The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1889 Page: 2 of 8
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WAYS QP WOODPECKERS
kir rMtw f Xte
& Simple BrmKimeH.
It is jhk always easy to ieli why
K-ookpecker seiec one tree- rather
tfeaa others xf the same kind in the
forest to begin their operations upon
or -why they attack one aide of a tree"
and leave the other untouched. Ooes-
monly it will be found no doubt that
- worms or ants are concealed beneath
the point elected and that the wood-
pecker is guided in his search by the
amide of hearing. -
But !are -are circumstances which f
go to afcovr that the woodpecker is not
searching for food or guarded by
sound. In the" winter when worms
and ante are dormant and silent be
will wake every echo for a long dis-
tance iround by tapping on a dent
dry brreh. eV on the hollow tnmk of
a tree. He ioes not then apply His
oar to the bar't to listen for the noise
of worms beneath but his object seems
to be Vo make all the noise heean him-
'Te ybtlow-hammer. or golden-
winged woodpecker is most easily
studied because -be is most fearless
. and t neaHy domestic in his habits
Wh J r. Lollop trunks of trees are anal-
ly und he J usually confines his at-
ti ijioas to them; but in prairie
rer tan he bejres holes through hollow
pillars steeples of churches and other
structures which promise an opening
into aa inter! r.
Bjut there must be
at times for the wr 1
one of these birds .
usual racket upon or.
MsJtd where by moving six inches h
wa4 at perfect liberty to look over
uptjn the other side! of the board and
investigate whatever he could be hop-
ingjto reach by bori ng a hole through
it Indeed it was perfectly immaterial
upon which side of it he should begin
operations.
One year the writer occupied a house
which had large hollow pillars in front.
Some nmootlj. rouid holes in them
about two inches in j diameter indicat-
ed what freedom thje yellow-hammers
had used and i would use again. In the
early spring j they began .operations
and . it was impossible . to sleen
in that houie after daybreak. The
birds would not bavje been harmed for
ihUi even if it had become necejsary to
remove the house and pitch a tent on
Ihespot; butjsome (experimenting was
done at their expense.
St was plain thHt noise was what
b4y cared flaost fir. as they would
bore a hole within tf few inches of one
-which was already formed and whick
would answer every possible purpose
as well Rathe new b no. To try th"m
on this poinL. a sjnali. empty cask.
probably a n(il casjk was set bottom
upjwarls on a carpenter's bench in front
ofjtbe. houe. j '' j
Qm yetlnwjhamttiers could mak vno
progress if thir indention was to -faer-
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ItmOfFS JU 3f tJjiEOK -
MvtxKm or BesHtR aaxs ssotxb
7&U&r SJUrx8 Of BBOKMES
mXPTK L
XSK OLOQO IS aAXSSHDv.
vBsfsBBBi?'
le other moli-rn
;r has watched
rking with un-
side of an. oak
folate the staves but they could
ott of that empty
Tdlame of noise. The Quitted
4 the pUlan nt-oitea 4MJttbe jok
Hhe thiagJbecme apparent when it
fojund that where is -theyimd
disturbed one household they
whkts up the wh6h
Companion.
get
eask a wonderful
work
b of
was
before
now
town.-YoiUT
HT sr ye slandlk1
oat 'jat OB'tiepa'eb
Lttlier'Cosnoia!-
"The stage is com-
ic dawn tks km
fsther'
SonMthmg bstwsen
& groan sad a sib
came from the front
room of the old fuk-
ioaod Kissonrl fsrsa-
bonce. The besuti-
folgirl with peach-
like cheeks and dark
sparkHag eyas heard
it and turned to the
door thesgh evidently reluctant to give p
feasting her eyes on the ftst spproaohlMK"
sisgs-oo&ca. use grcaa bad issues from
the Up of her invalid father a dyspeptic
and hypochondriac who seemed to delight
only in the misery by which he surrounded
himself.
fcBntthereivasa Beauty In the landscape
as the rays of a Rammer sun fell on the hill
top and shs turned sxsia to g&se a mo-
ment upon tfw.bnrht picture. The oKU
fashioned six-horse stage-coach was rum
bung down the turnpike hill and her
cheek Sssljd jttst the faintest tin of
crimson as sho murmured half audibly:
" Oh I wonder If " but seeming to bo-
come suddenly aware of the Sact that she
was about to reveal somathinfr -which tn
bar was aprecksus secret sae closed those
- cherry rodlis and blushing a still deeper
crimson entered the sitting-room where
her father reclined on an old-fashioned
black sofa.
4Do yon want any thing father!" she
asked.
"Look over toe. papah it hu'ts my eyes
to read and see if thar's any ivah ners. I
decla' the secesh an abolitiouists are
pnine to far the country t pieces. Pears
t' me that tWnps get wuas every day.'?
lfr.'Jc!anKeff. ashisdiaieot would in-
dicate Ts a Southern man.' He was born
in South Carolina but had removed to Mis-
souri when young. At the time our story
GjWDshewa a wealthy Missouri farmy
a widower with two children and over a
score of slaves. Mr. Keif not unlike a
great many : others inhabiting the bor-
der States (luring the tfarkdays of 1SS1
found it difficult to espouse either cause.
Like the father his only son Albert a
prVnusin young- man of twenty-one
seemed fluctuating between love for his
sunny South and patriotism for his country.
That which many peaceful citizens of the
herder States had hoped would on lr nrovoi
a speck.011 the political horizon was grow-
ing day br day into a most terrible war
cloud and threatening to shut out the light
of human happiness. Neighbors began to
mistrust neighbors and friends of a life-
time became suspicious of each other while
cyea brothers took up the sword on oppo-
sltaidcs and no one knew at what time
the !?nd mipht be deluded with blood.
Lilhe drew the old-fashioned arm-chair to
her father's side and UkiK the paper
glanced over it column. It wa Ailed with
.trar rumors and the movements of vast
armies. W
'Wljatd' ye see!" Mr. Neff asked.
- "Price and McCul lough are moving on
Lexington."
.Oh! they're jest gwine V uev awful
tbues"
iHe was interrupted by the opening of the
door. A woolly head and black face was
r thrust in' the body for the- most part re-
HMtWIUt OUUMe.
MDs stage am gwine tcr stop." said the
darkey; and in connr nation of his assertion
there caine the soft mellow blast ofHte
driver's born.
MtrntandnstrsftgeSoek: of afedness swip
ettersasface. Jttiss& after swaty
tc dear his threat he began :
0"r. mxk tiss ois9ote4 uw ef the
tenantry has rnre thas a&p&tisg sssede-
inBBfu SB vo jass was ran. '
tThcstet msa sighedtessla his hsiS npen
hiii ftjrebcftd and attend & imil suppressed
grs&n.&s if be dreaded wh was comfcne;
LtkeoastagkticeabouttbMa- Theynefa
aloes on the porch as IMta had net 1
turned; and only the negro boy ratbag
sjjon she lawn was in sigat. take cee-
tined: rJlt. Keg; I. owe my vey existence at
this memest to; you. Yeu 1 have been in-
formed snatched mo whan aa infant from
the destroying Sood. Yen It was who gave
o a rJace in;the home of your bretber
where i livsd-atil rrb&obed matfs estate.
Itj w4c you tbati Lows xsy odumUon sd the
b jsssisgs whict renjoy ; but Mr.Keff there
ueobo toiag jpu nave 'Kept rromme tne
secret of my llija. Only that X was the waif
03 some great jHood do I knew of uysalf.
won have promlssd to tell me all you know
of mc end we. know not in these distracted
times what an ioar may bring forth. Can't
yo woHty(mtemesJIxlowft j
Lillic had carried tao visiter's hat in the
hftll and hurried through to see that the col-
ored cook vras nttending to her duties that
a suitable dinner would be prepared for the
visitor. JAr tiiZ almost lost his broath so
ssddcn was thej question propoanded. After
a moment however he said:
I" Wali Lukcj I reckin ru toll you now all
Iknowaboutye. Td hoped that the tune 'd
csmothat I could a cleared op tbo mystery
but I can' t. It's been twenty-two y 'ars ago
this spring since J was with my brother On
the Missouri river a few mites below Lax-
lagtoa. TVe had farms thsr then aa' was
both younger than now. The river war
very hih that spring an lots e the bottom
lands war overflowed. We knotted many
people wore drowned out and had our
skiff tryin' to help 'cm' git thefr goods
saved when one day vo saw somothin'
fkfstln' down the rivor. It wnrnt uncom-
mon ter ego things a iioatin' down tfeo
river; but this war some thin uncommon
as tvo" could see. Somehow 't peered t
me 's I orter go out rj see what it war an
I tolo my brother t pull out to ' t We both
laid to our oars 'a soon 3dm near 'naff V
see what 't war.
"'It's a cradle' said my brother Iookia
over his shoulder. Wc got nearer an suah
nuff 'twar a cradle an' had a bod in 't an'
a baby war in th' cradle. That ar baby
war you Luke!"
Is that all you know of me?"
" Yas. that's about all"
"Did ypu find nothing by which I might
have been able to trace my parentage!"
" Nqthia but a big yaller handkorcher
sich as tbo niggers war. It. had em-
hroldcfed on ond corner Luke Mason."
An cxprossibn of agouy and disappoint-!
ment swept over the young man's face and
he heaved a sigh. That for which he had
hoped was disappointing at last and the
mystery of hi i life was us far from being
solved as over. Could he a namolees
waif ait unknown child of the flood pross
his claim for the hand of the fair girl
whoso heart ho had already won. The old
farmer who had noted bis disappointment
in order to change toe subject said:
Have ye gone into business yet!" .
" Yes sir I opened an oraco but have
done very little owing to the districted
condition of the country." LtllieNoff now
camo from the house her pretty cheeks
gknvirig with pleasure and her eyc3 spark-
ling happiness. She-seated hersolf upon a
rustic mat near her father and the visitor.
"O' c'oso yo can't do no business in
those times; I decla' I never knowed the
Hike. Tears like every bodv:s coin crazy."
" Where is Albort!" Luke asked.
"Went after tn' mail; he'll be back
soon."
I
ltaf?9MS aetre4fti!ni r.
ham naif be fee & teV-!n emc?
If r dinar ha t tka-.TAafa i Vv.
sen&ireefrjC mew it ' ' I
Ka he ne ftaihsdai&SefS
"Yes 3fe fetasscia 3wfejbterday-
iMltMheilisiswiteai nasi te4ny
a1sersafeftBitit; 1
"Wen ws Si?k&Ua&sai$tmw&
Xr.Ket dsrk t ggded atayri
aw earner 0 r ie poren ana tne snuae. eyes 1
s jpjneiEnait; : jHight few ? seen wi-
iagbsekat Hhe hated: white people as ae
stolecwsyresfthisye-tofoesorvtieR.
Lake nsieesshed &t Albert's snsdea
j change atlently resolvud to do nothigaore
Aunt Sekey ccme t saaofmce dinner
s U1 referred lc the dlalBgrooisU Cofs-
Ysrsataoaehsdy drifted to nKirc ntsant
channelsv s id partially the i&feeU$g ws
dissipetea.
That evct lag as Albert and Lukes were
strolling si tt the place recounting their
boyhood c -apes the former suidecly sakl:
"Hew ior g will yon roamin LukoP.
44I don't know it's owiag to dtctup.
ateacss." f - . "
"Don't I s afraW to speak cut Luka; for
TThstever nay be our political dinerences
I am still jionr friend."
Lake oeited bis hand in his own and l gaz
ing into hit. manly face said: !
jht our sentiments were i the
7 than
same.'
"Yester lay they t?ere but to-day I
the Confer orate sido fixed and unchan
hie."
"I am not at liberty to tell. Sufflco to alj I
am a CoBSsdorate and with to-mcrro w'a ttra
am on
f i ' t
m L W J4 Aw
-Vk it ftll SMI 7 tt if 1 flll
1 4 Wk J" :.va-'
I J Winnr T in? mw mrtn evrtta mnn '
ww 7U Mvnc ilirs CUMUd JUAti -i
KKOW." i
t
l'8 1re3Wylar!wtx &&&&? f
wXannsa Xtagsmneeaety-&t
nA moi -teecer d saUs.fco
ryaaeedaffs m rM arits
igiom. The jtelj4ee Bfnadway Tb-
isasaca tbough. tinsi s?waed as it kc
feviijs bdeaja wnUnJkdny an
iuidSacea KIy ut jwabers of Mp.
po?qMf and tcnty wpresentatlTS;
la cbAaeter. T i addressee -wens ail
Of a high nrdnf f p:ellbi bcijfhl
pointod oatijollo acd kindly in spirit
covering aw tie-ntsjre ef thoiight.
!Th platform ws crewded with xaaay
well-kaevvaciti; reprcsniiDx near-
ly all tin Jnadla religions bodies and
j eiaperawxr etrgamzaons. Jhe m-1
eicsl part el tn tyrogr&mmn was Stnoiy
recdered with. Mrs. JL J Osbotht of
Boston m sololaL- Misa AniutA. ?art
corcsU4 and Mks Belle Feaney as
organist and gratiy enjoyed.
The annual business meeting of the
society afwbidn the annual report
was read and adopted was also an oc-
casion of exceptional interest The
summary of the society's work &r th&
year attested fully its increased and
steadily inereasiaff uefulae in the
onward march of the temperance re-
form. Many valuable additions h&vn
been raae to its extended catalogue of
publications and iU seed-sowing of
precious temperance truths in many
needy fiejda but especially among tho
young- the hops and -pendenco of
the future has been larger than eVef
oGiore me missionary work among
the colored people of the Southern
States ha& been prosecuted vigorously
to tho fuH extent 1 of the means there-
for placed at the disposal of the Board
of Managers and with great gdod re-
sults. The board adopted th wisa
policy of confining the scope of tho so-
41 be S mho
rL Wm js sfia
tkn laoj ami &&&&.
Iea4n 1 d?skete asj
l?k xlifcy JsrattsV &
liqyors. AsHi tie e i
of beer-
permaiat bdk is. tise amaije fs
the wk fa ike f)w. f 3 sesedtans f
ai kfasdk tie. ffehjar w vfil an. tb
strongefr alcpfeslje b-; JV
jLemperanen rerorat ooaiSfioo; 4o m
vance ejuringr tba asvw uetiUirj a dar-
ing thepe just clam ai It 0 tHa eet:
fainly 11. tho ITsiHd ftjsteV M& v
doubt -abt it tb 44 &t knot ir in
dtydarabasJHpHiallT a- aOtm L
abetalaftra . I)reteel lias ifI
come maijy a fr oen ia
xnuoh as than akundrsi vrar3 ao
only
shops
or ae
'stand-upi drlalc iag'1 Sm rass-
t also tlri prTida f wines
titm? SatOaQoals fekr osii
orfqstive occastos ofiykt4 will
be oonsidered amog aL rnpetabla
peoplej to Tary "bad forta." To
thiabepeficaat endali gi:nini educa-
ttocat xetaperaace wonpxn sjs era
tends j Lot it be proscjnftbd to the ut
tortnoat.
.
WW9' j&mB&!?
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T!t
f t
war
inn
'BOC
S3or
-flitis!.T
L -7
ai
tea cf Tmpranc Rn4bntu.
upoa
Gre4t business ehternrlnc
economic grounds.
are eco nlac iae
allies 1 of- the Temperahee reform.
Koun this fact the Bailw ly Ag says:
"Tho Railways of 4bn Ualte - States
now constitute one of thi most effect
ive TAmperancooranizatlondin exisfe-
once. ftaotically (tey en Kurafa and
most of the ooiapaalw reouira nVr
stlneiico front insijaUt g lienors on
the p irt of thoir 6QO000 e nployea. A
great and gra-Ufyijag oaartge in seati
ment as well
as in praciee on this
ciety's operation to tho limit of th I subject has taken place arnoaif railway
money at their command to meet obli- ; 0"lcrs and men within $ fw years.
'-e
:- VevjE -rmm.wt .rs;
P Im. . 3 . a -ifVirg &r
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fkf & ad. eisM
t$m H ;&e M l2k bis
roe? -a. . "?
fr tki te wJUwai -SttHsk
i J " ' - -v --
Km If any q$ ebtots wm$.
wlCfc M !e -or. a ktfidmmr
: ..-. jk. i7 - - - ls. -.
l? ;.T.iijuri3- ?
'f Or X'SibgifeiedljiO 'ftlt
) la- itkatacvltyfc tkKMler
tad &sonfit liaEbe at--
otea- t -viw.ajif jea k yknSaia
s day but then in. Soloysostll
abe 8Yfreen8.HsrTar
Sc ndrviao JonrnaL
H yew have -any faitk $! issi'jf! J
Hee .ona' ka a- br Ml." lSifcar
d:on taye aay feta jiaiacsiler .
hav a pit -ty of aay ownv--Gotietv
- .r3 ta sa seatbiaf- eae $&&&$
'cat oees1' a wake folks sewnaVll be .
the! fnteaet in eko- Ion? rna- It. 1
tk i jpe& cdwoiaocd and bei le.
rigl t aael roog. SlSc4
t Th o old fe&tleei&& wfea 'kt.
fiitc m or wty years bind' lwm
ueu Uy 2k 3 a son who is ranit awtb.
about
fft
t
will be i 1 the field on my way to join Price.
As for t jyself your Union sentiments waJ
never endanger
roundet byhm
yourbut
you are sur-
drodawhonj I can notwn-
trol yen are m i safo here." i
And veu advise mo to go awayl"
tlda'
"That k you Albort I will go." '
"Porsivc mci Luke this seems hard.il
Jknow;liubIam always your fnend" said
Albert.
"You are forctivon. Albert and I trust
that wtierevor wo meet bo it on the battle-
wnoa pc ice snau navo spreaainpr
ver our c untry thatwc maymefet
field or
WIHgS fl
"He hasn't fjoAe in tho army yet!"
"tfo but I jest look fur hint t' do it"
HISTORIC
:nch DUEL.
'in MmUnc ISMwii CNTuinK KMd 'itar
j ! TtaTi 1?90. '-
Bowjs in the Frei fCnalnlierofleii
Iqadg rinyls. buOl Ferry-Roninnger
ttttrunjg was not a partiamentary J
Quoit .ini it did not grow ouT
of nuch a qjiarrt'lj still Hs motive
1as""Tio inirery-4&lUleal that ii-
lift a right to bo classed among those
tbnr origtnatd-4fi- words exchanged
drin3 btMj-ddWe Tbeflrt ol
tljig-t of encounters in the clirOn-
lfiTq; Frdnck-legkhttive irodfes bad
4t;Tgin in. tho meeting ot the Na ion-
ai-jfcsspnibly rbr Aufcstli. 1790. jThc
body H as debating (the responsibilities
bfiie events of October 5 and 6 of; the
jrejJoas year anft Oudard made a
-ap-jecb repeling cprtain insinuations
fulgbd in by Chiitelet which raised
veritable storm! of "l angry cries.
Blacks' (it was the name
given to the Royalists
ire'to-aay called "Whites1)
"Ht'i comctTicoine' cried Lillie
spnnging to her feet and rnuniofr tbthe
doer in a hurLoijpy Which betrayed her
anlicipatioa and aoxn'ty.
"Who's a com 1 n'. Li 1 lie. ? "ifbat's -th ' met-
trVith ye? I dela' y e act like ye war-"
but she waMnnf aitrht and hearinK. and
the-oid man did not libish tne sentence. Kle
was out on the lawn hurrying toward tlo
gate before lier father could shulle to his
feet.
: ejd stace-roarh had stopped almos
-diieUy inlrent oX the gate the door was
epeaed and a ypuns; man deseendinir tho
siepSti.4 only baggage was a small hand-
-sachet wnieh was sluiig byaieatbem strap
ever ins shoulder.
"Oh! Luke Luke have you cornel" cried
the pretty girl swinging coqoeUishty upon
the gate. The stago rolled on and by
the time Luke had reached Lube's side it
uL
yi
fiijed
uu
in. such
Desmoiulins
seemed like
w
bare heads
bad been
1 manner that Ua-
was led to exclaim
so many devils on
a bucket of holy
suddejtly dashed..'"
retorted t lat ail members Of
ft were brigx nds and he looked
ly at Bar iave that the latter
you speak
ng collectively? If
I 4 J
you are you-are talking like a fool and
not notice jit but if you wish
lit me personally J will not suf-
. .ft t-Kil?
Lei I lr "-' fe3
. sWsmBliaa
yon per-
i s
to ins
for it
"What I bare list said" answered
Casalk "was iatbnded for
nally.M
I Bnjoave replied with an insulting
epithot and the next morning they
went to the Bolj de Boulogne with
their seconds. BarnaTe shot first and
misseL while Cazalis' pistol hong fire.
"U on my word I owe you every
sort df aa apology w said the latter aa
j bibs s cottd St. Simon was reloading
jthe weapon.
"Swy nothing about it . That's wlmt
flamfeerefor." replied Barnave. and
j Uy egaa convening woieably. "I
willle sorry if I kill yon" said Ca-
aalia "but renlly you are very iucb
in oujr way. r?ht I would like to do
woul 1 be to give you a wound which
wpul i keep yon away from the assem-
bly U w a few weeks."
1 am more generous M" replied
Barnave; "all I want is to grace you '
for you aro the only orator cr your
side; while my absenoe would hardly
be njdticteV' His buUei struck Ca-
tf.rgi on the forehead bat as Hen-
. itered tbo stiff bcim.-of the hat he
. wearing it - oaiy produced a
bruwe. and over after Ussy wars ;good
frSenk. Memphis Avalaaehe.
-A caarasbaok inek
j&te to &? -Jightj nft9af 1
said
m nous.
fcofe
tltH
M0.LrKa!.lAlCEl KAVK TOC COMEf'
was dieappeanng around a bend in the road.!
"ies Ldlie did I not write you I would
be. here this week I"
"Yes; but kiwi the country is so torn to
pieces that I didn't think yeu would dare
travel."
"It's growing a little debkms but it
wonkl require extraordinary danger to keep
me away."
His lew tender voice earnest look gentle
pressure of the hand and warm kiss which
brought the flush of criaasea to Lulie'a
cheek told that tbey wero more than
friends. It wa but a short distance from
the gate to the house yet it is wonderful the
amount of words they managed to exchange
aa they walked to the front 006. JSo notice
was taken of Tout who hsgered m the rear
an Ethiopian grin on his features.
"Why goodness sakes Luke is that
you!" asked Mr. If est who bed reached the
door as they came to the peroh. . " Wy no
un was a lookia' fur ye bare. Why didn't
ye stay back n Ohio whar ye wouldn't a
been right ia th' fire?"
"I got through all safe Hr. Ken and I
think I will be In no danger. Its been al-
most a year since I was here and I prom-
ised to come."
"Come in and set down on ike porch.
FercLObe take Luke's hat." When she
had takesnne hit of thsrisitor sad erae into
thehotfce and Mr. 8 e and ti new corner!
were seated the farmer resumed: "Yes
Luke it's been quite a leeUesfoU smoe ye
war here and I'm glad ye thenght enough
e us to come. BuMt'dahesmsrfsr'nOhie;
ye hain't gotas mtioh trouhie-thar ae we've
got hew."
"$eshl think not Thoagk tbey are
rasJagarmtes all the time in Okie it's aU
far one side; while here yen -bom divided"
"Yes; aldm't'spsotwbenye left us lat
sammer boy that you'd find as ia sick a
fix when ye statse back. Qfc I tall ye if s
awful we iea't knew ens hoar wbatll
haepea sect."
The new ssmsr sewed Ig bssdlor a c-
A (question trembled on the lips of Luke
Maspn. He wanted to ask ia whioh army his
schbolmato would enlist but for fear the
Question might grato harshly on the oars of
his friends ho relrained. In the border
States men wero liable to take oithor side
and to chauge their views any day for 1681
was the beginning of a transition period
and men were as yet unsettled in their con-
victions. It was quite a reliof to Luko
when Lithe with ono of her most winsomo
glances from tho darkest of eyes said:
"Brother is Union."
"lam glad of that" ho answered. "Though
the Bouth m a j havosoinep-ealor imaginary
grwunces il does not justify any man in
taking up arniM attatnst his' countrr."
- "Ob deer mel I dun 'no'" groaned Mr.
KetZ. "Tears t' mu like ail tho peepls'a
gwilie craxy. They or Jest er tarin' tho
couatry to pieces; an' its no telltn' when
they'll burn our house an bang us."
"Yon liavo no cause to fear Union sol-
"diers I hope r
'Dun 'no; 'n mien times as these 'pears
like ye can't trust no '."
"I think that Prkw will soon be driven
from the State and then you will be all left
at peace."
"Wall I hope so; but I dun 'no'." and tho
sigh which followed this remark was inde
cisive. From Mr. cffs remarks one could
not have told Ijotv his sympathies wore.
" Heah como Massa Albert now" cried
Tom raising bis woolly headfom the grass
wh chgrew under an apple tree in the yard
where the African had been idly lolling
about.
A young horseman mounted on a splen-
did steed camo galloping up the roed from
around the orchard. He was a fine maniv-
looking follow with an open countenance
and commanding figure.
Ho dismounted at the gate and flung the
rein to Tom who had come to take the
horse.
" Somebody's come" grinned tho negro
but Albert stopped not to ask any questions
for he had already recognised the friend of
his childhood sitting on the porch and hur-
ried forward to greet him.
As Tom was loading the horse to the barn
he mot' a tall sullen field hand who for
some- reason had been nick-named Black -hawk.
This sobriquet given him at some
time in tho dim past had usurped any other
legitimate name he might hve had. Blsck-
bawkas sullen as his Indian namesake was
a slave whom Mr. Ke& bad purchased years
before. He was not' liked by any of the
other field haads and it was reported that
he had killed a. former mastor and was
known to bo tiho borp of half a dozen runa-
ways. "" Who am datnt the booset" Blaokhawk
asked. . -"
' Massa Luke Mason" Tom answered
Slackbawk gave utterance to a grunt sad
went sallenly away to his quarters.
The greeting between Albert Neff and
Luke was very cordlaL
as friends."
"Wo shall."
"I am1 ffoinir in themormnc-.butlmUs!
Lillie first" -
"Go o the summer house in the ga
and I vHH kahh lmr Jlinro t
Lukq had spent many happy hours in the
bygond years beneath the leafy bowers Jef
that st mmer house. Ho was on his wey
towart it when tho 'giant form ofBlak
hawk suddenly roso up from somo resc
httshoc at tho side of tho path and tho nogrc
said:
"Hafesa. I wants tor ax yo sumlin."
atisIUBlaokfaawkl"
you feh deUBlon an' eottic
us
mo
"Wl
"Ani
frea!"(
"YoL Blnckbawk; why do you ask
thatH
"UBiiae. massa. i's eat a wif.v 'n rm
littlo baby down Souf sum'ars; dey yrus
sent down rtarapreat many y'nrs ngo ian'
if I gijts my freedom I kin go nn' find 'ojn."
"I 1 liope you may Biackhawk' aaid
Luke hurrying on. He had known tho'no-
gro over since he was a child but had ndvor
heard Kim montion a wife and baby before.
"Thai black rascal has a heart after all' he
theught. j
Beaching tho bower' he sat uponttho
rustic bneh. Tiio moon with many a lllok-
ering sbadow shone through tho leafy cov-
ering overhead and Luke's mind recalled
the many thousand events which had trans-
pired) since last ho sat thore u year ago
A light footstep fell upon it is oar. Thore
was a whiserii'.g of soft robes a breath of
perfume and sho was at his sldo. No irords
of the vows they bad' plighted a year) ago
when Luke went off to sce.c his fortune
word spoken. He roso silently took her in
his arms and tbey sat down togcthow He
was first to speak;
"Iiillieyour fathor has fold mo all and 1
am still an unknown waif. As suoh can
you accept me!" I
"Yes yes Luke! I havo known you all
ray life and AVCut need Icareuboutjvour
birth." i !
HO clasped her more closoly in-his jarms
and imprinted n klsa on her lips. Afters
monionthesaid: j
"Albert is a Confederate." f
" Vnat changed himl" sho asked. I
". t's a mystery LiUIc I am surrojmded
ay snemies ana must leave you atqawn.
But be my lot what it may I shall cv'cr bo
tru i to my first love."
8 io did not auswer perhaps she could
not-but clung to hira while tears trjoklcd
ia frystal drops down her pretty cheeks.
For a long time tbey sat there clasped in
eac 1 other's arms and what they soul and
wh; X they thought must be imagined.)
T te brother in tho meanwhile had saddled
his horse bid his Invalid father adieu end
wa ; already jon his way to join a rompeny
of recruits for tha Confederate army.j r
I ' CHAPTER H. ' '
tiLACEHATTK a soldhs is stmrnisx.
"Whatts th'news from town. Albortl"
asked Hr. KT. " Any thing mo' about the
wah!" -
"The country is in an uproar and we are
goin' to be- overwhelmed with trouble"
Albert answered.
."I am glad to know that you arc for the
Union" Luke took occasion to remark.
" Who said I was!" and for the first time
a cloud gathered on Albert handsome brow.
"Way I certainly understood that you
ware" Luke answered a little nuzslcd at
the ohaese in his friend's manner. "I
thought you loyal to the nag of Washing-
ton Jefferson and Jackson. n
Albert's face grew dark and his eyes
fieshed with a strange fire that his friend
had never seen there -before. Liibe noted
the change with alarm and started toner
feet trembling at the dread of something
terrible. But Albert Keu! was a gentleman
and realizing that Luke was a guest he
gained control of his feebrngs and replied:
M2?ee" loves the old flag mere dearly
thanl &eieag as it protect? ate bat with
tt blessed emblem of liberty 1c the beads
f eaessiesof the Beats we Mtfc raise tear
ksadsegabtstit"
2fe $&e was soatuoa astounds as L&Hs:
tsh Sfeeoh ws se oatrary to her bretfeer'ft
xermer avowed asatiaept.
luko Hason as already told had been
rec cued when an Infant from the river and
rec red as the adopted son of Mr. Jeff's
brother who was childless. Tho brothers
ha 1 lived on adjoining farms until oil Beth
NeTs death whkh occurred about two
ye its before the time of which we write.
Luke had grown up with Albert and Lillie
an 1 bis love for the latter began wnen they
were children attending tho same district
sfc ooL Their affection had ripened and
this year would have Witnessed their union
bu t for thesis tresSicg stats-Of the country.
Then the levers returned to tbo house
tfiiy found the old farmer still sitting on the
peroh bathed ia the mooalight.
'Wall Luke ts tone ys war gone i bed"
bt said wKa a sigh. The old man still felt
sell from parting with his son whom be
kiiew he might never see again. "Hbwlo&g
air" ye gwine V stay!"
Mi leave in the morning." i
'"Whys soon!" ' ;
'It'sbest." j .
"r& iU na Qsrln ma nfMM -tn a
gireaa sad Lake leading Lillie to the door
bhde her good-night and promised to 'see her
ejwly in the aemicg. Then ho returned to
3p. Kes? and drawing a chair nehr to hie
sitfe seid: f
"Mr. KefE I want those clews to my idee
tity."
Hintyer mean Luke?" J
i X mean the things rh!ca were feuna
sjbent sae when I "SB token like 2abses
iron the water."
MTbar bsiat jnthia Wt but the old wood-
tjcoffttosnp'a th'sirakthlgQessje's
;ja a insejared times a the old yaller asm-
bnfemafe.' ! stxss 3r the a&tdk?ahletbas:Jfc
Iffit nlMscisw. X ntsy by H discover
gations incurred. Thougli many mov-
ingappoals for help had to bo denied
and much was omitted for wan?' of
means which ought to have been done
the society happily closes tho year free
from debt with a small balance in it
treasury and with assets amounting ir.
tho aggregate to about. $75000.
Tho general survey of the Temper-
nnco reform as prosonted in the re-
port embracing the action during tho
year of religious bodies of kindred
Temperance organizations and in the
sphore of legislation a"nd politics is
full of i hope nd encouragement
There havo been local and temporary
revsrsennd defeats but tho general
trend has been forward and onward.
None discern and understand this
better than the brewers distillers anx'
capitalists of the drink traffic While-
they continue to reiterate the cry that
prohibition is a failure and does not
prohibit they hauo never before boon
60 thoroughly organized never have
put forth such prodigious efforts tp
prevent ita having any added oppor-
tunity "fail" in now States or local-
ities. An important Incident in the busi-
ness meeting of the society wfcs tho
reading of a loiter from JIou. James
Biaok of Pennsylvania one of its
founders offering to donate to Its keep-
ing his valuable Temperance library
of several thousand volumoa tho result
of great labor and costing upwards of 4
five thousand dollars. It is undoubt-
edly the most completo library of its
kind in this country and probably in
tho world embracing all the impor-
tant contributions o Tomporan so lit-
erature covering all phases of tho
qu &Uion in our own country and
abroad. The society voted to nccept
gratefully. Mr. Mack's most valuable
and generous offer. But tho necessity
of a building of its own previously
felt to meet adequately tho demands
k of ItB stoadily enlarging work becomes
now iropaiamve. the next year will
completo the first quartorof a century
of its labors and it is groatlv to be
hoped that one outepmo of tho jftting
commemoration of that event may be
the scouring in its name of a suitable
building for a 'permanent headquar-
ters. Many eventsdwring th year have em
phasized strongly tho continued funda
mental need of thorough painstaking'
educational Tenipoilance work
the people consuming tho
separable from .'the use- of intoxicat-
ing beverages and their manufacture
and sale under the sanction and pro-
tection of law. It is to this educational
Temperance work through the living
voice of the missionary but especial-
ly through its unrivaled literature
that the National Temperancs So-
ciety is especially dedicated' Z be-
speaks and may lit hfe yet more
abundantly for thelyearSto come tho
generous co-oporation of the trleuds
of Temperance throughout the land.-
Ks&ozml Temperance Advocate.
It la ja comparatively shoitt tine since
to Da a railway man was almost equiv-
alent to being a drinking raan and the
officer and employe whd rejfmed to
drink w&3 hardly considered adapted
for bis profession.. All this U happily
chat ged." Hallway managers have
learned by very costly esperisace th
acsl -ability of abstinence on the part j
ui u o men m tneir emptcv. j.nrougn
the criminal incapacity of Irinking
andjdrunken engineers and sv Itohmen
many hundreds of thousands of
doll irs have been lost and mjtny lives
wantonly sacrificed. Total abstinence
shot Id bo requlrod of all w4io 1 ervj tho
traveling public on land or seur
q a 1 .
to 1 iaka he Koeag&
Met ;haat Traveler.
- fc 00 IribvtsiS graatly towarefe a
ma 'f mo ai and Intellectual heaUhio-
bo ' rougi 5 into habits of compatikm
Ehi: with individual unlike himself
wh ' care littlo for his pursuits and.
wa $esp; era )aud abilities he must go-
out bf h mself to appreciate. Hkw-'
thOj)er ;
er is sk a.riittocpaown of- in-
fol! dot as well las of birth or of money
hjrima-y
gilded
wherpia
Toledo
k am6ng
cavils in-
; Changes in Drinking Habits;
The" Now York Evening Post con-
cludes a recent article on the 'Chancres
"Whst Albert have sen tnrasa eteasal 1 ia.V a fimtssr Iitmv. it ai!' mr.
?" fwiimwKfcwl"wiUjsTie past.
-n.Bwiiiretia5e7M 1 1 Is a cwrrnw.
in Drinking Habits" as follows after
alluding to tho late Centennial cele-
bration in that city and the notable
absence of drunkenness among the
crowds cf people in attendance:
"Taat t&e next Ceateacfal celebration will
flad tae nailed Sutes a Xattoa cf teul ab-
stainers Is la the fclsbest defree I&iprobaMs;
bat It 1 aet toe asaek to kepa taat It nsay Sad
the ceaatry. -altseaga ceaiaaaiag a large
assoaat of llqtjer freod frosa tae JeasoralWajf
iaflaesoe et itaadup drUklss' 'a rasa-
fkop." The increase of total abstainers k
recognized says thh National Temper
ance Advocate but the Post claims
that the increased sobriety on the part
of the maesee of the people such a
crowded our streets on the Centennial
days is due mcrotb tho change in the
drinking habits of .the non-abstainers.
who now take be&r and wise instead
of the stronger liquors. But thoro is
oeer-drxmlsifeoesfi and wine drunken
neee in our own and notably in thd
beer and wise countries of Europe
The bunday boor exoursiocs which g
out from this ojftvr or such a latter!
have gone frsjS PhflaialBhiii by
thousand to Gloucester N. ..forbear
drinking bouts aro attended with
much disorder and many disgracefu .
soenat jbordsrli ujaoa ta rJknoua. It
Fraaee pre-ailnstly r ;visjcountrj
a GevoTBmaat onatkska if now ct
work tryiak-so dovks. sm& &ms 1 1
lessonip the aoknowieid aaS ii
erswisr 9tu si lteolkas.; Tks &
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.
EVery beer saloon is a
scnpoi in intemperance: every
drlr king-bell is" an academy
met graduate in this viJce.
Bla le. !
Six years ago ia Southern California
the.fewas not a solitary dgnnfeatiou
ortioW. 0. T. V. to-daf there are
eighty .unions with a membership of
2000. ! j
1 hays prescribed no fcmi of alco
hol io drink fermented or distilled for I
internal use in the treatise it of disease
for forty years and. find vo need for
anl Dr. N. S. Davis.
Has not soienoe distinctly told us
thst aloobol is a poisonP Should it
sv( r be a question at allwksifeer there
should be poison offered a' the' saora-
mdnUl tabledRev. Dr. Rutherford.
Canterbury N. H. h is a Quaker
eh ireh that was built in 1792 and baa
no . been shingled since that ilmc Tho
sh ngle then put on tho roof were of
heart pise and wore fastened' on with
wooden pegs.
The Toledo Blade has a sign&toW
"' 'emperaaco Legion" eonvpoaed- !p!
yc png people who sign a tatal abstl-
nfneo pladge good until they aro
xtfeuty-one Thes "Legion" noi? num
bfrf o'ver 26 000
J A.t old English 'publican" who had
;f-ova rich on the people's vices Was
dopri red of his licsnso to sill liquor
ahd demanded compensation. A oele-
bbatod judge declared that in his opin-
ion it wau a' line ease for damages and
tpat if the matter should coma before
lilm he would award compensation-
tie verdict for tho publican to b$ fivq
ears of penal servitude.
Let the doctors settlo tiheir own
JuarrsU and while they arq doing it
let w plas and unscientific people
'paddlo our own canoeM in waters
hat we know to be safe. Neatly thir-
y years ago three doctors called at my
louse and said my son wbul die if
o did not take the drink." Haelld
sot take the drink ha lives id they
iro ati deaa. it was no douot Tery
jcientiiic of the doctors and a?v fool-
shofma Butjlf they aro smisfiad I
im. Thomas UTiittaksr.
Ax appallivf j statement is made: bj
o commft&d on minors in the
welfth annual report of the Society
or tho Prevention of Uriaae in ew
fork City. It is as follows: Care-
ul investfgation shows that at least
150000 children mostly vory young
are in the habit of daily ?! siting tbo
taloone of the city. It is a fact well
known to your committee that in a
largo number t)f drinking places bar-
tenders are in the habit : of giving
little ones candles and pennies to In-
duco them to patronize thejr places."
A BnooKLYK priest is quoted as say
ing: "If a salson-kossferj cb&esj to
church and give? to tha cfeprtjh lie k
welcome to do so 'but w asknotaia
fromiim. As tothsir HljeraUly to
our ohurcBr that iff questjoh with two
sides io it. Supposing the saloon
keeper does five largely wh$re does
he ge; that money?- Fross hundred
men 'vhena he .-Jias impcterissesl 4
that thy can sot ontsiliuto to tfe
churcli. In other ''words th sakM-
keepe. diverts from us fat? More rsr
snue than he give many times astr.1'
Ihj.yk moved auch eg th Ae-
voied frisflds of Xsnpe?aacie ia Aar
ica aiMl jwstoag tha trie -teferg&s
the s'iossv and s eoarjgrcsiu tat
in taut graat aael growi cacttr U
tha Wsrlds sirillxxtiou tie X-
pesle xueetiec Is rapidly feels? se-
ogniasd as transossMUag &!l ctatrs ia
impertaaos. iuteilixl Wvnwke
ars awakoois t9 tha fne tiwt w&ae&
thsj 6afiiJHir. i.ikw5t UmSBkt tsw
j oujsifWfy 9Te & vk$q mfrm&-
i-Ate&ifi&wmm .
anc; high 7-eupvated people ars apt to
be dift sinful of wary-day thinkers.
ai -ich p -opi are of tba poor. Ya-
liv 'E ars made nobk and tks worHi k
ins Is-ha pier vary elian by slpIa.
thi ikors to whom. tho . rsfincmsnes or.
ph losof. ly ar'uaknown quantitis-r-Ts
ciis SI tings.
- -Han iness depends not on what
on has but on what one is. He whoC
hi at etrful spirit will be cheerful
in :!l hi privations. He who Is of a
1 so: iplai .ing spirit will never lack 00
os ioas f complaining. It is cot one's.
sosssi m or one surroundings but.
on :Ni vn 7 oMqeking at his poesessibes.
aa i so ronndings that stslas thfe
a.1&Qt of one's oheerfulaess whecY
r he is or whatever he has.
mmmimm qpw (" Bjiiiiii 1 1 awwe
THI INDIA-RUBBER THEE. .
Aa Sit cUto Plant Wile& Is s ttMrf2
as 2t Is Oraassmitan
Mils dlant is tha fieu slastloa- of
Va-anis V sd although tolerably wii-
kniwh jftsgrssn-house window or
d6ra ve pliant at tb$ principal rafe-
bef stor-is it has not so very oary a.
hiiory. having neon introduced inEu-
ro -) In tai. It te native of tha Bsst.
Imias. Tho plant belongs to S-;fgr
far illy all of which exclude. waai
wo iadc-1 amlikyjuioewithof oourse
a f 2 fo? fruit thb one being aboafeth:
six of : chey and not edible. There
art iot less then eighty known spaciss
dipribi tfd ovor a large pert of thoo
tr'toa world
1' hs ndla-rubbor tree in its $ivw
IUs tains tha sbs of Bur sysssrs.
jgr Vitt chidfly .jvwoag seoojpil
rocs 1 nd'vegctftble matter over tho-.
ds:'vbw cf Bicucthins It growsi
vsi .' rt?)iaiy when young rsaoaiag is.
tet ikl to tho height of twBty-four-
fsa In vyr ysars aad wjUit slrunfc av
foo b dlametsr. Ti wsU-kiswa
Inc .u-r bjbor is the prodnet of this-
tro a jfpund in India but In Soutkv
An arjc 1 hsra are several trees from
wh ch ii; 'is' obtained but the ohisf
As orlr m tree is the Jatropha sJastios
Th" f mo India-rubber came from
the d& ovory thai the artioleiwas u-
ful ts - emoTd marks of tha (JH-diaary-leal
pacil and is mentioned by Dr..
Prijstlc ia his work on pacspootivel.
priited in 1770 m .haTing jftkx?
brcurh to his notice. The Indians of
Aserk a. gars She name eahuoha to tbV
hat-dec d juice and from this
wu t k Ajuwiurav as uerrveu
The: ailk from wlikm the rubber is-
made ! sxtraoted'by making incision
throng i th barfc to VftG wood at.
M? :
eaeh other
EsYsanptotiMi
I tvmiK. th.
titaight. wfesis;
itoi Wks.
the dk aao9 ota foot fr
all ars nd hs.treflS
top. '' j ftor one) course
.trerre .uires to rest a
tks preess way s
the Bq- ides asposed to the air it s
conies firm and etartie sbetaacev
fifty oc lcscof ptsrs ssilky jutoa yisileV
ing ab nt art of eiear was&4 jvtmj
This g: m n$ed te bo-jenown by the In-
dian a as of saoutohoue & veritable
jav'-br ftksr i tho Esglkii toague
anciyc la or boy&osd days whaa
tkiiw: v pissaful rubber was feeing
introdi ced into sundry vae that wsws.
its qoe cum aaw.
Tor he Measles ses to waiek kv
no 7. j it it is viilsanlaed. Tkfe sksjs
tht dfc jorsry podysar; that a the
so ta sdh amthcr eojsats . iUsp
an la- ian ires gutt parea iatroi-du-ed
a-thaartoby Dr. Mooigossitcy-
in 184: . msm kas ssot p.
stto of fulbtwitlseaafjiB-saasac.
'. plM )m . tera tfm Svss
th-.3k. v& and jssalsd. ItJsqulUs
tfaiv flaet prV?silrty m. ai'
s.ik set wisHteffeswissf wWanjT'
mml ' XVta ti dr sNaotpfeear
of CHMa-s-st! Mtd Om hi3iv
m- x'H rid l aH dust by sintiy peay-i-
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fee esv cnftabii hiek jgW m
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