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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
CHAPTER XXXY
THE TWO MEN.

ing OuL MS hands.
1 waded through the water till came close
10 hin.
"Ay, here / am" ] answered. lhank
God you are safe; but he's ne deau Oh Nv
ing?'
"LaWd knawsp' was the reply. he ma
lain like that these two hours ana thought
the waters were rising TO wash us aWaE.
So loud was tile thunder on every Slde Oh
us, t. "e bad 10 shout at each other III or
der To BE- heard; and even our shouts sound
ed like mere whispers, though we were 50
close to-ather.
took light from my hat, ana TeachihS
out OIL r water looked into the young mas
ter IS i#ce 1t was CHASTITY paIe, 3.t IheTe
was a mark Oh the temple, as OF blood. L
put ~ hand upon his heart. and discovered
that ~s family beating.
-. .Ea- still, said; then, without more
parI, discnga2ed myself iTo'" tAe rope
and ;" .a."eied u m@oe IL last b" o1o aei'a5-
less p" il. As did 50. the water almost
swc. u" away, hnt ! held on To the rock
and Kcpt my pLacr Hhan the rope was
firmly secured under George RedTuth's arm
pits, J shook him sharply, and, to nlJ JOY, he
opeuc his eyes, partially recovering from
his tnropr.
Th"u | touche., tie rope, and pointed up
ware making ~, that he vas % Dc drawn
up. lie seemed scarcely to understand; Out,
liftM- him in ms arms, placed AIm Ill posi-
ton, and then tu2ged three times as signal
for t." men to haul in.
Thee was a momentary pause; then tie
rope frightened, and th" light body began
slow to ascend. Stiu Wast-a"cp in the
sea, I watched it journey upWard-laX and
loose IS dead thing, 30" raspln@ against
fine damp walls nov Quyer]n9 and turning
round ard round; It'll it pissed the first plat
form. FIR, far above it, | saw the faint
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
FAILURE AT PORTAGE.
Parry amt Muir, Ory Goods Dealers, Make
an Assignment.

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PORTAGE. Wis, March 19.-Parry &
Muir. VINO have been doing d dry goods
business here since 1865. voluntarily as
signed to L. L. Breeze, of Breeze. L0omis
& Co. The assets and liabilities are each
about S35 GOO. Poor business for the past
two years Was given as the cause. The
firm was always supposed to be sound
financially, and the failure caused great
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
RUSSIAN THANKS.

Mayor stuart Receives ToIegrams of "A
Most Cordial Nature.
PHILADELPHIA, March 49, Mayor
Stuart this afternoon received a cable
gram from Liban signed by a number of
Russian officers warmly Welcoming Amer.
leans accOmp InyIug Jne steamer lndlana
and transmitting TO the people OF Phila-
delphia expressions of lasting gratitude.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
Mitchell WAY Succeed Sawyer.

WAsHINeToN, D. c., March 21-'It In
my opinion that Millionaire John L.
Mitchell of Milwaukee has his eve on
Sawyer's seat in the senate" said
Chairman Henry c. Payne of the Wis
consin Republican committee.
Mr.. Payne thinks Mitchell may pos
sibly realize his ambitions. ''Mr.
Cleveland p" said Chairman Payne, 'is
the most popular Democrat mentioned
for the presidency. Our German voters
like his views on coin and his general
conservatism We Republicans prefer
to see any other Democrat nominated.
rs Wisconsin is doubtful State"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25

The bank of Portugal will assist several
banks owing to whose weakness the huan
cial crisis Is due
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
Cotton stu Failing,

NEW YORK, March 2t.-Cotton con-
tinues on its way to doubtful bottom
price. The continued large receipts
indicate that the years crop will DO
quite up to last years phenomenal one.
Advlces from the South report every
thing down there as blue The cotton
exchange reflects that condition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
JUDGE briggs DEAD.
Sudden Demise of a Prominent Jurist In
Chicago.

CHICAGO, March I9.-Judge George
briggs, of the circuit court, died suddenly
today from an aggravated case OF quinsy
sore throat. Judge briggs was native
Of New York state ana practiced law IN
Washington and Columbus, Ohio, several
years b ofore coming TO Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
YOCUM MURDER CASE.
Emotional Insanity is the Line of the DE
Tense.


Tense.
HASTINGS, Ne5., March 19-The de-
Tense In the Yocum murder case is emo
tiona insanity A dozen witnesses
testified that Captain Yocum acted
strangely since he learned Of the
stories Of Van Fleet concerning his daugh-
ter Miss Yocumb also testified to the
persecution she had endured from Van
Fleet and now he threatened to blast her
future. Two witnesses were called In re
Guttal Arguments will begin tomorrow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25

A caucus of the friends Of Senator
Chiffon, at which the senator was pres
emf, was held tonight, but did not decide
as to Withdrawing him from the
senatorial race. Further action of
the caucus was postponed until
Monday A Mills caucus was also held
TO devise methods for assuring his cleo
tion, though it is regarded as something
practically accomplished.
The Rev. Edward Il Smith was dropped
from the Oshkosh Ministerial association
at his own request. Charges of unsound
Christian belief had been preferred against
him. He made no defense but, on the adj
' ice of his congregation, rendered his
J esi gnation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
Chiffon WILL WITHDRAW.
Mills NAV Yet Have a Clear Field i
Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas, March Ex-senator
Horace Chiffon reached here this morning
from Washington to look after his sena-
torial interests and his friends say tonight
he will withdraw, which leaves Mills
without opposition. Coi4on will
probably make public the withdrawal ad-
dress to the legislature Monday night.
The house today, 50 to s. adopted CON
current resolution declaring the tariff the
permanent issue AMI that the representa-
tives in congress be instructed to vote for
the tariff reform bill as well as the free
coinage bill.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
THE END.
BASE BALL TEAMS.

Lists as Completed for the Coming Sea
son.
CHICAGO. March Is. The membership
of the teams in the western league is as
follows:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25
THE
Master of the Mine.
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.

Tho visions Of the earth were gone and fed
lie saw the giant sea above his head.
KEATS Endymicn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-25

TIE BEGINNING OF HE END.
1t was the supreme moment Of my life;
and standing there before my darling, daZed
and joyfuliy beWidered, with her beautiful
face turned. radiant with love, on mine well
might | have echoed the ecstatc Cry Of the
lover pf lovers.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
A Young Samaritan.

A tired-looking woman on the Four
teenth street platform. Three children
are tugging at her gown and begging
for another sight of the enhancing
windows below them. She tries vainly
to divert their attention, and finally
losing control of her temper soundly
slaps the eldest and most peevish. A
sweet-faced girl, with the little silver
cross of the Kings Daughters at her
throat, turns at the sound of his ,lusty
roars, and producing a lovely striped
stick of candy presents it to him.
Instantly peace is restored; two more
equally consoling bits of sweetness are
presented to the other open mouthed,
starving youngsters, and as the Harlem
train comes along the girl helps the
family on board, mods smilingly to the
wornout mother and makes her way
downstairs Y. Press.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
FILTHY CITY.

The People of Pekin Are Far From Cleanly.
"If ever you go to Pekin, China, do
not stir out of doors after dark" said
young Englishman recently. "While
was travelling in the orient fell in with
several young men and together we Wis
tied the Chinese capital. We reached
there late in the evening, and after din
ner some of the party proposed stroll
through the streets 1t was quite dark
when they set out and street illumina-
ton in Pekin is not very advanced.
They returned in an hour Or So and, as
they entered our stting-room, those who
had remained within exclaimed: For
heavens sake, what smell is that?" A
most uncomfortable stencil seemed to
come from the persons of our compan'
ions They had perceived it themselves
they said, but could not account for it
Lights were procured and examination
showed our wandering friends boots
and trousers covered almost as far q:
the knee with reeking filth They
| cleaned themselves, but their boots anG
trousers had to be thrown away.
"By daylight next day we learned th'
| cause of the annoyance. The Chimes
cities are very dirty. The streets ar
the dumping ground of all sorts of refus
and excreta. The modern convenience
are unknown there and the people us
the open streets for all purpoaes. Th
result is that the pedestrian has to pic
his steps to avoid planting his foot in
we'll, where he would not like to plac
it. If you are in pelsin and must go ou
at night. take y lantern With youz"a
Chicago Post.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
Some Stock Tricks.

A clerk in a well-known dry goods
store related trick common in his
establishment. A lady asked for cer-
tain kind of cloth which, she said, she
had been unable to find in town. She
was shown just what she wanted, but
when the price was stated it was found
too cheap and after all not what she
desired. The clerk was obliging and
offered to send east for what she
wanted and promised to have it there
as quick as mail and express could
bring it This was satisfactory and
the lady went home. The clerk then
cut the required amount of cloth from
the roll which he had shown her
wrapped it up and placed an old ex-
press stamp upon it. He added fifty
cents to the original cost per yard, to-
gether with the express charges, and
when the woman called for the stuff a
few days later she expressed herself
delighted with the goods and paid the
cost without a murmur. Women fre-
quently call at the same place and pick
over pile of dry goods without find
ing what they want, because the quail
thy is too cheap. The same roll is
taken from right before their eyes and
returned to the shelf and Immediately
brought back with higher price on it
and then proves very satisfactory to
the purchasers. rs.-Chicago News.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
CEYLON FISHING BOATS.
How the Parawas Ride the Stormy Waves
of the Indian Ocean.

The Parawas, or the fishermen of
Ceylon, form distinct class by them
selves. They are sturdy, industrious
race, and lead a dangerous and exciting
existence, battling with the surf, which
breaks heavily over the reefs by which
the island of Ceylon is almost entirely
surrounded. The boats in which these
fishermen pass great part OF their
lives are of a very peculiar construction.
They are hewn from a single log, gen.
orally about thirty feet long, and not
over eighteen inches beam. They are
kept from capsizing by an outrigger,
which is log of wood as long as the
boat lying parallel to it bout twenty
feet away The outrigger is held in
place by couple of bamboo poles, which
are curved above the water so as offer
no resistance by dragging. In the event
of heavy squall, w hen the outrigger is
not sufficient to balan ce the pressure on
the sail, member of the crew acts as
shifting ballast and per ches himself on
one of the bamboo poles. This is called
a 'one-man breeze" and is exciting
work A "two-man breeze" when two
of the daring fishermen become ballast
for the frail craft, is time of serious
danger. The construction of these out
rigger boats enables them to sail over
the reefs, and driven before a fresh gale
at furious rate to pass safely through
the foaming. dashing breakers to the
waters of some placid bay, where cocoa
nut trees form graceful fringe along
the shore.
The speed attained by these Gin.
galese fishing boats is something mar
velous They have been known to sail
fifteen or twenty miles an hour, skim
ming over the waves with the velocity
and lightne ess of bird, under the skill
full management of the Cingalese fisher
men.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
THE LAST OF A FORTUNE.
The Sadly Suggestive Words Written on a
Dollar Bill.


Have you ever been far from home,
among strangers, with no friend within
reach, standing face to face with your
last dollar? If you have, the incident is
yet impressed upon the tablets of your
memory; it is something you are not
likely to forget. Great men and wealthy
men have written about how they
earned their first dollar aud how large
it looked to them, and the hope that
was inspired by that first dollar, and it
has been interesting; but there is
world of difference between the coming
and the going of the dollar, and no one
seems anxious to say what they did
with their last dollar.
Many fortune has been made with
the first dollar; in fact, there must be q
first dollar to every fortune, but the in
stances are very rare where the last
dollar has been made the basis of for
tune. 1t takes grit, and a great deal of
it, to put the last dollar back in your
pocket and go and make fortune with it
A short time ago teller in one of
the city banks, in handling package
of money, came across dollar bill with
'This is the last dollar of fifty thou
sandr written with red ink across the
face of it. That poor wretch did not
think it worth while to save the last
one. as its forty-nine thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-nine companions
had fed. 1t is hard for one who
has not experienced the situation to
imagine the feelings of the individual
who penned that crimson Endorsement
before he parted with the remnant of
his patrimony. The vision of the good
times past, the carousals over midnight
suppers after the'opera with boon COM
panions, the race-track. and a thousand
and one other dissipations, rise before
his mind as the last dollar goes-in all
| proba bility over the bar, and he sees
no more good times in prospect The
feelings of a young man the next morn
| ing after a night with the boys,
are not to be despised, when, feeling
through his pockets for change enough
for "bracer'' he pulls out a little wad
of green paper and realizes that it is his
last dollar. He looks at the bit of
paper, and never before, unless he has
| been in the same fix before, did 1t seem
so precious; he fumbles it with un'
steady fingers and almost before he
knows it, it has gone, and few jingling
| pieces of silver is all that remains to
him In such a case the silver gen.
orally follows the green back in short
order, and he is "brolze."
The stories of last dollars would be
far more interesting than the stories o1
first dollars, but they would not be such
pleasant reading The first dollar is
the harbinger of what is to come; the
last dollar winds up the procession. II
is the last guest from the deserted ban
quet hall, whence all but hope, and oft
times hope itself, has fed. An old
Italian proverb says: mo friend save
God and dollar in your pocket" Wher
the dollar is gone man is in-well, he
is in pretty had fx.-Texas Siftings
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Wanted His Nieht-Cap.

'Go to bed sir, in the closet there"
said the enraged father to his son, who
had given him just cause of offense.
Were it not that these gentlemen are
present would give you sound whip
ping, but you shall have it before break
fast to- morrow" The little culprit went
to bed with beating heart and the en-
joyments of the party were continued
till late hour. just when the party
was about to break up the closet door
was pushed gently open and the little
offender thrust out his curly head, and,
with face plistening with recent tears,
desired that the sentence might be put
in immediate execution. Father, would
you jist gle zoe my licks the moo? for !
Gamma sleep without them" N. J. Ad'
vertiser.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24
MINNOWS IN PONDS.
Facts About the Little Fish that IL Used for
KRASf

Facts About the Little Fish that Is Used foE
Bait.
Many persons have noticed the re-
markable changes which often occur Ill
the life of ponds and streams In solno
cases these are readily explained by the
influence of settlement, with its neces-
sites and caprices, and their demands
upon water-courses and reservoirs. Bltz
again there is an element of mysterl
about some of the transformations durS
ing a generation. AS an illustration, We
NAV refer to a recent conversation with
a correspondent.
Near this gentleman's home at Welles-
lev, Mass, there is small sink hole
about one hundred feet in diameter,
known as Schoolhouse pond. Durin :
Mr. Denton's boyhood this was full ot
catfish or horn pouts and contained no
| ether fish.
About eight or ten years ago fishing
| party, on their return from trip, had
a pail of bait minnows left over. One OF
them said: Boys, it's too bad to throw
these minnows away; let's put them ii
Schoolhouse pond"
Into the pond they went, and to-day
the water is filed with them; they can
be caught in enormous numbers and hi :
Just the size for bait; but not single
horn pout nor any other fish, except tle
minnow, is to be found there. Wa er
plants are plentiful and frogs, too, but
the minnow fills the category of fishei
and supplies the neighborhood with
bait. These little fish resemble tbs
shad in shape. The same fish abound,
in Waba1 lake, near Wellesley, apo
keeps the bass and pickerel so well sup
piled that it is difficult to catch then
with live minnows
AS an illustration of their abundance
Mr.. Denton remarked that on one occa
sion, when he and his friends had ex
hausted their supply of bait they tool
up all the captured fish lying in the bot
!, tom of the boat, turned them hea'
| downward, shook them, and obtaine
, enough in this way to continue fshin
bali the afternoon. Forest and Streas
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BENTON, La, THURSDAY, MARCH "a, 1892.

botn hands to keep from falling off
The panther threw tactics to the wind
and fought with desperate energy. He
wasn't near so large as the bear, but
he was more active, and he went leap
ing, lodging, tearing and getting torn,
now up. now down, in every place at
once. AS to the noise they made pan.
demonium itself couldn't equal it. The
confined air OF the cave made it seem
worse, and l assure you it was almost
deafening. And don't you know
l felt comic rtable, sitting up there ON
that perch watching that kind of fan-
dango? AS long as the panther tried
jumping upon his enemy the bear got
the best of him every time, but when
1t came to a regular rough -and=tumb1e
fight the panther got in lick that told
every once in awhile. Consequently
they were both bleeding pretty freely
when the bear at last gave one of those
sweeping blows with his powerful
paw that sent the panther against
the rocky wall 1t lay there, stunned,
and In an instant the bear was upon it.
The crunching of the panther's neck
bones beneath his glistening teeth told
who had conquered. The conqueror
stood for several moments, licking his
wounds. After little he walked un-
easily about the cave several times,
and l sat uneasily on my perch, can
tell you He even lay down on the
sandy floor, and 1 knew he must be suf-
fering considerably. Hunger seemed
to overbalance his suffering, however,
for he presently dragged the body of
the panther down the cave and into
one of the other departments. After
waiting long time took off my fan
| mel shirt, tore it into stout strips and
made a rope of it, and fastening it
about the spur of rock easily swung
myself down and slipped out of the
cave. Not twenty feet away, up
the hillside, l found my horse
grazing. He had skinned his knees a
little in falling, but was otherwise
unhurt. The fire had divided just back
of where he fell, as those prairie fires
will sometimes, you know, and had
left him untouched, and l suppose he
scrambled out afterwards. Oh, yes,
got my gun from the saddle, and went
back to the mouth of the cave anG
gave one halloo! The bear came rush.
ing out, and left him lying there a:
dead as a herring. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24

with that low droop to the body with
his chin extended and his ears lying
fiat against his neck. Around and
around he went-swift, silent, stealthy.
The bear kept himself upon his hind
feet, and turned slowly as the panther
did, but he did not show half
the anxiety to fight that was shown by
his antagonist. The circling figure had
gone around about four times, think,
when suddenly it went through the air
like cannon ball. Instead of alighting
with it's teeth at the bears throat,
though, as it expected, it received blow
from one of those terrible paws that
threw it clear against the opposite wall.
It gave a shrek that was almost like
the cry OF human being as it fell, but
in an instant it was up again circling
round and round, with the blood run
ming down its sides from the long
gashes torn by the bears claws 1t
did not wait so long this time before
springing, but its leap met with the
same result The bear was ready for
it, and sent it spinning away to the
other side of the cave. Then began
the battle royal. / turned dizzy and
sick, and had to hold the rock with
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a Perusal.

-Insuring Perusal. - Fangle-
What are you cutting that piece out
of the paper for?" Cumso-"rm going
to take the paper home, and I'm very
anxious for my wife to read the article,
as it is on economy in dress If
merely take the uncut paper home she
won't see it" Fangle-''But j don't
see how she's going to see it if you take
the paper home with the item cut out. "
Cumso-"Well, when she sees the
place where the article was she'll be SO
curious to know what was cut out that
she'll send and get another copy. IN.
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