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-'Ft-' 4' a Jr, d promptly and In thi Vest st) Ice on tbel'conjt Frcss- .ygJlL* f '. ■1 *js£aL ■ "■ <*» k” r w <*oL • w- ' ry£. $38 v ■ vr'" /■: > 32.; * 1 Vol. XV. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JULY 14, 1892i ■ • ' '■; „ - • ■ •-L M ' - ■ l *r 4 ■ rv *wF r \ f JUDGE NOT TOO HASTILY. AbJ let not folk fU Jodginu trnst their wit Too feet, as one whp counteth op the corn Ip *s field before the sun has ripened it; 9Vjt I have all through winter seen a thorn Appearing poteoniem'and obdurate, Which then the home; upon the sprig hath Lharp seen » ship, that swift and straight. Has ran npoa a wild sea all Iter race, > And perished entering at the harbor gate. ' —Dante. THE GLASS HEARTS. There was once a king and qnecn who A had throe beautiful daughters, and the organism of these tbres princesses was remarkable for their each being fur nished with a heart of glass. “Children, children,” said the queen, ' When the tpHncesses were still quite fcmall, “whatever you do, take care of your hearts, for they are of fragile make.” • The children therefore tried to bo j Tory Careful, and for some went well, and the hearts remained un broken. '*> But one day the eldest girl, who was leaning out of the window, looking down into the garden below, noticed a 1 son, little bee which was buzzing busily around some flowers. The little creature Interested her so much that she leaned out farther, so as to be able to watch it • more closely! when suddenly—smash— ' there came a sound of broken glass! The ' young princess had crushed her heart I against the window sill, and so, alas! the girl expired. b After this exceedingly sad accident Khe other two Mki.-is uei ' et.d u. i-« J careful about their hearta. Some time after the death of the princes*, the second daughter very thoughtlessly drank a cup of rather but •offer, and when she had it hnishi'd j maetiung was suddenly In-ini to crack, i and she fell back fainting, into au arm chair. The amitd on thu* occasion, how ever, was not a» loud aa on tl»e firsL TVs queen raalM^l to where the primvas lay, and on examining her found, to her | groat delight, that the heatt was only •lightly cracked, and not broken, and that Lor danghu-r was still alive. “What are w« to do with our daugh : terT* sahl the king to the queen, “t«w, although the injury In brr hrnrt amounts o«ily to a crack at (wceeat, this may In- craww to a decided fr.u ture." ~ t llat the primeMi tht ui not to orry thenawlrva about her. “Foe you km>«r,'* aaht she. “itHi tl • erwked pin her that guasofteneat to the ' well.* Mean while the ytutiigeet daughter * grew an and hecatne a nvwt bean t tin I m wall as a rn<»t maarkably clever guLan.1 ruaay a liateksouw and weal’by ps’tnrw fruui distant lands cam# lo uak fut her fair hand. Bat the old king «Ud not forge* the latter expenencea he Lad I had with kiln tw«ieider girl*. * **1 havr only osm* tUngfeter left with a whole heart, and bera is also of glasa Therefure if 1 give her In tnarriagv to any one, it u»n«t he to a king who w at tl»e s-une time a glazier and who under stands hbw to treat an article so fragile, so that in ease of aeci>k*nts he would know how to rivet the cracks.” Unfortmmtely teme of the jonng |<rtncea and nobles who had cocne as ■uitrws to the |iruacc«s knew any Lung *t * all about how U> nvtt hrokea glssw and were n«iae of them glaciers by profew •Lei, so they Usd to return to their native lauds miserable and dissp|otuled lovers. Among the royal pages in the pvlace Wes one wVwe tciia as page was shortly L>ex|iire. He hsd still to carry the train of the youngest prtncvwi three timm.aud after that he was to bo promoted to s full blown courtier. On the first occaskm when the pi^e hsd Li carry the yotmg priuctws’ train abe glanced at him. and as their eyes mot she blushod. When next he t amc'l her train she waved hor hand to him at fwrting, and the unfortunate youth wa.- unable to sleep the whole of that night iu eoneoqnence! The third time when the young fellow bore tho princess’ train the king came forward to meet them hall way ami dia- tairfsed the p*K*»\ laying: “You have done your dnty now. young j tnan, and you may go. 1 thank you, ami » have also to congratulate you on your promotion.’' * With that I ho king fnmed and walked away, while the princess benf forward, to where the page stoo<l. and said: . “ You carried tny traiu so bountifully —better than any one else! Oh, why j are you not a king and a glazier?” Tho unfortunate young man felt so confused, as well os delighted, that ho ! was unable to utter a word iu reply. Ho j manage<V,however, to make a very grace- ' ful and polite bow. When therpriueess hod left him he ran as hard as ever he ' could to the nearest glazier, and asked i him whether he 1 was in need of a fore- inan. “Yes,” replied thoolher. “bnt yon will have to work four years with me before you can be foreman. At first you must be a sort of errand boy, and go to the baker's to fetch me my bread, and also to look after my children, wash 4hem and dress them. ■ Secondly,, you must learn to putty the cracks; thirdly, you will have to learn how to cut the glass and fix in windows, and Aftcr~That, in the fourth year, you shall be my fore man.” The page thought* this would take rather too long, so he asked the alafter hrhether he Could not possibly begin ivith cutting the glass and fixing win- , SU ed commencement of the fourth year ho v*ns mode foreman. After * having been foreman for a whole year he took leave of his master and, dressing himself up once more in court dress, he walked along the roads in deep thought, wondering how he could possibly become a king. As he was tealking on a man came toward him and seeing that thfc young courtier was in deep thought he stopped and asked him whether he had lost any thing.' “Well, I don’t know that I have ex actly lost anything, bnt at any rate I cannot find what I want.” “And what is that?” “A kingdom. I am wondering how on earth I can become a king.'” __“Well, if you had been a glazier,” said tho stranger, “1 might have helped you.” * 4 “That is just exactly what I am!” ex claimed the other. “I have only lately been foreman to a glazier.” r “Then you have nothing to fear. You time ii^ * r0 no doubt aware that our king do- 1 e cidqd some time ago to give his young est daughter in marriage to a glazier who was to be at the same lime a king or at any rate a prince; but as they have without A word. WINNING A WIDOW. A HISTORIC RIDE. the voice • Beside the rounded ridges of the deep I saVUte down in silent fantasy; A mother wind laid all the sails asleep Upon the cradle of the Summer sea. No sound but thatot wave that followed wave Across the shining yellow sand was beard; Bnt all their tones grew one in concert grave— The Voice without a word. I sat before an altar and a shrine. Beyond the shadows of the curtained loft The organist, with fervency divine. Prayed from the willing keys a blessing soft. That filled the crannies of the cloistered air Like spreaded wings of some immortal bird; And onco again it came and thrilled me there— Tho Voice without a word. — • The arms of night held close the sleeping | lifid mo down and watched WckC~ ~ And saw the star fields and the giant birth Of Nature. And within my secret breast Tho flood of soup: across its harriers broke, •And nil the chords of being greatly, stirred; But tongue and pen fell mute; alone there spoke The Voice without a word. —W. J. Henderson In New York Timet. EVERYBODY WAS AT THE WEDDING EXCEPT MISS BECKETT. Fond of dimple Diet. The Astor House has among its regu lar patrons of the lunch counter in the ^ _ ^ ^ rotunda one gentleman who for a periojl been tinsucceatifnl in finding such a per- * °* )' car *> summer and winter, has tho king Inis been reluctantly ob-1 Bcaree ^y varied .his diet for his noonday liged to modify his dcru.tnds by adding n^al* two other conditions. The bridegroom mn«t in any case be a glazier, that of course goes without onying. “But what are the two conditions?” asked the yonng courtier excitedly. “Tho first condition is that he should please the princess, and the second is that he should be a nobleman by birth. There have already been a great num ber of glaziers applying at the imlace. 1 bnt not one of them took the princess*; Juncy and all them had coarse, rough hands like thoao of tho commonest gla zier.” When onr yotmg courtier board these words he jumped three times ml amt a yard above the mad for very j«*y. and then, turning around, ran heller skelter back to the town ami presented hunself at the |<alace in kwa than no time. The king at nece ordered the princess to he called, ami wh-n she arrived he asked her whether this yotmg glazier Cook her fancy. The priiirMMi glanced at tho yonng man. ami recognising !um at once, the blushed and said. “Oh. yea.” The king ordered the fusing fellow to take off his gloves and show hb ha.-.d*, 90 that they might know whether ha 1 waa (J noble birth. However, the prtn- ceoa said that H waa quite wnm eesaary fur tile yonng man to do anything of the km\ , as she Ml perfectly certain that there waa no doubt whaternr * *f his be- 1 lag of noble karih. and that kia hands, •he waa an re, would he an wkiteaa limes , of a |wince. Bo they were married, and ae the young pnnerra’ hu«i«u>d waa a glazier by profewt ju as well as a nobleman by birth, be nnd< r»tta«l how to treat a | heart an delk-^ie and fragile as hers, j therefore she lived blmdully to the md t of her days without any accideul hap pen mg. The king's second danghter, with tbs crarkvsl henH. had the pleasure of being an annt. and a very eieellent annt she made too! Nlie taught the little princess to rvt»d • ret write and make dnewes f<w Iter d'dls; She also took a greet interest in the little «,**s lesson*, and w hen he knew them well and ha«l good marks, 1 like a good little buy, then she would praise him and make him all sorts of jweity presents, and he wonhl leave her looking ml sml nuy and fluahtsl with , delight. When, on the cimtrary, be did \ not know his kaeonji and hia mark i were anythi ig but gotsl. then abe would > 1m* very difiereut, and lie would leave her looking also very red and rosy, very tlu-h«d, bnt not wuli deligliL This pririiwns livM to a very old agfl, notwithstanding that her heart was cracked, and if nuy one marveled at her livijig so long, she would answer them He is a tall, athletic man, always well dressed ami appears to be, if not wealthy, a man in excellent^ circum stances. It must be from choice then and not pecuniary reasons that each day in the year he orders regularly a howl of milk and a plate of crackers, and con cludes the reliant with a chocolate eclair in winter and a dish of berries in sum mer. The gentleman for fully a half score of years ha* not altered this order. Whether ho is Interested in a dairy and desires to impnlarize a milk diet no one seems to know. That the food agrees with him is evident from-hi* appearance, and a men* glance only ia conclusive evidence that he un»t thoroughly en joys the refreshing repeat.—New York Herald. • Area *1*4 of World. The data given ta “Die IWolkrnmg der EnW" show that the area of the wnrM is .12.J9P.4tfl square miles ami the population l,4?t,?29,tAt, an average of twenty-eight to the square mile. Raven- stein's revised estimate for 1890 gives tb* area at 51,350,800. the population at and tweuty nina te the •f|nare mile, and ratimatea the increase of the world's population in a decade (lhh0-90) at • per cynL In ixmiputarinor of this kind several total*, particularly la Asia and Africa, have to he obtained by estimate. It Is quite possible that the total population reaches more neartv 1 ,MIU,000,0U0 than the figures given, in may event the lat ter ia round number* are more imrtica) and easier to remember.—4.’bVcagw Tnh- Meeftag Sm4 ink*. In the and lands of central Asia the air is reported as often laden with fine detritus, which drifts Hka snow around conspicooua objects and tends to bury them iu a duatdnfL Even when there is no apfiarvut wind the air is described as thick with fine dust, and a yeDow sediment covers everything. In Khotan this dost t ’lacUiiu* so olacures the sun that at tnid«lay one cannot see to read fine print without a lamp. The tales of the overwhelming of fTar^lem by sand storms in Baraha are familiar to every schoolboy.—(ioldth waite's Oeographical Magazine. laflaenee of Kaperslltiao. When we stop to think, ws wonder how real the silly superstitious, in which nobody believes, are in their inftueuce njiou onr actions. We hesitate to start on a journey on Friday; we walk ont in the inu^J rather than go Under a ladder; we don t give knives or sharp instrn- ments to onr friends, and we don't do a aa she had done her jmrents once Indore: hundred things that we might, all he- “Remember, di a the cracked pitcher ; cauw'. though we are not superstitions, that gt*'* oftenest to the wolL* "—Strand _ee would rather not do what suggests Magazine. (LUftfA anything disagreeable.—Harper's Bazar. Still Obrdlent, avo Doro wa« always a ehild, so far a« his mother was concerned. He not only lovbdbnt obeyed her, nml when she died, he said, wi|h sad sincerity, ^ that he no longer knew how to live. An incident which shows heriixjfluciice over him, as a grown man, is connected with a little p;vrly given by him to ^hostNipine • of his trieiK^ an albiliij pf his own draw- • ings. * * * At the dinner, over which Mine. Dore presidt'd. a quarrel arose between Gus tavo'and his brotlier Ernest. Suddenly Mine. Dore turned to the former and said, as though ho were a boy of ten: ♦‘Hush, Gustave! X am ashamed of you.” Doro, who had worked himself, regard less of tho presence of his guests, into a fierce passion, became at once calm and silent, and bowing to his mother resumed his dinner. Bnt the Incident did not end here. When the guests had retired to the great Gjpfty Suporntltlon About IVItclie*. Those people who suffer from a witch fall into a kind pf lycanthropy. * They are characterized by a pale, sufiken countenance, hollow, mournful eyes, swollen lips and flabby, listless arms.* At 'Eight they often change themselves into wolves and do great Harm. Trans formed into dogs, they must accompany he Witches on their nightly forays.— Philadelphia Ledger. A Story of a Tillage Courtship from In- | dlsu*—The Wedding Excited a Deal of Interest Because the Groom Was aa Undertaker, Who Had Burled Many. Undertaker Samuel J*avey and Mrs. Sarah Milliken, who has been known in Aristotle, Ind., for twenty-five years as Achilles or Kill Millikan's widow, were married recently in the presence of everybody in this village except old Miss present if she had not left l^r sick bed last week to call on Mrs. Milliken and inquire into the particulars of the engagement. * After thifflmprudence she had a relapse and has been unable to leave her bed. She waa propped up at the window all tho afternoon, however, and saw everybody that went in or out of church. Undertaker Pavey has buried all of the dead here for the past sixty years. He is now a tall, thin man, with close cropped whitk hair and smooth shaven face, and always dresses in black, as be comes an undertaker. Only the oldest citizens can remember when he looked any different from tho way he looks now. His wife died forty years ago, and he has kept ahy of all maidens and widows ever since. Yean ago he abandoned by the most pendsteut match makers as a hopeless case. The widow of Kill Milliken hi an esti mable lady, a great maker of cakes for the church festivals and clever at cro cheting worsted tidies, with a large namber of which the chain and the sofa in her front parlor are adorned, there has been a good deal of carioalty abmt her engagement and marriage she has consented to a public statement. 8he ia a short, fat woman, with hair of a peculiar shadt of yellow, which she got by naitig the hair dye which ww vertiasd extensively in cuimecthm with her picture and letter of recmmnetida- Lou. Sha says that Mr. Pavey had never shown any signs of preference for her whatever, nor had she thought uf him aa the eorcemor of Kill until leu days before the marriage. * About that time he knocked at her front door at half past 11 ia the morn ing It waa a Wedneaday and the Widow Milliken wna deep in the dough, aa that ia baking day thmogh this whole town. She looked out through the blinds of the window next the freut door and saw who it waa Aa she had known Mr. Pavey ao many yean aha just wiped the flour off her hard* upon her apron and opened the door.* Mr. Pavey went into the parlor and > ant down in Urn oaneemi. rocker with the green worsted tidy with bine rib Uma through it He set hia tall hat carefully on the floor beside him and th«'n ■Mi “Good morning. Rarah Milliken.** “flood morning, Mr. Pavey,” said Mre. Milliken. Hhe said that abe accented the Mr. ao that Mr. Pavey might under aland that she had noticed hia not call ing her Mrs. Milliken, as he waa accus tomed to do. Mrs. Mlllikeu also aaya that she had a sort of premouitiou that ! something “It can*! dead?” she said anxiously. “No," said Mr. Pavey. “Bnt life Is uncertain, Sarah Milliken.” “No one should know that better than yon, Samuel Pavey,” said the widow with one of her aly laughs. Bnt Mr. Pavey did not langh as he went on; “JJarah. yon ’are getting along fa* years. Yon will soon be in need of my services." “1 haven't even sent for the doctor yet, and I won't need yon till he’s done with me,” said the widow, bridling and pouting. “Do yon remember the first Mrs. Pavey?” said the undertaker, paying no attention to her and pursuing h£s ouv> gloomy reflections. “1 was a little girl when she died,” MieMONEbm • -* { tgaa mmiug. *t be that the Goto pen girl ia She Told the Truth. “Maria Jane,” ^aiil a foiid mother the other morning to her daughter, “did Daniel Jomioaon kiss you on the steps last night?” “No, mamma; he did not,” If ihe fond parent had Raid “Ifps” in stead of “steps,” it would have troubled Maria Jane to reply..—Exchange. The horse's intelligence has.been so marked by every nation, ancient and salon the brothers disappeared, to return ! m °d ern * l 10 l ltt8 always boon taken in a few minutes, each holding an end 8,8 a °f th® human intellect or of tho colossal album that was to be sub- understanding. Hence in tho mythology mittod to the company. Mine. Dore fol- ! nations he has been ORod az a sym- lowed, smiling at her “little boys,” who ^ intellectual principle. were none the less children because they had passed their fortieth year.—Youth’s Companion. A Phraft* That M ill Not Dl«. It is impossible to eliminate the phrase lifniieral <dqcH]niea” /rom the news papers. For years order* have been ia- ] against it in newspaper offices;, proofreaders have been clubbed for let ting it pa**; reporters have been fined The harbor of New Haven, England, presents an excellent example of the ex tensive nso of plastic unset concrete, this material having been almost exclu sively used in tho construction of that massive breakwater. dowz, and leave ont the rest so ns to get on 4mck«f. But tho glazier shook his _ __ head and amnred the young fellow that ADv i dwchargwl for writing it, but all to tho aifes they ip their oheaiTred wins lni,titnt ^' f’hibKlelphia, promises to he- every good glazier had to l>egin hi* ‘ ‘ .u. «—‘ J * The jlbor of Paris know how to spend A little money in a Way that approaches the genteel. At the tablce in front of RIVAL EXPRESS COMPANIES RACE THEIR MESSENGERS. BUI Low den Tails tha Story ©f an Event That Thirty-seven Tears Ago Stirred Up the People yf the Pacific States. A Great Hundred Mile Ban. “Yes,” said Mr. Pavey, “you had jnst married the late Mr. Milliken five years before. Yon remember that she had the best funeral this town evjir saw^not ex cepting old Captain Lander’s funeral, which cost five dollars, as I should know, if anybody. As 1 said, Sarah, you are getting old. If you marry mo I will do as well by the second. Mrs. Pavoy as 1 did by tho first.” “Yon always wonld have your joke, Sam,” said tho widow. “What will everybody say?’’ “We are both getting old,’.’ said Mr. Pavey, still paying no attention to what the widow wa* saying. “Life is uncer tain. -Tbereis no time to lose.” So Mrs. Milliken said, “All right, Samuel; whenever you say.” “Ten days is long enough. I’ll see the pastor this afternoon.” Then they shook hands, and Mr. Pa vey put on his hat and went away, look ing quite gay and chipper aa soon as the door closed on him, for he did not know that Mrs. Milliken was watching him through the blinds. Two minutes after ward she had called Mrs. Meek, her next door neighbor, 4o the back fence and had told her all about it. Ten inm ates afterward by the clock on the court boose Mrs. Meek, haring left her bakery in charge of her daughter Lizzie, had on her bonnet and shawl and was bear ing down the street, telling everybody •be mcL—Cor. New York Son. . A Bar© CollWtioa of Fabrics. The collection of fabrics in the Dretel career from the beginning or be could never be clever. So tha page was obliged to reconcile 1 imelf ter bis fate. The whole of tire first year the un fortunate young courtier spent his time to the baker’s fur bread tar ter and in washing and drrasiur the children. In the •ecood year ha did Bathing hat stop crack* srith patty. In the third year he learaed hoar to cut gfeBBoad ix a iuLrar*, are! al last at ths no purpose. It seems to be eawntial to newspaper literal nr*. Bull, we shall keep up a rigorous warfare apon the stupidity.—New York Advertiser. * Fe«4taa Spirit© mm Cakaa In Germany rakes wars offered to the spirit dwellers of the lake*. Ia arinter tha ta* was cat through, whea, lag to ttadGttoaal kadis#, a haaifl would r»h out and «aji LLe cake.- lushtat with the air of persons of leisure. V . . i Ko opening could *«be discovered through which aa enormous'beetle come to be iaduaxi in a Solid log of wood diacui erad In a ship's hold ia oomo one of the finest in the country ami of the highest importance to stmlents. The sorit* of Indian prints is rvutatka- . hie and the Chnwaa eiahtuidf riea coin- pnaa several notable specimens. All over California‘and perhaps in every one of the Pacific states men are living today who remember the wonder ful feat of horsemanship known as “Bill Lowden’s Bide,"" which was per formed thirty-seven years ago. Tehama, IHa fltu-rftinnnm r| va r/1*™* thfl start* ing point; Weaverville, in Trinity coun ty, tlie terminal one. The distance wae a good 100 miles, most of the last forty being made in the night over mountain trails and through heavy timber' The distance was accomplished in five hoars and thirteen minutes—unexampled time for a ride of 100 consecutive miles un der existing circumstances. We let Mr. Lowden tell the story of his wild ride. “In tho latter part of the year 1851 Adams & Co. and Wells, Fargo & Co., the rival express companies, with Cram, Rodgers & Co. and Rhodes & Whitney, the connecting companies between Shasta and Weaverville, commenced racing their expresses with horseback messengers. After many hard races had been run, first one and then the other winning, in December, 1854, it seemed to have been arranged by the chief companies that they would run the president’s message from Ban Fran cisco to Portland on the arrival of the mail steamer and then stop racing. “Great preparations were mad the race, and all the fa*t horse* along the rood were pressed into service. Ae high ee $100 was paid to owners of berwe for tha privilege of riding them from three to five miles. Everything waa in readiness about the 23th of December. Borsrii were placed a1*)ut four miles apart by each company, every horn* hav ing a man to core for him, with an extra horse to lids himself. At leaM that Is the way 1 bad my stock arranged. Both relays of hor«ee were under saddle from tho 23th day of DscumlxT. 1854, until tha id day of January. 1855, on which date 1 maile ray part of the race. 1 redo for Adam* Sc Co. “The race was a very rloae one from San Pram i*cn to Teiuunm. W ells, Fargo fk Co. IsffkhMHJtavftlWb HMr^ean Marya> ‘villa and Tehama Lu|k. Adams fk Oo.’s messenger passed WelU. Fargo fk Co.’* rider, and the Mexican who took the bag. from Lask reached Tehama Aral and crossed to tha Trhaaad aide at tha river jnst as Wells, Fargo fk CVx't mea- •engvr arrived at tha oppuatta bank and jumped into tha boat. “Vow my race commenced. I sprang into the saddle, with ftaddlehags weigh ing fifty fonr pound*, and rule nineteen horses to Hbaeta wtthonl toot hing the ground bnt onee daring that part at tha race. That waa at the prairie Home, where Tom Flinn, the nutn In charge i f my horse, had got into a fight with tho ] man who ktuA Wells. Fargo fk On.'* ; horse. amMpjL let my horse (Tom Me- j Turk's gray) get loose. I saw the At no- | lion, and riding tty tired* burse a little l past where the fight was going on, sprang to the gronnd, caught the freak horse by the tail aa he was running away from me and went into the saddle over his rump. I turned to the horse I had jnst left with the expreea bags, pulled them over to my fresh Norse and went on. I lost about one minute here.. Ail other changes I made while the feorsee were running* the keeper leading the horse I was to rideVnU riding his extra one. 1 could make my coming known with a whistle about ouc-half mile be- ’ fore reaching U*r change, giving ample time to tighten the ( inch and atari the fresh horse on tho road, and by the time I overtook him the keeper wouii have my horse in a gallop. “I reached Shasta—hi xty miles—-in two hours and thirty-seven minutes. 1 was detained there about two minutes to di vide tho express - matter, 1 taking the Woavervillo portion and Jack Homely the through pouch for Portland. 1 had nine changes of horses between Shasta and Weaverville and reached the latter place in five boars and thirteen minutes from tho time 1 left Tehama. From Shastd to Weaverville, forty miles, tho ride was made after dark, with a light snow falling, but when 1 reached the mountaitw and had my faithful horses to ride—Wildcat, Comanche, Greyhound, Pompey, Jack and tho Bill Klix herse— a little enow did not make much differ- ence in speed. But I was myself in bad condition at the end of this ride. I hod lost my cap and my hair was a solid mass of ice. I wore no clothing except flannel drawers, undershirt and boots, unless my belt, with pistol and knife, might be considered clothing. The cold first seemed to penetrate me when l threw tho express bags into tho office at Weaverville. 1 had not felt it before. “I waa so fair ahead of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s messenger at Shasta that they stopped the race so far as that company was concerned. It was well* that they stopped, for Jack Horsely made a splendid ride to Yreka, and was ha u way to that place when Wells, Fargo & ‘ Co.’s messenger reached Shasta. My stock and help for this race cost Adams & Co. about $2,200. I made other races, long and short, but considering tho weight I carried, tho weather and the time of dsy that I made it, 1 have al ways believed this to be my best one.” More may be said in regard tp. the narrator’s condition on arriyfhg Vt Weaverville. The five hours’ strain on nerve, mind and muscle had produced complete exhaustion, and it was always related that when Mr. Lowden spn or rather slid, from his horse he to the sidewalk, and had to hr assisted to bed. But a thorough rubbing, an oc- gyrimial potion at “hb uiitain Iklu” aod a good sleep »>ou revived the hero at the greatest race ever made in north- Cali/oruia. —ftobherrille Herald. ~~ MORI TURNS. I feel the slow, soft Bhatfowt fa the wm And through tka curtain* 1 can faintly ©ft* The patient face that waa no mock to me When Uf* and love and hope were in their bloom; Through ail tho mist, through all the deepen ing gloom. " r - It gaxM down in mild eereblty, Aa it to make aa gentle as may be The echoing pathway loading to the tomb. Oh, Mother, let mo gm*p thy hand while yet My ©yes can see thee; let thy Ups touch mine, Thy cool head tremble*, and thine eye* or wet. The trarsl weep are team of joy divine. I have no pain, I bare no grief or fear. And death seems sweet to nut while thou art and thrust his hand into 1 near. . . —Burton Egbert Stevenson In Now York i$un. THE FATAIr ttRD: Years ago the Mississippi river was famous for its “floating palaces,” ns tho large steamers plying between Now Or leans and the ports above were called. Now tho railroads have driven all tho boats off the river. Tho former class of steamers were, in many rospocta, de lightful, but they never ceased to be ob jects of dread to timid people, for if the racing, which was on that river re duced to a system, did not result in the loss of the boat, there was sore to be one or more encounters between the more lawless portion of the traveler*, in which pistol bullets would fly rather too thick for the comfort of the steady going people. The cause at such disturbance was generally a quarrel over the gaming table. The rugulataoos of the boats usually required that all such amuse ment* should bt conducted in a saloon , provided tor that purpose in the “Texas” _ 4 (officer’* cabin), fti touted on the hurricane deck, but the sporting by no mean* careful to and the gaming was most carried oa al the dining table in the main saloon of the steamer, to the great annoyance of two-thinl* of thorn oa board. ' Many prifnwafisial gamblers used to make these boats tberi homes, traveling back and forth with them, fleecing all who were foolish and verdant enough to fall In their dutches. One of the most remarkable nvu of this class was massed Denial Sturdivant, n Franckona. the eon of a broken dawn scion of nobility who had settled ta New Orleans before tbs transfer of Louisiana to the DaKed Matsu Marti want had been raised a “gentIrmas” by bis erlsto- cratte father, but on coming of ■p and finding his fortunes v<*r) tad, had taken to cards as a rasans to better them. His success ia this field was ao grant that he was Induced to oonthms it, until at the tans of which I write he was one of tho Louts and New 1 cf Aa Thor* were dark stnrtaa of deeds which he had committed white under the Influ ence of play sod hqiaur, and It wm amd by sum* that he had killed half a doam men In Ids lifetime, Yet ao one dared to speak these stories openly, far ao one daml to bring upon htiueelf the r*yT uf sneh a man. He had attached him*If to one of the magnificent •teemcr* {dying between New Orleans and Y'icksburg. and had publicly announced his detenainatkin to shout any man who mcroached upon hia •erne of operations. Of course tbia hft him nndiapnted p wi—ioc of the field, and bo reaped a gulden harvest durinti the one brief year be conducted hi* op erations there. It ws* my lot at the time to be eocn- illed to make frequent trips between Orleans and Vicksburg, being heavily engaged ia cotton speculation*. I preferred the steamer of which Sturdi vant had taken posseesiua. inaMiinch as it was not only tbs must comfortable, but also the swiftest, and time was of the utmost importance to mo. It was known that 1 carried Urge sums of money, and 1 was also aprehenslvo lest Btnrdivant should ask me to play. 1 had fully made up my mind to re fuse him, and if bo attempted to draw mo into* quarrel to shoot him without mercy, os I know that the only chance for my life lay in getting tho advanhtgo of him. Btrango to say, he did not make any such propusitiem to me, and 1 gave him no chance to do so. One night we had started ont from Vicksburg, and were heading merrily down tho river, when Sturdivant came np to tho group winch had gathered around tho stove. He had been drink ing. All made way for him. “Well, gentleman,” ho said in an un steady tone, “yon seem to be terribly dull. Who wants to play for twenty dollars ante?” There was no reply. All preoent seemed to know the man, and no one cared to volunteer to place himself iu his clutches. “Umph!” he exclaimed, with an ex pression of contempt, “afraid to try your luck with Dan Sturdivant, eh? Or maybe you want a little coaxing. Some of yon must play with me. I cau’t stand such treatment. Come, let's 8£o who it shall be.” Ho glanced aronnd the crowd as if to secure his victim. For the first noticed the gaze of one of the group fixed steadily upon him. Ho was a stranger to mo and was dressed in a plain suit of homespmr, and bis face was partially concealed by a broad brimmed sombrero, which was drawn down over it >u Daniel Sturdivant, the gam- aaked in a calm tone without have cotne 200 v, Sturdivant tirov, M il to grasp a weapon. “Stop,” said the stranger. “If •hoot me you will simply prove afraid of me. Take jronr a table, and 1 will makeiuj w There was something in the ■nmnrr of the stranger that seemed ta render the gambler powerless, fated a moment and then said ingly: “I never play with a man whose food 1 cannot see,” VNcver mind ray face; if you are no$ afraid of lowing you shall see it whea I am dune with you," ^^'v how dt> I know thftt yrrar t»W money fur such sport?” persisted Sturdi vant “You look seedy enough, mj fine fellow.” “There,” said the stranger; “1 have $10,000 there It you can win it you shall do so.” . . r* „ With an oath Sturdivant placed him self at the table and bade his challenger do likewise. Those of os who had Hstened to this singular dialogue now gathered around the table, expecting to see a scene of more than osUal interest Tho stranger had not ratssd hts hat brim and now of os had seen his face, but we all felt front bis general air ami manner that Daniel Sturdivant had at last met Ids match It did not take long to show ri* that tho stronger was an nnosoally good player. For an hour or more the playing went on in silence. Tho stakes were high the contest marked with rare skitk Sturdivant exerted himself as be bad never done before, but tn spite of all hfc efforts bakwt ateadfly. By the exflr»* ttoo of the time indicated above he bad lust over $3,080. 1 noticed the firth ■pen hts face deepen era oonw into hie eysa. At hat, with donation of triumph, he drew t him the heap of note*. “That was well done,” arid the a er. “You are aa expert at Bnt go on; I play opmly or i Hturdirruit said I m ■mk :s: (Wurdiraoftt the card, a wxn with a dark e dlvant** face goerd at K.a more cloardy at the xtrmngi “la God's “Loch al are* *sM the ststly. As if pellet! New chair. wKk hie The up then in his “The ace of hearts is aa unlucky far you. Dsn tel Btunlirant." he MM reully; “you played it once whea you thought it fa your advantage. Now, Uud help you. for that play Is returned." As be wpoko he raised a pistol which we had uo4 seen, and before we pee Id stop hire aimed deliberately at the trera- Miia* man and fired. Tbo gambler Ml heavily upon the table a corpse..andAha bright blood streamed over it, hiding tbo fatal card from sight - .. •‘Gentlemen.” said tho ing to his fret a* we stood with horror at the dreadful ee man ruined my wife and tried to aiur- d»*r me. 1 have been banting for him for tea years.” He walked tlowjy by ns down the stairway tp the lower deck. Just as the steamer touched at the landing be sprang ashore and vanished in tho woods.—<X O. in New York News. .'tiCi Sturdivant flushed darkly and gave the stranger a keen glance. “Sojne persons cal! me so behind my back,” be said insolently, “but no one would care to apply that term to me be fore tny face." “Nevertheless,’* said the stranger qui etly, “l want an answer—yes or no." “Well, then, I am,” said the/ “What of itT Cowwtry Boy* Matt© G©©d Sold tor*. Within s year post the recruiting flag bos l>een hung out iu many of our New England towns and villages by qfiteers of tho regular army detailed for the pur pose of gathering volunteers to fill up the ranks of Uncle Sum’s forty regi ments of infantry, cavalry afid artillery. Once recruiting stations were maintained only in big cities like New York and Boston, bnt the material secured there was not of the best Secretary Proctor had an idea thftt the country youth were better qualified, morally, mentally and physically, for a soldier’s life than the dregs of our floating urban population, and under his direction recruiting par ties, each headed by a commissioned of ficer, were sent into rural New‘ /- New York and some portions^ west. The experiment is said to he working admirably so far as the welfare of the army is concerned, though the officers do not enjoy tho necessity of moving from one town to another, dnunmiug up recruits as a cronimercial traveler drums op trade. The new system of en listment and the various minor reform* ivo had a marked And instantaneous effect upon tho character of the array. The soldiers are hapiiier and more con tented, and desertions are fewer than they have been for many years.—Boetorf Journal. - Mom© Pupatattoa Statist!**. In 1850 the states and territories weal of the Mississippi river kfld an aggregate population of 1,720,544, and the country west at the Missouri, excfadiitg Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and a population of only 132,507; in word* the population of the west of the Missouri In largo as the day.—'Edward dress.