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VOL. XI.
lITTSBOUO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AlJOCST 22, 188SL
NO. 51.
Cfaitem
A Conntry Road.
Vellow with eltut it slxepsln noonday's glare,
Yellow wlih 1u-t it stmtehrs fr away;
On the mossed wall the cliiDonke frisk
mill piny,
Where golden daises hrolder all the olr.
Now nature seems to rirrain 'mid f rngranre
rare,
For mimiior silence holds unbroken may,
Till round the bend a creaking wain of
hay
(-'"iiim liiinbeiing down tbo drowsy thor
oughfare. Then nil is Mill ngnln; the orchard trees
Aid motionless an the distint purple hPIs
On which the shndows of the while
clouds r. st,
When suddenly llm white flecked clover seas
All joyous trenililx, while the bobolink
trills
His wildest inHidiest with sweet unrest.
- Ii. A". Munliitlrirk in llaiptr's WtrUy.
CAPTOR AND CAPTIVE.
AN INTKIIKSTINa WAR STOUT.
"VVoiiM ju like an interesting war
story toiliiy? W have it, an'l it rends
like a mm ni'e. It win rr-1 at nl I) Mr.
Char'es A. HoWcll. The story begins
u ii li the charge of Wi ion's Western
cavalry on t tin Confederates around
Ci Iiiiu'mm. (tin. Unwell Cobb's com
mand occupied (iimr'l, jn t across 1 lit
Chattahoochee H v-r, anil the news ratnn
III it Wilson'a cavalry wns hearing
l a I i 1 1 y on the town, and lluxt this dash
ing troop would reach (lirnrl by about
7 o'clock in the evening. They mine on
time unit the Confedriato forces, greatly
outnumbered, nml taken on such I riff
not i- s, were at immense elind vantage.
The Fi'dcial cavalry bad eiuno like a
ryrliiiie, and the f ten of tho earth was
literally ilotteil willi them. They held
cveiy ii i ii t :m m l the town nml nd
v.ini'o 1 from all directions, II -fore
night they charge I tho Con federate
forces, hihI in a few minutes the battle
was on. Fierce was the struggle, as,
I ickcd almo-d in each other's lines, the
two roiileiling forces fought for supre
macy. Hut it wat soon over; the Cm
federate! could not bold on' against the
heavy udds, ami relrent was the only
1 4rii e from capture or nniiiliilntion.
One after another llio lines broke, ami
in tho darkness of the niight tho Con
federates found them iclvcs absolutely
disorganized, companies lust front their
commands, soldiers fnon their com
panies, ami every man i-tiugghng to
keep out of the cm ny's hall 1.
"To the bri ilifis!" w it tin cry.
The scnttoiod Confeilcr.ilos rnslied to
tho bridge to nsrnpe to tins (ie.irgir. sid
only to llnd it in Haines! Sonui had jet
ton over in safely and ninny went though
tho best they could, lighting tiro nml
picking their way through tlio sputter
ing timbers.
Among the but to p'iss the budge
was Second I.b'iitcilant Charley II iwe I
of ('niiipiiiiy t', Fust iJenrgtn Hegiinrnt
a buy, fence IS veins of nr.e. lie
xtas lii-it fioin his company nml found
himself a Hi ranger anion;' stiageis, bu
the (lay uniform ho wore called a kind
svoril from n strapping Texan stIio, like
him, was a refugee, but hnd fortuniitely
escapeil on horseback, find had Micco-d-ed
in brinirin;; another bortu with him
which he led.
'Want to riilni" mill the Texsn, nd
ding hurriedly, "Hettergit up; w ain't
(ot no time to upare!'1
No sooner Raid than done, and over
the roul lcidin from Columbus toward
Grceoville, in Meiiweather county, the
little I.ieutonant ami tho siunly Tex.it
j.it;cil nhmji together in tho il ukm-3i
of tho niyht.
The Texan wns on his way to M icon,
where he hopeil to join friends, anil
I.icut. Howell wns on his way home to
Atltntn, nnd hn w.inte I to pet there by
tho most direct route, which accounted
for hie not accepting the (jenerom cITt
f his companion to "keep your hone
and eonvuin with mo to M.ieou." They
tep irate I after a tl.iy'a riile tother,
ono eontinuinfj north towardi AtUntn,
nml tho other lealiiitf ;i rulerlcs hor-iu
toward Macon.
tn tho necoiid tl.iy nfler tho tllit at
(lirird, Lieut. Howell found hiniielf
near Witvorly Hall, in llirns county.
Tho turn wii3 sinking over tho moun
tains, which rise in that scrtinn as if by
bcnio error of nut mo, an I th traveller,
almost exhausted, a wonlcrinr where
be would rest for tho niht. Tho read
hugged a mountain stream, aud a bend
brought i i fuli view a mill cor.ily nes
I li d ou its banks, while across the r ad
was ono of thoro I'l l-tinio Nuithcrn
mansion", of iniinaculato white, with
broad pietjts, and possessing an air of
hospitality which siwnud to sav, "como
lis." Several ladies wero about tho
yard, two in dc" mourning, nssomi ap
peared, for husband who had gone to
the war never to retina. Tin gray coat
at the gate atti acted their ryes and
openod their hearts. "Come in," they
sM, "wo wi l do tho brt wo ran for
you. Von .ire hungry. We have but
jittle loft, but what wo huve we wi l
thnre. "
boon the traveller's story was told.
Tho party were fe tied en the broad
jdiii overlook in,; tho mill, aud tho
chirping of tho cricket, the monotonous
hum of the wnter p aying with the mill
wheel, and the noise of a gentle wind
toying with tlio limbs of the towering
onks, lent nn sir of solemnity to the oc
ension. There lire sounds of tlio rattcrini; of
horse's hoofs!
In another minute the bend is round
ed, aud two horsemen, magnificently
equipped and in full iinifonn of Fcdeial
cavalry, hnstily dismount at the ;;ato of
the mansion!
"The Ynnkers! Tho Yankees!'
screamed tho holies iu contternalion.
'1 ho riders had promptly "covered'
the young officer with thi-ir revolvers,
nnd, advancing toward the house, ono ol
them, inraptnlu'a uniform, said:
"Have no fear, la lies ; we will not
harm you." Then, turning to I.'o'ut.'
Howell, tho speaker contiiiirid:
"You sui lender?"
'i must; I nin unarmed."
"You are a roboli"
"I'm not culled such our way, 1 ut if
the term mils you, nil right."
"You wear a Lieutenant's stripes, I
e thny take 'cm yoiini; down heio."
"Not too young t Ii ;ht. "
'Well, come on, wj will liavo lo
Inki you in c!iar;;e,'' an I th three left
tin) y hi I, tlio cavalry men in iiinling
and the prisoner followMig on foot.
In this way they left tho old mansion,
turning southward. Soon tho CipUiu
turned to his prisoner with the remark:
"You wid Ii id it hard work to k"cj up
will in mi foil; hidu't you bolter get
up behind .1 ilrif ' iuii:ioiiiiig to his ,it-ti-ii'l.int.
And ;;et up behind John ho
did, nnd in this wsy I hoy indo for sev
eral hour'.
Late iu thi night Cipl. I.outhan, fi r it
was ('apt. J. W. I. nilliaii of the Seveu
leenlh Indian Cavalry, hit attond iut
and prisoner, lenched his roinmand
about 75 mm win hid let mi detailed ns
scouts nfler tin (Vlumhns light. In
tho menntimi tho Captain h i I sai I to
his jn isoner that if ho would pronii-e
not to alti niit to ecapo he would bu
treated properly nnd piuleclcd in camp
from nay trouble. Toe promise m do,
tho young lieutenant f :lt easy. Whan
they joined tho eomiuin I of scouts the
soldiert a r m id the camp llres eyed tho
prisoner tho only ono in camp- -in-ipi
sitively, and a burly l'eiinsylv.ininii
remarked, the Captain having turned
aside :
"What do you want with that little
rebel? We'll just have to k ill hi in lo
get rid of him !''
"Captain," said tho piisoucr next
morning, "they mo talking nb tut kill
ing me; am I to be protected!"
"Who tnlke 1 a'lo'.it it? ' thn ollh cr
nuked.
"That man there," pointing to the
I Viinsyl vaniaii who had madii the threat.
"Conf.xiiil you," null I the ollicnr,
".lon't you kiow that this is my prison
er, and I will shoot the man that touch
es him? '
To the prisoner ho sai l: "I have
your promise that you will not try to
esiape. I will tak'i you at your wonl
We am going from heie to Macon, nnd
may get into several skirnii'lcs on the
m m il. A horsrt provided lor you, and
when we get to tihtuig you must keep
to the reir."
o.i tho march to Maeon the scouts
fell into several wauu skirmishes, and
('apt. I.outhan w is always iu thn Irout.
"Ilfl wa ni bravo a null ns 1 ivcr
saw," said Mr. Howell in speaking of
him yesterday. ' Ho vhs a hard
fi;hter, nml always kept in front of
his men. Whenever svj stopp.-d on the
mirch nt houses along thn road ho w.n
ns gentle and ns kind to the Indies ns
any ma:i could be. Ho would say to
tli'm in assuring them ttvit their (tight
was unnecessary, Mulam, those mm
shall do nothing that your own soldnrt
would not do. You will oblige us with
soiuething to rnt, nnd I trust you w.l
not consider it pi mder on our put. It
is ono of thn exigencies of' war.' "
At this time the IV le rajs held M icon
it wns the week that l.eu f.ui renilere I
nnd a tbon-and Confedrial i j rininets
wero undtr j;iinrd in n large cotton
wnrehoiHo in that city. Cup'.. I. milim
j lined his r unman I i t .M.un , n.vl his
stng'o prisoner fell into tho w indinuse
with the other piisouers. A da nnd a
night ho stayed there, almost sutTorate I,
pooily fed, nnd scarcely cue I for at all.
(iu tlio tec md day C.ipt. I. n:than, at
olli'.cr of the day, xiw him Ihiouli
olio of tho waiehcii.ti windows, near
which he wax standing, mid exclaimed:
' Why, I forgot about you. You
must get out of that !'
Tho Captain elbowed hit way through
the j mi of (irisoncis, and, telling hi in
to "como nlong," led the pti-nier cut
nnd carried him to his lent in the I :rik
of the (Vmulgee.
"You will siiiy here," he svti, "and
with the prom se that you w t I r niem
tier that you are my piisoner, and that
you will report hero thie i tlni-s a d iv,
at meals, 1 wdl iclicve you of g.mrd."
():i tho third day thu Cap ain, remark
ing that "th'5 tr mlile was about over,"'
ask:d his prisoner if he would ancpt a
onrolo. ' I run get it for you, and you
enn go home, nnd Hc.iven prosper you."
And thin it was lint I.ieut. Howell
finished hia war experience and rcturne I
to Atlii itit.
And noiv for the after war part of tho
story !
Naturally Mr. Howell, no longer
f.lcutenant, has often wondered what
bfcamc of the brave Federal Cnpta'n, to
whose kindness ho was so much in
debted. Four yeirs ago, wbilo on n trip
through the West, he conclude I to go
to the meeting of tlio (band Army of
the Republic nt Minneapolis, hoping to
find some 1 1 lire of him there, iiul he
could hear nothings
Several weeks ago, in casual conver
sation with Mr. 1 1 a M. Snarl,, with
('apt. Jacobs in clung') of (ho work on
our new army post, something about tho
story was mentioned.
' I think I enn tind him," said Mr.
Swart., and find him ho did, nt Dun
kirk, Ohio, to which place Mr. Howell
nt onco wroto him. A few days ngo a
reply rnmn, ns follows:
I ree"ived your letter soimp lnv nro; was
filed to heir from you. I reen' ej tho timu
Hint I wns out .scouting nn I picked you up.
I am truly glad Hint you found mo out nnd
w rote to in . I svould lik to no
down to your place and i'.i you and visit
somn ( f the Im'tlefleMs. I would nlso like to
attend a reunion of Wheeler and Korre-t's
eavnlry. The Inst two yours of tho wnr tho
prineipnl fighting we did wns with them. I
do not liolong to th Grand Army of the Re
public, as I livcnboiit five miles from town,
nnd it is too far for me to attend the mei't
ini;s. I fend copy of tlio Kenton Democrat
with your letter tome. My political faith is
Deiui'crntie. II oping lo hear from you soon,
I remain, yours truly,
J. W. l.nl'TliAX, Dunkirk, O.
A letter has already gnuo. inviting
('apt. I.nuth.in to com", down. Attinlu
Cons'it utwn.
The I pas Ti re.
Fupernntiiral, almost diabolical, in
fine ii-s nie attributed to tho famous
upas tree, which, according to nil ac
counts, is so dcally that if ahot wind
pisses over it nn odor is carried
along which is fatal to whosoever
breathes it. Old letters, written
from I'm it in Dili by "The Tmkish
Spy," ile ciibe a plant cultivated in a
garden in the city that blasts all that
grows within ten cubits of its toots.
They call it "ill neighbor. " He de
dans that there was u withered ciiclu
around it, while the tree Itself wan
green and thrifty. There is a tradition
of a poison or upas tree that grows in
the Island of Java, front which a putrid
steam rises and kills whomsoever it
tout lies. Focrsch, n Dutch physii i in
(1711), says: "Not a tree ora blade of
glass is to bo found iu tho valley or sur
rounding mountains. Not a beast or
bird or reptile or living thing lives in
the vicinity. On one occasion 10'M)
refugees encamped within 14 miles of
it, mid nil but .'MD died within two
month." The lul-i hood of this story
is c posed by ll 'iiuell, who says: "Tho
treo upa while growing it ipiile in
nictwus, though the juice may bo us- d
for poison ; the w h"lu neighboilt iod is
most richly covered with vegetation;
men may fearlessly walk under the tree
nnd bird; roost in itt branch"." Dir
win, in his "Loves of the I'lants," has
pei p.'tuiiled Focnch's fable when ho
s.tys :
' tll th" blasted hrvil'l
Fell l's sits, tho hydra tree of death.' '
It is probable that the f.ibb) of tho
blighting inlliieiicj of the upas tree has
hem derived from thi fact tint lli-rn is
in Java a small tract of land on which
nothing cm live. Thi-. ii earned, not
by the "fell upas,'' I ut by emulations
of rartmiic n.i I gi-, w hit h arc con
stantly going on. At tin sa:oo titni it
is ipiite t:uo tint the j lice of the up&i
is a deadly poison.
Rcmctly Against lied Sjibleri.
rome interest in-, expel intents hivo
been enried o:t at Amher.t by S. T.
Mayuaid, th; hoiiic ibiui't of tho
Massachusetts Agiii ultur.il Fxperiment
Station, which indicate that cvapomted
sulphur is not only a go id fungicide,
but that it is nil exce lent rente ly
against the common red spid-r. Tito
remedy consists iu heating kettle of
sulphur for three or four hours twice or
three times a week to nearly boiling
point in the room with infested plants,
care being taken not to heat it so bat
it will tike lire, but cvap r.v ing cuoit'h
to fill the room with vis ble vapor nu I
to m ike the sulphur olor perceptible.
Sj perfect a reir. sdy is this claimed to
I p, that infested plants exposed for a
few hairs in tho room where sulphur it
used nie said to In completely freed..
.V e ttili: A ncrU-m.
Fngairetl.
John Digg (to slassnvitcO: Well,
J.t k, collego days sro over. What are
you going to do for a living?
.Tick Fastsctt: llccu engaged
Uich A, Co.
"What for!1'
"!j 'U- in-law."
(IIII DUKN'S COM MY
flow POl.t.V AND rKTfcll KKrT HOl'SB.
My uncle is threshing with Freddy;
My mother has gono to the fair;
I've vowed to 1m sternly us steady.
And baby silo's tied in her ehnlr.
I must brush up the hearth to look neater,
And ut all the ten-cups awav
There's no ouu to help in- but I'etor,
And I'eter why, Peter's at play.
Just hoar how the turkeys nro crying,
And the calf is as hungry nt two!
1 lU'e if the oheriiesare drying,
All I then there's Hie chiiruiiii( to do.
In slimmer we churn in th lar,
So Imliv can com th"i e to stay
1 must think of a story to tell h -r
While Peter but Peter's al piny.
It in time tiit the chicken wns over,
And my mending Is scarcely b un
Here's I'eter com" up from the clover.
And we never have iliun-T till ono.
I ll just llillke this sane -n hit sweeter
And bring out H-imernkes on a tray
He in us.' be well trentisl. Hor Pet-r,
Hi does work so hnnl at his play.
Horn iVnif ff'onifne in St. .Vieioos.
A M'Altli'lW I IISSKN AS Al.l.lll STOIt.
An alligator an I nn Kngtisli sparrow
were seen lo engau'O in a I on 1 1 i near
Darien, (in., the other day. Tin 'gnlot
provoked the light by snapping nt the
hint, which i-i turn Hew furiously nt its
ugly antagonist, nhii'iif with precision
nt the siitt ian'.i eyes. The 'gntor finally
gave up tie! eon'eit, nnd sought safety
from the sparrow's attacks by hiding it
self under wnter. .StMnnnA AVim.
A KMIWIMI ( A.NAItV.
Ciliary bird t me easily trained, ns we
told you i itch I If. Two of our girls
send us the following letter about one
belonging to their mint. Kverjbidy
delights in a trained bird nnd there is lit
re non why boys mid girls should not
teach their little pets alt tho tricks our
young friends h-re tell us about.
Di:au Mil. F.idTuii After rinding
about canary birds in your paper we
thought you would like to hear nbout
one our nu it has in Washington. It Is
very lam mid Hies timolol tho hens;
both up and down stairs. One day lie
followed griinilmi out into the front
yard without her knowlcdgo. She was
sciired when she found him on tho step,
but spoke sharply to him, saying,
"I'ete! you rascil! go in the house.'
Hitherto lur surpiie he turned and
hopped in.
hen any one uses tin- type tvi iter he gets
on the carriage and tides back an 1 forth,
sometimes limning alonr on it at if
tiying to b at it. I In will go to n
stranger when spoken to, mid he never
gels tired playing with any one. He
will also lie on his hack iu thn palm of
your hand nn I play "d ad bird."
People often bring their friends tn
see him, ns he is so ver amusing.
Itrsidcs, he is a beauliful singer.
imii.
Diik is a little bl.iciv an 1 while dog,
whom its young niislrets loved with all
the si gib of her young, warm heart.
One day, not iiiiiny weeks ago, when
the dog nut was permitted to drive
thio'ieh tlio streets mid sieil dogs, Dick
was taking a walk w ith hit mistress mi I
her lie 'I her; ho was t lose nt their heels,
but w is sp el by one of thn bipeds that
nee unpanied tho dog cart. Tho man
ilarled for the dog and reached it before
the little girl could get her anus around
it. She begged nnd pleid in vain,
'llio policemin, who was ib tiilcd on tho
carl, threaten" I to arrest th w orn in and
thild, who begged nnd crie I for their
pet. Si dick was taken nwiy.
The 'itte girl h id two dollars saved,
ropper by copper, and arme I with this
all her wealth die w i taken to tho
pen where thn d gs were kept, awaiting
their slaughter. "Dick !" she crie I, and
out from a crow I of dogs, gieit and
sin ill, her litt'e p it rushed. II T dog
secured, she laid tho whole of lur sav
ings in the man's hand ammom. And
I then, became dogs cannot enter the
street cars, tin child ii'td her mother
tiudged from below tho barracks to
their homo which i not farbe'.o.v Jick
' son street; tired, yet so hippy, hugging
i tight that dear Dick, whoso loss had
caused such sorrow nnd whoso life sho
had bought with every cent iu her littlo
savings bank. XinOrU'irt 1'iciyitne.
The lrowy Foppy In New Hole.
Thus far in it career tho poppy has
been commonly regarded as a purely or
namental work of nature. The poppy
wits supposed to have been created to
delight, not to help mankind, lint it
would seem that this view of tho poppy
does the (lower rank injustice. It is
now reported tint "iho poppy forms a
network of roots that cannot bo exter
minated without great dilliculty, and it
is therefore adniirnble for keeping em
bankments in plac !." Aud it is added
that "French engineers aro now sowing
newly construed' I railway embankments
with poppies, with a view to prevent
their destruction by heavy rains." Peo
ple who hnvo spoken s ightingly of the
peppy will sen tho propriety of apolo
gizing, and of r incmlMTiin that one
mustn't despi e tho day of small things.
A "WHITE CHIEF."
Colonel Jordan, a Pale-faced
Leader of the Sioux Nation.
How He Persuaded the Indians
to Cede Their Land3.
The "white chief whoso mnrringn to
n'ipisw princess put it in his power to
become a leader of the Sioux Nut ion is
(' loud Charles P. Jordan, nnd to his
iu fluent c nioro than to that of any other
w hite man, except lieneral Crook, is due
thn ratilicat inn nt the great Ho'cbud
Agency of the net dividing the Ind an
re'crvalmn in sevemhy among the Sioux
nml opening up to tho while! a vast mid
fertile tract of bind in Dtkota. Mr.
J rdn'i not un naturally fee's pleased
with the result of the labors of the Com
mission nt llosebud, where he it now the
(iovcrnnient'-s licented trader, nnd where
he was for a yeiir or two in partnership
with Marion D. Lytic, the stepson of
Pies.biil II arrisou's brother Car
ter, and nephew of (icnernl William II.
Lytic.
Colonel Jordan is a spnnj but well
proportioned man of keen, penetrating
eye, broufd fac, 1 rown lia r nnd inns
tache and medium he:ght. I!y right of
marriage to an Lilian princess he is a
"white chief," and has more influence
nmoiig tho Sioux than any other white
man pcrlinps in Dtkota. When nsked
how the Sioux wero persuade 1 to cede
their lands nnd what wero tho new and
ill nun' if fjatiirs of the ceremony, (.'olo
no. Joid ri t.i d :
"We first t-iil to 1 tho half bneds nnd
'fipuiw men' together nnd nrgued the
matter to them. The next day we ap
peared in the gnind council, which was
exclusive and where a large crowd had
assemble I. I made nn earnest speech
nftcr several chiefs ha I spoken bitterly
again .1 the bill. Afterward when the
main council with tlio commissioners
was he'd, when tho crisis was cxp t ied,
nml when hun lied t of w.nriort h id at
m milled, the In a I chief, Sivift Hear,
called upon mo to sp",ik after sevi rid
Indian chiefs had talked against the
bill.
"I referred to my sperc'i made in the
Indian toii icil nnd ndvanced other argu
ments. When I sat down I saw that
while many we e willing to sign, each
feared to take the initiativu fiom dr. ad
of the opposing chiefs. Know ing Crow
Dog, the s!. i ver of Spotted Tail, to be
all right, because of eon versa' ions I had
had with h'm, mil knowing tint he
was more feared mid fearless than nnv
other Iniliin, I ipiielly move 1 over to
wh in he sit and a ked him to c one
forward with ui'i and st.nt tint .signing.
' Ho git up, nnd another in flu ulial
India i, Standing Hear, in coiiip.inie I us
to the table nt which the Commissi mors
sat. Tiny both signed their nanus,
nml I then motioned to the head chief,
Swift li ar, to conn! forward. H1 did
to an I signed. Then the nnli m n
niencel, mi l two additional lab el had
to be suprtl ie 1 to nccomniod i1 e those
who wislcd fusion, nnd bundled : camo
forward, nnd the work win fivmably
commence I. The next day a'lothei
counsel with thn kic'icrs wnt held b-the
Commission nnd Two Strike and several
cither chronic kickers a ;iiin h.u rnngiied
ag lies' the bill, mid things looked veiv
unfavorable. When Two S nko had
concluded his bitter speech I sat in the
rear of (Jen. Cook and suggested that,
notwithstanding the unfavorable appear
ances of things, he notify all who d
sired to sign that they could d m at the
agency cilice. Too council then luoko
up and many started for the agency
cilice. I went there also n I, seeing the
crowd was unable to sign ns fast as wns
reipiiri'd, I inked that nn dbcr I ible be
furnished. This was done and enough
signatures were obtained to tnak" the
negotiat nuis successful here.
' Several councils wero he'd by the
Commissioners with the Indians, during
which time my lieu'cniiuts did tho in
terpret ing along with Louis K chards,
ami wheu the councils broke up the four
of us curalled tho kickeri and brought
most of them to time."
Colonel Jordan is nbnit forty yens of
ago. II" has feveral children by bis
Sioux wife, nnd a valuable and wed
stocked tattle ranch uear Host-hud. The
influence of such men with the Indians
is cue of the most hopeful sii:ns of the
piogres tho twj ia es are miking to
wards a bitter urdrrstandinj; of each
othe '. St io Fi'rl r!,l.
Wealth Left by the I'nliiiowu Dead.
The banks of Uieat Mr tain, number
ing 3Sl have cb posited with them
$t, f.00, 00. i, 000 belonging to their cus
tomers, and it is calculated that a ron-t-iderahlo
portion (poihnpi a fifth) of
this vast amount will never be claimed.
N limbers of persons deposit money
w ithout any intimation of the fact to
l heir friends and then disappear from
the scene. A largo revenut is derived
f'c m notes burned, lost nt sea or vllter
w itc destroyed.
A I'l'iennbil Laugher.
Joseph O-car Johnson was sent to
Uoff Home, at M ison, tin. , a few clays
ago, and his rise is probably on1) of the
most temaikablc thut ever went to that
or any other hospital.
He Is a paralytic, nn I one sldo is en
tirely use'ess. The stroke camo on him
some two months ngo. I Iu is n locomo
tive engineer, mid was able to make a
good living. He had seen a good deal
of the world, mil generally snw the
biieli' sido of it. It was in the town
of C int mi, K. C, tint tbo stroke came
on him. He wns on a run thut t arried
him in'o that town. lie was one day
doing somn work on his engine nnd
talking to somn ono standing near.
At llm moment he received the blow ho
wns in the act of laughing and, strange
to say, tho muscles and nerves of the
face thai nro brought most into jilsy in
the net of laughing nie the ones that sic
must nlL eit il, and over these he has no
control whatever. If i feels, of course,
ns if there is l.ttle left for him lo live
for, being utterly helpless. Hut ho can
not think of it nor tell of hist roubles
nml thn doubts nnd fears that torment
him without laughing.
Ho has a wife anil fivo childien, nnd
when this nllliction rinio upon linn he
went lo his f.itlier-in-lnw, who lives in
Wilmington, N. C, nnd told him of
his condition and of his inability to care
further for his family, and telling him
nt tho same time that he did not wish to
bo a burden upon any one, but would
go somewhere aud seek seclusion nml
calmly nwnit tho c! ting of what was
henceforth to be n ueless life. The re
cital of his parting with his wife wns
most pathetic nnd he.irlreii'ling.yet with
tenrt in his ryes nnd a heart full of ago
ny he was forced to liiugh ns though ho
wns telling the mutt ludicrous incident.
He has wandered from ono country to
another, nml Ins frripiently gone for
several days without a morsel to out.
Kicciilly he spent a night in the woods
in a violent rain storm. His crini'lel
leg rcfil ed so serve him longer, and ho
was compelled without shelter, to take
the violence of the Ktoiui. His thin
clothing was wet to the skin, he snlT
t red tlie pangs of hunger, and the icci
tal of it meile him shit Idcr all over, jet
he laughed all tho lime he was (ell, tig
it. It was a most pitiful sight. lie
snyi he tlaic not go to church lest he be
:r rticd of making sport of the services
and be leipioted to leave tho chinch.
And as for a funeral it would be out of
the ipie tion for him to attend oil".
Catlle llrcecliiig.
T.iat ' blood will tell' ' is ns tine of
catlle as nf luusns or any other ibmr'sli
c ate I animals. Piiceds of tattle can hi1
improved ju-t at suiely mid with in
good iisults ns trolling or ititinine, bo -sis
can be bred to a lii ;h simulant of
ec clh lice; and it is of inleiest lo kumi
that lunch mote attention is bring paid
to the bleeding of cattle ill thn l ulled
Slatet nt present than wns tho can for
nr'ily, when everything with a tail nnd
hi le and horns was considered 1
enoiiih for ran ;e or farm cat tie.
Kicli.ud .1 iluisoii of the 1 in i o i ii ef
Aniinil linlus:ry h.n jint ictuined to
S'. Lou's from a line" months' trip
through the emtio districts of he West,
the obj'ct of his trip hating been to as
certain the condition of f urn and ningc
stock, aid t'speciil y to leniii what nn
pinvcni 'iits hive been undo in t he gi.i'le
of stock on the ranget. lie says that on
the whole the result of his cxnininal ion
is satisfactory, nnd that in most of the
cittle-ini-ing paits of tho West the
grade of tin) cattbi is improving.
lie calls pmticiilnr attenl ion to thn
changes which me Inking place in tho
Southwest. The Texas long hern, a
sinewy animal, is being rapidly replaced
by a cross between the Dm ham and
Di'Vcn, and the average weight of the
catlle in that section is gr-.'ater by moie
than ll" pounds than it has ever been
be fore.
When one thinlis of the enoimoiis
number of rattle ranol evert year in
the Southwell, especially in 'lexis, the
fac t of an average increase of 100 pounds
in weight to each animal presents itself
in its true light, an I givet an i lei of
the increasing wealth nf the uiiiitry.
.Sr V.i'icc m (Vcniii-V.
Dead nl Hie Age or 1'b).
A icm.iik iiblc old Turk has just gore
to his rest. Had ji Soliinan Sili was LiO
ycai s of age and counted bis ilesienl
nnts by scores sll of whom, however,
aie pt.m Ichildron ami great
gtnndehililren, as he loaves no sons
or daughters living. He hail seven wives,
all of wiiom, like his sons ami daugh
ter, died before him. Hard work antt
simple living seem to havo been the se
cret in enabling Sabn tn neirly double
the allotted span. Except on occasions
nf high festival barley bread, brans and
water made up hi diet. He labored til
ihe fields ns a farnvr, livin much in
j the open air nnd wearing M-niccly sny
clothes. A mattiess and a straw mat
! constituted his bed. Ho wns never ill
tiulit thico day before his dostU.
The Cowboy iu the East
Tho I nd ih lis he sissies nnd frrutliL-l nd
slupied and slew and slHiiKhtereci;
Hw'd boot, nnd tboot the howling ItiV, who
sipn iiled and reeled and tottered;
He'd bang and wining nt every giuig of rob-
b i and marauder,
The horse thief strung on thn limb he liuiig,
and thus kept law and order.
In every (lxht big luck he struck nnd never
met disaster;
In glen mid tleii, 'mid brutes met men, hu
never found a master;
No gash or slosh could ever dash iini'iist his
front lerrillo,
No fo eollhl s'lllld his red right llltlld Hint
6'iifigrsl so H-icntillc.
The rmtlesiiiiko h" punched and crunched;
lie overthrow tic bisni;
Ho sought and fought nu nwliil lot o h
liensi 'in iil Ii the horizon.
No M-nr or j ir could ever iiuir, no burin
could evi-r get him,
lint winii of breiitli mi I speedy dentil o'er-
t'Hik nil things Hint met loin.
Hut to the town he enmo for fain", h" moved
Into the city;
He fell, nh wa ll ! 1 grieve to tell - the ,,Hy ; -
oh the pity!
He'd hit mid split his head, nnd get a bruise
nt every crossing,
And the hi nlie man nnd the moving vmi his
mmigleil foi in was tossing.
Whene'er he ei'iissi' tho stris-t his fis't tvilh
wheels and things were tnugled;
And his frmno becnine a bloody sluiiii", nil
maimed nnd in ms-.il mid iiiangltsl;
Ho d full an I sprawl right thro' it all, his
bulles all dislocated,
With most of his face stuck on tho w rong
place, ami both of liis f.t't iiiisiunte l.
And soon it ramu to puss the gas tho big gns
house expliiiK d -And
he nh met - wns hit, you see, ho didn't
know it was Inn. I. -I.
Oh, my! In tho sky he shot ns high its war
coiitrneliir's bouuti-s,
And his seal -red frame wais found, they
claim, iu intieti en dilTcrciit t-fiiintii si
V. If. yVivs, id I'd ii A re ;n.e.
Ill MOISOIS.
One nut of a thousand '.t'.t'.l.
Onco more in our midst The water
melon. Out on a fly The dove when
ft
the Ark.
M nriage may not be a failure, but
there mo lots of Mis. mad') in matri
mony. S -mo people eat more than they need
so that it "won't go In wa-te." lint
that's just where it docs go to wnslo.
Noiah "An' has your mistress goo I
taste?" liriclget "(iood taste, its it?
Faith, her ibes-es look better on me
than do mo own."
Them is n good deal of humor writ
ten on the subject of marriage; but
allc r all matrimonial matches should lint
be made light of.
Ih let live --"Was your cashier tight
or et-liandtol f" Hank President
"Ibght, I should say; nothing be colli I
get his hands on is left. "
Ml Magnus I think travel broadens
one; don't you think so, Mrs. Lofty?
Mis. Lolly -oh, la! yes. Why, I gain
ten or fifteen pounds every time I go to
Yin i up.
A little girl in Pietlmonl, W. Vn.,
who was given a drink of li..ing inlii
cinl water the oilier tiny, took n sup of
it nnd then exclnimel: "It tastes like
your foot's asleep!"
Smith "Say, Jonet, your wile is a
gradual!' of Ynssni, isn't she? ' Jmiec
"Yes." Sin it Ii "How many tongues
is she mistress ol ?" Jonet "Only one,
but by Jove that's a rustler!"
It nt anil Poll Parrot.
Chris l'tiiii i owns n poll parrot that is
a dandy. The other morning n rat,
lured by the luscious smells of the bake
shop, left the stenches of the cellnr iititl
fewer, and, climbing up st.iirs, made u
raid on cienni pulTs, gorged down n few
tarts, nibbled the macaroons, and mui
pletl the pies and gingerbread before his
depredations were d isc-overcil. The n he
was hustled oil with a vengeance, and,
rushing into tho room where the parrot
was, succeeded in breaking into Polly's
cage. Polly was playing cirrus with
her claws nnd bill, nml whin she spied
the nit she cinne down on his back with
I both claws mid he d it fiiinly t i tho
1 bottom of the tage. 'lie rut lolled
over and twisted itt head around,
j Sipiealing like mad as Polly pecked at
j its eyes and soon bad them both out.
1 he rnt snapped and tore iul suinii of
Polly's feathers, but she held fast to then
varmint nnd suecottled iu kilting it.
Then mounting her perch nml n tiling
her feathers about lu r neck, she an
nounced, "Polly wnnts a maker. ''
To Tell Twins Apart.
'Ppcskin' of twins," said old man
Chutnpins, "theie was two boys rai ed
in our neighboihool that looked jnst
alike to the t ilyin' day. I.om didn't
have any teeth and his brother Dave
did, but they looked pree-cisely ulike
all the sumo. T'.io only way you could
tell 'em apart wns to put your finger in
Lem's mouth, and if ho bit yer 'twas
Dave." Ltwitlon (if ) JjttrnuL
Set tied.
Husband Half the time I
know whether lam crn.y or not.
Wife J kuow all the time.
don't
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