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A long bare ward In the hospital; 'T^.:
A dying girl In the narrow bad;
A nurse, whose footsteps lightly fall,
Soothing softly that restless head.
Blaln by the than she learned to Iotb—
ftsaton, murdered and flung away;
None beheld tt bat Oo4 Shore,.
„ And.ebe who bore It And there ahe laj.
** A tittle drink of water, dear ?"
Hlowly the white )lpe gaep and sip.
_ ** Let me turn you orer so yon can hear.
While I let the toe on your temple drip.’*
""A look of terror disturb* her fsoe;
Firm and silent those pals Ups oloss; __
A stranger stands in the nurse's place;
** Tell us who hurt you, for no out knows.”
1 A slitter of Joy Is la her eye;,
Faintly she whispers : “ K^hody did."
! tear christens the teftng Its
From tbs heart In that wounded boaom hid.
“ Nobody did ft I” ahe says again ;
“ Nobody hurt mSf ller syce grew dim;
But la that spasm of mortel pain
Hhe say* to herself: •• I re saved you, Jim!”
Say by day, aa tbs sod draws near,
To senile gueattoo or stern demand.
Only that one response they hoar,
- Tbuusti rba Itft I
“ Netssty hurt ms!" They see her die.
Tbs aania word still on her latest breath;
With a tranquil am He she tells bar His
A ad glad goes dowa to tbs gates of death.
VOL. IV. NO. 35.
BARNWELL, C. H,. S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1881.
$2 a Year.
8. .Article* for pubUoftfon ibowM to
written in a elenr, legible band, end on
ooljr one «t<ie of the pege.
4 All changes ia i
reach us oa Friday.
J
i,tore with his eyes bent on the floor be
fore him until he reached the street;
then, after easting his eyea aearohingly
on the ground, he walked over to the
dock and gazed for a few moments into
the water in a thoughtful manner. When
he returned to the store and rejoined
the others in the office it was with a grave
countenance; — - —
■ ardrrwd, hut faithful still,
> Losing ahovw all wrong and wos,
If afesbas sons to a world of tit,
Wbarr, O mist, .hall ws osbera go f
K»*n. I iblnt, that ml maa
Has Imp* ,.f a better Ufa la blm
•ban aha so tessd blm bar <•
** Bubudy but ms I I'ss saved yon. Jim!
A DOUBLE CHIME,
Tlic wholesale produce
ate.u store el Mr. Purvis, on
avenue, Philadelphia, was
uigbt of Oct 17. 18&
The safe had Iteea o|»ened appareotly
by false keys and upward of fWO in
gr—toot* were shs trusted. A
of btetde to the amount of fl.OUO
Two rlerka, both young mrn, usually
sle|A >a the a tore. Augtwt Yeriu* hau
l«eeB is the employ of Mr. Hamaua
P»rne ahtml four yean and enjoyed the
i of hia employer. Pembroke
the other clerk, had only re-
cesiUy been taken, bat the
which he took hold of the
Mr. Parria ao meh la hia favor
predteied a aoeeeaaful future f<«
the young man aa a vary —‘ 1 —mnn
and ultimate prentnaot merchant. Un
der thia uaprsasiim ha |4aeed implia*
inot in Bhama, and selerted Mm as a
ncnpaiiiun of Terkoa in the a tors at
night.
Doth of these young men were in the
atcre on the night the rotdiery occurred,
tint when the place waa opened in the
morning Hhamu waa missing and Yerfces
lay on the Anar near the safe with a
severe gash on the aide of hia head,
which had been bleeding profusely,
judging by the amount of blood ou the
door.
The unfortunate young man had evi
dently endeavored lo staunch the blood,
for both hia hands were stained, aa also
were his ciothea. By the disorder in the
office, and the numerous blood stains
both ou the floor and walla it was evi
dent that a desperate struggle must have
taken place.
It was conjcoured from thia that
Bliaron, having provided himself with
false keys, had opened the safe and been
anriirwed by his fellow clerk in the
midst of his work, who, in turn, dealt
him the blow near the temple, Bud (hen,
after a severe struggle between them,
Yerkee fainted from loss’ of blood, and
■i* robber fled with hia booty.
▼arnoe, the detective^ and a physician
were at once sent for, and while Dr. Ed-
son attended to his patient the detective
examined the premises with his usual
carefulness, particularly the second floor,
and, returning to the lower floor, found
that Yerkee had recovered and sat in an
arm-chair with a bandage around hia
head. '
“ Well, Mr. Varnoe, what have you
discovered ?” asked Mr. Purvis.
“ I And that the robber has been to
the second floor,” replied the detectivef
'‘possibly he has token some valuables
from there aa well” .... /
The merchant hastened up stairs, bnt
presently returned, saying nothing had
been disturbed or removed as !ar as he
could see.
• “ Whatever his object may have been.
I am positive that he visited the second
floor after the bloody struggle had taken
place.
Then Yerkes gave the following a<>
count:
He awoke suddenly and found that
Bharon had left the bed, and fearing that
anme mishap had overtaken him he lit a
paraffine candle by the small gas-jet in
The room and liegan to search for him.
Not finding him on the second flow: he
descended to the first floor, and found
him liefore the open aife- Ibey saw
each other at the same 'moment, and
Bharao waa spell-bound at being dicoov-
in IDs criminal act Then began
i of
“ Mr. Purvis, the robber has evident
ly escaped by way of the river, as the
blood tracks reach to th^ dock.
All eyas were now directed toward the
wounded man, who had suddenly grown
very pale. He v opened his mouth as if
to aay something, bpt fell back in hia
seat with a groan and fainted away. .
While the doctor was applying restor
atives to his charge the detective drew
Mr. Purvis away to the rear of the store
and remained there for half an hour in
conversation with him, and, jndging by
hia frequent exclamations, he
to
been greatly astonished at what the de
tective told him.
Itte-entering the office,- they found
Yerkes still unconscious, and, at the
suggestion of Varnoe, he was conveyed
m th*4 irnnilitiaa to III#
"Now, Mr. Purvis," said Varnoe,
"you willplcMBJlQUlt oat to ids which
are the clothes usually worn by Mr.
Sharon while on duty at Uie store."
Certainly, sir,” replied the gentle-
i “ that ia readily doae," and to
went to a closet where the clerks kept
their outer garments and opened it He
took piece after piece from the hooka,
•an exclamation m if of surprise escaping
Ipm as he did so,
" What is itr asked Varnoe, when
Mr. Purvis laid the garments oo the
bed.
" Why, as I live, Hhereo bee not only
Ml Ins east and vest behind, but also
his pants 1" aaid Mr. Puma, with a look
of bewildsrmeat
“ That is singular,** remarked the de
tectors, exchanging significant
with the doctor; "the more ao
you bear in mind that Mr. Yerkes,
foond. had uu lua oust, vest, pants sod.
the'rubber even left hie
him,” pouting to n pair
In a moment he was surrounded by
the trio, who congratulated him on his
escape from death. He requested per
mission to resume his proper dress, after
which he would tell exactly what oc
curred during the past night
His story was very similar to the one
told by Yerkes, with this differenoe: the
positions were changed. It waa Sharon
■who surprised the other before the
ojiened safe just in Uie act of stowing in
his pocket the package of greenbacks
alluded to. It was Sharon who de
nounced the act and Yfirkearbpth angry
and frightened to be thus detected,
THE
"Yoa
Mr. Htiaruo baa left anything of valaa
in hia purketa.”
Every |«»-kot waa inatnntly divested
• •f ita run tenia. Ttu-re was found a tain
aide gold watch and chau, a wallet eun-
laiaing a tnrtr over |fi, a penknife, pen-
nl and meoioraiMiiun book, etc.
" IL tain Uie artirlea, Mr. Purvia, and
reabwe U>« rlutliea to the eloaet," said
V«rn«e. “ I have another sorjtfM* in
Btore for you, I think.”
When Uiia waa ilooe, Varuoo took off
all the lied-ohithaa and threw them on
the floor, leaving the mattrnw bare. An
cxclamattem ut snqiriso burst from Mr.
Pnrvis aa he pointed to.(he maUfrK*
where a number of bloody finger-marks
stained it along a scam about ten inchca
in length.
" Now I see what you are driving sf,"
cried Mr. Purvis, scanning the seam.
" You mean to say that the rnhlter has
bidden his booty in Uie mattress ?"
"I think so^ at all •vents," was his
reply, as he took out hia knifs and
opened the s«am.
Then inserting his hand into tlie open-
iug, hs jirosenUy drew furth the pack
age of greenliackA, They were intact,
ao Mr. Purvis announced, after examin
ing Uie fastenings and seals.
“ What am I to think of this ?" asked
the gentleman, in a helpless tone. " I
declare that my head aches trying to
divine the motive of thia most extraordi
nary robbery.”
"Think as I do.”
,» What ia that? " .
"Why, that Pembroke Sharon, in-
atoad of being the robber, ia the victim
of the robber, which accounts for his
leaving all his outer garments behind
He evidently surprised the robber at
his work, and in the enoonutor that took
place he murdered poor Bharon, dragged
him across the street, as the trail showed
to me, and tossed him into the river."
_ “ Then you really suspect August
Yerkes as the robber ? ” asked the mer
chant, greatly agitated.
"lam sure he is not only the robber,
but possibly also a murderer,” was the
reply.
"Oh, the wretch!” cried the mer
chant, passionately; " and in my heart
I admired his bravery, while I pitied
him for what ha bad endured for en
deavoring to protect my property.”
"lam convinced that you have hit on
the right man,” said Mr. Purvia. "H
he knew of this he might give ns the
slip. The next thing to be done is to
use every means in our power to recover
the body of poor Sharon."
" Poor, indeed, rinoe all the ciothea
he has on his beck are act hia own, 1
spoke a voice behind them.
All looked at the speaker, who wore
an old seaman's suit, and looked
hs bed just recovered from ■ severe spell
d
in the tow of I
in the breast el
picked up a paper-weight and hurled it
at hia fellow clerk, striking Sharon on
the head, inflicting a ghastly wound,
from which he Minted, and knew no more
until he awoke on board a vessel lying
near the Navy Yard. He was told that
they picked him up in the river.
The Captain and two of his men had
>ee» to the Uieater, and were returning
in a boat to Uie vessel, when a white
object floating on the water attracted
their attention, and they made fur it,
anil drew the ap|iarcntiy dead man in
Uie boat, and took him on board the
vessel, where his wants were at once at-
tomlod to. .
When Yerkes* version of Uie affair was
related to him he laughed derisively,
and *KS on the point of making a remark
when familiar footsteps were heard as
cending the stair*.
-" By Hraveu 1 I believe it is August
Yerkm!" whispered Hharrm, as he hast
ily entered the doaet ami drew the dorw
to. He was none too soon, fur the next
moment Yerkm walked briskly np to
•here the three geaUemeu were stand
ing. H< sue thing in their faces told him
that aometliing waa amiaa—aomotliint to
hia disadvantage, too.
" You are probably surprised to
me here again T rasnached be, for
of aaytbiag elm to any.
" We are, indeed," aaid Mr. Purvia,
reganlaag him with an esniaons
" Yoa all appear to be anything bnt
|4saaed to aer me ? "
rubl-v and woold-tw
" On the cnotmry, we are very gtad
to are yoa," hers spoke Varooe, with an
amhigonoa
EXT1SCTIOK OF
MALK.
. In an interesting article on thia sub
ject in a French jonmal, M. Yignes
shows that those species which exceed
their fellows in height or bulk are more
than ever at the present day threatened
with extinction. Since the recent geol
ogical epochs thd' progressive diminu
tion of their nnmlier has become all the
more rapid that they must now count
man among the numerous competitors
that dispute with them the surface of
the earth, TThul the present age may
be called upon to witness the accom
plishment of their extinction. In ths
straggle which they have to maintain
against this new competitor, • they pre
sent, in comparison with species of
Urol air, Yerkes walked to the doaet
be ottered a fearful shriek and
started bark with his hair standing
end and hia face the color of
He had seen (as his guilty
told him) the gitewt of hia vietim, for
Bharon remained standing in the closet
|ierfee«Jy immovalile. hia eyes Died re-
|>n*chtally on the guilty wretch.
The horrid vtato® was too m^h for
hia brain to endure. Yerkm
raving maniac ami behaved ao violecUy
that Varnoe waa obliged to manacle him
band and foot ami again ret ora lam to
the hospital, from whence he waa short
ly afterward conveyed to the insane de-
liartiiK’Ut of the alrub hooac.
Pembroke Kharon was generously rec
onqienaed by his employer for his heroic
attcm|>t to prevent the robbery, am
promoted to a responsible position in
the store, which he filled with credit
both to himself ami hia grateful em
ployer.
* Yerkm lived a year or ao after his con
finement, ami died a raving maniac, a
terrible retribution for hia attempt to
fasten a crime ou an innocent person
and thru rob him Imth of his reputation
and life at one fell blow.
eahiiiohaulk afeectio*.
There is occasionally a good deal of
mutuality in people not wanting to see
each other. Yesterday a handsomely-
dressed lady called at a fashionable resi
dence on Galveston avenue. There was
the inevitable small boy playing in the
front yard.
"Your mother is not in, ia she?’
asked the visitor.
" Yes, she is in the parlor. ”
" I thought she always went out aboul;
this time in the afternoon.”'
" I reckon she would have gone out if
she had known you waa coming; she
said so the other day.”
Just then the front door opened and
the lady of the house appeared. They
rushed into each other’s arms—smack
smack fyum—yum—yum—how glad 1
am to see you! Yum—you have not
been to see me for an age I have been
wanting to see you so bad I etc.—Gaf.
veston Newt.
i am
THEBE THINGS.
^ Three things to do—think, live
act
Three things to think of—life, death
and eternity.
Three things to love—courage, gentie-
»s and affection.
Three things to admire—inteUeot,
dignity and gracefulness.
Three things to hate—cruelty, arro
gance and ingratitadn.
Three things to delight in—beauty,
frankness and freedom.
' Thtae things to wish for—health,
LANGE ANI-
BOVTWELUa HOLE IN THE
SKY,
‘‘Searching for did bones and leav
t ings, I presume ? "
from this famous trial so full of Interest "Yea,” waa Hi® humble reply,
—that relating to Gov. Bout well’s " Hole
moderate or small size, two disadvant
ages, The mass of their body being
more developed, they require more
abundant nourishment, and are thus Ha.
ble to be deprived of sufficient suheist-
ened Beside, their multiplication be
ing comparatively alow, they only repair
their losses with great difficulty. Cer
tain small species— rats, mice, insects,
etc.—against which there ia universal
war, with no hope of exterminating
them, owe their safety to their extraor
dinary fecumlTIy; whereas, the losaei
among ths larger animals can be but
(isrtially filled up by reproduction. If
does not make haste to
pleto her knowledge of these great
mala, ahe will by and by find heraellda-
prived of subjects. It ia mrtatnly net
rash to maintain that I
tins, dugoags, walrus, certain species of
seals and otariea, the great white bear of
the Arcttes coasts, ths eomaaoa
M great carnivora (lions
tigers, etc.), gonllar, the giant armadil-
lu, giraffes, elands
phant, hippopotamus,
turtle.
birds of The ostrich group, the Arctic
Ac., are all threaten*! with
esotly
are only re-
Sttiaot birds are specially
will seon follow
the epiornM, sir.
All the great animals, in geteral, tend
after their kind to disappear, ia ooo-
arqtte-nce of human cntnpetiUuo. The
only core which man will allow tosorvive
will be those from which he can, without
much trouble, draw some profit, either
by n regulated pursuit or by
—Ltmdom Ames.
Ar Amusing Bpi—Am of ths Grom* Imponrh-
*6 mmi TrimL
A writer m an Eastern publication, in
ginng some reminiscences of the, im-
)>eaobnient of Premdent Johnson, says:
I Vish to give one other description
THE LION AND THE JACKAL—A
BLE
FLEA 8ANTRIES.
One day a Hyena, who waa out of a
job and had a buzz-saw feeling toward
all the world, met a Jackal on the .plain
and began :
1 >i
As
in the Sky.” Having had the good fort-
one. to be present, I can say, jrith all
trutbfulneas, that I never have, before
or since, witnessed a large audience ao
convulsed with laughter as was the
whole Senate and the immense crowd of
spectators on the occasion of Mr
Evarta’ reply to Gov. Boutwell, touch-
ini' this astronomical wonder.
In the Course of his elaborate and
able argument. Gov, Boutwell said:
•Travelers and astronomers inform
us that in the southern heavens, near
near the Southern Cross, there ia a vast
s|woe which the uneducated call the hide
in the sky, where the eye at man, with
Uie aid of the powers of the telescope,
has been unable to discorer nebnlr, or
asteroid, or comet, or planet, star or
sun. In that dreary, cold, dark region
of space, which is only known to be Ires
than inftmta by the evidences of crea
tion elsewhere, the Great Author of ee-
Uwtial mechanism has left the chare
which wan in the beginning. If this
earth were capable of the sentiments
and amotioas of jasttoa and vurtua,
which in human mortal beings are the
evidences and the pledge of oar divine
origin end immortal deatiny, it
heave and throat with the energy of
I am not able to kill for myself I must
eat after others have been satisfied. I
am, however, fat, healthy and.in geod
spirits.”
" See here," continued the Hyena aa
he sat down in the shade, " you have aa
much right to be a Lion as the Lion has.
I see no reason why h® should live off
the fat of the land and you off the
bones."
"I never thought of that before,"
posed the JtakaL
AMI*
really, that •
tbe Savior of
VITAL STATISTICS.
Whoro omd mf Wkmt Wo DU.
Daring 1880 sixty-eight cities of ths
United States made weekly death re
porta to the National Board of Health.
It aftprani that Vallejo, OaL, waa the
healthiest place reported, and Norfolk,
Va., the unhealthieet. The average Ufs
in Vallejo waa -89.5 years, and only one ignorant of. But,
person in 1,000 of population died of
consumption, while in Norfolk the a 1
age life was only 27.9 years, and
person in 241 of popnlation died of con
sumption. The aggregate population of
three sixty-eight cities ia 7,360,987; the
averagu duration of life in them waa
44.5 years, and there wsa one death
from consumption for every 826 of pop
ulation, and one death from acute dis
ease of the lungs for every 429 of popu-
lation. In other words, of every 100
deaths 24.4 were from lung diseases, and
of these 14 were from consumption and
10.4 from acute diseases of the lungs.
Four of the heat cities for health were
Yonkers, N. Y., average life TO years;
Omaha, Neb., average 68 years; Utica,
N. Y., 67.6 years; Keokuk, Iowa, 67.1
years; and four of the worst cities were
Jacksonville, Flo., 35 years; Vicksburg,
Miss., 34.8 years; Charleston, 8. C.,
31.3 years, and Savannah, Ga., 30.6
years. In Boston the average life was
42.5 years, deaths by consumption 1 in
246, by acute lung disease 1 in 336 of
I>opulation; in New York average life
37 years, death by consumption 1 in 254,
Philadelphia life 47.8 years, consump
tion 1 in 315, acute disease one in 844;
in Cincinnati life 47.8, consumption 346,
acute disease 494; Louisville life 47.6,
consumption 300, acute disease 410; In
dianapolis life 47.8, consumption 447,
acute disease 381; Chicago life 48, con
sumption 693, acute disease 463; St.
Paul life 68.5, consumption 661, scute
disease 715; San Francis Ob life 51.8,
consumption 296, acute disease 459;
New Orleans life 41.3, oonsumptiou 266,
acute disease 684; St, Louie life 52, con
sumption 447, acute diaeeas 680. The
difference between New York and Phil
adelphia in the general death rate and
in that from consumption is great; in
that from acute lung dfaeaas it fe strik
ing. Next to hug
disorders canae the greater number of
Mr.
to thia novel eaaa of
Oirero,
ia, who says that a lawyer
everything, far, sootier or
is no feet ia hietory, ia
rof haaaa knowledge that will not
-intoplay in hie argument Painfully
i of my
without eavy the
evinced by the honorable manager. In
deed, upon my aool, I belter® he is
aware of an aatronomioal fact which
of that eoienoe are
A " stop order”—Whoa 1
" Sold short”—Pea-jaoketa.
11 Long on stalks”—Sorghum.
Wild onte are the only crop
grows by ga^ght^ r
Tat watch repairer ia always engaged
in spring cleaning.
"A bird in the hand is worth two"—
dollars and a half; if it happens to be n
canary,
Proi-li who harbor evil thoughts
should apply to Congress for harbor lin-
provementa, ' p't _
>
"Wen, you are very footiah to be
hunting bones when yoa might aa well
ie a Lion. I wouldn't stand it if I
you.
The Jackal thought the matter over,
and went to a Liou who dwelt on the
hillside and aaid :
I have just aa good a right to be a
Lion aa yoa have." ,,
I second the motion,” waa the grave
reply.
"And I'm going to be, the."
" Bully for yoa I" growled tho kingof
"And win yoa toll me bow
- ..
"Certainly, Taka thia path e
lull, and whenever yoa meet s
mel yoa mast paw and roar and
©Icmeatal forces of nature, and project
The Jackal moved away in h%h tfir-
this enemy at room of men into that
Ha, and had notgome far bsdsee he met
vast regiua, there forever to exiet in a
n troop ef Ms kind, la bapm to pnw
aolitode m eternal aa hfe. or m the ari
and roar and swell np, and when he
arnoe of life, emblematical of. if not
litei i.r.4 lnu.~.f out U*e leader of Urn
'Any tool aa* ana that yoa arei
who thinks the !*»y who
t-r-i
lives next door to him is n good boy has
not been foond.
Lrr it be recorded," said a Layer
when he saspeeted that hie wood-dealer
waa bringing-short i
[ ntTVDBBD AND
doss not resemble a j*air of lovers on n
aufa, because there is one at sack end.
Tessa mom ■ roeaf follow of 004
• TalnrttM to I
UwfmwlM
Jt is aaserted that Vennor at <
woe a phunhrr. WeU, he’s not the only
plumber that makes a
profit
Tu old lady whs
with a s patch to
1
Go
while acme of hia honorable
paying attention to an nnooonpiad
and unappropriated island on the ear-
face of the seas, Mr. Manager Boutwell,
more ambitions, had diaooverod aa un-
U nantod and unappropriated region in
the skies, reserved, he would have ns
think, in the final councils of the Al
mighty as the place of puniahment for
convicted and deposed American Presi
dents.
"At first I thought that hia mind hod
become so 'enlarged' that it waa not
‘ sharp enough to discover the constitu
tion had limited the puniahment, but on
reflection I saw that he was as legal and
logical as he was ambitious and astron
omical, for the constitution has aaid 're
moval from office,’ and has put no limit
to the distance of the removal, so that it
may be, without shedding a drop 'of his
blood, or taking a penny of his property,
or confining his limbs, instant removai
from office and transportation to the
skies.
of your sentence of deposition and re-
, . . , „„„ . moval from office, the honor&ble and
™i ol Uo 360; m manner thoU «k. into hi.
own hands the execution of the sentence.
With the President made fast to his
broad and strong shoulders, and, having
riready essayed the flight by imagina
tion, better prepared than anybody else
to execute it in form, taking the advan
tage of ladders as far ss ladders will go
to the top of this great Capitol, and,
spurning then with his foot the crest of
lilierty, let him set out upon his flight;
while the two houses of Congress and
all the people of the United Staten shall
about ‘ Sic Uur ad osfra.'
" But here a diatreasing doubt strikes
see; bow will- the manager gat back?
He will have got far beyond the reach
of gravitation to reatom toas, and ao am-
a wing aa hie eookl never stoop
l> s d. Buword flight.” *
n aee of
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THE QEBAT HI’*,
In response to the inquiries of
respondent, the Niagara Falla
the history of the grant
bridges : In 1848 Charles Ellet, a brill
iant rather than a profeaaiooai engineer,
built ths first suspension brid|
the Niagara, on the sita of the
railroad bridge. The bridge waa only
for carriages and foot-paawngem. The
towers were of wood, and the roadway
waa only about six feet in width, just
wide enough for one team. Mr. Ellet
in the beginning had offered a reward of
$5 to the first person who should get a
string over the river. Ths next windy
day a large number of boys assembled
on the bank with kites, and before night
one of them, a former townsman, Ho
man J. Walsh, then a boy of 18 yean of
age, landed hia kite on the Canadian
side and received the promised reward.
By meapa of thia string larger cords,
then xtraa, and then iron cables, small
at flM^bni increasing in sine, were
drawn across, until the large cables wore
thus stretched. This structure served
as a most excellent auxiliary in the con
struction of the present bridge. This
was built by America's great engineer,
John S. Roebling, and hat Always beau
gfiiS f considered one of the greatest of his
works. It was commenced in 1862,
the first locomotive crossed it in 1864.
way you
vow that I will
and, when an honest man pledges yoa
hie ward shoot anything, that is the end
of ftl”
The iron basket now hanging under the
railroad track near the American end
of the bridge was first used by Mr.
and in it the first person who ever crossed
the chasm alive, and of his own Will,
was cross.-d over. There is an old Indian
tradition that a restating chief wrps once
canied to the opposite side by a large
bald-headed eagle who swooped down
on the great warrior aa he lay in amboah
on the ground and bore him over.
TffBAioB have also crossed in this basket
The suspension bridge by Brock’s mon-
ameot was bail! in 1866 by T. E. Serret
The ice jam in 1806 tar® the gays frees
the rocks to Which they wem fastened,
and before they were replaced a terrific
ptie broke the railway,
and left the
in the sir. The
M it is called, wee built m 1868,
<S'ta *•
Its length n
wns worn ci
Impossible as it may be to
the survival or persistence of fashion ia
dress, the use gf felfe hair has been
rr’©gated to the gentler ocx of this, the
last quartan of the nineteenth century.
Unless for the abeolnte protection of a
bead utterly bereft ef hair, men to-day
rarely wear wigs. The prosperona days
of the barber waned when ha ao longer
found a supplementary calling in wig*,
making. If that preponderance ol false
hair on women’s heads, in vogue soma
few years ago, has been curtailed, small
tags of sham curls, fastened ou netting,
flattened on female foreheads, has been
fer some time a la mode.
There ia, however, one fashion getting
into vogue which common sense and the
least appreciation of the fitness of things
might to abolish. If ridicule could kill
it, it deserves to be laughed out of exist-
cnce. You are paming a house, and a
child is seen asTf set in the frame of the
window. You admire the beauty of the
child, apd expatiate <>u a glory of hair
tumbling down on the rounded xhouldare.
Your wife, who has noticed year expen-
■uvenoss, will not be moved, for she nr
ffiarks in a dry, matter-of-fact way, "It
is a wig. Why, dou’f you know that
any number of children weer wigs ? You
can buy a wig of that kind fofl^25. Vary
nice ones, assarted to a child’s complex
ion, made to order, come higher." You
look horror-stricken, and yoa ask re
proachfully, '* Have yoa ’been shopping
. for children’s wigs ? Is oar own UUle
innocent to wear a wig ?” " No,” ia the
reply, " I only asked the price. Where
was the harm ? Why, there are tbou
*ands of little girls in New York Waring
wigs. I shook! not be ourpneea if in
tune all of them
ttosMi oi
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