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1L :a r,'ji 'o) R7F ' 1 } }?? 4 ?A y iiY TRI-W EEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. AUGUST 1~ 183.,SALSHD14 THE RIVER OF TIME. Broad and deep and swift the current Of time's rushing tide, Bearing on through sun and shadow, As the season's glide, Face of friend an foe and lover, On its bosom wide. 0 the days when light was brightest, Dear, lost days of oldi 0 the love that thrilled our pulses With a joy untold! Tow their saddened mom orios only In our hearts we hold. Hearts that loved us, hopes that cheered us Voices dear and sweet *Thoughts that perished fiko the flowers 'Neath our treading feet Through our tears we see thiem drifting With the river's beat. 0 our Father, when the passion Of this life is o'er, When the river bears us onward To the farther shore, May we hear again the voices We have loved of yorel May we fid the flowers that withered At an earthly shrine, Blossoming again, 0 Father, At thy touch divine, Where our lives meet full fruition In that home of thinol Where deep harmonies forever O'er the spirit roll, Where the mocking past shall never Vex the weary soul, And the tired ones loose their burdens At the heavenly goal. A LEAK IN TIE ROOF. Mrs. Drayton had just put the tea. kettle over the fire for tea. That bright, cheery New Iaipshire kitchen-not even the driving north, east rain which poured in torren's out side, could put a damper on its merry .1 aspect. Close to the window a bulfiici whistled meditatively in its cage of woven wicker boughs--a pomegranate. tree on the other side was all sprinkled with scarlet buds, and the very stripes of the rag carpet were suggestive of sunshine and cheerful thoughts. And Mrs. Drayton herself, one of those plump, motherly, good-natured souls who are born to make home happy was setting the table with white and blue edged cups and saucers that had be longed to her grand mother before her. The bread was whiter than snow, the apple-sauce waspleasantly flavored with cinnamon, and a freshly baked loaf of cup cake " occupied the center of the ,. feast. She was reaching up for a little jar of home-made pickles, when a pair of strong arms encircled her wast, and a handsome bearded face appeared on t"e level with her own. " My goodness gracious 1" said Mrs. Drayton, " how you frightened me I But I do think, Harry, you get more harum-scarum every day'." He lifted her lightly to the floor. " Do you want any more eggs, moth er ?" he asked, " thoro arc plenty in the barn I " "I've got enotgh for to-day," said Mrs. Drayton, pouring the tiny pickled cucumbers into the plate. "Rosalie takes omelets, you know," miscuevously suggested the young man. A frown darkened Mrs. Drayton's face. S "Harry " she said, " you've made a mistake 1 ' "Have I, mother dear? But you'll find that I've not I" " Rosalie Hartley is a selfish, heart less coquette I" cried M' s. Drayton, excitedly. "Mother, hush I" said the young man, tenderly putting his hand over her "mouth. "She has p)romised to be my wife." " Ohi, Harry I Harry I" "It is so, mother dear,--and you must learn to love her for my sake. You wvill soon find how completely you are mistaken in your estimate of her character, and she will be like a daught er to you 1 " Mrs. Drayton sat down, still with the :' pickle-fork in her hand, and began to cry. Now there was nothing in the wide * world that made Harry Drayton feel so uncomfortable as tears. A whole dic tionary full of remnonstrances would not have melted him like one of those crystal drops. "D)idn't you say there wvas a leaky spot over the kitchen chimney, moth er ?" said he. " If I go up and look at it now I can perhaps see where the 'trouble is" And, thus speaking,be hurried away. f' Mrs. Drayton looked after him with tearful eyes, as she shook her head Sdoubtfully. "There never was a better son," said she. " If he had only selected Celandine Hall I" Poor Miro, nrayton I Whcn she tnk the two pretty factory-girls to board, just to earn money enough for a newl parlor carpet, she had not dreamed thai she was setth>g a trap to catch Hlarry's true and loyal heart. To be sure it had once or twice occurred to her mind thai little Celandine Hall, with her soft voice and dove-like-eyes and the "bandy ways" that she had about the house, would make a very acceptable daughi. ter-in-law, but Rtasalle Hlartley,-the brilliant, saucy brunette with her l'oud, ringing laugh, her cheap jewelry, hei abject following of the latest devices o1 the fashion-pletes, the subrosa flirtatiomt which she conducted with the foremani of the factory, the good-looking young miJler down town the handsome car. riage-maker who was building the big house under Ransom Rock and her un tidy fashion of leaving Uelandine tk care for the room which they occupied in common,-all these things were ar1 abomination to her mother-soul. " Why is it, she sa'd to herself, in ai sort of desperation " that sons alwvayt select the women for wives that thel mothers most dislike ? I'm almost sure that Rosalie paints, although I nevem could detect her at it,-and there were only three buttons on her boots yester day. A real womanly woman is as tidy with her shoes as with her gloves. And Mrs. Jessup told me yesterday that she was flirting disgracefully with Mr. Peckham, that Spniard-faced foremam at the facofo. y hat can Harry posei bly be thinking of to trust his future te the care of such a frivolous creature as this ? " Even as these reflections passed inco herently through her mind Rosalie's shallow laugh echoed in the hall-Miss Hartley had once been told that she had a musical laugh, and had ever after lost no opportunity of airing its sweetness I " Is tea almost ready, Mrs. Drayton?" she asked, putting her pretty blonde head into the room. "I'm to go out this evening and we are to be early ?" "It will be ready very soon," said Mrs. Drayton so coldly that Rosalie, springing up stairs two steps at a time, audibly remarked to her companion that "something had put the old lady out 1" Celandire Hall followed more quietly into the large, airy room which was dedicated to the use of the two factory girls. " Goodness me 1" cried Rosalie, with a start, " what is that -strange rustling noise overhead ? Is the house haunt ed ?" Celandine smiled. " I suppose it is nothing more serious than rats in the garret 1" she said. " Do, Rosalie hang your waterproof cloak up, instead of throwing it on the floor I There, the noise has ceased now I" Nor was it all strange. For Mr. Harry Drayton, who had contrived to twist and writhe his six feet of humani ty into the merest cranny of space close under the eaves, in search of the leaky spot in the roof, was even then consid ering whether he had better twist him self back again2-an undertaking not quite so easy as it might at first appear, or keep quiet until the girlsshould have gone down stairs. " They'll laugh at me," lie thought. " They are always laughing, bless their hearts. I think I'll preserve my incog nito. It will be only a minute or two before they go down to tea." Rosalie gave a tremendous yawn as she twisted up the yellow luxuriance of her hair, little reeking that her aillanc ed lover was separated from her only by a frail thickness of lathe and plas ter I "How is that Greek knot, Celan dine ?" she asked. " I want particu larly to have it look nice to-night. Ru dolph likes my hair in the ancient clas sic style." " Rosalie," said Celandine Hall, gravely, "does Harry know where you are going to night ? " "No, you goose," said Rosalie. " Why should he ? I shall tell hin I am going to a sacred concert with Polly Wright and her sisters." "But lie will want to go with you." " Then I shall find some pretext to put him off." "Rosalie,'' cried Celandine, " is it right for you to go to a party under Rudolph Peckham's escort, when you are engaged to Harry Hartley ? " " You don't suppose I am going into a nunnery, just because I happen to be engaged ?" said Rosalie, portly. " Rosalie- " began Celandine, in dignantly. "Now don't go on lecturing me," said Rosalie, waxing impatiant. "I have promised to marry Harry Drayton, not because I love him, but because I am tired and sick of the drudgery of this endless factory work. Harry Drayton is a country lout-not half so polished and charming as Mr. Peckham -but he's better than no husband at alh And Rudolph will be my lover still, like those dear Platonic creatures in the French novels, because, you know----.. At this mament, however, there was a sudden crash from overhead. The plaster of the ceiling came down in a limey shower of pieces, directly into Miss Hartley's rouge-p)ots, and balm-of beamity ; and harry D)rayton, whoa ini the agony of his mind, had writhed him self a little further than b'e had intend ed, descended most unexpectedly into their midst. Rosalie screamed hysterically. Colan dine looked as if she did not know whether to laugh or cry. Harry Dray ton sat upl and rubbed his elbow-joints. "' I'm sorry to startle you, ladies," said he ; " but upon my word, I could n't help it." And then lie explained to them the precise nature of the dilemma in which he had beemn placed. "I couldn't go iorwardl on account of the kitchen chimney," said lie ; "' anid when I tried to back myself gracefully out, the ceiling gave way and down I came. And my collar Is full of rain from the leak ini the roof, and I think I've riwallowed about a pint of lime dust." Rosalie tulrnied first scarlet then white. " You wvere up ther e over our heads," she saidl, " in the garret corner." lie nodded, calmly. " You heard ail wo said ?'' 'I am sorry to say-yes," lie answer ed. " I regret to be considered a 'country lout,' Miss Hartley, but as I don't approve of the Platonic system of loye and lovers, I must b)eg to ab dicate in favor of MIr. Peckham I And now, If you will allow me to retire, I'll send up little Tim, the cowboy; wvith a basket and a broom to remove Bomne of this superfluous dust and lime from your floor." Miss Hartley wep)t and bewailed her self stormily, but she wont with Mr. P'eckham to the party, nevertheless and Celandine stayed at home to sew buttons on the beauty's boots. While Harry, as lie unfolded the newspaper which had come by the evening mail, remarked Incidentally : " Oh, by thme way, mother,-that engagement of mninie with Rosalie is broken off I" Mrs. Drayton's face lighted up. " Really and trully, H arry '?" cried she. " Yes, really and trumly, mother. I don't think we should have suited each other at all I But don't you want to hear how comically it happened'?" And lie told her about tihe leak in the roof. Miss hartley changed her boarding place the next week,--but little Celan dine remained. And Mrs. Drayton is already beginning to flatter herself that perhaps Celandine may be her daugh ter-in-law after all. Who knows how love might weave ,his warp and woof ? Peaks of the Catskills. The Catskill or Katzberg mountains, were so named by the Dutch on account of the catainounts with which they were infested. The Indians called them the Ontioras or Mountains of the Sky, by reason of their cloud-like ap pearances. Their traditions held that among these puaks was kept the treasury of storms and sunshine for the Hudson valley. guarded by a powerful spirit, who kept day and night inpris oned, letting them out one at a time. This spirit made new moons and cut up red ones into stars. These mountains with their dark and wide spreading forests (abounding in those (lays with a great variety of wild game) were doubt less grand hunting grounds for the In ulans. Settlers of the upper Shandaken valley in the neighborhood of Pine 11111 often, while tilling the soil, found flint and arow heads, etc., which assures us that they frequented that part, and aside from that, the scenery and iaii est of the region to-day rulny equals the quaintness of the old legion. The mountains are rugged and wild, many places of then never yet trodden by the foot of man, full of picturesque beauty. The forests abound in cold and spark ling springs, which wind their way through ravine and meadow toward the Hudson or Delaware ferns and wild flowers grow on all sides, and the smell of the green moss and foliage, deepened by the dew and borne on the cool air, is delicious. The wildest and most unsettled part of the Catskills are in Ulster county, and in the towns of Shandaken, Iiar denburgh and Denning and surround ing the Slide Mountain. which is the highest of the Catskills.' The highest peaks were always said to be in Greene county until the past few years. Measurement has decided the matter differently, and it is nowi a well known fact that the old Slide is the highest peak in the Catskills (being 4,220 feet), and surrounding it the scenery is wild and romantic. Deer and bears are yet to be found in that part of the mnoun tains, For the past fifty years the eastern face of the Catskills in the neighborhood of the old mountain house and nearest to the Hudson has been a resort for people seeking rest from city cares. At that time the Southern or Shandaken Catskills wery a gouine wilderness, and very little was known of them. Occasionally an artest or sportsnan followed up the deep defile of the Esopus Creek, through the Shandaken Valley, and crossed over Pine Hill to the headwaters of the Del aware. Shandaken is an Indian name, the defliition being "Swift Water." and it is quite probable that this valley derives its name from the swift flow of the Esopus. The scenery along its banks is enchanting and cannot be equalled in the Catskills. Trees, Loge and Lnu Up the Saginaw in a w' le region, reached either by the river or its tribu taries, the great pine saw-log, often three feet in diameter has its birth. Pine forests, now rapidly thinning out, once covered several thousand square miles around the headwaters. Enter ing that lumber region in the late au tumn, the lumbermen establish camps, 'round which during the whole winter long the axes resound. the tall trunks fall, and in sections are rolled to the adjacent streams for the spring floods to bear away. Floating down to the main river, the boom men pick out out each owner's logs as identified by the brand, and gather them inside the booms, which may be curtly described as long tree-trunks chained together at the ends, often inclosing a smooth wat er surface of several acres. The coves of the Saginawv-called locally bayous, a term borrowed from the Lower Miss issippi-are especially adapted for the gathering and organization of these log armies. The military mietaphior, in deced, ha~s peculiar fItness here, for the logs are mustered sidle by side in comn panics, held together by a rope fastened to each log by a device not unlike the domnestic clothespin. As these logs dowh stream are wvorked up by the tire less mills, these upper booms are drawn upon01 for more, until the freezing river finds them quite empty, and another wmiter comes on to yield its fresh sup1 p)ly. But the saw-log's story becomes most dIranmatic as it nears tihe mnill and, loos ed from the restraining rope, is steeredl into the glade of open water that leads lup to the wooden slide. Enter nowv the great lumiber mill and we shall be in at the saw-log's (leath. Down time slide on a wooden railroad runs a heavy truck, fitted with two cross lines of heavy 1ron teeth. With a plunge it dashes below the water still holding its place on the rails. 'when three giant logs are floated above it. At a signal the steam is let on, thme machinery re versed, the strong chain holding the trucK tightens, and the truck itself be gins to ascend. The sharp teeth catch the logs, whlich, in a trice, are lifted dripping from tihe water, whisked uIp like twigs 100 feet to the mill, and roll ed off oppiosite the first set of saws. T1hese saws are two in number ; one set below is of the buzz variety, perhaps siz feet in diameter, and( cutting. there. fore, through a three-foot log ; blut as thuis semi-diameter Is often insufficient for a big log, a second and smaller buzz placed above and In front of the first cuts the slice, which otherwise mighL still hol fast the slab, One of the largest logs weighs a number of tons, and human strength alone would never suffice to tnrn it after one of its sides has beemn slabbed. Just here comes In a beautifnl piece of powverful mechanism. At the touch of the lever a stout beam armed with iron teeth, rises by the lorest Titan's side. It snatches the wood, and. in less time than words can tell it the log is tumbled over, and the framework rushing back and forth with amazmng speed, has driven the edges of the tree athwart the saws, until the once rough stick stands forth a symmetrical square, Then, in another instant it is shifted below the gang, a set of ordinary up right saws placed an inch apart, and of ten with thirty or even thirty-flye blades. Below an ordinary circular planer revolves in front of the gang and smoothes the lower edges of the boards. The immense piece of timber is run through in a few moments, and what was five minutes before a rough tree trunk has passed into the inch boards of commerce. Nor does the work end here ; for the slabs are passed to a new machine, which grasps them with almost htunan intelligence, and whatever part of them can be made so become laths. Other machines take the harder woods, ash, olm, or oak, and convert then with equal speed into staves, barrel heads or shingles ; and finally the otherwise useless debris passes to the furnaces to feed the tires of the engine. There is seen little or no sawdust around the Saginaw lumber mills for the reason that itis all used for the furnace flames ; and, iu. eneral, the cycle of utilities b itoa e branch of the great indu Y ade o feed or supplemenit n I seems as rounded as hsl angeu ty can make Sometimes, particularly in the more nioderni mills, the routine as described is varied by lifting the logs from the river on ai en(lless chain ; and a nuin ber of minor mechanisms ill out the de vices by which the lumber is cut and distributed. One ingenious machine, working double emery wheels sharpens the buzz saws on both sides of the teeth (luring a single revolution, and re quires no attention beyond simply the fastening of the saw upon it and the unfastening after the work is done Another flattens out by a clever me chanical expedient., the teeth of the saw, so as to cut a wider rent and pre vent clogging as the cut becomes deep er ; finally, a system of elevated rail roads takes the lumber-laden trucks and distributes the boards at the points in the yard or on the wharf whence they are to be shipped. Some addition al conception of the size and importance of the industry may be derived from the fact that the Michigan Centlal Railroad Company takes away from one station here 100 carloads of lumber for each day of the working season, to say nothing of the large quantities shipped from the river by the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad line, and even large shipmients by the lake barges. lnliund Whaalnn. On the lake front, Chicago, stands a blue-painted flat car, on which is a huge skeleton with a "story." It is of inter est to all, for it is the skeleton of "the whale." This was known from Maine to California, and there was some talk -at one time of sending his lordship to Europe. Every one knew ''time whale," and it has been gazed upon by millions of people in its day. It belonged to Mr. Fred Englehart, and he organized what he called "the Inland Whaling Company." This mean t )ds employes, side showmen, ticket se1teta. They had another car built, solnewhat like a freight caboose, and with bunks, tables, stove, and cooking-place, all in very comfortable shape. This car was also painted blue, and both had ''Inland Whaling Company" on the sides. These two and a baggage and tent car com pleted the train. The whale was stretched out in flabby shape upon this flat car, and great ropes and chains kept the 'huge mass of flesh from roll ing off. The attendants had a mixture containing carbolic acid and other dis infectants to pour over his shiny brown hide, and this operation was continu ally being done while on dxhibition. The mass was therefore always moist. When the train struck Chicago, adds the News of that city, which was the headquarters, a side track was built on thle lake front, the tent pitched, anid the whale on his car was run under the canopy. A little box -oillce was opened, and that was all. l But it was enough. Crowds p)oured in to see the monster of the deep, and whlen the deep-voiced talker explained the capture, wveighlt, habits, etc., of the animal stood up like a p)igmiy beside thle whale, every one was well satisfied that lhe had tIhe worth of his quarter i seeing such a curiosity, It was tile only one on ex hiblition. Now they should visit him at the lake front. All that remains of him is a few flapping ieces of canvas and rot ting hide, wvhile tihe frame work, bones, and flesh are goine. In their place is a lot of shavings, 01ld barrels, sticks, dirt, and the frame proves to be of stout hickory, bent into whale shape. These are thme bones. The shavings were the flesh. Some quicklime hlas eaten uip considerable hide or skin, but the tail, ah, the tail was genuine, though the rest was a delusion and snare. A Yard of hoard.. Charles Petormnan, a farmer living just outside the city, staLtes thle Kansas City TIinmes, has probably the longest beard possessed by any man in that place or vicinity. HIe is rather a short man and the beard, which is over three feet in length, falls below his knees. Bitt few people would notice anything peculiar about his appearance, because lie keeps this hirsute appendage tied tip in cuirl papers and hid away within his vest. In addition to its length, tme beard, which covers almost the entire face, is very thick, and is surmouinted by an immense mustache. "How long have you beenl growing that beard?" lhe was asked. "Oh, this is only a seven years' growth. I have had it nearly as long before, but it was so inconvenient that I cut it off. Its length now is due to my frlinds, who insist upon seeing how long it will' grow. My wife puts It up in papers every morning as religiously as she puts up her own hair." "Any other members of the family affected in thme same way ?" "I have six brothers and nine sisters, all, except one brother, living in Ger many. All my brothers- have extraor dinarily long hair. My brother living in this country is in Vermillion County, Ill. Ils beard is a pure blonde,' and is fully as long as mine, which, you see, is black. My brothe'r's head," contin ued Mr. P'eterman, "was as destitute of hair in manhood as a billiard ball." --There are 21 cities along (the line of the Mexican Ceritral having an ag gregate population of 89,60n. Uaterpulars. The hairy caterpillars are now infest ing the trees, and an eminent entomo logist in New York was recently ask ed: "Do not the birds eat these caterpil lars ?" asked the reporter. "No. I know of no bird that will eat them. The sparrows did eat the measuring worms that were so plentiful here a few years ago, and that nuisance has now about disappeared. The pre sent nuisance is what is known as a hairy caterpillar. They multiply very rapidly. I have counted 234 eggs in a space about 11-10 by I inches. Each one of these eggs was capable of beeom ing a caterpillar." "Is there no other insect that preys uDxtn these ? " Ies, tnere is t sort or n1y, the tachina, but there are not enough of them. I am satisfied that the only way to save our trees is for the authorities to employ some one to kill then off. Boys could do it. It would require some one to climb the trees and collect the worms and eggs and burn them." " What is the course of propaga tion ? " " First you see this bunt le of eggs I have spoken of. They are laid by the females on the cocoons. In about four teen days these eggs are hatched into caterpillars. The caterpillars live upon the soft part of the leaves of the trees. You may see plenty of trees now with out a w'hole leaf. Then the trees in time die of lung complaint, for the leaves are their lungs. Each caterpil lar will eat say twelve or fourteen times its weight of leaves, until it gets to be about an inch and a tenth long. Each caterpillar discharges its skin about four times before it gets its growth. It then weaves its cocoon of silk and the hair of its own body, and then under goes its change to the chrysalis state and becomes a moth. " The species is well known to ento mologists," continued Mr. Edwards. " It is indigenous to this country, and has been known ever since entonology was studied here. I t was described by Abbott and Smith in 1892-4 among the lepidopterous Insects of Georgia. You may imagine how rapid must be their increase when one insect lays 234 eggs. Fortunately, the rain kills many, and other causes intervene to keel) down the supply. I was glad to see that the voracious insects spared the tulip trees. "The destruction of our city trees is pitiful, and some decisive action is need ed to prevent its further progress. When very hungry those caterpillars will eat pear and apple trees, and the possibility that they may yet be mmer ous enough to get into that sort of busi ness should be sufficient to stir tip some oflicial action to prevent it." Health Food. Bill Nye says I, I almost ate myself into an early grave in April by flying into the face of Providence and demor alizing old Gastric with oat neal. I ate oat meal weeks, and at the end of that time my friends were telegraphed for, but before it was too late, I threw off the the shackles that bound me. With a desperation born of a terrible apprehension, I rose and shook off the fatal oat meal habit and began to eat beefsteak. At first life hung trembling in the balance and there was no change in the quotations of beef, but later on there was a slight, delicate bloom on the wan cheek and - range cattle that had barely escaped a long, sever winter on the plains began to apyrehend a new danger and to seek the secluded canyons of the inaccessible mountains. I often thought whlile I was eating health food and waiting for death, how the doctor and other Iivit edl guest at the post mortem would start back in amazement to find the remnants of an eminent man filled with bran I TIhrough all tihe painful hours of the long, long night and the eventless day, while the mad throng rushed onward like a great river towards eternity's ocean, this though was uppermost in my mind. I tried to get the physician to promise that he would niot expose inc and show the world what a hollow mockery I had been andl how I had deceived my best friends. I told him the whola Iruith and asked him to spare my family the humiliation of knowing that though I might have 1led a blameless life, my sun ny exterior was only a thin covering for bran amnd shorts and middlinigs, cracked wheat and pearl barley. I dreamed last night of being in a large city whore the streets were pwved with dry toast and the buildings were roofed with toast and tihe soil Was bran and oat meal, and tihe water was beef tea and gruel. All at once it came over me that I had solved the great mystery of death and had been consign ed to a place of eternal punishment. The thought was hlorrIble 1 A million eternities in a city built of dry toast and oat meal I A home for neover endI ing cycles of ages, where the principal hlotel and tihe postoillce building and the opera house were all built of toast and the fire department squitted gruel at the devourinmg element forever I It was only a dream, but it has made me more thoughtful, and people notice that I amn not so giddy as I wats. Pe.rfectly siatisfied. When we made the landing at the town of Waterproof, La., the overflow had reacked the second-story windows of all the houses. On the roof of an Abandoned grocsery sat a ragged darkey in the moot complacent manner, and as the boat swung In a lady passenger, who bad exhibited te greatest curiosIty about everything all the way down from Vickskurg, caught the name of the town and hurried forward to the captain and sai "Captain, they say this towa Is 0.Alled Waterproof." "Yes, ma'm." "B.st the waiter is all over it, you see. The name is moconsistet with facts." "Oh, they didn't have reference to the town itself in calling it Waterproof," chuckled the old man. "What they meant was that the water would never reach that nigger on the roof over there,"' ''Oh, that's it, ehi Well, that makes it plain, and I don't believe it will either!" she said as she returned to her chair,. Doc Middleton's Doings. Doe Middleton, whose exploits as a highwaynan, brigand and desperado are a part of the early history of Colo rado, Wyoming and Nebraska, who has been serving a live years' sentence in the penitentiary for stealing cattle in the North Park, was discharged from that institution lately, and imme diate boarded the east-bound train. IIe informed the prison- officials that he was goig to a new country where the name of Middleten was luiknown, aid where he would have an opportu nity of leading a new life among stran gers. During his long imprisonment he behaved himself like a man, and conformed himself to the rules of the prison to the letter, not receiving one icca o w at worKi on icuf the shops of the prison, and intently reflecting on the few days mnre of prison life, lie put his fingers too near the buzz saw, cutting it off. The prison physician attended to the finger fnd the next day Middleton reported to the warden that he was ready for soie light work. IIe was told that he might go into the hospital for repairs, If he chose; but lie answered that his ervice belonged to the State and he was ready to put in the time faithfully. During the early days of the Black Hills excitement Doc and his gang perated on the road between Cheyenne ud Deadwood City, at times varying the business of robbing stage coaches by stealing cattle. Once lie was cap tured and tried by a crowd of cowboys mnd sentenced to be hanged. His arms mnd legs were bound, and he was mounted on a horse and driven under a limb of a large tree, from which a rope ing. A noose was made and tied under his neck and the horse driven 1way, leaving Middleton suspended in niud-air. Two of the members of his ;ang happened to be in the neighbor hoo(l, and after the cowboys had ridden iway they cut Doc down, and after wo hours' hard work resuscitated him. For several years after the occurrence t was chailmed that Doc's ghost haunted he territory, and innumerable stories were written of its exploits. One night he ghost attacked a stage coach, and me of the more courageous passengers 3hot. at and wounded the ghost which )roved to be the veritable Middleton nasquerading in the guise of a ghost md carrying on his usual avocations. [)uring the early part of the year 1875 tiiddleton and a pal planned and exe ited a hold bank robbery at Deadwood Jity, which was for a long time laid t the door of the James gang, and Linkerton's detectives Ppent thousands >f dollars hunting them, while Middle ,on with his swag remained quietly in D)eadwood laughing in his sleeve. 9outhUwest Savages. Of the 40,000 Indians located on reser. vatinns in the Southweet, the Navajoes, aumbering 15,000, have become largely 3ivilized. Their possessions in horses, attle and sheep are great and valuable. 1'his tribe is nearly self-supporting, and in k f6w years will be no burden to the Gov 3rnment. While still holding the tribal rolation, their system of internal govern enot is exact and just, and for the good or ill. Only occaslo'aally do the younger 3ucks ally themselves with the predatory Ludians and go on the wartfath. Essen .ially the Navajoes are good Indians, how ver strange this aroinaly may seem, The &inis, a small b.. id of ancient stock, uosely allied to the Azteos in many of their peculiarities, are found on a reserva Aion in the middle western Dortion of Nl.. ftlexico. They have many interesting characteristics as a tribe, but some of their customs are even more barbarous than isthetic. Their moon dance, at which time the young men are received into the brother bood of' warriors, is an orgie of a most heathenIsh nature. During the latter part [f the month of March of each year all the Ianbe arc assembled at once place, guards ire thrown out on all sides, and no white man or Indian bolonging to other tribes is i'dimtted withmn the festive circle. Around m huge fire blazing high they dance and ung in unrestrained merriment under the mellow influence of mescal, a fiery whisky tilistilled from the catus. At about mid. nIght the young men who are to receiye the honois of warriorhood, and thereafter to be be known as braves, if they success fully undergo the ordeal of Iitiation, come into the circle dressed in the uniform of a P'atagonian chuief, less the nose ring and ribbon. With keen-edged knives they make two vertical slits in the fleuh on either breast, and having fastened there to a lariat of raw hide about thirty feet In length, which Is held at the other end by a stake set firmly In the ground, they begin the wildest incantations, muoving to and fro in skipping and dancing attitudes, while the warriors are indulging themselves in the innocent amusement of hurling the toma hawk, sharp pointed knives and other missiles of sporting barbarnc ingenuity at the novitiates, who In the wild delirum of stolid heroism must endure their fiendish suffering until the flesh breaks away and releases them from the cruel thong.. Their ceremonies are now inaugurated for a duration of seven days, when all the tribe appeuar, from the oldest to the youngest, only dressed In nature's primitive garb. Their practices In the succeeding festivi ties are so hideus it is revolting to think of them. And. these Indiaise, too, are wards of the Government. Milk and Lime WVater. Milk andl lime water is saidI to pro've beneficial in dyspepsla and weakness of the stomach. The way to make the lime witter is simp)ly to procure a few lumps of unslackedl lime, put the lime In a fruit-can, add water until it is slacked and of the consistency of thin bream ; the lime settles, and leaves the pure and clear lime-water at the top. A goblet of cow's milk may have six or afghmt teaspoonfuls of lime-water added wIth good effect. Great care should be taken not to get the lime water too strong ; pour off without distuirblng the precip)itated lime. Sickness of the stomach is promptly relieved by teacup ful of warmn water with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it. If it brings the offending matter up, all the better. THE VERDICT -oF. THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST ! Mit. J. 0. 11OAa-Dear Sir : I bought the first Davis Machine sold by you over eve years ago for my wife who has given it a long and fair tr al. I am well pleased with i. It never Rives any rouble, amd is as good as when first bought. - Winnsboro, S. C'., Aprii 1833. J. W. IOL1o?. Mr. BOAG: Yotu wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel I can't say too much In its favor. nIade about 880,00 within five tnonths, at times running it so fast that the needle would get per fecti hot from friction. I feel confideni I could not have done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other macblue. No time lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running mnachine I have ever treadled. Brother James and Williams' families are as much pleased with their D.avis Machines bought or you. I want no better machine. As I said before, I don't think too much can be said for the Davis Machine. Itespectfully, ELLEN STBvSNsoN, F.iirf -lil County, April, 1883. MAR. IOAO : My machetne gives me perfect satis factiou. I dnd no fault with it. The attachments are so aimple. i wish for no better than the Davis Rtespect fully. RSm. It. \tLLl.e. Fairfleil county, Apri', 118.11. Me. lioAu: 1 bought a Ilavis Vertical Feed ewing Machine fron you four years ago. I am elightat with it. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when 1 first bought it. I cau cheerfully reconmend it. ltespectfully, M149., At. J. KIRKL.AND. Montliello, Ajpril 30, 1883. This ls to certify that I have been using a Davia Vertic.il Feed Sewing Machine for over t we years, purchased of Mr. J. 0. iioag. I haven't found It' passessed of any fault-all the attachmnents are so eime )ie. It never refuses to work, and is certainly the 1ightest running in the market. I consider it a irst-class machine. Very respectfullY MIINNIS .1. Wtr.I.INii lA Ii. aklatl, Fairfleld county, 8. C. Met BOAO: I ait wetu p'eastut mi every t)arttcut with tre Davis Machine .ought of you. I tittk a first-class mac!ine In every respect. You knew you sold severa' nachilues of tli same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. tespect fully, Mats. M. Ii. Mon1.F. Fairlict'l county, April, 1883. This lato cerlity we have ha-l im constant use the Davs Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take In work, and have made the prico Ut 't. s9vgt tiaes over we nt want aly better atiulne. Sl alwayOa to do any Mn1 of work we nave ;o do. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleaset and wish no better machne, ~ATOegitjNg Wvrdge AND) S1TIlat. A pi'ii 25, 18-13.ATBNH Y.tENDST . I have no fau!t to find with my mawh'ne, aul don't want any tetter. I have ma ie the price or it several timus by taking la sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I tnink it at first-class ma cline. I feel I can't say too munch for the l).av Vertical Feed Machine. Wits. TIIOMAA AMITH. Fairtlel'l county, April, 18s3. Met..1. 0. IOAO-)ear Sir: it gives me m.telh pleasure eo testify i-> the merits or the Davis Ver tical '?eed bewing Matchl'te. 'I'he mnachine I got of you about live years ago. has been alimnost in coo. stant use ever since that time. I cannot see ,hiat it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent fo repairs siecn we have haid it. Amt well pleaset and donm't, wish for ancy better. Yours truly, ifoaT. COt6WPOnIP, Gir.tlie Qitarry, nmeatr Winensboro 8. C. We ha.v eouie the Ih)as Verticls F'eeal 8ewinmg Machinme for time last live years. We woueld not haive any othmer imnake iet av parie. The machaie has given us unrboundler satisfatioe. Very reapectfually, Mats. W. K. TURNKIL AND DAUnTimretti Fairfleil counety, 8. C., Janm. 27, 1883. Ulaving iboughet a I)avis Vertical Feedt Sewing Maclane frein Mr. J1. 0. floag somei three years ago, and it haaving~ given mie perfect, satisfacLion ia every respect asa teamily macine, both for heaa'y anda Ilight sew ing, amid never neetded thle ieast re pair in any way. I can citeerfutlly recommnend it to any one am a ent-class machiune in every particum lar, antd thiln. it second to none. It is one of the simnplest maclines inaade; my chaildrent use It with all ease. The attacienmta are meore easiiy ad justed andi it does a greater range of work by ameans of its Vertieal aeed thman anay othier ua chaine I leave ever seen or used. Mets. TemooiAs OwiNos. Wimnnabm ro, I airfld cotuty, 8. C. We have hadl one of the Davis Macnines about fear years anad have aiways foumnd i roeady to tio aii kinds of work we have had occasion to <do. Can't see that the machine is worn any, anti works its well its when new. Mas. W. J. CRAwFOR D, Jackson's Creek, Fairfieldt county, 8. C. My wife is highly pleased with thae D)avis Ma chie bought of youe. She wouldt. not take doublie what sate gave for it. 'rhe machina ess not been out of order since she batd it, and sue can do any kind of work on it. Very Itespectful,I.1"t Mont Icello, 1'alIeldh county, 8. C. The Davis Sewing Machine is simply a freas ur*e Mats. J. A. GOODWYN. lIidlgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1889. ,1, 0 IIOAI, Esq., Aent-Dear Sir : My wife has been using a Davi ewing Machine constant ly for the past four years, an' Uihas never neededl any repairs an't works just as weli as when first bought. She says it will do a greater range of practical work eend do it easier anti bet%er than any machine site has ever used. We ciheorfuiliy recomend it as a No. 1 family machine, Your trn,y, Jg .IM~ Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1888. Ma. BloAO: I have alwaya found myDvis Mia chine ready do ait kinds or to work I have had oc worn a particle antd it works as Weil as when new. Mas.R 0 oto Winnebore, at. C., April, 1888, Ma.. BoAO sM wife has been eOnsttatly teeing the Davis Machie bought of you about five years age. I have never regetdbuyngi, a it is always read~ for anly kind of faeaa. sevb,ther e lt.. It is never out of ni or edn Very respoof,uful Fairfld, 5. 0,, Mafeb, 1888 . , AM