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The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06

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DO 9ag yaaa' sAs said Agaiss,
Iopenea my eyes Wide and looked Al
her.
Take your children and go back into
your house, madam and lock the doors.
Don't wait minute and don't send any
one to look after me-you understands
She did. She turned as white as
sheet, but she was plucky and, says she,
Come children and walked straight
back to the house and into it and | heard
the doors and windows slam and the keys
turn In the lock. Then there was roar
like lion and | knew that she had let
the dog loose inside to protect her.
what in - 1t was Bill Doolin in a
white rage at my elbow.
'H--s--h. Not a word or I'll make it
the worse for YOU
He saw my revolver in my hand and
looked ugly, but was his pard and he
darsn't go back on NE. But he raved
and tore over what he called my girl
foolishness' in letting such snap escape
Just because a woman had said kind
word to me.
But it wasn't altogether that. When
[ heard that mother had died praying for
her wandering, vagabond boy with her
last breath, knew there was something
more in it than either Bill or me could
make OUT Detroit Free Press.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
The Girls We Need.

We have lots of young ladies and lots
of society misses. but the sweet old fash
Toned girls of ever so long ago are more
scarce than any glacial fossils. Let me
enumerate a few of the kind of girls that
are wanted. In the first place, we want
home girls; girls that are ''mother's
right hand" girls that can cuddle the
little ones next best to mamma and
smoothe out the tangles in the domestic
skein when everything gets twisted girls
that father takes comfort in for some
thing better than their beauty and that
the big brothers are proud of for some
thing that outranks the ability to dance
or to shine in society. Next, we want
girls of sense; girls that have a standard
of their own, Independent of convention
alities and are independent enough to
live up to it; girls who simply won't
wear trailing dress in the street to gath
er up microbes and denominations of dirt
and defiement; girls that will wear what
is pretty and becoming and snap their
fingers at the dictates of fashion, when
fashion is horrid and silly. And we want
good girls; girls that are sweet right
straight out from the heart to the lips ];
innocent and pure and simple girls with
less knowledge of evil and duplicity and
wrong doing at 20 than the pert little
school girl of 10 has nowadays; girls
that say their prayers and read their BIZ
bles, love God and keep His command
ments. We want careful girls and pru-
dent girls, who think enough of the gen.
erous father who tolls to maintain them
in comfort, or of the gentle mother who
denies herself much that they may have
so many pretty things, to count the cost
between the essentials and non-essen-
tials; girls who strive to save and not to
spend; girls who are unselish and eager
to be a joy in the home more than to be
an expensive burden. We want girls
with hearts; girls who are full of tender
ness and sympathy, with tears that flow
for other peoples ills and smiles that
light outward their own beautiful
thoughts. We have lots of clever girls
and brilliant girls and witty girls. Give
us consignment of jolly girls, warm
hearted and impulsive girls, kind and en-
tertainng to their own folks and with lit
tie desire to shine in the big and blazing
world. With few more such girls in
the world, life would freshen up as does
June under the spell of Summer showers.
Speed the day when they fill the world
once more, overrunning the spaces where
God put them as climbing roses do when
they break through the trellis to glimmer
and CLINT above the common highway, a
blessing and boon to all who pass them
by.-[The Horseman.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
A Contrast.

Two men toiled side by side from sun to sun,
And both were poor;
Both sat with children, when the day was done,
About their door.
One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud
And shining moon;
The other, with his head in sadness bowed,
Made night of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and singing
On mount or plain;
No music in the soul of one was stirred
By leaf or rain.
One saw the good i'll every fellow
And hoped the best;
The other marveled at his Masters plan
And doubt confessed.
One, having heaven above and heaven below,
Was satisfied;
The other, discontinued, lived in woe,
And hopeless died.
Sarah X. Bolton, in Boston Transcript.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06

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ss&ggsad. W!sAia aWslys taaatLs astsg ~
tieaaase, some person other than Arthur
Mayne. r. she remained unmarried, or
chose me for her husband, the wealth
destined for her was to pass to her eou-
sin, the new Viscount Keystone.
You will see that it was essential
for our happiness that we should not be
condemned to extreme poverty--as
would have been the case had we mar
ried at that time; and as had forfeited
all hopes of regaining my uncle's favor
it was absolutely necessary that we
should not let Roses fortune slip
through our fingers. IL seemed impossi-
BILE to retain a penny Of it; for the con-
ditions were that she should marry with
in a few months, and must not marry
me. We were literally in despair, when
Rose conceived the idea which extricat-
ed us from the difficulty. She resolved
to go through the ceremony of marriage
within the appointed period with an
aged man of humble circumstances, who
would, of course, not require her to live
with him. Such person she knew al
ready, for she had been great favorite
with old Dan in the early days of her
girlhood, when Lord Keystone lived at
the Grange.
Owing to my absurd scruples, the
ceremony was postponed until the last
available day, and was only not too late
to save my wife's fortune. We made
Dan as comfortable as we could, but the
devoted fellow could not rid his mind of
the thought that his life Stood between
us and the contamination of our happi-
ness. | have sometimes feared that the
reflection helped to weaken his hold on
life. He died about Is months after that
day when you married him to the lady
who is now my wife. And now, will you
come into the drawing room?''
The mystery was solved; and | also
understood that the distinguished look
ing stranger who came to inspect the reg
lister must have been the new peer, whose
hopes of fortune were destroyed by the
celebration of that strange wedding
GCassell's. ~
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06

Ouf oEcndiuS are ripe, our WIGS are oehuiA5
Low in the sun down their purple rows;
The keen edged stroke OF the sickle, descend
ing,
Sewers the corn,
And the breath OF the morn
Is as rich as the wine from the press that
flows.
The stubble slopes of the grain fields glisten
With tinge like gold as the fleet days pass;
The wind -harp's music you hear if you listen,
Murmuring low,
Now swift now slow,
And russell stain lies over the grass.
Though wine and orange the woods leaves
shading
Have painted the land like lovely fire;
o how can ii be that the old years fading.
When it blooms anew
With each royal hue
That the soul OF artist could well desire?
There's a muffied sound as ofnuts downdrop-
ping,
And the ring far away of lively fail;
The sweet June hay from the mows is crop
ping,
And the dun cows wait
At the barn-yard gate,
While the chore-boy lags with the milking
pail.
The days shrink shorter, the nights grow
chilly,
The wood-pile swells to enormous size;
The winnowed grain from the slant fields hilly
Goes down the hill
To be ground in the mill,
And the farmer waits tor the crop-price rise.
Now gay is the land as with rollicking laugh
ter;
There's tang in the air that abollshes Ills;
Away with thought, though care follow after!
There's time for signing
While Autumn is flying,
With fruits in the orchards and nuts on the
hills.
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The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
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Amid tho eeaaaleaa stir Of day.

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Anid tho ceaaeless stir of day.
While DER the fields cloud shadows sIeep
Dream.like away.
AS to weary heart there steals
A song from out the twilight's calm,
She something to the world reveals
OF promised calm,
Like one who broods alone and late
BY Memory's dim ember glow,
Turneth her eyes where Summer safe
Awhile ago,
And in their tender depths doth seem
Some shadow of regretful pain,
A If they tain would hold dream
OF that lost reigni
No young boughs budding doth she bring,
Nor early bloom of violet,
Nor feeting fancy of the Spring,
That can forget;
But in her face secret thxills;
Methinks she late had looked where lies
The royal purple of the hills
Of Paradise!
-[Virginia Woodward in Springfield Repuh
ican.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06

It's the wind that carries the ship across
less the hand of the boatman is held firm
ly upon the rudder and that rudder is set
hard against the wind. This is the atti-
tude of steadfast faith to divine omnipo-
tence. We hold the rudder, God fills the
sails. 1t is not the rudder that carries
the ship; but it is the rudder controls
the wind which carries the ship and so
God keeps us in perfect peace while we
are stayed upon him.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
A Season Song.

Our orchards are ripe, our vines are bending
Low in the sun down their purple rows;
The keen edged stroke OF the sickle, descend
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
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Thy WIN.

Not In dumb resignation
We lift our hands on high;
Not like the nerveless fatalist
Content to trust and die.
Our faith springs like the eagle
Who scars to meet the sun,
And cries exulting unto Thee,
o Lord, Thy will be done!
When tyrant feet are trampling
Upon the common veal,
Thou dost not bid us bend and writhe
Beneath the iron heel.
In Thy name we assert our right
BY sword or tongue or pen,
And even the headman's axe may flash
Thy message unto men.
Thy viii II bids the weak be strong;
1t bids the strong be just;
No lip to fawn, no hand to beg,
No brow to seek the dust.
Wherever man Expresses man
Beneath Thy liberal sun,
. Lord, be there Thine arm made bare,
Thy righteous will be done!,
L John Hay in Harper's
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06
LONG HILL.
IIIGHWA Y ETHICS .

Several weeks ago, in an article in the
BEE, the writer took occasion to dis
cuss, in plain English, road manners.
Nothing personal nor local was intend
ed, nor were the structures contained cal
culated specially for the latitude and
longitude of Long Hill. They were
suggested by the writer's experience up
on the roads at various times and in
various places, several times in peril to
life and limb. The road, at the present
time, is prominent topic in Long Hill
and quite naturally recalls kindred incl
dents of the past. Contrary to inten-
ton, the article referred to has evoked
considerable discussion in the BEE, some
of it just and some perhaps unjust; but
all decidedly spicy, if not acrimonious.
In regard to placing distractions upon
the roadside, which seems to be the pith
of the controversy in question, existing
circumstances may render it either justi-
fable or reprehensible. A neat, well
trimmed lawn in front of ones residence
is a thing to be commended, provided the
owner has time to first set in order
everything within his gates. Many of
us remember how, in the long ago, the
roadside in front of farm houses was
blocked by carts, wagons, ploughs, har-
nesses, woodpiles. hog pens and other
Instructions too numerous to mention.
None of us desire the return of those old
time customs. No we'll bred person will
wantonly drive upon and deface a lawn
in front of dwelling house after the
proprietor has taken pains to put it in
order But there are times when it is
not only convenient, but necessary to
the safety of the traveller, to invade the
roadside, even in front of dwellings and
the law upholds him. If he suffers dam
age from Instructions, he has remedy.
Often in the Spring time, there are
places upon every road so miry from the
action of frosts that it is dangerous, if
not impossible, for teams to get through
and no man can be blamed in such cases
for driving upon the roadside, even if
somebody's lawn suffers temporary in
jury. During the present season, while
the grading and macadamizing of the
Long Hill road has been in progress,
everybody knows that, in many places,
it has been impossible for teams to get
without driving upon the road
side and sometimes driving where, under
other circumstances, they would not be
justified, and the practice of placing OBJ
to prevent it, to say the least,
is not approvable. The temporary de-
Placement of even handsome lawn is of
less consequence than damage to vehi-
Gle or injury to person. But thissis
matter that need cause no contention in
the near future, with the people of Long
Hill. When the road now in course of
shall be completed, there
will be no occasion to drive upon any
body's lawn and whoever does it will be
Justly censurable. Mud holes and roads
torn up for repair will become matters of
history and every resident can indulge
his esthetic propensities by keeping a
handsome lawn in front of his premises.
Then let us have decent sidewalks from
one end of the street TO the other, so that
as well as those who travel
n vehicles, shall be provided for and
Long Hill will be indeed model village.
Il Traveller.
The Newtown bee., 1891-11-06

All the men and women who have
made the world better, happier or wiser
for their having lived il it, have done 50
BY working diligently and persistently.
Yet j am certain that not even one OF
these, when looking backward from his
manhood's prime, saw not the spectre Of
his misspent time.'
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
BETTER PRICES FOR GOOD COTTON
From Five to Ten Dollars More Per Bale
Made by Careful Picking and
Ginning.

WILMINGTON, \. c., August L.
Alexander Sprunt & Son, cotton export
ers, have issued the following circular,
which is important to cotton planters.
The accumulation of low grade cot
ton has overstocked the markets Of the
world, and this surplus will probably
have to be sacrificed at extremely low
prices. On the other hand; the supply
of good cotton is quite limited, and
there is always market for the better
grades. It IS therefore matter of the
utmost Importance to our friends the
planters, that extraordinary care be
taken in handling the next crop. The
greatest precaution should be taken to
pick the cotton only when it is perfect
ly dry, avoiding stained and sandy
cotton, which should be most carefully
kept separate from the better qualities.
Then exercise care in setting the GIN
saws, so as to avoid cutting the pie
and when packed, see that no gin falls,
inferior cotton, sand or water is per-
mitted in the bailing. This preparation
will insure ready sale at the best
current prices, while the neglect of
these precautions will probably cause
loss of from five to ten dollars per bale
to the farmer upon every bale he pro-
duces.
"Hitherto many ofour planters could
afford to take the easier course and gin
good, bad and Indifferent cotton to-
gether, but as the indications point to
ruinous prices for medium and inferior
grades next season, it behooves every
cotton producer to exercise the utmost
care in preparing his crop for market.
1--WE trust that our friends to whom
This letter is addressed will appreciate
our motive in Offering this advice for
their benefit, and that they will circu-
late it among their neighbors."
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
THEY FLED FOR THEIR LIVES.
Startling Stories of the Late Gre::t EARTH
qutIle-An Immense Tidal Wave
Sweeps Over the Country.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. "A cores
pondent at Yuma says: y report
brought in by the Cocopah Indians
states that the earthquake on the 30th
ultino resulted in changing the course
Of the Colorado River. 1t left the old
bed and now flows through crevasse
forty feet wide and 1000 feet long. The
report is not generally believed; but one
result Of the recent earthquake was the
renewed activity of the volcanoes in
that region. At the same time, tidal
wave occurred in the Gulf of Califor-
MIA.
VOLCANOES AND TIDAL WAVE.
YUMA, A. r., August 9.-Reports
continue to come in from the earth
quake region at the head of the Gulf
of California. Two Cocopah Indians. Of
the tribe that live near there, arrived
here yesterday. The tell thrilling
story.
Early Thursday morning hundreds
of mud volcanoes, thirty miles OF, burst
into violent eruption. The air grew
denser and many infants were sutfo-
Gated. At last violent thunder storm
cleared the air, only to show tidal
waves approaching with fearful rapid
ity. The waters arose, swallowing up
cattle, horses, grain fields, and driving
them for their lives to the top of the
mesas, hundred feet above the river.
The earthquake shocks then began.
The fourth threw every one down, Sc
riously iniuring many. The dust dark
ened the air. The rumble of the earth
quake, the sharp. explosion of the
distant volcano and 1.-THE believing OF
crazed cattle, made an unbearabie Cp-
roar, and the frightened Indians broke
and fled wildly up the river.
Two only succeeded in reaching here
who tell the story. The others dropped
exhausted along the route. Jose Perez,
a cattleman from Sendo, and five men
witnessed the scene from the top OF a
hill to which they had escaped. They
report that the tidal wave was fully
one hundred feet high and also that
there was river Of blush purple
fire which was flowing down into
the Colorado, near the Gulf. This
is undoubtedly from Sulphur Mountain,
which was set on fire by the volume Of
burning material thrown out by the
volcanoes.
Much property is destroyed. The
residence and all the valuable buildings
on the rancho of Charles Townsend,
breeder Of fine cattle, were levelled by
the earthquake. .:
EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
YUMA, ARIZONA, August l1.-The
daily arrivals from the region of Sono-
ra, on Colorado River, report most
wonderful change in the topography
and appearance Of the country. Many
old landmarks are obliterated. Promi-
nent natural objects are wiped off the
face of the earth. The damage done is
principally to the stock men, who have
lost many head of cattle. The Coco
pah indians are heavy losers.
A small stream four miles north Of
Laredo, which prior to the earthquakes
was readily forded, has become i'm
passable owing to its depth. 1t is now
necessary to cross the water courses six
miles back from the Colorado. The
Cocapah Indians now predict another
earthquake liable to occur soon. They
say natural signs indicate it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
STOKES AS EDITOR AND STOKES AS
DEEATEE.

We We're at the Prosperity meeting
and heard both President Stokes and
Senator Butler We were pleased with
President Stokes fairness and courtesy
in conducting the discussion. Nothing
was said by either of thsse two speakers
which could be considered harsh or
discourteous. But in the last issue OF
the Cotton Plant, Editor Stokes is
neither fair nor courteous in his hand
ling of Senator Buffers speech. The
following extract is particularly outra-
geous.
At Prosperity Senator Butler divided
all men into three classes. Two OF
these classes are honest including hln-
self. The "third one' he said, VINO
borrows at any price and never intends
to paw it back. This lost class IS the one
e0to aconts to 5orroa0 at , per cent. (ltal-
les ours). From the News and Cou-
rier's report.l This is a remarkable
statement from the Senator. The man
who borrows at any price and never
intends to pay it back" is a thief and a
scoundrel. According to the Senator,
therefore $1,000 Alliance man III South
Carolina, and a good many non-Alh-
ance men, who would like to borrow
money at 2 per cent, are thieves and
scoundrels. How do you like that,
farmers of South Carolina? 1t is an In
famous charge; but since it comes from
a United States Senator, of course II
Will keep our mouths shut-tlu the
next election.
In the above extract Editor Stokes
attempts, by course of deduction, to
convert statement which was under
stood by all present, to contain no Ting
at the Alliance into an Infamous charge
that 40, 600 Alliance men in South Caro-
lima are thieves and scoundrels. I do
not believe that there was single AL
lance man, or non-Allianeeman on the
ground who put or could put this con-
struction upon what the Senator
said. 1t appears by the report OF the
Press and Reporter, which Editor
Stokes reproduces in his own paper
that the expression was cheered. Ger
tainly it is strange that this should
have been the case, in q crowd COM
posed for the most part Of Alliance
men, if the crowd thought that it con-
tained an infamous charge against AL
iiaacemen.-No, Editor Stokes very
we'll knows that Senator Butler in
tended nothing Of the kind, and only
the ingenuity of Editor Stokes has been
able to discover it,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
A GIGANTIC SWINDLE.
Officers of Building and Loan Association
Arrested.

CHICAGO, August 1O.-Alfred Down
ing, president, and n. H. Tolman,
vice-president of the National Capital
Savings Building and Loan Associa-
ton of North America, were arrested
to-day by the Postofice Inspector
Stewart, charged with using the mails
for fraudulent purposes.
It is charged that the men who have
been conducting this association have
swindled thousands of people from
every State in the Union and taken
from 100000 to $500, 1000 and given no
thing in return. The victims hail from
Maine to California and are numbered
among the rich and poor alike.
From the facts already in the posses
sion of the authorities, the scheme will
parallel that of the great Fund W."
swindle which was broken up about
five years ago. There are still two men
at liberty, they having disappeared
several weeks ago. These two men, it
is believed, got away with most of the
funds.
Downing aud Tollman were held in
$1,000 bonds each by Commissioner
Hoyne. Both had lawyers on hand
and Tollman was quickly bailed out.
Downing was unable to secure bonds
men and spent the time in the custody
of the deputy marshal. One Of the at
torneys for the men says there was no
doubt that the concern was rotten to
the core but he, believed that Downing
and Tollman were simply the victims
of others guilt.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
Suppose Your Own Case.
1Greenyille News.

You, man, who are reading this, sup
pose the sub-treasury and the land loan
scheme was in operation to-day. How
would you go about getting dollar?
Have you any cotton or wheat? Sup
pose you borrowed eighty per cent. Of
it present price on it? Wouldn't you be
twenty per cent. behind where you al
ready are? You can sell either of them
in Greenville on sight and get one hun
dred cents on the dollar of their full
market price.
Do you own land already mortgaged?
Suppose you borrowed money from the
government on it? Wouldn't you have
to turn it right over TO the man you
have already borrowed from to give the
government clear title?
Suppose you have neither cotton nor
land? You could not get dollar from
the government even if the treasury
vaults were packed with silver and pa
per currency.
Character and credit are capital now.
Under the proposed system how would
they he worth rap? Now the man
who owns some property and who has
the reputation of paying his debts can
generally borrow money on his own
name or with a good endorsement.
With the sub-treasury and land loan in
operation be could not get dollar un-
less he deposited or mortgaged. Private
money lenders would be driven out of
business because they could not COM
pete with one and two per cent. rates.
When you talk of the land loan and
sub-treasury think of your own situa-
ton, and then take your neighbors one
by one and say how any OF you would
be helped.