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A STORY OF THE FRONTIER.
By EBP.K 12.
' TyrieWy Robert BcnnM't Ucm.
CHAPTER X.
f OKTINCKD.
'Droit o out of the pasture and run
away, I suppose, ' said Dick
U . I -;. ...l.-.i.-
they broke tint or wm took out," an-
swered tl man. "Thev motight 'a'
got out 'tlmm anv help, in' then ag'in
thav , ,!,. ,
.,u, u tiin i By bare Wiioiuei
"Yon don't mean to say that you
think they were stolen?" cried Did;.
"Wall, it kind o' looks as ef some-
1, 1 ...,u:... ... V. ....-. :.
"Wl.Vo ho. sea were thev?" aked
Tu-i. i,,;,,: L , ' , ' 7 tr"
r-xciteiucnt which horse-thieves and i
their depredations always aroused on
tno fontier.
"AverillV, down by Deer Creek,"
answered the man on horseback.
"What? Who?" cried Dick, with
a great ftnrt. "Did voil sav the
horsos belonged to a man ua:ncd
Averill?"
"Yes, Hint's the name," was the re
ply, "lleerd anything about it afore?"
"So, I haven't, '' answered Dick,
hardly knowing what he wa saying,
because his braiu was in a whirl ot
excitement.
"Avci ill's, near Deer Creek," kept
beating back and forth like a refrain.
He seemed to see beforo him tho old
cotton-wood tree with tho mysterious
words.
"When were tho horses taken?" Lt
atked, presently.
"Last night.'' was tho reply.
"And yesterday was Wednesday?''
"Yte, yesterday was Wednesday,"
responded the man.
"Averill's near Deer Creek Wed
nesday." Dick repeated the words aloud, un
conscious of the presence of the man
on horseback, who was watching him
and won dcriug what made him look
an:l act s.-ketrangely. Tangled threads
were trying to straighten themselves
out in his brain.
' Dick Bray ton, when
you foiud !
tree, you I
that writint? nn tho nlrl
found Knmrtllinar W rrtrrA ' in I
some war, to what wa3 done last,
night," he told Liraself. "I'm sure
of it," he aided aloud. 1
"Did yo-t speak to me?" asked the
mau j
'W" tli-i.a,1 riiL- .mulnn l.i.. I
self from the abstraction into whk-h
his train of thought had throvn him.
"About what tima do you think the
horses were stolen?"
"Wall, we don't say right out tbr.t
we think they was stole," answered
the man. -Bnt I allow it kin' o' looks
that a way. Whether they ws stole
or got out o' their own accord, it tn -st
ha' happened Kramers 'trvixt ten an'
dayligh'. They was ther?, a'l right,
when ol' man Aw rill went to bed, an'
they was misin' when he got up this
mornin'. That's 'bout all I can tell
ye, 'cept the fence that they must
got out through, or b'en helped I
through, was a coodnne, nn'thehotsrs I
neTcr was knowed to bo onruly, an'
we don't reo how- they como to tako it '
intu their heads to git breachy all at I
oncl. Tho fact is, wo don't b'leeva
they ever got out o' the field 'thout
help, but b'leevin' ain't knowin, you I
know." i
"Have yon fortnd any track of them I
Jet?" asked Dick
"Xothin', 'cept as fur as the road,"
tras the reply. "It rained about day
light a reg'lar. right-sraort lectle
four-down while it lasted an' you
can't track nothin' this mornin', on
that avouut, only hero an' there,
where the ground's so hard it don't
wash easy."
"Have you any suspicions of who
could have taken them?"
"Xo more 'n tho man in the moon,"
was the reply. "They're gone, an'
that's all I can tell ye. I've met nigh
to a dozon men this mornin', an' none
of 'em has teen hide or hair o' the crit
ters. It's mighty queer Seems jest
ascf theairthhad opened an'swallored
'em."
"It is queer," said Diok. "Do you
rant help in looking for them?"
"Yes, all we can git," was the an
swer. "Averill, he's a poor man, a:i'
can't afford to lose his team. Mebbo
we're worryin' 'tLont any reason, an'
they'll turn up summers 'round the
kentry; but I allow it looks 's ef they
was took. Anyhow, 'tain't no more'n
fair an' neighborly fer ns to turn out
an' help him hunt fer em
Of course, we'll all help," said
Dick. "Is there to be an organized
search, or is every ono to work inde-
peudently?" !
"Wall, vou see. we hain't trot so fur i
as that vit." was the reply. "We
hain't knowed what to do, 'oattso we
hain't knowed what to think. They're
to meet at Averill's at noon or there
abouts and fix up some plan, ef the
bosses don't turn up afore that time."
Fifteen minutes later, DicK, .Mr. j
Boono and tho messenger from Aver
ill's rode away together
As thev name onnosite Mr. Porter's .
they saw Wavne sitting in the door- j
way, with a "singing-book in his hand, j
humming over tho tunes to be snngut
the next sessiou of tho singing-school, j
"HpIIii!" mllnd out Diek to Saman-I
thv, who was standing at the kitchen !
window, evidently wondering about
th" oa'aleade she 'behsld. "Did yon
ffftio dTfYrflfYiiT & til th
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know there wora horse-thievss about
this morning?"
Ho watched Wayne as he asked the
question to see what effect the words
uaa on nun
The singing-teacher looked up from
ii.' ' .
i . mem n; """"ey
i ? 3 h? g " . T.1 ' nDy ce
! iI 'f , ''I" Cllldld?"
-understand what had been said or felt
no interest in it, for when ho saw who
the speaker va1, he dropped his eves
upon his book again and went on with
I ns Bulging.
C0n3 fto V001"' U CSCU,e mont a
! moment. "Whoso hosses have b'en
"Averill's, near Deer Creek." an
swered Dick, with his eyes on Wayne's
face. But its quiet, unconcerned look
ba:1led him.
"Wall, I mas' sav that's eomin'
. ,ulv KiU3 reinariteu oamantny.
"1 wouldn't wonder a bit ef they cot
'round these diggin'e 'foro long, ffopo i me is, why sh'd he try to deny it when
they'll ketch 'em an' string 'em up." he knows I see him?''
"Tell Ezra." called out Mr. Boone. ; Of course, thi. hint ci Bill's that
"Mebbo he'll want to turn out and j there was something wrong was a sub
help hunt." jeet of frequent conversation anoiig
"I will so," answered Samanthv. ', his friends after that, and u was L-.:t n
Then tho party rode off. It was
joined by several others before they
i cached Averill's where they found
quite a crowd assembled. Old men,
young men and boys were there. It
I heemed a if all the male portion of
tho community had turned out to help
hunt horse-thieves. The excitement
wu3 intense.
Each person had a theory if his own i
j to offer. Each person a!o had a plan j
j of his own to propose and advocate re-1
i .peering the s. arch. The consequence I
i w us that it was nearly two o'clock be- '
lore ttiey began to do anything.
"Yon didn't see or hear nothin o'
strangers las' right, did ye?" asked
Bill Green of Dick as they stood to-
gether, waiting for some plan of action j
to l decided on.
"Xo. How would I be liLelv to tee
an.v,hing of them?'' asked Dick,
" 'isri '- likely they came around Mr.
BoOnO's.
s'pose, they did come
row"'1 Mr' Boone's," responded Bill,
"J5ut T0" wa n'1 thore oU tlle time. 1
f1ldn.'t k'J0n' but .vou nought ha' heerd
suthm' when vou was down this way
'as Ulgllt.
"Aren't you mistaken about me be
ing down this way?" asked Dick.
"Xo, I hain't," answ ered Bill, stout
ly. "I kind o' reckon that you
js'picioued I see ye. Was you "out
spark in'? '
Bill asked his duestion at random.
When be asked it, Dick thought of tho
idea ho had had of calling on Kuodu,
and taking that knowledge of his in-
teutiou into consideration along with
tho fact of his having accompanied her
home several times from sineintr-school.
on tno fctrengtu oi wnieii occurrence
Bill Green had prophesied a match, it
t eemed to him that Bill must, in some
way, have an inkling of whst his
intentions of tho night before had
been, and he could not keep down the
color from his face. lie saw thnt Bill's
suspicion were aroused in sonic vague
way, and, dLliking tho fellow as he
did, thu,t mado bi n indignant, and he
turned away with tho remark that ho
didn't know that it w.n anybody's
business where ho had been, or what
his business was. A ir.o-t unfortunate
remark to make, un lei the circum
stances, as he had to admit later.
"It looks mighty enri's to me," Bill
said to the men who had been st.ind
in by, listening to the conversation.
Ho jest as good ns denied beiu' out '
las' night, when I tackled hiin about
! it. Yo heerd what he said about it, I
reckon. Xow I'm willin' to swear on
a stack o' Bibles big's a meetin'-housc
that ha went by our house 'bout two
o'clock, fer I was up u-chiviu' tho cow
out o' tho gardin, un' I seo a man
a-skulkin' 'long the road, an' when ho
see me ho kind o' sheered oil into the
shadder, as ef he didn't want to bo
seen. But I see him, fer all that, jest
as plain's day, an' it was Dick Drayton,
an' he knows it. S'posen wo find o.it
whether he was to anybody's house las'
night, Jeet you make inquiries, kind
o' sly, so 's t' not git him to misti ustin'
anything. Ef ho was anywhero I'd
like to know it. Ef he wa'n't any
where I'd like to know where ho 1
ba'n to at thot time o night. He tried
to bamboozle me by pretendin' I was
mistaken. But I tell vo I wasn't.
Ma man 1 know him, and be
can t cram the coii-tra-ry down my
throat. My name's Bill Green au'
I'm willin' to back up what Bill Green
Rays, any day. Yes, sir, I be; an 1 ye
can bet yer bottom dollar on 't, ef yo
want to," and by way of making tho
assertion more emphatic Bill expo:
torated a great mouthful of tolavco ,
juice at the head ofan unlucky chicken
which happened to pass.
It takes but littlo to arotlso a per
son's curiosity and excite nuspieiou.
Thore were plenty who were willing
ami ready to inquire if Dick Ursyton
had been at any ono's house on
Wednesday evening. Xo one had seen
him after singing-school, except Bill
Green.
But th preitement of the seareli
mado evcrvthins else secondary for !
the time, and Bill lot the ball ho had '
tet rolling rest for the prt-seut; but he !
O 0 0 ,w
PITTSI30UO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C.
tad not pot through with it by any
means. Ho would sot i' in motion
again, if necessary, and ho always felt
it obligatory upon hira to flo auyihiu.g
that would annoy a person agumst
whom ho had a grudge.
The search bezan
The wood, were scoured in nil direc
tions
ns,
Everything was clone that nu-u who
ive ni cluo to work from could do.
have
Tor two days the search was kept u-.i
faithfully. liut uot a traco was. fnuii'l
of horses or horse-thiovp. Kvery'.'oily
was completely myfttifled It fcemc-l
very much, as th.5 nisn who fpical
tho news of tho theft ha 1 said, ns if
the earth had opened and 'vullovd.
them up.
j "jt K0 nsi6 t0 00is loorrer," raid
. Averill. ou tho evening of the second
: ,inv. We've done .nil v. e could. We've
; h'en evevrwhwe, 'ceptin' in the ii!"
Swamp, an' there hain't no n o o' j
goin there, cause a man can't tr-iul
in it, much less a hos. So we know
thry can't be there, 'tlvv.it takin' the
trouble to look. We'll have t
to look. Well liave to rivo it
bad job, buys" he added witn
luaver in his voice, lo los e
n-ses in those days was to !of,i
up as a bad
a little quuver
one s horse
the greater share of one's dependence.
"I in much obleegfld to ye 1
kindness an' I hope tn hev n chance
iu i-i.jr Je t.ut-it, suuio t,0, o.u nut
tho same war.
So tho search ended, and nothing
had been accomplished by it.
"I don't understand about Dick
Eraylon's tryin' to lie out o' bciu' oil
summers that night," said Bill G.eeu
to his particular cronies. "I'm a-c'oin
to look inter the matter a lee' I
Mebbe it's all right, but what puzzle
short time before Dick wus under
hitspieion which wai to culmi'iar? in
charge of villainy o.tinst hi.n.
CHAPTER XI.
rnn tale-teli. pitch-.jtais.
A day or two went by
Tho excitement began to lull a hltle
But there was no danger of it? dy
ing out for a long time to come, tvt-n
if nothing more of the kind which hr. l
aroused it were to happen, tr thi
i ollection of a horoe-sieulin trau.
' tiou wa to the early si-ttkiK what oui
i Into war is to those who too:; i art u:
! it something to be talked ove r and
wondered ubout every time two or
three neighbors get together
Monday morning Dick happened tc
bo wanting an iron of ron:e sort to
lnake a repair on lus plow . V,oi find
ing one aboiit Mr. Boone's hous.i c-i
burn, ho went over to Mr. Porter's to
see if he could rind what he wanted
there.
Samamhy iu the front yard,
giving little vicious dabs at. a coat
which was hanging on tile iolheslii!:.
She had a l.a i'i of -o;iii:udi on ii
lilmk of w,.i)d i.i sid.' h nnd with
this Milution. npp!ii:d with n rag. e ho
-is en-b-avviiiiy t-i a-'eoiiipiish su:.n--tL
x with ih'' ;.irmeii! before her
fbive v. hi taken to cleaning old
clotUes?" i.sked Did., coming up be.-
I hind her. unob
i Sauianihy gave a lutle piping cry,
j that wai lirst cousin to a fashionable
; young lalyV shriek, and nearly
I jumped out of her c-hoos, she was so
' startled.
"Land o' goodness how you scairt
iip," she cried. "I didn't know as
there was a man anywheivs 'round tho
dii'gin's."
"T don't bfhevo you're as much
afraid of tho men as you'd like to make
me think ymi are," laughed Dick.
"I'd like to know what you're doing."
"I'm cleauin' up thai feller's coat,"
answered S.imnnthy, with a vicious
emphasis on "that feller" and uu ac
companying vicious twitch cf tho gar
ment belonging to him.
"Can't he clean bin own ckuhz-s?''
ake-.l Dick, eyeing tiie cont closely.
"Is ho so busy he caa't find time to do
it himself?"
"I s'pose so," answered Samanthy,
pitefuliy. "Ef he had a couplo moro
gals to make fools ot, we d hev to wait
on him tho whole endtuin' time
"Meaning X.mnie and "
"An'Uhody,"said Siimanthy, finish
ing tho sentence for Dick. -:01i, J
ain't blind by no mentis! Blocs ye,
I've seen how thinai vai a -goin' fer a
good spell back, an' I je.it keep n-put-tin'
in my sav w henever I git a chance,
uu you jesi mar t iny woni, ,,a see t
ua id er aon t nave a mum -cut wun
botu o tnem gals aioie long. I ve
talked to Xancy, an' I've talked to !
Khody, an twou t be such a great
while afore I git 'em woi ke.1 up so t
they'll give Mr. Singiu'-teachcr to
understand that hecan't pulav, r 'round
'em both in the way ho's doin' now.
Y'e see, the way 'tis now, he's a niak
in Khody b'loeve she's playm' fuf.t
fiddle when lie's with her, an' when
he's with Xancy, why, she's tho one.
Gals don't put up with tho idee o'
ployin' second fiddle for nobody, so
there's a-goin' to bo tho biggest kind
of a rnmpus afore a great spell, an' I
ain't a mite ashamed to own up that
I'm a-doin' oil I can to h-lp it along.
Consurn his picter, I don't like lum.
an" never did. H was a-sayin' nithiti'
ho thought awful sharp about el"
maids t'other day, but I didn't lo
I heerd him, though I know
ho
a-sayin' it fer my 'fin-vial boneili, but
: thinks I, jest yoU wait nn" tee if tle-re
j hain't one ol' maid that's enough fei
ye, when sh- gits a chance to du
suthin'.''
"I have been considerably won icd
on Iihoda's avount," said Dick.
"Having no m.ithi t" alvise her. ho
has a greater thiinco to inlle.oiHV her
than Xannio. And I think, lov. tlia'.
Bhodn cares moro for him than Xanm
oe'-
f To bo imtiuncd
IlSS'S-S3JSS'3M63i
6)
I TALES OF FLICK
AND ADVENTURE.
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Itwas down in New Mesieo. in the
paly days of tho cheerful pastimes It re,,uired s'i-cn-tli to hold on to the
the eitizensot that region were wont 8WaTiiig tnuliu-r, and befoi o he hud
to indulge in that Joe Latnrop wusi,Penn t)u'.! (, ;ou f,toinlio!tz found
called upon to exercise nerve of a ' bimself rowint' n-.iml. Ho rlKmted
peculiar nraua, ruiaica au oia-nmer
in the Sun. "Joe. had come into that
delectable country with 3"00 iu gold,
which ho was very solicitous about,
for it was his intention to make his
fortune with it by investing it in a gold
mine a friend of his raid ho had dis
covered, a few riiles fro:n Pueblo. Joo
aud his friend, with other travelers,
were ou their way to Pueblo in tho
coach that carried iho inuil, aud it waa
suddenly stopped iu oueof the wildest
j po(9 iu fti that couutry, and thrco
roURh looking individuals each at the
blllt cud o a ,.jdo, ordered tho pas.
j 9engws t0 tumblo out and line up,
with their hands about their hea h
One of the three robbers wan cet to
, gaK(j tno jjeld-up passengers with
emphatic instructions to blow a hole
through the first one of them that copper ciiost of poivdor fi-cu a bai'u
moved hand or foot, while tho other ing building under the most dangerous
two looted tho stage. Joe was Reared, ' c-ircumstatices. The lire was in tiio
He had otood thtro in a Btraiucd po-i. grocery store of C. hi. .lo-mson, at
tion for live minutes, looking tijuaro Washington and XortUauiptOii streets.
intn tlift Tnnvylfl r-t A l-iltp. u-linn l:n TIim fironifiM tmt n lino (if !..if-fl rill l;li
I ,0lfll1 uis eye3 downward to get nmore
tileaeing thins to look at. butlio didn't.
He saw a centipede at leat eight
inobes long, ono of tho terrors of that
l-egion, hurrying along directly toward
town.
"It was soon at the tip of his shoe,
but, to his intense relief, it avoided
the obstacle aud passed on. It only
went as far as his heel, though. Then
it climbed upward aud the lirst thin;:
Joe knew tho hideous and deadly
thing was cliialiiug hia leg under bio
trousers, as he knew by tho pricking
of the long rows of sharp clavrs'iu his
flesh, Joe knew that the least move-
meat he mado would disturb tho sen-
sitivo and acrimonious varmint and it
would instantly bink every one of iu
many claws iuto his flesh and squirt
into his blood from each claw its quota
of deadly venou. And there Joe stou t,
doubly held up. If ho moved
baud tho desperado ou guard
would UU him with lead. If he
moved a niuselo of his leg the centi
pede would fill him with poison.
Slowly the centipede climbed the leg,
leaving its itching, burning track in
tho llesh, something in itself almost
beyond human endurance. Jo-i 1
didn't know how soon the centipede !
might got mad at something and sock '
its venom poiuts into him, anyhow,;
but ho did know that the robber !
would soon be through with searching j
the stago aud thou begin going j
through his pockets, while tho cent i-:
jicde was exploring him, thus disturb-
it and inducing ill stinging him
"Tho centipede made its way de
liberately up ono leg, then aeioss
Joe's back to tho other leg, down
which it moved moro dc'toeiutely
fitill, pausing now and thon us if n Liad
a notion to go up again. It did oiai t
back up the leg once, and Joo was
on tho point of dropping hi.s bund in
hope that tho robber would j ut him
out of his misery by shooting him,
when the centipede turned and went
down again, aud kept ou going until
it came out at tho boltom of the trous
ers leg and went scurrying away.
Joe shut his eyes and gave oue lung
breath, and was on the point of re
lieving himself with a yell, let the
consequences be what they might,
whon the individual with the rifle ex
claimed: "'Say, pard! you got more nerve
than a six-hoss wagon could lug!
Blamed if I could a stood that feller
a wiggliu' over mo my.-elf !'
"Ilia, cold-blooded reprobate had
secu tho centipede go up into Joe's,
trousers leg, aud knew all tho while
what Joe was Battering, aud just ttood
thero and watched what tiio result
was going to be! Tho robbers mado
oil' as soon as they had secured all the
plunder, and tho looted stago and
passengers went on to Pueblo. Aud
that w as the sort of uervo Joo Lathrop
had to have with him that memorable
day. A year afterward Jot: was o io
of a posse that pursued a gang of rob
bers near Xorth Jua'i, in Xevala.
Joo discovered one of tho gang hiding
behind a rock. Ho shot tho despera-
1(J leaJ anfl whcu ,,e Raw j,is fflce
Jo0 decittreii ha wu, Uppv. for he
Joo declared he wus happy, for ho rec
ognized the man who had held him up
durin? tho Pueblo stage robbory that
time and gloated over his experience
with the centipede."
Xiecd by lilack Hear.
Peter Steiuholtz, of Williamsport,
Tona., nearly froze to death the other
day in a tree, up which ho had climbed
to escape from a black bear. Ho was
chopping wood on Dingmaa Bun, in
the western part of Totter County.
His lunch basket was abr.it a stono's
throw away from the !o ; mi which ho
waswoikiug, He hal left part of his
dinner untouched.
Toward evening his attention wa
attracted by a prowling. A good sized
bear had found the basket aud was
trying to force tho lid oil'. Steinho'tz
started for the bear, thinking tli.it tho
animal would scamper away. But in
stead of running away Bruin stalled
for him. With his axe raised Stem
hultz waited, and when tho bear came
within reach struck at the beast. But
the bear was too quick. He dexter
ously warded off tho blow and sent the
axo flying out of Steinholtz's hand--into
the bushes. Then Steinholtz took
to his heels, the bear after him. The
bear was in most excellent raciug con
dition, and Steinholtz was handicapped
by a deep mow, lie saw that hi - onlv 1
chaucs ot efeapa was to climb tree, I
and tbat Ut must ohooit tret too I
THURSDAY, MAKCH
slender io allow the bear to follow, or
even a tree would not help him any.
He managed to shin up a email white
(.I ouk, resting in tho first limbs about
( ' . ! I ... -1 ... .1
twelve let.'l UOUVtt
! llie hear tried hara to follow, but
i hi" Khort, nlumsy legs could not i w
; i brace tli slcutler tvunk. to he iin.-il'y
' contented bimsell iUi traveling rosr
c,k1 IouJ trc,e' constantly keeping -
! fir l1 0,1 'V0 cPtiv? Steinholtz.
conteuteil hiiiifelf with traveling round
-r., ff,. .,i-, ,i fr,.--in,T rold
,.0neate.Uv. but no heln ca.o: neither
i!id he femee thebowi. Finally ."rtiii'
holiz lot oonseiousaaj". It was dark
as pitch, but there w r.o pi?n or
Round of the bear, so tiiM''oodehopj i r
hobbled oil' home. Iin ateot and bctii
hands were frozen. Next morniu:-, ii
pari v of nfd'hbors weut bark up
creek to shoot the bear, but aside n-.-.,-,i
tno circle ot track aooiit tuc mi
and tho empty lunch basket all fiigua
of Bruin had disappeared.
BifiTed Diatli la Do Duly.
A terrible accident was averted re
cently in Boston byihe heroio work
of I-iro District Chief Joha Grady,
as -i.iei by Lieuienatit Xaher, of Lad-
der Xu. liaud the meinbors of
.ugiiie
large
Company .No, 21, in carryiu?
lireiu a few momeuts, bu-.they con! 1
. not enter the building. Then Chi
Grady came dashing up to tho liiv.
"Have you got thul powder oat
yet?" ho demanded,
"We can't get in," was the answer.
' Chief Graly knew tho powder .:her:
was iu a cell under the main window,
Lieutenant Taber loo!: an a:;e nnl
Chief (iiu ly took another. Tha !':!
of Engine Company Xo. -1 turned n
stream of water toward the ph v
where tlm powder as. Tuc do-.r
were open near the show-window ic. I
Chief Graly and Lieu'.cnaut T.i
made eu attempt to get into ti: j
j store.
i They crept on their hands .ml
knees to tho side of the window, with
; the flames almost lickim; their fiiees
: and the smoke blinding and choltn.g
: them. Tho hoemeu of Engine Xo.
23 were pouring water ou the gallant
two, but they c.iil'd do nothing elsu
to aid them. The two officers were
obliged to turn back aud get oul-i io
again, although a chest with gun
powder cuough in it to blow them all
to eternity was likeiy at any moment
to explode
The tlaiuen were fining fuel to
their liking matches, celluloid and
oil.
Tho two officers returned to th-ir
task and after twe-.ty minut of
nerve-ra'jkhig labor they sueeee.:-- 1 r:
hauling tho chest to the sidcv.i'k. To
do it they were compelled to cut uway
. the entire front oi tho window.
Tho hosemen played water on the
i. host until it had 1 t-eu eoolel ofY. It
was then removed to a plucj ot safety.
Suvr.! tiv a 1'rt Cut.
The Port Townsend correspondent
of tho Seattle Post-Intelligencer ay-t
During the hurricins thai pro-. idled
here on a recent night tho eteuiuer
Wildwoo l, lying at her d ,oi;, w.-ut to
the bottom of the- bay. The can v
the sinking is thought to huvo l-e-.o
the result of a driitiug log sti iluij ;
her, whi. ii, with the force of n hita
sea runiiiuir, stovo a hole in hi.r.
At the time of Kinking, oue ma'i
was aboard and asleep. Tho boa'.'-
cat, when tho water nearly reaehu i
the sleeper's bunk, scratched tho man
I iu the faco and wa-i knocked into t'm
water in tho cabin for her pains. The
i cat 83ain got ou the bu .k and ac.aiii
scratched tho man in the face, and a
the same time howl d so i joinn-ly
as to thoroughly a .rakcii the deop. ,
who started to got up to put tho cat
ou tho deck, when ho dicovcre-l that
the boat was ainkin Ifo ci.i i - a
rush for the deck, just us tho vj-:ei
was going to the bott .ni, and t-'ic-cteded
in rea thing tho mast, on v. hi 'h
ho climbed and save I himself fivtii
drowning.
Ho yelled lustily and succeeded iii
awnkouiug t'aittaiu Fi e, of the .-u-juk"
Angeles, who rescued him. His i'aej
"hows soveral severe Kennedies in
dicted by tho cat. and ho says that if
it had not been for the cat ho woo' I
have beeu drowned in the cabin. i! t
regrets ho ilid not haw time to rescue
the foliue which Hived his life.
An Army lurl.lnt.
A pathetic story comes from a Put'
burg hospital to which a number f
soldiers woundod and ill with fever
were taken after tho wur with Spain.
Ono soldior, having beeu told that bo
oould not live, begged his uursj to t re
that he was buried iu his uniform.
She went to riuu it, and was told
that it was so ragged un I Mill" wit. i
blood that it had beeu burnt. I. " Yh:.t
am I to do?" suo cried. "I catiuot
Cud a uniform anywhere! '
Hearing this, a poor ft How from
West Virginia, who was j-t-t able t
hobble about, went to hi room, I
shipped oil his uniform torn and
worn, but it was all he In I, n .d
clothed himself as best he could in
some old rags.
"Take him this," ho said,
out. "It doesn't matlor for i
'ounng
what
' clothes 1 w ear."
The u inform was taken to the dv;;'
mail, who closed his eyes saiisiic-l th i1
ho should sleep iu his grave clad t:i
I the livery of his country.
j It is pleasant to know that the story
reashed some friends of the sold., : -.
' and that the gem rouo-1iearti 1 V.
Virginian went ho.ne a'so clad i:i t, .
! uniform iu which he had served i. s
couutry so well. Youth's Comi a ii on.
In !5oa Xow York
wtr out &t wells.
City ko! it 4
9. 18t9. N . 2".
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GOOD ROADS NOFES,
CfeierWiie)PieieK'. .K
Hlclmii). in Fona l:itu.
Many of tho poldiero -"'bo vent to
Porto Piico uud Cuba in tbe..'- - ith
hpuiii wera enthusiastic wlict-lmeu.
Two of thorn met at tuf- head juartera
of the Xev York divl i ai ctthi-L.
A. W, nnd be?a.i to compaie no;--!-.
One of them v, ai a mnmber of Troop
C, of Brcoklyc, and ho said "S h.ve
heard the claim made that tho natives
down tbero did not l:nnw what good
roads weie, but my own i-tperu-uca
showed me tiiaf such was not the case.
The military ia 1 irom Pouce to an
Juan ruuH (liiigounlly acvof Cue Wmid
from southwest to rior!Lt.iif.t. Tijia
road is probably unnrtr ir,;!,:s Ion'.',
and it is a splendid pieeo i f mucr.daiu.
It is bordered on ca"U f i f r r. ra t
of the wav, u-itii tree-, end it fur-
I uif,hos 0 t;"ie roi, ful. tydin;.;. Tne
road is kept in repair on the Eintp-'
system, in eectious. There i- a wide
gully or ditch on tu. side of the r :i I
which furnishes excellent d. 'iistc,
end the culverts aro also e-iiui-alr
arraugdd. About t'.;n Ler.viest gi-.idc
is probab'y. sir. pir c.-t,t ; '-':0 iniie.
I tell yau thtt many cf in wished ti'at
we had our wheels ii! o': w :;v:i we
were down tltf-ro. " Ti.cti the t.t-. r
wheelma'i, who hal ppe'it ccni-i-.b n--b!e
time in CuPa beforo a:id unco tu
wur, said: "Thero arc so mo gno-l
rouds in Cuba, u'ld utid'-r thu new i r
der of things t :imq wiU be in-irc.
The shell roud on tLe west f'.de of tba
isi and is fine, anil it is a' u,;; thir'y mil en
Ion?. Tno roads about Siaiiii.'j
dr.ti't amount to much n' prest-a'
Iliero is a fine road near Cieiif n-.to--,
and I have traveled over it for -it
eighteen miles. In r..y trips through
tho island I have fou-.nl coo 1 m-.a.diiu
roads in the mo'i-it.un-. f:i somo
places these roa.ls oppeai- to be cut
out of the solid rock, and. they are in
as good condition t j - i iy us tht-y were
I don't know iiov; many y, uis u jo. T
suppof e tbnt as soon i-- i.i.-y bi-Ciine
thoroiuhly Aiue.irat.i.. ! ilow-u there
we will have to send missionaries nr. i
organize un L. A. W. tilii.pi :id a
good roads association. lio-yiavo
some good roads now, b it .i-.t of
thorn seem to begin m.wlii atul i-nd
in about the same sort of Ji.-iiicl." i
CuoJ JPki-U Cnitri-..
Tho Paroiers' National Cm -res,
tvhioh ha-i jii--! r'osed iis a:(i:it.d nv
(ion at l-'ort Woitii, Tux a?, iiasudopied j
resolutions ttio:i:y i:iun-.- i:i the iy?
iem of State Aid to n ad buildiii-t, und
jommcading the eiToi-.s of the League,
af American Wheehaei! for it.- gcmral
introduction.
Tho resolution t in fuUavc ;.s P.-liowt.
"Besolved, Tioil the best ii.tei i C of
.mcrican agriouliurc demand the e i;i-Stru.-tiou
of tirst-i'ias-i lottK vvt'-CS- !
ing farms with u.ai'itet tmvus:
"That the cost oi their c-'i.-ti i;et:..;i
is too oousidorublu to be honi.i by
farm properly ahtiie; ,
"That, as tin- entire population is in- j
ieresled in nnd beiu lid-1, .iirectly and ;
indirectly, by good i.u Is, all properly
jught to coiitiinute to iho c.,-l of iheir
sonstrnction, throuch th uii liuia of
l State tax ;
"Tua wo indorse tho system of i
3tatc aid to roads, because it appears j
to solve tho ood roadi. prtdileiu in j
the farmer's interests, it hoy- lv do.
areasfts tho cost of road const, act '.on
to local communities, provi b. s the ;
means by which, t'ao largo city tax-
payers au 1 corporations owning vulu- i
able franchises from the Slate are i
made to share iu too expense, and j
properly haves it optional with fa'-m-1
iug districts to avail thour . Ives of its ;
provisions or not. as tiity may choose;
"That wo believe tho State id I sys
tem suitable to most Mate., in the
Uuion, ami commend toe e.Veits of
tho Xatiouni Load P.n iiaiueut, the
League of A'nerii'i.n V. Pm-n una
tint Governnteiit U.iie-- o! 1,'oa.l la
:piiry to toa'. t tiii s-v -t . ;i rod
construct ion getior.i ;.v !:uu,v.i aud un-dn-stood,
an i to bcm. about i's g:u
fial a ici.ticu."
"Wool is 1 li'-roti" ' .'' -.ton-, pvices
in Vuss.'ir nc.v--.- ias on a.i." i::t of
tno coadltioa Ol tau lua-l'," tip-;
Vuf-sar (M.ich.) Pioto-.-i. " vt Miy
kind of fuel is a .icily si'-rj 11:1, r by
a ilozt :i or more puicU.-isor-- a!,,io.-t bo
tore it gt.tr. into t o-, n. 1 he liig'i prices
will lioi bit lojcci, t-ro'Diibiy, tlniii
do tin tmld-iy r. a i-, win a hai.ii'ii is
an easier tns.l; " J'ii- Grand llapi Is
lletal l adds that "- .i ii.nti.i'ly tho
same cottdi: toil of 'i.V.nr i-m--t-in evi .y
cotitity iu M chtg.iti. '1 1 u r.-.;"V,itinl
r.uus havo .c oeii u-. ,r
roadi h lo-it- ! hoito
il viit-i
s, ni .i'
trat'le is i m . .ic I r s-.- oo-ed entirely
a id this ni 1 i-oiitii- io u-.'.i! a tilcn.l.t
freeze muiu s the roads luru sgaiu,'
l'aiauv.i,li M '
Tha most c;in u
tho bicve'e.
u iiu
lollJ
solution of P
io i i a- .i
C.)
':: -: -ht to
-.i it i
Ood P.a Is cini-ir
;i..u" t lio -.i I re
:'ul cousi.l, ration
iustiititioti;-.
T. M. S. says
liibtin: "To my
t ir-0 wouhi help
eivo ti' -.,pt io
cal
by every nn , ;' thos
Ou tho re id q-.u st
in tlio L. ,. W. L
mind moro eo n nou
us. au'o v ro.i.l i, a mora convex sur
face, and tie,Hetit small repairs; but
unless wo ! these things ourselves I
don't fee how they will bo done. Open
ditches, hep' i-pen, and a wide-tire
law would hein u . '
"Good roa-ls assist in making proa
polity for farmers Prosperou sfar
mora 1 riug prosperity for cities.
Pro-porous cities nnl farming dis
tt iets, when coincident, mean happy
people, li-tutliy p.-op'o liealthy be-t'.-'ii-a
liipo.y. happy end healthy
people is tno goi! o."cxito'!tv. Good
roads arc a v,-a fi-;o iu l eaching tho
gtial. i hi-i i lore all (das
stst iu tv-curing them."
should an-
the Chatham tucotb
cw
ADvrRTtsnc
On square, one insertion f 1.00
On square, two insertions. . . . 1.(0
One sqners, one month 2M
For larger BivartiMioenU libera
! contracts wiil be made.
SUN ECLIPSED AT MIDNICHT.
A X'licuou:oimn Wlilrli
viicro m. J":
V.'uo Vlall.le No
:ir;h.
Tho rdtnai-v alrouiiacgino for De
comber Ii! a partial eclipse of the sun,
tii.i'ole at Greenwich. And, indeed,
the i-p;i4siou as ti its invisibility
m: ;h' l.nve i t.i-ii put much stronger,
l was secu ir, no inhabited region
of t i.O ei'di. An Antarctic expedi
tion might poeddy have -sailed within
ne s)ihero of iulliicnce, but as it wl
it p,t cd uuwati iied by human eyes.
Thi.-. iioing .so. i,nd tlio i clips one that
was P5CCS-arilv wholly unseen, it
would i-1 em a" if nothing more could
be :ui 1 about it, and as if it might b
j .(,.. e.j without comment. But, nn-
,-e'i as it ss.is-; the eclipso was by no
tut an? .itVoi 1 'ai u:t .-n st. Eirst of all,
it o:V. os ns nn e-.r.uiidu of what eeema
Ii para -U Z-r.u eclipse of the sun tak
iio place at local midnight. It is,
ut i' ( ivef, ti.e hi.-t of three eclipses
fnliins wi,'!:iii u j'ffrio I no longer than
a siiifdo cr-kiiri.tr miuth. December
27 brought a total eclipse of the moon
at Greenwich; January 11 partial
erli j se of the "iin, and tho three ara
vcrv intimately cou-.ected with each
ctu'er Tno limrr jn nearly all Us
eh;;rueier:t;es stands in siioog con'
tia-t to the teiipfo of December 13 a
i":.t" partial t'c;i-iso which will be
I or.isidH the arctic retzions, at
the. r midday and in their midwinter.
Xo: is t ds stCjiienco accidental. A
similar triplet of eelipeeK tho first
pari nd of the sun ami seen near the
south p-jle, tiie f-eeond f.'jtal of the
ni.Moi, ti.o third partial of the sun and
Msiblc near the north jiole occurred
jus eiuhteeu years ao, all thraa
e -lipses tailing in De-ember, 1883.
Ooi:i,' back y-t anot'-ier eighteen
years, we iind'the same thing repeated
home ten day earlier in the year, and
s ) on rit'ht away backward till 16C4,
when, while the boiithtru eclipse was
a iarce partial one and fell nearly io
thu niidv aiitcr of the southern hemi
fpoere. tlio novtheru was a mere graze
takiu-r I'lace at the midnight of the
revions from which it was visible.
Looking forward, we lind in like man
ner that eighteen years hence another
siuni'ar triplet of oelij i-es will fall ot
the turn of the year, and yet another
eighteen years luter still. This ends
thi' series of these midnight eclipses
of the bun in tho t-outn polar regions,
fir January, 0o:i, will bo marked
ou'.y by a total eclipse of the moon.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A good deed never dies.
Cant carries no conviction.
Tho best berries ripen where tho
bi.7 st thorns are.
Cultivate the field of life clear up to
the corners.
The man who lives tor ecif is uot
mi. 1 when he die.--.
Don't be molded by your circam
stu iocs; mold them.
The way t i pet over your troubles
is to g t tin ier them.
'.y nsjug what w . have we gala
that wnioh we have not.
Anger closes the eyes of reason as
soon ns it. opens the m mth.
Don't blow out tho lamp of reasoo
for tho gas light of wit.
Ia proportion ns you say, "I am not
my own," ail things become yours.
The man who d cs his own think
lut becomes a focus for all the reflco
tois. There is no slave so sally bound as
the one who thinks he is free to eerva
his own lusts.
Don't build the ginger-bread house
of cheap reputation on the ton-cent
foundation of inexperience,- Rani's
Horn.
"Oil, Mvl (Oi, ttltl I IVani't Sc.lea."
A sitigcon relates that before Santi-
'ago, l.e (iho Mirgeoii), going to tha
front, cinio uio m a youug odicer, sit.
ting beside the road, trembling like a
;le if, and whiter tlmu the dead men
' around him. At sight of the surgeon
; he began to talk, nays the San Fran-
Ici 'co Cu.ouic e.
"i'ui a c i var 1, I'm a coward, I'm
, a co i i," no said; "I knew I'd run,
iatt.ild.d: I'm disgraced fi.rover. I
I was coitu ah mi g all r: ;:it, not thmkiug
of auyiiiir.g but stit.u; at tlio daubed
Spatii.ir Is, yelling to my men to coma
ion, aud running ahead as fast as I
! could, when u!l of a mp!.ik. I (.tabbed
i n;v toe. or something, a-idtneu I can't
re-it- j her bop
hnve beeu, tor
lo-re, sick as a -I
wis,i t were i
bo iy shoot me
.!. but I must
1 eaia ii.dh ping back
ok . '( n, a co a aid, and
ml! V iy don't some
I've g it su til au uw-
ful gonet:
it lit i e, una lie pui
tomuoli.
LiK ll.llld to ids
iii i ou' poti fave Iipu a quics loot
nnd caugm hini as he pluc ;e 1 forward
iu a f iiut Wiiero toe atvful goueness
was a Mails, r bullet had found its
billet. They carried the wounded
loan to the liill hospital, aud ha
chuckled all tho way. "Oj, myl oh,
my!" ho tarl, oer and over; "I
wasn't s.c.redl I wRsa't scared."
And then ht would laugh delightedly:
'T wasu't scared. 1 whs hit I was
asi hit. I ain't a coward after all."
llurird Willi Hi. XVe.pooe.
A docor died and was buried at
Miltonville the other day. In tha
fuueral procession the doctor's team
was lead just behind tho hearse and
propped on tho buggy seat was the
doctor's medicine case. And yt
some people reject the belief that
heredity has brought down to ue tha
customs of 0000 years ago. The
earliest acoount of man tells us
the warrior was buried with
weapons. Kansas City Journal
that
hia
Wlnl.' NeaO.
Many birds vary the composition of
the outer layer of tho nest, according
to tho oircumstauces. If the nest is
located among growing leaves, the
outer layer will bo of green moss; if
: on a dark branch, of natural-colored
liohtas.
,yj.i.jii.iui!