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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-11

The senate's anti.free pass bill
proposes to prevent the railroads
from even making contracts with
the newspapers for advertising
payable in mileage. This should
be labeled an anti-free contract bill.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-11

Presbyterian church announce
ments for services Sunday: Sunday
school at 9:i6 a. IN. Preaching AZ II
"a. m. by Rev w. +. Junkin, mission
airy 10 China at home on furlough.
league meeting 6:i5 p. m. Preach
ing at 1880 p. m. All are cordially
invited 10 attend.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-11

The house will add some even
more radical features to the sen.
ate's anti-free pass bill and send it
back to the upper house. By this
means the death Of the snti.free
pass legislation will be doubly
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-11
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II.

The new French ministry has
drafted a bill for the separation Of
church and ate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
CHAPTER XIV.

This is the story Of Corporal Darius
Olin, touching his adventure In the
Temple of the Avengers, at some un-
known place in upper Canada, on the
night of August IL, 1913, and particu-
uarly the ordeals Of the sword, the
slide, and the bayonet to which Capt.
Ramon Bell was subjected that night,
as told to Adjutant Asarius Church, at
Sackett's Harbor, N. Y:
Soon es see whut wus up, / gin a
powerful lift on thet air shackle-chain.
felt 'er give n bust. A couple o
men clim' int the seat front Nv us,
n the hosses started hell bent.
sot up with my hands hind Nv me n
the wagin. | KEEP 'em there tight n
stiff, es eff the iron wus holding NV
em. Could mt git no chance t say
nuthin' t. Ray. Hustled us upstairs,
n when we come in t tibet air big
room they TUX him one way an me
mother.
81 did mt hev no idee where I wus
Felt 'em run chain through my arms,
careful, efter they sot me down. l sot
still fer mebbe five minutes. Seemed
so everybody d gone out O the place.
Could mt hear nuthin' nowhere. l le'
down the chain jest es ca-areful es
could, n TUX off the blindfold. IT
was all dark; could mt see my hand
afore me. Crep' long the floor. See
t was covered with sawdust. Tux off
m boots, n got up on m feet, n
walked careful. Did n dast holler t
Ray. Cal'lated when the squabble
come I'd be ready t dew business. All
t. once I felt slant n the floor. IT
was kind O. slip'ry, n begun 'tslide.
Feet went out from under me n sot
me down quick. Tried t ketch holt
O. suthin'. Could mt hang on; KEEP
goin' faster. Fust l knew I'd slid int
some kind NV a box. Let me down
quicker n scat over thet air grease a
little ways. l out with my tew hands
n bore ag'in' the sides O. tn box pow
erful n stopped myself. Then up
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many to lick, n he'd mt better waste
no power a-foolin'. All t once thet air
low-lived, spindlin', mis'able devil he
come t the edge O. the platform n
helt up his hand. Soon s they stopped
yellin' he says: Gentlemen, he says,
sorry t. tell ye thet the man fer the
next bout hes got away. We left him
securely fastened up n the fust cham
ber. Have he'd the building searched,
but amt able t find him. He must
hev gone down the slide. / am sorry
to say we hev no more Yankees. II
this man fights any more it will hev
t. be a Britisher thet goes ag'in' i'm.
Is there a volunteer
Ray he runs up n says suthin'
right n his ear. Could mt hear whut
t wus.. Did n set well. T. other feller
he flew mad, n Ray he fetched i'm a
cuff, LUX thet, with the back Nv his
hand. Ye see, he did n know he he'd
been a-fghtin' Yankees, n he did n
like the idee. Gentlemen says he,
I IL fight anybody, but eff this chap
amt a coward, he IL fight me him
SELF T. other feller he of with his
coat n vest es quick es a flash n
picked up a sword. Fight, then, ye
cub!' says he; an they flew at each
other hell bent fer lection. He wan
no fool with sword, nuther, I can tell
ye, thet air spindlin' cuss. see Ray
he'd his hans full. But he wus jes es
cool es a green cowcumber, eggzac'ly.
Keep a-cuffin' t other sword, n let
i'm hit n lunge n feint es much es
he pleased. See he wus jest a-gettin'
his measure, n l knew suthin' wus
goin' t. happen purity quick. Fust ]
knew he ketched Ray by the shirtsleeve
with the PINT us is sword n ripped 1t
t the collar. Scairt me 80 I bit my
tongue watchin' NV 'em. They got
locked, n both swords came up t the
hilts t'gether with swish n bang
LUX thet The blades clung, n they
backed off. Then Ray he begun t
feint n lunge n hustle i'm. Quicker
n scat he gin i'm an awful prick n
the shoulder. l c'u'd see the blood
come, but they KEEP a-goin' back n
forth n up n down desperit. The
red streak on tibet air feller's shirt
KEEP a-growin'. Purity quick one side
NV i'm wus red an t other white.
See he wus gettin' weaker n weaker.
Ray c'u'd "a split i'm t the navel ef
he d only he'd a min tew. All t. once
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20

with these here feet O. mine. See the
top O. the box want much more n
a foot above me. Tried t crawl up
ag'in. Could n'tamek 1t. Dunn thing
slanted LUX Tup's hill. Hung on
awhile, cipherin' es hard es I knew
how. Hearn suthin' go kerslap.
Seem so the hull place trembled.
Raised up my head, n peeked over
my stumick down the box. A bar o
light stuck III away down. Let my
self 60 careful till c'u'd see my nose
in 1t. Then l got over on my shoul-
der n braced on the sides O. the box,
back gin one side n knees gin
t'other. See t was a knot-hole where
the light cum in, bout es big es a
mans wrist. Peeked through, n see
a lot o. lights n folks, n hearn 'em
talkin'. Ray he stud on platform
facin' a big, powerful-lookin' cuss
He'd their coats n ve5ts of, n sleeves
rolled up, n swords ready. See there
wus goin' t be fight. He'd t. snicker
wan no way / c'u'd help 1t, fer,
Judas Priest! I knew dunn well they
want single one Of them air British
ers c'u'd stan fore i'm. Thet air
mis'able spindlin' devil I tol' ye bout
feller ct he'd the women-he stud back
o. Ray. He'd his ',hand up LUX thet.
Fight he says, n they got t work,
n the crowd begun T. jam up n holler.
The big feller he come ct Ray es ef he
wus goin' t cut him in tew. Ray he
TUX 1t easy n rassied the sword Of the
big chap round n round es ef 1t wus
tied t hisn. Fust knew he med a
quick lunge n pricked i'm n the arm.
Big chap was leetle shy then. Did
mt come up t. the scratch es smart n
sassy es he'd orter. Ray went efter
i'm hammer n tongs. Thet air long
slim waist o. hisn swayed n bent LUX
stalk O. barley. He did LUX joe
mightyful han'some-wish t ye c'u'd
"a seen i'm thet air night. Hair wus
Jest es shiny es gold n the light o.
them candles. He ID feint, an t other
d dodge. Judas Priest! seemed SO he
put the pint O. the sword all over thet
air big cuss. C'u'd "a killed i'm a
dozen times, but 1 BEE he did MT want
t. dew it. KEEP prickin' i'm ev'ry
lunge n druv i'm of the boards-tum-
bled i'm head over eels int the crowd.
Them air devils threw up their hats
n stomped n hollered powerful, es ef
t were mighty 'funst' see man cut t
pieces. Wall, they TUX up another
man, quicker n the fust, but he wan
nowhere near s. big n cordy. Want
only one crack O. the swords in thet
air fight. Could mt hardly say Jack
Robinson fore the cuss he'd fell. Ray
hurt him bad, gu ess, for they he'd t
pick i'm up n carry i'm off LUX baby.
Guess the boy seet't he he'd a good
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/
hans, n went back step er tew, LUX
a hoss with tn blin' staggers, n tum-
bled head over heels in thet air open
grave. There wus hell t pay fer
minute. Lot on 'em clim' over the
row o lights, yellin' LUX wildcats, n
hauled thet air mis'able cuss out o.
the grave n stud i'm up, n gin i'm
drink o. liquor. In half minute he
up with his handkerchief n waved 1t
over Is head t mex 'em keep still.
Soon g they wus quiet he up n he
says: Gentlemen says he, this ERE
chap hes stood the test O. the sword.
Are ye satisfed?' We are says they
ev'ry British son Nv a gun they wus
there up n hollered. Then says he,
Civ i'm tn slide
RAY. he put down is sword n
picked up Is coat n vest. Then they
grabbed tn lights, n thet g tn last
see on 'em there. Purity quick t wus
all dark. Hearn 'em comm upstairs
n goin' cross tn floor over my head.
Gun t think O. myself leetle bit
then. Knowed I was in thet air slide,
an he'd t. le' go purity quick. He'd mt
no idee where 1t went tew, but cal'-
lated I wus middlin' sure t know fore
long. Knowed when le' 90 wus go
in t. dew some tall slippin' Ger thet
air creased bottom. See light come
down tn box n q minute. Hearn
somebody speakin' there ct the upper
end.
"This ere g tn las test o. yer
courage says o man, says he; few
comes here alive n sound es you be.
Ye wus doomed man. Ye d hev been
shot at daylight, but we gin ye a
chance fer yer life. So fur ye We
proved yerself wuthy. Ef ye hold yer
courage, ye may yit live. Ef ye finch,
ye II land in Heaven. Ef yer life Is
spared, remember how we honor cour-
age.'
Then they gin i'm q shove, n I
hearn i'm a-comin'. I Topped over n
le' go. Shot away LUX strea O.
lightnin'. Dunn thing grew sleeper n
sleeper. Jes' he'll up my hans n let
'er 60 lickitty split. Jerushy Jane Pep
per! jes' LUX comm down q CREASED
pole. Come near tekin' my breath
away-did sart'n. Went out O. thet air
thing LUX bullet eggzac1y. Shot int
the air feet foremost Purity fair slid
in up in the air most anywheres, ye
know. Alwus come down by the nigh
est way. IT was darker n pitch; could
mt see a thing, nut thing. Hearn
Ray come out o. the box 'bove me.
Then I come down k'slap in tn water
n sunk. Thought d never stop. goin'
down. Fore come up hearn Ray rip
int tn water nigh me. come up n
shook my head, n waited. Judas Priest!
thought he wus drownded, sart'n.
Seemed 80 I d bust out m cry there
n tn water waitin' fer thet air boy.
Soon es hearn a flop he'd my hans
on I'm.
"Who be you? says he.
"D'ri,' says I.
"Tired out saye he; can't swim q
stroke. Guess I II hev t 60 t tn
bottom"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
WHAT RUINS CHILDREN.
Suggestive Figures Compiled From
Juvenile Court Records.

Suggestive Figures Compiled From
.,. Juvenile Court Records. .ir
Parental neglect as a result OF IN
temperance is blamed for the crimes
Of children bys the annual report OF the
Juvenile court Of Chicago. The report
was prepared by ]. ]. McManahan,
chief probation officer. and tells OF the
work done, by the court in 1906.
In the last eleven months 1,4@ 'had"
boys and s2S wayward girls have been
tried In the court. In the same time
Judges Mack and Tuthill. Of that city,
have been asked to decide the future
for 1856 homeless boys and 54l neglect
ed girls. 30
Records Of the court declare that
drunkenness, laziness and the result
ant poverty Of parents caused the chill
drens plight. In only sixteen cases
had the parents Of the children been
divorced. ..-r .t .r.ag.
Causes of dependency In children,
according to the records kept by the
NNll
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
1855.
D'ri and j
By IRVING BAcfdELLER
Author Of Eben Holden" Darrell Of the Blessed ls Et'
,oOvyrish. lssa, By Io.Arop rusli,hins oonpAnysF
CHAPTER XIII.
By IRVING BAcHELLER

The waiting guards laid hold Of us
in a twinkling, and others came crowd
ing the doors. They shackled our
hands behind US, and covered our eyes
again. Dark misgivings Of what was
to come filled me, but bore all in ST.
lence. They showed us roughly out Of
doors, and there could tell they were
up to no child's play. A loud jeer
burst from the mouths Of many as we
came staggering out. I could hear the
voices of crowd. They hurried US
into carriage.
1--WE demand the prisoners!" a man
shouted near me.
Then l could her them scufhing
with the guards, who, l doubt not,
were doing their best to hold them
back. In a moment I knew the mob
had possession of US and the soldiers
were being hustled away. D'ri sat
shoulder to shoulder with me. I
could feel his muscles. tighten; I
could hear the cracking Of
his joints and grinding Of
the shackle-chain. Judas Pr-r-i-e-st!"
he grunted, straining at the
iron. Two men leaped into the
carriage. There was a crack Of the
whip, and the horses went of bound
ing. We could hear horsemen all about
us and wagons following. l had a
stout heart in me those days, but in
all my life had never taken a ride
so little to my liking. We went over
rough roads, up hill and down, for an
hour or more.
could see in prospect no better des-
tination than our graves, and, indeed,
was not far wrong. Well, by and by
we came to a town somewhere-God
knows where. / have never seen 1t,
or known the name Of it, or even that
Of the prison where We were first
irmured. l could tell It was a town
by the rumble of the wheels and each
echoing koof-beat. The cavalcade was
all about us, and now and then we
could hear the sound of voices far
behind. The procession slowed up
horsemen jammed to the left OF US,
the carriage halted. could hear foot
steps on a stone pavement.
"You re late" said low voice at
the carriage door. ut s near eleven"
Lot O. fooling with the candidates"
said one Of the horsemen, quietly.
"Evarvthinp ready9"
Everything ready" was the answer.
The carriage door swung open.
1--WE get out here" said one OF the
men who sat with US.
alighted On each side of me some
body put his hand on my shoulder.
could see the glow Of lantern-light
close to my face. knew there was
a crowd Of men around, but l could
hear nothing save now and then a
whisper.
wall, Ray" said D'ri, who stood by
my side, "hol stiddy n don't be
scairt."
do as they tell ye," stranger whis-
pered in my ear. mo matter what t
is, do as they tell ye."
They led us into long passage and
up q steep fight of wooden stairs.
have learned since then it was build
ing equipped by well-known secret
society for its limitations. We
went on through a narrow hall, and
up a winding fight that seemed tc
me interminable. Above it, as we
stopped, the man who was leading me
raped thrice on a rafting wooden
door. It broke the silence with loud
echoing noise. 1 could hear then the
slidina Of a panel and faint whisper
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ing and the sound Of many feet as
cending the stairs below. The door
swung open presently, and we were
led in where could see no sign Of any
light. They took me alone across a
wide bare floor, where they set me
down on some sort Of platform and
left me, as l thought. Then | could
hear the whispered challenge at the
door and one after another entering
and crossing the bare floor on tiptoe,
Hundreds were coming in, it seemed to
me. Suddenly a deep silence fell in
that dark place of evil. The blind
fold went whisking off as If ghostly
hand had taken it. But all around
me was the darkness Of pit. l could
see and l could hear nothing but a
faint whisper, high above me, like that
Of pine boughs moving softly in light
breeze. l could feel the air upon my
face. l thought l must have moved
out Of door by magic. 1t seemed as If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20

QUICKLY CHANGED HIS MND.-A
tramp, dirty and ragged to the last
degree, called at a; house on the door
of which was a doctors sign. A large.
rather masculine looking woman open
ed the door.
"'Scuse me. lady" said the tramp.
"but / list called to ask II the doctor
had any old clothes he'd let me have.
You see, I'm kind O. bad of fer all
kind O. clothes, an I'd be much OBJ
LEGGED fer anything the doctor could
let me have, an I amt pertickler as
to the fit"
The woman smiled and made reply:
II am the doctor!"
"Sufferin' Moses!" CALCULATED the
tramp as he made bee line for the
Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
What Gaffney Has Accomplished by
votino Out the Dispensarv,

what Carney has accomplished py
Voting Out the Dispensary.
It may interest some Of our ex-
changes, especially those who have
been tabooing the idea Of prohibition,
to know that within the entire two
weeks following Christmas the ship
ments of liquor into this county have
not been so much as they were just
preceding the holidays by one-fourth.
It may interest them further to
know that a gentleman" who came
to Gaffney to take orders for whisky
was arrested and made to put up
cash bond of $25 for his appearance
before the mayor, and rather than ap-
pear forfeited the bond.
1t may still further interest them
to know that drunkenness has de-
creased 200 per cent, or over, in this
county. 1t may yet be still more In
teresting to know that our city and
county taxes will be about 2 mills
higher and that the people will cheer
fully pay the extra tax.
We say that all this may interest
them, but the -dispensary papers
will be slow to admit the truth Of the
statements here made Except the
last one), and will refrain from max
ing any favorable comment on the
| same.
Prohibition does not prohibit entire
ly. but It's a long step toward high
er ideal of citizenship, especially where
the sentiment Of the people Is for 1t
and the officers Of the law are as
vigilant as are the officers Of Gaffney
City and Cherokee county.
Put that in your pipe and smoke 1t,
Mr.. Dispensary Advocate-Cherokee
News.
COURAGE OF WILD BoAR.-The wild
boar never loses his head-or his
heart: such courage l have never be-
held in any four footed creature. He
has all the cunning commonly accred-
tied to the devil, and in his rage Is
demon that will charge anything OF
anv size. l have seen a small boar
work his way through a pack of dogs,
and his smaller brother, the peccary, In
Brazil, send a man up tree and keep
him there.
The boar looks ungainly, but the In
dian species is as fleet as horse FOR
about three-quarters Of a mile. He
begins with flight, shifts to cunning
and finally stands to the fight with
magnificent courage, facing any odds.
AS. riding upon him, you are about to
plant your spear he will dart-"jink'
as they call It in India-to one side, re-
peating the performance several times
| until he finds he cannot shake you,
when, turning suddenly, with ears
cooked and eyes glittering. he will
charge furiously. If not squarely met
with q we'll aimed and firmly held
spear he will upset both horse and
rider. Hurting himself again and again
against the surrounding spears. he
will keep up his charge until Killed.
when he dies without a groan.-Out-
ing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-20

Mon -preventable' causes -. '9'
Larceny was the charge against boys
in 374 of $50 cases heard within the
year, while In the others incorrigibili-
ty accounted for 206 offences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-20

1t was one of those dull. gray days of
later autumn. which so often brings
suddenly to it's close a season of sum-
mer warmth and brightness. The woods
resounded sOlemnly at every wind the
fields were a dull and expressionless
green. There was that unmistakable
look of change in everything which at
fects the sensitive nature as the subtle
marks of age might do, noticed for the
first time on some familiar and beloved
face.
John Houston emerged from the
woods and stood absently leaning upon
his gun as he contemplated the long
stretch of meadowland before him. He
dreaded the tramp; undeniably he was
growing old. His mirror had affirmed
the fact beyond contradiction that very
morning-the little square looking
glass before which he had shaved him
self in his own room in the one inn of
Mapleton. Why had he come to this
place? he questioned Ostensibly for
1 hunting, but what did he care for hunt
ing? The boys would have laughed to
see his clumsy attempts at the game.
He had been wise enough not to bring
any of them along He was tired or
his friends. wearied to the death of the
club, worn to the verge of safety with
/ travel and unreconcilable to his bache-
| Tor apartments-their hollowness was
/ worse than the hOllOWneSS OF the WOODS.
He had not even brought his valet, the
man bored him so with his automatic
attentions. He wanted to go back to
/ his y0utnful Gays again, Wnen wealth.
had been only a dream, but there had
been something infinitely better in his
life His physician had said that he
was on the verge of a nerve collapse,
and that he must have rest. He knew
/ il was not rest he needed, but stir-the
stir of life. Often in these days he was
tempted to adopt a child When Sam
my Houston's wife died he had made a
high bid for the little boy-there was
something in the child's eyes that made
him think of what he had lost out OF
lfe-but Sammy wouldn't let the baby
go. I know I'm poor the young mar
said but I can take care of my boy
He's all I've got to remember her by
He had not urged the matter, although
he had felt his life would be more
empty than Sans without the child
Sam had the memory of his love-
He knew the men about town, the
young men, all envied him-longed te
attain his position, his wealth. anc
social standing. He hoped they
would keep on doing so, and never
know how small the whole thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-20

I'd die If I didn't get it, and here it
is. Henry, can we ever be thankful
enough 20
sayin' right here and now that Abe
won't have to buy no more 'taters
and pork for himself for year TO
come Poetry? Why, When ne was
readin' them verses the chills went
up and down nv back till I thought
I'd been absent-minded this mornln
and left my undershirt Oft!
got away, followed by tears and
protestations. and two miles down the
road I met Joe Skinner Joe was
leaning over the barnyard gate and
looking lonesome, but as he saw me
he frightened up and said:
Say. Abe. you are the very fellel
wanted to see.''
well. here I ann
MY wife's sister, out in Indiana, Is
mot"
Dead as a hammer. Abe"
How did she DIZZY"
tGot choked on a chicken bone, anC
the doctors couldn't save her. Wha'
we want is a. verse or two of YOU
poetry to send on, and if we DON
get it there are two or three Other
relations out there who'll think we
don't care a darn. Come in and have
some cider and pie and write us sun
thin"
I wanted to oblige Joe and, his wife
anu ~ StoRPC AcAA5 Oo5A ~ Ne'9A
off the following:
Our Sarah's gone and left these shores
And landed on the other;
And left father old behind
Also an aged mother.
She did not die of lingering Ill
With time for preparation:
And chance to say a word or two
Before the separation.
She sat at table with the rest.
A-eating of a chicken;
| When quicker'n scat the hand of death
Reached forth, and she was stricken.
| We grieve and mourn our Sarah dear
Who's left US all alone;
But we would say to one and all:
| Beware of chicken bones!
Copyright, 1906, by T c. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-20
HONEST ABE. q. s. NJ.
4.,s Poetry Goes with the Mail
Delivery

had had two weeks vacation of
NV ronte and when I drove over II
again the other day found that many
tfinr-s had happened One of the nrst
to han me was Farmer jim snow.
house for a few minutes" he SAID as
I drove I'D. H., -.
.sWau. We had a little BABY Dor .l
here two weeks ago, ana texo us 1880, a.
a. 55sd and ma and me have conciuu-
~ "a u1 tIst we must have some poetry
~ vyrit ten on it. told her that you
49, he in hurry, and that lots OF
ot5er dead babies was waitin 10 hays
O s,e,..es writ on 'em. but she said you Q
verses ,.o,,ss in or she'd faint away.
nav ne We, - IAN dash of two or three verses
4or MS and kind of quiet her III De
S-o,,r friend for life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-20

Robert, my brother-he defaulted; We
were so proud of him, mother and /; we
hness-then Robert died. We came here
to bury our grief and our shame. l was
afraid of you-even of you, John-afrald
Of the disgrace So ,-e.. +,,a
John Houston rose and STOOD before o1,ea tne
fire again. How handsome ne Iooheu-~
Il have been all my life on a wild-goose
chase . he cried, impetuously.
She rose, too, the old. humorous tender-
ness on her face and in her eyes.
but you have found your old gray
goose at last" she sald-l-os Angeles