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LEXINGTON, M. C WI NESDAY. JUNE 19, 1889.
Piedmont Air Line.
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VILLE RAILROAD.
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2nd, ISM.
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Train for Raleigh Via Clarksville
Iavft Richmond daily, 8:000j m;
Ksysville, 6:05 p m ; arrives Clarkt
lir,7:25 p m; Oxford, 8:80 pm;
Henderson,.) pm; Durham, 10:80
p ra ; Kawign. mm P ,t
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dailyj Durham, 8:80a mj Hender-
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P 7rk mlzad trains leaves Durham
' dally exoept Sunday &80 p m-, ar
rives Keysvllle, 1:85 a m returning,
leaves Keysvllle, 9:00 a m ; arriving
Uiirhim. 6:80 p m t passenger coach
. l i'anii A3 connect at Richmond
daily except Sunday for West Point
and Baltimore via York River Line.
Ho. 60 from West Point connects
dally except Sunday at Richmond
with No. 60 for the Bouth. ,
Kos. 60 and 61 connect at Golds
boro with train to and from More
btadCity and Wilmington..
No. 61 connects at Greensboro and
Btlma for rayetwvuie. e ".'ni
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""i'Kft'.i. M make close connec'
tlon at University Station with trains
to and from dapel LUU, except
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"- n b.ina fit anil fil- Pullman Buf-
fet between Atlanta and New York,
Greensboro and Augusta, and Greens
iwo, Ashevllle, aud. Morrlstown,
On 62 and 63, Pulman Buffet Sleep
er between WaBhlngton and New
nPioni. via MontDroniery, ana be-
trinn aim! Aiken
nil (iiwnsboro. Raleigh
and Urcensboro, and Pulman Parlor
t'artt betvn Bausuury anu vn
V Through tickets on sale at prlncl
For r.i, local and throiieh time
tables apply to any agem oi un
nanv. or to
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Office Hours: 9 to a and i to 4
r k? J, J. Muxkb, President
G. IIoMKR iosEH, Cashier,
ir
Jonks, Ass't Cashier,
ii Cr:
:rs.
liBvtnsr cliilms asmlnsl
t ti..!.;ii.. to MYsMit thoni,
.1 tdihii liiidtTHlsriiod for
, -1 r u.(m 1 2 day of
11 i ' r i j tSits iimiee Will
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. J l. l'innix, At'y.
1SS8 Fromlse; 1S89 Ferformu-
, tea. . . -Since
th8 4th of March- there has
notbeea a worklneday nnmarked
by reduction of wages or by strikes
in resistance of such reductions. The
long and dreary list of wages reduo
tlons runs through numerous depart
ment of labor, bat repeats itself most
frequently In those industries that
are more highly ferored by govern
ment protection. Iron and ' coal
miners, furnace men, puddlere, and
helpers, thread spinners, woolen, cot
ton and silk weavers, sawmakers,
granite , cutters . and , many other
worker have been pinched in thelr
wages or breed Into idleness, with
its concomitants of want and demor
alization.: This condition of things
is in painful contrast with the allur
ing promises of last year's political
campaign, when the workingmen of
the country were told that the election
of Harrison would relieve the manu
facturers of their alarm over the free
trade conspiracy and usher In a new
era of industrial prosperity. On ev
ery band was heard the refrain of
"Protection to American industry,"
accompanied with denunciations of
the wicked "free tradere" and with
soft cajoleries of the workingmen.;
The echoes of ftUseand. dishonest cries
ring in the ears of "homy-handed
sons of toll while they read On fac
tory doors notices of wage reductions
ranging from 10 to 83 percent. . -
How long do the 'tariff-managers
Imagine that American workingmen
will remain willing victims of these
as deceptions and , humbugsT-
rhiL Record.
The Points of a Good Butter Cow.
A good butter cow Bhould have a
long face, wide between the eyes, the
eye alert and expressive'! and placed
a long way below the horns. A cow
with eyes near the top of the head
does not know any more thau a man
with eyes so placed. She should
have a large muzzle, a slim fieck and
yellow skin, especially insido the
ears ; the .breathing should be regu
lar, the back and abdomen strong,
the udder wide whire It' connects
with the body, the teats squarely
placed, and this tail slim. Over and
above all, these points, she must have
the dairy form. , The points at best
are only indications. , The dairy form
is inseparably connected with a good
butter cow. : The desirable dairy
form la always seen in the best types
of Jerseys,-Guernseys, Ay rah Ires and
Holsteins. The best beef form Is
presented In the Shorthorns, Here
fords and most of the polled breeds.
xne intelligent, dairyman, with a
knowledge bora of experience, desire
and capacity for the business, never
makes the mistake of choosing bis
cow with a beef form, - . , 1
While It Is not difficult for a dairy
man with a knowledge of his busi
ness to select cow that Will make
ten pounds of butter a week, provid
ed always such a cow Is within
the drove or herd he Is inspecting,
cows that will make fourteen pounds
of butter a week are not to be found
In the droves that are driven about
for sale." Such cows are seldom for
sale except at. breeders' prices.- A
novice mighfr-by chance select a cow
that was making ten pounds of but
ter a week under the righ t treatmen,
yet 1 he kept her in a coldjstableand
gave her Ice-water to drink' and fed
her on timothy hay and ground bar
ley amj corn meal, all. of which are
lacking In protein, - the (Cow would
soon run down, to three-and-one-half
pounds a week and stay there, or
make less and less. Another man
who kept bis. business might have
selected the same cow and kept her
- w?ra'8,ttbl- warm water,
warm eusilage made from sweet corn
well matured, two or throe pounds
of clover hay and a plentiful supply
of whea,t bran or 'ihlddllngs, ground
oats and peas, or a little oil meal or
any other food containing protein In
liberal proportions, and the cow
would probably have Increased to
twelve pounds a week If her limit
permitted.-- mertcan Agriculturist.
Y ' Naval Inspection Board.
Va8hingtoit, June 13. The .Na
val Inspection Board, of which Rear
Admiral Jouett is president, has been
ordeivd to convene at Newport, R,
I., on the 10th instant, to appraise
thO UnlU-d Strttci? vessels th6re..The
board .will' also go to Boston and
Portrimouth on similar business.
This duty Is in pursuance of an order
Issued from the Niivy Drpartmont
dinxting that the vuluo of hII naval
property shiill be Stfctrtuiiied.
Ten Thousand Iireo Lost '
8 as Fbahcisco, June, IS. The
Steamer City of Peking arrived yes
terday from Hong Kong, via Yoko
home. ..
The Shanghai Courier of May 10th
contains news which the latter re
ceived from a correspondent at Chung
Klang, to the effect that Luckow, a
city of some Importance in Upper
Pangtsze, was reported as being near
ly destroyed by fire about a month
previous; Seven out of eight gates
of the city are said to have been de
stroyed, and the loss of life in burned
and trampled to death Is estimated at
ten thousand. i
..'Commenting on this the Shanghai
(burier says : - "In case this startling
news is true, it is a remarkable fact
that It has not reached Shanghai be
fore now, as It Is just a month, since
the fire was reported to have oecurr
ed. Still, this is not -conclusive
proof that the great disaster has . not
happened, as a month Is not too long
a time for a letter to reach Chung
Klang. We met a gentleman in
Shanghai to-day who was in Iching
less than a month ago, and he in
formed us that the mandarin was
fellow-passenger with him aa far as
Hankow, and he told him about the
tire, mentioning that three-lourths of
the people of Luckow had been de
stroyeoV' - - -
In the red parlor-of the White
House, on Thursdsy, a Washington i
photographer took a picture of four
generations of the Harrison) family.
The RevV Dr. Scott sat on the ex
treme right of the group, Mrs.'Har
rison and Mrs.' McKee came next,
and the famous Baby Benjamin Har
rison McKee completed the gather
ing. The latter did his best to make
the affair a failure, and If it had not
been for what is' known as "the in
staneous process" ho would have
succeeded. There is a difference of
eighty-eight years between the gen
erations represented in the picture.
Dr. Scott Is ninety and Baby McKee
nly two years of age. Jff. T World.
The editor of the Ashevllle CUixen,
who met Bishop layman at the Epis
copal Convention at Henderson week
before last and 'heard him discourse
on his peanut sweet-milk remedy for
insomnia, comes to the conclusion
that the editors who have been mak
ing sport of the remedy have maile
es of themselves. We knew some
body had been doing this and are
pleased to find out exactly who.
StaletvUle Landmark. " s
Arthur, who is forbidden to speak
at the table, bad his revenge the oth
er day. As dinner began he was
uneasy, and finally said, "Ma can't I
speak Just one word V M You know
the rule, Arthur." "Not one word ?"
"No Arthur, not until your father
finishes the paper. Arthur was
quiet until the paper was finished
when he was asked what he wished
to say. "Oh nothing j only Nora
put the custards outside the window
to cool and the cat has been eating
them up."- , '
Killed His Wife and Children.
Columbia, S. C, June 12. News
reached here to-day of a horrible
tragedy, enacted last night at the lit
tle station of Alcove, on' the Wil
mington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, below Sumter. v, Section
master Anderson, who has charge of
the section between Sumter : and
Lanes, and who Uvea at Alcove, came
home Sunday night crazed with
drink. At 11 o'clock that night his
wife was found lying dead In the
door-way of the house, her throat cut
from ear to ear. i In the bed,' in a
room inside, the two children, both of
tender years, were found murder
ed. But meagre details of the awful
crime have as yet reached- here,- but
the perpetrator of the crime Is said to
have been suffering from dolirum tre
mens, or drunken frenzy closely ap
proaching it, when he murdered his
wife and little ones. ':(
Lynching Parties.
Hunteksvilijc, Tenn., June 13.
Lloyd and Reynolds, the murderers
of the wife and son of Rev. Mr. Har
ness, were taken from jail here on
Tuesday night by a mob of masked
men and hanged to a tree. The men
confessed their guilt.
Louisville, Ky., June - J3th.
James Deaven and Charles Tenuy
son, who were, arretted at I'.New
AlWny, Ind., on Monday charged
with assaulting Fanner La May,
near Corydon,. Ind., a week apro,
whom they shot and severely wound'
ed whili
aUemitinr to ror him
were thken from t
0 l.oryuim Jiiil hy
a mob hI a Into hour
la. t ni-'ht and
lynched
'the desert cr this un."
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tiiriiinhwdfof
To amr ab wmnntw ch r
WhiMwm-AlL Ood. k ki
UMratxt
Bat oattrf bobIbj wtao
(part,
Asd look Hk fodtapoa th
TbaMnMok M Brard, Dor
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utbqraorasB;
But omrc. intnl, KbtbI, a
Toward Um tot, wilh tbe vtndlnff Da. '
Sad aim mil oVnm, aortariaa)acatB, ; :
Nor rrw tuorft, nor utter mty anumd - '
Still Mi pot tbl rwniwwlMB, UiuWtrln.
But 00 ward, eawBrdt oo bo rat B fouod. -
So rat bo rati ao BBtsriai; as retunloiri
Mo footprint tmr polMa to bBckward mn -Bo
wild mgnt, dot lip with quaoehJaai buramg.
ratlM Bgaia to tpnnBor aar toumbt.
Karaall Otmos m Lwwlatofi JoantL
HOW EPn GOT EYEK.
"Where are you going, Hla Tasked
Judge , Lawton, aud then, without
waiting for aa answer, be went on in
a grumblider tonei '.'I suppose yourVe
going to hike BoiDethinir to that buy
vagabond Eph b wife. Well, go if yon
want to, but mark me, Ella, you'll be
agreeing whh me before long, that
the more you do for people like that,
the more they will impose upon your
The judge, having made his little
speech with all the pomposity of man
ner which was a part of himself,
turned on his heel with much delib
eration, and rubbW his fat white
hands together, as though to wasb.
them free from all participation in
his daughter Ella's deed of charity,
marched into his study,, and closed
the door with a bang.
' Mr. Lawton, who was generally
called judge by his neighbors, because
he was not only the richest but the
most dignified man in the littio Long
Island village ' of Shoreport, was a
widower, with but one child, Ella,
whose birth hod cost her mother-hor
life, and who was a fair haired, blue
eyed child of about 15. :. ; '-''.
; . Until she was 10 years old she was
Known as one 01 ma most uorougn
tomboys the neighborhood nossessed.
There was not a horse on the place
on whose back she had not tasted the
f orbidden pleasure of a bare book ride,
and there was scarcely a tree in the
woods at the rear of the house she had
not climbed; to the destruction of
frocks and the terror of her old nurse.
Nothlnff. therefore, could well have
been more distressing to a girl of her
disposition than to be debarred entire
ly from exercise. " And yet that Is
what befell her some five years before
tbo time of which I write.
Swinsnnir one dav on a lower limn
of the old gnarled pear tree which
overshadowed the orchard fence, the
Branca, already oecayed, gave way
under the vibrations, and Ella feu
heavily to the ground. ?.
At first she thought nothing of It,
but day by day the aching in her back
continued, acu grew worse, until at
length her father, noticing the pain
she evidently suffered, sent for old
Ur. Uark -..- v, .-;-'., ;,
The doctor mado a careful exmnhav
tlon, softly whistling to himself as he
did so, according to uls habit '
"uuste," ne said, 'you must lie
down ana not move for a long, Long
while if you want to get well" And
the long while proved to be months
and months. ,v .
At first the am rebelled at the con-
flnement, andmany were the peevish
exclamations which escaped hor. Then
a chance erect over her. and the irri
tability by degrees departed, to be sue-,
oeedea by a sweetness and gentleness
wmcn caused ner to be suu mora be
loved by the household. .:
When at lensth she eonld sit un.
and the good old doctor, holding her
wasted little hand in bis old wrinkled
paw. wlucu sua bad a toucn as ten-
dor as a woman's, told her the bitter
truth, she rooelved it without a tear or
a murmur.
"Ella," said the doctor, "you'll he
able to use your arms, and you u soon
feel as strong ami welt as you ever
were, but 1 tear me, lassie, tnat you u
never waia again. :-
And so it was. A cleverly eon
ttruoted chair was prooured for her
benefit, and in this she was wheeled
about the villain br faithful old Isaac
who had been in the judge's employ
lines hs wot a lad.
x A year or two later her father
bought her a little phaeton, with a
rjoir of well -matched daintv ixmies.
and in this she was able to tfrivo her
self about without aaaurtauco, till
there was not a rood for miles around
hat had not echoed under the boat of
the pouies hoofs, :
But her pleasures wore not all self
ish. She delighted in looking after
the need of Lor nooror nclchbors. and
bad brought sunshine and hope into
many a dork and cheerless cottage in
ShoreoorL - .-.
It was a fine spring day when hor
ratner impanea 10 uer tuo vuiuuoio
rrtion of bis stock Of wordly wisdom
have Quoted, aud Ella was siltinir In
her wheeled choir in the great square
hall of the old fashioned house which
for generations had belonged to the
Luwton family. - Un her lap lay a lit
tle covered basket, from beuouth the
lid of which peeped out the whito folds
of a sjxjtlesa impkin. As iter father
spoko, she merely smiled, and turning
to old Isaac, suidt .'
"Don't believo papa when be talks
like that, Lions, lie doesn't mean a
word of it Now, take me down to
Enh's cottage, for I'm afraid tliut oor
Wife of his is laid up again, and needs
whnt 1 have hers for her." -
There was no doubt but that Fnh
was a sad ruscal, and thoir li, as Laa
remarked, ber fniber did taut mean all
he said, for, with all bis pomposity,
the imlfo wna cenoroua. there ;. no!
a hale ti-uth lu it so far as I , li wul
ooncoi-ued.
t-ja live or six ycai-s before a col
baraoim,
4d, tad mm h icr nmkJtuikBj
Jl ttwtr W,miry ot ) - )cjj
WkamoUaMo iMrhaadiBtja,
lhByoWlB, WlHH I III 1 ) OahML. . .
mbSadrnttatttMBMhwn mmtbfw
Thiia nininn wuh -:
WK IIMIIM WBM7 wtoCn
Who Hps m Biwihiiil. .
. bmla. .
ored man and his "wife bad tramped
Into the village, covered with dustand
carrying their worldly possessions In
an old tattered valise, and rented aa
old tumble down cottage. Eph was aa
idle, good natured, wortiJeea vaga
kondi and Etta wife was a hard
working, careful and saving woman.
Mra. Epn (if the couple had another
aame no one ever used it) took In
washing, went out to help in house
work, and in others ways made enough
to support herself and her husband,
who passed his time fishing from the
rickety old pier, shooting stray quail or
duck with a rusty old gun he had picked
up, or hugging the Move in the gen
eral store of the village. And yet Eph
was a favorite, for though he would
not stick steady at any employment
he was always ready to do any small
odd job, and was perfectly, satisfied
with a "Thank ye, Eph," for payment
At last on winter his Wife fell sick,
and a backing cough, the result ot ex
posure, threatened to turn Into con
sumption. Eph tended her aa care
fully as a trained nurse, but the slen
der stock of savings soon went and
the couple would have been hard put
to it had it not been for the kindness
of the judge's little daughter.
Summer came, and the sick woman
seemed to revive, and in spite of the
doctor's orders, insisted on taking up
ner worn again, wuiie upn. wno dur
ing her illness had actually earned
some money, relapsed into his old
shiftless ways. He was passing the
judge's house in the dusk of a summer
evening, on his return from a day's
fishing, and he paused, meditating
whether or not he could slip up to the
kitcbeu and leave a strinir of fish with
his "best respect fo' Miss Ella, " when
be round mmsoir violently run into by
the judge himself.
"What are you doing around here,
you skulking vagabond r roared the
judge, whose temper was nono of the
best and whoso pet corn Eph bad un
wittingly irouaeti on in 111s etrort 10
recover bis disturbed balance. ''Look
ing round for what you can steal, ch?"
'I begs yer . pardon, jedgo," said
TPnh nrilh nnl litila AimU "Tin!
said
But
I aint a skulk in', and f aina
never
stele nuffin' in my life. No, Bah. I
may be brack, but I se hones , I is.
And he strode indignantly off. leav
ing the judge still more enraged from
the oonsciousncsa that he lind been in
the wrontr. But the iudce was obsti
nate, and whon he had once commit
ted bimself to a statement he never
changed his mind. ' r
'Til bo bound that was just what
he was after " ho muttered to himself,
as he entered the house. ,
That night the judges house was
broken into and articles of value, in
cluding some trinkets of Ella'a, were
taken. When one of the scared ser
vants brought the news to the judge,
the old gentleman said not a word,
but with a grim smile, as much as to
say, "I knew-it I told you ' so," he
dressed, put on his hat and stumped
down the village street to Eph's cot
tage. Early as it was, ho found Mrs.
Eph already bending over the wash
tub. 5 v.; f
"Mornln',',Bald the judge, abru
To' irrasb.ua sake, ef it aint J
Lawton? stammered the astonished
Mrs. Eph. vt-i::V".--f,:':;v;-:
"Was your trasband borne all lam
night' continued the judge.
"Lemroo see." nondored Mrs. Enh.
WV no. jedgo, not orl night He
jes slipped out to look ater some of
dem aV fishra' lines o hisSk Data
wheer he's gone jes' now, jedge."
Thank you, my good woman 1
that's all I wanted to know. said the
judge, his smile of satisfaction deepen
ing, and he was striding up the street
again, leaving Mrs. Epa staring open
mouthed after him.
When Uph came home to his din
ner he found Mat Raikes, (be consta
ble, sitting In his cottage, staring com
passionately at the weeping Mrs. Eph,
and before the unfortunate Eoh knew
where ho, was, he was arrested by Mat
on a warrant sworn out by Judge
Lawton, and an hour later- was on his
way to tne jau 01 tno county town,
vsiulv nrotestinir bis Innocence. -
.' For two months Eph 'lay there
awaiting trial, and It is not unlikoly
thai he would nave bean sent to oris
on, so set in his conviction was the
judge that be had in Eph secured the
burglar. ; -:.'V' .,, .
Luckily for Eph. tbo dujovery of
somo of Ella's jowolry in a Now York
pawnbroker's shop led to the arrest
and subsequent confession of two
tramps, who had fotiftd the judge's
narlor window conveniently open, and
had hurriedly bolped themselves to
au or value tney couiu carry on witn
outsitractina' notice.
. Eph was released, of course, but be
came out of jail a changed man. Not
only did his unjust arrest and tho
consequent degradation, of being led
through the street of Shoreport hand
cuffed, weigh upon him, but his wife
had died while be waa in prison, and
nothing could convince bun that' his
misfortune was not the .cause of her
death. '. . ..',V
. His former light hearted reckless
ness was succeeded by a moody brood
ins over his real ana fancied w rones.
Even when the gcntlo Ella came to
visit him, he turned on her liko aa en
raced lion. .
''Your ladder say I done stole his
old tings, wo'ca I ain't beu nowhar
nigh your house, Miss Ella. He sliet
mo up in jail, an' killod my ole wo
man. Ho's rich, aud 1'so po'. He's
w'ite an' l'ss brack, but sho's you
bawn. Mis' Ella, Pes got to get ebon
Wif lum. Pso got to git eben, euohl"
Aud bo turned nis bead away, and re
fused to spouk anoUtcr word. -
This was all the more mortifying to
poor Ella, as she had pleaded Eph1!
causo again nnd agsiu to Imr father,
"I'm sure it was uot Eph, paixt," she
said. "For one thing, I'm sure Eph
would never have tukeu my favorite
silver bracelet evon if he had been
viol.cd euough to steal , tho other
Uiinirs." - . - .
,"Ah, you're only a girl, my dear,"
waa tlioonly answer the got; out after
all tho girl . was right aud the judge
was wrong-. . t
The winter was about over, and
rph, who had bad a bard timo to pot
alonp. and wholuid been sinkinfr low
er ana lower, bciuj ewu sa-fccUxi vl
belplncr himself oa more than one 00-
caston to other people's chickens, was
walkingaloug the nign road on ms
way to Farmer Bellows. - -
The farmer had promised him a sack
of potatoes in return for various small
err iocs rendered, and Eph was going
to get them. He waa alouohing mood
ily along, as was ms custom nowadays,
when the sound of wheels behind him
made him draw aside to let the
vehicle have the middle of the
road. As . U passed, be looked
up and saw that . it was Ells, her
pale cheeks aglow in the frosty air,
seauy' bundled up in fun in her lit
tle (..Jbo, and speeding ber ponies
to, their utmost She waved her whip,
and nodded to Eph as she passed, but
be, his whole nature turned to gall,
took no notice of the friendlysslttta
tion. He . gazed after her, though,
with- an ugly look -on his once good
humored face, and muttered to him
self t . -. -.'-
"What's dat de pahson done tole me
wunst 'Pride goes befo a falif
Ya-as, Mis' Ella, pride he goes befo' a
faM," and he plodded on. - :'
- A couple of hours later Eph was re
turning along the same rood, his sack
of potatoes slung over his shoulder.
He seemed in somewhat better spirits,
though the chance encounter with his
enemy was still uppermost in his
thoughts. He hummed the air of an
old plaintive plantation song as he
slouched along, but he had set words
of his own to the tune, and they ran
something like this:
TM jui climb op s mighty tn treo,
Eb larf w- b brar do Blnah caO;
But ha absta hta bkuT w'eo tree! cut down.
Htt-s da prfela dot goes befo' hi tal
He was still humming the lost line
for about tho twentieth timo as he
drew near a turn in the road, on the
other side of which a branch of the
local railroad line ran across tbo rood
and made a surface crossing. The
shrill whistle of an approaching loco
motivo drowned the last words of his
song, when It was succeeded by a
piercing scream and a cry for help,
several times repeated. Eph threw
down his bag of potatoes, and hurried
ly shambled forward.
For a moment tho rays of fee rap
idly declining sun dazzled his eyes.
and he only saw a black moss stand
in? across the railroad track. An
other instant and he was abreast of
it and in a flash the situation was
clear to even his dull Intellect One
of the wheels of Ella's phaeton had in
somo way got wedged fast between the
ends 01 two rails wuicn, contractod by
tho extreme cold, left an open space,
which had acted as a trap for the nar
row tire. She could neither advance
nor recede, and her crippled condition
rendered her helpless and unable to
stir. She gave an imploring glance
at Eoh. who' remained, however, mo
tionless. Tho memory of his wrongs,
his wife's death, his lingering months
In jail, his wrocked reputation, the
sneers of bb neighbors at tho "jail
bird, " surged in his brain. Another
whistle from the locomotive, and
again Ella looked at him imploringly.
Tliev could see tho cnoina like a huiro.
hunirrv Minotaur rushinor forward aa
if eager to seise his prey, the engineer
with one arm across his eyes as though
to shut out tbo traced v be knew was
coming, tbo other bearing hard on the
reversing lover. Ana m a rracuoo 01
aseoond Ephs thoughts changed.-
remembered tne iriri s kindness to
wife, ber gontlcneea to himself, the
kindly advice she used to give him,
her merry laugh whon be told some
quaint negro legend about "Brer Rab
bit" and his companions, and he hesi-
tated no longer, though already, for
his own sake, he hod waited too long.
A leap, a roar, and a whir from the
n'ng train no one ever knew how
is done, but as the rattling cars
sped by, Ella was lying shaken but
unhurt on one side of the track, the
ponies were kicking and plunging In
hid uivcu, wuue bctubs tuo roou iny a
huddled, motionless heap of shattered
humanity. - ..-1 t Vwa -':V m
: Tho train had slowed up, and care
ful hands raised Ella, and a kindly
stranger was bathing her forehead.
As she lookod round vaguely, she saw
a circle of train hands and curious
passengers round tho prostrate figure
on the other side of the road, aud
heard the whispered remark on tho
still, frosty air; - .-'(
, "lie's alive, but dying fast"
r 'Tako mo there," she gasped vend
when they remonstrated, an Imperious
wave of the hand secured the fulfill
ment of her request As they laid the
crippled girl on the hard road by the
dying Epa, be seemed io feel her pres
ence, and slowly opened his eyes,
while a faint smile parted his gray lips.
"1'so done ax your pardon. Miss
EUa," ho foebly murmured. . : -:
.. "Oh, Eph, ask my pardon f 1 Why,
you saved my life, clear Eph."
"YesW But I wus proud, end done
take no notice w'en you said good
arfternoou,' Miss Ella. Pss been proud,
but" and the voice grew fainter
and fainter "Pso had my falL" - The
big eyes closed, and in bis full he had
risen. ' So Eph got even after alL
Horace Townsend in Once a Week,
4'.'' ,-T.: Aa Eye to Bata,
. Needles have been used time out of
memory, but not until within the last
few years has tho art been considered
Serfection. A few years ago the Red
itch (England) nocdlo works, In order
to' make good tlwir boost of employing
tho most, skilled workmen in tho
world, finished and presented to
Queen Victoria a needle of the com
mon "cambrio" size upon which they
had caused to be engraved perfect
miniatures of the two great stone tno
nolitlis, known as Cleopatra's Nee
diest besides tho .date of Victoria's
birth, accession and marriage. -
One day a certain European poten
tate visited the works and expressed
admiration Of the skillful manner in
which the "eye puncher" provided the
most minute needles with thnt quite
necessary adjunct The skinful op
erator smiled and rpqucriled a h'ur
from the cortain E. P. 'a he. 'I The
hair was placed under the machine ntnl
soon provided Willi au ej 0 emla a 1
tltreaa, much to the n 1 j d .t if
tho victor.-Johu W. .i-w'.t
Louis L- iH.llia
AO TOafaaf ViB I" ' I fill II l IS ,
The route from Ban Diego to the
desert slope on the eartern side of the
county's mountain ranges, which was
partially described In Wednesday's . .
Sun, stopped midway at Ballena, I.7J0
feet above the sea. From this point '
the road ascends through a narrow
canyon shaded witn ancient oak.
wuicn soon open out tnto a great valley
of sururisinir beauty. Turning south a
siue roaa leauing 10 oao v iceuia runs . ,
down a long can you where some Inter
esting people, devotees of the vegeta-.
nan cult have made their homes. - .
t-llAW ttfVk III II il,i wil ls,wn fwvn ( kL.
CdSarRof 130 miles or more.
neoriy-turos years ago. . ;:
Tlie party comprised Jar. Ls Bouf, .
his wife, and their ward. Miss Hadley,
all from St Louis, Mo. Mr. L "
Beuf pushed a large wheelbarrow be
fore hun tilled -with t). possessions. .
and the vomen soU for thoir .
short hair and bloomer "dross trod .
clieerfully along beside him. They ;
were seeking a location for a home on
govornment land, and they ebose it in
the wildest part of the canyon. Mrs,
La Beufs liealth had broken down in -kindergarten
work at St Louis, aud :.
for this reason they came te-the coast
The invalid had found the weight of
ordinary clothing intolerable, and
outh of Uie womenjiad therefore adopt-
til the bloomer costume, witn nign - .
shoes of gray cloth buttoning up the
leg tuBlead-of the usual trousers, sir.
IjB Beuf went to work clearing the
land, and in a short time liad stretched .
a circular canvas over the saplings for . i:
thoir dwelling, making it resemble a' '
boo hive. linseed oil waa rubbed on.
tiio cloth to make it waterproof. Fur-.4 ;
niture was constructed or tne natural
woods with their bark and mosses. A "
garden' was planted and grain sowed.
men Miss tlailley tound a pocire ..
in the rocks a little higher up the can-,
yon, which pleased her, and she filed."
8 pre-emption claim to eighty acres.
A canvas dome also arose on her -
clearing, which is now a marvel of
productiveness. ' ffliss Uook. another -vegetarian,
came out from Missouri -to -assist
her. These industrious , ' young . -
women now have one and a half acres ;
in grain, with not a weed on the en- '
tiro place. They make their-owa Aouk-
They liave sweet peas, onions, lettuce,
celery, eta, with blackberry bu sites :'
and Various other small fruits. ' They
ciiiseled ten steps in the granite rock
leading down to a spring which breaks ,
a fissure in -the rocks. A cellar built
in tiie bank contains some 200 bottles '
of a peculiar grape cordial, whioh la
their only drink. It is boiled dowa
without being sweetened, and is eoo '
sidered a sort of grape cure.
These resourceful people man u face- ;
lira all their own garments, ineludimf I
shoes. Ls Beufs garrnents are somo-
what like a bathing suit
Beverul years ago a .men named '
Weidenmlller, also a vegetarian, ap -peared
in the canyon, and week before
lust be brought Miss Hadley down to
$an Ittego in the stage, and here they
were married. Miss Oook continues
to reside with them. The two men .
work on the runohee fhereebooa as
dpportunity offers, while the women
devote ihleJstm to books eod thi
Sltrvatteo of uSegsdena Sao Heo
pertope one of the saddest efrects of
tbe 4ate war which yet remain Is thfe -
Et number of people who are still
ing from their former homes and
r old friends and relatives, Vee .
instance, 'I bad an irneie who care
home shortly after Appomattox. La
arrived about 8 o'clock one atemooe '
at bis home in Kentucky, dismounted ,
nd kissed his wife fondly, walked
about the place for an hour with ne, -'
Ely speaking aaa very moody. -mounting,
remarked! "Mary. .
ang off for little whilet be good
to yourself aod the baby until 1 cum
back." and be has never been seen by a
relative since. . We have Indirectly
beard of him a number of times, but oa
going to the point where be had ben "
seen he bad, invariably, just left We
traced him to a point in Dakota,
finally, where he had established quite
e large sheep ranch, but a week be
fore his nephew got there uncle had "
sold at a great sacrifice and loft
Southerners can relate hundreds of
such : cases from - personal knowl
edge. There are secluded regions in
the Ozark country which are inhabito
only by these broken hearted men, now
nermitiL sen isolated irom socv
ety and their relatives. Their fosa-
nnMM anfltiil man A rinaltnn'l r. a .
supposed widow, or father of ehildreu
who have mourned him as dead for
more than a quarter oentury. 6s,
Louis Globe-Deuioarat
Oatttng a TAhtb Claw.
At the Clifton soological gardens a
lion in the collection had for some
time been tortured by a claw growing
into the fiesh of its left fore paw, hut
owing to the uncertain temper of t. e
king of beasts It was not consi ' nl
prudent for auy one to try And n- .eve
Lim. The only way open to the k -r -ers
of the maimed lion was to r' it '
In such a positipn that it could not
turn round and then to seize a - - y
moment for the ex traction of thee uv.
This was done by inducing it to luuv
first one cage and then another un' 1
it was confined in one so small t' t :t
could not spring either to tie r t ( r
to the left. Then, while iis i, X
pew was protruded throurh t.a i
the claw Was promptly yiJ - I t 1
Of lite flesh, into which it 1 1 1 - s
more tliau half an inch. 1 U...
Tiiocs, '
W1U Steal Tobacco but f I '
In the largest ' y r '
York, where 1 1 ' J v .
used in a dny, t .n f ! 1 i
out to tho wo. ' v, i
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