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" ' ' 1 ;. __ _ ' *-? ??'.I.IIM. ? " ? A^foyj Js.i;Work. * _?, While in comnmntl of a small scouting party in Arizona 1 went indkf.,A to camp one bright day on the Rio <v I'uerco, very near the New Mexican lino. The teats had been pitched and the animals sent out to graze under a strong guard and 1 was walking before my tent, impatiently | waiti;Aj a summons to dinner, which 1 knew by the strong odor wafted ; from an adjacent coffee pot would not bo much longer delayed. Wo were about ninety miles from i th f> iwnrpwt fm-1. ft nil lnnn1>?<ulu fr.nn I imy settlement. There w a s 110 ranches whatsoever in this part, onlv some cuttle and sheep belonging to Mexicans, which w ? r e herded through the Territory. These were in chnftrc of t he Mexicans, who lived much tVo same kind of life as did their stock. Thoir blankets were their only house, unci when night came on they would lie down wherever it might overtake theui. For miles around the land was as level as the bed of a billiard table. Mountains were seen in the distance, ^ which were inhabited by Indians. Hut my little command and a few rattlesnakes and tarantulas were the only living things near. "Dinner is ready. Lieutenant," was the welcome summons with which my cook greeted me, and I | was soon doing justice to a lield dinner of bean soap and "slapjacks." I was jn the midst of this savory repast when 1 noticed a stranger approaching me. lie was a well built powerful looking man, about forty years of age; his face face was intellectual and extremely handsome; lie wore a full beard and moustache. both of which were iron-gray. He was coarsely clad, and carried no weapon. The latter circumstance was the most remarkable thing of all, for in those days in Arizona one scarcely moved without his arms. Nearing me, ho asked, in a pleasant, quiet manner, if I were the commanding oflicer. 1 replied that 1 was. "1 came to see if you could lend me a pistol, or a carbine for a few days," he said. "You don't mpan to tell me that you are entirely without arms?" J said not unreasonably astonished. "Yes; 1 have nothing of the kind," he answered. "I have been annoyed for the past three months by those infernal California lions, and if I had a shooting iron I might kill some of them." "Are you camping near here?" I asked. "1 live just round the bend of the river; will yon walk down with me?" (ireatlv astonished, 1 asked if he lived there quite alone. "<^h, no," ho teplied, "my wife and mother live with inc." Little dreamjjig 1 was so near a residence, 1 accepted his invitation, and filling my pipe and leaving the Sergeant in chargeof camp, 1 started forth ' vyath my new acquaintance. As we made the turn in the river 1 saw a large shelving rock rising . from the level prairie. It was not more thau 100 yards from the river's bank and was really quite imposing in its dimensions. It struck ine as so peculiar; so entirely out of place that 1 expressed my surprise to my Companion. "Yes," he answered. "I fancy it is a meteorite. 1 am under great obligation to it, whatever it is, and however it came hero, for it has protected me for months. That rock is my house." Uy thfs time we had reached the natural dwelling. At what might Inrmnil itcs nlMirt111 r? i < /VV IV.I IMVll l/lir 1 \J\y l\ >> ilo tea feet or more from the ground, m <#i(l it sheltered a space about twen V-'ty feet in breadth, gradually sloping backward and downward.* As 1 Btopped under the protecting roof J saw two women sitting at work. My host presented me to his mother and wife respectfully, and I saw at a glance that thgy were Mexicans; not of the class, Jbowovcr, known as greasers,, but representatives of a ./ :'i*+ moch higher grade. Take most f-9 Mexicans, they were disinclined to vi " converse in any language but their A .* own, .but when they learned that my knowledge of their tongue was too W slight to enable tnc t<5 understand fe' 1 ?-J6l2V - 11 t'rf' ?T ? ?? ?; "'*f "' ,|'r " OONW. [them their reluctance, ami wo chat| ted qnito pleasantly. | I learned that they had been livj irig there for three months. They came with the intention of farming, and later proposed erecting a suitable dwelling. The Indians had not molested them, but they were worried by the lions, which came by twos and threes nightly to the opening of their habitation, and there howled till daylight, when they returned to the mountain. i They told nic it was necessary for [one of I hem to be up all night to keep the tire burning, which was their only protection from these , monsters. . j Consequently they had taken , turns sitting up nights for the last i three months. < Having listened to a graphic de- ; script ion of their far-from-pleasant neighbors, 1 told them frankly that , if 1 had a pistol or carbine of my ] own I would willingly lend or give i them one, but all the weapons in the i command, even those on my person, < belonged to the Government, and i that the orders respecting them were so stringent that L was utterly una-, < hie to accommodate them. } "I hud a pistol when 1 came here," said my host, "but 1 lost it crossing i the river. Since then you are the | lirst person that has been this way." ( I felt really sorry for him, and . feit that they might think I had . n -c e ^tvun <1 v uuuey ri'iwuu iui reius- | ing the loan they asked. That three human beings should ( be annoyed night after night by wild beasts, and a company of vavalry unable to give them protection seemed , incredible, yet such was the case. At length a happy thought struck me. ( ' I tell you what 1 will do," 1 said. ( "1 will send the company in charge of the Sergeant about five miles fur- ( flier down the river to encamp; then I will bring Curlev with me, and wc will stay to night with you. Curley is an old frontiersman, and is acting guide for me. lie is a good shot , and will enjoy the sport. ] My proposals was joyfully accept- 1 ed, and 1 returned to camp to give the necessary directions. About an j hour later the company moved out j and Curley and I were alone. ' What sort of an outfit is that down there?" said my companion, ,l.? ~ ? ! T 1 1 i t j/vji11iiiiig iu iiiv otuui.j uuuiHion i mm J recently left. ( "1 cannot tell yon," I answered. ( "The people say they are worried by ( he lions, and I have told them you ' and 1 will stay with them to night | and sample n few." 1 "Somo escaped jailbird, I suppose," * saiil Curley. "The country's full of 11 them." j< "Yes/' I answered, "the country I is full of them, hut I am sure this ] man is not n criminal. His manner I and his appearance, barring his clothes, are those of a gentleman, < and his wife seems more than ordi- f narily refined." I "Well," said (Juiley, "if they will < trot out the lions we don't care what * they are." ( With that wc started toward the 1 rock. The California lion may have a s legitimate name, but this is the only I one 1 ever heard applied to him. lie t belongs to the panther and wildcat i families, being, I believe, a cross be- t tween the two. 1 They gave us coffee, bread and e fried bacon for supper, and our host t surprised and delighted us, by producing from his trunk some cigars. 1 Not a lamp nor a candle of any de- > script ion did they have. They went r t<> ne.1 or on watch, as the case might l be. 1 We told them all to retire when- i ever they felt disposed, and they wanted nor a second bidding. We saw that our rifles were in good or- * der and that our ammunition was handy; then we permitted the fire to ( die out, ^ Not long did we wait; we had not been on guard more than half an hour, when Curley whispered to me "Did you see that thing sneaking up here?" || "I had already seen it, but it was . only a coyote, so I said: "It is noth- 1 ing but a coyote. We must not shoot; it will frighten the lions." c "1 believe you are right," said i Corley. "Hut how about this Sena- t r < 1 i IwSl ^ ll 'V . jfc. "Be Trim to Your AY, Q. C9"T tor that is approaching. Sure enough, here catue a large lion, walking proudly along, scarcely thirty yards from us. "Do not lire," said Curley. "Wait till we get more of 111010." A few minutes later four Ivrge lions were immediate front. The man had certainly told the truth thus far whatever his intention as to farming might be. "You take the one 011 the left and J T'll tftkn t.llfi nun fill lli.i rinrlU " i.l I _ ... V..V vo v V??? V??v ' "O" OillVl Uurlov. "Arc you ready?" "Heady," I replied. "Fire!" The report of our rifles and the screams of tho startled sleepers wu'e almost simultaneous; the three were sleeping soundly, and the shots naturally started them. 1 threw another cartridge into my rifle and fired at in escaping lion, but I doubt if 1 injured him. We rebuilt the fire and dragged two fine specimens of the brutes where its light would allow us to inspect thorn. 1 had shot one through the heart and Curloy had 3e.it. a bullet through the brain of the other. "I think we had better leave thorn lutside said Curley; "the others will scent the blood and come back." Whether they scented the blood or ' not, I am not prepared to say nut j back they certainly came. Wo waitid until a good opportunity offered? md then, at a given signal, fired igain; two more large lions fell, and Ourley succeeded in loading and i i i J ' mooting 0110 mat, was oncleavonng to escape. This made live that wo had killed. After watching another hour without any result we made up the lire and slept until sunrise. The little family was overjoyed at heholding our night's work, and succeeded in convincing us of their sincere gratitude. After breakfast Curloy skinned the live animals and gallantly presented the pelts to the young wife. As we bade good-by to the rock family he said, "if you rub a little strychnine over those carcasses, and stake them at little distance from your ranch you will not be troubled much longer by lions." Then, with a cordial farewell, we proceeded down the river to overtake die command.?Drake's Magazine. Three 4'urious Circumstances. O. U. Robertson, of Joplin, Mo? nice found a cavity in a large burr )ak tree in which about a pint of pin nak acorns had been stored. The excavation in which the acorns bad Pcen found had been made by woodpeckers and was i.i the most solid part of the tree. Mr. Robertson mys that according to Chambers there was 398 veurs' trrowth of wood y o iver the etui of the cavity, yet all die acorn8 were as fresh as if only put away by the birds or squirrels dio fall before. Robert Buchanan, of Monroe bounty, Iowa, while digging a coal ihaft on his farm, east of Abia, found a new species of mouse imbedled itt the clay thirty feet below the surface. It was found in a little ;avity just large enough to lit the jody, but without any clay adhering o its fur. The sides of the cavity seemed worn and polishod, as if the ittlc creature had turned around housands and thousands o times in ts narrow sepulchre before it finally lied. When found it was in a per!ect state of preservation and as soft ind pliable as if it had only died the lay before. An artesian well near Albert Lea, Rinn., which spouts both oil and vater, often changes the programme uid sends out a stream of small miniows which aro wholly unlike any mown species of fish found in that Mcinity.?New York Journal. A farmer's son up in the country ;oncoived a desire to shine as u 1110m>er of the legal profession and nnlertook a clerkship in theofliceof the ,'ihage pettifogger at nothing a week, iiut at the end of the first day's study le returned home. "Woll, Tobe, how d'yer like the aw ? asked his father. "Taint wat it's cracked up to bo," inswered Tobe. "I'm sorry 1 learnt t." Among the recent inventions is a lalendar that will register for the lext 200 years, besido telling any late figure within that period. I m kj ^JP oyn' AK a >?.p (\ 2} .M. r 1 Word, Vour W ork and. Yo\ ^HTJRBDA An Upon and Shut (iunu\ thk iMioposni> sun rin: \sUHY" l>i:UATi: AT NI'AR TAN IM'I{<; A Piu'kcd Jury Ihnl will l>eei<lej in Kavoi' oi Ocala no flatter what thik Argument may lie,! No vert lieless Governor Till 1 man, as an Alllaiieo Alan. Ou^lit to Answer Terrell for j the Sake ol the lClleet on the; l*iihlie at lairge. I To I lw> Riliiiiv i?f Tim Viiwo oiul : Courier: What is the meaning of. Mr. J. William 8toko's challenge, not invitation, to the opponents of the sub-t'easury scheme to meet and discuss the subject at the Alliance mooting in Spartanburg? Is it only applicable to opponents of the measure within the Alliance, or is it intended for those outside as well? The terms of the challenge leave this in doubt, and even papers friendly to the Alliance interpret it differently. If it is intended only for those within, of course outsiders luive nothing to do with it, except to look on with a certain degree of curiosity and interest at the tight. In that case the opposition to the scheme conltl probably not be better rcpro sen ted than by (lovernor Tillman, who, I believe, it is understood, is to discuss the quesftion with Col. Terrell on that* occasion. Governor Tillman is, perhaps not the equal of Col. Torrol in some respects on the stnmo. hilt I r:it.hor an<m?r>r. fhn ('<?! onel will not fliul it easy to down him. As between these two, all friends of sound methods of financiering would fain hope for the sue cess of our Governor, who, on this question, at least, we believe to bo on the right side. A QUESTION' FOli OUTSIDERS. lint if the "challenge" is intended to have .a broader scope and (o include outsiders as well, the question is quite different, for while we regard Governor Tillman us right on this issue of the sub-treasury he is very far from representing the friends of sound money on all the other financial questions now pending before the country. He is in favor of 75 cents silver dollars, the issue of "flat" money by the Government, and he is flic special advocate of a currency based on land?the Argentine cedula system all of which the friends of-sound money repudiate, and regard as little less objectionable than the sub-treasury scheme itself. In case, then, that Mr. Stokes's challenge includes outsiders it becomes nccersary for those who are not Alliance men to consider whether or not they will accept the challenge. Of course there is a pro and con. Should they not accept all sub treasury advocates will Attribute it to the fact that they regard their side as too weak to defend* success fully. On the other hand, should they accept will have to plead their cause before a packed jury, whose minds are already made up, This latter will be Coventor Tillrnans difficulty also, for his good brothers Stokes and Talbert, have full control of the Alliance machine, and wo may rest assured they will leave no stone unturned to secure delegations at Spartanburg that will accept blindly the decisions of the Ocala Convention, whoever may oppose them and whatever may be the force of the arguments against them. T YUAN NY OF SKCItET 80CIHTIKS. This is the object of secret oathbound societies, and few who consent to wear the yoke have the virtue or manhood to resist their decrees, however extreme. This is what makes secret political organizations so objectionable and often dangerous. The member loses his individuality as a citizen and follows blindly the behests of a secret organization that is not amenable either to reason or law. Witnesses the abuse heaped upon I J. S. Hall by Stokes & Co., because he would not join in white washing Mamine for what every intelligent. J O man ought to regard as a grave offence against the honor and integrity of the Alliance. Witness also the scarcely less harsh things said of Governor Tillman by these same parties, because he will not consent to suppress his hotter judgement and gulp down as a sweet morsel the subtreasury humbug. Such is the fate that awaits an)'onc who dares maintain an opinion of his own against PHHHI 77' Country Y, .JTJLY r the decrees of the Order; and neither (lovernor Tillman nor anyone else need go to Spartanburg with the idea that the meeting there wiil he j open to conviction against the snbtreasury scheme. It will he a more ratification meeting fo ratify that and other decrees of the Ocnla Convention. AN APPEAL TO CONOKESSHAN IIKMP1I Ll/Ti. Illlt liai ll'it lichiiulitur t Iwi non im'/> HV/V" I 'j in v-"l? * Ily" iion thut. this will bo the churacter of that meeting, it is highly (lesiruble to see the opposition to the scheme ably represented, for the sake of its opponents, both inside and outside the Allianse. We may be. sure that Col. Terrell, with his great skill in debate, will say all that ean be said in its favor, and will come as near making black appear white?a bad cause appear a good one?as is possible. Hut, to my mind, the substantial arguments are all on the other side, and, if ably and skilfully presented, ought to win the day before any intelligent and impartial jury. 1 may here express the personal opinion that if Non-Alliance men are to be represented at all, Congressman .1. J. Hemphill would be by all odds the best man to represent them. He is* beyond question, our loading Representative in Congress, where he has taken a prominent part, especially on financial questions, and always on the side of honest money. Then he fought this very issue boldly and uncompromisingly in the last campaign and was triumphantly roelccted, when, no doubt., a weaker man would have failed. A no* her point in Mr. Stokes's challenge I wish to notice briefly. Htj says: ,klf it (the sub-treasury scheme) is wrong?is foolishness?those who hold that view are morally bound to demonstrate it or else hold their peace.M Similar ideas are expressed by other copious writers on that side especially by one I have in mind who has frequently asserted that the opposition to the scheme has furnished no arguments against it. TI1H UUJllDBN OF IMtOOF. To Mr. Stokes and all others who make such pretences for the purpose of misleading those who read onyl that side of the question I would reply, in the tirst place, that the burden of proof rests on tlieni, not on the opposition. They propose a revolutionary financial scheme, entirely new and untried in the history of nations. They aro able to cite not a single case even approximately like it, and even thoso more or less remotely resembling it, like the Argentine cedillas, the famous John Law scheme in Franco, the so-called ' South Sea Bubblo" in England, and the currency based on land during our Colonial days, have all proved disastrous failures. And yet they seem to expect this now and untried scheme, which is not supported by a single financial authority of any standing in the country, to be accepted blindly, and all who oppose it are denounced as "gold bugs," "satellites of the money power," "enemies of the people," and other like endearing titles. No, Mr. Stokes, the burden of proof rests on you and your side to show that this new and untried i measure, proposed by you, is wise i and safe and practical, and that it < will promote the welfare of the poopic, and not bring disaster upon them instead, as wo on the other side hold that it will. Until you do i this by more potent argument than has yet been adduced on your side, we who believe that experience is j worth something as a guide hare i the right to claim that we are the i real friends of the people, and that i you and yours are mcro political adventurers seeking to lead the people | by a mirage into unknown and stormy seas with no safe and exporienced pilot aboard. I phepondkhanck op akoumbnt. In the second place I hold that i the preponderance of argument is i most decidedly in opposition to the scheme; and on this I can speak with some authority because I have i made it a point to read what f re- i garded as authoritative on both sides. There has been more empty* < high-sounding declamation* more demagogic appeals to the masses, and more /lmnnciation of what is termed the "money power" on the nflnSHBRgSQH in??nt for the Idle. Ho .1! )i? iu h and then "Old C nV |] tiou among the rapidly ^ Carolina. Lot every or j| a few uhares, and let tu 0,18Q1. other side, no question, and this sort of stuff unfortunately passes with many for argument. But of real substantial argument, and that by men of the highest authority like Senators Carlisle and George. Representatives Gates, of Alabama, Hemphill and George Tillman, of our State, and others, who understood what they weio talking about, it has been by all odds on the other side. Those who assert the contrary 1 a i ? < uuso uiuier uecauso tney run to rend up 011 the other side or because they cannot see an arguinenfc that is against their views, or they do so for the purposo of misleading others. ANTI-8UB-TUEA8UKY A HQ CM KNT8. In conclusion 1 may mention brielly a few of the arguments against the scheme made by leading Alliance men themselves. First. It has been shown to be what Mr. Bancroft would term "in flagrant antagonism to the Constitution of the United States." This may not be an argument of much weight to Dr Macinic, Mr Stokes and others 1 might name. But I do not believe tho American people I have yet lost their reverence for this the "noblest creation of man." Second. It has been shown to he in violation of that good Alliance principlo of "equal rights to all, special rights to none." Third. It is unjust and inequitable to all classes, except to the special classes of farmers designated. Fourth. It is very extravagant, and would require "the employment of an army of political hirelings." mill. "It, is paternalism run mad." Sixth. "It would bring financial ruin to the farmers of our country and to all other classes of business." Seventh. It is class legislation carried to the oxtreme, which has already been the greatest curse to our farmers and laboring classes. These arc only u few of the substantial and, to my mind, unanswerable arguments made against tho sub-treasury scheme, not by the "gold bugs" or friends of tho "money power," but by prominent and able Alliance men. But all the same we shall have the scheme endorsed at Spartanburg, whatever the ability displayed by Governor Tillman or any other in opposition. Civ is CAN THIS BI5TKUI5? A Vast Unex|il?re(| Region hi the Statu ol' Washington. St. Louis Hepubllc, An old friotid, who has just returned from a town of the new Western states, tolls 1110 that there is an unexplored region in the State of j Washington which is as little known j as the interior of Africa. It is the I country shut in by the Olympic! Mountains, and includes an area of ] about 2,500 square miles, being some ; 400 miles greater in extent than the ! whole State of Delaware. This trackless waste, to the positive? knowledge of old residents of the State, has never been trodden by the foot of man, white or Indian. The mountains mentioned rise from the level country to within ten or fifteen miles of the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, and, towering to the height of 0,000 to 8,000 feet, shut in ; this vast unexplored area. The Indians fear the spot as the Javans do their "Poison Valley" and say that no man, wlii o or red, can cross the groat basin enclosed by the Olympic Moun'.ains and live to tell the story of his explorations. lint the atmosphere of this American wonderland is not poisonous, neither is the tangled jungle the homo of wild fierce beasts or dangerous ser* pents; the Indians simply claim that it is inhabited by a race of men which are so fierce that no representative of the white or red man nations could j stand before thom for a moment. | Being unexplored, 110 one can even j guess at what the physical aspect of the great silent wilderness is. The j most generally accepted theory in re*1 gard to it is that it consists of great! valleys stretching from the inward slopes of the mountains to a great central hasis. The theory it) supported by tho fact that, although the country around has abundant rain; all tho streams flowing towards the four points of the compass aro insignificant, and rise only 011 the outer slopes of the range, none appearing to drain the great tract shut in by the mountains. This fact supports the theory that the streams (lowing from / ( - I , |/> ,? / tela nml Hindi ltoad to the ? 'onway" will take her posd- JI growing Town? of Houth jj 10 in Horry C'oanty subscribe ^ \ have the bank by all mea^*J| v r JNTo. 51. 1 i i i i iw iiiii in - ' tho inner slopes of the mountains feed n great interior lake. But what drains the Inlce? It must have an outlet; can it be that this outlet ia | through a subterranean river which ! empties into the ocean, strait or ! sound? t Evidently there is room for much exploration and a chance to make many now discoveries in Washington's great "unexplored regions." ?fallen irom Grace. York Enterprise. G kern wood, S. G\, June 23, '91. To B. R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina?My Dear Governor: I see from the papers that yon have at last fallen from grace, that you have been tempted and have accepted the hecursed free railroad pass. They say Bunch McBeedid it. Our Bunch. I know Bunch well. He and 1 wero raised in the same town, were schoolboys together, great friends, are still. We boys are as proud of Bunch's sucoesB in railroading as Ben's in politics. Bunch always had an eye to business. We ; now fear Bunch has been too smart i for Ben. Now, dear Governor, as you have fallen from grace, and as 1 am one of your "Old Guard," who stood un- ^ dor your flag last year, and I, being a Methodist, believe a man can fall from grace; you, being of Presbyterian inclination, may not think so, but it is true, nevertheless. Peter fell from grace, but he repented and was restored. Now, Governor, if you were a Methodist, you would know at once what to do. I will now speak for the "Old (I mini," and toll you what is requirJed. Ju your case wo make the State the Church. You must publicly confess you have done wrong in accepting the pass. You must then return Bunch the pass, and pay at i once to the railroad all that you have saved by using the pass. In your case wo will not require "four fold." Do this, and the sooner you do it the bettor?and when you do so, you will feel so much better. We will then give yom once more a hearty shake of the hand. If you refuse to repent, you will tind out soon that you will be tempted to do something else wrong. You will fast go from bad to worse. The Bible tells us to "resist the devil and he will flee from you." I don't mean to say that Bunch is the devil. Your old friend, L. M. Moork. I* ft T YiaI/ of fnn Vf o?wl * t I - s\r\/l\ ( & Wi IIOlU UUU Thackston. Thoj aro ruining us. L. M. M. Advertising in a llymn Book. A poor congregation found itself badly in want of hyinn books. The clergyman applied to a Ixmdon firm and asked to be suplied at the church rates. The firm replied that on condition that the hymn books contained certain advertisements the congregation should have theni for noTh ing. The minister sorrowfully complied, thinking to himself that wheu the advertisements came they should be removed from the leaves. The hymn books arrived and they contained no interleaved advertisement. At the thanksgiving servico the parson gave out tho Christmas hymn, and the congregation sang the first verse. When they reached the last line they found that this is what they had been singing: "Hark! the herald angls sing. Dash's pills are just the thing; peace on earth and mercy mild, two for a man and one for a child." - ?? tvni WIICV I? Ill l?? The State. Washington, June 25.?The Bureau of American Republics reports that estimates of the Brazilian coffee crop of 1890-91 now coming into market continuo to diminish. The first estimate was 5,000,000 bags the uext 5,500,000 and now it is believed that the crop will not exceed 2,200, 000 hags. Notwithstanding the incentive of higher prices than have ever been paid before, the daily reAAIt\^A it /\ A MA A(I<\M O AAA Wa>-*A uuij'ta iiu iiu> n?uiu^i;uvt<i a,ww uaigo. Disorganization of labor is the^ohief difficulty, and should it continue, it is believed that the coffee crop of 1801-92, now placed at 8,000,000 bags, will not yield more than 6,000| 000 bags. '