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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-09


it has penalty attached
"The penalty is what you think is
valuable in contract?"
I0S.V
"Did you ever study law?"
"Yes.D
1T has been long time ago hasn't
Yes"
What do you mean by pepalty?"
That which Is TO cause the en-
forcement of the contract
Mr.. Newton objected to Mr. Dem
man getting legal opinions from his
witness.
"If contract was so made tbat a.
railroad could hold the shipper in.
damagssif he did not haul the ireig hit
over the road would you consider that
more valuable contract pa
"Yes, sir.n
THE amount Of freighs nj ~ d.,
Gar 10 valuable it.n y ,ha ru oon on .ne
isn't it?"
"Yes, Sir,
"Tb!s contract compels them to take
sixty cars day doesn'tit?D
Won working days"
Denman-' Yes, / don'tsuppcse the
court would enforce the contract ir
they worked on Sunday"
Speaking Of weather. wouldn,t Il
eyes"
What did you say was the lowest
rate stone could be hauled pr
mile" WI POI
How much is that q ton?n
About 81 10 ton."
"You don't know what IL cost. 70
haul iull loaded train q mile ?n
~ do not.n
get for it?" ''1 0ouiu
mo sir"
well how do you figure out what
is the profit?"
II base my calculations on my past
our past experience Is reduced
sas, is it not?"
"Yes, sir.n
DID you make that contract mn in
Kansas yourself ?n
Eyes, sir"
How long lie the New York, Texas
& Mexican ?n ~
Ninety. two miles. ~
ito, " '' name isn {
Yes"
Why is 1t called the Mscsroni
road?"
"On account of the number of Ital.
ANS working on the road.u
was Mr.. Macnsmars down in that
country about that time?n
"Yes.n
What was he doing?u
"He was clerk in the general an.
office"
ieni?u
sc. L. Leslie.n
"You represented the G. HASA.
or a while?''
Eyes, sir.n
what did you haul salt app
From 10. 90 to 81 car from Harris
'urg to Galveston. We hauled coal
III from Galveston to Austin at 6 IA
ents lOO''
Where are you now stationed
''At Memphis"
what brought you down here?n
Mr. Mcnamara telegraphed for
ae. was brought here to testify in
mis- case and to take my daughter
rom school D
Did Mr.. Mcnamara telegraph you
come and take your daughter from
chool?'
mo, sir"
"What did you haul rails from Gal.
eston 10 Houston?"
II don't remember"
ton mile"
No, sir; we never charged less than
cent ton per mile"
Rates 0n'freig ht have been reduced
Texas during the past few years,
ave they not
Eyes, sirD
What Is the division rate in coal
ON Indian Territory?"
II don't know"
What date did you receive the tel
ram from Mr.. Macnamara?'
ION May 2S."
What did the telegram ssy?n
come TO San Antonio at once.u
The witness was discharged and
:. Amos Graves was sworn
What is your name?"
Amos Graves
Do you know B. F. Yoakum?"
Yes
Yes, sir "
10 you remember q time when
U went with Mr.. Yoskum to where
nrasent stock yards are now To-
= \ es, SIR"
Did you state to him that you had
IN favorable to the railroad COM
1y and friendly to the election of
dge King aud that you wanted the
OK put I'D during the present adj
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-09
Weather..

WASHINGTON, June 8 = Weather
VIII continue warm, probable showers
Friday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-09

Late Physician Imp. Hospital vi emma.
Otice Reuter- Building, Alamo Plaza.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
financial nlcciinqs.

NOTICE.
DOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL
i MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS or THt
uOCSATONGC RAILROAD COMPANY, called for OC-
ToBLE 18TH 1892 the stock transfer books Of said
Iany viii De- closed az O'Clock D. NJ. FRIDAY, Ok
IOIER 7T 1892. and closed until tho final
adjournment OF aid meeting.
Dated tn twcntythiTd day OF September, 1892.
By order o. The BOiId " Directors.
NJ. f., STONE, Secretary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
NOTICE..


NOTICE.
Notice T. hereby given that meeting Of the f-o-ioid
II the Weston Union Telegraph Company l. called and
will he held the ONCE Of the at No 1919 HroId
way, IN the city Of Ncwi York. the twcntyhfh d., Of
octpb,r A. n. 1897 10 the hour Of 10 o'clock NJ. To
yot, The ratification Of resolutions Of the Board "
Dire incfc,D The caDiu ~ Sid company
lie amount OF si3soo eco. CONSISTING ~ 1873 600 shares
o; 500 Zach ulpe the agc'ceat capital stock Of said
tOuIan slCO 600 90.
Dat-d. New York pt II. 1892.
JAY GOULD,
EU~ST.I.Is SAGE.
SAM FL SLOAN.
ALDNIO p. CORNELI,
john r. TERRY,
CHARLES LANfER.
tlGAS. T.. MAYER,
IEED'K. l.. ANI~,
ROBERT g. CLOWRY, 1'"''
JOUS -. MOORE
IRASTrS WINAN.
NORYGN GREEN.
HENRY VI. ELAGLER
JNO. NAS HORNE
EDWIN GOULD.
THOS. r. EcKERT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

, DyrRTIs FMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
a lllE NiNYOKK TRIBUNE WILL, o BE , RI
Sa5 d north Of Thryarst;t oo and A i sE:
ale - g. cor. .'d-st l52 Gthsye.; l57 Fourth-ave'
rorner Fourtenht 700 Ihd.aye corner &
i06 Wc. Fort .-econd.st 1872 C6umbusaye go Liberty
~ - Avenue l.3eS Thlrd.aye. 20 West teurteenth.
~ So West 42dsc; 149 Church-st 55t Third.aVe.
AS Thrt-aye. o5l ThIdaye h.t ll2tn and ll5th .tS
d tvcn,v afth.st: 243 West Opehundrcd and twenty
49, and AGO West One-hunded and forty hfhst. up
- = - m ut regular Office rates ga,
10 Ppr"oklvn at G3 Court-st. sos De Kalbave; LEO
rodf,rd ave and No. 10 Broadway, up TO D. IN. at
ofuc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
OCEAN Steamers.

A -UAMBU RG-AMERICAN PACKET CO.
IA. EXPRESS SERVICE TO LONDON
Via Southampton by the magnificent newtwin screw
50 OF 1880 horsepower. This line holds the
ord FOR fl-tast time London and the Continent.
Columbia Oct u. A. VI. T. bismarck, oct. l3. II A NJ
MEDITERRANEAN EMPRESS LINE.
WINTER SERVICE.
From SewYor To Genoa and Naples Via Gibraltar, ey
the twn-screw express steamers OF the Ham,
burg American Packet Co. Ocean passage less than days
l.t,t sailing, +. Bismarck, Noy L., o,.
Grand Excursion 70 the Mediterranean and the Orient
BY :. ). Fur-t Bismarck from New York February 4.
Duration 10 weeks Flrstcl9ss only -
HAMBURG-AMERICAN PACKET CO.,
81 Broadway. New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
Ccetures an6 nleetinss.

NJ EW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-No-
~ tce 20 Members. stated meeting VIII be held %
TUESDAY evening october fth at o'clock.
EDWARD y. DE LANCEY ESQ" viii read p,Der
on he First Celebration In the United States OF the Dis.
coyery OF America by Columbus"
O''N'' ANDREW WARNER Recording Secretary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

v Office i, hereby given that SPECIAL
TONlC RAILROAD COMPANY wlli De he'd a, III on,e
II AL ComIeny ia me cry Of BRIDrlPpEI, COS
SLCrICVr o. TT E~DAN, TUE EiHH4tEN ~ DAY
or OCIORl,K 1892 a. H. O'Clock noon, at which mot
ng there WI. submitted Tor u.e approval OK tr stock
hodr's l,a.e y y ,a.loii and prHrt o, saG ,oa'
FOhD RAILROAD COMPANY or th" term 81 ninety.
min. wear, fom July nl.f. 1880.
Dated the seventeenth DAY = september lS3-
~ order VI the BJard of DIRECTOR, $500
rNHE ANIMAL MEETING OF the st cllhold
o. Oh the 60. At Noflrn RAILWAY Company, for the
election OF urer sefte for IA. tenn OF three
yeafs and ~ the tran acton - snrh ohcf bu-ihi' ~
Iray conc Tor. ~ viI b. held q o." oiuc' OF tlr
con pany in &C. Pau Minnesota, on THURSDAY OCTOBER 49,
1897, " IL 0'co'k room M, o >rcuors s.c,,,,,v
o-,ober l. 1902.
ILGTol. CINTnAL EA,LEoAp COMPANY.
~ He ANNUAL MEETING OF the StOckhOld.
election of Directors aud Transaction - other hu.
will held Office o. the company. 10 the lty 81
O. ago. sate % Illinois, on Wednesday, october j.
'''-' '' NItX A~urR g. HACKSTAFF Secretary.
Nev-Yofk September % 1e'2
NETWORK. september Il. 1872.
" Office is hereby given that a meeting OF
v tho holders % first Ortgae cor .1dat " iit- ol
'he Colorado COrl and Iron COMPANY VIII be ir ~ ur
eouianv's onicr - Wal st. ln Lc city ~ y - ORR %
N~'day November H. lss. ~ O'Clock /. NJ. FOR the
p,r.rt1r, q, the sid Company ~ Mr. Henry x McHafs
- ''"''' ''' c. r. MEEK. President
1hr colorado coal aud Iron 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
Notiee 60 0afpapers.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES,
NO. 81 CHAMBERs->r STEWART BU1LDlNGl,
NETWORK, october 3. ls92
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
n Office Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
Assessment Rolls OF Real Estate Personal Property
and Bank stock in the City and County OF Newfork for
the 1892 and the warrants for the collection OF taxes
have been delivered TO the Undersigned and that AL the
Fad rolls and payable at
this Office
In OF payment before the first day OF Novem
Der next, the person paying shall be entitled 10 the
benefits menbo ned In section SAP OF the NewYork City
oidatiOn Act Of 1882 reduction OF interest at
the Of per per annum between the day OF such
plymenb and The first day OF December next:
GEORGE W. MCLEAN,
Receiver ~ Taxes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

PROPOSED PERMANENT INVESTMENTS
BOND SALES.
Location Character. ., Amount
N4-af'ic Tenn.-The last L. glslature author
fyod Tennessee STAT lunclng
E,ard 10 refund the ;. So ard u ~
cent bonds outstanding by an Issue
Of : cent. srnt-trnuai l1-l''r
amount Of ...................... 100 COO
controller Allen and TT asurrr Noue,
constituting the Funding Board ha,r
quietly negotiated the sale 81 te
Founders At rates not named through
Frederick Wolf. Of Ncw-N 0fk ad-
dress given.
BOND NEWS
Mansfield Ohio-The City Council recently
authorized issue 81 bonds 10 -
amount Of .----.-. -0uuV
10 secure the location here 81 Ken
yon Military Academy. Objection
has been made and tn. city solicitor
has begun Injunction proceeding -
restrain the sale OF bonds ON Inc
lrOund that the Enabling act passed
by the lat Legislature n secure tf
ninal point Of division oi ID"
pittsburg. Fort N3vne and Chic1ce
X. r. unconstitutional
NEW MINING COMPANIES
O'e''' Sinner Tfc,idcnt ,apitii -" 100000
Denver Co. j. j. I,n.,ey pr,,dent capital 10000
Helena, MOnt.-Gold Quart Mining and VIM
cap I'll '''''' .........''.......".. 2j,oC
Pomona Cai-Vrrlnia Mining Co.,. T.. IL.
Lewis, president. captal........-... l,OOOoVJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

ftlnsital Instruments.
AN ASSORTMENT or SECONDHAND GRAND
Wright ard square Pianos o. ogr male IN P!lci COR
ion and fulv warranted nlSo nunler ~ second h't
Pianos Of rrouhnent makers at Nely 10" pires'
WI. KNAUE " CO.,
las jth Ave-. near 10Th 81. New orh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

EUROPEAN FINANCrAL Markets.
London, Oct. g. I D. M Canadian Poetic S9l. l''r.
257- second cons0s 10SL, - Paul common, s"l, .
Ncw-York Central 1874 Ieadu 20 Mexican Central
new per cent bonds. Goa The amount ~ bu,lon
gone into the Bank OF England l1Anrr to-day 90 900
Berlin. Oct 3.-Tho st3icment Of the Inperal Bank
o. GERMANY decrease IN specie of SGfo2o ono mark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
French, francs, 3l9 S-s and BIZ - rcichmarls,

French francs, 3.l9 So and jl7 -: rcchmarks,
95 and % 10
In London British consols declined Lie TO o.
for money and 81 for the account TO tho same quo
taton lie Bank OF England gained 60, 600 bull
non on balance. In the open market money was
shade easier at i-ial per cent for bankers bal
ahceS: Ear silver was steady at 3S l-Sd an ounce
American railway share, were quiet but generally
hl@hcr IN sympathy with the home market. At
Paris French Per cents declined slightly 10 99.7O
The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of
Hcrmany again shows decrease In specie, amount
ing to So : 02, 900 marks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
financial.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD co

The annual MEETING Of the Stockholders CT the Illinois
Central Railroad be he'd at the General Once Of The
Company in Chicago at noon on Wednesday the 18th oil
October. 1897.
The Board Of Directors have determined 70 submit 70
thu. meeting with their recommendation for It's edopton.
the following proposition:
Tha. the Capital Stock OF the Company be Increased
from as 900 600 10 5000 900 BY issue Of Fifty
Thousand Shares sC0 each each Stakeholder OF record
on the Goth OF September 1902. % have the privilege OF
,ubscribng at par ~. one Share in respect 10 every
Nina Shares then registered his provided written
advice Of intention take such proportion oil new
shares shall be received by Company In NsrYork on
OF before Scp;ember 80, 1892
PAYMENT for shares 70 be made IN full 70 the
Company In NewYok between the 18Th and the 3lst days
az October 1892 the rate Of One Hundred Dollars per
share Certificates shares will be celiverec on the
third business day after payment in full shall have been
made.
Stakeholder entitled subscribe for fractions OF shares
shall upon payment therefor. receive scrip eoneiub'
into fun paid stock when presented In sums Of One
Hundred Dollars muupies thereof Such scrip shall
not draw dividends.
BY order OF the Beard Of Directors,
:. q. HACKSTAFF
August IL, 1892. ssefs~r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

OLD DOMINION a- LIX Sl;sr foo, Of neaen...-ron
NN,rirIONp MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ANp SAIL X
NV nv FF0I: NoEfOLK. OLD POINT CoMt0ET; NEW
p "a - XtWS AND PFTlRSsU re. VA. AND WAsu'
THT';roN D. c.. TUESDAY WM0NEsppAhYx; r TIL Hi kS'
5AY fTiniTRSDNY SATURDAY. AT 8 2 NJ. Railroad
and stat rooms apply at A. 229 26 .0I,
os- sn3 36o ga and 225 Broadway, the '.Wndsor,"
~ ave. or 81 company's Office Pier 20 N. X, Ne"-fsk
ACIFIC NAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
D LINES 70 CAIllOHNIA- Japan AND CElNH
-CrNTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO.
VI rom N.wYork pier foot of Cana St. North River,
Tor san hrauc SEQ, VIA the Isthmus OF fOsms.
Fran San Francisco. LIST ana Brannah sts"
FOL: JAPAN AND CHINA.
rElir .ai.- st c OF T. : pr, p, NJ; .,nv I.
ror u orce on the pier toot|Of canal y: X;
eoniisnS II. j. BULLAY. General Superintendent
DED" Dr LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.
IA EOv IAGUANRA. Puerto CABElLO. CUHACoAs
fO CORO AND MARACAlBO
HARBEgk STORES. BRO0kLfN. M - -
) :. PHILADELPHIA ..., >aturdy " " - y MI m
These American Steamships. especially built for Me
trade have very superior accommodations for
"'N' D0ULTON. BLISS & DALLETT
Tourists Agents. General Managers. lob tr0ht-sN
THos COOK SON :Gl and LIPS Broldway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04

EUION LINE. n,... ,,,,, srr,,rps
~ rOt ol FENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL.
Le,ys Pie. 81. N H.. foot OF III S-st
WYOMl N".-''--'''''- Saf,idav oct g : a. m.
Hi'tStN .........-. SATURDAY, oct. -. IL 80 p. M
Ntntrtt,N, ....... saturday. Oct. -, 10 80 a. m
csSn passage $50 eco $50 ae{ 500 scosd,9s {:
,,Gimer' H,'%Ma uNDERfTiLi. & co. IS grOidw.y.
y OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL
S,eam.rs leave n Francisco a. follows:
OrFA Y IL Ivui call honolulu. sat, OCT p, p M
XII IL ..... We jne.day, November 10, p. IN.
IL M ...... Thursday. December To- D. m.
~ We lrill call IcnOulu .. We'd jan 4, D. M
N' Snperbly appoipfed-Supsrlor accoHSnosstlene
pe..rxsiiqns w made bY letter er telegram 70 sne
ot,@ Man, seen al Isl 3i3 Broadway New YORK;
na,,rt Place Room -, Railroad buidhs, San iran
Geo ESQ = LELAND STANLoHD, PRESIDENT
NETWORK & CUBA Mail Steamship Co.
" W PEE 10 and II, East River
SATURDAY Steamers at T. M, ana others az . =, m
for Havana, Progress Camp.che frontera' Laguna,
w Tamp.co, IuXpam ard Vera tiuk..
,.,u Santiago de Cuta, Guantani:no, ana 'ieniurgos.
%i,,,sN liayana and (aidtn1s. We'd Oct D.
SNTTl Nt,O Nassau. stso dc cuba and CieniueRos
,p,z,r, Havana ard Mexican Ports -. sat, Oct. 3.
s,Tt,tArN Havana and Sa2ua -iuesr oNt IL
~ or ALEXANDRIA, Havana ana M'NlV"n "a, No. !,
limo ian, a dire,t come with and issues through
puis -, Intng 10 all points Mexican X w Co., Mcx'
ian Ccnt'a r. W. Co, Ltd and the Monterey ana MeAi'
can ouH Ito aT culers freight or passage apply
'lor W. pow NGEs g. warn Co.. ll3 Wall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-04
Bankers ano Brokers.
Dlpi6tno Notices.

TOLEDO & OHIO CENTRAL RAILWAY co.
Toledo Ohip. sent "A, 1892.
A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF ONE AND
"A oNE-QU AFTER PER CENT the piei rred stock
OF this company will be paid oct 3 at the Central Trust
Co.. OF Newly Ors..
Tmnsfcr books will close Oct. 10 and reopen oct. 20,
1892. JOHN +. CLINE, treasurer.
EALLATIN NATIONAL BANK. New York,
~ September 2S. lSJ2-Thc this Rank
this day declared regular dNidtn OF cent, ana
extra dividend Of per out OF the earnings Of
the past months, PAYABLE and Gfter October u,
proXlmO. The transfer boC1s Will be cO,td until that
date. ARTHUR W. SHERMAN. Cashier
OFFICE of the NETWORK AND IIONDU-
~ EAS ROSARIO MINING CO.. ~"lcuth floor Wcllcs
buildnG Is Brcslway.-Diydcnd 40; II. Ngw-fore
October 8. lS91Ihs Tn St have tas day declared an
eNto dividend II twcntYe cents per share the capital
stock NJ th COMPANY payable a. this Office. October II, 10
stockholders OF Tho Tr hsfr Books viii De clo ID
October T.. NJ. and remain closed until october
Is. Iy order Of the B0iId o, Trustees.
). JACOBY.
Treasurer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15

l. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem.
bershiE fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues arc GO Cents per share
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-s5oper share (par value, 5000,
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually, January l, and July 1, OF per
cent. per annum on the $50 paid in, which
is duly remitted by check to the share
holder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
seven years from date OF each series re.
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There is no investment anywhere
safer or moro profitable than it's stock.
With tho assets OF the Association in.
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit of the Association, on basis
not exceeding so per cent of it's value,
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders of the Associ.
alton, while the debt of the member
borrowing is being curtailed every
month of its existence, it is difficult to
conceive of a safer investment than its
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER G. TINSLEY, Roanoke,
va. apr19-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15

their sleep, with rattle of steel scab-
bards on bootlegs, cursing and STUN
bling over each other in the darkness.
"When the excitement was all over
and the men that had got up cursing
because there was an attack had
thrown themselves down again cursing
because there was none, my companion
spoke. Good shot; break um light
he said, and squatted down in his hole
again.
There was mo- more disturbance
that night.
lin the morning they found an In
dian in his war paint dead by the
stockade door. He was tall, very tall
as he lay on his face in black pool of
blood where he fell, shattered lantern
in his right hand and his head dress of
eagles feathers thrown far forward.
Some one turned him over and
showed where the bullet had torn a.
ragged hole in his throat.
There was almost smile on his
painted, stiffcned lips
"'Ogallala; big chief; Sioux said
my companion of the night. He was a
Sioux himself Further comment was
unne cessary, perhaps unwise
"But the mystery of the boyish
whistling was explained
"Clever, wasn't it?
"The colonel swore himself hoarse
about what might have happened and
insisted that l ought to be in the
service; and here 1 am, confound him!
81 cut one of the silver earrings from
the dead chiefs head and have kept it
ever since. See! Looks as though it
must have been hammered from an old
silver dollar and that crescent cut out
somehow. - c. Melville Upton, in
Harpcr's Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
a study of PsycI,olorr.

One rainy morning in October I sat
quietly reading my paper. when there
suddenly came to me the realization
that was not alone. In the midst of nv
perusal of the stock market quotations
experienced the peculiar and inde-
scribablc psychic phenomena which in
dictate the presence of another living
being. AS l am somewhat near sighted,
1T is my custom to hold the paper rath-
er close to my face when reading; and
yet, with itin this position on the morn
ing in question, was positive there
was some one standing directly in front
of me and looking at me intcnt!y. In
fact it seemed to me as though, through
the four intervening thiclsncsscs OF
my newspaper, pair OF eyes were
burning into my very soul. Suddenly
l lowered my paper and looked up.
Then, just as suddenly. I raised the
paper and went on reading NV worst
fears were rcalized The being who
stood before me was woman, and
there was not an unoccupicd seat in
the whole car. Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15

1.-THE men won't into camp a hundred
or moro yards away, down by the
river.
II, with an Indian scout, was sta
toned to reinforce tho guard on a
knoll commanding tho barred door Of
the stockade. We might incidentally
have furnished fine target there
against the sky for some beggarly
Sioux, so we set to work with ou..
knives. and with prairie dog hole rs
d basis, followed out pit large
enough to hold us if we doubled up
enough. AS we lay there, the breeze
Sprang up from the mountains cool and
fresh, bringing the thought of snow
drifts into that beastly hole.
"But it was light there. An Indian
smeared with stratum of red and yell
low ochre, which rather rctards per-
spiration, is not an agreeable subject,
even with some veilings of purifying
atmosphere around him. But in that
hole!
"Thcn, to make it worse, tho horses
of the settlement had evidently been
corralled there, and the refuse and
straw we lay in, in the damp night air
from the river, was very like what we
have here now.
But We lay still enough, while n
groggy-loolSing moon came up and
turned everything dark along the ridge.
Between us and the stoclSade it was
impossible to see anything. Half
regiment could have crawled up that
draw and we never seen them.
Suddenly, as we lay there trying to
fit our elbows into tho apulae of tb,t
hole, a light flashed out over the rise,
and some one whistling and swinging
lantern walked leisurely toward the
stoclSade door. He made n mighty
noise about it.
I'm afraid that ragged heap of bones
over the hill and the grave-lille hole we
were in had unnerved me a trifle Any
how thought had never herd any
thing so cheering and homelil1e as that
whistling. 1t made me think of times
when used to go out to the barn at
night when 1 was kid; it was so boy
ish and awkward
'' It's some boy afraid of the dark
whispered
My companion grunted: Yes; Iniun
no whustlc.'
THAT was so; they never do.
"'But what the dickens is the young
fool doing there, disobeying orders? I
believe I'll scare him a bit, l " his
pered; and with that whipped up my
rifle and fired at random over his head
The light dropped and we heard
scurrying of feet in the dead grass,
which was taken up and prolonged in
the camp as the men staggered out of
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pests toss and wave their branches, but
nature has dealt gently with them after.
all.
A short time ago the courthouse was
repaired, and the architect decided that
the roots of the largest tree, which is
about twelve feet tall and three inches
IN diameter at the butt, were looscning
the heavy sandstone cappings of the,
tower. He declared that in the interest,
OF public safety AMI the future welfare
of the tower the tItc must be removed.
AS soon as the intentions of the archi-.
tcct became known the citizens pro-
tested against the proposed action, and
in response to the popular wish the,
grove was left untouched.
How the trees came to grow on this
elevated and unproductive spot is n
problem that has never been satisfac-
torily solved. The tower, as stated, is
135 feet high, and is composed of solid
brick and stone masonry. The top is
covered with heavy sandstone bcdded
in cement. The prevailing theory is
that seeds of the maple were carried
either by birds c- the wind and depos-
tied in the crcviccs of the masonry.
Here they sprouted and, watercd by the
dew and warmed by the sun, grew and
hourished like the provcrbial peach.