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Ha- t SL- J'Vl1 "W.V"'- tfP i6
. '.; iVactiyeiiiij the. atiite' nd FeaSraVlDoUr
,,r1 rttl.hrnllv aiiH Wnftititlv iiVtA)tffr.n toll nn
GliEEKSB0R0C ' fit' ,e-af!..rTri &
Will 1bo viait'Alamance." CalU
tHb cmiit4 atWn'Ueif.'-iUddressfi at,
t.ir , .i.n-i fc, 1 .. 1 -1 Llii 'ii ' :i' '
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Ii t . I- . -.7' r.-. r r . ' ' 'f '
.iiliiiliJ
- X wiTO.K!eHrd WXffor tlia well
known arniatfi ;;) h ft ii ntn . i
r' V"-V 1 f "'I f "' rTI"" fl" fninlnh
TO'fol(cn ' ohaeir aspect akd reooont In accent
km gayii ,-. i.- "1:9 i,. ; . -.j ,
QOw the bJggost flh that I bad caught had lome
;, how gotaway. t 4.;
4nd, really, fish look bigger than they are before 1
?-imey recaugnt-i.Vul -wi i
WTien the pole la bent Into a bow and the slender
una is taut, . ; . s
,s Wben a feUpw (eels his .heart se up like a dough-
And he lunges In a trenxnp and down the leaky
Oh, you who're been a-flahlng wtQ Indorse pie
That It always is the. biggest fish you catch that
fTiM even s5 In otlier thlngs-ayoi. In our greedy
- j . . 1 : - . ... , . . ....
fhe biggest boon Is some elualye, never captured
.prize; -- --,v t
We angle f or Bie honors and the sweets of human
iirerv. . ,y 1 aiw ij -i-.f".
lka flaJjarmen -wvbrave the seas that roll to end.
leas strife: - .. v.,
And then at last, when all Is close and we are
" spent and fcrari ."" '-':?;-.'-"' : '
MVe Own the biggest flsb werre caught are those
i
Lnfl lieaf my
fcairy a fgpod
vou clotliinB at Wow Torlf 'rices.
IP t rlnfede g
ID'
lalllafd s
Don'
First-Glas1 Family - rr6cerie"
P. 8. Mies Annie J. Holt hss a nice line
will be pleased to have her friends call..aprll
CfilMt-d I2stitlt(?;l
CHARTERED 1872.
Vlasxi 8, Mathematics, Sciences
V. j. A. M. Principal
Term ,reapnflble. iiotb. sexes admitted TgJ
The next session onons Jlondav. 8cnt.-rTth;
1888. te'lla vjjjndpe fur oalotBmU
esnoiK va. luiy. iv..u
v mil sicra
A HAJI 1 If L L L
KesBiou nnens Spnf. 8. Termw tier
mon tlr 2 8,-$4, '.50? payable qiiftfei-3'
ly. Jionnl per moittri 8.00, lncslunins;
furrt!fr.l rrt.ni aiidtvooH t'ffJ" fee
inonth for those boarding five days per
week. Ptiyahle monthly. '
Bonrdiiiir denartment will bet
SUPERIQRADVAHTACEi IN iVO
i CAJj AND INSTRUMENTAL. -MUSIO.
For cfltalocue and fnllef inCwrraatiflp
THE jBlfSGSTi
GET , AWAY.
.hen, In (he 'haJbjon days of eld, I '-n a Uttls
tyke," 7 r ,'- .'-
I used to Ann -hi pickerel ponds, for minnows and
v ftha like; vri tW. i
And, on, the bitter 'sadness with, which my sou)
IVhen j fdmbM , noma at nightfall with the puny
-r" '-String I'd caughtl . "'.; , f ' 1 .
ana on, cue magnetron and the ralor rd display
JVhenleiaJmfed that all the biggest flan I'd caught
tt'efwU;' ' ais 't.:;;r; ;-v
Sometimes It wss the Tusty hooks, "sometimes the
. iragUellnesi if'! r.- v ,. Ma ,, j
And manxilnies the treacherous reeds would foQ
my Just desigtis; . -t ,,.....,
But whethb'r nooks or lines or reeds were actually
to blarney i-'. yx V'.iu-"i . .1
I kejit right on at loshur ail tha monsters, just' the
-' same , ' . ' ' , ... '
1 neBrlostliltBe Jlsn yea, t am free' to say . 1 '"
It ahrtiys was tHe biggest Osb I caught that got
ijiitawayi cri;.t .Mp A--1 1
''. ' -j; v " t;,i VI .'i V i; i f'ii'ft'3-.! ' .
And s6 It Was, When, loter.on, I felt ambition pass
From callow minnow joys to nobler greed for pike
'm. j and bass; i ;. .sj! .
i fopod it julta 'coqTenient, when the beauties
1 wouldn't blte ..u:. j
And I returned all bootless from" the watery chase
atnlKbt, ; ; . ;,; . '-..a
yourte bucks from doinp- ma injury.
I was taken - directly to Red Mooii's
tent, and my reception there was any
thing , but cordial He was anything
but; noble in speech and look.1 He
was dirtv.! unkemht and - Ant of Rrtrta.
and I had no sooner set eyes onr him
than I knew my mission would .be a
failure.- " "f -t'' .'
" "Why-does the dogf f a white triaa.
come to my campr was uis salutation.'
s"Four aays ago some of your war
riors' capiurea a wuite nunter a sun a
journey to tho west," 1 replied.' v
"They did ad to-mojToir,. jjie shall
fI ' have come 'from tia 4 friends to
buy hi liberty. '.They will, give Red
Moon mora silver than he ever had
1 spit ; upon the white mar
money 1" h6 replied. .' "Tho white man'
has killed my young men, built his
forts on my land, and would 'driWus
away 11 - he was strong: enough,
,wquiq ooi.utKuiQea irooi nia nana
I werwstftrtinjr ' f r iSvl r
I named the iMce wnicti,we
would
pay. for the tleetor, and tried, to make
iuiu; ucaersuui now many gunvana
blankets and jather things the amount
.would 1 purchase, but he grew more
and more excited, and finally shdurted
M -''Does the -whitefman. recard 1 the
Com&nches as sguaws that theirlieads'
can be tnrned by soft talkr- only the
uog muian negs fortneroyijronjt wfoe
Or takes : Dresents 'from an enemr:
f Were yon to offer allyou had I woujd'
not give him up. ' lie shall die
havo said it r..'-- -2 ;-'!:. ;
' Finding turii so obstinate' and, de
termined, I mentioned that Ir, ,nad
comej.alorfel laud , put, myselt in .this
power trusting to ms nonor w, be per-
t wotfld n have- ft otherwteef 'tis, better ,'en
. ..." nhmiM bn'r'l 'J. '' . t
f 'fiiicffXigger flsb than I hare caught (t-swlmmbur
frt-sea'r .-.;'.' r"; "
rtu) sHslni
blerctis than ( may angle for
f '"if' j iT i
tioeentrap' and combrehond
now some worthiert
li IsyTg done, peniknW il'Ibles
ltt) bsviig done, percnanctf he'll bless tbe
., man who's proud to say . :..,.
?hti"Mggfet'-flsli he OTer caught were those
M-r; tnot got away. 1 - t
Chicago News.
trt 't' Ml i f . in '-'.mi ' 'f
jy4tf
I had beeil Byou'tihg irom' Fort Bas-
com, on the Canadian river, and car
rying despatches' between that point
and Fort Stanton, on the Rio Pecos.
fornix months,' bef6ro the Comanchea
cailea tne turn on me. It isairreed
thatsanv Anache is 'fi 'devil'' IncarnntA
but in the old davs there wasn't miif-h
ohoico !btwce,nM thd tribes. All were
bloodthirStvand relentless, and it mat.
iaWd littlfylntcr whose hands a prison
or might fall Every torture which
ingenuity '.could" suggest was certain
to be applieu, and no ransom, how
w:great,icouItr'' ffect tho release of
a prisoner. It was while enffiired in
;8ch?!aafif(wtthat' my first capture
came about.
'nA! party! of citizens from Santa Fe
hatl cotnoout to Fort Bascom for a
Jumf alohg th Canadian river to the
east, iney were all well known men,
and .were outritted-Hn the finest style,
having the best of firearms, and beinff
raecompanied'-'by four hunters and
guides of long experience. The In
iiians were bitterlv hostile at tliia tmn
and although seldom seen near tha
lorv tney were ever oil the watch for
any one lea vine its shelter. Thisnartv
Uiimbe'red itwenty) all told, and was
strong enougli to go an ry where, pro-
KiiaM'-it watrwell. handled. It left
the post one Sunday . morning, and
days before reaching the poet, all went
weu. inen a ur. AlDertson, of Albu
querque, tarried Dcinnd one morning
em fiuo. parcv orone camn. ana in roa
ev,.,i ij. wmaiw Jandduthimoff. Thev mounted bins
on his own horse and bad a start of
salf a-mila before' the mishap was di
covereu, ana, aiuiougn . pursuit was
male,-it wauseluBs. , The doctor was
a mau of prominence, holding some
' powuea unuer- tne' government, and
having many friends, and the party
no sooner reaobed the tost than il was
determined to make every effort to se-
1. J I Ti . : , , . ., . ,
Kurt lur rcitjBHo:- " l( was iaie to lUinK
of sending out an armed force, and it
was finally -decided that I should co
out as an emissary to treat for his ran
som, m was agreed that 1 could pro
mise the Indians as high as $10,000 in
cash for his release, and all were
hopeful that this lanre sum would in-
duee-'the redskins to give him up. I
naa Deen 101a time anu again tnat tne
Gomanehea had never- been known to
give up a prisoner, and I was therefore
In astute of doubt as I rode away on
my errand. I had trot to nut mvsclf
4a their hands in order to netrotiate.
and if they refused to give up the doo-
of 4 Waa. probable tnat they would
Jiang on to me.
AJ rodd' away' to theeest. knowing
that the prisoner had been conveyed
vo some camp in tne Wichita range. 1
left the Dost in tho morninc and man
liard all day without sighting an In
dian. Atd"rkl went Into camn.-and
a ti noJarj;t dutting the night, and at
"w'moun tains.' "' - about 11 o'clock.
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Graham, NVC,
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mm mrmm mm j iw iIm. mM
tmL mmt7 hi .1. i m r
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mom. .F MM. nw.'
se.auk, -t wxaip risung, oxer broken ground. 1
r r .. Y. . .n, , ..0 ..it. ..!. . l, tj:. 4T,:
' U-"U- j er, and halting my horse 1 made tha
- mmmm juw, utMmnr, . ipeaem littit . withmy blanket. Ten
.. .,mt m f .iniautes Jatr I was surrounded by a
wjTau -BtoBerf-warnors, Who" were evidently
astonished at my loolhardiness. I
leclilwspcak their lingo fairly well,
and told them what I had coma for.
"."!"S asked - to be Uken to h nearest
mr- ... . Z, -'pP-' ) reoufit waj sulkily com-
i ... c. i .i.wi, and at the end- of' two
tmrJ.n''.Lrr J"- boun I found my at If in tLe litdo nl-rrtL'Trr-Ir-Tr.
Ar. of Bod Moon, chief of all the
. "I-! - . mmmt i&.v i.. (Joinancbes. The vuLatre was scattered
WW f-MKra AkteMHM mrmlm mmm4 tm l .1 .
O . immt m ....iinat al. m mVUUg ilMflTer iUT. a OF mOrSJ,
. . . . .. m . o. I 1 1 1 . . I
- u . . . .,..4 suDieurcu a i, -teast taousana
ii'TtT.I!.;'CI,'U f ou"t- '"' y adverpt was haiierl srith
'"T. -f AM,, mmy mmm wmmtm mm mmm WbOOM and Veils AOd Otbpr tO CDS Of
Avmi Ukt tfc mti mam mt m6mm wfk . r mmmt . ' - . ,
k. ..i i,im.i.i..t.. - ausisveuoo, and even rben it was
mmw a. ,u. T Ul II II Wi rlj CTAU IO
into carhp On an errand of merer it
bard to restrain a me of tLe
mittea tosreturn in sareti. ....!. 4
XiiU Jt, ask. vou to come? '..lie thun.
dored. Are you not here to insult tnef
You shall . soq the otiier, prisoner die,'
and then you shall suffer' the? same
tator. . i r.......i . - - . :
5 I began to protest, but was hjirrie4
away to a lodge, disarmed, searched
and-very roughly used. Before bng
left alohe my hands and feet word tied!
anl the buck who did this rnn a.
jrocruvaay in tun shape or a slap in the
face that made my teeth 'rattle.'' I .was
' left alone'until just at dark,.'when a
boy brought me a gourd of water, and
uuiu. it 10 my lips wnuo. x irana't l
thanked him and inquired where fho
doctor was. He repiiei that Jie was
confined in alodtre about twoliundrcd
-.feet away, and that-he would bo put
to the torture the next day.' All the
tribe with in caE had been notified to
bo present. I asked him about my
own fate, and he said, it was under
stood that I was to die tho day after.
If there was any doubt about" this it.
was soon dispelled. Tire boy had
scarcely disappeared. when old Red
Moon appeared. He was now fully
dressed as a chief, and had on all his
dignity. I was lying on my back, and
he stood over me for a moment, glow
ering down Upon me with savage ex
pression before lie said: ,
4iDoes the Vhita man think the Co
manche a dog that ho can come into
his village and itisulthim," j
un tne contrarv tho vhito man
knows the Comanche to be bravo." 1
replied, "and no chief fis greater or
Draverthati l.ctl iioou.
"Uut you como to buys us off."
'"Tho wkite man eantured brronr
, , .
orave warriors is ucitaer a sohlior,
hunter' nor scout (Hoj is a mist pf
peace, living far ftwiiy. t lio has devpr
liahhcd you, Ilo is a (rrcat mouiciiie
man among his tiebpla For these
reasons liis friends honed tho trroat
chief would; spare h"js.ifo. We wished
vj iiuiiio you It pif SOltt, ! ' .
'WLito do, you ,liaC shouted tho
chief. '"Vou wist! to -get us iu a trap!'!
1 argued and protested, and again
appealed to his honor iu my own case.
Iio heard mo through, ana then gave
mo -sevesal hearty kick in the sido,'
and exclaimed: .
'"You shall did You wero a fool to
cornel" r .
The kicks madd me mad, and feel
ing that I had no-hope of release I
opened on Red Moon in "tho choicest
inungsgatc or mo went 1 called him
fa frkW '1 rl lwil ( isv.Ti " aminiir 1 s.,!""
waaf I'V i,a w. 01JU0 a VUliUI U.
and everything olso mean 1 could
think nf. 1 ;olferedr to Jighl 'li&n Jn
any -$y ho wanted, and bousted that
I had on one occasion cliaiged flVc of
his bravest warriors and killed two
and run tho others into the woods. I,
gave it to him straight from tho shoul
der for ton minutes without a break,
and hp did not interrupt mo by word
or gesture. "When 1 iinally "paused
for want of breath he said : '
"The whito man is not a dog, as I
thought for. Ho is a brave man. ' He
will not cry and bej for his lifo when
tho lire is lighted at liis foci. Jly
youug men bhull let il bo known at
the (art that he died without being a
woman." . ' ; ,
"And that's more than you caa say'
for any of your warriors Tl flung back
at him. "The Comancho whines like
a dog when he is hurt. He cannot '
stand fire. When his feet get a littlo
warm he becomes a child." ,
He pulled his knife from bis belt,
1 . . - 1 ' r ., 1
escape from such jTcrawd was. loo ab- '
surd to be entertained. "'I. found, tlie
inhabitants of tho village drawn up in
two Jong 'Uu6s extending put on the j
plains. ,'.Bveh'tny.drctni.5 or $ years old
, were' ,ui UnO, ach'" qnW armed.! with
"stick!'or switctt, , J yas le jo tho head
6f the tins betweti tybarriorSj, apd
tn four w'flye'mrnuWsne doctor was :
brought oul,.":Re4 'iSJoon catt arrang- i
'ed: this as a'Vnental Cprture to both
of us., He signified to' us, that We
fnigj' .Ipeak; . and' I aj,' " once in-
, formed", tho doctor of piy errand and
its failure'.. He expressca his pleasure
that his mends thought so well or him,
and his sdrrow that Fhad brought mi
fortunoVupon toyself, and h seemed
''to have made up his crilnd to diet like a
. man. l knew tha Indians thoroughly;
and l told JUm what tho programme
would bevv After1 running the gaunt
let, hd would be tied to a post.and sub
mitted to the pow'dei torture, which
consists' in Bhooting'chargcs 6f powder
into, the flesh, with the mtiizle of the
gun only fa fo6f or two uay.' After
that wpuld cornrf cdttipg and mutilat
ing, and tie Would not bVtied to the
nre staice nntu prettv tnoroHgniy exhausted.-
I adviseid nim to' do as I in
tended to do-leap Upon sopie warrior
as' he" rattwdown thtf lines,1 grab, his
knife; or tomahawk, if possible, and
then fight until they would have to
kill him then and there'Ho cEtlmiy re
plied that he should adopt the nlanL
Shook; mo by the hand, and then all J
was-reaay." "" 1 ' ,
' As ?e talked I Bad been' getting the
lay of the village, . It Was only aquae
tor of a?mile back1 to the broken
ground; and "not over, a half 'ihilo to
tho foothills.'" I bad made np my mind
to make a break'for liberty;' and I had
my plans all- laid ' before the doctor
startedaO'Red McfOh' commanded mo to
toll 1 hinf. that howas to tun straight
down the-' lano and backhand that if
he ltiade a ' good run he would not be
much hurt I gave him the informa
tion, and utdyibecr"hiin to make his
break about two-thirds of the way
down,',asho camei ;to the, last of, the
wafnors. . When, .Jt stepped, hack rot
elbows touched a guard on either sido
and. Isaw..thattliey,wera deeply in
terested in tho scene before- tnetn.
When I dropped my left hand down
it as close to the hilt of the 'warrior's
knifo,. and then I was as roadv as I
could bo. The doctor was a powerful
big fellow and was entirely naked.
He was to start at tho report Of a riflo
fired in the air, and when the signal
came, lie .hounded, away like .a deer.
Tho lines' closed :un and evcrv one
tried to strike at' him, but the climax
came when ho mado his bolt With
a leap , to one side hp seized a toma
hawk, and at that moment I got hold
of the knifq without being detected., A
great cry arose and ono of . my guards
started forward. I bent down and cut
nly ' thongs at a.- single s weep,- and
SLIDERS AND ROLLERS.
Only
Two Gifted Dreads of nones Found
-i In the Kenka Lak Region. '
'"' To look at this horso coming bero,"'
said Maj, , Gardner, pointing to an or
dinary, everyday looking Day horse
:thaTa man:'was' driving toward the
"Fairchird house, "you wouldn't think
ho had any points outof tho usual run
(of horses but if you 'happened to be
driving lum and should como to a hill
in the road, especially a steep,
that, horse1" would'' undoubtedly . sur
priseuydu:H'He isone'of a breed of
norses that is known nowhere except
along Keuka lake. ' The origin of the
breed wad queer. Down the lake about
twelve miles is Bluff ; Point. It rises
800 feet high on the west shore, and
'Is as steep &s the roof of a house.
Therov are farms'on its summit and
vineyards on its slopes. A man that
' owns' a ' farm ' on top of the Point
had si riiar Pasturing there vears atro.
She fed Klong tho lirow of tho hilL
and When sho got to tho very highest
'and steepest' point slio commenced to
slide, and Bhe kept on sliding, and sho
never Btoppeu tin sue naa sua reel
first clear to the' bottom of the hill
and brought top on the edge of the
F mm"mn '" "- .-,- ,
; VFolks thnt.saw themare shooting
down that great escarpment like' a
fairing1 star- thought,' of 'course, that
when she stopped, if she ever did, she
wotold bo of no further service except
' as meat for cats or ready bait for bull-
netwis. uut wnen; ner ' owner bad
wowcod' his way down try an easier
route and rawed up along the lake - to
the spot whore ho - expected to shovel
up the remains of the tobogganing
mard, his surprise was greater than
his joy, -for ho had tried to sell her
for twentv shillmera alive, and could-
n't, and had Iioped to' get twice that
for her dead, and there sho was, after
ner ' tsuu.' root slide, browsing on the
'overhanging bushes - alon the lake
with appetite unimpaired and skin
unbroken. ; Tho on 1 y thing her bwner
could dot decently v was to -take ber
around the bottom of the bill and lead
her back to her pasture. -n . . ;;
"A few months nftor that the rnare's
ownor found a colt at her side one
morning, auU a nico and lively ono it
was, 1 he colt grew to bo a horse that
its owner was proud of, but the first
time he drove him after breaking him
to harness lib noticed an extraordinary
thing about hira 'Tho first hill be
came, tu which was a very steep ono.
the horse stuck his fore foot out and
just slid to the bottom like a streak;
and then Went on liko any ordinary
horse.. ; He ropeated this at every hill.
It was simply a hereditary slide, a pro
natal impression from his mother's re
markable performance on Bin IT Point.
That slide was just tho thina-for the
short, almost perpendicular hills that
are a peculiar feature of the roads that
. HI II, ., ... Ti"l
An eminentTv HMiwssfnl man of
lhr i statcsmanhke'J'quality ; said the
bth'dnv'that tTito mora lio n ndorfrtvxl
f bt life, the irjflre cfeariy.ho saw that il
(i wa-b.l,an'e''oQtlw!uueas principles.
uy wnicn -ne meaht,' not 'only tnat the
universe- stridk, foi' the1 dollar,' but
that' 'the unire'rso Is iove'rhod bv un-
' varvihg' laws; that prpmptpess, cxacb-
nes.-, morougnnesp ana uoncsry are
wrought intoits vfcry fiber;' It ought
to be tho ambition ' -tof every young
man to' treat' his busineES frottf the
point of View'of the stateSmati, and
not from thatof the politiciad. Cloak
and Buiyiewfc
f-'vi,,C".'. I. "7 "V
' Jiwk. tin, Photiwrranlier- ' .
, .Thero aiiiiniatour .pbotographip
,vruiiK uerp 114 viww'l. 110 uu uevei
oped a morbid, uasiiou for a. most un
usual mfctime. . If inn idnntil v . worn
ascefuuiiou,- up lo.uatq 'M9 a mystery
he won Id. bo api, to suffer from va
rious! kicks and, othct,, unpleasant
things; luflicted by peisons who have
uuuvron .iiuoyiuive ut, lii naoas. . ,
tlie ycaf is; a tavbrito, trysjing place
for aquutidally' dispased,' lov'er who
travel about ou'. tlio .calm ftatcr after
sundown, 'anu (spOoiv and ppoon and
spoon until the fishes come up to the
r . - -J , . , 1 , - a
suriucu ana gasp ror Dream, natur
ally the Oar k of thetrtbaiT -is consider
ed the most appropriato time for these
amuwry pursuiis. ana it rs at sucn lu
nar obscuratipn Jliattho above, jboto-
' Armed with a catuora. ho Daddies
light canoo' about over tho still sur-
iuco, uuiu uo unua umiwij unpcrceiv
ed iu tho tieight)i hoo46f somo Binall
1 braft, . tho suspicipus immobility of
w uiuu ucirajs vu Pm . jBk r tut) licun,
TJicn,". 'without niirk.ihg".'the,,shghtcst
noise, lie triin,S'liis ihslrumeht .upon
' the unionsci?)ti3 vTctlms springs a lit
tlo magnesium! fltti . light, and. jorks
simultuncduly a string that exposes
Tuis at anv rate is Kuitosed td m Ki.4
-1CUUL. I' .a a .r ' a .k ' T . mi . IT ,
.i 1 !.. ir . ' meinou. mouo-n tno asTniiiKrnurr swift.
Koaat, t.i 1 k uuujjwkw uuta, uu nere m 11am- h ..;. :,7... t. 'Ci.I Jjw'rz
'iai. nt 4h.. in.,o. .t u nfaf.; t monosj
,uv .Miw.v. law. ui.ji u- mure
tuaiia ivcra puj-zsuiug did un loot, ana OT
a few minutes later a score of others' i!JL
naa mounted. xdo pursuers were so
st.ni
EJlaiy..-,flver,B.2t down the face of the
& tJ& S lv of U?e other J
,, ,, i,.l ,. f ureuUBl WLTJUUn IUU9D U111S WllU
guaiau, IIUU liou IICU UIO UV U-muVll''
tion, that it was wrenched from my
grasp as he fell. Then I bounded
away down the river, and I believe 1
h.id a start of twenty rods beforo nur-
mitt. Ivinaan ' ' ' I
. It is not braggadocio to assert that in!
those days I had the speed and bottom'
of a thoroiiehbred..'., I hadn't tho leant
fear of being oyertaken after 1 got that
start by any one on foot, aud as I at
1 - " Itralns In ISuslness.
k One trreat secret! ' of 'success !ri bnsl-
ness-rthe sooret, .in. faot-of success on
a large scaler- is to conceive, pf it as a
........ . -I.. .1 ' . . . . 1 - n
.h r.i ImnmhIi,, MlfiAill, . iinn.
WK vi, a. a. Hnvuii. .nr., .1 1 a.... a. a.-
I tomporaryi ,Therai!o,graiU.?merQhants
as mere are great suiiestnun, anu, iiioru
are small merchant "as there are Small
politicians, and the,dLjfference between
the great and 't the small men is very
mucu iHvmuitD nr tuiii pruiusaiuua.
Thnnmall tibliticiart workilv the dftv.
and'seesr1o!nly.ftheirie tshj'jill ; Opportu
nity" -before' trim; 'the rnnttH' merchant
does the same thirt'g-Mie is looking for
the next dollar.' The' statesman, on
the other1 haaatis master fff the situa
tion because' he Qnuerstanus the gen
Am I "ttm ran lamina kill, irtta ' r.T,. i ' .aiifAiila,
v . ca. in iiiyii.a. T. 1 1 1 v. 1 1 wui.ui dtuiiio,
tlris Knowledge oimbleA fi'im' to deal
ifith large" questions kud . to shape the
future. ,."t t t -vt'fy.' t . i ' i
The grcai" merchant !!dx ftie same
thing; Tne Utisiiiesal is riot'' a witere
money getting affair riot a mere maV
toroT barter, but a science and an art.
Uo studies th'e geiiOaUdwif pf tradci,T
waumcs. tne general conditions or tho
uuunu-y, ' iiire&Hguius rseiit new is,
'foresees future vrantv-aud adapts his
business to tills' bfoad Conditions of bis
time 'flbd' blacev 'Im.-puta -as mueb
brains into nis" work 'as does'the-states!-man,
. aud' bo-eiids by being, not a
money getter, but a large minded and
capable mail.
A MAN' OF' THE. WORLD.
loads,- for fow horses were sure footed
enough to do it safely. , The slide that
this horse developed made the descent
not 'only safe, but quick, if it could be
. reproduced in a ; strain of stock. It
, wus, and tho slidor stock of horses had
the call every time along Keuka lake
for years, and advanced the interest of
tho region almost as much saa double
track railroad,..,;.,, g ..., ... ,1,,.. ....
.it, a a, a .
once made Vor the brokeirroundtheT; 1 'i" .?v?nl W10? 1JJ?
, a. a " - . . ,.H1IU 1.11.11, I-laalllUU 1.1111 lal T)! I II . . I .Plf'.lll 1.
ponies had no ad vantage. I looked1
wandered to tlie top of ono side of the
len, and the first thing she know she
over and over
glen, and kept
on rolling until she caino to a shelving
rifles turned loose on mo. but none of
tho bullets camo near enough to make
mq dodge, and" I contrived to put in
my best licks. Thoy followed mo for
about four miles' losing ground all tho
timo, and then drew off to return to
tho.doctor." It was five days before I
got back to tho fort, my clothes in tat
ters, and my strength almost gouc,'
and it was twt: years before I learned
tho particulars of tho doctor's fate, lie
mado a gallant fight when ho got pos
session of the tomahawk, killing a
warrior and a boy aud wounding an
other warrior and an old man. but ho
was overpowered and disarmed, and
then the UoviJs glutted their vengeance.
Somo idea of his sufferings can be im
agined from tlie fact that ho was under
some sort of torture for three days and
nights, and there was lifo stiillet in
him when he was given up to the
faug3 of tlie village dogs. Tho Co
mauclio who' gave me the particulars
was tueo -a wurd of Uie government,"
drawing bis rations, ammunition and '
blankets from the very men whose
cairn) be had hungered for, and he
could not be punished. He identified
bimsolf as the viarriar who was guard
ing me on the right when I made my'
break, and for his earelesamcu on that
occasion the chief stripped him of all
bis wordly potuerrions nd cave the
tninking to end my life then and I grxxisiomo widow or the-warrior l
.1 ,?. r i a. . l v. a i..: v.v i. o. . .
fcuorc, uui ue aecuuu njou l-n m ue re- , in" auut. nvw a cuu
minutes I was in the foothills, and in
ton i nad gaiued tho shelter or tho ,,.. oM 70.t lvaiu, wi,ow itatZr
i' ff- mmm. aw tk 'Wan't
AaV rw taow U-
nW, "r !)'- sT aeas '
placed it and walked out Directly be
bad gone two warriors came in with a
liberal supply of food, and my arms
were untied and I was given a clutnce
to cat. They appeared good uaturcd.
and as the thontrs were beinsr replaced
one of them said: .
"The white man is very brave. He
will bold oat. a long tune."
At least two ruards were placed out
side my tent, and knowing that I bad
no show for escape. I made mvsclf as
comfortable as possible and soon fell
asleep. It may be thought curious
that a person could sleep soundly un
der such circumstances, but as a mat
ter of fact Idid not open my eyes until
Ion? after darlu'LL There was v in
sider-able bustle in the camp, and in a
few minutes my breakfast was brought
in. Arras ana lgs were now ttn Ltd,
and one of the three bucks- who came
into the tent informed me that prep
arations were being made to torture
the doctor. It was an hour later be
fore I was sent for. Then mvarms
were left free and my legs were hob
bled just below the knees. V
could walk it was ci.ly with short
Aerated 'net.
Fctroleum, which baa been used for
' come time in connection with raising
'-steam, is now ; rapidly coming into:
j vogue for beating, melting and the
working of metals, tor knese pur
poses some other . medium besides
team mart be resorted to for breaking
up the oiL and after device without,
number Lave bceitiritd, the use of air
under more or leas p rewire remsina
the moat satisfactory. - By thia means
wagon tires one-ball to one and a half
inches are welded in. one minute, and
car ules, which with coal required
one bour and a quarter to heat, aro
heated in tbirty-flye minutes. -At one j
furnace alone the saving by the ue t
of oil is auid to be 110.40 per day, and j
another company puts its saving in j
fuel at CO per cenL One of the great!
advantages of this mode of beating is '
the effect produced on the metal oper- j
ated upon, which comes out improved ;
by the process. Il works softer under !
tLaB kimnvif tli An when.. 1:.11 aith !
ees. While I i coal, and when hammered or -welded
v arifH eViat T '. . -1 '. . J ..... .
leps, and the idea f ray trying to j p!eUly.-C3iicn,-(. Time
I
way
glen. Thoy got the old mare down
from her perch by ropes and things,
and there wasn't a spot on her that
.needed any salve or ointment , fibe
hod a colt after a time, and from the
way bo looked folks thought he would
a.- i:a a . . 1. - l . . , m . ,
30 u crcuit to tuo nnuer siock, ior ins
am and his sire were way back
gliders from the old hoss. But tho
first timo ho was driven hodwappoint
ed tho community. When he came
to bis first hill and it was a dandy
instead of doing: a slick and thorough
bred slido, ho simply tumbled over in
the rood and wont rolling down the
hill like a log on a roll way. Rolling
horses were worse than useless, of
course, and in spite of everything the
slidor stock got corrupted with the
roller, and today you can't find a
thorougbred slider, except now and
then an old one like the bay yonder.
The stock is played out. But 200 feet
down the face of a glen I That was a
wonderful roll for a one eyed mare,
even if it did break up a good strain
-or Diood, wosn t itr ''-- '
"It was. " said L "I suppose if the
-mare nau nad two eyes shed have
rolled 400 feet". . ., .
... '-'auraf- enid the major. ILrm-
mo&dsport LV i.) Uor. lNew York
-bun. j - - - ' :' ..
, Ssaaaematlasi la the Illaask ltepsbUa.
. The situation of llayti rives fresh
point to the old saying that no people
ut lor freedom can bo enslaved. -In
. every material and in every moral re
SDOct it must now be freelv admitind
that llayti is worse off than it was a
-hundred yean ago. when the anees-
, tors of the wrvtibud tiTveaf who now
do nothing or worse were kept at
work producing something of more
value to mankind than they produce
when loll to tacnuielvee. 1 heir en
franchisement wna effected nwinly by
. tbe spread of the ideas of the r rench
revolution. Libert v, equality - and
fraternity were helJ to be the rights
of the human species, without diifine
tinn of character or culture. The
effect of applying these principles to
llayti has been the expulrion. except
from the trading ports, where they
are as much aliens as Europeans in
Hong Konz not only of all the men
who could constrain the negroes to
improve, but of all who could teach
them to improve and the degenera
tion has been rapid and complete, un
til, as we see, llayti has little more
vestiges of civilization left than if it
were an unexplored part of equatorial
Africa, New York Time. -
The outrage has len ipcrpctratod so
many times that'tbb owucr , of the
canoe must now havo'dTiita. a gallery
' 1 . .. IT a -1 1 . ,
vi .uvvrs uiioui, oil rcauy loncxniui-
tidn'at Bp much a head td, the thou
sands of Curious people i who vould un-
aouDtouiy do wining to pay UDc-rally
for' a view of ' tho collection.' And
meanwhile 'it apieaii that engaged or
courniio- coupics wno tro out m
boats to spoon npoii 'tho Claries are
Decoming lower,; owing to tno
fear of being 44todlc'" unawares bv tliia
scamp with tTi6 nfagfiesluhi lighi-r
Boston Cor CMcaWTribuho.
Ml i
tt a
lingo's CnsuecesafiU. Play.
"Amy Robsort" is. aa imitation, or
,rather an adaptation, of.WaJtar Hcoit,
which served as tho wr4)i a debut on
tlie stage.. Ihf iifcver, uriuUid . tliia
jieco, and tho manuscript was suppos-
ea to no lout . Wiien uuvbouy t.poke
to him about it, ho used la say, evi
dently in good faith, "1 fancy I burn
ed it'' It was fojuu'l at Guernsey un
der a pile of other old papers.
When it was produced at the Odcon,
Victor Hugo-borrowed for thoocca-
lion tlie name of "Ins brother-in-law,
Paul Foucher tlie future playwright,
then a schoolboy, I Imagine, who sat
on.uw same bench' with Alfred de
alusset The-first evening tho piece
was uisscu, ana mo numu, theu uu
known, of Paul Famoher excited op
position. On the morrow Victor Hugo
wrote to Tho Debits d very nuinly let
ter, In whicb' ho ktid ; "Iq fco of the
fwrcptfon accorded to'A'my nobsart' J
'feci it incumbent on 'uie u declare
that all the passages hissed yesttrday
aro of my' writing"' Ths U exactly
the answer h'o made Ilircl, the man
ager, on the flry, flight VBuL JL A'io
tor Ilngd; the audienco"are hissing.'
"Well, bo h so; that prove tho piece
to be mine." This' riu frauk and de
cided. " ." '"
I doubt it any maiiager will think
nowadays'of mounting this iinitatiod
of Walter 8ctt even i? it bo Hugo's,
as the anthor declared. Still, the pitce
Is interesting, and the volume suoutd
be read. It u a bit "of "Uterahire p-
peanug in tne neya.iyi p.a industrial
and scicntifla VxhiMtion. "It is well
that things of the mind should be re
prtientcd by tlie fei Jo of ' the'npothco
sis of -what fa' moa-rial. TLo Atl'.o
nssum. " " '"
He Ts Alsrays Boadi; to Assist
r- - to Distress. "
,1 suppose 1 am one of tbe persons''
who come under 'the street phraseol- .
-Ogy of. "a man, of the world I alscf
suppose that phrase, in its best sense,
mtnhs jjiialilottfhdlly good orbact
.a-person known-and. distinguished,
from those whose -pretensions lead
them into oiclusiveaess those who'
pretentiously consider themselves spe
cially ushered info the world for si
purpeiie With .thia self sanctifying
definition pf my place in the social,
economic,-' politfcal and - business'
werluV L hav e nciotely ' observed the'
men f my lass and all other classes'
as contradistinguished from my own
" 1 dotft ptttend fcrsay that my corf-!
elusions-, warrant-the .assertion that
we of the worldjy , class do more in;
our way to make &o world better by
reason of 'ou presenfce, but I am con-'
scientiouslv ureDared. lo.sav onr daily
contribhtions to the needy, will chat
wbo have breasted the waves of every.
day life., wbo , are deep within tbe'
shadow today and smiling in tbe sun
shine to-morrowy' fail to develop ti
heart rich in all . the impulses of hu
man sympathy and benevolence, Now
it is with no intention to cast odious
reflectiotis'tJpon Ir pretentious claas"
by relating a recent incident , . .. .,
. A comparatively younir man. of
good' IbmilV and' Bavintr the advan
tage of aood education, but wbo was'
f uiuoriuDaio tne extent oi leavmg-
uie parental roor prematurely, ana
whb fnliwf IB findtfm world all muna '
called .Upon moi wealthy and for-.
qjerly intimpw friend pr bis father)
family 'for assistance. He was seedr,
and absolutely needed. He wanted;
to take bjs rapw antt all bis valuable
experience, boina again, freely admit"
his, errprond. commence .life anew.
Ho was not only refused assistance,
but 'even 'gruffly ordered away. lie'
returned to bii old bannts and bJa
men of. the world associates dinhnart-
f erted,' and related his day's experience!
- to accompany 'or- tnrre or four, and
with tlie result that they chipped in'
eifough to scud "him to his old home,,
and they did not "ask any note for the'
amount advaacedvWith usurious in-
terest, either. ,
I received a check for the amount a
few days ago, and it mar not be inap-
. propriute.tto state that bis father has'
discontinued all. business relations'
with tho man to whom his son applied!
. for assist-anc-y which hieana tbe loss!
of several thousands ay ear. -Bt Louis'
Globe-Democrat '
tn 'i t. -.,-!!. ; --- , -t-:. -
ubeawefnsaKr afMpBOTt. . -
A young BiAn ' named Lobenstein1.
fitted himself . out to. go in the ice'
cream business. He bought a wagons
freezers, etc.," but "needed a horse.
John Coonertoii who .sells ice and ice'
cream occasionally, got wind of Lok
benstcin's venture, went to him and:
offered bim bi horse, 'You can have'
tho horse at yotirown price,n said Mr.,
.Conuerton,. ."He! U gentle and will'
do most anytHing!"-:
n Thereby, hangw is tale. The 'horse'
could do most, anyUung. It was ti
trick animal, trained by John Conner
ton. - ' "f '
' Lobcnsteintoolir'tbe' horse, scorned
to pay less than $10 for him, and start-;
ed out peddling. ,-XIis cheeks were.'
aglow with business success, and be'
had a lar barrel of cream in his wag
on. (Jouuerban: followed him around:
at a conytmiqnt . distance, and waited'
until the young1 man got opposite'
Connerton's residence, on A street, on'
tbe lower side of which place there is'
an embankment of about fifty feet.
Then John gave a peculiar whistle
from B street opposite.-' The horse'
pricked up bis eivra, .kicked off tbe
dashboard, and started down the em
bankment 'with driver, wagon and all!
.r,.. I. a,- , . ti .11'
a a.. . aaa k bu tvw a. Mia, a aw mirmsvmtMM m mum tut
spilled and the ppppsitiqa swept from'',
the face of tho town. A crowd of
Children licked p the cream from the'
rOCkil. .' tt.H ' W;Tff 4
Later in the davXobenstcin. leadinr
his horso, was hunting for Con net-ton.
to whom be iisjjosed of the animal for
$3.Yu-ginia (Jity Erittrprise. -
-If m
irr rsi-ta.
"Did you know, lira. Thickly," said
that lady's pedii-tfcc' husband, nliat
man is an animal l"
"Yes, I did," replied she-. -"-and
what's more. 1 ku&w . that tome ani
mals is dumb sniuutJa, and that some
tueo is dumber than ail the dumb ani
mals put together. That mar not !o !
grammar, but it s facts." Now
WOWS.
Flftycerea Culnras for t rack of CaAa.
Fifty-sovch guineas is' not a bad
price for a pack or earas, and it was
given by a dealer at a sale held in Bir
mingham. Tho pack is staled to be -
tho only ono of its kind in the world..
Every card is sftecTiTI v encrraved. and'
tbe pack comprises an exhaustive pie-'
toriul bistorv of tha nrincinal erpnta'
in the reign of Queen Anne down to!
1706. Thpy include tbe victories of
Uarlborough lboea fights of Admir
al, ltenbow, oil V.m various' chaoges'
con nected with " the ijarliamcntai-y'
proceedings of tho day, and the con
clusion of the treaties between Eng
land aitd France and Spain. . The'
quoca of - hearts is a very well' drawn!
picture, of. VJueeii Anus herself, and
.tlie king of htarU -rvpteaeuU Princf'
George . Denmark... ber husband.
The queen of, diamonds is Annie So
phia, queen .of Deitmaik t tlie queen
of dubs is tlie.punceas royal of Prus
sia, and (he -queen of .spades is the
Princea Anno of Russia, -. The knaves'
wei-oreprtwttiUxlby kaliug politicians'
of tho duyA iL'bis.aurioua pack was'
the occasion of nucli spirited bidding
between tlie gentlemen wbo held com-,
.missions for the purchase. . Had they
gone to these the local art gallery
would. have ereutuaiiy received them.'
,As it is, their dtutaUon USiirop-ihii-e'-r-Pallilall
GmettsL.;. .
ti ." I ' 1 I . I '" -
' -.;'' .
i "Ther
.assslr lag natty.
Is b6 ' way In which tbe
country's prowe.es is seen to better ad
vantage.' said MK Scbuvler Durvee.
chief clerk of Uie patent oQice, "tliaa'
in studying the-jvork of thi ofhee.
During tho past calendar year 835,000'
applications were receireil on which"
first patent certicatos were issued.
It is uitlicult to-ini.i-no what the fig
urea of these statistics will be fifty
years from the present, time, but Uie"
way in w hich new inventions suggest1
multitudes of improve uieiits, it duesn't
look as if the day when tlie n-.ind of-
. .. ; r
-. . f. i uiuii can coiiL-eivo 110 more oevic.s I. r
s . I adding l the world's cot fort ; I
i ever Us reached." Y,'a!.i' l .