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it i; Gossip of the BT ALV1X - One of the biggest fooU In the coun ty was coming toward the cross roads tore, ,' With horn strapped to him, i and a pair of well fed hounds follow ing him, the fellow was undeniably a fox-hunter .and Incidentally a slight. . thinker,-..''-.' ': ' Now 'you must not Infer that all fox-hunters are lacking In the upper story; for almost everybody up hero who can da anything at all Is guilty ' of very frequent participation In - this kind of sport, and besides you , v know we mountaineers consider our ' eelvea tolerably sensible creatures. The fellow was not a fool because he waa a fox-hunter weeks before, or , . would be one week hence, but because ' . he was a fox-hunter then. The ther mometer then registered awfully near ' j, y the point at which one can guaran ?' tee that water thrown ten .feet upward will be Ice long before It nan returned i, to the ground. Moreover most of - V those who were not then sick with la grippe and pneumonia were too busy v then with those who were to think of " - a trip into the woods which foxes ln- - i habit ' ' But the fool wan not coming to Join a party of acquaintances a whit wiser than himself. There were six of us, . , and we were waiting for the leader. Of course since the change In tem ' perature, we were not very anxious to see him coming, but being youngsters '' of courage, we dared not ask for a postponement of what our parents called a ludicrously Impossible enter prise. " Really, though, some parents used stronger terms than this. I know who they are, but I musn't tell. Uesldes you know 'tlsn't necessary to tell. ' 80 we seven fools shivered, and with Try, True, Trim, Puller, and some others of the longest eared, fiercest, T fox-bating hounds that ever ran In or around Yancey, started for the big mountains. Having besides these helpers a rather burdensome quantity , of rations and firearms, we felt oqual to any task ever Imagined by Cooper f or anybody else, and ever conquered 1' by Natty Kumpo or anybody else who ever made tracks In the forest. In three hours we wore well Into those quartern, the praises of which had been sung bour leader who, let me omphanlze It by repetition was one of the biggest fools in the county. Finally we reached the "Balsam Gap." , - Here beside a tremendous lire, and In "V hearing of the headwaters of Cane river which contains so many trout, but are watched so closely by the sons of "Big" Tom Wilson, we waited for nightfall, when according to the lead er one of thp blKKCut fools In the county, mind you It would be wise to start the hound In search of the elu sive Reynard. We shivered, too, whllo waiting. 'Twas a desolate country over whir h we looked from the cump a very desolate country with Its dead-looking timber anil ominous laurel thickets. Ice clung to the streams, many of which were visible for miles toward the settlements. while . llfT held enow as If they were. loth to part from bleak winter. OesoUte lrded! Karh look at It lowered the lem erat ure and spirits as well of every nt- ex -pt oir lend er, whoe 1 n' hus.istn in the woods nothing 1 "uld I- n. I .nn sure When the sh,ides hud n!l fallen, the houndi were put promptly Into the thickets and. hissed considerably. Were lucky enough presrntly to hit upon a trail This led around a peak. The music of the pack as t hey went off was sufficient to confuse any but the most expert listener, und yet the owners contended that they knew at once whether their houndtj were fa vorably situated in the race. "Hist?" said ne "That'll old Try In the lead .-h. money wouldn't buy that hound"' "Pshaw." .iM Mm-h"dy el-e; "that'" oij id 1, ', kii"v I.ih oic anywhere lies a Hits In the bad. ut the start or ut the finish " "God! What a mn ," jaculalcd another, "no difference wh i-e ...k'h in the lead, he uln't lor .-iheinl. .in.l that fox Is 1 based b os K" 'd a vr t til hounds us ever followed klni? or 'hike In other lands." And he was correct We followi dllie ridges, so th.it le.t even a n. .( ,. was lost. l("Uli'1 and r um. I. I. j. k ,nxl forth, tliey race, I, e 1 h d'.lhK o-toll- slbly all triut lould I" doie wif, vol. o and legs, and each ownet -taring through the by ni...lli;ht 1,1 . .it li u glimpse of piirsn. I .,1 nirsuer Hut we could only lo .ir . , 1 1 1 be thrilled; for U10 race ut the closes' wits perhups a mile away FVr several hours the din was kept UP, While We stood oil the ll'bO'" lllld shivered Huddenly It died ..way. no sound save the roaring "f waterfalls In the vast black reached us, as we tamped Itnputlentlv a" well 1111 COmf'irtably imi'Hiit the balsam- "Home durn v.m. t li Inif's ilif,,..,l 'em out." observed t)o leader, tl he yiK ouAty, gost fool, mind vou, :ti th "but don't any of v hi blow a horn Ifs allers l.i -t to . t ., hound have his way. nturnlng to th- In,-, we h iM. d a long while about the 110 tits of hounds and then fell asleep 1 ner w hs abb to Met p , . ? y SOUndly In the woods. 1 "., . I;.ly 111 Woods like those around ' lliilsani Gap." The ten-, slb n . the -trug- I gllng of myriads n,.,ut the place iere a pillow ouht to be, t',, roar of waters afur et 'uinigb' to .m. , the wind, the trcnl of buiigtv umn iters these things prevent my netting 1 good rest when 1 1 gi . Hy m cled 80 It was I who h, iu 1 about mid night th" walling of u hound away off to the right Startled, I raided ti 1 ' then heard the whol. p.i u ra-hing around the mountain. Idc with 11 vigor which It seemed to rue, 1 it.-. ., 1 was, find Increased ondet fell . near prospect of Instant i.t. Ii hi ,1 ti. e the baiklng all ..tine us If i..m a standstill The 'tro-rs, nroud. were f pos sible, more -)(clt-d than I bad been "It'S bnld. It s bae," , e, the leader. "Hoys, 1 wouldn't take half of Tanrey for my hound-" "We'll Just let 'em bold II won't we, till morning"'"' said I, attempting a rose In bfhiitf of my u r -i limbs "Not much, young feller," mapped the leader. "Do you think I'd let my bounds ran dum nigh eight bouts and then git defeated? No, slree. Ill fO to ole Try and True If hsll ain't be twan u.H And Immediately we all started on 11 rac almost the equal of thnt Just ended. W ran along the ride until the man In front, the fool, mind you. deemed It proper to go down Then we ran down, over rocks and logs, and v' through marshes until he raw fit to git np once more. Then we ran up until ' really I thought each step the last Rook, logs, and marshes were still la the path, or what might have been one, but never was, and so sntsgon '. Iae4!w that all except the fool In l ' front oomplajnad bitterly because of Dacluvoods IIORTON. the turn things had taken. ' , ' For the fool In front, mind you, was a man whose strength made him a wonder even In Yancey?" He was al ways ahead, very far ahead, it seemed. and writing for his puny but strongly- profane followers. The nounas Kept barking, and he kept us going until we were with them In what the said, fool called the "Green Cove," but what others dubbed "the only good reason for cuss words." "Here, boys!" cried the leader, "war must smoke 'lm out. Git aome wood, and we'll have 'lm In a Jiffy." Nobody moved, because nobody was able. "No, by God!" he thundered. "Hold on! It's In a hole and I can see It. The dogs couldn't git in. Hold on!" Nobody moved, because nobody was able. "Hold on!" again admonished the excited fellow. "I'll put a bullet be tween his eyes." Of course nobody moved, because nobody was able. With h! trusty Marlln, the veteran fox-hunter put the bayed animal be-' yond the possibility of further worry by Try, True, Trim, Puller, or any of the other long-eared, fierce fox-hating tribe. The rejoicing, however, of the hounds and our leader was un seen, If not absolutel unheard, by the rext of the party; for completely ex hausted, we all lay like logs and knew almost nothing. As you know, I can't sleep very well In the woods, and o In a wonder fully short while I was awake with a throat so dry It nearly burned. Ke sldes I was stiff, and my head ached, and my feet were freexlng. and every thing was wrong. It seemed propped by on elbow I looked around. The fox-slayer had built a fire and was feeding the carcass of his for tunate eatch to the hungry and tired hounds. The hide hung to a bush, for u fox-hide, you know. Is worth .seven-ty-llve cents. The darkness was now phenomenal, and I noticed, by follow ing the hunter's occasional glunce up ward, that the sky was half-coveredi with threatening clouds I heard lots of things In those woods, but nothing Just then bo plain ly as the drip, drip of a tiny stream not more than ten yards away. I en deavored to rise, for my thirst was well-nigh unbearable, but that stiff ness made me stop In the old posi tion. akly and pitifully, too, of course, I called to the man. "Sum, I'm dying for water; could you get me a cupfull?" "Sorry, young feller," he replied .solemnly; "but right over here's a luagmlre. and right over there's an other quagmire, and behind us. the Lord known what You see we've run In here on a strip not much broader than your body If we'd missed that wed have been gorjem. "Ho, youngster, you'll have to wait till daylight 'taln't long, 'bout two hours. I guess " As Ham spoke kindly, 1 feel sure he didn't half understand the lntennfy of my thirst, else he'd h.ive endeav ored to get me an Icicle or even a thimble full of that water I fell bark considerably the worse for my strug gle There were loud noises just then 111 thou- woods, stirred, as they were, by Man h winds, yet I heard only the beating of the heurt within and the drip, drip of the water running by. Again attempting to rise, again I fell back to hear only the drip, the steady drip, drip of the Impossible stream I.Ike that other prisoner, Prometheus, I suffered the more be cause of the proximity of pure drink. I Like Hen Urace und Will the 18- year-old boy who ran away to sea und so into Afrha I could feel a hot sun beating upon me aa I sucked greed ily the fiery blood-sap of a dragon . tree, like the black slaves bound In the fast sailing "Pandora" and crying ' Agoa! Agoa!" corrupted Portu guese for "Water' Water!" I felt my m If gohiK rapidly, violently mad. ami then like the traveler on hot Sahara I lay do" n to die hcslde u spring whl h 1 could ulmost, but not quite, i riu h Hut worse than nil feelings, worse than all tilings heard or seen, was the drip, thr steady drip, drip of the little .-'ileum so near and ct utterly iiiiat'.ilual.le The noise thereoi soon killed Imagination, so that I followed i suffering hi rmo no more heard ' nothing. nothing, fell nothing, and thought of nothing hut that - the drip. . 1 1 1. of the little stream Suddenly another, a younger than I. raised hi" head and i.illed for wutor. I heard Sam nu.nxr kindly that the position wouldnt allow him t hunt lor water now, but that daylight wn liear. ami so therefore wai f I eedom 1 1 ' 111 thirst Hut the v 01 ng -I ' was not to he quieted . lie M I lei I to e-K.ltlt mil pit - ihllh 'Water' Water!" And al.ov,. ,, loiidt -t 1 rl"s. above veil the roar of the wind. I heard in- St;l the fov-huiiler made no 1 fT- r hip "f the tlnv 1 I.I so near, ami yet " f ir beyond rem h. Perhaps he, too. was going mud be '.111 of the drip, tho vt ry steady hip. dt ip "I 1 be w .iter behind him 'Moth. 1 " th,. ) lHIHg.it it's Vol't. wu solt. veiy Hoft now, "Tin hot. my throat's binning up, give me milv 11 spoonful of the water 1 hear" There was considerable , .infusion n ..imp forthwith, and I knew by the e it. tl ton. s of the othi rs, the whole parly. In fact, except fo, two. that they were going to uttempi something for our Immediate rein 1. The lender explained the tlllTh ultv of our posi tion und voliintetrd to e 1 to the little stream, piovhlcit the others would toll .w pit pined to re , 11, him should In- -Int.. I'eitalnly the boys agieed. for .1 iiiii,. hlghlitied set never lived Molding a long pole, the veteran started forth to Imitate the liiMid Ha mnrltsn All followed, one wltli a bilge tor. h. und the others swinging to the r.-.n end of (hnt necessary pole Their .notion seemed lamentable, hut th.lr sp, ,.,) was o (Tedltahh that I h.-.trd bexliles th. dripping water ti "Hi lUe trembling Injunctions from Sam, b, many iissiiranes from bis fo. loweis. Mnd then one itenturlun and pot tellol: "Mold on, Isiys!" j The . .v held on "What' s the mutter, Ham''" they ; I h d in a 1 horus , ' 'damn It, 'taint no quagmire 'tall! 1 I'd lust forgot wIit we'ui at." , Having allayed our thlrtt Slid wrap ped tis In oil the uvnUahls nun. the purn 'trenjtthened the fire and. amid ! Incessant rjllrry at Ham because so trained a woodsman had been lost, waited for dawn, which somebody Mid was not more than an hour away. Whlls Bam scowled plainly on the verge, of actual anger, the wooes rang with boyish n( triumphant laughtsr nd, If you don't mind to hoar It again, the very steady drip, drip of that Icytj stream; but, though the boya bid got the stilt, tin) Cal ,1 crutii) li the hunter's favor. Ju.it aa dawn be gan to appear to the rear of the blj cliff. "Listen, you pesky foola." he cried; "this is the last time I go Into the woods with a pack of fool boya. These yankee spoils 'II ruin my hounds, and Ood knows I wouldn't tak half of Yancey for them." . , The two of us who had'caui caused so much concern though really I think our attack but the frenzy . of unusual dreams were awakened by a stir among those already awake and by the baying of the one cur which had acompanled us. We arose to take part In the proceedings. , ) "It's a coon, boys," cried Oeun, "and now we'll have some fun. A coon can whup all the dogs and most of us," - We found the dog In a deep ravine half a mile from camp. The tree be side which he kept vigil waa an un commonly large poplar, and the ac tions of the dog Indicated that the coon had found refuge Inaide, since the proverbial giant of the forest was was but a mere hull. As Sam always carries an axe Into the woods, there was no discussion as to how we might capture fhe treed animal. In Ave minutes the tree was ready to fall. "Now, boys," he urged, "watch them hounds and don't let 'em Jump into the holler of this thing, for the coon'U kill 'em shore. A coon can whip anything in the crowd except the cur he's experienced, you know." 80 several of us stood ready to pre vent any creature from Jumping Into the capacious hollow and incidentally Into unequal encounter. The hounds were awfully eager to attack this new enemy, but we assured the woodsman that not One would got by us. When the big poplar hud fallen, however, Try, the fiercest hound In the bunch, quickly knocked yours truly aside and hastened In. In a sec ond we heard the combat begin, and In another the brave hound's tall pat ting In what seemed his death ago nies, though no groan was audible. "God!" cried Sam. "He's killing old Try. Hold on! Give ne the axe quick!" Mounting the log, Sam chopped fu riously until he had reached the hol low. Hut he had miscalculated; only Try's tall was visible. Again he chopped furiously, some feet below, until he had struck the In side. Hut again he had miscalculat ed; this time 'twas the coon's tall the party saw . "Hy Ood, I'll take a hand anyhow," muttered rhe hunter as he heard Try's body slip. Opening his huge Jacknlfe and bar ing his brawny arm. Sam reached In side and brought out the carcass of a large raccoon ripped in twain. Try came, too, for the anlmala were lock ed each to tho other's jaw, and were holding thereto with a determination rarely seen. Had there been no Interference, the two would have necessarily perished in their gloomy quarters, since the tree was considerably higher at the entrance, and no matter which had been the victor he couldn't have got out. The hound couldn't have back ed, nor could bis antagonist have pushed his victim up the slick hol- low. i The coon was a fine, fat fellow, and 'his hide, like that of the fox. would have been. worth perhaps seventy-five i cents had not our leader the fool, mind you cut It fairly In tow to de- ', fend his excessively valuable properly. , "Tin- meat's mighty good," he re marked; "but the dogs are the hun griest fellers In the gang, and they j can have It." And Sam, having rut the cascass In to properly sized morsels, scattered It for Try, True, Trim, Puller, Hen, and the reHt of tho long-eared, fox-hating gang. 1 I he day In Sams opinion was an I exceptionally good one for squirrel", mid so we hunted squirrels until nii'itf.ill Not very many were killed ; of course, but. as several shots hud been tired, wo considered the tlmo I. of wholly misspent. At night we essayed to get good re t. and failed So when morning had come again, we were glad to start for home that Is, all except Sam, who. I am sure, would have ANNIE The World's Greatest Lady Rifle Shot uses and recommends NEWBRO'S HERPICJDE The Original Remedy That Kills the Dandruff Germ It Is certainly slgnl has traveled so extetislv toilet remedy for the s alp have seen the natty an ters of this sort.. 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We were bound for the settlements, sin 00 Earn had assured us that waa the better way; but rhe pace end the obstacles made the route thereto seem so. aw fully, like the pictured, way to perdi tion that lots of us wished we hadn't started any where;., at, all. ;.'t ;- (i ;.'.,-,';; We went through ravines, over Jogs which punctured as horribly, and through marshes which tried, terribly hard to make and keep us prisoners. No field was to be seen anywhere; so we were really on the road to y civ ilization. ..''W-;..., . .' " .'.' ;::;" : "Sam! O, Bammy!" yelled some one who wanted a reef, "this feller's going to take another yankee spell. Better etop awhile." ;;:, Sam stopped, but with. Tery .; evl dent annoyance.' ' "Give 'lm something to eat," be suggested with a frown. , Then we found that all of our ra tions were left at the camp! We had all the frying pans, all the bedding, and everything in fact except the es sentials for the inner man who, you know, soon swallows up any sort of a traveler. "Well," observed the hunter; "alnt fard to the settlement. We can get something there. I know every body on Martln'a creek." But it was far, - very far, to the country in which people lived. When we had found it we were all highly anxious for a bite of anything capable of satiating hunger. The first house was a three-room log structure, standing In the. woods and beside a stream filled with trout; but we found by long and loud hal looing that nobody had ever used It for a residence. The second was like wise a big rude building, and likewise deserted. The third, too, was rough ly built, and perhaps lately built, but but assiduous search convinced us that nobody waa about, and that noth ing had been left from breakfast. But the fourth O glorious and life giving thought! was surrounded with signs of human and prosperous habitation. We could hear numerous plowboys as they urged their delib erate mules; crowing roosters and cackling hens we could hear, too, and then we could see smoke of fires cooking that dinner bo anxiously wait ed for by the farmer and so essential to this party of hunters. Ham called and made known our wants. The answer came from the garden, wherein some women were planting onions: "Mister," ther nex' house '11 feed you. We're too busy." But the next house waa f11td with sick folks and so couldn't feed travelers. "Sam, do you know these peoplef" a tired fellow asked. "No." "I knew you didn't, Sam. You're simply lost again." And therein we all agreed. Nor were we merely suspicious; we were soon convinced. A boy told lis that the vicinity was known as "Star Creek," and that Buncombe and the Swanna noa, that wild, much frequented and praised stream, wen- somewhere to the rear. Penetrating farther Into tho com m unity, we found It a mass of hills covered with broom sedge, plowmen and children Who were digging up briars, sprouts and such other ene- mles of .the coming crop. We found 1 too lots of folks loaded with excuses for not feeding the tired wayfarers, but finally O new and life-giving thought! a family thut readily con- i Kiwitf.il to irlvA lm fond 'Twas a modest home Into which we were ushered, we seven fools, and yet there never was, and never will be, a neater place on earth. The threo rooms were filled with beds, books and pictures And everything was just as orderly as a painstaking housekeeper could make It. That home wns far back among the primi tive settlements, back where woods aro open and bleak in winter, so far as human eye can see, and pleasantly cool and closed In summer, except here and there where fields' hold up ; sustenance for another year; back ; where hard work Is the rule and not : the exception; hut that home was In 1 fallible sign of contented hearts that knew every fine Impulse known else ! where, In the open of the advanced "Traveling as I do continuously, I have been troubled a great deal with dandruff and falling hair, and until I tried Herplclde I nover found a remedy that was satisfactory. "Herplcld' Is a delightful preparation that fulfills the claims made for It, and no lady's toilet Is complete without It. I highly recommend It to my friends. "(Signed) ANNIE OAKLEY." flrant that Miss Oakley, the celebrated rifle shot and theatrical star. 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J ,$ who, ws all agreed, was as pretty a lass as ever figured In Ecottlali tiallads, or aught elue deaorlptlve of highland characters. ha was dignified, yet wholly unaffected; refined, yet not of the too dainty sort that make one Ured. And let me tell you something else: That dinner, consisting, as It did, of milk and butter, turnips and cab bage, eggs and ham, honey and mo lasses, and various other things, will be remembered by every member of the party, so long as he lives. Tha sest with which we and Try, True, Trim, Puller, and the other fox hating folk- ate It waa shameful, but you know' the hungry are. ever .pitiable, tod will, we were hungry, c ; - i '. Though ' both the dinner and ' the young lady, who,. It may be remarked parerithetlcally, , chatted 'with ! us pleasantly about -' mountain .. adven tures. made us very loths to depart, yet we knew that we must be making tracks toward our native heath. Since her husband had once logged in Yan cey, the mother moreover gave us di rections for finding It Again, and reluc tantly we started on what she said was a trip of a trifle more than fif teen miles. We climbed to the summit of a mountain, whence could be seen moat of the country we had traversed. The ridges and the peaks, beginning, in bleakness, stretched away to blue soft ness In the west. "Sam," I said, "why do you like the woods so well?'r The hunter turned from his gaxlng and looked at me fully for a minute. Then he said: "I love the woods because, when I go' Into them, I see and hear and feel things that teach me greater lessons than come from "any contact with men. The woods multiply the gener ous things that grow in my heart, be cause, young man" ana 'here the woodsman spoke with a warmth that showed conviction and approached el oquence "the -voice of the woods is the voice of Ood. "Here's his handiwork, and I know He's mighty and He's good. So I go back home with higher ideals and bet ter, and therefore tender treat ment for my hounds, tender caress es for my children, tha same old mes sage made a thousand fold tenderer for my wife, and growing reverence for the Father of this glorious uni verse. "And constant communication with the spirit of the woods la as neces sary to me as the rations I eat Boya, I'm not a Christian, but so long as I have strength, and there's a wood land left I intend to live very much In the woods; for my moral make-up would shiver to pieces among the vul gar crowds. "Folks call me a trlfier. They even say I'm an Idler and a vagrant. They don't know, however, that I'm learn ing what they're missing; "That the glory of the woods Is in part the glory of Almighty God.". "Forgive me, Sam." I said, "I didn't know it was In youi" Walking hard, we reached home hy 10 o'clock, we six fools and Sam. the woodsman and the wise man. We felt tough, and looked tough too no doubt, yet loaded with recollections of trials endured and pleasures acquired, we lay down for a needed rest and long, peaceful reverie. Italy and George Waslia. Washington Herald. Italy has made February 22 a legal holiday. Georga Washa vera fine man. He no chopa da tree, he no tella da lie. Not Safe to Let It Bo Long. New York Sun The Governor of North Carolina had Just made his famous remark to the Governor of South Carolina. "I hdd to do it quick, for fear the Federal government might step in," he explained. Here with, they set 'em up again. Where the South Sstands. Nashville American. Southern Democrats who are op posed to Mr. Bryan prefer almost anybody to him, while those who are for his prefer him above all the sons of men. So here stands the South. OAKL 1 choose the best and those who 7VT NNIEr 1 A A 1 i-r q. b. ?.:uxs. rrofrHsor. Collier Cobb Is a pcolo glnt. He is proud of his work in his profession, and Justly, but he is only slightly leas Interested in his work In the field of literature. Every sum mer Professor Cobb spends some time on the coast of eastern North Caro lina, studying sands, and rocks, and folks.. As a result , of his vlalts to Hatteraa Island during the past few summers he Is soon te publish a vol ume entitled "Songs and Ballads of Hatteraa Island." The songs and bal lads of this collection he took) from dictation at odd moments while . en gaged In his geological work on the banks. The collection as a whole has been termed "the most Important work of a literary nature that has yet appeared in North Carolina" : Of es pecial Interest are several lyric frag ments, chief among them "The Mer mald'a Song:" ;' : . "- ,-., v ', '-:'; , v ,p ; ' '.;;'. -ryf S' Follow, follow through the sea, i - ' To the Mermaid's melody. , 1 Stately, freely Shalt thou tung,': Through things dreadful, quaint, and - ''.. strange,.' v... r--.:.ff,r.:.r And through liquid Walls behold' Wonders that may not be told, Treasures too for agtjr lost, . Gems surpassing human cost. . Fearless, follow, follow me. Through the treasures of the sea. This Httle gem which has been handed down from generation to gen eration on Hatteraa Island, has never before appeared In print It has the true Elizabethan ring and very prob ably originated in the club room of the Mermaid Tavern, London, which was frequented by Ben Johnson, Beau mont, Fletcher, Dowie, Carew, and others of their school. Through these Elizabethan fragments Professor Cobb traces the lost colony of Roan oke to Hatteraa Island. A magaalne article on this collection will soon ap pear by Professor Cobb. Even , the casual visitor to the Hill cannot fail to be impressed by the im portant part that the old well that crowns the campus plays In University life. It Is the natural center of the college, and toward the benches be neath the great oaks around it the boys are drawn unconsciously to spend their idle hours. With the Jest and raillery of those hours passed in the shadow of the oldwell building with Its graceful dome and pillars, are Joined, too, some of the most pleasant memories of college days. Since this is true of the vacation days of the student it must be even more true of the life of the graduate. The graduate of a few commence ments, past though, would hardly recognize the old well to-day. It has been desecrated. Insteal of the sim ple box which once surmounted the well, and which, through Its very sim plicity merged Into the artistic sur roundings to form a thoroughly har monious picture, Instead of this sim ple but ornamental covering the alumlnus now finds a distinctly mod ern and plebeian pump. Nor has this pump any of the moss or scars of years to relieve it of the vulgarity of Its newness. It is out of place In its surroundings as out of place as a freshman would be in a cap and gown, and those of the old regime of, col lege life who still linger on the Hill are forced to feel It. Especially are they outraged by "An Appeal for the Old Pump" that was uttered recently by a member of the class of 1910, while the pump was being laid by for repairs. The rough pine box temporarily taking Its place injured the freshman's fecllnga, and The Tar Hel was thoughtless enough to publish his lament. The plea was all right in itself, but those of the old order of college days cannot help sympathizing with the University stu dent who has not in his mind, at least, the picture of the college well ;s It used to be, its very outlines so suggestive of the coolness of the limpid waters of the fountain beneath that the passer-by was fain to stop for a drink from the dripping bucket whether he were thursty or no. And never, since the advent of the Dump, have the waters of the old well been as sweet to tho tongue or as sparkling to the eye as when, in the paat, they flowed from the lip of the brimming bucket to quench the thirst of senior or freshman. The student who cannot look back with longing t t ' .' ' i 1 IT!. 1 1 rod I"" t to 1,1:1 bi.H :nd drowned thii.a an! wcjiin, i ,f brain al!U In a lira Hi lit of the, awecteut Water that ever flowed has, Indeed, never known tho University. What matter If he were sometimes aroused from his blissful contemplation at the depths of the old well-bucket by tne escape of a part of Its contents down his shirt collar or by the tattoo against its sur face of acorus aimed at his head- ' ho had tasted a draught of a liquor priceless to kings and princes, hence forth never to be tasted again by man. So those f the old regime of col-, lege life cannot see the unsightly pump that has token, the place of the once graceful cover of the well, or near Its praises, without experiencing feeling of regret for that which is gone by. Perhaps It la their fault, perhaps they are entering the dotage of their, regret is none the less sin cere for the old well of the past, which has ' already become only a memory.' .';-o.,. . t Ao;, ; The Hard-Luck Professor waa lean Ing on the desk taking In the advant-" gear of Registrar WooIe,n'a new type writer. -A, ' 1 ': ' ;: iv '. ' ?' ',)'; "How about Jt, are yon going to invest In one?'' queried the owner after he had finished showing off the different shift appliance to his satis faction. n "v '":; ' "Invest In one? I sky invest In one!" returned the Hard-Luck Pro ' feasor. ,. "Why, I haven't hardly got through paying for an Underwood that I thought waa Just the thing I wanted." He shook hla head glodjrn- iiy- "No," he continued, "I never bought a hat that didn't go out of style, or a suit that didn't bag at the knees, and now I haven't got the lat est typewriter before I find one that beats it all hollow." "Pretty hard luck," sympathized hla friend. "Hard luck? I say hard luck!" re plied the pessimistic one. "Why. I'vo lost my suitcase and my bird-dog and my Glmghoul pin and both my dress suits all since Christmas." "Not to mention your religion," put In the registrar. "But I'm not all gone yet, con cluded the Hard-Luck Professor. "I've got a thirty-cent umbrella up at the house, and a pair of over-Bhoes at the laboratory, and an old straw hat down at the store, so I'll be all right when summer comes again." And he cast a final doleful glance at the machine and departed, aa th college bell summoned him to deliver a lecture on pharmacy. OLD AGE POSTPONED? Electricity Used to Prevent Harden ing of the Arteries. In addition to the redoubtable mi crobes, those vigilant foes ever on the alert to take advantage of any open In gthrough which they may effect an entry and achieve their deadly work on our bodies, each one of us has to dread a still more prolific source of danger to life namely, the gradual and progressive hardening of our arteries. It Is to this cause that the deaths of the Immense majority of living beings are due. The malady does not always wait for old age be fore xerclsing Its ravages. How many young men and women are there, ap parently in flourishing health, who are suddenly fatally stricken down by maladies of mysterious origin, which. In reality, are nothing but visible manifestations of the arterial harden ing that has been going on unknown 10 tne viciim: 1 uuin, nowever, may escape these catastrophes; old ago hardly ever does. If we reconstitute the physiological history of any inva lid, of any one who is aged, of any one whose death we have to mourn, we shall discover the same characteristic in every case. The pulse had too strong a beat, the blood circulated through channels that were too nar row or too hard. This excess of pres sure is the infallible symptom of the Imminent arterial hardening. We shall understand the exact po sition of aafflrs by Imagining an India rubber tube through which ordinary lightning gas Is passing. Should tho tube be slightly damaged or in any way blocked, an excesslble pressure of the gas will tend to produce fissures In the tube. Reduce the pressure and the danger is obviated. Bo it Is with our arteries; they are always in dan ger of the blood circulating in them at . too great a pressure. E 4x 14
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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