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THE GOLDEN CHAIN.
MARK V. BIQNEY.
.Writes for the Odd Fellotw' Anniversary
Celebration years ago.
There is a chain whose golden links
Heaven's choicest gift embrace;
Life's crowing heritage on earth,
Its glory and its grace:
Pure as the rainbow's blended dyes,
Free as the stars from stain,
Are Friendship, Love and Trnth-the
links
Which form that golden chain
FRIENDSHIP! Inl mystio brotherhood
It binds man to his kind,
Supporting still the poor and frail,
And guiding still the blind
So brave to meet fraternal wants,
So gentle in distress,
It shares, it watches, aid it cheers,
And prays that heaven may bless.
LOVE ! blissful dream of Eden sweets
Which angels fain would breathe;
It comes like spring, the tree of life
With blossoms to enwreathe,
It presses from joy's blushing grapes
Their rich ambrosial wine,
And thrills the throbbing human heart
With ecstacies divine.
TRUTH ! mirror of the god-like mind I
Like the unrufied lake,
Reflecting all the glowing heavens,
Whose glories o'er it break.
In its clear depths no hidden snare
Can ever lie concealed,
For all things are pure and bright
As Jove's immortal shield.
Thus richly linked, the golden chain
A sacred charm extends,
Inviting stfll the good and true
Tojoin for noble ends;
Making the wonDs of brotherhood
Assume a magic power,
And every SIoGN a benison,
And each DRanEE a dower.
So stands the glorious Order with
Its banners fair unfurled,
Proclaitming Friendship, Love and Truth,
Redeemer of the world.
Keeping the sacred J.wsrs bright
Around which brothers meet,
And symbolizing holy ties
With WATER, FLOWERS and WHEAT.
ONLY A FARMER.
Quite an interesting and anxious
group had gathered in Mrs. Wilson's
dressing room one ploeasan morning
in June. It consisted of Mrs. Wilson
and her three unmarried daughters,
and the subject under such animated
discussion was how and where they
should open their usual summner camn
paign.
It had always been an interesting
slnlject, and, to the maternal ecl
ment, attended with considerable anx
iety, alnmost amounting to despair, as
now.
The contents of time various ward
robes had been laid out and examin
ed; silks and muslins, cambrics and
lawns, sutlicient, it would seem, for a
dozen, and the two elder Misses Wil
son, declared with tears in their eyes,
that they had nothinz to wear.
It is noteworthy with what surpris- <
ing unanimity the two sisters agreed
on this point, who seldom agreed
about anything.
Mrs. Wilson looked with dismay
upon the finery spread out before her,
after listening to the above assertion.
"I'm sure, my dear," she ventured
to say, "some of them are hardly
worn, and with a little alteration-"
"Now, mamma i" interruplted Belle,
"why will you talk so ridiculously
when you know that there is not a
thing here but what is wretchedly
out of style! And as to altering any
thing it always gives me a pain in the
side to sew, and I'm not going to Sar- 1
atoga all fagged out, if I never go I"
Of course, this settled that. It is a
little curious what a small amount of i
work will 'fag' a girl, 'all out,' who
can dance until the break of day with
out the slightest inconveuience.
"There is one thing certain," said
Lucy, thle second daughlter, we've got
to hlave at least one new dress."
"I don't know where it's to come
from, then," retorted Mrs. Wilson,
sinking down wearily into a chair.
"It was as much as I could do to get
par's consent to going at all. It wars
two o'clock at night before he gave
in, and then I verily believe it was
from pure fweariness, and inability to
keep awake Sany longer.
M. Wilson anid this with tihe air
of a woman determined to perform
her duty at all hazards, and to obtain
credit for the same.
But it seenmed to have the contrary
effect on Josie, the youngest daughter,
who had not before spoken, but who
now burst forth:
"I declare if it isn't a sin and a
shame, to worry pa so."
Mrs. Wilson cast a reproachful leok
upon the speaker."
"I will say, Josie, that you are the
most ungrateful child I ever saw.
I'd like to know how much money
I'd get out of your pa if I didn't worry
it out. But that's all the thanks I
get for lying awake nights scheming
how to give you a chance to get set
tled in life."
"I'd thank you for not doing so; -
I'm not going to Saratoga or Long
Branch. In the first place, I'know
that pa can't afford it. And then I
promised Mary Crofton that I would
visit her this sumner."
Though Mrs. WilBson affected to be
displeased at this announcement, she
was seeretly relieved.
Belle and Lucy were very well
suited with this arrangement too.
Josie was very handy at finishing
up and making over, and if she was
determined to bury herself in a coun
try farm-house, she would not need
so much of that for herself and could,
therefore, devote more time to them.
And so busy did they keep her during
the two weeks that followed, that
Josie was glad enough to see the big
trunks all packed and waiting in tbo
hall.
To save expense, Mrs. Wilson had
arranged to dismiss the servants, and
shut up the house with the exception
of one room for her husband who was
to take his meals at his sister's.
14Of course, she won't charge him
anything, and that will be one item
saved," and she regarded compla
cently the effects of Belle's new dress
which her management had secured.
"As though pa would board there
fqr nothing," was Josie's indignant
rejoinder, when Uncle William has
such a hard time to get along."
"Well,. if your pa chooses to pay
when he needn't, andit isn't expected
of him, it's his own loss. For my
part I don't see what's the use of have
ing relations if you can't make use
of them."
Mrs. Wilson ce talply believed in
making her relatives useful, carkying
out that belief to its fullest extent,
whenever it was practicable, as some
of them knew to their cost. Even
her love for her daughters partook of
her intensely selfish nature, her chief
anxiety being to get them 'off her I
hands,' and in a manner that would
be as advantageous and reflect as I
much credit on herself as possible.
But they were gone at last, and Jo
sie was at hliberty to make her own 1
simple preparations, which did not
take her long to complete.
The father and daughter had a nice
tea together. Josie was going on the
morrow, and as, sitting opposite and
pouring out his ten, she saw the hard
lines soften in his careworn face, and
how happy he was in her society, her
heart reproached her for leaving hinm.
"I have half a mind not to go papa,
it seems too bad to leave you here all
by yourself."
But Mr. Wilson would not hear to
this.
"I insist upon your going; you have
been working hard, and you need a
change. My life would be much the i
same anyhow."
"You can expect me in three weeks,
papa," smiled Josie, from the car
window next morning. "You will
want your little housekeeper by that
time, I know."
And Mr. Wilson went back to the
corroding anxieties which had made
him an old man before his time, and
thanked God for this bit of sunshine
which left its glow in the heart long
after it had vanished.
There was only a few passengers
for Baybridge, a small town in tile
interior of the State, though -there I
were the usual loungers about the
platform of the station as Josie step
ped out. But they soon scattered,
leaving her to stare blankly around
for the carriage that she supposed I
would be waiting for her.
She walked clear around the sta
tion, looking in every direction, but.
not a vehicle was in sight except a ]
rough box wagon, with a board across r
it, 'drawn by a pair of spirited black
horses, that stamped their feet and 4
tossed their heads as if impatient to
be off. t
A man stood by the restive crea
tures, who yet seemed to be under
perfect centrol.
"There, Jenny, be easy, Kate !" he
said, patting the satin-smooth skin,
and speaking very much as a mother
would to her child.
The baggage master was standing
near a' pile of trunks and parcels.
"Is this your trunk, Missy" he said,
as Josie approached him.
"Yes, I was expecting friends to
meet me, but they are not here. There
must be some mistake."
"I know most of the people around I
here. What might their names be?" t
"Crofton."
"WVhy, bless me, you've got off at I
the wrong station. They live at North
Bay Bridge, five miles beyond."
"When does the next train leave" I"
"To-morrow morning."
Josie looked the dismay that she
certainly felt at this announcement.
"It's too bad, I declare, said the I
good-natured officer, pitying Josie's
evident distress.
Then, as his eye fell upon the owner i
of the team, who was looking toward
them, he added:
"If this ain't a streak of luck!
Here's John Manning, their next 9
neighbor.. He can take you along
just as well as not."
g "John, here's . young ,lady that's
V got of atthe wrong stationi She
1I wants to ' o to Crofton's, ` tell 'her
I she can ride with you.',
The young man removed his straw
e hati revealing a forehead broad and
e full, and whose whiteness contrasted
strongly with the healthy brown of
11I the cheeks below.
1. "I shall be very happy i the young
g lady has io objections to rfing with a
a farmer, and in a farwer's wagon."
- The admiration so clearly, visible
I in the honest blue eyes that fnet her
1, own, mnadeJ osie's cheeks reddein.
"If it would not be too munch
g trouble."
t As the young man listened to those
d low, eoply spoken ,iords, he felt noth- 1
l ing the speaker could ask would j
be any trouble at all. Springing to 1
1 work he soon improvised quite a com
l fortable seat for Josie by passing a I
i rope from one stake to another, just 1
K back of tlhq board in front, throwing a
thick.soft blanket over the whole. .
Glad to be released, Jennie and
t Kate bore them swiftly along over the "
winding country road, dotted here and 1
Sthere by farm-houses, nestled down
among the trees and shrubbery. As
soon as Josit got a little used to it
t ishe enjoyed her elevated and novel
Spositiot, which gave her a fine view '
of the country through which they I
were passing.
l Her companion smiled at her enthu- 4
r siastle exclamatione and comments, 4
seeming.to take pleasure so frankly
and innocently expressed.
"Do pu think you would like to I
I live in the country ?" he said, stealing 1
r an admiring glance at the glad young
Sface.
3 "Above all things,",responded Josie,
I "That is," she added, after a mo
t ment's pause, "if papa could be here
f too. I wish he.could be just for a
r little while; he would enjoy it so.
l Papa was brought up on a farm. I
I heard him say once that he wished he I
had never left it."
"I had a strong desire, when a boy,t
I to go the city, where I could get a!
Schance to get rich, and not have to 1
work so hard. But I am an only son I
S-an only child since last winter-" i
Shere the speaker's eyee saddened. "I
I promised father just before he died I
I that I wouldn't never leave the farm I1
I while mother lived, and I know that
I don't care to do so now."
S"I wouldn't if I were in your place," I
said Josie, with a wise shake of her
pretty'head. "Its dreadful hard times It
in the city. Everybody is groaning
about them, which makes them dis- t
mal huough. And as to working
hard, I'd like to know who works
harder 'than pa does. Its ever so <
much nicer here."
The honest young fellow whose.,
heart was in his eyes, inwardly hoped <
that she would always think so. ' (
"There's where I live," he said,
pointing to a house with a wide piazza
around two sides, and which looked
very pleasant amid the green verdure
that surrounded it. E
Young Manner drew the reins at
the gate, inside of which a pleasant
faced silver-haired woman was stand
ing.
I"Here's the mail, mother," lie said,
tossing down to her some papers and
pamphlets. "Been lonely any? I'm
going to take this young lady to Mr.
Crofton's. My mother, Miss Wilson."
The young man took leave of Josie
with a feeling at his heart such as he
had never experienced hefore.
"How pretty she is," he thought, i
"and as good as pretty, I am sure."
"What an honest and pleasant face!
I wonder if I shall ever see him again!"
This was what she thought.
Josie did see him, again and quite
oftdn. 'rhe Mannings were not only I
neighbors, but intimate. Mary Crof
ton had been strangely attached to
Mrs. Manning's only daughter, who
died the preceding winter. She spent
a good dieal of time at her house, and
Josie with her. Mary was never
weary of praising John; he was such t
a good son, and so intelligent, steady i
and industrious.
John soon got over the shyness i
with the city girl, who took so kindly
to country ways that it seemed as if
she had always lived in the coiuntry.
iHe used to walk home with her,
Mary considerately lingering by the
gate to talk with his i'mothcr, well
pleased with the turn attfaiis were
taking.
Tlhezi there were rides and walks, t
picnics and social gatherings, at all of I
which John and Josie had a fashion
of getting off by themselves-a fashion
that everybody seemed to honor and 1
understand.
And so the happy days went on,
each day binding those young loving
hearts more closely together.
When Josie returned to the city,
which was, two weeks later.than she
intended, she had a pleasant story to
whisper in her father's ear.
"If you love him and he is worthy
of you," he said, in reply to the query
with which it ended. *
Josie's quick ear detected the sad- 1
ness that underran these words.
s "You know you promised to: live
a with me when I was miarried, papa,"
r she whispered, laytng her cheek'
closely to his. "And on a farm, too t
v Won't it be delightful t"
I Belle and Lucy returned home with
I that conscious air of subdued triumph
f peculiar to lengaged young ladies."
Having attained the end and aim of
i their existence, there was nothing
t 'urthar, for there to hppe or expect. of
orom. thenceforth they were to repose
Supon their laurels, fioating down the
r stream of life with no thought or care di
of anything but the present enjoy- o0
I ment.
ai
Belle's captive was a Wall street t
9 broker, owning a fabulous amount on al
Spaper. Lucy's was the son of a mil- tr
1 lonaire, whose ambition seemed to bl
) be to spend as quickly as possible the
" money that his father had labored
r hard to acquire. They made no at
t tempt to disguise their surprise and
I disdain when they heard of Josle's
modest conquest.
1 "Only a farmer I" sniffed Mrs. Wil- 1
-son. "Never did I dream that one of "
I my daughters would stoop to that! hi
i But I suppose if you have your fa
3 ther's approval you don't care for
I mine."
I "Of course you canit expect us to Is
r visit you," said Belle, loftily. "The O
r connections of Charles Augustus are
of the highest and most aristocratic in
Scharacter, and it couldn't be thought w
of."
"Certainly not," echoed Lucy. "Am
wife has to take the position of her
husband, which is something you had t
better think of."
ol
Josie had thought. of it, and very
happy thoughts they were, too.
The financial disasters of the three hi
years that followed made quite a A
change in the surroundings of all the
I above with the exception of Josie and
her husband.
Out of the wreck of Mr. Wilson's T
business nothing was left but his
honor and integrity, which shone all u
the more brightly from the temporary
gloom that shrouded him. His wife T
Stook their altered fortunes very hard, in
fairly fretting and worrying herself hi
into the grave, where she was laid a
few months after. Penniless and un- ]dl
I fitted for anything higher, the hus- be
I bands of Belle and Lucy were glad to
W
accept positions, one a conductor on at
a city car, the other a third-rate clerk- th
ship. M
Josie did not see much of her sis
sters, but many a barrel of apples and
crock of butter found their way to
them from the Manning farm. of
Almost every pleasant afternoon ai
gray-haired, placid-looking old man
can be seen on the western piazza of of
the farm house with a grand-child on k
each knee. It is Mr. Wilson, who am
often thanks God that one of his f
daughters married "only a farmer."
pi
A BOY WHO GAVE HIS NOTE. N<
ol
A Boston lawyer was called on a jo
short time ago by a boy, who inquired th
if he had any waste pa~er to sell. in
The lawyer had a crisp, keen way of Lu
asking questions, amd is, moreover, a az
methodical man. So, pulling out a a
large drawer, he exhibited his stock fri
of waste paper. fa
"Will you give me two shillings for fri
that?" o sh
The boy looked at the paper doubt- tri
ingly a moment and offered fifteen hc
pence. br
"Done," said the lawyer; and the g
paper was quickly transferred to the a
bag of the boy, whose eyes sparkled k(
as he raised the mighty mass. TI
Not till it was safely stowed away in
did he announce that he had no je
money." st
Not prepared to state exactly his v
plan of operations, the boy made no d
reply. a
"Do you consider your note good?" th
asked the lawyer. pr
"Yes, sir." of
"Very well; if you consider your et
note good, I'd just as soon have it as of
the monef; but if it isn't good, I don't lhi
want it." fo
The boy affirmed that he cogsidcred of
it good; whereupon the lawyer wrote cc
a note for fifteen pence, which the to
boy signed legibly, and, lifting the hi
bag of papers, trudged off. o th
Soon after dinner the little fellow
returned, and, producing the money, fo
announced that he had come to pay w
his note. T
"Well," said the lawyer, "that is sli
the first time I ever knew a note.to* hr
he taken up the day it was given. A bi
boy that will do that is entitled to lth
note and money too; and, giving him 'th
both, sent him on his way with a
smiling face and happy heart.
The boy's note represented his te
honor. A boy who thus keeps honor cc
bright, however poor hemav be in
worldly things, is an heir to uw inher
itance which no riches can buy-the
choice promises of God. so
_ _ _tr
A man took off his coat to show "
what a terrible wound he reaived "
some years past. 'Oh,' said he, not t,
being able to find it. 'I remember tr
now, it was on brother Bil's earm.'o i,
PACTS 5i80ouris PIT)U.
Several of h waym n at
range op4 e a .
range ~!Prsebi ,W Woaming, .Do- I(
cots and Montilas Rt th pp ro*, g
blesom one asiut beenr9k up.
MOhsO~x the %44li gixg, )1 ; by UJ
Frank TolUs, known tbrou out the ti
border. T''e authorities. of ,1yeIII
ilg recently offered two usand a
dollars for te body of 1 is, dead.ti
or alive, and few weeks ago u ,lnk, m
farmer glloped into Cl4yenpo with 9
the Mood beameared head of TQllis eI
dangling from his saddle bow. Four, as
of the Tollis party have been caught, ca
and are in prison for life. One 'of t
them, 'Thlie Kid,' was. iron-ouffed. ti
about his legs so ftightly ,during the.
trial that his aikles and feet are yet a
black. Prank James, Tollf' liouten- hb
ant escaped, and it is said, 4s ga. .h
ized a band in the. northern. country, g
James is a middle-aged man of comn-. v
nmanding appearance. Hlis; aboalders i
are as broad as those of two ordinary ci
men, his head site as though there u'
were no neck--not even Gor the hangs ti
man's noose. He is educated and ei
high-toned. No woman or ehikdireo a
suffer at his hands, nor do men onless b.
they happen to have 'a hpdred dol- d,
lars or so about them. Two charac- a
teristic stories of hip are relate. h
Once his patty stopped a couple of a
men, one of whom had a fine gold ac
watch.
"for God's sake, good Ifellow, let b
me keep that-my dead mother gave hIe
me that wateh." ol
James looked at him with a glance 81
that sought to find a lie at the bottom gl
of his plea. The victim stood the s
scrutiny, and James, handing the
watch back, without a word sparred
his horse over the prairie and away.
Again the other day he hung up a
pour ranchman near Fort McKinney n,
to extort a confession as to the place ,
of concealment of a certain treasure.b
The ranchlma really did not know,but 01
Janes kepthinm hanging by the thumbs
until he was dead. Since then he has
met with a hair-breadth escape. On T
Tuesday, two weeks ago, he venturedt
into Sydney, Nob., with King, one of w
his men. A sheriff's posse bore down
upon them. Both sprang upon Mid- lii
dieton's horse, that of King having ei
been seized. In the dash for the
woods King, whose arms were thrown hi
about Middleton's waist, was shot
through the body and rolled off-- tl
Middleton, thus relieved, shot at his la
nearest pursuer and got away. hi
Dave Dunham has been a knight JI
of the throttle and Johnnie Haley his tl
fireman on a Missouri, Kansas and -
Texas railroad engine since the spring w
of 1873. Dave's engine was always s
known as the "Old Reliable." Dave to
and Johnnie were fast friends and a
faithful employees of the company. In
One day, recently, as Dave's train a
pulled out from the lowland on the ki
Neosho the conductor and passengers t
observed that the speed was unusually I
jolly. Farm houses flitted by and p
the landscape danced in a very pleas- ai
ing manner. But the speed increased. tlI
Ladies began to hold to their seats ai
and all save the heavy trainmen fell so
a-trembling. There was no shriek ce
from the locomotive, no whistle, no c(
familiar call. With sullen rumble om
from the iron path below and the w
shriek of the overworked truck, the am
train shot headlong down until the to
horizon whirled as if the prairies were
broken into round fragments, the tele
ghaph poles flitted by like the pales of
a picket fence. Cushions, lunch bas
ketsabundles and babies flew around. ri
The conductor, who happened to be
in tlh fifgh coach from the engine, f
jerked at the bell-rope with all his
strength. Women screamed and men
swore. Emporia was only ten miles
down the road, and many knew that
a Santa Fe train had the right of way St
there, and that should Dave run his
passengers in at the break-neck speed w
of a mile a minute it would bring in- e1
stant death. Seeing no recognition
of his mad pulls at the bell, he made o0
his way with difficulty through the
four coathee, scaled the iron railing w
of the mail car, clambered over the 01
coal pile and rolled into the cab. It
took but a moment to put on the air
breaks, reverse the lever and .bming '
the train to a standstill. 15
Thien the conductor looked around 2
for an explanation. Dave and Johunie
were on the floor of the cab, clinched. v
They had quarreled just out of Neo- am
sho, and regardless of their charges et
had fought on the spot. Both were di
badlywounnded and both surrendered'
themselves to Sheriff Moon as soon as
they reached Emporia. I
Mr. Stephens has many stories to el
tell of negroes, and one is ofa famous
cotton and chicken depredator,( who
since the war met the ex-Vice Presi- ti
dent in the road. "Well, Thomas," la
was the 'kindly salutation, "I was a
sorry to hear that you had been in si
trouble about Mrs. Tripp's chickens." si
"Yes Mimrs. Alec, I dune quit all dat a
now," siid the negro, very penitently. b
"How many did you take before you
stopped 1" asked Mr. Stephens. "I
tuck all she had," was the perfectly h
innocent reply. g
low =~gWell,'tuna ~ I~,s dj 4w.
g*Ioi; )qcl¶aa ~ t *isq~
tiqal ter acayn be,.i i eprd e ,
tIooP at an aouiptu4rcia tl, w At.
~.tion; 1 hehre barep, reo P vfii ,prdFdIl `
wmove:at .a Q 2 Tmonpnt',notlus . :b=?tj
what poinothey .l,ýnow.;,. heia;la
severe ow to.: the phaetorand en:
as well asthe people of the anelent
capital ;qty. ,S aob being Athe *)4 ofI 4
t1e Gpyprnmeot, we join he ily In 'la
the suggestion a.ertip4w by 'q i
Lherman qople months dice, wrbge Not
avisit to ttha. ty,,tb4athe=!: 4g e .
his inflduence with the Goverpa~n@pt to 101ao O
have the garrison bullgi g t4d
groa4se donated 'to the State Tudni
versity for the tie of the ,adets. ,k o4
Whether this can be doep or not we n'
cannot say, but we do sincerply urges i
upon our Senators gnd Uepriette h `a
tives in Congreassto use their fitu
ence in having this great desideratuin mua
accomplished. Nothing -can be lost
by the attempt while moch may be A la
done. Baton Rouge withoata garri- O C:
sagn will look like a town without heat
bouses, so long has its people been uyp
accustomed to military display of 'yc
some kind." .d the
And the university buildings could
be used by the State of Louisieana as , lp
her capitol until the necessary work "Lii
of repairs is accomplished on the old «w
State.House. A petition to our Con- norm
gresamen might bring matters to a agep
satisfactory termination at once. put at
Sevyery
FEARFUL RAIL STORM. evn
[Minden Demoorat.] Ididt
On last "I'Tuesday evening the liar, a
northern portion of our parish was you it
visited by one of the most destructive Sot do
hail storms that has ever passed over
our section of country. From about Sukic
12 or 15 miles north and northeast of to be
Minden the hail was most destructive. weath
The track of the storm was from one dorf, 4
to two Iniles wide. Mr. Gleason, Ceintre
whose plantation was directly in its the he
path, is one of the worst sufferers we and o
have no doubt many others experi- took a
enced similar loss. Hise cotton, which from
had been chopped out and dirted, and W, hI
his corn which was nearly waist high, sanicide
were both utterly destroyed, leaving forttn
the ground upon whiob it had so chlora
lately bloomed and flourished as the W(
barren as it was in the month of water
January. The trees were bereft of and cl
their fruit and foliage; gardens ofdea
-almost "half the farmer's living-, hrrer
were as completely wrecked as if a
son of Erin had spaded it up and We
turned the roots of the vegetables to an oli
a hot summer's sun. Hailstones as highly
large as a man's fist fell, one striking met w
a large hog on Mr. Gleason's place, on last
killing him as dead as if he had been in his
struck in the head by a cannon ball. was 13
We are gratified to say that the good whien
people throughout the neighborhoods on his
are turning out to the assistance of the lai
their more unfortunate neighbors, The d
aiding them to replant and furnishing drew r
seed to those who have *none. We blase,
can not estimate the damage to the his de
country, though we can congratulate An
ourselves that the sufferers are few, Au
while the numbers who have escaped Lavor
arc many. We hope we will not have prope
countit
to record any more such visitations.
him to
REMARKABLE DISOOVERII.8 persoI
These
About a month ago, men digging at peciall
random in a field near Cincinnati, and pi
known as Potteryv Field, on account
of numerous pieces of earthenware A '
found there, unearthed a human w" P'
skeleton. The fact became known to ing an
the Historical Society of the city, who a haw
began' a scientific research under the brougi
surfiace of the field. The result thus standi
far gives promise of discoveries which quick
will be the imost important, in a set- with,
entitlc point of view, of any ever and s
made ini the Mississippi Valley, and Dlur
one which seems likely to attract the called
attention of archaeologists all over the his vo
world. The field, it has been discov- sq ,
ered, is nothing more than an ancient
burial-ground, containing the remains ure
of hundreds of prehistoric people, your f
with whom were buried their earthen then c
implenments, ornaments, carved and
plain, pipes and other evidences that The
show they had made considerable ad- Caroli
vances in art. Bones of prehistoric suffer
animals and birds are also being un- offens
earthed. Out of one pit, 3* feet in, banjo
diameter and 4 feet deep, were taked S. C.
. 22 human skeletons. The society is the e
taking steps to ascertain the age to minsti
which this people belonged, and their The
conclusions will be published in sci
tain p
entific journals. Dear
Lumpkin, Ga., Independent: Some could
time since we noted the occurrence of three
a young man stealing the silver from
a dead man's eyes. It has not been me thi
withoi
six mnonths, but now le lies in the
silent tomb, a victim of consumption, Wil
and dying so poor that he had to be askint
buried at the expense of tihe county. ed eum
Before his death he stated that he Willis
had never spent a peaceful mnoment the bi
since the act was committed, tion b
ntyyi ';1:
r
- Nolltk tWot A
athet o' tai'`" eigthn31a :4o
re mihat's g i r {: _ ,
io oiy pap' r, the.
t bbuse trey cosr a fite
hJ
ilk·
be A lawyert p d:w 4° e tat
14 OA City the qot de fýande
as o"Spqtllite yoeadsotf ewhat o
rk "Liar.' Sol is it epe~edt'V
Id "Why, you double baokc-aloe 1g
n- noramus," yeled thýle !lswy, < t a
a rage.' "I spell 4lt4*a-r J »a,"sa~d he
put about ten pounds of emphasis on
every letter.
"Obit That's the wa y 4ispell it.
Ididn't 'knw hut 't#r.:Iv-yf r
he liar, and i it had been I'd a knoed
as you into the second creek of May ind
e mot down on you." :"
er
at Suicide in the Sunny South so&s
of to be growting into favor as the
re. weather grows warmer. One Neu
no dorf, ex-master mechanle of the Texas
n Ceoitral railroad, shot himselfthtough
its the head at Sherman last Saturday,
we and on the same day a young lady
1j. took a dose of synide of potassium,
ch, from the effects of which she died.
id We have heard of two attempts at
,1 suicide here, both of which were, Un
Mg fortunately unsuccessful.. One took
so chloral, but notn quite enough to do
as the work-and the other jimped ipto
of water that was not quite deep enough;
of a and changing her nind as to the mode
Us of death she preferred crawled out
SBhrecreport Standard.
a*
id We learn that Doctor J. D. Harper,
to an old established phystician, and
, highly esteemsed citizen of Minden,
g met with a sad and singular 'ascident
Son last Saturday night, which resulted
on in his death next day. It seems be
II. was lying down reading a newspaper,
LId when he fell asleep, the paper resting
,on his face. A corner caught fre from
of the lamp and it was soon in a blase.
,, The doctor awakened thus suddenly
rig drew a quick breath and Inhaled the
fe blaze, whie, it Is supposed, coused
ie his dceath.-1reveport Standard.
An Indiana man, who is greatly in
Wfa4vor of Congressman De La Matyr's
proposition to make the money of the
contry fAfty dollars per capita, wants
him to send fifty the dollars to each
person by the census-taker next year.
These Greenback, scutiment. will es
at pecially fnd response from the hearts
ti, and pockets of the tramp class.
ut
re A Western boy thought his mother
in was praying overlong the other morn
, iug and he said: "Oha mother I there'a
ieo a hawk over the lens." The old lady
e brought her devotions to a poultry
n tandard of measuremeht in double
eli quick time and sprang to her feet
:1 with, "Amin! Out widyoes Thomas,
er and save them bins."
ad During an election, a candidate
he called upon a tradesman and solicited
he his vote.
V "I would rather vote for the devil
t tian you," was the reply.
' "But," said the candidate, "in case
Ic, your friend should not run, might I
en then count on your assistance?9"
at They hang for burglary in South
i-. Carolina, and Dick Lea, who was to
cri safer the extreme penalty for that
n- offense, danced, sang and played the
in. banjo on the scafold at Fayetteville,
on S. C. An- immense crowd witnessed
is the execaftion, and enjoyed the free
to minstrel performance immensely.
hr The following testimonial of a cer
l ain patent medicine speaks for itself :
Dear Sir-Two months ago my wife
could scarcely speak. She has taken
f three bottles of your 'Life Renewer,'
and now she can't speak at all. Send '
en me three more bottes--I wouldn't he
he without it!
u, William sends a letter to this offe
be asking us to explain what isa deprees
y. ed currency.' A eprcShe currency,
he William, an awfl o, lS
nt the buttons ottt oh collec
tion basket. f ' - '
