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■ CHAPTER XIV.
soldiering wira ASHBT.
John ate his breakfast, threw him self
down on a rude couch and slept until
three o’clock. The general, though
anxious to talk with him, would not al
low his sleep to be broken, but left in
struetiens to give him his dinner when
he awoke, and send him to headquar
tors.
About half-past three he reported to
the general, nothing" the worse for his
tremendous Journey.
“I see, young man, that these die
patches are dated noon of the 21st; this
is the 23d. mAt what hour did you Idave
Gen. Lee’s camp?”
r About two o'clock, general.”
: What is your mime?”
“John newson, company B.-the
Virginia cavalry.”
“Virginia bom?”
1 “Alabama, sir.’*
“Well, Private ITewson, you are a
good rider, few men could have made
the trip in the tima. By the way, how
did you come in possession of twp extra
horses, with federal equipments?”
“Spoils of war, general; little sklnn
ish on the road, and here are some
papers I took from the owners of the
horses.’’.
“Living or dead?"
“One dead, one insensible."
“Ah! I .see-;” and. turning to a soldier¬
ly-looking man near by, be said, in an
undertone:
“A gallant soldier, CoL Ashby."
“Indeed he is," responded the lion
hearted Virginian, “and I would like
the best kind to capture him."
John caught this conversation and
flushed with pleasure.
The general read the papers hastily
and knitted his brow. Turning to John
he said: “I will need you again shortly,
In the meanwhile, I shaU-atoncereoom
mend you for promotion to a lieuton
ancy." •gmr^Ll
“Indeed, f am not seeking
promotion."
»«f oresome
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The general took CoL Ashby into his
inner den, and Judd an earnest
cnee with him.
"I see from these papers that these
men belong to an Ohio .regiment, which
1 had supposed to be with the command
in my front. Evidently they are quiet
ly detaching reinforcements to their
people in West Virginia. Now, could
not you make a dash with your regi
ment and cut off these people, and thus
discourage them from enlarging the ex
periment?”
The black-bearded cavalryman's eyes
sparkled.
“I only wait your commands, general,
and am eager for the fray.”
The general looked at him sadly, as if
he saw the untimely ending of the
heroic life, but said nothing. After a
few moments' thought, as if his mind
was made up: “Geu Lee writes the
that I can retain this courier for the
present, as he would probably not re
turn in safety, the country becoming
more dangerous daily. You wiU take
him as guide aod start with the dawn;
I reckon the distance at fifty-five miles;
by forced marching you might strike
them about dark the 6 econd day, os they
aro Dot likely to move until the weather
clears. I hope that you will be able to
give them a genuine surprise.”
Ashby went out joyfully to give the
necessary orders and in a few minutes
all was bustle.
CHAPTER XV.
A SIGHT ATTACK.
At dawn of the next morning the
column moved. The weather was still
gloomy , . in the , extreme, . , hut the cavalry- ,
men were already beg-muuig to be vet¬
erans, and cared very little for the ole
tnents provided they got a little ,
along with the eternal marching, which
they said was Old Jacks favorite
amusement, and told each other stones
about how he lay awake at night plan
ning long marches to head the Lantcees
off without killing anybody.
John rode at the head of the column,
alert and keen eyed. At nightfall they
bivouacked on the roadside, having
madesome thirty-five railea
The next day, John, one of the rop
tains and three prix ates rode ahead of
the column a couple of miles, as an ad
vanee g^uard and scouting- party com
them, bined. and They by four saw nothingto clock had di arrived *^urb
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at the hill w here John had first stopped
after the skirmish. Leaving the three
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soldi! . „iere, with the horses and in
structions to halt the column, John and
tbe ca ptain went forward afoot, pro
ceedin# with great caution. They dis
covered the pickets at the spot where
skirmish had taken place, and also
t ba t there were now five men on duty,
<p b j s was t he pivotal point of the whole
. sur p r ; S e. This picket must be captured
a t all hazards, and without noise.
q’v,e two men, after discovering the
situation, walked rapidly back to where
tire column was halted and reported the
facts.
After conference with the colonel it
was agreed that the captain and John
should each take ten men, dismounted,
one squad to work around the hills and
! ^amp between the picket and the
the other to come up in front ,
and when John’s squad came around the
corner from the direction of the camp, the
other squad were to show themselves,
anc j ft was thought, finding themselves
so outnumbered, the picket would sur
! render without fighting.
The plan worked beautifully. The
| picket were startled by eleven well
armc d confederates appearing between
them and the camp as if they had come
I ! out of the bowels of the earth, and do
manding instant surrender,and the next
I moment a like number made a like de
mami from the other side.
The soldiers on duly were good men,
I but four to one waB too much odds and
thev surrendered at discretion.
I The regiment then moved up to that
point and set a trap which resulted in
<he capture of the relief guard a little
i hiter.
; I They no-’—”'’ dark. £ » tcr ?' clear JjjjAg road to camp,
and it js ridtojl r |"^(v-.^-an<;l ail surplus
equipW. ‘ Ain and quietly,
, | Q ha hour were within one
j hundredo.rd (vn ft 1 c m t he camp, which was
snugly *’*-'* 'lith pn n little field of some
I j twenty UrnlnfW acres, $5 great camp fires
b to ortm front
of lhe otuts. / .
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lu alt' the* annals ot
P^kaPf nevtSra n
which in one Svay was good as k sav<
uscIcst wasteMlIfa
he federal hardly made a pretense
rallying and in ten minutes all was
over.
, federal side, only about
On the ten
killed,some thirty or more wound
j i ed and something like five hundred
| | prisoners. killed and The five confederates wounded lost one
man
I The colonel with his usual Impetuos
| ity but tried John to clung before to most him man like in the chestnut rush,
a
I burr, and when the skirmish was over,
Ashby patted him on the shoulder, as
I ho laughingly said: “My lad, they
shall not make me a general for this
, unless they make you a captain.”
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| CHAPTER XVX
A GLANCE BACKW Alta
i After John’s departure from Texas
ib e Gregory family settled down to the
usual hum-drum of plantation life,
Lanvale, crippled by his wound, re
; mained au imn ate of the house for six
weeks, and being on his good behavior
Buccee ded in completely captivating
j anet . a few weeks after his recovery
be rode up to the house one day and
m;uie a f orma i request of the colonel
{or his daughter's hand. The co •rad
j had been prepared by his wife, who was
cognizant of the situation, and they
bad long and anxiously conferred upon
the matter. Neither CoL nor Mrs.
Gregory fully trusted Lanvale, but
their daughter’s happiness seemed
bound up in him; they knew nothing
about him of a positive character ex
cept his passionate ‘ temper. They were
ra(;r< enary pco,,^ a nd cared little
for his financial standing. The result
of their conference had been a reluctant
conclusion to throw no obstacles In the
The colonel met the young man pleas
audy, had a long and friendly talk
w : t jj him, and got from him a promise
t hat he would make his home with
them, which promise Lanvale was in no
way reluctant to make, as he quickly
saw tbe solid advantage to accrue to
him from the arrangement. There be
J n g no apparent reason for delay, the
marriage took place in two months.
The yonn^ conple took a-vedding trip
flow n to oalvestoa and the coast,
spending a month or so, and during the
trip Janet received several shocks, but
in her then state ol m f atuation and
blind fondness the impressions quickly
fade d aiv ¥ .
They settled down on the plantation,
Lanvale ostensibly devoting himself to
Us profession in the town, to which he
rode daily, but in reality devoting his
time ti gambling, <’,rinking and politics, place
In a month every negro on the
hated and feared him for his brutality
and tyranny. And it was not a very
hmg time before Janet knew that she
was tied for life to an excc-edmgly com
mem lump of day. His fine appearance
and showy qualities hill a nature thor
oughiy coarse, overbearing and brutaL
Li,£ « ^ women she undertook to
make the best of a bad matter, and
clung to him with a devotion worthy of
a better cause.
In the spring Texas passer] the seces-
81011 ordmance, war broke out and
everything was excitement.'"Gd. Greg
Ory. notwithstanding the earnest to
monstrances of hi. f^ily, accepted a
colonel s commission, Lanvale became
8 captain in the same regiment and
Henry Gregory a lieutenant in ton
vale s company. The regiment was or
de red to Virginia, b ut did cot mm tnnch
‘‘Devoted the »>
to p< ■‘Tt
active service during the campaign or
1861.
In the winter of 1S61 the two lonely
women were gladdened by the arrival
of a little girl, and In the Joys of young
motherhood Janet found ranch allevia
tion from the sorrows arising from tho
dreadful fratricidal war.
I In the spring of 1803, the mother and
daughter after correspondence with the
absent soldiers decided to pay a visit to
Virginia, as their soldiers could not
visit them; so May of that year found
them comfortably domiciled in Rich
mond and receiving occasional brief
visits from the men of the family.
CHAPfER XVU.
JOHN'S SORROW.
In the early part of the year John had
been called to headquarters as he sup
posed for some risky scouting expedi
tion, which had been an unpleasantly
frequent dutj^ and was handed an of3
cial-looking envelope which, on being
opened, was found to contain a eomrnis
sion to one John Ilewson as captain of
cavalry. He was much overwhelmed,
being a modest youth, but took up the
now responsibilities quietly, and in
Jackson’s famous valley campaign
gained the reputation of being one of
the best young officers in the service,
He had grown a yellow beard, six inches
long, which made him look more than
bis age, and his bronzed face with erect
and soldierly carriage made him a no
tlceable-looking man. in
1 One night iu June he found himself
Richmond, having been sent in from the
front on special duty, and finding he
could not get away that night went
around to the hotel to get lodging. Sit
t' n k bi the hotel lobby he saw Lan
j va ' e walk in, accompanied by another
officer. The lobby was crowded and they
did not notice John, and stopped quite
close to him, so that he could not fail to.
catch a part of the conversation. ;
| Lanvale was speaking: :
1 "1 think it a shame that a lot of old
fellows who are already half dead
1 should have all the good places There
h m >’ respected father-in-law, old Grcg-i
or y> I* our colonel, while i have to
| trudge along as a captain. 1 wish the.
o'd *°°1 would get disabled and 1 think.
I could get his stars. Men of action
ought to be to the front.”
,
I While John had lon * slnco mad « ,! P
his mind that this waa the inevitable re¬
suit the actual knowledge that Janet
( was lost to hkn turned him sick at heart
and he went to his room like a drunken
mat passed the night in an agony
such as only a strong man can suffer
hut was ready fo- duty neat morning,
with M, mir-d fully settled that there
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•mMgsiJtieawmrt. Gregory and Janet were boatrdi hg. rtffey
were both waaditig in an open window,
Janet With her little girl in her arms,
Notwithstanding bis changed appear¬
ance Janet recognized him, and a startled
exclamation from her arousing him
from his abstraction he looked ap and
saw them. He turned very pale and his;
heart stood still, but raising his cap he,
gravely saluted them and rode on.
Janet turned to her mother qnivering
with excitement.
“Mother, that was John Ilewson."
“That fine, soldierly looking officer,
John ilewson? Impossible, my dear."
“Indeed, mother, I am not mistaken,
I knew him in a moment, in spite of his
great beard, and ho knew us,"but evi¬
dently does not cure to be. friendly,"
Further discussion was interrupted
Vy the entrance of Lanvale, who had to
report for duty that morning. When
the news was told him, he utterly pooh
poohed the whole story, The Idea ot
that plebeian being a captain of cavalry
was utterly absurd. They had made a
mistake and a polite man had spoken to
them because he saw they had mistaken¬
ly recognized him.
CHAPTER XVnt
THE SEVEN DATS* BATTLES.
v had T . been attached °^F . la . un to nte , K the had h genera’s . begun. . steff, J T „v n n
and during the first day’s fighting had
scon much hard service. About ten
o’clock that night, he after seeing to his
faithful horse, was standing by a
camp fire induigldg In a tin enp of hot
coflfee, made of the gmiuine article that
day captured from the retiring fedcr
^Xra^Zni^oXadZstZ
way, and needed a guide. The general
looked around at his weary staff and
said: “Capt. Ilewson, you seem the least
fatigued, please guide Gen. Wheatley’s
brigade round to the right, and have
them report to Gen. Smith.” John
moved off promptly, but with much to
luctance in his heart.
He found the Texans a quarter of a
mile away, resting and waiting for a
guide. He reported to the general that
he was detailed to guide them to the
right, some five miles away, whereat
the general swore a mighty oath in
his intense disgust, but finally found
voice to say: “Lead on, youngs man; I
presume that the intention is to walk
tis down to a state of humility that
will make us fit subjects for killing to
morrow." •
j As the struck general John was al splendidly pretty mount
ed this a strong
; ^ fijrnre c f speech, but he said nothing
cept to ride ahead at a stea/ly gait
i, e ro a e forward the colonel of tho
lending regiment addressed him as to
| bow the day had gone in that quarter.
j Before he had finished speaking, John
recognized CoL Gregory’s voice,butcon
. trolledh is feelings and answered quietly
oc d in a natural tone of voice.
The colonel started violently at tho
sound of the young mr.u’s voice, and
said, hastily: ‘Your voice sounds strange
ly ,\ familiar to me, and yet you must be a
ran g fer to me.”
“Xot a stranger to you, CoL Gregory,
as long as I have memory. I am John
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Ilewson.”
The colonel reached out his hand in
the darkness and grasped tee young
man’s as he spoke in a voice shaken with
> u*\fag-.
“By lad. my lad, I am glad to see
you. I feared I should never again see
yon . Aa ^ have turned soldier, Ux,
I told the folks at home that you were
solid metaL With what comujand are
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“l am at present
commander’s staff." .fSBRj offi
-Then you are a cm
cer?"
“Captain.” I
“Jerusalem! but you A not
knew it was in j. oa , p, I
know it could so soon tN | i| £| Ible .
^ ?5nd- | a ot raoTil again,
war W ould ever let tatural
b ut! knmv now that i eon-ln
feeling left. But Hour | Id you
j aw are both in my ty lack to
must befort
i headquarters.”
spoke John rather noticed constrain that m 1 ' Iy my man son
is baf ''/: . siai tne
in-law,” and felt in I son-in
colonel was disappytutf W*
law. m afla\
“Impossible, colonel
once, as soon as the if. }. fel got by
As they rode atony 1 Rretty no¬
dint of hard que/llf JohaM j li rt/s after
curate record of j lave John
leaving Texas, and InU ling that
had u sucr-inct transpired ucoount and o|p; B| L promise
from him to visit bis [daughter
In Richmond after JaflH Jttign'was
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over. leadqnartcrs
his As mind John rode in baejjff li_->i\ght, out
which lie was evolved a ob|| mj .j, litc idea,
and that was tktithdgjH ft. Xextvale and
hoped he would | | M two
o elock ho. rep. nji|j f-adquarters,
threw himself don*^ ground and.,
slept as only » to ] y tired mao
'-an. JH m
ins CHAPJjg w |4
At six o’clock inj i ig, he was
f until ton ;
In the saddle, end (order#. At that
o’clock wps ir a Vrtttog warm,
hour tho llglitin, h was not flavor-’
and news from thd John back with
able. orders The to Georgi^i gemirrfjjij . rad; a mile or so
a s-jj.v right, and
to in the guide rear them. to reio* It 4 | jS nearly noon
when they arrived ail |e scene of the
heavy fighting and! k»nnd the right
hard pres*d. ri! *?Aped upetpectr
The fedesals had fighting desper
ed strength and w<| few moments to
ately. Jolin stepper . going, when he
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igiment make a
a body of the
epuleed a similar
cb regiment They
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Texans
etowly
and
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ob bis
men. He felt t i steal
Lanvale was likely {be to be gratified, and
all in a mom £ut wickedness of it
to him. He tingled with shame
down to hla very tons and in a second
his resolution was taken.
The Texans who had "previously been
repulsed were reforming their shat¬
tered ranks close tp him.
Throwing off hi# cap and drawing his
sword he rode up to them like a flam¬
ing centaur.
In a voice that rung like a bugle he
shouted: “Men, shall our comrades bo
destroyed before onr eyes and our help
be withheld? Let every brave man fol¬
low me.”
Without waiting to see the effect of
hie words he started forward. His sud¬
den and striking appearance and stir¬
ring appeal electrified tho emotional
southerners, and with a wild yell the
regiment broke wasShort, ,'nto a double-quick.
The distance and in a few
minutes tho Uttle column broke into
the federal ranks with irresistible
'weight Everything went down before
them. The retreating confederates sec
jlng help at hand rallied and renewed
tbe charge, and in five minutes the fed
eralfl we re in full retreat
^ r . (irpa rcZ . nrv ^ >,nd saciircd another
and Li alongside John to
v,l»ss John, vmi have
us alii but Henrv and Lanvale
^ botb down ^ j don’t know how badly 'j
are hart .
i 1 John’s heart sdiota him ho thought
as
of hi. wicked wish toward Lanvale, and
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he rememberod how gallantly T.anvalef
was battling when he last saw him.
As his duty did not call him there/
and there wasalull in the fighting, he
rode back, kxAdng for Henry and Lan
vale. He found Henry and a little
Irishman lying side Irishman by side. with Henry
had spitted* tee his
sword, and La return had been run
through by tho Irishman's bayonet.
B<jth were seriously, if not mortally,,
hurt. !
t “ttle way off Lanvale was lying in
sensible. He had been cut down by a
saber blow from a field officer and noth
lag but his cap ha/1 saved him from in-:
stant death; as it was, he had on ugly*
wound whieh might prove fataL John
*ew Jhem safely in the hands of tea
field surgeon, sent a hasty note to CoL,
Gregory detailing the fart* and roda
away to the left where he expected to J '
dnd the general
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CHAPTER XX
IS RICHMOND.
For the remainder of that, bloody
week. John t.ud no time to think of per- ]
S w£ "amid dead and dying
men, with every pathway strewn with:
the wreckage and red with the carnage
of cruel often shuddering and sad, 1
war,
but never faltering, our hero put aside
all selfish feelings and with an eye sin
gle to his duty obeyed the orders of his
Chief without hesitation or question.
He heard nothing more of Col. Grog
is ES&ss A/ter atstsrs’si
battles. the last disastrous st.rug
gle at Malvern mil, when there came a
lull, he got leave of absence for a day
and went up to Richmond to look up
his friends Knowing that the woman
be loved had married another man, It
did not'occur to this single-minded,
loyal man, either to whine, or to feel
enmity. He resolved if they Would P*v,
a.'-w kLiu, t?z ssssj* '
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When he walked up to their door in
Richmond, ho was perfect master of
himself. The colonel, who had also pro-1
cured leave, met him at the door with
eordial wife welcome and and take called look loudly hla to other hiaj
to oome a at
soldier boy., Mrs. Gregory came out of.
Henry’s room hurriedly, and for a mo
ment was bewildered by Johns Changed,
appearance; but catching the affection¬
ate gleam of the unchanageably honest him:,
eyes, exclaimed, as aho glad embr^ped
“Ah, John, I am so you cannot
change your eyes, as you have yout
face with -that great beard, and oh! I
am so glad that the coloneT and you.
have como th xmgh these dreadful batr
ties unhurt. \ r hs colonel could tell usi
nothing about you and we feared the
worst."
John's eyes glistened at the good, the
lady's affectionate greeting, and
proof of loving thoughtfulness in in¬
quiring about him, as if he had been;
truly one of the family. :
He found them all wounded very much occu-J and
pied with the two men,
after a few minutes Mrs. Gregory went,
out to see how things Were going with,
them. While she was out of the room,
John learned from the colohel that,
Henry was doing well, and would' r»
Dover rapidly, bnt that Lanvale seeun-il
to make no progrma, which he (the
colonel) believed was due to the tel-,
tow’s “cantankerous” disposition, as he
an the ■wm j
at 'A
mother in looking at the hot
face, with eyes kindled into
at the baby's antics, felt ashamed that 1
alie had ever abused or doubted such a
generous and loyal eouL If In her]
heart of hearts she mode a comparison,
not favorable to her husband, and re¬
gretted for a moment the mistake she
had mode, who shall blame her?
John paid Henry a visit, and cheersd'
up that young man mightily by assur¬
ing him that they would certainly make
him a captain.
TO BK C0NT1NUE11
Salt In tl»e Hen*
The sea is not of uniform saltness
at all depths, for the sultness gener¬
ally increases with its depth. The
investigations of the Challenger
show that as a rulo tho saltuess of
tho sea decreases from tho surface
u > a , »t from 800 to 1,000 fatli- ,
oms, und after tlmt meroasos until
the bottom i« reached. This cannot
lie taken as a fixed rule, however, uh
different sea« tti-e subject to different
conditions. Those variations depend
upon the currents of fresh water
w bidl are noured into Chilian the sea 1 from
nverH - Thus i “UH tne the t.usplim sen 1 eon Con
tains eleven poundit of salt to every
hin of water and tho Red sea ninety
three poundH. In the MediteiTanean
the saltaess increases with the depth,
while in Baffin's bay the surface Wft
ter and deep water are the same. It
has been calculated that if all the
salt were extracted from the sea and
spread over the surface of th© land
w °uld fonu a layer thirty feet
deep. Ht. I/iUlS Globe Democrat.
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It is the general impression that
yesterday’s newspaper is Hot quite SO
interesting as bslay’s, but this is not
altogether true. It is true of course
if we are after the news but there
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LugllBh Morcune, pul>*
lished centuries ago, which is far
more intCTCHting ft/id valtuihle thiili
today's London Times, even though
tliere are persons who believe that
the museum iZ foZ Mer'-urie ^r J is uot an
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Tliomaa Butler. In France the firHt
to he started in the reign ‘
paper was
of Lotto XIII, a peri/xl when ar.ews
paper, if it was bruve enough to tell
the truth and ha/1 editors enough to
^tisfy the executioner, might have
a^jinotohed a L'reat deal of inxxL- i
Darpci If.v » Young -j, 1 eople. ,
iV *^ (hir T~ 1 ***%£, lg Londemninr* SK the
democaiy , as lolls ’. n J .' ^
ard appealing to the records. , Let them
search the records for a vote in the
present house on the bill to remove
the ten imn 1 cent, fax from state hank*,
and they tu 1 find Messrs. ... Matson, , , „
himiison & Co. voting against it To
r , (; 0 r ,j. ; t0 the records'.-Athens
Manner,
JOKING THE FARMER.
Bl Acted »» Though He Felt He Had
Hot Even with the .Motel Man.
He Klt ftt tll0 table of a Country
a load of now potatoes to the land
lord, winch had been demand* nl by
the summer boarders. 1 here had
been some haggling over the price,
and the landlord had thrown in a
hotel dinner for tho farmer to clinch
the bargain. Tho landlord wished
ho had paid all cost before that din
w>r wnfl oyer When tho visitor
r» his chair, tilted it slightly s? tr* and !r found k
time to regard tho city tolls about
; him, whosouHypr appetites were a
source of wonder to him.
| “Thoao new potatoes of yours are
excellent,” said one of the party,
anxious to draw him out in conver
nation
j "it’s a’tarnel Hliamo to dig them
J'-t MMl «r few n, in tho ,iu lull. i ,'v If.wu.unj t"
Stood potatoes to cat them now. lu a
mouth they’d 1« full size and nothing
wasted,” and ho sighed heavily, “but
you city folks is mighty iiupruvi
dont. ”
“And ,j lon j tl ,j 10 spring you'd take
ou j bushels and bushels of them that
j um j decayed iu your cellar, and throw
th(>m tvway> » answered a port city
girl who had had to contend with
that fort of economy before at an¬
other fanner's table. .
The farmer had no ready reply to
thin gibp. so he looked unuusily abwut
for a toothpick.
“The landlord doesn’t supply tooth¬
picks any more," said tho look
boarder, “since the guests to
carrying them away with them,"
Tho farmer looked at tho funny
man patronizingly with and replied:
first newspaper a patent
that ever came into these parts, mis¬
ter, had that joke in it. I’m onto
your city ways, gents, and I know
tliut it ain’t good style to pick your
teeth at the table among ladies, but
I am that worried with bad teeth
that I have to drop my manners after
every meal long enough to get tho
sgtray food out from between them
eWT time."
‘‘Wfey don’t you^Ldeutist to
fill them for another.
“Borne people *V
■ "*”•* T •’on’t r a< > lt
yrrr
Orest ».™.i 2 *h. Vet
has Senator Cawy, of(Nortli tmdar Dakota,
8,000 acre* farm,/in cultivation.
The Dalrymplo Dakota, con¬
tains 30,000 acres. It is a genuine
farm under perfect cultivation, and
yields a heavy Income, In the Red
River valley Hep the great Grandiu
farm. Here are found 18,000 acres
under cultivation, aiid iu the last ten
years it has yielded a profit of $480,
000 .
Farm* ranging from 1,000 to 6,000
acre# nnyiot uncommon in tlio west
They represent the modem feudal
estate, without tho feudalism of ba¬
ronial times. A small army of help¬
ers are engaged in working agrit *U1
tural machines, many of them driven
by steam. Benator Casey boast* that
he con plant VRO non* of wheat per
day with his drilling machines, and
the Dalryinpies have a machine
whieh thrashes from 1,200 to 2,000
bushels of wheat a day.
The fortunes of the Asters and
Vanderbilts look immense today, but
as the world’s demand for wheat
presses harder and harder upon the
pply, and as the lands of those
vast fanning estates increase rapidly
in value, who shall calculate the
prospective whole lands even fortunes today of yield a family profit
a
of half a million in ten years} Min¬
neapolis Times.
Hawk amt Turtl«.
A gentleman who live* up the On
tanaula river told of a fioeuliur oc¬
currence in bis vicinity tho other
day. He was fishing in tin- river
whop he saw a great rod tailed hawk
fly down and light by the edge of
the stream. It was a sand bar and
the hawk waded out a tow feet in
tho shallow water. Ho then ol>
. tbe..lmwk ©WgBgfid in a fear
ful struggle, «%tWt as if held by something, Jo
and effort the bird r
f)U t j n t p A o field, carrying
w jth it a Xia 7 wat<T tUillo which it
. , H . . t w v. ir ,v
# /' * ?, #,<, 1 ,*If , tu. Ow
f^ - • J, ■. rMlWl ? .,f u i
?’■*' 1U field tho
hawk iH( A ‘ m Vtaln *« . fff't away from
the tu,1l,: ' but <:wuM not ’ W " eu ll
l>ecame too fatigued to fly the man
went out {J ,„j jjjUed both with a
hickory eluh.— Coluinhus (On.) Kn
,, 1 u j r br riun L
-
An Aninm Town in Hants*.
The remains of an aneictit town
can to seeL cm the Colonel Brown
place, a mile west of Atehtom. Tim
eitv '~ J was inhabited by a race rnucli
’
more mtelhgeut ■ tha • io Lidotu » , , j ..
tt ‘ 6 1<reiw,,t tm “’’ ‘f' Ut ' M of brok * !n
1**^ Contammg figmt-n can be v
picked up in many places ou the oh,
gjt@. The pottery resembles that
which was made by the Maya race
of New Mexico. The site of the an
ciout City is on a level tract of land
which is coteid-rahlv J ^ higher than
^
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J-i to the
Atchlsou , i Glob© \
Terms,
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