The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Borne end the Interests of the County,
Vol» xx» GASTONIA, N. C„ THIJKSDAY, DECEMBER g|, 18»0. .Igy
, THK«LD BATTftWV Hiller
A tlunalai »*r| m( Ik* Day* Imi.
1IUH| ■U9WiUla« Ik* Waraf Baalk
are lali|iBl»ar*.
Mlai CJanJInc Uhalt In Owlnton Kmwl
Deodar.
Hi would never have taken a prlti
for beauty at a borae ehow. (or bi an
tall and almost preteruaturally thlu.
with throe white logi. n It>u>ui now
nod a piebald faod. Ilia uwuar, the
bcrgeaot, wld that. If yon laid your
hand over the white aide and oalv
looked at the brown one you would
perceive that lie had a beautiful rye,
bright, steady and remarkably lu- '
telligaot, but caaual observer*. who
never took the trouble to verify the
soiree in ees or tbla atvurilon. limply
declared that lie waa ugly and bad n
qQIxxloal exprvaalou of eountrnaoc-.
TM original namt of tbl* battery
boraa waa Napolvou Bnoapartu, but it
had beeo aborteusd to IViiiy, for eon
vsoianoc, and because It was exactly
suitable to bl* gaunt appearance white
in the service of Souttsru (ouMsraty.
His master, tbe beegaant. bad Xu a
member of a distinguished llglil bat
tery of artillery In tbe Army of North
ern Virginia, wbu. after Geo lien's
surrender at Appomattox, bad been
awarded this bone for "gallant and
meritorious o-mducl,” and liaviug
beeo disbanded, be rods the borse
slowly boaae to Alkeu, whete his
family then resided.
Oar ex-aoldler was food of Bony aud
vary glad that bis commander bad
turned this animal over to him. sod
being of an aatbnalaatio disposition, ba
evaa want so far aa tu say that lie had
acted nobly towards him, for he con
sidered this angular quadruped tu have
been tbe bast of tbe thirty fire tioraes
which had belonged u> the battery.
8jam people thought this must be a
partial vlaw to taka of Boot’s worth,
out surely tbs Sergeant must bar*
known wboreof be spoke for had be
not been four years wilb the battery,
except when he waa ill with typhoid
fever In tbe hospital, and another Urns
after Sharps burg, where be was so
badly wounded?
Tbe Sergeant not uolr ateted that
he loved this borse. but be respected
lilm, baoauwa be waa braver than any
man ba bad ever met ; for while Buoy
despised bombshell*, and would erup
tbs grant aa soon as hit gau waa uu
llmbarwd for action, aveo when they
sere falling around hlcn, tha Sergeant
knew that be and the other fallows
ware afraid of them. This dread
never kept them from taking tbe
tMlterv into tbe hottest places in VS#
battled eld, however nor Trotn working
Ibelr '’pieces” until they were Mack
from head to foot with smoke and
powder. Indeed they bad retrieved
compliments from Geo. Lee aod Geo.
Jackson, personally, more Ulan owes,
aud Geu. G. P. Alexander the chief of
artillery was pro ad of thalr pluck.
We ware also Informed that Bony
had a great spirit and I bat it waa
grand to ssa him take bis guu into
action, No 1, (tbe bergvaut's piece.)
almost always getting Into position
drat and opening fire before tbe others
had Wheeled Into line. lie waa grate
fnl U> Bony for this aa It bad bsaa the
ambition of the ex-soldier during
those long years of combat; we aua
peoted that bis own teal bad losplred
tee battery bores with this desire for
priority, but that idea never seemed to
oecar to the Sergeant, who was a
roods*t man and t never pretend him
self.
naob |uq «m drawn by four boras*,
and wbso ib« espials would call out
lo liia strong, Arm voloe, “Limber to
tbe front,” Bony understood tbe order
Juat aa well aa did Ibe men. He was
the lead-horse of gnn No 1, a beautiful
brat* “piece,” which he would drag
forward Just aa fast a* ble long leg*
could carry It eufuelng bie own energy
Into tbe limbs of lb* lea* ardent
animals beroaaavd to ibe tame gun.
Moat people believe that buraca bare
no eculs, but tbe Sergeant knew that
Bony possessed one el** bow ooulit be
have endured eo cheerfully tbe depress
ing Influence* of abort ratlone and had
roedaf He was atroog and always
willing and when tbe wheel* of Ui*
gun carriage would almost disappear
from view lo those awful red elay mud
boles through wbloh tbe artillery bed
to be banted Bony would pull harder
then any of the other bora**. The
whip had to be severely applied some
tlaaesto nrge moot of tbe poor creel area
but no lash ever
touched Lb la favorite's lean aide*.
After tba Sergeant name to Alton
ho aoon made friends with awry one,
being a baodaome frank energatlo
voeng man and, paaaeealog nothin*
but the clothes he wore and Bony he
promptly gut a tight wagon and began
taking pawugen and freight from
that town to Colombia—tike neon's
army barlag destroyed the railroad
oomaraaleailon between those point*.
Bony eras all Important in this eater
prim', be and hi* matter travelled hack
and tortb at regular intervale, and
nearly all the money they earned by
Ibis hard work was tented over to the
Sorgaant's mother for femlly use. the
rx-soldier aaylng lightly : “Ok! Bony
and I een rough It. W# are not high
Uv*«.”
Bcoept for a Uck of sheila they led
very m0*h the earn* kind of life that
bad breo them in Vlrglala, and were
open tbe eama footing of Intimacy, for
they bad to neap out one night eitbet
»«#—**>• pemuogers oooupytag Um
wegou, Bony bntng Utbered lo a wheel
•** beneath l.ta
vehicle. With e pistol within easy rteeb
of hi* head, hone Mealing having
baeomi a common praotlee. Bony's
white lego ware e great eoovenleoee at
this time, aa tbe Sergeant an a Id eve
them area wbee ibe animal was brows
ing at e little distaste try log to add to
e eeanl supply of provender by dlli
gen* enm cropping.
A bent three ml lee from Aiken there
ts a farm whisk eat called Soooytidv.
white there time stood * large rsmb
1 lad boom whom Mg, oM-ftohioned
garden waa gay with ream ead peta
ataa. Over tbe eotronoe gets there
vis sobered a ewvetbrUr vine, which
perfemed lire Light air while dirt dive
flitted rttuund tbe flowera end lu end
<>ut of tbepinxxi pjeta Here there
lived h hoeptlable family, and tbe
Sargeaal belof a relative, and pvaalag
by >n often noon fell Into Ibe way of
•topping regularly on hie return trip
from Columbia, to visit hla couatna.
This houae waa wed lilted with people
or all age* and our ex-aoldler aooe fell
Id love with one of tbe glrla whoee
name waa Kate. Tliey were very c»n
geotal, llitaned wftli sympathetic
late rest to *11 bis talas uf army life
and taking a pride In the record of our
battery whleh waa truly gretifjlng
Upon only on* point dill (bey disagree
and that wea about Hony. Site called
him an aglr creature sad said that
wheu be livid lily thin neck high la the
air m ha often did bn reminded her of
a giraffe. Now obaeryatlona hurt tbe
Sergeant’s feeling*, tor Im realised that
Bony was half-atarved and (bat If he
had hot had a brave eplrll be would
long before thla have drooped hie errat
and have refuaed to labor 10 much to
pletae the muter whom be lovrd. tlo
explained all lbl* to Katie, but aha
held ou to Iter oploIona and partly to
taeae him euggraled that be tliould sell
ilooy and buy a aloe Mask home which
drew well Id a baggy.
I'd* sergwerii got downright angry
at Ibis plans of adrioe and t>» Informed
Katie that l*s would never writ hit
bwltary horse, which nad been hts
faithful companion under such trying
circumstances; and being Indlgnaut
tlio out time ho traveled long the
Stole road lui drove liy Surnyilde
giving Kale a bow n« aho a«l on tha
pUts* expecting him to outre In
TIm mia'ginmt did not last long
aa lie waa soon Invitrd lo oelrbrmte
Kalla'* birthday which ba area glad to
do hut at this time he made* great
mistake for lo prove to her
that Bony was a drooght horse ha
hired an old bony and took bar out
driving In tha afternoon. Poor Bony I
lookad mors Ilka a giraffe than aver
whan bitched to thla rattletrap which
waa very low aod Kalla enuld beioly
refrain from laughing at hto appear
ance; but they eat off aod enjoyed
them eel res very touch until they earns
to a bridge over Shaw's Creek where
a little donkey emerged from a thlokei,
aod standing In front of tbe horae
bayed loudly. Bony waa pools stricken. '
He bad beard sliella borat around Men '
tut nothing so unearthly aa iciw'a
Umy aod wheeling awddeoly be
plunged off tbe bridge into tbe creek
below. Tbe baggy was overturned
aod Its o ecu panic thrown Into the mud
and water, without being hurt. No
barm waa done exoept that Katie was
furious at being made to look ridicu
lous and she vented her wrath by
ttytlog the bone *‘a horrid wratoh."
Katie ran Into a cabin near by and
ibe Sergeant looked at tba aceoe of tbe
catastrophe, where the buggy lay
bottom upward lo the stream ; and oo
a mud bank beyond elood Bony with
bta tail flstisg In tbe wind snorting
and gating alter the donkey whleh waa
ploddlug along tba road, switching his
tail aud looking aa Innocent as If Ire
had nothing to do with Uielr mishap.
“Just like all mUeblefmakers," aoltl
ooutxel tbe Sergeant. "If 1 wsa not
afraid that Bony would run away I
would go after you and bast you for
wing auch a blatant little fool."
Tbe Sergeant was Daortided by Bony's
misbehavior yet be did not use lilo
roughly and when tbe bone trad cun*
to bis summons ha eaki severely. ‘*X
am ashamed-of you. Howoouldyou
have acted like a cowardly marah
UckeyT” Bony knew that ho had
doue wrong and waa in dlagraoe and If
ha ouuld have spoke* I am ears that be
would have said that he was aorry ,bul
not being ablelo do sobs only twitched
bta ears.
The Sergeant got another horse ami
buggy from a neighboring farm sod by
and by tbs ttma ho bad returned Katie
bad repaired damage* and looked
particularly prattr in epiok surt-bouoel
aim bed borrowed. He told her so
which was very Jodlolona aad then
they drove borne In tbe moonlight
troubled ooly about a gold bracelet
that had clipped off her ana lute tba
water and waa lost. It was never
found but bu gave her a wedding ring
aome months later, and ebe assured
Mm that she valued Ibis ornament
more than all IU bracelets lo tba
country, ao tbe matter was forroUeo;
but a cloud (till rested upon liooy’a
reputation and Katie would oaver
drive behind him aav more.
Tbe Bergranfi lather owned a plan
tation on tba ooeat and after hit mar
ring* tha Sergeant moved to Hope wall,
wbera the newly married couple wore
vary busy and happy, and Uooy waa
lnvalaabta, aa bit master rode him
every day and often aant him In a ourt
to tba railroad station to haul house
hold effects. Tills was dnrlsg tbs
winter, but when summer earns round,
to avoid malaria, they went to a little
oottep on aare island oear bj. where
It was a charming reeort
until a West Indian hurricane came
tanrlat op tbe Atlantic ooeat which
struck the Maed on* night. Rain fall
la tomato. Um wind blew wildly and
U»e surf roared lemrertv. The nrrt
morning lamps bed U be lighted tba
olooda wma jo Uaoh that summary
day. Tba Sergeant hoped that the
wlad would autwida with Urn tide but
aL*.1’4*4 8► wb«n they
•booH have bad low water, tba cases
way leading to tba mainland was still
oomplstely submerged. Ueiag oUiged
to go bo tied Kalla to tba asddls
moootsd behind her oo Bony andtbey
Mi off amidst tba fury of Um gale.
When lher reeebed tba causeway they
found that It waa.ooly fetlock deep lo
water at times, bat groat waves .broke
over It Mhtieoally end the rush and
swirl of tba water waa awfol. Bony
would advenes a few fast sad thru, la
obedience to tba gnldlog rata be would
stood still and bonce elib all bla might
;«•*■* baratlog avstsueba of
> foaming brlao, whieh would threaten
taewrvpMm Into deep eater, whence
they would never have emerged alive.
lb* battery koras dghilng for ibetr
life* agateet wind sod ocean, with s
Mrangtb and sensible ecu rags that was
Italy magnificent, aatll at last they
got upon lilgh land and reached a
frieod’a boon*, drenched arith r«ln and
chiliad almost to the haart by that ray*
log wlod.
Rory waa a > exhausted that ha trem
bled lika an aapao leaf and coaid hard
ly get to ttoe auble. share he (ell pros
trata wlib a gross; bitlha Sergeant
soon ustae to bin with a qaert of hot
wblakcy. aod bavlag got tbla down hla
throat, baaet half a dutni negroes to
work rubbing him hard, aod ao lo an
hours tliaa tbc hoi as waa afoot ones
more and acting bis o»ro with relish.
When the Sergsauit opened bis win
dow next rooming be called, “Katie,
come ticca,” and In a moment aba waa
at aide looking at the polul where tlielr
house list] stood. What a light met
their Ttaw t A. vast expanse of tumult*
uoua, tossing water sens alone visible.
“Bony eartaloly saved our liwc last
even In* I” was all be said. •• Vea, by
God's help,” replied Katie, in a awe
struck whisper.
After brrakfast the; rial lad tbs
stable, where Kails gave Uis bailer?
boras a lump of sugar and kissed him
oo bis piebald fores end. Tbs Use giant
was delighted at Mils attention, bat
Bony took do not Ins of Kails, bo only
whlnoted softly and robbed bis bead
againat bis master's aboatder. wben
tbs letter slapped bltn on tbe flank mid
tnld : “Bony, you art tba beet borne
In tbe world and I tball lore you as
long aa I Urn."
"And so (ball I," echoed Katie,
beartlly.
Well limn wrntnu and things pros
pered at Uopewell, and aflor a while
Bony grew (aland would bare been sail
ed handsome but for bla ugly faee. He
waa very happy on lbe old plsnUlloo.
where Ike grata grew green ell through
the wtoetr, under the greet oaks oo tbe
lawn, and he waa eared for and petted by
every oar, Katie most of all. whoaooe
lliort even told the Bergeanl that be
ought not to ride bio looanoh because
•be would not bare Buoy work ad bard,
which announcement aeusd Bony’*
master very touch, but be lored her all
tba more for bar appreciation of the
merits of Ills old army companion
At length, tomo years later, upoo so
April day, a thuodcr storm broke oyer
Hopewell when B my was la tba pas
ture. sod as the rain wss d leaf ratable
ha sought pro lection from It a Oder a
large tree, brows!og beneath the beeglis
tbougb tba Itglitnlog waa flsslitog acd
tbs lb a oder rumbling oyer bead. Per
bepe tbs bet'erv liooe remembered tbe
beulre In Virginia end was reminded
of tbe bursting of the bombshell*, but
at any rets he waa oot disturbed by
Ibis war of the slamauls Suddenly
there waa • wonderfully yield light In
tba sky, followed by • lerrlllc crash,
and behold I tbe tree was blasted and
tlis battery burns lay dead upon Uis
■ward without a struggle or a pang.
All were grieved by tbU occurrence,
the Bvrgenul m m especially, wbo bad
B>wiy burird where be bad failed, the
Injured tree cut down sod a young oak
pluoted oyer bis old friend’s grave
This has now attained a considerable
alia and a brass plain bas barn embed
ded la Its trunk upon which Is in
scribed :
Died. April 15tb. 1M6. Booapsrtr,
The beet end bravest battery horae.
Of-llaUery, 1st Corps.
Army of Northern Virginia, C. S. A.
Min Dal aw Nlskw.
Ckcator laalwrs.
Yrsterday morning we received oor
regular weekly eotlos of e rise of 17 or
13 per cent, on top of ell previous ad
vances Id tbe price of envelopes, and
the dealer does not agree to Oil orders
even at these price* but reaervse tbe
right to advance price* without notice.
We received g telegram also In re
sponse to an order for oapar notifying
ns of n ria* of nearly In per cant in
pries, in addition to a recent advance
of 80 per oaot.. and asking whether to
•hip or not Of course they will have
to ship ; we era obliged to have paper
till we ship our business. There Is no
uas to countermand (he order end send
It to nnollter bouse. The price would
be tbe same ur a little higher ; the
trust hae lUclurobes on tbrm all. The
chancre are that before we got our or
der Ailed .mother advenes would be
aunoanoed.
People who get their papers and
printing at former price* are forln
ant", and lhay may knew that ike pub
lishwr end printer are su Sr ring for It.
As everybody almost Is beginning to
(eel the bordeos Imposed by trust*. It
Is not surprising that President Mo
Klnley. tbe exponent el the protectors
of trusts, thought It good policy to
make e feint lo bis mesa*go as ir be
would strike tbeos oppressors of tbe
common people.
Tko «u iwlowiMim.
A Must* Oanotuuiloa.
"It’o aquaer wuri’,” mM tho old
mu. “whan you com to think it over.
You know I oddlotlrd Jim for a law
yer?”
“Ye»"
“An' Bill for • prouder ?”
“Kxontly.”
•• Ao' Torn for oao o’ thoee Hero lite
rary felloe*?"
••I'M I word to.”
"Ah' l)iok fer o dontor?”
"Yoa”
‘•Wei, now whot do yoo reokuo I'm
• doin’ of?”
‘ Can’t any.”
••Well, olr you Dual not Mtwee It,
Hut I'm • NyMtli' of Jim on'Bill,
on* Tom, an’ I>Mk, on’ It k*op» mo
• coin from daellglit to dork I”
4> a cure for rbraaillia Chamber
lain'* Palo Balm la jratatof a wide
reparation. D. B Jotiriatoo of K'ob
moud, Ind , haa barn l ran Mad allh
that all oat Hoca IM1 Itrapnklaa
of 11 ba my* i "I never toood any
tblni that woaM nlmva at nabl i
aaad Chamberlain'* Palo Balm. It a«U
Nha mafia with m Mjr r-ot ta
•woiteo tad paining an Wf moon,
bat aaa food .191 Halloa of Pain Bala
raltmed me. for aMt by J. K. Carry
A company.
■ TWAIN IN Nauru AT NIC A.
■ la TNn mt tin DUmmJ Niaaa, The
81. LouU Nepubhe.
Mark Twain Welted South Africa
two or threw nira ago la hi* b a>k.
“Following the Btgu aor,"h* dererihgt
•o me thing of hi* experience* and obser
vation* there. II* w*i lata ratted fa
tha gold minea at Jotiaaneaburg.
"The cyanide prnceee wat new to
me.” ha write*, and full nf Intacvnt;
and among tha ooatly and elaborate
mining machinery than* wire Bun
thing* which were now to me, but I
waa already familiar with Ibw rret uf
the detail* uf Mm gold mining lodmtry.
I hod b*«n * gold miner myeelf, in my
day. and koewaubiUotiailr everything
tbat thoee people knew about It, ex
orpt I tow to m*ka rnouey at It. But 1
learned * good deal about the Boor*
there, and that waa afterward* repeated
to me lu oilier parte of S >utb Africa
demised up—Aooordlag tithe Informa
tion tha* gained—UiU l* the Boar:
“Ue it deeply reltgtoue, profoundly
Ignorant, dull, obeUnal*. bigoted, un
evenly In hi* bsbttn. boepiU We, hooeal
In hie dnalloae with the white*, * hard
mnatar to hie black eervant, n lover of
political Independence, a good bu*b*nd
end father, not fond of herding to
(Other lo town*, but liking lb* Bantu -
alon end lemoteueee eod eolltade eod
empty reetnene end eileuo* of Ue veldt;
a mao of mighty appetite, nod not detl
oete about what ho appneme It with;
willing to rldo n long Journey to take n
hood In a rude all-night doooo Inter
•peraed with vigorout feeding and
bolKemne Jjllty, but reedy to rid*
twloe n* far for « prayer meeting;
pomd of hi* Dutch end Bagaeoot
origin eud IU rrltglau* end military
bletory; proud of lit* raea'e achieve
monte In South Afnon. Ite bold
pluage* Into boetlt* aod uncharted
deerrte In march of the**, edit ode* uo
vexed by the peeterlo* and debuted
Krtalnh, also iu viator tea over the
native* and the BrIUeb; proudest of
nil. I he direct aod idfeeive Internet
which Dlely baa alway* taken In lu
attain.
“He cannot read, b* eaatiot write;
be boa one or two cewipaprre, bat lie
le, apparently. Dot aware rf It; until
lately be bed no gchooU, aad taught
bln cMMreo nothlDg; new* In n term
•blob ha* no mrenlng to him. end the
thing Itevll be oars* nothlogabout. Ha
hale* to be taxel and rveeul* It. Ue
ha* etoud stook Mill In South Af'to*
for two neoiarlm eod a hair, arid
would like to (land atilt till the eod uf
time, for be ha* no aympathy with tb*
Uulacdcr notion* uf prugrves lie la
hungry to be rich, fur bn la human;
hut hie prnfrnrnc* haa bean riche* In
nettle, not lu Bo* olothta nod doe
bOU*r* and gold and diamond*. Tb*
gold and dlsmond* have brought the
god in* »t ranger within lug gate*, also
conlamicatloo aud broken repose, end
be wletwt that they bad never beau
discovered.”
"to tbe train Uist da? a psaseuger
told ms mom mure about B mr life oat
in ilm lonely reldt. Ho Mid the Boer
get* up earl? aod Mia fall ‘niggers’ at
Utelr taate (pasturing tbe oattla. auto t
iog them;) eats, smutci, drawers,
sleeps; toward erenlng eapnnutec J*
the tnllkloc etc. seats, smokes, druwaea,
goaa to bed at early candlelight in the
fragrant elotbee be (and aba) bare worn
all da? every week-day for yean. I re
member that teat detail, in Oil re
bobreiuet’a “Story of aa Afrtoan Farm.*
Aad the paaaadger told me that tba
Boere were juetly noted tor their boepl
ullty. He tokl me a story about It.
Be aald that bk* grace the nishop of a
certain see waa ooce miking a Imtleeea
progrna through the Uvarolesa reldt,
aod oue night be stopped wltb a Buev;
after supper waa ebown to bed; be un
dreesed weary and worn out, and waa
soon sound asleep;lo the night he woke
op testing crowded and eoSbeatad. and
found tba oid Bov? aad bit fat wlfa la
bed wltb him, ooa on each aide, with
all tbalr cloth re on, aad souring. He
had to stay there aod stand It—awake
and sofforleg—ootil toward dawn,
when sleep again fell upon him far aa
hoar. Then be awoke again. The
Beer waa goce, bat tba wife wae etill
at bit aide.”
e a e
'■Neat to Mr. Rbodes, to me tba
moat lulsrvettug ooeralelow of aatare
In South Africa waa tba diaaaoud
crater. • * * There ere many
strange Ullage In human bletory; one
I of tbe strangest U that the sptrklmg
diamonds laid there so long without ox
citing say ooe's Interest.
‘“The revelation os me at last by au
oldent. Ja a Boat's hot oat In Use
wide aolltudw of the elaloi a traveling
stranger noticed a ebitd playiog wltb a
bright oldest. and was told that It waa
a pieoa of glaea whieb hod baao fuuod
Id the reldt. Tba stranger bought It
for a trifle and carried n away; aod
being without honor, made another
stranger believe It wea e diamond, aad
no got |125 out of blm for It, aod was
aa wall pleased with b'mself sa If he
had done a righteous thing. la rails
the wronged sirangar said It to a pawn
shop for ftd.800, who sold It to o couu
lesa for goo.OOO. who said It to a brew
er for 8800,000. who traded U to a king
for a dukedom aod a pedigree, aod the
king ‘put It op tae spout,' I know
these pertlealare to be eorrrek.
"The news flew droued. and the
South Afnose diamond boons began.
Tbe or Ig I Sal traveler-the dish on vet
one-sow remembered that be bad
ones seen a Beer Hamster chocking bis
wagon wheel oa a steep grade with e
diamond ae large sa e football, and he
bed laid aetde hie occupations Md
Matted oat to boot for It, but not with
Urn Is teat loo of ebaailag anybody out
ef 8118 with It, for he bad reformed.
THadarp ailolof I* dnu* by tuUlvm.
Thor* aro waiiy bondrrda of uto«.
Tbo* tiro la v>*rtm Mill *mai»d in
Imw of • *r»»i *>tai»*nd. Tnoyaro
• Jody Md good aol* rod tot, and m
oowwodothw Tbay pwhraad a war
«a*w far at. wfetab vaa lb* wtMao
•ahthMinn | biro aoorwoa. Tbayaro
ooi allow'd outaido of Ibo manaatj
dotlaa ibotr tona of tot vto»—ihro*
month!, I think It I*, aa a rut*. Tbay
■h down (ba abaft. stand IMf watch,
cnrna up Main, an saarcbsd and go to
bad or u< task —uTtnaati la tba
oomp mod ;asd till! rouilna tbay repeat.
, day In and day out.
-It l« lbought that tbay do ant iwr
ateal maajr *'-1i liinnamfiillj
I Tbay used to a ml low tbam, aad S 4
other ways of nwcsaltag tbam. bat
, ilia whlla mao found ways of Tmiltai
thHr mrluus naans. Ona maa tot bis
leg and eh.iesd a diamond lata tba
wound, but anil that project did not
(uoaaed. Whan tbay lad a Aim, larga
diamond tbay ara moca likaly la report
it than to steal it, for lo lbs fur mar
naaa tbay gat a reward, aad la tba 1st
«»r they ara quite apt to manly gat
luto iroaota soma yaara ago, la a
mint not owned by tba D» Basra. a
black found whetbia bean claim«1 l>
ba tba Urge* dlamaad known la tba
world’s b tab try; aad aa a reward- ha
was nlaaaad from larrlaa aad glrao a
black*, a boras aad 1500, U tnada
him a VaadsibUt Ba mU bay fa*
wlr* and hara mwany laft. Four
»**«• «• »«pW aapaoet tor s *
Ufa. With four wires ba la wlielly
ladauaodeat, and oead oanv do a
*n>We of work again.
* Th* gnat diamond walghi 971
o.trwU. Bums aiy It Is aa Mg aa a
Plata of alum, otbara aay It ta as Urge
as a aits of rock candy, bat tba bmt
authorities agras that II la alma* at*
astly tba ()(i of a bunk of too. P*
tbosa details ara a* Important; and la
my opinion, not ti oat worthy. U baaa
fliw in It, irbarwlm It would bt af lo
otodlb'B Mina. Aj It la it U bald ta
ba worth $1,000,000. After ontttng It
ought to ba worth from $5.000 000 tu
•b.OOOJOOO, therefore parson* dost ring
to anra money should buy It now. U
In owned by a syndicate, aad apysuwav
ly times Is no sal lafsc lory mark* for
It. K i* earalnc nothing) it la sating
Its basd off. Up to this Urns It Ii ta
utda nubjdy rich bat tba lutilM who
f-Mind It.
Tha Kob-1-noor It • Urge die » • id,
and ealu'h't; bat It aanaot
In thaw in4tier* with tbroa which, ao
»<rdla« id lageud. era among Urn ore wu
trinket* of PurUgal and Bumia O «a
of tbaoa It bald to b* worth «*>.«» 000;
another 8S3.000.600. and tha UatrJ
tuowthtng ortr 8W.OOO.000 •
"Tiewe are truly voudarf ul diamond*
whether they esUt or sol; Old Jot they
are of bet loti* ImporUuoe by 00*3
parUm with the .«M» wtn-rewlth the
Boar wagoner thotkol Ala wheel uo
•**^2 P*b « heretofore referred to
fa Klmbarly I had inm ooovTtuloa
with the aio who haw the Boer do
that—on luoldeot Which ooonrred
tweaty-toeen ur tweuty-alght ye«ra bo
fore I had my talk with him. Ua a*
•° red row tliat that diamond’a value
aould hare naan orar a bUtfcio dollar*,
but not under it. I ballored hire, liw
eaum ha It-td devotod tweoly-e-epn
year* to hunting for It and wa* in a
p-*JHonto know.
• mm
••Before Uw mUlJle of Jn'y we
reach'd Cape Town, end Ih- - <1 .if
our Afitoau J luraoyloga. And wWl
aallatled. for tnaering above a* war
Table Mountain—a reminder Ihal We
had n >w earn each and ell of the great
restore* of Mouth Africa except Mr.
Cedi Rhodes. I real It* Ibal that la a
lares exarpllnu. I kauw quit* well
that whether Mr. Bfaodoa U the lofty
aud worshipful patriot sod etnteanreu
that multitude! beilerc hint to ba, nr
Satan cone again a* tbe real of the
world eccouot bin. he U atlll tlw moat
Imposing flrura la tbe BriiUb Empire
ou'ard* of Baglrud. When be stand*
on tbo Capa of flood Hope hie shadoar
fall* to lb* Ztaboi.
*• * * He baa dona nvarythlog be
oould Uiluk «f to pull ninwclr down to
Uw ground; ba baa dona more than
enough to pall alxtren oowmon ran
great men d i wn; yet there be etandi to
tbw day. up >n bl* dhtxy tnmtnll, under
the dome of Uw aby. an apparent per
ms naney, tlw marvel of tbe time, the
myecery of tbe age. an a re ban get with
wlege to b«lf tbe world, Satan with a
tall to Uw other half.
"I admire him. I fr.iialr onnfew K;
bat when bU time oouwe 1 ehall buy a
pwee of Uw rope for a krepeabo.”
WOll* II Mf—Hn.
■a— TImt >■»■» l« »m
mwl| Wp« riMrw.
Rseajr loath.
fowa, It tai Imo taMubiM,
koowa bow to •booti thing* ep to the
advertising line. Shi Isa eaecmi la
•lataat awrj braaeh of baatoaaa aad la
toglaakat to Ind out that a grant deal
af maoey la to be mmdt la ihla laid.
Where there ana ana —a ingsgkil
la tha work lab roara ago, taa ara to
ba found to dap.
A MM who knows mnsfc about Um
edverltatog baaioam said, wbsa quae
ttoaad about woman la us buaiaam t
"lit expertoaoa baa baaatbat woaua
la a aaaasm to ovary Him at ad vrrUnin*
whlefa aba baa aHiMytad to follow.
Ska la aa txaaUmt solicitor, maoh
hot tar aortal* dvpartmaati than
*ha knows bow to writs so as to
to woaan botlar than mao da. aad
bow to lUaaUato edtmlsnmsnts arte
boas them Illustrated Just ao thry win
aatnh tba ays af woman. I>e triad
aay oambar af msa la tba rollftsw
depart meat. aad tbojr'ra fat lad. I aay
to a nan : Wo aagto to liars a great
■aay mors fallalaar aatlaaa to aaob
aad neb a piper1 and ba aamaa bash
aad eat* that tha w—amat m
him. No worn*a solicitor star return
With aaoh a aorry tala of CaMai*. To
Mt sartaia know lodge ooa af Um toast
ad ton Wag apsalaSsta la Greater Maw
York li • wo—a."
Mr «0n to* kin tioikM Cm J**r»
wtth chroaic diarrhoea. ImmUSiui
1 uiiiiiilri kia to toko
ChoatbttUla'o Cotta, Choker* a4
DtoirfeoM Betortf. Aftor a*>o« too
bout** otihoM Ml otto ho vaoomot
tjaavagyawa
In bOMfltrt. - ThomA« c. BoWM,
i Ctoeooa, O. for aria by J. K. Carry
• A Coca poor
***• auwiMr caaMniM
hw »w*j« anaiti mmuiv «mi
Am* IM OMh
to. louto larton
Tiara la heart imarti ai wok aa fee
““ ~d *
It la well to Uilok of tfclielitUela
advaaot of a happy holiday aaaaao ha
oaota wall, jott heeawaa tea ttdaht*
■ «J load you la to the teak* ofa
plea or two that to wUi taka a Haait
wUlo to warty m»t.
CliilataM uiaTaaaaa^yfirrtMafa
toTaat* ktolw'f^ lha* alte/T tet*
ralaUtaa or data at ay hate koao aa aa
klkd aa to immvo woo far f row aaok a
aUak
I Mow lbat ttnzoaia tatay pbibn
SfflWRrtsz&ss&rjz
who cannot afford to prortdo Una
from IMrooo nargor Hojqo. m4
stinss s^ssn^ss
2"
bar in* tony, ut no wool, aad 00 at*
art oooro than phllanlbruptato UMf
will tonra utonty for yaa to do. la
foot Map will Woo pltofothor loot tbat
r*y work that to wolUag for yoa, and
Boyho It to tbo poaag aooa or yooMt
•ow* who on ouratok o UvUkood la
tho MgtUp, aiiyba to io tho hop or
f<r| otodoat, awry frooo boon, or nap*
"••itoMtoM* wholo toft gotta also#
lo fo* h ino-ant Unt poo will alagto
oat to aioko Obrtotaooa aad tho Mow
foor dop happy for. Itdooaaut not
tor which ooa of thoao poo ootoot. It
will ho tho “atraagar wttfia thy galaa*
udoao toalwoya eartoia to tod haw
plaan id Jaot hotog thoaghtfal ot oooh
•a oao.
'**•“**« kapay tbfog.pwt kaow.
whoa otharo an talcing wrrrtly «•*>«»
tho con lag hoi Maya to bra hit bu<y
youmtr ptenntag tolooa poor pat aad
■ppoar poor hrtohtaM haaaaoo ytot baaa
bnaMidoatoida a lUUo Ohrtttnaa
orMrW Yarr party. Bat oao foob
oad, ob. oo Tory aad whoa iim tin haaa
ONarbow OTarloobad. aad aaa to
to»*gt»t raw to boo with that arm*.
Iu1 Httto troth, “w*U, ttao Ir arhody
to raally aara r*
seqyuayea wul liars to go qeila out
ufyour *«y to Bud Um ■’•uuitr.”
Mayb*yuc know ooonr Iwuoltmdy.
MU ban not ohae—I to think that
than M a iMelblllty of Mr Dead tag
jou. Um» la tba aula of aCalra,
Uma It la aot a bU to early to I at
•bmtyoa.
A ChrUtmastiwe k athiug of toaoty
•ad tb'Hnto to too tou who gather
about it, ft m«y ippw to ham eyruag
upaatiy magic wu who mw at rung
with pod»hu ami lioh'al aiUi-■“ -
md wiihthla world'a' «Tk27 Uuu~ yuar
Mrighb.tr, win* ha* Joat aa darting e*ul
dnu aayonr u*n, Ufca her lulo yuar
oonOdeoea aow and toll bar that you
hara toon thiafciug that ft wooU -**«
• marriar Uam for all if rim wil tat
hrr children ■ litre with foun too Jon
of that tm. Main a Jolty lltUa party
with | lw Ueoaa tha uatitral otywt.
Aak your Hulo eaijhtwr ui roo hi early
la toa Chriatmaa morotag with tha
children ao that they with yuar uwg
*®tf aaa the wwdrr in* to Mo
Ont glory. All toa pnmuta from hath
mo ground about the troo,
«»<thoA« g^ all t h« non merrily
for the children became Ita fmlrillaa
an aharcd with other*. Thta ft cm
IHtlo plan that I know la good. Olbore
may aucguat thomaeirae to you that
irtlT bo loot n okm to nrry Mt.'
Dniiday Um are for mom thou too
eMktnii. We ill M th* spirit of
CbriaUmolotho air aa quickly aa do
tha ohUdreo, though tba doyo whao It
wac Joat teeming with the mat* do
IMhUol mystery fRurngb loeg,
>•*1 PMC Oown through Um ump
rim too holla mom to coho faintly, aad
aa the premia oratory draws too ciaao
tho spirit of good wBl toward man
watli up la wary Mart, and you wUL
l»»t Is good if you da not
Sad for thlooo otttkt.
And it Isn’t enough simply to spread
• tout of tartar sod eoaoe and and
dtog. A little more toaai darn not
mean mack to toa huogry heart. Tim
•ordtal wetooma ud rridsiinaof «a
oara lataraat umoa • i mush mom If
you arc aot omtaln thus yuur hawk la
largo cad warm omm to Ogtead (hlo
why, than, da on uMtho “stronger”
JoU youlo your holiday Me Jama
mUo of mump or oomdooonalom
win epoU u olL
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