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he nolitira Sufial Asrultura and Commercial Snteress
"Hang himr' she said with q gasp.

"Hang himr' she said with gasp.
Eyes Hang him up by the neck till
he is dead. And they will put your
mother in Jail and your brothers, and
keep them there till they ar dead "
Nora believed this II she did not,
she had neither the courage nor knowl-
edge nor strength to refute it, 80 awful
ly did the picture impress her.
"You do not want this to happen"
he asked after painful pause.
"Why should you ask me3"
"Only to show that think as you do,
and to tell you that 1t Is all in your
hands"
"In my handsY" she said eagerly.
Eyes. That Is what say. You can
save them and make all right again
Will you do it3" He turned in the sad
die and tried to look under her down.
cast lids
Eyes" she replied, II would gladly
die to save them"
"But you need not die"
"What thenp"
"A thousand tlmee DetIer tnAn Qy1nB.
You can have them all together again
if you say to me the one word Yes !"
IF say 'Yesr"
IF you say 1t to my question. But
you must not say 1t now Twill give
you time to think"
He hesitated and looked into her face
again, and to avoid his gaze as well as
to learn his object she asked:
"What is the question:
"It is"-Bouton drew nearer and
whispered-''it Is, will you consent to
become my wifeP''
She looked at him with horror In her
eyes and q "No" trembling on her
lips But he wheeled his horse aside
and said:
IT do not want the answer now."
TO BE CONTINUED.
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could not speak to him about 1t, and
even if Bouton were away she dared
not speak to him on this subject In the
presence Of Alice Blanchard As the
long cavalcade wound down through
the narrow valleys 1t looked like small
army expecting battle, and such 1t
certainly was To avoid the inevitable
dust as we'll as to prevent an attack on
the head of the line, If Captain Brandon
should see fit to ambush them, Bouton
placed the prisoners to the front. After
they had gone some miles Bouton whis-
pered to Nora, Remember your prom
ise and drop back beside me-" With
pale face and compressed lips she obey
cd him. "You must not think me
harsh, " he began. "Think Of how long
I have kept the secret knew 1t before
you were born"
AS 1t was evident he did know the
secret and impossible for her to tell how
long he b.; known it, or how he be-
came possessed Of 1t, she was forced to
believe him, though, as the reader
knows, his knowledge was Of very re-
cent date.
IF you are going to use 1t now," she
managed to say, "better that you had
used it before"
ibid say I was going to use It
now?"
"You talk as If you might" " she said
nervously.
"Then fail to make myself under
stood My French is better than my
English. Shall we talk Frenchf"
"I do not understand French.
Every well We shall keep on as we
have been doing You see many men
about US herer' He waved his hand
back at the cavalcade, and Nora nodded.
"They want to catch your father and
get large reward" " w
"And II they catch him what Will
they dor" she asked with shudder.
"They Will hang him"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-02
A STRANGE STORY.

The Saturday Review English)
tells this strange story: A young man,
walking to the house of his brother, q
yeoman, found the inn at q neighbor-
ing town very full. He shared the
room of merchant who was openly
counting out his money. Having oc-
casion to visit the garden, and also to
borrow knife, he accepted the loan
of u knife from the merchant. On
returning to his room, he found The
merchant gone; he went to bed, slept,
rose early and walked to his brothers,
and was arrested in the afternoon for
numbering the merchant. In his
pocket was that trademarks knife and
between the blade and the handle was
guinea of Mary and William. at
the inn the merchants bed was stained
with blood, and though the merchants
body was nowhere to be found, the
Young man was condemned for MUIR
der, and hanged in chains on his
brothers. farm. Here q swain observed
that the body moved it was cut down,
life was terminated, and the youth
fled to sea. Taken by Spaniards in
South America, he rose to be warden
of the Jail, and while in enjoyment of
that Office recognized among some
English prisoners the person for whose
murder he had suffered.
The fact was that the merchant,
while the youth was absent in the gar
den, discovered that he was. bleeding
freely from a vein which had been
opened that day. He hurried to the
surgeon in the dark, was seized by a
press-gang, served His Britanic Majes-
ty in a ship-of-war, was taken BY the
Spaniards, and at last met, in Jail in
South America, the very man. who
had been hanged for numbering him
in England.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-02

PAY AS You Go.-What Mr.. N. J.
Shepherd says in the following article
is Just as good advice for the printer
or any other business man, as the
farmer:
"I think one of the worst evils the
farmer has to contend with is going
into debt. Many and many of them
are always in debt for their machinery
from year to year, and to their black
smith and their merchant from one
years end to another. Men of this
class always have to sell their wheat
as soon as they can thrash it and haul
it to market, their corn as soon as it is
ripe enough to gather, and their stock
as soon as it is salable. They have no
choice. They cannot wait for better
market, because, if they keep the mer-
chant waiting too long, they know
there will be no chance of getting
credit another year, and it takes all
they have got this year to square up
old accounts. AS a rule, such farmers
are obliged to sell at low prices and
pay the highest price for what they
use, and, therefore, lose on both sides.
Most farmers will find it far easier,
and a great deal more profitable, to
pay as they 60. There is no question
but that they can get goods cheaper
for cash. Any merchant will tell you
he can afford to sell goods for less
money if he can get cash every time
instead of waiting six months. Pre-
cisely the same is the case with all
with whom the farmer deals, and it
will pay any one to live close for one
wear in order to afterwards be free
from the CALLING pressure of debt. DO
without everything you can possibly
live without. Do not buy a new plow,
or q new harrow, or any other new
implement, simply because you can
buy it on credit. Wait, and wait pa
tiently, until you can pay as you 60,
and you will be surprised how much
you will save in q year; for l honest
ly believe any farmer will buy more
when he is buying on credit than he
will if he pays cash everytime. 1t is
those who are in debt, head over heels,
that feel the hard times so severely.
We farmers who are out of debt now,
are the most independent class of men
in the country. Keep out of debt"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-02

OUR FARMING AREA.-Some idea
NAV be obtained of the extent of the
farming area of the United States by
consulting the figures given bo the
United States geological survey. The
total land area of the United States,
according to this report, comprises
1000, 10000 acres, of which 627, ,415,-
$50 are still vacant; that is to say,
belonging to tina. government; 6O9,.
520, 900 acres of this unoccupied land
lie in the arid belt west of the Nilsson.
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A TRUE STORY OF A sTORK.

A writer in Our Animal Friends re-
lates curious incident about stork
which made its nest upon the roof Of
q house in northern Germany, and
having been petted by the children.
became very tame and companions
BILE.
At the first signs of approaching
cold weather the stork prepared to fit
to warmer cline. The children were
sad at the thought of losing their pet,
but their parents consoled them with
the assurance that the bird would
surely return the next spring. The
children, still uneasy at the idea of the
stork not being cared for during the
long winter, consulted together, and
evolved brilliant idea, which they
Immediately proceeded to put into ex-
execution. They wrote little note
lin their best German script, stating
that the stork was very dear to them,
and begging the good people in whose
country it might spend the winter to
be kind to their pet and send 1t back
to them in the spring.
They sealed the note, fastened 1t
to a ribbon, tied it round the birds
neck, and tucked it under its wing.
The next day they sadly watched the
stork wing its way toward milder Skies.
The snow and ice came. Christmas
ktime brought the children gifts and
fresh amusements but their summer
pet was not fogotten. When the
spring came round again, their little
feet used to climb to the roof day by
day, looking and longing for the stork's
return; and, behold! one fine morn
ing there 1t was, tame and gentle as
ever.
Great was the children's delight,
but what was their surprise to discover
round its neck and under its wing an
other bright band, with note attach
ed, addressed to "the children who
wrote the letter the stork brought" !"
The ribbon was quickly united and
the missive opened. It was from o
missionary in Africa, stating that he
had read the children's note and had
cared for the stork, and thought that
the young people whose good hearts
lhad prompted them to provide for the
lcomfort Of q bird through the winter
would be willing to help clothe and
feed the destitute Loys and girls of his
mission. A full name and address
followed. The German children were
full of sympathy, and the missionary's
note won q golden answer from the
family. Other letters came and went
by post between them, until by and
by the children learned to know the
missionary and his little waits almost
as we'll as they knew the beloved stork
that had proved 80 trusty q messenger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-02
CHAPTER xxi.

Bouton's delight at being REINFORCED
cannot be described He felt elated ut
his increased power and confident that
no opposition that Brandon could make
would check his schemes. But Brandon
might call in the aid Of troops from
some of the forts. There was danger in
this, and Bouton determined to obviate
it by wiping Brandon out Of existence.
Next to his fear and hatred for Bran
don was that entertained for Henry
Kyle. The unprincipled always hate
those whom they fail to destroy. The
death Of Patch gave Bouton good ex-
ouse to influence his men against the
man whom they had hitherto admired
for his address and daring, and as fel-
lows Of his class always think in crowds
they soon worked themselves into ha-
tired of Henry Kyle that found an outlet
In oaths that were loud II not deep
Itwas understood that an active cam
paign would be begun on the morrow,
and in anticipation Of it the outlaws
cleaned their rifles, sharpened their
knives and cast bullets by the fire. The
slender, picturesque forms Of the Indi-
ans, the leaping flames and polished,
flashing arms, made picture that Alice
Blanchard never forgot She was sit
ting on the ground talking in low tones
to Nora Kyle and gazing now and then
in the direction where she knew Louis
to be when shadow fell on the ground
between them and looking up she saw
Bouton.
"Good evening, ladies'" he said,
removing his hat and bowling deferen-
TALLY. II am sorry that cannot make
you more comfortable.
"But you can make Us more comfort
able" said Alice sternly.
"Then command me, for / have the
honor to be your most obedient serv.
ant" and as he spoke he turned his
face so that the light from the distant
fire fell on his white teeth and made
them cruelty conspicuous
Seeing that he wanted her to speak,
Alice said:
"I did not mean to say what I did "
"But you had right to. repeat,
what is it I can do to add to the COM
fort Of either?'
"Leave us to ourselves, I" replied Al
ice.
"Ah, you are cruel, but I shall not
be-" Bouton tried to laugh, but the
girls were struck with the harsh, metal
lie ring of his voice. II fear that you
blame me-" he went on, "for the In
convenience you have been subjected to.
You will not believe me If I tell you
that alone have saved you from worse
treatment.
"Are you not the leader Of these
these
"Say robbers or whatever you will,
Miss Blanchard, and I'll confess that !
am their leader. If were not, as said
before, your fate would be worse. And
I intend using my power for your con.
tinued safety, though I know you will
not believe me-"
Bouton threw himself on the grass,
and at that moment fresh fuel added to
tho nearest fire lit up the scene, so that
they could see each other plainly.
eyes, you think am very bad, Miss
Blanchard, and she thinks am very
bad. Is not that true?'
lit Is, replied Alice.
II know that, and yet, Miss Blanch.
ard. I am not Cain. You have heard
of Gain, but am not one. have new
er made my hands red with brothers
blood Do you understand that, Miss
Nora?"
The story Of her fathers life-hts
life secret and life torture-fashed
] through Nora Kyle's brain. and abe
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S% A gentleman travelling in Eng
land, some years ago, while walking
near q railway, encountered q number
of insane people in charge of keeper.
Nodding TO one ofthe lunatics, he said,
"Where does this railroad 60 to ?"
With q scornful look, the lunatic re-
piled, "It doesn't 60 anywhere;a We
keep it here to run train on"
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ri river, and only 100000 acres are
susceptible to irrigation. The fact
that the arabic land yet held by the
government is small in amount has
caused some of our thinking men to
consider what will be the effect of
the rapid increase in our population
as regards our country being self
sustaining in the matter Of food. 1t
is said that between the Mississippi
river and the Tooth meridian and
Texas and the other southern states
there is a large amount of lands that
can be made very productive by irr:-
cation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-02

OFFER BETTER TERMs.-Messrs.
Phil Armour & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Friend Phil: Your offer of 30 cents
worth of meat and Mexican dollar
in exchange for an American dollar
received, but I can do better with our
home butcher. He offered me 80
cents worth of meat and 81 worth of
Portuguese 8 per cent. bonds in ex-
change for silver dollar.
Our butcher says the bonds must be
good as Portugal has been on gold
standard basis since 1858, 20 years be-
fore the other enlightened nations Of
Europe, and its national debt has only
increased 100 per cent. since that date.
Average wages paid all artisans in
Portugal is II cents per day.
In your former letter you told me
that all we needed was a little gold,
improved "banking facilities" and
s'confdence."
Portugal has a ''little gold," the
world has had its "improved banking
facilities" since 1853, and can supply
the confidence" so the bonds are
certainly good.
Our home butcher says he will con.
tinue to give so cents, worth Of meat
and 81 of Portuguese gold bonds after
Bryan Is elected. Will you continue
to give so cents worth of meat and a
Mexican dollar after Bryan is elected
Yours truly,
JOHN FAIRPLAY.
P. 81 see the London Times
quotes Mexican bonds at 943; Portu'
gese per cent. gold bonds at 26}.-
From an Exchange
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When Bouton reached his camp,
which he did before daylight, he was
delighted to find largo accession to his
force. More than score Of white men
had come in from the south and as
many runaway Indians from the reser-
yations tQ. the north and east In addl-
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TO BE CONTINUED.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-04
TROUBLE in TURKEY.
Possibly n Revolution Has BrokeH
Out I'm CONFERENCE.-The. ssS

Possibly a Revolution Has BrokeNs
Out I'm C0nstantinOple. S
Constantinople, Aug. 26.-At 1870 o'closk5
revoivers and bombs invaded the OttomAAS
bark killing a number Of gendarmes on
guard. Closing the doors Of Ottoman banks
to prevent the advance Of MOI. the emss
ployes of the bank fled to the quarters NJ
the bank building occupied by the tobacc0a
syndicate, which has control Of the colleesl
ton of taxes on tobacco Throughout thes
Turkish empire. The invaders mounted theS
roof of the building and from the Window
fired at the police In the street below. tn
police returned the fire In vigorous fas1sss
ion and several were killed and woundedss
The riot became general. shops wetos
wrecked and bazaars invaded and tho Wild
est excitment prevailed throughout eertAlns
quarters Of Constantlnople. At s'clock;
the bank was reported still in the hands OK
invaders. A later report says that there y
no doubt but what the movement ~ revo;s
lutionary In plan and scope, and that y nal
its origin at the secret meetings q tne
HintchIkast Armenians. About forty OF the
rioters were still in possession OF Ottomant
bank at q late hour this evening. despite IN
efforts of the government forces to temovess
them from the building. Advices from W
ddsorderly sections Of the city late t0-nlensS
were to the effect that the riots stu con-
tinue and that the mobs are constantly M
creasing In the galata quarter. pom0A
exploded in Constantinople near the Gaiata.s
sera guard house. Many soldiers were klle1
and wounded.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-04
n,chix.n cola Democrats.

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 27.-The Dem
ocratic> gold standard convention here
to-day nominated full ticket, Rreels
Dental electors and elected full setj
of delegates to the indianapolis con.
yention. Also state central c0lnlnits
tee with W. r. Shelby Of Grand Rap
ids ma chairman. Tie platform en1-
bodies a denunciation of the Chicago
PLATFORM. The following ticket was
nominated: Governor, Rufus Sprngue:
lieutenant governor, A.sR. Eldridge;
secretary Of state. T. Il. Royce; treas.
urer, Wilder r. Stevens; 9udltpI. II 3
wing w. Conkey. sss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-04

$1oSsS14,o4O. 1uc net lOSS III Tue lEuue Dul.
ance Of the United States has been $780,
oss,oo7 during the first fifteen months oper,
alton Of the tariff OF 1894, as compared
with the first fifteen months Of the tariff
Of 1890 The loss has been large constant
and steady, at the rate Of 600 per
month, or $500, 600 for every business day
Of the year.
Losing I'm Both Directions.
We have either been tending too much
money out Of the country or getting too
little In, or both. We have lost steadily
In both directions. Our foreign trade has
been diminished, and our domestic trade
has suffered incalculable loss. Docs not
this suggest the cause of our present de-
preston, and indicate its remedy? Con-
adence in home enterprises hns almost who'll
ly disappeared. Our shops are closed or
running OH half time ut reduced wages, and
at small profit. II not actual loss. Our
men at home are idle. and while they are
idle men abroad IRE occupied In supply.
ing US with goods. Our unrivalled home
market for the farmer has also greatly
suffered because those who constitute the
without the work aud wages they formerly
had. II they cannot earn wages they can-
not buy products. They cannot ea:n IL
they have no employment. and when they
do not earn, the farmers home market
Is lessened and impaired, and the loss is
felt by both producer anu consumer. Tho
loss of earning power alone In this country
In the past three years Is sufficient to have
produced our unfortunate busfness situa-
tlon. II our labor was we'll employed. and
EMPLOYED at as remuneratlve wages as
le ls!2. in few months every farmer In
the land would feel the glad change IN the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-04

We should permit none to participate In
the advantages Of our civilization who do
not sympathize with our aims and form of
government. We should receive none who
come to make war upon our institutions
and profit by public disquiet and turmoil.
closed.
Our Soldiers and Sailors.
The soldiers and sailors of the Union
should neither be neglected nor forgotten.
The government which they served SO we'll
must not make their lives or condition
harder by treating them as suppliants for
relief In old age or distress, nor regard with
disdain or contempt the earnest interest one
comrade naturally manifests In the welfare
OF another. Doubtless there have been PEN
sion abuses and frauds In the numerous
policy governing the administration Of the
pension bureau must always be fair and
liberal. No deserving applicant should ever
suffer because Of q wrong perpetrated by or
for another. Our soldiers and sailors gave
the government the best they had They
freely offered health, strength. limb and
life to save the country In the time Of Its
greatest peril. and the government must
honor them Id their need. as in their serv.
T. brave. noble and self-sacrifcing men who
are Justly entitled to generous aid in their
increasing necessities.
Our Merchant Marine and Navy.
The declaration Of the Republican plat
form In favor Of the upbuildlng of our
merchant marine has my hearty approval.
The policy Of discriminating duties In favor
Of our shipping which prevailed In the early
years Of our history should be again
promptly adopted by congress end vigorously
supported until Our prestige and suprem-
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of the country must now face the conditions
which beset them. ''The public exigencies"
demand prompt protective legislation which
will avoid tho accumulation Of further debt
by providing adequate revenues for the 'cx-
penses Of the government. This Is mani
festly the requirement of duty. II elected
president Of the United States 1t will be my
aim to vigorously promote this object and
give that ample encouragement to the oc-
equations Of the American people which.
above all else, Ia SO inDeratlvely demanded
ut this juncture of our national affairs.
Our Condition i'm December, 1902.
In December. 1892. President Harrison
sent his last message to congress. 1t was
an able and exhaustive review Of the con.
dillon and resources Of the country. 1t
stated our situation SO accurately that I
am sure it will not be amiss to recite his
official and valuable Testimony.
There never has been q time in our
history" said he. "when work was more
abundant or when wages were so high.
whether measured by the currency In
which they are paid or by their power to
supply the necessarics and comforts Of
been such as to give agriculture fair par
ticipation In the general prosperity. The
new industrial plants established since
October Q. 1890, and up to October q.
1892, number 345. and the extensions Of
existing plants 10s. The new capital In
number Of additional employees 37.2s5.
During the first six months Of the present
calendar year 135 new factories were built.
Of which forty were cotton mills. forty
eight knitting mills. twenty-six WOODEN
mills. fifteen silk mills. four plush mills
and two linen mills. OF the forty cotton
mills. twenty one have been built In the
Southern states"
This fairly describes the happy condi-
tlon Of the country In December. 1902.
What has 1t been since and what ID It
now?
Our Condition Eight Months Later.
The messages OF President Cleveland
from the beginning Of his second adminis-
tration to tho present time abound with
descriptions of the deplorabie Industrial
and financial situation Of the country.
While no report or official statement is re-
auircd to advise us of the present condi.
ton and that which has prevailed during
the past three years. venture to quote
from President Cleveland's first message.
Aug. 8. 1893. addressed to the Ftfty-third
congress. which he called together In ex.
traordinary session.
"The existence Of an alarming snd ex.
traorl!nary business situation" said he.