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ELvIN WATCHED HIM DO THIS.

felt tired of the work. So he gave 1t
up for the day and wandered around to
look at the place. Capt. Elvin ap-
peared for supper and looked over the
letters Rob had addressed. Rob noted
with pleasure that he did this care
lessly and did not see half of them.
"You finished number one?" said the
captain.
Yes, sir. l got tired, and left the
others till morning"
That's all right You did well.
could not do it. l could not sit down
and write an hour at stretch to save
my life"
Rob had good nights rest, and
after his breakfast the next morning
tackled number two. The captain went
off again, and Rob's curiosity had
grown so that now. while he was fresh,
he felt like reading the cipher. But it
was mystery. Such meaningless lot
of letters he never saw before. Turn
and twist them as he would he could
make nothing of them. Suddenly 1t
occurred to him that these letters did
not spell the message at all. They
must. then, stand for other letters in
the alphabet. How was he to learn
what they stood for? He took the first
sentence. FWFSZU, and so on, meant
absolutely nothing, and could not be
made to spell anything. Starting with
A, the first letter of the alphabet, Rob
tried to make F stand for it. But there
was no way to fit the same rule to b,
and make sense. This would be ARA.
1t might lead to something. But when
he had gone through the sentence he
found 1t would not do, and began on
B. He kept this up, with all the inge-
nuity his young head was capable or
and tried c and ID. He began to de-
spair of reaching it, when he tried Z.
The first five letters gave the word
EVERY"
With his heart beating faster now,
Rob kept on his way. Each letter OF
the simple cipher really stood for the
letter that came before 1t in the alpha
bet. And when he had studied it all
out, the message read as follows:
Everything is ready. You will at
once assemble your forces and join me
here"
This meant something, surely. II
meant that a revolutionary army was
to assemble under Richard Elvin and
make an attack on the forces Of the
government. This means. perhaps. ruin
70 his uncle in Buenos Ayres. And n
The Chanute times., 1900-03-09
CHAPTER XII.

On the following morning Rob rose
weary and aching from bed on which
he had tossed in wakefulness since ne
had heard the words of Lemuel Starne.
Capt. Elvin nodded to him when ne
stepped out into the large room, anu
at once led the way to the dining
room.
Eat heartily" he said. "You have
day of hard work before YOU
1t seemed to Rob that every bone In
his body ached from the excessive eX-
ertion of his walk the day before. But
he was so thoroughly aroused to the
necessities of his situation that he
grimly bore it without word, and fell
to on the breakfast as if he was really
happy boy.
Breakfast over, Capt. Elvin lighted a
cigar and offered one to Rob.
THANK you, sir, don't smoke" said
Rob.
mot smoke! A nephew of Torrevo
not smoke!"
But was not always with my un-
Gle Ricardo" said Rob.
"True. Boys in New York do not
learn to smoke as early as they do
here. Well, Ricardo, come. Let's get
to work."
The Englishman led the way to the
office again, and pointed to desk on
which there were paper and writing
materials.
THAT is your place." he said. you
are young for this trust, but Torrevc
spoke highly of you. He said you
could be trusted. But, after all, l am
not going to trust you far. You will
know the names of the men you write
20, and that is all. Now, l Will give
you three forms of letters. They are IN
cipher, and no one except those who
receive them can read them. Then
will give you list of names for eacf
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ORIGIN OF HOW
First Used by the Indians on the Western
Plains.

Plains.
They were all sitting around a table
in the Gibson House cafe, Farny and
a few other congenial spirits. Some
one ordered drink, and when 1t came
and every one was about to raise his
glass Farny said: "How?" 1t is an
expression that is heard in a cafe hun
dreds of times day. and yet few peo-
pie know its origin. Seated in the
crowd at the table in the Gibson House
was an army officer, and someone said:
Where in the world did this express
sion how come from?" Then the
army officer laughed and said Draw
close, my children, and l will tell you"
And he did. How" is an expression
used by every man when he drinks, but
it had its beginning in joke. Years
ago, when the army was engaged In
driving the red man out farther and
farther toward the setting sun, the
officers had many experiences with the
Indians. Many pow-wows and meet
ings were held, and at those assembled
many Indians who could speak but
few words of English. Army officers
are proverbially hospitable, and at
these pow-wows they always produced
a bottle and asked the chiefs to drink.
In those days the officers said to the
chiefs 81 drink to your good health"
The chiefs, who knew but few words
of English, always replied How" The
thing started as joke, but every army
officer fell into the habit of saying
How" and now it is recognized as the
proper thing to say when drinking,
particularly when doing so with the
sons of Mars.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Engaging Frankness.

Edith-There is one thing in particu-
lar that like Mr.. Tactin for. He Is
so frank. you know. He always tells
me of my faults without the least hesi-
tatjon. That was the agreement l
caused him to make. Bertha-Do you
mean to say that you do not get an
ery with him? Edith-Never. Bertha
TELL me some of the faults he has
found in you. Edith-o, he hasn't
found any yet When I ask him to
name them he always says that l am
faultless.-Stray Stories.
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form. Now, take your pen and write
this down."
81 am ready SIR" said Rob, dipping
his pen in the ink.
"The blue flag waves said EVIL
"Have you got that?'
1.-THE blue flag waves" repeated Rop'
writing it down.
"I will 90 on. The blue flag waves.
la Plata smooth and friends find easy
sailing. Splendid anchorage IN Black
Cat bay. Three days from this storm
lis expected Cover your house well.
at have that down, sir" said Rop'
.verv well. Mark that form number
one"
"It is marked number one, sir"
"Now another. Are you ready?'
Ready, sir"
"Write these letters, one after an
other, and write them very plainly.
Eyes, SIR" said Rob-
"FWFSZUIJOHJTSFBEZ. ZPVXJM
MBUPODFBTTFNCM FNCMFZPVSMPSDF'T
BOEKPJONFIFSF."
This was terrible tumble to ROD
who knew nothing about writing In
cipher.
"Got that all DOWN." asked Elkin.
Eyes, sir"
"Read them over"
Rob repeated the letters.
x Correct" said Elvin. 1T is an easy
.cinber. but none of the letters will get
into the hands of the government, and
even IL one did, 1 don't think there is
any one who would bother to make IL
out. Now take this down"
"I am ready, sir"
Loyalty to loyalty, and Black Cat
sends greetings"
'Is that all, sir"
"Thats all. You will sign to each
letter YOU write the name Vim. You
understand, it is the last syllable Of
my own name"
Eyes, sir"
"Now. here are three lists of names.
Won have the first letter marked num-
her one. Did you mark the cipher
number two?"
"Yes, SIR"
THE short one is hunhOei
These lists Of names are numbered one
two and three. You will send letter
~ each number to every person named
An the list bearing the same number
Do you understand thatf
yes, sir"
~Here are envelopes There are
stamps. DO it all up In so0o sn'Pe'
The Chanute times., 1900-03-09

The Microscopic Examination OF Cotton.
Cotton fiber, when magnified about
$50 diameters, has the appearance OF a
band Of ribbon twisted in a spiral 1t
is thicker at the edges than in the mid
die. and has irregular surface mark
ings. In some cotton the spiral char
acteristics are much more apparent
than in others. In the better qualities
of Sea Island cotton a transverse sec
ton shows a central cavity running
longitudinally with the fiber. The
breadth Of cotton fiber is less than that
of wool. It is a curious fact that cot
ton. wool and silk present characterist-
les in common. being ribbon-shaped
and spiral. The wonders Of the micro
scope are many. and familiarity with
this instructive instrument furnishes
an endless source Of knoViedgc and
ent1riaInnent.
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his uncle was killed, perhaps Elvin
would take all his property and
wealth.
With his heart filled with boyish
courage, Rob wrote the letters in cl-
pher, as he had been ordered to do.
Then he addressed envelopes from list
number two.
The message in form number three
meant nothing to him. The nearest he
could come to guess was that 1t IN
formed the persons to whom 1t was
sent that the BLACK Cat" had brought
another cargo Of contraband goods.
But what had loyalty to do with SNUG
Cling? No, 1t was another revolution
ary message, and the BLACK Cat" had
perhaps been taken as the symbol OF
the revolutionists.
Fortunately, Elvin remained away
and Rob had an opportunity to carry
out the design he had formed. He
wrote letter to his uncle.
Dear Uncle David" he wrote, Il
was not drowned when l was thrown
overheard from the Royal Mail. l was
picked up by smuggler, and am now
a prisoner among some men who are
smugglers, and also conspirators
against the government of Argentina.
The head mans name is Richard Ell
vim, and he thinks l am the nephew OF
Torrevo, the captain of the schooner
that picked me up. If he knew l was
writing this, he would kill me. The
man who threw me overheard was
Lemuel Starne, the same one who is
trying to marry my cousin Elsie. He
is a scoundrel. He is really the son
of Elvin. He comes here, and l am
afraid he will recognize me. SO, as
soon as I get this off with lot of let
ters am writing to other conspirators
am going to slip out of the window
and 20 back to the schooner Black
Cat Captain Torrevo told me to
come back if | was in danger, and
think | am. l could have gone last
night, but l wanted to finish the jof
they set me at, so that l could gel
this letter off to you. There are three
kinds of letters l am writing, and
can only read one. That is the verJ
one that seems hardest to read. 1t II
in cipher, but l made it out. 1t Il
being sent to several generals ane
colonels and captains in Argentina
and says: Everything is ready. Yo'
will at once assemble your forces ant
ioin me here.-Vin.' The name VII
means Elvin. Here means hous
not far from the river, at spot calle'
Black Cat Bay. If get back to tn
schooner l will be safe until Elvll
finds me. But l hope you will com
after me, or send someone. l warl
YOU against Lemuel Starne, wnos
name is Elvin. He is trying to ge
Elsie and your money He tried t
kill me to prevent me from reachin
YOU. Please try and get me ava
from these men. am afraid they WI
kill me yet. Your loving nephew,
ROB CLEVERDALE."
Rob addressed an envelope to "Da'
id Horton, buenos Ayres," and slippe
the letter, folded neatly, into it. The
he placed this among the letters G
number one, that he had written tn
previous day and which Elvin ha
looked over.
(To be continued.)
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II Didn't Count.

BogEs-Como and have drink.
Biggs-why. I thought yon swore on.
Boges-O. that was only New Years
resoiutlon.-New York Journal.
The Chanute times., 1900-03-09

But at last in Thomas de Quincey
visions the angels Of heaven and the
sweet incense of the fields and the
bright eyes Of hope were driven away
BY the Satanic influences which sent
him flying and shrieking through
space. He was a maniac shivering In
the clutches Of despair. The cemeteries
we're turned Into mobs Of chattering
skeletons The resurrected spirits OF
loved ones were stretching forth their
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Murder in COlletOn.

Last Tuesday John Gaskins, white
man, left Branchville with a load of fer
terlizers. He was joined by a negro named
Hampton Simmons, whom he allowed to
ride with him as far as the negro's cabin.
Last Wednesday evening the body OF
Gaskins was found in Simmons's yard,
he having received load of buckshot IN
the face.
Simmons has left for parts unknown,
but before going he took his children to
his sisters house. He told her that Gas
kins was drunk and on arriving at Sim
mons's cabin shot one of his chickens
with pistol. Simmons demonstrated
with him and he alleges that Gasklns
threatened to shoot him, whereupon Sim
mons went to his house andi got out his
gun and let Gaskins have load OF buck
shot in his face. That is his story, but
he has skipped away and no arrest has
been made.
It is coincidence that Gaskins's broth
er was also killed by being shot with a
load of buckshot and a negro is now serv-
ing term in the penitentiary for the
crime
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12

Mr.. w. H. Collins of Olar, announces
himself as Il candidate for County Super
visor in this issue.
meeting of Bamberg lodge, Knights
of Pvthias, held last Monday night, Maj
Havelock Eaves and Col Jno Folk were
elected as delegates to the grand lodge,
which meets in Charleston next month,
with DR. J B Black and w D Rhoad as
alternateS.
@This paper goes to press on "Wednesday
afternoons. This statement is made that
the public may understand our reference
to the musicale which takes place at the
Fitting School chapel this "wednesday
evening A fine program has been ar
ranged, and everybody is invited to at
tend. Admission, Is cents; refreshments
after the program.
A meeting of the base ball association
was held in the town hall last Tuesday
evening, which was presided over by u.
Move Dickinson, with Herman l.. Spahr
secretary. The finance committee reported
that they had secured about eighty dol
sarS in subscriptions, and all who have
subscribed are requested to pay these
amounts to G Moye Dickinson at once,
as the money is needed now. A commit
tee was appointed to have the grounds
put in first class condition, and the work
will go forward Immediately. Uniforms
for the team have been ordered, and Will
arrive in q few days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
The EXh0rter COnYictcd.

The second day of court opened with a
resumption of the trial of Alec. O'Bricn,
charged with disturbing public worship
ut Prospect church. in the lower part of
this county, on the thirtv-!;rSt day Of
January last.
The story of this trouble has already
been printed in THE BAMBEEG HERALD,
and the testimony before the court was
in substance what has already appeare
in its columns. Jno. r. Bclinger Esq.
appeared for the prisoner. and his exam
ination of one of the witnesses, the Rev.
Wash. Thomas, brought out .hc fact that
there was pig at the bottom o! the
trouble The preacher declared, cause
preached 4 sermon that so effected Broth
cr O'Bricn that he promised me pig If
would only come to his house | went
there the next day and got the pig"
O'Brien claimed that the pig was not 4
gift but had been purchased by the Rev
ercnd Thomas. He also boaStcd that de
hull sturbancc was cause lie sisters all
lubcd me-" and this fact was not denied
by the prisoner. The jury after hearing
all the evidence decided that the prisoner
was guilty as charged. He was sen
fenced 10 fine of $35 or three months
on the chain gang.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Oil Mill Assured.

A meeting of those interested in the
establishment of a cotton oil mill here
was held in the town hall last Tuesday
afternoon. H C Folk was made chairman
of the meeting, with W D Rhoad ard A
w Knight secretaries. 1t was decided to
make the capital stock $4,000, with the
par value of each share $25.
Most of the capital stock was subscrlb-
ed at the meeting, and Jno H Cope, &
Frank Bamberg, Jno F Folk, Havelock
Eaves, and w NJ Brabham were elected as
board of directors.
Havelock Eaves, A W Knight. and W
NJ Brabham were appointed as a commit
tee to draft bylaws for the company, and
the board of directors were authorized to
take steps to perfect the organization.
The board held meeting Immediately
afterwards, and appointed committees to
secure new commission this being made
necessary by change in the capital stock;
to secure data as to machinery; for an
available site, and to petition city council
for tax exemption for five years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
A Big Egg.

DR.. B. D. Bronson has an every day
dunghill hen which weighs about six
pounds. Ordinarily she lays an average
sized egg, and has always conducted her
salt as a well-raised but plebian-blooded
hen.
The other day, however, she got seized
with an ambition to distinguish herself,
and the result was an egg nearly the size
of those fablcd roc fruit which Sinbad the
Sailor found in the Valley of Diamonds.
The doctor has not yet weighed the abor-
ton, but he is confident that two such
woul i'd outweigh the hen, and, as soon as
he gets his new broad-trail wagon, he
proposes to cart the mastodon down town
where he will place it on free exhibition.
The egg measures 81 inches in circumfer-
ence through its largest diameter, and
inches through its shortest.
Since the above was in type, the egg
has been put on exhibition at the Bam-
| berg Pharmacy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
The May DelineatOr.

A new form of needlework, very beau
tiful in it's results, is shown in the May
Delineator. Instead OF accomplishing
embroidery by colored stitches of various
lengths, rs heretofore, very pretty results
are obtained by sewing carefully to 4
proper background small stripes of color
ed silk cut out in the shape of leaves or
petals or stalks. A most attractive feat
ure of the article describing this method
of work, is that there is Il full page print
ed in colors showing the effect of this
dainty idea.
Thackeray once wrote, "Reckon among
the blessings which Heaven hath bcstow-
ed on thee, the love of faithful women.
Purifythine own heart and try to make it
worthy of theirs All the prizes of life
arc nothing comparen to that one. All
the rewards of ambition, wealth, pleasure,
only vanity and disappointment, grasped
at greedily, fought over tiercely, and over
and over again found worthless by the
universe" Such were the ideals that sad
hearted but cheerful visaged Thackeray
worshipped. His own experience with
married life was unutterably sad; for
though his wife was living, yet he suffer
ed more than the pangs of widower for
90 years. His wife, after 50 years in an
insane asylum, died only six years ago.
The pathos of it is very tendcrly told by
Clara E LauShlin in the May issue of The
De!ineator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
New Advertisements.

B. W. Miley-Candidate's Card.
\. w. Besingcr-Candidates Card.
B. Free-Candidate' Card.
J. B. Hunter-Candidate's Card.
H.C. Folk, Chairman-Attention Demo
Gratis.
Bambcrg Pharmacy-Smallpox
r. W. D. Rowell-Candidate's card.
w. H. Collins-Candidate' card.
H.C. Folk, President-Club Meeting
SAVE YOUR EYES.
DR.. S. Berkman, optician, is temporari-
" located next door to the bank, an
will take pleasure in fitting glasses for
persons suffering from defective eyeslght.
He guarantees satisfaction or money re-
funded.
FOR SALE.
Mr.. J. NJ. Jennings advertises some
machinery for sale in this issue. Read
the ad. and communicate with him.
DIXON IRON WORKS.
See the ad. in another column. 1t con-
tains interesting information.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Their Case Went Over.

The case of the State VS. VIM Irons and
Louise Kirkland, indicted for adultery,
was continued until next term OF court.
The parties are negroes, who live about
three miles from here, and were not in
court, although the States witnesses were
all present.
This was celebrated case, and the pre-
liminary examination was held before the
late Magistrate Joseph Dickinson last
summer. The hearing occupied three
DAYS. The accused were in jail at the
time, but after the preliminary they were
both discharged, and never signed a
recognizance for their appearance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
The Case Dismissed.

On February 18th last, three young
men, John and Willie Besinger and JIM
my Nimmons, who were on frolic, shot
off their pistols in the neighborhood OF
Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson's house, and tore
down several panels of her pasture fence
They were subsequently arrested and
tried before Magistrate L. L. Lancaster,
who gave them each the alternative OF
paying fine of IS or putting in fifteen
days on the chain gang. They appealed
the case.
1t came up Tuesday. 1t was in evidence
that the boys had paid Mrs. Wilkinson
fifty cents for the repair of the fence, and
upon this showing his HonorJudge Gage
promptly set aside the verdict OF the Mag
istrate's court,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Davis Convicted.

The. case of Frank Davis, a negro
charged with shooting Frank Garvin, an
other negro, with intent to murder, at a
wedding celebration held Dec. s1st last,
occupied the attention of the court for
several hours on Tuesday. Master Kay
Hutto, a curly-haired Lord Fauntleroy
sort of little chap from Denmark, drew
the jury, and Lawyer John R Beliinger,
who assisted the solicitor, did his best,
in connection with that officer, to convict
the accused. The jury remained out un-
til after the adjournment of court, re-
turning a verdict of guilty yesterday
morning. The Judge sentenced him to a
fine of $50 or term of six months on
the chain gang.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
THE Bamberg Herald.
Thursday, April II. 1900.
Personal Mention.

Road Overseer Henry Lee was III
town Monday.
MIR. w. E. Willis was sick for several
days this week.
Mr.. Julian Quattlebaum spent last
Sunday in town.
Coroner A. W. Besinger, of Olar, was
in town Monday.
j. s. Garris, Esq, of the Spartanburs
bar, is attending court.
Mr.. Asbury Pearson, of the Denmark
section. is attending court.
Chief of Police J. A. Walker, OF
Denmark, was in town Tuesday.
Herman L. Spahr, Esq, spent several
dsys in Orangeburg last week.
-Ex-Judge Harry NJ. Graham is here
looking after some insurance cases.
Mr.. E. F. Kinard, of kearse, is here
this week, serving on the grand jury.
Mrs. Sarah McFail, of Midway, is
visiting her friends in Bamberg this week
MIR. Angus Brabham was at home
from Wofford college for day or TWO
this week.
Major l.. T. IZlar, of the Barnwell
har, is one of the prominent attorneys
attending court.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. Weeks and baby.
of Goysn, are the guests OF Judge ana
Mrs. T. S. Weeks.
DIR. S. D. NJ. Guess, of Denmark,
who believes in thirty feet wide roads,
was in town Tuesday.
Attorney s. Coker King, one OF the
bright members of the Darlington bar, Is
in attendance on court.
Miss Hattie Sue Brabham is visiting
this week at the home OF Mr.. A. l.. hlrk-
land, of Bufords Bridge.
Hon. J. O. Patterson, of Barnwell,
was attending court Monday, and was the
guest of Judge Thos. S. Weeks.
s Mr.. Edward A. Hunt, who has been
spending the past few months in BamSers
for the benefit of his health, left for New
York last Sunday.
Col. Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell,
the leonine orator of the low country,
is attending court as associate counsel IN
the Gunnels murder case.