The Cherokee Scout Official Or2.00 S;x ? tr $1.00 Payable Strictly in Auvancc L 1 advvi : i.-ements, want ads. r-ai : it ! obituaries, cards of ihaiiMSSj-te.. i r e *.avh insertion, , advai; I1: splay rates ?hed n request, . . n i eat : .*> n.u-t be sign :er. otherwise they will -ted for publication. u:i:er wii: not be pub ?c : ? ? able. but we must r.air.f -i author as evidence of .th and responsibility. A Tribute To A Dog } : ,t r ma by the late Sen ator V. * M souri. in the course , - ? tr:a". ? a n an wh" had want -r. * t -i "2 i elonging to a neigh bor. Vest represented the plaintiff, who iman :? : $200 damage. .-ays the N' -w York Kx nange When V -* finished speaking, the ... y. after tw-.? minutes* deliberation, awarded the plaintiff $500. The speech follows: Gentlemen "f the jury: Th** best t rien i a man ha- in this world may turn against him and become his en emy. His on r daughter whom he has reare i with loving care may prove ungrat?tul. Ti who are nearest an-: deare-t to us. those whom we - ? w . ;'r . :? r.appine.-s and our good ? . n ay b- traitors t our faith. The m- ney hut a man ha- he may -e. I* from hitr. perhay>s when >i.? it. n - -t. A man's reputation may i ?- -a- raficed in a moment of 511 ? r -i'ie'"* d action. The people who are prong. jbos". fall ? n their knees to do us honor when success i.s with us may be the fir-" t-. throw the stone of malice a her; : ^lure sets its clou i upon our ? ad-. Th?- ??ne absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this self ish world, the ? that never deserts him and the one that newt proves untrtat. ful ? > i treacherous, is the dog. G-nt.lejr.en "t' th ? jury. a man's dog stands by him in pt">perity and poverty, in health and sickne--. He will sleep on the c !1 ground. where th- wintry wind- 1 i w and the snow drive* fiercely, ir only h?- may he ri'-ar hi- masters -ide. He will kiss the hand- that have r.e food to offer; he will lick the sore- and wounds that < "me with encounters with the rough world. He guards the sleep of his j-auper master as :!" he were a prince. When all other friends desert ho re mains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the Heavens. If for tune drives his master forth an out east in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accom panying him to guard against the danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its em brace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way. there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchful ness, faithful and true even until i death. J NUGGETS From The DiKlonej* Ni'fff et, Dah lon?ga, Ga., W. B. Towatcnd ? w Editor and Publisher. Girls and Bananas Courtships are worked in many j mysterious ways. We learn that a certain man in our town wanted to ( work a plan by which he could grain the love and friendship of a female acquaintance. So a few nights ago he approached the door, named the article. No admittance. The next night he carried a bucket of honey. It failed to have the desired effect. Then he went with twelve dozen bananas. Had hardly rached the house when the woman smelled the Florida fruit and the door sprung wide open for him Rubber Heels and Advertising Last week newspapers hearalded the death of Humphrey O'Sul livan, the inventor of the rubber heel. Beside the fact that his rubber heel invention made walking easier for millions of humans, and will for years to come, the high point of Mr. O'Sul livan's success, and the main point for the business men to let soak in, was the fact before he died he stated that his success was due to the large sum he spent for advertising. How many rubber heels would anyone suppose Mr. O'Sullivan would have sold if he had not told the world about his rub ber heels, in newspaper and magazine A TRIpTo PALESTINE -> By k.v. Howard P. Po?fi; Aftei riding in car? for about five I from th city <>f Cairo wt se j leered camels .-a which to continue ?ur trip ro th* pyramids. This was a new < r many of us. The jamel :> very kind and humble bear*. They v;IIi kr.e- i for you to nn-u: '. them. When *r.?- camel starts l?? _ -t jp ::t- think- he i> going to be thrown I over backwards, a* one moment, an'j r*. nex: he is going to stand on his , r.1 .. i. ' 'net* > ?> .; i*et -eated and "un :n i : " y u arje all right. Riding a | ,-amel is far more comfortable than r; i : g a ion key and being higher it makes the scenety accessa'ole to orn > view. SThese can. vis were owned by ::u'H the natives, who kept then. f"r h : : e. T ? many of us it wa - - - ? rig t< -? ?? th-' ? repetition lueen t ? and boys as they tried to v:'- ' their passengers or riders. It reminded us of s me of the ta::i men they are parked near American railway >tatic-ns set-king passengers. * Each the men and boys tried ' e ?.-.v::-.v ? us that they had the best camel. Aftei selecting ojr camels we rode acr??ss the sands to the great pyram id. Thi- pyramid contains about 2. 300,000 block- of stone each weigh ing some 2 1-2 tons, put together with service joints almost equalling the ac curacy of modern commercial optics. This pyramid is -aid to be the tomb ?>f the Cheops, the second King of the f urth dynasty. Its present height is 451 feet, but originally. including the nucleus of rock at the bottom and ? the apek which has disapeared, it measured 482 feet, or more than ~>0 ft. higher than St. Peter's at Rome. The pyramid covers a space of near ly 1" acres. There was an expert climber at this pyramid who offered t - climb to the tup and back in ten minutes. We took a collection for him and he started climbing, and within -even and one-half hinutes he had made the trip to the top and back to the ground. !!? made the trip adorned in the native dress of Kgypt, which was a white 1 ? ? 1 ?e The pyramids were used ai? tombs for the i'haraohs only after each py ramid had been superceded by a more perfectly or higher one. They stand there day to testify to the esteem in which these leaders were held by th? ir people. To many people it represents a great waste of money, but they are not the only peoples who advertising? Moral: If \< u have some i thing good, advert i>e it. Bean Fields and Altars We understand that one of the re cent wedding.- in count \ was per formed in a bean field. We never married any parties in a bean patch, but have tied the nuptial knot on ev r?>ad leading out of Dahlonega, in the court house, jai] an.: various other places not use-! for marrying! und and it did just a> well as if a r .it to do had ben held and an apron p!% sented to the bride with a smile and a kiss. Likewise with the bean patch wedding. Answered just the same as if handfuls of rice had been cast at them. We have seen this tried. Waking Up the Preacher A minister once asked a famous clergyman how to keep his congrega tion awake during the church servic- ! es. The famous clergyman remarked that probably the first thing to do was j to wake up the preacher. He needs in some way to give more impression of I activity and originsl thought. Re- 1 lates an evchange. We heard of some ! boys putting much activity into a j preacher once, after near two weeks \ dull meeting. He wore a robe. And one night after services were over they carried largely inhabited hornets i nest under the church and placed it near a hole they had bored through the floor into the pulpit. The next night when the pTeacher donned his robe the boys crawled under the church and rmoved the stopper of the nest, when the hornets began , I crawling out, through the auger up | both the payor's pant legs. Then the ; activity commenced. He would slap | first one leg and then the other. The hornets grew more active. When out ! of the pulpit the poor fellow jumped | crying aloud: "Brethren, I have the j Lord in my head, and the devil in the I seat of my pants." Ants and Lizurdi 1 There are two ways an ant can make a lazy man hustle. One is by example and the other is by crawling up his pants leg.. Says the Montezuma i Georgian. What about a lizzard? They , generally ascend the back way and a i man has to shed his pants to get rid [of one. Pretty Gdrls and Fever Blisters Two more beautiful young ladies from Athens, came to see the town and the Editor last Tuesday. It has been very embarrassing to the editor this week, being unable to smile on the arrival of visitors on account of a fever blister on one of his lips. Dog Days and Snaks Dog days are now on at a time when all poison snakes are said to be blind and more dangerous than at any on account of striking at any thing that gets near them. Never have studied on Snakeology and so cannot vouch for this rport. r.avl |ltr. - '?>? 8 ? ??? aRd money. "The earliest j** *'a" 1." l-irthan l? t\ ' erstructores ?? ? - ?" - : "v k' ""' ? ' . ?' ' . a ? n> ^ v. ..(d and : k ->? {i. v." 'v V :?>? : : jchir.. on r. ? ?'? ' \ ' -?or,- 172 .-? ?? el - ?'???? i high Betv en th ? ? *t en l< I ???* a granite altar ?'? n"~ aJ?" arentiy i ? ? * - " : .?-r4l :n tr.t Fourth . ? ; "? '? " I: < It . s; Hh.i: :: ?lister, famous Creek J ; r ected be:- *o i ? ,* th r- -lghborine tomb:; :: m It na- the h? :i'i ' "?>' * lion. Mar:\ i t T'* ? are told, have ?he head "of a w -f. ' - boJv ot a lion, the wins- : ;? vd. and the tail f a serpent. One mem! r of . party* for rea ! sons of her own. ha i never married. The man. from 1. --e had select ed her camel, a : her why she had never married. V. ;::d not set her answer, but ?h* 1 tell us that the man who aske : question said that ! he had three wiv- . S me member of the party asked a he managed t" support thre w i \ ? . The answer wa 1 that it took three 1 -?-> to support | him. Just now :h?* writer must pav tri bute to an unkrj' An friend in Cairo. Two of us left the party at the Nile River Bridge in -rdt-r to get some pic tures of the river. Continuing our journey to the h- '? I walking we soon lost our way. After a number of un successful attea : t- to locate ourselves we asked a k;r ily looking business ! man wh-- was - * : : r;tr in front of hi.-; place of t usine ? . how we c?>uld find the way t?. the Victoria Hotel. He dir ected u> the be-t he could in Broken English. We started and walked for eight or ten block- when we statted to make a turn. Ju.-t a> we turned we felt a light touch on our shoulder, and turning to see u?- found that our business man was following u> to see that we ?i !< out way. Such kindness has not bee*, shown the writ er and h:< friend* ; Ai ? rican ritie-. i We are n -w leaving fot a boat- I ride on the Nile. (To be continued) ITALIANS FEATURE SAVAGE HORSE RACE Strange Spectacle Annual Event at Siena. 1 Washington. ? A Masked Kill, a . masquerade dar.;.*e ? familiar enoucli ? , but ?liil you ever set* u costume horse i nice? Siena, Italy, has one. Ir has one | annually, and has just announced ibis | year's event for July 1 The strange, aluiosr barbaric, horse j I race is run as a feature of historic ?Siena's annual civic festival, known 1 as the palio. In a communication to the Wash J ington (L>. C.) headquarters of the i National Geographic society, Marie Louise Handley describes this strange race. She writes: "The horsemen ri?le bareback In the palio, armed with a punishing whip, the nerbo, made of twisted, hardened ox sinew aud measuring about three feet. "This whip plaj-s an Important role. In the olden days a long, flexible one was used, and the competitors were allowed to wield it so as to entangle their opponents and throw them; but this practice Is now forbidden. "The good Sienese, however, anx- ! ious to preserve the Joust-like charac ter of the race, have decreed that their champions may belabor one an other with the heavy nerbo whenever the chance presents. Thrilling Sight. "No sooner does the starting gun sound than the excited jockeys be gin to ply their whips, and the re sultant spectacle may be imagined: Ten high-strung, fear-crazed horses racing furiously around the hard, slippery, stone-paved course; ten riders recklessly urging their mounts to greater speed and raining vicious blows at each other the while. It is thrilling, savage, fantastic. "On the day of the race, we repaired to the campo to watch the parade, and it proved an imposing sight. "Following the parade ? a striking pageant inherited from the Middle ages ? there was a silence on the big square, a silence of vibrant: anticipa tion. With quickening puise, every man and woman awaited the sharp crack of the pistol, which was to re lease the eager horses fretting behind the barrier. "U came suddenly, almost unex pectedly,. and the. blood leajjejl into. 0 SUBSCRIBER TO^ THE SCOUT a? ?*" r ? >ri at th* s!^ht which "Followed. -In ?.Tr;?"! r. the raeers sprang ? f rv.;.r i ni? Terrific pace. their t r; Jers - ? * if :i part ??f them ? knees Ti<:hr. *??-?>- swayins nimbly. < v.a'-iriir th?' wi?-ked whips and J ? >teri: _ 1 ' ? risrht and | I.-fr - RRd ?.? -1 ,1'-v front the ! I,..rse> h : ' ? ??.v.J leaned for ward without a s..-ind. thrilled ami j expectant. Threats and Curses. "II - )? r ] ?!.: r?i? r ':??? neltlns 1 ! ? r?- - s'rnv-. as ? last lap was ?*n *? r? Bat now tl?** :?rowd bad come T leadinjr, nerfc to n ?ek wiili e Monrone entry. ! li 1 1*-< ! ? ? * !.?? f:; w>-\ . I f ..| ^??t : ! ! ' .].- orU!? a I:d T::v VOlfe tO The iliorM- ? rr:ed away by tii.* el.-, r r ;h_r ????: >:aI-'T ???:.?? j.r? forward at the turn. and ?> : ? -* exoneration 1?r->ke from the ? . ?,.? f"!^vefi Im mediately l.;. ? ? . . r" : f..r .\for*d lo. our hope, responded valiantly to the ? hallen-r?- and a.':, ri drew abreast of his rival. to n.'S** th'*y thundered toward the stretih now one. now the other a few intdies ahead : then. on straightening out. Mont??i ? ?? made liis last Kid. and I jrrew suddenly cold, for bis head soon showed ' lear. "Rut it was the dyin? effort of the same creature. Ten lengths froin the p??s* Moreilo t? to creep up. eye allatne nostrils <;u; v ??frinjr. For m mo ment lie buns hef i' - New Or'can< Times P0STF1L Several people' ?four sec-. -n tended the baptizing at 1 last Sunday The revival service at M seems to fce doing a gr. t trood. there were ten last Saturday nizht. Pe-.; I ing that they will continue ing nood at that church Sherriff Bristol captu- Hen son. an escaped prisoner 1. \j Allen's last Monday and to Murphy and placed ? fr safe keeping. nip. ;r:' Olive ?; al ,.,f ions hop Mr. Lake Quinn was s :njj g-H-t of Mr. an i M len. ? n Al i two vi.sit at Mr. ann. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swan son .. d little son of Ducktown Tenn. was inotor ] t : ? r, < ? u i -K-tion la-t Sa1 . If you own an Insurance Policy You owe it to yourself and to your dependents to give care ful attention to the transportation problems that confront America today. You should protect yo*vr protection by pat ronizing the railroads, for the great life insurance companies of America have invested practically 20X of the money that you have paid them in ^ .-miums in railroad securities, and unless the railroads are restored to a sound earning basis, the value of these securities will be seriously lessened. The magnitude of the Investment by life insurance com panies in rail securities may be appreciated when these facts are considered: Each man, woman and child in the United States is, on the average, protected to the'extent of $900.00 by life insurance and each family to the extent of $3,900.00. At the time this announcement is being prepared there is an as tounding total of one hundred and eight billion dollars worth of life insurance in effect in the United States, with a total of sixty-eight million individual policies. If you are one of these policy-holders, you are in reality a part owner of the railroads ?nd therefore you should be exerting every effort to preserve the fcftfety of your interests. Railroad operation and earning capacity are being threatened by the unfair and poorly-regulated invasion of competitive transportation agencies. The tailroads are not attacking any form of transportation, but are simply appealing to the fair -mindedness of the American people, so that all public carriers shall be operated under the same restrictions and regulations, and with equa'ization of taxation. 1 Travel by train, ship by train, patronize the steam railroads of America, and you will not only r getting the finest, safest and most satisfactory form of transportation the world has ever known, but a will also be protecting your protection, by assisting the railroads in earning a fair return on their properties. The railroads built this nation. They must continue to be the backbone of its transportation system. Sec that the? get a square deaL LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R* t-3