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V* - V. i- W* '■■ *"'V 4-1 « - * 9A i . w kM v.vi* % i ■ j-— BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JANUARY 21,1891, .. ^ Uavin^ oontihim J the sale of Li- quors since the New Y'ear BEN id col*- LER- CHATIt>ftrt? that wlH surt the' ^feople by its completeness and please th^ir dockets by the moderation of its prices. The public generally and the ladies |>*ftlealarly are invited to call, ex amine goods and compare prices with those quoted elsewhere. -—And don’V vou forget X- That you may be happy yet. If yonbuy at BEN DAVIES Store, Where you’ll surely get more •Goods for your money than at establish ments that promise a heap and perform toothing worth talking about. * BEN DAVIES, ^ Barnwell C. II., S. C. feb 13-tf *t OVER. Tb« halcyon days o»er, lore, - ’ The halcyon daya are over. There U no merry hum of bee* tii the s«re and scenUeae clover. The dirgeHtce breeae siyha through the trees, •The halcyon days are over.” All nature tells the story, love. The halcyon days are over. - No bird note wakes the Wood or plait. Save the lone pipe of the plover. —- While the dismal rain beau the refrain, ’The halcyon days are over.” The days that were long and sunny, love, The halcyon days are over. When j.*j were the summer belle, and I Your happy and favored lover. - : ' Then why this sigh for days gone by, The halcyon days now overt tor you are the priae I won, my love, And bachelor days are over; Yet somehow, tm our wedding day, The bells from old Hanover Seamed to say in a merry way, , “For-ev-erahd-aye-ev-er-ftnd-aye, The-hal-cy-on-days-are-o-ver.’’^, •e-Mrs. Jerome Hardcostlo in New York Sun. AN INDIAN LEGEND, good day MPmstm in " ham- ** fturing tbe xtimmer vacattOti o! 1878 I devoted my leisure to trout Gslpng, and for this purpose pushed away up into the WBI»'HaVy itogtett of W^fthoastern Mus- sub- koka, Canada, far beyond the-limits ■ay of ttty former explorations. In the of BMCebridgr-i engaged as philo«oph«*and friend," an old Indtt» wlwituow every Inch of ihei»itqj7’©tw winch: if his own ao f ---• as to be believed, he had roamed —cnff. tagea. At 9^ to JR pet cenU,interest. One tc Jbui-Axars time, securetl by farm mort- Eor further partictibmr apply to ' J. O. PAT* KRSON, was lluron had killed in his own defense, be" j was condemned to die by running tho 1 gantlet. That bight He was tied to a 1 tree and guarded by three warriors; but he Was well fed, and his legs Were left unbound, so that he might be strong and make much sport when the time came. ■ ^■ “All night long Minnekoma watched for a chance to free him, but the guards slept not and the morning came, 'then, when the sun Was high, all the warriors and squaws and children Went but to the plain to see the race for life. Two lines were formed, six feet apart, with fifty braves, face to face, iu each line. At the top, where the prisoner was to start, were young men armed only with green rods and blunted spears* then came those axmed with fcqiyctJ. and J^L the far end of the line stood old warriors with tomahawks and war dubs. The prisoner was to run between the lines, every man giving him a blow, and if he reached so far without falling, the war riors who bore the axes and clubs would surely kill him. The guards now led Thyendaga out, stripped him naked, except moccasins and breech- cloth, and placed him at the head of the lines;— He sang no death song, but looked proudly around upon his enemies. “The word was given; the guards re leased him and closed up the gap behind. But the brave Huron, instead of running between the ranks, leaped with one mighty bound clear over the line to his left, and flew like the wind toward this The Iroquois were struck with Real Estate •Jtrtylt-tf — and Investing Agent. BarwweB, Horses ai)d Mules ■3 U8T Arrived a fine lot of Saddle am* Harness HORSES, also a lot o« qice farm and limber Ml'I.ES. Will Veep a full stock of both llorwa*. - spring months oMwhj an* £0T See our stock and get prices be fore purchasing elsewhere. . Yours trulv, . P. J. ZKIOLKK A < O., Allendale, S. C. WOT 11-if Durormiious, figH Dental Surgeon- Blackville, S. C. Will have regular appoint menu as follows: At Barnwell. C. H from 1st. Monday (or aales-day') in each month to Wed nesday evening. Office at the Patter son House. At Sally’*, B. A. A N. R. R., from 3d Monday in each month to Wednes day evening. Office at PHce’s Hotel. Will be at Bis homeofficeat Biackville every Friday and Saturday ft »m 1st of February to 30th September Inclusive, nnd every Thursday, Friday and Satur- day.from I*tOctober to Slat January Inclusive. Will makeappnlntmenU with patients to meet them at either of his offices at anv time. Patients will find it more comfortable to have their work done at the office, though if desired will call on them at their residences anywhere within thirty miles of Blackville Second Seasoq. Smalley’s Sale Stables, WIL.L.1HTOI*, H. C. . One day as we sat smoking oh tho hSBk of a river, which my guide said was the Afchke-Mnk, tho old Indian pointed to a spot about twenty feet up the face of a precipice and said: ^ou see that cave? Wonderful thing happen there once; me tell you about it." I looked closely at the place indicated Aud^aw^JhfQUgb a tangled mare of wild croeperi, what appeared to be a dark hole, some three feet wide and five feet high. Tobn said this was the entrance to went, the existence of which had been quite unknown to his tribe, j formerly inhabiting the* fertile plain, 1 until revealed to them by the occurrence of events which he onveeded to relate. 1 will not attempt to follow the old man’s vernacular, but give the legend in hia **wn w j na as I can. . | “A long, lone tirng ago,” said he, “when I was a very small boy, my peo ple, a large band of the great Iroquois tribe, dwelt npon the good land, where we stopped ket night Game was plen tiful in those days, both winter and sum- N tner. The river, then much bigger than now, was full of fish. My people raised much corn and were contented and happy. Where are they now? Gone! Gone! All gone but poor old John! The white man’s rum and smallpox, the white mau'« ways have swept them from the earth. ' “Our head chief, Matchedash. was a great warrior and ruled hia pbople wise ly and well, tie had no sons and but one daughter. Miunekoma, beautiful as tbe morning sun, 11 of foot as a wild deer. With eyes likel stars, and hair glossy as the raven’s wing. All the young men of the tribe laid their gifts t oulyfo be THE LOVER*’ UtANV. Ryes of grmy-a soddsn qnay. Driving ratal sad falling tears, A* tbo steamer wears to soa la a parting storm of ebeer*. . Slog, tor faith and hops art Mgk; None so Woe as you and L ^ • Si** toe Levers' Lltanr: ' Lot* like outs can aevsr dter* y* Xy<* of MsCk—a throMrf** keek , IftRlry foam to Wtand right; Whispered converse near the wheel la the brilliant tropic night. Croea that rules (ho soothers sky, Elan that sweep and wheel aad fly, Hear the Lovers' Litany: “Love like ours can never die!'* Ryes of brown—a dusty plain Split and patched with heat of June; Fly leg hoof and tightened rein; Hearts that beat the old, old tune. Bide by aide the horses fly; Fnune wo now the old reply Of the LoveTs' Litany: “Love like ours tab never die !* Eye* of blue—the Simla hills • Silvered with tbe moonlight hoar; Pleading of the waits that thrills. Dies and echoes round Benners, “Mabel,” “Officers,” “Gowfcby." Glamour, wine and witchery— On my soul's sincerity “Love like ours can never die:” Maidens, of your charity Pity my mow luckless state. Four times Cupid's debtor I— Bankrupt in quadruplicate. Yet despite this evil case. An a maiden showed me grao% Four and forty tlmna would 1 Bing the Lavers* Litany: “Love like ours can never die”' —New York Herald. der, an* de big cakee an’ da fine doin'*, I can’t, tell you! Mautaa gie 'em off land an’ niggers, an* som^/go to plantin' an’’ some go to la win’, bat ’e neber gto me to any ’o 'em, cause me an’ him played to- gerrer w\>n we wae chillen, nnd one day *e laff an’ say, ‘Nuttin’ but doff gwine paat mean’ you, eh boy? Den I laff back an’ say, *No, maussa, you shot my eyes or I *het yours, dat’a de way I want em to be, an* t hope to de Lawd my eyes'll shet’fore yours is.’ Now'e gone an’I lefft An' ’e bin gone more ’n twehty yearl Teas like de las’ paat o' de abend is heap tie longes\ “Now,” drawing a long breath, “dam de grabes longside de way,, Eiist ’e youngest chile jess mariied an’ ; o b) ’e home. So happy an’ so good au’ ebery- body daaliu’. ’£ husband fair tare ,’e hair au jump m de grabe, dey nad to hole ’em back at de burial “Den come de wall! An’ Mass’ Tom, d$y shoot ’im at otto battle, an’ Mass’ Henry- ttt anurrer. Miss Lusan husband cum home on ’e crutches, an Mass’ Frank dey tek ’im pris’ner an’ carry ’im fur off. Seem like it was nios’ as bad for missus not to git no letter for a long time as to yere bad news, for she dunuo Wat happen, an* link dey all kill any. way. Her hair git w’iter an’ w’iter, an she biggin to walk slow An’ stoop over c.rv,n tilra .in' rw"i,n"in Th« at her feet only :ted. But reject one brave, Ojetka, would not be repulsed. | Far and near he sought for the choicest spoil* of the chase and brought them to her wigwam; yet still she turned coldly away. “Ojetka was a crafty, cunning war rior, and with rich presents bought the old chief over to espouse his cause. All was in Vain. Minbekoma’s face was hard toward him and she would not lis ten. Matchedash was much angered; but riid \vtts his only child and had great influence in the tribe, and he would not giro her away against her will. Nono- could tell why the maiden refused to marry, unless it might be that she had given her heart to a Huron loven for some time before Thyendaga, a noted warrior of that tribe, with which the Iroquois were then at peace, had asked her in marriage and had offered her fa ther great wealth in gifts; but the old chief spurned him away, saying that his daughter most wed only an Iroquois, and none of our tribe had seen the Hu- wonder. No man had power to stir un til Thyendaga had got far away, and then, raising the-warwhoop, they all gave chase, spreading out like a fan as they ran. None had their bows, and even ngw Thyendaga was beyond the reach of arrows. “Straight and fast as a hunted deer he leaped along, and when he came to the top of the rock above os, was the j half of a mile ahead of hi* pars tiers; but they could see him all the time, for few trees were here. ,Now he never stopped or looked back, but with a wild yell of t defiance sprang far out from the edge of i the rock, down, down into the deep w»- ' ters below. In a little while the Lro- r quois, all craiy with anger. Very much ! mad, came up. Thyendaga was not to’j be seen; and they could not get down to , the river at this place. Some kept watch on the bank, while other* ran two mile* ; down to the gap and brought back ca- I noes. Everywhere they searched, but no sign could they find of the Hnron . warrior; and ail then knew that he was lying drowned at the bottom of the deep hole where no line conld reach. “In great shame they went back to the camp, and the squaws and little children made game of them. F0r had not their prisoner escaped and died without torture? But Minnekoma re- ; juiced because of this thing; though she greatly mourned for her lover. Every day she walked alone through the rocks and forests, always weeping and calling softly on the name of Thyendaga. None followed or gazed upon her grief, tor they said: ’The maiden's .heart is sore.’ I “Two moons passed away and the I leaves were falling, when one day she | wandered off to the spot where Ojetka , died. Here for a long time she stood, faintly and sorrowfully whispering to the soft wind again and again her lover’s name. Suddenly, near at. hand, she heard the rustle of leaves and the cooing of a wood dove, and Thyendaga himself | stood before her. No words can tell her [ joy when she found it was indeed he, anil not his spirit, as she thought. (Quickly he led her to a safe hiding place until it should grow dark, and as they went along he told her bow, when he leaped that day into the deep waters, he rose again and climbed up tho vines into a cave (that one above us), which none but lie knew of, before the Iroqubis'came to the river, and when the search was ended and the black night came down he escaped easily to his own pebple. Also he told her that his canoe was now concealed down the river, and he had come to bear her off as his wife. “Minnekoina's heart was melted, and when great darkness fell upon the earth that uight she went with the Huron Chief away across the lake to his home. The next day all the Iroquois warriors OLDHECTOR’S VISTA A large picture lung upon the wattr Tbe frame was handsome and massive, the painting one of Bully’s best; por- AN ELEPHANT HUNT IN SIAM. A Conn try Where Nearly 300 ef the Big ( AaJwale Are Captured at a Time. One acorqhing’morning in April, 1870, a small party of Europeans left the city ' of Bangkok, the present capital of the kingdom of Siam, for Ayuthia, the old seat of government, sixty mil^s, north- • ward up the River Menain. A hunt had been appointed by tho king, and the ele phants were to be brought in through tho country bordering the ancient ruins. On tho second day wo arrived at j Ayuthia, and sot up bur screens and were all there, and the respectability of hung bur mosquito bars in a sala, or rest the class of people who benefited by the house, by the river side. generosity of the great philanthropist Tho following morning the elephants i was paVticnlariy noticeable, arrived. J nst outside the city, and over-1 In less than half aa hour after th* lookihg-a plain extending to the horizon, j opening of tho baths the men’s depart- was a high platform^ mounted by stone; ment was completely 811eii..aud tho large steps and covered with a tiled roof sup- waiting room had from thirty to forty FRISCO'S F||c BATH*.' Flntfr Day'* Hath In* to tb# Tata* Fro*tiled by millionaire Lleb. It was very evident that the public wad' not nnawatp of_J>ho hour at which the Lick free baths were to be opened, as at- t o'clock that day lirge crowds were be fore the entrance of the building tm tfertth street, near Howard. From this time on until the baths were closed at T o’clock tbe attendants had their hands quite full in caring for the patron* and visitors. Men, women, boys and girlfc traits of a gentleman had lady in middle life. 'They sat sido by side, husband and wife. Tho former possessed a face -chillen of much power, thought and firmness, blending with kindliness of expression. The features of the latter were stifl handsome, wherein a , gentle dignity combined with Intellect to attract a study of th« sweet face by oil who same Hke an* ole ooman. “Dert de raid dim. An’ w’en dem Yankees bu’n down do big houstran’ old juaussa and missus got to lib in de ober- share house, wid eb’ry__single horse an’ mule tek way, an’ de gin house bu’n up, and nary hog to kill, an’ not a blessed rooster lef to crow for j^iy, an’jiU do niggers call e’se’f free an’ gone lef em, ’ceptin’ Juliann an’ me, I tink de een o’ de wurl mus’ be cornin’. Juliann an* me had been bettcr’n free for a long time. She jess had to boil de pot for do w’en ’e mammies leab ’em dey, w’en ’e gwine to de fiel’j au’ I tale hog an’ gi’e ’em salt an* ashes, an* bring ' ' Jen ton since. Ojetka hid his grief and put «, , , on a careless air to throw Minnekoma off looked for her in vain; but with great Last winter and spring I sold large number* of the best horses snd mules to citlsens of Aiken, Barnwell hoU Or- mngeburg,'riving complete sati^ction to every customer. I am back again, better prepared than — ever to give every buyer the flill value of his money, and resolved to run the campaign of 1890 on the same platform on which I won the first place in last year’s races. Before buying call on or correspond with me. Smalley is in the saddle and will push all comnetitfoh * from the word go under hot spur Yours truly, JOHN F. SMALLEY, « . Williston, S. C. . sept 26-tf tlon to all business entrusted to bis care jan 16-ly A. T. WOODWABlf V2U01 her guard, but all the time he was on the watch, and one evening when the sun was low he saw her leave tho lodge and wander slowly away into the forest. “Even Ojetka dared not be seen to fol low or spy Upon Minnekoma’s move ments, so he went off, at first another way, to the woods and then made a wide sweep to strike her trail. Soon he found this and silent as a Came to a clear spot, where had been an an old camp, and saw Minnekoma stand ing there with bowed head, listening. Pretty soon he heard the low call of a pigeon, and then Thyendaga stepped out fropi * the other -side and clasped the young squaw in his arins. Ojetka’s heart homed with rage, and softly he drew an arrow to its beady but dared not shoot while the two stood together. Bime- by, they turned and came straight to ward him, and now he let hi*Arrow fly; but the etsttY eyee of Minnekoma had seen him! Quick aa the lightning's flash cunning they tracked the two footprints over bare rocks and through thick woods to the edge of the water. There they found marks of a canoe, and lying on the sand a chiefs totem, which Matchedash well knew. ’ „ “ ‘ Jbe Great Spirit,’ said he, 'has saved Thyendaga, and he has borne off my daughter. We itr A Very old negro sat on a low stool be fore it. Hi* head was white with the snows of many winters. His frame hod dwindled from its manhood's stature be cause of extreme age and feebleness. He gated long and earnestly npon the faces enframed before him,as a devotee at saint ly shrine might gaie and worship. It was not the first time he had so sat Indeed, It was bis frequeat pleasure to slowly come on fine days from his humble cabin to “Mass Bob’s” to bear“'ittle missy" play on her organ, and ring to him the sweet gospel hymns; to gaao, as if en tranced, by the hour on the revered faces of “old maussa an* miasoe,” which were the greatest enjoyment* of hia fading • Kfta Merton, “'itUe missy,” torned to look at the old man as he sat For ten minutes he had not moved. “ffncle Hector,” she said, "I toWh you would tell me what you think of when you sit still *o long and took at grand father’* and grandmother’s pictures.” “Oh, Nttle missy, I danno ef I kin tell yon. Seems like lookin’ down dem Lom- baady poplar abenus useter be in Lib’ty county ’fore yon was bom. I look down an’ I look down, an’ 'pears like I can see ebery ting eber happen to me in all life, an’ all 1 ’member, too.” “Do tell me about It What is the first thing ytra see?” “Why; down yander way do trees so Nttle dev look like dey touch an’ meet de sky. 1 see a great big ship. It is so far off I can’t see it plain, but I hear de water ou de outside go swish, swish, swish, an’ I know I am dar wid lots o’ folks, and it’s awful hot, an' heap o’ dem die, Sii’ seems like de water neber gwine Stop goin' swish, swish, swish on de out side o’ dat vessel Den 1 see de quarter at de old plantation in Lib'ty county, an’ I go to playin’ wid sum buckra chil len. Dey is the fust w’ite chillen I eber ceej an Httlest jrer grandpa up dar is butt o’ de ones, an’ ’e so gdod to *ittle Af can nigger, an* so pdoty, dat * lub 'em straight off, an’ I lub-’em till yet” “Go on, Uncle Hector." “Well den, we git de big boys; an’ yer gfaildpA, ma 'e let me tek ’em wid iue a-fishin’, an' I mek ’em w’istle*, an’ gun for shoot chiny berry, an* we mek rabbit trap an 1 * bud trap, an’ go in a-washin’, an’ bring up de cows, an’ swing on to calf tail, and go ’podfemn huntin’ till I git bigger an* go to pickin’ cotton an’ hoein’ corn an’ all dat yer.” “Look down your avenue again, uncle, and tell mo what you see.” *T see de big weddin’ w’en yer grand pa *e marry yer grandma an’ cut out ttfts o’ rich men wot useter court her, case will make a ncW peace crept along it, sure, slow and ? u . rOT ’ 1 (5 tb '. y are , mi 8 l » t J r “‘ d j Ihsthorelj was ds poottest lady da snn . panther. In a little while he ^ ^ . I eber lite on. Den Went to •. owlTpC tatiou an* tek me an’ a gang more, tell ’e mek up ’e min’ to move near Columbus 6. M. GREEN, * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, M MLNWJKI.Ia C. H.H Ci Will practice in the State and United j she bent the lfurmi down, an£fthe arrow States Courts and give prompt > passed over his head. Thffifl out from his COV6T sprang Ojetka, and, whirling, hia , tomahawk in tho air, sent ft fiercely at Ids nqftTa breast „• Thyendaga, tattttfnd springy as a was now ready, T)*Pt bTSae whistled by With out hurt, end with his own tomahawk upndqed in. three great leaps he was upon his foe. His first blow struck the knife from Ojetka’s hand and the next buried the ax in his brain. Down like a | log he fell dead! Thyendaga shouted a cry of victory and stooped down to tear off the scalp, but at that moment was seized on all sides at once by six Iro quois, who were, returning from a hunt and had come to the place of "the fight just as Ojetka fell Now they bound tbe prisoner between two warriors, apd tak ing np the dead, body set off to camp, tinging the song of mouhiing as'"they Went. Soon the council was called, and, although it wqs clearly shown that the A. ixxz'xxi.t a^ajri_«iv) ATTORHBY-At-LAW. BARNWELL C. H., 8. C- WIN five prompt attention to pH bus iness entrusted to his care, april 4-89 Send to The rour orders fer Job Work ’eopIe Job Office. “So, next moon, he sent the wise men 1 of his tribe with gifts of wampum and i tobacco and costly furs to that people; for the old chief greatly loved his child. Thyendaga was now the head of the Huron*, and for, tho sake of his wife he accepted the gifts, and sent back many rich presents and kind words in return. Then all were happy. There was a long peace, and it was from the lips of Min nekoma that the Iroquois first knew of this cave I have shown you.” Poor old John told this little story With indescribable pathos, aad it may be true. He lived for five years after ward, and if ever an Indian deserved to go to “Tho Happy Hunting Grounds,” surely it was he,—W. Thompson in New York Ledger. Salaries Paid to Old Stars. Why, six, there were days when you could not find standing room at a good * ~ minstrel show. Days when Dan Bryant, tho Buckleys, the Campbella, Matt Peele, the Haverlys and a down other crack men couldn’t get houses big enough to hold their business. Salaries ran dp to match the demand, too. 1 played four rears straight for Dan Bryant in his hall—now Raster A Bial’s—at New -York before he died, and’ my weekly salary was $134. In ’09 John Stetson paid me $7,200 for twenty-six weeks’ work at tbe Adelphi theatre in Boston— nearly j$300 a week for tho run—but all that sort of thing died oat when the cheap shows began to knock out minstrel work in the early Wa—J. W. McAn- drc\r4, latcmcw in Chicago Herald. Were de Injuns was. Den ’e buy lan’ fora dem Injun* an’ pay ’em all in gol’ in’ rilber money, an’ dey call *fm do hones’ man wot eber lib, an’ tink de Stin pore rise an’ set in ’em. Yer grandpa ’e plant ’e corn plum np to Injun door, case dey neber move de fust year, an’ dis de truf I tell you, de nebef teef de fust roastin’ year, nary one. Atter wile de tmekra and Injttn gwine file, an’ dey all move off ’twixt dark an’ daylite* an’ tek all dere tings wid ’em, neber leab a mortar, nor pestle, nor bread tray, nor piggin, clean to de bary calabash, an’ fore de Lawd dey neber tek a chicken nor nuttin wot b’longs to ole mamwa. Dat shows de way Injuns will ’*f« ufat w’ite man treat’em right like Well.’e'treat ebery- body right Nigger knew ’o had to wok. for true, but *e gib ’em pirtffcy to eat, and tuk good enri of ’em w’en ’e flick an* git ole. An’ de fun we useter hab aft Christ mas! an’ Fort o' July! an* de barbecue! an’ w’en we lay by de crap, an’ de corn shnekin’s. Nigger don’t hab de fun an* de frolic like dey useter in slab'ry times, no mon, dat dey don’t. . ’ * . “Now ’pears like Lombaady poplars growin’ bigger, yi’ I kin see de daybght ’twix ’em, same like Christmas mark off one year froiri antixTer. “All de chillen now growin’ up, de gals dey gwine off to school, an’ de bdys to college. An* Wen dey cum Eome for bol'day, missus gin. ’em more parties! 4£l4w drr cae Mtcr aaad- inissus string o’ fish now an attet dis 1 say, ‘Olo ooman, if dem no ’count niggers done tek ’e freedom, less you an’ me gin up ours, an' riiow maussa au' missus we got sum boat in enr bodies if dey is black.' Juliann, she straighten up, she did, au’ she say, ‘Now ye talkin', Hector. I shore I good for ten years o’ good wuck ef do Lawd spore me dat long.* “So I fin’ one young steer dat dem Yankees missed in de woods an’ I hitch ’em to de little caat an’ 1 bawl wood wid ’em. much as we could Lim all de winter. An’ Juliann she jess tek bolt like she was a young gal. She cook an’ she wash an’ she i’on—jess dem two in de family now, you know—an’ missus she say. smilin’ sorter rickly like an’ wid tears in ’* eyes, too, ‘Wy, Juliann. ©f I’d kffnw how good you could cook maybe I’d V had you in de kitchen all dis time.’ Juli ann she say nuthin, but sho shake 'e head an' she twin’ ’e monf an’ gone to heatin’ biscuit like she was strong nuff to maul rail An’ now. *ittle missy, de Lombaady poplars are gitting mighty tall and ee years look l«mg be twix ’em. “Ole maussa an’ missus couldn’t stan’ de big trouble dat cum on ’em. All de prop’ty gone, mos’ de rhillen dead an’ de res’ sum cripple an’ all pc’. ’E say one day, ‘Hector,, I done lib^toiy life, my chillen can stoat Ober an’ git along may be, but a olo tree wot’s cut down to a stump ain’t gwine mek timber no mo’.’ My boat trimble, like leaf w’ert de win' blow ’em. 1 tink, ‘Oh, ef maiissa die wot ’ll cum o’ me?* Well, shore nuff, de time want fur off, but w’en it cum it cum de rite way. Maussa git weaker an’ weaker tell ’e tek to ’b bed. Den seems like missus was jess waitin’ for de sign, case de bery next day she gio up, too, and dey de lay an* git weaker an' weaker tell dey chillen didn't know wich would die fust. -‘De Sun/lay ’fore dey died ole missus say, ‘Tek me to 'em.’ So dey tote her in turret room and put her on de bed ’long- side o’maussa. Tttle missy, I can’t tell you all dey said. Mass Bob l*een dere, an’ he kill tell you. But missus /laid something like ‘Jined in dey lives in lubbin each udder an’ de Lawd, an’ dey would soon be togerrer foreber,’ an’ ra&ufesa ’e say, ‘Yes, bless Gawd,’ an’ all de chillen cry but loud, while missus' eyes shine like two stars, art' she look straight up like sho was seein’ de angels. ' “Maussa ’fl die dat night, and tniseu* nex’ day, an’ w’en eberybpdy cum to de fun'tal an’ see bouf lookin' so nat’ral an’ lovin’ side by side in de two coffins day *ed ’twas a sin to cry, ’case dey knew dev was happy in hsab’n. Sc~^ '‘Now 'ittle missy, since den I walk mity slow dis een o’ de Poplar ab’nu. I feel like I mos’ got to de las’ tree; fcloee to de big gate, an’ seems to me like dat Png gate gwine open soon an’ let po’ ole Hector go into glory an’ jine ’e dear ole maussa and missus. Sometimes at night I t’ink I bear sump’n go swish, swish, swish, same like de seawater useter go outside big ship w’en I was a chile Cornin’ fuin Afriky, an’ I tank Gawd 1 -did cum ober yere w’ere I larn ’bout de blessed Jesus, an’ yere nil dem sweet songs you sing to me. Den I t’ink, may be, dat swish, swish is de angel’* wings a-rustlin’ ober me, w’ile dey are waitin’ for de Lawd to say, ‘Bring ’em ’long te me now, ’e so ole ’e dun got to be chile gen; bring’em’long to me r 'w, forob such is de kingdom of hci-J n.”’—At lanta Constitution. Handed Justice. Justice—You are charged with com- mttthrg an. assault ou this man and blacking hia eye. What have you to say, sir? Gentleman—Your honor, my wife test a pet dog, and I caught this feUtr# bringing it back. Justice—You are discharged; but as for you, you miserable scalawag-with a blade eye, the next time you steal a lady’s dpg and don’t keep it Fll send yon up for six months.—New York Weekly. A Taler* AdTice. A thief who wss sent to prison in Ohio was pressed to oosfeSfl the particular* of his crime, but he replied: “The man 1 who confesses to anything is a fool. No matter how guilty he is or what proofs - yon may bring, he has only deny hia guilt and a fair share of .the public trill ! sympathise with him."—Detroit Free fete** - - - — :ed by pillars. Ou this, screened theHBh&i and with, a broad outlbok over the rico fields that had lately been shorn of their crop, sat a high official his aids, a few native nobles and tbe foreign guests. The other spectators perched in tree* or found standing room Whetevei 1 the view was most attractive. Immediately | T'befi'ro the platform was the stockade, | made by setting deep into tho ground tflttk logs two yards in girth and twenty feet In length. These logs were so ar ranged as to leave^ interspaces of about i one foot ip width. They inclosed a half i acre of level ground; and extended out, at the sido opposite tho platform, into j a Ttfimel shaped entrance only wide ! enough, where it joined the stockade, for the passing of a single elephant. Gazing far, across the stubbly plain wo saw the troop of elephants, encom- j passed by the m»nv hunters who had t been sent months before into the wilder ness to entice the wild animals toward a rendezvous. Tho families, scattered in tho jungles, foraging among the luxuri- j Laat hMrbagt■, had Wn, separately enUu-ad- by'tame decoy elephants, under tlie. di- | recti on of wily hunters, and one had fol lowed another into captivity. Two hun dred and eighty elephants had thus been brought together. The Sound of their in it awaiting their turn, while the cor ridor leading from this room to the bath rooms was filled As welt The depart 1 ment for the opposite sex was not srt well patronized at the start, but was fully filled, and thos j who did accept of the advantages offered weru of thd better walks of life. Women came by twos, mothers with their children, nurses with their - charges, and many others flocked in to obtain visitors’ cards with the evident intention of talcing their bearings and coming again. In the department for males there are forty rooms. These are large and light, with walls of corrugated iron, about- 8 feet high and open at the top, for the free circulation of -«ir. The whole in terior is painted- white, and a room scrupulously clean apartment could not be found. Each room contains a large tub, in which you cart have either a hot or colt bath. Each is furnished with a nfeat table and chair, a mirror, besido roaring was like that of distant thunder, and as they approached the earth soemed to shake under their tread. By a skillful combination of leading and driving they were slowly urged along toward the stockade. Foremost, were the decoyen, trained to their work, which they do with complacent discre tion. They were ridden by expert* in elephant training, and followed by the wijd herd* ill which were elephants of all ages. Hemming in the assemblage on the side* and in the rear, many other tam< «l elephants directed by their riders urged .on the laggards with their long loaks and shouldered the straggler* into place. „ .... -" Occasionally a huge fellow, becoming sonsciou* of being directed by ■.will not his own, would rear, trumpet a protest, bolt through the cordon of sentinels and gallop toward the distant wood*. But these fugitive* were quickly chased throe or four trained beasts, and were toon brought l»ack to the ranks. Only me, a majestic creature with enonuoui! mowy tusks, distanced his pursuers and regained freedom in the bush.—St. Nich- das. | Sermon* That Are Ut-menttxrr-)!. t have listened to maify eloquent, many striking, many admirable scjt; mons. I havu forgotten, I suppose; K>me five or six thousand sermons- forgotten all shout then! so completely that they have not left a trace iu tho memory. t hich is suspended brush and comb, ami at the c-nd of the tub there is a flesh brush and a neat wire crate full of soap. -an houx-i* allow*! each hatheu. _IL. a but her* c*>me» with his own towel theto ; is ho charge for the bath, aad * blue ! ticket of admission is issued fto him; if be requires a towel a deport of five rente is asked, and he is provided with a yellow ticket, while if he musfhave two towels he is required to deposit ten j cchte, and a red ticket of admission is ! |P v *ib f Tho major portion of those patronixiiyf the baths asked for the yellow ticket, which must be returned with the towel. In the men’s quarter is an excellent shower bath, but in the women a depart ment there is none. There are just half as many rooms ia these as in the men s quarter, and from the attendance ibis seems to be * wise provision, aa the pro portion of patronage must hare been three or four to one in favor of the males. A great nUny visitor** tickets wen* issued, and among those who applied for these were many prominent business men and many ladies who are interested in tbe welfare of the ma-wes. Tim batin arc open from 1 to T p. in. on every day except Haturday and Sunday. ‘On 8at« 1 ami close to 8, whiiu ^ Af by | urday they open at on Sunday they arc open in the morning from 7 to 10. The baths are supplied from an artesian well 200 feet a capacity of 5.000 gallons an Bun Francisco Chronicle. with wsier deep with hour.— nave not lerx a traco in ino memory, * wire Of on elcetri though at the time they may have had j with seriously hy their infinitesimal influence for good on ' the life of every day. But of the re mainder there were some which left doep»r and indeed lifelong imprewdems. Of one of them, heard when I was a boy of 14,1 remember nothing but tho man ner iu which for all time it impreesed the text itself upon my recollection. . Tho text was, “As the grass growing ui>on the housetops, which withereth afore it be plucked up, wlwereof the mower filleth not hia.hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.” Perhaps a sermon can produce no better effect than to bum into the brain the force or the imagery of a pnrtteular text. I remember how much I l<mged, after hearing that sermon, that my life tnight never bo i , epres*-nte4 by such an itnagev of utter uselessness—the rank, coarse grass upon the thatch, wdiich the mower and reaper alike despise —Canon Farrar iu Forum. Composition of an Average Man. Huxley’s table of the weights of the different parts of the averiige human body, often referred to as a most inter esting compilation, has now been largely Rujjerseded by a table prepared by a French chemist, which give* the pounds, ounces and grains of the different ele ment* in the human body of the average of 154 pounds. It is as follows: Ouseo,. ..... RydroKWJ...... Carbon .. Flirwphwus.... Calcium Sulphur Chlorine Sodium (aalc).. Iron.... Uuica., Total..... WiieutbA total fails to balance is pounds it H carried out la ounce* and gVaiaa- —St Louis Republic. — ■'* A Peculiar Word. Thq word “habit” is one of the most peculiar in our language. If you take off the first letter jEQUjtilLhaT© “a bit." If you remove the second the word “hit” is still on hand* Decapitate that by re moving the “trand it is still a word. Take off the “i” and you find the old “habit” not “t” totally destroyed LouU Republic. LU. Oa Grs. ...411 — t 0 .... 14 S 0 .... 21 0 0 1 _ 10 _ 0 ..... I ‘ 9 88 0 .... 0 0 219 .... 0^51 47 116 0 ^ too 0 290 0 12 .... 0 0 2 • ' 0 Creating Trolley Wire*, A somewhat singular outcome of thfi necessities Of certain conditions of elec tric traction has just made its appear ance. In frosty weather the firm con tact between tbe trolley wheel and the wire taf fin electric railroad is interfered the formation of a coat of ice on the wire, and the weight of tho wire is thus so increased os to militate against the safety of the overhead work. To -overcome this difficulty an ap* paratus hns itoerr designed far greasing - tho wire, and thus preventing the ad- hfcion of any considerable amount of mouiure. A frame Is madd H support a pan. Inside tho receptacle is a wheel or roller for taking up the grease and spreading it on tbe conductor, grooved wheel is made of wood or hi rubber, and is covered with thick fell so as to bo perfectly adapted to carry up and smear upon tbe wire tlic contents of the pan. Where a serai liquid sulwtanca is used for coating the conductor an end less belt or chain may be passed over thtf wheel for the purpose of carrying tho grease.—Philadelphia Record. ,4 Th« IhuHah fartoa. A sick man sent for the nearest spirit* aal adviser. It so happened that the minister was a new fledgling just emer- G ’ng from tbe seminary. He was dndish the e^tremre His coat was rut in true clerical style, aqd his face boro the expression of affected literary culture. Going to the poor man’* house he sat on the edge of a chair, toying with his hat and stroking his downy mustache. Said he to the dying man. after a long spell of bilence painful to all: “What induced you to send few me?” will have to speak loader,” faint* ly rcplied thc sufferer; “I’m dull of bear* mg." “What induced yon to send for me?” reiterated the clergyman. “No use, can't hear, ffirbat doeeite say, Mary?’ turning to his wife. And then in a loud, shrill and stento rian voice the woman replied: “He says what in tho dence did you send for him for.”—Insurance Journal XIUloB* Spent for Chewiag Gam. Crop a penny in the slot, and out comes 4 tiny bit of chewing gun* neat!/ wrapped fa colored paper. Y ou hufigry or thirsty? Then treat yoUreclf to this one cent lunch or drink*and bfi happy. - A penny for a stick of gum is a small item, but the 20.000,000 pennies spent ^ every month make a pretty big if j Think of $3,300,000 for chewing That is what Americans pay every | Think of one city using day, each box co It is easy to correct vocal defects in a That is what New C y twenty-four •ration to place ing gtun in tho United 000 pounds per total value ef Bulletin/ child, and if the training be penhsted in for several years by thoee competent to give instruction in tho art a habit of musical and ready speech may be ac quired which will serve one upon any cvdstiac, ti'.her privateer public.. r'