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-somm —.J—l—WP—■■ ‘HT'^u ’WW *:': -J. Vol.XIU. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C n AUGUST 14,1890. v/' FRANCIS F. CARROLL, Jr. Attorney-at-Law. BAMIJERCr, S, C. Office over U. C. Folk & Co.'s store, mar20-1 . ‘ ' a " A. HOWARD PATTERSON, <» . • * ATTOHN fC V- AT-L, A W. BARNWELL C. If., S. C. Will jjive pr v oi5hpt attention to all bus iness entrusted to his care. January Oth, 1H1MK 6. M. GREEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, llAItNWKLL. C’. Jfl .H. CN Will practice in the State and t nited States Conru an(l give pruinpt attcm** ti(*n to all busiuess entrusted to his care jan iO-ly ' * A, I; WOODWARD, Attorney-at-Law- BARNWE-LL, C. ii.. S. C. ’Ollice over po#-t ollii-e. oct 18-ly 7 Richard A. Ellis, AT ro 11N K V AT I. A W BARNWELL C. I!.*; S. C. Will [wtiiv in all B ,, ‘ Courts oi tin* State and prompt atnutiou ti» all bosimas eu- J^’Oflk.-e ou r Tobin’s Lrue ^tore. . • Jiu • JT-lf " B. A. MAK1BBEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. LiAliN IVKI.I. II. Coroners Notice. A11 Trial Justices are directed here- afhT to hold no iinj.uests in this County unless specially instructed by me. I can be found at my ollice at Barn well every day prepared to attend to the duties of my otliee. - 4 ' ~ \. BE At (H K, Comner Barnvrelt CountiT. MONE Y TO L END The business, of money lending here tofore oondiieted by (Jo). NV. II. Duncan wijl be continued by tbe ut)deisigned, at the s;nn« place over the Bank of Barn well. Terms made easy, ai d Loans effected with promptn'ess and dispatch. WjLLLs .1 DI NCAX, J. J. BROWN. January fHU, ls!»0. Going to Savannah. LKT HKR CIO ! FAIR KOTIOIJ.- Big Colored Excursion from Rob T bii|s add all stations.on the 1’ort Royal and Augusta - Railroad to Savatiimb. (ia., on Friday, August T.ifb, 1 eiH>. A very grand time is a.ntieipiue'il in ilii> mmlern city v. itji its many iifteresr.ing sesnery^ if is certainly a ran- oppor tunity, es|n;eially to persons tliatwere m-u r in the city of .Savannah before. The best of order will ho-kepi. Come and go. Don't forget the dav, 2'Uh of Angiin. J. S. M. ( AKTEii. BLUFF. O prramfly flowing riv rl p niivf*r river!- Tliy sprin^ia- wiliownabimr In tli** ruptet as of o!A; Tiny glihi r tn IF* sili'uoe Oi tUe willow wl'iitetieil inlamls, \\ Uili-tli*- sum btirnauU t-iieHiUrl bars - Kill theiaflr and vrav# with jjolil. 0 f'-ty, oblivions rivi-r! UsuMsct kiadl,*'! riv r! .. Do you i-piieeilM-r •-.or ~ r - T!u; eyes and s-ci'e ■ so blue » * Ctn a suumier day that Khoue here, When we were alt alone here, , And tl»e bluevytis w.a-o liVi wire To Si>eak Uie love they knew i O stern, impassive river! ' O si ill tmanswerii'u? river 1 Tbeishiveriiijc willows quiver” As the nUhl win Is moanahe! rave. tFi oiii the past a .voice is calling, Fro>i».'heaven a stu.- is Atvl dow .swell* i’u thu bha-'iell* t"-Above her hi 1 laido gftwe?—• -— —- —Washington Post AUTliihM .CrEIHC K. faded little ftovds, were faithful guard- gho gt 1)1 clung to hor flowere that hftd inns over her. Tho ot her c|iildrt'U | led her astjnv. v.ere unruly and rude, but thcSso t\yo | Near tho child a lean wolf wit on his Roomed lUce <m»uio goiod old folks who haunches, regarilmg her with a pro found and Uielatteholy shire. At the sig!it of (lie pony the wolf gave a weird howl, turned and .trotted THE MAN EATINQ TREE. EPISODE OF —”*» J. jUhe’Jb bniliams Graded All that hot August dav there* hud tr • . * ^ b(H'f) a-tdoiid <.<f dust in tltc east like a column of smoke. No breath of air stirred it. nor did it seem to advance a yard. The sky was a steely blue, the air quiver, d like the white hi-at from a canllnm <«f molten metal. In the crisp and dry butTalo g1*.iss myriad in- teet life gave to the simmering air a dreamy, nipjiotohous sound like the humming of fa? away bees. The ultcrnoou [uiss.-d, darkness gath- ered and with the rising moon came a cool wind- ffren olf the snow < rested cloud of dflst subsideil | kin help it.’ L-id lived out well roumldl Ihe&JNpJl been translated back to eurthdo begin oviw again.v . y To tb<*so children .Tama's presence wa- the one liappiness of their day, nor could she tell (stories) enough to satisfy thepi. - Onee ju'inct, coming nnobsemxl, heard tho youngest Pike telling baby | ihjse, who Wius cross, one of her own, stories. ' “Von soircrfid little ■ things,” 1 cried Janet, “can’t " you make ’em up your-' selves of jour own f’ For a week at night the sentry at the stockade saw far off, black, moving specks on the horizon, and weary and anxious were fTie' 11(JifrCiiC dafluici«, fairly the. start, eager the hope to get on without the attack.. Em*h man would mutter iu the.gray (lawn, as haggard hand whfro he liawes-ji'd his team, “Thank God, another night of peace; 1 no Indians yeti” e “Janet,” said Chase one morning, wlu'u she came to watch him harness his team, M ef them Injuns comes mi’ pits the better o’ us you git on that ere lectio gray pony. Nance, thor, an* take i Rose i>n’ sot*out for' them low hills ’cross thar.” 1 “Nam e likes mo;'I L*ed her my iTr.-ad.-’ v “Ail of us like ye. ye Maverick, ye’re so chipper alius,” Chase* yaid. admiring ly. “The Injuns sha’n't git .ye el we .*. kis-sed h‘*r tears :iv<* her the food u r own supper. might H- 1*. II. IIOW1 V.ffi.Niiperinieudcni # € M as. Jin v Pa* % 1 : i - i A - - i -: .1. Tv !.i is Plus* »., Second AlsutIUlt 1 Vlt • and n-cc.-’le-T a line of liidvihg, white aovc-fc: 1 .wagon*. , As the caravan drew near a gaunt prairie vtoif n»3 suddenly out i»f tho grasa. gave a JouV, xlolorous h »wl and !lc*l acr*i*<- tfie phttn* «Vfrer him. as if tin v imd ri-m Ron.: tlm-.-arth by magic. That day a young-wife was sick, and all the long hours .f:inet tiudixl the wailing l ea ro for. swiftly, across the plains. Tho child. wk!i ^vWikU-ry ran forward.' v ‘Titm w you’d tuni, J in* *. 1 losted ah day an' h tnig’y, an’ the doggie coined an'sRipvd. I had u doggie once, liounce, where mamdui was. Oh, I want my Uiaanmn F * ■ planet held her do: aw iv and then she • she had brought— K’ e lift il her to the pony's back, led Nance to some low i.Ts that ^iy^-litciiL. jjMfctr. .and.. Jthcm,„ patii-ntly for daylight. . “1 never knew nig] its was so long lx*fore! 1 ’ sigiicd Tanet, holdiag Rose in her tired little anus. “Nance is laid down an’ a-!eep. ■ Only mo awake, an’ 1 must keep watch for wolves an’ In jun;:. Now tile moon's gpili’, too, an’ It gets lone^omor.. I'll wy nM tho hyuHpj I know to keep me awake an’ brave.” Tty as she would her head would droop, tho words grow cor.fared and weary. As the moon sank and the chiil increased, the shivering child .covered Rose with her own skirt, and then to keep warm and avvako walked up find down beside her. .“What was it, that low, trampling s-iuhd, coining louder and nearer so fast ? J.-uu-t ceiielitrup Rose uhd ran Ormphlo D««M-lptton of A Horrthto Wor- •lilp of o' Tribe tn AArleo. On the Island of Madagascar, off the southeast coast ot Africa, there is a race of people called the Mkodos, They constitute one of the smolleat mocs iu the world,' the inert seldom ex- e^xMling 56 inches in height. Their re ligion consist* steely in the awful wor ship of their sacred tree, the crinoida dajeeana. This tree is most peculiar In its appearance and nature. Its trank Is somewhat like & pineapple In shape, and when full grown about eight feet high. From the top, which is at least two feet in diameter, hang down eight leaves, 11 or 12 feet long, 2 feet through in their thickest part, and tapering, fnnn. a width pjL3 feet to. a sharp point. They are very c6nvex on tho under side and concave on the al >V S, ( M i--- .1. ^li r.R-. i'i:. M .i-.< ill give prompr attentlou in all bus- lne*«i eutrusied to hi' care, april 4-Hi* Gko NV. rioiKT, .*L B- Bi ucK11A 1.1 KU, Aiken, 5. C. B*riiwril,h. ( . Croft & Burckhakcr, Fourth annual re-don hegitre ftr-t ■Al%t*oliit r,.in >.q.t«‘iidn.‘r. Tuition $1.**, #1and i'2<T per #•»•-- -ion of p*n month-, a-•cording to grade. Mu*it*. A per. mouth. —- , Board, t>» per mouth. i; »nd rider, a brou/.ed. griz ii inn. os gaunt ami evklcntly mg’tho new comers as much as went a p-i’iy 7ITTT T tin ^V'l I'< >1.* N’ IT. Vrs iJAKNW ELL (. in ill Hi V'T J . A W' II., S C . e-r« •winTifnc * :. <• i r li and -lai.dard of \' riu- '-up*'! iii! -nd»*nt a dogoo and particular^. luh::-tf • ^ uir> •me •f -rudv .i urcii. for cai- W ill practice In ill I he Donrt-of i J^tate and in the 1 nited >uu« - * «*urti Mr. Croft uBI »*i*Hd it**- 4 <4*rr!« Raroncti I’ounty^rtfd all ii-aRcr- of pMimiire w i’l !• tie p* r—oiai Machinery. «.f m- -* Kngim iclll ton of «%Hc|/ HIHV 2’.*-If / oi. nda-r <d die tiiiu. *tt Dou^l.i -hip (‘ottoti <; i find Boilers. • ot I Oil (i ftl. T. B. ELLIS, Jr., Surveyor and Civil Engineer. Sj- i-wl mtcnMon tHvc*i n* t f Wat« r-|«o*r* r>, Iuik and .Vpo-»al card mm F -M d to . C., ict-t-m pnat'i't utt* t I** r . jmtution Martins, Frank M. Mixson. •URYITOX AMD ROTARY PUBLIC. BLATKYILLK, S. C. Land SiirvvXing fuulYit Cotivej aneliij nov 22->h a -p* hranc ciaiiy. ICS. Winthrop Training School ii)R I E AFIIEKS, ( OU M BIA, S. C: , Thorough Normal in-Jr -eti^pH and nraclicc in1*c-i method- oi tvxn hinir.— ! <»p» n to girls over IS y< arvCdd Sc--ioTi begin-S«‘pp udier 2J. Graduate.*- secure , g »od |H)-iiions. Each county i- given * *k-s.• |»«-M;U «-1*4*U11• I. itatM -tf ^l’>0 and one hj the -clund wonii $.*U. Addrc— D^ B. Jou\-uN, J-Ufcrinun-i dent, (>fl»imhia, ^. (J. * iun 12-lm A a , r.ll H c*Bo-s ( tiitoii Rr* — s (for steam or w fltcr pnuet.) Hand Rower Cotton Rre-*. Saw MHD. (Liddell variable feed and ordinary friction f**e*L> . , fHiplev F-eetl MitT < ■grind- corn and c**h iii -buck uu J any kiml «»f -to**k fe. Colton S«-cdV'ru-liefi 0-h**rne ftcaper- and Mowers. Bm kcy** Kiding cud Walking Cult!* \ .»t«r-. Kl»«;rmin iL41er F.. d* *• tone 1: a mile.) ( Miatilng, I’u'lcy s, Belting, Ui><.- Kit- tlugs,VTlu Brts'N*, iiiu Rili-, Eiidle-s t«i»i Bclta* » j- 4 - We order Engines, and Tr» --c- by tlu* v ir IojuI and £p*>\>inr pa tron- the li-m !lt td low r«i<-o| l'ici«fht. ’I'r> «»ur pi ic* s. wriu*d**r eatalogtien and iiMik into the niyrit- of our machiu* i I. s roNi: x < av a x vrc.n. Cotton F:ici.*r- : ,nd MacJiinery, r or. Rej^old-and Jaelv-on Si*. Ahgusta. l.eoigia, lulvJ : ' * • dren i the Wdlf.^f The ejiravan, numlswing thirty wag- ! went into camp in tic; form of a hollow square,* tho i**ople and aiiiumls iiuni- tl» * Imrrl T of The l sound of voices, tie* -mell of ♦•puking, the laughter of children and t!ie r<*d • glow of the camp tin vdiiade a bit of | welcome life in the s* • m& tjo soUuuG m< ; ties. ^ • f Lat. r, w]eai the fires wore low and f w le n-the *jrnT imi-c- wer ing «T"»h * auimaD and tlu f.*mir land, brer.k- motonv of ceiitu the elmnip- tri*a«l «>f Ui* 3 * a -trang**, clflsltfigure x*knde and began to mlight -a girl of J^f>r •entry on wa ran out of the i dunce in the in thereabout*, with log, sparkljFg <*y«— nrul -hort, black ctirN tlj mst oyer her pretty, brow, A beprded fact* was ‘tlirust out tinder gMsrfigou ♦•over .and a gru.T but not ugRmidlv v»>k*e called: “('oine ipywou Maverick. W.uit In jun- ttygft yyg M . ■ . - Hiiii laughed mockingly and reAigiums! lu r dance. XiO r the third call the l ig man jumj***d <ait of the wu ton and ran aft r her. When ►he its mother was too iii to back nt the lino of wagons and thought of baby Hose, that she loved le-st of all. •'Tli< - • yo'xl iitth^ 1’.ikes will see tu her.” she tlmught, hopefully, Rut the ! two little 1’ikes were weary ^hat day— they lay in a strange stdj>or, those pa- j the tie gu?UYliaus—and no one noted I thrill. becked ill each <Jl.t r’s iltiils ^li. y 1 iv imlics-letl wend mu; was drift ing away betmtid earthly aid. At the night halt Janet, frixn! from her charge, nui for Ro e.* Then t he newt* ; ffrw from wagon to wag<'n. Tlio tuiM | \vasg<»*ie, aiid no t*ne had so*ui her f day. Mi. s Reed remeprberod socihu [ ; h *r numinir among, rim sunllowere nt j • breakfast time. . “.Vin't mdsiav going for herT'cried | ! .fsnet, ny^ngvaiV^ She raw to each i wag«>»r. to Ire 'met with the smjiq iui i yirer, “it cannot be done.” | “You see, Ja n t,” said Chase, a sob ‘ In hi* voice, “tllen•'* fifty women an' | j children here an’ only thirty men to j . gtia/rl 'em: there may be hntidriHt* of 1 i Injuns out tliere*. We da rent leave ; ■ camp .or they’ll know it, an’ we’ve I ! .re-whod nil the plain* with u gloss an' 1 tlu re’s no sign of her.” I “Hut tor-jnorrvr'’—choked Janet. . back to (ho hill; tho horee followed, trembling in every limb. Just beyond tlu* lull iu a furious gallop eamo a mass of borers, and dimly amid tho fog of dust about them Janet saw the forme of their litdina rkfcla. “Jew Saul iacjnn* wh*wnm’nwedve 61 !” fc jrihlcT shriek* thoy nowtmrrotmded one fc.LUul .LuuiL “Ueiu- LurJU Ift Uicta go on an’ not And u.d” ^ T.ic Indians pas^e*! on, their paths narked by eUnydS of wind that helped mercifully ti> hldo the children. “They're gone!” eru*d Janet; but hardly were tha wordn utterml wlien ttiere came another louder trampling, tho clicks of anus against■Haddhra and more horees—himdredi of them it se'tned to Jiuiet—and then, bringing joy to her heart, an American voi<*e calling “Forward!” ns tho .cavalry- men pressed on after tlie retreating In dian*. • Tho danger having passed the tired upper. The concave si«Ie'Is thickly not wltlT strong horny hook*. The top of tho trunk Is in shape like a smaller plate set within a larger one, and this pluto is fid led with a sweet liquid, whieh when tasted produces delirium and sUx*p. ' . From under tho rim of the lower plate a scries of great green tendril* from seven to eight feet long stretch oat stilfiy toward tho horizon, wlillo above those six long white palpi (thin a* reeds and frail as quills apparently) rear themselves toward the sky, twiri- ing and twisting with incessant motion. Tho tree and tho worship of it were dis covered by Karl Lcche, who wrote to Dr. Omcllus Friedlowfiky this descrip tion. ■ Tho mode of sacriflco a* witnessotl on ono occasion was as follows: The na tives had boon wricking around the treoaud chanting propitiatory hymns to the groat tree devlL With Trtin people occnpyiug the or- wunutn mid fffiiuLxl liyr mi \ritl» the point of their javelins until she mounted the trunk and drank of the fluid in the plate, rising instantly again with wild frenzy In her face. But sho did not jump down, as she seemed inclined to do. The atrocious cunnilWU tree tliat had been so inert and dead came to sndden savage life. The slender, delicate palpi quivered a moment over her head, then coiled round her nock and arm*. Tho green tendril* wrapped themselves about lier in fold after fold, ever tightening. Then the great green leaves rose slowly and stiffly; approached one another %hild f* 11 a-lc«*p witli Rose in her arm*. | and closed about the dead victim with When she woke it wa* bright sunlight Her dazed eye* saw Nance feeding near by. Rose running tow;ird her and an oldish man, with a gray bean) and ♦1< *n't .*i>k me to ti !l j jun* an' pi rurie wulv But tliere*’* In could run m* h ’ig**r dre lug, remainui.’stiff and *til carried her t<» the wagon. “Gritty, uin'r site, manti? T!se lady add P'r.-oii with a black err n bf'.lhl >1**1 like a , while he o e i: 1 —md m-t ordy tell her father vr the whole truth,’ she diM her he-said. v*re | wa- a tall, thin i wriuhled face, sharp i I -p«s'tale*, corkscrew ! ARE YOU HOT? An CtnK mid a habit ♦){ wearing, little s.hoiilder eaj**s in the h<*tr* st^ weather, rihe w.uwi New Engl.m-l scliool teacher going w. to better luT-elf. “.‘Gritty’ D \ve<teni, 1 pr.’vume, Mr; V. Talbott & Sons, *'■ o, and 15oilers* HAW MILLS AND (iRiST M1LL^„ arc acknow ledged to- be the be-t ever tcld iu LliEs St^fcc. -—-—b- When you buy one of them you are satlslied that j (»ii have inailc no mistake. Write for our prices. Cotton (Jins and Cotton Rres-es at bottom lignrcH. 1 can save you money. •V. C. BADHAM, C* 1CJS 1C It A I. A. l.TS ah COLUMBIA, 8. C. You hungry. If either or both go •Mru.Oht to R. L. WILLIAMS h CO. ! ' ' . ■ ' Clark Street, Ll.'U'kvdle, S. 1C JO. JCJC. i c to. . A eonsrant -upplv of The purg>t iee kept on hand lor Mile at live and let live prires. FHThSlI MKATS the lady, Mi-s Mary Ann »n earth do you erdt Chase,” «ii R^d. “Wh.ir liti«h» vv41—;.k- ber iMVtl’f** vieiou-ly. She knitted ali day. jolting in a eerner of flic wagon, a pieinro <yf luartyrtloin. “!n my kvnlTj”, T. \;is,” Kil l Chase, “they ca!h ihem stray rattle that don’t pit bnvmled Mavericks; they don't h'iong to no herd, an’ them ilnit finds gits’em.” ^ “She's, got folks in Denver,” fcTiid Miss,Feed. “1 dunno,” whispered the men, with an anxi'xu* l<H'k towarcl tho sleeping ... , , i m .. . child. “A feHer tliat met me two day* i he be-t Beef Rerk aral Mutton that .. . . . ^ ., ii be < > 111;, i i i i • 11 Th tl.i- -letieii, ’ago on the east bound, wagon train fid w hen home -implies are in-utlieiem we ! me her pa and fna had died suddenly, w ill get the hi-f from Xuith aiu! West, for the people must he led. mar l.'l-tf K8TA HhTsllKn D. £ MOORE & CO.. . WHOLES Al.K FRUIT ANd PRODUCE C0MMISSI0N MERCUAN7 N, 2o \Yest High St. and.20 North Market Place. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. TO SHIPPERS.- We call vour atten tion to our market on Melons and Rears and earnestly ask Unit you give, it a trial. With an active experience of over eleven years in the trade here we firmly believe this market to he one of the best in central Ohio, /and we being at the Read of the trade w ill give your ship- “iuent.8 our prompt and personal.atten tion, assuring you the highest market prices,. Prompt returns and the mar kets by wire when requested. Please write or wire for market reports, ateu- eils and shipping information, ReglK'ctfulJV, D. K. M'khm; ,y < n. References: First NaiiduAl ' Bahk, riprlngtleld, Ohio; \V. M. i’i-ber*it ( o., Uolumbus, Ohio; Geo. g. liowcil a: Co., ijaciuuati, Ohio.,. l^oultry oud E^gs- - The best prices^paid for, ( biekens, Turkeys, Dueks. Geese .mkI Guineas. . Don’t ahij) them oil to strangers, but sell tp * * K. L. AVILLIAMS& CO.,; Purveyors lor the Rublie, Biaekville, S-. G. . jr^TEggs wanted all the time. , - •junelO A FEW WORDS. Having discontinued the sale of Li quors .since the New Year BEN DAVIES H AS been busy fn selecting and col lecting a stock of GENERAL MEK- juacgi by its completeness and please their pockets by the moderation of iis prices. 'I’he public generally and the ladiys particularly are inyited to call,-ex- amiue goods.and compare prices with those quoted elsewhere. And don’t ybit forget That you may be happy yet. ^ lf you Imy.at BEN 1)A^ I ES Store, Where you’ll, surely get more * Goods D*r vtuif money than at establish ments that premise a heap and perform nothing worth talking about. . BEX DAVIES, -—*• - BaroiwoiiU-* 4i*, ^r-G-r- - fob i;-tf an’ the eliildren had .‘..vitter. d. an’ lu^ never Leered o’ Janet at all. Her gran -inarm Imd kep* h*.-from a bain', an’ the'old lady dyin’, Janet's uncle jest shipped her off to Denver, where hjc folks was livin’. Don’t seem nobody to. tak» hei.” > “Wliy didn’t yon send her hack with those folks?” 1 asked Miss Reed. “'Cause they was bniy Ifarf way, an’ was short b/r grub; they wouldn't take her.” Yet the Maverick was a great pet on tho journey. Every ono liked her and welcomed her bright presence to the wagons. Around tho camp fires even the men gathered to hear her sing the quaint old hymns her grandmother had taught her. Bhe held tired babies- till her lit He anus Were numb, she told stories to weary children and was a ministering angel nt every wagon—at the last one in the train most of all. Till* wagon ihtd joined tho train in Missouri, and belonged to an unfortu nate family that Cluiso called “Pikes.” i HA X+riS-E t bat wH Ht«mtr-the qw* < q r b t '~ Th® father, a.-*uHoiv, sickly inan, drove lu*d ne\vr the wii»*l*'truth.” said R hh!,. coming to t!»« w.uion f< r ruIdler*, which siie wc*ri* on tlu night*., * Oeree walked away and sat down l>y the lire. “No, don't talk no more, Janet,” «* tlie ciiUd weirt to him, “it aren’t lUKUsty I’m the only old Injun fighter iu camp, i’vo got ter take the lend.” Jan**t wtmt quietly to h *r wagon. Hy th«* light of a Uiekeriug candle she printed, in a round, chibli h band, on i bi? j , • th • i w* won’.*: aLU-hii-h'a, j j K ;ue**. 1. fn t r l roil - iv fiiv’ f !i» ♦ wa.-; ISai’t you come f-•r im» Van-'* th*-y LeeU JoU. Tiicjr iluo'l me tliat g only a M ivci Ick. Jamct. Slie piumd this not** to his blanket, then vent softly out iu the starlight to the corner w here Nance stood. Fear les-ly sbo hl.iiiketed the animal, bus’ tenotl the surcingle, then led her quietly out to mi open space between two wagon*. She looked back at the dying 'camp lirqs, the group of men sleeping in the light of them, their guns by their sides, the silhouettes of the women against the wagon curtains, Miss Reed's prim and queer with the funny ctlrls. How safe it was here, how lonely and dread ful ontside! She climbed on the pony and turned her head toward tho ea*-t; the ‘hirnnal, thinking of her homo, struck into a run. The sentinel saw Nar.ee disappear in tho darkness, but did not note the little rider. “That onery gray pony as ain't been worked all tho way Lev got loose an’ gone,” he said to the crowd of excited men who ran out nt the ~ K der Nance's bools quic Lug of Janet’s heart; every dark object, w as to her a b^ost of prey; every sound the coming of fhe red men. She thought of tho old time stories of Indian war fare and cruelty her grandmother had told her; of th© horrors of the plains the men spoke of by the camp fires. — “But I’m the only one in all that train as hasn’t anybody to care for me,” she said, bravely. Tcrbe spared.” bmmu*d face, looking at her kindly. By IK* side was the lean wolf Rose liad .cORi-d a dog. “1 knew it was a tame one!” cried Janet. “In course yon did,” smiled tlie old man. “Me an’ my gal, Ann ILoed, fell out t wenty odd year agt» ’catt*» I owned a tamo b’ar. She went ter Hosting, turned sehoohuami, an’ I emigrated to lowy.” Janet, very wide eyed, told him about Irie.st ^ Mi-s Beed, who wa* one of their wagon (tarty. She also gave her own history and Roue’* ns far ua she knew. / “WnH, you bo a powerful talker!” cried the old man. “Now come eat, an’ tlivn we’ll ketch up with tho cara van. Hay, threugh. si*, would you say, lowin’ fer age an’ my whiskers, Ann Reed ain’t no better lookin’ then me C “You’re* lx»th idee for old folks,” said Janet, politely. #■ He led them to a dugout in the hilt- “^l‘l p^nty to wtt. imd- - thoQ tin y ret out for the wagobs, Janet with Rose on Nance, the wolf following the old man’s.bronco. “Tho row hist night, sis,” ho said, “was Uncle S im’s sojers arter tho In juns, same as has been liangin’ round yer train. Wonder how them serious ways of Ann Reed's would ’a’ took witli Injuns?” \ • Knoiso. Every unusual rattling of gravel un- r Nance's hoofs quickened the beat- “There was only me tho four lean oxen; tho mother, half dead from malaria, seldom lifted her head from her bed; and tho nine chil dren, practically orphans, took ear© of themselves and of a little, motherlpss giri, sent out with this family to her father In Denver. ‘ Tide d?aby, Rose, was a merry little creatufe of 3, beautiful and winning and much liked. But tho days were j toilsome ones, and as the-Browns hail, charge qf her no ono interfered, though many of tlie party wondered who could have trusted her with Him* The two youngest Browns, homely, Wlien tlie moon rose it showed no living ohjeot ou thmgreat plains. The camp was far out of vision, and not even a spark from. its fires glimmered on the still air. Absolute quiet and solitude; the world-asleep. „ At the top of a little rise in the road Jlinet halted to rest her tired horse, and once more to look around the lonely land. Tlie quivering of Nance startled her, and peering ahead Janet saw a thrilling bight she neyer after- ward forgot. There in the moonlit road stood baby K< »se, lier yellow curls disheveled, her hwe tenr_stiyiigd . und.dirtx, torn, her little feet bare and bleeding. ' fom^aiJun. At night t’lyy reat:hed thevearaping place of the wagons, wherif*tliere w’as great rejoicing, Cliaso especially com ing often to stroke Janet’s curls and mutter, “Ef you ain't a horned hero I never knowed one! The stuff of a pioneer!” „ • Janet’s only sadness was tlmt one little grave where the youngest “Pike” ley. The child had died the night be fore. How many nameless graves, tiny ones, there lined to be on that great pathway to the west! ^ When Janet, with Rose in her anus, climber! into her wagon the hermit ap proached and said mysteriously, “It’s the same Ann Reed, sis, an’ she’s there a pettin' that wolf likr\he were a poodle dorg. -Ain’t set agin'’em no more.” Two miles from Denver thoy met a horseman, so pale and anxious they knew who he was even before ho called hoarsely: “Is my baby with you V* “Aye, she be,” answered Chase, “but we’d met ye with blank faces an’ sor- rerfnl hearts but for Janet here.” Then h# told the story, and Ids fa ther got down from his horse to kiss her first—before his own child. ' “I’m well off, Joe,” ho said, broken ly. “I can do well for her, and you saw she tias no opr I-Tjiii have two daughters instead of one. ” : ; . ' “You ain’t a mavetiek no more, Janet,” cried Joe, something shining in his honest eyes, *“an’ there ain’t one of us but will bid ye godspeed. Ef ever a lone little child was worth a father’s love an’ care you be, an’ the bles^sin’ of all us that knowed yo goes with yo.” And as she, with Rose andJher father, f iarted from the companions of tlie ong wagon joumtqr Uiey followed her with loving, tearful eyes, that little Maverick who tied found a happy da * tlie force of a hydraulic press. As the bases of the leaves pressed more tightly t< ►gether from between them trickled down tlie trunk of the tree great streams of the fluid mingled with the blood and oozing viscera of the victim. The savages bounded forward and with cufie, leaves, hands and tongues got each enough of the liquor to set him mad and frantic. Tho tree remained unchanged in appearance during ten days and at thu end of tliat time the leaves, tho tendrils and the palpi had all regained their original condition, and nothing but tho skull of the victim remained as a proof of the *ncri!iee which had taken place there. Another witness of a sacrifice to the Crinoida Dajeeand says tliat velum thu tree h*u' completely enveloped the woman the natives sot fire to it and it became lier funeral pyre.—Brooklyn E igle. A DMcball Discovery. There is a lady in Washington who has spent numerous afternoon* in an effort to acquire an acquaintance with the game of baseball. She has attend ed -fc&me after game and recently, at the dinner table, announced the result of her observation. “I have, learned,” she said deliber ately, “that the pitcher does hot try to throw the bqll so that the man can hit it.”—Washington Post. Nothing In Legends. An old cynic in Boston lias investi gated about fifty legends conneetec with ledges, waterfalls and gullies in different parts of America, and he bar- found every one of them to be a de ception of tlie first water. Don’t pay no summer hotel an extra price for be ing located near the spot where “She- wlth-rod-hair” leaped to her death be cause her pa scolded her.—Detroit Free, Pres*. . ; V- Interested tn Seleneo. Miss Millie—Oil, mother, Professor Science is to lecture to-night Cant go! Mother—Dear mo 1 What’s got into you? Miss Millie—- Why, he’s to lecture on ‘Sun Spots, ” and I’m Just wild to ge i a good cure for freckles.”—New York Weekly. Bolter No* Return. Sitting Bull says hs can’t live over twenty years more unless he is per mitted to return to his old stamping grounds in the west If he was al lowed to go back he probably wouldn’; live twenty days, as there are plenty on' mean who would shoot him on sight Detroit Free Press. H«nr a P rutty Thank* In » A stately and hare the well bred young theatrical first night and her escort, seats iq the orchestra. She was upon that a largo iduure of watched her as sire aisle and settled gracefully It was then obeerved wi terest tlmt she raised tier toched from her head the hat that became her so i liair was bright golden, and radiant tights it fairly beauty. Tlie old gentleman st settled baj.*k cmufortahly and congratulated himself that been placed behind such a creature, for now lie could not only the stage but a splendid head of hair as v eil Presently two or three young women in tho immediate vicinity quietly re moved their liats, having noted tf»e ad miration tlmt the originator of scheme had excited. From this the movement spread til hotlcss feminine beads were dfsoov* erable oil over the theatre, even to the rear rows of the circle. Between the acts a paper before to circulate about among the chest m. Each gentleman as he received II read something that had been written— on it and then smilingly signed his name, after wltieh he passed It to Ida immediate neighbor. In a few moments the paper came back to the old gentleman that had started it Bending forward he po litely addressed the golden haired giri, > handing to her at the same time the gagoh- £112 djdjgL a deep blush and a smile crept over her fare.. The paper was a vote of thanks signed by thirty or more of the male sjxvtAtors. Its text was os folk>wet “We, the undersigned, desire to ex press our respectful admiration for a most beautiful and considerate young lady, name not known, who by remov ing tier bat from her bright golden head lias set tlie fashion for others, thereby rendering it possibly for a delighted dienoo to witness the details of a performance.” * • *' The pretty girl east a radiant mOe over her shoulder at the old gentleman behind, and folding tlie paper tucked it Into the front of her dress by the side of a bunch of pansies. And everybody was very liappy. —Philadelphia Prsaa ^ Point* Cor Amatnur I’kotoyrmpk*—. It might be well here to give a few pointers to amateurs who have supplied themselves with detective eatueraa. Never cony your box as though you were conscious of tte ulterior purpose^ or as though you were looking around for the express purpose of “napping* some one. Strike an average focus, and In the quiet of some friendly hallway set tlto shutter, open the slide and take out the plate slide, and thegs you am. When yon are abreast of the object yon desire to take level thl instrument or a line with your breast, touch the spring and loi onee mom them you are! Then go along to another hallway and readjust the plate dido, reverse the plate holder, and once more you am ready to “scoop” another orowd. Do everything neatly and with the utmosl dispatch ixjsublc, and you will never be troubled. This rale is too often violated by amateurs; and they are sub jected to softs of pstty aanoynnee by street urchins.—New York Bveniaf Sun. , Th* Mas Who Is “Jast Going." * A man who “hangs on” tn the par lor, and then dawdles at the pariog door, and then bolds a protracted meal ing at tho hat stan<L^u)d then cagsseeg the front door knob for a season, ami then holds the door open long enough to give his hostess a cold, and then stops on the doorsteps to talk things ail over from the beginning Is one of the most horrid pests known to civilization. He would not be endured in barbarous or savage life, except with an arrow or spear stuck into Ids tardy back tor the purpose of impelling him oentrifug&ily. Even in civiluMtioii in the Nineteenth century he should be hanged, drawn and quartered.—New York Lodgah> % Laying Down th* Law. Landlord—See here, you owe me a hundred dollars back rent, and I’d like to know when you Intend to pay It Tenant—It has been the Invariable rule of my life, sir, to pay os I go. Landlord—WeH then, go as aornf a» possible.—New York Ledger. An Ironwood minister married a cou ple and baptized a baby, afl under the same roof and during the same evening. Just as be left the house he was eallec to pre >ch a funeral sermon, thus re 1 < - —t The estimable wife of President An drew Jackson once accounted to the British minister for an awful ooid in the head by tolling him that “the gin- eral had klcjked tlie Id were off” the night before. There is no longer any excuse for people who “kick the khr- vere off.” A clamp and a spring era now patented ^for attachment to the bedstead. By this simple device the covers are fastened down. The spring gives sufficient play, so that there is no danger of one getting choked in the act of turning over. Dehaonloo’s chef Is a valuable being} His work consists in ordering the sup plies, forming the mesas and pronoua- cing judgment upon every dish served. He samples the soups, i By tasting the most minute particle he can discover exactly the lacking and the amount needed to 1 sure perfection. His salary Is f&J year. It with thpi the mm learned passage is about With a fret, thi. MW