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E BAOTER-ENTERPRI 8E nn f. Editors anil PnMislien.' SMITH HEBAKE & WILLIAMSON, "COD WILL HELP THOSE WHO TRY TO HELP THEMSELVES.' VOL. III. STAND LIKE THE AHVIL. " Stand like tho anvil," when the strokes Of alwurt men full fierce and fast ; Storms but more deeply root the oak, Whose brawny arms embrace the blast. Stand liko the anvil," when the sparks Fly far nnd wide, a fiery shower ; Virtue and truth mnst still be marks Where malice ravos its want of power. f Stand like the anvil," when the bar Lies red and glowing on its breast Duty shall be life's leading star, And conscious innocence its rest. "Stand like the anvil ;" noise and heat Are born of earth and die with time ; She soul, like God, its source and Boat, Is seldom still, serene, sublime. FAITH REWARDED. CIl AFTEK I. "You will bo back a3 soon as you ran, Edith? You know how I dislike being left alone." Mrs. 5irtram spoke fretfully, and looked as if she rather resented her daughter's going out at all. " Ami you will think over what I have said to you about Dr. Ashby ? Vou know, my dear, some one must niako a sacrifice; I'm sure I'm willing to do anything, but what is there a helpless invalid can do? If you would only look at the matter from a reasonable point of view you would not hesitate. Just think of Blanche and Eva, what is to become of those poor, darling ch ldren ?" Edith sighed deeply; she had been thinking of the children all tho morn ing while teaching them their lessons and correcting their exercises, trying to coax Bee to practice, nnd Eva to get through her French vorbs, think ing what a comfort it wouid be if they could both bo sent off to a good Bchoo), where they would be taught obedience; for though she had all the trouble, she had not the slightest con trol over them. It only seemed liko playing at les sons to have Edith for a governess, while to her It was weary, weiring work, added to all her other anxieties and worries. For everything seemed to fall on Ediths shoulders. Airs. Bertram was a fretful, rather selfish person, who suffered from nervous headaches, and on tho strength of them took very littli intere t in the affairs of her sraal and straitened household, except to perpetually find fault, and grumble at the hard fate that had placed her in such circuin stances. She was a pretty wo:nan, with soft fair hair nnd violet eyes, and useless little white hands ; and though Edith Bertram felt it keenly when her father brought home a young wife to the Dingle, Bhe did not wonder when she looked at the pretty clinging girl who looked little older than herself, and seemedl so sweit, shy and amiable Edith was fifteen, and her step-motler twenty-two, though she did not look nearly so old. And just at first, things went on smoothly enough at the Dingh. Mrs. Bertram made no changes, and Edith was still housekeeper, and took care of her father as she had done for five yearj, ever since her own mother had died. But after a few months the sweetness and shyni ss rubbed off, and Mrs. liertrani exhibited a sharpness of temper and petulance of manner that was anything but pleasant. The doctor, amiable and easy-tempered to a fault, gave in to her in everything. First she had Edith's drawing-master sent away, as she thought it mere waste of time and money ; then tho music-teacher was dismissed on ths plea that, as Edith was not g dug to be n mu.-dcnl governess, it was absurd to keep on learning, as she played quite well enough already. Then Mrs. Bertram began to find fault with Jack Clifford, the doctor's assistant, nnd made it so unpleasant for him that ho declared one day he could not stand it any longer. "I've made up my mind to go to the Cape, Edith, to make my fortune," ho said, and she could only bid him good bye, with tear-dimmed eyes and fal tering voice. She could not ask him to stay, for it did not s em like home at the Dingle, and all her authority was gone. " But I'll come back, Edith," Jack added, holding both her hands. "I'll return to you. Will you trust me, darling, nnd wait?" "Yes, Jack. I will," she replied, simply. And the next day he left with a formal farewell. Only ECith knew what a disappointment it was to Jack, and how all his hopes wero blighted and his plans altered. The doctor ha 1 promised to make him his partner, an 1 that one day he should succeed him; jbut for some inexplicable reason he had been cold and distant of late, and It seemed a positive relief when Jack was gone. Six months aft r the bank in which Dr. Bertram had deposited the savings cf his whole life, and Edith's fortune inherited from her mother, failed sud denly everything was lost, and the -doctor never recovered the shock of it. i "If 1 only had Jack to stand by me I might have borne It," he said, sadly; "he would have been a son t mo in my adversity ; But Jack was gne, none knew whither, and Mrs. Bertram began to dimly realize that she had done a fool ish thing in driving him away, for the doctor grew every day more feeble, and at length was forced to sell his practice and house, and move Into a tiny cottage on the outskirts of the village, where, after a few months, he died of a broken heart. The money he had received for his practice and the Dingle, and an insurance on his life, was all he had to leave his wife and children, and invested in the most care ful way, it Drought them in less than a hundred a yeai. l'oor Edith found it bard work to make both ends of sue a narrow in come meet, and after a few months - .1 it !ta1u tt J v niutajoupv In ,1., gne iuuiiu ii wwuvvy ... v."-, 'j " j something to earn more money. She( tould not go away as a governess- first, because her stepmother had cut short her education at the most critical time, and, beside, she could not leave, her little sisters. But her music she had always kept up, and the village church happening to be in need of an organist, the vicar offered her the situ ation, which she gratefully accepted; and after a time she secured a few music pupils, and in that way helped out their narrow Income. But the hardest work of all was teaching and taking care of Blanche and Eva. They were pretty, willful, spoiled children, indulged by th "ir mother, and unac customed to any sort of control or dis cipline. " During the doctor's lifetime they had a nursery governess, and Edith never imagined till she came to have sole charge of them how much poor Miss Lee must have suffered at their hands. There was' but" one bright spot in the rather 'wearing, monotonous life, the daily walk with the children. For their health's sake and her own she made a point of taking them out every tine day for a ramble through tho woods and shady lanes. Ashmead was in the center of a beautiful country ; not a railway in sight ; no smoke from furnace or factory stainel the clear, pure air ; nothing but rich corn-fields, fertilo valleys, cool shady woods and mossy lanes, with a merry little brook flashing like a gleam of summer light ning through the meadows. It wai a positive delight to saunter idly along in the glorious sunshine and gather the wild flowers that grew so luxuriantly at their feet, and weave ropes and chains and wreaths of blossoms. It seemed like new life to get clear of the house, with its narrow confines and sordid cares; ami of late thero ha I come a new element of distress into poorEnith's e.iistnce. For a whole year Dr. Seymour Ashby. her father's successor, had boun a constant visitor at Eglantine cottage. It was amazing how many excuses ho found for culling at first, and how soon he began to call without an excuse, nndoneday he pro posed in duo form to Mrs. Bertram for Edith, and she gave him every en couragement to try his fortune for him self. "Of courso you'll accept him, Edith," she said, eagerly. " It will bo such a blessing to us all. Dr. Ashby is young, rich, clever, handsome. What more can you possibly want? And he really loves you most devotedly." "But I don't love him," Edith re plied. " Then you ought, and I'm sure you will in time ; and beside, as I said be fore, some one of us must make a sac rifice for tho children's sake. Do think it over bsforo he talks to you, Edith." "Yea, IM think it over," was tho somewhat weary reply, as Edith put on her hat and took tip her basket to join the children, who were waiting impatiently outside. But it was not of Dr. Ashby, but of Jack Clifford, that she thought, as she sauntered through the fields Jack, who had lift her six years before to innko his fortune, and, despite his promise, had never returned. chapter ir. Knee-deep, apparently, in the golden, full-eared wheat, Edith and her sisters sauntered idly along, Eva first, gather ing tho brightest of everything, till her basket was full 1 1 overflowing scarlet poppies, Marguerites, grac 'ful clematis, rich leaves mellowing with the first early autumn tints, long trail ing sprays of amb r-velnel ivy, and nodding golden grasses all sorts of wayside and woodland treasures. They were returning from lla.eldell farm, where the children had rested for half an hour, an 1 eaten home-ma le bread and butter, and drank milk with the yellow wrinklod cream on it, and helped themselves to the remains of late amber gooseberries that bordered the garden path. It was always a treat to go to Hazeldell farm, but had Edith known that there were seven children 111 in tho next farnihouso she would have chosen some other direc tion. She had trie 1 to th'nk Dr. Ash by's proposal over calmly, and it cer tainly seemed a safe and easy way out of all their dilllcult'es. He was ri h and willing to undertake the children's education; h'i would make an addition to Mrs. Bertram's income, whxh would enable her to live In comfort at some watering place (though Mrs. Bertram meanttomake the Dingle her home); everything he proposed was kind and thoughtful, and she was very grateful, but In heart she felt she did not love Seymour Ashby, and, what was more than that, s'ie never should love him. Friendship, esteem, affection perhaps. she might in time bi nblo to give him, but no second growth of love would ever spring up in her heart. Edith's was an intense, patient, faithful na ture, giving much and exacting little in return. She was willing to wait, as she had promised Jack Clifford, to wait all her life if need be 'ut there were th5 children and her stepmother help less and dependent on her. nearly some one would have to make a sac rifice, and with eiual clearness Edith saw that it must be herself. So she resolved to accept Dr. Ashby's pro posal, and tried to assure herself that she was acting for the brst. Presently she heard a step behind her on the narrow path, and looking round she saw the doctor approach ing ; a till handsome man, dressed in a suit of tweed, with a g'engarry cap pulled down over his eyes ; as different from his predecessor, Dr. Bertram, as a man could be, but with a dash and cleverness mea of the old school never possessed. "I have been trying to overtake you for ten minutes, Miss Edith," he said, falling just a step behind, for the path was too narrow fof two, "I have something of Importance to say to you." Yes. doctor," she replied calmly, though her heart beat fast and every trace of color left her face. "You know what I would say, RALEIGH, K. Editfc you must have seen during all those months how I love you. I want you to be my wife. Your mother has given me permission to address you, and given me some little reason to hope that you will listen to me. Tell me, Edith, can you or do you care a little about me?" For a minute or two Edith was silent, then she told him all the truth, how they were situated, how sho had liked Jack Clifford, but for six years had not heard anything of him, and how, if she consented to be his wife, he must be content with mere esteem and affection, for she had no love to bestow. " You are honest, Edith, and truth ful," he said in a very low voice, "and I thank you for tho confidence you have reposed in me, but I must think this rauttm-ovui. 1 loe you far too well to risk your happiness in any way. Six years is a long time to be faithful to a silent lover, Edith." , " We were scarcely lovers, doctor," she replied, with a sad little smile. "Jack just said, 'I'll come back Edith; will you wait ?' and I said I would that was all. But poor papa was alive then, and we were rich ; now every thing is so different. For myself, I am content as I am, but the children I" "Ah, yes, the children something must be done for them. They are far too much for you. Did you say Jack Clifford went to the Cape, Edith, and that you never heard from him?" " Yes, he said he was going to make bis fortune in the diamond fields, but he never wr.Ao, so I da.ro say ho was not successful, poor fellow I Indeed, I think lie must be dead." "I think not," Dr. Ashbyreplied, thoughtfully. "Once more, Edith, I thank you heartily for your candor and confidence, and I will como to you for your final answer at the end of a month. Till then, good-bye," and the doctor lifted his cap, and turned down a by-path that led to the Dingle, and poor Edith went home more perplexed than ever. "It's a wholo month since we've seen Dr. Ashby whatever did you say to him, Edith ?" Mrs. Bertram said one evening ; tho house has seemed wretchedly dull without him. Y'ou did not surely refuse him point blank?" "No, I did not refuse him," Edith replied, weari'y; she had answered nearly the same question every day for four weeks, and was tired of it. She was looking pale ami worn, but Mrs. Bertram never had eyes for any one's illness but her own. "Mamma," Eva cried, bursting into the room, " here's the doctor and an other gentleman I" And Mrs. Bertram smoothed her fluffy hair and put on her amiable smile, while Edith's heart began to beat fiercely. She had thought the matter over from every point of view, add at length came to the conclusion that it would be positively wicked to marry tho doctor while Jack Gilford was so much in her thoughts, and, come what might, she would not do it. Presently he came in alone, and, after a few moments' conversation, he asked her to walk with him for a few minutes in the garden. She went at once, longing to have the interview over, and burst into the subject di rectly. " I cannot be your wife, Dr. Ashby; I think it would be wrong of me to accept your proposal, feeling as I do. Please try and forgive me and let me go." 1 "First, let me introduce my friend," ho said, laying his hand on her arm, " anil my new assistant tho work of Ashmead is rather too much for me Miss Bertram Mr. Clifford." "Jack I" In a moment she was in lili arms, her face hidden on his shoulder, all the long years of absence and silence forgotten. She only felt that he had returned, nnd she was still free. Later she learned how it had all come about how llr. Ashby saw an advertisement in the papor, and guessed that " Jno. C." must mean Jack Clifford, lately returned from the Cape, and several old letters ho dis covered in a drawer in ono of the rooms of the Dingle convinced him that there was treachery at work somewhere. Sa he just engaged Jack, and then to'd him all about the Ber trams, and how Edith was still faith ful to him, though she never received one of his letters. The result was a very quiet wedding in Ashmead church, and on thnt day Dr. Ashby handed over the Dingle and. the practice to his partner, anil went to travel in South America, promising to return about the time Blanche was seventeen. Both the children he placed at s hool, and Mrs. Bertram.feeling very much ashamed of the part she had played in intercepting Jack's letters, loft Ashrnea'fl, and in a few years married a retired merchant at Brighton, and so never troubled her stepdaughter further. Jack Clifford is fast becoming the most popular doctor for miles around, and when Seymour Ashby returns. If he ever does, he will find the practice greatly extended. Edith is perfectly happy in her old home, the Dinsle, and never for a moment has regretted her perfect faith in Jack. Origin of the Caucns. Th9 origin of the term " caucus " is traced back to the Caucus club, Bos ton, of Uovolutionary days. This club was composed mainly of persons en gaged in ship-building. It was one of the most radical opponents of British oppression. It and the Merchants' club, of the same period, used to meet before elections and agree on candi dates for town and provincial offices. "Caucus" is believed to be a corrup tion of " caulkers." Farmers in the United States have fl2,210,I5:i,:t'2 of capital invested in their business. This sum includes farm1, implements, live stock, fertiliz ers and f dc a. C, THURSDAY, MAT INTANTILE TORXADO. TXI BAD BOY BOTTB A SODA WATEB HrTrlln the Grorrrr iH on About an Kxrltlng Kpimde thai Created a Coolness Between His r and 31. "Well, how's your eye?'' said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he blew in with the wind on the day of the cyclone, and left the door open, " Say, shut that door. Y'ou want to blow everything out of the store ? Had any more fights, protecting girls from dudes?" " No, everything is quiet so far. I guess eince 1 have got a record as a tighter, the boys will be careful who they insult when I i, a around. But I have tfad the hardest week I ever ex perienced, jerking soda for the Young Men's Christian association," said the boy, as he peeled a banana. "What do you mean, boy? Don't cast any reflections on such a noble as sociation. Thev don't drink, do they ?" " Drink I Oh, no! They don't drink anything intoxicating, but when it comes to soda they flood theirselves. Y'ou know there has beea a national convention of delegates from all the Y'oung Men's Christian associations of the wholo country, about three hundred, here, and our store is right on the street where they pass four times a day, and I never saw such an appetite for soda. There has been one continual fizz in our store since Wednes day. The boss wanted mo to play it on some of thorn by putting some brandy in with the perfumery a few times, but I wouldn't do it. I guess a few weeks ago, before I had led a different life, I wouldn't had to be asked twice to play tho game on any body. But a man can buy soda of me and feel perfectly safe. This Christian association convention has caused a coldness between pa and ma though." "How's that? Y'otirpa isn't jeal ous, is he? ' and the grocery man came around from behind the counter to get tlio latest gossip to retail to the hired girls who traded with him. " Jealous nolhin'," said the boy, as ho took a few raisins out of a box. "You see, the delegates were shuffled out to all the church members to take care of, and th -y dealt two to ma, and she never told pa anything about it. They came to supper the first night, and pa didn't get home, so when tin y went to the convention in the evening ma gave tliem a night key, and pa came home from the boxing match about 11 o'clock, and ma wai ashep. Just as pa got most of his clothes oil he heard somebody fumbling at the front door, and he thought it was burglars. Pa has got nervo enough when he is on the inside of tne house and the burglars are on tho outside. He opened a window and looked out and saw two suspicious-looking characters trying to pick the lock with a skeb-ton key, and he picked up a new slop-jar that ma had bought when we moved, cover and all, and dropped it down right be tween the two delegates, (iosh, if it had hit one of them there would have been tho soleinnet funeral you ever saw. Just m it struck they got the door opt ned and came in the hall, and the wind was blowing pretty hard and they thought a cyclone had taken the cupola oil tho house. They were talk ing about being miraculously tavid, and trying to strike a match on their wet pants, when pa went to the head of the stairs and pushed over a wire stand filled with potted plants, which struck pretty near the delegates, nnd one of them said the house was cumin -r down sure, and they better go into the cellar, and they went down and got behind the furnace. Pa called me up nnd wanted me to go down cellar and tell tho burglars we were onto them, and for them to get out, but I wasn't very well, so pa locked his door and went to b.-d. I guess it must have been half an hour before pa's cold feet woke ma up, and then pa told her not ti move for her life, 'cause tin ra wero two of the sav-agcst-looking burglars that ever was rumaging over the house. Ma smelled pa's breath to see if ho had got to drinking again, and then she got up nnd hid her oraide watch in her shoes, nnd her Onalaska diamond earrings in the Bible, where she said no burglar would ever find them, and pa and ma laid awake till d lylight, and then pa sa:d he wasn't afraid, and he and ma went down cellar. Pa stood on the bottom stair and looked around, and one of the delegates said, 'Mister, is the storm over, .and is your family safe,' iuid ma recognized the voice and said, ' Why, it's one of the delegates. What are you doing down there.' and pa said ' what's a delegate,' and then ma explained it, and pa apologized, and the delegate said it was no matter, as they had enjoyed themseWes real well in the cellar. Ma was most mortified to death, but the delegates told her it was all right. She was mad at pa, first, but when she saw the broken slo; bowl on the front stps, and the potted plants in the hall, she wanted to kill pa, and I gue-s she would cniy for the society of the delegates. She couldn't help telling pa he was a bald-headed old fool, but pa di !n't retaliate. He is too much of a gentleman to talk back In company. All he said was that a woman who is old eiuugh to have delegates sawed off on to her ought to have sense enough to tell her husband, and then they all drifted off into con- vrsaticn about tho convention and tho boxing match, and everything was aV right on tne suriace, out after breakfast, when the delegates convention, I noticed pa went right downtOn nnd bought a new i-l p-jar and some more plants. Pa and m i didn't sp?ak all the forenoon, and I guess they wouldn't up tothistima, only ma's bonnet come home from the milliner's, and she had to have some money to pay for it. Then she called pa pet ' and that settled it. When ma calls pa ' pet,' that is twenty-live dol lars. ' Dear old darling ' means fifty JUNE 14, 1883. dollars. But say, those Christian young men do a heap of good, don't they? Their presence seems to make people better. Some boys down by the store were going to tie a can on a dog's tail yesterday, and somebody said 'Here comes the Christian association,' and those bad boys let the dog go. They tried to find the dog alter the crowd had got by, but the dog knew his busi ness. Well, I must go down and charge the soda fountain for a picnic that is expected from the country." Peck's Sun. A Ratcatcher's Methods. In an interview with a professional ratcatcher a New Y'ork Sun reporter asked : "How do you clear a house of rats?" " If tho house has a soft cellar floor I can get the rats out, but I can't keep them out. If it has a hard founda tion, I hunt out all the holes leading from tho sewers and stop them up with sand and cement. Tnat prevents any more from g tting in and those in the house from escaping. You see, a rat is always on the move. He is never still, but go -s from the sewer to the house and back again very often. Having made the cellar tight, I find tho runways by whi h the rats go from one floor to another. These are generally along Hid pipes in the walls. A rat will run up a lead pipe as easy as walk along the floor. You can see the marks of their feet on the runway. I nail a small square piece of tin over a part of the runwav and, I greaso the outsid. Now, a rat can't run up this, and he slips down when he comes to it. "If I can't get at the runways I find tho holes, and fix this wire door on it. You 8.'C, it is made of four pieces of short wire laid parallel, held together by crossbars, and sharpened at tho ends. This is suspended by the top over a rat-hole. Coming from the hole a rat can easily lift it up and get through, but he can't go back, as the gate falls and the sharp points prevent him from lifting it. Now I make a rat trap of the wholo house. I so fix tho gates and tin sides that the rats will all ba led into one room in the basement. There they are securely caught, as they cannot possibly get out. I go among them with a dark lantern and pick them up with my tongs. I can catch them as quickly as a cat would a mouse. If they get in places where I can't reach them I shoot them with this long target pistol. 1 use these little target cart ridges, and it kills them every time. " When the rats gt in ceilings I smother them out with cayenne pep per. 1 have a futnigator here which works like nn air pump. I burn red pepper in it and pump it into the ceil ing. The rats can't stand that, and they get out as fast as they can. That is bi tter than a ferret, as ferrets are expensive and tho rats often kill them. Ferrets are scary tilings to handle. If they bite -you once you have to pry their jaws open. When I want to catch rats for dogs I set traps. First I remove everything out of their way, so that they will get very hungryl Then I set tho traps. Then I have another way of catching them. I wear rubber shoes into a slaughter-house at night and carry a dark lantern. 1 movo softly about and catch the rat3 with the tongs before they 1 ave a chance to get away. In this way I have caught 103 rats in two h airs and a half. If you ever get bitten by a rat, put tho wound in hot water and make it bleed. Then bathe it with arnica or spirits of turpentine." A Wonderful Cavern. About a mile from the market town of Adelsberg, in Austria, and three miles from Trieste, is to bo seen the most wonderful cavern in Europe, and possibly in the world, called the Adels berg cave, and which has been explored for a length of nearly throe thousand yards ns far as a'subterranean lake. This cavern consists of several grottoes, from sixty to eighty feet high. The interior resounds with the noise of water, as a little river runs completely through it, forming many cascades on its way, and being finally lost to view in a fissure. Hiis river continues its subterranean course for about eight miles, and after a time it disappears into the caverns of La ise, whence it emerges as a navigable river called the Laibach. Tho entranco to tho cave of Adelsberg is illuminated by hundreds of candles, .Vid a transparent curtain, composed of large sheets of crystallized limestone, is seen hanging from the roof. Tho vast hall or ballroom is about DO yards from the entrance. It is three hundred feet long and one hundred feet high, and Is adorned with transparent sta'actites of every kind of fantastic shape and form. Until the year 181'J, this ballroom was the only part known; but at this date the wall of stalagmite was broken through, and a series of chambers exposed to view possessing a cathedral-like appearance, from the stalactites in many instances forming vast columns, by meeting the stalagmites below. In the Adelsberg cavein, numerous specimens are found of the protein a kind of lizard that dwells in the bottom of the cavern lakes. Aa Absurdity. We read now and then of cases in which burglars are supposed to have rendered their victims unconscious by holding cloths wet with chloroform to ke holes before entering an apartment. Of course the absurdity of such a fic tion is sufficiently apparent Whether sleepers can be ma le to pass from natural to chloroform sleep, if th1 chloroform is held near the face, is still ; a qu s'ion. Sometimes the experiment I at succeeded, but in five experiments ' recently made to determine the fact ' every one of th sleepers experimented ' upon woke at the expiration of three minutfs, berore tney nan come unuer the infiu nee of the drug. New Hampshire sold its State lands a few vrnra ago for 12 VOOO. To-day, ' it is said, they are worth a million. SURROUNDED BY SERPENTS. TERRIBLE BATTLE OP THREE ME If WITH A SEA OF SNAKES. A Trrrililo AII.MKht llnlllc With Tuoosanda of Writhing- Mounter Narrow Eorapo from n Horrible Dratb. La t night's Denver and Rio Grande train lmught (says the Leadville Vlirmiirl ) three men who had just passed through an ord' al that is terri ble to contemplate, and their many wounds go to show that the story they tl is but too true and horrible in its detail. The men are E. W. Smith and lieorge II. White, Jr., of Pueblo, iind Thomas MKiough, of Colorado Springs. They detail the account of the r advmture about as follows: Nine miles from the mouth of Cottonwood Creek, up the stream, is a barnn wilderness of scrubby undergrowth and boulders, and rocks, and stones. To stand on the verdant shore of this sea of wade land, one would natur ally conclude that they were not many miles away from nowhere, and, for augl.t they knew, were the first to discover this blank sea of waste, barren, worthless fly-speck on tho shirt-front of creation. The men wire on a fishing expedition, and started Wednesday morning from the mouth of the Minnehaha stream to wend and wade their way toward its source, when they rea h"d the spot above montioned. Here night ovei rcached M "m, and, having a lunch, tiny I uilt a fi:e and male themselves as comfortable as possible on the sur face of a scraggy moss, d rock. Being tired and footsore, as soon as their scanty repast was eagerly devoured tliey were soon reveling in dreams that, perhaps, are more cr less pleasant to the mind while Hitting in the realms of .such fancies. One of the party bad not been tangled with Morpheus long until lie was awakened by something choking him, and, feeling, found his strange collar was cold and slimy. It was a very fine specimen of the black snake species, which was girding bis throttle in its anything but loving embrace. The monster was sonn dis patched, and the party were about to lie down airain after riddinir them selves of bis snakeship, when they found by the aid of the dying embers and the assistance afforded by the quarter moon that they wi re literally surrounded by the venom tongued traders. Two of the party proposed to de amp for a more conge nial c ime, but when about to leave the rock they found themselves tra i pling on a liv "ng si a of serpents. The hos ing and ratti ng became more and Me, and it was but a few minut s until it was as loud as ordinary toned voices. The men, finding they were thus sur rounded, broke' branches from the stnbliv iindercrowth of Ii nes and com menced lashing the writhing sea of darting, luss ng sna .es. i; iz n; that toy had an ali-niglit job, they added fuel to the the. and procured the largo t sti ks obtainab'e and com menced the kil.ing in earnest, i no light and noise seemed to awaken the whole barren waste into a tempest of hissing and rattling. Ka di began ti e slaughter with re louu.eu v gor, vainiy cndea .oring to light their way to the stream, some hundrel yards awav, down a slanting hill. They would pain a few juices of the distance, only to le driven back again to the roc!;. The rattlimr and liising became so 'o id that their voices were not audible unless close by. I lie sound was si inething like four or live wheat separat .rs in operation at one tirn-. It was terrible. The hair on their heads wai standing straight and stiff like the wires on a patent hair brush. Their, hands and arms were bloodstained to their elbows, anil the stench from the snaky battleliel I was sickening In theextrcme One hour after the first snaiie was Killed no less in in 5,000 lay slain, and they kept coming thicker and faster. Two of the men were bitten, and their legs and arms began to swell and pain badly, and they freiuently hal to rest and permit one to do the killing of three. Tho hours wore slowly by, and the slaugh ter was ki pt up as best they could. At last morning came and lifted the curtain of night from a most appall ing scene. For fifty feet all around the huge rocks lay a heap of stunned, squirming and dial snakes. As far as they could see all around tin barren waste was a seething tide or reptiles that came toward I be roc with malileningfnry. Concludingthat they might as well earn death by a dearer fate, fiey mane reauy io run for the stream, thinking that if they gained the other side they would have a better chance to caro for their wounds. Leaping as far as possible from tho rock, they ran, frantic, struggling, bitten, and, wild wit'i pain, they plunged into the water and reached the other side, completely overcome by the terrible ordeal just passed through, and after some time bandaged their bleeding and swo'l-n liml s. By 9 o'clock they were sufficiently recovered to continuo to Cottonwood Springs, where they took the first train for Leadville to secure nusliial aid, arriving here last nkht. The unfor tunate men are now under the care of Dr. I. II. Dougan. They dcscriled tluun.ikeas being spedmms of all kinds, si ich a i adders, vip'rs, copper heads, milk, house, grcea and black, and among them were two hoop snakes and a racer, which they dec'sro was no les than twenty two feet in lenjth. The doctor says tho men are m.t fatally bitten, but it will be some time before the swelling and pain will disappear. They leave to-night for their respective homes, feeling that they have had enough fishing and an abundance of sna'sesforone excursion. The total numlicr of coke ovens in the United States In 1880 wero 12.271. emploving 3,H0 persons, nnd retir ing a capital of 15,545,058 to carry on the bu. inr S5. NO. 16. THE MAN WHO NEVER ADVER T1SES. Sing, bnniness mnse, the dark and doleful fate Of him who labors but tlu.t he miy wait: The piles of goo Is henped up within his storej Which can't be less, and never may be more, The man whose life ha lost all fortuno'i prizes: la fact, the uiau who never advertise. Sing of his start, his greit nmbition'owsope, The capital that gave him cause to hops, His credit large, his full aud ample stock, His bunk account as solid as a rock; Then fell the doom to which the man was faled Who never advertised, but simply waited. simply, nnd so vainly! Splrn lid signs, Whk-h basement art irradiates and refines; Piste glass show windows, elegantly dressed, Such lyvely clerks, cashiers, and all the restf Served but to show him how the public sizes The style of him who nover advertises. He waited, and all waited; clerks, cashiers, Salesmen, saleswomen such delightful dears Impatient waited all the season through, With precious little for the crowd to do. The public saw '.h it fact there's I'.O'deny-- ing But passed the slor without a thought of buying. Business was dull, but salaries and rent Went on till cash and credit both were spent) TI.e silly merchant hoped his luck would turn( Until the sheriff closed the whole concern. Now, at a pittance which his soul despises, He works for one who always advertiees. HUMOR OP THE DAT. Things wortli noing Invitations to drink. Many patients at our best hospitals receive gruel treatment. Life. AVhy are bores like trees? Becauso we love them b:st when they leave. lhrri'l; Breaches of promise Those your tailor didn't bring home. Chicago Herald. A bee often meets with reverses, but as a rule he is successful in the end. l.o hexter Erpreis. " I spread my waves from poll to poll," r. 'marked the wig-maker as he rented another capillary adornment. 1 r. l'otter, of Xew York, laments " the decay of enthusiasm." He should watch the small boy on the morning of the circus. I lev. Dr. Pusey left a personal estate of more than $30,000. All his property goes to his daughter, .Miss Alary Ame lia lirine. That is to say it is all salted down. A genius advertised " A sewing machine for twenty-five cents in stamps," and his dupes did not see the point until they received a cambric needle. Bookkeeper, Bi'ighain Young's grave is utterly neglected, and his widows never visit it. They went there once to cry over his remains, but it made the ground so sloppy that they all caught cold. Joseph Cook lias written an article en tolacco, but fails to teach the se.-rit of the art of carrying cigars in his vest ocket in such a manner that one's friends cannot detect them. I'uck. A Western paper announces the fact that an acrobat turned a somersault on a locomotive smokestack. That is nothing. AVe know of an engineer who turned on the steam. Phlladel plii i iVcwv. The New York Sun comes out with tho usual announcement that every woman in the land ought to learn how to swim. So woman knows how soon she may get tumbled oil a street car. Ddroit Free Press. A Troy girl was made stark, staring mad by tho excitement of the prepa rations f r her own wedding. She ought to have waited till she had been married a little while, when sho could ha e found real provocation for get ting mad. It is said that a young lady can never whistle in th; piesence of her lover. The reason is obvious, lie doesn't give her a chance. When sho gets her lips in a proper position for whistling something t lse always occurs. Boe.'ie ter Pus'. A San Antonio lawyer does an im mense busin s i, according to his card in a lo al pa; er. The card reads : "I attmd to all the business in the State and Fedi ral courts." This must make it hard for the other lawyers to make a living. Siftina. A M.-souri ma'den's mistake: One of the sweetest-looking g rls in the State of Missouri dislocated her shoulder the other day by kick'ng a cat. Handsome is as handsome does, but she ould not k'ck with her right arm. A V h i so n (ihbe, A girl shouldn't wear a black belt about her waist when she's got a white dress on and is walking with a young man in the ni.uht time. It makes it npjiear from a rear window as if her fellow bad his arm around her waist. Buffalo News. Boston girls never sacri ice the cause of culture tothat of philanthropy. A tramp recently accosted ono of them and asked her if she would 1 good enough to give him tho price of an humble meal. " I haven't any money with me," she said, ' b 't if you'll come around to the house t ter pa returns home I'll get him to read you soms pages of ' Paradise Lost.' " nr.R own. Her arms were clasped aliont him, His head lay on her breast; Sweet were the words she m armored As she hi hnir caressed; Bhe pressed her warmest kissel I'pon his beaming face, And death alone could sever The love of her embrace. Bhe told him of her sorrows, And of her sweetest joys; The wedding day she longed fui Of love without alloys, , And in his ear she whispered The fondest dialogue, Her closeet secret told to Her little poodle dog. tiorrutow Herald, 5 : V .i "IS i S r
The Banner-Enterprise (Wilmington, N.C.)
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