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THE SPRING TERM
BEGINS MONDAY, JAN. 8th, 1894.
.: CHAPTER XXII.
THH CtADIATORS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Cotton Queen was behind time
at Donaldsonville, and the hours that
we waited there were torturing' ones.
What would have happened had pur
suit overtaken us before the boat
came is a matter of certainty with me!
I had found an opportunity to arm my
self. Le Fevre did the same. We ex
changed significant looks . but no
words. There was no need of words.
We had already earned a term of im
prisonment, and we and our fair
charge were not now to be captured
without bloodshed-
A board the Queen, and she rapidly
putting miles of the wide and crooked
river between us and pursuit, our
spirits rose. We did not then know
how narrow was our escape at that
point.' We got our breakfast with a
crowd of passengers, cheered up Coralie
and, bringing her again on deck, en
joyed with her the glorious panorama.
We passed Plaquimine without stop
ping. Le . Fevre inquired of the cap
tain, and learned that there was to be
no stop until the boat reached Baton
Rouge.
"Do you stop there?"
; "Of course. All the boats do."
This intelligence made us uneasy,
and we were consulting together about
what we should do to avoid the deten
tion that we had reason to fear had
been prepared by ; telegraph for us,
when the most unexpected chance f a
rored us.
I stop at this point, to say that the
occurrences narrated in this chapter
came mainly under my own observa
tion. The minor ones that I did not
personally see and hear were after
wards told to me by those who did see
and hear them.
The day wore on; the boat was with
in a mile of Baton Rouge. A call
from the pilot's speaking tube brought
the captain up into the pilot house.
"What's up, Doblin?"
"Look up the river," said the pilot,
with both hands on the wheel.
The captain shaded his eyes with his
hand, and looked.
"Seems to be a large steamboat put
ting out from Baton Rouge."
"Take the glass, sir."
One look through the glass and the
captain threw it down, fairly jumping
with excitement.
"The S. S. Prentiss, by I Why,
she left New Orleans twelve hours
ahead of us."
"She's been waiting for us," said
the pilot, quietly.
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Assignee's Sale of Real
Estate.
By virtue of a Deed of Assignment and
Trust executed tome by Paul A Leak oa
;thotithof December, 1S93, I will sell to the
'highest bidder, for cash, at the court house
-door iu Wadesboro at 12 m. the 12th day of
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known as the home place of the late James
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notify all persons huving claims against the
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tht fitu dy of February. 18'J., or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
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Notice.
M I persons are hereby notified that Cattie
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rvii!. "-"I I hereby forbid anyone
"She has not waited for nothing,
then. I've heard of their brags from St.
Louis down about what they'd do with
the Queen when they had a chance. By
the ' Lord Harry, we'll show 'ern!
Here's almost a straight course to Port
Hudson bluffs, and no chutes or side-
cuts. I'll beat 'em or go to the bot- .
torn!"
He rang the engineer's bell? for more
steam. Presently the black smoke be
gan to pour from the lofty stacks in
clouds. The speaking-tube brought
up the night-pilot, who was sleeping
la his berth. The two men at the
wheel kept their eyes fixed on the
glass front ?f the pilot-house, ready to
take any advantage offered by the cur
rent or the curves of the shore.
The speed of the Queen was visibly
Increased. The vibration of her pow
erful engines could be felt in every
part of her. The puff of the pipes and
the fierce churning of the paddles min
gled in a steady sound.
Baton Rouge was passed, many peo
ple standing on the shore and waving
their hats and cheering. Some of the
passengers clamored up to the captain
that they must get off here, and that
they had freight-aboard that was to be
delivered here.
"You and your freight be d d!"
roared the captain, leaning out of the
pilot-house. "Do you think the Queen
Is going to stop a race that weVe tried
for months to get to oblige you?"
Hundreds of other passengers
laughed, cheered and applauded. Tne
texcitement of the contest had by this
:time spread all through the boat. The
bows were so crowded that some of
'the boat's officers came and ordered
half of the people back, that the boat
might not settle too much by the head.
'.Thousands of dollars were wagered on
the length of time before the Queen
would pass her rival. A few disloyal
:f oiks, who were willing to bet that she
would not pass at all, had the chance
promptly offered them to take ten to
one. Before the contest was deter
mined the Baton Eouge men were as
crazy with excitement as anyone.
"We're gaining a little," said the
captain.
' "Precious little," said Pilot Dobbin.
Again the speaking-tube,
i "How much steam Is on?"
"Hundred and fifty," came back tn a
sepulchral tone.
"Pile her on! Stick hep up to seven
ty -live."
"She'll stand that," said Doblin, sotto
Toce, as -the four hands made half a
dozen rapid turns of the wheel, and
the bows took an acute angle for the
farther shore.
"She'll have to carry more than
that before she catches that flyer
anead, said the other.
To the feverish passengers who were
watching the leading boat, the inter
val between them seemed the same for
hours. It was in fact very slowly clos
ing. Tho half-mile was reduced to a
juarter. At a . speed against the cur
rent that caused the immense boat to
tremble in every fiber, foot by foot,
yard by yard, she gained on her rival.
The mass of faces at her stern could
be separated and almost counted with
the naked eye. Then the Prentiss
took a sudden spurt, and a cheer from
her crowded decks showed that she
was increasing her lead.
The captain of the Queen raged
round the pilot-house, and shook
his fifit at the other boat.
"What steam?" he shouted - down
through the pipe.
""nundrfcd and eighty and every-
the captain. 'Tveep the water buckets
ready to drown the furnace when
we've passed her by a mile or so, and
crack on the steam. Pile it up, I tell
you!"'
Under the terrific impulse of a head
of steam which no man would have or
dered but a lunatic or the captain of
a Mississippi river steamer in a race,
the Queen literally dashed at her rival.
The loss in distance was made up, was
doubled. The captain, leaning far out
in the effort to better observe the gain
of his boat, heard again the hoarse
murmur of the tube from the engine
room. ,
"What is it?"
"The pine is used up and the cypress
don't burn well."
"There's a hundred hams and
shoulders f or'ard that belong to those
Baton Rouge passengers. Tell the
niggers to get 'em and chuck 'em in.
If the boat won't pay, I wilL"
Steadily the Queen pulled up on the
Prentiss, her officers almost coming to
blows with some of the passengers in
the effort to keep more of them amid
ships. The leading boat was quivering
and vibrating and her pipes belched
forth a pall of smoke so black that it
needed not the smell that came from it
to show that it came from burning
turpentine. The Queen drew on, and
from her bow the officers of the
Prentiss were seen driving some of the
people from her stern. Both captains
frantically shouted for more steam.
The. bow of the pursuing boat was
past the stern of the other. Foot by
foot she gained. Her bow reached
the paddle box. A prolonged, exultant
cheer arose from her decks. Yells of
defiance came from the Prentiss. Fists
were shaken over the rails. A Babel of
human voices arose.
But these and all other sounds were
swallowed by a roar that seemed to
shake the heaven6, mingled with a ter
rific and prolonged rush of escaping
steam. The smoke pipes of the Queen
tottered and fell with a crash on the
deck forward; the steam flooded every
thing to the bows; a bright glare shot up
amidships, and the poor rent, ruined,
burning Queen drifted down with the
current, her decks ringing with the ag
onizing shrieks of dozens of victims,
while the river was black with others
who leaped overboard.
The Prentiss was put about, and
every effort was made to save the pas
sengers and crew of her luckless rival.
Her boats picked up many of the
wretches who . struggled in the water;
many more were drowned. Bodies
were found floating miles below, the
next day; some with arms or legs bit
ten off by alligators. The Queen
grounded on a point two miles down
from the place of the explosion. Many
of those who were fortunate enough to
be aft of the engine escaped to the
shore; others were burned alive as
they lay mangled and scalded. Two
hundred and thirty-nine human beings
killed or dreadfully hurt was the price
paid for the effort to determine which
of these boats was the faster.
can De carea lor, as quickly as possioxe.
I need the doctor myself, and I got off
pretty well, too. You was on the
Queen, wasn't you?"
I 'rushed along the decks, half-dis
tracted, demanding to see the captain.
He was overwhelmed with care and
responsibility; but when I found him
he did listen to me for an instant.
"Captain, put us ashore Coralie and
myself," I cried. "We can't go back
to Baton Iiouge."
He stared at me.
"One hundred dollars to put us
ashore!" I shouted.
'Take care of him," said the captain.
turning away. "He's been crazed by
the accident."
I wandered through the crowd,
pleading with every man whose at
tention I could get that we might be
landed quickly. Some looked com
passionately; others avoided me. One
of the officers told me to keep quiet, or
he would lock me up in his cabin.
It was too cruel to believe. On the
way to freedom and safety, just es
caped from the jaws of death, at the
last moment we were turned back to
certain bondage. For me, the bonds of
prison; for her, the bonds of a living
death!
I leaned over the' rail, restrained
only by the thought of her from fling
ing myself into the dark, turbulent
waters.
Was there no escape? No hiding on
the boat? '
No. The quest would be as thorough
as eager.
We were doomedl
CHAPTER XXIEL
TCTtNED BACK PROM IDES.
While the steamboats were flying up
the river, aud all aboard seemed to
share in the madness of the time, the
cool head of Le Fevre kept its balance.
He took Coralie and me by the arms
and hurried us as far astern as possible.
" vv e are rushing on to destruction.
he said. "1 know something of this
boat; her boilers can never carry the
steam that they are crowding them
with. Remain here; this is the safest
place on board. I will go forward and
warn them."
Brave, great-souled being! We
never saw him more. Even at this dis
tance of time tears fill my eyes as I
write, at the thought of his courage
and devotion. One of the survivors
afterward told me that he saw him
shouting ond gesticulating toward the
pilot-house, but that, in the roar of
voices, his was not heeded. Then
came the catastrophe, and the curtain
falls forever on that unselfish life.
The tears that were denied us in the
A telegraph station near the river
had sped the news of the disaster and
the return of the Prentiss with the vic
tims and survivors. A thousand peo
ple were gathered at the Baton Rouge
landing as we approached. Several of
ficers took possession of the gangway
of the boat and permitted nobody to
land. The captain was called for; a
long telegram was handed him, and a
brief celloquy took place.
'I know nothing of the Cotton
Queen s passenercrs, " he sala, "nor
whether these people were saved.
You'll have to search for yourself."
A faint hope sprung up m my breast
that we might escape in the crowd and
the confusion. It quickly died. While
the officers were keeping the clamoring
passengers on board, and preventing
anv access to the shore, a small steam
er came up the river and landed.
saw Conrad Bostock and his gang jump
.ashore and hail the officers on the
Queen. They were allowed to come
aboard, and Coralie and I were at once
arrested.
In her presence I was handcuffed.
She clung to me, and begged them not
to separate us.
"You are to go before the magis
trate," said one of the oincers. "Come:
all these poor wretches in the saloon
can't be removed till yon are gone."
"Hold on!" said Bostock. "I must
find that cunning devil, Wash Le
Fevre. He's at the bottom of all this
mischief."
From the depth of my misery I raised
my hand and cried:
"He is beyond your persecution. H
bravely perished in the wreck."
"It's just as well for him. It would
have been better for you, my fine fet"
low, if you'd done the same.
e were taken up to the magistrate's
office. Coralie, unveiled and clinging-
to me, was stared at by the crowd.
The news of the arrest for attempted
abduction of a slave-girl was hinted
about, and public attention and curi
osity were divided between us and the
victims of the accident, who were now
being brought ashore on stretchers
from the hospital. Hundreds of men
and boys followed us up the street, and
.the magistrate's office, the passage and.
'the stairway were thronged. I saw
(threatening looks directed toward me.
tnd heard the words muttered: "Yan-j
Ikee," and "slave-stealer."
TO BE COST1SUD.1
ALL. JIE.V AKE SELF-3IAOK.
New York Herald.
He that Boweth pparingly Piin.ll
February "Cesmcpoliiau."
The eocret of the greut success of
The Cosmopolitan is noi bo hard to
find, if one looks carpfully over the
number for Febrimrv. A etory by
VaMw, llie famous Spanish novelist
iho first from his pwi io appear in
nny American Magazine, is begun in
thia number. Arthur Sherburne
Uapdy's story, "A Rejected Msnu-
wcript.' is charmingly illustrated by
L. Marold, who we beliave makes
his firt acpsaranco iu the maga-
i-zmes n tnis side or me water, a.
profusely illustrated article ou the
i designing and building of a war
ship appeals to the jnterest takon by
all in the new navy, and a thrilling
desrrintion of a imval combat under
frightful scenes that followed hava ti,e significant title: 'The Meloban
since fallen capiously to his memory, j Hnd the PeuMnbroy' cU-scribf . after
He saved us, but he could not save I th0 nuinn t .f the B;ittl of Dorkine
himself. His foresight as to the di- U possible sa-ff tht. the outcome of
recuon ana ettect oi the explosion had I which is waiche-t by the entire na
placed us In comparative safety at the 1 val world- Gliding Flight is an in-
stern, and we were among those who I teresuug coniribuiion to the problem
were able to escape to the shore where I of atrial navigation by one who has
the drifting wreck grounded on the studied the flight of soaring birds in
point, stern foremost. One of the boats ih KnJt for twenty years. Elaine
of the Prentiss took us aboard of that Goodale, who married a member of
steamer with about two hundred who I the Sioux nation, has f-om interest'
were saved from more serious injury I tug information of Indian Wars and
than a wetting in the Mississippi. I Warriors, T. (J. Crawford, the
bince the days of her who was last I Washington cor repuouuent, Rives
at the cross and earliest at the grave," th first half of a startling story.
woman has been known as a minister- I under the tit le of 'xhe Disappear
ing angel of mercy and comfort; and I anc Syndicate ' The poetry in thia
now Coralie, unused by habit or ex-I number by Sir Ed win Arnold Gra-
perience to scenes of suffering, in
sisted on going below and doing what
she could for the unfortunates from
the Queen. I took her to the large sa
loon; and while she and other women
like her moved about that scene of hor
rors, striving to alleviate pain, strong
men grew sick with the sights and
sounds, and fled again to the deck,
The mattresses and sheets had been
ua,ui II Tomsoh and w"i!liam Young,
i unusually good. Tho Departments
'In the world of Art and Letters' and
the 'Progress of Science' continue to
have as contributors men famous, iu
both continents.
Gporgn B. French, Esq , of Nashua,
N. H.. in an argument before the New
stripped from the berths and laid in lI!3p","re gisUlure July 16th.
lonsr rows unon t.h floor. nr,d ,8S9- uea lho following words:
of the victims were there, having oil
and cotton applied to their injuries. I
saw and heard a little, and then went
on deck, faint with the living misery
oi tne scene.
The Prentiss was overcrowded and it !
was difficult to move about. But
quickly my attention was arrested by
the fact that we were moving with the when ha ia tied into a double bow-
current. . I knot with a cramp in hia stomach
"no w is this?" I asked of a man I ho connot sion to co to a nhvsician
VVhM the common people cannot
find Pond's Extract, which they run
for in distress, on sala at eomq con
venient place, jiiNt; aR I hey have
done, Ihp.re will be a liowl go up that
the regular s-hool cannot cure with
their instruments or . thorough
courses, Whtu a inrtn has a raging
pain in hia tooth, joints, or face;
whose hair and eyebrows were singed.
v e re not gomg down stream?"
"That's what we are doing."
My heart sank within me.
"What's this for?"
"It's all right. We're much nearer
to Baton Rouge than to Vicksburg,
there's only one doctor aboard, and no j
opiates, and the captain of this boat
five mites off aud take a thorough
coure. Ha ia going to have some
thing in hid medicine closet that he
Can get at without any prescription,
with a guld seal on it.
irapalao sparingly. 11, Corinthians,
ix.. 6.
Every man ia the creater of a
world, and theioin he ;s supreme
until death comes and orders him to
abdicate.
There are as many worlds as there
are men and women. Jtaca one or
them has been create! out of the
chaos of rircumBiancn, and each one
does credit or discredit to the mini
ature monarch who is its ruler.
When God endowed man with
free agency it at once became posi
hie for the recipient of his dangerous
ift to rnttke his liule world a heaven
or a hell."
Not even the Almighty could 6ay
him nay for he was aa absolute as
the Czar of Russia. God gave nun
two injunctions: Do the right"
and "Do no wrong," then rrlired,
leaving the little monarch tooby or
not, as he chose, and to reap the con-
eequences of his choosing.
S- far aa the Omnipotent is con
cerned. He has distributed the real
ly noud things of life with an even
b ii d. Let us be careful about this
matter; wo eay Uie really good
things.
Not money, nor yet fame, does He
include in this category, ann it is
safe to presume that lie had good
reason therefor.
The opportunity to increase the
sizo of the eoul is universal, like tho
sunshine, and there is no niggardli
ness in any corner of the globe.
Never yt lived a man, whether lie
slept under a thatched roof or iu a
palace, who lacked a chance to ham
mer hia soul into Home divine shape.
Neither poverty nor riches aro
necessary to character. One need
not go to Congress, or paint a picture
for the Salon, or write a poem which
shall sing to posterity, or cross the
threshold of the White House by in
vitation of the people in order to be
fitted for heaven.
God can make great men when He
needs them as easily as we throw a
handful of sand in the air, buc uot
even He can make a soul that is
worth looking at twice. That high
prerogative rests with tho man alone
who is the owner of the soul.
In the eyes of the Almighty the
hod carrier who ia honest id nobler
than tliH Htrtiesrr.au whose eloquence
makes history but who selU'hi.i in
flucnce for cash preferment. It is not
environment but purpose thai makes
a mau large, or email.
Many of us will Hud when we ovr
step the boundary of th beyond that
wo are not received with the envious
acclamations which have greoted us
here, and others will be surprised
that they are cordially welcomed
there, though here no oue dolled hia
hat when they passed
Our theory of life is not God's
theory and the things we work
hardest for must be left behind when
the time comen to put oa our shroud
Hut if the really good things are
evenly distributed, bo al;o are the
sorrows of life. They are the fire
and anvil in tho smithy by which
crude molal ia charged to a Toledo
blade.
Disease nover asks concerning a
roan's bank accouut when he rings
the door bell. He ia equally indif
ferent to all, and ia never swayed by
favoritism. He ia past all bribery.
and has no compunctiou. but goes
where he ia sent.
The millionare may give his child a
gilded crutch, but it is just as truly
a crutch as that of the poor man's
boy. A crutch is always a crutch,
and neither poverty uor wealth can
make less.
The rich may place a costly monu
ment on a grave and the poor no
monument at all, but the simpers
slep the same slepp. and the monu
ment counts for nothing.
Bismarck for three years hn's cm
dured the pang of royal neglect. No
more unhappy man than he .in all
Europe. Like a caged lion be has
chafed. The man whose frown
meant war, whoso smile meant
peace, was like the poorest peasant
of Germany in this ha suffered.
The peasant boy is torn from bis
home to become a i-oldier; the states
man has been banished. The cup
of the one and the bowl of the other
are brimming full. They are both
alike in their ill fortune. The first is
a clumsy youth whom no one will
ever hear of; the other ia a Prince
who will never be forgotten. The
difference between the two in the
matter of happiuosa or misery ia uot
perceptible.
Your surroundings count for very
little; your character counts for a
good deal. A man ia not noble be
cause he has a title and ia pei ruitttd
to talk with kings. There aro great
souls dressed in taiteia and small
souls robod in purple.
Ey and by we shall see what our
eyes are now to dull to perceive that
whatever our station in life we tnuke
our own misery and happiness, and
neither wealth nor poverty has any
thing to do with Ihem. The creative
power is in the heart, the purpose,
the aim.
Pity it is that we remain so long
bliuded to this fact.
THE HOUSE OF A THIEF.
Youth'a Companien.
A child and a grown relative were
walkiug'one bright day down Fifth
Avenua, New York, and the child,
after the manner of childron, was
asking questions about the things and
people th'-y ssw. Noticing a very
handsone house on a corner, larger
and more eh g int than most others in
the neighborhood, its windows
6ummrlike with pnlmsand hothou
plants, among which gleamed the
marble draperies of graceful slat
uetes, the child asked:
"Who 5iva there!"
"A thief," waa the reply.
The owner of ihe house waa a
member of the notorious Tweed ring.
In a few simple and forcible words
the child was informed of the nature
of the man'a theft, and how it was
possible for guilty men to flourish
unmolested and dwell in brownstone
houses instead of behind prison bare.
At that tmo the ling was at the
height of i;s evil prosperity, rind ap
peared to be nut oven threaleued with
interference.
The chill nevor forgot h r first
bewilderment at that unexp-cid
reply, nor tbe horror thatshecouceiv
ed of those guilty fplendora wbtu
she understood them.
Tho guilty man's name, heard
again when the breaking up of the
gang brought it prominently before
her in the papers, she remembered
with such detestation that she admits
laughingly today, that it would re-
quirea distinct tltort tor tier to be
lieve in the respectability of any
individual who cliwuced to bear it
I really think," 6ho declares,
"that the incident was the first thing
which roused me to independent
perception of a Kioral truth. I found
for myself that magnificence in ii
self meant nothing and vouched for
nothing. Of course I had heard
something to that cfTect before, but
it had seemed a matter far away un
real. It was different to see with
my own eyes a palace which waa the
house of n thief.
"It has proved indeed to be one
of those vivid moments of childish
experience which will recur to me
through life. Oftou, when I look
now at some superb great house in
the city, or some fine, many-g&blod
villa rising among the simple old
faahioned houses of my country
home, I lind myself conjuring up be
side it the picture of that abhorred
browustone front in New York, and
wondering, la it an honest splendor?
"My friends laugh at me for being
inquisitive, because I alwaya want to
know whoowus a hou-.ie that I admire
though 1 may never expect to feet it
again. lul 1 can recall it wun so
much more pleasure if I know the
owner deserves its beauty, and thai
it ia the fit setting to a iovely and
honorable household not merely
tho house of un unscrupulous 'smart
man' who baa inada a great deal of
money.
"I do not wish to mako room
my memory for any other houses of
thieves. One ia enough."
Her honor of guilty gorgeouaness
is not loo sirong, aud miht well
prevail more widely. Even people
who would not care to associate with
tho owner of somo splendid estate.
dubiously oarnod, are sometimes
heard to say with a kiud of tol&raut
gojd nature:
S"Oh well, at least he has done well
for Ihe town! Look what improve'
moats be baa made about his yiece!'
There is no charm that the utmos
beauty and elegance can confer
which can outweigh the disgrace iu
dieted by ihe prefceoco among honest
homes of the house of a thief.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
V
AESSLTElf F5JI5B .
z.et rs (JIVK THAN
For all tint Go.l iu nmroy serni.
For iK-uUh ami c!ii!i!r"n, home and n lends.
For comfort in tiie time of nee.l.
For every L i i . t y word ami iec"t.
For bappy thoughts end holy tn',
For 5;uiiiiic iu our liiiiiy walk
For every tLiug give tfianks'.
For beauty in this work! of our;
For verdant gra-M nnd iovely il ers,
For son; of bir.lM, for hum of b?s.
For the refreshing s'liir.ner hreez-.
For hill and plain, for streams mid wix J
For the great Ocean's muhty flood
Iu everything give thauks!
Fo the sweet sleep which comes with night.
For the returning morning's light.
For the bright sun t!iat stii ies ou high,
For the stars iitt-riu in the skj-;
For these an l vor3-t:iiii2 sve.
O Lord: oar heart's we lift to thro
Kind Words.
VAXlE
bi'KAKtt ro:i
KELF.
II I. M-
Luve" Stratareui.
Ycu never saw a gal sui piied
Like Jimmy Keuyon's sister
The night that Kill ilcKeo devise.!
The scheme by which he kL-sed her.
The to were standiu' nt the gate,
To w histle she was larniu',
Her lips were tomitiu' an' 'twas late
Tokis'em Bill was yearuiu'.
"To whistle you must do like this,
Said Bill, an' leaniu' over,
He showed his, puckered to the miss,
Whose own, as re i as clover,
Soon puckered i:i the selfsame wr.y ;
Then, would you ltlive it. Blister,
Ere she could turn her hetut awav
TLe cheeky chap had kissed Ler.
The color flamed into her cheek.
Her neck was dyed with blushes.
She trembled so she could not speak,
An' down among the rushes
The brook leapod up to tell the flowers
That bent their heads to listen
H:v Bill McKe ttu;ht Susie I'owers
The old, sweet game of kiin'.
I sorter guess she liked the guile.
For many hours they tarried
Beneath the sumach's flags o' fl inie,
An' in six months thoy married.
I seed Bill yesterday go by
A baby carriage wheelin';
He never knowed or thought that I
Knew all about his stealin'.
Chicago Mail.
IIASGED StlT STILI, ALIVE
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'. OVSi'JT-MA,
;SO.i KUTSIKS.
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Fred My dear Miss Clementina,
you havo rto idea how exquisitely
beautiful you ar !
rid
It Gives Kim Streugtli to Inutile
Against Sin.
Asheville Citizen.
A Rooi story ia told on U-v. R. P.
Rumley, pastor of aliaptisi (colored)
church on Eale street. Rev. Rum
ley haa become locally famous aa a
preacher of great Tociferousness and
decidedly original style, and his con
gregations are always lar;e.
Recently several ladies interested
in the temperance causo decided to
request the lion-voiced parson to de
liver a special sermon on tiie wbia
key evil. He was found and the re
quest made. Afier studying (or a
moment the parson reudmed his
opinion thus:
"Urn -.veil I don't think I could.
Whixkey sometimes ia a go-od thing.
Sometimes a little of it cives me
more ulrenKtb to battle with s:n!"
And hit sermon Maiut intemper
auco has yet to be heard.
The "ooe Crokr, and I.el to
Postponement or the Death
2'eiiullr.
Columbia, Miss., Fb. 8. V.'m
Put vis. the young man, who was
sentenced to hang here yesterday for
the alle'd anamination last July of
Willian Buckler, of Marion county
by a jans of white cappers, was duly
liansreu but ia yat alive, ihe noose
partod and Purvia' neck, intend
being broken, waa only slightly
abraded by the rope. He on hia
back and remained perfectly still for
a few moments. A man rushed for
ward ami Denuia over the nero
aked: "Are you hurt." From un
der hia black cap. Purvia replied
"For God's sake jrot me out of this
Others came up mid tho soriff mle
ready to conduct Purvis buck to tho
eciffold for a secoud attempt.
four oi tne oo;irJ or supervisor
wero prpHCnt and they called l.o
siieritT ioio lho court house for u con
jerencf. R-v. iir. b:h!tv, of the
Columbia Methodist church, made
an impassioned plea to the pp'da
tors, arid it waa decided byuinimou
vote that tho execution be postponed
Purvia was loony tuLen to Meri
dian, s.ii.l tho fuels teltyraped t
(Jov. Stoue.
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in arranging their hair becomingly
because of its luirsh and n"'aro tex
ture. By the use of . Ayer's Hair
Vigor, the hair bfvome soft, pliitnt,
aud glossy. The Vigor io the most
cleanly of all hair preparations.
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free from dandruff, prevents itie hair
from bec'iining dry and l.nri. and
makes it fl-xible and losy. All the
einruenta that nature requires, to
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ful, are supplied by this adtiiinhic
preparation.
Haifa Hair Rnewer rejiders th
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foii nysrsirKM
On rtrvn'a Irsa Uittrra.
i'hvs-; ins reoo!'vre:nt it.
An Cloqacut Tribute to Wom
an. Extract from a recent speech delivered bj
ilr. Ben Hill, of Georgia.
"I have at morr.iar; walked into the gnr.
den among the varied tinted 11 iwers, and.
admiring their leautiful display of color,
thought that surely l.othing could excel
them; i have gaze 1 into tho sky when the
earth was glistening in the freshness of a
shower, and. looking upon tbe glorious col
oring of the resplendent bow f promise,
8iid: 'Surely this caught its hues from the
hand of the LHviite Master of heaven when,
in the hapjii;es of His spirit, He u ishe 1 to
convey the message of peace to men; 1 have
turned my eyes toward the western sky
when the ?ttiug sun was ptiinting upon the
hanks of clouds the snj'eHi coloring that
made me feel that iu itsu-ath the sun sought
to leave t-ehind this gorgeous siiiii!.;aiice of
his splendor and I excluimeil. 'Surely the
sun with its failing paints with tha .Master's
hrush imperishable evioenee of its power.
But I put aside tho flowers, brns-h the rain
bow from the heavens, ami let tha sun Iv-e
its light behind the western horiz.m aud turn
to that be:ii:tifi:l coloring iu ail Us Eden
freshness, which is far more loveiy than the
hue of tho ruse, the i-eautiful tints of the
rainbuw, or the goreo;ines of the setting
sun the blush of modesty ou the cLvk o"
soman."
lie Is OppoHrU lo Kiinmons, and
Why-M Allege ttiat tho
Htnle I'hnirisiau Went to XYah
iiigton uiiJ Eiilrrfcrcvl in Hi
Apiiiilm;-nta, IlelVntiuu (itttJ-
gc r and Utile.
AHKVji.Lr:. F -b. 8. The Citizen to-
!ny print a letter from Senator Z.
B. Vanec c:nc?riiii'r hi attitude lo-
war is Mr. S unnons, the c. Hector of
iiteriia! revenue for the eastern dis
tnct. The letter n in reply to one
written by the Citizen on Februaty
., asking the Senator whether h
'.ad preierred charges nc'.nt Mr.
v.mmons, and aa to his present alti
tude towards his c jnfli inatluu. The
ettcr foliuvvK:
Tampa Bay Hotel.
Tampa. Fla.. Feb. 5, 1331.
Fditor The Citizi-.n: In answer to
your letter of lho 1st I have this to
eay: VTou know that in all transac
tions connected with the executive
sessions of the bonate. liicluJiiisr
what ia said and done in committee.
my mouth is closod. 1 am at liberty
therefore, only to peak to you about
my own attitude toward ilr. Sim
mons, what haa not been douo etc..
but not aa lo what lina been done or
probably will bo done.
I want 4.o say, first, that for myself
and on my own authority I hav
filed no charges against Simmons.
Afcide from those which may have
been filed by others, my att.iu.io to
ward him ia one of opjosition; for
the reason that, aa chairman of lh
Democratic committee of North Car
olina, he cams to Washington and
interfered in opposition to my rec
ommendation for appointment un
der ihe government. Knowing that
Mr. Rins un and I had agreed that
primarily I should recni:YenJ all
appointments in the wust, whilst
Gen. R-.nsorii did the same ia the
eist; and knowing that I had recom
mended Mr. Gudger for collator in
my own district, and that Gen. Rin
som opposed Mr. Gudgar on jx?rt'o?i
al grounds and favored Mr. Elias, ho
perverted an i minuted the power in
trusted to him by the Democracy of
North Carolina by urging and secur
ing the appoint moiii of Mr. E.'iai
over Gudger. lie also opposed my
recommendation of Mr. Hale for a
foreign appointment, which waa vir
tually secured and was higher in
grade than at.y given the State.
Now, if he thought proper lo vol
unteer hia interferenca where be had
no right or authority to do so, h
should not ihj..ct to the -iercise of
an undoubted right, by a Senator in
the sult'Cliou of appointments, bev
stowed upon by hi:a by the consti
tution. To save truublti to lho anonymous
seribbiors who aro constantly fclan
dorin; w in thi regard and who re
port h:t;i as sp',.king of himself aa"
"Simuiona an l ilu Democratic par
ly.' I announce, once for all. lhat I
resent not only Suiunona interfer
ence with my rights aa a Senator,
but tha insuiiing and defiant lone
aiURied both by him and them. 1
i siifi! I oppose Mr. Simmons' confirma
tion on personal a w;li aa public
grounds grounds .connected with
his unfit ne- to hold the p vsition for
which he haa been appointed.
My health is improving rapidly in
this tint) climate, a.n-1 I hope soon tu
bo in my scat in tiie S'nate.
Very truly you-.
Z. B. Van-c?.
Mr. E Thornton. 125 Holiday St.,
Jersey Ciiy. N J.. in spKkin; of
Solvation-Oil. Ihe great hou-ehold
si ec tic for sprauis. burn, cms, etc..
Minis up hi a Jiutraiiitk for tl;i- vnhi
nble reiit?dy i' a few word hy do
cl ring it to b M e standard rema
dy." ULilN all pain.
YTien BcIjt was sloi, we garo her Castor la.
When she was a Child, she cried for CtutorLx
TVhaa she became Xiss, she chrag to Castoria.
WliiHi sha had C&Cdrso, sho gave Uiem Caloric.
TIe Cliilt! uhh Comforted.
Philadelphia Ii.-cord.
Tiie present Mrs. Tioa. Nelson
Page, tia is already known, wa t
widow. Her little daughter uf nine
or len years was ihton person above
t'thera lo whom ihe dreaded lo
break the news if tier engagement
with Mr. Itg-v It nl b'tigih bec.wr.n
necefary to d. tins, l.owevvr, ai;d
he sot about her tak with ail pos
H'ble diplomacy. Aa she hud feared.
Ihe little girl, on learning lht faoi
thai her iiioti.or w;is tu ht man n 1
a.vilfi, wt'jii profusely. Final. y the
mother, llH'iking U HMifge llm
child's grief Kiiiil : "'I'm g ug ti
many; lit Mr. lige." Tne sots i f
the hltle g;il uideitly ceased ""You
oiiht lo have lull mo liittt at firni."
s!-.e wid in a modili'Mt tone. "Why
I've bven in love with htm myotic
for uvtr a year.
lrulir tu iiselt"
S eminently sui-oesjsf a! n-i HooxJ'a
Safupa.-iiia ben Hint ni.-itiyj l--tdn.g
irittz.Mis from ad tiyi'ri tiie Untie i
Slates iuiuisti tc-l Kn-.iii.iU oi cuiei
whieii seem hiiiiiiMt miraculous,
Hod s S -irsMtpinlla is not an ucci
dent, bill the upe fruit of ntJuniry
and study. It p.-se-es merit "p
CU'uir to u--lf,"
llrs Fills cures N uii, Si-.'k
Ilea luohe, 1 1 ot i ;..( ion, B-illoUsnefS.
Sold by all il i ui -h -.