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S jr. - K u T" 7 . 4 . n ii i in w - V ESTABLISHED IN 1878. u HILLSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1891. NEW SERIES-VOL. X. NO. 42. to W - - ' 1 ? 3a) ii A IaiiITa'l;-ljtliia surgeon says that by thr- " ip-hes of tin? lancet he couM para- j Ivze ' .'i'Tvcs acted on to make a. man ' i ! :n t i, ar.J thereafter anyone could ! hU no'?' or null, his ears, and he ! would su:j ply smi! a soft, bland smile, j In '1 SOS the per capita indebtedness of f ainda was 22.47; in lS'Jl it is'48. Jc , . t i i ... the per capita indebtedness of the ' 1 1 . I MtHj Mate.-, wa ?ri4.iu; it is now $M. In t!;-.: aspect ot the ease, ;tt least,. it 'tai'.'ht pay Canada to enter the Union,'" - rvi;.i the San Francisco Chr.t 'm-e'e, 7 V.'i'.'iin the last forty years at least .1,0'; i.oQO Cermain have emigrated to the United States, an average of about ; ) tier e,,r I lie Inriri'Ut niiin .nr I catn'j ft 'o:n the provinces of Eastern I'ru-;-i'i where landlordism, maintains the New York Worldy is developed to almost as hateful forms as in Ireland. T!i" New York Sn. teams that Cornell is ifxlitg to improve all the roads )ja tho I'niv'Tsity property, around Ithaca, N. Y., in sections and by dillerent rnethodj, ;ri'l thus furnish ;t si mdiug object lesson a" to style and cost of maintenance for in- guidance of attempts t improve tho I i b. of t In- State. . . ' 1 !:lgiau railway ollicials, after three yens of investigation, reports" that under ordiaary urcumstances the average rail v. iy train in passing over one mile of tr e k weirs !'ro:n it two and one-fifth !:! b. This natural destruction of ti i' k umnunts for the wliolc world to a'-ut I .o.iO.OOd pounds' daily. The Xew York World declarer that the p 'ptilatio.1 of the agrie lltiifal dU-triet- ii, h-aw than it was ten years, ago, the gains having been made in the towns ii1. I cities.' Hut the V':'tgag ? indebted-ii---. is increasing at the rate of ."S fiUU,- ()'".' per year, and tho losi in farm value? Kiice IsS.I isestiiuated al 2 10,0 Jd.UJiJ, or aa average ol 7 per acre for the fihiirie State of Oliio. Tlieie ure States w'.ien- the proportion ..sho.vs a still worse c :iT,t ;o.i of alfairs. Ihn thf r progress in the work of tha Navy Di pulmcnt is shown, believes the New York AVfr.f, in the organization of a permanent Torpedo lioard. It is to con. shot of three members and be independ ent of other Navy Dypirtme.it bureau?, the object beiug to build torpedoes and torpedo-boats on an extensive scale. As a beginning, 1 00 Whitehe.i 1 torje loos have been ordered from an English es t iblishiiietit, out an elTort will be ma le t-S introduce missiles of this character constructed froni , American designs, lie- iiKiice 'if this weapon of attack is i:i'l;eati in of an 'miportaut eh luge in our hi; s of warfare, especially thoe that c ineern the protection of our harbors. It may le- remarked here for g.-uer il in f r, nation that a torpedo ordinarily runs it com -e from fifteen to seventeen feet be'.mv the surfacii of lle w iter. It is ahout eighteen im h.'s iti diameter an 1 Eighteen f-et in length, and' for several li'i'i in- ! feet shoul I tr iv;l at the rata ef tliirty miles an hour, exploding on ' 'I'.tieetion with the object at which it -'limed. The year IS'.I0-!1 his been a remarlc fch'.r one for the length of its death roll statesmen and of tho?? whom thu tr.v.aiions of pol'tical jiartles or the ' height of years have compelled to re t r-fr.Mn their positions as b alers and tah'p. The year in diplomacy ha also k -a, says the Chicago JlvM, ft rc ' Kurk.-ib'.e one for the number of .pies-.:;s'dis--aSM.i,'mO't ot whit h are hap p'.'.y 1:1 a fair way to l2 settled without ii.tnr!,;.vr tw ni'i",. of nation. The i;v.ites of England with Portugal and i'rs:'.;,e in regard to the partition of A'rh j; the Newfouadlauil lishcries v-'-tio-i, in which England and France, 1 pus'ihly America are imolve l; the i;' hri:ig Sea i)mplic atio:i ; the Marl. lr'"ly and its possible .international the Uraziliau, Chilian and ' " ;e;ilau imbroglios, one of which has a r- iy involved the Uuited States and 'he;, the Venezuelan may yet draw t:' -J o intry into strained relations with Gr 1- lh-itain. These are the most im-i'-tt ir.t of the great diplomatic contests have signalized the present year, k 1 of which is not vet. Tiie pass- liT :iv j i- .-f t, . ".. 1! !.- Prumiwr s our r iteaip rary think", may still fur- t r 1 ' 1 to the questions of diplomacy. As 'ag as Sir John was at the helm i. f. i .in ail tirs were likely to follow irnrhed 'out bv his skilful ; ;i l i. irt ot diplomacy. V hat ll ii " v t.tie it is ituojs- t.h: picdii t Wih any certainty. LIMITATIONS. "If youth could know! flow many needless fears were still r ' "r heart!" with trembling lipk. '"Twprp thon lrss sad that May time slips kwa.v and leaves dreams unfulfilled, f Jf youth could know f ''Could age forget !" w?rr'with tear dumned.eves, ' (ur lips would wear less sad a smile vf,.k . . u tr r nop' .s that we have held erstwhile: f - arth iil would, v-em like Paradise, ("on Id jtge. forget?" If youth could know? Tis pitiful to -rope through light! And yet anvet if youth had known, Mayhap the hcirt had turned to stone. Twerri hard to r ad life's look aright. If youth could know. ( 'jiil 1 oe fort ! Tis pitiful to late to h'ain! And yet and yK if ae forgot, Tli r ivcro snet thoughts remembered not. N ! l'o hardness sympathy might turn, j Could a:' forget. ! ' If youth could know'. "Could a forget!'' I IVocry; but w mill we have it so? i Were fewer ey.s with lashes wet? i We hug our limitations 3et, While crying, as life's moments go, j "Could age forget! "If youtti could know!'' . , I'harles H'. Coleman, in Harper's Bazar. THE SLEEPLESS KID. KV . II. 'LEWIS. , "If thar is one thing,'' said the old cattleman with a strain of atTection and reaped in his tone, "which endears this yere Jack Hooth to mc, .speshul, it is tho ea'm uncompromisiu' way lie lines uj) ou what he deems is his dooty. "Hut where .lack shines exceed in' is when you opens a new game onto him. It is just beautiful, as a mere. example to men, to. f ee the confidence with which that Jack get- a stack of chips an' sets in agin it. One hot afternoon Euright an' Doc I Vets is away about soma cattle or something, but the rest of us is hold in' down the camp --we're so: ter irtngin' an revolvin' 'round the postotliee, a waitin,' for Old ?Joutc an' tha stage. Here she comes, final, a-rattlin' an' a creakin', that old drunkard Monte a- ctackin' of his whin, the six bosses on the canter, an' the whole busiuess puttin' on more dog than a .Mexican ollicer of revenoo. When the stage drors up, Old Monte throws off the mail l ags, gets down an' opens the door, but nobody gets out. "'Well, I'm a coyote!' sivs Monte, a heap disgusted, 4 wharever if, the female?' 4 'Then we all peers into the stage an' thar's jest a baby, with maybe a ten months' start down this vale of tears, inside, an' no mother nor nuthin' along. Jack Booth, jest as I says w hen I begins, reaches in an' gets him.- -The baby ain't savin' nuthin' an' sorter takes it out in smilin' on Jack. "! 4JIe knows me, for a .hundred dol lars,' says Jack, mighty ecstatic. 'I'm an Apache if he ain't allovvin' he knows me. Wharever did you get him, Monte?' 4 4 4 (fve me a? drink,' says Monte, trackin' along into the Early Bird; 'this yere makes me sick.' After he gets about lour lingers of carnation under his belt he turns in an' explains as how. the mother starts along in the stage. alrright enuf from '1 ucsou. I he last tune ne - sees her, he says, is at the la-t station back some twenty miles in the hilis at dinner, an''he s'poses all the time she's inside along of her progeny until je-t now. 44 'I don't reckon," savs Old Monte, A Vlll l h.v.ii;i, cm J 'i v., ; , ' akin gloomy like, "as ho that womern . : , ,. . . t ', aimm toi-aw this vere mfant onto the look in is f-tage company i:)ne.' " 'Don't ad-lie your whisky frettiu' about the eonipauv,' says Bootli, a-settin' of the kid on tlu-bar while we all crowds in for a look at him; -the ctrup'll play this hand for the infant-an" the company ain't goin' to be in it a little bit.' " 4 1. wish Eniight and IV.ts was yere,' savs Cherokee Hal!, "to be heard hereon. Vause I shore dei-ms this a grave occa sion. Yete we finds fUiselves possessed ot an unexpected infant-of tender years, an' the question i.ai'her:'.! enuf now is,' whatever'!! we uo with it :k "Let's maverick it,' says Dan Boggs, who is a mighty good sort cf a man, but outhiukfai. Xo.' says Cherokee, 'its raothcr'U come, hoppin' along to-m rry a-yellin", vou see! This yere is sabed all easy enuf. This old sot Monte has jest done drove ofl" an' left her planted soaie'rs up the trail aa' she'll come alcng shore in time. " 'Meantime, says Booth, 'the infant's got to be took care of, to which dooty I volunteers. Thar's a tenderfoot a-sleep- in' in the room back of the Red Light, an' he's that 'femmat? an' efleet he's trot a sure-nuf bed an' some goose-ha'r pillers ; which the same I do yereby confiscate to public use to take care of this yearlin'. Is the sentiment pieasin"'' " 'Jack's scheme is right says Boggs, j 'an' for that matter he's aliens right. Let the shorthorn go sleep under a mespiite bush; it'll do him good a whole lot; foi sech is life in the far West.' 'I'm some dobersorne of this play,' says Cherokee. 'Small infants is might v mysterous people, an' thar ain't no liviu' man 'was ever onto their game an' able to foresee their needs yet. Do you allow you can take care of this "young one, Jackf lie you equal lo it?'. 44 'Take care of a small baby lik this,' says Jack, plenty scornful, '.is ain't wclghin'' twenty pounds averdujois? Well, it'll be some funny now if I can't! I could take care of him if he's lour times as big. All I asks is for vou alt to stand by in crisises, an' back the pUy, an' you cati go make side bets well come out winners on the deal.' " '1 ain't absolute siiore, says the postmaster, Mycin' some out of practice with infants myse'f, but jedgiu' by hi lookin' smooth an' silky i oilers $50 even he ain't weaned none yet; an we leave, it to tho mother when she comes.' 4 4 4I won't bet none on his belli" weaned complete,7 says Ilootli, 'but I'll hang up fifty dollar -ven he drinks outen a bottle as successful as Old Monte.' e 4' '111 jest go you once," says the post master, 4if I lose. It's .fifty dollars even he grows; contemptuous at a bottle and disdains-it.' 4 'Welt, we all talks it over an' decides Booth is to nurse the infant, an' at once proceeds to make a procession for the tenderfoot's bed, which he resigns with out a struggle. Cherokee Hall an lioggs then goes over to the corral an' lays for a goat which was a mother, to milk it a whole let. The goat was mighty reluctant an' refooses to enter into the spirit of -the thing, but they makes their points right along, an" after a frightful time, which "now an' then de mands the assistance of a large part, of th- canip, comes back with more'n n pint. " 'That's all right," says Booth. 'Now go out an' tell the barkeep to give you a pint bottle. We'd have this yere game a-vv.'nnin' in two minutes.' "So Booth gets his bottle an' fills her up with goat's milk an' makes a stopper outen cotton clotli an' molasses for the young one to dror it through. About this time the infant sets up a yell an' iiin't peaceful agin until Booth, gives mm his six-shooter to play with. "'Which shows my confidence in him,' says Booth. There's only a few people left I care to pass my gun to." "Well, Booth gets along with hisi' first-rate, a-feed in' of him the goat's milk, which he goes for with avidity, tharby nettin' Booth . Tromthe post master. He has Hogg's build a We so he can keep the milk warm, an'!r-that earnest he don't even go for no supper; jest has it brougt to him. " 'Somebody '11 have to ride herd on this yere foundling all night, I reckon,' says Boggs to Jack when he's bringiu' him things. " " 'I s'pose, most likely, we will have to make the play thataway,' says Booth. " 'All right,' savs Bogg.- 'You know me and Cherokee. We're u this any ' time you says. i . . "So a passel of us continues along 1 . . ., , with Booth aud the infant until mayUj ..... it's about second drink time in the night. The infant don't raise the war yell 'once jest takes L out in goat'i milk an' in luughin an' play in' with Booth s gun. " rKxcuse me, gent. tinaity s-tys Booth, mighty dignified, 'bat I've been fi.'geiin' this thing an' rather thinks j it's-, tune to put this ytry young cne to sleep. So if you Ull '-will now withdraw, I'll see how neat I comes to beddin' of him down for the night. Stay within whoopin' .distance, though, so if he tries to stampede or takes to millin' I can have he'p." "So we all lines out aa' leaves Jack an' the infant, an' turns in on fard an' poker' an' similar device which was bein' waged in the saloon. Mav be it's an hour when Jack comes in. " 'Boggs.' he says, 'jest step in-a:i play my hand a minute, while I goes over an adjourn; them frivolities in the dance hall. It looks like this yere camp speshul tumultuous to-night.' Boggs does aa' Jack .proceeds to the Baile" house next d or ar sjtate the eise. ' i diia t vii.t to ousettle busiuc-, he says, 'nor liisturb the currents of trade, out this vere voung one Ici re sensible for, in back of the Red Light, gets that engaged in the sounds of these yere revels, it don't loA like he's ever 1 goin' to' sleep none. So if you all will jet call on the last waltz an' wind he: up for to-night, it'll be regarded. The kid's mother'il shore be here in the mornia', which will alter the play all aryund, an' matters car. then go back to old lines:' 44 'Euuf said,' says Jim Hamilton, who runs the dance hall. You cau gamble this dance hou-c ain't lavin down none on -a plain luty, an' to-night's shindig I closes right yere. All promenade to the bar. We'll take a drink on the house an' quit an' call it a. day.' "So then Jack comes back might v grave with his cares, an' itlieves Boggs, who's on wat' h,-straddle of m a chair, a-eyein' of the infant, who, a-setting' up agin a goo-e ha'r pillar, along of his goat's milk and Booth's gun, is likewise a-eyein' of "Boggs. " 'He's a-way up good infant Ja:ky says lioggs, giviu' up his seat. " 4 You can bet your life he's a good infant,' says Jack, 'but it seems mighty like he don't aim to turn in au'a slumber none. Maybe goat's milk is too invig oratiu' for him, an' keepUiim awake." "About another hour goes pn an' out comes Jack into the saloon agin. " 'I don't aim to djsturb you all,' he says, 'but, boys, if ou'll jest close the games yere an shet up the store I'll take it as a personal favor. He can hear the click of the chips, an' it's too many, for him. Don' go 'way jest close up an' set 'round quiet." 4 "So we does as Jack says; closes the games an' shets up tlie camp, an' then sets'round in our chairs an' keeps quiet, a-waitin' for that infant to tuin in. A half-hour lifter Jack comes out agin. " 'It ain't no use, gents,' he says, goin' back of the bar an' gettin' a big drink, 'that child is o-.i'o us an' won't nave it. You can gamble lie's fixed it up with himse'f he ain't goin' to sleep none to-night. I allow it's because he's among rank strangers, an' tiggers it's a f ood safe plav to stand watch for him- se'f.' -i " 'I wonder couldn't we sing him to '.sleep,-' says Cherokee Hall. " 'Notliin' aginmakiu' a try,' says Jack, some desperate, wipin' his lips after his drink. "'S'pose we all troes an' give him ' "The Dyiu' Ranger" an' "Sandy Land" for an hour or so, an' see,' says Boggs. 'So in we irails. Cherokee lays down n one side of the infant an'' Booth on the other, m the rest of us take chairs an' sets "round. We starts in an' sings him all we knows an' we shorely keeps it an for hours; an' all the time that child a-settin' an a-starin', sleepless as owls. !1 "-oouoineo lor convenience , re-acli-The last. I recollects is Bogg's voice in ! '"S ani' sliding over kelp, and are in- 'The Dyin' Hanger.' With his saddle for a pillow. An' his gun across his breast. Far away from his dear oi l Texas, We had him laid down to rest. "The next thing there's a whoop an' yell outside. We all wakes up ill ex rcpt the infant, who's wide awake all along an' yere it is four o'clock in the mornin an' the mother hascome. (!o.nes over from the last station on a spe-hul buckboard, where that old itebriata Monte drove off an' left her. Well, son, we was willin' an' glad to see her. An" for that matter, splittin' even, so was the kid." w.'KSM City Star. S I he bhinese book. The arrangement of the Chinese book cording to our Western ideas, we find in 11 tne outsiue line. i ais is ouen iiriuie i in "seal"' characters. Next (going back wards, according to our ideas, we find the title-pa -e. In the middle is the tide , i , ti . , t;, . In the dim yrayriess of the early hour in large characters. Irn- year ot tnj J J , " ,-, . ,, . at which a!l wild creatures setn to brak reigning Lruperor is put Jn tue upper , ' i t, i 1,1 , i their fait, five si!-r:t' ghot-Iike figures, part of the left column; below h gen-j ,, , , 5, . --i-r t. 'comprising IVdro, two oarsmen, the erallv the name of the printing e-tabhsh- ) 1 , . " i , i . ,a i r, ; steersman and the Et--truln.tr represent a- ment where the book is printed or pub- ,. , , . , . ti, . , f tive, take their way to the water's edge hshed. In Christian publications the top J . , -wit i rtii.i ,.v, i and quietly lauacn a boat fitted and pro of the T-!(nt-hand column is nlle l witu 4 . J 1 , i- . .-i.'.i . the dite. according to our calculation: " Jesus descended to the world, one thousand eicrht hundred ninetieth veaT." T V i- f. i ,k Below this we often na.l tn author s , . I x nra QC r filled up with prefaces, introduction and j index. Then comes the ordinary letter press. The characters real from the top to the bottom of the column, and tb columns read from the right to the left. . Pajftr and Prea. . v minute, night and day, the : sutes Government colleC 03 .ud spttds 4t"l. AFTER SEA 'OTTER. HUNTING- 1'1'IIS OFF SOUTIU-'KN J tAI.IFOltNIA. j marine world ot its own. It is nere tho . Sport That is Brim Full qr Fxcitc- ! S't:er rt'IMi" from his rocky lair and, nient-.l Shy I.lttlf Animal That i'upportel by -the giant stems, lies ia Cannot Stanil tWe llu- j wnit for prey. t)ur bat. is carefully man Voire. . J steered about thirty yards' from the inner ; kelp line, and tlie rifleman, his wide Eegiuning u little south of Point Con- j , 4 - , , i - . , i so nbrero brim folded iaV as to exclude ception on the north and extending at i; , , . , . , , . . v the light except iu front, clues las eves irregular intervals to the bay erf Todos Santos on-the south, lie the Channel 11- amis, varying in size from a few miles in length to over twenty, and keeping an average distance from the mainland of about twenty-seven miles. Only one of these, Catalina, has any special claim to being inhabited, the summer resort of Avalon being situated neat its center, and almost directly west from the port ofSanlVdro. With the exception of " in occasional lonely shepherd ranch on j one or two of the largest islands, the j rest of these outlying natural barriers ! remain as they were at Creation's dawn, j and even to-day are given up solely to the sealion and the otter hunter! ! The small community that subist bv this occupation numbers perhaps sonic 200 souls in all, and is a most peculiar and isolated one. For over a generation they have retained a monopoly f their pursuit, and resent all professional com petition with jealous hostility. Living ipart from '-the haunts of mankind, touching elbows with civilization only at rare intervals and rendered silent and undemonstrative by the very yiutuie of their protession, they live on,are free, contented and unregardful if Tahe great world "on the main." Their stations or "camps' similar to this are usually about eight or ten mile? !'t. The in mates or "crews" are about ninety pev cent, native California!', the rest Amer icans, and are divided in three distinct classes. - The least important of these are the "grubbers" or fishermen, skin -salters and cook's, who find and prepare the food. Next come the boatmen, whose sole occupation is rowing, and lastly, the "shots," or riflemen, almott always American, and who are the mag nates. and aristocrats of til- outfit, it be ing upon their kill the Welfare of the whole depemif. Although tlu business is largely a cj-operative one the riilemen arG ',a' " aU a'(4,tl0r';'1 tl11 l,cr cent, of the "catch, and als obtain a further bonus of fifty cents per skin for each pelt above a certain number secure 1 each month. The shooting is all done from boats, four or live of which are always beached in front of each camp. These are home made affairs, low on the sides, nearly tended for two oarsmen, a steers mm and lineman. Then internal arrangements are somewhat unique; the .double object of facilitating the rnarkrnan and iusur- ing complete. silence being kept always in view. In tae bow, where the sharp- I shooters sit? j,i lonlly state, is placed the only modern article, if his latct pattern WinehfMcr be excepted, ob-ervable. This is an otliee chair revolving on a well-oiled sere to afford its occupant a quick change of pisition. l.'nd r ' the generally bare feet of the crew nre spread several old bl ink'ts. The woo len oarlocks are covered with renTous! ! ureased bit: the oars thems'-lven oval j bladed, thtn-shatted and flexible; while j on either tide of the sharp bow trail i - ' strips of loose felt, against which the splah of the water i inaudible. Every thing in fa; t. is done to avoid the i siignt-st vojn-l wbi.e r:!-at, for toe s-i -tter, as has been indicated, seems to r-ly upou tltis acutene of hearing j than his sense of smell or s!ght. visioneJ over night , . . " Not a word is spoken, not an oar rattle3, for even then c-r may be a few hun- ! drc vards away. The writer is stationed ; - 3 . on a covered box in front of the steer-s- ! men with h wli!ar-rej1 in innr-f inn 1 mm that official to "chin easy." The crew melt into their places as would buc 0 . caneers on a euttiag-out expedition; the "shot" lifts his hand; the lithe blades the last the correct expletive to accoa steal through the water without a drip; ' pany an exxsp':rati'ug miss. th boit slides seaward like a fhalow i 1111 ' and the cha U begun. Abut .O0 yards from the shore we see tha; tiic kelp liue follows the curve of Ihe Ii2l like a sleeDictr senent. tha I Tcaves of it forty-foot-long stems mat ; ting together in a-greenish brown mass about 500 ftt in width. This uadulat- . mg fortst of .stems and leaves harbors a to the oily greenish surface to seaward."- Sometime he grasps his cocked weapaa tighter as some pur sued flying fish breaks above the surf j swell, or some bit of kelp lifts :Uelf a' j moment higher than the rest. Suddenly j Lis trained eye catches a tdiarp lift of the witter ahead. It is the "fluke" made by th- quick upward stroke of the startled otter's hind feet and tail as be forces hinw - lf under water in his frantic race fuT thc slore. Now if the otter woaid only content himself iv'ith remaining in the help, at)iid whose patches of leaves hU-rftut nose would remain unde- t -i ted, aiLwould be well, but his invaria- i'ie habit i-i to mike a bee-line. for -headquarters. Ioug experience ha taught 1 1'.--mai ksrn.m that in doing this his quar ! tiiut nvik - exactly three dives; that i t say, he must conn t the surface to oieathe just ts ice in his course. -The ih-st of these "breaks" will be altnost i' tly in front of lhMoat, ami with rifle leitt against arm, but with his head held high an i b ,t'n eves wide open for thii quickest of snap shooting allows no timl for siuhting l'edro watche almost tho exact spot the sh-Mc, pointer-like head w ill in" a 'moment appear. "Crack!" For all instaut- about the spice required to count rapidly "one, two, three" the brown spot appears and vanishes before the nth-. smoke has floated an inch from the muzzle. Another quick lluke ahead, ami then a slow smoothing of the ripples, "A cban miss!" The fact is telegraphed to the crew by the quick ejectment of . the empty shell, which is the signal for the. land ward oars to hold water while the steersman heads sharply to.vard th' shore. Tha boat stops as nearly as possible over the local ity of the "bn ah," for by this means the next shot, though at a di-tauct of . front seventy to ninety yard-, w ill have the a l vantage of b -ing a "li ie" one. With set face and partly rai" I rifl- IVdro leans forward, every mu-cie and nerve at high est tension, :.n 1 catlike watches a certain . i spot half way between the bait and yon cbuiiTi of rocks ou thr- -bore. Long practice has already informed him of the condition of th animal, iudicated by the j distance covered by hfs fint di.ve, and he could aunost spread a blanket over the fugitive's next breathing place. "Crack !" again ; an I this time a fatal flurry in the water proclaims success. And now everything depend upon the bpurting capaeitie-i o! the ro.vers, and the boat fairly files through the- water in j the direction of the "kill." Just in time! Leaning over the bow Pedro M.'i"S the feebly fighting prize and deft ly twists it into the boat. Next to kill- ling it is inot important to rPtrive the. ' - ... Kame at once, for the otter sinks imrae-v- diately when dead. True, that in from five to eight days, even fooner in . east windy weather, the animal would be washed a.-bore, but in such cases its fur is usually found to be abraded by tho ! rocks or mutilated by crabs. Again our c ourse is feouth, keeping tb Kame prescribed distance from the kelp's margin. A half mile fclips by and ones i.. ore the indomitable srrutiny of IVlro :.4 .;. ...- 1. 'l 'h' time a fdose-at-handi ' ' J-vb lu" Iir "oT. ajihosigu a lew f - it ) Oil ' J S,Tt 1MIII ; .mm u me otter. I'edro mm- in'r li i,'ti-.i' nd tho .oikin'.' mstrr I r ---.,-- n i j - j tail being - iztl by the writer j-ost in the i nick of tiioe ki the boat raphes by, aa ' acliK-em'-i.t that raUc him very tneas- urably in tiie .-"timat;on of the vuiceloR ! ly applauding crew. j At oVrl.-x:k tlie return trip is begun and re-ulteJ in wore additions to the handsome store of p;l!s occupying the box Inrhitid the rieruan's seaf! Klevea ' in all, beia'. a the sp-vtrd steersman, : Jose, relate t;hitnoif s far -a to whisper as we appro a be 1 the camp, six .singles, five doable "and a rtra'ubj," the two first ex predion indicating tlie number of cartridge used by th shooter, and Trains on the Brooklyn Bridge tnaWte filter tirr.- by two miles axi hour) than 4id the first, railway train than ran be tween New York and Albany. I- it t I 4 i i - r i -a i- i i- f ;. i , i - 't If w I t I ,1 ..-I o 4: if f i ? ' i i it t;
Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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Aug. 8, 1891, edition 1
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