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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-22
FROM sEDGwiCH.

SEDGwrcK, KAN, Mar. 10, 1872.
EDITOR NEws-Your paper
comes to hand regularly and has
been o most welcome visitor through
the unusually long cold winter,
when outdoor exercise was not to
be thought of. @ -
The grass begins to look green
here now, and the ground has been
in fine blowing order, and the
weather pleasant most of the time
for about three weeks.
The farmers are busy sowing
wheat and oats and blowing for
corn. - g. SO
To-day is one of the windiest
days that have seen since I have
been in the State, YET it is prefera-
BILE to the cold, drizzly rains often
seen this month farther East.
There seems to be . diversity Of
opinion in Lyon and some othel
counties In regard to the herd law
but the settlers here ara pleased tc
know that there will be 81 eaeetivt
herd law, as it is q matter of vita
importance in this county, Wher'
there Is but very little timber and
every acrs Of land il rich and till
lsbls. The majority of the settler
hsEs are men of moderate means, .
that fencing, At the presens price o
: l1mber, is out Of the question. /
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the zebra cages, containing Yalua.
bic and beautiful animal. In less
than moment the front of the cage
was battered down, and the poor
zebra lay. dying, gored to death.
proceeding to the den containing
the great Gland, the gnoo began to
batter at the wire work here, hut
his horns becoming entangled, he
was captured and placed in safe
quarters, without doing further
damage.
All this occurred in q very short
space of time, aud Herr Darious still
lay in the tiger den quiet as death,
when the proprietor of the estab-
lshment, Adam Forepaugh, sud-
denly drove. up in his cafriaSe, and
entering the b1ilding took the sit.
uaion ct . glance. With the rzpidity
of thought, and with a.daring, rarely
equa1ed, ne rushed directly to the
front of the den where Darious lay,
put his hand In, grssped one or the
Ggers hind legs, drew IL through
the bars, and, bracing his feet; pull
ed with g strength never exerted
before-pulled for q human life.
The tiger turned to see whence came
this attack In. the rear just as Mr.
Forepaugh had foreseen he would
turn. Then he shouted to Darious,
and as the tiger loosened his hold
the trainer sprang up oBened the |
door, and escaped luckily with but |
few scratches. The scene was one |
never to be forgotten by. those who
Witnessed it, and but for the cool
ness and nerve Of Mr.. Forep augh |
would have resulted in Herr Dari-
'us' certain death. With the ex-
;eption ofths dead zebra, valued at
=, 600, the damage done is slight
Philadelphia Age. -s.p.s
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
wALKUP HEARD FROM.
NEosHo, KAN, Mar. IL, 1872.

NEosHo, KAN, Mar. IL, 1872.
EDITeR News ~ see in the Issue
of March LIST, q certai n Mr.. H., OF
Hartford, inquiring what has be-
come of Walkup, but have not had
time to notice him until the present.
I would just say to him that 1 have
been at home all the time, attending
to my own business. -
MIR. Fl. also says that the amount
Of farms will be doubled in his Sec
ton this year under the herd law.
Now l would just say to those who
are going to double up so fast with
out fencing, that they had better go
slow for a while, because this great
herd law is bound to be repealed
next winter, and then you see, Mr..
Editor, those men who have doubled
up so fast will be "caught with their
breeches down."
Before closing this article 1 can
not help speaking a word of praise
eff Mr.. W. NJ. S., of Chase county.
His head is certainly level. He
comes down ON the herd law in
good style. There is more good
sound sense about his article than
any have seen yet, and if he should
ever come down to Emporia and
will come out and stay over night
with me, will give him the best
supper and breakfast that my wife,
Hannah, can get up.
Now, in conclusion, 1 will say
that we in Emporia and Fremont
townships, do not feel uneasy about
the herd law, since it is left to our
county commissioners whether we
have it or not, knowing that such
men IS Mr.. E. Borton and Williams
are men of too good judgment and
foresight to enforce such a law in
Lyon county. s1J. r. w.
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such men as Walkup ruled THU
country it would soon be depopu
lated but men of the tdEk1sp stripe
predominant here. Some fears are
entertained that the law, leaving il
with the commissioners to decide
and they living mostly in the towns
and not directly interested in the
settlers welfare, that the spirit OF
the law will be ignored and do the
settlers no good. If such should
be the case some of the settlers
threaten to take the Law into their
own hands and enforce the spirit of
it if not the letter.
A meeting was held in this neigh
borhood on the 9th of March and
resolutions adopted to enforce the
law. in regard to Texas cattle the
coming season. Much damage was
done last year both to crops and
stock, and remuneration is only q
thing to be talked Of. The settlers
are unwilling TO let them pass
through hereafter. 1t is thought
the towns along the route-Newton
in particular, being interested in the
sale of whisky and goodwill
spare no effort to induce the stock
men to pass through. Some of the
settlers declare that before Texas
cattle shall pass over their claims
they will fence them with carcasses.
The cold winter has killed large
number of Texas cattle in this
vicinity. ~
Most Of the farmers here are pre-
pairing to put out hedges this
spring. /
1 would say in conclusion that
having been in the State twelve
months l am fully as well pleased,
30 far, as 1 could expect to be.
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A BRIEF CHAPTER ON TIE BIG JUDGE

Judge David Davis is the richest
and latest Judge on earth. His
Nomination is a huge practical
joke, for he is as unfit to represent
the Labor interest as the Cardiff
gaint is. The Missouri Democrat
gives the following chapter on his
life:
Dickens, in one of his minor
stories, introduces q Parliamentary
candidate, who, after having en-
riched himself by the foreclosure
of mortgages and twenty per cent.
loans to the poor, is suddenly an
nounced as the Workingman's
friend, and makes q thrilling ap-
peals to the laboring interests in
his own behalf. Even the genius
OF the great novelist, however, was
not able to put so keen a satire OF
this kind into fiction as the Column
bus Labor Convention has put into
fact. OF all men known to Ameri-
can public life, Judge David Davis
has the largest private fortune,
representing the smallest honest
effort. II you want to know where
his millions came from, ask the
poor farmer of Illinois whom thu
panic of 1S47 found in debt and
distress; ascertain how the necessi
ties of the poor Of that time wers
the opportunities Of Judge Dayi6
Davis, and how the title deeds t.
his large estates were signed il
suffering and sealed in s0rroN
He was one of the few q knowledg'
ofwho1n would have enabled shaks
peare to gives us an Anglo Saxo1
| Shylock, and deprived the tribe o
Israel of dramatic Immortality
In all he did, he doubtless did n,
wrong; we have never heard hi
, personal honor impeached, or hi
. private character brought int
question. He simply hung 90
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.cB1owrxe EoR TIE sErrrrnrxr..'

GLOWING EoR TIE SErTLEHEET."
81 organized the Arst Sunday
school in this country and ran it
myself" said q shrewd but dissipa-
ted Wisconsin lawyer. "a few of
us Americans came here early.
We wanted to get in decent, indus
tirous settlers, and keep the row.
dies out. So I said, "A Sunday
school will draw the folks we
want. It viii be the best and
cheapest way to blow for the set
Element They all agreed TO it.
There wasn't . soul of rs that pre-
tended to have . grain Of piety.
So they pitched upon me to carry
out the plan. I did il, sending to
Mr.. Rice of the American Sunday
school Union for library, and
ran the school all summer. It did
the blowing for rs splendidly.
Several Christian families came in,
and as they had better stock Of
piety, ! handed the Sunday-school
over to them. It was grand
thing for MS. We secured good
moral settlement. In fact, SIR, i
got TO be 80 pious that I eouldn't
| I've there myself
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WAUSHARA.

EDITOR NEWS: Thought I would
give you few hints from this part
Of the country. We feel thankful
that our winter has been more pleas
ant during the past week and that
we, in the six mile strip, are yet
alive, notwithstanding the green
Orake) moss is growing over our
petition asking to be Joined to Wa
baunsee county. fa q, -.-- e.
There are four physiognomists or
phrenologists in our town that have
been enjoying certain natural rights
in q peculiar manner, i. 9. by feeling
of each others heads, necks and faces
with closed hands. The operation
is considered quite an addition to
our literature, but of no pecuniary
advantage. a-Iui ri 81.
The village of Wilmington and
vicinity have erected and finished
q splendid stone school house.
Wilmington yet has hope of a future
blessedness. HAVANA can boast of
. good grist mill, and, as astonish-
ing as it may appear, they can boast
of q good honest miller. The pro.
prietors are doing a lively business,
and are giving good satisfaction
generally. Can we have such millers
in Lyon county?
The second lost cause (herd law
has been generally discussed in the
six mile strip, by the best of think
ers, stock-growers and farmers, and
is conceded to be ruinous to our
present prosperous State, in partic-
ular to Lyon county. 1t will have
q tendency to drive the poor mans
stock into the hands of others and
the man ont of the State, or under
the despotic whip of the capitalist.
Tyranny and despotic rule work
well in the Eastern and Northern
States, but in Kansas, the poor
mans home, that rule wont work
worth q cent.
The cry of more hay, corn stalks
straw, or anything to stop the
mouths of cattle, is heard from al
most every direction, from those
who have much stock on hand. ]
do not know what viii, be done
with the cattle if we have no gtasl
| by the first of April. AZ ~
| WAUsHARA.
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INDIAN DEPREBATIONs.
Esw Claims fer Damages are to be Set
tied.
STATE OF KANSAS, OFFICE OF
ABUNDANT GENERALLY
TOPEKA. March 7. 1871.

STATE OF KANSAS, OFFICE OF
ABUNDANT GENERALLY
TOPEKA, March 7, 1871.
Circular No s.
1t is hereby announced for the
information and guidance of all
concerned, that, by virtue of an
act entitled San act to provide for
the settlement Of the losses sus-
tanned between the years 1870 and
1871 by the settlers on the west
ern frontier, from Indian depreda-
tons, approved February 2Sth,
1872, the following named COM
mtssioners, have been appointed
by the governor Of the state Of
Kansas, Wis.,, David Kelse, OsHe-
so, Labette county; F. P. Baker,
Topeka, Shawnee county, and
Henry Brandley, Bazaar, Chase
county.
They will meet ct Oswego, Kan
sas, on the first Monday in March,
1872, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, and organize by cleo
ting one Of their number chairman
and one clerk; they win then pro-
coed s'to examine in all particulars
into the claims Of citizens Of this
state, residing on the frontier sd
jacent to the country roamed over
by Indians, which claims are for
the loss of stock and other prop
erty stolen, destroyed and gone to
waste by reason Of the depreciation
Of Indians of any tribe that fire.
quentIy have passed through that
region Of country, and also any
claims that may be presented for
damages for loss Of property only,
that may have risen from any set
en- from any settler having been
compelled to abandon his claim or
farm or home by reason Of said In
dian hostilities or raids
The commissioners will remain
in session at OsWego until they
have audited and allowed all the
Iclaims In that part of the state
which come within the provisions
of said act, and then adjourn to
Topeka, where they will audit and
allow the claims for the remaining
portion Of the state.
i Claimants viii, If known, give
the name or tribe of Indians that
committed the depredations. The
forms of proof viii be the affidavit
| ef the claimant. supported by at
least two disinterested Witnesses,
and such other evidence as the
commission may require.
The commissioners will make q
report TO the governor, on or before
the 10th day OF April, 1872.
DAVID WHITAKER.
4, Adjutant General.
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ton now reeurs on agreeing to the
resolution and the Senator from
Maine GMr. Hamlinl moves that it
lie on the table for the present.
Mr.. PoAfERoY. Let the paper lie
on the table with it.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The report
in this paper does not purport to be
adopted. reads, E'The following
is a copy III full of the report SUBJ
mitted to the Legislature yesterday"
1t will lie on the table. The Sena-
tor from Maine now moves that the
resolution lie on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
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E a report made to the committee
Of seventy in New York shows that
since December, 1885, the enor-
NOUS sum Of 412,153,677 has been
assessed for extending, opening
and widening streets.
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|. 4. CHAMPLIN. ID. F. HUGHI

GsToNE CUTTERS AND CONTRACTORS
- We arc prepared 70 do all kinds OF stone
euLLIng, such ~ window EtllS, circular caps
Of aII design. lOor sillk, columns, mouldings,
amt all work in the tone cutting line that
builders may desire. They also furnish bases
ana sockets Tor tombst0nes. Or1erS promptly
nllSI shop on the corner OF Fourth AYenue
and Constitution street, Emporia, KAnssS.
Ianl19tI a...
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Adiutant Genera

The Jacksonville journal says
that Rev. Peter Cartwright is still
alive, although reason has fed for
ever. He breaches and Prays in
sanely and incessanfIv.
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IA 70 furnish plans and pecincatlons for ali
Kinds OF mechanical structures. Is prepared
TO do carpenter and joiner work, either by
the day or contract. shop on the corner OF
sixth avenue and Constitution stEoet.
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Il q. CLEYELANn,A

EENTRAL LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
~ STA BILE, on 9Th Avenue. between Com
merciAl and Mechanics Street, Is now open 70
and ready for business, and viii furnish teams
~ any time during the day or night Pas
SongerS conveyed 20 any part or the country
boarding transient stook. lanl12tf
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= N ROBINSON & SON, Proprietors.
1Is Corner OF Merchants street and sixth
Avenue. This house has been rented and
furnished throughout, and Is now open TO the
public. Stages leave daily and connect with
NIL Eastern Railroads, janlT1tf
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T. ~. FRY 1921, 4cr.0
%EALRR IN CLOCKS, WATCHES AND
IL JEWELRY, corner room, Bancroft
block. Commercial street. Repairing done on
short notice and in u satisfactory style
IEnlTatt
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LIVERY aIARLES.

= y y. u. DAVISI
y livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE, on
Fourth avenue between commercial and
Mechanics street, Is now prepared to let
livery teams, carriages, sleighs and saddle
horses, NJ living prices. Good care taken In
boarding TRANSIENT stock. Also good wagon
ward n III H IAnltf
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RORINsON HOUSE,

CSIxTH AVENUE east of Commercial street
y 4. J. HAHKLA, Proprietor. Furnishes
hrst-class accommodations at most reasona
BILE prices. stages leave daily for al points
South n at and sonth of EInporia.1 lant12tf
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BARBER SHOP.
Wa. HUEsTIs
JEWELER

UNIRDT-CLASS SHAVING, HAIR CUT
Il TING, etc, in williams building, cor
ner Commercial street and Sixth ayerue. En-
trance on both streets. JanlgI2-1y
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PAINTERS

'" g. BENsCH q JONES, - -,
PAINTERS. House, Sign and Carriage
Painting. Graining, Paper Hanging, &C,
Shop on sixth avenue, between Mechanics
and Market streets, EnporiA, Kansas.
lAnl13n 49, IL. - ~ u = -
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oDD FELLOws.

"NION LODGE No. IS. Meets at Odd Pel-
oWs' Hall, over Emp0ria Bank, every
Tuesday evening ut 8 O'Clock. Members a
good standing In vited 20 attend. z
d. 8. eIEnoHE, Secretary. So -
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TEMPERANCE.

EMPoRIA DIVISION No. e. sons 4
~ Daughters OF Temperance. NEE T. 81
Eskridge Hall every Monday evening At
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oUNsMITh.

ALEX. SMITH
AKANUFACTURER of and dealer In Ri
M nes. shot Guns, Pistols, and sPortEen's
1rIlclss, COnmereial- street. near the Courl
Iouse. JAnlT1tf
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nOTELS.
RUCKErE HOUSE.
MADISON HOUSE

E1IFTH AVENUE, EmporiR, Ksnsas, neal
u corner OF Commercial Street. BirdsAn
: rama, prOprietors JanlI2tI
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CHARLES WHEELOCK.

~oNTRACTOR for stone work and plast
~ ing Is ready TO furnish materigls. WQFk
done promptly and satisfaction given: Res
feif1a-Iy
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MOUNTAIN LODGE, I. .. G. T., Nc. IIs.
y Meets every Wedne day evening In Esk-
ridge Hall ~ * O'Clock. All mcr1DeFs Of
tho order In good standing are Invited 70 as
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BUILDERS. ARCHITECTS, 40,
Il. II. sPKAGUE,

...r..r. -H-r e. II. 6RHAGUEs - iltF r
TARPENTER AND BUILDER. Shop on
7th Avenue, between Commercial and
Mechanics street. Ali calls promptly attend
Ell to. jAnl79 II
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NARNEss AND sADDLERV.

CHAS. y. NYE,
DEALER IN sADDIEs, HARNESS,
whips, wagon covers and ptASteripg
hair, No. ieO Commercial street, 5EmPori2,
Ennsas ~ = = ganfTetf
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I'D. WRI0HTs n. D.,
HFYICE over Emporia Bank. Resldenee
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,. 4. MOORE, n. d.
nHlaTOIAN AND SURGEON. ONCE at
Il the Drug store or Moore Z Weaver.
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SURVEYOR
MISCELLANEOUS cARDs.

n. ROBERT A1ILLIKEN. q,
%OUNTY SURVEYOR, AND CIVIL EN-
OGINEER, EmPoria. Kansas. lAniIxu
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.r e. w. PROTHEROR,
A TToRNEY AT LAW, Reading, Lyon
~ oounfys Kansog. - FHAs Jauif1tf
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MASONIC.

ESAPoRIA LODGE, No. II, A.F.& A. n.
IL Meets At heir hall. Ruggles 4 Plamb,s
building, on the Thursday of or next proceed
two weeks thereafter Master AaSons In
good standing are cordially invited 10 attend.
ut Rw-N- sa.r.sarS
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!. r. PHENI0s .. Ea -rl
A TroRNEY AT Law and Notary Pnbllc.
"A Eureka. Greenwood county, Kansas.
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+. MORRIS, NJ. d.
nFFIcE oyer Thomas q Jones' store, Com
~ merelRl street. Specially - diseases
OF women and children Jan26Tatf
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NDosHo VALLEY LODGE, No. lB. A. r.
IN every month, 1t Eskridge Hall. All Mas
Ter hasons in good standing are invited 20 at
CT ALExAxDER. sec'ty JSass-Iy
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GMP OKLA s0oIETIEs.

UILLAAD DAVIs. =. NAY D0HLEY
DAVIS \ DoNLEY
A TToRNEYs AT Law, PArSOns, Kan.
IA sAs, Jan1Tatf
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ElMPORIA CHAPTER, r. A u. Meets Al
~ Masonic Hall, on the 1st and Sd Friday
evenings OF each month, nc TX O'Clock. Com.
Panions In good landing are cordially inyis'
ID 70 attend. L. ID. JACOBS, II, p
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| did he repeat her name, until the
idea gained control Of his mind that
he had heard the name before. But
he was unable TO say when, and he
ct last attempted to dismiss the
I thought SIS an idle vagary. But his
mind FcOntinualy reverted to the
metteF, although nothing occurred
to him to solve the mystery. One
night, while dreamily glancing at a
parcel of old letters and papers, a
card dropped out, which he instant
ly recognized as the one which he
had received in the dreary hospital,
and which, on examination, proved
to be Inscribed with the nsme of the
lady whose gfaces rad but few
days before fascinated him so deep
ly. He instantly decided to address
note to her, informing her of the
pleasure he had enjoyed in making
her acquaintance, and also execut.
ing long cherished design in thank.
ing the lady whose kindly gift ha6
frightened his dreary hospital life
To hls great joy he coon received
an answer which expressed q sim
liar pleasure at thus forming his &C
quaintance, and told of her surprise
at hearing, SO long q time after, O
her war gifts. Our hero, on return
: ing to his Eastern home, passed ,
: day in this city, when he visited hi
, charmer, and left more deeply il
l love than ever. Frequent letter
3 have passed between them sine,
: that time, and the soldier bow ha
been attracted to Fort Wayne 70
d the second tim4 OF course we ar
3 rot In the secrets Of the eoui5ie, bu
: think from everything we can hear
t we can safely predict that before tn
: year 1879 is completed, Fort Wayn
will lose one of Its Iovliest damseIs
= who will no doubt go East to be
9 come the wife of the brave soldie
n boy, now q prosperous merchant,
) The above incidents will be read
i ilY recognized as actual occurrence
by few. Young people in our cit,
= who are acquainted with the Gil
y cumstanees, and we can only hou
= that the result may be such as y
. have predicted, in order that th
IS aRomance in Real Life NAV
properly carried out.-Fort WayI
j. Gazette.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-18
Z Race sJrl.sg,


The Lindsay .CansdD Post gives
the following graphic accout ol a
swamp fire -" Though swamp fire
S not as bal as prairie lirc, /, i, yet
Formidable enough, as s5mo Canadian
scntlemcn who were laying out the
line o! n railroad recently t0uad. Ia
the prosecution Of their labor, they
had penetrated the Long Ssnnp ab,u:
half a mile, VIXEN suddenly the aticn-
ton OF Mr Tate, one Of The party. was
attracted by loud roaring, a. 81 the
approach OF IL hurricane. GA looking
ia the direction whsnce the sound pro-
cccdei, to his horror he obs ,ryol frs
rushing toward them at rapid rate,
licking up everything in its way aud
Telling large trees in every direction.
Mr.. Tate ordered stampede at once, an
then began race. At the start, the
lire Uas fully three hua!rei yards or
Away rushed the VIII 10 party. white
mca and Indians, scrambing over
LOGS, through brush heaps, tumjling
headl0ng into holes, barking shins.
spanning ankles, scratching hands aud
tearing clothes, but not word was
spoken, DO stopping to look back or
asking for companions in tho rear I;
but each struggling to reach the cloar
ing, Owing TO the densene.s Of Of the
swamp, though every muscle was
strained, progress was like walk
compared to the rapid march Of tho
fire. Fortunately, they reached the
clearing in safety, but not moment
too soon; for the fire was but ten feat
behind them when they emerged from
The woods had they delayed minute
later before starting, the probability
is that they would have lost their
lives"