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VOL. VII. - NO 39
Martin Leads
Them AIL
Sheriff Crawford's Tax Col
lections Have Wilson and
Lenoir Skinned a Block.
Below we print clipping from
«t. News and July *$U».
showing claims of Lenoir and Wil
son counties for their splendid tax
collections, and we also print dip
ping from the News and Observer
of July 18th which should beof in
terest to the citizens and tax pay
ers of Martin connty, as it clearly
shows that Martin county stands
foremost among the counties of
the for its good government and
the vigilam service of its officers.
We especially commend Sheriff
Crawford's splendid service as a
tax and we are glad to
see Mr. Manning standing ready
at all times to defend and main
tain the honor and standing of our
good old Martin.
WILSON CLAUIS THE BANNER.
Only SBIO 35 Uncollected Taxes
Out of *84,0004)0
Wilsou, N. C., July 14th.—To
days' News and Observer stated
that the Kinston Free Press says
that out of a total of 559.000 tax
to be collected iu Lenoir County,
its sheriff reported $873.3$ u
collectable, or 1 % per cent and
further states that this beats the
record. Your corresspondent here
to day called at the sheriff's offici
and was informed that out of $84,-
000 taxes to be collected in Wil
son county, all but SBIO 35 had
been collected, thus leaving less
than one per cent unsettled. Sher
iff Sharpe is uot only a good tax
collector, but n also an efficient
man and so popular that since his
first electiou to the office has had
no opposition, and there is none
this year. •
A VOICE FKOAtriARTIN COUNTY
You People Art Not la it When It
t Comes to Tax Collections, It (
Says.
To the Kditor: I notice in your
Sunday issue the claims of Lenoir
and Wilson Counties for their
splecdid tax collections, and 1 wish
to say they are not even in it with
Sheriff Crawford, of Martin County
His insolvent list for past five
yeats has been less than seven
tenths of one per cent, aud for tbe
year 1905, out ol a tax list $37,-
756 61 his insolvent list was $195.-
82, or about one half one per cent.
Sheriff Crawford's settlement with
3tatc have been made in same year
for which taxes were collected each
year for six except one, which was
January 1. of the succeeding year,
and Martin claims the bfnntfr. *
Respectfully,
W. C. MANNING.
Williamston, N. C., July 17.
Macht Bros, fc Ruten
berg to Leave us.
Wtliiamston's up-to-date Clothing
and Dry Goods Store Moves the
First of September.
We wish to call special atten
tion to the new ad. of Macht Bros.
& Ruteuberg in this issue, which
announces to the general public
that they are us on tbe Ist
of September.
This firm has been established
here for the past twelve mouths,
and during this time the manager
Mr. Simon Ruteuberg has succeed
ed in making himsrlf very popular
with every one with whom be came
in contact, both in business and
out of it.
This firm has bought oat a large
■lore in Crewe Va., and after a
great reduction sale which contin
ues through this month will move
entire stock to that place.
We regret very much the neces
sity of losiug them but it can't b«
helped, and therefore we'll have
to bear it, and wish for Macht
Bros. & Rntenberg the best of
•f lock and and prosperity.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
There will be a convention of the Democrats o
Martin County, for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for the legislature, and the various countyfof
fices, in Williamston, N. C.
Thursday, September 2 7 th, 1900
, The several if they see fit, may
hold their primaries on Saturday, the 22nd of Sept
1906. All are cordially invited
By order of the Executive Committee.
This
S. L. ROSS Sec't.
.GENERAL COMMENT.
—lt is posing strange that tbe
garbage of the town should be
dumped within incorporate limits.
Some regard should be had for the
health of our community. Surely it
is a misdemeauor to infringe upon
such sacred rights. One of the
most popular places of depositing
filth is within a few yards of the
Methodist church which is one of
the most public places in the town.
The attention ol the authorities
will right this moajp r -
—Sheriff Crawford .teems to be
all smiles of .friends say
that be will succeed «imself in of
fice. But it is quietly rumored that
he will have a formdable foe in the
next campaign. He has given
general satisfaction; but somebody
else would like to have a bite of
the pie that he has been eating.
We wil| see what we shall sec.
—The continuous rains have
alarmed some of the farmers of
the cummunitv, But we have never
known a time when tbe people were
without bread and clothing and
when they were unable to meet
their financial obligations if their
triends would give them time
The Atlantic hotel under the
management ol Mr. C. W. Keith
isqnite popular. Since it has opened
the young people of town have
enjoyed several entertainments giv
en by the popular Manager and his
excellent wife.
—Peoble are generally pessimis
tic. If it is dry they declare that
the crops are going to burn up,
and if they have an abundence of
rain they feel that their crops will
be drowned.
—The citizens of Hamilton have
a pardonable pride in their town.
With their excellent church build
ings, a splendid school house and
the people at peace with each other
they have a right to talk.
—There are m«ny evidencies of
the material growth of this town
The indications are that property
will double itself in the next five
years.
—lt is our purpose to give a
complete write up of the people
who are doin things iu Williamston
and of the buisness houses of tbe
town.
—We invite every home seeker
to locate In willamston. The water
is fine, the climate is good and tbe
people are most considerate.
The merchants of Williamston
have done a remarkably good
business this season.
DEER CAPTURED BT
YOUNG LADY.
Miss Victoria Grim* Captares a
Deer AMae ui UaaMed.
• Last week: Miss Victoria Grif
fin. of Griffin'* Township, while
strolling down fhe road noticed
some dogs who were raising a dis
turbance over something at the end
of the lane, on investigating she
found a deer hdd at bay by the
dogs, driving them away. she ad
vanced to the deer and alone and
unaided led the-frightened animal
to her fathers bouse where it is now.
Miss Griffiniit is reported, has
in this short ti,me succeeded in
taming the deer, and now at
present writing it is as gentle as a
kitten > *
®frt vtfntcqmsc.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906
H. W. STUBBS Ch'm.
The of Human Nature.
The ways of this world are
amusing. A man who had spent
his life in the interest of tbe people
at large died. He had used every
dollar that be made iu tbe interest
of the public good. He left a wife
and several children without any
visible means of support.-Tbe only
people who offered to help the
widow were a few (ministers and
widows. None of these were able
to give material aid. But another
man died in the same community
He was close and never did any
thing for the people of the town
in which he lived. No-body seemed
to care for him and he did not
seem to care for any one else'
But when he died leaving some
prosperty. The real estate men
flocked to the home of his widow
the lawers were in evidence and
the people generally wanted to
know if they could serve her.
Truly hurnau nature will still
assert itself.
Popularity ol Mr. Carstarphen.
From the information that has
been received throughout the
county at this office it appears that
the candinancy of Mr. C. D.
Carstarphen has met with popular
favor. No one seems to have any
greivance against the present
incumbent. But the setiment of the
people of Martn Co. seems to be in
favor of rotation in office. This
is a principle of the democratic
party, which exists not only in
North Carolina, throughout the
United States. The idea seeuis to
be to give every worthy man an
opportunity to serve the people.
This is no reflection on a man
who has served the people for years
in office. The presumption is that
he has received full conpensation
for his labors. No body has a
right to expect that the people
will endow him by giving him an
office indefinitly. Personally we
like the present officers but politic
ally we think the time has come to
give the people a chance to elect
the man of their choice. When a
man imagines that an office belongs
to him without any limit he
inssiuterprits the sentiments of the
people at large. Let us be fair to
the rights of our neighbor and let
us be true to the principles of true
democracy.
Notice.
North Canoliua j Superior Comt.
Martin Co. > Notice of bxccutiou
) Sale.
By virtue of an Executive directed to
h signed from the Superior Court j
of Martin County, in the above entitled
action, 1 will on Monday the 3*l day
of Sept. 1906 at 13 o'clock noon at the
court house door of laid county, sell to]
the highest bidder for cash to satisfy
Mid executiion, all the right title and
latareat which the said Joseph R
Allsbrooks the defendant has in the
following described resl estate. To wit:
Being lot No. I drawn by Josebh R.
Allsbrooks in tbe laad division of Nusane
Allsbrooks. Begin fag in tbe road at the
store running N. 4#, E- 51, poles thence
S. 57. E. 5J poles, toece S. a, W. 45 poles,
thence S. 53. E. 49H poles, thence S. 46,
W,'74}» poles, thence N. 61, W. 69 poles
thence N. iI.W. to the Ist station.
Containing seventy three acres.
This tbe 36 th'day of Juiy 1906.
J. C. CRAWFORD, Sh'f Martin County. I
&-19 06-4t
LHARNBD IMMIHHA VTS.
Tweh* Ttwuud Professional Meu
Among UM Twr'i Arrival*.
In 1106 mors than 11,000 profes
sional man were antral, the Immi
grants who arrived In Hits country.
There were 193 physic-Inns from
England, 190 front .Germany, 64
from Scandinavia, 106 from Italy
and 14 under the dielgnatlon He
brew.
There were 144 English lawyers,
14 Scotch lawyers, South Ameri
can lawyers, 40 from- franco and 76
from C:iba.
There were I.IBT *cto a, of whom
446 were from England, 189 from
Germany, 116 from Italy, 63 from
France, IB from Russia and 32 from
Ireland.
Some 1.836 musicians came to thr
United States as Immigrants in
lAM, of whom >4l w»re Hebrew*.
ST Germans, 96 Knglieh. 178 Ital
ians snd 49 Polas,
In all 8.386 teachers ci me, to the
United Stalea, of whom 822 were
Hebrews, 368 French, 333 English,
146 Irish and 474 Oorin#n.
There were 546 architects, 1,1 5»
clergymen, 1,683 engineers, of whom
664 were Eaglshnisn, and 81|>
painters and sculptors Of this last
number 168 were Italian*, 139 Ger
man, 131 French, 141 English ami
17 Scotch. One was .loscsthed a*
"African, black."
There were 14 Chinese teachers
and 10 Chinese actors There were
also, though there Is nothing to cor
roborate the Government's state
ment In this regard, three "Chinese
musicians."
l*o*Uilttcc a* llefil Collector.
A debt-collecting agency which la
run as s part of the regular postal
system Is tho newest "Improvement"
of the postolhces of Austila Despite
the novelty of fhe enterprise th»
plan has worked admirably, so that
thousands of pounds are collected
annually by the postmen throughout
the Austrian omplro. The system U
very simple. Stlppoae a tradesman
In Vienna has an account duo from
a customer In, say, sur'.i a distant
town as Budapest, which ho wishes
to collect. DWtanc* does not matter
in tho least. He merely sends the hill
to the postofflce In the capital,
whence It Is at once transmitted to
the postoffice at Itudnpsat. There the
postman presents it to tho debtor,
collects tho cash, and renil's It to the
tradesman by postman. In tho event
of pavnifnt being jofused, which, of
course, somctlhrfflf happens, the crcd
Uor In promptly apprituid of tin fact.
snd valuable time Is thuc frequently
saved.
"Tar" for "Sudor." ,
"Togo's tars" and "Jap Tars" are
phrases that have proved Irresistible
to tho makers of contents' bill ami
headlines. It IB curious that, while
the use of "tar" for "sailors" is as
familiar to everybody as this Indi
cates, thoro is not unanimity of opin
ion ns to the origin thereof. Some
dictionaries make the allusion to the
seaman's tarry hands ard clothes
the "savor of tar" of Stephano's
•ong In "The Tempest"; and It may
be noted that Burns uses "tarry
breeks" as equivalent t( "sailor."
But It Is murii more provide that
"tar" Is short for "tarpaulin," since
Clarendon and otliei writer* collo
quially use "tarpaulin'' to sltul/y i.
seaman. Of course this ultllniiHily
gets back to tar, a tarpaulin bf.'lnK fl
tarrod "palling," or covering (the
eatno word as "pall."
(Germany's War Chest.
A Berlin contemporary has dls
covered that Germany's holding of
foreign obligations totuls £ROO,000,»
000, or four times the amount of the
French war Indomnlt.v —a striking
instance of the enormous rate ut
which the wealth of the empire has
accumulated In recent years. This
OKU re has been cited us a reply to
the contention that financial sirens
would restrain Germany from a
great war owing to ths difficulty of
realizing all this money. It is for
gotten that the empire has a war
chest fund of £6,000,000 sterling,
which was sot apart from the French
milliards against the coming of an
other evil day. This enormous sum
In gold has been lying for the Inst
thir'ty-flvo years In the Julius Tower
«t Spandau.—Exchange
Gas from Cocoanuts.
, Gas from cocoanuts Is tho latest
lllumlnnnt. The coal of the Philip
pines has been found unsuitable for
gas making purposes The govern
ment, therefore, has hcen experi
menting In the laboratories, and has
found that a gas of great illuminat
ing power may lie produced by a
rery simple method fro(n cocoanut
oil. Tbe oil is slowly fed
which are already red hot. Here It
votalizes very rapidly, leaving a
smaU residue of tar. Bulk for bulk,
the oil has a much greater produc
tiveness In gas than coal, -and for
thlii reason it is expected that. If the
sui ply can be made to meet the de
mand, it will be greatly used all
alt rg the Pacific coast.
Fruits of South Africa.
South African products will form
a feature at the exhibition of colo
nial fruits held by the Horticultural
Boclety In their Exhibition Hall, Vin
cent Square, Westminster. It Is gen
erally admitted that there are many
fr'.ilts which would be regularly
eaten If they were better known and
offered in sufficient quantities an:J at
a reasonable price. This Is the opin
ion of the produce commissioner for
tbe Cape, who ssys we may soon
hope to see peaches, grapes, and
Japanese plums from the Cape com
peting for public custom with apples,
oranges, snd bananas At this period
of tIM year. . .
GIiXKAS A 8 "GAMTC" lURDS.
Served as Quail or Pheasant in Ho
tel* and Few Can Toll Difference.
"When game goes out of season
by reason of the .game laws, tho
guinea fowl man gets his Innings,"
said an experienced farmer discuss
ing new opening In his trade.
"In habits and instincts the
guinea resembles the wild birds
much more than it does the ordinary
domesticated fowl," he
"while Its flesh is dark meat very
solid and plump and of a flavor
closely resembling that of a quail.
For that reason It Is tbe best substi
tute for game fowl yet discovered,
snd that at a fourth of the price
asked for the more expensive luxury.
"Much thst Is sold by poultryttien
as guinea by the simple tnetainor
phosis of the oven becomes game. I
could name at random a half dozen
lA>V> hotels in which young guineas
aro placed regularly before patrona
who ordered partridge. It Is Impos
sible to secure tho latter, which yet
figure on the menu, and none but an
•pleura can detect the difference of
flavor. Some farmers sell almost ex
clusively to expensive hostclrlns,
which pass the birds off, respectively
as quail or pheasant, according to
size
"The export trade In guineas, too.,
is by no means lucousldcrate. as
several thousand head are shipped to
England from American farms every
year These are almost entirely tho
old fowls that ls7 tliose which have
reached full growth.
"Among the many points in favor
of guinea poultrylng Is the fact that
the young are hatched out at a time
of year when artificial warmth or ex
pensive biddings are not required.
The expense of feeding tho old fowls
too, Is hardly one-half of that re
quired for chickens In like quantity.
Cliliii Music.
Chinese music Is Incomprehensible
to the occidental ear, but opinions
vary as to why this Is so. Either the
Chinese, have leas ear for harmony
than . more civilized itenplos, or
else they are so far beyond us that
we cannot understand their com
binations of tone The Chinese were
the llrst people In the history of ths
world to develop a system of octaves,
n circle of fifths and a lot of other
harmonlcal technics, baclt in the days
when our ancestors, the European
savages, had not Invented even tho
simplest forms of melody. Whether
or not wo shall finally arrive at un
derstanding and liking something
that apro.ichen tho harmonious- dis
cord' of the Chinese, clusn observers
claim to have discovered among the
musicians and lover* of music a
steadily Increasing sensitiveness to
harmonies, the existence of which
was formerly unknown Subtle har
monies of today are understood,
which forty or fifty years ago evn,
wosld have been regarded as incom
prehensible. The musicians havn
grown more and more fearless In do
tug the things that used to he forbid
den. When "Faust" war, produced,
back In the tlftles, It was regarded
by the critics as too technical ever to
be populaily accepted.
On Trial for Horceiy.
A strange sight was seen In Jus
tice Joyce's court recently. It was
that of a staid, lawyerlike, elderly
gentleman gravel} declining I ii.it ho
Tiad been under the Influence of "sor
cery." and cmilrnllud by a telepathic
mesmeric Influence which "caused
him intense pain at night."
As Mr. Joseph William Thomas,
who Is briuglhg an action with re
gard to trunMictiona which took
place when ho was is an Mylnm,
made these accusations against his
brother, Sir Alfred Thomas, M I' , ho
emphasized his points with a pince
nez, which he carried In his hand.
"Aro you still under the influ
ence T" asked Mr. Isftacs, I.('.
"it ban not ceased absolutely, and
probably never will," replied Mr.
Thomas, raising his place tie/,
He added that distance made no
difference"to the "Influence," which
wss conveyed at night The "Influ
ence" might bo exercised by his
brother's agents.
I In adjourning the case the Judge
expressed an opinion ihat the matter
In dispute ought to ho settled out of
court.
A CaiNkill Scene.
In a dreamy mood you Anally
make your way back to the road and
Idly wander on until you reach tho
village post office and general store.
You gaze curiously at Its ham like
appearance and at the queer charac
ters congregated there. It is tho
noon hour, and they are waiting for
the one great event,. of the day, the
arrival of the rural mail-man
whoso white horse can be seen corn
ing leisurely up tho road at a snail's
pace. A smile curves your lips as
you mark the contrast between this
raw-boned fanner, In his blue-jean
overalls, and the city postman. In
his spruce gray uniform. Neverthe
less, tn sunshine or storm, the rural
mall-man Is as faithful as his city
cousin. You ask this unlquo "I'n
cle Sam" how he likes travelling tho
mountain roads In stormy weather,
and a mild look of surprise breaks
ovor his honest features as he strokes
his chin and drawls: "O-h, 1 do-n't
11-ke It so vory good."—Four-Track
News.
Warning to Travellers.
A curious winter custom In York
shire Is the blowing of a horn to
warn wayfarers on the inooru near
Balnbrldge.
At S o'clock overy winter's night
the horn Is blown On the greVri of
the little village of I alnbriilge.
There Is little doubt that many a
traveller lost In the fog has owud
hla safety to this custom.
| HKAI> HI'NTERS OP FORMOSA.
I.lke Dyaks, They Have an I'll pleas
ant Mania for '»«-capitation.
Tho mountainous Interior of For
mosa is inhabited b., a race of
bloodthirsty savages, whose chief Jo
light Is to sally forth on headhunt
ing talds. Few strangers (tho excep
tions being some intrepid, Japanese j
explorers) have over penetrated far
Into tho wild mountain country
which Is tho home of tl.ese savages
They appear to be akin to the
Dvnks of Borneo,- says Maenilllßii's,
bttt 110 definite stud; of their li 11-
gtiage of nffßlffe has yet lieen trTiiile
though Interesting details' will lie
found In Consul Davidson's volumi
nous book on Formosa For hun
dreds of years the trll.es, eight !n
number, have withstood their ene
mies, who have never been able to
penenlrato to their fastnesses it re
mains to be seen what success the
more systematic Japanese will
achieve.
It seenis almost incredible that
the station of a military force should
not be safe from the raliis of these
head hunters, but I'. was the cane a
few years ago. At that time one of,
tho tribes crept In the night upon a
post of the Japanese and made off
willi a score of heads.
w Their tnore . usual method Is to
stalk the Chinese of either sex wlion
they are engaged in tea picking. The
savage creeps up unobserved to Ills
•victim, transfixes him with his spear,
secures..Jjls head ajiil Is lost in a mo
ment In the neighboring jungle
Mountain Slieep Snrriii In Colorado.
State Oatne and Ft: It Commit?-
sinner Jim Woodard declares that
the mountain sheep  f Colorado la In
the same class us the sacred lie.ll of
India. II must not bo Uuehoti, siys
Woodard. IT the animal Is seen
htowslng upon the mountainside the
gun of the hauler must not be point
ed In its direction.
The animal, therefore, may b?
culled, tho "sacred shee;i of Co'ur
ttdo." There ure not many of tlit-m
left, hut under I lie" protection of I lie
lavv they uro Increasing every year
There Is a band uf on ihe It lilt ,
between Flofeme and Vlcior, nttd
Mr. WoodaVd lim a i-hologi aph of a
bunch grazing" on-a . hillside a short
distance from Florence.
llut lor the passage of u law which
heavily lines those who kill tills mil
mal, the species would have been ex
tinct lung ago.
A Irilei received In Mr \Vooda r d's
olllce recently tells uf the arrest and
convict ion of 0110 Fred Klantzky for
lifting a mtntntiitu sftee.i Klantr-iy
' was lined $:I0(I nnd costs In the
couuty cotrrt itt Cation City. Tffo
cor-tg amounted to ♦ 1 -in, and If the
tiieus' il man does not sctUo he will
havo a long lertii to serve in Ihe
county jail.
Food in the 111-itisb N'avj'.
t)f the food 'served to the sailors In
the iTtlllsh navy of lull jcars ago a
recent histotiiui sajs: "A ships com
pany had to start a erulsi upon the
old meat returned from vi llous shlp.
und oout d out from tho obxeme
cellars ot victualing yards. Fr
iiuenllj' Il had been so vera] j"ars h
salt before It came lo the cook, by
which time It' needed rather n ma-'i
elan than a cook to make it onfnbln.
It was of a strong Imidiic.is, fI• I'> Ih.
! iliriinln 1111111 Ir rrt'iv iiii / T~ i*ll
Ing with salt crystals. Strajige lal"t
wer r : TOTd about 11. (Hd (detailed sea
men would tell of horseshoes found
In the meat casks, of curious bark
ings and nelghliigs heard In tic
bluughlei houses; and of iiegrocr.
who disappeared near the vie! 11.1 1 1 r1 •
j arils, lo lie seen no more The -:. l'
pork was generally rath r bed •:
than the beef, bill 111" rnllor ( en il :
carve fancy nrtleles, sml' as !■"m ,
on! of either meat."
llotv Reim Fmbalm.
llees can embalm ns • ell as nnj
undertaker. All Inlruders on It, el,
hives arn slain nnd embalmed .a
fully
If 11 worm, or n roach, or ttnv lu
sect blunders Into a hive, the bee
fall upon him and slay him with
their stings To get tho corpse oit
would he a difficulty; therefore, em
balming It, thf.v let it remain
Tho embalming proeom; of He- iv-rs
Is simple. If consist 1 In covering He
corpse with n hermetic coat of pure
' wax. Within this airtight envelope
tho body remains fresh. It cannot In
nnv way contaminate the hive
When a snail blunders lu anion"
the bees they cannot kill Idm on ac
count of the protection o his sh. ll
So they embalm him alive. Tl ej
cover him, shell and all, ' with
snowy wax. He Is a prisoner whom
only death releases , t.
Sirange N?w Mexican lake
About forty .miles south of ?.anl
thero is 0 singulnr depression, In u
plalh of cretaceous sandstone, alio.it
a mile In diameter, with walls l"iO
feet high Pn the midst of this Is a
shallow lake, 4,000 foet long by
3,000 broad, the, waters of which
contain per cent of salt. „
* This hns been a source of supply
Mr salt used by Indians nnd Mexi
cans for centuries, and lately th?
salt has been hauled to surrounding
ranches, everybody, helping himself.
Tho annual output Ik about 1,000
tons, but tho processes are crude.
llnrniPMo Woman's Ambit ion.
The Burmese woman's highest am
bition l» to maintain her husband in
lordly Idleness and to supply him
with nbundant funds for cock light
ing, bullock cart racing and gam
bling 1 _
Ma ay nurnift** women-do
big deals In timber, buying up in-ad
vance tho puddy crops of a whole
• district, and bo 011, on a scalo that
| requires big financing.
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X iug is the kiutl that )>ay« back to you »
t> the money you invest. Spfice in this •
J paper assures you prompt ivturus . . 9
WHOLE NO. 340
MEN WHO MVK ON STI l/TS.
Turpentine fidthf ("ITS and Sheep
lii'rdw* of I'urts of France.
The people live on sixteen foot
stilts In the remarkable turpentine
crowing country of Prance. They
don these (stilts after breakfast. They
do not remove them again till It Is
time for l»*J.
There are two reasons for the
Wearing of stilts in the turpentine
country. One la the turpentine
gathering The other Js the herding
of great flocks.
.The t.u,yntli'; . c'>!:u;s. fi/'jj the
"luaT'lilme tree Is lapped, a
shingle Is lu's-'i'V-d, and from the
shlnglt* f* hung Uitlnj bucket, Into
which the. turpentine drips. I'he tap
plng prornsm Is like that used On "i«
American sugar ninpln.
Young pine trees are tapped low,
but with each year's passage the in
cision Is made higher tip, so that II is
not long; before most of the trees «ro
tapped twenty or thirty feet from the
ground.
Hence the huge stilts of the work
men. On these stilts they traverse
the flat country, covering live 01 si*
yards with each stride, and quickly
and easily collect ilie turpentine that
overflows 1 tjr little buckets hanging
high up lu the trees.
II I* for herding also that the stilts
are useful. The country Is very llut,
and the herdsman, unloftrt he continu
ally climbed a tree, Would be uniblo
to lo'fjt all the meiut»'iK of his huge
Hock In sight Hut striding about
mi lilh hi ills, lie commands a wldt>
pros|led ; lin Is always as It were,
upon n lillt.
Tlu- still Wearers carry a fifteen
foot stuff with a round. Ilat top like
a dinner plate.'" When ir is lunch
time or wJuui thii»__are -tired they -
plant upright under them the staT
a nil sit, down on (is run ud, flat 'op.
Then In cohifort seated so di/fily
high, they eat ntul rest and chatter
--a si range sight to behold.
171,000 Went.*.
11 has been very "tierally ha
llevi-d thnf 1 arthquuki and* volcu
tloe:t nro in sonic wa\ ronncf ted Ifll
tlleli oiigln And II In undodbtodlv a
TJVct TTr.Tt" "»'Tfr Ih 4 '1:1 T. > i lir-ani I> pre"
cede or neciuitpjlhy voh-ntih «»r 11
tlolls. -All the great regions of vol
canic nc'lvily again. are ,(It>o nn
treg id seismic disturbances At tho
tame lime. there are jtreat acaus ,- 11-
Jeet In ea i t hqtiillta sh'K'li', ns iir In
dia and man>" piir's i>i Central As-li.
V, Melt .(14 till iil.lnwil - >ll. 'fr\d I' ,ile
renters. Those who argue for llii- la
tei'dependeiice of the 1 1-. 0 | 'll tiojcen 1
may. limrtn. it:.il:i!ii'ii ih:»: *!.■«•>
forcea_ .'itch .PI CHI lift- tlie eat" " '
witiiM. Tl more powcrfal, n; ii
til. ea.l t ■ Crtihl were lilinner. r•-
su'.i In active volcatioes. rmnl' I
il?- ,Moiiles-ont tie It..Hole mnlnlnia ;
that eurthi|ttakcs tual Volcano .s a,
ludL|ieudeiif. of ' each 011 -a 'I'M.
1 0111 lie ion ii, the lesul of Ihe cue
I -ill-.en .a' 1 lai|" lie nils-r of r* cord ;
of eailhi|i|iil-"S, the t ,l.ove woi\ co
1.1 illiil 1 I'lel'i'lU'ili, lo lil i I ill -
tlnct lilioeli.v This is probably 1' >
In gent mi Oilier which has ev«i he. .
I'ollecled On (his silbjert - l.ohfh' i
Ulllhe.
\ I ore-it hi •■ in ill«.
It I- ill'tost li iposr itia' for one wl .
weeds ill' Ihe I'iH 111! eitllnl I'irtlll-
of the t'lL' iri't'-i life an e'enieon . 1
| on,, si li e Me- most
deifi'l Thing llieut Hie 1.1 . I n'e
that lie- .in ' ~rc. 1 liigg. r th.
fhe 11a -ii 11,.■ tit. I
1 11..'J •;. 1!. . 1.,, t on i:•
ft 11I .»■- v. 11 i t., ■ " I ii' n. a;'
lu it:-- liu I • M"i in t.' 11 I nr. .-a ; l''l
1 in. In n'n »f•' 1:1«■ lii ' :n ii I 1 : ■
limliei, lit 'ln- Si. ill" in ioresl tlin ■
1111 I I fill' •' 'il pill I imns,, Ml-
All a'.' 1 ig' .ea 011 ;he I'a !'
coils?- \ lelds flflei n ' ■ 111 1 li- 1
Sand T"lesco|ie the Seulhein nit
Horlvy Mountain forests, loss 111 .
N'oi thi*>i 11 mi lop of lUfiOl. MJRiI sM'"'
the cfiitral Into tlio chlnkM, and. iici '
for acre, tie- I'antie fines' "ill oir •
TVelgh them nil Ane'rlcoir M:u'.
zine
Ueuniikable I'l't.ifiiig I'res^.
'1 lie l'nn>ii-ili I'le-is ut (HUii'i il
the unit- 1 I.* 111arI.nl»le prtntllv.f eii:a K
II.-iliiiicnt lu (In world, as well as li. •
one of Mil. ehl. f.t I' I What }» >
might call self'coiitfilni it, and i
everj ihli.g e|i>. |f.■ I-:. 1 ?alug to pinn
ing wet- litf*d of the face of th- 1
eaiih to-morrow ihe I e,ort-.
I'j. -t would go right nil' a I as ii'
nothing llsd hapljen'-.l Ir ii' .i.e; 11.
own tipe and j's own ink; Inn a* Ms
own charcoal fm in.iMi|g the |:ils,
lis own ptipi 1" and so on The
workjiien i 1 > iln- I'l- •• Hi" lis iniev
esllng p 1 tl-" esiiihlhdiment ii-'elf
'hr niHliy liislanceii son has succeed
ed father die.vn 'lie eent.iries In I*;
employ, as nauirslly as If th-. soa
was his lordship and the father an
earl nnd tho position an entailed es
tate London Tit Hlis.
„ Training trench Sidiliers.
French officials are a
scheme f»r pr.ovhliiig a ittiudias
army of hint? service men, one fea*-
tiro of which in to he the compulsory
enlistment of all French rchool'mys
In national rifle corps, so th«t front
their earliest years thc> may be ac
ciistonted to liahlts of dlselpline anil
n firm.
I'\'iiiale llndyguud to a King.
The King of Slam haa n bo Jv
gll a I'd composed nt OO fetaalr- war
riors At the age of thirteen they
eni«r the 10\a! sorvlc T anu rc., I..iri in
If utitli they "are twenl; -live, tDon
puna into the reserve: Their \ve.tpnu
Is the lance, aiid they ur>J splEudiUly
trained In the use of It.