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taken possession Of this commonwealth
and are trying to run II on royalist
rather than republican principles. In
the court house there now, your father
the friend Of Franklin, SIR, and the
upholder Of the rights Of mans be-
ing arraigned before q judge who
wears an imported London wig and
gown warranted to be of the exact
pattern worn on the Kings bench And
the sheriff has just gone into court
with q mace and sword carried before
him a. II he were the lord mayor Of
London Republican institutions win
80 to the devil. sir, II 1t Is not stopped
and stopped soon"
Having delivered himself Of this har-
a2gue without seeming to care whether
It would please the bystanders or not
the tall young man shook hands twice
with young SEWER and turned toward
the court house, followed by Q cheer
from the tackles" or plebeians, as he
would have called them In the Ian
guage Of the volume Of Plutarch he
carried In his saddle bags. He had
way Of his own in getting through q
crowd, and q few minutes later he was
In the court house and inside the rail-
ing. talking In low tones to two Other
young men whose conversation showed
that they were law students and fierce
republicans like himself. silence In
the court% said the high sheriff, stern
", and the undersheriff, who held the
royalistic mace which had helped to
occasion the "Jacobinical" outburst,
brought the handle Of It down on his
desk in a series OF menacing thumps.
As the noise ceased the Judge looked
over his spectacles at the prisoners
dock. The defendant has heard the
indictment charging him with high
treason against the sovereign common
wealth of North Carolina, by the grace
Of God free and independent Let him
stand up before the bar of this court
and plead whether he be guilty or not
guilty"
SEWER rose slowly. He was smooth
ly shaver, and his face, still unwrin- |
killed.. gave him the appearance Of be- |
ing 10 years younger than he really |
was. He had dressed himself care
fully in the full regiInentals of a Cou-
tinental colonel. and when he rose to |
plead, the crowd outside, seeing him
through the windows and being safe
from the anger Of the bench. gave its
verdict in the case by a lusty cheer.
The judge frowned. and the sheriff's |
mace once more pounded the desk. As
the cheer died away Sewer began:
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habitu.s Of every race track IN "sst'
ern North Carolina
II was fully three minutes oefors Sns
sheriff and his party OF dozen oepu'
ties had made their way to the -niecn.
ing racks" which Ranked the sides OF
the square. On reaching them, II va
only to ind that every bride was 4eo
to the rack poles In double and tWisteo
hard knots. Swearing and perspinns
with their efforts, three Of the sherin
party did manage to mount and e'Ve
chase before the fugitives were out OF
siRht. and the others struggled arter
them a. soon as they could cut ana
piece out their bride reins- But the
chase was % hopeless that Its failure a.
q spectacle exasperated the crowd IN
TO yells of derIsion. The tall young
man with the eelskin cue had mounted
the top Of a gate which commanded q
view Of the road until II disappeafed
around the hill q mile from the eoort
house. They are half q mile ahead
already, and 1t is no race at all" be
said. NO race at all, gentlemen; no
race at ALL They will win in a eAin-
ter. II they ever come back over the
mountains to this court house 1t will
be with a thousand men behind them
And, by the eternal. II It Is necessary
to defend republican principles against
the British aristocraey Of North Car
olina, / win be one Of the thousand"
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IN HUNGARIAN sTYLE.
He Ress and Bowed when They In
tered the Church.

He Ross and Bowed when They In
tered the Church.
Other times, other Manners" re-
marked the man In the big leather
armchair to the Detroit Free Press
man, ought to be amended to read.
Other countries, other manners Not
long ago I went back to the small
country town Of my boyhood to make
q short visit, and while there the
whole town was set agog by the APP
pearance Of a highly interesting for
eigner-a Hungarian Of noble birth
No. he wasn't q barber in disguise: he
was a genuine titled Hungarian. One
Of the clever. pretty girls Of Small
town had gone abroad to study music,
and had there met and made a serious
impression on this Hungarian gentle
man, who had crossed the water to
make Der a visit He held . military
position in his own country, and the
tails of his military coat-lined with a
brilliant red-nearly FRUSTRATED the
entire community. One Sunday morn
ms nc oNSOLhPdAACa Tic yO1A6 AaAy
TO church, and. of course. Smalltown
was out in full force to get a good
look at him. Certainly his church de-
pertinent differed widely from any
thing ever witnessed in this country.
He was seated in the pew with the
young woman when her father came
down the aisle. AS the father entered
the pew. the tall Hungarian arose.
placed his hand across his breast and
bent double in a ceremonious bow:
then seated himself, the red coat-tails
being much in evidence during the sa-
lutte. When the girls mother entered a
few minutes later the same formal re-
ception bow was made to her As a
rule, Americans do not rise and make
sweeping bows in church; but, as is
evident. such is the Hungarian fash
ion, and Smalltown was naturally
much interested and agitated over this
unusual display Of foreign manners"
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The pig as swimmer was the SUBJ
Ject Of one Of Steyenson's most delight
ful passages, which & recent happening
IN the South Seas proves to have been
vel founded. A steamer running from
Eden to Sydney struck On rock a
hundred and Fifty yards from shore. In
the absence Of rockets. lines were at
tached to the hind legs Of several pigs.
which promptly swan ashore; and
then every passenger got ashore also.
BIZ means Of q travelling cage. Per-
haps the pig is awakening to he IN
justice which pronouncss him more
useful dead than alive. and Is preparing
to ~score even with the historic goose
that rescued Rome. Already he can
claim that, even if he has never saved
. city, be has greatly advanced the IN
tsrests Of several cities.
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eff it please this court


But he never finished his sentence.
The taller Of the three men who had
ridden up out side with the led mare
pushed forward before him and bowed
to the Judge:
MY name is James Cozby. II IL
please the courtl" he-said. 81 am dep
utilized by the people Of the watauga
settlement to represent this defendant
by. challenging the Jurisdiction of the
court to try him. When the court
wants him again. let it send to Wa
taugs for him."
In the breathless silence which fol-
lowed this astonishing utterance. an
other backwoodsman, almost as stall
wart as Cozby, grasped Colonel Sc
vier's arm, and with the third Of their
party In front Of them. they forced
their way toward the door, pushing
the crowd to the right and left with an
energy which sent more than one man
to the floor. As they reached the door
Major Cozby released Sewers arm,
drew q pistol from under his hunting
shirt, and shouted, Sewer! Sewer!
A rescued rescued" thrust aside the
undersheriffs around the door, and
made way for his party through the
crowd Fifty yards away across the
square stood young SEWER, holding the
horses. While Judge Spencer was stu
speechless with surprise and indigna-
ton. the fugitiyes were mounting. and
before the sheriff had made his way to
the door Of the court room they were
gathering down the watauga road.
followed by one after another Of the
Wild. high-pitched cheers. learned
from the Cherokees and famous in
AFTER times as ''the rebel yell"
Through the whiriwind Of summer
dust which rose around the reckless
riders. It could be seen that the "led
mare on whose back Sewer had
been forced By his companions, was
already in the lead by dozen lengths.
and that she was gaining q length n
every twenty abe covered. More than
ons Of the cheering tackles" recog-
nized her as Sewers thoroughbred |
Bonnie Kate who. when nrst m-
ported, had come near bankrupting tie
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afterward exchanged shots with Sewer
on the road to Knoxville. II Is not
necessary for the purposes Of this his
tory to dwell on that point 1t is
enough to say that he had keen eye
for horsenesh, ami when three stall
wart backvoodsmen rode up with
Led mare whose slim TANKS. clean-cut
limbs and erect head showed her aris-
tocratic blood, he was alert at once.
at want q horse to ride over the
mountains" he said. will you sell
or trader"
sThis is not my day for tradingl"
said the tallest Of the three backWoods-
men, a. he dismounted and gave the
reins Of his own horse and Of the led
mare to young man, who. as II by
encouragement, pushed out Of the
crowd TO take them.
II win give You a hundred for her."
81 tan you It's not my day for trad
Ing" said the baekwoodsman In the
hunting shirt. briskly. Come. gem
tlemen."
Win Ms CDupdulOus Ne pubneu
through the crowd to the court house
door with the air of q man who had
business there. To offers Of "a hun
dred and atty" two hundred" -two
hundred and fifty" for the mare no
pald no attention whatever. The young
man In the eelskin cue, who had fol-
lowed him half dozen steps TO make
them, returned to the youth who was
holding the mare and began to ques-
tion him At first uncommunicatiye
TO q degree. the young man finally re-
laxed and said, half humorously. half
herceiy:
IL you want to know who those men
srs can tell you. They are Maj. Jim
cozby. Capt Nat Evans and Capt Jack
Gibson. They were ever IN this part
Of the country once before when the
British were licking you people. and
nov they have come back to zee you
hang my daddy. John SEWER"
ALLOY me to shake your hand, sir.
/ an pleased to meet ron. sir. or any
othsr relation Of Colonel Sewer sasd
ths North CarolinIan- The truth d.
SIR. that the gentry. Who never we're
anything but half Tories At 80. have
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our OF THE MOUTHS OF sAREs

Johnnie" asked the minister, avhas
Is the chief branch Of education ar
your SCHOOL,? willow branch, sir,s
replied Johnnie.
well. Tommy" said his Aunt Mary.
-shafl I carry your bat and cricket
stumps for ycu9" NO. Aunty, tanks, .
replied the little fellow. NE larry bat
an Jumps. Gu tan larry mer'
A little s-year-old miss wandered
over to the window during family
prayers one snowy morning and nearly
knocked the inspiration out Of the sup
plicants by exclaiming: ~0h, mammal
Tome an look. It's walnin' poptorn. .
Nov, dear" said mamma to little
Carrie, who had Just received q box
OF sweetneats. You must ask one Of
your little friends IN to share your
candy" well replied the little LADY,
amer a few moments' thought, III
guess III invite Fannie. cause candy
makes her tooth ache an she can't eat
much.
sWhat can you ten ne about Esau7-
asked the psdagosue Of his most prom
isinr pupil In the beginners class.
.sEsau. replied the young hopeful.
with the glib alacrity Of one who feels
himself for once on safe ground; .Esau
vas the fellow what wrote book Of
fables and sold the copyrigkt for .
hottie of potash :
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M0RGANT0WNRESCUE
sTrRRINo EVENT IN HISTORY
or NORTH CAROLINA.


The crowd In Morgantown at the
opening Of the SEWER trial was the
largest which had ever assembled In
North Carolina, or, for that natter.
In the entire country south Of the Po-
tomae. The roads were unusually
good In the summer Of 17se, and for
100 miles around people had ridden
over the hills to hear what the 'haro
OF Kings mountain" who gloried In
having been rebel and a traitor
against England, would say when put
on trial fer. his life on the charge of
rebellion and treason against North
Carolina. The high court did not open
until 10 O'Clock. and long before that
hour both the court house and the
square around 1t were crowded with
men In every variety of costume from
the uniform Of a general Of North Car
DINA militia to the buckskin shirt of
the Watauga baekVoodsman. The
four "groggeries," which were ample
for the needs Of the town on ordinary
court days. were swamped with Gus
toners. and nothing but the liberal
supply Of such pocket pistols" az our
colonial ancestors carried with them
ON such occasions prevented a deplor-
able epidemic Of thirst. AS II was,
the crowd kept in a good humor.
There had been only one fight during
the morning, and II was all too brief.
In the crowd which hurrahed for this
night, and for every other which took
place during the day, there was "a tall,
lank, uncouth looking young man, with
long locks Of hair hanging over his
face and his back hair done up in an
eelskin cue" According to Albert
Gallatin, his name was Andrew Jack
son and he had stopped TO hear the
trial. intending to proceed afterward
10 Robertson's colony on the Tennes-
BEE side Of the mountains GaIlatin
says Ibis dress was singular and his
those Of rough backwoods-
man." This Is undoubtedly true, but |
L has never been definitely proven that |
he was the same Andrew Jackson who
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VANITY FAIR.

Pelota may be the next substitute
for lawn tennis in England. II is of
Spanish or Basque origin and has long
been popular in Spain. South America
and Cunder an Italian name) in parts
Of Italy. What billiards are To baRa-
telle and polo to hockey pelota Is to
tennis (real tennis-not the lawn"
VARIETY. 1t is played with a heavy
ball Of leather and India rubber, which
Ii struck by the players arm. The arm
Is tncased In a solid gauntlet or cestus
made Of basket work, which gives ter
rinc force to every blow. The game il
not for weaklings.
An Indiana woman played a Joke
on old Dame Nature this summer by
inducing a lilac bush to blossom twice
In one season. Having heard that
picking on the leaves Immediately az.
ter the bush and bloomed In the spring
would cause it to again blossom in
the tall, this woman tried the expert
ment Regardless Of the amusement
Of her skeptieal friends, she stripped
her lilac bush OF its leaves and sue
eeeded In making the poor shrub be-
lieve spring had once more arrived.
Accordingly It again leaved forth and
by the nrst OF September produced
beautiful white flowers. as perfect and
fragrant a. those which 1t bore ear
lier In the season.
Emperor williams long-taIked-of
visit to the holy land has at last been
definitely settled and It Is to take
place during the coming year. The
exact date. however. win depend upon
how long they take to complete the
new German church at Jerusalem. AZ
his majesty Is anxious to be present
At the opening. This church, which
b being erected on q site granted BIZ
the sultan. win be the largest protes-
tant church In Jerusalem The kaiser
wiz be accompanied By the kafserin
and It Is not improbable that the
crown prince and Prince Eitel-Fritx
win also be Of the royal party on
board the Hohenzollern- The German
residents In Palestine are naturally
looking forward to the royal vialt
Their maJesties have no intention AZ
combining their sojourn in Palestine 20
jerusalem alone. but have expressed
tAs wish to sss Bethlehem. the D,.d
- and other places q Interest
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Does anybody know Of any white
man who, sentenced to death and Civ
en- liberty pending his execution. would
voluntarily 90 to the place set for
that event when his term Of freedom
expired? That Is the ecstasy Of hon
or, and two Indians have had the ex-
perience recently, Choctaw and q
Creek, one Of whom was shot and the
other reprieved- Possibly the stoi-
eism Of the red man has something 70
do with the honor, but the white man
Is not 20 constituted as to be stoical
when his life Is at stake.
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Arth.r klns-z. rssrAsf.l z.,.rs...
ma Beat

Arthur Klnbsr's EriEhtf.i zxps<ss.ss
On . Boaf.
Further particulars Of the Zenohia
disaster. CT Cape Moreton, whsrsby
I've men died after days Of terrible
suffering. have reached Brisbane. Aus
tralia. says the San Francisco Chruri-
Gle. A representative had an inter-
view with Arthur Kimber, the only
survivor. ~ NoosA Kimber statsd
that On Sept IS. after passing over
Calundra bar and getting into deep
water, the centerboard was carried
away. Il was blowing stfR from the
southeast 1t the time. When about
eight Or ten miles from Calundra q
nasty squall came up from the south
west and struck the boat Owing 20
the main sheet not running free she
reeled over and capsized, turning bot
tom upward. In the party, besides
kimber, were Fred, Harry and VIII
liam Slavson, Mcconnell and McCabe.
An but the lad Harry ciambered on
10 the keel Kimber SWAN to the boy
and after some difficulty got him safe
" On the boat After clinging to the
craft for about an hour a steamer
passed within q mile and q half Of
them, but. though all shouted togeth-
CT, they failed to attract attention.
Kimber states that he had strong hopes
Of being picked up; the others, how
ever, gradually lost all heart BY their
combined exertions the boat was right
ed. but the mast snapped on close to
the deck All got into the boat and
passed line around to secure them
selves. All through the night they
huddled together for warmth, and kept
singing out to one another for COM
partnership sake. Fred Slawson and
the boy died during the night and the
bodies Of both were cast into the wat
Ct. At daylight on the second day
Mcconnell came close to Kimber with
q pocket knife In his hand, but Kim
Der wishes emphatically to contradict
the false statement that he tried 10
stab him. Both Mcconnell and Nc
Cabe appeared to have lost heart and |
tried to jump overheard. Mcconnell,
however, died in Kimber's arms short |
ly after McCabe succeeded in jumping !
overheard. Then, William Slawson,
heartbroken at seeing one after an
other drop on, was the next to sue
cumb- Kimber was now the only one
Of the six living. Being unable to
bear the sight Of the dead bodice he
cast them overheard. The following
the boat drifted in within a
mile Of land, but went out again with
out the faintest hope Of rescue. Next
morning the boat drifted into the La
gura bay, near Noosa Heads, but
again went out with the current. Fin
ally she grounded on the beach four
miles from the Heads. After land
lEg Kimber says he went to sleep. The
next day. with great difneulty he reach
ID q settlers house In a terrible state.
When found his hands. feet and face
we're fearfully sunburned and swollen,
md his eyes starting out of their
sockets.
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A nicrobe Ii willing to travel third
class. as in chewing-gum, though It
may prefer q frstclass trip, as In
cream A Philadelphia paper gives the
history Of several cases Of diphtheria:
A child with q piece OF gum In her
mouth met child who had just been
taken Ill She divided the gum with
the family when she reached home.
TIE monentary contact, with the gum
- vehicle. gave the disease its OPP
Dortunity. Eternal vigilance Is the
price Of health.
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Ranlantinr Foreat.-

In Wisconain an effort n being mad. a.
reforest the cut-over pine lands Of the as.
Some Of the great iumbermen have concjSS
"a to replant their cut-oYer lands with w..
old tres, II the state win strictly enfo,..
the nre law regarding forests. Il h 49,
mated that the planting can be done a. |.
cost Of 50 per 1000 trees, and loo IT,.
Will cover an acre. II IL time that renl,0,
ing OF our fast-disappearing forests wers -
tempted, and q careful enforcement OF ~.
are laws IN both new and old forests Is me-,
necessary. II viii be a good many Year. :
ever, before such work can be taken I'M /,
Colorado, for the reason that the land n
marily Il owned either BY the government d,
the estate
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A young carpenter. working on "a
high roof, suddenly began slipping to-
ward the edge. Press hard on one
Aeelr' came the cry Of his brother.
above. why should press on one
he'll" whimpered the boy. "obey Or
ders!" was the stern reply. The boy
did 30, found his course arrested at
the very brink. and was soon rescued.
Today, a. one Of the prominent ora
tors and evangelists OF this continent.
he attributes his success largely to the
lesson Of obedience learned on that
sioping root
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An expert In educational matters
says that country children remember
longer than city children. It would
Be wen II their superior memory In
variably retained the story Of fail
ure Of boys and girls who rushed into
cities when their country home offered
them sure. II moderate, success. The
examples Of occasional good fortune
are never forgotten; the disappoint-
ments become indistinct In the recol-
lection, largely because the mind wishes
20 put them out Of view.
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Austria's cabinet went down q few
days ago. Spain's was wrecked q lit
de earlier and Frances seems to be on
The eve Of q crisis. while II the liber-
ais had = strong leader the Salisbury
ministry would have been OVERTHROW
On the Greek question q few months
ago. Notwithstanding that LEO major
~ which Salisbury's side got In the
parliamentary elections Of 1895. These
are turbulent times for most Of the
European nations which have repre-
sentative institutions.
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A DEAD SHOT FOR RHEuMATIsM.

SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE Co, 10
Dearborn St, Chicago, NJ: Thank the Lord,
am on foot once more The IS DROPS" knocked
the Rheumatism In the head and put me on my
crutches, 50 kept taking IL. and now have
thrown away my crutches, and walk about Like
. man May God bless the man that got up the
. DROPS" IL Is q dead shot for Rheumatism
and Gravel Three different doctors gave me
medicine and treated my case Besides have
bought and used every remedy ever heard OF
Al did NE no good One dose OF - DROPS"
vas worth IL an. II stopped the pain, and lam
now able TO 90 about have not the time To-
day 20 fully state my case but win gladly write
you complete statement at some future TINA
T. STAMPS
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An E.e.Ilsnt Substitute.

The riots in the Austrian reichsrath
are attracting a great many Viennese
to see the fun" remarked SQuildig.
why not?" remarked McSwilligen.
The sessions make an excellent sub
stitute for football games. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
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The Wyoming Supreme Court has
decided that that section Of the state
constitution which declares that no for
eign born citizen can vote unless able
TO read the constitution, means that
the constitution must be read IN Eng
hsh- Il Is reasonable and q right
eous law. The man who has no clear
idea Of the meaning Of his vote Is the
natural prey OF the vote buying boss.
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shsTl N.r.r VIM.

A Boston girl sued a New Yorker for
Sc. 200 for breach Of promise. but she
VIII not get that nor anything else, If
the defendant is able to prove--as he
says he is-that he broke the engage
ment because the girls mother always
insisted on kissing him good-by when
be left the house.-Ex
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Scrofula and
All other blood
Diseases are promptly
And Permanently Cured.
By Hoods SarsapariIa
If you suffer from
ANY form of Blood
Disorder, you should
Take Hoods and
Only Hood.
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rrsmsndou. Exodus to the KIondlL..

Despite the warnings Of those who h,,,
been on the spot. and predict suffering h
the Klondike region. thousands OF adyentp,
Gus Americans are vending their way thith.
erWard All OF them should be prOyidSI
with that medicinal safeguard, HOstetter'i
Ishes the system, and prevents malar,
rheuma tism, kidney trouble. besides remedT'
ing liver complaint. dyspepsia and eOnstips.
don
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SWhat Is a cosmopolitan "a cOsmopoli
tan Il q New Yorker who has been con
Vinced that there Is something going on out
ode Of his own town
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'1Dickde, did you get anything on Christ.
.roap."
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Educate Your BOweh With Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Toe 80 nc O. G. fail. druggists refund mousy.
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ssHow gracefully your daughter touches the
pIanoF' "Huh! you ought to see her touch
ne for holiday money!
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
Drur1ists refund the money II IL fails 70 cure 8