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Tit Pupil Pnuit Mercsnillc tad mto- —s- dob Printing Kzecuted promptly and tu the beet etyice on the Peon.* Pres*- Yol. XVI. tv BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C>j SEPTEMBER 22, 1892. t *3 Alliance Department. Adopted a* the County Organ by the Coun ty Alliance July 5th, 1889. M. J. PATE, Associate Editor, To whom all Communications on Alliance Matters should be addressed. OSrers sf the feivtjr Alllsaes. W. H. DuiicMjBPresident. L. B. Toole, President. W. 8. Bamberg, Secretary. \ A. F. Free, Treasurer. W. G Britton, Chaplain. T. S. Weeks, County Lecturer. W. A. All. Steward or Assistant Lecturer. W. E. Sadie*, Door Keeper. R. K. Harley, Assistant Door Keeper. 1) W. Bodiford, Sergeant-at Arms. F. H. Creech, Bnelnens Agent. F.xocuiItc Committee—C. B. Free, W. W. Patrick, W. A Faust. Trade Committee—G. M. Hunter, E. H. Dowling, J. M. Ulmer, W. A. All. Committee on Good of the Onler—J. C. Mc Millan, C. U. Eden field, W. T. Cave, J. K Bnelling, E. B. Guess. According to the United States cen sus report the cotton acreage In ’90-’91 was increased by acre*, In this was reduced by 44lA,UJ9 acres, and In Vf-'M the redaction ia S,&1 MiJ acres, the total acreage this v\r being a redeetloa of nlhrly one seven tb. Booth Carolina la the lending eotton ■isnufaeUirlng Stauof the Mouth. Imst | year her mills used lMs,at7 bales, an In crease of I A.nOQ bales ever the eon sump- ! Uee of the year befere. Now M the • good seed eewn today by Old Fogy ! spring ep and hear frail and me he Hare- wall the treat ef the Mete. Tan Peo- ria win he glad to have twmmmt from Us frtsnds ihreaghnet the eeaety. WHITHER? Are you living with a purpose, fs t right* Have you plans for all your future, day sad 1 ’' night* Are your methods straight and square* . Are your motives pure and fair* Ars you throwing Ills sway* Are you wearing false array* Are you satlsfled or not/ With your lot* i Stop and think I .' >■ i There are many lives Just drifting from the shore Oaring little where they go or what explore! Lives that seom aglow with foioo, 4 ; Wavering in uncertain course. Floating with the Uokle tide, i "i'A Out on wild old ocean wldo; Sell* of paper, ropes of sand. Far from land— WtU Ucy think* There are other llvtp pursuing tame and gold, * Power's scepter madly seeking, young and old-* They are rushing blindly on, Dome excited, others wan, y As the bubble shinee and glows. Will they grasp U. ah! who knows* What a selfish, worthless plan Is life's plan As Mey think. Ftm another class of painted hutterfites FlstterifMt Idly In life's gncUe summer skloa Sipping only honeyed food, • Hot s care dors life Include— Pleasure seeking, transient bUaa . Lifts to them s roar's kias- Ahi It's pity thsy mast teed For Indeed. / • • They dss*f tn't.k O. to asU hhisrd snase harb-r calm and drejt Where the ship of Qfts enukl ever gewtly akrp, Where the saashtss of eontont, OUds the rfppto toes has lent, Th the br»o«n ef faith * ea, Suft^ i i hWg ysa and m«v Wats s h-pene sswras to taha, Fur lees's snha, I ahnsid «htnh. —<1—eg '■ E Duwam Is Inssr Wean BARlTONirH WIDOW. tsowor ms JtMK TVn anal lams MpWi w«s slfUng tbe<'wgh Um ssesea of pvwpo-loawra that ealtod the asUh rewwa afaihna frnaa the Dm .flans tto Ke» and Faux any and am >4 a as asvOM Assai saw *"k «sa oaa hwtmee N ee and, fas* ns f aa sieeme It*ay C n»V-e,“ nsh| MVan hs^ham hstltlagt “Vad as tmm an fW test af Fhrem fhITVapham'a nesT ftomiap arrasom Wap •hoahJn’S bn asnrey bew 1M nkn In bssosi f* me that was all that was left of him! Poor, dear Baritone! Ho always *aid that women hadn’t no business to mar ry again; but ho never could have fore seen this legacy. How is a poor female to invest it without a little advice? And, really, Mr. Hamerslie is $o press- Ifcg-, and I’ve lived a solitary life for tliroc years, come next October, and—" | The last conjunction Was swallowed up in a deep sigh. Plainly, the citadel ; which represented the widow Bari tone’s heart was about to surrender at discretion. She sat there in the neatly kept kitchen, knitting away, in her block calico gown and blopk-ribboned cop, i when Mr. Hamerslie came in that af ternoon. How was she to know that he had just been closing tip that little account in love’s ledger with Columbine Carter? How was she to dream of Biny’s scornful tears, her indignant re jection of the man's miserable subter- u fuges? s' j * "You havo never loved me,” said 'Blny. "Jfyou bad, you never could haveJen roe in this way. Go to your | widow; I, for one. will never aland ' In your path. •> Nor shall I stoop to en lighten her as to the true character of the man she Is about to raarrv.** So Biny had dismissed her kwer. | Will FI amend Ve had winced a little. It was not the sort of parting which he had pktnred to himeelf. It robbed him of all dignity and aplomb. Dut H couldn't 1st helped. Columbine was , eoeh aa impetuous INtle thing that she never allowed him the opportunity to utter the smooth speech which be bad no serrfnty committed to mem-wy. It woe awkward but It was uaevoid- abto.. Mrs. Itorttooo amtied broadly eooa her youag wooer es he eatersd W I "%» yua*ve etnas Vmob agehn” natd ebe. ? m dowa aaA tneb her W A 1 ' "Iks Tua thtak 1 eeald to* fdHMlH ewe* /ram p**' ’'That's all enmcaaa m said Mm Der- Hesss Hut, asrinb*isan. ahs did aet wtOwtrew tor toad ** Yea prom teed me yoav aaswus to day." seU he. "Tea saa imagta* bew sagevty I am welttag fas HT* **WsJl. realty. I deal baew whet to say - * simpered Mm Hantaan "If I hat toned yea really iesed ate—* "Cea pea doubt Id Metona?" eeftly wbtopeeed Itaemmlto. thtabtag of the toadhaaoeaddoflar Isgnay fesm etd Dads Hartwma's "9et I'm se mash PUN1SHIN0 A THIEF. that we might get down to the town and prepare our surprise party. At five 1 o'clock the final race waa ran; and an hour later we were hard at v it in the town, wiring fnU accounts of the day’s doings. Only the three of us already mentioned knew of the projected at tempt and our counter-plan; and we, convinced that we would be overlooked, r assumed to the bent of our abilities an ordinary manner and bearing. Harper produced aa usual hit oash-box and sheets, counted and balanced his ac count, telling the money, which amounted to about eighty pounds, out on the counter before him. Finally, he replaced it in the box, which he handed to the boss, who placed It in the safe, closing, but not locking, the door. Meanwhile I had quietly and unob served procured a box very similar to Harper’s, and after partly filling it with some odd pieces of metal I fastened one end of a long wire to Its brass handle. I prepared another similar piece of wire. Ostensibly for working purposes, *1 had gathered all the batteries at oar command underneath the counter, and when the work was over I-quietly knelt down and joined them all together ia series. At the same time 1 fastened one end of say spy wire to the nega tive pole of this moaotev battery, and thea standing ap and leantor owm the oanter suoomled, aaaottoed, la at- aehing the other end of the wise to a arrow Warn rail ehleh van along the tot la order to mash the safe from the ■entry door, to wo sailed M, * was How a Burglar Waa Very Clever ly Trapped. As a member of the "special staff" to whom is intrusted the duty of dealing with telegraph business at race meet ings and other events of irregular and itinerary oocurrenee, 1 have visited most towns of any importance in Eng land, and have been a spectator of, and in some cases a participator in, tome curious incidents, one of which I pro pose to relate here. Many of the most successful meetings, from a racing- man’s point of view, are those held at places otherwistoof very little sice or importance. As an example, it will be sufficient to mention Epsom. It was to a town in the Midlands ordinarily con taining about six thousand inhabitanta, that I, with five colleagues, including supervisor, was ordered in the autumn of 187-. The event wm a two* day rune meeting. The first day doe, with oeooaional • bowers; the racing wm good; and aa pony was present, we bad enough to do not only at the grand stand, but later in the evealug at the town office, whence we dlspetohed a large quantity of preos work by means of a "Wl stoao,” which had been seat for purpose. It was eWvea oVlook be aw finished, and we torn tod S| half-hour's walk to ear iodgtnga Tto ooeoad dag waa torfaL lv la torasats the whole eftornuon. Of Mia FAMED SANTA MARIA. -—#- COLUMBUS’ FLAGSHIP^ COMPARED WITH MODERN SAILING VESSELS. S The Wonder to the Mariner of Todey Is Hew the Navigator Crowed the Oeeen la. f/ta Little Caravel—A Facsimile for the World’s Fair. Spain Is now in the midst of of fetes in commemoration of ooycry of America which will late in October. On the fid date of the sailing of Oolmn a series the dis- last ttll of^ugust. nnbus from Palos, the jubilation began, and of all the sights the exact reproduction of the flagship of Columbus, the Santa Maria, excited most amassment Among the sailors in the vast gathering there was a loud chorus of astouuhiqpiit and unbe lief. Almost unanimously they de clared that such a ship had not done the thing—ft was impossible. Aa 1% Is tto eaty day I eaa during wtoofc oto tons did a my ' to* la tto ii *e toofeufTto tto hwtofi mere 1 TV t We ana a*- j we Ito •A Waning egataol tto took ■toA and to 1 AM ea to ■a ant go tto only Am.* Mr lima And I tarn, aw • I tto y a new TV n dvr tto rf organ- tary Stork L. Um Maamaii *»w that tx-url,-’ ;w ft> few era ant of festoon man think they n to ttoy plane* Amt Mm Hart* tv a vary ntoo-looking woman yet, n tv gaaa vtsty, and pan harov *» tto lognoy etoW foot rev* Ivad m ewnatrv a ( l-* 1 er h nnrtVnMWa tea And W tot eVwe by m ><Ftoae knows. 1L woe a pa* p hi ■ i p/e|K ‘We. aevrveto Ihvtr pvl A unn.her ef ntemtora were enreltafl hatunlay and the eewtcialtou will doobt- leee fl<»urUk la Fairfield.—Wlousbore >tnv aud llrrald. Whst Bill Arp Hays. In the AUanta Constitution 1)111 Arp, the fanners’ philosopher, has some solid chunks of wisdom for the fanners. He ssys: w— - w 1 wonder what Is the matter with the people, and why they areso reuleu and >xritc<S, and why they are all so split "up and torn up in politics. For the life of me 1 can’t sec any very great differ ence between ear privileges and enjoy ments now and what they used to be. Cotton is very low, but I remember ♦heir it was- fr cents a pound and we have had to haul it 200 miles to market. Halt and iron were 3 cents a pound and steel 7D cents a pound. Those were hard ttrtiM/sure enough, but the people didn’t complain like they do now. We have had good seasons this year and made good crops and had no pestilence, and yet the people are not happy, and 1 ’mjafraid are not grateful. There is a general row between labor and capital | Ished as miserably as he had and about silver and the banks and the railroads, find almost every man wants something he hasn't got, and is looking over the fence to sue what his neighbor has got. TBe producer says that prices fire,too Ww and the consumer says,they are high enough, and so there ira clash. More cotton ia made than Is wanted ami ivon*! bring Hs cost, and the politicians say that somebody is to blame for it; from oto Faria to*ttoe. wg to I t •veil* always AVI Ills folOo*. ■■ » * mtorr tofnre tomf" |Hay Ctokrv wewt cm tktmmlng tov milk wtth mwfwmax) tip* aad a aaw apavkt* la hov eyea Rl«a wm tan p^md, Vaforr Dadma Aotooim. to lot tto trara fall, wktek woto already obarurtng tor vWVia ”Of comae to cam do M to plvasea.'* said "bo. '’6b, of Ogarev N«»body doubt* thaL” rrtoried Iwclma Job noun. "But the main thing I came for was to ask if you were going to the dowatiun party to- axwvow afVrnoon?" "No," said Blny, shortly; "father does ned approve of donation parties.*' "Mias Baritone and Will IIamoralie arc tq^JJr there," slyly cuggvsted Mias Ilecitry^ "jCratheyr* sold Blny. "That no difference Vo me." "Ohr said Declroa; and then, seeing old Rqoiro Ball jogghig pant iirhU road wagon, she suddenly remembered that she had promised a crochet pattern to Mrs. Ball; and, taking a hurried leave of Blny Carter, she bounced out Into tlie fervid summer glow of the outside world and disappeared. Tlien, and not until then, Blny sat down by a bubbling IttUc spring walled up in the corner of the milk- room and cried.' . ~ * "Are all men like that, I wonder?*’ said Biay, addressing her own reflection in tho limpid pool. "If they arc, I 1 think I’ll go and be a nun. Mrs. Bari tone, indeed! A woman old enough to be his mother! And the widow of that drunken old flfldler who fell over the Lime Cliffs, three years ago, and per- lived.. And all because of—a legacy I Oh, Fve no patience with people/’ And then Biny cried harder than ever, and tried to convince herself that the whole story was not true, but only an offsbo£ of Decima Johnson’s hnagfciation. But it wav tree. Tn some things Miss Dechna JohAon's tongue had only borne a correct witness. Willard Hatn- efslte had inherited somewhat of* hie miserly father's griping, grinding tetn- gA w- aiwar* okfoeaeA to atoraoi toeevto^oa * poravotoA tto wtAow. • I*a* ltovta«a* t» Aoe4 aaA g*mm r ' toa pattowtljr totootoA tto Ivoae "Wbat eaa Av p—tkly too* to to erttfi Hf* J eat ttoa aarerved • om of ttoaa Otoe* eakto* beffi siege wkteti kave glare vt*a to tto my mm »to* ’ T re*k Is vtowa- gee ttoa ArtVx Tbs frvwt Aoor- - vblr*^ Mouvslt*^ to tto raollv f aeti aa ef tto plea*, wee aaeae kwkaA awwag s*mo If epaWh and to tka Aaaeway •*u»«l tka well ktoeww figswe of —okl I’aato Itonvow ktowelf! " llrlWv Metloaf" wee bia gooetleg "Yaw oeawi to to eejayto* ywrarIf pv^tty welll AaA wku tto Aletoas la lAw t • ■ofw oMar Ilea lUrttowe jaiapal ag^wlth a erri»oa4 Mr WittoeA llaawvelte oaagbt wp tto yatoev aad straigbt toktud tto riaiklag viirrr "If yoe are a gkuaa," willow, "AoviN cuwm awy aravwr." *Tf yew are a traosp, get oat of Ik la knwarF ruarad llatoendWv brandKhing ito potor after tto tooal thn-mU-nlog faskioa. "1 ain't neither one nor tto other," •aid the apiarltiun. leisurely aratlng Itaclf. "It'a me! Benjamin Baritooe, aa everybody aupp>wed was tolled In the lime pits! Hot I woau'l I had the lock to tumble out of the kilo*, aa I’d tumbled in, and I waa that ashamed, as I took myaclf off for good ami all, says I to myaclf: N>ld fellow, your wife to aahatned of you, and so to everybody else. And you ain’t of no use in tto world, except to go fiddling tocaalfa Hag VTtoa I totof wqlgtoA to pMwwtty eoMa Atltowlty or Atopwto wall ef | •WflM aewoiAaaa to wWoaa wV ■ atsitoi, I aaagtot tto woaAw “A m Hk a Mg vaA aoM aaA ovm aye tb* wm a AMMtjWlaa to m etovk I UMowaA ill n If vet tovveaatog aotrortatoavaA wove ttoM of tw tbokr vaiaroeeaVito wm toe* a ftoi wktoto bed toea fowaA to vtok owveAtov to Ito oaekkaa aw tto pMetaaa Aag toA fail A. owtag to tto fltot that II ear w«wa*«e etavk. toA totoa take tawa vavfy to tto aieaA to. M was tto anwoftwtoaw to vavtag teat, baaa etoanly ptoo* tto boa to tto leval jawUaeatar's Mfe at tka Iowa otoaa Tto *ato was to tka rwava to wktok we worked to tto eeaalag. aaA wm aa atA-faakkmaA, ak* eoatvtrwasa All oar Harpav *^tk to and the sea where he wm got: smooth, and he partkntoriy such vessels as would enable him to close in along the shores and Mil up 1 rivers. r . On his third voyage, when actually reached 1 South America, complained of the size of his which rendetfid coast exploration cult The Spanish finthorttim declare that tho Santa Maria of Itof ii an exact re- productioii in ftery detail of that of (4U2. It has the sfiihe old fashioned shape, the same primitive masta, rig gings and saito, and even the saxnear- mament of falconeta and mortars, hal berds and arquebuses. The cabin of tlie commander is furnished In the style of the Fifteentli century, and Ito table to littered with map*, documents ahd nau tical iuMtruujeuto of the period. Final ly, Its mastheads art decorated with the rural slandarda of Casttlle and Leow, to exact imitation to the flags which Co lumbus planted la the New World mi Oct. IS, 140A The teaeel Is manned by sn excellent crew, obtained from among the fishermen and satlora of Odix and San Fernando, and placed under tto orders of • <1 stockman! to effleers to the royal navy. Aft the opening to the flpanlsh feto* on Ang. ft. the war tmesis of all nail owe were aft Huelva to ealale the eew Santa Maris on hw i •to tto Bay ef J^AMfetoWgMlTM j sto had to to tohow to tow by a lowwknai* V which Minto fl» »epi '■aJK illyew At >to«to to * a 4 »*« It to * tto! too •wvh A to ww AM W* e*A Ik toe kerae easy wall to t hwft lee to swA tto (tat to wv «* Tto ire tod fwvaw to ail The •ft ktgh owwk. 1 w sight of tto mtk read ttoatore ^ ntokt to or tka gently fattomvdL M t nwiy tto wave pawtoki 11 >part to tto ikwse aiw* at what k*<ar wv aad lbe wh»ivatmato Ttoy knA aloe rvmamoA daring tto tto ream wtovn tto a The epabiit to 1 whirh ueenpftvd laaa time then taken toe to reinto It, wm \ht night m aore after wn had gc wunld bn eonokleroA onto Fj» wm to be effoctod frvaw the beet through the window of a woall room adjoining the forger on* ia which we worked. Further <!• tails I failed to overhear, aa the diepete at the weigh ing ohatr, which had gradually grown wanner, now waxed loud and furious. Taking advantage of the ntoae I slipned out and hurried to (ho office. Tailing In a lew tto ft toA In a to all yard. the bres to one aide, I told him all. He waa for informing the police at oooa, . - -w ami having the place guarded and the mnkoa * round to bortl froUj^kful husking thirTt , 8 scared qffL.but* after a lot of roa bees.’ So I smasheil my fiddle, and 1 nemoa* bat I rxa’t find out who it Is. A wagon j perament He was emphatically m food of molodfl sold in our town for f5 > money worshiper, and cents fi dozen, because the jprket *** b hr self to be dazzled by overstocked, and the man went bomA | A . . . . .. *Mra Baritone beraelf wa* rerslag the town and joined th* Peo ple’s party tflfift night. I wish 4a could bsnuenise all fbeoa things, and maybe wo con after tka election• are over. I don’t kaow of ony farmer ubo Is suffer- 1 ^ aad SO *nv opinion aevan who owns a 0p4 MMa farm find ha* * touliky d IwduetfiMu oklldren i* more tto ilia nf Ulo ikea *oy •1 I L*»« ir^pd l. f «cw | Metorx-v ■By I ntL gw w Ike I OOA t * - tk-t' JMftA AaA * ad allowed the widow oarers agatwai •Cmretam non find I know ir. toy os V B MJ aoj r fa< . * *4 a trim, neat-wlisted littW woman, who looked many yean younger than her actual age. I>*»plc were uncharitable enough to any that aha tod heooaae yonag ainca the rackleB death of tor hue band. wJ namavia* fanlta and tocksilAtltga hod kopa tor fwrpntoally aw tka ragged odge of apyiirntonmdW. "lie wm o trial JPWfitrma area* eppv flHtoi tto aftsN wo AawyW tkat toil t wooer fijarw tom mwsk moon I ^a kg tom *a.ia to* gaA «f tto ran away. Hut times is hard, and H ain't cany to pick up a livin’ when a man gel* to my time of life, ao here I am back again! And I’vu signed tho temperance pledge, and I mean to stick to it, this time. Give mo a kisa, old girl!” ; j And so tlie widow Baritone was a widow no longer. "Won’t yon stay to supper, yonng man?” snMFold Uncle Baritone, hospit ably, as he saw Will Hamerslie feeling I about for his hat under the table, j Hut Mr. Hamerslie declined tho invita tion. ; Mr. Baritone enjoyed the legacy, himself—nor vas his wife altogether- dissatisfied at the unexpected turn 1 which things had taken. •‘He always was a good husband,’’ i said she, "except In the matter of ar- i dent spirlta. And in that there I particular lie’s a reformed man. And really no one couldn't Imagine how cheerful his fiddle sounds about the bouse, when I'm a-dofo’ of the chorea." But Will Hamerslie was leas recon- ! cilcd to fate. He had lost the widow— and Columbine Carter would hnve noth ing more to say to him. "I want no second-hand lover," said Blny, laughing. And when Hamerslie saw her laugh, he knew that love fled. lie was right. WHhln six months. Columbine was married to a young lawyer who had come down from Al bany to search aotne title-deed* In the courthouse ^rpeorda. And our luckleoa hero wm Wt with neither wife nor lw_ run tto fortune* of Lovel — Amy BawAnlph tn N- Y- ledger qg; persuasion, I talked him over, convinc ing him how ranch more to bis credit It would redound if be himself captured the robbers red-handed and unaided by the police. I expounded to him a plan, the main idea of which had struck me at the first moment, to which he lis tened attentively, and occasionally smiled approvingly. When I ended he said: "It would do very well but for one thing. It involve* three of ua re maining concealed In the office.” I assented. "You say they watched tw leave last night,” he went on, "dx of us? What will they think if only three leave to-night?” « I was nonplussed. "I rather like the Idea," resumed the boss; "but I think we should have help. Suppose we get a couple of Schinken's men?” Bergeaut fichluken wm I kind of aemi-publio,*eeml-private officer with a staff of men, who were largely em ployed by race committee* to the task of preserving order tn the tndosuree, and including bad and doubtful char acters..They traveled About from meet ing to meeting like ourselves, and in this way a sort of Intimacy sprang up. "Oh, they’d just be m bad as the lo cals," I said. 'They'd want to the whole affair, and very Hkely spoil ft m tell you what: I’ll ask three young fellows I know to come and have a game of cnfda at our digglna to-night, HI tell them to call for ua at the office half an hour or ao before we clone. At dosing time we equ make some excuse, and send them off with oaf own three men, whilst you. Harper and I He still tonttnisA. 1 eouidn again more than half inclined to 1st tto poiteo deal with tto matter Of coarse h* raspowaUAtity was heavy uadetoaM awytktag gw wyuwg. to would certain ly hi areaasty *> assrsA J •ttogwi euwAAsshouftw ray flaw. aaA v aJbfl awe wwawatotoly d ffito ■ Mw aswaawfi. Y> a Are i. 1 s tC Tw ^ tto ftooiren rare arreaA tto J wf m AmA of akrerfi. ft. rga of —x w- »v-—■ — .A a goat* i t” *" * r-fl swA aiA tto h i ■iVt wm la Mm kMtota. sr the reap W. totA um towstk. Ctoafltowl I ••• torireitaral raaaty < tto wmw toA aa light from tto ^lato-i Ifo 4,1 • ">»*** totter m sto rate. aaA sotod wet at i —A *7 stoaM * m saifor ' tout *, tka toils ar* puItsA tat H afmm. FU ky a Htifo float vy i sgtM, awA aaA Ism fiortoM Aghte to tbs sremsa’s aye there rarrfattr osar h mum aaura gtortoM than to sea ftv Atacwa akw la ' swell friwa bars poloa to fun rig of ow la Ms right' marnj aaUs la Wm ttoa ira iwtoatow a hta stop* As Tto toate Maria might bars been tadroA ret-k .trad pfored ow tto deck of the Htonaodoah ow, to strsSebed owt Ms rasptytorthaxrl wit!.<t]t adding jarvaptibly to tor to gutd* htmarlf along tto onuatar. ' weight of cargo. Mra wm a decked vsa- aed seised the brass rail Aa to did wl. and while tto B|wniah hlsturiaws Ao ao the full force of tto battery struck ! not deal in exact measurement* they ars him "Blaaesr" to shouted, or rattor so ml outs tn details of tor rapacity that yelled out He tried to let go the rail 1 bet size la known. Captain UtwUvus bat tn vain. Then be tried to drop the , W. Fux, after a vary careful calculation, cash boa, but that stuck to him tow declares that her 1* He began to bop about, and stamp dr light shorty at fttodttehgto* m i I bad aatk-lpa air itoldtotoi I h«o hr* •A to gvt of traHnAtoA sank! jroar aagtoF” *Th • -..a ' pmAtol tore taWs aftfik VMftwag* a tsar tto utA sokocribrr. a aft. tto maw sriss 3 Laras fowMAawltol to aare to srei fttr i kwA ts^lt** akw w ito o^Jhar 'Ttoa a tosM •atoruwfi’A^ groan, and swear, and pray continually and all at once. W# could hoar tto cash box thump and rattle against the floor or counter m the current jerked bis arm spasmodically to and fra At this point Harper quietly turned on the transmitter and pushed tlie lever over to top speed. Anyone Who has heard an Instrument of this descrip tkm set in motion at Its maximum speed knows what a sensation of com ing disaster to riven by the rapidly in creasing revolution of a score of wheels which gather speed and force and notes until H seems m if tto Whole machine wBl hunt np by excess of ve locity. Imagine the effect this had on the nerves of tto man already tn tto grip of aome mysterious, unflghtable agony. Of course he jumped to' the conclusion that tto potoe indicated some fresh increase of his torments. Ho began to scream tor mercy. '^Oh-h-hl Help met Morderi Oh, gen tlemen, stop it! Don’t kill me! Help! Help!” He writhed and struggled, feU on his knees, and, bv an enormous ef fort, tore tto rail from Its place; but the battery wire still held on. For a time his ories and struggles redoubted} but at last to lay exhausted on tto floor. 1 then turned off the current and we turned on the gas. There lay our man, hto face gray and distorted m though to bad had a flt. He was quite After to had somewhat recov ered be begged hard to be let go, gasp ing outc "Tou*va done ft hard enough on roe." After some toettatton the boM derid ed to let him go. I fancy to wm not quits at his ease aa to tow his action would be regarded by tto department Another reaeou wm that the second man had got clean away, lie had waiting outaidet hot on bearing tto die-' turbanee aad hte paTs cries bad fled and left him. The man wm grateful tor kle nod walked akrarty wad toarify away jfo wm •«ideally ssvsrsfy abakra. aad ftsMta ~ ‘ “ - - declare* that her length wm "68 fwt over all and 67 tort along her keel,'’ with 60 tort beam and lOVf feat in depth. Her crew consisted of fifty seamen, and tn the list are found tto names of one Englishman find one Irishman It is really a pity that this list is not certain ly authentic; it would be Interesting to know the name of the first Irish emi grant to America. This historic vessel wm wrecked on Christmas eve, 1403, on the coast of Hisnantola, a calamity due to the gross caroleesness of the sailing roaster. ftmall as sho was, her consorts, the Pints and the Nina, were considerably smaller, bring mere barks, culled cara vels, without decks, unless the high prow and stem may bo so called. In the ■wax bex* lira Inter poems bar* duori. but arsswrywtor* bald i tt-rpteors of art and among tto voices of patriottelta la car Hteratum Rbe lives much of tto timetn Bootuw and at Framingham, Mare Miss Proctor wm honored by tto com- mlttee of tto popular Colnmlms Day celebration soliciting her to yrrite tto ode which.te to to rendered in every lo cality of America on Oct 61. Tto lyric is tho result of months of labor, and wjU taka permanent rank as one of the foremost poems ever written on America, THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. TUX SUEVAVDOAH. center such a vessel was absolutely open and In no respect superior to the fishing craft find other light coasting tgMeis of today. That moo should have been willing to dare the pasrAgs of tto Be IlceomiaeoAl tk'* General Observance ef Culamba* Day oa Get. SI. Whereas, by a Joint resolution, nppmrrd June an, 18S3, it w*i reylvri by tho senate aaA boa*9 of repreientaMva of the I’n^ed fitateo of America In cohstvm aeeemblrd, "Thill tho pronMont of tka United fttates be iirthoriMMi and directed to tone a proclamation ftccont 7 mood Inc to the people the o beer ranee la #!t their localities of the iOOth aouiverrary of tka discovery of America, no the ?1M of October,, Irttt, by public dimoiiitratios* and by itiHabMT exorcises tn their schools aad' other places of awenibly;'" ^ , Now, therefore, I. Rcnjamln flsnteoo, prad- dent of tho UnlKd State* of America, In parr suance of tho aforesaid Joint resolutioo, <lo hereby appoint fVlday, t>cL ft, WC. the ftniji' aaidvontary of the dlaroVery of America IT. Columbus, as a ceaerai h«>!lday for the peoplu of the United State*. Oa that day let tho pea- pie so far aa pemlble erase from toil and da- rote themselves td such’ exercises *a may brat express honor fo the discoverer and’ their ap- prcciaUun of tke great aobieveowou of tto four completed ceuturtea of Amerteaa iff*. CoInmbtM sfud in hi* aco as the ptoMra of procreaa and eonghtenmenL The aysteai of universal education Is tn our af* tlie mnra promtaeat aad salutary feature of the spfnl of ealtarbtekmeat, aad It I* peculiarly appropriate that tho oekoola be made by the ftrop's fto ran ter of the da» * demoasttetteo. tkraal Bag teat ever vrdvy school losas tft tka onnotry. aad Fra aawrkM I# aark aa poraa upoa-oor yokth tto patriotW At la tke ckurvko* and la ike eriw If tf Iks paapls tet tkava ka i