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Gossip of the Backwoods BY ALVIN If you had been with me a tew af ternoon! ago, you would have stood on a high hill and overlooked the quaint ' land of Egypt that began at your very feet You would have been entranced by the view. Egypt rose in all the beauty which goVe with deep forests, large pastures, and a thousand other suggestions of the proverbial milk and ' honey Egypt known wherever Yan cey's name Is spoken this Egypt even , which for almost half a century has been Infamous as a lair Of criminals Who painted Its flowers with Innocent ' blood and scorched It pastures with bullets bunting always, and finding 'sometimes, the ubiquitous deputy mar it hall, perhaps you would have shud dered, as I did, at the hundred and one dark deeds which, rumor says, were dona thereabout within a decade; but the quietude which prevailed therein lit the precise moment you looked thereon would have dispelled any mls ' giving that had crowded upon you. , The mill, the store, the church, the school house, and the noisy creek, ; Which were the centre thereof, sug . tested that Egypt had climbed so far Into respectability as now to lx actual ly prosaic. Then you would have gone down, as I did. But Egypt, as one finds on Honor ts- , amlnation. Is scarcely ordinary yet. It very finger prints alone are nufficlent to prove that the Egyptian, whose past has caused him to be wondered Ht con - Slderably, has not evolved into a com . mon place Individual whose present gives the 11c to his history. Ills home Is a modest cottage xtanding. not be side creek, mind you, or in the centre tf an orchard at the foot f a moun tain, but in the most devious place up on the mountain itself; and one sees here and there faint traces of a crop which he ha tended where rabbits starved, and wolves couldn't travel, Boys and wee law play among the Cliffs, while youths and big lanses pad dle down the precipitous Cane river and shoot through roughs that would have staggered the most expert Indian that ever nhot a northern rapid. Nor is Egypt J lift thinly populated with these extraordinary folk. The moun tain nlde are all covered of course With Its seemingly Inaccessible homes, and not infrequently does the traveller descry a cloud of smoke hovering over a blue mountain-top and thus giving evidence that, like Ihe systems ex pounded by astronomers, the settle ments of Egypt are never-ending ev ery peak is claimed by the thrifty set, So that their world Is yet unmeasured. Once upon a time thin vast stretch was active only In the manufacture of fiery whiskey which made trouble In all of Yancey and part of Tennessee. Bhelton Laurel Hnrt Egypt being near heigh born, their people became friend ly enough to fight together against any nemy threatening the prosperity of either; and, as only the Bald separates the two from Tennessee, 'twas awfully easy for the bad fellows to Jump out of reach of those penalties overtaking or dinary mortals. The Sheltons, Nor ton, and Henslejrs of these, fought the Sheltons, Nortons and Hensleys of Flsg Pond In tho other BUte. They fought to., just for the love of conflict, so that men fell In the mountains like quail before trained hunters. If Kentucky had a worse name, 'twas because Kentucky's deeds were known to the reading public; whereas the skirmishes In these parts were known only by relatives who hur led their dead and said nothing that the world ever heard. Wo much, how ever, leaked out that the wary public knew not to meddle In the affairs of those blood-thirsty sectlns, and In con sequence they fought for years and years before people In the settlements adjoining had ascertained the full Im port of the tiny war carried on. These outsiders, ordinary mortals of course were astounded to discover th.it blood had stopped flying only because all those big enough to Join the battle were either crippled, or had been laid away martyr to the wishes of n grandfather struck down over a trifle In the days preceding the founding the III-Tsted Confederacy. f I An' hl daddy, he dreamed " Eighteen years ago a truvdler rode "O, cuss ther dreamln'. Here's thr upon the summit of Dm liiild There ! money f.-r about five songs, which, w-re perhaps twenty or thirty men m ; we'll s.iv, we've, already heerd em." work, peacefully enough It seemed. 1 Ar.d thus thev prospered. Singers Upon the well-nigh Impassable road j Increased so In Egypt that It became leading thereto from the Tennessee ; quite i. famous for lis music lis for lis side.. Suddenly these divided, and , nninv ..t h i- lio-stlmlahle nsrets. .ludg, volley of revolver ahols . hoed ucr.iss ! Ih l(. Innvevr. nut slnelmr under i me grassy acres Then everything was quiet, the traveler rode ,n , moment's observation. Iikwin.i- ultli -ed to apprise htm of the deadly wurk accomplished Six were d.ad I. its more wounded no doubt fa t i 1 , mimI the remalnrii-r gone Thin night ilie traveller hesnl fnon his stupplng place more shots and no ,in( then woman's si ream. hut. Min e the pcnpi,. not concern, d w.-r. a I ,M- I , . ly n, ,,,,(, lant about tin riio " . he i,',, , ,,,,, ,,, damage rewjltin- (r,,,.: i,,. M.irmii-h damage resullng fnon i. skirmish Which he saw rnl the hattl.. which he heard. Thev were ,,rie Niif(.,ns Shel tons, and s., iin were tiny ho fell, and those who s,,Vr(1 knew that the world card but little. 'TIs only known that those adhering t, ..to- r,'t!ori uas almost totally slum, that th. pos ing could boast of no mm, thin thru grown survlw.rs. and thai, though the carnage had been momentarily slopped because of a lack of lighters still n would take hut a trdle to st.nt another and bigger storm, with a hundicd oui 1.4 - ...... luM.vioeu periuipn n st tm er wnicn long Threatened hut ha come. n Another traveller rode i-iio Pond In tim to witne the ft r inn h f a battle In which Ihe Kgypii. :in(J Laurllte had proved a.iiy (,, strong ror tneir relatives woo hai rashly asserted u merit. uf ,lle wrong political parly. Naturally ..(hi traveller was mistaken for a phvrlclan because he rede an exrtption.iiiy tine bores and set upon i siiggec.iive sort f . saddle-bags. "top thar, dix:." y.l.e.1 a bewhls- kered fellow who leaned unon a mi . nrs s man tnt nJs yer 'ii nnon t and the speaker pointed to a bloody . form lying near by. "Bt I'm no doctor." ventured iie ; uisis uio una ssuaio-nags "I renlly couldn't be of the least iwi vio. to your . "Keerful now, doc. You ,;itl l wore tost on me, not by a durn sight " , remarked the other, handling his rifle ' tstftl itan,i,nii. . . ... vBwiwtiirM tns While "jrou're a doctor, you needn't deny It, , u ju ir7 isj s ir en id miner sang , bat maybe ye can be Indswced ter take a peep at Andy Jack's triubks a lr. tic :. Dlt. , ' The traveller alighting modi a care ful diagnosis. The man's head hgvlng been crushed horrWy with a stons, the Huwuung a-ssiir, swperaiei from Ms awruples, seised the matted hair and polled with all his mtrht until ihe skull had resumed Its oustomsrv shape. Tbe with the quantity of brown m. nt and oovntlees cloths he bandaged the head properly and started toward esofher vidnlty. "Not yit doc," callsd he with tha ancient Arearm; "thar's sum mors tel. Isrs to need s year skill Maybe r'i HORTON. better see them.'' The traveller, thus compelled tovlslt half a dosen wounded desperadoes, put brown sugar Into half a hundred cuts and used a darning needle ana cotton thread to sew uo those unduly large. Satisfied jwttfi tha work, the lank sur vivor who carried the hog rifle respond slble for tha expert attention wnicn nis fellowmen had received, permitted tha conscripted surgeon to go his way; ana strange to say, ha never ha 1 cause to regret that his brethren had - been operated upon In a fashion altogether new to modern surgery. This sanguinary period over, Egypt settled down to enjoy that peace which is Inseparable from assiduous but honest dealing In Intoxicants. Ev erybody. It Seemed, learned to make admirable drinks and to dispense them at admirable profits. Necessarily tlw section began to thrive almost as splendidly as did the other Egypt, that ono which pleased the snclent world with milk and honey; and In due time there swarmed Into the world of ordi nary folk so many traders from mo dern Egypt that Yancey soon regarded them as unique but highly desirable because they supplied the country with necessaries it couldn't gut elsewhere. Moreover these Egyptians were so ingenious in thwarting an avalanche of penalties. You couldn't buy whis key, but you could get it mighty easily and at a fair price too by handling rightly the red tape. The wise Jug toter followed not the bypaths but the public highway, and his business aug mented so amazingly that In a fort night he was compelled to haul barrels of his illicit commodity In order to supply the demand even where, churches arose In Puritanical tyranny. "Hello, uncle," the red-nosed fel lows would say to this bearded piece of audacity; "we want sum llcker, cf yo're st-Illn' It to everybody." "No. boys," he invariable replied, "ye oaint buy no llcker frum me, fer I wouldn't break er single law fer a bar'l o" sliver dollars." "O yes. ole hoss, ye're mighty sanc ter monlyus, ef cr fellow don't happen ter look Inter yer wagon. 8ay, air ye hsulln' merlasses In them bar'ls?" "No, sonny; they've got In em the best grude o' sweet mash llcker; makes yer glad ter go ter meetln', my whis key does, an' rally It tastes so good that I've knowed preachers o' the gos pel to hold on to their splglts till they busted an' walked straight to ther new Jerusylum with the sweetest breaths ther angels ever seed. Hut 1 must bo er-goln'." Hold on, sweetheart; what the dev il ran we do to git about a finger length in a washing tub o' tho holy beverldge?" Well, boys, I can sing cr little, on' I glnerally charge fifty cents for a song and treats my customer ter a quart. Hut gents, I rally air so hoarse thet I couldn't hardly 'commydate you to day. As I said, I must get down to ther revival whar I sings tell two o'clock." "Hlnafus er verse er two, ye needn't make It very long, and we've got ther squlddy ter pay fer a dozen campmcet ln' songs. We'll let you off on a migh ty few hoars notes. Start In ole hoss, fer I'm pow'ful dry. es Jeems Theidore Fleesum Hysum said when he had ther measles." "All right, fellers. I like ter do folks er good turn allers. though I'm not, rally fit tb sing terday. Thar's forty nine verses In this song " "O ace o' spades; Wouldn't an ex tra fifty cents Indyuce ye to chaw off forty-eight an' a half?" "Ez I said, thar's forty-nine verses to It. but I'll stop conslderbul short uv that." Kidding himself of a huge quid of tobacco, and taking great pains to twist up Ihe mass of beard which lay over his llngulstlcal engine, the peddler be gan In a tone loud enough to disturb the vicinity: "John Itarllng, he dreamed his daddy ivuz dead. An' his daddy, he dreamed John Dnrl- Ing wuz dead. John I ).i rl I rK. he dreamed his daddy vuiz dead. linn. Mint l hxyptlan singing so that Kgvpt's . T.f Ited voices are used it. -day mostly In miring- obstinate mules to undeitnlie haxat dou corn rows, nnd in enumerating the notes of "John Darl ing" fur a pull at anything resemb ling strung drink ; The manufacture of w hiskey, how -eei. w is not so easily discouraged . for h" pe-.pl. I.ol.llv asserted that lh-ir -Kgpt uas suit. ltd., for nothing .1,-.-. and that, ii the big mouthed fimatlts would hu-d,. ihe ald Kgyptliins would ! agree i , , their wares only to Ten , Tiest. . (lis The ruse of course proved I utiHui ! i-ssful, those called fanatics contlrni-.l to n.ik. hut the ingenuity .f the whiskey dealer soon put talking !and i eM the assaults of cnurngi nu. InilJiis ut n putty decent discount Th-- eiihllhm- t I , re so declded'v primitive that. It destroyed one day they wen. eail replaced on the rnor -j tow; and still it,.- in. orrlglhh. Kgvp Hans gloried h, v .v ntf the milk and honey of n,,- lie J , H,,. ,he Ml,. jtieer to hne f..w , , ; r so freely .is i the up-to-date whl.-ki.v whi, h charuc jterld their North I'arohnu namesake, j Then the world became artful and labored agiiln.-l F.gypl so effectively to frighten the place for the nrPt I lime, lit Its life ,, w , J mote stringent and i.nders more ac tive Ptnully Egypt wax betrayed bv an onery looking man who cume thither In the guise of a clock-fixer and .. cal.-d nil the strongholds as well as "II the atllls that were not prlmltlv. The omnipresent rnldors entered soon and dealt blow alter blow right upon he solar plexus of tho fair land her had ineii were exiled forever V,.e.,..-. strong arm hel up tne strongest sntl-linuor legislation In the Htate. and -KM-t. fair Kgypt which had stood so ong ns an lovely In Its unconquerable nook but vrrv lnwisun,... I.,. ....... i - ..' arier. in,, most Inconsolable he most pltlabl even in the eyes of ,,oBri-n mat ever articled land ,1 the frightful Orient. any dow, while wlld-eyed women suffered privations ln the ,. n.r,, th laughing waters of the Isughlna 'S ana vnnnv 11 1 1. h 1. . . . lasses . i""ti wnu nan Wild e.r.M " n h- om?: Prl0l0u" ,,r',"'t There were to sieln"?; m"n Wh, """" !?J1. tlL" 'nr nw Of dls. v iFiigni homes; and "e nesrd among thrlr those who knew Egypt hat ik... . "' i nuiy knsw that Juncture ,(nce which mlght'el Into a roar sufflelent to eheki Wev J"' ''ul conflict. The attraittirftu ln 'M8. ttrsetlTe Hfs were Us greatly alMur. i led to. the ycauru-y to t;.ii.k nuih o the calls of to-morrow. A word In arms confronted them, but did not terrify them; for they would gladly have gone Into any contest, however unequal, to perish frightfully at once, rather than submit and suffer long, had they been unconcerned about tha suffering families who tolled among tha rough, Neoessarlly they became convinced that tha old Ufa must be forsaken that Egypt must go to farming! Quietly and gracefully the' erstwhile Incorrigible! accepted, the , terms of surrender; and tha host who cama out then and dropped arms soon had cause to banish dolor from their . coun tenances, for Ebypt, they discovered, was saved to prosper and to bo won dered . at by all - who see or hear thereeof saved with strength enough to tyrannise but goodness enough to be genus even in its strength alway, naiieiujan: yvv;:' ;: ' " Those who have mads Egypt thus strong in a surrender to tha right are among the most Interesting peopla in Western North Carolina; but happily for you who have read these, para. graphs I spent so short a while among them that Z can't write, under standing very, much more about them. They are highly industrious: for they, can feed you well upon tha products or tneir devious plantations: they are likewise highly hospitable for the stranger la almost forced to be a glutton there about, 'and they are fully awake to tha demands of modern life, as Is evidenced by the ract mat Kgypt gives Yancey as cap able and trustworthy officers as the county ever had.. Her youngsters are all hard aftor the possibilities of their section. The timber of Egypt looks vast enougn to supply the world for many generations, nor Is there a dearth of minerals or suggestions of it wnne the immutable backbone that upholds the population, the patriotism that gave herolo soldier for the Confederacy and that still burns In the young who have grown up since, as well as In the old, who survived the maddest changes of that luckless period, argues to those not acquainted with Egypt's past that its ruture win bring to the front every dreamer. 'TIs exceedingly pleasant to be in Egypt as the twilight falls. One hears the tinkling of a thousand bells upon the thousand hills whereon cattle feed through the summer and are fed through winter, and anon one catches what Is infinitely sweeter, the voice of a pretty maid for all Egyptian maids are pretty chasing the notes of a song, the wild, delirious melody of which Is strangely com patible with the fields around her. When one has listened thereto long enough for one's peace of mind, one turns to accept a rose apple offered by a littlo maid, plainly a future belle. or to greet six or more romping fellows, together with a romping father, arriving from the saw-mill which has neither sapped their strength nor dampened their spirits a whit. One hears considerable about wolf tracks seen on the Bald, but one has no desire to enter the chase here Is Joyous life a plenty within easy reach. The fiddle and the banjoj are pres ently brought out and set after more of the wild notes so easily made here about; and one sees wine cuns a-lltter and fairies trip lightly the niceties of the dulcet strains until conquered in the speed of hours, one- knocks at a palaco door In sunny dreamland. Sunrise in Egypt; The mountain tops look like tired soldiers mantled for a morning nap fogs are so thick that only here and there a dishevelled head peeps through; but the appear ance of him with the red face means that the nap Is done. A glorious bat tle begins. The fogs resist Old Sol for quite a while, so that It looks as If Egyptians must suffer a day without a sun. Koyally wages the conflict. Old H.l Is no longer red, he's simply daz zling. Slowly the. enemy weakens slowly the mantle Is lifted to leave Egypt under the fairest sky perhaps that ever bade a, sluggard arise, and strive after diamonds awaiting honest toll everywhere In the mountains (Jlorlous day and glorious Egypt hen we meet again, you. a fair land of milk and honey and better things and I, a scribbler seldom read may we have reason to rejoice that this tribute was paid nt the threshold of your new SOITH GETTING KICII AGAIV. ra i nrnomcnai Increase- of Wealth In , mmi i verm y-i ivo Yearn. Southern Kleld. Last year the South, which Is less hin 5 per cent, of the srea of the tilted States proper. contributed mon. than 2S per cent, of ,he coun ty s export trade. Cotton was the largest slngl, tf,m, hut thvrr waj . a staple m the long list of exports In hl h the flou.h did not have fair r- presentatlon. not only In raw ma "rials, hut In manufactured goods oe commercial growth South !n tho last 2S years little short of phenomenal. of the has been The fig are taken ores ror it. a-iven herewith iriou a on .lint speech delivered In Congress L'O. lffOtV bv l!.nrs,nioil... "cph T Johnson, of South i'kfaIIs. I Kro"' -57. 000,000 Invested In eap- Hal lo, factories In 1 880 to i 500 - I ono in mo;,. ' From - pi I nt t. 000 H 17.000,000 yearly value 01 "f factories to 11,750,000,- Kn.m 1. 000.(100 capital Invested In cotton hiIIIh to :'2S.O0O 000 From niS.OOO.ODO nnnual value of I cotton rrop to HSO.000 000 j From 2S.-..000 bales of cotton used I In Houlhi-rn cotton mills to 2.163 000 j From JJ9.000.000 yearly lumber I product to .'50,000,000. , From 39 7. uou tons of pig iron nro- ouccd to .1,100,000. From 1 2 1.000,000 yearly value 01 exports abroad to 1555.000.000 From IMO.000,000 yearly value of farm products to $1,750,000,000 Fi-.r .'O.soo miles of railroad to 10,000 miles. From 179.000 barrels of petroleum produced to 42,495,000. From 45 cotton oil mills to 710 From 1800,000 capital Invested In cotton oil mills to 154,100,000 rrom S7,i00 spindles In mills to 9,205,000. cotton from 21 1,377 Ions of mined yearly to 1,07.42(1 phosph'nt From 397,176 tons of coke duced yearly to . 144. 185. pro- From 1.1,051,000,000 assessed prop erly valuation to M,I79,000,00. m-s taptaln's Homo on Mtlp's I4ut, Hesttle Correspondence San Fran cisco Call. Capt. D. .J. McKensle, a well-known sa captain, has been granted a per mil to build a house at Eleventh ave nue and Howel (street, In the fash ionable Capitol HIU district, which will bs fashioned after a ship. It will b the first structure of Its kind bun here. The house will have a typical bow snd regulation stsrn. with rudder at tached, and bowsprit. Smokestscks will be set In place and there will be two stubby mssts. Tha hull Or sides of the house will be shingled, with ports In plaoe of windows, and the roof will be like a ship's deck. The hull Is lo be set oa a concrete foun dation." The piang ahsw it te be a typical ship oa gbTeV , hist chat Written t y r.,t u Allen, of Mtlwaii se, vv is., brhlgs and VVIiist Writer snu Teacher. (All Itlghls Reserved.) No. 6The Opening Lead Against a "No Trump,",, ,,, ,,",rj , , ,.. .,. , . Against -No- Trump" make, your best defense Is to lead your longest suit, hoping to find that the weak soot In the maker's hand, ,Any suit of Ave cards h better then a suit of but four, even though the four suit may be headed by Higher cards.- Thus with Diamonds. A. K. t t , B. J, 4, . . ' h. s. I ' . - i c, j. io. 7. g. t. ' i The club suit should bs opened. If your partner has ons good club to helu you then, with the sld of your Ace and King of diamonds,; you may eventually : make one or two, small clubs. At any rate, you ;csn scarcely ; lose your ; Ace - and King. : To : open the hand with dls monds would Insure its bemg returned to you by your, partner, should he gain the lead, and having played the Ace and King, hand is dead you will never make another trick, w- ; - The Science of Iht'nma Ilea In mekln trtckS With, small enrrla svhleh An nni qratnaniy win. Aces and Kings general. ir ww (ticks witnout tnousnt or bkui. the ODDonents tui.v hlvh carrls nt your long suit, they must make tricks and your suit Is good for nothing until those, high cards are forcod from their nanas. The only way to forcer them to be Dlaved Is fa IaaI vnnr sutt-hAv tie it win not iesa jt ror you. Hbldlna two suits from tha Stronme (the one haswlerf hv the highest cards), and If aoual In strength, choose to lead a red suit rather man a olaclt hearts In nreferenoe to diamonds, for If the Dealer had a very strong heart hand, he would have de cs rea hearts Instead of "No Trump." In leading you longest suit, romember tho third frlck Is the Important one to win for. if you are long, the third trick Will Usually exhaust everv ons save yourseir, and being in the lead, you can then make your small cards. Bo, If you would he ohllved to lose the third trick In your suit. shouM you open it with a hlsh card, nnen It fourth heist. Thus, when opening from Ace, King anil three small cards, should you lead off your King and Ace, you must lose the third trick and unless you have a re entry, -you will never make the remain ing small cards. Three tricks will ex haust all your nartner's cards In votir suit and If he later gains the lead he ha ncthing with which to put you In, If you open with a low card from Ace, King and three small ones, your oart- ner may be able to win the first trick, or. dven If ho is unable to heln vou on the first trick, he probably will have at least one more In your suit which he can return to you when he gains the lead, whereupon you have a good chance to moke all the rest of your cards. The worse you aro In other suits, the better chance your partner has of win ning a trick and being ablo to put you In. It Is a rare thing for the Ialer to be able to take 'enough tricks to make game without any Interruption. Usually either a suit must be cleared or a. finesse risked which will give your partner the lead. Should you have the Ace, King and Queen at .the head of your suit, you are sure of three tricks, so lead the high cards. Holding Ace, King. Jack and others you may lead the King and Ace, hoping to catch the Queen, thereby mak ing your Jack good for the third trick. Or. when holding a suit of seven cards. Ace. King and five small ones, you may open It high, for If the remainder of the suit is evenly distributed, two tricks will exhaust everyone and establish your re maining Ave. Holding. Ace. King and five small, lend King, then Ace. Ace, King and three or four small, lead fourth best, unless holding another Ace, then lead King. Ace. King and two small, lend fourth best. King, Queen and five small, lead King. King. Queen and less than five small, lend fourth best. When at the head Of your long suit, you hold three honors, two of which are In sequence (exepr Are. King and Ten) lead one of the two touching honors, generally the higher. With suits containing. Ace, King. Queen and others, lead King, then Queen. Ace, King. Jack and others, lead King, then Ace. King, Queen. Jeck snd others, lead King. King, Queen. Ten and others, lead King. Ace, Queen. Jack and others fwlth an other Ace), lend Ace. then Queen. Ace. Queen. .1 ick and others (with no re-entry), lend Queen, then Ace. Oueen. Jack. Ten and others, lead Queen. Quern, Jack. Mne and others, lead Queen. Ace, Jnrk. Ten and others, lead Jack. Jsek. Ten. Nine and others, lead Jack. King, Jack. Ten and others, lead Ten. HAND NO. 4. HEALER. H A. J. 7. c. K. . r Q. S. 7. . S K. J. 4. S. Trader. Pone. H. 9 i J C. C. J. n. A. 10. ft. 5 s. io. 7. . N. K. Q. 10. s. r a . 2. 8. 5. w. fl. 8. A. Q. 8. H 4. 2. f A. Q. J. 10. 9. 4. D K. 9. 4. 8 3. 5. TiTMMT. Dealer, declares Hrth. Trump." Tricks Hie "No fit si 1 .eader K H "i II Z. I . I). South West Iummy Jone North Dealer 7. H, 1... I. II. 3.. 4.. 5.. e. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10.. 11.. IS.. IS. . r.. 10 B. B 11. Q. North snj Honth eore ten tricks. COMMENT. .J Trick 1-Dviiirr refuses to win King of hearts. wlehliiK the suit led again up to his Ax t, Jack. Trick 8 The, Dealer must oonsliler that if he siaru the dubs Immediately he will have four iiiecsro In his own hand and mut either nnguard two suits or let an entire eult o. It will be better to establish a trick in diamonds first anJ then dUcnnl all the spades. s Trick J-I'one r fines to wlu the dia mond, knowing there la nothing to be gained by pluvlns his. ACS and contin uing heart as Dealer must have the Are of hearts and he wmilit.then make all his dinmonila snd spads. Trick rV-Iesier wes there Is no use rotitlntilns riinmotiiis. pone Is sure to hold ovr Mm Trick 7lHiiler must keep his dia monds, having eeeone best, ones gusrited arut Dummy Inrtdlng one W lesd. , Trick ll-Ditrrimy, seeing' East (th Lsilr) lr aH the Ten of, tierts, know he hss but one more heart, the Queen, therefor- he must have two . spades, probably blsl ones. ' ',- Dummy loads spades, hoping finit will win trick and be obliged eventually to lead the Queen of hearts. . - . : . . . "i ' -: The skatng pond at Lakewood will not be Rockefeller's ArsU - Adjoining ' his Fifty-fourth Street house he has two lots covered with cement, whlct ha floods with water and thus makes le-root rrwmsge rtnh that stands fur Z. H. 4. H. . II. J. II. K. D. 6. D 0. D. 9. D. 10. P. J. D. C. 4. a 2. OK" i C. 9. C. Sl C 9. I 9. H. 8. 1 j l Q. S. 2. S. 4. ; C. J. 8. G. fl. J. i i'. 10. V D. 8. K. s77. B.7. 7. 1). 8. 5. 8. 10. Q. D. 4. P. A. D. A. 11. , mora than fllo,vt value. Cf !: ITsn l!.t.-; Al.Korlitmt-" t J.iy l'lj o a os 1 oae. Medical llrlt-f,' , ' " Physicians are often asked whether there really Is any virtue ln what are called madstonea ; One of them de clares that these stones are of value, but that they would be of more value If ther limitations were understood "There Is no particular variety of stone or suDstance wnicn may be deer ignated exclusively as tne madstone ' he saya "I have seen many of them. so called, and no two were of exactly the same composition geologically Madstones act on the same nrln- clple that a blotting paper does when absorbing Ink, and there" Is nothing that makes a better one than baited pipeclay. A new clay nine. , nrocur able for one cent at nearly an store wnere toDacco is sold, can not be ex celled by any madstone. no . matter now- great Ms Teputation. "Tne action oan be clearly demon strated by placlnst a common dry red brick in contact with tne margin of a puaaie or water and oouclng what capllary attracUon will accomplish. Therefore, ot be iefflclent, the . only necessity is for the stone to bs norous and have strong adhesive and absorb ent qualitleR , .Npthtns; , mysterious aOOULIt. '.-.:.:(,!.. . i,..j "I have seen several that annear to be concretions, either vesical, . renal or binary and were found in tha blad der, kidney or liver of some animal vnose taken from the deer supposed vx oe tne oesti' .;. . 'When a person is bitten bv a ren- me or aog supposed to be mad and tne porous stone ' applied to the wound the blotting; paper notion be gins, and the blood, saliva from the mouth of the animal and whatever poison these fluids contain will natur ally, by capillary attraction, be ab sorbed by and Into the substance an- piled, no matter what name you may give it. 'The saying that If a stone sticks the wound is polslonous and If It does not take hold then is no venom present is untrue. If the stone is iclean and dry it will adhere when moisture is within reach till it be comes saturated. For Instance, a new rd brick will absorb one pint of water. After the venom has been taken into the circu lation the madstone Is worthless; but as tne victim Is usually filled with whiskey or alcohol at the same time tne stone Is being used Ihe spirits may counter act tne effect or the poison. 1 know or a stone which has a wide reputation and makes a rood living for the'famlly owning It. They rwver let It go out of their s aht. and when the victim cannot be taken to the stone one member of the family can be hired to take the stone to tne victim. In addition to traveling ex penses they charge IS for the aoDllca- tlon and $2 extra for each hour that he stone sticks. This stone Is busy a larse nart of the time. Not long since the stone held to a man's leg for oner 100 hours, yet the man died. His life could have been saved If dependence had not been placed entirely In tha stone." , Twice Retired From Navy. Boston Herald. To be twice honorably retired from the country's service, either naval or military, comes to few men. "Capt." George C. Boerum, who celebrated his 79th birthday at Mel rose only a few days ago, has had the distinction of being iwice honorably retired from the navy, and even now he declares that he will not accept the verdict, but that as soon as he is ablo he will return to his work at the navy yard. 'They want me to retire," says the captain, "but I'll Je darned If I do." r "THE GREAT Already recognized as an indespensible point of supply and distribution surrounded by abundant varied natural resources, and a rich agricultural country; easy of access to points of other localities, containing adequate banking facilities and all other modern equipments necessary to constitute the foundation for the building of a great Commercial Center, With these conditions existing it is reasonable to invite the public to 'Watch Charlotte Grow." For information apply to The Greater Charlotte Club W. 1 Convith; Secretary : ;" ''':-. 'r?vc'. -.?v,--: :''-';, ---'C 7 . . - - - . . . . ... ... . .. i -- i. o 1: r. Inimy heart there Is fellowship for the boy who has read the novels of Cooper, , The boy may be rich or poor, cultured or common, daring or mod est; but, if he is a boy at all, and has read those Actions,-, the Indefinable something within him has been touch ed and aroused. An elemental hero lent of his nature has been called Into life, f Henceforth there Is kinship be tween him and mi'-'v'M'Jv; '-';;., Sometimes as 2 walk on the' streets I see a bootblack or a newsboy, V his body bent curiously forward, his foot steps taken with caution and Quiet, and, his whole nature Immersed ln a guarded stealth.; Ha Is oh the war- trait I know. Theres ara enemies about him, They lurk. It may be,' In any covert JBut their cunning Js im potent, and h)s well-trained, faculties (none the less, real because they are fanciful or borrowed) re more than a match for all dangers... Sometimes a country, lad, with his clothing dis ordered and soiled, his face transfig ured with spirit, and battered name on his ahoulder serving as fatal rifle,- marches boldly before me like a second Leather Stocking. - He Is not conscious of my presence, for his bashful nature would wilt If his drama and his dream should be seen of other eyes. But before me In blissful guile- lessness is the chivalry of the frontier, and I feel a glad throb In my heart and could call that lad to my bosom and bless him and praise him. -. - 'tfor the novels of Cooper transform ing. They bring a fresh breath from the woods, and fresh emotions to the heart In a "blessed hour we read them. Thrice fortunate are we If wt read them In boyhood. The world will not be seen again ln the same un- romantlc way. We may stride on a paved street, tout our thoughts will be threading dark forests. Friends may laugh at our elbow, but ln fancy we are alone,' or with one sole and trusty companion, where 'the denizens of the wild may swoop down upon us or maliciously lure us Into hardship and struggle. We may sit In cramped rooms or Inhabit dingy shops, but our souls are with nature, hearing her waterfalls, scaling her crags, or mute In the wonder of her wide, silent sky. In short, we are rejoicing ln solitude or grappling bare-handed with the foes we respect. We are drinking a vigorous Impulse. We are turning from the sordldness and the stir, the weariness and the fever, and the pragmatic sternness of our- selfish life, which make our spirits distrust ful and our very hearts unglad. The privilege was mine at an early period to read those tales of Indian ad venture. A youthful wanderer on the vast plain of being prospects Jnvitlng on more sides than one, yet few things at hand (save the people I loved) that my childish Angers could cling to I knew not whither to turn, but rew on my days ln Innocence and pleasure that were merging throuah slumber into passlveness and sterility. Then It was that those wonderful nar ratives Infused into me an ardor for struggle, quickened me, made me alert, and set my Imagination on Are. Henceforward the poetry of life was to BRIGHT SPOT' himni by Natire Will Superiority if foilta fapipliiciliy M A ML OT Is Esseitially Dcstiiel to It a COMMERCIAL EE i , . . : ; i i. t i .', " icl i , v i a ; :.,i ;, . . .. i ,,( jr-i';:nt f.. ' - -t I'.. I i I. j i ;.i.,, tv.l !Ih.1 lr' l Vii..u-Soi;s s I ni t dii.l Viiii':...:-i tit. ill nil. Who dared. .p Poho iny arm? ,ho couia withHiund my unerring aim? The- ee.du-tloi.i of tho Inatrumnnt of iiiuhIc, be It stringed or keyed. I renounced for tha claah of the tomahawk and the voice of the rifle. The effeminate and arti ficial in my life were seen as a re proach. I became a young barbarian. Yet not all barbarism, either. A re spect for life gentle and the bently brave found 1 lodgement with me. Noble notions of conduct took roof and flowered. A hundred times, on the eve of doing something that was for bidden or wrong, I checked myself suddenly; would the Pathflnder ap prove 1 My escapes frightened me. To merit the disfavor, of my Ideal hero was an unbearable thought . That I am to-day no worse that J ant is In large measure due to the fear which I bore of the unspoken 'reproof; of Bumppo. , & ' A That the craftsman'. ''might have, blundered In the making of his story as critical sticklers and va the men ial Mark Twain have so unsparingly Indicated I Was credulously unaware.' It never occurred to me that an author could be fallible. ?, The conversations wera tinsmn. X llnu V...4 vi r took as a necessary evil; nay. If the provocation were too great I commit ted that horrible sin of skipping to the parts that Invited and held. Things dragged and wer tedious . now and then,; but what V ample recompense when-the warwhoop rang! Rules of grammar were violated recklessly.but a wm bv studying grammar ?:f xne "females" were unnaturally drawn but they couldn't flght anyway,, and the less I noticed them the better. The stilted passages Were set down as tnings too profound for my ' limited learning, and the ones that were sprightly and charming were, as well springs to a blissful mood. If in my inexperience I failed to narciava that Cooper had not begun with the neb ular hypothesis or some other hypo thesis equally nebulous, and thence evolved through wearisome stages and Intricate processes, a character too deep for analysis which must needs be approached through 'a mul titude of critics, I was the happier for It I saw only what was rood and wholesome and elementally strong. Through admiring an honest man I wanted to be honest Through loving a brave man I longed to be brave. I had not unveiled a punle, It la true, but I had gained a friend. in wandering the other dav throueh the oases-dotted desert of Words worth's "Recluse" I stumbled upon the following: s "Tea, to this hour I cannot read a Tale Of two brave vessels matched in deadly flght And fighting to the death, but I am pleased . More than a wise man ought to be; I wish, Fret burn, and struggle, and In soul am there." This quality of temperament which the sapient bard thus realized and disliked Is fundamental ln human na ture. Ail or us hie away, now and then, from the conventional and order ed, and pay our respects to the rude nuae power ot old-fashioned men. We recognise there a majesty which we lack in our commonplace lives, and which our souls cry for. Per haps we. should go to Cooper. If we mean to be finical, we had better seek one whose Shortcomings are fewer But boyhood, at least lusty, with sinews, and anxious for a peep Into the tairyiana or prowes -can And no superior guide, not even In Sir Walter, to the valiant and straightforward novelist of New York. GARLAND OREEVER. T E CENTER ssssS
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 27, 1907, edition 1
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