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% € »- \» ♦ Printing promptly aiul lu the ub Uiu i*iui*ix Prtjsa- VoiiXVI. '•f* > BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., SEPTEMBER 18*02. 0 Alliance Department, QOtNQ HOME. Ailoptetl the County Organ by the Coun ty Alliance July Sth, l&M, a M. J. PATE, Associate KditCr, To whom Ml Communicatioua oh Alliance Matters should be addressed. Offlrem of the t'oaaty AllUttct. W. H. Ounoftn, President. L.-ll, Toole, Vicb President. 'V. S. llamlx'nr, Secretary. A. P. Five, Treasurer. * « W. (I Uritton, Chaplain. . T. S. Weeks, County IxHiturer. 1 \V. A. All! Steward or Assistant Lecturer. W. E. Sadler, Door Keeper. H. K. Harley, Assistant I>oor Keeper. D W. Ikniilord, Sergeant at Arms. K. H. t’reeeb, llusiness Agent. Executive CoiumiUcn—C. li. Free, W. W. rtra'f■i. , .ir r ;3E:. r :.xrgii*i^i , ; g: - ; Trade. Committee—O. M. Itvlnlcr, K. HT Dowling, J. M.Timer, W. A. AH. tXvninlttee oft (total of the Order—J. C. Mc Millan, C. M. tuhuifleUl, W. T. Cave, J. K ^writing, E. H. (rttesv Ti e Cotton Crop. The seven dAy* have penernlly Ituproved the outlook for the cotton crop. Tii« beat proa peel, a* herejofore, canrc fnmt Texas, where picking baa begun regularly In *>me aectlona, nn«l vhere one rc|K>rt aaya the crop will bo • the largest fi*r 10 years, doaplte de- | rroaaed aenvige. Neitled ralna have J lallen in Arkansas, wbero, although the ! rmp U late. It will In* about aa large a* j la»t year. There la « Inrlter xitlook the lfle«Mpliia dlatrlct, where the late- ( neae ie the vn»r%t fault of the crop. This U dor moatly to the reeefit (loud*. In MU«U»l|»ft there baa bees t»«u much rain, aiwl s u»*e •tnartera ref***ft the | l>la,H nut fruiting aa It ahould. In ‘ lamUlaun there ha* Wen a cessation of ; the eontlwnmia rama, folloned hi rtondy n eel her. nfcteh has itfirveoi, ,1 Ktaa mo when my apirit file** . Jjct the beauty of your eyes Hearn along the wave* of death WMie+draw my imrtlng breath, Andum borne to yonder shore 4 Wherfs the blUowH bent no more. And the notes of endless spring Through the groves Immortal ring. 1 am going^ome. Out of blindness into sight; Ont of weakness^ war and pain Into power, peace and gain; Out of winter gale artd gli^m Into summer breath and bloom; From the wand'r^gs of tho past ' * I am going home at l^st. Kiss my lips and let me go— Nearer swells the solemn Bow Of the wondrous stream that rolls lly the borderland of souls— 1 can catch sweet strain;* of songs «jrkafttiatfi (hWMkhiwiMlMBPa»w^< - v - . “Then ymi’fe In luck, M was tho an- ewer ho received, as Rogers lefy tho cilice. *. The dnys that foUowcd clearly proved the ex-ogcnt’s words, but no moments rested heavy on tho hands of Ned and ; his wife. After completing tho decorating and ! fixing of their little homo Mrs. Dubois j turned her attention to the depot office i and soon transformed the rough* busi- j ness-like place into a luxurious, fairy 'don.—* I The waiting-room had an entraheo Suddenly the tick of tho instrument caused him to raise his head It Wwr Singleton, tho second station from Pine-' villc, ~ rei>orting tho arrival and tfe- partnre of No. 83. tirjut drops of perspiration stood out on ^s’ed’s face, and he felt as if his, heart would burst before this trial was over. Only one moro station to pass, and then tbo hopes of saving the train would be over. Ho sat with straining ears to catch the sound of Ellaville, tho next station to his, reporting the train, for then ho TOWSER. MET HlS MATCH. i OPPOSED TO CIVILIZATION. I BEFOllE THE ENGl And can feel the touch of hamla Beaching out from angel bau.U Angerls frown and envy’s thrust, friendship chilled by c«>kl distrust, Bleeplctis night and weary morn. Toil in fruitless land forlorn, AeMng bead ami breaking heart, Lore destroyed by slander's dart, ImrTfrg sWp and rtartrmnj gra, - Over there wUl righted be. Ring la nnmhers low and nrr~t, I>-t the sonjs of two worlds meet— Wi- shall not be sumlored long— I.ikr the fragnvnts of a song. I.tk** the branchosof a ntt, Parted by the nwh or hill. We shall blend is tune and tla% Living in p> rfret rbjsw. from the side fronting their residence, * knew tho end had come, and his sus- and another door connected it with the ponse would cease. office. This door was removed and in His eyes roamed about the room and its place the busy little woman hung rested on the mirror he had laughed,* curtains of a pretty design and looped with his wife, about so much. cm .buck l^Ljibui^t^uf^ejiliq^ ^ saw^ the reflection, e nothings TTuit nad A- Dio curtains uthisbaeK A Doff lias a DHUr.ilty with a Gamier and Gomes Out Kempd Heat. . A bit of myat east on tho lake in one of tho parks of Allegheny City recently gave a forcible .Illustration of the rtvi nowned pugilistic qualities of the genus Anser. The scrap was tossed to an old gray gander,sailing and dipping ma jestically back and forth, with his haroni/ at a safe and respectful distance behind him. Just as he made'■a graceful diva forward a stray dog, of hungry aspect and venturesome turn of mind, made for tho meat also. The gander paused, astonishment written in every lino of placed many II Wonderful effect on the appearance of the place; Inst, she l* .ueht a small I mirror and suspended it to n height she ! could easily reach, almost opposite tho 1 curtained doorway. When, Ned questioned her as tdavhat j the glass was fur she lovingly anslfcrcdi “To hoc how my bangs look when I bear the train coming.” After everything had l»een fixed to her satisfaction alio a'-ked Ned to teach her telegraphy, which request lie glad ly complied with, and wa* delighted to find her such an apt pupil. ""I To mid !•» tlndr j lcnsuiv nii-l nmuse- Wheo the no YWrle to twi Cre the norl Heaven w»nl Let yuar atliW* of yv*wr «hir* Hrhi’n *tlv» r hsae, l renxSm la •paen. lift yoar lra»V r faca; eyvw huawwarU »him Let jrcMtf •p4r1t And m/oW ■ wi Fuan like Arap < l fur Mifer Mw#r } un. I iMNMMlJkrM 1 ^vffkrr i* | • 111 rM*< A *4 wttff W Aa! ia tho ooabr ua • SlrSt •o Aw alwuat of nl(hv ih>o yon to tho tno4 Wvfd *owa OBi’taa otaa^ 1 rngiMia the i mm Thewo AaA aohnMao yaa h* wnl TWy wm haw* r a •Wa ywav ayon Oh tho Mon off ahwy rtna ru - ho I** f" t a»d re |% wwh •a ilu rv to* ••rnbW rt>el. • hi •O. Kef kh* •Mit.f. ro rherrfi I StlkHI ith t nr - tMtu the make the *•1 m*» ■ e J-tn hvyaaf A» I (ho fm MNVn MMM nfr mmi Ilf hm»>i 4» %r ■^4 «tf # mrnt, Ned pi oced an instrument In their coxy littl « sitting-room. und for Imhu* they woe »ld keep up un i sidinat**! cunvrntoLon. i n addition to tl.to pos- time he atilira 1 hto machine st homo for trsiM*«'tWia «4 lf«*int-fts when hto wif* or Mtmaelf was i feeling trawd 11, fur b* bad ’ Vut In** <*t i the main wire On* evening In IWwwmhrr, after Ms work at tb* •*? kv* Kn I t«-eii unptotrd. th* track to *n B Mist lb* » we r* sit right. Ill* i dattos for 1 Uw day were a v*r emewnt tto* rtk*g of a thnnagb i*®®^^**4^* r wi 1 h flew port tbrtr Utt toff Rtf*# ea tblrty. pun arid clos<‘ the happy hralling face <5f his wife.' 1 Then his mind grew clearer, as bo- i real bed that she was in danger, and the* j tapping of*^ils nervous fingers on hin chair changed to telegraphic signal^: | “Step back quick, and listen!" tho | clear tap* *p*kc out, and to hi* joy MM quietly obeyed, and the cirrtuj>i* flut- O red softly back to their place*; then he went on; “Ilurry home and wins Ellaville to atop 8:1; tmek tom up here ami gang of wreckers waiting to rob it; send help on engine; be quick; I am under c»»ver of pi -1 " Aa thin omlnona rucssagu was UstemM to by the wife, Jter emtrage utmost faik*d, sod so icy Kami ace mod to clutch her throat, but Uia tlxiUtfUt of NcsTa danger renewed her strength, and abo atealthlly crept from tbo depot After hr had given Um loot rad kma W> KU wtfa, Mod llotoood aMosUeely to ratrtk tho Morad of hor departure, but no noil waa hor tread that ho eowM ant deotde w hothor aho had gn Two rnrtonn Trll.c* That Itwlut All Ef« f-iyti to linprovo Tlirtr Condition. Hu ml reds of steamers sail every year through the ptmits of Malacca bearing thousands of pawnmgers, who never dream that just behind tho inountaini along the narrow Malay peninsula arc two tribes apparently untamable, that have scarcely any intercourse with live rest of tho world, and wish only to bo le^ alone. They are know a hs the Remang and the Sakei tribes, and aro supposed, says the New York Sun. to be the aborigines of the Malay ponin- eu in every nno oi b U i (V , Ever since the vessels of civilir.ed his craned nock ann extemled wings, nations have frequented those waters ‘The dog friskily brought up at^O ) t hey have livixl there, and they have no water’s edge and reached out a paw. j traditions as to ever occupying any Tho ooveted morsel was midway be* Anlmalii That Moot Doath on th* Railroad Track. 7 * v‘■ • ■ • A Vets ran Loeomotlvs fengtaasr I»tm HI* Kxpgrlune—■■ ,Tt>n mala II* Most Ilread* tn t I2mHHuit«r. “Of all shim&ls that wander along thd railroad track,” declared a veteran loco* nvilfvo engineer to a Washington reporter, “goats are the most irrft It's next to impossible to kill them, ■ that’s not tire least tantalizing featura about them from the standpoint of < '4m this •■tArd move fvnr V* his already | Thujr u* « sMOTabmlnad sysb in the act v4 apvtagtni aifbongb It wsa c*rw. thought the gander slapped tho water with his wings, beating the scrap, be- i low the surface and diving after it. Somehow he miscalculated, and when ho came up tho morsel wap dancing a few feet away. Tho dog, snys the Pittsburgh Times, was softly dimpling . the water with his paw. At every wave the scrap came nearer to him. ’ThcH •harnn draw chiscr around its lord, and the oldest in iha ih*ck gave a few words of advice to him. She received a sound slap with a wing,apparently a command hi mind her own bosinesa Just as tho d->g n-ached out for the meat the gan der gave a lunge alao. Hill and paw both missed'ft.' It disappeared, only to rise tantalUlnglj h few fret %way. The dog was no longer htiarinoa. This was too srrions boainem, and ha ran up and down the shore, bark angri ly, while iha gander retired to wreak wngeance on Me haplesa harem. A memnt later, seeing the scrap alaeoat asb««« on ths waves of the rtm flVrt, be gia-tf a MKkiun da- h. Bn did the dog. and f -r a few soxnnle gray profession. No matter how Omch 01 tended dowhAotho cdoat, bat the Ms- »VWWt wH* an*l he mi his capture iWalh, whan he Inranf tbs laelrteeaestt begla la n neerd vtsem tu whJ V» k •4 e»W1 lave MM pQ Wi*w| % OMfeflk •NM q*eni ibs* a n *vk ago. bnt all tb**r n*r% n ill n* rtto* *ertiBna dsa si any |*w*i t • (Mrf|»4tlAitf •fit IMF#. In batfl HtSBiaStfB H ind A ‘obaMrt, •be« bar* *»* A pttfMI MdtorA IMM ML* 1 «t • |i# • «< fc > >4li \ m fft— 1 A 4HNP fN i *4 t w*i*« ,a*< ■ l*g r p to *BlMt |l»# rfwfi ftfbt |t II KU FIUST MKSSAtiK C S«*M vMU v Wilfi Um a# mu kdwWl 4b * .»« | rail asd Ml t far That Urk with » be gras leeeii ef e eSeedy stkti be la villa. an seeww w--wUI wings. Aw heir sa of psrp sod gsndcv fll the Aug tnAted »lwi far* fall <4 veHgtsa towsed the tbenbsftoi •i Mtti hsl the sir. Thes »ly away with s l f-rrvjr Ith el J wwdnary. while lays drovtrCTvem toward the center of tho ixiulnsula, wh»*rc, in the virgin forests, they found shelter against tho human enemies whom they fear much more than they do tho wild beasts around tticm. The Sakei resemble negroes, and eth* j nologints who hsve seen a few of tlum wonder whence those black people with j woolly hair, flat noses, and thick lips; derive their physical characteristics. ( The Scmang tribe on the contrary aro copper-colored, with clear skins snd brown checks and eloar-est features. | The tribe* speak dUTcr^nt‘language*. 1 but they luive the same customs and live on Uie best tc«ms with one another. ) There soema, bowewr, to be wry Tittle intermarriage among them, and thua the types aro kept distinct. • The Hskri ornmnnk-ste from time to time with the Malays, bat the Mumangs never leave their nxxintam*. They sevoi to bars no ktea of rvllgton. and J their tmaginathms arc net at all Ln- premsd by natural »lw m*i»na WHhim > their cirrumerrlbed Hmita they aa* smimg the grralesi of wanderer*. They Wed a tburunghly aAmadto Ufa They | rsr* 1/ rvsmls two days la tbs mums ■■■■■■ H .. Mi yw out bf the corner of his eye snd to get away just in time to miss cowcatcher as theengihe rashes by ' at lightning speed. Cows and are generally disposed of with though sometimes they got under wheels snd causa s bad wrack, they’re so large that the pilot gets ut them and throws them off to one i The goat, though, nearly always reeds in getting ns worked to a pitch of nervousness Snd then Ip get off without a scratch, sad what ws don’t like. “Speaking at striking aai rati.” continued tbs thing ws must dread to track to a bog. Nine ten the hog'll throw you. Us and greasy, you know, and If near has say show si all It's 1 hits to stop the trsla as udtoli as to< be dons sod drive th track. 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Till* is only a diglii iUndratlon of a hat *oiilli C’arulibA »K.y* can do in the agricultural I no. THE How tbs SUN RECORD. l>un»tlon of Hunuhloe la .tecu- rntoljr UaoKeil. I Sunshine Is recorded at Ihe Meteor ological office In England by means of the Stokes-t’ampboll instrument, the essential feature of which is n spherical lenti, which acts a:; a burning glass. .As the sun accomplishes its apparent jour ney from east to west, it burnt Its auto graph into a strip of oard placed be-. Heath the lens, but can only do so when it is unobscured. As the card is divided into hours, it ia easy to calculate the amount of actual sunshine with which ca^h day is favored. ^ SIX _ ^ - 1st MM.” Let y<mr* ha srhued. •The Idea! Th* thought of having you with me ws* <*ts strong incentive ia accepting this out- of-the-way job." “Well, what are you sighing shootT’ “Oh, 1 wss thinking y«m w«>ald get loot-some, with no one here bu9m<*.” “Ned,” and a half hurt expression quivered about her perfect mouth, “you know If you are near I am happy, And care for no society except your own.” # “Don’t pet angry,” penitently answered tho huitbamL “1 didn't mean that you I'ked other company better than mine, but 1 thought it would be rough for you to have no lady companion.” Further conversation was stopped by the approach of a man from the tic pot. “My name is Rogers, ” he said, “and I’m the agent here; you're my successor, are you notT* -— --' ■ 1 v -—r-**’ * Ned bowed and introduced himself SffdatvtftK . •’ ‘Will you step into the oflicc,” con- thc wraeksr, 1-1*0% “ “Itot think log.** “Dune tins think is tlmt at * pile 4*f c si* ak id.” what j% [*1 the t « sre JW ll. train Ne«l sliUikk-red. What stxmld lie do? IW-ddn him stoni! a ih'terinincd mmu ready toMdow his brains out if necessa ry to the furthering of lltc murderous plains Suddenly, probably without knowing it, ttic hand holding ttu- i>istol dropped a fett inches, and the hand on Ned's sh-'ultkT loosened its grar-p; then a wild fieslru to reach his office flashed across tlii;d.*l x ' rator ’ w mind, and clinch ing his teeth, he shook himself hnisc from his captor and fled in the direction of tho depot. He had gone sev-eral yards before the man -realized his e«et»p<\ then a deep curse brakehaut <m the-evening air and the train wreck*-r started in pursuit. rriy Tv aftov yaw \r*l vimebantod oa reply, and tbr two vilHMu* Lurried away to tubs tbsir cum- nob*'*. Five minutes— tru minutes pssaeiL and to Ned's ears csrts the deep wsns* «»us xKind °f the eugino whlstlo, as it blew for PlneviUe. Then ho heard the sharp crack of rifles; f ollowed by terrible shrieks, ood all was silent “Ned,” came a soft voice behind him, and a trembling little woman rushed in, “hare they hurt you?” aa she began jjtuloiug the bonds. f'No, Riyoethoart,” he cried, clhsplng her to hi* Iswun, “hut bod it not brea for you there Is no Selling what might have happened.” Her face flushed with pleasure, and she asked: “Did I send it correctly, Ned?*’ “Correctly?" echoed ♦he husband, “it was the grandest message that ever flushed over these wires.” —• JusVtkcn a knoeu was heard on the wty **n mbImI fffcftt. 4 4 §M i Wl sis*. •to Tbs i *lto*Bf* 1 was at tWKW >^ra 1 Tb* MMtfv* Mrtsi tt 1 1 iff %toD mfU w 71a Ib tb # 1 _ nil I , || > f Sbssb Hto* %& VMMHI Mm wi xwil 1 Mi I Mads 1 , ps*Msnd*MS * ( t mmI 1 Jiff. HtwH^ 949UI % tbnt | Dto f > i •'.i 1 ftb* • .1 to f ,, ■iff Cffbt -ii riM '<* %*rm iW| fwa- \ta*li ngtrai fnHj luMnl % lA ffffra* mm ii i DMM kiil ffll Wl 1 ton* 1 fie** wttb a 0 UfflN? 0 a^t I _ u jt i VMPttCI IifiWrb . nut Era. Tb* s nrbwl l«# Intoff Wl r§ wa ii , NrX t *tor Rlto Urm CfiflWjfi’tb idfirv WWTS 1 WUfW* Wit todif TUtoito 4 10*1 1 p*m at i pet listed In 1 nIL IKrcmK In WWW H| | PH 11 s. nor 1 M> and- i Itovb] l|-fbllW 1 sb! tl ik lin*» ttetopt M Ml k tonal rln* tel* j 1 aniius \m l» «r rgra plitr, ^ | x, y ii* •fir hj TL * » — - > of tb* first day k *.. been dies k ■ 1.1 aft nnlo trlHglbM l mM U ee*M*r of MS yiransh i tnarlm of ex •otAnulty tin tbi i part c 4 the cal 4c«4T • IngU* oaa li dkw. Tb* swr-adtos of f*n •* »a l>i- •- f -4- Mtortoddbsg Adam and tool *4 tbs fto* was *m apputoiUv* aust, per- dwe* sr*J pvSMdtUd by to bsra cblktiMM. Jnst os 1m captivity arc affeetud uMtud cwviwsunrnt, so ■ ii ih. Ned glanced .nock, und in place of tinned the*agenk “or do you prefer go^ one he saw bevcral forms rushing after ) wcrc * cvoral P risoners * 111 “To^he'house°by h a!l^ncans.” cried 1 "Don’t shoot,” he heard one of them ji'W’ho fioemed to bo the leader of tho A report has recently been issued Mrs^ ^ "l‘a^ d^TuUranxLu; | ^ “if might arouse . some one; hto f ffiving the results achieved by Uiis in-' etrument for.the past ten yi-ara. From this we learn that our southern coasts are the tnosj sunny ones, if we except the Channel islands, os represented by Jersey, where alone one-half the possi ble amount of radiance was registered .for May and August The east coast of Britnla to also decidedly sunny. In the rammer and curly autumn Ireland shares with the west coast of Scotland oi peratotebtly-cloudcd *• bpt later on, toward November, the obdervatory to • Phoenix park, Du li the * frsatrat nvsrage ina for thdt moqth t per edit. In the. might be expected, th* bad, tb* eun falling to leave the curd far a*** than ML' poor hand at such work.” *Tm sure your efforts have proven more satisfactory than, you claim.” was Ned’s rejoinder, “and wo are grateful to you Wyour kindness." Ily this time they had reached the house, and leaving the little h^qpc- keeper busily putting things to rights tho two men returned do the depot, where they word engaged for several hour* in effecting a transfer of tho oAce. failure in L-mprronrv on Uie port uf iU guanttoiM, hut simply in omunjoeoc* of alei-imutaUc inductiuM, tho lull uetioe of which in nrtanllng tho eloctric puli** was not then uud«*rstoifti. It was to iivenvim* the difllculty caus**! by ln- dix-tiou that Sir William Thomraa, eight years laL-r, invented his mirror gnlvaiiouitiU-r, thereby making it prac ticable to apeak at a rvn* niublo pore t-ven through lines us long os those that crous the Atlantic. . Th« “Great ^ In Amarlua. A rivent writer in tl*e Nineteenth .Century, in a study of New York so ciety, puts forward the . lady’s maid as an important factor in the process of evolution which the society class has undergone during the last twenty years. The Indy’s maid is now as common in Now* York in London, und her vast, increase in this city may bo regarded {_do<>r, and opening it Ned admitted a j significant of the change in the crowd of men, in the midst of whom , woman bho s*.-nres. She has, tn foot; devchJped from tho womrfn of wealth and leisure, but still of simple habits, into the “great lady” of old world, aristocracy. Said a visiting English man to a New York woman the other day: “I lind tj»e class duriMfedkms hero quite aa strain gly ^loiwto us lllLondon. Really, 1 # think ia th^ ^formal- dash in on him before he cpuld even 1 All of them proved to be old offenders household* in which I howTbeen Uig get a response from one of the offices awl \fera duly-furnished; and in tho Jines arept^Rervt-d with greater ri^dity. above him; but he madly dashed- in- ! winding bp of the affair the railraad 'thaq^fc many English estnblishoaentsof authorities aiflply^ewarded the gallant .the same class." wife for *’Bei flic* bsov k- nativ* tnato Waath- _ | itioliy ■siq|l‘ ftoaoll mrutally, small physically# I wod*% saja BMsrallv, becaiv* I don’t know.' Taking tho oflicvhokling imas of the fourth ami fifth gviKWution*. sumo uf the i-characteristics ore very olwimto. ( f'peuklng now of tho male, one fin*la him stun ted, a featherweight physically,- very narrow Iwtwcon the eyes and ot about the force of characU-r of a potato. The hut of tlie male Washingtonian— | always, of course, referring to those j mstif •—rea; hct» its maximum ut six and seven-eighths. The average U six oikI ' thrcod&ghtha. I rcc< lvi*d these figures ! from a local dealer In headwear, who j wept as he auuoifuccd them. Th* hori- : zou of theao gentry is also six and. i seven-eighths. They view tho world* > as Carlisle said, from the parish belfry. The female Washingtonian I have ever \ veiwed from afar and know mighty IHtite about. Outwardly she is tbH, gaunt, weird with a jolty staccato wallc, of whom We got most of them,” said a man party to get straightened ont.” . j wc c;iu *' :ich thc he , "Are those all?’’ asked Ned. ^ “You'll have your hands full, I fear,- f** 6cnd ^ warning message." ' | ‘V\elk not exactly; we left two lying smiled Rogers. “I tried to place evePoor Ned’s heart, sank as he heard K ° ut tae tru,c ‘ c ' ’' vas - thc IacOQ1 ° thing nicely, but an old bachelor is a this; he knew too well that they would answer. to his office and attempted to lock thc door. ' But, klas,for once he was too excited, and before his tremhllfcg fingers could place the key in tho lock the entire crowd was on him. litye ler First' Message.”— “and behave.” * In despair Ned drop. and bur- ■ARa ■RfcaarSScM Mfbt Of RMMft fRptMAjfcd train arv«» a* tbry dash tLruqgb.” P “Dor t tia* nH*g«rft court “Now,” said the ex-agent, v/hen-the with his back to Cve c\tains, efTonge had bee^omplcted, “I want to led htoiacc in his bonds. ” tell you that thix to thc loneliest place ^ After a hurried consultation the gang un earth, end I’m glad to gvt away; w|^jrnKskcrft kdt two^f their ro-mbers tobT* »*• ^*rc day after day and t guard Ned, white th* ru*V hastened Edward N. Wood, in Obi Horn rate ad. “Miss Frolique’s diamonds—’* be- •■pot* gun tho ad van ci'-agent. “Can’t ’Ton as Sit down now,” panted one of them; that for less than seven dollars a line,” felt • ^ interjected the dramatic editor. ^ “Aw, ’ in m into a chair, < ► I wasn’t goin’ to five yon any guff ri about their being stolen. I bod just a 1 up rattling good story about how the gas dm went hack on ns np in Kalanyizao, an* nod' we had to use tho sparklm* for lout- _ that it was a great lights. I’crfcct Bu -ceto, too. j>ue* ft c»hi fivat ha had gv.F It went*—IiHliatsaupli*Journal. , great uditor, and wula and thc Reporter, ago,” Says a newspa very young and fqph^ I had secured a place ’ on tflk Boston Traveller, and. | dcsttoicsof uajLions* dto I waa taking hots! ;jt- j V when a stranger lounged, a§d naked with a, a paper hm*r 1 he obsunred bock to the demglUbcU tgr^k. 1 Tbc jing dm •Mr. llvrr. bjakton ■* dur yisar, do I c*ra if it toR | C-* t-of traoLI* trtkr«;or% ptd thto; if* cgj.~“Aad > «J Mv*t to all «m* qm a wastevt lydi ,and totrtd D< a plain, clear strain of step ladder in her blood. She is two feet tidier than tho male of her speciesund seems ^|niH with a thoughtful eye to the matter of fresh ets and high grater. One can always mark the male and female Washington ian -when ono meets them strolling, about their native wikis by -Virtue of this two feet towerixq; difference in her favor. * ’ Then again, os he trots patiently and pautingly—for ho ia.very shy on breath —by her. side he t<cs two steps to her igs along, bar tho clothes, re noted ifl pretty fair ihc native Waihing- Httleu , T*hcy arc by no , J* it her mentally nor sense. 'Ahern ton? their minds, so to show you. The is, they kImply lire, dream of and (Hr office, and that K all thswifc -it */Vrt S >i*at«*l ago I* rwslag a train ***♦ tbs tnTHtstongb to g-«* tbfWMgb tb* 9 u* tbs J *Md tort wbtotsd sabdy m mi tb* rtdars Mwa *4 ti Mrark a lttfl« rtraa*b of bilwssM b%b dtot tort flrydrv s rat. I «**• soy *y«a *• w* w wbtoii sluMg to a ws rr •A.i j arar th* l «Md of Just as we Bpp»B*fb*d to a 1 tram was drive* ptk* at tbs right tb* Uttrallu* to rn**ing th* trart wrre ia th* b* baring ni « f° » cvHitpftMnln* they just rtoon < track. I n-versad tb* MMI whistled down brakan* bat It istr. We struck th* tsdm squai an Lid I*, and theb—O, myr Here the **ngin«-r laughed irstraluL* Thru be DKn m the wagon were farmers returning from town in a teroutt hu mor ^cr a day's ing, carrying home a quo* of ‘store goods.' Curluub to weren’t hurt in tho least, nor horses. The wagon, until w clean tn two, contained a fentbt a keg of nails and a barrel of wl “Now we struck them all at i instant. The hails flew’way up I sky, as It seemed. a«fl camtS down a peppering rattle over the roofs of i the coaches In the train for at least i minutes. The feathers scattered^ and wide through thc atf like a drii snowstorm and seemed to COi tliousand bursted feather beds i of one. The grbisky got mixed the feathers, and spurted every direction, falling in • principally over the engint and the firat couple of whisky and fe§|h^rs^cluiig ' and sides of the ears aiid i window panes for the trip, agd the possenj aftervtord, all got thi kirljHngs from SMffllnj atmosphere. 1% ’ niest est com i whisky , thc air plU-i tndi i :•* ■ v # Although lb* Ui Hr tb* nod I to abugt to walg A ot ay rt. tto-< u t ■* ^