The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 06, 1893, Image 1
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.Alliance Department.
Ailopteil Omn't;: Organ by thv Ctir
y Allinnwe July 5th, 1889. . ",
H. J. l*4kTH,.Associate Editor,
1'n^ftiom lilt Communications on Alliance ;
Matte,a alioultl be t<Mresse<l.
THK FAttMKU.
Th«' kiPK mitv rtitc over liiti.l and sen,
f lic Im-il may life riKht royally.
lie sol.Her rWo in pc»nr[*.Rnil i>ri.lc, ,
he saTlo;'?rV.ii:ii y.yrr-n-rrm vridr,- ■
He this', or that, jvhatcver befati,
The farmer he must feed them alt.
liEJEUTEiiANjD AOCEFTljiD WU.pJt«*te of the MB. he had *M* 0
, - —> ;' J tr) tlicmore.istv tte read 4t stvor exra.
■ t fully, eorreetisl M.me evhtent nih.tattPS, j j„«n over the bUlc'otUio tty wl Hy.
Why a RtcnOgfnpher Lost Faith la fulilc.l it up ami put it in his Inside ||p irntca arc reached by • devious way
vli-- Ttr,—tr -rw '* tMefret ' ' r * ^' v ; tr-m alt hut an aii;. l s eye
' W<>rW H 7 * ^^IhMi nilnn^ln^c wAR tn .lo ahuut^m
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UOIreri of tli« roaaty A^IUnro.
W. J1. Duncan, President.
Ui B. Tdoto, Vice President.
Vv. 8. ilaindiRrg, Secretary.
A. V. Free, Treasuter.
W. 0 Britton; Chaplain.
1’ 8. ivieks, County Lecturer. -
A. AIL Steward or Assistant LccUlrer.
vf. E. Sadler, Door Keeper.
R. K. Harley, Assistant Door Keeper.
I). \V. Bodiford, Sejiiear't-at Arms.
F. II. Creech, Business A (rent. e
Kxoeutive Committee—C.. B-. Free, \V. W.
Fatriek, W. A. Faust. •’
-j-Trado Connimtee.—Ai, M. Hunter, r. 11.
f).>w)ing, J. M.,Ulmer, W. A. AlT.
Committee on (lood of the order—J.. C. Mc-
_ Mo F.denfield, W. T. Cave, J. K
The writer thinks, ihe poet sings,
The craftsman fashions wbrbrons tilings,
The dm to- heals, the ihrtyer pleads.
The miner follows the precious leads,
He this ur tha.; whatever befall,
Ifhc farmer he must feed them nil.
The merchant lie mny buy :ind sell, ^
Tbe teacher do his dutywrll, . . .
liu* nicu 'rimy toil through busy dauv
Or men may stroll thnnurh pliSisaiit ways.
' From king to begyot. wtllUev/’r hefnBj
The fanner he must feeiilh iulkIL
• 'Rie fanner's tradwis one irf worth.
He's partner With theFky and i .irth, '
lie's partner jvith the sun and rain,
Aryl no itian lose sTorlds pi in. -
And men nuiy rise and men majh,faU,
But tin farmer he must feed theni ail.
®mdhtig, E. B. Cinyw.
Thr Houtfacrn Hogr-
„ . . , - r i ' The Titan that walks IHdnd the y>low.
By the iiitrodnetkin of better l.lo^tl k lH \ tU 0 w„ master whatever la-fall. .
■ The farmer dart's his mind to speak,
lie has no gift or piece to seek.
To nu man living iur 1 he llbw,
• Tfie ' ’
In the hogs it Is u)a[m'.(l the pork pro- ■
tW 1
Altd king to beggar, he feeds uCal 1
-flt*—.'i . 'Vi' '4»i»
The rise of Reginald Filipp had been
Rome thing phcpopaenal. ISo man was
jhort' sought after by-publishers and
the editors <if maguzines. Mr. F'lipp
1 had been somewhat prolific at.tho bo-
girmlng, but now that he could get
practically any Bjdee he ashed for Ills
MSS., he J)oenme more careful. It was
more and more diCieult for, a mngazinn
to gel a story by this now celebrated
anthor. * • I
One day there came to his room a
man whom the world apparently had
• not used generously. # ,
7" “F have come,” said he to Mi*. Flipp,
„ “to i.ee yin iviihOjlt any letter of intro-
dnetion, or without any preliminarv nn-
| nouneoinent. 1 was afraid to let you
~t TvIhm ~F tnteinhsl tfi emne, as ho .Itutcg-A.
• man as yon might well have refused to
nee.a stranger.”
j , ’T am'not "a busy man,’’ paid Mr.
i Flipp. i“*l doubt if anyone in the town
lug room'of the Illustrated Rugle, one
bf the-most pr. r. pen ms of the big week
ly papers. The b\y came baek to hbh
with his-eard still in his hand. , .
•‘The editor says," began the boy,
“that if it is about MS. you wish tosee
liim you are to leave it and he will scud
the jinswer. lie is very busy just now,
and says lie cannot sbe you unless^ it is a
matter of ituporLatne.”
"It is, a matter of impeirtanco," saio
Crm.bjr. “TeH tiinj thnC" —
. t, Thi»n plcrwi tyri'e it tiown." paid the
Ixiy,'. hesitating and pushing a slip of
paper Aowswsb. 1 -eo^hy.
Crosby took the imper and wrote on
•it: *"I must see you p*'rs<>nally. I shall
pot keep Von one minute. Ivindly grant.
me that lenrrth of time.”
Tlx
Tlie njliM unit dalcn to itowr,
Oucfeover tU .bills ot the IV> and Ttf
ituU you te torn itt tbe Iioumh of Neve*
r,»e liou<ieof Never is lilled With waits,
t\ lib Jusl-ln-a minutes and pretty soons.
The noise of their wings as they U-at the gate*
Comes hack to earth In the *ftorhooum
Wbi n shadows fly aerosi. tlie sky
And rushes rude fndcavor.
Toqucstlou Ibc bills of tbe Hy nhc-Uy
As they ask foi 1 the houie of Never.
The house of Never was built with tear*
And lost In the hills of the Hy and-lly
!'Afe ii mmion hopes nn.l n miHton fears, — r -
1 - A lialiy s stniU- and a woman's cry.
The winding waywretns Hrteht to-day.
Then darkness falls forever,
rorover the bills of flic Hyand-Dr
borrow waits In the house of Never.
—Chicago Dispatch.
toil HUe thiV’and tmtel.ing up tBo many RvxmI wisher, obowred
i long e\elmngo iwixijorft from the desk eloocd tlp^ «kx>f and wept abofttr
he Bhufllvtl ifi’o the i>p< ratur's room, bling dou iit.talr* and oul f<»r iMi'
twTink itTr«»n>«ir» ~ihil I flt PRflT^-tfatWT: — T ^ ^ .7
»*t lh r ant I «mi}0d boatom tod t** t f i<no\v lt, M ftaht f^HWfT
la-en assigned to the night's "pixlding” • "Knew jvhat?" inquired Brother*,
i of the telegraphed news. . naif asleep in hi* chair. . , ,
«#*•««
For week* afterwards, thr patient,
ejidi't man who used to write lire-i-ating
[ editor'alik *tood ladore his .lusty case all
night long clicking the type into his
stick, and at the t ml of tlie week got
That .IfTsiah tva/i lo be callrtV v A«,X !
came in )ast night, the Old Man W«a
atan.ling them talking to Rathbone,
the lawyer, aud l heard him cayr ‘MiV*
J.wdah Sanford (k id. i* -hq m.-tT an ft
the Old Mat) said yc*. in hi* short way,
paid for his “string" Just the satn. tfh Then .they wept on talking very can»-
' the other men. . *
j “Ho -mows a sight mor*\ a butt set
ting type tliah ho d?k*s lit suit vi iliug
. dit..rials," said the horse editor. , , ,, - , -
L “All the same." rejoined the society tors tndopglmnts Itdtdn'tcmnecheap. *
) man, "you'd "foil mighty iwd tf ynu J "lliats it cxncLly. aiacclfti thc how
were s»'t bagk that way every now and !
catly." ,
“lint wbat.doiH.lt mean?. Joatob
-couhl not havo bmght put the Eprtot'
that little paper is good; pay, and..doiw'
4«SIAH.
then."
boy took fhe phper and tlisip- \
pea rini. Returning p ft era few ununents.
he said, briefly: “Come this wa\\ sir.” Tho Btory of Hia Many Triala and
Crosby followed the b>y until the lab Their End.
fin* more, leisure than I.—Sit down.—t^rafipe4^»Uy-a4r^ d.xir, and. push
I “Of course I should, flixi f Wouldn't
I Matld It; Just a*' t~ said 1 »ef< >pc:—There
are plenty of other jobs in this town
for ti self-respecting white man," and
we nlbbmglicd at his earnestness.
hona
clitor. , ; ' !
"Hi* nonTT’i half Inquired, half
gosted the society man.
•JlaMi L_aiiy_ than cr.ocgh
live on eomfortobljf," «*id Jone*.
"Then-there's but one explanation,**,
sttid I, “soiue one has taken a fancy tq
has ijeeti doubled; the improved stock
are made to weigh at from nine' to tif- j
teen months as inucit as'the natives at
' w
eiglijteen to twenty-four months, says
a correspondent of Home and Karin.
11 reeding for'earl J' maturity, without
sacrificing size and quality and coiis^'- '
tution, is the secret of sueees* in tlie
iimproved blood, IVhatha* l.eeu done
In the West and North west can be just
ns easily accomptislr'd here. We have
decided advantages over the Northatifd
•'M esi—^heaper lands and labor an
cheaper foods, a greater'' variety of
crops, a longer growing season, cheap
er building materials to erect shelters,
ami a better market, a market right at
our doors without shipping.
Our peppl* ought to avail tUcins dves
of ttiese advantages. Vv Itv ^hould a
single pound of pork he imported-into
the south,from the west? We- have all
(led l.<l*s the mini who roy^hP xhrirty
Who iimlxus mdk, and fr-’itand meat,
Mily Itis pursi'Issla-av) , ids iw ai t be li:
(Is fields ;jnd liome Ik' free from blight;
(•od bless the seeds bis hand h!s fail.
For the fanner hamust fee t tiiem all.
.- -v—— -A, Hem a mis. ,/*
(The Cotton I’hr.f.)
The County Alliances will all so.n
meet, then it is a little over a mouth
until the State Allience meets. Would
it not be ri order ^or-the Alliances 11
-—* W*UTt i':m I-ihrfnr fm-y.
“My *i;.tn. said jthe stranger, ^‘is
id, Crosljv. i am a shorthand writyr and
I want to work for you."
j- '“My dear sir," re pi its l I'lipp, “I have
op use for a shorthand writer. I have
never dictated in my life, and I dim'bt
if I,could. Ever\ thing I writeJL do with
mv owahahd. 1 iTo not even use a typo-
efriter. ,. ,
"I do," said Croshy. ■■ "I have a type
writer at home, and if-ydu will try dic
tation for awhile it will oeei
The editor was- standing fresrde hi*
desk with n slight frown -of impatience
on his face, and an -attitude tlrnt indi
cated that ire had just sixty seconds to
devote to his visitor,
^ “I wanted to see you," said Crosby,
"personally regarding a MS. I have in
•ny pocijoV - ,
‘Well, all I ran tell you,rcplIciTthe.
editor, “is that you may leave the
MS. if you earo to do so, and it will re-
; He sank wearily into Ids chair, nnd 1
ran his hand Over his f wt-iiu roe.-ing .
bald-spot, lie was neatly dressed-as into the room and ask.rd if Mr. Sa.xtford
neatly a* he could W on the small salary 'vo al wuy s called by his, first
he wa* aiiowod by tlvoi lid Mmvf who was namcwwa* in. \\« d.r.vte,! him up-
known> the pb.prietbr of the Fun to ♦** ' vl,< r f hls ^
vs i
1 do not tlHnk any . f n. kheNv tl.atj .lo-'hih or his editori.dA, an-Uu.« di. Uc.l
tlie oil! fellow bnd~irArm TTTrtltTvnc night ; V» ^birt him in on hi*‘>.vn.ho»rjf. I’.'or
am., ii,a.,, 11 . ! .ib..d : bid eliap. 1 for one am. gk’d hp lias got*
i . ..
for awhile it will occupy but Veive duc eonsidcraFion,"
petit ion < nt F Set i :tto ,> and KepVeseuta- T.t tie of your time and "cu‘ may find it "I know that Is the fotmula." said
- I. .,, • . ... extremely uv'fu’. . If, bn the .other Crosby, blandly, “but this is n..t an
( , Mve* in Congres., ug it aw... • hand, vou conclude that it is of no a 1- . ordinary MS.,and if-I leave It it!« optho
an Congress coiiyeros,. lulls ,bc . intro- v . iri1a p. t( , y<>U( n<) harm will he done." tm.lersiandtng that I may call at this
tluced giving relief to the people. Tlie ..j know ’ f u.f <M -e we begin*" said
titiKT is ripe itir the demand', of tliej eo- Flipp, “that it wouldn't work. I am
pie to be made into laws. Tim general sure of that." , •
Flow can foil be sure.".ticked Cros-
sTAgnat.ioti in business i« for tlid wai t
of n oaey to do the busiuesjt of ll o-
country. Itl*,not in South Carolina
alone, but tlie whole United States
that sutler. We want nmiiev for Aiuer-
_ nu | —V——. . ■ , ,
. ' n , . . , , ,, ientfs, made by Ameiieans, ami to be
lie*rd it said that a syst in of exelnstve , . ' . ’.
s usi*d by Americans, w ith the stamp of
our govemilieut upon it, and if the.
.. _ . , -,i i . si countries of tbfe world don't lise- H let
fha cotton? Hie two will dove-tail , , . ,
, ^ f . i tiveui lump it. Me are not eompelled
cotton culture would not pay;
why not combine swine raising
then
with
nicely together.
.. , . . ...nip It. " e are
llie proht of the one' , , 1 , , . .
. to li'iv from tiiem. Americans mdc-
C ! - J :
perruent. We can do A* on i?'ports to tlie
w/
will *t least make good ihe lo«<es of Hi
otlier. ,
Gr;w^ is the'ChcapoJFand best of all .... , , ... .
, . . . “charitv iiegius at home, ltldiik f it
crops for hogs* as well aw for luiraea- •“'-•- - ’
' cattle and sheep. Thert i*- rd<4j<*tt©r
by, “almut something you have never'
tried?' I.et me ask you a question: Have
ybirever forgotten any g'sjd idea that
you ever had?" '* ~~
“Hundreds of t’vcm." answeri'd Flipp. ,
“Then does not that strike you ns a
tremendous\vastebf brain(siwer? Have
you never felt annoyed to, think, that ,
some iro" 1 idea that had occurred t>)
you had slipped into oblivion?"
Flipp, who had la'en walking.up and
down the room with some impatience,
time to-morrow and get your,.own
opinion about it. I claim fliat this
story is as godii a*;anything Flipp has
ever writteiv if you really wish ox-
"rllenee and
you have an <
occur agryin.”
- "V»*e g.-t oppbrtunitle, e-v-iugli," ^aid
th 'editor, dryly, “of that land. Every
MS. wq, nveivo is an evtrrfoVdinary
story from the autlru's standpoint. If
if you really wish
not a well-known name,
■pportualty that may not
with our regular Jcadcr."
"And to-nxirrow, at t!iis hour, may I
v?in rind get your opinion tilxmt it?"
stopped trad locked at Ins visitor. Tin* editor hesil.ifisl a-momentam! he
‘■^presume,” he said at laslt, "even--, glanced nt the rard in Ids hand.
you leave it i pmmisi- to read it myspl/q/^rbi Typewriter and taking bulletins o:
though ordiYiarilv a MS. ta.ces itj turn jti,, Chicago nominations. Now ntx
whole world and Jo without fheui,' A* . . .
•• i s body has hud that annoying x-xperienee. "I.tlduk Iliave had MSS. of yours be-
TC-iromerhm TOT ATTiert- The* fish that getsaway. is always bigger . fore. Mr. Crosby. •
’ . 7 • • “ c : —♦ •% -rr ♦Axrxg-r* .....—_ 1 1
grazing for hogs than Bermuda' am) ( 1 l ' 1
Ii?spedixa, *ud both can he had ponmv-
wknild be a good motto.
W M. JloixjEi:s.
Springs, S. C.’.
telj Talk.
n.'ntly with very little outlay ohmoney.
When the graces fail there are other
crops, cheaply., gn.wn and harvested
(the hog* will do their owai liarvesiiug', Tlie hog crop of Ui^Ti'.ited srates is
Ui.yt will give fiae FCMiItVin proiluclujj; iiot keeping pace with the' increase in
ch«*p pork. The south is the home of ; populati&h. HaUe bog-, we tuife
the pe!*fft'tft, sweet ]>ot*to, chufa, arti- w^'nhowt meat, unlevs we w i«li alary'
choke, and cow pna—all these crop* 1 part of onr hardly earoeil coitott yroii to
very cheaply raised and splendidly j go to pay ourmeitt bills, unOnt lav w hich
adapted to fhTTieeds of hog«,-mvl et ier -• Ave-cHii u\ oid-fiy-- raisi ug- ,uur iu.eal_a.L
than tk.pse. we eateh.”- —r-—— F
“1‘reeisely," answered Frosby. - “Then -
why-let them get away? You are
young man now, .but there w ill emne a i
time when you will regret the waste ;
that probably now seoiy:$ triviak"
outsiders)—hut his shabby coat hung in
long, w rinkled fold*, from l}is sloping
shoulder*, and h,is gray mustache
drooped ns mournfuliy as hi* weak, sad
old mouth hnd ever dore.
* We,three men—reixTrtirs on the little
morning daily—barely glanced up a*
lie eanu-in. for'it was ffro’vihg late; ami
the calls for copy -would soon keep us
rtore than hn*iy to supply the printers
upstair*. Tlx- first-proof* had already
conic down the shute from tlie compos
ing rcHir.i al*ove,.tij)d that meant it was
RomcpheK'near tw'dve. For five min
utes no onM)x>ke a word, and the only
no’iBe which distuvin*! the silence of the
r«H)tn was the scrubbing of pencils over
the pails as the} - hurried on to pap.W the
Btory of the day's hap* and mishaps,
and the fnitfRod rnttk» yf the telegraph
launder m the Q.-xt nxim where Newel,
tlx- Associated 1’ress man, sat p-mixUng
f
1
then a late CabTVowled by on' the street,
or some happy, bosotte-.l citizen sang a
few wavering bars fron#itheTatest pop
ular song a* he reeled liomo, but the
little town was nearly asleep, inside and
eefc ^ ■
At , last with'a relieved sigh I serilr
nnd with a pleasanthe
went out. The operator, it seetne«L
. knew of him.
“He’s some sort of art actor, or. stage
! manager, or something, fhm-ft nt the
(ilol>e,’' he remarked vagrtely, with one
• ear open for his call on the irptlpiment,
"but he gets a very fair living, I guess."
“Why' don't he support Ms father,
then?" inquired the horse editor, indig-
tjuiitljr, “A man who would let his old
father be buffeted' nr.mud this office
like a bundle of bid papers, wheh he is
plenty iible to cU.ro for him, ought to
be thrashed.” -
’ The trouble - is," An id the opi-rator,
listening impassively t wins friend's vig
orous remarks, '"the old gentleman will
, not accept an}' aid whatsoever froniihis
sony lie's as proud a* Lucifer, and he's
i got some crazy notion of‘dying in the
harness,’ as he. puts it. They live in the
same house, but lie won't tukijy* cent
from tvi* yn:, *(ixl lieypays.fhc ^oLH^Vv-
ant they lifiVr jiist half of tvlxit jsne
gets foe waiting :>ti them. Tlie boy's
mother is.dead "
. “Tliat’s no excuse for his letting hls
Old dad worry his life out in newspaper
work," persisted the horse editor—who
had the highest notion* of honor and
WiliLIke ansAver. ‘'m£ von re- MeA mynspepisl mark at theeix’ of tix- ,,f ! "‘ v hlMS0 w,,t " r 1 h: ‘ v ''
n - turned them. I don't rtiimk you wilt r«- .. wa<r which had kept me W f.'.r the ' rtrrlm'men,,by Hig wayh A ha«4-i>.
a turn this one." , J . , > i a5t half hour, and took it across the <l f P****" «•«« ih,wn * nw with “
t , j )a( j jjjg rush as the operator started to speak
again, and the subject was dropped for
»the night.
“What salary do yoii wkint?" asked
the writer abruptly.
T don't want :my.ksakvry
oi*i o
"Very well. Call again to-morrow." room to,where he sat. II
At the same Tnmr next day Crosbj. buried in his hands now, and he did not
had his interview with the editor. That hear me stop beside hi^n.
gentleman had the MS. in his hand . j } “Here's this enr-strik'o stuff, Ipsiah,"
■“■I have re:xl this earcfully," he sniff,, f said, laying it down before him. He
wyRMl4“ftlK^mHftt tellyou frankly that it i* ijncoyered hi* eyes slowly, and pulled
to give hot up to our standard. There is some tho copy to him, R* I had-Cen him do |
ny j
say
to pfotnotequiet growth or -pijt on liome. 1 six it-tlie Xolly.ol. paying I'oti'L ti.xed.nTxL forvv<'r unit
frosl ( y. ''I sRalTIx' vefy pTenSPd to give hot np to our statuln
veu htitir* 4*y for. nothLng. At indication of nieriL nbon^ it, But if f a thnuAand'ttmes before- the'.i he seemed
least," he said, seeing Flipp wave his were you I would not say to the next to rememher nojpcthing. for With n suit*
hnixt im^xiti.-ni.lyq .“until - -you, find inan to w hom vgu submit it that it is as ilon ^gesture bo shoved it away and
.whethobsjr not tlxv proposal is fif value good as anything Flipp lux* ever Writ- | turned'to tno.
toy-in Oni-ivilown.on paper an idea is ten. It has not the slightest trace of fJ “Mr. Rird tviF attend fo It," he said.
'• 'yo'.ir control'.
Early the next morning when I got
home l told my wifi?, who always wakes
ip when I come iti, about Josiah and
Son. ns we ha 1 logua eallla’g tliem al
ready. and. with a woman's usual sym
pathetic feeling for all mankind, she
proceed Nl; to keep me awakea good halt
hour asking qucfstlonjr, and planning
some way in which to relievo- Josiah's
burden*. And the. last thing! heard os
only imaginative, contrary to healthy
\theort^ and tfuhsUuttol fact*, at vaii-
liearr a'td <poedy made fat. The idea j bueou twelve oents earfh, sixteen cents
'that nViuTfcortris tie "ded in order to tl no, apparenty whoii we kitovy we ran
raHc ^and fatten y’vlf!^sueiit.’sfifily is raise pork ;it«even cents? , r, 'i.ingou
a farm, where tt’eean ariangfe 'for tlie
feeding,.prod tub ion a id care of orr
nnce 'jvitli the best judgment, ol the best hogs, we can biing the'eost down to less
minds and contrary M Mu' mulHiilieil > than live ce.uts. ' " e r.-ui conduct t)ie
expener.ci's of those in th" South who i othef depaituieuts of farm work sfic-
havc tented all the proftitneuily meu-
f lohed hog foods. Wc can grow corn
,iV tills PouUhern country a* cheaply as
Buy where, but th*rc *ro other crops
better for hog* and more cheaply
fciown than corn. iVe only need to
feed a liUle corn a few weeks before
slaughtering, in driler to Harden tlx*
fle*h, aud this i»‘ noe imperative. If
our people \\'ill only, get this foolish
Merely floating on your brain it may !
sink and never rise bk the surface,
ugtiin." \
Then'. ,i» something :in tliat." said
hia
eessftilly, and do this withdut feeling
the outlay or tealj/.ing that we have
been put to uiucli ad Uti mal expend";
and we cannot tiia! e our f.-u uiing a suc
cess if we neglect this iihponant and
iTiitui'.tl factor in its cJoiim nw liegin
with a few Imgs and increase your
stock as your arrutigemotits t:. eai’e for
will allow. 1 kui't
at first. .Otunany
Flipp meditatively. “At least it wTfT
do nodiarm t-i.try. As you eami 1 in I
was thinking of a story that I ought to
work out reasonably wril. Have you
your lintels*)!; with youV'b
' Frothy plrodnccd it. - -
the genius of Mr. Kegmabl Kl’ppT ^ slrwTv.' ' *‘r w'lil ndTTie here after this, j -Pnnien*. arutjnejnsi
“Thank yon,” said ( rosby.takinglhe He lias taken mv place.- As -*rV spoktr | L -Anally ^b»_*toep. wa*:
MS. “I shall not l-otblc you with arfy hi* to|o* ciulventd, and I noticed in the j “Han't you think, FfRuTc,.weci^Bla mvb
more eontrilmtions.” ' 1 changing glare of the. gas jot overhead FUltonR to cltonersotoc tiaie?' .
“Thai must -be a* pleases you," ro- il-.at there wassonx-thing like tears in | - Vv tphl Edith abdut Josiah and
plfeT! tbe" edit or. "(food mofrmg," his honest old eyes. Newspaper men i s<in, ’ said niywifu the next^ night at
Crosby's experience in othof eele- are not apt to be affected by arty diV-
brated I'ditorial rooms was similar to play of emotion, for their -training ae-
his first atVyt’ipt at seilihg another customs them to it too much, but < vf^th
man's MS. as his'nwn. , . ' yquthfnl arroganee I had tiUvay* fe^t
-A- month later Re aftvv on all tha walla BoVry for josiah. and. I liafftnon; Uian
‘ ‘ . I* began to
Flipp waiVccd up and down, t!x;UxoomA of the city where advertisements were a passing intc'ft'.st in him
fora few r.ximeirts ip sik'M 'e. -allowisl a flamin'* nnnouncelnent set-
“Suppose we head it," he said,"* ‘The ting forth that thWillustrated llftgle
Parlhw of the Wavs’" had been fortunate enough to obtain a
CniMiy was evidently an expert short- most remarkable' story by Reginald
hand writer, for when Flipp became in- Flipp—this name in treinciulouB letters
• terCsted in th
lly,
story he talked very rap- j —entitled “The Farting of the Ways."
ami p-istiire them
attempt too much
but Crosby, without apparent
haste, noted it all down, never
checking the speaker.
‘There," , said Fiipp. when lx
The announcement ended with the Inti-
oncer* million tlmt the storY w-tnUl appear in
I fhe next number, an;l readers were ;ul-
hf.d vised to ordt'r their papers ahead, ‘so
idea out of their heads— that'yqrn U ulR fat t|4* t and in in any Sections of HieMatej^ finishc
itecesf
mho
solutcly-eisetUial to success in swine tl ere arc pnipanuiyoly speaking, no
breeding—then they will be in a proper'J toy* and no nt rangenieuts-Tor kcci in„
frame of mind to j(o into the hog busi- them.-in suchc;i*e*. now isthe best time
ness with hopeful evidence of much fo pet feet your plan* for another year's
sucee*S< , - [ supply.—*outtiern (..ultivafor. c ■
An.loilg.iM mir gfciitilprn peonk' .'on
“what do you think of that that there might lie no diaappaint-
i.tory?" ' ! ; hawrtt. — -
“Really,” said Crosby, “I cannot tell ’ M'hon Crosby saw tiiis announeement,
ym;. 1 kariynot heard it." ^ -,-lig.suiote iiia..cleLiehod tot n.ynjpst. the
"Not l.e-ard it'" 'c’xcluiined the novi'l-
ist. “Have not 1 just dictated it to
1 wall arxl said:
“Now I know there is no honesty In
you?
y tlnuc to purchase tlie major portion of ,
their pork products from the North and |
^ West, we need not expect any enusid-J
Arable degree of prosperity as an tin ag- s
rlcpltural people. Weeauunt afford it.
The drain upon our finances is too
great, they will nol stand it. We must?
keep this money til home and give it jqdpKXl hA'es. In future I shall
Circulation here where it is fil*-pMieh 'the Texas plan of raiaing nil 1
rtcejded and w lime it w ill do us all goo 1.
Th\t.k of how' vast a sum of money hi
rfbn1|.out of the Soiitli'annually to pay
Air western hog product*? The sum i«
enoruHms. ItTolltH-ts upon our intelli-
Fi;eap Colton.
•I. rt. • Kichardsou of New
probably th • inoit
planter in tlie'SoiUh,
Loui* Republic.
“1 have - now got
kind to bring me an
“Yon hi ve dietated it," said Crosby,
this world.”- Luke Sharp, in Detroit
Free Dress.
Orleans,
extensive chiton
w rites to the St.
Cf
?uHick'lit cleared
averitge' etop of
si'.id
“to a machine. I shall give you my
opisiioii upon itZwhen I have re:ul the
typewritten MS.*'That is." he added,
"rf you care for the opinion of a no-
bodv. When shall .1 e(ill again?"
“Oh. I tint in no hurry;" said Flipp.
“This hour to-morrow?" * ,
“Yes, if that suits your convenieBcc.."
The stiv.oger snajqiod the «dai,tic band
* hl11 ^ j around his notebook, put the cap up in
need ;viul
THE SHORTEST WAY.
And if Afterward? I’roved tlie Safest VTity
a* Well.
Tlfo most direct eprtrse is generally
the F.af>.‘.-,t in all relations of life. 1 An
r.neeilote given of. a young French ofl
eer in “.Memoirs of Count Segur" illus
trates this truth, as well as his.bravery,
tlfneof the ree
genec as a penjile
sepieu
reysivi
It irtf standim; atl-
vet usalient to the'fiAiTd (if our norr-
jVroJpe^sl vanes*' itiul iquht iftiin *s.
rt*ipp6jfe all this money was retaAnml at
Dptnevtrnd put in elroiilation here, liow
pntl'li it would add to the wealth of this
r*b‘u^C^if country. Irt a country w here
scat-’ce il id ditlicuU to ^min,.si,titles. Many^. llicso uia
makingcotum with as little expense" 1
a* poAtiblc: My mule* (nearlv Lb to 1 ;
w iiUget old abil will die. ’I hey w illj
have to be replaced'. My gin* wear
‘oTitan'd machinery retiiiire* from tint • tA |
time to he overhauled and put in li.x. j
.My corn, out* alfd fitly will li.'iM' .to'—be-
cultivated witii wages, hut the balance
, ol the labor will gytufttliing hiit foi d
and clothes until the crop i* liarvested
itml in the m.-irket. 1 have 78 mar s
which I am working, in the -place of
_ _ _ rhs are giv-
, ' u a eoutiti y' rt hure money ing me mule colls every year, and this
^ir^liHpteg plontifltliy tnifre is « far bet- has already begun to save bio money
fOf yoii and for me afxl for ! as j ;tm 5b9v working6#or 7U mule* ol
all of iii to get our fingvrs on soineofit. j my ovv „ raisit’jg. At 'he ".nl of thU_
More? «t|ention ought be paid .to year I shall biive'corn tiiadl and many
f lit r»orker*to kill. I w 4l not make
meat enough jo do the vylfolk year, but
i will have enough th'ly*t me until late
in Hid aeasun beforel linv' J T;o conimence
Uuying. I have mailo extensive prep
aration* for hogV AVter next \eAr 1
, hn|H) to haviJ corn and meat to sell,
f Then 1 may J>e able to reduce my e*ti-
At the time of the roe-ignition of the
the sty logua pi lie pen/ and, without a independence of ihe t nited States a
word, departed. Frerx hinan named Linch distinguished
' “He is a queer fi*:)," said tbe wrifer hims, If, partieularly at the memorable
to himself t when his visitor Imd gone. ' *iege of Savannah.
"I don't more than half like the looks M. d'Estaing, at the most-eritleal tno-
eif him." onx-nt of that sanguinary affair, being
Next day the stenographer ealled nt bt the •head of tlx: right eolumn, di-
tlie same hour, -Und placed before th'o rec.'cd Lincja to carry tin urgent order ‘There, go to work sticking type; that *
TioTelist ven pM'fes of type writ ecti M>t .«lo ti:c third coLunn^ wbicb w as on the quit yon arc 'worth, anyway.’ You
headed "Tlie Farting of the Ways.” 'left. i^ougfitto hear the foreman tell How he
question him-Vt once, but -he stopped
me with an answer 1 hnd heard many
times before: “Mr. llurnell- has made
otlu'r arrangements.” And as Mr. .llur-
ncll was the only proprietor of the Sun.
—the same being the Old Man—1 knew
there was nothing more to 1m’ aske»l.'
As I tarnod to go lie rosclroru Jiis chair,
and taking his hat, fall and siia'liby*'like
huynself, from the desk, he' put it care
fully on Ids head. Then he inn do
s»n(q«kt-foi’-Fbfe-«fot)W, -(>a>d.-Flui littcrcdy Mrtodating old uncle, w
exchange table, past our thTCfc little JusUa^ she wa* thrown
desk*? pastille row of broken, weakly
chairs and the iHiokcasei ~X*7ic put*his
hand on the knob he turned, and, clear
ing his throat, he said:
Tfpod-night, gentlemen, and—good-
hy,V and- 4a»foro Uhe-atlicr mcn coubj
1(K»k up Tii iidkFsrtf])rlso at this nnnsnal
proceeding', he h;id passed out and closed
the door behind liim.
“What's wrong with Josiah to-night?"
inquired Jones, ubuqlly termed .the
“horse editor,” on account of hi* deep
voice, and Ids liking for horse*.
.."Same old story,—turned back Into
the composing-room again,” answered
llrothers, the society man (who also
! combined ids social work w ith report
ing court proceedings, both circuit and
pylice). “Whenever the Old Man gets
; wad ho bounces J oat ah out of thoedf-
, turial chair.right up to a case, and jams
a stick into his hand. Then he say*:
*np»*r, “and *he know* tIxbn lioth. Hhe
! o.iys they are'Ixifli very smart men, hut
♦Jiat they have ha>l reverse* all their
lives—that aoroe horrid men have tstken
everything-they ha<l several time*, and
'hai ttray arn p>?or iKxransp they won'T
take the case* into court, 8he says
thftt you eah see in their manner that
they arc -true gentlemen. Her pretty
eyes filled right up with tear* When
she was talking •she's an wf'tVy sym
pathetic girl, don't you think, dear?" ,
"Yes," I answered, sugaring my cof
fee, “and how is the managing .to spend
her new fortune?" Forth is street little
cousin of ours had recently had quite a
sum of money left to'her by an tiecora-
who kindly died
upon he row n
'resource* herself by her father's death.
—“Very well. I, imagine; she's got tb£
loveliest clothes arxl things,^arid slie is
buibling a little cottage for Fresh Air
children out in tile country with some
of it. Of course sjxvs.in mourning," ns
my wife noted my raised eyebrows, “but
m.y dear ir^u, you can have lovely
mourning things us well as other kind,
fihe Inis given up her trip to Europe,
though—for this year, at any rate.”
“What made her change her -mind?"
“I don't know. I'm sure; she didn't
tell me. Are you going now? „ Well,
dear, remember about Harry's shoes—
the poor child is absolutely barefooted,
und don't forget to send up the butter,
please, for wc have—” and my little
woman proceeds to detail tu me the
usual list of household necessities a
man is fijrever ordering, and yet never
tlrt'ls when he wants them at home.
It was alxmt n week afterward that
Josiah ramo down To the r<x>m at tnid-
UVn l;iU> tbe country wideVx ae jpre*, ad
much. an<l where lie wltl bo hot,*, and
not bussed." -
. And tl»e others Assented. U . • ,
When the EAgb- Appeared at thenfuea
the following woek ( ,at, the top of the
editorial eolumn, below the subscrips
ti'*n and advertising notices, stoott "Jot •
slab Sanford, Editor. Josiah Hanford/
Jr., ,Manager,". In Siuali, boid-fueod
typ«’. ' \
“So the son is in It, too," said the so
ciety editor, reading over my shoulder^
“I expect ho will make something o<
hiinM'lf, too, fpr lio ha* plenty of push,,
so Mm operator says. Heard abont the
Son's love affair, didn't you? ‘Nol Why„ ‘
he fell in love with an heiress, aud he's
t<>«> proud to|Mkher to marry him. Jaclq
Martin was telling me—ho knows him
right well." j .
“Hig fool," eomm^rtted the horse
e/litor, “oughtn't to fall in love.” where
at. Brother* anti I laughed tsunpasHiona,
atcly, Iming marrit'd.jneti You entmot
convince a boehek r of thirty years’
stitiiding, however.
“lly the \v"ay7 fhy dear." I said tlm foi*.
lowing (lay nt dinner, “who is Edith’s,
lawyer?" .
“Let me see," answered my wife, puck-,
criug up her 'forehoal as idle always
dr*t** when she Uiiplts. “Mr*—Mr. rJtlr*._
Rathh'/rtf, or (Something like tbut."
“Ah; and she is away now, isn't she?”
^ ’-’Yes, at Mortnpriilc. She ha* 1 nought,
a lieautiful nUI Iiinqitf back in the hill*
from the ttnvn and is f
“It is one of tlie best stories you have
yet writ ten,” said Crosby, "if you want
iny opinion.intrenelimonts, and.on both sides
Reginald laughed. “If you wercjifter tremendous firing was kept up.
a large salary that would be the kind
of remark One _ might .expect you to
make." ;
“I am not after a salary at nil, 4 ’ an
swered Crosby. “You asked my-opin
ion, and. J-give’iL It may OB.'.vorth-
less."' • / • «
jgm
jes i
it.’
These columns were then within Joe!
range of grape shot'from the enemy’jhf “Has lie done it. often?" I inquired,
lintrcnehments, and.on both sides a wondering how
a disgrace.
Linch, instetul of passing , ' , thmugh the
center or in tlx; rear of the eolintths,
proceeded coolly through (he shower of
shut which the French' and English
under one arm, while he rolled hi)
shlrt-filcevesdown with type-griinnx
man could stand such finger* Without rixeaklng he went to
I the night editing (we callerl it that Ire-
cause the ’'night-cdijoi" might be any
of us, since Ril'd . had not consented to
“At k-iiRt three times to the last year,
paid brothers, numbering the sheets of
Slilri* huhliHndry in the South. Tho'ie
is no qu.’stioh about the prdUt.s t<> he
<ier1ve<l\thereTrt»ui,'—Sbuthertb Cnlti-
Vktor.
T
rresidout,M. L. HonHhlsiui of the
Mfate Farifeir* Alliaiice was In Colum
bia yesterday on hi* way home from n
v\sU to L'hesTcrf und Lancaster. Tp a mate of nrHniJjVotton by charging Hie
* t.c r u I
Rbgistcr re{k»ftnr he said that there ooni it 8 or 10 ceht^pi r hii*hcl and t lie
^ A gratify!nfhy Urge attendahee of u ’
Afliftnnemen nt’jthe meeting* m both ri ^ 1 T
“Whiqk'Tvthc opinion or the story?'
I “If qne ls,” saul Crosby, "the otl
naturally must be. Khali I take down
another?"
“Not t<>-day. Some days I have no
ideas in my head. This is one of them,
f shall go over this MS, carefully, and
then we will have it typewritten again, v
What is ybnr address? When I feFl in
the myod for dictating I will send a
messenger for you: ”
his pad for the court proceedings. "Af-. ^omc to our nest) desk and took the
giisU ter he has been at the case for awhile, few things belonging to him personally
j were discharging at each other. the.Ulh Man takes him off und put* him I from it Then lie put on his coat find
Tt was tofvair. that'M d'Estaing and up here, and tell* him to go to work I cam© over to us with his lips and eyes
those who surrounded him cried “to t writing editorials again and see if^e smiling more cheerfully Uiun l bud
i ftpendfag the sum
mer there.” ’ . • ,
1 could not help smiling st ray Innei)
thought* .tviwo sue said this, but l -
turned it off when she asked am at what
Fwas laughing, and went on thinking.,
Soon after this we pocked up cur few
seemed to me ipero staff than, we bad-
over owned before, along with owe
baliles, we sallied out into the country, — 7
too; where ail day lung wo o’der folks
sat in the shade of the great old trees
and rend or dozed, and the little fel-.
Tow's played trt the sand or helped our
gfiodmatured landlord nm the farm,. '.
Those were pleasant days'indeed to Hip
weary new spacer man, wij,hno thought.
hf. copy to-be ground out, dr of those ,
dter-presont, crer-wcaring-out shoes to
disturb the equanimity of his mind.
Only a few papers reached me here, for
I had gone for rest, but one day a bun*,
die came, directed in the hors© edjtqr'*
hurried ehirqgrgphy, ami the first one 1
picked up titos Josiah'* paper, the Eagle.,
I ynfolded it, and there, rung about
with a tremendous blue-pencil n/ark 1
read this notice: - , v -
. "MRMRfRDk—Ksnford-Clsfftg On Jaty
by Rev. Henry U bmlthrr*, Joslan Ssnianl,
Jr, to Editti lisytmtj CUrVe, a* tbe Ctauicb «t
oar Father." ■ .. . ,
Kilcntly I pa.*se<l the paper io Mary,
and waited for the storm to emne.. —-y-
“W-e-l-1!" was gU she said, but it was
sufficient for all ordinary purpose*. .
jPIler trip t<; Europe postponed, and
all those lovely clptbes—" she ga»pc4--
“Uathbonc consulting with the Old
Man—” I put in. -- -
• “Her queer, preoccupied way—" ,
• “Old Josiah being called to taka
charge of the Eagle—" f _
“Did you ever!" . . '
Then. amH a moment’ll ail—as;
"I really'ffidn’t think Ekiith would do
siiehtr thing—It fs so an like her."
"A girl in love, my dear—wouldn't,
you have done the 'jatoo for me ted
years ago?"
“Indeed, not! You know I didn't
want you." (She did, however, for she
took me in preference to one of the
richest men in town.) “And her father
dead only a little over a year!" -
“tV('U\" I said, settling myself in my
chair for a nap, “we can't '..rip it."
“No, I suppose not, but I own I'm
disappointed in Edith. Site might have
let me. her own eouslir, know about it..
I wonder what dress s^e wore, or per- ’
• hap* {die did have time to have—"
Kceiogy this promising sigri* of ap-;
pr-ugminfe fu'givene-.x for, Edith aj>•
•ftring, i closed my eyes and dozed off
to sleeix . » , «
And Mary sal and sewed, and thought,
of the girl who-had l*mght a newspaper,
for her future father-in-law!—E. J.
Appleton, in Yankee Blade.
r r-*m
•c? 1
Linch to take another rlitieetlrtn;
other _' von l' ori ) cxi'estcd his order and re--|
turn«< by tlie same way, while* his
friends watched, expecting to &ec his in
stant destruction.
. ‘‘Why did you choose such a mad as
that?" said his general on soein'g hhn
return unhurt. “You must hate ex-
he can do better limn he did bqfore.”
those pfn6us, and that the condition and - ' LiciiL.PcarjJvf'arty ul IJ «tai^U>n
ptbsp^cUof tlifiorder in that section ! hVhtoy to fiunTtiie North Foie. Enlfe**'
Hfc vVry' enequraRtog.-Sututoy "Vheold signs fail it will be mi on-
liter ^ plucky c\p(*tlitiou.
peeled t<> pcridi a thousarui times.’’
“It was the shortest way," ‘answered
Linch, atid without another word re-
"It is no trouble to juo,” 'aid Crosby, turned to his usual position.
“Well,'’ said the horse editor, “he
wouldn't liuve a chance to do that
more than once with me, I tell you; I
•would let him find another plaything.”
* “Not if you couldn't get another job,
#onny," said Hr others drily, ‘‘and
is the case with Josiah. Poor old chap,
I 1 feel sorry for" him, ^but^There's tlie i Eagle, and l Tcavo to-night. fer that
vm.i as the *"*— "
shrMr^wliistle inter-
rver seen him smile before.
"Where now, Josiah. asked Brothers.
“I—I sin going to the Cfmntry,” an
swered the old fellow, clearing hi*
throat of a happy lump, I iinaginwL
"What? N«>t Having us?" 1 asked
**V'cs, ^iy; I iiftve Wj/cn called to tlte
editorial coqtr»)l of the Mortonville
"to call upon you. If. you do not feel
Old Man at
speaking tuls;'*
• mpted hitn, and Brothers turned back
wtis afterwartf promoted to the the whistle and wearily iuq&ired:
of HcuUntini general.-Youth’* “Welir iiHo^the op/'ning. fora m*v
! ment there wavno response,
town.
"Well,
When C
picked up
well,"’ we exclaimed in *
breath, “Good for> Josiah!" and when
the qniet.cjieer wbichfoiroWett had sub
sided— ••
>• “Ailow me," said the horse editor,
nnd con 1 L ' ain< *- * n the short sharp accents W(j mslting a "personal" of Jos«'ph's^iepar-
i he little Tk»v ! to to: ~ . ^ lure on the effgP^-bto pnd, **«'>"«»»*
and cut off the ! ^tr/lpncs will do the telegraph to- gratuiate you most'heartily on your
And, tture 'enough, iu ""til Mr Bird can get down, new pcfcUioit. We all wish you -**-
He
like wriHrtff-ilMf T ou r ' ln ^ <J f lieuteuknt general. Souths , “Well?" into- the cqu-ning. Fora m
14p* J 'vilf be W^""- ' ■ '• ^ Compartiftn. '* 1 ment there'.rairno response,Then the
rery writ;” mid the-iiorHistt4 —She was “playing read.
un-
Z
jnfArJi^i y -v TV " ‘ a**.*»sa \.v/vv,' aa u\.t« .muJ V sriI»*lty^H, IU ^ > iA— . . , - . ,, . ..
iby reached bis rortti. he less than a weei that was the last of That’s All," and Brother* turnip! awAy bounded success, dou t we. boys? --
— l. .-j:—_. .. - . — i-i-—— .i-j.j—4. i— _ - i *«|jtoec\l we do," *** <■
-r,
bin his tjppegrrilRp.l
»n tl^e cor,',’ 1
with a smile mjpo hL* dark (aco.
v
■ •i-f-
jv« rcsponiieJ with
Tfa« Bread tfavstlaa. ,
His wife was a woman who was-
very charitable, and her charity was of.
the kind that took her into the hooscii
of poverty, where *s^e couid see for,
nersel f the condition of the nufortuD-,
tiles. The other aveninjg he was read-^
iug (t lot of odds and ends from Um
Qewsjxiper to »
“The Egyptians kneaded bread
toeir feet," h»» read ati«t»ng bLher odds.
Her tlwughts were cmHA^era. ^
.) “Those p*or children f jiaw to-day.^
»ho said ab-stmetedly, "weeded brvAd
with their BUMusehs," sad. th*' msn
looked «p over his ps(>er At her, i
ly.—Detroit Free Fresa.
- Do Stockyard*, ill
enl'erting fad has gone
WlEUiti Ana ’ What
©id’eetiug now?" I)c
“Aiiiaony eh«s.k».' , —