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VOL. XV 11 : PLYMOUTH, N, C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, UM6. NO. 21
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IP KNOCKING PAID.
If knocking pnitl. how ensily
-Wetwiglt(riir-freedom fronvVur cares!-
-in? proDiemB.TWwwjfirr iiarii tor me
Would soon be trivial affairs;
xu iivk in luxury ami own
An auto of the Iiiilu'sf. nrnilp;
With fill my troubles overthrown.
I'd shout for joy, it' knocking paid.
0 f.H the t hint's that people do
I trow the easiest, by far.
I finding that the world's askew,
An. i knocking at the thinv's that are.
Tbe lazy man who turns his gaze
A thousand tiwe.s upon the dock
And dawdles meaifly through the days
Is never too inert to knock.
An Amateur Snake-Charmer
By BRADLEY OILMAN.
The native band was playing on
queer, uncouth instruments both
reed and string in front of the Ca
. sino fn Ilelwan. near Cairo. Several
wandering showmen were giving ex
hibitions with trained . monkeys,
snakes and her animals; and the
piasters were pouring into their up
held 'tambourines.
One swarthy showman, quick and
cruel of hand, was putting a. tired
mongoos through ais tricks close by
. .-the. kiosk .in which I was seated,
nursing my rheumatic knee. The lit
tle creature seemed intelligent
enough, but was evidently exhausted.
Presently he balked altogether, and
lay panting on the hot, yellow sand.
1 The ow ?r, eager for more pias
. - tors, at once gave him a sharp blow
witli a stick, and was about to repeat
the blow, when a young American
girl of about fourteen, fair, clear--yed,
sprang forward from the circle
. . )t spectators, leaping over .a squirm
ing cobra :hat lay in her path, and
. caught the man's upraised arm.
Her eyes sparkled with indigna
1 ion ; and she spoke at first in ' her
. mother to:igue: " Stop that! Stop "it,
you cruel "
Then she remembered that the
Egyptian fellah probably could not
understand her, and she turned to
' the few na';ivo words she knew: "La,
. la! (No, no!) Moosh gwais! '(Not
v right!) Matidrasch, matidrasch!
;(Dcn't strike, don't strike!)"
The showman may or may not have
understood her exact words, but he
ronfd not mistake her determined ac
tion and her indignant blue eyes.
I lis lips parted, and I thought I de
tected a gleam of defiance in his face;
bul'tftaVqaickly yielded to a mechan-
ical grin, his crafty eyes blinked,
and he nodded obedience tojher com
lwand. .!.IIe-was.equa.llyready to beat
tlw helpless libtljpvcyeajttjre .or to re
frfiin .rora beating him, according as
r-:,; h?3 hope of bakshish .turned. He
r,w teppgdr-,ver the panting mon-
.gstrokedliim with his lean, sfn
" "' 7 ."ewy jhand, and gabbled, "Poo" 111
W &lX&vvl&t& which
u Pfta.DJflibbly-iSlit. ,wjthout any
very clear sense , of their meaning,
from pitying tourists. The girl re
.... loasel her. hold on. the stick, dived
le
if
Tali v6-candy, a scarab, and
several copper and silver coins. As
if completing abargain,. she counted
out . tour, or .five ''pieces of money, and
j:av:e. them q,the showman.
"There! ."'he exclaimed. "Take
oUl.Qvll t let iiio sea uu an w.-
sul; he's my.'unele.'
This happened . in the forenoon.
The donkey-races were just, begin
ning, and I' hobbled -away to watch
r.ftn fthfe .At'tern-'ou, as
'tn'tn'itrday sun sensibly ttliminished,
lpntr '.outff or,' one . of my &oinev.".iat
Jrfifirm-pfonienades.,- Co-niing around
the corner 'of the Cheriah Mohammed
Ali. just 'jriuside the now deserted
Casino garden, I saw several of the
phownen 'and theJir-.tii-ainecl animals
and "properties," sitting or lying in
intftJier noek.et.and drew out a lltt
hAf ftoiiWto l: -eral '' .fragments c
V. -fg- thai poor little thing again! If
&l(j;iril have you arrested, andr
i&ifcj tried 'before the American . enn-
CyJi4i.Mfer,pi-tUn, against:the white vail
j ,ftefJJia,Hqtel des Eains. .
, v v "t.2 Araji"with a; cobra lay at the
Jid of'ihe- line. T -recognized him
the -bx-skin brig in' which such as
,.f' J',e.carrf,dithpir replilo.s. .A. few peo-
llliN,'.iPii'csf.9.r touVis(s' were. walking
along the shady side .of the street,
, pe of, th,e6Q. tourists was opposite
... the cpT-Arab. w'hen. I saw him stop
, vAopk, acro'ssr'the'jR.treet with some
v.";4 iritentness,-' As J came near him, my
''' Raze followed liiTs;" and I felt a tremor
f uneasiness and fear as I saw, the
''-:jvprfii brown head of the cobra 'pro--,.'':.
feting. f'roiiT the'Vag, 'filVustfii)?
-uv .this w'ay'and'that iii- rebtiei'S-c'nnosi-.-.
'tycr;;: s .: .:.;' . ' ...
Sis i VbtWi'rfirtHneT.'t -nnd -the'- ci eaUi rt
i&Sfie6'it'toi- tJ bi-and his
il .JKirH-SshiW '.Mdj: xle'adejl its ve
t : .' fil f.leHg!.ltoins, ithp.-duatM sl'dJe
vali:. His owner was all uncoa-
The one who labors all !av. long
With brawny arms aod ,all las.
might..-
Finds that so very much is wrong,
And. oh! SO little that is rioht'
If knocking paid, his wife could wear
-Fine gems upon her soft, white hands,
And there would be a palace where
His poor, unpainted cottage stands.
Alas! that what is must be so,
That all things are not otherwise!
This world. in but a vale of woe.
Where man must languish till he dies.
The easy things are not the kind
That cause the cares we brtir to fade,
I do not doubt that we should lind
It hard to knock, if knocking paid.
Chicago Record-Herald.
scious of passing . events probably
too drunk, even if he had been awak
ened, to recover his reptile.
The man beside me exclaimed, "I
don't' like the appearance of that!
What had we better do?" But I had
no. plan to offer. The creature's
fangs might have been drawn, and
again they might not have been. In
either case, I did not care to go near
him. '
By this tims several other people
had noticed us, and stood watching
the now excited and active serpent.
As I had seen him performing that
morning under the control of his
Arab owner, he had appeared slug
gish r.nd harmless; but now, feeling
that he was free, he appeared lively
and vicious.
As the escaping snake glided swift
ly down the street . I hobbled after,
looking for some club or stone with
which I might attack the dangerou;
creature. '
Suddenly I started with new alarm.
There was indeed peril," and possible
death impending over one or more
human beings., . Near the. end of the
wall, leaning against a tree, I saw a
lame woman whose crippled figure
was familiar to every tourist in Hel
wan; in her arms was a baby.
Her husband placed her each morn
ing, with the wizened little child, at
some favorable corner, there to re
main through the day, to beg from
passers-by. To-day it was her ill
fortune to be placed under the tree
directly in the path which the cobra
was following. In a few moments
he would reach l.er.
My heart beat .-rapidly; and, un
mindful of my lameness, I impulsive-,
ly started forward on a run. The na
tives about me ha', too little intelli
gence to render effective aid.... .Tlj
cobra .'glided "on, and at internals
lifted li'ijs,, head into the air, expand
ing his hoed, and turnjiig hia . flat,
evil head to one sideband, the other,
as if daring any one to bar. his way.
I suddenly became aware that
somebody was moving across the
street straight toward the - reptile.
Then! -recognized the--yoiig, Ameri
ca i girl -whom I had seen In the fore
noon. I stopped in astonishment. I
saw the girl wave one hand warn
ingly toward her mother who stood
spellbound on the sidewalk and
then hurry on toward the serpent.
Could she be mad? Or was she
ignorant' of the reptile's presence
and path ? No, her gaze was direct
ed straight before her; and now I
saw that she' lelfl some object in h.er
hand. The'next moment she raised
the object to her mouth, and I hear.l
the soft music of the Harmonica.;, .
At once I comprehended'the mean
ing of the girl's conduct.?. She had
read aboutttye power of .music over
serpents, and had' 'seenArab'" show-'
men exercise its- influence. :She waff
now bent, in her siplf.-reliant,) daring
way, and in hef pity for the Helpless;
crippled woman upon trying ijto, di
vert the excited, threatening reptile
from his path. " '' 1 " ,;
I could., not repress a cry, of alarm
as I saw what she was attempting;
but I was too far away to interfere.
.1 could only look on, holding my
breath in r.nxlety. I saw her go up
to within '.wehty feet of the cobra's
path, then drop to one knee..ind
there remain, playing and waiting,
as steadily as if she had done the
thing a hundred times before.- ,
The r-bra raised his head . and
stopped: , be spread his hood wide.
He'1 -swayed hU heal back and forth
two or three times; then he moved
slowly up out of the depression or
gutter in which he had been gliding,
and advanced toward the girl.
I knew that professional snake
charmers often draw these deadly
creatures rom some lurking-place in
a house, but they always have a
saucer of milk ready,, interposed be
tween themselves and the-serpent;
and the creature, in its'fondness for
milk. is. led to eat, and then is cap
tured 'or killed.
-But uier-e.was .no ODject nerf :n
terposed between the reptile, and the
felt-., Vibat .woMld hapjj(.whene.t
reached her, gliding so slowly sow,
and yet with nervosy dartingheac
and flickering, -forked tongue, I darec
not think.
' I did 'not believe that aer Btrengtt
J would quite hold her up. in her im
j pulsive purpose; therefore I was not
j .iii t. i
surprised, aiuiougu i wus nurror
stricken, when I saw her shrink bach
as the fierce creature drew near.
Certainly -she trembled, she tottered;
and the cobra was not five feet rway
from her!
At that , moment I heard a faint
scream from the terrified- mother,
who seemed like so many people in.
Helwan to be an invalid, as she
dropped in a heap on the sidewalk;
and I groaned in helpless sympathy.
Then came a new and unexpected
episode in the drama. The Egyptian
showman who had the mooos was
r zing at the extreme end of the
white wall; and the mongoos being
now fully rested was walking se
dately back and forth at the end of
his tether, with that appearance ol
calm self-possession and conscious
power which these strange animals
show.
1 The mongoos is not a native of
Egypt, but of India. You see a few
of them, however, in the possession
of the fellaheen. It is possible that
this one"tiad never .een a cobra, pos
sible also that the cobra had never
seen a mongoos; but between th?
two species is fixed a mortal an
tipathy. And the superiority is in
favor of the mongoos, which doei
not
move, orainamy, witn laucnt
speed, but on occasion, like the rat
tlesnake, can spring with astonish
ing rapidity.
The mongoos was pacing slowly
back and forth, rt the full length oj
his tether, hi:; long, . tapering tafl,
like that of a kangaroo, drooped anJ
trailing in the dust. Suddenly the
tail stiffened and the small, forret
like head rose. He had seen his eut$
my. His strong hind legs gathered
themselves, and with no apparent
pause, he sprang straight at the os
cillating, hooded head some eight feet
away.
His powerful leap parted the cord
which held him to his master's hand,
but he overturned himself in his ef
fort and. sprawled in the dust. Be
fore I could exactly di-cover how it
was done the confused furry heap 1i
again gathered itself, and I saw the
now elongated form of the rongoos
launched again at his hated enemy,
just as the young girl wavered, her
hand with the harmonica dropping at
her side, and she fell, unconscious,
upon her side in the dusty stree'e.
With unerring aim the mongoos
struck the cobra in the neck, his
teeth closing on the scaly, oscillatinj
body like a vise.
Instantly there was a fierce strug
gle. All that I could distinguish was
a confused writhing and twisting;
then the' dust of the dry roadway en-
veiol)e'd and obsciired the combatants
and tne prostrate form of the girl.
The.fiercQ, invisible sj.ru.ggle could
not have continued more than a few
seconds!- ' .
..As soon as possible I raised the in
sensible girl from the ground, and
carried her out of the dust. and con
fusion to the sidewalk. A dash of
waterfrqm the brass cup of a water
carrier rlvHred mother and daughter;
and-'the -mother-caHght. the "girl in
her arms. Then I was aware; that
the. flet;c .struggle . had jceased.
There nay the motionless body of
the cobra, hideous even in death.
Near the body the brave mongoos"
was pacing hack and forth, like a
sentinel on , guard. He glanced now
and then with a critical eye at his
dead foe, and appeared as self-possessed
and dignified cs if nothing of
importance, had occurred. ,
As soon as the -sleeping, drink
stupif ed owner of the mongoos coultl
be . shaken into intelligence the gal
lant littie creature passed, by sale,
into- my .'ossessiojiir and he later
faund a,. home in the sadden of the
American consul. Youth's Compan
ion'.' '
. I'fiblic: Art in the Country.
; V- , ; .
The farmer needs to bp traiucl to
atiret-late the value of pleasant house
surroundings. t His-, house grouncs...
should be well kept; nis Darns snuum
be devoid of advertisements, and he
should manfully resist the persua
sions of the' "advertising man who
would paint signs on the rocks or
stand t.em v .in. the meadows facing
the railroads. These things are com
monplace enough in themselves, and
yet if.:no moie was done than im
prove these 'matters, the country
would be a pleasanter place to visit!
and to travel through. The country
does not need monuments, it does not
require costly works of art. it doe3
not call for the things the city de
mands as a matter of course; its
needs are its own, but they are quite
as urgent as any of the matters which
appear so essential in the cities; its
claims to artistic consideration are
Important, American Homes and
Gardening.
It has been .figured out that Uvj
British Empiie is sixteen times larger
! than all t.'ne French dominions, and
- ty times greater than tne uermao
Empire ' '
TALTrS OF
ADyENTVREH
BENGAL TIGEIi SHOOTING.
There is no subject connected with
Indian sport which has given rise to
greater controversy than the size of
tigers; but, in spite of all statements
to the contrary, it is now "practically
an admitted fact, based on the long
experience of trustworthy Anglo-Indian
sportsmen, that Indian tigers,
whether shot in Bengal, Madras or
Bombay, have seldom exceeded ten
feet in length when stretched to their
fullest extent, immediately after
death, and measured carefully from
tip of nose to end of tail, all curves
included. noweverfYery rule has
its exceptions, awt the tiger which
forms the subject of thSs tale was
certainly one of themr
A writer in the London Field
"points out that for . some months
previous to thefefidition, which
monster, rumors had reached the
... ' w . ....
district authorities of Gopalgairi. of
the existence of an enormous tiger,
which was s?;,id" to have taken up
his abode in a large government re
serve forest, some twenty miles from
the civil station, to prey on the cat
ties of the villagers residing in the
immediate vicinity of the forest.
After giving details as to the organi
zation of the expedition and the dis
covery of the tiger, the writer adds:
In crossing a patch of open, Mr.
Watson, the district officer, who is
probably the safest rifle shot in Ben
gal, aiming a full length ahead and
on the ground line, fired, rolling the
animal over in his tracks.
It was a beautiful shot, yet so fast
was the tiger, going that, even with
the allowance made, the bullet, as
we subsequently discovered, struck
well behind the rlb.s. Picking him
self up at once, the tiger stumbled
on, and, gaining a thick bit of wild
plum jungle, disappeared into it.
The struggle had continued for
about an hour, and as there seemed
no immediate prospect of surrender
on the tiger's part, nor any likeli
hood of his succumbing to his in
juries, it was determined to attack
him in his stronghold with the how
dah elephants a fairly perilous
undertaking, considering the state of
his temper and the position he occu
pied. Matters were getting serious
and the sun unpleasantly warm. The
liowdah elephants and two staunch
tuskers were accordingly formed into
line, and advanced cautiously into
the cover. No sooaer had they en
tered than they were greeted by a
roar so appalling in its ferocity that
the tnree elephants carrying the for
est ' officer and the planters turned
tall and '' fled" incontinently, nor - in
spite of all threats and inducements
could they be persuaded to return
to the "attack. Watson and the two
tuskers "were ' left to carry oa the
fight as best they might.
Several attempts were' made to
force a charge, but without success.
Finally one of the tuskers, an ex
ceedingly stanch and powerful api
mal, was pressed slowly forward till
nothing-hut a few leafy branches lay
between it and the tiger.- Then wj.th
an indifference almost incredible
under the circumstances it seized and
'gently pushed aside the. branches
with its trunk till a patch of black
and 'yellow' .stripe was exposed .to
view. Watson,.who had he3n direct
ing this very dangerou operation,
quickly seized -his opportunity and,
seeing that the tiger still refused
to charge, fired a charge of No. C
into the patch, hoping this might
affect a change in the tiger's posi
tion and thus allow of a more cer
tain shot.-
The; effect was .instantaneous, but
scarcely in. accordance, with the
.wishes or expectations of the sports
man, . who had scarcely time to
change. his shotgun for the rifle when'
with a mighty bound the tiger sprang
fairly at the elephant's head and,
folding, on with teeth and claws,
remained clinging there. Fortu
nately the 4brave old elephant, in
spite of this unwelcome addition to
his load, stood like a rock, enabling
Watson to take a steady aim at the
snarling brute, now literally face to
face with him. The blinding flash
and smoke that followed obstructed
his vision for a while, but a3 it
cleared off he could see the tiger
stretched out below him, gasping
awry the life he had so stubbornly
defended to the end.
Lying there extended to his fullest
length, he was a sight to fill any
sportsman's heart with joy, and Wat
son, who had shot many a t'ler in
his time in fact, could count them
by the score gazed with wonder
and delight at the huge proportions
of the beast.' '
j 'The"xaeastvrins ot a tiser is always
an exciting jpionient, even when th
animal appears te be of ordinary di
mensions. Imagine then the excite-
ftment created by this monster, so
obviously a giat of his tribe. And
such in fact he proved to be, for
when the measurements were com
pleted the following were the figures
recorded by the tape: Length from
tip of aose to root of tail, seven
feet; length of tail, three feet seven
inches; total length from tip of nose
Co end of tail, ten feet seven inches;
height at shoulder, three feet four
inchs; girth, four feet eight and a
half inches; upper arm, two feet one
inch; forearm, one foot seven and a
half inches.
THREE NIGHTS IN . CREVASSE.
The adventures of three young
Germans on the Jungfrau have been
the topic ofmuch discussion and the
cause of great anxiety at Grinden
wald. A few c&.ys ago the three
young men, two of whom have had
considerable Alpine experience, while
the third, an Alsatian, is a .novice,
started without a guide to make one
more of those foolish attempts at
a big climb unaided which have been
so common and so fatal this season.
Leaving Lautsrbrunnem in the af
ternoon they passed the night at
Hottal cabi. ,A storm, however,
overtook them on the way up, a sig
nal of danger which no . prudent Al
pinist would have failed to profit by.
At 2 a. m. the next morning, though
bad weather was threatening, they
resumed their march. The Alsatian
listen to the advice of his more
experienced companions. Three
was already showing signs of dis
tress, bait refused to go back or to
hours afterward a blinding snow
storm broke over them, rendering
progress both dangerous and diffi
cult, and blotting out all signs of
the track and landmarks. Plodding
doggedly on, however, the trio man
aged to reach the Silberhorn slopes,
a little below the summit, where they
were compelled to pass the night.
Shelter was difficult to find, and
their position appeared desperate,
when one of the party noticed that
a crevasse near "at hand appeared
to terminate at a depth of some
twenty feet. Carefully roping him
self, one of the party was lowered
over the edge and found that there
was sufficient space ' and excellent
shelter at the . bottom. By firmly
wedging their ice axes into the ice
his companions were able to lower
themselves also, and in this con
fined space, walled in by solid ice
and in imminent danger from falling
ice above, the night was spent. For
tunately a small stove and a good
supply of eatables formed part of
the climbers' equipment, and the
hot coffee which they -ere enabled
to brew probably was the means
of saving their lives. Huddled to
gether and almost frozen, the three
waited for dawn. The snow, how
ever, still fell pitilessly aij next day
and the day following; progress or
retreat was impossible, and a second
night, and then a third, had to be
faced in the icy shelter.
The Alsatian, unable to stand the
bitter cold, began to complain of
severe pains in his feet, a well-known
sign of evil omen among snow
climbers. Next morning his two
companions emerged from their ref
uge, to find the 3dther still and
clear, and completed the ascent, re
turning to find their companion evi
dently in great pain and quite un
able to move. The two others there
upon set off for the Concordia but,
half leading and half carrying their
unfortunate comrade. There the
half-frozen man was left while one
of .his friends hastened down to the
Eggishorn Hotel. A relief party
was. at once sent out, end with great
difficulty the sufferer was borne
down to the hotel. . Both his feet
were frozen and .his condition for
some time caused the greatest anx
iety. Meantime, from the Lauter
brunnen side search parties were at
work hunting for the missing men,
who, it was believed, could not have
lived through three days of such
weather on the icy heights of the
Jungfrau. It is said to ha the first
timoi. that a climbing party has ever
emerged safely from so prolonged a
stay below the surface of the glacier
ice. Geneva Correspondence of Pall
Mall Gazette.
No Two Alike.
Dr. Richard Ellis says in the Medi
cal Journal: "The human body is the
most .. wonderful machine in the
world. In this machine there are
two central stations the heart with
its blood currents and the brain
with its nerve currents. We never
shall understand the brain central
station, because it is the silent mys
tery of the world shut up in a bone
box. No two engines, even of the
same make, have ever vibrated
alike; likewise, no two 'hearts have
ever been exactly alike in every vi
bration." The familiar . saying,
"Shakespeare never repeats," is
played out. His repetitions are pain
ful at times. Nature, however,
never duplicates. Of the 2,000,000,
000 people on earth no two are
alike.' Of the clover. leaves through
out the universe,' their number be
yond reckoning, no two are alike. -
Near York Tress. ' ". - - "
PLYMOUTH ROCK'S CRA
Itc Origin Involves a Uniq
Ridiculous Bit of History
Plymouth has been called t
die of New England. It is
coast, thirt3'-elght miles south
ton, and is a thriving and proa
New England town, with good
and churches, and town hall, and
of all kinds, and comfortable he
On the flat strip of land thjj
for miles up and down the sB
the bay, the diminutive white
of the fishermen are crowdec
together. In the centre of th
flat land-strip, flanked on botlj
by the fishermen's homes, is ei
open square forty yards frorf
water-front. Here stands Pll
Rock, the first sight of which
one a mental shock, for, no
fancy has pictured an immens
der rising grandly out of the se
instead, the visitor sees only
long, irregularly-aaaped, gray
stone rock twelve feet in leng
five feet in width at the wldes
and two at the narrowest,
one part runs, a large crack
gives to Plymouth Rock a high
ficial appearance. The origin
crack is a bit of unique histotf
bears evidence to the early dif
es that at times divided the
tants into two factions.
For a long time there waged
ed and bitter wrangling' betwe
opposing parties, and it even
down upon the much-cherishd
mouth Rock, which one par
clared ought to be removed to
worthy position in the town :
and the other wranglers prote
should Dot be moved an inch fi
position, even though they 1
guard it with their pikes and g
Finally, the stronger faction
up their forces around Ply
Rock, and in attempting to mov
the hill snlit it asunder, which t
a bnrl ntwn for thosft who' fit
tempted such a thing, until an
Whig leader flourished his swof
by an eloquent appeal to . the
zealous Whigs convinced then
they should not swerve from
plan of carrying the rock to a
in the town square.
"The portion that first' fell
ground belongs .to us," he. cried
that we will transport with al
and diligence to its proper horn
.. Twenty yoke of oxen drew. the
section of Plymouth Rock up til
amid the shouts of the thron-;
pushed forward around the
pole which was tP mark the ue
The ceremony of dedicating .th
in its new position was very im
ive, and the people stood withl
heads, and in reverent tones cl
their high-pitched psalms in tol l
thanksgiving. '
In the town square this. p
Plymouth Rock remained for-: I
than half a century, when a com I
of the council resolved to mi,
back to its original position,-an
it, as best they .could, to the
half. Accordingly,, in 1834, --or
morning of the Fourth of Jul;!
Plymouth Rock had been re-uni
all seriousness to . its long-estr
portion, and the union madei;
plete by a mixture of cement anJ?
tar. I
Today four granite columns si.
a canopy of granite that offers
mouth Rock an indifferent prot
against the rain and the sun
serves to keep back.in some me
the thousands of sight-seers that!
to Plymouth with only one objJ
view, namely, to press up arovtn
iron bars, and to gaze through
at the revered rock, on which
see the single inscription, cut'i
middle of its face in long, plat
ures, "1620." -
The rock is surrounded by a'
iron railing composed of alte
boat hooks and harpoons, and ins
with the illustrious names at
forty men who drew, up the Pilg
cqmpact on board the Mayflowei
Nbvember day as they sightet
coast that henceforth was to' be
home. From Cornelia Hickman!
Visit to Plymouth Rock," in SC f
las.
Dogs Used to SmucIe Lace:
Some clever ruses to outwit cui
authorities along the -French fr
have been revealed by the captu
a dog. Before making use of thl
as a lace-carrier, the smuggler er'.
the border often with him, 'so
the customs officers " might khtJ-V
animal. Then he clipped tm5 .Y
coat close, wrapped around hftf
yards of costly lace and coverer
with fur Hl.-o iha rtrio'c hrva ?
For five years this dog carried (
bant lace without awakening susp
Then a "friend" of the smuggler
fled the authorities, who shot
faithful animal. It leaked . out
dogs are used for this purpos
along the frontier. .. - ."'''
Pigeons are also used for smug;.
Women's watches are sent from
gano, in Switzerland, into Italy ti
the feet of homing pigeons.
Coal Is Contradictory. ,
Why is coal the moat contrali
article known to commerce? lc".
when purchased, instead of oir.g K
buyer it goes to the cellar.
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