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Established in 1878,
HILLS BO ROUGH, X. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, iss.
NEW SERIBS. VOL
NO. 2
iw JLiIIHS. VOL V.
,i,ri.bSA an: a roi'i'm pj.avxs
i n.-.uMna a eJle.' I-a:U
i : man t hat turns lus tack
Oii lutv clear ;
; wi!-!r.a '" word or nofr-,
.11 !m trust Kiia for a t;rost,
; ,j ..i; u! car :n ony lai
Wl.i'h h'r nii-Lt htf-er.
V.litn tuujgn art jujt a tUiiiK tl.oulvi Le,
Arl Fortune giea a men the plea,
Vh re'er he -
It i rt Larll: understand " '
ifnw ; tt ay walk through bonne and land
i :.c na'. faco and open hand
r ntinaal.V.
JV:' n r:, V i-rito o wr.rfc and rare,
A ii4ii. vvnt )(:i.i and failure Lear,
If merit. -t j ruiic.
W! m v. " nA f mi foitune Ix.w.
', 'Or!.., lllH 1x!i!,(t ''I!) H bfYHV
;W.
TLro iU 11, liard uj.
Ki.r ';:y r.nti tl at I ror.M tit o
. Wnnt thnria toli
T'.f- FTOf tnr -i4 ' Li luith'.rV nani",
'" ln1n his brfll.er h claim,
''; l.mior i' a wi'iiian'ri fitiiie,
t or luair ti;im ;yVl.
V'-r it l.nrJ f r.bir.i t'i V,
L ti lii- f rii' mIh lire !inl ami t nio,
.,t hi i I aii'l rVn
), $ l.i fit liiiur! lint from yc ar to jcar
Tlit -hi:u )v i.' u ilcv.l.titi fi-ar,
r f., U the fullin- .f a t. ar
I'i d.'iv v. i
r.;:t 'i- liini pruNc, who o love i pi in,
Wim r n'ti f 'liv. y, aii'l lvts aain,
Ali i tlmu;;li licvcx.
Is N i'.'t t!i: dear one 1'ioiu liis v:ri-.
;u! l h 1 iiii uiuir, nn.1 luair, nuil mair,
Ati'l l i'!' h hi tin.! wi' lii'i't an. I jTayer,
A li I K I ill belie Vi H.
Ay, k'i.j him j..ra ise who doenna f t ar
'J In u! -hill liUt f i urn yt ar to tar.
Ami v. Iia 'i ip- fafct r
His uin dear ones tluonli od or lib
,l.a, if tb( V waiJ'l'T, lu". rt tlifUl hliil ;
hoi.iv d.iV L,f jiy he'il t lui.s lill ;
1 1 'U w in at 1 .st.
Mmy A. Harry, in Harj-r s Wnic.y. i
V Had Imtlan Cojujuered by Sit:p.
"An Apa(die,in lull warpitint, -taiUel
i .So :m Imliiui sehnl at Alhuqui'rqu",
N. M., mv day. .Tho children were mi
iu diately terrified, and tremblingly to!l
t:s h was a 'had Indian.' They said a:: j
ni.fle of one of or. r boys had Killed l.i:
brother, and they feared he had eoniefoi
revenge. .
"As it was dinner-time," the teaele-i
f-ays, "I saw nothing better to do th;i!i
li.-ic the ehil In ii maiche-d into ti e dii -ing-nom,
as uMial. Wc l;tej op. n
In uises to I ii 1 i ins at all times and lr.a
them as distinguished quests, sii I imc
ti.ined to our Apache to take a t-eat a'
the table.
"He sat d wu, t irili: in his war
paint, at.d laid two load, d levolvrs "ov
the table before him. The children be
gan t tremble. 1 Hinunoned nil my
courage and said:
"'Put-thoM' revolvers on the wi'idow."
The Apa.'he lover movid. The cook
plutvd before him 'a cup of coll'ee and a
bowl of soup.
" VFake j-way that eolTee ni.d soup,'' 1
commanded, with my heart in my mouth,
adding, to the Indian: "You slndl not
have them until you nt those re elvers
on the window.'
"Trembling for her life, the cook
obeyed. When the Apache saw hi;
dinner removed he deliberately arose,
picked up his revolvers, and shad I
ever forgo'- that terrible moment?
quietly hud them on tho window. 1h
dinner w is restored to him; he ato it in
ulenoe, and then picked up his property
and walked out without a word.
"I did not see him again for years.
Hut this last time, on my w ay home.
I vi isi xraiting in the train at Santa Fe,
my terrible Apache,in all his feat hi rsatut
war-paint, got into tho ear and .walked
its whole length, as if looking fur some
"lie. . My -blood ran cold. He stopped
beside me, gave a grunt of satisfaction,
ai d Irroke into smiles. Then, no'binr
ou'ddo but I must vigox.or.hiy shako
l. i!;ds. He then left the car, ai d re
turned with n. dozen other braves, ju
l-orrible as himself. Ho introduced
ti m-all, and all must shake baud."
Au Editor's Superstitions.
A letter from Newport, says: Mr. and
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New York,
have arrived at their summer residence
1.4 aulieu. It is one of tho most charm -r
u and extensive estates on the idaiul.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett thought seri
usly at one timo of purchasing the
I 'lace, but surstition prevented. Th;re
mpcared to be a strange fatality with
the iHJople who owned the place. Bav-i-
dv. the Peruvian minister, built it re
gardless of expense, and lived to see the
day when he wanted a dollar. The two
Mi.veoding owners ecame impoverished
t. sora, t stent. Mr. A. 1. Jess up, of
rinl.ulelphis, lought the phice for
Sl'.Hi.tW, and in a year more than
d- -ubled his mouev, disposing of it to
"Mr. John Jacob Astor for $'201,0 H
Tii4 n Mr. Jessup went to Enrop-, and
h;Ie at Cheltenham railway station, in
r.nhv.al, txk up a London pavr, r al
the account of President Garfield's
assassination and dropped dead. Friends
of Mr. Bennett declare that ltwa u?m r
tition alone that imp lied him to rofr.se
t purchase the place. Mrs. Astor is
making it a more beautiful place every
ear.
While her motior was tak ng a lly
ont of the bulb-r. hltle laiy askh "Is
that abutter ilv, mamm.i?"'
THE niGHER (JBADfi.
o! lb Question Applicant fi
Positions faave to Answer.
The following questions ire asked of
'ppl septs for iKilions in the higher
grade xivAi r the United States Goveni
hi -nt: j
?; AViihi a loUor to the President, giving
7'OJir views, as far as -yon are willing to
express them, regarding tho duties and
responsibilities ofaii officer of the public
servio which von oV?ire to enter.-
Oaefofthe examiners will read dis
fi etlyjnny presage of fifteen lines from
tho Cau Service actor rules, and aj!
l ltcaiits wiil write the janm-.ns tht rpa-
in eoh on, :us si test in copring and or j
fhogiaphy. " '
nSe the naaics of the Statra border.
ni' on the Atlantic, m their order, be
ginning with Maine. -
"VYritie tho names of ten nuiroad con
!', fiTten senpnrts, and lifteeu navi
tratde livers.
1-jXpjess in iigurei? the following: Fifty,
minion, lifty thousand, four ' hundred
rul seventy-live; filso, one hundred and
t ity-three millions, o:ie thousand and
"U", ad one ten-thousandth.
V.'ii'in wordi tlie numbers i xpressvd
iv thcjfollowing Ibjr.res: 00, 0w, 101; also
!,: no.i.
CJivi a definition of a verb, a r.oun, nn
;i "verll an adj- ctive. a preiiosiiio!;. a
J . A . . m ...
o:ijiiiir:tioii and the lihrase
"the grani-
m .r ofthe Kuglish lanuuu-?e."
The jlV'stmaster at New Y't.rk received
two bas of mail 'which cont-uned 1.S'.)1
! tiers but one bag contained 1,-11
more than tho ether. How many did
t hoy each contain? Give the operation
at length.
A contractor furnished the Govern
n cut Articles ns follows; June 8, lHO,
1 )0 bijrrels of flour at S1.."0 a barrel;
bdyfi 1880, 187 yards of carpet at 1
erj-ard; August 4,' ls80, 1,000 yard.s ni
s Tc. pea: yard. ( Jo ve r n m en t paid on a c-
unt ds follows; June 12. 180. $l,(h
1 ily 13, 1880, $100; August 4, 1880, $o00.
J:de the dealings in the form of a debit
i d credit account, showing the balance
To 315 of add of 7-JO and reduce to
': west :erms; multiply the sum so ob
i:ied y 2 and re-duce to a mixed num
!!; frim the product subtract 5-0 and
a a
i". iluee
to lowest terms. Give oeration
'iicth.
An ojfieor deosits S37.C-0'), having re
ined 2?, i er cent, on the whole amount
olleet4d. What amount did he c.-l-t?
j . .
disliursing agent failingowed the Gov-:-nmentoue
item of S;08.45and another
i O'lH. 02. The Government agreed
. make a discount of 13 per cent, on the
1st itexn and 1 1 1 per cent, on the second.
:bw nmcdi wius pavable under the agree-
nt ? "
livie ; (,f S-0 by 1-7 of 3-5 and sub
ned -7 from the quotient.
Ii:towhat three forms is the Goveru
rei.t of the United States divided and
s hat n?e the functions of ench?
What are the essential characteristics
'. a ren
jublica'u form of government?
.livrjthe names ot ten l residents ol
e l i jti-il r-lat4-s ami tlie leiigui oi iiii?.
dminiitrations respectively
Anecdotes of. Lincoln.
IJ.'TI
Vrl',y T4ore says, in the Youth's
it-.i.- Mr. Lincoln was hai.liy
t in the White House before tli;
,111 J) 1
-tail.
uild h
. '. hi Y :
; for ofiieo commrnved. - Among
l a . . t -l r l . ....... I
4t sior.t s i on i t'i in in w:is one oi
i man win
came day
after dav asking
At last the Previ
f . v a f 5
oigu mission.
1. nt wfarv of his f ic said: "Do von
k-:ow Spanish ?"' "No," said the eagei
uS'iraiit, "but T C4.UU1 soon learn it.''
lb. si i" said Mr. Tiincolu, "and I will
g;v yt;i a good thing'." The reedy
i i'olitieiin hut ried home' and spent sis
mor.tK0! i i studving Olicndorf's gram-
ar. 'lie then le q jx-ared at the Whit.1
House rvvith a h'pefiil bea t and a line
stiiitim ace
nt. anil the President pre
se
ited
lum with a copy of "Pji
" in Spanish.
lolbv that great devil-fish.
lot
The
wia se
tentacles clutch clammilv at the
u.dion:il Treasury cmld mver get ot.
th brjnd side of Mr. Lincoln. He
treated! them with courtesy, but would
never rneourae their schemes. 11 i
favoritt among the Washington com
r.pondefits was Mr. S mOii II. llanscom, a
f liivwillBostonian, who had been idetit;
tied wiili the e.iriier anti-slavery move
ments, land wdi used'-to keep Mr. Idti
et tu infonii' d as to what was toing n ii;
W.isliidgion, carrying him what he had
luard, knd seldom asking a f.v.r. "1
so - vt U state." said the Troh-nt to
II mseocfii one dav, "fliat mv Adndriistra
ti. n wi; be tb.e'n ign of ste 1. Why not
to t th;.ft Buchanan's w.is the n i&rn o!
.-.:ealii:-i.
Mr. i-jiucoln, as I remarked, sp ke in
irabhK and a. story often ended an m-
ttiviei which otherwise
might h.ivt
On one oooa
b.cU pijUouped for hours.
l-ni a
itiuuu'sht 1 vis.V r was eude.iv.
oruig t4 reeuil to his
miid
a vonng uv.;
u 'u.m be ha I seen
but fortrotton. w.ii
ua- anpppi.cani lur oi.icc. .nr. n;i:fi i-
r 1 t. t - t: .
. until link that the vouuu man wa-
-I'liauijl lor use posr.io.i. a: i.e i.:.:u.y
d: "M'n, ves. I know who you n. -a:
l- lliat; llUKt'V-('j,'-ii.a'.i lc.n.w
i . . . 'l t '.I . - t.
.i wotUd tniUKiUiiii i ki.ow- :vs uu. n as
a S.ust par's bird's nest."
A voi- was lately caught stealing enr
1.. i ii-.-ul m in a dark closet
ants, aim twtvv-.. v.t
thei grocer.
The hov commenced
Ucgin:; most pathetically to be rtue.osed
... i f or juino all the rexsuann tha.
his voting mind could invent; he pro- til country, who is staying with some
ised- "Now, if vou'U let me out ana j r-u js wh m she i visiting here in Ans
s. nd Mr mv father, hell pay yon for the t tlu ..av ou take her to snpivr?"
, i- .i. i...; i.-
I'.IIIitUlO .v - -
J fciv " .
TOCer iCOUld UOl wyt's
and released th
fased the uxciun. s
Fruit
Glass Jars.
A California correspondent who baa
groat success in putting up fruit in glass
jars kindly-gives .her process for the
world at large.
In the first place ebe uses the Mason !
jar, with poreo am to, and is always
sure that the rubber rings are perfect."
Peaches, pears und blackberries she
makes just sweet enough to taste pleas
antly, except White Heart cling peach,
which she preserves and pickles.
For preserves or jam of ahykind the
rale is three-fourths of a pound of sugar
to one pound of fruit used. Plums and ;
apricots are made into preserves; Mar-w
malade is ako made cl ripe apricots with
three - fourths e f a pound of sugar to one
i fruit. Fruit for pies should not bo
ia.le too sweet.
Begin tho process by placing a teacup
ful of water in the preserving kettle with
the sugar. When the sugar is dissolved
ami the syrup, is hot, lay in tho fruit
carefully and let it heat thorougldy all
through, but riot boil to pieces. At the
t ame time have a glass jar ready stand
ing on a plate in a pan of hot water on
the stove, the jar full of hot water.
Have also the cover and the rubber in
hot water. When the fruit is ready,
pour out the water and fill the jar im
medtately. When full, pass a silver
sooor.-handle down tho sides of the jai
to can so any bubbler, to rise to the top,
and add a little svrupif not full. Next
screw on the top as tightly as you can
:v d place the tilled jars where they can
!tand until quite cold. Tighten tlie
cover by screwing it several.tim.es while
cooling. -
Readimr's I5ig CJuu.
Tbe naskill multicharge gun, which
has been in. conrse of manufacture . at
toe Scott foundry in Heading, Pa., for
the past two years, is finished. It will
lo shipped to New York 'and taken to
Sandy Hook to be tested in. the pres
ence of officers of the army and navy.
Congress made a special appropriation
f.-.r this purpose. The inventor, J. B.
Ilaskill, has constantly given the work
his own supervision. Many military ex
perts have inspected the gun, and pro
nounced it the most destructive engine
of death, perhaps, ever invented.
It is twenty-five feet long, and weighs
twenty-five tons. It cost SoO.OtK). Un
derneath the gun are three pockets for
the holding of powder. Each pocket
contains twenty-tight pounds, and there
are Huisjtles eighteen pounds in the
breech, tTms concentrating tlie fornj of
over one hundred pounds of powder in
place of (ue -fourth the. amount usually
put in the breech of the cannon now iii
use.
It is claimed that it will hurl a pro
jectile twice as heavy as those used in
the ordinary cannon, and that it will
penetrate a solid piece of iron twenty
ji ur inches thick and will easily carry
the projectile from twelve to fifteen
miles. It is intended for both naval and
sea coast defense. A company with a
capital of $10,000,000 has already been
organized to manufacture the gun. Mr.
Ilaskill is President, and John F. Smyth,
ex-Insurance Commissioner of New
York, are some of the other parties in
terested. niS POETRY.
Bayard Taylor never fully reconciled
himself to the vocation of a prose writer.
He believed that the world should' have
demanded nothing of him but poetry.
Concerning this he used to tell .a good
storv at hi3 own expense. During
his last lecturing trip through the West
era States he W as the guest, in a small
city, of the chairman of the lecture com
mittee, a self-satisfied and prosperous
citizen, who met Tavlor at the train, and
carried him home to bis own smartly
furnished house. While waiting for the
t venmg repast the well-fed chairman
said, with manifest pride, that proWbly
Mr. Tavlor did not remember him. No.
Mr. Taylor did not. "Why," said'-the
chairman, "you were here in this town
ten years ago this very winter, thi very
mouth, and stopped with me, as you are
stopt.incr now." Mr. Tavlor professed
his interest in the. important fact. " The
chairman, glancing around on " the
ohromos. the new carpets, and the glit
tering, white walls of his home, said,
"Yes, you seo I have been prospering
since then. Yes, the world has been a
pretty good place for me. It has for
you too, Mr. Taylor. I have watcln d
vour co nate ever since 1 got acquainted
with you, tnr years ago, and 'I suppose
I am one of the few people who have
it ad every thing von have wrote."
"What'," said Taylor, "everythiilt ?"
"Yes, sir, every th.ng I could layfmy
hands on. f
"Then," said Taylor, "porhajisilyou
will tell mo what you think of myQiw
poem, Lars'?
"Gosh !" said the man, "do you.write
poetry?" Hn " Dmurr. '
Cr ovru. K ich head of clover con-
t uns sixity distinct fl-.wer ttiltesjai-ach
of which co!. tains a portion of sugar not
i r.ceeduu
.ir the t;ve-Lunilretu imrt ot
rain. The irooose:s of the lu-e must
tut re fore be n sorted into ciovei
.utf iH'-tt r one ;'iain oi sugar can i
.1 t.iined. The-re are grains in s
. j- -. . i
o.'tiu i, ar.a. :i"i;.'V
eontiiins tbree-
urtl.s
of it
i '.vt-r
ht of drv t-agnr, caob
i on:.d of h:.ev
reprt-nts 2,5",0f
clover tule s-iked tv uh
"Mat I have the honor to conduct
your daughter to the supper table?
asked a society gentleman of a lady from
",e S wss the -reyptiuse:
whv. of course, and
.... - . - -
-tou ran iur, tw. ui a "ua r
cie tre tor, iexas zjiaxg.
in
SAD, BUT KOMAXTfC.
A CHILD EDE4TORi TO flRANT I1EU
JIOTUEU'S DYINCJ UEQLET.
febe StrnU FtoTrrra with which to Drrornte
Ilrr .Matkrr'a t hniutxr r.d i nt l.at
Discovered, bat Let mo t'apaibel.
From the London Ttlegraph.
Tlie gardeners of the South Loron
public park had cn more than one occa
sion discovered that larcenous liUrtics
had been taken with the newly arranged
beds of snowdrops and crocuses, and sat
a watch for the delinquent, who was an
wny moniing visitor, a watcher na-l
'noticed a small girl, a poor little ragged
urchin of 'seven or eight years old. who
r-frequently came through the park as
soon as tne gates were opened,- but
duo oinus tmi-rgtu ai iue gate oi exit
empty handed and her scanty skirts
showed no signs of bulging pocket be
neath, suspicion did not attach to her.
Ifcwas not remarkable, sinceher attire
was made up of mere makeshifts of odds
&d ends, that she should wear nn old
bonnet many sizes tx large for her, and
it was in the capacious crown of this ar
ticle of headgear that the stolen flowers
w?re bestoweik The gardener saw her
praise at a bed, and, after looking warily
atx)ut, produce from her bosom a pi ce
of slate fit for digging with, and then she
knelt down, taking off her bonnet, to
which half a dozen tiny roots were rap
idly tram-fen cJ, she placed it on hot
head again and went on her way, to 1 e
presently stopped" in a fright and'aecustd
of the petty robbery. It was useless to
deny it, nor did she attempt to do so.
Shi went down on her knees, however
this time without producing the crimin
ating piece ojf-rate and legged the park
keerer notjJhvke hei to the police sta
tion, because, if her mother, who was
ill iu bed, came to hear what she hnd
done it would kill her. Presuming that
it was much more likely that tho childV
story was but air artful pretence, and
th fit probably her mother had 'sent hei
to steal the flowers, to be afterward
converted into buttonhole bouquets foi
sale in the streets, tho little girl va
taken before a magistrate and put back
for a while for inquiries to be made.
The address she gave was at a house in
squalid back street in the 'Borough at
least acouple of miles from the park
where she had purloined the snowdrops,
and it was soon discovered that tlie t ih
the child had told asto her mother be-
wasfounau,1,lrnnPrr)inin U!1I,
and miseraojv lurnisueu dock room, on 1
there she had lain dying of con-sumpi.it
since last winter sat in. The father wa
iu orison and the sick woman's onl
means of support was hertwo children,
respectively two and four years older
than the child in custody, and they li
arned a few pence each dailyby selling
cigar lights near London Bridge. At a
glance it. was evident what had become
of the stolen flowers. A piece of board
was fastened shelf-wise across the foot ol
the sick woman's bedstead, and on it, iu
three or four galli-pots, were as, many
bunches, of crocuseH, and snowdrops and
wall flowers, each in a setting of greeu
grass. The poor invalid had not the
least suspicion that they had been dis
honestly obtained, and the person in
quiring being in unofficial costume and
perceiving her condition charitably re
frained from enlightening her. " You
are lookine at mv garden, sir," her white
face lighting with a wan sriiile. "They
are wild flowers, sir. so my little girl tell -me,
but she has to go ever so far to pick
'em. When the winter weather wei.t
aw ay and the sun came out I b gau io
feel that craving for the sight and smi
of fresh flowers that I couldn t express if
I tried. It is through lying here
9 1 1 11
miaiT weeks so arearvsana dun ana so
many. hours nil to mvseTvI suppose;
but I knew it was no use thinking about
'em at the price they are wheiHthey first
come in the spring, enough 1 couldn t
help talking and saying that if I had a
few I felt sure they would do me more
good than all the physic. And 6o, with
out saying a word about it to anybody,
my little Kitty a mere mite of seven,
sir she gets up at five in the morning,
and before breakfast time she's back
with as pretty a bunch as ever you set
eyes on. They didn't last very long,
iKor things, in this stuffy-little room.
and it seems almost a ehame to tiring 'em
here out of the fields where they grow,
but there's thousands of 'em there.
Kitty tells ns, and I don't think that
those who have their health to go
andtsee 'em growing would grudge im.-U
just a lew urougni awav iur ui nwi.'-.
No one certainly would, supposing th5
little girl ycu speak of comes by them
honestly,'"" the visitor ventured. 'No
fear about that, sir," replied the sick
mother confidently. ' ' Why , I happened
only to hint something like what you
just said w , n she brought home tht
first lot, ac j -he fell crying so that 1
didn't know what to do with her. Sc
the kind hearted park official came away
with his original iurTosennfalfilled, tind
the magistrate being informed of the cir-
cumt.tnces discharl the tlrrified little
iT-iiAr-r Tvitn n tt?rn YvTiF-ther she
ran home and made confess ioa I cannot
fi.iv. but unless she didfso within a wwk
" . i . , i . i - i
it van Tnn laTii rnr a t inp t'ini4ii miiuti
an interval she was motherless, and -t
was my pnnlege
ilegeto assist in piacing
Kittr knd ber two brrs in ft coontry
rj.ii axiu tier iwo fusi'
i . , i nA
t mutations of Lotnlon streets, and where
wild flowers in plenty may be bad for
the picking.
Wucs Henry was c-nfntg St:
list-.! to Ixas that he Lad. a "t
row that XiH Js n;-vrt;eI. he !i
wife,
ROBBING A FARMER.
ANEWFEATITnE IN THE CONF1DEMX
3IANS GAME.
lllmtriroiT tbe Panver" Nn wtifc
an AccoaapUcr rorci a. Pot mf Mmntf.
A letter from Glen City, Pean., mjb:
"Elmer Snyder is a wealthy farmer who
lives a short distance OntsiJf of t bis Tit
nJLage. He is a widower. anl lives alon
w ith his servants in a -fine' mansion cloae
to thehigliwav. He Is W'pVombatnt fig
ure in political and social -circles, and 1
a Deacon ia the local Methtdijt church.
.4lout five years ago his wife died. Th
cause of her death was attributed to the
alrsence of her only child, a boy
ran away from home about 15 years ngr
on. account of onio trifling troubles with
his folks. The farmer is one of the larg
est laud owners in the district, and i
was always believed that he kept a largt
sum of money in the house. About tw
weeks ago he presented a flashily dressed,
handsome young man to his friends nn
neighbors as his long lwt son. 'Simui
taneously with the arrival of the youru
man ugly rumors Wgau to spread ahon
his past life in Chicago and other cith
f the West. It was generally know
that young Snyder had led a "fast lift
and for a time the country people fougb
shy of him; but the engaging ninnner
and plausible talk of the young nno
made him many friends, and tho oh
farmer soon lecame proud of his band
some boy. In a few days another rumo
started to the effect that he was not Sny
dor's 6on, but another person who wn
trying to impose upon the farmer. Tin
st4ry soon gained credence from the f;4
that when questioned about, his carl I
'arm lite the young man was always p
fault. Whether these rumors reach,
the ears of the old farmer or not is u'
known. The young man grew in tl
old man's favor and accompauied hii
very where. Wednesday a handson
-. md elegantly dressed woman unaceot
p inied drove up to the village inn at
iocured accommod itious for a few day
paying she was from Philadelphia, an
h-sired a quiet room. While walking
'he 'street Bho met the lately return,
farmer's son. They suddenly U-can
intimate, and until Thurs a nil t i.
was constantly in hersociety.' He n !
dneed her to a few ladies us Mrs. Di. kei
son, of Philadelphia, and said she w.;
the wife of a friend of his. On Friila
morning the servants in the Snvd
A'1 frVflJSAfliW;
md ho was an liai.itnai earlv riser f
fact caused much comment. After wait
ing until 10 o'clock they decided to c:lI
liim. G.)ing to bis room they found th
t loor locked, another unusual fact. The;
rapped loudly, and receiving no answe
determined to lireak (en the door
First they tried to find young Snydei
but could fmd no trace of him. Burst
ing open the door, they fouud the !
man lying full length upon the flo
iHiund'and cactred. The ropes tha
bound him were wrapped around hi
arms and legs with a double twist, whil
the gag was tightly wedged into hi
mouth. Cutting the cords and liftin;
him to his feet, they administered re
storatives. When he had sufficiently re
covered the old man said: "That youn
man was not mv son. I have hv
cruelly dec ived aiid rbbed," pointing !
a safe which stoeinl iu the corner of 1 1:
room. The safe had been opened an
the contents weio t-cattcred about th
floor. The farmer went on to tell hov
he had sat up with his supjosed son nn
til 11 o'clock and had then gone to beti
no was roughly awakened by having :
gag forced into his moudi and before h
could help himself ho was bound an.
gagged, ' In the partial darkness he sa
two figures. After they had securely
fastened him one of them went to tin
bureau and coolly lighted the lamp. As
soon as the light was 1 rimed up the farm
er recognized the face of the yoittu
man he thought his son and the stylish
woman who had stopped at the taven;.
They tookthe safe-key frm Ins ok! t
robbed the t-afe, putting the money i a
valise which the woman tarried. Aftei
they had taken everything the vounj.
man said: "Good bye, papa, I will p;.y
your respects to yonr son when I g4 '
back to Chicago. He wants to h at
from you." The pair thou left thf room.
Itx'lang the door behind them. The old
man is completely broken down by tin
H-cum-ncc. The police authorities w rt
notified, and a search was made
for the missing couple. Not tht
slightest trace could bo found o
them. This morning a detectiv.
from Chicago arrived in the vil
lage looking lor two individuals wh
description tallies exactly with that t
the farmer's bogus sou and the lLvsl.ii
dressed woman who put up at the tavtr..
Upon visiting Mr. buydet the detectiv.
that the young man waa not hi son,
bat an old Chicago thief and confidence
man, ana Known oy nia wwAira
in
J crime as "Fly Bm,w and who weat under
the alias of John Peters, Harry But-
Hedge, etc. The woman, he eaid, was a
f noted courtesan from Chicago, who is
I watiUnl there lor a
number of crime.
The loss to the fanner is nearly $8,500.
i The prmn-rty consisted of H,J0 in
rrenbacks ai:
d the balance waa in Gov-
i : -
Ujnds. The numtrs oi the
I '" , , vva t. r
, , . --
for the arret ol the t.a.evcs.
j
A kews rrrtf gays that the t rain of a
! rirem employee, found dvicg nar Mi 1-
, dletown wttphed mry-six ouw. iu-;
j itae size as uiv. i4t. .tj- -
1? .1 A )ziA Y-U-:er." Of cf.ti J lc?
! , th" m.fi who wrote th circa ad
VtJllsSU&Lts,
I RAVELS OF A DIAMOND.
tET4ll. OF TI1K OTtlOII OF TI1K
JKWI L IX TIU6 UIFLIIIAL 8CBPTBJS
OF UL'siSlA.
llw Crwni Meltkar
Jewel that Mad lllaa
mmtm laairaaely HMu
1 th
From the London Trnttu
The following details cf the oritrin of
the famous jewel which, adorns the im
oetial sceptre of Bassia wert furnished
ue during a resulenco in St. Petnrtburg
'V a descendant of the Armenian mer-
Tho diamond in its rough state, formed
he eye of an idol in a temple near Trieh
iaopoli. and was abstracted bv a French
ivnegade. who cscsihhI with hit prize to
Persia. Here ho wandered from town
to town trying to dispose of it for mod
rate sum, but only meeting with dls
rust and suspicion. At length when
ho news of the theft had spread over
India and reacbe. Persia, farincr arrest.
f 10 accepted the offer of a ITebrow mcr-
'liant and surrendertHl the :dtamoiul for
$10,000. Meantime the Shah wait in.
ornied, not only of tho rold nry, but also
that the thief was residing in his
vrritory, atnl bad offered the atono re
iX'atedly for sale
At once his Highness gave orders to
irrest tlie man, dead or ahve and to
eizo the diamond. The Jewish mer
ha'nt naturally tecame tilarmel for the
4fety of his new acquisition, ss well an
'hat of his head, and gladly sold tho
tono to an astute Armeniaii merchant
lamed Shafras for f CO.OOt). Tl mag
lificence of Catherine the Great and her
ourt wasn bv-woal in Armenia And Per-
Kda, and 'Shafras knew right well tl
that if
!ie could reach St. leterbnrg with hii
liamond ho would lie able te dispone of
t at a handsonn profit. The gnuttest
litlieulty was to secrete tho stone io
'lonitighly aliout his person that in case
f his arrest it should not bo discovered.
it was too largo for him to swallow,
he, solved the problem by making a
teep incision in the calf of bin left le,
lserting the stone, jind sewing up tho
vound with fcilver thread.
When the cut had cicatrized sufficient'
iy to allow the removal of the wire,
Shafras began his travels toward Bussia.
fLul he knowuatm arriving attneffrontier
that the diamond had been traced to tlie
Tewish merchant, and from him to an
Vrmeniai'. ho would probably have tried
til .WM.hiilAtl'jpnnty,. .But he boldb
iiant to the Shsh's inquisitive officials,
'vis an-ested, and consigned to prison on
suspicion. Strong emetics were lulmin
stered, but no diamond came to light.
He was 8t.ipied naked, plunged into a
Su't bath, and then examined from head
?) foot, with no'letter snccess. Even a
ittle torture was tried, but Shafras was
tirm; and in the end he was bundled tin
erenioniously over tho frontier hi
,ettv cash leing retained. II ranched
Orenburg, and here some compatriots
itlvaneed him some money to reach the
capital.
Catherine the Great was short of rcady-
noney when Shafras offered her bin
liaciand for sale. He demanded $200,
hjO for it, but the Empress cony not
raise moro than $100,000, and though
he offered 40,000 dessiatins (of ftuir.
.crea each) of ( rowu land in ablition to
hirt sum, Shafras refused. Catherine
m greatly chagrined and did not hidn
it r anoyance; but she was too noble a
-earacter to resort to the coercive meas
ure which a Shah of Persia won 11 hava
tlopted without a moment's hesitation,
shafras was aljowi to depart unmolested
and leUok himself to Amt-r4ltm to
h-tve Iris diamond cut. Here it wo that
th5 famous Connt Oriov find saw tho
jewel for which hisimperial mis.tr sh luul
K!ghel, and he determined to lay it a a
gift at her feet. Tho bargain with Sha
frus was concludd off-hand, for C!ount
Orloy never hagglmL In exchange foi
the diamond (which weighs 185 enrats,
and is value 1 at $1,500, 00) Cmt Orlov
promised Shafras, on h:s return to ln
ia. $3.7.rj00 down, an aiinuitfy of
md a patent fjf nobility.
The Count kept his word; Shuf si th
merchant tiocame Lazarev txe gentb-m n,
cached his bills at the imperial treasury,
tad drew $2,0K) a year for the re t of hi
life, which, as uital with snnuitAnt".
very prolongtl one. liefore h di 1
he liejome one of the richest mn .in
It'iHuia. With the prie of the diamond
be tjought mines in Oura!, land in V--arabla,
and houses in St. Petenburg.
The ninearsed increment" in thirty
-ers ma.1 - him ten tim a miilioiMtrr,
and at the present day his derUnfn,
namb ring hunlred, are all immn-rly
rich. Ixm Melikov, former MinUter .f
the Interior, and Deiianor, at pr--nt
Minister of Pablio Instruction, are grand
children of the Armenian Lsu&erev,
cauTAXV has t-n, f termed ia Parit,
with capital of SlSO.'OfiO, "ioT the pur-,-c
of drging the P-d rv - to r-cr
stie chariot aiii arms rf 1'harh.
Pharaoh mv bav owned a pretty gor
"4wtm chariot, "but it ti a the w
tr long that we idont U heve it s
worth ntrch now. A much btUr
can j ptichnvnl for k thai f
i And as for Pharaoh s anw, unU
tIe i:r;fi'-l. tav woul l 1 of no
more value "than his Xi&.Sorrifo'j-n
IlfraU.
A . . M
nrh a chrmtiig gtcth-xnan. And h
d.t l not rnakr ttA moey m vulgar trad,
f!lh-r. S i? d-l! He owns a ban;
f.-r I have heard jcpte who knew him
or-as
OJ
it. It t in a Wteru citj
1 L-acl Faro. V Had- Iph i a Tune.
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