The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 29, 1893, Image 1

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- ■ .( s vstx^. Execatod protoi«'.y and bMUUfoi o fTft icNtloM H 1 We ore not the *le*i e«»rtetj Alt orntnet ■Hum l»c ■ettled fur ^ ¥«> . •dtetttertWent rttJ ‘ ImtitcW flertofttewee*. * T BAHNWELL COUEf HOUSE, S. C., JUNE 29,1893, No. 44 AHmnce Deinrtment. y AittMM Jnk-Mt, taw, ' t M. 4. FATE, AannoikT* Kditoh, Tt» whom >U CmnaMuiionOoas on AUtanae Matten thould be addreataed. i Oaaty Mltaan. W. II. Duncan, President. 1„ & Toote, Vine ITefWtrnt. yf„M. Haraher*, Secretary. A. f. Fane, Trcaenrer. W. 0 ttrttton. Chaplain. V T, 8. Weeks, Countr Lecturer. W. A. AN, Steward or AMatant 1*Cetnrcr. W. R. Sadler, Door Keeper, e- EaK. Hartej-, AaWitant Doer Keeper. t>. W. Bodtfurd, sienwant-at Anna. F. H. Creech, Buelneee Agent. m tlyacmlre Committee—C. B. Free, W. W. * Trade Oomwtttee-JO. W. Hunter, E. H. bowling, #. M Uttner, W. A. AN. ConamHtea an (Vend of the Order—J. €. Me* Jlillnn, O. M. EdmdlaU, W. T. Care, J. k JL E. Call mm ,t. WceWwar——e—^■ '" ■“ j.iw.""! Ap FkM bdj. At the call of Shady Orovw Sub-Alli ance No. 810, a public meeting of the inttr witn» k»14 M* 1 * 1 farmers that the anti-option bill caused Che low price of cotton. They believed theaiMMit.FHtnhlers in preference to ibr ANhiiferr ^I’hey the »»ii- petitiana, aOdby thoir •ignaturea helped iatMaat themeaaure. The next day, hewewer, the price of (•neton' slumpeU” atlll lower, and it still declining. If the Alliance people and the labor> ing people generally do not wish for,, the motion of a handful of rilirenfi of Charleston and Colombia; to go out as the action .of the State, they must re- aolveand stand by fire coinage of sll ver at o:ire, and sjwak out in . no un certain sound. Let ua hear from -you gentlemen of t|m AHtime aud of ell prmlnctive call ing*. ; LOVE'S FIRST I Eheetheart, 'twaa hut awhile seems ymterday, Thooffh now tar looha afe white da aaew and all your curie are rrar— ■ ——— Whoa, Walking la the twilight fiese. ere sure had emlkMl abere. t 4hlapered soft: “I tore jidii," and yon kiaeed me for that lore. * ** The first kiss, near! and than ynur baud-yonr lltUe hai»«—<we<>% ; iH , , Aid whiter than the white white sand that . twinkled, lonath foux tool - Laid tenderlf within my own! Hare queena such loreiy hands' Mo wonder that the w kip poor-wills i tke autnma leads! \ JiuMi, Iternwell County, on Triday, 4nly Slat, opening at 11 o'clock a. ni. Cfipt. T. 8. weeks, Connty t^ictiife', and Col. W. J. Talberttare expected to maha addM** on that occasion. All Alttawee people and the public gener ally are Invited to attend and aid .In above named By solicitation of, the Awm** t rer. KWlWKlE. president S '"E. Hd%-L«r! fthadv Grove AUlanc* No. 81f.> June 2Al,t8IH v ' Yhe July iiicetln^ of tho County Al liance whould h« largely attended. The promised attendance of I’re-ldent Donaldson, State Lecturer Jeffries, District lecturer Gaston and Col. IV. J« TaUmrt guarantee an Imttrnctlve It seemed to me that my poor heart would beat ie death and break, * , While all the world; sweetheart.' sweetheart' seemed single f tor jrorr sake; Aadorery teas that barred the way la glad and - dyiag graee, ■,.—: Phtgot Its faded summer day, and, leaning, kissed your facet . I enrled all the foeet then, and all the rosy ~~ waya '— —————— That t'lossomcd for your sake are atlH my Mfh*a brtglu yeaterdaya; list ihlnking of that'first iWeM kirn and that first elsap of handa Life’s whip-poor-wills stag sweeter sow through all the winter lands! -Frank L Stanton, In A Hants Obastltutlom and Interesting meeting. U Is well for men to get together, compare ex periences and take wise counsel. It will be a Comparatively leisure time and all can afford to attend this impor tant anniversary. By beginning to make arrangements now the deni re to attend will become greater and so will the pleasure and protii of (he mooting, rj’ ' 1 Do not forget th£ dates, the Kith and 8 tub «f July. A PLUCKY WIFE. How Ebo Saved Her Htistfand from Judge Lynch. • ' Sage Bar was excited. Six horses were mi.sHing fn>m Bill Hines’ drove. Fifteen minutes after Bill had reported his loss at the Bar a party had found , the trail and ridden off toward the I southwest. i McUoxi eat hhneelf down ou a wtuaap [ And lit a pipe, end trith hin rifle acroea . hi* knees fell, Id thinking about some , “mavt-ricUs ’ hk kad branded that day. Presently he iinagiiu-d he heard a soft step from the prairie. Ilb rained hia head btmI listened. , Jhil then the m<x)h showed a rim beyond a sailing cloud, I and ite light fell on a figure—a wom an’s figure—making its way toward the pahin. Stetson rone to hia feet, letting j hia rifle-butt dtop on the ground, and | curiously surveyed the woman, who waa • clofic to him now. It .waa the fe'liafc- I erner’s wife. I ‘’Is he In therer* she said, her voice trembling a bit. I “Yet," samwered Stetson. “Can't I see him?” she asked. “Only j tor a moment,” she added. „ j “CanH do H, idar'm,” said Stetson, decidedly, 1 Foe a moment she. waa quiet, looking longingly toward the cabin and clasp ing and unclasping her hands aoftly. The man Imped sm would go. He had haled to nay no and he didn’t know how long his determination to refuse would lack “But they aay they're going to try him to-morrow, and I mayn't get aawthep ehaasai'* Bha hmknd Atwhlm so sadly and yet so bravely withal that Stetson wavered and waa lost. ‘‘Fdf five minutes, then, no more!” .{pi said, half repenting of his words the instant they were uttered. But he unlocked the cabin door for her, and locked il behind her again. I Then he Stood outside the door cursing nitn F1TH AND POINT. A YOU NEVER SAW A FULL MOON. * w - OtttM frepf. Lost week’s Government repents say of cotton crops out West: .. ■ VeMa-CotWplBjufW bp ** weath- erlMid grass ovef parts of East Texas; Worms are reported from some sec tions, but bare damaged crops very life Vr. ^ Arkansas—Cotton generally clesn growing Bi<^ly ( blooming to Southern pdribm. . ■. ' LouWana—Cotton blooms quite gen -; Presently, as” they wem 1 crossing a wet bit of land In a hollow. Bill who led the party, looki*d sharply Pe Says Oa« of tbs Ixrsdtnx A«nr<Miemsrs | t] le hoof prints sunk deep in the soil sV tbs grssost imy. ' and reine<l up quickly. / Did yuu ever se. a ’’full moonr’ ftt the ^ i.ft^’Ee claimed, pointing down at tho trail. dtnocif. ihresentiy there from the inside of the edtotn, and, much You almost nn no babies.” -‘iVan Drastfi- “What quiet eyes Miss Manchester haa!” Bhindlss- “Te»; «o widely different from her chinr—Pitta- bugh Chronicle. ‘‘how It ii that Jenkins’ baby cured him of drinking?" “Because every time ka went hoMb tippy be thought he ssw ttMne. —I n ter-Ocean. —Huntin' pledsfarc In riches is a good deal like hlewln' down the muzzle of a gun: a feller never finds out it's loaded •til IPs too late. —Ram's Horn. —He—“I’ve bought you a pet monkey to amuse you, dirling.” 8be—“O, how kind of you! Now I sha'n't miss you When you're away.”—Pick Me Fn. —{ideally Effective.—Smythe—“Was ydhr itatttmore heater a success last winter?" Tompkins—“Oh, yes; I’ve no doubt it was warm in Baltimore.”— Ptack. . * —“J ain’t urtiril lit the planin’." said the coaliyard employe as he adjusted the weight of a load 6l coal, “but I'm great at runuin' the ictiles."—Washing ton Star. • + —Proof of Marriage.—"{ oFet-heard Oiarlle and LU quarreling this morn- :^ 1, fiy t JoreT*"IVn the kUy df their aeeret marriage must,, be wue."—- Detroit Tribune. ^ -—“Is Tomkins famitinr with Shakes peare. I-—" “Well | should say so. He brought bnFfe tny -copy with one benrer torn off srfid the othef marked up"—Inter-Oceab. ( —Nurse—“(]m.b«bv.you arb naughty. ke me wish there were +HE FIRST BUTTERFLY. ^ PrL’ht flatterer, with' xnMcn namai- Fox tied from cenlletlnfl tn flame. Hoy hast tlmU. dafrd tu rcatnra out Ere ths buds liegm to sprout? VVben imderneath the xhellerlng hnwsf Arbutn* hslli hot ’shown l»«-r flower, Creeptng from lbs miMlmt tuo-.a. With her brilliant lean * of gt'iaSJ Wben an yet within the brook l/«« ve< Mu punned »* In S IhioS, Held within Hie Iru Kind's htms Cl a* pud sbutit thi-li frozen chsi-nas Wily wert Ihmi not w lw to wait Till Kin, Frout should abdhatt:? Till the bliit-binls pipe In nine, Till tlie Mny look* on toward June, Till the dsndelioti’* y*-lb»w Lends the (awn s radiance mellow? TJieue few hour* of aunafilm storm, bias warm Id ay prelude n falnl Brlnalnz frnet or brinumx ano«r ; Where, then, frail one. w ill Hum go? Robin'* forty linn'* a* strong, Yet w$ do not hear hi* nong. —Edward K. Creuniur In KewTork Kun. relieved, he undid kapt-bls finger week of dry weather, crops Kind* good. Tenn<*»ee —CeUan gro#ii|g«ic«ly; Mississippi—8fand of cotton crops elean and growing well. • writer In the Hi. Ixmla Republic, know what yrmr answer will be with out waiting for IL It Is this: “Yes, once every month since 1 hate been did enough to pay Attention to such phenomena.” Yet 1 take the position that you are badly mistaken, and that in all probability you have never in your life beheld the lull face of our “all very slater world.” Byway of so lution let us see what it takes to con-' stitute a “full moon” in the exact sense of the term: A full moon occurs y only when our obsequious attendant ts^ ^ ^ one hundred and eighty degrees of . , IdOgitude from the sun. Old Sol and the •® •’ earth, being on the ecliptic. But the -.noon's orMt is inclined to the ecliptic at an angle of fire degrees eight min utes forty-seven seconds and is there fore never on the ecliptic except when at Us “nodes” or crossin This being the ease, what We call the circular disk of the moon (full Vnpon) lacks considerable of being an e circle, being what astronomers term ex- bigh and poor. Times seem to bo a* hard in the grett grabs growing North west ns in the land of Klitg Cotton, Banks Hare no >! IJ Buggestlau. Dr. J. W. .dtukes in The Cotton riant f* The gold bug edict ha* gone forth— ailver must lie dealroyed. The >hj- !• cks demand a pound of fleaht what matter* it then, that'lhe masses of the pw>plr bleed toduatlt under Use o|»ors- tienfWhat aiatieut iPtlnt K Dorn- ocratlc platformtpledgcd the pa rty to the preservation of file white metal ? hat nMtter* It thatbHnlrik are breaktifg and the country- la m>on the verge of unl- tlic flatly the »*nrc Intial of Trade, and the chamber* (ff coninicrce are begin ning to bokl niecting* anM , denounce ailvei. A Baker’s Af Ynerchunts and bankers met ia Charleston h few day*»go apd wwfit.ovcrt|iellttlr||>cecb prepared for them on VYatl MixmA and sent out in close concurrence with th - executive “appeal." A niece handful met in Columbia, and wem through the same program f and straightway the ''great" dal lie* blazon to the world . in «care headlines “t’harieston against free silver," "Cotufffbia sound on fin- anea." These wHIim used in remote sections as Indbrntlng a revulsion of feelingin ‘ Houth Carolina, when in f a*:t it repreeuate the feeling of a hand ful ef a pirHi^l minority in the bute. This fal*a system of systematic falsi- RcaHoncan be defeated in only one wasi and that ia for eaeh Alliance in pas* lutions reafflrming pur faith fn the "Iwa Wflals of fFlbboslfy," and U never h parfret disk except when “a full moon" happens exactly at the time when Luna U crossing the ecliptic, at which time she must necessarily lie centrally eellptrd. One of our best present day astronomers, in oonclud- tegiia otttete Pf same subject, says: ’’XYe therefore con clude that a real full moon, one having a perfect circle, has rxrcir, if ever, been seen.” "By guns! it's the easternor's boss lihoc!" ejaculated Bam Pike after an in stant's scrutiny of tho hoof prints!, among which were several larger than the rest showing the dear impress of a shoo. The others were those of un shod horses. Then the party scanned the marks closely. Then the men looked at each other with Ugly frowns. “WctC said Bill, tentatively, at Inst No one answered fora moment Then Sam remarked: “It looks bad for ther easterner, sure! Th' haint anyone got boss shoes like them in th* district 'cept him. I'm sorry 'f th’ feller’s put his head in a rope's sad, boys. But we'll navis ter folter Rim up. iVho’ll go back?” | A couple of the party volunteered. The men separated. i*art of them | moved forward on the troll. Tho oth- i era turned their horses at right angles , to the former line of march and loped ! pn toward the easterner’s cabin. 1 Ytic easterner, otherwise Jock Craig, of whom they had been speaking, had lieeitJn SAgr Bar only a short lime. He was a tcndcrfooL out iand out. When bo came to the bar be brought his wife with -him. She was a bright, RTetty little woman, but they haydly knew alloue her in tho settlement. Craig always ranch merit on the hn(l tM . rn ^roed, and the'Ywo Tmd ) kept by themselves In the little cabin I- which sto<vl a mile or. so away from town. So Sage Bar had come to con sider the pair a "queer lot,” and to designate them os ‘’the easterner an’ his wife," which was intended 4o be rifle au he stood aside pass. She came out quickly. Stetson turned tod bent to fasten the door. As b« did an, ho felt a tingllng-coid metal against hia head, and heard in her voice, now without a tremble: “Put up your hends end do it quiek- lyl" The order xme so distinctly put and so emphatically backed up by the cold metal, which Stetson knew only too well was the dangerous end of a re volver, that he did not hestfate. As he threw up his hands, thfc doof waa pulled open from the inside and k (ban dashed out and melted in the darkness of the prairie. A moment more and the hoof beats of a horse came hack, sounding clear and sharp on the still air. The men who had been asleep till now, awakened by the noise, stenpily raised themselves on ^iclr elbows Tho woman had not moved the pistol from Stetson** head. Hut she now dropped the weapon quickly nnd started to run. In an instant Stetson was after her, and, wild at being outwitted, hed run her down and caught her before she had gone fifty yawls. As He grasped her by tho shoulders the hoof beats were dy ing to -the sir and the woman looked into her captor's face with on exultant smile. Stetson brought her bark to the cab in and In a half-shamed way told his story. The woman wgm quiet and did not seem to bear what they said. I)e- WHfTE RAIN ASTONISHED HIM. i at e to fl«e the State at its next meeting to old Democratic usage of Tree coinage Let uMfif oMMCflim flutim • he sent to the pipers and also to President Clave- The purpose is rMaftals Start* Oat tha World'* Woadoro. •' Among recent arrival* by steamer was the nobleman, Baden Ads In, son of the powerful chieftain Natodi Lags «t JkVfi, say* the- Han franciuro Ex aminer. He wa* arrayed in the curious manner of his countrymen, with sandals ou his fact, decked with gold, a sarong hound around his loins and gold and diamond buttons on his coat Ada in, the nobleman. La a dauntless, intrepid-looking man of about thirty- two years. He Is tall and has an in tellectual- looklng-fnee. Adnin has never been In America before, and •peaks no English. A. R. Klrkhoven, however, n fellow countryman who is traveling with him, told all shout him. He said that the nobleman lived in the city of Rutaboimc, hod a wife and two children, and feeling it Incumbent on himself to enlighten his mind on the condition of the world; had set oat, like Haroun-al-Baschid, to be gone many mouths “On the second day out from Yoko- fcoma," said his companion, “when wo were about three hundred and forty miles from lan<!^ we ran Into'a violent •nowatonn. When the nobleman Adnin saw the flakes fall upon the deck he thought it was the most remarkable thing that could happen and called the flakes white rain. He had 7 never seen snow before. Later, when he saw the passengers grasp the snow, press it together Into balls aud throw it ClioaiL he waa amazed. Adnhs fonnd It pretty cold aboard ship, and Is greatly pleased that it i* so warm kero.” land to doabtle*! fixed silver, |n djibmr* of the withe* of the people and of the f ledge* of the party; bhi peepj^ should apeak out so plaiul/'iifl to leuve no room tot doubt to that point. If they break the pledge of tb« party, fot+x them to •In agslaet MBht,uith fotf knowledge — ef the eenlisMBC of the people* A tro-' mendoue pfesswfe is being brbqght to ^ . pejtrta j^l a shtofto of (or Hag anseng •he people as an excuse' for dodging the pish* pdsdMsof party. That Is In Mrge fMapAfg dm HNtoiag of the bauk failures In tbs weat—the stronghold of IlMettfttf, Thanedt flUge tA the Wcnflerfal fl*U«* ef Smell le Dog*. It haa 5f(en keep proven |hat dogs Cfh able to track tlioir masters through crowded streets, where It would be impossible to. attribute their ac- euroex M offlOilLttooqiM* th « sense of amsll ifatok If r. Mdmaaes. the nat- aralist, ones ssede seme interesting ex- as to this wonderful power, os exhibited, ia his own dog In these mklek wats elaborate enough to a iougflraud bettor description aataralist found that his dumb frtrfkt could easily fallow In the tracks * his master, though he was far out of sight, and that, toe, after no less than •leveta persons had followed, stepping exactly ia the tracks made by Mr. Intsaes, U being ths deliberate inten- tiou id confuse the erase* of the poor deg if pesaible. Farther experiments that the animate tracked the act. W HI toy of our farmer* be silly •noufh to sign sucf? petHlonsF V trust ■Mt; yo> auiuu •( them dM petkious sgaiust tlie auti-optito bill, aftof having eudursed the mea*lire^ Au cmitr.1?) uf ihe gaatVK-r* tvM tSrsc failed eotlrely.—St I^oais Republie. Oee Of ffw—Beak. MM. don't you know. Miss Swot .briar. that when the electric oaW struck me it’ knocked me silly? ~ She— Poor fellow, tod you have nevef recover-.’. it—r.Uait FriftTrci* anything hut complimentary. When the trailing party reined up in front of Craig s cabin they found the object of their search titling on a log before the door, smoking. From his dress, bespattered wKth wrad, Kt was evident that he had just returned from riding. Tlie parly exchanged glances of understanding. Sam mice came to the point at once. “Craig," he said, “yer wanted down ter th’ Bor,” 1 “What’s that?” demanded the eaat- erncr. angrily. "Ycr vranted down ter th’ Bar!" 8am repeated. “For hoss steallngt" he added. _ Craig’s face was aflame in the instant. He sprang from his scat, throwing bock hia hand to hia hip. lint the othershad him covered, and his hand dropped loosely by his side again. ‘Tt’n a - lie," he Said, "and you know it!" Just then a woman's figure appeared in the cabin .doorWAy. It was Craig’s wife. > ° • •. •• - "WhaCs the matter?" she questioned anxiously, seeing her husband's atti tude. Craig spoke up quickly: "Go back, Dolly! They've g<H up a dirty story . about me And want me to go to the naC ’ But £11 come back In a little while.’’ Ham had a great fear of women's tongues ami tears and Immediately or dered Craig to mount s horse which an other man at a word secured from the stable near by. The woman had looked on dumbly, seeming hardly to cotnpre- Ticnd what was taking place, but flaahe aaw her hnkbapd walk over toward the horse, ah* ra^to him, and threw both arms about him, holding him tight to her. fie unclasped her arms gently after an instant, and mounted the horse nnd, turning in the saddle, waved hin hand to her. Then they rode Abrily, and, after they had gone n piece. Sam looked back nnd saw the woman still (•landing there, her hands loosely locked before her,’ watching them with wide- open eyes. c'She’s grit ter th’ back bone," muttered that worthy, and lashed his harso into a gallop. AH Bag* Oar crowded onroad ftie party when they drew rein In town, and there were soma who wowld have strung Craig ap on the spot when Ham had told the story. Hngs Dor wa* in that stage of progress where hone stealing was a capital offense sad a short shrift was granted to offenders. But Ham’s protest that nothing should be done until the Hines party returned was beedefl, and the prisoner was put in an empty cabin, Ard hand and foot, several of the mci guard. The afternoon waned away and even ing came and tha Htaes party did not make its appearance. So Craig waa given something to eat sad then was flsstened tightly once toorb, and the ihbn rolled themselves up in their hlao- I ketk In front of the cabin flboiU eleven 0*tk>ck .Icavlagonly J o Stetsouod guard. toknow * ,*»•'- in > Wicckr he's sus- or .... .. ^.innie (aged six)- "Well, then It would be lovely; there would V>e no nurses!"—Tit-Bits. —Mistress—“I should like to' know irhst business thst poHcemnn ray kitchen every night in the Cook—"I’lesse. mnm; I think he' piciod*/»f fny. heglectln’ me work somethin’."—DemorcsCs Magazine. —Miss Hsrt —“Which do yo»i think is usnnlly the sillier—the bride or the groom?” Mr.- Oldbatcfi—“The groom, of course. Tlini'fl how he, happens to be n groortf.—Indinnnpolis .Tournal. —HF (gating nt her Jewcllcss ears durihg s temporarv lull In the conver- sattofl)—“Why! aid you never have ydufears bored?” Bhi'—“Never, up/to the present time.”—Boston Transcript. —Aycsha.—Mlsa Twittcr—"Mr. Enpcc has a habit of referring to his wife as ’She;’ ” Mrs. Dagood—‘H>nly so ab- broviattoa.” , Mian, Tfbltter — “For what?" Mfa Dogood—"Hhe-who-must- be-obnyed.’’—Truth. *—But Flowers Are Expensive.—"Do you know anything abbut the language of flowers?” ha asked. Not Proud «f III* EiketlMi. In this country wberf It comes to the basting of Imllotfl tllb flerson elected to the position awarded by the suffrage of the punpla It ml way* nxlrsnudy proud of the rt'.<nlt, even though he may not lie capociully desirous of holding wiHee. In bthcr countries, too, tho recipient of the greatest number of Imliolsat the polls Is apt to swell with prldo over the out- bomo 6f the voting, hut there is a case du recoitd in Yapnn where the winner nt fhe ikiIIs was not only sorry for his sue- cess, but came through thfil succeas sub sequently to Wish he Imd never been borp. This was in tho village of Aws. And the person honored, or dishonored, by tho majority vote was (t Jap of the nstne of Abi Tunihci. ft seems thst the village of Awa was oarrawsed by a midnight rpblier whom nolusly could iletect. The head of the hsiidet summoned the entire mulo pdp- hlntion under hi* charge and directed every man to ii’rito tho muno of the-jicr- son whom lie snsitocteil anil to deposit tho p«|ier in n box. Fifteen ballots bore the name of Abi Tmithei; the test being blanks. Tho man whom everybody dis- trnsted fra.* so much overcome with as- {Wnishmcnt t hat ho made a full confes- flion and weni id prisori. — Harper’s Yoling Pcyplo. men agreeing tp stand r. worsted by a woman, the men could Ool but admire her pluck and skill. Then they argued as to what they should do with her, and Anally decided to take her into town as soon as it light They locked her In the cabin 1 and then sat up and talked the real of tho night They felt that It would "be useless to attempt to trail Craig in the dark, and, to tell the truth, they were just a bit fearful that tho woman would escape them unlesa lookout. When morning came a big party set off in pursuit of Cmig. But they had scant hope of overtaking him with a horse under him and his many hours’ start. The easterner's wife still re mained looked In the cabin. Sage Bar for once found itself non plused. Law and order hail been re versed by a woman and the town had the offender in custody. But smoke and ponder as it might. Sage Her was at a loss to know how to proceed. All the laws of the settlement, unwritten though they were, had sprung from dn acute sense of frontier needs, and re ferred to men. Tkete was an nndefina- blc feeling among the Sage Bar aolona that these laws could not be applled with propriety to women, snd so they talked much, smoked and drank much more, and did—nothing. When the Hines party came In, tired, hungry and empty handed, no solution of the diffi culty presented Itself, and so, with ad mirable judgment, the town decided to free itself of further responalbility by setting the woman at liberty. The easterner’s wife was pale and evidently worn out when they brought her oat of the cabin; bat she said not a word I don't believe flowers Karo any language 'at all,” re plied his friend who was thinking of hi* heat bouquet girl. “Why?" "fV- seue* they any talk ia^'cheup.ttsfc’.i- ington Star, K —A eww that give* Muck milk h the •ighth wonder of the world. The ani mal belongs - to Robert Hnn*ltarough, of ChilHeothe, O. The butter made from the milk of this cow la of the color of coal-tor, Six calves have been reared by Hansborough’s cow, and they TKHve well on the black milk. —Groeer—“What have you been do ng in the cellar ao long?" Grocer's Apprentice—“I have been cleaning out waa ! *hc molasses measure. It was so clog- gad up that it didn't hold more'n half a quart.” Grocer — "Oh, that’s what ^you're been ’doing!' Well, you take your hat and go home and tell your fa ther to send you to the theological school. You ain’t fitted for ths grocery business.” A TOUGH GOOSE STORY. Iks Western Woman. Who H«4 Also Seen Qunov Things, Weller rd It. She was a western woman and had been entertaining a room full of gnc*ts in au nptowif hotel with some extraor dinary tales Hhe had just finished one particularly wild and woolly border romance., when a young southerner present drawled: “Madam. If anyone else in the world had told that story I should have been eompeled to doubt it, but, of course, I can not refuse to believe you. -<> “Now,” he continued, as if by way of retaliation, “you can not fail to appre ciate a most unusual occurrence in my - a minute, and there were the geese when thev told her she might go, amT ’ iudz as fast as if they had been nailed walked off in the direction of her home ton hoard, with a ORilie, half of defiance, hall of satisfaction. That night the party whlcluhod gone ip pursuit of turned, having made a fruitless search. Two days later, just as Koge Bar was preparing its evening meal, two men were seen riding over a swell from the northeast. Five horses were driven loosely before them. When the men got nearer the town one of them was recognized aa the easterner. He was riding bare-headed, and beside him rode another, dark and swarthy, bis arms bound to his sides, his horse led^by Craig! All Huge Bar assembled about the party, while Craig told the story of. how he had ridden /way that night, had struck the trail of the horses, snd following it had brought the Mexican thief to terras with a shot from his rifle! and then came hook. And when MI ther# wgre ehOcrs tor the easterner such os the town hadn't had to relieve Knell of for* long e; and to tMs day there Is not a man in Sage Bor but touches his slouch hat _to the cMtorasgs wife, wk*m Jo Stetsoa deHarts tt “tH* sandiest little oman in th' west!”—Kansas City TiUe* ~ “For several Asya fhe geese—there mat have be*a a thousand of them— aouawked trvincr to ax.. . trieato themselves, hut to no purpose. The people In the neighborhood wstohed their struggles wltji more or Iss* curiosity, snd flually a mountaineer and hia wife ventured on the ice to cap ture some ef the game. “The geese mads ome tremendous ef fort ia nnissn, and lifted the whole sheet ef iee into the sir, slowly flying away with il Slowly the lee floe aoBepflsfl until It became a mere speck In the sky and finally disappeared slt*> gather. Ths neighbors are now watch ing every day when the weather mod erates to sad (he Hd man his wife drop freas the cloud*." The western woman looked up.at tke speaker and remarked: “Well,' that certainly desa sacra Incredible, but I dsu't doubt K, tot I’ve seen too many queer things myself."—N Y. Herald. Ill* Solrmn Oslh. A popular comedian tells a story of u waiter at a Landed festonrant who wss sadly given to drink. A party 6T young men detenniiicd to fetorm him, and one flay they redd id him iff finaginary par agraph from s paper relating a terrible' accident in which an. inebrints in blow ing out a candle bras killed by the flame igniting the alcoholic fumes of hia breath. James pricked op hi* Kars nt this nnd requested thst the {mragrrph might he read, to him Ogsltf. which wss done, to the evident hhtfof’of the poor man, who immediately ttdit In search dr4t Bible. Rethroing with thfs, h*'•expressed a desire to take (t ndcmfi oSth upon it. Iie- mtmiied tht fai t (hot he had l*e**n a sorry tippler grtd wss bringing himself to rain; find then ssvore thst so long us lie lived wonld he -attempt to blow out a candle.—Million. fls fl itvsuiugs Jflsa The longer I tire the more firmly con vinced I am that men bars tbs advan tage of womeii hi everything In life, and we shall never be their equals to thd struggle till ws can hate many more of theif privileges than custom is willing to grant h* now. For instance. If a man want# a he* spring suit be simply goes to sec his tail of—the same tsilot he hat patronised for year*. The tsiltif show* him on* line of.fclbth. The happy tnan gives a qnirk but comprehensive look at the goods, selects that which aufts hia tasth ftotn the group of materials that suits his pocket, and tno deed is done. He relies oil Ms tailor's judgment as to whether the coat shall lie sack, cutaway or frock, snd so walk* off. It never occurs Id k man to get sam ples of the goods and then run around to every other tailor simp iu towiLlb nw if ha can't get a bargain or a little (At cbi-sprt material that wouM “Imdr-juiit aa vrefl; -.— --R never occur* to a man to ’ talk it over" with every tnale friend, to dtrcu** the new ent in trousers and RfW-thit I nch li holor would lie liecdniirig to niia. I«‘ relies on his tailor to furnish not only * nil son aKc L-ood style to his suit, but also one that la suited to his mstomer'a todiftfliwlity. Imagine a hmsi getting bn n sifeet cn( and meeting two men friends and pro ducing a lot of samples, saying: “Oh! Charley. 1 want to show you some sanK pies I got of my new coat. Now. don'f yon think I’m too dark to wear that color? But tt’q ad fcbrap,” etc., etc., while Charley and Francis gave their Inspected the samples, funny? Then Charley should ssy (to make tbs scene complete): “Yea, Imt that’s old, Why, they wore goods like that aH last year. John Jerome had some trousers jnsf Ilko that.”—Chicago News-Record. * A MotCI lust. „ "Let fn* took ht the letters in the li box. plen*e." said a mun to the clerk in hue of the up town hotels tin* morning. Theclegantly attirol gentleman behind the imirMe bestowed a stony iitafe u|k»u (be other individual snd in hts most icy tone* demanded: - _ “. , “What naipe. rtif” •‘Brown -Aifreil Brown." "We have no mall here fiif ymi. sir,” said the cbfk.ln accents that froze into icicle* ixj tl*e vord* dtop)icd from hi* Uiw. ’You will proliablv tind it at tho {iohtoCice.” “This‘let hf fgifes,” ssfd tho tlerk. "U tho worst thii liceet fis. Tho men whd lounge fii oar easy bWflffs, fiwipc onr *ti»- ttoifery snd mnko tMflm,selves generally kt home In tlie lobby cfe nothing -com pared to tho fellow who will knvs hi.f moil sent fn the rare of the hotel of which be is not and has never been a guest. Opinirttui and Wonidn’t it be A Water Snpply t'nSrr Ererjr (tarn. _ Every bum should have a cistern un- der^it, and c«i»ecUlly if the born have a basement for wintering stock. With •uitablo contrivances a supply of pure water may be provided, .ao that the watnf Js jhiit off automatically when the vessel is filled to a certain height. Tlii* ia done by a wooden valve resting on tlie water and buoyed up by tt.so that the water i* shut off whenever it is needl'd. Much cisterns under I mi ms have often fumiabed the ftiiidt promptly so OiTo mvo sertonz losses from fire.—Al bany Argus. . n A Wine Aoawsr. , The shah Once asked a group of court iers whom they though the greater mnn, himself or his father. At first he could get no reply to so dangerous a question, the answer to which might coat the courtiers thdf liead*. At last d wily old courtier said. ’’Your father, eire. for. though you a^e'equal to your father in all other respects, in this he i» superior _ . to you—that he hod a greater son than stoto Th* post winter, oa gnu- know^. ^ yoo fagTc.^-Chatterbox. kss been unusually severe in the south. B’elh- in November, when the wild goess were flying post us, a flock of them stopped to drink in one of our Carolina ponds. “Being so much pleased with the tva- tor they loitered for a day or two. But one time while they were paddling around a sudden cold wave swooped down without any warning. A crusi of ice formed over the pond in less than Astronomy Hr for* dirtat. - Almnt oOO D. C. Anaxagoras of Ionia wos ltorn. When he "grew up in wia dom,” lie was the first fo feach tlie course and ennseof both solar and lunar eclipse* •nd to give his followers rules whereby they could distinguish planets from fixed stars. . Ho was punished for declaring' that tlie sun waa not a god. —St. Louis Republic. „ - i A l-o*t Lcmm. Mrs. Winkers (nieaninglyV-The paper says a man walked into n saloon yester day afternoon, took a drink and dropped —Tho Vicar—"OL! that your boy. Smith era? And w bat’s he going to be? IA shoemaker, Hke yourself?” Hnsithera r’ Oli, no! sii*. He's uBcomaaon load at i animals; you ece; ao we’re ihiaLiny fl( OMfkiug him a butcher.” .r- J Omrty Vfatrae. Tomdlk—Hdjack says ho killed a fi loot snake the other day. Mrs. ToauHIr—How ridiculous: No Oho aver flaw a snake with four foot.— Judge. , Mr. Winkers (solemnly)—Procrastina- Hon is a terrible thing. Ho should have taken his tonic sooner.—New York Weekly. . ' '' ' >- A Ornaltlv* Patleat. Dr. Em doe—Feet go to sleep. That shows your circulation is Iwd. Editor Daily Kazoo—That’s all you quacks know. I suppose if my corns ached that would show that the advertis ing patronage was- falling off.—New York Herald. some 5,000 feet above sea level and far from hnmitii habitation. \ “Yon’to • friend of the fleotUy, oto yon nWr “Niv sir. ffli a poor relation' Of the Bpri^iiur family."—Chicago T.l-ano. Men don’t seem to take to the bookish girl somehow as much ns one wonld ex pect them to do. Perhaps it's because her head is developed at the expense of her heart. 4 i There are 7.000 Welohiuen in Urochief American citira—2.500 m Piuahiw, LW in Chicago, 1.300 in Cleveland and 1.0*0 in New York and PtiiUdriptoa. The public luye nniannee and ho PtllUYNl III <&«*n|]|1g A* soon aa wa get/: send the letter* Many men will night at a hotel ing or lodging of having find no theyi tionery. W and send tl flee, and in freeae them odt.!— Idea what a ierriblii inch thntt fa con- . #1, fi- tor r w- - a. . I vD69fr mamamm 0 theft tucket ycd i a room for a day or then go tb f board- s. just for the )mr- msll sect in our care it ward tfsfi our sto- ibTt tly tumble to theni hock to fhe fwotof- out of ten this will oshmgtou Star. Rveei MImvJ. me,” mUI uHjtd hejgrd me litoh ter me. snb! tome down ter de bap- ymr ter? Onghtar to M ’f. Uwtne die one o’ do o4e detail gwine to#' what be gwine tor do. yin come dowfl dor. aay?" went roan tor de jailyord tea hung.” he wuxul hung terday, ih." though( flat tack wouldn’# Ht! teil nuixt week. ftb%*de he A _ “.Come _ to his son. Why didn't ftoinHkel 'thawed o' flese days, git yer. Why didn’ “ Case •ee Cnclefi •Xook wnz liar I “Yas. i "Why, come off dor “Oh. ho dropped an sorter shuck hia feet er little." "DM. hahr : •'Yes, sah." ’'Did he sing nn pray lihf ’ton he drappedr “Yes, sah. an shouted.* Tledldr . , f ’’Yes, «ah.” • - After II moment of reflection the obf Awn ruefully added: “Confonn dat blame bapttzin, done cheated fno paten dis d* v. Folks will think dat f didn't hab no re- speck for dat brudder o’ mine, nohow. ! 'spize ter see er pusson wjd sich er (s? recoleckshun."—Arkansatr Traveler. Fhlla4*lpltla.>IHil*««rs Pa* Typewrltor*. Several ministers of churches in this city have learned the ait of ripe writing, and instead Of using pen find ink when inditing *erinOB*.eniploy the means pop ular with hdslness men. A reporter f few Sundays ago cfilled on a pastor of a prosperous uptown congregation far an' abstract of his sermon. The lively mnsto of a typewriter wo* the only sound which broke the silence of the anteroom in' the sacred edifice. But no fair haired damsel presided over the machine—only the di vine, who was indnatrionsly completing his work ns he foufld most convenient.— Philadelphia Press. / A conch shell was picked ap recently by a herder on one of the highest buttes in the John Day moantetgflPDtegniC boat wasewsmjied. nnd she Was compelled A Plnrkjr oirl Sw 1 miner. Miss Fox, daughter of tbn telegraph operator who was ducked by the over turning of his boat near the war fleet thu other day, emulated her father Monday. She wss carrying a dispatch fftftn Wilson Barrett to Admiral Cherardf When her The smallest bird th th* West It bamming bird. Ita tiudy is less than an inch long &fid weiglis only CO gnitos. to swim to the Philadelphia. She deliv ered the Urosuge damp', bat perfectly legible. Mr. Barrett frill reward her' handsomely for her pluck and aquatia ririll:—New York Letter. 1 Japan*** Slew Although the Japanese clocks are di vided into’the some number ^f sections as onr*, (he bands travel on^-tudf a*’ fast The day has six bears and nisfcf a* many, so the uOffei round sfinr tn sau contains Imt twelves aank equivalent to two of the wfflff^jre are HXWtomci.—1