Jill fibrin s Xi-eeman PblIntI WeeUljr at tBE!.BI fAJIBBIA CO., PESSA., Advert. -ino;i3tleH. Tbe Unr mod rI- t.! drroUtl. o of ttta C "r'B'N to ;ml It to t tavorahl onu U rtiun jiitrri boa taron will t nerit-1 t lti ..io ting low ri: 1 locu. S time. . ................ tM 1 iDrh, 3 mom m 1 tDrh, 6 moo' .if .. .... . 1 & ) I lorn l Jr. .......... .................. .( 1 lnrhe, 6 montliii....................... st lorbea, I year ...................... !. S Inches. tmonUi .... & ot Inroe. year 11.00 l coiomn, month?.... ...... lo.vo coloma.6 month? .. I...... ao.os X fJ'umo. 1 year SU 00 colamn, 0 mooUi.. ...... ....... ...... 40.00 1 colamn, 1 year 11111"" Tt.00 Baslneea ttemf, rrrt inwrtloa, 10c. per Una nttveqaent lnerttorv 6r. per lloe Adminiftnior'sand Kserntor Nottewi..n M Auditor's Notices 2 -AO "t-raT anil dmilar Notice ............ z 00 w-Ker.lation er procee4lnai ot any eorpcra- tton or cocieiy and rommaalratloBs det:iid to call atteotioD to any matter ot limited or indt vidoal interest matt It paid tor aradvertmmeata. Booh and Job rnniln of all kind neatly and mmiuosij ezecvtei at the lowest prices. And ttatJ .ir.-ulatloii. 1.200 jtnixrripllon Kalf. Sfl.rtG . ... rt 'I'T 1 ,-. I- l"JII I LI aw 1 - t n.t i.atil wuniu o ui.iiois. i..; 11 ll"l I'rl'l "lU'lu iuifuiuc, l! ut paid within the year., "iim a reMmit outride of the county nil Vr year wlU chained to T-.. ,1.1!t .nt will tne attove terms bo de tnj itio?e wno don 1 oonsali tnetr . .. . - . r-.... mtittff tint m .n in.' -"-; , ,,' the juiiie footinit as toose wbp rt w t.1 ' ... Ie distinctly understood true JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. 'EE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TBS TRUTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABB SLAVES BESIDE. 81. SO and postage per tear In advance. fin" ttite EBENSBU11G, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 189G. NUMBEK4. - , , wan M'r 11 fl II 1 ' II ' ill rfill Pi 1 IK I mf in 1 f bed io- GO- is Two Open Letters that Should Prompt Thousands of Women to Go and Do Likewise b -::l..v::'-.- ' . I.:- i .. . .. V.V.4V.5 a I Mav. I followed her advice to the letter, and the result is simply wonderful. May I leaven bless her and the good work she is doing for our sex! If you arc sick or in trouble write to Mrs. Pinkham. Her advice invarial.lv brings relief. Your letter will be received, read and answered bv one f our own sex." Mrs. Charles Parker. Druggists say there is a tremendous demand for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; and it is doing lots of good, that is the blessed thing about it. Three Books Worth Getting- "Guile to Kealth," "Woman's Beauty, Peril, Duty," "Woman's Triumph." These are FREE Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES.3' GREAT SAVING RESULTS FflOM THE USE OF FARMERS! whtn yon w;iiit GOOD FLOUR take your rain to OLD SHENKLE MILL in Ebcnsburg. The FULL ROLLER f"r the niatmfature of Flour has 1 ccn put in the 0M iikl.- (Jrit Mill in Kben.sburg ami turus out nothing but FIRST CLASS WO lirinir in your grain and give us a. tri-al. Each man's rr-tia in r,,uu, separately anl you get the Flour of your n 'ht ;it. U' formers wish to exchange grain for Flour !hrv ( ni ,,, so. The Mill is running every day with the UKST OK POWER. PROPRIETOR. FOR ARTISTIC JOB PRINTIN T"V THE FREEMAN. PrlR Result of a Prompt Reply -. If .rv. l T'.'M - - ' -- hiw -njvxi a cnrtiint patrnar f r over pitit v.nrs. It in -! N-rfuilj crticacHHia in ull 4 alarrb. 1 ! ImrWr, ni oth-r ilm-ntft irht're pain i an nttrnd nt. Irv it. At lmir s-iri, or ly rxuul on WI.NklXMANN & BROWN IRlO CO.. IlMlilwwre I'. K. A. oc 17 9iy. fj R H fj ?3 rHK irvr. In. .aTli)tr 4 Htm n.i T?non (TRfn : no nf" Little Falls, IIinn., May n, 1S94. ' I am suffering', and need your aid. I have terrible pains in both sides, extending down to the front of my limbs and lower part of my back, attended by backache and jKiins in the back of the neck and ears. The doctors have given me opiates to quiet the pain. I have a very high lever nearly all the time. I am nervous and cannot stand. ;i3!My doctor says I iiC;.'iN'0v 1 place mvscli !iyrf;j I am only twenty-one years old h-i&3fand too voung to sutler so much." IS 1 ICS. .Ml'-.. ' 1 The above letter from Mrs. Parker was received by Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., May 15, and received a prompt reply. The following letter reached Mrs. Pinkham five months later. Note the result: Little Falls. Minn., Sept. 21. " I deem it my duty to announce the fact to my fellow sufferers of all female complaints that Lydia E. Pinkham's treatment and Vege table Compound have entirely cured me of all the pains and suffering' I was enduring when I wrote her last 7 U 1 POINTS OF LAW. A partner cannot bind the firm by iiniorsiiipf a note for the aeconnnixla tion of another person. A representation thouph false will not vitiate ;i contract unless it relates to a material fact. When a horse runs away without fault of the driver the person injured thereby cannot recover daniapres. In the absence of an agreement to rtle contrary, delivery toa common cai rier is delivery to the consitrnee. f 'onipoundiii? the interest and prom ising to pay by the Ixirrower is alid, if supK)rtcil by a consideration. The doctrine that the assets of a cor poration are a trust fund for its cred itors applies only to insolvent com panies. Damages for jersonal injuries should include compensation for medical ex penses, loss of time, pain and perma nent injuries. Uonds of indemnity pi von by a fidel ity insurance company an- poverned by the same principles as are policies of insurance. ' The burden of provinp that a sale was a conditional one. as between an execution creditor of the purchaser and the seller, rests on the seller. One who is induced by fraud to suli scr"de to the capital stock of a corpora tion can rescind his subscription be fore the insolvency of the corporation. An ecpiitable title meets the require ment of an insurance policy that the interest of the assured is the entire, unconditional and sole ownership. Uonds issued by a corporation and secured by mortpape are nepotiable, thouph under seal and payable to In-ar-er on a certain day named, or sooner after five days. li; an. I Ihi lr Frinl It was Dr. John Uroivn. of ndinlMtro. 1 think, who spoke in sincere sympathy of the man who "led a dopless life." It was Mr. ".Tosh Uillinps." 1 know, who said that in the whole history of the. world there is but one thinp 1 hat money cannot buy. to wit: the wapof a dop's tail. And it was Prof. John C. Van lvke who declared the other ilay. in reviewinp the artistic career of fjmd seer. that he made his dops tM limr.aii. 1i was the preat Creator himself who made dops too huinan so human that sometimes they put humanity to shame. 1 have lieen the friend and con fidant of three dops, who helped to hu manize me for the space of n quarter of a century, and who had souls to )e saved. I am sure; and when I cross the Stvpian river I expect to find on Ihe M her shore a trio of dops wappinp their tails almost olt in their joy at my com Mip. ami with honest tonpurs hanpirp out to lick my hands and reel. And then 1 am pomp, with these faithful, devoted dops at my heels, to taik flops over with lr. John Krow-n. Sir Kdwirt Landseer and Mr. Josh ISH'mps.--I.au-rence llutton, in St. Nicholas. American V must keep in bed. under your care. CHARLES 1 ARKER. 5 n in doubt. t-!l the truth. atid shirk n ay rhyme, but Ihey rcUHl'l well topethcr. l-.ov who lies to pet outofascolu ust be a pood dodder. 1 iardv. arc. ymmp man who l:i:ous otily a of it h-arns more than he who - it all. n Th part 1 i o v. Try i-ml think as much al-out busi ::; : s ' ln-n out if the store as you do of o.ir j lcasurc wlien in the store. Tii'-ve was a ciprirctP'-smokinp -lcrk v. ho once became proprietor, but it was nc-ident. If von sr.enil every cent you earn you won't wear out shoe leather in pomp to the sa inps bank. ("oi.stant abuse of those under you will si renpt hen your Iunps at the cx p nsc of your manners. If - on must smoke while at business, do it under the nose of t he "boss." and not in the basement. Yon will the sooner learn what he t hinks of on. EORROWED MIRTH. "I'rofessnr, how does t he hair-cut suit yon?" "The hair is altopet her too short -l little lonpcr, please." I-Tiepende Kk'.ettcr. "What woidd you do. miss, if I should attempt to five you a kiss?" "I should ecrta:nly set my face apainst it, sir." Kiehmond DisjiaUdi. Professor (about to start on his wed dinp trip bids: his parents farewell, then to his younir wife) "Cood-hy, ilear, pood by." "What! Are you sayinp pood-bv to me, too?" "Why, that's so, you are poinp with me!" Fleipende lilaettcr. "Lillian," he said, severely, to the new woman, "did you mail that letter I pave jou this morninp?" And then she put her hand in the inside jiocket of her ocrcoat. started, cot red in the face and almost w ished that she had never lecn t mancipated. Washington Star. llniM'ini; lv l'-lhnf. A story conies from Vienna of danc inp by telephone. The ball took place in the Ihmparian town of Temes var. preceded by a concert, the audience listciiinp at loud-scakinp telephones fixed apainst the wall round the room to a military band which was playinp in Arnd. to oju'ratie selections piven by artistes in the tlieaters at lhidajN-st, ami to ppnlar soups which wcrelveinp piven in Szcpedin. Then the room was cleared, and hundreds of younp jteople danced for hours to music jilayed in ail these towns. Oat on a Swine." "When you hear one railroad man remark of 'mother: 'lie's out on his swinp. don't think he's swayinp to and fro under a tree in the irk." said si railroader to a Philadelphia Hulk-tin reporter. "You can rest assured that he is attendinp to his duties. A sw inp is a run where the men make a trio in the morninp and finish up late at nijrht. In the middle of the dav they rest." THE OLD BELL COW. When I was but a boy I used so happily to roam Throuth every nook and corner of the dear old country home. At dewy morn to pasture I would drive the "ows, and when The buii was fail.ni; in the west I drove them home train. There was one amonfj their number I re member very well. It seems but yesterday I saw the cow that woie the leii. She wasn't any prettier nor of a better breed. Hut all the others followed her wherever she would lead : And in lny youthful mind I used to wonder why and how It was that all the cattle tapped the old bell cow. Stranpe years of shadow and of shine have passed away since then. And now I mmnle daily with the busy ho.-ts of men. And si ill I muse as earnestly as what I usul to do. For men, I find, are likewise quite peculiar creatures, too. And some have natures made of pold, with out a speck or tlaw. While some art only pililed forms all padded out with straw. And w'lile ttie modest, worthy man the world may never heed; The counterfeit, who loudly braps, steps in and taks the lead. The one who "tools his horn" is sure to Bet the crowd, ar.d now I know why all the cattle tagged the old liell cow. Nixon Waterman, in I... A. W. Bulletin. STEM BLE'S IX VESTM EXT. 11Y CIIAKLKS Dl'ULKV ICIIOUKS. The town marshal, ex-ofiicio editor of the I-ariat 1"mmiciiU afterwards declared that his bad luck came that nipht w ith the rain. It first came leak inp throuph the riHif alxuit midnipht, and. iindinp a convenient crease in his blankets, trickled slowly downward, until it awoke him with a start. He mp a man of few words, he simply pave a prunt of disptist, leaned over toa cor ner of the diminutive room, seized an umbrella. oiened it. thrust it accurate ly under the leak, and calmly fell asleep. In the morninp thinps were in even a worse state. The lied was a minia ture island, the type-cases were half filled with water, and the press, a foot power aiTair, stol cheerlessly in a damp corner sis if waitinp to be resus citated from its siU-nipht exxsiire. i'lcn then. Hsink made no remark his first act sifter sittinp up in his blankets lM-inp to pull forth slowly si hnire pi up of tobacco from his hip ochct. take a penerous chew. and then, sis if fortified sipainst sill manner of d'isaprceable thiups, to sprinp up and lM-pin puttinp thinps to riphts. There wsis si knock sit the door. "Come."" he shouted, pruflly: and there sipeared to view si little old p'ti tlemsiu whose black frock-coat, white collar sin unusual luxury in I-siriat smil si r of quiet dipnity accorded well with his pray hair and mustache. "Psirdon me," he said, with si slipht air of difiidence, "but is this the editor of the I'xjiouent ?" lbuik nodded. "1 nm Col. Stcmble," the little old fellow continued, affably, "sind I sim up here on sccisil business for the P.laek Hutte Cattle company. Now. to come to the point. 1 sun very anxious to have a SX'cisil edition of your paper published to-day." Hank kicked an empty tin can under the press, and looked hard at his lioots. People were wont to ssiy thsit he wsis si cautious mstii. "It will psiy." the cattle man con tinued; "ami this will pivc you some idea of my wishes." lie handed the editor some pencil notes and st new precnbsick. "(let the paper out by thr"e o'clock at the kites., and silnive all thinps make it interestinp." "I'll do it." Hank replied, with cus tomary bre ity ; sind t hen.w it h renew d cnerpy. he resumed the renovation of the little one-story shanty which served sis eilitorial office, press-room sind home. The old pciitlcman smiled to himself sis lie trudped siwsiy such si paterusil. lwncolcnt smile as to seem silino-t out of place in such an unconventional wicked little frontier town sis I .ari.it. As fsir sis the eye i-ould resieh were to lie seen the tempotsiry structures of canvas sind t sirred paper which were the homes of the inhabitants. I'panil down the railroad the first -comers had pitched their tents, sind sis the town prow rouph streets hsid been formed, ranpinp bsick to the line of low hills sit the csist. I,arisit nj-iyed the tlistine tion of ln'inp the etrcnie i-nd of the new railroad w hich wsis lapidly push inp its wsiy throuph Wyominp towards the presit northwest. Crouch's, down the rosid, had until recently njoel that honor. 1'ut one fine morninp sifter the first train had pushed on to the present site of Lsiriat. the inhabitants of the older town hsid cmipisitcd in si ImmI v, sind Crouch's wsi.s no more. True to the editor's promise, the FxHnent appeared sit the time named, but. not until Hank OThiuphsdl. a man in whose veins rsm a stiaiu of thrifty Scotch bhxid, had enpaped in several mysterious transactions with certain proerty owners of Iiriat, in exchnnpe for some ready money that the editor hsid lcn hosirdinp up for msiiiy si day. the hitter lx-csinie the owner of si con siderable strip of hind alonp the rail rosid sin acquisition afterwards ex phiined by the followinp sinr.oum-e-mcnt whii-h appeared in the I'x jKUient : "We tsike pleasure in announcinp the arrival of Col. C. II. Stcmble, sipent for. and si prominent stock-holder in. Mie I'.lack Ilutte Cattle -onip:iuy. This Knpiisli syndicate, havinp b--ii striu-k with the advsintapcous lix-ation of l-iriat, is contemphitinp the erection of enormous stock yards in our city, for the shipment of csittle from the Powder river valley. It is needless to comment iqioii the prent inlliienee that this deal will have upon Lsiriat. the Star city of northwest Wyominp. as the improvements will amount to at least $10.tMM." etc. It was all very quickly and amicably arranped. That eveninp the colonel held sin enthusiastic reception sit the Alapazsin.the lesidinp hotel.w here there were none so confident of the future of Inriat, so jovial, and w it lull so lavish with his money, as he. Incidcutsdly, it may be said that the ltnrof the AIsi pazan did a hip business, sind thai the landed proprietors of I-iriat, Hank Mc Ioup;ilI especially, awakened to the fact that they hail a pood t Innp. The next morninp the colonel, liole look in hand, and siccompained by the lesidinp citizens of the town, inspected property available for the uses of the Pkick Ilutte Cattle company. In the afternoon for the apent's time v as limited the pnrchasinp lepsm. The courteous old pentlomsin who had en tertained them so hospitably the nipht before did not hsipple over prices. He psiid cash for his new sicqiKsit ions in crisp, new $."(( rotes ;i pros-ccdirp which, to insike chanpe. nnfoi t i.nsite'y. drained the town in a short time of s.ll its smaller deiiomiuat ions. Py eveninp the l'nplhh syndicate lisul acquired a choice tract of h:vl lyinp on lxth sides of the railroad, in the hesirt of Iirisit, for whiidi il had jsiiil out some $"r..(li!'). Mel oupa!l. editor sind town msirshsii. had inside some thoussiuds by the deal, sind had he lwcn si ready sjieaWr w.uld prob ably hsivessiid: "These I'aplisbiaen sire the bippest suckers I ctersaw."" P.ut. sis it wsis, he contented himself with the simple words: "Heats sill !" It wanted but si few mii'Utcsoi trsiin timc. next day. when the colonel, e.ir ryinp his coihikicI little valise, I. is face besiminp with happy pood rat u re. ssi loi tered leisurely down to where the b;p enpine wsis pnflinp sind olov. inp. pn -parsitory to its lonp t rip down the to:..!. "1 must lesive just sit this til'-." he ssiid. "to transact some ery importsirt business in Cheyenne. 11 '.it I'll be ba-k in si week or ten i;iys. sind bein work immediately." And l.e treated the lit tle crowd sibout the train tocipars. The whistle tM)t'd si waminp note, the l.'U rsmp smil 1 he colonel -o; ilisiil y shook hands :dl around., Steppinp 'ii the rcsir platform of the train, he turned silxuit once more sind wsi'ed iiis pM).l-bves to persons in the ibst.-iine. Just sit the moment ths't 1 h" w hit-Is lx'pan to turn. Hank u I loirr:-.!!. his marshal's stsir L'lean.inp on his vest--he wore no co.at came riiiminp down Wyominp avenue from (he ptist otlice. a yellow psijier in his IisiikI. wbi. h hi wsi-d ilramsit ically over his head. "Stop that train!" yelh-d th-' town marshal. Hut t he conductor sind cn pineer did not hear, and the. train moved on. "Jump, you scoundrel, jump! '" npsi'ii yelled Ilai;k,at the same t'me draw irp his pun. The colonel's only answer wsis si polite v.jivc of 1 he hand. Then Hsink tMk si snsip-sl.ot sit the fast de p.'irtinp train, and would you l-!ii' it? that little !! man whipjM-d out two pistols from somewhere, quick s.s si wink, and for si few moments the wsiy the bullets whistled sibout tin heads of the crowd sdonp the track wsis somothiiip wonderful. And sis t lie Irain prcw smaller and smsiller in its st raipht si w si y course over the prairse. the hist act of the lone psissenp. r on the re:ir platform wsis to waea while hsiudkeridii.'f towards the little city of 1-sirisit and dissippesir within the car. The town nisirshal replaced his pu:i in his hip-KM-ket. sind turneil ssuiiy away. Deaf to rcc:itcd iiupiiries s:s to the inesininp of it all. he d'-ssippesired wit hin the cditorisil ssmct :mi : foi in 1 he midst of sill excitement he still rcmem lM'ntl that, cx-otVu'io, he wsis sin editor, smd he was both si thrifty sind si cau tious man. An hour later another edit ion of the I"xx"ine.it sipjMared, tlouble-lesid-d. sis if in monrninp. and the copit s sold for a dollar apiece. The editorial wsis brief sind In the xint : "From a te lepra m received only tn kite by our town mnh:il. because of the necessity of forward inp it by ir.nil from Crouch's, it sippesirs that our hit" distinpuished visitor. Slemble. wsis none other than the wcil-known !es pe radon ml confidence man Ike Hopcis. lately a fupitive from the Phick Hills. It is painful to 1k forccil to stsnethsit the- preenbsicks which Hopers so peii erously distributed while in I.siriat sire lever ounterfcits. in exehsipee tor which he csirried siway thousands of ilollsirs of our citizens" carninps. "The editor of the 1'.. jxuient bids farewcil to his msiny friemls. mil an nounces his intcnton of pullinp up stsikes and movinp ininiedisitcly to the Hip Horn country." I.ipincott's Map azine. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mary Anderson Navarro, accordinp to reports from Knpland. is in broken health. She is wheeled almiit in u bath chair every sunny morninp. A 17-ycsir-ohl Iondon lxy killed him self with cyanide if jM'tassiuni becaus he hsid to wear si w ip while his hair, which had fallen out on account of :i lever, was prow inp out sipsiin. Mr. I'upene Yssiye. the violinist, has lHiupht. for $.".l0(. the Strailivaiius known as Hercules. It is dated 17:; is one of the most terfcet of its fsimily, and is Ivcautifully preserved. The late Prof. Hoyeson's three sons hsive Ih-cii msule wsirds f tlie collepe by the trustees of Columbia collep . They are now at school and the cost of their education is to 1m' met by the col lepe. Msihlon A. Sellers, of Windsor Castle. Pierks county. Pa., recently celebrated the 50th Jinniverssiry of his sip'ioint ment sis Mst master at thsit place, lb secured the establishment of the office in lsla, ami has lxt-n jxistmaster fvrr since. Koln-rt H. O'P.ricn. of Massachusetts, who ilurinp the hist csimpa;i.ii sict-il sis Mr. Cleveland's stcnoprapher, and v. lr has since leon principal i-xeeuti'..-clerk, hsis resipmtl tolMt-ome the Wsis h inpton corrcsjoiident of the Hoston Kvcninp Transcript. Uotng fttn Far. "This here "new woman business is pet tin to le too darned serious fcr si joke." ssiid I'ncle Hiisim. solemnly. "What's the matter now V" asked his nephew. "Wa-al. I was down sorter look in over the touph sirt o" your city, sin' a woman ran out of a house an' prabU-d my ol hat." "Oh. that's an old trick. Did you fol low her?" "Not much I didn't." "That wsis lucky for you." "I sorter reckoned that if she pot this here 'new woman' fever so lsul sis all that. explained I'ncle II iram. "she could have the ol" hat sin" welcome; an' I hollered arter her thsit if she'd pive me her address I'd ship her down a air of overalls when 1 pet hack to the farm." Chicsipo Post. ARKANSAS DIAMOND'S. Worthless Eita of Qaarts and the Duel Ihey Caused. In no I took on nnxlein duelinp have I lfH'n s:ble to find even si Mujircs ion of one of the lx-st stories on ties subject thsit I ever heard. Account;h'e for t h N sir.' two facts the incident bad i;s,--currence many y sirs :.ro and tie-set t1e of it wsis in si place thsit. cv -n in this Isiy of raiirosids, is not oier'y accessi ble. I wsis v. slit inp for a ;-t;ipe in one of t he back settlements in ne of the rioim tsiin counties of Arkstussis one day hist summer. v hen one of t he old set t lers of the community sii'di-.-ssei me- "I see in a Icet!e Pink p:i r t but her day," he said, "thsit there's bin some di'maiuls found over in A f ricy." "There's r.othinp n w in thsit." I re plied, "lint the field hsis lieen broad ened, in spcculiitioii s-.t 1. sist. nutilihe cxc!tem-i;t has prow n tremendously." "Wa'l. I (ifin't ktt-r none." i!ie old fel low remsirkcd. 'l s; : ut poin"-l oi.l had sin idf thet it m'pl.l 1m- si'.l :. hoax like :i di'insiiid find we oncct lied wsis si hoax. "l)id you think there wen-diamonds in this psirt of the mountains?" I in quired. ""Think! We tnowed it fer siwhih. but sifter SI scientific feller ome here, a nd si fter si iI-.m-m'I of some size w- lesit neil ililTrui.t." The olii man cI'iiiIm-i! to the top of :i barrel in the one store of tl-- town in which tlie coiii ersal ion w.is t::"-!n-pkice. sind sis he inent .oni-d the diiil half si dozen f t lie loimpcrs w ho urn more interest, -il in me ths.n they w ere iu lis ol.l ii-sin's lalk. cr n.eil t keir necks :ii:d s. liaost in c!n .I lls cxclai lni-d : ""Ti ll eriMiut tin t d.MM-1." Then one of them ;-siid: "Yer alius tsilkin' silMiut it. but it siin't olTi-n ye say miK-Ii ii'ore'n it jest hapM iied." The old msin sipjiesinil to N" fisitte-ritl. lie looked :it me v. ii h 1 he siir of oie v. bo hsid SMI imdisputctl ,. .-"ti i. mi in thei-on:-ii-lmity :;nd was proud of it. I took u; the cause of the nss'iie ne h: i, t ;i "n.r '.., s who were huincinp s:lnt tiie pk.ee. "io ahead with the story." I ssiid. "We'll hae :i ibop from the propriet r to wet oi.r whistle projH rl suel then we'll r.lten." ""I never tsilk SilMiut thet I'mn-I," t he old man said. "These younp II. rsliev sill her red their dsiddics tsdk s:lut it. a ny how." Tln ie wsis si lonp silence In the meantime the iank. sbpshinl li.-ui;-w i m l-msi n who was riimi'i'T thestort hsid bi t a:ph t out si 1 ot t ic of v. hi i e lienor, ixtier Known sis mMinshine whiskv. with ;i i usi x t in cup. out -f w I' ich v r -ot,.- took si drink. lt" in sirs much tsilk f hsid whisky sold over :tr iu lsiree -ities. Put one neicr knows what liquid fin- sind brimstone sire until h- hsis hsid si swsillow of the whisky lh.lt is to be had si" the hsickwohs stilU of the lnoni.tsiin districts of this countrv. I 'eve ii ue officials hsi e ha red out msin v s.n illicit ilist illery. bet t hey exTst even now in sonic psirls of the south in si 1 hri i iiir w si v. "Tlsem thinps kmkeil liV ibsimonds. sinvwsiy." the old msm remarked, sis !. 1 houpht fully smacked lis lips sind psisseil t lie -Ut to t h-next tne. " I Let wsis in the 4u's, I rei kon. smd the few of us sis wsis here didn't know iuu.-!i silMiut theeountry. Our folks h. id i-ome to tlie uplands sifter the --inkinir of tlie land over at New Madrid .'so ycsirs 1m--lore. and here they stuck, just :;s I hcv stuck sit-nce thet time. There wsis no iioospaM'rs and no raiirosids (luct an siwhile there was si st.-suiilMisit and thet's 1 he only wsiy we over po rsi.iHi word troni the outside world. Ti;e P-:irsoii bov s wsis the liveliest fi llers in t he set ! !ciiicjt . sind oncl a -sir of them would pit to Nmi i lea n s s:!:d sell some of the hides thsit we p.tt top ther. When he wsis down there he'd pet idees .f thinps thet we didn't know nothin" Sl'Ktut. One of the Imus would po ol.e time and one another, and ca li time thet they went there ws.s si b.p time arouiMl. I'll tell you. Oi.ct. jest after )!!ie Pesirsoll bed come back fr.tn ii Ollcsms. he pot to tciliii sd'otit sit-irp si msin who hsid psiid a fori line for si shirt stud. That wsis the fsist tis ie most of us hsid ecr hei-rd silxtiit di'monds. Ol Pesirsoll dcscrilM-d t In thinps k-t-rfully sm to-d us tin t they wsis found only in si few psirts of the world. When he hid pot done there wsisii't si feller in the croud thsit ws:si"t .is worked up sis ef he'd hcerd a pimst story. While Ollie P. sirs. 'l v. sis slsn.il inp sit one side kinder rc.l in" si f ler ,.s tsilk ree'v j lsiviu the hero another of our b Hers, Hill Sims by na-ne. slipind siround to him ami took him to one side. I h-crd ;:fterw:ird i!-et l.e look :i leetl." stone nutcn his pM-ket an" s.sked Oiiie ef it. I.tokeil lik' i i.nv :f them i isi uioin's he'il lfii te! I in" alxni i. I seen Ollie put Lis bsind to his mouth smd till I'.ill to 1m- quirt, and then they stntlhtl oiTtopether. "I di'bi't think no more of it until the next euin", w hen Ollie come to me sill excitenei,l smd sel: Sce here, Tom. I'm in trouble. "What's up?" I askitl. siH'in" thet it wsis soiui t hils" bir. " titi rcmemlM-r w hat I said siltout t he di'moud hist niirht?" he went m. 'Well. Pell Sims hsis si w hole lot ."f tie in out in the new timlter, an" he won't tell me w here." M-bite he wants them l.issi If ?" I said, th'nhiii" it sill a joke. " '1 ii course he 1m s," lilie i-M-lainiol. sin I (-'stilus my riphts fcr hai in tohl him wh.'lt they was. Kf I hsidn't lieen to Nvo Orleans he'd nec hcv know cl auythiep silxrit di'mond--.. ""He tiiirht to pile you soniethia",' I ssiid. " 'Yes. and he w ill he'll piveme h.i"f. or by I'll know why. "Then he went away. I saw lh"t thar wsis trouble op, an" I thoupl-.t I'd stop it. but somethin" h.iipenil to kit p me busy an the next I hit-rd alx.iit it. was that Ollie Pesirsoll anil his brother IVte h d pone oier to Hill Sims" house and took son-cthil'p thel he lied. Nit Ixxly Know e.l what it sls. but ez 1 lnt-rd ! know it! thet it wsis some of them di'monds. I h list htl over to Sims, which w::s a. pood two miles aw siy, an' there I found I'.ill stormin up and down. t Ilin his dad, who di-1 the next year, what he was poiu" to do. it seems t'net the Pesirsoll 1ms rode riplit oxer to Sims place and without ptnu' in looked all o r th- new timU-r and found the j.ki-e where Hill's di"monss wsis. They put all they coi Id pet in a ssick ami then went cant'rin" jis.st the Sims shsuity onten pure devilment. P.ill sees "em. but they trot away ami bsu k home. Tln-t eienin" Pete Pear soil went oier to the r'ver to ketch the lwtat thet was diMt alout thet time of year. Thet left Ollie at home to fipht it out with Pill. The troul.le wsisn't lonir in eomin. Ollie Pears II knowed thet I'.il! would lte over to le msmd his riphts. and so he fir.ed fer him. He htsuieil the old family pun an put it in a handy plac'. It wasn't iiiik Ii sifter sunrise wl-.'ti P.ill hal!oMil out in front of the Pesirsoll place. Ollie' mother went out sind sjMtke to P.ill in si ph-:isaiit way. but he told her to pet in the house, ef she didn't want to t;ct hurt, lie wsis there to s-e Pete a. id Ollie. smd he"d see them if he lied to wsiit till doomsday. While the old woman was jisnlevin" Ol csinie out. ""(.it in.' he ssiid. "I'll do the tsdh'mV 'The old mother v.eut to the house, l.Kikni" with fear an" iremblin" at the sunns tin- l v.; carried. " iir ye poin" to keep them di'mon's 7 i'.ill asked, without '.akin his eyes oiT'n O.lie. " "1'isi p.-in" to keep my shsire. he saiit. (loppi.ly. "1oti"e e-ot no share! I'.ill cv claimeis. "They're sill mine; an' you. !i'.: th" snessk thci ye air. hev come sdonp s.n" sl..ie them from me." " You'll e;it tiiem words. Ollie sa'-d. Mid without smother word, he tune, back it. to the kIiutiSv. Rill raisi-d his jyiili to lire; but her hsmd. wld Mrs. l'earsoll j"it " 'Don'.. P.ill!" she cxclaim.-d. 'F.f ye must lipht. do it tair. My boy ain't s-f -ard nl ye; lie'll meet e when and w hen- ye ssii ." ""tin ,iie II esiuip i.iei-tin croeml. then, sit d.i lirh '-tiiorror. We'll et ;le it sill tie re.onct -in" leralk "lb 'cii.cl.ed" ti his cutter an rode o;T in si :i:t r. ""Some oie- told mi- that there was a sea-lit i l.e 1. iier from I.on.loii piosM-ct-:n" siround rhe country, and I looked him up. sind kite thet nitsht we?-:ip-d over to tin- ii w timU-r bsick of the Sims plsiee smd tiMiU sfl.M.k sit 1h- : -i.iond fields. It didn't take thet mssn luiiL' to liiwi oni in si l.i iT. " Thet's s. f.irm of ipiart7. he said, mii" siin't worth nothin. Tli-m fellers down sit Noi Orleans will hsiu- a pud kit! on Pesirsoll when he brings in thsit bsiir sm" csili- "em di'mond.-. hv. ef he ase! si bsip '" fi'mon Is he'd be the rich est a. sm ecr dresiuit of." " lien I :;. sirl the feller say thet I told him of the iIimm-i thet was -ilMtut to i'sippen on ssccoiint of 1 he trouble 1 s. 'lUecii tin Imivs. AVe ar:'''l thet it would hev ;o !c stoptel. There had ieen some d.toelin ia i heoi psirts In-fore and there wsis no msic-Lliee in it. As there was no reason fer no fipht "n in this csise, we felt it our dooty to in terfere. "Inip lM-f..re daylipl.t we went to see P.ill Sims. When we pot to the home I'.ill was set tin in the liack room by si knot lixin his pun. " "Put it up. P.ill.' says I. 'There ain't Coin" t Ik- no 'iirht." ""Ibis he bsick.il out?" P.ill asked. ""Ilaien't seen him." I said.'but this msm here and me hsis bin over to your di'mond mine, and he says they ain't di'monds sit all. He knows, fcr he is from London, where di'monds prows on trees." " "I'.uessyou folks is in w ith the Pear soils." P.ill ssiid. careless like, blow imr down his pun sin" IKkin" alonp the bsirrel. "Well, we tsilked an pled and ar ried until it In-psin to 1' day lipht. and then P.ill. h' pot up sin said he'd hev to tro. We ssnv ii was no use to ssiy nothin there, and we follered. It wsisn't lonir "till we cot towher" P.-ar-soll wsis. He bed jest come alonp. an w sis look'in sit his pun w hen we rode up. '"The two men p la red at esich other fer si minute, and then Pill blurted out : " Wir ye ready? "'Alius resnly, Ollie replied Itack. "Then the mssn from Ixuidon stepped up smd lM-psin to tsilk. I've heered preachers thet could tsdk ye black in the face, but- I never hecrd none thet could slimr hmpusipe by the side of that feller from Hnplaud. He used words t tis.iT not Midy unlerstHMl. talked siltout i he fieid of honor an the sibusin of it. sin the Itrxl knows what else, but when he pot throuph P.ill ami Ollie looked kinder dispusted. and P.ill ssiid: " " oarse we feels plsid thet yer so in tetested. but no panic like thet kin stop business of tiiis sort. I've bin robiMil. an I'm poinp after the robWr. " "At least. ssiid the man from Lou don, "ye'll let us act fer yer?" ""Ssiy the word, ye mean? Ollie sisked. M don't see v hy not. "Out. there under the trees of thet pretty plsiee on one ef the finest morn in's I eier see. them two men stoiMl "t psiccs ajtsTt. The man from Ixuidon mesisurcd (tff the pround and sisked the men to toss up a penny for isit:oii. They didn't know what it meant, but they done as he ssiid. Then he held a hsi inlkerchief a'ooie his hesul. "'When I drop this." he said. "lM-pin. "He dropped the lap a minute filter and one shot came. I thought thet one of the puns had missed, but when Hill and Ollie tumbled for'e on their fsn-cs. I know'd thet the ImhIi had firel top"thcr. "'This is one time. said the man from london. thet science didn't do no p mm lM-fatre ami kaint do no poanl aftT." St. Ixtuis Hepublic. . CfMttly Rrlir. An antiapiarian in Taunton recently was the victim of a nciv kind of swindle. He s'nt fiie alolhirs in answer to an aal irtis'mcnt which ssiid the scnah-r would ras-eiie a Wcll-presa-rved iee of protective armor which hal prolt-s-.bly Im-cii used in the Trojan war. The precious relic arrived on schedule time, sind on ojH'ninp the bundle he found an old psiirof musty-hKikiiip corsets lM'ar- iitiT the follow inp lepend: "Dear Sir This lM'smtifiil jtiaH-e of ancient work is t houpht by the most eminent anti apisirisins to Im- the very identical corset iwirn by the famous Helen when she took rcfupe with Paris within the snicient city tf Troy. Tf this was not the case, it was probably the property of the fair Cleopatra. Anyhow, we re ceived the money, ami it is kindly ao klio'iledpa-d hy X. Y. Z.1 It L
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