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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MARCH 11, 1897. RUFUS SANDERS. les and Skctclicrs on Eoc]r/ Crock. Maj. Jlia JOiUncrtori ir.i; l?iu J«>ru-'y Male Com—"OS *<oo- Bln» I’uts a .J. /eud- ant o;*. Trial. Old Maj. Jim Ellijisjlor—which he Jives over on yonder side of Murder creek, ;i:h1 may his tribe increase for ever—has b o e n laid up for repairs tv. o or three weeks and d a 1 1 y i n around trem e re - d w dost to the valleys and the ri.-ulo'vs. iVhat l.as i>' , n tlie mat- ttr with him? A :> (b' matter with id John And’-'-w ie \ whole passle b:< 1 him, wh ib-1 >00},!''. : n Mi 11 iff an is so wi.m. to in mind of a : t< : v. 1 hat pub- r Silas, Son tii ii <vs. , •3t^spom!cd.' , You must recoin t in the outstart, patien t and lenffi" ; i n i.-a ler, that old Afaj. I'llliii/ftoii is a ; ’ a man in his •lay and generation pulls up the beam ntsomethln b<*ttert;::’.n.:.i' 0 pounds,and stands full sb; feet in Ids socks. Most everybody in the m ttlcaient calls him the Giant of Murder Creek, and the name fits the man to a Jiat’s bristle'. Sometime alony intiurinff «,f the Christma: the old major h.-.? lit out and bought himself rich v. ith a full-blooded Jerst'y male cow—which he celled hi a name Silas, son of 1 ■> , ar<l turned 1dm loose down in the< .^ls paster. Now in the maintime it would r eein like Hunk Weatherford had put ■!! the records and pedigrees in t ie <m-. c, anil ho w;.a good enough to j ,d • by there one cold day and Wll Maj. inlangtou that Silas, son of Jiex, was fruru lightin stock and would bunt him if he didn't keep up a mighty dost wuti-h. But Bunk Wiaih'-rford ;»n<l the rest of the boye—first one nnd then another —have played off t > jn;;ny yaller dog tricks on tlie old mu or, till by gracious he never can tell lor c< i tain whether they urtr workin up a jeke or preachin 'forth the truth. An;, how . It now looks as ii what Berk Wcuthcrford told the major in regurd:, to . lias, son of Rex, went in at ore ear cud come out at the other. And lav one evcinin when Silt s, son. of Rex, com. 1 ;> to the lick log to take salt the <ud = .-dor be went out there and took up u the 1 .:less notion all of a suddent that be would try ami find out w let her punk Weatherford hod spoke the tru'h or put out a scandalar tion. So in the next ;'!a< • downi, turned h > e • and snorted loud :. was mad. V, Iv. wed uj> his n- h u responded >;u 1 . snort. The ma^or flu [■ little with his 1 ' :d the dirt higtier I'm son of Rex, ide earth and finny up 1 Then the major 1 weapons. Col. Rans Hooker was ap pointed as the attorney to prosecute the case. They tell me he made a most 1 tremendius and powerful speech in the name of la w a nd order, n d ior the honor and dignity of the state, in Jess than three minnitn the squire give out his judgmenkand found the d *a<l d -feudant guilty as < bar;;'xl in the papers of eom- pellment, and fined him live dollars and costs. Naturally, of course, Squire Noogia and Col. Hooker they didn’tdo a blessed thing then but whack up and divy on ! the pile. The squire belt (fS) five dol lars for the line and costs, whilst the colonel he took ($2) two dollars and the I pistol for his fees as prosecuting at- : torncy in the case. Whichthesame that puts me in mind of how Squire Noogin got hhs j>etname. ! In a famous case a fi w yea re ago Blew | Scroggins got his bristles up and lowed the squire was like n< cessity, for the rea- son that necessity knows no law . And | heneehenceforwards after that bis pet name in ttie settiemeut has ixren old “Necessity.’' C’Ih Orndler’a HaJ Ilrerk. Old man Cis Bradiny died the other y at the home of the dejxirted one r on HucklebeiTy ridge, and so fur T am concerned I d.> f.-rvently hope he . now eroeoed over to .i.ut other land of light and sunshim and flowers. But if in the run of time it was to come my way to live right on in this wide and wicked world for a hundred years to come. I don’t see how i could ; ever li.sremen.h r the time when old man is made a ncandious bud break at my grandfut her': heu.-c one eoid and : f torm;. w .Mb r night. Up t about that time -w hich ho w as then p :skin (i<> mighty ck.. t—old. man ! Cis had l.c.ui a ?■ rriole wild und wet- ward an , wicked man. He bud traveled till the. gaits and '<m nd all the ground —drinkiji end cu«.sin and fightiu and i carousin and carry in on to beat six bits. Re, in the summer before that | they had a big protracted moo tin down i at old Co* 1 Springs church. There was a tromondius out.oourin and a mighty jattbin in the valley of dry Ixines for several d::; and consequentially old man Cis In l cast out about 17 devils, us it were, and cornu over on the right side. Pro in there on through the fall the old man felt every inch of his ground. But lie had went to town tha* day— which if I remember right it was in tlie Christines, und the weather, you unden kind, wa« eoid as fiugins. Un- ARP ON PRESIDENTS. The Story of Juokr on’j Second Marriage to Hie 1 >ifo. Self-Made Chief Kaeeutlve»—Bartavr Sctfe Write* Ahont ttolleije Kdu- eatlon and Athletic flame* at School. ' f what MONSizun saw. SAVED BY PROVIDENCE. howi t lie major stooped ;t over his head .1 munaish like he hi las, sou of Rex, 1 roiled his eye - ;>! him with a loud . ,'. <-d t he earth a and throwed up his Pack. Rila^, also puwed the rt considerable, bellowed i»s loud and strong ns ku could. Silas, ron of Rex, responded buck ami llowed, too. Now. iis to wind then conic to puss out there at the. lick Jov. and sundry wou bruises which ha hefty farm of tlii Giant epeak for then ; iv; and orful story.” At the way the gnum i .. tiic eanic ill I* 1 — Uiqied tux] fell. nun nature was human then as it is now and always and old man Cis he, : li First and last tlurin the day he climbed up around stindry and tunnerous drinks, und when he started out on his retura back home he was invtlin of a jug before ho could tote any more. When he rid up house that night lie fr t the various and sears and t< >’d forth on the ' M urd. r Creek ,1 !1 the “sud ay rates, from ; tore uj> for 20 grandfat lierN most serenely and feloniously drank, hut you see grandfather hud re'*'..* bed ‘he very i»*r- li ion t whieli Prone'•! < '-i out of dark ness int-> light, :u.«l then v.dien theo!'l man got drunk' at-i ..o'iin r !!•• : < h- and mean alsjut it hr didn't Pave no better sens*' th.au come a bllin out to ser !ii.- prea dier and 1 ways. '.Veil do 1 rccolle.et that- v./ten old rinn Cis come into the hou-.- that night v.e hr.d built a ronrin big fin . a'?d the long er he hting a round the family hearth stone the drunker he got, ill, bless gracious, if it didn’t, io-.i. Iilie. he would go to sdi ep ..’.d fa!l ov» r in it.. 'J'iii thin very mim it 1 can ver rh<* s:u! butlovin look on m gra.adi'ather's lae.- he took in the general <•>reumfer.-m-e of the enlami; v ;.itd siiOh' i.*, a •<, lid: Thvo weeks ago the Evening Constitu tion, in its weekly symposium, asked which one of t he presidents w as married twice to the same woman. The answer was given the succeeding w’oek, and then L have received a number of letters want ing to know why. I kmbt less there are a great many more who have not access to any biography of Andrew Jackson, and would like to ; know why he was twice married to his only wife. And so for the diffusion of knowledge it is a good time to tell these inquirers the romance of that marriage, for with most men and women marriage is the most important event of their life. Rachel Do nelson was a beautiful, sprightly and interesting girl—the best horsewoman, and the best dancer in all the country. She married Gapt. Rob- ! aids, who proved to be a tyrannical ar.n I jeakma husband. lie took her to Ken- ! tucky to live with hie mother, but soon after, In a fit of jealous rage, sent her hack to Nashville. Her mother, w ho j was u widow, woa keeping a boarding house, and among her p.atrons were Gen. * Jackson and Judge Overton, hotii of them Irtgh-toned, honorable gentlemen. Indeed, the general w.aa noted for his , p-urity of character, his homage and i chivalrous respect for women. When ! Ccpt. Rcbards came there to make rec onciliation w lull bis wife, he t</ok olfen.se at Jackson's polrtem -s oIat. Re and Jackson had hot words and further 1 trouble was feared. Jackson changed ids lx>aniiiig house and Robards went bacleto Kentucky and tiireateued tore- turn and haunt libs w ife end make her ; life miserable. To escape his persecu- | lions she removed to N atchez, w lie re she had friends and relatives. In the mean time Rubards applied to the legislature j of I'emtueky for leave to sue for a di vorce, for that was tlien the law. Leave ! to sue was granted to him, and it was generally sup^xrsed that he loud sued in Kcntuelcy and liad obtained a divorce. Acting on this belief, Jackson went to Natchez and married her. For two years they lived together in Nashville as man and wife*, when, to their groat surprise it was discovered that Kobards did j);>t secure his di vorce until a year arUv her second mar riage. So Jackson procured ar.othi r ii- eenso and was marr ied to Per a second time. For 41 years they enjoyed an lionorable and Jiapf>y wedlock. lli.sd<‘- votiou to lier was intense and his ] bs- tol v.ns ever ready to. avenge her fair name from .‘vandal. He had many jjo- litieal enemies, but ho taught them early that not even a whisper to her prejudice would bn allow* .1. Rachel Donelaou was a true and noble woman. It is a singular fact Hint five of the first thirteen p v.- iderts married wid ows. Wasl iiKdon set tie* in ole and funny Usperlencc of an American In ti French Hallway Carriage. I He was traveling in France and he lad comforted himself down in the cor ner of a first-class railway compart- nent. He was alone in the carriage. The train, which was just on the point nf starting, would run four hours with out stopping. “Four hours* quiet, uninterrupted rc:»ding,”he toldhimself, “accompanied i by a fat cigar.” And lie purred ut the prospect of read ing and smoking—ani smoking—un disturbed by the quibbles of chance ac quaintances. And in; did everything so ; easily, so elegantly—he was a gentle man—an American gentleman. He placed a handful of papers by his side. He produced a jeweled cigar case Ex-Aeronaut Telia of Hlo Last Balloon Ascension. USED THE WEED HERSELF. . to the er ror cf ! i < ' W1S follow, d by JelTi . i.i*i after th.ey were mciTk'*! origin and vix-ul ion and feet around - T: ml'; ■:i< ral r-j.pear- “We will mm have IV •Hly j;:-aycrs. of n-y<* raid was Ixiaad, 1o ♦’ < : ra le for ments of the care ami from v.’hnt Hie brother I’radicv, ami ik* a all retire to "vet: year:;. When lie. as ID Iv. * bought | boys tell me—it v.- xk t < (-m as it what l>ed." hix unscrvix! tone, urn! !*a::qi t a die- ! Silos, soa of Ifi • . <’ : fi> Maj. Jim “That's all righ*, p,ir> rays old tSonary. He could r xid i ml write a | Ellington was :i • :<>; “5 llatious pfi-n- man Ci.s as he sh it. om- e\ • to 1<"* p from littfi', b it i>. ui :.0t Lad t-*,i •. K> any ty.” But for the bet 1b .t :ome of tlie hands out at the in -;.w the. cloud of dustrisin arid hec;d the ol*l major call- in for help «t the toil of hlr, voice, no body knows but v hat before now we would of had a noth, r sad '-aseof singin and slow w. lbia over at Hie old iib- cnezer graveyar 1. h • piled in thick and fart with Jen-'" rah:- and finally at last run fiila . son of Rex, olT of the major. Then they bore the wounded into the hou.se ur i • 1 •! icr two or three doctors. It is now more than pro!,able, from all I can pick up, that tin cover and com • ; ru more in the fullness of t Silas, son of Jh \, . • i.s large down, in ti." ->. . <! Fillmore. Tlie ]:ist-na.n,ed wua married twice and so was .lobr 'Tyler. Andrew JoiirsoiTs wife taugi't hi;,i to wil'e His humble rise to the higlieet office Jnve Jong . • en cited to illustrate th.> <iil, eiH'iK'e hot worn a. je- pui.liia.u ami a n.oi’are’iienl '. overn- ment, but he van not Gic o: wiiose youth was marked ignoia.i <'0. Fillumr.* • as njiprentlced t<i a weed «r.rd r wh*") he was It yeani from his breast jiocket. He put a cigar lietween his lips. He closed the ease with a snap und returned it to its resl- ing place—-slowly, calmly. From his trousers pocket he produced a pearl penknife, with which he clipped the cigar, and then returned the knife to its resting plaoe—calmly, slowly. From his waistcoat pocket—what a host of jioekets men have, to l>e sure—he pro duced a silver matchbox nnd struck'u light. The guard blew his whistle. In dashed a young lady, all breath less. She scrambled into the seat op posite the gentleman. The gentleman paused. Tlie gentle man swore, but the young lady did not hear him. The train glided out of the station. The young lady arranged her skirts, and as she did she saw the match burn to the end. She saw the match fall from the gentleman's hand. She saw the cigar case produced, the oignr re- placed among its fragrant companions, and the case returned to the pocket. She chuckled—almost aloud. He swore—almost aloud. He buried himself in his paper. She laughed outright. IT*- looked up. And what did he s»v? lie saw a little, neatly-gloved hand find it.s way into a tailor-iunde |>noket. He saw the hand embracing t'hedainti- est of little cigarette eases, and a gold matchbox. *‘11 suite. lie saw » cigarette bsonuud j between the first and second lingers of the 1 *ft hand, and n match between the finger nnd thumb of the right. And what did he hear? “f !j<>)x* monsieur does not object to 1 •* ^ 1 tnoKC. ,». v toil ajid GR1TTV MRS. ARUNDLE. mrjor will re- * !* it's feet onest And as to runr.in at ter. ii'ie. f! ill | viin. The Rt-uil < »» Trlr-». Squire Nnogin, ju. lie*: of the. peace in und for Rock;, < ■ el: Heat—c Id *‘N<- ccssity,” as the bs; .• are wont to cal! him—had the gom ' ; * t most strongest case uj) for trial in I is court one day last week that will e. er go down or. tlie pages of ancient history. You never vv ouldof t iiouglit it I krtow, but if Squire Noopln didn’t try a dead nigger on the charge of totin a con cealed p’stol and find him guilty, then mother is a widderand 1 ai.»t married. And from all the general faz-ts which, have leaked out in the ease, this Is the way it come to pasr. Brightand early one r.roruin last week a well-known colot l citizen, of third pnrson, single, number and African gen der, by the n: n** of Reed Giilam •bowed up dead dovfn at Little Wolf Creek bridge. 0!d”N, i « sity” lie soon got the news und not!,in would do but he must sail right in and call a jury and have a trial on the mortal remains. When they all got down to the bridge nnd everything w. ■ n jdy for the. trial, Brjuire Noogia he wareherl tlie dead •nd found a pbtol and seven dollars in the late unlainenti <1 !'*« d Gilium's pockets. Thejur; : ■ returned a ver dict to the. g u < ;al ex' at that t.) •• said Reed Gillum had ■ on • o bis death In some way unknown to the world. Ami rigly on the heels of that old “Neces sity! writ out jiapers of compellmcnt •nd Vad the dettd man brung up for trial in court on the charge of totin concealed seein doubl**. “: *> ri'>lit, # <>n 'vi'li the pmyer n:< etin. 1 a*'i ma: I ruih«*r think it Ffain y , <! Raley now. 1 j'e'd.on it. v.-r; g. I never did even tort*-r try in make, out tike It was right. Rut when the family prayers had b *'"i belt l njenked off to my trundle bed out in tie- f inxl nxmi and k ugh*'d and laughed and l:i<’ighi<1, till I pot tired and dropiN'd of? toslecp. Kt’l' UP :?/NDERS. Tt'oiiltle* of ’te.crJj'fre Proioir. bainuel Jaia.l.s, u Lttic old who docs wliit'.-v, ashing, pajxr hanging, plumbing, carpet lx ating, and runs a marriage bureau in 'he t ear of Ids see- ond lay ad r»j at ore appeared one day Wit a ■ G, eyes almou, ehr*: d and badly <1 i ■;< 'fiored, and one arm in a sling. “i fed s<4 ty for them," he mui.tcre*!, hvhen •picstioncd ..uiccrning his inx jurien. “For whom?" “Fer t! '-m Hint did it,” md I:** duooik his luini onr. .ously. ‘‘Yiyii sec, she wanted a husband with men as, and he wanted a wife with money. Bhe prom ised me 5Kid and he agreed to give me SIM*. 1 introduced them, and they were married. V.’h* n l called on her for the TKX) yesU'rd'fiy shi* poure<l Jjot, water on me, and, when I wont after him L.r $1 jO he knocked me diAvn- ai.d'boui, me. But I feci sorry for tliem.” “Why? Have you hud them ar rest ed?” “No.” "Hired some oik tugivi- them u lyentx tr.g?” I*x>l<s, f*>r his father.h:,'! none ilible ari'l a hymn I v He h" seen i. map of th* 1 United .-ave a I ;■< vei - :1' s nor n copy of Robinson ( . n o. It was like l>cing bom tp-rdn f.'r : . y*-u::g r ; n of U* to begin to .u.'qe're lie ri 'bn.i'nl « f an ediiK'ati'r'i. Hut, h« d : d it aril dirr.bed dov. ibut sur-ly, upward tri- til he nae'.ied the t.;]> of tl.e huld -r. Garfield v,ns keova as ti e tenciier j'refl'deut. but John / <!anis and Arthur aim taught rehcoi. Ui; t* f tlieenrli'r j'i‘<>side.r.tK had no c*>IU , g!at« edueation. but this is no argei. • ; agnijist the The 'i'!il*‘f AeJ;*-«! tor it Key Mint Stie Kelt! Oi:» it Ilevolv«'r. Mrs. JohuArundle of Anson in. Conn., bus pluck. A mim came to tier homeon Ihcsp'.-t street the oiher day and said h- had eonie for “those ehielcenK." Mr. AntiMiie has a fancy for choice poultry, •end has a fine flock of ii'gl.-bre'l fowls. 'T Ivjuy.ht six liens und a rooster of your husband this myri)int r and paid li'in eight <loliars for them.” expinined the morning caller, "and I’ve come after them. 1 want'em quick, too." .and he un rolled a big bag he had oarr'ed under his arm. Mrs. Arundh* doubted his statement end refused to let him have the fowls. great odvantiiw that: • rives, ('dlegi*educatio fort, ir ie; <''.<!i nt of its progress am! advaur* :: i by do you feel sorry for “Then them?’’ "Well, they’ve only !>.•»*« n.rrrii weeks, and if they hate me that bad for bringing them together what will they do to eaelj otiier?”—fian Frunehseo Tost. h an e*. uestion : ).•■ ii grent c m- • ing a he Ip to x nt. in neiencc end i'.rt. rh-' Tniit.,-I I'nowledp'' I :.e- <;utr*<I in a three-y* irA eour. • cculd iu*t be bought wirli luotwy. It furnishisl the tools of my triii 1 Th< re is a. |*».•!- t.ive comfort, in 1: n*.'.\ m,’ the or A"! n of Engliidt vm.hIs die <*l I *,;i<'s nnd t.':e new ones tliat arc* ! b." <'ontinmt.lly coined to keep up v. It h «•: *•<•. ;:’:d db - ! covery. It is :i eotnf r t. to know how i to m* Hsutv the dkitiii:*' ' of the sun and | moon and stars fund to c l< ulste eclifvseH and why tlie little Loinv bee I mi ids j the cells in the lioix vi-oi ib in hexagon ! shape and the laws of ('■•Id and grnv- i itv. It is a comfort to ioi old man to I » lx* looked uj) to by his eltlhlren a:.*l grandchlldTvn ns the jitiplls did to the schoolmaster in Goldsmith's school — "And still they rased nnd ■'till the wonder grew That om> email h» ud < uuld carry all it knew." The oui)f;<T of r i- Ilf Is, bo'.veVt J', i very great, and mo boy t-Iiouid he sent I there just for the fun or the n: me or •d two i '•"* F'lish of it. The athleUc eport of it seems nowadays t* b— a ;,romiue , nt \ feat mix* of college «du''Uti'>n. My ideas i.lKMit that may be prejudices, but if so j they are so strong and I am so an- | tiquo that I cannot ohnnge thom. J liuve no move l-toys to .sineate ami they who j have must tube the'i own risj oixsibi!- it\’, but I f<\>| heijdet. as diseour- j age*l when I read the. programmes of Hi* Wlnnlnn . 4 ''' , ;it. Mrs. KlrtJand—And v.hy <!;> y‘>it think, Mr. Dudley, that the world is better now und more, beautiful ti.an it vvr.s ?,o years ago? Mr. Dudley (who i.s alb r Jut tweet j miibdird panic' thatareulreadynr- (laugliter)—Been use -b(<aii "you were | riingr*! for the eomi.,g siitMuer among not in it then. | the eolleges. I can <!r> tiotb'ng b;it,take :v back r<'at nnd let the pror< : f,ion pro ceed.—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constltu- Tupa. Kirtland's objeclions to the young man have been overriden.—Clev^- bind LeadiT. tiou. •VOt; OUT OUT OF HERE The mim gu v. fitigry. If she would not give him the chickens he would help himself, as he would not have time to call again this week. He went to the hen hoiioc in the rear yard to force his way in. "Hold on a minute, don’t break the lock. Til go in and get the Sicy," failed .Mrs, Aruudle. in a minute Mrs, Arundlc appeared in Hie donr and said: "Here’s Hi.* key: come and get it." The iinn turned and ajqirouched eareleNsly, not looking up until lie reached the stej) leading to the back door. Then be raised his eyes and saw Hint bixKxid of a key Mrs. Aruudle had In her hand a bright bulldog revolver ready c. i ked, lie stopjtcd und hi* jnw fell. Then Mrs. Aruudle Hold: "Now jolt get right out of herein* hurry. NoohH<en thief is going to rob me In broad daylight if 1 hate my eyes open.” The thief grubbed up his bug. ninde for the fence. Jumped over, and riu» down W7o.lbridge aveiiUe. A. Good Vnrn in Which the Narrator Pay* More or Kcs* ItcKard to Truth—Kin* of the Air Ue- coiues an Editor. Something or other suggested the subject, and tlie tall man, who sat at the hotel table where he couldn't see a Chicago Tribune reporter opposite owing to the castor which stood be tween, stuck his fork into a potato and began talking. *T suppose,” he said, "that when Elijah went to Huawn in a hand-basket he liked it und it was all right, but, as for me, I’d rather go by land.” The man at the foot of the table ! looked up qucstioningly. "By the graveyard, of course, I mean,” I hastily exjdained the talker. “You see , this aerial navigation business ain’t any good after you’ve had a ‘rassle* with | it that jndls all of n man’s nerves out i by the roots, twists them around a stump, and then begins to yank and saw on them. Y’umlerstand what I mean? I used to be an aeronaut, I did. I guess I must have made a thousand ascensions. Out in my state for a long lime no county fair was complete w ith- out me, and I got the topography of the state down so fine from my bird’s-eye view cf it that I could draw a map of the whole layout with my eyes shut. Great thing It was to be sailing through'the air in them days, and I thought I never would get enough of it, until one fine afternoon a rope broke in n ticklish place, and It gave me a kind of nervous fit, just as it does a railroad engineer when he has an accident and isn’t hurt that anybody can sec. Just the same lie is hurt, and so was I, but I kept on; so (fix’s the engineer. “After that, though, I didn’t go up feeling quite as sassy as 1 used to feel, and sometimes as I would go shooting upward I’d wonder bow hard the ground wu« in ease a man had to light suddenly. I always done a trapeze set in connection with my performance. I/XA'HD IN’. and, if I do say it myself, it wasn’t any slouch of a trapeze show. And i didn’t like that half as well after the rope broke os I did before, either. Indeed, 1 began to think the whole dern bal loon business wasn’t what it was cracked up to be. I w as thinking about tying a roj>e around my waist sous to euteli hold of things if i fell, but 1 didn’t like to do that, though there was about a hundred feet of rope I bad hung out as an anchor, or grab, with a hook on the end to help me to land when the show w as over. "The day 1 retire*.! from business there was a state fair going on that week, and I wi nt up every day. It was n fine day, with Just enough wind to move the bs.lloon along majestic, as tlie I>0|K>rs said.and when 1 shot up I was so nervous that I actually said my prayers as I saw the ground dropping away under me. But I took a brace on my self, and began my trapeze act, tlie balloon going up faster than I ever felt it. By this time I was up half a mile, nnd my turn was to swing with my knees around the bar, which looked mighty dangerous, but It really wasn’t any worse than if I had been in a theater without n net. Well, I gave my self the sw ings, and I never did know why. hut 1 lost my grip, nnd with n swish I felt myself fly out into space. The Ix)nl know s w hat I thought nlxmt, but it w asn’t for long, for I didn't know any mot-" until I came to In the room at the hotel w here I w as stopping.” “Come .iiT.” interrupted the mnn at the foot of tls' table. “Yon can’t tell this crowd you fell half a mile and didn’t get killed. You are a jduin, unvurniehed liar, that’s what you are." "You’re another if rou snv I fell half • • a mile," responded the retired aeronaut, and it looked us if there might be a •crop. "What I did do." he continued, when jK-*ce w"s restored, “was to strike that anchor line w ithin ten feetof the end of it as it traifid under me, nnd hy some ad of a merciful providence tlie anchc flew around my body nnd caught this rojie above, thus looping me In. There I hung until the balloon enme down, and as everybody IxMow now the acci dent you may imagine that I had n big reception when I lauded, though 1 didn’t know anything about it. i did know, though, that I couldn't tempt providence twice, und so I quit and went to edit'ng a country newspaper, which is more lingering than falling out of a bn!fix>n." One of Cupid’* queer Freak*. Mrs. Vim* l>sig. formerly of near Kent. O.. end ('apt. Hamilton Smith were ipnrrled at ( e.nyoti City, Col., n few days ago. They were husband nnd wife 40 yens ago, but separated. Since then the woman wax married to Colvin I>*lg, of Kent, but they also separated. Kmlth has also had two wives in tlie ineuntiiue. They both drifted wc*t, where they met und were married • few day* later. POLECATS AT SCHOOL. Inve*tlBatl«a of aa Odor Causes uni Abled-Bodied Sensation. The district school a few miles cost of Grcensburg, Ind.. which is taught by j Mkss Amelia Saunders, was broken up! tho other day, and it will be several days before its sessions will be re sumed. Powerful odors had been no ticed for some time in the schoolroom, apparently coming from beneath the floor, but nothing was done, tlie teach er evidently thinking the stench would disappear in n few* days. There is where she made a mistake. Instead of becoming less noticeable the odors POLECATS CAUSE TROUBLE. grew more marked, and evidently were caused by the presence of a polecat. Finally the nuisance became unbear able and the teacher realized that some thing must be done, so Miss Saunders caked Bob Aiken, her largest schol ar, to take up a board behind her desk and see if he could discover Hie cause of tlie tronbe. When the board had been removed tiie stench became more overpowering tliun ever, and, as noth ing could be seen, Bob secured the stove poker and rammed it around under tho floor. Then he saw something, for • polecat Jumped Into the room, and it was followed by another and another, until five had made their appearance, dispensing their perfume as they went, and so impartially did they distribute it tliat most of the scholars, ns well as the teacher, will be compelled to wear different clothing until that worn at the time can be fumigated. The children, seared half to death, scampered In all directions, piling over seats nnd through windows, out into tlie biting cold. The door being cold. The doors being closed, the skunks were penned In and ran fran tically about the room, leaving evi dences of their presence on the seats nnd the woodwork and the floor. Finally some of tlie children who escaped from the room by way of the door left it open and the odorous creatures took their departure. It will be some time before tlie building eati be sufficiently ventilated for the sessions of the school to be resumed. WILD MAN'S DOINGa For Some Time lie fins T» rrorlzetl the People of Danville, O. Stories of the queer doings of a w lid mau in and about the village of Danville liuve reached Mount Vernon, 0. The man is descrilx?d u« being of more than tlie ordinary height, and, besides U-ing sujiplied with the hirsute ornamenta tions, inis a long flowing inane spring ing from lietween his shoulders. Be is clad only from his hips down, his shoul ders and body being bare. What cloth ing ho does possess Is made of the pelts of sheep. This man was first discovered by George Welker, a prominent farmer of thtit vicinity, in the woods of Jacob Baker and George Hammond, two miles south of Danville. They attempted to pursue him, but were soon distanced. They traced him, however, to a hut. Securing reinforcements they repaired to the cabin. The man was absent at A SHEEP UNDER IDS ARM. the time. Tlie cabin was fitted with the pelts of sheep, while all about were the bones of these animals. A watch was set to note his return. After he hud returned he was pursued by three of the men on horseback, but escaped. At another time lie was chased while currying a full-grown f .tcep under ids urnt, but easily eluded his j)ur«»t«*r*'. The ether dsy he grabbed a school child und run with it half a mile before releasing it. This caused great consternation among the inhabitants having pupils in the schools near the rendezvous, and the hoard of education ordered llie closing of three schools in that vicinity, and from now* on a determined effort of tho entire neighborhood will be mode to capture the monster. A large jxissc was formed under the leadership of JuRjier Lybnrger nnd started on the hunt of ♦ he strange being. Served Him Itlaht. A Washington young man lias been arrested for striking a match on the marble nose of Daniel Webster In th*> congressional statuary hull.