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VOJL.'XV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, NO VEMBER 1 4, 1 889,
NO. 41.
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Stark Id the brood and breatbleaa glare
Or hours whose touch wastes herb and tree,
This bright, sharp death shines everywhere;
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Earth seems a corse upon the pyre; .
The sun a scourge for sums to bear.
AD power to fear, all keen desire
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fierce hours with ravening fangs that tire
On spirit and sense, divide and share
The throes of thought that scarce respire.
The throes of dreams that scarce forbear
One mute Immitigable prayer
For cold, perpetual sleep to be
Bbed snowlilce on the sense of core;
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The dust of way where men suspire 1
8eems even the dust of death's dim lair;
But, though the feverish days be dire.
The sea wind rears and cheers its fair
Blithe broods of babes that here and there
llake the sands laugh and glow for gles - -With
gladder flowers than gardens wear;
Life yearns for solace toward the sea.
The muslo dies not off the lyre
That letuno soul alive despair;
I31eep strikes not damn the breathless choir
Of waves whose note bids sorrow spare. r
As glad they sound, as fast they fare,
As when fate's word first set them free '
- And gave them light and night to wear; -
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For there, though night and day conspire
To compass round with toll and snare
And changeless whirl of change, whose gyre
Draws all things earthwards unaware,
The spirit of life they scourge and scare,
Wild waves that follow on waves that flee
Laugh, knowing that yet, though earth despair.
- tare yearns ror solace toward the sea.
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Uraham, N. C.
lmd just uxiloadcd and was now going
DacK.
' At Chadron, the supply store of the
main contractor; a huge, roughly
built shed stood at a side track about
forty rods from tho main street of the
town. Here I was accustomed to or
der supplies and get drafts for money
from tue bookkeeper from tune
time. ', : - : ' - -
: Tliat morninsr, after finishing m
business with the supnlr department.
I went to the bookkeeper to procure
a draft. A crowd of railroad laborers
were waiting before his window to got
their time checks cashed, or secure
passes to go up or down the road.
noticed that two of these men. were
better dressed . than the others, but
thought nothing of the circumstance.
J awaited my turn at the window,
and handed the bookkeeper a slip of
paper on which waa - written, ."Four
thousand - three hundred -and - forty-
seven dollars ana any cents, fay Kou
Rodney & Curtis.' -He made me a
draft for the amount named, folded it
carelessly, thrust it through (he win
dow, and took the receipt which I had
just written, and then turned to the
next man.
, As I left tho store I passed the two
men whom 1 bad noticed at the win
dow, and it struck mo, upon a more
attentive view, that they were rather
snarpers than workingmen, although
I had seen them easb two time checks.
and get passes for some point up the
road. The construction train did not
leave until S o'clock that afternoon,
and 1 lounged upon the shady stoop of
tne (JhaUron house watching the pass
ers by and chattinar with the landlord.
who was an old acquaintance of mine
when I lived in the east 1 had
pleasant dinner with him, and after
the meal was finished, I walked across
the square to Juike & Haley s bank at
the corner of the two principal streets
oi the town, where 1 cashed the drart.
The brHs which t received I stuffed
into various side pockets of my
clothes, and stowed a sack of silver
change into a small 'leather, "grip1
which I carried in my hand.
I heard a locomotive whistle and,
turning, walked quickly out of tho
bank. As 1 reached the sidewalk,
was startled to see tho two men wl;
had before attracted my notice step
rather hastily away from tho sidewalk
in tront of the bank windows, and
walk across the street
I was satisfied that they had watch
ed me as I cashed my draft My sus
picions were thoroughly aroused by
this circumstance, and when, an hour
later, I stepped into the caboose of the
construction train, and discovered the
men lounging upon two cracker bar
rels smoking their pipes, it did not
need their evident avoidance'of the
direct stare I gave them, the moment
l entered, to .convince me that they
were after mo.
I now heartily berated mvsclf for
not naving exercised greater caution
whilo at Chadron, I should have
waited until I could see tho bookkeep
er alone before I obtained my check;
and should havo had my cash mode
up by the clerk at the bank, and
brought to my room at the hotel, as
might easily havo been dope. : lint it
is easy enough, after you have done
ii-i .i.i .i i - i.
u iuuiuu uiiug, io mum now mucn
better you might have mansged it
While I sat upon one of tho hand
benches in the caboose, with : my
grip' lying boncuth. tho scat. Icon
sidercd how I should dodge tho two
fellows nt Crawford. There was no
danger that I should bo robbed on the
train, as thero wore ai, least, twonty
passengers on board. Y rcsenll y one
of the men sauntered up to my scat,
sat down by tne. and began to talk.
"Soe?" said ha "You're with Rod
ney en' Curtis, ain't yeh, ono o' their
loremenr
I answered carelessly that I was in
their employment
"Paul 'u' l's goin' up tho road look-
in' rur a rock job. Wore strikers.
Could ye hire us. d'ye thinkf
, "Certainly," said L "wo need more
men badly, especially good strikers.
wo will givoyou-two dollars a day,
and you can work a part of the night
shift, if you like." .
Then, as unconcernedly as I could,
I went on to teli him about our work.
and direct him how to find our head
quarters. I told him I should leave
Crawford after breakfast the next
morning on horseback, and that he
aud his partner could undoubtedly
find a freight wagon there ou which
to lake passage for our camp. '
After some 'further conversation
with tho man a younglooking, wiry,
dark faced fellow ho went over to
talk to his "pard," nnd no doubt they
congratulated themselves on his suc
cess in throwing me off my guard.
On my arrival at Crawford 1 went
to the company's tent whero food and
other supplies brought on tho con
struction trains were stored until they
could be shipped forward by wagon
to points where our forces were at
work. There I explained the situation
to the two clerks in charge of the tent,
and said that I wished to spend the
night with them.
I was armed , with a good "six
shooter," and the clerks bad each a
light Winchester rifle. They said wa
could guard ' the money without
trouble that - night, and it was ar
ranged that I should start for- the
grading camp at 3 o'clock the next
morning. By leaving at so early an
hour I believed that I could baffle
pursuit by any robbers who had con
spired to rob me.
My pony a lough Oregon half
breed was picket! that evening be
hind the supply tent and the clerks
and I took turns in sitting on guard at
the opening of tho tent l saw noth
ing of the two "sti tkers" after we left
the train, and no suspicious person
approached tho tent that night. . 1
Lilted the silver from my "trip into
a pair of saddle bags, and, armed with
my revolver and a borrowed Wincbea
ter rille and a belt rf cartridgr-a,
mounted my pony ct 3 o'clock the
next morning to complete my jour-1
ney.
The modt desperate and lawless men
in the west i speak from twenty
years' experience on the- plains are
tho gamblers, confidence men and rob
bers who follow the "end of track"
when a railway is pushing through
new and unsettled territory, r -
At every side track a new town
springs into existence, so suddenly as
to suggest the western expression
"dropped there by a cyclone." At
each of these new communities the
first comers are usually men of the
kind I havo mentioned.
Along the roadbed, wherever a sid
ing is to be laid, a dozen or more big
tents, respectively labeled "Saloon,"
"Dance House," sometimes very ap
propriately, "Satan's Hole" or the
"Devil's Den," are always found set
up in advance of the arrival of the
track layers. .
A certain harvest awaits the owners
of these groggeries, as the "rail
roader." of a certain class, takes his
"time" from his foreman at frequent
intervals, in order that he may cash
his "time check" at the nearest saloon
and gambling place.
. He quickly squanders tho proceeds
of his check in drink and play, or is
robbed of them, lies about in a stupid
condition for a day or two, and then
goes to work again, penniless.
Such, a person accepts all tho evils
of this mode of life with a philosophy
that would be commendable if shown
under advorsityof a different sort A
shirt, pantaloons, shoes and a slouch
bat usually comprise the whole of his
possessions, and so long as he can get
the means to satisfy a periodic appe
tite for drunken excitement he seems
to bo satisfied with his lot
This description of a large class of
railroad taDorers. itsnouid be distinct
ly noted, does not apply to the many
sober, steady follows who save the
large wages they get, and often settle
ana become prosperous citizens in the
country they have helped to open to
civilization.
It is upon tho earnings of dissolute
wage workers of tho track and grade
that tho cambler. whig lev seller and
assassin thrive,-and, to secure their
plunder, they follow the progress of a
new railroad like vultures in search of
prey. .; .
The day laborer upon these pioneer
ruaua u uuk uio oiuy vicum oi tne
robber and sharper. It is unsafe for
any man who visits one of their mush
room towns to lot the fact be known
that he has a considerable amount of
money in his possession.
Yet men wno know the nature of
the dangers about them sometimes
neglect, to take proper precaution to
insure the safety of money in their
charge, and thus the writer allowed
himself to ee caught two years ago.
in a "snap" that came near ending his
career, and that taught bim a lesson
in caution that he hopes will never
again be needed, at least by bun.
. I was acting as paymaster and chief
commissary clerk for a firm of grade
contractors upon, the Northwestern
road, which was then pushing through
northern Nebraska into the adjacent
territory of Wyoming.
' We were doing some heavy grading
and rock work, ana with a large force
were pushing the work day and night
in order to get out of the way of the
track, which bad then advanced to a
point within a day's ride of ua.
We had let pay day slip by without
paying the men, and hoped to satisfy
them by the issue of time checks until
the track should overtake us. and our
money could come tp us witb little
risk on the construction train. But
three or four days after, "paying ofr
time, some of the men began to grow
suspicious and to grumble, and threat
ened to quit work nil til their checks
were cashed. Ihev were airaid we
might somehow slip up on them and
they wouldn't gt their money.
As we wcra ui dewperulo neon, oi
every available hand, is was nectasary
that the men should be satisfied, fit
it was determined that I shoo Id go to
Cliadron, oar supply base and back
ing point, and bring up enough
money to pay tho men their last
month's wa&cs, which amounted to
about four thousand dollars.
I decided to fro alone. I set ont that I
night on horwback. and I reached the ! to the fork of the trail til Fort Kobin- j Soil
end or track at Lrawfora r.djng the son, two mats out from OawforJ (
next morning in time to leave my , siding. Eolu routes Lxl to tLe crao
hoi so at a nt-i'-hboriiig ranch corral. I ing cam one trail lay liirouli
&L3 get aUiuid a sumly train which 1 V bile iaver canyon and Ueoliier led
THE TELAUTOGRAPH.
Possibility of Ravins; One's Writing Trans
mitted by Electricity. '
A pleasant faced, elderly gentleman,
full beard, neatly cropped, and, like
his hair, plentifully sprinkled with
white, was sitting in the lobby of the
New Deniaon recently.
"Who's that?" inquirod the report
er. He was told the gentleman was
Professor Elisha Gray, of Chicago,
the famous electrician. - j - i
i "I have just perfected an inven
tion," said Professor Gray .to the re
porter, later on, 'for the transmitting
of the handwriting a fac-sunile of
the handwriting." t - -. :
- "How is this accomplished?"
"One sits down and writes on -a
sheet of paper, using a pen or a pen
cil, and whatever is done at this end.
every motion that is made on the pa
per or on it is faithfully reproduced
by a pen upon paper at the other end
of the wire at the same time, just as
fast or as slow as it. is given at this
end, and neither faster nor slower." -"What
name have you given the
instrument!
"The telautograph, and it can be
worked over any length of wire."
"When you say pen and" pencil what
do you mean! , , ,
"I mean a pen carrying ink, -and
that the writing or drawing is upon
ordinary paper. - I use a fluid
ink, but any ink will do that will
flow readily. One can write' with
a pencil or a stylogi-aphio pen if
he chooses. The invention is' now
practically completed, aud I am mak
ing a lot of instruments. A company
has been formed as a parent organiza
tion, and local companies will lollow
The instruments will be rented, not
sold, and the terms will be similar to
thoso given bv the telenhone nconle.
But it is entirely dissimilar to tho tele
phone, for it writes and does not talk.
By it ono can transmit a. check, note
or draft in the handwriting of the in
dividual. ' Its accuracy is unqucslion
able. In that respect it differs from
the telephone, which is good enough
for desultory conversation, but is not
sutlicient to use in buying or selling.
You are writing shorthand; that of
course, could be transmitted by the
telautograph. In newspaper work
one could not only transmit a descrip
tion of any great event a celebration
like that of tho soldiers' monument
held hero, or a great disaster on rail
or water, but a sketch could be trans
mitted at the same time to illustrate
the article."
"What is the size of the instru
ment?"
"The top is twenty by twenty-four
inches. It may be kept ou or besitle a
desk, or, like the telephone, be hung
upon the wall,- where it takes up little
space, it is secret in its communica
tions, Dotn as to tnoso it gives ana
thoso it receives. Ono does not need
to 'hollo' and no one can rtoal the
message from the wire. Then the
message will come whether -ono is at
hand to receive it or not One can
have a lock and key, and no one can
see the communication "which ' has
como in his absonco. The instrument
may be found good for the distribu
tion of press reports to all the news
pa))ers of the land simultaneously,
But there are a thousand things to
which it may be applicable that neither
you nor 1 may think of at- the mo
ment Its cluer value, I apprehend,
will be in mercantile business, whero
the telephone fails by reason of its in
accuracy, if a man gives an order
by telephono, the man receiving it
may deny having dono so, but here
tho writing is proof positive, and can-
"How about induction? When sev
eral wires run in proximity to each
other what is the effect?" '
"As to induction, it is wholly un-
liko the telenhone. Thero is no more
trouble from proximity to wires than
is encountered in ordinary telegraphy.
and as to expense, it will not cost the
user any more than the telenhono
costs him." Omaha Cce.
DUMAS, THE ELDER.
RIs Egotism Fated Before Ills Great Big
' Tender Heart.
A speech of Alexandre Dumas has
often been repeated, perhaps for the
reason that he probably often used it
for I heard him say s "The jU'pod of
French literature today rests Ha Hugo,
Lamarttne and me. t hat he did say
it 1 can attest to, and he was in dead
earnest It was spoken outright in
company where the literary element
was conspicuous, and was received
with a hearty, good natured laugh.
For a moment M.. Dumas seemed
taken aback at the way this speech
was received, tie did not reiterate lit
but stood stilt looking at the laughers
with an air of-amused conviction on
his face,
. Let me put aside all the egotism in
Alexandre Dumas, declaring that for
a special style of ' romance nothing
was ever written equal to his "Trois
Mousquotaires." -Those 1 fur gallant
nan, Aramis, stand side by side in de
fense of their creator. If they were sim
ply bullies, or spadassins, wiey would
nave lowered their blades long ago.
The sparkle of their steel, tho merry
clink or their rapiers, are continued in
their talk. Take a nago of dialogue
in this Wonderful novel, and even the
ouis and nons ' have their merit
There never is a superfluous word. It
has all the eloquence of brovity. In
the half dozen plots that run through
the story there is no muddling; each
strand has its own distinct color, and
yet subordinate to the whole. It is
the joyousuess, yet - the devil-may-
care way it is done, which is so pleas
ing. 1 think that more oil, candles
and gas have been consumed over
"The Musketeers" and 'Monte Cris-
to than any other romance - ever
written. '
! A - king of spam, seeing a man
laughing with a book in his hand, said
"That fellow is either reading 'Don
Quixote' or he is crazy." If you are
told that your son or your daughter is
caught in the act of reading some book
or other all night, you may be quite
certain it 4s either "The Musketeers"
or "Monte Crista." As to the latter
I 1. T i. -l- J ! . I
uook, x am inclined io oeneve it nas
helped to perpetuate the idea of treas
ure trove. Thackeray may have made
ono or his characters, JUaj. fcndonnis,
read. Paul de Kock, but the great
uovolist loved ins- Alexandre Dumas,
and I am quite certain Thackeray's
taste was pure, his critical judgment
tho soundest, and so I believe what
this ' Frenchman " wrote, "will always
uengnt mankind, and ror the sorrow
of prigs," as Mr. Lang neatly puts it
nor. Andrew Lang, with nice appre
ciation or uumas. has done him full
justice. What I should most like to
bring into prominence was Dumas
goodness of heart or was it his weak-
ncssr tie was tne most charitable
man I ever met It was not half his
cloak ho would have given to a poor
man, out an his domes, roveny aid
not come to hfan; ho sought it out He
may have been lavish, but he indulg
ed in extravagances ror others, and
not. ror himself. . All his emotional
instincts were concentrated in his su
premo pity. Even in the height of
his literary career, when his writings
were in eager demand and lmndsome
ly cared for, I have known him to sit
up all night writing, not for himself,
but ror tiie benefit of others. '
Unco ' 1 met lum a' bright spring
morning walking Head up. erect
aion
sized
Kasy Victims.
I've lust come un from Chicago over
the Wisconsin Central, and I never
had so much fun in my life. You see,
Iliad tostopolf nt a little town be
tween here and Milwaukee to sell a
bill. The train wasn't due until about
midnight I sat up and played domi
noes with the night clerk of the hotel
where I stopped until train time. I
thought I would take a sleeper, as I
was very tired. As luck would have
it there wiwone-lower' berth cm nt:
As 1 aat there wailing for the porter
to make up my bod evarrthing was
tilL except for the snorimr. Every
body had gone to slccn. aud one foot
sticking out from an upper berth was
the only visible sign cflife. Just then
a porter from another sleeper came in.
"Ah, there, said my porter, "hold
up
Great Scott I . You should havo seen
the picture presented a moment later.
Women shrieked and veiled "Rob
bers 1" Heads popped out, followed by
revolvers and Lowie kuivca. until vou
couldn't count them. "WhjSre is he?"
'I haven't got a cent T "Is it Black
Bart?" "lt'sull up with usf" was heard.
while the porter stood in tho middle
of the aisle, the picture of petriflcd
astonishment
"Fob de Lod's sake, boas nu (Tin's do
mattah. I wus jus' a-teilin dat nig
gab to hole up deen'o datcurtin,
dat'sall," and the darky began to grin.
I tell you, the heads popped bock
pratty suddenly. Nearly everybody
was angry at first, but they soon got
over it, and they began to chaff each
other. There wesn't much sleep in
that car the rest of the night Com
mercii;! Traveler in Minneapolis Journal.
Thomas Wentworlh Higjinson has
an eventful history. Son Ktf a mer
chant lie graduated at Harvard, stod
ied tlioo'ogyand was pastor of First
Congrraaonal church at Newbury-'
port, Muaa., and waa obliged to leave
it on account of Lis anti slavery
i prcaciiiiijrt: he
waa lr.r'ji an 11 riti.--
Diy was just breaking when I earner ful candidate for congress on the Free
ong tho Marly high road.
"You look happy. M. Dumas." I
said. -:' -
I am. I have been ud all night
and am going to dispatch this parcel
to l aris.' ue tapped a good
packet under his arm.
"t5ut wuy should vou burn rour
canaio at uom ends, m. LwmasT xou
will break down I" ' '
"Ah I bah I Do I look so frail r ho
asked, with a merrv lauch. Certain
ly he did not, for he was built like a
Bagdad porter, v "The fact is, poorS.'s
wife was conuned yesterday, and he
u a clever and deserving man, but
without a sou to blew himself. He is
one of the few who never complain.
but i Know no pledged all Ins books a
week ago. Mmo. & and the child
might suffer. There must be no
gloom in that household. It struck
me last evening at about 10 o'clock
when I had Onuhed a certain bit Of
work, and then but and her position
and the baby inspired me. lm;ido the
package nan order on my publishers
to send & at once 600 francs. That is
what a half docoit ' hours ure worth,
not much - to ma, maybe a good deal
to them. They will never know who
sont it, and remember you are my
exmfldant, and no poaching."
And witb a lia'pny laugh, ho strodo
along. '
To give to others was the pasaion of
this man's lifo, and 1m gavo and jrave
until tie impoverished himself. P. in
New York Times.
Story mf a VMlav
Waldcmar Meyer, a well known vi
olinist, Las bought ono of the most
valuable violins in tho world for
1,250. It was not only mode by
Stradivariuft, but lias a history. This
"Strad" riddle was made for the first
George of England in 1714. It was
kept in the royal family until the first
of this century, when it became the
property of a Scotch nobleman, who
valued it so highly that u carried it
in his military bag, and thus it was
that the instrument was in the battle
of Waterloo. His family held it until
about 18C0. when it was given to the
violinist Molique. In ISoC. wImmi Mo- i
liquo returned to his native Bavaria
to pass the evening of hi Lfo at Conn- ,
stadt, be transferred it to Ins friend
and pupil. Baron von Dreifus, of Mu
nich, a brother of Hie Parisian book
seller. He was in ponae&sion of Uie
violin for twenty years, lio sold it
not long ago to the great violin col
lector of Berlin, Uerr Reicbera, for
1.000. who in turn sold it to Waldc
mar Meyer. Boston 'ost
to
of
0adertB and Overtow.
The old sailor suton the stringpioce
of the South strict pier gazing sedately
at the swirls in the water alongside as
the tide swept out, when a young
man of Ins acquaintance came along.
"Well, Jack," said the young man,
"what are you thinking about?" .
The old man looked up at tho ques
tioner, looked over toward tho rftxt
pier, where, as he would have said,
"a werry plump and sizable young
woman' was silting ou the corner of a
lighter cabin, aud then back at the
young man.:
"Write for th' papers, don't yer" he
said. .
"One of them."
. "Boo that young woman over
thero?" . .
. . "Yes." . ' '
"Ever see one like her down
Coney Island?"
;"Yos.'; ; '-V-
' "Hearn on 'era gittin' outside the
lire lines an drowudinf
; "Yea," -
' "What should you say carried
'em beyond the life lines?
"The undertow."
; The old sailey snorted. -
.'"Souny, I've been read in 'that ere
nigh to fifty year. However could
the undertow carry her out and she
on ten feet o water? Dou't ever you
writs ony such bilge water.
"What takes her out then?"
"Ever see achip or stick in the surf?'
' "Yea." -
"Ever see it wash up on the beach f
"les." '
' "Ever see it go out to sea iustid?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever liappen to notice the
wind ihem ere time
"Not particularly."
"In course not Nobody as hadn't
had the ad wantage of a.reg'lar eddica
tion at sea never notices important
circumstances like tho wind. There
never was no such thing as undertow
to hurt nobody.. It's tho overtow. It's
the gentle sellers as is blowin off
shore what carries the unfortunits
outen their depths an drowns 'em
afore the streamin' eyes o' their heart
broken relations what's powerless to
render 'em any aid whatever, 'cause
there would never no old tomatoes aud
spiled animals come for to vex
shore boardin' house bosses if there
was any scch thing as undertow for to
Carry of em oir." JSew Xork Sun.
Sandorburg's Strength.
Writing of Tritanus, the Samnite
swordsman, whoso son carried the
giant with a singlo Bnger, reminds one
or the remarkable stories told of Sand-
erburg, King of Albania, whose
swordsmanship has never been excel
led. Sunderburg was born in the year
1414, and grew up to be a splendid
specimen of physical manhood. His
strength of arm was the most extra
ordinary that has ever been known.
His sword arm was much the larger
and stronger, but even the smaller of
the two, thequaintaccountsays, "was
gigantick inn its lordly proportions
being) as mucbe as two laones around
it" A lappc was 12 inches, which
would have made the biceps of San-
derburg 241 inches in circumference.
or about one-fourth larger than the
arm oi uoun u ouuivan. n is to be
regretted that the measurements of the
sword arm of this Titanic king are
unknown, as they must have been
oven more "gigantic in their lordly
proportions. "
.... .
With bis cimeter he was known to
cleave a man from the top of the head
to the waist at a singlo blow. It is re
kited that when in battle he freouentlv
cut bis antagonist in two at one sweep
ing stroke.
liaiiaban and his horde treated the
A 1 Ka ninns with Inel imiifinas imruKinnKlAi
shvwuiwiiii usuaac tiiuva uis Lrgai uuiu,
several of them were Anally caught
and convicted. Among the felons
wore two relatives of Bailaban him
elf, a brother and a nephew. Sander
burg took it upon himself to execute
this pair. The order was given that
tho king would lop the heads off these
two worthies in the palace court vard.
Before the hour of doom had arrived,
while the father and son were taking
leave of each other for the last timo,
the enraged king rushed upon them
while they were embracing and atone
stroko severed their bodies above the
hips, the mass of quivering flesh all
falling in a heap. This extraordinary
exhibition of strength of arm has
flaVAt laOnn A1 If 11 ltwl K aUsTAMlamail
ancient or modern. John W. Wright
:... v - r Li:.. .
u ow suuia itcpuDiio.
Lacky Kaapaaek.
Some soldiers find it hard to throw
away their valuables even on tbe most
wearisome marches. A private . of
the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts
was a man of this class, aud had often
been laughed at for his peculiarity.
One day. during a lull while the
army was before Petersburg. Private
11 was silling in the shade witb
his back to the enemy, about ten feet
from where (Jen. Stannard was stand
ing. . .
Ilia knapsack, to which be had clung
in all our movements in spite of the
jeers of his comrades, was strapped
upon bis back. A six pound shot
came ncochetung along the ground.
He picked himself up in a wild, con
fused manner, and began feeling Dret
of bis head and then of the knapsack,
and when the boys assured him ' he
was ail ngbt, be responded ooly with
Bicsiy smne. - i
Gen. Stannard noted his condition.
and to "bring him to" exclaimed:
"That's a mighty lucky knapsack.
to my destination by way of Lriri
wood. . One of these routes I mu&t
take, and as tho men who were "shad
owing" tne believed that I would pro
ceed by way of Driftwood I chose tho
White JUver canyon route, a rough!
new trail that for seventeen miles leu
through a tumbled, rocky gorge or '
canyon in- the bottom of which rip
pleu merrily the little streamlet thai
is the beginning of the White river. , -
I urgeij my pony forward at a good,
pace until, after sunrise, I passed a't
camp of freighters who were prepar
ing their breakfast, and later met sev
eral wagons on - the move, which r "
lieved tue loneliness of my ride s I
caused me to feel more secure. As t.
morning was hot and oppressive I
now proceeded more slowly. - .
About half an hour after meefip?
the freighters I halted at one of t ,
numerous creek crossings,' and o
mounted to drink and eat a part of the
lunch of crackers and dried : beef
which I had brought from tbecoml
missary tent " As 1 had no cup I
stretched myself out npoa the rot'-
at the edge of the current, and bnH ),
my nose in the cool water of t. o
spring fed stream. . '
As I lay drinking, with my hil,
just .above the water, a distant sound
of horses' hoofs struck my ear. I
ceased to drink, listened intently, and
soon heard distinctly the noise Mt
horsemen coming rapidly tip tha can
yon. f l ?
I sprang to my feet In alarm. ' Ify
first impulse was to mount my pony
and apply the spurs, but as his gait,
racking gallop, was a very slow one, .
I came to the sudden conclusion tif
dodge into the brush and let the horse
men, whoever they , were, go by.'
There were a few box alder trees and)
several clusters of plum bush close un
der the rocks on the right. I grasped
the bronco's rein, and led him in be
hind the thickets of thorn and tied him.
I had little time to think or act be
fore the horsemen came up at a gal-'
lop. I peered through the leaves as"
they rattled on, and discovered thajf
there were six riders and that the two
strikers were in the lead. They passed'
my hiding place without an apparent
suspicion that i was concealed .m
and. though still much alarmed. Ii
congratulating myself that I had out-',
witted them, when, just as they rode"
into the water, my pony lifted hisjf .
bead and uttered a shrill, inquiring1 - -whinny.
The party instantly halted, ' Every" -rider
turned his face eagerly in my dV
rection, and half a dozen rifles and re
vol vers were jerked into readineis for
action, My pony wltinnied again1 be
fore I could get a grip upon his mo"
zle, and I felt that unless soma unex-
pectedly fortunate circumstance inter'
vened I should lose the money and1,
probably my life. The horsemen' -were
determined, villainous looking'
men, and as I glanced about I saw
they had a great advantage over tne.'
The scattered patches of nine scrub etx
the steep bare sides of the gorge offers
ed me but little shelter for a retreat,' ;
and the bushes behind which I stood' .
were but slight protection against.
heavy bullets. At the second whinny t
of my horse tho men dismounted and, .
stood behind their animals. - - ,.
"He's in there, sure." I heard one of . .
(hem say. "Spread out, boys, kn ,
let's surround them bushes. . '
Without waiting to hear any move ,
I thrust the Winchester through the' . ...
tops of a plum bush and fired at their;
neatest horse, aiming at its body back-
of the shoulder. , The animal, went .
down with -a groan, and. the man be-
hind it sprang back with a Cere oath. -My
only hone now lay in swift ae-'
tion and certain aim. . A quick motion
of the lever reloaded and cocked my '
Winchester, and almost, before the'
horse had fallen to tho ground I had
aimed and - fired at tbe fellow as he
turned to run for cover. "."-,.
Ho fell, but got no and ran gah
Shifting my aim, I opened a rapid fire i
on the other horses and men.. The
robbers returned a few hasty and inV
effectual shots and then scattered in ' '
flight When I had fired the Steven-" -teen
shots, which emptied my repeat-' .
in a rifle, three horses lay on thebor'
der of tbe canyon at various distances'
away, and one man with a broken leg'-
was dragging himself toward the)'
shelter of tho creek bank. His com panions
had fled down the canyon, -two
on foot and the others en horse-'-.
back. Three or four rfLhcir ahote had '
struck hi the bush about me. but noue -
had hit nin -
The sudden. ' fierce determination '
which had seized upon me. and the . i
swift, effective firing which followed,
were as much a surprise to myself as "
they could have been to the- "rood r'
agents," who no doubt believed there?
was more than one shooter behind the :
bushes which sheltered me. 1 dare-aV' '
not stop to look after the .wounded ' :
man. who undoubtedly . would havo-'..
fired at me if I had approached him.
Mounting my pony and keeping as '
much as possible under- Oover of
bushes, I rode my animal at his best
speed up the canyon. ''' - '
About fivo miles from' the scene of
the shooting 1 came upon a graders' -camp,
and sent some of the men to '
look after the wounded robber and to;
secure tbe saddles of lite fUllen horses. -
1 afterward learned that they got' ,
the saddles, but could 0 ud nothing of.'
the man. IL IL Cum mack in Youth's
Companion. '
f
j Belle a
Im OU Ac..
r itn i,- a, .1.1 - .
aielhoJ of his wLtrli bo elates ho has '
boyT I successfully employed in sixty-two
Yea," said n , "and I al ways ' taA8. deafnoas of ekl ege. It con
carry it" j sists in mopping Llio tncrtibrana' tym-'
A : . . tumi wit !i 11 ivf:L- nlnn'niinus solution
Aiurr hum it was uauivKi 10 arirue
the knapsack question
xouui s Utxupuuiou,
with hiiu.
Farm rr.ry be had cheap in Hun
gary. If the owtwrs cannot ply liis
turning to the ijlnit l-iXC- n7 are lonnwitu aoiu u;-.by
he was luster tf a frw, rhuwh .t VV7.r . tho slate, Slid tw-itl; r a fi.no artesa-
eesler, llat., from to when jW nnuxuly was brot-gl.t to
Jte left the ministry aod devoted tun I fo haioiucr and purchased for' twe
elf exclu-srcly to library pursuit kreuzera cot Quite one-half penny.
Hew t'se (or Commit Oil. ,
It is found tbat-eocoanut oil is not
! only an excellent lubricant but it is
j of great value for lighting purposes. 1
a factory for the manufacture cf this
oiL He has imported the most per
fect machinery in order that tho oil
produced aliall po as pare r possible-.
Tho oil i very flunr. oxidizes slowly,
I aulis said to keep long without turu
I in 2 rancid. New York Telejrrain.
Paul with u weak oleaginous soluliou '
of phosphorus. Ho claims that tho
treatment diminishes tho opacity of
the membrane, iuercascs thj.circula- .
tion, and improves tl;o hearing. Kan
sits City Miaiiccl Iudex.
There are several "jroaJ reasons for
the attempt to Irnin swallows for mili
tary rocssajes, instead of earner pig- '
eons. Tho swallows ur? swifter and '
more dilllcull r.iarks toshsot at. The -experiment
so fcr protri-sr-s well. A
young swallow from Pouhuis. Hew
Lome front Peris, i"h miles, in an Lour
WlJ thirty riiinutcs. i