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Sharp County record., 1897-12-03
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A Cattle Buyer in PsPe County Misiaksn"for
Candidate, and sees 10, a Trouble
(Alza Es..l5)

(Alza Ea!sl2')
"Hello, how's your candidate |
crop?" so spoke a well-dressed
individual as he entered the door
of the Herald Office, one day last
week.
The devil rubbed his (theI
devil's) face with his apron, let go
a half pint of tobacco juice into
the waste paper basket and re-
marked, "The candidate crop is
just sprouting. Lots of possums
and coons around hero. Which
way, stronger
81 am a cattle buyer" said the
visitor, "and have been down in
Pope county. | had a honorable
tme down there. Couldn't do a
thing; not even cheat a widow
woman out of sucking calf.
The candidates have taken pos
session of the entire county, and
when | arrived here | determined
to drop around at the newspaper
office and find out whether they
are on the warpath in this section
or not. So here am, and | want
to know, and d quick, or some
body will have rag around their
Jaws before sundown."
The entire force lent helping
hand towards putting a quietous
on the stranger. who broke down
and wept, refusing to be COM
forted, until the devil attempted
to brush away his tears with the
softest end of the office towel.
Tbs cattle buyer so0p became
himself once more, and after rub
bing a bump or two the devil
had placed on his head with an
iron e-stick" while he was
laboring under the hallucination
the somebody's jaws were going
to be tied together, related his
story as. follows:
"Excuse me, please, but you
cans blame me for growing
desperate. am out for busi-
ness. | want to buy cattle, but
I'll be hanged i'll can get within
shotgun range of a single farm
er in Pope county. When they
see me coming they think | am
politician and either take to
the woods or set a pack Of dogs
on me. What can do, they
have been talked nearly to death
by Office seekers, and they wont
let me tell them what | want.
81 started out Of Adkins one
morning, and when about half a
mile from town | hailed farmer
near his front door. To my sur
prise the man started to run
backward, shaking his fist at me
and saying, "Go to the devil, I'll
vote for whom | please" II
thought the man was crazy, and
getting into my rig drove off as
fast as possible. The next place
| stopped | received a similar re-
ception. The next the same, and
so on, until came accidentally |
upon a man skinning coon in
his back yard. All he done was
wave his hands and laugh. He
was deaf and dumb, and was
evidently glad of the fact. The
next place stopped was at a
little farm house near the road,
Just as ! entered the gate the old
man came to the door, levelled an
old Yankee musket at my head
and hollered, "Be on wild ye,
now, or I'll be after dumping this
iato your boastly hide, If any
body happens to axe yer, just toll
thin I'm voting for jennings
William O'Brien, and I'll vote
early and often"
'I fAlt q little discOuraped.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-03

81 knew you would come" and
then calling to the children nine
youngsters tro.ted into the room,
and the woman stated that we
would be happy. ! struck for
the door but she caught me and
pulled me back. She then ex-
planned that she had advertised
for a husband and thought |
had come in answer to the
add
81 put up for the night at a
little cottage hotel. The walls
were papered with cards, asking
the reader to vote for so and so
for such and such an office. The
bill of fare and rules Of the house
were decidedly unique"
The speaker here produced the
menu cards, which read as fol-
lows:
"Soup-Green Tree Frog, a la
bow WOW.
"Fish-Tad poles fried in rain
water; Crawfish larded in mud.
"Boiled-Leg of long tail mon
key in Soap Suds. ..
"Roasts-Naked Beef with
short dress; Saddle of Reindeer,
dear me sauce; Breast Of hooting
owl, barn rat sauce; Growing
hens, stuffed with feathers.
"Entrees-Fricassee Of mad
dogs and old socks; Sauce of
grass hoppers with pipe stems;
Compete of cigar snipe, tobacco
flavor. .u. "... N.. .
"Game-Rail birds jail birds,
night hawks.
"Assorted Cakes-Yeast cakes
cakes of soap, cake walks" b"
The rules of the house are as
follows:
"No numbering allowed in the
house. Do your killing out in
the yard.
Scents are requested not to at
tract walters attention by throw
ing things at them. This is no
deaf mute asylum.
"Seven kind of pie are given
with every dinner.
"Our food is all of the best
quality. Our milk is pure, eggs
new-laid and the butter speaks
for itself.
"Guests tipping walters must
pay funeral expenses in case one
should die from heart disease.
biscuits found riveted to-
gether can be opened with a
chisel supplied by a waiter. The
use of dynamite is strictly for
hidden.
"Don't lasso the walters, be-
cause the guest who can't throw
the rope will be at a disadvant-
age"
The cattle buyer rose to leave,
remarking, "If you should hap
pom to SOC a seven-year old
chipmonk dancing a kouchie-
kouchia in a country grave yard
at the hour of midnight to the
of a cross-eyed katydid
sitting on the north east corner
Of q four-leafed clover growing
on tho shady side Of a monument
erected to a politician, while the
moon is just setting back Of a
white steeple on a yellow church |
with green blinds, its q sign, that
may somo day wander back to
Pope county"
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L.AEENEsS.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-03
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Sharp County record., 1897-12-03

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valley.
Not a creature came that way, and
when the setting sun was succeeded by
a misty twilight he gave the word to
start.
Slowly and deliberately they climb
ed from the ledge to the top of the hill,
and standing in the shadow of the sew
en- pine trees glanced back at the dark.
ening valley with its dread associations.
Forward" cried Platoff, and turn
ing to the southeast they crossed the
ridge and went with cautious steps
down the slope beyond.
Alternately sliding and crawling they
gained the valley and travelled for an
hour or more over the frozen crust.
Then a hill doomed darkly before them,
and an hour later they reached its crest.
weary. and footsore.
"Therep' exclaimed Platoff with a
wave of the hand. behold the valley
of the Amurp And CHANGING down the
long frozen slopes the boys saw vaguely
and dimly the great water highway
that flows to the far Pacific, now chat
ing and fretting under its icy letters.
For some minutes they stood thus
strangely fascinated by the splendor of
the night.
Then the impressive silence was dis
turbed by sharp cry from Platoff-a
cry that echoed swiftly down the valley
from peak to peak, as though giants
were signaling each other.
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PlGtof flung him a yard or tho dtDdy.
hand. Far off in the forest great tu-
multi was heard. 1t swelled in volume
each moment, until the boys could dis
tinguish the bowling of wolves and the
scurrying of feet over the snow. At in
tervals branch cracked sharply above
the din.
"They are coming this way" said
Phil "What shall we do? Where shall
we go9"
"Hush. Don't be alarmed, exclaim-
ed Platoff. "Stay just where you are.
Motioning the boys back, he crept
forward to the brink of the ravine,
which they had been about to cross
Down this hollow the wolves were evil
IDENTIFY coming, and their furious out
cries had a significance for Platoff
which the inexperienced boys failed to
understand. He drew out his revolver
and examined it carefully. Then turn
ing to Maurice he called out guardedly,
sect your weapon ready-be on the
safe side, you know.
The wolves were close at hand, and
as Platoff orept yard or two farther
down the ravine deer broke into view
through the spruce thicket and dashed
swiftly past him. The poor animal was
nearly exhausted and ran with difficult
ty. Taking quick aim at the shadowy
figure Platoff pulled trigger. As the re-
port echued through the ravine the deer
was seen to fall, but it rose again quick
ly ard sped on in fight That brief de-
Law was fatal. With wild bowls half a
dozen wolves burst from the forest, and
overhauling the fugitive in half a doz-
en- leaps bore it still struggling to the
ground not 30 yards from where Platoff
stood.
The boys, hearing the cutlery and not
knowing what was taking place, were
inclined to run, but Platoff turned
around, his face aglow with triumph,
and shouted:
Follow me now. We can easily drive
off this handful of wolves"
Then he vanished down the ravine,
pistol in hand. Maurice cooked his re-
volver and followed, shouting to Phil,
who was armed only with knife, tc
keep in the rear. he reached the bot
tom of the gully almost at Platoh'
side, and his hasty glimpse Of the strug
gle made plain the Russians eagernes'
Continued Next Sunday.
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es from the trees. One Of the party re-
manned constantly ON guard. AT night
the journey was resumed over the hard
crust
For nearly two weeks the weather re-
manned pretty much the same, and the
fugitives made satisfactory progress.
They kept far back from the river, and
although they frequently saw wolves at
distance and heard them bowling
among the hills the brutes made no at
tempt to modest them. No signs of pur-
suit were encountered, and with each
nights journey they felt more hopeful
of ultimate escape.
1t was now early in the month Of
Marcia whole year since the boys
had first crossed the Russian frontier.
Their main sufferings had been from
cold, but they were cheered by the hope
of warmer weather. In month or
more, Platoff said, spring would come,
and their discomforts would then be
over. By great economy the supply of
provisions had been made to last, but
now, in the beginning of the third week
of their flight, barely enough food was
left to last them two days, and the fu-
ture outlook was dark.
The day had been spent in hiding at
the foot of rocky hill Water was
close by-a mountain spring that was
too cold and rapid to freeze. At sunset
Platoff shared with the boys scant
supper of bread and dried meat.
Tomorrow" he said, 1--WE must OBJ
tain food in some way. If we do not
succeed i'll shooting any deer, extreme
measures will be necessary. 1 shall en-
deavor to find village and buy pro-
visions"
"Are there people living near heres"
asked Maurice.
"Oh, yes, replied Platoff; Siberian
towns are scattered all along the post
ing route, at distant intervals, of
course. We have seen nothing of them
because we have kept far back in the
forest. 1t may not be necessary, though,
to take any such risks. Who knows
what a day may bring with it,"
Platoff spoke thus hopefully to en-
courage the boys. In his own heart the
prospect was gloomy enough, and there
fore what happened in the course of the
next few hours was all the greater a
surprise.
They travelled rapidly that night,
covering mile after mile of forest land
and hearing constantly the bowling of
wolves in different directions. The ao-
counts of the ferocity of Siberian
wolves, however, are greatly exagger-
ated. 1t is seldom that they attack men,
and the government sleighs that trav-
erse the post road have never been mo-
lested
Hereafter" said Platoff, 81 think
we will sleep at night and travel in the
daytime. The risk will be little greater,
and we can make much better speed. /"
''That will be splendid, said Maui
rice. "It always makes me weary to
hear the wolves bowling"
They are more than usually noisy
tonight" replied Platoff, "and they
will become more dangerous as we near
the Pacific. In daylight they lose their
courage and are towards
They travelled ON in silence for time.
Suddenly Platoff halted and raised his
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All three Sprdng from the StOCEddC to-
gCthGr.
heard in the distance that seemed to
grow more distinct each second. Platof
threw himself upon his knees and put
his ear to the ground. LAS thought, "
he exclaimed, "the mounted Cossacks
are coming. They will spread in all di-
rections and carry ON the search in
squads of three and four. Now is the
time to show your speed. Here, give
me hand, each of you.
He dashed off again, fairly dragging
his companions with him. Faster and
faster they ran, louder and louder grew
the trampling of boots in their rear,
and then with sudden effort they
checked themselves on the bank of the
Kara.
Here we arer' exclaimed Platoff
fervently. "There is one important
thing in our favor The direction in
which we must go is the very last one
that will be suspected. But it will be a
terrible ordeal and full of suffering
Can you endure it, do you Think"
"What do you mean?' asked Mau-
rice, not quite catching his meaning.
"The water" was the reply, "the
icy channel of the river. We must wade
for several miles. 1t is our last and on
ly hope"
Little wonder that the boys recoileC
at this prospect They were suffering
intensely now from the bitter cold
Platoff gave them no time for delibera
ton.
He plunged sturdily off the bank int
the running water, and they followed
without hesitation. The Kara is rive
only in name. The channel is shallow
and not more than 30 yards broad a
the widest part. The water flows swift
ly over a gravel bed and among BIZ
stones that rise in profusion above tn
surface. Being fed entirely by noun
tain springs, it never freezes in winter
though a fringe of ice forms on tn
edges and floating cakes are borne dow
with the curreDt rte fupitives wade
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THE : SUNDAY : LIGHT.
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER IA, 1897

tart.
1.-THE sentryp' he whispered. His
back is turned We must drop together
and run. Don't lose sight of me-
At this moment, when the danger
was most critical, startling Interrupt
tion came from the prison yard. Round
the front angle strobe a sentinel, rifle
on shoulder. He marched down the ave-
nue. beneath the very noses of the fright
ened fugitives, staring straight ahead
under the visor of his cap. He failed to
see the log projecting from the stock
AIDE, and, catching his foot on the end,
down he went with crash full length
on the ground.
Jump quick" whispered Platoff,
and all three sprang from the stockade
together, landing heavily on the snowy
crust below.
"Don't rise," said Platoff. Follow
me on hands and knees" He crawled
away into the darkness at speed which
the boys found difficult to equal.
CHANGING to their right, they saw the
sentinel still motionless at his post
Whether he was facing them or not it
was impossible to tell. Foot by foot
they left the stockade behind, and still
the silence was unbroken. Then on the
night air rose a single loud cry. 1t was
answered by shout, and then another
and another boom thundered from the
little cannon in the courtyard and the
echoes quivered through the valley.
Platoff leaped to his feet 1.-THE alarm
gum" he exclaimed. 1.-THE whole set
Element knows we are free. Run as you
never ran before and keep me always
in sight"
With great strides he plunged for
ward over the snow. Close at his heels
came Maurice and Phil, amazed at their
own speed. The sentry, catching fleet
ing glimpse of the fugitives, raised his
rife and fired. The bullet whistled
overhead. He fired again and again,
shooting aimlessly into the night.
Six times the rife cracked, and the
red fash blazed briefly atbwart the
darkness. Then came silence, an omi.
nous, fateful calm, and the daring fugi-
tives fleeing across the valley heard
nothing but the rapid tramp Of their
own footsteps. In single file they sped
over the deepening snow, facing the
cutting blast and breathing quickly
through clinched teeth.
Platof ran at the head, every muscle
strained, his ears alert to catch the
faintest sound. From time to time he
uttered cheering words to his compan
ions.
Before them and on both sides wa;
darkness, but looking over their shoul.
ders they saw the twinkling lights OF
the prison still perilously close at hand.
Twice Maurice stumbled, exhausted
by the fearful strain, but Platoff drag,
ged him to his feet with new encourage
ment
Then Phil gave out almost entirely
and his companions had to help hin
along between them.
lyon must keep up" said Platof
impatiently "See, we are on the down
ward slope now. The river is not fal
off. Once there we are comparatively
safe.
''Listen. What is that" cried Mau-
rice, and as he spoke dull noise was
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CHAPTER XVIII.

The party pressed eagerly forward
and were soon standing in the shadow
of the pines. The trees were indeed sew
en- in number, all of mammoth size and
growing close together on the very
verge Of the cliff. Huge rocks were
scattered about in all directions.
'Now for the cave, ;" said Platoff, as
he began to 20 over the ground inclosed
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When they awoke, II was apparently
late in the afternoon. Il was still snow
ing, and so thickly that from the mouth
of the cavern it was impossible to SEQ
any distance into the valley.
For several days this storm contin-
ued, and the fugitives felt thankful in.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16
x. PENIS GROVE, n. j., FRIDAY, APRIL l6. 1897.
the NEWS EPrToMIzED


Special adyices received in Washington
state that Spain hopes to end the rebellion
in Cuba by a general amnesty decree similar
TO one which has been signally effective 10
the Philippine Islands. Notice has been
given TO Span OF the Cuban policy which the
Administration Will pursue.
Representative shannon, Of New York: in
troduced In the House a bill to amend the
Antitrust law so that 1t will not prevent
railroad traffic agreements. Mt. Shannon's
bill is much less complex than Senator For
aker's.
In the House, Mr.. Almond, Of Missouri,
appeared as leader OF the Democrats and
Populists who are opposed TO the policy o,
Mr.. Bailey.
The Spanish Minister has received a tele.
gram IRON the commander OF the Spanish
forces at Manila announcing the end OF the
rebellion In the Philippines. Under a
promise OF amnesty $4,000 men have laid
down their arms and have been pardoned. &.
The Japanese Minister In Washington re.
ceived advices from home contradictlng tho
recent reports concerning the unfriendly
attitude OF his country toward Hawaii.
The Senate, In executive session, con-
nrmed, among others, the following nomina-
tons: A. T. Buck, OF Georgia, to be Minister
to Japan, and James Boyle, Of Ohio, to BIO
Consul at Liverpool.
An agreement has been reached among tho
leaders OF the various parties In the Senate
under which the appropriation bills which
failed to become laws at the last session Of
Congress will be taken up and passed.
The President has decided to recommend
to Congress an appropriation rs indemnity
for the killing by a mob OF lynchers Of three
Italian citizen-Lorenzo Saladln, Decino
Sorcoro and Angelo Marcuso-at Hahnville,
La, a suburb of New Orleans, on August $
last. All were accused of murder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16
Fighting The FLOODS,
Fears That the Waters May Not Re-
cede Till June.
ARMED MEN ON THE LEvEES,

Louisiana Makes a Plucky Fight. and Sc
Far She Has Succeeded In Escaping
Without n Crevassc, Butin Many Placer
Grave Fears Are Observation-Disclosures.
dies Caused by h High Water,
New ORLEANS, La. Special Louisiana
struggle against the floods is probably IN.
paralle'el in any section. The Bayou LIE
Fourchv line was given up two weeks ago,
but tho planters are still holding 1t. The
engineers declare that nothing short OF a
miracle could hold the Tensas line, but work
4 sample OF the work going on all along thu
rlver in this State.
Tie city wharves are found too low for
the rising river, which is covering many OF
Them. There Is no danger here, for barri-
eades can easily be built and managed, but
Il will result in tho old levees being aban-
homeland new and higher wharves being
constructed within the next year.
Word came that Rovenwood, on tho At
chafalaya River, was about to go. The
planters at once organized and declared that
the flood should not conquer, no matter what
II cost. The Texas and Pacific road runs
alongside of tho levee there, and General
Manager Thorne communicated with the de-
tenders by telegraph. A leader was elected,
forces thoroughly organized asawmill in the
vicinity set to work, and soon 500 men were
engaged In the work OF protection.
Four men In a sklT tried TO cut the levee
at Davis, on the opposite side of the river,
eighteen miles above the city, where the
great crevass Of 1884 occurred. Armed men
pursued them In a boat, but the miscreants
escaped. Now twenty-five armed men
patrol hat levee each night, and tampering
with the bank will mean death.
The waters OF Mississippi are being hurled
Outward with tremendous force, and sew
sral thousand men arc working night and
day In the effort TO hold the embankments
intact. Reports from the overiowed Mis-
ussippi Delta arc not encouraging. Many
planters express the fear that the foo will
aot recede until June-too late to plant this
gear's crop. Much suffering still prevails In
he Sunfiower and Bogue Phalia country,
where hundreds OF colored people have de-
,erted their cabins and gro huddied on the
high ground.
At Memphis, Tenn, the river Is stationary.
fhe river Is falling at Cairo, ILL.,. but as he
rainfall throughout the territory draining
into the Mississippi Mt Memphis and above
aas been heavy, the local observer predicts
that there will probably be q slight rise.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16
Foreign Notes.

Gomez, the Cuban insurgent leader, re-
fused TO admit to his camp ENJOYS sent by
Captain-General Weyler TO offer terms Of
peace.
A terrible dynamite explosion has taken
place in a deep mine at Llanglarte, in the
Transvaal. Eight English and twenty-sfx
native miners were killed.
Ten persons were killed by IN explosion
OF flredamp In the 0berhausen pit at Essen.
on-Ruhr, Germany.
Trustworthy reports confirm the statements
that the Greek ~irregulars nave captured Bal
tino, in Macedonia. The Turks lost forty men
killed.
Premier Deiyannis asked the GRESHAM Boule
for n war credit OF 20, 900 ,0GO drachmac. He
hoped, he said. that peace would continue.
but Greece must be prepared for war, If 1t
came.
The prestige ofihe concert of the European
Powers Is said to be declining.
Reports OF insurgent defeats in Cuba con-
iinue to be made. Smallpox has broken out
liz the island, and has claimed $50 victims In
one town.
The English preS opposes vigorously the
reopcning of the Bring Sea seal qvestion.
audit Is doubttuih Great Britain viii agrees
TO II.
Henry White, American Charge d'Affaires
in London, has requested the British Foreign
ONCE to take measures fog stopping indis-
erininate slaughter 81 the seals.