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riOV HIDES ARE TANNED.
Proeeaa of Leather Maklnp; Prom the)
Fresh iktn to tho Finished Article.
The leather man was busy hoistlne
bundles of leather up from the cellar
by mcuis of a pulley rope, weighing It
and loading It on the cart which stood
at the door ready to carry the load to
the shoe manufacturers. Ho looked
up, however, at a question and paused
to wlpo the perspiration from his brow.
"Tell ypu about leather? Well, that's
a long story. You soerthere are50
different kinds of leather if there Is
one. and tbe processes through which
the hides go between the time they
leave the stockyards and tbe time
when the shoe man gets them are
many and varied. There are steer
hides, calf skins, goat skins and oth
ers, which are prepared each in one
certain way. -
"Tbe green skins come from the
great stockyards In Chicago and Kan
sas City to the tannery, which Is gen
erally built on the bank of a pure
stream and near woodland. At the
tannery the hides are at once placed in
great vats filled with fresh, cold water
and left there to soak for two or three
days. Tbe water tends to soften them.
Then tbe skins are put in a long trough
anu run. through a sort of slide, while
heavy hammers pound them to a great
er softness and pliability. Water Is
played on them In a steady stream.
"When tbe work In the trough Is fin
ished, the hides are placed back in tbe
vats, and tbey soak there a little more
for a day or so. Tbe next move Is to
keep them four or five days In the
sweat pits. The sweat pits are dug out
in tbe sides of the hills and tbe skins
are hung up In rooms Inside. It Is
dangerous for a man to stay In one of
these pits, owing to the fumes of am
monia which issue from tbe bides
after they have been confined for a lit
tle while. They are powerful enough
at times to overcome a person. But
the workmen know what they are
about and do not imperil their lives by
remaining too long In tbe place.
"After the turn In the sweat pits tbe
hides are ready for scraping. It takes
a trained tanner to know Just now
long to keep tbem In tbe sweat pits.
When the thing Is done right, tbe hides
should be just about at tbe point of
decomposition before tbey are taken
out Then bare armed men stand
ready with long, sharp knives, which
they work over the skins with both
hands, removing all the hair and the
small particles of flesh so that there Is
not 'a sbread of it left. Kacn skid is
gone over thoroughly and tossed Into
still another vat filled with a liquid In
which there are small strips of hem
lock bark. The hemlock bark has a
hardening tendency on the skins. In
some cases) acids are nsed In addition
to tbe bark.
"Tanners have an Instrument they
call a barkotneter with which tbey test
the strength of the liquid. It would
not do to have It too strong or tho
skins would be burned. So they are
generally put first Into a weak solu
tion. The bark Juice, or whatever
you want to call It. permeates tbe skin
through every pore- ''ne next Proce8
is that of drying. Then the dry hide Is
rolled and a coating of fish oil spread
over It to give It the peculiar gloss
which you notice In leather. The skins
are next stored In a loft for two or
three days and afterward shipped to
the leather sellers In Xew York and
otuer cities. We have nothing to do
here but weigh tbem and send tbem
off to the shoemen. That Is tbe way
that sole leather to prepared"
i. ths hAst kind of leather r
"Tbe best quality of leather Is made
frwn hides that come rrom oouiu
amnria mnsitlr from Buenos Arrea.
A great deal of these bides we get
from the big western
Tbe thicker a skin Is the better for us.
An old cow bss a thick skin, but a calf
skin Is thin and only oscd for making
nnnsra of aboes. Borne woes am .
L i. it would not be possible.
oo account of their
buffalo bide for teas than $200. These
hides here.- said tbe dealer. poahlng
some with bis foot, "we sell for 23 or
24 cents a pound, ana toey u
wehrbt from 12 to 14 pooods. -ew
York Bun.
THE PROMISE OF THE PAST.
, 'Tia but of fleeting yean s score
Sine lather used to call:
"My eon, 'tis time you got to bed.
Come, say good night to all."
Ah, how unwelcome were the words.
And how tbey spoiled the fun I
I wasn't tired, why, not a bit!
Our game was not half done. ';.
But time haa flown, and I'm s man,
And heavy loads I bear,
For wearily the lagging noun
Drag on, held back by caret
Too long, too long, are now tbe days.
And thing, an different quite;
Bow gladly would I now respond
To father's call each night 1
Somehow tits thought occun to me
That this iame rule may hold
When I shall find my race is run
And life's bright Area grow cold;
Hay not the somber messenger,
Whose call I now would dread, '.
Come at the last, a welcome friend.
To bid me to my bed?
Kansas City Independent.
I THE SECRET
OP THE ABANDONED 6HIP l
By W. Clark BusselL X
He was tbe smallest man I ever saw
In my life. He paced tbe lloor quickly
with a short lookout step, his hands
deep burled In his little pockets.
He was a dry and harsh old man,
like to a parched pea, with W) years of
seafaring. I called upon this sailor,
believing that he alone could solve the
mystery, and bo answered the Instant
I inquired If he could do so:
"Yes, sir," nnd pulled a piece of worn
newspaper out of his side pocket.
"This is the piece," he liegau, "they
put iu about It. They make her an
American. Lie number oue. They
call her
sa ..r. Trals) Telr Team.
Naturalists have placed the beaver a
long wsj dowa In tbe list or verw
brates. bat It undoubtedly stands next
to man la the variety or ccodsuw
which It eogages. All cats are bonters,
wbUe foxes that are not thieves may
be Included also among tbs Nlmrods.
Ail camarlM are prima doonaa, and
monkeys msks clever comedians, but It
todtb. beaver parent tbedocsit
fts children to take trades,
la a sin colony among tbem yoe wra
find clril and marine eogloeers. wood
choppers, raftsmen J'?
en. miners, plasterers.
Mitera. bod carrier and naljaarmea
HrETver. tak. contract.
bet wbe. 0 wort to nacr
Uirt tbs task Is so divided that sac
" , th colour haa Its wa par-
wort to rf'
-K -ke some wonderful ex cava
a Joet their dams loa.
tocredibU abort Bmfc-Rtulwg Dis
patch. I
a brig. I,le number two. T
ought to know, for 1 was her second
mate.
"She was a black Itark of TOO tons
belonging to Liverpool, and the piece
tbey put into the papers alxjut her was
this," said the little sailor man, putting
on a pair of glasses.
"Ten years ago n British merchant
man saw a vessel with Jill sails set, yet
something was wrong.. They -boarded
her. Everything was in order, fire
burning in the galley, dinner untnsted
and scarcely cold, cariro Intact, the
well dry, no one living or dead was on
board. The log had been written up to
within a short time of the period of
her being boarded. There was not a
drop of blood, a lock of hair, a disor
dered cabin or anything to show the
sign of a struggle, l'totii that day not
tbe slightest clew has lccn obtained.
Yet she has been a lucky ship ever
since.
Now," said the little sailor with ex
citement, slapping the sheet of pupcr,
'I have contradicted this yar:i over
and over again. I have given the pub
lic the truth, and still the papers will
Insist upon Inserting this piece Just as
If 1 didn't exist or had no rljht to
speak.
"We had been out a fortnight home
ward bound, when a man In the morn
ing watch, coming aft to me, says:
There's a queer sight to lie seen in
the fok-sle, sir.'
"What Is It?' said I.
"Kats on the booze.'
The wcatlier was quiet, and I
thought 1 could safely leave the deck
for a few minutes, and. going forward,
I stepped os requested Into the topgal
lant forecastle and saw two rats mov
ing about in a strange fashion.
"They seemed to groiie and reel, ana
even as I watched another huge black
rat came out from somewhere In the
dusk, and this beast moved, swayea
and clutched at the deck as It crawled
slowly.
"The morultiL' light had broken, a
good light was made by tho forecastle
lights, and the rats wore distinctly vis
ible. Several of the watch on aecu
stood looking on.
" They appear to me to le blind,'
said I.
"That's Just It, sir,' said the man
who had called me forward, and, step
ping up to the nearest rat, he passed
his hand over Its eyes, anil this he did
to the other and to the third rat, bat
none showed signs of fear.
They were blind
" 'Very queer all three of them.too.
Must have poisoned themselves some
how." said I. 'Better catch and fling
the beasts-everboard.' nnd with that I
returned to the oop.
"The name of the ship was the Middlesex.
"We were a company of 15 men for
ward The master was Captain Siar-
tin; James Kalrman, first mate, nnd
Alfred Tarbush Is my name, second of
hor as 1 think I told yon.
"About a week after this incident of
tbe rats tbe mate said to me, when I
rsnw on deck to relieve him:
"TBe carpenter and the cook arc
both complaining of their signt.
Tbe disease was wonderfully rapid
wltb the poor fellows, for potting it
tbst tbey complained on tbe Monday
tbey were helplessly blind on tbe fol
lowing Friday, sitting and crying, on
able to more without being led.
"Sow began tbe truly awfnl part of
this tremendous Inrldcut of the ocean.
It was not enongb that Captain Martin
should go dark that nlgbt. losing bis
sight tils, as be told me. be couldn't
see tbe flame of tbe cabin lamp as It
swong In tbs little coddy.
"At two tells In tbe middle watch,
two nlgbta after, it being my lookout,
tbs poor unfortunate man came oo
deck and stood In tbe companlonway,
calling for tbe officer of tbe watch. I
ran to him and asked him what I coold
do. Ha said:
Give me yoor hand, Tarbosh, and
lead me to tbe ahlp'a side abaft and
clear of the misses channels. What's
tbe Teasers rate of gotogr
"About seven, star. A handsome,
regnlar sea. and tbe mala royal oej too.
Bat Is It so bad with yon. captain.' said
L as I led bits to tbe rail according to
tali request, that you can see noiuttijl '
Tin bund," he gaTca- """"
Look after the ship, sir. I'll call joo
baa I wish to return tietow.
off, and with a sick heart 7 kept the
ship sailing on her course.
"Tbe news had gone quickly enough
In the past daj-s that the captain wus
stricken with the dlsense of the eyes.
"But the suicide for the glvlug up
of a captain Is like the giving up of a
ahlp was such a message of utter
despair to them, with four or five al
ready stone blind In the forecastle, fed
nnd helped by their mates who could
see, that some five or six of the men,
with the boatswain ut their head, caiue
aft, seeing the mute and me talking
together, and, after a deliberate, most
earnest stare round the sea Hue, step
ped up to us.
'"Mr. Falrman,' said the boatswain
respectfully, 'we're for asking of your
leave to go away from this ship iu
that there longboat while we've got
our sight.'
"'It's natural It's natural.' said the
chief mate with a sort of generous
warmth. 'But consider, men, you are
the main body of us who can see. if
you go away In that longboat and
those you leave behind you turn blind,
what's to become of us if nothing
heaves In sight to take us off':'
"'But we ehall be turning blind
along with the rest,' said the boat
swain, 'If we stay. It's only a ques
tion of more or less blind men washing
about In a ship.'
" 'Could we stop the disease by Jet
tisoning the cargo?' said I.
"'It would be sending the men,' an
swered the mate, 'Into the thickness of
the poisonous steam itself -no.' Then,
working bis hands with strange mo
tions of agitation, he muttered, 'My
lads, It's an awful situation.'
"'Come along with us, sir,' said one
of the men, 'you and Mr. Tarbush.'
And leave those who are blind?
I hate the thought of It myself,'
shouted the boatstvalu, 'but If 1 go
blind my wife and children will starve.'
Wbea I wtso to leions -uro--
-I sever sospectcd bis Intention, snd
too habit of doty amounts to an lo
attnet ta a seaman. 1 bad no sooner
reached the weather side of tbe deck
a., tv. womrn at the wheel yeUed oot:
ir-. ttamnedf and I - beard
splssh sooad dear through tbe ajnooth
jMoin, of the foam alongside. Tbe
captain had prong ovsTboard.
-I fled to toe ran.
-He was aa mark fast
and I must sit In the workhouse nnd
be led around as If I was an old village
Idiot, and curse me if that thought
ain't more frightful than the cruelty of
leaving one's mates to perish.'
Go,' said the mate, tinning his
back upon them. I followed, and to
gether we slowly swept I lit- ocean fur
sail.
"That same day of the threat of the
merr to leave 1n the ixtat tliey went.
They provisioned her handsomely, wa
tered her almost to the wash slralie,
so careful were they.
I think It was about 2 o'clock when
they hoisted their lug ati'l sailed an ay
from the ship's side in a silence that
seemed like the blindness that was in
and upon the ship.
"I forget how many left the vessel In
her, but I cajj, recollect that when she
was gone all that were left with the
power of vision remaining In their eye
balls were Mr. Fairmnn, myself and
three honest, stout hearted Kiiglish
seamen, who said: 'Blast them if they
was going to leave their mates to die
of starvation through blindness. It
might come to them; be It so, it should
come ii-Undlng of 'cm doing of their
dooty anyhow.'
"I shook hands with those three lueu.
They were seamen to sail round the
world with princes of their species. I
don't say they are growing fewer. I
do say they were always scarce.
"It was very light, line weather. We
kept the ship under small sail ready
for a shift, troubled as we were and
very short handed, aud the He eohies
in here again and again," said the little
sailor, tapping his heart where he had
stowed the uewspniMT, "when they
speak of the vessel with all plain sail
set hovlug been fallen In with.
"We took turn and turn about to wait
upon the ioor blind men in the fore
castle, and we fed them uud led tbem
about tbe decks, and we cut up tobacco
for their pipes.
"Lord!" said he, "it was shocking
to watch them staring at you with
their eyes wide open, seeing nothing,
then to feci that you might lie the
next!
"It was a dreadful shock to me four
days after the longboat had left tis,
when, at about live bells in the first
watch, a -quiet night and the ship
clothed In white stealing very soHly
through the gloom, the ma'e cnnie to
my cabin and said. to me in a low voice
of horror:
" Tarbush, I am getting the blind
Hess It Is coming on me!'
'"Oh, dou t say it!" I cried, spring
ing out of my bunk.
"I turned up the lamp. 'Iok at that,
la It clear?
" 'No, It Is a wavering, bluish flame.
We ought to have left the ship,' be
said, 'and taken tbe blind men with
us.'
"He quitted my cabin In the groping
way which was now familiar to me,
and when I had dressed myself I went
out expecting to find bim on deck: In
stead, behold the poor ninii sal with
bis face lost In his arm uioo the rod?y
table.
"I touched lilm and told hi in to cheer
np bis heart.
"He never looked up. lie Just groan
ed as though be was dying of a broken
heart and I imssed np the steps to loo'i
after tlte vessel.
Tbe busb of tlte darkness wns upon
tbe ship, and I felt tbe bllmlui-ss of the
men In her, too. when I saw thai tli
belnisraan bad let go of Ihe wheel let
ting the ship come to. so Hint she lay
absx-k without way. with a llt'l- silky
wbuqiertug nf waters alongside.
-The man sat on the grating, aud
bold bis bands to his face. I grasped
his sbMikler, and be looked np and
moaned almost Just as tbe mats bad.
. " Gracious powers T (bongbt I, 'an
other visitation. It will be my turn
next'
Terror posaeaaed me, and I ran for
ward to ret Into tbe main shrouds and
climbed aa high as tbe maintop, wbk t
I believed would be oat of tbe n-arb
of tbe fames, and I lay In that top till
daylreak, looking down upon tbe glim
mering decks, wondering tbst the otu
er three three. I fiUeve. kept tbdi
eight, bst I will not lw sure did skH
show themselves that I might baD
them and Invite tbem to keep me com
paay.
"However, H toraed ovt aa I aao
dreaded, for when at sunrise I went
down on fo tbe deck I foaod that tbe
man who was stricken at tbe wheel
bad made his wsy to tbe forecastle sad
that the three whom 1 had Insairlaed
sight whole were seeing things tbroagb
that same swimming, doafcy, flaMlIke
median wblcb tbe sm Iters cwcof busted
turned to. and lighted the galleyflre
and cooked n plentiful breakfast and
distributed the food so that the men
could easily come at It, and thed as
speedily as I might, with my own
share of breakfast. In ray pocket, I
sprang again into the main shrouds for
the safety of the top and had scarce
arrived there when afar 1 bebeld tho
smoke of a steamer.
"I watched that black film with
dreadful eagerness.
"1 thought I might turn blind even
as I looked.
"Then, recollecting that no color was
at our peak, I sank to the deck on a
stay, rushed to the Hag locker, sent
aloft our biggest ensign inverted aud
made again, with the swiftness of the
fear of the blindness and of death Iu
my heart, for the maintop.
"The steamer was alongside of us la
little more than an hour.
"She ranged close. Imagining us dere
lict. I hailed her ..from, the maintop
and gave the captain our yarn, nnd he
at once sent bouts and took all hands
of us off.
"That steamer's name." said the lit
tle sailor, "was the Eagle of Middles'
brougli.
"And this Is the sequel of this ex
traordinary story. Scarcely had the
Eagle sunk the hull of the Middlesex
out of sight, leaving her lying Just as
she hail been left throughout the night
from tlie moment when the helmsman
lost his grip of the spokes, when anoth
er sleamer called the Sea Queen of
Newcnstle-on-Tyno, heading In tho
wake of the Magic, fell in with tho
bark uud hoarded her.
"Hero, then, came in the mystery.
"A Hue ship was found deserted iu
mldoceau, signs of breakfast recently
cooked In the galley, and eaten by men
iu the forecastle and by oue or two aft,
the galley tire still alight and making
a good smoke in the mouth of Its cblm
ncy, but not u soul aboard.
"Not a stain of blood to supply (lie
riddle with a tragic solution. Her hold
was tight.
"Her mate went aloft and hunted
about the ocean everywhere In search
of a boat. But nothing was visible
save Die fading trace of a steamer's
light mioke or some delicate streak of
cloud In the northeast.
"The galley fire burning was the
puzzler. Tbey took the bark In tow
and carried her to. a port, but the
story," said the; little sailor passionate
ly, "Is always wrongly told when It's
written about.
"Aud now 1 hope, since you've taken
it In hand, that the public will stick to
my version of the tinzzle, seeing that
I wus second mate of the bark and bad
to boss the blooming show nt the end."
New York World.
A VERY HOT PATIENT.
HE
LIKEWISE WAS A MAN WITH
VERY QUEER TASTE.
The mate was la the cabin sad re
quired to be fed.
Tbo toea forward Deeded food. I
nesting- Their Muscles.
When n man Is tired, he stretches bis
arms and legs ami yawns. Birds und
animals, so fur as possible, follow his
example. Birds spread their feathers
and also yawn, or gape. Fowls often
do this. Fish yawn; they opeu their
mouths slowly lintll they arc round,
the bones of the bead seem to loosen
uud the gills open.
Dogs are Inveterate yawuers aud
stretchers, but seldom sneeze unless
they have a cold. Cats are always
stretching their bodies, legs and claws,
as every oue knows who has had a cat
for a pet.
Horses stretch violently when and
after Indulging In a roll, but not as a
rule on all fours, ns stags do. A slag
when stretching sticks out his head,
stretches his fore feet out and hollows
his back and neck as though trying to
creep under a bar.
Most ruminant animals stretch when
Ibey rise up after lying down. Deer do
It regularly; so do cattle. This fact Is
fit well known Hint If a cow when
arising from lying dowu doe not
stretch herself It is a sign she Is III.
The reason for this Is plulu-the
stretch moves every muscle of the
Ifody, and If there is an injury any
where It hurts.-San Francisco F.xam
luer. Fooling the nubile.
"I'm about hushed In the matter of
curiosities," mused the owner of a
small store. "It's o bad bablt this
Idea of drawing trade by making n
museum of the window, but I can't
stop now business wou't allow It."
A few hours Inter the soda water
trade was rushing. The crowd outside
Hie window gazed until It was thirsty
nt the remarkable bird that hung In
big cage. The card attached bore a
handful of the alphabet hysterically
put together and designed for a scien
tific name. After It were the words,
"From Samoa."
A few days later the "curiosity" was'
feeding Iu the back yard with tbe rest
of the bantam btus.-Ictrdlt Free
Tress.
A DivlsT Bill Crashed. .
A crushed mass of Iron in a rifts
burl scrapyard demonstrates the tre
mendous pressure of water at a great
depth.
It waa constructed for a diving bell
for use In I.ake Michigan. As original
ly constructed it waa about 6 feet
square, and tapered slightly at both
ends. Tbe material was pbospor
brooxe, more than half an Inch thick
Each plate waa cast wltb a flange,
and tbey were bolted together, the
bolts being placed as closely as was
consistent with strength. Tbe aide
plates were further atrengtbened by
Iron rilia aa Inch thick and two Inches
wide. - ..
In fact, Ihe entire structure was
strongly braced. Tbe windows to be
nsed ss outlooks by tbe divers were
three Inches square, fortified wltb
Iron bars and set with glass pistes sa
Inch thick. Tbe weight of tbe bell was
23,000 pounds.
Wbea completed. It was sent to Mil
waukee and lowed out Into the lake
about 12 miles, where there were ever
200 feet of water, and waa scot down
for s tort. Tbe manufacturer was so
confident of tbe strength of tbe bell
that be wanted to go down In It.
Us Is glad bow that be didn't Wbea
the bell reached tbe depth of about
100 feet, strong timbers attached to It
came to tbe surface In a splintered
condition. '
Suspecting aa arctdeot, tbe bell was
healed up and found to be crushed
Into a shapeless mssa. The Inch Ibb-k
plate glass bullseyrs were shattered.
Tbe pressure that crushed this seem
ingly Invulnerable attract ore amounted
to a total Of 2.723.M8 pounds, or 1.802
tons.-I'lttsbnrg Chronicle-
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INSURANCE !
The Slnaralar Case et a Gealas Who
Was In Good Health Apparently
While the Thermometer neaister-J
ed His Temperature at 12K.
'There are any numler of malingerers
In town," began tho attending physi
cian at an east side, hospital "They
have the ability to feign diseases,
throw fits on the street, get picked up
by the ambulance and sometimes they
Impose upon tbe bouse physician and
the nurses and are allowed to stay a
little while In a hospital. I knew of
one man who was really an expert at i
the business. He puzzled the doctors
and lived for the greater part of three
years ,. various hospitals. I was one
of his dnpes.t,
' "I had a hurry call to a bouse on Sec
ond avenue. On the second floor I
found ray man lying unconscious, wltb
blood upon his mouth. I felt his pulse
and found there wasn't anything un
usual about that. Then, In tearing off
his clothes to make a hurried examina
tion, I found that his ribs on the left
side were all pasted up with court
plaster, Iu strips, Just as any doctor
would fix up broken ribs.
" That's where the blood comes
from,' 1 said nt ouee. 'One of the
fractured ribs has slipped ami punc
tured the lung.'
"I gavo him something to stop the
bleeding and a hypodermic Injection to
bring him out, and then I bound up an
opeu bruise 1 discovered on his elbow.
While ho was recovering consciousness
I took his temperature and 1 found It
away up 108 anil 10D. Now, tho nor
mal temperature of a human being Is
9S.4. In the worse cases of pueu
limbliTwe don't expect to find It over
105.
1 wish to call the attention of insurers, in Alamance county
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in '
1893 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring.
There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better
facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low-
er rales or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every
branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office, ' With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full -satisfaction
in every instance. Correspondence solicited upon
nil matters pertaining to insurance. -
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agents.
Very respectfully,
' ' JAMES P. ALBKIG11T,
BURLINGTON, N. C. .
"Just then the man came to nnd tried
to make me understand what had hap
pened to him. I got a German In from
across the hall to interpret, itiu pa
tient said he had fallen through an
open hatch on a schooner bound from
Baltimore to New York about a month
ago; that' he bad been attended by a
physician on his arrival here and hail
got along all right until now when
be had suddenly collapsed. His tem
perature showed me-that 1 had a seri
ous esse on my hands, though I
couldn't tell for the life of me what
was the matter wltb him.
"I hurried him Into the hospital, put
him to bed and explained Hie extraor
dinary feature of his case to the
house.' The 'bouse' took his tempera
ture again, nnd It was 111! Then we
drugged lilm and drugged hint and
gave bis feet cold baths and took his
temperature again. It hud run up to
113. Aud there didn't seem to be any
thing the matter with him outside of
that.
"Kverybody In the hospital got to
talking about the case. When the 'at
tending' went through the ward the
house' hurried lilm by that (Serman.
He didn't wnnt to confess that he was
staggered. The patient didn't grow
any worse. He maintained n constant
ly high temperature anywhere between
110 and V, and we kept up tbe drugs
and the cold foot bnlhs.
"One day the 'attending' noticed the
case and asked bow long Hint man was
going to be kept In bed to euro a sore
elbow. Then the nurse told him. Take
his temperature," said the 'attending.'
The nurse put tho thermometer In
the man's mouth under the tongue and
the doctor watched narrowly. All of n
sudden he walked up to the bed. '(let
out of here! Set up ami dress and
don't let me see you again,' he said
sternly to the patient.
And In half an hour the niun was
out on the sidewalk. You see Hull
doctor was an older ninii than any of
us. He saw tho man wus faking, that
he manipulated the thermometer In his
mouth so that by friction ho could run
It up as high as he pleased.
'The next day this same man was
picked up on tbe street and taken to
another hospital, and the same doctor
who was attending at Iwth place
caught him there the very first thing.
For three years 1 heard of that Ger
man, off and on, always with the sume
patched ribs, sore elbow and extraor
dinary temperature. Why, one doctor
up Iu Connecticut wrote a paper for a
medical review In which he said be
had found a man apparently In normal
health with a lenis-rnture of 137! It
was our malingerer.
"it couldn't have been any fun ei
ther. The doctors were always at him
with hypodermics, cold water and so
on. He bad a queer taste." New York
Commercial Advertiser.
katsrt'. Color Bos.
Onions, from leeks to Bermudus, are
bleaching to tbe akin, aud so are lem
ons, asparagus anil celery. Kpluacb Is
tbe broom of tbe stomach, as the
French say, and aorn-l In soup of pu
ree, as tbey cook It In tbe provinces
and at tbe studcuts' restaurants In
tbe Latin quarter. Is a great U-atitlOer.
Dandelion, lettuce and all the salads
will bring out tbe red aud white tluta
of the skin.
Beets, carrots, touiatoes. strawber
ries, raspberries, cherries and black
berries are red and bluodmakiug, de
veloplng Infantile loveliness la cheeks
and lls If eaten, not now and then,
but three times a day. Tbls Is the
fruit cure or garden of Kb-u Itreak
fast, ai.i it will be remembered that
Eve bad no patent medicines, cosmet
los or doctors.
HiK-appIe la good for tbe stomach
and air pasaages. Ilk-e, all cereals and
white vegetables, am b aa cauliflower
and parsnips, are wh Ik-some. But
pickles and pie enwt. hot cakes and
too many sweets will inske one look
pasty, because tbey lack tbe acids and
aalta which nature needs to cleanse
her machinery. Oil she mast bare,
too, from tbe olive and nut, ti keep
the Internal wheels revolving.
Maris Corps Chawroas.
There Is only oae branch of tbe TnH
ed State service where tbe chevrons
of sergeants and corporals are worn as
tbey were a century ago and as tbey
are still worn In a very large port loo of
the English serrlce. This Is la the
United States marine corps, and here
tbey are Inverted, tbe point of tbe
chevron being toward the sboolder
Instead of toward tho wrist, as la all
brsncbes of tbe service. The other ca
rious feature of the service to that the
colors of the corps are red and yellow,
those of cavalry sad artillery, while
the service Is actually la fas try. '
". .. J
Old Folks i.i Rutherford County.
"Corn Cracker," writing from
Cherry Mountain on 2nd inst.
gives tho following in regard to old
people in hi section :
1 wishlo "state right here-that-
challenge any State in the Union or
any other county in this State, to
trot out as many old inhabitants as
nio in Rutherford. In the first
place, wo will call "Granny" Hol
lifield to the stand. She has cord
ed up a record of 118 years, and is
still living, near Ellenboro, N. C.
This place, you will remember, is a
province, or "walled town of Cher
ry Mountain. The next witness,
will be Jesse Wells, of Puzzle
Cr jk, at the hend of navigation
thereof, near Bostic. He is 94,
Imle nnd well preserved. lie is a
Baptist and it democrat, and farms
for ;i lis ing.
Benjamin liiggerstall" is aged 92,
ami his mint) und body are vigor
ous enough for a man of 00. He is
u Baptist and goes Democratic.
Sheriff Andrew Long is 91. He
rides wild mules and bucking bron
chos, albeit thev now and then
down bim. He is a Presbyterian
ami goes Democratic early and
often, and still hoes his crop and
guides the plow not because he
has to, but, Cincinnatus-like, he
wants to.
Next, John A. Long is aged 89
uud still does some farm work. He
is a Bapti.it and Republican.
Preston I)rig is over 90, nnd still
farms. Thes three old lxngs are
all related, and the old sheriff is the
father of ax Long, of I)ng, Tate &
of Charlotte. Preston Long
ttild me on Thursday lost that he
read the liook of Kzekiel through
within the week. He is a Repub
lican and Mcthodi.it.
William Wade, aged 90, is a citi
a:n of Duncan crook, and has plow
ed every summer until this last and
works at the blacksmith trade. He
would have plowed this summer,
but sprained his ankle, lie hears
very well and reads a great deal.
He was an old Whig and is now a
Republican, but belongs to no
church.
Now, like the rcpoit from the
traditional back-counties that never
fail to trot out the necessary nuv
loritv. we call "Oranny" l.isktoine
stand. ''Granny" Lisk is very
numerous and one of her species
flourishes in South Carolina. But,
iwhaw! the South Carolina "Gran
ny" Lisk it only 75, and would
hardly he regarded as an old maid
at Cherry Mountain, and had she
lost her husband at that age, would
merely be regarded as a charming
young widow. The ancient and
original "Granny" lisk. of Cherry j
Mountain, lives on the line of
Rutherford nnd McDowell, but,;
thank the I-ord, she was born in
Rutheriord. She lakes in washing,
smokes a clay pipe, walks two miles
to preaching ; . don't read with
glasses nor without them, either,
and is jut-t 100 years old. I hare
never met the ancient maiden, but
people of her region swear she is do
myiti. Leaving her out of the
question, I can vouch for the others,
tor I have met and interviewed
them. ' .
Cleveland county has old Aunt
Nancy Fbubeck, aged 86, who waa
thought a week since to be in a dy
ing condition and waa so reported
in The Observer's" columns. She
has to the surprise of everybody
taken a turn for the better. She
lives near the Rutherford line, eight
miles from Cherry Mountain pro-'
per. Near her, lives "old Uncle
Andy Cr6wder"and liis wife, "old"
Aunt Sal lie," both aged 87. Both
are well preserved and bid fair for
many years of life. Uncle Andy waa
a mighty hunter in the earth, even
as Nimrod of old, and he has deer,
antlers, bear skins and other
trophies of the chase. Eighty-seven
is old for Cleveland, but men of
that age are addressed as "son,"
like we speak to boys of 7 to 8.
Uncle Billy Wade referred to me -
as a "boy," when the . people of
Charlotte wanted to call me "uncle."
A great deal depends on the point
of view. In Rutherford, when a
man is too old to work the road or
pay poll tax, his parents' refer to
him ns "that boy," nnd his aunts
call him "that child." Let it be
known I have not exhausted the
list, but regard this as sufficient till
others are heard from.
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