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Vol. XI V. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., OCTOBER 9,1890, ■Mm Are too Busy to Write up a Many Worded Advertisement of Gushing and Glittering General ties, but they will be Very Glad to see and Serve THEIR MANY FRIENDS —AND— THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH Gi-oocL G-oocLs, IPalr* IPx*±ecs and- * Golden Rule Treatment r ■ THE SIREN SONG. I h*aM it ia the happy Mm Dlmrn down the dyioi: day, The mnuner eonf whose lilt beguiles The wanderer to stay j It followed in •je shore wiod's breath. The mjigir Rtlil was sti‘i>ng. Although the note of change and death Has touched the Sirens’ song. They Ture not now to new delight* lleyond what life has knowa To happy days and happy nights la Hummer's slumber zun«. "Come hither, hither, come and dream Of yeans dead long ago. Until the earth and ca-.\n seem The world that poela know. "Come back and dwell with hopes long dead " And what will never l*e! Avert thine eyes and turn thine head From the world s say over sea: "For here are drowsy dreama to cheat The eye* that clue would weep. And Inland seas to Itathe the feot, k And quiet vales for sleep." F.vsft, phantom music, pass away! The ptirple Isles grow dim; The glamour «*f the dying day Fades on the ocean's rim. Enchant re** of the Tnox*y caves. Sleep by thy drowsy stream*; The cradle of the rucking waves Is worth a world of drwams! So lie the haven iifar or far. - Blow winds "nd freshen »<•»• The morrow's nofie, the morning star. The living world for me! — Renuell Rod in News York Sun. that thera’s nobody iil thrt horiat*,** chuckled Dureton as h» heard his visitor light a burner in the library. Then qui etly getting out of bed and stepping gently to the door of his bedrooril Dur- ston pointed thd revolver at a small, dark, rather well dressed man who -stood in the center of the library looking about liim eagerly. ; - •' “Put up your hands or I’ll send a ball through you," cried Durston sternly. The dapper little burglar saw at a glance that his game was up. , - “Don’t do anything rash,’’ he remarked calmly, helping himself to a stiff dose of Durston’s whisky and then lighting one of his unwilling host’s cigars. _ Durston was astonished ami amused. “Nt)w that I’ve got my burglar aftei waiting for him so many years I might as well make a little pleasure out of him,*' he said to himself. Then to the burglar* “You’re a cool one. I congratulate you on your nerve. You will pardon we, however, if I ask yon to take the trouble to lay aside your cigar for a moment and step to the telephone,** The burglar looked sharply at Durston, who still covered him with the revolver. There was that in the bachelor's face that shook the coolness of the intruder. He walked quickly to the telephone. “Take down that pamphlet there,” continued Durston. *“Now look tip the •cull’ for the precinct station house. Have you found it?” DOSTOys UntCrLAttr I •You know what to do SUMMERING THE RETS, HOW THEY ARE LODGES, BOARDED AND CARED FOR. After sunset. Ouf Stocks of jVlefchapdise —AKK— Large aqd Coipplete — AND — Have Been Selected With the Closest Care. T rilKY WKRK BortJIIT RIGHT AND • W ill t»«* sold Hgh*. We not expect P* get rich this seaiMift but we do hope to transact lot* of business at quiek, low profit*. W« feel very sure that we suit al* good taste* and satisfy all wii»ihle judgment. t‘|ion that plat form we go before the |MH»ple and a>k their trade. All In favor of buying the BEST GOODS at Ui« KAIMK^I* KIGI’KKS and of selling v C OTTOIsT at the beat quotation- are cordially Invited to try M C NAB, W/ILKER & 60., Dealers in Geqeral Merchandise. Cotton .*. Buyers. Barnwell C. H., S. C. SixnLOHL ZPia.r'e Sense. Mnr* the creation men, and women too, have been trying to betfer their con dition*. In such endeavors kite v have resorted to all sorts of mean* and uieaeurc*. Just now » great many people are ex|»crUiig that better time* will COMF1 FROM COLUMBIA. after the ne\t election shall have placed new pilots In charge of the Ship of State. While It is proper to entertain hope u tder the most gl«M»my-circumstances, yet it is sell to remember that self help I* the beat help. To men of mature years and ►ol>ef thought it is a* plain as sunshine that there are Surer, Safer and Shorter Roads to Reform than tho*e controlled by the politicians. Thu prudent do not put all their eggs In one basket nor peril their all In one venture. It will not do for wise people u* wait for something to turn up, and if it doc* not none quickly enough they will make the opportunity themselves. Now In all candor the most lasting prosperity starts at home. It begins there and grows by practice and cultivation. The old sailor reads the signs In the skies that have no meaning for the careless landsman and trims his craft to meet and conquer the comiqg/torm. So the vet eran merchant, understanding the conditions of trade and commerce, makes ready for the extreinest tluetuationa while the peace of perfect sunmier is in the golden skies. In this philosophy . -ir’ sinvnonsr zbiro^tust. Thirty-one years leader of trade on the South Carolina Railroad, has anticipated the .; __ ■ ■ . ' ALARMING RISE IN PRICES by poraonally buying in the largest markets of the country, the “ MOST Stock of General Merchandise ever frisked by-any Carolina merchant outaide of Charleston. To attempt any description or enumeration w’ould be like under taking to publish an unabridged dictionary in a country newspaper office. THE SUBJECT IS TOO VAST. But each uiiin and every woman can come. They can bring their little ones along, and all can bo*u{tc*£Wmatt*r how widely their needs, wishes and means may ditter. It is a proverb of the olden time that ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME. and If the people will only read and reason they «Hgll soon have the evidenoe of their own eye*, hands, j>ocket8 and persons that they can find , - *-» BARGAIN’S^ IN BLACKVILLE unapproachable in any Interior American market North or South, East or West The range of my immense stock is limited only by the ingenuity and enterprise of the human race. The best nrodm&lon* of our own land, the choicest manu factures of all around the wofid, everything that man needs on his life journey from the eradte to the grave are to be found in my emporium. Every implement that the farmer uses, every article that the housekeeper requires, everything for everybody now waiting for the people. By selling the best goods at v the lowest ' prices I hope ta prove a benefactor lo ill former customers and oil new friends: By paying the very highest cash prices for cotton and all country produce I expect to make myself invincible against any and all competition. ,jr' IReTn.eTXL"bex* J and tell your neighbors too. that from every nook and corner of Aiken, Orange- burgand Barnwell, all roads lead sooner or later to ' x Brown s in Blackville. Do not be entreated to go astray from your determi nation to p to Headqnartere. If you tell your cotton to me and buy your goods from me Te myself that est me by the “TRY II LIT and o fear but tfcat I will be the in* no man can, will or shall do bettor by you when the fall trade campaign Is o\ «r I have CHOSEN CANDIDATE «h» httS ol the tkt« w tfce A RIEND OF THE FARMERS- mmgrfl Richard Dureton, Isu helor. had always been afraid of burglars and ausceptible of (dd maids. He could not rein*ml**r th® time when the dread of being roblted or sue«l for breach of promise was not upon him. In other respect* he was quite omrageon*. He never seemed to feel nervous abont dogs, lightning or fire. He even dared to do right now and then. On the whole he was as plucky as the average man, in sfiite ot hia roavirtkia that the time wonld com® when he wonld hare trouble with » bur glar and a suit at Uw with an old maid. Dureton. a* yon know, lives in a hand some honae on an nptown croaa street, lie has always held that the majority of burglaries are effected through • the treachery of servant*. He has, there fore, kept bachelor's hall for many years with the aid of only one assistant—an old woman—a kind of heirloom in hit family. As he generally dine® at hia club he has managed to live very com fortably without keeping a boarding honae for men and women who might be in league with robbera. HU aged housekeeper is not ambitious. He feels confident that she wall never sue him for breach of promise nor permit a burglar to make a breach in the honae. Dureton’■ library and bedroom are on the second floor. The old woman sleeps in a hack room on the floor above. She is very deaf, so when Durston wishes to call her he touche* a button at the head of hia lied. This sends a mild electric current through the reclining form of the housekeeper upstairs. She approree of this process in the belief that it tends to hold her rheamatiam in check. It aeems a very shocking way to treat an old woman, however. And then Dureton most find it unpleasant to discharge a aerrsrit two or three times a day. Bnt rerennns a no* burglar. One nigkt last winter Durston reached home rather earlier than iisaal. As was his custom, he examined the doors and win dows in the lower part of the honse and then went to the library. Ho fonnd his smoking jacket and slippers in their ac customed place. A wood fire was ('rack- ling in the grate, and a decanter of whisky and a box of cigar* tempted him from the center table. Dureton smiled contentedly os he drew an easy chair to ward the fire. Life was very pleasant to him. He was <>*'» of those happy bach elors who have no regrets. Not that Dureton lacked sentiment. Far from it. In fact ho was not at all whnt the world calis a practical man. No. Dureton was inclined to look at the romantic side of life, and as he smoked a j>erfeoto and sipped hi* whisky and seltzer in front of the blaze that night he indulged in imaginings that would have shocked the hard headed housekeeper upstairs worse than did her private electric current the day the bat tery was overcharged, Dureton had for the moment forgotten all alxmt old maids and burglars. He was in a condition of bodily and mental repose that drove into outer darkness all the unpleasant things of life. Finally the conviction came upon him slowly that it was time to go to bed. He fought bard against the proj>osition, but there was no escape for him. Looking at hia watch he found that it was long after 1 o’clock. Turning ont the lights in the library he entered his bedroom. He was still in a state of sleepy contentment. Just as he was about to put out the gas ho was startled by a slight noise that seemed to come from the cellar. He lis tened intently. Five minutes passed, hut there were no further sounds from below. Dureton surrounded himself by perfect darkness and crawled into bed, But he could not sleep. That unlucky noise hod rendered him feverish. The thought of burglars had destroyed his serenity of mind. His revolver lay on a chair by the bedside and he kept his hand on it for some time. The weapon seemed to. whisper to him: “Peace, Dureton; go-to sleep, my child. 1 will not go eff until the burglar comes.” Tlii* awroranoe on the part of the pi*, tol quieted Durston somewhat and he was beginning to feel very sleepy again when he hoard a light step on the stairs. There was no mistake about it. After keeping sullenly aloof for years Dur- ston's burglar had come at lost. At first our bachelor felt a cold chill creeping op his spinal column. Then, as the burglar carefully stole through the hall and entered the library. Durston was astonished to realise that he was lying im bad with a pistol in his hand, a hones breaker in the next room, and that ha beginning to enjoy Urn advsatnre. to do now. Go ahead.” A glance at the revolver was sufficient for the frightened little man. He briskly gave the required number to the op erator, “I* this the precinct, station honae?*’ he a-sksd after a time. “All right. Wait a moment." “Tell them you’re a burglar and want to arre*t e lulling ask, a policeman sent here at once you," commanded Durston, grimly. “Will on® policeman do? they said the burglar. •Tiw your own judgment in that mat ter," remarked Durston politely. “Hello, hello! Yes, on® will do very nicely. Hurry him np. please. Yes. Thank you. Good night” “Yon did very well,” commented our bachelor. “If you robbed as cleverly a* yon telephone ym* would not lie where yon are now. I must put you to the In convenience of stepping into my liedVoom for a moment. 1 want my housekeeper to see a nice little burglar who lias or dered his own arrest Dureton. with his pistol etill in hand, touched the electric button at the head of his bed. A few moments later the housekeeper, en neglige, entered the li brary. With a cry of despair she clasped the burglar to her bosom. “My son, my sou, why are you here?” Durston was am* red. He had not known that his housekeeper had a bl*t< *ry. “Is this one of yonr boysT he yelled at her. “My only son." she sobbed. *T have not seen him for twenty years, bnt ] recognised him at once. Is be a friend of voure, Mr. Dureton?" Our bachelor knew not what to say. His housekeeper, a* I have aaid. wa» an inheritance from his parents and he had always lioen fond of.her. She hod taken good care of him all these years and he hated to tell her that her son was a crim inal. “Yes,” ha shouted, “he dropped in to have a cigar with me. I Jjncw yon wonld like to see him. Bnt he is obliged to go now. He want* to catch a train for Montreal. Kis* him farewell. He won’t be bock for some time." “Thank yon, sir," murmured the burg lar. “Yon have a good heart.” A few minute# later Dureton stood on the front Rtejis of kis rreidenco and watched his honsekeeper's son ns he hur ried down the trtreet. “What shall I sny to the policeman?” was the problem vexing him. You remember the mysterious item that appeared in the newspaper* the next morning? Durston explained his telephone message on the ground that he had bepn jmffering from nightmare. The above is the first public statement of the facts in the case. I hope Dureton won’t get into a scrape by this narration. As a good citizen he had no right to let the burglar escape.—Edward S, Van Zile in New York World. A White Owl. While Sims Powell was sitting in his Ubrapr at his, house at Prospect hill, Parkersburg, one evening, he heard a noise as of the rnttlatof wings against a window. On laying down his paper and looking up, much to hit astonishment he saw a beautiful snow' white owl pet;thed upon the back of a chair and blinking at the light, Mr. Powell cap tured the bird and will keep it as a curi osity. It is snow white and is a beauti ful specimen of the strix nivia, and is the only spociraen of the kind ever seen in this section of the country. It is be lieved by some to be a member of a spe cies found in the extreme north or Arctic circle,-^-Chicago Herald. / Steel WtrengthenHt Wjr Glyrertn®, It has been found that the Kedemann- Tilforo st^el process, which consists of treating the metal in a bath into which glycerin# enters largely, causes an in crease in ductility.and tensile strength far beyond ahy record in that respect that has yet been establiihed^by either government or private tests. The very finest and strongest grade of steel, supe rior in these properties to any other now in use, can h* produced by this process at only a little more than the coat of the crude Bessemer article. —New .York Telegram. r«iul!lea Relieved of EmberraAsttig Tn- rtim France*—Some Thing;* Worth Knott ing About Dog* and Other Animal*. An Interview with a SperlalUt. In the summer season, when so many families shut up their city residences and go to the seaside or country, the disposition to be made of the family pet, be it dog, cat or bin!, is often a most embarrassing question, it is often a nuisance to take it along. Humanity de mand* that if left behind it must be properly cared for. The numerous fanci ers, dealers and doctors of domestic pets in tin* city fully appreciate this situa tion of affairs, and in summer notify the public by signs on their establishments that with them can be found “summer board for domestic pets.” A LARGE BUSINESS. “The business is quite an extensive one.” said a keeper of one of these “pet hotel*," “yet it i* not a* great as we wonld like it to bA I think that the keeping of a honse cat or dog is getting less and less popular with people in or dinary circumstance*. The wealthy people keep them because they have the room and servants to look after them. The wealthy, though, generally oVn_ their country or beach place* and rend their pet* there, so we get very few boarder* from them. “Vfhile people in ordinary circnra- stance* are giving np dog* and cat* as bonsa pets they ar^ growing fonder and fonder of song birds. Dealers who Like birds to board are now doing a rushing business. i*euple of moderate means when they leave town generally go to hotels where they wonld not be allowed to take their pet*, so it ia from them we get most of our boarders. One Sixth av enue dealer is boarding nearly one hun dred canaries and many parrot* and mocking htrda Fifty cent* a week is the charge far small bird* and Neveiity- flvs cent* for parrota. We charge $10 a month for a dog's hoard, and $7 a month for rata. “People who value their domestic pets sboald be very careful how they care for them during the summer Give your birds plenty of rape seed, and as littl# large seed as possible Blip a piece of green stuff between the bars of the cage occasionally Alan give them a bit of apple onoe a day Apple 1s a natural tome to birds. Keep your rata indoors as much as possible, and brush their coats thorooghlv every day. Feed tUsin lightly, giving them Ash and milk dishes, but no meat now TO CAM FOR DOGS -There is not one owner of a dog In ten who knows how to cars for th* ani mal The dog should be kept os quiet os posrible throughout the heat of the day- but he should not he chained or worried with restraint He should be fed lightly and ooly twice a day. and change should be made in hia food fre quently. Don’t give him meat Give him a bone to chew once in a while. ; For staple food give him milk dishes and vegetable*. A great many people-will tell you a dog won’t eat vegetables. If a dog turns away from vegetables tbs first time take them away at once. Give him a fresh supply at the next meal. He will be hungry enough to eat them then, and soon will take to them a* naturally 0* to meat “Dogs should frequently be washed in cold water containing a little alcohol Cse common yellow soup If yon must muzzle your dog in summsr, don’t keep him without a muzzle all tbs rest of the Tear. Put it on him for a half hour or so every day, and he will get so used to it that when he has to wear it steadily it won’t worry him. If people wonld do this for their pet* there would be fewer so called mad dogs. Dogs are very like ly to have a rush of blood to the head. That gives them a running fit They froth at the month and people think they are mad. 1 never saw a mad dog, and 1 have been handling dogs for fifty years. When a dog get* one of these running fits he is harmless, and if his head is ducked into a pail of cold water he will quickly come around." . “At this time," said a South Fifth avenue bird fancier, “npt one quarter of | the birds and animals here are mine. Most of them are boarders. Thefre are, be sides the canaries, finches,. thrushes, mocking birds, macaws, parrots, and in Hu* rent sod solemn Company of clouds, ; ~f Ajr>un<I th* nun's tlrnth, lit. im-Arii.nlmed, ritol Into Mhy wiui: ita nl$i3t>n*hrouilH » The level pdniuiv, creeping up le'himl through voicedvales, o'er town and purpled , :r hill And hazed mead, her history to fulfill. Cow* low from far off farms; the loitering wind Sigh* iu the hedge; you beer it if you will Though ail (lie wood, alib» atop with wings Lifting and Miukiug through the Vat y nook*. Beet he* -w-frn the clamor of a thousand rooks. How every sound at length is hush'd a vay. ■ - Those few are auered moment*. One more dity Drop* in the shadowy gulf of bygone thing* - William YiltugUam. No. 6. AN OUTLAW. seemed long enough to moke a full week. We were tormented by moo- qnitoi*, had only hardtack to satk fy our hunger, and our thirst wa* quenched with water unfit for an 6x to drink. . We were constantly expecting UwtaaAb® men open the door and spring for cover, only a few feet away, and tie* ifitnation was a constant tax on the nerv<*s. Soon come, mid afternoon came, the srtn went down, and not the slightest move had been nmdo by our enemies. Had we not m-ii them rush Into the cabin and shu^the door we should have said that the place was tuitenauted. Travel*, though a desperate man, had too much sense to exjUKje himself t*» our fire by daylight. He knew that there wen* al least two of ns, and jierhup* lie feaied that we nmnlK'red five or six. He imd only to wait until night came to get a more even show. As trhevun went down and the dark ness settled upon the wood we crept nearer the house, and when we finally got settled it was at the routs of a tree not over twenty feet from the door and directly opposite. While the night wax a fairly dark one the door could not bx (>i>emxl without our hearing and seeing, It was our idea that along a Emit mid night it would be suddenly flung open and the men would leap out to the right and left, and therefore neither of ua slept. Indeed sleep, with the myriads of mosquitoes swarming around as. would have Wen iin{>o«aihle. Then* wefie tinon when it seemed ax if we wRsild hr eaten alive and when we had to lay down onr gun* and Q>ako a fight for it. At 1 o'clock there waa a |>oundi|tg on tlie door of the cabin and the thick voice of a negro called ont: '•Hey, yon white men out darf* We did not answer until he hod called several tiime and be then announced; “Marse TVaver or’ dead an’ 1 want to surrender." “When did he die?” 1 asked. “J** ’Nrat an hour ago. One o’ yon shot him dis mawniu’ on’ be t been blevdin’ all day.” 1 had fired niton him and I felt quite certain that 1 hod hit him, and so this statement seemed very reasonable. After consulting fur a bit we called to him to throw open the door and come ont, bat he answered: • “Im dune of eared you'll shoot me ' down.” “But we protniee not to fire if yon de not seek to eerape.” I “What’s de time o* night?” - “About 1 o'clock.” “Den m wait 'till daylight afore | cum out Den ran kin all see Unt 1 want to surrender, an’ go np to Helena and jine my wife. I didn't dun want to be heah, but Marne Tracer made me cum?” This plan suited us just as well, and everything went along quietly until day was just breaking, when Bastrop sud denly roused up and whispered: “What infernal fools we are! Don’t you smell the ratT “Na" “HI bet a hundred to one that the* nigger was giving na taffy; They have dug oat under the luga on the hack ndt while we were waiting here." It struck me that this was the dodge he had played, and leaving my emurade to watch the door 1 mode a circuit to *!► preach the i aUj) in the rear. The firig tiling 1 saw was a pile of fresh dirt clues to the logs, and this was proof that the outlaws had escaped. The talk uf the negro was a part* of the plan to throw ns off onr guard, and he had probably gone with Tracer. My first thought woe , to advance to the cabin and eetUe the 1 question, but as 1 was about to leave my cover 1 heard a noise iuside which satis fied me that at leoft one of the pair was | still there. If so, lie would shoot roe as , soon as I exposed myself, os there wa* no chinking between the logs on the back side of the hut. After * few tnim utes* reflection I felt that 1 had sifted j the plan. Tracer had left by the bole, i not for the purpose of running sway, but to circle around to oar rear and then creep up and shoot us. It liad now retue to be brood day, and we had never seen him before. When he had everything ready he went to the door and called, and five minutes later Trnver appeared. There wa* no mis taking him, as he tallied point for point with the description given us. He was a ragged, dirty, desperate looking fel low. and he wan evidently in Imd humor. He kicked the uggro aside and sat down to his breakfast, and for ten minutes he kept up a continued growling and ouni- ing. The negro retired to a log ten feet that foW of s^rong wire cages are cataofU away, irad" while ^ie made no reply to -a The surrender of Kirl»y Smith let loose ujh )ii the south west a horde of d.xu- . gereiis Wen, and by the time the govern ment had establish#*d its departments ” and military ixjsLs hundreds uf the late rebel soldiery w } ere little' l*etter than outlaws. The strong hand ofAhe mili tary authorities downed toe major ity, but there were others who preferred to die in the woods or swamps rather than return to ways of peace. When they had been given a reason a hie time t to come in, and when it was seen that they openly defied the power of the gov- i eminent, they were outlawed and a price 1 set upon the heads of the leaders. More over, small detachments of soldiers hunted them down, and army arout* went out in pair* and hud many a stir- i nng adventure. While three uuUawxj w ere ex-rela ls most of them jiad \>een guerrillas in the war, robbing both friend and foe, and the regular rel>el soldier who had made a regular surren der had no sympathy with them. In September, infill, word came Into Helena that an outlaw named Bill Tfaver had taken up his retreat in the wood* a few mile* Udow and on the Mississippi shore of the river. Indeed, the word came to ns direct from him and was brought by a colored man. Not being able to write, he had to send a verlsil message, and it was to iheXfect that he hated the governmeiit. had killed fifty Yankee* during the war. and now defied the military fore® to rapture him. Wil liam Bastrop and myself, both Mng on dnty os scout*, were detailed to investi gate. The order detailing us meant this; “You are hereby granted ten days’ leavs of absence to kill Bill Trevor, out law, or to be killed yourselrex.” The negro disappeared after fbdfrvering hi* message, and we waited two day* before making a more. We were then set arras the river in a skiff at night and left to pursue our plana Tracer would be expecting ns to approach his retreat in front and by boat, while we proptswd to go in by the imek dour, if at all He might be in the woods and he might nut, although the negro waa honest In telling his story. We doubted if any human bring could live in the woods at tliat seaami on avount of the torment of the insert*. We had in mind an old cabin iu a clearing two mile* back of the river. A squad of fifteen of u* hod once captured five outlaws in this cabin, and in the fight two more had hern killed. For this reason no one would occupy the raMn, not even a negro squatter. Whether Tracer would be affected by a like superstition we did not know, but projxwed to find out. We each had a Winchester and a revolver, with a pork of provision*, and an hour liefore day light we arere in hiding close to the cabin. When day broke we saw that the door—there wo* bat one—wo* shut, and that an old coffee sock had Wn nailed over the only window. <»The!*« were evidenece that the house wax occu pied by some one, and from our ambush behind a log, and only pistol shot away, we kept a closer watch. It was about 8 o'clock in the morning when a colored man came out of the cabin and built a fire on the ground and began to cook breakfast. We could smell the frying bacon and catch the odor of the coffee, and we felt sure that Traver or some other white man was inside. It took the man about half an hour to prepare the meal, and during this interval we made up our minds that | I maved swiftly to get back to Bastrop, *-*— - 1 I hflrl to make a considerable circuit. valuable strains, and back further 1 have the monkeys, while 1 keep the dogs in the basement and in kennels in the yard.” The reporter walked into the yard and found kenneled there comfortably a St Bernard, several fox terriers, pugs and black and tans, and there were probably twenty more in the basement * The fancier said that himself and his wife and grown daughter had their hands full in caring for, feeding and doctoring the menagerie in the summer, but as regu lar custom was light he found it so profitable that from year to year he in creased his facilities. He charges for birds from 23 to 50 cents a week, for cats $2. and for dogs and monkey^ from $1 to $5 « week. • “That St Bernard over there,” said the fancier, “will eat as much as you or L and then he must be cleaned and e abuse heaped upon him, he did not seebMnuch disturlied by it. Thefre was no doubt that Traver wa* well armed. Had he not considered Uim- *self perfectly nafe he would not have stirred outdoors wfthout a weapon. While he had been outlawed, and while we knew him to lie a robber and mur derer, we could not kill him off hand. Either one of us could have sent a bul let into his head from our ambush, and we knew that he would shoot us doW) like dogs if he had the chance. We final ly decided to flank lum right and left, and hope to get so near the cabin as to cut off his retreat to it when we called upon him to surrender. I passed to the right and Bastrop to the left. He had the best cover. When I hatT accom plished half the distance the negro sud denly rose up, alarmed by the breaking of a twig, saw me, snd uttered a whoop. New York Timas. T1k« Kl*mMft<* Tmry. Threw is agrowing tendency among chemists to regard the elements as vary ing arrangements—produced at success ive stage* in the process at cooling—of one origin#! form.uf atom. Endues in . — — —*-# — , tevoxof th# hypothxxb u risiwsd in tha The thought flashed through his mind fact that omns etreneots seetn ooC to that evtn a breach of ptemisa max might ha*s formed m the sob whiis yet ■ot be aahamble xa 1 - Uaagtasd. . arsofcMBt fines sttil hot ter strew—Bnm s “Th# rerbl— ittkm mmm fi# Book Kant * v«-J What the World (>«•• to Crank*. It waa to the courage and persever* of a crank that we owe the discov ery of this great hemisphere. It was # crxnk that gave na the printing press, the cotton loom, the locomotive, the tel egraph. All the great inventors from Archimedee to Edison hare been cranks, all the great philosophers from Plato to Herbert bpenosr. all the retonners from Lycvgne to> Lady Hobberto*. all the greet preechw from Peter the Hermit to Henry Ward Beecher, all the hereee who left ihetr ptows etandme m the far- whBe they weal te fight for It bony m WmBngtm -Koto FWs Waeh washed and exercised occasionally.”— row* np and demanded a surren der, while 1 fired on the outlaw. In an instant both men were in the cabin with the door shut, and our game was blocked. We dropped to the ground, and five min- j ntes later ohe passing by could not have told that there w#s a human being with in twenty miles of the spot. After # quarter of afl hour of the > deepest silence we moved back until we , cams together. Ws had caged onr man, ! and the negro was evidently a bad one as well We hod^hx advantage of being able to command the only exit from the ; honse. bnt there wr# no idling what j sort of a dodge Traver wonld be np to [ ax an offaeL We decided to gnard th# I door and window for th* day at !#■*» fiaehng certata that tha onUnwn hod no •nf^y uf voter u th# paten. Thai day » and a* 1 approached the spot, dodging from 1 tree to tree, 1 heard the report of # rifl£, followed by a ringing war whoop. Next instant 1 saw the outlaw before me. holding a smoking rifle in his hands, and 1 took a snap shot and dropped him in hi* tracks. Next moment another rifle cracked, and I heard a yell from the negro, followed by a call from Bas trop. I adv&uowl to find him sitting on the ground with the blood flowing from his head, and at first 1 thought he had # fatal wound. An investigation, how ever, revealed the fact tliat he had had a narrow escape, The bullet fired at him by the outlaw had raked his scalp and knocked him down, bqt he had jumped up just as the negro flung the door oi>en to come out, liaving a rifle in bis hands. Bastrop had fired upon him and sent a bullet into his shoulder, and the fellow was rolling around on the earth and howling like a wolf with pain and fear. Travel- was stone dead. The bullet had ;k him in the head, and he fell in a heap. He had a Winchester, two revol vers and two knives, and there waa such a look of ferocity in hi# face that we hod to turn away from it. The negro was also well armed, but the wound had taken all the fight out of him. He had been with Traver for three months, and admitted to”having had a hand in several serious crimes dur, ing that period. We took him to Hele na, where he suffered ampntatimi of tha wounded arm and died soon after,—New York Sun. - Deft wtSk Bis Tom. A man recently wroto to the LaBdrei newspapers about an 18-yanr-oid Infi liv ing at Bristol, who, bring without arras, paints picture! by bolding a brush in hit mouth. U ha that them is an who has for y pictures in Urn inlMipa^fcii i. Ha uses tus toes isriwfi «i MTimm** —4 can put his foot into tha MT padrifi off his coat, wipe k» hand, which ti whi# balanced an a MM JfowTart Sm»