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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-17

M. S. Gregory, sheriff Of Amador,
was telling some friends the other even
ing about a plucky deputy and wound
up by saying: when you find man
as cool and steady as rock in the face
of danger, you can bet on him. But the
most dangerous men are those who
laugh Or cry when they have dispute
on hand. I knew man named Drew,
down in Texas, who was noted as very
bad man. When he was doing any shoot
ing, he would laugh loudly-a hard, de-
moniacal laugh, without any merriment
in it. Up at Indian Diggings, many
years ago, two men named Archer and
Pawson had a dispute with a German
about claim. When they claimed the
property, he bTrk9 down and cried, and
they, supposing *hey would have no
trouble in taking possession, marched
on the ground. The German took up
broken pick and laid them both out.
Archer was badly nurt and wae . long
time getting Over his injuries. After
that whenever he saw man start to
cry he got out of the way. San Fran
cisco Call.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-17
TO DIVA, WHO WOULD MARRY HIM.

How shall I thank thee for the bounteous
grace,
The loving kindness that would make me
free
To gaze forever on my Diva's face
A citizen of heaven eternally,
In that clear paradise of thine to know
Things but dimly surmise here belowf
But surely, Diva, greatly as long
To drink the deep delights of that abode
Surely have not sung my latest song,
Drained my last cup and trod the allotted
roadP
Why in so fierce hurry to translate
Me from the mundane to the immortal state4
Diva. tits fair indeed, tits passing fair,
This bad, unblest, probationary time;
know the purer joys that wait elsewhere,
Above beyond this planets grief and CRIME,
But grant me sweet respite ere try
Those other blisses, lest they be too high.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-17
BURlALS.

When thou hast conquered in thine Grant heart
Evil DESIRES b&se passions bold or sly,
Fighting them till to death at last they
yield,
Then bid oblivion bury them apart
From l thy future and so let them lie
In their own ignominious potter's field
But when sweet aims and acts that now con-
troll
Moods of warm human pity and helpful care
Cease from thy days, by full achievement
crowned,
Bid memory build for these within thy soul
A mausOleuln of majesty as fair
AS any III earthly sculpture to be found!
Edgar Fawcett in Youths Companion.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-07-17
A QUEER ANIMAL.
The Australian Duckbil1 Carries a Sting
In One Leg.

In One Leg.
Australia certainly holds the palm
for queer and uncouth animals. Chief
among these is the duckbill, or ornitho-
rhynchus, which Sidney Smith described
as "a kind of mole with webbed feet
and the bill of duck, which agitated
Sir Joseph Banks and rendered him
miserable from his utter inability to
decide whether it was bird Or beast. -
It was only recently that it was proved
beyond doubt that this curious animal
lays eggs like bird, though this had
long been reported by travellers. Now
comes the news that it has sting on
it's hind leg, capable of killing by it's
poisonous effects. We quote from The
Lancet:
"For a long time it was considered to
be quite harmless and destitute of any
weapon of offense, although the hind
legs of the males were armed with a
powerful spur, apparently connected
with a gland. Then the opinion was ad-
vanced that this might be weapon al
lied to the poisonous armOry Of snakes,
scorpions and bees, all of which possess
sort of hypodermic poison syringe.
Though one set of observers asserted
that this was the case, another set denied
it, and so DR.. Stuart determined, if pos
sible to solve this question: He received
two independent accounts, which coin
cided perfectly, and from them he con-
cludes that at certain seasons, at all
events, the secretion is virulently poi
sonous. The mode of attack is not by
scratching, but by lateral inward move
ments of the hind legs. Two cases are
reported in dogs One dog was 'stung'
three times, the symptoms much resem-
bling those from bee Or hornet poison,
The dog was evidently in great pain and
very drowsy, but there were no tremors,
commissions Or staggering. It is worthy
Of note that certain immunity seems
obtainable, for the dog suffered less on
the second occasion and still less on the
third. Two cases of men being wounded
are reported, in both of which the ami
mails were irritated, one by being shot
and handled, the other by being handled
only; the symptoms we're the same as
in the dog. No deaths are reported in
human beings, but four in dogs. "-Lit-
erary Digest.
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"You have my sympathy. abhor

| Ou udNS LILY oyHPtbUIy' L dUIlOI
clever women"
They both laughed. And the days
went on, and July melted into August,
and August grew in grace, till the time
came near for the coming of age of Miss
Verinder, and if during these days there
had been hand pressure so slight as
not to be worth resenting, or a look so
nearly tender as to make a mans heart
beat high with hope; if he had treasured
the forgetmenots she gathered by the
woodland pond and pressed them in the
volume of Browning from which he had
read to her in the woods, and if she kept
q certain handkerchief, stained with
poor little Trolls blood, in locked
sandalwood box, and took it out and
laid it against her face, for all it's blood
stain, when no one else was by-all that
concerned only the companion and the
secretary, and no one else in all the
wide world
X y
It was bright noontide, and they
walked through the woods, and present
ly they came to the wishing tree, with
it's two trunks growing from one root.
eff we pass through the wishing
tree," she said, land wish as we go, the
fairies will give US the wish of our
hearts. "
So they went through, hand in hand,
because the way was rough. AS she
passed out of it a bramble caught her
dress, and he stopped to disentangle it,
but the folds of her gown were electric,
and his hands trembled.
GLOW tiresome it isp' she said II
believe that bramble will never let me
60"
"Can you blame it?'' he asked, look
ing up at her, and she turned her face
away. They walked on. "a whole
month";" he said, "and seeing you every
day When did such good fortune ever
before come to poor secretary?'
cor to a humble companion? No,
don It mean that But it has been pleas
ant. p"
They walked in silence to the little
gate that divided the woods from the
grounds. Here they stopped, and she
said, looking at him for a moment half
shyly, half proudly: "Come in. Ishould
like you to see the garden All the
smart people are coming tomorrow to
keep the heiress' birthday"
He hesitated, and she laughed. ooh,
we needn't go in sight Of the house. The
grounds are big enough.
He flushed and stammered in word
less denial Of the thought she had read
in him that his being seen with the com
panion might compromise her, and to-
gether they walked under the arching
trees to the old lawn where the sundia]
stands.
''This is where the tenants dance, ]
believe" she said, land all the grand
people dance with the cottager folks,
which seems to me rather silly, for I am
sure each set would rather dance with
themselves, Lord Halibut is coming.
Will you be here?"
st shall certainly come if Lord Hall
but does May dance with you?'
She laughed. II don't think you
know what dancing on turf is like. Be
sides probably our steps don't suit. "
''Let US try nOw," he said.
He laid his arm on her waist. The
next moment her hand was on his arm
and they were whirling down the law1
toward the sundial.
"What foolish people we are!" sht
said breathlessly, and half moved tx
pause. But his arm held her closer anC
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THE PAINTER.

talk to gentlemen who have not been in
troduced to you. But when you are
sweet and 20 aud are staying at cOun
try house all alone and are rather bored,
and handsome young man comes to
your rescue in wood, when your poor
little dog has caught it's foot in cruel
trap, how can You possibly pass him by
the very next day as if he were a stran-
ger? And he was SO kind to the dog!
He bound up its poor little bleeding foot
in his handkerchief and carried it in his
arms to the lodge gate. Then he said:
"DO you often walk in the WOOd?"
She was feeling too grateful to him
to resent his lmpertinence as she should
have done. SO she only said, "Some-.
times, - and thanked him again with all
her heart in her pretty eyes.
He looked up to where, through the
trees, the big red house showed it's twist
ed, old fashioned chimneys and said:
My name is Lavender. You are Miss
Verinder, suppose?'
She looked at him quickly.
Il am Miss Verinder's humble COM
panion. My name is Smith,
eve are comrades i'll servitude, he
said Il am Lord Halibut's secretary.
You walk in the woods sometimes. Then
it ism goodby. Do they let you come
out often?"
II am my own mistress at present, ="
she said "a lot Of people will be com
ing down on the 25th for the heiress
coming Of age. They give grand enter
tainment to the tenants. Lord HalibUt
is to be there What is he ike?"
"Oh! - said the young man indiffer
entity, 'he's not bad sort Of fellow.
There S some talk of their families wish
ing him to marry the heiress. The es-
tates go very we'll together. But he's
never even seen her. He's been so much
abroad, you know"
II don't believe the heiress will have
him." the girl said sharply and turned
away with her poor little dog in her
arms.
Now, it is quite clear that she ought
not to have walked in the wood-at
least, not so soon as the next day, Or if
she walked there the next day she ought
not to have chosen the very hour when
poor Troll had met with his misfortune.
But to the bored much may be pardoned,
and, as for Lord Halibut's secretary, he
had right, one may suppose, to amuse
himself. And that meeting was not the
last. How could it have been? And When
you meet a person every day without
ChaperOnS or other tiresOme people yOt
sOOn make friends. Before the week was
out Mr.. Lavender had heard how Mis-
Smith was left an orphan and had tC
earn her living, and she had learned
that Mr.. Lavender's part in life must
always be that of subordinate
els she kind to your" he asked one
evening as they sat on messed tree
trunk and watched the red sunset across
the valley where the corn grew
"Oh, yes, she's kind enough" the
girl said "At least I am sure she means
to be. "
"She srevoltingly clever, I hear. Beat
the senior wrangler at Cambridge, OF
something"
''She did. But that's not criminal,
and Lord Rahbut is at least her partner
in iniquty. He took "a first class in
greats, Didn't he? Oh, how I do hate
clever menW
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-11
MORNING. DECEMBER II, 1896 PRICE I

down. My wife favored my coming,
and am glad that 1 did"
There's no use of hanging out
when a man has reached the end Of
his rope, as 1 seem to have DONE"
said Harry.
/ Shortly after 10 o'clock Adry Hay
ward called at the sheriff's residence
Harry, he said, had sent a note to
him asking him to call The sheriff
Z escorted Adry into the cell room,
and then notified Harry that his
brother had come.
TELL him to come up" said Harry,
and Adry ascended the stairs to the
ers spoke in low tones, barely audi
BILE to Goodsell and the stenographer
sitting near by. The deputies stand
ing not far away could hear nothing
of the conversation, but they specu-
lated not a little.
81 tell you," said one, this inter
view will have the same ending as the
last one. See if it don't"
Adry entered the Jail not without
fear and trembling. He, too, feared
that Harry might repeat the verbal
castigat ton of last Sunday, and he
didn't care about going through an
other such ordeal.
IT don't know what Harry wants."
said Adry when he entered the cell
room, "but I will show him that I
am man enough to meet him"
The brothers talked for some twen-
ty minutes, when Adry arose and re-
moved the overcoat which he had
been wearing. This he hung on the
balcony railing and used it for a rest
for his elbow while he listened to
Harry, who resumed debating his
statement. At the end of an hour
Adry was still on the balcony, and
Harry was telling his story to the
stenographer. Up to this time there
had been no indications of trouble
between the brothers, at which the
small cotiere of Jail officials mar
yeled.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-11

it's afternoon session behind closed
doors. An eager crowd blocked up
the corridors leading to the commit
tee room and awaited the announce
ment of the results. The first impor-
tant question of the afternoon was
the fixing of the date of the con-
vention. The executive committee
reported resolution favoring June
16. This was amended by Committee
men Lannan, of Utah, in favor of
Aug. Is. There was a sharp debate,
and Mr.. De Young, of California,
finally proposed compromise be-
tween June and August, viz, July.
The De Young and Lannan amend
ments were both defeated, and then,
by practically unanimous vote, the
date was fixed at June 16.
ST. LOUIS GAINED STEADILY.
Then came the main contest be-
tween the cities. There was much
excitement as the ballots proceeded,
the committeeman from the inter-
ested sections hurrying about and
seeking to effect combinations. At
the outset San Francisco secured
one more than the nineteen claimed
from the first. The announcement
Of her lead was greeted with en-
thusiasm when it reached the outer
corridors. The strength Of ST. Louis
was somewhat greater than he'd been
expected, while neither Pittsburg nor
Chicago made the showing anticipat-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-11
CALLED TO ORDER.

1t was 1920 O'Clock when Chairman
Carter raped the meeting to order,
and the roll of committeeman was
called. There was no response when
several states were called, the alb
sentees being Alabama, California,
Delaware, District of Columbia, Ken
lucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New
York, North Dakota and Wyoming,
but it was said there were commit
teemen or proxies for most of these
states in the city. Alaska had a rep
resentative. Mr. Hahn, of Ohio, read
the telegram Of congratulation sent
to Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, by a
special committee, of which he was
chairman. Chairman Carter asked
the delegates to agree to half
hour limit for presentation of claims
of their cities. Representatives of
the cities agreed to the limit sug-
gested. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas,
moved that delegations be heard in
alphabetical order by states. His
motion was carried.
At this point Chairman Carter, in
impressive tones, addressed the
meeting in an unexpected direction.
He said he was not accustomed to
notice the many SILLY, unfounded
and malicious stories" put af1oat at
times with purpose to arouse preju-
dices and excite i'll feeling. But a re-
Election had been made on the mem
bers of the national committee, and
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WRITES AT MIDNIGHT.
Hnyward's Nerve ALI Right Mt the
New DAVIS Birth.

Hayward wrote note to the sheriff.
asking that EN-. GoodseIl and 10
Mannix be admitted to the execution.
ag 81 could get you in, too, Adry, but
don't think you want to 60" Then he
laughed wildly at this exhibition. Then
he wrote the following:
Hennepin County JAIL: 1:54 p. MI
have this night made final statement
ito my cousin, Edward H. Good
sell, a full and final statement
of my life, dwelling particularly upon
the crime for which 1 am to be exc
cuted.. This statement was made in the
presence of J. T. Mannix and Richard
"A. Maby. I declare that statement to
be truthful in all particulars. I here
by authorize Mr.. Goodsell to publish
this statement in any form he may
Harry T. Hayward.
When midnight came Deputy Me-
that supper was ready. cit will be
a Jim corker,'' he said to Hayward.
fsThis is your last meal, Harry. Better
enjoy it," said an attendant.
you can bet your life that I will!'
and with that he squared away before
"a table and waited, for his food.
I; Both of his, notes were clear and legi-
BILE, and the hand of the condemned
man never shook. When writing the
note to the sheriff he referred. to the
hanging as tie party, but on the
suggestion of a friend he changed it.
At IL o'clock Hayward received the
following message: Keep up your
nerve. Be game to the last. Your old
friend, Steve Brodie.'
Hayward at once replied as follows:
"Steve Brodie, Cleveland, O.: I will
do my best, and hope to come out a
winner. Sig, Harry T. Hayward.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-11
RECEIVED A NOTE.
Mrs. Hayward Writes to Her Son
Adry.

LET me see, what is the number,
21S, isn't it? Well, take this down
there; it is all I have to say" and
with these words Adry Hayward dis
missed the messenger boy who had
brought him a note from his broken
hearted mother beseeching him to
join the rest of the family at Room
21S, Midland hotel. He was. to go
with them to bid last farewell to
his erring brother in an endeavor to
effect a reconciliation before the fa-
tai hour should arrive to usher the
soul Of Harry Hayward into the
presence of it's Maker.
A reporter Of the Globe had
reached the home of Adry Hayward
just as a messenger boy arrived with
the touching missive from his moth
er. Adry was cool, and exhibited no
indications of any emotion or excite
ment over the terrible fate about to
overtake his brother.
Adry's wife was weeping as she
sat in a rocker with her child upon
her knee, and in another chair sat
her father, silent and depressed.
Much has been said of Harry's
nerve. 1t must be family trait, for
no man ever displayed a more calm
demeanor than did Adry Hayward
when last night he penned that mis-
sive to his mother. The silence was.
so impressive as he wrote that the
noise of his pen could be heard in
the further corner of the room. No
one present was as calm and collect,
ed as he.
When the messenger had gone
Adry turned with an inquiring
glance to the reporter, who said:
''Mr. Hayward, I have come to-
ask you if you will again visit your
brother before the final act takes
place?"
IT cannot answer that at present"
Twill you join your family in their
efforts at reconciliation"
"You saw that note sent?"
eyes"
"Then draw your own conclu-
sions." -
do I understand, then, that you
are not going?"
'I cannot answer that question
now"
"Are you going down to the Mid
1and?"
'I do not mean to be discourteous, {
nor to show any disrespect either to
you or the G. l o be, but I must de-
cline to be interviewed. In day or
two 7 NAV have SomethinU to cav
but not now"
"Would it not be better to talk now
before your brother is ushered-?''F
mo, no; not now, not now. I can
not talk now; wait for day or two"
1t was sad voice that spoke, but
firm one, and, sad as it was, it be-
trayed no emotion, no feeling, no
sympathetic vibration indicating any
feelings of pain or remorse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-11

they had been placed before the
country in an unenviable position.
Under such circumstances, said
Mr.. Carter emphatically, II desire
to state in behalf of this committee
that at no time, under no circum-
stances, directly or indirectly, has
any person or persons urged that the
good graces of this committee should
be influenced by any mercenary con-
s1derations whatever"
There was a ripple of applause at
the announcement. Mr.. Carter pro-
ceeded to state that geographical
considerations largely influenced the
feelings of the committee. And, he
went on, aside from this the only
purpose of the committee was to con-
suit the purposes and requirements
OF a great gathering and to make a
choice based wholly on fitness.
CLAIMS OF THE CITIES.
The preliminaries over the oratory
began, and Gen. N. P. Chapman. of
California, was introduced by M. H.
DE Young to present the Golden
Gates claims. The action of this
meeting, Gen. Chapman began, was to
decide whether or not California was
forever to be political dependency.
He spoke of San Francisco as the
metropolis of a powerful and ever
growing country, where the children
of the East and their children's
children were to find their homes for
centuries. The only real objection to
San Francisco was the difference of
three hours in time, yet that was a
difficulty that always would stand,
however populous the coast might
become. This objection was urged
only by the proprietors of the great
Eastern. newspapers, but he knew
these papers well enough to know
that they would print the news in
reasonable time, whatever sthe diff
culties. He told of the hotel facili-
ties of San Francisco, and of it's en-
tertainment of the knights Templar
conclave and other conventions that
had been held there, and concluded:
.''The hearts of all the people of
the Pacific coast from San Diego to
Seattle are open to welcome you.
Come and meet us face to face just |
once before the nineteenth century !
shall forever close it's pages, filled |
with the greatest triumphs of man
kind since the world began"
George A. Knight and M n. De |
Young also presented San Francis
,o's claims. Mr.. De Young made the
business proposition, and said that
San Francisco would promise that,
she gained the convention or
not, she would swing the Pacific
coast for the Republican party.
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PLATT VS.. BROOKFIELD.
Thomas 9. Secures "a Good Major
ity in the Primaries.

ity in the Primaries.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1O-Republican
primaries were held in every one of
the 1882 election districts of this city
tonight to choose delegates to the as
sembly district conventions, which are
in turn TO choose the members of the
Republican county committee. Fac
ton feeling between the followers of
Thomas c. Platt and those of William
Brookfield ran strong in many of the
districts, particularly those down.
town, and a heavy vote was polled.
The Platt men went into the fight con-
fident of victory while their opponents
believed themselves to be leading a for
lorn hope, and were in consequence
not enthusiastic of success. In the
downtown districts local feeling be-
tween rival leaders had much to do
with the contest. The Platt men
boasted that they would not only hold
their present districts, but would also
capture some of the downtown Brook
field districts. There were contests
in nearly half of the downtown dis
tricts, and in some of those on the
the polls was reported to be in doubt.
This was particularly SO in the Four
teenth and Sixteenth assembly dis
tricts, which are at present controlled
by the Platt followers, but where the
Brookfield men were claiming victory.
The indications tonight point to ma
jority of two-thirds for Platt men in
the county committee.