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sweet uc.,.
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.or safety y()U
nig with liart(
hearts of the fam- uQ
COM
.oin earth to that rapturoiling
1 ,
<1 in the liihle that lay 011 the ^an
and? mH
>k1 fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed
lti,)le; LJu
'1 he family Bible that lay on the stand. 8j
Ye scenes of tranquility?long have we
parted; Pr<
My hopes almost gone?my parents no ur(1
more;
In sorrow and sadness 1 roam brokenhearted,
'al,
And wander unknown 011 a far-distant 1
shore. >so
Yet how can I doubt a dear Saviour's
protection, jiai
Forgetful of gifts from his bountiful a19
hand Y
Then let me with patience receive his s'u
correction, l)aAnd
think of the Bible that lay 011 the ai '
stand? j
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed t"'11
Bible, lnt
The family Bible that lay on the stand. ',,C1
" do'
pal
Tllh PRIVATE LINE. !;,T
111)1
.lack Knglish wasticket agent, baggage
master and telegraph operator at u
the little station called Ranchman's r(>.
Center. It was a new station, far out tl.,,
on the prairie, fully half a mile* from *]
the nearest habitation, but. being ..ij
situated in the midst of a wild bolt of ro.
excellent grazing country, it already gj,*
did more business than many places on agj
the road boasting of several hundred .
? ut/
inuaoiiants. ^Ql,
There were two freight trains a day
each way?the through and local, the
latter of which carried the passengers. c j
Then there were the two aecommoda- W(
tions going in opposite directions, aud H,r,
the daily express and mail east and ^
west, which passed through the lonely [v ,
place between the hours of 10 and 12 ^
at night. jKl(
As the last train?the eastbouiul ex- ,a,
press?passed he locked up the station ,j1(
and crossed the prairie to the little ,)a|
cottage half a mile away, where his |^n
mother and sister Lizzie kept a pleas- jj",,
ant home for him.
Lizzie was a bright, active girl of
fourteen, but with all her intelligence
and industry she was an inveterate
coward. She was afraid of everything, Tli
and often made herself miserable by s
imagining danger when none existed. ?'
jj MHien he took cluir^e of the little
^ IE 'own ut the crossing she an- Al
.j> determination of studying of
" 1 i\" llCj I u\l' Aoi j.. ,Vl ?
as as full of electricity as a I daj
.aer storm, of which she stood in ] in <
cuoral dread, hut she persevered in her j din
effort notwithstanding, and in a few am
weeks could manipulate the instru- del
ment so as to receive and send nies- the
sages as correctly, if not quite as ; hei
speedily, as her teacher. j am
1'leased with her progress, the 1
brother secured two second-hand in- j 'n^
struinents and a coil of wire and put a tro
line from the house to the station, so 1 to i
that she might have practice without ow
having to walk to the office during m)i
cold weather. try
Fearing that the officious lineman fal
might object to the instrument on his
end of the line being in the office, J
Jack put it upon one side of the big, ^?ts
empty freightroom, and here, when the
the weather was not too cold, he spent thfl
many a lonely half hour in conversing tw<
with the little sister at hoinc. poj
One night about the middle of <'Ie
February, there was a terrilic thunder tin.
and wind storm, with a blinding fall I'
wi I ill II auu mm, ii vurj uuuaiiiii tiling |
at that season of the year. It came up | "d<
suddenly about II o'clock. after the I"'1
west-bound train had passed and an '
hour be Tore tin: eastern one was due. hoi
Above the roar of the thunder and stii
the beating of the hail against the tie:
window, hi- heard the clatter of horses' tlui
feet. A moment later the"e eame a un'
loud knocking at tin: outer door. | to I
Thinking tliey were people from a i mo
distance to wait for the train, he in- ear
quired, more from habit than from of i
suspicion: " Who is there ?" tor
' Passengers to take the midnight of
train,'' was the quick response, to
"We're wet to the skin and half i "tit
frozen." I resi
Without a moments' hesitation Jack j i"g
drew back the heavy holt and threw j msv
open the door, when in crowded half j ft'1'1
a dozen rough-looking men mullled to pol
the cars in furs and woolen comforters. ,
lie was seized by one of the stal- the
warts and hurled unceremoniously to j
the lloor. Then, while two of the ' 'i,fd
number held him down, the others the
busied themselves in binding his hands !
and feet. ' tha
lie supposed, of course, that they pie
would go through his pockets inseareh and
of the key of the safe, hut they didn't : sysl
instead, they carried him into the T
freightroom and laid him down against Hai
the side of the building, with the in- con
unction to " keep muni, if lie valued T
his bacon." olet
His thoughts with interrupted hy folli
out; of Hie into opening the door and '*
inquiring: V
" Is the train on time, sonny?,' Per
" It was at H> o'clock," answered
Jack, ami then, with a wild hope in his can
heart, he added : Let me loose and N
I'll liiid out." Mm
' Not much, my hardy," responded "f
the rouoh. " Let you at that infernal Vor
instrument and you'd send the train und
through like lightning, and so client lina
us out of the pile of gold we're aft?r."
He understood now why they had ?
not asked him for the key of the saf". j'ier
It was not the paltry sum that might '"IT
he found in the little country depot dim
they were after. They intended to and
rot) the train. sum
He tried to loosen his hands, hut in nod
the darkness he could accomplish trot
nothing. tliar
.lust at that instant an opportune oopi
Hash of lightning revealed to liiin the
blessed fact that in their haste his
would be captors had failed to draw t'ar|
the knot on the cord with which his from
hands wore hound us tight as they has I
doubtless intended.
1
tho A
< few
e. It ?
jut his
jnil his
.buthis
.ght have
.orm and so
.sistant. His
. and almost im- ^
o was opened and
uiy as possible, he made ^
ltuution at the station ^
she would go down to tho
.rter of a lnilo distant, and 81
..w the train. Tho reply was in tho n
mative, and there was no indeci ion ~
t either. *
hen he Hashed back : 1,1
' Hut a piece of thin, red ilannel c
und tho lantern, go down to the ^
p cut and swiug your red light 8
oss tho track as soon as the train "
nds tho curve. Keep it up until
i are sure it has Ixien seen, and u
en the train stops go to the eon- ^
tor with tho news I have told you."
All right."' returned Lizzie, " I'll *
olT inside of three minutes," and, "
rard though she was, she kept her ?
unise. n
t was still thundering in the (lis- J3
ce, and every Hash of lightning j
do her shrink and cower as if '
unded hy the glaring sheet of tire. "
t in spite of her terror, she did not 1
i:ken her speed, and reached the
?ot just as the headlight of the ap- b
aching train began to glimmer
innd the curve beyond,
faithfully she delivered the mos[o
committed toiler, and then fell
nting at the conductor's feet.
Vssoon as Jack was sure that Lizzie
uld carry out his instructions he
upped the cord loosely round his
nds and feet again and lay down in \
i old position, not wishing to excite t
pinion in the breasts of the robbers, s
>uld thej take it into their heads to h
y him another visit before the
ival of the train. ^
rhrough the window he could sue a
it the red lantern had been swung j,
o position, and after a little iie
urd them pacing restlessly up and t,
a-n the platform as if growing imhlpnt.
Thn in iho nt*nn<>
J struck twelve at least twenty
nutos before a faraway whistle an- *
.inced the approach of the train.
miuediately there was a cessation
the monotonous tread outside, and .
jw minutes later, with a rutnbleund |
ir and hissing of the airbrakes, the j
.in drew up to the station.
Hie next moment the command of .
lands upwas followed by the
M>rt of several revolvers tired J
lultaneously, and .Tack, throwing 11
do his cords, rushed out just in time
see his half-fivzen midnight visi- 1
s marched into the baggage car at
3 point of a dozen revolvers levied
their heads.
lack loeked the station, and as the
0 walked homo together they c
reed to say nothing about their ex- *
rience to their mother until she was ^
11 and strong again.
Consequently the first intimation she
d of the danger they had braved ^
lie a week later in the form of a .
eck for $200 from the railroad eorany,
payable to Jack and Lizze J
glish?for the use of their private "
e in capturing the robbers.
m i m i
IHK NATION.VIj AlililANCIC. f
\
c Oealn Platform is ('hanged in
ionic Kespecls?The lCleclioii ol'Oili- |
ers. I
File Supreme Council of the N'ationa1 (
iiance listened to the annual address <
the president at tin- morning session i
r, and the report of the committee
barge thereof recommended some o
inges which brought on an earnest u
1 lively discussion. A number of
Ctful i'S fll vni'lhl it ?.f
s Ocalu platform, hut n larger nuin- t
endorsed the committee's report
1 some changes were made. t
'.'he transportation plank, demand- v
' the government owneship and eon- t
1 of the railroads, is moditied so as h
demand that the government shall <
n and operate just enough of tne 11
npetinjf railroad lines of the conn- r
to elTeetually Kive the government v
1 control of the regulation of pas- I
ioer fares and freight rates. r
.'he demand for election of United ti
itea Senators hy a direct vote of
> people is changed so as to demand s
it eaeii State shall ho divided into 1
) districts of nearly equal voting e
mlation and that a Senator shall he I;
eted from each hy a direct vote of
! people of the district. t
'inanco was a subject of considera- |
discussion and resulted in the
>ption of a lengthy and well drawn n
amide and resolution. The pre- t
hie sets forth that in a land of c
indless resources, blessed in un- a
ited measure with heaven's boon- t
*, the wail of distress tills the land : e
it the lives and inheritances of the \
>oru are beinjj olYered as a pledge t
the pawn shoos of Knrope to obtain c
ney, while bankruptcy holds hij_'h
nival, railways ^.'o into the hands s
ecoivers, merchants and manufae- t
ies break down, people are deprived ti
their homes, labor is condemned |
idleness and starvation is under- a
lino inort.llia nrwl I.I ir i I i 7ii ? i..? 'I'1".
rdution declares that., " While stand- v
firmly by all of our Alliance de- li
nds, wo recognize that no other re- r
in is possible until tiie destructive lj
icy of contracting our money vol- u
ne is overthrown, and the banks of t
country be forced to retire from b
eminent bu-iness : that having at
, forced the financial question to h
front, we will fearlessly meet the u
10, and serve notice on the country t
t we will never rest until the peo- s
shall imiIt; instead of the dollar, 0
a pronoun"cd Ainerieun financial h
tem is cstablislied." '1
be propos d funding of the Pacific t
I road debt to the government was 1<
demited. a
he oflieors for the next year were V
;ted ut tho afternoon Hussion, a> n
tiws :
resident?.1. I*\ Willetts, of Kansas. t
iuc President? II. (Shavoiy. of t
msylvania. c
i,crota,,y itndTreas urt r I >. IDun- w
, of South Carolina. h
ational Kxoeutivc Committor? ti
in I 'njrc of Virginia, II. L (amoks
South Dakota. I. K. Dmn of Now >;
k. II. C. Oemntintf of I 'onnsyIvania, n
Marion lintler of North Caro- t<
It is said that wiion Geo do Mt'.U- f?
and tiio Harpers woro netfotiat- g
about "Trilby,"' tlio aut hor d? - 01
3d tho publishers' olTer of a royalty,
decided in tho favor ol a lump 01
This was something hanilsouu', h
oubt but ho would probably have t!
more on tho royalty pian : not, lo.->s h
i jjfJh.tKM) on tho sale of louuio
os. o
More than two yurs a^o A. 15 si
neuter, of St. Louis, stole a kis- fc
i Mrs. Sarah M. I'ii roo. A jury
finally oonoludod that ho owos Iter li
Ht for it. h
TALE OF THE MOONSHINERS.
'It AM AT 1C CONFUSION OF
CltlMK.
luiiKiiiK an Informer Whoso Mother
Approved the kyiu-liiiig?The la-ader
ol' the li.ii Klux Captured in Arkansas
tlunta Evening Journal.
The light ~bf justice is beginning to
til brightly upon the facts in the
Vorley outrage, one of the most dasxrdly
crimes ever committed on the
i)il of Georgia, and today the anouncement
is made that .ludge Melutchin,
suspected as the leader of the
u-klux that shot Worley in the cotim
lield in Murray Cou ty, lias been
aptured ; that he is on his way to the
cone of his alleged crime from Aransas,
where, for many days, he lias
teen u fugitive from pursuers.
In addition to this, and another light
pon the dark deed, was the dramatic
onfession of Anse Black in open court
cfore Judge Newton this morning,
.'hero was a silence as profound as
oath when Black entered his pica of
uilty and when he told the story, almost
surpassing belief, of how Worley
lud been taken by sixty mounted men
n disguise through Bloodtown into
lloodtown gorge, and bunged in the
at-kuess of the night to a persimmon
roe.
Ollicers of the court, judge, monitors
of tho bar listened to the narralve
of the crime, and from the tirst
irord spoken to the last tho men held
heir breath, for from out tho dark reess
of the mountains has come u tale
irhich almost surpasses credulity.
Never in any court room has there
icon a inoro dramatic scene, and every
no was effected when Black told how
Vorley's own mother, standing boween
her son and her grand-daughter,
idod with tho whitoeappers and gave
lor consent to her son's death.
Tho man McCutchin is supposed to
te the ring leader of those who shot
nd killed Worley, while Anse Black
s one of tho men connected with tho
langitig of Worley a few days beforo
he shooting.
Henry Worley lived in Murray
bounty, the home of many inoonshinru.
Ue was suspected of being a syBematie
spy for the revenue men. His
cputation in thin respect became
loised abroad and every moonshiner
n the mountains knew of Henry Woeey
and hated him, because they beieved
the {government had no right to
ax the product of their industry, and
uited him because ho took them to
ail and took food from out their wives
ind children's mouths.
There was a suggestion of a eonspiricy.
The idea grew. It took root in
nany a still on many a hillside. Filally
it crystali/.ed into a determinaion
to rid themselves of their enemy
>y putting him beyond the power of
ver opening his mouth. It was do
sided to hang him. Sixty men carried
he conspiracy into executive, but
.Vorley escaped miraculously.
The moonshiners were relentless, iulatiate.
They determined now to
ibandon cover of darkness, to shoot
lim where they found him. in open
lay, in the country road?anywhero.
I'ho sentence of death had been prolounced
and Worley would have to
sutVor the penalty for his treachery.
\ few davs after this Wm-lnv hhu
ouml dead by the side of a mule
vhich ho had been plowing.
Hut the story is hero as told by Anse
Hack, an eye witness to the hanging,
district Attorney James received inbrination
that Black was willing to
:onfes8. Black came to Atlanta and
lotitiod Mr. James that he was willing
?v f/i'ca 01' guilty.
Judge Newman received the plea iu
pen court, and asked the man to stand
ip beforo him.
"What have you to say beforo senence
is pronounced upon you ?" asked
he court.
When Black arose, to the iinaginaive
. every mountain fastness arose
vitli him, for he is a typo of the moun*
ains. Tall, angular, high cheek
ones, more like an Indian than a Caua->ian.
with endurance, but not quickless
written in every lineament, the
niiid'a eye followed him through the
rinding paths of the Blue Kidge, saw
liiTi peer through the foliage for revnue
men, saw the red radiation of the
ire under the still upon his sharp and
tron/.ed features. Uncouth, strong,
hrewd looking, eagle-eyed. Anse
Hack looked like some great rock towring
from the brow of his own blue
tills.
lie had a rough but effective way of
el ling the story, and a voice of sur rising
sweetness withal.
" I want to say a few words about
ny connection with this thing," said
he man of the mountains, as lie lookd
about him and sighed deeply in the
ceentjof the Cracker "beforo you seneiico
me. 1 am guilty. 1 was preset
with the crowd that hanged Henry
Vorley, and I say what I do so that
lie court may be as light as it can upm
me.
"It was in the latter part of last
pring that s'xty men of Murray Couny
got together and made up their
ainds to hang Henry Worley for retorting.
Bach man was on horseback
,nd had black masks on their faces. It
/as a kinder dark night. Kverybody
fas armed one way or another. Some
i.id guns, some had pistols, some had
illes. The men thought there might
ic trouble in getting Worley, and men
rero taken along to hold the horses in
he ease of shooting, so they wouldn't
e frightened at the fusilade.
"The men rode up to Worley's
Milsft !?nil I k ! 1 i ! nir ? *
iiuiviu^ vnu nurses IICIVI uw (
lost of them, cxcopt those that field
tie liiirccs, went to VVorloy's house.
Icveral nu n took cotton balls suturat(I
with kerosene, wliicfi burned
rightly as they approached the house,
'he-leader of the cro-vd knocked at
ho door and asked for YVorloy. Worry's
mother came to the door and
slcod wliat we wantod with llenry.
Y'c told her that, we wore going to
an}* him for reporting.
' VVorloy's little daughter came to
ho door ami all three of them stood
here. YY'o told YVorloy that wo had
nine to hang him, and that there
rasn t any use resisting, that he would
ave to come, and that we intended to
!ikc him alive or dead.
"VVorley wusterribly seared and beged
for mercy, said he wasn't guilty of
i |tm ting and got down on his knees
) us."
Trie prisoner paused here a moment
> remark that ho never was so sorry
>> a man and that lie would never forot
YVorlev's pitiful looks as lie eroneh- I
il on the porch on his humble home.
" YVorlcy's mother wiw talked to 1 ?y
ur men They told her that her son
lid boon a traitor to her people and
int. who ought to l e, willing to havo
irn put out of the u ay.
" Henry," said the oonfi ssor, *' lookI
at his mother and asked her if she,
?o. was against him. .She said 'yes,'
ie was going to let the men take him
>r all she eared.
YVorley broke down then and cried
ke a baby and told the men that if
is mother had gone back on him they
\
could tako him and cr^ what thej
pleased with him.
" He uever resisted us anl? when w<
told him to get on a horse he did it
Worlev was tied with his hands bo
hind him and rode in the middle of th<
crowd of^vi on horseback. He nevei
spoke. went up the Hloodtowi
road, throV Ti liloodtowon to Hlood
town gorge.^
" Describe," said some one, " hov
the hills are here."
"The hllie on each hand almos
straight up h. thousand fret high, i
creek runs bftwoen. and tno road fo
thwe mile^runs through this erook
Its awfuylSLhere in t^e night time
When^^^RrikJiH JU? a lonely part o
the Bloodtown gorge we halted th(
horses and selected a persimmon tro<
to hang Worloy to. Somebody led th<
horse under the treo and tied a rop<
around Worley's ueek. The other eu<
of the rope was thrown over a stronj
limb, and three men caught hold of tin
end that hung down and wo strunj
him up. got on our horses and rod<
down the gorge apiece. Worloy wa
swinging buck ward and forward whoi
we left him there to die. The las
man had gotten almost out of sight o
him when he was seen to knock u]
against the treo uud wrap his leg
around the trunk. Quick as lightninj
he managed to get his hands loose
untied the noose from his neck, am
lighting on his feet, ran faster than an;
man I over saw. A yell went up froc
the crowd and the men fired fifty shot
at him as he ran. They ut ver caugh
up with him, and that wits the last w
saw of him that night."
Wheu I Hack had completed hi
story, there was a complete Silence i
the court-room, the full ghastlinessc
the crime having sunk deep into th
breasts of every one.
Tlie Confession or MnCi.tnlinn..
er of ttio OaiiKTho
noted lender of the white capt
James MeCuteheon, was discovered i
Arkansas by his partner in a paten
medicine llrm. At tho instance of th
partner he was arrested and earrie
back to Alanta, where ho was lodge
in jail to await trial for his awfv
crime.
Driven by tho most relentless rt
morse and regret for the crimo i
which ho had participated, M<
Cuotheon had heeome reckless and ii
different as to his future, and the cor
fession he has made was entirely vo
uutary and of his own accord.
He first told of his escape to Arkat
sas after the commission t#f the crim
and how he had passed the time i
that State in constant dread of bein
recaptured and brought to his nativ
State to answer for the foul deed. H
said that the idea of being hunted an
reminded of what ho had done lille
his conscience with tho deepest ri
morse and that life in his conditio
was miserable. So powerful had l>ee
his fears and dread of beimr eapturec
he had become almost indifferent, an
made little effort to conceal his ideut
ty.
Ho told of bis connection with th
Murray County whitecappers and ho
they whipped men for informing, an
| sum turn, no was present when they a
I tempted to hang Henry VVorley on tli
I 7th of April, lie said that he was eoi
nected w'th four raids of the ku-klu
and told the details of those raids in
most interesting manner. When li
reached the VVorley murder point i
his story MeCuteheon said :
"They (the ku-klux) came to m
house and told me to meet the boys j
Jim MeKntireV. I went and there wj
nine of us tVere- Harris Hramlct
JamcsJvIcKntiio, Frank Gilbert, Job
' Henry Gober, Si trice Morrison, Tel:
Smith, George Hartsel, James 1'a
sons and myself.
"We all started off towards lieni
Worley's house and had gone aboi
three miles when it began to rail
We stopped to wait unl'l it held u
and Sanco Morrison left us then. A
of us went on to Worley's house an
stayed around it all night, cxpoetin
to shoot him when ho came out th
next morning. We scattered on over
side of the house, so that we would 1
sure to see him, but when he came on
we were afraid to shoot him there an
let him go on to his field.
"Some of the men wero sent dow
the road leading from his house t
the field, hut they would not shoe
him. We all then went out in th
woods a short distance from whor
Worley was at work and talked aboi
how wo would kill him.
" Finally it was decided to deta
three men to go over where Worle
was and bring him out in the wood
where the other men wero. Fran
Gilbert, Tobc Smith and myself wer
detailed to go and bring him outsid
where the others were waiting. W
were afraid of Worley and thought h
was armed and decided to go over an
tind out before we tried to bring hii
outside. Tobc Smith, Frank Gilbei
and myself went over where Worle
was and talked to him about dilTeren
things.
" After awhile we left him and wen
back to whore the crowd was. The
Tobc Smith, Frank Gilbert and mysel
went back over in the field the secon
time and when wo got near wher
Worley was plowing I leveled my gu
at him and told him to throw up hi
hands, lie made a movement and Tob
Smith shot him with a pistol. As h
fell back 1 shot him with my doublt
barreled shotgun and Gilbert shot hit
at the same time.
" We saw that we had killed him an
we ran out of the field into the wood
and then went up on Fort inountai
and stayed until late in the evening
We all separated then and wen
home."
The prisoner told his story in a
earnest manner and its conclusion h
appeared to he greatly relieved. 11
was told that, by making a confession h
placed himself in great danger of los
ing his life after the manner in whicl
the whitecappers attempted to tak
Henry Worley's by hanging, but it i
said that ho declared that he was de
teriuined to make a clean breast of th
whole alTair.
It was learned that in MeCuteheon'
confession he implicated a number o
well known cit'/.ens of M urray and othc
north Georgia counties as being inem
bors of the whiteeeppcrs' organi/atioi
and taking part in the raids in whirl
lie was along, but their names eouli
not he learned.
?Spartanburg- was thrown into i
state of cxcitcmeu^j(4yer the escapi
from jail i.J H '4.rt '.'c, convicted o
murder lastTWcck^ amV sentenced to hi
hanged ou the loth day of March
I'oolo had twenty minutes start of tlx
officers, but within ten minutes aftci
his escape was discovered and caught
and was once more safe within prisoi
walls, I'oolo had planned his escapi
well. With some small instrument hr
tiled in two the chain which held bin
to the wall and tiled the shackles froii
his feet and by somo moans burst tin
door down and put to the woods. Hi
was caught in a culvert by Oliicei
Sorouso of the police department
/
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/'
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/
s laps on them with a club. The noise
n frigntons tlio animals out. From the
r formation of their legs they are natur
? ally slow-runners. They are knoekedkneed,
and their hind legs are wide
apart. When they leave the huts they
n are despatched with eluhs. it requires
' but a short time to kill them. When
0 tho colony is planted they are brrnde
ed, and at butchering time these are
preserved for breeding purposes. It is
'' said of the beaver that it lives, active
e and vigorous, to the age of fifty years.
s As soon as the killing is done the
gates are closed and the farm Hooded
u again. The pelts are taken olf the
dead beavers and stretched over forms
H made of bent elm strips. The, fur side
' is on the inside. Saltpetre is rubbed
into the llesh of the skin and it
' is exposed to tho atmosphere for two
1 weeks; then the pelts are paeked in
' bales and taken to market.
' Tho pelts are classed according to
their size and the length of tho fur.
The poorest brings * I and from that
n tiguro the prices range to $2o. The
5; fur is used in the manufacture of coats,
f hats, and garments for women. A
irruul <!<><> 1 t ?* 1-I ? 1 '11 '
? ?vM/u uv;?i in 11? m nil I !<(> V/l) ! HUt
whore it is inuric into expensive shoos
3 for aristc-cratie women.
r ?
?Tho rico planters are unable to tlo
1 anything towards preparing their
y lands?especially those who plant in>
land rico?on account of not being aide
> to drain, too much water.
i ? i ^ ?
5 ?Gon. .laincs N. Uothunc, for many
) years owner and manager of " Blind
r Tom," has just died in Washington aged
til years.
r PROFIT IN RAISING) BEAVERS.
3 A Unique Industry In an Out-of-theWnjr
Corner in Tennessee.
One of the chief industries of Luke
3 County, Tunn., is beaver farming. The
f county is cut by numerous little rivers
3 and creeks, and the Western corner is
- touched by the M ississippi ltiver. Ueolfoot
Lake is also within its borders.
v Tho county has but one town of any
sizo. It is tho scat of government,
t called Tiptonvillo. The banks of these
streams are fringed with cottonwoods
r and a species of elm that has a warped
and stunted growth. These small
streams and the trees that grow along
f their banks aro the valuablo features
s of the beaver farms.
J While other farmers aro crying ruiu
0 and deploring low prices, tho beaver
e farmers enjoy themselves rolling up
1 bank accounts that are no way thrcat?
oned by dry seasons, hailstorms, or a
o demoralized market. There is always
Z, a demand for beaver fur, and for tho
o good article tho price is always satiss
factory and unvarying. With $f>00 in
ii bis pocket a man may establish a boat
ver farm which will yield him from
f $1,CMM) to $4,000 in three years, if sucp
cessful. He fust purchases from ton
s to lifteen acres of land through which
? runs a stream. At a point whore the
>, stream is narrow and the bunks steep
il a dam is built. This is done by felling
y a few trees across tho bed of thostrcam
n and tilling in with dirt and stones, in
s this way t he water is held back, so that
t two or three acres of laud are Hooded,
e Along the banks of the stream aud
around the pond, wire netting from
" two to three feet high is placed, enn
closing all the trees that can possibly
?f be taken in. Now and then) however,
o a farmer loses some of his colony,
wliich escape up or dowu the stream
by burrowing under the fences, but he
has the chance of getting some of his
neighbors' animals, andjio makes no
complaint,
j A colony of twelve females and four
n males is sutllciently large to start with,
g The animals aro purchased in the
0 Saskatchewan valley in Manitoba,
J where they aro trapped. A colony of
il sixteen costs $11)0. They are place J in
jl the ponds in tho spring when the water
is high; and all tho farmer has to do
>. is keep his dam and fences up and
n prevent hunters from kill ling the ani..
mals. Tho farmer experiences but
littio trouble with poachers, for it is
generally understood that a man
j. caught in the act of beaver hunting on
lliml 1 liuf '? hi'" - 1 -
uuu iiiuv vivvou v IW 111 III 1!) U'
i- gut ft bullet in his skin rather than
e trial by jury.
n It take the animals but a short time
jr to become accustomed to their new
e surroundings. In a few days they
0 begin builuing their huts of mud and
tj stieks. They work vigorously on tne
j trees and some of the smallest ones
are gnawed oil. The lirst year the
n farmer receives no income. The anin
mals propagate?raoidly, and by fali in
j the second year the colony has greatly
J increased in numbers,
j. The lirst two years on a heaver farm
is a tedious existence. The farmer
divides his time between earing for
his colony and hunting. Upon the
latter ho depends principally for his
? food. But little money is spent in the
* constructions of dwellings. First, an
1 excavation live or six feet deep is made
l" in the ground, and around this stakes
* are driven closely together. When
\ fixed ill the ground they stand about
\ six feet high. Two tall, strong, posts
are set m tne centre at each end, and
running from one to the other is a ridge
^ polo. Long poles are slanted from
1 ibis over the ends of the surrounding
js stakes, projecting several inches. On
' the roof thus made cakes of sod are
" laid, dirt is then thrown over it. ami
" the whole is covered with sod. Around
1" the outside, dirt is heaped until the
ends of the roof poles are covered,
-j The whole, from a distance, looks like
1 a tentshaped upheaval of the ground.
1 Tkn ....?.......... ..
x Ku vuvi uuvv; o <i cvjuaru ill
II one end. Although there is nothing
, attractive about the architecture of
lT this abode, it is a very comfortable
^ dwolling, and protects the occupant
1 againt tlie winter freezings perfectly.
\ Rear skins and dear pelts scattered
l. over the lloorand pieces of rough fur,
niture covered in the same way. add to
I the comforts of the place.
The best of feeding usually exist
between the residents of this out-oftho-way
corner. The farmers are,
\ for the most part, men whoso lives
\ have been passed on the Western
, hunting grounds. They are hardy,
slow-going men, who take kindly to
II tiie hermit life they live, hut when
the time coiues for selling the product
k of their farms they go down to Cairo
? or Memphis and ongago in a couple of
weeks of high livin. that makes the
good citizens tremble and the saloon
(> keepers richer. They spend their
e money like water, and' not infrequont|
ly, go hack to their farms with empty
pockets. Notwithstanding their rough
ways, they are good hearted, and they
extend the warmest hospitality to
t visitors.
Tho slaughtering season begins in
^ December and lusts through January.
If there are several farms on one
stream tho farmer whoso corral is
nearest to tho mouth of tho stream
kills lirst. When he has finished, the
next one above liiiu begins, and so on
to the last farmer. Tho work begins
' by drawing olT the ponds by means of
1 ll,wwl.r,.?..o ? l?.t I
v..in< OIV Uimnil "ILII Win'
netting to prevent the animals from
n passing through. When the mud
houses of the beavers are exposed the
(j fanner {joes from one to the other and
.j
FIRE IN TIMMONSVILLE
Lnrgcllloek of Frame Uuildinx
stroyed?The ltlock Wuh fcihu
liy Insurance Companies.
Timmonsyili.E, Feb. 12.?The la
lire in extent and number of uuil
destroyed that Timmonsville had
experienced broke outlast night i
12 o'clock, and this morning u?e ;U
wooden row containing historic '
Sumter"' is in ashes.
Snow had fallen to a depth of
cral inches, and contiuued duriuj
lire to pour a steady shower of I
that acted as a wet blanket 1
buildings adjacent the doomed 1
This was a long row of wooden I
ings, alt counected, on Railroad s'
right in the heart of town. It
long been condemned by the iusu
companies, and consequently tti
surance was light and many o
building unoccupied.
The origin o( the tire is unki
It was lirst discovered in the reu
largo store house knows as the
Laughliu building, the back and \
parts of which were occupied by
tenants, and rapidly spread easi
west till the entire block was in 11
Hut for the heavy fall of snow no
the whole business part of the
would this morning be in ruins.
The follow iug list shows the
losses :
Store owned by George A. Nor
occupied by W. W. Harroil, gr
below and dwelling above; vai
building $1,000, stock $2o0.
Largo two-story double ston
dwelling above, owned by W. J.
hart, kuowu as " Fort Sumter:'"
$2.">00; unoccupied. A few
belonging to M. Kohn were t
here. Value about $100; no insui
The McLaughlin building, >
$1,000. No insurance.
Harbor shop and fixtures belo
to II. M. White, estimated value.
No insurance.
Shop belonging to Chloo Owe
negro woman, value, $2.">0. N
surance.
Store and stock of groceries b<
itig to 11. W. Witeovor, value, i
tsmaii insurance.
Store belonging to I). H. Tr
lately occupied by J. A. I'c
groceries, but unoccupied at ti
lire, value, $1,000. Small insurai
Shop occupied by C. T. Stone, ji
value small. No insurance.
Several small houses oeoupit
negroes were burned. None in:
The total loss is in the neijj
hood of $12.000: insurance not
$:$.ooo.
The lire was stopped on the w
the brick building owned and net
by the Hank of Timraonsvillc,
Masonic Hall above. The bu
was slightly damaged from h
blinds, etc.. but is fully insured
the valuables of the buuk wei
moved.
i In tub Sui'uiiMK Court.?1
j be recalled ttiat some time ago I
i Chafee of Aiken solicited wubseri
j from tin: towns of tin- State fo
' purpose of taking ti e Ui-pensai
j to tiie Supremo Court of the I
I States. What was the outcome t
i appeal is not known, but ivi
Doug las- A Obear announced tba
wouki wiko cnargc 01 the ease.
! of these gentlemen have re<
moved to Washington and what
had been taken in the matter w
known until yesterday when i
announced that the linn would ]>i
i the papers to the Court next wee
is understood that that portion c
law relative to the importati
liquor into the State will be att
lehielly, it being held that such
| vision is unconstitutional. Th<
i will hardly attract much attentiu
| is known that the .State autlu
have no fears as to tin; uitimat
j come of this litigation. Some
| ago Attorney Genoral Barber
I that the State was perfectly will
| have the highest court of the It
j pass upon the constitutionality
I law. The State hud expectei
| move, and was prepared to mo
lawyers on the other side. Und
circumstances, the Attorney Gi
or nis assistant will go to Washi
I to uphold the State's side of th<
i It is expected that the papers i
J ease will be received in (Jolum>
I the course of a week arid then
! be known exactly upon what gi
the opposition is proceeding.
Two XatuuaIj Liaks.?Two
old men who live under the shat
the famous I'ilot Mountain wer
cussing tho recent cold snap, saj
Mt. Airy (X. C.) News. One si
had an old rooster which was roi
that cold Saturday night in tho
' a tree. Some time during the
| he raised himself upon his feet o
J his tnouth and began to crow. 1
in the net of crowing he froze,
day he thawed out. and to tho
ustonishmentof the family imine
ly began to crow whore he hud 1
the night before, giving uttcrai
I the lust half of the crow.
Tho other good man said that
j lie went to bed that night by act
! lie left a lamp burning. Next
! ing lie noticed that the lamp wa
burning and attempted to blow i
I 11? ins surprise ami eonsternatt
found that he eould not do so
tin n took olT the chimney ant
covered that the oil, wick and
were all frozen. He took of
burner, cut the llamc off the wic
threw it out into the yard, wh
remained until two o'elook he-f
thawed.
I?
? Dwight L. Moody, tlie evanj
eelehrated his lifty-ctghth birthd
eently in San Antonio, Texas, C
same day his mother, Mrs. Botsej
ton Moody, celebrated her 11 in<
birthday 111 the house in whiel
brought up her children, and in 1
she has lived sixtv-six years, it
Northficld, Mass. She is in
health, and superintends the w<
her house every day.
??
? lip to this time last year $21,.
worth of State fertilizer tax tag
been sold. For the same period 1
year the total sales aggregate
Tliese (inures spea
themselves, and show to what e
the farmers have been refraining
ordering fertilizers.
? Beauregard Wilson, who livei
Vu/.oo City, Miss., worked nine 1
| the past year and made .'too ha I
I cotton. After disposing of his
1 at an average of ."> cents a poun
! paying his expenses his net
amounted to
?The Salkehatehie I liver is
! boom, and the shad fishermen are
\ ing very blue. Very few have
[ caught up to this-.time. and, unlei
1 rains cease, the catch this season w
quite small. <,?uite a number hav
1 burked in the business this year.
?The work of furnishing and
ting the interior of C'.omson Colli
I being rapidly advanced and every
j will he in order fur the reopenii
1 the 21st instant.
H Dcdings
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a bout
bOV- T ' jfiStti V J
t> ^^Dibb^I
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hud :|flnMnnBj|H^n,
.vg^^^H^MBBI^^I^B^BH^K
>o '^gjaP*!^. \
the
IIOWU. _
> Mea TIRED, WEAK, NERVOUS,
nE Could Not Sleep.
uiutib. Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Preston,
doubt Idaho, says: "I was all run down,
town weak, nervous and irritable through
overwork. I suffered from brain faohiof
tigue, mental depression, etc. I became
so weak and nervous that I
wood, could not sleep, I would arise tired,
ocory discouraged and blue. I began taking
ue0' Dr. Miles' Nervine
I oek- an(* now everything Is changed. I
value S,C?P soundly, I feel bright, active
iroodn ant* ambitious. I can do more in one
,,......'1 day now than I used to do in a week.
?For this great good I give Dr. Miles*
...i, ' Restorative Nervine the sole credit.'
nKlDg It Cures.'!
*">o<7 Miles* Norvlno 19 sold on m. positive
nuafuuUjo that tho llrst bottlo will Deneflt.
All druggists soil it at SI, 0 bottles for 10, or
;ns. n It will bo sent, prepaid, on rocelpt of price
o in- hy tho Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
along- For sale by II. F. I'osey, Union, S. C.
<1,200.
f GRIMS
CHILL .
TUNIC
,f 'tho IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS.
<>n of WARRANTED. PRICE SOcts.
acked gat.atia, Ii.t.s., Nov. 18,1M3.
11 liro- Paris Mcdlclno Co., Bt. Louis, Mo.
* t.ontleiuon:?Wo sold last yoar, 800 bottles ol
3 case BHOVK'S TASTKLKSS CHILL TONIC and have
m It JOiiKlit tliroo ktoss already this year. In nil our ex>
jcrieneo of 11 years. In tlio drug business, hava
)1 lllt'S jever sold an nrtirle tbut gave aut'h universal saUs
13 Ollt- '*ctiou ua your Touio. Yours truly,
tjme AUNLY.CAUR A CO
1 said For sale by B. F Posey, Union, S. C.
in^' to
Hid to
of the ] C 7
-"lie cTardenoeed
er the
neral
ngton
the ^ r *UIVC G>e 'u>st selected stock of
ua in harden Seed that we have ever brought
it will ,(> Gnion. Kyery package is new and
ounds ^l'es'1 unt^ reliable. Come to see us if
you want seed that will come up and
jive you satisfaction. We have them
from one cent a package up.
loTo! (>NION S|:TSe
dis- We have tiie Northern Sets which
fs the are the best and the only ones that
lid he should be planted in this section.
toplif SKi:I) POTATOES.
night We have the best Eastern Potatoes
pened which are superior to all others. We
CVhlle have several varieties, such as Early
Next Koso, Peerless. Goodrich and Burutter
hanks. Gome to u> for your Garden
diate- Seed and anything in the Grocery line,
eft olT Kespeetfu'.lv.
nee to ^ | | j
morn Uv(l U vV UUll#
,s still
it out.
TIB CANDIDATES
L""i1 DRUG "TRADE
ore it
of Pnion county, an ! this is
iy'.v- THEIR PLATFORM:
?n the
V Hoi- I. I 'are I h ugs.
L-tieth 2. Lowest. prices consistent with the
i she quality of our goods,
whicn ;i. Accuracy and Competency com1
Last pounding Prescriptions.
good j. We carry tlio largest line of Patark
of ?>111. Medicines in the county.
a. Our stock of .Medicines, Chemicals
and Pharmaceuticals is immense,
and is purcha-ed from the largest man"
, *1 ufaeturing and importing houses in the
" """ country.
>i tins -t y u full stock of tho best
ol>,y faints, Oils. Putty, Whitewash and
_ Paint Paint Itmshes.
xu- 7. We carry the finest lino of Spec
from taclcs and Eye t!lasses in tho county.
Union Drug Co.
OS of (J
crop
d and
,>ro,u WALL PAPERS
()n 14 Prom lo fMM.Vnls.
look?!*?'".
Paper Hanging a Specialty.
rill bo Satisfaction guaranteed for tho
c cuj- Host Artistic Work.
W. A. KRAUS
refit- . ,
,K,0 |H Spartanburg, S. C.
tiling For further information, apply at
ltf on .F. It. Matliis" store or address at Spar*
tan hu i'KJ