang way of ships
lying at Havana. We arrived at 6 a.
in., on Saturday and left at 8 p. mn.,
durmng which time the detectives did
not leave the head of the gangplank.
Just before the Seneca sailed, the chief
of police, his deputy and his secretary
came aboard. Senorita Cisneros had
escaped two days previously, and yet
they asked no questions and made no
search for her, although upon three
former occasions they had searched
the Seneca from stem to stern and
keel to promenade deck, while look
ing for suspects." Captain Stevens
said that, to the best of his knowledge;
the only persons who went ab:ard at~
Havana were the Lastie family, the
Dal Real family, eight Chinamen and
a man whose name appeared upon the
advance passenger list as Juan Sola
and who must have had a passport,
other wise he could not have gone
aboard.
When it was discovered that "Jaan
Sola" was a girl, the "Juan was
changed to "Juana," and Miss Cis
neros came in under that name. Miss
Cisneros was gi ren some articles of
feminine wearing apparel by the
ste wardess of the Seneca.
A. C. Stewart. an Englishman who
emboarked at Tampico and who speaks
Spanish, said that he sat opposite Miss
Cisneros at the table during the voy
age, and that when she saw the Cape
Hatteras light she fell upon her knees
on the deck and prayed devoutly. Mr
Stewart says he found the rescued
Cuban a most pleasant companion.
She had her hair pinned up in a coil,
worn under a sombrero, when she
embarked, disguised as a ranchman.
The Cuban junta has issued an in
vitation to the people of Greater New
York and vicinity interested in~
Senorita Cassio Cisneros and the
cause of Cuba to attend a reception to
be tendered to the rescued young wo
man at Delmonico's on Fifth avenue
Sturday night. The reception will
really be a demonstration of sympathy
with th~e struggling republic and
speakers of national renutation will
address the gathering.
Bold 'Train Robbery.
Tuesday afternoon at half-past 5
o'clock, within twelve miles of the.
corporate limits of Austin, Texas, the
southbound cannonball train on the
international and Great Northern
railroad, consisting of mail, baggage
and express cars and three coaches
loaded with passengers, was held up
by four men and robbed. The con
ductor of the train, Tom Healy, was
shot by the robbers while resisting
them, but not seriously wounde:d. One
of the passengers had his shirt collar
carried a say by a pistol ball that was
aimed at his neck, and anotner re
ceived a bullet wound in the hand.
The passengers were robbed of about
$3t0 in money. The bandits attempt
ed to riile the safe in the express car,
but were unsuccessf ulI
The D)emocrata Win
The municipal election Wednesday
in Chattanooga. Tenn., resulted in the
overwhelming defeat of the Republi
cans, the Democrats electing the May
or and six out of the eight Aldermen.
Chattanoga is normally from four to
lve hundred Republican, but the hard
mes is being ch aedr up to th at party.
THE BOY PREAC Et.
.)ohn Wetley Shild:-, Formarly of Au-er
.or, S. C., Aged L i Years.
Atlanta hay produced a prodigy in
the person of J :hn Wesley Shields, an
eight year rid pupil at Fair street
school, who Las ueveloped worad-rfui
oratcrical powcrs. They call bi-n the
"Youn Sam Jones" arcund St. Paui's
Methodist Church, on Hunter street,
where he preached Saturday afternoon
and Sunday. to laree and attentive
congregatiois. Johntsi is an int -
gent Inahiog liatle b:sck-eyed bov, and
has all the air and dia oiy of boring
of a grow:, up man. He is stil in the
seccud grade at school, but is very
fond of Bible stud , anC' has leaned
favorite chapter, .lhu 14th, almost by
heart. He has a slight impediment in
his speech, natural in one so young,
but when he gets under Tay his deliv
ery is spiendid ard he is a very inter
esting taker.
'If there ever was a born preacher
in the world he is one," said his
mothsr, who lives near the coralr of
Moore street on Hunte-. his fa'ier be
ing a barber ta the Kinoal hoaue
bloak. "He has been prescaing fr a I
year and a half and anybody listenig
at him might think that he had been!
taught what he ku;, bu thiis not
so. He savs that wh ever he utters
God tells him to say, a.uo he never re
heats the same sermon, but ik n b
uitferent vy every Time his de
livery ;s as free as that of a trained
minister. We came from \ire nia
about a year and a half ago. My h--.
band is Rev. J. W. Shields, a localI
preacher connected with St. Paul's
Cnurch, and eight months ago John
Wesley became a member of the
Church. This summer we went up to
Anderson, S. C., on a visit, and while
there he preached t .rice in the Wes
leyan Churen. Saturday afternoon
he preached at the children's meeting
at St. Pauls, and again Sunday after
noon. He preached in nearly every
grade of tte school and seems to a born
orator and preacher."
R v. Mr. Diamond, pastor of St.
Pails, has been conducting a chil
dren's meeting on Saturday and Sun
day afternoonis, and on Saturday after- -
noon he cilleI on Joan Wesley
Shields. The little fellow responded
and preached a very strong sermon of
fifteen minutes length. from the text
"Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You
Oat." "He told the children," said
Mr. Diamond, in speaking of the ser
mon, "that they, might sow their
wild oats and do evil deeds while they
were young, but that they might rest
assured that their sins would find them
out. He cited the cases of Tom Delk,
Arthur Haney and young 3pinks.
'See.' s tid he, 'what a drink of free
whiskey cost Arthur Haney. It cost
him his life. E sure your sin will
find you out. It found those boys out
and they were made to suffer. It will
find you out likewise if you continue
in your sinful course.' His sermon
was a surprise to all who heard him.
Sunday afternoon I called on him
again, and at first be told me that
he had promised to preach for the
holiness people up town, but
he changed his mind, and at the
children's meeting he appeared with
his Bible in hand. I called him in
side the chancel and he opened his
Bible and read a lesson, announcing
his text, 'Behold Istand at the door
and knock. If any man will open
unto me I will enter in and sup with
him and he shall sup with me.' -The
sermon that followed was a masterly
effort for one so young, and would
have done credit to a grown-up
preacher. He is a wonderful little
fello w and is a natural orator and as
fervent in his delivery as if he had
been trained for the ministry. About
a year and a half ago he was in our
infrant class, and he seemed to develop
the idea of preaching from talks that
he had with my wife. He first began
preaching to the children in his moth
er's yard, aod from that he' bezan
preaching at school, and now he is
developing into a regular Methodist
preacher."
Tne parents of the child are both
deeply religious people, his father be
ing a local Methodist preacher, and
John Wesley has been brought up in
a ministerial atmosphere. He seems
to absorb scriptural knowledge, and
every night before his father comes
heme, John Wesley summons the rest
of the family to family prayer just as
if he were a man grown. His mother
says there is not the slightest levity
in his makeut:' and that lhe is in earn
est in everyth ng that he does. He
is very bright in every way and talks
with much seriousno~ and gravity
about his calling, and apnears to have
made up his mind as to his future
vocation as a minister of the gospel.
Atlanta Journal.
Won a Wife With an Egg.
Ross Williams of Enid, 0. T , wrote
a lovelorn message on an egg ready
for shipment several weeks ago, and
as a result he won himself a bride.
What the young man said on the
egg was this:
"On a farm in the Cherokee strip I
sit a sad and lonely bachelor, think
ing sadly over my fate and would
love to ecome off the nest and join my
life with that of some comely young
lady of not too many sumnmers
gro wth. Should the message on this
egg meet with the eye of a fair one
who is matrimonially inclined on
short acquaintance, and who thinks
she could enj y a prairie life with a
student of nature's beauty, address
Ross Williams. Enid, 0. T."
In due course of time this reply
came:
"Dear Mr. Williams-From the
quiet precincts of my boudoir I write
thee. I am lonely, too, an d have of
ten longed to quit city life and go
west, where the tall, wild grass sways
in the wind as if listening to the sweet
songs of the chinch bugs. After chop
ping wood to kindle the kitchen fire
and after the fire was ready for busi
ness and the pan was sizzling in the
sparkling fat. I was about to break an
egg into the pan, when, behold !your
message meets my gaze. IL seemed
like a dream of a lost, unokn:nVQ lore.
I am comely but not fair. Age,
twenty-three, no m'oney, but plenty
of grit. L-:t us exchange photcgraphs.
I: may a.!e~nd in another Americtn
uzion, long to be preser'red. Me
th:nks I ka';v iou now.
"Bessie Carroll, Chicago, Ill"
F art her correspondence resulted,
and a few days later the young people
were maarried.
s:mlpson Maikes a Doteful Prophiesy.
Congresman Jerry Simpson makes
the prediction that within a year this
country will ne in the throes of one of
the most disastrous panies ever knorron.
Ihis opinion is based upnon the fact that
the balance of trade is so sgrongly~ in
our favor iand that tis condition will
result in England damping such a
vast amount of Amer-in s eirites
upon us that the banas wil be com
pelled to refuse to ndrance m-oneyv
on the m This, he declares, will cause
American securities to be thrown on
the market, causing a Scancial panic
without a parallel in hir . Hr
savs the resources of the banks in New
York are non down to danger hlits,
the heavy demands of the West for
legal tender: and curre-ncy is assigned
as another reason for the low
state of the resources of the Ne w YorK
banks.
-HE PL riFiE2 MAN.
The (jruvse., Fan41 in the Sauci itEver
Reveals a Tragedy.
The New York Herald of Sunday
tells a doubtful s'ory about the netri
t ld maa fourd in the Saluda River
:ear Columbia sve ral years ago and
whcse bcdv of st,:e was exhibited in
the tate. The Herald upon the au
thority of Colonel D. A. Dickert, of
Sunshine, S. C., divulges the secret
which it is said clears up the mystery
of the strance find. "This marble
man," says the narrative, "is one of
the characters in the daring and ad
venturous of Dr. Llewelivn P.
Hlbs. of Hope Station, S. C , and
t:e facts hertin are published with
the com ent of his son. Dr. Hobbs
died in 1S3, ard all the other -persons
involve-i is the fatal affair are also
dead." The facts of the peculiar case
are these: Dr. Le w-elIyn Hobbs had
before the war ended shot a negro
outlaw on his plantation. In 1S65,
during the turbulent period of recon
s:rction, ne had killed a former slave
in sell defense. For this he had been
court martiall d and sen:ecced to a
tern: at C..stle Picekney, in Charles
tin Hirb-r. While yet under milita
rv guard in Cuiumbia he made a dar
ing escape and took to the wocds,
making his wasy finally to the home
of his comrade and friend, Colonel
Dickert, who himself was watched.
Meantime a squad of federal soldiers
had visited the Dxotor's home where
his wife and his chi.+lren lived. TheA
soldiers kept up a continued espionage
there. Dr. Hobbs, for fear of falling
into their hands, for a while avoided
them. Colonel DickaR t had cut a door
in the tbor of his own home so that
he might drop through and make es
cape easy in the event of trouble there
or an arresting raid upon his house.
For some days Dr. Hobbs submitted
to restraint in this scciusion with
good grace, but at last he began to
chafe and to express a desire to go to
his home. One dark, gloomy night
Dr. Hobbs,with two other white men,
ventured to go to his home, and meet
ing a sentinel there, fired upon and
wcunded him so sericu;ly that he
soon died. The Doctor hai presence
of mind enough to know that a dead
soldier or, worse, a wounded one
found in his yard would end all his
hopes of freedom and mean the cer
taia destruction of his home. Tne
three carried the body to the home of
Luke Lorick, a negro who kept a den
for thieves. Old Luke feared that he
would be charged with the murder of
the sentinel, so he took the body into
the woods and buried it, building a
coal kiln over the grave, thinking this
would destroy ali traces of the sold
ier's sepulcher, and it did until the
winter's rains set in, when the fresh
earth began to be exposed. Luke then
decided that something must be done,
so one dark night he exhumed the
body and taking it to the Saluda Riv
er, threw it in, and there thirty odd
years afterwards huntsmen found the
sentinal turned to stone, with the bul
let hole in the chest, which was the
cause of death. This is the Herald's
story. We doubt its accuracy for the
reason'that there nre mirks on the
body of the petrified man which show
clearly that his arms and legs were
tightly pinioned when death came to
him.
They Need Money.
The following appeal to the veterans
of Sou'h Carolina has been made by the
commander of the U. C. V. in this
State: Lieutenant General Stepen D.
Lee has issued a circular to the com
rades of the 1,050 camps, U. C V.,
calling attention to the action of the
U. C. V. at the recent Nashville re
union, endorsing the memoirs of Pres
ident Davis, written by Mrs. Davis
and recommending our camps anid
comrades to purchase them. General
Lee says: "That Mrs. Davis is now
old and infirm, and moves about with
great difficulty with the aid of a
crutch; that she and Miss Winnie
Davis ('the Daughther of the Con
federacy') need money to supplement
their earnings to live." Comrades,
the widow and daughter of our devct
ed chieftain need our help. It'can be
delicately given by at once baying up
the copies of the Memoirs as per ctr
cular of General Lee. I earnestly
urge every camp in this division to
respond. It is not only a duty, but a
hig a privilege. General L 'e suggests
that the money so ra..sed be sent, at
Mrs Davis' request, to her son in law,
J. A. Hayes, First National Bank,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the
sets paid for will be sent by him. The
following are the pricas: In clo:h, 2
volumes, S vo., $5 00; in grained clot b,
2 volumes, 8 vo., $6.50; in half Russia,
2 volumes, 8 vo , $8 00. Camps wili
phtase act at their next meetings.
South Carolina's share will be the pur
chase of 200 sets of two volumes, or
averaging two sets to each ca-np. Let
us do our duty and do it promptly.
C. IRVINE WALKER,
Con mending.
Official:
JnaEs G. HoLMES
A d j-tant Gen. ard Chief of Staff.
A Deeperate Flght.
William Harold, of Delta, Col., arid
Under Steriff Raidford of Siskivou
counly were s2ot and killed and Dep
uty Sheriff Ste wart seriously wounded
Thursday morning whi.'e the offi~ers
were attempting to arrest Harold for
complicity in the ro'obery of tbe Greka
and Fort Jones stage on September 25,
last. The stolen money was traced by
Detectives Thacker and J. Jennings,
of the Wells Fargo company, to Delta,
and the Siskiyou county officers in ac
cordance with instructions, came
down from Greka Wednesday night
for the pur'pose of arresting Harold.
About 8:30 Thursday m'rning Rad
ford and Srewart Dresented :h-enselves
at Haroid's house' and asked for Har
old. When he came to the door
Stewart said: "I want to see you,
Harold " The latter replied: ' I'm
ready," and opened fire upon the "fi
cers with a big revolver. The Urst
shot took effect in Stewart's leg, while
the second bullet struck R idford in
the left breast, kiiinng him al.nrst ia
stantly. 8:e vart, who had :ale a i;n
front of the door when shot, emnptied
his gun at Harold, who fell mortally
wounded with several bullet holes tin
his chest and abdomen. He died
shortly a-ter wards.
A Noveibag'
Macon, Ca. '-as r. *- :'y hel.l a
gra-ad trades carnial,1 .au~ was a
ercat succs is. rn the attracirs
was the collision of t so loco:: iet s
in the presence of over t wenty . ais
and soectators. A track a m .: in
length, straiht as a: arrow, ra
thrxugh the race track enclosure. A
loc-:notive at either end 'e-J to
the utmnost li nt, was h-:d in reai Vs
oy an engineer who an:- ed le sg
cal to start. At the drop of a lag the
shrill whistles toli o' the coming
crash and the vas: :sult it- so,:d ou
tiptoe of ex pectancy and exe.-ement.
The throttl~s orened, the loco~notives
wer.t forward and the engineersleapAd
to the gr-ound. F'aster and faster the
great driving wheels revolved as the
eines approascheA each other. There
was a brea.::.ess silence and an awful
suspenst- a mom.ent before - the
crash e: tne: hut when the massive
m.:escollided, resulting in
splamered fragments of wool worm,
broken bars, escaping steam and water,
loud cheers rent the air and the vast
multitude rushed to witness the wreck,
Royal wakes the food pUre,
whulcsomC and dclicious.
OY
bAKIN0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL A<?'NC rOwER CC., NEW YORK.
"Bryanism is L omtng "
The Republicans carried the city of
Indianapolis last November on the
coinage issue by a majority of 6,000.
List Tuesday the Demccrats carried in
the municipal election by a majority
of 5.00. The Democratic city plat
form contained the following plank:
While recognizing that the issues of
the municipal campaign are lo-al and
not national, we take this opp->rtunity,
the first which has cffered itself since
the presidential election of 1896, to re
affirm and emphasize the declaration
of the last national Democratic con
vention in favor of the free and un
limited coinsge of silver at the historic
ratio of 16 to 1 without awaiting the
aid or consent of any other nation on
earth, upon which that great states
man, William J. Bryan, made his
memorable campaign for the presi
dency. We condemn the Republican
party for its failure to open the mills
as it p-omised to do if restored to pow
er, for it enactment of a tariff law im
posing new and oppressive taxes upon
an already over- burdened people for
the sole benefit of the great trusts and
monopolies to whose power and wealth
it owes its present ascendancy in the
government; and for perpetuating the
business prostration and industrial
paralysis from which the country has
been suffering for years, by persisting
in the mistaken financial policy to
which these c nditions are due.
Moreover, the Democratic candidate
for mayor thus publicly expressed
himself before his nomination:
If I am nominated I expect to-be the
next mayor of Indianapolis. But
whether in public station or private
life I shall certainly do everything le
gitimate in my power to hold the
Democratic party in line for the prin
ciples which it proclaimed in Chicago,
and to secure the success of these prin
ciples at the ballot box.
I stand today where 1 have stood
ever since the national convention
which nominated Bryan-squarely on
the platform. I have publicly de
clared more than once that the Demo
cratic party having made the issue of
free coinage I could and should not
take any backward step, but must
fight the battle to the end. Whatever
doubts I may had originally as to the
policy of free coinage I am fully con
vinced that it is the only measure
which offers any prospect of escape
from the distressing industrial condi
tions which nowa prevail in this coun
try..
So much for one city. How itis in
a far bigger one, Greater Ne w Yorki
Let The World testify. It tries to get
Platt to pull do wn the straight Repun
lican ticket by telling him that this
will be the showing af ter election day:
First-according to the most unmis
takable signs and evidences, Croker's
candidate and Henry George, both
having voted for B'-yan, both baliev
ingin Bryan for 1900, and both now
openly running as Bryan men, will
have polled together the largest Dem
ocratic vote kno vJn in the history of
Ne w York and Brooklyn. It will ex
ceed even Cleveland's plurality of
112 000 in 1S92.
-Second-This enormotis vote and
the election of the mayor of the sound
money centre of the nation, with co
lossal power-s for four years, will give
Bryan's friends and Bryan's cause all
over the United States more encour
agemnent and h ape, more confidence
and joy, than any other event short
of his own election to the presidency.
Third-The Ne w Nork delegation in
1900 will be his, as are no w the dele
gations from Massachusetts, Pennsyl
vania and the entire south and west.
He will be nominated with a whoop.
Fourth-While the Bryan Demo
crats everywhere would be encouraged
to persist not enly in Mr. Bryui but
also in the 16 to 1 issue, the sound
money Democrats in this city and
State who went against Bryan last '
year would be irretrievably discour
aged and disgusted with Repblicanismn.
No politiral evil will seem greater
than the despicable despotism of Platt.
And tens of thousands of the indepen
dent ani Platt Repaublicans now strug
gling throigh Mr. L ivffor honest gov
emnent will agree~ with them.
This don't look much litre Bryais-n
is dead, as the gold big papers would
have us believe. B -yaism mil sweegi
this country in 1930. All the silver
men have to do is to st and firm, and 4
grand and glorious victory wiil be
won for the people.
It should b a Tried.
Some one has advanced a new way .
of ru-ining out the original package
men, or at least make them .pay their
share of the legitimate taxes to sup-.
port the municipalities where they are
established. Judge Simonton has de
cided that, under the interstate comn
'rerce law, the citizms of another
state can sell liquor in South Carolina,
through an agent, under the sam i-e
strictions as tne dispenser. The origi- -
nal package agents in erj jying the
right granted them by that decision
compiy with a number of the restrict
live features of the dispensary. Tne
dispensaries have to pay a certain per
centage of their profits to the city and
county in which they are located.
Taking these facts into consideration,
the question is asked by some of the
county boards of control, cannot te
original package agents be made to
divide their profits with the city, -'oun
ty and state, just as the dispensaries
ao i This matter is being agitated anc.
t will be no surprise if one of the
coahty boards of control makes a
nave in this direction. in the near fu
ture.- And then there will be some
heavy fighting in the courts, but we
believe the matter should be tested'by
the State.
He Hated Basliroads. .
Arnold Sherman, a hermit, residing
near Gould's crossing in West Ktng
son, R-. , on the line of the Narra
gansett Pier railway, was found dead
in his hut a fe w days ago. He was
seventy-fivye years of age, agkhad
lived anone for t wenty-five years. For
a decade he had not permitted any one
to enter his abode. O.1 account of a
wrong atieged to have sutfered at the
hands of the railway officials, Sher
man would never look at a passing