The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 03, 1898, Image 3
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Spain Said to be Willing
With a $40,000,01
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Mil MM OPPO
Inaugural Address. Hobson Testif
reau Chiefs--Says the Colon
$900,000- Seventy-two
Pakis, (By Cable). The Court of
Cassation has decided to grant a revison
of the Dreyfus case, and institute a
supplementary inquiry. The court,
however, has declined to order the release
of Dreyfus. The judges of the
court were occupied three hours and a
half in considering the judgement. The
pubiic, whose admission to the court
was regulated witn the greatest care,
awaited the decision with marked calmness.
During the suspension of business
the nnblic crowded into the lob
bies and there was evident anxiiety to
hear the verdict. There was no demonstration
when the court rose.
For the Confederate Veterans Reunion.
At a special meeting of the city
council of Charleston, S. C., it was
unanimously voted to devote the funds
known as the Thomson bequest and
now in the treasury, to the erection of
au auditorium building, to be used at
the reuuion of the Confederate veterans,
which is to be held there next
year. The sum thus appropriated
amounts, all told, to ^'3,000. The city
had already donated $.1,000 towards the
erection of theauditorium. so the building
should be a handsome one when
completed.
Hobson's Report.
fnnstmctor Hobson in his report
before the board of naval bureau chiefs,
said that in.his opinion the Colon and
Vizcaya could be raised and brought to
dry docks at New York or Norfolk at a
cost of SoOU.OOO for one and ?4t>0,000 for
the other. Mr. Uobson also gave the
bureau chiefs some information coacerninir
the Reiua Mercedes and tho
Merrimac. The former could be easily
raised, he believed, for it was apparent
that she had been only scuttled. The
Merrimac could be raised and he said
he must be removed from the mouth
of the harbor in somowuy.
Now Arranging the Details.
The President, Secretary Alger and
Adjutant Ceueral Corbin had an extended
conference Saturday, the principal
topic under consideration being
the occupation of Cuba. There is no
disposition to change thedate, January
JLBl, UACU IKJl liiO uoouiii|'iiVU Vi x/\su**vr*
by the United States. The questious
discussed related mainly to transportation,
ships, equipments, landings and
camps. The reports of the Cuban military
commission and of the army board
sent to investigate and locate sites
were considered.
Seventy-two Deaths on a Spanish Ship.
The Spanish steamer Montaerat,
Captain Deschamps, from Havana on
October 12th, via Gibara, for Cadiz,
with repatriated Spanish troops on
board, has arrived at Ponta del Gada,
Azore Island. There were 72 deaths
on board the vessel during the voyage.
More Mussulmans Handed.
4 sripfial from Candia. Island of
Crete, says five more of the Mussulmans
convicted of taking part in the
massacre of British soldiers, on September
6th. have been hanged. In
addition, four Bashi Bazouks have
been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
at bard labor.
No Relief for Gomez.
The central revolution committee of
Havana, notwithstanding the receipt
of several advices from General Maximo
Gomez, as to the critical condition of
the forces under his command, haB not
sent any relief since the separation of
General Gomez's staff. A strong propaganda
is being agitated against Gomez,
who is charged with being despotic,
and his enemies are taking every
advantage of his condition.
Blaine and Murphy honorably Discharged.
By direction of the President the following
named officers of the volunteer
army are honorably discharged from
oAvninn nf T'nifa/1 SffttOQ* Pftnf
IUO OOi ? ivo V? kuo V utvwM K/*M. vw . n
James G. Blaine, assistant adjutantgeneral.
son of ex-Secretarv Blaine;
Capt. Edward Murphy, second assistant
adjutant-general, son of Senator
Murphy, of New York.
Emperor and Empress Enter Jaffa Gate.
A special from Jerusalem says: Emperor
William and Empress Augusta
Victoria, with their suites, arrived in
perfect health at the encampment outside
the town Saturday. At 11 o'clock
their majesties entered the Jaffa gate,
and at 8 o'clock visited the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre. The buildings
were lavishly decorated
Off for Savannah.
A special from Augusta, Me., says
the First Maipe Artillery, consisting "of
four batteries, 450 out of the 518 men,
J and 12 officers, commanded by Major
E. E. Newcomb, have left for Savannah,
Ga., where they will be attached
to the Seventh Corps.
Decided to Make no Nominations.
The Republican caucus of delegates
to the county convention held in Wilmington,
N. C., decided to make no
nominations for county offices or the
lower house of the Legislature.
r to Cede the Philippines
00 Debt Attached.
,oro iiinrnini ion mi UK>
loco imrcnmuom in nio
ies Before the Board o^ Naval Buand
Viscaya Can be Saved for
Deaths on a Spanish Ship.
Spain and the Philippines.
Paris, (By Cable). While the Span,
ish and American peace commissioners
I now stand upon the threshold of the
j Philippine question, it seems probable,
; iu the light of this hour, that the
! United States will take over the entire
archipelago. In 1807 Spain issued by
I royal decree bonds in the 6um of $40,I
000,000, to which were pledged the re
venues of the Philippines and to which
the Spanish national guarantee was
added. These $40,000,000 represent
the Philippine debt, which is entirely
outside of :he 8700,000,000 of the socalled
Philippine and Spanish general
debt. The conditions also differ, the
Philippine debt having been created by
royal decree because the archipelago
was not a parliamentary colon}-, while
the so-called uuban debt was created
by law. The difference raises the
question of the non-responsibility of
the Philippines when removed from the
sovereignty under which its resources
were pledged. Some well informed
persons believe that Premier Sagasta
has determined to be rid of the Philippines.
and would direct his commission
to sign a treaty bvr which the United
States should take the islands and as- j
surne the $40,000,000 of debt.
Governor Candler Inaugurated.
Allen D. Candler was inaugurated
Governor of Georgia at noon Saturday.
In the course of his inaugural address
Governor Candler 6aid: "Not content
with the extent of our magniticeut national
domain, we are reaching out,
thousands of miles, for the islands of
the sea, with their heterogeneous population,
and there are those, in both
political parties who would reverse the
policy of more than a century and enter
upon an extensive and expansive
scheme of colonization, as have the
monarchies of Europe, which will necessitate
an immense standing army
aud a large and costly navy to be supported
by taxes imposed upon the peo
pie of the btates. it will not do lor us
to wander too far into the realms of experiment.
Fi?e of the Men Decline to Serve.
A special from San Juan de Porto
Ixico, save: Political apitators continue
their statements regarding the unpopularity
of the re-appointment of the
Munez cabinet. Of the 24 San Juan
councilmen appointed by Gen. Brooke
five have declined to accept the positions,
stating that they will not serve
under men who administered Spanish
affairs. Senor Francisco del Yalle has
been appointed mayor of San Juan, in
succession to Senor Villamil, the late
Spanish mayor.
A Complete Evacuation May Follow.
The Paris correspondent of The London
Sunday Special, says that the general
opinion is that Major Marchand's
retirement from F&shoda will be followed
by a complete evacuation of that
place by the French. This change of
policy is attributed to the disappointed
hopes egarding the action of Russia.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Col. George E. Warng died at his
home in New York City of yellowfever.
He contracted the dreadful malady in
Havana.
Two thousand claims for pensions on
aooount of the war with Spain have
been filed up to date. Seventy of them
are on account of victims of the Maine
explosion.
Judge Simonton in Chambers at Charleston,
S. C., has made his restraining
order against the railroad commission
of that State perpetual. The question
involved was an effort by the railroad
commission to compel the telegraph
companies to pay the war tax on messages
sent in that State.
The civil governor of Havana has ordered
the removal of all the beggars
who are infesting the public thoroughgares.
They will be taken to homes,
hospitals and asylums designated for
that purpose.
The Democratic rally in Goldsboro,
N. C., was attended by large numbers
oi men ui miiuouco iruui uu pans ox
the State. Major Guthrie was chairman
of the convention. Itesolutiona
were adopted setting forth the issuea
of the present campaign.
Fidel G. Plerra said recently that a
strong movement had been started in
Habana in opposition to the provisional
government and to the junta in New
York. He gave the reasons for such
movement, showiug tnat there is a
sharp division of sentiment among
Cubans.
The Cuban Colonial Congress has
been dissolved by a decree of General
joisnco.
Captain Brocks has been assigned by
the UnitedStatesrailitary commission to
make a detailed inventory of overy gun
mounted on the fortification at Havana
as agreed upon a at meeting of the joint
commission.
It is said that the 22,000men forming
the volunteer battalions in the province
of Havana will next week manifest to
(ieneral Blanco, through their chief,
their deaire to deliver up their arms
before November 15th.
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THE DISPENSARY'S QUARTERLY REPORT.
Inspection Made by the Legislative Committee.
Following: is the report made to Governor
Ellerbe by the legislative com- ,
niittee appointed to moke quarterly (
iusuections of the books and business j
of the State dispensary. From the re- !
port it will be seen that during the !
quarter $40,000 has been paid into the '
school fund and that the cash book i
shows a balance on hand of |
$09,655.75.
To His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe, j
Governor:
Sir: The committee met on Wednesday,
Oct. 19th, 1898, and proceeded to
examino the books and finaucial transactions
of the State dispensary for the
quarter ending Sept. 80th, 1898.
The stock of liauors and supplies on
3 i !_ M . i i x i *r_ T\
nunu was laaen on v;ci ibi oy xur. u.
F. Ffird ou the part of the committee,
and Messrs. J. B. Douthit and D. M.
Miles representing the board of control.
The amount of inventories taken appears
upon the statement of the assets
and liabilities hereto attached all
stock and supplies were actually exhibited,
counted and valued. We have
examined the original invoices of all
liquors and supplies purchased during
the past quarter and also all vouchers
for disbursements made. We find the
books and entries therein correct.
The balance shoet for the quarter
ending Sept. 30th and the statement of
assets and liabilities and of profit and
loss were checked by the books. We
append to this report copies of the
statement, and also a copy of the
statement for the quarter,
The State treasurer's report showB
on Sept. 30th balance of cash in State
treasury, ?74,059.97. The cash book of
the dispensary shows on that day $68,655.75,
a difference of $6,004.22 more in
the State treasury than was called for
by the books of the dispensary. This
difference is accounted for by the unpaid
checks issued previous to the 30th
of September, amounting to $6,004.22.
\\ e are very mucn pieasea witn rue
new quarters of the institution. We
suggest that the State board of control
at once try and make some arrangement
with the railroads to receive goods
from the platform of the State dispensary
when shipments are less than car
oad lots, so as to curtail expense of
ravage.
We are glad to report that there are
no shortage accounts outstanding
against local dispensers for this quarter.
We also note that $40,000 have
been turned over to the State treasurer,
during the past quarter, for the
school fund.
.Respectfully submitted,
William H. Mauldin,
Senator.
A. K. Sanders,
D. F. Ekird,
Representatives.
People's Electric LiffJttinf Company.
The city council of Columbia has
some very weighty matters to engage
its atteutiou for the next few months.
f in fVia aau-ovocrfl (illflstiflll. and ail
other the granting of a franchise to the
Peoples' Electric Light Co. This company
made application to the city council
for a charter last spring, and for
several meetings there was a hot light
over the report of the committee to
which the matter was referred. The
application was linally withdrawn from
the consideration of the council, but
has been brought up again.
The Huguenot Society.
The Huguenot Society of South Carolina
met in regular autumn session at
the hall of the South Carolina Society
in Charleston. Considerable business
of a routine nature was disposed of, after
which I)r. Charles S. Vedder read
an interesting report of the three hundredth
anniversary' meeting of the Huguenot
Society of America, which was
held in New York in April. Resolutions
upon the death of the Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard were reported and
adopted.
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Did Not Sail for Cuba.
Benjamin Franklin Smith, who claims
to have come from Detroit, has been arrested
on a charge of grand larceny in
Charleston. Jackson Grant preferred .
the charges and alleged that Smith
1 * - * t-:? rrc~
stole a vswi ooai irom mm. inn uum
was recovered. Smith claims to liave
purchased the boat for 82. When arrested
he was on the boat and had provisions
in stock for a trip, as he said,
to Cuba. He intended making: the voyage
alone with only two cents in cash
about him.
A Good Selection.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
College of Charleston Mr. Thomas
della Torre, for several years professor
of languages at the Charleston High
School, was elected professor of classics,
to succeed Prof. Satchleben, resigned.
Mr. della Torre has taken a high stand
among the teachers of Charleston for a
long time, and the selection is regarded
as an excellent one by the friends of the
College.
Commissions Issued.
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to the Mullins Mercantile j
Company of Mullins. The capital stock I
is $5^000, divided into 500 shares of $10
each. A commission was also issued to
the Oakland Mining Company, of
Charleston. The capital stock is
335,000, divided into 250 shares of $100
each.
South Carolina Notes.
John Dozier, col., was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded by t ome unknown
party in Saluda.
The barn and stables of Jeck Johnson,
a well-known dolored drayman of
Sumter, was burned by an inoendiary. j
His horses were saved, but everything
else in the building was burned.
The Second South Carolina regiment
is now in its new camp at Savannah.
There is considerable talk about having
the Second Regiment retained in
service.
Arrangements have been madj to.
have 400 Clemson College cadets attond
the State fair in Columbia.
Thomas S. Taacred, English expert, j
and party, were in Anderson recently j
on their progress over the proposed f
route of the Black Diamond railroad. |
Thev appear to be highly pleased with '
the city.
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FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. I?
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THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARINC ! ho
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. j wa
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A Malay'* Tierce Combat Willi a Octol?us Ucbl
L'ncler Water by tlie Ten- "
taolcH 111* Narrow Escape linm
Mentli Attacked by a I.ion.
The following thrilling description ; 1111
of a .Malay's adventure with an octo- i ou
pus is told by Louis de Rougemont, I wa
in the story describing his strange ex- ! Pa
perieuces while a castaway for ruauy : uw
Years in the wilds of uuexnlored Aus- j ,ex
tralia, which appeared in the Wide
World Magazine. The incident oc- W
curred while he was engaged in the aD
pearl fishery off the coast of New
Guinea, where pearls exist in great j
abundance. I ,
The story is as follows:
"The greatest enemy the divers had ! Pa
to fear in these waters was the dreaded j f.ei
octopus, whose presence occasioned j . u
far greater pauic than the appearance i ia
of a mere shark. I
"These loathsome monsters would | wa
sometimes come and throw their hor- j Pe
rible tentacles over the side of the
frail craft from which the divers were
working, and actually fasten on to the
men themselves, dragging them out
into the water. ]>
"One of our own men had a terribly A1
narrow escape from one of these fear- j ^
ful creatures. j ?
"Oue night the wind rose and rain j as
fell heavily, with the result that next j _r
morning all the little boats were found I \ ?
more or less water-logged. Some of' 111
the Malays were told off to go and bale | fal
them out. Whilst they wero at work e
one of the men saw a mysterious look- ^a
ing black object iu the sea, which so
attracted his curiosity that he dived ca'
overboard to find out what it was. He ^
had barely reached the water,however,
when an immense octopus rose into
view, and at once made for the- terri- ?V
xi..1 ,,4.1,,'a ,1on. WI
lieu IUUli, WUU iustauuj oat* ittw V*MM ^
ger, and with great presence of mind ^
promptly turned aud scrambled back
into the boat. e*
"The terrible creature was after him, ^
however, aud to the horror of the on- ^
lookers it extended its great flexible ^
tentacles, enveloped the entire boat, u
mau aud a!!, and then dragged the ^
whole down under the crystal sea. j
The diver's horrified comrader rushed ^
to his assistance, and an attempt was ^ J
made to kill the octopus with a harpoon,
but without success. Several
of his more resourceful companions .
then dived into the water with a big ^ 1
net made of rope, which they took ' ^
right underneath the octopus, en- ^
tangling the creature and its still living
prey.
"The next stop was to drag up both p.
man and octopus into the whale-boat, ^
and this done, the unfortunate Malay ojf
was at length seized by his legs and .
dragged by sheer force out of the
frightful embrace, more dead than ^
alive. However, we soon revived ^ ,
him by putting him in a very hot
bath, tho water being at such a ternperature
as to actually blister his skin.
It is most remarkable that the man
was not altogether drowned, as he ^
had been held under water by the ^
tentacles of the octopus for rather ^
more than two minutes. But, like ^a
all the Malays of our narty, this man
carried a knife, which he used to very
good purpose on the monster's body ^
when first it dragged him under the
water. These repeated stabs caused ^
the creature to keep rolling about ou j
the surface. The unhappy man was
in this way enabled to get an occasional
breath of air, otherwise ho
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ill US I lLlIUlllMlj uu?u WWWM v.- v .? ?
"Tho octopus had an oval body, and 0f
was provided with an extraordinary ca,
number of tentacles?six very large
ones and many smaller ones of vary- co]
ing sizes. It was a horrible-looking
creature, with a flat, slimy body, yel- *e)
lowish white iu color, with black ea
spots, and a hideous cavity of a
mouth, without teeth. It is the ten- c?
tacles of tho creature that are so en
dreaded on account of the immense jQ,
sucking power which they possess. m(
"After this incident the divers nl- ^
ways took a tomahawk with them on
their expedition, in order to lop o!T
the tentacles of any octopus that
might try to attack theru." vj(
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I A Trooper** Adventure With n T.lon. ^
A correspondent with Captain Law- tjj(
ley's party in South Africa, writing to e(j
a friend in Bulawayo from the Victoria ^
Falls, gives a very interesting account j jj. |
of the experiences of himself and his j ne
companions. The correspondent gives ral
a graphic n count (which is reproduced
in the African Review) of agt
Trooper Bland's adventure with a I aQ(
lion.
About the end of May the party was j
at a place ended Coope's Pan. Bland, i ]
who was doing grazing guard at the | pai
time, discovered that two horses were 1 in
missing. Taking two days' rations i \V(
he started i search of them. On tha
either side of Coope's Pan there was a coi
thirst of fchiriy or forty miles, so his bei
task was by no means an enviable one. ov?
He rode foi ty miles to a place called wa
Mgwaslna and there off-saddled and
sat down bv some bushes, tying the
two horses with him to atree close by. '
Tn.u om nolo nlmnst invmediatelv thr
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began to tug violently at the reins, on
and, getti.igup to see what was the a?
matter, Bland observed a lion walk a c
from beb'nd the bush near which he to
had been sittiug. Starting on his re- sta
turn journey he camped out seven wil
miles fa' ther on, built a scherm, and thi
made a ire. Shortly after the moon wh
had set the horses were attacked by a go<
lion, piobably tne one he had dis- th?
turbed previously. Bland rushed sig
outside the scherm with his shot gun, wil
charged with No. 6 shot. The lion ma
loft t ie horse he had attacked and ph
rushed at Blaud, knocking him over, del
biting his thigh, and causing other coi
serious injuries. It then left Bland no
and .eat after the horse again, but, cas
not finding it, made for Bland a sec- tol
ond time. A'shot, however, scared Tii
away. Bland, though shockingly
luled, recommenced his journey
xt morning, leading the second
rse, as ho was unable to ride. After
ilking ten miles he again encamped,
d built a scherm. The lion, which
ist have followed him, rushed at
0 scherm three times, finally leaping
er and taking the horse.
Rloti.l -nllroi1 nn for nver frvrtv
"IW"V% ! " %>
les; sleeping in trees at nigbt, and
the sixth clay after he left the
,gons he was found by others of tho
rty. The wagons were thirty miles
uy, and some ingenuity had to bo
ercised to convey the injured man
ck to camp. Eventually blankets
ire folded on the back of a horse,
d Bland was laid on them, with his
:t towards the horse's head. Two
;n walked behind, holding up his
ad, and one supported his feet.
Starting at eleven at night, the
rty proceeded in this manner till
I on the following morning, when
3y came to water. All were exustecl
with fatigue, and were glad
len the wagons came up soon afterrds.
An operation was afterwards
rformed on Bland, who was doing
II when the letter was dispatched.
lJrave Private Flnlay.
Private J. F. Fiulay, of C Comny,
First California, especially disguished
himself in the capture of
inila. writes the war correspondent
the New York Sun. For such work
this Englishmen get the Victoria
oss. Fiulay is detailed to Major
nes's transportation department as
;erpreter. His mother was a Mexia,
and he learned Spanish before
did English. When ammunition
,s seat forward Finlay was in
argo c' tho train. He had eight
rromatta loads of it, each carroitta
with a native driver. He started
ien the Spanish tire was hottest
d went straight up through the
en fields. The bullets buzzed and
listled all about him. They ripped
rough the top3 of his carts, and one
them hit one of his drivers in the
V
Finlay kept on as if he were going
;er corn on a pleasant afternoon unho
reached the old insurgent
jnch. Then he halted his train and
;ut forward alone to find some one.
>m the Tenth Pennsylvania to whom
could deliver the ammunition.
iat last hundred yards into our
>nch was what Captain O'Hara, a
izzled veteran who has seen a-plenty
hot work, called a "very hot
ice." It was swept incessantly by
anish bullets. But Finlay hunted
-mn/1 until Via fnnnd his man. went
ck ami got his carromattas, and
trted forward. One of Lis ponies
,s shot just in the rear of our treuch.
nlay took it out of the cart and with
b native driver hauled the cart
>ng to its place, delivered his cartIges,
and started back.
On the way he found Captain Rich
lying in the field where he had
len. He jumped out of his carroitta,
put the Captain in, and started
. Pretty soou he found another
maded man. That one was picked
, too, nud back he went to camp.
ien he turned the wounded over to
s surgeons and got orders to take
1 carromattas to the front and bring
ck the wounded. Back over that
llet-swept field he went again, as
jl and unconcerned as if on a drive
rough Golden Gate Park, did his
>rk, brought in the wounded, and
rned in to get what sleep he could
fore the hard day's work began
jn after daylight.
Courage Bpought Him Fame.
Feu* men have had the distinction
carrying a refractory tiger to its
je on their shoulders, bat doing
is made the. name and fame of a
lebrated animal trainer named Bidel.
he tells the story in a book reitly
published, the big tiger es[)ed
from its cage while the menerie
was filled with people. The
mature was known to be bad tempid
and very dangerous, but, break?through
the crowd of frightened
m and women, the keeper tracked
B tiger to a neighboring blacksmith
op. When he found the escaped
ine it was crouching in a corner,
th eyes glaring and mouth snarling
lionsly. Using a heavy whip that
always carried while among the
imals, the keeper beat the tiger till
3 creature began to howl and startto
run. Then, dropping the whip,
3 keeper sprung to the beast, seized
by the loose skin of the back and
ck, flung it on his shoulders and
l to the cage. You can imagine
it the crowd in the menagerie wa3
onnded by the daring of the feat,
d Bidel was at once famous.
Diaz's Adventure.
President Porforio Diaz and a large
:ty of friends are on a hunting trip
the mountains near Huehuetoco.
)rd was brought to the City of Mexico
it the President had an exciting enmter
with a mountain lion. The
ist sprang at the President from an
jrhanging cliff, but fell short, and
s quickly shot and killed by Diaz.
Color-Blindness and Street Cars.
'Color-blindness is more common
in folks suppose," said a car-starter
Canal street, "and we fellows have
irst-rate chance to find it out. It's
ommon thing for me to tell a man
into a rrrpcn car and then see him
ml stock still and let it go by. He
11 swear it was blue. The same
ug happens with the yellow cars,
ich look pink to lots of people. A
ad many of them don't know that
ire is anything wrong with their
lit, and think that the trouble is
th the other fellow. Why, I had a
,n advise me not long ago to see a
ysician, and warned me in confince
that I would get fired if the
npany found out my condition. It's
use putting up an argument in a
>e like that, so I thanked him and
d him I would." New Orleans
aes-Democrat.
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ONLY A BIRDT"
Only a bird?and a vagrant boy
Fits a pebble, with boyish skill,
Into the folds of a supple sling:
"Watch me hit him. I can,> an' I will."
Whirr!?and a silence chill and sad .j
Falls like a pall on the vibrant air,
From a birchen tree, whence a shower of
song
Has fallen in ripples everywhere.
Only a bird?and the tiny throat,
With quaver and trill and whistle of
flute?
Bruised and bleeding and silent lies
There as bis feet. It3 chords are mute.
And the boy, with a loud and boisterous
laugh,
Proud of his prowess and brutal skill,
Throws it aside with a careless toss?
"Only a bird! it was made to kill."
Only a bird yet far away
Little ones clamor and cry for foodClamor
and cry and the chill of night
Settles over the orphan brood;
Weaker and fainter the moanings call
For a brooding breast that shall never
come;
Morning breaks o'er a lonely nest,
Songless and lifeless, mute and dumb! ' |
PITH AND POINT.
Mondeau "Does be write for
money?" Bonveau "Yes, but his pa
doesn't respond." Stray Stories.
"The trolley party was a failure,
you say?" "Yes; we didn't collide
with anything." Chicago Record.
Johnny (disgustedly) "What can a
boy do on Sunday?" Grandma Straitlace
(grimly) "Wait till Monday."
Puck.
Some "naughty" brother says that
"no girl ever had a sick headache
that was too bad for her to get up and
try on her new dress."
"Mamma," said Bobby, who had
been reading the geography of Mexico,
"what kind of a bug is a popocatapillar?" Youth's
Companion.
nusuanu? l nave just uuu my pur- trait
taken. What do you think of
it?" Wife?"Beautiful, dear; I wish
you would'look like it sometimes."
"So that is the famous playright?
But why is it that one reads so little
about him nowadays?" "Oh, he has
been famous too long."?Fliegende
Blaetter.
First Citizen?"Why didn't you go
to the war?" Second Citizen?"Well,
between you and me, I didn't know
the Spaniards were such bad shots."
?Truth.
She?"My grandfather was a cousin
to the Earl of Bullyshanty, twice removed."
He?"Twice removed, eh?
What for? Didn't he pay his rent?" '
?Harper's Bazar.
Husband?"How do you like the
view?" Wife (with ecstasy)?"Oh, I
am speechless!" Husband?"Well, if
that be so, I think we had better stay
here for a while."?Leslie's Weekly.
"Talk of the seat of war," said the
inane young man to the giddy young
woman, "you just ought to see us
fight every evening at our boarding
house for the one hammock chair."?
Indianapolis Journal.
4-Ua V, nninnf " a a i /I f Vt A
Xil IUC uc^iuuiag, oatw vuv
fed Philosopher, "man i9 much concerned
that his little wife's heart shall
always be light. Later, he pays more
attention to the weight of the biscuit."
Indianapolis Journal.
"Say, ma," remarked the small
boy, "isn't it funny that everybody
calls my little brother a bouncing
baby?" "Why do you think it is *
funny, William?" "Because, when I
dropped him on the floor this morning,
he didn't] bounce a bit. He
cried."
First Speaker "Say, fellows, yon
don't know what a bore this thing of
wearing glasses is! and I never have
been able to get a pair that suited
both my eyes and nose." Second
Speaker "Well, you can't expect the
ayes and noes to be unanimous for a
thing." Harper's Bazar.
"Never mind, dear," I said to my
little girl, having vainly endeavored
to persuade her to give one of her
dolls to a child who had never owned
one. "Perhaps some day you will be
% poor little girl yourself, and then %*n
you will know what it is to have no
toys." "Yes, mamfna," she sobbed,
"I have thought of that, and that's
4he reason whv I want to save all my
things."?Youth'? Companion.
Watchmakers' Signs.
A highly interesting story is told to
account for the fact that almost every
vooden clock in America has its hands
painted to indicate the hour of eighteen
minutes past eight. It is related
that most such watchmakers' signs
were originally maSe by one man, who
was at first in the habit of painting
the hands to indicate any old or
young hour that struck his fancy when
he came to that part of the job. But
when President Lincoln was assassinated
he conceived the idea of commemorating
the event by recording
tho hour and minute thereof upon all
his wooden timepieces, a custom ever
since perpetuated. There is something
striking and dramatic about this
notion of time standing still forever
after an event of such tragic signifl
cance. There is no aouot noous me
fact that nearly all the wooden clocks
do indicate the hour of eighteen minutes
past eight?you can see that for
yourself. But if the clockmaker
thought he was thereby recording the
hour of the assassination his intelligence
was as wooden as his wares, for
President Lincoln was shot not at
eighteen minutes past eight, but at
about fifteen minutes past ten.?New
York Evening Post.
Undue Familiarity Checked.
"Pretty Polly!" said the visitor, apI
proaching the cage. "What a "
"My name," interrupted the parrot,
speaking slowly aud distinctly, "is
Ibsen, and I want nothing. I am.
meditating."
"He's a queer bird," explained the
hostess. "He won't eat anything but
beans. I think my husband got him
somewhere in lae East."?Chicago
Tribune.
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