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VOL. I. THE ROAD. Tray, whither leads the road, fair heart? Say, whither leads the road? Across a rill, around a hill, Beside a dell where rivers start. Where bending nut-trees sited their load— Oh, thither leads the road, dear heart, Oh, thither leads the road. What matter where the road may lead, So thou and I together go? Companionship all is all our need, Division our woe. l'he pine-tree tall on yonder hill For years has watched the passer-by; When tie is dust we shall be still Together, th6u and I. How hushed the afternoon! I date Not whisper love, but send the thought In speechless message. All the air • In Silence’ thrall is caught. # Oh, these are God-reared trees! How soft The wind-dreams round their tall heads The creep. aloft drowsy leaves that sleep. doze Stir like a ebiJd in Young Autumn’s lire begins Winter’s to burn The brands to hurl at brow; The sun-wooed leaves sigh low, and turn To crimson on the bough. Pray, whither whither leads the road, road? fair heart? Say, leads the Across a rill, around a hill, Beside a deil where rivers start. Where bending nut-trees shed their load— Oh. thither lead the road, my heart, Oh, thither leads the road. —John Macyin The Chap-Book. ■ * ) fl Stolen Package, x 0 • ,, ° W , , , .. ’ ay oi je.us r on a uooasnen in an om- 11 fashioned iarmliouse in lynedale in e north ot England, the story given eon i» -aven. William Tarbot was a lawyer at Hexham, in the north of England. Having to attend the assizes at Aln¬ wick and probably spend some days there and Mrs. Tarbot’s parents resid¬ ing eight miles from that place, Mr. Tarbot arranged that his wife and their daughter, a girl of 16, should accom¬ pany him and stay with their relatives until lie was ready to return home. The family' traveled on horseback, as was customary among country people in those days, and reached the abode of Mr. and Mrs, Norman, the wife’s parents, after a pleasant ride of a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Norman were plain, old-fashioned people, ownj* g their own farm and accounted wealthy. The next morning Mr. Tarbot rode on to Alnwick and was soon over head and ears in business. On the last day of the court one \yrav of Bamboroiigh poufitls paid over to Mr. Tarbot 2350 iu bank of Eng¬ land notes in settlement of a suit. Wrav had the mnnev in n lirnwirtunpr narcel which he ouened in Tarlmt's bedroom in the inn where thev were both stavim? "and The two men counted the money, Wray wrapped it up in the same wav in which he bad nro- duced it and laid the mckao-e savfn"- on the table at the same time “Now Tarbot rinlr von shonbl stand * something so the bell ” “Why of course ! will with pleas- ure,” Tarbot said, and thereupon .Wray playfully turned him toward the bell pull, which hung ° by the side of the mantelpiece. After the men had drunk together they parted with mutual expressions of good feelino-, Tarbot putting the package into his pocket buttoning his coat over it. ^.n hour later he changed his coat for a traveling one aud laid the package on a chair by a window leaving it there while lie went out upon the gallery and called the boots to bring him his saddle ba<*s which he had been cleaning Having stowed away his things in the ba^s he put on his traveling coat, placed the package in his inside pocket and buttoned^he coat over his breast. Then he mounted his horse and started for the dwelling ° of his father-in-law. It was an unusually hot dav iu Sep- tember and a thunderstorm was fag- ing he°might over the Grampians. Fearing that be hindered by the swelling .stream if he attempted tq ford it, lie rode two or three miles out of his way to cross it by a bridge." It was well he did so, for, thougn lie rode right iuto the storm and was wet to the skin, he got on the safe side of the water, aud the rest of his road was hnob- structed. Nevertheless so heavy was the storm that he took refuge in a smithy on the outskirts of a hamlet and waited there until the blast had spent itself. When he reached Squire Norman’s dwelling, it was past 9. A roasting fire soon tried his clothes and a hearty supper sjieedily put him to right internally. As he sat by the hearth smoking the squire said: “We have a curious visitor here to- night-—not here exactly either, as you’ll THE RIBUNE. “Don’t Give XJr> tho Sliip.” BUCHANAN, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1898. see. When tli e storm was at its height, a tall, gaunt man, dressed like a drover, came here for shelter. We gave him all he could eat and drink, am! he is now asleep, I suppose, in the hayloft. He told us a very strange story. He said he had been east with a drove of cattle and was returning afoot when the rain caught him. He managed with some difficulty to ford the stream, and was making his way along the bank when he heard a cry for help. It turned out, so far as he could learn, that a man, in attempting to cross, had lost his footing and was clinging desperately to the ‘exposed roots of a tree, while the rushing flood was too strong for him to resist so as to get a hold of the root or any- thing else with his feet. It was irn- possible for the drover to reach him, and he shouted that fact across the flood. Then the man cried: ‘‘I have a package of money here which will be washed away il I lose ai y U if’* ft you 11 take care of it for me, I 11 share it with you.’ ‘“Throw it this way,’ the drover said ‘I am John Cotter and you can hear of me at the Green Man at Carlisle any day.’ ith this the stranger hurled a package toward the drover, which he luckily caught,” continued the squire, “He showed us the package and opened it before us all. It contained 2350 pounds in England notes. “Great Lord .’’’exclaimed Mr. Tar hot, flapping liis hand to his breast. “Can possible—No. I feel it. The 1)ackageis ‘ a! 1 safe.” He opened his coat and drew forth a brown paper package from the inside pocket. “I tell you what, squire,” he *said. “I burst out into a cold sweat all over when you told me what the drover’s package contained, for I have a pack- age of money for a client amounting precisely to the sum you named.” , Why, -the drover's package is the very picture of yours,’’saidthe squire, “Outside 2 >erhaps; outside,” said the lawyer as he opened the package, Inside there was nothing but a lot of sheets of worthless paper cut into the size of Bank of England notes. Tarbot was for a time struck dumb. “I’ve been robbed,” he said savagely, but restraining his voice. “The package containing my client’s money has been stolen and this worth- less jiaekage put in its place. Your drover, squire, is the thief.” “Well, it looks like it certainly,” said the squire. “But what would induce the man if he were a thief to come here and show*me the money, and desire to stay here all night? Wouldn’t he have got so far away with i1 *‘ 8 P ossible ami just as quickly as be eould?” “It seems so certainly,” Tarbot answered. “Nevertheless the circm- stances are so remarkable that I think steps ought to lie taken at once by you as a magistrate to secure the drover if he hasn’t shown a pair of clean heels already.” “I agree with you,’’said the squire, “and I will send for the constable at once and arrest him. While a servant was quickly dis- patched for the officer of the law, the sfimve and Tarbot, each armed with a pistol, quitted the house by the rear, aU(1 > being provided with a lantern, went to the stable over which was the hayloft where the drover was supposed to he. Ascending the ladder without neise, the lawyer threw the light'of the lantern across the floor. There, slu ' e enough, lay the gaunt form of the ‘Rover, with every sign upon it of a Jeep sleep. Nevertheless when the con- stable arrived the drover was aroused and, much to his surprise was informed that he was a prisoner. After he heard the explanation of the fact he laughed heartily and said: . “Well, now, isn’t this some trick ¥ on are trying to practice upon me? I vow, it’s clever, but it isn’t fair to wake a tired man out of his hrst sleep for the sake of a joke.” He was assured that it was no joke, and,being kindly advised by the squire to go quietly with the constable, he did so. Next morning the body of a murdered mau was discovered on the other side of the stream, about a quar- ter of a mile below the bridge. It was removed to the village lockup, and there Mr. Tarbot identified it as Wray’s. The skull was fractured and the right arm broken. It was sup- posed that the arm was broken when raised to protect the head from a blud- geon, which was found near the body, But this was not all. The overseer of the poor had in his charge in an outhouse of the village inn a man who had been found early that morning on the bank of the stream with a dis- located arm and some broken ribs, Here was a nice complication of things, such, in fact, as had never be¬ fore come under the notice of Squire Norman or his son-in-law, Tar hot. The man with the dislocated arm was soaked and mud stained and had evi- dentlv been carried away by the over¬ flowiug stream. Tarbot naturally associated him with the person who had given the package to the drover for safe keeping. This turned out to be all right, for the drover, being quietly introduced to the place where the man was, said: “Well, neighbor, do you want your package?’’ The man, who had been lying for some time apparently unconscious, now bestirred himself and, looking around and seeing that only the drover was there, exclaimed: “What! Are you the man I threw it _ to? Ave, it is sale, was the reply, “When will you be ready to divide?" “Don’t say a word,” said the man in a low tone. “.Stay around until I am able to get away aud then I’ll make it all right with you.” After 'this all suspicion was removed from the drover,aud he was taken into the counsels of the squire and Tarbot. In a few days the man was well enough to talk,aud he was encouraged to do so by the drover, who assumed the character of a free rover looking around for what he could pick up or knock down. The man admitted that he had taken the package from a stranger whom he met on the high- way. He was confronted with the club and Wray’s, corpse, but put on a bold front aud denied all knowledge °f them. Finally, however, he con- fessedtothe drover that he had brained . Wray and stolen the package from him, afterward taking refuge in a roadside inn, where he found an op- I portunity to examine and learn the nature of the plunder. Then he grew restless and ventured out in the storm, and in an attempt to cross the stream missed bis ford aud thus came to meet the drover. There was nothing left to explain the abstraction from the custody of Tarbot of the genuine package and the substitution of the counterfeit except that W ray himself had designed scheme and carried it out as he pushed Mr. Tarbot toward the bell pull, and that in making his way not toward home, for that was in a con- tr ary direction, but to some place where he intended to conceal the money, he was met by the ruffian who murdered and robbed him. Ibis wretch gave the name of George Bain- ton and under that he was convicted ot the murder ot Wray. It was after- waV( I commonly asserted that Ins real was lat °* a distinguished . Emily, and that l Enough their influence the sentence ^' a8 commuted to transportation, and that he was allowed to escape punish- ment altogether on condition of his Quitting the country. A. Beckwith in -Brooklyn Citizen. ------—-- The Siamese Girl’s Dance. Tlie most graceful and intricate dance of any savage people is said to be the cup dance of Siam. .The girls who take part in it range in age Ave to twenty years, aud their train- big is begun as soon as they are able to walk. In dancing the cup dance a row of girls take their positions with a tier of cups on their heads, which they, keep balanced throughout the dance. They kneel down with military precision and bow their, heads till theif fore’- heads nearly touch the floor, keeping the cups on their heads meanwhile by a series of skilful jefks of the Afi'ck. They also make a series of rapid and intricate circles, bringing into play al- most every muscle of the body with- out disturbing the cups. Another feature of this dance is for Ee girls to bend backward and pick up little pieces of straw with their eyelids. Throughout the dance the positions are always easy and graceful, and the movements are light and airy. - Paragraphs Got Mixed. It was an Irish newspaper, accord¬ ing to Macmillan’s Magazine, that once published this highly defamatory paragraph: “Dr.F.has been appointed resident medical officer to the Mater Misericordia hospital, Orders have been issued by the cemetery committee for the immediate extension of Glas- neviu cemetery. The works are being executed with the utmost dispatch.” It is perhaps unnecessary to explain that two paragraphs about quite differ¬ ent matters had got “mixed.” TO TEST SILVER CERTIFICATES. Discovery of it (JuIck-AVittetl Sub-Treasu¬ ry Clerk in New York. To test a $100 silver certificate, wet a corner, and if you find it can he pulled apart in two distinct sheets it is not a good bill. Or, compare its length with a $100 bill you know is genuine, for a counterfeit is a quarter of an inch shorter. J. Condit Agens, the only man in New York who has tints far detected one 0 f tli e new $100silver certificates the most dangerous counterfeit, so the treasury and secret service officials de- clare, that was ever made, told recent- ly ‘ just how his discovery was made. Mr. Agens is 50 years of age. and f or nin* years has been a clerk in the United States sub-treasury, on Wall street. Previous to that he was for maU y years a c l e rk in a bank. At the sub-treasury enormous amounts of money are counted every day. To Hr. Agens is assigned the counting of silver certificates, and recently lie counted over $1,000,000 in bills of va- rious denominations, “it was after 3 o’clock,” he said to a New York reporter, “and the elec- trie light was turned on over my desk, [ -was counting packages of $100 silver certificates, as we had received from the Hanover National bank that after- UO on $60,000 in the bills in packages ° Q f 100 bills each. “j was pretty nearly through with the third package, and was counting aH rapidly-as usual, although feeling a little anxious. A sample of the conn- forfeits bad been sent from Washing- ton some davs before, and so I looked sharply at every hill. “The counterfeit $100 silver certifi- cates are a little thicker and softer tlian the genuine, and this difference is, of course, perceptible. But if I were to feel the thickness of bills with my eyes shut I should be likely to fancy the genuine bills counterfeit. It is the eye on which I depend. “Weil, as I steadily counted those bills, all at once I gave a sort of jump and pulled one out of the pile and waved it over my head. I was ex- cited and yelled out: ‘I’ve got one,’ all( ] the other clerks came around my * desk.” “He was so excited that he didn’t s i ee p at all that night,” put in his wife. “And then one of the qien asked how I could prove it a counterfeit, aud I soaked the end and pulled it apart, showiug two thicknesses. And of course that settled it. Then, too, I laid the bill on a genuine one and showed that the counterfeit was a quarter of an inch shorter. “But what I actually saw in that momentary glance that told me it was a counterfeit was that the light side of Monroe’s face was too narrow. If I had j u .st previously been counting bills of another denomination I might not have noticed it so quickly, but, as it -was, I had just handled so ninny $100 hills that the whole face of tlie bill was engraved on my mind. „ “The left side of the pair of scales, or the seal, is too near the square; the left end of the key is imperfect, and the ‘A’ in ‘James’ under Monroe’s picture is of wrong proportions. But these points I did not notice until af- ter close examination. “The numbers on the counterfeits, rs 1 understand, begin with ‘2345’ or ‘2346,’ with other figures following, and it is the ‘2345’ that is the more dangerous. All are of series TV The bill that i was fortunate enough to capture had passed through tho Williamsburg Savings bank before go- ing to the Hanover bank. ” - singing the _ ‘ on March. All the military authorities oi Europe are now paying great attention to singing on the march. The French army has of late permitted its soldiers to sing while marching. A little book of soldiers’marching songs was pub- lished in London, with General Wolse- ley’s words printed big on the cover to the effect that men march better and arrive fresher when they sing than when they don’t. Curiously enough.niostofthesesongsareAineri- can, words and all. The Real Owner. “I have called, Mr. Jingle,” said the tax collector, “to ask you to pay " this bill for faxes on your bouse.” “Take it around to the back door and ask the cook,” said Mr. Jiuglo. “If you’d lived here twenty-four hours you’d know, sir, that she owns the house. I’ve abdicated.”—Har¬ , per’s Bazar. j | Missouri has an annual output of timber rated at about $7,000,000. j NO. 18. FLORIDA’S POCAHONTAS. A IltMuimtic Story a* Printed l»y Governor lUoxlmm to tlie Fishermen. Governor W. B. Bloxham inciden- tally related the following legend in j his address welcoming the delegates of the recent National Fishery society to Tampa, Fla. “You meet here upon this historic ground where the footprints of some of Spain’s greatest cavaliers and America’s noblest captains can be traced. While it is not my intention to recur to their heroic deeds or to offer you a cup filled with the am- | brosia of ancient based story, vet historic there fact, is one romance, upon j associated with this very spot that I ; feel you will kindly indulge should ‘ brief reference be made thereto, “Wherever the history of America ■ E read the story of Pocahontas is | known. The romance is most capti- rating, and some of Virginia’s most honored sons trace back a lineage to this daughter of the forest. Put the I historic fact that a similar scene was enacted on this very spot three-quar- ters of a century before the name of ! Pocahontas was ever lisped by Eng- lish lips is unknown to even many Eloridaus. It was here in 1528, twelve years before De Soto landed on Tampa 1 Bay. that Juan Ortez, a Spanish youth of 18, having been captured at Clear Water, was brought before Hirrihugun, the stern Indian chief, in whose breast ; was rankling a vengeance born of the ill treatment of his mother by tlie fol- lowers of the ill-fated Narvarez. Ortez , and fair, but the cruel chief 1 was young , had given the orders, and her6 was erected a gridiron of poles, and.young Ortez was bound^and stretched to meet the demands of a human sacrifice. The torch was being applied, the crackling flames began to gather strength for a human holocaust, when the stern chief’s daughter threw herself at her father's feet and interposed in Ortez’s behalf. Her beauty rivalled that of the historic dame ‘whose heavenly charms kept Troy and Greece ten years in arms.’ The soft language of her soul flowed from her never silent eyes as she looked up through her i tears of sympathy, imploring the life | of “Those the young tears, Spaniard. the ever-ready t -h* weapon j of woman’s weakness, touched the j heart Ortez of even for the the time savage spared. chief, aud 1 was . “But the demon of evil in a few I months again took possession of Hir- i rihugua, and his daughter saw that j even her entreaties would be unavail- Eg. She was betrothed to Mucoso, the young chief of a neighboring tribe. Their love had been plighted, that God-given love that rules the sav- age breast. “Her loving heart told her that Ortez would be safe in Mucoso’s keej >■ Eg. At the dead hour of night she accompanied him beyond danger and placed in his hand such token as Mucoso would recognize. “She acted none too soon, As the sun rose over this spot, its rays fell upon the maddened chief calling in V «E for the intended victim of his vengeance. His rage was such that it dried up the wellsprings of parental affection, and he refused the marriage of A' s daughter unless Ortez was sur- rendered. But that Indian girl, al- though it broke the heartstrings of hope, sacrificed her love to humanity, and Mucoso, sacrificed his bride upon the altar of honor, “Ortez lived to welcome De Soto, Tell ( me —aye, tell tl^e world—where a brighter example of nobler virtue was ever recorded! Where in history do yon find more genuine and more touch- ing illustration of ‘love, charity and forgiveness’—the very trinity of earth- ly virtues, and the brightest jewels of the Christian heaven? “What a captivating theme this Florida ^ Pocahontas should present to Ee pen of imagination, picturing this spot then and today associated with romance rich in historic love. ”—Savnn- llf E News. A Newsboy al Eighty. The oldest “newsboy” iu the world has just celebrated his birthday at Toliet, Ill. His name is Orsanis Page, and lie is 80 yeara of age. He is a local character and proud of Ihe fact Eat after eight decades of life he can stib g et ll P at daylight to make his rounds with the morning papers, aud spend the rest of the day in shouting the latest editions through the streets of the city, It is estimated that over eighty tons of diamonds have been unearthed iu the South African fields during the Est eighteen years. These represent a total value of $280,000,000.