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GRAHAM, N..C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1889
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I do not mean that my friend evef
bore this nickname among' his school
fellows, because nicknames, more s
the pity, bare a knack of beinir un
complimentary; yet if ever a boy de
served such an honorable epithet, it
was liarry.
I You had only to look at that frank.
open face to guess that he fras ."as
iionest as the aay was long." . ' "
' In the good old days of stern disci
pline and unsymnathetio desBotisrn.
the tremblers under the rod seemed to
have judged anything ' fair ' which
helrjed them to cheat their tyrants.
so long as they stood stanchly by the
cause or weir companions, cut now
that teachers appeal more to the con
science and less to the back, the tm
nils, I think, commonly come for
ward to meet them on the ground of
mutual gooa wul in my recollection
the code of schoolboy honor' has
changed areatly for the better, " J
i I am writing, however, of a school
Iwhere this reform was still somewhat
incomplete, and where it might well
'happen that a boy had to choose be
tween doing what he thought WTong
and earning the ODDrobrium of a
'traitor to his fellows. . .
in wmcn tiarry iouna nimseu nara
,put to it on the 'horns of such a di
lemma.
it was a wet afternoon, and some
of us had made our way into the class
room ten minutes or bo peroretne ar
rival of Mr. Greig, our mathematical
teacher. ' ' .
Then, to pass the tune, what must
Beece do, the wag of the class, but
proceed to execute in chalk on the
blackboard an absurd caricature of
l"01d Greig." with his long nose, his
jspectacles, his bushy whiskers all as
jjarge as lite, ana, in fact, a great deal
larger.
Keece was clever at this sort of
.thing, and, with a few bold strokes.
'succeeded jn so bitting off the master's
'rather ludicrous features tkkt there
could be no mistake as to who
meant.
. Absorbed in admiration of this work
of art. none of us had heeded how the
minutes went, till another knot of
young mathematicians, bursting in
;wet end muddy from the outside, gave
'notice mat mr. ureig was at nana.
and that it was high time to have done
with our fooling1. ' ,
I "Where's the dusterf exclaimed
iReece, ' in confusion, since he must
neeas maKe ail naste to wipe out ms
compromising, performance
: Alas I certain other idle hands had
carried off the duster, and wero play-
catcn wun it, ronea up into a
the farther end of the room
useful article not being immo-
making a dash at the blackboard with
his sleeve, but too late to do more
than smudge out ouo corner of thai
miiiuckv aesign.
, ir r : x it. ti.. j.
way, commanding, wim stentorian
tones: . .
Seats this moment I Do you hear
me, ooysr
tie off to our desks as he strodo rna-
iesticallv ud the room and took .his
T.i . r. i f t k i, l i l i a
jrace ngm oeiore mat DiacKDoara,
witn tne portrait staring at us from
behind the back of the original.
1 As yet he had not cast his spectacles
upon it; but sooner or later, he must
turn round and then t Reece began
to think that for once his clever an
gers had served him an ill trick.
No sooner had the bustle of taking;
places subsided a little than a titter
broke out and rolled along the desks
like file firing, which caused our
teacher to proclaim silence in the
.sternest tones.
ne couia not mase out wnat was
amusing us so much, why some boys
nuds-ed their neighbors, whv others
stuffed their handkerchiefs into their
mouths and grew red in the face from
tne exertion to control themselves be
comingly or why all eyes were turned
in his direction.
"Silence I" repeated he, thumping
wenemenuy witn a pointer, ana try
ing to overawe his giggling flock by a
solemn frown, wiucu - gave nim a
greater resemblance to tbo caricature
than ever, so that half a dozen of
hurst outright into a guffaw. '
. Mr. Greig grew seriously aogrv.
"If this foolery is not brought to an
end at once, I will keep in the whole
cuuw, ue cneu.
, With such a threat hanging over us.
we made a great effort at composing
ourselves, casting down our restless
eyes, so as not to have them drawn to
to the blackboard. Still, from time to
tame our risibility was on the point or
.breaking out afresh, while we sat in
'an agony -of suppressed excitement,
awaiting the moment when Mr. Grajg
should discover it, as every moment
.he seemed on the point of doing. -!
He kept casting glances of puzzled
suspicion in front of him, on each
jiJo of him, everywhere but in tlie
right direction, and we could see him
feeling his buttons and 'wiping his
face with bis handerkchicf, as if to
make sure there was nothing wrong
there to amuse us perhaps a smut on
his note or a splash of mad on his
shirt front.
Instead of going to work at once
with a proposition of Euclid as usual
he began that day by examining us in
tha definitions, which of course pro
longed our ordeal, tor it kept him sit
ting in his desk with his back to the
blackboard. Thus, presently he called
me up and asked me to dense a paral
lelogram. ? "A parallel el -el" I began, but
fairly choked, and broke down in a
helpless stutter,
"Look straight at me, sir t Don't
mumble as if it were a secret between
vou and the floor."
f So I had to look up; then, as my eye
tmoe more fell on the caricature over
I Mr. Greig's unconscious head, for the
j life of me, I could not help exploding.
tne sniggering an-
one, for this little
into the room after
us
Mv examnlo sot off others like a hair
trigger; and, in spite of our teacher's
wrathful displeasure, thero was a gen
eral roar, loud, long, and the heartier
iroin its naving been pent up till now.
' Our merriment broke loose like an
avalanche, gathering strength as it
went; and, as with noisy roosters at a
poultry show, one fit of cackling and
crowing . had no sooner begun to spend
lUHiu iiiiut auuuitir waa ruisea to pro-
yoke fresh inextinguishable outbursts
on every hand; '
f or a minute or two or. Greig's
voice was drowned in the din, as ne
sprang from his seat, and, noticing
now our eyes were ail aireeted one
way, at length he turned round, saw
what was on the blackboard, and
started in astonishment and ruffled in-
aignation. ' ' - . .
Keece afterwards asserted 1 that ha
Jumped two feet into the air; but
Reece could hardly have been a calm
observer at this point. If he had any
aouDt as to wno was tne suDject pr tne
pioture, our redoubled laughter must
nave told him the truth. .
- Now, if I had been Mr. Greig I think
isnouia nave passea over tue matter
good humoredly, pretended not to re
cognize me caricature at ail events,
wiped it off and said no more about it.
But if I had been Mr. Greig, indeed, I
might also have failed for self noases-
sion to take such a sensible view.
There could be no mistake about his
having thoroughly lost bis temper, and
Tl 1 11 '
our mirtn soon souerea aown wnen we
saw how angry he was.
He stormed over , the insult which.
he declared, had been nuroosclv offered
turn, ana denounced dreadful ven
geance on the head of the audacious
artist. ,
"Stand ud. the boy who did itt Let
him confess this moment, or it will be
the worse for him in the endl" he
thundered, and seemed ready to make
an onsiaugnt iormwitn on tne revealed
culnrit.
Nobody, however. 'responded to this
invitation.
Some of us looked slvlv at Beece:
but he never moved, being effectually
cowea oy tne storm ms ui timed Han
diwork had called forth.
I am determined to know. I will
not let him escape 1" raged Mr. Greicr.
"Every boy here must answer me. one
by one; and if you persist in refusing
to confess, I will put the whole matter
into the hands of the professor. Do
you know anything about tbisf" ho
said, addressing himself to the boy
nearest mm.
"No. sir," was
swer a truthful
fellow had come
the teacher. ,
"And youJ"
He turned next to Beece. and those
of us in the secret were all ears to hear
what he would say,
"Perhaps it mav have been one of
we. Wilsons boys, sir," said Keece,
trying to look unconcerned.
Mr. Wilson's class was the one which
had occupied the room last before us.
We were a little astonished at his
coolness.
I have known indignant exclama
tions of "Ohr uttered when an un
popular fellow gave such a shuffling
reply; but schoolboy morality is, 1
fear, much a matter of moods and cir
cumstances, and this time we all held
our tongues.
L for one. was nreDared to back
Reece up in not betraying him. We
held, indeed, that the teacher had no
business to- put such sweeping ques
tions, as mr. trreig would hardly have
in. i-i 1 1 i
uune u no nou not oeen in sucn a rage.
"Don't try to put tho blame on Mr.
Wilson's boys. You must know; and
you must tell me. (Stand up, next
boy!'" ' --- ,
' It was Harry whose turn now came
to be interrogated sorely at a loss
when the teacher peremptorily de
manded of him: ' - i
"Do you know who did this?"
Harry knew Very well. He had
laughed, among tbo rest, at Reece 's
work: and had been scarcely able to
keep his countenance ever since Mr.
Greig came into the room.
.Now he stood dumb and confused.
wanting even presence of mind to
take refuge in the conventional "I
would rather not say, sir." yet un
willing to get out of it bvtellino- a
distinct lie. ' - ' . .
His distress was evident, and the
teacher misinterpreted that awkward
silence of his: indeed, it was so un
usual to - see Harry with downcast
eves and flushed cheeks, that Mr.
Greig might well be not alone in
jumping to a false conclusion.
"I am glad to And you at least
ashamed of yourself." he cned.
grily, and made a step forwards, as if
to strike the boy.
But be only dragged him on to the
floor, made him take a duster and wine
out the obnoxious caricature. Then.
putting a check on his . feelings, he
said, coldly:
"Very well his favorite phrase
wnen t rungs were very ill nrou will
I- a 1 . . l rt i i
apvua. wuw auuut tuis aiicr school.
Not another word for the present"
We were all concerned for Harrr.
whether or no wo knew bow the caae
really stood. Those who did looked
curiously at Reece; but he made no
sign. 1 liUlo enviud his feelings dur
ing the rcst-of tho lesson hour, which
must have seemed a very long one to
him. ' When it was over, and we had
to leave Harry alone with the offend
ed teacher, -the rest of us hung about
the door.-eager to know what would
happen to him. Of one thing we were
sure that he would not tlL" even
though then he might have to talte the
punishment himself.
But, of cours, it was not allowed
to come to that. Moved by fear of
public opinion, if not by his own con
science, it behooved Rocce to confess
before more mischief befclL
Harirg taken burned counsel with
one or two friends he returned into the
class room to get over this uncomfort
able business in private.
After all, he enma through with it
better than would be expected. Mr.
Greig was one of those people who ;
fly out into a. passion very readily,
then, all the sooner, become rlafahia !
asrain. Either because he felt sIianid
of -his ft of temper, or because he
was aa'pleaaed with Harry's scrupu
lous sense of honor, he let Fx-ee q1
Ivith a lecture for the caricature and
UI. ,
Nor did this clemency turn out ill,
for I believe that was the last time in
pur class any boy told the teacher a
lio without: taking shame to himself.
t Soon afterward we had A. dispute
With this same Mr. Greig Cout a lea-
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suu wiucu, uy ueeuiessness, no aouut,
he had given out shorter than our
usual amount : of work. He would
have it at . first that we were all in
league to deceive him; he was always
inclined to be so suspicious with or
without reason. . But this time, before
going on to storm in his frequent fash
ion, be called up .Harry, and asked
him if it were asthe rest oi us asserted
about the lesson. ' ..
"Then if you tell me so, that is
enough," said Mr. Greig. "I must
have made a mistake. I Know I can
take your word for it"
A compliment which Harry certain
ly deserved, but he blushed and look-ed-Yery
uncomfortable under it He
did not like to be praised for what
seemed to him quite a matter of course.
There was another scruple in which
Harry set usTa good example: JIe
never would use eribs, as some of us
were lazy enough to do. He considered
himself on honor not to get up his les
sons in this slovenly manner, and bis
way of looking at the question so far
commended itself to me for one, that,
in order to keep myself out Of tempta
tion, I gave upto our teacher a prose
translation of Virgil, with which I had
provided myself, and asked him to
lock it away so long as we should be
in" that book. '
I fear I must have wanted to make a
parade of my brand new honesty.
"You are a great deal to straight
laced," -was Reece's opinion.. "What
is a crib, after all, nut continuous
notes? and why shouldn't I use it as
well as a dictionary t" .
"That's all bosh I" said Harry, in his
downright way. "You know very
well you wouldn't like to be caught at
"Ah. but I shall tafro care not to be
caught at it" laughed Reece.
He did not laugh a few days later,
though, when our class was put on its
p's and a's to find the strict professor
come to take its Xenophon himself, as
he would do every now and again in
all parts of the school. ? "
Reece, as usual, had given very lit
tle care to preparing the lesson ; so he
congratulated himself op having his
crib about him, which he brought out
on the slv, and had just time to learn
the English off by heart, after a fash
ion, before we were called up. ;
' Presently, who should be put on but
Reece t ' Then we were all amazed at
the ready style in which he plunged
into the task of construing. But soon
tho head boys began to stare and
smile, for they perceived what all of
us did not that he had gone on at the
wrong placet ;
The professor said nothing looking
unutterable things, all the same but
let Reece go on swimmingly for a few
lines, till the boy himself grew sus
picious of the boding silence that re
ceived his Uuenl delivery.
He faltered, stole an uneasy glance
at the professor's face, saw us grinning
and tunica very red.
"Stop behind;" said the professor, in
his driest voice. -
Ho was a man of few words, who
never demeaned himself by getting
into a passion, like Mr. Greig; but
Veil we Knew how far more pregnant
with direrui consequences was bis la
conic displeasure, and well might
Reece shrink and cower down on his
seat in sore dismay. His interview
with the professor would be no laugh
ing matter. ."" - :
You are not to understand that be
cause tiarry would not crib his lessons,
ne was one or those smart 'fellows
AN INDIAN HORSE RACE.
to
whom Latin and Greek seem to come
almost as easy as eating apples or read
ing stones, un tue contrary, like
many other hearty boys, he bated les
son books, and deserved all the more
credit for tackling to them manfully
as a disagreeable duty. Ue had one
powerful stimulus umnar him to work.
His heart was set on going to a univer
sity, at which- bis lather before him
had been educated.
He worked bis best in our class: and
in due tune presented himself for the
test, with out little hope of success, as
cleverer schoolboys had already failed
in tne same attempt.
icamer to our surprise, then, we
heard that Harry had passed muster.
after all, and henceforth we saw no
more of him, except during tho holi
days.
It was years later (hat, by chance, I
came to know how he had been judged
worthy of this honor. The examina
tion, it seems, was not a very formal
one. The professor of the university
merely asked him a few questions, to
see what he was fit for. After bum
ming and hawing over Harry's imper-
iect grammar, he gave him to trans
late an easy passage of Latin, which
he was supposed not to have read be
fore, and as soon as Harry saw it he
said:
"I ought to tell you, sir, that I read
uiat bit only last week at tho school
where I have been."
"Why do you tell me sof" asked (he
profpor. '
"Because you called it an unfamil
iar pasaage, and and I thought it
wouldn't ce quite fair."
"Come," said the learned professor,
"I can see you will do for us, even
though your irregular verbs are a lit
tle shaky."
So, without further question, Harry
was admitted to this exclusive society
of future great men, and if any of us
bad been inclined to sneer at him as
too nice in his notions of truthfulness,
for once, at all OTeula, honty proved
the beat policy. Aacott R ILt in
Golden Days.
The "Francis I banouetinr hall" is
what the dining room in WT K Van-1
deriiiits house is called, it is two j
i. . ..... , .
tmncm 11170, ana wainsrowa in 01a
oak. On the south wall is gallery
for musician, Enormous fire places
ornament the two end Oppoaits U.e
main entrance of the room is the far
tuous window by Oudinot represent
ing liie meeting or I rarx-ta 1 and
ILenryVlHon the Field of the Goth
of CML
Mother Earth a Stakeholder for tlx Speea-
latins Klowaa and Half Breeds. ,
An elderly Indian of great dignity
of presence steps into the ring, and
'with a graceful movement throws bis-
long red blanket to the ground and
drops on his knees before it, to receive
the wagers of such as desire to make
them. Men walk up and throw in
silver dollars and every sort of per
sonal property imaginable. A W in
chester ride and a large nickel plated
Colt's revolver are hud on the grass
near liie by a cowboy and an Indian,
and then each goes away. . It was a
wager, and I thought they might well
have confidence in their stakeholder
mother earth. - Two ponies, tied head
and head, were led aside and left horse
against horse. JNo excitement seemed
to prevail. ; ' - -
Near me a little half Mexican Co
manche boy began tolishbe until he
stood clad only in shirt and breech
cloth. His father addressed some
whispered admonition and then led up
a roan pony, prancing with impatience
ana eviaenuy ruiiy conscious .01 me
work out out for him that day. With
a bound the little fellow landed on the
heck of the pony only half way up;
but his toes caught on the upper mus
cles of the pony s leg. and like a mon
key he clambered up and was in his
seat The pony was as bare as a wild
horse, except for the bridle, and loped
away with his graceful little rider sit
ting like a rock, no, not uke a rock,
but limp and unconcerned, and as -full
of the motion of the horse as the
horse's tail or any other nart of him.
A Kiowa, with loose hair and great
ooarse face, . broke - away from the
group aud galloped up the prairie
until he stopped at what was to be the
starting point at the usual distance of
"two arrow flights and a pitch." He
was followed by half a dozen ponies at
an easy lope, hearing their half naked
jockeys. The Indian spectators sat
about on their ponies as unmoved in
countenance as oysters, being natural
gamblers, and stoical as such should
be, while . the cowboys whispered
among tbomselves.
"That's the bay stallion there," said
one man to mo, as he pointed to a
racer, "and he's never been beaten.
It's his walk over, and I'vo got my gun
rtra. rtsa Vi im Mritli an Tn -inn
Mgr VU 1TJUI tS.41 &Jbs
It was to be a flying start, and they
jockeyed a good deal and could not
seem to get off. But presently a puff
of smoke came from the rifle held aloft
by the Kiowa starter, and his horse
reared, The report reached us, and
with a scurry the five ponies came
away from the scratch, followed by a
-I 1 - M 1 n-i . a n it 1
ciuuu 01 uubu 1110 qniria new mrougn
the, air at every jump. The pomes
ouBcneaana pattered away at a name
less rate, for the quarter race pony is
Suick of stride. Nearer and hearer
ley. came, . the ridors lying low on
thoir horses' necks, whipping ahd ky-yi-yi-ing.
The dust in their wake
swept backward and upward, and with
a rush they came over the scratch,
with the roan pony ahead, and my
little Mexican fellow holding his quirt
aloft, and his little eyesnajping with
the uorvous excitement of the great
event He had beaten tho invincible
bay stallion, the prido of this Co
manche tribe, and as be rode back to
his father his face had the settled calm
which nothing could penetrate, and
which befitted-his dignity as a young
runner. Fredcrio Remington in Ceu-
The Otand Prlaa or Fara
It is now more than a hundred
Tears since the fashion of horse rac
ing was introduced into France from
Lugland. History hns preserved the
name of a French horse named l'Abbe,
hclongingto the Princo of Guemene,
who in 1776 hod the honor of beating
several opponents . that . : bad ., been
brought over from Knglahd. The
following year reqes took place at
Vincentics, at FOntaincbleau, and on
the Plaine dos Sablons, but the pro
motors of these Urst essays were'ouly
able to organize their undertaking in
a rudimentary manner; they did not
even lay out a regular course, The
revolution ( interrupted the races.
Napoleon' I'' re-established them, but
they only came into use, they began
to take coiisiderablodevelopmentonly,
between J630 and 1840. .
In 1836 was created the jockey club
stakes, or French Derby. Old sports
men vet remember with delicht the
joyous lifo they led during the week
or 1110 ueroy. nie fans uruna rnx.
is of a more recent date. It was found
ed in. 1863 for three-year-old horses.
Since thon it has been run regularly
each year except in 1871, the year of
the Uonmiuiie. Twenty-live horses
buvecome off conquerors in this trial.
the most renowned and most numer
ously atlonded .race in our country.
Of these twenty-five winners thirteen
were born in France, ten in England,.
ono in Austria, and-the last 111 the
United States. These results show
Uiat the international character given
the race on its creation has been well
preserved. The stakes, without reck
oning the increase caused by entries
and forfeits, which as a rule amounts
to about 40,0Q0f, are 100,000f. Of this
sum the Villo de Paris contributes ouo-
half and the five principal railway
companies tho other. It is a timely
generosity-for the receints which this
fete procures tho town and companies
amply make up, on account of the
nunioer 01 passengers ana uie great
ness of tho trnfllo, for the sacrifice
which they have imposed on them
selves. I'aria iiiustra.
MOUNTAINEERS OF KENTUCKY,
' - thm Jester.
: There hos probably never been any
greater : degradation of genius, nor
many sights better ablo to make gods
and men weep, than the old employ
ment of tbo court jester. After the
custom of having a court fool had
held sway during many reigns, the
fool gradually ceased to be - tho dwarf
or imbecile who bad been an object of
general ribaldry in the beginning, and
became some one superior in intellect
if not in person, to most of those about
him: a man very treauentlypf un
doubted genius, not great or master
ful or well born enous-h nossihlv to
direct' the tod rse of empire or be the
crown's minister, in an age, too, of
warriors, but often fully capable of
understanding and criticising the do-
tails of statecraft a man of nrtdaunt-
ed courage, and of the readiest wit
and the sharpest tongue, yet he was
put in motley, a jerkin buttoned down
Literary pursuit Do Wot Shortest Ufa,
. In considering occupations as they
are likely to affect longevity, those
which obviously tend to shorten life
need not be considered. With respect
to the learned professions,' it would
appear that among the clergy the
average of lifo is beyond' that of any
similar class. It is improbable that
this average will be maintained for
the future; the duties and anxieties
imposed upon the clergy of the present
generation piace tuetn in a very dii
forent position from that of their pre
decessors. Among lawyers there have
been several eminent Judges who at
tained a great age, and the rank and
filo of the profession are also charac
terized by a decided tendency to lon
gevity. The medical profession snpplies but
few instances of extreme old age, and
the average duration of life among its
members is decidedly' low, a fact
which can be easily accounted for.
Broken rest hard work, anxieties, ex
posure to weather and to the risks
of infection cannot fail to exert an in
jurious influence upon health. - No
definite conclusions can be arrived at
with regard to the- average longevity
of literary and scientific men, but ft
might be supposed thnt those among
thorn who are not harassed by anxi
eties and enjoy fulr health would prob
ably reach old age. As a general rule
The duration of life is not shortened
by literary pursuits. A man may
worry himself to tletilh over bis book
or, when tired of them, may seek re
creation in pursuits destructive to
health: but application to literary
work tends to uroduce cheerfulness.
and to prolong rather than shorten the
lifo even of an infirm man. Dr. Rob-
son Room in Fortnightly Review.
MarrtaswaMa Agmt a tmrvpo.
In Rusaia the men are allowed to
marry at 18, the women at 16; in
France and Belgium, the men at 18
and the women at IS; the same hold
good in Hungary for the Protestants,
but tho Cathohra) may marry, the
moles at 14 and the females at 1?. as
also in Spain, Greece, Portugal and
Switzerland; in Austria both nx-n and
wonvn can marry et 14. In BriL-iin
and Turkey there 1 uo minimum limit
of ago. iaruily.
Th R.M mt rhtldhooa.
A party of Evo or six street gnraini
were gaUiercd et a rwxxr tabic LLXanc
around an Italian rag-picker whom
Uity were making frauuc by then
occasional mud throwing and gibes.
."Wot's the capt-rf inquired a new
comer as he rushed, to tie scene of ac
tion. . "ILfipa; come jioe wid un," r-ntied
one of the crowd, 'we're plnyin' de
Mfrrchant o' Wennioe.-" New York
ewa. .
the back, his head shorn, and a parti
colored cap with bells and an ass'
ears and a cock's comb on it, a stick
strung with bells and called a bauble
placed in his hand, and thus made a
mockery of already, he was further
rendered subject to the insolence of
very silly courtier or page who, as
the old saying goes, did not know so
much in his whole life as the other
forgot every night" f
'' Gradually, however, from this low
beginning, the court fool became a per
sonage whoso powers of entertainment
made him valued as any great come
dian is now by those that can com
mand him; his reparteo ceased to be
of the ruder and grosser kinds-but was
a renned and amusing pleasantry,
caustic and pungent very likely.
whence he became a person to be fear
ed and appeased, while often he was a
creature of pure .wit and infinite lest
With the advance of civilization, and
tne opening or tne press to the people,
this class of mind found itsonnortnnitv
in print and the court fool ceased to
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exist. xiarpers xsozar.
- I But has Hatllsaaahss, , ,
; Up in Berkshire county, Mass., the
rattlesnake is bunted every summer
or cur oil, wnicn sometirrrea fetches f3
an ounce. lien is a description of
tae way ue xanicco outwits the
pent:
"Choosing a hot summer day, the
rattlesnake hunters saunter forth.
One man carries a fish pole, another a
sharp scythe. The flshpole has a stout
wire attached to it, and there is an or
dinary pickerel hook on the end of
the wire. Moving cantionslv through
-the grass, so as not to disturb the sleep
ing snaito. wno is almost always
found basking in the warm sun near
a loose ledge of rock, one of the men
prods his snakeshlp more or less gen
tly with the flshpole, being careful
also to hold the book invitingly near
to tne ratuers neaa. rue snako
wakes up angry, makes a dart at the
nearest imiauns: oDiect. wnicn
is tho flab hdt)k. and very accom
modatingly allows the sharp tines
to penetrato bis taws. The man with
the lhihpole holds the entrapped rat
tlumoke at a safe distance, wbilo his
comrade moves up ' and severs the
snake's head from his body. The
body is then deposited in a bac and
the hunters go in search of ""tW
saaJce." Chicago Times.
1M Um IWa Dalay.
. There is one man in St Louis who
appreciates the law's delays. His name
is Divbcrger, and in May, 18s3, he
deliberately shot aud kuicd a man in
Loose car. On his f.nt trial he was
promptly convicted of murder in the
urst degree. The supreice court revers
ed the judgment There waa a newtnal
and Le was sentenced to twenty-fire
years' imprSonrueot That sentence
seemed too severs to Dierberger. Ha
appealed, got a new trial, and was
sentenced to ten years in prison. But
even t' is concession did not satisfy
bim. The ease was taken np on Lis
renewed appeal, and was corn promised
on ono year in jail and 11,000 fine.
Let othr Speak slightingly of tue
law's delays. Dierberger w ill always
aay they saved his hi a Ikwton Tran
script " 1
Peculiarities of People Who Are tJo
. known to tn Best of the World.
It was early in tho morning of n
perfect April day that we went dowa
the road that leads to tho banks of th
Bullskin a creek that traverses a
part of eastern Kentucky. It was a
charming ride through the misfa anil
shadows of the early morning. Out
destination waa the house of an old.
man named Barger.' It was a quaint,
old - place, much 4 cleaner than the
houses in that .'country usually are,
with the 'remarkable luxury of ai
up stairs." - Old Mrs. Barger waT,
preparing dinner when we arrivedv
and we sat'down. to dine at 10 o'clocli
in the morning. We told tha family
that we dined , at home about eigh t,
hours later than that, but they woul 4
not believe it
' In the evening I joined tho groujv
sittingabout the Are waiting for sup
per. .iThey were "Ihb boys come tr.
from the farm work With several.
neighbors who bad been helping
Darkness had fallen, and the menJ
about . the fire were as silent and se-j
date as only a group Of mountaineers-'
can be. The silence was suddenly?
broken by the- entranco of a hale.
hearty old man, whom all the partvr
addressed as grandpa and treated with
great respect The old man placed
himself with utmost care on a stool j
near the fire and waited until Mrs.
Barger bad resumed her work at the
fire and the men had gone back to;
chewing their "long cut' and to si
lence; then he looked about him withy
an air of enjoyment and slowly re
marked: , -
"I lav I'm goin' to leave this creek.
"Bud Simpson has done beat Joe'
Baker's wife all to pieces with a fence-'
rail and run off and lef her for dead,"
Various exclamations came from alV
sides, whilo I sat by and listened toy
tho details of what seemed to me to be.
a shocking assault Grandpap ex-,
plained witn slow care how the quar
rel originated with the "dawg? andr
the hawgs," and finally concluded by
repeating: "I tell ye, I goin' to leaver'
the creek: it ain't safe." Mrs. Barger
returned to her bacon with the astute.'
observation; "Well, that beats: my
time," aud took no further part in the
conversation, but the men were thor
oughly aroused and discussed the out
rage wim solemn eagerness.
One tall fellow, who seemed to be ar
man of soma importance, reached,
2uite a fever of excitement and all the,
ttle circle stopped to listen when he
delivered his opinion. "A man ain't,
no right to beat a woman witb a fence.
rail. A man shouldn't beat none of'
my women folks with a fence rait.
If Bud Simpson wanted to beat Tiddv-
Baker why didn't he -take his fist and,
beat herl A mnti ain't no ri?ht to.
beat a woman' with a fence raiL v lis,
orter to have took his fist",;
Tho party all agreed that punish
ment with the fist was the proper'
mode for. ' Women and silence soon,
reigned again. Cor. Waahine-tonl-
Star. A ; v-ft. .
''"' A Hrstcrlema Watah. '
Mr. L'E. Isaacs, of No 419 Smith-' '
field street Pittsburg, is the possessor'
of a watch which is a novelty in that
line. - St Paul says that faith without
works is dead, but here is a watch that,
hasn't any works that any one can,'
see. save the hands, and they point -
the time accurately; and as a lime.
JMTCpci- II- WTHU1UT uu k UOU. All Bp--
pearance it is a tnetallio frame with a
glass center, itt-which are two hands,
which' appear, to have no connection,
.with anything txeeyi the glass.
On opening the border, however
vary complete but minute machioery
is seen at the base of tho stem, but stilt
no connection can be traced between,
the works and the hands. -'
Borne people have suggested that the, .
chaiq form a circuit from a battery
concealed in the region of the small of'
tha wearer's back, and that tha watch,
is operated by electricity. One man.
gave it as his opinion, after critical .
investigation, that the watch waa the.
device of the derih
-- The curiosity is called tha , "JIyv
torkms Watch'' and its value eonsuts
mainly in its rarity, being, it is sai y
the only one in the United tat4 v
which fact, Uke the rarity of an oljj
volums or picture that cannot bo do-,
plicated, makes value. It was broagilji
from Paris and coat $50, and tha coal
is certainly not in the case. PiUsburg.
purpatch. r :
tke Masta? V
"Whereabouts is the A-tho-oiumf
required a long, lank specimen of a.
hayseed old gentleman who was stand
ing on the corner of Court street and;
CoruhiU, munching a banana. "Th era
are two atbenejums, one is a library
building and the other a nlace of
amusement which one do yoa want,
to flndr" replied the gentleman adr'
dressed. '1 waut the place where they
play act My folks don't believe ia
theatres, and 1 beared Uiat thev nlav-
acted at the A-the-nium. I thought i'C
I went there 1 could lick the dml,
round tho stump, sorter eh 1 Xh
rural gentleman1 was directed to Cow
ard street Boston Budget
Ia 17S3 Robert Aitken. printer an
bookseller in Philadelphia, pub!'-!"-,
the first American edition of the L.l . '.
in English, the publication binr in,
quarto form. In 17U1 Isaiah Thor"
of Worcester, Mass., printed in. fia
form an English ediuoa of the T.I -a.
This was tne second edition of tia
Bible in English to be published in.
America, and the first to be usued. ia,
folio form in this country.
Irish names out of Ireland are not
all found iu America. 'tain hsa had
ORyou, and the late miois!erof wa-,
O'Donncll. O'Donnoiu. arid as ror.
ernorof Cuba, OT.it-liv. and as vict
president of tho tnwiisli snalis.
O lJonnell. France basils XlacMahor
O'Neilis. O'Connors and Nueuts. bt
Patrick's day is celebrated each. yer.
bjatiie Franco-Irish.
Jerusalem seems now to baa rspi "r
growtrgcifv. 1 bis is due to V-o r
pumbcrof Jews wtoare tocki;: - .
yearly. Tby now t.- ' ,
more than ti.e f..os.iem eoa t.
txwuV' oa coib,..:'h L
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