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>? M. I. H. r. MILHOUS,
DENTAL SURGEON,
BL1CKVILLE, 8. U.
0®ceYiear his realdfooe on R R. Arenne.
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«»*Te their work done at the offloe, as he has
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urdays.
stni continue to attend calls
throughout Barnwell and adjoining coun-
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DR. I. j. QUATTIeIaUM,
< SURGEON DENTIST,
WILLISFON, 8. C.
OfRoe over Ospt. W. H. Kennedy’s store.
Calls attended throughout Barnwell
%nd adjacent counties. Patients will
find it to their advantage to hare work
done at his office. ' [ ae[ jy
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DK. J. RYEESON SMITH,
0*rative and Herhaiical toitist.
WILL I8TON, 8. 0.
Will attend eall« throughout this aod ad.
j scent conntiee.
Operatioae can be more satisfactorily per*
formed at hie Perlore, which are eappUed
with all the Uteet approved appltaeeee, than
at the residences of patients.
To prevent disappointments, patients in*
tend-ng to visit him et W.lliHon are re-
qheeled to eerreepcad by wail before le* Tr
iagbome. [eepltf
J. A. VATTEKSON,
Surgeon Dentist.
Office at the Barnwell Court Houv.
1‘atlent* waited on at reaideoce If de
sired. Will attend rails in any portion
of Bern well and Hampton counties
8atiataction guaranteed. Terms caah
augBllyj
ROBT. D. WHITE,
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VOL. VI. NO. 16. BARNWELL* C. H., S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1882
STORM
WILL
WAY.
HAVE
blew
blast
The riln came boating down, the winds
rtercc and loud.
The mightiest of the trees before the
were bowed,
And I seemed to bear them say, on that dark,
tempestuous day:
“ Stoop and let It pass. The storm will have
its way.”
The blossoms that appeared so beautiful and
strong,
And held their beads up bravely all the Sum*
mor long.
No longer bright and gay, submissively oould
say:
“Stoop and let It pass. The storm will have
its way."
spirit that would dare, with proud. SeSahf
To fight against the whirlwind or battle with
the storm.
Fate, surety, will "ompol its useless rage te
queU, . . IT
And learn 'tts bettor to endure than always to
rebel.
Through the woods
tempest goes.
They are soonest wrecked who
and mealows, as the
Its onward
way oppose:
r fosri allay who, ready to obey.
They the' ,
Stoop and tot It pass
way
The storm will have Its
Aching, breaking heart, oerwhelmed with
griefs and pains.
Weary of the beating of autumnal rains.
On thy kneos I ay, for pluck and paSenes
pray.
Stoop and let It pass.
way.
-Jotephint Pollard, in If. >'. Independent.
The storm will hare Its
flno mmt & sins,
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St all boars—Oytters in svsry stvls.
Ales, Winee, LiqSors, Regnrm, Ac [mar30ly
srsry direction, and I
I uptni
OHARLB9 O. LESLIE
Wbolesalt and ReUil Dsalsr in
?uk. fiaae. Uktteni, T«rtif«, T«rr»^iii,
Oysters. Etc. Etc.
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CHARLESTON, 8. 0.
All orders promptly attended to'.
Terms Cash c^Cfity Acceptance.
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AN HOI R OK TKKKOH,
I found myself on tl>e following morn
ing looking into the mirror to sea wheth
er or not my h.tir had turned white, and
1 have often wondered since how I ever
managed to come through it safely; but
I did somehow, and am here now to tel]
vou a^out it, if you will be patient and
tieten. _-
I was just sixteen years of age. and
the voungwst of a large family, all of
whom had married and left boma bat
myeelf. We were rntiding in the coun
try. aad 1 had never wished to leave
tuy quiet home until after that eventful
night of which I am about to tell you.
Mr mother used to call me her ** tom
boy ’ dangh'er. an 1 indeed, if it had
not been for ro- ao omp ishmenta in this
direction. I hardly know bow 1 should
have taken earv of myeelf on that night
—as )ou will oheerve when 1 hare
fniehed.
My fsthrr ws# a physician, and had
b--en called to ihe ^.edside of a patient
who was expected to d e every moment,
conae< t ueu ly we diU uot expect him
back until awme t me the next day.
My mother had dismteted all theeerv-
ants fur the n gbt and cloeed the do<>ra.
It was past our iiaual bed tiroo, but we
were both deeply abeo-'bod in onr new
hooka, aad seemed r.d *|K>««d to rettre
At laat. hows vac. mother cl. wed her
book an I said U was tinm were ia
bad. ae we wrrv >*, wet mg ra y I rtMher
and ha wi a to arrive the aext morning
Si about three u’i lock sod wo tld be
•alle.1 up to meet them. I bal ust
pla ed m. so. el on the table, and was
haainr hack to enjoy a huge yawn,
when the gate ooeue.1 and souse one
• ante rapidly up thd Walk to the porch.
The next ihouxnt there was a loud
kno k at the door, and mo'her aad I
looked at each other a moment, as if
wondering who coaid be coining in at
such a late hour
* >ome cue ba« wnt for your father,
I guee*.' said irother, gmug to her
room door which opeoci into the hall
•• Who • there*" she inquired- I heard
the voice of my brother in-law. who
lived about a rails from us. saving that
fcie wife wav quite ill, and be bad oome
for father.
Of course 1 was sorry for n y sister's
illneM, but at the same tune wav glad
that the caller was not an intru ter, aa I
had at first feared \\ hen mother in
form? ' him that father wm away, he
asked her if she would not return bome
with him, as she might be able to rea
der ray sister some re I e(.
Of course she could not refuse, and so
was to be left alone, for I could not
x»esibly leave home, also, on account
>f my brother a id h s wife, and 1 should
be compelled to reran n at home to re-
iterve.
Perhaps 1 w m more eae ly frightened
than moet girls of mv age, out the
•ast that 1 was -‘the baby of the fam-
and h d never beeu Ipft alone at
_ t, I think quite sufficient reason for
my jailing.
A ter seeing mother safely off I
lasteqed the door, and taking mv book
wentup-atairs to my own room, where
detlrmined to spend the remainder
of the night reading—at least, until my
brother and wife came at three.
A dtor opened from my room upon a
little balcony, into which one from
the hal also opened. This I left a ar
to admf. fresh air. as 1 knew there oould
be nc ♦ossiblc means of reaching it
from v>. porch below, except by a lo
ladder.
looked about in
saw him peering up through the branch
es of the trees towards the window near
which ! stood. Shading my eyes, I
looked more closely to see if I could tell
who it Was. but oould not. He wore a
large, broad-brimmed black hat and a
long coat He seemed to be gazing up
at my window for a full minute, and
then he stepped hastily across the yard
and disappeared around the house. I
hurried to4he back window in time to
see him enter the hotise of Uncle Ben.
out old gardehef. '
“Pshaw!” I said to myself. **ICs
hobody but Uncle Ben, after all. -Been
over to sea some neighbors and oome
home late.” -.
But still I wm not exactly satisfied, for
I kept on thinking about the manner in
which he had come to the bouse.
It was test 12:80. Mercy! what wm I
to do with the remainder of the time till
three o’clock came?
When the excitement occasioned by the
appearance of the figure in the garden
had subsided a little, my eyelids began
to get heavy, and almost before 1 knew
it, the chin rested on my chest, and I
was fast asleep.
Whea I a wok* It wm with a sudden
start, and I almost sprang to my feet.
I wondered why I had been aroused so
suddenly, and listoMa intently to see if
the sound or whatever it was would be
repeated.
All wax as still as death. Nothing to
meet my listening ear save the mourn
ful braese as it gentlv rustled the leaves
outside my window; and the faint tick,
tick, of the large clock in the hall down
stairs. ^ es, a cricket was chirping from
the hearth, and I oould hear the weird,
lonely hoot of an owl from the neighbor
ing wood.
A thrill ran throogh me. Everything
seemed so c ompletely forsaken—so quiet
and desolate. Look in/ at mv watch l
discovered that it Wm exactly two
o’clock, and indeed, was surprised to
learn that I had been asleep so long.
Another hour before my brother would
come. 1 thought it would never do to
allow myself to fall asleep again, and
remembering that there were some ap-
E les in tliaoloeet, I started to get one.
opmg It^feid EMst me to keep awake.
1 had just »'cK>ped over the basket when
I heard a Hinge, grinding, rutting
wnind, very Jew, but distinct I turned
to 1 sten. atm te came to my ear louder
than beforam
1 asked osytelf if It oould be a huge
rat < i - ’hie way into the pantry be
low. but Jpe ne#f instant this hope wm
driven inmi me, for the noise was evi
dently made by something larger than
a rMf Some one was trying to aflect
an prance.
o^Hearen. what eould I do* Sup-
p. iMfVt were a robber attempting to
n.ake kill entrance into the house* What
would become of me-' I shuddered
and f.toodBke eue riveted to the floor.
1 felt the perspiration stealing oat upon
mv (oreheMl in great, hot beada. and
almost heard my heart beating. Agats
f It tened in 1 r-athle-s suspense. Tbs
sound was unmistakalvs this t me. and
tha’ it was an inM^er I did not doubt,
try n/ to rat his Way through some of
the bl nds be
There were gunsTn the hoo-*e, and 1
could handle one aliout as well as any
country girl; but the fact gras they were
all d -wn s airs in the ptmdrv. end If I
attempted to go after one 1 might rush
into th very a ms of a burglar. Be
sides, I did not know where the pantry
key wm. Perhaps it was in the sitting
room, where rootn'-r sometimes kept it,
or perhaps in her room, but in whet
exact place? Alas' may be she had
taken it away in her pocket 8o there
»y b«
sket!
was no hope of obtaining a gun. aad
the only ttfing remaining for use to do
was to try and make my e-cape. Bui
how?
The thought struck me that 1 might
extinguish the 1 ght and hide mvself;
but then 1 should run the risk of t>etag
discovered and perhaps killed.
I was. indeed, in a s'ate of perple
and asked myself what should I do.
The sound still grew louder. Whoever
the intruder waa he wm certainly
ting bolder.
1 unfMtened my shoes and carefu
slipped them ort, then blew out the
light, and cautiously making my way
the door which opened in^o the balcon
stood just inside .xnd listened. Yes.
was most certainly at one of the front 1
ndows! Lying down on the floor, I
crawled to the edge of the balcony and
peeped carefully over at the window
of inv mother's room.
1 could see no one. but I oould hear
the noise much plainer. I then made
my way to the other end of the balcony,
and looked over in the same manner.
To my inexpressible horror, I saw the
dark figure of a man at one of the par
lor windows. If he once managed to
get in, he could go all through the house
except in the pantry.
1 saw in an instant that it wm the
man whom I bad seen in the yard.
Could it be that our old gardener had
learned of father's and mother s ab
sence and meant to take advantge of
it to rob our house? I could scarcely
believe it, for we had always reposed
such confidence in Uncle Ben that I
did not believe him capable of such a
do&cl.
The noise ceased for a moment, and
looking closely I saw him thrust his
hand in through the hole he had cut
and unfasten the blinds. Opening them
he tried the window, but fortunately it
could not be lifted from the outside
Ha then set to work wfith his knife
again, to cut out the sash.
How I shuddered. He would soon be
in, end what would become of mo?
Could I make my way down stairs and
out of the back door before he cut
through? Wm there nothing I eould
do to prevent him from taking away my
mother's valuables* There were sev
eral handsome articles of ailver in the
parlor, besides all the table silver ou
the side-board in the hall. If I could
get out I might send for help before he
Ltd sufficient time to make away with
the stolen property. I spent little time,
however, in planning for their safety. I
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long
I coulti not center my thoughts upou
the word) before me, although I had
been veh- much interested before,
mother lelt I would start and listen at*
the least sound I heard. Once I laid
a.-ide ay book, and going to the back
window looked down toward tke serv
ant’s honass to see if they had all re
tired. avetythinc; was dark and still,
and 1 ngpin decided to be m brave as
possible, ant forget all about robbers
and ghosts; and so, after satis'ying my
self once more that there was no one in
the closet, or wardrobe, or under the
bed. I look pissession of mv book and
sat down to rtad.
* I managed » read a chapter or two,
and again I Bun l myself peering out
through the wndow down Into the gar
den. and tryitg to form the dancing
shadows there pto human forms mak
ing their stealthy way through the
shrubbery.
I was about to turn my eyee to my
book once more when I saw something
that caused me o start and look more
closely. Yes, i; was, indeed, a roan
creeping eautiouiy along behind tha
hedge towards the servants’ houses.
Who eould .it be* The servant* had
•aid nothing tl < night before about
It av;ng. unait , at something unusual
for one of them to keep such things a
Uttg out by tha lower storv now, fot
stairs went dowh immediately at the ,
parlor door, and 1 oould not escape be-
ng seen should I attempt to descend. I
lad almost made itp my npnd to jump
from the balcony into the porch, but It
was a foolish thought, for it w..» entire-
y too high, and 1 would be sure to break
a limb or sprain my ankle, ami thus
throw myself into the villain's po^er.
Once more I turned into my room,
and my brain wm in such a whirl that I
oould think of no course to pursue—
nothing but to stand and listen. My
heart fluttered. I heard a soft sten on
the stair, and the next moment saw a
ight thrown upon the wall in the en
try. He was coming. • :
1 wrung my hands and ■laaoed hur
riedly about Must I hioa myself be
tween the feather-bed and mattress!
Good Heaven! I hadn't time for that
for be wm half way up tha stairs.
The closet door stood open, and
springing to it I took out the key. and
stepping in. closed the door, locking it
on tne inside. Peeping through a knot
hole, 1 saw the dark form of a man step
ping eaut onsly across the hall to mv
room, holding a small lantern in his
nand- When be stood on the threshold,
he threw the light in and peered anx
iously about Coming into the room he
examined the bed—he even stopped snd
looked under it. then UinfUfl to the ta
bte and stood looking at my hook and
the lamp, as if trying to solve some
mystery. He turned over one of my
shoes with his foot and glanced up at
the open door
Mercy! could it be that he wm search
ing lor me ? If so, he would not fail to
examine the closet and if be should suc
ceed in opening IS—alas! 1 pressed my
band involuntarily upon my heart to
quiet iu wild throbbing.
Well,” I heard him matter from be-
nesth his mask, *’l am sure 1 heard a
noise a* I wm coming up. She mult be
here somewhere, for there wm a ight
burning in here. If I could only find
her»-but it may bo that—”
Again he glanced up at the door. In
my anxiety ho watch his movements 1
nibbed against the key. and it fell to
the floor with a loud ring Instantly his
^aze wm r.vited up. n the cloeet door a*
be came slowly t >ward it raking hold
of the b It, he shook it gently and then
st-- d very quiet for some time, as if
listenng.
“Yes,’’ he said at length, “I saw a
bunch of keys down stairs somewhere,
and 1 guea* 1 ran find one to fit this
V ek; ill don't. I can make nse of them
tools on it.*’
So snying. he turned assay, and m he
went Into the hall I heard him shut my
d- or and lock it on the chi table
1 felt for the fey on the floor, aad
hastily opening the' < Loeet, stood and
listened in breathies* mm penes W i h
a bold, hearv step he descended into
the hal'. and although I had not recog
nired him a* -uch. I now firmly bo-
lie> ed him to be no o her than <<ur
gardener, for bo seemed to be aware
that I wm the <>alv occupant of the
house, and to bedere tha he bad me
securely lo. ked In my room, but,
strange to say, he had f< rg dten the
door leading into the balcony, and step
ping < at, 1 nga.n locked about me for
some means of e cape
I tried the front hall door, and to
delight found it unfastened, bromita
little flight of stairs led up into a room
ia the roof, whore there were two
dormer windows
Hastening up these steps, I raised
one of the windows and stepped out up
on the roof, lowering the sash s/ter me.
The mi on was shining brilliantly, nod
I looked up and down the road to see If
any object was in sight; but not a mov
ing object could 1 discern from smong
the clustering shadow* and bushes
Once mom 1 listened, and beard the
intruder coming up the first stair-
and knew he wm coming to break
called her. She sprang out of bed with
a frightened exclamation and ran to the
door to know whai 1 wanted. I told
her in as few words m possible, asking
her to go for our nearest neighbor, who
lived about half a mile away from us.
Of course she would, ana" while she
drew on her clothes I took ap an old
gun from a corner of the room, and
finding that it wm loaded, hastened
back to the house.
1 stationed mrself at the end of the
porch, behind r, clump Of vines, aad
stood with thy gnn ready to shoot at the
shortest notice. I could hear the in
truder in the house, going up and down
stairs, turning over chairs and keeping
up a general racket At last he ap
peared at the window, aad stepping out
upon ths porch, stood looking ap the
road.
“ Guess I'd better be gittin’ way from
here, 'cause that young miss has got
out and first thing I know somebody’ll
be oomin' in here to eat me up, skin snd
bone. I’ve got the money, anyway, and
that’s all I wanted, ’cept missus’ watch
and chain; but I’ll git it some day.”
He turned m if to leave, and I let him
have a load from my gun in one of his
legs. He fell to the floor with a terrible
yell and kept Quiet I thought if I
could keep him there until help came
without taking his Ufa, I should be
isfied-
Raising himself on his elbow with
moan he looked about and said—
“Oh, I am shot! I'm killed! PI
don't shoot me any more, and I'll give
the money all back —every oentP’
1 did not show myself, bat prepared
the other barrel to shoot if it Mould
become necessary. It did not however,
for it wm not long before the cook re
turned, accompanied by our neighbor
and his two sons, who took possession
of the gentleman, and relieved me of
my watching.
A few moments later my brother aad
his wife arrived, aad I discovered that
it had been exactly one hour sinoe I
was aroused from my ihimber la my
room
ihe robber wm none other than the
old garueuer, ana a* a.terward ooa-*
•seed be knew father wm not at home,
and saw mother when she went away
with mv brother. Me was very much
in need of the money, he said, aad de
termined to take advaatass <4 the op
portunity to go is to the house and
search lor some He also said that hs
meant to force me to tell him the
whereabouts of father’s money, but he
said nothiag about In leading te take
“VbrnVsew him rota# through the
garden into the yard, he had t sea off
to borrow the hat and cloak from bis
brothor, with whom bo pcoiaiood to di
vide tbo proceeds of the B-ghL
Ihe mask ha formed himself of a
piece of blaek cloth, sad. Indeed, had I
not seen him eater his owa boose, 1
should never hare known him, for the
disguise stm p<-riect
Rest assured that I bars never sine*
remained in a large bouse alone at
sight.
In a letter to the press Hjalmsr H.
Boyesen says: “It te very true that
Bjo: nstjerne Bjomson te the leader at
the opposition to King Oscar IL, but it
te not true that Bjorbson wm ever sen*
tenced by a court of justice for ’chal
lenging his sovereign,’ and if hs had
beeu he would have been the Ust man
to run away from bis sentence. The
Norwegian Government knows better
than to prosecute so power’ul a man M
Bjomson. King Oscar and his Mini*
tors have hitherto confined themselves
(such m the
to punishing humbler men (such M the
cditnr l-nrcnxcni for imagin&rv insulta
to his Majeety, but although 'Bjomson
111
has said much severer things than thoee
who have hitherto been prosecuted,
they have so far had the prudence to
let him alone. The Liberal
Norway (It is m yet prematur
Republican) has no iinarrnl with the
Swedish Government, out merely with
Oscar Bernadette personally, who hap
pen* to be King of Sweden' as well
of Norway. On the contrary, there te
oonsiderablq sympathy in the Swedish
Parliament and among the Swedish
people at large with the Liberal move
ment in Norway, which aims merely at
protecting the Coost tulion of 1814
against the violation of the King, and
hog 9 yean
cow, -gad vMeh, -1
weigh abet* L60Q
are like thoee of an
Time*.
—The capital stoc
banks U lbe c
party ini companies, end there * ere bat
” them m compared with the M
National banks, te f46*Ml t m
—In the oomi
setts there are
with a total
year of 11,149,982,
of •28.0St.2M
•hows a gat*
410,201
valuation
violation of the King,
the right of mi
which this < onstitut'.on
against
securing in reality ths right of self.
way, and knew he wm coming to bre
into the cloeet. I had been thoughtful
enough to lock it when 1 came cot. in
order to keep him employed m long m
poMible, hoping aid might arrive be
fore he wm gone
He completed his task at the lock
With remarkable quickness for I heard
him oome into the hall with a distinct
aath. and start to oome up the second
ht of stairs.
t me! Would he suspect what I
had done, and come out on the roof to
look lor me!’ I’erhaps he had beard me
the window.
Running to the far end of the house,
the limb ot a tree extending oat
juitu near the edge of the roof, and
perhaps I might swing down
was very small and weak, and
almost afraid to risk it:butper-
haps it would sustain my weignt until I
could rhach another limb. But suppose
M|jt should break? The fall would be
qmlgAurr to kill me.
I Was almost ready to abandon the
idea aad make myself contented upon
the roof until my brother came, allow
the rolibcr to carry away even thing in
the house if ha chose, when a loud rat
tle upon the dormer window aroused
me. and without even thinking further
what might ba the consequences. I
b and stepped off
far out over the
of
igr
took hold of the
the roof, swip
yard.
As I looked doflUI grew faint, and
eame near letting go my hold. There
I was hanging high up in the air. sus
pended by a frail limbi aad to fall
would be certain death.
Climbing hand over harioPT soon,
reached the trunk of tha tree, where
I let go my hold and caught on a large
limb. Lowering mysefi from one
branch to another until I reached the
lowest limb. I stood for a moment, and
looking back up at the roof, listened,
to ascertain whether or not I wm being
pursued.
I could bear nothing, however, and.
climbing care ullv to toe smallest end
of the limb, I beat it down, and swing
ing off by my band*, reached the
ground ia safety.
The aext thought wm to sort M-
• stance, so that the robber might be
rAAtiirrd wd OUT Vllusblfi# nKXJTCred.
A California ftaake Mery.
W. D. Hampton of Hamptonrilte. In
forms us of a thrilling adventure that
recently took place at the White Rock
£ arts mine on the north side of the
a Joaquin, in line Gold District,
which for grit aad daring te equal to
anything we have ever beard of. There
te an old shaft on the mine which has
been unused for year*, and recently It
became necessary to clear it "Ut and
use it in working ihe mt»*. The shaft
« about thirty feet «Uep. perpendicular
ly. with an incline of thirty tact more.
A number of rattleenakes had taken pos-
ssion of the incline, probably in the
strut by falling down the shaft, and by
breading had increased till th* whole
aperture seemed like a writhing mass of
reptiles. At first an effort was made to i
©lean them out by discharging giant
powder cartridges at the bottom o' the
shaft, but this process only succeeded in
killing such of the snakes as chanced to
be at Ihe top of the incline, snd as a
last resort one of the workmen, Charles
Campbell, agreed to go to the bottom
and kill the norriblo. venomous reptiles,
whose hissing and rattling oould be
plainly heard at the top of the shaft.
Procuring a quantity of antidotes for
snake poison, and making all needed
preparations for rais ng and lowering
th* adventurous man. who was about,
m it were, to place hi* life in his owu
hands, Charles Campbell was lowero 1
into the shaft by his trembling fellow-
laborers. He was armed only with a
lantern and small tticU.
The stench occasioned by the poisoned
breaths of the rattlesnakes was almost
overpowering, hut, nothing daunted, he
proceeded on his errand Reaching the
location of the shaft he gradually
groped his way down the ‘•teep and -Lp-
pery incline, stopping ever and nn<m
to kill a venomous rattier that im
peded his way. Reaching the bottom
ne plied his stick with vigor, while the
man of the snakes squirmed and rut-
tied. their eyes sparkling 11!.• diamonds
and their lorked tongues lopping the
air m they moved their heads in the
intensity of their fury, or struck with
their poisoned fangs at the brave man
that nad tried to encroach on their
quarters. Rapidly they fell over in the
agonies of death from the unerr.ng
Mows from hte live oak stick till not
one wm left alive. Thirteen
snakes, with from seven to nine
• each, were killed, aad two with
fourteen and fifteen rattles, respectively
In addition a number of voung ones
were destroyed. Finish
labors he returned to the
shaft and wailintiled out,
ening and poisonous air
den so overcame him
away on reaching the top.
won administered and be
bte home where he lay
throe day a, bat te bow fully recovi
and randy to asaail another dsn of
vipem—Ftome(GaL) Expositor.
government
guarantees *
“The issues In the campaign which
Hm jnst been concluded, aad which hM
resulted in such an overwhelming de
feat for th* Government, are brtally M
follows: The Norwegian Storthing
passed several years ago a bill giving
the Ministers of the 'Crown sexta in
Parliament. The King vetoed it twice,
but the Storthing passed it oeee more
over his vote. Now. aceording to the
Norwegian Constitution, s bill becomes
law withowl tha King's sanction ML
passed by three snoceMlve storthing*
king Osear, however, who felt Uteao
SucceMiv* defeats m a personal umiU-
ation, set up a novel claim—that in con
stitutional amendment* he ; <»-»-»s*d an
absolute veto, aad he so^rdingfrjre-
fused to promulgate the new law ouch
a thing had never been heard of before
ia Norway, nad it aroused an unoaak
of indignation among the people, which
oaa only he measured by tne site of the
Liberal vote in the recent si
Bjomson. who te a man of trecneadoes
eloquence, gave voice to this
indignau. a. and protested in ths
of the people against th* usu
ef ths Government. If b* h:
the ambitious, but cowardly,
which th* Ixxodoe A <
m being, do you suppose t
lion would have rwea r
verdict on th* King aad
hte eundsmnssisa W th*
I think net There te
snore fcarfaan aad morajt fwd rasa ia
Norway than Bjornstjeme H ornMffi,
And the people know it, aad they tore
aad revere him.
“As for the insurance of #00,000
crown* which the King recently pro-
eared before starting lor Christiania,
that wm a mere thmsy coup tie tkrtarr
which te thoroughly characteristic of
uxdotte. Hr
1877
> 1279 to #4 per tea.
OSt BOW m
ton only,
rogmas la the
MM. 102:
of 164 Of, aad
tttUM, aai
Classified. Ohio
14-
tiOK
—M
7,487
weight.
688 wo
age of 130.87.
averaand 167.1
southern Indian* and Illinois 164
and Keataririans 168.41 pounds- As
near Mthte cam* to being a "unanimous
vote,” that of the women wm stall
closer. Ohio women averaging 1*3 34
Kentucky ISA 74 aad Boa them Indiana
aad Illinois ladies 1U.I&.—Xtermf JW.
— Rome idea of th* great slaughter of
deer which annually takas pUoa ia Cal
ifornia, Nevada and Oregon, may be
e ned from the trade statistics of the
• dealers. One export bouse la Sun
Francisoo hM a pile containing 4002
deer skin* la its warehouse. It haodke
annually over 7A«U0 skins, aad eMl
malse the aaanal number of deer kilted
at *00,000. Tbs larguel porttea af tha
skins corns from North western Nevada
’•sdsJ^H
-
aad Cbtifiorala tefgn ana
I mate are left to rot, tbs
that te desired.—CkUmgi
—One of the
jrtaAdte
Ths rs^s k
kmg, aad
ef li« yi
I of tbs am-
Oscar Bemndotta.
te himeek
if fully
aware that hs wuokl personally be ss
sa's ia Norway m Bjornson himself
Much m ths people hats him. there te
not one who would miss a finger to do
him barm. What be wished to do (end
probably hM succeeded in doing) was
to adverlte* to th* world what a brave
msa be te. and what a fierce aad dan
gerous people hte Norwegian subjects
are And yet every one who knows th*
Norsemen is aware that they are tbs
J utetest and most law-abiding people ia
urup* They merely have the inso
lenoe to demand ths right to govern
themselves sad to resist the King's at
tempt to overthrow their < onstitution.
It te. therefore. Oscar and hte Miaistan,
and not Bjomsoc and the Parliamentary
majority, who are th* revolutionists In
Norway.”
posed ofl
the str
"and mooK mnX r
m ao4 *
Every
portaare of having rat
granaries, M f*w hex
suffered semuty from (tea
of tbeas
directions far _
that would reetet all
tranoa. Th* following,
respondent, would MOO* SO bu aK
te necessary ia
■ 1. ' M
Being Nr.gtibirly.
base
Then- are people who seem to
friendship on borrowing as long aeyoa
will lend to them. Neighbors of that
stamp Illustrate the impudence that de
ni ana* without consideration, and th*
familiarity that breeds contempt. The
following appears in the New York
Mrrennlut Journal.
He was a small boy, with dirt on hte
nose snd a faded straw bat on his head,
sad feet so long unwashed that II wm
hard to toll where his toe-nails were
located. He walked boldly up the
steps, palled the bell, «nd when th*
lady came to the door be said:
“ Say, can yon land me your tele
phone for a few mlnits? 0
“ Why, I can’t.” she gasped out.
“Well bring it back in hall
hour ”
“ But I can’t lend tt, child. You
don’f seem to know what a telephone
is. Who are yoa?”
“We live around the corner—j oat
moved in, and we want to be neighbor
ly. I tried to borrow your wbeel-bar-
row and shovel but your boy wouldn’t
lepd ’em, and our hired girl has been
over to borrow tea and sugar and
couldn’t get any. We kinder thought
we might borrow your telephone or
something, and ma would bring it back
and get a chance to see your style aad
Mk vou to ran right in with your old
on.”
The lumber far I
above m well M for
of hemlock 4
planed
lower floor 2
the studding
the floor perfeetiy
pieces of 2 by 4 ae*a
each side of thotooi
a groove near tha appar
outer edge te reoaiv* tha
first board af Ih* oailing; tha
bs pat up tnagns
through both taiga
tongas and erootan
these scantlings aad
floor Erect at s
of like soantltffig.
been squared, pel
Rag on the floor,
the joists above
floor. Mover
Make the door to aWa *24
roa may bid rate md m
wet and their wont Y<
ba given through I
botto m. ^ protected
If, howevsr,
an have nay other
known to be %
a complete protection agateft rate, wa
shoatd be glad te bear from thaot ’.
Hemlock, owing te its nahsoia* a»-
“ g mm-
gnaw