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TOL. XVI.
PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1905.
NO. 28.
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stable, Isaac.' said the
ridow Havens to iicr son,
fOW as they sat down to the
breakfast table one fine summer morn
ing. "Yes, mother," was the reply, "and
I guess I can master that old gander
this time. I'm getting so big. You
know he knocked me down with his
wings the last time we picked 'em."
"Yes, I remember; and Squire Hoff
man came right in the middle of it,
-about that calf, and I, in my old rag
ged gown, mortified to death, was hin
dered a whole- hour, showing bim the
poultry and the garden. And now,
Hannah," turning to her daughter, a
pretty girl of slxteeu, "if anybody
comes- to-day, before we get through,
tell them I can't see them; for I
wouldn't be bothered with company
when I am in such a plight. This old
gown is all in slits, but I can't afford
to spoil a better one. You may wash
tip the dishes, Hannah," she continued,
when breakfast was over, "and set the
rooms to rights; and by and by put
on the pot, and get the dinner a-going;
'and by that time I hope Ave shall bo
through. Come, Isaac, we will go."
Now, everybody lias seen feathers,
but there are some who do not know
where they como from, and softly re
pose upon their downy beds without
one thought about Ihe cruel way in
which the best ones are obtained. They
want live geese feathers when they
buy, without knowing what it means.
We W'ish such a one could have seen
Mrs. Havens and Ike marching to the
'barn, with a big basket, a cloth to tie
oyer it, an old chair, and one of Ike's
outgrown stockings to put over a
goose's head, to keep her from biting
:while she is picked.
, To see.Ike run the whole flock up into
"a .corner; of the stable, catch one by
the neck an,d wings, and then with his
black eyes sparkling with delight, and
las freckled face and suspiciously red
head, all aglow, with the triumph of
-capture, as he marched across the floor
to lay it gently, but squawking terribly,
In bis mother's lap, was rather amus
ing. Boys are cruel! there's no denying it;
when they so love to catch geese and
pigs,, and fish and game,- just for the
fun of it, sometimes letting them go,
and putting the fish back in the water,
because they do not want them, after
the triumph of capture is over. Ike,
Who was a smart, mischievous boy of
twelve, loved to do all these things,
though be was not particularly ugly,
and had really a very soft place in his
big, generous heart.
But while Hannah in the neat white
cottage is cooking the dinner, and Mrs.
Havens in the stable is tearing the
feathers in big bandfuls from the poor
geese side, back and front, and Isaac
; is climbing haymows hunting eggs, and
cutting up all sorts of pranks between
whiles, another actor is on his way to
the busy scene.
This Was Squire Hoffman, a rich
farmer, who lived two or three miles
away, whose road to town took him
very often past the Widow Haven's
cottage. Being an observing man, be
bad noticed the neatness, and look of
care and thrift that always surround
ed it; and more than this, that the
widow had handsome black eyes and
a trim figure, as she sat.up stiffly in her
pew of a Sundaj', giving Ike an occa
sional nudge, or pinch, to keep bim in
-order, yet all the time looking at the
minister, and no doubt hearing all be
said.
As the squire had been a widower
: several years, this must be "excused,
especially when we consider that his
only daughter, Grace Hoffman, was
about to be married, and go to a home
of her own. As he was a good-looking,
large-framed, big-hearted, benevolent-
- looking man, with three large farms
and money in the bank, we must con
clude that he was considered a pretty
good catch among the widows and
maidens, if he once made up his mind
to marry again.
And it was of this very thing he was
thinking as, seated on Selim, his hand
some black horse, be rode toward town
upon this particular July morning.
"I really don't know what I had
better do," he soliloquized. "There is
Grace going to leave me, and I can't
' say a word against it, she has gotsuch
- a noble fellow in the one she loves,
and the very one I would have chosen
for her. But there's nobody left but
Aunt Dinah in the kitchen, good old
soul, but just no company at all for
me. And here I am, not fifty years
old, and I may live twenty or thirty
years yet, healthy as I am, and must I
live all that time alone, with nobody
to care for, and nobody to care for me?
It's all nonsense. I declare I won't do
it, if I can find anyone' to marry me.
"But who shall it be? There's the
.Widow Sprlggins, good-looking, no
children to bother one, smart, tidy and
with a nice farm of her own; but such
n temper, sharp as steel, and keen as a
razor, I guess a little too keen for me.
'A man wants a little peace in th e tie
FPATHFBS PIPP
cline of his life, if ever; and he'd have
none with the Widow Spriggins. Then
there is Miss Molly Hopkins a nice,
likely, pious woman as ever was, but
very homely, and I don't fancy her one
bit. And theres that young Widow
Drake, pretty and languishing, and
squinting all the time over at my pew,
I do believe. But she isn't the kind for
me. Dolly Weaver is a nice woman,
but a little too old, and Tolly Pepper
corn is too young.
"But there is the Widow Havens,
handsome as a picture, and neat and
smart, and thrifty enough to pay her
way twice over. There are those two
young ones, to be sure, but they need
not be in the way at all. Hannah is
just such a girl as one likes to see
around, busy as a bee, rosy as the
morning, and cheery as a little canary,
and, indeed, sings about as sweetly. I
can see that Sam is casing sheep's
eyes at her already, every time he
comes home for a vacation, and I
don't blame .him a bit. They're not
as rich as some, but we have enough,
and who cares. I always did like that
boy Ike. If his face is freckled, and
his head red, he will make a smart
man yet. He is chock full of fun and
smartness, with steam enough to burst
a common boiler. . I want just such
a boy on the farm all the time, to run
of errands, get up the cows, feed the
poultry, go to mill, drive horse to plow,
and a hundred other things I don't
think of just now. And that reminds
me that I need justsuch a boy dread
fully, just now, to rake hay and do
chores, while we are mowing. I won
der if the widow couldn't spare him a
few days." -' '
By this time the squire had got just
opposite Mrs. Havens's barn, and upon
the spur of the moment he rode right
into the shed beside it, that faced the
highway, intending to hitch Selim,
and to go into the house to ask the
widow for her boy. But just as be bad
dismounted, and' was hanging bis bridle
over the hook, he heard a shout of
laughter and the ring of voices close at
hand. There was a window-hole close
by, cut for ventilation of the stables,
and looking through it he saw a sight
that made him want to join in the
chorus'.
For there sat the widow in her torn
gown, with a goose in her lap, busily
ripping off the feathers in great hand
fuls, and with a handkerchief over her
head to keep them out of her hair,
looking smart, energetic and rosy, and
read3' to explode with laughter, while
upon a hen-coop, near at hand, stood
Ike, in the very act of delivering an
oration. The fact was, the last time
he went to town with his mother he
went into the court-house, and listened
to a lawyer's plea in a case in which he
had been interested, and since then
he had been full of it. And now he had
just been and marked out a great
image on the stable wall to represent
the judge, and a dozen others, close by,
of smaller dimensions, for the jury,
while his clients, the flock of geese,
were the plaintiff, and his mother, their
tormentor, the defendant; and just
then he was putting in the closing
plea:
"Now, your honor knows that these
poor clients of mine are all the more
to be pitied, and have all the more
need to have justice done them for
being weak and simple folks, so gentle
and lamb-like that they would never
harm anything bigger than a fly, or a
pollywog, while that wicked woman,
the defendant" and he pointed fiercely
at his mother "is strong and cruel
as the grave. You have just listened,
your honor, and you gentlemen of the
jury" and he gave his hand a lofty
yet graceful wave toward them "to
the evidence just brought into court,
and can you doubt that it is abundant
ly proved that she feloniously, and by
force of arms, and with full intent,
seized and overpowered them, every
one of them, and ruthlessly tore the
hair and skin from their backs the
feathers, you know and deliberately
and cruelly shut out the light of heaven
from their, eyes with an old blinder
made of wool, and abused them in the
most shocking and shamefnl way, for
which wicked treatment she has made
herself amenable to that statute en
acted for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. I leave the case in your
hands, gentlemen of the jury, knowing
that you will be sure to do justice to
the cause of the oppressed, and see
the laws of your country faithfully
executed;" and, with a sweeping bow
to judge and jury, the young orator
jumped from his rostrum, or, in reality,
turned a somersault from it, over to
the stable floor, landing on his feet,
amid cheers and bravos of one at least
of his audience, and the squawks of
two at least of his clients.
He rebounded like a shot at the sound
of the applause, and looking up sud
denly, there stood the squire in the
doorway, laughing loudly at the amus
ing performance.
"Well done, my boy!" he exclaimed,
heartily; "you acted it to perfection,
and I'm sure you'll be equal to the
best of them one of these days."
Ashamed ami crestfallen to be
caught, Ifce slunk away, with fcls
cheeks blazing and the freckles
brighter than ever, while his mother's
face flushed hotly, and straightened in
an instant, for about the same reasons;
and in her agitation and surprise she
jumped up, and came near letting go
the half-picked client. She sat down
again, however, with a bow to the
squire, that might bo considered a very
stiff and awkward one.
"I hope you don't think we pick
geese here every day, squire," she said,
"though I think you caught us at it
once before."
"Yes, but it's work that must be
done, Mrs. Havens. I hope, however,
that my presence here will not be con
sidered an intrusion. I had no idea
of playing the eavesdropper when I
rode into the shed just now, but, really,
your young lawyer was so amusing
that I couldn't help it That boy wiil
make a smart and talented- man one of
these days, Mrs. Havens, you see if he
doesn't; and that reminds mo that I
called to see if you could spare him a
few days. Wo want such a boy just
now very much, and I will give him
good wages."
"Well, that is just as you and he can
agree. Our little hoeing and mowing
is done, thank fortune, and he can go
if he likes. He is a smart boy, if I
do say it; but he has the queerest no
tions in his head. He and Hannah
both take after their father, and love
their books a little too well. They both
read every spare minute, and Ike has
a notion that he wants to go to college,
like your Samuel. Now, with our pov
erty, the- idea is preposterous; and yet
here I have been like a fool all the
morning trying to encourage and help
him contrive how to do it, just to
please him."
"And how was that?" said the squire,
smiling, as he helped himself withotit
asking to a seat on the niilkinsr-s'iool,
in the most familiar and neighborly
way. - . ' ' -fA
"Well, in the first place, foathevs'afe
a dollar a pound, and Ike had a notion
that there might Be great profit in
stocking the little farm with geese.
Then when I raised some objections,
lie concluded that picking and selling
berries, and catching birds and game,
would do a great deal, and that by
keeping school and raising strawberries
we could do the rest, and school Han
nah into the bargain. So we are going
to set the strawberries right away, a
plan I was AviJling to encourage, as I
knew it might be very profitable.
"There, that goose is done, but where
is Isaac, I'd like to know?"
And going to the door, she let out
the goose and called loudly for the boy
to catch another, as she explained to
the squire.
"Pray, let him go, Mrs. Havens,"
said the squire, good-humoredly.
"You are almost through, and I would
just as lief catch you one as not." and
suiting the action to the word, he
walked over, and caught the smallest
one, and laid it in Mrs. Havens' lap.
Then he walked back, and, catching
the old gander, the father of the flock,
in spite of his loud and animated re
monstrances, he went back, and sitting
down upon the stool, laid him across
his knee, and in spite of his naked
head, and wrathful demonstrations,
proceeded very leisurely and scientifi
cally, to strip off his coat.
"You see, Mrs. Havens," he said,
"that I am an old hand at the busi
ness, as my wife never did it, and so
it always fell to me, or Dinah, or both.
But the house became full of beds,
and I soon tired of it, and sold off
my flock."
"As I would mine if we didn't need
the profits for clothes, and schooling
for the children especially if Ike has
to go to col logo. I guess it will take
a good many pounds of feathers to
send him there." said she;-
"Supposing I should te'l you of a
better way," said the squire, earnestly,
and with a slight blush. "Here you
have a snug little place that might
bring a thousand dollars or so; and
off there, I have more land than I
well know what to do with. Now, my
daughter Grace is about to leave me;
and my home will be without a mis
tress, and myself without any con
genial society. Now, I liko you better
than any other woman I know of, and
if you would become my wife, and the
mistress of my establishment, I think
we could arrange matters nicely. Then
you could sell this little place, and
put the money in the bank, against
the time Isaac would want to go to
college, and Hannah, who is one of
the sweetest girls I know, could live
with ns, go to school to the village
academy, and be well provided for by
us when she marries. Now, what
do you say to my plan?"
"That I will consider it seriously,"
said the widow, with flaming cheeks,
eyes cast down, and a very nervous
pull at the feathers.
And Ike just at this juncture crawled
out slyly from behind an old barrel,
in the manger, crept cautiously out at
the door, without being perceived by
the blushing pair of lovers, and ran to
the bouse, to tell the news to the
astonished Hannah, with a good many
eloquent additions and explanations.
The squire finally came in to dinner,
and afterward pursued his journey to
town; and the widow did think of it to
such purpose that she soon after be
came his wife.
Her place was sold, as tha squire
proposed; Ike went to college, rubbed
q the freckles! and eventually be-
came ne of the smartest lawyers in
the State; while pretty Hannah mar
ried Samuel the only son and lived
with the old folks at the homestead.
New York Weekly.
L. W. Dallas, an English statistician,
has proved that the birth rate in India
depends directly on the rainfall. A
drouth makes bad crops, fewer mar
riages and fewer children; the se
quence is logical.
Two English inventors have devised
a relay for talking machines whereby
the sounds produced are strongly rein
forced by compressed air. With this
instrument ordinary conversation will
carry a quarter of a mile, and some
sounds can be heard as far as two or
three miles.
The only metals commonly known as
magnetic are iron, cobalt and, nickel.
Dr. Heusler, a German, now proves
that the faculty of being magnetic does
not apply to these particular metals as
such, but can be developed in special
alloys containing no traces of the nat
ural magnetic metals.
Reports from Spain say that Senor
Balsora, an employe in the Govern
ment telegraph department, has been
making some highly successful experi
ments with torpedoes whose course is
directed by means of the wireless tele
graph. The pulsations are made to act
on delicate controlling apparatus with
in the tornedo, no physical connection
beig needed.
In a recent communication to the
Paris Academy of Sciences Professor
Chareau announced that he found ra
dium rays will counteract the poison
of serpent venom. Viper or cobra poi
son, he said, loses its virulence after
fifty or sixty hours of exposure. Vic
tims of cobra bites, however, usually
die in a few minutes; hence radium can
hardly be considered an antidote.
The price of radium has increased
owing to the difficulty of obtaining fur
ther supplies. The consequence is that
research work has almost ceased. Sir
William Ramsay states that $100 a
milligramme or at the rate of $3,000,
000 an ounce, is now demanded. "An
expert is of the opinion that not more
than a half ounce of radium has been
manufactured since Professor and
Mme. Curie discovered it.
The l'lea of "Nolo."
The straight and simple lines marked
out for her family by Mrs. Lane were
a source of great satisfaction to her
and of considerable amusement to her
neighbors.
"Tli ere is nothing more tiresome and
ill-bred than fruitless argument," an
nounced that determined woman to one
of her friends, whom she counted an
agreeable person, but lacking in spirit,
"and wo have made a rule never to
have it in our family."
"I don't see how one can always
avoid it," said the meek-spirited neigh
bor, "when all the members of a family
have tlifferent opinions."
"It's no harm to have opinions if you
keep them to yourself," said Mrs. Lane,
indulgently, "but I'll tell you how we
manage. For instance, at the table;
of course if one of the children makes
a statement which I cannot indorse, I
simply say, 'That is pure foolishness.
Let us hear no more of it.' But if one
of the other children attempts to start
an argument, why, then I have to be
more firm, and send him or her from
tlte table. Of course my older son and
(laughter have come to years of discre
tion, and never think of transgressing
the rule."
"But do you and Mr. Lane always
think alike?" ventured her friend.
"Not always," said Mrs. Lane, frank
ly, "but we pursue the same system
with each other. If I express an opin
ion from which Mr. Lane differs, I say
pleasantly, 'Y'ou remember our little
rule, my dear. ami naturally he stops
at once. And if he expresses one from
which I differ, I just smile across the
table at him and say, 'As I cannot sub
scribe to that, and Ave must bear in
mind our rule, will you kindly say no
more, my dear.' You see. it's a simple
matter, if each one Avill do his or her
part, and it does so greatly add to the
peace of a household!" Youth's Com
panion. No Loophole.
A New Hampshire lawyer, for some
years judge of the police court hi Con
cord, was a natural peacemaker, and
always endeavored, says the Green
Bag, to smooth over any slight differ
ences between persons brought before
him.
On one occasion, when the charge
was for technical assault, it came out
in the course of evidence that the par
ties were neighbors, and had formerly
been on the best of terms.
"It is a pity," tfr judge said, persuas
ively, "that old friends, as you seem to
have been, should appear before ma in
such a way. Surely this is a case
which might be settled out of court."
"It can't be dene, judge," answered
the plaintiff, seriously. "f ' thought of
that myself, but tbe., coward, won't
tight,"
i.CIENS
The Paramount Question.
J&OJZ T is taken for granted that
jr every citizen is interested
O I O in the eliscussion of the
it good roads question and
ttX&tr and the proposition that
the Government of the United States
shall co-operate with the States In
highway construction and improve
ment. There are always political ques
tions of importance, of course; but
the question of good common roads is
paramount to them all as an economic
proposition, because it reaches all
classes and callings in town and coun
try. It is pregnant with interest to
the consuming population of towns and
cities, and to railroads, manufacturers
and tradesmen as well. But the
weightier consideration is, that church,
school and farm interests must in
evitably be retarded while road con
ditions remain as they are to-day.
If the American home is to be pre
served, the American farm must be
fostered. The logic of this deduction
will readily present itself. If ignor
ance is the parent of superstition and
superstition shuts out the light from
the soul that should be free, then the
progress of civilization and the whole
some growth of the religion of the
Lord depends upon the universal
spread of education in the land. The
higher schools and colleges are doing
a grand work, but the free common
schools are the more important, be
cause they are the schools of , the
masses in which are laid the deep
and lasting foundations for coming
lives of usefulness and for the better
ment of mankind. The common
schools are the schools of the rural
population. Whatever tends to better
these schools, to make them stronger
and of higher curriculum, to gi.v.e great
er efficiency and better discipline, and
to make them easily accessible all the
time, should be the concern of every
patriotic citizen. Nothing can possibly
conduce so much to these results as
improved highways. Neither rural
church or school, nor j'et the farm,
can flourish where impassable roads
abound, and if these cannot flourish
our free institutions will soon or late
topple and fall. The question of na
tional aiel to good roads is one the
Government cannot afford to ignore
much longer. The necessity for it is
so apparent that it is without the do
main of controversy. Statesmen and
philosophers know that good roads
develop good people. Improvement
of highways means not only advance
ment of commercial interests, but also
moral welfare. The highways are the
paths along which civilization and de
velopment move.
Wide Tirei.
One of the means of improving the
condition of the highways which is of
importance, but generally disregarded,
is the use of wide tires on drays and
wagons carrying heavy loads. Such
tires are of great value in rolling the
surface of the road and avoiding the
formation of ruts. The belief that in
creasing the width of the tire increases
the draft probably arises from the fact
that as a rule the increase in width of
tire is accompanied by a elecrease in
the diameter of the wheel. Of course,
diminishing the diameter of the wheel
increases the draft, and increasing the
diameter of the wheel diminishes the
draft. The radius of the wheel consti
tutes the lever arm through which the
power of the team acts to move the
load. The shorter the lever the greater
a power required to move the load.
Experiments invariably show the ad
vantages of wide tires on good roads,
both in the less power required than
with narrow tires and in the beneficial
effect upon tho road. As to the effect
of the width of the tire, where the ilia
meter of the wheel remains the same,
a trial was made where forty per cent,
more power was required to draw a
loael on a wagon having one and one-half-inch
tires than on a wagon having
three-inch tires.
Many European countries have laws
regulating the width of tires. In Ger
many four-inch tires are required for
heavy loads. In France the tires must
be from three to ten inches, according
to the load, and the front axie must be
shorter than the rear axle to prevent
"tracking." In Austria wagons carry
ing two and a quarter tons must have
tires at least four and one-third incites
wide, and every load over four and a
half tons must be carried on tires, six
and one-fourth inches in width. Switz
erland has similar regulations, tti
some sections of the United States
laws have been enacted regulating the
width of tires ou wagons, carrying
heavy . loads, but in many instances
they are ignored.
There seems to be a general awaken
ing upon the -subject of improved roads
throughout the country, and more lib
eral appropriations for this purpose;
should be made in Vwz future than have
been made in past. On the contrary,
however, at present, reails once good
are not being kept up as they should,
be, It yvinnot improve the financial
condition if roads are not kept good t ,
facilitate the marketing of produce.
It Is poor economy to let made road
fall into bad order, for it is an expen
sive matter taking them up again.
However, this year is an exceptional
time for tightness of 'ash, and a littl ,
patience must be exercised in the mat
ter of roads. Along with a general im
provement in road matters there should
be developed a better appreciation of
the importance and value of wid.r tires '
in road improvement, that law.? may
be made on the subject and gradually
brought Into force. The subject needs ,
frequent and earnest discussion in or
der to secure tli is. Journal Jamaica
Agricultural Society.
Batter Is Awfully Yellow In Springfield"
Consumers of butter in this city may
have noticed of late an unwonted
golden hue in the color of that delect
able article. It has the true yellow
praised by the pastoral poet from the
earliest ages. A dealer accounts for
this by stating that this year all over
western Massachusetts and Vermont
the dandelions have been more plenti
ful than for many years. The cows
in their hereling consume a quantity
of these, to the end that their milk is
affected, and consequently the butter.
As the dandelion crop passes the butter
will regain a less brilliant color. A
less poetic dealer says that the richi
appearance is probably due in a greater
use of coloring matter by thfr dairy
men. Springfield Republican. ,
flock to Run 30,000 Tears.
The Hon. II. G. Strutt, of England,
has invented what is the closest ap
proach to perpetual motion yet devised.
It is a clock that will run for 30,000
years, unless the wear of some of its
parts destroys it before that time.
One-twelfth of a grain of radium is
Lung over a small electroscope, made
of two thin strips of silver. These,
charged with electricity emanating
from the radium, move, apart,, touchx
the sides of the vacuum tube in which:
they are fixed, transfer their charge
to an aluminum wire (thus ringing a1
bell) are discharged, fall together
again, and then apart again, and so on
for the 30,000 years or so already men
tioned. New York World.
The Oldest Indian. -
Switchley Lowery, a full blooded
Cherokee, perhaps the eldest Indian in
the five nations, died recently at his
home, on Lowery Prairie, fifteen miles
north of Tahlequah.
He was one of the original emigrants
from the southeastern States, but his
full sojourn in the West is not exactly
known. He has probably been hero
100 years.
Several generations have sprung front
him, who lived in different parts of
the nation, and are and have been
good citizens. Mr. Lowery had a good
name among his neighbors and every
where he was known, having the re
spect and confidence of all. Tahlequah.
Leader.
Duration of Digestion.
The times of digestion of different
foods are about as follows on an aver
se: Milk, rice, about an hour or less;
whipped eggs, barley soup, salmon,
trout, about 1 hours; peas and flesh.
about 2 hours or more: sago, 1 hours;
barley, boiled milk, raw eggs, cabbage
with vinegar, soup with fat and bread,
about 2 hours; raw milk (Richer),
baked eggs, ox liver, 2 hours; lamb,
beans, potatoes, cabbage, hash, 2V3
hours; boiled eggs, beefsteak, wnite
bread, ham, beef, fish, mutton, J
hours: pork, poultry, veal, brown
bread, 4 hours; salt pork, hard-boiled
eggs, 5 hours. Russell s Strength and
Diet
A New Social Experiment.
A new social experiment was tried
in New York the other day and ap
parently met with success. The bride
of a large wedding did not live in that
city. Her very conservative family,
which has lived for years in a home
on the Hudson, shuddered at the idea
of a wetlding reception in a restaurant.
It happened that a house on Fifth ave
nue owned by a friend of the family
was for rent. It was completely fur
nished. So it Avas rented for the day
and there the -wedding reception was
held in the ese-lusiveness of a hand
some home which might have belonged
to the family.. Philadelphia Record. .
Woman Slew Two IVlaeksiiakes.
Mrs. Michael Lookabaugh, living at
the foot of the mountain below Ben
Mar, bad a desperate encounter with,
a pair of black-snakes in the cellar or
her home.
She sueWenly cante upon the snakes
crawling on the fler. Going into tha
yard she procured a hoe and returning
to the ee-llar attacked the reptiles. Af-.
ter a sharp fight Mrs. Lookabaugh de-.
spateSted both of the " snakes. They
Avere unusually large, one measuring
seven feet and the other one six and aj ,
half feet in length. Ilagerstown orre-w
spoudenee. Baltimore Herald. . "
Dride's Stranje Appeal.
The fo'Jowing advertisement- np-
peared in tho London Morninj Tost;
"Will a wealthy and kind-hearted
lady assist a poor lady who is. engaged
to be married in ';h-j middle- of this
mont! Her father, a professional;
man. old, br.t of very ISaute-d means,
Ielr is required toward a plain weeU
uirg trousseau. Partienb.rs if t'eslred.
-Address B. M.. OCr.O'J, Morning Post
Office, Strand, V, C " '