The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 04, 1896, Image 3
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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE 4, 1896.
r mP LIMBER JIM.
1
A Mjfanight. Moonlight Horse Raoo 1
’ /*■ at Rocky Crock.
mr ■
f Frcaclipr’s IIopbo II»d Speed and
j^jirin" yualltJes-Can't Alwaya Moa*-
■ ire a Mun or a Ilorso by “Gen*
■ oral AppeurtnontB."
-fou muybo moug’ht not think i* from
tb® general outward n]>pcarmcuts to
day, but when 1
was young and
sprightly a u <1
supple-jinted 1
w o u 1 cl ruther*
ridfi the fastest
horse in a half-
mile dash than
to eat when i
%■ w as hungry. And
whilst itmought
v not look prob
able to you, I
I have .-■•.'‘U tile day and hour \fhon
II could ride a horse-race, or piny the
fuddle, or jump ci jig or run a reel w ith
any youngster in the. whole discovered
^country. And till this day I never hear
tell fast horses but what I recollect *
fdflight, moonlight horse-race which
took a hand in oncst upon u time
years and years ago.
Umber Jim Shows Up.
At that time I was nothin but a year- j
Ihi boy—the onlycst one in the family
—mid my mainest runnln mate -
a nigger ycungstey_y,'f^-ldngrd to
taU rr^Tiur other boyvwne name
^^ry, niTd as we was one year’s ehil-
4Litn, both born ou tho full of f(ho moon,
<fce gcne*ft] understandin wn*\ that he
♦mild fall to me when I got dt^enough
branch off and aet up business on my
•ftrn hook.
One pleasant summer
A the shank of the eve
♦rftvellln through t
stopped over and put u
ft our house. In the main tln^ m
ferry we made It cur personal aiid j
tlelar business to try every grange
horse that come along. V.'e had to tend
fo the stock and see to it that there
W*s plenty of corn in the troft and fod-
lor In the rack, aud so we renseined to
gether with ourselves that no strange
aorse gould got his board and lodgins
m our lot free gratis for aythin. The
general fact that the hor
belonged to a preacher
ktindn a blame bit. lie had 'tso show
Awn hi regards to his wind atid h!n
Iced if he had any In him. The preach-
which we had with no that Aifght
cftflnl his horse Limber Jim, and aU ter
lei him clown to the. lot me and atrrry
Vr^de it up between us that he wo'cid
have to untie them legs and unlinibler
himself generally somewheres befofre
daylight the next mornin.
lay, )«t6 along
jin, a preacher
Mttliftient
1 for the \ight-
Land
ror aotnin. me
torse in this case
?r didnVt jar ftnr
tTm> 'a*, -i
t
I
Out ln*t!ie AJoooltghS.
hei-e was then at that tlrrm » IT^tle
»rt^poplcd, long-legged h9tr**e On the
<t w^ioh i called mlne. ( yL\*eordIu to
fnmHy undcrstonAlh he tnts mine
dfeed nnJ corn-anid ride r.nd claim e.«
if own; btfga’ull he didn't come in for
exemptions under the general law
4in horse racln. I told Jerry fhathe
otild have to ride the preacher's iorse
hllst I would back the. IlHIe hay ss
asnal. Up to that time I neter had
!l«ft up agin bnt one horee that could
jpass by the little bay, and that was a.
frmn mare which belonged to llamp
Weaver, a younger brother to Lea Chris.
Jt is about the same way*! reckon, wllh
most nil country boys, but in them days
I would ruther take a lickln any time
^han to ride a horse that couldn't lead
fhe pack. It Is human nature with
everybody—but boys in particlar—to
try and keep ahead and work in tfho
lead. You ran take notice of the name
thing in old men. They most In gener
ally pull Vor the amen corner, or take
the. first ry?at In the front row of fhe
dress circle.
fin In pursuit of adjournment, me and
Jbrry„ rctusdemblod ourselves together
down there, in thft Irars* lot at mid
night, apd how presently we h*d took
tho horses out and off dowa the ofd
stage road lo^kin for a level Wretch to
mn the race. \TJ»e moon kit wan shin In
bright an day, and when we got out in
a clear opcnln Wve dismounted end got
down no I could take a good look at
Ijbtfber Jim,'
And as I am a fanner from Farmcrs-
tine, and a nature.l-bom sonrthern gen
tleman, that hoysft was the most ugliest
and unpromlsii^ ping I had ever saw In
til of mj- borr days. lift was swer-
bneked, and Ik neh-leggcd; and box-
inklcd and yov -necked, and slab-sided
|nd ragged nr 1 raw-bony. Flamed if
I conldn’t hniKpiy hnto» his kip bofte
and eount. ItJs^pb* by the pale light af
, A
the moon. II«
*t>d looked llki t
fall to, pieces
L:
%
luggifth and sleepy
ronld break up and
at livery step ke took,
ally at lakt I come right out and
Jerry if ho wanted to run a race ©n
old horsejhe could do It, bnt as to
vouldn’tjdde hito In a race far love
J was plum eatlslcd
and fall dowa and
or mine—end maybe
he wesTnther sllttlsh
this time Limber Jim
eel and hie head hung
fixin off to sleep, and
’ll be smeared if he want
up the old erowbalt if le
J l in the family—which
y young bucks such na
woe worth a thousnnd dollars a
benil.
INo HldntsM Race Run.
that midnight, moonlllght bone
1 wc* didn’t have any elftrher ftsid no
‘s to sjk-ak of, and so ftonw'Qnent-
ve had to make our own rales and
bmcets. The way wc managed
start even uid gi \
i-U Uiil cow
TJhai I
.u.
•on. The way I most In gencTolly wiaj
the raoo was by gettln two or three
quick, long leaps nlivad before the other
horse kuowed what was comin. I
worked the same game on Limber Jim,
and the little bay went oIT two full
lengths ahead. The run wc picked out
was a mile dash, and before we had
covered the first quarter my little bay
had left Limber Jim by fifty yards. I
was just think in about pnllin tip so ns
to run a waitin race when by gracious
I heard Jerry sing out to mo:
“Do your Itest, Mnrso llufc, for we are
a comin!"
The next minlt he shot by n>e like u
puff of wind, and through the. cloud of
dust I could see Jerry and Limber Jim
nil tangled up there together and goln
at the rates of about 40 feet to the jump
and ten jumps to the accent. I run tho
little bay on out to the end of the
stretch knowin that he was way yonder
the worst beat horse I had ever flung a
leg over. But when wo got to tho stop-,
pin place I couldn’t see neither hair
nor hide of Jerry mid Limber Jim. I
reckon tho old horse must have thought
we was in for a ten mile race in three
straight heats. He run on down tho
road about three miler, before Jerry
could pull him in, and 1 had mighty
nigh give them both up for lost before
thay|got back. Limber Jim come up in
Ylmt loose jLtuble-shuflle fox walk of his,
and /-Mist me and Jerry was tnlkin over
tlie.Vacc hang mr cats if he didn't go to
elobp right there in the big roud.
Tlie Game They Plnye<3.
We got tho horses back into the lot,
and rublicd off tho ceddlc marks and
sneaked off to bed without raisin any
diaturbment around the place, and the
next mornin everything was os smooth
and lovely ns a summer day. I man
aged somehow to toll the preacher off
down to the lot before breakfast and got
up a private confabulation with him in
regards to old Limber Jim. In the final
windup I told him if he would borrow a
horse from my father und leave his old
plug in our lot I would t ry and put some
weatherboard in on him and round him
»p a -little agin he come back that way.
The preacher ho took the bait like a lit
tle man and had a'V-t. , Jcjwith father ac-
oordin at the break fast tnLfo-.-^
“Limber Jim is all right aud sotilTTi
a dollar,” says ho, “but right at this
particlar time he Is somewhatly under
the weather from hard and constant
ridin’. This boy of yours. Brother
Sanders, Is a natral-boru horse master,
aud I would love to put Limber Jim in
his hands for a few weeks, or at any
rates till I pass aloug this way on my
return back from the hill country."
Well, bcin ns they was both brothers
)n tho same church it was all right •with
my father. You know how that i©.
When the preacher went off that roern-
in he was ridin the best saddle hors©
on the place, and up on three legs and
chawin his corn and fodder between
naps.
The crops was laid by then and nil
flic stock was idle, so I had a good
chance to take soene of the kinks out
of Limber Jim’s hide. I give him two or
three dayo to rest up in, and then I
straddled him one mornin and put out
up the road to eeo Hnmp Weaver. I
had a tolerable good fiddle, widely I
wanted to swap to Ilnmp for his open
fhcc, silver-case watch and some boot.
Anyhow that was the story which I
give out to him when I got there, Imt
to you, I wps playin for even with Lim
ber Jim as my winnin card. I set my fig-
gen? too high on the watch and fiddle
trade and was fixlu off to atnrt back
home when Ilnmp up and says to me,
says he:
“Rufc, wheredn fhe thundorntionr did
you run up with that old boneynrd?"
I responded back that I Imd picked rrp
the horse from a preacher (bnt wo©
pnsrdn through the ecHlemrnt, and
then went on to remark in n ncfttterln
way that there was some goo-1 blood
hi him and a right smart speed if I
could but only bring it out where ft
would show.
llamp he laughed fit to kill hhneclf
aud lowed he wouldn’t be caught dead
and ridin such a razor-back. “Aintyon
sheered, Lnfe. they will nrreflt j-ou for
cruelty to animals?”
“The next thing you know ffco bas-
r.ards will come down nnd dose tkeh -
mortgage, and you will have to tote
your saddle home,” Ilnmp went cm to
say.
i
It TVas «rnt Up or Sliat Ug»"
Well, llamp he kept on pokln fnu ftt
roe and Limber Jim no till presently I
rot sick and tired of It and (old htoi I
was ridin the fastest horse in tho netlle-
mvnt. He took another l&ughin rpeH
then, nnd laughed till the water backed
ftp hi his eyes. But when he got through
and quit I Iwntrrud hhri for a. race nnd
proffered to bet him ftiy fiddle agin his
watch, even Steven, that the old horn?
could beat his roan ?n*rc hi a mnnto
iWcr—one mile dash. Ilftmp thought I
was Jokin at first, but when I laid my
fiddlo down and told hhn to put up ©r
shut up he covered it with his watch
and went off after the roan mare.
When wc galloped up to the stort-1 n
place both of the horses was movto
along neck and neck. But when they
got the wonl to gt> the marc made a
spurt aiy) sliot out ahead exactly like
my little bay had done when me aud
Jerry run our midnighfy moonlight
race. It w as some time before Limber
J.’m could pull himself up together tn
runnln shape, but after (lint every time
he bnnclicd his feet hb would cover
three or four lengths, and he bunched
cm tremendous quick nnd List, Blamed
if he couldn’t go $ind come quicker and
do more runnln and make less fnw
about It. than any horse 1 have ever saw.
^ow, then, to cut the story short,
wiion the rape had been run ton finish
Tfatnp Wcsyor’s roan mare was the
worst Ixxu Ijorse hi all that country ox-
|) my little bi.y. 1 put in and tried
If* j.iamJeat to C;\t my father in
titw. u> trad«/fov Limber Jim
me brtuqia him as tnuiin
’t know ?>otlii i'g
a racehorse.
FRAGRANT FLOWERS.
Is tho Subject Taken by Arp for
His Letter.
Iffttare’s Ileanttful Itlonrr.s—How They
Decorate the Hou.<teR of tho Peo
ple—Tho Georgia Philosopher
Grows Sentimental.
I am not a linguist, but have been
told there is no language but ours that
has a word or expression signifying
“home” in the sweet, sentimental mean
ing that wc attach to it. There arc
words enough that mean n dwelling
house, an abiding place, but home has
n broader compass and includes all the
emotional surroundings—the garden,,
the well, with its okl oaken bucket, or
the crystal spring at the foot of the hill
—the vines over the door nnd on the
lattice—the shade trees, the landscape
view from the window, the cradle nnd
the old armchair; the clock on the man
tle. the pictures on the walls, the faith
ful watch dog, tho playful kitten, and
even the crickets’chirrup on the heart.!).
But more than all these are the loved
ones who meet ns and greet us at the
threshold.
The wise man tells us of the time when
man gocth (o his long home nnd the
mourners go aliout the streets. Our
home here is very brief, we know, but
It Is the dearest «pot on earth, nnd
should be loved mid cherished by every
one whogoes out from lt« snored portnlr
or returns within them to rest from t he
care© of a busy world. It Is cne of my
constant regrets tJiat there are so Biaur
good people- In this f real bif world who
have no home—*iot au acre oa Ocd>
green earth they can call tl*Ir own. ff
every family had a home the children
wftuld grow up better cl tinea a, better
j>atriote; the parents would hold n»
their liouAs and bo thankful to (iod for
His blessings. Thogooil wlfeend daugh
ters would treasure the vines they
planted, and the flowers they grew In
the frout yard—Cowers that nre Mi''
smiles of God upon n sin-cursed world.
Tho poet saj’e:
“The world Ixib Mothlnft to beatow;
From our ov-n eolvea our Joys must flow,
And that dear place—‘ourhowe.’ ”
~ I waifi ruminating about then-’ things
ns T'l'tti in my veranda in the shadow of
the vines—the- Yirgini* creeper, the
madiora and cinnamon- vjnes that by
day mid by night arc citoibiTjjg4jJrdieT
and higher, enlarging and irnfoldtrig'
theto tender lea-.'es tlmt will soon cover
the trelHce. I love to watch their daily
jirogrese. I Iniilt tlie framework for
tliese vines and atn proud *f it, even
thougli my wife did boos the Job and
mo, toe. ’Tv.xih she who made roe eet
the posts out two feet from tho edge of
the veranda fioor und brace them to
the top of the columns. ’Twos she who
suggested canes from the onne broke—
kmg canes that were stuck to the
ground und their tops cut even end to<i-
tened to the crossbar. TVcee canes arc
Just one foot apart and arc interloeed
with horizontal oonos, also a fooirqmrt,
and fhe Ixusket work keeps (he whole
fabric good and sirong. fitvmig and
vtgOTOUS vines have alreedy eltodied and
twined ftround e.Tev\ , cane, but she mid
there must be window's In (he kittlce,
ro tlmt wc could r,it In our clmirs and
see, the trains go by and the mrriaeres
and bicycles aud fwieiwl processions
nnd picnic parties and the children go
ing to school and look at our neighbors
who live across tho way. fto there is a
space of three feet where the vines
cling elewe to the perpendicular poles,
bat are not allowed to send out any
uorlsortal shoots. This gives us ample
i Ision of t£ic outer world, nnd I sltdaily
there In my big armchair and rest my
feet npon the railing and ruminate upon
life with Its blessings nnd am thankful
that I live.
Just ft word ftliout thr.t railing. It
used to be about three feet high ftml
studded with upright balusters, (he top
rail too high nnd the bottom one too low
for ft good foot rest, fj* w hen I trough t
the property (he first thing I did was to
reform the long veranda. It cost Imt. n
trifle to trike out the upright pieces and
lower the top rail nnd ran a. middle one
and then put short square pieces be
tween them nnd alternate them like ft
road to Jericho. This makes the cheap
est ftnd most comfortable railing in the
world, and gives an old man choice of
three elevations for his fort and gives
a modest woman choice of two. I have
flroady observed in my brief life that
there are two classes of people who like
t» elevate (heir pedal extremities when
in a stole of Innocuous desuetude—old
men and lazy lawyers. Old age is ex
cusable, for his legs are tired, csiiccial-
ly whop ' eorporoeity increases with
ali-ancl^-, yours, or he iu bossed around
the flower garden by his loving wife;
the average lawyer is excusable, too, 1
suppose, for It Is the brain that quickens
the flow of blood to the extremities, and
If the bfaln has nothing to wqrk on—no
(macs, no clients—the legs get sleepy
and must hftve rest.
I can tell a town loafer's age pretty
well by his pasture when seated. An
old, oonfirmed loafer wnntfl two chairs,
one to rest his feet upon; If he la a
lawyer he prefers a table.
But I am off the subject again, J wns
thinking* about the flower*—tlie pew
nnd beautiful flowers that Mrs. Arp got
from Mr, Berckman—those cannas that
nre so gorgeously lovely and nre now
blooming into 'beauty. We had some
ycUow ones before, but now have other
rpfors that are brilliant and attractive.
I dftcorated my vegetable garden, lost
year with sun flowers, but I don’t think
my wife fancied them. She said they
made her eyes tired, but she Is delighted
with the crimson and orange and varie
gated cannas ami her Miiresehol N
rwfta and carnation pinks. Rhe w
only two or three dollars’ worth of
flowers every spring, atul up to thl
fciiC; has - had It, thank the good
i!i* n;.'. reiefi. The. wcathorjui
hot, but I have had |
^ '-U(f ^ ground and ha
j^yrrov.- and
. ^/'V^hamreii
. .-ff ”
ments were moist and us salty on loot’s
wife.
It hasn’t rained a drop in three weeks,
notwithstanding my rheumatic pains
and my wife’s corns and the rooster’s
crowing in the night, and so I have
everything to water every evening. We
have had no man servant but me for a'
long time, and my wife says I look ex
ceedingly well, considering age and in
firmity, and the g !s smile around on
(he sly to see how i little uxorinl taffy
spurs me on.
Had a letter yesterday from a suffer
ing benedict, who says his girls wanted
him to stop chopping cotton nnd sowing j
peas and send some help to take up the!
carpets nnd whitewash the palings and
the trees and the pig pen and clean up
things generally for some town kin-,
folks were, threatening to visit them.,
lie said he wns about to outdo the girls,
but his wife reinforced them and said!
they didn’t ask such favors but twice
a year and were the best daughters In
the world, and she thought he might
spare n hand for a day or two, and now
lie writes to me for advice. Must he sur
render and take a hand from the field
o- not. iVo, of course not. The way to
do Is to do all these little household
jobs yourself. You can take up a enr-
j>et and hang It. on the paling and beat
tlie dust out of It as well as anybody,
nnd whitewashing Is nothing but good
fun. You can hang a window curtain
or put ^n n pane of glncs or mend n baby
carriage or repaint the mantle pie<'e.
My girl© papered every room In our
hoiwe. Their mother trained us nil to
do these things, and It raves a lot df
money. My friend, that whitewftshh^-
imiHt U' done if the world comes to ««
end. Ix't tlie "cotton wiffer for a day.
1 exficct you have too much planted,
iuiyliow. Kvcrybbdy around here ham
The. food wife and daughters Imre to
stay In tho house or about It nearly ftH
Ra ir time, und it ehould be made w»
pleasant nnd inviting as iKK-riblo. Yours
in RyinjMithctlc bond.—Bill Arp, In Ai-
kmtu Conatitution.
SAM JONES’ LETTEB. U
Spoalrs to the Subject of Men and
Mea jurcs.
Sliver Men and Silver Mon—Abusing thft
Government Makes n Diving for
No Honest Man—The Ulght
View of Daw.
ONC SENSIBLE SPAN1AR9.
« KUltor's Trlbnto to tho rover of efcft
United StntoM.
The following from the Madrid Nnero
Megimen of a recent date apeaka for ift-
ec.lf:
“It i© lifted to understand bow pftblto
opinion can be ao < > aRily deceired.
There nre many here why liclicve thrtt
5-t would be a ftlmide thii%' for «a to
defeat the United Hlater, in a war. They
bellevb'^Jjat country is only a repwkL..
•f Tiierchniiftt.-^-J’hcy believe that aba
cannot ftght wItJir"T«5Qj*eaii j>owerii.
▼,hat a mistake! Ameriea'tofta md ft
republic yet when ala* first dt fiai'ft#
Unglovul. Thirty yearn later the dr-
clarerl war with Kr.gland ftfuiu ftnd
com pel led her to sign an hoiK>e«1>W
peace, notwitiistiuidii^- she saw tKe
Kngllfth burning the capitol ftt V.'ftrS-
Ingtom. Y.'hi-ii, after half a century «£
yx-ai'e, hor inhcihltant© went divided
■ bout the r Hi very question, and s4c bad
to fhgh-t with her own ton©, the war Id
war, ft<nvized nt the size of her armleiv
ftt her battles ftml at her fonnidulde
cT-.gl^H© of wcr. It ivas th<xi (hat sbft
produced (be Monitor. On (he fth «n€
fith of March, 1SG2. In rhimptoti rondh,
in sight of Uortrera M<mroe, she gave to
the world the spectacle of a naval com
bat finch ns had never boon witnessed
liefore between (no battle ships, the
like of which, also, had never been seen
before, namely, the Merrimac and the
Monitor of Ericsson.
“Against England America Is always
powerful. In 1846 nhe compelled Eng
land to give up part of Oregon. In 1871
England had to Indemnify her for the
damage done by the Alabama and other
cruisers built In British ports for the
enemies to the republic. Decently ©he
has compelled England to consent to
her Interference in the quarrel about
the boundaries of Guiana and Vene
zuela. On the American continent
how oflen has she acted encfgetlcally
with Europe’s opposition! In.lS45 she
annexed Texas to her territory. In
1815 nhe. compelled England to give
Honduras tlie islands of Kr.ntnn. Trom
1SGS to 1SG7 she openly opposed the es
tablishment of a monorohy in Mokico.
Rhe did not recognize Maximilian even
ns a constituted power. She did nbt at
tempt to preserve a neutrality. )She
favored Juarez, nnd when the cmjk'TCTr
wn© imprisoned at Qucretaro she de
clined to listen to the requests of
France r.ud Austria and interfere to'
save his life.
“Excepting England, there is no no
tion in Europe which dnres no-w
in any way the United State*, at p
out mere powerful than ever. TV
she fought against England t!
time she had not 4,000,000 inhnbj
The second time she had more
000,000; to-day she has G2,(
she had nothing; now she hi
naval force, and ©he can putj
a moment’s notice millions?
Her regular army is enu
peace, 25,000 men, but
hundreds of thousan(
militia of the Unit
"The United
nation, Industrie
ing, and without^
ing, no matter
possible It If
rojie, if
fold thq
war of
be
Spall
Stai
Every cause has its champlms and
ever}- theory its logicians. Men are in
dissolubly connected with measures,
and measures look to men for their en
forcement. A trip through the south
west in the last few days has convinced
me that there are silver men and silver
men, and that there Is such a thing as
the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver sixteen to one with the hope that
free coinage will cure all the Ills with
which we are afflicted nnd cause rejoic
ing among the people from Dan to Beef-
shebn. I had a talk with ex-Qov. Hogg, of
Texas, who, by the way, Is the biggest
man In Texas, measured from almost
any standpoint. Bhysically, he is a
strong, vigorous, heavy man. He has
a head full of common sense, und he Is a
ponderous man every way and wields a
mighty influence In the Rtntc of Texas.
No man can measure arms w*ith him be
fore the people of that grand state.
There nre many tilings nbont the man
to admire. He Is a. free-silver man.
This may not be the only faull In the
man, but It is by odds the biggest one,
measured from a goldbugger’s stand-
joint. 1 also had a very pleasant talk
with Gov. Culberson. He is an affable,
t>ea«ible, pleasant fellow, looks to be
noft over 30 years of age, but he told me
he w»fts 41. He is also for free silver. Wc
talked pleasantly together over the
of the day. Our meeting was in
lb* state oapltol, ami ox-Gov. Hogg wns
pieftent at the time.
I don’t know' how' a fellow contracts
the disease, or malady, or affection, or
whatever this free-silver idea is. I
don’t believe it Is contagious in every
ease. Is so, I would have taken it Rome
time ngo. It may be epidemic. Certain
it Is that free silver has many friends
and champions in the south und west,
and I believe that they are honest In
their convictions. But Fiber will no
niftre bring prosperitj-, in my candid
judgment, than baptism by emersion
will f ire a man absolution In the sight
of God. or that believing in the doctrine
of final perseverance ever took a man to
glory, or that confirmation In the Epis
copal church ever made n paint. There
are ftoiiK* other things to go with all
(Wftse things which are jierhaps more
c*©«*»](hil than the things I have named.
•a*t where men honestly differ on
m«ftp»rtV!S. Jf they be true men. they' will
not faeii and qYwrcl or fight. It see ms
to • ip that gold buggers are less in-
cliftcd to quarrel and fight than ©Dvcr-
dlfce.-a. The idlvor crowd seems to be
rnftd at something. I don't know
wbfttdicr they are mad at what they are
mod at or not. I have seen fellows very
rmd am! found out afterwards that they
w-ftrft not mad about what they were
mod about. If a fellow Ik right ho can
afford to champion his cause in cour-
tcrniR terms, in a kindly spirit, with
'rteftr logic nnd convincing jiroof. A man
who nil! es himself with the right and
the cmiso of right has the universe to
Iraw on to Illustrate his j'osition and
make plain his point*. If n man wants
to iljustrnte a wrong position he must
get out of the universe to find some
thing that God has made to illustrate
his wrong position with. I have never
tried to be a silver-digger or n gold-
bugger. On that line I can only say I
am what 1 am, and I thank the Lord I
am no ammer than I am.
I know some tilings, I believe some
things, I think some things. I don’t
know some things, I don’t believ** some
things, I don’t think some things. One
thing I know; the trains of commer
cial and financial and agricultural In
terests have been moving upgrade with
brake© on for more than three .years.
The hilltop is not yet in sight, Whnt Is
the matter? I am one American citizen
•vho frankly confesses he does not know.
I believe in the past ire have been too
extravagant and too indolent ns n peo-
jfle. Wc have not econorobril enough,
we have not worked enoirgh. I don’t
believe the free and unlimited coirigc
of eilrer means that nil a fellow jiqs
do is to take his bag to mill or t
and they will fill it up for him. r
re that the parity of gol
ed with
we can all see;
cheaper goods,
cheaper oil, than]
combinations an*
them rich, do n<
railroad under
bracing 10,000 mlj
traveling public
ter service and
they ever had bef^
company is giving
than it ever had b|
company was fc
Sleeping Car comj
the best service'
beds for the monej
had. Phil Armour!
ing the world the i
beef it ever had.
Things will ue\
by the means nov
age champion of
days reminds me
tucky neighbor wl*
breaking land with^
one of the horses It
filly —was kicking i
plow. The owner
down Into tihe field :
wilted darky: "Tc
out of that plow; I ■
not plow. Take hel
“My God A’mlghtyJ
negro, "how you ei
lenime work her an<j
here and talks dat
her and her a-heari]
say?” How wo ever
Just the public tp |
with tho poUttemiiB
K ight befo 5 ’em dat
curing It ell is a
some one else solve,
western democrats sj
plank, or wo are not
must hare an out-and-|
YVe will have two dei
this country, orul 11
don’t core If we have|
erotic parties. Tc
McKinley is not a goj
digger, but a strode
follow riding two hor
around the ring and
It was In a circus,
man cap ride two hor
the white house is
But if the democratic ;
will have no horse to rl
didatos will bo in the!
jxraios, and I am afrak
buck- and two candidat
up in the fence corner
running out of their
November next. And
will wont to attend
suppose the democrat
them, like Pat was wltlj
she visited him in the
fore he was hung and
I am goingtobringthei
hanging.”
“No,” said Pat, “don’t j
Bte-le things to see their 1
©he said, “Pat,
you have nlwnyfc been. Yl
ed our children to have wfl
I wish wo had peace on ear
will among men. I want rig]
vail, manhood maintained
on saved to God and the rlglj
man don’t get what he wo
world. He generally takes w,
get. I am not losing any s|
feel sorry for some of my fr
pity for someof my enemies.
Sam P.
AN IMPERIAL BANQ]
Stately Ceremonies That Fo
Coronation of thq Date J
The Granovitaya Pajlata
endless associations in Bus
In appearance It is vcryiclj
a room that one does uoi
already very fdli 1
monetl there,
one corner of
canopy; and fd
hidden by the
up the ceill^
ohoir who
the’ feast,
ferent
waitin*
had
nnd
four