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The Western news., 1904-11-23
CHAPTER XIV.
Sankala Starts on Adventure.

Sankala Starts on Adventure.
Extreme old age is like childhood in
many ways. 1t is spoken of as second
childhood almost universally and what
becomes common expression among
people is usually true. A maxim, an
adage, a quotation,a legend or supersti
tion does not become such until it has
been demonstrated to be true in theory
or has good foundation for it's origin.
Old age is like youth in many ways.
Both are pettish, fanciful jealous and
unreasonable and often long for the
impossible. But one of the greatest
similarities in youth and age is the
quickness with which the spark of life
is extinguished or 1ekindled in either
extreme.
The infant goes to sleep hale and
hearty. 1t awakens to expire from
some sudden attack of disease. The
aged falls to sleep in the most cheerful
moments to awaken no more. The i'm
FAINT rallies from the point of death al
most instantly; its face soon wears a
smile and all trace OF suffering has
passed.
The aged are given up for lost. The
last spark of life seems extinguished
But suddenly the dull eye lids reopen
with flash. The wrinkled face is
iekindled with life and the aged limbs
become active. as if youth had re, en-.
tered the body. 1t may be spasmodic,
it is true, but age often battles with
death for hours, days, weeks, months
and even years.
Sankala slept no more that night
She stood in the partially opened doo1
and alternately gazed out upon the
bay and then upon the form Of the aget
sleeper, who lay upon the bed near tn,
lamp. The fight between the fisher
men was her fight. 1t is true that sh,
wac no longer one Of them, but she ha,
} spent her life among them and thei
interests appealed to her az If the,
. were her own. Besides. Dan Laphan
was one of them. He had promised t.
. save her aged friend from the count,
7 poor farm and this to her WAS almos
0 as important as life itself. She felt al
interest in Dan other than this. The,
g had tended their traps side by side
Q Dan was kind to her. He was kind t
+ her dear old Ringwold. She was fra,
: and friendless. Dan was strong an
: companionable. 1t is natural for tn
= weak to lean upon the strong. 1t
d natural for the strong to support th
i weak. There is . fellow feeling bt
Q tween the weak and strong that draw
O them to each other. Especially is th
}. the case when the strong is man an
d the weak is q woman.
d When the arst shot was fred ths
o morning between the fishermen its /,
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another commission to perform. He
had been instructed to dispatch cou,-
ier to the county seat to notify the
sheriff. This official would communi.
cate with the governor, who in turn
would orde, out the state militia.
The trouble had been under discus.
sion for years. 1t had entered politics
and was the means of arousing the ami
m Mostly of two states. The officers on
the south side of the liver stood by
their fishermen, and those on the north
eide we're equally as loyal. 1t was an
Interstate affair and needed but the
firing of gun to awaken large citi-
zenship and plunge the two states into
most serious complications.
Many of the fishermen on both sides
are ignorant foreigners, desperate char
acters by reason of their calling and
the hardships Of fisherman's life, and
when once aroused to arms would lose
their reason. Bloodshed and riot were
now expected in their reddest form.
Women and children looked out
across the black Day with anxious eyes
and abated breath. Their fathers and
brothers and sons were stealing along
the dark line to death or victory. They
watched for the flash and listened for
the report of the guns that meant death
to some of their number, for they could
not expect otherwise than that some of
their loved ones must go.
There was none more sad and more
anxious than Sankala. She constantly
left the bedside of the sleeping Ring
void and gazed out into the gloom
which still overshadowed the bay.
Their only friend was there. but she
would not recall him if she could.
The true woman adheres more closely
to principle than men, and while the
death of loved one rends their hearts
to the greatest depths, they would make
the eacri6ce rather than yield to op.
preston or wrong.
The villagers were not kept long in
suspense. The first red fare of morn.
ing soon arose in the east. It shot out
its dim rays like retreating ghosts afte,
a midnight prowl. One by one these
fitted across the waters and disappear.
ed on the bosom of the ocean. Bright.
er rays followed that dispersed the
shadows, and discovered the contendine
fishermen to each other.
That was all that was necessary
The long pent up venom m both fac
tions was released. The shaft of death
was hurled. Lead and ball sent upo1
their terrible mission.
A fusilade doomed out from the heat
o. the island. 1t was answered in re-
tmn farther to the north. Then q des
ultory firing was kept up along the lint
of fish traps.
The rising sun drove back the emokt
and the fishermen on either side lay
doggedly on their oars, awaiting sec
! onl attack hu tho anornu
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One Hundred Years AGO.


Swedish subjects in France were de-
tanned III consequence of the state OF
affairs between the two countries.
At meeting of the Inhabitants OF
Indiana territory, resolution was
adopted proposing an alteration in the
form Of government Of the territory.
Aaron Burr, Vice President of the
United States, left Savannah for Wash
ington to take his seat In the Senate
at the beginning of the session.
The French minister of police made
strong protest to the bishops of tie
church reproaching them for their at
tachment to the Bourbon cause.
All communication between Holland
and England was stopped, letters to
Rotterdam being seized and conveyed
to the French general.
The French feet at Roulogne again
was attacked unsuccessfully by the
British.
Both England and Russia declined
to acknowledge the new title of "En'-
peror OF Germany" which the ruler OF
Prussia assumed.
The crops In the Mont Blanc prov
;nce of France were destroyed BY
freshets.
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Seventy.five Years Ago.

Bustamante led revolt against
Guerrero, proclaiming the "Plan OF
Jalapa."
The new steam locomotive Rocket"
travelled from twenty-five to thirty-ive
miles per hour.
The new London postoffice was com.
pleted.
Many Jesuits were expelled from
England by the passing Of the Roman
Catholic relief bill.
DR.. Alexander Duff, the frst mis-
sionary of the Church Of Scotland, sail.
ed for India.
Locomotive steam carriages were
used on the railroads In England for
the first time.
A workingmen's college was estab.
lished in London by Frederick A. Mau.
rice.
An explosion caused a great fire at
Gateshead, England. fifty being killed
and the money loss being over $5.OOO,.
600.
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Growth or European Population.

Few persons have any idea Of tho
extraordinary manner in which the
population of Europe has increased
during the last century. According to
statisticians this population has more
than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900.
To this increase the Latin nations of
the west and southwest contributed
the least and the greatest growth was
in the east. where the people have
not yet become thoroughly saturated
with the ideas of modern civilization.
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Her Boast.

City Boy-Swampland, where We wsn1
this summer, was terrible hot.
Mother-Yes, it was.
But you just told -..ss Stuckup you
slept under blankets every other night.
I mos roasted
"Y0u forget, my pet. that you were
not the one who had the aRue."
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Thirty Years Ago.

lhiFty Year Ago.
William II. Wickham was unani-
mously nominated BY Tammany Hall
for Mayor Of New York.
Shanghai dispatches announced the
declaration Of war between Japan and
China.
The Sultan issued a decree forbid.
ding the exporting Of cereals from Mo-
rocco for three years.
Bryan Waller Proctor C'Barry Corn
walr), the English author and poet,
died.
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fifty Years Ago.


The zinc works at Bethlehem, Pa.
Begin operations.
The entire Austrian army was placed
on a war footing.
The Haytian government concluded
a treaty with France for the payment
Of the debt due that country.
Santa Ana issued a decree calling for
the peoples vote on the powers of the
President Of the Mexican republic.
A motion to impeach the government
was carried by the Danish house Of
commons by a vote Of 80 to 6.
A. H. Reeder Democrat, first Gov.
ernor Of Kansas, arrived at the capital
Of that State.
The ships of the allied forces were
greatly damaged by fire during the
bombardment of Sevastopol.
Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen
A. Douglas to joint debate in the
canvass for the Senate.
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forty Years Ago.

forty Years Ago.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney died
ut his home in Baltimore, Md.
A fight between Sheridan's cavalry
and the entire force Of Confederate
cavalry in the valley Of the shenan.
doah resulted In the routing Of the lat.
ter and the capture of eleven pieces
Of artillery and 300 prisoners.
The bank Of Monroe, Wis, was loot.
ed by burglars and $4,000 in currency
secured.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll addressed q
mammoth union meeting at Bryan
Hall. Chicago.
Harrison H. Dodd escaped from con.
hnement Mt indianapolis during his
military trial at which much was de-
veloped concerning the operations OF
the Knights Of the Golden Circle.
Federal troops and militia were un.
! der arms all day and night at Mem.
phis. Tenn, expecting an attack by
the Confederate force under Chalmers.
A letter from President Lincoln, urg.
ing the adoption Of IN anti-slavery
clause was read at mass meeting In
the interests Of new State constitu-
ton in Baltimore, Md.
Elections In Ohio, Indiana and Penn.
sylvania were a decisive Victory for
Lincoln and the administration Of the
war and rebuke for the peace party.
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Sunday School Convention.

The twenty-seventh annual State
convention of the State Sunday School
Association will be held in Columbia,
May Pa, in the Washington Street
Methodist church. The program OF
the meeting will be announced later.
a number Of distinguished speakers
who have given much thought to the
work and risen high in this branch OF
church work will deliver addresses at
the convention, and all preachers,
Sunday school superiltendents and
teachers are urged to be present.
Among those who will attend the con-
vention will be B. w. Spilman Of
North Carolina, who is recognized
everywhere as one Of the brightest
and ablest Sunday school experts.
The railroads will grant the usual re-
duced fares, and the members who
attend will be the guests of the Capt.
tai City. VIM. f. Pelham Of New
berry, chairman Of the State execu
tive committee, is anxious that all
preachers and superintendents will
bring the convention to the attention
of the members of their respective
Sunday schools, in order that the at
tendance may be as large as possible
and a creditable recognition Of the
great work being done by the asso-
citation.
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An important Decision.

Three opinions were filed in the su-
preme court Tuesday by Justice Eu-
gene B. Gary, but only one was OF
public interest. This was the case
of Lockwood VS.. Lockwood. William
H. lockwood was for many years pro.
prietor Of the Bank Of Beaufort,
private institution. He died July 23,
1902, being teState and solvent. There
were many claims against bis bank
and among these were the claims Of
II. 0. Adams, county treasurer (S4,-
iS7.39.) and George Gage, clerk and
treasurer of the city Of Beaufort (sl,-
351. -. These two depoSiterS claimed
preference over other creditors saying
that the moneys they wished to recov-
er were public funds. They were SuS-
tained in this contention by the cir
cult judge Appeal was made, the
only question raised being whether or
not the judge was right in sustaining
this claim. The appellants maintain
ed that the sums deposited were in
the names Of Adams and Gage as
treaSurers. and this fact should give
them no preference. Judge Gary sus-
tains the lower court, giving several
authorities and also citing section
1858 of the code OF laws. The funds
were not the actual properties Of these
creasurers, he says, and they could not
have drawn upon them in their indi-
vidual capacity, some recognition Of
their Official status being necessary.
Public funds have preference in cases
0f this kind.
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Changed Her story.

at Chicago on "Wednesday ;hild'S
testimony reversed saved five men
from the galiows. The result was a
striking parallel to the case in which
striking fortnight ago Millionaire
Peter Van Elissingen practically de-
monstrated that under the police pres
sure a boy named WiltraX had given
false testimony leading to the convic-
tion of the boys father for murder.
This instance Of youthful unreliaoili-
ty under oath was iu the case Of VIM.
Mccarthy, and four Polish young men
on trial for murder, the witness being
little girl, Appollonia Tarpsta, who
gave first direct Straightforward eye
witness testimony apparently estao-
liShment beyond question the guilt
OF the men, and then repudiated her
sworn evidence. Ia explanation OF
the remarkable change Of front, the
child declared that she had been in
structed how 10 testify by the widow
of the man Charges against the pris-
oners were withdrawn on the spot by
the States attorney, the tive men i'm
mediately walking out, free by the
cprrt
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Murder and Robbery.

Three masked men held up the Ore.
gon express, southbound, on the South.
ern Pacific railroad, Friday night at
Copley, near Keswick, COL, killed w.
J. O'Neill, the express messenger,
and carried of the contents Of the ex-
press box. The train is known as No.
Is and stopped at Copley, a small
station, for water. AS the train
came to Standstill, three men
Jumped on and cut the train in two,
taking the engine and express car
down the track short distance. They
stopped the engine aud deliberately
killed O'Neill by shooting him through
the head. The bandits then robbed
the express car of its contents but it
is not known bow much they obtained.
After robbing the car the men cut it
loose and getting on the engine COM
PEELED Engineer Joesink to 20 ahead.
Wien near keswick the men dropped
of the eugine and disappeared with
their plunder. They have not been
CAPTURED.
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Five Lives Lost.

Five lives have been lost and prob
ably upwards of 5000, 900 worth Of
damage to property has been done by
the food which has deyasted many
parts Of Michigan during the past five
days. Wednesday night the indica-
tions are that the end is in sight al
though conditions are still very bad
at Grand Rapids and also along the
course Of the Saginaw river. At
Grand Rapids the water has fallen
Two feet Wednesday and at Saginaw
and Bay City, while nc such marked
improvement is to be noted the fact
that much Of the ice that blocked the
mouth of the Saginaw river at Bay
City has gone out is taken as a very
favorable indication. Wednesday night
the ice gorge went out and the river
began falling.
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had no doubt of the guilt Of the de-
fendant, Anderson Nix, a negro. who
was certainly engaged at The time OF
the killing in reckless firing On the
streets. 8 Now, however. knowing
well the character Of The men making
afidavits for the pardon and hearing
talk by othes who saw Tie town mar
shall. ire the fatal Shot, am con-
vinced beyond the shadow OF doubt
that Nix was not responsible Tor the
death of the slain, and inasmuch as
he and Owens, the self-confessed mur-
derer. were not acting in concert.
Nix is guilty neither in law nor NOR
ais. l therefore earnestly urge the
immediate pardon Of defendant. -
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wav il would cause their mutually
business relations to cease.
Young man, keep your hands off
gambling in futures, cotton, grain,
stock, meat, in any other form.
Now let US look at what I have
termed the legitimate use Of cotton
futures, and which almost everyone
who handles actual cotton is obliged
to deal in. Years ago, wheD there
we're neither cables nor telegraphs,
futures had no place in trade, (by fu-
lures, mean what is now known and
dealt in as future contracts,':) there
were rot many daily fluctuations as at
present. Instead of selling from this
side to merchants in Liverpool, Lon
don, Bremen, Havre and other well
known markets, cotton would be con.
signed and a commission paid to the
broker in the port to which the cot.
ton went to sell it at certain prices.
or to sell at best" on arrival; there
was no communication with this side
except the mail and that by sailing
vessels, so you will readily see there
was not the extreme uncertainty tina,
nowadays exists. Business was moi
conducted in the harum-scarum way
it is done at present., life was lived al
a slower rate. ''Rooseveltian strenu
business" did not exist, but with the
coming on the scene Of cable and tele
graph until today, when fluctuations
in Liverpool or other cotton centres
are recorded within minute or two
after occurrence, some means bad tc
be found to protect both the buyer ani
seller, and that means today is found
in cotton futures"
Suppose A. at 9 O'Clock a. No., re
ceives an order from Liverpool; say
to buy FIVE hundred bales Of cotton
say middling, at such price; If he
can buy at that price he Immediately
cables Liverpool in cipher, Have
bought at such price so many
bales" and the house in Liverpool a
once sells an equal number Of bales o.
cotton in futures to protect them
selves in case of fluctuations between
the time the cotton is bought anc
arrives in Liverpool; and as the cot
ton is sold either in small or large lot:
to spinners, the buyer for every hun
dred bales of the five hundred be sell!
buys in one hundred futures until ths
whole FIVE hundred are closed out
thus minimizing the risk; the same
applies to the Southern merchant o.
exporter and to some extent to tht
mills also, and I am firmly OF opinion
that where cotton futures are uset
to such an end it is entirely legiti
mate and without them l do not SCI
how the export business any wa,
could be worked and, instead Of add
ing to the speculative feature, con
siderably reduces it"
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Killed His Son in Law.
Walter McNeal was shot and killed

Walter McNeal was shot and killed
Tuesday morning near Pearson, Ga,
by Henry Cook, his father-in-law.
The killing was the finale of quarrel
that had been nursed by the two men
for some time. Cook met McNeal
and ordered him out of his buggy.
McNeal complied, whereupon Cook
drew his revolver and fred three
times, all of the shots taking effect.
Cook then spurned McNeal's body
with his foot. Cook left the scene
going in the direction Of Douglass,
presumably to surrender to the au-
thoritieS.
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jumped to His Death.

Sydney johnson Hayden Of the
Hotel Holley, New York, Friday
jumped to the street from the top
floor Of the 21-story skyscraper at
Broadway and New street. Nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
Hayden went into one Of the unoc-
cupied offices on the top floor Of the
New street side, raised window, laid
and umbrella he carried on the ledge
and at once crawled out and jumped.
His body made one full turn back
ward and struck the pavement with
fearful force. Most Of the persons who
were passing in the street ran away
in horror
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a PittifuI Story.

A woman, who fifteen years ago
was society belle in New York and
the niece Of former secretary of the
treasury Of the United States, has
been sent to prison for two months
for lntoxication. She was found by
the police lying upon the street. the
centre of a gaping crowd. That was
her first public offense. The story is
pittiful, pitiful. On the same day
another woman who had moved in
good society in New York was for the
18th time sentenced to prison for
drunkenness.
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TO MAKE A TOWN GROW.
A Set of Ten Rules Whose Efficacy Is
Guaranteed.

Mr.. S. A. Fishburn, secretary @
the Commercial club. of Dallas, Tex,
has prepared set Of rules for making
a town grow. He guarantees theil
efficacy. Here they are:
l. Join no organizations looking tx
the upbuilding Of your town. This
will prove an encouragement to those
who give their time and money t6
sustain such organizations.
2. Impusn the motives OF those who
Join and charge them with desire tx
advertise themselves. This inspires
patriotic men to work all the harder
for the public good.
3. Pour cold water on every new
home enterprise, predict its early
failure, and contribute to that enc
by patronizing its rivals in othel
towns. This will encourage other:
to put their money in home enter
priSeS.
4. When committee calls on you
for contribution to any good cause
act like a sore-headed bear, and yielc
up what you do give as begrudgingly
as possible. This lightens the bur
dens of the committeeman and sends
them on their way rejoicing in theil
work of love.
5. When strangers visit your towr
let them wander around alone and en-
tighten themselves by reading the
signs and pumping the professional
loafer. They will carry away a de-
lightful remembrance Of their visit
and advertise the town wherever they
60.
6. "Cuss OUT your public officials
Ito their backs, of course) and accuse
them of everything from petty larceny
to high treason, no matter whether
you can substantiate your charges Of
not. This will prove a keen incen
tive to the complete fulfllment o1
their official obligations.
/. Whenever your town papers
differ in the slightest with your ideas
of public policy, declare that it has
been bought up and promptly cut OF
your patronage. The editor will turn
the other cheek and redouble his
efforts in behalf of the town and its
good people.
s. Oppose any enterprise which is
not in exact accordance with your
own ideas. This will be conductive
to that spirit OF concession and unity
which is necessary to progress.
g. Give sparingly, if at all, to move
ments for the gneral good Of the town
even if you are the largest property
owner in it. This will spur on to
greater exertions the public spirited
citizens your town now has and
induce the coming of others.
10. Observe these rules closely and
there can be no doubt about the
growth of your town. 1t will grow
and continue to grow-up in weeds
until it shall ultimately become tit
habitation alone for bats and owls.
We believe that some Of our people
already understand and employ the
principles here formulated but they
are not enough to make the system
completely effective. A wider en-
ployment of the rules will accom- plish
something definite. Now is the time
to organize,