the carolina watchman vol xx.-tiiird series salisbury n c thursday november 15 1888 no 4 wait fcr me by c c t seaward runs the little stream where the wagoner cools his team where in twecn the banks of moss stands the stepping stones n cross o'er them comes si little mai i laughing not a bit afraid mother there upon the shore grossed them safely just before this is the little lassie's plea — wait for me wait for me arm's he went instantly to work ! one by one conspirators were sworn the design grew and promised well when one night two of the intriguers quarreled one of them went straight ' to the governor revealed the whole plot and named benyowky as the ! leading spnir the next night abont ten o'clock as benyowsky was just stepping into bed a loud knocking was heard at the street door he lighted a candle wrapped himself in a dressing-gown went down stall's and opened the door an officer with twenty soldiers stood without who had been sent to take him a curious freak of fortune saved him the officer who did not know his features took him for a ser vant and demanded whether the count de lien vow sky were within then with out waiting for an answer he snatched the candle from his hand and darted up the stairs to seize bis prisoner benyowsky left alone below took in the situation at a glance lie drew his dressing gown about him and slipped w y into the night 1 le hasn'iicd to tiie house of major j wynblath one of the companions of his plot the two resolved to risk | their lives in a bold venture they stole out of the town procured horses at the nearest village and giving out that they were officers with dispatches from the governor of cazan got safely to st petersburg there they found a skipper due to sail next dav for holland ; they booked a passage with him for 500 ducats and arranged to meet at midnight on the bridge across the neva lance powder lead an ax knives tools for building cabins and provisions for three days after which they were ex pected to maintain themselves by hunt ing iii the dreary wastes ermines wolverines and sables everv exile iras compelled to report himself once daily to tin guards and disobedience to a guard was punished by starvation t!:e little village of the exiles was situated at a league's distance from the town it consisted of eight cabins in which lived fifty men and women thither the count snd his companions were now lead and were received into the huts of their fellow exiles until they should be able to build cabins for themselves benyowsky was quar tered in the hot of m.crustiew a per son of much influence among the ex iles that evening as they sat before the fire with brandy tea and ca vira beside them bonyowsky began to sound his companion on the'ehanees of escape crustiew had a few books in his cabin among which was anscn's voyages it was natural that such a book should have suggested the sole project of escape which in truth was possible to attempt to cross the aw ful wilderness through which they had come thither was quite hopeless * but crustiew leiieved that it might be pos sible to seize a ship and escape bv sea benyowsky listened and from that moment the design was never absent : from his mind b'ow the hut and all within ir into atoms benyowsky called npoa his comrales filled with the fire of men whose lives wen in their hands they i rushed forth upon the foe the sold : ; iers pmie-stricken at th it fnriona o feet left the cannon and raced like ' hares into the neighboring woods i dragging the cannon with them : the conspirators stole forward to the ! fort the sentinel seeing in the dusky light a troop approaching with a can ' non imagined thai his own compan ions were returning he gave the i challenge but benyowsky with a pis ■ tol in his hand bade a prisoner return i ' the counter word the man obeyed 1 the sentinel let fall the drawbridge the i exiles rushed across it blew down the i ' grating with a petard and burst in the i fort then the tight was fierce and brief ■ ' nilow refusiug to accept his life was ! : in the act of firing the pistol at beny ' wsky when be was struck down i the guards of whom twelve onlv had been left within were killed or taken and the fort was in the hands of the exiles by this time all the town was risin at least three hundred cossacks were in arms and soon a storming party with kolassow at its head appeared before the gate but the ramparts were alive with fiery eyes the bridge : was up the castle guns were roariiig kolassow was compelled to change his tactics he drew off bejon 1 the teach of shot to the heights whirl overlook ed the castle and prepared to starve them out lint the count was ready with a counter scheme no sooner was kol assow gone than he sent a band of men into the streets to gather the women and children together in the church xeaily a thousand weresoon mustered and locked in chairs tables railings doors wen broken up and pil d at the foui comers of the building three wome.i and twelve girls were then dispatched as envoys tokolassow announcing that unless the cossacks instantly laid down their arms the building would beset in flam es and every soul within it perish beyowsky had relied on the ban threat to p ove etectual;l u time p;iss ed and still kolassow gave no si"n benyowsky bade a pile be kindled in an instant as the flames shot up the heights l>eeame alive with hand kerchiefs and white fluttering flags of truce soon fifty cossacks fiery hoi with haste came racing in advance crying aloud that all the troops were following and had laid down their arms the aspect of the flames - mere idle in nice as it was had wrought like magic the couiif rece'ving into the fort as hostages fifty-two of the chief townsmen and ordered the church doors to be thrown oj>en ud now the count was lord not only ol the castle bul of the town :; self he was able to complete at ease preparations for the voyage lie had during the assault received a wound ai the right le<_r and he was forced to lie in idleness for several days stephanow his ever-watchful enemy chose this moment for an act of spite he sent aphadasia a letter informing her that benyowsky was al ready married and offered himself as the avenger of her wrongs it was the 11th of may 1771 when j the exiles ninety-six in all embarked on board of the st paul every other ship in harbor which might be used in the pursuit was set in flames the hostage were sent ashore the flag of poland ran up tothe peak and a fa lute of twenty cannon thundering from the portholes proclaimed that the bold slaves had gained their free dom and then began the moving acci dents of sea the ship stood out of the harbor among masses of rough ice through which at fnih-s a way was onlv to be forced by firing cannon at the floes at ni.bt the deck was covered with i sheet of ice f wo inches thick and huge fires flaming round the ma were required to thav the sails win i froze as stiff as iron in spite of all precaution the vessel i uttered bv the floating bergs sprang a-leak the pumps had to be kept going dav and night and ijefore the rift was stopped the crew were dropping with fatigue then the water barrels froze and burst benyowsky was compelled to limit the supph : and thereon step ha-iow still ripe for m'sehief stirred i|i certain of the crew to mutiny these men in search of water tapped a brandy barrel by mistake drank them selves into a frenzy and staved in ever water-casic but two when the next day the mutineers grew s ber and real ized their folly they turned on si hanow in fury and would have hanged him from the yards the < ount ever once moresived the life of his insidious enemy and stephanow wiis m i ! e a s snllion but the mischief was achieved i hip was nearing war mer regions no land was in ight and food as well as water ran so low that a little bread ni;ule out of salted hmi gronnd into powder was all thai could be served out daily p.im ne forcd the crew to strange expedients on the 1-lth of july nine week af ter their departnre the ship wa still i fortnight from japan ; and the water was all gone and now for the first time in hi career benyowsky gave np everything for lost ill health following on hi wound had shaken him and lie be lieved that be was dying he reigned bis office s ct mmnuder pmsome last instructions crawled into his bawaiock and l.iv down to wait for i.eath bat in cue middle of the ni^ht the count's dog nestor was seen standing on tin 1 forecastle thrusting out bis nose at the horizon and burking like a dog gone frantic nestor was a urughe \\ hen day dawned a line of hind w s lying like a cloud on the horizon t was a desert island licli in fruit ai.d game in an hour the crew were shooting goats and boars breaking open coeoauuts and munching pine-a - pies in the wild and lonely woods the water casks were filled the ship's larder was replenished and the sails were once more given to the wind a fortnight later the lii sailed safelv into uslipatehar bay an 1 the voyagers found themselves surrounded by almond eyes and yellow faces by lti'hiv flut tering dresses and twirling parasols benyowsky waifcd ou the kin he f und that potentate seated <"> » yellow sofa in a ricii saloon uppoieled in a robe of blue and gieen and gird d with a yellow girdie the kiiig re ceiveil the count wiih great hospitali ty the visitor was invited to a royal least and benyowsky tried and tri d i:i vain toeat a inn's nest with a pair of chojvsticks in return he taught th monarch how to nsea musket with i which his majesty to i iufinate de light killed a horse at the first shof the king presented benvowsky with a jewel d s ibor a t liiilt of pearls and box of gold and gems the ship re vietualed aud t h voyagers stood away for china twelve days later they touched in pas.-uilt at the island of i sniav lisbon benyowsky put t i land in the ship's b ut a high sea was running the boat was swamped and the crew wen swepl into the surf the count was dashed upon a rock and was with diffi culty dragged by i:i coaipanioustqthe sh re where for some time lie lay senseless and to all appeanuice dead bui brandy and assidno is chafing were at leuth effective his eyed opened and in 1 returned to life again the ship set sail two days afterward she touched formosa an exploring party landed and came across a tribe of natives headed by a span iard i>i>mi hieroniino paeheco whose appearance must have strikingly re sembled k ihinson rr i <» s in h;s dress of skins this man's history was it sdf a i'a k and strange romance he had lieen a grandee of manilla had surprised his wife 1 : i tlie embrace of a priest had plunged his sword into the heart of 1 th had tied in a>niall teasel manned by six of his owu slaves had landed at formosa and during the . si seven veal's lad been a savage chief dom hieroi;iui i came on hoard the ship and welcomed benyowsky with great friendship but meantime a party of the crew on land had come across a luistile tribe and presently the ship's boat was sei-n returning from the shore with seven of the crew stuck full of arrows and three men dead or dying at the bottom benvowsky had not meant to tarry at the island hot the slaughter of their comrades roused the crewto fury the count and doin lliero.iiuio jiut their men together descended on the hostile tribe slew a vast numl>er of them and burnt their village tu the u r :'"!!:: i the hue d aigullon at the kink's desire proposed that benyowsky should p i ceed tn madagascar with tue design of planting i n she island u frenchset tletnent jso proposal could luive bet ter suited in aii\>-nt liroiis spirit a ship was ktted ■ >• hundred meu were ii t on hoard and on 22d of march [",'■>. w count together with his 7ife set sail from europe it was the last and strangest venture of his rife 1 lie ship first anchored at the 1-1 of france the onnt was armed with letters to ihe governor who was charged to aid the ex]>edition with all requ.site supplies 1 it keuyow sky on handing in ins mpers iound if received with howls of rage the merchants of the isle looked jeal ously on the projected settlement which threatened to interfere with their own trade impedinieitti of eveiy kind where brought against him an i <; length he *> i c unpelletl to s.nl for mi i ._ r iscar y g ■ good reasoning an indian fishertnaii in offering a lim l»nxjk troul wju asked what ■■ f»nr pi ice 1 one shilling one i was the answer i'.m r t her i a i t !•• one a shilling for hint '" sure he quirk rejoined just as hard to eatch liim a a big oue the i'.dest presbyterian church in th • "": "•• of pennsylvania i the j/'hest unt level presbyterian church in dru niore township lmuister county pa it i of st me and bnilt in 1723 w tli ih • exception of the addition of a tow er aud the putting on a new roof the walls of this church stand as they were built one hti idred and sisjtjmhree years ago ■ i » » — sackville'c succe3sor l.n'doa nov 5 hoa michad , herbert has been appointed britisk 1 charge d.ifeairj at w uslnn^tpn ah so swit'l the waters run — one false step twas all undone little heart begins to besit 1'enriiig for the little feet siion her fear will all be post when t!n stepping stones are crossed three more yet on which to stand — two m he — one more — then on hind tis i lie little lassie's plea — wait for me iv.iit for me ah for vc.ii my laughing las when tlic years liiivi i-ome to pass may one till be near lo guide while yon cm the river wide when mi helping hand is near uiie if you slmui i call to hear — think however far away mother still knows nil you say k'en in heaven she hears your pica — wait lor rue wait for me a wild romantic life a hi'nitakian ntoble who fought the would my land and ska the history of count benyowsky is a tale that whirls the reader round the globe he was born in the year 1711 at verbowa the family estate in hun gary was baptised by the names of maurice augustus and as theson of a magnate was brought up at the conn of vienna the fortunes of his early years were well adapted to call forth his character his father was a gen eral of the emperor's horse and the boy being destined for the same pro fession received at 14 the rank of lieu tenant marched against prussia and fought in four pitched battles before be was 17 while he was absent in lithuania his father died and he lie came the count de benyowky but i his brother during his absence seized on bis estate he instantly hew home raised and ; r neii a party of his vassals ' and drove off the birds of prey but the interloping heirs had friends at court lie was accused as a rebel and a rioter his castle and domains were taken from him by the state and given over to the dutch of the u-uirpt is in anger and disgust he turned his back upon bis country and having a desire to study seamanship repaired to am sterdam and thence to plymoth there he found time to learn not only how to sail a ship but bow to play a game of chess and bow to twang the harp lie arrived at cracow just as count perrin with the russian force ap peared before the walls me was at once appointed colonel-general of the cavalry and speedily ins troop of horse became a tiam of terror provisions from the first were scarce and soon ran very low benyowsky dashed out of the town stormed and took the forl of lindscorn and fought his wax again into the city with thirty prison ers a herd of oxen and sixty baggage wagons heaped with grain the l\us • ia is stung with rage drew close their line of siege in vain benyowsky with his troop stole out at dead of night swam across the \ istnia gained the ( pen country collected wagons in the villages and loaded them with spoil the { o'.it was then to lodge them in the town it was 3 o'clock at night and a dim moon was rising beny owsky placed the convoy with a party under baron de kluscusky set himseh at the head of the remainder and dash ed upon the camp the russians as he expected flew forth like angry ior ne*s his charge was beaten oil half his little band were killed or taken and be himself was cot down from his sad dle wo inded in two places and se cured but mean time the baron had slipped softly through the lines and the wag ns were all safe within the city llietroipof cossacks came upon him by surprise at s/.uka they ha i with them a howitzer stuffed to the muzzle wit i old iron stones and rub bish • thi-s piece was tired off in the skirmish and benyowky was struck down by the hail of missiles stunned bruised and bleeding fr m no less than seventeen wounds he w.is seized by the exultant enemy and carried off in chains nilow a drunken brutal despot had betrothed his daughter to a rub ku ziua as drunken and brutal as himself benyowsky hear this story he could not marry her himself but he determined if it were possible to res cue her from the kimzi whom she detested heart and soul midnight came the fugitives were at th ■ bridge the skipper was behind his time but in a few minutes they descried him coming he appeared to be alone but as he stepped pp to benyowsky twenty soldiers started out of the darkness at his back kn eked them both down and made them fash the honest skipper had been seized with suspicion and had sold his passen gers for a round sum to the police benyowsky separated from the ma jor was conducted to the fortress and locked up in a dungeon in the tower of famine for three clays not a soul came near him he had n ither broad nor water \\ hen at the close of the third day a jailor entered wii'n ;: pitcher and a crust he found a gaunt eyed specter weaker than a child the ghost was dragged before the council questioned and again re manded to b s i ell but his fate was seiied ten davs later in the dead ol night an officer with seven soldier ope.iei the cell door clothed him in a dress of sheepskins loaded him again with chains and led iiim forth out side the fort a two-horse sledge was waiting benyowsky was placed upon it a soldier took the seat beside him and the horses instantly flew forward into the darkne s of the night meantime he chanced to make ac quaintence with a he man of the cos sacks named colassow who had lost large sums in playing chess for wagers discovering that benyowsky was ; , skillful player kolassow matched the count against two wealthy merchants casarinow and csulosinkow beny owsky was to play a set of fifty games against whatever champions these two might choose to bring the games were played the stakes were heavy ami benyowsky and his backer swept in several thousand roubles p u t this result though gratifying was one which very nearly cost the couus his life csulosinkow was the first who took his losses badly one night he lay in wait together with his cousin is benyowsky was returning to his cabin the pair sprang out upon him ii'med with knives and bludgeons hen vows v hal no weapon but a stick hid in the fi st instance he was badh ivoundel by good fortune with one blow he sp'rhie cousin's skull and the.csulosinkow fell upon his kness and roared for mercy benyowsk let luim go and himself crawled home ward to ins cabin where during th next ten days he lay in be i the cous in died by the tinkling noise of sledge bells on the road behind him the count judged that he was not alone and when day dawned he discovered that the train was one of sixteen sledges which were carrying six prisoners under a guard of cossacks across the vast siberian regions of eternal ice to lifelong exile in kamchatka casarinow took a steal ther method of revenge on new years day the prisoners rrauged and humble festival among themselves casarinow sent them on the occasion a present of i mie sugar which the exiles put into their tea thehiigarhad been poison ed and in a few minutes the whole company were rolling on the groun/j n horrible convulsions benyowsky who h id only sipped his cup found himself quaking like a man with ague copious draughts of whale oil gave the suff rers relief but one of them who had drunk largely died on the spot while another rec(.ve:v onlv from the jaws of deaf h a captain bv the name of csurin was in harbor with his ship with which he was engaged to sail tookotsk csurin had fallen in with a damsel of kam chastka whom be desired to carry off but he durst not sail to okotsk where a process was abroad against him on a charge of having mutinied two years before in this predicament benyow sky gained his ear it was not diffi cult to persuade a desperate man to share the lot of men a.s desperate as himself it was agreed to man the ship with benyowsky s comrades and toescape.it possible together in the darkness of the night the count instantly made ready the exi lies were as mb!ed arm in hand in benyowt-ky's cabin it was a desperate enterprise and the hearts of the little band beat high within them as they awaited the beginning of events which wer • to end in death or freedom the distance from st petersburg to kamchatka is as the crow flies full four thousand miles the journey through that arctic wilderness was a the best of times a task of main months and of the bitterest privations s nneliines the exiles were so happy as to p.iss a night among a nest of tartar huts bit in general they encamped among the show m gffe ■& j^l p>gs ru i <■■ a "■< . l^ka k/^w •^ —' 1a -~- j [ e 5 & vs^t w —' r\i a w / a , 1 \ k 1 * / h l r n i j / a , n a —--« -«—-*• the entire stock of the ua k n.'.tion till cv jlasswarc . . __ „ . rtt-n n-ir • witt dp 0 aplilpip ! w i'l dfl ual lir ill jj j • illijj uij uuu.uiluju , , . it must k closed < ut m mediately and will be sold ik . • 1 iw r sl ill o'll'lv 111(1 sill v vulir i 111 lll ii1<1 ml|)j)l wiii sl'lf of tilt wlllter d t)dm7i?tt7t t k bkujarlliuj assignee isknou n by thox-m:irlc<-<l jieruliarition 1 afwliujjof wouriiicssuiiil jwdns in the liipi1 '-- v ];.,,! hn-utli luiil l:isl i.i i lie mouth iii<i iiliti-.i tongue j 3 coii«:li|i:ii ion willi im-c:ikioii:il ill tacks 5 heartburn loss of appotitf y ijist.-niiou oi i in si.)iii:n-ii stn-1 bowels by win i 7 jtcptr-sion ol s i ■ i f i r - , i:xl iiiclan choly with lus-sltu(ii-:ili<l a disposition toleuvecvttythiuk for to-morrow natural flow of i:il from tin liver is essential to good iibu.hu when tliis uobstructed it n-snlts in biliousness wliihi if iir-rli-ftod poon irarts to wrions lion of bile i ml puts 11n-'ilisji-ktlvrs organs in sn fonililio:i ilnit tlu-y run riotlu-ir i licsi woi-u i'ii-ri;i l is j:icdii-inc no one will i-a . i i!.i i iiiuus " gcstion cf the livar ami have been in the habit ol taking from j - to , , - ,:■■,. of calom 1 uhich bcn rrally hid me up f.r three or foihrdays lately i have be.n tak'i simmon liver regulator hich j.avc me relief without any interiupliun to business j hi mid llcpurt ohio caution ileware of fraud as my name and the price are stamped on the lnitti.ni of all my advertised lioes before leaving the factory which protect tin wearers against liirii prices and inferior goods if a dealer i ofiers w i douglas shoes at a reduced pi ice or says he lias them without my name and price stamped v tlic bottom put liim down as a fraud ' """^ y f j s-v * : v jw l douglas o waiyfeg centlewien i the onlv calf s3 seamless shoe smooth in side ni tacks r wax thkeai to hurt thefeecea sy«shand-sewi.daii«lavilt3sotkip w £. douglas s4 shoe the original and only hrui.'.-si-ued v.clt s4 shoe equals custom-made i " vi c i i)o'i;«i.as srj.no r<rlice shoe railroad men and letter carrion ml wear them ! smooth inside as a jland-sewed shoe no tacks or j h^irdouom^o shoe * ***«.** shoe i tin best in thewi>rld for rough wear one shoe for boys is the best school shoe in the world w t douglas 81.75 vocth'8 school | . gfcoe.pives the smau boys a chance to wear the best sh au s made tin'ctonjtress button and lace ifnotsold w l douclas brockton mass m s br0wh sali5bury 14:till july 2g keep your eye on this space as i am going to make it an object of great im portance to you look out for weekly changes cut them out and put them where you can see them and it will be dollars in your pocket e have jumped a cog and will rattle real bargains at a lively rale to a tune that will make you whis tle i won't sell gold dollars for ik cents but 1 will give you more and better gorfds for your dollars worth than has ever been offered before respectfully w h keisner leading jeweler home company a s^ij^lk strong company home patronagt fa reliable liberal in all cities towns and v ' '' " ' ' '"^ rillagwia'thcsomth stfiftarn 4 total assets - - 75o,ooo oo j allen bbown ee^idenvagent salisbury n c at la^t in spite of every nftsadven ture they arrived at okt)tsk on the coast whence they were to cross by ship to katchatka th?y eiu barked the ship weighed anchor but scarcely was she out of sight of laud when the captain and the officers broached a brandy cask and speedily were all as drunk as pipers the mate was in the hold in irons and in this position a storm sprang up which raged w.th in creasing fury everv hour the crew were helpless no officer was capable ol giving orders i i the middle of the night the mainmast sprung thecap tnin roused by the uproar came tum bling up the hatchway from his drunken sleep was struck by the fail ing wreck of spars knocked down the stejti and broke his arm the shock aroused him to a sense of danger and finding that the count could navigate the ship he gave him charge of her and went below all that night lieny owsky kept tli ship before the wind next morning the gale slackened a stay was stretched from the mast's stump to the bowsprit a foresail was rigged up and benyow^ky finding the ship manageable began to think oi attempting to escap he first en deavored but in vain to gain thecrtrw then he placed a lump of iron on the binns le which falsified the eompi-w insomuch that the ship appeared to sail due east when in reality she was sailing s>.tth how this device might have siicc ctled is not known for un luckily a gale of wind sprang up from the southwest which drove the ship directly to katchatka and into the harbor of the river bolsha the piiiouers were disembarked and taken up the river in a boat to the town of bolsoretskoy os o^g here th.ev were conducted to the fortress and the rules of their life in exile were explained to them they would beset aj liberty supplied with a ojusket a and then begai his tribulations wounded as le was no surgeon w.is allowed him hi was fed on bread and water he w s forced to march all day n he ivy chain . his^u irds at fir t were bound for k;ov but discovering when they reached polone that their l>risoner was dying they were obliged to leave him in the hospital as soon as lie began to mend his chains wen once more fastened on him find he was conducted to the dungeon of the city fortress the dungeon was a den far under neath the ground where eighty c:ip tives were coopej up together v light cou d penetrate the dnrk'ss sighs groans tie noise of clinking chains alone disturbed thesjlence th ■ den was nt'ver cleaned the ib.nl air cherished pestilence aijd in""one e-prnei stood a pile of noisome corpses winch larger day by day within this fetid hoi benyowsky wore away thref weeks of liviiig death \ liold idea struck him he would or ganise ill secre^all the exiles in tlic citv.'attack.the governor and the gar i-^un i'md regain jbis freedotu pi et the day the 20th of april was clo-inu into dusk when i cor[»or;i with fonr givnadiers was reported to ijo ap proaching from the town the cor poral cams up to the cabin door and called on lienyowskj to at end him to the fortress the count thrust his hea i our of i win low and in i e;lsant voice invited the corporal to step in and drink a gl tssof wine ijefore the started the corpora loved i i;!;i of wine fie entered instautly the door was shut four pistols were pre sented u his breast and he wax bidden on his life to sutum m lii soldierd one bv one into the hut as they entered they were s<-i 1 and bound and in three minutes all five men were lying safelv in the cellar four ho 1 1 ro pissed it was '.( o'clock and almost dark when n strong bedy of soldiery finned with u cannon wjis announced to v iipproachimj a.-iu gle gnu-shot would have sufficed to