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VOL. XI.
riTTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY 4, 1889.
NO. 44.
Swallows.
Tlie swallows fly high, the swallows fly low,
And summer winds come, and sunmior d.iys
Thoy aro building nests 'neath tho cottago
caves;
They dreoin n-1 of autumn or failing loaves,
Thu soft showers w fulling, tho west winds
blow,
The swallows fly high, the swallows fly low,
But suinmur is i suing, and golden sheaves
Are whispering of winter nnd wither I'd
haves;
Tl)8 woodlands aro ringing tho wholo clay
long;
Tho swallows nro tinging thoir farewell
song;
They sing of a land where they lung to be,
Of endless summers far over the sej.
O sunshinol O Bwallows! Sweet summer
t im
Ye sing to my lio.irt of youth's golden
jiriino
Aud distnnco aud death, and long years be
tween,
Ilccede with thoir Joys and their sorrows
keen;
And toudor eyes lingeringly rest on me
Loved eyes, that ou earth I shall no moro
SCO.
For sprln' brings tho swulbw s t bust year 8
nest,
And world-weary hoirts wandor homo to
r.st
No home like tho old of sunshine and dow;
No fares so ilenr an 1 no heart so true I
Whenever, wheiev.-r my feet may roam,
Sly heart ttirn-t with love to my childhood's
home.
Cliimlirs .oiiiiu.
HUNTING OUTLAWS.
For the first three, years of my con
flection with it wce'itii detective agency
I wns known to tho employes of the
agency, when known at all, an "the
outlaw man." Not that 1 hid ever been
an outlaw myself, but because I was as
signed tithe duty of hunting down
outlaws aud no one else. It is a lino of
work still in exigence with several
agencies, but it is ono in which few
men care to engage, no matter what the
salary. Jt is nil right when you arc
hunting the outlaw, but vastly different
when ho turns and bunts you. Had
fully understood what would be required
of inc. I would not havo engaged in the
woik for ony salaiy the agency could
liuvc named, but, onen engaged, prid
and circumstance kept me bound to the
work until imperatively oblige I to
tinguUh it.
For two years previous to my start, n
man known as Hill Gibbs had been out
lawed iu Arkansas, lb) was a robber
and murderer, had a price s,-t upon his
head, r.nd had taken refuge in thu Bos
ton Mountains, and from his lair defied
all authority of law. Ho was a terror
to a largo district, and the plan to get
rid of him w.w discussed aud arranged
liko an ordinary business transaction.
'What sum in cash will your agency
take to hunt down aud kill Hill Gibbs? '
was the query.
'Wo will do it for dollars."
"All right; go ahead."
When the preliminaries had been ar
ranged with tho committee, I was called
la for order.
"You will proceed to Iluntsvillc,
Arkansas, and from tlicuco locate Gibbs.
Do not attempt to tuko him prisoner.
Tbc wholo state wants him killed. Take
your timo and make your own plans,
but do not return until yon havo dis
posed of him."
Iiijiilo of five days I wns in Hunts
villo, but I tramped over tho c iititry
between that town and the base of tho
rango for a week before I secure I nay
dctluito information regarding Gibbs.
Every farmer knew him nnd almost ev
ery one paid h:m tribute, but such was
the fear of his vengeance that only an
occasional ptr.-ou dared admit having
iccu him. The outlaw was entirely
alono, and bo had been left unmolested
so long that the advantage would be ou
my side. Ho was described to me as a
man of 40, very powerful and vindict
ive, and of a natural bloodthirsty dispo
sition. When he came down out of the
mountains he was sure to do some fieud
ish thing, although unprovoked, aud
r.mong people reidy to befriend him. I
found colore 1 men who bad had an
car slushed off by him nnd half a dozen
white mcu who had been shot at or oth
erwise intimidated. It was over two
weeks LefoM I got any information of
direct value.
I then st limbic 1 upon a colored
iquitter to the southeast of .lluntsvillo
r mt near tho foothills, who panned out
at a lively rate. I encountered him ou
a trail in the woods, nud had him cov
ered with my rillo beforo he knew of
my presence, lly threatening and coax
ing aud bribing I induced bun to yield
up the infoiiii itinn I whs after. He
was then miles from his cabin and on
his way to lluntsvillo to procuro sup
plies for Uibbs. Ho had a bundle of
coon and fox skins, which ho was to ex
change for coffee, crackers, powder
and lead. Ho bad been a compulsory
agent for a year, and such was his fear
of the outlaw that whon I brought the
muzzlo of my cocked rifle down to
within a foot of hi breast and threat
ened to flro he wailed out:
"You kin duakill ma. mar's whit
man, but I'm afraid of Mar's Gibbs j 1st
de samel''
Gibbs was to wait at the colored man's
cabin until tho owner's return, I
ordered him to go forward and say noth
ing to any living noul about meeting
me, and when ho had d.sappcared I
started for tho cnbiu. 1 had no idea
thut the outlaw would remain iu tho hut
or closo to it. While ho probably
trusted the colored man as much as he
trusted any human being, his outlaw
life would render him suspicious of
everybody, and he would lake no chance.
I reasoned that ho would quit the cabin
as soon as he had obtained a bite to cat,
and that he would go into hiding at
somo point from which be could com
muud a viow. Therefore, when within
a mile of the spot, I made a circuit to
the right nud cauio out a mile or more
to the south of the li.t'.e clearing. I
found that a ravino led down from the
mountain iu the direction of the cabin,
and after an hour's search up aud down
I discovered evidences that some ouo
had traversed it but recently. Weeds
were brokca down, stones displaced, and
at a certain moist spot I found plain
footprints. The out law had come down
from his bur by this gloomy trail, nud
ho would doubtless return by it.
I met the colored man nbjut U o' click
iu the morning. lie would havo time
to do his trading aud return by 4 or 5
in tho afternoon. (iibbs miht go off
on nil expedition after receiving his sup
plies, but tho chances were that, he
would lit onon return to his l.iir. 1 fol
lowed the ravine back to n tint where
it narrowed to a wid h of six or eight
feet, and where tho path was in seini
d.iKtness even at high noon, and thc:e 1
prepared my trip. Hud I nc-t bim f.icn
to face I could have shot him, but I
cou'd not lie in nnibii h ami do it, out
law though he was. It wns too much
like murder. Ins'ibi of an hour I bin)
my r.llo set as a spring gun, to bo dis
charged as the man's legs pressed a
small c rd running iicro-s the pith, and
then I ri tir d to a thick clump of pines
about forty rods away, and went into
camp to await results. If my action
seems c bl-b ii'ded let the reader con
demn. I linl in my jcket a list of live
men whom Gibbs had kill -d in cold
blood, and the names of a dozen whom
he had ida lied and maimed out of pure
malignity.
While I was arranging the gu:i, two
land -lookers were approaching the cab
in. They were strangers to the ncigh-
borln od nnd mutinied, (iibbs was just
leaving the cabin to go into hiding, and
although the iu n neither displayed
weap ins, nor cal!c 1 iip :i him to halt,
he lired upon them with n revolver,
wounding one in the shoulder and the
other in tho side. lie then started up
the ravine and I had not been teu min
utes in hiding beforo I heard thu spring
gun discharged. I waited a few min
utes and then carefully approached tho
spot, nnd it was to find Gibbs dead
across the string. He had b en instant
ly killed by the bullet. When we came
to get the body out to have it identified
wo found the facial expression to bo as
savage ns that of nn enraged tiger. He
had been living the life of a wild beast
until he rosoinblod one.
My second adventure with an outlaw
lasted much longer. A half breed
Choctaw naniod John Fliut, who was a
resident of Doaksvillo, Indian Territory,
and who had kille 1 several men in tho
year after the closo of tho war, was run
out of the neighborhood by a vlgilanco
commit tee, and h; to ok up his lair in
tho mountain spur to tho south, mil
sworo that ho would never be taken
alive nor make friends with a human
being. lb; was represented as a quick
shot, a fighter to tho death, and a man
of such a vigiluuco that he could not be
turprised. Ho was outlawed and a
price set upon bis head, but it was
hop d he might be taken nlivc and
hanged. Our agency was offered $1,000
more to capture him nlivo than to fur
nish proofs of his death, but it was at
the samo timo admitted that over n
dozen men bad spent weeks iu vain in
trying to either kill or c.ipturo him.
Thrco of the number had been killed
while pursuing the enterprise. The out
look for me was therefore very dubious,
but I determined to see what could bo
done.
As is the case with every outlaw,
Flint had his friends and admirers in
the ciuntry about him. 1 reached
Donkivillo to learn that ho was around
ith a Willi ho, ter and two revolvers,
and that poo pi u for twenty miles around
wero intimidated by him. Ho levied
toll on tho farmers with a high hand,
obliging ouo to furnish meat, another
flour, n third cartridges, aud such was
tho terror his presence inspired that no
ono dared betray him, though all yearned
to hear of his death or capture Ho was
put on his guard against me on my ar
rival, and he sent me word that if I did
not at once leavo the ountry he would
havo my lifo. When I finally got ready
to begin my hunt for him he was hunt
ing me as well. When I had secured
such particulars as I desired, I bundled
up what necessity demanded and cu'
loose from "ivilization. That is, )
headed for the mouutain, determined t
pursuo the man day and night until ',
had run him down. It was no uso t
plan to catch him about any of tho farrc
houses, as ho knew that I was after him.
and he would, ns a measure of prudence
forsake his old haunts for tho timo bo
ing. It seemed to mo the best way t
hunt for his lair aud have it out witl
him on his own grou'id.
For the first three days I got ncitho
track nor trace of Flint. It was lik
hunting for a needle in a haystack, a:
the mountain was th'ckly covered witl
verdure, and split up with many ravine;
aud gulches. Nobody had ever fount
his hiding place, but from some rcmirki
dropped once wheu ho had liquor in Iiiu
it was supposed to be a cavo in thi
rocks, and to bo approuched only witl
the greatest difficulty. If I met bin
abroad it would bo entirely by accident,
so I carefully avoided crossing any ban
places whero he might espy mo from hi:
lookout. Ahiut mid-foreuoou ou thi
forth day I came across n snare set fo
rabbits by some human bauds. An in
vestigation proved that it hud been ii
use for some time, aud had held sevcra
victims, although empty at this time
This must be the work of tho outlaw
since his present".' ou the mountain hut
driven all hunters away. Two hour.1
later and a mile away I discovered u
snare from which a partridge had latcli
been taken. I felt then that I wns it
the neighb irboo l of tho on' law's den,
but I had to move slowly and exercise
the greatest vigilauco. 1 built my tires
iu ravines ami with tho leas, possible
smoke, and who lever night e-una down
I crept under the pines and rolle I my
self in a blanket. Ou the fifth nud
sixth days I did not cover over twe
miles of ground, and most of that dis
tance was covered on hands and knees.
Ou tho evening of the hixth diy 1 bad
to descend the mountain to renew my
provisions at n farm ho ise, and what
was my chagrin to le irn from a colored
man that Fnut had visited the place foi
tho same purpose only the nig'it luforo.
He g ive mo the direc'ious tukci by the
outlaw, but w'.ie:i 1 reached the fo it ol
tlie mo mlai'i I could go no further in
fie dirkness and had to i anipdiwu. I
was astir at d iviiglit and at once midc
my way to tho crest of fie big hill, be
lieving fiat Flint, having supplied him
self wifi pruvislo is, wou'd lie quiet for
two or threj days. Whether ho did or
not I hunted for him another week with
out fnidiiif fu.'f ier trace than a third
snare he h id set for game ) i the thir
temtli day my Inrit came to an end in a
singular manner.
I was following up a dry ravine, so
full of bus'ies and loos) roe.es fiat I
had to creep most of tho tim?, nnd I
was resting tin lor s.inij very thiclc
bushes when I hoard a movement on the
bank above. It might have been caused
by a deer or bear, but I felt pretty cer
tain that it was a in in. Hi was on the
bank of the ravine direc'.l over my
head, nnd after a niiuu'o or two I beard
the squeal of a rabbit. It wus Flint,
then, and ho was diking the gamo from
a suaro. We could not seo oach other,
but he had t h j advantage of being above
me. Tho bank was too steep to climb,
and I was just turning t.i creep back to
a spot where I could ascend when thure
was a tjort of crash ubvo me, a sup
pressed shout of nliirin, nnd next in
stant earth, rocks and bushes were
falling nil iibiut me. I sprung
up, and as I did so tho tprcud-
cnglo form of a man struck the bu-hes
nt my right and bn ko through
them with a great crash. I made a leap
to get out of tho way, b it the b.idy had
scarcely come to a stop before I was tit
hand. It was the outlaw, as I saw at a
glance. The fall had stunned him.
While he stid clutched the ml bit in his
right hand his left arm wai broken. I
lost no time in securing and disarming
him, and when ho roused up, five min
utes later, he ha I no show. II. took it
out in cursing, however, anil of all tho
blood-curdling oaths I ever heard a man
use he capped the c'imax. I g it him
about noon, and before night I had him
down the mountain nnd delivered :ip to
legal authority. He resisted me vigor
ously for the tirt hour, declaring
that he would die beforo ho would ac
company mo, but after I had used a
stout switch on him several times and
given him to understand thit he would
be draggc I if ho refused to walk, ho
was moro tractable. Ho was turned
over to tho foiled S'ates authorities,
arraigned on six or seven charges of
murder, but convicted ami hung on tho
first. I was not present when ho was
swung off, but in his speech from tho
scaffold ho cursed mo high and low and
left it as his dying request that his
friends would not rest until they had
taken my life.
Proof Positive.
"Is E l. absent minded i"
"I think so, ho at) two cold hard
boiled eggs this morning, without re
moving tho bLcII. Tim.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
TITE HKABOtf WITY.
"Sweet little maid,'' said I
Hay little maid," said I
lull me the reason why
You are so merry C
I shrewdly gussa," said I,
'"You've a new dress," sold I.
"Such foolish vauity
Is wiekisl very!''
"Now do not scold," said she;
"You shall bo told," snid shu,
"What 'tis that pleases me
Tliis very miiiuto.
I've a new dres-," sold sho.
"And eaa't you guess!1" said slio.
'I've found just come and sec
A pocket in it."
JIarper'a Young Drojite.
FIOItTINO A MOCKIXO ntRD.
One of those singular 6nakes, known
ns coach-whips, wus seen fighting a
mocking bird in a North Albany, Ga.,
garden the other day. It was dispatched
and measured nearly five feet in length.
A littlo boy, hearing of tho popular
superstition that if a dead snako is hung
up it will bring rain, tried it with this
sci pent, aud tho result wus that al
though a drought had prevuiled for
three weeks a cloud managed to riso up
from some whero below the horizon and
a slight shower wis tho result. Atlanta
Cuna'.ttution.
T1IK PKATIt WATCH IIKKTI.K.
As most reoplc know, the death-watch
is a small beetle which frequents decayed,
rotten wood, nnd is of lonely and retir
ing habits. It is one of the Miiitllost of
the vagi pen nia, of u dark brown, with
irregular, bright brown spots, tho hel
met turned up and the upper lip hard
and shilling. It rnduces the ticking
sound by cckingnt the wood with asmall
hard proboscis when in the act of secur
ing food. The writer once chased down
n death-watch through a pile of old pa
pers in a cigar box, an I was fortunate
enough at last to see it at wrk. The
ticking was quite us loud as that of an
old-fashioned watch, while the insect was
not much larger than the head of a
black pin. --rif-iywtr.
Iiivini: minis.
According to the late lb1 v. J. O.
Wood, then; is no bird which
excels the great northern diver in the
subaqueous powers, although penguins
and cormorants are notable iu that re
spect. This bird is common ou tho
northern cons' s of the lirltish Islands,
where it may be seen pursuing its arrowy
course through tho wider. Its broad
webbed feet are set so very fur back that
it cannot walk properly, but tumbles
and scrambles along after the fashion of
a seal, pushing itself with its feet and
scraping its breast on tho ground, but
no sooner does it reach the familiar cle
ment than it dives away nt great speed,
twisting nnd turning under the surface,
as if in the exuberance of happy spirits.
It can glide so swiftly through the water
as to catch fish in their own clement.
The capture of the bird is utmost impos
sible mid to shoot it is as 1 Moult.
riAiiKiKi.D 8 union.
There is a short chapter iu tho history
of General Garfield's war-horse. It wus
the geneinl's habit, while nt the front,
to visit and caress this horse, tho last
act every night before Ii ml retirement.
However fatigued an 1 whatever his en
gagement, the last thing was this visit,
which seemed to curry him back tc
home lifo nnd lovo. When ho ap
proached thu noble animal for this
leave-taking he always held down his
head, greeting his mast t with a low
whinny. The general took his head in
a half embrace and petted nnd caressed
bim for a half minute. AVhcu he left
tho service ho was obliged to sell hie
charger; was too poor to keep .
him, nnd he parted from him
with a lasting regret. Five years
afterward, whilo in I'lainsvillo (a largo
northern Ohio tow n), one day a gentle-j
mau drove a line-looking horse in a t
buggy on to one of the streets and tied i
him at a distance from the general, but
who immediately recogtvzed in him an
old ccmrnde. Ho went at oneo toward j
him. On his approach the horse knew
ami greeted him with a tender, low ,
whinny, ns in the old heroic days, and
held his bend down for the general's
curess and gmn every sign of pleasure at
the mi cling. This was, I think, thoir (
last meeting. Of course, somo one
knows what became of tho horso, Everj
animal on tho Mentor farm cams to
know the master. Ho bad names foi
them all, and not one of them but would
approach him for a caress. Washington
i!t itubiiMn.
An Indulgent Father.
"Mary, w Hat is tno matter witli that .
child? Ho's been squalling now for a
whole hour."
"Oh, ho wants the earth I' j
"Well, for goodness' sake, give it to
linn. 1 can t no a siroKo oi work wun
ail tins noise. tua-ir.
Water is nature's only true boverage,
and it ia the only safe drink.
HERB STORES.
Ono of the Curious Industries of
the Metropolis.
Selling Vegetable Remedies In
Their Natural State.
Down in quaint old Vnrick street nnd
over on East Broadway, on tho very first
blocks ou Sixth and Third avenues, nro
the herb stores of tho city. "Botanic
depots" is what the directory says. Few,
indeed, nowadays are tho bolicvers in
the old country women's remedies of
bottling and brewing. Tho city man or
woman of today rushes off to a doctor
at tho first ache or pain. His prescrip
tion, it is quite likely, is sonic herbal
extract, for doctors do not always give
niiueral remedies. But ho uses those
horbal extracts prepared by the largo
drug firms, and prcsciibcs them under
their long Latin names so people
won't know. If questioned very closely
he is likely to acknowledge this, but he
will add: "Not in their row stale. They
aro first chemically prepared, refined
nnd purified." Hut the old-fashioned
woman will shako her head, declare
that nature is good enough forhor, she'd
ruthcr trust it anyway than the priuci
ples on commciciul pieparaliou, aud
thnt "there's an herb for every pain."
But the dector sugar coats his pills
nicely, nnd the herb remedies arc often
of very nasty taste. And then a fow
drops of an ex'ruct will suffice, while of
decoctions and infusions of the hcibs
themselves quantities and cupfuls must
be taken.
Btill there nro enough herb people in
tho town to keep four shops running,
nnd the customers arc mostly of the bet
ter clr.ss. Poor people are the readiest
to turn doctorward.
The littlo shop of ti e hcrbist looks
for all the world like that of an ordina
ry npothec iry, but that tho glass bottles
of the windows nnd shelves nro replaced
by tin and wooden boxes and drawers,
nul the classical titles of the drugs by
very rural-soiindiiig names. The col
ored window lights aro also absent.
"The herbs," remnrkc a hcrbist, "daily
called for are principally these: Hear
hound, sarin parillu, catnip, camomile
flowers, yellow deck, burdock, sassiifras,
niandr. ke, i berry link, stilling.i and
wintergreen. AH in all, there arc about
two hundred and fifty varieties which 1
must keep in stock. "
"Do you gather them yourself i"
"No. It doesn't pay for the trouble
The wholesale druggists of the city keep
them ia this raw slat.-, and I can buy
them very cheaply in quantities. With
in a few years, however, I have gathered
icveml varieties on Man hat ten Island
and others at Greenville, down on the
upper bay. A lot of the herbs now in
u.-e arc imported. Most of tho others
come from the Ciirolinns.
Herbs are prepared for tho dosing in
two ways: by decoction that is. boiling
this applying only to roots and herbs,
and by infusion, which consikts in the
pouring on of hot water nnd letting the
st uff stand and steep. Of the bitter
class ore plants mid leaves. There is
also another method thnt of souking
in cold water such os goo c grass, of a
Lay-like appearance und smell, a dropty
remedy, and quassia, the inner Imrk of
a West Indian tree, chipped into bits so
thnt it looks for all the world like pine
shavings. This is used as a tonic.
The bugle-weed, a low growing plant,
the whole of which is ma le use of, is
highly esteemed nmong hcrblsts as a
consumptive remedy. Taken in an in
fusion it is spoken of as excellent lo pre
vent bleeding nt the lungs. Hed clover
is mcst cffcctuid for relieving the pain
of cancer, but the wise old country
women, sagely nodding their heads in
the chimney corner, never found nny
remedy for that disea-e, nny more than
the n ost expert M. 1). Wormwood is
the arnica of the herbalist. M listened
with hot water, mixed with salt, and
laid on flannel for a jmu: tii-o, the her
bists say it will lake down swelling
quicker than any arnica can. I.ohclia
is tho nil powerful emetic. Coltsfoot is
the well-known cough ami odd icmedy,
and an infusion of hemlock leaves the
non-poisonous variety a remedy for
rheumatism. Catnip, the cat's natural
remedy, is rather aptly termed the cat's
"op'uin,'' s i stimulating is its effect.
Sumrc bei lies aro used ns a gargle for
s ire throat ami u'sn as a tonic. The
other i'4d odd vaiii lies of herbs are used
singly mid in combination for the cure
of almost every known disease, Yij
Fori -Vn7 itittl A'.iyv.
Coiilajltiiis.
old Genll inau: "You aro quite a
genius, my lad. "
Sharp Youth: "Well, I tlunno ; p'raps
so. My brother was a genius, an.'
mnl be it's ketcbin'. I Used ter sleep
wjlu i,jm.'' Ejioth.
It is tho deer;er in tho rear who
"scents the battlo from afar."
The Roman Circuit.
Such curious and beautiful creatures
wero brought before our eyes as I had
scarco known even in my reading. Aud,
os if their naturul beauty were not
enough, art had been called in to iu
crcaso their uttrac'.ion. Thero wero
ostriches 'tis a bird, if you will be
licvo me, of full six cubits in height
dyed with Vermillion; and lious whose
mnncs had been gilded, and antelopes
nnd gazelles, which were curiously
adornod with light-colored scarfs and
gold tinso'. I should weary you were 1
to enumerate the strange creatures which
I saw. Besides the more common
kiuds, there wero river-horses ('tis o
clumsy beast, nnd ns little like to a
horso as can be conceived, except,
they tny, as to the head when
tho upper half is protruded from
the water), and rhinoccrosos, aud zebras
(beasts curiously striped and uot unlike
to a very strong and swift ass); and
above all, elephants. Though I liked
not the artificial adorn iug of some ol
those creatures which, indeed, I
thought proof of a certain vulgarity in
these Hoiuaus I could not but admire
the skill with which all these animals
had been taught to keep in subjection
their natural tempers ami to imitate the
ways of men. This was especially man
ifest iu the elephants. Olio of these
huge beasts, balancing himself most
rare fully, walked ou a rope tightly
drawn. Other four, on the samo most
difficult path, carried between them a
litter in which was a fifth, who repre
sented a sick person. And even more
wonderful than these w.'ie the lions and
other beasts of a similar kind. It has
always been a favorite maivel
of the poets, how Hieehini
wus drawn in a chariot by
leopards which he had trained to be as
docile as horses. But here I saw Bac
chus outdone. Lions find tigers, pan
thers and bears nppcarcd patiently draw
ing carriages, lions being yoked to ti
gers and panthers to b.-ars. Wild bulls
permitted boys and girls to dance upon
their backs, ami actually, at the word j
of command, stool upon their hind
feet. Still more womlciful again tliuii
this was tho spectacle of lions hunting
hares, catching them nnd carrying the
prey in their mouths, unhurt, to their
masters. The emperor summoned the
lion tamer who had trained tho beasts
in this won lerful fashion and praised
him highly for s skill. The man an
swered with as pretty a compliment as
ever I hoard. "It is no skill of mine,
my lord," says he; "the beasts aro gen
tle because they know whom they
serve." 57. XHinln.
The Indian Plough.
There is oneinstitution in India which
the bund of tho reformer has so fai
spared. Whether tho nutivo plough, in
its present form, has been handed down
from generation to generation for 4)tK
years may, perhaps, bo open to ques
tion. A C.ilcn ta paper makes that
claim on behalf of the- venerable instru
ment, to which it assigns equal longevi
ty with the Ve ins and the I) u slc nas.
Whatever may have been the exact date
of its creation, it is unquestionably a
very "ancient monument." Ono only
has to look at it to iceogniz; untiq'iity
in every feature. But it possesses more
material claims on tho affections of the
ryots. It is Viry chc:ip, can be repaired
by tho owner and docs its woik with
reasonable efficiency. True, the fur
rows it makes look liko scratches to the
European agricultmiit. But the soil cd
India seems to prefer being feratched;
a very littlo cirth nnd a great deal
of water are all that tho sun re
quires to work upon for the pro
duction of beautiful drops. During re
rccent yenrs a number of special ploughs
of European design and manufacture
havo entered the field against the ancient
appliance. But it holds its own stoutly
against theso pushing rivals, and wo
predict lb it long after their very names
uro forgotten it will be helping tens of
millions to eirn a living. Aftcrull, the
ryot is w ise in his conservatism. We do
not suppose that he considers his plough
quite an ideal implement, but it bettet
suits his requirements, economic d and
physical, tl-nn any other that he has
seen, and so he sticks to it ns a faithful,
if somewhat decrepit, old fiie id. He
might go farther ami f ire worse; it will
be time enough to adopt European
ploughs when they have proved their
superiority by producing larger crc ps.
. 'lal n (l! 'lie.
Florida's Annual Cornucopia.
Florida annually produces $,'10,000
worth of honey, $40,000 worth of
strawberries, $!it), 0OU worth of lu'gs,
$,'10,0110 wirth of sheep, $oTi0,000 worth
of beef, $750,000 worth of sponges,
$:!50,000 of fish and oysters, $3,500,O')C
worth of oranges, lemons, limes and
pineapples, $155,000 worth of su-ar and
molasses, $200,000 worth of rice, $M)0,.
000 worth of cedar, $20,000,00!) ol
other lumber ond $4,00,000 worth ol
cotton a total of neurly $30,000,001).
The Happy Farmer.
At last, at lust, tho evening shadows fall,
And wearily but happily I hie me homo,
While in uiy heart I hear the welcome cull
That bi Is me from the hillside, to tbo
li 'iirthside c me.
O porting day, that brings tho parted
near!
O dusky shade, whn higher light 0.
pinrl I welcome thee, with heart and carol free;
I weleoino tlioe, blest hour, when fond
hearts welcome mo.
How loiteringly the burning day goes by,
How b avily the hours impose their mood
of pain!
But comes at length the lenient evening sky,
Tols'iid with rest and coolness o'er tho
throbbing brain.
O tender eve, that bring'st from toll re
lease! Oholy niht, with brooding wings of
jicaee!
1 linil thy shade, that homeward beckons me,
I welcome thee, blest hour, whou food hearts
welcome me !
Jioston Transcript.
HUMOItOl'S.
A hard case The turtle's.
In Chicago bay windows are called
foot receptacles.
One-half of the world doesn't know
how the other half lives, but it isu't for
want of trying to find out.
Tho washerwoman, like the poet,
spends a good deal of timo over a liuo,
aud finds life full of hard rubs.
We believe it was a western man who
advertised: "Persons who wish to pro.
cure a good mule will do well to see mo
before purchasing elsewhere."
"Is humor hereditary?" a-ks a writer.
It may be or it may not, but if tho
cynics are to believed most modern
newspaper humor h inherited.
"D -ar, dear," sighed Aunt Betsy,
"them New Yolkcis have singing dolls,
walking matches and musical clubs!
What on airlh will they invent next?''
Fair Shopper (in great store) There,
this novel will do. Dm't wrap it up.
Clerk Don't wr ip it up? F. S. No,
indeed. I'll sit down here and read it
to kill time while waiting for my
change.
This is a very practical age. The
venerable motto, "Trut in God and
keep your powder dry," has be"n trans
lated thus by i;n old Iowa fanner:
"Boys, don't touch (he. so unions, foi
th 'y uro green and God sees you."
"I am not a business man, you see,
nnd I should be glad if you would en
lighten nv as to what is meant by dou
ble entry." "By double entry we mean
two sets of books, -mo of which may be
produced in court if require I, but not
tl..; other."
A beggar ha 1 bmi r u board w ith the
words "I am blind" round his dog'
neck. One morning a policeman found
the man reading a newspaper, and said
to him: "Then you uro not blind, )
see?" ' 'No, fir, my eyesight is llrst
rnte; it's my dog thnt is blind."
Fnlc of Hip Fur Trade.
The Mali tics of tho fur trade prove
the rapid exhaustion of tho North Amer
ican and North European hunting
ground. Siberia, too, has cened tc
furniill bonanzas of peltry, mid the
time is mar when the price of nmnj
now fashionabic furs will rise to extrav
agant figures, tlimgii tiio sain! expedi
ent wh'ch substituted silk bats for
bi aver huts may, before long, find nn
available substitute foi sealskin and er
mine. In the meanwhile, though, the
advance, of priivs ma suggest the plan
of domesticating certain varieties of
Northern fur animals. Success would
mean wealth in that sort of zodogloal
enterprise. The skins of the "fisher"
or mountain brook mink are worth from
$10 to 15 apiece j t!io-e of the Oregon
sca ntier from $25 to $-10, and a genu
inc black fox s.kin in fair condition
would be cheap at 4?S ), the value of tho
best specimens be ing i onsiderably more
than $100. In the bazars of tho East
Siberian frontier towns thu average
price of a sabl i-s'iiu is .'! ) rub'es (about
$22), but in St. Petersburg "boas" of
black sable have been so'd for us much
as 1000 rubles. I'i'n-inu iti '..yitr.
llcjnvcnating Do curded Hals.
There is an enormous profit iu tlx: re
tail hat business, and tier di alers look
with much disfavor upon the thrifty
hat-makers win fi t up in tho rcuioilel
i g and cleaning bti-ini"-s. A bat with
a good fur body costs $1 in the store.
If il is of fine inake it is almost imbi
struct ible, but alter a season's wear it is
throw n aside and bats accumulate ub mt
a household liko empty bottles. Some
day the old hat man comes along nud
gives 5 ) cents for a do.'i u out of stylo
eadys. They can bo cleaned, modeled
into the latest thupe, and sold for new
huts of a Fecund grade at a cost of
about 25 cents each. Business itin are
beginning to find out that the lint clean
er can make old hats new again, nnd the
result is a saving- on his part, and a glut
of business upon the part of a fow moo
in the city who havo gone, into the rn
novuting aud remodelling business. tit.
Limit Slur,
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