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BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JANUARY 21,1891,
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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
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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
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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*.
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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
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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
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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..
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