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The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Rome and the Interests of the Const?.
Vol. XXI. GASTONIA. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY IO. HK)0.
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ARP SCORES DEPBV.
BILL TAXES OHAUHOEY TO TABX
FOX HIB UTTBXAX0E8 ABOUT
THAT BAXBAXA FRITOH1E
8T0BY
Depew Warn Two *M Tw Pi- rieylai
Arwewd HI* ■tthtr'i Kaw Im »>*■*
IliU Arp la Atlanta Uuntuuilon.
Wbiltltr la dead. but Ul* pontw II
ohm and slander* *illl lira. He m.t
aa much a fanatic a* old Joint iiruwo
and oo doobt old John imbibed from
blm bla drat lesson* In hatred of the
-South and slavery. Wbtlller'a poems
are before Bin and thirty-seven nT them
are walling f->r the alavei and malig
nant etloga against tbe HoUtlp-ro
statesmen, Including Calhoun, and (be
Southern people. I la wet an iotanee
secessionist* and when Texas was ad
mitted be prayed in veis* for a yawn
log gulf to opeoand asperate the North
from tbe South. When Daniel Web
ster made bla Last and greatest speech
at Capon Springs, In which be defended
the Sooth and declan d tlial we hud th*
right to withdraw from tbe union
whim wn believed the federal oou>pact
had base broken. Whittier flew to bis
inkstand and wrote this of blm:
-a*r*lUnl Bn mat! Tb* limn wMbdnroe
WHfcrli oooc Ur wort;
Tb# ptory frv«i hi# mj b*Jrt jronc
*#r inmore.
Utjot th# land ooc# prou • o< him
Wot brmnd with (tirpcr #li«M*e bM «l»m,
(MuUUta mow, dfctooorwd brtm.
,ro‘n u* *r**1
Wbto fa till to lari «nd Minor dtow
lb# WMM U d«Ml.
To 37.S tsir™*00*of o4'1^"•
Walk Beokward, with •runal in*
AnSkMehisskaM."
mu is part or u>« tribute he paid to
the Immortal Webstar, tbs grandest
Agars ia New Koglaod history.
Rat 1 was not troublleg mysalf sbtut
tbs gifted fanatic, I was rnmlnatlog
about Qisunoey Depew, who la not
dead and who every little while bobs
up serenely to get a little mors fame as
s humorist. It seems that whan G«n
eraj Early passed through Frederick
City, lo Maryland, he paaaed long
enough to exact from the good people
the earn of 9*00,000 for army purpoaee,
for as Whittier wrote of thorn, they
were "a famished horde." and u«w
that city has applied to congreaa f.*r a
refunding of Vital money aod ouo rea
son they give le that an old womao lo
her nloety-aixlii year waved Ibe union
flag at the rebels sod Stonewall Jack
son ordered bit men to Bra at Iter and
llier fired aod broke the window glam
and riddled the flag sad knocked It out
of her baod sod she picked It up aod
waved It again That’s lbs poetic yarn
that Whittier told about Barbara
i'reltehte and a committee from Fied
•rick City baa been before con great and
said It was so. Cbaanoey Depaw heard
it all sad s«UI it was worth MOCi.UOO to
bsvs the truth of ths story established
and he noddad his head approvingly
end said that "ol'l Barbara eras one of
the idols of bis oblidbuod, and when he
played around bis mother’s knees his
heart throbbed with sympathy for the
gray-hatred old woman wboee patriot
ism defied tbs anemias of his oooctry.’’
The old Rip Van Wloklel 1 reofeou
that la one of his latest Jukot, for be
was born lo 1884, sod was twenty -eight
yea't old wtaeo our army was In Fred
erick City, and he was tlien playing
around his soother's knees In tbs Nsw
York legi-datara.
ur. g. v» niiatia jonee, in tucumona.
the high Ml authority on confederate
Matory, h-t* published la the March
number at Lbe Confederate Veteran
another axpoeur* of thle wanton ma
ll yuan t naytb about Barbara P reliable,
end doe* ao only becruae the p>jom haa
rotten Into aom* sout hern school book*
and bo wtebca to brand with fnleebood
Uile vile eleoder on Stonewall Jeckaoo.
The whole mteerable thing wee invaati
gated noi at Waablogtoo, bat on tba
spot at Frederick City, and it waa u
tabltebed yeora ago that no Confederate
troop* passed in eight of tb* old mom
ante honaa; that no flag aaa waved;
that Stone wall waa not than with bte
troop#, and that old Barber* wee bad
ridden and paralysed and could not
have waved * Deg If aba bad bad one.
The demote nepuaw, Valerius Ebert,
he* published bte oert!fleet* that the
dag story I* alt a myth without tba
allgtiteat ' nmdatlon, end that bte old
aunt waa tel that time bed ridden and
bad loat the power of looomottao.
Ebert waa there at the tine, and waa
the administrator on bar Mate when
ahedted end never beard of aay Bag,
aud vet one of lb* raeeala who la after
that money teetlfled that be had tb*
deg at home at hta honae. The my
teat ourwe In the Bible U against Mm
who maketh or lovteh a II*. end It
make* no dlffertnoe whether be la •
poet, pvt eat or eeaalor, be will 2nd him
ntf I* awful bed oompany l* tb* world
to oo tan, Y**r* ago tbli myth waa ex
ploded fb tb* Yaw York Hon white
Dttsa waa living, bat now that be I*
deed U bee eoaae to light again In lie
oolnmoi. That paper'# motto ua*J to
be “If too too It la the Sun ate *o,”
bat now If yon at* It In the Hun Itte
not ao, would St It better. 1 wtafc that
every eoafrdrrale eoldter and thatr
eblldreo and graedehUdran would tab
•orlbe for tb* Votano end keup op with
the boa* memoriae of Um Loat Cun -
• oatm* far wliieli wv ar* atlH proad, for
U gat* brighter sad purer a* tb* yen re
rou oo. Some month* ago Dr, Au
diwste* »rvM ed neater, declared nod
piblMed that *v*ry prtnelpte tb* South
fought for bad alee* been befut* tb*
*upromt eoort of th* nation naif de
cided la Ue favor—sod recently * noU
ble Yew England aalaleter lisa dee lend
that negro aafrte* waa a mlesrabta
blunder, and that the Bfieeulb aud Mx
taauih aaaendiweaU to th* counttuMoa
abutd b* repealed.
Wall, llm* la a good doctor, and the
South la oo th* apground Tb* rtp«b
Ikeea party may be iwtleoled. Mat tb*
lath eaaate be wonted. Th* key
wtU mm* who* patmtem and back pay
wHl b* gin* our *M aoidlere aad 0*1
C anted mat# widow*, aad oar Non hern
aoldten will take off their but* aad
aytegte. W* am tiring hard at mi
bairn te be rreowetted—to fergot aad
forgive and be oalm ao<l serene witau
holding social Intercourse with those
who flt on tbe other tide, nod we get
along pretty well aa long aa they meet
ua on halfway ground, hut as for these
Tile etanderers who keen on Iflng and
rubbing It In. we are vary much Ilka
my lamented friend. George Adair,
•aid about a poacher in whom he had
noeonOdenoe; ‘'Well, ha may gat to
heaven, for tbe grace of God ta very
great, but If | get there 1*11 not boot
olm up to any howdy—I don’t want to
live on tbe sane street with him."
JmIoj nioppse For Mis Cap.
Nsw VorkHun.
When McIntyre. the Jockey was rid
ing Maehanus, tbe beef and hea as horse
to victory at the Aoqueducc track oo
Wednesday last, hla cap blow nff Just
ai tbe boraee were torniug tulo Ilia
atretch. The b iy did not pay any at
tention to the Itiaa of hla cap not even
luvolunUry I «>ktng around after It aa
aoaie boya might have done, but kept
to hie work and brought the rquloe
Idol of Park How under tbe wire a
handy winner. “A little thin*; like
that ooat me 88.000 of my good coin
and (80,000 wtonlnga ones,” said an
old-time turf fullowar aa the bare head,
ed Jockey dismounted and wetglied to.
“t haven't got over feeling eore about
It yet and every time I eve a boy's top
covering Plow off In a raoo It makes me
mad all over to remember how 1 was
damped along with a lot of my friend*
by eucb a plUbte little thing aa the
buy we engaged to nde the good llilug
loelug tila oap when the reoe was all
but wou.
u nappraeu ieu year* ago at Unl«
Ttiumpeun's merry-go round at Glouoee
Ur. across tbe Delaware fro® Philadel
phia. 1 had an old akaU that I’d bora
Mvlng up for a good thing for a lung
•bile, and whee I got him ao Im
could dip off Ui rate quartet a la IS flat I
easy. with a lubber of a stable boy on I
hi®. I knew that he waa cherry ripe,
aod waare-dy to out tbe watermelon. I
When I'd let up uu tlia old rogue tbw {
year before and turned him out, lio1
hadn’t abown aoy thing whatever fur
moolha, nor contributed a uickle
toward paying Ida fend bill. Ilia dicky
!eg« bad been bothering Mm. and be
oouldnt gat auywhara near the money
But I’d tinkered Ma laga Into chape
aod I koew that there waa nothing at
Ulouceetcr that oooM make him iootu
at any distance from Uiree quarUn to
a mile when be waa tight. Wall, l
got him right aa I aay. waited for tbe
opportunity, and than abovsd hi® In
to • dg fnrlong aprint, along with a
do mo or ao other lioraea that were sea
soned by roaauot ruuoing at Uloucea
ter. Home on 'em were pretty good
loo, aa Gloucaatrr lioraea went, but 1
knew that my old nag could win wink
ing, aod I paaaad the word around
quietly ataoog my friend* that Uirre’d
be some aomeChlog doing when the
horeee went to the poet the Oral lime.
I’d never given them any phony good*
In oonneottou with the way the Imrara
In my itrioz stood; If l waa out for
money, I told ’em; and ir there waa to
be nothing doing, I told them; ao that
when I cent out the right word about
tbla old cprloter. they all made lbe dig
to get on.
“I figured that my borne wonld bn
among tbe rank outaldera In the bet
tic g Su to 1, oreo(nothinglike that; but
It leaked out eomallow or other that
tbe old plug waa pretty nifty, and the
hooka were leery of him. The beat
they offered wm* 10 to 1. and cay 12,000
•wioaped ’em ao that moat of my
frteoda bad to take 3 to 1 or lane for
thelra. I'd augend e practically un
known Ud to nde the born in order
to get a price but the bookie* law
through that, loo. aod, aa J aay, there
wm nothing near like the Qgure again**
hi® that there should have been on
bl« running when he wm iMt out. Hot
when I wm down with my *2,000 and
■tood up to win *90,000, I didn't hnve
nov kick coming. It looked just like
flicking up a Welle-Fargu agent f»ir
*20.000 and I told my friends ao. and
they dag aome more, nod when the old
lioraa wait to tbe poet be was at S to
1, and moat of tbe hooka stood to tike
vacations or go right out of business
for good.
l«giUUIM WMliqUMJK Oft'ftKt’r
aod be bopped right eat la front *t the
fall of tbe Hag, aa I knew he would,
aod etartad to spread ingle ’em. There
woe simply nothing to H. Bounding
tbo booh etreteh Um oM bortn wee tea
length* to tbo good, and only can tar
ing, and bo huroned bla bmd with
ornery lump. Well, be mar barn bad a
llWto Jab trow tbe bypodermlo needle
before be went to tbo poo*, bat !•« not
going to eay that right oat load. Any
way be wee loot book jumping dowu
the lUstcb, aod my friend* la Ui«
stood that I’d pat wleo lo tbe good
thing were preparing tu grab®* and
oarrjr an on tboir iboelder* to the ptaoe
where tbe magnum* were opened, whoa
they all gave a gasp at ones, Tlie sap
of tbo Idiot Is boy on tbo old nag had
Mown #9, and If that polly wog-br^lood
®aU headed, no eonnt imbedle of e
boy didn’t poll tbo hone up, when be
was twaive lengths to tbo good ami
wlaaiag oa tbo bit, to look around for
bia oap. thou I’ll oat a very daogrd hat
<»■ UMMijraund* aod yall for more
beU ! The hoy yanked tbe old akato
elmoa* to a walk, a ml. of oourae. the
oibar bays mw wbot a poddla’-bead he
woo. and MM right on. Tbe kid to®,
bled to It that he wee Baking a mto
Uke only when throe other horse* of
the hooch won on even terms with
him. aod then be started in to got tba
old nag a-golog agalo. Ha did get him
gulag agalo. hot It waa too Iota, aod my
rood thing waa boa too by a tongoe for
third mjoay, so that even tlm fallows
who bed booked him all oeroae tbe
board ware let down sod nut
“I didn’t kill the boy tor sausage
meat; bat bow 1 Aid think, aod tbfab,
and think, end think t”
Woo tbe rtanH of his opined Id health
Iadoaehable will asd tremendooe earn
Btomesk.
tor, KMaaye and Bowels are oat of
order. If yon waat thee* gaalltle*
a*d the eaeoses they bring, ana Dr.
Ktaf*i Viw Ufa nil*. They aevoiop
rmy power of brain aod body. Only
•*0 Oil. X Carry A Oa’e.. Drag Ntnrn.
NEXT GOVERNOR OF N. C.
80KETHII0 OF THEOA&EHB OFOITB
IBXT CHIEF EIBOUTIVE AID
THE lillH OF XAI HE IB.
tnMk m mar mm4 MlqpklwlNI
—■Is kfltw kata Kartf rwSIKU
rwHIn a urllli iai KiMr.
Mm and Observer,
Char l*a Brantley Ay cock was burn
near Fremont Wayns county North
Carotins November lei, I8CV. Alta
fatnsr mu a far u>ar a man nt prom in
soon and intiaenoe io hU conn try and
bald tbo oSloe of oonnty rlerk from ilia
August term IMS to tbe Uay term In
1881. It* represented tba 22nd Sen
etorial district than composed of
Warns oounty only in tba Renata nf
lftCI ’05 and ISM-'80 The Dauaoamtie
candidate for Govern »r attended school
at Prvmnat and was prepared for ool
lag* at Wilson Collegial* luslllul*
then tba leading sduostloual In
atilutloo nf Kaalern North Carolina,
embracing In III faculty such educators
ns Kid* r Sylvester Hay tell. LL. D..
Bey. Joseph H. Foy, LL. D.. Prof.
David G. Gillespie and X. It. Nadal
four of the best tsarbera North Caro
lina has known. In tills sobool at wall
a* In Ilia primary school osar bis e-ium
try borne Mr. Ayoook took rank as the
moat briliaot member or bis cist* and
was always head or oest to lined. In
tba debating aoolette* be took grant in
<ereet and mu si a msrs boy easily tbs
best debater and spanker. before ba
was old enoogh to writs hi* Speeches
old a»d young w-re charmed by lilt
I'leol a* a di-olaimer. During bis
schooldays at Wilson Im bunted In
ths country and walked to and from
school every morning sad evening.
Hie echo <1 mates bad faith In hie
grains and bays always U«d eouUdraa*
that ba was endowed with high gift*
fur Same nulled station and high
public, service.
Mr. Arcook antera<J lit* Unlst rally
at the Fall term of 1877. 11m was rive
ted after a hot contest that allowed
that then be had politioal wisdom
Chief Uasahal lo 1876. Ha graduated
In I860 receiving Hie Wiley P. Man
gam medal (or oratory aud the Blag
ham Kisaylst Medal. Ha excelled at
tha University la English asking most
reputation aa an orator and is my let
Ha has often said that be bad no laleut
as a matbematioi'ij aod got through
on (Junto Beetious by mala atraaglh
and awkwardness." Ha was highly
esteemed at the University being re
garded as a youth of noootamou tslant
eltMjueuos purity of life nod sweeloees
of temper. Every man who was at
college with him wlio ooold get to
Balefgh at tlie dials couvenllon wai
there to tee him reoefvs the highest
honor the Democratic party b«» ever
coofeired npou any tnau lo North
Carolina -the compliment of g unan
imous iioialnalion for Chief Mxgia
train of the Cominoowallh. The cleat
lo which Mr. Ayoook graduated was
compound of the following- all of whom
are now living : Charles B. Ayc.ick,
Henry B Faison. Lock* Crtlg. Alex
L. Phillips, W. a. Blade 1 Georgia) C.
C. Cobb. A. D. Betts, L. U. Vaughan.
T. C. Brooks, Thoi U. Battle. A. 1*
Coble. B D. John. Robert Usnsum
Erneft Haywood.
Mr. Ayoook reed law at Uw Univer
sity under Ur. Kemp P. Hattie and
afterwards at Goldsboro under the late
A. K. Smedee aod begao tbe practice
in Goldsboro in January 1681 lu part
nership with Slats Senator Frank A.
Da aims That partnership was formed
wheo Mr. Ayvoek aod Mr. Daniels
were school mates aud la one of the
Ural legal dram id North Carolina. He
baa livid the followlu* publto position :
Super!iilendmit of Public Schools uf
Wayne oouuly la 1981; Chairman uf
Ibe Board of Trimleas uf Was Golds
boro Graded Schools for the past leu
yeans; City Attorney of Goldsboro for
two yean; County Attorney of Wayne
fonr years; Uiatrlot Elector In 1668;
Elector at large lu 18U; U. S District
Attorney 1898 to 1896 acd has atari
been a trustee of tbe University. Mr.
A you cl *M married le 1881 to Varin*
V. Woodaid daughter of Elder Wm.
Woodard of Wllauo oouoly who died
In 18U0 leaving two eblWreo. In ]f»I
he married 0«r* L Woodard a slater
of hit deceased wife. He bee seven
eli I Wren the oldest Cbatlea B. Aycoek,
Jr., le now a etudeat at the Uolver
ally.
While at the University Ur. Ayuoek
joined the Ulmternary Baptist cburoli
of wbloh be I* a leading memler. In
religion as la politics hie spirit U on*
of broad catholicity, tie la a member
nl the Odd Fallow* order and ha* I men
honored by the bretheo of V. L and T.
The Columbia 8 a. State when Ur.
Aycoek w*» noaainated made some re
fxreooe to bla candidacy wbloh proeap
led ao old soilage, mate now reatdlag
la South Carolina to write n tketoli of
Ur. Ayeoo* tbit hi* friend* recognise
a* both just and appreciative. We
quote:
“Tn the Editor of The Slate : Year
brief reference to Hoc A. B Ayoook
le your editorial column* this morning
leedne me W tarmtae that some ef
your reader* woukl weloume fuller le
formal Ion concerning tble prospective
Unmoor of North Carolina.
“The writer waa a fellow ala dent
with him at the Uolvaraliy of North
Caroline and *veo then antlclpatad hi*
attatameetnf the highest bonne* lu
the gift of bin sum. lie eoete* from
e (tardy and elgoroos etont— n type
well known U North Carolina f.»f tie
eprtght and faarteoa adberaee* l<> prin
ciple coupled In hie ease with rare
political tneighl and popular spirit—a
family tbat bee given tu lli* State more
than on* invaluable and laflneatt*!
eltltva. HaetrmratUie Unlr-rmiy
waa a triumph fives it* beglanlug He
bad the repn tan mi of having aurpiaeed
every student in I>*lin eompueHien,
but Instead ef oettl vallng tb* habile
of a reelumi eoeb as devotloa t* the
e la seine might eotgvst be wet fere
moat la ibe polmeal euntvet «f Me
literary society aed wa* alwaye * *we
eeaafel eaadldata. I remember oa op*
neeeeslon whoa lb* vet* ef a certeia
•indent wa* dewbtfol hew Aye*ek
completely w>>n him by aaklnt Mm In
, um hi* lufluenoo to Ox the adherence
of another student who *»« known In
he vac mating,
“Ajrcock wan always a wonderful
delitter. Ills voice Is nut aapaaially
pleasant dot liia action graceful lets'
Um mao has auofa cuarvrlotss mi oral
favor coupled with a power of directive
and ridicule that makes lilm lo vincible.
Ho possesses a readiness of observation
and a uulcsuese of wit (bat en»bis Ida
to Uiro every circumstance to hi* own
advantage and lo tba complete dlseom
fltura of his opponent. Hals tba am
budlmaut nf force supported by com
moo sense ami wit sprinkled with
soaugb learitlog to make thu pontile
winder how much ha know*.
‘'Ayoock will prats ous of the must
Interastlug dgure* to Southern poli
ties nod Ills character la such iliat the
most scrupulously conscientious will
give him thslr cooBdeco*. He does
uot however belong to tba pollUoiaoe
«nd wlMtber tbis will cat abort bis
cerwer remain* to he seen. 01s Inde
fatigable Labor* lo aiding North Car
olina of batJulsm will Bad tbsir hap
py consummation lo ridding It this
ysur of negro Republicanism. He Is
ualy 40 years of age and when h* I*
as old as Wade Hampton ha uiay bars
equal honors galosd by a* bard fought
sad well earned victories In a similar
04 use
‘"Mr. Ayoock la devote 1 to Ida borne
a consistent member ut Um Baptist
church uod utterly ab >w mtfoausrv
motives. His popularity pomes from
his gnu 1*1 menunr honest tons and
unselll*li spirit out from any culti
vated oourtlloess or pHsblx diap>al
tloo. The elevulloii of such a aso m
North Carolina tan.n* uiaeli for * cor
rospi-ndiog elevation of Ita political
las"
WhaCae tc»r 1st
In accsptiug the noqjloaUuu fur
Governor, Mr. Ayouch bad Ilia fallow
log lo ear uu tbe proposed amendment
whioli calls fur the careful el ten Hoc uf
«»'-ry white man In Uie stale.
“The amend aunt makes a dltilnc
ttun between a WblU Biu sad a negro
but It dost an no tbs ground that the
white mu baa a knowledge by (uhert
Uuoe which the negro baa Dot. lias
tie white mao >ucTi superior knuwl
edge f Will any mao deny It T Will
Senator IMtcbard deny it J Hear
what lie Slid lu hi* recent speech to
tbs Senate : “It is absurd lo oonleud
that there la any danger of negro ilotu
Inavton tu North Carolina. In tbe
very nature of things It eaunot be
From the earliest dawn uf elelllgiiiun
to this go id dour (be great white raee '
lias gteen the world lu history, lu ‘
philosophy, Its laws, its government I
sod lu Olirtstunity, and It will eon- L
tlnua to do so." “Wli*. ouleas the (
white man is superior ? Will Senator
Boiler deny It V Ash the Caucasian,
evidently named io h >o >r uf the great
race. Will governor Kunell deny It »
Surely !w wOl not aaaart that unlet
'ered whIU men arr no ta-tler than
“savage*.*’ If than It lw true (hat on.
lettered white man have a knowledge
of government superior to Ibat pis
sesard by unlettered negroes, I want lo
tu kuow tr Senators Butler aud Prlrcir
nrd and Govrruor Russell want tbe
Supreme Court to bold ibat tbe XVih
amendment demands a LIE. The
Democratic party knows the iruth-lt
Is oartaln that tha unlettered white
msu is mom Capsids of go vamose a l
than tha nigro. It Is to certaiu rf It
that It baa put its opinion In writing—
has printed II In the Laws of 1800 -has
submitted it to the people and now
challenger any white man In North
Carolina to deny it. R-paW leans ara
pmfveslcf a special love fur tha poor
and unlettered white man. but at tb«
earns time thvy assart that tbe law eau
make no diatiuctiua between him aud
tbe negro. The Democratic party
leaee tha troo, bold ground that a while
man la aoperlor lo a negro sod that tbe
liw of man will follow Uie law of God
In reo igolUon of it.
rklaa SMkMa
LaaCu-a WseMr.
Nowhere else ere the prluoiplea of
■ound banking better htiuwa and as- {
dertVood or eo uulvenally practiced
while the word of ■ Uhloeee umebsat
I* accepted the world around. The
CCriueuu wuau the first to oolu aiouty
and they hue# Ion* oiuoo eotrad the
problem of book note lasuea. Bullosas
eoodiliooi >ra stable and vsloee set
tled. Their Interne! consmerca Is high
ly doralopcd »od all product! that can
stand tbelr slow methods or traepor
tattoo are well distributed.
Yet this, the greatest country lo
tire world. It without any of the mod
ere maeot of transportation and ex
change Ite Immense traffic le atill
heed led In Um moot primlUro maouer
—sir iuaa of camels that r»soh from the
oil) get# to the hotlsoo earn the tool
of ooal for the people'e fuel, rack
mules for wsutero prurlocaalad-o with
dried finite, silks end rugs, return
with salt fish and aaa sreade. Heasy
Ctris|ruM beneath cask* of rragraot
wloee. Tnwboele are dragged along
ll* oanaU end rITurs by deeaoe of
straining men.
7be tmsullng merebent may make
hie trip by cart, boat, or sedan obalr.
if the wrathtr ba mild bet kf It be
winter, the mule litter will oarry him
user the rougher country ,.r he may
iklm along Ute water wuyc on a light
■lad prepelled by Itumwa erase end lege,
•wwss—sseam
Is AewtwwMe Haas.
Manila, May ».-Thn belief I* grow
ing that AgaliialJo was killed by the
Igeroflls. Thera W no proof that he
has been ellro aiaoa Ua) Payton U.
Marnh of tha Thirty-third regiment
abandoned the chaee after the Filipino
leader in the Unequal mown tale* a)
though an Ineargent officer who re
cently terreaderad to Oeoernl Yeeng
• ays that the tuairgrot generii Ttalo
tnllftMi bid 4Mii
Friends of AguUaido'e wMe aayart
tliat aha has heard uotbtog hem Mm
tiwee they parted. Me lame deiiesu
esod It loo and nearly prostrated with
worry
T*»r ii»nw ar r«rm.
rurlmr KMitnra I'errM lb* lu ttnrli
•• any U«rt.
<r« vort Cwanwtlat-Aeiniaer.
The atrulhr rt-n'.xol lu fruit ut m
■audy olreue poller uue of a arrow
wbie* ran d >wo a block of foaet on Uw
aide street >»d «r»uud Uw eoraer oa
the * venae.
Tlieie wee something familiar about
it and something In could not Mr wbat
that we* not. Tlie baUaea waa ou the
ride of Uw familiar, however aad a
moment leiar h* wa* under a cpoll. He
was a boy egrio—bia long trousers
aonohow bad gottoa short aad waa
waging stroking* aad b* kaaw where
to tnd lb* hole lu Uism Just below the
knee <up and Jaet shore there waa a
"pot oa Ilia right lag which f*H ama
foruwy aoiw fioaa pUylng tatrWaa.
UUsbou Mare shrank In a Iris* hleobaat
tnw hunsUy Dei and be felt like
tbumpiug It to ■** If be ware In a m
dIUon to awrap punches with Jimmy
Browa. Hu height grew less and IDs
»fu waiting for a ahara
eud rrrj brially waa ten and brirtaa.
i Ata be was beak la a II ill* aoutlwrn
Tillage *od orer by the village acar*
wbree h* got clniwuDue aad where Ms
, fsthor bought ib* Ikisk shoe* with the
rirloy brae* Up* wliloli ba 00rid not
klak through Oa kaaw bacenaa be
bad irtrd without rren butting hla toe*
winch warn u nasally waiting barefoot
tlPi
Theeuu grew warmer too aad the
rir bad Bet sweet earth? odor It gats
rniaa the pratrla lead, lie salted tb*
f*.r 3Ubaert tap-d wlUtin
him his breath waa short and there wa«
ridritwi too rig f^r bis front riiw lit -
eule. He waa a hoy. Ttw clre-js wa*
oomlar to tow > and »o 6*1 order amt
•heiw would fern parade and-Iw-rtMr bed
hU baud into a paekot wbioh sum bow
aaeaicd very small and pulled out hie
aamn-r-b* bad 8S Sente. a l w.sidle tnd
two pioayuna**—and liU father bed
pruaiwd him two brta It be wow d hr
good end that era* ten oeula orer fm
UiaoeM-ie. Which would be talc? Piuk
or tbe oiber kluilT rieybebotli <>r pop
oura uud I be pink which loused mud
tested bulii.
Sow however bo woo Id look at e|l
llte picture* mi the aide of Uk village
*UKo. l|e would do It aygUmaiisally
•ud (airly which was Uie must gratify -
lug U* would walk dowu lo the rod
with bis ayes atialgbt ahead a.id dauy
blaawlf a tingle aid* glaum at tlw I loot
aed Die elephants in pyramid* >W tba
ladies ia pi ok dying abuot lo air or tin
•uaa shot oat of the eaoaou or tlw
moukays. Xo lie wuald go slowly aud
bold hl« breath at length over tb* lion
Laming.
Vea. themlbey were I Tba three
rlugs lu s tent a mile ling a .4 high.
»'L; ill loua of people ou thu baue'm
p icted light and a Iady hopping tbrregn
a lump ouUi a leaping while b r«a am)
tlw clown* anil the *ir.<ji'4 anJ llye
ringmaster and the Japaurer I igglera.
lie studied thvlr fsom In dat«n u> an
if <» could lacogutt • any uf tlw elown
Theu be looked at the rearing I loua
••Ore, but [ hope it don’t rain,*1 he mh|
thinking of lla aaifal lass it would b*
to wait until clrsua time If ha didu’t
ava tlw liens tu tb* girade lu their geld
e>ge*. IncideuUlfy begat ready Ills
argameat aa to wlp-atber in* Ilona
could carry off Paimar TaU’a old (deck
bull which served batter titan a waleh
dog lo toe orchard sod wheittker the
•berifl'* Uoodhouoda wldeb eaqgut tba
man whuabot Joka ay's uoeloemild kill
oou them. These argument* were
to be used on tba lirnwn boy no m itlar
which side be look.
Then there ware Uie ustriefaaa and
the bird* were like ostrich** hot 4ltt*’i
have tueb tong foatltvre and a pink
bir<L
The elephant* were la tb* east pic
tare and ha wo .dared if tba baby noe
waa reall>- tbat HUIe and whether it at*
only milk or woeM taka peanut*. Be
Wvold shell tbe pesutKa fink M mom
any. Tb* w1M mam huot agreed away
before him ead tb* buff does sera fear
felly combative. U* tbouglil ha woaM
like to boat buffaloes sod cun Id uaa the
gen with little abet at utber time* for
•qulrrele Robin* which were easy tn bit
ha wuald not shoot with a real gue.
They ware good ewoegb Cor slingshot*,
bat—he wanted a goo.
Nrxt that* were *11 eons Ilf queer
thioas. cow* with hump* grey little
DOW*, wad wolves, and a thing which
rolled lteatf opiate a bail. Be dhte’i
know what It waa It waa kinder Ilk*
a mod-turtle lu aoisa laepeeta bat a*
M» noetmaater a**d;
tou oouiuii'ieevar □« •nra.”
Uh would iuvritlgBU Uut If tbeate
piwut and ie>nker* didn't lake (•
ranch tiro*.
Tbte brought hiw to the and of tho
Iww. Tbere wee Uw piak paper with
big Utah Mian. He thought It weald
bare no r«ara tor litw; he would bare
OOeaata aad aouM go lu openly aad
didn’t neMt to awry water for the ele
phant*. Ha iteek bla bead la bla
pocket • end (topped baok to retd Uw
tlgn with eowfortatoa arroganee. Bat
wbet wee that T "Ooooart after abow.
Clown’* eoaale tonga Uoanu adwle
alou.'' JI Main re I Qa bad forgattoa
that He weato hare to glee op Uw
pluh kweede. But on. Than ha
waald tare *ttt« 1« anna. Ha waatad
to hear Uwaa euwoa moot aiwaat aa
bad aa to aaa tba elephaaU aad ba
wanted tba plak lemoeada and Uw
baby alagbaat bad to bated. SlaJeaea
weald brag If ha dMat He wight go
late tho teat after tba (bow and aa*
the enlatale aad ga to Uw aoanert, bat
wool of the aegaa would ba aieaad. Ha
(topped to think.
To think ba bad te kWh bW teaa lata
tba grouad aad ba Waked ho aaa what
aart of hoWa tba brew ttpe waiewak
lag. Ha had on dapper pateat leather
■beae aad wa( aid aad ie tba ally bad
a eoiWaa diploma and a gaud until lea,
rie palled ao«a aware from bWpaohrt
and atudWd It Mly. (t area alio wn
l»e oooM gtea It to twjaate bay aad
would ba btapy with tba twa Mu aad
a dlian aad Wt jha wa aart go aad
tube hlw too.
—-- >■ ■ mm i -vm-1
MMUTTWH.
*»r K**»r «ak# a auiike a baa
■la Owa.
llunMIbinai.
Tba laoer-tl uptul Ml I* tba It U ai
yr «•»« t” tdmltff m stga stare, and
«.<■*• art raw people aba would «wh aa;
wllb pasllltrosa* that they »>al« idea
tlfy tbrlr uwu signet urn us-trr alooat
yr ooatfMlana. a diaouasMa by worn
***frra tba nUnw day aakn It appaar
that a para-hi s«innt at ail Uw br
•ara of bta signature, bsaaim of um
blowy to vhlob Um forget bat broagbt
tw ut<
Ow of tba laarywra mUUMImom
oouM aaMy go upoo tba auoras stand
aod owoar that a algaatara ebava Ida
w» bis eUnstars. U« aUloMd that In
tho MaotMoatloa af a algaatara a per
boo go largely loPowoJ lo bisdeots
^■ by Ifcb quality of tba napsr upon
wbloh Um sT/dstars Was arlUiwi sod
by «bsi pnwdsd ..r fulMwed Um .)«
nataro. If llw um was writtao on a
Qtabh • low hi paper. Mb* Uwl la »«
IMO oat, tba Uwy. r eiaJ.aad that a
Wltoass ooold aot swear wWi any bswn s
af poUtlow ■** tbai tba ugaslwa wa*
or was uucbis own.
la aapport of kl« srqumav. tba Uw
fir told that bead writing experts eMlm
Ibot «wrs «i oaa writ* Ida new*
*»*•• ,'“•?» "«*■. •"< tbU ta any
tiUgailoo whsrweldest anw aia la dla
pata and too signatures appaar UiU
ars asaatly ailka. tba aaparts will pro
ooaaw oaa of tbaai a forqrry. It any
batroa that In gaorral e mfortssttoo
too signatures ussy ha altks. bat lo
•aylug that aa twi. slguetunie woo
wrr «*4s ailka. tka aap*ru uwiuUui
tba loops of tka Isilm sad ike dla
taoesa batwaso Uwta will not tw lb*
s«Ma. dMtUMtloas wnlsu ate b* deter
■alnod only by a sysla u .if slut* au*
n*smen la Ip auppjft of this t hasty
tba ripens taka lbs aaot of « bmw
who la la tba hatdt -I Whig fro* fats
l*o#v* tu hit barn »i mimt ill# ####1
llm svary awrulng. They mj that
not oaa# in a hundred llam will bn
welt in KMilf tbs hubs tons.
namoar lawyer Mid of an axperUuoe
to had in Um trial or a oaM la Tollaad
p anity ttor 90 ya«r* ag.i. A wot* waa
to euutett, wad « qnraliaj was ratted a«
*? tha x-nulneaaae of the alguatar*
lioorge 1*. Btoell waa called aa a hand
writing expert. a* toetld-dthet Um
■((nature uu Uia Bute Waa a nrauina
kUaature. Fur Um parpner of laaung
Wa ability aa a ha ad writ led expert
white on the wiumm aland ha waa
limn b piece of paper- and aahad to
write his dum tlnra ilmee. A Weak
ipeoa waa Wft betwaoa Um algaatatas.
Ur. UtawM did b*H know for what pate
pom be waa asked tn write hie bums.
*"•' after the paper h td teea b taded to
Um> lawyer wbu rUMi-ted him It Wne
|l»oa by Utr lawyer to mu merit with
tbeunu. tn* rx,*>rt wrote UM mar*
uf Ur, Bid'll -tin- p,prr >Um* Ubm,
»ud after Un« ar.-g dr. Iliawll wat
recalled t-» i||»e ant n-e 4 *»(). and the
P*l»*r l.mi anting 1 lot etc eig-ualgraa
wa* iu>gd->l v- lit «. Ite wat asked to
Hulul uu: 14* «igiiatt|r«4 Ui,the had
Written. I|-mil >ay we.1 |.,^ i a >. Imt
not ana ef 14* -lanpgr-1 4- p uaal nut
»i haying b-rg errivtao by lilmeatt was
hie wring*, I'm three eateeted em
written bf the pea expert.
Rafareaoi wat made iluruu the c ni
yerhati.iu to a l.lJ which eonorted in
ifaahingtou, elan a will wa« in a «B
teel. Hevrral rxperte 04 iia-MlwriiHi*
who tuatHaa at ‘ the trial claimed that
thy will waa In Up hand wuU-.gnf Um
laiator. It wag pro red. h >wevar. that
the entire will had twee traced. One
ef the leUUtse <f the droeaead had
round many •» Uw token of tha da
#»Mad. Word* ta pot into Um will
ware takoa frogt the dlCacent UUere
and to a chemical procrw rrprogooed
In tha dooaMoni wMoh Mads the will,
iohit Sherman** anaw «u algaed aa
ooa ef Um witneaeca of Um Will, and it
wan also prayed that the egrtaturp had
beau taken from a eixuatera whloh Ur.
SHumao bed idaacd to aa article la
Oeoaral Urantte "Memoir* of tha
War."
The couoluslon which the Uwyor*
csm 1 to whta tha dlseaeeloB coded wat
that It la not luah aa oaay matter to
Mrotlff aicaaturyaas Many people I m
agin*.
»*«■—— Wiwrtt'kr Mu mmol.
AlUn'a CacwOhMIaa.
Tint wonderful change* nroiuhl by
tb« oloatsf aontory are aptly brought
forth by the death in How York af.u
twolgrant of 1811. Jotbua TmWoc
ton bom io Laneaabira la \m aw
batted far Awarloa In a aalttog alio t»»
iSUL , Tba trip laatad forty doyt oad
oalrwk Whoa 108 wiiaa from. How
York tba awail waa watbyo nawa
paper boat and It dot nkl by tba ra
SoTuia i1*" #r*t
How tba aawa of tba day glrdlaatba
gioha almoat faqtaataoooualr and wbat
traoaplraa U the atraata aCPral aria ba
of^LUaoto'aa aaaoaa^t nawln^To^tba
*®Moao»Mw aaapla alaia a boat Ua
tepoaotog. Hagtaod ta bat oast door,
vMla Ua wut wbiah ateaotod Uw
Orlaat haa baao ao ateurad away that
It no liagir ataiwa latiirw. Tba
world tea grown twoUar at taaiwparte
U*w oad aowwooiaoUao teat baao lw
panted. Tba btlaou taboiapb opara
may awteat M raSonar la 8
■f WOUrWInte^aalbi ^ -
am bniaa laradad aad aa waa kaowr
tba wanlara wbfab way be doaatapad.
..T^wfnlay aftwaaoa Obaot 4 o<alaob.
Hr. W. H. Hoad aa World of Obaatar
eoooty waa lawantly bfllad by light
atng at bla farw tbrna ad tea aoat a)
Mr. Head waa Joal woatUaa Hi
horaa to ratwra bowa wbaa ha nod bla
teno ware bath leotaatiy kMad
Hit death la a aoaara dwat U Ibk
wbaU aqaawomlW, aa MrTbd waa
vLXStT** n*U*
Thwito M W»in.
TnaOwdOatefJaBteaaf BwUad,
Ua mxohnMim WtaM Uattad :.
L«w Hjcioty, muml • ratbar law
•platen »t« **baUt of toady anaoh."
load Baa a 11 n*d that na Ibte aobioat
te bald aw—at aartea— with tba
mom attltada:
Ua (Uoaftit tharo au a araai dtoad.
If a arty ul wa Wale*iwao aw. hapt, ad
raaillty <>f tpw«h dagaanratiag lota
ffMmno of awte a«d tor hta awn pan
—ha »k tea at bat ova pwaooat lwgraa
Huq.4Ur«« Mi board apaakta*-ib« .
tan >n arba wada tba load I gpriaM i <
apua iiltu aa tba m— wlio lalfead
Jwaa& t
•at hU mind t • ItMaalu tan 'alwlM
atr-iif—I and hrHUird ferthapaSa*
<4 • parttealar abada of wroalaa w«m4*i
ba dmir*4 to fit—ov. bat vbo'obaaM
that Uwqsht au anooiagtaftof bla at'
tfuiptad qUaranof. Ua woqld rat—r
baar auofc « Bui Ibao oat, #tw aa—*■
paado* for a wort, ftti tba Ido* uUt
ba wa» vatoatl awly MteraUta |<4 o|
b|a i»arn otoQuaooe. bfhtt w « *aou3
w not #nto. worda. word*, but
•HI w»» worth a daoto tpoScb •
f" *■ * ate3 »r —rda
bot la vhfell thought boa a boot Ute
—■aa pruoorttea ta tba r<4awoai oat
tar. at, in tbe qdabraiadHaute towa
tba tpaad bant to tba aa mttty of twt.
TMtaght woo Ute tra< iwwitfal. tpl
when thty hod aebteaad that aooMoa
Ibao ba thought f aoUlljr or wtrahoroj
a Battar ol eotoparaUya aaty a^pirt
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