FRANKLIN .PRESS,
THE
VOLUME XXI. .
FRANKLIN, N. C WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1906.
.NUMBER 46.
THI OLD
It silent thing remembo-nna bob caa
surely know
That only such aa still caa alnc mar
claim their yesterday
If Silent thlngi may charlah the gift cf
long ago, - - -
Within the old piano' heart what
memorlM must itayi
What flight of spirit ftngsrs careaa the
yellow keys,
. What splrlt-fashloneri muslo Ittr the
rusty, ruined strings;
What company departed com thronging,
willing-hearted,
. Summoned across a noisy world that
heeds bo silent things;
Often, athwart Its dreaming, Into the si
lence drift
The notes of dear dead masters, all ma
gic-fraught and dim;
BometTmes are blended voices drawn near
a while to lift
Carol and chant and chorus and age
familiar hymn; -Corns
clear the walu's lilt and swing, the
ballad's brave refrain,
: Tremble low-crying serenades and low
, er lullabies; .
Nocturne of tears and fire, of prayer and
deep desire,
And all the passion nnd the pain that
- move In melodies.
" Nancy
A PACIFIC
I
By all the laws of the true romance
he should have felt upon opening her
yes a promonltlon that this was to be
a day of destiny. But she mereley felt
that the engines had stopped, that the
hip was at anchor, and that, there
fore. It was molatly, Insufferably
warm. ' The curtains across the state
room windows did not so much as
move. She came down from her berth
and pulled them aside. The coast of
Guatemala was before her and the
port of San Jose.
There has been rain In the night, a
tropic shower. The clouds were lift
ing away. They were massed in white
and gold behind the two volcano
peakes that had sent forth the one
fire, the other water, in their time.
And the peaks themselves were side
by side, two cones of glowing pink.
They were miles inland, many miles,
and the thick, lush tropic green was
between, reaching to the curve of the
and. 'there were some white houses
by the beach white, with red tiles.
They made the port of San Jose. But
th ship '. as anchored well out In deep
water, and there were no craft in
light, save a rowboat or two drawn
up on the sand, and cue that was
starting out from the pier across the
faint blue water that showed hek
the clouds of white and gold. The
wake and the oars glistened In the
new sunlight
The girl leaned her bare arm on the
111 and stood looking out. She had
aeen many beautiful things in her life,
but never so lovely as the coast and
volcano peaks of San Jose de Guato
mala at the break of day.
'. The rowboat came near and she saw
that the quarantine officials sat in the
tern. But bv the time she was dressed
'and came on deck they ha'd long since
gone. There was no one at all In
light either aft or amidsphlps, but
when she was forward of the bridge
she saw Borne one standing near the
bow. He was a passenger. He turned
A UCia W a.v
South Sea morning br,eeie 4tral
mm watt lttO0?O T lPlr"vv"
pled her thin white gown and moved
the loose tendrils of her hair. He
raised his straw hat civilly and
turned back to his consideration of
th shore. Presently the purser Joined
him, and he stood talking, his hands
jammed into his sack coat pockets and
his tan shod feet wide apart on the
deck. Then he went into the saloon.
That was all Miss Strathinore saw
of him, but she described him to her
mother accurately, nevertheless.
"He's the only Latin I ever saw who
looked as though he could do things
and not talk about It afterward. His
skin Is very white and his hair is
black. His nose is big and his jaw
shuts hard. And, moreover though
bis eyes are brown, they are neither
sparkling nor soft"-rshe objected to
both "they are level and hard. That
he may speak English is my fondest
wish."
He did. He was put beside her at
breakfast and the captain presented
him. His name was Merlda.
; "You saw me this morning," he said,
"when I was looking back upon 'my
house, my home, my heritage, my
lands.' "
"And the laughing dames In whom
you did delight?' " she followed It up.
He gave her a quick looj. "Per
haps," he said, and turned short about
to talk to the man at the other side,
a little Chilian whom Miss Strath
more did not like. They talked Span
ish together, and she could not under
stand. So she ate her breakfast, and
wondered why the Guatemalan should
have objected to having bis quotation
finished out Had she hit some nail
too nearly on the headT He had
risked that. But he knew his Byron,
apparently, and his English had not
so much as an accent. If there was to
b any further conversation, it lay
with him to begin it He did so pres
ently, but he kept to generalities, and
to be drawn out about himself.
Th captain was more communica
tive on th subject later on. He be
longed to the genial seadog type.
"Better make 09 to young Merlda,
Miss Elizabeth," he advised, coming
to a stop in front-of her steamer
chair; "he owns about everything in
sight over there," his arm swept the
tlew of dens green from the beach
curv to the mountains far away.
"Half ' Guatemala,, belongs to hit
brother and him. ' The brother is
married to a Spanish princess, too
but he's not, and you'll do the best
two weeks' work you ever did In your
life If you catch him between here'
and "Frisco Bay." '
Th captain 'liked the topic evl'
dently. He drew up a stool and sat
down to pursus it further, growing
from the Jocoa to th serious.
He could recommend Hatcho Merlda.
He wasn't like the rest of these Black
and Tans.
"He's made this trip with me six
times now and I've watched him close.
He don't go In for the, things that
most of his breed i do-cards and
women and wine." (Miss Strathmore
thought of her quotation.) "We get
: s chance to see things on these
PIANO.
Slow, with th slow enfolding dark, tfca
presences return,
Gray ghost and glimmering shadow.
To cadences that grieve, .
Hurt of a hidden sorrow; tp chords thU
brenk and yearn;
To Joyous airs that laugh and sway,
thoy enter, linger, leave:
Tha happy feet that flitted to a sudden,
tinkling tune. ,
The spirit sick of clamor that sang It
weakness strong, - . . .
Th fretful heart and weary that found
the day so dreary
And drifted Into drea;Ba upon th tld
of some old song.
"Outworn." we say, ''and worthless." and
"Gathered long ago ...
Unto the all-forgetting and all-forgotten
things." ,
So refuse we In our blindness, too mortal,
yet, to know . ...
The touch of phantom Angers, the tnnii
of haunted strings.
With life so loud around us, the shad
owed cornervholds
No-more than music' empty hell, a
useless thing and dumb;
Yet, while we doubt, deceiving ourselves
with unbelieving, .
Slow twilight opens quiet door and
. hAm thA memories come.
Byrd Turner, In Youth's Companion.
ROMANCE.
ships, you bet, but I've never seen
Merlda do a fool thtng yet. It may be
because he's been to school in Eng
land, and runs the New York end of
affairs, but why ever It is, it's so. And
edlcated!" he added, awe lnsplredly,
"why, that fellow speaks four lan
guages as well as he does his own
and got something to Bay in all of
them. You mind what I say, Miss Eli
zabeth. I knew your father when I
was a boy, and the best I could wish
for his daughter would be to marry
young Merlda." He stoodup and
started off. "Here he comes now.
Get him to tell you how be and the
other young bloods held the governor's
palaclo against a revolutionist mob
for a day and a night. Make up to
him."
Which the advice and the strategy
had the natural effect of rendering
Miss Strathmore more barely civil to
Merlda when be stopped to speak to
her. He had changed the suit In
which he had come on board, and was
In white flannels now.
"He's not handsome," she decided,
remembering the regular features of
other Spanish blooded males she had
known, "but he's quite the most swag
ger individual 1 ever saw."
He pulled up a wicked chair beside
her, and they began to talk. It was
10 a'clock then. They were still talk
ing when the luncheon gong sounded
at 1. They went down together and
talked through the meal.
If Miss Strathmore had been stu
pid she would have stayed on deck the
rest of the afternoon,.; As it w;s she
went to the cabin for a nap, and then
devoted herself the least in the
world, obviously to her mother, until
dinner time. But there was the eve
ning after that. They spent it to
gether In the bow and talked of the
the phosphorus and things.
It was not until after a gcod many
nights that they got to anything much
more personal. Then it came all at
once, Merlda stood wedged Into tha
extreme point of Mis. bow and Miss
StLilstmjLe sat h
verhanging The
btStl"",,iAlfeau when the prow cut
into gold light. She was holding fast
to a stay. She could just see Merlda's
face in the starlight, and his eyes were
on her steadily. There had been a
stop In speech.
"Was 1 uncivil when you finished
my line fcr me, that night?" he asked.
"Rather, you didn't know why. I
suppose?"
She admitted that she did not.
"Well," he explained, "it's Just this.
I get so sick of having people go on
the basis that all men down here are
sporty fellows Don Juans and all
that. We get so deucedly much of It."
She reminded him that he had laid
himself open to it.
"I know I did. But one doesn't ex
pect an American or an Englishman
to know his poets if you don't mind
my saying so. I never thought about
your going on. ' There was a pause.
"And I den't go In for woman and
flirtations," Merlda said. "I 'have
never cared for any girl except you."
It was sudden, certainly so sudden
that she let go her hold on the stay.
His hand went out to steady her in
stantly. Then he took It away.
"I suppose you are surprised," he
said. "I am myself. But It's true."
Miss Strathmore's self-possession bad
weathered many experiences, but
foundered at this. She did not think
of anything to say.
"I don't want to bother," he told
her, "and I don't expect you to like
me yet but I hope you will before
long." Then he went oil to other
things, but conversation was not a
success.
Tbey were at anchor off Mazatlan
the next day, some two miles out be
yond the bar, Merlda put In his ap
pearance at breakfast In a nor clothe.
"I'm going to land," h told Miss
Strathmore, "If the captain will hav
a boat whistled fcr me."
"It's rough," she tried to suggest
"I know it is," he answered, levell
ing hi eyes straight on her for the
benefit of all who might choose to
see, so that sha flushed very pink.
"If it were not I should ask you and
your mother to go, too." They had
dons it at Acapulco and Manzanlllo
before. . , ' .
"I will not go." observed tha Chil
ian; "It I too much danger to."
' Merlda caught Miss Strathmore's
glance of contempt and nearly smiled.
Toward the middle of th morning,
a rowboat, whose owner were courag
ous, responded to the signal and ven
tured out to the ship. Merlda went
down the Jacom's ladder. The cap
tain watched him.
"You'll com to grief, Matcbo, It
you don't watch out See that your
startmen aren't tequila drunk when
you start back. It' pretty bad now,
but It'll ha rolling Ilk fun then. W
h'lst anchor at J," he added, warn
ingly. .
Merlda watched hi change to jump;
he Caught It expertly and the boat
pulled, away.
tt was I o'clock when It reappeared,
coming ilowly, hidden In a hollow.
climbing a crest, flung about through
th frothing -bar. Miss Strathmore
and tha captain and a good many
others were watching It . Miss Strath
more had been shooting at driftwood
and at a big turtle that was floating
on its back in the gun. The captain
had been watching her. The turtle
wag a shifting and difficult mark, but
be had hit it three times, and then a
beet had put out to bring It in,' .
"We'll have turtle steaks . tomor
row," said the captain; "you're a
pretty good shot."
But she had had enough of the
amusement and they were ' leaning
idly against the rail. The captain re
verted to Merlda.
"Matcho tell you about the palaclo?"
he asked. '
"He won't," she answered; he saya
he's forgotten It." '
"He isn't much on talk," he said, ap
proachlngly. "Hasn't told you about
the girl down below on the spardeck,
either, I Buppose?"
She shook her head.
"Well," said the captain, "she's a
little Indian from one of his planta
tions down there pretty little wretch,
too. Seems she's In love with him and
he won't look at her. 80 what does
she go and do but scrap the money
together Bomehow and take steerage
passage and follow him. She came on
at San Jose, but ho never knew she
was aboard until after we got off the
Guatemala coast. She's a shy one
and sharp. Then one day when he
was down with the doctor looking at
the hospital she showed herself,
clasped his knees and wept, and all
the rest of it made the dickens' own
row. He acted very well, but tt put
him in a ticklish kind of place. Of
course we don't let her up here, and
he's mighty careful to keep off the
spardeck now. He's going to Bhlp her
back from 'Frisco, he Bays." He
pointed to the back of a black-haired
head that appeared over the side di
rectly below them. "That's her."
Evidently the eyes In the head were
watching the beat, too.
"She's seen you with him and Bhe
don't like you a little bit," the captain
chuckled. "She calls you names."
Miss Strathmore did not think It
amusing at all. The rowboat was
near. Miss Strathmore met Merlda's
eye.
"He'll have a scramble of it getting
up," the captain opened.
The ship was rolling heavily.
"And his Mexicans," said the cap
tain, uneasily; "by heaven, they're
half drunk, too. Lcok at their eyes."
Whether it was that or not, It was
certain that they could not seem to
manage to keep the boat alongside
long enough for Merida to catch the
platform, when the ship rolled down.
"Take your time, Merida," the chief
engineer called to him "take your
time."
Apparently the word suggested
something to Merlda. He put his
hand to his watch pocket and then
his face changed. There were three
Mexicans in the boat, but only two of
them had rowed; the other had been
sitting near him in the stern, steering
occasionally with an oar. Merlda said
something to (his one. The fellow
looked too Innocent and shook his
head. Things happened quickly after
that. Merlda caught the mozo by the
arm, and that began the fight. The
rowers shipped their tars, ani urj?
jgggiL
I'liemem and the tequila,
joined in. The boat pitched and
plunged.'
"They'll kill him," the captain called
out. "I-ower away a boat."
"If they've no knives" begsn the
purser. But as he said it a knife was
thrown, and by the little Indian girl
on the deck below.
The captain swere one oath. "They'll
do him now sure," he said.
Merida had his man by the throat,
but he was down, and all three were
atop of him. One of them jumped up
and caught the knife by the handle as
it came, dexterously. He gave it to
the nan who had Merlda under him,
and the other two drew back. A splen
did brown arm, with Its hand grasp
ing the knife, rose high and poised
abeve Merlda's breast Then it fell
uselessly, limp from the shoulder bone.
There was smoke from the muxzle of
the revolver in Miss Strathmore's
band. Merida threw the wounded
Mexican off, bent over him, felt In hi
sash, and drew out his own watch.
The rowers had resumed their oars.
"Now," said Merlda, quietly, "you
take me alongside."
The little Indian on the spardeck
had watched it eagerly, hanging out
far over the side. She turned now,
twisting around llthely upon her back,
her face upturned. Her dark eyes
glowed, her Hps apart Miss Strath
more, the revolver still In her hand,
waa straight above. The Indian threw
back her head further still, and then
laughed. Her right hand went to her
forehead and came away again with a
sweep, in mock salute the salute of
th matador who has missed his
stroke and forsakes the ring. Th
Argonaut
African Prophet and Bridge Builder.
' The African natives were much in
terested in the building of the great
bridge across the Zambesi at yictoria
Falls. They . were mystified as the
cantilever arms crept out from the
cliffs. A chief was asked by his col
lector what he thought about tt He
replied, that the playmates of the god
could of course do anything, and went
on to say that, evidently the chief god
of the white man was holding np the
two sides until further order; An
other always predicted disaster, and
kept hi unbelief until the bitter end.
When he saw the arch joined, he pin
ned his faith to a tragedy for the first
engine and train that ' would pass
over,' - He was convinced that the
bridge would fall down as soon as the
train reached the middle.' With a
view to seeing his prophecy fulfilled,
he came with a full retinue. Including
many wives, and saw the truck come
over. We believe that he was sadly
disappointed, and that the faith of his
tribe In him a a prophet ha waned.-"
World Work.
No Exposure There. '
New Bookkeeper (to employer)-'
How shall I enter up the $5,000 that
your old bookkeeper ran away with
profit and loss? .
Employer No; charge U to running
expenses. Translated for Tales, from
Fllcgende Blatter. i
GARDEN. FARM and CROPS
P3
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE
UP-TO-DATE
AGRICULTURIST
Spraying Potatoes
Experiments have shown that while
it ccats from 14 to $C an. acre to spray
potatoes, In some cases where It has
been practiced there has been an av
erage gain of $23 an acre over fields
that were unsprayed.
Cnsllage for Sheep.
A veteran sheep authority tells the
New York Tribune-Farmer that for
winter feeding there should be a well
filled silo on every sheep farm. It
must of couitte be fed Judiciously
with othor foods for best results.
in Her Hands.
Tue future of poultry keeping will
be chiefly In the hands of "the intel
ligent farmer's Intelligent daughter."
according to the author of a recent
English book on "Poultry Farming."
He declares also that poultry farming
suffers from the drawback of not yet
having been proved to pay.
Break Ground Early for Wheat.
One of the most Important factors
in Increasing the wheat yield Is early
plowing. If you don't believe It, plow
a portion of the field' early In August
and the balance at the end of Septem
ber, and In the part plowed first, you
may have an Increase of ten bushels
an acre over the other. Early plow
ing 1 especially necessary In clay
lands. Generally speaking, the field
should be rolled as soon as It is
plowed.
8avlng Petunia Seed.
In saving seed from petunias for
next year's garden, not everyone
knows that It Ib better to save from
the weaker seedlings, Instead of the
most luxuriant. " It has been discover
ed that seed saved from the most
carefully hybridized flowers produces
a very small percentage of double
flowers, the rest being a very fine
quality of Bingles. From the weaker
seedlings, however, almost Invariably
spring the finest double blooms. Even
In saving seed from the single varie
ties the same holds good In a measure.
8trawberry Culture.
The following points will be of
value:
Buy only from a reliable nursery.
Buy potted plants. These will
bear next spring."
Plant on cultivated land never a
pasture or grass plot.
A sunny, sandy hillside is best.
Select a variety beat adapted for
home use unless you Intend to sell
them. If the latter, select an easy
variety.
Give the ground a heavy (Jiesjslftfi
of manure. Old cow mttMtteB best,
applied at the rutejafabout fifty tons
.to tteawrTSd
ndianapolls News.
Best Stock Profitable.
Successful dairying has proved that
the greater profit conies from the best
cows, whatever their kind. This Is
as true of pure bred or registered
stock as of common cows. It Is bet
ter to pay 1300 for three excellent
cows than to pay the same sum for
four cows or five which are only fair.
A really superior dairy cow of a su
perior family, with pedigree which
'gives assurance of calves cjuul to the
dam, if not better, is alwayB worth a
large price. Such an animal adds
much to the average value of any dairy
herd. In buying registered dairy cat
tle deal only with men of reputation
a breeders and of strict integrity.
Transplanting Trees.
The popular impression is that the
time to transplant trees Is in the
spring and fall, says "Farming." This
does not apply to the evergreens, pines,
cedars and so on, and the usual fail
ure that results from trying It then
causes the general Impression that
evergreens are difficult to transplant.
They should be transplanted either in
the summer or In mid-winter. August
is an Ideal month. This is the way to
go about It Dig a trench around the
trees a month or six week before you
want to move them. This is called rot
pruning, and gives .the roots that are
bound to be cut off when the tree is
moved a chance to heal up. In trans
planting the tree should be carefully
lifted with as much of the soli as pos
sible left adhering to the roots and
special care should be taken to keep
the sun and wind from them. By fol
lowing these methods success la almost
certain. Evergreens possess but llttl
value as ihare trees, but they are very
desirable In beautifying a barren look
ing place and as windbreak. Indlan
apolls New. ir "'
; Propagating Currant. . .
The usual plan, when It is desired
to extend the currant rows or to re
new them for any reason, is to make
cutting! in the fall, put them away in
and In cool place, like the cellar,
and plant them in the spring. Guy
Mitchell tells American Cultivator
reader of a better method which he
ha tried with great luccesi, fall to
understand why it Is not more gen
erally adopted, J to cut moderately
vigorous scions of this year's growth
about the fifth to the fifteenth of Aug
ust, and plant them in partially shad
ed moist ground, preferably of a sandy
composition. The cuttings should be
about liz or eight inche long and
planted about three or four Inche
deep, the . ground firmly pressed
bout them. They will wilt down for
four or five days, when they will
throw out small white rootlets and
begin growing, which will continue un
til nearly frost ' By this method si
most a full half year of. growth Is se
cured over later : fall cutting and
prlng planting, while - the - percen
tage of loss I much less than in the
spring planting. In fact, If the ground
Is moist and well drained, there la no
reason why two cuttings should mlsi
out of a hundred. As the cuttings can
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be set very close, both in and between
the raws, it would be no greater job to
give them a good watering should a
dry spell come on before they get well
started. Currants, for some reason,
seem to strike roots a little more
readily than do gooseberries.
Starting an Apiary,
If one wishes to get a start In bees
and doesn't know anything about them
it Is not wise to buy many colonies,
tor with only one or two they will
probably Increase as fast as the knowl
edge necessary to care for them prop
erly. If an experienced beekeeper lives
In the neighborhood, go to him and
tell him your plans and ask for his ad
vice. Perhaps he will sell you one or
two colonies, and tf so he will give
you information enough to be Wprth
considerable. He would not was 'you
to make a failure of bees bought from
himself. You would have a constant
source of information, because you
would feel like going to him for In
struction. But If there Is no one living near
enough that you can utilize as a teach
er, buy one or two colonies to start
with and study them yourself by the
aid of a book n the subject. You need
the book anyway if you desire to know
about bees. Bee books are the accu
mulated experience and observation
of many years, and it is cheaper to
get some things second hand than to
work the matters all out yourself. Life
Is too short to learn all there Is to
know, even about bees, and the life
history and requirements are sooner
learned through books than by person
al observation.
It is better to buy one colony only
and a book on bees than tr- buy half a
dozen without the book.
Bees can often be bought for a song
as public saleB. If In the spring and
the bees are alive and the hive is
heavy enough to suggest that they
have plenty of honey, there Is little
risk. If they are in a movable frame
hive, so much the better, but If they
can be bought cheaply enough one
can transfer them to a frame hive and
get a lot of Interesting experience at
the same time. But under such con
ditions, one ought not. to pay more
than a dollar per colony.
In buying bees, It is well to remem
ber that there is more risk to run tt
bought in the tall. They might be lost
In wintering. In the- spring it Is dif
ferent. If they have plenty of bees
and plenty of stores there is almost
no risk, and they are pretty sure to
double the number and give some
honey besides before another winter.
3ucb a lOW3&w1cVi
"jf mittcti ia ligui 111 me spring;.
'Anight one In the fall Is about worth
loss unless fed, and a beginner would
J nut as well let them alone. Indiana
polls News.
Care of the Orchard.
The University of Illinois experi
ment station has issued a bulletin
relative to orchard management, in
tended for the western section of the
country but equally applicable In many
parts of the United States. Among
the reasons why many orchards are
disappointing are these:
First Too many growers are ex
pecting a crop to be given them with
out putting forth any effort them
selves after the trees have been set.
The apple tree requires the same care
ful! attention as do other farm crops.
Secoi i Lack of moisture 1 a com
mon cause of failure to the apple
grower in that state, especially in
southern Illinois. This is because
grass and other crops are allowed to
compete wltlh the trees fo the mois
ture supplied by rains. Water Is Just
as essential to the apple tree on a hot
summer day a it is to the laborer in
harvest field.
Third Injuries resulting from at
tacks of Insects or of fungus disease
are a very common cause of failure.
These depredators will probably al
ways consider that they have as much
right In the products of the farm as
does the farmer himself. For this
reason he must get hi artillery and
ammunition to fight th enemy.
Fourth Lack of fertility is a very
common cause of failure In southern,
western and some sections of north
ern Illinois. The apple orchard can
not produce a profitable orop unless
provided with an ample supply of. nl:
trogen, potash and phosphoric acid. '
Fifth Some orchard In this state
which have come to th notice of th
station are unprofitable became of im
proper pruning or lack of pruning.
Light and air are essential for the de
velopment and ripening of the ap
ple; . ' .
Sixth Many varieties of apple tree
have been planted without any
thought being given as to their adapt
ability to the particular soil or clim
ate. Lots In apple growing is often
wholly a matter of varieties.?'
Seventh Tree - propagated from
unproductive stock have been re
sponsible for many failure. Scions
should be (elected from bearing trees
or from those that have demonstrated
their abllitly to produce. :
Eighth Sterility a a ' result , of
planting an orchard of only one vari
ety is a common cause of failure, In
part at least. Cross fertilisation is
desirable with all fruit. ;
"TJlnth Excessive ' climate condt.
Hons, a the February freexe in 1899,
or the killing of the blossoms by frost,
are oftentimes responsible for Unpro
ductiveness. , r". ..-".--
Th Story of Timothy. .
The grass known a timothy seems
to have been first extensively ' culti
vated in Maryland by a farmer, Timo
thy Hanson, whose name was applied
to the grass; The common name In
many sections Is herds grass, hut In
England timothy is known as cat'
tail grass, a name which is more de
scriptive thun either of the others.
SHAVING, THE WORLD
ora. ;
BARBERINQ YOU CAN FEEL IN
VILLAGES OF SPAIN. '
Ancient Egyptian Beard Cases and
Curled Assyrian Leeks Shells, Min
eral and Graiies Used in Shivlng
Delicate Singeing In Africa Lather
Substitute. ", 1 -
Any traveller in Spain who steps off
the beaten path may, like Don Quix
otes, find a Mambrlno helmet for him
self, for tt swings from a staff over
the door of every wayside barber. An
old and worn out basin does for a
Btgnboard; one less old is necessary
to the shaver's art. ,
These barber basins of the peninsula
are always made of bras. Some of
the old ones are very fairly hammered,
but in all the shape is the same, a
product of public utility answering to
unvarying demand. .
A half circle Is cut vjut from one
rim large enough to accowimodate the
patron's gullet and Adam's apple. Seen
in profile the effect of a man being
shaved is as a St, John the Baptist
whose head has partly slid off the
charger. Thus Is It adapted to the
tonsorial methods In vogue In Spain,
and with but slight variations prac
tised in all villages of Europe.
There are no Joke weeklies to while
away the time of waiting; there are
no chairs with complicated gear to
raise and lower the patient, to swing
him around into the light at his most
artistic angle, to tilt him Dack to a
monotonous view of the celling. In
stead the suffernr is planted bolt up
right In a strni;;ht backed chair, and
throughout the operation he Is the solo
responsibility of holding a basin of
water at his throat, and if he spills
the suds down upon the front of his
shirt the blame is his alone.
Nor does the difference cease here.
The peasant barber of Europe regards
lather as merely an ornate incident.
He wets his patron's cheeks and
smears them with good hard soap, well
rubbed on. Then he uses his razor to
excavate this cement of stiffening soap,
moistening it only when it is found too
hard to work.
The soap Is dragged off with little
regard to the feelings of the sufferer;
the question Is nevar pit: "Does this
razor pull?" When she barber has
gone his round from tar to ear the
patient takes his bawl iind washes up
for himself. When thu sharp suds
sting his cheeks he rests content, for
he has bad a shave that he can feel.
Despite atterepts at leng intervals to
make hair ofi' the face a fashion, prac
tically all-the world shaves. The most
consistent advocates of the cleanly
shaven face are the Indians o Amer
ica. Nature has helped them out A
the beginning, for hair upon their
face appears only late in life and
then very Bparsely. For this reason
It is not difficult and painful as It
might Beem to follow the Indian cus
torn of pulling out each hair as so
that wlu
It to be gripped.
Another stock whose te&rd Is
and scanty provides employing'1
large guild of barbers In shavlnghtgh.
This Is seen In the blue rim which
encircles the roots of any Chinaman's
queue.
Being Mongolian, a Chinese razor is
naturally like no other razor In the
world. It looks like a split half dime
mounted on a stick; but the Chinese
find It extremely effective, and that
must serve as a complete test of Its
efficiency.
The race that peopled the. valley of
the Nile when Egypt was the homo of
all the world's enllghtmcnt shavel so
completely that one might Infer that
they had adopted the billiard ball as
the type of beauty, for from the point
of the chin to the nape of tbe neck
not a hair was spared. Here, though,
crops out the military exception.
The Paraohs and their captains
seem to have grown a few straggling
hair on the chin. At any rate, they
wore richly ornamented boxes to
cover the beards which they may or
may not have been able to. grow. So
long as nothing showed but the beard
box gummed upon the chin, any one
might wear the ceremonial and sym
bolic box, even It he could not raise a
beard to fill It
Their great rivals for the empire of
the ancient world, the Assyrians, were
abundantly supplied with beards.
That they held them in high esteem
may be inferred from the fact that
they carved them on the effigies of
their sacred bulls and other god of a
long forgotten theology.
If one may except the statuary of
Mesopotamia a a safe guide to the
fashions of those early Oriental time
It would appear that the Assyrian
beard was worn In long ringlets.
That may, however, be no more than
an evidence of the limitations of the
art of the ancient sculptor, who could
not carve hair positively unless he
made it look- like - rope. -r It seem
hardly conceivable that Nebuchadnez
zar and Assurbanlpal would submit to
a fashion that Involved putting their
heads up in curl paper every night.
No modern race goes eonsplclously
and completely unshorn except black
fellows of the Australian bush. ' ,
Among the peoples of the earth who
have wholly or in part the utensil
of the barber ' high calling widely
vary. -Boap and shaving brush are a
triumph of advancing civilization, the
ybarite's effort to secure his ease.
Some of the lower races ' wet the
cheeks with water or the juice of
fruits or sap of trees, but for th most
part the savage shave dry,
Such of the native tribe along the
Amazon as shavs at all In preference
to plucking out their scanty beards
prepare their cheeks by swabbing
with' the heavy tap of the tree which
yield the rubber,' In tropical Africa
the oil of th oil palm is used for the
same purpose.
In the East Indies generally' the
pulp cf the ripe banana Is rubbed to
a cream on the cheek and chin with
the abundant juice which may be
drawn from tbe leaf , item of the
same plant. Elsewhere In the same
region of the Eastern seas, the green
orange Is employed.
Many and various are the substi
tutes for the razor of steel; In the up
lands of Africa, wnero the unlives
have developed no little (kill as work
er In metal and produce knives of
good temper, tbey seem not to hare
hit upon the idea of true shaving by
the use of a tutting edge. Their
abundant beards are removed and
their chaps kept smooth by singeing.
A plate of iron an inch In width,
three Inches long and a quarter of an
inch thick is mounted In a handle of
horn. This is brought to a white
heat In the .charcoal furnace and la
passed evenly over the face very close
to the skin. This glowing plate pro
duces a close shave effect with a
luxury of comfort to the most tender
skin that no razor yet forged could
bring about.
For shore dwellers thu opportuni
ties which several mollusks afford
have not been lost upon the barbers.
One such shell has been commonly
designated the razor clam, and while
not much of a clam for fritter pur
poses, it will serve excellently well on
a pinch fcr a razor.
It abounds on the beaches of the
northern Atlantic coast but it is not
altogether easy to dig up even when
the little spout of water In the sand
betryas Its-presence, for It takes the
promptest alarm and can dig itself
out of sight far more quickly than any
Dim can dig it into view. The shell
Is In two vulves, each about half an
Inch wide and scime six Inches long,
the shallower one being preferable for
shaving.
To prepare it for use all that is
needed is to press the edge of the shell
from the inner side steadily and
evenly with a chip; this splits off a
sheet of the tough purplish green
outer rind and leaves a clean edge ot
shell that Ib sharp enough for a com
fortable shaving and firm enough to
keep the edge at least during the
operation. While this razor shell is
confined to the North American coast,
there are mollusks of similar utility
in every sea.
Another pelagic razor widely em
ployed Is the tooth of the shark.
While this also has a sharp edge. It
differs from the keenness of the
sheila They present a true cutting
edge so long as It lasts. The small
tooth of the shark keeps its heavily
enamelled edge much longer, but It Is
of the saw type and therefore by no
means of smooth action.
In inland regions, where sea razors
are not easily come at, there may be
found minernl substitutes. The most
most widely found of these mineral
razors Is the flint.
Another mineral of great value to
the primitive folk who shave them
selves is the obsidian or volcanic
glass. By careful treatment this may
be split into almost any desired shape
and Its edges of fracture v found
very keen, though quick tO',,se their
cutting edge.
. Even the herb of the soil as well as
the sea and the rocks yields its razor.
than Vint there could be none better.
'the bamboo, which
iwaK-ef
ions are
een bamboo
be split. Each
'ound to carry a thin
flint casing, a sheet so
Hat its edge will still appear
under a high power of micro
scope.
It Is sharper than any razor of steel
can be whetted so sharp that it must
be used with great care to avoid cut
ting deep Into the skin. It will hold
its edge for any operation of shaving
and there la no need to save It for a
necond time, since the bamboo grow
wild all over the tropics and a new
razor may be had without cost of labor
whenever wanted.
In his primitive estate savage man
seems to possess all the necessaries of
the barber shop except the lather
brush and the shep, neither of which
he has learned to need, and therefore
does not miss them. New York Sun.
POWER FROM A DISTANCE.
Talk About a Gas Pipe Line From
Yorkshire to London.
There have been numerous pro
posals to erect electric power stations
near the coal mines In Yorkshire and
send enormous quantities of current
by wire to London, several hundred
miles away. One advantage of the
scheme Is that if the burning of soft
coal could be entirely done away with
in the British metropolis there would
be less smoke and less fog. It Is now
known that a good deal of the fog
from which London suffer is due to
the presence of particles of soot and
dust in the air. One proposition of
this sort was before a committee of
Parliament a few weeks ago and was
the subject of an unfavorable report.
England will not see the Idea carried
into execution right away, if it ever
does. :
Quite a different scheme was advo
cated not long ago in a lecture by H.
A. Martin before the London Society
of Arts. The speaker thought that it
might be practicable to supply Lon
don with gas from tha-South York'
shire coal deposits, 173 mile off.
Though he said little on that point,
he probably expected that ' I the 1 gas
would be used for power, as well as
lighting, but he laid the chief stres
on It use for heating purposes. He
believed that the equivalent .of 15,
000)000 tons of coal the regular con
sumption of London In a year -might
be transmitted under ground.
One pipe Una lx feet v In - diameter
would be enough provided that the
pressure at the start waa 480 pounds
to the square inch. To guard against
accident, however, he advised having;
two or more main of leas size, and
with a pressure of M0 pound to the
square Inch. He would not favor
having fewer than four pipes, and to
lessen the friction between their in
ner surfaces and the gas he- would
have tbe diameter Increase as the
line approach the city. .
Mr. Martin estimate the cost of his
lines, Including the right of. way, at
$40,000,000, and that of the compres
sor plant to force the gas onward at
112,500,000 more. He added that the
average cost of making ga In Eng
land I 11.3 cent a thousand feet,
and tf he sold hi gaa In London for
tt cent he vuuld expect a profit of
4.4 cents. With a reduction to any
thing like 40 cents, an Increased de?
man nit?ht be looked for, and furtheV'
rfldiK'Mons would follow.
This f
r -1
1
"IN THIRTY DAY-" '
1 hey assure me they can teach m how
w uraw
In thlrfv Aiivb:
And they say that 1 can master Black-
stone s ijiw
In thlrtv Attvu. t
They can train ms for a sculptor or aa .
actor or a burd, '
Or a dentist or a doctor, for th count)
Kre n i nam
And a sealous student surely caa b
hunging out his card
In thirty days.
Thoy declare that they can make m .
write a dook
In thlrtv rinvs.
And they'll stake their honor on It, I can
COOK
In thlrtv days. ' ''"
They enn train me for a salesman, a
photoarauher or clerk.
A musician, a magician or an expert
with a dirk
I have but to name the calling and
they'll tlx me up for work
In thirty duys.
They will give me a diploma or degree
In thirty days,
t can place it where .tha public, all can
see
In thirty days. '.
All the trades from A to lizard are In
their curriculum, .
And the hauKhtlest professions they will
teach me If I'll come
In the range of their instruction and wlw
pay a tidy sum
In thirty days.
Susie M. Best In Puck.
"Darling, do you love me still?'
"How can T lull, dearest? I have nev
er seen you that way." Baltimore
American.
She Did you notice the beautiful
palms In the new restaurant? He
The only palms I saw were the wait
ers'. Boston Trnnscript.
"Is there any redeeming trait In an
anarchist?" "Yes," answered the Eu
ropean monarch. "Bad marksman
ship." Washington Star.
Church. I see they are crying for
more missionaries over in Africa.
Ootham Why, those cannibals must
be regular gluttons! Yonkers States
man. Sergeant Well, whut Is it? Newly
enlisted yeoman (whose mount Is a
bit off his oats) Please, Sergeant,
my 'orse won't pick up his seed!
Punch.
"Would you call OfTenberg t. n
celted man?" "Conceited? V
when OfTenberg has a headache hy
thinks its throbs are registered on the
seismographs In Japan!" Life.
Poor Man's Son Yes, sir! I began
at the bottom of the ladder and climb
ed up. Rich Man's Son Huh! I
began at the top of the Iadd
slbjjjpwn. Detroit Friij Press
TeacherH5 w iongEad Washing
ton been dead when Roosevelt was
Inaugurated? Scholar I dunno, but
It hasn't been very dead since Teddy
has been there: Brooklyn Life.
Comparative Stranger What's all
the excitement about? Summer Hoard
er Nothing; Just a lynching. The
man who wrote the folders describe ;
lng this place Is coming down on the
train. Puck.
"You say you haven't been able to
find work in forty-six years?" asked
the kind lady of Frayed Franklyn.
"Dat's right, mum." "Goodness! How
old are you?" "Forty-six, mum."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Towne The weather seems to be
clearing up. I'm sorry that I took
this umbrella" today. Browne Yei, ...
the sin Is all the greater when you
steal something you don't really need.
Philadelphia Press.
"What reason have you for think- -lng
that the thief who entered your
house was a locksmith by trade?"
asked the detective. "Why, I saw
htm make a bolt for the door," said
the victim of the robbery. Judge.
Appropriate. "De Rlter hasn't been
very successful 'With hi new paper,
has be?" "No, I think he ought to
change the name of it; ought to call
it "Adlvtce." "AdJcs? Why?" "Well, ;
nobody takes It." Philadelphia Pre.
"Dou you think," queried the anx- '
lou candidate, "that my opponent will ,
take the Initiative?" "Sure," an
gwered the political boss. "He haa a
reputation for taking any old thing
that Isn't nailed down." Chicago
Daily.
"Why," exclaimed the visitor who
was 'being shown over the house, .
"this picture Is by one of the old mas
ters!" "Well, maybe tt Is," replied
Mrs. Neurltch, apologetically, "but
I'm sure the frame Is quite new."
Chicago Dally New. ; ;
"My son," (aid the good old man,
"If you only work hard enough when
you undertake a thing you're' morally
sure to be at the top of the heap when
you're through." "Oh, J don't know, ;
pa, Suppose I undertook to dig a
well?" Philadelphia. Ledger. -,
Inquiring Female And wthttdo you
do, captain, when it' too rough)-MLgo
out in the boat? Captain Well, ma'-'"'
am, if the wreck alnt too far off, we
generally trie to rig a line to her, an'
then we send out the breeches buoy.
Inquiring Female Oh, the poor little
fellow! But don't hi parent object
Judge. - - ...
Th Statu of London.
Some day w shall break up all these
tiff, ugly, ungainly figures which bear
witness to the evil fortune upon
which the art of sculpture once foil
In our country. We have begun to see
what message sculpture should bring
up a message of pleasure, of emo
tion, of joy. We have begun -toun-derstand
that it ought to show us, not
how hideous the human form caa be
made by modern clothing, but how
beautlfuj are it line, how exquisite
It proportions, when it I unspoilt.--Nineteenth
Century.
''."' Candid. .
He So' your father thought t want
ed to marry you for your money.
What did you say? s
She I persuaded him that you
didn't, and then he said If that was
tlis ruse you didn't have any sense.
Tit -Hit
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