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ARE YOU GOING SOUTH?
If so. for health, pleasure and. comfort go
'20 Piney Woods Inn. Southern Pines. ‘1. G.
Those desiring to escape the rigors of the
Ilimate Norrh will find. a mild. dry climate
at Southern Pines. N C.. in the heart of the
long leafed pine section of America.
The elevation is 000 feet above sealevel. the
highest point in the turpuntine belt. delight-
ful climate. with all the advantages of resorts
farther south and free from many disadvan-
tages: it_is the place the tourist and health
seeker Will appreciate.
It has the most perfect drainage. being a
huge sand bank. and is sxtuatedgn _the heart
of the long leaf pine. It is Within the in-
fluence of the gulf stream. to which it owes
much of the mildness of the climate.
Piney Woods Inn. an elegant. new hotel. is ,
now open. The house accommodates 290
guests. has all modern conveniences, sani—
iary plumb-cg. electric lights. call bells.
wide verandas. sun pa 'iors. steam heat. etc.
’ in fact Pinev Weeds Inn has been fitted up
that guests may engoy Ind comforts of every
day life at home at moderate rates.
,4
Piney Woods Inn is reached by the See-
board Air Line. For terms. etc. address.
, CHARLES ST. JOHN.
(MANAGER).
Southern Pines. N. C.
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I NORWALK,
so. lid—WALK
AND
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26 WALL .912, N01; WALK.
INCORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
CAPITAL. - - - - - - $100000
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E. L; Berna. Vice-President.
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DIRECTORS :
Grocer: M. Humans. H. E. Drum.
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INCORPORATED. 1324; Capital. '200000
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DIRECTORS . ,
inwm U. KEELER, Mosns El. GLOVEB
Mvm H. M mum. A. J. MEEKEB, -
F . M. J on); Locxwoon, Tnaonoau E. 'SMITH
IuA COLE, Oms F. Tarsraur.
Accounts of Manufacturers. Merchants and
Individualssolicited. . ~ .
Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors.
LIGHT PARF‘IVL and
PACKAGE DELIVERYi
- Iloctwonn’s
._ Cheap rates. Will also take orders for mes-
",Msenger service in New ork Coods called
':or and delivered to all parts of the town.
Graders received atE P. Weed’s Drug Store.
251?? Street. With telephone connection m!»
i i. 1. .
, c n. Locxwoon.
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“ disgraCe keenly,'-‘f
BEN’S BID.
" ‘jWhy, don’t you ,,raise chickens for
the market?” suggested HiramBassett,
the village stOrekeeper, to Ben Singer.
Ben was fourteen years old. His moth-
cr had died a short time. before. His
father was a carpenter by trade, but
had been crippled 'by rheumatism so,
that he could not work. ,Ben, who al-
ways looked on Mr. Bassett as a friend
of undoubted fidelity ' and great re-
sources, .had been; telling the store-‘
keeper how much he wished he. could
get some steady work. Mr. ,Smger’s
little stock of money was exhausted;
he had already sold some of his tools
to get the food he and his son necded.’
Ben realized that the day was rapidly
coming when there would be no way
of getting more, unless he Kmanaged to .
do something of greater profit than
the odd jobs he picked up now and
then from the surrounding farmers.
“I’ll do it.” said Ben, in response to
' Mr. Bassett’s suggestion, and, turning.
about. trudged home, and all the way
was planning how he ‘might begin.
A week later the “chicken farm,” as
Ben called it, was a fac/ta; at least he
had made a start. In his spare time he
had constructed some coops from old;
barrels and aibox or two. The pay for
firm days’ work he invested in three
dozen eggs, and with the moneyob-
tained by sorting some vegetables for
. the storekeeper bought two hens which
were just about to “set.” He and his
father already had five pullets, and
within a. couple of weeks more there
were five ”clutches” of eggs under as
many of his hens. .
He fed his chickens from the screen-
ings he got at a small price from sev-
eral of the farmers. The hens man-
aged, too, to pick up a good deal of
food among the bushes and in the tiny
garden back of the house. Ben worked
hard at the small jobs he .- was given
round about, and waited with confi-
dence for the time when he should be
able to make something from his ven-
ture.
He would have felt much happier if
it hadn’t been for his father’s condi-
tion. Mr. Singer did not complain of
the rheumatism, though it still kept
him confined to his big chain. But
something worried him very much; the
boy could see that. He asked what 1t
was several times, but Mr. Singer’s
only reply was that he suffered, he;
felt downheartedon account of being
so crippled.
think that that wasmll that'distressed
him, but thevbquefould not believe 1t.
' ‘Sl‘Owlyiitfiifg‘fioEk O'f chickens grew.
,The eggs {hatched remarkably well.
h‘iftyfdowny little balls were soon
running in and out of the coops where
theinmothers were confined.
more “clutches” of eggs were under
that number of new hens, which he
'had bought and paid ‘for in' install-
men ts of work. The first days of sum-
mcr saw him with seventy-five young
chickens, some of them able to scratch
for themselves. It took all he could
now make to keep his father and him-
self in food and to provide for his farm,
but he was always on the alert for a
job, and was as cheerful as he could
be, so that the neighbors all liked to
employ him when they could. Ben
had told his father of his plan. and ex-
plained that as few of the farmers
raised chickens, except for their own
use, he thought there ought to be a
chance to make something by shipping
them to Waynesboro, the bigger town,
five miles away. Mr. Singer was not
altogether confident of the success of
such an experiment, but he said noth-
ing to discourage the boy. and used to
sit near the Windows and watch the
broods and talk to Ben about them.
July and August went by, and the
young chickens thrived. Only a few
of them were lost.
a few more.
ber came and more than sixty chickens
were the boy’s. ' ' '
Ben planned to sell "thirty 'or forty
in the early autumn andnto keep the
remainder till the next summer to
stock his farm , with afresh.‘ He in-
tended to go into it then on a bigger
scale, and he'bo'p‘e‘d to realize enough
from his-sales to keep him through the
winter with the part of his flock he re-
tained. '
Then. one day in September, as he
and his father sat in the doorway of
the "Cottage, Ben noticed'a couple of
tears trickle down his father’s face.
lie jumped up and threw his arms
around his father’s neck. He was
frightened and he did not understand
just what was the matter.
Presently Mr. Singer unclasped the
boy’s hands and looked him in the face.
“Ben,” he said, “I’m afraid we are in
for hard times yet.”
“What do you. mean,
Ben.
“The house ... only rented,” said Mr.
Singer slow-y; "they can’t take that,
but they can take all our furniture
and everything else.”
“Why, they belong to us,” exclaimed
Ben. ' .
“So they do, Ben, but the law gives
an other man the right to sell them and
take the money they bring if we owe
him money and can’t pay it.”
“And we owe somebody .money? I
thought Dr. James was paid?”
“So he was. But there is some one
else to whom I owe money—a. man I
borrowed from when your mother was
Dad?” asked
'sick. I owe him one hundred dollars.
He has what they "call my note. I
haven’tbeen able’to pay him. and now
.he says he must have it.‘ He is entitled
to it right off, and will get as much of
it as pOssible by selling what we have.
He .was‘ here. to see me about it the
othergday, and I tried. to gethim to
wait. -»But he says he’s tired of wait-
ing and the sherifl’ll come and'sell us
out.” . , I .
Ben had a ‘fairly'good idea now of
the situation. IHe tried, to comfort his
A
night long; but'ijlib’jf'could, find noiw'ay’
out of their difficulty. _y , . , .
.- ’4
.
He tried to make Ben.
Four
The has? . ,. .
biggest chickens to the; village stdre.
He had already- arranged with Mr. ,_
.Bassett. to have them sent to a. com-
mission merchant at Waynesboro and
sold. ~ After he .had delivered the
_chickcns and Mr. Bassett had prom-a
isedto get him, the money for them as
quickly-as possible, the idea struck the
boy of asking the Storekeeper about a
sheriff’s sale. " The thing puzzled him
a bit yet, and' he indulged . a faint hope
that, if he knew just how it was done,
he might be able-to hit on a. way out
of it. “Mr. Bassett,” he said, “how
does a Sheriff sell you out?”_ ' ‘
' Perhaps the storekeeper had an idea
of the trouble. But if he did, he gave
no sign of it, and tried to explain to
Ben how such a sale was conducted.
“And the people at the sale,” he con-
cluded, “offer to buy what is offered,
and the sheriff sells to the one who
makes the highest bid.”
Ben asked several questions before
he left. Then he walked slowly home,
and all the while, in his mind, he was
turning over a dimly defined project
which had been suggested to him by
what he had heard. . ‘
A week later Ben received the money
'for his chickens—three dollars and
eighty cents. He was a. proud boy. and
he would have shown his satisfaction
more if it had not been for the impend
ing trouble, which made his father so
miserable that he could not leave his
bed. Ben bought some fruit for twen-
ty-five cents, and took it, home to him,
but Mr. Singer was feeling so bad that
he ate of it only sparingly.
On a Monday in the early part of the
next month the sheriff. in pursuance
of formal notice, arrived at the house
to make a sale to satisfy Mr. Singer’s
creditor. Quite a crowd had gathered
about the cottage, and there was not
one present who did not sympathize
with the carpenter and his son. Ben’s
father was very ill that morning and
could not leave the bed. The sheriff
mounted a box in the yard and began
a description of the goods to be sold.-
It was a pitiful array. after all. A
few tools, a miscellaneousassortment
of cheap furniture, a kitchen stove
with some cooking utensils and china,
and some linen and blankets. But one
item in the lot—the chickens—the
sherifi counted on as his drawing card.
Half a. hundred of fine hens and mar-
ketable Chickens were cooped in a near-
by pen, and upon the value of these
the county officer dwelt at length.
Then, when he thought he had the~
crowd sufficiently around, he named a
starting figure in default of an actual
bid.
“Sixty dollars for this choice lot of
chickens and household goods,”'he~
cried.
There was no response. He repeated
the announcement. then dropped the
figures to fifty dollars. Still no one
spoke.
The sheriff made some further rc-
marks about the articles for sale and
tried again - at forty dollars. But the
crowd was dumb. No one felt inclined
to buy out the crippled carpenter and
his son. _
The sheriff tried again and again,
dropping the figures lower and lower.
and all the time growing more vocif-
erous in the explanation of the bar-f
gain which was offered. He did not
specially like the job, for he had been
told about the case by some of the Vil-
lngc people, but he had a duty to per..-
form, and he knew he must" get as
much out of the sale as-he could. ~
The figures had-droppcd‘kto ten dol-
lars, but silence reigned, except for a.
defiant crow from. one of the roosters
in the pen. LZ‘Mri'Singer’s creditor, evi-
dently, had no representative on the
grou~nd,=.and even the low pricie named
”was npttaken up with.
. . , ..: “The sherifi dropped his offer now, a.
A prowling pos'_:'dOll.a1' ata time, but, apparently, in
sum got several before Ben trapped.‘- '
the marauder. Cold and rain killedfoif
But the first of Septem»
vain. . It looked as if the sale would
come to nothing.
Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five!
Four! Not a response came from those
about.
“Three dollars!” The sheriff was
smiling at the ridiculous offer, and was
just about to name two dollars and
one dollar in quick succession, hoping
for no reply, when a boyish voice, close
at hand, answered:
“I bid three dollars!”
The officer looked down on the
speaker and saw Ben. The boy held
up three one-dollar notes in his hand.
The sheriff smiled. More than one
man in the crowd felt like cheering the
bidder. But the officer knew he could
not accept the offer at once.
“Three dollars I am bid!”
swered. “Who bids four?”
No one spoke.
“Three dollars and aohalf, then?" he
said. 4 .
Every one was silent, and the sug»
gestion of three dollars and a-quarter,
likewise, went unanswered. Three
dollars was the one bid offered, and.
after one cxpostulation, the sheriff
took the offer.
» Ben handed the money to the sheriff,
who congratulated him on his pur—
chase with an earnestness he had scl-
dom felt on occasions of this kind, and
there was not one of the farmers who
he an-
did not. come forward and speak a‘
kindly word of praise and encourage-
. ment w the boy. ,
But lien was listening to. little of all
of this; he slipped awayto his father,
who could onlystrainth‘e bpy to ,him
while‘the-tears streamed down his,
face. ,
The chicken farm was saved, and the
chicken farm proved a success. A year
later, when Mr. Singer was once more
wOrking steadily, and his rheumatism
‘was gone, his creditor was paid in full
the amount borrowed from him,’ land
the proceeds from Ben’s chicken farm
did not a. little to make up the sum ‘re-
quired.——Chicago Inter Ocean. ' ’
«IsoldOGyél-y.” ‘ ' . . .
The new star that'is‘v to be added to
1 , ~ the national flag 2to represent Utah will
father,flbutjit was of little -' avail. . Mn, .
Singer rag-“min: helplessmess and . the
I -. .. V ‘ nd did not know-
whsg‘aggfienid meetings 2 of} them.;f,‘x- sen ,
worried ‘iiloversiwh‘lat the shad heard all "
be placed to the righb'Of the! fourth row
, from'the‘top. 'Atrthc same time the
3 regulation sizeiof" the flag will ., be
,[chan‘ged‘gfroméc Effect ‘by 5 ate, 5,; tests
,by,_4 fejet‘i inches. All of the newpflags,
are-toll'lbzéi'made of the‘finest‘Atncricanf Christ. I}
silk, and will be very handsome.
wt
£1.35 he ate“. afar-in." ' ' '
I”: n a... or
Civilized Art... 0’ '
- * It. is generallybelieved, by; rind-simple;
and unlearne‘d, that the art'of advertis-
ing is of comparatively modern inven:
.tiou. but a very slight study of the sub—,
'jeet will be sufficient to convince the in-
quirerthat it is, in point offset, one of
the most ancient of all the civilized arts.
Indeed, the first advertisement was prob-
ably coeval withthe first man who had
something to dispose of or 'with' the
first woman who wanted something she
had not get. It seems not impossible
that the serpent tempted Eve to partake
of the apple by means of. a“‘putf para-
graph, ” setting forth the merits of the
fruit as a complexion beautifier. Be that
as it may, the uses of advertisement
were known at a very early date to' the
Israelites, who .were accustomed to
, placard the streets of their cities with
the utterances of kings and prophets.
_ The ancient Greeks, too, were much
given to advertisement, chiefly though
the 'medium of the town crier, who,
however, was not permitted to offend
the ears of the citizens witkghis procla-
mations unless he were accompanied by
a musician to give him the correct pitch.
The fact that property had been stolen
or damaged was made known by means
of curses, inscribed upon sheets of lead.
which were affixed to the statues of in-
fernal deities in the temple, the venge-
‘ance of the gods being thus invoked
upon the persons Who had stolen or in-
jured the advertiser’s goods. A rider
was usually added, to the effect that
should the property be returned, or rec-
ompense be paid, the owner would in-
tercede with the gods for a. remission of
the punishment. . . .
The Romans alsomade use of the
. town crier to proclaim laws, victories,
or sales, and the walls of . the streets
were covered with notices painted in
black or red, or inscribed upon terra
cotta slabs, and let into the pillars on
either side of houses and shops. - Many
of these wall advertisements were found
in Herculaneum and Pompeii, among
the most interesting being the announce-
ments of the gladiatorial games, contain-
ing promises that shelter would be pro-
vided in case of rain and that‘the sand
would be watered should the weather be
exceptionally warm—Gornhill Maga—
zine.
WANTED TOO MUCH.
The Latter Part of a Complex Scheme
Fails to Work Successfully.
Said a wholesale whisky merchant:
“We have the reputation of giving more
for charity than any other class of men.
While we get credit for some things we
do, yet there are many calls made .upon
us that are never recorded. I remember
a case not long. ago. A former prosper-
ous citizen came into our establishment.
He took out his handkerchief and wiped
the tears that came into his eyes. In a
broken hearted manner he Said that ‘his
Wlfe was dying, and that the doctor had
prescribed whisky, but that he. did not
tale of woe,JI=is.'iidl:‘~'-3‘"
/“ ‘My friend, if your wife is really
sick, I will give you the whisky. ’
I._‘_:,He ,sworeihe was telling the truth,
and I put “the whisky in a bottle on
which was our brand. He left, the hap-
piest looking man in the world. I was
feeling good also and was flattering
myself into thinking Imight be another
good Samaritan, when presently my
friend reappeared. This time his tears
were rolling down and his frame was
shaking with convulsive sobs. I went
over to him and asked, ‘Is your wife
dead?’
“ ‘Oh, no!’ he replied, ‘but I am
afraid she will die, as just as I was at
my front gate I slipped on the steps and
dropped the bottle, which broke into a
thousand pieces. I picked up thepieces
and have brought them back for you to
see, and to beg that you will give me
another bottle.’
“I was touched and turned to get him
another bottle, when to my surprise I
got a glance at a piece of the glass. I
said, ‘Excuse me, my friend, but the
bottle I gave you was white glass and
that one is green.’ I then examined the
pieces and found that it was not the bot-
tle nor our brand. The liquid on the
glass was water. As I looked at my
friend he picked up the pieces, turned
red, mumbled an excuse and sneaked
Off. ’ ’-—Louisville COurier-Jourual.
_ have any money. - When heto’ldlguch a
Rather Cruel.
I know of. a young man who has his
walls covered with the portraits of pret-
ty girls and women—some 600 of them.
A few are acquaintances, but the major-
ity of the photographs are of actresses
and singers. '
His fiancee said to a friend of mine
the other day: ‘
“Do you know, I feel quite jealous
and heavy hearted when I go into that
room of George’s. I wonder what he
can see in me, after looking at all these
lovely girls for hours at a time?”
“Oh,” said my friend, “some men
don’t care for beauty in their wives. ”
And then, as the awful silence arrived
on time, she felt like sinkihg through
the floor, though her utterance had been
an honest one. \
The maiden went away rather hastily
after that, and hasn’t returned—Polly
Pry in New York Recorder. .
Satisfactorily Defined.
Willis—Pa, what is the meaning of
the expression “touch and go?” . '
Papa—lt’s" very simple, my son. It
means extreme speed, and refers to the
professional borrowers, who make a
tench and go so fast you seldom see
them again—Philadelphia Record.
’ “Do yOu say that .. as- a lawyer or a
. man?” exclaimed an exasperated wit-
ness whom alawyer was cross examin-
in’g. “If you say it as a man, it is a lie
"aii‘d ' a Slander, but ifp-yOu say itas a'
lawyer it’s not of the slightest consea
quence. ” _
A. Reed opens split at the end like quill
pens have been found in Egyptian tombs
dating probably 2,500 years before
'\
thoMostAncient ‘0! All tho .A
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- Ansow'umrpuas
VLADIVOSTZOK.
An latex-um Pen Picture er the smut
City In Siberia. , -- ‘
Vladivostok hasthe aspect of an in-
terior Hongkong, of'about-a'quarter the A
size. Hills crowned with fort-s rise rOund "
it up to a height of 800_feet. It lies on
the south side of . a peninsula 20 miles
long, called Maravief 'Amursky, in .143
degrees 6 minutes 51 seconds north lati-
tude, and 131 degrees 54 minutes 21, Sec-
onds east longitude. The town is be-‘
tween four ‘and five miles long,, but is
straggling and unconnected, and of no
breadth. Some streets are very steep, and .
all are horribly dusty in .~ dry weather, *
being never Ivvatered, and being contine
ually crossed in all directions by dros-
kies driven ata smart pace. ' Instead. of
pavements the streets have “sidewalks”
of, planks, as commonly seen in new
American cities. You take six stout .
planks, some 25 feet long, and lay them:
side by side, and you continue the proc-
ess for the requisite number of ‘versts
or miles (three verSts are two miles),
and the "sidewalk” is complete, save
for a few props and nails where the
ground is too soft, or the foundation
degenerated into holes. ‘ ‘
'The droskies are driven by redheaded, .
snub nosed Russian i'zvozchiks in low.
glazed stovepipe hats, with-very curly
brims, red sleeves, plaited black skirts
and high boots. In them one often sees,
lolling as passengers, a couple of frowsy
Chinese 01’ a still frowsier Korean. The
fare is only 80 kopecks, or 1 shilling and
18 pence, an hour, or over half an hour,
andfrom point to point there are ten-
penny and fivepenny fares, according to
distance. The regulations forbid charg-
ing more, but, with fine irony, allow
the driver “to take less, if he likes.”
He may not leave his cab to take care of
itself, may not “sing, make a'noise or
cause a disturbance;” he must temper
his pace to a “towu trot.” and “keep to
the righthand side of the road. ”
‘ The troika has a dashing look; the
hOrse in the middle trots under the arch- , .
ed duga, whose object and effect, when
properly put on, are to keep the shafts at.
the-'- same distance apart. The small
horses right andileft are centering, and '
their bodies incline a little outward
from the can :In Vladivostok are few
complete triple teams; generally there
are only the “middle horse” trotting,
and OnéOther centering on its near side.
' =—-The"vvater barrel onwheels drawn by
horsefior bull and often driven by a sol-
,ldier is a frequent sight, carrying water
up to the forts-and to the upper town.
A funnier horse vehicle- is the sit-
astride, cushioned beam‘bii tvhich izvoz-
chik and cloaked andspurredoflicer sit,
with dangling legs, one behind the
other, the officer behind.—-Fortnightly
Review.
LEMONS AS M EDICINE.
Many a Cure Is Efi'ected by These Simple
and Palatabie Remedies.
Lemon juice sweetened with loaf or
crushed sugar will relieve a. cough.
For feverishness and an unnatural
thirst soften a lemon by rolling on a
hard surface, cut off the top, add sugar
and work it down into the lemon with
a fork. then suck it slowly.
During the warm months a sense of
coolness, comert and invigoration can
be produced *by.a free use of lemonade.
.For six large glasses of lemonade use
six large, juicy lemons. Roll on a hard'
surface so that the juice can be easily
extracted. Peel and slice. Add suffi-
cient sugar to sweeten and stir it well
into the juice before adding the water.
Hot lemonade will break upa cold if
taken at the start. Make it the same as
cold lemonade, only use boiling water
instead of cold water and use about one-
half as much sugar.
A piece of lemon, or stale bread mois-
tened with lemon juice, bound on a
corn will cure ,it. Renew night and
morning. The first application will pro:
duce soreness, but if treatment: is per-
sisted in for a reasonable. length of time.
'a cure will be effected.
The discomfort caused by sore and
tender feet may be lessened. if not en-
tirely cured, by applying slices of lem-
ons on the feet.
To cure chilblains take a piece of
' lemon, sprinkle fine salt over it and rub
the feet well. Repeat if necessary.
Lemon juice will relieve roughness
'and vegetable stains on the. hands. Aft-
"er having the hands in hot soapsuds
rub them with a piece of lemon. 'This
will prevent chapping and make the
hands soft and white—Philadelphia.
Times.
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The Swiss Pike. A
The name of the Swiss is generally
identified with the long pike of the '18
foot shaft, and most gallant attempts
have been _made by recent writers to
prove that this celebrated weapon was a
Swiss invention and employed by the.
confederates from thefirst. The point,
however, is one that .must remain un-
certain, for the earliest mention ‘of the
long pike is found in an orderoaddres'sed
in 1327 by Count Philip of Savoyto the
burghers of Turin, "and no one can tell
whether the Savoyards borrowed it from
the Swiss or the Swiss frOm the Savoy--
ards. The primitive weaponscf all in-
fantry seem to bethe spear and shield.
The Milanese fought with ,Such spears,
and pikes eight rotten feet in. length at
'Legnano, the \. Scotch -: at . Falknka- and
the Flemings at .COurti'aigsogthht it is
impossible really topre'dicate of anyone
nation that it addedthe requisite 21mm:
ber of feetto‘makéltheweapon? shafts}; .. _ . p _
' ' ' " must Spread butter,"saltLand'pepper’k'on'
, , as of
and it is prob-
isuo mention of pikes.
the Swiss until Sem
in “a“ ‘° make it alanine;
w-
able that in thatactmn'they'Were not
above ten feet-in
w Magazine.
length—Macmillan
‘ ~' T‘m'“" —-——'.
.. . ,TEX‘As RANGEITS. .-
They angst... ~._s,mn. 1:01. the Wicked..-
' i r, ‘. Pet/unfit; -_ ‘ ,--,
There are at present about fiOO’rangers
‘ in Texas. They are separatedinto coin“
panics and'are kepton'thé borders-for .'
the most part, says the St. Louis Globc- .
Democrat. They live in the open air
the year ,round.‘ Nearlyevery night in"
the year, rain or shine, they have only
the sky' for a roof and the bare ground' =
for a;"bed. ; Their pillows are their sea.
dies. ~Th_eylare made upof the flower of
Texas manhood. A wild, yelling, cur-sis
ing -éowboy is" looked upon with 'c’Oniéf':
tempt‘byfi-hem. ,iz-Th y depend upon ‘:a
their six-shooters-zf‘pnd ,carbines, their;
coolness and marksmanship, the known i
courage of,their comrades." The gov- .‘4
ernor of. Texas is the chief officer of“:
the rangers. What he says is law to 3.
them. ~ The shgpiijf,~;the_ police, the!i
militia, must newsman in their wayvifu
the rangers have Orders from the gov~- '
ernor. The rangers hold individually
as much power as any sheriff. in Texas.
They hold more. They are not- bounded
by county lines.- — "
Whenever f herifi is unable'to cope
with lawless_:_—., 3 he calls on the gov-5'
ernor and the rangers are. sent to take ,
charge. The section which the rangers
police is larger in area. than all of New
England, and it is of such a- character
that were it not for their work it would.
be given over to lawlessness and dis: ;
order. They are paid $40 a. month and: ‘
their rations and arms and ammunition
are furnished by the state. They pro-
vide their own horses, the state paying
for them if they are killed. They will
take the saddle at a moment’s notice
to go on a scout of a month’s duration.
They have no uniform. They have no
military discipline, as discipline'is gen-
erally understood, but they obey their
Officers and will go with them to oer:
tain death without a. murmur. v ‘
, ,,_.~q.v
QUAIL: WERE f oauNK.
a.‘ Uplifornla Pot. Hunter in
‘a Vineyard. '
“I was out hunting quail in a big
Eyepiece. 6f
wineyard ,near' Santa Rosa a few days
.ago,” remarked Superior Judge Dough-
erty, of Sonoma county, according to’
the San Francisco Post, “and I got the
finest bag of birds I ever shot in my
life. .. When I first went into the vine~ '
yard 1‘ thought I was shooting at tame
quail, for they .wouldn’t'fly until I
came near stepping on them,'and then.
they would wobble off through the air
in the most. erratic way. They,r would
Only : fly . a :short distance until they
woulddrop into agrapevine as if their
wings had given out. ’ . ‘ = ' -
" “My dogkept bringing me live quail
which I thought I'had'wofinded, but
finally, when I had three dozen birds
and had fired only abouta dozen shot-s,
I ,knew. thére was something wrong
somewhere; - —- ~
“Finally I came upon a quail lying
on its back and kicking its feet in the
air in the most peculiar way. I picked
it up and found it uninjured, so far as ‘
I_ could see. Then I set it on its legs .
and it went staggering and floundering
over the clods a few feet further till
it fell on its back again and lay kick-
ing helplessly. . ~-
“For the first time it occurred to me
that the quail was drunk. They had
I been feeding on the frost-bitten grapes
that had; fermented on "the vines, and
were enjoying the wildest kind of a -,
jag. Some. could not move, while the
soberest couldn’t fly fast enough to
get out of the way of a. clod.” ' , .
MUST NOT SHAVE WOMEN.
Decision Reached by 3 Congress of Prom-
inent Hindu Barbers. '
A strange incident occurred in Bom-
bay recently. A mOnster meeting of
Hindu barbers was held for the purpose
of considering the question of the impro— '
priety of shaving the heads of Hindu
widows, and thereby disfiguring them
‘ for life. About 400 barbers having as-
sembled, one of them, named Babajee
More, read a. pamphlet in .Mnhratti, in
which he stated that the harbors of Old
were happy and contented, but latterly,
as though a. curse had descended on
their heads, trade had fallen Off and
they had become poor. The cursecould
only be accounted for by the fact that
they were committing a great Sin by“
shaving the. heads of poor, innocent
widows, thus depriving them of their
best ornament. It was against tlteinn-
du Scriptures to deprive a widow of her
hair, and dOubtless it was the curses of
'ihe Widows that- had lowered their‘oall-
mg. The, meeting ihcreuponv'unani—
' mously resolved that no barber should
shave a widow’s head, and that if he did
so he should beexcommunic‘ated-
A New Dish to Him. > ' ..
‘ Corn‘ calls to mind the duke of Marl.-
borough’s first experience with green,
,corn on theicob. 'The incidentwas re-
lated-by a; gentleman who happened to, "
travel :in the same'ftrain with the duke.
the day he arrived;in.New York.f..It
was the Newport train. Presentlynthc
duke Went into the "dining 'cantofget‘.
,a. bit :‘ofglun'chcon.’ It happened tObe
in the green corn season, and heme, '
ticed that nearly" everybody in, the car
was eating7the corn from the cob. '~ He
had' never. seen anythingLlikeiitfljefore.
, He . aSke‘d‘,the,waiter whatitwas, or-u
dered-"a. portion, and, receivgng it, bit’
into it lashe would bitéihtpia'an apple. .
He had attempted to bitg‘ntoithekzoh;
and had evidently ,receifiedgahshock—
too'gneat a‘shock to trythe :e'xper-iment' ,
A‘agfifitf’;_.for,"upon being gtoldifth‘at no. _ ‘
the corn. and bite’gently,‘ heIperversely .-
took his 'fork‘and patit‘ntlypickedthg; .
kernels, One by. one. from the cob. - ‘
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