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The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County.
Vitl. XXI. Uu£’JLtt£&N~J UA8TONIA, N. €.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, IttOO.
WHITE SUPREMACY.
“00El, LET bi~REASON TOGBTE
El." WHITE VOTERS,
Tkt trakaual Ini and WIN a* Cmr
rMd—WhlM dM BMI Wale la Kvrry
NM of Aorta ronllaa
The LegUlaluie of 1800, la all it did.
wad Inspired hr a eincere >1-o.ro lo ad
ranee tba Interests of North Carullru,
and bring tba blaaalagi of tween a.rd
prosperity at all hrr people.—E J. Jut
l<oe.
TUB rB0F[.n TO DBTBUMtBK,
Tba legislature baa performed lie
p.rt In preparing ami puaHiig the pm
pjoed amendment to be v.ited on. It
now remains f..r ilit people t>. My
whether It shall b* ratified <* not. ir
a majority of Ilia r«t»s eeet aliall le
■ galnet It, Ibat t-uda It. If a majority
■hall be for it Ibru it will bee.>me part
of our oooetitalion. So tba whale
uueetton aad irepoualblllly le now with
the people. It U for them to aay what
aliall be done witb it. And in mat lug
tip 'heir minds and arrlrlug at ibelr
coccilarlona they bare a a-pie time lo
oonatder thla great quealluua lu all Ua
bearings upon the future polkilea and
Interests of their State. Much will
probably be written nod epobeo for and
Metost tba amendment before the day
of rating comes. It will be well for
the oouee re stive, thoughtful people to
lake these arguments aud roe tuna,
consider them aad then rote a* they lie
eonrtamd It for U« heat Interest of
tbewmtleaa, their bocsee aud Ibelr
State.—T. J. Jerrla.
In am oooQJeot that tba amendment
to be submitted lo tlw people la eon
atltoUooal, and tbere is mu doubt iu
my rnled that the oourta can not bold
the AUt kecUon lo be unoouilltutlotirl
sod permit ocher sections to aiaod. —
J udge W. R. AUeo.
Tbs day of negro ooutrol In the South
has psassd, aad peaatal forerer. aud It
may aafdy be assarted that no party
oootrolled by tba negro will rear (gain
carry a State tooth or Moaon aud Dis
ci a "a line; abd that tbo white men wbo
hereafter attempt to manipulate the
negro rota to further ibelr mean aad
selliah ambition, aad to degrade their
iace, will become dally and yearly more
odious la the ryes of self-respecting
white men aud women.
f.n Senator Pritchard and bla uttoe
lioldlDg uagTOpblllata put this Id their
pipes and intake it.—p. U. Summons.
The amendment will Lit mlartpieeto
ted. Evert poeelble attempt will be
aiede to deceive tbe people. It will be
foogbt with ell MUaraeee and malignity
and rancor of Uie rewegadte who urn
the negro aa a means of public plunder.
Hut It will be defended end ausuieed
with e real, aa eolbuetasm, and heroic
determination that will Bra tbe heart*
of tbe patriotic tone end daughter* of
tbe Old North Slate from the moun
tains to tbe aee—Lieke Craig.
Tbe lesoee growing oat of this qore
Uoa ere euprema. Tbe adoption of
tbe Constitutional Amuudmeot It all
important te tbe people of North Caro
lina. Our 8*ate is about to enter upon
aa era of oommerolal and industrial
prosperity hitherto uaknown In ear
history. On* loosbwe irate upon at.
one dark shadow fade so rose our path
way. Tbe elimination of tbe ortro
from polities until be becomes qu allied
to exsrete* the earned right of suffrage
will lift tbe one nod dieel pale the oth
er.—Robert D. Gilmer.
No man who wtabew the people of
North Carolina well can oonalateutlj
oppose this amendaMot. Kyery ooe
who would tee our people arouse them
selves end press forward In tbe Improve
ment most wetooaae tbe opportunity of
voting for this measure.—d. A. Asha
Mr. Chairmen—Orest sympathy with
the people of my oat I re Hate Indues*
me to add ram Ibis latter to you. I am
deeply Impeaated wKh tbe vast impor
tance of tbe public question which le
now ecgaging their attention. Tbe
•net* of Ibo teat few years need sot
mow te meellooed except In a general
way. It te out probable that they will
he forgotten by those who witnessed
their horrors. Tbe oooragw of the peo
ple during tbe trying acmes preceding
the last use lice, acid tbrir heroic ter
bearaoee coder lbs greatest provoea
ttoa merits and wilt always receive,
the highest praise. A grateful oodatry
will always highly honor the brave meu
who were Irwdere In the straggle far
Urn welfare and happiness of the State.
Their wort we* writ begun, hot la net
finished.—Boo. WillUm xhepard Bry
■a, of Baltimore Dar.
mo TUftMnro DACKWino mow.
Wa hara pot our hands to tb« plow
■od we Mill not tarn backward. la
lflK wa aoforlad tba DwnooreUa ban
nar to tba braraa aaabUsoood with tba
rally tof err or - Wblu UwpramMj."
Wo Twoataaoaa under that baooar to
tba aoi of tho war. W a bars won tha
oatpoata of tba aoaaiy. wa bora drlraa
tbaaa book In dlaordar, and tbay ara
icaklog ooa loot dracorau stood ra
fonolnf U>alr broken 11 era bobtod tba
braaatworta of peejadioa and dawo
' r*y. TWy funs In vain. Tha tredt
Uooa of North Carolina DamoeraU art
(Wed with ktorlooa aahiaaaoaoata; thalr
oownoa la of tba bast, thalr deter mlaa
Uoa M ooyMdlog, thalr oactelatp of
ytdtoiy amowota to Inspiration. Tor
paooo, for prosperity, for anlvaraalrda
ooUoo, for that day wbaa. tba rasa
head I* fcnyar oattlod, wa oaa haea ao
ibaolatafy free ballot aod a fair oount
for "tba glorious prleltega of being la
dapaodaat, for (roaral totrratiow of
baaaat If wlauhao optoiooB, wo resaw
I be ooalaat. t/et Ibw basnaror 1WB to
(gala oaf tried I«t It atlll ba la
MMtbad with tba naotto -Whirs Hapta
pan,n bat abort all that tat (hero alas
appear aa tha atw ekd and of whtia
mpeawaay wood goearnieai.t fur all,
obaotata jaatiaa latoaa tba law and aw
conrmrnoxAi.
With tha lights before nar, aod aoob
IsyaWtgaUoo oa I bora bars aula to
gTaa It, I bora baaa lad to tha aoodo
•Ion u t lawyer looking at II portly
, from a lagal standpoint, that ttw pro
I poeed amendment (If adopted) would
out o hi flic t with the Constitution of
> the Halted Scute*; and in Ibis cumrnu
I nlcatloo that Is ttw Duly question (
have undertaken to cnnaWtar.
How many Individual peiwxis of dif
ferent now mar. upon a oenau' halo*
taken, be etnbraoed within thla claaa of
voUn, Is not the qut-allou. ‘Class
legltlstlnn; dlaerlmlnaiiog ngaisst
some and favoring other*. U prohibited;
hut leqlilatton which, In carrying ont
* public porpnee. Is United In liaappll
cation, If within the sphere of Its
operation It aSrcts alike all persona
similarly situated, la not wllliln the
amendment.—W. A. Untbrle.
Shall tba negro aaaae to be a political
power to do evil t
Those wbo would have lbs negro
eliminated will vote for the amend
merit, and ihwe wbo prvfmr to etaod
vlwek by jowl with "Cuffae." will vote
agaloit ilea and that la hU there la to
tbe matter, so far aa the people an
onooarned. Ttw people are not lawyer*.
Dot skilled In quest Iona of constitution
al law. They will therefor* not pre
tend to anllolpale tlm onuite. but
tbsy do kuow wbal they want, and in
till* rvsprot oao very Intelligently vote
od tbe proposed changes In our coo
•tltuvldr.—Tarboro .Sotrtirrnrr,
MTST tTAJCD OR >ALL AS A WHOLE '
A FART CAN HOT STAND AND A
FART BE CKCOJMTrrrrtON AL.
The legislature thought the right to
participate In governmant should be
lltnlled to those wbo had some train
ing. aod that the test of this ahoald ha
knowledge obtained by wbat wa ordi
narily oall ados tUon, or by eageriauoe.
It aald aa who eoaM read and write
were quallled, and It also aald them
• bo coaid not raad aod write, but wbo
by Lhran*Ivea or through their aooea
trrrs had been In the It >blt of partietpa
llng lo government were equally well
quail tod. and that the two would con
atltute Ute elector AM of tha State.
It la oua systewi. one plan, la pa sard
as a whole, and nsUQtd as • whole.
It Is a aaalter of public history that
the Legislature would not have peawtd
tbe amrudaoMit without tbe Qftb see
lion, and If thla admitted the rule we
bava Invoked shows that the differ rut
part* of tbe amendment moat fall or
stand together.—Judge Allen.
span yorooATioK.
Beery mt oo rental In tbe cooeti
tullocsl life of any people lias a sure
foundation. A people’s fundamental
law obaogve (lowly. In tbe dawn of
oonsUtutlowal ltbarty In America tlw
cry of tbe “dlTine right of klort" was
drowued In the (urging cry that tbe
peopte must bare rotoo In tha ooaocila
of Mata.
In these closing hours or a oentory
the descend sale of tba map who do
otered (ftmit tbe role of eollgbuoed
kings, dacg to proTlde against tbe rule
of the beolgbted Have. In tbe light of
tts unwise beetowel and la tbe fuller
light of the base uses to which It hea
beeo put, we of Jloeth Carolina declare
that tba ballot In tba band of tbs Igner
raat bleak man la a tnanaoa to our cir
lllsatloo—F. D. Winston.
Tbl* a neaaeure JustlOed oo tba high
est ground* with the Chinese exclusion
as*. Tbaee ml mend-eyed gentle chil
dren of tbe flowarty ktngdoaa ware not
daatrabta clUieoa as thee came bare
with the animus rarer tend L Alagstoa
Uoo was Inaxpedtent aad ateeatloo la
poalbla. They degraded manhood and
decreased tba scale of American labor.
Tbe great West preyed for relief; tbe
prayer waa answered and a nation
with a literature as old as tha pyramids
aad a sublime code of morula was shot
out. ' Waa It right 1 Tba world aaya
It waa, for public policy demanded It.
Tba Ignorant negro degrades the fran
chise sad decreases tbe scale or Ameri
oaa manhood His (asyeoeloo, till
qaillfled, Is Jo stilted oo the seme high
ground of pobllc policy. It u against
public policy to console murder; there
fore the criminal forfeits his Ilfs.
It is agalut II to meal; tha tbetf la
deprived of bta ltbarty. And It to
against puMto policy for tha Ignorant
negro to vota. therefore suspend him."
— A. D. Cowles, (Bap.)
Tba amendment win be mallnged
Md misrepresented by every om
whose rotate depends epee tbe votes of
Ignorant nerroae. but this ohlld of the
Democracy with her boo art ttrmly to
wards white supremacy, bar heart fall
of faith In hawait, faarleaa, white man
hood, with prepare and hopes of good
wo mao riegtog I* bar ears, a charmed
b* malloe aad falsehood, will tuooaed,
aad with bar aooeaaa w)U coma, wr
treat, e batter day for ear goad Com
moo wealth.—wTw. Kltebiu.
tuc rxaaino or run nmm ra voli
nc»—wnrrc huh will uvlu.
Tha white people of North Carolina
will never again submit to negro doml
•atloa. nor that tha negro ahaII rate
!■ any part of tb la Rial*.
Thte wae the Irrevocable decree of
Nov—bar S, IMS, For tide reason
tba Republican party can never hope to
regain aoatrwl la North Cardins, ae
loegaa It ooetlnare under present la
flnaoaae. for H le maalfaet that ee long
■alter aontiaoai oagm domlaatlnn la
evrtala parts of tha Mate will loevita
bte follow! ts Mooaaa. aad the tall eanaj
of the negro la pollUoa will of aeeaeslty
be exerted and fet In every part of tha
Mala. U la futile far Hepobilcaos to
longsr deny that ihalr party In North
Caroline is ooatreUad by the negro
and that government by It It necessari
ly gcrarcatsot nador negro tnfloeuee.—
Tboaa who aaah Lo defeat tha aJap
Uoo of tba Safirega Ameedmaat by
tba people ex pram solicitor's in regard,
drat. Tv Ita eoppasadoeelHet with tha
pnrvlatow of the Fifteenth Asaoedmoot
tetho Federal Oeaatttatten. itseood.
That Urn fourth Motion win be sas
tnlnad and tha Orth, oommoalr ealted
"the grandfather da see" will he de
eteredletelM. thereby prohibiting from
retlog all pageeoa who than net ba able
"to rani and wilts aay asaUaa af tha
CteeatUntlan In the Beglteh leagu—a, ”
He far an ana baa Mrlantej gate
ttoned tbo wisdom of Uw proposeu
Chang* in our low. Tbs uptrkcw of
our own and of other Bo othero ifUtw
fur Dm past thirty years baa demon
■lrated tha oceeaalty (or radical trau
isanl nl tha suffrage question. Whether
tba tolleltade for tbe eooatltuDooallly
of the measure la altogether linear* I
will not at lb la Li dm aumst. Tboaa
who wUh to oompaas Its defeat raoog
nit j the fact th it a -li-es tba (ears u( a
large number of wlilu voters oao be
aruusad lo rag am to the oaoo-id branch
of tbeir oonlanlloo tbe meaaore will ba
rat I Bed by a large majority or tba peo
ple. Tba AmiadoMni la Um expression
uf ilia e truest, patriutlo dwlre ot tba
mad wbo framed It, and those whom
they represent, to plane our suffrage
Uw upon a stroag, healthful beat* re
moving many and manifest arlU now
existing aud daagaro tbraetaalng the
welfare of tba State In tba future. It
ofieri ■ solution of the vexing question
oooatMenl with and pro motive uf tha
highest intsraau of Dm Kill and im
provement of tbe people. If tboaa
wbo fail to sympathise with Ibw pur
pose shall eueceed lo dafaatlag It, tbua
perpetuating these ooadltMne, they
wilt aejuy tbe satisfaction of having
dooa a great lnjery to the Mute with
nut reaping tba reward which pruaapU
them in their work, political suprema
cy.—Judge (Jonuur.
lo this dlaaasatoo t aball aaauaoa that
tha proposed amaodmeat Is oot la 0011 ■
•let with the OoDMluilion of tba Dol
led Bute*. It la similar to the pro
Tiitooi of tba OvuatUuttoa af Jmula
laaa, which has bean pa mail upoo aud
pmoouDoed ooostituUonal by soom of
tba a bleat Uwysrt lo lbs nellad States.
It was paaaed by a Legislature oom
posed of maoy of tba ebUat Uwycra ot
tbla Busts. Tba A.mertoee ay stem -if
government leans tba queatloo of
luff re ge vary largely with tba BUta.
aud the boprem* court of tha Usited
Stales baa raoaatly affirmed and up
held tbla doctrine lu passing upon Hie
new ooottllutloo of Mlaalastppl. which
ooutaiued pruvUMDS reetncDog nod
regulating suffrage. Bo notwItbaUmi
log tbe condemnation of tha amend
meet by a tew Republican lights, wlio
have been dragged from obscurity by
tba uagra vote. 1 shall assume tba
amendment to ba oooalltuUouai, nod
that It U within tha ptoviooe of tba
people of North Carolina to ratify earl
make it a part of their oonsUinttea if
Urey aaa proper to do eu.—T. J. J arris.
M/«s Kioium
OSMf pruts CbrwUu UnMl
An Amadou traveller who spent
eome lime with llodyard KJpUng in
Loodoo recently telle thU no 17 :
“ltoe afternoon are arant together to
tba Zoo, and while at rolling about our
ear* were emailed by the mast taelao
choly so nod I bare ever beard—a com
plaining. rretting, laroeetlng sound
proceed tog from the elephant house.
“ 'W bat’s tba matter Id there V
asked Ur. Kipling of the keeper.
"A tick elephant, air; be dries all tba
time; we don’t kanw what to do with
him was the aaearer.
“Ur. Kipling harried sway from me
In the direct too of the lament, which
was growing louder and mora pain
ful I followed, and aaw him go op
clots to (be cage, where stood an ele
phant with sadly dropped ears and
trunk. He waa crying actual tears, at
(lie same time that he monrned his lot
moat audibly. Ia another moment Ur.
Kipling was right up at the hare, aad
l beard him apeak to the sick beast la
a language wlileb may bare been ain
nhanteet, but oartaluly wee not Eng
lish. Instantly Uw whining stopped,
the ears were lifted, and the Booster
turned his sleepy little suffer log eyes
apes ble visitor, end put out hie trank.
Mr. Kipling began to owrsm It, still
speaking lu the seme southing tone,
end in words unintelligible— to me. at
least. After a few minutes the brut
began to answer In a much lower tone
of voice, and evidently reeoeoted Ills
worn. Possibly elephants, -when la
poor health* like to coo Me their symp
toms to sympathing listener* as much
as do eome human Invalids. Certain
H was that Ur. Klpllag and that ele
phant carried 00 a non versa lion with
the result that lbs elephant -found hie
spirits moab 0beared sod Improved.
Tba wbtoe went ant of ble voloe, ha
forgot that be was moob to be pitted,
he began to exchange experiences with
ble friend, and ha waa quite noeon
aoloua. as was Ur. Klpllag. of the
amused and Interested crowd collecting
about the cage. At last, with a start,
Ur. Kipling found blmenlf and ble ala
phant the nbsarvvd of all obearrera,
and beat a nasty retreat, leaving be
hind him a very diflerem creature from
the one be bad foand.
“Doesn’t that beat everything yon
ever aaw »" ejacnlated a competeLok of
mine, as the elephant iromoeted a biud
aod cheerful goodbye to tba back of
hie vaelahlog visitor sod I agreed with
him that It dW
“ -What langoage were you talking
to that elephant V I ashed when I over
look my fneod.
“ ‘Language t What do you mean V
be aaawared with a laugh.
“ 'Are you a Uogll *’ I paraded,
‘andean yon talk to all thoaa beast* to
thetr owu.teogaee ?’
“Hot he only smiled 10 reptv.”
Tbara la no baUar oaadteloe for tha
boMao tbao Cbaiobartala’a Coogb
Romady. Ua pUuant hau ut
prompt and oOaotoal anrrn maka It a
favorite with oaothcra and amall cbll
draw. It quickly ooraa iMr nought
and sold#, praraotlag pneumonia ur
other aerlona enoerqnenoee. It alec
carre oroop and baa bmn naad la tana
of Ihooaandt of too without a tingle
failure to far aa wo ham barn abla to
lemo. It not only min oroup. bat
wfeoa glean oeon m Urn oroapy eewch
nppoam, will prevent the attack, la
rme of whooping cough it ttaalllaa Ute
tough oraewa. making It eeoiar to 0«
uoatorata, and lamona the oarer tty aad
frequency of the paruaynm* at oa^h
Ing, tbna drpritlag that dlamil of nil
diagaroaa aoaarqaawoaa. For ante by
J. K. Carry * Oampaay.
ITUAUTHMtl*.
Mil A** arlta a Duplrr m lb* Me
UwllM-MmM Imm tmr »»—*»•
INU -tab*," White an -Bet Me
M«Hemt*»fie« A—Iber, aoW — It
■Ml Arp la AlUuHe UouUJtuUgn.
I have alway* cxitcnled that Mail*
log little thing* waa the be*ctl4ug tin
"f tbe negro and waa a race trait
Aud tbtt cheating la a trade Wat a
race trait In Jew* and Otatllee. We
whltt folk* do nut ball It cheating bat
•ay ha got tbe adyeolaM ur tbe beat of
tiie bargalu, bat thW advantage I
generally gottoo by deoeptlou or a *up
preaeloo of tbe troth. Tbe atgro
amootha bit eln over by call leg It
taking tblege—Juet at oar oook onoe
mid to ma wbeu I complained alemt
tier Mealing Urd end Hoar and riot end
each tiling*: "Mr. Mtjur. I don’t
think yoo mitt wbat I taken." Well I
didn’t wry nock, for Mm never took
moot at a time bat It annoyed mo fur 1
her to think tbe wet fooling me when
the wmo’I. lint that net negro
would tit up all nlgbt with a elofc
bur of the family and waa alwaya
and kind to onr cbikireo. Now
(he white man rarely atmta anything
and tbe negro ee rarely cheat* yon In a
trade. Before the civil war the
nrgroee’ moat frequent crime Waa
Mealing cblckena and he got eo expert
la that bmioeet that a law waa
named making It a penal offenm for
Anybody to bay ehtckaaa from a negro
oven tboagb he bad reload thorn hi Die
own yard. We wild boy foot mala,
and broom* aud faaekrU. bat wa muel
not buy eblekeae. I aw or no lew, be
eontlnnai hie aldelgbt vooatleo. and
ir tho eommandaieet bod mkl tltou
Molt not cuvet tby neigbeor’* nbiekioe
It would hern bean all thomme to him.
i’lrat meat and tbeo (tool wa* pan of
bla religion. I wa* ruminating auuttl
thl* became I bought a turkey yeeter
day from a negro for a eery low prloe
a«l I woodarod where bo got IU 1
didn’t queollou blot, far I didn’t want
to hurt dll feeling*. Wbeu 1 wa* in
North Uandloa a friend tuid me about
no old darky wlio waa oa trial fur
■tooling a turkey end tbe proof wae
poeltl ve, and yet tm did not Mae* to la
alarmed. Hie lawyer waa dlaouureged
aad mid, "Uocla Jack, it looks like
they haee got you."
“NO day alnt. Mas John; day alnt
got ms jat aud dry mint agwlna to gat
um. Tali you how It is. Mas John.
Da Jadga astaa up dar waa my josug
master alien da war broke oat nod not
garloe to sand me to da poo. No. air:
ho alnt does tergal wlia l know.”
But Mas John bad lost oooManta, for
ha knew that Um Judge would do h<«
duty and omenta tha law. In a short
thno the trial was uror and tha Judge
asked l'sole Jack If he had anything
to aay io extenuation of bis crime
Tha old gray-headed man got up with
a grant aud looking around apon tbs
kpoctotora aod thau at the Judge said :
''Muffu’ muob, Mm Jadga, naffn1
misoh. Oety die yoa know all shout
dat old war tfbldi wa all got whooped
aod yoo balot forgot how t west uud
wM you to da army for yoo waa a
cappm aod old master told sin to go
'long aud taka ketr of you and yoo
knows 1 did de Tory bra' I coaid frw
tour mighty k>og yogis mtd bow oou
Hum yoa gut woaodod sod X staid by
you oiitn-U yoo waa well again aod how
anoder time you look tba rrresins uud
mo, too sod l stay by yoo aod bus’ you
sod bow anoder time deso yaakaos
cotob ma sad I got away lu de eight
aod cooes back to yoa and Low some
times yoa get oat of money and out uf
aomfan to eat all at da aamo time aod
you sail ma np and gay. ‘Jaek, you
mas’ go oat a foragin’ aad gat no
samOn’ aad 1 go oat fata la da eight
end bring you ohlokaos aod matin’ ewis
aod oue lima I bring yoa a turkey, and
you nober ax ma nofflu’ shoot wbar I
got him aod yoa Barer glv’ me nay
Bumay ta bay him, did you Mas Jadga.
You call itforsgia’ deo, dido’s yoa
Moo Jadga and If H waa ronglngdan
bow eumlt K to be staatan1 tiurf"
By this elm* the onortraosa waa «>«.
raised with laughter aod tba jadga
oowld oat oonceal his amotion, for hla
roeollaettou of tha aM darky’s faith
fulasos wwa rrrlrod afresh. Ha wiped
bla brow aad ht* eyas, had said: ‘•Mr.
dharitf •djooro ooon. Uaala Jack
I wtll pay (or that lorkey l>at ymi
must not do ae any more. When you
oao<1 anyth) ay you mast coma In toe.
I haroo’t forgot job.”
it m attain* to raoo «mr poalteuti
ary ra porta «lan wa loan that uw re
ara a Tar 9.000 hagraaa In tno auto land
county cbalayaa** who art Mora fur
ataallng of aomlied. Moot of (Kara
mo of tha saw laaoa who won oarer in
ala very aad o Majority bay* adraoood
ondar traoduM froM almpfo lorwawy to
burglary. Ohkkaua nro too total I
faro* fur Hu Modara darky. Oao of
My fora haada waa aaot th»r* tor two
yaora and waa dlagtMtod with hit
•atoelataa and told “I Mil yon what
boat, dar la tom omoo folia |q da
ohalognng. Feat la far la aoro* ralka
| oat at mean m dar k auto* dar. '
Oobn anya that Cuba la a guod plaoa to
•Md tba darkoya to for tba traaa an
aaaall and tba ablakaoa rooot low. but
tha now nagroaa doat atom to bookor
altar ohlobaiw Ilka *tbo a Id-fa aba a ad
orwrooa. Tboy bad ratbor aoatob a
lady’a i.vrkaibook aod run. U la
aatonlahlng bOW Many bhaBOM Ibaiy
wUl Uka to gad aoMOCbibg for nothin*
aad will taka Um rlak af arrant aad
paolahaaaat aod yad I bat# nayar board
of ooa bring turood out of oborob for
•thallog.
War mill Moko whIU futko atoal and
rudga Itootey baUoyad that anil
wbtafey would. Tha otd-tlOM iawyor
uaad to tell bow bo woo broke of tak
ing too M«ob wboo bo waa ou tho
boaob of IboMortbarnolrooH. A moo
Uy oobm of 8t*neu IH* o dh tr aaioow
aoor tba total aod tba jadoa poirooUtd
; h*» trrry Mara Mg aafata bnabfbM
! aod by ooort Um wwa grotty moMo*.
. Ooo aotd Btoralnf tho MliBhl treat Ua
| para borrowed half data* atlrorapoouo
trait Ite landlady af lha botal aod aMpgod
' Um loto tba Jodga'a orortoot mm
; Ho ami flour wad Uwoa oatfl ooort
, adjourned Car dlaoer aod aw dread
j fbMypeMad and gaeylrwed. lit rotor
ni*-d lb# apooaa. tor they had hi*
lead lady's mark add mn as slant
iiatil»NM In bar rtally, lit ant lor
«er la «hm in bit ran* aad pm tba*
baak wllk at jaet apology asd aaU It
, mast have baan dtacratfa whisky that
; doou It. It aobarvd bia ap aad aMd*
' him vary earloui ill tba aftaraooa.
Next moral** a trtdiag Hallow waa put
ua trial for Maaltog a peonage ot
puokaUulaaa from a store la town.
Ua was aaallr oooTiiHeJ aad tba Judge
asked hla If ba had aay thing to say
for hloMalf. •-Nothin’ Jadgv.” aald la
"only Uut 1 waa drloklo* an deal
remember a'jout Ik’’ Tba Jodga
laanad forward aad aald, * Young xu
where did ytm art year Uqaor?" "At
Slerrat'a." aald he. "Dtachara* bias,
Mr. Sheriff—discharge bla I I aa
perfadiily aware mat Surratt's whisky
aril! male anybody stool.
Vfa soldier’* didn’t ataal aacb
dun a | tba civil war, balaoaatlaoa wa
wan aunty tempted aad Ml. Some
Hk*ea oa got awful tlrad of nit meat and
looged flic a change of diak 1 ma
bar that when wo oaopad Mar Onaogo
ooart boots than waa a loyaly little
■bote wbennur borate wan tatband. U
belonged to a Croat old waa who Head
oo a bill yuattoy and Major Ayer rude
op there one evening aad triad to boy
it- The obi mao refused la an Lnao
W»t am*or, for ba wat a anion aaa
and wa* aad booauo* our army hod
o«opod no bla Uyid and waa outting
bis timber. Captain Cothran waa a
good abut with, a ptstm and waa
proud of bla skill, aad aa tba non eve
ning Major Ayer bat bla o qaarter
that ba oooldii't aboot tbot phra Opt
out. a« took lb* bat and woo, aad
oor rnividul aanraat Tip drgaead aad
bated Ik aad we faaaCsd. Tbeotd ana
Came prowling ar.Hiod every day bunt
lug for that pig aad It wav kardar to
lie out of It tbaa It waa to ataal Ik
Bat the morolax W* books mm w#
aaut Tip ap taan aad paid the uM wo
men two dollar* aad quieted our eon
•olaoae. A fatabote waa aim-at Ire
•latlblo. Ua* lima Georgs Bui tout
aad Tom Ayer kUlad ua* oader aim liar
nlreuiaal sacra and aent a quarter n
our idmv Tbo aid man lulaaad hie bog
In do# llot, aad whoa be iaqaiivd of
Boraeutr that bad seen It anuad,
Haroett whltpand to bla that Crptala
Stillwell's mm had frank pig for dm
oar yesterday but ha moral toM who
uild bla 1 briougad to Stillwell's
rasa* and tba drat thing wo knew llol
onel Yvloer U«d ua aoaouinrd b-for*
him to be In*I an charged of SMalln*
the old nan's pi*. It wm a kind of
*><«k trial aad itraulu-d la ooovtoUuf
Bnruatt and Ayer, and they bad to pay
. f>» 'in ptg. But I am ptuuaed p> aay
of oor ouofodarato eoldieru that I uevar
knew a caae of Ougrant oreruel rolib-ry
nr pillage, nor did t ever kaow of but
one loataaaa of o aoldlar violating t»*e
auorad ngbia of a mao’* (.tally. At
Uaoteryim tbo fvoattUua Tlgata, m
they am* ceiled committed a ■<woe
ful outrage In lb* oiuptry nearby atid
were Imavdlvtoly arraated add tn*d
that sVuailng and shot Jbo next mortt
tog at auartae. Old Ju* Johnson iievt
lynch law out of sight wbeu be bad a
sure oaaa. Than an Tartouu kiada of
ataollog, bat tba moat aggravating to
writer* for the praat I* the Heating by
tba pme. Two friends -ooa la Blr
mine bam aad tbawbarln Lea Aagalt*
California—ban recently aant ana
copies of paper* publlabad la tbair
towua in which tba avid paper* nave
copied from llu> Chicago Intcr-Ocean
tb* lunar I wrote (or the ContUiiaiv*
about Foliar, Sautb Carolina. My
same la not mentioned, nor la tba Me
ter credited to tbe OmartivUevt; only
a few Immaterial ehaagm bate beta
madojuat enough iu make it appaar
that tba JaUr-Ocean aaot a reporter
down there to write ap tba town. I
have k no ant potty l helves aenl.lo tbe
chain gang for doing Ullage not half so
mean aa that.
•M«ra*rtl Twain'* Batty Jan—.
OtT*tta4 Pula D—Ur.
Tbe Uta Timothy D. Croaker, wbe
waa always dignified, ail-yon—J aad
a—arwhat arrogant In app—ran—, w—
it—Uy “taken <ta»n” by Mark Twain.
It happened nearly 30 T—re eg >. wbea
Mr. C—ekar waa president of a beta re
oonr— a—eolation, and eu tha Hat of
entertainer* w— Mart Twslo.
It w— tbe anatom foe tbe preatdohlto
tatrodo— the apeak art, and lb—to »n.
—an— tbs program (be the next— tar
uinmenl la the ouorat. Oa this par
ti—lar area I* * Mr. Crooker aad Malt
«pea tbe pUlfona aa>i took l—Ir
a—la bof n—a hall foil of people. Tweia
waited far hli nppurxoaHy and suds a
a—rob on the dignified president by
au^ylna to lbs front <4 the platform
“ladled and geaUseean. the next
—tore In the —are* will ba delhmad
two w—be fro— tonight by Blaaksty
R—Ik. I ha— Urn gr—t ploaonro thie
at—lag af iQtrodaeing to you Mark
Tarsia.”
Than Mark p—aad a moment be fo
bs added:
“I won Id always rather tatrodo—
ByseM, ba—a— than I am —re ta gat
ta all the fee—.”
Mr. Ur—her, rather oaihtr—a ad. was
*UH sluing ta bis shelf. And It oaa
ha Imagined that the bodies— —Joyed
the Joke mush bettor th— be did.
Da nog lha atrip part at (Motor,
IBM, 1 OMlnttM a bag on 14 wbtob
| aatfi*MtortouSt mmiMn'm
■ppaaraA to aa laalpteat Mata, f mm
aooauot)7 anngblaf ao4 trptag la rx
pat aoteotbtog Ob Wo I a—14 act. I
too* mo alar—d ao4 altar gin no tba
total daoter a trial bnagbf a twteW of
Ctiaaa bar lain b Oaogb Bandy and tba
waoli «aa Imiaialiia Mapraaaaaaai.
*n4 aftar I lad »4 tbra* touta* at
long* oor* raoteiil la (Mr baabbp
mom.—B. 8. Kowaaoa, PaWMbar of
i to (Mi, Wtaat. UL For Ml* bp
i ■ Oarrp A Ootepaap.
"Bndgat, harapoa Uraai ibajaa
aa la tbapartar.M I tato paar* Tba
mm 4mm*tea to—I: "YW, aoa.
Oaabpaa 4aMl<t"
HW *■» •f ftlMM.
aSSSaaw
Vmo £» af nwB™na aratr.
war
• X will admit,” add iha rialttag
BogUaHata, • U«a Um Awartaaa girl
la a daahlaa Ultar. but u it a goad
tailor.”
Thto rnaatial tba aar* afa bright
JCffiSJKliS?,,SsrJBSS
a man, of enana—AUlog It la a Jlacty
UUlaUaauf herawa. loprartaod fir
tha oeoaaiua. Hat walng waa plain.
She aaai haro latau tha fortbur traa
bla ta Ml a* that aooordlog tob*r
thinking tha BogUatmoa laaatfkaH
with iha Amarlaaa gnlb aatwatlu
alpowara baaaaaa ha Ukad prrUco
lanjr ta "UU ta bar of aw,?' aad Uiat
tha AmarWa girt had a> away non
tatanatlag tbaawa ta harp up <a her
•aU that ana did not liuauw i|m Ea
gUabwaa |.i tbU aa U« omtatry aoaw
an wont to.
Mayka Uw girl ta apt altagallat
wrong, Car, aaa rula, awu da Ilka ta
HU you about “wa,” tail than, yau
know, wara la aa art ta Uataalag. too.
Tha «art of aa. In tbta buy aad wido
o-wakatlaa, haauw mu ah ta aty aad
want ta aty U a > qalekly that wa haaa
Httla pat Haaa whaaotharahtroa thiag
or toolbar would Ilka to aty ihOM
Hut hark ya» glrla. oad y.w will agrw*
wHIl nta that tha rlaltiag Kialidtatn
Id a truthful arUH Moot a dtuariar
aaa. H* »«)»that thought buhu Mat
ae-icaaof brUUaat A'Uanoan wuuawrha
hat found among thorn all uolr a aary
faw who aaa laU a Hula atuty oHarly
auddtraaUyH galakad arainaaM nl
la aaa alar, good Eagllnb. On »mo
plain* of tha rolhd “r’a” aad tbaharab
■•ing” rcdiag. Ua aty a. aad it I* traa,
that Uw Aaartaan aaaally Mika* a
apaoUl and aridaut aCwrt tu add tha
'-tag” with dflaalaam, Mwhlug a
halt that b an ogroan ta thn flariy at
tunnd aar hnfara thn barab “ing, ’
lHMe doathorn girl told am wot toe*
<«e UwMtlMi bar oobaol dafa la
a N-irtlwru wMBlmary. Tbto gfCi
volea ia Ilka mane. cad Um war mu
naglreta bank *tV* and "iV ta alto
getiiar fataiuailng. though aba aaya
UiataHo Iter aiiad la are oatt bar latbd
ky to twaac them. for at tba Xartbara
aob mX Ao war ><Xd that bar proeubole
tloti waa elmply IwpmcIMc, awd would
Itnprom cultured Unaware ac aw eri
drwonof i«u<waaoa. N»w. my littlla
doutbere |iri. yn-ir m.»n*mof victory
baa coma. T*t» crllieal *l*IUof Be
cUahman pay* IrHmfaWi iha * Mutnbaru
aao*ot.r m hu e 4M, aad
aayt that la iw Mouth owe baare tba
■nglM) Un*uac« apukan aa It abould
be. OloMrua, ihtl haaottr theeal
iti'rO and r-U m
But enough aluMil hoar wa, mpo um
-Klat’r KugUah!”*’ ThoorbVmMrloa?
proauoeUUoa taktoaa wltb tba ait of
ulkloc what wo tali about wbaa wa
talk UM tauoh or too UttU, of Ju»-,
ewoutb. to of a trlda more Intuurtaooa.
AJI of aa, tt mattora wot whether wa
are HMD or woman. Ufea to talk of owe
•dim. la the r«ry drat plaoattM wall
to pot o cheek on Uila Wry t<Ur<l la>
patoa. nod la tba next ptaoa tt ta wail to
train ouraalrea to bo g-md Hat antra, aa
that wa may dad tt earn, aad oftoo vary
ptoaaaut aad pradtaMr, to liattb to
wbot oar frlaodt bare to any.
* tttoaereufeltedidthawomia who
to wilting to Uaeaa. Hot ooly moa,
hot woman, too, dad bar a moot agmo
wbo oatartalrM o gnat deal ooolmmd
totaly that aba war p Mlitvaty • glad
when aome one anaao bar wny wbomaa
sot tabu tad, anormoaaly ibnr, aod
alt that aort at thing, bat woajaat
■want and amlabto, with notbdatbat
otbara faal It aart oflaeambaot npoa
t Iwa to bam game before.
Hm yauamrJtoUmad to we man no
th
minutaa leal to aao if I eouM aatab
mm aort ofotow, bat yaw kaom that
e2fi5/aSd*tb3 iwt attoiaibMI
aart dedultc."
Tim moman toughed and taM Mm
about It; that l
what tba other
Tarti TrtbBM.
* ■*•> «to eld tMM h<UM tM
are di**wm*rle( fra tbe oily aaW
kaeauaa mt Mm arriara aaMil* la ih.
aaWUaUo*>« Mirk wMoh th* ««.
riat — ll.. ■ |t ♦ ». i-at.——wT m
toMto arar wtri*h M aato lZ
Tbe man wfe» averted a badaaaa far
Maadf derated raaaj hour* lafl*r* ha
■ ala hi* (Wat dU« af war** to
"mattef up” a eaattoarfc. Thte had
to toaJlha aayatbar aaart aad waa ra
*«•* Mdlha airt ”Oak ?
s»^»,sawSrj&.
Uarawacdawi hanawi fcaoww «n
o»*r the aaaatrr. Cterka fr*a* the tw
laMiabwaat catered aad toot theeaat ■
oaarh with Um, aad wttMo a law
HutolEr&a”* h,,'~dr
AaoUwr coat mu* wbteh baad
at*my adaUceia waa "Kalb *r»ht~
aad thk anw «a|a a uMa Mr* aowltt
liu “Qaioh trade.” -iAear
llltn” aarradaa t^t M.waSlaaTe
SSsHT'atH^f
ton'' wheat a* hi* aaatMrk ”11*
■«sr «
Brtlawta wSmumTi] *"
la a** that I
I
I rfjP*
) W'
rcsuar
tor had takaa*
tapwtaa the
m. if-.
•w* naahhriat,1
tort w* he** of Mm hL’ u
t« Mha a Mhaw of raw* MM
atoooa Ua raaaaaa gtoaa tor hhriM ^
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