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V 1 VOL. xvm. ATLANTA. GA~ TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 9, 1810 PRICE FIVE CENTS Our Story Corner PLEDGED TO ANOTHER. The evening meal wu just over at Farmor Bo'ton'*; the big red Are «u nked Into n rud dier blue, end the candle* were lighted, for the brief November evening admitted of no long, dream y twilight. Mr*. Bolton waa bn 17 at her honuhold, labor*, and her husband, absorbed in the column* of the city paper that *ome kinder neighbor had brought In, waa too busy to heed the ahonta of the children at their play in the big, unfurnished parlor beyond. Suddenly the farmer laid down his paper, and pushed the steel spectaole* up on his fore head. '.‘Ursula,” said he, “how would you like to lose Kitten t” ."Bose Kitten I” Tho good woman dropped Into the dlshpan the bluo plat*the waa trashing. '/It’eten year*sine* wt found heron our dooretepon a March mornla’,” resumed the farmer, speaking slowly and musingly; “and aho'a growed up ts atraight and beautlfhl as «ne of your white lilies, I’ve always wonder ed none of her folk* didn’t come fot’ard to claim her, but they never did. It would be very hard to part with her nowl” "I’d e’en a’moat aa soon part with our Bobln,”satd the wife. “But what put that into your hoad Just now, Asaphl” Mr. Bolton readjusted hi* spectacle 3, sought cut tho corner of the paper no had last been reading, and slowly spalled out the following paragraph: JNFOBMATION WANTED of a child nam ed Kitty. Byington, blue-eyod, with brown hair and a fair complexion. Supposed to have *■ kidnapped In the month of been stolen or Hatch, 18—. The above mentioned may be AO * ABO HUUVO IUDUwIUUQU UhJ UO identified by a mol* on the left elbow, and a crescent shaped scar on the left hand. When abducted the wore a white dress, trimmed with embroidery, and a ooral necklace and armlets. Any Information on the subject, ad dressed to B— B—, No. street, will be thankfuUy received by her undo. “That's Kitten, ante enough!” ejaculated Mrs. Bolton. “But she had no corals on, and tho embroidery had all been torn off her dress.” ' Likely the rascals did that that stole hor away. Anyhow, it must be our Kitten. But why didn't they advertise for her bofort?” Mrs, Belton a look her head. “I'm sure I don’t know. What do you e’peso we onglit to do, husband?” Firmer Bolton roso and opened the door, calling: “Kitten—Bobln—you've playod long enough; come in now.” • , Bobcrt Bolton, a hand some,,bright-eyed boy ' Hof thirteen, with rick brawn complexion, das erect aa a young birch tree, bounded in, fol- lowed by a roty child of eleven, whoso cheeks woie flatbed with exercise, and her golden- brown lialr floating in loose tangled ringlets round her lovelv oval fseo. “Chmo hero. Kitten,” said the farmer, and ebo came to his side, leaning her freeh pink check against his rough whiskers, lo hear for the first time the whole etory of her life. "And now Kitten,” said the old farmer when he had finished the tale, “bring me the ink bottle and a fresh quill, and a sheet of bluo lined DtDcre” “Father, what are you going to do?” part with tho little one I have learned to lovo Kitten’s blue eyes dilated, iko shook her brown carls back from her forehead, and Stamped her ..small foot resolutely on the ground. “1 (won’t go to them! I won't! I won’t! I won't!” ’ Kitten!” remonstrated the good farmer’s wlfo. "I lovo you!” screamed the ohlld. “I will •tay w wlfo, 1 “But If It Is right that you should go, Kit ten?” ■T don’t care—I don’t care! I will stay with you all!” child close to her, and slgnal^H not to say any mors st present. But when Kitten wse fast asleep In bed, with the tears yet glistening on her long eye- lasher, and ons little bend, the crescent shop- the coverlet, Former Bolton got out them* bottle end tho fresh quill, and a sheet of blue neper, and wrote the letter to B— B , . No.— — street. “For li’c our duty, any way you can fix it,” •aid tho fkrmer. By tho very next train, 'after the moment ous epistle had reached the tar off city, a tall VUD cptwbiu usu icaiucu maw asm vu m hiu stylish looking gentleman came down to Bsl- ton farm to joslm hi* little treasure. "I have pasted nearly all my life abroad,” be said, and It was not until my return boms a few month! aloe* that I teamed by come m ‘ b gained to the accident a cluo might (till be„ whereabout! of my orphan niece. I had little hope of ever eeelag ha* again when I Inserted that advertisement, and you can fancy my dfllgbt when yonr letter roachod me. I am alone In the world, and people cell me rich; now,'Indeed, 1 feel that I 1 troth.' am so in very At first Kittle Byington, “Kitten,” at aht was familiarly called by her warm-hearted farmhouse friends, steadfastly refused to se ct nuany her uncle to bis city home. “Ilovemy" I love my father and mother better than I £' ™i,”sbe resolutely persisted, repelling her nncJe's caresses, “and I have promised to be Bubln’s little wife.” But tho united remonstrance* and penua- sloiia of her friends st length succeeded in overcoming her objections, and Kitten was Uloo sway, a little "Nlota, all in tears.” “Vcu’Uforget ns all when yon area fine lady. Kitten,“said Robert, aa be kissed her gc< dby. • I r-tver, never will forgat yon, Bobln," tolled the girl. “I’ll be yonr wlfo (ait the same. Bee if I’m noli” Acd these were Kitten's last words. 'Yen must forget eta, jpy^boy^’ slid the fanner afterward* when Robert' Briton re enned to them. “She’ll be richer and grander tbsn ever yen can hope to be, anllt Isn't fit ting that stoneware and fin* porcelain should mate fergdt Kitten’s last 1 "I wish yen could make op year mind to likebim, Kstbwrleo. Hals ons of the fineet yoong men I know." “I do like him, and*” said Kitty Bring* 3, ihakiog her brown carls just as defiant- • at tbo had done in tho old Bolton ftrm- bco-e trn years ago. “1 think he’s perfectly eplmdid!” ‘Tbea, my Utile pel, why do yon treat him with inch marked coldness and resorve? It la plain to see that he loves yon moat truly and tenderly, and—why, my love, wha'a the mat- last Vae, * - •every. very miserable, ng her fece on her love Mr. Beverly, udcao m mou ucr* i uu auto nr. unvunj, bntl can’t merry him because—Doeaote—I am already engaged." tenee to tho childish oompact entered with the farmet'a eon years ago.” “I promised him, uncle, and I most not break my word.” “Bat that was mere child’s play.” "Bobln doea not consider It so, unde; bis last letters speak of the time when he shall eome to claim me. Ob, ancle, If I might only die firm!” “Katherine, yon rarely will not saerlfioo yourself, with all the beauty, talonta and ac complishment! that yon possess, to bo the wife ol a country hnmpkln.” “I have promised him, uncle.” ‘.Ton have not even aeon him since yon were both children.” “Bnt we hsve corresponded, undo.” ’ Katherine, this Is idle folly—tn oxtggsmt- edideaofdnty, to reins* Beverley because of this baby compact.” “I have promised, undo, end unless he him* •elf releases me, I shall adhere religiously to my word ” ‘‘May I write to him, my love, and pat tho case ?” “Ifyou like, uncle; but I know his n stare betterthsnyondo. He will never give me up.” “At all events, (he experiment ts worth try- Inr •• So Hr. Byington wrote a long, pleading, arguing letter to Robert Bolton, a letter whose clcquenoe, he judged, might have melted the most selfish heart, and patiently awaited the answer. It came at last, brief and dectelve. Mr. Belton positively declined to release Miss Byington from her engagement, bnt would como to the town to claim her finally , __ on the following Wednesday. Thus died out the last faint ray ef hope that glimmered in poor little Kitten’s horizon. “Yoo confess yonrtelf that yon do lovo me, Kitty I” “1 do love yon I” “Then why are yon deaf to my prayon and entreaties?” net etrive to tempt me to broak my woi parents were my friends when I was ano ther friendless. His devotion hta nover lied me. Shonld I shrink from rewarding him now?” The next day, as Kitten sat in her boudoir. jBvfl«»usr,HAiHmnilDDn oouaotr, trying to read, a servant brought her the card of “Mr. Robert Bolton.” “He ie In the parlor, ma’am,” Kitten rose and went down, as a martyr, self-elected, might puss to tho stake, pile yet rciolutc. Mr, Beverly stood leaning against the BILL ARP’S LETTER. THB CHEROKBE PHILOSOPHY ON THE WING. Vb«tE*BiN la tn* Tar Xlesi Itati ind Wbat •*71 About Xt-Mlas Christian a.ld, tht An- tbertm— A Ctltbrated Hrara Orator- BtatMTillo and tta lodnatrlaa* Etc, TVCU/ BWVU MMtUiUg figAlUSb bUO S8 % fAV mwr^wg.re.aanylngtoT..” - ^ Every town of eonfcquence hai got some- thing to show you and talk about that peculiar to Itself. I don’t allndo to female colleges and graded schools, for they have 1 “ got them. Female colleges are as eommon the courthouse. The girls of this south land are provided for, bnt the boys have got woik. I was wondering what there was here In Salisbury to interest a stranger, and just then a friend called to give me a ride around tho town. Wo mot a relative of his, a lady of graceful manners and Intelleolnsl beauty, and her name was Hiss Fanny Fisher. She Is authoress, and la better known ts Christian Bold, who wrote tho "Land of tho Sky' and other charming works. She still a maiden—not all forlorn by any meene, for she oonld "taka her pick,” bnt have noticed that when a woman weds her pen she doesn’t care so very much about marrying a man. If 'the does marry she apt to choose a good, easy, emlablo fellow, who wont bother her whan stwssante to writ* study, and who will nurse tho children If she bat any. Colonel Fisher, the father of this lady, waa killed at the first battle of Msnauss when she vu quite a child. Bo aha Is still reasonably young, and not near as old as she will be if the Anno Domino clock keeps run ning on* Next I was shown the place where Andrew Jackson studied law by day and oon- cooled his yonthfUl devilment by night. Close by la the old mansion where General Wash ington sojourned, bnt the celebrated ubiquitous darky who waited upon him hat long tinea depicted this life Intestate. Then there ts the National cemetery where eleven thousand seven hoi died soldlera are burled. The gronnds an beautifully ornamented. Thera le a handsome monument with the number of tho dead ehtssled upon Its face, and tho federal flsg Host* proudly from s tall shaft near by. There was a confederate prison hen as notable, per-, haps, as that at And arson vllle, anff hero the dead wen burled. Colonel Ge* the common, dsr, was tried for Inhumanity jnst as Colonel Wlt*bu! waa honorably acquitted. Of course there was somo hard iwcarlngagslnsthlm, but ha bad In charge two prisoners whose test! mosy waa so clear and eo favonblo that the conrt could not convict. These two won Juntos Henri Brown and A. G. Richardson. The latter was tn editor of tho Now York Trlbuno and the •nthor of shook called ‘'Weld, Dnngoon and Escape/,’ The formes ie still bofnretho public tevorito writer- and le . She author of "Good morning, Mr. Boverloy. I—I was uuuu AuuriiiuK, air. looking for Mr. Bolton.” “Ho is hen.” “Kitten glanced ’round the room with a ponied air. "Where?” He took both her cold hands with passion ate tenderness. “My Kitten 1 my precious little one 1 I am Bohert Bolton." “You, Mr. Beverley 1” “Yts. I myself, Kitten, I dared not claim year hand until, under another name, I bad won your heart You hast boon true to me, truer tbanl had any right to hop#. My darl ing, will yon bo my llOle wlfo now la very troth?” Half an hour afterwards, when Ur. Bying- >n came. Kitten ran to him all amllee and ton came, tors. “Mr. Baverley ?” he laid In surprise, glanc lug from hla niece to her companion. “No, nnelo, it ira’t Mr. I ‘ Beverley, it ia Bobln, my old lovo, Robin; end I am so happy 1" 'timer Bolton and his wife etme np to tho wedding, end were the happiest old people la irld, except Mr. Byington. the we: . “Now aren’t yon glad yon atood by yonr old love, Kitten V demanded Bobln, mleohlevoni- iy. MAMMAL KEY’S GRANDSON. What Be Bays of the Story About an Ancient American Tradition, from the New York World. One of tho moat noteworthy member* of the French delegation now In thli city la Mr. Napoleon Key, grandson of the famous marshal and preal- dent 01 the eummcrolal and geographical society of Perla Born In I860, he waa educated at the military reboot of at. Cjr. end on the outbreak of tba war of 1870 rat appointed aa lieutenant on Uto general staff. Be greatly distinguished himself on several occasions, and motived the crow of tht Lesion cf Honor for bis courageous eoodnet In the field. In 1870 he was promoted to tho rank of eaptslnandwaaiontby the war dapertmmt on aptrlal wlaatena to Turkey, Qrcwo* Spain, l’ortu- tsi rad North Africa. About tear yearn ago bo named the daughter of an exceedingly wealthy Bisstlten and retired from the army. it. Key has been greallv surprised during the pan raw days to note the vast amount of Interest displayed In the United State* concerning Urn tele ofhsa Illustrious grandfather and to a represent*- live of the World atlodedtotha well known story frequently published In the American press, ac cording lo which the celebrated marshal succeed ed In escaping to tho Coiled State*, and after spending many yean In Sonin Carolina u a school leaches finally died In 18t* at CUatleetoa. M. Key absolutely denied the troth of the there story and likewise designated aa unfounded the assertion that 11 the coffin ortho marshal at the Paris ceme tery of Pert-la-Chalae were opened it would be tested empty. “Ilia perfectly absurd,” said M.Ney. “When iy grandfather's remains were finally transferred to their last resting place atlha Pare-la, Chaise the cofiln waa opened and the ballet-holes In the fore- head were dlstlnctlyvlilble.” Aa to the romanoe widely-published In this country according to which Major Michael Rudelph, ol Lee's legion In our mvcintlonwy war, went from this country to Prance, joined the French army and became the great marshal, M. Key asserts that the mother of hie grandfather waa the daughter of the well- known Paris banker, M. Angulo. BURNED AT THB STAKE. Mostuouesy, Ala., Novemftr 3— [Special.] Is Is reported ben tonight the! a terrible tew hae bten meted out to John Hast, one of the negroes w bo brutally Jnordcsed young Waldrop In Lee county last Thursday. Ts* negro vat captured near Wetumpka Monday morning. H* Ideates that be took pest in the murder but eoateeaes that the raaor nted wet hla end that he knew when the young wen wee killed, A gentleman came In bow Lee county tonight, and said that tha negro had been token heck to tire scent of tht muader, and that preparations had bota mad* to put him to death by banting. Tha people am enraged and both wt-lte and black toy the murderer moat da Georgs Bast, the otstes murderer, la ttlllat larsa and a large reward fa offered for M: e«p:ur* TSe msgucsed young man waa a cripple and leaves a widowed mother. IteS l-g-ur Yaere In Siberia." Salle ry Is the home of tho celebrated negro ora rer, Professor Film. Ho Is as black ns Afrlos hut docs not wear a flat note. Ho Is a at yertor scholar and a ready, fluent speaker. Ho seta a good *1 ample to hit race and to tho w bite no* too. Nut long ago he delivered an addrera at Greemboro that waa ao learood, ao eloquent and so graoefnlly spoken that a dis tinguished lawyer said to hla friend aa they cams out, “don't yoojwish yon waa a nigger.” When Pries wants money ter hla university he takes a trip np north and geta It. He baa already erected three Urge four etory building* that have *11 the modern atlechmenti and equipments ter educational purposes. Wm. E. Dodge gave five thousand dtliats to one, Huntington n like ram to another, and Senator Stanford the earns to the third. These with ether contributions are utlcal education la to have upon the colored labor question we will leave M Blaiaa and Powderly. If they had an am ’riMMinl college with a technological tohoo! attached the leralt might ho different. te icrait might bo different. Statesville la a high old town, situated on a beautiful plateau about half a mils horn the railroad. Of coarse then Isa female college bate, and the girls carry a Ugh head and a fluking eye, The yonng men are at work, and are nbdned and respectful for thsy know that the girls have that eye upon them. know tomethlng of their magnetlo influence, for two of them made an smalt upon ms to tusks a forced ulo of a ticket to BIU Arp's lecture. I modestly Informed them that I wst the aformald William, and did not wish te pay to hear myeelf talk. They smiled inured- elonaly at this rate, and nude raoh lnalnna- tlomthatl mnendered end bought* ticket, and waa almost convinced that I waa another fellow. Bnt they worked well ter me and that night I stood op before a large audience of cnltlvat- cd people. There la one institution In States ville that la peculiar. Than is nothing like It or equal to It In tilths world. It Tithe Herbarium of Wallace A Bro. From* small beginning since tha war theae men have mag- Mfiatethurbualneu until now they lall hunt nifiedH drtde of thousands of dollar* worth of root* andjhtik and herb*. Solomon, I suppose, was I tie first medical botanist, forth* scripture* •ay that he knew all the herb* that were good for medicine. Of oourae he knew only what was indigenous to hi* own country and that waa not very prolific ofthem. Bat these I aen handle tiro thousand two I hundred end twenty different herbe and add to the number every year. Warner depends the material with which ■■kidney cure. Of conrael do not know what It la, but It 1* well known In States. I ville that the firm mtkee lain ehlpmente to him. Atlanta druggist* and manufacturer* at* prominent among their easterner*. They ' ggq|g(--*about their bnalncaa, bnt •to very reticent were quite courteous to me tad showed me though their immense warehouse that I* piled with the tad crowded from cellar to attlo medicinal flora of the eonntry. They have a helleg preae In the building and moot every- thing gee* through It. I *aw an mdtr Jut received by letter ~ b>rk. Then wu an order from a northern dly for 1SS different herbe covering over one bandied thousand pouoda in weight Their ordetc an nearly all In tha eommon name of MM^Mtt ia known to our common people. Let me give yon a tpeclmea Jut te show what la uaed by the manatee la re ra of patent modi. dnes aa welt aa by all phyilcteu In their MW-SjmO pounds catnip, trrataaat of dictate—I „ W OOD wild cherry bark, 600 chestnut leaves, 8000 elder ben lee, 600 evening primrose a, 25,000 walnut bark, S00 foverpe w, 3,000 golden rod leave* 1,600 horohound, 600 hollyhock Bower* (red), 2,000 hydrugla, 800 Indian turnip-root, 400 ground ivy, 1.000 lady's slip. par. 60 pounds lark ejmr aecd. 4,000 lobelia, 60 wild Dotato) 3.000 mullein leave#, 2,000 penny royal, 3,000 pie man In the permrnt, 300 plantain, oak, 300 ptABt yellowJtaaamlee, 100 China root bark, 100 tumpklo aedLSOO willow bark,500 sataafras, (half <f rent), 3000 aarsaparill* 2030 *kunk car-ease. 3UOsheep eorrel. 800 aoronnent, 1,000 ipisac berries, 6,000 Jfmpaon w el (J .tee ■ town or Stramonium), 200 wlntergreon, 3,900 cotton root bark. Tho figure* aro all for "pouaie.” Thea* were all In ons order. I never knew before that there wu any vlitis In obeatnnt MY ADVENTURE. burnt with when I wu a boy jmd did not gel reconciled nntll I found another green chap and bunt him and to got even with the worla, Tno cotton root bark ia gathered, by tho ne groes of. title tectlon. They poll np an armfltl of stock every erenfng and strip the roots at ABtorvefBeekta* Sapeelneee te the Beloto Vet- lev stQuarieeefi Oenrorv eeo-A Bite in tae Dark-a Balnsnadih Baeape- verm in* Bapertenoee or itoek every evening and atrip the root* at night It make* a bad medidna and will an c unt for the very limited tetnUlae among the upper ten at the noith, I taw anotheror- der ter fotty thousand pound* of mandrake, which we call Hay apple. These men have 602 pn-esed- planta In glass oovered cases and 402 sample bottles fall of herbe. Thqy keep a professional botanist, and all nowly dli covered plants aro cent north to bo tested for their madldnal qnalltlea. There 1* another honso in Etateavlllo pursuing tta asms biiimaa, bnt la of recent date. Mr. Plnkaai# rapidly enlarging bit bntlneas, and there la now a healthy csmpctttl -n between the two, and tbereforo tho herb gatherer* aro gattlng better prices. Non,tiierolaa world ofthoso things nil ovtr north Georgia, tat ourpooplo know tat few ef them. Jf Mr. Carry would start* bas inet* like this It would rapidly develop and give cur country women and ehildron some* thing to do. I have plowed up enough May* anplo on my term to have brought ~ . dried fruits. They have hundreds of buehcla or dried blaekborriu and dried eher- rise on band walling for a rise. Politico tie over now and the people are calm and eercnc. Tho etato wu not eoaild. eicd altogether eccnrs for tho democracy, and hence thero waa a good deal of stamp apeak Icjg Vance and Ransom.were both In tho . and 1 tiled to catch np with them, tat did not, Vance ie tho nnlvetaal favorite, and if there wu any higher office than United Bob ia a Methodist. Zobstya that tho difference falling from grace, bnt nevor falls: w“;;* ha (Zeb) does not bcllovo In it, and is telling all UiO time. There la a rattlo brained republi cs)' orator over hero whom’they call Windy- cratlcra told mo ho heard him ny: “Fellowl citizens, I had a violent headache lut night, and croidn’t make any proparatlon, and so I will hkvi (0 address yon externally. “Fellow-cltlaens, when Ootnmtas discovered Amorlre, and landed on Plymouth Rook, ho ptoclaimed nil men eqoal, disreapectivo of Icuicrj while, at the umo.tlme, old Virginia cuiu/; wiiriu, as UiO eamo udio, oiu Virginia pnt her foot on tho neok of a nigger and ixclalmedalcecmpertyrannli. But, my col* ond friends, before yon shall bo dlarcfran- cblaed of your right to voto In this land of lib erty, the blood that coe „. coercoa In tho volu of f* nr million of frocmeu shall coagulate on North Calllnals soil, (treat te Dinah and the Epbo.lans, bnt greater still Ig the power of full ballneand a freeooont.” Thors aro-aon ■era*®re over hors u well u In north Gocrgla, Bill Am*. Firm the Clerelud riaindealer, Yean ego, whenlwu a yonng man with only tho abadow of a mustache upon my upper Up, an lncl tent ooenrred whleh I never reoali, even at title late day, without a shudder. Early In the tell ol I860, my tether, Judge B—, who wu pnaident or the old8ototo tank, where I wu making myself naaful nntll the college term commenced, summoned me to hla private offloe, “George,” uld he, “I find that we will need an eitra $60,000 tomorrow when tho bank opens Now.lt la nooeenry ttataemo one ihall atort immtdiatoly fur Co lamina, and It will toko a brisk pair of horses to make ltbeforo tho bank cloaca. Let me ace,” said he, taking out an old fathlonod watch and glancing at it, “twenty five miles In a little more than throe hoars. Yon era do It with Dick and Dolly, can’t yon?” Set lag (hat I hesitated jte contlnned,“Nooae netd know anything about this money. I moat have it.” ho repeated emphatically, "and It la MfCftt to Mfid you.” For tome Inexplicable reason I disliked to do it though 1 would not for any eoneldera- tlcn have had my tether know hew 1 felt about it. “Certainly, I will go, telhor,” I re- in tho tone of my voice that my father gave mo a (catching look rad turned to hie deck, revolving, u 1 thought, come other aoheme, wtricn 1 ardently taped would let me oat of the job. The time wu short rad dispatch necessary. Turning sharply abont he uld in a diclitv-1 tone, which wu mi ant to eettle tho r .ncr at ones: “Then la no other way. Yon will have to go. Make yonr preparation! *1 speedily u possible, sod when yon are ready atop at tho tank for papers and Instructions.” K wu no nao to argna tbo point; my tether’s wetd waa law, to I wont out hastily, gave or del a to Blaek Zip ter the hone* madoa little change In my garments, uuteheda V* — mouthful cl the lunen my mother had fur me, and wu hack at the bank for 1 father’s orders In Jail twenty minute* “Yoa'U do,” wu htesatlsflort exprenlon, my he gave me hit Instructions. Ho walked back to the buggy with me and lookod the whole rig over. “Yonr harness la strong, bnggy now, horses .«“» .. D.IUW,, HDD, thoroughbred and In exccllont condltil temarkcil, rnoioto blmsolf than to me;'and then, ill a low volco, as bo stepped baok and brntovor the front wheel, "did you take the SALVATION AWO SANDWICHES, General Booth’e Army’s Knjoymeut of Both —Tho Evening Meeting. From Ute Chicago Tribune. After the “hollneu meeting” in the Prin cess tlnk yesterday afternoon a banquet wu given .-Main in the cosy closet known as the opera. above- house. Neither General Booth nor |any of hla “tuff offleefa" wu present. The genstal ont hla wisdom teeth long ago. end not on salvation sand wiches either. The soldiers tramp through the etreets, beating drums; bnt the general rides In a Carriage. Bis carriage, to whleh were hitched two Strapping tay* stood In front of Ute rink when the tallness meeting dwindled to an rad. The genual got In, followed by Ms stall, rad wu whisked off to e six o'clockjllmicr. Somewhat saddened at bis departure, the aoldlent rad aoldlereeaee went ter lbs sandwiches. There were tlx table* feeling abont ■evenly five In alL Sandwiches, coffee with sugar ud coffee without, cake with treatin' ra’ cake without frostin’, baked heap* pickled ud unplcklod, feinted the MU of faro. Borne one prayed. Be told tta Lord that the teed wu all consecrated. “It was given by the blessed sisters (hallelnjahsj, u’ the ycaat u la In the bread le the prayers of tta listen, an', O Lord, may It mike salvation rise to 'em m call lt. M Bara the one hundred who were standing abont watting for a chance tt tta “spread” broke ont In a norm of ah mens and aymena that burled the prayer out of tight The lucky ones (Ml to end used knives ud fovks-prlnclpally knlvea-ln a way that promised Uitla ter the "seooad tabl*" Tta listen butted abont with sandwiches, prais ing Ood ud spilling hot coffee on the Midlers' teg* There wu a great deal of confoalon, laugh ter and shoals. Now rad then one might notioo a young brand snatched from the homing surreptit iously squeezing tha hud or waist of a female braid difference, however. The testate brand only cried "Glory to God I" and piled on an extra undwloh on hla pill* A very cosmopolites crowd It was, with crank* workingmen In lean* servant girl* and negroe* mixed op without reference lo eg* aex or provlona condition of eatvllude. Ofconno the band played, and when the tablet were onee cleared Ih* first comers reluctantly gave place to them who had waited. When) they were finished tha baaketa of fragments gathered np wouldn't have bept a canary alive two day* At 7 o’clock tba effklr came to an end, rad tha bogle sounded tta call ter tta • march of the mnltltnd*" Over J.000 people crowded Into the rink lut night The Iter. Dr. Henry M.Bendder, pastor ot Plymouth congregation church, the Bar, Dr. If. W.Thomu of the Peopled church, Bishop 8am- nel Fallow* ud tha Rev, R. W. Bland of Uta Wabash arenas M. K. church, all oocupled front ■call and apparently look gnat Interest In the pro- seeding* Genual Booth and hla captains ware scaled m the crater of the platform lathe front row. The earvlces were opened by the army ring ing the tinea: shall teeget the day. * T RappyuA^S When Jesus aa^UwM wanted my aloa away, 1 know myatuVroaMforglren, AadMSyVaVUtaar'^* 11 Happj u a whale. The aeeompralmentwu a tell brass band with three Mu drum* half a dozen violin* ud about ten tambourine* General Booth delivered a lengthy address. The army wu started twenty- one yean ago hr himself and two eooveit* and It now bad I,no different covpa with ont 4,000 salaried ufflccre. If U cooUnuce to in the tamo proportion dor- tbe next fonrtera yean at that time they woo Id hare 40000 corps and 108.000 ante- tied caoere. Tbe army In the United Htatea wu only uvea yean old, bnt It nnmtend 140 oorpe wltbfifiO smarted cOcer* ud »»elUM had been Invaded In the lut two yeas* Tta general dented he wu making money ont of Ute army; not bet. Be mentioned that at ao’aloeklbla neon tbe corner-Mone o4 a 118,000 building be tbe nee of tbe army would be laid at tta corner o< Chicago avenue eno Fruklla street, and that the farewell service* weald be bald la Central Music ball lonlsbt. Wbat do yen think of tbe tat vat loa Army?” wu •sled of the tev. Dr, n W. Theme* “In ICO yean It wl'l be bonding theological •cmIncite* fighting heretic* and making creed*” wte the icpty. pntatlen of yonth nettled me almoet beyond eudntauce. "Tut, tnt, tay," he replied In an Impatient bmiL “Tnll w ah l” fattiBP that h* ifiMilit tiavw Tell your father that he should hero known better then to hare cent you here alone for auch a sum of monev.” Just then, through tho thin pirtlUon.X heard a chair move. I thoi at the time, but It came thought nothing of it vividly to my mind during that long ride homo. Mr. Plummer’g fear* told hits 1 laukhed at I . of my platola ud thoroughbred hortew—swift as the wind, that we called “the pools*” Bidding me to get »,mo stalwart friend to aeeontpray inebzek, which I partly promised to do, the good old gentleman departed with a good tutny expressions of concern. Looking to the fastenings of the door* and window* ud finding them aeon re, I went out lo find acme out to rido hack with me; tat first I went to see the condition of my hone* At I approached tho italic a tall, alendor man waa look lag st them sad evidently questioning tbe groom. Being a groat admirer of good tno groom, iking a groat admirer of good hone flesh myself, tta Incident had no slgnlfl. cue* to me at that moment though I remem bered it keenly enough afterward. I could tee plain enough that ft v would not do for my horaeg to Hart on my bomowtrd rout* of twcnly-flvomllca before seven o’clock. Bnt wbat did that matter? I had been over tho road dozens of times and knew every part of it. Aa luck would have It, not ono of my frienda could ta induced to accompany mo on ‘ deal of tlmo my homeward Journey. A good < waa ipent In this vain quest. At • quarter of lavra o’clock exactly I wag ones more Inside of my light covered buggy, wiih the reins of tho “ponlot” In my htsda cud the prccloui latchel lu tho box under tho scat Tho weather had changed a good bit elnce I left home. Dark, losdcn clouds obscured tho sky end threatened rain at any moment. Tho I liupect of a long rldothrongh tho mud and tain was not especially enlivening under tits cirrnmuteDCCf. The borara knew tho way na well aa I did. brine In the tamo time that they I waa too fond of them to nrge them u nnso- esillily. They had dono well In tho morning and an hour or ao mado little difference on tha lonroey home. 1 slackened their pace to one tied hack 111 tho bnggy to takothor fo) table aa possible. I was aeon accustomed to tho darknoa* though I couldn't help wishing that tho mon ey waa aafs in the brak vault!, or that tho pistols? 1 . , _ , "Yes,” I answered, langhing, "hot I shall have small netd of tbani," though as 1 said it ft \ Iht-.e weto liilsaivli-gs atmy bear* 1 x 1 couldn't aaeoaus ter tha fealiona that dm. j .1 S-I.'d >e, thoOsb, of root** I nnlorlftst} . that thero wag anal responsibility connected fl £ .J. ^“ilnrtlnctivelyfelt form.- pWall Sad placed tble load that nijiht» low hoara its unuftl tine, or that some of tho boi* had found time to eo con pen j me on tho homoward trip. I neroc rrmember to hate had Just auch lonely feel ings at any other tlmo of my lifo. I auccoedod in ithahing thciu oir, and by tho time the drat alxtrtn miles wero puaed waa nulte In my uv eal frame of mind. 1 woe noaring a long coy- / f-rrd bridge, in a remarkably lonely pi roe. Thero wuwji* Carm-hoaae« ia the lm aodial# icr:s-, low atrnclnre loekisd blaek e* K<(-lins as the hursesmtergd the northern end. II titoaeday* the money I wescxpoctcd lo bring tack wm a largo ram, and its loss would tcrloLily cripple the Holoto Valley Bank, lhonrh.lt waa really good for many tlmo* that amount, Thla battle had elalm* on nearly , , nearly all i ha crops, or at least a large aharo of them, that wero raised in title great fertile valley of tbe Scioto, known m tho Pickaway Plain* It wu ettlylu tho season, ud Uta golden stream had not yot begun to flow in. Tho great corn Hilda weto itlflitaodlDg, and the drove* tags ud cattle wero yet fatteelog In tbo pa. tar* Then, again, I wm littio more thin a tay, not yet twenty. Thoontiinoaof my first fc.blo moatacbo warn far fainter than 1 waa willing to admit. This wu the first time my father had ever placed Mgreat a responsibility upon mo. I appreciated the booor, and WM anxious to abow him that hi* oonlldoaoo tad not been misplaced. But, In aplto or all this, misgiving* would grit* (living tho penlee the rein, wo had toon paired the llntlla of Uta little town, following tho old stego road te the capital of tha Hate, TUs road ru through a lovely country, Jnst Ihtn siting promlaoof an abundant iiarveat. Oeeeuoual glli gllmpeee of theSeloto river added to the taeuiy of theaoeaery. Father hid at that time been talking of glrlng mo a farm, so that I could snttlo Into terming ud raising, like the Renlcka of the valley, only hodiu not propote to etart me with a Rralck fottune, but, having the muna blood In my I have no doubt ho thought tefne aa tbay did, the tenant would oome In tim* At hoart'ht planned for tho respectability ud broad aeros tbatmy mother always argoedahoold belong to coy Individual with tbo bluo blood of tho F. F. V.’* tunning In bit vein* I was Just ambltlona enough te tallevo that reset thing better than a peaceful termer'e life waa Id store for m* Up to that time I had somehow como te tho concloalon world owed mo a living, ud that a bonnUfol mi as are of this world’s goods would await my oommand as long u tho necessity existed. During title ride I determined not te accept theglltofthefaimif one of tbo provisions wu that I should reside than wuen my col- l»ge days wero over. I bad little Idea that alteration but that, when I actually wanted to b» gits tba uriona affairs of life, tho seisms would ta ready that woald lift mo into any before me, ud with a boy’s enthnalam I longed logo ont sad win tbe laurels thatlwu sure I ecnld grasp eultr tbu another. With thtM self-consclone and eatialled of n little blonde fairy appeared, I reached my destination, lift my home at tta hotel and atrpjxd over te tbo bank Jut twenty minute* ^My tarinarowat with Uta president, and I WMuakeied into hi* room. Too trrrad wae toon mado kaown, and I wm Informed that tbs money would ta made ready for me at ex actly four o’clock, end that a linsty meeaeuger should deliver it at my room at the hotel st that tlmo. I took my departure, spoke for a room, and tbea went ovir to spend Ike Intarvaslng time with my old room-mat* Jack Brewster. W* war* talking about old college friend* rad incident* of collage life In which w* had talk Ann! Yea ace. Jack rad I hadn't seen each other for a.mostb, sad wt hid to go over tta old college aetata Joel m boys will every time wo me* Glad u I wae to see Jack and hear him talk that money kept running In my head. I never forgot it ter a moment. At tha appointed tlmo I wm la my room. Old Mr. Haunter, ter maty yean cuhler of the buk, wltk hie customary promptoea* sachel In band, npptared at tbe door. Ha entered my roots, but before ta bid said a word took tho ksyirom ttaontaido and locked tba doer, Tbea drawing hie chair very clot* to mine ho proceeded to exhort mo to return homo lm* mediately. "You ere toe much «f a boy to bo trotted with inch a large ram or money afwr dark, atytaw.” he urged, looking at at from head “My fothiir know. best, dr," I retorted in M catting mono sol could command. Tnallm- thnn on tho lost bealdo me. I graspnl my banda. Jnst ahead In tbo tooth the clouds had broken away; It wu only a littio patch, lint that much sheared me. Wehad cleared twc-thlrde of the bridge ata rather brisk tro* whon I saw two Italy that patch of Mao iky showed thorn te t the tight ofthoso mo. I was no coward, bnt t two men end tho thought of the money lo the tax under me rent cold chills over roe In nn instant. My mind wm ratdo up to first (ry tho mettle of my horses ud then my pistols, for I wu well armed. Tho horses, by a doXtcrona movement of my whip ud sword or two, had gradually gained In speed. They Instinctively gathered up tho bill and wero polling hard upoo tka reins. I felt that they were ready tor the emergency and would do their heat. Ten feet more would tell the atory. The flgnroa ahead had moved out udvrere no longer trying to hide loth* darknear. They were ready to spring at tha barret’ heads. A sharp, stinging cat with tho whip upon tho fluki ol both hones—they rimed. Tho msnsUho li ft made such a das- teotlng, ana aa lie went down I rocogoized the tall nunlhad seen In tho suMo at Columbus. Yea, down howcnt,and the wheels of the buggy paaaed over him. It twang to one aldo and thingavoaloicbtotho other, tending me six laches from where I had been anting on tho ■est, probably tsving my life. The other villain, hoping to maim the horao or kill me, fired twlceln quick. auccasilon, one tall passing through tho hack of tho buggy three inches from my head and erastly where I should have been bat for that fortunate lurch of the bogey which lad moved me from my asst. The whole thing waa done In ono tenth of the tlmelt takes mo to tell abont It. Too here apetd my fast horses ever mado wae that eventlnl night. Whether the robbers followed or not I zeverknew. My thoroughbreds went like the wind end In in Incredibly ehort tints I baltsd at the tank, where my fieri r awaited no, ami delivered into rate keeping the treas ure wltb'wblch I had been Intrusted. When it waa onee offmy hands I told my father of the experlencse of the night and how nearl bad como to losing the money rad possibly my own II te. Afewdaya later, throogh my father’s la- WMgrioatcd and found to bo tba tall highway- man, Tom Wilson, llo bad occupied tbo room next mine at the hotel, and being on the alert had heard enough ol Mr. Plummer's talk te understand that I wm to carry home a largo rum of money ami bad laid his plans accord ingly. Thinking ma a boy ho Imiglnad my rapture wu easy, and It would have bun, no doubt, had the two men seized the horse at the clitrazce to tbo bridge b< fore I wu aware of the danger and planned to escape It. 8. E, B. Esat End. October 21, 1880. Jnmbo and tho Soldiers. From the Youth’s Companion. , A menagerie wu recently moving slowly aloog the road osar Portsmouth, Eog, when tho ■ uiufi twivauutai iviHiuvuui| b p wucn tug largest elephant of the caravan, who la known u Madam Jnmbo, escaped from her keipcr, ud charged "ion a military barracks that stood bylSe road. fihe seized with her trunk the sentinel who atood at tho gate, rad threw him at full length on the ground, without hm Ling him In tbe least, and then triumphantly trite red the parade ground within tbo barracks at a grand trot. The three hundred addicts who were drilling In the encloaure want so much suttonlshcaandalarmcd at tha appearand* ofaoatrangora enemy that they broko rank and look to Eight In every direction. The elephant pro ceededtoattackatsnk filled with water.part ot wblrbihodrankandapset tho rest. Thus aha charged upon a hla filled with potatoes ter tho soldier* and ale up the potatoes. Having ratlafled her hunter end thirst, ud put a battalion cfaoldlere to route. Madam Jumbo al low'd benslf to be captured, and conically ra. romed her place in the cart ran, to the gnat relief of the soldier*