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QA9TONIA. K. C.. TUESDAY. DECBMBBR 30. 1&Q3. "
to he “Blazed
Trail * S?
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rttn WtU ***T nOUMLl WAIT T# ttAO THE EAAZEH
• Mil LATEI If PIT m#v.
• ^ CHAPTKH I.
I f P *>»twot» of atreaam drain
I I lug tba cuif-ro portlonof Mich
I X I ,**B *Bd aa the kag
Inaw wnterm tba meat firm of
Morrison A Duly bad for man/ /tan
on rated on exteimlve luiglng operations
In tba wlkleraeas.
Now at Inst, In Ilia aarly etgtitiaa,
tbay reached tliw and of thetr bold In Cl
Another winter would finish tbe cut.
At Ibis Juncture Ur. Dal/ called to
lilai John Kadway. a man whole Uc
know to poaaeaa cxteoelve experience,
a little capital and a deal re for more of
both.
utU1 when the two
foaiid llunuaelvaa e'looeTn the «un of.
•*, "v* expect to cut tbla /ear eoino
00.000X100, which will Onleb eur pi»"
hoMlnga la the Saginaw watan. Meet
qf tbla timber Uea over In tbe Rrookad
Lake dlmrtct. and that rr* expact to
pot la oo tael roe We owa, beweror.
5XJOOXWO OO the Cone branch which wo
wodd like to lag oo contract. Would
you cam to take tba Jobf
"How much a thonaand do /no
«lT#r aaked Had way.
"Poor dollark." replied the lumber
mas
•TH look at It." raptlad tho Jobber.
Mo Bodway got tbe “daecrlptioma"
aad a Utile map divided Into townships,
■actions aod quarter arcrioas and weat
•at to look at tt Ha searched aaul ha
found a -blear” on a tree. tho martins
oh which Indicated It aa tha corner of
a section From tUla corner the bound
ary Hues wore biased at right ancles
la either direction Had way fallowed
tho biased lines. Thus be wts able ac
curately to locate Isolated "forttaa”
(forty actual, "etKbtiaa. quarter sec
tions and sections In o primeval wtldag
dcsb. The fust, howarer. required con
siderable woodcraft, sn exact aunts of
direction and a pocket compam.
These resources were still farther
drown Upon far lbs next task. Oad
way trnuipod the woods, bills and val
leys to determine tlie moot practical
route over wtlieh to bufld a tossing
rood from the standing timber to the
shores of Can branch. Hs found It
to be in affair of aotno ptmstement.
Tbo pines stood on a country tuning
with bills, drop with pot bo lea. It
became neceeaury to dodgo lb and oul.
here and titers, between tha knolls,
around aod through tha swamp*, still
keeping, however. In the same general
direction sod preserving si way* tbs
requtait* level or down grade. Rod
tray bod no vantage point from which
to surrey lbe country. A city man
would promptly bars lost himself In
tbs tangle, but the woodsmen emerged
st lest on tbs' banks of s atrusm. I sav
ing behind him a meandering trail of
dipped tree*.
“I’ll take It,- said ha to Daly.
Daly now proceeded to drive a sharp
bargain with him
Customarily a Jobber Is paid a car
tain proportion of the agreed pries as
aaeh Stags of the work la completed.
Daly objected to this 'method of pro
cedure.
-lou tee. Radway." he explained,
“It's our last aassoa In the country.
When this lot Is In we want to pull
up stake*. so we can't take aay
ebsnoaa on net getting that timber in.
If you don't finish your Job. It keeps
na here another season. There can be
no doubt, therefore, that yea Singh
I your Job. lo other words, we cunt
take any chances, if you start tha
thing. you've gut to carry It 'Way
luruufu.
1 “I tblak l can. Mr. Daly” tba job
bar aaaarcd him.
-Phr that reneoeu" went on Daly.
“*• object to poytag you a > the work
progreeeee. Wf»e got to bara a guar
notar that you don't nail «■ oa and
tbit tboaa logs will ba driven dawn tba
branch aa far aa tba rlrer la dna to
cntcb oar drift.. Therefor* I’m going
to Binkr you a good plica per tbooaaod.
bat payable only when tbe toga art
dell tried to our river men."
Bodway. with hie naval arentoi atti
tude of oaa anxtoua ta Juattfy tba oth
er mas. ended by analog ooly bin em
ployed argument He did not par
catra that the tatted propoattloa la
tradaead lata the traedectles a gam
bling element. It baeaoM poaalbla for
Marrtaoo * Daly to grt * carta In
* mount of work abort of abaotataeom
hMtioa iteue far nothin*
All tide waa In Angnet. Radway.
who w*m a good, practical woodaman.
ant ahovf.tbojoblmmidlataty. Uagath
*cad a craw, aataboabad a camp and
began at aaca la cut made thrown
tbs country ha had a bandy biased an
l.la formar trip.
Badway*a taek area not marrty to
leral out sod balloat the ats feat a* ,
roadbed slroady conatiurtad. bat to
rat s way far dva alien through the
unbroken vet idem eon. Tba way bog.
moreover, to ba »ot tarn than twaaty
Ivr rant wide, needed la ba abeelatejy
level and fret from Shy Mad ef eta
»ow«Uaaa and ran air ad la tbe rwaaape
liberal knife art ug with pnfee. aaOad aar
dorsjs- Hat anly aiaat the growth be
e—aead, bat tba roata mat ba rat net
rj «*• jMRgsHdaa af the graaad tar
etajL.atV'Ttttad ^ Ba*art fartbaa tba,
—' "^•wny had baa brief tfa* St bla
dhgaasl hot s ew maaiba si m»m.
, :i'MwapivsSfc
* • ... V V*
Am Micas pioneer expect* to encounter
u c mcrter of courae
The jobber of coarse poshed bta
faada <« rapidly an possible. but wn*
Braattjr bnudlcapped by lark of men.
Winter set In early and aurprlaod blm
With several of the smaller branches
yet to a u tab. Tba main Una. boar ever,
war di.rar.
At Interval* aqnarea were eat out
nlongwtdr. In Ibetu two tong timbers
or akbta we™ laid ondlronwlae for the
reception of the piles of log* which
would be dragged from lb* fallen
tree* They wets called akldway*.
Then Bnally lb* season's rot began.
Tba men who wata to fell ttic trees
ttadway distributed along oo* bound
ary of a “forty." They war* Inatrnet
*d to more forward acres* the forty
la a straight tine, felling every ptne
Ire* over right IdcJmw la diameter.
While the law gnuga. three Id camber,
pee]land ta fell the am trees, other
men called swampers were bony cut
ting and clearing of root* narrow lit
tle trail* down through the forest from
the pine to the akldway at the edge
M the logging rand. The trails ware
perhaps three feet wido and marvels of
•mootbnea*. although no attampt was
mad* lo level ware laaqualtUeo af the
ground. They were called trnvoy
reads (French trevolsi. Dawn them
tha logs would be draggsd and hauled
•ilher by o»ao* of beery steel toaga
or a abort sledge on which on* sod of
the timber w*uhl be chained.
Meantime tha anvryers were bony.
Bach pair of man aelectrd a tree, tba
Bret they encountered over the blaaad
line of their forty. After determining
la which direction It wa* to fall they
aat to work ta ebup a deep gash In that
aide of the trunk.
Tom Brood bead and Llccrj Foul
picked out a tremendous pine, which -
they determined to throw acroas a lit
tle open apace In proximity to the
trevoy road One stood lo right, tba
other left, and alternately their age*
bit deep. Tom glanced up at a sailor
WOKS KKITu
’ She ll do. Hank." to Mid.
Tto iwu tlwa with a dosan half dips
of tto ax removed tto laeqoalltlm of
tto talk from tbs saws path. Tto
long flexible ribbon of slcsl began to
atsg.'beoUIng so sdnptabiy to tto kanda
and motion* of tto man manipulating
that It did uot seem possible to mo
bile an Instrument could cat tto rough
pine. In a moment tto song changed
timbre. Without a word tbe men
atralglitvrwd their backs. Tom flirted
along the blade a thin straam of kero
sene oil from a bottle to bla hip pocket,
and tto sawyers agnlo bent to tbelr
work, away tag back nod rorth rhyth
mtenUy. tbelr muscles rippling under
the texture of tladr woolens Uke tboae
of a panlbsr under Its akin. Tto out
er edge of tto mw blade dlMppcared.
"Better wedge tor. Teas.” advised
Bank.
They paused while, with a toavy
■ledge. Tcm drove a triangle of steel
Into tto crock made by tto Mwlng.
Thla prevented the weight of tto tree
from pinching tto mw. Then tto
rhythmical a-a-s, «-n again took up
Its song.
When the trunk was nenrty severed
Tool firorr another sad thicker wedge.
-TUBberr halloed Hank la a long
drawn melodious call that melted
through lb* wood* Into tbe distance.
Tbe swamper* ceased nrorb and with
drew to Infety.
-Crack!- railed tbe tree
Haak coolly unbooked Ua tiw haa
dla, aad Tom draw tbe blade through
aad opt tbe other aide.
The Ire* shivered, then leaned aver
so slightly ream the petvradleolar. then
fall, at fiftt xwtlj. afterward with a
crescendo rush, tearing through the
branches of ether trees, beading tbe
small timber, breaking the amaUset
aad al last bitting with a tremendous
crash and bnug which filled tbe air
with a foe of etuen twig* needle* and
the powder of anew.
Thee the iwawpn*. who bare by
oaw laiehrd tbe traroy road, trimmed
the prostrate trunk dear of all pro
tuberance*. it reqaired fairly skillful
•« *«k. Tbe Iwaaebas bad to ba
shared rtoee and clear, aad at the
■aiae time tbe trunk must not ha
It*abed- And often a man waa foraed
to wield hie Instrument from a coo
strained pnaltloa.
Tbe chopped branches and Mmb* had
sow to be dragged dear aad piled.
While this was being fin Wad Tom aad
Haak amrhed off end sewed the tog
lengths, par lag das attention to the
aniath ef weakling knot*, forks tad
rotten pin re* Tbo* acme of the toga
were etchtceo. some sixteen or fear
toee end some only twelve feat la
length.
Meat appeared tbe toe meters with
(heir little wooden sledge* thetr steel
(kain« aad their mm* They bad been
helping «h* atlddies to place the par
allel and tern bangs* *r skids, on
which Mw togs were to be piled by the
side of the raed. The tree which That
and Hart Imd ju*t tolled ley ap a pto
tle #!«pe from ftw new traroy read, aa
•title fsbl-in |jtrsnai. the tiswstsi
demis'd the Hie ef hit taami to the
~wt *f !hr leryeat or haft leg.
-Alls* 14elty~ be cried.
A hi me. base, etopbeafta* bee bead
dew* sues atom to bar sheet laililltl
IT-ntly spying her steps. moved. The
I'M bait rolled over. Mid three foot and
uu-uaccd a stomp.
"fleer cried Laveqar.
Moll/ slopped twice dlredly aido
Wlaa. planted lier forefoot on u root
alt* lad aaea aad pulled sharply. The
end of tbe toy MM nroood tbe stomp.
"Alb»r commanded Ureqn*.
Aad Molly startad ytoftriy down tba
bllL 8be pulled tbe timber, heavy as
an trou uafe, bare and tburd tbroucb
tbe brush. miaul ay no steps, maklny
uo (alar toorre, boeklny sod finally
yettiuy out of tbe way of in uucx
pc*-uil roll with the ease nnd latent
geiue of Isivwtua blntaMf. In Sea
uPuulea tbe harden lay by tbe traroy
rood, lu two initiate* more one end
Of H had been rolled op tbe little flat
M-oudeu sledge aa<1. the other rod drag
on*- It was winding majestically down
Ibivnilfli the undent forest
Wlusi Molly and Fabian bod envoy -
rd tbe toy to tbe skldway they drew
It with a bn tup treats tbs I wo parallel
■bids nnd left It there to bo rollod to
(be top of tbe pile.
Then Mike McUovero and Hob Strat
ton and Jim Qladye took cbsryr of H.
Mike and Ilob wore runalmy tba cant
hooka. White Jim atoud oo top of tbe
■rest pile of loin already decked. A
Mender, pliable steel chain Hka a gray
snake mu over tbe top of tbe pile and
disappeared tbrough a pulley to aa
Invisible borne- Jenny, the mate of
Molly. Jim threw the end of this
chain down. Hon passed It over sol
under tbe lox and returned It to Jim.
who rcuchcd down after It with tbs
book of Ms Implement. Thu* the
•tick of tlmiwr rested In a looy loop,
ons esd of which led Is tbe Invisible
here*, sod Ibe other Jim made fast to
tbs top sf tlie pita Qe did so by Jam
ainy into another Iny tba steel swamp
book with which tbs rbala was armed.
When all was made fast tba botos
started.
un«-« a immpcr, raid Bob. "Look
oat Utter
Tte log slid tv the foot of the two
parallel pole* laid slanting ap the fucc
of tbe pile. Then it tTeiotded oa tte
aacmat. Bot oar aod Mock (or n lo
•taat aod at oace tbs log took oo a
daagarona aUot. . Quick as light Bob
and Mike sprang forward, gripped tte
books of tbe cant book* Uke great
thomba aod forrAngers, aod. while one
b*W with all hla power, the otter
■> ra a sharp twist op word. Tlie log
straightened It waa a master feat of
power aod tte knack of applying
strength joatly.
At the top of tte Httte loctloe tbs
timber havered for e second.
“One eioror anug nut Jim to tbe
driver. He poised, stepped lightly ap
and over and avoided by tte rate
hairbreadth being crusted when tte
log rolled. Hot It did not He quite
straight or area. So Mike Ctrl a short,
thick block a ad ell three stirred tte
heavy timber angle lent ty to admit of
tte billet's Insertion.
Then the chain woe thrown down for
another.
Jenny, luriicsmrd only to a abort,
straight bar with a hook (a It. lasted
to ter collar and dug ter hoofs at tte
weed of comma od. Tte driver, close
te ter tall held fiat tte aleader steel
chain of an Ingenious hitch about the
ever useful swamp book. When Jlsa
•hooted "Whoa!- from tte tap of tte
teMway the driver did not trouble to
•top tte horse; te merely let go tte
book. Bo the power waa abut off sud
denly. aa la meet and proper to such
ticklish business. He toned and walk
ed back, end Jenny, like a dog. without
tte necessity of command, followed
hhn In alow patience.
Now corse flyer, a scalar, rapidly
down the logging road, a small, Strader
maa with a little, turned op mustache.
Tbe mca disliked him because of hla
affectation of a city smart sees and te
es tree te never ate with them, even
when there was plenty of room. The
•ester's doty at present wna to measure
tte diameter of tte logs In ear* skid
••All it r mmmtniltil Lm»
»<J uad »o corn put* th* number of
board foal. At tb* odtra ha tended ran.
k*Td «b* book* tad iook»d attar tup
pit**. *
Hr itpprottrbrd th* akklway mptdty.
lakl ht* rtruldc ml* acre** tb* m<v
*f rtfb kpt. mod* n mark oa bin pta*
tablet* la tb* rr.lutttP to which th* lap
betoaprd. ihraat tb* tablet ha ib* pork*
at of hi* rout, wtaril a bio* erayoa. la
* too* l«*M*r. with which b* aiad* aa
t a* IwllmlkMt that the lap bad baaa
orated. awl finally tapped a*r*ral
Mine* atraady wbh a atartpr baraaiar.
Oa ttw fare of lb* l .a hi wot la rollof
waa aa V la*hi* of a <Mta Tbla ora*
tk* maapanya brand Pad ao Hi* lap
wa* branded a* hate apt ap ta tbawi B#
dower power of tbo actual lUddlag.
in o moment lie otorad ou to tbo Md
rcoor of uporallooo without ho ring
Mid o word lo oof of tbo taw.
“A flue dim." a aid Mike, spitting.
■o day after day ibe work woat am
Radway aprm Ida tlmo tramping
through the wood a. Bjftuiaa oa now
work, showing the awn bow to da
things bettor or dlSbtnutly,-Tiling
minute rapcdlrnia with the blacksmith,
tba carpenter, the cook.
Ho wu« not without his troabias.
Hr»t he bail hot enough ojes. tbo snow
ibtl ih#n i'aiue too ibcodaiUl/,
boraeo fell *1'* of mile or calked
tbcmsclrcs. oii^aw ran low gaaipad
adly. trees turned out “punk.- a aor
ta In bit of ground prorod soft for tra
raylng. and oa ou. At etoction ibua. of
enurwt. u number of the mm wont
out
And one craning, two days after otaa
tiou time, onotbrur and Important char
actor entered tbo North woods and
onr 0(017.
(TO U COMTINUBD.)
A FI8H OUT OF WATER
**• yrtmnmtm Krolu thM Cam*
Ite CaiiMlr Duik.
▲ German acton flat- be coaid only
bare been a Ueraino owe ooncelrML
«'* are told, a pirn to train u Osh tc
lire atil of water, lie placed a thriv
ing lira* carp Is a mall tank and wttt
lull it)!* polli-wce aad grant ox not neat
rvnuorrd froiu tUc tank on- «t-.jni«!
•f water every day. at toe Mine tlia*
Incnwxiuc gnultully tba amouat Of
oxygen to ttie water. Is dm* the wa
ter barely roamed the enrp. and atUI It
thdvml. Tba qaaaUtr Jf orator roe
Uiraod to dlmlatab, aad. by akrwl/
adapting Ha Hirtbod of breathing to
tbe aew condition*. tl-v Bali began ft
breath* air and Indeed laur- <jotto
tarra#trial la Ita habit* before Ik* tank
waa entirety dry. The M-ieutint bad
grawu to tor* tba carp. II* fad 11 from
U* own baud, and now that It waa Uo
lag In to* earn* element with htmaetf
he took U from to* tank and toft It aa
free to follaw ita owa derleaa a* war
to* family cat. Tb* little Bab aha
loved lla inuater. It (allowed him abeet
from iiltw to place. Bopping along aft
or him. ■ topping only occaatonoliy to
taep for a paining Oy, Os* day to*
mtoaftof waa t-roealng a bridge. Th*
carp, aa umtul. waa at Ida bee)*, rntjoy
tog tb* plenum air of tbe roostryald*
and utteiing from dtu* to time a unfk
aonad expressive of dcllgbt aad can
ten tment Abowt Hie middle of tb*
bridge a rat bouaetly waa sunning It
self oo (be rail. Tbe carp apl-td tot
By and Jumped tor It. bm mtaealeulat
Ing tb* distance want orer tb* rail Into
tb# nvar—aud waa drowned. — Great
Bowed World.
Uaaaaa*.
Unpuyk la (he sabtleat Instrument
ever played on by man. 11* xarlnttom
are Illimitable—that is, they are limit
ed only by the powers of tba ha man
mind aad soul In all possible situations,
Tha powor of word* or apooch ageaada
that of araalc bocauao language la man
than BMMtc aad eaaa tadodaa osda
language In tha baada of a maatar to
pregnant with every meaning.
A nation's language is at otw* aa eg.
pnmsloa aad a mold of It* character.
teBoetlDg from oestayy to eeatary to*
dovalspment of Its civfllxatlea aad Ha
advance In lateilertaai aad moral eto
tnro, la -earning aad wlaannt The
flexible Greek tangna was tb* ptadad
and the tnetnunvot of 'ha subtle Grach
Intellect. Tb* dlsUtkctlve qnaltttm of
Ibe classic speech of the Homan de
clam the dignity aad the virile energy
which waa* Inseparable from to* eh)
Botnata-— Portia mi Oregonian.
kruttarad h* Mnk.
“It limn puy» to bo conuerrattra."
hM tba earofal mam. “Now. I ratal)
tha taaa of tba man from UyararHlo.
Dyar county. Taon.
“ a eaa Ik* any man la DyerovIRe,*
b* aanoanrad our day la tha matn
•wort of that rill***.
“Thno waa no rrapoona. •) na Uck
aay nan la Dyrr county.' ha then pro.
.lalmrd.
"WUI tltara waa no roply to tha chat
teoga. GmboMaoad by tha-of
tia btuC. Ua man ahoutad. '1 na Ik*
“At that a loug. laak-ntmu
PoeM off Mb coat aad wtpad ay (ha
float wtth tha boaatar.
“ •Oaatiamaa.' nld tha braggart, aa
ha broMiaal off Ua clothaa. 'tha traobla
with na la tint I wot tor laa «an
nothr- _
■ahaoMta nr*I* Mb,
Karra gmalMi aay that a gnat
naay aoWdn an tha dlraet nootla of
azbaoatad brain crlla. Whan you dad
yoortblf bacon lag inoroa* *ud TtihhtI
•at. whan yoo arr toaactem that thr
•af of Ufa la evaporating, that yoo art
balog tbr «lgr of yoar fartaar kaaa la
laiaat la «UI*r» «roa rally aad that
yoar Ufa la btrormog a bora, yaa any
b* pretty aura Uni you a aad rnorr
tlaag: that yon oaod country or oak
door anrcloo. If yoa put thoaa. yaa
wfll dad that oil tba old mttioaloaai
wm rf nm. A faw daya of axarrlaa la
Ur country rauMtag orar tha Ulli and
aiaudowa will anun tha dark plctoraa
ahlcb haant yaa and unit raatora boag
•aey to yoar aatnal aplrttm—gaoaaaa
■>! .a |
°«''M toto ■ Ufa
Tha innp poraaa la ifaapar of
frowning aatMlIy atMMpta M Kft > lift
•uoy uni hit hold, with tka mate
that ba la Itimadlnlalr plamid teapot
lata ihr watar. a good mrtmmn aaa
*o tkla with a aaddaa agwiru jark. bat
wftb tkt aonawiouMr M la abate aa
imposaiblr 1tat
'That a* thooM da wtwa ba baa
tenad tka buoy to to ptoro both baste
pnlm doom ward, aa tin booy aa tkt
tom am mu tka body. pf»tea» H
dowawird aad idtaktly away, whaa tka
fartkar part of tka btey MUteMt af
ilta watar aad aatoally f*JJ aaar tka
hate, Tka a row «aa Ihtra ba pal
ibioagb aaally, -and that* yat ate”
A MARINC AUTOCRAT.
**• teMUa mi (Its BtulMkli fM
Min AfeMtaM# AvtAtfHf.
^Oy Uw Vitt MAfaiMioMBt rate tbt
tbMi tC tbt in§|^ H| Ht Hnitiftbi
^irTf IrnTj
M an Unas la grara aad osacdag. la
af war U win at rain tba atopteat
la tba kaar of haute It la nstb
«f appalling arbaa ba auk
M af aB thsttteMsdwa {t»caa*lrb£
ktaat la Ms skip aoly la ba totaassd ai
baad"Utto "«b»ngaiai«g apjwtf «■
tnabae throogk (M water at a speed, Jl
nay ba «f ertaon knot*, and La knows
•bat tba iilgbiiaat mu taka af Us haad
Bel bated aaba!ag*tha aarai and «*•
tary chief of tho oatabMkantert h» tea
lawyec-a kind at lueOca of tba peoao.
— It wots, who boida oesrt e*e»y eases
tog, InroaCgatat eaperte ef adalawiaee
d«dHy. The datlagseats see basogbt is
the -teste" —tbs quarter Back—with
tbaly ancoaari. Bath aides eye beard,
aad swift lodgment nasally fellows. ta
tble capacity It win be noted that tba
It cam. lodge aad |ary. Hat
i
tea (ting tba tarries oa
atlag at tba bulal at hte <
tba aid days <
era—UmiteMot —
In World’s Work.
-Away with talmr Mid tba king is
a load, harsh rales
Bet tba cbaasberlals wee aometbteg
af a hnaaectet. and when he -inrnu
te the mob be ‘t-g-'-gfr-nil
that la regard te the -*—-*-gr with
tba prlamur the teg bad on m|y
that it waa -a way wttk bias
Htiid tMr qnmrry.
Bite In trying to espials the Jako ta
tbs sbtnao king lbs royal chamberlain
be—wa confuted aad completely loot
M* boad.—Baltimore Americna.
Caiar e4 Jagaa* Mair.
ta retry early Umee sJ pictnrea of
VodM want abowa wttb gnat shocks
* red hair fblUag dawn wsll on tha
■Monldern. This and <ba fact that tha
Judas ta tha "Mirada Play*" waa pre
sided with a red Mmole ■ asked tha
saparaetteoa people at tha middle acre
*9 ta each a decree (hat It waa actual
9 uaaafa far a red hatred peraia la ap
plet la company, gaatnc that tbM
ware coating ta a eartare pare, wrlrere
Man daasm bacma to rebate aad «a
nareio’the ssaaelsre prejadlea against
(bore at lively colored hair." Qnua
da Bargaree la Ma “Butre aad Em
pires at tba Boa" boldly preMad aad
(lortAad tba daeplaad odor In tha fol
lowing wants: "A bore head covered
with red hair ta aothing aire bat tha
•«> la tha midst at Ma rays, yat many
Mtt l" of it because few have the
honor ta ha an*
In a raewot^tgUbS auafeTteumao
BfttOwr rmlnd a^taCWr frog a
—»king kta to Imk that tba 7«y
ta hod a boayy bM tattamh.wi
thla aataalahtog rpirtta waa taag ha
aaart. It ta tctaraatlag ta aota that tbs
wrtkar ioat hla bat anyhow. Squally
Wand waa tba raqoaat aooa auda ta
Kr. Balfocr dorlap bit pmalnahtg la
a» (ha paaea a J ■*»'.•* who had awry
pngaafy aantooerd aathar aC tba
■*1*1. a aotortaoa nMSab. to a aO*
tata^of baprlaanMaut Mr radt^ hag
A lawyar hapgud ta ha aeqaalatad
t*Mh a Juror la a patty otrll eaaa. aad
ha Mat hla during a ma of tba
amt. Tba lawyar waa Jaat 'Uglitb*
og." aad audar ordinary ctrcuaataacaa
ha woold haya oBarad tba atbar a «igar
aabaattatlegty. tat It aooarrad ta hi*
that It Bight not kook right.
*T aappoaa,** ha aaid goardadly. "that
a cigar wauM not laduaoea poar yap
•atr
Tha Juror waa aquaUy -riffru
“A good m wouldn't." ha rap Prd.
"hat a poor aor might prajudMn m*
Bt pot a rood Igar,—Brooklyn Bagla
THE OLD RELIABLE
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FURS, COATS, MILLINERY.
Clearing out stock. Prices will irtsrsst. goods will
tho bolidsy buyer. Prices, quality, sod pleased will
maks a clean sweep of these goods.
Walking Skirt* Down.
Don’t forget that walking skirts are soar reduced to gUO
S3.S0. They’ll not stay hers lopg.
Pcco Petticoat*.
Rsgolsr prices: 95c. $1, $1.25, $1 JO. $2.15, $3.50. and $4.00.
Matchless pmsesb at the pricss.
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W« thank amr customers far a very gamreas
patronage during the year now deatag, and wish
far them all a very pleasant Christmas.
JAS. F. YEAGER.
OPENING AN ACCOUNT
with the Gastonia Savings
Bank should follow tbs opening
of the '
NEW YEAR
•A soon as the opening of oar
doMviO permit.
This is e time of new raooin*
tions, new efforts. Correct busi
ness methods end money saving
•** momrmotu terms. After
closing np the week's or the
.moatb’s business, place war
balance with as. Another New
Veer will Sad you in better shape.
Only $1.00 required to start.
GASTONIA SAVINGS BANK,
L. L. JRNKINS. Pm.L. JL. HARDIN.
Gastonia Banking Co.
. Gastonia, N. C. -
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $75,000.00
State Bank Incorporated May IS, ItOS
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STATE AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY
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OFFICERS
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R. C.G. LOVE. Vie* Pe**.
<A». A. PAPE.-n
DIRECTORS
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W^A^SLATER COMPANYj