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| threw black shadows here and there
and. hidden by one of them, he scru-
tinized the place carefully through a
pocket-glass that he had got from Miss
Laport, and he noticed for the first
| tiIpe that there were iron tubes rum
ming down that part of the wall of the
magazine that was exposed. They
looked like drain pipes at q distance.
He asked Laport about it and was in
formed carelessly that they were ven
| tilating tubes put in to make circula-
ton of air and keep the place dry.
There are only two" said Laport,
land they open into the rotundagabout
six feet above the railroad track.
put them in myself and ought to go
and see that the men who are working
there do not disturb them"
II will go with you" said Calicot.
The next day Stocking met Calicot
and said abruptly in his impulsive
way: See here, my old friend, it is
idiotic to let a GOODNESS spring up be-
tween us at this time because we don't
think alike"
I'VE 60 think alike, replied Calicot,
land, allowing for differences of tenn
permanent, we suffer alike
The two men sat down on the bench
in front of their quarters. Nearly
everybody was in the rotunda or south
of it. Save the men stationed as a
guard at the portal and the workmen
in the machine shop there was nobody
to be seen. The railway trucks were all
at the other end of the Laran. Hen
bricks and his captains had their hands
full at the military headquarters half
a mile away.
Have you anything to tell me?"
asked Stocking ,despairingly. Il shall
lose my reason in this place in another
week"
II have been waiting for some time
totell you a great deal, replied Calicot,
''but was afraid of your impetuosity
land indiscretion."
''They are dying out of me-" said
Stocking, ruefully. II feel like man
in trance. If l do not get out of
this tomb, / shall perish of general
paralysis.
Il propose to get you out, remarked
Calicot, calmly.
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az am afraid" said Stocking. who

~ am afraid" said Stocking. who
was regarding him with something
like pity. that you have worked your
self into a morbid condition of mind.
If your scheme were reasonable, why
not appeal to my reason instead of my
faith?"
Because" replied Calicot, ut il
reason which is working all this mis-
chief, and faith alone can circumvent
it. don't want to argue that with
you now. want your cooperation to
demonstrate it, and, believe me, when
it is demonstrated you will be The first
to acknowledge. its truth and efficacy.
One other point-this man Fenning in
tends, with Hendricks assistance, to
get possession of Miss Franklin. They
are only waiting for a favorable oppor-
tunity to send her away. At any mo-
ment she may disappear forever so far
rs you and I are concerned. She is
breaking down with the apprehension.
To save her, at least, count upon
your faith. If it were merely matter
of bravery, / would not have to ask
you."
Kar<> <-<,N n
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FRO BE CONTINUED
GOOD PREACHING.

| A Little Feathered and His Rough Rut
| Attentive Congregation.
A young man who went out from
England to Australia as gold-digger,
made some money, and finally estab-
lished rough shop at place called
The OVENS" noted gold-feld about
two hundred miles from Melbourne.
Then he wrote home asking his par
| ents to come out to him, and to bring
| with them, if possible, lark. The
father died on the voyage, but the old
mother and the lark arrived safely in
Melbourne, and were sent on to the
store at 1.-The Ovens"
The next morning the lark was hung
outside the rough hut, and at once be-
gan to sing. The effect was wonder
full. Sturdy diggers paused in their
work to listen; many curses from
drunken lips were silenced by the little
singer in his cage. Far and near the
news of the ''real English skylark up
at Wilsted's store spread like light
ming among the diggers.
When Sunday morning came there
was sight such as had n OF been seen
since the first spadeful of the golden
earth was turned. From every quarter,
from hills and creeks twenty miles
away, came steady stream Of rough,
brawny Englishmen, brushed and
washed, to look as decent as possible.
There had been no Encouragement,
as was plain from the half ashamed ex-
preston on every mans face as he saw
his acquaintance. But they had all
come on the same errand-to hear the
lark.
They were not disappointed, for the
little minister plumed his crest, and
lifting up his voice sang them SER
mon from his cage which. touched the
heart of every man in his congrega-
ton. After an hours steady preach.
ing the lark ceased, and his audience,
which had been absolutely quiet and
attentive during the sermon, slowly
dispersed and departed.
II say. Joe," one digger was over
heard asking, do you think Wilsted
would sell him-the bird, you know?
I'll give as much gold-dust for him as
he weighs, and think him cheap
"Sell him! Not hen' was the answer.
with great indignation. "How would
you like a fellow to come to our village
at home, and make bid for our par
Companion.
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FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.

| Albert Accurately Performed the Letter
of His Mothers Law.
when you want child to do any
thin, reckon it's jest as well to make
it pooty plain what it's you want him
to do remarked Mrs. Sprowle, judi.
cially; IAN if you don't, you amt got
anybody to blame but yourselves"
What capers hev Ezry's young ones
been up to now9" inquired Mr.. Sprowle.
mo capers, " replied his wife; them
boys amt any more give to kerryin's on
than any other children, but you see,
Kitty she's forever scoldin' 'em. The
last thing is concernin' Albert Joshuy' s
trip to his Grandpa Morse's. Albert
Joshuy's jest a yearlin' boy an lseer-
less, but he means all right. Well, his
mother conducts jest as if she thought
he want old enough to be trusted any
where's alone, an of course that's kind
of diskerridgin' to boy of Albert
Joshuy's disposition.
HE want t. be gone but two days,
an his mother jest pestered him with
cautions before he set out, an last of
all, jest as he was boardin' the train,
she showed postal card, directed to
herself, into his hands. DO you send
me this postal card from Nashuy, says
she, so ken know that you've got
there safe. Hev you got pencil with
you?' He said he guessed he had, an
the train started off.
''Well, she was in fever all the rest
O the day, fussin' an fumin', an when
night come she made Ezry go down t.
the Office, though he most gently let's
the evenin' mail run over till mornin,
as there amt apt to be anythin', any
way.
''He come home with the postal card.
sure enough. thought / see a kind Of
smiley look round his mouth when he
give it to Kitty.
''She snatched it away FIN him an
turned it over, an'-well, that card was
jest as blank as when Albert Joshuy
started off! Kitty looked IS if she could
bite nails fust-off. but Ezry, he said:
The boys done jest what you charged
him, reckon. It's postmarked Nashuy,
SO you ken see he got therer
"An' after minute Kitty give up,
an laughed too, an reckon it done
her good! Youths Companion.
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and he grew visibly paler every day.
The intelligence that he received in
three days, through Miss Endicott,
! amazed and excited him in spite of his
self-control. He learned that Hen
bricks had captured the gunboat. He
had to get at the facts of the case from
separate information and from Hen
bricks orders, but he learned enough
to convince him that the commander
in the boat had been led into negli-
gence by not finding human soul in
the vicinity, and force of his men
had been surrounded and captured in
the wood, and party sent to their re-
lief had been overwhelmed. 1t was
dark night and two large attacking
forces from opposite sides of the river
had surprised the boat and, after des-
perate fight, taken possession of her.
Hendricks had then gone aboard;
dressed his own men in the uniform of
the soldiers, and finding the books and
papers of the commanding officer, had
got knowledge of his orders. The
captured crew were sent to the Laran
and the gunboat had gone up the Mis-
sissippi with her flag flying. apparent
" under government orders. This
was on the night of 9th of August. On
the nth, the government stores at
Leavcnworth were seized by an armed
force, the troops at that place hav-
ing been reduced to a single company,
owing to the withdrawal of the Sixth
United States infantry, and Troops A
and E, which had been sent to Paducah
The arms, consisting of six thousand
stands of carbines, five twelve-pounder
guns, three Gatlings and four brass
howitzers, with about fifty thousand
pounds of ammunition, had been loaded
on the vessel at Leavenworth and
started down the Missouri for st.
Louis. Before she reached the Missis-
sippi, Hendricks, apparently under or
ders, was looking for her, and captured
her about two miles above Alton. He
then started for Memphis with her in
tow, having sent a dispatch at Alton,
publicly announcing the victory of
the United States gunboat. The con-
sequence was, he was interfered with
on his way down the river, but instead
of going to Memphis, he ran into the
bayou and unloaded all his plumber
into the Laran.
Calicot had this news verified before
his eyes. He had only to go into one
of the little stations in the Laran south
east of the rotunda to find evidences of /
the truth of what he had heard He |
saw strong guard at the magazine
ard a hundred men busily at work |
the newly-arrived ammu-
milton to the place. The wooden doors
Of the magazine stood open and he
could see from across the rotunda that (
it was dark hole stored to the stone
ceiling with boxes and kegs. He !,
the work with intense inte.-
est. The electric light in the rotunda
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Stocking smiled somewhat grinly
Il suppose the same conditions arr
breaking down your mind also,'' sale
he. go on-insanity is at least diver
SION"
1.-THE conditions have not disturbed
they have only concentrated my facul
ties replied Calicot, land circum
stances have aided me in an almost
supernatural manner. l have beer
able to penetrate Hendricks designs
beyond this stronghold. You will see
that this is not a diseased fancy when
| explain to you. In the first place he
has wire under ground to some other
rendezvous that is in communication
| with the world. Mrs. Hendricks and
Fenning are at that place, wherever it
is. But the important thing is that
have been able to read their dis
| patches"
Have you, indeed?" remarked
Stocking. Hendricks has taken you
into his full confidence, them
mo. But you forget Miss Endicott. 50
Sand you depend upon her rawlings"
Not at all. Events have corrobo-
rated her day by day."
What have you learned?"
'Tbis: that Hendricks co-conspira-
tors have an army scattered through
the country ready to be massed at
any moment. 1t is directed from this
safe retreat; a campaign of destruction
is going on. 1t is sweeping into it's
vortex all the mad elements of our
times, and the conceiving brain of it is
hidden away safely; the victimized
world cannot imagine, much less ac-
cept as fact, the prodigious audacity
upon which the whole scheme is built,
and will not accept the consummate
and Incredible machinery of which we
are witnesses. Hendricks has captured
United States gunboat off the BAYOU
because the commander of the boat
could not get it into his head that q
sufficient force was organized to drop
upon him from both sides of the river.
The government arsenal at Leayen-
worth has been robbed because the
government would not believe that
there was a force sufficient to take that
place. There is at this moment a large
body OF United States troops concen-
trating in Upton county, but the move
has been foreseen and calculated by
Hendricks, and it takes place as if he
were directing it. These men will be
annlhilated over our heads and we
shall not hear sound"
Yes" said Stocking, with more
bitterness than amazement, she ispres-
Gent and invincible-in your mind"
-On the contrary" replied Calicot,
he is human, fallible and vulnerable.
1t has cost me many sleepless nights
to find it out, but have found it out,
and with that knowledge will free
you and Miss Franklin if you will fol-
low my directions unquestioningly."
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gether when calicot approached the

gether when Calicot approached the
| subject of the magazine guardedly,
with the one purpose Of finding out, II
possible, what Laport knew about it..
To his establishment he knew all about
it. He had surveyed it. 1t was an enor-
nous pocket in the southwest wall of
the rotunda, its mouth facing the
northeastern direction of the cave, and
it had no other outlet. Calicot felt
his vague hopes all vanish as heard
this, but Laport went on talking un-
suspiciously. 1T is, said he, "a peril
Gus piece of business and / told Hen
bricks so at the start, but he never
could see it in that light. He has an
enormous amount of powder, fixed am
munition and other explosives stored
there. There must be hundred thou
sand pounds. believe he has some
kind of a notion that he might have to
blow his way out of the cave at some
time, but he never can do it at the
point of the magazine"
''And why not?"
Because the rock is seventy-five feet
thick at that point
"And suppose the magazine should
exploded"
I'm that case, every living soul in
the Laran on this side of the maya
zine, would be killed"
Calicot was listening eagerly, but he
did not clearly understand, SO the old
man glibly explained.
'.If by any accident" he said, ''the
powder is exploded there the magazine
will simply go off like an enormous
stone cannon, whose mouth points to
the northeast passages. Can you not
see that the sudden conclusion and
compression of the air in the confined
spaces, reaching to the last wall of the
arena, will kill every thing by shock?
The whole force must expend itself in
what is really an enormous pneumatic
tube. Hendricks is a wonderful man
in dealing with events, but he makes
some singular mistakes in dealing with
physics"
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TIE LlTTLs uEsey.EMAh.

What makes the little gentleman!
Not station. high or low,
Not manners, nor q sunny smile
On cheeks where roses glow.
Agoodly outside charms the sight;
But tell me. il you can,
What Is 1t that at once proclaims
The little gentleman.
At surely cannot be the dress,
Nor is it wit or birth:
These never represented yet
The souls undying worth
Nor is il fair or courtly speech:
Not since the world began
Has this announced to anyone
The little gentleman.
What is it, then, my rosy lad
Politeness. gentle words?
These are as natural to some
AS singing Is to birds.
But there is something greater far
In Gods eternal plan,
BY which the heart may always know
The little gentleman.
Respect and reverence for age;
A truthful loyalty
To mother, father, and to friends,
No matter what may be:
The hearts ideal fixed on high.
Beyond ali earthly ban:
The courage to do right-these make
The little gentleman.
George Cooper, in S. S. TimeA
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Evident.

A student at a medical college was
under examination. The instructor
asked hi=s:
"Of what cause, specifically, did the
people die who lost their lives at the
destruction of Herculaneum and Pom.
peii2"
II think they died of an eruption.
sir" answered the this
Companion.
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Not In IT.

Son-Pa, what political party did
Washington belong to?
Father-Neither; he couldr's ssll q
lie. Detroit Free Press.
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CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI.
This information, disappointing as
it was, produced marked change in
Calicot. HIS nervous anxiety gave
place to grim look of concentration
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
How a Horse Was Washed Down Three
Squcres.

SQu' res
About one o'clo k yesterday there
was very heavy ,a'n in the city, but
few people realize how much water
fell. In the sc uthe portion of the
city where til sir It's are hilly the
drains were >erf-c' re ing torrents
and p .culiar and unu 'ual accident
happened. A n 10 was driving a
horse to a W. ron lo:d d with brick
and attempted % crc S the drain at the
corner of College aud Gates streets.
The water was rushing by at a terrible
rate. The horse had herGly got fairly
in it when he with the shat wcs washed
from the wagon by he fo:: ) of the
water. He got stuck rnGer bridge
across the pavement, but that being
lifted up by come n srocs. the water
took him rushing on, rolling him over
and over like bari |. He was car
ried fully three squares before he was
gotten out. lie had the skin knocked
off his legs, sides and back in many
places aud on the whole was badly
used up, though it is wonder ne was
not drowned outright. This story
seems incredible, but it is vouched for
By responsible parties.-Columbia Reg
iSter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
SottT ASD tJTto&:

WAsulNGroN, Sept: i0.-The Sep
tember report Of the statistician Of the
Department of Agriculture shows
decline in the condition of corn TO
96. i from 1925 in the month of August,
being falling off of 6.1 points. The
| prospects for the corn crop have suf-
fered from drought during August IN
the surplus producing States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Iowa and a portion OF
Nebraska. Reports from Indians,
Iowa, and Ohio indicate that though
there have been rains during the latter
part OF the month they have been
GENERALLY too late to be of great benefit.
Drought has also I'M ured the crop IN
The eastern SITES, New York, New
jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
| Mnch more en:>ureeing reports come
from the South, which indicates that
IN that .,ction the crop will be larger
| than ever before pr 'ucca. Too much
rain is not-d in -. IN sections OF
| South Carolina, Alb ma and Miss s.
sippi and drought S ms to have un-
fa7orably eff, d ce. ain localities IN
Texas. Repor bo".evet, from this
| section arr generally favorable.
i The average in tie principal States
are: kentucky LOG, Ohio SO, Michigan
s.. Indiana S6, Illinois 81, Iowa 96,
| Missouri Ill, Kansos s6.
The general condition of wheat,
considering both winter and sprlns.
| varieties. when harvested, was I.o4
aoainst S3.7 last year and Il in 1872
The reported condition for the prln'
cipal wheat States are as follows: -
Ohio Ga, Michigan 67, Indiana 81
Wisconsin S5, Minnesota 1o7, lows
1O6. Kansas 40, Nebraska a, Nortt
Dakota 1O5, South Dakota a, Cali
fornia Is. Oregon 73.
\ Condition Of oats when harvested
, was Sc; rye SS.7; barley 81 6; buck
= wheat S7.5; potatoes 9O.s
COTTON REPORTS.
The September cotton crop lepor II:
The Department OF Agriculture show!
y decline from the August condi ion o
the crop, which was H9 to 'o.o pc
n cent, decline of IL per cent.
IL This makes the lowest condltlo'
= since 1881, when it was reported a
l. 70 per cent. The next lowest sine
i 1Ssl was the condition of 1898 when
It stool for TIE same month at 1873
:; Cotton suffered severely during tn
- month of August from the drOugh
. which characterized the early part 0
the month and excessive rain whlc
= succeeded. The presence OF DO
II wo.ms has worked grelt injuy, an
le the crop has been injured by sheddln
,t and rust. The causes mentioned b
O. Texas correspondents for the deterols
: ton in that State are as follows:
e. Drought, hot weather, floods, DO
n worms, sharp shooter, Mexican Wee7l
y caterpillars, army worms aud weed
+ There is striking unanimlty IN u
- :: pessimistic tone adopted by CORE
IS pondeuts throughout all of the cottol
er raising States. The State average
Of are as follows: -
wi Virginia 81, North Carolina Z;
y South Csrolina II, Georgia 81, Florid
ID 79, Alabama "a, Mississippi II, Louis
ana Is, Texas Sc, Arkansas 79, Tenne
see IS, Kentucky s..
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
COTTON FACTORIES.
Louisville (Ly.) Home and Farm.

Louisville (Ly.) Home and Farm.
Editor Home and Farm:
I want to give you farmers plar
for building Gotten factories in th'
South.
Let every county, or district com
posed of one or more counties, whose
annual output Of cotton amounts tC
10000 10 $4,000 bales organize s
"Cotton Manufacturing Association
in the most favorable town in the
district, capitalize it at an amount
suffcien. to build q factory or factories
with capacity great enough to con
sumo the entire output Of said county
or district; Issue shares in small di'
mensions-say, $10-and let each
cotton farmer in the district, great OF
small, subscribe one-ffth of his next
years cotton crop (1S95) to the asscci.
alton, for which he will receive shares
when same is delivered. Let mer.
chants and capitalists make money
subscriptions, due November l. If
the dirtrict makes 100000 bales, and
one-ffth is contributed, it would have,
at $25 per bale. 100000 to begin with
January l, 1866. If one section can
do this any section in the cotton belt
can, and if the cotton belt be divided
into snch sections, and each section
builds factories to consume its own
output, in FIVE years or less the South
will manufacture her own cotton.
Then, she'll have the world in sling.
the financial question will be settled,
and 5-cent cotton will be thing of
the past. The farmers will in great
Measure becomesthe manufacturers of
their own cotton, receiving the profits
''a-comin' and a-goin." There are
but two questions to settle in this
proposition to make it work:
First-Would the farmers contribute
one-fth Of their cotton crop for one
or more years to such an enterprise If
they could?
Second-Could they, if they would?
am 8 farmer myself, and Of the
s'lesser kind" experiencing as much
t:financial impression" as most any
other in my community, and after
due reflection I can say that I can
contribute one-ffth of my next years
cotton crop without any great incon-
venience. If a farmer gets pressed
ard thinks he cannot get along without
using his shares, he can do so; they
will be worth dollar for dollar; banks
and monoyed men will lend money
on them, to, say, Is per cent of the
paid-up value.
Will they if they can? Ye, if they
are made to see that it will greatly in
crease the profits of farming, build up
our country, quadruple the volume of
money in circulation, build up cities
in our midst, increase the value of
our lands, create home markets for all
surplus products, ETC., etc.
I have talked with many farmers
ms neighbors-about this scheme, and
it has interested all, and some ex-
dressed themselves as ready TO 90 into
it to the amount of onc.fif,h (mcre or
lcss) Of their cotton production as
soon as put on foot.
F. T. NELLY.
Hillsbora, Ala.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12

- A COTTON factory cannot be bull;' II
everybody .spsurs cold water" on the
efforts to build it. Those who do no'
desire or cannot contribute any ythl"s
70 its success, should at least let it aFone'
and say nothing about it. 1t has cften
been said that if You want to kill any
town, let everybody who lives IN II
begin to abuse it and declare that 1t IS
dead. People will not have any better
opinion of you than yon have o.
yourself, neither will they have any
better opinion of your town than you
have.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
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